The Straits Times, 30 June 1909

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times NO. 82.999 SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAy. JUNE 30. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 347 1 KATZ BROTHERS, Ld To-morrow, Thursday, GREAT OPENING DAY t. OF OtR 0 SALE! KATZ BROTHERS, Ld THE Brfflpiiu KUALA LUMPUR, F. 1.8.. 8. A New First-class Hotel. Fitted with Electric Light and Fans Five minutes from Railway Station. Overlooking the Padang. Single and Doable Bedrooms, with Private Bathrooms attached. Cuisino
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    • 245 1 ROBINSON CO. House Furnishers "BEDSTEADS" y I "SPRING MATTRESSES" A -jj,-, *i II l -riiii i^T j^W^***^^^^*^"™'" -r "I."" !V^Jf/J« SPRING MATTRESSES, ALL SIZES. t J[^ _Jt MW ?OBT "JL. I tT FOUR-POST BEDSTEADS BEDSTEADS *T^ '"T^"^ IiD Pillars 6ft 6in x 3<t 6in 6a 6in x ift 6in> Itt.
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    • 103 1 FRAMROZ'S Aerated Waters GUARANTEED as having passed through the world-renowned Germ-proof Berkefeld Filters, as used in His Majesty's Palaces. tho War Office, Admiralty, leading Hospitals and Institutions of England. 57, CECIL STREET, SINGAPORE. CHEAP SALE From 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Yong Lee Seng Co., 27, KLING STREET. Removal of
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  • 318 2 PORT OF NAGASAKI ANTICIPATING BOOM. Good Steam Fuel. The -Nagasaki Prest wrote as follows in a recent issue A short time* ago it was rumoured abroad that the disooveryß of rich coal beds had been discovered in p our midst and that Nagasaki would boom and
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  • 242 2 Bill Likely to Lea/ to Much Litigation. The Budget resolutions of Mr. Lloyd George have been reduced to a formal Bill which, the Law Journal says, rather accentuates the severity of the original proposals. Tbe problems raised by the scheme for taxation of land values and
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  • 207 2 Tragic Death of a Well- Known Banker. Mr. Montagne WootteD, head of a wellknown Oxford bank, was found shot through the head in bis garden at his residenoe, at Headington, near Oxford. A woman, who was gathering wood in one portion of the grounds soon after twelve, heard
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  • 99 2 A boat which was unearthed while excavations were being carried oat at the gasworks at Brigg, Yorkshire, has been presented by Mr. V. CaryElwes, F. S. A., of Billing Hall, Northampton, to Hall Museum. Its age is estimated at 2,000 years. It is 48ft. long, 4ft. 4in wide, and 2ft.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 207 2 Bulmer's Pure Herefordshire CIDER Per case of 6 dozen pints $15. Per case of 3 dozen quarts: $13. OF ALL DEALERS. IMPORTERS: The Borneo Co., Ld., SINGAPORE. BUCHANAN'S WHISKIES are not an experiment. They have been the favourite blends at home for many years and are rapidly gaining similar popularity
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    • 171 2 The Straits Times, AMD The Straits Budget. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Payable io Advance. Daily issue per year $80.00 do per quarter 7JO do per month SJtO do pec copy 10 Weekly issue pec year 12-00 do per uuarter 8.00 do per copy U When sent by post, there is added (or
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    • 75 2 AN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER MAN RECOMMENDS A WELL KNOWN REMEDY. Not long Rinoe the following editorial appeared in the Centertown, Missouri, I". S. A., Leader The editor know* by personal experience that Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy wil) cure diarrhoea, and we have beard like testimonials from other reliable people
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    • 637 2 18HL ECZEMA FROM BABYHOOD Until 8 Years Old -Face First Affected, Then Body— Eyes Almost Hidden— Legs a Mass of Humour k —Clothes Stuck Fast to Flesh— Parents Fought Disease in Vain. ANOTHER GREAT CURE EFFECTED BY CUTICURA "At the age of three month* I first •ommenced to suffer from
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    • 191 2 ivJ LmV Mtt V. /.I li V^HsCS BrNafeawr *tZ!^aßß^lH^E*^afl aavx CHEAPEST and BEST. The United Asbestos Oriental Agency, Ld. SOLE AGENTS FOR THE UNITED ASBESTOS CO., LTD This company has held, and still holds, a prominent place in adapting asbeatoa goods to tbe ever varying requirements of engineers. The diversities
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  • 429 3 OFFICIALS REFUSE TO RECEIVE FISHERMEN. Troops Finally Called Out. An official telegram froir> Odomari (Korsakoff) reads: When Vice Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. lobiki, arrived at Odomari (Korsakoff) Saghalien, on tbe 9th, a section of tbe local residents and fishermen, numbering about 400 persons, requested that Mr.
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  • 468 3 Bride Makes Husband Swear an Affidavit. America has the biggest divorce list in the world, partly because facilities are provided so ungrudgingly, and partly also because many husbands do not fully realise the obligations they are undertaking when marrying a woman born and broogbt up in America.
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  • 46 3 The five leading fire insurance companies of Japan are said to have decided to lower tbeir rates for ordinary goods in native tire proof godowns, as well as in stone and brick warehouses, in view of the recent lowering of rates by foreign tire insurance companies.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 750 3 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. CIVIL, MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, IRON ft BRASS FOUNDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRIDGE BUILDERS ft GENERAL CONTRACTORS. Steam, Gas and Oil Engines for all purposes. Boile s and Pumps for every use. Light Railway Rolling Stock and Railway Implements. Rails, Tipping Wagons and Sleepers. Winches, Cranes and Steel Hawsers.
