The Straits Times, 30 January 1909

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times W). 22.871. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. JANUARY 30. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 97 1 FOR SALE. Pommery Greno's CHAMPAGNE. Vintage, 1900. W raffles hotel. Jeffrey's Stout AND IPale Ale. la order that the above Flrmt-Cloms Stout and Palo Ale auj oecooae I better known in this markvr loth^wfU be sold util briber notice at $12 Per Case ol 7 dozen Pint*. OF ALL DEALERS
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    • 272 1 ROYAL HOTEL, Serangoon Road (Train Terminus). GRAND MNEMATIIIMAPH SHOW On Saturday. January 80 and also on Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday, acd Saturday, February V 2. t, I and 6. ADMISSION FREE (by ticket only). Show ™a]meiicis each night at 9 o'clock. 170 DANCE. ON FRIDAY, FEBRU IRY 5. 1909. AT
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    • 165 1 ROBINSON CO. 51< jy r|^ Ip" J '^W InDLL JT Glassware. a Iff CUT CRYSTAL TABLS GLASSWABF. 11 New Thin Crystal Fine Quality y^---^%. Glassware as illustration. L y, rp j Sherry Glasses $3.75 do/.. W^^jX' B^V^'v-V^i V' Port Glasses $3.75 do/. ■>'.'• •*'-^>//>i „i l Champagne Glasses $7.50 do/.-
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  • 519 2 MISGUIDED PHILANTHROPY AND L\X ADMINISTRATION. Problems of Poor-law Reform. The problem of poverty in London has seldom been more urgent than it is at this moment. At Christmas season 180.5-13 persons or more than 27 out of every 1,(100 j were in receipt of Poor-law relief. In ten
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  • 329 2 Irish Peer Waxes Enthusiastic Over Scheme. The Commission for Lord Cuizon s h tat no has been placed in the hands of Mr. Hamo Tboroycrnft, It A. Tlio cost will be about tT.OOO. The dtsiyn is of colossal proportions. There was nothing that Lord Cur/ou dreadt'd
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  • 59 2 It is reported that the Graud Council has proposed to perpetuate the meiuory of the late Empress Dowager Tz'o Hsi by erecting a bronze statue to Her Majesty in the Summer Palace, as, in their opinion, .-In- has, during titty years of rule, done much for the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 461 2 Special Reductions. HUMBER CARS 10-12 AND 20 H.P. Newly Arrived. Latest Model. \^^?7 "HUMBER" Owing" to facilities for turning out large numbers of these famous Cars iv order to meet the growing demand, COST OF|PRODUCTION has been reduced to a point which enables them to^be offered to the public at
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    • 769 2 FEARFULECZEMA: SKINJNJIBBONS Arms were Perfectly Raw— Desperate with Terrible Irritation and Almost Crazed by Lack of SleepAll Efforts at Cure Failed Until MATRON OF HOSPITAL RECOMMENDED CUTICURA "Four years ago eczema broke out on my hands and arms and I became so tbad that I was unable even to dress
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    • 46 2 CURE THAT COLDWHiLE YOU CAN. Bettor xpend the small amount a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy would cost you right now than to run the risk of a cold developing into pneumonia, which may mean a big do-tor's bill. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 391 2 ISMAIL e^RAHEEM ARE NOW SHOWING A LAHOE VARIKTY OK Diamond Jewellery, LOOSE DIAMONDS and annul PRECIOUS STONES. Early Inspection Respectfully Solicited. TEPLITZ WATER The Purest Alkaline Mineral Water containing Natural Carbonic Acid. UNEQUALLED AS A PLEASANT AND WHOLESOME TABLE-WATER. (h rr £Zf\ P er case of ip/.OU 50 bottles. Handelsvereeniging
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  • 1322 3 APPEARANCE OF VICAR'S ASTRAL BODY. Case for Psychical Research Society The appearance at the vicarage of East Kudham, Norfolk, of a figure which was identified as that of the Vicsr, who is now undoubtedly in Algi< rs, becomes more mysterious tipou investigation. The publication of a letter
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  • 221 3 Employing Hypnotism in Criminal Cases. The Paris Daily Mail states that owing to the failure of M. Andre, the examining magistrate, to obtain a confession from Mme. Steinhell as to the part she played in the double murder at the Impasse Ronsio, the question of employing hypnotism is
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  • 196 3 A Few Useful Hints by An Old Hand at Home. What the junior reporter invariably describes as the post prandial proceedings are oftsn viewed with misgiving by gentlemen upon whom devolves the duty of making an after-dinner speech. Perhaps there may be some in Singapore who
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 413 3 Coughs, Bronchitis, Lung Troubles. For a really obstinate, long-standing cough, whether bronchial, tracheal or la.-yngeal, there is positively nothing equal to Angie/s Emulsion. It not only soothes the throat, lungs and air passages, but also promotes appetite, aids digestion and exerts a wonderfully invigorating influence upon the general health. One
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    • 109 3 11 BY ROYAL JfsS APPOINTMENT. |^P TABLE, DEIJCACIFJS, j^-_ PICKLES SOUPS, wo*«5Tt B5M! Rt 3^c f**i^^?\ POTTED V! EATS. l^ir^l^ KALT VINEGAR ■h^ass?* i SALAD Oll^. Celebrated I^^LVIcROSSR jO 4~\-a V-^ *X.v/i3 Oily £*C VJilmetis o tares, i^^^^ s^! blaocwttt t m^ mi^ mm^ mi^^^Mln^ r^^ Tens |™AVrfiV W JSL,!^.
