Weekly Sun, 27 April 1912

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  • 21 1 The Weekly Sun. GREATER STRAITS SETTLEMENTS EDITION. 126, CROSS STREET, SINGAPORE. PRICE 5 CENTS. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 191^. NO. 87.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 148 1 AIRTIGHT UNIFORM CASES. Made from best English Steel plates, Ebonite black, inside enamelled maroon, airtight and insect-proof. Fitted with brass name plate, reliable brass lever lock, with two keys and our patent end clip fastenings which prevent Sagging. Sizes 27 x 14H x 9H ins. PRICE $10.95 30 xl7 xmi
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    • 201 1 Strong Slrap*. With handles, for bundle 3 baskets or rugs. Length 42, 52, 60. 72 ins. Price 50.93 I.CO 1.25 1.50 GLADSTONE BAGS. EXPANDED. COLLAPSEQ* GLADSTONE BAGS. Solid Brown Cowhide, with double locks and keys, covered frame with jean inner lining and strong pocket. Sizes 20. 22, 24, 26 ins.
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  • 786 2 Dramatic Arrest of the Leaders. The Government have at last taken steps to deal with the wanton conduct of j the Suffragists, and have arrested some of the leaders of the movement on a charge of conspiracy. The police, acting on warrants issued by Mr. Curtis Bennett, the
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    • 309 2 FORD CARS. 80,000 FORD CARS are in 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 CARS DURINC 1912. THE FORD CAR is designed in strict harmony with accurate
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  • 1657 3 THREE JURORS FAIL t 0 SHOW BUT CHINESE TRIAL UOES ON. All the Testimony Heard over Again in Trial of Former Magistrate Yao. The tri.il bv jury of Yao Yung Zeh on! the oh irg iof mi r,ler growing out of the killing of Ihe two revolutionary leaders] Chow anl
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  • 827 3 m* People Proud of their Province and States Rights will Find many Adherents. EX4MPLE OF AMERICA. Practically all the Foreigner and Missionaries have Retur led to Work. Changsha, Chini, March 28. The new state of Hunan is particul uly fortunate in having for its
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  • 838 4 SEDDON SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR POISONING MISS BARROW WITH ARSENIC. m i Murder for Love of Gold." DRAMATIC SCENES MARK THE END OF THE TRIAL. s> The Jury Acquit Mrs. Seddon. declare be/ore the Great Architect of\ tke f'niverse that I am not guilty of iko\ diabolical crime for which
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  • 202 4 Member of Hongkong Legislative Council Tells of Conditions in South. Sir Hokai, If. D L. L. 8., K. C M. G., Senior Member of Hongkong Legislative Council arrived here on last Friday and is now a guest at Dr. Wu Ting-fangs residence
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  • 497 4 Alarming Conditions Exist in Central China Provinces, School are Destroyed. BATTLE IS EXPECTED. President Yuan Shih-kai Issues A Manifesto in Praise of the Soldiers. Hankow, April 3. According to reports received here, conditions in Honan and Shensi are very alarming. Missionaries coming down to Hankow
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  • 854 4 Meeting also Decides to Treat Japanese who were Looted Same as Chinese. VIOLATED TREATY RIGHTS. Effort to Place Blame on Governor Causes Split in the Meeting. Soochow, April 7. A meeting was called yesterday afternoon at the club house of one of
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    • 119 4 COMPLETE AND QUICKEST RECOVERY. Against Asthma, Cough, Consumption and ALL AFFECTIONS OF THE CHEST, THROAT, AND LUNGS /MMM*. BY m POUMOFOR J Vf. EUX,R ANTI ASTHMAT, Q UE PULMONAIRE bA^ SS *S w DR SAUL BERNARD. t„, This excellent and energetic preparation is based /^M^rS^, th latest bacteriologic experiences. In
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    • 263 4 ADVERTISEMENTS, M. N. K. MOHAMED NOORDIN CO., CENERAL MERCHANTS. Bx)ts, Shoes, Shirts, Ties, Hats, Collars, Hosiery and General Goods. 86-88, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. 8-7 For Sale. ***s The British Steam Launch Busso built in 1906. Length 60 feet. Breadth 13.5. Depth 5.5. Gross tonnage 10.85. The vessel is in excellent
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  • POLICE NEWS.