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    • 5 3 Johnson's Digestive Tablets «i» ij.prpsi..
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    • 1080 3 J BY ROYAL JSSJL APPOINTKEKT. lift T^ffiLi: DEUCACIE^S, a-jfe-^, PICKLES. SOUPS, wwewTTusna *«x. r l^-«iLJ^I FUTTO) MEATS. ■^^^►1^ RALT VINEGAR C^ebrated I^^^ CROSSE £L Oihnens Stores, ggg^ BIACKWELL^ KELLY AND WALSH, LIMITED. .Sanford's Inks PREMIUM WRITING FLUID. For bouk- keeping and fine writing, a bright blue, drying a perfect black.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 627 4 STEAMER BAIHIWB. P. 6. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Penang:, C«yU«, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt. Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and Louden Through BilH of Lading issued tor Chioa Coast, Persian Gulf, Oontinental, and American Ports. Steamers wiU leave Singapore oo or about MAIL LINES. Outward {for China) Delta Jaly 9
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    • 634 4 3TEAMEIB SAIUWG. OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO. LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL BTEAW NAY. CB/LTB. The Companies' steamers are dosaaeheii tram Liverpool oatwards tor the Straits, China and Japan every week and from Japan homewards tor London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight for Genoa, Marseilles aad Liverpool and tor Marseilles, Havre and
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    • 947 4 man tuum. mqpumm M*w— ot THE OCEAN 8. 8. CBY.. LTD.. A THE WEST AUSTRALIAN Hlft. LTD. SETWFBN nuiHAjrnji pbkthi noba WEST ACHTRALIAH POBTK, JAVA AWB HISC kT9*M. llsgtiler sVirtntgMty ss Mings bstmgu Singapore aaa Wertern Australta, oalisag at Java (a* IsUasemuat offar*). D*rby, Kiafl's Sound, [Pert for Uw Kimb«l*v
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    • 668 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. The neamen of this Company maintain regular serrioe between Hamburg, Bremen, Anlw.rp, sod nnWitom, aod the Straits, Oblna ua Japan. Homewards, they are detpatehed fortnightly for Havre sod Hamburg mm ocoe month for Bremerhavea dttMt, oaßfag M Fmm ul Colombo. Taking oargo at through
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    • 765 4 ITEAMEB BAIUNM. N. D. L, Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE, The fast and well-known mail steamers ot this Company sail fortoighty from Bremen Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp. Soathamp ton, Gibraltar, Qeaoa, Naples (oouneotioo MarasUles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versr) Port Baid, Snez, Aden, Colombo, Penaog, Singapore, Hongkong Shanghai,
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  • 173 5 FIXTURES. \V ednesday, June 30. HiKh Water, h.h p.m. Y. M. C. A. lecture, Presbn. Church. Mlt Alhambra Cinematograph. Harima Cinematograph. Marlborough Cinematograph. Thursday, July 1. High Water, 9.22 a.m., 8.48 p.m. ■lohore State Kailway opens. 3. C. C. sports preliminaries. P. and O. homeward mail due.
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  • 133 5 To-Dav. Penaog and Colombo Rad) Maru 3pm l'euant; and Calcutta Kut Sang 3pm Malacca, P. Dickwn. P. Swettenham and Telnk Anson Kinta pm Bangkok Chiengmai 4 pm Colombo Donbiguhire 4 pm Saigon Nord 4 pm K. Pahang, Pekan. Kuantan.Tnngganu and Kelantan llock Lee 4 pm To-mokbow Rhio
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  • 142 5 Tbe outward M. M. Packet Caledonien left Colombo at 10 p.m. on Saturday, the 26tb instant, and may be expected to arrive here at about 2 p.m. on Thursday, the Ist pros. The P. and homeward mail steamer Oeranha left Hongkong at 1 p.m. on Satorday, and
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  • 403 5 Latest Arrivals. liento. Dm. itr. 171 tool, Capt Poukts, Jum 30. lrom P. Brandan. Jane 26. G.c. Ships V-ncy. For P. Hrandaa, July 2— W. Cnlypto, Brit. Mr 839 tone, Oapt Renuatyne. lime :iO. From Deli, .lane JB. 0.0. and 11 d.p. W. Mansfield A Co. For Deli
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  • 88 5 Juris 2<j Clam Brit itr. HouKkooe, 1.0. via P. Samboe Ruturum, Brit str, Fort Swsttenbam, Penang Amlitrn, Bril str, Pontianak Kv< liing, Bu itr, Sstkwak t Sui Sang, Brit str, P. L«at Vtnanf, Brit str, Port Swettenbam vi« port* Zicicna, Brit itr, Saourang via ports 30 Titan, Brit ktr,
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  • 100 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To-Day. TANJONQ PAOA.R. East Waiav Bism— Paroo, Tanoarvills. EuiW. Sacnoal— GlenfaUocb, Kalomo, Ariake Mara. SicnoH Mo. 1 (Sauas Whab»)— Nil. BnoTioa t— Tamba Mara, Manotoria. B Lai Sang. 4 Cbiengmai, Capri. a a 6— Benoa. 6— Charon,
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  • 144 5 Coming to Singapore. Per P. and U. steamer Mantua, connecting with the steamer Delta, at Colombo due July 2.— Mr. F. Toynbee. Mr. H. G. Bracken, Mr. U. A Roberts. Per M. M. steamer Tonkin due July 26.— Mr. R. Black. Per M. M. steamer Ernest Semons,
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  • 289 5 Severe Criticisms By, a Tientsin Journal. According to all accounts, both from native and foreign sources, the last state ot tbe central authorities seems to be worse than the first 1 and the Prinoe-Begent is torn one way and the other in trying to get unanimity of
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  • 109 5 The Mogul Steamship Co. a steamer I'athau arrived from Yokohama, last night, en route to New York. Earlier in the day, a Bengali greaser of the engine staff died and was buried at sea. A cargo of rice arrived from Bangkok, yesterday, by the N. D. L. steamer
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  • 364 5 Attired in Men's Clothes to Serve a Summons. Mr. Lane, K. C, had before him at West London police court Ethel Williams, a dressmaker, living at 22, Finborough-Kiad, South Kensington, who wan accused of being guilty ot disorderly conduct at Queen's gate, Kensington. 'A ooostable stated tbat in
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  • 45 5 Time-balls on Fort Canning and Mount Faber drop daily at 1 p.m., Singapore standard time corresponding to 6 a.m. Greenwich meantime. The time-gun is fired at 12 o'clock noon, indicating Singapore standard time, on every day excepting Sunday, when it is fired at one o'clock.
