The Straits Times, 12 January 1909

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.857. SINGAPORE. TUESDAY. JANUARY 12. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTB.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 185 1 GRAND HOTEL EDROPE. THE ASSEMBLY ROOM (Seating Capacity 1OO), NOW OPEN, IS AVAILABLE FOR WEDDING RECEPTIONS, MUSICAL SOIREES, ETC. MASONIC BANQUETB AND SPECIAL DINNERB SERVED IN THE MOST RECHERCHE STYLE. FOR SALE. Pommery Greno's CHAMPAGNE. Vintage, 1900. y raffles hotel. T» »> t f~\ -it o NOTICE TO THE SHIPPING
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    • 85 1 THE NEW JAPANESE CINEMATOGRAPH, Beach Road TENT. TO-NIGHT I Grand Change OF Programme. ALL NEW PICTURES. MARTIN A SHIBATA, Proprietors. ROYAL HOTEL, TRAMWAY TERMINUS, PAYAH LEBAR. SINGAPORE. ZDA-HSTOIE! On Saturday, January In, at 9 p.m. Admission each (ientlcuian 12 (Ladies Free). Ladies' ticket)- cau be had from the Proprietor. Orders
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    • 331 1 ROBINSON AND CO. Everything for Gentlemen's Wear. NEW GOODS. m^Kf ENGLISH-MADE BOOTS. Jd^tk l\ m& Cents' Tan Willow Calf Boots, fe^, In ol leather, fair stitched, iv W H^. K| i t-arance. and will retain their shape »e!l. M .jf^r JRf^ l>er pair. T w NEW "COLONIAL SHAPE 0" SOFT
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  • 1014 2 SAMSON AGONISTES PERFORMED SUCCESSFULLY Favourable Reception of Cigar's Symphony. The British Academy's celebration of tbe tercentenary of Milton's birth came to a close on December 15 with a performance of Samson Agonistes in the Theatre in Burling-ton-Gardens. We believe it to be the fact that this was
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 423 2 USE "Eagle" Cement For HIGH-CLASS WORK. BOPIIGO CO.. Ltd.. Government. GENASCO Tropical Roofing. 2 Ply $1O per roll of 216 square fe t. 3 Ply $12 per roll of 216 square feet. Complete with Nails, Caps and Cement for fixing. "GENASCO" is prepared for THE TROPICS, is cheap, neat and
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    • 396 2 ISMAIL RAHEEM. Jewellery Bazaar. JUST UNPACKED, A LAROE VARIETY OF Diamond and other Jewellery IN NEW DESIGNS, SUITABLE FOR All Manner of Presents. PRICES BEYOND xji our customers a the tub. r>nnJlD£T-riYirnt **T LIC GENERALLY ARE CORDI. ifUlVirt. II I lUN W ALLY INVITED. The Federal Life Assurance Company, or
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    • 495 2 INSURANCE Companies. guardian aBpcrance company, limited, londum. SabMtibed Caniul £2,000,000 Total Invested Funds £6,250,000 Aonr.il Income £1,100,000 The undersigned. Agontg for the >Dots Jompany, are prepared to aooept lire riiks 'or short periods of ten days or longer periods •t carrent ratoe to be namud no applioation to PATKR6ON, BIMUNS
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  • 969 3 THE YOKE FORMS SUBJECT OF PROSECUTION. Destruction of Book Ordered. Id view of the conflict of opinion which mote OYirlthefadmiwsion^of The Yoke to the shelves of Penang Library, says the Pinang (ia/ette tbe following, from the Police Court reports of a Home paper received by mail, will be
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  • 699 3 Experiences of the Dalai Lama in Pekio. The accounts given in The Pekin Gazette aod the Shanghai native newspapers about the Dalai Lama's reception in Pokin are very amusing. He lias shown himself very sulky and cross when in any ay humiliated as, for instance, when he
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  • 152 3 The Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph quotes the Figaro's good story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Coming up from tho Riviera, he took a cab at the Oare do Lyon, and drove to his hotel, where he tipped the driver substantially. Merci, Monsieur Conan Doyle," said
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 466 3 MAINTAINS THE HIGHEST REPUTATION EVHiYVTIIKRIi BUILD UP and PRESERVE YOUR HEALTH and Fortify the System against Disease with "Wr cannot qnk ■^^■^^■V^V^^Ka^V^^^S^H|s^H RiN 100 L(L) of it V^s K^B^V VWm W t«| Pronounced by the HIGHEST medical AUTHORITIES T -skH&" Torpid Liver, Debility, Eruptions, [.ad -WONDERFUL PURIFIER of the HUMAN
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    • 27 3 Stkabns' Hkaoacbk Cubk. A magically quick cure for headaches of all kinds. Con tain- no opiates. Bat it must be Steams.' All clienmt*. Why not try it
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    • 318 3 t SOZODONT Teeth preserved to middle age are pretty sure to last outone's lifetime. The greatest known pre- servative of the teeth and purifier 50ZOD0NT °f the mouth is Sozodont Liquid. fIfTH J P enetra tes the minutest crevices of the teeth destroying the deadly mouth acids. Its antiseptic effect
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  • 798 4 Nartu, port, probable date of arrival, and name oj Agents. STEAMERS. AclulitM, Liverpool, Ftb 4 W. Mansfield Airlie, Sydney, Feb /i Bou*te»o Antilochim, Japau, Jan 11 W. Mansfield Assaye, Hongkong, .Tan 14 P. 4 O. Coy Aynibia, Bombay. Jan Borneo Coy Ai-tvanax, China, .In i W. Mansfield Arratoon
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  • 104 4 FROM EUROPE By the P. A O. steamer Devanba, dne Jan. li. FROM CHINA P. AO. steamer Astiaye, due Jan. IS. >Ec 4 p. a. o. Jec 7 N D.L. Jec 10 8.1. >so 14 M. M Jec 18 P. *O. Jec 21 N.I) L >ec 24
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  • 46 4 Tuu-Baixs on Fort Canning and Mount Fiber drop daily at 1 p.m., Singapore standard tune corresponding to 6 s.m. Greenwich meanlime. The time gun is fired at 13 o'olock noon, indicating Singapore standard time, on every day exoepting Sunday. w'ien it ia fired at one o'olook.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 52 4 RAPID. Nothing produces as rapid and positive a cure in all affections of the urethra as METHYLOIDS. They are bettor than Hantal and copaiba and superior to injections. Their effect is noticeable in 8 or 4 hours after you start to use them. They quickly stop the discharge and cure
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    • 748 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon. Australia, India, Aden, E*ypt. Mediterranean Porta, Plymouth and London. Through Bills at Lading issaed for Chin 0.-ast. Perslau Oolt, Oocttneotal, and Amehoa Pirts. Steaaert vriil it»\e Singapore on or abn MAIL LINE. (Outward for China) Devanha Jan 15
