The Straits Times Annual, 1 January 1906

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1 131 The Straits Times Annual

  • 749 2/3  -  By A. I). MACHADO, Kamuning Estate, Perak. WHAT Coal is to Newcastle, so is Rubber to us here. It is the one and all absorbing topic in or out of season awake, we talk of rubber: asleep, we dream of it; and mav be, of
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    • 179 2/3 9= The Straits Times Press, Ltd. SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. (9 3 (s> General Printers, Bookbinders, Account Book Manufacturers, &c., Lithographers. Your Orders respectfully solicited. NOTHING TOO LARGE NOTHING TOO SMALL! /\r Ii Letterpress Printing Works are replete with new aa plant and latest Types calculated to meet the increasing demand
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    • 223 4/5 H. ABRAMS 1 Horse Repository Veterinary [stahlishment, ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE. BY APPOINTMENT TO His Highness The Sultan of Johore, K.C.M.G., etc., and His Excellency The Governor. M Establishetl 30 uears. vVh First-class accommodation for Racehorses at the New Stables in Orchard Road. A separate yard kept for Race-horses only. jt
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    • 60 6/7 Hotel Paix, 3, Coleman Street, SINGAPORE. Large Cool Rooms. Comfortably Furnished. Close to Telegraph, Post and other offices. Runners meet all Steamers. 9 7. HOTEL DEiA (fro It ii iiiti *****7777 (MU V* A m English, German, French and Dutch spoken. tMwEv BEST WINES, BEERS SPIRITS. *a r Terms by
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  • 57 8/9 This typical scene in one of the most thickly populated parts of Singapore gives a very good view of the Native huts built on stakes over the tidal waters, and also shows the build of the tongkangs or cargo lighters, and the typical Chinese
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  • 29 8/9 This is a typical cocoanut plantation situate at the seaside suburb of Tanjong Katong, only four or five miles from the heart of Singapore.
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  • Page 8/9 Advertisements
    • 208 8/9 «3 v C/3 Z) H z OJ w < LU -J w (RED LINE) C/3 oo as C/3 c 5 S 3 Has the Largest Sale of any Brand in the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States. Result or last Ccst made 25!I) Januarp, 1005, By Messrs. Henry Kama Co.,
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  • 1970 10/11  -  A Strictly Unscientific Paper. Caius. (REPUBLISHED FROM THE STRAITS TIMES:') OPINIONS vary on all matters, no doubt, but I think that, next to being able to have and understand good books, good music and good pictures, one of the fairest gifts with which Heaven occasionally
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    • 165 10/11 A i Scott’s Emulsion is the best remedy for building up strength. SCOTT’S EMULSION Sr J WiW'3 This is the Trade MarK which ensures your getting the genuine Scott’s Emulsion; if the fisherman is there you are certain of a cure. *l* 1 i the 20th Century form of Cod
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  • 55 12/13 This remarkable and highly ornamental tree flourishes throughout the Peninsula. Its name is derived from the fact that it is the traveller’s joy and comfort in places where water cannot be found. By cutting or puncturing the soft outgrowths at the bottom, a copious supply of cool
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    • 289 12/13 7T. z STRAND HOTEL, RANGOON. The Premier Hotel m Burma. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HIS HONOUR SIR HUGH BARNES, K.C.5.1., K.C.V.0., Lieut. Governor of Burma.. FACING THE RIVER. vU ALL COMFORTS. Telegrams SARKIES,” RANGOON. CUISINE Under the supervision of a London Savoy Chef. BRANCHES: Raffles Hotel Singapore. Raffles Tiffiin Rooms,
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  • 69 14/15 The above Trio, photographed at Government House, Singapore, in 1899, consists of Sir James Alexander Swettenham. Governor of Jamaica, who was then Acting Governor of the Straits Settlements on his left, in the centre, is the late Admiral Keppel who loved Singapore,; and on the right is
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    • 203 14/15 China Mutual Life Insurance Company, i Limited, SINGAPORE. NO EXTRA PREMIUMS ARE CHARGED For Insurances on the lives of Naval and Military Officers, Engineers and Officers of the Mercantile Marine, Planters, and Miners. POLICIES ARE FREE FROM ALL TECHNICAL CONDITIONS, Without restriction of Travel, Residence, or Occupation. Residents returning home
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  • 4230 16/17 SOCIAL OUTCASTS. A Narrative of Eastern Life. HIS avowed destination was Hong Kong. Fate resolved otherwise and found him good employment in Singapore. Shortly after his twenty-first birthday, Martin was an unit of the fleeting white population of that British Dependency. Fearer little the strenuousness of labour he rose rapidly
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    • 124 16/17 UTHRiE Co., Ltd., Singapore and Penang. MILNER’S SAFES are recognized as the BEST. In the recent fire in Commercial Square v yp MILNER’S SALES 8 Preserved their Contents. Mi ALL SIZES AEE A lAEA VS LV STUCK. Gillingham ‘Red Band'Brand Cement. As supplied to the Singapore Municipality, P.W.D., and F.M.S.
