Weekly Sun, 15 February 1913

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  • 17 1 THE Weekly Sun 126. CROSS STREET. SINCA^u-^ NO. 129. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1913. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 294 1 Real Nottingham Lace Curtains. Kine effectiTe Design, m White or Ecru. M 1* by 3 yaitU. Price $1.50 pair. The Mysore Reversible Rug. Size 24 x s(ftnches. PRICb $2.50 each. I The Portland Floor Rug. >erior hemp, oriental and floral designs, fringed ends. Size 23 x 48". PRICE $!.:>0 each.
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    • 359 1 UNEQUALED VALUE IN TAPESTRY AND JUTE FLOOR COVERINGS. The Manx Jute r S^ Carpet Square. jfsfr ,'lgZl Q 6T M greatly reduce prices. Jute Stajr Carpeting. Size 3x 3 yards. Fawn Ground with Red Border. Size 36 inches. ki colours. Red or Blue. PRISK 0.80 cents per yard. PRICE $32.50
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    • 41 1 EvSflwfiSLaflHHH fMlm II I Hemstitched Cotton Sheets. Fine quality cloth. Free fron filling. a Size 2x3 yds. Price $5.50 pair WP TADDV LARGEST STOCK OF COIR MATS MATTINGS lINI IHE S.S. or F.M.S. THEREFORE THE LU W bu 1 PRICES. I
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  • 550 2 Amusing Blunders Seen m the Press. i Very ludicrous are the mistakes whicl appear from time to time m newspapers Below will be found a curious assortment of print* rV errors which have appearec from time to time iii various publications "Spaniels For sale, three health dogs, (»ft.
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  • 451 2  -  Dryblower When you a^ a man who's worried, WhA has got a decent job, Who is never j^ished nor flurried For a haif-a-crown or bob When he doesn't mind his missus, With her keen, cantankerous tongue When his bucketful of blisses, i On a slender thread is hung; When
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 41 2 M. N. K. MOHAMED NOORDIN CO., GENERAL MERCHANTS. Boots, Shoes, Shirts, Tics, Hats, Collars, Hosiery and General Goods. 86-88, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD 8-7 TO LEND. of Kre y st° n g Od eCUrity <^ Apply Box 22. Weekly Sun," Office. 9 i
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    • 105 2 Xim <§f (80. 6B Battery Road. SINGAPORE. Sun Vat Sen and the Awakening of China by J. Cartlie C.S.Jones ...$3.30 ea. Lady Molly of Scotland Yard by Baroness Orczy .55 Life's Shop Window by Victoria Cross kk The Red Room by Wm. Le QueUX trc .oo A Girl from the
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    • 432 2 "LACTOMALTINE" REGISTERED STRENGTHENING FATTENING N PALATABLE DIGESTIBLE NUTRITIOUS I E!!\^li™ffil I I Hbal Pi t% IT AII m lii|lj II |B^B prpstrvfd b y a Kew Process, 4 H Bnjn'^ o/ th F-'ie^t Scotch Barley. M.ikJ W C enf 7 'or creating Tissue* ©f stable IMj^H illl ftw food <n
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    • 94 2 FORD! THE CAR FOR THE MULTITUDE. 1 THE PAR WITHOUT A RIVAL IN ITS CLASS. PRICE COMPLETE $1,J575. THE FORD l!S THE PROVED BEST t\ti AT A MODERATE TRICE. ITS SALES BEING THREE TIMES AS GREAT AS ANY OTHER CAR IN THE WORLD W£ARNE BROS., LTD. i LATE C. F.
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  • 2385 3 What China Has Escaped. Principal Sources of Turkey's Revenue Pledged to Foreign Bondholders. 4 From the China Rspukjiemn of 28th ult. we take the following The special report on the Ottoman Public Debt of Sir Adam Block, the President of the Council of Administration, was issued a month
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  • 392 3 QUEEN MARY'S EXPENDITURE FOR DRESS. Queen Mary, although she spends much more on dress now than she did as Priucens of Wale*, still spends less than the consort of any other great European sovereign. She makes her dresses last longer than her modistes like, and she goes through tho bills
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    • 103 3 I CONTINENTAL I 1 for I I Buses and heav^ fflfflerc a Vehicles. m. Ja. JS. Aw/ m. M M JL^ Hh Hh\ Jhf J hlßhw*" v Bhh .AW ■^■i j KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD. I I I^^L CONTINENTAL TYRE S. RUBBER Co.. Ltd. I m LULL) hit QUAY,
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  • 1830 4 By Lim Boon-Keng, M.8., CM. ])e>pite appearances to the contrary, the Chinese have for two thousand years maintained under every disadvantage and' discouragement, a spirit of personal and communal independence, which compare* favourabiy even with the so-called liberftj m the freest state- of the west. What!
