The Straits Times, 5 March 1909

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.900 SINGAPORE. FRIDAY. MAKCH 5. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 249 1 KATZ, BROTHERS, LIMITED igsiSS! J0HNS0W BR0S CELEBRATED SEMI-PORCELAIN WARE AND IRONSTONE CHINA. Complete service for 12 persons. ,*~£§bBgte&k£ Z#£> 'i BROWN OR SLATE FLORAL DECORATION JW Sffi^^^fojPJL 0N PURE WHITE SEMl-P IRCELAIN BODY. Price: $19 per service. THE PARIS. CRYSTAL WHITE NEAT SBAPE A VERY POPOLVR DINNER SET, Price: $16
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    • 558 1 FOR Gentlemen's Underwear ROBINSON CO THE TWO STEEPLES BRAND OF UNDERWEAR is stocked in all Textures suitable for- EVERY 6LiMAT£, AMI IS QUITE HODEH.U'K IN PRICE REMEMBER!! THE "TWO STEEPLES" BRAND, At ROBINSON'S. nn CA| SingaporeAutomatic rUH 8ALt. Gas Machine Co. Pommery Greno's notice. (jXlAJYll AvTJN JCi» We beg to
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  • 757 2 PASSENGER DESCRIBES TRIP WITH WILBUR WRIGHT. Cradled in the Air. A Tivid description of a flight in Wilbur Wright's aeroplane appears in the Motor from the pen of Parisian. I was wedged into a canvas covered, straw stuffed Beat, says the writer, mounted on the centre of
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  • 73 2 In a case at Carlisle County-Court, in which the Burial Board of Stan wix appeared as plaiutiffu, Judge StovciiHon amused the court with a hninoiouH anecdote of a member of a burial board who, when it wax proposed to put a wall round the cemetery, said it
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  • 121 2 The Government of India, it is ud Jerstood, have generally accepted the conclusions arrived at by the Govt>rnors of Madras and Ceylon, the Chairman of the Railway Board and the Agent of the South Indian Railway, and have sent a despatch to the Secretary of State for
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 238 2 flspinalls gnamels FOR HOUSEHOLD USE. I Aspinalis Paints and Varnishes FOR ALL PURPOSES. Aspinall's WHITE LEAD AND WHITE ZINC. Aspinall's Sanalene A BEAUTIFUL AND SANITARY W-ITE ENAMEL FOR RAIL AND TRAM CAPS. Of all Dealers, or Wholesale from Borneo Company, Ld. PHOSFERINE I The Greatest of all Tonics. I RAOIA1ES
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    • 182 2 BUCHANAN'S WHISKIES. »re not ao experiment. Tbey have been the favourite blends at borne (or many years and are rapidly gatniug similar popularity in the Colonies. No expense is spared in keeping both "RED SEAL" AND "BLACK AND WHITE" ap to the mark. 46 Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. NEAR
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    • 587 2 FROM TEARS TO THE SMILES OF JOYOUS HEALTH. Pale Girls akk made Rosy. Sai> Girls Cheehfi'l, Weak Girls Stkonu By DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS. Tin Case of Miss Perkha of Ceylon. I was always weary and depressed, and very little would make me cry," said Miss Mary Perera, But oh
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    • 71 2 CROUP. Tbe first symptom of tbis disease is hoarseness. When Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is given as soon as tbe child becomes hoarse, the attack can alwayti be averted. Even alter tbe cronpy cough has appeared, the attack can be warded off by the prompt use of tUis I remedy. It
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    • 625 2 T C. H. Willis, TURF ACCOUNTANT. 83, Baffles Place. Tki.ki.k vms Straight. Tki.ki-ii.im 596. 416 GHEONG BROTHERS, Dentists, 25, South Bridge Road. First class Mechanical Dentistry, Gold Crowns, Bridge, Killing and Vulcanite. Duration of Wear guaranteed. CHARGES MODERATE. FULL LINE DENTAL SUPPLIES. Best Tooth Powders and Brushes for sale. Persian
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    • 901 2 KINTA GYMKHANA MEETING. Programme for 1909. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, MM Mow*. 1. MAIDEN PLATE, 2.30 p.m.— Value t300. A Race for Maidens, Weight 9 8t. 7 lbs. Kx-Griffins imported at S400 or under allowed 14 lbs., over 1400, 7 lbs. Entrance 115. Distance 1 mile. 2. THE CHAMPION GRIFFIN RACE,
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  • 949 3 JOKES AND JOTTINGS FROM THE WORLD'S PRESS. While campaigning in bis borne State, Speaker Cannon wis once inveigled into visiting the public scLools of a town where he was billed to speak. In one of the lower grades, an ambitious teacher called upon a youthful Demosthenes to
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  • 279 3 I Where Troth Could be Obtained in Days of Old. In the course of the armed robbery and kidnapping trial at the Hongkong Criminal Sessions, on February 28, the monotony was broken by a bit of humour. Two witnesses the husband and wife— bad already been examined,
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  • 126 3 Premier Favours Local Navy and Compulsory Training. Speaking at the Foundation Day luncheon at Melbourne on February 1, Mr. Fisher, the Federal Premier, said that the question of defence was whether the people were prepared to pay or not. He saw no hope of adequate naval defence without
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  • 108 3 The juryman who asked Mr. Justice Darling to excuse him on account of his having to nurse a Hick hen was not so successful as the gentleman who, to one Lord Brainpton's own words, once got the blind side of me." He appeared in court dresaed
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  • 40 3 Tbe Board of Foreign Affairs has issued a dispatch to the Foreign Ministers in Peking asking them to request their Governments to protect Chinese merchants in their respective countries. The Ministers havo replied and expressed their willingness todo as requested.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 878 3 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. CIVIL MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, Boiler Makers, Bridge Builders and General Contractors. SOLE AGENTS FOR Worthington Pnrap Co.'s Patent Pumpa Palsometer Engineering Co.'s Pulsometer Pumps liobey and Co.'s Portable Engines and Machinery Richard Ilornsby and Son's Oil and Gas Plants Waygood's Lifts and