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    • 829 3 J. MOTION GO. Watchmakers, Jewellery, Opticians. REPAIRS PROMPTLY EXECUTED. J. DA. PEREIRA HORTICOr/TURIST AND KLORIBT Colleotor and Exporter of Orohids. Diploma tod Gold Medal from the late King of Denmark By Special Appointment to His Majesty, the Kins of Biam., H. H., theSaltan of Johore, and H. H., the Koltan
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  • 916 4 Name, port, probable date of arrival, and name oj Agents. STEAMERS. Act i. I.i\erpool, Ftb 4 W. Mansfield Alicante, Barcelona, Feb 4 Barlow Alrlie, Sydney, Feb 23 Bonstead Ambria. Hamburg. Mar 1 Behn Meyer Andalusia, China Feb M j Behn Meyer Ammonia. Japan, Feb 7 Behn Meyer Assaye,
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  • 51 4 Hosiewird German Mail The Imperial Germau mail steam...- P. E. l-'riedr. h having left Hongkong at noon, on the 27th instant and may be expected to arrive here at noon on Sunday, the 31st instant. She will probably be despatched fur Europe on the following day. at
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 69 4 NO OPIUM IN CHAMBERLAIN 8 COUGH REMEDY. There is uot a particle of opium or other narcotic in Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and never has been since it was first offered the public. It is as safe a medicine for a child as for au adult. This remedy is famous for
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    • 679 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. Por China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London Through Btlla Df Lading luaed for Chin: Ooaat, Persian Oclf, Continental, end American Porta. Btaamers wtll leave Singapore on or abcui MAIL LINE. Outmmrd [for CKaa) Britannia Jan 3i
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    • 690 4 STEAMERS SAILING. OCEAN STEAM SHIP GO., LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL BTEAM NAY. CO. LTD. The Companies' steamera are despaohed from Liverpool outwarda for the Straite, China and Japan every week and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight for Oenoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and for Marseilles, Havre
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    • 480 4 STEAMER SAILINGS, STRAITS STEAM SHIP COMPANY. LIMITED. SAILINGS. FROM SINGAPORE TO FEDERATED MALAY STATES PORTS AND PENANO. FLIIT, 1POH "HTE LEONO" "KINTA" "PENANG" "PERAK" "MALACCA" "SELANGOR" '< POH ANN •"CARLYLE" "LADY WELD" "SAPPHO" "SRI HELENE" "BAN WHATT HIN H MONDAYS {or Malaooa, Port Diokaon, Port Swettenham and Telnk Anson, at
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    • 645 4 STEAMER SAILINGS, HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. Thee teamen of ihia Company maintain a regular serrlct between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Kciurdam. and the Straite, China and Japan. Homewards, tbev are deapatched fortnightly tor Havre and Haacburg and once a month for Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and Colombo. Taking oargc
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    • 802 4 STEAMER BAILIMB. N. D. L. NORDDEUTSCKER LLOYD Imperial (Jerinan Mall Line The faat and well known mail ateam. I Ihia Oompaay aall fortnightly from Brem b Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, South r ton, Gibraltar, Oenoa, Maples, (cone. i Marseilles, Naplea, Alexandria, and vice rw Port Said. Suea, Adrn, Colombo, faaanr
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  • 983 5 II ii ■'iMMlmif lt>» following KbLriTiAtiuii* ate '.r. ilaamflr; nh.-«hip; IK).— barna*; »cb.- <<u.-<Jrui««, Obi.— O»n boul Tor. Tcrr^lu, H.p.— ilutM-p-'»ir Hril.linl r>. Tataisium; Feb.— French UtitmillM, -T>u'..l. H.l lUu»;SI»D.-^nr.ij!i ■af i*.*.k. < >t>ner&l rarxo a.p. Uerg p:v, .•■.in. W. -Wharf; T.P.D.— I »nJoD(r V-* .r Doak:
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  • 128 5 January i<> Inaba Mam, .Tap str. Hongkong ani Japan Solva, Hot str, llantfk >k Yebosbi Maru, Jap btr, Hongkong and Japan 30 KriMnma, Rrit sir, Hongkong and Sbaugbti K. Willem I. I>ut str. UuUvia Oranje, Out str, Kabanp. Colombo. Genoa Oriel, Krit str. Pulau Laut Vsn 11. D.it str.
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  • 618 5 List of Passengers Coming to Singapore. Per P. and O. steamer Palawan, due February s.— Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Wise and child, Mm. and Miss Evans, Messrs. J. Simpson, K. Stevenson, J. R. Smith, P. A. Gill, Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Cobbam, Mr. and Mrs. H.
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  • 105 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To- Day TAN JON G PAOAR. East Whasf Basin— New Orleans. East W. Sbctiom I—Ttesta,1 Ttesta, Pitsauulok. SicTioH No. 1 (Sanaa Whabv)— Oranje. 8«jno» B—Van8 Van Hoorn. 3— X Willem I. K 4— Nil. B— Hong Bee.
