The Straits Times, 24 September 1908

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.76(5. SINGAPORE. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 24. 1908. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      211 1 The OSTEND MEETING. Kilometer Trials. Flying Start. Mile Standing Test. FIRST— BAYARD-CLEMEM FIRST— BAYARD-CLEMENT. SECOHD-BAYARD-CLEWENT SECOND-BAYARD-CLEMENT. THIRD-BAYARD-CLEMEST. FOURTH-ti-cylimler NAPIER THIRD-BAYARD-CLEMEN T. FIFTH— FIAT. FOURTH— FIAT. This proves once again tbc SUPERIORITY of "BAYARD-CLEMENT" CARS as regards RELIABILITY and REGULARITY. A few Models of this make have just been received. Particulars
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      74 1 The New Japanese CINEMATOGRAPH, BEACH ROAD. The Only Show of its Kind PATRONIZKD BY H.E. the Governor The Only Show Selected to Exhibit and Now Exhibiting in Johore rsum; THE DISTIKGCISHKD PATROXAOE OF H.H. the Sultan, and in Honour of Bis Birthday. THEREFORE IT IS PROOF OF THE POSITIVE FACT
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      47 1 Aloomail Hassomall HAVK KKMOVKM FROM 9, HI6H STREET, TO 62, North Bridge Rd. ASAHI BEER. Best Rl n-t'^7 B ICheapest wholesale O OF ALL OEALERB. Only froni The MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, Sole Agents for THE DAI NIPPON BREWERY COMPANY LTD.. Retailers TAMATO A COMPANY, 351, Victoria Street.
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      214 1 Robinson Company. LIST FEI UK OF TELE CASH CLEARANCE SALE. Present Opportunities BEDSTEADS AND BEDDIOG CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE SHEFFIELD CUTLERY RALEIGH BICYCLES and all Remnants and Oddments in the Ladies' and Gentlemen's Outfitting Departments have been marked at CLEARING PRICES. Present Opportunities Robinson Company. ADELPHI HOTEL. GUEST NIGHT— EVERY SATURDAY.
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    CURRENT LITERATURE.
    1096 2 STORIES BEING READ LARGELY AT HOME. Reviews of Recent Publications j Tiik DtAfJMM \m> thk L\m. By James; lily tli. London l>igby. Long and Company. Mr. .lames Blytb taken us once more to the Kast Anglian marsh country, but this time he introduces us to rather better company
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      482 2 SIDEROSTHEN PAINT S Kills Rust. DHD BY GOVERNMENT. MUNICIPALITY and CONTRACTORS for Steel and Ironwork. Resists the action of Acids and Steam, and stands Tropical conditions. Importers Borneo Co., Ltd. nf ir TCT C CONCENTRATED UEi Ei 9 DISINFECTANT. MMsfr. ■Sal **-3— ...h^"' fcgqJ'v' j^JJb gjSHjjg^ .-Jew •■■> A^ 1
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      524 2 INSURANCE Companies J CANTt N INSURANCE OrKIUE LIMITED. Capital Subscribed.... l2,SOO,OOC Amount paid-up 900,000 Reserve' fnnd 1,675,000 Hue Orrici, Hohqkuno. The undersigned, haviug been appointed Igents of the above Company, are prepared k tooept Marine Risks at current rates. BOUBTEAD <k C 0..-A 9 mu. LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE
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      262 2 UNDER THC MOST DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE Or THEIR HIGHNLSSES A THE LATE W SULTANS f^SL fVyi*>^ Ismail *A^ V^^ Raheem, 82-1 AND 82-2, BRAS BASAH ROAD. THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING CO. 'ESTABLIS II .ED 1 &s8 3) MAMKACTrREKS OF PURE ROPE 3 STRAND CABLE WO 4 STRAND 1 2" to 12"
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    NAVAL AND MILITARY.
    1561 3 GERMAN PRAISE OF BRITISH ARTILLERY. Hifch Praise for Horse Soldiers. j In a recent German Army Staff publication (writes a military correspondent), the British Army is credited with more experience in signalling than any other, and high praise is given to our horse artillery. On the latter
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    Comedian's Big Salary.
    73 3 Mr. Harry Lauder, the celebrated Scottish comedian, has been ongaged for a season of twenty weeks, beginning in October, at the American and Lincoln Square Theatres, New York. He will be p:iid the enormous salary of £1.00(1 a week. Mr. Lander has already appeared at New York,
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    king Alfonso's Sprint.
    132 3 The King and (Jueen of Spain ith Princess Henry of Ha* tinhorn, left ('owes on August 2M for Southampton, en route for Uaysliot, on a visit to the Duke and lJuchess of (ontiaught. King Alfonso lingered iv Cowes shopping. and when he had made his last purchases
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    Quaint Superstitious Practice.
    129 3 At the City Police Court. Trinidad, Louis Ford and Margaret Samuels, two old persons, were charged by Constable Sam with throwing water on the St. .lames main road. Inspector ireig pointed nut to the Court that the water in which the corpse had been bathed was thrown
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      292 3 The'JSssence qfVit^li ty f^ Cadbury's Cocoa 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. MILLIONS M The United Asbestos Oriental Agency, Ld. SOLE AGENTS FOR THE UNITED FLEXIBLE
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      64 3 No in hi wlio loves bis nife can bear to see Ik i- huaUh failing. Sudanis' Wine is a line thing for pale, tired, overworked ami wornout women. It makes them gain He-li, enriches their blood, aud tills them with rigorous vitality. You can easily tell when a woman has
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      158 3 fBRASIER 15 H.P. Landaulet HAS ARRIVED. Long Chassis, Model 1909, 4 ejlifiden, with all the latest P>ras (>, Patents. RELIABLE! FASHIONABLE! Grand Carrosserie de Luxe (Parisian Style) Landaulet de Gala, transformable iuto a Phaeton, fitted with electric light and fancy requisites, b«'\en-seatf il, the prettiest car ever brought to the
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    756 4 Na>»', port, probable date oj arrival, ami tinmf oj Agents. STEAMERS. Airlie, Sydney, Oct 13 Boritend Ainu ms! China. Nov W. MansfieM Amhria, Hocgkons, fi pt 26 Behn Meyer \nnmba, Bangkok. Oi-t A Eatt Asiatic Coy \i-. lag, Hr-igkonß, Sept Bebn Meyer Armiind Behio, Ma illes, Nov i;
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    LIST OF PASSENGERS.
