The Straits Times, 5 December 1906

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    14 1 The Straits Times \O. 22.208 SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. DUCEMBEII 5. 190<>. PRICE lv CliM S.
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      689 1 THERE IS NO DOUBT AS TO THE RELIABILITY of De Dion Bout&n GARS. The "Autocar,' ***** say»:~ Motor 1 lai 1 v gea [or Medical Uea '1- ili>- titli- of a most interesting Ix^klet which has been issne<l by De Dion Bouton. Lt<l. It gives tin 1 il men who
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      172 1 Robinson Co. STIRLING SILVER GOODS LADIES BILTBB MANU TltK SKT.-> Glass an I tilver Toilet Requisites HLVEB BACKED tULVEB BACKKD HAIR BRUSHES. BILVEB BACKED fIAIB BRU6HBB MIRUOU. HAT AND CLOTH BBUBUKO, AND OOHB. Hfc^S^SSaißJHl! TWO S(K\'i I t Ti.J> IN LA».KKS,M J i! 1»rKK1...A,H.,,1,-S,.KSAM.,-,,y.,. RQ V^ S0 K SO. "SUNNY
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    Wit and Humour.
    569 2 "I !->ay. papa. a^-kitl little Jackie, what's writer's rrainp." "Cramped for mi.ii.v. .!;i Ui replied |>apa. s.i.iiv He *M a writei liim-- it Mr- Stingy: Wlinl d" yen want to leave us for. Bridget I I'm sure we have treated you v OM of the family.—Bridget: Indack
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      351 2 i n^n^Hfln VnH Biff i~ The oiil> piovt-J, lasting protection against the attacks of White Ants, Teredos, Dry Rot. Jodelite has now been in constant nse in the Straits Settlements for many years with complete success. Experiment: -Coat a piece of deal, Serayali (or other soft wood), with JodeUte, nail
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      462 2 THE PERAK GOVERNMENT HAS SELECTED IN OPEN CO v PETITION Jusselfs Milk FOR HOSPITAL USE IT IS RICH AND PURE AND KEEPS IN ANY CLIMATE. Ask f p FiKsell'sEutteifly Brand if Milks ani [reams OBTAINABLE FROM ALL DEALERS General Representatives fur the Proprietors McALISTER AND CO., LIMITED. USE ONLY &ISE
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      253 2 THE NEW RHIO HOTEL Has good accommodation for travellers. EXCELLENT TABLE, Charges Very Moderate. BOVRIL is guaranteed the pure product ot prime Ox-beef. ■Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. Borneo Wharf. Telephone 1026. Sea stocks of all kinds of Frozen Meats, etc., can be delivered to Shipping at the Wharves, or
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      68 2 No Opium in Chamberlains Cough Remedy. There is not ths lea* iaaget in giving Chamberlain'! Cough Remedy to small children as it contains no opium or otlur fianiii'il ilrug. It has an established reputation of ■Km than thiria/ y.-ars a.the most succ:s.iful medicin? in use for colds, croup and whooping
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    THE COOLIE TRAFFIC TO SINGAPORE.
    463 3 Opinions of the Chinese Press. It n interesting to note, (oyi 'he China M.iil.' that vvhil-l attention il betßg railed t.. the kidnapping that is .-upp »ed to In |dtu on on the mainland and to the number- of ChIBCM who i. Hue tn Homgkoag
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    SLEEPING SLITS FOR SOLDIERS.
    359 3 Recommendation of SurgeonGeneral G. J. H. Evatt. The following letter is addressed to Ibe Kditor of the Ceylon Observer .1 iii'iiir U. S. Club, London. Nov. 1906. Sir. In Hongkong two flannel sleepiiil 1 suits are issued by the Military authorities each year to all soldiers
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    10 3 Caveat Uaidea moahree over l.omi tons nf enrnmben in hhm.
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      52 3 A Follower of Influenza. .Many porsoius find tli?msclvcs affected with a persist i'iit rousjli after an attack of influenza. As this eoack ran be promptly cured by the use of Clianiberlain'l C'i'Uali Rcmeily it sliuuld not l>c allowed to run on until it beeoßMl trouhlesoane. For tale br all disßen«i
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      361 3 TANGYE'S OIL ENGINES «l-=« bß*liwx^ A^^tk Simple to 40 Brake H.P. mtaUJkiM^'iSk dM^. Reliable: ■fl Ni^^^^fl^BnnnhnnnllnHnnn^^«!!jinnnWftnaafl [aalannnni For driving ail jwnfiiKE*l Econcmica! "HUTTENBACH BROTHERS COMPANY. Telephone No. 352 n^C^CHCI2STEIi^"X" 3Dli.X 3 AI^T2^E3SrT Telegraphic Address HABITURE ISMAIL&RAHEEM fST Before you buyJJewellery i'n',l nut mil „)i its to insfiirt <wr Maijiiiiiniit 'nlhrtion
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      288 3 COMMON SENSE-NUTSHELL V Nt» UHilnal »<prk on the nun and moil fciantiHc ftifK-eional drhility, «uir of vitality, deprruion of A' .»I'N |»r i. In a! nlLiniln-ri. ..ri marriage and full lUncMom for removing certain d!M|ti:ilili< ati<>n» thut <lrv ;ruy li-nj.iii- i.t »r<MM life. It u)*o imu «>n urinary •!> ranitrmenta.
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      VESSELS EXPECTED
      900 4 Xanii, port, jH-ababl, date amcal, ami MMM .l<i<iits. Stf.amkics. Airlie, Syilne.N Dee. M H.mstoad Ali-innus! Liverpool, Pec M.iii-tioW Andalusia, Hongkong. .lan. 9 Helm Mew i Apariinii, Calcutta. Poo. 7; I: u~i.mil Arcadia, Colombo, Jam. ■"> I' .v O. Australien, Colon,;. .l.>n. M M. Marilinu-x Austria. Trieste. .Inn. \2;
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    HISTORY REPEATED.
    178 4 Curious Sentence Under Malay Law. nrii n« things can hi ppen und i the \l.. lav «hii!i prevailed before ,l, pritiJh n •t Malaya, which hi Idi way in rtaia aaregi neral parts of .h' Peninsula i-sy- tin i' 1 Gacctti i;, „tiv in i' t the Mai
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    Blown to Hongkong.
