The Straits Budget, 28 September 1905

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  • 86 1 The Straits Budget Established over Half a Centcry VOL. LIX. Cable Address: Times, Singapore. Straits Budget, 40 Cents. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. 28 SEPTEMBER, 1905. BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES. Straits Times 15 cents. NO. 2484 Thl “STRAITS TIMES’’ circulates elv in Singapore and Penang rtBOUGHuCT ALL THE PROTECTED
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  • The Straits Budget. THURSDAY, 8TH SEPTEMBER.
    • 114 1 j;. On the Ist September, at Shangnai, v f,,i W. J. Barktis, of a son. Muti \\i» :—On the 3rd September, at YokoUl< >i r s. N. u. Maitland, of a son. '.i p, K,.0: On the Hth September, at Shangthe wife of L E. Delbourgo, of a daughter.
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    • 110 1 (themkrc —On the 20th iust.. at Andrew s Cathedral, by the Revd. H. C. La d. Albert Edward, of the P.W.D., Pahang, F.M.S., eldest son of Mr. H. J. Yzelman, f *he State Secretariat, Johore, to Estelle Margaret, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. a&iles Grenier. of Colombo, Ceylon,
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  • 381 1 PACiES. Uading Articles T!it Tramway 1 Municipal Slackness 1 >Kan Award 1 itore Scots 1 Storage Battery 2 t-hib Expulsion 2 Britain and Japan 2 f"kyo Hints 2 Leaderettes ...2,3 -ocal: Occurrences 1 ''"‘luiuary of tlie Week 1 jWnger List 1 Wlman -Grenier Wedding 4 Alleged Theft
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  • 231 1 The Straits Budget this week is mailed anion by the P. k O. rohte by the Simla. The M. M. homeward mail by the B. Simon* closed on Wednesday. The German mail from Europe by the M%**te t? arrived on Friday and the B. I. mail
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  • 255 1 Arrived 20th September. Per Sun da —From London—Mr. and Mrs. \V. C. Michell and infant, Mrs. R. W. Lamberton and infant, Mr. A. W. Polglase, Miss E. Cvacknell and Dr. R. Thomley. 21 st September. Per Kuching —From Sarawak—Mr. Bradford, Mr. Keddie, Mr. Brooke Johnston, Mr. Ridley,
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  • Leading Articles.
    • 990 1 (Straits Times September.) Yesterday morniug. a Chinaman, for sometime employed as a conductor by the Electric Tramway Company, was charged with criminal breach of trust in respect of the taking of fares and not issuing tickets, thus putting into two pockets money w hich ought to have gone
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    • 823 1 (Straits Times 2lst September.) A correspondent reverts to an old theme of complaint in respect of what is generally regarded—especially by the i»oor themselves —as the oppression of the poor by the Municipality. This oppression, which has so often elicited the wails of correspondents in these columns, often
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    • 565 1 (Strait* Time*, 22nd September .> hen will tlie Scots of Singapore ftwike to, 'flense of the responsibility of their standing as Scots, and the propriety of their honoring St. Andrew Already, we read in the Penang papers, that the fourishing St. Andrew's Society there—in conformity with the custom
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    • 484 2 (Stnut* Tim**, ‘>>nd September.! A Gentleman who happens to have bet n the real pinner: of eleetrieal enterprise in Singapore calls our attention to a paragraph that Inis appeared in several of the 1 wipers to hand by the last mail, describing the successful issue of Mr. Edison's
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    • 831 2 f Strait# Time#, 25th September y. Under ordinary circumstances it might be expected that a Power which had passed through the experiences suffered by Russia <hiring the past year and a half would have desired a policy—temporary at all events—of military inactivity on her marches. Judging from the
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    • 768 2 (Strait# Time 25th Sej)tember.j Considerable space in our correspondence columns to-day is devoted to a communication from Mr. H. C. Brooke Johnson covering certain letters that passed between him and the Sarawak Club on the recent occasion of his expulsion from that body. That expulsion we referred to
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    • 934 2 IStrait# Time#, 26th Sep feather. The new Anglo-Japanese alliance is he absorbing topic of discussion in the Home and Indian papers to hand by the French Mail. As stated in our issue of yesterday, nobody as yet knows precisely what provisions it embodies, but there is no
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    • 4487 2 I Strait* Timrs, 27th s n ,t,. i r u wt,.. From the reports published i M .j H papers to hand by to-day’s mail. k inferred that the Peace pjou three weeks ago were not so Hf widespread as the telegrams u 0 „i,| I led us
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  • 26 1 DEATH. H’• tH^.s:-On the 25th September, at re, Marianne Hageclorn, relict of the »*.t Hgmont Hagedorn, aged 56 years. Deeply Herman and Java papers please Cop..
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  • 309 3 It is stated that the repairing of the damage done to the R.M.S. Emprr*# of Japan in the recent typhoon at Shanghai will probably cost over $100,000. American papers are nquirting that Germany and Russia have agreed upon an alliance. offensive and defensive, in reply to the
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  • Correspondence.
