The Straits Budget, 15 March 1906
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Title Section90 1906-03-15 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES. r *T\bushed over Half a Century Cable Address Times, Singapore. Straits Budget, 40 Cents. 3TRAITB I IM ES 15 CENTB. VOL. LX. SINGAPORE. THURSIfcAY. 15 MARCH, 1906. NO. 2508 Th- STRAITS TIMES’* circulates Singapore and Penang it ,loL*T ALL90 words
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The Straits Budget. THURSDAY, 15TH MARCH.
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Article96 1906-03-15 1 Mowi.\m :-t)u the 4th of February', at Ayr House. Sliema. Malta, the wife of Engineer Lieutenant K. J. Mowlam, ot 11. M. S. Stay, of ;i N4»n.* Rhii.mi'n On the 8th of February, at 3. W -d-t.ick-terrace. St. Simou’s-road, South sea, :ii* \%'.fe of Staff-Surgeon J. E. H. Phillips,96 words
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Article175 1906-03-15 1 < I.i ukstkk:—At St. George’s Church, iVnang. on March 6th, Henry Janies Alexander < r<nve ti> Agnes Lilian Leicester i.\i;ki :—On the 8th of February. :I -it- < lunch of St John the Baptist. Hollandi i. Kensington, by the Bight Revd. the Lord I* '‘"l* Rochester > l)r. Harmer175 words
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Article358 1906-03-15 1 Pages fading Articles K *1 Journalism 1 ,J nty Council Visit 1 and China 1 •i.i. r.-ttes 2,3 •ocal j* 'uinutry of the Week 1 *oiHestic Occurrences 1 °f Rubber Plantation 1 uii-ral of the late Mr. Williams... 4 -1‘ etritication of Singapore 4 J 1 Assizes358 words
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Article184 1906-03-15 1 The Straits Budget this week, is mailed by the Dongola along the P. O route. The M. M. homeward mail by the Tourane closed tin Monday. The German mail from Europe by the P. B. Lu it paid arrived on Friday and the B. I. mail184 words
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Article114 1906-03-15 1 We learn that the very fine rubber plantation known as Ragalla near Taiping in die F. M. S., has recently changed hands, lihe brokers being 3Iessrs. H. L. Coglilan and Co. The purchasers are a syndicate of well-known heads of Singapore firms. The n-operty seems114 words
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Leading Articles.
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Article530 1906-03-15 1 < Strait* Times*, 9th March.'. Morning papers. and rumours of morning j papers. And the question is. who’s got more j money than he cares to keep and so wants to get rid of it. charitably* iu the support of some deserving journalists, a rejiorter or two, j<Strait* Times*, 9th March.'. - 530 words
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Article687 1906-03-15 1 Thk visit of the London County Councillors to Paris, further details of which are now to hand, would seem to have been carried out in the same happy spirit as that which inspired its initiatory steps. Snow and sunshine alternately greeted the visitors from a weather point(Straits Times, 10th March.) - 687 words
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Article8812 1906-03-15 1 It seems difficult for a country to get rid of some foreign commissions. The Chinese commissions to America are instances of this. Telegrams from Reuter and paragraphs in our contemporaries have again and again described the reception and the departure from America of Chinese commissions, and just(Straits Times, 14th March.) - 8,812 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement89 1906-03-15 1 Th» post fiee price of the Straits Times year. The post free price of the Budge* is 320 a year. It is not neoe-ary to subscribe for a year. The subscriptions for shorter periods are at same proportionate rate of price as for a year. The Strait■< Budget can be89 words
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Obituary89 1906-03-15 1 DEATHS. y31 Noordin Lane:—On 1; r u 1916. at 8 a.m. Denizia p 1 1 ,e **-‘l ov ed wife of John Baptista j. l: Superintendent of the Impounding y i\oir. 4"hore. Deeply regretted. ueepiy regreiitni. I u—On the 21st February, at YokoH.Z. Wheeler. H —On the 28th February, at89 words
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Article457 1906-03-15 3 H. M. S. King Alfred is due from home to-day ami the Sutlej is due from the North. Thk Government of Burma lias with drawn its quarantine restrictions against Singapore on account of plague. Thk annual general meeting of the Tanglin Club will be held in the457 words
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Article815 1906-03-15 4 Taiping 2nd March. 1 The Ladies' shooting match. Perak versus Selangor, ended practically in a draw*—since our first team was defeated by Selangor by 8 points and our second scored over Selaugor by 22. The scores were as follows: —1st team, Perak 178, 2nd 176, Selangor. 1st team815 words
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Article216 1906-03-15 4 Thus tli Pinang Gazette: —By the departure for Singapore of Mr. E. M. Janion. Penang lost not only a genial aud kindly personality, but also an extremely able and energetic chairman of its Chamber of Commerce. At the next meeting of the members of the Chamber216 words
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Article648 1906-03-15 4 Installation Opened on Tuesday Night. When the presently existing scheme o! electric tramways for Singapore was first mooted, one of the factors which led the Municipality to receive the project with favour w r as that it would give them opportunity to secure for the city a648 words
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175 1906-03-15 4 Thk funeral of the late Mr. J. R. Williams, of the Straits Trading Co., took place yesterday evening and was largely attended. The deceased gentleman has t)een a signal sergeant in the S. V. A. and was therefore buried with full military honours. His175 words
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Article149 1906-03-15 4 The following recent appointments have been made: —Mr. W. D. Scott acts as Magistrate, Seremban; Mr. C. H. G. Clarke acts as Assistant District Officer, Pekan: Mr. F. E. Taylor acts as Inspector of Schools, Negri Sembilan: Mr. W. H. Lee-Warner is is attached to the149 words
