The Straits Times, 13 December 1909

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    Masthead
    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 23.141 SINGAPORE. MONDAY. DECEMBER 13. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      110 1 cnristmfls New Year DISPLAY OF TOYS, GAMES, DOLLS, CRACKERS, CHOCOLATES, SWEETS, NUTS, WINES SEASONABLE Novelties. KATZ BROS., LD. Chinese Porcelain. We have just unpacked an assortment of superior China Porcelain. chee o:n% 87, South Bridge Road. SOS 7 ART NEEDLEWORK AND FLOWER DEPOT §17. Orchard Road ARRANGED FLORAL BASKETS, BOUQUETS,
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      271 1 Robinson and Company. 1 i^T^ m ANI) Bt^ There is a Wide Choice of all that is Newest IJest in Gifts, suitable for Ladies NEW ROLL UP MANICURE GABEB. and Gentlemen. jJMB^ Jlf9| Toilet Sets in Cages. Cigar Cases. Wk Bm i Silver Manicure Sets. Bridge Sets. V W I)reBfcin
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      133 1 THE ARCADE. Cool and well-lighted offices to let. Rents reasonable. The owners offer the small shops on Ground Floor Rent Free for a short period to suitable Tenants. Apply MESSRS. ALKAFF k CO., or D. McLeod Craik, 2400 Architect Proprietor J. CARAPIET Tiliphonb No. 58. THE BEST FOOD THE BEST
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      33 1 FOR SALE. Sieal plants. AGAVE RIGIDA var. SISALANA. Bulbils at Rs. 10 per thousand. Hooted plants at Rs. 12 per thousand. Apply to R.R. MACKENZIE, Cbandpore Tea and Sisal Estate. 2492 Chittagong, India.
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    Modern Education.
    790 2 A NEW WAY WITH THE OLD LEARNING. Classics for the Master. The interview with Dr. Cbiltor, headmaster of the City of London School, which we print below, says the Daily Mail, raises anew the question of the ideal education for the English boy. In Dr. Cbilton's opinion— and
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    DIPLOMATIC SECRETS.
    205 2 Count Aehrenthal and His Critics. The Novoye Vremya, commenting on Count Aehrenthaj's reply to its request for detailed information on the subject of the attitude of Russia towards the annexation of Bosnia Herzegovina, says In this telegram Count Aehrenthal has contented himself with recapitulating the circumstances known to
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      285 2 IN STOCK AT Kuala Lumpur: ONE 12 H.P. ONE 14 H.P. Garreffs PORTABLE ENGINES QUITE NEW, for sale at SPECIALLY REDUCED PRICES. Apply to A. C. HARPER ie CO., LTD., Kuala Lumpor, or THE BORNEO CO., LTD., SIITGAPOR/E. J. d'A. PEREIRA, F.R.H.8.. LONDON. Horticulturist aid Florist Collector and Exporter of
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      181 2 BUCHANAN'S WHISKIES are not an experiment. They have been the favourite blends at home for many years and are rapidly gaining similar popularity in the Colonies. No expense is spared] in keeping both, up to the mark RED SEAL AND BLACK AND WHITE 46 SINGAPORE COLD STORABE CO., LTD, iNBAR
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      128 2 fi?AS£K&A r £AV£s wrTHE** Singapore soda water MARTIN'S jjf^lfbrLadles.l PX LLS a ViajMk BaaaMr far ajl ImMartttta, Thonuaxt U4ta» k«*p a bo« o( laM P>IK in th« ho-j«c. so rtut nn tto Inl *ln of any lirr-ynUrlty of the S>%:rni liiarly do*« i«r Jh •iTinimaarcd TboM «Im> u^ Il.wa r»
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      398 2 rLIFEBUOy-j w A A pure soap, in a A\ y^f\r^ss£&£ highly concentrated tt V form, with power to (A. f purify and cleanse ff^ak 2 1 at tn e same time. r-daW M f H BHfl HEALTH INfHCTIOIS. ■■LdH Ep. Manufactured h> thProprietor, ul Sunllxhi >p SIEMENS BROTHERS SIEMENS BROTHERS
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    Stead and Sedition.
    436 3 REVIEW OF REVIEWS RE-SHIPPED TO ENGLAND. Action by Indian Government. A copy of the Bombay Gazette to band contains the following article Our evening contemporary in its last issue Sublished a remarkable statement concerning [r. Stead and his views of sedition and a campaign he is alleged
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    ON THE LAST GREEN.
