The Straits Times, 30 March 1909

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times NO. 22.921 SINGAPORE. TUESDAY. MARCH 30. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 270 1 John Leckle's Reliable English Harness Superior Serviceable >M^^ Single Harness. 4S^^W Horse size $65 complete \s&*^ \1 \y^^^^_ BRASS MOUNTED IN BLACK OR fW BROWN LEATHER. J^ 2^^ jfiSfyk BRIDLES HEAD STALLS oO U on B Ze 53. 25 Puny sze $4.00 [{A Cob $3.75 Cob $4 25 O>BL^ Horße
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    • 377 1 ROBINSON CO. I I f\| T C New Delivery I— I i t— I Ladies' Under Skirts DAMASK CLOTHS C DC/^ I A T SWISS MLSLINS SERVIETTES Y~* |H I I£\ I E.MBIiOIPKKKI) MUSLINS .-OT.TBA CLOTHS. <S M^> V_> A *M^ I'KKSIAN I.WVNs. SHEETS, PILLOW SLIP.*, I'lglEs DIUI-Ls W6iteS6ow CUSHION
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    • 322 1 Persian Nerve Essence m« famous treatment for nervous debrlit>, sleeplessnew. impaired <lifc«"ti' in. weak Dennrf. overwork And '11 mental ami physical exhaustion. Persian Ner> <■ Kasenre clear* tlie brain, atreugthens the ctrrul.ttinn and impart* a magnetic vigour to the whol.- Miiuj. Alt drain:, and Jlmee .ir* permanently lhe preparation ruiun
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    • 115 1 O. H. WILLIS, TURF ACCOUNTANT. At present in Java bat will be here (or the forthcoming meeting, May 11, 18, IS. 88, Raffles Plane. Tkleobams Straight. Tklkpuonk 596. 416 GYMKHANA 1909 Any firms or persons baying Bills outstanding against tbe Gymkhana Fond are requested to forward same to the undersigned
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  • 571 2 BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS A CAPTAINS CERTIFICATE. Stranding of the Amaryllis. In a resume of the work and progress of the Imperial Merchant Service Guild for the past year, which has just come to hand, appears the following: The sad case of Capt. O. W. Lagh, of
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  • 428 2 Charming and Sociable Ladies at Peshawar. The Rawalpindi correspondent of the Civil and Military Gazette writes as follows Felix gui potait opgnoocere oausas, we were taught at school. Fortanate is he who can step behind the soenea to see the ropes and pulleys at work. It
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 559 2 WHITE ANTS. TEREDCS, DRY ROT, DECAY IN TIMBER. JODELITE The Only Safeguard has been on its trial in large quantities for the past ten years in the Straits Settlements and proved all that is claimed (or it. The six pieces of deal illustrated below were partly coated with Jodelite and
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    • 60 2 Few persons are unhappier than thin nervous, fretful women. They realize their condition and being as they think, powerless to help themselves, they grow worse. Steams' Wine is a wonderful thing to calm the irritated nerves, aod soothe the tired, fretful brain. Women who take H soon find their strength
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    • 266 2 ISMAIL e^RAHEEM ARE NOW BHOWINO A LARGE VARIETY OF Diamond Jewellery, LOOSE DIAMONDS AND OTHER PRECIOUS STONES. Early Inspection Respectfully Solicited. NATURAL HEALTH-GIVING i et* m-^. TTT TT m M m i REFRESHING INVIGORATING THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING CO. (ESTABLISHED -1683) MANUFACTURERS OF PURE ROPE 1 3 STRAND I CABLE
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  • 451 3 POLITICAL OFFENDERS DRIVEN TO SUICIDE. Mad Brutality of a Governor. A terrible picture of the fate of political offenders in a certain Siberian gaol is presented by a correspondent in La Cornspondance Rasse which, if true, suggests that insanity has overtaken the Governor. The story is told
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  • 531 3 Alleged Japanese Secret Mission in Annam. The bogie of a Japanese invasion'of IndoChina is taken seriously by tbe Temps, which has been devoting considerable space to tbe subject. The paper asserts a considerable number of" Japanese are to be found scattered through ~lAnnam bent on a secret
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  • 37 3 Tbe Peking Government has telegraphed to Chinese Ministers abroad stating that all Chinese residents in foreign lands can send back their sons to study in any Government school without any charge being made for food or tuition.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 385 3 MAINTAINS THE HIGHEST REPUTATION EVERYWHERE. BUILD UP and PRESERVE Y&UH HEALTH and Fortify the System against Disease with jt!u£!!SSS^!S^tS!^^^SSsS^&^iMi^*ZwiA^^o^tiho Jamaica 'We dinot .(MaJt BB^S^Baa^H^l^sWs^AVa^H^L^BYa^BlP^B tf <* Bs¥ A«K too hifhly of it." F»7^f J^B^il fj W■»l H IffW 'tW W -i ■|L^B >l^ai^L^Uß^BßSßßaß^^naS Pronounced by the HIGHEST MEDICAL AUTHORITIES Kr
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    • 257 3 J. MOTION CO. Watchmakers, Jewellery, Opticians. RBPAIRB PROMPTLY KXBCCTBD, CHARLES "46 HEIDSIECK'S White Seal _^>, Champagne. T| 88LB AGENTS J. S Bahn, Meyer ACo Ld JVT^k Singapore and Penaiig. jSltHEa«n OEPOTi @^K Singapore, ?''^s»Bk ■arm. I <3£ t v^f t t M^l JOHI UTTLE U., Ltd L |jg j PILSENER