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Article577 1906-03-15 4 Selitar Affair. Before the work of the Assizes commenced yesterday afternoon, Mr. T. Dudley Parsons asked leave to mention the case of Salleh bin Jafar, who was charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder. He mentioned that Mr. M. Harris, who was defending the accused, was absent577 words
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Article313 1906-03-15 4 Mclvany - Mclvany. When oth?r ships, and other crews, Our cargoes cart around. When foreign competition keen Has wiped us from the ground Just theu perhaps, when this occurs Your recollections lx? John Bull my boy with sad grimace Oh you’ll remember me Yes you’ll remember, you’ll remember me. When313 words
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Article47 1906-03-15 4 Twenty-one deportees from the Straits Settlements arrived at Hongkong on the 28th February, by the s. s. Charterhouse, all artistically covered in red blankets. The police took charge of the bunch as soon as the vessel anchored and passed them on to pastures new the same day.47 words
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Article518 1906-03-15 4 Interesting Cases Before the Magistrates. The practice of circulating prohibited copp3r coin, namely, Sarawak perforated cento, prevails extensively in Singapore. From week to week, there appear before the Summons Court about a score of money changers, charged by the police with tins offence. Yesterday, forty men518 words
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Article368 1906-03-15 4 Sanderson Co.’s Report. 8 th February Spot.—Business has again been somewhat interfered with through foggy weather, Tuesday’s auctions having been postponed until the following day. The quantity offered has been about the same as last week, and the cone of the market remains firm. Values are fully368 words
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Article611 1906-03-15 4 The annual general moot;. Singapore Chamber of Cornrrl. ,,f held at the Exchange Hoorn on M J'* 11 l 19th instant at 2.30 p m Mo, The British crniser Sutlej anr t Grant, arived from Hongkong tl 1 and anchored in the roads She In ni,D s611 words
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Article69 1906-03-15 4 Thk Times of Malaya hears that a limits liability company is being formed at lpoll to acquire the Tanglin Estate, situated in Lower Perak. This is aq excellent prope‘t> with a large number of tapable tree s, and ia been very favourably reported on by tw< J69 words
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Article153 1906-03-15 4 At the general meeting of the Peninsula Agricultural Association Rll the 24th January, 1905, it was agivt< offer two prizes for essays on K llto cultivation, mode of tapping, manip’ l etc.,” and at a committee meeting 11 a 21st March, 1905, it was proposed to gold153 words
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515 1906-03-15 5 INDIA RUBBER MARKET. Wm. Jas. Hy. Thompson’s Circular. Unf Fcbt nary. on 2nd Fob. 860 packages i<A which there was a steady Madagascar and Mozambique J-'" 1 K xi competition. Ceylon and .'.I ,fearer. Para quiet: hard t! "d spot, and 5 5 forward. t ii'- soft fine 5 3£.515 words
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1405 1906-03-15 5 i i'lte Financier t li lui purposes of comparison, the W' r!u output of rubber irom all sourrv- during 1905 be taken at 60,000 r,, u >. and* he average selling price be pur down at Is per lb, the aggregate .ii,- will U*1,405 words
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Article520 1906-03-15 5 Shortly after 11 a.in. on Saturday, a destructive fire broke out in the town which has sprung up around the till mines near the Sth mile on the Rawang road. It is reported to have lieeii caused through one of the engines in the mine oil520 words
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Article1595 1906-03-15 5 Pctunuj. Sunday, 4th March. The Borea Festival is in full sw ing. with the result that those of us who live within earshot of the native quarter of the town are having somewhat disturbed nights, but still, even in the Far East one has to live and let1,595 words
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508 1906-03-15 5 The annual prize distribution of the Penang Free School, which is one of the oldest established features of public life iu Penang, having already celebrated the eighty-ninth anniversary of its foundation, took place on Monday, at the Volunteer Drill Hall. Fort Cornwallis. There was508 words
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254 1906-03-15 6 ARRIVAL OF H. M. S. KING ALFRED.” The British cruiser King Alfred Captain C. Tliursley, arrived from Portsmouth this morning and anchored in the roads. She is expected to leave for China to-morrow. ice Admiral Sir A. W. Moore, k is on board. The King Alfred was laid dow’n at254 words
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Article716 1906-03-15 6 Bukit Timah Gang Robbery. The hearing of the charges of gang robbery and theft in a human dweTling, brought against four Cantonese named Moll Sin. Ho Chock Teng. Lo A Si and So Ah Kan. was continued from yesterday. Evidence was led. One of the assistants at the716 words
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Article628 1906-03-15 6 The Straits Settlements Syndicate, Limited, has been registered with a capital of X3,000 in XT shares. The Chief Justice, Sir Lionel Cox, has altered the day fixed for the Assizes at Malacca from the 13th to the 27th inst. a The latest about General Kuropatkin is that628 words
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Article234 1906-03-15 6 The follow ing appointments are announced in the Government Gazette: Mr. It. G. Seth, passed cadet, to be acting Di strict officer, Balik Pulau, in class v of the Civil service, with effect from the 9th inst. Mr. Seth has also been chosen a Coroner. District Delegate and234 words
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Correspondence.