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    • 155 3 ji Longed-for ji Relief I I from the agony of a terrible head- < ache might be within easy reach < I i I of every sufferer if she but knew < I it Those shooting pains tbat (t( t i almost drive one wild can be t instantly allayed,
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    • 216 3 I The REGISTERED TRADE MARK of IB Milkmaid! Full Cream Milk SSMSSSJI IS THE HALL-MARK OF pKM PERFECT PURITY JiiMHPiI a "d Cuarantee of Highest Quality. 1/JiJtWS-^" I UNTOUCHED BY HAND. fcfcgM agg|| The Original and Best. LARGEST SALE IN THE WORLD. CHEAPEST and BE6T. The United Asbestos Oriental Agency,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 682 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. Por Cblna, Japan, Penan*, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London Through BUI* of Lading Issued tor Chin Coast. Fenian Gulf, Continental, aad Amerioarort*. Btoemeri will leave Singapore oa or about MAIL LINE. Outward (for China) Delhi Mar 12 Delta
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    • 650 4 STEAMERS SAILING. OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO. LTD. The Companies' steamers are deapaohed from Liverpool outward* for the Strait*, China and Japan every week and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and for Marseilles, Havre
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    • 684 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. APCAR LINE OF STEAMERS Id undermentioned mall Meuun of tbi above Line maintain regular aervioa hetwsei Calontta and Japan, oalling at Penang, Sing* pore, Hongkong and Shanghai «n routt FLEET. Ton* Oommaoder I.l,'luu" 6,800 J.O. Ounn 1.1. Giaaon Atoab 4,600 8. H. Bilbok i.i. "AiutooiAhu" 4,000 A. Stbwabt
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    • 401 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N.Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. LTD. A repilar FORTNIGHTLY servioe is maintained between Japan and Edropi by he following NEW TWIN-SCREW STEAMERS, under Mail Contract with the Imperial Japanese Government, specially designed for the Company's European Service, lighted throughout by Electricity, provided with exoellent accommodation for First and
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    • 669 4 STEAMER SAILINGS, HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBUR6. The steamer* of this Company maintain a regular servloe between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Strait*, China and Japan. Homeward*, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and onoe a month tor Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and Colombo. Taking oargo
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    • 792 4 STEAMER S/ILIN6S. N. D. L. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. Imperial (icrman Mail Line. The fast and well known mail steamers of this Company sail fortniuhty from Bremea, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp. Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (connection Marseilles. Naples, Alexandria, and vice vena) Port Said, Sue/., Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong Shanghai, Nagasaki
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  • 1448 5 Uu.i.rr tn. 1 beadiug the following anbrevia- iihi 1 Btr. steamer; sh.— ship bq. l«i'|ii.- h.— «oli.H>ner Yet.— Yacht Cru. r. O'bt.— Ounboat; Tor.— Torpedo H.p.—Horne power; Brit. British U.S.— Unite 1 .itateH Feb.— French Ger.— German lii.t. LVttch; lul. Italian Span.— Spanish; Sar.— Sarawak G.c— General-
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  • 110 5 Outward B. I. Mail. The B. I. contract packet steamer Thoogwa with the London mails of the 12th ultimo, left Negapntam at 8 p.m. on the 27th ultimo, and may be expected to arrive here on Saturday morning, the 6th instant. Outward German Mail. The Imperial German
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  • 153 5 Kui Pis BriAHtk TIHE To MOBROW Bandjermaasin, etc. De H<ian 7 a.m. Bangkok Singapore 11 a.m. Sandakan via ports BWM 11 a in. K.Pahang. Pekan, Ka'tan Leong II a.m. Palembang Ilau Yung Seng uoon P. Swettenbam, Penang Pin Seng 1 p.m. Malacca, P. Sham, Penang Ipoh 1 p.m.
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  • 96 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To- Day. ■I AVION.) PAQAR East Wbarf Bahim— New Orleans. East W. Sktioh 1 Nil. Section No. 1 (Sinn Wbahf)— lslander. Section 'i IVutiknU, Kikoshan Mai -.i B— Hung Bee. 4— Catherine Apcar. 5— Charon. 6 Chieogmai,
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  • 461 5 List of Passengers Coming to Singapore. Per N.D.L. steamer Prinz Ludwig, due March 7. Mr. and Mrs. Brockmann, Mr. and Mis. W. .1. Trowell, Vice-Consul Carl Janssen, Mr. \V. J. A. Klunder, Major E. H. Davis, Mr. A. Koch, Mrs. J. Gori, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. L.
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  • 240 5 Finance Commerce. EXCHANGE. Sinoapobi, March 5, 1900. On London— Bank 4 m/s 2/4* Demand 2/8} Private 6 in 2/4| do 8 m/s 2/4 ft On Germany -Bank d/d 287 Private 8 m/t 241 do 6 m/s 248 On France Bank d/d 292 Private 8 m/s 296 do 6 m/s 299
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 50 5 Howarth Erskine 6% 600,000 par. Riley, Hargreaves 6% 284,000 1% prem. S'poro Electric Tramways Co., Ltd. 6% 850,000 nominal Straits Engineering Syndicate, Ltd 6% 45,000 par. Singapore Municipal 6% 400,000 20%p.n0m 6% 1,878,000 6% prem. H% 1,600,000 6% prem. 4% 602,900 nominal. Tbujuuk Pagar Dock Board 6% 1,060,(100 par.