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    • 635 4 STEAMERS SAILING. OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO.. LTD AND CHINA MUTUAL STUM NAY. CO. LTD. The Companies' steamers are despaohed from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China and Japan every week and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight for Genoa, Marseille! and Liverpool and for Marseilles, Havre
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    • 553 4 BTEAMEB SAILINGS. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. AND TOYO KIStN KAIBHA. Th» T»-n <»roor atnnKhin lines betweeu Ciil.sA, J-ii'-i.N .vi.i kti koi'K. via Honolulu and San Francisco, operating tbe new 13,000 tons, twin-screw steamers KOREA and SIBERIA, together with the well-known steamers CHINA, ASIA, AMERICA MARD. HONOKONG MARD, NIPPON MARU AND
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    • 579 4 STEAHER SAILINGS, HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. Tbes teamers of this Company maintain a regular servioe between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and onoe a month for Bremerhaven direct, oalling al Penang and Colombo. Taking cargo
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    • 754 4 BTEAMER BAILIHBB. N. D. L. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD irnpariai (l.rmm Mall l.ti.a. Tbs fast and wall known mail ateam -r I this Company sail fortnightly from Brr Hamburg via Rotterdam. Antwerp, Soath i ton, Gibraltar, Oenoa, Naples, (oona. Marseille*, Maplas, Alexandria, anj vieo > Port Said, Boss, Adaa, Colorabo, I", w.
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  • 1210 5 •i b»vt.!>< t"« following ..bbrxUliona ara a. i -ir.— «t»mer sh-«hip; bo.— b«rq«; Kiioonar: Yet.— Y.cht: Cra.— Cre'.wr Gbt. —<»■■> boat. Tor. -Tohmhlo U.p. lturN*-po»ar Brit.— Britt".: IT. M.-f'-'-xiHUUw; Peh.- -Pruned Her. O»nBM. Dot. -Dntrb Ilai. -IIMImi Sp-.n.— Hp.inlah. K»r.— swok ll.*.— «»neialc»i«o; d.p.— d«.R dmmnim 0.
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  • 125 5 January io t Zillab, Brit str. Ocean Island Babalan, Dut «tr, Soiirabaia Ha'iolin. Dctatr, Balik Papan Comet, Bra ah, New York Japan, Brit atr. Hongkong, Shanghai, Japan Karant!. Brit str, Batavia Moo's; i-i atyah re, Brit str, Japan via ports CUro, Brit sir, Balik Papsn a Uganda, Brit str,
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  • 551 5 Passengers Outward. Per P. and O. steamer Mooltan, connecting with the steamer Dovanha at Colombo, due January 15. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Crane, Mr. Rickard, Mr. G. A. Talbot. Miss A. M. Smith. Per P. and O. steamer Nore, due January 22.— Messrs. V. Knight, B.
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  • 69 5 HomwABD P. am' O. Mail. The P. and O. homeward mail steamer Assaye left Hongkong, at 1 p.m. on Saturday, and is doe bare at 6 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, the 13th ioßtant OcTWARD P. AHD 0. MaIL. The P. and O. outward mail steamer Devanha left
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  • 253 5 Sentences on Woman and Her Lover Received with Applause. The Homo correspondent of the Centra 1 News reports the conclusion of one of the most sensational murder trials in the oriuiinal records of the country. There wero two prisoners, a young woman named Qiovina !>i Campli. and
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  • 264 5 Strange Runs of Luck in Chinese Lottery. A Shanghai Mercury correspondent writes I was inveigled a week or two ;ts,"> in buying a lottery ticket for ilic Kiangnan Lottery, and the drawing haviug taken place, on tint Bth iiiMtnnt, a day or two ago I received a
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  • 222 5 Amusing Entertainment Given in Sandakan. The Borneo Royal Theatrical Co. are showing here, says the Sandakan OOHM pondent of the S C. Morning Post. The actors and actresses arc Malays and tlio dialogue in in t!ic vernacular. The costumes are amus inland offer sotno startling contrast. A I'iin
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  • 100 5 Hub Paa tjmm Toil Tfl HOBBOW Bandjerm4B4in, P. Laut Sumiakan 11 a.m. Sabak and Djambie lirouirer noon P S'tsnbam and Penang A'inii 1 p.m. Mnar and Malacca Suit, in 2 p.m. Penang aud Colombo .S'.irf.. Man 2 p.m. Telnk Anson via ports Kinta 8 p.m. Penang and Calcutta
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 434 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. N.Ylt JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. LTD. r A regular FORTNIOHTLY servioe is main taioed between Japan and Europe by tbe following NEW TWIN-SCREW STEAMERS, Under Mail Contract with tbe Imperial Japan ese Govornment, specially designed for the Company's European Servioe, lighted throughout by Electrioity, provided with excellent accommodation
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    • 616 5 STEAMER SAILINGSINDOCHINA STEAM NAY. CO. LTD. Tn steamers of this Company maintain a regnlar direct servioe between Calcutta, Straits, Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan, taking cargo on tbrongb Bills of Lading for Canton, Bwatow, Amoy, Cr ?00, Tientsin, Newohwang, Yangtwe Ports, Formosa, the Philippines, Ac, Jro. Steamers Tons Commander KcTsma 4.89S
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    • 598 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. C P. R. Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mall Steamship Line. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO EUROPE PU OHINA JAPAN, CANADA aed kht UNITED STATES. Roote from Hongkong, via Shanghai, Nagasaki, (Inland Bea of Japan), Kobe, 'Yokohama, Victoria and Vancouver K.M.B. "Enrusxif Inu" JteaR.M.6. "Eauaaes or Jams" V man,
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    • 199 5 AUCTION SALES Powell and Co. Jan. 12. At saleroom, freehold properties at Bukit Timah Road and King's Road, etc., 2.80 p.m. Jan. 15. At Mr. Abrams' Horse Repository, Orobard Road, Horses and Carriages, at 5.15 p.m. Jan. 16.— At No. 95, Waterloo Street, teak household furniture, at 1.30 p.m. Jan.
