The Straits Times, 29 August 1910

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    13 1 The Straits Times NO. 23.348 SINGAPORE. MONDAY. AUGUST 29. 1910. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      124 1 D, k J. McGallam'} PERFECTION WHISKY. lALOBEGK. MAGBRE6OR AND COMPANY. i KATZ BROS., LD. RUBBER, FRUIT AND ALL TREES ARE PROTECTED AGAINST THB ATTACKS OF WHITE ANTS BY USING ARBOLINEUM PLANTARIUM In Drums containing approximately 250 Ke. $55.00 FOR TRIAL.— We are prepared to eopply a sample 4-gallon Tin for
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      34 1 CHEONfi BROTHERS, Dentists, 25, South Bridge Road Fint-olua Meohiiwoal DenHstey, Gold Crowns, Bridge, Filling and Vnleaaili Lh ration ol Wear Runntaed. CHABOBS MODBRtTH FULL LINE DENTAL SUPPLIES. Bert Tooth Powders »nd Bmabei lor Mle.
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      227 1 Robinson A Co. GENTLEMEN'S RAINCOATS All Specially made for the Tropics. fTHE DORSET RAINCOAT. Ad entirely new Waterproof Coat made in the new green shade ol a specially Waterproofed Cashmere. It is at once very smart in appearance and a most desirable garment for Sporting or Estate use. Special attention
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      6 1 Bollinger Champagne. CALDBECK. MCGREGOR AND COMPANY.
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    THE CORONATION.
    893 2 PREPARATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR'S CEREMONY. Important Decision. Although tbe Coronation ceremony will not take place until next Jane, aud tbe Executive Committee entrusted with the drawing up of suggestions for the arrangements have only just been appointed, the Observer is in a position to state that it has
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    The Malaria Parasite Defied.
    727 2 A BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR SUFFERERS. The "iterest in Malaria to every dwolicr iv the Str» is is necessarily overwhelming, for its oonstitational effects are so far reacliing ami its devitalising power it so great that it is coustautly spoken of as The Scourge of the Tropics."
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      656 2 A Medical Officer Debility, Nervous Exhaustion Certainly the absolute confidence of eminent doctors is evidence enough of the exceptional benefits imparted by Pliosferine. Even doctors cannot do more to prove their confidence than by using Phosftriue to remedy their own disorders. Could any proof be more definite, more convincing than
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      38 2 For ail internal eompUints, Dysentery, Ooafftw. Colrl«. Bto.. Ukp Wood. 1 Oreai Pecner •tiint Onro. A ffß Mackay's Liqueur Whisky. THB ORIGINAL LIQUEUR WHISKY THB OLDBST AND BBBT. ON SALE EVERYWHERE. Sola Agents i ADAMBOH.GILFILUN4CO..LD.. Singapore and Penang.
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      199 2 MARTIN* |*1 hmi\+ d .i l« f »boi.( tumr i fell j li« bn>. swt in l« ki ir. :mfakdtr ir-"m n««Jr ta r*< fcMMMtf. 'n*m W-.t <>M mtm t,«aa«d rtw. k«KC I '•r»: ki h tngigtM 4 V.-nm. j*tk hmt H* <»,U'-| ••>■-.- .»L.» If You Si rim from
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      141 2 Gives Radiant Beauty to the Skirt ff "'HAZELIHE'\ SNOW" <L*. I A" ea remedy for dull or il >j| greasy complexions. J 3 nl J A wholesome tonic which stimu- I ,J» lates the skin to healthy action, M restores its natural ir^sparency, V;\ and produces the healthy tone *v.<\
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    Unworthy To Bear Arms.
    705 3 DEGRADATION OF A FRENCH MURDERER. An Impressive Spectacle. Georges Marie Oraby, jou are unworthy to bear arms. This short, sharp sentenoe was heard in the barrack square on the Boulevard Mortier on the eastern extremity of Paris at H a.m. the other day. Graby, the murderer
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    RIOTOUS ASSISTANTS.
