The Straits Budget, 9 June 1910

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1 8 The Straits Budget
  • 27 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES." VOL. LXIV HO. 2730 Singapore, Thursday, Jane, 9,1910. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CEtflUBY Pride 25 cents.
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  • 238 1 le.\:»krs- u conventional Labour and Settlement *9 Ewrua aiioine 9 t r. Roosevelt a Peace Policy 9-10 Jiain Resuscitated 18 'I he Public Trustee 19 Local .*nd Ghvkral Social and Personal 1 PrtHsiitatioD' to Mr. James Allan 2 Government Appointment 2 c\)rre>poD<ltnce 8 A Tragic Excursion *1
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  • 797 1 Mr. .1. Lornie, third magistrate, Singapore*, in going ou nine mouths’ leave. Mr. K. llal!. the newly appointed deputy Municipal Eogineer, arrived from home by the l*. and O. mail on June 3. Mr. J, il. Swanson, of Messrs. Howartb Erskinc, Ltd., Bangkok, is going home shortly
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  • 388 2 The Engineers' Association of Singapore «ta Jnno 1 parked with ono cf its oldest member® —in fact, ono of its founders who, after thirty odd year- ic the colony, mailed for homo on dune 3 by the P. and O. mtoamer Devanba.
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  • 171 2 Sis fellow-employees in tho various depart jnents o! Messrs. Rilev H r greaves and Go's Mutablisbments, on June 2, presented Mr. James Allan with a cold watch and rbain and a pair of sleeve links, Mr. R. M. Goldie made the presentation and, in doing ao, expressed the
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  • 27 2 (Kaon Oom Owe Correhpondhnt.) Penang, Jane 2. Tongkah t»n output for Mav was 659 s*»K and for 'he five months 4.016 picnls against 2,t69 picnls.
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  • 256 2 The Rallies Reclamation Ground on June 3 was gay with a multitude of colours. The garments of the thousands of natives, the Hags ami decorations aud the bright uniforms of tho athletes made a gorgeous picture. The occasion was the postponed Empire
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  • 164 2 A Chinaman named Yo Tui Mooi was brought before the fh>t magistrate on June 1 on a charge of attempting to utter a counterfeit dollar and on a second charge of haviog in his possession ttu counterfeit dollars which he had knowu to be counterfeit when
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  • 151 2 The current issue of the Government Gazette has the following notifications: His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr H. A. Forrer to be an assistant protector of Cbioese immigrants and an assistant protector of emigrants for the Settlement of Singapore; Mr. N K. Bain to
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  • 205 2 Alfred ilachauo, lunns t.. Singapore Knbber Compar.v sr !:lti prosecutor in charges of cr 1 aod wilful mischief preferred aßa n-t.r* equ.itttrs on the estate, iu the court on June 2. The charge ar;s, cl p > effort of the prosecutor
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  • 79 2 The following result oi operation* a: to Mines during May have be c forwarded Peis. Output —Tribnters' ore 755 Mine ore -i,496 Total W Vaujk—Tributors’ ore 34,616 Mine ore 157,930 Total *92,546 Estimatki* Pkokit —'Tribotorn '>,8S6 Mine o7.930
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  • 164 2 Wild rumours were in circalatioc on June 1, and were being rr peated as to the p mition of the i>uu eve P g Company Oug of the fact that the director has gono home t j attend ar portant meeting of the company, a s. i
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  • 12 3 .....its Times is Dot responsible for the nsof its correspondents. J
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  • 56 3 Esilot of the Straits Times. If ‘Mariner" had. before rushing >''• ..rooeriy inquired into the correct,tl“ P ‘otherwise of his information, lie di-covert«l that the government 1 i„ not n port the Pocahontas clear B lor 10 the time the explosion, rem bis letter, took place; whatever rom-ura
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  • 167 3 To the Editor of the Straits Times. c; r With reference to the last para :in vour comments on “Comet s” letter in your L l€ of to day s date, 1 have not had the advantsoe of seeing Mr. Moorhouses report ao d valuation of the Nyalas
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  • 220 3 To tho Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—Under this heading you print with every appearance of approval an excerpt from the Express animadverting vet y severely on the popularity of skirts the exiguity of which prevents free movement of the neither limbi. The writer says, and you apparently
