The Straits Times, 4 August 1909

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times NO. 23.029 SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 4. 1909. PRICE 10 CEI^TS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 200 1 KATZ BROTHERS, Ltd. FresH Stock OK "DE YONGE AMERICAN DUTCH CIGARS AT Reduced Prices. QUEEN CIGARS in boxes of 50 $2.25 FAVORITAS 1.75 Also Fresh Stock of LEOPOLD ENGELHARDT S EGYPTIAN CIGARETTES. 5A15 in tins of 100 $1.20 FARIDA 1.30 DAMITAS 1.70 MENA in tins of 50 and 100 1.70
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    • 232 1 ART NEEDLEWORK AND FLOWER DEPOT tl7. Orchard Boetd ARRANGED FLORAL BASKETS, BODQOETS, SHOWERS, ETC. We ddiDg Oroen receive •peeial attention Many Local TettimooiaU. Pbices Mombate. Cat Flowers from oo own Nurseries, always Quite Fresh. iui T {SEffiffi: Proprietress Mrs. H. A. MOSS. KOH COMPANY. We have jnst received a large
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    • 311 1 ROBINSON CO. I^TT a/4 />| im/^ i— Zj /^^iiid^ama^SSSSa^Sa^SSS^SSa^i^^. V^V M m w I iff n%«^ t^\ s^ 1 JamLw w^Lti 9t -^A Wb WATCH OR CLOCK IN TWO 8IL p V F E p R PF S R« LTB AN Li.MinC.ll UHOC, >r -^^dßp^ And oui- mut-tanl lined with
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    • 62 1 To Planters! Two Mil Books. TAP OCA A 8 A CATCH CROP FOR RUBBER BUMATRA TOBACCO. ■l C. ■•TNItU. Oh Sale at the Principal Book- Sellers FRAMROZS Aerated Waters GUARANTEED as having passed through the world-renowned G^rmproof Berkefeld Filters, as used in His Majesty's Palao s.the War Office, Admiralty, leading
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    • 48 1 FANCY BAZAAR. In aid of the poor aßsixtod by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, at the Victoria Memorial Hall on the 3rd and 4th August, at 8 p.m. There will be the usual Stalls of various Fancy Articles, a Pierrot Entertainment and Dancing each night. 1496
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  • 847 2 EMBANKMENT OVER THE IRISH SEA. Astounding Project. Seldom in this twentieth century does one come across a personality and a place more curiously reminiscent of the middle ages than may be found any one of these days in the very heart of modern Brixton, whence has just
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  • 75 2 Tbe American opinion of coffee as understood in tbe EnglUh home is not high, and how the coffee of tbe English loggings is esteemed may be understood from the following traveller's tale. It was his first morning in London appartments, and his landlady came up with the breakfast, and, as
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 208 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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    • 3 2 asSOFT^s^^flß^andSMOOTrl /^^B^^isBBBBBBBsiftniBBBViV T^^^^^ssTtsfissls^^
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    • 557 2 I y^Ws When you are overI \L*r^ heated, thirsty and tired, Kontserraf Lime Juice. It keeps the blood in a cool and healthy condition, and is a most delicious thirst quencher. Good for the bairns. Made in two kinds Unsweetened, i.e., Plain Lime fuur. Sweetened, i.e., Lime /vice Cordial, Agents-John
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    • 303 2 jf m s A pure soap, in a |\\j||E3|?3^jJ highly concentrated XV '-^m^^^^^M' form, with power to fjV jf purify and cleanse Mk. i at the same timejj H HEALTH INFECTIOUS. Manufactured by thr Proprietors of Sunlight Soap The United Asbestos Oriental Agency, Ld. SOLE ASENTB FOR The UNITED ASBESTOS
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 173 2 The Straits Times, am The Straits Budget. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Payable Id Advance. Daily issue, per year tBO.OO do per quartet 7.60 do per month 2.50 do per copy 10 Weekly iasoe pel year 12-00 do per quarter 8.00 do per copy 86 When sent by post, there ii added for
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  • 748 3 THE CHIEF'S DISMISSAL LEADS TO REVELATIONS. Alleged Bribery. Mr. McClellan, Mayor of New York, has dismissed Goneml Theodore Bingham, com-uiis-ioner of the city's police, for protesting against the Mayor's action in ordering the dismissal of Deputy Commissioner Hanson and General Binghain's private secretary, named Slattery, and tue
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  • 167 3 Testing Life -Saving Properties of a Mackintosh. Herbert Triggs, 70 years of age, was charged before Mr. Marsham at Bow Street policecourt with disorderly conduct. It was Btated that on the afternoon of Jane 14, Trigga, who was wearing a mackintosh costume, jumped from Westminster Bridge. He
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 877 3 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. CIVIL, MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL GENINEERS, IRON BRASS FOUNDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRIDGE BUILDERS GENERAL CONTRACTORS. SOLE FOR Worthington Pump Co.'s Patent Pumps Pnlsometer Engineering Co.'s Pulsometer Pumps Robey and Co.'s Portable Engines and Machinery Richard Hornsby and Son's Oil and Gas Plants Waygood's Lifts and Hoists Robert Roger and
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    • 55 3 DON'T IGNORE SLIGHT INJURIES Don't neglect giving every eat, woand or bruise prompt attention. Blood poison may appear and an ugly soar or even tbe loss of a limb result. Chamberlain's Pain Balm is an antiseptic, heals the wound rapidly and all danger is avoided by its use. For sale