    127 4 A coolie who had been baniahed fivim |lan?kong gnve cnrioni excuse for returning to that place. "I did not come bach here of my own free will. I was i' wn down hers by i li- typhoon!" said in it tbe Police art when be wa»charged wiifa
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    Officials at Variance.
    246 4 Tli Government Analyst and Government Bacteriologid were again at va> in li porti 1 1 ;u. ..i a recent me< ting the liongkong Sanitary Board, regarding the water in a well ;it Ko. 1• 0 Slice! Mr. I-'. Browne, Government Analyst. reported that in his opinion the
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    Words of Wisdom.
    89 4 Mr who looks askance ;it others spoils Ins nun eycK. lli-avcn is Ugh, but he who would enter it must stoop. Throe things man requires in the hurricanes .if life courage in misfnrlune. humility in success, and generosity Ml all times. Laaimiag to liva is ;i problem
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    The First V. C.
    124 4 Kilty-two yo.us hnvc elapsed .since Sir Ultga Rowland^. X.C.8.. srained his Victoria Cross at Inkerman. whero his, art of bravery, namely-- with his reinpany «>f the 4*l si Welsh -on picket, opposing the whole Russian force as it crept out of Sehastopol on that foggy Sunday
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    14 4 11..- laigsst c:;;;u* an made in tin- Philip. liiiiL>. Sniijc arc 18iu. iv lcn^tli.
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    Men-of-War. &c.
    78 4 Astrioa. ißritcia.) HkouM. Deo. 11 Clio, (Hnt sloop). Hkong, It.-, tl Diadem, (Brit, cru.l, H'konx, Dm, 11 llama, (Ger crui, Cluufi. shortly Hermes, (Brit, cm.), India, -la 11. King Alfred, (Brit cru.l, II koug, Dec. 11 K. Augusta, (Ger. cru.j Germany, ahortly McCelellan, (U. S. trans.l. Man In,
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      700 4 P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London Tbrnngb Bills of Lading issued for China Cjast, Persian Gulf, Continental, and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINEOutward (for China). Simla 8 Dec Devanha 2 Feb
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      587 4 Konlnklljke Paketvaart MaatachapplJ. Under contract with the Netherlands India Government. Agentt at Sitigapi*e .-—Snip Agency, late J. Daespi-.lr A- Co., 2-3 Coi.lver Quay. The undermentioned dates sre only approximate b.-om Ezp'ted Will be def ist.hed for VaUiittjn Singkasuiug !>..,- 4 Billitou, Poiitignak ami tta^BMMSJ Kawl Billiton Dec "ilJillii.ni, Batavia. -lava
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      503 4 V HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE HAMBURG. The steamers of this Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China, and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly Eyre and Hamburg and once a month for rhaven direct, calling at Peuang aud bo. The arrivals of the next
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      740 4 N. D. L. NOROOEUTSCHER LLOVO. Imperial Qerman Mall Line. The fast and well known mail steamem of this Company sa 1 fortnightly from BremenHamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamp- ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Por Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Nasa<»ki, aud
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      MAILS CLOSE.
      67 5 tor Her Sleauirr Tix To uuHhoH Billitoii, KiugkawaiiR I'liUiitijn 7 ft in. Muaraiul Mslwca 'in I p.m. P.S'tleuhain T. Alison ll,m II Snow 1 p.m. Madras \ia (1.111s TtfU A\t.n\. Kurope vi» port>» .W.i/f.. :i p.m. P. Swetteniiuiu via i»<:is Nappke :i i-ni. Bangkok IbMl a m. Bangkok
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      MAILS TO ARRIVE.
      99 5 From Eoaors— By Hih P. A i m. Simla due on Mli Dec. From China— By the P. .V < r. .V.l//.1 due on Mh Dm. ■m Soy ■m Mo\ <ov S'ov Soy Itec Singapore I'iiiiiii 1.0u.1-.u Armed II H 1. N..v No* MU rali M. M.
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      Steamer Movements.
      88 5 P. A O. The P. A O. Homeward Mail Malta kit HoiiHkouu Hi I p.m. on Saturday. rii.l is due here at M p.m. ou Wednesday the .Hh iiihlhiil. The Onlwar.l Mail Steamer "Simla" left Colombo Ht 4 a.m. on Snndiv, and is e*|>eeted to arrive here alongside
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      CLEARANCES.
      85 5 IV.'.-iiilwi 4 Nonlboen, Dan str, Saiiann, liotlenberg •lohanne, Gei° air, Haihow ami Hongkong Yeddo, Brit Mr, Colombo and New V..rk Qaaa, Nui' Bar, Bangkok lialavier. Hi il xlr, Ke'.mtiiii yin poru Kuching, Sar Ktr, Sarawak Tsiiitim, Ger Htr, (ioronta via ports Glenfalloch, Hnt str, Hoaaftnag and Amoy Islander, Brit
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      VESSELS AT TANJONO PAGAR AND KEPPEL HARBOUR.
      90 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To-day. KEPPEI M4RBOUB Mais Whakk:TlMM, H«Ht.fl*m| liit.ii Liolu'. Cattik Whakk:—Nil. »tiSiLS IN DHV DOCKS Ijk|o«i Pagar Ai.iikut Dim.*: Sen Mmt, Nucn Tiini'. VhTi.Rit Doc*: -Nil. K.pp.l Harkaur No. I I)iKK:--Natuiw. No. -i Docs:--Nil. K as r Wharf
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      1034 5 liidt-r tbiK heading the following abbravia i ii-. are used -air.- steamer sb. hlh|> lxj; barque w.h.—schoouer Yet.- Yacht; Cm. OrMHT. G'ht. -Gunboat; Tor. -Torpedo H. p. -Horsepower Brit. British li.X. lulled States Kelt. -French Uer GanMß Dul. Dutch; ltal.— ltalian Span. Spanish; S»r. Sarawak (i.e.- Geueral
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    Passenger List.
    316 5 Per P. A•> .niw.tim 1 «'th ihe SU«mei s.m'.l at I Nov. "t, <Ui I.- I'Hv.n.li;. Mr. Jnsti.e 11-niiingt m Mr« Uwßiatfkm, Mr. and Mr-. Pliimpt.,,,. M... I'K.ilti.ll. KmH 1, ■MM. I' K K-.ni'. 1"..,,. Ml likens. II VoiiiiK II Law, M. K 'I hornlLU C. 1.. Wliil...
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    Permanent Investments fur Barnardo's Homes.
