The Straits Times, 12 January 1910

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times. NO. 23.165 SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 12. 1910. PRICE IOCENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 235 1 D. J. McCallum's PERFECTION WHISKY. CALDBECK. MACGREGCR! AND COMPANY. KATZ BROS., LD. SLACK S BROWNLOW'S FILTERS. The most reliable Filters, which command a large and ready sale. IN THREE QUALITIES. THE GERM. A most reliable Filter fitted with Candles, similar to the Pasteur can be easily cleaned and will give
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    • 26 1 STEAM LAUNCHES We have always new and second-hand steam launches for sale, from 50 feet to 60 feet in length also motor boats. GAGGINO AND CO.
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    • 245 1 Robinson A Co. AMMUNITION. JjlfTr' T 33 The "Bonax" l^V t/£ ILv J^KnffsßWjlKlMyVl^^M 8 a Uew P a P er cast w tn extra steel lined bead under thu brass, Y^j|^^^Bj^^PßESMSjC3yC^SEfi3B^Bß wbich makes it much stronger and impossible to split at tbc end. >^VyflHS^^Btß9^HiBil2MßHii39MM^/ as many cases do, tbat are
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    • 25 1 To Planters! Two Useful Boobs. TAPOGA A 8 A CATCH CROP FOR RUBBER BUMATRA TOBACCO. s r atTiiica Oh Sals at thi Principal Hook Skllim.
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    • 42 1 Bollinger Champagne. CAIOBECK. MACGREGOR AND COMPANY. ART NEEDLEWORK AND FLOWER DEPOT tl7. Orohnrd Rood ARRANGED FLORAL BASKETS, BOUQUETS, SHOWERS, ETC. Wadding Orion rsoeire spools! attention Many Ijooal Testimonial). PRICES MODERATE. CniFlowere from oar own Nanerles, alwsy] Qnlte Fresh. 1433 Telephone Na«*eri. IM.
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  • 682 2 MISS BADEN-POWELL'S DEFENCE OF THE MOVEMENT Glorified Larking. Girl Scout*, or to give them their official name B. P.'s Girl Guide* says the Daily Mail, are indignant at the criticism levelled at tbeir movement by Mien Violet Markhaui. and the charges made against this rapidly growing army of
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  • 225 2 Christmas Fare Forwarded to Central Africa Of the hundreds of thousands of Christmas paddings which are now being made by well-known London caterers, reports the Daily Mail, of December 18, a large proportion are destined for consumption abroad. Large consignments have, in fact, already bee a despatched
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 343 2 "HUMBER" CARS "if 1910 Models (Shortly Expected) In the Scottish and Irish Reliability trials this year secured the highest possible awards in their class— Efficiency Gold Medal. They also secured the Special Medal for Hill Climbing. Such a record Las never before been made by any cars in the Scottish
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    • 183 2 BUCHANAN'S WHISKIES tre not an experiment. They have been tbe favourite blends at home tot many years and are rapidly gaining similar popularity in tho Colonit-h No expense is spared in keeping both, up to the mark RED BEAL ANO BLACK ANO WHITE 46 SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD, NKAK
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    • 60 2 A FOLLOWER OF INFLUENZA. An attack ot influenza is often followod by a persistent cough, which to many prove* a great annoyance. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has been extensively used and with good suooess for the relief and care of this ooush. Many caws have been cared after other well. known
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    • 984 2 ECZEMA BEYOND SPECIALISTS 1 Said He Never Saw a Child's Head in Such a State— Lanced It but Did No Good Body Covered, Too Scratched Till Blood Ran Grateful Mother Praises CUTICURA'S COMPLETE AND ECONOMICAL CURE "Cutloura is the only thing that cured my daughter when she h»<i suffered with
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    • 524 2 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. CIVIL, MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS. IRON BRASS FOUNDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRIDGE BUILDERS ft GENERAL CONTRACTORS. Steam. Gas and Oil Engines for all purposes. Boile s ami Pumps for every use. Light Railway Boiling StocJ< and Railway Implements. Rails, Tipping Wagons and Sleepers. Winches, Cranes and Steel Hawsers. Steel
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  • 735 3 GREATER NUMBER OF DEATHS IN ENGLAND. Exports and Weddings. One of the features of the Registrar-Geno-raj's report for England and Wales for 1908 is the evidence it bears to the alarming increase in the death-rate from cancer. From 05."i per 1,000 of the population in the quinquennial period
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  • 179 3 Boy's Fierce Struggle With an Immense Eagle. While a small boy was looking after some sheep on a hillside at Murren, in the Canton of Berne, an immense eagle swept down on I the flock and attacked two lambs. The plucky little shepherd flung himxelf upon
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 855 3 Sj>^|| r-jh For a "*J^g2» Thousand I Household XA M /j[f uses but 0 Won't it »^^B w ash Clothes. I MONKEY BRAND Makes Copper like Gold, Tin like Silver The Sun NEVER sets on the ELGIN TENTS. They are to be found ALL OVER THE WORLD. IS x Fal.v
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    • 4 3 a&SOFTas B^arxlSMOOTn 1 liNai^HHai^HHiMii^HHiMai«l
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    • 458 3 TEA If you know^our tea it will not surprise you to hear that over Thirty Thousand Agents sell it in Great Britain alone. There are many more in other parts of the world. BROOKE BOND'S TEA Sold by all respectable dealers throughout the Straits SettlementWholesale Agents:— MESSRS. GUTHRIE CO. 1834
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    • 322 3 VE S f L |i Ira ilil 1 food. Those who use NEBTLE S FOOD for Infants and Convalescents ulace their trust in a standard article favorably regarded by the Medical Profession for upwards of 35 years. Being partly composed of milk, the addition of water only is required to
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    • 32 3 BURRELL CO. S Pale Boiled Linseed Oil, Boottopping, Snow-White Zinc, and Assorted Paints. SANDILANDB BUTTERY AND CO.. Sole Agents, Straits Settlements F.M.S. 2067 J. MOTION CO. Watchmakers, Jewellery, Opticians. REPAIRS PROMPTLY EXECUTED.
