The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 20 January 1910

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  • 18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY. JANUARY 20, 1910. No. 1,173.
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  • 376 1 LfADtRS. Pa-.KS. Banishment and Shipmaster! 33 Kt-tr: *i-n >fl I }iin*>^ KmigntKNi SI imhsriaui'i Manifest '»i V ...31 BanishflMSi Blunder 3i B ulical Majority M \u-.c ami's Lei eri "I c S a-! Doy'i l'ollin^s 35 V ..ntmen <I~j I am> COOBT New<. Dwrtl < I Kedah*i «iac; X
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 39 1 HARVEY-CAMrHEr.L. On Jan. 12, at the Presbyterian Church, Penang, by the Rev. E. Lawson. m.a David Stbain 11/rvey, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey, of Cambridge Gardens, Letth, Scotland, to Janet Dunnett, third daughter of Mr. John Campbell.
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    • 32 1 Mns. Chia KIOTV Ni:o at her residence No. 105, Chin Swee Road, on the 17th January, the mother of Koh Lian Ghee and grandmother of Koh Hoon Teck, agsd si years.
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  • 219 1 The last miil from home arrive! by the P, A: O. Arcidia on Sunday, with d-ites to Dec. 24. A homeward mail was taken on Monday, by the N. D L Bulow and this weekly goes by the B. I. Tee->ta to-day. General iaterest has baen aroused locally
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  • 68 1 (Corrected up to Jan. 19 Bank 4m s 2/4| demand 2/4 f Private credits 3m s 24; credits 6m s 2 '4\ France, demand Bank... S$4J Germany, demand 239^ India, T. T 174i~ Hongkong, deinanl 23j%dit Yokohama, demand 114| Java, demand 141 Bangkok, demand 06 Sovereigns, Bank Buying $8.54
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  • 150 1 Jan. 10 Tin buyers $74 CO Ganilier 11.37) Gambier Cube No 1 m. 14 S7£ Gambier On t* Mo. 2 norn Peppei Blawsk (or4'.«. B'fort) buyers 15 07 Pepper, Whit* (!ai) buyers 27 25 Nutmegs (110 to ik)^» 20.00 Nstmegi (80 to tin Kk) M M 24.00 Mace (Band*)
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  • Article, Illustration
    34 1 Here thnV th» Pr^«« the People 1 rigbt maintain T T '.:.n« 1 v i«f!uen c and unbribed I y pa:n H«*7-t> pntrint Trull: her flo*ioiM precepts draw. Picicot: to Religion, Loyalty ar.J I<aw.
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  • 692 1 Jin. U. Those who know the Kasilent Councillor of Penang will be very loth to b3lieve that of his own initiative he could have issued the following notice, which appears to bear upon the face of it that it has been promulgated by the direction of the
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  • 495 1 There is a brief telegram m the tßlegraph service of a Chinese news agency which is translated into English and i* given m the China M til," to which we beg leave to draw the c ireful attention of the Governments of the Straits Ssttlemen^s and
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 85 1 MARTELL'S BLUE SILVER LABEL is an accepted guarantee, all ever the world for THE BEST QUALITY IN BRANDY THREE STAR A ONE STAR. Voa know it For particulars To be had by the Blue oi trade prices of and please all Dealers. Silver Label. apply to Adamson, GilfiUon Co., Ltd
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    • 60 1 MARTIN'S V^IQM?7. ce i e c Ladies. l jf J[ JLLtf N^ frtn«h Rtm*dv fcr »11 Irrtjularltit* T ...s <.-iii t*r k«<#4 Kin .i 1 m :t.« tawe, u.-<t urn t..t 0r: r^ 'hAn !.-rt» of s, :m c Insc 4--M -y W ■■^■■i.rt' Tcom t t.«mr. CJCMM :..e:.. r..
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  • 1056 2 Jan. 15 Perb*p9 it would not be iccDrrect to describe the year that his gone as the year of the Great Awakening. That policy of Tariff Reform heard first from no few prophets m the wilderness for the past quarter of a century but only raised into
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  • 253 2 It m\'ht perhaps be tt wall to explain that the contested elections that take place to-day chit fly iv Lol^ou acd certain provincial boroughs will be determined by the votes that are cist up to 8 pm. the hour at which the polling places are closed. The counting
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  • 567 2 In connection with our remarks yottsrday regarding the recently published shipping order m Penang .effecting shipmasters m relation to banished persons, we have been furnished with a copy of the "Act to Prevent the lauding and leaving of decrepit beggars m the Settlements as amended by Ordinance
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  • 992 2 Jan. 17 Ix the first instalment of election returns that have c >me m as a result of Saturday's pollings the present Government has abundant reason for dismiy. F^r nothirg can be rmre certain than that its record majority is fast crumbling to pieces. And the
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  • 934 2 Jan. 18. The mail has brought out to this Cjlony the issues of the D.ilj Mill containing the closing letters written by Mr tomi Blatc»ord upon the danger m which the Empire stands owing to the cDntentel apathy of the BritUh nation, and the MM*? to tike
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  • 1091 3 Jin. 19. E'eetion news to-day gives us the aggre- j gate results of the two ddys' pcllicgs, affecting m all 196 seats, 1»1 deckled on Saturday and 107 decided on Monday. The totals so far are, Uoioaittl 92, Ridicils 77, Libour 10, and Nationalists 13. The
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  • 1305 3 Jan. 20. S »me of the argunents by which Mr Humphrey, membsr of U. S. Congress, supported his S-iip Subsidy Bill m the House of Representatives, can be very well appreciated by people here on account of a strong contrast afforded by two great historical events that
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  • correspondence.