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    • 424 3 SKINOT HAIRIMDS Cleansed Purified and Beautified by CUnCUKA SOAP The constant use of Cuticura Soap, assisted when necessary by Cuticura Ointment, not only preserves, purifies and beautifies the •kin, scalp, hair and hands, but prevents clogging of the pores, the common cause of pimples, blackheads, inflammation, irritation, redness and roughness,
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    • 93 3 JgXTHADi; U IKi PA Ski m f O j MARK I^l #^I^l I W l i CHILDREN QUITE A NEW DEPARTURE. Based on Science and Practical Experience. COMPRESSED Roofing Slates. FIRE AND UNBREAKABLE. ALWAYS CLEAN AND WEATHER RESISTING. NEAT IN APPEARANCE. IDEAL, PERMANENT ROOFING. Particular! from: THE BORNEO CO., LTD.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 641 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P.&6. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Pot«, Plymauth snd Londan. Throui>h Bill* of Ladirq iaaued for Chin* Ooaxt, Persian Gulf, Continental, and Amerioan Port*. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. Outward (for China) Devanha AaR IS Himalaya
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    • 568 4 STEAMERS SAILING. N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIPiCO.LTD Two reenlar services aro maintained between JAPAN and EUROPE by tbe Company's well-known TWIN-SCBEW STEAMERS, under Mail Contract with tho Imporia Japanese Government, spooially designed for the Company's Europoan Service, Lighted throughout by Electricity, providod witb oxcullunt accommodation for First and Sooond
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    • 581 4 STEMEH SAILINGS. INDOCHINA STEAM NAY. CO.. LTD. Tbb steamer* of this Company maintain s regular direot aervioe between Calcutta, Straits, Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan, taking oargc, oo through Bills of Lading for Canton, Swatow Amoy, Chefoo, Tientsin, Newohwang, Yangtac* Ports, Formoea, the Philippines, Ao. Htea/nen Ton* Commander Kotsabs 4,898 li.
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    • 312 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. C. P. R. Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mail Stoamtblp Lino. TUB NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO BUROPK ru CHINA JAPAN, CANADA aad IBs UNITED STATES. Boots tram Hongkong, via Shanghai. Nagasaki. (Inland Baa of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria and Vanoouver R.M.B. a ßma*s Miaou" Twln-sorew steaR.M.B. "Sanaa or Jatab"
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    • 669 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. v^^sssaSMHGiv Th* steamers of this Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen. Antwerp, and Rotterdam, aad th* Straita China and Japan. Homewards, they an despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and ono* a month for Bremerhaven dines, calling at Penang and Colombo. Taking
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    • 761 4 STEAMER BAILINM. N. D. L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mail (teamen si this Company nail fort nighty from Bremen. Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp. Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (oonneotloai Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vioe vena) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penaag. Singapore, Hongkong Shanghai,
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  • 202 5 FIXTURES. Wednesday, August 4. Hiu-ii Water, 11 56 p.m. U I, T. < Toiirnamcnt. lia/aar. Memorial Hall, s. Alhainbra Ciucmatourapli. Uariuia Cinematograph. Marlburou^U Cim uiato^rapli Thursday, August 5. High Water, 1.10 p m IS. I. homeward niiiil closes, 3. '.<■ D. L. outward mail due. < "ivcrnor
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  • 138 5 To-Dav. Mnutuk auil l'alvmbaug .lapmia 3 pni Penaue nml ColomKo Kanio Maru 3pm Hahooa, Tort Didnoa. I'nrt Sivptunliam and 1\ Ink Auwn Knla 3 pm O >!• > -nli. i and H jinbiv Ceylon Maru H pra P.intitnak Itsn Fo Soon 4 pm Tu-muiikow RUio aod In<l
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  • 126 5 Tin outward Qwbmb Packet Buelow left Colombo at 1 am. on Saturday, the UUt ultimo, and iu\y bo expocted to arrive here at noon ou Turwlay, the sth iustant. Tim H. I. Contract Packet Tarobi, with the London mails of the ltith ultimo, left Nciapataru at 10
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  • 546 5 Latest Arrivals. /.'.in Hong I.i.Ki, Itrit. str. 710 tone, Captain Kusbtou. A us :i. From Bangkok, July 29. C c. hd.I 3-J d.p. Low ijuri. For Bangkok, Aui! 5-Kds. llrouwer, I hit. str. 342 tons, Captain Kesner Am; 3. From Hlno, An(j 3. G.c. and d.p. The Ships
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  • 109 5 August 3 /■in Hin G«oa, Brit atr, Ponmnak ft'ifiil—. Brit atr. Port Swotwnham, Ponaog J'.lt'u. Brit Btr. .IMdah via ports Klei-i. Ger atr, BreniPrbnv-u \ia ports li. 1, ;>,;. Dut str, Batatia I nh Wo, Brit «tr, Langkat I. ml 11 ll'tltl, Brit air, Muar and Malacca Tr'r ■iil"i:,i,
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  • 100 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To -Day. TANJONO PAGAR. East Wharf Basin— Hod^ Uee, Taocarvil'c. East W. Section 1 -Kal >mo, On BHg, Oai ulj.ill Bection No. 1 (Shun Whapfi— Yesan Mam. Sicrioa Teesta, Cambyses. a r e) Ion Maru. i-Na'idea. H
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  • 224 5 Coming to Singapore. Per P. and O. stoamer Borneo, duo August 6.— Serjjt. M. McN'auiara, Mr. M. C. Scarbrounb, Mr. J. S. WaMsr, Capt. C. Ewart, Insp. and Mrs. Lucas, Mr. O. C. S!iortridi{e. I'cr (iertnau mail steamer liuelow, due Au« 7.— Mr. Stewart, Mr. J. 0.