    229 4 Passengers Outward. Pi I. ami I). Ho Mm, (.unuecting with thr sU'amrr Delia a'- Colombo, due Septriul. 1 23. My. C. M. i'liillips, Colonel J. lacKson, Mrs. Martin, Mr. an.) Mrs. I. T. Mariner, Mi. \V. \V. l!>bin>oo. Mr. H. Hiirell, Mr. K. O llara, Mr. A.
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      37 4 A BALM INDEEO. V. isionial applioation is equal to Chamberlain* l'aiu Balui (or sort- muscles or awollcu joints. No matter what may be the CiUiso, this liniment will t;ive relief. For sak by all Dispensaries and dealers.
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      733 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. p. &o. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Penans;, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London Through BUI* of Lading Issued for OUat Coast. Persian Golf, Continental, and American I'orts. Steamers will leave Singapore co o- aboo: MAIL LINE. (Outward/or China). 1908 Delta Sept 26
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      661 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. PACIFIC MAIL BTEAMBHIP CO.. OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY AND TOYO liotfiMiShA The three groat steamehlp lines between CHINA, JAPAN, and EUROPE, Tia Honolulu and San FranoUoo, operating the new 19,000 ton, twin sorew steamers KOREA and SIBERIA, together with the well-known steamers CHINA, ASIA, PERSIA, AMERIOA MARD.
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      493 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL BTEAM NAY GO. LTD. The Companies' steamers are despalobed from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China and Japan every week, and from Japan bom? wards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight and for Oenoa, Marseilles an i Liverpool monthly.
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      559 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. \mw^ .^mV The steamera ot this Company maintain a regular serrice between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are dea patched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and onoe a month for BremerhaTen direct, calling at Penang and
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      771 4 STEAMER 3AILIHBB. N. D. L. KORODEUT^CHCR LLOYO. Imperial (Jartnan Mall Llna. The tail and well known mall steenv r of >hu Company sail fcrtnlgblly from Rr i Hambnrg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Booth vn ton, Qiorallar, Oenoa, Naples, (eononevi a Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vioe Pavsai Port Said, Boas, Aden, Colombo,
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    SHIPPING IN PORT.
    1004 5 i i Mi ;«.vliiiß ilia follow t« -»bbr->l> n xHMloar; Itl -<l in M|. «cli.-on«r; Yet.— Y«ht; Cm.— i-u-., i i-ut, h....t; for. Torp**«; Il.|v-H i«po«,i; -int.Kriliih; O. CniU. i tttatm i -:h -Krmch <ier.li.Timi. llu'. -Until 1. .1.- Ki'::in; ::p.in.— >p.ini«li. HIW.-l Siir^wrik li.r. I. .i
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    Clearances.
    64 5 September 33 b'ookSMtf. Britalr, Pt—ng a«4 CaleßtM Amh.'ist. lint sir. I. nti:.uak Saintad. N>t >tr. Bangkok Teresa, Hnt sir. ItilßMr via ports (ilonfaM.wii Bril -t. Pwhik 24 Capri, lul mr. I'uuang :iud Bombay Giung Seag, I'm rtr, Bamataag Tii v irt 1 Janet Nil-ill, Bn: Port '<• -ilnin v
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    98 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To -Day. TANJONG PAGAK ICasi Wii.uir Bv-in Zwci-na. Jos L. Evislou. I'.asi Wiiuu Si-.ctimn I -Mm Orleans, Capri. Kembrandt. BmSM Nu. 1 [HUKM Wiusi") Merapi. Section 1 Tannnnfch 3— BharaUi. 4 Kananawa Mam. 6—^arlyle. 6— Miuiha, Antil
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    Mails Close.
    144 5 t'.u HtMBM Tijik T i mmm nainljm m«— in. tin 0* Ktnm 7 a.m. O.cob Olanggi 9.30 a.m. Aii.imb.i ami Nutuua la. li,uika 11 a.m. ll'inykuug and Japau K'nann Maru 11 a.m. I Tintwi. B'kulis. Ungan Sri Triugjaim 2 p.m. l'.anykok mmtms 2 p.m. I'enauK and Uali Caliipto
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    Mails to Arrive.
    100 5 Ttom l.ru'i k By the P. and O. steamer i'llla due September 26. From Ciiina— By the N. I). L. steamer P. K. Friedricli dne September 27. August 24 M. M. Sept 17 \uyiiat 28 P. *O. Sept 19 sept 1 N. D. L. Sept 24 Sept
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    TIN-STEALING AT KAMPAR.
    329 5 Inspector of Mines Attacked by Forty Poachers. There has been considerable troublo of late auiono tho coolies iv Kampar owing to the prevalence of tin-stealing, and thu Mines Department bavo beon busy employ, ing rigorous means to check tho tlioftD. There have been a good many prosecution**
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    CAPTURING A VICARAGE.
    226 5 Clergyman and Family in Awkward Situation. The Alexandra Church authorities, says a Perth, West Australia, paper, during tho absence of tho Key. E. H. and Mrs. Scott, entered the vicarage, aud removed a largo quantity of furniture and effects, among wlrcli were a valuable libraiy and important
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    COLLAPSE OF BUILDINGS.
