The Straits Times, 19 November 1902

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    13 1 The Straits Times NO. 30,985. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1902. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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      681 1 NOTICES. ©he jStraits Jimcs. ADVERTISING RATES. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. ADVEUTISKMKNTK. rpliK type nitcd a~ t ntamlanl ti>i Mttiag 1 iiilvrrti*pment» is xiniilnr to tlii*, unleo lhe inM i in (Kin i> t» "ilisplay the illSrtlM infiit, when any effective style oi type, iim-iI in ilir I';i|.it, will bs ailopted. The
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      688 1 NOTICES, NOTICE. CHOI' BAN HOCK GUAN. (Jam bier and Pepper Merchants, l" North Boat Quay. BEQ to give notice to the public that the above business has ceased from the 14th November, l«0i. NG CHEW EWE TAN CHI'ANCHEEf partners KOH JOU SOON. Singapore, 18th Nov., 1902. -Jo-ll THI EASTERN EXTENSION
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      348 1 NOTICES. CHURCH OF FNGLAND ZENANA MISSIONARY CHINESE GIRLS' SCHOOL. THE usual Half-yearly Bale of Useful and Fancy Articles, in aid of the funds of the above School, will take place, DV.. in the Town Hall on Wednesday, Nov. -Jti from 4 to 7 p.m.. and Thursday, Nov. 27 from 10.30
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      241 1 NOTICES. fidista CIGARETTES. Made from choice Turkish Tobacco. Packets of 1O and 20. "W6ree (Sastles" CIGARETTES. Gold-Tipped, Packets of 1O MANUFACTURED BY W. D. H. 0. WILLS. A Guarantee of Excellence. Sold by all Dealers and HoteU in. m. I. t-M Katz Brothers LIMITED. Great Show of TOYS. First Shipment
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      285 1 Bilious Colic I I« quickly cured by Chamberlain's Colic, I Cholera and Diarrhoea Kcincdv. It never fails and is pleasant and safe I to take. The attack may bo warded off by tak I ing a double dn-c of this remedy as soon I as the first indication of the
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    THE GOD IN THE TREE.
    2564 2 Story of the Old Banyan on the Esplanade. Nobody knew the age of the gnarled Joss Tree that stood until Monday on the crossing ot the Esplanade and Stamford Road. It had been growing there, sedate in its sanctity long years before the City of
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      231 2 NOTICES. W^ 9 tt J SPECIAL Dun ville s Whiskey. $10.50 Per case. 5 per cent off for cash. DUTY EXTRA SS &PORE&PgJ3 fed n v* $ife^Sii Li; •a^ IM L. T^^> r'^SJIT > S* \3kr -*1«" a f P* 111 I" -t.^"^TJV TTW j <S«* S i 7n S&Hii
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      348 2 NOTICES. "DRYASDUST" Boiler Covering. PARTICULARS FHOM BORNEO CO. LTD. w&s Singapore* EH JlljFFrviljY S M EDINBURGH £jjL STOUT. f**mimm A special, light brew for the ;,^3^| tropics. Highly recommen ded *^c*3^S P rice "S- 60 P« r caBe of 7 doz o3* i n ntg Of all dealers BORNEO CO.,
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      271 2 NOTICES. •THE gTANDARD J^IFE QFFICE. pays upwards of Half-a-Million Founds Sterling per Annum in Death Claims. Its Funds, yearly increasing, exceed Eight Millions and a Half Sterling, and have increased over 40 per cent, in tbe last 15 years. The Business is conducted with Economy, the premiums are moderate, and
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    TELEGRAPH CONSTRUCTION IN PERAK.
    261 3 O\k would hardly expect continuation of the line If you've heard the East a tallin why you won't heed not bin else!" in the sober papers of a telegraph engineer: but that sentiment can plainly be discerned in the account given to an electrical journal of
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    PUNJOM MINE.
    98 3 Thk I'unjoin Mining Company has just held an extraordinary meeting at Hongkong with Mr. It. C. Wili-ox in the chair. The Chairman paid that, though the mining reports were favourable, more capital was required to pay for surveys and do more prospecting. Mines, especially in l'unjom, could not
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    OFFICIAL CHANGES.
    127 3 Moves in Selangor. Thk latest Selangor Gazette contains the notification of a large number of changes in Selangor appointments l^fjal AiUis. i A. I. I). Berrington. CommkaiCNMr, l-and f- Diiberly. MM Mining Helfiefd, noting). Senior Magistrate A. L. Ingall. 11. 0. Klawjj M. Berkeley. D.O. I'lu Gsagat r:.