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  • 107 5 Per Httaiu'T Sclangor, Angunt 4. From Teluk Anson Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Watt: from I'ort Swettenham Honblo U. Fort, Ihm .1. D. Saundes, and C. Veltje, Miss Hodyps iind Miss Gomos; from Port Picknou: Messrs. O. A. I'Arsy. (1. i;itchie and I>. .lohnston from Malacca Miss Kvans, Messrs.
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  • 106 5 The Christmas tsland Phosphate Co.'s ateauier Islander arrived iroiu her home p ort yestorday, with forty. three passengers. From Cardilf, 1,887 tons of coal arrived, this morning, by the ltriti-l> steamer Unda, consigned to tin- Borneo Co. The report of the British India Steam Navigation Co for 1908
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  • 11 5 Electric devices vow are successfully em ployed in branding cigar boxes.
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  • 45 5 Time-ballg on Fort Canning and Mount Fabur drop daily at 1 p.m., Singapore standard time corresponding to 6 a.m. Orrtnwicb meantime. The time-gun is tired at 12 o'clock noon, indicating Singapore standard tituo on every day excepting Sunday, when it is tired at one o'clock.
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  • 249 5 Finance Commerce. EXCHANGE. Singipoh, Iwm 4, 18C0. Cfi Ltndit,— F*rk 4 ni/e 2/4 1 l'««rrtd 2/4 rrhaltrn./B 2/4 do 8 m/8 2/4 A Cr. 6<»war.j— Bark d/d iihj Frit ate 8 no/s :;i do 6 m/8 i'42J C* Frotci- Park d/d sr4 Prnate8m/a '.(ft do 6 m/a i n Cn
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 53 5 Howarth Erskine 6% 600,000 1% prem Ril.y, Hargreaves 6% 284,000 1% prem Spore Electric Tramways Co., Ltd. 6% 850,000 nominal Straits Engineering Syndicate, Ltd. 8% 46,000 par. Singapore Municipal 6% 400,000 20%p.n0m 6% 1,878,000 7% prem. 4*° i i.100,000 8% prem. 4% .502,900 6% disc. Tanjong Pagar Dock Board
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    • 274 5 g SH X« I Captul Pau> u Company Quota- Law t» IS3DID TIOHS DIVIDIND i i I i $300,000 10 10 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. 6.25 12% for '08 •300,000 10 10 7,600 Bruang, Ltd. ..0 50 •600,000 10 10 Brusoli Hydraalio T. M. Co., Ltd.(l) 800 i'
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    • 491 5 £150,000 I J A.. Anglo-Malay Rubber Co., Ltd. ...7.12.6 80% for 'oB 17 6 it ii contributory... 7.7.6 $200,000 10 10 4,880 Balgownio Rubber Estate Ltd. (6)... 50 00 26% for 'oB £30 000 1 1 6,260 Batu Caves Rubber Co., Ltd 6 .V 0 10"' for '08 £80,000
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    • 181 5 ♦1.600.C00 J5 •225,000 60 60 ♦2,400,000 }£J I ***** 003 10 10 h.uou.ooj 100 100 •34,000 i 10 10 1875 000 10 10 •8,5,000 10Q IQO •600,000 10 jlO •30,000 50 60 £400,000 1 I 1 •200,000 100 100 •500,000 100 100 1,0(0,000 10 110 I Eastern Suiolting Co.,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 78 5 AUCTION SALES. fowell and Co. Aug .".—At Kast Warf, Tanjong Pagar, damaged goods ex s.s. Kalomo. at 0.30. Auk 6- At saleroom, unredeemed pledges, at 10. Au« 7. At Sea View, Xo. 141, Tanjong Katoog. furniture, etc at noon. Aug 10. At salt-room, valuable freehold properties, No. IS, Burmah Koad,
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    • 164 5 '.»w«"i ii mi» —iwi mil j.j.l v ■T—ai SrJp of the Desert BOUtOII ROUge H iV P T I A N JOHN LITTLE co LTD -IV|| ROBIKSON CO. 11. L. Cojfhlan and L< Aug 5. At saleroom, unredeemed pledgee, at 10. Aug o.— At salerooms, leasehold land, West ISiikit Timah,
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    • 280 5 SKETCHES STORIES OF MALAYA. A few copies of I! in "STRAITS ANNUALS" FOR THE YEARS 1906-7 are still in stock and may bo obtained at a clearing price of 25 cents each from the .Strai's Times Office, Singapore or from our agents as und r Messrs. JOHN LITTLE CO., Ltd.,
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 238 5 WEATHER REPORT. Kind-ing Kerbau Hotpital, Ams. -I, 1909. |9 4. M. 8 r. n.|9 r. H.i RAixrAU. Bar. 33 Fab 29 941 19 844 39.' 62 Temp 7«.0 81 .1 78 5 nil. WetßalbTber Til 76 0 76 0 OirofWind.. calm calm calm Max. Temp BS.U Mm 75 0 Wax.
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  • 1302 6 The Straits Times. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4. THE CZAR AT COWES The Czar's visit to Cowes ought not to be I described as a political event. It signifies little more than tho fact that conditions in Russia have improved sufficiently to enable the monarch aud his consort to enjoy a few
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  • 26 6 As usual iv summer timo bubonic plague has broken out at Saigon. The Courrier Saigonnais says, that up to July 26, ten cases had resulted fatally.
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  • 31 6 The new band enuaged by tho proprietor of the Adelphi Hotel is proving most popular, and attracts many diners to the hotel each evening. To-night there will oe a special programme.
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  • 35 6 His Excellency the Governor and party left by the Seamow aud the Seabello for Peuang, last night, oscorte-d by H. M. S Cp.dinus. They are due to arrive at the northern settlement to- morrow morning.