    • 156 4 RATS AS DIET To the Editor of the 44 Strait > Time*. Dear Sir, —I have often heard it stated that the poor Chinese in certain jiarts of China are accustomed to eat rats, but never believed until this morning that this was true also in Singapore. At about 8-45
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  • 422 4 The marriage of Mr. Albert E. \/.elnian and Miss Estelle M. Grenier took place at St. Andrew’s Cathedral at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon. The bridegroom is the eldest sou of Mr. H. G. Yzelman. of Joliore, and is in the service of the F. M. S. Govern ment
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  • 392 4 The Vials of Counsel’s Wrath. Yesterday, Gan Boon Tuk and Seng Su were again before Mr. Co!man for preliminary examination on the allegations of theft and disusing of stolen property respectively. Mr. Sproule, tlie Deputy Public Prosecutor, appeared for the Crown Mr. Battenberg for the defendants
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  • 2173 4 THE EQUITABLE” TROUBLES. Explanatory Letter from Mr. J. T. Hamilton. Some adverse criticisms anent the troubles of the Kqitable Life Co. have apjieared in these column, hilt we have also given full publicity to the explanations that came from the other side of the question. Acting ou the same principle,
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  • 398 4 Alleged Kidnapping. This morning Mr. Bryant had an extradition case l>efore him. It arose owing to the alleged kidnapping of a Malay girl aged ten from an estate in Perak. Detective Inspector Slieedy apjieared for the Crown. Mr. Van Cuylenberg defended the accused, Haji Mahomed Syed, who,
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  • 127 4 Vampires v. D. Co. Foresters. A big crowd watched the League football match played on the Anson Road football ground yesterday afternoon, between the Vampires and D. Co. Sherwood The Vampires played a fine name throughout. showing very good passing powers and strong defence. D. Co. on the
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  • 114 4 Thanks to the Crown Princess, says a London paper, Berlin, and. indeed, all German countries are likely to see the revival of a fashion deemed graceful for ladies of rank in France a century ago. Her Imperial Highness has begun to use. in her walks abroad, au
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  • 257 4 Singapore vs. Ceylon. The annual shootiug match between Colombo and Singapore takes plaoe this year, sometime between the 1st and 15th November. Ten a side will take part, and, unlike in previous years the Ceylon team will be strengthened by the inclusion of four of the regulars.
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  • 176 4 As we reporte<i ves 4 erdav a I ent occurred on the Traumai* vious day. a young Kline hr/v i*S* J Pagar Road being knocked dtwj T *»l taming a broken arm and a J He is not expected to live. Tl was first witnessed by a Polic*
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  • 161 4 Ahmat bix Lux I. P.C. 26. went with Kirke and others on Monday night on for gamblers at a house in Hidden s*H While searching the house he seems t -l found and annexed $3. the I friend. The friend made a report yV I Central Station
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  • 401 4 (From our Java Correspondent Sourabaya loth SeptemUr. When the South African war \va» aWr. to begin. Lord Roberts predicted it would be a military promenade. But. as the world afterwards saw. it was not. When the South Celebes war was opened, every one *hc knew the
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  • 187 4 THE TRANSPORT DUNERA.” Unfit to Travel On. Truth of August 24th remark* “An officer who recently retmuo South Africa by the hired transput narrates au edifving story of his -o. Not only was his cabin intes cockroaches, bugs, and other vermin. of his wife’s dress baskets in the room was
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  • 486 5 i Wescralian’s Views Anent the New Docks. v WV'traliaii traveller gives the followmolesting account of Singapore in nears in the Liverpool Journal Will' 'll i nttlit *orc says) is properly term- Hi* Gate of the East,” for it is t "i rendezvous for ships from ,,t the world, with
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  • 286 5 I Am interesting communication wiih I t<» the last exhumation of the I i mi- i Beethoven, some 20 year- <- i- made to the "Neue Freie Presse I *»y Ibn Wilhelm Stiassnv, who was j J| >' in at the ceremony as a repressnI ’at: e t
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  • 574 5 Mk. Wolfkkstas. S. D. (>.. Butter worth, was lately out shooting in the* Northern District and bagged about 37 couples of snip*. Pkna.no is to have yet another Bank. Die Mercantile Bank has obtained premises in Bishop Street and was to op*n a branch there on Monday
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  • 262 5 Address on Malaya. An interesting address on “Places of interest near Singajiore, or Missionary Needs in Malay Lands,” was delivered at the Methodist Church last night by Mr. F. J. Benjafield, and illustrated by about fifty excellent lantern views, which were thrown with great clearness upon a screen.
