The Straits Times, 17 January 1907

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    13 1 The Straits Times. SO. 22.243 SINGAPORE. THURSDAY. JANUARY 17. 1907. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      155 1 HOTEL DE EUROPE. SINGAPORE. i liano tor i fort id llraltl,. I 11-INI'.. BELGBI WINES. COUPE DU MATIN (6,000 Kil.) ©6<? following did not lose any marks and were classified first:Ifr. PeUegrin on 8 h.p. mooocylindev DE DION BOUTON Mr. I. l.urclin on I' 2 h.p.. "i cvliiidcis DE DION
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      159 1 "STRAITS TIMES" BUSINESS DIRECTORY. HOTELS. CALEDONIAN HOTEL 77. Bnui* B<isnh Himd. Siti^uporeThe Brightest and Hi-althiest Kesort in MM City. Hotel Porter in ■rifaaa, meets all 3oats and Trails. HOTEL WISSE Wn.TEVRKIH-N. BATAVIA. lN'iihlißhed in I*3B. Renovati.l Mp 1., late. Splendid s,itnation in the Fash- mble < Vntr-. Owodk the Palace
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      119 1 ROBINSON COMPANY, Athletic Outfitters. i ril V rtjßrfcctAM.«»tim]jUtdi»all«Wf .ation MaT^h'"^!. ma-le intr.v| ll( v.(. Sba;» I m ighl of tverv Bull r, O m carefully selecte.l leathers, gun; :-m toed. BOYS' FOOTBALLS. "^lH^^* shiii^oujuids BEST RUGBY "MATCH BALL. Ma,l, fr..n, s^.iallv 1., SUPERIOR GREEN CHROME hide, wariantid wrtinl) .i.i.i.i mw».
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      48 1 HOTEL DE L EUROPE. siN<;.\i'i>i:i: Kin. 1 with Urn lu.-t Mixlfin AfyNasoM fcr Comf it and Health. l>Vi\Ti CUISINI SELECT WiNES. JEFFREYS EDINBURGH STOUT. "CASTLE" BRAND. Specially Brewed for the Tropics. HIGHLY RECOMMI Nl)i:i> Price $12 per case of 7 (seven) doz. pints OF ALL DEALERS. 8 2123
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    INDIAN OIL CONTRACTS.
    362 2 Stores Monopoly for the Standard Oil Company. The unfortunate circumstance that 'he Gi'veniment "s Swadeshi |K>lu'y lias been applied from the first a^aitis. British and not foreign houses lias been previously pointed tit. and it is indicated above \hat the possibility of the Government favouring American firms
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    JACK LONDON'S TOUR.
    420 2 Popular Novelist to Sail Round the World. On tin' ways at Aadmon'i thipyard. near limit i Point, near San KiancisiM. is \.ssd jf graceful lines i, .filv ready to take the water fur I wm Id girdling trip of seven years. She is tlu» Snaik. Jack London's
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    Deepening the Thames
    85 2 The Earl of Dessborou^h, at the vt ing of lli3 Thames Conservancy Board, on December 17. said that la^t year a Bill was passed which practically undertook the work of making a decp-wat>r channel from the Nor; to Gravescnd twenty-one miles lontj. 1,000 Iml whit and 30
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      297 2 s Moet (Sf (Bftandon (The Champagne de Luxe) I' 3-y Impanal 9 Importers Borneo Co., Ltd. AUSTRALIAN FLOUR ROLLER FLOTO Mj^l f JAMESTOWN ®7r IMPORTERS: Borneo Co., Ltd. 1 ALBERT L. A. DALEY Undertaker Tomb-Builder ISO Mul.IU licud. Sole Agent fur I Messrs Dottridge Brothers, Ltd., London, 218H Telcpliouu No.
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      274 2 McALISTER CO. LTD. HAVK JLST BEKX AffOIXTBD SOLE AGENTS FOR Messrs. IRVINE CO.'S FAMOUS Australian Wines Brandies. CLARET BURGUNDY HOCK PORT CHABLIS SHERRY McALISTER AND CO., LIMITED. MM ISMAIL &RAHEEM 2 MAGNIFICENT VALUABLE NECKLACES One mountwl with ohoicext ami svliiteat Diamonds, and the Other derorated with fine Oriental Kul. ii-
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      513 2 FACE COVERED WITH SCURVY Little Boy so Terrified By It that He Could Not Sit Still-Miserable to Watch Him— Suffered Nine Months Now Rid of Disease. WHOLE FAMILY"" PRAISES CUTICURA "I am quite willing to state how grateful we are (or the great benefit received from the Cuticura Remedies. Each
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      16 2 In winter the Indians <f 'lie XnitliWest feed their ponio.s m the bark of .he cottonwood-tree.
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    RICH BACHELOR AS PRIZE.
    631 3 Fifteen Marriageable Competitors. Mr. Cluirlis \V. I laying, a rich and Mcaatrie bachelor, ti the lit.le town of Claton. near Atlantic, has (says the New York correspondent of the Daily Mail set \he fashion of select ill. a wile liv competitive examination. Fifteen inarriaijealilc ladies of
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    Photographing The Sky.
    198 3 The world's biggest thing in photographs That is win*. Harvard University claims to possess in its observatory, -itnated at Arequipa, Peru, where the heavens are photographed nigh.ly tlin liiilumt the year by means of a grand photo telescopic apparatus, the finest of its kind in th? world.
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    RULER OF RAILWAYS.
    721 3 How Board of Trade Protects Passengers. The railway companies, fowmtfwi and weal.hv as l!iev are. cannot do just as they like with their own lines. They have a guardian and keeper who.se ever watchful eye is always on them, and who soon makes itself felt and known
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    Major's Method of Economy.
    187 3 A well-known officer has an idea tli.il lie (.m MUM the affairs of the pantry better than his wife. Mv dear, he said, one day. "that baker of yours is cheating you. He ought to give you seven of these buns for sixpence, i can g
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      688 3 Straits Times Annual, 1 906-7 tphree Royal Portraits, Royalties Fame Singapore Rulers Fact States Rovers Fiction Straits (Dysterious &tory BY Mr. Hugh Clifford, C.M.G. Price $1 or $1.20 with Postage. OBTAINABLE AT OUR AGENTS: JOHN LITTLE A- CO., ADELPHI HOTEL, LIM HOE CHIANG Tanjong Pafar. ROBINSON A- CO HOTEL VAN
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      81 3 SBuefianan's VJftiskies are not an experiment. They have been the favourite blends at home for many yenrs and are rapidly gaining s'milar popularity in the Colonies. No expense is spared in keeping both "RED SEAL" AND BLACK AND WHITE" up to the mark, c 46 CHIN CHEONG No. 25 South
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    DRESS AND FASHION.