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    • 70 5 NO OPIUM IN CHAMBERLAIV3 CO'JGH REMEDY. There is not a particle of opium or otticr narcotic in Chamberlain's Cough Kcmedy, and never has been isince it whs first offered to the public. It is as safe a medicino for a child as for an adult. Tliis remedy is famous for
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 127 5 DAY BY DAY Tuesday, January 13. High Water: 1.85 p.m. Assizes begin. Alhambra Cinematograph, 7.30 p.m. Japanese Cincmatograh, 7.80 p.m. Harima Cinematograph, 7. 80 p.m. Gaiety Cinematograph, 7.80 p.m. Wednesday, January 13. High Water: 2.47 a.m. 2.18 p.m. P. and O. homeward mail due. Thursday, January 14. High Water: 8.23
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    • 29 5 WEATHER TELEaKAM. Hongkcng, Jauuary 12, 10 a m Barometer *p.l» Diroutioo of Wind U Faroe of Wind ..1 Max. Temp in Shade 61 Manila, 761 West 1 33 23
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  • 39 6 Wiiiitbrhijl'T. On January 11, at 28, St. Michael's Road, Serangoon, Singapore, Ed win William Westerhout, eldest son of Mrs. Francina Westerhout an<T tho late Mr. William Westerhout of Bengkalis aged 18 years. Deeply regretted. Java papers please copy.
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  • 1204 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. TUESDAY, JANUARY 12. There have been few more interesting reviews of recent trade conditions than that which was made by Sir Thomas Sutherland at the annual meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company. He opened by the remark that a vast amount of
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  • 26 6 Daring tbe year 1907, thero were. 989 deportees banished, while last year, 1908, there were only 628, showing a decrease of 316, says a Hongkong paper.
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  • 23 6 Members of the Italian colony in Bangkok are raising a fund for the benefit of the sufferers in the Calabrian and Sicilian disasters.
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  • 28 6 The output of clean ore from Kanaboi Mine for the month of December was as follows Tribute 282.65 piculs, elevator 19.50 piculs, making a total of 252.15 piculs.
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  • 30 6 Yuan Shu Fan, Governor of Shantung, has memorialised the Throne that Chinanfu be opened as a treaty port, the cost to be covered by a loan from the Imperial revenue.
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  • 26 6 The twin-screw dredger, ordered by the F.M.S. Government, is estimated to cost $285,000, and its annual maintenance, including wages of crew, is put down at $42,000.
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  • 34 6 The Board of Finance at Peking has decided that the revenue derived from the salt industry shall be controlled in future by a separate department and other officials shall not be allowed to interfere.
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  • 32 6 According to a Tokio wire, several days ago a heavy storm visited the neighbourhood of Broome. off Western Australia, with the result that seven fishing boats were sunk, and 81 Japanese drowned.
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  • 19 6 They are spending no less than ton thou sand dollars this year at Kuala Lumpur to lay the dust.
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  • 18 6 The case against Mohamed Ghouse in respect to allegations under the Bankruptcy Ordinance, has been adjourned till Thursday.
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  • 29 6 The Supreme Court of Missouri has rescinded tho fines amounting to 950,000 (£10,000) imposed against certain companies allied with the Standard Oil Company. The trials were held last year.
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  • 35 6 An unusual sight was recently witnessed at Tsingchow, China. What appeared from all accounts to be a meteor, was accompanied by a rain of smaller pieces of molten matter resembling a series of falling stars.
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  • 36 6 Tho despatch of the Gnidcs team to Bisley last year cost the F.M.S. Government 913,000. It was money well spent, even if we have not yet won the Mackinnon or Kolapore Cups, says the Taiping paper.
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  • 39 6 The Hankow Mail dismisses with nine lines an insignificant fire which occurred in that city on December 27, by which a thousand people arc said to have been made homeless and fifty lives are said to have been lost.
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  • 41 6 At a Court-martial at Homo, Captain K. L. Back, the Commander of Torpedo boat No. ■>0, which was stranded and sunk while mamcuvring off the coast of the Isle of Wight, on December 17, was reprimanded and dis missed his ship.
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  • 45 6 At Soochow, a woll was recently dug near the South West Gate and at the bottom was found a brass jtr, of about 80 catties capacity, said to be of very ancient design. Aft< r much eager bidding it was purchased by a wealthy native.
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  • 42 6 Prince Yu has been punished by being dcC rived of half of his annuity for nine years y the Imperial Clansmen's Court, as he has applied for appointment while he is under age, contrary to precedent. What becomes of tbo money forfeited
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  • 43 6 A desperate affray has taken place in Kansas City between the police and a party of street evangelists. One policeman was killed, two fatally woundod, and two severely wounded. The leader of the evangelists was mortally injured, and one girl follower was killed.
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  • 40 6 Tho War Department at Washington discredits the current report that Mr. William J. Bryan will shortly succeed Governor-Gon-oral James F. Smith as the chief executive of tho Philippine islands. The Department says that such a change has not been contemplated.
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  • 48 6 The house of Commander Dougherty, Naval Attache to the l.'.S. Embassy at Tokio. was destroyed by fire on December 'I'l. Everything was destroyed, but the furniture and effects wcro insured with the Commercial Union Insurance Company, for yon 15,000. The Embassy was for a time in groat peril.
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  • 54 6 Second officer, Mr. H. Jones, of the steamer Sardiuia, who was so badly burned in the recent calamity, while performing an act of bravery, and who is now lying in hospital at Malta swaddled in cotton wool, is in a very precarious condition, erysipelas having set in, owing to tbe
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  • 56 6 The following remarkable telegram from Singapore is taken from the Eastern Times i Dr. Sun Vat Sen has been warned by the British authorities at Singapore to show their national mourning and Dr. Sun Vat Son has gone to Siam, but Siamese officials having told him to leave, Dr. Sun
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  • 68 6 A Lover of Cleau Food waxes sarcastic in a Hongkong paper when writing in reference to cruelty to chickens. Ho says 1 do not agree with the ladies who wrote an appeal in its issue recently. I have lived in the Colony for many years, and the chickens, I have
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  • 50 6 The body of Captain Mackintosh, of the British American Tobacco Company's steamer ISramtoco, who was drowned about a week ago at Samshui, has been found, says a note from Canton, dated December 29. An inquiry has been held at the British Consulate and the verdict was Accidental death through drowning.