    175 3 Violent Scenes in Paris Over the Early Closing Movement. Disgraceful eoenea were witnessed on the Place Blanche in Paris, arising oat of the refusal of a chemist, M. Chariot, to tall into line with the majority and dose his shop at nine o'clock. The chemist's argument is that
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      776 3 "Elgin Waterproof Tents ■•iukimi DEFY THE mm W^ MBB^ ■bMHV (I^MMiu Field Officers' toMcfly Cahol Test. \J "Elfia" Doublefly 40-lb. Tent. x 8- with onterfly of a single-fold T x 6' x 6'higb inside, extra weight dgreou or khaki waterproof canvas; rp 7' bathroom i about 6 lbs. Single-fold INNERFLY
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      83 3 RHEUMATISM MAKES LIFE MISERABLE. A happy home U tbe most valnable possexaion ibat U within tbe reach of mankind, bat you cannot enjoy it>> comforts if yon are suffering from rbenmatum. You throw aside boainess oares when you enter your home and you can be relieved from tbose rheumatic pains
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      361 3 COMPLETE AND QUICKEST RECOVERY GUARANTEED. Against Asthma, Cough, Consumption and ALL AFFECTIONS OF THE CHEST, THROAT, AND LUNGS JPOUMOFOR ELIXIR ANTI-ASTHMATIQUE PULMONA ■itfiiii DR. SAUL BERNARD mmm This excellent and energetic preparation is based on thfl latest bacteriologic experiences. In nse it will procure immediate relief, it fortifies I the
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      643 4 STEAMER SAIUHfiS. pT¥a STEAM NAVIGATION CO. ■or China, Jaaaa, Panaat. «tyUB. Australia, India, Aden, Biypt, Medltarraaaan Port*, Plymouth and London. Through Bill* of Lading lamed for Ohlna Ooaal, Perdan Gulf, Continental, aad Amirioan Porte. Steamers will Itava Singapore oa ot aboat t— MAIL LINES, Outward {for OMfM) Delhi Sept 9
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      524 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N.Y.K. JAPAN HAIL STEAMSHIP CB.LTD. between JAI^N aJd BUKOPB by the Company's wellknowa TWII-aCHW ITIiIBBI, under Mail Oontraot with the Imperial Japanese Gorernment, specially designed for the Company's Baropean Serrioe, lighted throaghoat by Blectrioity, provided with exoellent aooommodation for First and Seoond Class Passengers, and fitted with all
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      569 4 BTEAJER BAILIHB3. C. P. R CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY'S ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIP LINE. Tn NATIONAL HIGH WAT TO EUROPE TIA CHINA, JAPAN, CANADA AND THB UNITED STATES. Route from Hongkong Tia Shainghai, Nagasaki (Inland Sea ot Japan), Kobe, Yokohama. Victoria and Vanoouver. R.M.S. Bbtpbbss or India TwinaarewsteamR.M.S. Empbbss or Japan
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      261 4 STEAMER BAILIMBB. OCEAN STEM SHIP CO. LTD.. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NPV. CO.. LTD. Tk* Oompaatea' steamers art decpaeked from Liverpool outwards for the Strait., China aad Japan every week and from Japan homtwards for Loadoa, Amsterdam aad Antwerp every fortnight for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and tot Marseille* Havre
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      606 4 STEAMbK gMLIIHt HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURQ, The steamer* of this Oompany maintain a regular servioe between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and th* Straits, Ohlna and Japan. Homeward*, they are deipatohed fortnightly for Havre and Ham burg and onoe a month for remeroaven direol, oalllng at Penang and Oolomoo Taking
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      691 4 3TEAMEK SAILINM. N. D. L. Norddautscher Lloyd, Bremen. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The tart and wall-kaowa mail tteam el thi* Oompany sail tortnighty from Brea Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp. Boataamr ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (oonneelio* MaraeUlea, Naples, Alexandria, aad Tiee **jM Port Said, Sues, Adea. Oolombo, Pea.af Singapore, Hongkong Shanghai.
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    DAILY TIME TABLE.
    144 5 FIXTURES. Monday, August 39. High Water, 6/2 a m., 4 14 p.m. S. C. < annual meeting, 6.16. N. D. L. homeward mail due, 6. Warwick Major Comedy Co., Vie. Thoatro. Alhambra Cinematograph. Harima Cinematograph. Marlborongh Cinematograpb. Tuesday, August 30. High Water, 7.10 a.m., 5.46 p.m. Warwick
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
    195 5 To-Dat. Bangkok Siam 3 pm Batavia, Cheribon and Bamaraog Giam; Ann 8 pm Malacca Il.'n H<> 3pm Bangkok Bolva 3 pm Batu Pahat Aing Hin X pm Anamba and Natnua Is. and Pamangkat Flevo 3 pm K. Pahang, Pekan, Treog .;.inu and Kelantan Will o' the Wisp
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    Mail Steamer Movements.
    134 5 The Imp. German mail steamer Prinz Ludwig left Hongkong at 11 a.m. on the Isth instant, may be expeoted to arrive here to-day, at 5 p.m. She will probably be despatched for Europe to-morrow, at 8 p.m. The Imp. German mail steamer Derffliuger, having left Colombo at
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
    834 5 Latest Arrivals. -M Mb, r\ M. P. govt. yac)<t, 400 tuns, 43 ore*, 136 b i>. Com. Ahmat, Aug 31. From Port S-vett. ■uham, Aug 27. For Kuala I'abang, Aug 39— Rds. Almia, Ger sir (838 tone, Captain Hubsl, Aug 28. From Hamburg, July 13. 0.0. and 169
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    Vessels at Taojong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    94 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To- Day. TANJONO PAQAR. East Whist Basin— Nil. East Wbabt Saonoa I— Yunimn. Snna Whabt— Capri. Mais W. Boot. Taroba, Haoau. a S-Aletia. h Patani. 6— Gaadiana. 6-Olaucus, Calypso. Laooor Doox 7— {Coder oonstraotion.) Wist Wbui 8—
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    LOCAL PASSENGER LISTS.
    136 5 Arrivals. Per steamer Taroba, August 27.— From Madras via ports Mr. K. P. Padman, Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Pillay, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Pillay, Mr. 8. Drey and Mr. Sidney. Per steamer Capri, August 28.— From Bombay via ports Mr. O. H. Wilson. Per steamer
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    Finance £r Commerce.