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    • 122 18/19 J ML GLJLSGOI EXPLOSIVES Manufactured under the supervision of THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT T 3 If BY Nobel’s Explosives Company, Limited, Contractors to British and Foreign Governments. Dynamite, Gelignite, Blasting Gelatine MINES, QUARRIES, DRAINS, DRIVING TUNNELS HEADINGS, SUBMARINE WORK, And Blasting purposes of every description. Detonators, Electric Detonator Jr uses, Or
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  • Page 20/21 Advertisements
    • 225 20/21 S'# iG. R. Lambert Co Established 1877. Photographers, By Special Appointment to His Majesty the King of Siam, and H. H. The Sultan of Johore. KeX Battery Road, SINGAPORE The richest collection of Views and Types, Native Scenery, etc., of Singapore, also of Penang, Johore, Federated Mala)- States, Siam, Java,
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    • 96 20/21 To HRH the.PRIMCEofWALLS. BUCHANAN’S To H.M .THE KING. F i scotchWhi BUCHAMMIa SCOTCH WHISKY BLACK 4, WHITE” HOUSE OF COMMONS scotch' whisky distilie» 5 OLASCOW t, LONDON u BLACK WHITE” AND a SPECIAL (RED SEAL.). THE POPULAR SCOTCH WHISKIES. TIIE LASCET w//«: “Our Analysis shows this to be a remarkably
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  • 2364 22/23  -  By A. W. BAXENDALE. Government will never be any use so long as it employs Government officials to do its work," says a friend of mine. No Postal official will have a bearable life till all the public is dead or incarcerated
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    • 83 22/23 £r~ MOET CHANDON. MAISON FONDEC 1743. The “DRY IMPERIAL CHAMPAGNE 59 G\j/a I S the produce of their own vineyards, of which they own over 2,500 acres, including some of the most renowned in Champagne. ST less Dry Imperial jIMET a. CHAKDCS Finest txln quality Sales during 1304 were equal
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    • 107 24/25 WMPOWELL CO. SINGAPORE. ESTABLISHED 42 YEARS. Real Estate Auctioneers and Valuers, SINGAPORE, JOHORE, NATIVE STATES Sales conducted on behalf ofthe Colonial Government, War Office, and the Singapore Municipality. MORTGAGES ARRANGED. VALUATIONS MADE. RENTS COLLECTED. W Bcjenfs fox* £s> Perak Land and Mines Agency. The Lancashire Insurance Co. (Fire and Life).
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    • 109 26 Mitsui Bussan Kaisha. (MITSUI CO.) .5) c~ Telegraphic Address: “MITSUI.” A. B. C. and A 1 Code used. Head Office: 1, Surugacho Nihonbashi, Tokyo. London Office 34, Lime Street, E.C. Singapore Office 2, Finlayson Green. Sole Proprietors of the famous MIIKE, TAGAWA YAMANO GOAL MINES. Sole Agents for Hokoku, Hondo,
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    76 27/28 1 Admiral Nakimoff. 2 Izumurud. 3 SviETLANA. 4 JeMTCHUNG. 5 Almaz. 6 Orel. 7 Saratov. 8 N A VAR IN. q Kaiser in Maria Theresa. 10 Petersrurgii Hospital Ship. 11 Columbia. 12 Poval. 13 Sissoi Velekv. 14 Alexander I. 13 Kniaz Siouvaroff (Admiral Ship) 16 Oi.eo. 17
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  • 3720 29/30 IN MYTH AND REALITY. Tii*;t*r, ti#er burning 1 bright In the Forests of the Night, What immortal hand or eye Dare frame thv fearful svmmetrv -Blake. THERE is, perhaps, no animal in the East invested w ith suc'li glamour of romance as the tiger, vet to the ordinarv
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    • 179 29/30 When you buy a Typewriter save £9 It is not necessary to pay £22 lor a first-class writingmachine. You can purchase the Empire Typewriter for £l3 2 :6. No matter what your work is like letters, statements, etc. the Empire will do it quickly neatly, satisfactorily. Some of the largest
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    39 30/31 AND ALL THE WORLD IS HIS OYSTER. This is a snapshot, without a aiui is published merely as a pretty and typical study from life of a small Kling” i'r i a mil urchin domiciled in Singapore.
