Weekly Sun, 30 August 1913

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  • 17 1 THE Weekly Sun 126, CROSS STREET, SINGAPORE. NO. Is€. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, AUGUST 80, 1913 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 94 1 JEFFREY'S PiLSENER BEER Sole Agents ADAMSON GILFILLAN ANO CO., LTD. k^ l 111 v IT PRICE $320 CASH, I~k ■'•7 "»~V f HI BC^B MkSm h|^^ j^^^H hW mh H FBI THE MILK THAT'S WORTH ITS PRICE. I It Combines all that is Best m a Sterilised Canned Milk. It
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    • 55 1 oum:nv co. j ;CH4MPAGNI| 'ADAiVSGN CiLF.'lUfl AKD CO., LTfl., SOii k .r» S Football, Cpieket, Tennis, Hockey, Etc. I |Lar-c stocks of Cricket and Football Boots, also Tsnnis and running shocsi I SPECIAL QUOTATIONS FOR CLUBS. 3 i TOWN T TTTT 17 i?r P^ T I JVtIILH JLII iLh 06
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  • 49 2 Singapore (Tank-rd) Mail leave, for north 7.9 a.m. and ..0 p other traiai leave for <-j4 p., 4..J0 ,p* Mail arrives from n ,rUi at 8.16 mm and 8.58 pm. Other trains leave from ney to a! ,-4 u viu j u ld o o c >ie
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  • 592 2 Years ago m an Asylum were two remarkable patients. Ono had gono dilh over an invention !for Baking gla*s beer-bottles as pliable lafl ordinary leather the- fad of tho second bring a new way of winuowing wheat. Failure m both cases resulted iv two :L".oBt peculiar brain-fads. Tlih man
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    • 331 2 STEAM NAVIGA lON COMPANY For Chlfti, Japan, Penang-, Ceylon, Australia, Indin, Aden. E^ypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and Londrn. Through Bills of" Lading leased for Cbina ''> «Xt, Persian *iiilf, Continenial and American Ports. timers will !ea\e Singaporo on or about: MAIL LINES 1913 Homeward Cfoi ecrope*. From Singapore (connecting- at
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    • 269 2 KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSOHAPPIJ. ♦ROYAL DUTCH PACKET COMPANY.) Under Contract with thk Nkthrulands Ixi>m Hovkunment. 1 AQfcts at Siuqapore Jit Ships Aaency, Ltd.. 2-3 Collyer Quay. MAIL TABLE AUCUST 28TH TO SEPTEMBER STH, 1913. 1 Tiio uiulennentii»iie<l 'Kites are only approximate. STKAMSHir. From Expected.' Will be Despatched for:— failing I j
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    • 235 2 AN ABSOLUTELY NEW IDEA. STARTS ITSELF STOPS ITSELF^J FULL PARTICULARS FROM THE National Mutual Life Association of Ausiraliasia, Limited. The Brat Life Assurance Office m the World to apply tne Non-Fcrfeiture Principle to Policies. A Mutual Office No Shareholders All profits belong io Policy-holders Annual Income (1911) $10,268,128.00. Funds $57,434,777:00.
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    • 88 2 I UNION TIME CHINESE DAILY NEWSPAPER. If you want to make your g'^ 8 (known to the Chinese, advertise ifl ;the 4t Union Times.** For contract and non contract ad'vertisments, apply to The Manager UNION TIMES PRESS, LTD. 124 Cuoss STRUT, Singapore. THE WEEKLY iUN. NEW ADVERTISING RATES, INCH SCALE
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  • CHINA NEWS.
    • 66 3 Tli*" nation il ba<ig«t for the s cond y ft v of tl»«J U»-public has ben prep. red by th« Onnal G »v«Miirn»'nt and will aion be «üb■itted t<» Parliament for app. oval. X»ih gron* totals of receipts and •xpe»iditure are as follow* Summary of Rec ipts.
