The Straits Times, 1 May 1909

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.948 SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. MAY 1. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 80 1 Natural Milk. ifTiv t Lion MUEMILKIS Brand. jW iWsTAWPARDQUALITr F Nriura-Nilch-txportgeselltthafl Bosch 4 Com LI Waren in Mecklenburg. C3-TJ A.K,^ISra?EE D ABSOLUTELY Popular Sizes and Prices. KATZ BROTHERS/ LTD., Sole Agents. Raffles sigH Hotel. Special Dinner TO-NIGHT I SARKIES BROTHERS, Truprietors. ASAHI 03 BEER, Ufm BeSt and Jill, Cheapest. rm^k
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    • 150 1 HARIMA HALL Cinematograph North Bridge Host! ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME To-Night! Come and See. K. HARIMA, Sole Proprietor. THE Empire Hotel, KUALA LUMPUR. F.M.B. A New First-class Hotel. Fitted with Electric Light and tans. Five minutes from Railway Station. Overlooking the Padang. Single and Doable Bedrooms, with Private Bathrooms attached.
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    • 511 1 ROBINSON CO. House Furnishers. "BEDSTEADS" c 2 C;_ j SPRING MATTRESSES < r JUjU»lU>«s«uijJl»«m«»a»s«wawaw««»awn« ar TUT— TrJ* BPRIN6 MKTTRES3EB. A' L SIZES IN STOCK. I FOUR-POST BEDSTEADB.I IN. PILLARS CHI ID nnOT IB 'amT m^ i m Sf^ I 6 feet 6 inches by 3 feet 6 inches. rUUH-ruol jl
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    • 192 1 BAZAAR AT UH I VERBITY COLLEGE LONDON. Package* containing contributions for tbe above [Bazaar should be sent to the undersigned, who will forward same free- of oharge. Address: Hon. Secretary, University College Bazaar, HUTTENBACH BBOS. CO., 866 Singapore. TO LOVERB OF MUSIC. Old Pianos restored to their ORIGINAL Tone and
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    • 125 1 Jirt JSeedlework and Slower GDepot. g\7. Orchard Road ARRANGED FLORAL BABKETB. Suitable tor^preeentation At moderate prioM. OUT FLOWERS AT ALL TIMES. T ,],.t_, f Ofloe No. 787. VOLUNTEER CLUB. A Subscription Dance, under the aaspicen of the abovu Clnb, will be hfJd in the S. V.C. Drill Hall, on Friday,
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  • 1042 2 MONGREL DOG WARNS VISITORS OF DANGER. His Master's Sad Fate. In Biarritz, writes a correspondent, dogs abound and interesting studies are to be made by a dog- lover during the course of every walk he takes in the town. Just now there is, of course, Cesar daily
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 435 2 GARRETT'S PORTABLE ENGINES Fitted with patent Economical Fire-box for burning wood fuel. OVER FIFTY IN USE IN THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 10, 12 and 14 h.p. In Stock. IMPORTERS: BORNEO COMPANY, LTD. No More Crust IN BOILERS! WHERE "D.M." BOILER COMPOSITION IS USED. A little "D.M." introduced into a boiler
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    • 456 2 wi ftSKINIfniD -h BABIES -h No more grateful and comforting treatment is possible for skin tortured and disfigured infants and children than warm baths with Cuticura Soap and gentle applications of Cuticura Ointment. For eczemas, rashes, itchings and chafings; for sanative, antiseptic cleansing; for skin preservation and prevention of infantile
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    • 56 2 A POPULAR AMERICAN REMEDY. Mr. Fred C. Hanrahan, a prominent droggiat of Portsmouth, Va., V. S. A., says For the past six years I have sold and recommended Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhcsa Remedy. It is a great remedy and one of the best patent medicines on the market" For
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    • 392 2 ISMAIL J^RAHEEM ARE NOW SHOWING A LARGE VARIETY OF Diamond Jewellery, LOOSE DIAMONDS AND OTHER PRECIOUS STONES. Early Inspection Respectfully Solicited. Japanese Grass Matting. THE BEST For tha FLOORING In the Tror>ics. IN ROLLS OF 4O YDS. (36 INCHES WIDTH) AND In a Variety of PATTERNS AND COLOURINGS. G. OTOMUNE
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  • 937 3 PALATIAL BUILDING ERECTED FOR CHARTERED BANK. Completed in Nine Months In tbe remarkably short period oi nine months a palatial bank has been erect* d, furnished, and equipped on the site occupied by Crosby Hall. It is &n achievement of which Trollope and Colls, Ltd., may
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 606 3 THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING CO. CEST-A-BXjISIIED IBB2> MANUFACTURERS OF PURE ROPE 3 STRAND I CABLE HID U BTRAND 1/2" to 12* 5" to 10" 8" to 10" Prices Samples and full particulars will be forwarded on application to Agent: W. A. STOPANI, .Wt.V.'.V 11 GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO.. LTD. Portland
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    • 71 3 d:nt put it off. Don't allow twenty-four hours to elapee without Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and > Diarrhoea Remedy in your borne. True, you may not need it within that time, but it is better Utau any doctor's prescription and worth twenty times its cost in cases of diarrhoea, cramp colio