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  • 137 5 FROM EUROPE By theN.D.L steamer P. Alice, due Feb. 5. B. I. steamer Tin, due Feb. 6. M. M. steamer Tourane, due Feb. 8. FROM CHINA By the N.D.L. str P.E.Friedricb, doe Jan. 81. M.M. steamer Sydney, due Feb. 3. Left Bing»|> re u\ >co 21 N
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  • 512 5 (Sunday, January 31). FOCHTH ScSDAT AITtH J'.IIHI ,N\ Bt. Andrew's Cathkhkai.. 7 a.m. Matins; 7-45 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral); 4 p.m. Children's Service 5»0 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. St. Matthew's, Sepot Lr»i».— llls a.m. Foo Chow Servioe H-40 p.m Sanday School 4 p.m. Children's Service; 8-15 p.m. Evensong
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  • 64 5 7 a.m.—Matins. Hymn 29 7-45 a.m.—Holy Communion (Cuokal). lutroit 281 Service Smart. Hymn at Offertory 821 Hymn at Communion 471 Hymn at Ablutions 182 5-30 P.M.—EVBNSONO AND SERUON. Responses Ferial. Psalm As Set. First Lesson I. ob. XXVIII. Magnificat 143 Second Lesson Acts Will, 24. Nunc Dimittis
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  • 104 5 A lady noted for her philanthropy had hired a four-wheeler in which to do her Christmas shopping. Returning liorau after a two-hours' tour in the West Bud, she noticed in paying the cabman that he was wet through and shivering. Do yon ever take anything when you are
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  • 107 5 Foa Fn Btiami Time Monoii. Europe via ports P. K. Frirdrich 10 a m. Saigon Guadiana Jl. m. Pangkalan Brandan Benoa 11 a.m. Malacca and Liuggi Kheng Seng 1 p.m. Mnar and Malacca Huinum S p.m. Teluk Anaon via ports Selangor 8 p.m. Hongkoug Laianq t p.m. Tubidat.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 243 5 BRITISH INDIA BTEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. LIMITED. FOR PENANO, RANOOON AMD CALCUTTA The Company's Steamer BHARATA, 4.0-J4 torn, J.R.P. AUxinder, Commander, will be despatched for the above ports on Thureday, February 4, at 4 p m. Sue haa exoelleal accommodation for fint and seoond-olaas passengon. For freight or passage, apply to
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    • 508 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. APCAR LINE OF BTEAMERB. Tn» indermentioned mail steamers of to above Line maintain regular service betwee Calcutta and Japan, oalling at Penang, Singi pore, Hongkong and Shanghai en route FLEET. Tons Commander •.I. Jams 6,800 J. O. Ourur l.s. "OuwbiAfui" 4,600 8. H. Beldom e.s. "Auatoor Aro*B" 4,500
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    • 486 5 STEAHEH BAIUN6B. C P R. Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Hall Stoamsblp Lin*. fHE RATIONAL HIGHWAY TO KUBOPI wu CHINA JAPAN. CANADA ud Ibe UNITED BTATBB Ronte from Hongkong, via Shanghai Nagasaki, [Inland fit* of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Vlotoria an 1 Vancouver. R.M.& Euthkw or India Iwli-Mnw mmR.M.B. "Ennui or
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    • 202 5 AUCTION SALBS Mowell and Co. Feb. 1. At East Reclamation Ground, Tanjong Pagar, Charred Jarrab Timber, at 2.80 p.m. Feb. 1. At saleroom, unredeemed pledges, at 10 a.m. Feb. 8. At saleroom, unredeemed pledges, at 10 a.m. Feb. 6. At saleroom, unredeemed pledges, at 10 a.m. Feb. 9. At saleroom,
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    • 118 5 Anjer. PASSED SUNDA STRAITB OR ARRIVED FOR ORDERS. Jan. 14. Brit. 4 m bq. Lynlliurt, Captain Pjrntll, from Hongkong: for New Ton, Jan. 15 Brit. Htr. Rajput, C'apt. Mur^an, from Penang for Tjilatjap. Jan. 16. Brit. str. Dardanus, Capt. Niclio Us, from Batavia, Jan 16; for Amsterdam. Jan. 17. Brit.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 27 5 WEATHER TELEGRAM. Hongkong, January SO, 10 a.m. Barometer 30.17 Direotion of Wind East Force of Wind •"> Max. Temp In Rhs/e 68 Manila. 761 West 1 86 82
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    • 244 5 DAY BY DAY Saturday, January 30. High Water, 6.88 p.m. S.V.I, class tiring, 2.80 p.m. Penang Races, third day. Albambra Cinematograph. Japanese Cinematograh. Harima Cinematograpb. Marlborough Cinematograph. >aiety Cinematograph. Sunday, January 31. High Water, 5.85 a.m. 7.28 am. Kourth after Epiphany. N.D.L. homeward mail due. Monday. February 1 High Water,
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  • 1075 6 The straits Times PRICE 10 CENTS. SATURDAY, JANUARY 30. According to tho Home papers, the theatres wore to ring with liappy laughter dnring tho woek they dealt with. It wm Hid beginning of the pantomime season, and thore being few subject* whereon to sharpen the wits of writers, or whet
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  • 17 6 Thursday, February 4, the festival of the Tai-pusiim, will be observed as a public holiday in Penang.
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  • 16 6 Bills amounting to 16,362-89 were passed by the Municipal Commissioners at the Board meeting, yesterday afternoon.
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  • 22 6 A cargo of coal from Pulo I .nut was brought, yesterday, by the N.D.L. steamer Sandakan, consigned to Mossrs.'Behu, Meyer and Co.
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  • 23 6 A Bengali has reported to tho I'olice that a fellow countryman has robbed him of $284.60. The man referred to has been arrested.
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  • 39 6 Under the beading, Jaw-breaking DoubleExecution at WeCkada, a Colombo paper prints tbe following: Jaoodimohotti Appuhamilage Abraham and Hettipathirage Welun, sentenced to death for murder by the Supreme Court, were executed at tbe «»li kada prison on tbe Uth instant.
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  • 21 6 The office of matron, Kandang Kerbau Hospital, is declared pensionable. The appointment is at present held by Mrs. A. M. Uanno.
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  • 30 6 Mr. J. 11. Robertson, of Penang, has been authorised to tile a specification of a certain invention for an improvement in the substructure of a reverberatory furnace for tin smelting.
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  • 30 6 At the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners, yesterday afternoon, a balance to the Municipality's credit of $139,878.1.1 was reported, as opposed to (2K.H82.40 at the date of tbe previous meeting.