    • 596 4 To Thi Editor, 1* r, As one 1 i v i d l? up country and on behalt' of thr.se living m plantation! who possess bieeeh- loading guns, allow ire to protest against the Bill to amend the Arms <)ri;nince of l^f'4 which is nuw before
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  • 66 4 Tne old BS Orient has been chartered by Colonel Van de Burgh to conve? a large scientific party to Borneo and will leave England about May. H M. S. Monmoutb is going to Manila for the Carnival at the beginning of February, aad will take a strong contingent of navii
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  • 616 4 The llii'Ddesex Regiment's Tournament. The success of the boxing tournament promoted by the Middlesex Boxing Club was assured "by the lar^e attendance on both nights. Unfortunately rain fell on Tuesday evening, and as the meeting was being held m the open, it rendered the ground very heavy
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  • 201 4 As can well be understood, the committee of the Australasian Chamber of Commerce m London has been occupied during the year endtd June 3<> last by many subject! of special interest to these engaged m Australasian commerce. Reference is made m the report to the fact that the
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  • 51 4 The bell-cord of nearly every bus m London, and the whip, aldo.'in the case of hor?e vehicles, was on Dec. 22 decorated with ribbons of Lord Rothschild's racing colours, m acknowledgment of the fact that tha driver and conductor had received his lordship's usual Christmas box of a brace of
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  • 1729 4 (From Our S}>*ci*l Correspondent) Loidon Dec. 23. The Turf. The Gimcrack Club dinner at York is one of the oldest and most important factions ia connection with the Turf, and the 14.3rd annual re-union brought the u.ual big gathering of prominent sportsmen together. The most important matter
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  • 47 4 C^pt. Mulchor of tLe I>j«ch HtMMI c MT I^d, reports that ou the v. a i- Pontianak yesterday when near H.nui (beiding H. E by V«T) he siw a rttw with a yellow fuanel pn.bablv Mtkon I Simpat li.v. No further Mrttcttl^ri yet to hand.
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  • 109 4 Hongkong docks appear to be km* U pmseut. According t> the retun .>, X m has elevea vessels m hand and Ifeatto ten With Mr Raphael BMhm fijhtioj H Iworth m the Conservative interest M Gershom Stewart on the siuie side m tte Wirral division of Cheshire; Mr W X
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  • 802 5 C*pt Walter Kffl^s Hint retired from M of the B. X. JJ Tiieo Co., on I>ec 7ih, 1. <lr Stewart (Conservative) late t >nig is a ciniilxta for the Wirral ■ocioJ Caeshire, I.i •..e raattnr i^terna i'mal association lJ a Uch b-jtweea England and Wales tad
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  • 278 5 FRASER CO.'S SHARE CIRCULAR. Rubbers still continue to advance amazing rapidity, frequently gdiuicg several points during the diy, and although the business transacted during the week has been on a very large scile it is q*ii*e impossible at times to supply the demand. Rubbcs;.— The appreciation has been general, aad
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  • 216 5 The anuuil report of the B.nrd of Wardens of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd states tint th> receipts for 1909 totalled $8,067.83 and the expenditure $9,401 1-. Oi the receipts a sum of S-V.'7 was a special subscription fjr the Bishop's Jubilee and si, 000
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  • 404 5 The Premier Rcbbib Company Flotation. MR. HERBERT tCRIGHT ON THE PROCESS. The Premier Rubber Company, the formation cf which we referred to m our column?, has been formed to acquire the British patent, provisional protection for an improvement, and the secrets m connection with process of manufacturing
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  • 762 5 Upper Hokien Street Murder At the Assizes yesterday, Mr Justice T Sercomb? Smith and a special iurv were again engaged with the hearing of evidence, m c:>nnec:i<_>u with charges of murder, and attempted murder brought against four Cintonese. Mr Hasting Rhodes, Daputj Public Prosecutor, appeare: for the Crown,
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  • 126 5 At the Assize Court, yesterday afternoon, Mr Justice T. Sercombe Smith overruled the objection of Mr B. St. J Br*d*fol] Lbat the .sanction to prosecute Tan Iran Cbye was irregular owing to the peijury not baing particularised. Mr Braddtll asked that the point be reserved for the Court
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  • 28 5 Among tbe people named for home are Mr Eric Maxell, Mr S. H. Carnally, Mr S E. D uglas, Mr H M. Hatchell and Mr H. P. Nutter.