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Article1006 1906-03-15 6 To the Editor of the Straitx Timex." Sir, —During the great siege of Saguntum by Hannibal and his army, this born ready armed young General staggered humanity by making known his intention of marching through Gaul and crossing the Alps (probably looking for traces of Hercules) into Italy.1,006 words
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Article1055 1906-03-15 6 Ax ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held at the Municipal Board Room at2-30p.m. yesterday. Mr. J. Polglase. the Deputy President, occupied the chair, and there were also present Dr. Murray Robertson, Messrs. Bailey, Wm. Macbean, A. J. W. Watkins, Cheng Keng Lee, also F. J. Benjafield1,055 words
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56 1906-03-15 6 Wk notice in the London Tribute .1 16th February that Mr. Ooli Lai H Emmanuel College, Cambridge n h{ Scholar from Raffles Institution l V’ V tained the degree of m.a. His old n h at Raffles School, and his will be56 words
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67 1906-03-15 6 Tuk hearing of the charges of counterfeit ing and being in possession of implements for counterfeiting against five young Chinamen was continued yesterday afternoon at th, Assizes. No. 1 was found guiltv on both charges and was sentenced to three \eai\ rigorous imprisonment. No. 2 got67 words
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Article305 1906-03-15 6 China Review: —We have received a com of the first issue of this capital publication, which we hope to see become a regular visitor each year. It is a unique publication of about l.'Mj pages, printed on superfine art pajier. tin size of Sketch and is305 words
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Article379 1906-03-15 6 Thk jx?arl fishery in Netherlands New Guinea waters has been fanmd out in two sections. That on t!i« west coast lias been rented by tin New’ Guinea Company for 900 guilders ;i month. That on the south coast is worked by an Arab for 500 guilders a379 words
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1052 1906-03-15 7 4 25,000-Acre Concession. u.-itjtrs ns the prospectus of the L-l ta u‘s of Johore. Ltd. The capital Vi I*' 1 1 j s A‘i.70.000, which has been l.M i ilMd. The directors are as folniHy p r ank Athelstane Swettenham, 1o "\h 15 Princes1,052 words
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Article943 1906-03-15 7 Facts and Figures. 9th February. The following is from the Mining Journal In sympathy with the weakness in other markets, this article has also suffered a severe fall, and most of the leading dealers have done their best to depress values, as a rule, with consipress values,943 words
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Article750 1906-03-15 7 Snobbishness in the U.S. Army. It is not only in Europe that the lesser evils of militarism are noticeable. Recently Roy J. Taylor, a First Lieutenant iu the 125th United Skates Coa*4t Artillery, was tried by court-martial for compelling Sergeant Patrick Butler to change hi* seat in750 words
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Article373 1906-03-15 7 List of Entries. First Day 12th March. The Maiden Plate.— Bail News, Evcnirn? Star, Old Chappie, The Dreamer. 0 The Paddock Cup.— Juindo, Oregon Carlton, Peppercorn, Kittv, Sanahani The Deli Derby.— Juindo, Lucky Boy Luck Stone ex-Botany, Wailii. Rack 4.—Carlton, Diplomatic, Black Bird This One, Banzai, Mandoline, Banester373 words
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332 1906-03-15 7 According to the German Medical *Veckly, Professor Robert Koch has been commissioned by the Imperial Government to proceed to East Africa in order to resume his investigations into the cause of the sleeping sickness. Professor Koch proposes to sail at the beginning of April,332 words
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Article819 1906-03-15 7 Went ont < le harbour limits this morning for gun practice. UEIAY Robertson* and Master ,,?,T,' ed fr m KnSland this mornin o* ATH Pom l,er i-beri on the voyage on the Singapore from Bangkok occurred among the Malay crew. A "soccer" match, played on Friday between819 words
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Correspondence.
