Weekly Sun, 16 March 1912
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Title Section22 1912-03-16 1 The Weekly Sun. GREATER STRAITS SETTLEMENTS EDITION. 126, CROSS STREET, SINGAPORE. PR UK 5 CENTS. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1912. NO. 81.22 words
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Advertisement423 1912-03-16 1 > 'jf J l*^ i *i7 Wf f|^^^* I BROWN COWHIDE. Hand haij M illiihtr.ition. I^ock and CHpt», inner pocket. Length 12 inches. Price $4.00 W. L CO.. LTD. WHITEAWAYS' FOR NOVELTIJES AND NEW GOODS. Velocipede Horses. pie Grey Tricycle Horses, as illustration. Well made i padded saddle, gl;i>s ejrei423 words
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Advertisement499 1912-03-16 1 JRj Rats are dangerous. /M The "Grip" Rat Trap and set W. L. CO., LTD. Exceptional Value m British Built Cycles. A Marvel of Best Value m the Cheapness. i£ast. Laidlaw Cycles, are stocked m 22, 24 jSk and 26 inches frames of best welded steel, 'h In. The Laidlaw499 words
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594 1912-03-16 2 That China is on the verge of a religious crisis such as Japan met and that there is grave danger of the people taking the materialistic course, liko the Japanese, when [they have become weened from their ancient superstitions, was the belief expressed by Dr.China - 594 words
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Article126 1912-03-16 2 The Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, m his review of Forest Administration, touches upon the prospects of rubber m his district. He say* he 'thoroughly believe* m the future of eucalyptus m low hills where this quicklygrowing tree will furnish an abundant supply of wood both for126 words
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Advertisement349 1912-03-16 2 Ladies Diamond YOU CA GET THE BEST SELECTIOI( Gentlemen's Gold Signets at all and Gem set Prjces Necklaces of Newest DIAMOND RING Pendants of every Kind Ladies' Gem Rings from m Great Variety Go)d gcarf pins at all Prices Gold Brooches m "v Ollf U f Gold Links Studs Choicest349 words
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Advertisement294 1912-03-16 2 FORD CARS. 80,000 FORD CARS are m use to-day. 40,000 FORD CARS were manufactured and sold during the past year. This was insufficient to supply the demand therefore the FORD WORKS have decided to manufacture. 75,000 GARS DURING 1912. THE FORD CAR is designed m strict harmony with accurate scientific294 words
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Article1562 1912-03-16 3 Dame Rumour Again Active. Kuiuour has it that there are many opponents among the Revolutionists to the coalitions relating to the treatment of the UaperiaJ Court, and that they inteud to take desperate measures to defeat Wu Ting-fang. Opposition to Court Perquisites. Canton revolutionists to Shanghai have telegraphicallyJapan Herald - 1,562 words
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Article483 1912-03-16 3 j When we are looking for the financial method* best situated for the little people and for the Nation methods which for productive of thrift, we always turn to >l France. France takes care of the little borrower, and the little women and the little483 words
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Article380 1912-03-16 3 ARE AMERICAN WOMEN CULTURED 11 Is the American worn m 1 person of culture My wife frowned as though the enquiry »vere unwelcome, then answered with a :ragic air, I have realized perfectly all :he while that you were leading up to this, md I have been trying to consider.Shipping - 380 words
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Advertisement85 1912-03-16 3 II CONTINENTAL MOTOR TYRES cc are obtainable from all leading dealers at prices universal through out the S.S. and F.M.S. CONTINENTAL 3-RIBBED TYRES are specially made for the Tropics. "CONREX TYRE" CONTINENTAL CYCLE TYRES are world renowned. OBTAINABLE FROM Messrs. John Little Co., Limited. Robinson Co. The Straits Cycle Motor85 words
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Article1412 1912-03-16 4 Over 10,000 of the Cantonese troops were despatched to Nanking from here during the «nd of last year, among whom were several regiments of the Artillery corps, which were famous for their bravery. Since peace has been restored and a republican government for the whole of China hasHongkong Telegraph - 1,412 words