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  • 1999 5 Half-Yearly Meeting. To-day. j The halt yearly liieetAig of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce was held this afternoon at the Exchange. Mr. W. li. Shelford presiding. The Chairman addressed the meeting as follows: The Currency. The principal question which has lately occupied the minds of us all
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  • 511 5 Thk annual interport rifle match is to be fired off in the respi ctive ports between 1st and loth October. We have already given the list of men selected to practice for Singapore, and regular practice* is nowin progress. The following Hongkong and Shanghai shots have been
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  • 161 5 Old Penang Resident Passes Away at Sea. Wk regret to say tliat Messrs. Rautenberg Schmidt and Co. have received a telegram from Suez announcing that Mr. A. Durler.tlie manager of the Penang branch of that firm Schmidt, Kusterinann and Co.—lias died a t sea between Aden
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  • 2168 6 Our Choral Society. Penang, Sunday, 17th Scj,tender. The Penang Choral Society gave its second concert on Friday and unqualified success both as regaids the programme and the audience. The latter not surprising when one remembers that the concert took the form ot an at home” at the Penang
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  • 555 6 This ntoiiiiiig. Mr. Bryant had three Bengali milkmen summoned at tlu* instanee ot the Muuieipal Health Officer for selling adulterated milk. I>r. Bitchie showed the milk in one ca>e contained 27'\, and ill tlu* other o.V., water. Both these men pleaded guilty. The third man jicrsistoiitly denied
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  • 704 6 Labour Question. The following article is from the ‘‘Straits Echo” The labour force in the F. M .S. tin mines during November and December, i at which time census was taken, amount* i ed to 192,669. The labour force in each State was as follows: 1904
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  • 682 6 Ihk Cranlei/ arrived v< H Dunkirk with railway i.iiiti-riaU Thk Hon. W. R. Collyer. Au, I arrived this liiorning from I* < H by the Bentons/. 1 Among new arrivals at tl SB 1'Europe are Mr. van DilffL H Dilden and Miss W. van I Ml L
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  • 129 6 Promotion is looking up a kit in ti* 4 and Derby Regiment. Lieutenant i Gilson, of tlie 1st Battalion at having been promoted to a *-v six and a-lialf years service, making t company promotion, including th« 11 1,1 of an outside officer, in the present >
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  • 1739 7 I Municipal Commissioners met at. the I :li. Esplanade yesterday afternoon, I tit. Mr. Broadrick, in the chair. I al-«» present Messrs. Wm. MacB and Coghlan the Secretary, ’i’., and the Engineer, Mr. Peirce. I The President. I .1 tin- financial statement showing I hitik accounts $65,745, and
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  • 256 7 Driver Gets a Ducking. Yesterday afternoon about half-past four o'clock a motor-car lielouging to and driven by Mr. A. C. M. Weaver of the Telegraph Company rail into the river at Magazine Road. Mr. Weaver had driven from the direction of Kampong Malacca and was approaching
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  • Correspondence
    • 183 7 /’<> the Editor of the Strait x Time*." Dkak Sir, —I note that, in the speech of the Chairman at the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday, the remarkable statement was made that some of the local European houses have taken in small coins in such amounts
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  • 1019 7 By Dux.** Interest in the races apjxais to l»e on the increase.*, as the day of the races approaches, if we may judge by the larger number of people who witness the morning's work done by our horses. On the off days it is true hut few put
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  • 229 7 Bar Cash-box Stolen. A daring burglary was committed at the Hotel de l'Europe in the early hours of this morning. The bar and billiard room was broken into by thieves and a casli-liox contained $40 odd and $60 worth of chits taken away. When the Hotel
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  • 640 7 Cold storage is now seeing its second week in Ipoll, says the Alalau Mail. The first consignment arrived from Teluk Anson on the morning of the 8th inst. It was rumoured on the Sunday following that a great deal of the meat had to be destroyed
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  • 281 7 Thk Gre gory Apcar which arrived from the Ea>t this morning, with Pilot Stovell in charge, ran foul of several Chinese twakolis while steaming to her l>erth at Section 3. Tanjong Pagar wharf, sinking one laden with several tons of coal and very slightly damaging another
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  • 211 7 On North Boat Quay. A Chinese taichew named Ti Hap Joo, who was stabbed by another Chinese taichew in front of his house No. 64 North Boat Quay on the 12th inst. died last night at 8 o’clock as a result of his wound. The
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  • 247 7 A singularly interesting visitor to London at the moment is Mrs. Rawls Reader, a lady who is a living refutation of the assertion that women w ould not make good diplomatists. Mrs. Reader," writes Miranda "in the Lady's Pictorial, ‘“is only thirty-one, yet it is six
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  • 84 7 Mk. F. L. Roxdebush, of London, has been authorised to file the specification of an invention for improvements in and connected with rock drilling engines. The leave of the Hon. ,7. Turner, as member of the Legislative Council, is extended for three months from 29th October next. The
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  • 48 7 The following steamers lately left Amoy for the Straits Settlements with coolies t 17th July —Hongwau I. witli 450 coolies 22nd Charterhouse., 184 31st Waihora 268 4th Aug.—Hong Bee 766 17tli Glenfalloch 802 22nd Hongwan I. 467 27tli Glenogle 785 29tli Charterhouse 290 Total, 3.512 copies.
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  • 1313 8 As was reported in yesterday s issue ..i the "Straits Times,' the half-yearly ,-pecial general meeting of the Chamber ,,f Commerce was held in the Exchange at 2.3d p.m. Mr. W. H. Shelford presided and there were also present, Mr. S. Gad. Hon. W.
