The Straits Times, 4 August 1906

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.106 THE STRAITS TIMES. SATTJBDAY. AUGUST 4. 1906 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 461 1 MICHELIN TYRES NEW STOCK 1 JUST ARRIVED C. Dupire Company. a 101 AGRI-HORTICULTURAL SHOW. Prize Lists and Competition Conditions. lVrM.ns aeairous of obtaining prize lists and conditions of competitions at the forth- 1 MMkBJ Sinßajwre Agri- Horticultural Show ait adviswl that the pamphlets are obtainable at Messrs .lolm Uttk fo.s.
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    • 416 1 "STRAITS TIMES" BUSINESS DIRECTORY. AUCTIONEERS. HOTEL TKL POWELL CO., Singapore. DE Lfl (ESTABLISHKD 42 TBARs). PfllY Real Estate Auctioneers and Valners. Mortga- r H I A «es annged Valuations made. Rents oollected. SiManora VoweJJ A Coy's Auction and House- Property TtUphtme 65 bingapore ircular is issued weekly and sent free
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    • 503 1 ROBINSON and COMPANY. Perambulators and Mail Carts flfl^BE^s^7^^3E£jN > \^^»v 111 y 1 j\_^if/^K^h^^Jm/y^^\ as^ illustration, double seat, rublwr tyred \\l.<N. back 1 V>/ NEW REVISED PRICES Well Finished Rustic Woodenette with hirdwood strips, well varnished, 9§fc»^ large rubber tyred wheels. ■HBH^& > STRONG AND WELL MADE BASSINETTE large rubber
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  • 1760 2 Report for 1905. Finance and Mails. Mr. Noel Trotter, the timat General ot the CoIoBJT, st..l< ::i hi- >. port for 1906, ilia: .he revenue collected by i;ju department wh> seceding iimt of 190-1 by 148,338, or ;ii»,ni 10 a larger prop i i> i Lncreue tlinii
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 351 2 Empire Typewriters I r\^ -<fc|^^^7^^^a>ay^sy33We^s^es^ a J ii- _S" "asi^ln V^A 725 of these Machines are in use BY H. M. GOVERNMENT THE PUBLIC USE 45,000 OF THEM Strong points of the Empire" are:— Visible Writing, Simplicity of Construction, Durability and Perfect work. Foolscap" Model takes paper wide $110-00 Prices.
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    • 638 2 LACE STORE 170, ORCHARD RO U>. Large and vsrlrd ttock of Laces, Nottingham, Valenciennes, Irish and Brussels and bngiish and Swiss Embroideries. Prices very moderate. Inspection Invited. M. B. SHASHA. MM BUCHANAN'S BLACK WHITE Eiolds top place in the richest class of Whiskies Guaranteed 12 twelve! years old. c 46
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    • 478 2 SAVE YOUR HAIR With Shampoos of Cuticura Soap and Light Dressings of Cuticura. This treatment at once stops fatting hair, removes crusts, scales, and dandruff, soothes Irritated, itching surfaces, stimulates hair follicles, supplies the roots with energy and nourishment, and makes the hair grow upon a sweet, wholesome, healthy scalp
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  • 53 3 I'll nmiors < f IWBII "> 1181 111 lara arc Naobiiiaf that the BUbmm .oiniiK :11: 1 1 is intoning a rcgulat.n.i prohibttiag the turning of tailing- into tli, i:vcr- therr The- mm n say that tluv c.mniit work uihlit Mtl iwuidi' i< -'in that thiv will put an end
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 51 3 kheumatic Pain* Relieved. The cjuii-k relief from rheumatic- HUM afforded by Chamberlain's Pam Balm hat Mnpriatd aad doliglu.-d thooeaadi <>f It makes rest and sleep bobatble. A great many hay«- been Mt> n leatl; eared of nwoMsiaa bgi .he ace of this liniment. Fur sale by all ilis|>enBaries and dealers.
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    • 425 3 Cinematographs Films SSBL For a complete Cinematograph Installation apply to Levy Hermanos. 3, Battery Road. 44 Anrn|i DoriiLE-siDEu kecukds If If t VII AND TALKING MA( lIINKS A A rnril DOL'BLK-SIDKD RKCOKDS tUC.II AN D TALKING MACHINKS. v EDEN Talking Machines Tom $20. SOLE ABMJTTB Levy Hermanos, j, Battery Road.
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    • 289 3 STRAITS TIMES ANNUAL 1906-7. C RDERS Now Received for Delivery at the End of November IN Singapore and other places in the Straits. Any Desiring to Advertise Should Communicate Without Delay With i he Editor, Straits Times Annual, Straits Times Office, Cecil Street, Singapore. m^—-^ m^ im^ mmmmm^ m^g^tmß^mm^aKo>mear'^- uinaneMiww—
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  • 228 4 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. SATURDAY. 4th AUGUST. Wk all of us know how the tenders for the forthcoming re-let of the Opium and Spirit Farms have shown large reductions on previous manifestations iv that direction, and that the Colony look* as if it stands to lose in revenue
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  • 1963 4 Wk beg to acknowledge, with many thanks, the receipt of the Singapore Municipal Report for 1905, and forthwith proceed to deal with it. Among the most significant items, comes the first iv none of the elections (for a seat on the board) was there any contest." And of what is
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  • Special German Telegrams.
    • 28 4 Berlin, 3rd Augutt. The mutineers at Sweaborg have snrn-n dered. The mutineers at Kronstadt have been disarmed. There have been iuinie'nHe losses on both side-.
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    • 41 4 Ship's Commander and Five Officers Murdered. A mutiny broke out on board the armoured cruiser Permjnlj Aiowa which was lying at Reval. The commander and five officers were murdered. The mutineers were deli, vered up by their loyal comrades.
