Eastern Daily Mail and Straits Morning Advertiser, 17 February 1906

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  • 19 1 Eastern Daily Mail AND STRAITS MORNING ADVERTISER. No. 137. VOL. II SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1906. PRICE 5 CENTS
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  • BALFOUR THE LEADER.
    • 160 1 London, Feb. 16, 11.15 a.m. Mr. Ballbur presided at a Unionist meeting yesterday. There were 500 present, including the Duke of Devon- shire, Lord Curzon, Mr. Chamberlain and Lord Hugh Cecil. The Unionists passed a unanimous vote of confidence m Mr. Balfour, which motion
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    • 132 1 Ehina Morning Post Service.) A IN MANCHURIA. Shanghai, Feb. 7. Ihe Russian counter-proposals m connection with the negotiations regarding the future of Manchuria ate: That China grant Russia a concession for a proposed railway between Hsiaokulun and Urga and connecting with the Manchurian railway. That Russia enjoy
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    • 182 1 Shanghai, Feb. 6, Of the many legal questions affecting shipping that have been threshed out before the Courts since the commencement of the late war, that resulting from the capture of the blockade-runner Nigretia is not the least important It may be remembered that the steamer Nigretia,
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    • 95 1 Ahoy, Feb. 7. The British barque Mobile Bmy was totally burned out at Anping, Formosa, yesterday. There were over S.ooo cases of kerosene <>n hoard, and the whole of the cargo wa« destroys <i. Ihe crew have been picked up l>y the G* rman steamer Decima
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    • 56 1 Tokio, I'eb. i). In connection with railway questions m China, it is announced thai China has engaged Professoi I loriguchi, the celebrated Japanese civil engineer, at a ■alary of 19,000 yen per annum. The agreement between the Professor and the Chinese Government stipulates that all railway
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    • 38 1 I a ism i.\, I oki< 1' eh. i). The Russian newspaper, "Slova," declares that an Angk>Russian undi i standing cannot be eftcctet Unless Britain makes great concessions m regard to Tibtt, Persia and Afghanistan.
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    • 38 1 Washington, via I otuo, Feh Then is isapending greet strike <-t miners cx tencnog from Booaventure to (alififtnia. No fewer than '.jo.ooo men will be involved m the strike, and grave diaturbaucca are tcared.
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  • 691 1 OPINION OF AISTKALIAN GOVERNMENT VETERINARY SURGEON. Hints to Purchasers. Ihe subject of soundness m hoiscs is ever a fascinating one. h if so intricate and sodusfre. Mr. Desmond, Government Veterinary Officer, South Australia, says that if the question as to what is a sound horse applied
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  • 132 1 AMERICANS OBJECT H > RIDING IN rRAMS Wi ill I'ooK FILIPINOS. The Miimhi .hiifi itiin t.it» that the Americans, Englishmen, Germans, Swi-s. Spaniards, and all othci f« »t--eigners residing m Manila, as well as the better claaaea of Filipinos, claim thai to lei down tin- ban
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  • 71 1 POR rUGAL said l<> HAVI OFFERED COU »NY X > FRAN< E OR ENGLAND, The Shanghai numnoinknl uf tfn Hottgko** Islt-g mph wins tit. a tic Chinese Minister to France ha^u-w--graphed u> the WatwujHi stating that Portugal Km expressed her willingness to sell to either drat Britain
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 497 1 TANSAN, Pure, Crisp, Invigorating. x NATURAL MINERAL IVA TER OF rHE HIGHEST LASS. Sold Everywhere 1 16,844 Casks of Eagle' Cement. Have bent soli m Singapore, during the past 12 Months Our large TURNOVER combined with the high rate of Exchange enables us to appreciably REDUCE PRICES vr J Apply
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    • 165 1 The Tronoh Mines Ltd. a .Mechanical Engineer, (with chiefs' certificate preferred) with sound knowledge of Mining Machinery and Electric Lighting. Service* to be at the disposal of the Mine at all times. Free quartets and Medical attendance. )nly first class men with temperate habits are invited to apply. Application^, m
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    • 228 1 imfj) EMULSION i M IPvmGr OF PBBE COD LIVIIR OIL. (Ml it With Hypophosphites of Lime Soda, it Y//'n^ PALATABLE AS MILK. Cak< IHKt YJ I I I The only pretara'i. mof COD LIVER OIL that can U- taken rrndi] XMf" 1/ /I 1 i 1 tolemted fi.r r long
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    • 29 1 BUCHANAN'S BLACK A WHITE" Holds JOP PLCE the HIGHEST CLASS OF Scotch Whiskies 12 YEARS OLD Sufpi.ikd to H. M. Tin: Kin<. and ro H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WLES.