    542 3 Graves of Great Golfers in Precincts of St. Andrews. There are few, if any, finer buryinn-grotinils than that to be^found in thojprecincts of the old Cathedral at St. Andrews. One could not picture a more peaceful nor majestic site. The ruins of the once wonderful Cathedral
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      707 3 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. CIVIL MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, IRON BRASS FOUNDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRIDGE BUILDERS ft GENERAL CONTRACTORS. SOLE JLC3-EITTS FOR/ Worthington Pump Co.'s Patent Pumps Pulsometer Engineering Co.'s Pulsometer Pnmps Robey and Co.'s Portable Engines and Machinery Richard Hornsby and Son's Oil and Gas Plants Waygood's Lifts and Hoists Robert
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      129 3 A Monster Devil FUh. Destroying its victim is a type of Rheumatism. To be overpowered by this terrible disease, crippled, helpless, bea-ridden, is today the fate of hundreds of sufferers. For but few diseases are so many remedies recommended as for Rheumatism, but among them none is so efficient as
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      345 3 TEA Don't be undecided. A gift of Brooke Bond's Tea is just the thing for a Christmas present. It is sure to please your friends. BROOKE BOND'S TEA Sold by all respectable dealers throughout the Straits Settlements. Wholesale Agents: MESSRS. GUTHRIE CO. ■M ■FOR LADIES "I D'JOREMOMQLLE'S APIOL' t he
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      305 3 S. SMITH SON'S W^ pm^M^k\ PERFECT IftS^ill SPEED INDICATORS W^pm>«4gMUlJi OVER 20,000 CARS And h.ivr covered Fn, m oSL. 200,000,000 MILES. IN USE Al-I_ OVER THE WORLD. Largest Manufacturer* of SPEED INDICATORS. MOTOR WATCHES MILOMETERS. PETROL-METERS and MOTOR ACCESSORIES. WRITE FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. SPECIAL TERMB TO SHIPPERS. 9 STRAND, LONDON,
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      694 4 STEAMER BMLHWB. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION GO. For China, Japan, Penan*. Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Ply. mouth and London. Through BUls of Lading Issued for China Coa-t, Persian Gulf, Continental, and Amerioan Ports. BWamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. Outward (for China) Delhi Deo
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      576 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N.Y.K JAPAN MAIL BTEAMBHIPGO.LTD. A reculai fortnightly seryioe is maintained betwJeV JAPAN and BCROPB by the Company's well-known TWIN-BCKBW STBAMBBB, under Mail Contract with the Imperial Japanese Government, specially desitfnod for the Company's Buropoan Sorvioe, lighted throughout by Bteotricity, provided with excellent accommodation for First and Seoond Class
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      641 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. BURHB PHILP LINE. SINGAPORE TO 'JAVA PORTS, POST DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND, BRISBANE AND BTDNEI. ALSO TAKING CARGO FOA OTHER NORTH QUEENSLAND PORTS, BRITISH NEW GUINEA, NEW BRITAIN A NEW ZEALAND PORTS (with transhipment). *Ad iniluoement offen. Smooth passag?. Superb Scenery. A regular monthly servioe to above ports Is
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      120 4 BTBUIER BAIUNBB. BTOOMYAART4IAATSCHAPPU (STEAMSHIP COMPANY) NEDERLAND." FORTNIGHTLY MAIL SERVICE BETWEEN JAVA AND AMSTERDAM VIA SINGAPORE, SABANG, OOLOMBO, POST SAID, GENOA, ALGIERS TANGIER AND LISBON, AHD DOVER, OCCASION ALLY. Steamen are due on] or about the undermentioned datos: oeSWABB. SMUWABB. IBM 1909 Rembrandt Deo 18 WUlem 111 Deo 2 J 1910
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      593 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBUR6. The steamen of this Company maintain a regular servioe between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, end Rotterdam, and tbe Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhaven direot, oalling at Penans and Colombo. Taking oargo
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      719 4 STEAMER BAILIMB. N. D. L. Norddeutscher Lloyd. Bremen. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mail steamen of this Company sail fortnlghly from Bremen, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (oonneotioaMarseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vioa Tana) Port Bald, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penaag. Singapore, Hongkong Shanghai, Nagasaki aad
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    DAILY TIME TABLE,
    150 5 DAILY TIME TABLE. FIXTURES. Monday, December 13. High Water, 10.8 a.m.. ILK p.m. Federal Council, Kuala Kaogsar. Acjuatic Sports, Kuala Kanpsar. Sultan of Pernk's banquet, Kuala Kangsar, M. M. outward mail due. Zetland Emergency 8.80 p.m. Alhambra Cinematograph. Harima Cinematograph. Marlborough Cinematograph. Tuesday, December 14. High Water, 10.40 a.m. Federal
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    SINGAPORE NAILS CLOSE.
    153 5 ToD*T. >]■'!!, Anntralasia Mauritius, India, Egypt ami EIIPOIM, etc. Krnest Simons 3pm Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan .^yria 3 pm Hongkong, Amoy and Bwatow Hontf Wan 1 3 pm Malacca Hong llu 3 pm I'enang and Deli llebo 8 pin Malacca, Port Dickaon. Port Swettenham and Telok Anaon
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    60 5 I .>-ft Singapore r IOT 11 B. I. [ov IS M. M. lov 19 P. AO. [ov 25 B. I. :..v 31 H. M. >Ec S P. O. tee 6 N. D. L. lea 9 13. 1. DnelnLoado Deo Deo IS Deo 13 Deo 17 Dec 21
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
    489 5 Latest Arrivals. Aniilocti. I'.rit mr 8792 taaa, Capt Keav, Deo 13. From Li%erpx)l. Nov IS. 0.0. W. Mansfield ,v Co. For.Upan. Dec 15— W. Amir, d r.mly, Fch Btr 35»4 toua, Captain Le Cerf, Dec 12. From Dunkirk. Oct 38. 0.0. and 283 p. M. Comic A Coy.
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    Clearances.
    94 5 December 9 llufloir. On str, Japan via port* CUvelmd, Ger str, Sin Francisoo via ports Sdangor, Brit str, Telnk Anson via port* Seirtiail, Nor str, Bangkok II A'nKl/imi, Dnt L'er, B. Papan Amhetti, Brit str, Pontianak O. O. Meyer, Dnt str. Mantok and Palombang II yr Li- my, Brit
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    94 5 Wharves at which Veueli an Berthed To- Day. TANJONQ PAGAR. Ei«T WsUßt Bads— Nil. Etsr W. Samoa I— Minilya, Taroba, Uganda. Samoa No. 1 (Sbbbu Wbubi)— Cowrie. Samoa 2— Fook Sang, Dagmar. 3— Nil. 4-Kut Sang. 6— Gorgon. 6— Antilochne, Menelius. 7— Nil.
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    News Items.
