The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 17 August 1908

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    16 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEX CENTS SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1908. NO. 6,370
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    144 1 The motor tax has been fixed at Pace 8. Tin mine returns for July printed on page 5. The U. S. fleet has Failed for SydneyPage 5. On Saturday Se;otlind were defeated at golf by The Rest of tbe S. G. C Pagi A baloon bur.t at
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    "JOKES ANALYSED."
    1187 1 There are some jokes one gloats over. Take the concentrate! essence of humour, for instance, m the following -i fellow: Whiskey nnd q the only thing to cure v _iln -ia. Tiie 0 Where cm ye F F Win', tu* wl T.OG No-Uil':;! This is the kind of
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      623 1 WAYANG KASSIM. THE INDRA-ZANIBAR ROYAL THEATRICAL Co. AT THE jNEW THEATRE ROYAL, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD FOR A FEW NIGHTS MORE ONLY. "PAHNAN PAEWESH." ■__-_ra_« W* t -4_l W *&-i-k2C_» ____W lj iM\ i._ 9 _r J jii^Trrr J *»J^^e"e»-M»-rtf»«r-»_ t T anri l HI -Mm AS a guarantee of the
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      54 1 tours will be produced to-night. Paris from the Seine. Gon way to Llandudno. II The Devil's Drive Engadine Valley. Ill— Further Scenes from Ho'land. First class Second class Three Trips $1.00 Three Trips 50 cts. One Trip 50 j One Trip 25 cts. PIANO PLAYING. A young lady is willing
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      79 1 I LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. New pictures at the Alhambra Page 1. State Express cigarettes arc- reducedPages 4 and Wayang Kassim to-night. Pah nan and Parwesh Page 1. Change of programme at Hales Tours Page l Tramway notice re first class accommodation on Katong cars Pagt Government advertise for tenders for a
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      241 1 X D Ii Mail Homeward due. Maxim Coy. run Drill, 5.30 p Bearer Co. Lecture Municipal Office, 5.15 p X 1) L Homeward Mail close SYI Musketry for Xo 1 Coy., 5.1 S.C.C. Tennis. Royal Asiatic Soc. Mtg.. Rafflss Museum, 5 p MAIL TABLE. The X D L leaves Aug
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      688 2 Sbvertteemcnts, NOTIGES. GOVERNMENT NOTICE.. Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, up to noon of the 22nd August, 1908, for the following work Construction of a Shed for Latrine Buckets at the General Hospital, Singapore. Every person applying for a form of Tender will be required to deposit
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      462 2 Hfcvcrtiscmcnti?. INSURANGES. MOTOR-CAR INSURANCE. Premiums 2, 3, 4 and 5% per annum according to nature of risk. For full particulars apply to 1 The Borneo Company Ltd. July 29 29.8 j NEW ZEALAND INSURANT CO., LTD. FIRE AND MARINE. YANG-TSZE INSURANCE ASSOC, LTD. MARINE. r CHINA F.RE INSURANCE CO., LTD.
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      349 2 Btoettteement*. BANKS. Hongkong Snanghai Banking Corporation. 3 aid-up Capital 15,000,000 Ibsbrvb Fund Sterling Reserve $15,000,000] M an r> >. i tonver Reserve |10,50v,W LMUfff Liability of Proprietors $1 5,000,000 Court of Directors. E. Sk_.i_i.ii-, Esq. Cha>k.__l__*Hon. Mr. "WJ _F. G&ssbom -DKr; irman. vRKETT, ESV. (W. nt. Esq U. a.., Esq.
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    KUALA LUMPUR SCHOOL.
    286 3 PENS Tri N,.. PREM HE 3. H. E. the li umissioner, Sir John opened the new school uildinss ot* St. John's Institution on Bukit is, Kuala Lumpur. Sir John Anderson •upanied by Miss Anderson and Sir W T. Taylor. K.C.M.G., Resident-General, arrived at St. John's Institution at
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    SANITATION IN RANGOON.