    123 5 Arrest of Chinese Contractor in Hongkong. At tin. Magistracy, Hongkong, on 15tli instant, before Mr. J. H. Kemp and a jury, the enquiry held into thu deaths of 17 Chinese who were killed iv a collapse, during the typhoon of -Inly 27, was continued. After further evidence
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    The Pahang Railway.
    69 5 Construction traiiiH aro running upon the l'ahang railway as far as the (>■ mile from (jemas. This first instalment of tho line runs through hilly country, and two bridges and several cuttings are comprised in the 64 mile». The furthest outpost of the lino is somewhere in
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      27 5 Imm' Hr.U'KUK Ccas. A magically quick cure lot BeadaohM "1 dll kindb. Con taint) no opiutos But it imiitt bi- Stearu».' All chomixtH. Why uot try it
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      209 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. APCAR LINE STEAMERS Th< undermentinned man ''--um.ra u( '.h3 abovn Lino maintain a NgaaW service- between CeJcrittA and Japan, callim; nt Pouanrf, Sin-*-pore. Hon^kriig and tilianghni en nmff Touh Uatamaaaaf B.s. "JiPiN" 6,3 d- J.Q.Olitxm b.b. GaBooBT Ai-Ciß 4,6'» 8. If Hr.LSO!« B.R. Abiuto-is Apcab" 4,50u A. BxSW&ai
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      662 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. C*^ IDfr O Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mall Steamship Line. T'"K N* riOM abttiOU WAY ft) BUBO?! VIA rttflNA JAPAH, CANAIM *»■> >';• UNITED ai'ATBS Ko.ili- fro.i rlna|aaa«, vt: dbanqbal, Wngaeaal. 'luUu.t f.o& aCJafaa), Kobu. Yokuhaina. Vir-joriii Vani*->ovffr, K.IVLS. "Kataawca taou" lTwta-tam aca').'f "I- ji Ju-\s" v
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      888 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. INDOCHINA STEAM NAY. CO.. LTD. Tbb steamers of thio Company maintain a regnlar direct service between Calcutta, Straits, Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan, taking cargo on throngb Bills of Lading for Canton, Swatow, Aniuy, Clidfoo, Tientsin, Newohwang, Yangtdze Pcrts, t-'ormos*, tho Philippine* Ao,, Ao. ■aMMMM Tons Commander KoTaiKO 4,893
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      152 5 AUCTION SALES I'owell and Co. Sept 25 At the Central Police S.atiou, unserviceable Police Stores, etc., at 2-30 p m. 26— At No. 27, Cairnbill Road, valuable Java-teak household furniture, cottage piano, etc., at 2 p.m. 28— At No. 30, Albert Street, teak bouse hold furniture, at 4-30 p.m. 29—
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      83 5 A NEIGHBORS KINONEBS. Mr. W. J, Fuller, J. P., storekeeper, Kenilelsham. South Australia, writes: "I waH called to see a neighbor who was suffering from seven- rraiups and who roally thought he was past help. I gave him three iloses ot ChamberlaiuV Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Ucmedy, and in a
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      141 5 Singapore Tide Table. (7BtM Sl.l-IKMI-KII 24 TO Sl.l TKMIIKB .0).) HIC.H WATER. LOW WATER Time light Time H'ght September nr —JB. ft. ins, hrs.min. ft ins. -7 mi n.4 4.1) "a^r 1•> [to.i pa M i.npiu 1.1 jl.jlam X.9 l.H4am 17 ratMl ;1; 10 ..t7pm 9.2 4 :t7 m ;t.l
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      187 5 DAY BY DAY Thursday, September 24. High Water. 10.2 p.m. Football Green Light v. Raffles. S.C.C. tenuis tournament. Albambr« Cinematograph. 7-30 p m Hale's Tours. 7 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph. 710 p.ra Harima Cinematograph. 7-30 p.m Friday, September 25. Uigb Water. 10.51 a.m. 10.37 p.m Municipal Commission. 2-30 p.m. Hockey. New
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      44 5 WEATHER TELEGRAM. Uuugkong, September 24, 10 a.m. Uaromoter 29.91 Direction cf Wind calm Foroe of Wind 0 Mai. Terup in f-h*!e ..84 Manila. 743 E. by H. J 88 25 Hongkong, Sept. 21. 11 a.m. Typhoon or storm centre S.W. el Manila moviug W.N.W.
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24.
    730 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. Hongkong persists in its project to establish a I'nivorsity. It is the ambition of the sister Colony, apparently, to undertake the higher education of the Chinese. It matters nothing to the promoters of the Hongkong scheme that China is already drifting
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    391 6 I'pon several occasions, we have referred to the visit of the I'nited States battleship fleet to Australia and the prospective visit to Japan. We have considered our duty to deprecate certain features of the Australian visit, and especially the tendency to exploit it as an alliance of tho Anglo-Saxon races
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    18 6 The Singapore Volunteer Artillery are to engage in heavy gun practice from Fort Pasir Panjang on Sunday morning,
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    22 6 The individual Communion Caps for the Presbyterian Church have arrived, and will be used for tho tirst time on Sunday, October 4.
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    23 6 Mr. C. M. Phillips. Principal of the Raffles Institution, is expected back from furlough by the P. and O. steamer Delta, to-morrow night.
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    25 6 The regular quarterly social of the Epworth L. ague will be held at the Short Street School at 8 o'clock, tonight. All friends are welcome.
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    27 6 The Chinese Government has commanded that a census of all opium. smokers within the Empire be taken on the first moon of the next China new year.
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    28 6 Hong Hoon Yang has reported to the police that be was robbed of $8.70 by four men belonging to the Fire Brigade, last night. Enquiries are being made.
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    26 6 The first batch of Salvation Army Officers, six in number, to begin operations in Korea are passing through Singapore by the Japanese mail steamer Kanagawa Maru.
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    27 6 The Governor of Kuangsi, Chang Ming, ch'i, has reported to the Peking Government that over six hundred rebels have been decapitated in his province since last January.