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  • 265 3 T o the Editor of the Straits Times. s ir.—I felt grieved on finding in yonrcritiCU, U 1 K» mpas, Ltd., no mention of gam bier ultivation. Now, it is clea» ly stated in the rtoHp<ctus that there are 745 acres of gambier living a most moderate valuation
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  • 124 3 Four Europeans went out on June 2 on pleasure bent bat ere tbo day was done their pleasure was turned to sorrow by an UDtoward accident. They sot out in the launch Palau BeHar for Jobore. They had a gun
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  • 150 3 Dr. G. L. Tuck, or as he is officially styled Wo Lien Teh, m a m. d. (Camb.) for the past, two years assistant director of the Imperial Army, Medicsl College, at Tientsin, lias come to the Straits Settlements on a visit to his father and
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  • 113 3 The report of the Hon. Dr. W. Gilmore Ellis, the registrar of births and deaths, shows that during the week ended May 28, 269 deaths were registered in Singapore, equal to a death-rate of 47 37 per thousand of the estimated population. Malarial fever claimed 58 deaths,
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  • 402 3 The aruoacc* moot that H. K. Wn Tints Fang has been instructed to proceed to take up the post of Amban at Lbassa may be received with a considerable h mount of question as to why he should be
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  • 156 3 P. C. 525 was no duty iu the small hours of June 6 near the Empiro Hotel when his detective faculties were awakened by the mysterious appearance of a box which was being lowered by a rope from an upper window. The box was received by a
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  • 69 3 The following gentlemen have been appointed by His Excellency the Governor to be members of a committee to consider the question of the r» vi»i< n of the stamp laws of the oolonyandthe Federated Malay States: The acting treasurer (chairman), the a* tor-ney-general, Hon. H. Kort,
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  • 150 5 .KKOM Ocl >>« 9 C illbBSPONDMT.) Hongkong, June 7. n flic .Wtin, attached to tbe Cwtomj o“V M ;tia e Costome, at tbinefC jTrded '.be steamer Hwangtung, at Cantos, boar commenced searching the CW D ’n«stn't 1 sfor arms. Cb.n-;e P
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  • 150 5 Tb. text of a bill to amend tbe Lepers Ordinance 1899 9 published in the Govern, meet Gazette. Tbe following objects and reasons are attached to tbe bill: In August the Second International boientmc Conference on Leprosy was held at Bergen, and the general effect of
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  • 126 5 Three privates of the Middlesex Regiment appeared under military escort in the third police court on June 6. They were charged with doing mischief in an eating-house in High Street— proof of their handiwork being produced in the form of a basketful of broken crockery—and with assaulting a
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  • 121 5 At a general meeting of the Elphinstone states, Limited, held on Jane 6, it was •peed that the company be wonnd up o uotarily under the provisions of the Com* P&nies Ordinance, 1889, and that Mr. A. A. on, of Messrs. Gunn and Co., be appointed J at
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  • 403 5 The sequel to the seizure of opium on the steamer Glenfallocb. on May 30, was heard in the first police court, yesterday afternoon, when Captain Mason, master of the ship, and Lim Ho Puah, the owner, were charged under section
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  • 192 5 The following is the text of a communication sent by the president of the Municipal Commissioners to Mr. Haji Mohamed Hakim, one of the leading members of the Mohammedan community in Singapore, and which the latter has caused to be circulated among the Moslems: 1. —Relatives of
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  • 435 5 The Singapore Appeal Court assembled on June 6 to dispose of a list of fifteen appeals, seven of which are from decisions of Mr. Justice Se-combe Smith, one from a judgment of the Chief Justice, four from decisions of the District Judge
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  • 98 5 Ring George V attained his forty-fifth birthday on Jane 8, but beyond tbe fact that the day was declared a public and bank holiday throughout the Colony, there was no pnblio observance of tbe anniversary owing to His Majesty’s expressed desire, and the usual parade of the
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  • 38 5 Advance figures, liable to correction, of the export of tin from Perak during May have been forwarded from the secretariat, Taq/ing, as follows:—Block tin 7,770.21, tin ore 26,787.24, and duty 8349,272.06.