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  • 33 6 A Eurasian, sentenced to a year's rigorous imprisonment, for theft, by the British court in Bangkok, arrived in police custody by the Ban Hong Liong, last night, and will serve his sentence here.
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  • 37 6 The mixed court at Shanghai has delivered judgment in the case brought Againßt the National Herald for seditions libels contained in various articles concerning Indians in Shanghai. Tbe paper was cautioned and ordered to publish an apology.
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  • 40 6 Although, owing to conditions of trade, the nast year has been unfavourable to the Chinese community, signs arc not wanting, says the British Resident of Negri Sembilan. tlmt tho Malay pr.iMint becomes more prosperous mid well-to do year hy year.
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  • 46 6 It is stated that the Priuce Regent intends to increase on a liberal scale the salary and allowances to officials in the Chinese Em pire and to cnfon severe puuishmr-nt for bribery. Any official accepting bribes of over taels I<K) wiil be punished witb de-capita tion.
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  • 45 6 In his memorial to the central Government, 11. K. Chang Jen-chun, the retiring Viceroy of Canton, points out that it will bo necessary to adopt measures to raise funds to replace the revenue lost by the abolition of the gambling farms in the Kwangtung province.
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  • 44 6 The band of the Middlesex Regiment will play a selection of music in the Botanical Gardens, on Monday next, commencing at nine o'clock. The drums of tho regiment will not beat Retreat in tue Gardens this afternoon owing to a regimental funeral taking place.
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  • 50 6 Sometime ago the Canton authorities requested the Governor of Hongkong to employ an engineer from India for the charitable institutions, in order to repair tbe various mbanktnents that were damaged by the last fljod. It is reported that the engineer has accepted the offer at a monthly salary of .£l2O.
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  • 47 6 During a performance at tbe National Theatre, Marienbad, the curtain suddenly went down in tho middle of an act. The manager presently explained that the curtai'i-raiser had received a telegram announcing tbat he had won £1,600 in a lottery, and had dropped the curtain in his excitement
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  • 63 6 At the As»izos yesterday before tho Chief Justice, Sir W. Hyndmau, Jones and a common jury, a chutty's clerk named Kana Sidambaram Pillay charged with wilfully, and with intent to defraud, omitting to enter in his books a payment of i.l.i made to his firm was unanimously found not guilty
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  • 87 6 At an inquest on the body of Private J. Hadgley. of the Butts, stationed at Hongkong, Private Fright, a sentry, said that deceased approached him at MO am. and asked if he had his own rifle. Oil witness replying that he had. deceased said, Let me have a look at
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  • 77 6 Siam is a splendid country for cattle-graz-ing and rai«iug. and it is a matter of great importauco to see that the breed is not degenerating.' remarks a Bangkok exchange There i« a constant and increasing drain on the cattle of tho country, the prime animals being shipped to Singapore and
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  • 79 6 Am a tram was passing the corner of Boncoolen Street, along Bras Basah Road, yesterday afternoon, a ricksha attempted to cross the lino". See-ing his danger, the puller dropped the shafts and ran. The ricksha contained two Babas wl<o had a narrow escape and but for the very prompt action
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  • 104 6 The now-famous Tanjong Katong controversy was settled, this morning, as far as the local courts are concerned, when Chua Chi, who was charged with having been a member of an unlawful assembly, was acquitted, the magistrate, Mr. Green, saying that there may have been a row and there may not.
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  • 128 6 We have had tbe pleasure of inspecting tho series of pictures taken by Mr. Jensen, of Messrs. G. R. Lambert and Co., diring the recent visit of His Excellency the High Commissioner and party to the east coast on the occasion of the taking over of Kelantan and Tringganu. The
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  • 404 6 Mr. Hugh Fort returned from Penaug by the Selangor, this morning. The Governor of Honan has sent in his resignation on tbe grounds of protracted illness. Lady Wolfe Murray, wife of General Wolfe Murray, died at Bangalore suddenly on July 23. The Roy. W. Drury. Chaplain to
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  • 55 6 From the advertisement columns it will bo seen that at Mam Whiteaway, Laidlaw and Co's August sale there are many attractions. From shaviug set, to costume- skirts, and from sewing machines to writing pads bargains may bo secured, although it is well to remember that to avoid
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  • 139 6 It will be a surprise to most people in Singapore to learn that within the pa»t few years the district of Selitar, from the Government Bungalow towards the sea, has been largely planted out with rubber, with large patches between the Kallaug waterworks and the police-
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  • 146 6 The news of the death of Mr H. \V. Frasor, of tho Hongkong and Shaagbai Bank, will bo received with genuine re-grt-t by his ■my friends io this colony, says the Hongkouy Daily Press. Mr. Fraser joined the head otlijo staff in 1892, and
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  • 181 6 A correspondent of the Scotsman writes On Sunday, July 4, Geneva oclebrated tho four hundredth birthday of John Calvin. Delegates from all the Reformed Churches attended from the larger one", two from tho smaller one from Scotland, England, Ireland, the United States. Canada, France, Italy, Germany,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 234 6 PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SEAMLESS STEEL BOAT si i'PLIED TO THE Straits Steamship Co.'s Agent at Malacca j by GUTHRIE AND COMPANY, LIMITED, Singapore. White a way's AUGUST SALE I The following are but a few of a Great Host of Attractions: Ladies' Costume Skirts $350 eac^- Sunshades $1.10 each. Men's
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  • 257 7 BANQUET SPEECHES ON BRITISH NAVY. Warships for the Preservation of Peace. Bmn'i Tkleguam, London, AugURt 9. At a h.iii.jiiet oq board tlie Royal Yacht. the King and the Czar exchanged the most cordial toasts. KiDg Edward Haid he was glad that the Oar liad had ku opportunity
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  • 60 7 Reiikhs Tk.i.ki.kam London, August 4. The Times Washington correspondent says that eight armoured cruisers, lommanded by Hear Admiral Sebree, leave SinFrancisco on September 6. They call at Honolulu, Admiralty Island, Manilla, then separate two each proceeding to Hongkong, Wußurjg, Kobe, and Yokohama. They
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  • 35 7 Kkiikk's Tklki'.ram, London, August 4. A Lisbon telegram states that King Edward has invited King Manuel of Portugal to visit England in a fow weeks, and that ho has accepted.