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    PAHANG NEWS.
    307 3 Lipis, Nor. ISA. At a recent sale of town land in Bentong and Tras, 12 lots were disposed of for a total of over 52,500, the purchasers being principally Chinese and Malays, and one European (Mr. King) who purchased 2 lots at Bentong. One of the conditions of
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    DESTRUCTIVE TIDAL WAVE.
    135 3 Oios, a port in (iuatemala, has just been submerged b} a tidal wave following upon the severest earthquake shock ever experienced in that part of the world, so says a telegram. It is believed that many thousands of persons have perished. The tidal wave followed sn closely
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    LIST OF PASSENQERS.
    257 3 For Singapore. Per P. 40.5. s Himalaya, connecting at Colombo with the bte»rr.er Valrtta from London Oct. 3), due SOth Nov.— Mr. D. Simpson, Kir. A. G. Monday, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Mac-do-nald, Messrs. F. Maitland, F. Anderson W. Pratt, W. R.
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    VESSELS ADVERTISED TO SAIL.
    73 3 Genoa via ports, Biiagno, due 19th Nov., liehn Meyer. Penang and Calcutta, C. Apcar, due 10th Nov., Pate- son Simons. Calcutta via ports, I'rlana, on 19th Nov., Boustead. Japan via ports, Bauern, due 21st Nov., Behn Meyer. Hongkong, Capri, due 28th Nov., Bebn Meyer. Odessa via
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      632 3 BANKS. HONGKONG AND BHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL $10,000,000 REBERVE FUND.— Sterling Keserve..slo,ooo,ooo\ rv¥i Silver Reserve....* 4,750,000/ f14 >0 WW RESERVE LIABILITY OF I linni )nm PROPRIETORS I (JOOUU Court ok Dirkctoks. Hon. R. Shewan,— Chairman. A. .1. Kaymond, Exq.— Deputy Chairman. Hod. C. W. Dickson H. Schuhart Esq. E.
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      645 3 NOTICES. WANTED. CLERK, with knowledge of timber, and general office work. Applications to iio sent to v.p. D (>. c/o Straits Times. WANTED. QMARTCHINFBE CLERK, able to ieep O stock and dispense. Apply, at once, per letter with refereuces to v.c. CHEMIST" c/o Straits Time*. WANTED. A SMART youth who
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      593 3 NOTICES. H. L. COGHLAN ff CO. Auctioneers, Estate Agents, and Valuers. Auditors, Commission Agents, and General Brokers Insurance Agents (Fire, Life and Marine.) Fire Loss Assessors. Manufacturers' Representatives. FOR SALE. A Complete Ice Plant on the Lindes" Anhydrous Compression System, capable of a daily out-put of from 20 to 25
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      656 3 SHIPPING. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED FOR PENANG. RANGOON, 4 CALCUTTA THE Company's steamer UMLANA 6,253 tons, Capthin Allen, will be despatched for the al>ove ports on Wednesday, the 19th instant, at 4 p.m. For freight or passage apply to 19-11 BOUMTEAD CO.. Agents. For Bangkok. THE Malhildi, ('-(plain
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    DEATH.
    19 4 Wii.uk. -At 4a.m. ontho4lli in-t. iit Kobe .Inpun. .lamks Samuki. Wiliik of Mamlicler Eu^land. in bm 39Ji year.
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    The Straits PRICE 15 CENTS. WEDNESDAY, 19th NOMEMBER.
    405 4 The Straits PRICE 15 CENTS. WEDNESDAY, 19th NOMEMBER. When one considers the hubbub recently created by the French residentsand protege's in Bangkok and the "Another Fashoda!" articles in the French Indo-China press, it seems rather curious that, up to date, nothing has been heard of the interpellation with which M.
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    229 4 The Daily News gives special prominence to a statement affirming that the object of tho visit of the German Emperor to England is to secure British sanction of Germany's claim in the Yangtsze region, as the price of Germany's quiescence while the alleged Anglo Portuguese negotiations with regard to Delagoa
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    166 4 A con respondent alluding to the fast vanishing British dollar, compares its value with the Indian rupee thus $1 00 at present exchange equals Rs 1 jl' therefore a dollar equals slightly less than a rupee and a quarter. The gold value of the rupee is sixteen pence that of
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    156 4 By the demise of George Alfred Henty British boys have lost an old and valued friend, a.s for them he had written no less than seventy books, mostly stories of stirring adventure. Born in 1^32 he went to the Crimea in what was then known as the Purveyor's Department and
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    37 4 Ji'Nius —or someone else— seems not to have written in vain. We are informed by the Municipal Secretary that at the ordinary meeting ot the Municipal Commissioners, to be held to-morrow afternoon, Mr. W. Evans will move
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    43 4 That it is the opinion of this Board that the works now in progress known ac the Kallang Extension works be at once stopped and that the scheme for bringing the head waters of the Kallang River into the present reservoir be abandoned."