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    • 53 4 Administration of the Laws and Customs in Persia. In Teheran, the capital of Persia, the reform party has asked for assistance from Britain. It states that the people should elect deputies and that there should be a remodelled administration of the laws and of the Customs Department.
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    • 14 4 The Sultan of Turkey is suffering from an intestinal ailment.
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    • 22 4 At the Milan Exhibition, tlirrr m h mklili'H outbreak of fire in purt of the Italian Art Industry section.
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  • 43 4 MM in 1904-2.020 destroyed or I*l more than in the previous vein. No ease of rabies was reported during the yeai. which is the fifteenth year in succes- m iv respect to the immunity ot' Singapore fri.m the disease. Altogether, a satisfactory report.
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  • 322 4 Tukkk would seem to have l>een. not rough weather, exactly, but rather a br«> .teat th<> Municipal meeting. past nliy afternoon. Mr. Coghlan, with au air of offended dignity. remarked something to the effect that he hail net come there to be scolded, nnil Mr. I", re mil rick thereupon
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  • 79 4 It is suggested by Colonel Pennefather, who very kindly has been taking the initiatory steps towards getting up the Oxford and Cambridge Dinner, this year, that it would be a good tiling to hold a BMtjUag soon, to make definite arrangement.. Mem bcrs of the two Universities will therefore, if
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  • 16 4 Mi:. .1. K. Nathan, a Cadet. pMSai liis liiiii! examination in Malay on the 'J.'.tli nit.
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  • 23 4 It is reported in Japan ili.it the whole of Manchuria will be thrown ohi to foreigu tunic from the Ist of Sfptiinbcr next.
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  • 22 4 As Old Hanka Resident's l t tu-i is unavoidably held over till next week, through pressure on our space by earlier arrivals.
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  • 28 4 Tuk Ladies of the Presbterian Church Sewing Party will nuet at the residence of Mrs. Kcllnr. Hollaiidin Lloyd Road ou Tuesday, the 7th iiist. at 4 .to p.m.
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  • 30 4 Tuk Rev. I. N. Hunter lias left for Knala Lumpur to huld H«r\ ict-N there. The servic,-. at the Hurracks to-morrow will be taken by the Itevil. J. A. Siuitl:.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 172 4 JUST LANDED. A shipment of "Herefordshire Cider" (by H. 9. SBulmer <2o., of Hereford, wfjo obtained t&e 9o1d Medal in 1888 at ?Pari$ for tde "Highest Jlward.") IN QUART BOTTLES ONLY. CALDBECK MACGREGOR Co, R. H. AGENTS RILEY HARGREAVES Co., Ltd. FOR THE BROOKE MOTOR BOATS. Co. Ltd. I SYSTEM
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    • 290 4 NOTICE. Notice U hereby Riven that the New York Export and Import Co. a c the sole tgents of the Standard Table Oil Cloth Co., of New York, and have the sole right of selling the foods of this Cnmpmy In Asia, The Netherlands Indies, and th' Philippines, and no
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  • 350 5 [By Submarine Cable) HOME POLITICS. IMPORTANT MATTERS DISCUSSED IN THE COMMONS. Chinese Maritime Customs. Herd. 10SS a.m. 4th Augutt. Sir Edward Grey, in the House of Commons yesterday, sUtnd that the new instructions that had been given to Sir Robert Hart, Inspector General of Maritime Customs in China,
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  • 180 5 RESULT OF POLITICS IN THE ARMY AND NAVY. Men Immediately Shot. Becd. l.l '> p. ir. M Angiul. The mutiny at Kronstadt has assumed a serious attitude. The mutineers coiisUti-d of some 4iHl Sappers, and Miners, and 2..">1K1 Sailors, anil the former killtd their jfficers and then surprised
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  • 47 5 Wmd. I ■.'--> />.»!. 411, A,,g,,M1. France has presented Turkey with a stong protest against Turkish occupation of the Oasis at Djanct in the hinterland of Tripoli. Tl.-c l'ortc has replied that it maintains the claim as regards Djanet as an integral ]>ortiou of Trijxih.
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  • 37 5 Sir Anthony Macdonncll. speaking at Dublin yesterday, stated that be firmly believed that the year 19<>7 would see the fruition of many hopes which the best of Irishmen had entertained for years.
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  • 23 5 The death is announced of Sir Sydney HedUy Waterlow. K. C. V. O. a well known I>liilantroi>hist.
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  • 109 5 ANOTHER ADJOURNMENT GRANTED BY MAGISTRATE. Mr. Robertson Arrested. Before Mr. Column at the Police Court this morning Chief Inspector Howard of the Police, on behalf of the Crown, mentioned the case against Mr. H. C. Hogan, formerly Chairman of Directors and Managing Director of Messrs. Hogan and
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  • 726 5 Fancy Bazaar at the Singapore Catholic Club. The Singapore Catholic Club was again thrown open to the public, last evening, as the hostelry of the Fancy Bazaar, in aid of Poor who are the particular charge of St. Vincent de Paul's Society here. And again was
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  • 70 5 It is reported from Turkey that Deycke Pasha, director of a hospital at Constantinople, has discovered a new method for the prevention and cure of leprosy. He asserts the method will render people immune to the disease in all cases where the virus has not yet completely destroyed the system,
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  • 356 5 Short Meeting and Purely Formal Business. For all the importance of yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Council the hon. members might have stayed in their offices. The Colonial Secretary took his first Heat as Acting-Governor and this was the only item of interest in the meeting which was
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  • 117 5 To be Visible in Singapore To-night. Astronomer* have predicted that a total eclipse ef the moon will take effect to-night, and under ordinary circumstances, providing the sky iv devoid of clouds as was the cane last night, the remarkable phenomenon will be plainly visible in Singapore. The first
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  • 192 5 The Xanfangpao contains a summary of a brief preliminary report sent by the Travelling Commissioners Tuan Fang and Tai Hung chili to the Thione as the result of their visit to Russia. During an audience with the Russian Emperor, His Majesty alluded to the good relations subsisting
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  • 146 5 It was reported in Wednesday's paper how it was understood that several of the older boats of this Company mostly those purchased from the Scottish Oriental Co. are on the market. We are now informed that this statement is not correct. The N D. L.
