The Straits Times, 3 December 1906

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    13 1 The Straits Times. XO. 22.'20(? SINGAPORE. MONDAY. DECEMBER 3. 1900. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      602 1 THERE IS NO DOUBT AS TO THE RELIABILITY of De Dion Boutin GARS. The "Autocar," ***** says: ..-..1. M lical Men la the title elk mo-t intoiestini; lxwklct which has bata taaaad bjr l)e Dion B<nitun. tM. It gives medical men wl am and use Da l>i<>n can. We believe
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      304 1 HOTELS. HOTEL DE L'EUROPE iii Management (I the above establishment bci:- (■> inform the public tiiat the services of ihrir String l.'i,i can be sec tired to play at Clubs, Balls, Ac, by special arrangement. HOTEL DE Ei'EUBOPB SYNDICATE, Proprietors WAVERLEY HOTEL r >9, Hill-street, SingaporeHealthy Position. French and German
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      451 1 HOTEL WISSE Wkitkvhkhkn. Batavia. P Established ia IM3G. Renovated up to date. Splendid sitaation in gj the Fashionable Centre. Opposite the Palace <>f B Governor-General and Club, and in the neigh- 1 bourliiHHl nt tin- French stores. Kitchen under B spocinl F.iironeun supervision. Kiifglish dishes, p Stronyh red minemled by
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      234 1 Robinson Co. STERLING SILVER GOODS tf^Mk^^ < f^tJßSßls^m^mmSßSs^^^ I '^.^o^ '*!^liJijjlul^aveiJMßß^^BMr 'L'^HaeM fjfl Bg^fJ? iriB^SSB Bfi[^B&C^as2^HKk ii. VV J S*-wii*<' J?%* »*ij*S^BPßplßi*H ISB eßte* -^^?**"WBBleBI Hbß^^^R^SKs ''vinPi'i^ IKS SILVKIt MAXUTKI i ADI is i'.. :i; UANICUEK SV\ s Cut GS; ssancJ silver Toilet Requisites IU» BBBBBBBBBBBBB^BBBBBBBBBBBBBBIbBBBV i4Bßßfc.lbßßß^tV>f) a B^ B
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    CHINESE NAVY.
    402 2 Another Reorganization Scheme tacordiae; to the Imperial aeen burned "ii the 6th iii-i.. (write»a Peking uunwpende nt t.i ihe N'.itii China Dailj N. »si. a, Haicbaopu ..r Adssiialtj h Uj be e»Ub ashed in Mdna at tatan date to have ettatße of tin n mi/ .iti-n of the
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    KICKING LORD METHLEN.
    330 2 What Lord George Hamilton Did at School. General L<:rd Methuoii distributed the prizes at Dover College iov:ntly, after an UMMCtica of the college Oftddt coil),. Acldrtssing tin cadets, lie mentioned that wkaa he took n\cr the Eastern Comina'ul he was ;v«k:d officially to sneouragc the formation of
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    Anti-British Petition in Yunnan.
    140 2 A IVkiii" lettst states that tin tji-ntfy anil |K(>plf uf Vuniiau province lifinini; tiiat a l:nti-h Syiulimti- is ti in^ to uhtain n t oiiLvssion for the esSMSrnetiun i>f h ruilwav lMtw.cn the cities uf Tenuyiu-li wui Talifii. have iirost'iiiril a MMMtdU) »isj..»'d protest lv tin'
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    A WONDERFUL SHIP.
    1164 2 Fastest Sailing Ship Afloat few in Manila Bay. mc «v,-.:;ei.t sailing ship < n any sea, .< giaut of gjneroua and graceful lines, with hull, ma.st aad yank painted whit, as now, a craft Uiaf spreads thirty-five sails bellying to the winds and known at the royal
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      43 2 Chamberlain's Pair. Balm. Then is no danger from wood poiscn resulting from a cut or w.umd of any kind, wben Chamberlain's Pai.i !'"!in used. It is an antiseptic dre sing and shoatd be in every household. For sac by all dispensaries and dealers
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      402 2 EMPIRE 40,000 in use. I thb Empire typewriter I I Cenrfcnoi. I SSSM*^fcjiJ^pp^pjMjpjj^pV^BS^^^^NS^3fi|»^mSSl Over 300 sold locally I ver 700 sold to the British Government This Machine has been supplied to:^ The P.stmaster General. The Government Printing Oilices. Colouial Treasurer. Colonial Secretary. Survey Department. G*v*. Veterinary Surgeon. P. C. M.
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      782 2 MAINTAINS THR HTGHEST REPUTATION EVERYWHERE. BUILD UP and PRESERVE YOUR HEALTH and Fortify the System against Disease iitli M »«^mmmmsEsa<satS3*S»C^--'<JB A. ft\*^ Z^J~'fia*^BlS^^^Bsf^Bl^^MlY«BMßTißlki£v^ I <^ Vtf > ■>. T*^3n^Mmssssssssm™^^^™sj"**y M *l a "3'J'Jj?'?^^^^^ ,i»m»ic* (i ..joll>l»ed nine. 182t.) jjjj^^ > ,^-a— JffMftl XjJCCI -We enn t ipeak I "'^E. <
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    BROKERS' COMMISSIONS.
    613 3 Reforms Advocated on the London Stock bxchange. Al for M tlie public concerned (be decision of tk« Stock Exchangi i mittoe to iiivc-t itr.it t> the Butter of broken' conuMasknia and of the relations between jobben and non-memberi some* I «it li strange suddenness. The matters! have been
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      70 3 No Opium in Chamberlains Cough Remedy. There is not the least <.!;.!><: .M' in giving Ciiamlv.-ilain's C'oHiill Kemerty to children ;i< it contains no opium or otlui harmful drug It lias an sstablisked repntstioa ci nora than thirty years m tkc nMMrf lUCt'liful iiieilirino in iw.> I t eaUs, croup
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      245 3 TANGYE'S OIL ENGINES to 4-U Ursike H.P. J^iiiE^tebfeM^ Siii^ tat^unu^fltii Reliable LmW JHn^^jMJMSMiMMls^sWlh^^^^JllßsjlUUl—sß Foe* driving al! jTRE&J| Economical HUTTENBACH BROTHERS COMPANY. 'IViei.lione No. nryl ERY IDtt^J^ttTlrflttliT'T. 1 Telegrmphic Address HABITURE Singapore Cold Storage Co.. Ltd. Borneo Wharf. Telephone 1026. Sea stocks of all kinds of Frozen Meats, etc.. can be
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      142 3 Katz Brothers, Limited. GREAT SALE Jiovo in full Swing OUR PRICES WILL CLEAR EVERYTHING Katz Brothers, Limited. ayv>^a»uufc-^^^^^^^»^»^^^^ i Vs^^Tif^^-V These tiny ■^^^^fA Capsules ■H |VM su]>erior f, MWtkw^fm t0 Copaiba, \^^MM^^^W Cubebs, and Injections— cure the same diseases as these drugs in forty-eight hours without inconvenience. /^->. Each CUSJSBI
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      385 3 THE DERBY HORSE FEED. One nf the greatest appetizers and mu«>cle s°**^>ofaoai of tl,e T ,m.eni lav. con«rtiii£ Stssißtts of B :i«ar. n,ai«, paddy, bran, aud I tTwdM s SSJ Mitnte for other V od Rea<lihISMIL r"r S niljid am llt t< ui 11 K- mn.nKl. hy oil vl.n have
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    Ships and Steamers.
