The Straits Times, 9 February 1911

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 23.485 SINGAPORE. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9. 1911. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 269 1 WATSON'S No. IO Whisky THE BEST. KATZ BROS., LD. THE i#* HAB TKE URGEBT I Ij L V m O WnM mm POPULAR FITTINGS. Kf'AME-2 J «n1 24 in. high I'll I V Alfred AppUby. ix J in. WIIKKLS- Equal 28 io. i HANKS— Ue«fh«blf 64 io. HURt I).i*ipri«.f anil
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    • 255 1 ART NEEDLEWORK AND FLOWER DEPOT 217, Orchard Road. AWARDED MEDAL AND DIPLOMA AND FIRST PRIZE. AGRI-HORTICULTURAL SHOW SINQ4POKB, 1910, Arranged Floral Baskets, Booqaets, sbowert and Floral forms of all description*. Wedding orders reoeive special attention. MANY LOCAL TESTIMONIALS. Prlo— Moderate. Cut Flowers rom oar own Narseries quite Fresh. NURSERIES AND
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    • 190 1 Robinson A Co, THE I 1911 MODELS OP THE (T ALL-STEEL RALEIGH CYCLES mre Mow on View WITH ALL THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS. THE GttELLE RALEIGH 1 THE rOPULAR RALEIGH >^ JE^ THE STANDARD RALEGH /jg^Mfc' =K THE FIRST-G* ADE R a LEIGH f J|HH|//A THE SPECIAL RALEIGH 'fHSf ff THE
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    • 7 1 USE MORSE'S DISTEMPER ADAMSON. GItPLUN MO CO,Lm
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  • 1092 2 PERSON 4I EXPERIENCES OF THE KAISER'S BROTHER. How He Learned to Fly. Pi-inoe Honry of Prtuwia, who recently delivered a lecture on his tiril trip in an airship, has deHcribed in the I'rrss how ho won the qualification of an aeroplane pilot. At any rate, shjh the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 130 2 k Emaciated Adults NEED 'KEPLER' muM mid SOLUTION (OF COD LIVIR OIL I* MALT fXTHACT) This delicious, digestive body -builder exerts its influence upon the very source of nutrition the blood, it fills the veins with rich, vitalising blood, and rapid improvement takes place. The ckeeks nil out, the limbs
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    • 16 2 For a'l iutnrnal oompUinta, Dy« nte'y om#M, Cuidx, cto., \*ki Woodn' Great l'< t puruiiui Core
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    • 498 2 WAH HENG CO. Photographlo Stores, I'BVKLOPING, PRINTING ENLARGING AMATEURS' WORK. Plates, Papers, Films, Chemicals, Cameras, Lenses and OeaeraJ Pbotognphie Materiala. Frames of everj variety made to order. No. 95, North Bridge Rd., Opposite Adelphi Hotel. KM CRUSH EO FOOD. Try It aa4 Vm WIN ks Satitflsd. I. R. BELILIOS begi
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    • 200 2 DIfIHOND BINSB] Diamond Rose Rings Diamond Hoop Rings Diamond Half- hoop Rings Diamond Shamrock Rings A LARGE COLLECTION JUST UHPACKEO. Also OTHER RINGS SET WITH BEST QUALITY DIAMONDS AND OEMS OF RARE OCCURENCE. Inspection cordially invited. ISMAIL AND RAHEEIYI. Bras Baaah Road. gUSHUN COAL^ Q The Best Steaming Coal In
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  • 1246 3 AMERICAN MILLIONAIRE'S WIFE ON TRIAL. Startling Plot Suggested, "MBMMMmI scenes attended the opening of a society trial at Wheeling, Wwt Virginia, where the wife, of 010 ■Wjkl iiie.itpackcr. .John Sc.henk, ist-barg "l -I; I**"*" ing I"' 1 husband with inteut i.i kill him. The parties concerned, we believe.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 483 3 GREAT SALh. OF BOOKS BOOKLOVERS IN THE EAST INDIES. SlioLld take advantage of Tbe Times Book Club's groat Sale of Surplus Book*, containing thousands of bargains, many of which PAYS YOU are not likely to be met with agtin. Rare books, important books, books of all kinds are offeied at
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    • 164 3 ABSOLUTELY SA-E When yon have a cold got a bottle ol Chamberlain's Conch Remedy. It will soon fix you up all right and will ward ofl any tendency toward pneumonia. Thiti remedy contains no opium or other narcotic and may be given as confidently to a baby as to an
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    • 243 3 Thousand _^mS3^^ I Household MS Jp? uses -but t ULffl^F Won't MONKEY BRAND NJ\ Makes Copper like Gold, Tin like Silver 6REEN ISLAND CEMENT CO.. LTdT Portland Cement. In CaaKß ol 876 lbe. net Drain Pipes, any shape In Bags ol 360 lbs. net. Gatterways Cement Tiies, any pattern. Firebricks,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 648 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. RITO. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. FOR CHINA, JAPAN, PENANO. CEYLON. AOSTRALIA, INDIA, ADKN, EOTPT, MEDITERRANEAN PORTS. PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading ixued for China Coast, Panian Gulf, Continental, aod Amerioan PoiU. Staamsn will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES Outward (for China.) 1911 Asa iva Apl