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    • 243 30/31 p Z-5 SOLE AGENTS for the Far East. St 2-5, Telegraph Street, Singapore. ■s THE A LLJX LIGHT POSSESSES many prominent advantages over other systems of lighting, among which the more principal are 1. The installation of the lamp is simple and inexpensive, being only a fraction in cost of
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  • 38 32/33 The ordinal of the study of a Head was an old Indian Fakir, who lived for years in Singapore, telling fortunes, &c. The face will be recognised by many old-time residents of the Straits.
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    • 145 32/33 ■c Q THE BIST ISIITIC «111 Ship Owners Merchants, 5 6 7, Telegraph Street, Singapore, Head Office Copenhagen. Agents for The Russian East Asiatic S.S. Co., Ltd., St. Petersburg, Est Asiatique, Francais, Paris. Regular Service between Europe and the Far East and vice versa, taking cargo on through Bills of
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  • 4406 34/35  -  Bv A. M. CAMERON. THERE are not many men now living of those who resided in Sarawak —and for that matter in the Straits Settlements —half a century ago. So far as the present writer is aware, there is only, besides himself, the
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    • 178 34/35 Singapore Towing Lighterage Co. t Be, Change Alley, Singapore. Contractors for the supply of Steam The proprietors have a large numLaunches, Tongkangs (or lighters), her of Steam Launches, Tongkangs, Sampans and Coolies to the Military. 3£ Kotahs, and Sampans always ready Stevedores to the Peninsula and for the conveyance of
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    • 190 36/37 EmpText D. BRANDT CO., Singapore. AGENTS FOP— The Basel Mission Tile Works, at Iftangalore (India). THE MANGALORE ROOFING TILES, universally acknowledged to be the best roofing material in the market, not only resisting the excessive rains of the monsoons, but unrivalled by any others for Cheapness, Durability, Elegance, and Facility
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  • Page 38/39 Advertisements
    • 255 38/39 Telephone No. 331 No. 7, FLINT STREET JAMES MOTION Co. Chronometers, Watch and Clock Makers Jewellers, Marine Opticians AND Compass Adjusters. Lord Kelvin’s Standard Compasses Compass Cards Azimuth Mirrors, Ac. Hezzanith Standard Compasses Sextants, Parallel Rulers Artificial Horizon Telescopes Binoculars Then ■niometers Aneroids and Baro-Cyclonometers Surveying Instruments Theodolites Dumpy Level
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  • 1143 40/41  - Venomous Exceedingly BY C. W. HARRISON, F. M. S. Civil Service, TAIPING, PERAK. Jl LLAH ejaculated Mahomed of Palembang, as he lept for the bows of the boat, causing her to rock violently even in that smooth sea, and an obscene oath came from Hitam, as he plunged for the
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  • 1176 42/43  -  By F. C. \Y RE FORD. IAM, as the Tuan knows, an old man, and have carried on the occupation of road-maker, for more than forty years. Ha, Tuan If my father, alas for me, had not been obliged to sell his fifty lelong of
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    • 221 42/43 MESSRS. Sandilands, Buttery Co., PENANG. (V .G>3. r c ’Cvi) AGENTS FOR LLOYD’S. Liverpool <N Glasgow L nderwriters’ Association. The L nderwriters'’ Assn., London. The Salvage Association, London. U nion Insurance Society of Canton, Ld Yangtoze Insurance Association, Ld. National Bank of China, Ld. National Bank of India, Ld. Standard
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  • 2419 44/45 BEHIND, and very faraway from, the sordid crimes of common occurrence in every country, standout those strange and mysterious tragedies, the cause and explanation of which have passed out of mortal view Whilst the moral conscience is horrified by the brutalities of unrestrained passion, the deliberately