    28 3 A a of Instruction. itioii has been the Ht: an Municipality, asking 1 hold txaminain England. Previ eion paptrs anl on. cert tde for holding
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      94 3 A Good Rule for the Home. and Diarrhoea sooner or I ba MESSRS. ALMEIDA CO. A. rs. c auction* tbe general pubDYSEf.TERY AND DIARRHOEA. BNSAB) Jver Va mwf 28 11 WANTED. I Hfice Assiskary to ter v. holesale firm. Apply Free 1 PAETHEBSHIP WANTED >n?e capita! sound busi- R.Z. co
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      356 3 flfcvcrtiscmcnts. Ff*J*V.. yon easily tired? your work a -v_ -Jj r\burJ m? Do you 1*?! r~}>x ii f uhvi kpT and faint? Is /^v T^ your appetite poor? L_ A re y° u easily dispr cour aged li' so, your nervous system is weakened, your Blood is impure, and serious
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      444 3 advertisements. AU&TION*. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE Very Valuable Household furniture Full size billiard table. Choice plants m eluding rare orchids. The property of Mrs. G. P. Nicholson WESTMOBE, No. 91, THOMPSON BOAD. Saturday, 29th August. H. L. COGHLAN Co., Licensed Auctioneers and Surveyors. Aug 15 22.8 PRELIMINARY NOTICE. AUCTION
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      563 3 advertisements. TO LET. TO LET No. 10 and 12 Mount Elizabeth, 18b Wiikie Road, and nine new houses Adis Road. Apply to Loh Lam, 601, North Bridge Road. July 2 2.9 TO LET No. 10 Tiverton Lane off Killiney Road. J Apply to B. N. ELIAS, 6, Malacca Street. TO
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      181 3 aaaaaaammaamaaaW |_U_o s. *T**- The ideal Reefing for this Climate. S \mmtw __r__f _TE_ ''~3___ __rwt e§_ B B Ur—m _<ff tt 1 •la- tt Bm. Sf BB Bt C _B rSmi T B_. am _BO__ LaWaaaaa. LaW Mm 5_ Sf MP Efl •**^3__ __T^___ B V^_k Se Bi KS
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    Domestic Occurrences. Births.
    38 4 Domestic Occurrences. Births. Lek.— On August 15, the wife of HEBBBBT jf a son. On the 17th Juiy, at The Poplars, Strood. wife of Captain G. Elgood, The Queen's Own 1 loyal West Kent Regiment, of a daughter.
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    The Singapore Free Press. Monday, Aug. 17, 1908.
    1853 4 The Singapore Free Press. Monday, Aug. 17, 1908. GGFGFGGDFSGFG Allusion was made the other day to the llent exposition by Bishop Awdrey of the complete absence of any reason why Japan shoul 1 abandon h i _*ful attitude ince and well-being, and aelopt a policy of agression that could tn
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    12 4 A; enant X only after she had I i uo 1 In
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      192 4 I KELLY WALSH, Ltd. I HiOH-CLASS VIRGINIAN CIGARETTES! AT A CHEAP RATE. IHAND MADE AND FREE FROM DUSTI_. 1 l^t W 1 iri iiw i«r-f%l a %_»w^e I No. 555. PACKED IN HERMET CALLY SEALID PATENT VACUUM 1 INS. I I Reduced Price 50 cts. per tin. 1 '-£x.* "t-tactc
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      233 4 2 STUOIOS 2 I Adapted to the Morning and I to the Afternoon Light. They are the Largest, Coolest and best Equipped Studios m the Colony, and are situated m the most picturesque part of the town, adjoining Government House Domain Moreover, we possess m a high degree all the
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    FRANCO-BRIT. TRAGEDY.
    48 5 A BLAZING BALOON. Causes aGir V Death. Submarine* Tehgraph— Re iter', Ree 15, 25 pm. tiah Exhibition, whilst nund r the management of an Ame- Captain Lovelace, was being infhted, ring hnge rl;me. persons were injured including Capself. The Exhibition fa s shook as though tap]
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    THE U. S. FLEET AT AUCKLAND.
    27 5 a crowd Ameiican fi e' the men hly. The patrol drew their row<3 trf. HThe Fleet Sails. it the >r Sydney.
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    COTTON TRADE DEPRESSION.
    16 5 COTTON TRADE DEPRESSION. "han for a quart entury, ani the ince of short tim. forking is
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    THE NETHERLANDS SUCCESSION.