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    1002 4 Sanir, port, probable tin 1 of mtritxU, and iimnf of .l(i<iiis, Steamehs. Achilles, Lhrwpoo, Dec. :l; >ta: stield Airlie. Sydney, IV.-. -.'I BniMWil Alciaona, Liverpool. Dee. M; M/ustield Ah.lhlumu, Hongkong, Jm "> Htha Me>« i A pan ma, Calcutta. Die. T; It .id Arcadia, Colombo. .lan. "> I.
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      790 4 C. P. R. Canadian Pacific Railw»» Company's Royal Mali S''*»»*"«sHtp Li"«» IMK fAfft UDI'TK. RETWKEN tJfllN IM'W VKT> KHROPR. VIA CANADA AMi TIIK DSITSD STATUS Hnata fr .1.1 (foarfnag Til Shanghai. S««v tki [nIMM S. a <>f Ja|.aii), Kobe. Voknhiun*. Victoria and Vancouver. I., in Horro l.inp.-esH Steamships- -IJ.iHHi Tnaa
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      718 4 P. &0 STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Penanjr, Ceylon Austrnlia, InUia, Aden, fiirypt, Mediterranean Ports Plymouth and London i hr-i.i-h MM* of UMHafl tmmi <<>■■ 0 ««t I'ernian Onlf. Continental, mil l> .rt«. «*l.-iimr>r» will leu r> Ringap >r« ml an »»"i MAIL LINE <>.ti,rar,l [fat Chin;\ Slmh Dec
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      531 4 Kontnklijke Paketvaart R3aatschapplJ. I'udtr contract with the Netherlands India Government. Aiinitt ut Sit, .:i,).ie t-mi- Ar.iNcj, Kir J. Daesvklk Co., 2-3 CoU-TEH Qcat. T I •> i i iVrmi rtioned ilaies arc only approximate Frcm 'Eip'ted Will be desfat hed for I'ulciunu Singkv iir. 1 Dee 'Itilliton, Poutiniiak and Siujiltiiwang
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      512 4 t HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. HAMBURG. Tbe steamers of this Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen, j Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the htraiu, China, and Japan. i Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhaven direct, cailiug at Penang and > Colombo. Tbe
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      750 4 N. D. L. NORDOEUTSCHER LLOVO Imperial German Mail Line The fast and well known mail steamers i f this Company sail fortnightly from Brem-.-n-Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamp ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (couuectiou Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Por Said, Suez, Aden. Colombo. ItoMßg, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki, aud
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      Steamer Movements.
      90 5 P.* The P. .V O. Il.nnewanl Mail -Malta" left Hou^kou^ Hi I p.m. on Saturilnv. and is due here at M p.m. on Weduesdn> the .~>tli instiuii. The (hi I ward Mail Steamer Simla" left Colombo at I a.m. Un Sunday, and iii expected to arrive here alongside
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      1451 5 Tinier this heading the following abhrevia ua are used -str. steamer ;sh h!u|i bo, barque; sell.— schooner; Yet.— Yacht; Cru 'miner. G'bt. -Gunboat Tor.— Torpedo p. -Horse (lower; Hrit. British U.S.- Slut., Fell. -French; Ger German t. Dutch; K:il I t:i linii Spun S|Mtuiah ar. Sarawak; G.c.
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      VESSELS AT TANJONG PAGAR AND KEPPEL HARBOUR.
      97 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To-day. TaHJOHS PAG»R EiHT WaxKr Bahin:— Hong Moh. BaatWaMvßant. I— Selangor, Teesta. Hacr. 1 (Shkkhs hiki Kitaj Ski nuN No. 2— Uiang Seii(J, '1 rieile 3— Merapi. 4— Nil s— Nil. 6 Charon. Nil. Yarra, Toukin. Nil
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      MAILS CLOSE
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      MAILS TO ARRIVE.
      28 5 From Kuimipk— By the I. ,V O. a. >. Si,i,l.i Jue on Till Dec. From China— By the P. ,V 4. Nafta, due on 'ilh Dec.
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    The Territory of Papua.
    240 5 Sir Kvan .l.un »Im. has held -..me el the higlu i i 1.-., h in India, l^km tin i Imd N.iiheoie. t;. veriior C.-n. i..l >■( tit. < '.iiiii.oiivM-all h. al Qoverameai House, Mell.oiune Sir Kv;m re:- nllv viited Hi it i^li New (illi n M
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    Life at Harbin.
    238 5 A yre;,l blow has b. en 'truck ;«t tlu <>]>timisni wit n which the riiisMan Press lims regarded llarbm. and its future in IvaVi hands. The Dalni Votteck has published the following .-.riginal ac ciiunt. of the actual state of affairs:-- With the throwing open of the
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    Bishop of Carlisle and Socialism.
    189 5 The Bi>lin|i at Hill win, in reviewing the discussion at the Church Congress on the subject ol Socialism does not seem t'i consider that it there iecei\ed its true definition, at any rate from a Christian standpoint, but rather tli.it there MM much confusion on
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    M. Clemenceau and His Programme.
    195 5 M. Clemenccau made his public debut as Premier on Nov. 5. Never, perhaps, has a Prime Minister come l>efore the Chamber with such a baggage of reforms. His programme included the most diverse questions political and economical, and showed that the new master of France
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    OUR DEFENCES.
    379 5 Details of the East Indian Squadron. Wli.-ii ilir ■■■Ign— tim of the K.i i Indies ami Cape Mqaadrom is iffi.uil. Vice Admiral K S. Foe, MMMMUIf the I'oruur. will MMUM the command if t he wlmlu force. The pmeat Eist Indite Hugh Tyrwhitl. who, it may be reiiiimbnvd.
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    Precautions Against Piracy.
