The Straits Times, 17 September 1908

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.760. SINGAPORE. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 17. 1908. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      218 1 The OSTEND MEETING. Kilometer Trials, Flying Start. Mile Standing Test. FIRST— BAYARD-CLEMEM FIRST— BAYARD-CLEMENT. SECOND-BAYARD-CLEM "3NT SECOND-BAYARD-CLEMENT. FIFTH-FIAT. FOURTH— FIAT. This proves once again the SUPERIORITY of "BAYARD-CLEMENT" CARS as regarda RELIABILITY and REGULARITY. A few Modelß of this make have just been received. Particulars and trials on application to
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      72 1 CALEDONIAN HOTEL 77. iJrt g' -nth Hood, SingaporeThe Hru -s sad Healthieat Reeort in the City I. Porter in uniform meets all Boats and Jeffrey's Stout AND I Pale Ale. In order that the above Flrmt-Clmmm Stout and Pale Aim may become better known in this market, Both Will bo
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      317 1 Robinson Company. THREE GOOD LINES IN THE CASH CLEARANCE SALE. The Sportsman's Knife. /ssi^!^^ ft i**^-- t—^IsIHBBk m BEST NICKEL SILVER HANDLE WITH SHACKLE. EXACT SIZE OF fl»O QK. sn^^l, f^ ILLUSTRATION. <P^OO eaCll. \>"^7 Best Quality Throughout, 2 Best Steel Blades. 1 Tin-opener, Cork Screw, Bradawl and Button Hook.
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    CURRENT LITERATURE.
    1373 2 BOOKS ATTRACTING ATTENTION AT HOME. Short Reviews of Popular Volume?. Thk Encuantm" Casti.k. By K. Xtsbit. London T. Fisher L'nwiu. Most of the so-called children's books now-a-days possess one feature in common, that of not appealing to children. Most of them treat the habits and thoughts of childhood
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    GAMBLING IN SHIPS.
    539 2 Policy Proof of Interest Insurance Discussed. A Westminster Oazette reproncntative has interviewed Sir John Luscombe, the chairman of Lloyd's, on a subject which has a grave import alike for shipowners, shipbrokers, and shipmasters. This is the question of the P.M. (or Policy Proof of Interest) maritime insurance
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    ARMY OFFICER DESERTS.
    156 2 Believed to be Hiding in the South of Ch'iia. The Japanese papers report that Lieut. Hayashi, of the Sixty sixth Infantry Regiment, stationed at Uisunomiya, who obtained on June 25 leave of absence for twenty days on account of illness, and failed to return to his regiment
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      270 2 EAGLE CEMENT. '^ifc^^ A^m. 7or all Jiigd-elass VOork ON THE LIST OF THE CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES. Importers The Borneo Co., Ltd. BUCHANAN'S WHISKIES. oel an experiment. Tbey have beeo the •voarile blendt at borne tor tuanv yetri and •re rapidly gaining similar popularity in tbe UoJoaiei. Nu expense
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      160 2 ALBERT L. A. DALEY Undertaker Tomb- Builder. No. 48, Priniiep Street. Sole Agent for Mean Dottridge Brothers, Ltd., Loudon. n 1005 Telephone No. 619. Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. NEAR BNTRANCB TO BORNKO WHaRF Telephone 1026. Sea atocks ol all binds ol Frozen Meats, etc., can be delivered to Shipping
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      37 2 A BUM IKDEEO. No external application is eqnal to Chamberlain's Pain Balm for soro muscles or swollen joints. No matter what may be the cause, this liniment will give relief. For tale by all Dispensaries aud dealers.
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      300 2 UNDER THE MOST DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE Of THEIR HIGHNESSES. THEIAIB fc W*A SUITRNS *A^ V^^ Raheem, 82-1 AND 82-2. BRAS BASAH ROAD. THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING CO. (ES'T'ABLIS 1 1 JEID 188 3) man i i v l BSBM 'i PURE "-ROPE 3 STRAND CABLE UIO 4 STRAND 1/2" to 12"
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    NAVAL AND MILITARY.
    1331 3 VALUE OF AIRSHIPS IN ACTUAL WARFARE. Will They Supplant Battleships? I Man lias oow at ni- disposal several contrivances by means of which ho can mount into the air, and. his nature buinq what it is, he naturally desires to utilise these couti h.li.i i in war.
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    MUTINOUS SOLDIERS.
    184 3 Joining Rebel Ranks and Robbing in South China. Ke|Hirts still reach Cantou of the doiugs of mutinous sol hVrs who threw aw»y their uniform" nud joined the ranks of the rebtls in tin- Kwaugsi I'rovince. Sev< ral dixtriirts aro named in which they have joined hands with tho
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    Japanese in Mongolia.