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  • 998 5 Tje Ei&t Asiatic Co's s.s. E melon is still m Victoria Dock undergoing extensive repairs necessitated through her grounding m the R*d Set at Porr Sudan. The Biddoo is a fiae t ype of steamer and iv addition to her Urge cargo sprice nas limited ace mBO^ation lor
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  • 475 6 In the report of th* niee'iag waich deed ed *o bold the Agri-Horticulturai Show it was sail thit the last Show heroin 1906 Coat ?B,l:'v A fi-r'ire w^ dropped cut: it should have b2en $28.*****. The coolies working for Mr Maiden at the 24th nine, Bitu
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  • 277 6 1 Galloway Handicap. Value $300. A Handicap tor ;;!1 Entrance $15 D -tu?e 6 farloßjra. Flj l( .*J, Li Paioia i>.i\ Dreamland 8.4, Crdoce b 2, Did b, P;kat 7 7, Act»e«» 7 3. Bbla9€k» Stakes Value $600. A Handicap for ill Horses that hiva not won a
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  • 26 6 "The Medical Report for the Straits Settlements for the year 1908," has just I ten published. Evidently got a Tray badly at the start.
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  • 124 6 TANGKAH LOOTED. KILLED AXD WOUNDED. A serious gaD£ robber t:ok pUce at the vilkge of Tangkab, m Muir, on Jtn. 10:h. About 40 Chinese attacked and pillaged thp village, getting awiv with seme hundrtds of dcllirs, all th^ r:tl:S from the police station, and a good suppiy
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  • 173 6 A Municipal Bkwaoi System. The Municipality of Malacca is going to show the C.Kiiy the wav io Limitation reform. The- G-azatte publishes a schema for disposal cf sewage which h<is V.sen appro Ted. The sjgtem In short includes nearly all the tr-wri, and a L-v.ffici-nt Lumber of carrieis
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  • 130 6 Mr HdttiL^s Rhode a acs as Solicitor General, Peuacg, from Jin 21. Mr M. Rodesse acts temporarily as R "gistrar, Supreme Court, Bin#aporp, from Jin 12, und MrJ.H. Baldwin sets as Deputy Registrar, from the same date.Mr Sorcule takes fhiitdra months leave from Jm 21 Mr CG. M*y
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  • 91 6 E*r)y yesterday morning, the ligoaitnen ou duty at Mount F*l er ditcoveted that tbe ■mall lecaj steoner Buato was ashore near the double-head* d beacon at Pulau Basin, not far (torn tbe Sultan Sbcal li^Lt. She floated off at '.> 3 and came en to Singapore. The Buato
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  • 81 6 The S. 11 C. commenced thtir foot bill season yesterday afternoon with a game on the Esplanade Bgaicst a team from the St. Andrew's Bible Claat. Tbe ground was m a sodden and slippery condition, but a fairly fast game resulted. A cloae oonteat ensued and tbe Bible
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  • 229 6 We learn frc m London that the Board of Trade have row signified their assent to the Artielea of Association of tbii new body; and on the Kth Dec^ml>3r a meeting waa held to draw up hy-lawi. A letter was resd from Lord XorthciJie, who traversed
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  • 1073 6 Qmkamd agunt homines noelri ed farrago ÜbelU. Juvenal. To day, this fifteenth of January, if a .late bi2 with the destinies of the (Jolted Kingdom, and, with that of the British Empire. The 'real question is whether a democracy, for the most part loss tlun ha'.f
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  • 266 6 The very worst tmdttfotMi of tht Attorr.fy-G-inerul's cine are I pbeld m the dr.>: I Bill intituled "Am OwlinattWi top-. Urn Defacement cf Oevtttetfeit C we published m jeetordftj'i iaoue. 1. amble says Whereas the practice cf flcficrtlg coins has prevailed and sti:i PfVfl Colony And whereas ccubts
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  • 221 6 Riders vfl] reme*: 1 cv cur toe i i ing, after special faivestigntioa, with legal the Synthetic Rubber OovpMIJ, whom L\ shares were at that ti:r o c...r. _-i. j several hundreds por.rd>' piemium i Stock Exchange, l«-ii;.r it.en Clti paid, extraordinary meeting i.:ts now been i
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  • Correspondence.
    • 163 6 To the Editor. Sir, Itaniemberinj b. v liuie was k? own m England of Bisgtpore h^lf a Dtßtttn when tha Hcuse or CoOMßOM ifcowj ignorance of its hiilliflt. it j- pleasant to read tho follcwiog s» u'*-LCf-, whioli is at the head of thm fi-st DOlwMi Dl tho first
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  • 47 6 Mr Louis Brennan has transferred tho British rights of his £jro*-c -pic rail way to the British Army and Nivv out of consideration for the assistance "^iv^n him by the War Office acd the Admiralty during his experiments. He has su'd tie* Civilian rights.