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  • 246 5 Finance Commerce. EXCHANGE. PRODUCE. Sikoafom, Jcni 80, 1009 On lender— Bank 4 m/s' 2/4 3 Demand 2/4 Private 0 m/s 2/4 do 8 m/s 3/4 a Y On Germany— Bank d/d 2U7 t Private 8 m/s 240+ do 0 ni /s 242 i On Franc*- Bank d/d 2ta Private 8
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 52 5 Howarth Erskine 6% 600,000 1% prem. Riley. Hargreaves 0% 284,000 1% prem. Spore Electric Tramways Co., Ltd. 6% 850,000 nominal Straits Engineering Syndicate, *<L 0% 46,000 par. Singapore Municipal 6% 400,000 20% p.n0m 6% 1,878,000 l%frtm. 4i% 1,600,000 8% prem. 4% 602,900 8% disc. Tanjonn Pagar Dock Board 6%
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    • 262 5 O Captul 4 j tSHARBS Pad j UkISBDID Company i Quota. Last lion Dividind > •800,000 •800,000 ♦600,000 £500,000 1400,000 £60,000 £100,000 150,000 £120,000 460,000 £•250,000 £100,000 £130,000 450,000 £27,000 10 10 10 l 1 10 1 10 5/. 1 1 10 1 1 1 1 6 10 10
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    • 425 5 4160,000 1200,000 £80,000 £80,000 £80,000 £70,000 £86,000 X16.000 iT75,000 XUO.OOO £310,000 1 1 10 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 17 'I 1 I 1 I 1 1 680 i 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 1 a 10 1 100 i 100 100 1 1
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    • 176 5 1,000,000 •84,000 11,600,000 •336,000 10 10 60 100 100 100 100 10 100 100 10 BO 1 100 100 10 Kll Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd. 10.00 f 10% for W 7 4 ll I 9X» 10% for '08 M Fruer Neave, Ltd. (8) ...WO.OO 16% for 08* Howarth Erakine
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 118 5 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. July i.— At Godown PA, Koppel Koad, damaged Roods ex s.m. Kalomo, at 9.80. July 2.— At saleroom, Unredeemed Hedges at 10 a.vi. July 6.— At saleroom, I'nredeeined Pledgee at 10 a.m. July 7. At saleroom, Unredeemed Pledges at 10 a.m. H. L. Cofffalan and
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    • 143 5 t^^^SKf^ AHIGH-CIABB MIXTURE. n^^ffjaa^^f^^^J.^Bts^TMsiJttf^JsP^siwlsw^sV^ '^^^*^aT^^*.J 1 Messrs. Robinson Co, m WS& m Fine Art Printing AND Bookbinding BY' LATEST UP-TO-DATE METHODS. A< *r gkl. produce Printing that will make your business grow J and we will put green foliage on the bare branohns of \^%r your business. There are many
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 223 5 WEATHER REPORT. Kmitmt tarUu Hotplfl, .Time S!t, 1909. •4. i P. M. U f. U IUINriU.. Bar. It Fab tUH to SB4 99.883 Tamp 76". H4.0 79 0 nil. WstßnlbThar 73.4 78.0 77.0 Dir of Wind calm calm calm Max. Temp 89.0 Mm 74 j Max. in Sun 14 '.0
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  • 1177 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 80. RINGS AND REBATES. As we anticipated when commenting upon the cabled summary, there is a good deal of interesting matter in the majority and minority reports of the Royal Commission on Shipping Rings. We must confess that these reports do not
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  • 21 6 It has been officially announced in Canada that a huge silver nugget, valued at 116,000 (gold) has been found at Cobalt.
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  • 89 6 Mr. Fujimarn, the manager of the Independent News Agency, Tokio who has been visiting Hongkong and Canton, in the interests of his firm left for Japan on Monday. He confessed that he had expected a fine island in the occupation of the Britishers but he never dreamt of seuing such
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  • 16 6 Hongkong and Amoy have been quarantined by Singapore on account of the existence of bubouic plague.
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  • 13 6 An important notice respecting the Johore States Railway appears in our advertisement columns.
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  • 24 6 Three thousand houses have been flooded in Kobe by rain. In 24 hours the fall was six inches. A woman and child were killed.
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  • 36 6 The staff and pupils of the Anglo-Chinese School have issued i n vi tations to an exhibition of work to be given at the school building in Coleman Street, on Saturday, July 8, at 10 a.m.