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  • 95 5 Thk attention of the Christian Community of Singapore iv general is drawn to an advertisement appearing elsewhere in today's issue with regard to the inauguration of a Society under the name of Singapore Christian friend in need Society." We understand that the object of the institution is to help the
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  • 1554 5 A Breezy Meeting. A special meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held in the Municipal Board room at 2.30 p.m. yesterday to consider the building by-laws. Mr. E. (i. Broadrick, the President, occupied the chair and there were also present Messrs. A. W. Bailey, Cheng Keng Lee, H.
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  • 39 5 His Excellency the Governor lias appoint, ed Mr. J. Uowell U> the auditor of the Mcounts of the Municipality of the town and f >rt of Malacca until the close of the year, vice Mr. C. E. Horth resigned.
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  • 38 5 Hid Excellency the Governor has recognized Dr. Weudschtich as being in chnrge ot the Imperial German CommUte-General at Singapore as well as the Consulate* of Austro Hungary aud Turkey during tin absence from the Colony of Mr. Kiliani.
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  • 127 5 Musical Evenings. Dkspitk the building oiH-rationx at the aliove establishment, the pktnMfli "I 1 1 k ptOftb is increasing immensely as since the arrival o( the new Austriau String OrcbcMra, under the couducUu-H of .Mr. C. JbUangar. tinverandah, and the musical lull arc crowded every night witli
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  • 127 5 Thk B—pfco* FiaMi refers to Mm fact that uj formal inquiry Ic'-oI c'-o accidents uiv<il\ ing the lost* of life has yet Ih-i.i held under the Law of Navigation in Siamew wttttm. This may be partly attributed to some doubt, about the powers of the Marine Court, for a Royal
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 222 5 GJhere to stay? Singapore Raffles Hotel Penang E. &0. Hotel Penang Hills Crag Hotel Rangoon Strand Hotel RARE OPPORTUNITY Just arrived ONE SEMI-GRAND PIANO BY M. F. Rachals Co. Hamburg. Apply to H- Schaefer Co, Sole Ageots. c 1768 "GIRL" BRAND BEER. TO BE HAD OF ALL RETAIL DEALERS Sole
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  • 357 6 A large and elaborate building is be tag ststtod near Wat Saket, which is dUsipidd t<> be sop. of People's Palaco in Hunykok. There will be. among Otbei .itlrailiuiis. large hall where thoatrical ix-rfonnanccs will b? given vaivnii; from time to time to suit the ■MSSa si the
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  • 184 6 The Tsmgt.au Xouest Nachricteu." newspaper published by the Gernian."t Kiaochau, contains the following notification from Tsinan, the capital M t lie province of Shantung: —German firms which desire to establish branches here would do well to secure the necessary building land as soon as possible.
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  • 162 6 Ah -Ms. ilolzmann aud Co., an eugilieer.ug firm, have roceived permission 111 1 iin the German Colonial Department tv employ .">UU (JhiucM: workmen in German East Africa. The despatch of this cut indent of Chinese workers has, says the South China Morning Post." been rdered by
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  • 91 6 The Pinang Gazette comphuns bitterly of police inefficiency there and the resulting increase of crime, k seems that the force is far below its proper and authorised strength: the appcurSJssa <>f the Malay constables is freqaastty extremely slovenly, and they <lo ii. .t appear to bo drawn from a good
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 61 6 A Oood kulc for the Home. Make it one of your regular habits to keep Chamberlian'B Colic, Cholera aud Diarrhoea Remedy in your home as a safeguard against a sudden attark of howel compliant. li. is certain to be i .1 sooner DC later, and when that tin* comes it
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    • 498 6 PHOSFERINE 5 The Greatest of all Toniea. 5 RADIATE* HEALTH. J \Jfrleton Ashtoa ft Parent, Liakiad, 17, Farrincdoo Road. London. B. C. J aiMtIIMMUMHIMUHI A.BERT I. A. OAL>>. j I "ml- -taker Tomb Build r" Every .intention i,'i\eti to biiMiip--Charges Moderate 150 Middle Road. Sole Agents for Messrs Dottrid^c Brothers.
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    • 610 6 WANTED. BILL COLLECTOR— Must find good securit> Apply FRASER A NEAVE, Ltd., 2929 2-2 Raffles Quay. BOOKKEEPER— Wanted acompetent bookkeeper. One experienced in retail business. Eurasian preferred. Apply personally to MESSRS. CHUAN CO., rJUJfi 18 aud 19 Robiuson Road. TTITION IN TAMIL-Oiven by a Tamil scholar, journalist and passed interpreter.
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    • 653 6 TO BE LET. HOUSE— No, 8 Thomson Road. Apply to J. A. Meyer c/o Meyer Brothers. C 2900 COMPOUND HOUBE— No. 5 Sophia Road. Apply at No. 18-1 Prinep Street. 2944 OFFICES.— SmaII first floor offices facing Cavenagh Bridge Road and Fliit Street. Apily to Guthrie Co. Ltd., Agents. u.o
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    • 891 6 NOTICES. TO OUR ADVERTISERS. Advertisers are earnestly requested to send in their smaller advertisements or notioes of change before Noon (on Saturdays before 10.30 a.m.) otherwise their orders may have to be postponed to the following day. Large advertisements In future will require twentyfour hours' notice for insertion or change.