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Article301 1912-03-16 4 The high coat of handling money has become such a probl em to bankers that at last they have decided to install a "scientific management" system m transit departments of banks all over the country, There could be no better sign of the increasing prosperityWashington Post - 301 words
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Article155 1912-03-16 4 What about Nepaul and the new Chinese Government It is just seventy years since the Chinese Emperor discovered that the Ferenghi of Calcutta were part of what they called the Delhi Pasha's dominions China was first confronted with these *erenghi m her war with Nepaul (1790-92) and155 words
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Advertisement83 1912-03-16 4 X UNCLE PLEX draws your attention r tO hiS P UPLICATO R \Xjfyjf It will produce with perfect ease 2to 100 >s?^r^* perfect copies of any document m one or M^^ various colours. Jt M will duplicate HANDWRITING, TYPEWRITING, COPYING PENCIL. DO YOU WANT move than OH£ 60PX of a83 words
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Advertisement211 1912-03-16 4 Siemens Brothers. MANUFACTURERS OF Electrical Machinery, Cables Wires, Apparatus and Accessories tor Electric Light, Power and Traction Purposes. HEAD OFFICE Caxton House, Westminster, LONDON. Supplies Department Upper Thames Street, LONDON. WORKS. Stafford. WMlwicl. Dilston BRANCHES. Cape Town, Melbourne, Calcutta, Toronto, Bombay, Penang, Madras, Rangoon Sydney, AND Winchester House. COLLYER QUAY.211 words
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POLICE NEWS.
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Article280 1912-03-16 5 Chin Kntf Wan a queueless Hokien, of Bukit Pagoh, was charged with usin^r criminal force to a young Malay named Yacoh. by striking him on hiback witli a cane. Accused said the lad pulled his queue and lie struck him with a cane. Accuse 1 his since cut off280 words
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Article662 1912-03-16 5 AH a young Malay, was charged with dishonest misappropriation ofa cheque for $500 belonging to a Japanese named Oshid i. He was rein inded f>r a week. Bail was fix" 1 at $.">ui). The cheque was recovered. i Two rlokiens, Tan Lay and Tanj Cheng Koo, were arrested for662 words
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Article914 1912-03-16 5 Bak Cheow a Teochew, was eh trged with theft as a servant of 170 catties of sugar value $15, the property of one Tang Gek S ton of Beach Roa I. lie pleaded guilty to stealing 25 catties only* The court accepted his plea convicted him and deferred sentence.914 words
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Article574 1912-03-16 5 Lee Jway an old Hokien, pleaded :uilty to cutting 40 pieces of wood m forest Reserve a t the 12th milestone >eletar Road. He was fined $5 or even days. Forest Ranger Rodrigues >rosecuted. Tay. A Ho a Hokien, was charged with theft from the person of one Yeo574 words
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Article552 1912-03-16 5 O:i the LOth of February last, a Tamil named Kadir Bacha Saibo >, an harmonium player m an Indian theatre it North Bridge R>ad, weni to Lorong Serai at Bencoolen S./eet to meet a Tamil girl named Anjila. Previous arrangements had been made with the mother of this girl552 words
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Article803 1912-03-16 5 Height is of primary importance just now m the nutter of woman's head<?ear, and every wonan to he truly fashionahle should he rooted with a lesign resembling the tower of Babel. your tower can be too high, nd if two little curly tints crown its ummit, you have803 words
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820 1912-03-16 6 The Weekly Sun. SATURDAY, MARCH 16. THE NEW CHINESE GOVERNMENT. We may not learn for some nonths how the Chinese on the frontiers of their enormous Empire receive the news of the extinction of the Manchu Dynasty and the establishment of a Republic. The latest British traveller m Chinese Turkestan820 words
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Article399 1912-03-16 6 A maxim Bection is being formed by the local volunteers. Mr. H. R. Shaw leaves Home by the P. and O. Nore on April 6th. A telegram from Adelaide statet that the M. C. C. team has sailed homeward. The Malay States Guides are to have a399 words