    1152 4 Tin- vogvs for tin ;ii -lilii. k yown Irapidlv ißcreasing, aad break develop Bonti (iirui- 1 1 v day. Fi>«- compu?xion», li<»\vc\<'i-. can .iiid ilic hard btarii line against the face, and a vonl af rniiiiiv lace is aoarly alwayi imtrodueed at finish. The -Invcs arc af
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      874 4 Xanii', jiurt, pmhablt. ittie <</ arrival, tind Ham. <<t Agents. Steamers. AchiUse, Cliiim. .1.111 lUmMI Airlie. Svdnov. Feb. 21 Houston*) Alcinoos, China. Feb IT M.i-isti,.|.| Amhria, Mainly. Jan/F«fa Bi-lin Meyer Apanma, o,aatmJia, I'Vb. j lioustead \i.-.id:a. Roogfc latl :tl P .V I). Au«tralien. Mar eillea. Feb. II M.
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      359 5 Under this heading the following ahbrevm lions are us*d —air. —steamer su. —ship bq; —barque; sell. —schooner Yet.-Yacht; Cru Cruiser. O'bt.—Gunboat; Tor- Torpedo H.p. -Horse power Brit. British 11.5.— I'uitod Stales Fell.-French Ger German Dut.—Dutch Ital.—ltalian Span S|uunsli; Sar. -Sarawak O.c—Geueral cargo; d.p.— deck passenger 0. —Uucertaiu
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      TRADING VESSELS, &c. Latest Arrivals.
      834 5 (h,ikiil*»i!i*, Siain. Btr. MS tons. Cut Dan hoidi.Jau.ie. lioin lian-kok. Jan. and 107 d.p. Eiist Asiatic Coj For Bangkok. Jan It— Mt, Ulamortf, Brit. str. I,MO tons, Capt Houter, lan. IT. From Cardiff, Dae. T. Coal. Pater sin SimoiiH A Co. 0. Rds. Heh', Hrit.
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      PASSENGER LIST.
      332 5 I'.r I. A O. s. s. ltiii,fini,i, romn-.tiug with Hie st.am.-i Mtrftaat Coloiiilh). from London l>.c. 21. dm IMb Jail Mr. A. 11. Anderson, M--. H. W. Rom, Mr. I. I!, (ii.11i.n,,,.., Mr. and Kra M ■\riliur. Messrs. A. \V. Duncan, G.C. Bailie. F. .1 Lloyd, \V. Cooklfr.
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      Steamer Movements.
      31 5 P. A O. The Outward Mail steamer Devauha left Colombo at 3 p.m. on Sunday, ami if ex p. cti-.l to arrive heie on Saturday miruing lh.' I.f.li inttuiil.
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      CLEARANCES
      51 5 January 16 'Sanctona. Bnl sir. Calcutta lvlendale. Hrit str, Samaiaiig via portii Sarie Borneo. Dnt str, Kaiidjcrmassin Siak. Diitnti. Lau^kat 17 Tbongwa, Brit atr, Pauam, Npatan. Madras Happho, Brit str, Tatak Anson via p<jrls Hong Wan I. Hut str. H'kong, Amoy. Sva'.w .Imllo. Unt sir. Muar au.l Malucca in
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      VESSELS AT TANJONG PAGAR AND KEPPEL HARBOUR.
      101 5 Wharves at which Vessel* are Berthed To-day. TANJONO PAGtR. East Wharf Basin -Hong Moh, bar<|ue lone. East Whabk Sect. 1 Ihnhalla, Thongwa, Me Golan Sk. r. 1 (Shkkiis Wmiu):— Sultiui van Lingga. Kkction No. 2— Glenroy, Palamcotta. 3— Hong Wav I. m Aysgarth.
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      MAILS CLOSE
      92 5 far Per Steamer To-MORBOW. K. Paliaii)!, Kuuntau Pcntianak P. Svtuttenbain, T. Amwn Varlylr T. An«on via ports Poll Ann H'konK. Sluiiigliai, Japnii a. Apcnr P Su tti'iiliam via ports Malacca Malacca <t Port Dick*>n Homj I.ian UandjermasMin, etr. |MM Frciuaiitlu wa (Kirts Sultxn Kan^'kuk OaM Timt 9 a.m.
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      MAILS TO ARRIVE.
      104 5 From Europe Pv the P. a. s. llemnha due on Jan. l'J. From Cbina— By the N. D. 1., s. a. .SVi/./dr due ou Jan. 21. liGft i Dec Dec Dec Dec Doc Dec Jun .lan .lan .lan Singapore vat U 1! L 17 MM 20 P.
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      67 4 CEUTSOHE OSTAFRIK4 LINE. e,:ular fortiiighti) Service via Bombay or Aden to /au/ihar. IVlagoa Bay, Durban, Eas 1 Luudon, Port BHaakotß and Capetown. Through hills of lading and through pasaaae tickets are issued from Singapore to ail ooaat ports in East and South Africa. Kor passage, freight, time tables or any
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      705 4 P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Penanj(, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London Through Bills tt Lading issut-l for Chin* C >ast. Persian Gulf, Continental, and American Pjrts. Steamarß will loave Singapore on or about MAIL LINE. n.tir.ird (for China!. Deranh; 19 Jun AtmiU
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      763 4 KONiNKUJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. fndei- extract with the Netherlands India i;..vernmrut. 1 ,i( si./.ri/""' Shu- Ai.exiv. i.mf. J. Dii.vi.ti.- .v C... M Coi.i.yek Qi v. Tie iiu(lennenti(.np(l dates are only appro\mn".e r'n.nj Kpected Will be clwi talked for:— Vahnt,;,, Sin>;kep Un 16 Penopha. Siugkep. Moertra Sabu, Djambi, Mnntok. PaWmonag, Chenbon and
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      516 4 I HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. MAMBURQ. 1 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 for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhaven direct, railing at Penang and i Colombo. The arrivals
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      796 4 N. D. L. NORDOEUTSCHtr? LLOYD Imperial (ierman Mail Law's The fast and well known ami steamers .if this Company sail fortuightly from BaamonUaraburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, anaanaaaa ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, ami vice nmm| Por Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo. Pon»iu>, Singapore, Hongkoug, Shanghai, Nagawki, an 1
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    47 5 Timk BUM on Fort Canning an, l Mount Faberdrop daily at 1 p.m., Smgapore standard time corresponding to 6 a. in. Greenwich meantime. The timegun in tired at 12 o'clock noon, indicating Singapore standard time, on every day excepting Sunday, when it is fired at one o'clock
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    CHURCH BAZAAR AT IPOH.
    261 5 Brisk Business and Lots of Fun. At li-30 on Saturday afternoon, the British Hi.si.lent of Peiak, Mr. E. \V *****. CJLC., opened the Bazaar in the OM Court House before a large aud in■.crested audience, aud in one of Ilia liaiacn-iistic. happy and huniornns ipcechei exfmummi
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    American Heiresses.