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    • 294 5 Capital 3 Paid Un- Company y T u 1 > IMPED i:i i I 1800,000 10 10 BeUt Tin Mining Co., Ltd. ...i 600 1300,000 10 10 7,500 Bruang, Ltd. ...I 5.75 1600,000 10 10 Bruseh Hydraulic T.M. Co., Ltd (II 10.00 £400,000 1 1 50,000 Duff Development Co.,
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    • 324 5 £150,000 •200,000 |o X' 30.000 1 £70,000 1 150,000 10 £16,000 £76,000 £310,000 £66,000 £180,000 £820,000 G. 176,000 •260,000 10 £100,000 2 £800,000 £80,000 1 •250,000 £20,000 •100,000 100 £30,000 2/ $500,000 100 8250,000 100 100,000 10 £110,000 1 £60,000 £60,000 2/1 Anglo- Malay Rubber Co., Ltd. 4.11.8 17/6;
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    • 220 5 J66.877.10.0 •250,000 1,600,000 •225,000 15,000,000 •2,400,000 •1,000,000 12/6 100 1 10 \IO 50 126 100 100 100 100 10 100 100 10 50 1 100 100 100 10 12/6 i 916 100 475 J «11 50 125 100 iioo 10 100 100 10 85,000 .-.i) I 1 100 480
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 44 5 CIGARETTES. GnrrifiH (ViaGKC:tTIA 1 NOTHING BETTER CAN BE PRODUCED. A LARGE hand -made Cigarette. In Patent Air-tight Tins oi 50. PRICE: 60 CENTS PER TIN. OBTAINABLE OF MESSRS. ROBINSON COMPANY, and other first-class Tobacconists. u»:il AUSTRALIAN AND TASMAIMIAN HARDWOODS HUTTENBACH BROS. CO., COLLYER QUAY.
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    • 81 5 BoNuaßu.— and bonos2* per cent for year ended 31/12,07.—" »nd 5% bonus for half year ended 80/9/08. Rbbbhvks. Figures after names of companios indicate that they hold reserves as follows (1) 126,000, (2) tlo,ooo, '3) .£6,000, (4) (5) »25,000, (6) »7,400, (7) .£8,784, (8)^1.600, (9) $182,500, (10) »15,000,000 special gold
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 203 5 Singapore Tide Table. (Fiom Mabch i to March 11 11 Kill WATER /LOW WATER Time H^ht Time H'ght March hn. mm. ft.ini.hrs.niin.ft. in». fem^, li r9 3*~am~~tf6 4.0 am 4.5 Fun*! 8 ,110.63 pm 8.8 4.Mpm 0.9 110.18 am' 8.9 4.36 am 4.0 Batch*! 6 jlllBpmj 1118pm 8-4 t iSpm
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    • 138 5 DAY BY DAY. Friday, March 5. High Water, 10.58 p.m. Legislative Council, 2.80 p.m. Hippodrome, Beach Road, 9, Albambra Cinematograph. Harima Cinematograph. Marlborough Cinematograph. Saturday. March 6. High Water, 10.18 a.m., 11. 18 p.m. Racecourse opens for training. 8.1. outward mail due. Dedicate y Service, Selitar Church, 4 p.m. Tramway
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  • 1037 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS FRIDAY, MARCH 5. MAN FOLLOWS MAN. America will seem strangely unfamiliar now that Mr. Roosevelt has departed from the White House and ceased to be unorowned Kaiser of half a continent. He has been a remarkable President, and a still more remarkable personality. Perhaps
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  • 13 6 The dedicatory Service of the Selitar Church is at 4 o'clock, to-morrow atteruoon.
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  • 13 6 There will be a change of programme at the Marlborough Cinematograph show, to-night.
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  • 16 6 The output of dry rubber from Lanadron Estate for the month of Febrnary was 16,700 lbh.
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  • 18 6 The three entrances to the Bidadari cemetery are almost completed, and have a Btnking effect from the road.
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  • 24 6 The Kuala Pahang boatmen's fund has been raised to $257, Mr. G. F. Noal, one of those whose lives were saved, having given 100.
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  • 23 6 The Rev. Everett Lawson, of Penang, conducts the Presbyterian Church Services in the Masonic Hall, at Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday, the 14th instant.
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  • 10 6 Correspondence relating to Orove Road in withheld till to-morrow's issue.
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  • 26 6 ;Tbe Ladies' Work Party of the Prosbyterian Church will meet at the bouse of Mrs. J. A. B. Cook, Gilstead, on Tuesday next, at 430 p.m.
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  • 29 6 A jumble sale of old clothes, etc., will be held in connection with the Church Workers' Association, at the Mission Hall, Stamford Road, on Saturday next, at 10 a.m.
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  • 28 6 A European cyclist who collided with a tram near the Boustrad Institute dropped his gold watch, which is now iv the hands of the police awaiting the owner.
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  • 31 6 The S.V.I, will fall in for the Commandant's parade on Saturday, at Ml p.m., at the S.Y.I. Drill Hall. Dress Drill order khaki, putties, belts and sidearms. bandoliers and slouch hats.
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  • 30 6 A European named Ferrice, who ins been in the Calcutta Presidency general hospital, since October 22, 1904, with sleeping sickness awoke on December 15 and is now being discharged cured.