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  • 61 6 The F.M.S. Railways will this year expend eight million dollars, of which nearly one and three quarter millions will be on construction. Salaries will swallow over a million and a quarter annually recurront expenditure two and a half millions, and another two and a half millions is classed as Special
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  • 62 6 During the Criminal Sessions, at Hongkong, tbe Attorney-General informed the Court that one of the jurymen asked to be excused because he did not speak sufficient English to serve on a jury. TinChief Justice replied Then he has uo business to be on the roll of jurors. Mr. Registrar, will
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  • 71 6 Comparatively speaking the health of Bangkok appears to be exceptionally good this season. The epidemic of small pox reported some time ago, appoars to have died out, and recently no further cases than those already recorded have been notified. Of course there are always cases of fever, dysentery and other
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  • 77 6 The P. and O. Company is organising quite a number of pleasure cruises this year. In February and March the Vectis will visit Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Greece and Constantinople. Later in the year she will cruise in the vicinity of Naples, Tunis, and Lisbon, and ,'in July she will go
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  • 467 6 The death h reported at Koclidalo, Lan casbire, o{ Mrs. Molesworth. mother o£ Mr. J. D. Molesworth, of the .Jugra Mutate. Selangor. His Exctlleucy the Governor has appointed the Resident-Councillor, the First Magistrate and tho Deputy Colonial Engineer to form tho Committee of Management of the Penang
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  • 54 6 The Board of War proposes to enlar^o the Chinese Military forces. Formerly tliorc were 3d division- aad it is now prupo.v I to increase those to l-> divisions. This will allow of the placing of bom troops in Thibet. Mongolia and upon other frontiers of the
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  • 60 6 The Commissioners of Customs, at Coking, have held a meeting to discuss matters arising from the suppression of opium which causes an enormous reduction in revenue. It is proposed to institute new taxation to make up for his loss and it has been decided to tax articles
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  • 77 6 In response to criticisms of the American Navy, Admiral Bvmm states that tho Aniori can battleships a superior to the British Dreadnoughts, as auy one with any know ledge of naval matters must agree, .is h is certain that 1-i inch guns arc more effective than 12-inch.
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  • 73 6 Ten thousand copies of an advanced fjrauimar and composition were lost by the sinking of the freighter Kalomo at I'assir I'anjan^, the other week. These texts were published by the American Book Company and have been awaited by the members of the Bureau of Education for
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  • 83 6 This operetta, in three acts, by W. Siuytli Cooper will be produced at tlie Victoria Memorial Hall in the first woek of February by the children of members of the Singapore Catholic Club in aid of their annual Christ mas Treat. It was originally intended to stage
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  • 92 6 The Residence of Mr. E. D. H. Thomson, of the Qopeng Tin Mining Co, Ltd., at Gopeng, was destroyed by lire on the night of the Hth inst. The bungalow was built of wood and attaps and it burned for about half an hoar. The
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 91 6 (Extra Special Blend) Whisky. Caldbeck, MaCgregOr CO., Singapore: Sj^^l THE yjj Tncrmos" Flash. l I Kmp HOT BEVERAGES h 1 for hours V V COLD DRINKS cold for weeks. OHN LITTLE COMPANY, Ld. MOND GAS. PLANT CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 270,000 H.P. including 2 Installations In Singapore, already Bold. Complete Mond
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    • 200 6 Alhambra. To-Nights' Programme AT 9.30 P.M. 1. l'olka March "C'est Le Printemps," I'irpognan. The Alhambra Orchestra. 2. Subject A Collection of Postage Stamps." (The national airs will be played for eaoh nation.) 3. Comic The Misdeeds of a Sack of Coal." 4. The Training Ship "La Bretagne 5. Comio India
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  • 120 7 ENTOMBED FOR A FORTNIGHT IN RUINS. Grave Denunciations of Martial Law. IRidtkr's Tklbqram.] London, January 11. A butcher was rescued at Messina, yesterday, who had been rntoiubed (or a fortnight. He with his wife and children, were foodlosh, and he had the aj.ouy of witnessing their slow deaths
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  • 37 7 Church Roof Falls and Kills Thirty People. Kmikk's Tklkhuam London, January 11. Thirty one persons were killed and lifty were injured by the collapse of the roof of a church, at Nax, in Swit/.urlaud, yesterday.
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  • 42 7 IRiutrb's Trliokahl London, January 11. Mr. Harold Tenuant M.P. has been appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade. London January U> Mr. Tuunant's predecessor, Sir Hudson E> Kearlcy, has been appointed chairman of the new Port of London authority.
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  • 25 7 IRbutkk's Tblkoram! London. January 12. Tang-shao-yi has left Washington without accomplishing his mission to establish closer relations between China and America,
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  • 75 7 Early Settlement of Differences Lxpected. [Dm Ostasiatiscbi Lloyd Trlso&am) lierlin. January 11. Austria's proposals for paying an indemnity to Turkey, iv connection with the annexation of Bosnia, have boon favourably received at Constantinople. An answer from Turkey i.< expected at tho ond of thr wveV, ami it
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  • 57 7 His Views on Tibet, Korea and Japan. 1 1 >k i, Ostasutisciii Lloyd Tiliokahl Merlin, January 11. lii. Sveu llcdiu, who has arrived iv St. Petersburg, has been pointing nut the great increase of China's influence in Tibot. and of Japan's in Korea. Ho was very pleased
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  • 27 7 Dm. Ostasiatisobi Lloyd Tiliokamj Berlin, January 1 1 Cardinal Rampolta. in his new office, aims at reconciliation with Austria, and at destroying antagonism towards Germany.
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  • 208 7 Damage Fully Covered by Insurance. Soon after 4 p.m., yesterday, fire broke out in a shed, within the premises of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Board, near which patent fuel, belonging to the admiralty is piled. The rtttap roof of a second shed was also alight. The
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  • 21 7 The price of tiu iv >iii^ai«.n to day is »64.50 per pioul. Two hundred and ,i.\ty five tons have been sold.