    123 5 Tilt- KritishtorpcdolioatdeHtrojer" Handy' lia> Im-cii older. (l to proceed witli all ilph patch to the West Mm, it is believed in lliiiiyl..'ii';. tlint tlit- authorities are coin meedi need that then- may be Home truth in the state, nielli made a week at nf|l that the Cllinest
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    Passenger List
    304 5 Per P. A (>. s. t/iin.(, connecting with the strainer Simla at (Colombo, fr"in London Xo\.», due nth Dec- Mr*. BaMiulale, Mr. Justice liviinington. Mrs. Benuiugton, Mr. and Mrs. Plumpton, Mrs. Caultield, Mis* Hume. Messrs. P. B. Kemp, Hon. Mr. WilkeiiH, H. Young. H. A. Low. M. R.
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    CLEARANCES
    103 5 November 30 Claverdou. Brit »tr, rhriHtmax Island Himalaya, Fch sir, Dunkirk \ia poim Namnan^, Mm Htr, Hon^kon^ Billiton, Brit str, Anambas, Natunaii Island December 1 Deucalion, Brit str, Antwerp \ia ports Hymettus. Brit str, Helbonrne via porU Kampot, Fch str, Saigon Karang, Brit str, Anatnba, Natuna Island Marudu, Ger
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      597 5 N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co Ltd. 'v A A regular FOUTNIGIITI.Y MrrtM b maintained MIM .la|.an mi.i Kur.ipe by the E TWIN-SCREW STEAA\I:RS, H'HlHtioii for Fust un.l Second (las-, grrx, and fitlcil Wllll nil ill. I.Urst tlUnlf I'll im|iro\t>meiits lor their Nifetv an.l comfort Am, M.iru T«M 0,:«H)
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      653 5 P.&0.5.N.C0 HOMEWARD PAS: I: NOR R SEASON 007. S.S. "MACEDONIA." 10.512 TONS. From SINGAPORE DIRECT to MARSEILLES and LONDON without Iraiisliipmi 111 l.ifuvcH Sintftpoie -Jrttli Marrli ■"> p.m. Lemes IVnaiiK Mk Mareli fjm. Umum Colombo M April. l.i-itu-H ltomliuv Mb April. Dm HmmMm -'Htli April. Due bMMM .Till April. PMMMMM
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      150 5 VESSELS ADVERTISED TO SAIL. Fremantle via porta, L'harrm, 6th Dec, Maua field. Trieste via parts, Trintt, due Bth Dec., R. Schmidt. New Zealand via porta, .Ijiirimi, on Bth Dec BouHtead. London via port*. Ifaralaaia, on 2Hth March, P. A O. Co. Port Sweiiciiteiin and Peuang, Kitlna, ever) Wednesday, KouHtetul. Teluk
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      29 5 WEATHER TELEGRAM. ■aaataaj[ Baaaaaar, I<> <i.m. Barometer 30.0H Direction of Wiud kaht. Force of \V md Max. Temp in Shade 71 Manila, Ut D«k-.— 700 him 0 30 2«
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    DEATH.
    23 6 Ukvi;iim;i.— On Nu'-ciuhcr 111. at 10 Knog ping Koad. Shanghai, Rita, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Urquhart, aged 7 weeks.
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. MONDAY, DECEMBER 3.
    721 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. MONDAY, DECEMBER 3. In our senior morning contemporary, there a) pears a letter expressing astonishment tuat there is not a Municipal dairy in Singapore, with a good milk restaurant, open -air tables, ami a baud, where people can go and drink it (milk I
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    252 6 The election of a hinese representative to the Municipal Commission to succeed Or. Lim Boon Kcug (resigned) takes place tomorrow. There is only one candidate for the position, Mr. Oug Tcck Lim, son of the late Mr. Oug Kee Hoc. Mr. Ong Teek Lim is a tapioca merchant and general
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    16 6 The superstructure of the Wigham Buoy, moored off the Cyreue Shoal, is to be painted white.
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    18 6 The Chinamen who were stopped at Gravesend under the Aliens Act have beeii permitted to proceed to Liverpool.
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    22 6 The Japanese fleet to visit Sau Francisco iv the Spring will be the Training Squadron. which will leave Japan in January next.
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    24 6 Ou Saturday two Chinamen quarrelled over a debt at Kochore, and the creditor wounded the other man with a knife. The assailant was arrested.
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    35 6 A telegraphic communication has been received from. the Pjrt Officer. Cuttack and Balasore ports, Bengal, stating that the outer ridge buoy, False Point anchorage, has broken adrift and will be replaced as soon as possible.
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    41 6 An exceptionally tine lot of Multau Cattle, coinpiisiug eight cows and one bull, have been imported at (poll by Or. Connolly. They m mind one, says the "Times of Malaya." of the ordinary English stock. l>< i n exceedingly tine milkers.
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    58 6 On and after February 5, 1907, the occulting light on Pulau ltiina.ii. Penang, will show white to the southward from N. 22" M" K. to N. 52 :M) K. Red from K. 22" ■0' E. through North and Went to S. 84" W. aud from N. .52 :S0" K. through
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    64 6 In a review in The Times of v book ou Nitro-Explosives, uiuutiou is made of Roburite, the explosive which caused the disaster in Westphalia on Friday last. The reference is as follows Some interesting details are given of the employment of roburito— a mixture of chlorodinitrobcuzcuc and ammonium nitrate as
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    10 6 The Italian cruiser "Vcsuvio left for Manila on Saturday afternoon.
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    12 6 The new Government preparatory Rchool at Cross Street was opened this morning.
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    14 6 The Rev. S. S. Walker arrived from Japan by the Tamba Maru this morning.
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    11 6 The Koyal West Kent Ucgiincnt is due from Hongkong to-morrow morning.
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    12 6 Or. P. V. Locke has been nominated a Municipal Commissioner for Penang.
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    15 6 Friday last was the fourth anuiversary of the biggest Hood ever known in Kuala Lumpur.
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    18 6 Mr. C. trpeu Palmer, son of a clergyman at Cheltenham, is to study planting in the Klang district.
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    20 6 .'lr. K. Farrtr-Baynes leaves for Malacca on Wednesday. He has been retained in a murder case at the Assizes there.
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    16 6 The Telegraph Company's steamer Magnet returned to the wharf on Saturday night after repairing certain cables.
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    21 6 Sir and Lady Gordon B. Voules. and Miss Youles arrived this morning by the Japanese mail steamer Tamba Mam from Japan.
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    20 6 The British steamer Lincolnshire arrived from Freinantle. Western Australia, with a cargo of railway sleepers. She is hound for Johore.
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    27 6 The meeting of the Licensing Justices for the quarter ending March, 11)07. will be held at the First Magistrate's Court at Ml p.m. on Wednesday. December 19.
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    26 6 Mr. Wylly. of the Singapore Police, left yesterday for Hongkong, where, through becoming attached to the Police for two years he will study the Cantonese language.
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    33 6 The ordinary general meeting of tiie Klang Cnitcd Planters Association was held on the 29th ultimo, when Oato Kantara Keeree. S. D. C. to H. H. the Sultan, was elected an honorary member.