    77 3 It is an open secret that the Japanese have been trying their best to oxtend their sphere of power and influence in the Three Eastern Provinces and in Mongolia. Only the other day several Japanese were j seen surveying in the last uarued country- A certain Mongolian
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      724 3 T/te~E#sence of Vi tsTJ 'j ty Cadbury's Cocoa j gives valuable support to the whole system, m It contains everything essential to the maintenance and restoration of vitality, is easily digested, and possesses the delicious, full, genuine cocoa flavour. SUPPORTS MILLIONS J 'St. Marceaux' Champagne. H&ig's Celebrated Whisky. AlL'.opps "Red
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      201 3 |"Help!" N N»t><Kly snducrifct the torture* of neunlgia. N.> hiim.in won!* *M convey an id«. t uf ilic awiul nba that thuot Jj through lk« ufaii'i head. If red-hot J wire* were vib*tituied for the nerves, the pain would be no greater. Throughout the »-t Id erie« for help are
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      231 3 A PHENOMENAL SUCCESS. BIBENDUW CURS°RUM HERE'S LUCK, KING of RACERS. Gordon Bennett Cup 19G4. Gord n Bennett Cup 191)5. Grand Prix 1906. Grand Prix 1907. Grand Prix 1908. WINNING CAR on RHCHELIB TYRES, n» MIOHBLIM i= not the Tyre of Luck but tr«> T\r. of RELIABILITY and SUPERIORITY. Kaiser Cup
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    732 4 Mruw, fiort, probable datt nj arrival and name of Agents. STEAMERS. Air. b)dney, Oct 23 Boiatead Alciuous, China. Nov W. Mansfield Ambria, Hongkong, S. pt 26 Behn Meyer Autung, Hongkong, Sept Behn Mover Antilocbus, Liverpool, Sept 21 W. Manntield \ssavc, Colombo, Oct 8 P. O. Coy Andtralien. Saigon,
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    52 4 IiME Bii.i.s on Fort Canning and Mouut Fabcr drop daily at 1 p .m.. Siognpore standard tin. i c rresponding to 6 a.m Greenwich mean time Tbe tune £:in is lircd at 12 o'clock noon, indicating BcaflipaM rim. Unl time, ou every day excepting Sunday, r.lifn it ii fired at
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    LIST OF PASSENGERS.
    366 4 Pa >engers Outward. Per P .md O. stc-aut-r Sumatra, due September 18. Mr. K. A. (ijuan. C&pt. aud Mrs. Stocklcy, Mr. and Mrs. li. 1). Baker, Mrs. Pountnry, Mrs. H. \V. Laiubertoo and child, Mrx. A. K. Hrown. Miss M. Ludlow, Mrs. H. Price, Mr. O. S.
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      46 4 WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS MUST BE TRUE. Kvirybody nlio laM usc-il it say s Chamber ia'a Colic. <. liolura and Diarrhoea lltuj. .ly v.vii luiU to relief from pains in the sUmach or iliarilioi which is positive ]iroof oi it* reliability. For -ale by all bispent>ari. ami dcaleis.
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      485 4 STEAMER BAILINGB. o STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China. Japan, Penan*, Ceylon, Australia India, Aden, Egypt. Mediterranean Port*. Plymouth and London Through Bills at Lading leaned for Chin Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental, and Am ria Pirte. Skinitn will leste Singop ire oo n »h 1-1 MAIL LINE. (Outward for dini). 19
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      744 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. STRAITS STEAM SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED. SAILINGS FROM SINGAPORE TO FEDERATED UALAV aiAXEo POTITS AND PENANG. FLIIT. •"KIHTA" "HYE LEONG" "SAPPHO" "PENANG 1 "PER4K" "MALACCA" "CARLYLE" "BAN WHATT HIN" "SELANOOR" "LADY WELD" "POH ANN- "SRI HELENS" «OM>A YS for Malaooa, Port Dickson, Port Swetteoham and Teluk Anson, at 4
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      489 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY CO. LTD. The Companies' Gteamera art deapatoned from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China and Japan eTery week, and from Jap*n home wards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight and for Genoa, Marseille* and Liverpool monthly. One
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      572 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKAUNE. HAMBURG. The ateamer* of this Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortuigbtly for Havre and Hamburg and onoe a month for Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and Colombo. Taking oargo at
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      784 4 STEAHER BAILINBB. N. D. L. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. Imperial daman Mall Line. Tb* fail aad wall known mail ateamer of this Oompaay aall fortnightly from Bremen Hamburg Tia Rotterdam, Antwerp, Bouthsmi ton, Gibraltar, Oenoa, Naples, (oonneotioa Marselllas, Naplea, Alexandria, and rios v r i Port Said, Sues, Adan, Colombo, Penang Singapore,
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      131 4 Singapore Tide Table. (From Si:iTEMiitK 17 ro S rsamtsj 23.) HlOll VVATXB LOW WATKU Septtmber bw. mm ft.ins. bra. mm. ft. ftts, rsnnaßATl- r-'"r A 1 1-0 ,H, H I 3.52 am TJ 97 am 4.8 r 1 :t.20 [ml 8.2 10.20 in 1.1 ■axaiaaMill 89 10.12h::, M BMnaMSn j
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    SHIPPING IN PORT.
    997 5 rnnrxttiit hevhr.' 'I., lull'iw iv iMmlltltlWa in u- i itemer; »h. ■>hiy; bq. -h: rr.n. «-li.•chootwr; Vrt.-Yac!,; CnL-Cndnr 01*. fini.bo»t: Tor.-Torp«.l<. It.p.— Hana-powar lint.— Britiita; CM. i Unrn.-m: Ihit.— Uuu'h. n.t!. II Knr.— .Sarawak li.r.- Oanrral canu .l.n.— 1. k p..v ilMI/.-I I Paow Doe* K. II
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    Mails to Arrive.
    123 5 Kroiu LUbopi— By the X D L steamer Zietou aud by tlic B. I. steamer lhonywa due September IJ. B From Cmsii-By tbe M.ll. steamar Austr* lien due September 21. Left biug»por» Due in London Arrived August 10 k M. Kept 2 Sept 8 Angurt U P.*.O.
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    90 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To- Day. TANJONG PAGAK. K.w Wiuru Basin Zweena. Kast Wharf Sixtiox I— Taroba. Section 1 (Shelrs Wh.vhi)— Nil. Section No. 2— Muttra, Camphuy». 3-Hong M..h. 4-Perak 6— Mm. 6 Keemun, Koral. 7— Kilkerrau. B— Nil. 9 -Nil.
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    Mail Steamer Movements.
    112 5 Outward German Mail. The Imperial German mail steamer Zictun having left Cobmbo. at 1 p.m. on tbe 13th instant, and may be expected to arrive here on Saturday morning, the lath iustant. Outward B. I. Mail. Tbe B. I. contract packet steamer Thongwa, with the London mails
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    Mails Close.