    201 5 Mr. Cliarles Kdvmrd Knll..r<l. ol ßiookville, Ontario (.'niinilsi, patent nn'dirinr nianu fact in ci. of |ha Williams Pink PUkCMMpM] and the Ilile Bciiiih .Miuiiilactinii^ Ciin|iau\ who died at IVunaul Hills. Sydney, N.S. mi August ajjrd M ytmtn, iiepheu .>i NiiLit.n Urn Jlou. (i.c.rp- Taylor Knlii.nl
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    Raisuli as Dictator.
    159 5 News reac'iiiiig Paris fr<mi TaagWT shows that iiuitc apart from tin- mm, nr less exaggerated reports of iiiciilenls taking place, there is really enough in the .situation to occupy the serious attention of the Kniiipcaii Powers, ll seems to be a fact beyond qufsti.m that the writ
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    Eaters of Strange Flesh.
    132 5 Most men like a dog from any (Mjint of view, but in Germany they like to consider him best from tlie standpoint af a table delicacy. The average Kn^lish man would pinch himself a little for the sake of his dog the German fjiltons him for
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      278 5 VESSELS ADVERTISED TO SAIL Kremantie via ports. Cfcanw, on tith Dec.. Mansfield. PenaiiK "'id Cnl.ntta. Hmimmt due Dec. 7. tfoiistead Amsterdam via port*. o»aafr on Dec H, I leamlelK. New Zealand vm ports. Afltima, on Hth Dec, Hoiistead. London via ports. Mil iiaaatl. on 28th March, P. A Co. Port
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      785 5 C. P. R. Canadian Pacific Rallwa> Company's Royal Mr II Steamship Line. lIIK KAST MNITI ISKTWKEN CHINA. JAPAN. AND KITKitl'K. VIA CANADA. AND TUB HMTKD STATKH. limit.- from ll.i-jv'kiiii^ via Shanghai. N»+;a».iKi i liilh.mil Sea of Japan). Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria aud fsMMMT. Twin Screw Kmpresn Steamships B.ikhi Tarn s H-e<i
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      626 5 N. Y. K. JVPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP to Ltd. ;i\4 A regular PORTMIOHTLT wrticr v main inuu-.l Iwlwtvn .)ii|>hii hiul KattaMJ hy tbe following NEW TWIN-SCREW STEAMERS, I uder Mail Contract with the lakyarial .l»|»n--«we (/iM-riiiiii-nt. H|ieciall\ ImUml kf the Cuiiimuiv'h faMM Service. agCM llii'oti^li out by "F.leotrictity, proxided with i-xivlhnt
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      651 5 P.&0.5.N.C0 HOMEWARD PASSI:NGER SKASON 1907. S.S. "MACEDONIA." 10.512 TONS. From SlNdA K DIRECT to MARSEILLES and LONDON without (ran>lii|>m< ill Leaves Siu^apue MMI Mar<'h p.m. Leaves Paaaag Mh Mar.li rt 1.111. Leaves Col.inili.< M April. Lenves B hay M April. I 'lie Marseilles L'Otli April. Due London 27th April. Passengers
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      80 5 WEATHER REPORT. Kiiniliing Kerlxiu UmfUmt, Uli DwajaW, 1906. 9 t. a. 3 i. 9 r. a. Rkiiahkk. Bar. 32 ..29.967 >9.H30 29.9.1J Temp 7H.0 H6.-J 7tf.« Wet Bulb Ther 7.i.H 79.5 75.H Dirof Wind s.n.«. n n.«.«. Max. Temp h7.;i Miv 7.V0 Max. iv Sun UaJ Terr rad. Ther Rainfall
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5.
    350 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5. At a tiim: wlii-n a young and almost unkuuwn Chinese gentleman is elected to (ill the vacancy on tin- Municipal Hoard, caused by the retirement of ho experienced and so well-known and distinguished a member of the Chinese community as is
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    381 6 Keiiter .sends us a word or two about the animal dinner of the British North Borneo Company. Sir Charles .1. .lessel, ISart.. Chairman of the Board, presided, and among the :f'i() persons present was Mr. Cowie. It would appear that Mr. Cowie spoke: and, as Mr. Cowie is Managing Director
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    375 6 Tin- I uiteil States are agaiu face to face to that particular danger wkich overhangs all federations. Keutcr gives us something about I'icmcli ut Kooslvclt's .Message aucut the attitude of California towards the Japanese, aud that something is sufficient to show that the President is aware of tile difficulty which
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    8 6 The MNMfa lin.l.jel will Ik- published tomorrow morning.
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    15 6 The Soap Trust has Ihui short lived. It is already dissolved. A ivngi) liuhhle burst
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    16 6 11. .M.5. Idiliin." which went ashore in the West Kiver recently, was refloated, with out damage.
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    16 6 Tin charge ot committing a rash act pie ferred against the Messrs. Wearue Was withdrawn U>-day.
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    20 6 The 'Navy League Journal for Novciiilicr contains a picture of "Mercury II." the first motor boat in the lioval Navy.
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    26 6 The China Squadron left Hongkong for its southern cruise on the 2Hh ult. Manila was visited first, and the squadrou is due to arrive here to-day.
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    26 6 The Shanghai Municipal Council is advised to engage the services of a British officer who understands the languaue to maintain discipline in its Sikh police force.
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    33 6 Tin Hongkong .loekcy Club arranged a race o:i St. Andrew's Day for the St. Andrew's Stakes. The race was open to all subscription griffins of the present sea-son. and native riders were allowed.
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    39 6 Business at Haiphong shaws no improvement at the date of last advices. Traders, merchants, and settlers all alike bewail the bad times. Failure follows failure among the Chinese mid it is generally regarded that there is worse to come
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    50 6 Commenting on Lord Elgin's reply tv the Straits Civil Service petition for a revision of salaries, the South China Morning Post says: With a better dollar in the Straits than we have here, the ease of the Southern incu is not so bad as that of their confreres in Hongkong.
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    41 6 We have rccei\ed a wall calendar from the <,iiui ii Insurance Company I now merged iv the Royal Insurance Company I, whose tot.il funds amount to £l;!,H0:l.lH7. The Company was established in !*!•"> and the Singapore Agents arc Messrs. Hooglamlt anil Company.
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    54 6 A fen days ago a Cl.iuainau named Chow Lee arrived here from Port Dickson, ami asked a friend to take his box ashore for him aud leave it at a certain lodging-house. When the owner of the box called at the house, he limn. l that *4.">U had been stolen.