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    • 89 3 H*iung Hsi-ling, bie new Premier, has dttemsed with President Yu>ui with regard t, the organiz.it ion of the now Cabinet. Hf aims at forming a non-p*rtv Cabinet; that is, every member of his Cabinet should' be independent of pirtr affiliations. But as capable m^n with no party
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    • 41 3 The Senate having pissed thn hill providing for an annual pay of (i.OOO for c i'*h mfMiiluT of Parliament, the fl.iu*« of \iu presrntative intends t-j cut the said amount to $3,60 U.
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    • 127 3 s reported that President Yuan, aftei consulting his advisors has drawn up and forwarded a draft constitution to the Com mittefs for Constitution Making of both House* of Parliament for reference. Ti e most important points of the said draft are reporter] to be as follows (1)
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    • 101 3 According to a report published by the Pnkiii'j Jih'jtiio, the party leaders of the Kurnnintang at Peking addressed ft letter to Chao Ping-chun, th« Chief of Police, m which they state that the revolution caused by Huang Using and others had been the private machinations of
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    • 61 3 Mr. Papp, representing the principals of the Austrain loan, signed on the 30tU ult contract whereby half of the remaining funds available for China m connection with the loan will be devoted to the purha.se of the m st modern guns from the ofia Compauy. This* will
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    • 467 3 The following is a letter from Mr. '*arce, Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council, to Consul-General Ohermul-i Wi Senior Consul at Shanghai, explaining! attitude of the Council with regard to the Chkpei question Council Room Shanghai, 31st July, 1913. r The present situation as regards Northern suburbs
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    • 83 3 It is reported that during a mutiny of the committee drafting the Constitution, a member proposed that all furniture, etc us^d during the drafting should be preserved for posterity. lie pointed out that the papers, inkstands, pens, chairs, etc., uned m U
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    • 103 3 President Yuan has instructed the Ministry of Foreign Intercourse to wire to the Chinese Ministers abroad Asking them to inform the foreign Governments that Dr Sun Vat-sen has been deprived of his post of Director of the Cninese National Hailway Corporation and consequently the right of
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    • 151 3 The Ministry of finance intends to couamenco the minting of coins as soon as definite system of currency is adopted and, as the work of minting requires technical knowledge as well as experience, the Ministry has appointed Mr. Sung Fa-tsiang, Technical Expert of the taid Minittry, to
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    • 58 3 Mr. Y. T. Tsur, B.A. (Yale), M.A. (Wisconsin). Vice-President of the Chine; Hwn College, sailed from Shanghai last Saturday, by the s. s. China with twenty- sis Chinese students, for the- (Totted States They will arrive at San Francisco on th 25th inst and the students will
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    • 72 3 The Wuchang government has m a des patch warned the Hankow Chinese-; Ch ira ber of Commerce againat any Attempt to operate a boycott on Japaneftes goods b\ explaining the ill-feeling Rlld hatred that would be created between these two eoun tries m consequence. F«»r
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    • 42 3 Admiral Lid tCirmn-haiafi^, Minister of Nuvy, cuno to Shanghai recently with the reinforcements for the defenders of the Kiangnan Arsenal. His present abode hasbeen kept secret, but it is reported that he is now on the the orsiaer llai-ohou.
