The Straits Times, 28 August 1908

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.741. SINGAPORE. FRIDAY. AUGUST 28. 1908. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      210 1 The OSTEND MEETING. Kilometer Trials, Flying Start Mile Standing Test. FIRST -BAYARD-CLEMENT. FIRST— BAYARD-CLEMENT. SECOND BAYARD-CLEMENT. SECOND-BAYARD-CLEMENT. THIRD-BAYARD-CLEMENT. RAYARD PTFMFNT FOURTH-6-cylinder NAPIER. THIRD-BAYARD-CLEMENT. FIFTH-FIAT. FOURTH— FIAT. This provos once again the SUPERIORITY of BAYARD CLEMENT CARS as regards RELIABILITY and REGULARITY. A few Models of this make have just been
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      60 1 PERSONS VISITING US TO-NIGHT WILE. BE AMPLY Rewarded BY WITNESSING OUR FRESH AND NEW LOT OF MOST INTEHESTING FILMS, AKKIVED BY THE LAST P. O. MAIL 1 0,000 PERSONS ADMIT THE NEW JAPANESE CINEMATOGRAPH TO BE THE VEKY BEST IN TOWN. THIS IS 3STO FIB. ASK YOUR .FRIENDS. SEE IS.
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      232 1 Robinson and Company. THE ANNUAL Cash Clearance SALE WILL COMMENCE ON MONDAY NEXT AND CONTINUE DAILY. Real Reductions! Real Bargains! THE ESTABLISHMENT WILL BE CLOSED AT NOON, TOMORROW, SATURDAY, FOR FINAL PREPARATIONS. Robinson and Company. NOTICE THE HOTEL DE LA PAIX This^well-known establishment, w liichi?has changed offnerehip, is now open
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      25 1 Continental Tyres i. Australia. m 'n&revit Aosoj&V' So- a^A*nin& CzArve. GnvUrvCTitcU C. rfit/6: i GJ&&J&4 Singapore i Kuala Lumpur i Kumpers Co. Federated Engineering Co.
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    Military Scandals.
    500 2 JAPANESE OFFICERS TREACHERY IN PEKING. Strong Press Comments in Tokio. The Japan Mail observes that a great deal of attention has been attracted in Japan by the treachery and death at Peking of Captain Kawakita. Our contemporary states that he was an officer of artillery who had rrceived
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    Celebrated Librarian Dead.
    161 2 Mi Ainsworth Hand Spoffoul. chief ashi.-t ant librarian of Congress, has died at his home in Washington. Mr. Spofford w one of the most erudite men of his time For over 3;l years he was litn.n -ian in elm I of Congress. He Deed me first assistant
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      459 2 DEE'S— Concentrated Disinfectant <f; JfesvSft?^' 1 Gallon Drum $1.75 2 3.25 8.00 This Disinfectant is imported in a highly concentrated form, and may be diluted up to 60 times its bulk, producing a MILK-WHITE FLUID WHICH WILL NOT STAIN. This is the most economical and effective Disinfectant it is possible
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      127 2 VIOCENT METHODS are unnecessary to conquer that bitter enemy of civilization Rheumatism. All its forms, including Rheumatic Gout, can be cured permanently, safely nnd inexpensively by Little* Oriental Balm. Rub it in well and plenty of it— that's all that stands between you and perfect health and comfort. Nothing like
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      655 2 HOW CLARA ATTIAS ALARMED HER MOTHER. Anakmu Was Sai-pinu This TmM Girl's Sthksi.th. Shk Suffkkkd Constant Pains —Was Always Ailini; Skkmkd Too Wkak To Livk. AsoTHKIt CfRK IN Sr-iilPOIil! BY DR. WILLIAMS PINK PILLS 1 despaired of ever scciog my daughter Clara well again, and that is why it gives
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      207 2 The REGISTERED TRADE MARK of -JIL. Milkmaid! I Full Cream Milk J^gHgS IS THE HALL-MARK OF f^^^ PERFECT PURITY i 3 JBi'jflfti an( Guarantee of Highest Quality. prjgL^ UNTOUCHED BY HAND. [g||lig^ The Original and Best. LARGEBT SALE IN TH *LJggg]L P A CHEAPEST and BEST. DISPENSING OF OCULISTS PRESCRIPTIONS
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      209 2 Just Published! Across the Equator. A HOLIDAY TRIP IN JAVA WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAP By THOS. H. REID. $1.25. AN ABRIDGED Malay-EngM Dictionary iROMANISF.DI By R.J. WILKINSON. Price Paper »2.50. Cloth 52.75. BT. ANDREW'S HOUSE A Church of £ngiana Soarding House for European and Eurasian boys who desire to attend
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    WIT AND HUMOUR.
    1174 3 JOKES AND JOTTINGS FROM THE WORLD'S PRESS. Stories of Mr. Chamberlain. Mr. Chamberlain's reputation for humour is well known, but it is not often that lie allows himself to make a pun. On one occasion, however, during the lifetime of Disraeli, a friend was congratulating him upon
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      362 3 The Grand Prix, 1908. LE PNEU MItHEIIN f~L' 'r^^"^MM^JL^m7^tmUUmMMMMh} immmm&^Ht^^MMMmmti I AS USUAL, OIT OF THE iqmit CAHS. 11 WKKK KITTED WITH MICHELIN TYRES. Sro:ljcevy fiermanos, CROWN PERFUMERY ■&f&t&^!!sF+s7; Manufactured by >*iL;__...'gr <> i ii THE GROWN PERFUMERY CO., LON S phis OF ALL DEALERS. %P MmtW Eh II Herefordshire)
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      585 3 The United Asbestos Oriental Agency, Ld. 80LE A6ENTB FOR THE UNITED FLEXIBLE METALLIC TUBING CO.. LD. Bronze and Steel FLEXIBLE METALLIC TUBING. WILL NOT CHAR. KINK OR CRUSH. AND IS UNAFFECTED BY CLIMATIC CHANGEB. Stocks held f to 6" diameter. Paterson, Simons and Company, Ltd., A gt nt 8 BANKING
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      446 3 BANKING COMPANIES. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BT ROYAL OHARTEK. Paid np Capital in 60.000 Sbirea of Oe *?j? £1,200,000 Refer™ Fnnd £i V.X 000 Re»ervf Liabillly of Proprie ten «l,'*oiooo BANKERS. B»nk oJ England. National Bank of Scotland. Tn« Doodon City A Midland Bank. Ltd. fiINGAPOKK
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    870 4 Navif, port, probable date oj arrival, and name oj Agents. STEAMERS. Acbillea, Liverpool, Sept 10; W. Mansfield Air;. Hydney. Oot 23 Booatead Ajex, China. Sept 13 W. Manefleld At.-iuous, Liverpool Sept 11 W. Mansfield Ambria, Hongkong. S pt Behn Meyer \namba, Snez, Sept I East Asiatic Coy Antung,
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      31 4 ifooD-m, Haasui u^: arsMst in-oplo say who liavt Stoafns' Headache Cure handy. For baa l.i. Ins wou't suy where this excellent reoii ily is Sate to urn; and plea'jant to take.