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  • 24 7 Kkitkks Tklkoium London, August 4. The Archbishop of Canterbury has appointed the Rev. Walter Andrews, to be Bishop of Hokkaido, Japan.
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  • 55 7 Kki tkk's Telegram] London, August 4. The City of Osaka loan is at two per cent' discount. The fall in the price of tho City of Osaka loan is no doubt duo to tho disastrous fire which, as reported some days ago. swept over the place
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  • 46 7 Attitude of the Carlist Parties. |Dbr Ostasiatisc ul Lloyd Telegram] Berlin, August 8. Tho Carlists declare that they will make no opposition to the military action in Morocco. The general strike in Spain which the anarchists were endeavouring to arrange was a failure.
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  • 28 7 I'kb Os-.asiatiscuk Lloyd Telk<.kui Berlin, August 8. The Seoitern, a twin screw steamer belonging to the German Government, on the New Guinea station, baa disappeared.
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  • 30 7 Dkk OsTASUTiM'Uh Lloyd Telegram Berlin, August 3. Count 7. >ppulin while on his way to Cologne bad to return to Frankfurt, owing to a storm.
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  • 28 7 [DlB OsrASUTISCHB LLCYD TeLKORAM] Berlin, August 8. At the meeting between the Emperor William and the Czar at Andorfersea, the Minister! will not be present.
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  • 308 7 In Aid of Society of St. Vincent de Paul. With n. view to aid tlio funds of the local Society of St. Vincent de 1'aul. an institution which exists for the purpose of relieving tbe poor, a charity ba/aar was bold last night at the Victoria Memorial Hall,
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  • 195 7 Attempted Murder in Taiping Prison. Mr. Justice Woodward has heard a MM, at the Taiping Assizes, in which Lye C'hoon. a lite -sentenced convict in tlio local prison, was charged with wounding, wit!> tho intent to kill, a fellow convict, who had given evidence againxt him when he
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  • 244 7 Dastardly Daylight Assault Near Centre of Manila. Mrs. Ernest Sjhulz was attacked by au unknowu Kilipinoat berbouio in Malacauau. Manila, on .Inly 16. and only bcr bravery and natural physical strength saved ber from scrioue injury. Mrs. Schulz was sleeping and the man gained access to
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  • 164 7 On June 12, the residence of a trader named Boi Gu Ku, in Thomson Rd., was broken into and two pillows, an opium pipe and a blanket were stolen. The thief was traced to Johore, where the property was recovered from a pawnshop and a coolie lodging
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  • 93 7 White ants and their destructive inroads upon all manner of construction timber, a Manila paper says, are becoming a gravo problem to the insular government, contractors, business concerns, and in fact, every propetty holder in Manila and other parts of the islands. Ever hi nee the
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  • 502 7 THE TRAGEDY ON A DUTCH STEAMER. Javanese on Trial. The tragedy on the Dutch steamer van den Bosch, which occurred in Singapore harbour' on the afternoon of June 7 last involving the death of a Javanese nreinau of the vessel, was recalled today, at the Assize Court, when
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  • 225 7 Question of the Disposal of the Ashes. V. hat will bo doue with the remains of Buddha, recently discovered, is not yet settled, but it will bo remembered, says an exchange, that about a dozen years ago when what were believed to have been a small
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  • 175 7 Loh Yam Sam is a Chinese doctor whose office is at 114 South Bridge Road. His grateful patients presented him with four valuable signboards, from time to time, as he accomplished cures for them. These signboarda eventually found their way into the possession of Chop Kwong Shao
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  • 82 7 Messrs. Gathrie and Co. inform us that the output of rubber from the Labu (F. M. S.) Rubber Co.'s property during the montb of July was 8.868 lbs., dry robber, as compared with 2.344 lbs., wet rubber, in the corresponding month of last
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  • 427 7 GOVERNMENT AND DECLARATION OF LONDON. Ratification Postponed. Tho Standard understands that it is no longer the intention of the Government to afford opportunity during the present -es sion of Parliament for discussing the Declaration of London of February '26. 1909. and that their action may be regarded M postponing
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  • 215 7 Housebreaker Falls Down a Well at Pulo Braoi. Tan Ki lVug. of Tcluk Blangah, is a contractor who supplies meat aud fowls to the employees of thu Pulo Braui Smelting Works. On the night of July 22, at about 11 o'clock, he was aroused by ono
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  • 243 7 Widow's Message to Indian Chiefs and Friends. A Pioneer special message, dated London July 26, says:— Tho suggestion was made here after Dbingra's sentence that penal servitude for life would probably serve as a more effective deterrent than hanging, while preventing the murderer being regarded as
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  • 37 7 Daring a storm at Saigon, on July 22, an overhead electric wire in a street parted and dropped on a Chinese carpenter who was paasing by. He fell dead on the spot, being •leotroontod, to to sp«ak.