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  • 1909 7 Ey ike TOFICIST, It iv ie inentionel to begin with that •l- '1 p.cist was Eict at the Teutonia Cub la; i::n:. His m icy LJ Russian and other i: friaa\dl marked his absence, and -p^iitxJ their L<j;ht for them dear kapi al being slave
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  • 532 7 Am Astrological Prediction. Tbos? who believe ia the stars foretelling events, bat who have been disinclined to pay attention to the interviews which Julia has been having wi:h deceased statesmen ia regard to the Baigot and the General Election, rm.j be interested to note what the 4>
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  • 321 7 German Opimiost. The well-known German writer, Heir NToid-hau-en, contributes to Der Tag the following comment on the coming general election m England: If we Germans desire to assume any attitude towards the British electoral contest, we must regard that stniggle eolely from the German patriotic point of
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  • 64 7 Tie Kian^nan D.-ek and EagineeriDg Works are now engaged m building a Jiet>pitch boat f< r the use pf the Chinese X*vy, and ii is expected that it wili be ready fjt the use of Prince T«»ai Hsu a within f.-ur or five moEths. F.»ur tugs have beeD, limit for
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  • 174 7 Pdhitg, iWidiy pahit*. I know too well I thill Ba eeizxi to-morrow by a grim remorse; Dista3*e fjr breakfast, and a throbbing head, la looking at the coffee, lum acd eggs, Anl thinking of the paints ot S.ogipore. O.d T»m C9ek the first one, drunk at early dawn, Bought
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  • 473 7 Benevolent Bacilli. It lias b^eoma fashionable to take soured or curdled milk*, containing the lactic acid bacillus and various other healthy germs discovered ly Professors Mefcchnikjif, Massol, Gunther, and Huppe. They are to be had m chocolate cieam. bonbons or m a form of curds-and-whey prepared
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  • 202 7 Considerable interest is l>eing displayed at Home m a. new joint stock undertaking which has b?en formed for the purpose of producing beet sugar iv England. The title of the enterprise is the Lincolnshire Beet Sugar Company, Limited, and the capital is Cl3"/0j m i'l shares. It
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  • 16 7 Mr Histiaea Rhode* the Deputy Public Prosecutor, leives for JVmng tj-day to acl as S.»i:ci;or General.
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  • 171 8 Oa Ffidaj night this popular Malaj wayau.j op^ued its season at^he well known Theatre m North bridge-rd and there was a crowded house. Many Europeans were present, and before the parfoimance of Laura Vane commenced there was a distribution of rbwers and bouquets to the reserved part of
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  • 587 8 Mr. A. W. Just will act as district rffi:er. Kuala Salangor, m place of Mr. E. F. Townley, who is going on leave. Inspector Hickey arrived yesterday from Penacg, and will take up bis duties with Inspector Lucas at theCentral Police S:ation. A pretty wedding took
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  • 333 8 Chief Mates Ticket Suspended. The Marine Court of Enquiry consisting of Mr L. E. P. Wolferstan, senior magistrate Us President), Lieut. Cator, Deputy Master Attendant, and Pilots Hauxwell and Snow, sat again on Siturday morning to take further evidence on the stranding ol the British sailing ship
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  • 372 8 S C. C. v. Qabbison. The second tie m the S. C. C. Tournament was begun, and when stumps were drawn was m an interesting aud evtn position. Tie Club bitted lir>t and thanks runinlv to t he steady pl:iy of Wishirt scored 111. TheGairison made st> for
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  • 28 8 The installation of Wor. Bro. A. H. Oliver i b Master of the Shanghai Lodge, acd of the Officers, was held at the Masonic Hall on the 7.h.
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  • 1605 8 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANE. Third Annual Dinner.— Interesting Speeches. The third annual dinner m London of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation was not one whit behind its predecessors, if. indeed, for interest and enthusiasm, it did not surpass them. Under the chairmanship of Mr C S. Addis (Joint- Manager
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  • 223 8 We have received c >py of the andum and artiol.vs of association or t..Sitiawan Mission Piantatioos, Limitn-I From it we learn that the lvgUterod otii c < Company will l>e m Siu^-i^ore, and t...t tie Company is formed to acquire '2.^1 I land, situated m the
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  • 45 8 Says the Malay Mail Tae follow!:.. parutive figures may be found interest iag Dec. 13th Jan !3tfe lit*. |fl4 Batu Ti^a 37 Bukit Raja |#3 1 Ddmansara 7.^ Golcondi si« Highlands <;_• 7 Kuala Lumpur b 7 1:-. Sungei Choh 3^ 6 6
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  • 49 8 A capture of 52 tahils of chandu Las be. n made at Tebong ltailway Station, compose! of two tins done up m a sack of cabbage*. The arrested escaped from the chintin^ who was attacked by four other Chiuese. Enquiries are being made. (Malay Mail
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  • 993 9 WANDERINGS IN WONDERLAND. IV Waikakei I hive thirty. six mles frf coach road before me ere shall reach Wtifakei There is ocly one passenger beside myself, vet another Udy doctor. She is elderly, has s'ulled medicine m Paris atd livrj-j ne^r Like CjSBjQ. 1 fiud her a charm m.; compmi
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  • 1238 9  -  Mayo There was a ring of something like despair m the Archbishop cf Canterbury's rtcent utterance that the election was producing from all parties m politics statements and which were nothing ItSI than deliberate ujtruth3. The iropirtial man Poking on, it such a kftppy persou exists, cm hardly
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  • 846 9 We, who m the Malay Pecinsula live m rooms tlut look away to the north east, are apt to get discontented at th-is time of the year, as the "chicks" flip and the o<cisional ■bowera drift into the verandahs at just that hour m the
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  • 1434 9 I. Seasons and Imagimv.s. (Not Rv Cosmo Hamilton. Froai the "Sketch" of December Slud, L 919 Rather a fine titl*. whit Seasons you know. Yuleti- e aL<l wassail, and all tha f but retrospective of course. The dead year with faiiu' iky and fallin' leaf. (Poetic eh, by
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  • 576 10 The Xedah Qamq PlOebe?.. The notori:us BalUlb Ea T-voe is grone at last. A woman proved his undoing. A mxn ni^ied Aiim wa3 m prison lately doing tew moatht for an ordinary tLefc. Salleh Eb Twee seized the man's wife (who lived not i:r from the
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  • 42 10 The Malay Seman who ran amok at Teiut Anson some months ago, and after killing three women and one man escaped to Sumatra and afterwards returned to Kuala Lumpur, where he was arrested, was executed en Jan. 11 m the TaipiDg Gaol.