    237 5 EXCHANGE. Singapore, Acgust 29, 1910. On London Bank 4 m/s 2/4£ Demand 2/4& Private 8 m/a a/4ft do 8 m/a 2/4& On Germany— Bank d/d 240 Private 8 m/a 244 do 6 in/a 346) On France— hank d/d 296 Private 8 m/a 29(4 do 6 m/s 808}
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  • TO-DAY'S STOCKS AND SHARES.
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      MINING.
      169 5 /aloe. 10 10 Belat Tin 10 10 Brnaog 10 10 Bruseh Hyd. 10 10 Kanaboi El £1 KinU Tin 81 41 Kledang Tin 10 10 Kuautan Tin Cl 41 Lahat Minea SI £1 Malaya and Siam 0 10 Malacca Tin >/• 6/- Pahang Congo El £1 Penßkalon U £1
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      RUBBER.
      542 5 lunuo ,g Value. Buyea. Sellem. 2/- 2/- Allayar 5/0 6/8 2/- 2/- Anglo-Malay 1.6.0 1.6.6 2/- 1/8 Batang Malaka 6d. 1/. pm £1 £1 Batu Caves 16.0.0 17.0.0 £1 £1 Batu Tiga 6.5.0 6.10.0 41 £l Bakit Kajang 2.16.0 8.0.0 41 15/- Contributory 2.0.0 2.5.0 pm £1 £1 Bakit
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      GENERAL.
      118 5 Issue 2 V»lu Bayers. 8ellen. 10 10 KMtorn Smelting 10 7 ill £1 Klectrio Tramways 4/8 10 10 Fnwer No»vo 80.00 100 Howurth Brakine 68.00 100 ,,7% PreL 81.00 100 100 KatiBro.Dcf. 100 100 8% Cam. net 10 10 Mayn»rd*Co, ZOjOO nom. 10.00 S.00 .'.5.00 90.00 B6.nO 136.00 nom.
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      DEBENTURES.
      45 5 Buyers. Boiler Howarth Brakine6% 1800,000 par Riley, Hargreavee 6% 1284,000 1% 8% pro 6% £860,000 Singapore Municipal 6% 11, 878,000 nom. Bayers. Selten. Singapore Manioipal «J% *****7 41,800,000 6% T% p™ Singapore Manioipal 4J% *****9 51,000,000 7% B%pn Singapore Manioipal 4% 1902,900 1% dig
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      201 5 AUCTION SALES Powell and Co. Aug. 29— At tbe Central Polioe Station, South Bridge Road, unserviceable polioe stores, eto., at 2. Sept. 2.— At saleroom, unredeemed pledges, at 10. Sept. 6.— At saleroom, unredeemed pledges, at 10. Sept. T.— At saleroom, unredeemed pledges, at 10. M. L. Coghlan and Co.
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      531 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. HOME via SIBERIA. INTERNATIONAL SLEEPING CAR ANDEXPREBBTRAINBCO. Through tickets for the entire journey from any of tbe principal points in the Far Bast to any principal point in Europe or America by the TRANS-SIBERIAN ROUTE. THE ALL-RAIL ROUTE. Coupon tioket books to travel by any of the Steamship
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      484 5 STEAMER SAILINGS, UNION 1.8. 00. OF NEWZEALMO. LTD. HINGAPORH 10 NHWZBALAND oraic, AUCKLAND, WHLLINGTON LTTTILTON AND DUNHDIN AISO CAIIIHS Al BAMARANO AND FIJI (it muocsMiKT errsas). The OompMy'a T.S. Steamer APARIMA, J,'M tons, F. P. Brans, Commands*, main isms a regular four-monthly service betweei Singapore and Nevr Zealand. Bzoellent Mioon
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    The Straits Times MONDAY, AUGUST 28. AUSTRALASIA.
    1153 6 The Straits Times MONDAY, AUGUST 28. AUSTRALASIA. We have just received a beautifully printed book about Australia To-day." It contains some of the best colour work we have met with in such a publication, and the reproductions of photographs of scenery, towns, groat public works and the like are a
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    16 6 A Chinaman, of M Mantoor Street, reports t ie theft of a bicycle valued at $45.
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    19 6 Tho F. M. S. railway charge for motorcui has been increased from '20 cents to 40 cents per mile.
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    16 6 The Boy Scouts corps has been inaugurated in Penang. Ambulance lectures are being arranged for them.
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    19 6 Two ebony elephants, valued at »50, have been stolen from the house of Mrs. Jarrett, 71-L River Valley Road.
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    25 6 A verdict of accidental death has been returned at the inquest on the riling who was run over by Fraser and Neave's trolley, at Penang.
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    22 6 The variety entertainment intended to be given by the Singapore Catholic Funeral Association on September 1 next is postponed to September 8.
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    24 6 Tho Warwick Major Comedy Company open at the Victoria Theatre, this evening, with Jane in whioh Miss Georgie Corlass appears in the title role.
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    27 6 It is stated to be the intention to demolish the Police Babru quarters to make way for a new thoroughfare between North Bridge Road and Hill Street.
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    32 6 Mr. McArthur, assistant to the Colonial Secretary, has had stolen from him a gold seal, a silver oxide watch, four sarongs, and two Malay bajus. The value of the loss is ».-.5.
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    30 6 Most of our visitors to the Agri-Horti-cultural Show have now returned, observes the Taiping paper, and all speak highly of the arrangements and the good time they had in Singapore.