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    • 568 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N.Y.K JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO., LTO. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fo'tniahtly service is maintained between Yokoh>ma via ports to M<rseilie>. London and Antwerp, nnder mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Government The New Twio-snrew Steam' rsm*int«io<Dg thin nervion havn been npeoia ly desiunod anr* onnst-ueted. and are fitted witb
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    • 646 4 STEAMER SAILINGS* PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO U. 8. MAIL LNi The great steamship line between CHIMA, JAPAN and KUROPB, via Honnlolo and San Francisco, operating tb» new IB.OCO ton', tmio aorew steamers KOREA aod SIBERIA, together with the well known •team.ru CHMA AHIA, MONGOLIA MAN CHURIA AND PERsIA. CHOICE OFSBVBN
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    • 306 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. Cm iian Pacific Railway Go B Royal Mail Steamahip Lin*. THE NATIONAL HIGH WaYTO BUROPE Vu China, Japan. Canada and th* Units v Staim. Route from Hoogkoog, vi« .Fhanehai. N. K *.*.i (Inland S«a nf Japan), Kobe, Vi kobams, Viotoria aod Vancouver. X.M.8. Empress of lodia" i Twin
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    • 588 4 STEAMER SAILING*. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. Th* *t4am«r* of thi* Company maintain > regnlar aarvi-* between HamburA, Bremao, ciwerp, »nd Kutterdam, and thobtr.it., hina and Japan H"ma«ards. they are despatched fortnightly 'or Havre and "amburu aud ouoe a m loth for Rremtrhaven direct, oalliug at Peuang and Colomto Taking cargo
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    • 727 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. D. L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The faft and well koowo m»i' steamers of tbi* Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg, via Rotte-dam, Antwerp. Southampton, Oibrali.r. i.en >a, Nap ci (connecting Mars-illes, Napl-s, Alexandria, and vice «er**i| Prt Said, Suez, Aden Colombo, Penang, Singapore.
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  • 187 5 FIXTURES. Thursday, February 9. High WVer, A 14 a m 8.7 p m, OirlK* FriendW Switty. 5.16 The Foliits, Viotoiit Theatre. Friday. February 10. Hi«.i Water, A 8 I a.m., °.*8 a.m. P. and O. outward mail d le. L°g<a'ative Council, 2.R0 Tbe Foiliea. VlO oria Theatre.
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  • 208 5 To -DAT. MUic-ft. P>rt Dirk«on sniP S«i"* ii'iam Sippho Bp.ro. Hot r>l<ong and J-iran Hiraoo Mam Bpm 11 in^kotg, Sbaugbai and Japan Vorwaerts 8 p.m. P«nanir, Rangoon and Calcutta Dilwara 4pm Bangkok Solva 4 p.m. To-uorbow. lis* P. nang, Oylon, Au«t-a-Ima. Mii tr.fu-, ladia, Adeo, K^\p" i
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  • 149 5 The P. snl O oitwird m\<\ n'oamor A h.i-. i hiviuK lot (o'unibo at mill ij;h'. on Sttiirluv. the Itl: iiiHttnt. m.ylce\iu t <1 to univc li ru about 3 pm., ou Fridiy, tLO lOih iDxtant. The I up. <i 'rinin mail steamer Derfflin. gcr hatiox It
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  • 390 5 Latest Arrivals. IlwM Io«pV Zo mat. Dit. fort 142 t"n ,8)c "w-. 4.0 II P wo* C in Bftkal, Fib W From Rjio, Ftb 9. Unj. Uuads. Amira' HI ll r. FcS. »t". H6BO ton*, Captain (In mi-. K li. 1' cm II 4i| Inint". Jan. HO c.
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  • 118 5 Vessels at Tan j ong Pagar and Keppel Harbour. Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To- Day. TANJON'O PAGAR. East Whirk Hamin— Knantan, Sanda^an. East <V. Sectiox No. I— Floricao, H«>p on?, Dilwar*. Siikkiis Wuarf Kaka Main \V. Mict. No 2 '""hirnEuiw. B— Vorwae»t'. 4— Rndauß Wotao. 6— Nil. [Mam
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  • 185 5 Arrivals Per earner S«-langor, Febrnarv B.— From T. I,k A"-on \U port. Mns«rs. Ka«ak«mi. Daun-r W,b«»»r. V G. T^-i l>o»oie, W. B McCall, Hr, D i hens Miss F. van Coy.enberg aod Lady P-tKtt. l'.-r steamer Hre LeODg, Fnbrnary 8. Fiom Kiian'ao M«8". A (I. Caranent. s.ni-'ui,
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  • 564 5 Per P. and O. steamer India, connecting w th the steamer A-save nt Colombo, dv F. bmary 10. Mr .1. Cunningham, Mr. C W S Gardner, Rv. C B-vi«h, Mr* O B A. Sandioon. Mr. K. C. Hislop, Mr S D.iur, Mr. L'in,r Mr. P. Mirnxrwin, M.