    21 5 THE NETHERLANDS SUCCESSION. -"> p.m. need that )ueen WilhelminNetherlands is again iv a coi; i prosp- irect succession tc hrone of Holland.
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    A ROMANTIC WEDDING.
    62 5 »L IN' I. I A PICTURE •JRIED AL. A love eai brouj Beddingcm Church. Two jc r. Hai old i Gallery. iters," r the two girls he iw the His first step, says th if he would ek replied md in t h i I Hr. Titc
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    12 5 >" —^W "v a boy employed al ene from a oe in contac
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    AMERICA'S SORROW.
    77 5 BLACK vs. WHITE. A Utny Injured. (By Submarine Telegraph.— Router's.) Ree. Aug. 16th, 10.40 a.m. There has been serious rioting between whites and negroes at Springfield, Illinois, the results of an assault on a white woman. The whites burned most of the negro quarter and lynched a negro.
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    THE SEAL FISHERIES.
    61 5 Russo-Japanese Agreement. Etc. Aug. 15, 940 a.m. St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Times" states that the Russian ambassador at Tokio has been instructed to negoi tiate the Seal Fisheries agreement, which takes the form of Japan's adhesion to the l Russian convention with Britaiu and America, the
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    A MYSTERIOUS QUEST.
    34 5 Charcot goes South. The? eminent Doctor Chircot has sailed from Havre to the Antarctic regions m a eight hundred ton barque. He goes inquest of a mjsteiiou3 continent which is supposed
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    IMPORTANT DIPLOMATIC CHANGE.
    23 5 The Rt. Hon. Sir W. E. Goschen, the British Ambassador at Vienna, has been ap-pe-inted as Ambassador at Berlin. The
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    Newfoundland and America.
    16 5 foundland has agreed to a renewal of the ndi with America for one
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    NEW P. & 0. STEAMER.
    19 5 NEW P. 0. STEAMER. Ti.o new P. O. steamer "Morea," of 11,500 tors, was launched on the Clyde yesterday.
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    THE ORIGINAL "JAN CHINN."
    129 5 THE ORIGINAL JAN CHINN." Those who have read Rudyard Kipling's v "The Son of His Father" m which three generations of John Ch:nns, au Indian military family, command an irregular regi- mcc 'eels, m m this obituary notic? the original of "Jan Chirm" who first Colonel, and was believed after
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    BANKRUPTCY COURT.
    207 5 Before Mr Justice S3rccln.be Smith m the Snpxeme Court on Saturday further enquiry wts made, at the instance of the Acting < ulicial Assigce?, Mr F.M.Biddelev, into the bankruptcy of the Straits Leather Trading Company. Mr R. St J. Braddell appeared on behalf of a witness m the
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    CRICKET BALL IN POUND.
    220 5 Some may remember when Mr J. D. Saunders m a match a good many years ago on the S. C. C. ground, hit a ball from MiLaurence Dougal, of Selangor, on to the roof of the old Hotel Europe, which then stood about c et back
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    AN ANCIENT NAVY.
    242 5 In view of the fact tbat oar Navy is at present occupying the minds of all men, aud women too, who have the safety of the country at heart, it is me to note that Egypt was the first country m the world to have a regular
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    MEMORIAL TO SIR HUGH LOW.
    72 5 Through the exertions of Col. Walker, who n. Treasurer to the Hugh L orial Fund, a very handbrass tablet, with the t inscription tted on a carved alaba i m All Saints' Church, Taiping, m memory igh Low. bop of the brass the order of
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    61 5 and family of og for home by German Mad i b ut the middle of next the al," has CDiue ou! for the last time. plains that no one likes idle his house is burning. In c coming His Maj -sty s involuntaiy guests m the And >cal comedian of
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      Imperial Colonial Club.
      220 5 To the Editor, Sir, I should like through your columns to bring to the notice of your" Colonial and Overseas readers the existence of the above Club. The Club will be situated at 84, Piccadilly, W. It is m the centre of Clubland and faces the Green
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    TIN RETURNS.
    116 5 The export of tin from Perak for July is as under, though these are advance figures liable to correction Block Tin.. .5,099 pi.uls 89 katties. Tin 0 re... 36,665 piculs '20 kattie3. Duty... 354,062 Dollars 67 Cents. The output of the Tronoh Mines Ltd., for July, has been
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    ARMY OF CHILD VIOLINISTS.