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    • 652 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. p.ffa STEAM-NAVIGATION GO. For China, Japan, Penanr. Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, E(ypt, Mediterranean Pon i, Plymouth and London Through Bill" of Ladlog itisued for China Coaat, Feraiao Gull, Continental, and imetlw Forte. Steamers will leare Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. Outioard (for China) Aroada J»n H D^vanha
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    • 571 4 STEAMER BAILIWG3. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP GO. LTD. A regular fortnightly servioe in mainUined between JAPAN and BOROPB by the Company's well-known TWIN-SCKBW BTBAIBEB, under Mail Contract with the Imperial Japanese Government, specially dosigned lor the Company's European Service, lighted throughout by Bloctrioity, provided with excellent accommodation tor First and Second
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    • 629 4 STEAMER BAIUNG3. BURKS PHILP LINE. SINOAPOKK TO 'JAVA PORTS. PORT DARWIN, THURSDAf ISLAND, BRISBANE ANDBYDNEI. ALSO TAKING CARGO FOit OTHER NORTH QUEENSLAND PORTS, BRITISH NEW GUINEA, NEW BRITAIN A NEW ZEALAND PORT 8 (with transhipment). •As indaoemtnt often. Smooth passage. Superb Soeoery. A regular moothly servioe to above port* it
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    • 125 4 STEAMER BAIUNBB. STOWMRT-bMOTSCIUPMJ (STEAMSHIP COMPANY) NEDERLAND." FORTNIGHTLY MAIL SERVIOE BBTWEEN JAVA AND AMSTERDAM VIA SINOAPORE, SABANQ, COLOMBO, PORT SAID, GENOA, ALGIER6 TANGIER AND LISBON. AND DOVER, OCCASIONALLY. Steamers are due on or about the undermentioned dries:— OWSWABB. SKMBVABB. ISIO 1910 K. Wilhelmina V, h 12 P. mbrannt Jan IS Grotins
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    • 565 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. The steamers of this Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and onoe a month for Rremerhaven direct, calling at Penana and Colombo. Taking oargo
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    • 719 4 steamer mums. N. D. L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnlghly from Bremen, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp. Sootbamp ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (oonneotioa Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vioe versa) Port Bald, Sues, Aden, Coljmbo, Penaag, Singapore, Hongkong Shanghai,
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  • 130 5 FIXTURES. Wednesday, January 13. High Water, 10.18 a.m., 11.62 p.m. Agri-Hort. Show Meeting. Exchange. 5. Alhambra Cinematograph. Harima Cinematograph. Marlborongh Cinematograph. Thursday, January 13. High Water, 10.56 a.m. Mohammedan New Year. Philharmonic Orchestra, 6.15. Friday, January 14. High Water, 0.30 a.m., 1 1.88 a.m. Garrison O. C.
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  • 142 5 To-Dat. Malaooa, Port Dickson, Port Swettenham and Telok Anson Kinta S pm Pangkalan Bran. lan Benoa 4 pm Bangkok Beach y 4 pm Langkat Bmm 1 pm Thciwdai. lVnang, Malaooa, F.M.S. and Johore (Overland) (By train) 6 am Kh>o and lndragiri Kalmua 7 am noob Hock Gao
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  • 133 5 The P. and O. homeward mail steamer Delhi left Hongkong at I p.m. on RaturJay, the Pth met, and will arrive btrc at 4 p.m. todny. The I', and O. outward mail steamer Arcadia left Colombo at 8 a.m. yesterday, and may be expected to arrive here
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  • 380 5 Latest Arrivals. Amiral Nhm, Fob str. 35SR tons, Capt Reams, Jan 11. From Dunkirk. Nov 2«. O.c. nod 218 p. M. Corate A Co. For Baigon, Jan 12 Cautv", Swed. Btr. 1180 tons, Cnpt Nordfc't, Jan 12. From Hongkong, Jan 6. G.c. En^t Asiatio Co. For Europe U.
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  • 224 5 January 8 Kaiur.a, Oar »tr, Bangkok Bvaerduroon, Dut str, Bacdjermasnin Dtrvel, Ger btr, Zamboanga via port. itaeuvycktr, Dot str, Penaog tSeritc, Dot str, Pladjoe Vorontj, Rus ttr, Vlaiivostook ft. S. Baru, Dut itr, Bhio HmmSbm, Brit str, Calcutta Hm;i Wan I, Brit str, Penang A Rangoon Ban to Soon,
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  • 95 5 Wharves at which Vessels arc Berthed To- Day. TANJONO PAOAK. Bin Wbaii Bisra Minilya, Hcim. Easi W. Saonoa 1— Linduln, Sionoa No. 1 (Hheehh Whaby)— Nil. Ssonoa 2— Amiral, Magon. B— Haiphong. 4— Knm Sang. 6— Mideroo. 6— Prometheus. 7— Nil. B— Dafjmur.