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  • 249 5 Finance Commerce. Sinoapobb Fbbruabt 0, It 11. EXCHANGE. On London— Bulk 4 m/« 2/4| Demand 3/4fc P<ivate6ro/t 8/4 ft do So/i 3/4* On Gibmany B»nk d/d 340 Private 8 m/s 314 do Sm/f 24H On Fkanoi— Bank d/d 293 Private 8 ml* 290 J do Om/i 80n On India— Bank
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  • TO-DAY'S STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 188 5 I«ni8 33 Value (-I 10 10 BeUt Tin 10 10 BraaOK 10 10 Broth Hyd 10 10 Kanaboi £1 £1 Kinta Tin £1 £1 K edanK Tia 10 Id KuanUn Tin £1 £1 Ltha» Mints 10 10 Malacca Tin A/, ft Pibang Connol £1 £1 I. Dukalen £1 £1
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    • 637 5 luaae !H Value Bnycri Sellers. Mi 3/- All 'gar 4,0 6 2 3/- Aniiio Malay 1.10 1.8 0 2/- Batang Malaka 2/8 2.6 £1 £lßatn Cares 18.17 6 1410.0 £1 £lßatoTiga 439 4 ili.O £1 £1 Bnkit Kajang 27 0 2in 0 £1 £1 Bakit UotanK 480 4.U0 £1
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    • 128 5 I«BO0 2 Value Bayers. 10 10 Eastern Smelting 10 7 6 5 41 £1 Eleotrio Tramways 8/8 10 10 F.aier* Neave 84 00 K0 Uowartb Er«kine 100 7% Prel. 8000 100 100 KaU Bra. !> t 100 100 Cam Pref. 10 10 M%yoard (Jo. 24 60 Seller. nom 1000
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    • 48 5 Buyers Selleia flowarth Emkloe 0% 1000,000 par Kiley. Harvreavea 8% *****00 2* t)J pm siognporu E »otno Trauway»6% £B*o,ooo Spore Municipal 5% 11,878(0) nom. Buyers Selltn Spore Municipal 4J% of 1907 $1,600,000 7%pm Spjre Mnuicipal 4|% of >909 1. 001,000 7% 8%-ira S pore Muoioipal 4% !60i,9C0
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 13 5 Wood-i Oie-t I'eppe iniat Core for »\< int.Tii,| oomplaiaU. Dysentery, Cougl >. ttl In, uto.
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    • 36 5 THE BE>T PHYSIC. When you want a pliynic that is mild and gent <', easy to take and certain to act, alwayx mm! Ch iiiihcrlaiu'H St much aud Liver Tabli'lk. For solo by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 632 5 'Embassy' W. D H. 0. Wills's LATEST SMOKING MIXTURE. IN fib. PATENT AIR TIGHT TINS. Price 75 cents per tin. Obta.ina.ble at: JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd. ROBINSON COMPANY. AUCTION SALES Powell and Co. F.b. ID— At the Central PoVe Station. Sou'h It id*n Rjad, nnservioeable police Rtnres, etc., at 2.
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    • 522 5 MORTGAGEE'S SALE. On Tuesday. Fbbbuaby 14, at 2.80 p m. Freehold boi'dioß land situate off Ta- j ins Katong Rjad, adjteent to Bast Cjis". Rja4. Singapore, area 1 aorr, 8 rord<, 21 pole*, marked Lot No. 41, of Orint No. 21. POWBLL A CO Anottoneon 9-3 13-2 COGHLAN'S RUBBER AUCTION.
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    • 165 5 HIGH-CLASS Telephone No. 619. UNDERTAKING. 3 > P»*ln»ep Street, Singapore. MR. ALBERT L. A. DALEY Be£« to inform the pablia tint tbe kind p»troaa?e uoinini him dnritg tho pui 1. w f****, km made it neoensiry fir him to acquire another new Rubber* tyred Hearse, which •nrp»-».« al> otli-r. in
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  • 1032 6 The Straits Times. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9. WHAT ARE PROFITS? We socm to hear a good many of oar readers Baying What an absurd question when they read the lino above this article. Profits, of course, are undorstood by everybody, and are just tho opposite of losses. Nevertheless the qnestion has
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  • 7 6 Lady Cheylesmore has bought Cooper's HiU College.
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  • 15 6 A cotton warehouse at Alexandria has been destroyed by fire. The damage amounts to £100,000.
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  • 19 6 Mr. Sydney March is likely to be the sculptor selected for tho equestrian statue of Lord Kitchener at Calcutta.
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  • 20 6 The Koswick prayer meeting will be held on Monday next, at 6-30 a.m., in the Chinese Girls' School, Government Hill.
