The Straits Times, 21 October 1908

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.788. SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1908. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      277 1 The OSTEND MEETING. Kilometer Trials, Flying Start. Mile Standing Test. FIRST— BAYARD-CLEMENT FIRST— BAYARD-CLEMENT. SECOND-BAYARD-CLEM-iNT SECOND-BAYARD-CLEMENT. THIRD-BAYARD-CLEMENT BAYARD CT FMF\T FOURTH-6-cvlinder NAP] BF. THIRD-BAYARD-CLEMEN f. FIFTH— FIAT. FOURTH— FIAT. This proves once again the SUPERIORITY of "BAYARD-CLEMENT" CARS as regards RELIABILITY and REGULARITY. A toy, Models of this make have
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      308 1 SINGAPORE RECREATION CLUB. ATHLETIC SPORTS 1908. The Members will be AT HOME to their friends on Saturday, October 24, from 4 GEORGE E. BOGAARS, Hon. Secretary, 2291 S. R. C. Sports. The Cornish Pixie. THE MARVEL OF MARVELS. Man s perfect proportions coinpre«sod into a 9 j lb. limit. ON
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      294 1 Robinson Company. REVOLVERS PISTOLS. Revolver Cartridges. COLTS DOUBIE-ACTION REVOLVER. BROWNING AUTOMATIC PISTOL. 4-inch Barrel, -32. I j Revolver Cartridges. COLTS TARGET REVOLVER. WEBLEY'S AUTOMATIC PISTOL. 6-inch Barrel, '88. WEBLEY-8 "W.P. 32 REVOLVERS. WEBLEY'S HAMMERLESS WEBLEYB MARK 111. 38 REVOLVERS '32 REVOLVER UNDER NEW PROPRIETORSHIP. (ESTABLISHED 1868). ADELPHI HOTEL. FIRST-CLASS FAMILY
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      115 1 EMPLOYMENT WANTED. A certified Government Surveyor is open for engagement. Apply c/o Straits Times. 2298 FURNISHED ROOMB WANTED. Wanted by two gentlemen, two very well furnished rooms, exolusive of board. Apply, stating terms, to X.Y.Z., c/o Straits Times. 2294 AUCTION SALE or One Australian horse and rubber-tyred Gig and harness,
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      22 1 DE SUMATRA POST," Published daily at Medan, Deli, is the LEADING paper in Sumatra. 0 Q H E 2 Ul O H
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    Airship at Shanghai.
    295 2 MAIDEN TRIP EXPECTED WITHIN TEN DAYS. Proposed Aero Club for Settlement. Obviously until Shanghai is able to boast of its own airship and aeroplane, it will be possible to accuse the Settlement of lagging behind tbe times, remarks the N. C. Daily News. The reproach, however, is
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    AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.
    670 2 Mr Roosevelt's Warm Encouragement of Mr. Taft. It is t'vidi ut that, writes the Washington correspondent of the Times, short of taking the stamp" himself, which it is officially announced that he will not do, Mr. Roosevelt means to leave no stone unturned to influence public opinion in
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      413 2 Special Reductions. HUMBER CARS 10-12 AND 20 H.P. Newly Arrived. Latest Model. n U IYI D b. M Owing to facilities for turning out large numbers of these famous Cars in order to meet the growing demand, COST OF PRODUCTION has been reduced to a point which enables them to
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      588 2 ITCHING HUMOUR ON HEAD AND FACE Became Unbearable— Little Girl Suffered .Terribly— Would 'Tear Her Flesh— Grew Thinner Day by Day— Now Healthier than Ever. CUTICURA CURED HER ECZEMA PERMANENTLY "Last Aucust I found a little pimpl* exactly on the crown of my little daugh- ter's head. It b«JfejpK fan
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      59 2 NO CAUSE TO WORRY. With METHYLOIDS a rapid and effective cure can be obtained in cases of catarrhal affections of the urinary tract. Far superior to injections, as they cause no pain or stricture, and more effective than santal or copaiba. They relieve the pain and ease your mind. In
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      1012 2 When buying Lime Juice Buy tbe Bast. The Best is "Montserrat" Lime Juice. "MONTSERRAT is prepared from cultivated limes, and ia alway* fresh and pleasant to the taste. Mixed with plain or aerated water, it makes a cooling, refreshing, healthful drink. Try a dash of Montserrat" in your whisky and
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    FEMININE NOTES.
    1505 3 CARNIVAL OF COLOUR AT DRURY LANE. Startling Directoire Modes on the Stage. The dresses worn by the actresses in the new I >rury Lane drama, The Marriages of Mayfair," are triumphs of art that will win universal admiration. In the first scene at Runipelmayer'H, among the most noticeable
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      280 3 SAVARESSES PURtNisi of oil. AND COATING Of MCN6MJIC. or *****, wtrn m incoNvt niinu^ Aitiffe'tU'sAVAßlLSSß. DENTAL SUPPLIES. Lahukst Stuck of C. Ash, Sons and Co.'s Manufactures and American Goods. CHEONG BROS., 25, South Bridge Road, Singapore, Ouarantoo nigh elms work aid the latest improvement* (or European cliunt-i. 17*0 CHAROKS MODERATE.
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      476 3 By Special ?IH»|^ Purveyors to JH^^B V^IB Warrant Kl ■In IB Celebrated Oilmen s Stores Hj Xj IK PICKLES, SOUPS, JAMS, JELLIES. H Iy^ I i^B POTTED MEATS, MALT VINEGAR. Hi H jH I Agents for LEA PERRIN*S WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE i£o B^ Crosse Blackwell, Ltd. ■ggpji^TKADE U£ W^£ SSm mmM
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      166 3 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Payable in Advance. Daily issue per year 180.00 do per quarter 7.60 do per month 2.60 do per copy 10 Weekly imae per year 1200 do per quarter 8.00 do per copy 26 Wlitu Rent by post, there io added for the daily itoiuo, two dollars a quarter
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    667 4 (Va BTtWsi, an I no nr <,' A<; IGRS. Am 1 1 U I M IS; W. Mi Aluanto, Manila, Nov I Barlow Antuntf. Hwgkong, O I Hlwi Meyer Aityanax, Liverpool, Sot 14 j W. Manstield N iv ■>: M. Maritimef Coy Banskok, Ot .;o V rneoOi v
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    LIST OF PASSENGERS.