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  • 32 6 In connection with the V.M.C.A., of Singapore, Mr. Clayton S. Cooper, senior secretary of the Bible Study Movement of the American V.M.C.A., will conduct theßoustead Institute service, on Sunday, at 8.15 p.m.
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  • 38 6 llok Ju Chai was pursuing his vocation as a cake-seller in Tanjong Pagar Road, yesterday, when three Chinese persuaded him to go with them into tho jungle, whero they robbed him of all the money lie had. $4.80.
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  • 34 6 The Java Bode of February '25, hears that an American Syndicate has been formed for rubber enterprise in South-east Dutch Borneo. Prospectors are now out there looking out for promising stretches of forest land.
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  • 36 6 Some twenty me-, jers of the Association of Engineers, and others, met last night at 4!) li Raffles Place to discuss the Merchant Shipping Bill. The meeting was adjourned for further discussion until the 18th inst.
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  • 34 6 According to telegrams from Viatka, fifteen Cberemisa peasants in the district of Yaransk have brought their ikons to the local Orthodox churches and have informed the authorities that they wish to return to paganism.
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  • 37 6 The new excise policy of the Perak Government is being vigorously pusl-ed forward. The spirit farms have been abolished and the duties raised with a view to procure the maximum of revenue with a minimum of consumption.
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  • 43 6 The output of rubber (estimated dryi from the estates of Led bury Rubber Estates, Ltd., for the month of February was 4,756 lbs., making a total to date of 7,577 lbs. Total for the same period (namely, two months) last year, 3,:j81 lbs.
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  • 41 6 The Ipoli TroQoh Branch Itailway line is still as great a source of revenue as ever and pays handsomely, remarks the Times of Malaya. The extension into the Tronoh mine section is expected to be completed within a month from now.
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  • 66 6 A discussion has been going forward in tho home papers as to which is the highest railway in the world. Top notch appears to be due to the Oroya Railway in Peru. Ualcra Tunnel is at an altitude of 15,666 feet, and the summit level of the Collahuasi branch of
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  • 61 6 An attempt was made by a couple of Chinese last uight, to molest a Malay ii> Sol tan Road, the object being, it is thought, robbery. This part of the town is quite Malay and this the Chinese learned to their cost. They were not banded over to justice, but
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  • 57 6 The case in which H. H. Edwards, late bookkeeper to Messrs. McAlister and Co., Ltd., is charged with criminal breach of ttust, came on for hearing again on Friday last, when the evidence of Mr. F. E. tiallimore, chartered accountant from Singapore, and the Cos auditor was taken, after which
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  • 71 6 News has come to band of the death of Mr. Hansen, chief officer of tie steamer Hongkong. He is reported to have fallen overboard m Haiphong harbour on the night of February 19, or in the early hours of the 20th, and was drowued. Mr. Hansoi was a native of
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  • 68 6 In Sheerness harbour a party of five bluejackets in a whaleboat, in charge of a midshipman, had an exciting experience whilst rotdrmog to their ship, the Lord Nelson. The soial! boat was struck by the northwester'y gale, and heeled over and filled until her crew sat up to their necks
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  • 84 6 The Kinta Association's suction* dredge plant at Tanjong Ara, near Tanjong Hambutan, was successfully floated on 2nd inst., and working operations are expected to com mence in the course of a few days. All the machinery is of the most modern design and Mr. R. C. Petherbridge, the manager, who
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  • 93 6 Reports from Upper Tonkin say that the troops in tiie field continue to press the brigands hard and have inflicted heavy losses upon them. A proclamation has been issued, annouueing that there will be no pardon for De Tham, the brigand chieftain, his crimes being too many. Pardon, however, is
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  • 445 6 Mrs. A.J. Auiory was to leave I poll for home on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. M Laddß arc returning from home in the course of a few week--. Major Murray, 89th Punjabis, ha- been selected as second in command of tho Malay States Guides. Mr. U.
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  • 113 6 Details of the death of Mi. W. Fryer are now to hand. <>n the afteruoon of Kobru ary 28, Mr. Fryer was about to bu pho'.u graphed with his .tall when lie bocauii faint. It was thought that it was only a faint ing
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  • 107 6 Vastine the remedy which, so lieutci imported, the other day. had cured lepers at Bombay has been tried and found wanting in Java. One year and a half ago, the specific was tried at Samaraug with failure as the only result. At Batavia where, says the
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  • 139 6 The one hundred and forty-fourth festival of Mamangam bogins this afternoon, at 4 o'clock, with several processions from Singa pore to Tanjong Katong. There will be five processious in all starting, respectively, from the Siva Temple in Orchard Road, the Krishna Temple in Waterloo Street and the others
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  • 151 6 The provinces of Laos in which h tin Kingdom of Luang Prabang in a heavy fiscal burden on Indo China, and seems likely to remain so for many a year. The King? m wan once a Siamese dependency and was oeded by Siam to France a few
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 110 6 LAST or jfreat Clearance Oale. WITHDRAWING KHOM RETAIL BISINKSS, Saturday. March 6. THOMPSON THOMAS AND COMPANY. HOUSE TO BE LET. NEW STUDIO. Compound House, No. 157, Middlo Road, Le6 Brothers > with .tabling, etc. Very comfortable. Rent f^JS?*?*?!?**,' moderate. Immediate entry, or from April 1. M 4 Hl *tt«* jflbtainford
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    • 143 6 Alhambra TO-NIGHT I THE MAN WITH THE WHITE GLOVE. The Impression OH THE RED HAND. In thiu picture tho DANSE D'APACHE, The (treat London Succewi will be introduced. F. WILLIS, Manager. MARLBOROUGH Cinematograph, BEACH ROAD. TO-NIGHT JHew fPietures. POPULAR PRICES lxt ClasisUOcts. 3rd Class 15 eta. 2nd Class M cts.