    134 5 There were IU9 bullocks from India on the ii. I. mail steamer Taroba, which arrived on Saturday. Tho British steamer Nord arrived from Laogkat, on Saturday, with 58,200 oases of koroscne for Manila. The Norwegian whalers Foula and Busta, of 37 tons, arrived from Tonaberg, yesterday, en route
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    LOCAL PASSENGER LISTS.
    572 5 Coming to Singapore. Per I. and O. steamer Syria, due December 10.— Mr. R. H. Dunnall, Mrs. Boustow, Mrs. Howard and ohildren, Mr. C. Matthew, Mr. F. C. Harrison, Mr. W. N. Ruxton, Mr. R. W. Dunn, Mr. J. L. and MissO. L. Miller, Mr. O. D.
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    46 5 Time-ballB on Fort Canning and Mount Faber drop daily at 1 p.m., Singapore standard time, oorreflpoudiog to 6 a.m. Greenwich mean time. The tiuiegun is fired at 12 o'clock noon, indicating Singapore standard time, nn every day excepting Sunday, when it in Brod at one o'clock.
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    THE MONEY MARKET.
    620 5 Unusually Bountiful Harvest for India. Messrs. Samuel Montagu and Co., writing under date, November 18, state The price of bar gold was unchanged at 775. 9d. p. oz. std. With the ezoeption of a considerable amount reserved for India, the arrivals— about £650,000— were sold to the
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    SYDNEY COAL STRIKE.
    174 5 The P. and 0. Company Hold Large Stocks at Colombo. Of the great rutil steamship companies connecting Australia with Europe, the P. and O. is in the best position to meet any trouble arising from the shortage of Australian coal owing to the strike, says the West
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      EXCHANQE.
      124 5 EXCHANGE. On London— Bank 4 m/a n 2/4 g Demand 2/4,, Private 6 m/a a/4; do 8 m/a 2/4,; On Germany— Bank d/d 2881 Private 8 m/a 344 do 8 m/p 2461 On drones- Bank d/d 194} Private 8 m/a 299* do 8 m/a B08t On JndU- Bank T. T.
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      PRODUCE.
      110 5 Gambier buyeri t 10.80 do (Cube No. 1) nnpicked M 14.30 Copra Bali 10.00 do Pontianak 9 60 Pepper. Black buyers ls.f n do While t% buyers 27 50 Sago Flonr Sarawak 8.7.. do Brunei No. 1 nom. Pearl Sago nom Coffee Bali 29 00 Coffee Palembang, 80% baiii
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      MINING.
      258 5 93ci Paid J ■aldi Ur Com- ant Last DiYn>«n> BuTIM Silu; 10 10 10 1 10 1 1 10 1 10 t 1 1 1 10 1 10 10 10 1 10 1 1 10 1 10 "i 10 18/10 10 10 10 10 1 1 1 Bol»t Tin
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      RUBBER.
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      GENERAL.
      173 5 10 10 60 10 100 100 100 100 10 100 100 10 60 1 100 100 II 10 7 BO 10 Haatern Smelting Co., Ltd. J Fraaer NeaVe, Ltd." Hotel van Wiik Co. Ltd. Ho wart h Erskine Ltd. „7% Preferenoe Eat* Brothers, Ltd. Deferred 8% Com. Preferenoe Maynard
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      88 5 AUCTION SALES Powell and Co. Dec. 14.— At No. 40, Boat Quay, stock-in-trade, etc., at 11. Dec. 14. At saleroom, freehold residential properties, situate at Lloyd Road and Dublin Road, at 2.80. Dec. 14 At saleroom, dwelling house, No. 7, Johore Hoad, etc.. at 2.80. Deo. 15.— At the Ordnance
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      290 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. WATERWORKB, 1909. CAST IRON CONDUIT BETWEEN KAL&NG RIVEH RESERVOIR AND WOODLEKiH FILTERS. The Municipal Commissioners of Singapore invite Tenders for the laying and jointing of a 30 inch diameter cast iron conduit between Kalang liner Reservoir and Woodleigh Kilters (and all other works in connection therewith).
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    ffl%* Straits ffinws, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18. LIBERALS AND COLONIES.
    1083 6 The Straits Times. MONDAY, DECEMBER 18. LIBERALS AND COLONIES. I One hears frequently that the only way to convert a British Radical is to send him to reside in some of His Majesty's Dominions Beyond the Seas. The effect of the prescription is guaranteed, and on the whole we should
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    19 6 The winding up is threatened of the Lap Guarantee Trust, which has lost the enormous sum of three millions.
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    47 6 Official advices from Palembang show that the fire in the petroleum reservoir there lasted till November 20. Four Unki blazed up, besides one tank containing oil residue. The damage done is roan ily set at 800,000 guilders. The fire was checked in time to save the refinery.
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    26 6 The lodge Zetland banquet will; bo I held in the grand Hotel de l'Europe, on the 27th inst.. and not on the 28tb, as previously stated.
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    24 6 The steamer Calchax grounded on the mud at Port Swettenham, on Friday afternoon, and four hours elapsed before the rising tide floated her off.
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    24 6 Tickets for Burns' Night Concert may be had at Messrs. John Little, Kelly and Walsh, Robinson and Co.. the Dispensaries and Moutrie and Co.
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    22 6 Messrs. Uowarth Erskine Ltd.'a Ipoh branch has practically completed a new rubber store and plant for Selinsinu estate in the Krian district.
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    30 6 The science of aeronautics has so far ad. vanced that France is about to materialise the dream of the age. having actually commenced tho work of building an aerial fleet.
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    28 6 At tho Harima Hail cinomatograph, to night, besides the usual moving-picture show, Messrs. Bert Honson and Joee, boxer and wrestler, respectively, will moet local men for a substantialjpurse.