    118 5 ll f u» H«ti bm»j«h Tint; Uaudjeriiiusrtiu, «tc. Keyntt 7 a.m. Hatavia Celebet 9 am. Baugkok Doll 10 a in. Malacca and Muar Lady Weltl 8 p.m. Tcluk An sou via ports Pemmg 3pm Bangkok lircid 3 p.m I'eu&ng, li'goou, Calcutta iluttr.i 4 p.m SaTCIU'AY Batavia, Sourabaya, etc.
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    Clearances.
    126 5 September 16 Kaint Patrick, Tlrit str, Manila Otwrtauw, Ctr-.tr, Rawbnrg via portt Nirvana, Feb yet, Mar-uil-s via port* Vedra, Brit btr. Yokohama Magnet. Krit cable ttr, Kohsichan;, t Dagmai Uer str, Han^kuk Dreiz lluel, Fell »ti TsiDijtaii Arconia ltus str, Calcutta Dovre. Nor Rtr. Bangkok 17 t Zanoni. Brit
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    SHIPPING ON PACIFIC OCEAN.
    291 5 Pessimistic Views of Prominent Shipowner. The Victoria Daily Times of August .■> published the following despatch from St. Paul. Minnesota:— Announcement that tho Hill lines had abandoned the uiariuc po.-tion of thoir share in the trado with Japan and China, while retaining affiliation with Japanese stoam
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    KRIAN IRRIGATION WORKS.
    205 5 Malay Padi Planters Complain of Insufficient Water. The Times of Mr.laya learns that recently a large number of Malay padi planters in the Krian District assembled at the District Officer's office and complained bitterly of the water supply the Kriau Irrigation Works is supposed to give th>:ni,
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    Foreign Warships in Inland Waters.
    68 5 Some time ago the Viceroy of the l.iaug kiang Provinces wired to the Waiwupu, saying fiat the British gunboats had bcon cruising in the interior and requesting the Hoard to call tho attention of the British Minister in Peking to the matter and ask him
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    To Welcome Battleship Fleet.
    146 5 According to Japanese papers, a largo part of thu Japanese navy will be appointed to welcome the I'nited States Pacific Bquadron to Japan. Just before the arrival in Japan of tho squadron the Japane.se fleet will be orga uiseil into squadrons as in timo of war
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    Arrival of Passengers.
    115 5 By the Ban Whatt Hiu, Captain W. G. 11. Morrell, Sept. 17. From Kuantau: Mr. Bath, Mr. Woe \Atu Moh, Mr. and Mrs. Sent; Hin. By the Carlyle, Captain H. Cobb, Sept. 17. From Port Swettcnuani: Messrs. A. K. Smith and Bun llur. Port Dickson: Mr. Harnior.
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      62 5 WhiU it is not ti that "ac arc mil if we tliink on- .elves well." it is und uihtedly true that \re can aggravati' imr riafanM by frettiug and worrying about it. St. arnb' wfJH tak-i' l>vriiud..wu rfabiKtetud perwi •oon pn ,nati\.' etle. t that they ceaci t. w.urv. .1.
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      507 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. 1^1 K\»w JAPAN WAIL STEAMSHIP GO. LTD. a A regain KOKlNIOIi'lLY mm.:., >j main--lined be'.woou ItfM r.ud K iim[«j by the 'ollowiui; NEW TWIN-SCKEW STEAMBRS, UnJer Sluii Coutract with Uu Iniparu Jn;>».3 M Uovnru.'nent, apociilly dfwirood for'.bo >>mpauy'8 European Service, Ughto4 through.jt jy Elecsrioity, provide.) wHta oxoollt:.; I'Moromodation
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      681 5 j STEAMER SAILINGS. INDOCHINA STEAM I NAY.CO..LTD. I Tbk rftoamtnj >f Ihil C jnipan> maintain a eel Hctvi. c between OftJwrMk, Straits, 'L'hni aad Jr[«i- il 00 thimnjh Hillj f LmHm] re- (V.otor. Hwatow. -"."HA, !:\.ao({, Ysuijisise S'orta, JV. rr at, |fc« philippioea, Vi «P;iw.r> T.jqp < ramau Jor M
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      578 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mali Steamship Una. I Tttll MATI MAbBSHWIV roBUBOMI UHIN» r\ i vn CNITKL) BTATB I 1 1 I ']-:-.(!k.in(?, rit HkMrfM, Nns«a6l:i itnlft'iJ ;a»o! J.'.r!aai, Kobe, /okobim*, VlolorU and V&ncoa-jr, K M.S. M K'.i I lKu;i I I v;a acra'V MM BJLS. "Bnmwfrn
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      115 5 AUCTION SALES i'owell an 4 Co Sept 19— At No 3). Grange Roni, valuable household furniture, etc., at 2-30 p.m. 25— At tbe Central Polioe Station, unserviceable Polioe Stores, etc., at 2-30 p m. Oct 10— At -If azelwood Nassim Hill, vainable household furniture, billiard table, cottaga piano, etc. H.
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      83 5 A NEIGHBORS KIMONEBS. Mr. W. J, Fuller, J. P., storekeeper, Kendelsham, South Australia, writes 1 was called to see a neighbor who was suffering from severe cramps and who really thought he was past help. I gave him throe dewes of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and in a
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      35 5 WHATHER TELHORAM. s I ■t'otv 17, 11 a m lisropi. i.. r 29 97 IMrwll >.. al Win! We-t Foroo of Win j 1 Mai. i rap io Shulf (-0 Itinolla. 760 calm 0 31 27
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      162 5 DAV_BY DAY Thursday, September 17. High Water. 2.30 p.m Birthday if Sultau of Johoro. Sports at J'hjre. S.C.C. teuuis tournament. Albainbri Cinematograph. 7-30 p. ra dale's T.mr--. 7 p.m Japanese Cinemato^rapb, 7-30 fi.ro Hariina Cinetnutograph. 7-30 p.m. C«rtor the Magician. The*tro Rjjal. 9 p.m. Friday, September in. High Watet. Ml
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      57 5 WEATHER REPORT. Emims Ma Hospi:,u, s,pi,mh, r I9w. 9 1. m. 3 p. h. 9 i. a. KiMmKH. Bar! 32 Fab 29.928 29. «-(i 29. 915 I'emp 81.0 89.X 83 0 Wet Bulb Ther 79.0 IH.r, 77.0 DirofWind.. B.W. S.W. S.W. Max. Temp 90.8 Mm 7.1.6 Max. in Sun Ui.l
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17.