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    • 266 44/45 !i§ ISIS l^l|lllMIIIIIIIIIIIIII|lll|II||||||||l|l|l|||l|||IM|||||l|l|l|!IMI!nMl|!MriMIII!!l!llllll|lillllimi:nmMI!!l!nU!!ll|l|!||l|l|!i PRITCHARD Co. PENANG. Tailors and Breeches Makers. -v p Drapers, Silk Mercers and Milliners. Ladies’ Gentlemen's Complete Outfitters Stationers and Booksellers. Wine, Spirit and Provision Merchants. Jewellers and Silversmiths. Cigar and Tobacco Merchants. China, Glass, Ironmongery, Lampware, and Genera! Furnishing. Harness, Saddlery, and Stable Requisites Photographic Materials,
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    • 181 46/47 *e- McAlister Co. Mb. «pr 'Up %sr 'ls? SINGAPORE Straits Settlements. IPOH Federated Malay States. PENANG: Straits Settlements. Government Contractors, Provision Wine Spirit Merchants Ironmongers, Gun Dealers Hardwaremen. Ship Chandlers, Flag Sailmakers Importers of Australian Produce and Live Stock. Shipping, Estate, and Mine Agents. Sandalwood, Pearl and Pearl Shell Buyers
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    • 81 46/47 A MARTIJN Co. 3 ®«A« 9 PENANG. ■X. O 0 BOLS GIN In Glass BottlesIn Stone Jars. The Gin for Connoisseurs. HOUTMAN'S' ‘H' 1 A,H' GINS, i The well-known Wines of Messrs, van STRAALEN, Mens, en ERKELENS Rotterdam and Bordeaux. +S>H<3+Try our MEDOC SUPERIEUR, Red White PORT WINES, PALE SHERRY
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  • 2898 48/49  -  By TASMA." Author of A Bush Romance," X<\ Look into my face—my name is Might Have Been I am also called No More, Too Late, farewell Unto thine ear I hold the dead Sea Shell. Dante Rosclti. THE woman sat on a bench, on the
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  • Page 48/49 Advertisements
    • 181 48/49 c&r l HUTTENBACH BROTHERS Co., o o PENANG. Engines Boilers Boiler Feed Pumps. Centrifugal Pumps. Donkey Pumps. OH Engines. Oil Mill Machinery. Rice Mill Machinery. Winding Engines. IMPORTERS and SUPPLIERS of Cranes. Winches. Packing. Belting. Cocks and Valves. Piping. Engineers' Tools and Engineers’ Supplies of every description. Sole Agents for
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  • Page 50/51 Advertisements
    • 132 50/51 7ZZETC nUTEL Uti ii EUKUPU S#§g£% r&a Hotel > >DE L' EUROPE SYNPKAfc' sari w=» If V proprietor^ Mq >*r! Ks* LVTi The Hotel de I’ Europe, erected 1855. ESTABLISHED HALF A CENTURY. SITUATION UNRIVALLED. THE OLDEST ESTABLISHMENT. The only Hotel facing the Esplanade. NOW ENTIRELY UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. Foreign
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  • Page 52/53 Advertisements
    • 161 52/53 Straits Steamship Co., Limited, The first-class Steamers of this Line sail Daily (Sundays excepted) to Forts in the Federated Malay States. S.S. HYE LEONG,’ 492 Tons. S.S. BAN WHATT HIN/ 360 Tons. s.s. ‘Carlyle; 430 Tons. S.S. ‘LADY WELD,’ 3 I I Tons. Daily Service from Singapore to Malacca, Port
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    • 232 52/53 0 pi;nawu. :,f mM„ i«m*—'J. J4HUIIIIII. VißCf. -•OMAACE Of MODEM MALAYA. SE ~%l§h -X 353-; L” BRAND Genuine Pilsener -ha -a Pilseo Brewery. Ltd.. Pilsen. B IS THE BEST Boneuua, ii.nuinc Pilsener Beer Ilk W.irltf TO BE OBTAINED FROM «I» i Co. Messrs, linn Fnj{ Sen)* 5 Co. ~JjJ iu
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  • Page 54 Advertisements
    • 213 54 9 s V» C. DUPIRE Co. STHsTG-^IPOIRIE. Sole Agents for De Dion Bouton Motor Cars. ATV AT If' U> *N •7)1 .ytA A*" C H E A I' N E S s ■i R A AJY A)V T Y A) i THE RELIABLE CAR. PERFECTION. Any Bicyclo can b; transformed