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    36 6 The Tokio money market is quite dull. Every bank is at a loss to dispose of tbe large deposits, which every day are increasing. This state of things is expected to continue till the New Year.
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    37 6 The total value of frozen beef shipped from Australia to all oversea countries in 1908 was £161,591. Tbe value of the consignment imported into Singapore was £9,825. The Philippine Islands took beef to tbe value of £151,076.
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    39 6 Tbe offer by the Planters' Association of Malaya of a reward of .£2,000 for tbe discovery of a method of exterminating white ants was withdrawn because the Director of Agriculture thought it improbable that the reward would be earned.
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    41 6 On November 29, a serious tire broke out in tbe business-quarter of Cbolon, near Saigon. It caught five houses and the flames blazed up fiorcoly before they could be mastered. The damage which amounted to 200,000 dollars is covered by insurance.
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    57 6 Mr. L. J. B. Madden had a very narrow escape from being killed, this morning, while driving his motor-car, reports tbe Perak Pioneer of the 9th inst. While ho was adjusting a screw, somehow or other he lost control over the machine, which rushed into a deep pit near the
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    48 6 Two steamers, intended for the Penang Kedah run. are being built at Hongkong for the Eastern Shipping Company. They will be named the Kedab and tbe Pangkor, respectively. One of the boats, the Straits Echo understands, is already completed and is expected in Penang this week, weather permitting.
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    58 6 Tbe Methodist Publishing House send us a copy of a now map of tbe Malay Peninsula which they have brought out, and one which we think will be a distinct addition to the available equipment for public schools, English and vernacular, of tbe Malay Peninsula and neighbourhood. It is well
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    66 6 For the hut ten days, crowds of people have been rushing to see a banana tree, which is planted in Beach Rd. beside the Alhambra cinematograph show. The tree is seven feet in bight, bearing a bunch seven feet long. It is believed that tbe bunch will grow another foot
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    64 6 Programme ticket*), 11, can be bad of Messrs. Moutrie and Co. or from the members of the choir for the Sacred Concert and Organ Recital, on Thursday, December 2:i. at 9 p.m. Mrs. Jas le Mesurier will sing Nearer My God, Mrs. A. E. Webster, The Better Land, Miss Ida
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    62 6 Quito a little naval force is at Kowloon Docks at present, says the S. C. Morning Post. H. M. S. 8. Hart, Virago, Taku and Fame are all there undergoing overhaul after their extended trip north. The Portuguese cruiser Rainha Amelia is also at the dock, and there might also
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    69 6 Li Ah Chi was, on Saturday, found in possession of a revolver and five blank cartridges. This morning, he told Mr. Caiman that he had just come from New York and was taking the weapon to China. The police believed he was trying to sell it it was worth 126.
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    60 6 In Tinland says The Federal Supply Enactment 1909, which makes financial provision for the year 1910, provides (12,100 for geological investigation, while 815,000 is voted for bands. Considering the relative importance of the two items and that the chief revenue of the States is derived from mineral products, such an
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    66 6 Mr. Greenfield, of Messrs. Braddell Bros., addresoeil the court of appeal for two days last wick, on behalf of Lim Sian Keng, who has appealed against the decision of Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith in the partnership claim which he brougnt against Messrs. Wee Bin and Co. On Saturday, Mr. Emerson
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    68 6 A special address in Tamil will be given at the Short Street Girls' School, at 8.15 p.m., to-morrow, by Mr. Ramachandram, a member of the Anglo-Indian Temperance Society of London, the subject being Temperance, the Rev. H. Matthes, German missionary from India, being in the chair. On Wednesday night, at
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    388 6 Mr. II Case has left Kuala Lumpur, Mr. C. D. Slater is joining Messrs. Me Alister and Co.'s Kualu Luuipur branch. Mr. W. Smith, chief engineer artificer of H. to. S. King Alfred, died at the General Hospital, Shanghai, on November 29, from absceHs of the liver.
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    Tbe Alhambra.
    46 6 The Alhambra. The picture La Grande Uretocht attracted quite a large number of people to the Alhambra cinematograph on Saturday night. The mimic accompanying the presentation of the picture was appropriate, and the show's orchestra was ably agumented by members of the Adelphi Hotel string band.
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    European Soldier Charged.
    133 6 Yesterday morning, after cnuxiderable chase, l'te. ti. Read, of the Middlesex Regiment, wan arrested by Chief Inspector Sheedy, at 93 North Bridge lid. on the allegation of having stolen a gold ring with v ruby and diamond, valued at $60, from the shop of Lo Ali. It
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    A Full Court Decision Reversed.
    163 6 News has reached Hongkong, says the Daily Press of the 6th inst., that the Privy Council has reversed the decision of the Hongkong Full Court, consisting of His Hon. Sir Francis Piggott (Chief Justice) and His Hon. Mr. 11. I J. Gompertz I Puisnn Judge),
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    Messrs. Wearne's New Garage.
    203 6 The commodious new garage of Messrs. C. F. F. Wearne and Co., in Orchard IM. near the corner of Dhoby Ghaut, is Dot yet quite completed, but the firm are already moving in, as they have been long overcrowded on the old premises. Both establishments will
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      71 6 LAMBERT BUTLER'S Smoking Mixtures. PACKED IN i Ib. AIR-TIQMT TI.NS PAICE 70 CTB. PER TIN John Little Co., Ltd., ll^^^|i Robinson Co. PRICE: 90CTS. PER TIN. Sokßra Ho Brand Milk. CpS) SIEWUZED PUR£ (^||j) SOLB AGRNTS: JOHN LITTLE =====^^^^0 AHD co LTD 2 T2^ IEF IC^ yini»mni»inniiiiinnimnnwnniiiny B THE IDEAL
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      221 6 ALHAMBRA BEACH ROAD. SPECIAL ATTRACTION TO-NIGHT! Second Show at 9 30 p.m. La Grande Breteche SI'PPORTED BY PICTURESQUE BIARRITZ. Favourite Health Resort of our Majosl y the Kin;;. Showing a beautiful series I f views of tbe whole scenery around and about this fashionable watering-place, including pictures of The Casino,
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    GERMAN POLITICS.