    270 5 To what extent, says M.A.P.," tho British nobility have benefited financial !y by marrirtge wf.li American million-.inc-scs may M estimated from the fact. lliat 111 the Ixst 70 years 30 British peers or eldest MM of peers have married in the United Stupes, while 44 holders of l>;i!
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    Intrigues for a Throne.
    97 5 There is mucli agita'.ion and intrigue in Constant iiujplc on the subject of the ■ocMaion to the throne. Tho rightful heir in Moslem law, Kcihail Effendi, is a man credited wf. h broad and liberal VWWB, .Hid even with possessing inclinations towards a Constitution. Thr Sultan
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      630 5 INDO CHINA STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. 'I'm steamers of this Company niainliiii a regular service between Calcutta, Straits and Hongkong, taking cargo ou through Bills of Lading for Canton. Swatow, Amoy, Shanghai, Chefoo, Tientsin, Newchwang. Vangtsze Ports, Formoea, Japan, tlie Philippines, Ac. Ac. strainers ou Hie CalrutUi, Straits and HonickonK
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      745 5 C. P. R. Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Line. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO ETROPE VIA CHINA, JAPAN. CANADA and the INITF.D STATES. Route from Hongkong, ii.i Shanghai. Nagasaki, (Inland Sea of Japan). Kobe, Yokohama.. Vi. toria and Vancouver, H.M.S. "Emi-rkss of Inlia iTwiu-rnvn steaX.M.S. "gjiw i 111 Tllia*
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      561 5 APCAR LINE OF STEAMERS Thk iindenneiilioni .1 nu. .1 stMMMi of the above Line maintain a NMMjT Mrrlet I»'t»ren Calcutta mid Japan, calling at Penan:;. Smga pore, Heagboag and Sli«n^h::i '■■•<'■ FLEET T .us Commaiuler H.R. "Japan" 6.M0 .1. C. Oi iikxt s.s. "(ixiciMiin Ai'i m" l.tHXi S. 11. liii.s.is
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17.
    1281 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17. Au appeal from the judgment of Mr. Jus. tice liiwrauce at the trial of au action without a jury in August last, and a cross-a|i|N-al. came hvfore the Court of Appeal. consisting of the .Master of the Itolls. and Lord -lusticcs
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    12 6 Cholera has broken out in several district* of i i y lnn.
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    7 6 The Strait* liudget was published this morning.
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    16 6 Kuglish cotton spinners have recently cuucluded the piirchatH- of 'i,OOO iu;rcs of cotton laud in Louisiaua.
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    28 6 It is auuouucud that Mr. Carnegie has given 758,000 dollars for the construction of a building at Washington to be used as a Central Bureau for American Republics.
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    22 6 Messrs. Stevenson and Son's mills at Mattacooly. near Colombo, were destroyed by fire on the 7th inst. Damages are estimated at £12,000.
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    31 6 On Tuesday morning a number of ia-e> of arrack caught lire in Messrs. Dicthelni and Coinpaiiy's premises iv Collycr l^uay. The Iliuio- were 1 itijivm-hfil before much damast w a duue.
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    9 6 The PiiiKMiiii budget asks for n sum of £130,*****0.
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    14 6 A successful shipment of eggs from South Australia has just urn made to London.
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    11 6 The financial statement of New South Wales shown au immense surplus.
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    10 6 Last year s trade of the I'nited Kiugdoia totals .t1.06N.H-24.192
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    13 6 The Russian guubeat Bobr. raised at Port Arthur, has been taken to Nagasaki.
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    9 6 H. M. S. Diadem arrived from Hongkong this morning.
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    14 6 Tilt temperature was down to ."(-I decrees Fahrenheit at Bangkok on tin nth inst.
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    14 6 The Siamese Tramway Company pays a dividend of 2 per cent on 6.250 shares.
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    14 6 The British steamer (ilenmareg arrived this iii'irning from Cardiff with a caigo of coal.
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    19 6 Au amending Bill passed by the House of llepreseutstives in Washington has declared iv favour of the old spelling.
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    18 6 KciKiiis to the French torpedo destroy «r Kroudfc. 011 the slips at the Kowloou Docks, are progressing favourably.
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    28 6 (Hi. (ircat Scott was the exclamation of His Honour Judge Skinner Turner at Bangkok, on receiving an answer to a tpiestion put by him to au Indian witness.
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    34 6 The Minister of the War Department at Peking has instructed the Chinese Minister to Kurn|ie and the I nitcd States to purchase patterns of the newest rides and other iniini tions of w ar.
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    37 6 The steam launch -Argo" wiil leave Johnston's I'k-r for the Club Bungalow on Sunday next at 10. 11 a.m., 2 .Ml ami Uo p.m.. returniug from thence at MU, 10-:t0 a.m.. VI -l.i. :l, and I p.m.
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    32 6 A Chinese cook, employed on th< riHM Donai. was fined Ticals Nil at liangkjk for attempting to smuggle three revolvers ashore. The weapons, which had been tied round his waist, were confiscated.
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    36 6 In the hU I action iv the Supreme Court between Messrs. (i. li. Lambert and Company aud Mr. (ieorge Michael, the claim was for 10.1 xm damages, but the Chief Justice, awarded the plaintiffs Im damage-
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    37 6 If I'll aseil will send his or her iiaini; M a guarantee of good faith not for puhlica tion, we will have much plea-jrr in publishing the letter on Music at Meals." We cannot publish anonymous communications.
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    39 6 Tlie long distance snow ride of the Second Japanese Cavalry Hegiment. belonging to the Seudal 1 Second) Division, was started on the 24th nit. The Osaka I Fourth) division also commenced a long distance cavalry race the same day.
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    41 6 On a recent steam trial, the Colonial (ioverninent yacht Sea Mew averaged 12.H knots au hour on six consecutive runs over the measured mile. She recently had a new projieller litte ou at Taujong Pagar. aud this has improved her s|K-ed.
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    47 6 In connection with the extraordinary tidal movement on the Ceylon coast ou the ith inst., it is reported that no less than seven earthquake shocks, mostly severe and one comparable with the recent Chili earthquake, were recorded ou the seismograph in Ceylon between December '22 and January
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    57 6 Mr. Km- St. J. Law sou has just written and published a police manual for the use of the [members of the Bangkok Police force. The work has been written on the same lines as Commissioner Henry's work for the London police, and is dedicated to II It. II Prince
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    50 6 A deputation from the Mahomedan 1 of China has arrived in Kgypt. with Mm object of cui|uiriug into the system of education in that country. After obtaining all informa tion required, the deputation will visit Tinkey and will ciigage a number of I'rofessois to gi\e tin: Chinese Mohaiuedaus religious teaching.