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  • 344 4 A Diamond Uerchaats Petition Against Miss Fanny Ward. m AMERICAN TOUR SEQUEL.' The well-known actress, Ifiss Fanny Ward, has been divorced by her husband, Mr. Joseph Lewis, a City merchant. When the petition came before Mr. Justice Bargarve Deane no defence was offered to the charges made
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  • 386 4 Sheriff's Bailiff Who Tried to Kiss a Circus Girl. m A FEW LIVELY MINUTES. There was iuuc 1 laughter m the court at A.thlone while a case was proceeding m which Din Gannon, a Sheriffs bailiff, sued Bernard Hayden, Stokestown, merchant, for assault under remarkable circumstances, Gannon, while
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  • 1437 4 Lady International Golfer Sues for Damages. A dispute as to who should be the p%rtner of a professional, a pocketed ball, and the suspension of a lady international goiter, these were the subjects dealt with ft the course <^f an action m the King's Bench Division. The
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 75 4 TO OUR READERS. If this paper appeals to you, give it y our practical support and encourage the only Chinese journalistic enterprise m Singapore by filling m the accompanying form and posting it to Subscription Form. To the Weekly Sun, Ltd. 126, Cross Street, Please enter my name as a
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  • 615 5 Mr. Nellis, of Vie British American, Tobacco Co.. left for Ipoh on Monday last, to take charge of the firm* agency there. Mr. Pfeineger, of Rawan^ Estate,| who has been m Singapore on a visit to his mother, left on Monday for Kuala Lumpur, per s.s. Perak.
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  • POLICE NEWS.
    • 352 5 Chu Yong, a Cantonese, was sent to gaol by Mr. Talma for six months, for! failing to give a satisfactory account as to how he came Wy some jewellery 3 value $10. He is an old offender. P. Kutai, a Tamil, was arrested on i the chaige of robbery
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    • 333 5 Sim Hoo Lan, pleaded guilij, before Mr. Talma to letting off fire-works at Bencoolen Street. Fined %Z. Tolasi, a Tamil, pleaded guilty, be- i fore Mr. Talma to being drunk and 1 disorderly m Arab Street Fined $1. I Tan Peow, a Hokien, was charged i before Mr. Talma
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    • 1310 5 For keeping his coffee stall open at 1 I a.m., a Hylam was fined $3 and costs. Two Eurasians pleaded guilty to i ising criminal force to a train con- luctor at Tanjong Pagar Road. They 1 vere fined $5 each. -m Four chandu smoking saloon keep- >rs were
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    • 579 5 Three Bengali bullock-cart drivers Bola, Jula and Dorika were fined $1 each for driving their carts at Serangoon Road at 7.20 p.m., 1 ast night without lights. Mutu a Tamil, was fined $2 for gambling pitch and toss m public at Kerbau Road. Three Chinese Pua Chooi, Pua Vat
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  • 318 5 Teh Pia Knang a young Teochnw, was fined $2, by Mr. Talma for throwing sand crackers at people m Fraser Street. He pleaded guilty saying he was only having a bit of fun. The Hylam boy Swee Him Teng, who was employed by Mrs. Mey Rowell of SI Institution
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  • 680 6 The Weekly Sun. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15. AUSTRALIA AND ASIATICS. To outside observers of Australian politics, where such are concerned with foreign affairs, the importance attached to what is termed The Eastern Question seems out of all proportion to the real magnitude of that question so far as the island-continent is
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  • 125 6 The recent Hospital enquiry m Singapore over what has come to be known as the Oakley case brought to light some most illuminating statistics. Some years ago our hospital had a staff quitfc sufficient, if not more than* sufficient, for its needs. M .re recently, however, the number
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  • 104 6 News sometimes travels more rapidly by letter than by cable. A letter reaghed here a few days %go from London, and irao aW y reliabl^ authority, to tte effect that at the time of the communication being despatched Scotland Yard had obtained information which would lead to
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  • 208 6 There was a woman, m fact, of course, there have been women ever since a part of Adam's anatomy was secured from which to manufacture the sex, and this woman, like the first of her kind, the one who reamed through Eden, had the same great sharm
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  • 874 6 During the week the Dallas Company has made a merry and successful repetition of the firs? four pieces present ted to Singapore audiences. Saturday vaT,u a T,. th V c con <! Performance of Baby Mine," the Woman m the Case contrived to again get herself talked
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 111 6 APPOIMTMEMT \IM^4 f r^;/;^ H.M. THE KING. CONTRACTORS TO m The British Admiralty. The War Office. The India Offici MILKMAID MILK LARGEST SALE IN THE WORLD. Milkmaid Milh HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR USE IN THE GOVERNMENT IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND FEDERATED MALAY STATES PROVES THAT Milkmaid Milk I XllL