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    • 789 6 NOTICES. In the goods of Fajaly Carim Bin Daud Deceased. Pursuant tv the provisions of Section 16 of the('<>nveyanciii){aii(lLawiif Property ordinance 6 of IHB6 notice is hereby given that all creditors and persons having any (lebtsclaimsaud demands apoo or against the estate of Fajaly Carim Inn Daud deceased who died
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  • 240 7 The lumber cut in the United 9tatM in 1900 is stated by the department of agriculture, upon returns not quite complete, at L'T. 738.000.00(1 feet. Thr vast proportions of this slaui;!itfi- I lie forests may be appreciated by imasrining the lumber to bo all of
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  • 215 7 The grounds of Henderson Cml < Wash.ngtou city, ran knee-deep the other day with a river of rare wines, whiskies, cordials, in fact *lhe whole vintage of the cellar of that faniouresidence. where for years society has attended some of 'the bravest and HJMI fnnctii ns.
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  • 162 7 A nev. trick has bceu duviatd by burglars at Hongkong whereby they hope to protect themselves from being hurl in neaping:. Thin ii by laying ■.nit a mattresk oelow the verandah vi tlie house they propose 'to enter so that if they jump over the verandah, when detected, they will
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 129 7 Dan Macfarlane Co/s ROYAL V.O.V. Jsiqueur Seoted Wdis/iy. OBTAINABLK FROM Messrs. Yong Lee Seng Co. Ghee Soon Co. Ann Lock Co. Hong Seng Co. Hoon Keat Co. and all dealers. Wholesale from Syme Co. 23«5 Sole Jigents. What we Do. W« do Well. m Good Work j TELEPHONE NO. 348.
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    • 605 7 I crosse H m pickles \JJX\JOQHi aH soups, a% mH A Iflrn mH I JAMS, JELLIEB, By Special AND H|k Warrant I m BLAGKWELL, I malt^Tegar H VB TjTT) M^B MBhI Acints rod Purveyors to I H H lea&perrin's JLJi Worcestershire HJ.The KING mm Sauce DOGSHEAD^^^ BRAND BASS'S ALE M
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    • 181 7 "Help!" aNobodj- on .leictibc the lorlum of jj an id-a of llic nulul pain* thai >hool H ihn.uch lb* •udcrcr'i lion. I It rc.l-hot ■HfM «1 -c »ul.Mitutc J for the ncr.ct, the JJ juin wtnU l« nci KTcalcr. SThroii ;liout the worlil erin (or help are J r;..in: I
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  • Sporting Intelligence. Notes in General.
    • 22 8 Thk next important race in England is tl.i- (ireat Yorkshire Handicap, one mile 6 Mr. IM yds., run on Tuesday. August 28th.
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    • 28 8 This afternoon the Warders F. C. will ■Mat H. Coy. of the Sherwood Foresters in an association football match on the ground of the former at 5- 15.
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    • 32 8 The S L Lincoln will have Johnston's Pier for the Swimming Club Bungalow on Monday the Mfa inst., at 10. and 11 a.m. and returning thence at 10-80 a.m. and 12-15 p.m.
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    • 36 8 The following will represent! the Dutch Club tins afternoon against the V. M. C. A. at 5 o'clock on the Old Jail site llageberg; AnkerMiiit. Peiffer Vagelesang. C. Hissink, HagMSMMI ll* liii.m. Weeuink, Becking, Moraux. Verniey.
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    • 59 8 The July medal of the Sepoy Lines Golf Club, has been won by A- Finlayson with a nctt score of 75. His second round was done in the good total of 38 and with a previous round of 46 and a handicap of 9 the above nett was made. His
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    • 63 8 Tennis would seen to run in the family of F Sal/maun as his mother and he cling to championship titles. Sal/maun plays the long game, the strong point of the Dohcrteys, but israilur weak in the smash. It is more than like ly that he and L. K. (u-mit will
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    • 18 8 The cricket match on Monday, at the S. C. C. should be a good one and full of
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    • 36 8 terminological inexactitudes". The rush for places is a keen one and the weeding out process will be a hard task. The match will start at 10.30 a.m. and a good full day's sport should be seen.
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    • 57 8 In the cricket match. London County v. Thespidi. held in the last week of June. Mr. Noel L. Clarke of Singapore, who was playing for the former, knocked up a fine total of 79 runs, the highest score that was made by his side. The match ended in a draw
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    • 721 8 Tkumm. for the next uniting of the Singapore Sporting Club's meeting on October Hi. 1H and H "ill begin on Saturday next. AMMtIL So fir as. cau be gathered there is the promise of good fields and with thai ussiin <l «v should mh some capital racing. l
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    • 383 8 Since Saturday last when Ac Rest of the S. C. C. just Miapad home from the United ijjrv.cc'N by it runs, the net* have Uen particularly busy and members have xxm hard at practice, The game on Monday is perhaps the first reason and competition for places in the
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  • 270 8 LaMM Lawn Tennis Clcb Tournament. The following are the results since Monday July 80th:— Championshiu Pairs: Mrs. Gansloser and Mr. Miles beat Miss Payne Gallwey and Mr. Kerr 6-2, 6-2 Mrs. Nicholson and Mr. Salzmann beat Mrs. Brooke and Dr. Simpson 56. 62. 6-8; Mrs. Napier, and Mr.