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    22 4 An article on the felled Esplanade banyan tree, Pahang news, and other reading matter will be found on pages 2 and 8.
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    16 4 To-day's 4/ms bank rate is 1/7 ,>. The London Daily Mail learns that Shanghai is evacuated unconditionally.
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    18 4 The Dewhurst Plate was won by Rock Sand by three lengths, Mead second, Oreatorex a neck behind third.
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    20 4 At Foochow the coolie trade is brisk. Owing to the famine there, emigrants can now be cn^iigcd on favourable conditions.
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    25 4 It is possible that Sir Ernest Satow, the British Minister to Peking, will shortly pass through Singapore on his way home on six months' leave.
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    32 4 Thb M. M. s.s. Tonkin with the mail from Europe of the 31st October, left Colombo at 3 p.m. on the 18th instant and is due here on Sunday at about noon.
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    25 4 The French transport Clwlvn arrived from Saigon this morning en route for Marseilles. She has 598 passengers on board and is expected to leave tomorrow.
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    33 4 Mr. W. R. French has been appointed to be assistant forest officer, Pahang, with effect from 15th October. Mr. French reported his arrival and assumed the duties of his appointment on 27th October.
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    41 4 Thk transport I'alairan left Hongkong on Sunday last, and is expected to arrive here next Friday. She takes to Gibraltar six officers and 234 n.c.o.'s and men of 49 and 50 Cos. R G.A., and a number of details for England.
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    43 4 This morning, Mr. Falshaw prosecuted the owner of a pair of bullocks for using them while in a starving condition, in pulling a roller on Balestier Road. Mr. Marriott sent the man to prison for fourteen days without the option of a fine.
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    42 4 A special Government notification was issued at Hongkong on the 12th inst. covering a letter from H. B. M.'s Consul at Manila, which stated that Manila has been declared free from cholera, and that the Consul is issuing clean bills of health.
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    27 4 A kelntn found a Korean lying in a garden near Sepoy Lines in a dying condition. The man died in hospital from, it is thought, self-administered poison.
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    47 4 In preparation for the concert to be given by the Philharmonic Society on St. Andrew's Eve. Nov. 29th, a practice for the choir and as many of the orchestra as can attend will be held at the Sailorß' Home on Saturday next, 22nd inst., at 8.30 p.m.
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    45 4 One of the latest jobs at the Kowloon Docks (Hongkong) was that of repairing the hull of the German steamer Pieti la which had been ashore at the south end of Macassar Straits. On the 6th instant the vessel was refloated and left for Newchwang.
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    41 4 The following changes are notified in the Court of Directors of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation A. J. Raymond, E*q., to be deputy chairman vice A. Haupt, Esq. Mr. C. Michelau is appointed to the seat vacated by Mr. Haupt.
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    49 4 Yestekday a Chinese prisoner in the Civil Prison effected his escape by climbing over the wall near the spot where two robbers escaped some months ago. A Malay saw him getting over the wall and, captured him as soon a<< he descended, and handed him over to the police.
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    50 4 Ri"M<u k at Shanghai is busy with the alleged fact that a trusted Chinese employ c of a big foreign bank in Shanghai had disappeared within the last few days, and that a huge sum of money is believed to be missing with him to the amount of six figures.
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    39 4 Tin Budget of Netherlands India shows an expenditure of 165,350,000 guilders, with a deficit of 12,000,000 guilders but the expenditute includes 13,500,000 guilders for extraordinary Dublic works, mainly railways, harbour improvements, and irrigation works, and 2,000,000 guilders for artillery.