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  • 20 6 In three days no less than 890 distinct shocks of earthquake were recorded on the seismographs at the Manila observatory.
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  • 19 6 The New Tambun Tin Company's output of 184.42 piculs in January realised 110,185. Tributers were responsible (or 08.34 piculs.
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  • 21 6 His Excellency the Governor and party will attend the performance of tho Musical Kennedys at the Victoria Theatre on Tuesday next.
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  • 14 6 A Malay was drowned yesterday in one of the old sand holes at Bidadari.
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  • 24 6 Romance in commerce is by no moans dead, nays a writer in the Young Man He must have been reading rubber prospectuses. The World.
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  • 25 6 The first aviation meeting at Shanghai was to be held on the International Kaco Course at Kiangwan on Sunday and Monday, February 5 and 6.
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  • 28 6 A honse at 1243 Serangoon Road woh broken into and property, value t125, stolen. A Chinaman was arrested for the theft and •118 worth of property was recovered.
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  • 27 6 All the fishing vessels at Gloucester, Massachusetts, recently Hew their flags at half-mast, as a protest against tho free entry of Canadian nsh under Uie reciprocity agreement.
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  • 30 6 Owing to the opposition of the people manifested by tho rioting, tho Government of Ecuador has abandoned tho negotiations for the lease of the Galapagos Islands to the United Statcß.
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  • 32 6 It appears from Shanghai papers that it was Mr. Isaac It. Michael, the broker, who is charged with perjury and not Mr. J. H. Michael, as erroneously reported in a Hongkong paper.
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  • 46 6 A memorial tablet to King Edward will be placed in the church at Maricnbad next year. The tablet will be hewn out of one piece of marble, and will bo tho work of Professor Lethaby. It is stated that King George has approved of the inscription.
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  • 43 6 First-class appraisers' licences have been issued in Perak to Messrs. W. S. Cookson, D. A. M. Brown, H. E. Darby, W. A. T. Kellow, Fred Dennys, N. S. Mansergb and J. Bloomfield Douglas. To the two last-named licences have been issued in Pahang.
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  • 48 6 In connection with the printers' dispute, in England, it is stated that 177 printing firms have conceded the men's demands and only twenty are standing out but the feeling in the north is gloomy. A mooting of master printers in London recommended strenuous resistance to the men's demands.
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  • 50 6 While Messrs. T. A. Godby and F. A. Pledger were battling at the Swimming Club, Penang, their feet came in contact with ikan scmbilang, and they suffered severely. The incident should serve as a warning to local bathers, especially at low water, not to wade unless the feet arc protected.
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  • 54 6 According to the Pall Mall Gazette, a plan for a German invasion of France by a violation of the neutrality of Belgium has been found in the papers of the late King Leopold of Belgium. Apropos of this, the Paris Liberte announces that the next French manoeuvres will take place
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  • 55 6 The Methodist Malaysia Conference this year has the unique distinction of being at tended by tlireo Bishops. The third Bishop in addition to Bishops Oldhaui and McDowell is Bishop W. S. Lewis, who is working with Bishop Bashford in China. Bishop Lewis is expected here on the 14th inst., and
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  • 58 6 The raising of tho big Indo-China public works loan, to which we drew attention the other day, is proving difficult. The Saigon papers say that tho Governor-General will shortly proceed to Francu to explain matters to Parliament. He is expected to be away about fonr months, and will start by
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  • 65 6 Property and money to the total value of 5671 was stolen yesterday from a box belonging to Mr. H. IVtrrseii. v resident at the Seaview Hotel. The box had evidently been opened by a chisel and as the marks on the box seem to correspond with the chisels of a
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  • 62 6 Dr. Macnamara, speaking at Cambcrwcll, said that the Veto Bill would pass with or without the leave of the Lords. Mr. Bonar Law, at Manchester, said the Veto Bill would not pass until the Lords were Bwamped by now creations. Then the Liberals would split on the rock of Home
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  • 62 6 The Hamburg-American liner Ambria from Europe arrived at Port Swottenham on Tuesday, with 175 tons of cargo to be discharged at the port. This is the first time a sliip of this line lias called at Port Swcttenham. The Malay Mail hoars that the excess of the tonnage at Port
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  • 219 6 Mr. Woxon, of the Chinese Customs, and Mr. Knudsen, who recently arrived at Kongmoon, Heungshan, China, from Shanghai, while out sailing daring the now year holidays, wore overtaken by a severe squall. The boat capsized, and tho yachtsmen wore thrown into the sea and drowned. The accident is believed to
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  • 333 6 The mother of tho Kmpress-Dowagor, the DuchcsH of Kuoi, died at Peking on January 23. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Nutt are returning to Malaya by the P. and O. Sic ilia and aro dne in Penang on March IS. Lieut P. W. Justice, It G. A.,
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  • 41 6 Shareholders in Sungei Krian should note that a final call of 2/6 per share, making them fully paid, has been mule by the directors o( the company in London. The call should bo paid without delay.