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  • 453 7 Powers of the Singapore Registrar Questioned. Mr. E. H. Koek addressed the Chief Justice at the Supreme Court, yesterday, on a motion to set aside an order made by Mr. E. U Talma, as Deputy Registrar, for service of notice of a writ of summons out of
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  • 139 7 Twenty-six Prisoners Awaiting Trial. The first Crimiu.il Assiz ss uf tlic year was opened, this luorniug, with a calendar of twolve cases including twoutysix individuals. Three uf the cases wore connected with counterfeit coin three for using as genuine forged documents: one murder; one gang robbery with murder;
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  • 161 7 Sir Cecil dementi Smith's Arrival in Singapore. Sir Ailliur Young, K.C.M.G., tho Deputy Governor has forwarded to us the following particularH respecting the arrangements no th.' occasion of tin- visit, to Singapore, of the (tight Honourable Sir Cecil Clenienti Smith, G.C.M.0., the Imperial delegate representing the Crown Colonies
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  • 128 7 King Alfred Wins Heavy Gunlayers' Test. Details bavo come to band of the heavy gunlayertt' test in the China Fleet, and the armoured cruiser King Alfred, flagship of Vice Admiral the Hon. Sir Hedworth Lambton, again heads the results with 150 rounds ami 10". hits. The best
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  • 75 7 A fresh market has been recently opened up in Europe for Manchurian beans which are to be used for cattle feeding. It is said tbat the beans are more desirable kind of fodder than either cottonseed or linseed, so extensively imported from America and India. The
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  • 67 7 PROJECTED MEDITERR4NEAN TOUR. To Meet the Sultan and the Kings of Italy and Greece. |DeK OSTi'IATISIHI I/LOID TILIURAM Berlin, January 11. It is announced, that in March next, King Edward will make a trip in the Mediterranean. In the course of it ho will visit the royal families
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  • 419 7 Caught in Chinese Territory and to be Beheaded. Tliu curtain falls over the scene of the Mm- tun kok murder mystery, says the Hongkong Telegraph, of the 4th inst. Four men. who were arrested on the Chinese borders, in connection with this tragedy, wore hailed before the Namhoi
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  • 247 7 Indian Order of Merit Awarded to Maharajah. Tin- Indian New Year's honour list contains tin following The Governor-General in Council is pleased to sanction the admission to the third class of the Civil Division of the Indian Order of Merit of the following The Hon. the Maharajah Ohiraj
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  • 51 7 Ko Ling wei, Chung Kwong-yung, and Mr. J. O. P. Bland (representative of the British and Chinese Corporation met together at H. E. Chang Chili tungs residence for several days in conference over the subject of the loan for the northern section of the CantonHankow Railway. Negotiations proceeded
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  • 120 7 A little over 50 per cent, of the impor trade of Ceylon for the calendar year, 1907 was carried in British bottoms, Spain ranking next with about 20 per cent, to her credit. The export carrying trade was nearly all carried in British bottoms, the percentage
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  • 942 7 DUTCH STEAMER SUNK BY THE FRENCH MAIL. Feared. Loss of Eight Lives. Tbe Dutch steamer Djambi, or rather her shattered fragments, lie on the bottom of the harbour alongside the Ku,t Wharf, at Tan jong Pagar, this rooming, as the result of one of the worst
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  • 82 7 The evacuation of Cuba by the American troops is now in progress. This is earlier than was contemplated, but President Roosevelt and Major-General Bell, who have planned the scheme of evacuation, thiok it wiser to begin eailier and make sure of the entire evacuation by tbo first
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  • 19 7 Mrs. Mary Baker Q. Eddy, the founder and lioad of the Christiau Science Society, in said to be dyiug.
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  • 280 7 Stirring up Anti-Foreign Feeling in Canton. Public feeling in the Fatshan matter has been growing stronger and stronger every day and has practically eclipsed the Japanese boycott agitation, says the Canton correspondent of the Daily Press. Meetings are being held by many Kaifongs and great animation prevails
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  • 274 7 Great Trunk Extension to Indian System. One direction in which the British administrators of the Federated Malay States are directing their energies, says Sir H. Kinibcr, in an article on the future of Indian Kail way Finance, is the opening up of that country by railways. A
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  • 129 7 The Result of Fatal Rioting near Barrackpore. The recent Bakrid riot at Titaghur, near Calcutta, resulted in the death of two, and 64 wounded. Four hundred people wore arrented, all of thorn Mahonicdans. Tlio disturbance was ijuellud with tin assistance of the Sikh troops and military police.
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  • 277 7 Long Battle Line on Formosan Mountains. The main body of Government troops which left Karenko on December 24, at 0 a.m., pro ceeded to the Tatnonan tribe in Mokkwa, and cannonaded an eminence belonging to them. The police force and infantry inarched 3,000 metres from the cannon line,
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  • 31 7 The Malay Mail hears that Mgr. Zalesky, the Papal delegate, may pay Kuala Lumpur a visit this week on his way to Penang, preparatory to leaving un hi.'i return to Colombo.
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  • 98 7 THE CONFLICT ON CORRUPTION BRISKENS. Senator's Desk Rifled by Secret Police. [Kkutkii's Tklkokam] I. unil. hi, January 11. The struggle between Mr. Roosevelt and Congress is becoming extremely lively. It is announced that henceforth Congress will rigidly scrutiniso tbe suitability of Mr. Roosevelt's nominees for office. London, January
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  • 182 7 More than a Million Dollars to be Expended. According to the I'erak Pioneor. with the appointment of Col. L. M. .lackson, U.K.. as Surveyor General, tlio various Survey Departments of thf X..M.S. have, by a cohesive process, become one Federal Department. This hiryc Department is to be
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  • 151 7 Daring Raid at Chinese Military Station. A nlippor boat of tho Imperial Chiuoso Post Office carrying mails regularly between Canton and 'lian Clieun wax pirated close by a military statiou ou the morning of December 27, while on her way to Canton to deliver the inland
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  • 143 7 British Officer Enthusiastic Over Their Drill. Will duut; That was as hue .111 exhibition of infantry drill uud exorcises as I have. seen. Those little native •> dirr aru wonders and arc equal to uur UoorUia troops in India, which is the niiest compliment I could pay
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  • 70 7 The Governor-General in Council, at Calcutta, is pleased to announce the grant, as a Royal mark of favour in commemoration of tbe fiftieth anniversary of the assumption of the Government of India by the Crown, of a bonus of one week's pay to all permanent Government
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  • 72 7 On Sunday night, the llukiens of Lower (jueon Street elected to make things lively in a general way. A crowd gathered to square accounts with a neighbour. They broke a clock and would no doubt have occasioned further damage but for the intervention of the police who promptly
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  • 95 7 The Osaka Sbosen Kaisha's steamer Kagi Maru, which left Keelung on December, 20, arrived at Moji six days later, three days overdue. The ship encountered a violent storm on December 22, and an iron plate on bor port hide was dented, lier guys broken, and the
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 40 8 The Sandakan Rifle Club had their first in i ting on December 19, when tbe range was opened. Considering the wet state of the weath> r, the attendance was good and a lair amount uf enthusiasm prevailed.