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    34 6 The Rev. G. F. Pykett, Principal of the Anglo- Chinese School, Penang, is expected to return from the United States in December. Mrs. Pykett will probably not return till a couple of months later.
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    37 6 Chendai'ft output for August was '202 piculs of clean ore. There was a surplus of more than $8,000 of income over expenditure. The mine is said to be looking very well and the- lode improving at depth.
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    33 6 Messrs. Chong Fee and Compauy, tailors, surd Mr. P. E. Grevclink in the District Court, yesterday, for $48 for clothing supplied. In the absence of the defendant, judgment given for plaintiffs with costs.
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    45 6 The Times of Ceylon has been going into the snbject of the world's biggest tonnage ports, and declares that there are one or two points not yet clear before Colombo can be announced ax the sixth in the world and the third in the Empire.
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    43 6 A detective arrested a Keh in i olmau Street at 7.80 p.m., yesterday, with ten huge bottles of illicit arrack in a ricksha. The Chinaman wan lined $100 by the Third Magistrate, this morning, or, in default, sentenced to a month's rigorous imprisonment.
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    47 6 Messrs. K. K. Gunny and Company sued Mr. .1. A. Butler, of the Tanjong Dock Board, in the District Court before Mr. C. J. Saunders, yesterday afternoon, for 1.H9.95 for goods cold and delivered. In the absence of tlie defendant, judgment was given for plaintiffs with costs.
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    44 6 In the District Court before Mr. C. J. San rulers, yesterday. Messrs. Chong Fee and Company, sued Mr. Donald Dyce, of Messrs. v.v hiteaway Laidlew and Company, for %2o for clothing supplied. Defendant did not appear and judgment was given for plaintiffs with costs.
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    49 6 The ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners will be held tomorrow afternoon, when Mr. Macbean will submit his motion with reference to the Model Dairy Farm. The question of installing electric fans in the Thcatie will be discussed and consideration will be given to the proposed acquisition of Woodleigh."
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    56 6 Tang Pet Tee prosecuted See Ah Watt before the Third Magistrate, Mr. Maurice Thunder, yesterday, on a charge of theft from bis person of S4.HO in Chin Eng Street at H p.m. on Tuesday. Accused was acquitted and prosecutor and his obief witness were fined 925 each, or, in default,
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    70 6 The Siani Electricity Company has installed in their works one of the largest water tube boilers in the Far Eat>t. The heating surface is not less than 4,600 square feet. There are two steam drums 4 feet 6 inches in diameter and about 22 feet long. There are 20 sections
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    51 6 The American Army transport McClellau, which was used for some time on the inter island ruu in the Philippines, aud which took General Wood and his party through the Suez Canal via Singapore, has been completely overhauled and placed in commission at New York for service between Newport News and
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    60 6 Some idea of the extent to which rubber planting is now carried on in the Federated Malay States can be gathered from the facts that, at the end of last year, there were no fewer than 287 estates, with close on 20 million trees, while the amount of rubber exported
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    75 6 Mr. Maurice Thunder, the Third Magistrate, completed the hearing of the Hong Lim Quay rioting case, this morning, and convicted nine of the accused, sentencing eight ta six months' rigorous imprisonment ior rioting, and one to a year s rigorous imprisonment, for wrongful confinement and causing hart to the Chinese
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    86 6 E P.C. Morgan is instituting proceedings against those who misuse the Rochore Canal, and a most commendable improvement of conditions in that foul-smelling stream is already noticeable. Two lumber merchants have been fined 110 each for obstructing the canal with rafts of logs, and the Straits Merchants Cattle Trading Company
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    379 6 Stond Lieutenant C'haptuan, 1t.0.A., Imrejoined from leave of abseure. Mr. John Stark and Miss Stark left I'enaug for London last Thursday. Mr. E. Salzmann is due to arrive by Mm P. and O. mail steamer Delta, to-morrow. From Swatow. 680 passengers arrived, this morning, by the N.D.L.
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    18 6 Dr. Iwatsubo, of No. 82 8 Bras Bank Road has lost his assistant and a IW Strait* not'-
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    20 6 The price of tiu iv Singapore to-day is ♦66.05 per picul. One hundred and twenty five tons have been sold.
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    32 6 Out of a total of 100 appeals in criminal cases last year from lower courts to tho Court of a Judicial Commissioner, 4f> were successful, while live wore Kent back for retrial.
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    52 6 The I'rime .Miuister of Canada, Sir Wil frid Lauricr, is xeudiug Dr. If. M.Onlttr, the Deputy- Postmaster ioneral of the Dominion, as a Commissioner to Australia iv the interests of the All Kul Boot*, or tin project for the establishment of a fast service between Britain and Australasia by way
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    51 6 Messrs. Sharpe, Ross and Company, Limit ed, secured judgment by default against Leu Peck Hock in the District Court before Mr. C. J. SaunderH. this morning, for ?JI l.i'.j for goods sold and delivered. In n l.il.mt was not present. Mr. M. J. I 'pcott appeared «v behalf of the
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    53 6 In the case at Westminster Police Court against Harry Benson, otherwise tin licbio Financial Agency, aud George Petty, a bond broker, who are charged with conspiracy to defraud. Counsel for the prosecution mi, that IH.OOO poor people had been <l. frauded by the International Securities ConMtatioa, aud fire hundred by
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    65 6 Two hundred aud fifty iwodcatlmoccurrrd iv Singapore during tlie week en<lc<l Sept^nibpr 19— males IN, U me 81 <>! t|,j number, In* were Cuineue, :i'J .Malay-., tt luiiians. 1 Eurasians and 2 Europeans. Forty. three deaths were duo to malarinl fevc i 10 I phthisis, 20 each to fever not
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    73 6 The Times of Malaya says that the fo: m,< I appeal by Towkays Voo Choo Choon aud (MM Tiiye Phin, and others,' for axbistann, to miner? in their present time of Mad, made to the Resident sonic time back at Ipoli, and which was, in due course, transmitted to the
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    75 6 Preparations are well advanced for the re-laying of the railway line from Sereraban to Port Dicksou. Tlie pri sent 801 b. rails will bo replaced by MUlb. rails and the distance will be shortened from 2J ruilcs to about 2'J. At present, of course, tlie 1' M.S. Railway are using
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    83 6 A >|Kcial telegram to the Manila Times from Washington states that Mr. William EL Taft has declined to take the stump in a personal appeal lor votes. Mr. FrauL Hitchcock, chairman of the Republican National Committee, urged him U> MMMM r In-, ileter luinatiun. but in the end he refused
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    RUBBER EXHIBITION.