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  • 345 7 [Steady Decrease in Output from Open Cast Mines. The tin-mining industry has experienced another year of groat depression, reports Mr. D. O. Campbell, the British Resident, in the Negri Sembilan administration report tor 1908. The continued diminution year after year in the output of ore, although
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  • 193 7 Sir John Jackson's Party Traverse the Route. Mr Norton Griffiths and bis party, roprerenting the tiruj of Sir .John Jackson (Limited i, the contractors for the Arica-La Paz Railway across the Andes, arrived at La I'az, Bolivia, on July 5, having traversed the route of the railway over
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  • 239 7 Amusing Incident in the House of Commons. Immediately after one of tbo divisions on the land clauses of tbo Finance Hill in the House of Commons Capt. Craig rose and said On a point of order, I espy a stranger in the gallery— Mr. Lumley, of 20, St.
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  • 89 7 Hadji Hassan, a Javanese, was before the second magistrate, this morning, for preliminary enquiry into an allegation of having attempted to murder a Sikh bullockcart driver named Tal Singh by stabbing him in the chest while he was asleep. Mr. F. M. Chopard appeared for the defence.
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  • 122 7 Attention baa been called in Holland to a new method of adulterating" pepper. Bitter experience has taught the public to be distrustful of ground spices and consumers prefer to buy the article in the original form. The frauds meet this by taking the pepper grains in hand, and
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  • 103 7 REFUSAL TO PUBLISH THE LETTERS. Mediterranean Command Most Necessary. Hkctkk's luaiu London, Anoint In the Hoiihc of Commons, Mr. Haldane, replying to requests for publication of the letters written by the Duko uf Connangbt with reference to his resignation of the Mediterranean Command, sai'l. that these communications were
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  • 38 7 iFkom OrF Own CoßßlspoNDisr.; Kuala Lumpur, August 4. Tbe Highlands and Lowlands crop of rubber for July was J1.0h7 lbs. making 184.158 for tho seven months. The crop on the Srrembau Kstate in July was'Jl.NHl lbs.
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  • 290 7 Teams for Cricket Match Next Week. iFi.ii.m On Own OOMMMMMCT.) Kuala Lumpur, August a. The following have been iuvited to represent the Federated Malay States iu the cricket match against the Colony at Penanx. next week:— E. JSradbery (captain i, R. B. Dannon, A. C. Corbetta, M.
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  • 388 7 A Kling youth has been arrested with tools in his possession which bolonged to tha Drill Hall. A Chinaman living at 15, Duxton Hill, lent his bicycle to a friend, who repaid his courtesy by taking it to a cycle shop in Selegie Road and selling it. Tim
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 494 8 Iv the Daily Mail Empire Day Cup competition, the Calcutta Volunteer Rifles, with a score of IW, rcceivo Bpoons for the hijdießt score made in India. If you are not strong be crafty is the legend printed on the fixture card of a wellknown Welsh golf club,
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    • 76 8 5. C. C. v. k. Q. A. and R B. A combined team of the IS G.A. ami R.E. met an elovon of the S.C.C. at hockey on tho Esplanade, yesterday. In the first half, playwas more or less even and the teams scored one goal each. During the
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    • 68 8 5. C. C. Tournament. The following ties wore played last uvuning I Doubles.— F. E. Marsh and A. G. Harrington rec. 3 v. H. Freeman and Dr. A. P. Bowes, 'iv. 2. w.o. Friendly Pairs. -J. McKenzio and E. L Talma beat M. B. McKoan am! G. A. Chancy,
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    • 79 8 M. F. A. Junior Competition. The junior competition, for tho l'arrer Cup of the Malaya Football Association was started yesterday, when the Straits Union met the Rochoro police. The Straits Vnion had the better of play and obtained a penalty in the first h»lf. but could not score,
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    • 301 8 Forthcoming Event*. The following dates have hem tixtxl fur coining shoots: •i. It. E. iv uiont'ily handicap. Saturday. Anoint It, at 2.;K)p.i>'. B I! A. monthly baudicap. Suud.iy, A'l^ust 1.'., at 2 Mi p. m. S. V. A monthly handicap. Sunday. August 23, at 7 ;>oaui. In order
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    • 348 8 lonic Matches. Somerset boat Middlesex at Lord s by five wicketb. Sussex boat Worcestershire at Eastbourne by ten wickets. Kent beat Surrey at Blackheath by an iuniugs and <<2 run-. The Australians beat Derbyshire at Derby by ten wicket^. Notts beat Gloucestershire at Nottingham by 182 runs. Yorkshire beat
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    • 631 8 Championships at Home. Tho lawn tennis championship meeting, which finished at Wimbledon on .July ">, was in spite of blank days and postponements necessitated by rain, one of the most successful ever held. Details are as follows Tho Singles' Championship I Challenge Round).— A. W. Gore (holder) beat
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  • 732 8 Prices Quoted in the Market This Morning. Singapore, 4th August, 1909. Messrs. Lyall and Evatt. Exchange and Share Urokcrs, issue tho following list of quotations this morning Debentures. 100 Howartli Erskine Ld t% par 100 Kiley Hargroare* Co. Ld6% 2% pm. 100 Singapore Municipal 6% 20% pm.