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    • 30 8 Garrison Club. Following is the result of the January Medal LX. «iaunt 89—18=71 C. F. J. Green 84— 7=77 Sir Arthur foug, K.C.M.G. 88— B=Bo Captain C. Chancellor 104—18=86
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    • 204 8 Racing at Bangkok. The owning day of the adjourned December IBM MMtiag tuiik pluce, on ih<- sth instant, at the Koyal BMffcok Sports Club. There was a very yood attendauci', amony those prowut b: i»n Mr. aud Mrs. Ralph l'u«<t, who have unly rn'iitiy returned from their trip
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  • 271 8 Officers of Steamer Java Attacked in Burma. The steamer Java, which has been running between liaugcon and Maudalay, arrived at Rangoon on December 28, from Mandalay, hft r an exciting time. While at M jiagJM Homo 200 liiirin in coolies rushed at the «ti .iiiu r with largo
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  • 118 8 Tho S.C. Morning Po>t learns from visitors to Cauton that, on the ni^lit of the Ist inst machine g"ns wrre mounted on the bridges connecting the Sharaoen and Canton. The United States battleship Helena arrived there ou the Srd iustaut wi'h 200 blue jackets, and there
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  • 46 8 There was a collision bitwet I the IIMM n Tachaug Maru and Sinlte, near Cuinkiaug, on tin Ist iust. Both steamers were badly damaged they had to be beached to prevent sinking. The steamer Kiangchiug, in order to avoid collision, was also beached.
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  • 158 8 At a company meeting in Hongkong, the other diy, tho Chairman gave some words of advicti which might be taken to heart by mmy v shareholder in various concerns in t>iut;npore. IU smtl I will take this opportunity to say that you, as shareholders, are not doing
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  • 61 8 Pnsstnuers on arriving at Port Said, will be able to laud at the new quay to the south of th Navy House. As trains will be run along the quay-side this will save much time audtio ih!c. which till now has been inseparable with landing,
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  • 469 8 Discusses Dismissal of Yuan Shih Kai at Penaog. The Straits Echo has interviewed Rang Ya-Wei the celebrated reformer, who, it declares, regards the situation in Peking arising out of the dismissal of Yuan Shih kai as favourable to the prospects of a Constitution. Mr. Hang admitted
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  • 195 8 Exception Taken to Japanese Students. Recently, Chinese papers stated that a body of Japanese students was in China surveying land and making maps, possibly for tlio purpose of making war on China at sonic futures day. This report, Rays the Japan Times, greatly prejudiced the Chinese ptople in
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  • 157 8 Peculiar Charge Against Master of Steamer. Captain 11. N. Bull, master of the steamer SUndaiil, wax placed on trial in the criminal court at Manila, on December 26, charged with cruelty to animals iv not making proMf provision on liii vessel for animaU in transportation to
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  • 157 8 Woodwork for Fuel Outward from Manila. Practically all the available woodwork on tbo freighter Craigvar, Captain Edmunds, which left Manila for Puget Sound ports in October was sacrificed to make steam before the vessel finally reached Port Townsend, states an exchange. The Craigvar ran into a series
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  • 112 8 Officer Killed in Trouble Over Poppy Growing. Five hundred troops left Amoy for Tongan on I' i 1 lulu r 25. Oa December 23, the authorities noticed that the natives were sowing poppy for opium. They gave them strict orders not to do so, but the natives of
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  • 221 8 Token of Imperial Sympathetic Feelings. The Imperial Edict, relieving General Yuan Shib-Kai of his duties, and dated January 2, reads as follow- Yuan SliihKai, the Grand Councillor, and President of the Board of Foreign Affair?, has been continually appointed to important offices by the late Emperor.
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  • 123 8 Testing of American Life Insurance Company. In connection with the campaign against promiscuous spitting, it is interesting to note that H.E. the Governor of Hongkong has forwarded a minute to the Sanitary Board on the subject. Promiscuous spitting is blamed by American authorities for having been responsible
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  • 132 8 The Echo de Chine calls attention to tbe steady growth of German commercial enterprise in China. At Shanghai, tho Germans are slowly but surely elbowing out British competitors. Tbe Settlement counts now upon 75 German commercial firms which carry on 25 per cent, of the trade
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  • 84 8 According to one estimate there are, at tbe present time, in borne and foreign ports, between 200 and 800 idle British ships, totaling between 400,000 and 600,000 tons. At a rough estimate the valne of such a fleet is between X2 000,000 and X3 ,000,000 this
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  • 226 8 Himalaya Leaves the Australian Service. Tlie K M.S. Himalaya, which loft Fremsn tie fur London on the niuht of December 14, will, accordiuy to present nrritn^i meats, not be seen again in Australian water*. There are few vessels with which thb Australian travelling public aro acquainted
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  • 91 8 Both the Standard and Solstad have finished running in the cattle trade between Indo and Cochin China and the Philippines owing to tbe lack of cargoes, says the Manila Times. These vessels have been engaged in the cattle trade between these countries for several months, but the
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  • 109 8 Tbe rank and file of the F.M.S. Police consists of two Indian native officers, two Malay sub-inspectors, thirteen sergeantmajors, one hundred and six sergeants, one hundred and twenty eight corporals, one hundred and seventy four lance corporals and two thousand two hundred and thirty five
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 529 8 tli p HIP Yl-C\ A The only Virginia cigarettes inn niun lla^ which have the approval I OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION eiGARETTES. Packed in Patent Vacuum Tins, which retain the f& fi^ p& Exqusite Aroma and Flavour of the Tobacco for I Q H ji J| any length of time
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  • COMMERCIAL.
