Eastern Daily Mail and Straits Morning Advertiser, 25 January 1907
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Title Section23 1907-01-25 1 Eastern Daily Mail AND STRAITS MORNING ADVERTISER. No. 422 VOL. HI. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1907. PRICE 5 CENTS JOHN LITTLE CO- LTD23 words
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Article581 1907-01-25 1 AN ARMY OF BIGAMISTS. The amazing discovery was announced on the 21st August that probably about one divorce of every five which have been granted m New York durin* the bst twenty years is invalid, and that those who married again are bigamists and the children illegitimate iliis computation isHongkong Telegraph - 581 words
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Article263 1907-01-25 1 MALAY WOMEN AS GOLD MINERS. Under a recent order made by the Resident, the royalty payable on alluvial gold won by persons working under individual mining licenses m Pahang has been commuted for a fixed payment of S> a person a year, half rates being paid for six263 words
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Article77 1907-01-25 1 One signal sign of the progressivcness of Burma is that the land on the west side of the Gulf of Martaban m \2 years is said to have advanced no less than 6 miles into the sea, as is proved by the difference noted m recent surveys from those takenMoulmem Advertiser - 77 words
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Article393 1907-01-25 1 Hie Canton-Hankow line, now m course of construction, is an enormous undertaking and will require many years for completion, The CantonHankow line, when completed, will connect with the Hankow-Peking line and give Pckiijg direct communication \vitt>bomh China, a distance of over 1,400 miles. The Canton-Hankow line is mConsular Report - 393 words
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Article296 1907-01-25 1 When considering the breakdown ot the German Colonial administration by a policy of barbarity and inhumanity, it is pleasing to consider the success which has uniformly attended the pacification and development of British Colonies. This has been attained more on account of the character and colonising genius of296 words
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Article129 1907-01-25 1 Playing at ghosts has had a fatal result m Paris. The victim of the joke was an old l.ulv house-owner of 83 who was deemed over-keen about arrean by her tenants, who constituted themselves the "ghosts" to frighten the old woman into some compassion. The old woman'-129 words
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Article34 1907-01-25 1 John Chinaman [m N. C. Dmtfy Ntws to Mrs, Archibald Little: Mi-. Unbinder of our women's Feet, A limit t<> thy labour- set, And loosen not our women's tongues Lest there arise a suffragette34 words
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Advertisement174 1907-01-25 1 IS ill!HBISTMAS year Festivities ORDER HERS s ,DM'I LITTLE Co., Ltd. ff_ I Por |f Oiscriminatincy ■^J^ Smokers |fc r GEORGfICOPULO'S IW CIGARETTES. f| I Z m loos, per tin $220 1 75 ioo». 1-60 ioos- 1.30 115 SOLE AGENTS jlohn Little Co., Ltd. I! Rccrcaticp HctcL I 10AD, TRAMWAY174 words
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Advertisement59 1907-01-25 1 Howarth Erskine,. Ei>sii>eers apd Contractors. ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS, Telephone 23. Telegrams ERSKXNE." i*MM IBM "•'■■■■■■■■^■■■■■■■■■■■■■^^■■■^■■■^^^^■S^^S^iMa^i^i^iM^i THIS SPACE IS RESERVED S straits eveLE co. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS. piLEY [^GREAVES fjQ. Ltd. FERRO-CONCRETE SPECIALISTS. Cable Address HARGREAVES SINGAPORE. 1 U/niteaioay, JL aidlaw&Co. i i 5 iSTOCK^zz^ 7 TAKING; pS'A-L'EB NOW ON* PLENTY OF J59 words
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Advertisement10 1907-01-25 1 WHAT 18 WHIB X V P 9 USHERS So/c Agents10 words
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332 1907-01-25 2 The Eastern Daily mail. PRICE 5 CENTS. FRIDAY, 25TH JANUARY. EARTHQUAKES! Now that earthquakes and tidal waves are the topics of the hour indeed the burning questions of the day— it may not be Out of place to quote an authority on the subject, who has made the formation of332 words
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Article384 1907-01-25 2 The following cutting from the Ct'flun Standam will be read with interest by Singaporeans who have a similar complaint to make to that voiced by our Ceylon contemporary against the vagaries of clocks m Singapore. Our contemporary the "Observer complains that no two clocks m the384 words