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  • 9695 56/57  -  By HUGH CLIFFORD. Of old, unhappy far-off things, And battles long ago.” IHAD come from afar. On the preceding evening I had made one of a large company that had assembled at Carcosa—“ the splendid palace of a British Pro-Consul —to dance and (lirt and chatter and
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  • Page 56/57 Advertisements
    • 219 56/57 LITTLE CO., Ltd. SINGAPORE. Ladies' Gentlemen's Outfitters. 6 '-•'A v> i* V m. a Vv N>y \-y \Tyv\<o WINE PROVISION MERCHANTS. COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHERS. Illustrated Catalogues Free on Application. It may interest Eastern Residents going Home and Eastern Residents now at Home to know that we deliver the following Brands
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  • Page 58/59 Advertisements
    • 222 58/59 Established 1 887. ARTHUR BARKER Co. 4, Malacca Street, Singapore. 1 <&£ 00) 0s) 00 0s Sfe Importers Exporters Wholesale and Retail. Retail Department: Carbide of Calcium —HU Acetylene Gas Fittings and Generators IN SMALL I UMP —Packed in 2 lbs., 10 lbs. and 112 lbs. Tins. Bicycle Lamps, Motor
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  • Page 60/61 Advertisements
    • 330 60/61 Nederlandsche Handel laatschappij NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY. Established 1824. CAPITAL 45, 000,000 «SSSU RESERVE FOND T 5 ,000,000 Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Batavia. Branches -Penang, Shanghai, Rangoon, Medan (Delhi), Semarang, Sourabava, Pedang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongah, Pasoeroean, Tjilatjap, Palembang, KotaRadja (Acheen), I’andjermassin, Telok Samawe. Correspondents —at Bombay, Colombo, Madras,
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  • Page 62/63 Advertisements
    • 297 62/63 British-American Tobacco j Ltd. “THE THREE CASTLES” CIGARETTES. The most Celebrated Tobacco In the World. a, \.055§ k v\ O.W I L i. 5 ,^£ffiLvethpr.nvprr ll> .h„l abelroiiaili^ './'alllgl. Cigarette .p &> (D l/' A felgjUM STRENj^j £apltA& -4 i. Sr qf F Lor^°F^ L Pr^ o S OW CP/S
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  • Page 64/65 Advertisements
    • 666 64/65 3 CECIL ST., SINGAPORE. 17 STATE ST., NEW YORK, USA American Manufacturers’ Agents, Exclusive Agencies: PROVISIONS. Drugs and Druggist Supplies contd. Armour St Co. “Star” Brand Provisions in stock. Arm our Packing Co. “Helmet” Brand Provisions in stock. Borden’s Condensed Milk Co. “Gold Seal Milk, Pearless Cream,” and Malted Milk.
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    • 30 64/65 We recommend our Readers to buy their PROVISIONS, &c. a r The Australian Stores. We advise everyone to give the AUSTRALIAN STORES A TRIAL You will be more than satisfied.
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  • 4828 66/67  - NOOR A Malay Tale. P)Y J. W. HAFEEXI MIX. LONG years ago before the white man had made the land his own, the sun rose in the same old way over the Malax fishing village of Sungri Hitam. It was like all'other Malay fishing villages. A collection of atlti[) houses,
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  • Page 66/67 Advertisements
    • 116 66/67 PRI MA J g Jst nt scw^i ?//fT£ Has for many years consistently given THE HIGHEST TESTS of any brand imported into this market. It is now recognised as the Cement for all HIGH CLASS WORK. General Export Managers LAiVSfvl BROS. Co., Antwerp Vienna. Eagle” was recently described by a
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  • Page 68/69 Advertisements
    • 241 68/69 Joseph Travers Sons, Ltd. 0 SINGAPORE. Head Office: 119, Cannon Street, LONDON. Also at LIVERPOOL. SOLE AGENTS IN SINGAPORE FOR THE Bernese flips ITHIk Co., Cmmenthal, Switzerland Lever Bros., Port Sunlight Libby, IWcDdll S Libby, Chicago Reliance marine Insurance Co., Liverpool Swift Co., Chicago \R\PORT EXPORT MERCRMITS 5 P\NE-&PP\iE P&CKERS.