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  • Finance & Commerce.
    • 119 5 On London— Bank 4 m/a 2/4 Demand 2/4,', Private 6 tu/a 2/4] do 8 m/s 3/4 i] On Germany— Bank d/d W)\ Private 8 m/a 244 do 6 m/B 246J On Frdtie*— Bank d/d 294 J Private 8 m/i 299 J do 0 m/a 8084 On India— Bank T.
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    • 120 5 G»mbier buyers 11 KM do (Cube No. 1) onpioked 16 (XI Copra Bali 1045 do Pontisnuk XOOO Pepper, Black 'buyera 15H7J do White 1% buyers 27 00 Sage Floor Sarawak 3 90 do Branei No. 1 nom Pearl Sago nom Coffee Bali 80 00 Coffee Palembang, 30% ban nom.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 279 5 133D1 Yaiui Paid Uf J COHPAMT DitoJiip BcTIM S 10 I 10 10 10 10 10 1 1 10 10 1 1 1 1 10 10 1 1 10 10 t "i 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 10 1 1 1 18/10 1 1 6 6 10
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    • 637 5 2/. 1 >/• 1 l l a/--a- a/--t/-l 10 10 l IT 10 60 6 10 2 10 100 100 6 1 1 Sterling I 2/- Allagar Rubber Estate Ltd. 4/9 4/0 3/- Anglo-Malay Kabber Co., Ltd. ...j 25% in. '09 16/8 it,,.--1 Batu Caves Rubber Co., Ltd 10%
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    • 169 5 10 10 60 10 100 100 100 100 10 100 100 10 60 1 100 100 II 10 7 60 10 Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd. 10% for W 10% for 17i%for'06 80%for08 2i% for '08 7% for '08 10% for '07 8% for '07 20% tor 1 08 6%
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 449 5 AUCTION SALGS. Howell and Co. Jan. 17.— At Cable Depot, Unserviceable Stores, at 2.30. .lan. is. At Saleroom, freehold land fronting Bukit Timah Road and Kanpong Java Road, at 2.30. Jan. 18. At saleroom, Land in the dis drict of Tampinis, at 2.30. Jan. 18.— At Saleroom, freehold land situate
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    • 640 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO. LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAK NAY. C 6. LTD The Companies' steamers are detpaoned from Liverpool ontwards tor the Straits, China and Japan every week and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight 'or Oenoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and for Marseille*,
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    • 609 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. INDOCHINA STEAM NAY. CO.. LTD. I'm tteamirsot ibli Company nulatatn regular direct servioe between Oalontta, Btraiti Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan, taking oargo on through Bill* of Lading for Oanton, Swatow Amoy, Obefoo, Tientsin, Newohwang, Yangtsse Ports, Formosa, tbe Philippines, *0,, Ao. Steamer* Tons Commander Kotsau* 4,896 K. O.
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  • 39 6 Van Cctlenbkbo.— On January 12, at 24. ilkie K>al, Singapore, Djrotby Helena, dearly b< loved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. II van Cuylenberg, and grand daughter ol Mr. J. A. Haneen, aged 81 years. Ceylon papers {.lease copy.
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  • 1103 6 The Straits Times. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12. MORE ABOUT RUBBER. The thoughtful and able article from The Economist, which we quoted yesterday, is a very good illustration of the words of caution that are being uttered to British investors by the newspapers which it is impossible to use as tools either
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  • 17 6 The Presbyterian Chafch annual con Rreßational meeting is fixed tor Tuesday. February 8, at 8 45 p.m.
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  • 31 6 Two Chinese, a girl and a woman, bare been arrested in connection with the disappearance cf a gold ring valued at 160, belonging to Mr. C. Hendricks, of 17 Alexandra Place.
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  • 31 6 The meeting at which the general public are invited to discuss the Agri Horticultural show in Singapore, thin year, takes place at the Chamber of Commerce this afternoon, at five o'clock.
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  • 30 6 On tbe Chargeurs Reunis steamer Amiral Magon, which arrived from Dunkirk, this morning, en route to Saigon, are two officers, 28 non-commissioned officers and 190 soldiers for 1 ado Chine.
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  • 32 6 Owing to the steamer Glenesk stranding in the English Channel, she has bad to put into Southampton for repairs. She will probably arrive at Port Swettenham about the beginning of next month.
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  • 31 6 Mr. Oeorge Micbael, the well. known photographer, was fined 125 by Mr. Wolferstan, yesterday, for failing to comply with a Municipal notice whicb had been served upon him three months ago.
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  • 43 6 The next meeting of the Chinese Christian Association, will be held at tbe Prinsep Street Church, on Friday, at 8 p m., whi n Mr. C. E. O. Tisdale will give a lecture on the Bible Work in Persia with magic lantern illustrations.
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  • 39 6 Isnin, a Malay employee of Sir John Jackson, Ltd., was fined $50 by Mr. Colman, yesterday, for cheating his employers in respect of 112.40. In addition he was ordered co repay to his employers 12.40, having already returned 110.
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  • 39 6 The Wayang Kassim arrived from Penang, this morning, by the British India steamer Lindula and will give their opening performance at tbe Alexandra Hall, under the patronage of His Highness the Sultan of Johore and party, to morrow night.