    848 7 CEYLON OFFICIALS SUGGESTION TO PLANTERS. Synthetic Substitutes. OPTIMISTIC COMMENTS BY MR. J. B. CVRRUTHERS. Per* Ten Cent. Dividend by Sumatra Para Rubber Company. Kk.im On Own QmWWIMW). London. September 2;t. ing to div at th« Conference which inbei'i; hold at th> liiti-mali'mal 1{ ibber K\ii m at Bhriphnrri'i
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    TECHNICALITIES OF THE LAW.
    635 7 Suit to Recover Possession of Land in Syed Alwee Road. Testimony to the beautiful art of the nomt-nclator was given in the Supreme Court, this morning, beforo Mr. Justice Sercorubo Smith, when Mr. K. K. Koek untwined a string of names, in connection with a suit
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    Opium in Intlo-China.
    108 7 The Indo-China Government gave way some time ago to tho anti-opium faddists. and sought to check the consumption of the drug iv the Colony of Cochin-China by raising the price by one-tenth of its value. The result has been disappointing. The sales of the drug show no
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    A Graphic Story and its Sequel.
    164 7 A Chiuese woman, named Chan Ah Choy, hung a baju out ot Urn window ot hat room iv a shophouse at T.uijont; l'agar, ou Tuesday evening, and told Mr. C. F. J. Green, the Second Magistrate, yesterday, that a Macao, named Li Sen. had
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    Rumours in Malaya.
    150 7 Two favourite subjects of speculation of l.\ t have hi en the UcmuVucv of Palling and Mr. Spooner's successor as (ieneral Managei of the X.M.S. lUilway, s.\ys the -Malay Mail. The number of gentlemen who have been mentioned as future Uisidciits of Fahang must approach double figures.
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    Lancashire Lock-Out.
    279 7 I FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY MILLS CLOSED. j Glasgow Spinners Pay Enhanced Prices. l: ki -mi's Tklkukam I.oudou, September 23. Five hundred and thirty of the Lancashire cotton mills pre now closed. The opinion is grow ing that the lockout, in consequence of the dispute about a five
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    BULGARIA AND TURKEY.
    57 7 Strained Relations and Foreign Intervention. I)»k OsTASiATiscaa Loan Tklioram] Berlin. September 2«. It is reported that strained relations have arisen betweon Hulgarni and Turkey. The Bulgarian Government has taken possession of ilmt portion of the Oriental tiailways runuiug through Bulgaria. Germany and Austria have communicated with Bulgaria,
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    CARACAS INCIDENT.
    70 7 Germany and Great Britain to Arbitrate. |Da« OMaaMMMBB Llotd Tii.iqbaii] Berlin. September 23. The Caracas incident regarding the expulsiou of the Dutch Ambassador is not likely to lend to any further trouble. General C<Mtm, the President of Venezuela, has received M official despatch from the Netherlands (1 vcrnuicnt,
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    BULGARIAN ROYALTIES.
    28 7 D» OsTA-tUTISORI I.LUVI. TcLXiKIMJ Berlin, September 23. The Prince aud I'rincess of Bulgaria are arranging n visit to Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary, at Buda Pe.-tii.
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    GOVERNOR IN PERAK.
    233 7 Full Details of His Excellency's Movements. His (Cxnellency Sir John Anderson, X.C.M.0., Hiuh Commissioner of the Federated Malay States, arrived iv I'erak on Saturday. Thu Colonial yacht Sea Mew conveyed His Kxcellency and party to Teluk Auson and there they entrained for Kuala K:m»sar. From Kuala Kaogsar,
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    Proposed Chinese Bank.
    117 7 The difficulties of starting a great Chinese Bank in this part of the world, which interests certain Chinese in Singapore and Shanghai, who seek to find support for the scheme in Java, are many and hard to overcome. The Java Bode points out that few Java Chinese
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    Shipping Depression.
    312 7 NORTH GERMAN LLOYD HEAVY LOSSES. Comparisons of Balance Sheets. !DlB O9TABIATISCHB LLOTD TnLll»k*» Berlin, September 23. The balance sheet of the North German Lloyd for the first quarter of the present year shows a great falling off in the revenue of the Company compared with the previous years.
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    UNITED STATES FLEET.
    429 7 Admiral Sperry's References to British Malaya. At the Sute dinner given to Admiral Sperry and the officers of the I'nited States battleship fleet at Sydney, speeches were delivered referring to tho common interests of the liiitish and American peoples in the Pacific. Mr. (i. II Heid greeted
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    Sentenced to Death.
    119 7 Shortly before :s p.m. yesterday, the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. A. O. Law, placed the ominous square of black cloth upon his head and told Chinna Karpen that he mast hang by the neck until he is dead. It was the end of the Goularte murder trial,
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    Chartered Bank Dividend.
    60 7 Mr. T. Jones, Manager of the Chartered Hank of India, Australia and China, informs us that he is in receipt of a telegram from the Head Office in London to the effect that the Directors have declared an interim dividend for the past half-year at the rate
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    SHIPPING CASE.