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  • 36 6 A telegram from Johannesburg states that the Chinese labourers on Village Deep Mine refused to work on New Year holiday and broke up the compound. Tho police were forced to shoot, killing six and wounding 15.
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  • 39 6 A telegram from Chicago states that a wooden building over the waterworks tunnel one mile and a half out in tho lake, is ablaze. Fifty people have perished by burning and drowning. A tug rescued sevcra) clinging to ice.
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  • 39 6 The Waiwupu, at Peking has notified the Board of the Interior that a resident iv the British Legation. Mr. Cormack has been robbed and requests the Board to order the Police stations to make diligent search tor the thiovos.
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  • 42 6 While inspecting the newly laid out public park of S/echuen. the other day. the Viceroy remarked that then were too tew animals iv it, and r^iuostcd the Director to establish a Zoological garden on the same lines as the one in Peking.
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  • 58 6 Chang Jen chun, the Viceroy at Canton, has wired to the Waiwupu that tho sea along Maluchou is under the control of the Chinese Customs at Lapp* while Portuguese authorities are trying to extend their rights on the sea tyi'l that it is desired the Waiwupn will open negotiation with
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  • 59 6 A horde of ovor 600 disbanded soldiers armed with modern arms of precision, have killed many persons, offering their victims as a sacrifice to their banners, according to a telegram from Nanchang, dated January 5. The insurgents attacked Chung- Vi hsien in Nan-an-fu prefecture, defeating the garrison of that city.
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  • 53 6 It is stated by a Chinese contemporary that tho Army Training Department, in llupoh, recently purchased from Messrs. Siemssen and Co., at Hankow, two wireless telegraph apparatuses for use at the Autumn Manoeuvres held in Anhui. Viceroy Cheu Kiiei-lung has now ordered these instruments to be installed for communication between
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  • 69 6 Petroleum has just been discovered iv China in Shansi province where a syndicate of local capitalists has been formed to work tho deposits. Tho Government, at Peking, has offered to advance money for sinking bores. The importance of the discovery may be judged of from the fact that the imports
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  • 74 6 Alter over fifty-six years' service, StallSergeant J. Keys, Orderly-Room Clerk of the 4th Royal Sussex Regiment, and the oldest soldier on active duty, has, by the King's approval, been granted an annuity of £'10, together with a silver medal. He has the unique record of having attended every battalion camp
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  • 75 6 The annual general meeting of the Singapore Catholic Funeral Association was held last night, when the committee's report and statement of accounts for last year wero submitted and adopted. The accounts showed a credit balance of 11,360.55. During last year 47 members wore admitted, 4 died and 11 wore dismissed,
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  • 79 6 The uaofulucss of the addition ol the slip way of tho timber business of tho China Kornoo Co.. Ltd., in beginning to bo demonstrated. Ever since its completion the slipway department has been building lighters and launches not only for iv own use, but for that of coal and other
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  • 71 6 By the outward Dutch mail steamer Koning Willem I. there arrived this morning from Lisbon, seven officers and 150 men to relieve tbe Portuguese garrison at Macao. These men have been transhipped here into the Dutch steamer Van Hoorn which will leave, this afternoon, for Macao. Sho returns with the
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  • 103 6 An Ipoh resident now in Penang writes to the Times of Malaya as follows Everyone in Penang is complaining of the bad state of every kind of business, but to one who has been absent from Penang for some time there is every sign of the trade of Penang having
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  • 98 6 A correspondent writes to the Malay Mail Great oxoitouicnt prevailed in Kuala Kangnar, especially amoug tbe Malays when they heard tbe news that Or. Hughes, after a residence of 14 years in the District, was to be transferred to Uopeng. One and all regret his transfer and no ono so
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  • 394 6 Tho death is announced oi Mr. Krnust <i Birch, formerly .Juilge of the Calcutta High Court. Major K. K. l.auibanir took over Command of No. HO Coy., U.G.A., on tho Ath instant. Mr. F. E. Harmcr, Police Probationer, li.i been apiwintod to act us Assistant Super in
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  • 51 6 Telegraphic information has been received iv Singapore stating that last night the district of I'asir Lama, Baujassiu, in South Borneo, was practically totally dos troyed by fire. Insurance companies are fairly heavily involved, policies being held, among others, in the Commercial I'nion and a Dutch insti
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  • 67 6 The Times, iv a special article, se\uroly criticises the cumbrousness and inconvenient, and unpalatable form of the Indian Reforms Blue-Book, the lack of an index, the absence even of consecutive paging, and the intermingling of important statements with utterly trivial irrcvelaucies. This want of editorial selection and
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  • 146 6 iv concluding lii< lecture nu the origin of Tin Deposits, at Ipoli, uu 2:ird instant, Mr I>. Scriveuor said i— It is evident that the tiu deposits in the Malay Peninsula conform with tin de|iosits elsewhere iv having as their source a via*« of igneous rocks containing
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  • 217 6 Messrs. Sanderson and Co., report ai follows on the 7th instant The market for Para has kept very tiriu since we last reported, closing ijiiiot, but with a firm undertone at Os. 2d. fur Fine Hard spot and near, Id i;d. for January February delivery, and ss. Id.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 108 6 (Extra Special Blond) WHlskVm Caldbeck, Macgregor Co., gnfinreii. mSffi^Hl John Little Co, I m LIMITED IMPORTANT TO ENGINEERS SHIPOWNERS. WALKER'S "Lion" PACKINGS. BRUNTON'S Steel Wire ROPES. DREADNOUGHT Milling FILES. TYNOS Asbestos Specialities. BRIGGS' VIADUCT SOLUTION. Immediate Supplies from the Sole Agente CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS. IHoiselessl 1 MOTOR I W f
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    • 250 6 ALHAMBRA To-Night. Saturday, Jan. 30. NEW PICTURES Film d Art: A BAY OLD DOG. Comic scone by Mr. ADRIEN VELY. Caste. Mr. PRINCE of the Variety Theatre, Paris. Mile. DE MORMAND of the Vaudeville Theatre. Mr. GRETILLAT. of the Odeon Theatre. Mr. H AST 1 .it tl ie Bouffes Parisienne*.