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    33 6 The Inspector of Telegraphs, General Post Office, stated this morning that direct telegraphic communication with Penang is interrupted. Kuala Lumpur is transmitting all traffic for Penang which will, in consequence, suffer some delay.
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    48 6 While a Chinese dancing girl and her servant were travelling along Club Street last night in a rioksha the vehicle was stopped by two men. One plaaed his hand over her eyes while the other stole lmr earrings, a valuable pair worth 1100. The men then made off.
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    52 6 A fracas took place last night in Garden Street, and later on the police found the body of a man, bearing marks of violence, floating in the harbour near the scene of the disturbance. The two events may have no connection whatever, but the coincidence leads the police to make
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    66 6 It is a pity, writes a correspondent in the Perak Pioneer, that some of the local police were not sent down to Singapore to study the regulation of traffic on the occasion of the Agri-Horticultural Show. The crowds, he says, that he saw beggar description, but there was hardly any
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    84 6 The medical experts who, as recorded in our columns, lately, decided that beriberi arose from the consumption of polished rice, meet with scant consideration from their fellows in Indo-China, to whom they had communicated the resolution. The Medical Association there met, the other day, at Hanoi, in Tonkin, and rejected
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    78 6 The Pinang Gazette says the rubber share market in London is most uninteresting. Last week, after opening on Monday a shade firmer, it became dull on Tuesday and Wednesday, doubtless in sympathy with the commodity which was not strong at the last auction on Thursday. Friday found the market dull
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    84 6 A few days ago a young Chinaman was admitted into hospital suffering from a severe wound in his side. The woand was inflicted by a sixteen year- old boy, Straits born, with a stick, but the victim in his dying deposition has exonerated him from any suspicion of malice. The
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    95 6 While Tan Sco Chang was walking in Hill Street, on Friday evening, he was stopped by a man. The man told him he was a detec tive and was under the painful necessity of searching him. Tan Sco Chang meekly submitted, but when the soi disant detectivu took several dollars
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    89 6 Mr. Bartley, third magistrate, discharged the Chinese broker, who was accused of criminal breach of trust, on Saturday. The defence was that the prosecutrix gave defendant 1550, not with ppecific instructions to buy Malaka Pindas, but in order to form a partnership with him in some other shares. He bought
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    88 6 The Resident of Rhio reports an increasing number of applications for rubber plant ing concessions there. The Palo Balan Exploitation Company has acquired a large area of land in the island called by that name. At Snngei Penaran, good progress has been made with Malay coolies and the rubber plants
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    471 6 His many friends will be interested to bf ar that the Rev. John Adam Gray, formerly of Singapore, is now minister at N'ortl. MM dleton in Northumberland. A wedding took place at the Methodist Episcopal Church, Penang, on Saturday between Mr. John Cyril Mathieu and Connie, youngest
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    Rubber Export Doty.
    61 6 The prices, for the period from August 26, to September H, 1910, inclusive, of cultivated rubber on which export duty is leviable on an ad valorem basis are as follows Sheet and biscuit 1870 per pioul Fine crepe 88." Best scrap in crepe form 360 Bark scrap
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    The Price of Tin.
    133 6 The Pinang Gazette, referring to the rise in tin, says that the extraordinary premium on spot sales suggests bear covering, the bears having been caught badly. It is possible that the bears have been keeping down prices unduly and now the decline in production is beginning
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    Accident to Colonel Bayard.
    128 6 The Hongkong Daily Press, of August 23, says:— We regret to record that Colonel Bayard, the commanding officer of the Buffs, met with a serious riding accident at Causeway Bay on Saturday afternoon. While playing polo his China pony tripped, foil and rolled on him. The
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    P. and 0. aod Wireless Telegraphy.
    178 6 The P. and O. Company are to be oongratulated, Bays the Siattniuau. on their an nonnoement that all tlie mail gteainers in their list of sailings frciu Bombay are fitted with wireless tcl^rapliy It is to be hoped that the example thus set will
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      175 6 ALHAMBRA BBAOH ROAD. the: bio show SPECIAL ATTRACTION To-Night. 2nd Show, 9.30 to 10 p.m. 1. OVERTURE SILVER CROSS. 2. SPORTS AND GAMES IN SUMATRA. 8. THE DEATH OF CHARLES THE BOLD. 4. A TERRIBLE SECRET. 10 to 10.80 p.m. DENNY The Great Nec.omancjr and Dcmonologit t ASSISTED BY MISS
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    KAISERS SPEECH.
    143 7 CLAIM TO FULL AUTOCRATIC POWERS. Regardless of Views and Opinions Of the Hour." Rbltkb's Tblboram London, August 28. Tbe speech of the Kaiser at a banquet at Koenigsberg has provoked great discussion in Germany. The Kaiser concluded a speech by these words Looking upon myself as the instrument
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    THE TURKISH NAVY.
    61 7 No More Old Fashioned Ships to be Bought. [RSCTIR'S TkLBQRAM.] London, August 29. At Constantinople it is reported tbat proposals have been made to the Ministry of Marine for the Bale of two warships which are about to be withdrawn from tbe British Navy, but it has
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    SEAMEN'S GRIEVANCES.