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    • 35 68/69 MJ/VVPEKS Co., Merchants, 17, COLLYER QUAY, SINGAPORE. Agencies: Consolidated Marine Insurance Company, of Berlin and Dresden. Transatlantic Marine Insurance Company Limited of Berlin. Atlas Insu-ance Company, Limited, with which is incorporated the Manchester Insurance Company.
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  • Page 70/71 Advertisements
    • 125 70/71 Consulting, Mining, Mechanical, AND Electrical Engineers, IPOHj PERAK. Contractors to the Perak and Siamese Governments. AGENCIES The Sandycroft Foundry Co., Chester Mining Machinery. Kerr Stuart Co., Ltd., London Locomotive and Rolling Stock. Thomas Robinson Son, Ltd., Rochdale Wood Working Machinery. The Wantage Engineering Co., Ltd., Wantage Portable Engines and Boilers.
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    • 29 70/71 GOSLING Co., 40-41, Robinson Road, Singapore, ARMY AGENTS, WINE, SPIRIT TOBACCO MERCHANTS, PARCELS AND TOURIST AGENTS, COMISSION AND EXPRESS AGENTS. Telegrams: “Tabaco,' Singapore. Codes: A.B.C. 4th sth Ed., Liebers.
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  • Page 72/73 Advertisements
    • 144 72/73 r 4?e IF YOU DRINK Gumness’s Stout And Jf? Bass’s Ale THEN DRINK THE BEST “BULLDOG BRAND. If DRINK Hilda Pule!) 'A_A' AS SUPPLIED TO The A House of Lords House of Commons. CHe Saoop Hotel Hotel Cecil CHe Cariion Hotel Che Imperial Kestaurant f And at all the LEADING
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    • 14 72/73 We recommend our readers to visit The Australian Stores, IT WILL, I* AY THE»!.
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  • Page 74 Advertisements
    • 123 74 ADELPHI HOTEL, SINGAPORE. IESTJLIBLISHIIEZD 1863. ki. o t|Js H? £f§§! pH* dEIj iaRD jfi and f Hk »Sai asst rffri iClr*aST 1863 ,'rw mm 1 7®* 'mWSiW SJS-g». v rP IB CE NOW OPEN. New Building with New Rooms, Verandahs, Bathrooms, and Electric Call Bells attached to every room. They
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  • 2837 76/77 [This story is founded on foci. Ant) offivdal of the Stale, of Sri Langur who knew Laksamana, will corroborate it. reading this story who is not "acquainted with Malays, wight be led to suppose they are not a desirable people. I Ins is
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    • 166 76/77 @6° J» FOR NEWS oE Lhe STRAITS READ LATEST TELEGRAMS. The STRAITS TI/V\ES It has the LARGEST CIRCULATION of any Paper Published in Malaya. 15 Cents per Copy Subscription, 30 Dots per year READ The STRAITS TI/HES It may be obtained in Singapore at the following places Messrs. John Little
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  • Page 78/79 Advertisements
    • 88 78/79 Steam Navigation Co. \Vt/ At, At, Au t. i i r. O. S.S. “MOLDAVIA,” 10,000 Tons Register and 11,000 H.P. For China, J a pan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth h London. T •f Outward and Homeward Mail Line every •Fortnight, besides an intermediate At* At,
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    • 12 78/79 Thompson, Thomas Co., -The Australian Stores, STUDY THE INTERESTS OF THEIR CUSTOMERS.
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  • 95 82/83 Some beautiful photographic Studies taken by F. Agazz.s, in the only historic spot on the Malay Peninsula. Ruin of the Gate of the Old Portuguese Fort, built at the foot of the Malacca Hill, by Albuquerque, in the 16th Century. Old Dutch State House, Malacca, now used
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  • 915 86/87  -  By A. I). MACHADO. Kamcnixg Estate, Perak. WHATEVER be their origin, certain it is that the Aborigines of the Malay Peninsula form one of the most interesting —from ail ethnological standpoint—of the lower races of mankind. Theories there are in plentv to account for
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  • Page 86/87 Advertisements
    • 159 86/87 m British India Steam Navigation Co, Ltd. ia 3 L.uWItJ II H Hi X£S S.S. "BHARATA." Lines in operation in the Straits. V. From Singapore and Penang to—(1) Rangoon and Calcutta WEEKLY SERVICE. (On alternate weeks carrying the Straits Homeward Mails via Calcutta and Bombay). (2) Hongkong and Amoy FORTNIGHTLY
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  • Page 88/89 Advertisements
    • 205 88/89 0 O v- <*» *3* -vv BURNS, PHILP LINE REGULAR MONTHLY SAILINGS BETWEEN SINGAPORE, JAVA, AND AUSTRALIA. LOWEST PASSAGE RATES TO AUSTRALIA. *-d ST'S a K —a .’X.iX-X.-. V (V>' OR TO EUROPE, OR AMERICA, via AUSTRALIA. •4 S.S. “AIRLIE.” (Sr “GUTHRIE.” SPECIAL LA 7 BUILT FOR THE EASTERN TRADE,
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  • 38 88/89 I—continued.1 continued. SAKAI MAX AND Will'.. Krubo Range, Perak. ANOTHER GROUP OE SAKAIS. A SAKAI YOUTH, Ulu Jelai, Pahang. A SAk AI IRI flu Jelai, Pahang. JAKU HOYS. I'll! Patti, Phaliat, Jolmre.