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  • 254 8 Model Settlement of Shanghai Ignored. The North China Daily News is annoyed that tho party of seventy- rive (it should bo 750) trurists who are expected here in December by the H. A. L. steamer Cleveland lias not included Shanghai in its itineraryIt is surprising, it says,
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  • 526 8 Bl LIECT.-CoL. E. G. BllM.vußlcK, Commandant, S.V.C. Singapore, U^ari 1909. The monthly handicap shoot of the Singapore Rille Association will take place on Sunday, August IS, at 2.30 p.m. (Sd.) W. P. Tuuix.i, Lieut., R. A., S. O. to Colonial Forces, s. v. a. Orderly officer
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  • 141 8 A German trade journal baa published interesting facts and figuros reearding railways in Java. From those it appears that the lines under operation at tho end of 1907 ran into the following lengths, railroads 1,850 miles, and steam tramways 1,218 miles. Private enterprise had little to do
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 2 8 $tearn»' HaadacheCure.&rnj.V
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    • 2 8 Steams HeadaoheCure^X
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    • 28 8 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE. It is hereby notified that the Exchange Banks will ba closed on MONDAY. AUGUST 9. Coronation Day of Their Majesties the King and Qu?en. ii-j
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    • 306 8 We LeadCompetition Follows. NEW PIANOS ON HIUK &1 fl raR MONTH. Tuning and regular attention iuclusive. S. Moutrie&Co. LIMITED Dili r Hotel Kitro/ie. .lilis limldiiujs. Telephone No. 122. ALHAMBRA Cinematograph, BBAOB ROAD. To-Niffht! To-Night! A I MOl The CHAMPION Weight Lifter. Anatole's Wedding. Film dArt: A Street Waif, Dramatic Comedy,
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    • 325 8 HARIiA HALL North Bridge I load. Immediate Success! "ELTON BLACK" r.bo I-'uunicht Scotchman iv Singapore. COME AND SEE KIM TO-JSTIGHIT! ■^eeinH ig bclirviug. Ask your friends who SAW and BEARD liiiu on BATUHDAY NUiHT. HOUSE PACKED. ONE ROAR OF LAUGHTER iruiu start to linisli. "KATE HOWARD" AahtM, DaMtMe,aad Rmmlmm, Tiirilliu^
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    • 209 9 $2 $2 WEEK. }W§l WEEK. I TALKING MACHINES ON EASY TERMS Krijoi/ tlii' limlrniiniii tchilt y<"i (trr [laying tor it. A LABGI BKLECTIOM 10 CHOOSI I KOM, AT PRICES RANOINii FROM $2O TO $100. Records from each. THE ROBINSON PIANO CO., LTD. SLEDGE MILK THE "UNIVERSAL" White Ant Destroyer TT
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    • 910 9 TENDERS for REVENUE FARMS. Tendors are invited tor the lease of Revenue Farms in the State of North Borneo from tho lat January, 1910, as set oat here□nder. REVENUE FARMS IN THE STATE OF NORTH BORNEO. 1 In making arrangements for the leaHing of the Farms for the next Farm
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    • 580 9 {h) The Opium Farmer is responsible for seeing that Chandu is not sold by n tail at tbe Opium Farm or at the Opium Farm shops at prices higher than those fixed by Government and named above (g). The Opium and Spirit Farmers may fix their own prices for supplying
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    • 511 9 JTEAMER SiAILIHCS. inauguration of New Trans-Pacific Line. RE6UUR SERVICE FROM H3NGKQNB. C3ViECTIN9 AT TAC3M\ WITH THE CHIGA6O. MILWAUKEE ANO PUGET SOUND RAILWAY ANO THE CHICA6O. MILWAUKEE ANO BT. PAUL RAILWAY. fTbe only direct train service, without transhipment, also shortest and t'aitost route, from the PACIFIC COAST to CHICAGO*. Taking Cargo
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    • 500 9 OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO. LTO. The Companies' steamers are despaehed trom Liverpool outward* for the Straits, China and Japan every week and from Japan bomewardt for Locdon, Amsterdam and Antwerp even fortnight for Genoa, Marseilles nud Liverpool I and for Marseille*, Havre and
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  • 499 10 EDINBURGH FIRM TO ERECT RUBBER FACTORY IN BERLIN. Eluding the Tariff. The North British Rubber Company (Limited), of Castle Mills. Edinburgh, who><e factory employs nearly 7,000 hand», and to which we have) already made allusion, has now opened a large office in Berlin in the place of
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  • 298 10 The Breaking of a Butterfly on the Wheel. More curiosities of the law 1 The Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Darling, and Mr. Justice Jelf have devoted, in the Court of Appeal, their highest consideration to a very nice point in connection with slot machines and the
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  • 134 10 As an instance of the thoroughness which characterises the Japanese in their military experiments, says a French paper, the latest manoeuvres during last winter are decidedly instructive. During the wintei this year there was an exceptional snowfall in the north, and this was taken advantage of by
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    • 614 10 BANKING COMPANIES CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (SOORPORAT4D BY ROYAL OHABTEB. PaM up Oapltal In 60.000 Shares of CM each £1,100,000 Bum Fund «1.574.000 Heawvs Liability of Proprietors £1,300,000 BANKERS. Bank ot England. National Bank of Sooiland. Laodon City Midland Bank, Ltd SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Aooounta are opened
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    • 586 10 BANKING COMPANIES. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. ?aid-up capital hb.ooo.ooc le6ebve fund Sterling Reserve 118,000,0001 ajo jno OOC Sllrer Reserve |14,500,000| Bl > 3«Mrva Liability of Proprietors 115.000,000 COURT 01* DIRECTORS. Bob. Mr. W. J. Oresson, Chairman. H. E. Tomkins, Esq., Deputy Chairman. E. O. Barrett, Esq. ">. B. Lenzmann,