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    43 6 The Chief Justice has been occupied all the morning with summonses in chambers. This afternoon the Bankruptcy Court is in session, there being an unusually lengthy calendar, on which are eight petitions for receiving orders, and as many public examinations, besides miscellaneous applications.
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    65 6 The amalgamation is reported of the businesses of the well known tea firms of Messrs. King. Son Kamsay and Messrs. Odell C.i. The amalgamation dates from January 1, and affects the businesses iv Shanghai. Hankow, Foochow, Colombo, and London, which will in future trade under the style of King. Simpson
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    79 6 The management of the China Provident Loan and Mortgage Company reports that the gross earnings for the past year amount to tWtjßfftftl and after deducting all expenses, remuneration to general managers, consulting committee's and auditors' fees, there 1. iu.uii~ a Uilance of »9f»,H«.).7.1 which it is recom mended l>e appropriate)
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    88 6 There was a fancy dress ball at the Bangkok Sports Club on the ."it.ii inst. Amongst those present during the evening were H. It. H. l'rinct Svosti, Mr. Hamilton King, Minister, and Mr. It win B. l,nuj»lilin. First Steretarj. of the United States Lega tiou. Mr. W. K. U. Beckett,
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    Social and Personal.
    447 6 Simon (iuggenlieim has l>eeu elected I.S. Senator from Colorado. Sir Matthew Nathan is p\|iecliil back in Hon^kon^ on tlie '.Mth Mi-t Mrs. Hicks, wiil.iw of the late Captain Hicks, died at Bangkok on the Tth nist. Mr A M. Iliigy and Mr. A. M. S. Hermaun have
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    Beggars sent back to China.
    48 6 By the s.s. Hong Wan to day the (olici authorities sent three Chinese heggars back to China. One of the men is Itouud for Amoy and the other two are for Swatow. It is to be hoped they will not return to Singapore
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    New Development in the Opium Trade.
    94 6 A Shanghai telegram to the Hongkong Daily Press, dated 'Jth inst., says: Thirteen firms representing all Britishers interested in the opium-trade have addressed a letter to Sir l'elliain L. Warren. 11.8.M. Consul, stating that their present holdings in Hongkong and Shanghai ale approxi mat.
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    Hungry Coolie and the Beef.
    132 6 A miserable looking Chinese coolie \i,t. arraigned befor« Mr. (irecn, tin- Second Magistrate, this morning, on a charge of stealing eight lbs. of beef. The evidence went to show that a Malay syce purchased the meat at the Beach lioad Market, yesterday morning, and put
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    Death of Mr. McCrakett.
    136 6 We legu I to announce tlie deitlli of Mr. J. S. McCiuketl. which took place iv the KlllO Ml ll.i-pital. Kuala Lumpur. Tlie cause oi death was Blight's disease. Quite recently Mr. McCrakett had had a fortnight-, illness. but had been discharged from hospital H. was
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      159 6 CALDBECK MACGREGOR CO., Wine Spirit Merchants, I line just received a fresh shipment of HEREFORDSHIRE CIDER. THEREIIS NOTHING CHEAP ABOUT THE ARROUOHNSTON BUT THE PRICE. CENTRAL ENGINE WORK?, SOLE AGENTS FOR S.S. AND F. M. S., SINGAPORE. J. Travers Sons, Ltd., 7 iJ'Alineida Street, Singai»ore. Electrical Engineers. S3LE AGENTS FOR
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      146 6 Wilson &Go. Photographic Artists. Portraits of the Highest Artistic and Technical Excellence. WILSON Co. G. R LAMBERT AND COMPANY. The onl) <-»tal>li»liuieiit in the Tropics where COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY Ik executed. Old and New Specimens On \iew in our Battery Road Window. H. Th. Jensen, mmmw. Ilißi'M. Uu .laniury :l. at
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    THE EARTHQUAKE.
    286 7 LATEST INFORMATION FROM JAMAICA. A Scene of Wreckage, 400 KILLED; OVER 1.000 INJURED. Business Centre Destroyed by Fire. KKl'TKli's T/KLMBAMS.] London. January 16. Th.- earthq. lake at Kingston occurred on Monday ufturnoon. Mr. Haiu.ir (ireenwood, M. P.. lieaMaj to the Colonial Ottkc. stut<*l tfcal the city is destroyed
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  • German Telegrams.
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      MOROCCO AFFAIRS.
      19 7 Berlin -lanuary Hi I'rauce and Spain have entered into negotiations for concentrating their Morocco si|ii;idroiis at Tangier.
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      OPENING OF TIBET.
      40 7 The Momin« Post says that the Chinese (tovornment has sanctioned the construction of a railway through the province of S/cchuan into the interior of. Tibet. It has also sauctioned the opening of louns iii IM to trade.
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      UNITED STATES AND GERMANY.
      36 7 Mi. Hoot, thr Cnitcd States Secretary of State. MtjeM personally, that the maximum amH iniMitniim taritf cl-iusrs shall stand part ol tin uaaaaaMaial treaty Utween tlie I: puhhi ami I•' i 'tunny.
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      AGAINST ANNEXATION.
      19 7 Ih. Si.uth Vineri.Mi, Uepublics have d'-elarod a"jii! tie- annexation of Cuba to the I 1 1 Mbbbßi
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      RAILWAY EXTENSION.
      29 7 At a Cabinet Council held at Paris, it was decided to appoint a Coiiiiuissiom to arrange for extending thr railway net-work of Central Kuro|)e to North Italy.
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    PENANG SPORT.
    199 7 iFkoji On: Own foWHmiW Ml) I'cnang. -I m ii i in i-y 12. As is only natural, wa luvr liml r p riod of grMl calm after all our late dissipation, and. as we have not even had anything liappenina in the ordinary tMM of events, the week
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    RAILWAY EXTENSION.
    270 7 Line to Pasir Panjang to be opened on Monday. The luilway extension from Tank l!oad to Pasir Panjang has been completed and will be opened to tlie public on Monday morning. There will be no opening ceremony. The first train for Pasir Panjang will leave Tank Koad station
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    RUBBER CROPS FOR 1906.
    118 7 The Totals of Two Leading Companies. London, .lanuary I. The rubber crop to the :11st Daaaaßaaf »f the Highlands and Lowlands Company's estutes amounts to l:)O.:WVi lbs, and for the Consolidated Malay Company's estates to ttjtaa ihs. The rubber market is steady at ,>s. 2|.d. for
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    ALLEGED PERJURY.