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Article75 1912-03-16 6 a t" n T?. 1 8 11 has sent ft telegram to the Acting iMjhtary Governor m Canton and other bodies to the effect Hrn Wang Chinehm is M^tary Governor th«e and%h.t he will be able to return to Canloc after Pre «dent Yuan Bhih-k>ai i a .wSr^i.75 words
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Article31 1912-03-16 6 The police have concluded that the meu oyex the divwion of spoils. Several Irre.t vr n b d^r%^^r t t T Dunne r dwtrict. m the Y »»«tM«poc)31 words
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Advertisement124 1912-03-16 6 safd SWIMMER BRAND. NATURAL MILK. S wimmer brand milk is a milk W hich will satisfy anyone who I s desirous, to ge^a first class sterlized M ilk which (owing to its flavour, cream and price) is M ost fit to become the favourite brand m the E ast. Nobody124 words
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Advertisement30 1912-03-16 6 ARE YOU PARTICULAR? You know quality, I demand value We supply only Wines and Spirits of choice quality. Garner Quelch&Co. BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE. AND AT SHANGHAI, HONGKONG AND LONDON. 6-130 words
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Article1067 1912-03-16 7 Helen Dare - By Helen Dare If You would find the reason why youth 2oeb wrong— why there is so much need for rescue work and reformatories the logical place to look for it is m the youtli that goes wrong, isn't it Which is why a few1,067 words
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Article111 1912-03-16 7 Carries Three Passengers 15 Miles. The lull m aviation activities around New York was broken by remarkable flight by George W. Beatty on Long Island. Carrying three men m addition to himself, Beatty flew for a distance of more than sixteen ruile*. He ascended at Nassau boulevard111 words
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Article41 1912-03-16 7 M Gee, but it's tough to have to tell a bright, pretty, attractive fascinating girl, the fervor of whose proppsal shows how undying her affection is, that you can only be a brother to her Boston Globe.41 words
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Article45 1912-03-16 7 M Is it possible," asked Dr. Fourthly, "that girls work m cigar factories I am inclined to think they do," said the influential member of the doctor's congregation I pulled a small hairpin outof a cigar I was smoking the other day." Exchange.45 words
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Article53 1912-03-16 7 No," said the disconsolate girl. I am sure Algernon does not love inc. His mind is not on me as it should be.' M How do you know 11 I played bridge at the same table with him and he could remember what the trump was allWashington - 53 words
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Article70 1912-03-16 7 In the adjourned action against Jack Johnson, the champion heavyweight boxer, for damages for breach of contract, the jury at the London Sheriff's Court, awarded 1,500 to the plaintiff, Mr. Frank Macnaghten, of the Macnaghten, Vaudeville Circuit. It was stated that Johnson contracted to perform70 words
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Article57 1912-03-16 7 John Quincy Adams t4 I wonder how I'd look with a pompadour Rabelais: "That reminds me of a cr any ladies present?" Gutenberg "Will somebody move that I have leave to print? Dante "Yen, I have friends m both places." Methuselah: "See what I've saved byChicago Tribune - 57 words
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Article668 1912-03-16 7 Annie Besant - Annie Besant There is, perhaps, no philosophical doctrine m the world that has so magnificent an intellectual ancestry as that <f reincarnation the unfolding of the human spirit through recurring; lives on earth, experience being gathered during the earth life and worked up into intellectual facults668 words
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Advertisement313 1912-03-16 7 PROMPT SJEJTJ LEME N T. TO THE MANAGER THE SHANGHAI LIFE INSURANCE GO. LTD., SINGAPORE. Dbar Sir, I write to place ou record ray appreciation of the prompt manner m which you settled my claim against your Company through the death ot' my father Cheok Hong Yam, of No. 184,313 words