    225 4 Passengers Outward. IV' I. .mil O. straw* r Somali, due October S2— Miss Abell, Miss Tolluy, Ma. A. R. Bruwu, Mr. Bad Mis. B. linker. Mr. W. J. Ha-kin-. Mr. W. Bourue. Mrs. Stoner and child. Mrs. J. U. A. and Miss D. Wilson, Miss M. K.
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      86 4 RHEUMATISM. So little confidence Las the average man in the various cures for rheumatism that he oftcu suffers (or years without making any effort to find relief. He then finds that it has become chronic. This is a mistake, as tht 1 pain can always be relieved, and in most
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      755 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. p @> o STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Penan??. Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden Egypt. Mediterranean Ports. Plymouth and London Ibrcagh Bill" it Lviiu.' Udced for Obini r>»»t, Persian OnH, OoatißHW, »od Aia n» Pctt*. S.cr-^:tc \»ttl leave Bra ;*p jo or abo-.. MAIL LINe (Outward for Chi.ui).
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      671 4 STEAMER SAILINGS, BURNS PHILP LINE. SINGAPORE TO •J\V PORTS, PORT DARWIN, THURSDVT IBLAND, BRISBANK AND >Yi>wr. TAKING CABOO ■UOrHKRNUKTU QUEENPr, \\D PORTS. BRITISH NEW GUINEA. NEW BRITAIN vNDNEW ZEALAND PORTS (with transhipment). Aa inducement offer*. Smooth passage. Superb Scenery. A rognlu monthly servioe lo shore porta le maintained by the
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      483 4 STEAMER SAILINGSOCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO. LTD. The Companies' steamers are despaobed from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China and Japan every week and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight for Gonoa, Marseille! and Liverpool and for Maraei'les, Havre and Liverpool
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      575 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. The 'steamers of this Company maintain a regular, servioe between Hamburg, Bremen, 1 Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, i China and Japan. i Homewards, they are desnatchad fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and onoe a month for Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and
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      789 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. j— N. Da L. NORDDEUT CHER LLOrD. '•.pperlri (i'nnan Mall Line. The fast an 4 well known mail t>tu*m. r this Company sail fortnightly from Bma I Hambnrg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Scath.im[> ten, Gibraltar, Geooa, Na^le*, (conm Marseilles. Nap!tf, .*.j<:»ani?rln aol fkl Port Said, Suez, Aden, CjlomLo, Faaautf
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    SHIPPING IN PORT.
    1162 5 DaMM ttii* baiuliun tiiti following ahbr«*!.ituos tm a« i *lr. u^unwt; ih. -•hip; bq.— bmrqun; *:h.— KhiNiiu: Vet.— Vic-ht; Cta.— Ctilhi lit. -dun bolt; 1..r. -Torpwlc, H.p. -MunA-powcr Knt. BrltWi; U- B.— Unttid MUto; Feb.— French u«r. 11.-rn.ni lint. -Duli-li. ll il. MMjlMt- Bp«»ta* w*k; O.c.— General
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    Vessels at Tanjoag Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    97 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To- Day. TANJONG PAGAR. East Wharf Bahin— Jos. L. Eviston. East Wharf Section 1 Lai San.', Muttra. Section No. 1 (Sheexs Wharf)— Murex. Section 2 iHchia, (Wakaaa Maru due). a 8— Nil. 4— B»raali. o—Nil.0 Nil. 6—
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    Mail Steamer Movements.
    70 5 Homcttard P. ami O. Mail. Tbe P. and O. homeward mail steamer Delta left Hongkong, at 1 p.m. on Saturday, and is due here at 6 a.m., on Thursday, the 22nd m urn. Outward P. and O. Mail. The P. and O. outward mail steamer Delhi, left
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    Mails Close.
    136 5 Fob P»a .-it»»m» Tn» T> MORROW Natuna. Anamba Islands Flevo 7 a.m. Kbiu and Indragiri Laurent Pit 7 a.iv Batavia La Seym 8 a.m. Cuoob Olxnggx 9.80 a id. Aoamba, Natana Islands Sutuna 11 a.m. Malacca and Linggi Kheng Seng 1 p.m. Bangkok Frrya lpm Malacca, P. D.
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    Clearances.
    87 5 October ao tHalioli*. Dnt.tr, Balik Papan Nerite, Brit btr, Saigon and Bangkok M Tencer, Brit str, Manila, Hongkong, .Tapvi Inaba Mara, Brit Mr, Antwerp via port. Islander, Brit str, Christmas I -.land Banka, Brit str, Anamba and Natuna Islands Karang, Brit str, Kelantan via ports Van der Lijn, Dut
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    THE P. AND O. COMPANY.
    418 5 Directors Define Duties of their Pursers. The P. and O. Company have published a new edition of their Pocket Book, which tirst made itg appearance in IH9O. Anotiier was Knu.ml ten years later, and tbe present is ttiu third edition. Sir Thomas Sutherland, as usual,
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    ***** and the Plague.
    89 5 The Civil and Military Gazette understands that the Government of the Colony of Hougkouß has asked that three male cat* and ten female cats may be sent to that Colony from India for breeding purposes. It would appear that the Chinese hive a high opinion of
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    Arrival of Passengers.
    105 5 Per Somali, Captain A. O. Cubitt, it I k October 21. From London Mrs. and Miss Wilson, Mr. W. Bourne, Mr. and Mrs. 11. B. Baker, Miss Abel, Mi-s 'Policy, Mr. 11. M. Tiiozc Mr. and Mrs. Dupios, Mr. .1. Mitrlicll, Mrs. Dougherty, Lientenant Duke, Serjeant S.
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    Mails to Arrive.