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Article591 1907-01-25 2 A SOLEMN High Mass of Requiem for the repose of the soul of the late Sister, Theresa Rossi, will be celebrated on Saturday, the 26th inst. at 7. a.m., at the Church of St. Joseph. The Siamese Tramways Company report a profit on the year's working of n,ooo ticals odd.591 words
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Article66 1907-01-25 2 Inspector Stenhousc has come here from Malacca and taken over charge of the detective station here, and Inspector Frayne from Orchard Road joins him at tht Glap" station. These two smart officers would appear to be the rifcht men lor this department. Inspector Purvis has relieved Inspectoi Frayne66 words
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Article81 1907-01-25 2 Lovers of pictorial exhibitions are treated to an excellent entertainment every night at the spacious tent at Beach Road. Among the pictures shown last night were several which could no* tail to please the most fastidious. Some ot the films displayed were of a character which evoked81 words
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Article133 1907-01-25 2 An interesting Billiard Tournament was commenced at the Warders' Recreation Club on 2ibt inst. and is now being played between ia of the members ol the Warders' Mess, and a corresponding number of the European Police I borceMess. Twelve games of 250 up are to be played, and133 words
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Article364 1907-01-25 2 Jessie Pope - Jessie Pope (By (Punch's OKU N H To Geoffrey 1 ua miJ His ardour was unshai L l Our friends declared us,. Nor were our f, S J Indeed, w< never had a I Until he bough! i At first my joy wa fhc prospect364 words
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Article180 1907-01-25 2 squa < i with the mystu Sin Contractor, m whiti its J panel, lined with 2 and mounted on wh I lib old pair of gharrj thai attachment ol a be:.:: yoked to a fou 1 r: monly like at ticc m dt quantity of flesh alMontr - 180 words
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60 1907-01-25 2 W. S. GILBERT AND THE LADY PIANIST. Seeing _i white* pTayii g badlj work- at a piai oat Mr. W. S Gilbert wi impromptu A symphonj n I lai k 1 A keyboard lies before hei (h symphony noi melody I- she a sweet outp The Scriptur.il injuncl She's evermore60 words
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Article65 1907-01-25 2 A vi to clever invention placed upon the mai to Son) by a Carabridgi It is called the (Varia's consists <»t" a piece <•' attached. By rimpk of these discs, any date mined for the day ol tti \.i>. .to 3 md, by figures, to the md ol same process65 words
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Advertisement265 1907-01-25 2 H.SCHAEFER&Co. ulc beg to inform our customers thai the well known Old K9 Caplor the Ist Hpnl. 1907 at $6,25, per case of 12 bottles. RETAIL OF ALL DEALERS. Jr. o enaeter &Lo. SOLE IMPORTERS. f* MONEY^S A V E D^| (MONEY EARNED. I lIF YOU INTEND Jt SELL YOUR265 words
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Advertisement578 1907-01-25 2 i Choice fiauana Cigars t A SMOKE FOR A PRINCE. "L'ESPERANCE" BRAND. EXCELLENT QUALITY AT VERY LOW PRICE. EACH BOX IN AIRTIGHT TIN. Medianos, Claro perdue $0.40. box of 50 1.60 n 100 3«OU Darlings, Claro 100 3.25 Venoedoras 50 2.50 100 4.50 Especlales, 50 275 Exoolonclos, 50 300 Migloria,578 words
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Advertisement60 1907-01-25 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. FOR SALE. A Chestnut Mare, about 15 hands, first rate Hack, quiet, and m splendid condition. Saddle, Bridle etc. complete. Price $200.00 or best60 words
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Article26 1907-01-25 3 N »s 11 rER f( I te to i Ln.ish .11 m 1 Henry that pays no 1 ed, but ,tch.hich, the cd.26 words
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Article29 1907-01-25 3 Arctic We ther. >RMS Di orga niotionot Railway .i.IU. ced I alv md V wind. I W my deaths due g tubing 1 c numbers ol I H W29 words
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Article52 1907-01-25 3 is inter--1 Ie young ci :i love >ut king 54 M French ive. be ing rding to ChiI .rbidden for sidency, ;»nlace •he* mar- bfied where -he umt vi «vu unnythi ciiarac gO to Idiers she now k parture to return. The m this unsatisfac- we believe52 words
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Article63 1907-01-25 3 fund ot I est con:iedtohim 1 c morning, he .t v porter, ,-n- Ou twins, and you. Lordship if you cess of Wiles the little rM Princess of the little boy Lord Brown. 1 withe necessary —;^l. and sent •'his own permission. A ed the follow-63 words