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  • 540 2 The Eastern Daily Mail PRICE 5 CENTS. SATURDAY, 17th FEBRUARY. JAPANESE CRITICIZED. Our Allies, the Japanese, are as intolerant of criticism as other Orientals, forgetting that medicine, though nasty to the taste, is indended to prove beneficial. At the best they must take their pill [q j am The Tokio
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  • 253 2 Mr. Maurice Bandmann says that he can play "The Spring Chicken" on a billiard table if necessary, but he has never been called to econom- j ize m space to such an extent. In Singapore, however, he approaches it. The dirty, hot, ill-ventilate<l, hall with < its
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  • 167 2 HONGKONG DOCKYARDS PREFERRED BY GOVERNMENT. The Manila American is much stirred up because the Hongkong Whampao Dock Company has been awarded the contract for putting the American army transport Seward m repair and the Manila firms have again been passed up by the government. These firms
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  • 127 2 One Charles Hockstadt was placed m the dock of the Second Court yesterday charged with the theft of certain articles of jewellery and disposal of stolen property. A number of witnesses were called for the prosecution, and on the conclusion of their evidence, the accused entered the witness-box
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  • 170 2 Dr. Shadd, a negro, has been returned to Parliament for the new Canadian Province o! Saskatchewan. He is the first negro elected to die Canadian Legislature. At 5. 15 p.m. on Tuesday next, the Rev. B. F. Van Dyke will speak at the Coleman Street M. E. Church on the
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  • CABINET DIFFERENCES.
    • 45 2 SUMMARY PUNISHMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF THEIR TRIBE. London, Feb. 16, 5.20 p.m. Two Natal natives concerned m tlu recent murders were court- martialleJ and shot m the presence of their tribe. The kraals and crops of the natives implicated were destroyed.
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    • 45 2 PECULIAR EVENT AT THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL MANSION. London, Feb. 16, 5.20 p.m. The wedding of Miss Alice Roosevelt and Mr. Nicholas Longworth was rehearsed at the White House yesterday. The President, the bride and bridegroom and a large number of officials were present.
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    • 43 2 UNIONIST MEETING GAVE CHAMBERLAIN AN OVATION. London, Feb. 16, 5-20 p.m. Unofficial reports of yesterday's meet ing of the Unionists are to the effect that it was markedly hostile to the Duke of Devonshire but gave Mr. Chamberlain an ovation.
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    • 41 2 SHIPPING BILL PASSES THE SENATE. London, Feb. 16, 5.20. A wire from Washington states that the Senate has passed a shipping bill creating a naval volunteer force and subsidizing thirteen mail services, including those to China and Japan.
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    • 41 2 CONSULT ATIVK COMMIT TEK TO BE APPOINTED. London, Feb. 16, 5.20 p.m. At a Unionist meeting it was decide- 1 to appoint a Consultative Committee, consisting of Messrs. Balfour, Chamberlain and others, to consider the question of party reorganisation.
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    • 42 2 DEMANDS FOR MEDIATION BETWEEN FRANCE AND GERMANY ARE PREMATURE. London, Feb. 16, 5.20 p.m. A wire from Berlin reports that talk of mediation over the Morocco question is premature, as direct FrancoGerman negotiations have not yet proven fruitless.
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    • 34 2 CHINESE FAIL TO INFLICT LOSS AT NANKING. London, Feb. 16, 5.20 p.m. The Slandartfs correspondent at Shanghai wires that the Mission at Nanking has been attacked. There was no loss sustained.
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    • 35 2 BRITISHERS HAD TO BE APPOINTED. London, Feb. 16, 5, 20 p.m. It has been officially announced at I Ottawa that the deficiency of qualified < Canadians necessitates the appointment of several British officers.
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    • 25 2 SAILS FROM AMERICA FOR HAMBURG. London, Fkh. 16, 5.20 p.m. The Chinese Imperial-Mission to Europe has left the United States tor Hamburg.
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  • 159 2 THE N. Y. K. steamer ho Maru, Captain Win. Thompson, arrived yesterday from Yokohama, bound for London and is expected to leave to-day. The ho Maru is the first Japanese steamer to call at Singapore since the war. She was previous to this on the
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  • WHAT OUR READERS THINK
    • 102 2 DBA! SIR, In reply to H letter of the 1 Jth inst., I w.nil 1 his assertion that mere m Ml performed w tea the sad pro way to the- burial groun bttl I dititiciili to explain tnotc nto m E will reserve my irgumeut
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    • 72 2 Di ak Sm, I find, sir, I il dence on t.ie (Motion <>i l.i a still drag^inK its weary len^t 1 al am afraid, sir, tut y 1 Part.ia, after tue l«iy m t m protest too inuc 1 ami lias let 1 the bag. It .»c
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    • 86 2 I) sar Sir, -In con lection m 1 esc Famine Fun I," m iy I mi local Sciojls be called upon If t ie ata Is ol t lose instil it pr.iac leJ lam C ttl tool I m tneir power to swell t M tun I
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  • MEMS FROM THE MAIL.