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    • 523 3 J BY" ROYAX JbSSL APPOINTKEFT. |/|J TABIX DEUCACIE^S, i£t_ PICKIXS. SOUPS, I- Af jjf^ JAMS. JELLIES. wojctsrtnmiK »Ct. P^SS^r*^ POTTXD MEATS. I MALT VINEGAR <^^y*Mr\ SA.LAD OIL,. Cefcfcrated I^^J CROSSE *L Oilmen* Stores. Cgg^EIACKWEIX. WATERBIRYS METABOLIZED] COD /^^/T"?^*!^ TASTELESS I LIVER £<7 i£^?E^v I ymiQP m^ aotiseWicS^^^T^" 111 7 (CREOSOTE
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 756 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. &6. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. Por China. Japan, Penan*;. Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Bfypt, Mediterranean Porto, Plymouth and London Through Bills cf Ltdhg issue! for China Coast Persian Gulf, Continental, and Amerioan Port-. Steamers will Isava Singapore on or übjut. MAIL LINE. Outward (for China) Ooeana May 7
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    • 630 4 STEAMERS SAILING. OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL BTEAM NAY. CO. LTD, The Companies' steamers are despaobed from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China and Japan every week and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and for Marseilles, Havre
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    • 919 4 STEAMER BAIUH6S, APCAR LINE OF BTEAMERB. Tbb anderir.eoticned mail steamers of the above Line maintain a regular servioe between Calcutta and Japan, oaUing at Penang, Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai en route FLEET. Tons Commander it. 1 AfA« 8,800 J. O. Oum "OunoiiAKa" 4,900 8. H. Baxsoa s.s. Abbatoob Amis" 4,500
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    • 670 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBUR6. The sieamrrs of this Company maintain a regular servioe between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, Chios and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhaveo direct, oalHag at Penang and Colombo. Taking oargo
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    • 773 4 STEAMER BAILIN63. N. D. L. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. Imperial (Jerman Mail Line. The fast and well-known mail steamers ot this Company sail fortoighty from Bremen, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp. Soathamp ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (oouneotiou Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vioe versa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong Shanghai, Nagasaki
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  • 833 5 Congested Sta c of Markets in China. Tlie fifty fifth ordinary general meeting of tlio nlxivo was held on March 31, at Cannon Str.«t Hotel, London, E. C. The Clmimiin, Sir Montagu Cornish Turner, in the course of his remarks, said The year 100H was marked by
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  • 170 5 Tonnage Under Construction Shows Increase. From the returns compiled by Lloyd's Register of Shipping, it appears that, excluding warships, there wure 899 vessels of yIJ,'J72 tons gross under construction in the United Kingdom on March 81, 1909. The tonnage now under construction is about 148.000 tons more than
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  • Correspondence.
    • 107 5 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Replying to your correspondent Matthias who in his letter of yesterday under this beading suggests that influence, should be brought to bear upon the Municipality to stop the chimes of the Memorial Hall clock during the progress of performances in
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    • 124 5 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— ln accordance with regulations, the holder of the Diamond Jubilee Scholarship, Malacca, must contiuue to attend one of the schools in the colony in which English is taught or else he transfers his rights to the boy next in
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  • 475 5 (Sunday, May a.) Thihh Sundat Aftek Eastsr. St. Akdmw's Cathbdral.— 7 a.m. Ma tint 7-45 a m Holy Communion (Choral) «15 a.m. Holy Communion (Plain) 3-40 p.m. Bunday School: 3-40 p.m. Bible Classes (Adults) 6-80 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. St. Matthew's, Bepot Likes.— ll-15 a.m. Foo Chow Bervioe
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  • 103 5 7 a.m.— Matins. First Lesson Numbers XXII Second Lesson S. Luke XXII, I—Bo Hymn ?86 7-45 a.m.— Holy Communion (Choral). Introit Like as the hart. Service Simper. Hymn at Offertory ...555 Hymn at Communion... 178 Hymn at Ablutions ...292 9-15 a.m. Holt Communion (Plain). Hymn at Offertory
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  • 22 5 The Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co g steamer Cowrie arrived from Palembang on Thursday, with 2,800 tons of dangerous petroleum.
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  • 962 5 Under this heading the following abbrevialions are used atr. steamer ah.— ship bq. barque sch.— schooner Tot. Yacht Cm. Cruiser G'bt.— Gunboat Tor.— Torpedo H. p. —Horse-power Brit. British U.S.— United Btate« Kch.— Fi v -,h Qer.— Oerman Dot. Dntch Ital. Italian Span. Spanish Bar. Sarawak; O.c.