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  • 141 7 THE TURKISH TROOPS LEAVING FRONTIERS. Amount of the Compensation Claims KRL-TRK's TIiLK'.KA*. London. Jauaury 29. It vow appears that Turkey asked Bulgaria to consent to a rectification of frontier. She promised to reduce pecuniary claims if this were done, but Bulgaria refused. Kussia then proposed to tho Powers
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  • 126 7 Separation from the Singapore Diocese. llm-inKs Tiliuraml London, lanuary 80. The Kcv. Rofeart Mounscy has been ap pointed Bishop of Borneo, which henceforth will be separatee! from the Singapore dionax TliD gentleman Miami to is probably the llcv. W. R. Monnsey. l.ichficld Theological College', who was
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  • 58 7 Success of the China Fleet in Gunlaying. (Kiuth's T«l«okams| London, .laiiuary M. lloturns have been issued of tbe guuUying test iv tho British Navy. The China licet in first in the order of merit, the Chanucl IWt second, the Atlantic Hoot third, aud the Mediterranean tlect fourth.
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  • 32 7 |I!kutkk'-- fnillH| London, January 29. A bill has been nbo lined iv the Californian Legislature appropriating ten thousand dollars for gathering dit.i M to the number of Japanese in California.
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  • 27 7 [Kiutkr's Tklroram] London. January :l(l. The Times Peking enrrespundent says it in officially declared that the health of tho Kt)ipf>rpr i aiIWM no an.irtv
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  • 25 7 |U»rmii Tkl*'.k\m| London, January .'MI. i,<uuuii MargheriU uf Italy is going to Japan shortly. She takes n motor car with her.
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  • 37 7 [Dek Ostasutisohi Llotd Til»oeaii| Berlin, January 29. Signor Castro has given assurances that his wishes are to end his life as a private gentleman iv Europe. He has uo dosiro to return to Venezuela.
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  • 30 7 [Dm Ostasutisohi Llotd Tilioram| Berlin, January 29. Count Berchthold, the Austrian Ambassador at St. Petersburg, who has boon at Vienna, is returning to St. Petersburg via Berlin.
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  • 23 7 |Dm Oitasiati.'cbs Llotd Tsliokamj I., tliu. January W. Count Nicholas Delkortiki, former Russian Ambassador in Berlin, has been transferred to Home.
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  • 100 7 At I'ubu a Chinese who was arrested on November 1 last charged with having on board the steamer Kaifong, in the port of Cebu, 70 cans of opium in his possession and under his control, has just rx-cn sentenced tv five years' imprisonment, to pay
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  • 1045 7 Sole Partner in Firm Questioned by Mr. Pertile. At the public examination, in bankruptcy jurisdiction, of Messrs. Pertile and Company, before Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith, yesterday, Mr. Max Schiffmann was questioned by Mr. G. Pertile. He said that in I!XX> when Pertile joined the Penang business he
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  • 45 7 The Shanghai Taotai has written a letter to His Excellency Tsen Chun Hsuan, 6xViceroy of Liang Kwang, who has retired and is now living in Shanghai", requesting him to stop bis dinner parties and other pleasures during the period of Imperial mourning.
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  • 106 7 VICTORIA AND NEW SOUTH WALES MEET. First Class Records Broken. I Rioter's Trlp.uk w London, January 30. In a cricket match between Victoria and New South Wales played at Sydney, New South Wales in their first innings made 81 5. Noble scored 21:1, Bardsley 192, and Gregory 179.
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  • 90 7 Formally Opened by the British Resident. (FKOM On <>WN CoKKBSI'ONDKNT.) lpoh, January 29. The New Town of lpoh was formally opeut'd, yesterday evening, by Mr. E. W. Birch, C.M.G., the liosident of Perak. In the course of au address, he eulogised the enterprise of Towkay Van
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  • 267 7 Alleged Gang Robbery in Zion Rind. The police received word, yesterday, that a gang robbory had occurred at No. 7, /ion Koad, the previous night, and a towkay bad bt iii severely injured. Mr. Hawtroy, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Inspector Kranagau, of the Sepoy Lines station, a European
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  • 295 7 Falling Off in Shipments Received from Cardiff. With the present quotation for Cardiff coal at Singapore standing at Mm against 255. for Japanese, it is not surprising, says the Pall Mall Gazette, to find a faihing off in shipments of Welsh coal to the Far East. During
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  • 82 7 Considerable apprehension and not a little amusement was caused in the Sealdah Police Magistrate's Court on January 18, by the appearance in the dock of an accused whose neck wan garlanded with a rather large and apparently fnrious cobra. The unwonted spectacle caused a stampede among
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  • 851 7 MUNICIPAL CONTROL OVER HALL AND THEATRE. Rules and Regulations Settled. At a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners, yesterday afternoon, tho Board went into Committee to consider the rules and regulations for the control and use of the Victoria Memorial Hall and Victoria Theatre. The draft rules and
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  • 122 7 Rabies is on the increase at Sourabaja and cases of it arising fiom the bite of mad dogs are reported daily. Such is the fright now that many parents keep their children at home from bear uf accidents. One shocking case is that of a little girl who
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  • 15 7 Ths firdt large iron bridge in the world mikb built over the Severn in 1777.