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    • 405 3 t%)U/*UJJO.N 1 POWDER A delicious dentifrice. Free from acid and grit. Just the thing for those who have an inclination for the niceties of every-day life. Positively beneficial, gives perfect satisfaction. The best for sixty years. Handy for the traveler, In patent Sanitary Tins. Solr Agents for the Straits Settle
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 665 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. Por China. Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Porta, Plymouth and London. Through Bills 3.' Lading Issued for Chin. Ooast Persian Gulf, Continental, and Amerioan Porta. Bteamen will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINE. Outward (for China) Assaye Apl 9
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    • 661 4 STEAMERS SAILING. OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. GO. LTD. The Oompanlee' steamers are despaohed from Liverpool outwards for the Straite, 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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    • 536 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. COMBINED MEKVIt'B Of THE OCEAN 8. 8. COY., LTD.. THE WEBT AUSTRALIAN S. N. CO.. LTD. BSIWBBI r-KBMAXTLE I'KKTH, HOKTH WKBT AFSTKALIAN POSTS. JAVA AMD SDraAFOM. Regular Fortnightly suitings between Singapore and Western Australia, oalling at Java (as inducement oilers), Derby, King's Sound, (Port for the Kimberley Gold
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    • 303 4 JTEAMER SAILINGS. c pTr Canadian Paoiflo Railway Company's Royal Mail Sttamshlp Lint. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO EUROPE VU OHINA JAPAN, CANADA and tas DNITED STATES Boato from Hongkong, via Shanghai, Nagasaki, (Inland Bea of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Vlotoria and Vanoouver, it.M.B. "EmmoFlnu" Twtn sorew stea8.M.8. "Ettnassor Jatab" V men, 6,000
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    • 667 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. The it as men of this Company maintain a regular servioe between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they an despatched fortnightly for Havn and Hamburg and onoe a month for Bremerhaven dinot, calling at Penang and Colombo.
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    • 815 4 BTEAMER 8ftiLI»88. N. D. L. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. Imperial Uerman Mail Line. The fast and well-known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnighty from Bremen, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp. Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (connection Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Port S%id, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong Hhanghii, Nagasaki and
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  • 598 5 PICTURESQUE COSTUMES WORN BY WOMEN. Peculiarities of a Si range Race. A correspondent by tlio North China Daily Nuws wlio is travt'Uing through South western Yunnan gives a graphic description uf the strange ethnographical liotclipotch which exiHtx iv tlitH littli- known corner of tbe Chinese empire. He
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  • 239 5 List of Passengers Coming to Singapore. Per lioptriul German mail steamer Billow, due April I— Mr. A.Hancocks, Mr. J. C. Uarn aai family. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Ladds and cl:: Jren, Mr. A. J. Stokes, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Brewiu, Mr. J. L Oiboon. Per M.
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  • 88 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To-Lay. TANJONG PAGAR. Bast Wharf Basin New Orleans. East W. Section I— Chein^mai. Saonoa No. 1 (Sbobs Whabf)— Oiang Seng. Bscnoii 9— Tbongwa, Olga, B—Yangtsze.8 Yangtsze. 4— Nil. 6— Paroo. B— Achilles, Laertes. 7-Hebe. 8— R C.
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  • 153 5 If oi Pn BrtAna Tim ToMoaaow Bangkok Ban H. Liang 7 a.m. Bangkok Heim 9 p.m. Mnntok and Palerabang Q. Q. ileijer 10 a.m. Sabak and Djambie Brmncer noon P. S'tenham and Penang h'ittna 1 p.m. Muar and Malacca Sri Muar 8 pm. Malacca and Port Diokson Hang
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  • 1464 5 Under ttaia heading tbe fallowing abbreviations are used sir. steamer sh. ship bq. barque; ech.— schooner Yot. Yacht; Cru. —Cruiser. G'b».— Gunboat Tor.— Torpedo H.p.— Hor»e-power Brit. British D.B.— United States Feb.— French Ger.— German Out.— Dutch Ital.— ltalian Span.— Spanish Sar.— Sarawak G.c— General-sargo; d.p Jeok
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  • 70 5 March a 8 Ka'moa, Dnt etr, Batavia t Phranaog, Qer str, Bangkok ■f Ayutli ia. Brit 1 tr, Bangkok Batavier, Brit str, Anamba and Natana Island s 3° Yangtze, Brit ttr, H'kong, Shanghai, Japan Samaen, Ger Mr. Bangkok Will o'tht Wisp, Brit str, Bagan via ports Botorua. Brit str,
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  • 29 5 "The Imperial German mail steamer Baelow, having left Colombo on the 28th iott. at t p.ir. »nd may be expected to arrive here on Friday afternoon the tad proximo.