    542 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. Headers of Jerome's Sketches in Blue, Oreeu and Lavender" will remember the fussy citizen who was always interfering in other people.'? business, aud the direful consequence? to the neighbour to whom he gave advice on the Water Company's account. The moral
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    388 6 Has the pernicious parrot-cry of Too Old at Forty reached the Island of Java We read that the Governor-General of Netherlands India has refused to fix an age limit beyond which candidates will be regarded as too old to be taken into tho service of the Government. Such a limit
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    203 6 In our account of the fire which occurred in Kerbau Road, on Tuesday morning, reference was made to tbe great need here of an efficient fire-alarm system. We are informed that Mr. M. W. Pott, Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, has in preparation a plan for such a system, which
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    16 6 From Langkat, 67,500 cases of oil for China arrived, this morning, by the British steamer Nord.
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    23 6 A towkay living at No. 2 Tong Watt lload reported to the police the lons of a pair of bracelets, valued at 975.
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    23 6 In Durban the ricksha is passing into disuse since the establishment of tbe excellent system of street railways in that South African city.
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    41 6 Battery lload is far removed from Cross Street, yet, this morning, they were closely related in appearance as several inches of sloppy, brown mud were being kept in motion, to tbe annoyance oi foot passengers, by tbe parsing of vehicular traffic.
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    9 6 I H.JLS. Crc»oM)t left at noon, yesterday, for Hongkong.
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    16 6 The total expenditure on the upkeep of the Malay States Guide* during laxt year was 1409.405.
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    20 6 Captain and Mrs. H. H. F. Stockley arrived from home, this morning, by the intermediate P. and O. steamer Sumatra.
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    25 6 Tan Long, charged with returning from banishment, was committed for trial at the Apsizes. yesterday, by the Second Magis trate, Mr. C. F. J. Green.
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    28 6 A verdict of Suicide while temporary insane was returned in the inquest on the body of Mrs. Ogle, of Penang. whose death we notified a few days ago.
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    34 6 Verupan, a Tamil, was fined $10 hy the Second Magistrate, Mr. C. F. J. Green, yesterday, for trespass in the compound of Mr. Ho Yang Peng at Siglap at 5 a.m., the same day.
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    36 6 According to Chinese Public Opinion, the Chinese merchants in Spain have wired to the gentry of Fokien Province that they will ■Mm a sum of 115,000,000 towards the sup. port of a new Navy for China.
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    32 6 The murder charge against thu Kling, named Ramsany, in connection with the death of a man on the Bukit Timah Road, has been engaging the attention of the Assize* Court, this morning.
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    36 6 For theft of two fowls at tbe coolie lines in Thomson Road near the Kallang pipe line. v Hokicn was sentenced to a month's rigorous imprisonment by the Second Magistrate, Mr. C. F. J. Green, yesterday.
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    40 6 The articles on Tapioca as a Catch Crop to I'ara Rubber," written for and published recently in the Straits Times, are now published in book foim, and are on sale for »1. The articles wore written by Mr. E. Mathieu.
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    36 6 It is reported that the Japanese Government has sent 7,100 rolls of cotton piecegoods 25,000 botlles of medicine, 7,000 r«ttirs of flour, and 10,000 tins of preserved cabbage to Canton in aid of the flood sufferers.
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    42 6 Two Cbiuese. wore tried in the District Court before Mr. E. C. C. Howard, this morning, on a charge of robbing a compatriot of in money and a belt valued at 60 cents, in Neil Road, on September 2. They were acquitted.
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    35 6 A company lms boen formed in New York to promote passengers and goods service between that city and Boston, by means of dirigible balloons and teroplanes. Tlie company is called The American Aerial Navigation Company.
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    41 6 There was a collision in Stamford Road shortly after noon, yesterday, between a motor-cycle and a bicycle riddon by a Chinaman. Tho bicycle was badly injured. The Chinaman is said to have been riding on tbe wroug side of the road.
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    41 6 For house-breaking at No. 27 Hongkong Street and the theft of SB2 in coppers, belonging to Ng Yuen Soon, Tan Ah Lew was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. E. C. C. Howard at the District Court, this morning.
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    47 6 It was a very thin house, and the villain entered cautiously on the stage. "What! am I alone?" he said, leadiug up to the nefarious piece of business he was about to enact. "No," said a man in the stalls, "but you will be to morrow night."
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    43 6 Despite the precautions taken by the Municipality to reduce the conxmnption of water by not turning it on in the morning till the bathing hour has passed, tbe fountain in frout ot the Singapore Club was playing merrily during the rain this morning.