    116 5 Prom Eorom— By tbe P. an 1 O. steamer Delhi, October 24. From China By the P. and O. steamer Delia, due October 22. Left Singapore Dae in Loudon kpt 11 P. AO. Oot 3 lept 18 N. D. L. Oot 8 lept 17 8.1. Oot 10
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      28 5 (ioun -i>YE. }Ikaduuf.»! is what people say who have Steams' Headache Curoliaudy For headnclius won't sjay wlure this excellent remedy is Safe to u»o and ylaaaant to tak*.
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      562 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. n.yTk; JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. LTD. lar FORTNIGHTLY lerrioe li main «iweuD Japan and Europe by the TWIN-SCREW STEAMERS, Under Mail Contract with the Imperial Japanese Government, specially designed (or the Company's European Service, lighted through oat by Electricity, provided with excellent accommodation (or First and Second Clans
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      481 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. INDOCHINA STEAM NAV.COm LTD. Tn tteuntira of this Company maintain regular direct aervioe between Caloatta, Straits, Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan, taking oargo on through Bills of Lading (or Canton, Swatow, Amoy, Cbefoo, Tientsin, Ncwcbwang, Yangtsze Ports, Formosa, the Philippine*, Ao., Ac Steamer* Tons Commander Kirruaa 4,895 R. 0.
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      484 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. cTpTr Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mall Steamship Lin*. the national highway to europe via CHINA JAPAN. CANADA *n<i Ib. UNITED BTATEB. Koala from Hongkong, via Shanghai, N&gasat > (Inland 8m of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama Victoria and V«aoouver R.H.B. Enruaa o» Imdu Twiuacrew ale* R.M.B. "Eiiprms or Japah"
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      87 5 AUCTION SALES Powell and Co. Oct 24— At St. Dominio's. No. 9, Mount Sopbia, household furniture, etc.. at v in p.m. H. L. Cojjhlan and Co. Oct 24 -At No. 74-A, Brai Butfa R"ad, valuable teak farnture. etc.. at 2 p.m. Almeida and Co. Oct 24— At B ii t
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      32 5 LAZATINE, tbe Ideal Purgative, mm mended by tbe best medical authorities. Easy to take and certain in result.. To be had of all bemlst*. Wholesale tron Tb. Pharmacy. "atWry Road. Riogapor* lIW
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      252 5 DAY BY DAY Wednesday. October ai. High Water. H.vj a»• 8.8 p.m Preliminary heats SRC. exports. Hockey. S C.C. 11. v. U.K. Football RG A. t. Warders. Football Kents I. v. Keuts 11. CoraUh Pixie 8 t>7 and Bto 0 p.m. Hi Street. Grand Cincm»tocr»ph Theatre Royal. Albambr* Cinematograph. 7
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      158 5 Singapore Tide Table. (Fboh Octobkb 21 to October 27.) HIGH WATER. ;LOW WATER Time H'gbt '"Time U'jjbl October nr m '■>■■ hre.min. ft ins. WitiHDiiai 88 pm 76 a3jpm it T.^.n.,41 (9.14 un 8.0 ?.47»m! 9.6 If.™.. J 941 m 9S 2I 25 FMDii 23 9 .s 4pm 8 8
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    DEATH.
    22 6 Hltchinson.— At Tiddingtoii House, Strat-ford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, on October 19, General A.R.E. Hutehinsou, latt of the lath Bengal Infantry. (By cable).
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21.
    887 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21. We have been able to publish during the last few days some very interesting particulars of the great rubber exhibition held recently in London. Among these articles we are inolined to give a foremost place to the report of a lecture
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    424 6 Our London correspondent sonds ub to-day an interesting tolograin about President Roosevelt's designs for increasing the American navy. There would bo a curtain grim humour iv using a cruise which has been proclaimed everywhere as a round of peaceful and wholly friendly visits to justify so large an increase in
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    36 6 According to the Manila Times, the American battleship fleet will leave there on December 1, for Colombo, not stopping at Singapore. Six or seven days will be spent at Colombo, from December 14 to tha 30th.
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    13 6 A dhoby committed suicide on Monday night, in Dhoby Ghaut, by hanging himself.
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    15 6 Five hundred tons of crude oil arrived from Saruboe. yesterday, by the Dutch steamer Halioti-
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    17 6 Five thousand tins of kerosene oil arrived from Langkat, yosterday afternoon, by the British steamer Fuh Wo.
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    20 6 From Macassar and Sourabaya, (XI pigs were brought by Messrs. Wee Bin and Company's steamer N'am Vong, which arrived, yosterday.
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    19 6 According to a contemporary, the British Malayan Mining Company, Limited, has gone into voluntary liquidation for purposes of reconstruction.
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    22 6 A now teacher for the Auglo-Chineso School, connected with the American Mission, at Kuala Lumpur, has just arrived from the luited States.
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    26 6 The Municipality of Yokohama chartered a fleet of merchant vessels to transport the residents of the city down the harbour to meet the American battleship licet.
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    25 6 In reproducing the Singapore mortality returns for the month of September, when 1,048 deaths were registered, the I'inaug Gazette heads the paragraph A Health Resort!
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    28 6 Tongkang No. 3,tt18, loaded with M boxes of cigarettes belonging to the British and American Tobacco Company, sank off Johnston's Pier in the heavy squall, yester day morning.
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    34 6 America*! milliuers returning to Now York from Europe declare that it is all off with the Merry Widow hat. Style has reacted to tho smallest thing that can bo fastened on a woman's head.
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    36 6 For happening to be in possession of a twenty-dollar note which belonged to his towkay, a Chinese coolie was sentenced to Todrtoen days' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. J. S. W. Arthur, the acting Second .Magistrate, yesterday.
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    44 6 The Chinaman who was shot some time ago by a watchman, while passing through a plantation in Padang Kctehil. was before the act'ng Second Magistrate, yesterday, ou a charge of attempting to .steal fowls in the plantation where he wa« shot. He was acquitted.
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    48 6 It is reported, says the Malay Mail, that there is some likelihood of the men condemned to death in the Kuantan murder trial being brought to Kuala Lumpur for execution. It is thought in Singapore, it may be added, that the execution will probibly take placo at Pekan.