    • 42 2 It may be double 'I Hsh Bench is able t-Mnaintai„ ,1 reserve which was one of m d, istics litttle more tlnn n I larar t>r. We have even Ik u,|.,, being seen jum Oxford-street Solicitors' Journals
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    • 38 2 The weak p tint m the I policy of eliminating mincffici^ has been the lack ofcoui v*P with old ami more or lessu^ pedo vesseU. The majoriti pedo-boats ouKIH to be scrap-heap. Naval mid Military Record
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    • 44 2 Some people go through the pouring out truth a. though u essence of violcu W ought to be kept in a small I, a red label and marked and used only under the sity.— Arnold Bennett in trr. .1.1 T.P's Weekly
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    • 48 2 Chinese labour i«, a p great game of Liberalism, h j sacrv c a dishonest cry, but one that w\\\l tract votes -and that is \\h\ i| used. It lends curious su| the outburst ol Lor-! Salisbury M politics is an accursed p Weekly Dispatch
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    • 60 2 Imagine a tall, stalwart man with, broken nose, cowering or cro tchingn his chair, receiving his visito u as a badger receives the in liis barrel, and you h,i\- I now Scrgius the First, rum. M of Russia. I was hardly pn n the extraordinary ill-grace with
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    • 50 2 The question (or Australia is the British Government will i» much longer to supply the wealth with naval defence for the absurdly disproportion ft which Australia at present nuun winls the necessary expenditui tiu maintenance of the warships which guarantee her as well secur of Great Britain. Telegraph
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    • 67 2 fhe ye tf i )o> vritnessc improvement in the moral to Manila. Drunkenness, gam living, an-1 estafa h ivc Vice and crime arc diminish g, sell" mpact and strong charocti more io evidence. Conduct thai patted unnoticed in the < i now felt to be out of pla<
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 811 2 Thp N^\A# nrinUt TANSAN FINGER-ALB. Containing 11^ I^^¥V 1,/lllir\t mll the Invigomting p rop ce r tie 8 of TANSAN, and is a Delidcmriy Fl»voured,GlNGEß-ALK. It is meeting with H UCJ E SUCCESS EVERYWHERE. Solo Agents: CAUDBECK MACGREGOR Go., SINGAPORE and PENANG. Sastern Oriental 3Cotel, PENANG. CR/AO- HOTEL, PENANG HILLS.
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    • 177 2 TO LET. Stablings to let at 96 Waterloo Street, for two horses and two carriages from 1 st. March 1906. ART NEEDLE WORK DEPOT 217, ORCHARD ROAD. Cut Flowers, Roses, Pink White Clematis, etc., etc. Bouqets Baskets made at short notice. Telephone, 737. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 57 2 COMING EVENTS. To-day, 17th February. High Water. 3-53 a.m. 5-9 p.m. I'. O. outward mail due. Kng. Asscn. Raffles Place 8.30. To-morrow, 18tb February. High Water. 4-54 a.m. 7-0 p.m. Sexagesima. German homeward mail due. Monday, l9tb February. Hig.i Water. 6 v± a.m 8-34 p.m. Appeal Court Meets. Tuesday, 20tb
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    • 96 2 CHUACH IinCEI. S \MOrtE^'SCATH£.H» L Matins an i Lit-my Holy Coininuiiion I mrali. Holy Cotniiiunio ■> Plain Eveiibuii^ tad Seniuni S. MATTHEWS, SE^or Ll« boo <. now ServiiiEvensong and Sermon M E CHURCH. COLt«U* ST« bunday School I'reacliing, by the I'-i-^'i Do. Do. Do. Evangelistic Service V M. C A.
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  • THE MOROCCO QUESTION.
    • 33 3 RGENI MEETING OF CITY LIBERALS CALLED. 1 „M Feb. ifi, i 2--? p- m Anl] eting of the City Libej ,IS been summoned for the sidering the question KsingMr.Aj. Balfour.
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    • 30 3 praDE UNIONISTS AND ANTIS(X I.MJSrs. i ondon, Fek 16, 11.13 p.m. ur i;roupo!"about twenty been formed m the It is composed Trade I nmnists who are rmli-ts.