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    • 83 3 Tne Chief of Police of Mi« Chinese quartern of Shanghai h;is issued a proclamation prohibiting tho sile of the Kuomintang organs m Shanghai, namely the Mmli poo, Xfia-chtuiu-pao, etc. 'The Chinese Po^r Office aNo has written to the offices of the said newspapers th:it it is prohibited
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    • 102 3 It is reported that the Federated Asnooia j tion of Chinese Merchants which is coin posed of thu Chinese Chamber* ofCoinioerev throughout the country, has passed tlin following resolutions: (I) Those who are ret-; p.m>ibl© for thn outbreak of the civil war shall be asked
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    • 231 3 Dr. J. S. Webster, Medical officer, General Hospital, proceeds on leave shortly, and his successor is likely to bo Dr. J. Gray of Singapore. Major McVittie has been appointed honorary secretary of the Singapore Rifle Association. The Mid-east interport match will take place m September, practice beginning at the end
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • 2173 4 From the China Press, Shanghai. Shanghai, Au* 13.— L* test reports from i nur representatives, both at WoosU'ig an 1 j Kiantrwan, wu^est that, after all, tho mo>t C serioue fightin g will on lan 1. Furthermore, though the railway station at E£iaat> t wan is so
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  • 258 4 Harbour Not Closed; Ships Take Chances. rhough the bombardment of the forts at Wooaung may tak« place at any moment, no h ird and fast tules have be-n establish wd Koveining the shipping m port. The n<»tift nation wliieh was issued by the Harbour OlUort two days ago goea no
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  • 2569 4 The Red Cross Society m addition to the excellent work done on the battlefield has organised three cheap rice stores, t\ro dispensaries and a refuse for women and children. The refuge is m the native theatre on the French Bund and there is a dispensary m the
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  • 606 5 Rounding up Fugitives At Kiangwan Camp. me news of the mirrender of th<» furt* jre.ched the head^uirfrs «UV at Kian^ wan Station «nd the rebel* m |t»e vicinitY übout the *»une time Aw m Q tlie ,|i sfcf «i bus as an *nt c.lonv The r«Mt lost |no time, feb«tiaj|
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  • 219 5 The following notice is printed m the Municipal Gazette of to-day Translation of notice issued as a warning against contravention of Bye-law XXXVII which prohibits the carr) ing of arms m ithe Settlement This is to notify that m accordance with Bye-law No.
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  • 240 5 According to a Moji dUpatch to th^ j')*aki Jiji, Dr. Sum Yat-aen wis amon^ th j paHSMnger* of tlie \.Y K. steamer Shin him <n iru, which arrived U«»ji vesterdi* morning at 9 o'clock from Keelun^ aav* the Japan Chronicle of August
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  • 1377 5 Dr. John R. Hykes Back Saw Sun Yat-sen Land. Dr. John R. Hyket returned from a| Month's visit to Japan on the Oni \la»u yesterday, declaring as he landed that he! felt twenty years younger which is almost' too rosjaf for any man to feel. lie Slid that he di
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  • 242 5 The Municipal Police arc keeping a close watch on the Settlements at the present time for quite a large number of rebels, who have deserted and who have been dismissed the sprvice, are known to have made Shanghai their temporary refuge. What is
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  • 209 5 The. following items are from the Chinese papers Rebels hold Wuhu. The rebftli are still holding Wuhu, Commander \V T v is en route to Kiukiang m order to confer with Gen. Tu.in Chi-kwei for hii attack (m Wuhu. Kuomintang to Hold Meeting. It is
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  • S. C. C. LAWS TENNIS.
