Weekly Sun, 3 May 1913

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    17 1 THE Weekly Sun 126, CROSS STREET, SINGAPORE. \O. 139. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, MAY :J, 1913. I'RICE 10 CENTS.
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      48 1 JEFFREY'S PILSENER I BEER I Sole Agents I ADAMSON CILFILLAN AND C., LTD. SONGS SUNG by "The Gourt Cards." When Richard the First Sat on the Throne, EtC*f fcrtC* S. MOUTRIE Co., Ltd. flu i iff n j HI Marten s Brandy. **Si% In England more Martcll's Three
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      61 1 Sporting Outfits. Football, Cricket, Tennis, Hockey, Etc. Large stocks of Cricket and Football Boots, also Tennis and mnning shoes I SPECIAL QUOTATIONS FOR CLUBS. JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd. The Athletic Outfitters. 1 11 I— ilHl—lM II 111 lI IMI 111 *****111 l I 111 111 Ii I HIM II I
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      12 1 puminv co. CHAMPAGNE; ADAMSON CILFILLAN > AND CO., LTD.. SOL r /'GCNTI, I
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    AN INDUSTRY THAT FAILED TO BOOM.
    583 2 A Chicago aeroplane manufacturing company has parsed into the hands of a] receiver because of poor business. The Bring machines it expected to build did not wo up so thp eoneern did. When the aeroplane was a brand-new] contrivance and public interest m it«
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    IS MATRIMONY A BORE?
    868 2 By Justice Ford. Is matrimony a bore? This question, asked by Dorothy Dix, has aroused wide spread discussion. Interesting views on the absorbing topic i have been expressed by persons prominent j m many walks of life. Justice John ford, of the Supreme Court of New
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      246 2 KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MA/tTSCHAPPIJ. (ROYAL DUTCH PACKET COMPANY.) Ukobk Contract with the Netherlands India Government. Agents at Singapore The Ships Agency. Ltd.. 2-3 Collyer Quay. MAIL TABLE-APRIL 28TH TO MAY 7TH 1913. The undermentioned dates are only approximate. STEAMSHIP. From Expected. Will be Despatched for:— s I Singapore Pontianak Apr. 28
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      288 2 LISTER BRUSTON AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANT AN ABSOLUTELY NEW IDEA. STARTS IT PI F STOPS i-rcgi r >Ba FULL PARTICULARS FROM THE CVI T IP Af^ TP r/ 7 7 C lr it f j n j /ill/, ;V i^ KJ \S J.J l~j xx \J I_J ±y JL KJ
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    CLEAN CITY CRUSADES.
    1773 3  -  Frederic J. Maskin By With the coming of spring every good housewife begins her work of renovation. The dust and dirt accumulated during the winter must be removed so that the house ji fresh and attractive m appearance and •unitary for her family. Usually some new furnishings
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    ADMIRALTY BUYS DOVER PIER.
    83 3 The Admiralty have purchased Dover Promenade Pier, which is to be utilised as a naval landing stage. The total capital expenditure on the pier and pavilion has been £26,000, and the purchase price paid by the Admiralty is £8,000. Mr. James Fielder, who has been pier
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    WANTED TO ENJOY A DUCK.
    538 3 Curious Applications to Panel Doctor. Curious and amusing experiences have befallen a Nottingham doctor who has a large number of panel patients. T have about 1,500 on my panel/ he said, and during the first fortnight 1 had about oneeighth of them, or nearly 200,
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    CHINA NEWS.