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  • 123 5 From Eurpoe By the M. M. ateamer Polynesian, dne May P. A O. ateamer Oceana, dne Hay 7. From China M. M ateamer Simona, dne Hay S. P. A O. ateamer Asaaye, dne May 6. Left Singapore Mar M M. M Mar 2 > P. *0. Mar
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  • 64 5 Outwabo French Mail. The M. M. company's steamer Polynesian, left Colombo at 8 a.m. on the 18th ult., and may be expected to arrive here to morrow at about 4'p.m. Homeward Fbencb Mail. The M. M. company's ateamer E. Simona left Saigon, at 1 a.m. to-day, and
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  • 81 5 Fob Pbb Btrami Tdu Monday. Muar and Malacca Hainam I p.m. Teluk Anaon via ports Perak 8 p.m. H'kong, Shanghai, Japan Ytboshi Mara 8 p.m. Madras via ports Tara 4 p.m. Saigon Bridge 4 pm. Tuesday. P. Swettenham, Penang Rotorua 1 p.m. Penang Hong Bet S p.m. Penang
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  • 89 5 Vessels at Taojong Pagar and Keppel Harbour. Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To- Day. TANJONG PAQAK. East Wbabt Basis— Baoka. East W. Samoa I— Sni Saog. Sicnoa No. 1 (Sauuu Whabf)— Nil. Ssonoa I—Tara.1 Tara. a a— Nil. 4— Frankdale. S Knching. a 6— Tjilatjap. 7— Olenturret. B— Man.huMaru,
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  • 125 5 April 30 Samui, Dan sir, Bangkok Ban Fo Scon. Dot »tr. Pontianak Am bent, Brit atr, Pontianak May 1 Boverio, Brit atr, Calcutta Cowrie, Brit atr, Wnosnog f .0. Sappho, Btit str. Port Swettenham via ports Tranpuebar, Dan itr, Copenhagen via parts HyeLerog, Brit atr, Pahangand Knantan Olamorganshirp, Brit
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  • 239 5 Finance Commerce. EXCHANGE. SmoAPORi, May 1, 1900 On London— Bank 4 m/s 2/4& Demand 2/8} Private 6 m/s 2/4| do 8 m/s 2/4, V On Germany— Hank d/d 2U7 Private 8 m/s 241 do S m/s 248 On Franca- Bank d/d 292 Private 8 m/a 296 do 6 m/s 299
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 53 5 Howarth Erskine 6% 600,000 1% prem, Riley, Hargreaves 6% 284,000 1% prem. Spore Ek ctrio Tramways Co., Ltd. 6% 860,000 nominal Straits Engineering Syndicate, Ltd. 6% 46,000 par. Singapore Municipal 6 400,000 20% p.norn 6% 1,878,000 7%prem. 4|% 1,800,000 8% prem. 4% 602,000 6% disc. Tanjong Pagar Dock Board
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    • 267 5 Captial H I Paid t» >HAKKUM- I IBBDID Company Quota- Last tioms Oividind •800,000 •800,000 •600,000 10 10 10 10 10 10 7,600 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. ...j 600 Bruang.Ltd. ...j 6.25 Bruseh Hydraulic T. M. Co., Ltd.(l) 7.60 Duff Development Co., Ltd. 4.00 Kanaboi, Ltd. 1.25 Kinta
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    • 441 5 £160,000 •200.000 £80 000 £80,000 £80,000 £70,000 £85,000 160,000 £16,000 1 1 10 10 i J I I 260 260 1 1 2/--1 1 1 10 10 I 1 100 1 2/ 100 100 1 17/6 10 7,400 1 0.260 1 10,000 1 6,000 10/- I 1 i 8,800
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    • 280 5 (a) 6% debentures.— (6) subscribed by employees.— (c) part paid shares. Boncsm.— *and bonus 21 per cent for year ended 81/12/08.— t and 5 bonus.— J and 5% bonus for ball year ended 80/0/08. Rbsibvbs. Figures after names of companies iudicate that they hold reserves as follow*:— (1) •26,000,
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 28 5 WBATHBK TKLEOKAM. Hongkong, May 1, F a.m. Barometer 80.06 Direction cf Wind East Feroe of Wio4 4 Mm Temp in Rb»li- M Manila, 759 N.N.E. o 32 16
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    • 157 5 DAY BY DAY. Saturday, May i. High Water, 7.67 a.m., 8.50 p.m. St. Philip's and St. James's Days. Alhambra Cinematograph. Harima Cinematograph. Marlborougb. Cinematograph. Sunday, May a High Water, 8.48 a.m., 9.24 p.m. Third Sunday after Easter. M.M. outward mail due, 4. Monday, May 3. High Water, 9.80 a.m.. 9.47
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  • 1168 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. SATURDAY, MAY 1. MR. LLOYD-GEORGE'S BUDGET. Kveu the moderately lengthy telegram* with which we havo been favoured by !>■ uter gives but an imperfect account of the manner in whioh Mr. Lloyd-George has met the largest deficit in the national finances which has ever
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  • 247 6 We offer oar warmest congratulations to the I >utcli people in the West and in the East on the birth of an heir to the throne of Holland. There may be a shade of di»appointment because the child is a daughter and not a son, but we do not think
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  • 9 6 The Pcuang Assizes are fixed for the lxtli instant.
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  • 18 6 The usual Race Dance will be held at the Tanglin lub on Friday, May. 11. at 9 p.m.
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  • 20 6 It is notified that no recruits of the S. V. I. are to attend the class tiring to-day and to-morrow.
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  • 17 6 Automatic hooters proclaiming excess of speed are to be attached to motor buses and cabs at home.
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  • 22 6 An attempt i' about to be made to send Indian ladies t Japan to learn and introduoe domestic industries in Indian homes.
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  • 26 6 Mr. E. C. Ellis, of Messrs. Drew and Napier, has arrived in Ipoh to conduct several important civil cases now on at the Supreme Court there.
