The Straits Times, 10 September 1909

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times NO. 23.061 SINGAPORE. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 10. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 363 1 KATZ BROTHERS, Ltd. Children's Hats OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. THE HOTEL of the Highest fIL^JS 31 STRAI S CYCLE AND t Pi^yT; JgfcvCVSy 'IflK mlv Uotrl (i itsisniiiue a Singapore Style in tLe East MOTOR CO., LTD. I SP*£&- A ,5>, 5> Battery Road. E3 /k pa t pT CYCLE AND
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    • 190 1 ROBINSON CO. Cash Sale NOW AFFORDS AN EXCELPT?nPFFm>IP T LENT OPPORTUNITY Jr ±1 U UXL Hi JJ I JN Ci A FOR PURCHASING Bedsteads, Crockery, Glassware, Household Linens. BARGAINS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. ROBINSON CO. W. 7 fl- A "RCiT A ART NEEOLEW;)RK and FLOWER DEPOT I SINGAPORE BT. AND PEWB
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  • 958 2 ACHIEVEMENTS IN HIMALAYAN HEIGHTS. A System of Stupendous Glaciers. H. R. H. the Duke of tho Abruzzi and party left Bombay on August 28, by the P. and O. mail for Europe after their mountaineering expedition. In achievements H. R. H. has now ailtied the distinction
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 475 2 GENASCO ROOFING. WHAT'S THE. USE. OF A ROOF THAT A YOU HAVE. TO KEEP TINKERING? I Genasco Ready Roofing (Mineral and Smooth Surface; I puts an end to your roof troubles. It is made of Trinidad Lake As1 phalt, the natural waterproofer. It M gives you absolute weather-protec-k tion years
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    • 60 2 DON 7 TAKE THE RISK. When you have a bad cough or cold do not let it drag along until it becomes chronic or develops into an attack of pneumonia, but give it tbe attention it deserves and get rid of it. Take Chamberlain's Congh Remedy and yon are sure
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    • 875 2 A Moruter Devil Fish. Destroying its victim in a typo of Hheu. watism. To be overpowered by tin's terrible disease, crippled, helpless, bed-riddon, is today the fate of hundreds of sufferers. Fur but few diseases are so many remedies recommended us for l.lifiimiti'Ui, but among them none is so efficient
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    • 714 2 It doesn't pay to allow your linen to b« M/f rubbed and banged to tatters \o^ mn upon rough stones. Insist upon \Y^ W\ being used in the Sunlight Way, and JJm W\ you will save money. llm ykS\ Pull directions .re (Hot l/m upun the w. .tnvr round f/m'
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  • 21 3 ThcAutnniQ Race Meeting will be held on Tuewlay, tliolith, Thursday, the 14th. aud Saturday, tho ltttb. October, 190J.
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  • 284 3 PROGRAMME. FIRST DAY. Fatuity. Ortubrr IS. 1. Till: MAIPKN PLVTE.-Valne 1600. A Race for Maiden Horws W.i t lii!n Kj UrifiiuH ullowed Ml Eutrauco, 120. Distan Race Co use. 2. THK LAWN STAKES V»Ine MOO A Handicap for all Ex-Griffins. Entrance, IIS. Distance, MM Con rue aud a distance. 8
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  • 237 3 Thurxtlay. OcMw 11. 1. THE FIRST ORIFF1N HANDICAP.— Value »llit). and ».Mi to the Second Horse. A llan.lic up for Griffins that have entered tor the First Griffin Race (No. a) od the First Day. Winners excluded. Distance, Race Coarse and a distance i. THE LADIES' PURSE.— Value
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  • 637 3 Saturday, October 16. I. THK OrEN GRIFFIN HANDICAP. Value flOO. and S">U to the Second Horse. A Handicap (or all Griftius that 'have run at th s Meeting. Eutraoce. $10. Distance, Race ou'se. I. THK STEWARDS' <rP.— Value »»00. A Handicap fur II, ir-.- ti.nl have ruu in
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  • 589 3 WHAT THE FROZEN FOOD TASTES LIKE. Views Against Importation. A portion of the large consignment of frozen Chinese piga and game, which, after being brought 10,653 miles from Shanghai to the TliauRs in the refrigerating chambers of the P. and O. liner Palermo, was sold recently in the
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  • 229 3 Chinese Soldiers Mocking into Mongolia. A Russian correspondent, .[uottd by the Daloy Vostok, from which tlio report is translated, sunds the following sensational news from Kiakhta: From China to Mongolia are passing numerous Chinese, obviously neither artisans nor agriculturists. Their ages range from eighteen to thirty,
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  • 184 3 Mont Blanc to be Crossed in a Balloon. Telegrams from Chamonix give some details of the somewhat hazardous and novel (eat which the Italian Spelterini proposes to accomplish by crossing the Mont Blanc range in a balloon. His balloon, the Sirius, is of about 70,000 cubic feet,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 86 3 Milkmaid %Mm lullii A-A (^0 L ,.p: 0^ See that the :*UIssfoSOF.SSFJ)MII> 'p MILKMAID Trade Mark j^fc i k^Z^B^^ is on every Tin TRADE MARK. Largest Sale in the World CHEAPEST and BEST. CHARLES icffc HEIDSIECK'B White Seal *Mh Champagne T1 Sole Agents BEEN, SEVER <v.. LTD., JEW Singapore Penang.