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    52 6 The Bangkok correspondent of the Keho de Chiuc." notifies the return of Prince Damroug, the Siamese Home Minister, from a tour in the Malaya States of Siam. The Prince has come to the conclusion that the Siamese railways can easily be extended thither, I'er.ik being the most suitable State for
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    57 6 It is stated in a Chinese contemporary that while a train ou the Peking- Haukow idling. Man i Railway was passing the town of Ch'aughsiuticn, the train was held up by a band of despuradoes who pilligcd the mail van and some of the passengers. The desperadoes got off unscathed
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    50 6 Nine persons have been arrested iv connection with the forgery of foreign banknotes. The operations of the gang have been extensive, as may be judged by the fact that the arrests were effected at Nagasaki. Kobe, Osaka.'Hiroshima. Shimouoseki.and hokum. It is expected that the captures will eventually number over thirty.
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    56 6 Since the typhoon at Hongkong, the steamers plying between that port and Canton hare become fewer, to the great inconvenience of passengers. To meet the necessity a trading compauy at Canton has taken steps to buy a steamer to ply between these two places. Half the shares will be issued
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    55 6 Captain Lockyer, of the chartered transport Soudan," was charged before Mr. Ellis, the Fourth Magistrate, with bringing, and landing, in the Colony, a person without means of decently supporting himself a breach of section S of Ordinance 9 of 1906. He was fined $.">. and was ordered to pay $28
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    61 6 The Czar still delights to honour tuost who helped Kussia in the Far Rant durinp the Japan War. The last reported distine tiou fell to M. G. Ciouderan, the French Consul at Nagasaki. During the war, he looked after Russian interests there -an undertaking which was no sinecure. For this,
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    73 6 The new battleship "Dreadnought" lias a double stern with two rudders, so that the risk of injury to her steering-gear, which the record of the war in the Far East provvd to be one of the most serious perils, is greatly diminished. The rudders and steering engines are bronght low
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    63 6 Mi Edwards. Little. a Shanghai merchant who has undertaken the organization of the Kiaugpch Relief Fund mentioned in recent telegrams, is personally visiting Viceroy Tuan Fang at Nanking in the hope of obtaining his co-operation. There 18 no question at Shanghai that a very serious situation hat arisen and motives
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    87 6 The China Flour Mill Company's Mill was started ou the 17th nit. at Shanghai, after an interruption caused by its reconstruction ami the installation of new machinery. Mr. Schaerff, on behalf of the general managers, entertained a unmix r of guests at the Mill during the afternoon, when a tour
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    Social and Personal.
    571 6 It i-, stated that Mr. A. K. (Mwovaky. tli. Russian Wlllwhll PlcuipoU'ii.ary at Bangkok. will remain there only three iiumi'.'is or Mr. I', von Kuef. German ViccCoiisiil at Bangkok, died of septic fever atthe Legation there on the 24th ultimo. .Mr. von linef ii.i.t In in in
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    Municipal Election.
    70 6 Polling took place yesterday for the (lection ot a member ot 'the Municipal I'lMllllliil sion, in place of Dr. Lim Boon Keng, who had resigned. Mr. Ong Tcck Lim aw nominated for the vacancy, lie was pro posed by Mr. Lee Choou (ivan, and seconded by the Hon.
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    Rioters Punished.
    58 6 Two HokieuM were changed with rioting before Mr. Coltnan, the Third Magistrate this morning. Inspector Gallagher'proKecutrd and the accused were represented by Mr. Farrer-Bayncs. U was alleged that tin. Hokiens attacked a Teochew bcadscllcr and stole his be uls valued at $200. His Worship scut the men to
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    Theft of Plantain Leaves.
    60 6 Inspector Criiinmey charged a Klin;; named Arniugaiii before Mr. <ireen. Second Magistrate, this morning, with stealing plan tain leaves from the garden of Mr. Pcricra in Sophia Koad. The man had three prcvi ous convictions. He was sentenced to one month s rigorous imprisonment. Two weeks
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    Open After Hours.
    84 6 Police Serjeant Bartels summoned Mm, Brisk, of the Australian Hotel, before Mr. Michcll. the Senior Magistrate, this morning, for keeping her house open during prohibited hours. Sergeant Bartcls said that while ou rounds in Bonth Bridge Koad on the 17th ultimo, at 11.1-' i p.m., he saw
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    42 6 The Union Times a local Chinese pa|*r. on the 3rd instant published a long letter tinned by twelve Chinese in Panama. The letter alleged that Chinese cooliet. < ropluvi d at the Panama canal were ill-trtated. and explained that the climate IW '.u,,.:\>
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      329 6 Chamber of Commerce. A Joint General Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and Singapore Exchange will be held at the Exchange Room, on Monday, 24th December. 1966, »t 2.30 p.m., at which the Kulpk approved at Meeting of 4th December will l>e submitted fur continuation. alex. j. gi:nn. Sec re
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  • Waiter's Telegrams.
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      ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE.
      170 7 ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS URGED. The School Question. I.i.mkin, Dei-emlx r President Uoosevelt's Message H the people deal drastically wWi the c\i lnsion of Japanese children from the schools, and „.p roves rieaiis seven ly for behaving so liadly towards the Japanese. Me urges an aim ndiucnt to the Constitution,
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      COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION.
      100 7 Punishment Promised for the Guilty. M. Dernburg. amid much laughter, defendrrl. iv the Reichstag, the Colonial Administration from Mm renewed charges of the Socialists, in wliieli they demanded the punishment in KtiporioM and sul>ordinates. and piomised to punish Hn guilty, and to protect the innoee,.t. Papal Sympathy. His
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      SPANISH POLITICS.
      146 7 MINISTRY RESIGNS AFTER BRIEF EXISTENCE. Crisis Constituted. Seuor Morefs newly-formed Ministry has rvsiguid. iv consequence of Parliament's disapproval of his writing secretly to King Alfonso again it his own leader and I 'rime Minister. Senor Dominion-/.. A split has. therefore, been caused iv the Liberal party, which will
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      Affairs in Bulgaria
      52 7 All the Powers have agreed to the abolition of the capitulations with Bulgaria, which is tantamount to the recognition of independence in the Principality. PLURAL VOTING BILL. Lord Rosebery's Warning to C .nent. London, December 4. The House of Commons has read, fora third time, the Plural
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      NATIONAL PROTEST.