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  • 27 6 A towkay living on Ann Siang Hill was visited by burglars last night, and lost clothing', cash and jewellery having a total value of »7 11. 10.
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  • 30 6 The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation have bought from Messrs. De Soysa premises in Prince St., Fort, Colombo now occupied by Messrs. Volkart Bros, for nearly two lakhs of rupees.
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  • 30 6 A special programme of particularly interesting pictures will be presented to-night at the Gaiety Cinematograph, foot of Fort Canning, in honour of the birtu of the new Princess of Holland.
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  • 32 6 A sensational defamation case is likely to come before the local courts shortly, says the Perak Pioneer. The plaintiff is a Government pensioner and the defendant a subordinate in the Government service.
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  • 35 6 The tender of Mr. D. J. Wyngaarden to carry out certain alternations and extensions to Orchard Road market in accordance with plans and specifications was approved by the Municipal board, for the sum of •16,800.
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  • 35 6 The balance reported at yesterday's meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was again on the wrong side, the overdraft being 1,586.22 as opposed to a debit balance of •82,827.27 reported at the meeting two weeks before.
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  • 38 6 Advices from Apia, in Samoa, state that the ringleaders of the trouble among the natives have been quietly captured. A German naval squadron will make a complete tour of the islands in order to strengthen the orderly conditions.
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  • 50 6 It is stated that the Bandinaun Opera Co. will arrive at Ponang on 9th inst., and will play on tho 10th and 11th, the pieces chosen being The Dandy Doctor and Gentleman ■Toe. "The company numbers 60 and includes a corps de ballet of 24. and brings its own orchestra.
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  • 48 6 Conspicuous beside the road from Klang to .lugra, at about the fourteenth mile, is a group of three old muzzle-loading cannon*. One of them is a large brass gun, a great J al larger than old guns one sometimes sees lying about in this part of the world.
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  • 51 6 Two boys, a Chinese and a Malay were brought from Penang in police custody by the British India mail steamer Tara. which arrived, this morning. They had been convicted of theft and sentenced to the Reformatory. The Chinese lad attempted to escape last uigbt. but was discovered in hiding this
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  • 57 6 The Northern pile light and structure marking the first part of the break water, at Tanjong Rhu, was found to have disappeared this morning. It appears that a Chinese timber laden junk collided with it, totally demolishing it and precipitating the jaga and his family into the water. They were
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  • 78 6 There is on Klanang Estate a coconut tree which had upon it a short time ago 300 nuts. Though it has not quite so many at present, the tree is still a very remarkable sight Not only is it literally loaded with large nuts, but a number of small ones
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  • 87 6 A Railway across the gigantic heights of the Andes is to be built by a British finn at a oost of £8,000,000. The railway ia to cross the wild canons and gorges of the great range at a point botweeu Aria, in Chili, to La Pas, in Bolivia. It will
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  • 379 6 Mr. A. Morrison, of Messrs. Frascr aud Neave, is on a visit to Ipoh. Dr. Campbell, assistant health officer, ha» been granted two months' leave of absence. Mr. Thos. Rutherford, who arrived from Hongkong a week ago, assumed the managership of the Straits Times Pross, Ltd., as
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  • 104 6 In accordance with the provisions of the Courts Ordinance, 1907, it is notified that the following gentlemen have been duly elected to be the bar committee for Singapore: Messrs. E. C. Ellis. F. M. Elliot, C. 1. Carver, and Mr. C. E. Emerson. Tbo com mittoe appointed Mr.
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  • 98 6 A Pittsburg newspaper, on April 1, lioaxod the inhabitants by publishing a report from the Pacific Coast that San Francisco was blown off the map by a Japanese fleet, that Oakland was levelled, that an American warship was sunk outside the entrance to the Golden Gate,
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  • 132 6 it is announced in the Gazette that the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to make the following appoint menu i— Mr. H. C. Edmonds, registrar. Supreme Court, to act as registrar of joint stock companies, Singapore; Mr. K. L. Talma, deputy registrar, Supremo Court, to act
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  • 197 6 Sir John Anderson is due to leave England to-day on his return to those isles of the blest over which, as the representative of H. M. the King-Emperor, lie acts an guide, philosopher and friend, says the Malay Mail of Wednesday last. His Excellency's holiday, if holiday it
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 144 6 SHERRIES I'ALMA Black Seal AMONTILLADO Brown Seal PALE DRY Blue MANZANILLA (Mark S.C.) White M- O LA 2!£ -aw™**"**^**" 'PALE FINO Blue VINl > DE PASTO Blne PALE GOLD Dark Yellow AMONTILLADO (Very Supr.t... ..Red ALSO LcAVKK WM KOK COOKING ITRI'USKf. CHOICE OLD DINNER SHERRIES OLOHOSO Vollow Seal LA INFANTA
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    • 99 6 ALHAMBRA To-Night 4% OMIC OF I- LEVER LV %#ONCEIVED SITUATION. Absolutely original in conception A creation. Pathe Freres' Films, THE EEBT IN THE WORLD. Defy Competition. You Come. You See. You Enjoy. To-Night! at 7.30 and 9.30. L. F. WILLIS Manager TELEPHONE NO, 191. RODINSON PIANO CO., LTD. PIANOS FOR
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  • 337 7 GREAT INCREASE OF LIQUOUR TRADE TAXES. Eightpence on Tobacco. URBAN LAND VALUES MADE TO CONTRIBUTE. Maddest Budget Ever Introduced IKbdtbb's Tblbobam| London, April 30. Whon Mr. Lloyd-George resumed his Budgot speech (which ho stopped owing to exhaustion after speaking for three hours) he explained the additional budget proposals.