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    51 6 Lieutenant Ilinde prosecuted two Chinese cyclists More the Secoud Magistrate, yesterday, on v charge of rash riding in Alexandra Road, stating that they approached him while riding furiously down a bill. One of them ran into his trap and the other went into a drain. The cyclists were fined 95
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    82 6 On Saturday, say* the Malay Mail, a flutter was caused among our composing staff by a demand that three of its members should attend at the Central Police Station forthwith. On their return, they reported that an anonymous letter hod been n-ccivtd by the authorities accusing them of murder. After
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    73 6 In an action before the Full Court at Hongkong, tbe Chief Justice, Sir F. T. Piggott, ordered that certain paragraphs in the shorthand writer's notes of the summing up be struck out, as being irrelevant to the issue, and containing an unwarrantable imputation on tbe Court. It is understood that
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    81 6 Swamiji Ohayaram, a disciple of the late Swami Yivekananda, the Hindu delegate to tiie Parliament of Religions, held in America some time ago, arrived in Singapore yesterday, by the steamer lVnß.ni> from the K.H.S., where he had been delivering a series of lectures. Ha was met at Johnston's Pier by
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    91 6 Much has been said oi late of tbe headhunting scare among the natives, but it wax beaten by an extraordinary rumour in Penang one day last week, winch was responsible for a record sparse attendance of native children at the local school*). The tale went round, says the Pinang Gazette,
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    202 6 Mr. H. F. Siainer. Headmaster, (Jential School, Larut. has arrived from Home. Second Lieutenant E. F. Moulton Barrett. 2nd Royal West Kent H<giment, was placed on the sick list ou tho I.lth instnut. Dr. Sven Hedin reached I'oo M tho Simla Tibet road on August '.is. and
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    Housebreakers Caught at Work.
    94 6 Two detectives who were in Pagoda Street at an early hour, this morning, saw a China man acting in a suspicious inaumr in front of No. Hi. Seeing that he was ot-t rved, he called out to someone to run. and took his o-.vn advice as
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    28 6 In Simh. it is ttatod that eight laid batteries are likely to be equipped by next April with the new quick firing g in manu f.-.ctureil in India.
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    31 6 Tho native city of Hankow worn lms ele< trie light. Current was supplied on August 2.) for I.BUO lights, and applications for tho installation of 2,000 additional lights had been received.
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    35 6 J. Armour, a Municipal ilog poisoner nt Rangoon has attended liuspit.il sciftering from injuries which he mid liad boon caused by his being attacked hy some Hiinnans while in the act of poisoning pariah iojßk
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    42 6 Dunning is excited about whnt is reticei.;. ly described as a rather hmoiiol theft. The foundation -stove of a United Free Kirk now in course of erection lms him rilled, coins to the value of Ifi.i. and some documents l>< i■ removed.
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    39 6 It is, the Allalmtm 1 PfoMOC understands, intended to have questious put iv Parliament regarding the effect of the recent ruling that uoimni-si"U«.'d service la wnbodiod niiliti.i and militia service during the Boat war is in count for promotion.
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    45 6 The Hindu faction in Hombuy in standing to souce extent aloof from tin- I'arsee movement of protest Hgaiust the Anarchist propaganda for fear of offending the Extremists, but there are over a thousand ■igMtoiM to a requisition for a meeting that is to be held.
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    49 6 The Waiwnpu lias wind to Minister Wu, in Japan, stating that on the arrival of the wives of the American officer* of the Battleship Fleet iv Tokio he should arrange for deputies to accompany them to Auioy in tim» to meet the fleet on its arrival at that poll
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    43 6 The Japanese Financial Commissioner in London has informed the British public that Japan's rice crop this year is estimated to give over eighteen per ceut. UMfMM hoovo tboee of average seasons. The news is the subject of Press congratulations, states a London wire.
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    52 6 Tho Echo do Tientsin states tliat the lt:i lian minister at Peking is about to order tho deportation of a ni.ui MOM d l.iusi, tin: author of tho Aatl-Cttbolic plamnti. wWofa have be-e-u ><osted ah" .t tbe o MOOMJOM and the city, causing moot) Hraadal and annoy auce to all
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    88 6 A Chiuese lad who attends llic Si. Joseph h Institution hail a bicycle, valued at ISO, stolen from the school building, a few days ago, and informed the mau from whom he purchased it, asking him to ba*a a look Dal for it. He did so and saw another school
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    100 6 The Deli Agricultural and Industrial Show closed on Septi inii.r o. It was not a thorough success owing to oarteia hitches inseparable from the display being the lirsi of the kind ever held there. But the large attendance bore witness to the public interest aroused. The Agriculture! section proved to
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    119 6 During the excsßivelj heavy ntiu of Him evening of the Bth iimt., tlie dam »a tlie mine oi tlie Salak South, Limited, n^ne way and liberated over teu niiliion gallons of water. Four feet of water f ur,d it* way into the open-cast luiue, and. in iM eourt>o tliro"L>li the
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    RUBBER EXHIBITION.
    250 7 SIR HENRY BLAKE AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES The Economical Use of Rubber for Paving. iKkom Oik CoMMMMDMT.J 1... ii. 10n i via Penangl September 16. At tin opening ol Mm liibl.er Kxlnbition there was a fair attendance of the general public. There are a grout many exhibits of crepe,
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    SUICIDE OF PROFESSOR CHURTON COLLINS.
    154 7 Hki-ii-.k's TklkokamJ London, Septoiuk<-r 16. The body ot Profossor Churton Collius MM been found in a MIMM spot on a farm near Lowestoft. He had committed suici.lc Professor John Churtou Collins was au author, essayist aud lecturer, having been professor of Knglish Literature at liirming
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    PARTY MANŒUVRES.
    75 7 Roosevelt Secures Pc- Nomination of Governor Hughes. lln i u'i 1■ i nuu« IjOM'f ii. September 17. Presiili nt li> i'iv. It. Nt the Saratoga Con vi -ntioii, ims secured tl.o ie .nomination of Mr. Charles K. Hugh. s. -he pr< <•■ nU.oveiuor, as Hopublican e.unl Mat'- Hf
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    THE CRISIS IN THE COTTON TRADE.
    65 7 (Rk 'TmtY Tki.k.iham* 1 London. September 111. It i- reported bom Manchester that the Kc.lei ni >v of Cotton Byiraan Ins d dined tho 1. .1 .M::y<>i'i invitation to meet the repiesei.ii.ivei of the .lucrative* in conference, with a view M I "< MttOMM
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    RELIEF FIND FOR THE GLASGOW UNEMPLOYED.