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Article17 1907-01-25 3 relating to the '-de the United the rnion |ack m mik t, while 350.000,000. „,d do--1 7c0.0c0.000.17 words
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Article238 1907-01-25 3 Rl liter's Agency wires By submarine telegraph I'ERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE London, January 24, 7.45 a.m. An official message from The Hague State* that the Inland of Simaluway, off the Achinese Coast, which was -truck by a tidal wave on the nth instant, has almost238 words
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Article38 1907-01-25 3 EMBARGO ON JAPANESE LABOURERS. London, Jan. 24, 7.45 a.m. The Commissioner of Immigration at San Francisco, acting upon instructions the Federal authorities m Wash- ha> torbidden the landing of two hundred Japanese labourer Mom .olulu.38 words
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Article112 1907-01-25 3 OUR A ITU UDE IoWARDS RUSSIA London, Jan. .24. 745 14 The rimes," commenting editorially upon a -peech by Marquis Saionj', the 1 -c Prime Minister, says that, both for svib-tance and form, it comds the admiration <>f 'Japan* Euro- allies. There is a growing feeling of gratification112 words
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Article220 1907-01-25 3 [t neither ju>t nor wise to penali-t British Consuls m Asia at large by virtually setting aside their contract- j with the State m the matter of home leave. These public servants are en--1 to count upon that mo>t necessary relaxation after prescribed period- ot cc, the length220 words
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Article142 1907-01-25 3 At Messrs. Sotheby's auction rooms, Wellington-street, Strand, on December the library of the late Dr. Richard Garnett, keeper of the Printed Books, British Museum trustee of the National Portrait Gallery, was sold. The principal item mi three notebook- of Shelley, containing autograph manuscript matter of interest, a142 words
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Article128 1907-01-25 3 In the King's Bench Division a Mrs. Gravernith brought an action against Messrs. Greatorex, a firm of auctioneers and house agents, for alleged negligence m making imperfect inquiries as to a tenant v. mod Fraser whom they mcd for the plnimiff and for an a. eged fraudulent representation that the128 words
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Article889 1907-01-25 3 HELD J3Y MR. JUSTICE FISHER. Mr. Justice Fisher held the usual Ihur s day session of the Bankruptcy Court yesterday, the chief Justice being occupied with summonses m chambers. Chop Quan Tye applied, through Mr. Knowles, for a receiving order against Chop Sin Feck Hin. The order was889 words
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Article105 1907-01-25 3 A London correspondent writes to a Colombo contemporary There are about seven or right other young planters who are sailing m January KMT the Malay Peninsula. In each case these are going m for rubber planting, and are paying premiums which they expect to get the good of later, by105 words
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Article750 1907-01-25 3 BEGGING FOR ARREST. Mr. L. E. Gaunt created considerable amusement m the Police Court yesterday by going round with two smiling Indians whom he begged every Police Officer he met to arrest. Every time he accosted a Police Officer, the Indians, whq were dressed m their Sunday best,750 words
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Article158 1907-01-25 3 Yesterday morning Mr. Justice Fisher gave judgment on the appeal of Ng Ong against her conviction by a police magistrate and sentence to pay a fine of S4OO or suffer two months* rigorous imprisonment. His Lordship said that the evidence, if true, went to show that158 words
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Article83 1907-01-25 3 An unknown lady m America has applied to the Postmaster General both m the United States and England for all letters addressed by children to Santa Claus. Her idea was to form a company called Santa Claus, Limited, financially backed by millionaires for the systematic distribution of gifts asked for83 words
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Article1060 1907-01-25 3 (From our own Correspondent.) 18th Jan. 1907., We have had no rains for some days past, and consequently the heat is unbearable. But for the rains, very often heavy rains, we now and then get, most suddenly too, residence m this place would be simply impossible. We1,060 words