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  • 34 6 Because of being shadowed during his stay in Singapore, says a wire in a Hongkong paper, Sun VatY at Ben has fled to Europe, with (he object of stirring op the Chinese students there.
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  • 34 6 The Dalny correspondent of the China Critic states that the s. s. Escander, in that port at the time of writing, will take a trial shipment of 4,001) tons of Fashun coal to Singapore.
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  • 27 6 The Johannesburg Star expresses its disappointment at the report of the Royal Commission on Shipping Rings, and considers the reoomujendatiouii as weak kneed and milk and- watery.
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  • 37 6 The Yokohama priso*- at Negishi has adopted girls as ushers instead of men, from the beginning of this month, as Mr. Arima, governor of the prison, wishes that visitors to prisoners should be received with extreme courtesy.
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  • 37 6 The mail which should have arrived on Monday from Europe by the French mail steamer arrived, this morning, by the Japanese liner Tamba Maru, the M. M. vessels being delayed on account of the strike at Marseilles.
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  • 42 6 New uniforms have been made for the entire German army, and are now waiting to be banded out to the soldiers. The new uniforms are of a silver grey colour, this having been selected as most suitable for campaigning on European territory.
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  • 45 6 On June 17, the Chess Club at Sourabaya celebrated the twelfth anniversary of its foundation, by giving the members a dinner. One of them, a teacher at the high school, then played a simultaneous game against seven opponents. He won five and lost two games.
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  • 47 6 Iv connection with the murder of the two Germans in Yunnan province, a Chinese contemporary states that the Minister has lodged a claim for indemnity with the Waiwupu and undertakes to permit no Germans to visit places far away from the jurisdiction of the authorities in China.
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  • 52 6 Tai Hung Tzu. of the Chinese Board of Laws, has notified the various provinces to build police courts to deal with small cases in various districts but owing to the lack of funds the district officials are directed to make use of old school premises for the purpose for the
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  • 51 6 The committee of the Chinese Girls' School wish to warmly thank all the kind friends who contributed so largely towards making the sale of work a success, both by their generous and varied gifts, and by their personal help and presence at the Victoria Memorial Hall on June 25 and
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  • 67 6 A gang of seven Chinese undesirables, from all parts of Perak, and a Malay boy, from Pant Bontar, were deported from Taiping, on June 24. The Chinese are all hardened bad characters, with numerous convictions against them, while the Malay boy in an incorrigible thief with three convictions against him.
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  • 76 6 Widespread floods, resulting from unusually heavy falls of rain, are reported from Sourabaya. Great damage has been done to the fields under crop, especially on sugar estates. Several mills have stopped working. A smaller sugar yield is expected there this year. A fatal oarthslip at the mouth of a tunnel
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  • 88 6 There was an extraordinary inoident in the district court, this morning, when a Chinese ooolie with flowing hair walked in, pulling a boatman by the arm, opened the gate of the dock, where two men who were being tried were standing, and placed the boatman inside. Asked what he meant
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  • 83 6 That mysterious vehicle which is propelled neither by steam, horse, nor man power is still a source of wonderment to the Celestial from the interior. Only the other day, says the S. C. Morning Post, we witnessed an amusing incident in which an old countryman, after flogging {he tram with
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  • 90 6 A nondescript Chinaman, who claimed to have 'l»id, or made, n(tjr_flve Halted eggs, was before Mr. Maxwell, at Taiping, on June 24. To a detective who called on him to account for the unusual number of tutors in bis possession, he made the above explanation, which the magistrate interpreted to
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  • 457 6 Bishop Monnsey left for his new station by the Sarawak steamer Koching, yesterday. Mr. St. John Haokin, the author, has committed suicide by drowning at Mandrindod Wells. His Excellency the Governor and party returned from the royal wedding in Pahang, this morning, by the Sea Mew. Mr.
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  • 55 6 The Tanjong Priok Dry Uock Co. at Batavia reports unusually brisk business in 1908. The dividend distributed rose to ten per cent, against nine in 1907. The Co.'s slip underwent thorough overhaul which allowed of extensive repairing work to be done that otherwise would have had to
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  • 86 6 In connection with the absconding bank clerk at Penang, Mr. Cleaver has told the police magistrate, at the preliminary enquiry, that on the 9th in«t accused obtained a month's leave to go to Kedah. Hut be did not go to Kedah. Ho went straight to Singapore.