    123 5 A home paper mentions a gjeat gatherin _r of fourteen hundred b >y and girl violis, who crowded the orchestra of the large concert hall of the Alex indra Palace one recent Siturdiy, the occasion being the Council School Violin Festival given m aid of the
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    FIRST CLASS TRAM SEATS.
    60 5 The public will be interested to learn that from Aug ±2, thi ing the two front seats f< r hve cent fares will be extendei to the Docks—Katong liae, the price for the full journey m tl s thus being 20 cents, or live cents for
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    115 5 Ceylon papers allude to the departure of da Government official m the pen P. W. V me, es.o, .ie b., Confer. anient Stores and Secretary of the >n Savings -Sink, who hiving _c ved the Ceylon Government f r -7' I tn on Augu by the P. s.s. i to
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      13 5 Rheumatic Pains Relieved. The quick relief from rheumatic pains nrnhprlain's Pain Kalm haa
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      4 5 Chamberlain's Colin. HholAva an/i
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      63 5 A Sellable Remedy for Dysentery and Diarrhoea. As the season is at hand when diarrhoea and dysentery are prevalent, a reliable remedy should al ken. m the house for immediate use. The success of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy m the •ment cf bowel trouble, has brought it into
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      220 5 ROBinson co. PJNa THE GILLETTE Jlgg SAFETY RMOR fc ISEs? I ne °f ne mos^ Perfect Shaves. lade of Solid Metal. Triple Silver Plated. In silk lined leather /"Jjer-^^ case with 12 Blades "ii each with two Edges. 4}\ Price $9 net. -y x\ Extra Blades In packets of IO
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    THE OLYMPIC FIASCO.
    567 6 CAB-PEN IT': AY.» HAI. SWELL. Thk Stort rm Foi I*. Mail papars bring out details ol the foul- ag AH i a ireD m Urn WO metres race, it ftgl6ft- bei'orehana that tl&lswefl was the omy man m it, the Amer an manager interviewed the day before
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    £483,000.000 OF MUNICIPAL DEBT.
    47 6 £483,000.000 OF MUNICIPAL DEBT. Nlr m parliai m reply to Mr. Pike I that outstanding loans of m England and Wales al I- 000.000. 1 enditure for the year other ut of loa appro\i■£ll4,4so,ooo. expenditure and loans of the Metropolitan ater Board are included m the above
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      491 6 fl->vcrtt dements. SHIPPING. Apcar Line. The undermentioned mail steamers ofl the above company maintain a regular service between Calcutta and Japan calling at P nang, Singap're, Hongkong Shanghai en route. FLEET. Tons. Commander. s.s. Japan 6,300 J. G. Olifent. s.s. Gregory Apcar 4,606 S. H. Belson., s.s. Arratoon Apcar 4,510
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      616 6 H&vcrtiscmcnts. SHIPPING. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London, Through Bills of Ln-ding issued for Ohina Ooast, Persian Gulf, Continental and American Porta. Steamer, will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. Devanha Aug. 29 Delhi Oct. 24
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      636 6 advertisements SHIPPING OCEAN STEAM SHIP Co. Ltd. AND China Mutual Steam Nay. Co. Ltd. The Companies' steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China and Japan every week, and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight, and for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool monthly. One outward
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      483 6 flfcvcrtiscmcnts. SHIPPING. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE, HAMBURG. •Vi v s*»-i_%H__L x WV «v" T_ f <^fc^ita. J^* "AjLU%a The steamers of this Company maintain a itjcdar service between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a
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      240 6 Bbvcrtteemeitti, SHIPPING. NDT Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremer. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LD The fast and well-known mail steamers of* this Company -ail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton Gibraltar, Genoa, Naplee, (connection Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice versa) Port baid, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapor. kong, Shanghai, Nagasaki Kobe to
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    RUBBER COMPANY NOTES.
    365 7 Java Rubber Plantations. —The directors received the following infoimation by 8, dat_d July J from the company Js agent m Java relative to the crops gathered daring the first nine months of the harvest i ending Septemb-:- 90, t» 8, viz..— Coffee, 50 pieuls, or rl ,1
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    WEDDING.