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    48 6 Mr. Manuel Klies. editor of El Vigilaute of Mau/ai'illo, Cuba, was shot dead on August 31 by Mr. Manuel Estrada, editor of El Re porter of the same city, who considered himself insulted by remarks in a political article. Klies was a Conservative, Estrada is an In dependent.
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    50 6 A Chinaman was killed ou the new Trouoh Railway on Saturday through boarding a train while iv motion at Papau Station. He slipped and fell heavily on to an iron projection '"inch cut open his chin. It was very deep cut. He must have broken his nock. Death was instantaneous.
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    53 6 Tow Ah Yam, a Hy lam servant who was in the employ of Mr. 0. M. Striuguaerto, was convicted by the Third Magistrate, yesterday, on a charge of cheating by attempting to pass a worthless cheque, which, when blank, he had secured from his master, and was sentenced to throe
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    57 6 Tho members, of the Singapore Recreation Club, will be at home to their friends on the occasion of the holding of their annual athletic sports, on Saturday, the '21th instant, from 4 p.m. His Excellency the Governor has kindly consented to be present, and Miss Anderson will give away the
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    61 6 Two Macaos have boon arrested ou a charge of having committed robbery, with one other, iv Upper Cross Street, on Monday night, ruloaving Sea.li Song Tin of >50 in notes. One of them is further charged with offering $10 to P.C. 416 to secure their reli.'sr. The case was mentioned
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    61 6 Two cars belonging to tho Penang Municipal Kloctric Tramways were derailed on Sunday morning, one at Aier Etam and the other in Kampong Bharu. The heavy rains of the previous night wore indirectly the cause of the former mishap, while in thu OMO of the other accident the car was
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    63 6 A change of programme is on to-night at the Alhambra cinematograph, which in spite of opposition continues to be well filled. For the benefit of those who have not as yet seen them, tho Stadium Sports, in three series, will be exhibited up to the ond of this week only
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    70 6 Sergeant Little prosecuted a man named Wan Wee in the District Court before Mr. E. C. C. Howard, this morning, nn a charge of attempting robbery at No. 1, Loke Vow Street, on the early morning of October 13. The evidence showed that a large clasp knife and a chisel
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    86 6 There was a disturbance in a certain houne in Frasor Street, on Monday night, with the result that two Chinese, whoso faces showed that they were sea-faring men, were tried before the acting Second Magistrate, Mr. J. S. W. Arthur, on a charge of mischief in breaking oups and saucers
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    410 6 To-morrow is the birthday of the Emprcs* of Germany. Mr. H. I. Clodd. of Kuula Lumpur, has couio lo Singapore on a short vmit. Mrs. C, O. Carter, Hi American Uaclnr died of cliolora at Manila, ou October 3. I'riuce August Wilhclm of I'russia. fourth son of
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    55 6 A shortage of more than $400,000 _U been disclosed iv tho Havana post otficc by au inventory of the stamps, envelopes and othor material, and Kicardn Kouriguez, chief of the supply bureau, has disappeared. Other high oth'cials are believed to be implicated. A Cuban, Colouel Charles Ucruandez, is Postmaster! ie.i'
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    61 6 Iv the Supreme Court, this morning, Mr. W. (i. Maxwell, the Acting Attorm y-Goncrnl applied t< r judgment mi the Registrar's certificate in the suit ot the Attorney- General v. Murugayah Pillay. The Registrar assosßod tho damages suffered by plaiutitTs and due. it was alleged, to defendant's default, at *»,014.07.
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    83 6 The Birmingham Daily Post stated lately that the Dutch Government intended .shortly to spend 36 millions of guilders in developing the productive rosources of Netherlands India by means of railways and extensive public works. The Batavia journal* say that this is all uonseus». The XetberUiulh India Budget has to face
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    98 6 Five days imprisonment was the sentence imposed at Manila on Lewis Graham, runmi for the Hotel Francia who was charged with calumny. It was alleged that Graham had gone aboard various ships in the bay and circulated the report that a rival hotel was located in a cholera district and
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    114 6 Chine** 1 secret societies branches of the notorious Triad organisation in China— thrive at Saigon, and keep thuir doings so close that tho police almost despair of laying hands upon thorn. The other day, luck befriended the police upon a native headman catching a band of vagrants who proved to
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    124 6 The Government ha» kiudly allowed tin Anglo-Chinese School a considomblo sp^cr on the hillside at the back of their present buildings. Excavations have boon m mo gress to make the ground level, and a quantity of earth has been secured for filling up the low-lying portions of tho playground at
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      680 6 The One Decoration which excel. all others for Hospitals, Convalescent Homes, Nursing Institutions, etc.. f __ffl ___w IS HalTs Distemper, because Ikm^- >£__B s w len r a PP" Cl a thorough __fl j ili infedant destroying all vermin and \M ™H| U _MH|H j» M^ microbes. II can he
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    EASTERN EUROPE.
    288 7 GtRMAN EMPEROR ON PEACE PROSPECTS. Negotiations in Anticipation of the Conference. JRkutkk's Tklk..ihm Londou, October 21. The Emperor oi Germany: opening the Prussian Diet, said that events in the Near East, though politically interesting Germany less than other Powers, domand serious notice. Germany, he said, wa- faithfully co.operating
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    CHINA AND JAPAN.
    140 7 Demand by Peking for Punishment of Japanese. Kkcim;'- Tklk.'.hi London. October -1. Alter investigating the disturbances on the Korean frontier iv the vicinity of the Cliicntao territory, reported a few days ago, China has demanded compensation from Japan and tho pin i 1.-acnt of (lie guilty parties.
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    PRINCE RANJITSINHJI.
    82 7 Affirms His Loyalty and Denounces Bomb Throwers. [Ridtib's T»lk..> Londou, October H, Mm Kaujitsinhji, Dm Jam Sahib ot Nawanagar, was cntertuiucd at farewell banquet at Cambridge last evening. Viscount Clifdeu presided, and Lord D.iluiony, Sir A. Conau Doyle. l>r. W. G. Grace, Mr.C. B. Fry, Hon. F. S.
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    MINISTERIAL CHANGES.