      44 7 L»rd liosebcry was the principal speaker at a National meeting to protest against the pnipo -e.l removal ot the Scots Grays from Scotland, and war in. I the Government not to stir up the hidden forces aud animosities •f the Scottish nation.
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      NORTH BORNEO DINNER.
      90 7 Prosperous Condition of the Colony. Sir Charles .1 .lessel. Bart., occupied the chair at the North Borncn Dinner, at which 3.">0 ]>ersous were present. Mr. \V. C. Cowie remarked that we had la.it! the foundation of a C.ilnny which was worth untold millions as an lui|H-rial heritage.
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      German Telegrams.
      9 7 \Bij »/>ecial arrangement with Dtr Ottatiiitinche Lloi/'l"
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    IN THE REICHSTAG
    132 7 ALLEGED CRUELTIES IN EAST AFRICA. Spying System Favoured Berlin. December I. In the Keidistag. licrr I'cM. the Socialist leader, put a quvstion to elicit information whether it was true that, three specified casts of cruelties in German F.ast Africa would be officially taken up for immediate investigation,
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    Loyalty to the Czar.
    28 7 Tlif District Council of Moscow has made demonstrations of loyaity to the Czar. These were directed against the Constitutional I.-mi1 -mi >i rat s.
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    BANKRUPTCY COURT.
    405 7 Chinese Woman with Two Mothers. Wednesday is Bankruptcy Day iv the Supreme Court, and to-day his work was lighter than nsual. The Official Assignee had most of his work postponed for subsequent sessions of the Court. Mr. Montagu Harris MpMCul on behalf of Joseph Sherida, asking that the
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    MORPHIA FIEND.
    150 7 This morning, Police Inspector Gallagher charged two Chinamen before Mr. Colmai:, the Third Magistrate, with using morphia for proposes of injection. Police evidence showed that one of the men was caught in the act of injecting morphia into the other. The second man was covered with punctures made
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    A Thief Captured.
    111 7 About H..SO last night a detective constable saw a C'liinaman carrying au eight day clock in Km. ml. l Hill Koad. The Chinaman dropped the clock when he saw the detective, and attempted to run away .but was captured. As lif (until not yi\c a satisfactory explanation
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    THE WORK OF THE CHINESE IN THE F. M. S.
    535 7 Appreciation by Sir F. Swettenham. The following extract from British Malaya," Sir Frank Swcttcuhaiii's ucw hook. is n -i rc<l tn in our leader column)! I linve said that tin protected Malay states .1. |h n.1.il mainly on the tin
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    ANOTHER LOCAL FAILURE.
    63 7 Supposed Liabilities $30,000. Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Aitken applied for a sequestration order against Chop Kcng Chiong, of No. '2, Church St., on behalf of one of the creditors. Chop Hong Choon, stating that the proprietor of the shop, Chua Leng Hoi. had absconded. It is understood that
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND EXCHANGE.
    313 7 Amalgamation Confirmed. Special general meetings of the Singapore tixchangc and the Chamber of Commerce were held in the Exchange room yesterday afternoon, to confirm the resolutions for ainalgation agreed to at a previous meeting. The meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held first, the
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    Naval Stoker Drowned.
    65 7 The body of Alexander Nichol. a stoker from H.M.S. "Astraea," was found floating in Hongkong harbour on the 25th nit., and was buried in the afternoon. He fell from a steam pinnace belonging to the ship four or live day. before, and though his disappearance w.l immediately
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    Good Bye Sherwoods!
    717 7 DEPARTURE OF THE FORESTERS FOR BANGALORE. An Early March. The (Sl icr wood Foresters who have boon itium il iii Singapore for the past two years, »ye Singapore for Bangalore this afternoon x>nt I o'clock. The detachment, under the immiiicl of Col. C. N. Watts, left the
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    CHRISTMAS CHEER.
    290 7 Interesting Toy Show at Katz Brothers. Christtuastidc is the children's festival. It is the occasion of much merriment, for does it not relegate the minds of children to dreamland -the land of toys, of sweets, of cake, and what is more of pluuipuddiug Old-fashioned traditions still cling to
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    28 7 At tin next Peace Conference .it Hit Hague, tin .l.i|..ii!i->i il« I. jjAt! will lir Baron Motonu. tin Japanese Minister at St. Pitor.sbury. and Mr. Dt-uison. a Councillor.
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    IMPORTANT JUDGMENTS.
    703 7 Decisions in the Trade-Mark Cases. Yesterday tlu- Chief Justice, Sir W. 11. Hymlinati-.loncs, jjavc his decision in tlio two tiade-tuark cases which have attracted so much attention during the past tea days. lv the case of Adet Sewaril t Co. v. Caldbeek Macgregor Co. the brandy label case—.
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    NEW THEATRE.
    139 7 ---4 Progress Report of the Construction. Mr. W. A. Squiers. the Clerk of Works, has prepared a report on the progress of the work of tin construction of the New Theatre. The Contractor is Mr. Woon Ah Wong, and the amount of the contract is $89,000. The report
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    Sequel to the Riots.
    70 7 Tins moruiug nine Hokieus and Teochews were charged with rioting before Mr. Colman. the Third Magistrate. These men were arrested for fighting in Boat Quay, where the recent disturbances between the Hokiens and Teochews commenced. Mr. Knowles appeared for one of the accused, and Mr. Farrer
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    A Bankruptcy Case.
    102 7 The Kin. I. Court has given judgment in the case of two Chiuameu named Sin Ke Kway and Yeo Bun Tiang who were arraigned on allegations of fraud. These men are bankrupts and were arrested for the alleged disposal of money and goods to prevent them being
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    SELANGOR TURF CLUB.
    591 7 RESULTS OF FIRST DAYS RACING. Singapore's Success iKikim (ti'K Own GaMMMaMCT.) l\ m.i l.i Liuupiir. Doc. 4. The following arc the results of the first days racing of the Selangor Turf Clubs Meeting, which was opened today and will be continued on Thursday and Saturday 1. Thk
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    A Chetty Case.
    103 7 S. L. S. Palauiapa Chttty was again before Mr. Cohnaa, the Third Magistrate, yesterday afternoon, when further evidence was tnken in connection with the allegation against him of criminal breach of trust brought by K. S. T. A. Xuamalay Chetty to the extent •f $5,000. The Hon.
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    Queueless Rioter.