    • 183 5 CHAMPIONSHIP. launders heat Hartnell G 2, 6 3. L^gatt heat Lt. Carter w.o. Hensou beat Lt. tic Ho hton 7—5, 6 3. D. Class Singles. Hume h*at Thomas 7 9, B—6, 6—2. Strfldwtek heat Weller 6—4, 3 6, 6—o. Potter bent Itivner w.o. Terzmo beat Mackay 6
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    • 153 5 D. Class Singles. G. S Myles beat T. B. Smith G— 3, 6—3. Dr. F J.Graham beat H. Kurßten 4 6, o—3, 6—4 Torzano beat Slredwick S— G 3 0 C t 8-6. s Mormon bait A. K. WiUon B— G, B—6. Championship Paihs. Lt. Black and Kleinmann
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  • 972 6 THE WEEKLY SUN. SATURDAY, AUGUST 30. THE ARMAMENTS OF THE GREAT POWERS. The latest issue of the Nautilus, the annual devoted to German maritime and naval interests, once more affords an abundance of material for estimating the military, political, economic and technical problems connected with shipping. It is interesting to
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  • 300 6 (A little sing-sing— or, rather, singsong potted for home consumption) This is the Law that Mary kept, iThese are the crooks, so full of guiie. Who dwelt m quite respectable style Within the Law that Mary kept. These are the bulls," who grew fat on graft, And
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  • 51 6 If you want to »cc a good Ci show go to the Alhambra. The opening of the new djjg of the Amateur Drawing As> the will he held to-day at 3 p.m.. l pr]( t Hon. President. Dr. Lim M 8., will preside. A souvenir n« graph will be token
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 176 6 TBEKI C CONTRACTORS 10 The British Admiralty. The War Office. The India Office, i j MILKMAID MILK LARGEST SALE IN THE WORLD. rpTTTji x^ a /^nn nnxjr ahp L xiJCi riiui lniii II n ol fi Iff a STI &l Elfl 8T Al 1^ I U iL I B iff
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    • 121 6 You have seen Max Lander's Farcical Comedies and have always enjoyed them t bnt you will want to SEE him m his latest serio-comic 2-part production M4X, THE TOREADOR when you are told that m the film you will see him engage m a genuine Bull Fight at Barcelona. The
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  • 813 7 ANNUAL MEETING. About eighty members last evening found their ways up* tain to the anil meeting <-f (ho 8.C.C., over which, the H >n. C I Carver, presided. There 1 were many other memhers present in] the cluh and grounds, but these found! morn interest m playing
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  • 63 7 Mr. Edlin died by his own hand on Tuesday last about 2.30 m the morning. The deceased was a most popular man with his legal colleagues, also with the general public. There was a very large attendance at tho funeral. Men like the
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  • 478 7  -  B. LOSSOM In view of some recent verdicts, the public may well ask itself whether 1 British juries have succumbed to the; doctrine of tho "unwritten law,'* which' m France and tho United States results iri the acquittal of a, prisoner, or the infliction of a very
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  • 97 7 Prosecutions for blockage of traffic m Beach road and Clyde Terrace occupied the attention of the first court yesterday. Owing to the Magistrate's dissatisfaction with subsequent evidence he reversed several decisions which he had previously pronounced [against those prosecuted. Wee Hong, ledger clerk m the Government Monopolies Department was yesterday
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  • 115 7 Home truths hurt but they are fjeneficial. The Bandmann Opera Company left 'Singapore on Thursday evening. Th^ i town is now quiet. Nuff sed The Editor has gone for a weekV holiday to Java. He will tell you all jabout his trip m the next two issues. The
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  • 70 7 The Alcoholic Wave. By P. Lenty. When Gin Slingf appear on the Bar of the Singapore Cricket Club we have decided to adorn our upper lip again Methuselah!!! No Sketch this week. Something may happen next week. 44 Gin Sling" question is m every! paper m Straits and