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  • 251 5 Finance Commerce, EXCHANGE. Sisoapoke, March 80, 1909. On London— Bank 4 m/g 2/4* Demand 2/3} Private 6 m/s S/4| do 8 m/s 3/4* On Germany— Bank d/d 237 Private 8 m/s 241 do 0 m/s 244 On France— Bank d/d 292 Private 3 m/s 296 do 6 m/s 299 On
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 49 5 Howarth Ernkine 6% 600,000 par. Riley, Hargreaves 6% 284,000 1% prem. Spore Electric Tramways Co., Ltd. 6% 850,000 nominal Straits Engineering Syndicate, Ltd. 6% 46,000 par. Singapore Municipal 6% (00,000 20%p.n0m 6% 1,r78,000 6°|fprem. 4i% 1,600,000 6% prem. 4% 602,900 nominal. Tanjong Pagar Dock Board 6% 1,060,000 par.
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    • 287 5 g Shakes Captial Paid UnI > IBBCID COMPANY Quota. TIONB Last DrvioiND $800,000 1300,000 1600,000 £500,000 •400,000 £60,000 £100,000 150,000 £120,000 £***** •450,000 £250,000 £100,000 £120,000 •450.000 £27,000 10 ;10 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. 6.00 10 10 7,f)00 KruaDK, Ltd. 6.25 10 10 Bruseh Hydraulic T.M. Co., Ltd.(l)
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    • 334 5 £150,000 $200,000 £80,000 £30,000 £70,000 $160,000 £16,000 £75,000 £310,000 £60,000 £180,000 £820,000 G. 176,000 $260,000 10 10 1 1 1 1 1 260 260 10 2/--1 1 1 10 10 1 100 2/ 100 100 10 1 1 1 2/--1 17/61 10 i 1 1 15/- 10 1 I
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    • 316 5 (a) 6% debentures.— < 6) subscribed by employees.— (c) part paid shares. Bonuses.— and bonus 2J per cent for year ended 81/18/08.— taod 6% bonus.— and 5% bonus for half year ended 80/9/06. Rbsbbtbs.— Figures after names of companies indicate that they hold reserves as follows (1) $25,000, (2)
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 296 5 AUCTION SALES Powell and Co. Mar. 30 At saleroom, British steamer Karang, at 2.30. Mar. At saleroom, British steamer Vidar, at 2.80. Mar. 80— At saleroom, leasehold land, at Palembang Road, at 2.80. Mar. :(0 At saleroom, freehold land and dwelling house No. 69-2, Bukit Tiuiali Road, at 2.30. Mar.
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    • 92 5 Art of Cigarette M aking^^'^*'^""'^^^^^! where Messrs. Maspkko Fr£rks I manufacture those two brands known as 8 b Bouton Rouge\ Egyptian Cigarettes «iip I Made of the choicest selected Turkish Tobacco i-.ler ideal conditions, all the delicacy of thr flavMr ;icserved and every BOUTON ROLGE is a 1 ...icce of
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 141 5 Singapore Tide Table. (Kaon Habch 80 10 Afril t. HIGH WATER. |>LoW WATEB Time H'ght Time S 7 gh» March bra, mm. ft.inH. bra. mm. ft. ma. t™™t J 7 I!" Mam ».l aCßidat 8 I 7.10 pro 6.4 11.48 pm 6 6 I JH am T.O W*bjdatSl I g.BB
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    • 194 5 DAY BY^ DAY. Tuesday, March 30. ll.K'i W.ittT, 7.10 p.m. ilatu Gnjab Races. Swiihuiiu« Club Meeting, Drill Hall, 9. B.V.L Annual Meeting. H. S. V. A. Loading Drill. S. i:. R. V. Electric Light, Pulau Brani. S. V. I. Drill, Drill Hall. Ailiambra Cinematograph Harima Cinematograph. Marlboruugh Cinematograph. Wednesday, March
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  • 1072 6 The straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. TUBSDAY, MARCH 80. GERMANY AND RUSSIA. It is rather by a process of induction than by recourse to any information recently btained that we can form some clear idea of the present situation in Europe. Actually, we think, that position amounts to this, that
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  • 350 6 There is but one point in the proceedings of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce meeting to which we deem it noceviary to draw special attention. Tbo chairman in the course of his address referred to the unanimous opposition offered by the unofficial members- to the Currency Note Ordinance Amendment Bill
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  • 17 6 There were 56 members on the roll of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce on December 31 last.
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  • 19 6 The price of tin in Singapore to-day is •67.46 per picul. Two hundred and twentyfive tons have been sold.
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  • 22 6 There will be a parade for the Maxim Co. S.V.A. on Wednesday, 81st instant, at 5.30 p.m., at tbe S.V.C. Drill Hall.
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  • 21 6 The Viceroy of Hupeh has reported to the Chinese Government, that he has purchased some mountain guns from a Danish firm.
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  • 28 6 The binoculars belonging to Mr. J. Welsh were lost at the K <c! de la Paix and not at the Adelphi Hotel as reported in our yesterday's issue.
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  • 30 6 The decision of the Chinese Board of Law to prohibit polygamy is rescinded on account of the opposition of His Excellency Yti Lian Sam, a minister of the law department.
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  • 28 6 Mr. A. W. J. Watt, of Manila, while visiting Baguio performed the remarkable feat of reducing the record of golf-links there by three strokes at the first attempt.