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  • 45 6 It is notified in the F. M. S. Government Gazette, that in future the rate of quit-rent to be charged for lalang land in the State of Perak, will be tbe same as for other agricultural land, bat that no premium will be oharged thereon.
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  • 58 6 A huge crocodile was taken into the police station at Klang, on Saturday. It is supposed to be the one that took a Malay at Klang Bridge some weeks ago. It measured 18 ft. 7 inches in length and over eight feet in girth, and old residents declared it to
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  • 47 6 With a view to stimulate foreign commerce, the Japanese Foreign Department is going t j send Commercial Commissioners to Shanghai, Tientsin, Hongkong, London, Paris and Hamburg. The expense of sending these Commissioners abroad is estimated at Yen 7d,200, an amount which has been inserted in the Budget.
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  • 53 6 Before Lieut. Cator, It. X., deputy master attendant, at the marine oourt, yesterday, three Chinese, who were tried for boarding the steamer Ban lliu (ivan before sue was properly anchored in the harbour, were convicted and fiaed $15 each. Their lanterns, which they use in climbing up the sides of
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  • 61 6 The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian hears that the relatives of the late Mr. Ellin Franklin, of the firm of Samuel Montagu and Co., whoso money market report ia published in our columns, bave commissioned Mr. Amschewitz to paint a panel ia the Royal Exchange, London. I'ois artist has
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  • 65 6 Lord Raglan, Governor of the Isl<> of Man, during a discussion on the Children's Bill in the Manx Legislative Council, expressed the view tuat the olause prohibiting the supply of all intoxicating liquors to ptraonß under sixteen was too ({raudmotheriy. The member remarked that he tnougli it a good thing.
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  • 84 6 A sharp encounter between mutinous Chinese regular soldiery and French troops is reported f com the Tonkin frontier. The mutineers, about 150 in number, refused an amnesty offered by the Chinese officials in Yunnau, and cronsod the frontier. The French authorities vainly summoned them to lay down their arms and
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  • 109 6 Before the Chief Justice (Sir W. H. Hynd-man-Jones) in the Supreme Court, to-day, a cl iim was brought by S. E. So'oinan against Cheong Chin 'long, the plaintiff and defendant being represented, respectively, by Mr. Kitovitz and Mr. Wee Theau Tew. Toe case arose out of an agreement by defendant
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  • 151 6 Mr. Gob. Cheng Lim, a well-known Singapore tuba of philanthropic turn of mind, has founded a weekly paper called the Malaysia Advocate, Uie second number of which came off the press yesterday afternoon. The offices are in Cross Street, in the same building with one of the Chinese dailies. The
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  • 293 6 Mt. O. R. Stevens is acting as supervisor of customs at Teluk Ansou. Lieut C. Colson, No 80 Co., R. G. A., at Singapore, is posted to No. 69 Co. at Bombay. His Highness the Sultan of Johore returned from Penang by the British India steamer Lindula,
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  • 76 6 The local manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation has received a telegram from his head office, in Hongkong, stating that, subject to audit, the bank dividend for the half-year ended December 81, 1909 will, probably be £1 per share, and, in addition, a bonus
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  • 111 6 Major Oei Tioog Ham, the well-known millionaire of Samaraog, hao purchased for 911,0 0 Mr. Wee Theam Tew's residence at No. 17 Armenian Street, Singapore, and has given it as a donation to the Toh Nam Hokien School, an institution where the Mandarin dialect in taught. At
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  • 121 6 Mr. Oroen, yesterday, took evidence in a preliminary enquiry into allegations of counterfeiting and possession of instruments for counterfeiting in a hut in K -il lain: ('lidding. against two Chinese named Cbu Ah Fatt and Tan Low Tee. Detective I usp. Nolan, who took part in
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  • 171 6 A Chinese trader, named S'j Ye.li Hin, was before the district court, this morning, on a charge of selling or having in his pots* ssioo for sale or for purposes of trade packages of tobacco to which a false trade mark had been applied. Mr. Emerson
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  • 176 6 The ipecial jury empanelled at the Assices to try Ton Pia on charges of murder and attempted murder, yesterday uuaoiraously found a verdict o' guilty on both charyi and Mr. Justice Sercoiube Smith sentenced Toil Pia to death. The accused wan one. of several inmates of a
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 137 6 W. O. H. O. WILL'S THREE CASTLES "MAGNUMS" A Large Hand -Made Cigarette. P*rkPii in c MAGNUMS" tAjM racKea in >w> Price 1 1, Ihree Castles 2 ,d C.garcttcs;| 55CTS. Air tlght 5 f^SSFSI fl 111 *D.*HOWilli In OBTAINABLE AT: John Little Co., Ltd., Robinson Co. Indian Tea Company Finest
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    • 316 6 ALHAMBRA THE BIG SHOW. Change of Programme, To- Night. First Choice Latest Arrival. THE LADY WITH THE CAMELIAS. After tbe Novel of Alexander Dumas Kiln. Very Skilfully treated, bat with breadth and vigour this film completely refutes the assertion some unthinkingly made that it is impossible to produce with success
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  • 123 7 SHARP DISCUSSION OF NAVAL QUESTIONS. Sir E. Grey on British Relations With Germany. IRsctbe's TsliqramJ London, January 11. Sir Edward Gray, speaking at Edinburgh, said there was never less reason to talk of inglo-German war than now. He unhesitatingly declared that the Government intended to keep the Navy
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  • 70 7 AN INSUBORDINATE FORESTER DISMISSED. Threatened Split in Republican Party. [ReCTSR'B TIUOBAMJ London, January 11. President Taft has summarily dismissed Mr. Pinohot, Chief Forester of America, for insubordination in correspondence with the Secretary of the Interior, respecting the Forest Service. Mr. Pincbot was prominent in carrying out
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  • 65 7 GERMAN HOPES OF WAR STORE ORDERS. The Visitors at Krupp s Works. [RsOrSK'3 TILIURAM.) London, January 12. The Chinese Commissioners have arrived at Essen and are inspecting the Krupp works. Marked attention is being paid to then* everywhere in Germany, and the German papers hope that German industry
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  • 42 7 [BIOTM'R TaLEOEAHJ London, January 11. Capt. Chan. E. Madden has been appointed Fourth Sea Lord in succession to Sir Alfred Winsloe, appointed to the China station. Capt. Madden has been private secretary to Mr. Mckenna, tbe First Civil Lord.