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286 1912-03-16 8 71 ft March, WU. TICKETS SOLD. V ALUF To Hon. Tan Jiak Kirn, C.M.G. 2(X Towkay Wong Ah Fook 20( Lee Choon Guan, Esq. 200 Per Yeo Hock Hoe, Esq. (a) /Cheng Kee Hian Asso'ii IQn (b) Others iJU286 words
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Article191 1912-03-16 8 Soiix* fen TMNfI a<»o none of us wou'd have drowned of trimming oui' spring r f-arlv summer hats with truit of any dv cription. Fruit. if worn at all, was strictly relegated to the curly autumn clfapeau, ami would have been considered utterly and hopele^ly nut191 words
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Article1093 1912-03-16 8 How Camphor is Made. Wherevec camphor trees grow (s:»\>' "Science Siftiugs') you will find camphor distilleries. They are low buildings of mud brick, md t ieir odour is so aromatic that it can >c detected two miles oft In each buildiogl there are a dozen fires. On1,093 words
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Article229 1912-03-16 8 In Australia, where so many preciottt species of birds were being rapidly exterminated m the milinery interest, *the few lyre bird! left were all th.it existed any. Where on the globe, and when the British CWrninent had allowed its proteges Ihe London feather dealers, to barter those229 words
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Advertisement87 1912-03-16 8 I To Business Men. A new departure m Insurance. We oil er insurance against 5F the loss of your most valu- 1 j able possessions, your letJL^iL^ ters correspondence and If. s other records. In the i event of these being burnt,' I^^Mj! their loss would be irreparaoie. fe^^H; Steel87 words
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Advertisement601 1912-03-16 8 LOSING WEIGHT m Un\ i red by the pound l Waterbury's Metaoonzeu mv^^/S^i 1 God Liver OH Compound^ P 7™ izfi j j I T ABTBt. E sa o^^^ m M^lioLw£l V A II T)7 -iontifi, tn-eparation of jo± COD LIVER OILi U DOD LIVSB OIL. Does air that is601 words
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786 1912-03-16 9 The Brazilian Review is quoted as th> authorit) for the following statements ap pearing m a recent L'nited States Consular repjrt The Special Committee of trie Brazilian Chamber of Deputies has been ■tedyiag Ihe rubber question with a view' to suggesting what m-Msures should786 words
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Article188 1912-03-16 9 A party were talking of success. A certain man who had made a fortune was iif 1 nt ion cd. v When that men cam-- to Loidon m '79," one said, "everything tie possessed was tied up m a handkerchief. To-day Tiie speaker smiled and stroked his closeclipped188 words
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Article1188 1912-03-16 9 C. Spurgeon Medhurst - C. Spurgeon Medhurst By i There are tbree reasons why I welcome the Chinese Republic 1. By appealing to the imagination o* the nation as nothing else lias done the Republic will work for the individualisation of the race. By stimulating the sense of individuality amongChina Press - 1,188 words
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100 1912-03-16 9 REVOLUTION COST SCHOOLS OF NANKING TLS. 2,000,000. A thorough investigation conducted by the Republican Board of Education into the conditions of the educational institutions m Nanking revealed a tremendous* destruction and damage to many school libraries, laboratories and other valuable assets, owing to the recent revolutionary outbreak there. Over IUO100 words
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898 1912-03-16 9 Philip H. Patchin - Philip H. Patchin By Staff Correspondence of the China Press. A telegram recently sent by Yuan Shihk'ai to the viceroys and governor* of the nations summarizes the eveuts of the last few months and Yuan Shih-k'ai's attitude toward them" more completely and authoritathrety898 words
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Advertisement109 1912-03-16 9 "LANCET" REPORT, Noucmbcr 1904. 1 Misleading terms are so often used m describing potable Spirits, that it is satisfactory to find that m the case of this Whinky it is honestly described. On the label are printed the words, age and quality guaranteed,' and 'very fine.' The quality is certainly109 words