    172 7 THE IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR'S SPEECH. Approved by the Foreign Press. IRItJTIB'S TIUOSAMI l.ouilou, December 11. Hen Scliood, the German Foreign Minister, speak. ug in the Keiclistat;, emphasised (be good r-jsults of Franco German co-operation in Morocci, iiti-1 ttmtinVd to tlie disenterested actioL of Franco. He lec'ir.-.l that tbo Belgian
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    Japan and Russia.
    79 7 STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR AT VIENNA. Rumours of Frection Malicious Inventions. |Dbr Ostasiatiscbb Lloyd Trlborami Berlin, December IJ. Tbe Japanese Ambassador at Vienna has declared that tho Embassy knows nothing about rumours which have been circulated in Russia with reference to Japanese negotiations which have an aggressive object
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    ITALIAN CABINET.
    45 7 [RbUTBR's TkLKORAM| London, December 11. Signnr Suuniuo has formed an Italian Liberal Coalition Cabinet. |Dbh Ostasiatisobb Lloyd Tslrora*] Berlin, December 12. In tho new Italian cabinet Signor tjonnino is Minister of thu Interior, Quinordic Minister lor Forci^u Affairs, Buttolo Minister for the Navy.
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    AMERICAN FOOTBALL. ;
    54 7 AMERICAN FOOTBALL. Proposal to Adopt the English Rules. IRbutbr's Trlboraml London, December 18. A New York telegram says that owing to tbe prohibition of football by the sohools, an attempt i» being made to introduce the English rules. A Canadian tca.u played an exhibition game on Saturday, in the presence
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    COTTON CROP.
    48 7 Official Report on Exceptional Scarcity. llUotir's Tblboram.l London, December 11. A report of tbe United States Bureau. placing tbe cotton crop at 200,000 bales below the most sanguine expectation ot tbe bulls, has caused record excitement at New York. At Liverpool the prices are rising rapidly
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    STORM ON LAKE ERIE.
    41 7 Loss of Fifty-Nine Lives and Great Damage. [Rbctrr's Tblboram I London, December 18. A great storm raged on Lake Erie on ■Wednebiay and Thursday. Fifty- nine people perished, and damage amounting to a million dollars was done.
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    INTER VARSITY FOOTBALL.
    32 7 [Rjutbr's TblboramJ London, December 18. In the Rugby football match Oxford beat Cambridge by 85 points to 3. The feature of tbe matob was the Buperb three quarter play.
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    PRINCE BUELOW.
    22 7 I Dbb Ostasiatiscbb Lloyd Tblbokam] Berlin, November 12. Prince Buelow has been received in anoienoe by tbe Pope at Rome-
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    CAPT. TROAN'S CASE.
    378 7 Plaintiff Awarded Sum Claimed and Costs. Capt. Fripp gave evideuce for the defence before Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith, at tho supreme court, on Saturday, in the case in which Capt. Alfred Troan is suing Towkay Nah Kirn Seng, owner of the steamer Cheang Chew, for 11,791.38 for
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    AN ACCUSED CHETTY.
    243 7 Case Transferred from Malacca to Singapore. At the last Malacca assizes, a Chetty was tried on a charge of forgery, but tho jury failed to agree and a re- trial was ordered. Mr. Fort applied to the Chief Justice, this morning, for a transfer of the case
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    CROWN AGENTS' FAILURES.
    306 7 Complaints from South Africa and Hongkong. Purchasing Government supplies from Crown Agents instead of from local merchants or importers is still, says The British Trade Journal, a grievance in many oolonies and we notice that the Chamber of Commerce at .Johannesburg has taken up the question on
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    Mr. Scab Peck Seah.
    82 7 At High St., yesterday afternoon, tbe preliminary ceremony of the wedding of Mi. and Mrs. Seah Peck Scab's seventh daughter was made the occasion of a large gathering. Unfortunately a heavy shower of rain did not add to the comfort of those having to travel from
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    The Governor's Tour.
    249 7 VISIT TO RESIDENTIAL MALAY COLLEGE. Festivities at Kuala Kangsar. iFkomOub Spkcial Rkprbsentativk.) Kuala Kangsar, December 13. On Saturday afternoon. His Excellency the High Commissioner formally visited the residential Malay College, being accompanied by Mr. Bolficld, Mr. Birch, Mr. Brockuian and several Malay officials. Tbe college is a
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    LADY'S ADVENTURE.
    500 7 Arrested and Dragged Through the Streets. An English lady's remarkable adventure in Vienna was described in the Sheriff of London's Court this week, says the Daily Mail of Novembor 20, when an action by Mrs Alice Mary Yorke, of Linden Gardens, Chelsea, against Dr. Arthur Charles Rainer, whose
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    Kuala Kangsar.
    122 7 The District Officer, Koala Kangsar, writes With bnt few exceptions tbe Malay population of the district is essentially a settled population, and even tbe Chinese, though shitting, remain in numbers about the same from year to year. One would not imagine when admiring tbe view across the Perak
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    The Federal Council.