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    • 397 10 INSURANCE Complies. GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LIMITED. Head Office Winchester House, SINGAPORE. Board of Directors i Q. A. Dubbick, Esq., Chairman. Ad. Asmus, Esq., Vice-Chairman. A. 11. Fair, Esq., Managing Director. Pbtbb Fowlib, m.b., cm., Chief Mod. Officer. F. M. Elliot, Em}. Rev. N. J. Cocvbbcb. Vow Noam Pan,
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    • 69 10 INFANTILE CHOLERA. Any unusual looseness of a child's bowels during the hot weather should be a warning to mothers. Infantile cholera may develop in a few hours, and prompt action should be taken to avoid it. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, followed by a dose of castor oil, will
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    • 934 10 SALES BY AUCTION. -A-TTCTIOIT SALE OK DAMAGED GOODS EX S. S. KALOMO, To be held at EAST WHARF, TAN JONG PAGAR, On THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, at 9.30 a.m. GALVANISED CORRUGATED IRON. GALVANISED PLAIN IRON. ROUND, FLAT AND SQUARE STEEL BARS. A QUANTITY OK LUBRICATINO OIL. POWELL CO., 1616 Auctioneers 566
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  • 853 11 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. A motorcar service runs regularly now between Malacca and Ja»in. The car is generally quite full. The service is a private venture by a local Chinaman. A motor-cyclist, who rode from Ipob to Kuala Kubu, states that the road north of Tanjong Malim
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  • 182 11 Heavy Rewards to be Offered for Information. Some time ago, it may be remembered. Taotai Lan Ming Pok, who had been to America to raise funds for the development of Kwangsi province, was brutally murdered in his own house by men who are still at large. Viceroy
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 507 11 Another Record for Dunlops. 2, 75 MILES THROUGH INDIA. NO TYRE TROUBLES. Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Bombay, May 17, 1909. To THE DUNLOP PNEUMATIC TYRE CO., LTD., Bombay. Doar Sirs, I have much pleasure in congratulating you upon the grooved tyres you are now making. During my tour through India,
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    • 111 11 J. d'A. PEREIRA, F.R.H.S LONDON. Horticulturist and Florist. Collector and Exporter of Orchids and Rare Plants. Diploma and gold medal from the Late King of Denmark. Ry Special Appointment to His Majesty the King of Siam, H. U. the Sultan of Johore and H. H. the Sultan of Lingga. Fresh
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    • 403 11 Cost of running depends largely on WOLSELEY-S IDDELEY. the weight a oar may usually carry, the I mileage it runs, and, lastly, its horse- Q^ff&»&» I I pow^. During the pant year an owner |^g»-^^^| ofalO 12 h.p. Wolsel. ySiddoley car that C^ ran 7,104 miles on the North Stafford.
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    • 154 11 CHEONG BROTHERS, Dentists, 25, South Bridge Road. First-class Mechanical Dentistry, Gold Crowns, Bridge, Filling and Vulcanite. Duration of Wear guaranteed. CHAROES MODERATE. FULL LINE DENTAL SUPPLIES. Best Tooth Powders and Brushes for sale. CRUSHED FOOD. Try it aid V»u Will be Satis fifd. I. R. BELILIOS begs to inform the
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    • 142 11 PILSENER BEER. KEY BRAND. IMPORTED SINCI !>;• /gpn t i< -^\<^ai BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. None Genuine without the above two Labels BEHN MEYER A Co., Ltd., •ol« Imoopter im: artells Blue and Silver Label is an accepted guarantee, all over the world FOR THB BEST QUALITY IN BRANDY THREE BTAR
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 582 12 Scale of Charges, j PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS.— MireeIIaneous Wants of Every Description, Houses, Land, etc., to let, are inserted at the following rates One Insertion 11.20 per inch. Two 2.00 Three 2.80 Six 6.20 Nine 6.40 Twelve 7.12 Twenty- five 10.00 (Each subsequent month 15 per inch.) 'the above rato it
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    • 432 12 Miscellaneous WANTS. aUTBIH-Fomi Llbm, on ot two UawMoaa, 11.00 Br tha IMb. aaa SoaJa ot ChMtaa. PREBBMAN WANTEO. Wanted, a good pressman (or tbe Straits Tress, Ltd. Apply to the Manager. TFACHERB WANTED. Trained teachers needed for the Elementary Classes in St. Joseph's Institution. Apply to tht Director. IMS NURSE
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    • 581 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. RtTB -low Una. mot two tuntloa n.OC Br tk* imh. ami* ol obarf m. OFFIOE TO BE LET. Offlee on seoond floor ot. No. 7, Battery Boad. Apply to Outhrle and Co.. Ltd, 0 1878 OFFI6E i OOOOWN TO BE LET. With immediate entry Nr.
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    • 628 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. lum-lMi LlMe, o»« oi tw I—Mnaa, fi.rc Bj tke laeh. ace SaaJe of Okucea. HOUBE TO LET. 14, Sophia Road. Immediate entry. Apply to No. 2, Raffles Place. 1511 OFFICE UNO 60D0WN TO LET. No. 95, Robinson Road. Moderate rent. Apply to J. LEV V,
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    • 662 12 SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS. Netherlands Gutta Percha Co., Ltd. Motor-tyres retreaded at Moderate Prices. All kinds of India Rubber Articles, Sheets, VALVES, Rings, TYRES, HOSES (Suction, Steam, Hydraulic), Gardenhosos, Tubes, ENDLESS BELTS, FLOORTILES, MATTING, KBONITE and Hard Rubber Articles, Bicycle Tyres. Works Offices: Passir Panjang, Singapore. Sole Agents i MESSRS. HOOGLANDT
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    • 289 12 BOARD AND LODGING. RiTU I— roar Lint*. oa« m two laMrtioßa. ll.ct Br tka iaoh, Wmtl o! Chaicaa. BOARD AND LODGING. Rooms vacant. Mrs. von Barren, 8, Mount Elizabeth ISM BOARD AND RESIDENCE. Comfortable rooms with board at Cauibi Housp. iiiver Valley Roid. 1301 BOARD AND RESIDENCE Board and apartment*
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