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Advertisement405 1907-01-25 3 H. S. KIRWAN'S j TANK ROAD LIVERY, RACING COMMISSION STABLES 1 (OPPOSITE RAILWAY STATION, 1 I A new building specially built for stables, absolutely sanitary and up-to-date I Accommodation for Horses and Carriges by day, week, or month at Popular Prices 9 EXTRA large loose boxes for Race Horses; also405 words
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Article982 1907-01-25 4 HER JUDGMENT ON THE SUFFRAGISTS In a recent number ot the Rapid Review 1 Miss Marie CoreiM contrtbutes a vigoiou? and n'icuircstjue attack on the 'Suffragists' Her article is entitled Man's War against Woman.' She begins with an indictment «»l man He looks upon the Apple of982 words
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Article49 1907-01-25 4 A di.itiaiion front Mahomedan-. of China has arrived m Egypt with the object of inquiring into the system of education m thai country. After obtaining all the information they want the deputation will \i«it Turkey, and will engage a iiumbei of professors to give the (Ji'iic Mahomcoans religious leaning49 words
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Article462 1907-01-25 4 In all the controversy that In-, recently been raging m our midst on the subject ol education, little has been heard of the need for real education m things that really concern our physical welfare. Cookery, for instance, is an art which might well receive more attention462 words
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Article487 1907-01-25 4 In Europe, and on smaller scale m the I'nited States, Socialism end' ours to convert the working classe- to its doctrine-. It is white Socialism whose aims are distributing labour and wealth, so that every man may have I leisure and the opportunity of487 words
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Article150 1907-01-25 4 A very breezy affair has been report- s ed from Barisal. It is said that on the < evening ol the 2(A\\ ultimo Khitish Chandra Chakravarti, student ol the Barisal Zilla school, was takiug his 1 constitutional' near Judge's court when an Eurasian gentleman who also150 words
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Article131 1907-01-25 4 The Japanese Advertiser is responsible for the following entertaining paragraphs Within the past two months the weary patei fa.nilli, when at noon they slowly ascend the muddy hills honourable known as Yatu and Jizozaka, have been met at the top by two Japanese girls, who smilingly given them131 words
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Advertisement302 1907-01-25 4 BUSINESS CARM SANITARIUM THE AR D^^f HEALTH FOOD DEPOT. Have the laic- and Uphol-lci.l IMPORTERS OF HIGH-CLASS and also ma.lc r.otice. 1 CEREAL AND NUT FOODS. A visit WILL R 213 ORCHARD R. AD. BRITANNIA GRANOSE GROUND COFFt A WONDERFUL FOOD FOR INVALIDS A DYSPEPTICS GUARANTEE and also for those302 words
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Miscellaneous1605 1907-01-25 4 SHIPPING NEWS. VESSELS VESSELS IN PORT. Olsen, Jan. 24. From'penang, ]an. 22. G.c, and 371 d.p. Straits Steamship Coy. Ltd. For Penang, Jan. 26. Rds. EXPECTED. MEN-OF-WAR. Profit, N.,r str. 7.5 tons, Capt Olscn, a-l- a w j an 4 From Bangkok, Jau. 20. G.c., Mr ae,a», U. S. transport1,605 words
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Article247 1907-01-25 5 1 remarknble comAlVori! '\im-h wild r I O. t 1 mv 1 froma foreign correshav. on has blighted the eminent Italian deputy m 1 hereCountXj Rom; ambitious of good speaker. Ed 10 pos can make no m no other civilised country prominJ the victim of247 words
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Article39 1907-01-25 5 t of modern times ck Pollock^ re- Life of Leslie 1 foot-oote, and I turned out that t£ !ll< Mb. v;is, "In I- tti, .ncntio.u d ■'uv id read ICsl mu^"^ and the ;u m^uided, con--01 tnat initial error.39 words
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Article312 1907-01-25 5 Sued tor payment of a judgment debt m Shoreditch County Court by a former landlord, a lodger said he could not tict work. The Plaintiff: Not a good reason. Why, people talk about a disease called sleeping sickness, but he has it worse than anyone has ever had312 words
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Article258 1907-01-25 5 c of the privilege of bein^ great that one can afford to have samples of bygone repasts on one's Mrs. John Lane m an article on The Tyranny of Clothes. m the January Forhughuy. Ihe Englishman, me says, is not theosis of the perfectly •d, but258 words