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  • 81 6 It is a great pity that Mr. Dallas cannot prolong his stay in Singapore ho that mure could be had of the entertaining Follies. Tho performance at the Victoria Theatre, lost evening, comprised IVliwsiei's Totted Plays and a Voice Trial and was en joyod by another large house.
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  • 114 6 The mortality returns for Sin^a|>nre, issuod by the Registrar of Mirths and Deaths, show that during the week ending February 4, there were l.l deaths, giving a ratio per mille of population of 39.07. Malarial fever accounted for 45 deaths, phthisis 20, convulsions 16, beri-Uri 24. hiiiii.hitis
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  • 132 6 Wo hoar on excellent authority that a number of forged transfers of rubber sharoH, other than those previously mentioned, are in circulation. Persons dealing in shares are warned not to accept transfers unless they are in a position to verify the signatures of transferor and witnesses, and holders
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  • 164 6 There soemß little doubt that tho Straits Settlements will bo represented by officers and men of tho Singapore and Penang Volunteer Corps at the Coronation celebrations in London in June. The tinul nclection has not so far boon made, though preference will be given to those at
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 241 6 MESSRS. BOLLINGER (Whose CHAMPAGNE is so well-known on the local market) have received a warrant of appointment as purveyors of Champagne to His Majesty, King George V. The firm previously held similar warrants to Her late Majesty, Queen Victoria, and His late Majesty, King Edward VII. Caidbeck, Macgregor Co., SOLE
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    • 229 6 THE LATEST TOPICS (AT HOME AND ABROAD) Science A Nature, Art Humour ALHAMBRA TO-NIGHT. 7 NEW AND t NOVELTIES HIGH CL4BB Second Show, 980 to 11p.m. NBW ISSUE— EVERY WEDNESDAY OF Fathe's Animated Gazette, 21st Ediiion. DUKE OF COHNAUSHr B KTWML" THE HOUNDMITCH AFFRAY." RECORD OCEAN RACE." CONTINENTAL WHKER SCENES.
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    • 13 6 Latest advertisements of the day appear on page 5 as well as 8.
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  • 76 7 PROBABLE DATE OF CORONATION DURBAR. Royal Party May Visit Nepal. Rbutbr'h Tklkobam. London, February 9. The Coronation Durbar at Delhi will take place on or about December 12, and anyhow before Moharrum. Details of the visit are not yet settled, bat it is probablo that at
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  • 86 7 LIBERATOR'S PRINTER CLOSES CONTRACT. French Protests Prove Effective Hbdtrr's Tklkokam. London, February 8. Tho printer of the journal Liberator, whaM editor has been sjnt to pris >n for libjl on tlio Kin.;, km refused to continue printing tho paper. Ho has inform... the editor that many
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  • 23 7 Reutf.r's Telkoram. London, February 8. Hen- Von Haxthausen, of tho political department German Foreign Office has boon appointed Minister at Peking.
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  • 31 7 Kv.ru:'- Telegram. London, February 8. The British Government is sending to Chin-iDr. R'ginild Farrar, McJical Inspector, Local Government Board, who has had considerable plague experience in India.
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  • 25 7 Rei'tek's Tbleoram. London, February 9. A Wellington telegram says the Japanese expedition ship Hainan Maru has arrived there en route for tho Antarctic.
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  • 23 7 Deb Ostasiatiscbr Lloyd Telegram. Berlin, February 8. The Kaiser will not visit Romo either on his jovney to or from Corfu.
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  • 28 7 Dbe OsrisiATisi'iiK Ll'iyd Tklborah. Berlin, February 8. With a military airship a trip was made from (lotha to Metz iv twelve li'iur-t. K- rytliing went smoothly
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  • 153 7 RsIITH'i Tf.lkoram. London. February 9. Tin' dr.iUi i* MMHnI of I, oid Caudor. Wluis Who )ms tin- following notice of the imammi \*-<<- Oiwfci, M Karl for. 1H27), Frederick Areliil>;iUl Vaughan Campbell, J.R D.U liaron QftwdOC (Ct. lirit.). 1796 j VU count Kmlyn (U.K.). 1827: S.
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  • 30 7 (From Our Own Corrksi-ondent.) Pcnaiiy. February 9. A cable message from Colombo announces that United Serdaug pays a dividend of ten imt cent, and carries forward X".). 277.
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  • 37 7 iKkosi a Malacca Cokkksi-ondknt.) Malacca, February 9. Information has been received by Malacca Ituliber Plantations. Limited, that the price of fine Para in London yesterday was 6 per lb., buyers. Tin market closed steady.
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  • 44 7 (Fkom Ouh Own Coki;ksioniik.st.) Penang, February 8. The Court of Appeal has reserved judgment in the tiu cases, iv which Messrs. Strauss and Co., London, aud Messrs. Bohr and Co., Puuang, were plaintiffs, and a mini. bar of Chinese merchants ill fundants.
