Eastern Daily Mail and Straits Morning Advertiser, 22 January 1907

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  • 19 1 Eastern Daily Mail AND STRAITS MORNING ADVERTISER. No. 419 VOL. lIL SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23 1907. PRICE 5 CENTS
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  • 357 1 Ihe military correspondent of The limes m an interesting contribution to tnat journal quotes some facts and figures which should be taken to heart dv the people who assure us that Russ>a has become a military quantity which we may neglect for five years, .ten years, or
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  • 287 1 The rimes Peking correspondent gives a very favourable account of the financial position m China. The revenue is stated by Chinese authorities to be the largest on record, but no dati arc available for corroboration of this statement Dr. Morrison adds, however, that the Customs revenue, of
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  • 229 1 -HERMES* 1 DOES VERY BADLY! The com pie icd results of the gunlavers' tot m the Fleet tor ibis year have been circulated for general information, being thus, as m 1 905, issued with commendable promptitude. Their Lordships m issuing it, note with
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  • 805 1 At a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society on 1 7 th December Col. i M Win g ate reatl a paper entitled Nine Years' Survey and Exploration In Northern China." Sir Geo. T. Goldic, K. C. M. G., presided. Hie paper wasjull of detailed
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  • 111 1 Pboae who potter round h billiard table m the ordinary way, and think themselves lucky it tlit > K<t wlial tin try Ibr, or luckier if occaskMialljr they get what they do not expect, may well feel envious m reading of the breaks made by SOU* of
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    • 184 1 WHAT IS WHISKY? ISHER'S IHN LITTLE CO- LTD- Discriminating Smokers V GEOROfICOPULtO'S p I CIGARETTES. m ioos. per tin $2 20 ioo>. 160 ioos. 130 1 15 SOLE AGENTS John Little Co., Ltd.] Recreation Hotel. I VAC/A TRAMWAY TERM/XL'S. I ommodation for teroporar) and per- f ms with Verandah and
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    • 129 1 Howarth Erskine Epgipccrs ai;d Contractors. ELECTRICAL INST^< O JUATIONS. \in diflv Telephone 28. W a ERSKINE." i fIBIHMBinBIBBJBBIHiBi^ m— 4s._r*-' n ven.'i'_____ want to ta I'^1 iOSt -i_ ELECTRICAL ENTGINEERS. piLEY [^ARGREAVES QQ. Ltd. \j(l(n( +i(l(i 1 f)S Xx^xXvvJTXvJlj jCjL V XLj o c _F"" %_f H. I II I.
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    • 16 1 for THE CHRISTMAS AND V New Year Festivities ORDER USHER'S Sole Agents JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd.
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  • 1093 2 The Eastern Daily mail. PRICE 5 CENTS. TUESDAY, 22ND JANUARY. THE FIGHT FOR PERSIA. "AN INTER-NATIONAL SCRAMBLE' Under these headings Mr. Howard liensman has contributed an interesting article to the Pail Mmil QauU* which will well repay persual. Readers of the daily Press are familiar with the tales of intrigues
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  • 300 2 uhiu elephant has just been born at Pahang, Si am. ANOTHER blaze occurred m Bangkok on the 12th inst whereby between 80 and <;o houses were destroyed. r 1 HE meeting of the Legislative Council hxed (or the 25th inst. is postponed to Friday, the Bth February at 2.3 c
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  • 240 2 BODY RIDDLED Win. BULLETS The Washington corresp< )IKlp the Daily Ckromdt sent the foil gruesome particulars of a ly n T' 1 under date the 22nd uh. occurred as near to the national as Annapolis, tor there, with,, the naval academy a lynching took a
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  • 168 2 APPELLANT SUCCESSFUL Before the Chief Justice j ->nj av afternoon, Kana \'iena Ana' La: pealed from the decision of I missioner of the Court ol R< which judgment was given I against him an.l m favour of Pal Chitty, for an alleged loan and ii Mr. R. St.