    117 7 A ijiu'ueless Hokieu named l.i Yew Chye was arraigned before the Bench Court yesterday afternoon on a charge of rioting and theft at tM, Cross Street, during the recent disturbances between the Hokiens and Teochews. In his defence, the accused said he was employed a-s a coolie on
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      Association Football.
      53 8 Rival West kents. Kef..re tin «Hrill for Singapore, a match was played Iml ein i-ompanie, ..1 kite Went Kent regiment leccntlv stationed at IN kin-; ami Ticiitsi:i .i.i.l companies stationed at llilimblMm Ami all e\iitint! game, the match ended hy Iwo yoal- to one in favour ..t mi
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      Hockey.
      176 8 N. E Hat the S C. C. The I!. B. formed the ll|ipilflHlill to S. C. C. yeslcida\ iiiteruooii on the Ksplan ale. Tin- ground was iv lairlv good con dition hut the ■■■.!.">" Ksplanadc (lid whs lather heavy. The C. K. had all the best ol MB first
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    A BITTER COMPLAINT.
    428 8 Congested Traffic on the River at Klang. The good |>eople who dwell iv the Klang district have, for a long time past, been com plaining bitterly of tho inconvenience which they suffer through tin- lack of adequate means of transit across tin' liver. A short time ago.
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    Anchylostomiasis
    252 8 AiK'liylostomiusis, over which planters in t'eylou are making merry isays the Ceylon Observer I. seems to Ik- identically the same or closely allied to the \aa\ worm "of the southern ktatc- ol Aineriea. 1..a/inc*s. Urn press of the States has learnt at last, is really disease due to the
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    Sale of Properties.
    76 8 The following properties were disposed of by auction at I'owell and Cos. saleroom yesterday afternoon. Freehold land, area •J.«.")ti s.pmre feet, part^of (irant .'>, together with tlie Chinese shop house dwellings thereon, known as Xos. ,"il. and '<1 Craig lioad. *...t>(Ki M.K.T.K.K.A.R. Mootiah Chitty. I i. Timid
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    A NEW MAGAZINE.
    888 8 The Review of the Far East" The latest aspirant to populai favour in the magazine world is The Review of the l-'ar K.-.st." edited by Mr. A. Cunningham, and published from the office of the South China Morning Post, Limited," Hongkong. In his prelate, the Kditor writes
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    Picture of Roosevelt.
    227 8 Mr. H. (i. WVHs, tilt Knglish novelist, in his Ux)k ou The Knturu in America relates a conversation with Mr. Koonevelt, when the President coinhated the pessimism which Hies uo MM) of ultimate progress for hiuuanity. "That doesn't matter vow. The effort's real. It's worth going ou
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    Correspondence.
    501 8 The -Straits Times" ih not nMAh for the opinions of the correspondents j Advertising Posters on the Railway. To the Kditor of the Straits Times. Singapore. December i. Sut. There si ems to have been a good deal of criticism in your columns, and also in the counsel* of
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    Municipal Representation.
    350 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times." Singapore, Mb December, I'JIMj. Sir, The comments by C. W. aud •■Chinaman" ou jour leader about the Municipal Klcction are very interesting readiug. as they give '.he good excuse of the influential Chinese for nominating a young man to represent the
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    Counterfeit Coin.
    54 8 A Chinaman was charged before Mr. Green, the Second Magistrate, this morning, with being in possession of eight counterfeit twenty-cent prices. The man was arrested at a wayang." He declared be got the money in Johore and did not know that it was counterfeit. His Worship sentenced him
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    Malay Rubber Acreage.
    84 8 Kubber planting is making great strides in Kuala Selangor," says the Mulay Mml of Nov. 15th, and the total acreage occupied by Europeans amounts to over .'16,000 acres." The strides in other States are equally great, and it would be interesting, (says the Ceylon Observer if some
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    12 8 Descendants of domestic dogs ruu wild lose their power of barkiag eutirely.
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    OUR NEIGHBOURS.
    951 8 Affairs in Bali. Mr. K. A. l.ietrinck. the Government Com missiouer with the Bali Field Force, has been interviewed on behalf of the Batavia Nieuwsblad." He *aid that there are no fears of any further disturbances in Bali, in future. The Baliuose are a |xiaceablc Maple* aud arc
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    Fast and Furious.
    44 8 The Public Works Department in Tonquin is in a bad way. Tin Kcho de Chine says that hardly v week passes without some scandal becoming current. The latest reported arises from the bolting of a Clerk of Works with about t9O,(XX).
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    Longevity and Sanitation.
    78 8 Will the experts iv sanitation explain to us, asks the Ulobe," why it is that longevity in Europe reaches its highest point in countries which pay least attention to hygiene The highest percentage of centeuaiiaus is found, not in Great Biitain, Germany, or Switzerland, but in the
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    SAILING BOAT ADVENTURE.
    304 8 Exciting Experience of Colombo Yachtsmen. Four memliers of the Colombo Sailing I Club. rtl. Messrs. J. S. Collett. (i. W. Bolton. A. Warden and another, have added considerably to their c\|>cric.iicesof the sea dining the. last 2» hours (says the Ceylon Observer of the -2(ith ult.'i. The
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    FOUNDER OF THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
    193 8 Serious Illness in Ceylon. Colonel 11. S. Olcott, tin- fo indei of the Theo.sophical Society, who arrived by German steamer, on Saturday morning (says the "Ceylon Observer" of the ttth ult.i. is lying very seriously ill at Stirliug House." suffering l mm heart disease., which threatens
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    Straits Times Annual.
    200 8 The following uotice of the Annual is given in "The Tribune" (London) of November 10: The second issue of the Straits Times Annual," published by the Straits Times Singapore (Bristol: 11. Jones Co., 2s. 6d. net), contains an interesting collection of literary matter and a great variety
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    Ceylon Tea and its Progress.
    92 8 A correspondent write s to the Ceylon Observer": I see much made in an articlu on Ceylon Tee. in America in the now Christ mas No., of the fact that the figures have risen from C.'.1.T.'1l lb. iv IBM to Ifl.ftftffi.QM lb. in lyu.'i for
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      360 8 Sunlight J& Soap Makes Homes Bright Hb Sunlight Soap posses e i I unique lathering properties uud I H reduces the hours of labour H I Sunlight Soap keeps the B hands soft and white, eveu i I when home-cleaning. Coarse, I Ij common soaps create rough, I I red
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      142 8 DAY BY DAY. Wednesday, sth Dec. High Water. Mi p.m. C. \V. A. ParHoii'ige. I. Thursday, 6th Dec. High Water. I 41 a.m. 0-.VI p.m. Selaugor Knees. Second Day. P. e>. O. homeward mail deem. I. S. V. C. rVneing cl.ws. -i :tit. Friday, 7th Dec. High Water, tII a.m.