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  • 1127 7 Twenty-two Tins Found in Barrel on the Hong Bee. Captain James Home of Messrs. Woe Bin and Company's steamer Hong Bee, was before the hourth Magistrate, Mr. A. de Mello, this morning, on a charge of being captain of a ship used for the importation of twenty-two
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  • 116 7 PREMATURE ACTION ANNOYS ENGLAND. A Merely Domestic Question. IRidtir's Trlboram] London. January W. Attention has been excited by the announcement that Germany has recognised the annexation of the Congo, which it regards as a domestic question for Belgium. The Times regrets that tbis has been done while
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  • 312 7 Singapore Volunteer Club's Dance in Drill Hall. What's in a name Very little iudeed, if the epithet Cinderella applied to a most successful dance given by tho S.V.C, last night, inferrod that we must leave punctually on the stroke of twelve midnight, because very few departed until a
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  • 433 7 Ceylon Planter and Wife Pound Dead in Bed. Papers to hand from Colombo bring detail* of a strange tragody at Matale, Ceylou. lv one instance double suicide is allegod, while in another it is stated that there can be no suggestion of suicide and the circumstances point unmistakably
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  • 39 7 A new source of revenue appears in the Federal Estimates for tbe current year, and that ib. Medical fees and commissions on coolies, recruited through tbe Emigration Depot it Nagapataa Tbe Government expaeta to realise 15,000 froia this S'mrib.
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  • 1885 8 TUG AND LIGHTERS FOR PENANG HARBOUR. Attorney-General Introduces New Shipping Ordinance. Tho Legislative Council met for the first lviii tliis year, yt-Htcrday afternoon, when Umn wen pri'st ut His Excellency tli<; Governor. Sir John Anderson, K.C.M.G., prosjdiag 1 1. hi. the (ioneral Officer Commanding tlio Troops, Mijor General
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  • 204 8 Lincolnshire Paper Comments on Wayangs. If any indication were lacking to show that the Malay State* are becoming, not merely civilised, but as thoroughly up-to-date as the Western Countries, it is supplied by the fact that just now they are going in heavily for Shakespeare. Of course,
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  • 77 8 Says the Malay Mail, of 28th instant It is rumoured tnat the Bank has been inundated lately with requests to stop cheques, bat whether this points to w hole-sale, thieving of letters or the carelessness of Native recipients we do not know. In some places cheques are passed from hand
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 114 8 At the Penang Rice meeting, on Tuesday, lUnmore establish-*] a mile record for the Straits, doing the distance in lmin. 43i#ec»- Quite a number of trainers and jockeys have been warned off, suspended and otherwise punished by the Calcutta Turf Club for various offences during the past
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    • 54 8 Cup Match at Taiping. In the competition for tbe A. B. Stephens Memorial Golf Cup, played off at Taiping, on 220 d and 23rd inst., the following were the best scores returned E. \V. Birch 74 84=158 P. McCaull 79 79 158 K Shaw 84 81 165 G. P.
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    • 49 8 Oold Medal for 1908. Bowling for the Gold Medal took place last and resulted as A. Agnpw K O. Hartnell V. A. Flower HA. Mason H. Freeman J. Denuistoa 569 5H5 740 694 062 500 ■f 4180 160 scr. scr. «cr. 60 749 745 740 694 662 560
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    • 95 8 S.C C. v. S.R.C. A team representing the S.K.C. played a hockey match against a second eleven of tbe S.C.C. on the Esplanade, yesterday, and the game was fast and ono- sided, tho S.C.C. proving far the stronger team. Their opponents played a man short. Iv the first half
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  • 374 8 Powers of Singapore Registrar Upheld. On January 12, it will be remembered that, in the case of Wolskel v. L'nku Suleiman, the Chief Justice, Sir W. Hyndman Jones, reserved judgment on a motion mado by Mr. Koek, on behalf of the defendant, to have tho service of the
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  • 184 8 Bodies of Nineteen Chinese Miners Discovered. Farther particulars are now to hand regarding the very serious calamity which occured at Pusing Bahro tin mine on 23rd instant. There was a huge fall of earth in the workings so great, indeed, was the collapse that nearly a week
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  • 27 8 In preparation for the forthcoming Methodist Annual Conference in Singapore, the KeyW. G. Shellabear is now busy conducting the quarterly conference of the different congregations in Selangor.
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  • 673 8 Commissioners Seek New Fields for Investments. At tho ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners, yesterday afternoon, the following were present: Messrs. E. G. Broadrick, President J. Polglase, Secretary R. Peirce, Engineer; W. Macbean, Cheng Keng Lee, Ong Tek Lim, C. W. Darbishire, C. 1. Carver and Dr. P.