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  • 186 2 Southampton has long k» < as the Liverpool of the S< it term which men of the great I seaport have not altogefhei Bat the announcement made l Cunmrd Line, that the Comp eventually use the advant Channel ports is a step tow trd placing of the
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  • 278 2 The clerk of the Education Offio Seremban, who was chargi forgery and misappiopriation i, ber; sentenced to three years rig prison ment. A record was established m the Clyde industr) Three hundred and seventy-two totalling 598,000 tons, were launched during the year. In an article on the careol clothe-, a
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    • 273 2 H,SCHAEFER&Co. Ulc beg to inform our customers that the u?cll known Old KS Caplcr Ulbiskp be sold up to al 50. 25, per case RETAIL OF ALL DEALERS. XSehaefer Co. SOLE IMPORTERS. r JOHN HADDON CO. //VZ?M/V /4/V/? COLONIAL MERCHANTS, SALISBURY SQUARE, LONDON, EC. Importers <»t General Pro- Buying Agents
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    • 277 2 Choice Baoana Ciaars FOR DISCRIMINATING SMOKERS. L'ESPERANCE" BRAND. EXCELLENT QUALITY A I VERY LOW PRICK. EACH BOX IN AIR IK, TIN. Meduraot, Ctaro p^- do $040. box ot 50 1,60 100 3*oo DarHngs, laro n 100 3.25 Veneedoraa n 5O 2.50 100 4.50 Especiales, o 075 Excelencios, o «nn t
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    • 116 2 A CHEMIST. With a Government Licence seeks employment. Address No. j Queen Street Singapore. TO LET. House No. 0, Stamtord Road. Apply to:— KIM Co. Singapore. FOR SALE. A Chestnut Mare, about 15 hands, first rate black, quiet, and m splendid condition. Saddle, Bridle etc. complete Price $200.00 or best
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  • 406 3 FROM TWO CORNERS^ OF THE GLOBE. m. cv HORRORS OF THE Jamaica earthquakes. Three Thousand Injured fHousAND Victims Umwpmrwo Unburied. idon, Jan. tl, 8.30 a.m. 1(lf i ited States fleet is leaving g tO a peremptory letter Governor, Sir Alexander ttenham. requesting them to withi oundthat
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  • 117 3 American Bluejackets to the Rescue. M\< ;>ION I'OLICEM-RVEII DECLARED In HY D lENI PROM ffU Vll w. dent at Kingston >1>( 19th inst states that it kets landed and and assisted m and attending the Alexander's* inti- c« were not remeda) Admiral Davis wrote detailing the work ets had done
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  • 27 3 ;:;-M-l-ty(7 97cultivaj. M X l and MWattegama. Ceylon, '< -the latter, has >> tlu-rnf.,, X9,0c0 sterling. riJ^, h, iCTei m teaand 17 m Para Rubber tiWt •i;-^;;^a i 8
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  • 190 3 Re liter's Agency wires By submarine telegraph His Excellency the Governor has replied to Admiral Davis" letter thanking him and appreciating heartily his kind assistance and generous offers. Sir Alexander did not object to a detachment of American marines guarding the American Consulate provided they were armed
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  • 91 3 FAREWELL CALL ON THE GOVERNOR Admiral Davis paid Sir Alexander a a farewell call m the morning and notified that his squadron was leaving that day He added that m view of the latter's attitude m not desiring American aid he had countermanded an order for
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  • 191 3 PRINCE VON BUELOWS STRANGE ELECTIONEERING SPEECH. London, Jan. 21,8-30 a.m. Prince Yon Buelou. Chancellor of the German Empire, departed from all precedent at the Banquet of the Colonial Political Executive Committee, by deli- vering a regular electioneering speech. He stated that if the decision of the electors wa>
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  • 38 3 CONCEALS BOMBS UNDER HER PETTICOATS London, January si, 8.30 am. A girl was arrested at Vistula Rail- way Station. Poland, with four bombs, each of five pounds weight and charged with melinite, under her petticoats.