    671 7 IMPERATIVE NEED FOR CENTRAL BODY. Speech of the High Commissioner. iFkom Oik Special Repkbsbntativr). Kuala Kangsar, December 11. The formal opening of the Federal Council took place, as I have already indicated, at 11 a.m. to-day. The weather was dull, but as the rain kept off tbe
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    Four Mail Steamers in Port.
    116 7 Those who happened to visit the Tanjong Pagar wharves, last Friday morning, were regaled with the novel sight of four mail steamers lying there, vis., two Dutch, one German and one Spanish. Tbe almost simultaneous departure of three of them, the same afternoon, presented a
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    WEDDING AT THE CATHEDRAL
    673 7 Marriage of a Prominent Local Sportsman. The marriage of Mr. F. Apps, of Messrs. Robinson and Co., with Miss A. H. L. Glassborow, who recently arrived from England, was solemnised at St. Andrew's Cathedral, on Saturday afternoon, the Rev. H. C. Izard officiating. Mr. Salzmann presided
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    SIMPA RUBBER ESTATE.
    216 7 Acquired by London Syndicate for $150,000. Another rubber estate in the Province has been taken up by a London syndicate, tbe transfer being signed on December 6, says tbe Straits Echo. This is tbe Simpa Rubber estate, situated in Sungei Bakap, Province Wellesley, having an area of
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    Tbe Rubber Market.
    200 7 Messrs. W. J. and H. Thompson's fortnightly rubber circular, dated November 18, says Para. Our market since oar last report ban been dnll and easier for near positions and hard cure fine spot has declined about fid. per lb. as with the prospects of larger supplies in
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    GENERAL ELFCTION.
    110 7 GENERAL ELECTION. MR. BALFOURS APPEAL FOR TARIFF REFORM. Liberal Conspiracy to Set up Single Chamber Rule. [RauTßß's Tblboram] London, December 11. Mr. Balfour has issued a manifesto in which be declares that the attacks on the House of Lords are the culmination of a long drawn conspiracy on the part
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    TURKEY AND ENGLAND.
    37 7 The Tigris-Euphrates Shipping Concession. (Dbb Ostasutiscbi Lloyd Trlbqkan) Berlin, December 12. A ministerial crisis is expected in Turkey owing to the shipping concession inado to England in connection with the Tigris and Euphrates navigation.
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    CRETAN QUESTION.
    21 7 [Dbr Ostasiatiscbb Lloyd Tbleqram| Berlin, December 12. The Greek Officers League urges prudonce in connection with the Cretan Question.
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    BURIED TREASURE IN LABUAN.
    285 7 Hidden Gold from a Spanish Sailing Vessel. (From Our Own Cokkksponuknt.) Labuan, December 4. Perhaps only a few persons have heard of the buried treasure that is supposed to exist in Labuau, and a few words in connection with it may be of interest. As far
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    SOUND POSITION OF RUBBER
    404 7 Mr. E. V. Carey Declares No Clouds Are on the Horizon. Mr. E. V. Carey, who came to the Straits by tbe P. and O. Delta after spending a week in Ceylon, is going to take chargo of the Carey United Kubbor Estates on Jugra Island.
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      32 7 Export of Tin from Perak. Tbe following are the advance figures (liable to correction) of the tin exported from Perak during Novembor Block tin, 11,632.71 piculs, tin ore 28,970.81 niculu, duty, 1880,005.79.
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      191 8 Tinclor, the veteran miler, best lit Huron at Durban, in a race over that distance. His time was 4 mins. 25 sees. Saturday, Nov. lU, was the first time for fifteen years that Clyde have managed to get the better of Rangers in a competition match. Mr.
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      33 8 Engineer*' Monthly Handicap. The result of this handicap, firod yesterday, is as follows: tapper 11. .iwciwa .'apt. V. A. Flower Jorpl. F. Portoous 87 10 Wi 97 5 92 81+8 =89
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      Bowling.
      116 8 Tanglin Club Bowling. The first annual competition for tho Withers' (.up was held on Saturday, at the Tanglin Club, and resulted in a win for H. Freeman with a score of 891 nett. The following are the particulars of the scores The Withers' Cup was subscribed for by members
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      638 8 League Ups-and- Downs. Wbilb Celtic and Kalkirk forgo merrily alioad in tho Scottish League, the other teams find their fortunes somewhat chequered. Certain old-time giants had their reputations sadly tarnished on Saturday, Nov. 18. For the third week in succession Hangers failed to find the net, and whereas
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    THE LATE MR. HARRY WYLIE.
    335 8 By His Death Aberdeen Lose a Fine Sportsman. Aberdonians abroad, who have followed the aps and downs of tbe Aberdeen Football Clnb since its inauguration some years ago, will read, with regret, the following obituary notioe, taken from an exchange, to band by tbe English
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    TIGER IN A STORM.
    232 8 Escape from Cage on Board a Steamer. Incoming vessels from the south all report a great storm in the Gulf of Mexico, and the severest weather iv the Caribbean Sea, says a New York despatch, but the most extraordinary experience is reported by tbe passenger and
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    MARRIAGE LAW.
    212 8 Interesting Point for Decision at Penang. An intricate point of law is likely to be argued locally, says the Straits Echo, of December 7. A nonia, Vi Boi Nio, summonsed her husband, Lim Li Tat, alias Mohamed Noor, for maintenance. It may be remembered that it was admitted
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    A MENAM TRAGEDY.
    127 8 Norwegian Engineer Loses His Life at Bangkok. A sad accident occurred in the river just opposite the Bangkok Dock Co.'s premises in the early hours of the morning of tbe Brd inst. by which the chief engineer of tbe steamer Oerd, a young Norwegian, lost his life.