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  • 89 6 Further particulars of the earthquake in Korinchi, South Sumatra, have come to hand. The shocks kept on for days at intervals, after the severe ones on June 4, which lasted several minutes. At many village)) scarcely any bouses wore left standing. At one hamlet, an upset
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  • 164 6 Booking is now in progress at the office of the Robinson Piano Co. for the miscellaneous concert which the Singapore Philharmonic Society has arranged to give in the Theatre tomorrow night, commencing at nine o'clock. Members of the society are admitted free and subscriptions may be paid at
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 102 6 SEA WALL AT HORNSEA, BUILT OF CONCRETE REINFORCED WITH Expanded L t GUTHRIE CO, LTD, tJ \Qy\Xl% Singapore and Penang. Fresh Australian APPLES Just Arrived. JOHN LITTLE AND CO LTD. S. Moutrie AND CO., LTD. Grand Hotel Europe Rvildhujs, Adis Buildings. Specialists in Repairing PIANOS Organs and all kinds of
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    • 188 6 NOTICE to ADVERTISERS iNew advertisements will be received np to noon of the day on whioh they are intended to appear in the paper on Saturday's or Public Holidays on which the paper is issued, np to 11 a.m. Alterations to Shipping and other small idvorUaomonU, or orders to withdraw
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    • 75 6 G.R. Lamberts Co., Ltd. oca Ann PICTURE sOUiUUU POBTCARDB In Artistic Execution of Views and Types OF SINOAPOKE. JOHORB, F.M.S., BORNEO, ETC., ETC. Wholesale and retail. H. Ta. JENSEN, Manager. GODOWNS TO LET. Not. I, 5 6. Palmer Godo wns Area 18,890 square feet. Immediate entry. Not. 31 and 32,
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  • 80 7 VIOLENT RAID ON HOUSE OF COMMONS. One Hundred and Twelve Arrests. (From Urn Own Corkkspondbnt.) London, Jane 30. One hundred and twelve sufiragettes have been arrested during a violent raid upon the House of Commons. Their attempt was abortive, but great excitement was aroused, and v huge crowd
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  • 140 7 GRAVE SITUATION CREVTED BY CRETAN QUESTION. Troops Mobilising and Frontier Guards Warned. I Kioto's TaLBOBAMJ London. June 29. Telegrams from Salonika stain that the Turks are making active military prepara tions with a view to eventualities in Crete. Tbe reserves are mobilising, and Greek troops on tbe
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  • 51 7 The Cruiser Sappho Ready for Service. [Riotib's Tblbobam] London, June .30 H. M. Cruiser Sappho, which was run into by a Wilson liner of tbe same name, has been repaired, and has been ordered to take up duties in the mann-uvrex. Tbe repair is regarded as most
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  • 23 7 |Rm-T«R's T*lkoram] London, June 2!>. It is expected in Berlin that Prince Baelow will resign within tbe next fortnight.
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  • 31 7 Widespread and Beneficial Rains. [Rbutbb's TaLaoßAHs] Bombay, June 30. The monsoon is well developed and there have been beneficial rains over a wide area. They are still continuing.
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  • 42 7 Proposals to Proclaim a New Shah. I Die Ostasiatibohb Lioyd T*l*q*am| Berlin, June 20. Tbe revolutionary party in Persia is intent upon the proclamation of a new Shah, and the nationalist movement is increasing. Considerable disturbance may be expected.
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  • 28 7 [DlB OSTABUTISOB* LLOTD TsLSaEAM| Berlin, Jane 39. Humours to the effect that tbe Emperor William intends to give up his journey to the north are unfounded.
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  • 123 7 The polion at I'cnang have placed before Mr. Nunn, a young man, named Mahomed bin Hassan said to be a Javanese, on the charge of honsebreaking and voluntarily causing hurt at Logan Koad, Penang. The man, who looked like a syce, answered to the description already
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  • 90 7 When King Haakon of Norway arrives in England in November uext for bis nsual autumn holiday, it is understood that be will confer with the heads of several shipbuilding firms there about tbe construction of further vessel? for the purposes of coast defence. His present naval advisers
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  • 303 7 Peppered, Gagged and Pushed Into the Kitchen. Tbe tenant and owner of 99, Dunlop St. gave evidence before tbe second magistrate yesterday, against four Cuinese, charged with gang robbery, Mr. Hastings Rhodes proseciitiug. The man who was robbed is a washerman and stated he was asleep on his
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  • 196 7 Fruit and Vegetables Cultivated on Atlantic Liner. Fresh strawberries, picked from tbe vines, is the latest wrinkle of the Ritz-Carlton restaurant, on board the Hamburg- American liner Kaiscrin Auguste Victoria. Having introduoed trout-pools, flower stalls and sun-gardens on the Kaiserin. and her sister, the America, the line
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  • 313 7 Incidents of a Voyage Round the World. The ocean training ship Port Jackson, which left London last August, with some thirty cadets on board (or a round-the-world voyage, arrived in the Thames on Jans, from Sydney, New South .Wales, after a successful homeward passage of 106 days
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  • 120 7 Stamp collectors will be interested to loam that a now set of British North Borneo stamps will be issued to-morrow. These stamps will replace tbe present issue from 1 cent to 24 cents inclusive. Tha local Herald presumes that tbe step has been rendered necessary in consequence
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  • 184 7 SERIOUS CHARGES PREFERRED BY PROSECUTION. Bail of $5,000 Allowed. M. A. Tobin, late chief clerk attached to the Municipal water department, was, this morning, brought before Mr. Colman ou two charges, iii criminal breach of trust in respect of $50, (ii) embezzlement of two Bums of $25
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  • 287 7 Two Days' Racing, a Dahce and a Concert. Any one visiting Klang now, after a prolonged absence, could not fail to be struck by the signs of continued growth which characterise that planting centre (to- day, observes the Malay Mail, of Jane 28. The new post office,
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  • 268 7 The third annual general meeting of the above-named company was held at Winchester House, Singapore, yesterday, at 12 o'clock noon, when the director* {.resented their report and accounts for the year ending December 31, 1901. Keside Messrs. Diebn and Kilian (directors) those present included the
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  • 180 7 Shining Financiers' Shoes a Lucrative Calling. The wonderful profit* made by bootblacks in American cities have frequently been a xubject of comment. As an example of the money-making possibilities of this calling, Donato Digilio, a young Italian, has cleared .£B,OOO after a few years' bard work in New