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  • 716 10 Juvenile Jehus. The practice of allowing boys under the ace of fifteen years to drive bullock carts is ole thdt i* becoming common, and for the sifety of people m general tbe parents of these boys are Ining aued. MiDisamy, the fiMipr of or.c of these boy--, was
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  • 112 10 Messrs Gunn A: Co the Agents of the above, inform, us that them anaeer is m receipt of a wire from the head office informing him that the directors have decide! to issue the balacci of the capitil (£5,000) at a premium of £1 per
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  • 63 10 News was received m Singapore by the mail of the death of Mr Fred. Fox, formerly of the eduction 6tiff of the Colony and later of the Chinese Protectorate. He came out m 1834 and taking up Chinese early, went into the Protectorate m 1888. He retired on pension m
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  • 367 10 THE CUSTOMS FARM. Hara Complaints. With regard t-> Traveller's letter which appeal iv the Pinang G.zHte oa Jan. 12 the Alor S:ar correspondent of the G*z3tte wti'.es that cjrupliinia abou f siuiiUr fXicti3ns were m fie ag-tinst the Customs Farmer it Luigkain Ulaadf recently. The Stete Council invesvg-ited
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  • 137 10 The old Urin got into another p.irt of iti new premises, the fiaa halt ironrage block next to Kelly and Walsh buiMtsgt, where the oli Dispensary itood. Ejtracce to the new godowa all tlitt is cpeu to the public is now at the cjrner, resplendent m pUt3
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  • 76 10 Play for the Dicerrtber month V medal on the IV.h instant resulted M follows B J. Addic 39 43 5 77 I>r G. A. Finlajson 41 3t> 2 7S. CrabbWttt 35 3i» plus 4 78 Oript. F. C. Dundas 41 48 8 ;?l Sir Aithur Young 48
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  • 91 10 The moathiv inalal competition resulted m a win for A. S. Hitchcock with 7o ne:t. Score Also piayed H. Tonpue, E. Appleton, J. H. Sunnftr, F. Xibiock, C. H. Folltt', A. H. Cox, S. Cockburn, J. H Murray,' R.F. B;nuie, A. G. WiUon, K. O Bwtut C.
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  • 116 10 Owing to the development of business the Biuque de l'lndo-Cbiae has decided to rai^e its capital from 30 to 48 millions of francs The new shares will be offered exclusively to the present shareholders. The old Silangor Club is disappear-in* fast. On Wednesday the porch was pulled down, and now
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  • 478 10 Capt. H. M. M vtin, Prince Alberts («Lt| is^p* ino'eJ M«jor m the -ir\ Bmn. Middlesex vice Major R. de H. Kjrtcn retired. We are officially informed that Mr. C W. Dirhishire is to act as uuoflhul member i i ti» LespoUtive Council during the absence
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  • 285 10 We nave received from the secretary to the company, Mr P. Gold, of Bftttt and Company, a copy of the prospectus of the above company which is being'formed with a capital of $750,000 m ten dollars shares to take over the estates of the ab^ve name
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  • 58 10 The Chinese Minister to Germany has wired to the Army Council and the Board of War that be has, m *c ordance with their instructions, entered into contract with the manager of KruppVi Works for 2^o field guns, and that they will be readj
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  • 575 11 Tbi Casi bom Mai. I I*. L M N Y.liappa C efy of Milirca (Idimni b»; tr:»vi at tbc Assaaei ve^terdny l*fore Mr Justice T. Besnaeabe Seaitb ca a chirgt* <.f ahctaseat vf the < ffjaoaol f»rge r v. Mr I> V I-; kias appeared f>r thr? Or-
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  • 182 11 Mr H A. NevWoMMff of Penang was the vic:im of a patuularly audacious robbery wliich look p.Hci kl hi^ residenca m Perak Head. It anprajri that early m the evening JMv. lad y* N«ul ronner went to Tidj >rg Buuga leaving the louse m charge
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  • 186 11 »ce c f 11m leatnrei of the Industrial mar* et during the pis-: six months has bcea the rapid advance m tie shares of the British North Borneo Company, and although a considerable &et-l»ack has been experienced recently, wuicL may hi explained by the fact that the upward
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  • 33 11 A bar^e containing 3.000 drums of petrol blew up while being towed to the explosives anchorage at K*ld. The petrol w.3 tppirently ignited by a spaik En tie 'uunch. Oae khalasi was killed.