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  • 33 6 At a dinner given to the Chan Thin Sheng at the Chinese Wiekly Entertainment Club, lust night, it was stated that there are 800,000 people now starving in the Kwantung Provinces of China.
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  • 32 6 The Siam Free Press thinks it would uot be too much to expect that Siam's neighbours, including Indo-China and Burmah, might be induced to take part in coming rice exhibitions in Bangkok.
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  • 39 6 Steps are to be taken for the representation, if possible, of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, at the seventh congress of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire to be held in Sydney, New South Wales, from September 14 next.
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  • 38 6 Import firms in Bangkok have formed an association for the protection of their mutual interests. A representative committee has been appointed, but it is worth noting that the German Consulate-General was the only consulate represented at the meeting.
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  • 42 6 A Chinese towkay named Soh Hock Cheang was run into and injured by a gharry driven by a Boyanese in Orchard Road, on Saturday afternoon. His injuries necessitated his removal to his home on Ann Siang Hill, and Dr. Galloway attended him.
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  • 45 6 A Chinese opium play was to be given in honour of the International Opium Commission at the Chinese Theatre, Shanghai. The play which was especially written for the occasion, has a distinct moral leaning, which the N.C.D. news says cannot fail to impress the Commissionbrs.
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  • 48 6 Gentlemen, who arc summoned to serve on Assize juries, should understand that the court waits for no man. A special juryman who was late in returning from tiffin, yesterday, whetfeby some delay was entailed, was culled upon by Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith to pay a fine of 125.
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  • 47 6 Mr. Hans Becker, obief of the firm of Messrs. Behn, Meyer and Co., Ltd., of Singapore, arrived at Sandakan on 15th instant. Several matters have been left in abeyance pending his visit and we can expect to see increased activity following his personal investigation, says a correspondent.
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  • 62 6 Last week, a Malay trader who was coming to Singapore on the Kistna reported the loss of 176. On a search being made, the money was found in the boots and belt, respectively, of two other Malay passengers, who were arrested. They were sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment by
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  • 48 6 There will be a change of programme at the Marlborough Cinematograph as well as Harima Hall Cinematograph, tonight. Tomorrow night the show at the Alhambra will be nnder the patronage of Sir Arthur Young, X.C.M.0., and Lady Evelyn Young and party, and a special programme will be presented.
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  • 91 6 Mr. Howard had three criminal cases at the district court, yesterday. Ang Ho Lye, charged with robbing Chu Sui of 110, four and a half miles from town on the Thomson Road, was acquitted. Ng Soo, charged with robbing Ng Lye of 14.60, on March 14, was sentenced to six
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  • 445 6 The death is announced in Amorica, of General Osgood. father of Mrs. Basil Taylor, wife of the harbour master of Hongkong. Lieut.Col. H. V. Kent. It. K.. will proceed to the F. M. S. on April 1, on inspection duty in connection with the Malay States Guides.
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  • 67 6 The following curious paragraph appears in a Peking paper, under the heading, The Emperor Remains The remains of the late Emperor and Empress Dowager have boon drawn from the Imperial store, and presented to various officials the Dalai Lama has also received this favour. The
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  • 109 6 A Malay named Ha.-K>au, eumloyed on the steamer Ophir, was before the third msgis trate, yesterday afternoon, on a charge of assaulting a Chinaman, who stated that Hassan threw overboard an empty basket which had contained fowls, and when cumplainant protested struck him with his fist,
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  • 126 6 Referring to the Jclc piracy, an account of which has appeared in our columns, a story is told in the British North Dornoo Horald, relative to Jikiri which appears worth repoat ing. Inspired by the offer of a large roward for Jikiri's capture, a party of men
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  • 162 6 V. aily this morning, the TanjoD^ I'a^ar fire float Varma was taken alongside the Railing ship R. C. Kickmers, now lying at the Borneo wharf, with her tallest mast towering 175 feet in the air, with the objeot of testing the throwing capacity or power of the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 83 6 Caldbeck, Macgregor Co. WINE 'AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. ALE, BEER AND STOUT IMPORTERS. John Little and Co.'s QREAT Clearance Sale COMMENCES Thursday Next. #5 I Ul As a primary coat on Steel Vessels, Pontoons and Bridges, instead of Jj (3 Red Le^' BRIGGS VIADUCT SOLUTION is unequalled. It is the most
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    • 89 6 Alhambra TO-MORROW. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 31. AT 9-15 P.M. Under the Distinguished Patronage and in the Presence of H.E. BIR ARTHUR YOUN6. K.C.M.R.. AND LADY EVELYN YOUNG AND PARTY SPEGIAL PROGRAMME. Box Plan at the Robinson Piano Co., Ltd. L. F. WILLIS, Manager. TAKE HOME A Walking fMaeftine NOW. Pay for
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  • 216 7 VOTE OF CENSURE MOVED IN THE COMMONS. Sir Edward Grey Speaks. GERMANY TO HAVE THIRTYTHREE DREADNOUGHTS. England Must not Fall Behind. il'kom Oir Own Cohkkm-ondknt.) London, March .'lO. In the House of Commons, Mr. Arthur Lee moved the vote of censure on the naval policy of tho
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  • 77 7 (Fhom Ouh Own OhmnMß.) London, March H. The Conservative nominee Mr. Herman Hodge has won in the bye-election at Croydon by a majority of :i !MH Naval Defence wus the I'riucipal issue discussed during the contest. At the General Election the result was. H. C. Arnold
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  • 138 7 I 'Iki-tkh's TklkgbamJ London, March 29. Au Ottawa tcli am states that it is understood that as a result of popular advocacy, the Canadian (iovcrnmont will make overtures to the Imperial Government with n view to perm incut co operation in the maintenance of naval supremacy.