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  • 812 7 COMPANY FORMED TO ACQUIRE LAND AT SELETAR. Prospectus Issued. The other .day *it was announced in our columns that a prospectus was shortly to be issued inviting applications tor share* in the Seletar Rubber Plantations Limited, a company formed for the purpose of acquiring about 1,100 acres
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  • 161 7 Monster Meeting in Albert Hall on July 8. Considerable attention has been attracted at Simla by the monster meeting whioh is to be held in the Albert Hail, London, on July 8, to commemorate the 78rd birthday of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, an event whioh is recognised as certain
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  • 20 7 Cream is separated from milk in a nk ma/nhfr^ which alternately inbjecU the mill to positive and negativa electrical cuiiuMtf
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  • 813 7 Prizes Distributed to the Scholars this Morning. The annual prise distribution of the AngloChineae Free School waa held in the hall of the school, this morning, Mr. R. J. Bartlett. inspector of schools, presiding. The principal, Mr. E. J. Gomes, and the principal of of Raffles Institution,
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  • 236 7 Japanese Said to have Tried to Sell Plans to Foreigner. Sakegoro Votsumoto, a reserve from Kagoahima Prefecture, Japan, and his accomplice, have been discovered in an attempt to sell to a foreigner some secret documents relating to the port of Sasebo, and have been arrested by the
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  • 72 7 THE ADMIRALTY'S SUCCESSFUL DEFENCE. Lord Charles Beresford's Strictures Disproved. {RaUTIR'I TILKIRAM London, .lune 29. The 1 >aily Mail understands that tlm in vestigation committee appointed (with thu Prime Minister as chairman) to inquire into statements made by Lord Charles Herewfonl as to the unreadiness of tho Home
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  • 31 7 Vallambrosa at Seven Shillings per Pound. iFbom Our Corrkspoxokst. i London via Penang, Juno 8(1. Vallambrosa smoked sheet sold ou the 2(sth inst. at seven shillings per pound.
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  • 216 7 I From Ouk Own Cokkkmhondknt.i Kuantan, June 29. On the 20th inst., Mr. and Mrs. Clarke arrived from Kurope. Mr. Clarke takes up his former appointment as district officer. Messrs. I'arr and Hume, commissioner et trade and customs, and auditor-general, re spectively, arrived at Kuantan, via Kuala Pahang,
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  • 109 7 Chinese Agricultural Board Becomes Envious. The Chinese Board of Agrioulturc, Industry and Commerce has found that there are over two thousand mines in China and that tin. smelting in entirely done by foreigners. In order to prevent all this money going out o f the country the
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  • 97 7 Mr. Narayana Menon, senior session* judge, Madras, who tried the recent Trcvand rum riot case and whose judgment wax severely criticised by the High Court, him been placed under suspension pending final orders of the government which will be passed on receipt of bis explanation which h<<
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  • 220 7 Li Scow Mong was discovered by his brother hanging io 228 Sontti I! ridge Road, yesterday. The police believe they have a clue to the mysterious murder of constable Omar, but no one is yet arrested. Six roadside lamps belonging to the 99th Deocan Infantry were stolen from
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  • 1680 8 AUSTRALIAN TEAM BEATEN BY TEN IRCKBTS. Defeated en Play. SratiAi. Description, by E. H. D. Sewell-i Whatever may have been the ins and outs of luck in the past, Engitnd won the 82nd Test match on the merlWoi the play. What luck them was went rather to
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  • 242 8 Friction Caused by Exclusion Laws is Being Lessened, Telegraphing the other week, a New York paper's Hongkong correspondent reported quite an important departure in America so far as Chinese are concerned. The telegram states: A ruling of far-reaching effect regards Chinese immigration has reached Hongkong. Hitherto Chinese
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  • 195 8 A quaint but highly interesting paper on The present attitude and future of chemical industry in China, though apparently f.jauino. reminded one of the way in which Mr. Pott wrote his celebrated article on Chinese metaphysics, was read at the International Congress of applied Chemistry. It was
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  • 78 8 In Dunham Woods, on Bank Holiday, a siu*ll disciple of Baden- l'owell was discovered walking aimlessly up and down peering anxiously into the branches of the trees. Wondering what particular detail of scouting this might be, a grown-up holiday-maker questioned him. My mother gave me a
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 201 8 The Sandakan race meeting will be held an Tuesday, July 20. The Rugby football military championship of France has been won by a colonial team which included eleven players who bad resided in Cochin-China. When riding Arranmoro at Ascot, on June 18, Frank Wootton was thrown and
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    • 41 8 S. C. R. C. Tournament. The result of yesterday's play was as follows Championship. Tan Soo Bin beat Choo Sian Kirn, b— 3, 6—4. B. Singles (final). Sect Hock Seng, owe 9, beat Wee Kirn Hoe, owe 10, 6—4, 6—2.
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    • 89 8 S. C. C. v. Officers of Garrison. A last and lively game was played yesterday bctwoen the S. C. C. and an eleven consisting of officers of the Garrison. Play was of a good order despite the slippery state of the ground. The officers proved the stronger team and
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    • 75 8 County Matches. Middlesex beat Essex at Lords by an innings and 84 runs. Lancashire beat Kent at Tonbridge by 312 runs. Yorkshire beat Leicestershire at Dewsbury by an innings and 21 runs. Northamptonshire beat Notts at Kottiogvnan. by 159 runs. The matches Sussex v. Surrey and Gloucestershire v. Hampshire
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    • 453 8 Final for the Cup. Tlit final in the Singapore) Football Association cop competition will be played on Monday afternoon next on the S. C. C. ground. The finalists are Middlesex I. and Royal Garrison Artillery. Malaya Association Championship. Two matches were played at Beach Koad, yesterday, in connection
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    • 789 8 Preliminary Heats to be Held on Thursday and Friday. The final and principal events of the S. C. C. itliletic sports gymkhana take place on Saturday next, bat the preliminaries will be decided to-morrow and on Friday, cominencnß each day at 4.45 p.m. Details are appended:— Thursday.