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  • 340 8 The 41st anniversary of Dr. Barnardo's Homes has been celebrated by a large gathering of subscribers and other friends, and a long and varied programme was carried out at the Girls' Village Homes, Barkingside. This being the first founder's day since the founder's death. Dr. Barnardo's private
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  • 65 8 Thk school of the American Mission at Ipoh, says the Timct of Malaya, did excellently well last year it numbered 256 on the register with an enrolment of 215. In the upper standard the knowledge of English showed a distinct advance on that of the previous year— an evidence of
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  • 63 8 Sir Thomas I.ihton has almost completed his plaus for setting up a large meat packing plant in Manitoba, where the cattle raised in western Canada would be killed and shipped in cold storage cars. An investment of |H,(XX),OOO (gold) is contemplated. It is believed that the recent revelations concerning Chicago
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  • 863 8 Sir Oliver Lodge on the Present Bill. This eminent scientist shows great nanity and ruasonablenss, as one would expect, in discussing the question of First Principle* of Faith as a Basis for Religious Teaching in the Hibbert Journal for July. He regards the Act of 1903 as
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  • 162 8 Is July, 1905, Mr. J. B. Carruthers, the F. M. S. Director of Agriculture, began a series of experiments as to the value of spraying for destroying Imperata arundinaceae, lalang gross." A field near the Laboratory was selected and part of it divided into seven plots each
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  • 48 8 The big clock to be erected in the tower of the Victoria Memorial Hall U being unpacked outside that building and is attracting a good deal of interest. People passing in carriages and rikishas stop and look at it The faces of the clock have been much admired.
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  • 46 8 The examinations for Senior and Junior, and Preliminary students, under the regulations of the Cambridge Local Examination are to be held in Singapore and Pen ing on Monday, December 10th, and following days. The next examination for the Queen's Scholarships will be held on March next.
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  • 464 8 (Sunday, sth Augst) Eighti Sunday after Trinity. St. Andrew's Cathedral. 7 a.m. Mitinx and Litany. 7.45 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral). 915 a.m. Holy Communion (Plain). 8-45 p.m. Sunday School «nd Bible Classes. 5-30 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. Anthem. O Love the Lrrd A. Sallivan. St. Matthew's Sepot Lines.
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  • 225 8 Bukit Rajah Rubber Company, Limited. Thk ordiuary general meeting wax held on the 12th of July, Mr. H. K. Rutherford presiding" In moving the adoption of the report the Chairman said they were in a position to recommend a dividend of 6 per cent. As this diriduud had been earned
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  • 149 8 Thk Tokio Police have determined to take rigorous measures for the suppression of Socialistic ideas among young men, in compliance with general instructions from the Minister for Education. At a recent lecture at the Young Men's Hall in Kanada, held by the Socialists to protest
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  • 103 8 A Tokio dispatch states that the question of the value of Port Arthur as a stronghold is engaging attention in military circles in Japan. It is stated that the opinion in gaining ground that it is inadvisable to reconstruct the fortress, and that the defensive works should be rather destroyed.
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  • 55 8 Tuk attention of the Board of Trade lias been drawn by the Colonial Office to the fact that oounidorable quantities of morphia have been shipped to the StraiU Settlement* in contravention of the provisions of the Morphine Ordinance, 1904 No. 14 of 1904 which regulates the importation, Hale, and one
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  • 59 8 It is reported that a cry lias been raised in Ktisxia for the execution of (mmm! Su»ss< 1 for the capitulation of Port Arthur. The Japanese regret that a sentence of such a nature should have been paused tin y recognise that General Stoossel did his best and they hope
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 247 8 K. A. J. CHOTIRMALL Co., JEWELLERS SILK MERCHANTS. Have jnst opened a fresh stock of Indian, Chinese, and Japanese goods i.e." silk kimonos, Maltese silk lace collars, Ladies' silk blouses, Japanese cotton crape kimonos, Persian and Indian carpets of all sizes, gold gem set-jewellery, silver ware etc. etc. Ladies and
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 151 8 DAY BY DAY. Saturday, 4th Aug. High Water. 916 p.m. Full Moon. 7-55 p.m. Penang Races. Third Day. CiKkt't Tournament. S. R. A. Practice. 2. Football V.M.C.A. v. Dutch [Club. Old Jail site. Sunday, sth Aug. High Water. 11-32 a.m. 10-54 p.m. Eighth after Trinity. S. R. A. Practice." B*2.
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  • Stocks and Shares.
    • 355 9 Date of > formation Capital Subscribed Number of Shane Issue Paid Value up to Reserve 1 1900 1908 1901 1902 S175.0O0 i!4O0,0W »3O0,000 iMO.OOO •140,000 £350,000 •293,600 £16,175 7/ £100,866 £]'.il.-.'.-Ml n.HOO.000 I i i 13,500 S.100 <nu-u*d 4,000 330 000 JO.000 10,000 ■M naUiud 6,307 10,493 36,700 110,000
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    • 283 9 1906 1905 1904 1905 1903 1906 1904 19a; 1906 1906 1903 1904 l'.KM lMWtt 1903 £150,000 •300,000 £30,000 700.000 £70,000 •150.000 £12,000 £75,000 •250.000 £300,000 30.000 •200.000 •100.000 £30,000 •100.000 £140,000 •120.000 £11,125 •610,000 1-V.I..VJ0 j]-'-,.ooo £10,500 £65,000 •225,000 £260,635 £30,003 •135,000 tso.000 £26.000 •91,500 140.000 1 1 20,000
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    • 194 9 'i. Special Gold Reserve Fund. b. Insurance Fund. r. Sundry Reserves. d. Sundry Reserves, j i 1*91 1K9S l«6.-» 1901 1901 1899 1903 1891 1890 1«*7 1*64 £5,377.10.0 ♦225,000 •10.000.000 12.400.000 •34,000 •875.000 •600,000 •30,000 •200,000 •500,000 i.1.000.000 •3,700.000 •3-25,000 •10.000,000 •3,400,000 •34.000 •875,000 •240.000 •80.000 •200.1100 •421.000 •2.000,000
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    • 48 9 i Howarth Krskine, Ltd. 6% WOO.OOO 2% pram buyers. Rilev Hargreaves, Ltd. 6% 395,000 3% prem buyeVh. Singapori' Municipal 6% 400,000 2% prem buyer-. 5% 1,478,000 par. buyers. 4% 602,000 par. sellers. i Tsnjong Pagar Dock Co., Ltd. 6 1, 250,000 2% pram buyers. 5% 1,566,500 l%prembuyern.