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  • 277 7 Reutbr's Tklboram. London, February 8. The Australian billiard player. Gray, has made a rocord break of 1402 in a match agaiQßt Diggle. George Gray arrived in England in August. He opened with a tour through Yorkshire and Lancashire, and quickly showed that he could keep faith with
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  • 64 7 (Frox Oob Own Corbispondikt.) I'riiiiui;. February 8. Mr. Justice Thornton has granted a habeas corpus order on the Governor of Singapore gaol calling upon him to show cause why hyed Mohamod bin Mocin, who is at present d 'tamed on a warrant for extradition to N'etherl uids
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  • 325 7 Planters Need Industry and Ability to Succeed. In his annual report on the condition of Jamaica in 1909-10, the Governor of the Colony, Sir Sydney Olivier, states that the year wax, on the whole, one of prosperity and progress for the island, notwithstanding that some districts snfferrj
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  • 323 7 Useful Work by the West Indian Agricultural Department. Sir Daniel Morris, in the course of a paper upon the Imperial Department of Agriculture in the W. st Indies, before an audience of members of the Hoyal Colonial Institute, assembled under the presidency of Lord Brassey at Uic
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  • 662 7 NEW ZEALAND'S FIGHT WITH THE P. AND 0. CO. Stern Measures Adopted. The action of the P. and O. Company in Rending on ron.e of its big mail steaaiors from Australian to New Zealand ports has led, reports the Daily Telegraph, to stern measures on the part
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  • 442 7 Passengers Experience Pleasures Of Flying. The aviation meeting commenced at the Royal Bangkok Sports Club ground on the evening of January ill, and from the outset provod very successful. There was a very large crowd present, says the Siain Observer, it being estimated at about 7,000 persons,
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  • 296 7 CASHIER COMMITS SUICIDE IN AN OFFICE. Money Alleged to be Missing. A aenMtinn was caused in the busiest centre of Singapore about noon to-day by the tragic suicide of a cashier employed by Messrs. E. Meyer and Co., Malacca Street. I The name of the victim was
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  • 273 7 The Recent Tragic Occurrence at a Hongkong Bank. The following cutting, from tin- Hongkong Daily Press of the 3rd inst., supplements the I telegram we received announcing the death of Mr. Cochranc who was well-known in Singapore At about five o'clock yesterday I morning an Indian
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  • 222 7 Kuala Kangsar Plantations. 8,008 lbs. For 1910, tKi.MH lbs. For January, 1910, 4,lt*)lbs. Coconuts: January, 1911,86,400 nuts for 1910, 4:16,661 nuts. Sendayan (F.M.S.I Rubber Co., Ltd.— l,oB2 lbs. The harvest in December, 1910, was 741 lbs. and the total quantity collected since tapping commenced is 2.984 lbs.
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  • 144 7 Further particulars of the big fires in Perak, to which we made brief reference on Saturday last, show that the conflagration at Papan broke out before midnight of Thursday in a Chinese general store and destroyed four houses— Nos. 27, 29, 81 and 83. The origin
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  • 2923 7 DISAPPOINTING RESULT OF FIRST YEARS WORK. Promoter's Offer to Compensate. At the first annual general meeting of the Indragiri (Sumatra) Rubber and Guttapcrcha Co., Ltd., held in the company's offices in The Arcade, yesterday, Mr. Van Rijnberg, the Chairman, made a lengthy report on the year's work
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  • Correspondence.
    • 288 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, After tnJhrilUa with the rest of tho ciiiniiiimity, the noisy (liseomfdrts of tho <i[«iiin^ il.iys of the C'liiiirsr Nut Year, I was awakened at midnight on Monday by deafening imisc s ut cracker nnil bimibtiling in all directions muiiiil
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  • 770 8 Important Prosecutions of Tobacco And Oil Companies. The Washington correspondent of Renter wrote at Uic end of Docembcr Prosecution by Uin Government, designed to accomplish the dissolution of the Standard Oil Trust and the American tobacco organisations, will be taken up tor this second time by the United
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  • 140 8 Notes in General. Tho S.O.C. second eleven drew with tho Government Service Football Club in a gamo of soccer on the Esplanade, last ovoning, both teams securing a goal. In the cricket tournament on Saturday, when the match between the Telegraph and Merchant!) ih finish -d. a start
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  • 58 8 'Ti< caid (nit we rou'd K rnw the wood For niakioK priutiu^ -paper, An if, as some believe. o old, 1' would be the proper o«fei I A tlmii^'i. nnv bo, m ii c Htatesmai brood -i I i donlit I .in very sum 'r»«- A'l-n.1.-i. K r. w h>