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  • 181 7 SNOW BLIZZARD SPOILS THE CEREMONIAL. Summary of Mr. Taft's Policy (From Oik Own Corkksi-osdknt.) London. March ">. A quarter of a millien people had assembled in tho streets of Washington to witness tho inauguration of Mr. Taft as President. A blizzard of snow spoiled the parade, and cut
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  • 71 7 NEGOTIATIONS PROCEEDING WITH JAPAN. Statement in Parliament (Fkom Ooh Own OhMMMR i Sir Edward Grey, answering a question by Mr. Scott Robertson in the House of Commons, said that negotiations were proceeding with the view of arranging a convention with Japan for mutual protection of English
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  • 130 7 Advised to Leave England in March and April. |Rrutrr'k Tilki>kam| London, March t. King Edward starts from Kngland on his visit to Biarritz to-day. It is announced U' it, on xcrouut of health, as iv l.«>- tin' d"< tor line advised his Majesty to he absent hum
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  • 49 7 Six days Fall in Great Britain. [lUdtir's Tblboram] London, March 4. This is the sixth day of a snowfall in Great Britain, and the average covering amounts to six inches. There has been a general snowstorm in Europe, in which even Italy and Portugal are included.
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  • 43 7 The Recommendation of an Increase Approved. IRkdtib's Thlkgkam] London, March I At a Conference of the Senate and the House of Representatives it was agreed to raise the Salary of the President of the United States to seventy-five thousand dollars.
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  • 39 7 |Dik Ost»BiiTiscHi Lloyd Tiuokah| Berlin, March 8. The following are tho chief German Bank dividends for 1908 lmperial Bank 7.77; the German Bank 12 the Discount Bank 9; Dresdener Bank 74 Nord Deutsch Bank 9.
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  • 20 7 |DS* OSTASUTUCBI LLOTD TIL«UhA»| Berlin. March 3. King Alfonso of Spaiu contemplates paying > vUit to Morocco.
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  • 433 7 Another Case of Alleged Illegal Importation Capt. Home, master of Wee Bin and Co.'s. steamer Hong Bee, was before the fourth magistrate, yesterday afteruoou. ou a charge of being master of a ship used for importing 1054 tahils of chandu, valued at over 9:100, from
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  • 282 7 The Seventeen Accused Caught at Kallang Pudding The case against the seventeeu defendants ia the alleged secret society case was continued ytstesday afteruoou. Mr. Rhodes reexamined Mr. Peacock and asked if he agreed with Stanton that, when tho heads of Triad societies were unscrupulous characters, they terrorised
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  • 80 7 It is now settled, says the I'uket correspondent of tbe Straits Echo, that an agency of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China is to be in Tongkah. Tho site for its building has been choson and laid out and as soon as it is
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  • 111 7 At the first meeting of the new Oxford Drama Society, Professor Murray said he had had a groat deal of experience in reading plays, partly because .people sent them to him, and partly because lie was for some years on the reading committee of the Stage
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  • 119 7 We hear that a smart capture of alleged gang robbers was effected by Detective Inspector Wyatt at the Kuala Lump jr railway station this morning, states the Malay Mail, of 2nd instant. Mr. Wyatt, it appears, had received information that a number of Chinese were going by
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  • 108 7 THE GOVERNMENT RECEIVER WITHDRAWN. Amicable Arrangements Made. We learn that Mr. Gibson, receiver on behalf of the Government, who wan placed in charge of the Singapore Opium Farm a few daya ago, lias been withdrawn. The arrangement." which have been made are, we understand, mutually satinfactory and
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  • 310 7 udge Smyly Treated to Display by a Witness. Judge Smyly was entertained tv an exhibition of dancing in the Shoroditch County Court, on February 4, the dancer being Mrs. llrooks, of Cricklcwood, who was called as a witness in an acliou for the recovery of a debt,
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  • 103 7 The report of Dr. \V. Gilmore Ellis, M.D., the Registrar of Births and Deaths, shows tl at. ddring the week ouded February 27, 125 deaths were registered in Singapore, eijiial to a death rate of 30. 1H per thousand of tho estimated population. Malarial fever claimed 1h
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  • 103 7 A Hylam servant in the employ of the Japanese Consul was tried before the second magisttate, this morning, on a charge of theft of eight bottles of champagne and two tins of milk, from his employer's residence, at No. I Leonic Hill Road. Tbe Japanese cook of
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  • 72 7 A goddess has fallen from grace. She is, or was, the deity, of the Kuu Iv temple, Canton. Fire took place there not long ago and the unfortunate goddess, being made of wood, was unable to save herself. The Nam Hoi Magistrate in his wisdom has decreed that
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  • 133 7 Somo of the researches of surgical science are distinctly of a retrospective character. It is not so long since that the curious surgeons who unwound the mummy of an Egyptian princess were enabled to diagnose with tolerable certainty that the lady had died from appendicitis. Now the mummy
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  • 64 7 The inhabitants of the Devonshire village of Plymstock are in a state of considerable excitement in consequence of the depredations of a mysterious band of midnight marauders. Gates have been wrenched off, doors and windows tampered with, an auto matic machine wrecked, poultry runs raided, and the railway booking-office entered.