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  • 41 7 Friendly German Attitude Towards Japan. [Die Ostasutischs Lloyd Tbuoeam] Berlin, January 11. The German Press deals with Mr. Secretary Enox's proposal for neutralisation of tbe Manchurian railways without any antiJapanese bias. The wish is expressed for a universal understanding.
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  • 43 7 |I)BE OSTASIASTISCHB LLOTD TbLBOMEa) Berlin, January 10. In the speech from the Throne, at the opening of the Prussian Diet, the statement is made that the deficit of the year's finances has been very considerably reduced by the revival of trade.
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  • 80 7 Long Career of Crime in Kedah and Adjacent States. (Feom Ooe Own Correspondent.) Peoang, January 11. The notorious gang robber Salleh Etoi, who was responsible for many outrages and murder in Kedah and the adjacent States (or several years, was killed yesterday by ■even irregular riot police
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  • 36 7 The December returns are as follow: Output, piculs 466-10, value J21.0U.00, tribute paid 12,838 66, working expenses •4,035.01, and profit 114,137 88. There was one day's stoppage during the month to
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  • 182 7 Charge of Fabricating Statement io Legal Document. There was a considerable array of counsel at the Assizes yesterday afternoon, when Tan Lian Cbye, a well dressed, queneless Chinaman was placed before Mr. Justice Seroombe Smith on a charge of having fabricated false evidence in an affidavit sworn
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  • 287 7 Dollars Containing More Silver than Genuine Ones. A fruit hawker named Gan Cbeok Teng was tried in the district court, yesterday, on oharges of possession of and attempting to deliver counterfeit coins. Court Insp. Ambrose prosecuted and Mr. Wee Theam Tew appeared for the defence. The evidence of
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  • 516 7 The Visiting Agent's Report on the Property. Messrs. Outhrie and Company Bend us a copy of the report on the Kombok Rubber Company's property, dated December 14 1909, by Mr. J. Bloomfield Douglas, who is visiting-agent to tbe company. The capital of tbe company is 5300,000 in
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  • 1106 7 MUCH MALIGNED BUT NEVER ENDED. A Curious Peep into Past Political History. We bad plunged into the middle of a politi- j cal speech printed in a recent issue of The Times, and were nodding approval over the vigour with which tho speaker hammered in hia
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  • 396 7 OBJECTIONS TO YANGTSE VALLEY EXTENSION. China Seeking to Interest European Capitalists. Now that tbe Yunnan railway is rapidly approaching completion, sundry enthusiasts and optimists in France and in lado-China dream of extending the line to the Yangtse Valley, believing that great benefit will accrue from such a step.
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  • 300 7 Prince Albert's Tour Through the Congo. Prince Albert, who succeeds to the throne of Belgium in the son of the Count of Flanders, King Leopold's only brother, and was born in 1875. Compared with his formidable nncle Prince Albert is a somewhat colourless personality. His position, perhaps,
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  • 211 7 Trade in Wales Expanding Rapidly A Cardiff correspondent writes to an exchange: Tariff candidates in South Wales are in a hopeless plight in their heckling experience at pnblic meetings by reason of the expansion of local industries under Free Trade. As a case in point Ihe Welsh tinplate
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  • 69 7 A Hokien, named Ng Keong, was before Mr. Green, this morning, on a variety of charges, including using criminal foroe to a man named Yee Boon Kee, mischief by breaking seven windows, four doors and two lamp chimneys, the property of a woman named Lim Gnan Neo, and theft of
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  • 661 7 Appreciation of Services in Chinese Department. Mr. Warren D. Barnes, the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, is leaving here today for Pahang to take up the appointment of British Resident there, vice Mr. E. L. Brockman, who takes the place of Mr. Douglas Campbell at Negri Sembilan.