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    62 4 This morning, M. McKenzie was again before Mr. Wilson for having on the 2>sth ult., driven a motor-car through the public thoroughfares at a speed greater than ten miles an hour. The case ha 1 already been heard, but one point required clearing up— the weight of the car. As
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    56 4 The next meeting of the Chinese Christian Association will be held at the Prinsep Street Church, on Friday next, at p.m., when a debate will be held. Subject —"That the Municipality should not order any more wells in this town to be closed unless and until it can provide an
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    57 4 In i ending visitors to Hanoi will be pleased to learn that the Committee of the Exhibition has taken every precaution against visitors being imposed upon in the matter of charges for board and lodging. Besides this, an official agency has been appointed to look after the accommodation of visitors,
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    66 4 In a game of polo played in Calcutta on the th instant between the Calcutta Polo Club and the Civil Service a collision occurred, between Mr. Graham, playing for Calcutta, and Mr. Wheeler, of the Civil Service. Mr. Graham was severely injured over the heart either by the head of
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    76 4 A company has just been organised in Calcutta to provide that town with an improved hack carriage service. The capital is 200,000 rupees. It is proposed for this sum to build and place in the streets seventy-live first-class carriages, rubber-tyred and up to date in every way. The horses, too,
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    81 4 Mr. Herbert Augustus Cooper, the well known pilot ot the Messageris Maritimes at Shanghai, died there on the 3rd instant. He was the last of four brothers who all were cut off in the prime of life, three at Shanghai, and one, the eldest, in the Straits of Malacca. The
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    90 4 A Ceylon venture, the Malay States Coll He Company, has just held a general meeting at Colombo. The Chairman, Mr. E. M Shattock, said that the coffee crop had been short. But, in his opinion, as both rubber and coconuts are coming on well, and as the estate may now
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    81 4 The latest Sydney Bulletin to hand has an interesting little cartoon in which a Mr. J. Cohen is petitioning the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, asking them not to pass a measure legalising the totalizator. What with Tattersall's sweeps and other little affairs of the kind, to say nothing of
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      FAREWELL TO MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
      75 4 This is a Business Trip London, \"ith November There was an enthusiastic demonstration on the part of all political parties at Birmingham at the farewell banquet to Mr. Chamberlain. Mr. Chamberlain said that his trip to South Africa would be a business affair and would not
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      DEATH OF G. A. HENTY.
      11 4 George Henty, the novelist, is dead
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      BRITISH LOCOMOTIVES FOR JAPAN.
      79 4 Dubs and Company of Glasgow have secured a contract tor supplying thirty locomotives to the Japanese Goran ment. [Mam hull-. u« th* arapriaton ol the »;ia>^'o« l.oiomolivo Workn. with Ml ■XMption I In- I*MMI work* <ii tlii'n kind in (In- I iiitcd Kingdom, Riving MMtdJf incut
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      NEW IRISH PARTY.
      82 4 Nationalists Join the Flag of Tim Healy. London, 18th Nor. It is announced that nine Nationalist M. P.'s have seceded from the Irish Party and hare formed a sepante group under the leadership of Mr. Tim Healy. Another M. P. Sentenced. Mr. Dully M. P. has been
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      SAMOA ARBITRATION.
      39 4 King Oscar's Award. The award of King Oscar of Sweden in the Samoa arbitration case has been published. Every point is decided in favour ot the Germans The amount of the damages is reserved for future decision.
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    54 4 It is reported that the E nperor o! Japan intends to erect, probably at Tokio, some memorial of the AngloJapanese Treaty. As this is the most important alliance ever concluded in the history of Japan, H. I. M. regards it as an epoch -making indication ol the development of his
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    58 4 The citizens of Johannesburg are said to be desirous of paying a speriai honour to Lord Milner and Mr. Chamberlain, it being proposed to make the former its first freeman and the latter its second. Some cautious folk, however, would postpone the actual proposal until the Government's policy regarding the
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    60 4 The falling-in of buildings is nothing uncommon at Hongkong, loss of life happening occasionally. Another fatal collapse of the kind took place on the 12th instant. A wall in Wing Lok Street, the scene of rebuilding operations, fell in. The result was the death of one Chinese workman and tin;
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    77 4 A Shanghai journal says that Mr Kinder, chief engineer of the Northern railways, has been in the Chinese service for many years and is much trusted by his employers. Mr. Kinder had never before this shown any intention of resigning, while the Chinese authorities would not let him leave the
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    92 4 The Red. Hand Brand paint for ships' bottoms (manufactured by Suter Hartmann and llahtjen's Composition Co.) is so well known and largely used that it will cause no surprise to state that during the past three months a total of 2,51 7,b21 tons of shipping received coats of this paint,
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    100 4 That interesting little publication The Author," ever watchful of the interests of authors, recently suggested to Baron Tauchnitz, whose honourable dealing it fully acknowledged, that his terms to writers might be improved. The Baron now presents some figurex on his own side, which show that the sales of the cheap
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      394 4 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. KELLY WALSH, LTD. THE YOST TYPEWRITER. Owiag to the approaching introduction of the No. 10 Machine, which contains many improvements, we are instructed to offer the No. 4 Machine /<>/■ I limited period, at the following price £23, less 20 per cent. The a!>ove offer does not refer
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      629 4 SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Ac At No. 66, Scott's Road Saturday, 22nd Nuvemlur, 1902, ut :i 15 p m. Jl/11 POWELL A Co. Auctioneers. Estate of Parsick Joaquim, DaoMMd AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE 999 YEARS' LEASEHOLD PROPERTY AT HILL STREET. TO BE HELD AT POWELL Co's BALK-R'JOM OH Wednesday, 26th
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      127 4 G.R. Lambert Co. Photographers open Gresham House (Battery Road.) —on Weekdays only 8 :i.ni. 6 p.m. Orchard on WeekdavB 8 am 6 P™- on Sundays. Ba.m. noon. CUSTOMERS who intend sending por\j trait* home as Ximm and New-Year presents are reminded not to postpone too long. Appointment* for sittings should
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    THE HANOI EXHIBITION.