    • 380 5 Seven Hockchia rickshaw coolies were fined $5 or seven days each for gambling Chap Jee Kee in public in a Lane off Waterloo Street- For stealing nine cabbages value 45 rents from a bullock-cart at Tanjong Pagar, two Hokiens Sip Kim and Ang Yia, were fined $10 or fourteen
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    • 285 5 Tang Eng Meng and Ang Tee, were each fined $1 for disorderly conduct by fighting at Bedoh. ~m~> For striking Ong Yam on the arm with a walking stick Ling Ee Nong a Hockchia was fined $5 on the charge of using criminal force at Queen Street. ss s
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    • 426 5 Lim Swee Hong and Choo Seng Wnye, pleaded guilty to gambling head or tail in public, and were fined $2 or three days each For allowing two Malays to smoke o P l^ m ln his Bmok ing saloon, Lim Sin 2 fN J °i7 2 Tanjong Pagar Road,
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    • 526 5 Three queueless Hokiens, Loo Tee, Eng A Pow and See A Keng, were fined $2 or three days each, for being drunk and disorderly at Nelson Road. Police constable No- 408 saw them teasing passers-by and shouting at the top of their voices. He arrested them. i m For
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    • 584 5 Mrs. Laura Brown, living at No. 12 Bencoolen Street, charged her Hylam boy Teo A Mwee, aged 12 years, with criminal breach of trust in respect of $5. The evidence showed that she gave her boy a $5 note to change on the 20th instant. He went and was
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  • 27 5 The mortality for the week ending 20th instant Is as follows Eurasians 2 Chinese 191 Malays 37 Indian 21. Total 251. Ratio per mille of population 41.67.
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  • 663 5 Permanent Camp to be Established and Plant may be Installed. s> j AN AMERICAN TEACHER. Ray Wilcox is in Charge of the Training Corps Consisting of 23 Men. The Chinese Army Aviation Corps, which was organized in Nanking about two months ago, is
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  • 65 5 Berlin, April 9. His Majesty the Kaiser is having daily and prolonged interviews with the Chancellor Dr. von Bethman Hollweg, at the Achilleion at Corfu. These are considered by the press to be an evidence of the great confidence placed by the Kaiser in the j
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  • 94 5 Conflicting Reports as to Future Appointment of Local Official. Mr. Wen Tsung Yao has despatched a cablegram to President Yuan Shihk'ai tendering his resignation as Commissioner of Foreign Affairs of Shanghai. Although President Yuan has asked him to continue his servico Mr. Wen has sent another wire
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  • 85 5 Large Influx Expected. The Siberian Railway is now busily engaged in the transportation of Russian emigrants from European Russia to East Siberia. According to latest reports a project is mooted to convey, during the period from the 14th of March to the 14th of May
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  • 198 5 MIACLE OR IMMAGINATION A curious piece of news comes from Japan and is to be effect that a lad of 13 years of age spoke after being dumb from birth. The parents, it is stated, have been in the habit of praying to the Buddha and Shinto Gods for the
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  • 332 5 Too Many Bruises to b? Counted. In a shocking case of crueltiy to a girl, it was stated at Chertsey (Surrey) that the child was reduced to such a state of hunger that she ate food fiom a dog kennel. The case was one in whicli
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  • 412 6 The Weekly Sun. SATURDAY, APRIL 27. OUR AERIAL ARMY. It is safe to assume that the Ambitions Scheme of Naval and Military aviation which ha^ been decided upon by the authorities, will do a great deal to bring us up to the level of other nations in this direction. Development
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  • 284 6 The funeral of the late Mr. Leong Fee took place yesterday morning, when his remains were removed from his residence in Leith Street to the Cantonese Cemetery at Mount Erskine for interment. The funeral was in the 44 reformed style. The cortege, nearly half a mile
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  • 144 6 Coins Concealed in Colonial Days Roll Forth When Brick is Removed. Asbury Park, (N. J.), March 10.— Behind a brick fireplace in the old White homestead on Deal lake border A. Jefferys, who acquired the property from his mother, one of the White descendants,