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  • 228 7 Our telegrams omit the estimated yield of several of the new taxes proposed by Mr. Lloyd George, as for instance that on motorcare, petrol, the unearned iacouie oxcess, and the »hI. supertax. The following is an nearly as we cau give it the clTect of the ptopusals
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  • 24 7 The railway from Lagos to Jebba, 000 miles up thff Niger, has been completed, and the line is being rapidly pushed on to Kano.
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  • 367 7 A Jolly Evening Arranged by the Volunteer Club. The danoe arranged by the entertainment committee of the Volunteer Club, held at the Drill {Hall, last night, was an extremely enjoyable little affair the more enjoyable because unconventional, and because those Volunteers who bad been deputed to attend
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  • 295 7 Blackened Biscuits Lead to Municipal Prosecution. As we briefly reported yesterday, Mr. Mayhew prosecuted Yeo Cheng Hoi, a rice-mill owner, on a charge of failing to comply with a nuisance abatement notice. A biscuit manufacturer complained that soot from defendant's chimney was continually coming into his biscuit
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  • 200 7 At '.I p.m. oil April 8, raid was made by Capt. I low it. lusp. Frayne and a poise of constables on 1 1 Clyde Street, and nineteen Chinese were captured on tho allegation of being members of an unlawful assembly. The case was adjourned twice and
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  • 185 7 The following official changes will, the Malay Mail hear*, take place shortly When Mr. E. C. H. 'Wolff goes on leave next week, Mr. F. E. Taylor will act as assistant secretary to Resident-General. Mr. W. H. Lee- Warner will act as '2nd
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  • 865 7 BRITISH IN PACIFIC WHO WILL BE GLADDENED BY VISIT. Pitcairn Mail Outward Bound. ■Just now, on a tiny island in the far away Pacific Ocean, a little community anxiously watches day by <Uy the eastern horizon and the first man to announce the appearance on the ocean's distant
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  • 137 7 Lieut. Shaokleton in a persistently young man, handsome of visage, pleasant, and entirely unaffected of speech. He was, for some time, secretary of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, a post which he easily obtained by virtue of his services to geography in the Antartic regions. Between
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  • 24 7 In a remarkable court-martial at Plymouth, a naval lieutenant was dismissed from his ship for uttering disrespectful remarks about aoouimandor during a snioko-rooui conversation.
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  • 922 7 CONGRATULATIONS CABLED BY SIR ARTHUR YOUNG. Receipt of the News in Singapore. The hope of Holland has boon realised, a princess having been born yesterday, to Quaen Wilhelmina. Singapore learned of the happy tidings soon after five o'clock in the afternoon when the Dutch flag floated out above
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  • 49 7 The plague returns for tho week ended April 10, show 4419 deaths, against 4,664 in the week preceding. Bombay Presidency reports 731, Bengal 288, the United Provinces 687, the Punjab 2,044, Burma 82, the Central Provinces 81. Tho Rajputana returns show 471 deaths, but those arc for a fortnight.
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  • 341 7 A Good Friend in Need was a Friend Indeed. Further interesting facts were elicited in the Bankruptcy court, yesterday, before Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith, in connection with the failure of a Chinese trader, Yap Wee Chee, who, in the end, was fined $100, or in default a month's
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  • 353 7 Chinamen Can No Longer Adopt Foreign Citizenship. Civis Sinicus sum may become as famous in the future as Civis Kouiinus sum was in a bygone age if tho new law in China is run effectively, says the L. and C. Express. A Reuter wire from Poking advises
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  • 158 7 Further Details of the Murdered Manager. < >v February 13 last, as already recorded in our columns, Mr. H. M. Rutherford was mu [dered at Behirah, Sumatra, by a young man named Jansen. News of the tragedy was received in Perth by Messrs. D. and J. Fowler,
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  • 61 7 A debate has been proceeding in the House of Commons on the immunity of private property at sea. Mr. McKenna emphasised the inability of (treat Britain to abandon the right to interfere with the enemy's commerce, but said the Government was prepared to re-consider the policy
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  • 109 7 A correspondent sends to the Malay Mail some further details of the fire at Raub on the night of April 26. It appears that seventeen shop houses in the main street wero completely destroyed. Among these were the premises of Messrs. Ngee Hup and Co. Mr.