    73 7 New Lnder-Secretary for Foreign Affairs. [RaUTIH's TILIORAMs] London, October 20. Mr. Thomas McKinuon Wood, member for tho St Rollox Division of Glasgow, has been appointed I'nder Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, vice Lord Fit/.mauricc who was made Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster some days a^o. Mr.
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    UNITED STATES AND JAPAN.
    58 7 Friendly Assurances Exchanged at Tokyo. [EUutbh's Tklk'.rim London. Octobrr •_>!. Admiral Spcrry has delivered to the Mikado a message from President lioosovelt assuring him of the friendship of the American Peafte, The Mikado replied that his constant desire would be to weld the ties of AmericanJapanese
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    ALLEGED DEFALCATIONS.
    227 7 Serious Charge Against Well-Known Singaporean. Mr. J. A. lioyes, formerly iv the employ of Messrs. Pertilo and Company, Singapore, has arrived from England in the custody of a Scotland Yard detective on the charge of criminal breach of trust of SI (.000 from his employers. He appeared in
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    DESPERATE CHINESE BRIGANDS.
    376 7 House of Wealthy Silk Merchant Stormed. Shun Till., which is the principal silk produciug district of the Kwaugtung Province, is quite close to Canton and is renowned for its numerous wealthy villages. The So families of the Song Ma village, in Shun Tak, have all made fabulous
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    Planters' Representation in the Legislature.
    143 7 When the lion. Mr. Johu Turner arrived at Penang from Port Swcttenham on Monday, lie was .i-l,i 'I by a representative of the Piuang Gazette whether the Planters of Malaya had any reply to their request for hii additional member ol the Legislative Council to
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    Daring Robbery in Singapore.
    203 7 A planter named Scah Seng was in Hongkong Street at 9 a.m. on the 14th instant, on his way to Ellenborough Market to buy rice dust with which to feed his pigs. He was carrying on his left shoulder a bag containing $4.30 in copper money
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    Condemned Man Hits Executioner.
    58 7 The Kandy correspondent of the Times of Ceylon, writing on the 9th instant, says: Two Sinhalese men were banged at Kandy yesterday moruing, and I understand that one of the men, James, when his dress was being arranged on the gallows, dealt the hangman a severe
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    Hope Abandoned.
    268 7 SABANG NOT REGARDED AS RIVAL OF SINGAPORE. Port Growing in Importance as a Coaling Station. Mr. Van Geuns. the editor of the Sourabaya Handelsblad. who is now on his way to Europe, called at Sabang, the other day, and gathered first hand information as to tbc situation at
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    THE LOST SIR JOHN JACKSON.
    292 7 Wreck Avoided by Workers Owing to Deaths. The Ceylon Observer, of October 13, says that the Government ha- ordered the blowing up of the wreck of the steamer Sir John Jackson, owing to the poisonous gas emanating from her holds. No one is allowed to
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    The Cornish Pixie.
    75 7 At the request of many who find it incon vonient to visit the Pixie in the afternoons, it lias been arranged that, in addition to his 5 till 7 reception, Dick will also, from to-day, be on view in his tent in Hill street every evening from
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    A Question of Jurisdiction.
    126 7 Mr. Sproule informed Mr. Justice Fisher at the Penang Supreme Court that His Excellency the Governor had consented to the extradition of Ko Li, who was charged, during the earlier part of the Assizes, with committing murder on a tongkang within 300 .yards of the Kedah
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    Accident to Penang Steamer.
    126 7 The steamor Canton experienced exceptionally bad weather some short time ago, on her return trip to Penang from Toluk Aoson. the other day. When she had got well outside Tanjong Hautu lighthouse, she enoonntered such heavy seas, that she was obliged to turn back, and put
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    Sri Muar Arrives.
    329 7 TOWED INTO SINGAPORE BY THE PROTECTOR. Difficult Salvage Operations. Powerful pumps were more effective than prayers in raising the Sri Muar from the mud at the bottom of the Muar River. Since the little steamer sank, in March last, alongside of the wharf, with a general cargo,
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    THE OPIUM TRADE.
    286 7 Necessity for Caution in Carrying out new Policy. As the date for the assembling of the International Commission on Opium has now been fixed it may bo interesting to explain the position already taken up by the Governmont of India. The facts were briefly stated in the
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    Victim of the Confidence Trick.
    188 7 A confidence trick was played on a Chinese ayah in Cairn Hill Road, yesterday, by two Chinese whom she happened to moot while taking a walk. They asked hor to changu five sovereigns for thorn. She consented to do 80, but before she loft them
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    Taft and Bryan Meet.
    117 7 Messrs. William H. Taft and W. J. Bryan met in Chicago on Ootober 8, according to a special telegram to the Manila Times, as the guests of the Commercial Association, one of the largest and must influential organisations in the country. In the course of his
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    Fire on an Italian Steamer at Suez.
    92 7 The Italian steamer Manin, belonging to the Sooieta Veneziana di Navigazione a Vapore, arrived at Suez on September 38, from Calcutta, with all her furnaces burned down, in a way that, had the distance to Suei been longer, she wonld not have been
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    THE WATER SUPPLY.
    304 7 Advantages to Householders Under New 4 System. Those who consume Municipal water by muter will be glad to learn that arrangement*! have been completed for doing away finally, on January 1, next, with the burden some meter deposit system, which has been a serious inconvenience to many
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    ANDERSON SCHOOL.
    215 7 Handsome Building Nearly Finished at Ipoh. The new English School at Ipoh, to be named after His Excellency the High Commissioner, is rapidly nearing completion and should bo ready for occupation in about six weeks' time. The building, says the Times of Malaya, is a very handsome edifice.
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    BRITISH FIGHT JAPANESE.
    202 7 Sequel to Atrocious Assault Upon European Woman. Recently, in Shanghai, a serious riot occurred between British bluejackots and a Japanese mob which was quelled only by the use of revolvers in the hands of the police, who repeatedly fired into the mob, wounding many Japanese. The story
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    Summons Against Penang Managing Director.
