Eastern Daily Mail and Straits Morning Advertiser, 21 January 1907

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  • 19 1 Eastern Daily Mail AND STRAITS MORNING ADVERTISER. No. 418 VOL. m. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1907. PRICE 5 CENTS
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  • 985 1 Sita ib living memory to us. HHre r name, her fame, her purity, and her reputation are untarnished and we believe, she will always continue to command veneration for generations to come. She is a unique model of patience, perseverance, and chastity ,full of splendour and glory, purer than
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  • 239 1 KING OF SIAM ON TOUR. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO TRAVELLERS On the ,2nd April next his Majesty •the King of Siam and suite will embark on the Nordeutscher Lloyd steamer Sachs? n at Singapore and journey to Europe. In order to accommodate the .Royal party the German mail line has arranged
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  • 634 1 With Indigtstion and Catarrh of The Stomach Hr. J. G. H. Nieuuikerk of Palembaog Tells The Story of His Suffering and Explains Mom He Was Cured by DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS Many people m Netherlands India know Mr. Johannes G. Nieuwkerk, the •grand old man
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 203 1 CHRISTMAS NeW Year Festivities ORDER USHER'S JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd. ror fjSF Discriminating Smokers "V GEORGACOPUUO'S p^ CIGARETTES. m i oos. per tin $2 20 175 160 100s. 130 115 100s 115 SOLE AGENTS I John Little Co., Ltd. j v aaaaajßßßVHaiHHßßHKkJß^BvaaaaT^^aßvaaaaaaaiL abbwbbwhbii^ Recreation Hotel. I 'i-.K.iXGOOX h'( >.-!/>. /A'.i.Ulf.iY
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    • 212 1 IHowarth Erskine j Ei7§ii>ecrs ai>d Contractors. I ELECTRICAL IWSTALLATIONS. I Telephone M. Telegrams ERSKJNE." ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS. piLEY |^ARGR EAVES QO. Ltd. ■^b aa^B a^^ar b^^k b^^b 4^^^ a^^M P^J 4T^^ aO L^b a^H i^^v b^b a^^^ I»% I 1 rbnriU'vVlnlwnC I C OrCvIMLIo I O* Cafe/c Address HARGRE AYES SINGAPORE
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    • 10 1 WHAT WHISKY? m USHER'S Sole Agents JOHN LITTLE CO LTD
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  • 510 2 The eastern Daily mail. PRICE 5 CENTS. MONDAY, 21ST JANUARY. BRITISH INTERESTS IN SIAM. The Bangkok- Thioes, as the official mouthpiece of the Siamese Government naturally does not like to see a foreign Government encroaching on the preserves of Siam. Writing on the proposed extension of Siam's Railway to the
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  • 1057 2 Raffles Girls' School will be reopened to-day. An appointment as instrument repairer on jdoo rising to .£360 is attach ed to the office of Commissioner of Lands and Surveys m the F.M.S. The P. and O. Company's steamer Britannia left London on the 21st inst. with the following specie for
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  • 132 2 At the annual meeting ot shareholders of the Sin^kep lip Company the dividend was fixed at 8 per cent. From the report it appears that the tin pro duction amounted to 7,487.73 piculs, sold at an average price of $23.9 per Straits picul. or fl. 1
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  • 183 2 DETAILS OF THE NEW N Ay ORGANISATION lv regard to recent cables ;illru ing a new organisation of Amer naval power m the Pacific, w that a Washington despatch < 30. makes the following int< statement:— The completed plans for th sation of the
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  • 211 2 Sister Teresc Rossi, the Lady Superior o\ Saint Author.)'- „,v ei: of the Portuguese Mission, died 1 Htti( alter 8 a.m. last Saturday bister Rossi has been att.u he to tb above mission for about 12 y\ prior to coining here she had laboured for
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  • 164 2 THE BIG DESIGNS OF A REMARKABLE FINA.V lEX New York, Nov. 1 1 Unless plan> miscarry, Charles W. Mo be master of American mariit foremost iiguie m the maritirru within two year>. I'o-day M control of 6 per cent, of all ste that fly
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  • 110 2 PROPOSALS liV I >NSUL-GENERAL A I NEW YORK. A lukiu message states th M* L'chida. Japanese Consul-Gem New York, consider it to be most important that Japan should takl induce many American-- to conn country and ascertain the condil themselves, as he i> of
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  • 213 2 I ormwall Miners' Snuff I ners of Cornwall are the best 1 ers of our snuff merchants, il 1 sumption being enormous. Nearly 11: tons of snuff- what is known a- violet snuff is their favourite "sneeze' will go down to them m ay< done up m ilb. packets. Considering
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    • 284 2 H.SCHAEFER&Co.I ulc bed to inform our customers that the well known Old .Sv^^V Caplcr Ulbiskp m] be sold up to lhc lsl Hpnl. 1 907 al $0.25. per case of 12 bottles. RETAIL OF ALL DEALERS. Sf.Sehaefer Co. s SOLE IMPORTERS. r JOHN HADDON CO. INDIAN AND COLONIAL MERCHANTS, SALISBURY
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    • 278 2 SPECIAL LINES Orange and Lemon Marmalade Australian S A's i lb. Tim Cts. 20 Fn^lish C Bs 20 Southwells Marmalade i M 20 l>o Bitter ,f| n 27 Marmalade m 1 lb. Glass Jars. SOUTHWELL'S Oranizc Mormaladc usual Cts. 25 Scotch Home Made" m Jelly 30 Kxtra Bitter 35 Perfection
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    • 26 2 A CHEMIST. With a Government Licence seeks employment. Address No. 3 Queen Street Singapore. TO LET. House No. 6, Stamford Road. Apply to KIM Co. Singapore.