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    58 8 A correspondent, writing from Hongkong, with reference to the interport cricket matches, says On the whole, Hongkong did admirably, i>at in tennis we were quite out played by your men, who were something of a rorelation to us. Cox, especially, was not stuff, and I think be quite shocked Catr,
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    799 8 Prices Quoted in the Market This Morning. Messrs. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Share Brokers, issue the following lilt of quotations this morning Nom. Valne. Bayers. Sellers. 2/. Allagar 2/7 i 8/. 2/- B Options 1/- 1/8 ■2/. Anglo-Malay 13/9 14/. 41 Anxlo- Sumatra 81/6 85/. 1
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      256 8 To the Editor of tbe Straits Times. Sir, The British merchant sailor is an indispensible link in binding together that great family, whioh, scattered throughout the world, goes to make the British Empire. It cannot therefore be to them a matter of indifference what becomes of
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      Festival of Empire.
      345 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— The arrangements which have been in progress for upwards of a year are now completed, and the whole of the Crystal Palace, London, and its extensive grounds of more than 20' acres have been taken over by the Council
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      207 8 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. CHAPERON WANTED. Required a Chaperon for a few months for English lady travelling in Native States. Apply F., c/o Straits Times. 2601 BOARD AND REBIDENCE. Well-furnished rooms with board. Near town. Terms moderate. Apply (i., c/o Straits Times. 2499 TURNOUT FOR BALE. Comprising well-bred Mare, rubber-tyred Palanquin, newlj
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      240 8 RILEY, HARGREAVES AND CO., LTD. ELECTRICAL SHOWROOMS: NO. 5, BATTERY ROAD. THE BEST EQUIPPED IN THE EAST. INSPECTION INVITED SOLE AGENTS FOR CROMPTON CO, LTD., ENGLAND. BRITISH INSULATED HELBBY CABLES, LTD. m 1 1 1 1 ji SPECIAL BARGAINS OFFERED IN SOME First-Class Pianos OABH TIME PAYMENTS. BRINBMEAD SSS^KST!. 1
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      170 8 MARLBOROUGH BEACH ROAD. ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME TO-NIGHT I Second Show at 9 30 p.m. NEW PICTURES. WHY JONES COULDN'T SLEEP. This film, an excellent comic mibject. concerning .(ones and his many trying and aggravating experiences which are amusingly depicted, is extremely laughable and mirth-provocative. CORSICAN HOSPITALITY. A fine production
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      290 9 FOR XMASJPRESE2STTS. find Jewels, I'iate and and most reliable to Iff Novel Ornamtuts in T buy, B I display so pleasant to I for the reason Wt U I Get enchanted at the I but they aro jeweU WM si^ht of Pearls, f| Bafe bnyi H so rare to g
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      278 9 UNION 8.8. GO. OF_HEW ZEALAND. LTD SINGAPORE TO NBW ZBALAND DIM] OT, AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON, LYTTLBTON AND DUNBDIN, ALSO CALIIM3 AT SAMAKANO AND FIJI (IT IKDDCBMSKI OITSBJ). The Company's T.S. Steamer APARIMA. 6,704 tone, H. A. Rutter, Ccmmandar, maintains a regnhu four-monthly servioe between Singapore and Now Zealand. Bxoellent saloon aooommodation
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      351 9 STEAMER SAILINGSOCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. C 6. LTD. The Companies 1 skaracra uc despaohed from Liverpool oc Swards for the Strait*, China and Japan every week and from Japan homeward* for London, Amsterdam snd Antwerp every fortnight for Oenoa, Marseille* and Liverpool acd for
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      361 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. CD D Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Hall Stoamshlp Lino. THB HATIOMAL HIGHWAY TO BUBOPE YU CHIHA JAPAN, CANADA »«<J UM UNITED BTATBB, Boats from Hongkong, via Shanghai, RagazaU, (Inland Sea oi Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Victor!* and Vaaeonvsr, R.M.B. 'Earns* of Inu" 1 Twin-acrew rtesR.M.B. "Eiduss of Jaiai"
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      232 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. Christmas New Year Holiday, INDOCHINA S. N. CO.. LTD. APCAR LINE. RETIRX SALOON TICKETS at siuylo fares will be issued from Singapore to Penanß and Calcutta, available by the following steamers Leaving. Singapore. Calcutta. Fooksang abt. Dec. II Dec. 31 Laisang abt. Dec. 18 Jau. 4 Japan abt.
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      264 9 INSURANCE. BREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LIMITED. Head Office Winchester House, SINGAPORE. Board of Director* i A. Psf.ekk, Esq., Chairman. Id. Asmus, Ew]., Vico-Chairman. LH. Fair, K-.] Managing Director. Pans Fowl:*, m.b., cm. Chief Med. Officer. M. Elliot, Esq. Rev. N. J. Couvbicr. fow Noan Pan, Esq. Oso Soon Tbb,
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      455 10 INSURANCEMANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE GO. OF CANADA. Established 1887. It has to-day, more business in force than an; other Canadian Life Company ever bad at the same age. All claims, loans, cash-surrenders, etc, are promptly settled by the General Accnts at Singapore and Penang, without tbe.delay of reference to Head Office.