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  • 504 9 Coffee Such coffee as remain? on Selangor eetatai has received attention when it ili i- int iaaerfere with the gr<>w.h ot the rubber with wln.l' most of the ti Ids havi bern planted, but no new ana- an btUg oi>eii <l with this |iro«luct. The amount iwieilliilg rapidly
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  • 221 9 iiiinentiiiL' on the imiipctition brag I'iitered iiv.o by Japanese shipping firin> the Japan (.'hr<iik-l< writes: As for the systematic energy shown by th: 1 X Y. K.. well, if the leading Japane.-e compaojjf doe- nit continue to lead, the w.'v in energy >he will be dcing ■enow
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  • 59 9 It > -tat. (1 M "rtiiial authori.v that a canned meat sraudal has been di^-dverrd 1 1 n-li.iiui ill Japan. A number oJ 111 1 u which h.-id ljceu put on sale ,t.s hotbd beef, were fimnd to omtain hflBM leah, which had been prepared in an ingenious maniifr and
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  • 68 9 The X.ppon Yuscn Kaisha are placing two more steamers on the Bangkok m, :iv: the "Bangkok Times" 'I in third, the Kanju Maru." M expected on hhe 27th July., and the fourth is expoeted this month. Rate < tiiii in tli- tf mm Bangkok. Tlu- K. V K eatlMi dc<jk
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  • 229 9 3imoai>obe, 4th August, 1906 PRODUCE. Gaaahtat buyer* 7.25 <in (Cube No. 1) unpicked 11.134 Oopi Bali 9.40 (In l'ontianak 9.00 Reaper. Black buyers 21.26 <lo White 5% 27.85 Snu<> Hour Sarawak 2.77J do Brunei No. 1 2.65 l'carl Sago 6.40 Coffee Bali, 16% buyers 20.80 Coffee. Palenibang, 30% basis
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  • 21 9 The British Admiralty have decided to work all their torpodo boats in f u ture with oil fuel, instead of coal
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  • 32 9 A wire to the "Times cf Ceylon" dated London 13th July says The rubber market :s firmer. The quotaton far hard finv Pan i.H. and plantation sorts are up to ss. 9d
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  • 32 9 Sir Lionel Cox, the Chief Just.< waamong the guests entertained -t dinnei by the Treasurer (Sir Kdward Clark K. C.) *nd the Masters of the Uenr'i |o. Lincoln's Inn 11 June ':7th.
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  • 42 9 MeUR. Howaiih Kr ki;i l.tj.. myt the "Tin*- of Malaya," hat atcored the ooctmrt for tlie c imtrn -i i f the new market in Ipih. which, according to ;> c H.-mc a ainl plaaa, i t i be* an impaairg aad < ■•>! ttraotan.
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  • 39 9 The Bt« Strait, Trading Co'i oflota •ii lpoh. opposite Chung Thye Phin's B» :l dinc;.", aro nearly half way up. Th?y are to have a clock tower among other things, me contract was secured by Messrs. Rily Hargreaves O.\
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  • 47 9 Three laundries run by Chinese have, within the last few months, been started in the city cf Leeds. Of course they have been interviewed by a reporter, who says they drink weak "tea. rubsist l?re Iv en lie:-, and have corn. t<; Leeds t i make money.
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  • 52 9 British Bast Airiee to bo placed under c n-:w tm of laws tv rail t'l i am. Many people predict great things fur th I.'1 colony, especially ao an agricultural Mtttarcnt Not a* few well cuowu men have got concessions for w,de tracts of country there which they intend to
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  • 53 9 The lpoh paper say-: that a Ml ing tiger is a/, large about a mile distant from Chendenang, on the Sunghy Kinjaug Road. A Chinaman ha;, falleii a victim, while a Malay who U said to have had a encounter with the aaiaal, died the oth.'r day as the result
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  • 57 9 On the occasion of the accession to the throne of the new King of Norway, Mr. Paul Ritter, the consul-general at Yokohama, was promoted to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, ,!i<< thJ. cons-ulate general has been raised to the rank of legation. The business of the legation has been
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  • 67 9 Hciuc fiit.r.i watir pip \.cro laid in the- added ;>rea of Cak-ut.a reoffltlyThe chief Engineer, in his repcrt. says that in one case a pariah dog during the night curled up inside one of the pipes to sleep or die. Had it not been discovered at once it would have
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  • 69 9 In his official report on the Papai district, British North Borneo. Mr. R. G. L. Horton says of the small-pox outbreak that there were 4.676 cases with 1,317 deaths. He says in his ipinion the natives did not deserve the trouble taken and expense incurred. Cleanliness was unknown and medicine
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  • 140 9 In Java, says th: "Ceylon Observer. v in all tropical lands, rabbi s now ..he great attraction. th> allibscrbing very important topic that jrc.ty well fills most men's minds. Rubber— and rubber alone is the lew lodestar to industry and capital, and s held to have b;come the talVatton of
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  • 191 9 The "Ceylon Observer notes thai 104,000 acres wer? planted or about £o be lliinted there with rubber this year, igainst 40,000 acres last year. Rubber slanting in >th*t Colony was represent id by an estimate of 75,0 acres in March, 1898: and by May, 1901, that journal stimated 2,500 acres,
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  • 363 10 It will be remembered that a reveal Anici can c.ili.egram stated that, in conmm|h, .i Japaneax employed am an American baulcship having been caught drawing a plan of the turiets, an :dci had been issued for the exclusion from American, warships of
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  • 474 10 Ptepared in the U.S. Bureau ot inanUl Affairs. War Department. compreheu ive'revfaw of Philippine commem in 1906 has just been published. The ino.-t noteworthy fca.ures of the I nlllHHiu ial leUuaa, remark? the "South C'hiiiii Morning Post." ;u I l lin c if trade in favour of the
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  • 728 10 Important Works in 1905. The Bifmdbmn on Public Work* in 1905 was 96,488,163, of which the ex penditure on personal emoluments .1 mount <-<l to 9388,745, nearly H per cen:. of the total. Roads. The department had in charge 1.7 77 miles of cart nail-
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  • 73 10 The ituuv friend i f Ca|>i. Fey uf th i.:;aiiK r Ana:i ii A pear." will ba wry iiln ir t'lat I ':i! been admitted i-tc li. G;iverniiui t 'i\. :l Hospital at Hoßgfrnng, uft'.'l-.iu» ilum t\ |)hnicl. Capt. Fey took ill aliuiit 11.- dajl out from Calcutta, but tbo
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 747 10 Ships and Steamers. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. Per China, Japan, Henang, Ccylun. Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Forts, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Golf, Continental, and American Port*. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about Mail Line. Outward i tor China). Malta
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    • 1261 10 Kcninklijko Paketvaart MaatschapplJ. Under contract with t c Netherlands India Government. AgenU at Singapore Ship Aokkct, late J. Daendix* A Co., 2-3 Collyer Qcat. The undermentioned date* are only approximate Steamer From Exp'ted Will be des| .it.-bed for De Eerent {Soerabaya July 31 Bawean, Soerabaya, Band jerraassin, Kota; Baroe, Balik
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    • 692 10 N.D L. NORODEUTSCHER LLOYD Imperial Oerman Mail Line. The fast and well known mail steamers of this Company tail fortnightly from Bremen- Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Por Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki, ami Kobe to
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  • Ships and Steamers.