    39 7 Rkctkh's Tklec.ram London. September 16. At a meeting of Glasgow citizens, presided nu-r by the L >id Provost, a relief fund for the unemployed was opened. Tho turn of iM.tiOO was subscribed immediately.
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    LOTTERIES AND NEWSPAPER COMPETITIONS.
    29 7 Rkl'Tih's Tn> London. September It!. The Parliamentary Committee on Lotteries recommends that it should bo made illegal {or newspapers to charge entrance fees for competitions.
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    ARBITRATION TREATY.
    31 7 jl>»R <)HrisiATtscH« Lloyd Tklfuham Hurlin. September lit. It is reported that the OWmm Ambassador to Washington. Wii Ting-fang, an been •utlK'ii-i'd to sigu au Arbitration Agrceuji nt with America
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    HAD NOT REPENTED.
    642 7 j Eurasian Imprismed for Cheating Engineers. (ieorye Dorul was again before Mi. Col. man. yesterday afternoon, in answer to a charge ot fraud iv raising money for the widmv of an engineer, Mr. Galop, who he said had died. The Third Kngincrr on tho Korat said that
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    UNITED ASBESTOS AGENCY.
    224 7 Satisfactory Returns Made from Singapore Speaking at the twelfth animal general nutting ot tlio l'ni.e.l aWHM Oriental Agency, Limiti >1. held at Hongkong, on the 7th iustaut. the Chairman, Mr. B O. l'.arrett, said that, notwithstanding the severe depression that had continued lor su long throughout the
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    Cholera at the Yangtse Ports.
    62 7 The latest newspapers from Hankow report the death of two Rom in Catholic missionaries, frnm cholera. These bring the number of deaths from the dread di-ensu ain>ni! Mm MNigl community up to ten. Some -'iIUHH) OhilM are said to have died from chi'lora in Mm
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    Famous Judge's Will.
    87 7 The value of Mm mMi loft by Sir John Day. formerly a j-;dge <•'. Mm High Court, who, from akaaataaemio oriroin*! mm, wag variously known aaJodgtai nt D.iy.The Flogging Judge, and I.iv f B ckooiog, has been swnru for probite at HfH.IWt Tin- bulk ot his property
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    Fixing Exchange.
    207 7 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AT THE HVGUE. Initiative Taken by Germany and Italy. Kkitkh's Tklkokam., London. September 17. Holluud, at the request of Germany and Italy, has invited tho Powers represented at the second Hague Conference to participate iv another International Conference at the Hague, probably in 1909, for the
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    ABSENCE OF MOTIVE.
    205 7 Chinaman Convicted of Voluntarily Causing Hurt. Te'O Ah Heei was before the Third Magistrate, a few weeks ago, for preliminary imjniry into a charge of attempting to murder Km Toug, but the Magistrate, aftor bearing the evidence, decided to amend the charge to one of voluntarily causing
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    ALLEGED COUNTERFEITING.
    254 7 Strange Discovery by Plantation Assistant. Mr. <i. G. fMk, Assistant to tho AttorneyOcncial. comlnc'cd a preliminary inquiry befoi'o Mr. C. P. J. Green, the Second Magistrate, this in mi, iv. iii e-ise in which five llokiens win charged with possession of instrument- for counterfeiting dollars. Important evidence was
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    Theft of a Topee.
    80 7 I was badly shaved and had to have something to cover my head, said a Chinaman to Mr. M. Thunder, the Third Magistrate, yesterday, in explanation of his act in i ntei ing the quarters of a Eurasian medical assistant at Fort Canning and taking a
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    European Lady Drowned.
    121 7 The body of Miss Hodges, who lost her life by falling into the river Jhelum at Hijhihara, India, on August 21, was taken into Srinagar four days later and buried in the MMMfJ. It was discovered lying on a small sandbank opposite the village of Torsu, several
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    32 7 The revenue in Selangor during 1907 amounted to $10,514,654, on an estimate of t9.018.582, and the expenditure was »7,02d.9U, 9012,657 more than tbat of 1906, but 1,162,780 less than the sum estimated.
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    On the Racecourse.
    666 7 PROSPECTS OF MAIDEN PLATE RUNNERS. Scarcity of Good Entries. iFrou Opr Imbm Correspondent.) Thursday Morning. The scarcity of good maiden platers has never beon so noticeable as at the present time, and this race, although it will have a fair average of representatives, can scarcely be expected
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    St. John's Island Scandal.
    108 7 Yesterday afternoon, Mr. E. E. Colman, sitting as Third Magistrate, committed Dr. Dcvandra K. Goshal to the Assizes on a chargn of criminally assaulting a middleaged Chinese woman named Yong See Hock at St. John's Quarantine- Station. Accused stated that he would reserve his defence for
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    Marathon Race in Singapore.
    155 7 In the course of the next few days Pathe Kr. res, who were granted the sole right inside the Stadium, at Olympia, to take cinematograph views of the recent great athletic meeting, will be receiving in Singapore a series ot films for exhibition at ihe Alhambra.
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    Discovery of Remarkable Grass.
    90 7 The British Vice Consul at Antung (Mr. W. Uusmlli bae discovered there a polishing grass wliicb (nnv» very plentifully among the bills nortb of the Yalu bat- in. Its commercial value is due to its properties as a means of polishing ivory, bone, wood or soft
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    PATROL INQUIRY.
    240 7 Third Officer Found Guilty of Gross Negligence. At the Miirine Court, yesterday afternoon, Mr. E. C. Howard, Lieutenant B. A. Cator, R X., and Messrs. Kinghoru and Farre'll gave their decision on the stranding of the cable ship Patrol, near Aroe Light, in the Pulan Lant Straits. It
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    CRIME IN THE F.M.S.