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      675 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, PenariK, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt. Mediterranean Port*, Plymouth and London. Through Bills :>f Lading lamed 'or Thin Coast. PsrsUn Golf. Continental, ani AsatftajSi' PofW Steamers viU leave Siui;ap re on or ebon MAIL LINE. (Outward for Chini). 1908 Devanha
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      734 4 STEAMER SAILINGSBURNS PHILP LINE. SINOVPORF. TO i.W* PORTS. PORT DARWIN, THt'RSDVY ISLAND, BRISBANE AND Hvl*»t\ ALSO TARING r\RO"' I*™ OTMKR NORTH QOEENSr, KNd I'.JUI.S, B-tlilbHNfcW GOINEA, NEW BRITAIN \NDNEW vf,A.NI> PORTS Iwiib transhipment). As inducement offers. A regular monthly servioe to above ports is maintained by the British Steamers AIRLIE,
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      449 4 STEAMER SAILINGSOCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTB. CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY CO. 1 LTD. The Companies' steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China and Japan every week, and from Japan borne wards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight and for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool monthly. One outward
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      601 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. The steamers of this Company maintain a regular servioe between Hambnrg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hambnrg and once a month for Bremerhaven direot, calling at Penang and Colombo. Taking oargo
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      820 4 STEAMER BAILINBB. N. D. L. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD ImparUl (Jarmaa Mall Lin*. The fast and well known mail stoamr- this Company sail fortnightly from Brem a Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Boufi ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (oonn— ia Marseilles, Naplas, Alexandria, and vloe v >r Port Said, Baas, Aden, Colombj, Faais Singapore,
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      141 4 Singapore Tide Table. (Tutu .U-..1-I U m Si nmxan 3.) HIGH WATER. LOW WATER Time H'ght ISem iMUsI August bra. uiiii. ft.inc. hm.iiiin. ft Uu, 1.',,, v ->N in- 55 8111 S-7 Hrn ri.n v'v M v ,i 7 pm 9? 52, pin 36 -.a V.-i.-»m 1.4 ■I"""" |016 pm
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    SHIPPING IN PORT
    722 5 t'nnßß tins he.vtiDx the fuUowmji abbruTla;i.tM *rti ■M<l :--«tr. -n*«iiuit,r ib. *Mp bq. kaiWM, a,*'*! •ch'xinoi Vet.— Y»cht; Cru.— <Tui»er ill' IfcU b»»t; Tor.— Torpedo; H.p.— llnnwpower «nl. BritUh; T.^. lnitß.l sut«»; »>h. -I'rench tlnr.llernmn Dut.— Dutcl. Hi!.- lUlian Spa-..— My taWl Mm.— Sarawak «.r.— (l«n«rrtl cirgo;
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    98 5 Wharves at which Vessels arc fierthcel To- Day. IANJONO PAOAB. I. a i WiiMit Bams— Nil. Ei-i Whmii Sn M I Wtni—ng BB M 1 (SuiKK' WiiAßi)— Sini;<ini. Si:, m No. 2— Bharata. 3 Bon venue. 4— Nil. 6— Carlyle. 6 Sultan. Cliiengmai,
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    Clearances.
    95 5 August 36 t Meteor. Rus -tr. Batoum Kaifow, Brit str, Sbanglmi an. l Haukow Ilalaliaii. l>vt ~tr Penally »7 Terrier, Nor sir, Bomba> rChow Ki. Om* str. Bangkok K. Willem II Dnt -tr, Uatiuu 38 Litiiaina. Baaatr, yiadivoatook Stettin, Brit atr. Tientsin ia Hungkoug Delta. Brit tr, Bombaj ril
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    THE ATTACK ON RUSSIAN CONSUL.
    175 5 Robbery Believed to be Motive for Crime. Mr, (inluuboff, the secretary of H.I.M. Riissihu Legation, arrived at Tientsin from Peking on August 8, in order to hold an official investigation into the recent nnir ileroiiH attempt ou Mr. Consul Poppe. A careful examination was made
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    Mails Close.
    86 5 Ko» eta Stiamm 1 mi To-aoßßow I. SwcltcubiiiM. IVnuiiH Pin Seng I p.m. S'tenham and I'cqhu^ Perak 1 p.m. Ilim^kok via ports Yugala 2 p.m, -tabnug, Suez, (Ji-n.m K. U'ilhrtmiw 2 pm. K. l'ahang, Pekau.Kel'UuiWudK icr 3 p.m. l'"i:iiii(! and Deli Hebe 3 p.m. P. Kwetteuhain via ports
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    Mails to Arrive.
    91 5 r'rom Edbopi By the N. D. L. steamer Lutzow due September 4. From China— By the N.D.L. eteamsr P. R. Luitpold due Aagast 30. TIME TABLE OF MAILS DUE July 81 P. *O. Aug August 4 N. I>. h. Aug Aumist 6 B. 1. Aug iHMI 10
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    SINGAPORE SHARE MARKET
    262 5 Weekly Report of Messrs. Fraser and Company. The following is Messrs. Fraser and Com pany's Singapore Share Circular:— Siugapore, August «H. Tlio slight recovery notifiable a short time back has again fallen away, aud the market is dull and featureless. News of a slight breakdown gave l'ahaugt.
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    THE FREIGHT QUESTION
    183 5 Possibility of New Transatlantic Service. Tliu Asulii has received the following iuuh nago from Tokio As a result of the railway freight rate ililiirulty iv America, more importance in daily being attached to the rumours Iv the effect that the Nippon Vusen Kaishn will start a new
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    LIST OF PASSENGERS.