    174 7 Serious Charge Against a Straitsborn Chinaman. This morning a Straits limn Chinese named Tan Chiang Siang was arraigned baleN Mr. Column, the Third Magistrate, for preliminary enquiry into an allegation of |hrh r i 11 1 1 yin the Supreme Court. Mr. Wee Tlieaiu Tew appeared for the
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    IMPRISONED FOR THEFT
    169 7 A Hokieu named Koh Kwan Kow, employed us a coolie by Messrs. Calbeck Macgregor and Company, was charged with theft of two 11.1 1. it ties of |in I. before Mr. ('olinau. the Third Magistrate, this nioriiiug. Mr. C. Kveritt prosecuted on behalf of the tiriu. A
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    Alleged Stolen Property Recovered
    65 7 This morning Chief Inspector Howard of the police made a raid on a Kling outlier's shop in Orchard Koad and recovered a quantity of sundry goods which it is alleged, have been stolen from Messrs. Whiteaway Laidlaw and Company's premise's from time to time. Mr. Howard
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    Young Chinaman Injured
    94 7 Tliis uitcrnuou a young Chinaman jumj>cd ott a tram while it was travelling fairly fast in South Bridge Hoad. near the Central Police Station. He received a severe shock :mhl became unconscious. After lying on the road for about a minute or so. he was picked up
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    TYPHOON DISASTER.
    277 7 TWO PHILIPPINE ISLANDS SWEPT. Great Loss of Life and Property. I Inm'i Telegkam London, January 17. The islands of Loyte and Samar. in the Philippines. wci« swept by a typhoon ou the 10th instan!. Cpwards of one hundred perions perished lon Leyte. The barracks on Samai were I
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    NORTHERN NIGERIA.
    41 7 Temporary High Commissioner. London,. lanuary 17. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Kdouard Percy Cranwill <iirou»rd. k.c.m.u., has been appointed temporary High Commissioner of Northern Nigeria, in sueceusion to LieutenantColonel Sir F. .1. D. Lugard k.i m.i;.. c.h., who resigned the post. Kki-tkr.
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    THE FAMINE RELIEF FUND.
    35 7 London, -lauiiary 17. The statement that a Mansion House Fund hail been opened for the aid of famine sufferers in China is untrue, having been based mi a misleading paragraph-- Hki'Tkk.
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    HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK.
    131 7 Good News to Shareholders. The local Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corjioration has received the following telegram from his Head Office at Hongkong: Subject to audit the Bank's dividend will probably be £1 Ift per share and a Bonus of £1 per share: Added
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    City of Panama Safe.
    55 7 We are pleased to lcaru that a later telegram from London reports the safety of Hi Pacific Mail liner City of Panama. It had been reported that the City of Panama was wrecked at Pescadcro. California,'that wreckage had been washed ashore on the Wardeld beach, and
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    Ship's Engineer Drowned.
    76 7 A fatal accident occurred ou the river at Shanghai on the Ist instant. As John MacDuff, third engineer of the C. N. steamer Shanse. recently transferred from the C. N. steamer Sacchucn, was walking aboard his ship at Watung Wharf, Shanghai, at about five a. m he
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    United States and Famine Relief.
    107 7 Thi! proposal mode in China to boycott famine relief contributions from the I'uited States has fallen throughLiang Cheug, the Chinese Minister to the I nit.-. 1 States, has telegraphed to thel'ekiiig (ioverninent to the effect that the movement in the I'nited States to collect funds
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    COMPLAINT FROM PENANG
    388 7 The Circulation of Small Silver. I Fhom Oii: Own Cohrksi'omikst I. I'euang. January 12. I aafyaaa you will say that Penang always has a grievance of some sort when I tell you that our small traders are complaining about the very large amount of small silver iv
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    SUPREME COURT.
    233 7 Judgment Delivered in the Rice Case. Yesterday afternoon, the Chief Justice gave judgment iv the case of Chop (ivan Seng v. Chop Hup Watt, a claim for »HO2J«4 for rice and paddy sold and delivered, the decision being for the plaintiff with costs. Heavy Damages to House. Ycu
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    SERANG AND PAWNBROKER.
    428 7 Alleged Forgery in Respect to a Promissory Note. The last case iv the present session of the Assi/.e Court was begun yesterday afternoon. Ibrahim bin Ahmat stands charged with cheating one Tyc Ong and inducing him to pay over the sum of 1600 by pretending that ♦7H9
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    Untitled
    25 7 At Hongkong, tbe other day. a Euro|« au Udy refused to kts 1 the Court bible when tal.ing the oath M WaBBBBI iv a aBBa.
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    Bangkok's Big Blaze.
    949 7 HEAVY LOSSES TO CHINESE MERCHANTS. Estimated Damage: 10,000,000 Ticals. Following upon a series of minor fires, the principal Chinese quarter of Bangkok was badly hit by a disastrous conflagration on the 7th inst. Sampeng, the Chinese trading centre, for a distance of 180 yards along the river
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    The Duke's Statue.
    144 7 Itesidciits will lit- glad to learn I say the "China Mail I that the l>uk« of Connanght': ntatiic has again been NMHi from the debris by which it has (or some years been iuorc or less completely surrounded. The statue, as was fitting "in view of the
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    HEAVY SLAUGHTER.
    357 7 H EAVY SLAUGHTER. Exciting Sham Fight at Penang. iFhom 0«a Own CaaMßNaMMfci Penang. January IS. The Vuluntci rs are taking greater intcreat iv the movement as thr time for the annual camp approaches Mure members of the Corps arc turning out for drills, and yesterday there was even sufficient interest
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    ALLEGED HAT SNATCHING.
    233 7 Opium Farm Employe Acquitted of the Charge. This morning Sergeant Murray charged a Hokieu named Soli Siow with snatching a Panama hat from a Hylam boy aamed Wee Ah Saaug in Tan (Juce I-an Street last night. The boy said he was employed by I European resident
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    BANGKOK MORALS.
    449 7 Illegitimate Traffic in Siamese Girls. Some interesting sidelights into Kuro|K>aii life in Siatn were given in a ease heard before .ludgc Skinner Turner at Baugkok on the 9th inst. The charge was one of assault brought against l>. I K. C. Baldwin, chief gaoler, and three others. Kvidence
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    Dredger Missing.
    51 7 Calcutta. .Imitl.u y Tin Calcutta I '"'t Commission) i- r» v drcdgcr"Sandpi|>cr, which pa^si 4 llohlu ail on the 12th ultimo, lias not since bern heard of. There it. an unooujfortable feeling growim: in |i >rt iiolr that all it, uot well. 1 She came., a Urgr Kiirop.au
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      Notes in General.
      92 8 The Hongkong I,'ace Meeting l M gins on February IB an, Masts for tlin-e da\s. »it|, an "Off Day.' Newcastle I'uited head the League table with '-'4 |Kiints. Kverton have the same 11, 10, U f of (Kiints. Inn have played game Mr. W 11. Small«.«Hl. who
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      Rifle Shouting.
      18 8 The Ceylon Volunteer* will tire a match againsi the Malay States < iuides on Tuesday. .':'ii,l instant
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      The Ring.