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Article100 1906-03-15 8 To the Editor of the "Straits Times." 1 >kar Sir. —In an advertisement appearing in your issue of the Bth iust.. I see that a motor car was driven irom Kuala Lumpur to Raub and back to Ipoh, in 8 hours, by a gentleman who had never been100 words
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Article191 1906-03-15 8 March Medal. The March Medal was played for on Saturday* last. The ground was a little heavy, hut otherwise in good order. The following are the scores: 4. Macmillan 54 pi 49 103— 24 79 C. V. Miles 40 pi 40— 80pi 3=83 Dr. Fowlie HS pi191 words
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Article202 1906-03-15 8 Shortly before ten o’clock on Saturday night it was discovered that afire had broken out at No. 2 CliengChock Street, off Tanjong Pagar Road, the residence of a Straits-Chi-uese. Mr. Gan Tiaug Keng. The occupants of the house were absent at the time and the neighbours,202 words
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Article121 1906-03-15 8 Orders of the Day. The Legislative Council will meet on Friday next at 2 30 pun. The follow ing are the orders of the Day:— 1. Harbours Ordinance 1872 Amendment Bill (Bill “to amend The Harlnjurs Ordinance 1872.”) 3rd Reading. 2. Exclusion Bill Bid to amend *an act121 words
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Article149 1906-03-15 8 The Hindus yesterday celebrated w hat is known to them as the* Holi festival, in honour of the destr iction of Ma nmatha their god of love. Merrymaking was engaged in by some of them, while others observed the festival in a more or less quiet way*.149 words
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Article64 1906-03-15 8 Mk. J. Pololask, the Deputy President of the Municipality, has-coarteonsly infonneil us that, as a result of the heavy rains on Saturday and Sunday, the water at the impound, mg reservoir at Thompson Boad is overflowing. The overflow is one inch above the weir. This is very64 words
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Article508 1906-03-15 8 Royalty on Gold. ie that the gold mining industry in Pahang has iiad a very* lean y*ear. tlie 1905 export of 9.661 ounces being the lowest recorded for over a decade, the rule under the Customs Enactment just j made by the Resident, with the pi the Resident-General,508 words
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Article212 1906-03-15 8 Personal. Mr. Goodyear. Surveyor, has been transferred to Kuantau in place of Mr. Hickie who has gone to India on sick leave. Mr. Yzelman came in from Raub last week on P. W. I>. duty*. Mr. F. Beliield. whose substantive appointment last year was D. O. Lipis, has beeu gazette212 words
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Article117 1906-03-15 8 At the Assizes Court this morning, before Sir Lionel Cox and a jury, a Chinaman named Poll Lye What was retried on a charge of theft. This is the case in which the accused was charged with stealing a purse from tlie pocket of a countryman of his.117 words
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Article53 1906-03-15 8 i ormn ,lile the French mail steamer Touratne. from China, was going alongside the Borneo Wharf, she brushed the starboard quarter of the British steamer Hen Law* which was moored alongside section No. 8. The Ben Laws was slightly damaged, some of her awning stanchions and53 words
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Article1358 1906-03-15 8 Trade of the Philippines. Weather reports of high shade-tem-pe rat lire registered in Melbourne have been, to say the least of it, misleading. b.*t the reports regarding bush tires in me country* districts have quite ailed to give any true idea of the extent of the injury, destruction1,358 words
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Article676 1906-03-15 8 Experts and Experts. Thk Government seems to go abegging for an expert on sanitation. The Bombay Health Officer declined the request to report on the state of our sanitation, or rather insanitation. After first accepting the offer. Dr. Cook has now refused it. It seems as if they676 words
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Article623 1906-03-15 8 p J' 1 Nanchang Murders i A Pekin telegram to tin* v K, H February "I; 1 1 lll0 > that the t-.mese high officials haf’ t meeting to <li8cuss the report.,1 1,1 i" 1 1 a r movement in China. One .,f ti. 11 f623 words
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Article236 1906-03-15 8 Among those who arrived at Colombo on the 24tli February by the P. <v. O. s.s. Marmora was Mr. A. a planting expert. Mr. Lampard will afterwards come to the Straits where he will make a long stay. Mr. Lampard -> opinion as to the236 words
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Article135 1906-03-15 8 At 1 o’clock this morning a Kliug rt ‘l K, j to Inspector Sullivan at Kaudang hrt Police Station that he heard strange tr coming from a house in Dunnian 4 Sergeant Thrale was sent to investigate on forcing open the door saw a klmg up to135 words
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Advertisement112 1906-03-15 8 Land Sale. Some 14 lots of land, situated in different parts of the Lipis district, aggregating some 70 acres, were offered for sale the other day at the District Office, for recovery of arrears of rent. The total amount realised was less than $22, only two lots about ir> acres112 words