    481 5 Passengers Outward. Per P. and O. Britannia, connecting witli the steamer Oriental at Colombo, duo Sept ember 11.— Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Pett, Mr. W. \V. Kinn, Mr. K. L. Okoll, Mr. G. D. Robert sou. Mr. T. L. Crowthcr, Mr. J. Dyki'g. Per 1* and
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      59 5 Old fashioned MfHM .md ~ant.il arc now MMneiad i>y METHYLOIDB. the luodt-rn -cit-iiLili- icuicdy iuc uatarriial affectiouj ot tin- uriuary tract. Tlies<- tiny ta>tvlt'iib eapsulfs nivi iWhil r. Milts iv a few bourn IM cure promptly. Much better than any injection aud far safer and more convenient. A trial will
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      491 5 STEAMER SAILINGS N V K JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP GO. LTD. A ropilar K< IRTNKMITLY xurvioe v maiu tainod betweuu Japan i-ud Kwvpt by the fjllowiu;; NEW TWIN-SCUEW STEAMERS, UuJer Mail Contracl v.ith th.- Itnpe'is Japanuse Oovtrnment, Fpocially a .;;ced for the Cninpany's European Service, lighted through nit by Eleotricity, providod
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      398 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. N.D.C lv coinbiuution with the STRAITS STEAM SHIP COMPANY LIMITED. Combined Round Voyages. SINGAPORE- DRLI (SUMATRA), PKNANU, F.M.S. PORTS, SINGAPORE, or BINOAFOU, K.MS. I'ORTS, PKNANO DXLI (SUMATRA), SINGAPORE, BY N.D.L. first, cliiis p-msenger steamers, KANKK and MALAYA, und the woll-knowu Btcaiuorn of tin 1 Straits Stouiuship C'cmpany, Limited.
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      467 5 I STEAMER SAILINGS. CP P Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mall Steamship Line. ME RATIOS Alt IJ'JHWAY TO EUROPE Vld OUINA JAFAM, CAr'ADA aad -.i.r Dm U STATES Ifcxile lio.u H MdhMgi '*<» BhivjuLsl, Na :iwahi, fMaad of Japan;. Kobe, k- burai, Victoria ■"■i nrntw, R-^l-S. iaiuiwa o» Ibdi»" \T
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      131 5 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. Sept I—At1 At Saleroom, valuable leanubold property known ;i9 Ho, 11 l'rascr Street, at 2 30 p.m. I— At Sult'-room, uuredevmed pledges, at 10 a m. At Sale room, unredeemed pledges, at 10 a.m. ■>— At Sale-room, unredeemed pledge-,, at 10 a.m. s— At "Belvedere,"
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      282 5 DAY BY DAY Friday, August 28. '!i,.h Wator 11.27 p.m I xitliall. S R.C. v. Warders aud Kngtuucrs. Oroen Light, v. National I'nion 2nd XI. Legislative Council. 230 p.m. Municipal Board. 2-30 p.m. Uookey. S.C.C. v. S.R.C I. fjccturo on St. Paul's Life and Travels with Magic Lantern Illustrations in
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      28 5 WEATHER TELEURAM. Hongkong, August 28, 10 a.m. Barometer 29 8-< Direotion cf Wind East Foroo of WinS Max. Temp in Bbad<i M Manila 759 South 1 SO Jo
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    DEATH
    36 6 Vaimhan Smith.— At a Nursing Home, London, ou July 15, Alice Mildred Vaughan Smith, of the Peking and Tientsin Times, Tientsin, after surgical operation aged 46. Buried in 11. -u< lon Park Cemetery, July 17.
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. FRIDAY, AUGUST 28.
    806 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. FRIDAY, AUGUST 28. Our Hongkong contemporary, the Daily Press, has been making an examination of the opium statistics of the Chinese Customs contained in the report for 1907, and arrives at tho conclusion that the information this batch of reports contains is not likely
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    275 6 Comment is frequently made in Far Eastnrn Courts of the flagrant perjury committed by witnesses. The Asiatic, admirable though he is in many respects, has a low t stimatc of the value of truth at uuy time and we do not think the oath he takes in our Courts impresses
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    14 6 From KolisiclioDu. a rarpo of rice arriv< d by the (ierman riMM Natnna. yosU-rday.
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    15 6 A cargo of timber arrived from Kuantan, yesterday, by the Kritisli steamer Han Whatt Hin.
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    18 6 On the 2«tli instant the Lusitania xteaim il U.')o miles in twenty-four lionrH. on her Mat ward journey.
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    23 6 The Admiralty have placed with a Manchester firm the contract for the construction of a torpedo factory at Oreenock. The estimate is £00.0(10.
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    26 6 A gang robbery is reported to have occurred in Waterloo Street, on Wednesday night, a Chinese merchant having been relieved of 925 by rive other Chinese.
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    24 6 Mr. C. K. J. Green, the Second Magistrate, yesterday, timd a Lavendar Street Chinese shopkeeper $25 for refusing to exhibit his dachingto Inspector Fitzgerald.
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    23 6 Mat Lias. Malay' P.C. 531, charged with threatening to strike his superior officer, a lance-corporal, was acquitted by the Second Magistrate, yesterday atternoon'.
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    26 6 There was a stabbing affray on the British India steamer Bharata, yesterday aftern on. The injured man aud hisassailaut were Chinese. No great damage was done.
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    34 6 Captain Moss, of the I > itch steamer Giang Ann. reports that a Chinese child was prematurely born ou board on August 24 and died on August 11. The Giaug Ann arrived from Sauiarang, yesterday.
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    32 6 Ang Hye, charged with being a daugerous character, was ordered by the j hird Magis traU. yesterday afternoon, to fiud two surelie-i of S5O each for his good behaviour for six months.
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    31 6 A telegram to Civlou exchanges states that, in c noequence of the Wigaii colliery explosion, the Cricket match between Yorkshire and Worcester was abandoned as clouds ot smoke darkened the ground.
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    34 6 Kaiusamy. a Tamil youth who was charged with criminal breach ot trust in respect ot two bicycles taken from two Chinese shops, was sentenced to receive teu strokes, yesterday afternoon, by the Third Magistrate.