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  • 2248 8 Government Arraigned in a London Paper. The following very interesting letter on the subject of the expropriation, by Government, of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company’s properties appears over the signature of ‘Singapore’’ in the Financier of Aug. 30tli. It is one of the most plain-spoken contributions to
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  • 635 8 A REPRESENTATIVE of the Tinfx <>f had an interview lately with Towkay Foo Choo Choon, the most influential Oiinev miner in Perak on the subject of lktiwd gambling. Towkay Foo Choon was ih.originator of a petition that was sent to
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  • 639 9 P\4.\k shares were dealt with on To-day they have gone >t I. M ‘11* *1 \I O. s. s. 1. G. M. s. M. I. F. M. S. ,U of the full official designation \j; |Voucll.«• >1. ‘4’ Singapore. tobacco is now increasingly Holland by way of
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  • 187 9 ’"How ing is the itinerary of the s. s. w isit h is to carry out the reliefs England and the Far East in the ’Helping season. The troopship will s *li;uiiptou on November 4tli, with and infantry drafts for Egypt, v s, Hits Settlements, and Hongkong.
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  • 97 9 Eakly this morning the inmates of a bouse in Killiney Road were awakened by shouts in the boys’ quarters. It ap}iears that a Chinaman had got in through the window’, intent on paying off old scores by making off with some of their belongings. A search was
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  • 182 9 The Bowling match on Friday at the Tanglin Club between under 30” and “over 30’’ended in such a close finish that then* is still some doubt as to the winners in spit* of the animated discussion that followed the game. After the score had undergone various vicissitudes,
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  • 260 9 R. G. A. Beat Volunteer Gunners. Ox tlit* Blakan Mati fontLiil ground, on Saturday afternoon, the S. V. A. encountered No. SO Coy. H. G. A. in a League match, aud succumbed to the tune of five goals to one. The Volunteers, it should be explained. were not
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  • 364 9 Gathering at the Christian Institute. A larok audience gathered at the M. E. Chapel for Malay-speaking people last night, the occasion being the annual Children's Day exercises. The chapel had lx?en tastefully decorated for the occasion with British and American flags, palms and chains of evergreens. Over the
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  • 370 9 The Lawyer’s Boots. Mr. Mostaou Harris had a boy named Ham Chan Joon. whose services he was constrained to dispense with. On the 15th inst. lie missed sundry pairs of hoots. On Saturday night the dismissed boy was found in his late employer's room at the Hotel
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  • 350 9 Sati kday’s limit proved a great success, the attendance being larger than the previous one. About 40 riders turned out and followed the course laid by Messrs. Pickering and Bolingbroke. which ran through the Botanic Gardens. Garden Hoad. Tyersall jumps, round the back of the Palace, through
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  • 236 9 Prof. B. P. Bowxk, of Boston University, one of the leading sectarian institutions of learning in America, is now making tour of the world, having been granted a year's rest. He has consented to deliver some addresses during his tour iu India and China, and it is
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  • 82 9 Early this morning, a Javanese named Mat Ali. living at Serangoou. was going along Gaylang Road when he was attacked by three other Javanese, one of whom hacked him about the head with a parang, threw him in a ditch and left him for dead. He was
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  • 96 9 Early yesterday morning two Chinese broke into a Japanese restaurant in Beach Road opposite the cinematograph tent and stole money and jewellery to the amount of about $2,00(), the property of a man and his wife who were staying in the place. The noise made by
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  • 122 9 A marriage will take in Penang about the middle of November, between Mr. H. R. Pinhorn, Headmaster of the Penayg Free School, and Hilda, daughter of Mr. J. Good of Rydal Lodge, Hessle, Yorks. The]marriage arranged between Mr. George Teeliug. Barrister-at-law, of Penang, only son of Mr.
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  • 154 9 The London correspondent of the Times of Ceylon wires under date Sept. 13 that Mr. Lampard's Malaya Company, which is acquiring several estates on which are 200,000 rublier trees from two to twenty years old. is to be out by the end of this month. The capital
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  • 207 9 Thk funeral of tlie wife of Mr. Soli Hong Soon took place yesterday. The cortege left Cecil Street alsmt 10 a.m. followed by a large concourse of influential Chinese, and reached its destination, the plantation of the husband of the deceased at the fourth mile Serangoon Road,
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  • 147 9 Thk Resident Councillor of Malacca Mr. Bland) requests us to publish the following list of subscribers to the Manchuria Distress Fund, the amounts having been collected by Mr. Sob Cheng Bun, of the Resident Councillor’s Office, and remitted to the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Chau Koon Cheng
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  • 868 9 A Talk with the new Manager. The following is from the “Times of Ceylon of the 12th instant: Mr. Sydney Moorhouse arrived from the Straits by Germaji steamer yesterday, and will spend three weeks in Cevlon. He has been appointed manager of Bukit Asahan. the property of the
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  • 2232 10 lo the Editor of the Strait* Time*." Sir.- Having rece ntly lx*en expelled from the Sarawak Club. 1 shall lx* milch obligee! itVin justice to myself, you will publish the liclesed corres|K>ndence &c. To make matters somewhat clearer I may mention that I
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  • 474 10 To the Hilitor ot' the Strait* Time*." Sn;At tin* present nearly all so-dagers in these* parts art* hopeful of making fortunes in rublier. Alas, a paternal government forbids its servants to have any coiumereial dealings —they can only economise so far as the rising dollar permits
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  • 330 10 Money from the Straits. Whenever money is wanted in China for anything it has been the custom amongst the mandarins for the past eight or ten years to send some official to appeal to Chinese in the Straits Settlements, Australia. and the United States, and rarely has the
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  • 624 10 The Times of Malaya understands that the dotation of the Kuala Pulai mines makes slow progress in Cornwall and Loudon. Towkay Li Tilling Sen is still in China, whence he is unlikely to return to Perak, unless the mine l>e floated. The land is mortgage*! to chetties for
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  • 790 10 TUESDAY, 26 TH SEPTEMBER. This morning the <jj f Magistrates’ appeals in the s„', l'* 1 0 “I'Oiuc- t Tuk theft is reported of Si tin from premises at the t| m ,r mile stone. a i4 Tuk British Steamer Torbr,,,,,, left for \okohama this morni,,,.. sold to the Japanese.