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  • 905 7 BRITISH SLACKNESS ANDGERMAN ENTERPRISE! Views of a Danish Commissioner. A Dane, sent out ky his Government to the Far East to study trade conditions and the commercial outlook, iias been taking notes at Singapore, where, what struck him most was the fierce competition between British and Germans
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  • 94 7 A note in Tho Times says:— The lmporial Japanese Steel Works are now in full operation, and are giving employment to 7,000 hands. The plant includes three blast furnaces with a daily capacity of 450 tons, three large cupolas, one 160 ton mixer, ten basic 25
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  • 42 7 An interesting feature of a Liberal bazaar which is being held at Leeds is a quilt containing the autographs of four hundred prominent men of the party. The signatures include those of members of the Government, and they are worked in silk.
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  • 217 7 Four Murderers Hanged Yesterday Morning (From Our Corkksponvknt.) Johore Bahru. March 4. It is a long time since an execution took place at the Criminal prison here, and when, this morning, four murderers were hanged the subject formed the general topic of conversation. Details of the crimes
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  • 249 7 Sunday School Teacher Accused of Shop- Breaking. A well-known Sunday school worker, William Booth, aged 19, of 80, Station-road, Wealdstone, who was arrested under circumstances of an extraordinary nature, was charged at Edgwarc, on February 4, with breaking into two shops and a rifle club pavilion.
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  • 219 7 Colour Question Viewed in Fresh Light. A race of A polios and Venuses could spring ouly from marriages founded on free choice, stated Surgeou-Gonnral Evatt, C.8., M.I), R.A.M.C, in demonstrating the importance of beauty as a Eugenic object before the Eugenics Education Society last month.
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  • 207 7 A few years back rumour was busy with the discovery of a plant in the K.MS, the leaves of which, made into tea. were said to be a sovereign anti-opium remedy. The plant bore the name of Cuuibretmn Gun- 1 daicum, and slips from it were forwarded
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  • 63 7 A comical instance of railway circumlocu tion came to my notice yesterday, says the London correspondent of the Edinburgh Evening News. In the electrification of their suburban line, the London and Brighton had to erect one pole on ground owned by the North-Western Two years md a half were spent
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  • 161 7 AUSTRIAN ATTITUDE GRAVELY PROVOCATIVE. Bitter Feelings Aroused in Russia [Raima's Tiliorams] London, March 5 The domineering tone of the Austrian semi official press, insisting that Sorvia must appeal to Austria alone, and denying the right of third parties to intervene, is producing a grave impression. This is particularly
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  • 55 7 Chinese Police Clerk Rewarded by Government. iFhom Our Own Corrrsi'ondrnt.) Ipoh, March 0 The Government have paid a reward of ♦600 to the Chinese po'ice clerk who gave information to the authorities which led to the recovery of some of the l'erak Crowu jewels and the arrest
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  • 32 7 (From Ouh bfl Corkkspondknt.l I poh, March ■">. The work of raising the dredging barge belonging to Peogkalon, Ltd., which was submerged on the evening of February 20, is progressing rapidly.
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  • 22 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) I poh, March .'>. It has been decided to construct a new railway station at Ipoli.
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  • 340 7 Weekly Circular of Messrs. Fraser and Company Messrs. Frasor and Co.'s rejiort, dated 4th instant, is as follows Apart from a good enquiry for rubber* which keep very firm, our market has been somewhat quieter, and calls for very little comment. Mining. Transactions have been few and
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  • 143 7 Mr. Justice Sercoinbc Smith gave judgment, yesterday afternoon, in the nctiou brought by Seng Cheang and Co. against the Straits Engineering Syndicate lin liquida tion) for work done, loss of profit etc. in a contract for the erection of two bungalows on Blakan Mati island for the
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 435 8 Thi 1 Selangor Club domino tournament has been won by Messrs. C. E. Strode Hall and W. T. Wood. Mi. 11. I. Curtis of Sitiawan Estate has n iirtly bagged another tiger. This makes the fourth he has shot iv less than two years. Mwingto tht^hUUvjf ihe
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    • 29 8 L.L.T.C. Tournament. To-morrow's ties are as follow ClUMl'luNslll' Mrs. (ianslosor v. Mrs. Holden. Lamks' Docbi.ks. Mrs. Bowes and Mrs. llartuell v. Miss Gunn and Miss T. Gunn.
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    • 77 8 Oood Scores at Ipoh. Last Sunday morning, fifteen members of the lpoh branch of the Perak Rifle Associa tion turned up on the local range, and put in some excellent shooting. Followiug are the best scores registered E. Spinki Jollin CurtiH I. Nulsod i. Reid I. Cora well
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    • 114 8 Warder- v. F. Co., Middlesex A match was played at Pearls Hill yestei day between the Warders and K. Co Middle sex Regiment. A fast game was witnessed. The soldiers scored a goal ju-t before half time after a lot of midnVld play. The Warders, being two players
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    • 256 8 5.5.C. Fixtures for 1909. A handy little brochure has been prepared by Mr. M. B. Brookwell, the honorary secretary, for the convenience of members of the Singapore Swiiiming Club. Launches will run every Sunday from Johnston's Pier at 10, U0 and 3.30. returning from the Club at lUf, I
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  • 1232 8 Lady Evelyn Young Presents the Prizes. The weather wan very threatening at seven o'clock, this moraine, and it was feared that the Kafles Girls' School would have a bad day for its annual prize distribution, but long before ten o'clock the sky had cleared and the sun
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  • 413 8 Members Present Parting Souvenir tv Capt. Colbeck. There was a large gathering of lady members of tho Singapore Rifle Association at the Bateptier range, yesterday afternoon, when tiring took place in the March competition for the Walker cup, with the following results: Miss Gunn 82 Lady Evelyn
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 141 8 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. CHANGE OF ADDRESS. The most reliable man for tuning Pianos is H. Kaps. Pianomaker. Charge for tuning 14. No charge for LITTLE extra work. Awarded silver medal. Prizes Bombay, 1904. Benares, 1905. Address 214, Orchard Road. N. D. L. Singapore— German New Guinea. S.B. BANOAKAN will leave for
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    • 996 8 SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB. The Spring Race Meeting will be held on Tuesday the llth, Thursday the 18th and Saturday the loth May, 1909. PROGRAMME. FIRSTOAY. Turtdiy, llth Mai/, 1999. 1. TUX MAIDEN PLATE. Value »600 and J.'iii to the Second Horse. A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight 9st. Entrance, »2<>.