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  • 943 7 Imperially Ctmtßlmted. I Mr. Fitzroy Gardner, formerly sub editoroftbf London* 4 Daily Chronicle," who is at present m Singapore, as Business Manager of the Dallas Comedy Company. h*s kindly given us a few of his impressions of the! East. t 'Phv subject is inexhaustible. 1 have been exactly two
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  • 207 7 Horse racing has been termed the sport of kings, and time there waswhen even motoring was a pleasure, and that only for the wealthy, but, aviation, if suohan exhibition as the public of Singapore were privileged to seei on Saturday last is a fair criterion, 1 is the joy
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  • 333 7 The fact that the "bowler" haf is H Imost a thing of the past will givejj luch pleasure to most wonfbn §n! ccou.it of their anything but becom-i lg shape. Many of the latest styles eing rather large and wide brimmed, uiting almost any face and most
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  • 443 7 Ijj The latest game. Motor-Car Kisse if I c I The Secret of Eternal Youth. Laug r- ter. c r BeiJa Donna. The deadly Nigh j( >hade. ■f When a man is out of spirits hes itakes some. a The matchless cigarette would be i dreary, dismal failure.
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  • 23 7 We witnessed a game of Golf the f her day, between four (supposed) a ?cent players. It was really Bar- t irous."
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  • 182 7 How To Play Golf. By A. Barber We've managers on every side. Who think they know a thing or two Throughout the East, far and wide, They're always bobbing into view. No Manager, we've, I declare. Who can surpass our Garden- Hair. Soe-ie, a bedroom, m which
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  • 131 7 I have always had respect. But I hardly think his way right When he comes down to select For a play that but a single phase of human passion shows, A. title so absurd as this What every Woman Knows." Not a single modern college.Let alone a modern
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  • 66 7 On Thursday next, Mr. Allan Wilkie's dramatic Company will commence a eturn season at the Victoria Theatre vhen they will present, Mrs. Warren's >rofession, "Trilby" "The Bells" "As «Tou It" "She Stoops to Conluer" 'Lady Windermere's Fan" nd "A Bunch of Violets." The perormers are v^ell known to Singapore .udiences
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  • Correspondence.
    • 218 7 To the Editor of the Weekly Sun. DEAR Str,— My attention has been called t a paragraph m your issue of 0 to-day under the above heading m which an entirely underserved slight is cast upon two unassuming visitors to your town. Despite the well-inten- Honed and hospitable
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    • 146 7 To the Editor of the Weekly Sun. SIR.--I observe that a performance ot the ahove play is announced to take place m Singapore. I wonder whether lit is known here that this play was prohibi.ed by the Censor m London, and th tt his decision was warmly
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  • 240 7 ,The manager of one^of the leading grand opera ventures m America is having a warm time at the hands of his star artists. One lady, who is well known both m London and Continental musical circles, refuses to appear m losca unless she is supported by a popular French singer
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 132 7 VICTORIA THEATRE, Commencing Thursday, February 20, 1913. Return Visit of the Eminent Actor Hdunued bj PN. «hJ Public to be the B «.t taiented aud versatile aetres, that has ever visited the East. a Thursday, Feb. 20- Geo. Bernard Shaw's Play Mrs. WARREN'S PROFESSION. y Friday, Feb. 21 -Geo. Dv
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    • 152 8 Caldbeck Macgregor and Company. Wholesale and Retail WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, Ales, Beer and Stout Importers. Telephone No. 160. Price Lists on applicatioi BRANCHES AT LONDON, CLASCOW, SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, TIENTSIN AND WITH AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE EAST. 13-7 |^Mnr -.-"7, r,' -,^g_ s, .^K^^liiiW^'^'^ J 1/ It I 11 1 1
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    • 354 8 WATERBURY'S A Metabolized God Liver Oil Compound J^lm* WITH REOSO r fE AND GUAIAOL OR PLAIN. —m^—m Me Labi,!: red H m cod vAj^rimi 1 1 Does Allay Fermentation— Does Aid Digestion— Does Assist Assimilation |1 n But Does NOT Disturb the Stomach. M^JLjwl H y^TK A scientific preparation of
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    • 111 8 !SS Dilwar.i 5,378 W, J, Bisliop. ss Jelunga 5,206 D. Macfadyen. m Thongvra 6,298 R. P. Fysh, R.N.R. |S8 Torilla 5,206 C. T. Swanson R.n.r Steamers are intended to sail as under: FOR PENANG AND CALCUTTA. Dilwara sails Feb. I Arratoon Apcar sails Feb. 18 i FOR HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, KOBE
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  • CHINA NEWS.