    • 96 9 taiuuii r 5 11 1.. ii i do (Cube No. 1) onpirke' 18.75 Uopra Bali bayers 8.20 "do Pontianak 7.70 Pepper. Black buyers 12 0~> do White 5% buyers 18.75 -wo Flour Sarawak 8.02 in Brnoei No. I 2.85 Pearl Sago 8.76 .toffee Bsli. picked 22.5') Coffee, Palembang, 20t.
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    • 126 9 On London— Back 4 wit •■!■»,> Demand 3/82 Private 6 ml* 2/4| do 8 m/i 2/4 f Qtrma-xy -Bank d/d 287 Private 8 m/« 241 do 8 m/i 348 On Hr inee— Bank d/d 281$ Private B m/> 287 do 8 m/i 289 On Indta— Bank T. T. 174
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    • 52 9 Howarlh KrskioD t% 1600,000 1% prem Rlley Hargrmvea 116,000 1% pram Spore Eleotrio Tram wayi Co., Ltd. 9% 350,000 nominal Sioippore Manioipal 400.003 30% p. nom 1,878,000 6% prem *i% 1.600.000 6% prem 4t 603,800 nominal dtraiti Engineering Byd.. Ltd 6% 45.000 par f tnjong Pagar Dock Board 5%
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  • Stocks and Shares.
    • 343 9 Date of formaon Capital Number -abeerlbed of Bbmn» latae Paid Sham Valo* op to Untamed Company Qoounoa* I'JOS 1300.000 1807 lUOO.OOO 1901 1800,000 1903 £400.000 1907 1400.000 1901 £(10.000 .8O« £100.000 1908 1150.000 1906 £190,000 1906 £30.000 '906 1450,000 1906 £190.000 1907 £100,000 1904 £190,000 1907 M 50.000 1908
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    • 379 9 1906 IME 1904 IMS 1906 1904 .905 1906 1905 1906 1907 1906 4150,000 1800,000 £80,000 470,000 1150,000 cie.ooo 478,000 4510.000 £66,000 £180,000 £880,000 /178.000 l»7,068/10 118,600 83,780 66,700 IJS.OOO 16,000 88,000 889,880 88,760 180,000 801.600 175,000 46,600 l 108,600 I 10,800 3,100 33,780 66,700 13,600 f 10,000 6,000 58,000
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    • 199 9 1907 :n9B IfcfiS £5,877.10.0 t1 ,600,000 tis.oon.ooo 4.805 1,030,000 iIM.OOO lS.OOO.OC) 7,888 150,000 4.J00 110.000 I 18,000 I 8.000 f <,009 i 4,000 4.400 0,000 I 1,750 14,000 800 400,000 I.IJO 3,000 4.958 100,000 11/6 10 60 11.1 109 100 100 100 10 100 100 10 50 1 100
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 188 9 THE STRAITS TIMES CAN BE OBTAINED AT THE Following Places IN SINGAPORE Meottrs. John Little Co., Ltd. Messrs. Kelly and WaUh, Ltd. Raffles Hotel, Beach Road. Messrs. Kirn Co., Battery Road and Amer nian Street. Messrs. Jitts A Co., North Bridge Road. Messrs. Koh A Co., 90. Bras Basah Road.
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    • 116 9 Mayncrds i nuilsion of Cod Liver Oil WITH Mll^fV^ IKULIIOI. rtz HYPOPHOSPHITES of LIME SODA. milk egg ITrWSMjFtS A most palatable preparation of Cod Liver Oil. A Chemical Food acceptable to the most delicate. mriiUiCM' A preparation containing all the virtues of Cod Liver sincapore. Oil, Milk and Hypophosphites. n
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    • 49 9 (lf)q PER wiiMt/ BOTTLE. MARTIN'S Ladies! PJ LLS '.■"••i Mep t>os of Martin Kills in the house so that on the ftnt •if. of .ny Irretnilullr of the Syu.m a timely dole nur b. .fc«i,.t ln d who ut« them re oimneod th«m. hen,. !h.« naUfc c£L£ MUIHAMnoS; IuiSILMMO.'-
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    • 231 9 Whiteaway, Laidlaw Co., Ltd. STOCK-TAKING SALE. RELIABLE WATCHES, CONSIDERABLY REDUCED IN PRICE. Genuine Roskopf Watches at Sale Prices. THE "EMPIRE" DRESS WATCH. Superior Lever Movement, Compensating Balance, in Nickel Case USUAL PRICE $6.59. SALE PRICE $5. CRUSHED FOOD. jg^, TRY IT AND YOU WILL BB SATISFIED jSf Pft I. R.
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  • 424 10 CONSIDERING THE CHOICE OF A CAPITAL. Hopeful Signs in Imperial Affairs. Writing from Cape Town, on December 4, the correspondent of tho Times says The question of the capital is at present much in people's minds. The one great objection to the choice of Cape Town would
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  • 473 10 Branch of Education Free from Sectarian Strife. A national campaign in favour of pare milk was foreshadowed at the annual meeting of the National League for Physical Education and Improvement, held, on December 12, in the Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster Abbey. The Bishop of Ripon, presiding, said they
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  • 86 10 The French man-of-war d'lrbeville left, yesterday morning, for Saigon where she will be utilised as the yacht and dispatch boat of the Governor-General of French Indo-Cbina in the place of the Kersaint, which has gone to Noumea, New Caledonia. The Irbeville left Toulon, on November 4, and as she is
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 634 10 BANKING COMPANIES. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Paid np C»piu; in 60,000 Shares of C'iOoKh £1,200.000 Keaerre Fond f 1,625.000 BawrTa Liability of Proprietor! £1,200,000 BAN KERB. Bank ot England. National Bank of Scotland. Th London City A Midland Bank, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current
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    • 521 10 BANKING COMPANIES. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. f aid-up Capital »i 5,000.000 RESERVE FOND:— Sterling Reserve 115,000,0001 MgniMOMl Silver Reserve •14.000.000j •™.<XX>. OOO <-ietrt Liability o( Propriatora 115.000.00 C COURT OP DIRECTORS. E. Bhellim, Esq. Chairman. Hon. Mr. W.J. G reason. Depnty Chairman. E.G. Barrett, Esq. W. Helma, Eiq. C.