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  • 57 3 ANOTHER SHIPPING DISASTER. kNnU "MOl DAVIA" xNI isHORE |i mV <> Moldavia has ihe Goodwins abreast > KJ Kp .,rt- thai 11 rl ny ass stance. no:'eq uirCli .lc th at -he is rel 1 and that she is I nndon. nnd tfwy*. are a tonnage ..bout 1 0,000 „>ced
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  • 42 3 MR. ROOTS SIT rOOTTAWA. fanu J5O am Mr EHhu R« of Earl Grey, the jtensiblj an important have been conducted n Washington and formed quar--11 Mr. Root's visit is nentof various M between the i«.iM :.d'. amda.
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  • 32 3 The San Francisican School Controversy. [a i. to p.m. The Federal Government h is started Francisco to ensure ial school advantagej.' exclusion ot grani I tlie d by law m •ied m
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  • 9 3 leheran \vn Prince: is been ent.
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  • 6 3 i.m. are now
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  • 17 3 UMANDOF •.NEAN FLEET. 3 5 a.m. resl >rd has relinquis tnand Irct. > na the
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  • 6 3 ATION AND RUCTION
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  • 154 3 1 I Regiment. 3 am bled to the 1 mis m *hen thequak- ed frr.m the many jumping had they 1 g collapsed m I absolute darkneai ng •mpanion fou W hen they found pee of a his meet Hess man with
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  • 891 3 VIEWS OF MR. BROMHEAD MATTHEWS M« .1. Bromhend Matthews, who is at present at home, has sent the following communication to the M Morning Post':- b Under the heading of 'Colonial Civil Service m your issue of November 2; last, you refer to a petition presented to
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  • 106 3 1 hj time during which Parliament is actually sitting cost- the nation about a minute. In New York the n ily Celestial is king of laundry world; his ways arc tlark and. tortuous, and he begins young, as witiu-ss this well-known mission story. A Chinese Bible-class was brought forward as
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  • 570 3 ALLEGED PERJURY. The preliminary enquiry into an allegation of perjury brought against a young man named Tan Cheng Siang was continued on Saturday before Mr Colman Mr. R. St. J. Braddel who appeared for the defence argued at some 5 n behaK of his clie t He intended
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  • 481 3 The enterprising proprietors of the Japanese Cinematograph have imported at great expense a string and brass orchestra from Batavia, which is proving a great improvement on the old Manila band. With the arrival of new film- by the last French mail, which art being shown nightly, this
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  • 45 3 As the result of a strike by the Filipino market women at Manila on account of alleged grievances arising from the Municipal management of the markets, the Chinese have gained possession of fully sixty per cent, of the stalls, ousting large numbers ot the strikers.