    67 7 Reported Decision to Organise a Strike. IRbotks's TblboramJ London, August 39. A Copenhagen message Bays that Mr. Havelock Wilson has been interviewed, and he said a seamen's strike was certain, unless eoncilition board- were established in < every country. i Dir OsiAHiATi.se ii k Lloyd Tklkoram] Berlin, August
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    RUSSIA IN ASIA.
    43 7 ;Dsk Ostasiatischi Lloyd Tblkoram.] Berlin, August 28. Tbe St. Petersburg papers state that M. Stolypin, the Russian Prime Minister, intends to make a journey in K ist Asia for the purpose of inspecting the Siberian colonisations and the Amur Railway.
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    ITALY AND AUSTRIA.
    33 7 IRIOTII'I TILBURAM.] London, August 29. A telegram from Rome says the Foreign Minister, Signor Saniuliano, has proceeded to Isebl, where he meets Baron Von Aehrenthal and the Kmperor Franz Josef.
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    LATE PRESIDENT MONTT.
    32 7 jD«R OSTASIATISCHB LLOYD TILRORAM.] Berlin, August 28. Chili will send a man-of-war to take home the body of President Montt, who died suddenly at Bremen a few days ago.
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    JAPAN AND KOREA.
    39 7 [Rbctbr's Tilegram] London. August 28. The Daily Tdcgrap*! fl ays the Japanese have taken a prudent and wise step in annexing Korea. The results in peace and progress cannot fail to be of far reaching importance.
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    ADMIRAL GAMBLE.
    26 7 [Rbotir's Tslboram.] London, August 28. Admiral Gamble, tbe reorganiser ot the Turkish Navy has been appointed to the command of '.he Sixth Cruiser Squadron.
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    REPUBLICANS IN PORTUGAL.
    17 7 Drr OsTASiA-nsiur. Lloyd Telkkram.' Berlin. August 28. Tbe republican agitation in Portugal is growing.
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    PRINCE EULENBURG.
    23 7 [Da* OsTAsuTiscm Lloyd Tiloiram Berlin, August 28. Proceedings In the case against Prinoe Eulenbnrg are to be postponed for two years.
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    MONTENEGRO A KINGDOM.
    17 7 [DlB OBTASUTISCHB LLOYD TILtORAX.j Berlin, August 28. Montenegro has been formally proclaimed a Kingdom.
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    SIR JOHN ANDERSON AT IPOH.
    129 7 (From Our Own Corrbspondikt.) Kuala Lumpur, August 29. The postponed Empire Day sports were held at Ipoh onSaturday and proved most iuc cessful. Two thousand five hundred children paraded on tbe Padang in the morning carry ing Union Jacks. A feature from the Malay vernacular
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    HONGKONG AND SHANGH4I BANK.
    935 7 Corporation's Position Explained At Half-Yearly Meeting. At the ordinary half-yearly meeting of tbe shareholders in the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation held at tbe Hongkong City Hall, on August 20, Mr. G. Balloob, presiding, said I Gentlemen i It is very gratifying to your directors to
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    The Vanishing Pearl.
    511 7 THE STRANGE MYSTERY OF AN INDIAN GEM. Found and Lost Again. Some strange fatality would seem to brood over a blue pearl, worth £20,000, which was originally set in the eyes of a statue of Buddha in India. Some five years ago il disappeared mysteriously, and it
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    LONDON RUBBER PRICES.
    98 7 Messrs. Hogg and Go's. Quotations To-day. Messrs. Hogg and Co. kindly favour us with the London prioes they have received this morning Quotations. HMI Mini. i. k Hkico. Prices. Allagars 6/- Linggis Anglo-Malays 26/- Lumuts 80/- p. Bukit Kajangs 65,- Merlimaus U/9 BukitMertajamsB/9 Patalings 67/Cbersonese 4/6 R.
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    NOTES FROM LABUAN.
    212 7 (From Our Own Corrbspondbnt.) Labuan, August 25. Dr. Crouoher, acting for the P.C.M.O arrived from Singapore, on inspection duty by the Darvel on the 28rd inst. He returns to Singapore by the Maruda to day. Mr. Lim Swee Clieng, general manager of the Labuan and Borneo Farms,
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    130 7 Amongst public schools there cannot be many which can equal the record of Bedford Grammar School old boys this year. Orabame White is an old boy. So is Radley, another English aviator So is Radioe, who won the King's Prize at Bislev with a record soc ra. There has been
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    Coolie Dumping.
    1007 7 HOW ASSISTED EMIGRANTS ARE HANDLED IN HONGKONG. Statement by Registrar- General. We have already published from the S. C. Morning Post an eyewitness's account of the passing before the emigration authorities of assisted emigrants for the Straits. The Registrar -General at Hongkong, the Hon. Mr. E. A. Irving,
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    106 7 A fashionable wedding at Paris has just resulted from the wreck of the Messageries Maritimes steamer La Seyne in Rbio Straits. Amongst those who went down in her was M. Habib, the head of a big jewellery firm at Paris, with large quantities of pearls and diamonds. M. Louis Habib,
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    TANJONG MALIM RUBBER CO.
    316 7 Applications for Shares Represent Nearly £7,000,000. The statutory meeting of the Tanjong Malim Rubber Company, Limited, has been held with Sir Frank A. Swettenham, Q. C. M. 0., presiding. The Secretary (Mr. W. Hector Thomson) having read the notioe convening the meeting and tbe auditors' certificate.