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  • Correspondence.
    • 1482 11 of the Strait* Timex.*' \..t withstanding the opinions of tli* minds of parents are much to tin* probable or possible aboli- j qii*cii's Scholarships, and I think art* entitled to consideration by i ;:nu ntas much as. if not more than, tl* teachers. as
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    • 528 11 V ii the Editor of the Strait.< Time*." Sir. —May I crave a few inches of your valuable space, in order to call the attention of tin* Postmaster-General to the following:— My residence is at Bukit Timah, not far from the Railway Station. A regular service of
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    • 84 11 To the Editor of the Strait* Time S IR —During the last few months about four old residents have told me there is now much less rain than there used to be years ago.” An analysis of the rainfall returns from 1839—1904 does not uphold this statement.
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    • 66 11 To the Editor of the Stroitx Timex." Dear Sir. —As the time draws near for the formal o|H*!iiiig of tin* Victoria Memorial Hall, the public are wondering whether the shabby olx*lisk which stands almost in front of that ornate building is not to receive a muchneeded coat
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    • 111 11 To the Editor of the Straits Timex. Dear Sir, I have not been to the mouth of the Rix*liore Canal, but I was under the impression that it bad a gate and a pump there so that at the time of high tide there might lx* no
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    • 147 11 To the Editor of the 4 Straits Times." Sir. -1 am informed by a dealer in cycling supplies that there is an ordinance requiring thivuse of a lamp on cycles at night. If this Ik* true, the law is evidently a dead letter, for 1 saw. some nights
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  • 568 11 Deck Hand and Serang. Yestekhay. Abdul Ihiliman. a deck hand on the oil steamer Sriino. Captain Starkey, was charged by Insp. Wilson on remand for wilful disobedience at IMadjoe Palcmhaug on the 5th.. combining with others of the crew* to disolx*y. absence without leave, and attempting to
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  • 111 11 l*»-i.\v {tolling has taken place fur the election of a representative on the Municipal Commission for the Rochore Ward in succession to Mr. C'lioa Giang Thve. retired. There was only one candidate—namely. Mr. filing Keng Lee. merchant, of No. 2 Tong Whatt Road. Only 20 votes were needed
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  • 148 11 Yestkki»ay was the anniversary of the birthday of Confucius, the great Chinese sage and teacher. At a social meeting of Chinese, held in honour of the occasion in the evening at the Confucius School in Amoy Street. Dr. Lilli Boon Keng gave an address on the principles
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  • 179 11 Thk Federated Malay States KuhlnT Company. says the Financier is the title of a new concern which has just l>een formed at Antwerp for the cultivation of iudia-ruhlxu* plantations in the Malay States and elsewhere. the working of mineral ores ami the financing of o|x*ratious relating
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  • 533 11 Coolies Attack French Sailors. Yesterday afternoon while the intermediate Messageries Maritimcs s.s. Loom w r as lying at Borneo Wharf a row <x*curred between some of the French sailors and a gang of coolies, resulting in a free fight, iu the course of which two
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  • 805 11 By Dux.** A bright morning brought a large lmmlx-r to the race-course to-day. and they were rewarded by seeing a very interesting morning s work. The majority of the griffins were given sprints of from 3 to 6 furlongs. A large number of them are begi lining to
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  • 248 11 S.V. A. Defeat Y. M. C. A. A League football match between the S. V. A. anti the Y. M. C. A. was played on the S. H. C. ground yesterday afternoon and was witnessed by a large namber of spectators. The Y. M. C. A. were not
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  • 251 12 Thekf. arc two countries under tin British flag in which the attempts to grow cotton have proven! failures. In the Federated Malay States, says the Financial Times, tlu* Egyptian variety planted sonic eighteen months ago has bloomed and fruited more or less continuously for about nine months, but
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  • 214 12 Germans Ousting the English in Singapore. The carrying trade in the Straits, says the Financier of August 28, has been slipping out of British hands during the last few months. Ten steamers which flew the British flag and were engaged in the Singapore Bangkok trade have been
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  • 165 12 The links of the Singapore Garrison Golf Club will Ik* closed at 6 p.in. on Friday ami all day on Saturday next, to enable the Sherwood Foresters to prepart* for their torchlight tatt<K>. The forty-fourth monthly medal, which was played for at Tanglin on the 9th inst..