      41 8 A Coloured Bruiser. .loc Galls, the coloured bruiser 1 the light weight champioiil. knocked out llciinin Chicago, in the eighth round, at Touopuh. Nevada. The (MTM w.is •.JII.IHNI. H,. has U-en matched to fight Jack O'Kri.-n at Gold li.ld.
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      Hockey.
      40 8 Match Abandoned. Owing to the fact that the rain hail converted the S. C. C. BertiM of the Ksplauadi into a iintnbci ol little |hk>ls. the Hockey match I m 'tween the Club and the fleet was declared -..IT.'
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      Gplf.
      74 8 A Sporting Match. Web. ai that Mr. 11. T. Reid played a prominent member of the Australian squad ion's golfing team at the Singai>orc Unfa yesterday afternoon, and won. The match was of a s|Nirting nature, and. of ouisc. the \isitor was handicapix'd to some extent in not knowing
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      The Turf
      119 8 Racing at Bangkok. The Baugkok Times" of the lOlh iust.. ■Am giving some training notes, adds: There is a rumour that 11 R. 11. the Crown Prince will not inn any )H.nies in February. This may lie due to the laet that they hay« not Im en seen
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      Association Football.
      493 8 II M 5. king Alfred v. S R C. Although thi' Ksflaiiadc was not inviting lor s|K.rt yesteiday aftern.Kjn. owing toils sloppy condition, a wx-cer match was played between an eleven from 11. M.5. King Alfred and a team of the S.liC (who played two men shorti. The
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    A Miracle?
    43 8 .X L»ulon tcli «r;un iv an Australian paper reports l)r. Zwin a famous oculist of Vienna, liaviui; removed a lioy's damaged eye. trans plauted tile cornea t<-> the eye of h blind man. who is now able to read and «<ajk.
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    WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT.
    236 8 Successful Action of a Steamer s Crew. In the Court of Apjs al. on the '21st ultimo, baton the Master of the Rolls aud Lords Justices Co/cn h- Hardy and Farwell. an appeal and ci oss appeal were heard from a judgment of Mr. Justice Lawrauce's in an
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    THEFT OF RUBBER.
    338 8 Two Hokiens Sent to Prison Yesterday. Detective Inspector Hart brought throe liokieus before Mr. fill Ml. tlie Second Xmfjm traUi, yesterday morning. Chn Ma Kia anil Ang Teong Kok were ehargeil with the theft of B 7 piei-es of rublM-r. valued at »2iK». from the s.s. I'ontianak.
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    Notice to Mariners.
    113 8 The Master Attendant issues tho follow ing notice to Mariners: Klang Straits- Northern approach The Shoal patch, struck by the s.s. Glamorganshire in the Northern Ap proach to Klang Straits has been examined by H. M. S. Monmouth. Pulau Augsa bears S. 6deg. K. IS/I itruei. Pnlau
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    Oil Motor Launch.
    130 8 The Lanadron Kstate. Ltd., Muar, have placed their order for a steel oil launch with the Central Kugine Works. The launch will be 42 feet I> ng by !t feet beam, and will be driven by engines of the well kn w n Gardner |ietroleuin vertical type,
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    Japan's Oil Trade.
    215 8 The '.i v.l. urn ii uliK -i I in Japan iv only HiinVii-nt to met- 1 n i|iiurU'r of the demand in the Empire, the remainder hriuy supplied by Russia anil America. The value of the oil iiup<iit<!il amounts to about 1 1 i>.i n m i.i
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    SIAMESE RAILWAYS.
    359 8 Construction of the Peninsular Railway. Singapore developes anxiety of a kiud about Siame-e Malaya on very slight provocation, and iv this instance isavn the Bangkok Tillies "1 it half looks as if the anxiety had beeu felt with a view to drawing infor mation. Anyhow the usual reply
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    SALE OF THE TIMES.
    504 8 December, 19, ism.. A crazy rival discharged, in his Taper of yesterday, an uncommon degiee >t venom and vexation at the attiditvit •>t >■ 1 1 I'uhlisher .111,1 Pressmen, that the ateiagc 1.,.na tide sale of The Times, for the preceding fifteen days, was tour thousand
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    Mine Outputs.
    68 8 We have received notification of the follow ,ci' 4 mine outputs for the mouth of December, 19(10 The lielat Tin Mining Company. Ltd., ltt.fl pieills. The Kuantan Tin Mining Company. Ltd.. J7.U piculs. In both cases the small output was due to the exceptionally heavy rains. The Knantan
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    OUR NEIGHBOURS.
    540 8 Financing the Yunnan Railway. M. Beau s ludo-China loan scheme has been modified to meet Hie wishes of the French (iovernmant. The loan originally stood at I.H) millions of francs. The amount lias been cut down to li<( millions. The •'Courrier Saigonnais' has been assmed, 011 good authority,
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    Plague in Sum
    143 8 The outbreak of bubonic plague in Lopburi has assumed somewhat serious proportions, says the Bangkok Times of the liUh instant. Officially there have beeu 47 death*, but unofficially 2(10 or over, and there is no prospect of any abatement at present. A great many people have of
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    S. V. C. ORDERS.
    468 8 ft) 1. ki 1. K. (1. Bium.iti. k. Coiiiuißlldiillt, S. V. C. Kiayqpanr, tmmtmr% 1 I'm:. s Signalling I Th« Signalling Clami will meet j for practice at Korl Palmer 011 e,liieoda\ the M uist., at 15p in. I iiieing Class II: (In TlnirwUs tlie 2ttli
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    100 8 Departure 8 Jan. 15. The following passengers left for Batavia. per s.s. ILa Scyne Sir. I'h. P.Stewart; Mr. Wm. Leabry: Mr. (i. Malcolm; Mr. (has. Coble; Mrs. and Miss Herrings; Mr.W. Frentzel Dr. Hirntfeld Mr. A. Stolle Mr. Frank Vincent; Sir Percy F. Cunyng haiue; Mr. Wm. Claude.
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      88 8 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. Jany. 18— At the Cable Depot, Keppel Harbour I 'nx.-rvicfcilili- Stores, at 2-80 p.m. 19— At -'Ban-field," ".I tiranye Roa<l. Teak furniture Ac, at '2-3(1 p.m. 10— At Skiborne Mount K<wie Koad. household furniture, Mi p.m. 22— At Saleroom, leasehold lands with Granite (Quarries, in
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      40 8 Letters for Advertisers. I .ctti'i's arc now lyiuy at this Office for tlie following advertisers A. C. 1 Alpha 1 K. M. S. 1 K. A. 1 C. I P. C. H I France 3 S. B. 10 Engineer 17
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      147 8 VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL. Tuesday 22nd, Wedne&day 23rd, and Thursday 24th. Ml! EDWAKK BUANSCOMIiK s, WESTMINSTER GLEE KM) Concert Party. PLAN AT THE ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY, LTD. Mi LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS FOR SALE. EMPTY HOGSHEADS |M GALLONS. About 100 to l.il monthly. Apply lo II." C/o Straits TimeH," Bingai>orc. I 121 NOTICE.