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  • 57 8 Sir George Errington, Bt., and Lady Errington, of Ramsfort, County Wexford, and Ratchcline, Hampton Court, left Southampton for Siam and Java on the sth iust. and are due in Singapore on February 6. Sir George sat in tbe House of Commons as Liberal M.P. for County Longford from 1874 to
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 184 8 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. BITUATION WANTED. Lady (widow) having bad great experience in the management of children is desirous of obtaining the port of a Nursery Governess in Native States or elsewhere. Apply A. 11.. c/o Straits Times. v 190 THE TAIPUSAM FESTIVAL. THE IEIBERS OF THE CHETTY WMIHITY LADIES AND (iK.NTLEMKN
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    • 581 8 BISHOP HOLSEY SAYS: "PE-RU-NA I BLESSING." He Declares Pe-ru-na to Be After Twenty Years Bondage a Triumph of Medical to Catarrh Science, He Is Relieved By Pe-ru-na. A Magnificent and Sovereign /^s^%> N Remedy. Having Tried Many Reme- y/t/^' The Bishop's Strong Tribute to r<-X' -^vShV^uMbL Church, Atlanta, Ga., writes:
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  • 233 9 Finance Commerce. EXCHANGE. PRODUCE. Aommpou, Jam \hv :1O. IV09. Singapokf, J.wimrv 29, 1909. On London Bauk i in s 2,4J Uambier buyers I 10.00 Demand 2/8J do (Cube No. 1) unpicked 18.75 I'rivaW 6 s 2/4£ Copra BaU 8.20 •lo 3 iu/s 2/4* f n nn Bank d.l K" do
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 51 9 Howarth Krskim 0 tiOO.OOO par. Riley, Hargreavo-i HMM 1% prem. -pore Electric Tramways Co., Ltd. s i'.O.OOl) nominal straits KoginocrinL' syndicate. Ltd. 1.. 1.'>,000 par. Singapore Municipal 6'^ 400,000 20",p.noui b"' o 1,878,000 6"., prem. 4J% 1,600,000 6 l 'oprem. 4% 602,900 nominal. Tanjong Pagar Dock Board 5% 1,050,000
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    • 282 9 Capital j Paib Us- > IBBOKO QuotaLast Dividmnk I -3<N),OOI> 10 10 *:tOO,GJO lo 10 7,-)00 5600,000 10 10 IM IN 1,000 1 1 ')0,000 *400,000 10 10 -i.'jOO xeo.ooo i l 1-100,000 l l *i;-0,000 10 10 .i.ioo £130,000 1 1 GMMMO* 1 1 1. .0,000 10 10
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    • 309 9 HIMH jig —m 1!! 7^° EBO.OOO 1 1 12.000 X70.000 1 1 8,800 -150,000 io io Mac .Uri.olto i-75,000 1 ->0,600 MMyMB ij ti s<oo mm I uno.ooo i i Mum im a.mfioo |*g ,j-;;; f-230,000 10 10 MM noeyaeo v t "!U" .t OMOO 0 1 1 7,
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    • 230 9 45.877.10J) IS 6 l'J ti 1350,000 1<»> I""' -i.:>oi i.n«o 10 7 ♦•215,000 SO BO M". ,000,000 136 136 k ikh) -i.ikx).oo,» gj I INK) 111 1(1 "•M" !S! IS! 6600,000 10 10 lOiOOO 60 H IMOO.00O 1 1 tlflOOOO 100 tOO ifOOfiOO 1(K) l»Nl <.".(M),(KK) 100 KNI 18^)00,000
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 34 9 MUSIC. Ju-it arrived, small quantity of I'IANOKORTE MUSIC, BOMG ALBDMa DANCB ALBUMS, also Violiu aud Banjo String--. kppkj between U and 0 p.m. W. J. GARCIA, Pianofof-c aud Music Dealer, 30, Bras Basah Road.
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    • 35 9 NOTICE. THE TRIESTE HOTEL, centrally situated at the crossing of North Bridge Koad and Bras Basah Koad, is from December 30, r.tOB, opened from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m. Z. HORNSTEIN, Proprietor, 2782 First-Class Licensee.
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    • 93 9 OAKES CO.'s ANNUAL End of Season SALE. Throughout February, 1909. EXTRAORDINARY VALUES IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. Write i mi Sale Price List to OAKES CO., LTD., Madras. G. OTOMUNE CO?s White Crepe fv xniv*4*c FAR FAMED FOR COMFORT, i I STYLE AND DIRABILITY. 3 WITHOUT COLLAR FOR OFFICE WEAR. WJTH COLLAR
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    • 231 9 WBITEAWAY. JO% WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW LAIDLAW ft CO., LTD. X^ Jf Kw CO., LTD. "Gloria r%< Columbia \JIUI I a JT A' GRAPH-O-PHONE TALKING #ÜBHK\ TALKING MACHINES. MACHINES. Sale Price m Sal*' Price $10, $15, I^U§£^J $35 $45> martins Victoria Memorial Hal: Ladlesl g^\ 29 I'nder the Distin^nisliod Patrouut't; a<j I
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  • 359 10 PLUMAGE HUNTERS ADVENTURES ON PACIFIC ISLAND. Terrible Sufferings Experienced American papers publish the following telegram from Midway Island, dated December11:—Stress8 Stress of weather, which compelled the Commercial I'acinc Cable Company's schooner H. Flaurence Ward to deviate from her course from Honolulu to a cable station and run for
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  • 350 10 Delicacies Imported for the Festive Season It is rather strange to read in a report of the Christmas fruit market at Covent Garden that mangoes .ire on sale at reasonable prices, with a tendency upwards for anything special in quality, says the Pioneer. Even in the
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  • 183 10 A Buckwheat Meal Useful in Singapore. A curious custom has been in vogue in Japan from time immemorial, whereby everybody eats soba (a kind of macaroni made of buckwheat meal) in the evening of the last day of each year. It is called tsumogori or year-end soba. Investigating
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  • 9 10 Give us time and we will all become virtuous.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 498 10 INSURANCE Companies.; i NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE BOOIKTY OF NORWICH 4 LONDON. Established 1797. FOR FIRE INSURANCE ONLY. Amount insured £335,000.000. Loeaeapaid 1 11,600,003. Premium income. 906,000. lnauranoe effected en almost every description property at ourrent ratea of premium. Riaki lor 10 daya are now accepted at 4 oent per
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    • 637 10 BANKING COMPANIES. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. NOORPORATiD BY ROYAL CHARTER. Paid np Capital in 60,000 Shares of £30 each «1, 400,000 rteaerrt Fund £1,525,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors ..11,300,000 BANKERS. Bank ol England. National Bank of Scotland. Ta London City A Midland Bank, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Ourrent
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    • 540 10 BANKING COMPANIES. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. t» AID-UP OaPITAL |18,000,00 C aEBERVE FOND Bterling Reserve 118,000,0001 ono nrx Silver Reserve •U.000.000J oo K Seserve Liability of Proprietors 118.000,000 COURT OP DIRECTORS. E. Sbellim, Esq. Chairman. Hon. Mr. W.J. Oresson, Deputy Chairman. K. O. Barrett, Esq. 11. R. Lenzmann, Esq
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    • 49 10 DON'T BE ALARMED. METHYLOIDS will cure it All affections of the urethra are quickly cured with Methyloids. Their effect is rapid and agreeable. They relieve pain and promptly arrest the discharge. Where other remedies have {ailed try Methyloids and watch the results. Convenient to carry and easy to take.