    940 5 Our Hanoi correspondent, explaining the postponement of the Kxhibition at Hanoi, writes that the typhoon rains almost stopped operations iltogetlier and did a lot of damage to the work already completed. He njn The Kxhibition site was converted into a huge sea of mud ■ad this rendered
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    21 5 Shipping advertisements, with dates of sailing etc., will be found on page 7. (General shipping news is printed on page H.
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    INTERPORT RIFLE MATCH.
    115 5 The Hongkong Score Hongkong fired in the Inter-port rifle match on the 12th inst. under conditions which, says the Hongkong Daily Prmt, were by no means favourable from a marksman's point of view and which got worse rather than better as the men went back. It was
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    THE CHRISTMAS ISLAND MURDER CASE.
    441 5 Ten Chinese in the Dock. ISkkoer Mr. Jiißtice Hyndman-Jones this morning at the Assizes ten Chinese were charged with being concerned in the murder of Hok Wai on or about Sept. 18th last at Christmas Island. Lai Shap, Lan Chat, Chan Hoe and Wong l.nk
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    KINO RUDOLPHOS WILL."
    94 5 KINO RUDOLPHOS WILL. There was a good attendance at the second performance of King Rudolpho's Will at the Town Hall last evening, and the piece went if anything more smoothly than on its first production. Another representation will be {riven on Saturday next, when there will doubtless be a good
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    MR. E. M. MEREWETHER.
    123 5 The I 'nil Mall Gazette, in making the appended remarks on Sir. E. M Merewether's appointment to Malta, should not forget that Mr. Merewether is an Italian scholar still it M a far cry from Malaya to Malta: When nimi lias pa»spi| twenty years in pulilir
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    BENZINE AND THE "GENEFFE."
    105 5 With reference to an article in this week's Straits Hwiget re the destruction of the Geneffe by a benzine explosion, Syme and Co. write Will you allow a» to point out lhat lienzine ikm.wri alw as gatioline, petrol, naphtha, petroleum xmrit, &v. lia- been shipped from
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    33 5 M cjihKKs of the Kuala Lumpor Bar will shortly have an addition to their number in the person of Mr. Day, who is on the way out from home to join Mr. Rogers.
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    40 5 A Chinaman was white-washing a house in Cecil Street near the Straits Times Office this afternoon when he missed his footing on the third storey and fell into the street. He was removed to the Hospital in a comatose condition.