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    • 513 3 POISONED AT TANJONG PRIOK By Malaria— This Kailwav Official In Java BOTTOMS For Ekiht Yk. mI'ntil Cirko By CR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS. "Abont nine years ago", pays Mr. D. van Kriegenbergb, 'my Btation w«s at Tanjong Priok, one of the most notorioun places in Java for Malarial Fever, and it
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    • 468 3 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. CIVIL, MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, IRON BRASS FOUNDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRIDGE BUILDERS GENERAL CONTRACTORS. SOLE FOR Worthington Pump Co.'s Patent Pumps Puleometer Engineering Co.'a Pulsomet^r 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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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 692 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Penan*;, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Msilterratean Pj-t», Ply. mouih and London. Through Bills of Lad >g issued for Chin* Ooast, Persian Gulf Continental, and Amarioan Ports. Steamord will leave Siogapon on or about mail uses. Outward (for China) Himalaya
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    • 702 4 STEAMERS SAILING. OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. GO. LTD. The Companies' steamer* are despaohed from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, Cbina and Japan every week and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp eTery fortnight for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and for Marseilles, Havre
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    • 840 4 STEAMER BAILIHGS. C.P.R. Canadian Paoiflo Railway Company's Royal Hail Stoamsblp Lino. THB NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO BDBOPK ru CHINA JAPAN, CANADA aad the UNITED STATES, Boat* from Hongkong, via Shanghai Nagasaki, (Inland Sea ol Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Vloloria and Vanooaver, P.M.B. "EBTBSBsdiIBDtA" Twin sorew stea8.M.9. 'EMraaas or Jutm" men, B,ooo tons,
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    • 661 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. The steamen of this Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg. Bremen, Antwerp, aad Rotterdam, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and onoe a month for Breraerhaven direot, calling at Penan" and Colombo. Taking cargo
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    • 713 4 BTEAMEB BAILIMB. N. D. L Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and woll ►.aowo mail Bteamen ol this Company sail fortuighiy from Bremea, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp. Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (oonnectioa Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vioe Tana) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Col jib bo, Penang, Singapore,
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  • 158 5 FIXTURES. Friday, September 10. Hi({li Watci. &M pm. Singapore Assi/< s. St. Andrew's Society, Memorial Hall, o.M. Tanglin Club Dance, 9.13. l'ollard Co. Theatre. Aibambra Cinematograph. Harima Cinematograph. Marlborouyh Cinematograph. at urday September 1 1 High Water, 9.2 1 a.m.. 8.18 p.m. 1'ollard Co. Matinoe, Theatre, 1.
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  • 239 5 To-Dat. Batn l'ahat Mena 3 pm Bangkok Nuentnug 3 pm Mnar and Malacca Lady Weld 8 pm K Pahind. Pekan, TringH»nu and Kelantan Abbotsford 3pm Malacca, P. Dickson, P. Swettenbam an 1 Telnk An«on Selangor 3 pm Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan Delta 3 pm Mala -ca and
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  • 123 5 The Imperial Gorman mail Bteamer Uuelow having left Hongkong on the 9th instant, at 4 p.m., may oe expected to arrive hero on Mouday afternoon the 13th ioaUut. at 5 p m. She wiU probably bo despatched for Europe on the following day, at 3 p.m. Left
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  • 204 5 Latest Arrivals. Bun Hin Quan, Brit. str. 243 tons, Capt Hunter Sept 9. From Pontianak, Sept 7. O.o. and 96 dp. Ban Lee Hong. For Pontianak, Sept 11— R*a. DtUa, Brit. etr. 1780 tons, Capt Snow, Sept 10. From Bombay Sept 1. Co. P. A 0. 8. N.
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  • 75 5 September 9 A". II UUm 1, Out str. Batavia Y.mvleal. Bn»«tr, Vladivostok \Btmm*, Put str, Pladjoe 10 Piranha, Brit str, Bombay via port* .Viur.iun/, Ger Btr, Bangkok GlencfiU, Brit Btr, Hongkong, Amoy, Swatow /v'or.if, Ger Btr, Sagoo Ban Uon§ heona, Bn« rtr, Bangkok Ban lo Soon, bat itr, 6»mba«
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  • 84 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To-Day. TANJONO PAGAB. East Wh*b» Basis— Nil. EtsiW. S«ono!il-Kal.mo, Moyori Main. Bionoß No. 1 (Shkih Wh.vm-)— Calypw. SwnoH 2— Vivhi a, Dagniar. 3— GleLo^lc. 4— Full Wo. I—iMl- P Nil. 7— Nil. B_l!jina M.iru. h »-Nil Jitnra'B
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  • 313 5 Coming to Singapore Per N.D.L. steamer Luetzow, duo Sept. 17.— Mr. K Brehn, Mr. A. Genkel, Mr Oberleuthant Mom Chow Panto, Mr. Freiherr Rudt von Collenborg, and Mrs. Therese Sala and child, Mr. M. Sanders, Mr. J. R. Borg. huis, Mr. A. Kappers. Per P. and O.
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  • 46 5 l'er steamer Uevanba, Sept. 9.— From Shanghai Mi's Leask and Mr. Young One Heng. From Hongkong: Rev. Father de Jesus, Lieut. G. G. Lewis. Messrs. Soy Yuk San, B. A. Wcnnink, Chu Wai Nam, Reos, Chung Jon Wan, Lam Ping Choo and Choy Ta Man.
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  • 262 5 Donning the Airs of Dukes and Earls i in Town at Night. 'flio President of the British Steward?, Cooks, Butchers, and Bakers' Association, writes to the Liverpool Journal of Commerce, as follows: -May 1 again beg your indulgence on this subject. There will always bo cry out
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  • 45 5 Time-balls on Fort Cannintf and Mount Fabor drop daily at 1 p.m., Singapore standard timo corresponding to 6 a.m. Greenwicb moautimo. Tbo time-gun is fired at 12 o'clock noon, indicating Sinnapore standard tiice on every day excepting Sunday, when it ix firod at onn o'clock.