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  • 32 3 London, Jan. tl, 8.30 a.m. Ihe French Bishops have sent an addre--; to His Holiness the Pope, concurring completely with his judgment respecting the Separation Laws
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  • 129 3 End of Bftel-mt Case. Yesterday morning Mr. Justice Fisher save judgment m the case of 11. L. S Bawa^ahib and Co. vs. Teo Seng Teong Chop Teong 1 m, for nondelivery of a quantity of betel-nuts of which it was alleged by the plaintiffs that delivery \vj> not
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  • 523 3 MAGISTRATES' APPEALS BEFORE MR. JUSTICE FISHER. Several iMagistrates' appeals came on before Mr. Justice Fisher yesterday morning. Kanitaro, Yamamoto, Kagajo and Li Kce Piow appealed against their conviction m the Police Court on a chaise of gambling alleging that the game they were operating was one of skill,
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  • 486 3 ARMED RUFFIANS ATTACK A DEFENCELESS CHINESE LADY. About y o'clock on the night of the 1 8th inst., a band of gang robbers armed with knives and revolvers entered the house of Mr. Lee Ah Weng (attached to the Chinese Protectorate) at Ipoh, within a stone's
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  • 19 3 Tm estimited loss to the insurance companies by the recent fire at the Central Hotel, Shanghai, is Taels 600,000.
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  • 963 3 (From our own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, 19th January. Things have been moving very slowly here since the New Year. I wonder it this is merely the re-action from the frantic festivities which some of us are supposed to have indulged m at Christmas, or is it the
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  • 68 3 There has beeu unbounded prosperity m Jamaica during the past year, says the Kingston correspondent of the M Daily Chronicle." The revenue shows a large surplus, which will be utised to reduce the debt of the island. Trade continues to improve, the exports of bananas during the last nine months
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  • 365 3 A writer m M Truth says that after reading, with a natural national pride m the extraordinary success of that sub tropical colony, Sir Frank Swettenham's British Malaya," it is easy to understand the secret, or rather the secrets of such success and prosperity. First free trade;
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  • 162 3 lhe latest issue ot the "Revenue Commerciale Dv Levant." 1 monthly publication issued by the French Chamber ot Commerce here, contains, according to Lallan's Agency, the following report from Baghdad In consequence of the newly established steamship line between Hamburg and the Persian Gulf,
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  • 206 3 A great revival m the tailoring trade seems imminent, for if a campaign nowbeing carried on by Mr. Samuel Keyworth, an expert m the trade and lecturer on clothes, bears fruit, all sensitive men will buy a new suit every season, or blush to wear an old one.
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  • 178 3 A Parliamentary return recently issued shows the close connection between opium and crime The quantity of opium consumed m Burma during the year 1904-5 was 79,428 seers o( 2 3/35 lbs. each. This is the largest quantity for thirty years. The revenue from opium m Lower Burma
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  • 83 3 The increasing tightness of the money market is causing considerable uneasiness throughout the United States and a rather serious panic has seized the stock exchanges. The issue of one hundred million dollars' worth of stock on the St. Paul Railway, has awakened the various stocks of President James J. Hill
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    • 154 3 NOTICE TO MARINERS. Owners and Master* of Vessels are requested to keep their Vessels as clear of the Ranges as possible, during the Heavy Gun Practices which will take place from the undermentioned Forts on the dates stated, rommencing at ie a.m, each day. Range-clearing Launches carrying Hft\ Fhfc-. will
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    • 399 3 H. S. KIRWANS TANK ROAD LIVERY, RACING COMMISSION STABLES (OPPOSITE RAILWAY STATION') A new bdilding specially built for stables, absolutely sanitary and up-to-date Accommodation for Horses and Carriges by day, week, or month at Popular Prices Kxtra large loose boxes for Race Horses; also a suitably equiped and well Ventilated
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  • 894 4 THE CHINESE OPIUM DEGREE. PROPOSALS 1() THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. /lines Peking correspondent enumerates th<> proposals of China to the British Government with respect to the Indian opium traffic They are six m number (1) Restriction of the importation of Indian opium till the disappearance of the traffic within ten years,
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  • 198 4 1 1 is al tlii- time of the year. lays the Malay Mail m a leader, every word of vvhirh we can endorse, that most busi-ne-s offices m this town are flooded with communications from gentlemen who. during the rest o\ the year, leave the -aid offieo severely alone. These
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  • 593 4 TO FNTEKTAIN THE PUBLIC Forty-thiec, year.s ago. 'as the result of a fatal accident to a woman ropewalker at Birmingham, Queen Victoria s£nt a message expressing her persotnl feelings of horror that one of her subjects a female should have been sacrificed to the gratification
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  • 356 4 H. L." whose initials will be recognised by many of our readers, write- to the Morning l^ost It is not generally known that the importance of opening the Amui to international trade as a safe-guard ag.'i ist Ru>-ian aggression was recog ni-ed and urged upon
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  • 63 4 CWMCSI merchants and trader- at Singapore have written to the shareholders m the Canton-Hankow railway counselling them to avoid friction and to agree among themselves. These Singapore advisers, the Eclu> de C /line observes, point out that division among the shareholders will lead to the downfall of the Company. Foreigners
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    • 422 4 MAILS CLOSE. l'oi Per Steamt'i Time Sarawak R. of Sarawak 7am Sandakan Tringganu 10 am P. S'tenham 1 Anson Perak i pm Palembang Will o'the Wisp 2 pm M. and Malacca Sri Muar pm Kuantan Batavier 3pm P. S'tenham Hye Leong 3 pm f*. CVibon.S'rang Giang Ann 4 pm 10-Morrow.