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  • 166 6 B> Only Four of the Jurors Sign Petition to President for Clemency. The hope of saving the life of Yao Yung-«eh, convicted of the murder of the two revolutionary leaders at Shanyang is on the wane. There appears to be a strong feeling
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  • 238 6 Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lea have left Shanghai by the N. Y. K. steamer Shinyo Maru for San Francisco. A Hylam boy dropped dead on Wednesday afternoon, at the 2H miles on Thompson Road. At the assizes on Thursday afternoon, the Cantonese Ho Ah Tye, was sentenced
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  • 181 6 Mr. Wu Tse Hui Noted Chinese Student Tells Boys of His Own Career. Over 300 Chinese students of Nanyang High School attended an interesting lecture delivered by Mr. Wu Tse Hui yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the lecture hall of the school near
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  • 196 6 Japanese Journal's Attack. The M HocM* publishes a Shimonoseki telegram stating that a certain influential man who has arrived there from China is quoted as stating that he was surprised, at the time of the recent serious looting at Peking, to notice that American missionaries
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 150 6 'KB s*\ fl^. _r WCTO 1 Q taV Ml j| n ntTT r Tjy'^ I ti j Vll 'ill fltt mi Untf^^K HffM v C__s'_s^_T____T__T?_____Htt**T4**T #k Jra SWIMMER BRAND. NATURAL MILK. n\m o*m++* S wimmer brand milk is a milk W hieh will satisfy anyone who I s desirous, to
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    • 31 6 ARE YOU PARTICULAR? I You know quality, demand value We supply only Wines and Spirits of choice quality. Garner Quelch&Co. j BATTEJRY ROAD, SINGAPORE. AND AT SHANGHAI, HONGKONG AND LONDON. 6-1
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  • 879 7 A Field of Competition. Japanese Used as Medium by Europeans and Americans. Under the heading of Economical Competition in China the Tokyo Asahi of tl.t 15th mst ml ttatea that it is quite obvious that ejorio nic il competition in China will booo ne toner
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  • 661 7 ASSEMBLY OBJETS TO MEMBER OF MINISTRY. Protests at Appointment of Liang Ju-hao to Board of Communications. CABINET IS ANNOUNCED. Appointments Regarded as a Compromise Between North and South. With one exception all of the member )f the Cabiuet selected Mr. Tang 6hao-yi, the Premier, have been accepted by the Assembly
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  • 304 7 APPOINT MEMBERS OF COMMISSION ON TRADE. Mr. Lewis Harcourt Makes Announcement in the House of Commons. London, April 3. In the House of Commons yesterday, fcf* Lewis Harcourt, Secretary of State for th* Colonies, innounced the names of the members of the Royal Commission appointed to investigate into the Trade
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  • 219 7 Many Local Dignitaries Call on Him Including Belgian Consul°General. Premier Tang Shao-yi had a busy day in his headquarters at the Kalee Hotel yesterday attending to telegraphic correspondence, discussing the situation with the Senior Consul and entertaining local republican dignitaries who paid their
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 250 7 A TOKEN OFJJRATITUDE. TO THE MANAGER THE SHANGHAI LIFE INSURANCE CO. LTD., SINCAPORE. Dear Sir, I desire to thank you for the prompt settlement of my j claim against your Company arising out of the death of my son, Yeow Client Lee, which occurred on the 16th February. He was
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  • 1502 8 The Canton mint is working at top speed tj turn out coin to meet the demands ol the market and at present the daily outpui j amounts to $80,000 half of which is bander over to the CI amber of Commerce, whe through the sevmt\-two Merchants' Guild distribute
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  • 81 8 9 The fire which broke out about 1 1 o'clock Tuesday night on North Chekiang Road destroyed five houses, two of which were insured for Tls. 1,000 each and another for Tls. 500. The blaze was caused by thi fusing of electric wires. The fire started in