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1108 1906-03-15 9 Uy Wmifor'l Lock.i [h following is from the Mining •'XoL.h. is an independent Native taU lying in a measure between 1 the east coast of the Malay tatt and Kelantan (a SiamesesaU7 <tnXe). It is a little-known Mai nv "and all the maps and UT1,108 words
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Article319 1906-03-15 9 S. R. C. v. 8oth Co. R. Q. A. A team from the 80tli Co. R. G. A. met the S. R. C. in a Hockey match on Friday afternoon. There was a large number of spectators. The game was commenced in bright sunshine. but ere matters had progressed319 words
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Article369 1906-03-15 9 Singapore has disappointed Bangkok—very badly, so the Bangkok Times argues. Some little time ago arrangements were made with the heads of firms and others that would have enabled Bangkok to send a cricket eleven to Singapore in April. The Secretary of the Bangkok Cricket Club then wrote to369 words
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455 1906-03-15 9 A correspondent of the South China Morning Post w rites as follow's, under date Sandakan, February 21:— The East Coast is beginning to attract attention. An expect has arrived to examine the reported coal field at Sarudug, and the guano deposits in the Gomanton455 words
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Article525 1906-03-15 9 The Malay Mail says that a serious misfortune befell Mr. Foo Clioo Choou’s mine at Sungei Besi on the 7th March. A large }H)rtion of the bank fell in. resulting in the death of two Tamils, one of whom was in the pit, and the other525 words
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Article183 1906-03-15 9 Thk return of imports and exports quarter endedon the 31st Decemda" has been published- The trade has been eon verted mto sterling at an average rate ,,f2> for 1905 and 1/11 j for 1904. of 22 Imports. The imports, exclusive of treasure some out thus. 4th183 words
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Article713 1906-03-15 9 RILEY, HARGREAVES CO., LTD. An Up-to-date Business. Wk take the following from the February number of the Far Eastern Review Messrs. Riley, Hargreaves and Co.’s engine works, boiler shop, and foundry are located at Kampong Malacca. The machine shop includes all sizes of lathes, planing, and •haping machines; boring, screwing,713 words
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Article392 1906-03-15 9 Mr. Justice Woodward, at Inoh has oTsuhtnlf PlaiDtifl 2s °damagesand costs of suit m the case A. S. Haynes v Datoh Laxamana nussein anf i Datoh Wahab The plaintiff administered the estate of the late Ki ta The defendants were ot satisfied with his decisions as392 words
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Article285 1906-03-15 9 Mrs. Higlict, the wife of Dr. H. Cauipbel, Higliet, Principal Medical Officer. Ministry of Local Government, died on the 4tli March at Bau at Takien. their residence in Bangkok. The deceased lady was suffering from sprue. But death was not expected and the news caused quite a shock285 words
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Article293 1906-03-15 9 Si M» a poke desires to excel in something besides her climate, says the China Mail. When the punkahs have fanned local publicists into spasmodic vitality they exhaust their brains in pathetic efforts to prove that Singapore should be the premier port of the world. Influenced by293 words
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Article873 1906-03-15 10 1)r. Middleton goes home by the next P. and mail, on sixteen months’ leave. Thk Knit was still outside the jx>rt this morning going through gun jiractice. Thk Hon. R. X. Bland and children arrived this morning by tlie Sea Mew from Malacca. en route for Europe.873 words
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Article758 1906-03-15 10 General Meeting. Thk sixth ordinary general meeting of shareholders w as held on the 10th March, at noon, at the office of the General Agents. There were present: Mr. C. B. Bucklev Chairman, and Messrs. W. Ewald and Bidw eil Directors, and the following shareholders:758 words
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Article214 1906-03-15 10 Mr. R. Morison, well-known planter, has just returned to Ceylon after a year’s absence, Mr. Morison is greatly interested in rubber and it was this product that was the subject of a short conversation which a Times of Ceylon representative had with him on the 26th214 words
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Article934 1906-03-15 10 The Outlaws and their fortress. Thk following is a description of the battle ground near Jolo or Sulu tow’n where six hundred outlaws were lately killed by American troops, a feat highly eulogized by President Roosevelt: A Crater Fortress. A considerable laxly of Moro outlaw’s, malcontents,934 words
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Article123 1906-03-15 10 During the heavy rain storm yesterday afternoon a Chinaman was killed by lightning. Two Chinamen were in a hut near the 81 mile Serangoon Road at the time. One of them was lying in a bed and another on theground.'wlieu a flash of lighting struck the123 words