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    38 5 A correspondent of an (inquiring turn of mind wants to know why the minute hand of the Telok Ayer market clock facing Robinson Road always takes a jump from about 17 minutes to 10 minutes to the hour
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    87 5 It appears that a Singhalese has been going round making out that he is a jeweller, and obtaining various gems from different people on the pretext of mounting them in rings and brooches. One man complained to the police that he had given the Singhalese $250 worth of gems, and
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    77 5 As a result of the impossibility of men conforming to the new Volunteer regulations and so earning the capitation grant, a great deal of discontent is reported to exist among Volunteers at home. The failure of the capitation grant means that commanding officers of corps will find themselves saddled annually
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    97 5 As the 49th Co. R.A. are leaving Singapore for good on Friday, the S.C.C. took the opportunity of having a final football match with them last night. Both teams were at full strength and a good ding-dong game resulted, the Club eventually winning by one goal to nil. The Club
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    101 5 A correspondent points out that no notice was given of the band performance iv the Gardens on Saturday night, consequently there was a skeleton audience although the programme was one of the best that has been given in the Gardens for a long time. Our correspondent says that care ought
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    95 5 Latham and Co. report little of interest in their market, prices in most cases being unchanged since last week. Transactions are reported in Tanjong Kagars at S31o: they are now quiet at this rate, however. In Straits Traders a considerable business has been done from S.ilj uptos3l^; the market is
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    90 5 One of the most successful sportsmen in I'ahang has again hogged another .il<ulaiig,saysthe Malay Mail. Theanimal turned out to be a cow, but being peculiarly sheltered under the shades of evening, a careful inspection before shooting was impossible. The cow emerging slowly, took a few cautious steps into the clearing,
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    106 5 This morning, Mr. F. K. Jenninge as agent for the Opium Farmer prosecuted Ng .Kici, a servant in the employ of Little Coy., for removing without a permit six bottles of brandy and six bottles of port wine at Johnston's Pier yesterday morning. A Revenue Officer and P. C. Wilson
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    112 5 Yesterday evening, Craig Road was made somewhat lively by a bit of a free light among a crowd of 'rikisha pullers who live there. That the crowd was considerable may be guessed by the fact that Inspector Howard with a half-a-dozen assistants secured thirtysix of them. This morning thirty-five of
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    91 5 A most unusual case for Japan has just been disclosed at Hiroshima. A tobacco dealer named Masutani Sarupei, in concert with another man and two women, between April 1 901 and September last received seventeen infants for the care of which money was paid in sums ranging from Yl5 to
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    86 5 Mr. Frederick Verney, recently chosen candidate for North Bucks, has one thing to recommend him as a politician -he <o always beaten, remarks a home paper. Mr. Carlile, the sitting member, should be a happy man to-day. Mr. Verney, who is a pleasant man of Cassius-like appearance, is best known
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    101 5 The shaft of s.s. 'ity of I'eking the V. M. liner which has been lying disabled in Yokohama harbour several months, was shipped on the s s. and left San Francisco on the 11th ult. She was to leave Yokohama for Kobe on Nov. sth. Captain A. F. Pillsbury will
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    107 5 Messrs. Boustead >v Co., as agents, send us a copy of the report of the China Traders' Insurance Company for the year ended >th April last. The net premia amount to 81,454,770, and the working account shows a balance at credit of Ss39,fi'j9, which the directors recommend be appropriated as
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    127 5 On the Ist inst., Yooc bin Ahmad, a Malay postman and three others absented themselves from duty at the Post OlBce Mr Trotter, the Post Master General, took out summonses against them for leaving their employ without giving the usual notice. This morning, Yoon bin Ahmad appeared before Mr. Wilson.
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    COMMERCIAL.
    638 5 Singapore, 19th Novkmbkr, 1902. PRODUCE. Gambier f 11.75 Copra Bali 9.60 do Pontianalc 8.75 Pepper, Black 34.75 do White, (8%) M.OO Sago Flour Sarawak 4.12} do Brunei No. 1 3.9" Pearl Sago 5.40 Coffee, Kali, 15% banis -V"" Coffee, Palembang, 20% basis 30.(H) Coffee, Liberian No. 1 m\M Tapioca,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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      147 5 Stop Experiment. Give up drugging yourself and use a scientific common snnse remody that can and will cure Rheumatism. Eminent Physicians recommend it. Mr. A. L. Cobl> Bernardstone, Mass., says:— "l think it eminently fitting that I make some acknowledgment to you of the benefits a member of my family
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      152 5 FOR SALE. SECOND band engines, boilers and second band machinery 01' all kinds. Second band machinery bought or sold on commission. W. A. Leach, Timber Expert and Consulting Engineer, 43 Raffles Place, Marine Club Building Singapore, m. w. f. 128-1 WANTED. BY a Gentleman with qnitt habit«. Board and Lodging
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      533 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Farewell Night! Farewell Night Empress Victoria Theatrical Co. Will play to-nijtht for the last time Chow Chow Muraba OR Variety Entertainment At the North Bridge Road Theatre. Prices as usual. M. DAUD, 1»-M Manager. FOR SALE. THK s.s. Sin<ik-ep, Dutch Mac, liuilt of iron, gross tonnage ll. r
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      158 5 DAY BY DAY. Wednesday, 19th November. Ri«h Water. 11.56 a.m. Hoi%es*^amaees'Bale W. Dalian's, r, Thursday 20th November. High Water. 1. -23 a.m. 0.42 p.m. p-owing Race. Pnilharmonic Choir fi.ls. Friday, 21st November. High Water. 2.13 a.m. 1.33 p.m. Lesislative Council. 2.30. Municipal Commission. 2.30. German outward mail due. silvan- Sal.'.