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 82 8 To Business Men. A new departure in Insurance. We offer insurance against o]p^=^| the loss of your most valura able possessions, your letLSLj! ters, correspondence and I isT- other records. In the n event of these being burnt, F sss their loss would be irreparm able. p^^M Steel letter files
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    • 768 8 I Waterbury's Metabolized I 1 COUGHING INTO I I Cod Liver Oil Compound. I CONSUMPTION! m m^ m^ m W m Wmm\m\mWLWK Finest Norwegian COL) LIVER OIL changed 9 i m \^^^^^^^^J^ M by the latest scientific process to a form allowing H 1 1 r\ u»» ff A„ qfnn
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  • 769 9 l>sues Relating to Foreign Loans and National Development Discussed. \ISO KIRCATIONAL PUNS. 1 actions of Natural Union Association Not Agreed Hut Discussion is Helpful. "'Chinese numbers attended a meeting held yesterday afternoon o'clock in Chang Garden under the auspic< of the National Union
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  • 1053 9 VOLUNTEERS AT SOOCHOW DISCOVERED HIDDEN LOOT. s> Amnesty of One Week Offered to Those Who Give Up Stolen Articles. Soochow, April 1. Things in the city are n>w at rest an J there seems to be little danger of an outbreak for at least another week. The soldiers have been
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  • 611 9 Society Suit in the Divorce Court. A remarkable letter fro n i husban 1 to his wife in which he announced his intention of leaving her for good, and throwing in his lot with someoue elsV and the wife's appeal to him to return were tbe features
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  • 137 9 Siam is one of the countries which boats of a corps of women police. The members of this Amazon guard are all old and ugly They wear a uniform, though they not armed. Their chief duty is to act as gatekeepers of the Inner, or Women's
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  • 278 9 l Startling Adventure by the Riverside. i A strange riverside adventure was described at Kingston, when Fredk. Jno. Dean, 2.J, labourer, of Richmondgrove, Surbitonhill, and Sydney Taylor, 19, a labourer, of Alpha-rd Surhiton-hill, were charged with being concerned in robbing a young man named Fredk. Chas. Blecher of
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  • 139 9 For fifteen years the Rev. John Watkins Pitchford, M. A., carried out his duties as vicar of St. Jude3 South-wark undismayed by the face that a doctor had told him he might die at any moment from diabetes iand a weak heart. He led a very
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 133 9 S "LANCET" REPORT, 25th Noucmber 1904. Misleading terms arc so often used hi describing potable Spirits, that it is Bfttiofootorj to find that in the case of this Whisky it is honestly described. Ol the label are printed the words, t ige and quality guaranteed,' and 'very fine. The quality
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    • 307 9 A FOOLISH OLD IDEA. It was once thought that a medicine was all the more beneficial for having a nasty taste and smell. We now know th t such an idea is perfect nonsense. There is no more reason why medicine should offend the senses than why food should do
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  • 757 10 A double.deck tramcar got out of con trol in South road, Lancaster, on Monday, and bowled over a builders cait The driver of the cart received somewhat serious in juries. The car proceeded on its way, and in Dalton-sqnare jumped the points, crashed into a baker's cart, smashing
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  • 633 10 Alleged White Slave Traffic. f\ J lt hi this case there is no doubt tha aistrongeht suspicion, but in the absence of i material corroboration of the evidence for the prosecution I am obliged, with the igreatest reluctance, to direct the jury to .acquit prisoner.' So remarked
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 16 10 Dr. FURUMOTO, JAPANESE DENTIST. 98. North Bridge Road. Best treatment available in Singapore. Reasonable terms. I
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  • 330 11 s I President Yuan Sends Strict Orders to the Authorities to Preserve Order. PEKING THE CAPITAL. Provisional Assembly at Nanking Decides Question by Decisive Majority. Peking, April 3 Disturbing reports have come from Pao Ting-fu and have CRUsed President Yuan Shih-k'ai to send urgent orders to