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Advertisement306 1912-03-16 9 WHAT IT WILL DO. A woman buys a sewing machine for what it will do; not as an article of furniture. A man carries a watch to tell him the time; not as an investment of surplus capital. The same principle when one is ill. We want the medicine or306 words
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Article310 1912-03-16 10 Good Templar to Pay £50. An umusiug type of apology which was not acceptable was instanced m the London Sheriffs Court, m an action for alleged libel brought by Mr. Kdward Oliver, Grand Secietary Mr. Joseph Malms, Chief Templar and other members of the I. O. G. T310 words
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230 1912-03-16 10 DEAD CHINESE SOLDIERS UNBURIED FOR WEEKS. Vivid testimony is given m Nan Shuchow, of the shameless neglect of the dead. Unburied skeletons of Imperial soldiers killed at the time the city was taken still lie about by the roadside and m the moat about the city wall. Tufts of hair230 words
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Article184 1912-03-16 10 Republicans Alleged to be Trying to get Possession of it. The Republican Government and the Tai Ho Trading Company have become involved m a dispute over the ownership of 400,000 baga of salt recently sold by Mr. Wong Yu Chang of Tientsin, the representative of the Salt184 words
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Article254 1912-03-16 10 Varied Experiences of Man Originally Apprenticed to a Decorator. How a man originally apprenticed to a decorator afterwards became a clergyman, and made disastrous experiments m farming and poultry-keeping, was told at a meeting at Nottingham, of the creditors of the Rev. M. H. Pimm, vicar of254 words
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Article244 1912-03-16 10 A White paper to hand by the last mail contains a report, says The Ranqoou Gazette, on the Nastin and benzoyl chloride treatment for leprosy a; the Nahaica Leper Asylum, British Guiana. Summing up the. results, it may be said that Nastin has apparently very little244 words
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Advertisement100 1912-03-16 10 NOTICE. LEEVER HAIR DRESSING SALOON. NO. 350, NORTH BRIDCE ROAD, SINGAPORE. The most up-to-date hair-dressers m Singapore. Our Saloon has just been opened and the linings are of the latest kind. The barbers have had wide experience m the business and are experts m cutting and trimming the hair m100 words
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Advertisement234 1912-03-16 10 BEHN, MEYER CO., LTD. Engineering Department, SINGAPORE. REPRESENTATIVES FOR FRIED. KRUPP a.g. GRUSONWERK. RUBBER MACHINERY Latest Design. Hand or Power Driven. Complete Installations of Factories. Roller Washing and Rinsing Machines can be inspected at our office. ©UR DRESSING PLftNT For th« Treatment of all kinds of Ores Including Crushing, Grinding,234 words
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Article370 1912-03-16 11 The train m which I was riding the other day was delayed by a block signal. We stopped m a freight yard and the view from my window was quite uninviting, with long rows of dingy box cars, many of which were battered and need painting.H.H. - 370 words
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Article176 1912-03-16 11 It is the year 2000. The famous aad successful lady orator is addressing a large and enthusiastic audience. At the end of her speech she says I believe that this is the time fot me to publicly acknowledge my indebtedness to one who has been my companion,176 words
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Article185 1912-03-16 11 Once upon a time he had been a writer of novelettes, but he found ink ho expensive that he dropped the matter the writing, not the ink and became a trap. Still, even on the weary road the old, imaginative tendency could not he shaken off, and when he185 words
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Advertisement253 1912-03-16 11 An Eastern Company|for the Eastern People GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. LIMITED. ftEAD OFFICE:- SINGAPORE. LIBERAL POtmiES. LOW RATES. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. O. A. DERRICK Esq., Jtettri. Derrick VOW XGAX PAN Esq., of Messri. Lo <fc Co. ChairnuiH. Kie Seng and Towkay Loke y eu A. B. FAIR, EEg.,* q253 words