    169 7 Mr. D. Graham appeared before Mr. B. Nunn, at Penang, the other day, on a summons issued by Mr. R. Edmonds, Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, on the following charges: (1) That he being Managing Director of Graham and Nicholson, Limited, did, between April and
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    Killed by Elephant in F.M.S.
    103 7 A Malay, by the name of Hatib Mat Sin, was killed recently at Semat in the Kuale Kangsar district by an elephant. In company with several friends, he went out shooting that day and did not notice that there was an elephant about, until the
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    UNITED STATES NAVY.
    95 7 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S NEW PROGRAMME. Eight New Warships to be Built. (From Oue Own Correspondent.) London, October 20, 9.50 p.m. A Washington telegram states that Presidont Roosevelt has made an important statement about naval policy. He is said to have told his friends that he is determined te
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    FRENCH MINISTER RESIGNS.
    94 7 Chamber of Deputies Deplores Naval Negligence. IRaUTBB'S TaLBQBAM.] London, October 20. The French Minister of Marine, M. Oaston Thomson has resigned. He did so because the Chamber of Deputies, while voting confidence in tho Government, resolved by 568 to 1 to pass a motion deploring the negligence
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    MOROCCO AND THE POWERS.
    30 7 (Dm Ostasiatiscbb Lloyd Tiliobam] Berlin, October 20, The vow Franco-Spanish Note contains a rescript by the Sultan Mulai Hand regarding his acknowledgment as Sultan of Morocco.
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    ADMIRAL NODZU.
    28 7 |Dn Ostasiatiscbb Llotd Tilioraii| Berlin, Ootober 20. The Borlin newspapers publish obituary notices of Admiral Nodzu, and eulogise his naval skill in the late Russo-Japanese war.
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    OPENING OF PRUSSIAN DIET.
    35 7 I Das Ostasutisohi Llotd Tblboraml Berlin, October 20. The Gorman Emperor has opened the Prussian Diet, and dwelt upon the importance of the alteration of the law respecting rights of election.
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    CABLE TO BRAZIL.
    24 7 [Daa Ostasiatisobb Llotd Tblboban] Berlin, October 20. An agreement for a special cable service has been concluded between Germany and Brazil.
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    THE YUNNAN RAILWAY.
    447 7 High Hopes from its Approaching Completion. The approaching completion of the Vuu nan Railway, and the contemplated extension of tho Tonkin railroads into the Canton provinces, arouse high hopes at Haiphong. That port, the chief one in Tonkin, expects soon to derive a roaring trade with the
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      48 7 Sale of Properties. The following properties were deposed of by auction at Messrs. Powell and Company's saleroom yesterday afternoon Seven dwelling douses known as Nos. 27-1 to 27-7 Killiney Road, total area 12,286 square feet, freehold, total monthly rent 1158 bought by Mr. Khoo Chonc Sens for 17,600.
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      184 8 The members of the S.K.E. i v.) will shoot for tbe Sir John Aird Cup on Saturday, tbe Hist instant. The annual meeting of the Royal Bangkok Shirts Club is fixed to be held on December V,, 17 and 19. Hockey has become quite a popular game
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      The Turf.
      128 8 Racing in Java. At a met ting of sportsmen, hold at Soura baya on October H, it was decided to appoint a Committee, to secure a suitable piece at grouud for a Race Course, and to raise money for laying it out. Several advantageous sites were mentioned at
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      THE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.
      651 8 Tbe following is tbe eleventh game of the match between Dr. Lasker and Dr. Tarrasch for the Championship of the world Fkencu DhKbMK I MauCutchcou Variation i White. Black. Lasker. Tarrasch. 1. P-K 4 P-K 8 2. P— y 4 P— y 4 8. Kt— y B
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      CLUB SWINGING.
      399 8 Remarkable Feat by Champion of the World. An astouishiug exhibition of physical endurance was concluded in Brisbane recently by Tom Burrows, tbe champion clubswinger of the world. On Thursday, September 17, at 4 a.m., Burrows commenced tbe task of defeating his own world's record of ti."". hours 20
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    TRIPLE MURDER.
    232 8 \n American and Two Spaniards Cut to Pieces. A triple murder was committed near Luhao. Pampanga, Philippine Islands, on October 7. in which an American and two Spaniards were bolued to death and one Spanish youth who wounded seriously. ThcVictiius of the mv d jr were Mr. Chark
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    Chinese Government and Political Refugee.
    135 8 Sir John Jordan has replied to tbe Chines. Noto with reference to Sun Vat-Sen, saying that according to British Law politica' refugees must be given asylum in British territory if they seek it, and therefore his Government c* mot see its way to drive Sun
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    The Chinese Bank Scheme.
    189 8 The scheme for starting a great Chinese Bank in China with branches in America, Australia, aud, [also in Singapore, Penang. Saigon, Java ports, Manila, Rangoon, aud Macassar, to which attention has already been called, is finding much support in Java. Tbe scheme is engineered from Shanghai,
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    Sandycroft Rubber Estate.
    34 8 The output of dry rubber from the Sandy croft Estate for the month of September was 0,185 lbs. Total previously this year 21,700 lbc. Total this year to date 26.541 lbs.
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    SHIPPING RINGS.
    941 8 Question Considered by Selangor Chamber of Commerce. The Mal.iy Mail understands tbat, at a meeting of tbe Committee of tbe Selangor Chamber of Commerce last week, the vexed question of the shipping ring was considered. Tbe attitude adopted by tbe Chamber appears to be as follows I 1.
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    The Onlooker of Malaya.
    91 8 Number 2 of volume 1 of tbe Onlooker of Malaya has been issued. Among the special features of this issue arc three well-designtd cartoons in black aud white, but it is a long way from Malaya to look to the Lord Chief Justice of England for
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    32 8 The Shanghai branch of the Royal Asiatic Society is sbowiog its energy and enterprise by holding an exhibition of old Chinese porcelain and works of art, in the second week of November.