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    • 204 4 BUSINESS CARDsI SANITARIUM HEALTH FOOD DEPOT IMPORTERS OF HIGH-CLASS CEREAL AND NUT FOODS. 213 ORCHARD ROAD. GRANOSE A WONDERFUL FOOD FOR INVALIDS AND DYSPEPTICS. and also for those who are well. LEE AH WAH. 181, ORCHARD ROAD. Coach Carriage Builder Mr. T. KUDO, JAPANESE DENTIST CHARGES MODERATE From 7 a.
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    • 148 4 THE ART FURNITUB* DEPOT. RE '67, ORCHARD k(Klb Have the latest and urw fl and UphoUterd &s£?* and also made to ordci L V **M notice. ai *or^, I A VISIT WILL R EPAt BRITANNIA I GROUND COFFF.E i QUALITY PURITY AHO- H OH0 W f GUARANTEED. TO BE HAI>
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 1355 4 gdsdsgsdg SHIPPING NEWS. VESSELS VESSELS IN PORT. EXPECTED. MEN-OF-WAR. I Astrea, H. 11. twin-screw 2nd class cruiser, 4,300 tons, 305 crew, 10 guns, \atnc, I'otl, I'robable tiate oj Arrival, 9,000 h. p. Capt C. L. Vaughan-Lee, Jan. 9. From Batavia Jan. 7. U.— Rds. and Agents. A Challenger, H. M.
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    • 172 4 Marudr, Oer. str. 902 tons, Capt Rodenburg, Jan. 20. From Tawao, Jan. 11. G.c, and 55 d.p. Behn Meyer A Co. For Tawao, Jan. 26Rds. Metapt, Dut str, *****0n5, captain Uldall, Jan 20 From Samarang, Jan 17 Gc, and 222 d p Heap Epg Moh For Amoy, U Rds Rajaburi,
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  • 1286 5 *of the "Agricultural account of the xi&" therC tride formi of Indian -.Pavui Hoopml to the cutch yielding With conclusion! may i itechu. rm having within Hazara Kan. GarhwaL Bihar and j it has never been nor m i.vi m ti.e onJy once been 'IJtwith i:i Burma,
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  • 119 5 The Indra-Zanibar Royal Theatrical Company of Singapore put on the boards last night a charming love tragedy entitled Carmen." The staging of the piece was excellent, the acting and ringing VM all that could be desired, and the scenery was simply ex quisite. The wooing of Lillas
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  • 16 5 BuTTEftrun have been noticed m the Andes up to heights of very nearly I -'7,000 feet.
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  • 791 5 v g Number T P H Pays Capital. Subsc bed of vKf- Reserve Company Quotations present Qoi Shares lue UpU^\_ I'ricv. GOLD. (j 13i500 $iv $10 Bersawali (i. M\ Co.. Lid. s.oonomi ***** 1 75,000 $140,000 j 3,500 unissued 4,000 810 $10 3.00 1900 £400,000 £350,000 350,000-
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  • Commercial.