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  • 48 7 Claim Made for £75,000. R«OTIR'S TILKIiRAM. I London, March 29. In the action which Lieutenant Woods has brought in connection with the call made upon him by the Army Council to resign his commission in the Guards, the damages claimed amount to £75,000 sterling.
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  • 99 7 lOn Ostasiatiscbs Lloyd Til»okah| Berlin, March 29. Prince Scbwarzburg-Sonderhausen, and Herr Wiegand, Director-General of the Norddeutacher Lloyd, have died, the latter at Homburg. Prince Karl Gunther of SchwarzburgSonderhar.sen, a small duchy in Saxony, born 1880, came to throne 1880 married 1896, no issue, succeeded by his brother Gunther
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  • 24 7 The Crown Prince of Siaiu will leave Bangkok on April 7 to pay an official visit to Tongkah, Kopali, Renong and Trang, travelling overland
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  • 587 7 Special Jury Criticises Goal Search System. The hearing of a charge against a lift convict named Tan I!uq Kuang of having attempted to murder a fellow prisoner, by stabbing him on the head and in the left eye with a knife, while the prisoner* were mustering in
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  • 225 7 Third and Final Performance of Pulo Brani Pirates. 'L'he Singapore amateurs gave a third and final performance, last night, before another full and highly appreciative house. The Ghost of Jerry Bundler, although several failed to anticipate its tragedy by untimely mirth, was again excellently played, and, as we
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  • 87 7 In passing sentence, this morning, upon the six Chinese who were found in possession of a large assortment of houscbreaking and gang robbery implements, the third magistrate found occasion to comment upon the excellent work of the detective department. which bad the case in charge, saying that
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  • 102 7 It is stated that the U.S. revenue cutters Panay and Negros intend to abandon the run to Borneo ports owing to lack of freights, says the Sandakan correspondent of the S.C. Morning Post. As their rates are said to be iv excess of those quoted
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  • 149 7 PRINCE VON BUELOW ON LOYALTY TO AUSTRIA. Dishonest Politics Objectionable. [RIGTMt'S TILIORAM.] London, March 30. Speaking in tho Reichstag Prince von Buelow referred in the friendliest manner to Great Britain. I He recalled in the warmest terms the visit of King Edward and (jueon Alexandra, and uryed tint
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  • 28 7 [RIUTKR's TELEGRAM London, March 29. Mr. WilUiiii O'Brien M has resigned his Heat in consequence of disseusious in the ranks of tli" Nationalist l'arty.
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  • 530 7 Refusal to Work on Steamer Oriel at Saigon. There was toublc on tlio British steamer Oriul at Saigon >n the 1-ith instant, and she was able to n-turu to Singapore only under difficulties, as several of her firemen refused to work. When she arrived in port, yesterday, t
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  • 90 7 Three Cantonese were put on trial before Mr. Justice Sercombc Smith, at the Assizes, yesterday, on a charge of rioting in the neighbourhood of South Bridge Road, on December 21 last, while armed with deadly weapons and injuring a man named LAV Yu Nam and a fourth
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  • 54 7 It is undoubtedly a sign of the times to learn that the demand for fresh drinkable water is increasing in Bangkok of late. There has been a long dry spell and jars and tanks have been emptied. This is gathered from a par in a Bangkok paper and relates solely
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  • 331 7 DECREASE OF A MILLION IN THE WEEKLY REVENUE. Receipts for Year Ending To-morrow. In view of the special telegram printed in our last issue announcing that the Budget would probably be laid before the House of Commons on April 22, the following statement, which appeared in a home
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  • 298 7 An Extensive Fraud Perpetrated Somewhere. An interesting discovery was made on board the steamer Gymeric shortly after her arrival at Hongkong on the 16th instant. It had been ascertained that on the boat were twelve cases of supposed opium, each containing 105 boxes and each box enclosing
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  • 121 7 Proposed Payment of Compensation to Sufferers. A meeting was held on the 10th instant of tho committee in the Lower House on a representation to the Japanese Government calling upon it to relieve those Japanese who sustained loss in connection with the RussoJapanese war by being obliged to
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  • 94 7 .V report which we give with all reserve, has reached Singapore to the effect that a terrible amok has occurred on board the Dutch steamer Van Imhoff in one of the ports of the Sangir Islands. It is said that nineteen were killed, iucluding some of
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  • 91 7 Daring the hearing of the Sitiawan Estate cisc at Penang, on Friday, Mr. Martin, cross-examining a witness said. I pnt it to you with your eyesight you couldn't tell what a man was doing at thirty feet? Can yon tell what the men at the
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  • 321 7 Charge of Cheating Against Hotel Resident. W. H. Holland was before the third magistrate, yesterday afternoon, on a charge of cheating Yonkheer Aiubrooe van der Does de Bye by pretending that be had sufficient funds in the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank anJthereby inducing him to accept a
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  • 337 7 A Curiou Case that Bristles with Adjournments. When the claim of Mr. H. W. Bray against Bauat Singh, for loOOfur travelling expenses, maintenance and loss of time alleged to have been incurred at defendant's request, as his chief witness in the case brought against him by Capt,
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  • 222 7 The annual general meeting of the members of the Straits Chinese Recreation Club, was held at the Club house, yesterday afternoon, when in the absence nf the president, Mr. Song Ong Siang. tho chair was taken by Mr. Ong Tek Liui. The report and accounts were
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  • 127 7 According to the report of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce and Exchange for 1908, it was proposed and carried unanimously at a meeting of the Chamber that a Sub Committee to be called a Freights Committee be appointed to investigate and report to the committee of the Chamber
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  • 45 7 Mr. E. J. Grist, a member of the firm of Wilkinson and Grist, one of the oldest and moot popular solicitors in Hongkong, is to leave for home this week on a well-earned holiday. Mr. Grist has been iv the C«louy for nearly eighteen year*.