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  • 395 5 Messrs. Fraser and Company's Weekly Circular. The market has been rather quiot during tl ii- past week and the chief attraction*! at the moment arc the new Rubber flotations, The Klpliinstono Estates, Ltd Alor Gajah liubber Estate, Ltd., and Pajam Ltd., all of which it is expected
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  • Finance & Commerce.
    • 137 5 Singapore, Sei-tkmbkr 10, 1909. On London— i:ank 4 ui/s I (maid 1 Privatu 6 m/n 2/4 do 8 m/a 2/4JS On Of rmuny— Bank d/d 288J Private 8 m/s 241 do 6 m/a 248 On France- tack a/d 294} Private 8 m/s 2961 do 6 m/s 800 On India-
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    • 106 5 Sinoapom, Skiiemhkr 10, 1908. Ganibier buyers 11 ■•>■> do (Cube No. 1) unpicked 14.17. Copra Bali ii 8.45 do Pontianak 7.76 Pepper, Black 18-00 do White 6% buyers 21.00 Sago Floor Sarawak B.36 do Brunei No. 1 B.10 Pearl Sago 4-26 Coffee Bali 38.00 Coffee Palembang, 20% basis nom.
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
      • 262 5 IsSOK Valui Paid Up Compakt d,^,,,, Buyers Sellem i I-- —I I 10 10 10 1 10 1 1 10 1 10 t 1 1 1 10 1 1 1 5 10 10 10 10 1 10 10 10 1 10 1 1 10 1 10 6/. 1 1
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      • 564 5 Sterling. 2 2/. Anglo- Malay Rnbber Co., Ltd. 80% for "08 1 1 Batu Caves Rubber Co., Ltd 10% for 'oB 1 1 Batu Tiga (Selangor) R. Co. Ltd. 5% for 'oB 1 11 Bukit Kajang Rubber Estate Ltd 1 7/6 f Contributory 1 1 Bukit Lintang R. Estates.
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      • 177 5 10 10 60 10 100 100 100 100 10 100 100 10 60 1 100 ICO 10 10 7 60 10 100 100 10 100 100 10 60 1 100 100 I 10 Ea.tern Smelting Co., Ltd. 10% lor "OB 12 60 Frase'r Neave, Ltd." 171% for 'oB "5
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 49 5 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. Sept. 14 At saleroom, land situate off Thornton and at So'etar Roads, at 2.80. Sept. 14 At saleroom, freehold land, fronting Bokit Timah Road, estate of Tan Kia Tye,at2.So Oct 26.— At Baler 0 m, valuable sawmill property, situate off Oraylang Road, at 2.30.
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    • 204 5 Godfrey Phillips, Ld. LONDON, ENGLAND. RM «j|r The King of dITBUHt cigarettes The King of R n U A free sample "P obtainable by \^^o^ Sold by ap P iyin« to tho All the Principal Singapore Branch, 55. ROBINSON RD. Tobacconists. Godfrey Phillips, Ld. Awarded Grand Prix for Cigarettes, London,
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 219 5 WEATHER REPORT. Kandanf Ktrboujßotrital,J^pt 1 !i,J909 9 A. a. 8 r. v. 9 r. m. RunwkLL. Bar. 81 Fab 29 908 29.822 89.800 Temp 86.4 89.8 83.0 .86m. at WetbalbTher 77 0 818 79.5 8.15 a.m. DirofWind.. calm S.W. calm today. Max. Temp.. 90.0 Mm. '2.8 Max. In Ban.. 156.5
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  • 26 6 Rahman.— On August 11, at Frankforton Maine, Mansonr Osmund Abdul, ►erood son >>f Dato and Datin Amar Abdul Rahman, of Johore, in his 18th year.
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  • 1138 6 The Straits Times. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. THE STAR-SPANGLED POLE. Only one thing appears to be quite certain ibo'jt Dr. Cook, and it is that be did not *pend the winter of 1908-9 in a Fifth Avenne Hotel. He was somewhere in the Far North, but the arrival of messages from
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  • 42 6 Attention is directed to the first ordinary general meeting of the Singapore St. Andrew's Society, which takes place this afternoon in the Memorial Hall, at 5 30. Sir Arthur Young, K <J. M. 0., president of the Society, will occupy the chair.
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  • 17 6 The output of dry robber from Senawang Est j.Us for the moutu of August wits 1,303 lbs.
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  • 16 6 It is Raid that an international dispute has arisen concerning some islands near the I'raUs shoal.
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  • 17 6 About 1,000 names have been submitted of candidates for examiaation for the selection of students foi Am-.-rica.
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  • 22 6 The Singapore Royal Engineers (Volun teers) are holding a »uioker at the Drill Hal on h nday, 17th inst, at 9 p.m.
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  • 22 6 The Chinese; board of finance has instruc ted all provincial mints that the minting ol copper coins must be stopped at once.
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  • 19 6 The Malay phrase at Tongkah for dredger is Kapal Cbangkol. This new invontion may interest students of the language.
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  • 24 6 The project of Sir Charles Wyndham to '■aw India and the Far East with a first-class theatrical company has, it is undeistood, been abandoned.
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  • 25 6 Mr. Clapp, a European assistant at Messrs. Samuel's and Co. Mussoorie, has been found dead in bed with his head nearly severed from his body.