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    • 1211 8 MALTHOID ■UUIL ■•0MB« The question often arises in the mind of a man atwit tn I build I wou.ler if Malthoid would be suitable "\V certify Irom mauy years' practical experience that Malthoid will be found immensely wtisfaolory on every class of building tlmhmfmmh. it wt; »i.i-.^ tJ H "'thVpARAFFINE
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  • 840 9 Sanu, port, probable dale of arrival, and name oj Agents. STEAMERS. Achilles, China, Mar 25 W. Mansfield Mrlie. Sydney. Apl 23 Bonstead Ambria, Hongkong, Apl Behn Mayer Andalnsia, China. Mar 9 Behn Meyer Assaye, Colombo, Apl 9 P. 40. Coy Ayuthia, Bombay, Mar 18 Borneo Ooy Austria, Trieste,
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  • 125 9 From Eurpoe By the N.D.L. steamer P Lndwiu, due Mar. G B. I. steamer Tbongwa, due Mar. 7. M.M steamer Caledonien, dne Mar. 9 From China M. M steamer Sala/.ie. due Mar. 8 Left Singapore D >.n IS M.H. an 39 1- v< >eb 1 N.D.L •'eh
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  • 22 9 Tuu-B*Lut on Fort Canning an. l Mount r>ber drop daily it 1 p in., Singapore standard time correepcoding to c.m. Greenwich meantime.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 280 9 On the I 'If f^T* J^uto-piano YOU can play any music written. tzhciiltik: op 1 it i THE ROBINSON PIANO CO.. LIMITED. WASSIAMULL, ASSOMULL AND CO., 56 and 57, High Street. m Beg to announce to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Singapore and np-coantry that they have received a Large
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    • 357 9 Miscellaneous NOTICES fUTU -Ut Moach, (10 pw inch. SabMqaMt maatht, H. For ahortcr p«iiod> v 8e«l« of Ctaufu. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that Wee Kay Siang ceased to be a Director and Assistant Managing Director of the Kwong Yik Banking Company, Limited, on the 20th February, 1909. And notice
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    • 58 9 It ii> ovci yont's ilutv to bo well. Frequently the meuus of health arc right at hand without being jierceived. People who are losing strength, easily tired out, nervous and debilitated, arc quickly and jiermanently benefited by the uso of Steams' Wive, the matchless invigorating tonic. It is good for
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    • 760 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. C P R Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Lin* THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO EUROPE ru OHINA JAPAN. CANADA Mil lk» UNITED BTATBB. Boat* frcro Hongkong, ria Shanghai, Nagasaki, (Inland Sea oil Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria and Vancouver 8.M.8. "Euine or Iaou" 1 Twin screw sMa- I
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    • 549 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. FOR HONGKONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN PORTS. Tbe Imperial German Mail Steamer PRINZ LI'DWIG, 9,630 toni, Captain \on Binxer having left Colombo on Tuesday, tbe 2nd instant at 9a.m., maybe expected to arrive here on Sunday afternoon, tbe "rh idem, en soute for above ports. For passage
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  • 897 10 ATTRACTIVE GOWNS WORN IN GAKRICK PLAY. Coming Revival of Old Styles Most interesting are the dresses worn in Samson, illustrating as they do the variety of idea now being carried out by tho leading dressmakers. Miss Violet Vanbrugh's are both examples of the severely straight type but
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  • 80 10 A sensational story was published in the Toronto Globe, in January, alleging that a Oerman who had secured employment in the Briti»h naval works at Rosyth had stolen the plans of the new base from a fellow employee. From inquiries made it appears that the statements of the Canadian newspaper
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 483 10 INSURANCE Companies The Standard Life THE OLDEST BRITISH LIFE OFFICE IN THE JiAST. PROVIDE FOR~RETIREHENT by taking a policy under the oe» SIMPLE ENDOWMENT SCHEKE without Medical Examination. £1,000 at age 5O can be secured by a life aged U nexi birthday by payment of £27-1 0-O pe> ALL PREMIUMS
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    • 632 10 BANKING COMPANIES. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Paid up Capital in 60,000 Shares of £20 each £1,100,000 io-arvo Fund >• £1,628.000 iteeerva Liability of Proprietors ..£1,300,000 BANKERB. Bank oi England. National Bank of Scotland. Th London City A Midland Bank, Ltd. BINOAPORE BRANCH. Ourrent
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    • 533 10 BANKING COMPANIES. HONGKONG ANO SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. r-AiD-UP capital 115,000. 00 c aEBERVE FOND Sterling Reserva 115,000,0001 MB nno noc BllverlWvs 114 SJO.OOO/ M 000 WC ilttarva Liability of Propriaton 1)8.000,00* COURT OP DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. W. J. Oresson, Chairman. H. E. Tomkins, Esq.. Deputy Chairman. E.G. Barrett, Esq. jl.