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    28 6 Kcuter telegraphing to the Times of Ceylon under date November 26. states that tram thieves robbed Lady Bindoi: Blood of £1,-1411 worth of jewellery between Marseilles aud Toulouse.
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    29 6 The British steamer Meriouetsliire arrived on Saturday from Hongkong via Ang Hiu. She brought down twenty-four cases and six barrels of cartridges from Hongkong foi the local Government store.
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    44 6 To relieve the Third Magistrate, Mr. Column, who has been considerably hard at work of late, the harbour and river eases will iv future be tried by Mr. Greeu. the Second Magistrate. All the work of the central division goes to the Third Court.
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    40 6 A marriage has been arranged, aud will shortly take place, between Major Malet Peyton l'hclps. the Sherwood Foresters eldest son of Lieutenant General A. Plielps. of Edgbaston. Birmingham, and Dorothy Heath Smith, youngest daughter of Sir James Smith. Edgbaston-hall, Birmingham.
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    61 6 Before Mr. Ellis, the Fourth Magistrate, ou Saturday morning. Mr. Felix Moran. proprietor of "The Towers" a "lamily hotel. summoned Captain Everett ou a charge of cheating. Mr. Rene Lowell was engaged for the defence. The complainant stated that the defendant refused to pay his bill. His Worship said the
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    74 6 Prisoners iv Hongkong prefer to be tried at the Criminal Sessions rather than at the Police Court. In a recent case at the latter Court, one of the officers Raid, in explanation. They know that if they are'dealt with by a magistrate they will get twelve month* gaol uud six
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    81 6 The Aveuir dv Tonkin" tells how some fishermen from Pakhoi. the other day. fell in with a line large junk adrift at sea. On hoarding her. they found blood stains all over the deck. The blood was quite ficsh and there was nobody on board. Ap. pcaraiice-. pointed to the
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    102 6 Large stocks oi the bird's nests which form a favourite article of food among the Chinese were dcstioyed by fire at Grissee (.laval on November 11. A Chinaman kept a number of houses where the birds (swallowsi made nests. The lire burned up the houses, and did damage estimated at
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    169 6 The following grmtlcincu have been tamaimted Visiting Justices to the Singa|)ore Prison for the year 1907 Ors. (i. D. Freer, O. K. McDowell. C.M.G.. ft. H. C. Middleton. P. Fowlie, DJ. (ialloway. .1. A. If. Glcnnie. Lim Boon Keng. T. Murray Kolicrtvnii. K. W. 4p Tun/.elmann. Commander A. Hail< lillc.
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    Social and Personal.
    23 6 Mr. Low Kirn Pong will be at h at his residence at No. HI Devonshire IJoad. at 'J o'clock to-night.
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    16 6 Lieut. General Seiki Terauchi. O. C. 1'... ex-Minister of War for Japan, i.^s Imiii promoted General.
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    23 6 The estate of the late Karl of Man^lii Id xceeds t1.000.000. He it the Uiirlenatli millionaire whose will has been proved since January.
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    30 6 The Queen has given a donation uf I'llNi to the South African Graves Fund, for which a special appeal is just now being made. The total sum required is 1M2.000.
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    34 6 Mr. W. C. MeKeau is now completely out of danger and is rapidly recovering bun hi motor accident. Friends were allowed to s« c him at the Hospital for the tirst tune to daw
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    30 6 Owing to a telegraphic error, we slaU d on Saturday that Naval Instructor liced had died. It is Sir E. J. Heed, the well known naval constructor, who is dead.
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    46 6 M. Leon Bourgeois, who was l-'oicign Minister in the Sarrien Ministry, and who is to make a tour of the Far East this winter, will be one of the French delegates, to the Hague Conference next Ml, when the linn tatiou of armaments will be considered.
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    54 6 At the conclusion of the Centipede So< icty s dance at Hongkong, Mr. L. J. C. Aadcnam. on behalf of the Society, presented Mr. T McKelvey, the popular bandmaster of the West Kcnts. with a handsome silver Ikiwl. as a token of the many pleasant evenings which bad been made
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    46 6 The King and Queen, at Hllllllrifgfwmi mi the 'ird ultimo, listened on tiie -I*-, tiophoiir to Mines. Melba and i -.nH.agiia and M. Zenatello in L« Bnluix < I'nrwti Ilnnkili Theatre. Over 2(X) mile^ ot telephone wire was employed in transmitting the upan from London to Sandriughaui.
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    53 6 General Stosscl, late commander of Port Arthur, has applied to a charitable institution for wounded soldiers for financial assistance to enable him to pay his servant. He has been asked to produce a medical certificate' showing that his health is such that he is not iv a position to supply
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    57 6 It was understood in London when the last mail was despatched tlmt Mr. H< u>y Birchcnough, C.M.G., who took a prominent part in the deliberations of the South African Freights Conference iv January last, will represent South African interests and opinion on the Koyal Commission which is to hives tigate
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    77 6 According to a Ceylon ex Jiange. th Master Attendant at Colombo. Captain Leggc left that port for Singapore on an official inquiry into the conditions ami mcth.ids of working matters here. The reason of the visit is that the addition of the dry dock and the expansion of the shipping
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    79 6 A bulletin was issued from liuw riiment House. Hongkong, on the 25th tilt annoiui cinq that His Excellency Sir Matthi w Nathan was progressing slowly hut satisfactorily, but the injury to the brain received at the time of the accident necessitates great care. It is c.\|>ceted that His Excellency will
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    86 6 The reliearsals for the Hongkong A. l>. C.'s next production The Hobby Monte are now in full swing, and an entertaining play is promised for the 20th inst. As usual: Mr. M. S. Northcote is deeply immersed iv work in connection with it. licsides taking a part. The east will
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    Burglary at Cavenagh Road.
    47 6 A burglary is reported from No. 110 Cave nagji Koad. the residence of Mr. H. Meyer. While the occupants of the house were at dinner last night, a thief entered the house aud stole a gold watch and two clocks, valued at 9HO.
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    A Fatal Accident.
    47 6 A few days ago a Sikh watchman was found shot through the heart at Itttt Thomson Koad. An old tive-cliainbcred revolver was found mar him. The police have ascertained that the Sikh was trying to clean the loaded revolver when it v. cut off.
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    A Chinaman Stabbed.
    61 6 A Chinaman was stabbed at a "wayu|(" in Teluk Ayer Street at 10. H last night. There was a light appan ntly. during which sniue one cut a Chinaman severely in the stomach. No arrests were made. The in jurnl man is in a serious condition: his
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    P. and 0. Officers Promoted.