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      344 6 NOTICES. Agents for LEA PERMS' f|V I#| WORCESTERSHIRE SAUG£. By Special Wappant^^^B&^^ His Majesty *<&. Purveyors to «^iS^^S^F^^ The King. CELEBRATED OILMAN'S STORES. A cup of Bovril for late Supper will I"- found a desirable change for many who feel the need of nourishment before retiring, but to whom an
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      67 6 NOTICES. The undersigned have been .ippointed by Mr. J. H. TRAUUSLtfR, of Zurich, sole Agents for his Turkey Red Cloth M Chop «auh." A.;y imitation of this chop or ticket will be prosecuted. DALMANN CO. 90-11 G. OTOMUNE GO. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CARDS. NEW GOODS. A FINE COLLECTION JUST
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      225 6 NOTICES. CHAMPAGNE "LOUIS ROEDERER." Extra Dry and Carte Blanche The old, well known, brand. BRINKMANN CO.. l)H]ini, Hktaii. at Mesbkc JOHN I/HIE Co., Lti> v.c. RANEEGUNGE FIRt-CLAY AND POTTERY WORKS. MAN UFACTURERS of every dmrip tion of GLAZED STONEWARE DRAINAGE PIPES, SURFACE DRAINS, VENTILATORS, ROOFING AND FLOORING TILES, TESSKLA TED
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      677 7 The Borneo Company, Ltd. rE Standard Life AMnranoe. Norwich Onion Fire InrannM Societv. Atlas Ai«aranoe Company (Fire). The Equitable ldf« Ajwuranoe Society. Ihe China Mutual Steam Navigation Company ■»> Tottanham Lager Beer Company. for particulars of th*i» Companiei, tee th» mil advertuement of THE BOENEO COMPANY, LIMITED. Amenta. STEAMSHIP COMPANIES.
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      738 7 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES, Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij. Under contract with the Netherlands India Government. Aatnts at Singapore: Ship Aoixot, latb J. Dahtdbls A Co., 2-3, Colltie Quay. The undermentioned date* are only approximate. Steamer From Expected Will be Despatched (or On Van I'ieberck Soerabaya Nov. 9 Soerabaia, Boelcleng, Ampenan, Macassar, Banda, Ambon,
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      547 7 Portland and Asiatic Steamship Company. (Owned and operated by the Oregon Railroad Navigation Company.) Dates of Sailings from the East to J'/ieijic Coast Ports. Leaving Dub Hoxqkon'g Portland about about "Indrasamha" 14th Dec. 12th Jany. Indravelli 14th Jan. 12tb Feb. "Indrapura" 13th Feb. 14th Mar. Through bills of lading granted
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      711 7 STEAMSHIP OMPANIEs Norddeutsclier Lloyd, Bremen Coast Lines. BTEAMERB OF THE COAST FLEET. Tons N. R. Tons N. R. St*ttin 1682 Sandakan 1871 Palcnam 1283 Kohnchang 1291 Tanglin 1280 Pedjuburi 1189 Bangkok 1237 ]'it*>i,iul<>k 1188 Koral 1223 Rajaburi 1189 Stnflora 1123 CAow Tai 1116 Kuen Tuny 824 H'onff AToi 1116 Chieng
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      606 7 INSURANCE CO.'S riANTON INSURANCE OFFICE \J Lt MITEU. Capital Subscribed.. $2,60C,Q00. Amount paid up 600,000. Reserve fond 1,160,000. Hsad Orrici, Homokoiio. I'he undersigned, having been appointed Agenti of the above Company, are prepared tc accept Marine Riaki at current rate*. BOUSTEAD Co.. Atronr*. ROYAL INSURANCE COY. FIRE LIFE TOTAL INVESTED
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      818 7 INSURANCE CO.'S LANCASHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE AJSD LIFE. FIRE FUND 291,484. POWELL &~CO.. OENTS QUN INSURANCE OFFICB, LONDON O ESTABLISHED 17]0. Insurances effected npon almost every description o( property at the current rate* of premium. Total sum insured in 1900, £460,000,000 do 1890, £*il ,600,000 BRINKMANN A Co. General Agonts,
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      1224 8 L' niter this heading the following abbreviations are used str. steamer sh. •hip; bq. barque; sch. schooner; Yet. Yacht; Cru.— Cruiser; Gbt.— Gunboat; Tor. Torpedo; H. p. —Horse-power; Brit.—British; U. S.— United States; Fch.— French Ger. German; Dut. Dutch; Job. Johore; O.c— General-cargo; d.p. -deck passenger; P.