    961 7 Messrs. Schaefer and Company Sued in District Court. A shipping ca.se involving a question of an unusual character was heard in the District Court before Mr. C. J. Saunders, yesterday afternoon. Chop Ban Hong sued Messrs. II Schaefer and Company for $88.40 for the shipment of twenty-three cases
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    The Murder of Miss Taylor.
    122 7 A Pathan is reported to have been arrested in connection with the recent murder of Miss Taylor at Mtiltan, India. The medical report in the ca«e shows that nooutrage was either committed or attempted in connection with the deed. It transpired that the railway compartment
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    41 7 A Hokien entered No. 22 Beach Road, last night, and stole a pair of valuable brass candlesticks, worth $32. He wax caught red-banded and sentenced to a month's rigorous imprisonment by Mr. C. F. J. Green, the Second Magistrate, this morning.
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    NAVAL DISASTER.
    247 7 GUN EXPLOSION ON A FRENCH WARSHIP. 'Men Blown a Hundred Feet into the Air. IRaOTBV* TILIOBAM.) London, September 23. A terrible naval disaster is reported from Toulon. Owing to the premature explosion of the charge in a gun in ono of the turrets of the armoured French cruiser
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    BARQUE WRECKED.
    78 7 One Hundred and Ten Lives Lost off Alaska. Rrutkr's Tklkukam London, September 24. The barque Star of Bengal has been wrecked off the coast of Alaska. Nine whites aud oue hundred and one Chinese and Japanese were drowned. The Star of Bengal was an irou ship of 1,877
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    NATAL INCREASES TAXES ON INDIANS.
    41 7 Rbdtbr's Tblioram London, September 2H. The Natal Assembly has passed the Taxation Bill, which imposes quadruple the ordinary tax on the owners of land which has been let to Indians or to natives of South Africa.
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    CRUISERS FOR AUSTRALIA.
    47 7 RlUTlß's TILBORAXSJ London, September 24 Following strong representations which have been made from time to time, the British Admiralty has agreed to lend two up to date Cruisers to the Australian Coin monwealth for purposes of training iv connection with the Colony's naval service.
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    THE MOROCCAN CRISIS.
    71 7 France and Germany on Friendly Terms. |D»« Ost4siatiBubi Lloyd Tilbubam] Berlin, September M. It is hoped the Moroccan trouble is drawing to a close. Germany's reply to the Franco- Spanish Note, embodying special proposals, has been communicated by the German Embassy at Paris, and it is understood
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    PRINCE VON BUELOW AND THE PRESS.
    75 7 |D» OSTABIATUOBI LluVli TBLaOKAIII Berlin, September '23. At a garden party in connection with the Journalists' Congress, now being hold at Berlin, Prince von Buelow, the Imperial Chau cellor, recounted some humorous rtimnis cencee of his personal dealings with the Press in various countries,
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    THE RELEASE OF PRINCE VON EULENBERG.
    52 7 I Dim Ostasutischi Llotd Tilwieamj Berlin, September 23. The release from prison of Prince Phillip von Eulenburg is causing considerable com ment in Germany. Complaints have been made to the Public Prosecutor at Berlin on account of the faot that the Prince was released
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    DIPLOMATS IN CONFERENCE.
    41 7 [Dm UsTASUTiscaa Lloyd Tiliukaii| Berlin, September 23. On Friday, M. Ixvoisky, the Husoian Foreign Minister, meets Herr von Scboen, the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Germany, at Herchtt'Hgaden. M. Isvolsky is due in London on October 1 i
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    GERMAN FINANCIAL TROUBLES.
    32 7 [Dn OflTAUATuaxa Llotd Tiliuuh Berlin, September 28. Herr von Sydow, of the Imperial Treasury, calculates that Germany requires 5G0,U00,000 marks I £25,000,000) in taxation to cover the national deficit.
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    Indian Immigration.
    1595 8 u:ars record of imported LABOUR. Supply Unequal to the Demand. lin t.a.il number ol imiuigrauts that arrived at I'mang the port of disembarkation tur tin Kiilerati'l Malay M at. s in 1901 «M«VMI This ftj.ui,. is Hi-; highest on record. The immigrants Wi ie ol the bUowfag classes
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    BRITISH OFFICER ATTACKED.
    156 8 lanatic's Unsuccessful Attempt to Murder. \n attoiapt at olia/iatli. toi Innately un ■•in c ssiui. ocoorrod at Qootta on the uight ot tin "'tli instant Lieutenant .M. 11. l/iicas. ;7lh lialiichistau Horse, attached to the. /hob Levy Corps, whe.i leaving the preaaMOl ot the Olliocrs' Miss „f
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    Jackies and Japanese.
    227 8 The following item, taken from Tho Australasian ot August J'.i. relates to tin visit of the United States battleship tlect to Sydney. It sho« s the danger, to which we have referred on several occasions, of a visit to .lapaucsc ports: A not very agreeable illustration ot
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    97 8 Moli mi. -i I. .1 \\.u liiiian who m in the minluy ut Ht-.srs. IliiUeubach llrotberx, was prosecuted by Detective Inspector It.nirin iv tli^ District Court before Mr. K. 0. C. I ILow.inl, this murmur, on a cbarp of tin ft of a bumilu of rit'au from their warehouse in
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      84 8 In the l.'ulcutta sweep on the St. Leger, Ceylon drew six uou-starters. The White Cross Football Club will meet the Darul Adab Club at soccer this afternoon at Beach lioad. The final in the Colman Shield competition between the Darul Bahar and the (ieneral I'ost Office will
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      Swimming.
      40 8 Swimming Club Launch. The steam launch Argo will leave Johnston's I'icr for the Swimming Club bungalow ou Suuday at 'J, 10, and 1 1 a.m.. UO aud lUM pin., returning at 9.30, l(t.:so a.m.. 12.15, 1 mid tM p.m.
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      The Turf.