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    THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE.
    386 7 Contemplating Farther Extension Of Service. As recently announced, the firm of Alfred Holt and Co. is at present building five or six new steamers, and has plans tor increasing the round-the-world servioe, now operated on a monthly schedule. While agents of the line claim to have
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    ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL.
    274 7 Creditable Exhibition of Pupils' Work. The second annual exhibition ot the work of the pupils of the Anglo Chinese School was held at the school buildings on Saturday afternoon, when a large number ot friends spent a oouple of hours in examining the very creditable display ot handwork.
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    39 7 The widow ot King Leopold, formerly a French actress of humble origin, has married her steward. King Leopold by his will left her the enormous fortune of one million pounds, which, be stated, was the property ot his heirs.
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    THE DUTCH INDIES.
    64 7 QUEER STORY AS TO GERMAN INTENTIONS. Crown Princes Voyage a Prelude to Annexation, [Dm Ostasiatischb Lloyd Trlioram.] Berlin, August 28. M. Broil Reiche's paragraph iv the London Morning Post to the effect that the voyage ot the Crown Prince to the Far East is in connection with
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    HURRICANE IN BRITAIN.
    42 7 War Vessels Blown Ashore on the Clyde. RIOTSR'.H T»LIORAM.| London, August During a hurricane yesterday morning a destroyer and a torpedo boat were blown ashore in the Clyde. A dredger in tbe Mersey was overturned and two were drowned.
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    THE BEDFORD CALAMITY.
    48 7 Rrltkr'k Tilkiiram.] London, August 28. The Mayor of Portsmouth appeals to the publio for generous donations in order to provide for the dependents of victims of the Bedford calamity. London, August 29. The cruiser Newoastle has been ordered to be commissioned to replace the Bedford.
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    RUSSIAN BLACK SEA FLEET.
    22 7 DMK ObTASIATISCHB LLOYD TILIOHAM. Berlin, August 28. Russia intends to make an inorease in the Black Sea fleet
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    NELLMAY RUBBER COMPANY.
    170 7 Chairman Announces Payment of Eight Per Cent Dividend. (From Our Own Corrkspondknt.) Penang, August 27. At tbe statutory meeting of the Nellmay Rubber Company, Mr. William 1) mean, of the Caledonian Estate, who presided, said that ninoe the property had been taken over one quarter, that is
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    SMALLPOX IN PENANG.
    101 7 Chinese Medical Mission and Free Vaccination. (From Odr Own Corrbspondint.i Penang, Augußt 27. There have been forty-nine oases of smallpox bore since June 2, with twelve deaths of which four were children. There have been no fresh cases sinoe August 18. Lam Hua Ec, of the Chinese
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    KILLED AT PRAYER.
    93 7 (From Ocs Own Corrsbpondixt.) Penang, August 27. A Chinese boy, seven years of age, waa killed at Payah Trubong, in a valley in the Penang hills, in a remarkable way. While praying to a joss, a huge boulder of granite from the hillside oame crashing through the
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    RAFFLES HOTEL. PENANG.
    75 7 (Prom Our OVx Corekspondint.) Penang, August 27. Mr. Brunei Norman, of the Riffles Hotel at Penang, on tbe 18th inst. sued Mr. H. H. bodeweyer, a commercial agent for Justus van Maurik, of Amsterdam, for a gam of •212.07 (or board, lodging and wines supplied. Mr. Bodemeyer
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      NOTES IN GENERAL.
      193 8 The S. 0 C. were to meet the Middlesex 11 I at football this aftornoon, but the event cannot take plaoe for some three weeks as the S. C. C. ground is not available. So stringent have the by-laws in New York State become that tho New
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      Lawn Tennis.
      418 8 S, C. C. Tournament. Tho following tios in tho S. C. O. lawn tonnis tournament will bo played to morrow: D. SIS.iLK-. Challen i. Montgomerie. Towill v. Nelson. Wakoford v. Largo. Soott v. Lewis. Gudu v. Todd. Gattey v. Dossett. Hardiog v. Thomas. Thomson v. Whitaker. Ward v.
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      The Golf Championship.
      168 8 Tho first round in the Singapore Golf Championship was played on S»turday afternoon on Sepoy I >ines course. Despite the rains of tbe previous few days tho links throughout were in good condition and condnoive to keen play. No remarkable parformanoos were done, Lieut. Eddis' 8? for
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    88 8 In tho Science Galleries at the White City, Dr. Herbert Smith, of the British Museum, gavu an addrcj»on the manufacture of rubies and sapphires. It was now possible, he said, to produoe rubies and sapphires with all tbe characteristics and physical features of tbe natural gem stones. In some parts
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      THE " RAJAH OF KLANG."