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      VESSI.LS EXPECTED.
      540 8 Name, port, probable date 0/ arrival, and name, oj agents. Agamemnon. H'kong, No\3o; Mansfield. AU>oin, Bangkok, Not 20; Borneo Coy. Alosia, Hot .{kong. Jan 7 Bebn Meyer. Annam. Hongkong, Nov M. Maritimes. Antenor, Liverpool, Dec 15; M.nsfield. Bayern, Hamburg, Nov l'_ Behn Meyer. Ballaiirat. Colombo, Dec 14 P.
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      88 8 For Pei ite.amer Tine.. To-Morkoh. Tringganu4 K'lantan Hntavi>r 7 a.m. Bangkok Hreitl Noon. Malacca and Linggi Heltne 1 p.m. Malacca and Muar Honii Wan 2 p.m. T Anson via ports Ltuly Mitchell 3 p.m. C'bon and riamarang GiangAnn 4 p.m. Fkiday. Palembang Ponliaimk i a.m. Bangkok Deli 2
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      181 8 From Europe.— By the N.D.L. s.s. Banern due on Friday. From China. By the M. M. s. s. Annam due on Sunday. From Saigon. By steamer to meet the French mail. From I: .1 ia. By «tpamer to meet the French n.ail; and by s.s. Mossel on
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      170 8 4 I i-LAi. ij VWBBI 8 NaMK. IONH OaPTAL* I FROM SAILED CONSIGNEES. a 1 Km fov, 18 HermannLeruhe Rus str. 1977 Dahtstrom 'Odessa < >ct 14 M. f insbure A Co. 18 Sri Tringganu Dut str 81 Nacodah ;Bagan Nov lri Kirn Hock Hoe 18 Redacg Sia str.
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      142 8 Date. Vessel's Name. Flag A Rio. Tons. Destination. Not 19 19 M 19 19 18 19 19 19 19 19 20 19 19 1» 30 Hindustan Brit str. 28*9 Manilu Macduff str. 1881 Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan Robert Dickensont sir. 1881 Aroebay Hermann Lerdie Rus str. 1978 Port Arthur
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      86 8 This is the Time to buy Silver Ware. K. A. J. CHOTIRMALL CO. (:o:) Have Just unpacked a large stock of Indian, Have Just received lndian made Diamond cut Gold Chinese and Japanese Bangles Guaranteed 22 Silver Ware Silver Curios Carats Price $22.50 per tola. FOR THR Special orders for
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      181 8 WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW CO. i T fib I/fl 'Mil M[»l.'V'< M'lll'l'l' I I j /ff if v\V \j\Jj\cjC\ o til II I i M /l Not (^uite Like Illus'f|l' tration LADIH 1 FLANXIIJRTI NIGHT LADIES' FANCY SHAWLS ASSORTKI) Sizes 0 I 9 "> DIIK.^SKS COLOURS Prices O.sr>sl.oo IJO IJO $1.50 A
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      77 8 KIM WAN BRICKWORKS CO. PASIR PANJANtI. Ara now supplying building bricks of every kinds. For particulars apply to CHOP KIM BIE, 18-12 No. 24, Malacca Street. AUCTION SALE OF SALVAGE. (From the wreck of the Str. Amherst AT Nos. 1-2 Boat Quay, in rear of the Chartered Bank premises, on
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      354 8 AI'CTION SALE OF MI3CELLANKOLS GOODS ETC. AT OIR SALE- ROOM, fl— AI.LKY Monday, 17th November. Tuesday, 18th November. Thursday, 20th November. Each day at 10-:f0 a.m. H. L. CO(iHLAN A CO. IH-11 Auctioneers and Land Agcnt> AUCTION SALE of tbe wreck of the s. Kelantan (l;ite British Wtmmm Mi dura)
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      101 8 WEATHER REPORT. Kandami Kerbau Hospital, 18th Nov., IO(<1. 1 .i. in 3 p.m. 19 p m.l Kk.m a kks. Bar ■_'9.it. )«.L'H.886!2«.P60 Morning Temp 86.0 j HO.O 75.9 I clear, day WBlbTher, 79.9 j 76.0 j 74.0 cloudy, DirofWind East East m.w. night clear. Max.Temp 88.9 Mm 70.0 Max.in Sun
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