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  • 121 7 BRITISH MODIFICATIONS OF SERVIAN NOTE. Austria Satisfied with Results. (Racm's Tilbobaim] London, March 29. It is announced at Vienna that the Austrian Governniont has accepted modified proposals regarding the Servian note of submission which were suggested by Sir Edward Grey. An agreement has been reached in view of
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  • 208 7 No Immediate Hope for Permanent Improvement. The annual conference of the Chambers of Shipping took p'aoe on February 19, at Canncm stree. Hot 1, Mr. C. E. Bnghtman, tho now President, occupying tho chair. In the course of tis inaugural address Mr. lirightman said the year
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  • 257 7 Proposed Saigon Line Encounters Much Opposition. News of Siamese railway schemes to tap inland Indo-China and to attract it to Bang kok have aroused alarm in the Colony. The countries to be reached are Laos and Cambodia, under French rule, which lie so far inland that the
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  • 259 7 Illicit Traffic in Siamese Ticals Alleged. Smart and lucrative business is being done at present, by all accounts, in importing ticals into Bangkok from some outside sources. The paragraph which we published yesterday regarding the circulation of bogus ticals, says the Siam Kreo Press of 19th
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  • 15 7 The owner of the jade brooch found at Broadfields has claimed and received her property.
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  • 1558 8 CHAIRMAN'S REVIEW OF PAST YEARS WORK. Indications of Trade Improvement. 'Mic mmnul tmetim; of tlte Singapore Chanber of Commerce and Exchange, held in tli > bahaagi room, yesterday afternoon, 111 nu uneventful [function, the principal feature bein^ a review of the year's proceedings by Mr. .la^o (Asiatic
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  • 391 8 Municipal Committee Favours Scheme for Bacteria Beds. The report of the Municipal health and disposal of sewage committee on the disposal of sewage, which was laid on the table at the Commissioners' meeting, on Friday last, says The committee has considered the question of the disposal of sewage
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  • 125 8 One of the last official acts of the present Siamese year was the visit of His Majesty the King to the national rice exhibition, on the 18th instant. In tbe course of bis journeying the King visited the exhibits of Messrs. Behn Meyer and Co., Ltd., and
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  • 75 8 Ou Thursday morning hut, Goh Ah Lin faced Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith, at tbe Assizes, on a charge of using as genuine a forged document in other words attempting to pass a forged ten dollar note on a Kling money changer. The jury found him guilty
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  • 39 8 Tbe Japanese exhibition is to be opened in Tokio in the year 1912. That which was deferred until 1917 is to be on an international basis. The proposed exhibition of 1912 will therefore presumably be on a smaller scale.
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 174 8 Entries for the 75 yd. breast stroke handicap, which will take place next Sunday, at the Swimming Club, should be sent in to the hun. sec., Mr. M. B. Brockwell, not later than by the first post on Friday morning. The Buckles- Hanseu prize fight at Omaha,
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    • 239 8 Perak Turf Club. The prevailing bad times are evidently affecting the local Turf, as witness tho following from the Taiping paper At a general meeting of tbe Perak Turf Club, held at the Perak Club, E. W. Biroh, Esq., C.M.0., (President), said that though the Club was not
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  • Correspondence.