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  • 239 12 Officials Attacked. The* N. D. L. steamer "Willehacl," whi’ch arrived in Brisbane recently, brought news of an attack made by natives oil h party of German officials. It appear.-* that a party of officials, under Mr. St-uckard, including a number of German soldiers, went to one of
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  • 588 12 The* following is from the “Mining Journal' of the 25th August This market has also shared in the upward movement of the Metal Market, and although early in the week efforts were made to depress prices, they were unsuccessful, and values quickly rose. Very large purchases have
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  • 211 12 Our sea-faring friends w’ill be interested in the following utterances which have been made by Mr. G. H. Reid, of Australian political fame —The men w’ho go to sea make a great mistake. The lot of a sailor w r as, he added, a hard there was more
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  • 631 12 Mining Lands. The total area of mining land held under alienation is. roughly, 219,000 acres, exclusive of Pahang. It is difficult to estimate the acreage alienated in Pahang, but deducting the lands held by the Pahang Corporation, the Liang Syndicate and the Sempam Company, the area
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  • 461 12 The appointment of the D. O. Dindings to be also A. D. O. Lower Perak, which really refers to Stiawau, will cause no surprise to those who have watched the trend of events in that territory, remarks the “Pinang Gazette." In neither the Dindings nor in
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  • 345 12 With tin* present trip of the X. 1). L. Tringganu. which left last week oil its usual rip to the i'eleltes via Southern Philippines ports, the Chief Officer. Mr. Romner, assumes the captaincy, Capt. Littinanu Iteiug promoted to the fine new steamer Manila. The Manila also left on
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  • 534 12 Messrs. Loke Chow Ki» Hf Chow Thye have recemlv'““‘ B from a visit to Europe* with* V B1 of travel thus set forth L Mail.” 1,1 th \\M They appear to have spent I able time in and about OF Aberdeen, paying special atnf?
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  • 271 12 The withdrawal of Japanese tr«**q*" front is the first important work to 1m taken after the j>eace agreement i" and it is stated that the trails!** station disbanding of the enormous arin> u tf the Government something like V»o but this is probably an exagg< Ji However, there
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  • 480 13 Settlements Blurhook for inst been issued by the GovernC i .-.a* (v *it!ng Office. llajah of Sarawak arrived at Mar- homeward bound, by the P. and O. 7. n the 26tli August. fiuthrie has arrived with frozen meat. t, lit- butter, etc., for the Cold Storage tr
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  • 152 13 Ih> Strait* Settlements return of imports iU'i export* for tlie second quarter of this you i> now out. The figures come out thus '«"uqiai ison w ith tin* corresponding quarter "t year, exclusive of treasure. Imports. I Quarter of 19()5...$83.()85.670=£8.135,469 < barter <»f 1904...$82,493,512=4^7,836,879 hicrea*e in
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  • 113 13 blowing are the winners in the jj ‘'°f the Deli races: for horses.— Forlorn Hope. l’ 'Uttin* Handicap.— Bad News. H u p- —Chester mere. •iris; 11 V 1* $-50)— Sappho. H‘ y Handicap.— Kasje. U i$400) i>heron (tlie only starter). I .,•!!’’**i* :t l* '*750>v —Waihi with
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  • Correspondence.
    • 663 13 I n the Editin’ of the Strait* Time 9." *>ik.— -Apropon current representations of the teaching and practices of China’s code of morals." rightly called nar Confucianism, and the teaching of Dr. Lim Boon Keng and others, much of it so thoroughly good and calculated to do good, is
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    • 111 13 To the Editor of the Strait* Time*." Dear Sir, —It is most gratifying to note in the editorial columns of your paper a few words commendatory of a Department of the Philippine Government. As regards Americans in general. your paper has always assumed a generous tone, but
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    • 271 13 To the Editor of the ''Strait* Times." Sir, I quite agree with the valuable suggestion contained in the last paragraph of communication in yesterday’s Strait* Time*, though I differ materially from him in the standpoint taken in the earlier postion of the letter. The lack of a secondary
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    • 166 13 To the l‘jdit‘>r i*7 the Strait* Timex.' 1 Deak Sik.--1 notice that there haslieen an unusual number t*f cases in tlic Police Courts during the past week in which Europeans have lieen defendants, one at least of whom admitted that he was a deserter. I don't know whether
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  • 703 13 A Missing: Medal. Tlie Court of Requests presented an unusual aspect this morning w-hen about three dozen members of tlie Singapore Volunteer Corps appeared before Mr. Michell, in response to summonses issued in the name of Captain Baker, the Adjutant and Paymaster of the Corps,