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  • 92 7 NEW SULTAN VERY CORDIALLY RECEIVED. Abdul Hamid's Life Guaranteed. IRbutir's Tbleobam] London, May 1. Tbe new Sultan was heartily cheered by dense crowds when he attended the Selamik, tho historic Mosque of St. Sophia, where the Padishah appeared for the first time for over a quarter of a
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  • 86 7 CONSTITUTION RESTORED BY THE SHAH. Russian Troops at Tabriz. IRIUTBB's TbLBOKAX] London, April 80. A Russian force has arrived at Tabriz in Persia. London, May 1. A St. Petersburg telegram states that the Russian advance guard has been joyfully received at Tabriz. (Dbb Ostasutisuhi Lloyd Tblbobaiij Berlin,
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  • 36 7 Great Run on Five Per Cent Secnrities. IKsUTBB's TILBOKAM, London, May 1 The five per cent. City of Osaka bonds representing £4,064,940, which were issued at £97 have already been covered tenfold.
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  • 46 7 :Dib Ostasutisobb Llotd TaiaojuM] Berlin, April 80. The Emperor of Germany will be at Malta on May 10. He returns to Berlin on May 16. A meeting of the English and Italian Kings and Queens has taken place at Baja. Hearty speeches were exchanged.
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  • 162 7 A goodly number of young men belonging to he Straits Chinese community met last night, in the hall of Prinsep Street Church to form a reading club. After the Rev. W, Murray had explained the purposes of the proposed club, and the method of its working
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  • 94 7 The Anchoi liner Caledonia, which arrived at New York from Glasgow, on March 28, according to her officers, has the distinction of sighting the biggest iseberg of tho season, now at its height.' Capt. Baxter estimates that the great block of ice was about 300 feet tall
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  • 85 7 The latest additions to the programme for entertaining the colonial editors in London, next June, include a field day at Aldershot and a reception at the General Post Office, where the delegates will soe the central organisation of the Empire's cable and mail services. The committee
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  • 145 7 In celebration of St. George's Day, Uie Englishmen resident in Penang and Province Wellesley row to the occasion as they have never, or seldom, done before and earned the whole-hearted praise of all who took part in the enjoyable ball given at the Town Hall.
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  • 445 8 The following are tbe entries for the Spring Hare Meeting, to be held on the 11th, 13th and 15th inst., which closed at noon today 1. THE MAIDEN PLATE. Value $600 and $50 to tbo Second Horse. A Race for M tiden Horses. Weight 9xt. Entrance. $20.
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  • 442 8 1. THE FIRST GRIFFIN HANDICAP. Value $400 and 950 to tbe Second Horse. A Handicap for Griffins that have entered for tbe First Griffin Rane (No. 7) on the First Day. Winners excluded. Distance, Scurry Connie (5 furlongs, 148 yards.) Serampang Celluloid Melechut Sportella Unexpected Novice L.A-T. Goodman
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  • 274 8 1. THE OPEN GRIFFIN HANDICAP. Value $400 and >S0 to (be Second Hone. A Handicap for all Oriffins that have ran at this Meeting. Entrance, $10. Distance, Race Coarse. Serampang Sportella Melechut Novice Unexpected Ooodman L AT Harvest Kobinoor Sundowner Dacoit Tasmana St Dunßtan Perchance Ailsa Hayakasi Celluloid
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  • 142 8 Mr. de Mello, fourth magistrate, continued this morning, the long-drawn-out case against tbe Straits Cattle Trading Co. who were charged with supplying to tbe Tan Took Seng Hospital milk to which water and buffaloes' milk had been added. Mr. Thunder appeared for the prosecution and Mr. Mundell
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  • 185 8 Puzzling over Renter's ambiguous condensation of the Qovornor's speech to the Straits Association, the Malay Mail asks: Does it mean that the home government, firm in its intention to abolish opium in Malaya, is going to remit the military contribution by way of compensation to the Colony
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  • 32 8 A telegram from Melbourne states that Admiralty Island natives have attacked and killed the captain of the Comino, a Japanese trading vessel running to New Guinea, and two of the native crew.
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  • 1002 8 Heavy Appropriation (or New Refuse Destructors. At the ordinary meeting of tbe municipal I commissioners, held in the board room, yesterday afternoon, there were present: Messrs. E. O. Broadrick, president J. l'olglase, secretary H. Peiroe, engineer F. E. Jago, W. Macbean, Cheng Keng Lee, Ong Tek Lim, C.
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  • 49 8 Lucknow has been visited by a storm. Rain came in great bursts and the downpour continued for over three hours, during which several inches must have fallen. A storm of hailstones, a quarter-of-an inch in diameter, fell. Many parts of the town are flooded and traffic is entirely disorganised.