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  • 882 11 The hoard cf the P*hao*j Consoi:dated Co. have Itenad their report for the year ended July 31&t last, and there is abundant evidence therein thai those responsible m London fcr the administration of the enterprise p. re not reduced to impotence, bat stimulated to further elf jrt, by
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  • 65 11 The new light cii C«pe B'Cbado has now been established and 13 visible all rcuod the horizon. The light of the MOOBci order, group fldahicg 'hree m quick successioD, dot, dot, dot, with a. 6) s coid-i eclipse visible at a distance of *2«3 mile?, atd w
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  • 39 11 Messrs Derrick Co the local agent*, repoit the following mine outputs for the month of December. Belat Tin Mining Co Ltd 425 4 f > pkls. Kuantan Tin Mitirg Co. Lrd. 60 pkls. B-uiDg, L uiitfcd 174 pkls.
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  • 332 11 Athletics. On Saturday a cricket match was played between teams representing th« PliQters and tin R ts r. Klin robbed" the Planters of a win a& they needed only six, with five wicjreti to go down. K. AVoodhouse bowled vre;i f \>r the Pinters, taking six wickets for
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  • 403 11 Bowxixo. Tho competition held on tho 13th, 14-th and 15th inrt. for a pr:*X3 given by the President (33 r C I. Carver) was won by J 11 ►berUon with a tooi6 of 730 plus 80 810. The principal Bcorcs were as The Rrv. C. R. Viekeiy is
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  • 870 11 P. O. Official gets 2 Years Befoie Mr Wo f erst. u m the D stric* Criminal Court jeeterdaf Euaanuei II >di iguf z, charged with criminal breach of treat m rttptct of the theft of fctaniDS was found guilty and sentenced by His lloncur to two v«ir>*
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  • 30 11 Mr V. O >Itii-sb, Registrar of the Sinifipjre Supreme Court, accompanied by Mr> and the Misses Gottlifh, will arrive on Friday afternoon by the N D L nidi. 6teimer Yo:ck.
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  • 1049 12 Filling benea'h the oe press of the ypars, Wcere frUppliaat voices rise m praye:s and tear?, The wayside temple s'anis; And beckoning from within there seem, Of is it merely that I dream r A thousand phantom hand?. It stood by the wayside, just a little abort
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  • 935 12 Tbe Imperial Germ -in mill Reamer Yorck baring Uit Coiombi on the lo:h instant at 10 am. m-iT be expected to arrive Lere on Friday afternoon the 21st idem at 4 pin. A serious fire broke out early on Jin. •Vh on b>*r.l the Brockletwnk steamer M-throndd" Ijiog
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  • 565 12 The following letter appears m the El-ctrical Review of D.c i7ch I do not agree that the statement mentioned m tbe Editors' repiy m the Electrical Review for October IStfc "cuts both way*,"' because invariably when a man is engaged at home
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  • 205 12 Kowloon is smiling this past w^ek over a burglary incident which occurred t rVv nights ago. A certain householder thought he h-ard sounds which indicated that thieves were m the house, and he called to his neighbour from over the verandah to come and help him.
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  • 76 12 At the Presbyterian Church, Northam Road, Penane, the marriage wis solemnized of Cap* ain D. S. H-irvey of the s.s. Petrel and Miss Janet Campbell, daughter of Mr J. CdmDbeii, Assistant Superintending Engineer, Eistern Shipping Coinpauy, Ltd. The bride, who looked charming m" white silk voile, was attended
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  • 101 12 Mr Spencer Trask, the noted financier, was killed m New York on January -ird m a collision on a railroad. Miny other persons were iojured. Mr Spencer Trask was born la New York on September 16, 1644, and was graduated from Princeton m 1860. He entered a banking business m
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  • 248 12 Turned the Corner Yet another of the Colony's leading bssi ness men declares confidence m the prospect* I cf Hongkong. Today, he 8 id. bjsine^s 19 i good and everything points to a ppccdy ret ,m of normil conditions. Chinese have had an j exceptionally fOoJ year, and
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  • 130 12 Arbitration lU.ii:< ted. rekir,^. January .">. Cl:ina has definitively refi- i I fettfl tbe Macao Boundary (i'lction to arbttrtttoa on Ibe plea that tote&gpen tavour forei^n*r«. It is understood that Portugal will contiD-.ie to occupy the territory under dispute and wiil piace the onus of farther action
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  • 155 12 Scientists rind ethnologists are s <id to become inueh interested m the findings of Prof A. C. Bouser, of Spokane Collage, of .t ii gko le.f, buried near Spokane. Pvui-Boiiit-r says tbat this cor.litns the the. :y that North America and Japan were connected by land, centuries
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  • 91 12 A safe remedy for want cf sleep, and suited ilmott to everybody, is the eatincr of onions. TJm late Frank Buck land once said M Etre:ylody knows the taste of onions this is due to a peculiar e-senbal oil contained m this most ffthufclt and healthy root.