    2158 4 GERMANY AND CHINA. Hcrr Zimmerman, under Secretary of State m the German Foreign Office, m his speech before the Budget Committee of tii*' Reichstag, discerned much confidence m China's future. He hinted at an early WOOgaillue of the Kepuhlic by the Powers at "an appropriate moment," and said
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    1224 4 The keel-plate of the N.Y.K. sreamer Suwa Maru, one of the five 15,000 ton vessels m the Company's construction pro--1 gramme, intended to replace five 6,500 ton i vessels on their European run, was laid down at the Mitsubishi Dockyard on March 25, m the position recently vacated
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      59 4 xm&&m imam :«sa«r m zmm&m mezmme COUGHING INTO CONSUM PTION Only a Cough but you stop it while it is ONLY a cough. WATERBURY'S Ift METABOLIZED j Iff GOD LIVER OIL j,v COMPOUND I Tne finest preparation made for i I combating severe coughs. CURES I any cough that is
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      166 4 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. APCAR LINE The undermentioned mail steamer* of tb* above Line maintain a regular service between Calcutta and Japan, calling at Ponang, Sin;apore, Hongkong and Shanghai en rout© FLEET. Tons. Commander. S8 Japan 6,013 C. P. Seddon SS Gregory Apcar 4,600 J. E. Drake. SS
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    98 5 GOLF. K.G.C. Monthly Medal. The result of play for the April medal at ♦be Keppfl Golf Club wus as follows I). Maw 17 47— 16 —78 p. Xiblock 51 46 15 82 B. AppU-ton 51 43 9 8"> A. Smith ."»1 50 10 86 F. Blackwell 49 53
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    Sepoy Lines Golf Club.
    155 5 A luatch CiNi! Service v Lawyers will \)t> played to-day, at <> 30 p.m. The following Hie tin tell Sir Arthur VoSDj| ami Hon. Dr. W. (i. Kllia v Hob Sir C. f. Carver and D Y. P^rkin^. .1. U, Humph rev 8 and Dr. 0,
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    RIFLE SHOOTING.
    210 5 S.k.l Cv.J Rifle Club. A lari;e number of nicmi'ors of the 8. ft E. (v.) Rifle Cluh fired at Buestinr on Satuii\a\ for thu Dooegal Bronse Bal^.-, which was won by Neabroaner with 96 net. The monthly handicap and a match against the K. fJ. A. WTO tired
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    Interport Public Service Shoot.
    235 5 The following details of the Interpou Public Service shoot are from the Hongkong Daily PreBi>. The Hongkong ami Shanghai teams were drawn exclusively from the Public Works Departments, but Singapore ma* unable to furnish a team from that department exclusively. .Singapore was the winner by a
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    Interport Practice.
    347 5 A fourth practice shoot of the inbiab* r* of Ibe interport team wa.>, held at Baleatier! ftangp yesterday- afternoon. Vx ing an ex-!, optionally hot day, the train did not uc- j couipli.^h refj good iboaHng. Th li^ht was j bright and a slight mirage whs hanging over
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    Hockey.
    406 5 S.C.C. Practice Games. A series of b.C.C. practice gases will be held during this season, at which all members desirous of playing will bo given an opportunity of I game. The first will take place oj) Friday next, lit 5 p.m. Those wishing to play are requested to sign
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    CRICKET.
    194 5 S. C. C. vs. S R. C. The match played last Saturday between the Hist eleven of the tS. 11. C. and a team from the S. C. C. re^ultt «i m a \riu for the former. Score*. j S.C.C. J. Cteamberliiiu c Bosw^ll v Oehlen 0 I l>r.
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    PENANG SPORT.
    370 5 Cricket Tournament. P. R. C. Vs. S. X. R. C. L Thi-* match was playw»l on Victoria jlreen on Saturday afternoon and resulted 1 n a win for the P. K. C by 8 runs. The pitch favoured the bowlers. The Saints J were not quite satisfied with
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    S.C.C. LAWN TENNIS.
    727 5 Exhibition Game and Presentation c of Prizes There wax a large gathering on the B.C.G r ground Weduesday night to witness the s Aruiy v. Civilians tennis doubles contest, n md subsequently the presentation of prizes ly Lady Evelyn Young to the competitors successful m the different
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    NOTES.