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      823 8 JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT Suffered Four Months From the After-Effects of the Grip--Relieved By Pe-ru-na. Catarrh Victims Susceptible C "'TTT' > V< < W>AW >WN < W >AW N > VV > ~1 People who have had catarrh of the j W H Larson* 14 Ex-Slatu Senator aud Kx-Speoial
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      273 8 Tourist Agency 1. ST. ANDREW'S ROAD. BAGGAGE DEPARTMENT. Corner of Esplanade ,v High St. Telephone No. MU. We havu the honour to inform the residents of Singapore and the travelling public, that our arrangement* nrc complote for the transportation of PHggage from the Wharves to Hotel* and Kesidencen, aud vice
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      118 8 The Favourite WAYANG KASSIM. The Indra Zanibar Royal Theatrical Co., OK SISGAI t>HE. TO-lSriG-iHIT, U lIIK ALEXANDRA HALL, Norlh Bridge Real. The following play will be st*g?d BAKTOM AND BAKTIL. NEW SCENERIES! NEW PLAYS! NEW ARTISTES! EVERYTHING NEW! 2250 MORTGAGEE'S SALE VALIAHLi: CIiINESK JKWKLLKKV, Snturduy, (htober $4, at II v
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    COMMERCIAL
    267 9 ■AiORl. Oc'TOBRH 20, 1006. PRODUCE. Oawbic-r I 7.80 do (C'nbt No li ;innrl<n| 11.95 Copr. Bali 7.60 do Poutis&V. 7.20 Pepper, Black 10.10 d.. White 5% 1860 Baeo Floor Siiawt. 1 2.95 do Branoi No. 1 2.80 Pearl Sago 8.75 Coffw Bali, picked BJ I Coffct I'&lcubnn^. 20\ v*-
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      MINING.
      336 9 formation Capital Mom bar Subscribed of 81nm lan* Paid Share* Value op to Unlaaued Company Qooiinoaa I !JO3 1907 1301 1303 1907 1901 1906 1909 1906 1906 1906 <o€ 1907 .004 1907 IVO6 *G3 t905 i m 'OO 1907 !907 1906 t«»9 '.907 leo-j ♦100,000 ♦ROO.OOO •600,000 £400,000 MOO.OOO
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      RUBBER.
      369 9 UN £150,000 IM6 I 1300.000 9.11 tiO.ooo 1905 270,000 IMM I IIBO.OUO 1604 j C 16.000 ;ro<? £75,000 1906 eiW.iy-r- 1905 I <65.0C0 1906 £180,000 1907 £*****0 1908 /175.000 13OS 1380,000 1895 £100,000 1908 £100,000 lUO3 440,000 1906 1250.000 1904 £2P,000 1904 1100.(00 1894 £80,000 1903 <»•>• "00 1908
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      GENERAL.
      192 9 lb»4 1898 I Mi H6,ii:.\,)M 4,808 •nyooo ijj.nnn 111,001 rM 15,0OIV;«j 7,888 4.500 120,000 I IP .000 i ft.ooo > 8,000 4,000 8,400 I 8,000 3,780 24,000 800 400,000 1,110 1,000 4.9 M 300,000 13/8 60 136 100 100 100 100 10 100 100 10 50 1 100 IUO
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      183 9 BT. ANDREWS HOUSE. A Cbnrcb of rJnglanu Boarding House (or European and Earasian boys wbo desire to attend the schools of the place. Application* to to made to the House Muster, St. Andrew l^ Honsp or to the Colonial Cbnplain. ELECTRIC HOME TREATMENT. Health Beauty llasaat.o, Nervous Disorders Snperfluoas Hair
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      97 9 I We beg to in1 1» f" form Owners 1""■■1 and Agents oi Steamers that we are now supplying ice at the rate of (DOLLARS 8IX) $6 PER TON. IKffiionn Ice Works, FACTORY, 14-B, KALLANO ROAD. sinn->P'>re, Aukum m, 1»'o. Telaphona No. ti~. 2147 Jeffrey's Stout AND Pale Ale. ■life
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      45 9 MAKES THE SKIN^a as S O F T at oft* "^HI ""I 'i i 111 01 4^ IRRITATION, TAN, and KEEPS THE SKIN SOFT, SMOOTH, and WHITE ALL THE YEAR HOUND. Dcl.ohHulln COOLINC X REFRESHINC during the summer liotilfs. I-, 1, 9.andi?6(irh M.BEETHAM SON, Cheltenham.
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      98 9 TUNG CHOY. MERCHANT TAILOR. Fit andQimlitv rii<> uutu. Prices Moderate. Latest Bl>l»8 in Hats, Caps, Ties, etc., etc., received by every mail. 28 11, COLEMAN STREET, also at ADELPHI HOTEL. 2237 WATERPROOF I VERMINPROOF ODOURLESS FIREREBIBTINQ OOOL 4 DURABLE OMaPIST OM TNI ■«>■■* Supplied in Roll* 3t» Z± yds UU7
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      329 9 Whiteaway, Laidlaw Co td. |R| The "ETHEL." |i('fe\ Cashmere Frocks. CHILDREN'S WHITE FROCKS. Trimmed Val Insertion and i I 1 Kmbroidery, Yoke Nicely isf Trimmed Val Insertion and Sizes. Prices Tacks. each. J '1 Si/c, 22j ins Exact t, riketch. 19 ins Mtto ;j& Price S3 each. 1.70 /a CHILDREN'S
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    RUBBER NOTES.
    891 10 COST OF MALAYA'S EXHIBITS AT OLYMPIA. Accounts at Planters' Association. At a meeting at Penang, the other day, of the Malaya Planters' Association, the following account in connection with the London Rubber Exhibition expenditure on the Ist instant was submitted for consideration Government Account. New Method of Coagulation.
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      634 10 BANKING COMPANIES. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER Paid up Cupital in 60,000 Share* of c-SOoacb £1,300.0C0 Reserve Fund £1,539.r00 Reserve Liability of Proprietor* ..£1,300,000 BANKERB. Bank ol England. National Bank of Sootland. The London City A Midland Bank, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Onrrent Aooount* are
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      473 10 BANKIHG COMPANIES. HONGKONG AND BHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. CAPITAL 115.000.00 C IERERVE FUND:— Sterling Reserve 115,000,0001 iM 000 000 Silver Reserve •W.OUO.OOOj OO OOO {.serve Liability of Propriators 115.000,000 COURT OP DIRECTORS. E. Bhellim, Esq. Chairman. Hon. Mr. W.J. Orosson. Deputy Chairman. E. O. Barrett, Esq. W. Helms, Esq. C. G.