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  • 61 12 Frcm March 5 till March 14 the Far Extern Association of Tropical Medicine wiil bold its fi 6t biennial sessions m Manila. The Association was formed two years h^o when the foreign delegates to the Philippines Medic-d Association were m Manik The location of the next meeting
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  • 246 12 Speikiog of the election the S C M P It says:— lt is oa the people's decision tint these tremendous mmm Nit, BritOM ah road hive a great stake m the resuh, ani Will earmcrlj pray that their devoted c >mpatriuTa at H )me will not hi f mud wanting
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  • 907 13 Bu-ini pap*»r* annouac* the daith of Mr I A. W.G. McDjugill, Ds.rici SuperintecdeLt of Police. X-»w Yoik Ci r y debt now amounts to .Jfcl 1- V and thrj remaining borrowing power is redu:ed to under four millions. CNpt R. H. M. Watson, k<# a proceed
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  • 1544 13 AT HLETIC NOTES. The entries for the Ladies' Lwn Tannis Club t( u-nament close on Jan. 2»> and those for tbe tS.C.C Spring tournament close on Feb 18 It would appear that the S C.C. sub-Committfe are entertaining rather false hopes if they expect to get their fixture over by
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  • 207 13 The following Singapore properties were disposed of by auction at Powell Co's Saleroom yesterday afternoon. Shop-house Nj 1 High Street, area 138< square feer, leasehold for 999 years, qmit rent SI. Mouthly rent S7O. rfyed AbooDakar Alkcff $13,000. Shop-house No 9 High S f.rppt, area 1495 iqaan feet,
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  • 253 13 Peuang is blessed with a Government cfiiciil who has au idea tint pirt of >■ is duty is to assist the pub'ie whote possible, and m doing so be makes use of tho most useful medium, Ihe newspaper. Although the question of "H" dollais is a very
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  • 1641 13 Malay Planter axd Chettt. At tbe Ass'zea yesterday, Mr Ju3tice T. Sercombe Smith and a special jury were further en?sip o 'l with a case from Mdlacoa. P. L M X YJiappa Chettv was charged with abetment of the rff^Dce of former y. It wo alleged that
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  • 64 14 The Gold Medal was won on Tuesday evening by H. Freeman with a score of 841 nett. H. Freeman 841 scr. 841 D McLeod Craik o*2 80 712 C. M. Howe 030 80 710 P. D.-nnys 047 50 097 V. A. Fiower 654 30 084 J. Robertson
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  • 139 14 Sirange tidings come from China. They are talkiug of abolishing the pigtail The reasons given are that it is insanitaiy, that it 13 an object of derision among foreigners, and that it is not m keeping with modern sentiment. O^e reformer, who may stand alone, is report el as arguing
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  • 98 14 Retail of S R E. (V) Monthly Handicap n-ed on Siturdav Lieut. G R H. Webb 87 7= 94 C. S. M. W. A. Harding 8o 7= 92 Corpl R H. Stockman 83 7= 90 Tne S. R. A. Monthly Handicap was fired 02 Sunday
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 1727 14 Jin 13, 10.30 a.m. A phrase ia Mr B*lfour's speech yesterday that the tide is rising m favour of the Unionists is inspiriting the Conservatives. Some are predicting that there will be fifty Uuionis r gain* on Siturday. On the contrary the Daily News says thdt the forecast
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    • 819 14 K^ceived, Jin. I8«h, 10 p.m. The fjllowiug i* a fu'l list of theMtm bers returned Un'onist. Lindon City, 2, A. J. Bilfour and C. Embury. Claphatn,G D. Fiber Paddiu^on. 1 A. IVcLham, H.C.Gjoch Strius*, H.P. HiiDulwicb, Ilinar L^w lis CiovdoD, Sir Hermon S*. Pancras S, Cipt. Hod^e
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    • 368 15 Conservative Gains Inc. ease D.'s;roportionately. Jtu. 11*. 12.".. 1l yesterday's pollings ih« I'uiouUts li d Thirteen :\t the folu w.Dg places Buitrlaid wt>; Boston, Wbitehaven, L itfiool Atww cwbj) he: c Col See'ev ■M ''efea'e.l, Warwick, West S.^uthwdik. MiltEad, Kidderminster, Coveuiry. Brighton (*w. B »W, Clu!*ei. TW L.
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    • 341 15 Tha following is a full list cf tha results of Tuesdav'3 tlection9. Unionists. Chelsea, Sir G J. Hoare South waik W S.r \Y. Dunn St Ge<>. Hanover S<j Hou. A. Lyttelton Mile Eud. H. L L%w§oa S'epuej, F. L Harris B>tr, A. dv Cros \V<uidswortb Sir H. Kimber
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  • 140 15 According to the latest returns last nii^ht the results of Tuesday's elections as detailed below give thesa totals for the d:ft':rent parties now electad As the Unionists now number 119 and thp Radicals and Labour together number 118 trie Unionists staud m a imjority of one against these two parties.