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  • 121 7  -  Laurence Housman N T ow sho has died her hands that wove m spells Around my life, my soul, my every sense, Are folded to her breast m soft pretence Of piety her lips, where silence dwells, Her eyes, where blindness sits at covered wells, Renounce their
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  • 40 7 A Paris authority figures that the average woman, m the years between six and seventy, spends before her mirror a total of 349,575 minutes, or more than 242 days. And yet there are those who insist that Frenchmen are polite
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  • 294 7 Lives of tomcats all remind us After all is said and done. We would hate to pay insurance On nine lives instead of one. Lives of centipedes remind us, We would all ambition lose If we had to find the cash to Keep a centipede m shoes.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 108 7 ROBINSON Co. Mt^B^^. D^nß liCvi Bfl B^B S^bQ^aQbK^S^^^bßV d^toßH MONDAY, SEPTEMBER Ist. 1 International Restuarant THE BEST PLAGE FOR TIFFIN. Good Food. Good Attendance. i MONEY SPENT to procure go?d wholesome enjoyment ■uch as is to be got out of the pleabant entertainment TO-NIGHT at the MARLBOROUGH Picture Theatre Beach
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  • 2537 8 KING'S DOCK, SINGAPORE Y»>terdav afternoon, m brilliant w |h« r, sm«l m tin- prpfwuet «»f »t lir^p MM h'v. fli'* new G'.ivin^ D >»•'< of th»* Si"iT :l P Haihour Board, also known familiarly the Admiralty Dock, raoeived tin; name [> .t |i««. fj .._r,-, ,it Mm Ex ell-. <)
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  • 501 8 llie Mus;s Dock winch has ju3t been completed m Singapore for the Singapore Harbour Board at :i cost of over X 100,000 is the largest dry Hock m the Far East and will add rery materially to the facilities of the Board for docking work. The
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  • 242 8 No account of this important addition to bingaport's imperial and commercial facilities would bo complete without some men- tion however brief, of the patt oUtorf similar facilities m Singapore We i n gtf"^" Pe^ptfoiZ that from where the obelisk now *vS. iiway to part tho Drill Halls, wa,
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  • 207 8 No\t for a fevr compaiis >ns with other looks. The biggest m the Eist, up to Hiis, Iris been Butterfinld aid Sffa'i Dock at H mgkong, 787 feel bf 83 t Kind's Dock can give this a cioket pitch m length and ;m easy beating. Hoogkoag'l iungh >
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  • 16 8 A splendid lot of pictures are bain shown at the Marlborough at present. Don*t miss them.
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  • 76 8 From Straits Echo of 23rd inst. The Bo lega has been purchased n> Mr. R. N. Bruneil-Norraan. "f }>* Norman Hotel, and to-dey all niture was removed from the b^*t> The business will be merged m Rsstaurant Norman, which will no drop the original name, and c r JL-i. business
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 202 8 I Waterbarj's Metabolized IcOUGHING INTO! 1 Cod Liver Oil Compound JCOiN SUMPTION! niiinmiiini— "rnrrirr^ Finest vonn^m cod liver on I M| >>y Hie latest scientific process to a for, ■ij Only a Couvh l>ut you stop it ut B §3 perfect assimilation. •Iw*i»j I while it is ONLY a cough.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 295 9 Whiteaway, Laidlaw Co., Ltd. I I SINGAPORE. I I IAIIIMUAL OUT SAL. E, MONDAY, JULY 28 I "^^^nP^MiPVBBBJP^HHV IMa^MV«ar*^b^M*|Mi1 M a^ MV ar *^b^M*|Mi *^^V^^^» —mm—^^—-^^^^^ f J VV I m I J I'll \J BW «2iNllljf%nMßfl HCV^IC'/ !K f*r B^B^B^B^^k^ MB A 11 I M Bfl 'Tf f ?vt_^Hr^*^yß^^Bfc^B^B^B^^B^B^^jWf^B^B^B^^C^B^r^^«^^^\
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  • 423 10 Report of the Committee for the year ending 30tii June, 19 3. (ISVTUUUOV, Your committee beg to present the Annual lleport and Accounts for the pa?>t year. Accounts. Tiie Club continues its prosperous condi tion, th« ii' tt balance of the sear's woiking bring $1,211.17, srMch has
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  • 415 10 balance &hcct as at JOth Jane, J'Jl-i. Liabilities. t c Creditors I ,I J 1.05 Accumulated Fuud balance as pur lasl Balance Sheet 4,iU0.00 Add— Exceßß of In- come over Expenditure for year tv date 1,111.71 1 $6,***** Assets. r j New Club House Balance as pur