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      507 10 No man who loves his wife can bear to see her health failing. Steams' Wine is a fine thing for pale, tired, overworked and wornout women. It makes them Rain flesh, enriclieH their blood, and fills them with rigorous vitality. You can easily tell when a woman has been taking
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      817 10 STRAITS CYCLE MOTOR CO.. LTD.. 4C QlTVrntr Dfl Saaßaa^ TT.tX' *^j*j&jQjff** W^ Manufactured by the Star Cycle Co., Wolvcrliampton. Hundred* of thos« machines have been sold iv the Straits, and are unequalled in price and tiuuti. Inspection invited. SALES BY AUCTION. AUCTION SALE or HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Etc., The property of
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    AUTOMOBILISM.
    169 11 NOTES AND NEWS OF INTEREST TO MOTORISTS. The exports of Stepney spare wheels for the twelve months ending August 31 last, being the end of the company's financial year were 100 per cent, in excess of those for the corresponding period of last year. Tbo home trade has also
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    Some Useful Notes.
    602 11 Valve springs, more particularly tbe exhaust, will not remain the same for ever. When everything else has been tried, and still the engine lacks its usual power, put a new set of valve springs all round and the trouble will then probably vanish. When side brakts are
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    493 11 Inflaming the Public Mind. Another instanco of how the public mind is incensed against motor vehicles occurred recently, when several London papers came with startling linen on their placards as to a motor tragedy in which one person was killed and several injured. The accident, sad as it was, could,
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    The Yunnan Incident Closed.
    113 11 A settlement has pract'cally been arrived at between China and France in the Yunnan shooting case. China has agreed to pay 100,000 compensation for the shooting of the French officer who was nnbappily killed jto punish all connected with the murder ;to allow the working of
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    Elephant Stealing.
    138 11 The trend of elephant thefts is seeming to take a turn about, says the Maulmain Advertiser. It was quite a usual thing for timber elephants to be stolen in British territory, rushed over the Siamese frontiers and sold in Siamese territories. Reports are now coming in that things
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      284 11 ARGYLL CARS. SIMPLE f Every Car Fully Guar. i anteed EFFICIENT One 14-16 hp, 5-Seated RELIABLE Car expected Shortly Illustrated Catalogue and full particulars from Syme and Company, SOLE .A^Q-EJILTTS. SCOTTISH TRIALS, 1908. tr»de Maim. As uHual, the most noticeable feature was tbo overwhelming popularity and success of OFFICIAL RESULTS
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      199 11 SIDDELEY flutocaps. FAMOUB FOR V **> Agents CONSISTENT RELIABILITY CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS. JUST LANDED: 20 H. P., 6-CYLINDER STANDARD, Painted Green (Sold). TWO MORE OF THESE MAGNIFICENT CARS ARRIVING IN A FORTNIGHT, TO SECURE WHICH YOUR ORDER SHOULD BE PLACED AT ONCE. ."saV 1?*1 VIHOEC SPECIAL MOTOR CYCLES, 31 H.P.,
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      318 11 Write for New Catalogue OF HUMBER CARS. Latest improvements Reduction In Prices I THE BORNEO CO., LTD. OKATEFUL MOTHER Tklls how Doan's Backacho Kionky Pills savkd hkr Son'h Lira. Mrs. B. Tier, of 102, Newland Road, Worthing, England, says I don't know bow to tbanrf you enough, for your Doan's
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      313 11 COMMONSENSE IN A NUTSHELL. A new medical work on tbe oauees and moat Hcientiflc and effectual means of wlf cure ever discovered for nervous and functional debility, waste of vitality, depression of spirits, etc with practical obtervatioog on marriage anil fun directions for removing certain disqualifications that destroy tbe happiness
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      668 12 Scale of Charges* PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS.— MtaoeI Ilkeoas Wants of Every Description, Hoorai, kiad, elo., to let, are inserted at the following laios OneloierUcc 1.10 per Inch. Two 1.00 Three 1.80 Biz. I.M Miae 1.40 Twelve 7.M Twenty-ore 10.00 (Kaeb subsequent month 18 per Inch.) Ike above rate If baaed upon
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      655 12 Miscellaneous WANTS. |M Four Line", on* or two inurtionx, »1. By the inch, »c« Scale of Charge. AGENT WANTED. For tbe Eerste Ind. Stoomvcrverij, established 18 years since in Weltevredeo, Pientoc Beeie the only one in the Dutch Indies. Fabric for chemically cleaning, etc., and Dyeing Finest Ladies Dresses, Gents'
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      602 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. !Uns l— Fou Line*, ont of tw I— Mum, H .(Xi Bf Urn inch, im Real, ot Ok\rgM. OFFICE TO BE LET. No. 7, Battery Road. Apply to Oothrie and Co., Ltd. c 1878 ROOM TO LET. Room nitable for Married Couple or two Bachelors.
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      378 12 Netherlands Guttapercha Co. L SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS. India Rubber Tyres, all kinds and shapes All kinds ol HOSE, Suction, Delivery, Steam, lor Carriages Motor Cars, etc. Hydraulic, Rockdril!, Gardenhose, Brake-RE-TBEADINO MOTOR TYBEB. SSoiS.JS^ffioiSlSl All kinds of I.R. Buffers and Springs lor Rail- INDIA RUBBER FLOOR TILES and MATways, etc. TING.
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      401 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 no doubt the most suitable beverage for hot climates. It also forms a delicious ingredient for ice-cream and sweet sauces.
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      262 12 LOST OR FOUND. RiTKS:-Klve Lines, one or two Insertioi a, #1.00 By the inch, see .Scale of Cbarfc.'. GOLD STUD OST Lost between Baffles Square and tin Kacc Course, a gold otud set with diamonds, with ruby centre. Finder will be rewarded on returning same to the Straits Times Office.
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