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  • 182 7 Mr. Faulkner Returns to Peking From Singapore. News comes from the American Legation in Peking to the effect that Mr. F. T. Faulkner, the confidential clerk to the minister, has absconded, leaving a large deficiency in bis cash, amounting to over 110,000, says the China Critic Late
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  • 88 7 Mr. Ho Tang Peng's chauffeur permitted a friend to experiment with the car in Middle Kd., on Monday afternoon, with tho result that a ricksha was smashed and the occu pant, Mrs. Nonis, injured. As the result, the temporary driver, a Bengali jamed Abdul Gaffor, was fined
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  • 119 7 According to Cakes and Ale, by Edward Spencer, the Scotsman borrowed his idea of hasgis from the Romans. But their higgis differed from the Scotch variety, its composition being a boiled pig's stomach, filled with fry and brains, raw eggs, and pineapples beaten to a pulp, and
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  • 88 7 GREAT DISCOVERY OF SODA DEPOSITS. A Marvellous Red Water Lake. [RacTEß's Tblboeaxj London* January 12. An engineer naciedShelford and light other Europeans have found marvellous lake at Magadi, Central Africa. It is at tbe bottom of a valley flanked by precipitous cliffs, and there U a fow inches
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  • 332 7 Entries for the Next Meeting of Selangor Turf Club. (From Ocs Own Corrrspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, January 12. The following aie the entries for the Selangor Turf Clul's New Year meeting commencing on Janui.ry 25 First Day. Galloway Handicap. Dad, Actroae, Cyclono, Dreamland, Pikat, La Parole, Fly. Champion Griffin
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  • 137 7 Chinese Minister in Paris Receives tbe Standard. At the Freooh Office of Weights and Measures there has been an interesting ceremony, when the French off.cials made over to Lui-she-Shun. the Chinese Minister in France, the standards for the metric scale of weights and measures, to be
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  • 152 7 Jee Koo is a shopkeeper at PuUu Übin. Ho has complained to the police that an Indian boatman has committed criminal breach of trust in respect of 1 1 M. A Chinaman, who hid already done a month for theft was convicted by Mr. Outman, yesterday, of theft
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 340 8 The annual general meeting of the Singa pore Sporting Club will be held in the Exchange, on Friday, the 21st inst., at 5.16 p.m Penang holds the Swettenham Trophy (a i-iuar box held by the [cricket club which shall be adjudged the best of the past yean
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    • 151 8 kernel (iolf Club. A match between the Snpoy Lines Golf Club and the Keppol Golf Club was played over the Keppel links, on the 9th instant, and rtmulted in a win for the Koppol Club by 5} games to 2. Kki'l'kl. mniuiw l irabb Watt (i. A. Finlayson n
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    • 246 8 Blsley Target Change. A far-reaching change iv connection with targets is proposed by the council of the National Wine Association, says the Evening Standard, hot the tirst time in its history, it is intended to introduce into the King's Prize competition at Uisloy a figure target on the
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  • 445 8 Proposal tor Better Totalizator Accommodation. The annual general meeting of members of the Singapore Sporting Club is fixed for Friday, January 21, at 6.15 pm. in the Rxchange. The annual report and accounts have been circulated among members. The accounts shew a credit balance on the working
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  • Correspondence.
    • 241 8 To tbu Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— l noticed in yesterday's issue of your valuable paper, that one or more of your correspondents take exception to my erecting a fence and keeping two chow dogs on my premises. In the first place, I do not ask
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  • 507 8 Bi Liect.-Col. E. G. Bboadrick, Commandant, S.V.C. Singapore, tamtani 11, 1910. H. V. kDuties. I Orderlj officer for ensuing week:— ami Lieut. J. G.Campbell Orderly N. C. O Bombr. F. E. OaUimore. Parade. II On Friday, illst instant, at 5.30 p.m., Gun Laying and 1). R.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 524 8 iiom. vaiue. onyeni. sellers. 2/- A linear 4/1} 4/6 2/- Option* 1/6 2/2/- Anglo-Malay 16/- 16/8 £1 Anglo- Sumatw 86/- 40/1 Banteng 37/6 40/ 1 Batn Cavoa 127/6 185/1 Batn Tiga 50/- 02/6 1 Beaufort Borneo 16/- pd. 0/6 2/- pm 1 Brieh 10/- pd. 5/6 8/- pm
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    • 165 8 10 Brnang 5.1S 5.60 10 Brnseb 7.50 H.— 10 Chendai L*Ie 14.79 15.50 4 1 Daff Development 6.50 6 90 1 Jeher 3.— 3.76 10 Kanaboi 2.10 2.50 4 1 Kinta 16.25 16.— 1 KlodanK 1.50 2.— 1 Kramat Palai 2.7S 10 Kaaatau 8.20 8.50 4 1 Uhat
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    • 71 8 60 Frauer and Nrave Ld 149.60 151.50 10 Hotel no Wijk 22.— 24 xd 100 Howarth Krskine Ld. 67.60 100 1% Pref *****0 Riley Uargreaves Co. Ld. 80.— 82.— 100 7% Pref 88.— ***** Singapore Cold Storage Co. la.— 18.60 50 Dupenawy 63.— 68. xd. I 1 Tramway Co.