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  • 747 13 A Tramway Case. On the 18th inst.. Aaron Elias, then employed on trafucarNo. 30 as an apprentice trolly man. was arrested on the allegation of having cheated a Malay passenger of five cents. Yesterday, the case was again called; Mr. Perkins ap]>eared on behalf of the Tramway
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  • 263 13 Strike of Carmen. Some discontent appears to have showed itself of late among the carmen employed by the Electric Tramway with reference to tlieir hours of service. Yesterday afternoon it took definite shape over the Serangoon Road and Gaylang section by the drivers and conductors attempting
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  • 171 13 B. Co. Foresters v Raffles A League football match between B. Co. Sherwood Foresters and the ex-Rafflesians Football Club, was played on the S.R.C. ground yesterday afternoon. The teams lined up. under Mr. Holmbcrg as referee, about 5.15 p.m.. and from the kick-off it was apparent that the
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  • 684 13 Good Prices Realised. The second day’s sale of properties lielongiug to tlie estate of Hadjee Osman was held at Powell A Co’s, saleroom yesterday after uoon. There was a large attendance and very good prices were again realised. Prices of shop houses in North Bridge Hoad
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  • 172 14 Si mbi, 20th St fit. Lord Curzon has making farewell speeches. In speaking to the Officer*. eelucation Department. he elwe*it uj)on wlucation as being the most important thing needful towards tht' gradual spread ot *elf-gove*rii-neut in India. Hence, in his opinion, arose the necessity
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  • 573 14 Hij v rr'til itrntK.fr >ur v.'/j r (K'itrt'iiiitinch* U*\hi. rli\. 2i\G. Sti>t<ml>t r. M.nv t.»\» nrublo prospect' ot a settlement in regai'd to the Morocco question are eKpeeied. judging from the statement of M. Rouvit-i. who returiuxl to Paris to-day. M. Witt*.*, who passes through Berlin on
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  • 2500 14 London, 21st September. Tlie Doily News states: —A Russian Government agent is in Loneton. negotiating for the construction in Britain of a whole new navy for Russia. Tip* departure of the Russian Volunteer 1 Fleet steamer from Odessa for Vladivosto k on the 17th inpt., also other departures,
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  • 1016 14 Wednesday’s Ties. B. Singles. H Fort scr v A L Chittenden +1, unfinished. C. Singles. H Adamson scr v Steadman—2, unfinished. H R Llewellyn scr beat T M Matthews 1, 5- 6-4, 6-4. D. Singles. D McLeod Craik scr beatG Stockwell—1, 6-4, 6T F Loiiginuir
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  • FINANCE & COMMERCE. 27th September, 1905.
    • 205 15 August Output. output for August amounted to J >p picuL against 26,213.64 piculs iu 1 j, piw ions. The value of the metal ['in’d at $2,083,292*61 on which duty \triit of $289,566.74 was collected. tiv 14 per cent. j iv. rage value for the month has been i
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    • 185 15 Sanderson Co.’s Report. London, 31st August. Spot—Supplies have been further restricted this week, no East India Coffee having been offered, and Dumont Santos being the only description brought forward in any quantity. The market remains without change, the greater part of the offerings being taken by the
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    • 130 15 S. Figgis Co.’s Report. 1st September. -wing art* the particulars of Plantation Rubber offered in auction to-day (’eyion. Weighing. Sold at XnifHilakamle Para Rubber A.P.K. A 1.. 5 cases Biscuits per Tactician 170 lbs, 6/31 2.. 1 170 6/31 B 2 Scrap 99 5/Hattangaila 1 Biscuits Clan
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    • 589 15 LONDON RUBBER MARKET. Lewis Peat’s Report. London Ist September The market has been steady, v during the past week, quiet, and much business lias been done. The include Fine Hard and Madeira at to > t for near delivery. At 5,6 for >‘ .ber at 5/5 J for Nevember, at
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  • 93 15 Gambier 8.50 do (Cube No. 1) unpicked M 11.50 Copra Bali 7.45 do Pontianak 7.00 Pepper, Black buyers 25.00 do White, 5% buyers 35.50 Sago Flour Sarawak 2.95 do Bruuei No. 1 2.85 Pearl Sago 5.40 Coffee Bali, 15% basis 23.00 Coffee, Palemb&ug, 20% basi9 25.00 Coffee, Liberian No.
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  • 266 15 (Mkk« antile Bank.) On London —Bank 4 m/s 2/1^ Demand 2/1 Private 6 m/s 2/2 do 3 m/s 2/14On Germany —Bank d/d 2.164 Private 3 m/s 2.184 do 6 m/s 2.204 On France —Bank d/d 2.66” Private 3 m/s 2.71 do 6 m/s 2.74 On India —Bank T. T.
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  • 257 15 N umber p Last ut Value luull Company Buyers Sellers TransacShares c |up tions SOLO. 13,000 10 *7.50 Bersawab U. M. Co., Ltd 12.00 6,500 uuusued. 4,000 9 10 9 10 (Deferred) 8.00 20,000 9 10 1 9 10 KadanaG. M. Co., Ltd. 2.00| uom. 10,000 10 8 (Pref.)