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  • 103 90/91 ']'IIIS I’nin ourai'H shows the Memorial Hall under construction and illustrates the native fashion of erecting scaffolding when at work on high towers. '1 lie tower shown is nearly eooft. high, and the scaffolding is composed of thin brotie poles of some ten or
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  • Page 90/91 Advertisements
    • 203 90/91 ,'W a ?wr HARTWIG CO.’S SUCCESSORS, SINGAPORE. U and 5 Savenagh Bridge Road, Opposite Harbour Maste r-. Office and General I’ost Office. Also at 4& 5 FLINT STREET, opposite the Chartered liank. =5 r 7 m ii n w m N§! s®* Telegraphic Address: HERTWIG.” Codes used A 1 A.B.C.
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  • 5118 92/93  -  BY H. WILFRID WALKER. V were three white men, Monckton was the Resident \l\l Magistrate, while Dvke Acland and mvself were wm nfliciu L L members of the expedition, being friends of Monckton. We had been some time at Cape Xelson, where the Residency was,
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    • 169 92/93 lr3?S r •••&lt; ’i ?»t f f A Phs 1 IT t i 4 IP^lralSß aw rasi CHILDRENS FETE, CORONATION DAY. a w. bean, photo. Upwards of 1,000 Children were entertained on this occasion, the whole was organized by C. B. Buckley, Esq. I Telegraphic Address DALI.AX'S,” SINGAPORE. A.B.C. Codes,
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    2133 102/103 FEW Straits people require to be told anything about the capital of British Malay, because most of them have seen it at least twice, and for the purposes of mere recognition once is quite sullicient. For the benefit of the stranger without the gates,” however, it may be as
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  • 3566 106/107  -  By H. M. MACKENZIE. OWING to the exigencies of life in the East, the arrivals anil departures of the eastbound and westbound mails, the necessitv of going home now and then, the requirements of business, and the potent attractions of race-meetings, •cricket weeks, agricultural shows and
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  • 5235 110/111  -  E. A. M. JAVA is a natural paradise in Asia, which few people save those whose business calls them thither, have heretofore taken the pains to see. It affords, within a couple of days’ luxurious travel from Singapore, a climate that varies from tropical to chilly.
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  • 1151 114/115  -  J. T. LLOYD. The Rise of Land House Property values in Singapore. )MI’ARKI) with the early clays of Singapore, or even with J&r those ol twontv-hve years ago, land values particularly of town and suburban allotments -have increased very considerably, the prices of to-dav being far
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  • 4351 116/117  -  By H. M. R. THE lirst mail to import an automobile into the F. M. S. was Mr. Loke Yew. His manager, Mr. Kong Lain, had read all about the wonderful new vehicle, and it was on his advice that an order was given
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  • 35 122 SINGAPORE POLO CLUB. ENTRANCE TO TANJONG PAGAR DOCKS FROM THE WEST. SINGAPORE RACES. Starting for the Event. SINGAPORE RACES.. A Good Finish. SCENE ON LAKE KAMPONG ST. JAME£A Photos, by A. ll'. Rean.
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  • 39 123 August, 1897 Front row. Next to Driver, Hon. W. P. Waddel, Mrs. Waddel, Mrs. J. Graham, Mr. J. Graham. Second row. Behind Driver, Mr. J. W. B. Maclaren. Taken by A. W. Bean, Singapore. Copyright.