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  • 28 6 Mr. H. H Norris, Malay interpreter at the Supreme Court, returns from his leave in Euglaud by the Bingo Mam, due here about the middle of next month.
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  • 29 6 A beautiful marble pedestal to carry the Font lalso of marble) has just been placed in St. Peter's Church, Stamford Road. It is the work of Ravensway and Co.
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  • 28 6 In the papers on rubber read at Winnipeg at the British Association meeting there has been no promise yet of Synthetic Rubber being produced on a commercial basis.
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  • 28 6 The Ladies work party of the Presbyterian Church will meet at the house of Mrs. A Reid, Bremar, Gilstead Road, on Tuesday next, 14th current, at 4.80 p.m.
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  • 23 6 During this week, Major-Generai Perrott, C. 8., has iuspected the Middlesex Regiment tnd the 99th Doccan Infantry respectively at Alexandra and Tanglin barracks.
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  • 29 6 Jewellery valned at £4.000 and belonging to Mrs. Moser, an American, was stolen in broad daylight, on August 20, from a room in the Great Central Hotel in London.
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  • 30 6 Placards have been posted near Dublin and other parts of Ireland displaying, in large type, the inscription Ireland honour* Dhingra, who was proud to lay down his life for country.
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  • 40 6 Though no blood-hounds have been imported from home into Peoang, yet a number of prize pigs with fat pedigrees, and a few dozen poultry have arrived to the order of a Chinese gentleman named Chow Yew for stock raising purposes.
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  • 53 6 A Chinese tin ore buyer of Lahat has been fined $201) for keeping and using a false dach ing. Heavy as the fine is, the accused k bardly worth sympathy— a man who would cheat the unfortunate miner at a time when be needs every dollar he can gain, deserves
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  • 50 6 It is recorded that all that the first Dover policeman who accosted Mr. Uleriot found to wy was: That a h'unearthly looking machine Sir 1 We have not yet heard, but we know what the remark of the first Dover boatman was Nice morning for a shilling sail Sir 8
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  • 56 6 Mr. Baggallay, the magistrate at Tower Bridge Ponce Court, approaching the end of the sitting Considering we draw stumps in twenty minutes, it is hardly worth wh lie to start a seuuud innings, especially as there are six to go in the witness box at least. Unless you can settle
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  • 53 6 In this village says the Straits Esho, Peuang, there is a clique of mischievous women of the scandal-loving type, who circulate the meanest and wickedest innuendoes and slanders, aud they are, we regret to find, supported and couutenaocod by a gang of mile creatures who ought to reprove them, instead
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  • 82 6 Advices from Batavia to the 4th inst., tell of further insurrectionary developments in the island of Flores. A terrible disaster had just befallen a party of armed police who fell into an ambush ana lost 1% killed. An armed force sent to the spot killed 67 of the enemy in
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  • 68 6 Shanghai prosperity has been built np thanks primarily to a loog succession of able Councils, aud not a few exoellent Consuls, on the solid basis of plain dealing between man and man. Dishonesty, sharp practice, trickery, and the like have had but to show themselves to be frowned on, and
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  • 76 6 Planters in Java have urged the government there to take measures agaiost thefts of raw rubber from estates. These thefts are steadily 00 the increase, and the thieves nod ready buyers among people in the neighbourhood. Not only is the rubber stolon, but the trees are also tapped on the
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  • 73 6 The Merchant Service Guild have addressed themselves, in a very emphatic way, to the Foreign Office regarding, what it describes, the diabolical treatment of Mr. W. O. Lawson, chief officer of (be steamer Rubij who, together with Mr. McCormick, second engineer, was arrested, and treated in a most cruel and
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  • 367 6 Dr. J. L.ing Nivon has been appointed planters' doctor in Kuala Selangor district. Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith has returned to Singapore from the Penang Court of Appeal. His Lordship Mgr. E. Barillon, Bishop of Malacca, has arrived in Singapore from Penang. Capt. C. N. Ewart. R A.,
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  • 65 6 Creditors of the Tricumdis mills and the Lakhmidas mills have appliud at the Bombay High Court for tho winding up of the two companies, with which the late Dwarkatlai Dharamsey, the biguest Bombay merchant, who blew his brains out with a revolver on Augnot 28. was connected.
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  • 72 6 As already announced Mr. Bondmanu's Merry Little Maids who are returning to Singapore, next week, open at the Victoria Theatre, on Wednesday, with the great London success Havana. On Thursday they stage Miss Hook of Holland on Friday, tho Girls of Gottenburg aod on Saturday tho ever-popular
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  • 106 6 The report of Dr. D. K. McDowell, the registrar of births and deaths, bliows that during the week ended September 4, 217 deaths were registered in Singapore, equal to a death-rate of -JO.6S per thousand of the estimated population. Ma'arial fever claimed 23 deaths, dysentery 16, bronchitis
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  • 105 6 Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith presided in the Bankruptcy Court, thin morning, and found a very heavy list awaiting him. This included eleven applications for receiving orders, three applications for discharge from bankruptcy, one application for approval of a composition, nine public examinations, two motions for the reversal of
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  • 148 6 Although the attendance at the Victoria Theatre, last evening was Hmall the play was great, the Lill .putians attain a<idiog to their successes in producing Sketchy Bits. SoDg aod dance, tuneful and bright, was the order of the evening and that it wan fully eojoyed there was no
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 101 6 I I Players J :lßavy (Dixfure In j lb. Patent Air-Tight Tins. OBTAINABLE AT PRICE: 55 CTS. Jflffll Un u ft M ID. I ROBINSON GO. \Walker's^" White J Label PER CASE: j 10 .50. HI SKY.^X. Little Co., Ltd S,?^^ w m THE GREAT I COMBINE I ,T£NS/CH STff/P.