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    34 6 Captain Siuipsou, of the local steamer Banka, signalled for the Port Health Officer, yesterday morning, as a Chinese passengei died on board as the steamer was coming into port. The body was landed subsequently.
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    44 6 As a result of a request on the part of a number of Spanish and Filipino artists and sculptors. Commissioner Shuster will present a gold medal and an elaborate diploma to the battleship fleet on its arrival at Manila, ou behalf of the artists.
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    42 6 Fourteen Chinese tin miners who were liugkailers iv recent disturbances in the mining districts of Uauka arrived at Hatavia, in the custody of the police, on August Its They were to be deported from Netherlands India and be sent back to Chiua.
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    37 6 Mr. Maurice Thunder, the Fourth Magistrate, took further evidence, yesterday after noon, relative t<> tho collision between a police boat aud a motor-launch betwccD Keppcl Harbour aud lilakan M.iti, and the case was further adjourned till Saturday.
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    49 6 It was decided by the House of Lords recently that heat stroke is an accident, ami not a disease. The question arose on a claim for compensation against Messrs. ismay, Imrie and Company by tue widow ol a man who was overcome iv the stokehold of H.M.S. M,ij( -stu
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    53 6 The M centimetre gun of the Japanese cruiser Matsushiuia. which is now lying at tho boltt iv of the Macou harbour off Peucadore ibUud, was safely recovered on the 7th iustant, and has now been lauded on the shore. It is said that its length is forty-two feet, and weight
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    49 6 Mrs. Salmond's Chinese ayah has been arrested on a charge of dishonestly retaining a quantity of linen stolen from her mistress, whose boy was acquitted, on Wednesday, on a charge of stealing a ?o(J gold bracelet. The case is to be heard on Wednesday next by the Second Magistrate.
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    62 6 Two lads, one Eurasian and tho other Chinese, were before the Senior Magistrate, Mr. E. C. C. Howard, yesterday, on a charge of theft of a pair of boots valued at 15 from a Filipino musician known as Charlie, who lives at No. 23 Noordin Lane. The Chinese lad was
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    67 6 With respect to the recent typhoon in China, Chan Y;iu Chun, the Viceroy of Kwangtuug, has received an Impeiial Edict authorising him to order tho gentry ai.d officers to co-operate and render assistance in every possible »y, to have all reports collected with regard to the number of lives ■lost
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    69 6 Chew Ah Lip.a Hvlam who isthi-rnn'.-iin's boy on the steamer Penang, was acquitted by the Third Magistrate, Mr. E. K. Colman, yesterday afternoon, on the charge of using criminal foice to one Wong Mcc Chye, now lece i-eii, ou board that steamer. No evidence was offered against him. The post-mortem
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    69 6 A Royal Commission of Inquiry into the naval defences of Netherlands India has ju-t reported in favour of a local nary for the Colony. The Commission recommends that (lie new Navy shall consist mainly of submarines, torpedo boats, and destroyers. The Java Bode says that the recommendation* of the Commission
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    631 6 i ip: .tin K A. Steel, Indian Army, has ((iialined as au interpreter iv the Japanese language. Mr. Kniiis. tin- new AmMml Indir Secre tary of Ireland, hai bei n thrown from his jaunting car in Dublin and killed Sir Itobert Hart, Kart and Lady Hart left
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    24 6 MtlM, i;.>l>in-ou alumni sale coiiiiiniie. oa Monday, :i-.i tho firm desires to announce that the premises will be closed to morrow for final preparations.
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    30 6 Members of the Subordinate Civil Serviot Association arc reminded that llm third Annual General Meeting will ba held at th» Club House on Saturday, the 29th instant, ut 7.30 p.m.
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    38 6 A young Chinaman went into a housu in Anson ltoad at 11.30 p.m., yesterday, and stole a clock belonging to Chinaiuau, for which he was sentenced to a month's rigorous iinpiisonment by the. >»■<-. m'l Map* trato, this morning,
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    40 6 Sayit, a Javanese, pleaded guilty before tho Second Magistrate, Mr. C. V. J. Oronn, this morning, to a charge of trespass in the synagogue compound in Waterloo Street, saying that lie w.is He was si-nUuc-.d to fourteen days' simple iinprUuiiiiK.-nt.
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    54 6 The cruiser Crescent, c'apt iin C. K Henderson, left Portsmouth on the (itli iustant for the China Stuiiou, with drafts oa board for the China Squadron, including relief crews for the despatch ship Alacrity, the sloops Cadmus and Clio, tin; river gunboat Kiusha, and a half crew for the Taiuar.
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    58 6 Tlie General Managers of the Peak Tram ways Company, Limit, d, infurui Hongkong exchanges that two watt in tlie triiiu will iv futuie bo reserved for His Kxctlltucy tlio Governor's use, and that auyouem'cupjinij these Beats must vanate tln-m wln-n Ids bxcelli-ncy the Governor ih truv.-lliiic. A notice is to
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      129 6 I s AJresf) PPLES NOW AVAILABLE. Thompson, Thomas a Co. FOR SAIEJWVATELY. BOARD AND RESIDENCE. Aeolle;tion of about 54,f00 Indian State*! "Comfort Hou»," 68-1. off Thompson Ro»d, and other Stamps can be seen at our saleroom. near Red Bridge. firstolast board and GA r/,....J.« ..J P* I longing, terms moderate.
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      154 6 ALHAMBRA CINEMATOGRAPH. BEACH KOA1) To-Night PATHE FRERES' BEAUTIFUL PICTURES AT 7.30 p.m and 9.30 p.m. LOOK OUT FOR New Programme. U F. WILLIS, Manager JttanufarfuxiTsJ"' PIANOS ON HIRE nan $12 per month. m TuuinK and Regular Att<>nti»D iuchiaive. m Robinson Piano Co., Ld A. DURLER G.R. LAMBERT GO. Ld ESTABLISHED
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    NEW PATENTS ACT.
    251 7 FOREIGN FIRMS OPEN FACTORIES IN I V.l.\M>. Twenty-Five Millions Sterling from Abroad. KMC IKK TULK'IHIM.i I ndon, \ugust '2*. The new I'.diiits aad DwajM Act comes into force to d.iy Tliere is extraordinary activity on the part of Gei man ;iml Ani.-n .an linns in openmi; works
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    FIRE AT CONSTANTINOPLE.