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    • 131 124/125 r WILSON Co. CD Photographers, BATTERY ROAD AND ORCHARD ROAD. SINGAPORE. By special appointment to His Excellency SIR JOHN ANDERSON, K.C.M.G. magnificent Collection Cameras of all descriptions &gt; J of Vicu&gt;s of the Kept in Stock, and Malay Peninsula. Amateurs instructed. Complete Set of Photographic Materials AND The Largest Studio
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    • 84 124/125 r i Rautenberg Schmidt S Co., SINGAPORE (ESTABLISHED 1 84 9) Schmidt Klistcrmann Co., PENANG; Schmidt Si Klistcrmann, HAMBURG, General Merchants, Importers, Exporters, Shipping, Insurance Commission Agents. AGENCIES DEUTSCH SIAM ESISCHE HANDELS-GESELLSCH AFT BANGKOK; DJAMBI MAATSCHAPPIJ, FILIAAL PALEMBANG PALEMBANG; SIEMENS SCHUCKERT WERKE, BERLIN; THE ANGLO-CONTINENTAL GUANO WORKS, LONDON; LEEMAN GATTY’S
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  • 148 126 PHOTOGRAPHS OF TIIF.SK SCKXKS MAY NOT XOW UK TAKF.X, AS TIIKY ARK WIFI 11X Fill; FORTIKICATIOX I.IMIIS OF SIXGAWIRF.. TIIK 1 I.\KIH)I'R kxtranck. View from Mount Falter, looking towards Pulo ISrani, showing the Inner Channel, the Malay Village and Government Coal Sheds and Stores at
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    • 118 127 T&rrie' JZ&eZcAIeA SZfci&eZr ZS^tx^ZZtt. ',azaZ ZA. Zi-ic/oitZctZ/: /yz[s’ eZ& AA/y N^Az/Aa zs 5 /S n it.' 8»f. soss* 42V UNRECOGNISED LANDMARK. The Veteran Blind Beggars from the Tan Tock Seng Hospital, on their regular Wednesday afternoon promenade, encounter for the first time one of the uprights of the new over-head
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    • 141 128 r t x 0 A U. A VJT o 6 o fl N 1 M ‘0 lu^ MU v~' n a M Absolutely Pure, and free from Bottled at the 3** SPRINGS all organic matter at Has received TAKARADZKA, the Highest Medical near KOBE, JAPAN. Recommendations. At) M NIWO, THE
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    • 197 129 RAFFLES MOTEL' s*. J'l' A ft Mi in mi U jg %i 'liiii iii -ll' tiiiifiMiii m nv &gt;1 m SS CENTRAL BUILDING 11 .&lt;*■ 11l W .A T &lt;;/ ijl4 {HtM^T i 8 8 *i lil HIM* -‘‘rHEw ft aJJJt—#¥&uSQll M EX T ER.I OR Singapore «2? 1888. THE
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    • 102 130 r W I j W t Ro**“ S The Craigellatfiie-Glenlivet Distillery Co.’s j/Ac Very Old and Celebrated Gaelic Old Smuggler” Whisky, The Best in the East JULES ROBIN Co/s FINE OLD BRANDY. Well and favourably known throughout the Malay Peninsula for thirty years. E9B -A m EAU-DE-VIE VIEILU.. &lt;nv \(6-
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    • 98 130 f/fi-ez/ 'ZZzz£ r szzi, '^f/izZsZi^/zzAs JW i:^l £r~rrrri' i' —y TJ f T T fftf ])'S)^)C® r« R£ts k {-M(r ■&gt; FAIGW /&gt;:&lt; s m* ON THE ESPLANADE. Don't mind the sugar cane in the chariot. It is not so long since its occupants were coolies and they still relish
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    • 140 131 O? is s ///fsy/ f r xxe. cznx£- erru /Ax- Tfei-ctxr c/ai Ax. L J "N 1; p 115 :^7 A u o ir?: cs fl )&gt; s .0» i' o 0 O ECLIPSING THE OBELISK. A treat prepared especially for the eyes of the girls on the Esplanade. POTTED
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    • 107 131 S&mes £se&gt;ttdc&gt;&tS/7K?£ 'Wt&rz&wt' -c/-aJ&gt;y. A t YOUTH AND PLEASURE MEET." (Meanwhile Papa is at home minding the Pigs). I s&gt; SMILES FROM REASON FLOW." Our friend the Towkay in this instance is smiling at the camera because he is having his portrait taken. B 5 a a a Sng Ah
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