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  • 387 11 Urgent Demands for the First Year Will Amount to Tls. 214,000,000. China vrill Deed Tls. 21 i,00J,000 to meet the most urgent demmds during the first year of the republic, according to Premier Tang Shao-yi's speech at the opening of the National Assembly
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    • 289 11 An Eastern Company for the Eastern People GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. UMITED. HEAD OFFICE:- SINGAPORE. iIBERALPOLiCLES. LOW RATES. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 6?, 4. DERRICK Esq, Mumrs. Derrick TOW XCAX PAX Esq., of Messrs. Loh tt Co. Chairman. o i t i r i xr J\ie beiiy ana I oivkay
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    • 406 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 with
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  • 1022 12 Farmers Surreptitiously Grow Poppy Plant in out of the Way Places. Chengtu, Ssechnen, Msroh 14. I send you a translation of Proclamation Just issued here against the growth and use of opium. Lately a number of opium denfl have been surreptitiously opened in many
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  • 238 12 Chinese Officials in Many Places Show They Are Determined. A telegram from Foochow was sent to Peking on March 25, stating that there is now a strong anti-opium crusade in Fukien. Former restrictive measures are vigorously! enforced, and new laws are being introduced.
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  • 209 12 GUNBOAT IS FIRED ON BY FORTS AT KIUKIANG. Captain Tung had Great Difficulty Preventing his Men from Landing. According, to a Uljmese report thei Shftaghai general recently sent the gunboat Utunfto to convey some arms and ammunitions to Kiukiang. She arrived at Kiu-i; kiang on March 21 arid as the
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  • 330 12 SHANTUNG TOWNS SACK ED BY GOVERNMENT TROOPS Tsinanru, Shantung, March 27. In the China Critic for March 23 there is a report that Lai Chowfu has been completely sacked by the Government troops. The reports here confirm this report. But in the same issue there is a report that Tsinanfu
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  • 121 12 A woman missionary in China was taking tea with a mandarin's eight wives. The Chinese ladies examined her clothing, her IMP, her teeth, and so on, but her feet especially amazed them. •Why" 'cried one, -you c.13 w.ilk and un as well as a man ;;Yes,tobesure," S
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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    • 304 12 Siemens Brothers. MANUFACTI UKRs O F 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. Woolwich. Dalston. BRANCHES. Cape Town, Melbourne, Caleutta, Toronto, Bombay, Penang, Madras, Rangoon AND Winchester House. COLLYER
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 293 13 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIG\TION CO., LTD. APCAR LINE. The undermentioned mail steamers of the .ibove Line nnint lin a regular service between Calontl i .ml Japill, calling at Penang, Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai en route. FLEET. j Ton*. Commander. >s Japan 6,013 A. Stuart. 88 Gregory Apcar -4,6 )J J.
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    • 412 13 KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (ROYAL DUTCH PACKET COMPANY.) Under Coxteact with the Netherlands India Government. Agents at Singapore Tie Snips Agency. Ui.. 2-3 Collyer Onay. MAIL TABLE— APRIL 22ND TO 29TH, 1912. The undermentioned dates are only approximate. STEAMSHIP. From Expected. Will be Despatched for:— dSs? 8 *u:nphius Batavia April 22
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    • 213 13 —i THE POPULAR BRAND. MACKIE'S T BSSS_____ N sssssl^^ Wn im\\X^^^ ks SOLD EVERYWHERE. THE DENTAL HALL. BRAS BASSA ROAD. UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF Dr. J. IWATSLJB©, DENTAL SURGEON. (Who may also be found at 82, Bras Basah Road). Newly opened for the convenience of Patients. Treatment and workmanship guaranteed
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 103 14 i Martell's Brandy. In England more Martell's Three Star Brandy is sold than any other Brand. In London more than three times the quantity of Martell's is sold than any other Brand of bottled Brandy. 1 1 Sole Agents for Straits Settlements, F.M.S. _H H I, Adamson, Gilfillan Go., Ltd.
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