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  • 271 3 PROFESSOR KRISHNAMURTI RAO AT JUBILEE HALL. Professor Krishnamurti Rao gave another exhibition of his wonderful skill m prestidigitation at Jubilee Hall on Saturday night, and on Wednesday night of this week, at the same place, will give another m collaboration with a Siamese prestidigitator, at which many
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  • 431 3 THE S. S. HITACHI MART The new Hitachi Maru, ordered by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha from the Nagasaki Shipbuilding Yard, to take the place of the liner which was sunk by the Russian cruiser Runk and her consorts during the
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  • 88 3 PROPOSED EXPENDITURE OF FIVE MILLION TAELS. A Peking telegram to the Mainichi states that the Chinese Government is making plans to obtain 5,000,000 taels for the purpose of constructing naval docks and purchasing warships with a view to reviving the Chinese Navy. The Government is consulting the
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  • 239 3 Thl Chinese Recorder for November contains a very interesting account, by the Rev. W. C. White, of an attempt which was made m the spring of the present year to cure all the opium smokers m the village of A-iong m the LingKong district (Foochow). Opium-smok-ing had increased at an
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  • 368 3 The Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society held its annual meeting last Friday evening at the Raffles Museum. There were present, Mr. H. N. Ridley, Dr. Lim Boon Keng, Dr. Hanitsch, Dr! Galloway, Messrs. A. T. Bryan, R J Bartlett, A. Knight, H. Marriott and M.
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  • 168 3 CHRISTMAS AT SANDR I NGHAM. The King and Queen celebrated Christmas at Sandringham m their usual manner by a family party, at which the only guests who were not members of the Royal Family were a few very intimate friends. Among them were the Marquis de Sovcral, the Portugue-e Minister,
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  • 294 3 AMERICAN EXPORTS TO CHINA AND JAPAN. The decline m the expert trade of the L'nited States to China and Japan as compared with 1905 has, says the Journal <>f the Asiatic Association, led to considerable misunderstanding. The United Kingdom and other nations have suffered similar losses, showing that there \va>
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  • 110 3 There were crowded houses at the Wayang Kassim last Friday and Saturday night when the talented artistes of the company went through two delightful comedies as uif to the manner born and with that ease and grace which marks the accomplished artist. The performance on Friday was under
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  • 57 3 MAjoR-General Broad wood, C.8., has been formally Gazetted to the command of the troops m South China. The appointment of a cavalry officer, and such a successful cavalry officer, to what is essentially an artillery and infantry command is unusual, but what is a loss to some commands is a
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 391 3 H. S. KIRWANS TANK ROAD LIVERY, RACINC COMMISSION STABLES (OPPOSITE RAILWAY STATION^ A new building specially built for stables, absolutely sanitary and up-to-date Accommodation for Horses and C.arriges by day, week, or month at Popular Prices EXTRA large loose boxes for Race Horses; also a suitably equiped and well Ventilated
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  • 459 4 THREATENED SPLIT IN CONGRESS CAMP. Calcutta, Dec 28. Stormy scenes characterised last evening's Subjects Committee. Not only were there heated discussions, but bitter wranglings and loud exclamations were the order of the day. The mrrjority had to witness an exhibition of behaviour which should not have disgraced a sitting of
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  • 277 4 The annual report of the >. P. C. X constitutes quite an interesting volume misaionary work and news. The operations of the Society are extending m every direction In the Far Ea-*t the good work is also being actively advanced From time to time v\e nave reported the
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  • 139 4 Despite the prosperity of the Lnited States no less than f>B,ooo persons on 25th received their Christmas dinner m New York at the hands of distributors of charity. Hundreds of these were famished, and admitted that it was the 6rst square meal for many days. Mr. Roosevelt
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  • 78 4 i'omioNs of German Imperial estim;.te^ forth* financial year 1907* inehi<liii}4 those for the German colonies, hay« lieen published. Kiao-chow, with a levenue of 77,135 and an expendi ture of will require a subsidy Of or ,£70,725 lesv than this year. For the purposes of the military administration ,£166,9^ will be
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  • 450 4 At a time when the betting craze is very virulent an amusing story which appears m the Evening Netvs is distinctly appropriate. 'It relates to India and the betting Subaltern, a species that is now popularly supposed to be extinct. The story runs as follows 11 When