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    • 757 10 HOTEL HEALTH RESORT,' AUCTION SALE Slndanglaya, AT 1; T Between Buiten/org and Tjiandjoor. Java. Compri.-in» a liubt. rT red Victoria PhaeTelegraphic Address: "ftaIMUMUTa, Java.' too, liny Au-traliau Mare aud ll.inu-s Oui 3,500 feet high, on tbe eastern slopes tf Mount Gedeh. The COOLEST and HEALTHIEST 1V ,,r.v..,.,, v T MOUNTAIN
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  • 970 11 REPORTED REVIVAL IN TWOCYLINDER ENGINES. Rangoon Anti-Motorist Complains. The rcarktd success which has been achieved with the two cylinder engine for motorcab work has once more drawn the attention of manufacturers to this type of engine, in view of its suitability for general work, and it will not be
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 262 11 The City Motor Garage Co., "LSST W, illitlhl to Itcpair MOTOB CABS, STEAM CAHS and MOTOR CYCLES. WE DO NOT THINK YOU ARE AWARE OF THE FACT tbat «f arc Impairing cracked and btokeD CYLINDERS and GEAR BOXKS. THE ONLY FIRM IN THE EAST. ALUMINIUM CASTINGS MADE AMD REPAIRED. THE
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    • 30 11 1 m mamma didn't have headaches. The little (ints quickly notice the difference wiiui there is an aching head in the house. Tiii-ii Steams' Headache Cure is the children's friend.
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    • 260 11 SILENT SIDDELEY AUTOCARS, There is an ease and regularity about their running which stimulates Enjoyment there is a certainty about their Action, their ability to "get there," tint creates that confidence which is the very essence of Motoring Pleasure. Economy and Efficiency are happily combined, and you know that the
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    • 317 11 TIN CHUN AND CO., HIGH CLASS PHOTOGRAPHERS, 439, North Bridge Road, Singapore. PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. 54 A -BROKEN-DOWN BYBTEM. Thit is a condition i or ditcasr) to which doctors nuny names, but which few of them really v lrroturiil. It it simply weakness— a break -dim L a< it
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    • 126 11 NOTICE. Registered Thaoe Mark. Notice is hereby given, that the abovd 2 trade marks, which are registered in England, Germany, Holland and the Dutch East Indies, and which are known aH Tif^er" Brand (Chop Rimaii' and Flag" Brand (Chop Bundeira), respectively, are the exclusive property of the uudertigaed for Undershirts,
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 589 12 Scale of Cbaroes. PSBPAID ADVERTIBEMKNTB.-Mtsoel tuoat Waata of Brery DeeoripHo*, Hoases, tul, clo., to let, are inserted at Ihe following .mi Oae Insertion 1.10 par took. Two »00 Three t.M Htx f-M M.c I.M Twalr* 7. t0 Twenty fl»e 10.00 (Each snbeeqaent month M per Isiak.) Tke abore rate is
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    • 372 12 Miscellaneous WANTS. R»rsv-Fo«r Llim. om or two laMrttoa*. II.X Br lbs taeh, MS Seals of CbaisjM. BENZINE. Wanted monthly. 3,000 to '>.M 0 Gallons Cash Price, c.i.f. Port Swettenham, to A.B.C c,o Straits Times. u-2197 ORESBER WANTED. Wanted immediately, a Dresser for the Duff Development Co., Ltd., Kelantan. Apply with
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    • 630 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. KiTll I— Foir Lldm. OM at \w imiuTlnii IUX Bf IBs l»h. sn ftaaU ol Ckst|M OFFICE TO BE LET. Offioe oo second floor of. Mo. 7, Battery Road. Apply to OathrU and 00., Ltd. a 1878 OFFIOE ft BOOOWN TO BE LET With Immediate
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    • 510 12 The Van Rijn Tyrcless Rubber Wheel. PATENTED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ALL PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES AND 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 water
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    • 382 12 Miscellaneous NOTICES R»TI« l.t M inih. HO par Inch, -nhi-qam' month.. S5. l»or <bort*r p«ri»l. »«';sc»l« of Chiugm. NOTICE. The Gambling and I'ig Farms of the liesidency of Hhio and its Dependencies, excepting the group of inlands known as Pulo Tujo, will be let for one year and for three
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    • 344 12 LOST OR FOUND. R»rES:-fiv«!.in«j, ..ne r two inwrli..! t Hf IkS inrli, s. |a (r:, ,j^. BULL-TERRIER LOST Lost, a ltullterritr ***** answers to thname of Xeily.' Browuish colour, blae). face. Finder will be rewarded on returning same to B>, I'arlle- I'hcc. or 3HI. KoctJ Bridge Koad (upper floor. 168
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