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  • 1126 6 (Fkom Olk Own C'okuespondxnt.) Khota Bahru, May 29. Mr. Kerr, of the British Lega ion, Bang, kok, is x ported to have bun appoint! d customs officer at Tunipat. His quarters art under construction and will be completed soon, On tho recommendation of the district officer, Government
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  • 143 6 The following report, dated Singapore, June 1, and signed by Mr. H. C. CookeYarborough, has been issued:—Your direc tors herewith submit a duly audited sttte. ment of accounts for the period ending 9tb Ftbruary, 1910. They regret that the operationsof thocompany have resulted in a net
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  • 81 6 Another accident of a shocking nature occurred at Tanjong Pagar backs on June 1 The second engineer of the Vernnha, a Malay, was coming ashore from the ship while she was being unload' d of iron rails. He got in too close proximity to tho scene
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  • 175 6 (Fkom Odk Own Co B K. SI > OKDtNT H. B. M.’s Sopreme UaT flT'clT' Ko.en, ban adjourned the aen Modt.HU Harris, lato of mit-su n to practice at the local Bar ’i to enable tbe Crown Advocate tn J,
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  • 81 6 (F kom A Special Corresponding) Bangkok, June 2. The Bangkok Daily Mail publishes details of a big Chinese striko which was decla-ed here yesterday as a protest against tbe imposition of a poll tax. Work in connection with shipping, docks,
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  • 53 6 (From Oob Own Corrisponoint.) Penang, June 7. The Uln Piah May return was 327 piculs, value $14,926.47, and royalty 81,791 17 The working expenses amounted to 89,219.05, and the profit made was $3,916 25. The New Tarobuu output was 113 88 piculs and tributers 97.71 piculs, a total
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  • 201 6 Messrs. Fraser and Co.’s share circular, of June 2, states: —The past week has seen a dull market all round with almost generally declining prices. The London market in mbber shares is also described as dull with nothing doing. Rubber —Highlands and Lowlands have again dropped below
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 185 7 il,J Challen K IT io h /May were made Tue f" l oW^- u Mi ,u Challenge trophy in the NtJOCt or tue 2 l 2 gingaporo >#< 2 2 196 Penang ]gg North biota Ipoh n ,ot 150 L t>r nnre and Taiivng teams
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    • 195 7 keppel (iolf Club. The fulljwiog pliyers qualified in the preliminary round tor the Keppel Golf Chub captain’s cup J. L. Campbell... 47 plus 48 minus 17 <=78 W. S Bmrett 45 47 13 79 G. Dutnuiond... 49 48 16 79 W King 45 46 11 80 J Kennedy 49
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    • 225 7 5 C. C. 2nd v. Y. M. C. A. Advantage was taken of the public boli y lo p.ay a cricket match on the Esp'a r> on June 3 between the S C. C. chi 1 L aod tbe Y M. C A. The fmr! Tv 3D t a
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    • 101 7 S C. C. v. Middlesex Regiment. On the Esplinade, on June 7, an excellent hocley match was played betwien the S.C C and tne Middlesex R* g ment, ana ’ho c-nb eleven displayed such good form that they retired victorious by six goals to two, despite the fact that
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    • 57 7 The Jackson Millar Cup. The first of the three handicap races for the Jackson Millar enp was swam at the Swimming Club, on June 5, over a 100 yards course with the following result:— 1 E. R Thomas 16 secs., 2 R. L. Cnscadtn scr., 3 E. W. Newell
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  • 213 7 Reuter bas already informed us that Lieut. Boyd Alexander, pros, fz s the explorer, has been murdered by natives at Wadai, in the French Congo. The inlands in the Gulf of Guinea were visited in 19C9 by him. and afterwards he
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  • 126 7 Kidnapping his Divorced Wife. A littl*-* matrimonial trouble was aired in the second police court on Juoe 8 One, Mobamed Anif, appeared on a charge of kidnapping a girl from her lawful guardian, to wit, her father. Defendant stated that the girl was his wife. The wife ber-elf said she
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  • 463 7 (From Ode Own Corrhspondrnt.) Penang, June 6. His Excellency the High Commissioner, Sir John Anderson, oc m 0., arrived here at noon on Sunday and lunched at the Residency. He afterwards visited the Hospital aud returned
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  • 113 7 When the German steamer Kowloon arrivid in pore on June 7, the ma-ter reported a sad accident that occurnd oo Friday While the steamer was c< ruing (loan the Straits of Malacca, the 14-year old daughter of one of the first.rdass passengers, Frau F*ieder Lercber,
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  • 18 8 Johnston. —At 17*7, Thomson Road, Singapore, on June 1, the wife of Thomas Johnston, of a daughter.
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  • 36 8 Watt—Bmbnik.— At the Imperial Hotel, Aberdeen, on June 1, by the Rov. Charles Simmers, B. 1)., United Free Church, Ellon Jeannie Fraser Brebner, Nursing Sister, Meroer’s Hospital, Dublin, to Marshall Keith Watt, Pharmacist, Aberdeen. (Cabled).