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    • 192 6 ALHAMBRA To-Night. NEW PICTURES. Film dArt: THE TOWER OF NELBE. Frenoh Historical Piece. A DRAMA IN TWBNTY-ONK HfKNKi. SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE CIKESIATOGKAPB SHOWBY F. OAILLARDT FROM ALRXANDRI DUMAS' I'RLEBRATKD WORK. Caste: M. Henri Krause of the Theatre Sarah Burnhardt, Paris. M. Alexandra of the Comedie Francaise of Paris. Mine.
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  • 280 7 BITTER CONTROVERSY BETWEEN EXPLORERS. Accusations of Poaching oo Each Other. IIUcter's TbleouamI London, September 10. A very heated controversy U going on in America regarding the claims of the two explorers, Peary and Cook. A letter from Peary is published complaining that Cook appropriated his Esquimaux Mid
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  • 54 7 Welcomed at the Moravian Grand Manoeuvres. [Rscteb's Teleobam| London, September 9. The Kaiser is attending the Austrian army manoeuvres in Moravia, as the guest of the Emporor Francis Joseph. [Deb Ostasiatische Lloyd Tbleoram! Berlin, September 9. The Emperor William is attending the Austrian Grand Manu-ivres, at Meseritscb,
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  • 46 7 Diplomatic Relations Established. 11k; i Mi.- TeLBOKAMI London, September 9. The Telegraph's Constantinople correspondent says that negotiations for the establishment of diplomatic relations between Turkey and Japan have been concluded. Japan has waived tho demand that capitulation rights slioald be extended to Japanese.
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  • 29 7 [Rectkr's Tki.ei.rim London, September 9. A Melbourne telegram says that the PrimeMinister, Mr. Deakin, has introduced a bill to federalise the debts of the Commonwealth States.
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  • 39 7 Merely an Unauthorised Draft [Reutee's Tf.mobamJ London, September 10. It is officially explained that the schedule of maximum Port of London Dues is merely a draft, and that no definite decision has been arrived at.
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  • 47 7 [Recife's Tki.k .ham London, September 10. Lord Kitchener, in his farewell order to the Indian Army, praises the excellent work it has done, and emphasises the fact that the army has been unaffected by attempts to undermine its loyalty.
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  • 52 7 'Riutir's Tblbobaml London, September 10. The Russian Admiralty are preparing a further f> rjgramme of ship building in addition to the four Dreadnoughts already laid down. I>Klt OSTASIAKISCBS LLOYD TELEOBAtt] Berlin, September 9. A fleet review will take place at Sevastopol on tbe 10th inst., in presence of
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  • 44 7 Railway Construction Causes Large Deficit. [DlB OsTASIATISCHB LtOVD TtLEOBA*] Berlin, September 9. Tho Dutch Indies Budget shows a deficit of 24 million marks, owing to special expenditure on railway construction. The ordinary expenses of tbe Colonies are fully covered by revenue.
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  • 791 7 Charge of Attempted Murder by Poisoning. A peculiar rice poisoning cane of Bernam St. came before the third magistrate, yesterday afternoon, in tbe form of a preliminary inquiry into allegations of attempted murder against two Malays, a man named Hugsain aud his wifo Ambon, and two Tamils named
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  • 208 7 Army Unconcerned with (he Chinese Beastly Stuff. In the House of Commons, on August 17, Mr. Gouldiog asked the Secretory of State (or War whether Chinese pork formed part of the rations issued to the garrisons, at Hongkong and Singapore and if not, wonld he explain
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  • 66 7 Mr. T. P. J. Power's Canadian Concert bam), Tbe Kilties, now on a tour of the world, have arrived at Colombo, and are coming to Singapore en route to China and Japan. Accompanying them and acting as a part of the entertainment, is a choir of 16 trained male voices
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  • 724 7 FURTHER EVIDENCE IN THE I TOBIN PROSECUTION. Mr. Benjafield in the Witness Box. The assizes are nearing their end. Yesterday afternoon, a Koh named Wong Ah Ngee was sentenced la ton years' rigorous imprisonment for an attempt to murder a Chinese woman with whom ho had previously been
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  • 196 7 Reception of the New Official io Singapore. The Chinese Y. M. C. A. welcomed its first secretary on Wednesday night in the rooms of tbe association, Stamford Road. The members tamed oat in force and manifested the liveliest interest in their new possession whose
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  • 79 7 We understand that the fligship, Hint; Alfred, is to be relieved at an early date by the Minotaur. She is a cruiser of 14.600 tons and the horse power is 27,000. Her guns are four 9.2. ten 75, and sixteen 12prs. The Minotaur is 49 (ft, in
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  • 267 7 DYNAMITE FOUND AMONG COALS ON BOARD. Sensation at Portsmouth. A sensational discovery of dynamite blasting charges was made on the cruiser Duke of Edinburgh while coaling off Spithhead on August 18. During the forenoon the South Wales collier Kernhill went alongside the cruiser, and when half a dozen
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  • 310 7 Mr. de Mello Strongly Rebukes a Penang Editor. Writing to the Pinang Gazette, Mr. A. de Mello, referring to a paragraph reproduced in our columns, yestorday, says I am much obliged by your comments on my decision yesterday. As a man of education, I have