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Advertisement420 1912-03-16 11 Jodelite Registered. The Great Timber Preservative. All kinds of soft timber, such as serayah, are, after treatment with Jodelite, permanently protected against attacks of white ants dry rot and decay. Protection of Para Rubber Trees. After pruning the trees apply a thin coat of Cold Jodelite to the wounds with420 words
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Article1025 1912-03-16 12 Lord Haldane's Visit. Lr.rd Haldane's sudden visit to Ger-! ijiar.y ha* provided the sensation of thei week, md the impression prevails that it nia\ l»y followed at no distant date by r«M|toof the heghest importance. That lordship > mission is connected with h^ political relations existing between (ir^at1,025 words
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326 1912-03-16 12 The Hague is Notified. Dr. Lim Boon Keng Appointed to take up the Matter with President Sun. Chinese organizations m Shanghai are taking immediate steps to secure proper redress for the alleged slaughter of Chinese citizens by Dutch soldiers at Soerabaya, ijava. FollowingChina Press - 326 words
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Article135 1912-03-16 12 In consequence of the proposal made m Canton to elect his elder brother as Governor-General of that city, Dr. Sun Vat-sen has telegraphed to Canton asking that the proposal might be withdrawn. Dr. Sun states that his brother, Sun Mci, is no doubt an honest and straightforward man,Hongkong Telegrams - 135 words
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824 1912-03-16 12 The United States Consul-General, George E. Anderson, Hongkong, writes:— For several years— since, m fact, modern coinage has come into use m China to any material extent— subsidiary silver coins have been minted m the various provinces of China. The minting of these coinsChina Press - 824 words
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Advertisement88 1912-03-16 12 COMPLETE AND QUICKEST RECOVERY. Against Asthma, Cough, Consumption and ALL AFFECTIONS OF THE CHEST f THROAT, AND LUNGS BY Hi POUMOFOR >t^ ELIXIR ANTI-ASTHMATIQUE PULMONAIRE A DR SAUL BERNARD T WH^ on theTafi^h 311 Preparation is based L Ji&^^^vk\ ft Si bactenologic experiences. In use L hLr'nn^" t imn V88 words
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Advertisement262 1912-03-16 12 ADVERTISEMENTS. M. N. K. MOHAMED NOORDIN CO., GENERAL MERCHANTS. Boots, Shoes, Shirts, Ties. Hats, Collars, Hosiery and General Goods. 86-88. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. 8-7 OFFICE TRAINING! Shorthand, Typewriting, Book-keep-ing and Business methods are taught m the Commercial Department of A.C.S. Three European Instructors and two Assistants. Individual instruction is given262 words
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Advertisement281 1912-03-16 13 APCAR LINE OF STEAMERS. The undermentioned mail steamers of the above Line maintain a regular service between Calcutta and Japan, calling at Penang, Singapore. Hongkong and Shanghai en route. r FLEET. Tons. Commander. fcB Japan <U)i:* A. Stewart. 86 Gregory Apcar 4,600 S. H. Belson. ss Arratoon Apcar 4,500 (J.281 words
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Advertisement406 1912-03-16 13 KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (ROYAL DUTCH PACKET COMPANY.) Under Contract with the Nethbrlajtds India Government. Agents at Singapore The Skips Agency. LU.. 2-3 Cellyer Qiay. MAIL TABLE-MARCH 14TH TO 22ND, 1912. The undermentioned dates are only approximate. Steamship. From Expected. Will be Despatched for:— 8 van Heem^kerk Soerabaia Mar. 14 Bataria,406 words
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Advertisement211 1912-03-16 13 THE POPULHR BRAND. B *a k j^^^^igr \_^Vft r y Ty^B^B^B^B^fcSOLD EVERYWHERE. j THE DENTAL HALL. BRAS BASSA ROAD. UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF Or. J. IWATSUB©, DENTAL SURGEON. (Who may also be found at 82, Bras Basah ■Road). Newly opened for the convenience of Patients. Treatment and workmanship guaranteed to211 words
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Advertisement144 1912-03-16 14 11 Martcll's Brandy. M&h In England more Martell's Three Mffijfff^st\ Star Brandy is sold than any (ffuml m\ other Brand. RHi I HIJ n on( on more tnan tftrcc ti mes the quantity of Martell's is so tnan an y otner rm bottled Brandy. OBTAINABLE FKOJI ALL DEALERS. li'l lll144 words
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