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Article785 1906-03-15 10 9th Match. Thk P. R. A. are arranging a shooting match with the South London Rifle Club w hich w ill most probably take place tlie last Thursday in April or 1st of May officers and X. C. O.’s of the Guides, not tueniueis oi the P. R.785 words
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Article241 1906-03-15 10 Another Important Step. Thk Ministry of Finance lias informed the Banks in Bangkok that in order to prevent the sterling value of tlie tical falling below Is. 2 ,‘d., the Treasury will, if necessary, in future sell to the public sterling drafts on London at that rate.241 words
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512 1906-03-15 10 1 1 Hkkork Mr. Justice Leslie Ti„ Assize jart, this mornin« tho lton i Hill, who was char4l 3a*''** homicKle not amounting lur the death of Private Short, of tl,, S Foresters, was fixed for hearin./ ’"''■■i The Acting Attorney.Ge ner J,512 words
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Article473 1906-03-15 10 An Australian F. M. S. Venture. As the great need of the mining industry i* capital, it affords matter for satisfaction to find that some promoters are endeavouring to introduce that necessary element from Australia. We {Times of Malaya) reproduce the following from the Melbourne Argus of473 words
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Article514 1906-03-15 11 \i Kelway Bamber, Government M i'evlon. left Kuala Lumpur on tlie i ii tor Penang he will visit Sumatra U1 vturning. as he has been coiumisI’. l M 7'ey Ion Government to in',1U"11, and rejiort on the tobacco industry v has sja'iit nearly a month in514 words
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Article479 1906-03-15 11 In tin i« It gram which we published on Fri«l« > 1 mill our Singapore correspondent, says tin Hmiykony T» h-graph, it was stated that tin iiownior of the Straits Settlements. Sir .Uni Anderson. has left for England, on important hiisim>s>. it is believed, connected with Colonial479 words
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Article218 1906-03-15 11 lx view of the great distress existing in Japan from Famine, the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce have opened a subscription list and appeal for supjiort to all. Tlie Famine extends over 3 Prefectures of Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate < 250 to 850 miles north of218 words
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Article175 1906-03-15 11 A> a result of the squall, a large tree in the compound of the Union Hotel in North Bridge Road fell yesterday afternoon bringing down with it a portion of the Ixmndary wall and severing the overhead tramway wires. Assistance soon came and the obstructing tree175 words
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Article173 1906-03-15 11 London. 18th February.-The market was firm all the week, with a good business doing, elosing at best say at AT 67 lor cash and AT65 10s for 8 months. There has been a fair amount of profit taking, hut the tin was mostly absorbed by dealers who seem to173 words
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Article248 1906-03-15 11 Weary. Willy - Weary. Willy. Can they really suppose for u moment That we come out here just for fun. Come out to moil in the tropics And grill Heath a merciless sun Is it in itself compensation To frizzle and fag and strive In the smells248 words
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Article141 1906-03-15 11 Butterworth has been en fete for the last two days, says the Pirumg Gazette of the 9th March, in honour of Mr. L. E. P. Wolferstan, the Senior District Officer, who is going home on leave. On the Bth, Mr. Wolferstan was presented with an address from the subordinate officers141 words
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Article42 1906-03-15 11 Thk Competition for Major Everett’s pri*e will take place on the Garrison Golf Links on Saturday next, March 17tli. Conditions —1R holes medal play with handicaps only those with handicaps of 10 or over are eligible to compete.42 words
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Article788 1906-03-15 11 Seven hundred and seventy-three deaths were registered in Singapore last month. The ratio per thousand was 85.92. The Sherwood Foresters and Derbyshire Rcgt.) —Capt. F. H. Weldon, D.S.O.. retires on retired pay. Tub Hon. R. N Bland and Mrs. Bland and family leave for home by tlie788 words
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Article119 1906-03-15 11 To the Editor of the Sfr„it* Tinted the^eVS^X h S:tr of dowS Bukit Ti.nak overflowing on more than one occasion. Tl* aHon or Vrj.\T ply t l u,t !t is too Shallow Steps should be taken to liave it <l,m deener as a long-continued rain would cau£119 words
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Article154 1906-03-15 11 To flu■ Editor of the •Si fit* Tittle*." Dkak Sir, You quote the Tinatuj Gazette as criticising the plan to form a Court of Appeal at Bangkok by appointing another Judge at the Consular C ourt there and having appeal cases heard by the two Judges. I154 words
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155 1906-03-15 11 A trac.kdy is reported from a small village at the 4:1 mile on the Serangoon Road. In this village a Chiuose doctor and his young wife lived with the girl’s mother in a small house. The wife was only eighteen years old155 words