    62 7 Generous Gift by the Emperor of Germany. Dub 0.-ua-iui iliih Lloyd Tklk<»ram| lierliu, August '_'7. Tlie greai lire at Coustanluiopl.' DM .lined considerable distress in the city. The German l-.mperor at ouee telegraphed his sympathy to the Sultan, and followed up las message with a donation of
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    HEAVY FINE FOR FRENCH CABLE COMPANY.
    53 7 Hnini's Tn.anairi London. August 2H. The Court at (Taranai. the capital of Veue/.uelft, has found that the French Cabin Company was guilty of complicity in the Matos Revolution, and has comkmncd the Company tv pay KjOOOjOOO as d images, be- -ides aa :i:nount to
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    THE CONSTRICTION OF TURKISH RAILWAYS,
    50 7 Bar raa't Tbumbah.] Lot d. in. August 21. a TorkJah Cotumi-.-;ioi, }i;n reported on the proposed consti u -tioi; of the N'nvi Ha/ar Railway. Tho Comnii-i in i port* th.it this railway is of third-rate hnpnrtaam and naaanaaada the completion of more iuipjrtaut lines tirst
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    PRODIGIOUS !
    64 7 PRODIGIOUS Pin hk'v T«-.r..KAV London, August 27. M. InoUrj and M. daaMaeeaa conversed privat Ij with King Edward after luncheon at Mali, nlm.l. [ob* HBMaunaoaa Ltoru Tkiiohaml Berlin, August 27. Thi mleieihv at Mnionbad between King 10d yard. M. Clemenccau itho French Pn 'mil r and M. Isvolsky (tho Kussian
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    NO CLUE IN THE LUARD TRAGEDY.
    41 7 IRBfTBB'S THIBORAMS! Luudou, August 2H. Complete mystery continues to shroud the murder of Mrs. Luard at Ighthani Knoll, mm Maidstone, iv Kent. Tho inquest upon the body has thrown no light upou the tiiigt dy.
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    SERIOUS FLOODS IN THE UNITED STATES.
    37 7 Uktikk's TkligramJ Loudoii. August JS. St lions fl'>o<ls ba*a occurred in Georgia and North and South Carolina. Grtat damage has been done to the corn and cotton crops in South Carolina.
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    PROMOTION OF ANGLO-RUSSIAN TRADE.
    36 7 [HauTßß's Tblrobaml London, August ML At an iutlueutially attended in»cting of the LeadOß CbaaMeC of Commerce, it was deeidtd to form a Kiissuu seiiion. with the object of strcngthmiiig Anglo-Wussiau irade relations.
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    KING EDWARD VISITS CARLSBAD
    42 7 Kiotir's Timuih ajs. I^oudou. August ML Urn Kdwsrd paid a visit to Carlsbad. M. latohll MM a member uf the lunchi on party, but M. CIMMMM was unable to be pn nl. being confined to btel through iudisjiositiuu.
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    ROGRESSIVE KUALA LUMPUR
    746 7 Remarkable Activity in Building Construction. Fko.i Hi i: Own CoiaiKsioNliKNT.l Kuala Lumpur. August 25. A recent visitor to the Federal Capital deaeribad it as a town of ornamental buildings aud numerous W As regards the orniimcutal buildings, the remark certainly applies bnt, iv a few months hence,
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    British Battleships Collide
    73 7 Accordiug to a London teli grain ou \ii:ust U, 11. M.5. Venus is :a pn -i n( repairing at Portsmouth as a r< suit of a mishap at Qi<elK>c duriug the Tercentenary oelekraiiMa. The battleship Uns-ii II drifted oa to tbeYema, her atom strikniL' the m iasl
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    Sale of Land and Propert
    138 7 Messrs. Fernandez and Company conducted an auction sale on Wednesday, when the kl'owing projH'rty were disposed of: Freehold land and house known as No. 80 off Campong Java Hoad. area 4.707 sq. ft. Veerappa chitty lot Freehold laad situate at Havelock P.oad, area fi.Ui,"i sq.
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    Coolies and Their Fares
    77 7 Tin to was M .il'i i\ in Havcloek Hopil. shortly after II o'clock, last night. Koar t'him-e wen .li-t. I u,,l apjv.iinl before the Second Mttj;i-tr..tf. Mr. 0. P. .1. Qmoß, this morning. The evidence showed tint an altercation had occurred MIM a ricUslia nailer and
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    Suicide at Penang.
    76 7 DEATH OF MRS OGLE FROM STRYCHNINE POISON. |FBOM Ol'R OWB I OHKKsI IiXIHiSI.I I'enang. August M, l"4i> a.m. Mrs. Ogle, the wife of Mr. .1. W. B, Ogk •lark of work-; in tho PoMie Works Departluent in Province WellesUy. has di.-d fiom the effects of stiychniue poisouiug.
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    JAPANESE C BINET
    78 7 Count Komura Installed as Foreign Minister. Mr. K. Kishi, the Acting .la^auese Consul at this port, informs us that he is in receipt of a telegram from the Foreign OUice, Tokio, to the follow ing effect Ou the 27th instant. Couut Komura, exAmbassador to the Court of
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    ALLEGED GAMING
    746 7 Action Against Australian Firm of lommissiun Agents. Mr. 11. Joseph was again before the Third Magistrate. Mr. K. K. Column, this morniuj.;. in connection with the proscrution of tin firm of Me-sis. Watoon aud Gutniaun, of No. 2 St. Audrews ltoad. Mr. IlastiugKhoiis anaerad for the Crowu, and
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    The Bankruptcy Ordinance
    52 7 Mr. Justice Sorcouabo Smith had a long list of waiters uudcr tbe Bankruptcy Ordinance of IKSB before him at the Supreme Court. tl.i» morning. Tliere were seven petitions for receiving ■>: rs, eight public examinations, tl.r -c applications, an examination of a witness. aud a motion to
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    War Clouds.
    431 7 SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS ARMING. Brazil and the Argentine Building Warships. |K*DTIIB'S TxLXUkAy Londou, August 28. The Argentine Chamber of Deputies has voted j£ 1 1 ,000,000 sterling in order to increase thi! tleet aud to renew tho field artillery. There has been for some tinio rumours of impending
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    LOVERIDGE v. DRAGE.