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  • 417 7 Some Attractive Entertainments in Singapore. The programme of pictures at presen being projected on to the screen at the Albambra cinematograph affords a really high class entertainment to picture show goers and hardly has there ever been a better selection of films and a more pleasant combination of
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  • 258 7 Untoward Comment Among Chinese Community. As was to be expected, the result ol the Harrison illicit mining case has been the subject of untoward comment amongst th« Chinese, and they conaidor that th? accused has got off very lightly, says the Ferak Pioneer. Whatever truth there uiuy be
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  • 340 7 Plantation Shareholders Can Sleep Easily. Some discussion has arisen as to the prospects of future supply of rubber from the Middle East. One correspondent estimates the amount of rubber planted in the Middle East to date at approximately 520,000 acres and the yield from same in
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  • 144 7 We regret to learn that a cable has been received in Singapore from His Excellency Sir William Grey Wilson, K. C. M. G., Governor of the Bahamas, announcing that, in consequence of the death of Mrs. Bromhead Matthews, the departure of Mr. J. Brombead Matthews,
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  • 152 7 Mr. L. E. Vaz, a municipal waste inspector, was prosecuted by Adapa Chetty in tbe summons court, yesterday, on a charge of assault. Complainant stated that Vaz went up to him and kicked and struck him without provocation, as he wm outside the municipal offices on
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  • 133 7 Tungku Suleiman, a younger brother of H. H. tbe Yang di Pertuan Besar of the Negri Sembilan, who was educated at tbe Malay Residential School at Kuala Kangsar and joined the government service some months ago as a Malay cadet, having been attached to the federal secretariat and the district
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  • 515 7 WORLDS RECORD MADE BY MR. CODY. Over the Heads of Cheering Troops. [Rkctkb's Tf.leora'i London, Sopti -mbor II. At A'dershot, Mr. Cody, while acroplaning. hah established a croiw-country record. Hn travelled 40} miles in M minute*, pass OK over the heads of cheering troops. HKK OsTlSIATlSl'IIK LLOYII '1'kI.Ki.KAM
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  • 33 7 Earl of Rosebery to Move Rejection. HkITEBS TKLK'.hUI London, September V. The Standard states that Lord Rosebcry will movo the rejection of tho Budget iv tho Houso of Lords.
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  • 20 7 ;Drb Ostasiatiscub Lloyd Thlk..k\m Berlin, Sctpcmbtir y. The Emperor William will bu at Kominten on Sop tember 22.
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  • 15 7 [Oektasiastische Lloyd Ikuaual Berlin, September 9. The Czarina is suffering from kiduey disease.
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  • 204 7 Our Peking correspondent wires that tie Chinese Board of Foreign Affairs has agrttd to allow Japan to construct tho KirinHui ning line. Five towns will be thrown open to foreign trade and Japan will send etli ials to MsM the Chinese in governing these new places.
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  • 66 7 The Japanese scroll which is alii d to ba worth 1200 was again the- centre of attraction in the third magistrate's court, rotorriay afternoon, when Oila was in tin (look on tho charge of committing crimiual breach of trust in taking it for sale and utithor, returning it
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 208 8 A meeting in connection w itli the Garrison Rifle Associa.iou, will be held in the Garrison Adjutant's olhce, at noon on Saturday. Tho boxiug match, which was to have taken place on August 27' between Jack .lohneon and Al Kautman, for £"2,000 a-nide, has been abandoned. The
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    • 63 8 Singapore Shield. Tlio first of the matches in this year's competition for the Singapore Association Football shield, was played at Tanglin, last I'Vi'uin^', between No. 1 anH No. teams ot the Middlesex ltegiinent. the former winning a keen game by three goals to nil. The next match in
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    • 814 8 The Singapore Championship. The matches ho far played at Keppel Harbour for tho Singapore Golf Championship have resulted in Kuwlie and Muglieton. and Stevens and Miles being left in the semi-final. These games will be played off to-morrow afternoon, commencing not later than four o'clock. Mr. D. A. M.
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    • 401 8 The Ladies Meeting. Tho prize meeting of the Singapore Ladies Rilli! Association opened at the Balestier range, yesterday afternoon, when there was a good attendance, and tbo shooting took place under favourable conditions. Tbo competitions decided were the A and B class handicaps at 100 and 150 yards. Tbe
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    • 366 8 i S. C. C. Tournament. Following are tbe remits of tbe tios played in tbe S. C. C. lawn tennis tournament yesterday afternoon Championship. i Cox beat Dennys 4—6. 6—l,6 1, 6—2. I Nunnelcy beat Mugliston B—6, 6—l. i (ireen beat Salzmann 7—5.7 5. 6—4.6 4. i I'erkins
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  • 98 8 Mr. T. W. Main writes, in the Agricultural Bulletin for the current month, that the collection of palms growing in the Botanic Gardens, Singapore, is one of the most complete in existence. Probably tbe only other more rich in species is that of tho Buitenzorg Botanic Gardens, Java.