      950 8 THE RAJAH OF KLANG." A Strange Story of Rubber Purchase Continued. To tho Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I have just read your interesting criticism of the l'ort Swettenhaiu Rubber Co. in your issue of the 26th inst. May 1 be permitted, as one whose name ban been mentioned
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    782 8 Prices Quoted In tbc Market This Mowing. Singapore, August '29th, 1910. Messrs. LyaU and BvaM, ■xehange and Bhare Brokers, issue the following list of quotations this morning RUBBER SHARES. Nona. Value. Buyers. Sellers. 2/. Allagar 0/8 6/6 3/. Optioni 8,9 5/0 £1 Anglo-Java 11/- 11/9 1 Anglo
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      36 8 i aaying that's grand One that goes, with a push A bird in the hand Is worth two in the both And all understand (1 bough the dismal mac breeds 4 ogre that's at hand j§Vttsttf>Uit''Wooll|-|
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      40 8 WATERBURYS METABOLIZED COO LIVER OIL COMPOUND. Aids digestion. Does not upset the stomach and is unrivalled for coughs, colds, bronchitis and all pulmonary troubles, and is a general tonic for building up the system. OF ALL CHEMIBTS. $1.26 AND $100
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      31 8 FOR SALE. NeUore Bull. Bred at Bruseh. Bidor. Pttak. Aged 6 j yean. Champion animal. Enala Kanßur 1901 Kuala Lumpur 190e Penang 1906 Sirganoia 1910 AFP>>* utUw't Bone Eepcsawy Siagr pare,
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      931 8 Agri-Horticultural Show, 1910. y^^ "BERTRAMS" Rubber Machinerv/oiy> WAS AWARDED FIRST PRIZE ano /\S*// GOLD MEDAL y fy yS Sole Agents: S X^^^t S w^ WERI: AWARDED y^^y DIPLOMA The Best General Engineering Exhibits. MARLBOROUGH BBACH ROAD. The Popular Show. NEW AND INTERESTING PICT I RES, TO-NIGHT, Seoc^d Show, 8.80 to
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      441 9 II it be not true, speak it not, II it be not aeemly, do it not." Marcos Anrelius. The one and only Sole Agents Paterson, Simons Co Ltd. MICHELIN TYRES DUPIRE~BROTHERS, A.C3-E3STTS. SIEMENS BROTHERB SIEMENS BROTHERS Dynamo Works, Ltd. AND CO., LTD. HEAD OFFIGEB BRANCH 0FFI0E8 Caxton House, Westminster, 1.
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      958 9 SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB. The Autumn Raoe Meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 11, Thursday, October 18, and Saturday, October 15. PROGRAMME. Inder S. R. A. Rulet. FIR8T DAY. Tuetday, October 11. 1. THE OPENING STAKES.— Value WOO A handicap for horses that have never woo a stake of more
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      457 9 publication of the weights, and of IS lbs. by th« winner of two or more races. Ten Ponnda Sterling or One Hundred »*■<* Twenty Guilders, shall be taken ai the equivalent of One Hundred Dollars, when determining the advertised value of stakes. In calculating the advertised Trine of any race,
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      116 9 7%atis /%4S££&AfeiVZs SINGAPORE SODA WATER £staAtaA*fo*er2Syfean%. Rubber Producing Companies Handbook. Orders now being booked for Kubber Producing Companies Handbook Capitalised in dollars. $2.00 per copy. Only 1,000 Books available. COFFEE BOBUSTA SEEDLINGS, December to January Delivery. L. Y. SWEE CO., General Commission Agents)* Share Brokers, 81, Old Market Square, Kuala
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      433 9 ARTICLES FOR SALE. PIANO FOR SALE One Rachals Cottsge Piano in excellent condition. Apply 77, Scott's Road. BANO FOR SALE. Best white Gaylang sand. For rates per i^v? r t0D a PP' T t0 A K Marican, No. 672, North Bridge Road 1851 FORiSALE. Handsome turnout, the property of Capt
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    Volunteer Reserves.
    621 10 RE-ORGANISATION OF THE HONGKONG SCHEME. Part of the Defence Force. His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, Sir Henry May, presided at an extraordinary general meeting of members of the Hongkong Volunteer Ilcserve Association on the 17th inst., to consider the question of re-organizing the Association. Sir Henry
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    CENTRAL ASIAN MANUSCRIPTS.
    290 10 A Possible Clue to an Important Literary Language. The Statesman says in referrenoe to the Central Asian Manuscripts recently acquired by the Bengal Asiatic Society they are described as follows Five leaves of brownishyellow paper measuring 6} inches by inches, and the ink is as fresh as
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      456 10 INSURANCE. CHINA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., LTD. Head Offloe Shanghai: Registered under the Life Assurance Companies Acts, England, and under the Hou^ong Ordinance pos T ON OF COMPAN Y (|Twclfth Year). Total Insurance in force ...$87,856,886. Total Asset, 2" Total Fund. S'HSSt' Total Income for Year 3,6»e,»»T. AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE
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      377 10 ALLIANCE ASSURANCE CO.. LTD. FIRE AND MOTOR CAR RISKS Of every description granted by this Company at rates of premium and subject to conditions which will be found favourable to the Insured. PATERSON. SIMONS CO.. LTD Agents. u1260 San Life v.-.v.v of Canada. ...it. ...*W,740,752.16.0 Jovami over all liabilities Moordingto
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      499 10 BANKING. •BARTERED BANK BF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. OOBPORATUD BT BOIAJk OHABTKB PbM up Capital la M.OOO Baarei of MX eaoa i1.t00.000 isserva Foat 11,800,000 asMrvs liability ot rtopristow 11,100.000 BAHKSBS. Baak ot TH-gTml ■aMoaal Baak of Boottaai. Cat toaaoa City A Mldlaal Baak, ati. BIHOAPOaJB BRAHCH. Onmal Aoeonaai an
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      60 10 THEY MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD. The pleasant purgative effect experienced by all who use Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, and the healthy condition of the body and m nd which they create makes one feel joyful. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers. JUST RECEIVED. A SHIPMENT OF JAPANESE RUBBER
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      584 10 BaleB by auction, important Furniture sale.^ High-Glass Teak Furniture. THE PROPERTY OF H. P. PAYNEGALLWAY. ESQ At Holyrood, Stevens Road, ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, AT 1 P.M. Comprising Pianoforte by the Robinson Pianoforte Co., TEAK DINING ROOM TABLE, carved teak dinner waggons, teak sideboard, set of U teak and rattan
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      478 10 AUCTION SALE At Powell a: Co.'s Saleroom, On Tuesday, Angus'. 30, at 11 a.m. 20 cases Girl Pilsener Beer (pinto) 10 cases Girl Pilsener Beer (Quarts^ In first-class condition. POWELL A CO., AuotioneeM. AUC lON BALE Of SCRAP IRON AND CiIRDER CUT. TINGS, At Messrs. Riley, Uargreavos and Co., Ltd,
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    MOTORS & MOTORING.