      71 8 Winning Owners. tin August 21 Mr. .1. I;, .loe.l was at the top of the list of winning owners with wins aud stakes amouutiug to £19,532. With the value of the St. Leger added Mr. .loci is head ami shoulders above the >ther winning owuers. Lord W'estbtiry aud
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      Lawn Tennis.
      129 8 5.C.C. Tournament. <iaunt had uo dilliculiy in beating Seth iv the A Class final iv the S.C.C. Lawn Tennis tournament ou the lOsplauadc last evening. He played a good game, and won both setts easily, by Ii 1 and o—2. This evening. Green meets Seth in the Championship,
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      Rowing.
      129 8 Singapore Rowing Club. The dannged Kour having vow beeu satisfactorily repaired, it is proposed to hold the Baas* for the cups presented for competition by Mr. Sott Hussell. It has been decided by the Committee to determine the positions iv which cnti.ints shall row aud t'.ieu to decide 'tin;
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      Rifle Shooting.
      211 8 laiping; Ladies' Bisley. What promised to be a most siiccesiful Uihleyiueetiug opened at 'I'aiping ou Mon day. The following results supplement tho>>e published yesterday:— i'lu open 100 yds., for those whose previous scores have been ..ver.'il points was won by Mrs. Duucau Cooper .i-i points, with Mrs. Cuthbert
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    TRADE IN THE F.M.S.
    378 8 TRADE IN THE F. M.S. Comparative Statements of Imports and Exports. The following statements showing the total value of imports iuto ami export from the Federated Mulay States are iuterestiug. liming I.Hi.i, I'.HM. and IHO7. the total imports from the places mentioned were as follow MM. l'.KJti. 1907. 11l Singapore
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    DIVORCE ON CIGARETTES.
    138 8 Judge Declares the Habit as Bad as Drunkenness. The cigarette habit is sutticicut cause lor divorce in my court, said Judge .lohu M. L.roderick in au Ohio city when a youug wife testified that her husband was accustomed to up iv the night to smoke cigarettes. That
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    Boy's Mad Bet.
    86 8 Au eitraordinary ease of a boy's daring was heard at Stookport o i Aujjmt 27, wheu nine lads were nuod for ireupas-iing on the rai'way. Oue of the boys w.vs dared by his companions to lie down m the middle of the four-foot way ou the Midland
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    15 8 During the past live mouths, tho Cauadi&n Customs have decreased to the extent of •1,*****0.
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      103 8 HAhi -!A HALL. JAPANESE CINEMATOGRAPH. Ni rtli Undge li.-ud. The New Programme TO-NIGHT 1m i cits: The |ine'. Kight The Ihirteeu Surviving Miners ,v Cmirrieren. hn;il Bruthors The Mines and Forge at Doch/i'villu The Village Fete (iluc Making There's a amell of Km..ki hero The Alps seen thrc.ngh n Te!>
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    275 9 SiNoiroM, Skftkmbbr 28, 1006. PRODUCE. j&inbicr I Ml do (Cube No. 1) nnpi'-keil 1200 Ccprn Bali 7 20 do Pontianau 61:9 Pepper. Black 10.20 dj Wbitt> 5% IMS] Sago Flour Snrawt.1. buyers 2.95 Jo Brunei No. 2.85 Pear! Skko 8.60 Coffee Bali pioked 2H.00 Coffee. FaUuibsL^ bam* oom Coffee.
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    S. V. C. ORDERS.
    284 9 Bt Major E. C. Ki.i.i~. Acting r.ininwuuau'., S.V.C Singapore, Septuuhei :!i, 1908. S.V V Datio*, I:—Urdarly1:—Urdarly Oflaar (or eusuiu^ Mak Lieiu. A. A. Lennit. Orderly N.C.O. Bombr. li. W. B. Cochrane. Parades. II :-On Tiies-ln, Mlh, 1) K.F. and linn Laying. Ol In.lay, October i. Lecture
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    What a Hanging Costs.
    99 9 Citj cm It i ip: rairyiau out Uic t-xccalii -i ol KdwaiH .loha- ii at tin 1 In al I'm t.y was slJKlltly u\<r tBO. The execution.m, I.; »n«l Willi were pai.l L'l'J between tl*ni lot i; i-^in» tin murderer, while, in addition, their travelling dm
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      MINING.
      345 9 Date of forma 'ion CplUI Snmoribed Na f ber I Imm Paid Share* Share* TiJn °P •<> Uniaioed Company QnoTinoM 1903 ISOO.COO 1907 tBOO,COO 1901 NOO.COO 1905 £400X00 1907 1400.000 1901 £60,000 1906 £100,000 li-OS 1150,000 1806 £120,f.00 1906 £30,000 1806 14',0r. 1906 4280.0 CC 1907 £100.000 •bO4 £130,000
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      377 9 I9OA ISO, 000 I9W 1200,000 1904 £20.000 I »o'i £70,000 :aoe u.^0.000 ;904; 904 1 Al6 MX: <90S *7J,000 !806 C 310.000 1906 <180.00(< 1907 £320,000 1900 I /178,00 C 1906 ti6o,oOC< 124,116 126,000 22,760 C6,7M 1 •ii.uOO 16,000 64,000 259,580 180,000 201,400 175,000 230,950 I 46,800 1 I
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      205 9 !M!4 ta.iVi.i'J.O IS9f IHV<>"O < LMO.fl tt.Mii.OK i V* MO 19 1 til 1899 j frJ»jM) 903 IM* W 1891 »:-0.!.v 190! UOG.WO 1904 *:fr-.o'o l>)84 I.:* V 1890 1887 19C4 ltf.oo* i «,»oa 7.15-! I i»/a I u/e l>f.oM' «,«Ofi 80 I M 12..0.., i 116 I Jig
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    Modern Dick Turpin.