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Article230 1907-01-25 5 Ul'K H HER BANKS Mr Henry \V. Wolff, the dauntless untiring advocate of people's banks, write-, m the Economic Review recently on an unconsidered fartor m the industrial problem British and -;n banking. He points out that the English system of banking is the rich man'- system, -autious230 words
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Article166 1907-01-25 5 J'hc Yaliagha, or heir-apparent to the Shah of Persia, writes a well-in-formed correspondent, is a man under middle height, and so much inclined to obesity, though he is only thirty-four, as to suggest unwieldines*- tor all that he is very active, as on horseback. Those, too,166 words
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Article614 1907-01-25 5 J3;~; Capital. Subsc bed of Issue Paid n^^ Pays> t 551 Shares iValue|upto RcserVL Company Quotations present 1900! $i 75,000 $,40,000 I 3 .soo!uSued $I $I Bersawah G. M. Co.. Ltd I 5-oonomi 1900 £350,000 3 foX> I!! Du ff D e volo Pm ent(o.,Ltd. <I)eferred) g614 words
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Article95 1907-01-25 5 Gambier buyers 6.95 do Cube No. 1 0.55 Copra, Bali 11.05 do I'ontianak 10.45 I 'epper, Black (ordinary Singapore) 17.80 do White, Fair L. \W. 5 per cent. 24.75 Sago Sarawak Flour 2.96 do Brunei No. 1 2.93 Pearl Sago, small 5.40 Coffee, Bali 16 J per cent. buyers95 words
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Article141 1907-01-25 5 On London. Bank j m -> (J Demand i ;/i'» do. 6 m fl j/e Private m S 2/4 i i i On Germany. Bank d d j^ o Private jnis M r,! do 6 in s ,,sl On iiaiur. -Bank d d t) Private m s oo do141 words
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Advertisement319 1907-01-25 5 "For You" N9TICE WEEKLY SAILINGS. at. Good accommodation (or passengers special rates for cargo. [|^2^p'j The BORNEO Co., Ltd. 3( TAN GEOK HAY, E JE (CHOP HIN MO A CO.; j^ggej 382 Victoria Street. Dealers m "^^"EE HAND BRAND" Muslin, silk, sarongs, prints and all GHArfIPAGNE GOGNAG* sorts of goods319 words
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Article1281 1907-01-25 6 THE SHADOW ON AUSTRALIA. THE MENACE OF ASIATIC DEVELOPMENT. 11 here is a spreading shadow OVW Australia, and it is the shadow of a developing Asia. For there is a feeling, amounting with many t<» a conviction, that some day Japan, either alone or m U ague with a lapanisedH. P. Lyne; Daily Mail - 1,281 words
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Article461 1907-01-25 6 WHERE FEMALE STENOGRAPHERS CANNOT BK KEPT. Hitherto Lmausptcted virtues arc being ascribed to the skyscra- per m the course of a discussion Aroused by the remarkable matn- monial epidemic among the office ff of 1 he American Surety Company, occupying part of the towering eponymous office building461 words
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Advertisement709 1907-01-25 6 NOTICES. I AUCTION SALE OF LIQUORS. TO BE HELD AT GOVERNMENT BONDED WAREHOUSE. Godpwn No, 2 EAST RECLAMATION TANJONG PAGAR. O)t Friday, i~>\]( Jantj. at $-30 p.m. 62 CASKS RUM EACH 50 GALLONS 29 BRANDY DO 390 CASES DO EACH IDZ OTS. For account of concerned POWELL A Co. Auctioneers,709 words
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Advertisement683 1907-01-25 6 BANKS. Honykong Shanghai Banking Corporation. PAID-L'P CAPITAL $10,000,000 RESERVE FUND:— Sterling- Reserve $10,000,000 lt lM() Silver Reserve $10,250,00(5 i0 i6O Reserve Liability ot Proprietors $10,000,000 Court of Direotors. A Haupt, hsq— Chairman. Hon. C W. Dickson— Deputy-Chairman. K. Guetz, Esq. I H. E. Tomkins Esq. C. R. Lenzmann, D. M.683 words
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Advertisement321 1907-01-25 6 m. Bolter, 1 69, HNSON ROHO, t Telephone No. 398. Just Landed a Fresh Stock oj> Smoked Russian Spratts Fresh Bombay Butter m 1 lb and 1 2 1b tins. Pickled Mackerel Russian Vodka m small bottles Italian Tomato Paste m lb. tins Russian Smoked sausage (4 kinds) Salad Oil321 words
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Advertisement398 1907-01-25 6 E. D. M." ADLETS. FOR SALE, WANTED. Ef WANTED. WANTED. Compositors for day work. Must be good steady men. Good money for good men. Manager, E, D. jVIL. 9s, Robinson Road. WANTED. A thoroughly competent man who understands motor car engines, to look after a small petrol launch. $40 per398 words
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Advertisement379 1907-01-25 6 MISCELLANEOUS 1 «c. B SpeoialHolid,,,, Beaut,,,/: rificent climate, G A Mountain home f, A health stations' A place ol educat 01 An attractive holiday tors CHEAP RETURN TICKETS TO COLoy First Saloon £22 hR beyond Saloon £,<, S Ihe P. O. L< nounce that they arrangements with tl 1 m379 words
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