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 389 8 Tbe monthly handicap shoot of the S. R. E. (V.) will take place on Saturday, Mj,y 8, at 2.30 p.m., under Warren Shield conditions. Owing to the wet state of the links tbe gold medal for 1908 of the Singapore Golf Club will not be played for
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    • 63 8 Malaya Football Championship. The Ttlok Blangab Football Club and the Babul Khairat opposed one another In a tie in connection with the above competition. The'game by reason of its one sidedness was not very interesting. Tbe Tclok Blangah proved much the hotter eleven and won by four goals
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    • 179 8 S.C.C. and XI. v. 99th Oeccans. Tbe 99th Deccan Infantry played a game, yesterday, with a second eleven of the S.C.C. The teams were well matched, and there was no score in the first half, when neither side was able to press its attacks home. Early in tbe second
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  • 59 8 In reply to their letter of April 19, enquiring on behalf of tbe owners of Sri Menanti estate whether tbe municipal commissioners would be prepared to take over Chatsworth Road and Chatsworth A venne as municipal roads, the board decided that Messrs. Williams, Draper and Steadman be informed that the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements

  • 670 9 Name, port, probable date of arrival, and name of Agents. STBAMHRC. Alrlie, Sydney, Jnne 38 Boostead Assay e, Hongkon May 6;P. A O. Coy Ayntbia, Bom be May Borneo Ooy Austria, China May 6 Rantenberg Bohmldt Arratoon Apcar, Calcutta, May 17 < P. Simons Atsuta Mam, London Jane
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 347 9 A GIFT FROM ENGLAND. Oi.en my L»CE TABLE CE*T«E Seat F«EE with Cet.lefue md SJufers K^fl^r^ Bulde el CUDTIIIi. MU»LI*Jt. TABLE LIKENS. DOW* QUILTS CARPETS O.ssrßMS SJUO*. rUBBITUBB, Knookilown Mnken lor whipping Ladles' Cestunes, UederfEySegfesWl'E «"sr, Shoes, etc. Bents Clothlnf. Hosiery, Boots, ole. (inup the tact '.hat I t1,,,, I
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    • 1057 9 TENDERS for REVENUE FARMS. Tenders are invited for the lease of Revenue Farms in the State of North Borneo from the Ist January, 1910, as set out herelander. REVENUE FARMS IN THE STATE OF NORTH BORNEO. 1. In making arrangements for the leasing of the Farms for the next Farm
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    • 615 9 Schedule A. Tbe Opium Proclamation No. 16 of 1901 as amended by No. 7 of 1904. Tbe Liquors Proclamation No. 17 of 1901. Tbe Pawnbrokers Proclamation No. 14 of 1902 as amended by No. 1 of 1908, and No. 3 of 1906. The Gambling Proclamation No. 8 of 1891. 869
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    • 571 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. I O. R. SPECIAL NOTICE. Ghargeuro Reunis. FRENCH BTEAMBHIP COMPANY. (ROUND THE WORLD LINE). The French Steamship Company CHARGBURS REUNIS bo^.to inform the public that their steamers of the Roundthe-World Line will henceforth suppress calling at Vancouver and Pnget Sound Ports. They will proceed from Yokohama DIRECT TO
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    • 133 9 Time-balls on Fort Canning and Mount Faber drop daily at 12 noon, Singapore standard time corresponding to 6 a.m. Green wich meantime. NAVIGAZIONE GENERALE ITALIANA. FOR PENANO, COLOMBO AND BOMBAY The Italian IBCHIA. 4.100 tons, Captain Belaito, left Hongkong on tbe 15th instant. She is due at Singapore on April
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 157 9 Singapore Tide Table. (Fbom Mat 1 to Mai 7. HIGH WATER. LOW WATER ~~i Time H'ght! Time H'ght hra. mm. ft. in. hrs.min. ft. Ins. al y I 7.57 am 7.0 3.34 am; 4.0 SaTuaDAY 1 8.69 pm 7.6 S.3)pm! 3.1 1 1 8.44 am 7.4 3.5 am 8.3 SoariT
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  • 627 10 PENANG TO BE DOCTORED FOR SINGAPORE'S COMPLAINT. Enterprising Colonial Secretary. We reproduce the following from the Straits Echo of tbe 24th instant Penang, in spite of its street oil. lamps of the oentury before last, its almost complete absence of a drainage system, has a Municipal Council, called
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  • 312 10 Fatal Bite During Operation on a Woman. Dr. ADgus Bewley Wilson, aged thirty-two, who was a houße surgeon at the London Hospital, has lest his life in a tragic manner. Dr. Wilson was performing an operation on a woman suffering from laudanum poisoning, when in her
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  • 71 10 The author of the School for Scandal would never have made a copying clerk. His band-writiDg wan the wonder of the town. It was so truly terrible that it baffled all his correspondents. On one occasion, the story runs, an order of his for Drury Lane was stopped
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 616 10 BANKING COMPANIES. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. IHOORPORATiSD BY ROYAL CHARTER. Paid an Capital ln 60,000 Share, of «Weaoh aU.IW.OOO Reserve Fund 11, 871,000 Bessrvs Liability of Proprietors 11.M0.000 BANKERS. Bank ot England. National Bank of Eootland. Tie London City Midland Bank, Ltd. BINOAPORE BRANCH. Ourrent Aooounta are
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    • 496 10 BANKING COMPANIES. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. -aid up capital u 6,000.000 aESERVE FUND Sterling Reserve 118,000,000) M 50 0 000 Bilrer Reserve |14,530,000j OTOW gw SMsrve Liability of Propriaton 116.000,000 COURT OP DIRBCTOR*. Hon. Mr. W. J. Oresson, Chairman. H. E. Tomkim, Esq., Deputy Chairman. E.G. Barrett, Esq. n.