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    • 56 3 POLICY OK INACTIVITY ANNOUNCED. l.dixlon. Feb. i'>, 12.25 P' m- iinpbcll-Bnunerman has replied to the deputation that intercd him on the question of old age ll« declared that a careful atron of th« finances of the country might provide money for audi lently. At the present ]mc
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    • 32 3 APPROPRIATION REJECTED GERMAN BUDGET < OMMITTEE. Londi Feb. 1 ---5 prn. 1 mtnitu r of the Germnn K< ichsUg has icjected the pro- -tcrling for the troops m East
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    • 30 3 FURTHER DISCOVERIES MADE IN RUSSIA London, Feb i'», i- -5 p ni. Numerous are circulated m X < t that further :ir-. bombs, explosives an<l revolutionary literature have l>een
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    • 54 3 MONGOL DEPI lATION PRESENTS HIM WITH GIFTS. Lokdon, F< b. 1 6, i r.?5 p.m. 1 zai lii- m«i\ t <1 i deputation From !li< Bui .»1 tribe of headed by i priest named Bandido Khatba. I Ik v j.v«-rm. d the Czar with a loyal
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    • 39 3 twn 1 \im 1 SOUTH AFRICA AND INDIA. 1< >xi* Feb. id, 1 2.2 p.m. Mr. W R1 J. Brodrick, formerly the itc for India, has started 011 I tour m South Africa ■Hid India.
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    • 41 3 KAFI IK nil is PROMISE TO PAY POLL TAX. Low Feb. 16, 1 2.2$ p. m. j m Native AAiira m Vit.,l nut tht- Kaffir Chiefs at Mom, Ito pay the poll tax, thus g a strained situation,
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    • 30 3 WILL CON lAIN NOTHING SURPRISING London, Feb. \<>, 11^5 p.m. 1\ v I pbeU-Bannerman m ;';[*<•< iat the National Liberal Club, King's speech would ■a**" nothing surprising 1
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    • 18 3 NIK [>WEN SEAMAN SUCCEEDS s 'l< 11<AN( is BURNAND. lllN! 'V '«»> 16, i**S p.ni
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    • 20 3 Ml VESSELS DETAINED SI 1/ A '"M-n. Pel, 16,11^5 pj* C .learned m the «*ingtothe outbreak of a
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    • 15 3 .5, .2.25 p.m. Daily T,l f graph Jtthe unity established and Mr. Chamber-
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    • 14 3 U< "i"^" "1 Deputies has lt)rtll < Ml, <u<tl( '<»s arc fixrd
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    • 13 3 h. 1.,,^'" 1 lr|> la-sg p.m. Ullt 'l M(.i i
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  • 170 3 The Pinang Gm*dk hears from Mr. C. Curtis, F. L. S., who will be remembered hi for many years the Superin- tendent of Forests and Gardens, Penang, that the Journal of the Ketl j Guild, an annual published under the auspices of the Royal Gardens, Kew, contains
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  • 94 3 The pupils of the Methodist Sunday School are hereafter to have the free use of a circulating library of their own, after the manner of similar churches at home. A substantial library has been acquired through the generosity of numerous donors, and every scholar will be allowed
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  • 16 3 h 1 icers of the Railway Department at Kuala Lumpur arc starting a new cricket club.
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  • 1525 3 HARBOUR SCHEME SPRUNG. Appropriation of £1,030,639 wanted. SIR JOHN JACKSON TO BE AWARDED CONTRACT. Tin: unoflkial members were evidently taken somewhat by surprise at the Legislative Council meeting yesterd v when, among other papers laid before the Council was a copy of a telegram from the Crown Agents
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  • 637 3 GAY OLD BIRD CACKLES TO BIG AUDIENCE. A Chat with Wlr. Bandmann. Under the distinguished patronage of His Excellency, Sir John Anderson, the Maurice L. Bandmann Company presented Seymour Hick's great success The Spring Chicken," a sprightly play adapted from the even more sprightly French, and still
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  • 29 3 FINANCE COMMERCE. Government Rate 2 4 $60 for £7. The Netherlands Trading Society on yesterday quoted the 4 DM bonk rate at 2/4 9/16. The Mercantile Hank quoted t
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  • 134 3 I On London Bank 4 m/s 2,4] Pemand 2/4 Private 6 m/s. 2/413/16 do. 3 m/s.. 2/4^ On Germany Bank d/d 2.40 Private 3 m/s 2.45 do. 6 m/s 2.47 Ow France Bank d/d 2.95J Private 3 m/s 3.00J do. 6 m/s 3.02J O« India— Bank I T.