    • 112 9 Trffe Triennial Conference of the China Medical Missionary Association opened its sessions m Peking on the morning of January 13th. About 100 foreign doctor* besides several Chinese attended. In the afternoon of the 15th the delegates were giveu a reception by President Yuan Shihk'ai. The
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    • 92 9 At ftbe request of President Yuan Shihk'ai, the MongoFTibefcin Bureau has foW tnulated and submitted the following policy to be pursued by China m Sinkiang (1 Promotion of equality between the Mohammedans and Chinese (2) protection an# defence of Sinkiang by Chinese troops (3) Freedom to open
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    • 133 9 On the 20th January the Sextuple Group addressed a Note to the Minister of Finance, m which it was stated, not without regret, that owing to the financial strain m the money-markets of Euiope as ;i result of the Balkan situation the bankers were unable
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    • 125 9 Much interest is being attached to the excavation for Taiping Treasures m the 1 city of Nanking, near the Tungchiinen At the request of one Lin Tai, who pro- 1 fesB6°d to be an eyo-wit^ss of the hoarding of gold under ground and the planter of a
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    • 39 9 According to reliable reports from foreigners, no poppy is beilldt grown iv the Chungking, YungchvTan, Pishan, Suiting, Hochow and Kiangpei districts. Several thousand acres of poppy have Ijoen rooted lately m the Linshu district.
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    • 350 9 The Chinese Chamber ot Commerce ot Shanghai has received letters from the Oakland and Seattle Chambers of Commerce respectively, showing that they have adopted the following resolutions urging recognition of the Chinese Republic by the American Government 11 Whereas, the members of the Board of Directors of
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    • 82 9 me princes ana nooies or inner ALongolia, who some time ago heW a conference to oppose the independence of the Hutukhtu of Urga, have decided to meet again at Taonanfu next month. The questions that will bn discussed are Separation of Church and State reorganization ot administration
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    • 24 9 A plot against the Pre|jdent has been discovered. Princio Hsien-to, third son of Prince Su, And Lien Ching have been arrested.
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    • 76 9 At the meeting of the Tung Ya Tung Wen Hui of Japan, whose object is to promote cordial relationships between China and Japan, a resolution was adopted, declaring that with regard tv the two Chinese questions, recognition of the Republic and the situation m Mongolia and Manchuria,
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    • 29 9 An agreement was concluded on the 18th inst between Mongolia and Tibet. Both countries recognize the independence of each other and pledge to jfrotect each other's subjects.
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  • 181 9 William T. Evans of Cincinnati is^ what might be termed exhaustive m his oratory If he undertook to tell of an adventure with a taxicab chauffeur he would begin with Adam and finally reach the street crossing where y«llow taxi No. 41,144 hit him. Mr. Evans wil one
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  • 658 9 Thorn was nu defence to the divorce petition brought by Captain Alfred Christopher Hermann Suhr, of the Royal Army Medical Corps, who accused his wife, Margaret Louise Suhr, of misconduct with Lieutenant Richard St. John of H.M.B. Orontes. Mr. Le Bas, appearing for petitioner, said the marriage
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  • 286 9 The Great Eastern Railway Company had a summons down for hearing against a lyoun? lady named Edith Tueskie, who wa* accused of travelling without paying her fare from Walthamstow to the City, with intent to defraud; and also of giving a false name and address. When the
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  • 53 9 The death of Mrs. Annie Martha Randall, wife of Mr. Harry Randall, the comedian, m a nursing home at Belsize-square, jHampstead, was the subject of an inquest. Mrs. Randall died while being given an jan«*thetic before an operation. The jury [returned a vtrdict of M Death by
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 24 9 Notice to Advertisers, ALL ADVERTISEMENTS must, here atfer, reach us by Friday at 2 p.m Ads. received later cannot appear m same week's issue.