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    • 482 10 INSURANCE Companies. Sun Life of Canada. Itstlkllika* ISSI I. Asmts exoeed 46 000,000.0.0 Surplus over all liabilities according to Government Standard 846,265.0.0 Imoomb, 1008, £1,428,000.0.0 )«<:•: 8-c. BktUrr X.1.. i w w H i t I SißCkpora. f kUaactr. Koilh-tuuta ttt OAHTON INSURANCE OFFICE LIMITED. Capital Bubsonbed....lJ,SOo,oOC Amount paid-up 600,000
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    • 3 10 Zymole Tooth Paste
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    • 822 10 SALES BY AUCTION. AUCTION BALE or TEAK HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, At 71 f, River Valley Road, On Saturday, May 1, at 4 p.m. Teak hat and umbrella stand with mirror panel lacquered whatnots very handsome teak wardrobe with mirror door, etc. (On view 2 days prior to sale). Powell Co., 841
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  • 766 11 MEDIUM VERSUS HIGH-POWERED MOTOR BICYCLES. Question of Petrol Gauges. On the occasion of a recent visit to Brighton, writes a correspondent, I was much impressed by tbe hilly n&ture of many of the residential thoroughfares, and I asked a prominent member of the local club, who has a very
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  • 349 11 A Necessary Addition. The addition of a petrol gauge as a standard part of a car's equipment is a matter which must receive the serious attention of Makers. The trouble to which motorists are often put to see if they have enough petrol left in tbe tank are quite ludicrous.
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  • 135 11 According to mailed reports to the New York Sun, from Sweden tbe people there are gravely agitated because King Gustav wore a coloured dress coat at a ball that he recently gave at the castle in Stockholm. The courtiers all wore similar coats, while tbe ladies
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  • 127 11 Tempora O Mores. Mothers who dare to restrain their children, and who insist on obedience, are so rare as to bo almost unique, saye tbe annual report of tbe Sheffield Servants' Home Committee. Nor do we see corresponding advantage in tbe so-called education which sets in the girls' heart tbe
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  • 79 11 It is notified that the Government of India with the approval of the Secretary of State, have decided to prohibit soldiers of British regimentH serving on the Indian establishment, who have married without leave outside India and who are under compulsory family stoppages from being transferred to the army reserve
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 273 11 ARGYLL CARS. JUST ARRIVED. Argyll Model de Luxe. PAINTED DARK GREEN, NICKEL PLATED MOUNTINGS, FITTED WITH H3OD, MAGNETO, WIND-SCREEN, LAMPS AND ACCESSORIES. Illustrated Catalogue and full particulars from SYME COMPANY, TTeeo cce cN T. The United Asbestos Oriental Agency, Ld. 80LE AGENTB FOR The UNITED ASBESTOS Co., Ltd., London. FRANCO-BRITISH
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    • 455 11 fl^A I J^^^ of the world-renowned firm of 118 I W^Ii^VICICErIS, SONS AND MAXIM. LTD ,^Uf f J \^^^r And provides the purchaser with a Ouarantee of l^r Workmanship and Material which is Absolutely Unique. I No other car carries a warranty which can be compared to it. I For
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    • 542 12 Scale of Charges, PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS.— MisceIIaneous Wants of Every Description, Houses, Land, etc., to let, are inserted at the following rates One Insertion t1.20 per inch. Two 2.00 Three 2.80 Six 6.20 Nine 6.40 Twelve 7.12 Twenty- five 10.00 (Each subsequent month 95 per inch.) The above rate is based
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    • 370 12 Miscellaneous WANTS. ■unih-rou Uaes, om si two umtM— s. HJO Hi Me task, m Seato el Okufss. VACANCY OCCURB for Capable Salesman with thorough experience to take charge of Gents' Outfitting Department. Apply in writing, stating experience and salary required, to Katz Brothers, Limited. uB2B STAMPS WANTED. Wanted toburchase Stamps,
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    • 549 12 TO BE LET OR SOLO. BUis —Tomi Usae, 0.. ot two l—nilo. n.oo Br Ike lack, see sesle ef eksiase, BUNGALOW TO LET A fine bungalow, No. 13 a, Mount Elisabeth Road, immediate entry. Apply Oasgino k Co. u691 HOWE TO LET. No. 8, Waterloo Street, with stabling and gas
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    • 558 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. Bins i-t ear Uass, mm m»w Hasrteas, (LSt »r the tooh, see Seels et Oawgas. OFFICE TO BE LCT. Offloe on seoond floor of. No. 7, Battery Road. Apply to Gnthrio and Co.. Ltd. D UTS OFRK ft BOOOWN TO BE LCT. With immediate entry
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    • 622 12 SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS. Netherlands Gutta Percha Co., Led. Motor-tyres retreaded at Moderate Prices. All kinds of India Rubber Articles. Sheets, VALVES, Rings, TYRES, HOSES (Suction, Steam, Hydraulic), Gardenlioses, Tubes, ENDLESS BELTS, FLOOR TILES, MATTING, EBONITE and Hard Rubber Articles, Bicycle Tyres. Works Offices: Passir Panjang, Singapore. Sole Agents i MESSRS.
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    • 573 12 Miscellaneous NOTICES BlTU'— Ut Month, |10 p»r inch. SabMqu.nt aoaths, ft. For •hort.r period! Ml Seals of Ch*rg«i. NOTICE. Artie Tully begs to inform the Sporting Public that he has authorized Messrs. J. Symonds and A. F. Mitchell to transact Libusiness till his return from Java ou May 9, 1909.
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