    • 66 11 hur Per Steamer Time Man ii. Kiii.i|m- in |wm ts Bugtrm II a.m. Malacca lin Bo noon Pekan snd Tringt'Hini li»<i /.<■..»'/ noon Mhlhci-h and Lißlßji Khetta Sut/i noon Teluk Anson m» |»ii'ts s'np|>Ani uoon T. Alison via pans I'uh Ann noon Sarawak KmfthafSmrmmuk noon Ti Ki.n. P.
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    • 133 11 From Honors— By the N. I>. L. s.s. Masiaaj due <iv loth August. From CniNA— By the 1). 1,, s. s. aafafa .hie ou Mb August. TiyK TABLE Or HAILB DCIt. Loft Singapore Dae in Loudou ■lvii.- J 1 st I>. .V (>. July IMi In tTIb
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    • 1031 11 Under this heading the following abbreviations sre used ttr. steamer sh.— ship bq; barque srli.- -ocl looner Yet.— Ya.-b:; Cru. —Cruiser. Gbt.— Gunboat Tor.— lorpsdo H.p. Horse-power Brit. British U.S. United States Fch.— French Ger —German Dot.— Dutch; Ital.— ltaliau Span.— Spanish Sar. Sarawak; O.c— General-cargp; d.p.—
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    • 810 11 Sn i,i,\ />nrt, prohibit- ibitr nf arrival, arul nainr of Agtwtt, SnvMKUS. Airlie, Sydney. Aug. 24; Boustead. Achilles, Clnna, Sept. 2; Maiwtield Albenga. Hongkong!. Sept. Behn Meyer Alcinons, China. Ehf* i I Manslleld Alesia. Hongkong. Ang IS Hi Im Meyer. Annam, Saigon, Aug. Ml M. Maritimcn Andalusia. Hamburg,
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    • 104 11 Wharves and Docks at which Different Vessels are Berthed To-day. TSNJONG PAO»R ■mi \Vhvbkß»sin:— Nil. East Whaup StrnoN li-lanjjlin, Thon^wa. Al.lll rt Gravixh Dock Jumna. Bavjaas Wsuat Bacma 1:—1 Edeudale. Til I HIM I Graving Daot: Calypso, Sumla (tug). MJMN WK««F. TAdJOHO P»OAR
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    • 327 11 -Mr. George Bernard Shaw preached a sermon on Socialism the other day, in Caxton Hall Lond.m. to an .indiitn'o composed of many of the BOteMet of UM West End. His text waa "Poisoning the proletariat." and the address was delivered under 'the auspices of the Chrwti&n Social
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    • 61 11 It may not be generally known that tht present Sultan of Perak is the twerfty-ciphth Sultan of Perak and the great-grandson of the nineteenth Bui tan. Tlir first Sultan was the ton of flip Sultan ;:f Kampar n: Sumatra Since then th success.on has. reauuiwd in P rak and every
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    • 227 11 Pe- 1 1 .v o. s. ft CMm aaaaaetiag witb lh« steamer OrMM :it ('nlombo, from 1..ii.!0n July '.'(I. daa lsth A inn tle».rv 1). A I J. Watson. Mi I! Krrr, R. W. EUmage, H Beechiim. K. P. Mitilidl. Bar, B D Blakeney. Fmi.iColombo.Mr and Mr-
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    • 94 11 August 2 Katori, )u b'-di. Osaka Anamlta, Han str. Hangkok 3 Ratho. Brit str. Java ports Bingo Ham, Jap str, Hongkong. Japan Pindari, Brit str. Hongkong, Japan Real, Dut str, Batavia via Uillition Houg Bee, Brit str, Penang Hong Mob, Britstr. Hongkong, Am. 4 Lin.lula, Brit Htr. I'enang. li'goon,
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 400 11 N.Y.K. JAPAN MAII STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. Mgßhw PORTXIOHTLT service is maintained between Japan and Kurope by the loßmriag NEW TWIN SCREW STEAMERS, lii.U-r Mail Contract with the Imperial Japani-, (.(ivernment. specially designed for the <'..iii|iaiiv'H Kuropean Service, lighted throughOOt liv Klectrictity, provulr.l with excellent a. "iimi.xlutioM for First and Second
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    • 707 11 C.P.R. Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mai* Steamship Line. TEE FAST ROUTE BETWEEN CHINA, JAPAN, AND EUPCPE, VIA CANADA, AND THE UNITED STATES. Route from Hongkong via Shanghai Nagasaki (Inland Sea of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria and Vancouver. Twin Screw Empress Steamships 6,000 Tons— Speed 19 knots. PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM
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    • 696 11 APCAR LINE OF STEAMERS The undermentioned mail steamers of the above Company maintain a ten-daily service between Calcutta and Hongkong. calling at penang and singapore a;.v rovtk FLEET Tons Commander s.B. Arratoon Apcar 4,510 K. Fey b.s. Catherine Apcar 2,727 W.D.A. Thomas s.s. Gregory Apcar 4,606 G. H. Belson s.s.