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  • Stocks and Shares.
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      RUBBER-LAND.
      309 9 The Dtii't Development Company Limited Within til I'ouipaay'M Con. ■•■—.ion several I laatattaaa li m beea aoßaneaoed, and there eiiiitinui il demand lor laud. Some idea Mto the Utility of tin- land may be •jathcred from iin Following extnetefroma in mil i-.|mii li.iwii up l>v the well known rubber
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      MINING.
      308 9 sth Dec Date of Number v format Capital Subscribed of ue a .on Shares Wlue I a P to Reserve Company QrnTvnoNs I i I J 1900 »175.000 5140,000 ':l 11 I ue *10* 10 1903 £400,000 £850,000 SSO.'oOO 7 1901 J300.000 1293,600 I Jq I m mtmmi IRQ
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      RUBBER.
      267 9 190.-, £1.50.000 £104,937.10 j a/ J 1905 5200.000 5K7.400 J'™} j• X !904 £.0,000 £11,125 1905 700.(00 Wl o,ooo 70,000 10 in 1903 £70.000 £70,000 7B^o> 1 1 1906 M 50.000 f.125,000 12,500 »10 »10 MM £12.000 £10.500 SIoSS 'I £0-1.5 Anglo-Malay Rubber Co., Ltd. (fully paid) £3.0.0 (contrib.)
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      GENERAL.
      197 9 1894 I £3.877.10.0 £4,64R.15.0 7,638 12/6 i 12/6 Bells Asbestos Eastern Agency, Ltd 1898 $225,000 $225,000 4.500 »50 $50 112,500 Fraser Neave, Ltd. 10,000.000 a) 1865 »10,000,000 J10.000,000 80,000 $125 J125 9,500,000 Hongkong and Shanghai Bank 250,000. 1901 42.400,000 $2,400,000 I X% J?Q. WOO $100 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. 190<
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      DEBENTURES.
      25 9 Howrtl. Erskine, Ltd. 6% W00.000 3% prem. Rilev Hargreavcs, Ltd. 6% P Singapore Municipal 6% i% 602.000 par. sellers TaniongPagar'bockCo..Ltd.:6^ V. II 2%pren> buyer,.
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    COMMERCIAL.
    221 9 <i\..\i.i!;k. oih Di:c!Mhkh, 190t>. PRODUCE. fiambirr bqpwal 6.H7A do (Cube No. 1 unpicked 10.50 copra Bali 10.40 In Po.itianak 9.H0 Pefper, Hack IHMfiS do White .v., SBJO Sa'jo Flour Sarawak :!.00 <lo Brand No. 1 2.95 •Vari Sa«o 5.40 Coffee Bali. I<> 19.00 v'otfee. I'alembanu. 20 V, b*>:s 22.50
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    A PEER'S ERROR.
    364 9 Forgot to Take Oath in House of Lords. An unusual incident occurred in the HoilM "f Lords. During the Session Lord Manner:, the Karl of Lett-rim. Lord Grimthorpc. and Lord Armstrong v»>ud in varous divisions without having previously taken the oath. By so doing they had rendered
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    39 9 Mr. Tubbs: Well. Bobbie, how does ■■tar like the engagement ring I gave her.'" Bobbie: "Well it's a bit Voo 1 small. She has a hard job to get it off in :i hurry when the other fellow., call."
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    Officers of Disbanded Battalions.
    216 9 Mr. Salter, M. P., in the course of a question to the Secretary of State for War, published in Parliamentary papers, asked for what period it is inticipated it will be necessary to keep the officers and non-commissioned officers of the battalions about to be disbanded
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    Africa's Locust Curse.
    103 9 Telegrams reaching Rome from Massowah represent, the devastations of locusts in Erythrea as having reduced the colony to a deplorable condition. The insects swarm by hundreds of millions in clouds so dense as to shut out the rays of the sun over wide tracts of country, where
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    RUSH FOR GOLD.
    560 9 Money Given Away in London Streets. There is a gentleman in London who scatters handfuls of money about the [streets, and gives away £6 notes. The lucky receivers of welcome gifts have so far been Covcnt Garden porters and newsboys. The gentleman, who is staying at the
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    A Romance of the Revolution.
    282 9 A real romance in high life is now diverting people's minds from the worse gloomy details of the revolutionary excesses on all sides. The young and beautiful daughter of Count K a rich aristocrat enjoying a distinguished position at Court, told her parents recently that
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    NOTES FROM PENANG.
    1016 9 fmam Ooi On rwinnnii), Naaag, Novi mfcec 2.">. A Dry Subject. Siucp we have had a real live Cadet at liie head of our Municipality, effairs seem to be run on real red-tape lines. That is to -aj, avcrything lian to be done by rule of thumb.
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    42 9 A Service paper states that the AVar Office intends to teach officers to n ok. There was once a cavalry colonel Who cooked in a way so infolonel That the hardiest private Could barely survive it. So great was the anguish intuloncl.
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    16 9 No British subject may wear the insignia of a forei-ju MX without permission trom the Kiu«.
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      106 9 Advertising in Alsace. Alsace is a region where even advertising has to be done discreet iy. At Sarre Union, a tobacconist, noting the fondness of the population for French brands, put out a great placard showing a young Alsatian girl lighting a French soldier's pipe. The thing was an enormous
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    FROM GRAVE TO GAY.
    381 10 Lively Scenes in the French Chamber. TI,, lati M appn aca Us a fracai in the Fr.n.li Chamber of Depatim ii ascribed by the i.| rw mtative of TheChronu le aad n v qaite characterktic. Th< di bate "ii th< Seperati< n I a* being continned,
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    MASKED BURGLARS AS GUESTS.
    291 10 Astounding Robbery at an American Party. The New York eorretpondeni the Bxpreai tells the following amazing yarn Four burgl.irs with a MOM of humour aacored a large amount, of jewrllc-ry, gems, :i:id silverware under extraordinary circumstances at Trenton, .<cw •Icrs-ey. Miss Etta CaraOß, the daughter of
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    13 10 Mi. E. F. SUctU'lily of the "Straits Echo' ar.iv<.| in T.-iipiiy on Saturday.