    422 7 Long-Standing Partnership Case Settled. Mr. Justice Sereonibe Smith gave judgment in the Supreme Court, this morning, in the suit of Thomas Charles Loveridge and Frederick Sheldon I»rage. The case had been before the Court for a long time, and an appeal waa made in June last from
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    Poker, Murder and Suicide
    146 7 An all-night driuking bout in Hillsburg. America, at which cards were, played for high stakes, culminated in the murder of Claude I'ruitt by Clarence Jones, a young busimss man, who fired a bullet into his own brain while the police were looking for him. Jones had
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    THE SALVAGE CLAIM
    279 7 Failure of Action Against Steamer Erika. ,1 iidginent was given iv the Supreme Court, this iiinmini'. by Mr. Justice Screombe Smith. in the Admiralty action iv which Euauuel de i'olline. of Mariopul, Russia, sought to recover Mlnga bmmbm in respect to the gronndlag of the ship Krika,
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    THE DEATH OF MRS. MURPHY.
    557 7 Coroner's Inquest Conducted by Mr. Gentle. Mr. Alexander Gentle, the Coroner, held an inquest at the General Hospital, yesterday afternoon, over the body of the late Mrs. Murphy, wife of C.iptain P. M. Murphy, Acting Deputy Master Atcendant. Dr. MacGrogor staled that he received the
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    Tram Fatality in Singapore
    43 7 Ah a tram was moving rapidly along South Bridge Hoad, at 8 15 p.m.. yesterday, a Chinaman jumped off aud fell forcibly to the ground. He was removed to the hospital in an uucouscious condition, and has since died.
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    The Katong Water Supply
    102 7 It is highly satisfactory to note, writes a Katong resident, that Mm Municipality have bestirred themselves by 'ay ing a number of water-pipes op the road side at Knllang. If this can bo accepted as n suMieicut indication of their intention to push on with the
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    Naval Reorganisation in China
    51 7 In view of tho propo-i d reorganisation cf the Navy, tbe Chinese Govern tut-iit has Imm d instructions to the various Provinces along the coast to build railways. The Ministry of War has given directions > for the establishment of an Intelligence Department in each of
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    FUTURE OF MOROCCO.
    109 7 MULAI HAFID IS PROCLAIMED SULTAN. French Government's Stipulations for his Recognition. IRbcthr's Iklbokaml London, August 27. JVinco von Ifuclow's newspaper affirms that the Moroccans should choose their own ruler, and thinks that the Moroccans should be quickly and thoroughly re -assured regarding France's policy in Morocco. London.
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    THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE.
    41 7 Dkr Ostasiatisc.hk Lloyd Thi.kukvk Berlin, August 27. Herr von Schoen, German Si'crotary for Foreign Affairs, aud Signor Tittoni, th,> Italian Forcigu Secretary, hive exchanged friendly messages with Karon von Aehieu thai, the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Austria-Hungary.
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    A COSTLY PORTRAIT GROUP
    32 7 I KbDTUB's TILBOHAHj London, August 27. The Trustees of the National i tilery have purchased from Lord Talh.it de MiUhide. for .tii.'i.iHM). a family group by Fraus Hals.
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    ILLNESS OF COUNT TOLSTOY
    18 7 |l'«l» OSTABIATIBOHB LLOYD TIL.»OKA-» lierliu, August 27 CoUDt I o Tolstoy is seriously ill.
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    U.S. FLEET LEAVES SYDNEY FOR MELBOURNE.
    37 7 (KaoTis's Tilioram] London, August 2H Tlie United States fleet has left Sydney for Melbourne. I'i.k Ostasiatiscri Lloyd Trlkohamj Berlin, August '27. Tho United States battleship fleet has left Sydney for Melbourne.
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    THE PAHANG MURDER.
    392 7 Sensational Story from Scene of the Tragedy. A few diys ago Mr. U. Hutler, the Actiug Assistant Commissioner of Polico for Pahaug, who, with Inspector Burton and other officials, has been devoting his energies to effecting the capture of the murderers of Dr. Itarrack, at Kuantan, made
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    Java-Australia Trade
    129 7 Mr. W. L. Bosschart, tin; Dutch Consul General in tho Australian Commonwealth who is now in Java, delivered a lecture on Australia at liatavia on August 19. He Brand strongly merchants aud traders in Java to enter more actively iutu commercial relations with Australia. Iv West Australia, only
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    Colman Shield.
    822 8 ANOTHER DRAWN GAME ON RAFFLES RECLAMATION. Marine Police v. General'i'ostjOfficc. I ••> lli«- Uiinl time, tl:' l< iin^ m resenting |M OMMrd l'i.slt»!li.-< 'and th< -Maiiue Police mi t ye- 1> i'l iv iv the semi final rouu II 4 the I'ohuan Shield, to MWJMI wlm lilinnM meet
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    Re Establishment of the Chinese Navy.
    61 8 \tcordiu|j to a telegram iv the China Mail, on the 17th instant, the Viceroy of Chili is at I 'eking, taking part iv the important consultation which is beiug held with regard to litC redemption of the Peking llaukow Railway, the Mokho coal miue,
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    Naval Changes.
    209 8 licM Admiral Sir 11. IJ. .laekMjii has bed appointed to command the Third Cruiser -•■iiiadiou iv place of Vim- Admiral Sir. H. |i Uarrv aud liearAduiiial Sir .1. R. .Pellicot Kb been appointed Third Sea Lord of the Vduiiialty anil Controller of the Navy in i :irt <t
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    LAWN TENNIS.
    791 8 Results of Play in Cricket Club's Tournament. >estinlrty's play in the S.C.C. Autumn Lawn Teunis tournament resulted as follows PWN -sins I'm h< l,aw 111 Claim* .mid Kv< ritt, beat M.i. V, Sal/manu and lUnsfoni. tt -4. 7 A UUM DmTMJM. Perkins and I'pcott, owe S, beat Cheek
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      53 8 In accordance with the conditions laid down by Dr. Iliys of lUngkok, when lie offered, for competition iv Hongkmg, a jiriz Ifor a one .I. -i;^;i yacht to co- 1 not uioru than IWO, it is reported that the Corintiiiau Yacht Club has now select) d the
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      Association Football
      95 8 Twilight v. Tanjong Pagar. KlcveuH representing the Xaujoiig Dock Itoard Head Office Football Ashociatiou and the Xwilight Football Association met iv a soccer match on tbe Anson Koad ground, yesterday. There was uot much to choose between the teams as both played well. Xhe Xwi light, however, scored
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      Billiards.