    632 7 Fall in Tin Prices leads to Increase of Minor 1 hefts. On December 81, 1907. the strength of the Police Force in the F.M.S. was 2,670 of all rank, of whom 1.161 wcro Malays and 1,308 were Indians. The superior officers of the Foree that is,
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    Reckless Negligence.
    121 7 Imprisonment for one year and six month* was the sentence of Judge C. H. Smith, of Manila, in the case of Pedro Eduardo, patron of the ill-fated launch Sau Gabriel, charged witb reckless negligence. The charge alleged that the pacron had left Manila when a typhooo rigiwl was
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    ARBITRATION BOARD.
    97 7 WINSTON CHURCHILL'S SCHEME OUTLINED. The Representation of Capital and Labour. Rkvtkk's Tklki-.ham London, September 17. The composition of the permanent tribunal proposed by Mr. Winston Churchill, President of tho Board of Trade, fur the arbitra tion of trade disputes, will vary iv each cue It will consist of
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    DUTCH PARLIAMENT.
    72 7 Regret Expressed at the Absence of the Queen. |D» OSTABIATMUHII IjLUYII TIILiUKAM Berlin, September 10. At the opening of the Dutch Parliament, regret was expressed at tho absence of Queeu Wilhclmina. The Speech from the Throno rcfe'rrod extensively to the national deficit of 10,000,000 guilders, aud rocommeuded au
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    MOROCCO.
    41 7 !>•■ DumIMMM I .low T«l»..h»» Berlin, September 10. Opiniou expressed iv Germany in regtrd to tho Franco-Spanish KiteX ite respecting tho Mulai II ifid Sultanate is that most of the stipulations can be passed unhesitatingly but others still require some explanation.
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    GERMAN MILITARY BALLOON.
    37 7 •Un* O.»ta*iaiis< hi Lloyd Tiliohami Berlin, September 16. The Parseval balloon of Germany has made a 12-hour ascent, the performauco boiu<; regarded as most satisfactory. A second attempt was made, which, hownvor, was unsuccessful.
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    THE SPREAD OF CHOLERA.
    42 7 ,li» OsiASUTihoHi Lloyd Tili^rim; Berlin, September 16. Cholera is spreading with roiu irkVile rapidity in St. Petersburg, and the city is in grave diugar. Fears arc expressed th it tho authorities are unable to copo with thn disease.
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    VENEZUELA
    25 7 I'll OaTIfIIATISCRI T.LOTD '!<l«-ik.« Berlin, September 16. The Government of Venezuela his abolished tho restriction, recently enforced, preventing tho landiug of pas-<eugers at Caracas.
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    DR. SVEN HEDIN.
    20 7 |Dbb Ostasiatiscu» Lloyd Tkliora*| Berlin, September 16. Dr. Sven Hedin is reported to have arrived in Simla.
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    HEALTH STATISTICS.
    166 7 Weekly Return hy Registrar of Births and Deaths. The report of Dr. W. Gilmore Kllis. U-gis trar of Births ami Deaths, states that daring the week ended September 12, there, worn 2-S4 deaths in Singapore, eiiml to a de.itliraie of 44 90. A Iriudred aud seventy two deaths
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    Doctors in a Carriage Smash.
    113 7 At Rangoon, the other morning the horse attached to a dogcart driven by Dr. A. D. Spence bolted eastwards along Dulhousie Street. Near the Criterion Hotel it dashed iuto a hand-cart. l>r. Speuce jump* d off before the collision took place aud esc >ped injury.
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    39 7 The ontput of rubber from the Sandycroft Rubber Company, Limited, festimat.d dry I weight) for the month of August wa5 4,740 lbs i making a total of 21,704 lbs. for the first 1 seven months of the fiuencial year.
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      90 8 The iJLCA. tennis toiiriiauient habaaam. liullock, the jockey who wan to liave ii<l len Slgaotiaatta in the st. Lager, has bees admitted to lifrapttal mfferina from appenlie His. says a London wire of tlie .">th instant. Tbe Wags pore Reanatkn club siioits take place ou Saturday. Ootohsc
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      Association Football.
      85 8 Association F oo tball. V.M.C.A. v. P ic*. lln M.C. \.pl.i. I I team r< plesi lltiug tin I'olice at Association lootball ou tbe K. arli Road KTOOttd yesterday. The I'olice ■I.v< n nichiiii d foui natives, while the Noting Men played one or two meu siiort The game was
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      Rifle-Shooting.
      136 8 I'crak Police v. Rest of Pcrak. An iuterestiug ritle shootiug competition is on the lapis and will shortly take place on the lpoh rang. It is Police v. Kest of l'erak. The I'olice team will comprise MaHSts. K\V. N.winan. A. Wilson, (i. 11. Magill, W. K. Kllis, and 11.
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      520 8 Result of Final Game in Profession Pairs. Tho s.i'.c Aiituiuu l>iwu Teaaia touruament is gradually drawing to a close. A law inori gumes have yet to be played, aud. providing the weather does uot interim probably the (.'hampiouship will be coutested oue Jay next week. It his
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    Carriage of Petroleum by Sea.
    79 8 The (iMimml ot India, in response t>> representation* irom rinus interested in the oil trade, have Junes' orders that iv future in Die m ot Nwli nailjlng both daogerou;ind ordiuary petroleum, the daugorous petr 0 Icum need uot be discharged before the nou lau»;rrou» h
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    MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING AFFAIR.
    250 8 Foreigners Refuse to Furnish Police with Explanation. A nnslcrious affair is reported from Shanghai. The report of a pistol was heard in the I'alacc Hotol aud when a policeman hastened to the hotel he found Dr. Hilling must dressing a wound ou the left hand of W.
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    OPIUM IN AMERICA.
    629 8 Large Increase of the Importatir.i of the Drug. Iv spite of the hot that the OUasse population in the I iiitcd States is much in.illti lli. in it was in 1878 the importation of wnoklng offaaa fasta the tJattoa states has increased more than 2">o per cent,
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    THE TONKIN TROUBLE.