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    • 78 11 Bowel Complaint in Children. During the summer months children .ire subject to disorders of the bowtls which should receive careful attention .is soon as the first unnatural IooaMMM "t :he bowels appears. The best medicim 1 in use for bowel complaint is t'haniri i lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhita Re
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 52 11 WEATHER TELEfiRAM. HONGKONG. Hrn. Ai... s,_4 i. v Barometer 29.78. Direction of Wind n» Force of Wind 2. Max. Temp in Shade 87. HAWLA. lai IM oar. :t M Timi ItM.i-i .>n Fort Caiiniiij' and Mount I'aber drop daily at 1 p.m.. Singapore standard urn. .T.-.ii..n.lim' 111 1 rt m.
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    • 55 11 IaTHER REPORT. Kaudang Krrhan Hotpital, :trd A a,),, a. si. 3p. K. 9 i\ M. Kru/.KH-. Bar. H2 ..29.948 29.850 29.895 >■ C Temp 86..> HB.B 84.2 8 WetßnlbTher 79.0 79.0 7x.6 c~ DirofWind.. s.k. k.k. s.k. i Max. Temp ..91.8 Mm 73.2 i Max. iv Sun 144.8 =i Terr
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  • 202 12 Tht Japan Times km taWM dt Ik following telegram, dated July 3. from Us correspondent at Seoul Marquis Ito. the Resident-General, had yesterday aftornoon a Owo hours' audience wiih the Bsapanr, and talked with Ills Mai-tv on subjects of the 1111 .st vital importance. Among
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  • 247 12 Tac BociatMi BaaciMMl baa not been t'uliy enforced in Xegri Senilnlan and Paining. The pricipal registered societiea are Chines- district societies, lie.) ■OcietsM of ini-ii coming from one district Lo China. None of them can compare in wealth with some of the "Clan -otict:e> in
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  • 300 12 111 Shaw. Secretary to the Treasury, ha? delivered an address to the graduates 01' the United Stales Revenue Cutter Service School, which is considered a*> bound to causo much resentment and t nticitin on account of the strictures cuntaiued in it upon the army and
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  • 56 12 What is the matter w.tli tlmt li^'lii asked the Puisne Judge in the Summary Uourt at Hongkong, oa the 18th July, pointing to an unilluminated -I.Wo above his desk. "The light fau 1 rrp! -H thy usher. Well if it ntiuuefi to fail I shall have to take •o glasses.
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  • 369 12 The "American Review of Reviews, thus comments upon the Pan- American Conference which i;; now sitting at i*lo de Janeiro The U. S. State Department has been busily aiding in plans for the MM m of the rill A HIM II in Congress. It 1^ the desire of
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  • 310 12 Many Europeans, remarks the 'limes of Malay a, have already engaged a lar^e numb?r of Malays in the work of felliug, burning and clearing jungl and in some cases plots ot laud have been given ou contract to Malays as a greater inducement to them to work diligently.
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  • 158 12 According to a San Franciaco dispatefa racawaJ in Tokyo, Mr. MrKinl-.-y. ineiiib.M v( the li<;usf of EUpnaentativei and ono of those who accompanied Mr. Taft in his recent tour through tli Far lilt, was one of the speaker at a di&BOr given by bading merchants
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 632 12 Banks, Insurances, Auctions. MORTGASEE'S SALE iuudaii. Till Augunt, at 2.3Hp.m. 1. FIVE SHOP-HOUSE DWELLINGS Noe. HI to So WATERLOO STREET, Singa pore, area 9,503 square feet. Statutory Grant No. 7803. 2. TERRACK DWELLING No. 23 7 RACE COURSE ROAD, Singapore, area 2,998 square feet, freehold. Powell Co., Auctioneer: Drew mill
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    • 620 12 Magdeburg Fire Insurance Company. (Ektablihhed A.D. 1844) The undersigned, agents for the above company, are prepared to accept Fire Risks at current rates. BEHN, MEYER A Co., Ltd. MM The Royal Exchange Assurance. (EBTabi.uhci> A.D. 1720) The undersigned, agent for the above company, are prepared to accept Fire Marine Risks
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    • 488 12 Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Capital £800,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietor* £800,000 Reserve Fund £979,000 BANKERS. Bank ot England. National Bank of Scotland. The London City it Midland Bank, Ltf. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Account* are opened and interest allowed at 1 per oent. per
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    • 558 12 Hongkong 8? Shanghai Banking Corporation. v aid-up Capital ti0.000.000 KGSEBVEFUND:— Sterling Reserve $10,000,0001 11Q 3ilverßeserve 9,600,000/ 19 5OO > 000 R serve Liability of Proprietors t10,000,000 COURT OP DIRECTORS. A. Hanpt, Esq. Chairman. O. H. Modhurst, Esq.— Deputy Chairman. E. Ooetz. Esq. A. J Raymond, Esq. Hon. Mr. W.J. Gresaon
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