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    • 27 8 1101 Howartb Brskine Ld. t% B%diso 100 RileyHargretTMAOo.Ld.9% 2% pm. 100 Singapore Mnnidpn 30% pm. 100 do 5% B%pm. 100 do 4^6}{pm. W3 do Vx 1
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 576 8 THE GRAND CONTINENTAL HOTEL, 331, North Bridge Road. This First-class Hotel has just been opened at the premises formerly known as the Union Hotel. A First-class Austrian string band is expected shortly, when concerts will be held every evening. First-class board and lodging accommodation. Single and double bedrooms. Wines and
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    • 304 8 RILEY, HARGREAVES AND CO., LTD. ELECTRICAL SHOWROOMS: NO. 5, BATTERY ROAD. THE BEST EQUIPPED IN THE EAST. INSPECTION INVITED, SOLE AGENTS FOX CROMPTON CO., LTD., ENGLAND. BRITISH INSULATED HELSBY CABLES, LTD. THE '11 ffiySlL^ilSf BINGLE DOUBLE ROOMS Fl^jß^Pßrrjr^^^iPj?^Pff^B^^ now AVAILABLE. TERMS MODERATE. S-A.L3S OF Household Furniture, Pianoforte, Plants, etc., AT
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    • 55 8 AUCTION SALE ol 250 BAGS BOILED RICE, At No. 46. Chcan^ Hung Litu Lane On Saturday, January It, ni MM, To be sold for account of concerned H. L. COOHLAN A CO., Auctioneers. HARIMA HALL Cinematograph, NORTH BRIDtiB HOAR To. Night 1 To- Night, Grand Change of Programme. 20 EXCELLENT
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 330 9 WHY BUY A MOTOR CAR For $4,000 when you can get '^a^aflKaH Ra^aV Jo a more powerful car of better HBbL^p quality for W running in Singapore. 'O^L s.S«ateJ Landaulet, JO H.P., TL«J. o CnRH P^T f\T To "ri"K Car, 20 H.P., Price: $2,150 I lldl O O TUIaU Udl
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    • 116 9 VOLUNTEER CLUB. A Subscription Dance, under the auspices of the above Club, will be held in the S.V.C. Drill Hall, on Friday, January 21. Applications for tickets must be made through Volunteers to tbe Honorary Secretary of the Volunteer Club, c/ 0 S.V.C. Drill Hall. Early applications are essential. 65
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    • 226 9 OLD PIANOS MADE LIKE NEW. Repairing of all Musical Instruments a speciality. Work guaranteed by a Practical European Workman. I Music small Musical Goods. Cheapest and Best in Singapore. If. J* uAnulA, orchudd road. NOTICE. The Outgoing Opium and Liquor Farms, Chop Guan Hock Hin, have removed to 74, Cecil
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    • 510 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. cITr Canadian Paelflo Railway Company's Royal Hall Stoamsblp Lino. THB WATIOHAL HIGHWAY TO BDBOFI ru OHIHA JAP AH, CANADA aad la* UNITED BTATE6 Bonta from Hoaokoac, via BhaafihaJ, NaoaMkJ Vtotorta and VaaooaTtt, 5-JJ-f- TS"*"" lmnu lTwta-ieMw ttaa gJJA 15"^" m«w. a,000»OM, R.M.B. "E«n»MOFOMnu-J tpead II knotr. MM* l---^---.
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    • 444 9 ::;/jz Player Pianos THE ROBINSON Auto-Manual CASH or $690. ER MSI These Instruments embody our twenty years' experience of the Singapore climate and carry our guarantee. TELEPHONE I*l. Robinson Piano Co., Ltd. THE PLANTERS' STORES AGENCY CO, LTD., Kuala Lumpur, Klang, Port Swettenham, Malacca. SUPPLIERS OF EVERY VARIETY AND DESCRIPTION
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 507 10 INSURANCE. GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LIMITED. Head Office Winchester House, SINGAPORE. Board of Dl recto ra I Q, A. Dbkbick, Esq., Chairman. Ad. Asmus, Esq., Vioe-Chairman. 4. H. Faib, Eaq., Managing Director. PsTaa Fowlib, M.8., cm. Chief Med. Officer. M. Elliot, Esq. Rev. N. J. Coutmur. Tow Norn Pak,
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    • 422 10 INSURANCE. COMMERCIAL UNION ABSURANCK COMPANY, LIMITED FIRE, LIFE, MARINE, ACCIDENT, GUARANTEE. ASSETS exoeed 417.000.000. W. A. SIMS, Manager, Eastern Branch. THB IMPERIAL FIRB OFFIOB. mm wua twm Auuacs AseciAjci OonUR, Limns A I Bartbolmew Lane, Londoa. Biuunm 1808. Oapital M, 160, 000 Total Funds exceed.. «lo,ooo,ooo Oraaral Manager, Roam Liwn,
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    • 528 10 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUBTRAUA AND CHINA. ■00RP0RAT4D BT ROYAL CHARTER. Paid ap Capital in 60,000 Bbarei of IKmk 41.M0.000 {•(errs Fund M 1.516,000. 51 6,000 Ctoervt Liability of Proprietors C1.M0.000 BANKERS. Bank ol England. Hational Bank of Soiland. •s ftoadoa city Mldlaoi Bank, Ltd. BIHOAPORE BRAHOH. Oorreat Aooonnij
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    • 520 10 SALES BY AUCTION. AUCTION SALE Of UNSERVICEABLE STORES, To be held at the Cable Depot, Keppel Harbour, On hi' n day, January 17, at 2.30 p.m. A quantity of braes tape, iron wire, old brass and copper, chains, scrap iron etc. Also a new Fairbanks' portable cart weighing platform, to
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    • 798 10 SALES BY AUCTION. -A-TTCTIOIT SALE OF High-Grade Teak European and Chinese Furniture and Plants, etc., THE PROPERTY OF HOXOIUABLE W. D. BARXES, AT "MOSS BANK," NO. 28. GRANGE ROAD, Corner of Devonshire Road, On Saturday, January 13, at 2 pm. Compriain(?:-SOLID TEAK DINING ROOM TABLE get of THORNKT BENT W
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    • 164 10 BY ORDER OF THE SECOND MORTOAOEE. AUCTION SALE Of VALUABLE TOWN PROPERTIES, At Messrs. H. L. Coghlan Co.'s Sale room", On Monday, January 31, at 230 p.m. 1. 3 Houses Nos. 36, 27 and 87, Sago Street. 4 Houses Nos. 2, i, 6 and 8, Banda Street. 2 Houses Nos.