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  • 151 8 Japanese Lines Reported as Being Involved. According to a recent Vancouver dispatch a trans-Pacific rate war is threatened between the two Japanese lines following the establishment of the Osaka Sbosen Kaisha service in conjunction with the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad. The Nippon Ynsen Kaisha is
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  • 139 8 Some of the wonders of the London Fire Brigade were i exhibited to the members of the Institution of Mining Engineers, including a fireman who was buried some time ago in glt»ss. An official explained that the fireman was fighting the dames at a bottle factory, when
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  • 339 8 Two Singapore Shipyards Olfer Bids at Manila. The Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company, represented in Manila, by Messrs. Findlay and Co., were the lowest bidders for the six steel lorchas to be used by the quartermaster's department in Manila, although no award has yet been made inasmuch as
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  • 114 8 We are interested to learn in a Rangoon paper that it has been decided to abolish the bearing system for press telegrams and to introduce the deposit system of accounts in its place. The amount of deposit that will be required will be roughly equivalent to
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  • 50 8 Loon Ling, the alleged murderer of the granddaughter of General Fran/. Sigel, has been arrested at Scbenectady. He is the owner of several shops. Tho police ascribe the crime to jealousy regarding the girl's relations with another Chinaman. The latter has been detained a? a witness.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 14 8 ZymoleiTooth Paste tSa!* 1 Johnson| s Baby Powder IZf mole Tooth Powder fts- X
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    • 221 8 -^TJOTIOIT SALE DAMAGED GOODS, EX S.S. KALOMO, TO BE HELD AT Godown A, Keppel Road, Adjacent to the Tanjong Pagar Police Station, ON FRIDAY, JULY 2, AT 9.30 A.M. For particulars, see circulars. POWELL CO., 1801 Auctioneers. Tanglin Auction Sale OF EXCELLENT TEAK FURNITURE, The property of LIEUT-COLONEL THE HONOURABLE
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    • 303 8 MARLBOROU6H CINEMATOGRAPH, BEACH ROAD. ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. 2ND SHOW, AT 9.30 P.M. 1. The Story of I'syche. 2. The Process of Liquefaction. 3. A Virtuous Young Man. 4. The Gold Piece. 5. A Night in Paris. 6. Film dArt: Tho Hair Dresser Revenge 7. Balloon Making. 8. A Magnetic
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    • 554 9 $2 §W $2 phi: *\-y^~ ~^H FEI< WEEK. ii? WEEK. I TALKING MACHINES I ON EABY TERMS Enjoy lli, 1 histiKiii'iii irhile yon an paying (or it. A I.ARiiE SELKCTION TO CHOOSE FROM, AT PRICES RANOINci FROM $2O TO WOO. Records from each. THE ROBINSON PIANO CO,, LTB. CINEMATOGRAPH PATHE
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    • 806 9 PENANG TURF CLUB. Programme AUTUMN MEETING. 1909. Tuesday. Hi.- S7th. T/i»r.i.//fj/, tin- 29th, and Saturday, the .Jlxt July, 1909. FIRST DAY. Tursdiy, July 97, 1909. 1. THE MAIDEN. PLATE— Value S5OO. A Race for Maid mi Horses. Weight as per scale reduced 1416s All Horses imported into the Straits or
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    • 835 9 CAP.— Value $200. A Handicap for all Roadsters that have ran in the ">th liace, First Day. Gentlemen Riders. Entrance, 10. Distance, 1.J miles. 4. THE PEXANO PLATE. 5. THE PEKING PI" US K. V alnr $500 and dJO, respectively, with 5 1 0 added for the Second Hone in
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    • 819 9 deration with tbe tender* banded in on Ist October, 1900, which will be opened at noon on that date, after which the successful tenderer wilt be selected. 8. The Farms, above referred to, are BRITIBH NORTH BORNEO.— Opium, Spirit, Gambling and Pawnbroiting, as follows i/i in one concession for the
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    • 587 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. nTyTk. JAPAM MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. LTD Two reenlar service* are maintained between JAPAN and EUROPE by tbe Company's well-known TWINSCRBW STEAMERS. under Mail Contract witb tbe Imperia Japanese Government, gpeoially demgned for tbe Company'! European Service, lighted throughout by Electricity, provided with excellent aoooumodation for Fir*t ant] Second
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  • 334 10 THEFTS FROM THE CORONER TO THE KING'S HOUSEHOLD. Curious Story. Mr. A. W. Mills, coroner to the King's Household, gave to a Press representative on June 3, details relating to the theft of documents from his office in Chancery- Lane. It is not true, as was at first
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  • 383 10 Statement Regarding the Dock Accommodation. The naval expert of the Deutsche Tages Zeitung contends that one result of the fear of a German invasion prevailing in England is that the English people exaggerate the number of docks at the disposal of the German Admiralty. The facts, he
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  • 127 10 Representations of an Invasion Battle Scene. Messrs. Brock, whose firework season at the Crystal Palace has opened, have arranged to utilise the football ground for the presentation of a firework drama. Scenery, which has been specially painted by Messrs. John England and Herbert Wallis, is a thousand
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  • 17 10 The Lake Shore Railroad is experimenting with dispatching fast trains between Buffalo and Chicago with wireless telegraphy.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 617 10 BANKING COMPANIES CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRAUA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BT ROYAL CHARTER. raid np Capital In 60,000 Shares of *an saoh ..£1,100,000 Bssarv* Fond £1,875,000 Baserve Liability of Piopriatori £1.800,000 BANKERS. Bank ol England. Rational Bank of Soodaad. Ta London City Midland Bank. Ltd. BINOATORE BRANCH. Oureot Aooounts an
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    • 1030 10 BANKING COMPANIES. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. paid-up capital iv.000.000 RESERVE FUND Sterling Reserve 115,000,000 1 mo /urn mm SUveriUerv* •U,SOO.OOO| Bsssrr* Liability of Propristort •16.000,000 COURT OP DIRECTOR*. Hon. Mr. W. 3. Orssaon, Chairman. H. B. Tomkins, Esq., Deputy Oliali mas. E. O. Barrett, Esq. O. B. L— smaim.