      90 8 S.C.S.A. v. C.V.C. Itepicsoutativcs of the Subordinate Civil .Service Association and, the Chiuesc Voluu MM Corps played a billiard match at the Club House of the S.C.S.A.. |1m( niy't. with the following result Ducbu k C.V.C. S.C.S.. 1 I'au Chow Kirn Loe Kiew BJnr < LeeChiuXuau) E. Fernandez Sim.i.k-.
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      RuGby Football.
      134 8 Ceylon v. Australian Amateurs. A cahlc lias been received in Colombo from the l-'.'i^li-h Kiiidiy (niou iv reply to a cable of Wiilnesd.iy, August 19, asking the consent of the I "niou to the New South Wales team (ilayiu" a match with I'eylou in Colombo ou their way
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      Rifle-Shooting.
      313 8 Ladies' Monthly Handicap. Iv connection with the Singapore Kifle Association, the lady members tired iv the lir-t monthly handicap competition at the lialcstßr Kauge last evening, whou the following scores were made: Mis~ Kerr is to be congratulated on her win. especially as she fired her 200 yards when
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    Smuggling of Arms
    66 8 Osaka telegrams state that Shanghai wired that a Japanese sailing vessel from Formosa, loaded with rifles and 1,000,000 rounds of ammunition, was seized by the Chinese authority near Cheu-Chow. A Taipeh paper says thai so far as it Knows there has ne\er been any trace of such
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    Ex-Viceroy Shum Denounced.
    108 8 A certain Unw has denounced E.\Viceroy Shum Tsou-eliuu. alleging that all the officials dismissed by him during hi, administration of tic Liangkwang Vice royalty were wrongfully dismissed. The uiuworh.l further represents that the majority of those oftioials wore men of ability. An Imperial Decree was issued directing
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    CHINA AND AMERICA.
    310 8 Significant Statement by Wu Ting Fang. Xhe following special telegram to the South Chiua Morning Cost, was sent from New York on the l.th mstaut: Xhu proposals being made by the New YOIU Herald tor au alliance between imi.i and Aujerica, arc arousing considerable iv ten -t.
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    LABU RUBBER COMPANY.
    395 8 First Annual Ueueial Meeting of Shareholders. Xhe lirst annual general meeting of the Labu iF.M.S. i Rubber Company, Limited, was held on August ."< at the office, Whit tiugtonaveuue, Lcadcnhall-strcct, 8.C., the lion. Charles Lamotou. D.5.0.. presiding. The Secretary, haviug read the notice convening the meeting. The
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    The Yunnan Revolution
    118 8 According lo the North China Daily News, lloaug Using, a prominent Chinese revolu tionary leader, on his arrival at Tokio via Singapore and Hongkong, has been interviewed and said that the uprising in Yuuuau was only intended to divert atteution from a contemplated outbreak iv kwangtuug and
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    Hyliim Boy Threatens his Mistress
    190 8 A Kuropean lady residing in .Malabar Street prosecuted her liylaui servant before the Second Magistrate, Mr. C. I. .1. (ireen. this morning, on a charge of threatening her with a chopper. Slio gave him five apatl «ith wliieii to purchase' ten pounds ol ice. He
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      501 8 M| I MALTHOID 1 Blikral loorti* I The M*l often arises iv the mind „f a man MMMI to S InuM "I wondi-r if Malthci.l wmld be suiuble". Wn oertifv (Ironi MO) years' pr««tiual .•xperiencs that lUlthnid w II 1).. found immensely satisfactory ou every clans of building mm%«V*mK ti
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      323 8 STRAITS CYCLE MOTOR Co., Ltd., 15, Battery Road. SOLE AGENCY DEPOT. The Famous ALPHA M( »TOK OILS. CYLINDER WATER OOOLBD. AU CiJOLBD. OALLON 1 OAIOjOM 2 GALLON TiMS 5 OALL; N'l MOTOIi GBBAHJS. Cheapest House in the Trade. THE EMPEIOR 1' CINEMATOGRAPH. Last Night Last Night lil f Tun. Grand
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    COMMERCIAL.
    274 9 SIK3*POM, tMM 27, 1008. PRODUCE. CHmbier bnyers t 7.H7J do <Cabe No. 1) anpickc i 12 00 Copra Bali 7.35 do Pontianak 6.85 Pepper, Black 10.76 do White 6% buyers 16.70 Sago Flour Sarawak '2.97) do Brunei No 1 '2.85' Pearl Sago 8.60 Coffee Bali, picked 24.00 Coffee, PaloojbanK.
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      MINING.
      347 9 >at<; of rmi •on I Capital Number Snbtoribed at Bhwm lasae I Paid Sham Vain* op to Unianiad Company QcoTtiioa* 1903 1800,000 400,000 1907 1300,000 IM.OOO 1301 IMOO.OOO 800,000 i 903 £400,000 860,000 1907 1400,000 375,000 1901 £80,000 80,000 1906 £100,000 100,000 1908 1150,000 »».000 1906 £110,000 130,000 1806
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      RUBBER.
      353 9 I I 1906 I £150,000 1308 1200,000 IMM £80,000 .903 270,000 1906 1180,000 1904 £16 000 !°OS £78,000 IWX £110,000 1908 £180,000 1907 £320,000 .808 175, 1KK) 1906 1280,000 124,126 126,000 22,750 66.7U0 116,000 16,000 68,000 289,880 180,000 201.600 175,000 228,00 48,500 108,600 12,601 22,760 86,700 15.600 10.000 6,000
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      GENERAL.