    148 7 The German mail steaoaer brought from Iff-, R A. Clark, of Seiemban •ban. who was married on July ceremony on that date Christ Church, Warleigh, was the scene of p.- ct Miss Florence Amelia united m matrimony to Mr. Ko .ter, F.M.S. son of Mr. R the well-known Dikoya
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    SELANGOR ANTI-OPIUM SOCIETY.
    11 7 Mr. at of the r early next year.
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    SHARES.
    686 7 Capital Capital Issue Paid Issaed paid ap Valae ap Company. Q u $300,000 300,000 10 10 Belat Tin Mining Co. Ltd $300,000 225,000 10 10 Bruang Limited $600,000 600,000 10 10 Bruseh Hydraulic Tin M. Co. Ltd 11 I 0 £400,000 350,000 1 1 Duff Development Co. Ltd 60,000
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    EXCHANGE.
    76 7 UP TO Aug lO.J Bank 4 m/s 2!4 T^ demand 2/3| Private credits 3 m/s 2/4} credits 6 m/s »,< 2/4 T 7 g Pbakcb, demand Bank... 291 Germany, demand M 236£ lndia, T. T, 175" Hongkong, demand 23% Yokohama, demand 113.} Java, demand 139A Bangkok, demand w 66
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    PRODUCE.
    132 7 Aug 15 *Pin $67.75 Gambier buyers 7 62 J Gambier Cube No. 1 11.75 Gambier Cube No. 2 10.00 Pepper Black (ord'u. S'poral 11.00 Pepper, White (fairL.W. f p c buyers 17.00 Nutmegs (110 to the lb.).., 19.00 Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) 2 .00 Jlace (Banda) M M
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      24 7 s.s. "RANEE" Sedan (D th A ith Sept. 1908. ITS SHIP Co Ltd, For Pahang Kuar.tan S.S. 'BAN TtfHATT HIN" leave Singapore for the
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      746 7 Singapore Sporting Club. THE AUTUMN RACE MEETING. WILL BE HELD ON Tuesday the 13th, Thursday the 15th and Saturday the 17th October, 1908. PROGR x IVI ME. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 13th Octobeb, 1908. 1. The Maiden Plate. Value $600 and sO to the Second Horse. A Race for Maiden Horses.
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      667 7 6. Tne Griffin Consolation. Value $300 and $50 ta the Second Horse. A Handicap for all Griffins that have run at this Meeting, and not won. Distance, Race Course. 7. The Overnight Consolation, Value $300 and $50 to the Second Horse. 1 A Handicap for all torses that have run
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      308 7 On the Berth. British India S. N. Co. Ltd. FOR Penang, Rangoon and Calcutta. ■THE COMPANY'S STEAMER MUTTRA. 4,644 tons, J. R. O'Sallivan, Commander, will be despatched for the above ports on Friday, the 21st inst., at 5 p.m. She has excellent accommodation for first and second class passengers. For
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      262 7 THE YOKOHAMA DOCK CO., LTO. o. 1 Due iv. jSo o DOCK. Length inside 514 ft. Length inside 875 ft Width of entrance, top 95 ft., bott Width of entrance, top 60.5 ft. bott. o It. 45.8 ft. Water on blocks 27.5 ft. Water on blocks 20 5 ft Time
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      55 7 Singapore Cold Storage Co, Ltd. r f. 1026. f ali kinds 0 f Frozen S_ ce.n 1 arves, or m c notice. IF THAWED DAILY 2UF PLIES are rethe Company's OUice Not Later than 3 p.m. to allow tim. %l •jry at 7 a.m. m the morning. OFFICE HOURS. Weekdays
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    THE SPORTING WORLD.
    1092 8 |I Sp. U Corr Loulon. .lul\ 24, 1908, I I uoss. inlay, July the L 8 h. wea i great Uu] lot British athletics, _u__d the result of tiie lea led led Stadium) a capital ■■emu to those who talk of the decadence el -tes. The decisive
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    N. D. L. ARRANGEMENTS.
    373 8 >rs Behn Meyer Co., agents for the >. L., intimate that m order to ens: prompt connection between the steamere the J Line at Naples, and the mail the Far East, it has been advispone the departure of the latter mers from Gen -a by one
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    GOLF.