    840 5 Probably few more interesting expositions of tennis have been given locally than that last Wednesday between the Army represented by Major Pinches and Capt Day and the S.C.C for whom Messrs. Gaunt and Miles, strove so heroically and successfully. The match was full of incident throughout. The play was
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    The Weekly Sun. MOTOR TRAFFIC.
    817 6 The Weekly Sun. MOTOR TRAFFIC. SATURDAY, MAY 3. Few local examples of the rapidity of modern progress are so striking as that of the remarkable development of moto-i traction m Singapore. It it is but few years ago since the first mechanically propelled vehicle, designated a motor-car •was the wonder
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    THE SUNG MURDER.
    83 6 The local branch of the Kung Ho have received a wire from the Kung Ho Tang, Shanghai, stating that the report that the Government was implicated m the murder of Dr. Sung was unfounded. This rumour is due to the Kok Ming Tang which, m order to
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    41 6 The Alhambra Cinema have another excellent programme for this week. Passes to inspect the Empress oj Russia to-day will be granted at Boustead Co's office upon application. The films being shown at the Marlborough Cinematograph this week are well worth roeisg.
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    AN EXPERIENCE OF THE NIGHT OWLS.
    626 6 We had come back from the theatr and were seated on the balc-mv d cussing many things, from "stench*'"' to classical music of the type W o haH just, according to temperament a t predated or endured. About mid'piX somebody suggested supper, and was
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    Boxing.
    113 6 all accounts there will be a j large attendance at the meeting of -Christie and Waldemar at the Theatre Royal next Thursday, Bth inst. Very great interest is being taken m the match. Both men are reported to be m good condition and from what we can glean it
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      110 6 BY S^^^ 1 t TO APPOINTMENT 'fi^^S^i-l^^fe^ 8 H M THE KlNC contractors to The British Admiralty. The War Office. The India Office. MILKMAID MILK Milkmaid Milk HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR USE IN THE GOVERNMENT unfi P I TA I IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS FEDERATED MALAY STATES Milkmaid Milk I
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      85 6 A FIRST-RATE ENTERTAINMENT is furnished by the select pictures figuring m the EXCELLENT PROGRAMME AT THE ALHAMBRA BEACH ROAD. TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT 2nd Show, 9.30 to 11 p.m. A Trip on the River Seln from Rouen to the Sea Uncle and the Cook (Thalie). C The Trio Hamelins and (.The Kudos
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    THE CRITIC.
    820 7 Home truths hurt hut they are beneficial There are two sorts of me n m the world those who carry a purse and those who do not and between them is a great gulf fixed. M<»st nien act like schoolboys when they come to crises m their life.
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    TELEGRAMS.
    65 7 SERVICE AT THE CHINESE London, April 28. A devotional service was held yeserday afternoon at the Chinese Legaion at which 150 were present. Half vere Chinese and half missionaries. Mie Rev. Lamington Hart conducted he service. Lords Kinnaird and William Gas:oyne Cecil were present. The Chilese Minister spoke m
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    PLOT AT HANOI.
    71 7 A Bomb Explosion. A despatch from the Governor of ndo China attributes an outrage at lanoi to partisans of Kwong Te, who s directed by the agitator Pharn Bo vhua at present m China. The Govtrnor is of opinion that the plot was levised and the bomb
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    CHERNIAVSKY'S.
    80 7 Lovers of instrumental music were afforded a rare treat last Saturday and Monday when the three youthful Cherniavsky brothers appeared before large and enthusiastically appreciative audiences. Though little more than children, these artistes displayed marvellous technique and powers of interpretation, the items on violin *cello, and piano being: all
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    42 7 Mr. Tan Pong Guan, the retired Chinese Interpreter of the Police Courts and who lately had the honour of acting as the Bishop's Interpreter during the Intercession Service, has now been employed m the legal firm of Messrs. Kody k amd Davidson.
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    SOCIAL AMELIORATION IN INDIA.