    93 6 Mr. 11.4. (Win-well-. loins and Mr. A. Gunnery. rcs|iectively second aud fourth otiicers of the P. and steamship Isis." have been specially promoted, iv recognition of the service which they rendered on tiie occasion of the recent loss of the vessel's pio peller, by diving
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      POLITICAL CHALLENGE.
      74 7 POLITICAL CHALLENGE. MR. HALDANE AND CABINET'S DECISION. An Alternative. London. December 2. Mr. Hal. lan. Minister for War, sjieaking .it Bedford, said that unless a%ettleinciit was effected with regard to the Kducation Hill a system of secular education must result. The Nous, ot Louis had challenged the Goxermnciit righ*. to
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      INVITATION REFUSED
      25 7 111 Oxford and Cambridge iniviiMty lloiit (lubs have refused tbp American invitation to ail. ml the regatta in connection with the Jamestown Kxhibition.
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      Chief of Police Shot.
      23 7 The Chief of Police at Kazan uas shot dead as he was leaving the theatre. His assassin was arrested.
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      WINNER OF NOBEL PRIZE.
      18 7 Professor .1..1. Thomson, of Cambridge I'niversity, has been awarded the Nobel prize fer Physics.
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      PORTSMOUTH MUTINY.
      42 7 Lieutenant's. Courtmartial Ordered. The Admiralty has ordered the courtmartial of Lieutenant Collard iv connection with the recent riots at Portsmouth. The charge is not stated, but it is understood to be connected with Mm order cillingupon the men to kneel.
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      Ambassadors Received by Sultan.
      23 7 The Sultan of Turkey attended the Sclainlik on Friday, and afterwards received the Itussian and Austrian Ambassadors in audience.
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      New Spanish Cabinet.
      26 7 Seuor Moret has funned a new Spanish Cabinet, which pursues the policy of its predecessors in regard to Morocco, but is less anti-clerical.
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      TO OBEY TREATIES.
      146 7 Determination of President Roosevelt. London, December 1. H is understood at Washington that President Roosevelt is detcrmiued to press the Congress to give the Federal Government power to force the individual States to obey treaties. Meanwhile, the Japanese question is assuming growing iinportauoo. The whole white population
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      MOROCCO AFFAIRS.
      57 7 Franco -^.pdnish Intervention Justified. Ijc Temps" states that M. Pichon has circularised the Powers, justifying the Franco Spanish intervention in Morocco, and notifying the action taken, and pointing out that no objections have been raised any»\ here. The French squadron calls at Cadiz cv route to Tangier. Admiral
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      Volga Wheat Scandal.
      16 7 The Czar has ap|K>inted a Committee of Inquiry into the Volga Wheat Scandal.
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      NEW PACIFIC FLEET.
      46 7 Proposal From America. At Washington, it is announced that thr Asiatic and I'acitk: Squadrons of the I.S. Navy will be merged into one Squadron shortly, to bt called the Pacific Fleet. The Fleet will be under a Flag Officer of the highest rank.
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    16 7 Tlit elevation of Sir Rudolf Slatiu Pasha to tlie rank of baron is gazetted iv Vienna.
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      COBBLER AND DUPE.
      52 7 BOGUS CAPTAIN SENT TO PRISON. Hilarity Greets Witnesses. Kopcnick. the bogus captain whose exploits have contributed to the gaiety of nations, has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment. The Court was crowded during his trial, and hilarity greeted the duped grenadiers and burgomaster, and other witnesses as
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      INTERESTING SHIPPING CASE.
      77 7 Prize Court's Decision Concerning the Oldhamia. The decision of the Russian Prize ('unit at Li ban in the case of the steamer Oldhamia is published. The Court finds in favour of the owners of the Oldhamia. which was captured by the Russians in 1005. The owners claimed
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      WHO GOVERNED COUNTRY ?
      79 7 WHO GOVERNED COUNTRY What Mr. Lloyd George Wants to Know. Speaking at Oxford. Mr. Lloyd George President of the Board of Trade, repudiated as absurd the claim of the House of Lords to revise the business of the House of Commons. He said that if the Lords persisted iv this
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      WALES DEFEATED.
      77 7 Springboks Win by Eleven Points to Nil. The South Africans played Wales at Swansea on Saturday and defeated the home team by eleven points to nil. The interest centred in the event was unprecedented. Huge crowds of people witnessed the game, uo fewer than eighty long-distance special trains
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      AFFAIRS IN MOROCCO.
      53 7 London. December 2. M. Bihourd, the French Ambassador at Merlin, has given assurances of Frauce's adhesion to the Algeciras Conference Act. in the proceedings she is taking at Tangier. Spain has made the same declaration to the German Ambassador at Madrid. The German Press makes no comments
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      RUMOURS CONTRADICTED.
      40 7 The Foreign Affairs Department at Berlin Contradicts the rumours spread that Germany is against the South American States I. living part iv the Hague RmM Conference, and that Germany is also against the Conference discussing the disarmament question.
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      An Air-ship Fleet.
      19 7 It is stated to be France's intention to organise an air-ship fleet on the Wright system.
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      Haldane's New Scheme.
      17 7 Mr. I laldane lias decided to reorganise the Artillery Service of the British army.
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      New Pacific Fleet
      37 7 The Chief Secretary to the Navy Department at Washington reports iv favour of a single United State Pacific fleet, to be made tip out of the Asiatic Squadron and the Pacific Squadron now existing.
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    Offences Against Soldiers.
    77 7 Sir E. Orcy. replying to Mr. Rutherford, iv the House of Commons said Lord Cromer was examining the question of amending the Khedivial Dbcroc establishing a special tribunal for offences agaiuit British officers and soldiers. I'util a definite decision is arrived at. he can make ho statement
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    12 7 There arc nearly 50,000 adults in thin oountry who never eat meat.
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    REGISTRATION OF PARTNERSHIPS.
    399 7 The Exclusion of Petty Trading Firms. The report by the Select Committee on the Partnerships Registration Bill has at last been put on the table of the Legislative Council. The report is rather a long one, hut the chief points may be noted at first sight. The
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    ROYAL SOCIETY MEDALS.
    194 7 The Royal Society met oil St. Andrew's Day, and the members dined together in the evening at the Whitehall Rooms. The Society's medals have this year been adjudicated by the President and Council as follows: The Copley Medal to Professor F.llias Metchuikoff for the importance of his
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    Benefactions of Mr. E. R. Belilios.
    226 7 Mr. rCtuauucl Uaphacl Belilios, C. M.G.. of Victoria, Hongkong, a me. chant, for 18 years a member of the Legislative Council of Hongkong, and f ormt rly of Calcutta, who died on November 11, 1905, aged 69, left, exclusive of settled estate, property in
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    St. Joseph's Institution.