    156 8 Resident-General's Appeal to Native Headmen. The H. -.ideut -(ieueral of Tonkin \\d>. !iy proclamation, made an earnest nppeal to tlie native beftiaMS] and bjgg officials of tlie ptoriaee to aid the (iovernmcut to the utmost in baulking the designs of the seditious agitators, who preach rebellion and
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    THE MURDER OF AN INFORMER.
    487 8 Comments by the Native Press ofj Calcutta. The Times of India, couioicntiug with much severity ou the SSSSMiaatioa of (iossain in the Alipoie gaol, s.ns that excluding the tiagic result nothing equal to it has been heard outside the domain of farce. We hope that
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    RESCUED FROM SHARKS.
    183 8 Narrow Escape of Filipino Sailors from a Wrecked Vessel. t'apliin C.irlo^ Krebbs. commauder of the steamship 111 1 ii i[i i m. reports tint while en roais from Tudela to Ilig-iu. iv Cebu, the ship sighted fo'.ir l-'ilipiuos clinging to a submerged banca surround I l>\ a
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    The Indus Floods.
    89 8 News iiom Uan Ohaal Kkaaosi the Jml iustaut. shows t'.iat the erosion is biooiuin" I.SS. b The eutMuce of more spill water into the city has also bcou stopped aud arrangements MB being made to drain off what is vow then- Into HtO canal down stream. Meanwhile
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    TO PAY HIS BROTHER.
    252 8 Singapore Merchant and a Swatow Trader at Law. Iv the Court of Summary l urisdiction at Hongkong, recently, before his Lordship Mr. Justice Gossaerta, Li Tong Yaaa sued Li Ts/. Vueu claiming *'2(»() remitted by the pUinhHl ti del. -udaut to be paid to Li Vau
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    AMMUNITION AT PEKING.
    312 9 Removal of Foreign Legation Stores Probable. Hie PeUiuf; Correspondent of the North ihiuii Daily News says the report of the removal of arms and ammunition of the various Foreign Legation guards to a blank place outside the Peking City, in ouso-iueuce of the recent disaster in the
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    UNDER A WANING MOON.
    277 9 Details of the Death ol' the Danish Explorer. i)n Angoud l-">. a t- Ilk mi i i«ctiv(il iv Cupeulia+;i v from Lieutenant Trollo, master tin l>. ii ■..ii-k, th.: vessel of Dm Denmark ad 1. ilitioa which ha.s arrived at IS. i-gen. aiinoiinciiis! Hiat Mr. Myliua
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    Indo – China Timber Trade.
    167 9 Indo China Timber Trade. Timber i-- a productive rwouroo o: IndoChin* wfaieli the Qorernni at o( the Colony I hai to prcwjrre 1 a thtnitiou by nieau~ of an 1 icporl d ty. The Chamber of Co Saigon iia- U ii proti etii m «ure, and 1 lias agltal 13
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    Inserting Arms into India.
    83 9 I lv In en b i-y iuvus- I ii^atiiif; n rtain cirouini bun v it li ajiegf it importation of arm* into i-uli.i. \n in.; central i that an ex- :lltn Ili'l 1 found iv Ui 1 a lain D irtod v Tlm Arab 4.1 1
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    47 9 Tokio p>pat itetti that Um miuy -iiip JbltuiUai, wIhwo oame u bmn (rani tin .-live Katol -Tapuieao N.ivy on .luiy 81, in M>u beiuu itcd in >• cI.ouk. It will Ik- i. hi. mli. i..I ibal Iliu Tf ifi m Mmk by an explooigu uti Kormoak, heavy ling.
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      MINING.
      341 9 Date ot formsion Capital Saheortbed Bharei brae Paid Shane Value up to Uoieened Company QC"T»TJO!" 1903 »BOO.OOQ 1907 »300,000 22S.UC0 1901 1600,000 600,000 i 903 £400,000 330,000 1907 1400,000 3 75,000 1901 £60,000 60.000 !90« £100,000 100,000 1905 1150.300 93,000 1908 £120,000 130,000 1906 £30,000 30,000 '906 1450,000 450,000
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      RUBBER.
      369 9 19G6 £160,000 I 124,126 I 46,600 1 103,500 1 13,600 10 31.760 I 1 86,700 1 11,600 i 10 I 10.000 1 1 6,000 1 66,000 1 j 181,464 1 1 118,648 1 180,000 1 184,000 I 1 70,000 j 1 I HO NO I IH NO 23,095 i
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      210 9 18V4 £6,877.10.01 4,005 7.9Ks 1838 nix.nno I rj.VOiXi 4,500 •«M «5,000,000 ??,000,COO Uu,WK) n* |M,400.0c0 2,.00,000 I j^ 1656 j 81.000 000 I 1,000.000 J^ 19;: > «,iOOO 34,000 l f «M 1899 l>;7t,000 875.000 *'2°° 1903 «;00,000 »q.ooo mlooo 1891 «!>,0.000 KO,OOO 600 190J tiOO.WK) 400,000 > 400,000
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    COMMERCIAL.
    282 9 •vv.APOkt Shi-vmi.M: 16 1908 PHOtH I ambiir 7 fc>7 i uj (Cult So I nnpi IfH 12 00" I i tea Uali 7 20 j tc ronliHCik .6 80 i reppor. Blaok 10 5() do WLito b% 16 17* a 29.1 do Urnnei No. 1 2.8"> I Peati Sa^.
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      560 12 Scale of Cbataes* PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS.-MUeel issous Wants of Every Description, Houses, lul, etc., to let, are inserted at the following miss One Insertion 1.20 per Inch Two 1-00 Three 2.80 Blx 5.20 Htns «40 Twelve 7-20 Twenty-five 10.00 (Each subsequent month 16 per inoh.) Ike above rate is baaed upon
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