    496 7 Mr. I. H. Q.rjiiam, MM of Colonel Old ham who waH well-known m India for iuan\ years, writing on significant movement? ic ithat country during the past year furnisbe* some very interesting particular*. In the general life ot' the country there are si^ns of breaking down
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      99 7 WANTED. Wanted immediate ly Clerks experienced m j General Office Work and Accounts. Apply Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. I Battery Road, Singapore. AN ENJOYABLE SELECTION OF PICTURES will be found m the INTERESTING AND ENTERTAINING PROGRAMME to be presented TO-NIGHT at the MARLBOROUGH Picture Theatre, Beach Road.
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      284 7 GRAND HOTEL DE L'EDROPE. SINGAPORE. A few of its many Advantages. t: Modern m construction, magnificently furnished with elegant simplicity, it offers every advantage and necessity conducive to health and comfort. 1 Every room has a Bath- Dressing -room Attached. Self-contained Suites ol Apartments. Electric Lights and Ceiling Fans everywhere.
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    THE WEEK.
    683 8 During March, 856 oz. of gold were exported from the F.M.S., bringing the total exported so far this year to 2,739.29 oz. m The Chinese residents m the Dutch Colonies have informed the Government that they have subscribed $119, 170 for the Mongolian expenditioa. Mr. A. R. Lin
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  • POLICE NEWS.
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      Monday.
      546 8 Sona a Sikh, pleaded guilty, m the second court this morning, ifor being drunk and incapable at New Bridge' road. m Teo A Tee a Hokien, was sentenced to two months* rigorous imprisonment for attempting to steal a rubber-tyre value $6 at No. 109 Middle road belonging to one
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      Tuesday.
      420 8 For working a pony m a hack gharry suffering from sore knees, a Chinese syce named Wee How was fined $5. Chee Foo a cart driver was mulcted to a similar fine for working a lame builock. A Cantonese mamed Lam Kye, was fined $1,000, or three months* rigorous
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      Wednesday.
      309 8 For being disorderly and fighting with each other m Fraser street, Teng Seng Kee and Low Gan were fined $1 each. Verapan and Sinasamy, were fined $10 each, for cruelty to animals by working lame bullocks with sore necKs. The animals were ordered to be detained m the Infirmary
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      Thursday.
      352 8 Mr. Gottlieb, Registrar of the Supireme Court prosecuted a Chinese cart jdriver named Wee A Koon m the sejcond court this morning, with cruelty iby workinga lame bullock, overloading] |his cart and cruelty beating it. Mr. Gottlieb ssaid he saw a bullockcart loaded with wood m front of his
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    THE CHINESE REPRESENTATIVES IN KLANG.
    278 8 By the 4.28 p.m. tr,un which arrive'! M j Klaus; Hallway Station on the 21th instant the two Chinese representative! vwre met ;by some prominent members of the Chirir. Community to Welcome them to trie; X Chinese Iforehant Club. At 8.20 p.m. t two Chine**
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    150 8 Dr. Too Chin Teong of Loh'tJ pensary delivered a lecture on digestion of food m the stomach" the members of the M. I. A. on Sati; day last. Some outsiders wort Mi present. The lecture was very teresting as well as instructive I audience. The general half yearly meeting 1
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      223 8 r i Waterbury's Metabolized II COUGHING INTO! I C od Liver Oil Compound CONSUMPTION! a 1 ■HHmH^SSai\l2£7 Fillest Norwegian COD LIVER O[L ehun-H "Oaly a Cough" but you stop it 1 /^l\ I perfect'a^iliS^ P CeSS a U i while it is ONLY a cough. 1 (fflfeW I CreosotVanil Cuaiucol,
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    SECRET HISTORY OF TO DAY.