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  • 215 8 Vessel Topples Over While at Anchor Off Co ves. Lord De La Warr and a party of friends in hia yacht, Lady Hilda, bad an exciting adventare at Cowes on August 16 when the vessel turned over while at anchor. The yacht arrived at Cowes about nine
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  • 201 8 Directors Appeal to Shareholders for Assistance. The directors of the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Co., Tuticorin, have just issued the report and balance-sheet of the working of the company for the past official year. The following figures should explain the present situation of the concern The debts
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  • 538 8 Pressing Need of a Great National Awakening. The i Ntatiatisclic Lloyd devotes some space to tbe need of asylums in China. The facts cited are interesting. Iu tbe large empire of China there is only one lunatic asylum, and [this was founded eleven years ago near
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 62 8 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Y. W. C. A. GAROEN BALE. A Sa'e of Fancy and useful articles will bo hell (D. V.) at "Waterloo," 113, River Valley Road, on Saturday, September 18 at 4 pm. A jumble sale from 10 a.m. till noon, and from 4 till 8; also a J- hour
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    • 556 8 PRELIMINARY NOTICE. AUCTION SALE ot VALUABLE SINGAPORE TOWN PROPERTIES (»99 YEARS LEASEHOLD), To bo held at Powell i Co.'s Sale-room, On Tmndaij, September $8, at 3.30 p.m. HIGH STREET. Lot 1. The shop-house, known as No. 40 f, High Street. Monthly rent 155. Lot 2.^ The shop house, knowh as
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    • 671 8 VICTORIA THEATRE. Last 3 Performances. Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Co. To -Night s THE BELLE OF NEW YORK." To-morrow afternoon. Grand Matinee, at 4 p.m -THE BELLE Of NKW YoKK Children and Amahs, half price to Matinee only. Tomorrow Night, Last Performance, -Til K GIRL FROM PAISIS. Hy special request. Box
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    • 281 8 Victoria Theatre. 4 NIGHTS ONLY 4 i OMMKNi DM WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 15. Bandmann's Merry Little Maids Comic Opera Company. l-'or the first time in Singapore*, ocbt 1 v Tho Ureat Oaiet y Theatre OCrl.lO Success: HAVANA. Tnu Famous Musical Comudy SEPT. 16 MISS HOOK OF HOLLAND. From tlie Prince of
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 162 9 BnverH. Sflllom. 10 Belat 6.10 I M 10 Brnanfl 6. 6.23 10 Brnwli 7.75 8.— 1 TViff Development 5 85 6 1 Teher 2.— 2 75 10 Kaiwboi tM W i Kinu li— nan 1 KU^ang 150 1.75 1 Kramat Pu'ai 4.— 4.50 10 Knanton 3 50 4.—
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    • 88 9 9 10 F.tvrfom <5mpHinij Co »7pd 1<V1O 10.2."> 60 Kra*>r and N.-ave Ld 142 ">0 145 10 Hot. 1 vnn Wiik 22 50 24 60 100 Hownrth Krf kine M. 82 50 100 T% Pref 100 100 Riley Hari?re«yeii k Co. Ld. f9.— 60.— 100 1% Pref tl.— 94
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    • 34 9 1100 Ho«ai"li Krskin<>L1. 0% par 100 Rilo>Harcrcavo«4Co.La.6% 2%pm. IPO Singapore Municipal 6% 20% pm I 100 do 5% 6% pro. 100 do H% 2^pm. fa 5%diso £100 SingororeE ect Trams t% 80% disc
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  • 371 9 STRANGE DEVELOPMENTS BEING BROUGHT TO LIGHT. Prosecution Instituted. The trial ol Tamada Shotaro, a hosiery manufacturer, ou whose premises at Kusliiniiaclii. '1 choine, Osaka, tbe recent conlUgration is biipposed to have originated, commenced at the* )>aka Ku Saibansho recently before Judge Fukuma, says tlie Kobe Herald. He
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  • 398 9 Singapore, September 6, 19C9. The prices quoted are generally those current at Clyde Terrace Market. At the other market)* there may besmall Taria'.ioiia. Articles. j Ca Beans, Long (per catty) 0.01 (do.) French (do.) 0.15 Beef perlb. 0.16 Beefsteak (do.) 0.18 Hran Sprouts (per catty) 0.02 Bamboo
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  • 52 9 The Chinese Hoard of War had intended to engage the Wright Brothers to visit China and build airships for the Chinese Army, but owing to the lack of funds it now pro|n»es to purchase a few airbhip-i from them first for experiment*! purpo*t-o and to establish a factory if they
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 607 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. APCAR LINE OF STEAMERS. Thi undermentioned mail steamers ot lbs above Line maintain a regular servioa telween Caloutta and Japan, oalling at Penang. Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai m routi FLEET. Tons Oommander i.i. Jamb 1,018 J. G. Ouraai a.s. "Qreoobt Akii" 4,600 8. H. Belsob I.S. ArjutooH ArcAß"
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    • 502 9 I STEAMER SAILINGS. N.Y.K JAPAN M«L BTEAMBHIP CO. LTD. Two regular services are maintained between JAPAN and EUROPE by the Company's well-known TWIN-SCREW STEAMERS, under Mail Contract with the Imperia Japanese Government, specially designed tor the Company's European Service, lighted throughout by Electricity, provided with excellent accommodation for First and
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    • 146 9 $2 H^ $2 I-Klt SIP* H^ TEH WEEK. WEEK TALKING MACHINES ON EASY TERMS Knjoij the Intfrummi irlrile fou are paying for it. A LAR<iE SELECTION" TO CHOOSE 1-IJOM, AT PRICES RAXGINIi FROM $2O TO $100. Records from each. THE ROBINSON PIANO CO.. LTD. FRAMROZ'S Aerated Waters GUARANTEED as having
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 422 10 INSURANCE. GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LIMITED. Head Office Winchester House, SINGAPORE. Board of Director* i O A. DiHRICK, Esq., (I; .irrna.ll. Ad. Akmi-s, Em]., Vice-Chairman. A. H Fair, Kmj Mananin|{ Director. Pbtbb Fowlib, m.b., cm., Chief Mod. Officer. F. M. Elliot, En}. Rev. N. J. Couvbbdr Vow Noan Pan,
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    • 448 10 INSURANCE. THE CHINA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., LTD. Head Office -i.vV Canton Road, Shanghai. Registered ander tbo Lifo Assurance Companies Acts, England, and under tbe Uorj^kong Ordinances Boabd of Directors Alexander McLeod, Esq., Chairman. I.• 1 Yung mi, E*.q., C. Sti-plmi iuh. Km].. J. H. McMicbael, Esq., C. K. Burkill,
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    • 587 10 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUBTRALIA AND CHINA. NOOBPORATiSD BY ROYAL CHARTER -*ald np Capital in 60,000 Shares of •■JO each ..£1,200.000 teserve Fund 41.574,000 <eierve Liability of Proprietors K1.200.00C BANKERS. Bank ol England. National Bank of Scotland. Cks London City A Midland Bank, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Unrrant Aocounte are
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    • 332 10 BANKING. HUNGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. .'aid-up capital moooooi <ESERVEFCND;dlerhng Reserve 115,000,000 1 iM -,v, u Silvsr Beaerve 114,600,000/ ■M.000.0W I tssarve Liability of Propnators IIfi.OOO.OOt COURT OP UIKECTOKb Bon. Mr. W. J. Oresson, Chairman. H. E. Tomkins, Esq., Deputy Chairman. BO Barren, £sq. 11, R. Lenzmann, Esq J. W.