    36 7 The Director of St. Joseph's Institution wishes to acknowledge, with thanks the following subscriptions, which he had received during the week Tan Hoon Chiang »200 Messrs. Barlow Co. 100 Mr. L. Dupire 50
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    London Rubber Market.
    87 7 Messrs. S. Figgis Co., report as follows on the Malaya Rubber Market at London on November 9 :—24: 24 tons of Malaya Plantation were offered, part of which only was sold. Crepe. Fair to fine pale at 5/6 to ."> h; Brown some a little barky at
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    The Aden Hinterland.
    55 7 A special London cablegram to the I 'm neer" states that the "Morning Post" strongly opposes the evacuation of Dthala declaring, that while possibly justifiable on economic grounds it carries its own condemnation in the t fleet it would have iv Arabia and in ludia. where "retreat"
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    ANCHOR TRADE MARK.
    458 7 CLOTH CASE RESUMES IN SUPREME COURT. Busy Man Makes a Mistake. The ease in which the anchor trade mark M turkey-rod cloth formed the bone of contention between Messrs. Dahnann and Co. and Messrs. L. Ankcrsmit and Co., was resumed todr.y before Chief Justice. Sir William Hymlman-
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    RECORD SHIPBUILDING.
    256 7 Scotland's Large Output. The Glasgow correspondent of "The Times wrote on November 5 The great activity which prevailed in the shipyards before the iron-workers elected to go on strike is reflected iv the returns now obtained from shipbuilders. In the month of October the output of all Scotlaud
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    SHIPPING RINGS.
    78 7 Royal Commission's Personnel. London. November 25. A Koyal Commission has l>een appointed tn enquire into the operation of shipping rings, especially the system of deferred rebates, and to consider remedial action, if proved injurious to British and Colonial trade. There arc twenty-one members, including Mr. Arthur Cohen, Chairman
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    Burglary at " Labrador Villa."
    82 7 Burglary at Labrador Villa." Burglars last night entered Labrador Villa at Pasir Panjang, the residence of Lieutenant-Colonel Whittall of the '.>.'> th Russell's Infantry. The stolen articles cousisted of (55 in notes and silver, a silver watch and chain, a leather purse on a steel chain, on which was a
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    92 7 After only doiug duty in au acting appointrueut in Sercmban for thy days. Mr. A. S. Hayncs, of the T.M.S. Cadet Service. received telegraphic advice to proceed to l'cnang to take up, temporarily, the duties of Mr. K. \V. F. Oilman. Indian Immigration Officer there, who is on the sick
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    BOYS SOLD FOR $50.
    213 7 Prosecutions and Convictions for Slavery in Hongkong. A certain class of Chinese in Hongkong go in extensively for traffic in human beings, a fact which the Police Court reports can testify. Prosecutions and convictions take place regularly, but still tli<' trading in human beings goes on
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    ASSAULTED AT A " WAYANG,"
    200 7 ASSAULTED AT A WAYANG," Mr. Lee Peck Hoon Struck with a Knuckle- Duster. On Saturday night. Mr. Lee Peck Hoon, of the Straits Steamship Company, was ill his theatre in North Bridge Uoad. when a Itoyancse named Hadji Abdul Rahman, a diamond merchant, of 10 Jalan I'isiing, struck him iv
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      Straits and Chinese Railways.
      218 7 To the Kditor of the Straits Times. Singapore, December 1. Sir- -11. K. Chang Pat-sze, better known as Tco Tiaw Siat, was at one time Acting Consul-General for China in Singapore. Pr< vious to this H. K. was Contractor to certain Revenue Farms in Java, and
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      The Cult of Aestheticism.
      268 7 To The Editor of the Straits Times." Singapore, December 3. Sir, I am sure that most of your readers will l» grateful to you for championing the advertisement pMM along Keppel (load. As you put it concretely winch is the uio.it pleasing to the eye a
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    Theft on a Vessel.
    70 7 This morning Chief Inspector Wilson, of the Tanjong Pagar Police, prosecuted a Cantonese for stealing a pair of Chinese trousers from a II him boy," employed on board the < Jiang Seng." Accused said the trousers belonged to him. tie hail abscouded from 1 "u ln
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    INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL
    491 7 Record of the South'; African Team. All eyes are turned to tin. doings of the South Africans. It is hard ou th in that their full hack, the burly Burmoistcr. has l>een laid aside for the rest of the tour. This player isconvcted with the Cape Town Hamiltons
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    NARROW ESCAPE.
    189 7 Train Guard Almost Killed by Lightning. The train which was due to arrive at Bandarawcla (Ceylon) at 4.10 p.m. the other day failed to come in till 7 o'clock. The delay was partly caused by a detention at the 134 J mile, near the slip which occurred last
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    New Mail Boat.
    208 7 The s.s. Japan, which has discharged i: cargo of coal for the Krawehl Coal Co., Ltd.. is v new steamer and is on her maiden voyage. The L. k, C. Kxprcs-s" has tlie following description of the steamer -Th« .lapan is the second vessel constructed by the
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    34 7 The walkiug contest craze has again bioken out, Sliauglni being the affected area. The fever, which was so severe all over tin world three years ago. has spread to Hongkong. May Singapore lit immune
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      Notes and News From Far and Near.
      248 8 IheTurl. The flu i-lnia- Sky Mnitine. |ir.><,'iaii:nie luu In, I, pulMi'iied' by in Hi hml .v. liviukluuia i lub. The mreUafi will l» I" Id im hie. hilmi M and 3ki Tlui. ..n a .i../.en i,,, Ki|»wa Im dieisi.i tbetii-lilav ami all ill.-
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      Football.
      303 8 U"i.v;l._v Football No Itngby was playe<l this last week in Singapore, the Ksplanade. on Friday being more like a mud heap timu a playing groiiud. Association Football. The last gaum of the Sherwood PoiurteM in Singapore was plavi d on Thursday against the S. C. C. on the Ksplauade.
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      Walking.
      96 8 International Kace at Shanghai. A telegram iv the I'liina Mail of November 20 raaarai that an int-erna tmnul walking match between teams repreMBaMMJ Knul.tncl. France. Scotland and Pdftaaal, look place at Shanghai on the previous day, over a distance of 17,' mile*. The Matin wtie very heavy, owing to
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      Shooting.
      133 8 The Finlaj son Shield. hiring for the Kinlayson Shield between the Singapore Volunteer Artillery nnd tluMaxim Company at 2(HJ, 600 .md (HH) yard* t<iok place at the Balesticr Kifle Range on Saturday a.id Sunday. The light was bad anil rain prevented all the teams from completing. The scores were
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    21 8 (i.licral Sir Itc.lvers Batter, V.C.. l.;i- < i-«|. tt'il an invitation to attend tinI >. M.iii.in Society's dinner in Birmingham on January S.