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  • 168 15 400,000 1 1 Duff Development Co., Ltd.. 8.00 8.50 50.000 uuith- ued 2,000 9 10U j 9 100 Federated Engineering Co., Ltd. 130.00 175.00 4,500 9 50 I 9 50 1 Fraser A Neave, Ltd. 101.00 101.00 80,000 9 125 j 9 125 Hongkong and Shanghai Bank 850.00 9/10
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  • 83 15 70,000 1 1 Bukit Rajah ,£2.12.6 9,000 unissued 6,000 1 £1 I Cicely Rubber Estate ‘£1.5.0 6,000 1 1 5% Pre. 1.10.0 1,500 unissued 30,000 1 1 Pataliug Rubber Co. £2.10.0 12,500 unissued l 2,000 9100 .9100 Ribu Planting Co. Ltd. 9 150 sales 650 unissued 1,000 9100 9100
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  • 52 15 i Howarth Erskine, Ltd. 7% ~i 250,000 4% prem. Riley, Hargreaves, Ltd. 6% 225,000 2% prem buyers. Singapore Municipal 6% 400,000 2% prem buyers. 5% 1,878,000 1% prem buyers. 4% 655,500 2% dis. uom. Taujong Pagar Dock Co., Ltd. 6% 250,000 2% prem buyers. 5% .J 1,365,500 1% prem
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 91 15 Coder this heading the following abbreviations are used :—str. —steamer sh.—ship bq. —barque sch.—schooner; Yet.—Yacht; Cru. —Cruiser; Gbt.—Gunboat; Tor.—Torpedo; H.p. Horse-power; Brit.— British; U.S. United States Fch. —French Ger —German Dut.—Dutch G.c.—General-cargo d.p.—deck passenger U.—Uncertain T. P. W.—Tanjong Pagar Wharf T.P.D.—Tanjong Pagar Dock B.W.—Borneo Wharf K.H.—Keppel Harbour
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    • 1046 15 Aehille Brit. str. 4,484 tons, Capt. Thompson, 26th Sept. From Yokohama, Ist Sept. G.c. W. Mansfield A Co. For Liverpool, 2nd Oct.—W. Amherst. Brit. str. 135 tons, Capt Scott, 27th Sept. From Pontianak, 25th Sept. G.c., and 16 d.p. Wee Bin A Co. For Pontianak, 29th —Rds.
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    • 686 15 Siime, port, probable date of arriral mid name of agent*. Agamemnon, China, Oct. 25 Mansfield. Alcinous. China, Oct. 15 Mansfield. Alicante. Manila, Oct. 8 Barlow. Alston, Hongkong, Oct. Adamson Gilfillan. Alting, Bandjermassin, Oct. 1; Daendel*. Amiral Nielly, Saigon, Oct 11 Moine Comic. Aunam. Djibouti), Oct. 9th M. Mari
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    • 891 16 S i Vessel's Namk A(i Tons Captain From Sailed Consignees < niu Q i Sep i I 20 Ban Liong jlhit str. 275 Winters Cotie Sept 14 Ban Seng 20 Hong Wan str. 110 Phillips Malacca Sept 12'Wee Bin 20 'Clam Brit str.' 2310 Bramston B. Papan Sept 14
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    • 603 16 Date Vessels Name Flag A: Rig Tons 1 Dkstj s Septem. 20 Clam Brit str. 2811 Penane^Tp^— 20 Ban Wliatt Hin str. 195 Telobin via 20 Calypso str. 389 Penang and ft^ 20 Hild Nor str. 719 Bombay 20 I Pakling Brit str. 2875 Antwerp via 20 On Sang
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 327 16 BILIOUSNESS. Biliousness (or bilious attack) needs little description to the unfortunate sufferer. Food cannot be retained, the tongue is furred, there is a bitter taste in the mouth, the head throbs and aches: the patient is constipated, exceedingly weak, depressed and miserable. Doan’s Dinner Pills will give relief in a
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    • 81 16 and Perrins’ Sauce. By Royal Warrant to His Majesty the King. THE ORIGINAL AND GENUINE WORCESTERSHIRE. MARTIN'S for all ImlulariUM. ThpcMandsdl kt«p a box of Martin's PillsTn the house, so that on thf n of any Irregularity of the System a timely dose mu Those who use them recommend them,he
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    • 125 16 r« NEWFRENCKREMED1 TRAOE THERA PI 0 N MARK cj&ssrsfiUEt'■? ku< Kostan, Jobert, Velpeau ’-Vi' —.T wic uoideraU to be soucht in a kmd and Iur P A e everythin* hitherto itnrture and other serious diseases. In dysentery ml,., rotation of the lower bowel, cough, bronchitis,asthma* and •rue ,,f the more
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    • 468 16 DINNEFORDS The Uni.crsal Remedy (or Acidity i.. Stomach. Headache, lieari'ouru, In«Jiire>li«*t.. Sour Eructations, Bilious Aff< c'.u.u* DINNEFORDS KgnesiI The 1’liVMciaii» Cure for G< ut, Rheumatic Gcut and Gram. Safest and most Gentle Medicine Jor Infants, Ci.ijur»r., Delicate Females, and the Sickness of Pregnancy. MAGNES the kind twirl ea a Cer,
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