    • 72 8 To the Editor of tbe Straits Time*. Sir, Tbe telegrams regarding the South polar expedition state that the party reached to within eleven miles of the South Pole and were in Lat. 88. 28, which latitude corresponds to a distance of ninety-seven geographical or one hundred and eleven statute
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  • 152 8 A cargo of rice arrived from Singkep, yesterday, by the Dutch steamer Sultan van Lingga. Messrs. Wee Bin and Cos. steamer Teresa arrived from Ternate and Bali, this morning, with a general cargo and 479 pigs. Besides forty passengers and a general cargo, there were brought from
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  • 605 8 Yesterday's Results. A DOUBLES. Treadgold and Dr. Simpson owe !i beat Hooper and I'atcliitt rec. 8, 6—2, 6—4. B -Boublks. Lt. Scott and Lt. Bussell rec. 4 beat Phipps and Fulcher owe 15, 6—2, 11-18, 6—2. Carpenter aod Kickett reo. S beat White and Lyall
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  • 320 8 Views of a Leading Missionary Journal. The leading missionary magazine in China, the Chinese Recorder, of Shanghai, reflects the mind of tho missionaries in an article in its March number on Reform and Sincerity in China. It says It is not very possible to help an individual to
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  • 238 8 Scheme of Detention Barracks for Sailors. An important change is about to be introduced into the prison system of the Royal Navy. Hitherto offenders have been confined in tbe prisons at Lewes and Bodmin. A committee of the Admiralty has been investigating the bubject, and has vUited
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  • 72 8 A very severe earthquake visited Yokohama on the evening of March 14, and 96 houses on the Bluff were more or less seriously damaged. The roof of the General Hopital was stripped of its tiles. Many people bad narrow escapes from injury, and on. resident in the place, of over
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 634 8 in i zzzzzzi^ IFOR DISCRIMINATING SMOKERS. Not ail smokers can appreciate the delicacy of State rpyp LJI/"*l_J ri ACC Express Cigarettes, as owing to the prevalence of 1 lit* r"ilvjr"i-wl_«/\iJiJ inferior machine-made varieties the taste of many consumers is *o blurred that they are quite unable tj at once distinguish
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  • 812 9 Samt, port, probable date of arrival, and name of Agents. STEAMERS Alrlie. Sydney, Apl 23 Boasted Ambria, Houßkong, Apl 27 Behn Meyer Anamba. Port Said, Apl 3 Huttenbach Broe Asaaye, Colombo, Apl 9 P. A O. Coy Ayuthia, Bangkok Apl Borneo Coy Austria, China, May 6 Raatcnberg Schmidt
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  • 140 9 From Hurpoe BytheN.UL. steamer Buelow, due April 3. B. I. steamer Taroba, due April S. MM steamer Nera, dne April 5. From China M. M. steamer Tonkin, due April S. Iml BiLu* on Fort Canning and Mount ir'abrr drop daily at 12 noon, Singapore standard time corre
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 40 9 CHAMBERLAINS COU6H REMEDY. The many remarkable cures of colds and grip effected by this preparation have made it famous over a large part of the civilized world. It can always be depended upon. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 475 9 INSURANCE Companies. UNION FIRE INSURANCE OOHPABI OF PARIS nTABUBHZL 1818 RESERVES AND TOTAL GUARANTEES 14,000,000 Ihe nndmsigned, Agents for the above Company, are prepared to acoept fire risks 'nr long or short periods at onrrent rates. OASH SETTLEMENTS promptly mads by the agents in Singapore. MOINE OOHTE A Go LONDON
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    • 659 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. INDOCHINA STEAM NAY. CO.. LTD. Tbs steamers of this Company maintain a regular direct service between Caloutta, Straits, Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan, fc*H"g oargo on through Bills of Lading for Canton, Swatow, Amoy, Ohefoo, Tientsin, Newohwang, Tangtsze Porta, Formosa, the Philippines, Ac, die. Steamer* Tons Commander Koniae 4,898
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    • 523 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. N.Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP GO. LTD. Two regular services are maintained between JAPAN and EUROPE by the Company's well-known TWIN-SCREW SITEAUKRS. nnder Mail Contract with tbe Imperial Japanese Government, specially designed for the Company's European Service, lighted thronghont by Electricity, provided with excellent accommodation for Firct and Second
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    • 293 9 Sledge Milk. d|SEW| ABSOLUTELY \\sss?l pure. MmmM Every Single Tin KS^SWIKH GUARANTEED ffrlS-s*?** ♦awssibsT'w'"^!^;^ < 3!3!!SgSß&®!M!oo*'' V-ff'^^ Urn OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE. J. TKAVERS SONS, LTD., Agents. GOSNELL'S ■Bdd.ii Eau de Cologne RECOGNISED wk I DELICACY CONNOISSEURS PERFUME, TO BE THE JnHf FRAGRANCY, FINEST LASTING EAU DE COLOGNE AND FOR ITS REFRESHING
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  • 1197 10 NEW PRODUCTION AT THE CRITERIONITHEATRE. A Prohibited Skit. Lady Arden, more or less merry widow and brilliant woman of fashion, was entertaining some friends to supper, after Tristan, and they were all talking airy nothings over the foie gras and champagne, when some one happened to mention