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      214 8 Irittle's k»i: BLACKWOOD FURNITURE. A Fine S, l,.cti,,n CANTONESE BLACK CARVED WOOD FURNITURE. PLANT STANDS PEDESTALS CUBIC CAUINETS CHAII.'S I'ABLKS KTOOLN V \SE SI'ANDS One or two Pieces of this Furniture will look very effective in your Hall or Reception Rooms. OIK stock HAS BKEN CAKKKI LLV SLLKITLD UV BXPKKT
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      191 8 DAY BY DAY. Thursday, January 17. High Water. 010 p.m. Cricket. Fleet, v. Fleet. 10 to 1. Footlwll. Fleet, v. S.C.C. S. V. C. Fencing class. 5 30. Frciu-li nematoj;rapli. 7-30 and 9 30 j>.m. Friday, January 18. HiKh Water. 1-27 a.m. M 4 p.m. P.UKby S.C.C. v. Fleet. S\.
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    COMMERCIAL.
    228 9 siv.,.\iiii.t. IUKiMt 16. 1907 PKODUCK. EXCHANOK. ijaiubier buyers 1 do Cui..j No. Ij nupiok I 10.40 i oprt Hali 11 "•-> Jo Poatianali Bfecfc HUM jo wi.it.- w.aa "neo Klour Sarawak -.'■>■"> .1.. Brunei No. 1 MO Pearl MO BaU, if. IMO i-i.tf. I'.il.inbanu. SO i. ..-> i-2.00 Coffee
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    JAPANESE SHIPPING COMBINE.
    491 9 Details of the Scheme. Aj wo have already noted, the xhemc among individual Japanese- stramsliipowner* U> form I combine i» making much prqgreee .and the. organisation of the i mp.uiv is about to be announced, with a fleet of steamer-. rapNMßtiag .in aggregate tonnage of about 300,000.
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  • Stocks and Shares.
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      MINING.
      317 9 Dale of formation r Number Capital Subscribed of Sbaret Issue Paid Yalne 1 up to Rese 1900 1903 1901 1692 1S98 •173.000 $140,000I 4,000 £100,000 £350,000 350 000 20,000 $300,000 $293,600 10 000 hb mkmmt £200,000 £191 ,-.'.50 I 0 f 2,000,000 1/1,800,000 20,000 10 10 10 10 1
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      RUBBER.
      287 9 1903 1905 1904 1905 1903 1906 1994 £150,000 £104.937.10| «j°° j 1 j £^1 S200.000 187,400 g 10 8 «nooo £ii i>-> f l 1 £30.000 £U,l»j u000 i 7/9 700,000 Wl 0,000 70.000 10 10 £70,000 £70 000 "toIoOO 1 1 'i im, uui«-<ue'l •150.000 i J125.000 12.S00
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      GENERAL.
      192 9 1S9I £5.377.10.0 £4,648.15.0 7,638 189R ••-'•-'.-..(KKi $825,000 4.500 1865 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 80,000 12/6 12/6 50 50 112,.'.O0 10.000,000a) $125 »125 9,500,000 2«),000'> I 1901 $2,100,000 $2,400,000 j J *•***> 190< 1.000 134,000 3^400 1S99 *87-..OO0 $875,000 < |>.000 1903 1600,000 t240,OO0 -j'umm :'.f.i>» imiHsiie.! 1891 S30.000 130,000 600 1884
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      DEBENTURES.
      40 9 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. 6% Kiley Hargreaves. Ltd. 6% Smgapore Municipal t>% Taniou« Pauar Dock Co., Ltd. 6% ♦600,000 K prem. •2«S,f>oo 2% prem.400,0 0 20% prem. 1,478,000 ">°,, prem. J 602, "W i»r. fellers i-M 1.0(10 |.i,im iii 1.565.500 l%par.
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    KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
    229 9 KOWLOON -CANTON RAILWAY. Difficult Tunnelling Work. Work on the tunnel through the Kowlooo hills for the> Kowhwn-Canfcon railway line is going ahead steadily, but many difficulties are being encountered, laya the China Mail." A visit to the Meat of the tunnel showed that a cuttiiii; of two or three hundred
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    Very Nice Poison, Too.
    313 9 In all the ordinary bimple food we eat that, at any rate, which forms our principal and q|aplo diet t\herr is a considerable amount of poison and harmful matter. And yet we gd on day after day in happy ignorance of the injurious properties contained in
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    A STOLEN KISS.
    246 9 Magistrate's Sympathy With an Old Custom. A ra-, with a distiiut timrii ot llie aaaraaeaiag Christmas Maaoa in it was h»ard at .lie North London Policy Court Henry G. Bedford, aged twewty, a ie«pe<tahly-dressed man. living at Prea-I burg-street, Clapton Park, was charged i wi.li insulting behaviour
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    Portuguese factions.
    90 9 The jKixjualily ,1 ii PtftagU -o Royal Family, and imperially of Kirn; Carlo*, h intimat?lr aaaaauM in 'political nunonr in Littbon with the ,tc mm in the (''it- eaaeanuag' ••li. .i.l line I ii<- tobacco inonojx'iy. it evil alieyeii liiat llic Kin^- '<>.7k n^iji penonal latereal ia Keariag
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      33 9 When You Hsvc a Bad old. Yihi want :i ronu'-lv that will givr von (I'l'inp; relief. Get C'lianificrlain's Coagfl Koiiicdv li always rVTM and ram (|iiicl;!v. Fur by all <ii>pcn ?aiio»= ;uid tlralors.
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      225 9 umrVni'B'iuii"W'i r.:3aa; K' r'i ]miy fMM BMI i lt Bouton Rouge Felucca ■E FV-tHEHE I M.uiiif.u-iuml C uid Pacaca at Cairo, Egypt, with n- T Gl Imbm i.-ar. .nM to retain fmhuiM theircumMti inmt, tad mm J__ timt i-ea-liiiii! ii, iiwuaiinr |^J, Y:ib<iimcl_\ perfect eoaditkm. V* A N<» better rtttt
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    FEMININE NOTES.
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    THE TRUCK SYSTEM.
    831 10 Questions to be Answered. The toUowiw comepotidenoa relative to Aa Tru.k System hfaa been pabliahed by tho "Timea of Malaya." Pkotkit.ih ,(l, (l Camtaa ro Ma. Tan Pan. Chineae Secretariat, [poh, 1 1 1 la Jan. ()7 Sir.— Witli reference ta yesterday's niectin;: mi the subject of
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    FEMININE NOTES.
    1301 10 To make Viennese currant tartlets, line twelve small tar. let moulds (aBMU pattypans) with thinly rolled-out short crust paste. Trim '.he edges of the paste, and prepare the mixture as follows Beat up the whites of two ci:.!;s to a stiff frch to this add two ounces af icing sugar
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    Spain's New Premier.