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  • 945 8 Prices Quoted in the Market This Morning. Singapore, February 9, 1911. Messrs. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Share Broken, issue the following list of quotations tbis morning DEBENTURES. $100 Howarth Erekine Ld. 6% par. 100 Riloy Hargreaves Co. Ld. 6% 8% pm. 100 Singapore Municipal 6% 20%
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 293 8 WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED COD LIVER OIL COMPOUND. Aids digestion. Does not npset tbe htomacb and is nur v*lled tor coaghs, rolds, bronchitis and all palmonary troubles, and is a general tonic for building ap the system. OF ALL CHBMISTB. $125 AND $2.00 E.ftO. HOTEL. PENfINS The beat and tbe most frequented
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    • 372 8 Raffles liH. Hotel. SPECIAL DINNER On Saturday, February XI. By kind permission of Major G. D. Geddes, and Officers, the band of The Buffs will play during dinner and afterwards on The Lawn. Victoria Theatre. SPECIAL PERFORMANCE (FOR GHINE8E) OF A Royal Jester BY THE Blue Danubes, OH Monday, February
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    • 311 8 NO HOIVIE COMPLETE WITHOUT A Gramophone THE BEST AND CHEAPEST MBANS OF PURE ENJOYMENT. TERMS TO SUIT ALL. S. Moutrie Co. (LIMITED). THK AKCADB SELECT SUBJECIS MARLBOROUGH CINEMATOGRAPH, BEACH ROAD, TONIGHT. 2nd Show, 930 to 11 p.m. 1. Views of Singapore. 2. GETIIN'i HIS SHOKS KE «OLED. 8. Dead in
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 158 9 HARVEY'S WHISKY "R. V." A Genuine Scotch at a reasonable price. Where'er you go ask for R.V." Sole Agents: PATERSON. SIMONS CO., LTD. CONTRACTS SECURED For the supply of SLEDGE BRAND MILK TO ALL THE Government Medical Institutions IN THE Federated Malay States. BOLE IMPORTERS) J. Travers and Sons, Limited.
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    • 443 9 ARTICLES FOB SALE. BIRDS OF PARADIBE FOR SALL At Messrs. Morauz A Co ltf/20, Boat Quay. 10-1 FOR SALE A new motor boat, 40 H.P., length 83' x 8* x 6. Will oarry 20 bags rioe. Apply Gaggwo •*d Co. u8079 FOR SALf Para Robber B<ed<, abiut 160,000. Im mediate
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    • 732 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. BURNS PHILP LINE. SINGAPORE TO 'AVA PORTS. PORT UAKaiN. THUKBD\Y ISLAND. BRIRhANK and SYDNEY via TORRES bTRAITS. Ala > taki g pas engen and oirg.. wit i traoahipm. Nt for oth r v I ;l KIAN, RO TH APSTRAUAN aod NORTH QUFEN-lA^D P RTB, b ITISH NEW GUINEA
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    • 630 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. APCAR UNE. or BTEAMERB Tbe nnd«nn«ntiou«d mail rtfimm of th< above Line maintain a reanlar snrvioe b» tween Calcntt* and Japan, sailing at Penane Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai en route FLEET Tons Commander Jipaji S.OlB A. Sm w»mT GaaooßT Apoab 4.000 8. H Rhl«ok Ab*»tooh Apoab" 4.R00 fl
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    • 396 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. BRITISH INDIA S. N. CO. LTO. FOB PENANO, RANGOON AND CALCUTTA. SS. DILW*R\. 6 441 too*, C. E. Hodgnon, Commander, will be despatched for tbe abors ports on Thursday, tbe 9th instant, at 5 p m. She has excellent accommodation for «alooo pas*engers amidships, mumc room, smoking room,
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    • 443 10 INSURANCE. GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO.. LIMITED. Head Office Winchester House, SINGAPORE. Board Of Difeotore i a. A. Dbbrick, Esq., Chairman. A. H. Fair, Esq Managing Director. Ani Fowlib, h.b., c m Chief Med. Officer. F. M. Elliot, Em, Rev. N. J. CorrvßJsrß. Vow Noan Pan, Esq. Ono Soon Tbb,
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    • 327 10 INSURANCE. FEDERAL LiFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA. F.-l TABUS II Vl> 1883. Insurance id Fow, over MM»M» New Business, 1909, over fMM.IW Net Surplus above liabilities for reserve and ail outstanding claims, over $2,076,000 (Straits Currency). Ov«r SJS.tM was st-t aside as a special addition to Policy reserves. J. H.
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    • 528 10 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BT ROYAL CHARTER Paid up Capital in 00,000 Shares of jeaOeaoh X1,200,0C0 Reserve Fund £1,600,000 Reaerve.Liability of Proprietors... £1 ,200,000 BANKERS. National Bank of Scotland. The l-ondon City k Midland Bank, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Accounts are opened and interest allowed
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    • 480 10 BANKING. THE BZE HAI TON 6 BANKING AND INSURANCE CJ* LTD. NO. 67 AND 68, KLINO STREET. Established ISO 7. Capital paid up 11,000,000.00 Reserve liability of proprietors 1,000,000.00 COURT OF DIRECTORS. Tax Tbcb Joon 8. Sn Kia Jam Ham Km Sana 7. Tso Hoo Lai 8. Liau Cbia Hsn.)