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Article113 1906-03-15 11 Tongkang Capsizes at Tanjong Pagar. Ixtknsk excitement prevailed at Tanjong Pagar on Monday when a tongkang, laden with firewood, and manned bv ***ven Chinese, capsized off the east end of tlie wharf. The boat was travelling swiftly down the channel, and when site came to the open113 words
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Article341 1906-03-15 11 Expert Ceylon Opinion. Mk. G. A. Talbot. Chairman of the Ceylon Association in London, returned to Colombo on the 7th instant after a trip to Java and the F. M. S. He spent a good deal of time in Selangor. Speaking to341 words
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Article99 1906-03-15 11 The Tanjong Pagar Murder. Hkfork Mr. Justice Leslie Tl,ornton aD«l a special jury to-day tlie hearing of the charge of murder brought against three Ylun&meu was continued. witf. r f ne U e Attorney-General, Wlth Howland Allen, conducted the case for the Crown. The accused were represented by99 words
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Article369 1906-03-15 11 YKsThRD.w a Chinaman was sentenced to seven days hard labour for lurking in the house of a woman living in Niven Road. A European was passing at the time, saw the accused hiding, and assisted in capturing him. Before the Bench Court yesterday two Javanese, Karinau and369 words
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Article258 1906-03-15 11 It was a happy thought that prompted the jileasant gathering which took place at Zetland House, the headquarters of the Y. M. C. A., last night, when the large number of ladies and gentlemen who availed themselves of the ojiportunitv of attending, were258 words
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Advertisement171 1906-03-15 11 SALE OF PROPERTIES. Thk following properties were sold by auction by Powell A Co‘s Saleroom yesterday afternoon: Nos H.9 10 Craig Koad, Singajiore, .>901 square feet, freehold. K. A, Soinasindarnn Cliitty 510.000. Monthly rent $75. Nos. 0*2 A 83 Telok Ayer Street A Nos 14 A 15 Stanley Street. Singajiore.171 words
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246 1906-03-15 12 Xamboanoa is rejKnted to Ik* booming. Trade has so increased that the subsidy guaranteed the HongK* *ng vessels calling at that port has not bo n paid for some time. The cargoes are sufficiently large on each trip to justify trie246 words
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Article59 1906-03-15 12 The Singapore Volunteer Corps goes into camp this Easter a: K.ppel Harbour, the scene of several former enjoyable and instructive gatherings under canvas. The golfers who pursue their pastime in that neighbourhood may Ik* assured that their preserves will not suiter in any way, for ample precautions59 words
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Article599 1906-03-15 12 Thursday's Results. A. Class Single. C A Leggatt, 6-4, 6-." beat A W Bailey, scr. F Salzmami w c beat X Miles, scr. M ,1 Upcott, 6 0. 6-1 Wat Capt LevesonGower —30. B. Clas< Single. 1\ L Dutimau, 9-7. 7-5 beat KBS Robertson599 words
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84 1906-03-15 12 (By Submarine Cablet Calcutta 13th March. Lord Kitchener’s Indian Army Scheme jomes into force on the 1st of April. General Bayly of the Staff College has oeeu appointed Secretary of the Army Department, and Colonel Macouchy. of the 51st Sikhs, has been chosen Secretary84 words
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Article986 1906-03-15 12 \By special arrangement with Der Ostasiatische Lloyd" (By Submarine Cable) Berlin. 7th March. The Budget Committee of the Reichstag has passed the German naval extension scheme. M. Lockroy. a member of the Chamber of Deputies iu Baris, urges the doubling of the French Navy in strength. Signor986 words
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Article3686 1906-03-15 12 {By Submarine Cable) Bee'd. Si ngapore. 5.45 p.m. 7th March. Del'd, by Heater. UK-10 a.m. Sth March. Tlie British cruiser Donegal, which grounded in the Gulf of Suez, has returned to Malta. The Budget Committee of the German Reichstag has approved of the scheme to construct five large3,686 words
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Article295 1906-03-15 13 Arrived loth March. Per Malacca: —From Port Swettenham via Ports. Messrs. Q. McClvmont, C. Wearne, Butterfield. J. Forbes, K.A.Ash and Zacharias. Pkk Sappho: —From Teluk Anson via Ports. Capt. Pratt. Messrs. C. R. Gilliat, Neall, W. M. John. F. \V. Douglas, Ross, and filacfarlane. Arrived uth March295 words
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Article26 1906-03-15 13 FINANCE COMMERCE. 15th March 1906. The Netherlands Trading Society to-day quotes the 4/ms bank rate at *2/4, 7 6 The Mercantile Bank quotes it at 2/4£26 words
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Article28 1906-03-15 13 The output from this mine for the month of February last was 863 piculs of tin ore, of an approximate value of 94*2,000.28 words
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Article135 1906-03-15 13 Current Prices on uth February. Anglo-Malay, £140,0000rd. (£1) 12/6 pd 1*—2 Batu Caves' £4,125 Ord. (£1) 7/6 paid 1-1J pm Bukit Rajah, £61.000 Ord. (£1) fully pd 34—3? Consolidated Malay, (£55,000) 1§ 2 Cicely Rubber Ests., £6,000 Ord. (£1) 1^-2 £4,500 5% Prof. (£1) 15/- paid If135 words