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    • 443 10 SALES BY AUCTION. MORTGAGEE'S SALE. On Tuesday, Janu try 19, at 2.30 p.m. Leasehold land, 'area 7,140 square feet, being part of Government lease No. 1147 for '..i years from June 2, 1847, quit rent 54.25 per annum. Together with the substantial threestorey terrace house thereon known as No. 71,
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    • 57 10 Carlyle Raid "If thero is a harvest ahead, even a distant one, it is poor thrift to be stingy of your seed corn." There is a splendid harvest of health ahtad for those who take Steams' Wine for debility, emaciation, thin and impure blood, and wasting diseases. So palatable that
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    • 503 10 SALES BY AUCTION. MORTGAGEE'S SALE. At Messrs. H. L. Coghlan Co's Sale-rooms. On Monday, January IS, at 2.30 p.m. Freehold Land, area 41,51t7 square feet, with the dwelling house No. 9, Jalan Ampa*, off Balcfitier Koad. Circulars issued. H. L. Coghlan Co., 73 Auctioneers. AUCTION SALE of the remainder of
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    • 62 10 TIN CHUN AND CO.. HIGH CLASS I'HOTOOIfAPHKUS, lii I Noah Bridf> Hoad, Singapore. PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. f.l H. ABRAMS, HORSE REPOSITORY. 5, ORCHARD KOAP. Has just landed ex s.s. Euryalus, twenty Horees, Cob.s and Ponies in the best of condition and thoroughly broken in. This shipment undoubtedly comprises some
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  • 907 11 THE SLIDING SLEEVE MOTOR DISCUSSED. More Facts About Magnetos. At the invitation of the Ladies' Automobile Club, Mr. C. Y. Knight gave an address at Claridge's Hotel, now famous sliding-sleevo motor, on which he threw new lrgbt. He had often been asked, he said, why the motor should be
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  • 91 11 The educational ladder, from elementary Bcbool to University, has been in existence in Worcester for about forty years, and has kd to some notable results, several boys having taken first-class honours and other hi^h distinctions at Oxford. One of the most interesting successes was achieved last year. Twin
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 450 11 ARGYLL CARS. wife JUST ARRIVED. SKJKid*- Argyll Model de Luxe. PAINTED DARK GKEEX, NICKEL PLATED MOUNTINGS, KITTED WITH llool), MAIiNETO, WINDSCREEN, LAMPS AND ACCESSORIES. Illustrated Catalogue and full particulars from SYME COMPANY, so l o e ents The City Motor Garage Co., ISST We undertake to Repair MOTOR CARS, STEAM
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    • 47 11 CURE THAT COLO WHILE YOU CAN. Bettor spend the small amount a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy would cost you right now than to ran the risk of a cold developing into pneumonia, which may mean a big doctor's bill. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 206 11 RANEEGUN6E PIPES. The interior of these Pipes being glazed, nothing will grow on them and cause obstructions, as is the case with cement or unglazed pipes and drains. Sole Agents i THE BORNEO CO., LD. ELECTRIC HOME TREATMENT. Health ft Beauty Massage, Nervous Disorder?. Saperduous Hair permanently removed by ELECTROLYSIS.
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    • 85 11 s SIDDELE Y 'AUTOCARS! ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE THE FINEST CARS (APART FROM PAINT) AND BEST VALUE BY THOSE IN A POSITION TO KNOW. Sole Agents: CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS. STAR CARS ADMITTEDLY THE BEST VALCE FOB THE MONEY ON THE MAHKET. 1909 Models Now on View at our Garage. HANDSOME MOTOR
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 650 12 Scale of Charges. f BKPAID ADVERTIBEMENTB.-Mtaoel aaaoaa Waatt of Ever; Deeertptlos, Hoaiei, lv(, e»c., to let, ire ineerted at the following lejee:— One loMrtloa I I.SO per laob Two 1.00 Tbn* 1.80 blx I.M ■»ac ••*<> Twelve 7. M TVenty fire 10.00 (Eeob aabeeqaent moolh M per tasb.) The »boTB
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    • 493 12 Miscellaneous WANTS. Bins Foar Lin**, on* or two inMrtiom, 11. By tb* inch, Me Seal* of Charge*. CHINESE CLERK WANTED. Wanted, a smart Chinese Clerk for a mercantile firm at Sourabaya. Must be able to typewrite; with general knowledge of Office work. Apply to 8.. c/o Straits Times. ***** DRESBER
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    • 613 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. ■mm row Llim, oh or rw- laaatttoaa, fun B» tha tosh. m« Seaio ol Okaigos. OFFICE TO BE LET. Offioe on seoond floor of. No. 7, Battery Road. Apply to Guthrie and 00., Ltd. n 1878 OFFIOE i GODOWN TO BE LET. With immediate onlry
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    • 422 12 The Van Rijn Tyrclcss Rubber Wheel. PATENTED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ALL PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES ANO COLONIES. A Perfect Wheel for All Kinds of Motor The Van Rijn Wheel is made of one solid Vehicles mass of Para Rubber. It is unbreakable, No Costly Tyre renewals: No Punctures to J
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    • 350 12 Miscellaneous NOTICES Ratjw— tjt Month, (10 par Inch. Subsequent monthi, at. Kor jhorter period, cc ",ScM« of Charge.. NOTICE. S. Mortou whhes to notify tbat be haa removed hia horse business from next Hotel de la Raix to 193, Orohard Road, wheie he ia now prepared to snppiv fodder, shoe
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    • 286 12 Miscellaneous NOTICES tuns lat Month, fit) p«r Inch, sutiwgw month!, ti. For shorter ptrimla !.»«;ScnW of Ch&tKO"NOTICE. Mr. Tan Soo Bin and Mr. Tau .Soo Jin were authorised to sign per procuration foi our firm from this day. Singapore, January 7, 1909. KIM UNO 00. 55 NOTICE. On the occasion
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