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    23 8 According to Mr. A. C. ilnttou I'otts iliciilai. :i tew li.mli aaarw were on olfer at lokohania on November II at )»iii ll},
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    PENANG ASSOCIATION.
    2181 8 AGITATION FOR A LIEUTENANTGOVERNOR. Official Correspondence. In acknowledging, on Octoltcr '24, t lie Memorial of t lie roiiiiiiitlce of tlic IVi.ang Awnrmtfra em tha .subject of Limte* ant (iovernor al IVnaiif;. the Coloni.ll RecrstaiJ, lion. Captain A. 11. Yount;, I hat tin' Memorial will be forwarded t.i the
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    HONOUR REFUSED.
    163 8 Chinese Official Declines High Position. It at stated iv Canton that H. K. Tune Chan Tok, paaaaaeaaat of H. K. Viceroy Slimn at Yunnan, and new Viceroy dpuignate of Kukien and fln kiny province*!, hax ten aaaai his resignation to the Throne, of his uew appointment, on the
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      678 8 K. A. J. CHOTIRMALL CO., JEWELLERS ft SILK MERCHANTS. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS ivat ttule ot Indian, Chinese, Japmese gooUs, including Burmese Silver Bowls, Indian Muslin Dresses, I'loiises, Table Covers, Centre-pieces, Silver things, (iold Jewellery, A-c, A-c. PRICES MODERATE. INSIMU'TION KINDI.V Si ILK 'ITKD. c 582 ISOS. 51 52 MIQH STREET. Telephone
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      123 8 DAY BY DAY. Monday, 3rd Dec. High Water. Children's Concert. Victoria Hall. 5. Missionary Meeting. Priusep St. 8. Convent Bazaar. 3to 7. S. V. A. Maxim Co. Squad Drill and Salut ing. 5-30. Tuesday, 4th Dec. High Water. 0-30 a.m. and 11-49 a.m. Straits Dinner at London. Pelaugor Races. Kirst
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      MINING.
      308 9 Date 1 1 1 format- >n in Number Copital Subscribed of lMue 1'»'<1 Share- x>!ue «P Reserve 1st Dec. f!nini>"v QroTiTtoew I I 1900 1903 1901 ;o2 1*98 8175.OW) $140,000 j^JSg^ 10 10 £400.000 £350,000 -J^f »S00 000 «9Q<i finn 20>00 10 10 1400,000 5293,600 10 n^ J i
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      RUBBER.
      275 9 Ml 1905 1904 1905 1903 1906 19 '4 1905 1906 1906 1906 1903 1904 1901 1898 190.) £150,000 £104.937.10 I .200,000 *H7,400 I l<™ «JO •10 £30,000 £11,25 (31 t M 700.000 »fil 0,001 70,000 I 810 *10 £70,000 £70,000 TM» £1 1 $150,030 512.5.000 uSSB" »10 »10 i
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      GENERAL.
      195 9 1894 .£5877 10.0 £4,648.15.0 7,638 12/6 12/6 Bells Asbestos Eastern Agency, Ltd 1898 $225,000 $225,000 4,500 »50 »50 112,500 Fraser A Neave, Ltd. 18R-, *10,000,P00 «0,000,000 80,000 $125 J125 9,500.000 Hongkong and Shanghai Bank 250,000 b 1901 52.100.000 $2,400,000 PJ'JgJ $100 ,1100 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. 19« ♦34,000 53J.000 3UOO
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      DEBENTURES.
      43 9 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. 6% 1600,000 3% prem. Hiley Hargreaves, Ltd. C,, 3*5,000 2% prem Singapore Municipal 6% 400,0 0 20% prem. 3% 1,478,000 5% prem. 4% 602,0«i0 par. sellers Tauiong Pagar Dock Co., Ltd." 6-V, •J.'.0.000 2% prem buyers. 5% 1.365.300 f%par.
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    RUBBER-LAND.
    321 9 The Dirii Hovelopment Company Limited. Witiiin tin -..i... i iv nwwiion wveral lanUUoßn i. v couiineaoed and there w i niiii'. n Mi. l lor land, tame idi-a m tci tin- i ility of the bad may Ik Withered frou In Following extracts from a special report Irairn opby
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      PRODUCE.
      94 9 vMinbier buyers b.H."> Wo i Cube Xu. I- 'in picked MJO Cm.ra Kali 10.40 do I'nntiauak 9.80 Pepper, BUck 18.78 do WkMe 3S.lt Sago Flour Sarawak :J.OO 'Jo Brunoi No. 1 IN f. Srijo .-,.40 Coffee lU!i. I6j 10.00 i'uffi-c. I'aloiiili.iinr. baun 22.50 Coffee, Überiwa No. 1 MJO T:i
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      EXCHANGE.
      122 9 O* hamtm Bart 4 m/n */4& Demand 2/4 Private •■> iii/r Ii H <lc. Hni's l/4i On f?.rrw«i» Bart d'd 2.89 Private 2.44 <lo iii/h 2.46 Om fnmm IUaV il/ii •_>.<):} Private "i m's 2.97 A <1<« lims 2.994 On Imli.t— Bank T. T. 17.1 Private 80 d/n 174t
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    PIEMAN, PHILANTHROPIST, AND BOOKMAKER.
    579 9 Strange Career of a Self- Made Man Tlio death of Mr. George Herring removes a si'lf inadc man who rose to wealth t'r< n tlio humblest beginnings. I suppose he was more than a" millionaire, (writw ■Rapier" in Tho Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic \ews.") and the
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    Lord Kitchener's Bargain.
    81 9 When Lord Kitchener was in Egypt he purchased for a modest sum from "the Egyptian Government the island of Gadinarti. situated opposite Assouan between Elephantine Island and the west bank of the Nile. Some three years ago Mr. G. D. Faber, M.P., bought it from the former
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    RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
    109 9 Cost of the War: £18,000.000 Still Unpaid. The St. Petersburg Novoe Vremya" cays that the Russian Treasury has disbursed £157,000,000 in connection with the war in the Far East, but that the sum of £18,000,000 is still unpaid. The Council of Ministers have approved of a graduated income
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    Firing Party Unnerved.
    69 9 A scene of a particularly harrowing description took place at Riga, in the Baltic Sea, when three boys and four adults who had been condemned to death for robbery ware brought forward for execution. The soldiers of the shooting party were unnerved at the sight of the
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    18 9 In the Ihlo of Mali*, in tlic Indian OceaD. is a church built entirely of blocks of coral
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    CAMPHOR HISTORY.
    940 9 Production Described as a Declining Industry. Attached to quite a number of the rodacta of the vegetable kingdom hich bulk large in everyday use their is. if it be considered, an interesting story as to amidst what unfamiliar surlundings they have been produced, and what has been the
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    "THE SINS OF SOCIETY.