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  • 281 15 Arrival 01 A Fine Vessel. The Anieiican yacht Jolanda, the second largest iv the work], anived from Southampton yesterday inornicg and anchored iv the roads. She is couimandel by Captain Chas. A. X Barton and telongs to Mr Morton F. Planf, a wejlthy American. He is the
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  • 685 15 (By Submarine Telegragh (Reute/d Agency) Jin. 13th, 10 30 am. A telegram from Ottawa statisthat Sir Wilfrid L.urier has introduced into the H^use the Canadian Naval Dd?euc:> BUI. It proviiea for a permanent force, a reserve force and a voluuteer fere* Also fur the early construction of a fl-jtt
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  • 66 15 {From our ouii Correspondent.) Kuila Lumpur, Jan. 14. Mr R. C. E lmoads has arrive 1 to a^t as Leg/i 1 Adviser. It is believed that Mr L.P. Ebden has received the substantive appointment, but cannot at present be spired. I* is exf ;tc 1 that Mr
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  • 27 15 (From our own Correspondent.) Ipob, Jon 13th The engagement is announce i of Miss Winnie Birch and Cap am Cargill of the Mtlay States Guides.
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  • 167 15 SALLEH ETCH'S END, KEDAH'S BRIGAND CHIEF DIES FIGHTING. A Bloodstained Record. {From our oum L<~>i~' 9 .sf>euil*nr.% Penang, Jan. 13. The Pinang Gazette tnis aft«rnocn publishes a long ac:ouot of the death of Sdliec Etoi, who was killed after a d^perat* resistance near the SiDggora frontier b? ryot
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  • 54 15 Hampering Private Enterprise. Penarg. The Pinang Gazette m a lfader depiorei the growing tendency of the Governments of the Colony and Federation as tvidenced by the Rubber Dealers enactment and several recent Colonial otdiDaocee, to introduce special legislation hamperiug and harraeing individual acion, iustead of meeting conditions by
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  • 79 15 Penacg, Jin. 14 Mr W. S. Lecky, resident m:ina?er d the Government whaives, Penang. has gone to hospital suffering from appendicitis. P*»nana. Jdn. 16th 8 -j9 pm. Mr W. S. Lecky. Marngerof the Government Wharves at Penang, died at half pa-t twelve to-day, after undergoing two
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  • 31 15 Penangr, J<*n 16 h. Conference tcnnaere is found to be icHi rfijient to meet the needs of local shipper*, and here also much cargo has been shut out
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  • 79 15 Penacg J*n. 13. Mr Justice Braddell is better m health and returrs to the Straits m Frbimrv. In the Supreme Court this morning after giving judgment m a civil case Mr Justice Thornton sentenced a Chinese woman to ill w; aks simple imprisonment and a Chinaman to
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  • 54 15 Ptnacg, J m. 19b. The Regent cf Brunswick and his briop are due to arrive litre m the German niai! steamer Yorck to-day. Their reception wi.l bo quiet. Their Highnesses breakfast at the residence of the Consul and afterwdrcmotor round the town and tuburbs. The Governor comes dowa
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  • 86 15 A CURIOUS CASE. Peuar;:, Jui I9tb. The Province Wei let ley murder iiiss'erv is arousing keen interest here. A m<c;iftterial enquiry is prrcceuirjL' today at Bukit Tarubuu m winch the fftwdfm] facts eliciud are ilint a CLinfse p.aLte: b^dy has been exhumed and fcULd to Itoi the
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  • 29 15 Ptnicp, Jan Iftk The State Council has decided to cancel the Alcr Stir Cisterns Farm, and alio to abolish imjot diniei m the Aicr Star d.a- trict.
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  • 968 16 JiLiury r» RUBBER STERLING COMPANO*.^ S« I8 1 f Eitates Ltd SSOO 1 1 B,tu T^a (Selangor) 5,. IWJ •< f 1 1 Bukit kajang 100,000 w Conmbutory 1•• M 1 1 Bukit Lintang 30.000 1 j 5/ Contributory 217 I I I 70 000 1 1 Bukit Rijah
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 89 16 SIA3VE 4lLavel^^Pre6cnUngMorrhuol Creom r,™, f Ote ca P sul «8 very exten B ively during the past THE two years m Bronchial and Tubercular diaM ALA Y PENINSULA u rders and m Beveral of m y ">™™*t <**», i A Short Account of the positlo, Of Slam m the States
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 690 16 CLEARANCES Jan 1 2. A-niral Magon, Fr. etr Bmer, f3r Saigon. Jan 13. Kintn.k, Brit str, Paddle, for Japan via ports. Merapi, Dut str, Gronert, for Samarang. H taebi M*ru, Jap str, Mathiesen, for Hongkong and Japan. Mm, Brit, str., Griffin, for L^ngkat. Canton, Swed str, Nordfelt, f ->r Copenhagen
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    • 933 16 PASSENGERS. Per Ipoh: Messrs G. A. ?erby, J RMayaon, R. C. Stout, Inspector Hickey, Capt Dandat, Mr Kimanoff, Mr and Mrs Jago, Messrs M S. Smith, J. C. Conway, Penony, L Kemp, L?e Toon Poon, McGregor. Mitchel, Skinners, A. Irving, Khoo Wee Puan and C E Watkins Per Nuen Tung:
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