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  • 1083 11 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. As an evidence of tbe stir prevailing at Alexandria, Argyll*, Ltd. cut down tbe Christmas and New Year holidays to two and a half days, which is the minimum allowed by the statute. The current issue of Motor Traction has an article of
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  • 364 11 A Kfuuilk and Lvmini. Otob. Constipation means that there is not a regular and sufficient action of the bowels. It is a very dangerous disorder because it prevents the body's waste from leaving the system, and this waste soon turns to poison. This is how many fatal diseases bt
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 270 11 KELVIN MOTOR Launches Engine Sets AS SUPrMED TO Crown Agents, F.M.S and Singapore Municipality. Full particulars and prices from the Solo Agents for Strait Settlements CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS. Olympia Show. SMITHS PERFECT SPEEDOMETERS AND MOTOR ACCESSORIES. Large Consignment of Latest Novelties, Just Arrived. Inspection Invited. C. F. F. WEARNE CO.,
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    • 297 11 This Famous Medicine will cleanse tho Blood of all impurities from wLatCLA3KE S ever cause arising. A safe Remedy for Eczema, Bad Legs. Scrofula, HLUUU Mood I'oison, Sores of all kinds, Boils, Krup. UIVTIinr tions, Ulcers, Glandular mlAIUnt. Swellings, *o. Of all Stores, vVo. 45 years' success. Beware of imitations.
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    • 107 11 A > A Dainty Non-Greasy Balm for the Skin -:^^O X BEAUTY HAZE LINE i£ SNOW BURROUGHS WELLCOME CO. LCMDON (ENG.J Niw Yoti Vi.mpi v SMikrt him i i r rol ri'.a* SOLD IN GLASS POTS BY ALL THBIPRINCIPAI. PHARMACISTS. Great Reductions WINES. SPIRITS. LIQUEURS. CHAMPAGNES. BEER. STOUT. ETC. „,,ci*
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    • 533 12 WANTB. ASSISTANT 08ES8MAHH WMTED. Wanted, an assistant dreflsmaker~and a lew girls. Apply 21, Sophia Koad. 2566 PRIVATE TUITION AT HOME. English, Latin, French, Mathematics (a MMjciality), Light, Heat. Apply S.R., c/o fit raits Times. 2574 BILLET WANTEO. By an S. D. with experience, speaks Malay »vi Tamil. Reasonable salary accepted.
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    • 472 12 WANTS. BOARD AND LODGING WANTED. By lady, with private, simple family. Apply, with terms, to M.P., c/o Straits Times. 50 TO BE LET OR SOLD. OFFICES TO LET. No. 95, Robinson Road. Moderate rent. Apply to J. LEVY, No. 10, Robinson Road. ulBsB HBUBEB T8 BE LET. Ho*. 81 asd
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    • 569 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. TO BE LET. Compound Houses, No. 164, Middle Road, and np the hill, No. 3, Adis Road, off Sophia Road. Apply to A .S. Shookcr, 7, d'A'.meida Street. 17 COMPOUND HOUSE TO LET. Compound house. No. 20, Spottiswoode Park. Apply to Ong Tek Lim, No.
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    • 702 12 NOTICES. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. The offices of Messrs. H. Schaefer and Co. have been removed to No. 1, Malacca Street, as from January 1, 1910. 2604 NOTICE. My son, E. T. Ganno, has left my protection. I shall not hold myself responsible for any debt or debts incurted by him
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    • 672 12 SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS. Netherlands Gutta Percha Co., Ltd. Motor-tyres retroadod at Moderate Prioes. All kinds of India Rubber Articles, Sheets, VALVES, Rings, TYRES, HOSES (Suction, Steam, Hydraulic), Gardenhoses, Tubes, ENDLESS BELTS, FLOOR-TILES, MATTING, EBONITE and Hard Rubber Articles, Bicycle Tyres, tforks Offices: Passir Panjang, Singapore. Sole Agents i MESSRS. HOOGLANDT
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    • 307 12 IS* Special k*gsJEv* A|i|H>iiitiiii!it To His Excellency Sir lohu Anderson. G.C.M.d, Governor and Commander inChief of the Straits Settlements and its Dependencies. EUROPE HAIR DRESSING SALOON Terms Moderate. Special Rates fir Monthly Constituents. NO. 5. BT. ANDREW 8 ROAD. H. CIPRIANO, Proprietor. ii Japanese Dentist, 67. BRAB BASAH ROA3. Dr.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 245 12 Straits V)imes. ADVERTISEMENT RATES.— Miscellaneous wants of every description are insert ed at the prepaid rate of SI per fou. lines tor one or two insertion.-,. Noticee of Births, Marriages, or Deaths, it not exceeding fonr linos, tl each insertion For p.p.c. cards, on page 6, I'J. Ixc h S<
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