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Article90 1906-03-15 13 buyers 7.35 do (Cube No. I) unpicked 10.50 Pootinnak 7 10 Pepper, Black buyers 30.55 do White, 5% buyer* 28.00 1 Sago Flour Sarawak 2.87# do Brunei No. 1 2.87# Pearl Sago 5.40' Coffee Bali, cleaned buyer* 20.50 1 Coffee, Palembang, 20% basis 25.00 Coffee, Liberian No. 1 22.0090 words
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Article262 1906-03-15 13 (Mercantile Bank.) On London —Bank 4 m/s 2/4$ Demand 2/4£ Private 6 m/s 2/42 do 3 m/a 2/4 6 On Germany —Bank d/d 2.39$ Private 3 m/s 2.44# do 6 m/« 2.46$ Ow France —Bank d/d 2.94# Private 3 in/s 2.99 A do 6 m/s 3.f'l# On India —Bank262 words
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Article263 1906-03-15 13 Is umber Last of i i Company Buyers Sellers TranaaoShares «P “> tion, SOLD. i 13,500 I 10 i 9 M> Bersawah G. M. Co., Ltd lA.OOj 15.00 3,5*A) uiiisxu d. 4,000 9 10 9 10 (Deferred) 8-00, 20,000 9 10 9 10 Kadana G. M. Co., Ltd 2263 words
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Article152 1906-03-15 13 400,000 X 1 1 Duff Development Co., Ltd.. ®.OO •VO 0 Hf MU la lied 1 *2,000 9 100 9 100 Federated Engineering Co., Ltd. 160.00 175.00 1,500 950• 9 50 Fraser A Neave, Ltd. 105.00 105.00 80,000 9 125 1125 Hongkong and Shanghai Bank £95.10 18,000 9 100152 words
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Article162 1906-03-15 13 90,000 I 10 if 6 Balgownie Rubber Estate Ltd. j 12.00, 11*75 70,000 10 i 9 10 Batu Unjor Rubber Co., Ltd. 21.50 21.00 9,000 uuisaued. 70,000 A 1 1 Bukit Rajah £3.10.0 9,000 uuuwsid 6,000 1 1 Cicely Rubber Estate I £9.0.0 6,000 1 £0 15 5% Prof162 words
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Article50 1906-03-15 13 Howarth Erakine, Ltd, 8% T/ 3% prem ades and buyer* Riley. Hargree.vee, Lid. 6% 225,000 i% prem buyer*. Singapore Municipal 6% v 400,000 2% prem bu/e* 5% 1,878,000 1% prem buyers. 4% 602,000 par. belief* Tauioug Fagar Look Co., Lid. 6% 250,000 1% prem. M 5% 1.405,500 par. buyers50 words
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Article113 1906-03-15 13 Under 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 Ital.—Italian Span.—Spanish Sar. —Sarawak; G.c.—General-cargo; dm.— deck passenger; U.—Uncertain T. P. W.— TanjongPagarWharf; T.P.D.—Tanjong Pagar Dock B.W.—Borneo Wharf; K.H.—Keppel113 words
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Article801 1906-03-15 13 TRADING VESSELS &c. V Urolith S,‘ r 843 n C»P‘ Hun G e F *Sf T S ,uk An “u. IHh Mar. Bi 4Co For Te,ok ar Dat tr 766 Capt ElGc L 3 h -i\ From BataWa 10th Mar. 16th-Rd 8 7 P Daendel8 A For ia, Uth leye801 words
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Article723 1906-03-15 13 Same, port, probable date of arrival, and name of agents. Btbamsm. Aberlour, London, Apl. 28; Paterson 8imons. Aabillet, Chiu, Mar. 18; Mansfield. Aker, Copenhagen, Apl. 5 East Asiatic Coy. iVhjiwrw China, Apl, 1; Mansfield. Aleeia, Hamburg, June 9; Bahn Mayor. Ajntaia, Hamburg, May 20; Bebn Meyer. Ameer, London,723 words
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Article690 1906-03-15 14 Mar. 6 A. llickniers, Ger str, 1020 tons, Kumpel, 1 laihow, Belin Meyer Ailsa Craig, Brit str 2106 tons. Moody, Moji, Ikm stead Nuentung. Ger str, 824 tons, Hinseli, Bangkok. Behn Mever 7 Paroo, Brit str, 266-) tons. Mills, Fremautle, Boustead Keemun, Brit str, -3727 tons, Conrade, Liverpool,690 words
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Article351 1906-03-15 14 Mar. 6 An tenor. Brit str. Marseilles and Liverpool Ping buey. Brit str, Marseilles and London Kit-ai. Russ str, Vladivostok Ujina, Brit str, Rangoon and Bombav 7 (ilenstrae, Brit str. Antwerp via {>orts Merionethshire, Brit str, Hongkong and -I a pan Sumatra, Brit str, Antwerp via jiorts Bried, Nor351 words
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Article519 1906-03-15 14 A retired sailor of the British Navy, Mr. Charles Harrison, now employed on the London, Chatham and Dover Railway as a signal fitter, lives at 19, Stewarts Lane West, Battersea, London, S. W. Up to January, 1905, Mr. Harrison always enjoyed good health, but *then519 words
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Advertisement110 1906-03-15 13 TO THOSE HOMIWMB.BWU., James Campbell Co. COURT, NWAL, AND MILITARY TAILOR9. CONDUIT STREET London, W. Nr. fll <». It I MM t 1762 COMMON 8EN8E'"*NUT8HELL A medical work on the causes and most adentifl? and effectual means of self-cure erer discovered for nervous and functional debility, waste of vitality, depression110 words
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Advertisement300 1906-03-15 14 r SCHWEITZER'S lira Best i firest COCOA, Now especially {tacked in double-lidded canisters ensuring freshness for years, in all climates. SELF CURE NO FICTION l MARVEL UPON MARVEL I NO SUFFERER NEED NOW DESPAIR, but without running a doctor's bill or falling into the deep ditch of quackery, may safely,300 words
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Advertisement1004 1906-03-15 14 and Perrins’ Sauce. THE ORIGINAL AND GENUINE By Royal Warrant to His Majesty the King. WORCESTERSHIRE. J DINNEFORD’S The Universal Remedy for Acidity of the Stomach, Headache, Heartburn, Indigestion, Sour Eructations, Bilious Affections. The Physician's Cure for Gout, Rheumatic Gout and Gravel. Safest and most Effective Aperient for Regular Use.1,004 words
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