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  • 214 4 BILL SHORTLY TO GO BEFORE PARLIAMENT. The project for the construction of the Channel Tunnel, which is to connect England and France, has advanced an important step by the formj ation of the board of directors of the new statutory Channel Tunnel Company. The names of the
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  • 224 4 ALLLGAIIOrsS BY A ST PETERSBURG PAPER The Asahi has received the following telegram from its correspondent at Nagasaki:— A newspaper issued at St. Petersburg has published an article to the following effect:— The number of Russian Revolutionists who have escaped to Japan has reached seven
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  • 106 4 A London correspondent writes to a Colombo contemporary: There are about seven or eight other young planter! who are sailing m January For the Malay Peninsula. In each case these are going m ior rubber planting, and are paying premiums which they expect to get the good of later, by
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    • 282 4 A Baroda Correspondent writes m the course of a quarter of a century His Highness the Gaekwar having devoted great attention to the amelioration of the condition of his subjects by introducing reforms and improvements m the State m various directions it was unanimously resolved at a public meeting held
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    • 325 4 BUSINESS CARDS SANITARIUM THE ar d t e^n^B HEALTH FOOD DEPOT Him the latest induiw I and Upholsteid Ku.r.,IMPORTERS OF HIGH-CLASS and^a Iso made orJer CEREAL AND NUT FOODS. A V)S|T m^ 21S ORCHARD HMD. BRITANNIA I BRANOSE GROUND COFFP-1 A WONDERFUL FOOD FOR rr -t .NVALIDS AND DYSPEPTICS. OUAUTY
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 541 4 SHIPPING NEWS. VESSELS I EXPECTED. i\a>nt\ Port y Probable date of Arrival, and Agents. Steamers. Austria, Trieste, Jan. 12 Rautenberg Awa Maru, London,— P. Simons j Australien, Colombo, Jan 28 M. Maritimes Achilles, China, Jan»2s Mansfield Airlie, Sydney, Feb 24 Boustead Ambria, Manila, Jan-Feb Behn Meyr Aparima, Australia, Feb Boustead
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    • 775 4 fdsaffsad VESSELS IN PORT. MEN-OF-WAR. Astrta, H. M twin-screw 2nd class cruiser, 4,300 tons, 305 crew, 10 guns, M»ok p. Capt C. L. Vaughan-Lec, Jan. 9. From Batavia Jan. 7. U.— Rds. Challenger, H. If. twin-screw 2nd class cru. 5,800 tons. 11 guns, 12,500 1 h. p. Capt Bridson, Jan.
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    • 382 4 MAILS CLOSE. For Per Steamer Time To-day. Banderjermassin, etc Ban Liong 9 a.m. Saigon Cochar 9 a.m. Europe via ports Seydlitz 10 a.m. Malacca and Linggi Kheng Seng noon Muar and Malacca Jin Ho 1 p.m. Teluk Anson via ports Penang 3 p.m. Deli Natuna 3 p.m. To-Morrow. Sarawak Rajah
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  • 256 5 v wi Hi rHE INIM NVENT( R M-m--levelopmcni attained Ihe graphyand j i the comb elytomake -pc€ch f haa been Daily Ma* ated bj the instruments, Pro- yen an 9 to the i Daily .»/^/:nthat l I>orn at I „t age >e,ln]. and lunich. X -n.-I 'ttcmp:^.
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  • 37 5 'Queen l Psli 'nia lo Yoko" I!,,!; 10 '1 th 'M>"rt during the ulll >". put into Manila m instant, having been y and having portion ol her coal small veaccl of length XI" «nd 91 feet m
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  • 324 5 At the conclusion of the Russolapanese war not a few commentators eemed to take it for granted that China vould, so to speak, go hand m glove vittl Japan, that she would willingly tccept the tutelage of her victorious leighbour, and that she would be p.e>ared to
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  • 196 5 According to a letter addressed to a Munich paper by a German merchant, Port Arthur i> still m the mo>t frightful desolation. I'pon the quays and the dockyards of the port, be tells us, the visitor sees only a very small number of Japanese and Chinese. The C
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  • 237 5 -eric- of article? m >v British and Foreign Warship Building Capability," Sir William H. White, X.C.8., points out that Japan ha- two battleships m construction, comparable with the Dreadnought m dimensions and fighting er, but differently armed and pro i. Uh'.T large battleships are said projected, but according
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  • 172 5 i. istma- of 1906 has far outstripped its predecessors m point of public prosperity. Money has never been -pei.t more freely trade has never been BO l>u-k All track- -'neii agree that the week preceding CliriatnMM UN a record volume of bu->ine-- done. Saturday and Monday came
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  • 101 5 Mr. Joseph G. Alexander, m. a., l. l. b., who was iustiuracntal to a large extent m initiating the crusade m these parts against opium, writing to the current number of Britain's Opium Harvest' (London) on October 30th from Kuala Lumpur says This town is the capital of the Federated
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  • 682 5 «2 Capital. Subsc bed of Issue Paid o Pays i Q l Shar#* Value up to Keservt Company Quotations present L 1 J PTkc. 1900 $175,000 $140,000 I j-Soo'SSied $I BersawahG. M. Co.. Ltd. 5.00 nominal. 1900| £350,000 3KS, $I DuffDevolopment(o..Ltd. I)eleriCd) tt 190 i; $300,000 $203,000
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  • Commercial.