    184 8 Scotland vs. The Rest. A very enjoyable mitch under the above i heading was played on Saturday over the Pice Course Link-*, which were m fine con- dition. Considerably to the astonishment of everyone The Kest scored an easy win. The full scores are as under. Scotland. Thh Pk
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    S.C.C. LAWN TENNIS.
    78 8 TO-DAY'S TIES. Profession Pairs. Shipping. Knight and Carpenter v Accts. I. Butler aud Gallimore. Mer. VIII. Millar and Somerville v Mer. IX Cheek and Brandt, Munpty. Fulcher and Marsh v Mer. IV. Proctor and Phipps. Mer 111. Swan and Lyall v Mer. XL O'Connor and Morrison. D
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    S.C.R.C. LAWN TENNIS.
    75 8 The following was'the result of a doubles tennis match between the Straits Medical School and Straits Chinese Recreation Club Ong Teck Lim and Tan Tiam Keat l»eat B. Leicester and Choo Sian Kirn, 6—3, 6— 1. Song Ong Siang and Kiong Chin Eng beat M. C. Chill
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    FOOTBALL: COLMAN SHIELD.
    110 8 In connection with the Colman Shield competition on Saturday evening tjratol Muctaha Ciub aud the Marine Police met for the third time on tho Raffles Reclamation ground, and though the game ended m a win for the litter by 1 goal to nil, the Muntaha Ciub tried
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    RELIEF FOR MOTORISTS.
    254 8 A notification m the Gr_z=t l e an: ends the motor car licence registration fees. In future "For every c.ir licensed under the Ordinance and for every traction engine a fee of $3 a year shall be charged." The amendment of the regulation bears date Aug 11.
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    224 8 Quarantine restrictions agiinst Bangkok on account of cholera are withdrawn. A Chinese deck passenger on board the ss. Japan died from bar ibari on Saturday. The Indrani arrive i from New York yesterday with 70,000 cases of kerosene for the China ports. On Siturday the Norwegian steamer Hal-
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    PASSENGERS.
    95 8 Per Edendale Mr Attongen. Per Selangor Miss Baker, Mr aud Mrs B. Cooper, Mr and Mis Jackson, Mr and Mrs A. S. Jelf, Messrs Rea, McDonald, Garon, Dodd, Morel: sun, Walker and Lsigh- Clare. Per Tessta Mrs Bahru. Per Ophir Mr V. Leege. Per Lady Weld Mr and Mrs
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    VESSELS AT TANJONG PAGAR AND KEPPEL HARBOUR.
    29 8 Wharves and Docks at which different vt re berthed on Saturday. Bast Wharf Basin- Nil. East Wharf See.l- Teesti. 14 _s li.
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      16 8 DIA line 3^ 3 J_* rf'Gs -5 Bought, Sold or Exchanged Pianos _ai $IAO and Tlm»ardsJ_
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      200 8 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. VA.i COKTKACT WITH THI Agents at Singapore, Ships' Agency, late J. Daendels Co., 2-3. Collyer Uuay TEE UNDERMENTIONED DATES OF DEPARTURE ARE ONLY APPROXIMATE. BROUWER Mceara-Saba. Simpang and Djambi s.s. Valentyn Sambas s.s. van RIEBEECK Batavia. Java-Coast. Samarang, Soerabaja. Makasser. 1 Tapan, l)onggala, Amoerang. Menado. 6
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      273 8 CLEARANCES. Ang 14. Inaba Maru. Jap. str., Bainbridge, for Hongkong and Japan. Paroo, Brit, str., Mills, for Batavia, Fremantle via ports. Romany, Brit, str, Nasbet, for Palembang Mahidol, Siam. str, Larsen, for Bangkok via ports. Pin Serg, Brit str., Davidson, for Port Swet- j tenham and Penan.,'. Telemachus, Brit, sti-,
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      525 8 VESSELSIN PORT. Men-of-war Flag and Tons Commanders Arrived From For Gen. Baqaedano Chili train, ship 1500 Fontaine Auj 15 Mamie and 17 Zahora Sar. Yacht 500 R. Brooke Au_ Sarawak Uncertain Sea Mew Col. Yacht 500 Coleman Aug 9 Batavia .m Ship Flatr Tons Master Arrived From Consigne*Bonrl.on Poh 997
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