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  • 135 10 Good Thrashing Threatened for Bookmaker's Tout. The vicar of Ilkley, the Rev. F. Sinker, has received a threatened letter from Crewe in the following terms: Sir, In a few days a bookmaker's tout will be in Ilkley, and will give you a deserved thrashing.— The Turf. A few
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 618 10 BANKING COMPANIES. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. IBOORPORAT4D BT ROYAL CHARTER. Paid op Capital Id 80,000 Shares of IXnoh «1,t00,000 Reserve Fund 41,526.000 Heecrve Liability of Proprietor. C1.M0.000 BANKERS. Bank ol England. National Bank of Scotland. Tk London City A Midland Bank, Ltd. BINOAPORE BRANCH. Current Aooounts an
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    • 528 10 BANKING COMPANIES. 1 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. e aidup capital nt.ooo.ooc SEBERVEFOND:— Sterling Reserve 118,000,0001 t(g «nn nor BilTerßeBerre 114,500,000/ •".aw* EUeerve Liability 'of Propriaton 1U. 000,00c COURT OP DIRECTORS. Hod. Mr. W. J. Qreaaon, Chairman. H. E. Tcmkins, Esq., Deputy Chairman. E.G. Barrett, Esq. O. B. Lenzmann, Eaq
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    • 328 10 Old fashioned copaiba and ->antal arc now superseded by METHYLOIDS. the modern scientific remedy for catarrhal affections of the urinary tract. Those tiny tasteless capsules give visible results in a few hours and cure promptly. Much better than any injection and far safer and more convenient. A trial will convince
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    • 730 10 BAUEB BY AUCTION. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. Important Sale OF Valuable Teak Furniture, Etc., AT NO. 11. LLOYO ROAD. On Saturday, April 17. The sale will include a collection of VALUABLE ORCHID AND PALMS. Powell Co., u6OO Auctioneers. AUCTION SALE OF A LARGE QUANTITY OF NEW GOODS. ENGINEERS STOCK. TINNED PROViSONS AND
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  • 1036 11 CONSTRUCTION OF TEST-HILL AT BROOKLANDS. Proposed Motor Legislation. It is not solely to tbe construction of the test-bill that the attention of tbe Brooklmds management has of late been directed. Thought bas been given to the comfort and convenience of the public which pays at the gates, and a
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 427 11 ARGYLL CARS. TTTOT I A TZt ~M~t M \7" U* m I fr •J \-J C 9 _1_ -£-3L _trt -t^. J. X/ £iJ-' SS&Sd* ArgyU Model de Luxe. PAINTED DARK GREEN, NICKEL -PLATED MOUNTINGS, FITTED WITH HOOD, MAGNETO, WIND SCREEN, LAMPS AND ACCESSORIES. I Hunt rated Catalogue and full
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    • 10 11 Thky are incompatible an aching head aud Steams' Headache Cure.
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    • 431 11 SIDDELEY AUTOCARS are the Most Reliable in the World. They are Famous also for High Efficiency, Comfort and Silence, with Small Maintenance and Running Costs. They are produced by a branch of the world-renowned firm of Vtckers, Sons and Maxim, Limited. They are made in Eight Models, including the New
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    • 172 11 THE STRAITS TIMES CAN BE OBTAINED AT THE Following Places IN SINGAPORE Messrs. John Little k Co., Ltd. Messrs. Kelly and Walsh, Ltd. Raffles Hotel, Beach Road. Messrs. Kirn k Co., Battery Road k Amrniaa Street. Messrs. Koh k Co., 90, Bras Basah Road. Adelphi Hotel. Hotel de I' Europe.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 559 12 Scale of Charges* PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS.— MisceIIaneous Wants of Every Description, Houses, Land, etc., to let, are inserted at the following rates One Insertion 11.20 per inch. Two 2.00 Throe 2.80 Six 5.20 Nine 6.40 Twelve 7.12 Twenty- five 10.00 I Each subsequent month 95 per inch.) The above rate is
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    • 364 12 Miscellaneous WANTS. RiT»n-r omf Llim, om or two lassiMu—, 11.00 Br tks iaeh, m Seals of Chaffss. CUTTER WANTEO. Wanted, an experienced Eurasian Cutter in a Tailoring Department at Kuala Lumpur. Apply by letter with copies of testimonials to X.X.C., c/o Barker and Keng Chuan, No. U, Battery Road, Singapore.
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    • 578 12 TO BE LET OR 80LD. turn I— row Llim, oh ot wr sswsrMn—. 11 JO Br tks lash, hi Seals el Okaifss. OFFICE TO BE LET. Office on second floor of. No. 7, Battery Boad. Apply to Oothrte and Co., Ltd. D 1878 OFFIOE 4 8000WH TO BE LET. With
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    • 510 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. sUll -Fomr Llass, om st two lassrMoa tl.oo Br lbs inch, at sssis of akargM. HOUBE TO LET. Netherleigh, Napier Road, from April 1. Apply A.E.D., Mission House, Stamford Road. 218 HOUBE TO LET. No. 7, St. Thomas Walk, from April 1, 1909. Apply to
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    • 602 12 Miscellaneous NOTICES sUtlS'— Ut Mootta, nOpnlDeta. Bibasqasni months, (6. For shorter period* Ml Seals of Charges. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the money lending business carried on at No. 92, Market Street, Singapore, between Kana Govindasamy Pillai and Ahua Sundaram Pillai in co-partnership under the mark or villasam Mayna
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    • 463 12 Miscellaneous NOTICES «"ll:-lit Month. 110 per mcli. Subsequent monthi, M. For .hort«r period. ..«^c.J. ofCtewgss. NOTICE. E. Pabaney, lately occupying No. 5, Malacca Street, has now removed to NO. 2, MALACCA STREET, in the adjoining buildings. 624 NOTICE. THE ROYAL JOHORE TIN MINING CO.. LTO. Notice is hereby given that
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