    1078 11 MOTORS MOTORING. NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. In an article iv The Standard, Mr. Gerald Biss refers to the general satisfaction that has been expressed at the new handicapping system which wa* introduced at Brooklands %t the Bank Holiday meeting. The season, taken as a whole, may, he say*,
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      315 11 WOLSELEY SIDDELEY MAXIM, LTD. AUTOCARS. riSSST SOLE At.ENTS FOR WOLSELKY SIDDELEY AUTOCARS In Singapore, I'enang, F. M. S. and Sumatra: CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS, 5 TSSZH"*THE MOTOR AND CARRIAGE WORKS. MOTOR CJUtS FOR HIRE DAY OR NIGHT. General Repairers of Cycles, Motors, Cals, Magneto, eto. Cycles and Cars tunedVoverhauled on Contract.
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      47 11 Woods' Great Pcppti-onot Cor* (or all i'tern* out 1 1 1 n 'Vine*". OoMa la GAROET JAVA. HOTEL PAPANDAJAN FORMERLY HOTEL RU ERT. Ent rely reoovaied, First claac accommodation. Hoi and cold butba D*rk room Under the porional snporviMoi of the proprietor Mr. and Mpb. Haclis. 1698
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      421 11 Wyres Jiardly Seratelyed. COPY OF WIRE RECEIVED JULY 7th, 1910. Land's End to John o'Groats, 31 hoars, 20 minutes, beating all previous reeordal End to end and back 77 boors, 83 minute* Tyres hardly scratched, non-skids as new after 2600 miles of hard pushing and mucb brake work over miles
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      577 12 WANTSSCRIPT SHORTHAND. We teach the Script system of shorthand because it is by far the easiest to learn and tin mrmt rapid in use. For free pro spectnp, npply to I C. S. General Agency, 27, Syod Ali Koad, Singapore KRANI WANTED. Wanted, a Krani for small Rubber Estate State
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      580 12 WANTS. TURNOUT WANTED. Wanted, cob with trap, harness, etc, complete. Replies to K. IS., c o Straits Times. 2028 RUBBER EBTATE WANTED. Wanted, small partly planted or reoentlyopened Robber Estate in good locality, with available land for extension or sleeping partnership in a good concern (young). Apply to Investor," c.o
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      608 12 TO BE LET QR SOLD. ROOMB TO LET. At Zetland House (Armenian Street). Apply on the premises. 0.408 COMPOUND HOUBE TO LET. No. 86, Barker Road, with immediate entry. Apply to F. B. David, 1, Malacca Street. 1906 HOUBEB TO BE LET. Nos. 81 and 83, Institution Hill, River Valley
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      810 12 NOTIGEB. HAYTOR RUBBER ESTATES, LTD. NOTICE IS HEREBT GIVEN, that a Call of $1 per share, payable on or before the Ist October, 1910, making the shares fully paid, has been made by the Board, and that no transfer of partly paid shares will be re gistored until the above-mentioned
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      699 12 NOTICES. BTRAITB 81EVE00RES AND CO. Contractors of Labour and Provisions for vessels. Loading and discharging heavy lifts, general cargo and coal. Supplying Lighters and Chinese boats for transhipment work and Provisions of all kinds at moderate obarges. R. H. SULTAN, Proprietor. Tel. No. 1122. Offloe No. fl, Loke Yew St
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      333 12 PERFECT AT LAST. THE NEW STYLE Gramophones SOLD ONLY BY The ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY. LIMITED. $30, $35, $45, $55, $65, $75 AND $95. JUST CALL TO HEAR THESE Wonderful Singers. J. d'A. PEREIRA, F.R.H.8.. LONDON. Horlicimurist in Florist. Oolleetc r and Exporter of Orchids and Rare Plants. Diploma and gold
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      237 12 Straits Wimes. ADVERTISEMENT RATES.—Miscellaneous wants of every description are inserted at the prepaid rate of II per four linos for one or two insertions. Notioet of Births, Marriages, or Deaths, if not exceeding four lines, II each insertion For p.p.o. oards, on page 6,13. Inch Scali Rates are as follows:
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