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    • 54 10 PNEUMONIA This is one of the most dangerous, and often fatal, diseases. It always results from a cold or from an attack of the grip. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy quickly cores these diseases and counteracts any tendency towards pneumonia. It is made especially for these and similar ailments. For aale by
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    • 941 10 SALES BY AUCTION. AUCTION SALE or PAWNBROKERS' UNREDEEMED PLEDGES, To be held at Powell and Co.'s Sale-room. Thursday, March 1909, at 10 am. Saturday, March 6, 1909, at 10 a.m. Jewellery consisting of Watches, Chains. Diamond Rings, Brooches, Ear-rings, Bracelets, Chinese and Malay Gold Ornaments, eto. On view from February
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  • 949 11 MORE ABOUT ALCOHOL AS FUEL FOR ENGINES Motor Busses in Ipoh. Mr. J. S. Critchley gave a very useful and very interesting paper before the Coventry Engineering Society says a writer in The Motor on the queutior. of alcohol as fuel for motor engines. Mr. Critcbley had evidently gone
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  • 39 11 In a communication to the Waiwupn, the German Minister intimated that the 700 poldiers forming the German contingent of the Legation Guards will all be withdrawn in June. One hundred and fifty Marines will be substituted in their place.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 355 11 ARGYLL CARS. JUST AJZitt-TTSTIEnD. £vVs^t 6 e? p Argyll Model de Luxe. PAINTED DARK GREEN, NICKEL- PLATED MOUNTINGS, FITTED WITH HOOD, MAGNETO, WIND SCREEN, LAMPS AND ACCESSORIES. Illustrated Catalogue and full particulars from SYME COMPANY, so^ centse ents DUNLOP onu BRITISH MADE "lit QUALITY. MO^OR TYRES. Dunlop Pneumatic Type 10.,
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    • 40 11 THE FRUIT BEASON. This season always brings on more or less diarrhoea which is promptly checked by Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Cut a bottle and be prepared for sudden attacks. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealer i.
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    • 407 11 SIDDELEY AUTOCARS are the Most Reliable in the World. They are Famous also for High Efficiency, Comfort and silence, with bmall Maintenance and Running Costs. They are produced by a branch of the world-renowned firm of Vickers, Sons and Maxim, Limited. They are made in Eight Models, including the New
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    • 227 11 Full Particulars from the Sole AGENTS: CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS. COMMOKSEKSE IN A NUTSHELL A new medical work on the oannea and mo»t scientifio and effectual meana of self care ever discovered tor nervona and fanolional debility, waste of vitality, depression of spirits, etc with practioal obeervatiooa on marriage and full
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    • 93 11 W J.GARCIA. .10, BHAS 15ASAH lit > \1 > Piano, Organ And Maria Dealar. Sole Agent for CHAFPEL and BBOADWOOD Pianos. Pinuo, Organ aud Violin repairiug a speciality. Orders takun for Mumc, which can ho obtained from Home within two months. 2J577 A "ROBEYPHONE'-jf \ll < OV^Li«l Sfn M:"' WITH
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    • 542 12 Scale of Charges. FBKPAID ADVKRTIBEMEHTB.— BttaoeI laasoai Wants o( Every DeaeripMoa, Houses, baa<, eto., to let, are Inserted at the toUowing ■mm:— One Insertion I I.M pw iaeh. Two 1.00 Three I.M Bis I.M H MtaM I.M Twelve T.M Twenly-flve 10.00 (Baeta snbseqaent month N pw tattfe.) Ih« above rate
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    • 590 12 Miscellaneous WANTS. Rir»»i— Foat Llbm, one or two Insertioaa, 11.00 ■f tb. laofa. m Seals ot Chains. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, up to noon of the Bth March, 1909, for the following works 1. Erection of Quarters for the Assistant Curator at the
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    • 629 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. sUns i— row Una, om ot tw- ImiHlaai, i:.jo Br th. Imch, m Seal* ot Caargoa. OFFICE TO BE LET. Offioe on seoond floor of. Mo. 7, Battery Road. Apply to Qathrie and 00., Ltd. v 1878 OFFIOE ft 80D0WN TO BE LET. With immediate
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    • 550 12 Netherlands Guttapercha Co., Ld SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS. India Rubber Tyres, all kinds and shapes All kinds of HOSE, Suction, Delivery, Steam, for Carriages, Motor tare, etc. Hydraulic, Rockdrill, Gardenhose, l.rake Rlf TRUAniNfI MnTnn tvbi?« 08e or Railways, Speaking Tubes. RE-TREADING MOTOR TYRES. CODDRINGS, GAUGE GLASS RINGS. All kinds oi I.R.
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    • 259 12 DAWSONS' SOOTS FOR AJLI. CLASSES. Unequalled for BTYLB, COMFORT, and DURABILITY NONE GENUINE WITHOUT OUR TRADE MARK STAMPED 01 TW SOUS TO BE HAD OF ALL DEALERS 23 LONDON WALL, LONDON, E.C BRAN FOR SALE. First-class quality, fresh packed in ha;.of 98 to 100 catties. Price 93.7f> per ba«. JOHN
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    • 131 12 BOARD AND LODGING. a»rsi i— rjor Mass, o» or two ni«rtlo««, (l.oc B» IH> Inch. MS Seal! ol Cha'gM. BOARD ANO LOOGIN6. Room vacant. Mrs. von Bari;. H, Momu Klizabeth. 898 BOARD AND RESIDENCE. For single gentlemen. Ttrms moderate. Apply at 11. Dhoby Chant. RUBBER tTUMPI FOR BALE. 000 l
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