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    • 208 9 T7TXTI7QFF QI7T T7r^^P3l7T^ T Tf^TTr\oo 1/XiNXjOX OXjljiLlj Jl jlaU IjJIUU v/JllO« do. Lebeau. A sound, dry wine 1 doz. qts. $27, 2 doz. pints $29. CIDER. Buhner's Herefordshire. In cases of 6 doz. pints $17. COWSLIP WINE. (J. Travels Sons.) In cases of 1 doz. quarts $7. GIN. Melrose Drovers
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  • 347 10 Liwyefl sometimes: have a special toast ar their convivial gatherings, and it is: "To; the man who make* his own will." The ide.\ is that the task m so technical and uiilicult that a badly drawn will m *ure to lead to some litigation, and so
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  • 227 10 A telegram to the New York Sum from Chicago describes a dramatic scene which took place m the Congress Hotel, one of tiu: lending resorts of the civ The Pouipeian room and the big grillroom adjoining wpre filled with theatre -upper parties when there was sudden commotion. The
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  • 270 10 The use of manganese m the arts is of j great antiquity, having i.een known at least M long ago as the time of the ancient Egyptians. One of its first asei was m glass making. Egyptian and Uoin.m f(laM wares f have been shown by
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  • 453 10 Bandmaster Howarth Fell Victims ToiOrcadful Skin Eruptions And Fever. Too Weak To Be Invalided Home He Tested Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. THEY CLEAN'SKD HIS BLOOD, BUILT UP HIB STRENGTH, AND MADE HIM WELL. The family record of Bandmaster Howartb, the popular conductor of the 3rd East
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  • 255 10 No mistake is greater than the mistake of the minister who conceives it to be his duty preach politics from the pulpit. To an audience who has read the daily papers all the week, and the Sunday papers that very morning, nothing is more supeitluous than a
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  • 1361 10 Numerous Places, of All Grades, Where the Fickle Goddess Can Be Wooed. By W. L. McAlpin. I have an acquaintance who is an incu- rable gambler. One evening lately his wife persuaded him to take her to a social evening m connection with one of
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  • Page 10 Advertisements

  • 372 11 At the distribution of the handicapped pgig-pong prizes to Dr. J. Ando j and Mr, Ec Kiong Cheng, at 2 p.m., last Sunday, there was a good gathering of the members at the club house, No. 9 Short Street. In the absence of the president, Mr. Tan Chi Kong,
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  • 22 11 Furnished Room with board m private family by bachelor. State terms to T. J. c o lt Weekly Sun M Office.
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  • 175 11 From a home paper several large firms have been dispensing with their lady telephone clerks and substituting youths instead. The explanation given is that lady telephone operators m business houses are inclined to gossip on the telephone, and much valuable time m consequence is lost." Telephone girls should take note
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 460 11 KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (ROYAL DUTCH PACKET COMPANY.) Usd«r Contract with thi: Nktheki.axds India Government. Meats at Singapore Tit Skips Agency, ltd.. 2-3 Collyer Ouay. MAIL TABLE-FEBRUARY 17TH TO 21ST, 1913. The undermentioned dates are only approximate. 9 From Expected. Will be Despatched for:- Sailing Date. v»n Nourt Batavia Feb. 17
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    • 249 11 Banks THE 3ANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. Incorporated by SPECIAL IMPERIAL CHARTER. :apital Subscribod 10,000,000 Capital Paid Up V 6,250,000 Funds V 3,100,000 HEAD OFFICE: TAII'EH, FORMOSA, (Taiwan). Branches and Agencies Lnioy Keelunpc Osaka Tamsui torabay Kobe Shanghai Tokyo )anton Kagi Swatow Yokohama 'alcutta London Taichu Etc., etc. Moji Tainan lon*<koug
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    • 275 11 SIEMENS WINCHESTER HOUSE, SINGAPORE. TELEGRAMS: SIEMENS. SINGAPORE. I TELEPHONE, No. 647. Siemens WOT A N Lamps. C -I- r-. rir \\4 durable I and 4 highly economical. Consumers are recommended to ask for WOTAN lamps and insist on getting them. SIEMENS BROTHERS DYNAMD WORKS. LTD. Head Office Caxton House, Westminster.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 40 12 0 l^^^^Bl II Rh fl I H w B V^l fflPri Ir^ Bk I < fl Sl fl Bl 1 ■■■■^■m. j^H^h! ■■■I JQhBB^ |»i^ i -B 9/tM^^f '^^B^bl i *fIRH to the House of L. ords and House of Commons.
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