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    • 1285 10 BALEB BY AUCTION, PRELIMINARY NOTICE. auction sale: of Java Teak and Europe-Mads Household Furniture, Etc., THE PROPERTY OF G. SCHUDEL, ESQ, To be held at Stanmare, Grange Road, Tanglin, ON SATURDAY, MARCH 11. HandYome drawing room, dining room and bedroom furniture of tbe best description. Excellent Cottage Piano by Rachals
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  • 945 11 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. Police Traps Condemned. Tbe amalgamation of the Automobile AfMocibtion and Motor Union wax unaniinouxly agreed upon on January 10, and the hope waH exprcHHod that in time the Boyal Automobile Club would bo gatliorotl in. The membeni of the Motor Union
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 470 11 WOLSELEY CARS FORMERLY KNOWN AS SIDOELEY AUTOGARB Sole Agents Penang, F.M.S. and Sumatra. CENTRAL ESSSI SILENT KNIGHT Arriving Shortly 8 Hl', Single cylinder, four seated Oars. J2 H.P., Two cylinder nve seated Cars. In Stock t 20 H.l\, 6 cylinder, Brvcn- seated, STANDARD," painted Black. 15 H.P., 4-cylindor, 6ve seated,
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    • 77 11 A Rf LIABLE REM DV. Yon aro not UMrimmtiag on yourself when you taJtn WUnbarlalA Coogb Renusly fur a culil as lli it )m'i>aration bag won its great rcpuUiUm I ml I uuiisive Hale by iU remarkable cur<» of colds, anil can always b,: il^iHmdod u|»ni. It in equally valuable
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    • 494 11 SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. (NEAR ENTRANCE to BORNEO KHARF) Telephone IO2S. »Sea stocks of all kinds oi FftOZEN MEATS, etc., can be delivered to Shipping at tbe Wharves, or is tbe Singapore Roads, oo abort notioe. OFFICE HOURB: Week days 7 a.m. to 6 p.m Sundays 7 aan. to
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 498 12 Johnson's "ELEPHANT" Brand CEMENT. The name of JOHNSON'S" is recognised as a guarantee of GOOD QUALITY in the CEMENT TRADE. SHARPE, ROSS CO., LTD Singapore. WANTS. TYPIST AND S'ENOGR 1 PHER W'NrfD. Want- d, fxfe< ieocr d Typi«t and St«-nrgr apher one rapab oof taking Chit I C"k h>o. M-rriiant
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    • 553 12 WANTS. CHINESE CAnVASSER A*D SALESMAN WANTEO Wanted, CHr>e°ei Canva<w>r and Sa'onrran for El> ntrical Work. Apply B. D. W., c/.» St aita Times. 72 9 2 C.ERK FOR RUBBER ESTATE WANTED. Wanted hi Jabber K'tatenear Sirpanrrr, Cle>k with toMe knowladge of Estate H.v.likeepini?. Arply f>t«t>n« previous expe rience aod «i!sry
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    • 591 12 TO BE LET Oil SOLD. EFFICE 60D0WN TO BE LET. With immediate entry No 7. Malaooa Street tpply to OUTUKIe. <x CO., LTD. m3Bfi TO BE LET. Gndown, No 5 Mirban Road, and «hor Honwp No. 22 and 28, South Canal Rnad Immirti»tß entry. Apply to Go Boon Q .an.
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    • 597 12 NOTICES. FRASER AND NEAVE. LIMITED. NoTICL Hotil farther notice, Mr. William C. Pbippa n ill sign Acting Secretary for the fi.m. By Order of Ibe Board, ALfiXR. PROCTOR, Secretary. Singapore, Febrnary 7, 1811. 7-a ii. j GUNEALY PLANTATIONS. LTD NOTICEO CLOBIN6OF TRANS FIRB OK3. Notico is ben by given that
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    • 670 12 NOTICES. KIANI KIAT CO. SHIP CHANDLERS, Government and Municipal Contractor*. Telephone No. 421. 108 ft lOtf. Market Street. NOTICE. Beirg about to proceed to India for a short time, I do hen by notify lint B«ena T«na Abna R. ona See na Tana Silhambaranj Chitty.of No. 81, Marki t Street,
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    • 361 12 THE SINGAPORE fO H_\ It 'j \SkJ 170. ORCHARD ROAD. Boots and SIMM rna-e to ord.r C, EXPKRIENCF.D lAP*NESE WORKMEN, IV ANY SH»PE AND ST\LB. (ONLY ENGLISH LEATHER USED). Repairs nratly executed. Open from 7.30 a.m., to 9 p.m., Daily. 241 b 28 8 RUBBER EXCHANGE BUILDINGS. At the property
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 245 12 Straits V)imes. ADVERTISEMENT RATES.— Miscellaneous wants of every description arc ic» tried at the prepaid rate of fl p«> fc ur lines for one or (wo insertions. Notices of BiruiB, Marriages, or Death*, if not exceeding (oar lines, II oaob inseition. For p.p.o. oards, un pa+je 6, $3. Inch Scalb
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