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  • THE Straits Budget
    • 1012 8 —Straits Times, Jane 2. We are beginning to understand Mr. Roosevelt more fully and to appreciate his worth more highly. The reason for his extraordinary popularity in America is obvious when we observe the tone of bis speech in acknowledgment of the Freedom of the City of London. Technically
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    • 1001 8 Straits Times, June 3. When we bear in mind the extraordinary extent to which the whole of Malaya is dependant upon an ample labour supply, no apology need be made for reverting to the question of Indian immigration. From a short statement reoently issued by Reuter there
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    • 1110 9 Straits Times. Jane 4. U was with a sense of glad relief that we discovered the other day a man in Singapore *bo still preserves enough sanity to write on something else than rubber. It may have been a mero coincidence that he chose as his theme other
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    • 1197 9 war of conquest or aggression.—Straits Times, Jane 6. That quality of directness on which wo have already commented]while dealing with the remarkable series of speeches delivered by Mr. Roosevelt oomes out strongly in one of the greatest—the address* on Peace at Christiana. Wc get, for instance,
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    • 955 10 .—Straits Times, June 7. There are a groat many honest men amongi those who are actively connected with the rubber business. Naturally, there are a great many also who are not, and some of os know bow to tell the one from the other. At times, however, one
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    • 956 10 -imeDfc wi*uwu» h Straits Tioaea, June There must be a good many people in places like Malaya who are somewhat puzzled how to make quite sure that if anything happens to themselves those who are dependent upon them will be properly cared for. In the making of
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 90 8 The Poet free price of the Straits Times i» a year The poet free price of the Straits budget is $U year. It is not necessary to subscribe for a year. The subscriptions for shorter periods arc at the same proportionate rate as for a year. The Straits Budget can
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  • 28 8 DEATH. McKkon.—On June 3, Lizzie Kate, wife of Lieut. James McKeon, late of the Malay States Guides, at the Quarantine Camp, Singapore. Deeply regretted. English papers please copy.
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  • 1048 11 Tb? Salak South May output of tin was 179 picul* llrtOT j 0L returns for May have Hydraulic, 650 piculs **Lahat 580 picul"informed by Messrs. F. W. Barker Jco re that *ho 0U ‘P ut of fr0 s°.lak South Mine for the month of May was 179.82
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  • 171 11 (From Odr Own Corrkspondknt.) Penang, June 7. Tbe halfy-early general meeting of the Penang Turf Club has been held. The accounts to March 81 disclosed a satisfactory Btate of affairs, the practical cash balance being $lO,OOO The chairman, the Hon. A.
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  • 151 11 Before Sir Matthew Nathan (formerly governor of Hongkong and now the new secretary to tbe Post Office), left South Africa, he was presented with an exception ally neat little casket which contained an address presented prior to bis departure from Maritzburg, by the members of
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  • 253 11 Open manholes and valves have been found by the divers at work on the drvdock Dewey to have been the cause of the dock's sudden sinking on Tuesday morning, says a message to the Manila Times, dated May
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  • 1726 14 London, .Tune 1. The Crown Prince ot Germany replaced the Kaintr at the spring parade of the Berlin garrison. Prince Tsai-tao and the mem bora of his mission were present. The Derby was run to day, with the following ff »>ult: Lemberg 1 Greenback.. CharleH O’Malley... 8 Fifteen
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  • 495 15 Berlin, Jane 1. T toasts exchanged at Potsdam were ~Jy hearty expressions o£ German and Ounfaio has left Germany, and most .yipathetic Press comments are made on "some comments in an encyclical by the D the sovereigns of the nat.ons of the station period are much commented lu
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  • 66 15 (Fbom Our Own Corrbspondbnt.) Kuala Lumpur, Juno 8. Advance figures of tin exports for the first five months of the current ytar have been published, and are as follows Perak 170,885 piculs Selangor 97,678 Negri Scmbilan 14,988 For the first five months of 1909 the figures