    288 10 AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY. Strange Story from Wyoming. An extraordinary Dick Turpin story, rallu r j more difficult of belie f than most that come I from America, was told ou August ■<■ The Central News New York correspondent say- a great sensation has been
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    113 10 There was an interesting interview with Sir liobett Hart, in a commercial magazine, last month, ou the future of British trude in the East. He goes over the ground thoroughly for the encouragement of British manufacturers, tells them that there are umplo statistics at their
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    Plain Words About London.
    154 10 The liev. W. Kingscote Greenland, the editor of tbe Young Man, has something to say in the September number of that magazine about London. It is this: 1 wish that people, especially men, would cease to spcik of Paris as the capital of sensual rice. Man
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    Pirates in South China.
    150 10 The number of pirates ii daily mm aMiiy on the West Kivcr and Mm coast, and it E bub tune; that the Chinese authorities took effective measures to put an end to these despcradoc, who are a source of uicuace and danger to shipping and to
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    Powers of Darkness.
    169 10 According to a ,v. rii. r in an Indian magazine, magicians and sorcerers still timl a profitable field in Malabar. Here tbe black arts are more patronised probably than in any other place in the world, and its n:ini. toiis varieties of spirit people are still very
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      521 10 BANKING COMPANIES. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. paid-up capital »is.ooo,<xx iEfiERVE FDND Sterling Reserve $18,000,000) M q 000 00t Silver Reserve »14,0J0,000| a3 00T wx *eiarrt Liability of Propristors »18,000,00 C 1 COURT OP DIRECTORS. E. Shellim, Esq. Chairman. Hon. Mr. W.J. Grcsson. Deputy Chairman. E. O. Barrett, Esq. IW.
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      58 10 Old fashioned copaiba and tantal are uov; superseded by METHYLOIDS, the modern scientific remedy for eatarrlml affoctionH of tbe urinary tract. These tiny tasteless capsules give visible results in a few hours and cure promptly. Much better than any injection and far safer and more convenient. A trial will convince
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      744 10 B.— THE BOOHORB PLATK.-ValiiH MM, nud *'.v la Mm Becoa 1 Bon*. A Handicap for all Hor» s th»t have run at this Masting and not won. ThaCo— __ttM to have the option of caucL-llini; thix raco if there are le.iH than live horiei entered, the property of difierent owner*
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    AUTOMOBILISM.
    940 11 NOTES AND NEWS OF INTEREST TO MOTORISTS. The Predominance of the Car at Goodwood. The Car of London published lately an illustration of the gathering of motor-cars at Goodwood, aud it certainly presented an extraordinary proof of the spread of autouiobilism even among the class most interested in horses
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      298 11 ARGYLL CARS. Greatest Success, 12-14 H.P. GOLD MEDAL AND FASTEST TIME, CLSKGBOI HILL CLIMB. 14-16 H.P. l\\(i KXTEBED, 'JWO MADE MOM STOP 1U Ns THROUGHOUT. SCOTTISH RELIABILITY TRIAL. "Arxjlla" were tin- ooly firm Irn inn three winuin^ cars in the'trml. SYME CO., Sole Agents. SCOTTISH TRIALS, 1908. TRAOE MARK A*
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      54 11 WHOOPING CCUGH. This is a very dan^eroiiA disease unless pro]>orly treated, but all danger may be avoided by giving Chamberlain's Cough Hemedy. It liquifies the touf(h mucus, making it easier to expectorate, keeps the cough loose, and makes the paroxysms of coughing less frequent and less severe. For sale by
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      270 11 I sole agents: CENTRAL. ENGINE >nrORHS. Just Landed: BELSIZE l/i.lfi H D A 14 16 HP. BELSI/E, driveu I*I"IO n.r., by Mrs. E. A. RILEY in tho recent D 4. J \I II (5D RIVINOTON I'IKE HILL r3inted Yellow, W oumtno oommtition, upholstered Blue. is h.p. bell is h.p. stella.
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      127 11 MARTINS •••t' h«T»a| 'o- T t met > tVjj ■^'•bwVilirii'^Bi' v** Wines I Wines Genuine table claret at 4.75 par iot Vermouth of Turin 1.20 p. litre bo». Moeoat of Syracuse, an Invigorating wins moitly reoommended for weak people and ladie* at 1 1.00 per qnart. Cbianti Wine, Braochetto (a
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      405 12 ARTICLES FOR SALE. Kites Four Lincta, on* e»r two insertion., 11.00 Bj th« loch, m« Heal* of Chargn. DARRACQ CAR FOR SALE 4-cyhnder, 14/16 b. p., 5 seated (just purchased from Katz Brothers, Singapore). Apply C. O. Warnford Lock, Kuala Lumpur. 0 1958 RUBBER EBTATE FOR SALE About ISO aores
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      569 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. runs Po«r LiaM, on or tw wnioiM, HM By ib* IKb, 8o*l« of Ckut«s. OFFICE TO BE LET. No. 7, Battery Road. Apply to Qnthrie and Co., Ltd. r 1878 OFFIOE ANO GODOWN TO LET. No. 96, Robinson Road. Moderate rent. Apply to J. LEVY,
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      422 12 Syrup of Raspberry PURELY MADE OF GUARANTEED NATURAL RASPBERRY JUICE AND SUGAR. Mixed with iced water or soda water, it forms a very palatable, refreshing and healthy drink, which is uo doubt the most suitable beverage for hot climates. It also forms a delicious ingredient for ice-cream :iml sweet sauces.
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      281 12 BOARD AND LODGING. tUr»J:- Foor l.inea .mo ur t »o In.trtieni. 51. 30 Br Iht fcNhj BMtS ot Charge*. BOARD AND RESIDENCE. For single Remlermu. Terms moderate. Apply at Rrckhnrat, 11, I<hoby Ghaut. 2012 BOARD AND RESIDENCE. "Comfort Hou?e," 68-1. off Thompson Road, near Red Bridge. Firxt-class "board anj lodging,
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