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    • 73 10 COLIC AND DIARRHOEA CURED. After an hoar's suffering from oramp oolio or diarrhoea, the best remedy obtainable can not give relief too quickly. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is the best medicine in use for these ills. It always gives prompt relief even in the most severe and dangerous
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    • 988 10 MLEB BY AUCTION. GREAT TWO DAYS' AUCTION SALE Friday and Saturday, July 2 and 3. HIGH-CLASS TEAK FURNITURE. Which for Design and Elegance is Probably I'nsarpasaed io the Colony. MESSRS. U. L. COGHLAN CO. are instructed by N. N. AdiH. £aq., to sell by Auction at ADIB LODGE," ADI3 ROAD,
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  • 1014 11 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. Over a thousand signatures of drivers of taxi-cabs have been added to the petition organised by the Commercial Motor Users' Association against the proposed tax on petrol used in commercial motor-vehicles. Although petrol is to be obtained in Kuala Lumpur, it is not
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 617 11 Another Record for Dunlops. 2.875 MILES THROUGH INDIA. NO TYRE TROUBLES. Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Bombay, May 17, 1909. To THE DUNLOP PNEUMATIC TYRE CO., LTD., Bombay. Dear Sirs, I have much pleasure in congratulating yon upon the grooved tyres yon are now making. During my tour through India, on
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    • 4 11 Johnson's Oigestivo Tablets forlwttfMtioa.
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    • 478 11 SHEFFIELD SIMPLEX CARS. 80-24 HP. 6-CYLINDER. 5-SEATED. WITH HOOD. SCREEN. H.T. Magneto Ignition, Wire Detachable Wheel*, 915 X lO6 m/m Tyres. Lamps, Horn, Mechanical Lubrication. Petrol capacity: 10 gallons. COMPLETE $5,600 NETT CASH. sole Agents: CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS. LATEST NOVELTIES 111 Motor Accessories EXSB. "SIMLA" AND "TEUCER" Cylinder Oil. Our
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    • 515 11 THE STRAITS TIMES CAN BE OBTAINED AT THE Following Places IN SINGAPORE s Messrs. John Little k Co., Ltd. Messrs. Kelly and Walsh, Ltd. Raffles Hotel, Beach Road. Messrs. Kirn k Co., Battery Road 'mfmitiT Street. Messrs. Koh k Co., 80, Bras Basab Road. Adelphi Hotel. Hotel de I' Europe.
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    • 874 12 MISCELLANEOUS WANTS. l«l»-t«" LtaM, moitwc Imnton, tUBB BHORTHAND TYPJBT WANTED. Wanted, a good shorthand and type- writing Clerk. Apply to H. Abrains. SHORTHAND-TYPIST WANTED. Wanted at once, thoroughly competent assistant shorthand writer and typist. Apply by letter to Derrick ft Co. ul'i.'s ESTATE HOSPITALS ASSOCIATION. DRESSERS WANTED. Qualified Dresserp salary
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    • 585 12 TO BE LET 08 SOLD. —Wan Uw on or two lanrtloa fIJO I* MM teak, m at sha**«. OFFICE TO BE LET. Offioe on second floor of. No. T, Batter; RokJ. Apply lo Quthrta \nd 00.. Ltd. c 1178 OFFICE k BBOOWN T8 BE LET. Wttk immedlata sacry Mo. T,
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    • 635 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD >-*— Umm. m *w Mh« 9M B» U.. ta*. So«l. of Mil. mom to bi let. Hoi. Unlit, lartttotfoa HilL Bi»»i Valtov ao*l. Apply la LEB OHXHO TAJ nini HOUSES TO LET. No. 28, Sophia Road, and 15 and 10 Devonshire Road. Immediate entry. Applj
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    • 512 12 SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS. Netherlands Qutta Percha Co., Ltd. Motor-tyres retreaded at Moderate I rices. All kinds of India Rubber Articles, sheets VALVES, Bin*, TYRES, HOSES (Suction, Steam, Hydraulic). Oardenhose, Tube,' ENDLESS BELTS, FLOOR-TILES. MATTING, EBONITE and Hard Rubber Articlos, Bioycle Tyres. Works it Offices: Passir Panjang, Singapore. Sole Agents i
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    • 466 12 LOST OR FOUND. R»ns:-FiT« I.iDM, on* or two inwtiot ti.oo By the inch, Sctl. of Charge.. BOS LOST. Ked Chow dog. half grown. Answers tc the name of Togo. Aoyone returning hiii. to F. George Peuny, c,'u Kraser .v Co., wil 1 be suitably rewarded. 1208 BOARD AND LODGING. Batu
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