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  • 172 15 Tragic proof of a desperate gambling crime was discovered on Jun* 7. by a shrimper named Tan Wee Seng living at tbo third mile, Gaylaug Hoad. He had been in the habit of going out for prawns in company with his cousin, Tan Koh, but for several
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  • 134 15 Another police case arising out of the congestion of traffic on the day of the memorial service was beard in the first police court on June 8, by Mr. Wolferstan. Mr Tan Cheng Toon was the defendant and he was charged with causing obstruction with his
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 255 15 June 2 Monuuyuthuhtrc, B-it str, Warner, Hongkong Boustead A Co Chino, Aus str, Borguyhor. Kobe. Rautenbdrg Hurad't, Brit str, Alton, Rangoon, Bonstead A Co 3 Aradia, Brit atr, Barcham, Bombay, P. AO. Co Ltd K. Will-m 11, Dnt str, Haairaoot, Amsterdam, Sbipa Agency Hong Re- Brit str, Holme, Amoy,
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    • 167 15 June 2 Van Noort, Dnt atr, Batavia Muhivui Mara, Jap atr. Hongkong A Japan GhazM Brit atr, IloDgkong A Japan Shuttling, Ger atr, Bangkok Mongolia, Rua atr, Copenhagen via porU Korn Sang, Brit atr, Penang A Calcutta 3 Decanha Brit atr, Bombay via pork* I ai Main, Dnt atr,
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 116 15 Properly Sales. The following Singapore properties were disposed of by auction at Powell and Co’s saleroom on Jane 7:— i reeholId land off Confederate Estate Road, area -2,3<0 square feet, being lots 1,200 to 1,-10 of lot 6 of Grant 2. A. R. b. Aonamalia Chitty SHOO Land of Ulu
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  • 257 16 EXCHANGESlNOAPOKB, JUNK 8, 1910 On hondon —Bank 4 m/s 2/4 g Demand 2*4 y, Private 6 m/s '4 4? do 8 m/s 2/4$ J On Germany —R-«nk d/u 240 Private 3 m/s 244 do 6 m/s 2461 On Franrr —Bank d/d 295 Private 8 m/s 299$ do
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  • 918 16 MINING. tssue Value. c2 Buyers. Sellers. XO 10 Beiat Tin 4.00 6.00 40 10 Bruang 4.00 5.00 10 10 Bruseb Hyd. 6.00 6.50 10 10 Kanaboi 2.25 2.40 £1 £1 Kinta Tin 14.25 15.00 £1 £1 Kledang Tin 1.50 2.00 10 10 Kuantan Tin 8 00 8.50
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  • 308 16 A correspondent at Kalkadali, Ceyloc writes to a Colombo paper, under date Ma? 28, as follows: In tho list of shipping disasters off the East Coast of Ceyion two of the most recent wrecks were It ft out, namely
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 157 17 D C. H. WILLIS NOW DOING BUSINESS ON THE FORTHCOMING KUALA LUMPUR RACES IV RUN JULY 9. 7MID 9. No Entry, No Bet. OUT ON ALU R*OES. DOUBLES ON ANY TWO RACES. STLAIom TREBLE EVENT ON RACES 3. 6, 7. ma(le by wire must be confirmed by letter. No Reply,
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    • 418 17 MARTIN’S for Ladies! 'r Rimtdy for all IrrMalarttUa Tkoawtcri *'>*» keep a l*o* of Martin s IMI. in the house, to tK.* on the «,m fn jnv trrei; ilar'ty of the Systrro a timely dew rwy T\,o-js who iise them re oiomend them, hence •x' sous ii.fc k.t al> Chemists
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 205 18 What is the use of Experimenting Get a t i a FORD CAR That you can absolutely depend upon. Commercial Motor Cars and Passenger Traffic Cars of the well-known 11 Rapid” make. For particulars, apply to the 50LE AOENTS: GADELIUS CO "I INTO. 34. ZR/OZBUtTSOUST IRO^ID. SINGAPORE COLD ST0BA8E OO.
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
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    • 273 19 Consumption Can be Cured 9 Derk P. Yonkerman, Specialist, whow Discovery of a Cure for Consumption has startled the World. Marvellous as it may seem after the centuries of failure, a cure for consumption has at last been found. After twenty years of almost ceaseless research and experiment in his
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 116 21 NEW 15.9 H P, The WAR OFFICE had 120 different Types of Cars to Choose from. They Selected 4 STANDARD ARROL-JOHNSTONS. A Similar Car la Due to Arrive next Month, Fall particulars of which can bs had from CENTRAL engine works. MICHELIN TYRES [laving been appointed agents for the well-known
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    • 74 21 -4 31 m m i ppwewvir 4 '*i* /L-» A. W. Tully AND CO. 33. RAFFLES PLAGE. SINGAPORE. BOOK OPEN ON Selangor Meeting 1st Pay, July 5th, 1910. Double Events Races 3 4. 3 7. AND 4 7. Treble Event 2000 to 30 Races 3, 4. »ud 7 2000 TO
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 360 22 Beauty Series No. 2. (No, 3 to follow). One of the Beauties and advantages of 22 4 CIGARETTES is that they embody all that is desirable in the best tobacco without any heaviness. Tobacco leaf is like wine—valueless unless ripened by age, and even then all is not fit which
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