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  • 247 3 Mines. °mp;«ny. Quotation,. Bcrsawali Gold M. Co., Ltd |jg ■> i, d'cfcrrec' ft Bruseli I lydrauli, Tin M Co. Ltd KadaaiGold HCo, ltd. i. i (Href. i norn I'aiiaiiK orporatkM Lid, j I'ahanK Kabann, Ltd. Qmen-lan.l Katib Cold M. Co. Ltd. mm RaubAust G. U'.'c.,., Ltd J.^ KcdjanK
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 142 3 ROBINSON _fg^ and Co. FIXED EXCHANGE I REDUCED PRISE Rakial) Bicpclcs 1906 MODELS Free Wheel and two Brakes I COMPLETE J With Silver Plated fjamp, lidl „11 1 Accessories I $70. The "Raleigh" machines Represent j THE BEST ROBINSON Co. -—h H. THOMPSON, Dental Surgeon, 16, Stamford Road, (First Floor)
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 467 3 SHIPPING^NEWS. TRADING VESSELS. d»% arstssr*' Feb 12 sou a«H &3S£» U> y> Feb l5 Deli Mans kogiCr.g^'aaS Ban,S^TS^iSS^* "< *>■*■«*. Ban afe^&r' Feb fctoi^&'SSSIl"- Feb Madras, Boustead, for Madras 15 BSS^r F Ra MansMdTn B 1121 6 Frczier Flb I3 Cardiff, wansneld, for Shangliai 14 LATEST ARRIVALS. uPlW Ger 007
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 623 4 Auction Sale POSTPONEMENT. Krwigoon Road, and Choa C'hu Kang postponed till X Thursday, 22nd instant at 2. 3 o p.m. Straits En^i „<y R k ,.n. AfitUCT, Auctioneers, SALE OF LAND IN KRANJI, Hie undersigned have received instructions to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION at their Saks Room, No. 5, Rallies
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    • 694 4 BANKS. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. I'AID-L'l' CAI'ITAL jH0,000,000 RESERVE FUND:— Sterliiic R» -serve $10,000,0U0 I tlBfiouonn Silver Reserve f 8,600,000 >18 &ou a 00 Res-rye Liability ol Proprietors v 10.000,000 Court of Directors. |H. A. W. Slade, Esq— Chairman. A, Haupt. E.s(j Dt-piity-Chairman. Hon. C. W. Dickson, i A. J.
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    • 263 4 UNSURPASSED I FOR-EXeELLENGE-§w SOLD ALL OVER THE participated m /^^^^^^^K /^^^^^%>\ CONSUMERS GOOD DAwsoirs old DA I 111 T \S^^^m?f^ Ist.- Excellence of Quality. ■IH I 1J» xJ^\\r^Mi^y^yQ7 \&CV^\m ll+J&f&C// 2nd.— Purity m Manufacture. Perfection per bottle $1.15 per case $12; 00 duty paid Special 1.35 15.00 Extra special 2.00
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    • 140 4 SHIPPING NOTICES. Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes de France. Telegraphic Address Messagerie Singapore. The mail steamers will leave Singapore on or about the undermentioned dates Outward. I lomeward. Tonkin 26 Feb. Salazie 26th Feb. Armand Behic Oceanien 12th Mar. 1 2th Mar. Tourane 26th Mar. Ernest Simons Polyuesien 29 Jan. 26th
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    • 262 4 THE" STRAITSJTIMES "ANNUAL QKDERSfoi the SAW** Times AnDual can be bexjked with Messrs. Kirn& Co It is a unique publication of its kind, a thing of beauty and joy for ever." It abounds m original stories, artistic photographs, coloured plates and supplements dealing with Malayan life, manners and customs. The
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    • 457 4 AERATED WATERS. "E. D. M." ADLETS. FOR SALE, WANTEdTetcT" PREPAID. Cheap Publicity for all your Wants: Houses, Godowns etc., Wanted d To Let. Situations Wanted d Vacant. Exchange d Mart. 1 Day. i Week. Fortnight. Month 2$ words or under 50 cts. 1. 50 2. 00 3. 00 5° t
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    • 348 4 pURNISHED house. M from town for 4 Gentlemen four bed rooms, bouse with Tenni Court preferred. Replies to- M Olympia o K.I) M To be Let. No 7, Battery Road. 1,,,,, UH>,^ on 2nd Hoor. Apply to GU THRU, ft ,ld To be Let. No. <>, Cecil Street. Apply toGuriu<ii;,ven.,
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