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    13 10 TI.. total rataa ~<i Mm mts u-»d )V S.-otti-Ii tUlicinu'ii is almut £830,001).
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    THE PROFESSORS JIBILEE.
    178 10 Man who has Influenced Many Lives. The senators of Ediabargh Uaivenity and former graduates preteated addretscs to Emeritus- Professor Campbell Fraser on the occasion of his jubilee as Profes-or of LogH and Metaphysic:-. Tlu' principal. Sir Win. Turner, presided over a representative- attendant-! Mr. Balfcur wrote I
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    THE WATER OF JORDAN.
    198 10 An Ame:ican Corner of Sacred Waters." Colonc! Clifford Kadaad, of Ovin<: ion. Kentucky, who }ias obtained f rom j the Turkish Govern mem t'-e exclusive c ncession to export the water of the j river Jordan, has started for Palestine, j to make the necessary preparations
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    Absolute Death Test.
    166 10 Many gruesome stories and articles have been written on the horrors of premature burial. Even n.iw it is believed that the terrible thing sometimes takes place, especially in hot countries, because no absolute test of death has been known. It is good to hear, therefore, that one
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    A Stolen Goddess.
    174 10 Obi of tluse thefts thai make keepers of national art coilec-tions angry and! miserable lias lakcn place at the Loavre, Paris. There was there a beautiful ancient statue of the goddess Ims. It ttood on a high thelf in a r.icm of thej Egyptian section, and weighed
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    LITERARY NOTES.
    704 10 Goes Gar ■ooc. Livers .f George Eliot -they arc many will be glad to learn that "so capalil'c an artist as Mr. Hugh Thomson has been devoting his time to t lk- Ulnstration of the great writer's Scenes from Clerical Life." Many of Mr. Thomson's piitur, i are
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    21 10 Pictures for the lfova! Academy an peated before tin- -cl.-.ti. :i ci.iiiij.iui c at the rate <>i aljoui livf a minute.
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    14 10 Three PrMMenta of the I'aited states ■iHitii-ly. LineolD, Uarfleld, ami XcKiolej !mvudi in H>-assii:;ttnl.
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    20 10 Tik Worlwop estate, in NottingbuMbire, »v« sold l>y tba I »:ikt- ol Noifolk to tin lluke al X«wca»Uo for £870,000.
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      43 10 Chamberlain's Pair Balm. There is no danger from Wood •aiaoal Mtaltiag from a cut or wound of any kind, wlien Chamberlain's Pai:i Kllaa iased. It is an antiseptic dressing and should be in every household. Fit laJc by .ill <l:-|i. !i.aiit-> sad dealcrt.
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      621 10 Banks, Insurances, Auctions. Hongkong V Shanghai Banking Corporation. paid rp capital $10,000,000 P.-JSERVEFUND:— Sterling Reserve $10,000,0001 «qn ocn 000 Silver Reserve $10,250,000 1 2 125^° 0 R. serve Liability of Proprietors $10,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. A. Haupt, Esq.— Chairman. O. H. Medhurst, Esq.— Deputy Chairman. E Goet/. Esq. A. J.
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      560 10 Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Capital £800,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £800,000 Reserve Fund £975,000 BANKERS. Bank ol England. National Bank of Scotland. The London City it Midland Bank, Ltf. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Accounts are opened and interest allowed at 1 per cent, per
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      671 10 AUCTION SALE OF DXBEBYICEABE POLICE STORKS TNCLAIMKI) AND CONFISCATED i'HOHKRTY AND IXIKSTATK ESTATE I'ROPERTY. *c. (By orda* of the Chief Tolice Ofticer) To be held at the Central Mies Station. South Bridal K Mil On M<,n,l,ii/, loth Vxrmber, ut tJop.m For |>aiti<iilirs, SM Cat.'.oijiies. Powell Co., ssis jistflsssam. AUCTION SALE
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      64 10 AUCTION SALE OF INREDKEMEI) PLEDQBH AT MALACCA On the 7th December. 1906. Krom tin- fcillowing pawnshops:— No. 16 Fust Cross Street, No. 7 Mill Road, 1 Ho. '•."> Kampoui: Pantei. No. 11l Trauquiinh. No. .17 Jonkw Street. 1 Th. pledges will be on view at the Central Btation two day*
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      629 12 WANTED. HOUSE, [a the neighbourhood of Tanglin, uuturniabed— three bedn»ims. Apply giving particular* to Alxla c/o Strain Ttmm. :f*7 l PARTNEB. A partner ia ■g nd s..inn bnet--1 Investigation on giving roretj that the ap 1 plioant is genuine. Applj No\O" sir,,,l. v :«lls SURVEYOR A oaeanatanl Bnrvayortof li,iti~h North
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      659 12 JTO BE LET\ HOl'SE— Clarelands, Tanglin, entry Ist October. Apply to B 3220 VADE CO. HOUSE.— No. 5-1 Kampong.la\aßoad, from Ist of January, 1907. Apply J. A. Meyer c/o Meyer Bros. b 3*ee COBPOINI) HOI'SE.— A new Compound Honse, No. 1 Chancery Lane, with three large bedrooms and stabling. Apply
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      610 12 By Special AND W^M Warrent BLACKWELL, Wm malt^Sr MMMI BMM Ilu Tl BMMM bMMM Agents for Purveyors to <u<Lii I lea perrin's H.M.T116 KING WtSSmw sauce FOR SALE. CATS.— SPLENDID SIAMESE CATS. Apply to H. F. 1000 c/o Str.iit* Tim,*. ;WtM MOTOII LAUNCH.— VaaI Motor Launch in good condition. Length
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      731 12 NOTICES. TO PLANTERS. BILLET.— Two young gentlemen at home desire take up rublier planting and secure billets after training. Willing to pay premium, ste. Apply K. Y. D. c/o StrmUt Tin,,*. All letters treatev! in confidr!). c. Tenders will be received at Ihe Colonial Secretary's Othtv, up to 17th December,
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      548 12 NOTICES. BALE OF WORK. VUTOItIA IIAI.I. I For the C. E. X, S. CbJMM OMI S.l I Friday, Dec. 7. 1 p.m. HatordaT, Dae. H. 10 l< 1 Ml THE PENARG FOl N'DBY <<•.. LTD., in Liquidation. Roticeia fa >n given thai tanrteri forth* pandiaM ..1 the above bntinem ihoold
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