    133 10 The Marqaia da la Vaga <lc Armijo, tin BCW BaOTiai Premier. U in many rctßWCtl a icriiaikalilc man. In „t ;l si r ""< aa is BMbaMy ami uc. Obm I I ...i-ilv iccal! the case -latc-iiian in any c'lier lountrv wli km attaand to* i*..t „i
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    Divinities Truncated.
    107 10 Smie interestint; Galio-Roman remains have recently been excavated at Tongres, in Belgium. They have been found in ancient cemeteries used before the Christian era, and consisting largely of sculptures representing pagan divinities. They were discovered at a depth of about. 51in. from the surface, among a mass of
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      576 10 Banks, Insurances, Auctions. tiongko&g 6* Shanghai Banking Corporation. paid xp capital $10,000,000 RESERVE FUND Sterling Reserve 110,000,0001 ton 4 ui nnn Silver Reserve 110,250,000," 20 0 000 Rjserve Liability of Proprietors 110,000,000 COURT OP DIRECTORS. A. Haupt, Esq. Chairman. G. H. Mpdburst, Esq. Deputy Chairman. E. Boats, Esq. A. J.
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      567 10 Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Capitol £800.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £800,000 Reserve Fund £975,000 BANKERS. Batik ol England. National Bank of Scotland. The London City ,V Midland Bank, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Acoonnts are opened and interest allowed at 1 per cent, per
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      745 10 AUCTION SALE OF TEAK AND RATTAN HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, PIANO, dc. At No. 1, Thompson Road, S«tur,la!,. MM linuanj. I'JIK, „l Uitt „.m. A CotUge Piano in Ebonised frame. GOOD TEAK Furniture comprising Marble Top Teapoys, Carved Teak and Rattan Arm and Occa■w mill hairs. Marble Top Octagmml Tables, Marble Top
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      128 10 AUCTION SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Ac. The property of G, M, MALCOLM, Esq. To be held at SELBORNE," No .*>. Mount Rosie Road (Off Chancery Lane), Saturday, litth January, at 2. 30 p.m. Polished cabinet with glaxs doors and cupboard sideboard with drawers and cupboard below; dinner wacon p-'lished (lining
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    LONDON PORT AND DOCKS BILL.
    356 11 T\n Millions Sterling to be Spent. Tlie t >xt of the L.ihloii Port and Docks Bill, which is to l>o 'iiioted in the fortiiiiiming -.e-sion of Parliament, is |>übli.>lutl. it is fmfmti to alter tk» dt-fin it i. m of the Port .f London bj*
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    RIDING ASTRIDE AT SHANGHAI.
    549 11 Christmas Paper Hunt. The Shanghai Corrnpondent of the China Mail" write A gU)ri'iu~ fhriittw. a brigatly nailing -ky mm! a sh.up fnatiaaaa, which Mat us home fii.-t from Church or the Club and tlion from the Paper Hunt with an appreciation if good liie and battai
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      1561 11 Municipality of Singapore. Issue of $1 ,600,000 four and a half per cent. Debenture Stock, 1907. 1 The Miuiici|*l ..nimisMoners i.f tlie Town of Singapore, bavinu ia pursuance of tlie provisions otWOMOod in tlie Municipal Ordinance. 1H96. dec'di-,1. arMa the sanction of the (Governor in < onncil. to create and
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      765 11 ■L The Municipal Secretary at Sintia|iore is appointed to he the Registrar under the terms of Section M of the Municipal-Ordinance. 9. Every instrument of transfer must be left with the BaaiatßH for ref-istration accompanied by the Certificate of the Slock to be transferred, and such otlier cv idence may
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      239 11 I PETROLEUM SPIRITS. 1 BENZINE (iASOI |S| NAPHTHA PETROL. "MOTOR CAR" BRAND. In drums of 4 and 8 Imperial Gallons. We have reduced our price for above spirits to 50 cento per Imperial Gallon from 11th Daaaaaber. Datiraiy can beobtaiued from Chin Huat Hin Oil Trading Co. 246 Sauth Bridge
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      686 11 NOTICES. TO ADVERTISERS CO "STRAITS TIMES." I Advertisers, whose answers are to be add/es6ed to c/o Sir, mi Timtn, will confer a favour on tbe Management, if. when they write to this office, to inquire for those answers, they instruct their tamby who brings the letter to wait for a
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      67 11 Croup. A reliable inediciac am! one Jial should ■Jwaii I" kee< ia the bobm lor imaiediete use in Ciianibeil.iin's Coafb lawdj. It will prevent the attack if given as the child becoa* .;i or evoa altar the croupy caaga appeara. Tberc i^ ao danger in <ji\ in^ it :o children
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      591 12 WAITED. lOKIOB BILL OOLUtCTOB for the Strait- Times Press Limited. Beeority c *****. Applyi H' v '»>; tetsrsneee, the Manigi-r. CIiKKK. For Engineer's oftee, maet bee yuemilat. Apply by letter stating wegse I J in a. C. i- o Strwitt Timn. s; MT.si:. Wasted lor Bnmatre, a aaias le tai^
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      665 12 TO BE LET. HOUSE.— No. 21 Wilkie Rua.l. Immediate itry Ai>p!> t" A. S. Shooker. 7 ITAlmeida treet. 34 HOTTBE.— So. 51 Kmbml Ja\a Road, eutn. Apply J. A. Meyer c/o [ever Bros. B 1M66 OFI'K'K -N<i. 7 Battery Road. TUrte rxmis 2nd laor. Apply to U1558 GUTHRIEJtCO.. Lti.. llnl'Si;.—
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      626 12 TO BE LET. HOUSE— Clarelauds, Tanglin, Immediate entry. Apply to i MM VADE A- CO. OFFICES.— SmaII first floor offices facing Cavenagh Bridge Road and Flint Street. Api ly to^Guthrie Co. Ltd., Agents. n.c HOUSE.— No. B-S Chancery Lave. A firstakas Baaaipsaa residence. Baarj Ist March. 1907. Apply lo B
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      543 12 LOST. TERRlER.— Yorkshire Terrier, black with white spot one-heat, answering tn-Feene." Any- one returniiu* same to No. 4, Cecil Street, will be rewarded. 117 FOX TERRIER.— A Pea Terrier. BBaweriag to the name of Freeh tax mi Mundat night in Grange Road. A reward will be given nn: retaining the
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      239 12 ARGYLL MOTOR CARS. The most popular Cars in the F. M, S. Ten of these Cars are now running in the Straits antf F. M. S. NOW IN STOCK: Two 10-12 H.P. 5-Seated Cars. i sidi: EXTB w SILENT RELIABLE. TRIALS BY APPOINTMENT. Rover Motor Cars 6 8 H.P. Two-Seaters.
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