    • 143 5 Gambier buyers 6.95 do Cube No. h IO -55 Copra, Bali "•<>* do Pontianak 9-95 Pepper, Black (ordinal v Singapore) iB-"^ do White, Fair L. W. 5 per cent. 24.624 Sa«o Sarawak Flour 2.9* do Brunei No. 1 2-9° Pearl Sago, small 5-4° Coffee, Bali 164 percent. buyers 3
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    • 120 5 On London. -Bank j m 4 Demand 1/4 3/ 16 do. 6 ma »/5 Private m t 1 (In Germany. Bank d (1 MO Private m 1 1.464 do 6ms J.48J Framr. -Bank dd a.95 IVivatc m .5.00 do 6 m s On India. Bank 1. T. '7 Private
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    • 110 5 "For You" THREE HAND BRAND CHAMPAGNE COGNAC. WHICH HAS GAINED PUBUC FAVOUR YBZ. Proprietors MESSRS HENG HIN GO. SINGAPORE. THE SAILORS' REST, 26 HIGH STREET. 1 his far-famed and old establishment is for sale. The proprietor. Mr. Charles Ridgeway, owing to pressure of business and a desire of visiting Europe
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    • 161 5 NOTICE. WEEKLY SAILINGS. THfc S. S. Pontianak", (Captain. Casey, sails from this Port every Moiiday 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 CO.) 382 Victoria Street. Dealers m Muslin, silk,
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  • 1024 6 A TIMELY WARNING. The high price of tin and the eagerness with which all tin produced m the Federated. Malay States is absorbed m London contribute to create a feeling of satisfaction and contentment m Perak which is altogether devoid of disadvantages. There is nothing m the
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  • 306 6 WHY .THE TORIES OBJKCTED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE REFORM BILL An unusually fine collection of schoolboy '"howlers" appears m the "University Correspondent' for December 15. We nave extrafted a few of the most brilliant gems. M Cabal 1 short name for the English Prime Minister Ca stands
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  • 290 6 So much has been wired about Raisuli -including his "de Wet" teat when the Moorish troops arrived at Zinat to find their bird had flown that the following is sure, to interest many of our readers. It is from the latest ''Spectator" received m Ceylon The plot
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  • 19 6 I m peculiarity of the broad-minded i*. that they are lately broad-minded enough lo include making allowance--lor the uairow.
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    • 686 6 NOTICES. AUCTION SALE. Wednesday, 23rd Jany. lgO7 at 2-30 p.m. 99 years Leasehold land and houses known as Nos. 19, 20 and 21 Pagoda Street. 6. 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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    • 689 6 BANKS. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. PAIIMJI' CAI'ITAL «io,oou,uoo RESERVE FUND:Sterling Reserve $10,000,000 l2 n QM) 0 Silver Reserve $10,260,000 w ou v Reserve Liability of Proprietors $10,000,000 Court of Directors. A llaupl, Ksq— Chairman. 1 lon. v. W. Dickson Deputy-Chairman. X, Goetz, Esq. H. E. Tomkins Esq. C. R. Lenzmann,
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    • 313 6 m- Bolter, 69, ANSON ROAD. Telephone No. 398. Just Landed a Fresh Stock qf> Smoked Russian Spratts Fresh Bombay Butter m 1 1b and 1 2 1b tins. Pickled Mackerel Russian Vodka m small bottles Italian Tomato Paste m Ib. tins Russian Smoked sausage (4 kinds) Salad Oil m Big
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    • 404 6 E. D. M." ADLETS. FOR WANTED. WANTED. I Compositors for day work. Must be good steady men. Good money for good men. Apply to I Manager, B. D. M. 95, Robinson Road. J 1 WANTED* A thoroughly competent man who understands motor car engines! to look after a small petrol
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    • 532 6 I SALE, WANTEjUfB MISCELLANEOuI^H P Special Holiday?, TO CEYLCftjI Beautiful Scctm nificent climate, Good H.Ji A Mountain home for Fu rr A health station tor ,','fHH A place ol education for ,|,j An attractive holiday reson f 4 ion 1 CHEAP RETURN TICKETS TO COIO J I First Saloon Fk
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