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    • 784 10 SALES BY AUCTION. BEAUTIFUL JAPANESE POTTERY AND ORNAMENTAL GOODS. S?JTr. FINE ART CURIOS. About 400 -pieces of the highest-grade, At H. L. Coghlan Co.'s Sale Rooms, ON BITURDAY AND MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 11 AND 13. AT 10 30 A.M. EACH DAY THE GOODS ARE NOW OX VIEW AND COMPRISES Beautiful Satsuma
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  • 1665 11 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. Amusing Skit on Motoring. Mr. J. R. Andre, of Bangkok, has received two mi tor boatx and one motor car from Europe. H. I! H. Prince Sanprasat liaH imported a motor boat and two motor cars, and Mt-ssrp. E. C. Mou-id et PiU
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 290 11 CM of runnin, dep, nd* largely on WOLSELEY-SI OOELEY. tin wriyht a car may usually carry, the miltaue it runs, and, lastly, its horse- I pow.r. liurmK the- p»Ht yrar an owner jSgS^rfVTL of alOl2 li p WolseU y SidrtiMty car that V:,,~. Va^^mLVlX ran 7,104 niiles on the No.t'.i
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    • 106 11 BOWEL COMPLAINT IN CHILDREN. Children when teething are liable to attacks of diarrhoea and this trouble, especially n warm weather, should never be neglected. The best medicine in use for ailments of this kind is Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. When reduced with water and sweetened, it is not
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    • 128 11 1910 CARS! 1910 CARS! Great Improvements. CARS CAN HE USED WITHOUT STARTING HANDLE. STANDARDS. STARS, NAPIERS, ROVERS, BELSIZE AND REOS. Cars for Hire by Day and Night. AGENTS: C.F.F. Wearne&Co. 168 109, Orchard Road. DAY PHOUE JIV NIOHT 'PHONE. 71* Insure Your Motor (Bar AND COVER YOURSELF AGAINST RESULT OF
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    • 407 11 A Dollar an Hour ffit Instead of *H^ ar or on the farm, in the mine nr in the mill, in the office, store," or shop, the I. C. S. can and will LatMMi your earning capacity. A Dollar an Hour i> riot out of your reach, if >ou will
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    • 629 12 WANTS. B 111 I— 0» LI 301, OM OC tWO UlllllOM, |1 .OS Bf th» laob, m* Boalt ol Chargw, COCOANUr PLANTATION WANTED. v. noted to buy, Cocoanut Plantation. Full particulars to be sent to P.J., c/o Straits Tiu--s. 1894 TEACHERS WANTED. .lahtaj Teachers needed in St. Joseph's lu^titution fur
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    • 664 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. BiTßi I— Foil LiSM. Uno or rw lanttlou, r. .at Bf Ilii Inch, m Seal* ol Gfcwt**> OFFIBE ft 60D0WN TO BE LET. With immediate emry No. 7, Malacca Blrtei. Apply to GUTHKIE A CO., LTD. HiU HOUSE TO LET. No. 28. Sophia Road. Immediate
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    • 564 12 TO BE LET 08 SOLD B"> —Four Linn, em or two iuntloa n.ac By th« lull. nal* of shu«t HOUSES TO BE LET. Hoi. 81 and 88, loitltalton HiU. Kin ValUy Bowl. Apply la LEE OHBHQ lAI UTI BFFUES TO BE LET. OFFIOEB.— Ofioei top floor No. I, Flaky ■ob
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    • 732 12 NOTjCES. ■Un»>-1* Moatfa. (10 puißch. SBbwqn.nl aoatha, M. For shorter periods m Seal* of Ch*rm. GOVERHMENT^NOTIFICATIOH. Applications will be received at the Master ttendant's Office up to the 80th September. 1609, for the post of Steward, Sailors' Home. Salary. 9540 p. a., with free board and lodging and with an
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    • 605 12 SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS. Netherlands Gutta Percha Co., Ltd. Motor-tyrea rctreaded at Moderate Prices. All kinds of India iiubber Article, Sheets VALVES, Ring,, TYRES, HOSES (Suction, Steam, Hydraulic), Gardcnhose., Tubes! ENDLESS BELTS. FLOOR-TILES, MATTING, EBONITE and Hard Rabber Articles, Bicjcic Tyres. Works Offices: PassirPanjang, Singapore. Sole Agents MESSRS. HOOGLANDT CO., SINGAPORE.
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