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  • 414 10 For A Hospital Nurse At Rangoon. Nurse Marip E, Jackxon, daughter of Captftisj 0. S. Jackson, of the Indian Medical S. D., counts the day when she visited n sick nan m Rangoon as one of the most fortunate m her life. 44 Previous to taking up
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  • 620 10 Singapore's Dock Developments. Brief Mid simple, yet dignified and sigjiificant, was the oereniOftv m the Council Chamber yesterday, at noon, when Mr. J R. Nicholson, general uanager of the Singapore Harbour Board, was admitted a Companion of the most distinguished Ordftr of St. Michael and
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  • Page 10 Advertisements

  • 1007 11 The fascination of a pretty young B«. li-h lady hag proved too strong for lh. ■ei..n oft a royal hou<e, and all effort* i P'«-uaciH |„m to return homo have pro**. jUnavailing. At a smart Society function the othe levemng, the gue*ts are said to have
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 152 11 At rftcent >nn ow (Fvijluid) nvfing tlierp t?a< ;i ].id ho k imkrr operating. Si..» took ui> h'*r pomPo o i tit* rniU m TattwaiF* mid .Ji'i l.u-infs-; with i ;nifinl'«rN 1 4 jus* t»p Mim«i f:M> i«u» tlie I n.jinarv ml. p. n^i I r. wxcpi tlmtjill h^r
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    • 89 11 Warders vs. W. D. Li>t S.itunUv atternooM. on tU* VTanlen Recreation cir»iiii<J, a foothill match wa^ p!>r ed between a P. W. D. Temn mdMfed by Mr. F. V. Boswell and team from the Warders' F. C. The, o a iM»* \t;is qnito nn interesting one. de-pite the fuct
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    • 78 11 The Strait* United A Team met their B Tfam m the second rovnd of tlin shore competition on the Police ground, last I Saturday, hefore a fair crowd of spectators. Tho gauie was a 'low one frcin the start to thfl finish nnd ended In a
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    • 30 11 Singapore Golf Club. Championship Semi-Tlnals. Fowli heat Ferguson, 3 and 2. Huraphrevs beat Mngiiaton, 1 up. Th<* final 36 hoe* will ho played on August 30th and September Ist.
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    • 80 11 Singapore IWle Association. Thft 27th and 23th S-ptem W bftva been net ap^rt for thp Mid Eist int6rp<Mrt bhoot. P» Retire for tlip above will comra^ncft on Saturday 30tli instant at 3 p.m. All m*>m-bt-rs who wish to tnko pa«t are naked to [inform the Hoj», B*-*r+t*ry Burly
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 434 11 A FAIR EXCHANQE. Large sums of money are no doHbt realized from simple speculation, but tho great fortunes aro derived from legitimate and h mast business where the ooods furnished aro worth tho Vice they bring. Certain famous business men have accumulated their millions wholly iv this way Prompt and
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    • 20 11 Waterbury's I J \44ur PINEAPPLE DIGESTIVE COMPOUND T H E Ideal Digestant j Jbaneasters (Boiffure Singapore. Hotel De LEurope Buildings.
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    • 211 11 THE ACID TEST. An article must have exceponal merit to survive for a eriod of (ifty-ei^ht years 1 TEARNS' HEADAC E URE was fi st offered to the mblio m 1855. From a small teginnini? it has grown m favor itld popularity until it has attained a world wide reputation,
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 95 12 JUST ARRIVED. No. 69 T 30 H.-P. pivc Seated. Fitted with Bosch Magneto Hood, Screen, Headlights, side and tail lamps, Horn, Speedometer, tools, etc., etc. PRICE $2,175 COMPLETE, BEST VALUE ON THE MARKET. These Cars are specially strongly built and are most suitable foi \JjS Vlx!jVV Al 4» m H
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    • 81 12 ORD I THE CAR FOR THE MULTITUDE. THE CAR WITHOUT A RIVaL IN ITS CLASS. I PRICE COMPLETE $1,550. I THE FORD IS THE PROVED BEST CAR AT A I MODERATE PRICE, ITS SALES BEING TIIKEf] I TIMES AS GREAT AS ANY OTHER CAR L\ JTIIE WORLD- r WEARNE BROS.,
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