    1078 9 SECRET HISTORY OF TO DAY. irge addition w.'is mvlp to the number of plain clothes men who kept watch -md ward orer the Kin<j during his recent itay a! Windsor Castle. The reason for the increase via the tear that Mis Majesty might be molested by suffragette* while taking his
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      226 9 Whiteowoy, LaidKiw Co., Ltd. 4^^^ I I m^m I^^ C^h The "Wonder" £ug TheWQNDER Tbe "Wonder" Rug is t6e rug tf>at is making 6is *\\\J C*~^\ marked at its ri^ f vaJue Our early indent for this particular Rug J^^^fe^^^, V The public know this and each delighted runs into
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    BREAKING THE SPELL OF THE BOTTLE.
    738 10 Selected by Edwin Markham. Catch-My-Pal is the name of a book by the Rev. R. J. Patterson, who founded a great temperance movement now sweeping over Europe. Catch-My-Pal Mis the slogan of this new apostolate. Here is a brief history of the work it
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    YUAN REMAINS UNMOVED UNDER DEATH THREATS.
    1250 10 Provisional President Not Deterred from Attending Parliamentby Fear. ASSEMBLY OPENED. First Session Passed Quietly and Without Dramatic Features. "Peking, April 8. The National Assembly of the Republic of China was formally opened this morning, m the spacious hall of the Financial College iThe ceremony
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      563 10 Held Back by Anaemia. The evil hand of Anaemia that is, Bloodlessness holds back many girls from the path of bright, ifv>_ J;.-;. healthy womanhood. At that all- Mti&rt$$' important time, when their veins mrSmil^^^ *a s should be full of rich, red blood. imBpl&ffi S this Anaemia, creeping on
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      33 10 A SPECIAL SHIPMENT OF PROTOS CARS CHINESE NEW YEAR. 3 Torpedo- Double Phaeton Cars 17 H.P. 5 seaters. 1 Torpedo- Double Phaeton Car 22 H.P. 7 seater ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. 29-7 100-a ROBINSON ROAD.
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    CANTON NOTES.
    871 11 Canton, April The Canton branch of the Kuo-mintang will hold a memorial service m respect of ,Sung Chiao-jen April 13. The officials both of the party and of the Government have signified their desire to attend. The Canton press is temperate m its comments relative to Mr. Sung
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    KILLED BY FALLING GIRDER.
    39 11 While William George Ridg*w»y mmJ iforeoMO named Mikitt were working ui!<if-r a steel girder weighing IS hundredweights at the Metallic Tube Works, Ponders End, the girder fell on them, killing Kidgrwav and seriously iniuriii Mikitt.
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      255 11 SIEMENS WINCHESTER HOUSE, SINGAPORE. TEiMauu SIEMENS, Singapore. Telq>hoM Ho. 647. 3^^ v3 I H/ XVI /L IN C 3 ■^^^mtj&^r iV- 9BE- m«m X M 'Ai ■n.iT*lw f^3 X gives the M I'™'1 -^r*A s B& H feK^tv m i of the amount of moncv. I I SIEMENS BROTHERS DYNAMO
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      156 11 Waterbury's THE Xim (80. 6B Battery Road. SINGAPORE. The Abarbian Nights $8.25 each. The Works of William Shakespeare $1.95 'Andersen's Fairy Tales 51. 95 Grimm's Fairy Tales $1.95 Fables $1.95 Speeches and Toasts $0.55 The Chairman's Quide $0.55 Complete Etiquette and Letter Writer $1.40 Complete Etiquette for Ladies and Gentlemen...
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      464 12 THE No. 69 T.C. OVERLAND CAR. Those who wer e disappo nte i m not securing one of these Cars ex the ss "Je seric" (which shipment was all sold out within 3 days after arriva> of the steamer) may now place orders against the next shipment due per s.s.
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      69 12 FORD THE CAR FOR'THERMULTITUDE. 1 ii HE CARjWITHOUT AJRIVAL INQITS CLASS, j PRICE COMPLETE $1,550. THE FORD IS THE PROVED BEST CAR AT MODERATE PRICE, ITS SALES BEING THREE TIMES AS GREAT AS ANY OTHER (VR IN THE WORLD WEARNE BROS., LTD. LATE C. F. F. WEARNE Co. SINGAPORE AND
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