    • 147 5 do Cube No. i «o-37i Copra, Bali 10.05 do Pontianak ..9-95 Pepper, Black (ordinary Singapore) 17.90 do White, Fair L. W. 5 per cent. 24.62] Sago Sarawak Flour 2.96^ do Brunei No. 1 t 2.90 Pearl Sago, small 5.40 Coffee, Bali i6| per cent. buyers 3 pei cent. 19.00
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    • 112 5 On London. Bank 4m 9 1/4 ii/ifi Demand do. 6 m Wgj Private 3mOn Germany. Bankdd j. 4 o! Private 3 m s M 7 do 0 m s --4v Om FrwjNV. Bank d d j.95^ Private 3 m > j. O a do fims |.o<s CAi India. Bank
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    • 118 5 "For Ycu" THREE HAND BRAND CHAMPAGNE COGNAC. WHICH HAS GAINED PUBLIC FAVOUR. O. YBZ. Proprietors MESSRS HENG HIN CO. SINGAPORE. THE SAILORS' REST, 26 HIGH STREET. I his far-famed and old establishment is for sale. The proprietor. Mr. Charles Ridgeway, owing to pressure* of business and a desire of visiting
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    • 162 5 NOTICE. WEEKLY SAILINGS. THt S S. Pontianak Captain Casey,) sails from this Port every Monday at 2 p.m. for Quantan, Pahang. Good accommodation for passengers, special rates for cargo. Apply to The BORNEO Co., Ltd. Agents. TAN GEOK HAY, (CHOP HIN MO A CO.) 382 Victoria Street. Dealers m Muslin,
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  • 1249 6 ENFORCED WIDOWHOOD. A remarkable contribution appears m one of the Mysore vernacular journals over the signature <>t a Lady Student" m which the sorrows of Hindu widow are depicted m a passionate language, denouncing trie selfishness and unreasonable attitude of Pundits and educated nun Judging from the style snd jiKssion
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  • 351 6 SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS BY ONE OF THE CREW. The view that the North Pole will never be reached by the usual method has gained m strength by the failure of Peary, who is now said to have got within 153 miles of his goal. There has now been
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  • 159 6 The expulsions Irom episcopal residences and seminaries are proceeding. According to Clerical organs, pecuniary aid is being promised to the French Church by the Pope, several Cardinals, and the Roman Catholic Bishops of the Un«ted States, Canada, and Brazil. This report has, however, been immediately followed
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    • 673 6 NOTICES. AUCTION SALE. Wednesday, 23rd Jany. 1907 at 2-30 p.m. 99 years Leasehold land and houses known as Nos. 19, 20 and 21 Pagoda Street. G. A. Fernandez Co. Auctioneers. Atikin and Ong Siang Solicitors. AUCTION SALE. Wednesday, 23rd Jany. 1907 at 2-30 p.m. Freehold land and dwelling house known
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    • 683 6 BAHKS. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. HAID-UH CAHTAfc *10.u00,0U0 RESERVE FUND:— Sterling Reserve 110,000,000 1 o 050 0 Silver Reserve $10,250,000 J i0 i 5U v Reserve Liability of Proprietors $10,000,000 Court of Directors. A Haupt, Ksq— Chairman. Hon. v. W. DU-ksoti— Deputy-Chairman. E. Goetz, Esq. I H. E. Tomkins Esq.
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    • 325 6 m. Bolter, 69, ANSON ROAD. Telephone No. 398. Just Landed a Fresh Stock oj\Smoked Russian Spratts Fresh Bombay But Jer m 1 1b and 1/2 Ib tins. Pickled Mackerel Russian Vodka m small bottles Italian Tomato Paste m Ib. tins Russian Smoked sausage (4 kinds) Salad Oil m Big and
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    • 413 6 E. D. M." ADLETS. FOR SALE, WANTED, j> WANTED. WANTED. Compositors for day work. Must be good steady men. Good money for good men. Apply to b Manager, E, D. M. 05, Robinson Road. WANTED, A thoroughly competent man who understands motor car engines, to look after a small petrol
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    • 421 6 MISCELLANEOUS^! D Special HolidartH Beautiful sS mhcent climate, lOf i c I A Mountain home f or p A health station for SM A place of education tr An attractive holiday It irs CHEAP RETURN TICKETS To I First Sal. -on £22 Kk(l Second Saloon £16 S rheP&o nouncc that
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