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      576 10 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. [■OORPORATiSD BT ROYAL CHARTER. Paid up Capital In 60,000 Shares of flO each f11.M0.000 Ssserve Fund 41.573,000 StMrva Liability of Proprietors aU,200,000 BANKERS. Bank oi England. HaMooal Bank of Boodand. Cke ftoadoa Clly A Midland Bank, Ltd. SINGAPORE BBANOH. Onrrast Aooouaia are
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      639 10 BANKING. NETHERLANDS-INDIA COMMERCIAL BANK (NED.-IND. HANDELSBANK. Established 1863. Capital Htminill G^s- 15,000,000 (about .£1,260,000 Paid-up Jl2 878,100 (about i1,C31,10 Reserve. Fund Old*. 2,764,888.09 (about £229,528). Head-Office Amsterdam (with Sub-Office at The Hague). Head'Agenoy Batavla. BRANCHES Hongkong, Samaraog, Sourabaya, Bandoung, Indramayoa and Wcltevre den CORRESPONDENTS in all prinoipal towns of Netherlands-India,
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      596 10 SALES BY AUCTION, AUCTION SALE. Girder Cuttings, Scrap iron and Steel, etc., At Messrs. Riley Hargreaves' Works, Head -Street, Oa Tuesday, December 14. Nt 2.30 p.m. H. L. COOHLAN k CO., Auctioneers. 2448 MORTGAGEES SALE. On Tuesday, December 14, at 2.30 p.m. Lot 1. The dwelling house No. 7, Johore
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      858 10 SALES BY AUCTION. -A.TJOTIO2ST SJLXjE VALUABLE CURIOS AND FANCY GOODS. GLASS 'SHOWCASES AND SHOP-FITTINGS. THE PROPERTY Off MESSIiS. POHOOMI LI. KliOS, (Changing Premise*), To be held at No. 40 k, High Street, ON WEONEBDAY. DECEMBER 15. AND FRIDAY. DECEMBER 17. Commencing each day at 10.30 a.m. Indian and Chinese silverware
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    AUTOMOBILISM.
    1139 11 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. Tbe new motor service to (iopeng— to where there is no railway line— is paying hand over fist and the Chinese firm who started tbe service intend patting on more cars. The ricksha coolies and gharry drivers are very disgusted at the arrival
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    THE PRIESTESS OF AMEN RA.
    206 11 Two Further Victims of a Mummy's Curse. A curious stor> is related iv the Express in connection witL. the Egyptian coffin-lid No. 22.642, which stands in a corner of tbe First Egyptian Koom of the British Museum. The coffin-lid has a painted face of the
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    INTOXICATED CADETS.
    191 11 Boys Rush a Barrel of Beer in a Refreshment Room. The Western Mail say a— A meeting of the committee controlling a recent tattoo in the Exhibition Buildings, was held, at Melbourne, on November 17. The chairman (Colonel Pleasants) called attention to the statement of Mr. Mauger, M.H.R.,
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      358 11 KELVIN MOTOR Launches Engine Sets AS SUPPLIED TO Crown Agents, F.M.S., and Singapore Municipality. Full particulars and prices from the Sole Agents for Strait Settlements I CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS. fIOVER CARS The 6 H.P. Rover Car, Special F inish, Two Ignitions, Hood and Wind Screen, is the ideal car for
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      75 11 The London Gazette announces, under date, Foreign Office, September 15. that the King has been graciously pleased to appoint Arthur Robert Peel, Esq., to be His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the court of his Majesty the Ring of Siam, and also to be His Majesty's Consul-General within
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      185 11 H Famous X^rio. PEARSONS PEARSONS PEARSONS winsome hycol BHAVING TOILET SOAPS SOAPS. are unequalled, The most power- Stick or Powder, being made from full Disinfectant Yield a creamy the purest mate- and Insecticide lather which does rials. in the world. not dryon the skin Order from your Chemist or Provision
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      603 12 WANTS. TYPISTB WANTED. V anted, Smart Typists. Chinese preferred. Must have had previous experience in merchant's office. Apply, Office MaDager, John Little Co., Ltd. 2472 TURNOUT WANTEO. Wanted, a Horse and Victoria with Ham Btsb, complete must bo sjiart and in good crder. Send full particulars and price to A
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      607 12 fO BE LET OR SOLD. OFFICEB TO LET. No. 05, Robinson Road. Moderate rent Apply to J. LEVY, No. 10, Robinson Road. HBUSEI T8 BE LIT. Hrn. 81 88, iMWtuMoa Hill, Hirer VtUay Boa*. Apply to LEE OHEBQ TAN ■■ado. IITI HOUSE TO LET WHITEHOUSB, Dalvey Road. Entry on December
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      648 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD, HOUSE TO LET FURNIBHED. Hollycroft," Stevrns Road. Entry March 12. Apply to M. E. Plumpton, c/o Adamson, Gilfillan Co., Ltd. u'2156 HOUSE TO BE LET. Burnbrae, Anderson Road, to be let, nnfurnished, immediately. Rent tIOO. Apply H. L. Coghlan and Co., Auctioneers. MM HOUSE TO
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      756 12 NOTICES. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that all outstanding bills against the Government should be presented for payment before the 15th instant. All bills incurred after that date should be presented for payment, if possible, some days before the 28th December, 1909. Singapore, December 1, 1909. 2894 NOTICE. Tenders
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      541 12 SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS. Netherlands Qutta Percha Co., Ltd. Motor-tyres retreaded at Moderate Prices. All kinds of India Rubber Articles, Sheets, VALVES, Rings, TYRBS, HOSES (Suction, Steam, Hydraulic), Gardenhoses, Tubes, ENDLESS BELTS, FLOOR-TILES, MATTING, EBONITE and Hard Rubber Articles, Bicycle Tyres. Works Offices: Passir Panjang, Singapore. Sole Agents i MESSRS. HOOGLANDT
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      447 12 LOST OB FOUND, LOCKET LOST. Gold, heart-shaped locket with toiquoisc stone, initials and the date MM. Finder will bo rewarded on delivering at Strait^ Times Office, Cecil Street. 2478 ARTICLES FOR SALE. RUBBER ITUMPB FOR SALE. Good Robber Stomps, 10 months old. Apply Manager, Linggi Plantations, Ltd., Seremban, ■141 TURNOUr
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