      218 9 1804 £5,J7i.10.0J 4,603 IS9B I IWS.OOO MS.OOO 1869 '»15.000,000 15,000,0u0 .905 M.400,000 I »,*OO,OOO 7,»Bf> 4,800 120.00J i 18,000 i 6.000 6,000 i *.000 3.400 t 6,000 I i 750 14,000 600 400.000 1,120 1.000 4,956 800.00 C ».R3« 11/6 SO Hi 100 100 100 100 10 100 100
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      541 9 LESSONS IN PIANO AND FRENCH. By Yi.iini! Lady, Pnpil of the Rojal Academy of Mhbic, Loudon awe r. dent and Pianofcrie Teacher in Paris. aIM METRONOMES AND MUSIC FOR SALE. ..i.ply LINDHUMJT, No It, Lloyd Road. ITM GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. nilers will be received at the Reaia.-n (V.'.ueillor'e Ottice. Peoanij, np
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      501 9 NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the business of ■litts and Company, printers, bookbinders, lithographers, rubber-stamp manufacturers and commission agents, carried on at No. -'11l j North Bridge Road, will, as from the Ist day of September, 190H, be carried on by the undersigned. Oh Jitt Seng and Scow Siew
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      301 9 Whiteaway, Laidlaw Co Ld. 3VCO2Sr:CLA.-2- 3 31 3 LAST DAY Of Hnnual Clearance SALE Whiteaway, Laidlaw Co,, Ld. wf The gentleman, above baa thought his forehead into h, bump. He has wasted much time thinking how to save spending mouey for the modern apparatus his business neids. lit; is wasting
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    DRESS AND FASHION.
    1443 10 ARTISTIC GOWNS IN CHARMING FABRICS. Latest Designs ia Mus in. Prominent among the remarkable sue :e9ses of the season arc tho-r soft lingerie jowus in the fiuust of white muslins and French lawns, left without the slightest suspicion of starch in their composition, even though they may
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      1246 10 SALES BY AUCTION. AUCTION SALE Off VALUABLE TEAK FURNITURE. FULL-SIZED BILLIARD TABLE. AND A FINE COLLECTION OF PLANTS. MRS. G.P. NICHOLSON. At Westmore, Thompson Road, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, AT I P.M. Comprising a FCLLSIZED BILLIARD TABLE IN TB VK FRVME WITH ACCES^ KORIEb FINK TONKU COTTAOI PIASOIOKTE in ebmise 1
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      129 10 "Difficulties are things that show what men are, said old Kpictetus, the Greek, in expressing the idea that a determined man will overcome all obstacles. Similarly, we im^ht say that illhoalth is the thing that shows what Steams' Wive will do. It is excellent for persous convalescing from severe illness;
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      979 10 STRAITS CYCLE MOTOR CO., LTD., o— fp^ 15. BATTERY RD. /'*>NS*V r a new shipment of (i^^-'- :< '-'i i oirp a Manufactured hf MM *t*r C'y.le Co., Wjlv. rliarupton. II lodradi of tli-'v uohiM. have been sold in tho .Straits, aud are uuoj-iillud iv price i I n i:<i.
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      626 10 --TIIK BOCHOKK ri-VTE.— Value $400, aud |M i. r■ Horn .landioap for all flo.o. ilihi have muni iln and not won. tb» <\ •> iniuee to have the option uf MMtJHag tti'* MM if there are leas than !iw hnr-i-. intend. Urn property of different owner* Kiitiancc $15. Din tanpo,
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    AUTOMOBILISM.
    1312 11 NOTES AND NEWS OF INTEREST TO MOTORISTS. A report of tlie official figures of tlic Belgium export ami import triido during the first five months of 100m shows a decided increase in Belgium'* favour, as compared with the same period in 1907. England luy» lemaiiM'd the best customer, aud
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      111 11 ARGYLL CARS. Greatest Success, 1214 H.P. HOLD MKDAI, AMD FASTEST TIME, CLENCROE HILL CLIMB. 14-16 H.P. TWO KXTEREI), TWO MADE NON STOP itUNS THROUGHOUT. SCOTTISH RELIABILITY TRIAL. "Ait-!1«" were tin- inly linn bftviag three winning cars in the trial. SYKE A CO., Sol.- Agents. The Wonderful The most silent running
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      260 11 A WELL KNOWN REMEDY. Then.- are few people in tliis country who have not used, or at least heard of, Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Piarrlioca Remedy. It is the first tiling they think of when they or any member of tin- family are stricken with diarrhoea', ptiiu in the stomach
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      320 11 "^tßM*Jr*Q£j§3r^ MODKRATE •O9^^«^ SKilf y "•'•'Unrd to reduce Wear on Tyres to the lowest possible point. For furt! .r particulars apply to the somcaoknts CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS. J^^^ MART OCIETY ELECTS IK- CYLINDER 4b^TANDARDS. G.F.F. Wear me Co., 168 AND 169. ORCHARD ROAD. Sole Agents. INSURANCE Companies SUN LIFE ASSURANCE
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      288 11 ROYAL NSURANCE COMPANY. LIMITED. FIKK AND LIFE TOTAL FUNDS EXCEED £14,250,000 iac i.akui-1 pibk ornri in tbe wuhlu. BOUSTEAD Co..— Afertu OUARDIAN ASSURANCE COMPANY. LIMITED. LONDON. Subscribed Capital £2,000,000 Total Invested Fands £6.260,000 Annual Inoome £1,100,000 The undersigned. Agents for the above Oompany, arc prepared to accept fire r.eki (or
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      529 12 Scale of Charges. I rKEPAID ADVEimSEMEHTB.— MiaoeI laasous Wants of Every Description, Houses, »d, etc., to let, are Inserted at the following One Insertion I 1.10 per iaob. Two 100 Three 1.80 MX •M Was a.«O Twelve 7. J0 Twenty-flve 10.00 (Each aubaeqnent month 88 per Inoh., The above rate
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      375 12 Miscellaneous WANTS. aUTSSI— Fou Ltaea, one or two iaMrttoia, (1.00 B? tke lank, ate Beal* of Cnargta. INVESTMENT WANTEO. Experienced young man vntb -some capital wishes to take active part in any sour, d business conoern. Apply R. Z., c/o Straite Times. 1609 APOTHECARY WANTEO. Wanted, for Segamah Hospital, Muar,
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      598 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. Bin —rear Laaaa, oa. or two laaartloa 11.00 Bf tht Inch, m aaaJs of ohtxf aa. HOUBE TO LET. No. 4, Mount Rosis. Apply Bafflas Hotel. uMI HOUSE TO BE LET. No. 1, Oxlsy Rise, to be lat. Apply Meyer Brothera. 1148 ROOM TO LET.
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