    1399 9 Father Bernard Vauglian on His Book. When arc your sermons ..n The Sins of Society to be published f" asked the rcpresentiitive «.f The WorW of Father Bernard Vaughan. who had kindly consented to an interview. They should have been out las* week, hut Kegan Paul
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    Oysters Compared With Milk.
    142 10 It is said that a quail of oysters contains about the same quantity of actual nutritive substance as a quart of milk or a pound of very k-an beef or a pound and a half of fresh codfish or two-thirds of a pound of bread. But
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    Naval and Military.
    1377 10 QuntUAL Stiff. The pians for the development of the General Staff are being satisfactorily matured. In fat on, says "The World, he officers employed in this department at headquarters" Will occupy Mitch ■en responsible position than they have done hitliert.i. Up t.> the pretent tine they have
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    RELIGION OF THE AVERAGE MAN.
    1072 10 More of the Gospels than the Creeds. Three articles, submitted independently to the Xew York Outlook." and each discussing from a slightly different point of view the religion of the average man, are published by that paper as a sign of the times. These articles
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      616 10 Banks, Insurances, Auctions^ hongkung 6" Shanghai Banking Corporation. paid-up capital 1i0.000.00t C'CSKKVEM'ND:— Sterlim: Reserve 110,000,0001 .on 250 000 I JlHi $10,250,000} W- 2 ooo R;serve Liability of Proprietors #10,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. A. Haupt, Esq. Chairman. O. H. Medhurst, Esq.— Deputy Chairman. 5. GtH>t.:. Esq. A. J. Raymond, Esq. Hon.Mr.WJ.
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      551 10 Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Capital £800,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £W)o!oOO I Reserve Fund £975,000 BANKERS. Bank ol England. National Bank of Scoiliu.l. The LodJod City A Midland Bank, Lfc». I SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Accounts are opened and inures; allowed at 1 per
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      545 10 MORTGAGEE'S SALE Tiinthiy. tih /IrnniW. .if MOjMR. The valuable freehold land and Chine* dwelling IMMM knuuriii- Ni.». Hi ami V 2 Craii; Road, Singapore. Am MM -quart feel. 1-uweli fir Co MM Aarttmmn. AUCTION SALE OF LARD. Fmml '</. Hft Dtermbi r. <it tJOp.m. Leasehold land ut Maadw I load.
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    217 11 A SDSMBStistl has btM put forth that t!io tUy» the WMh should be rc-mimi <1. The heathen deities after whom they arc now called I writes Ambrosia in Tlie World") weir of very questionable repute, and the worthy divine who has been illumined with this iilfii of
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    A VIGOROUS VICEROY.
    377 11 A Ruler who makes Himself Felt. It did not take Urns lor C'liou Fu to make hi.- presence known in Canton I 110 had niily been then a few days when lie bogaa lo make kisMctf t.h -ay.- iii.> j China Mail and felt, too, in ;i
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    357 11 Wrinkles for the Ladies A medical man has bean very exhaustively treating the subject of complexions. seekmf to set forth how va come by those desirable or undesirable personal possessions. How ***** peop'o acquire theirs the BOst unobservant among ttS can see for ourselves, write14 Ambn*ia."
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    87 11 ■ratal Schoenliei". a (ierman 1 ..i)».ur leader, was tried on the Ist iust., and acquitted on a charge of libcllini; Dr. Lenhitrtz, director of the Kp|tendorf State Hospital at Haiiil>:iri>. Tlie evidence showed that the corpses of r,he hospital patients ■ran sold Hjftitoms lically to
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      457 11 ALBERT L. A. DALEY Undertaker A Tomb- Builder 150 Middle Road. Bole Agent (or Messrs. DottriJge Brothers, Ltd., London, C 218H Telephunr No. *>!!>. ■rtarja days; free trial I rfßS^^l f **>k»tl and Delivered Free Jr «g Qftft Second-hand Cyclmm 111* 0" n^:""' £i io £2-io fr«fj catmlo^uas «r,.l tm
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      53 11 A Follower of Influenza. Many persons find themselves affected with a- persistent cough aftei ar. attack <;t influenza. As this cough can b? promptly cured by the use of Chamberlain s Cough Remedy it »h> uld Mt he allowed to run on until it beoosnea troublesome* For sale by all
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      621 12 WANTED. ttOUBB. In MM iieighlioiirliood of Tanglin. nnfamkhed— three bedrooms. Apply giving nartionlan to Alxla c/o str.iits Ifmm, r\HIM:i:. partner in a g.>od going buni-ni-s^. line-.n^atioii on giving surety that the applicant i- gennine. Apply NuVli" c/o Strain Time. r :tllH TYPIST. A smart (hinis. Of Eurasia 1 Engineering Eet-bliehmant.
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      675 12 TO BE LET. HOUSE.— Valhalla" and "Valkyrie," Cavenagli Road. Apply 29 Cavenagh Road. I 8620 KooMS.— Eden Hall," Tanglin, superior rooms to let. Apply t<> i 3660 MRS. CAMPBELL. OFFICES.- No. 6 and 7 Raffles Place. Apply to 81 Robinson Road, i :tti".s OFFICES.— SmaII first floor offices facing Cavenagh
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      674 12 TO BE LET. HOUSE— Clarelandi, Tangliu, entry Ist October. Apply to 3220 VADE A CO. DWHLLING HOUSES.— No. 92 -2 and 92-5 Neil Road. Apply to CHEONG BROTHERS, I MM Dentists, 25 South Bridge Road. OOMFOUHD HOUSE.— A large compouud house, No. 106 Orchard Road. Good water, tenuis court, aud
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      643 12 FOR SALE. CATS.— SPLENDID SIAMESE CATS. Apply to H. F. 1000 c/o Strait* Timei. ■M MOTOR LAUNCH.— VaaI Motor Launch in good condition. Length 40 feet, beam 5 feet. Apply at No. :>0 Damar Road c/o Boey Yeak Kum. c 2588 ARAB AND OTHER PONIES.— At Dalian's Australian Horse Repository.
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      785 12 NOTICES. TO ADVERTISERS C/ 0 "STRAITS TIMES' Advertisers, whose answers are to be addres sed to c/o Strait* Timet, will confer a favour ou the Management, if, when they write to this office, to inquire for those answers, they instruct their tamby who brings the letter tv wait for a
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      395 12 NOTICES. SALE OF WORK. VICTORIA HALL For the C. E. Z. M. S. Chinese Cirls Bebool. Friday. Dec. 7. 4 p.m. Saturday. Dec. H. lv a.m. t> I. :)Sl."> SAHAWAK GOVERNMENT. Tenders are invited for the siipph of Engineering materials repined for use in Sarawak Government Workshop-, and at Collieries
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