The Straits Budget, 18 August 1910

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    27 1 The Straits Budget *OL. LXIV HO 2740 Singapore, Thursday, August, 18,1910. BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CENTURY Price 25 cents.
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    Table of Contents.
    138 1 leadersThe Crown Prince’s Tour 8 American Trade (Outlook Moral Obscuration 9 Ma edie Valuation 9 10 The Shipping Ring 10 Malayan Agriculture ...10 11 Local and Grskral— Social and Personal 1 Agri-Horticultural Show 2-5 The Sultan of Selangor 5 Correspondence 6 Penang Municipality 7 A Rise in
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    704 1 Mr. 0. C. Malet has been licensed aR an appraiser. Dr. W. G. Grace celebrated his sixty-second birthday on July 10. Mr. Waugh is the new manager of the Langkon Rubber Company. Mr. D. J. Highct has left Kuala Lumpur on a holiday trip to Ceylon. Mr.
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    SINGAPORE RAILWAY. Steady Increase in Passenger and Goods Traffic.
    280 5 Mr. W. J. Haskins, acting manager and engineer, Singapore Government Railway, has presented his annual report on the work ing of the department for the year 1909. It shows that the result of the year’s working indicates an increase in the
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    THE SULTAN OF SELANGOR.
    88 5 (From Oub Own Corrbspondbnt.) Kuala Lumpur, August 12. H. H. the Sultan of Selangor held a reception yesterday in the Astana at Klang in honour of his recently arrived bride, Tungku Gobeidat. When the guests had assembled the secretary read the proclamation making Tungku Gobeidat, Tungku
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    The Alhambra.
    96 5 For the Show week the Alhambra cinematograph are putting on an exceptionally strong programme of animated pictures which should attract crowded houses. By special request the film depicting various scenes at the funeral of the late King is being repeated. Other subjects include a picture of the actual
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    THE TRONOH MINES. Manager Reports on Valuable Developments.
    247 5 The accountant of the Tronoh Mines sends as a copy of a circular which is being sent out to the shareholders in England. It is dated from 22 Bridge Row, London, on July 13, and reads There have been some extravagant rumours
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    The Sleep that Knows No Waking.
    202 5 A Kling jaga employed by Katz Bros, was charged, in the third police court on August 12 with having dishonestly retained stolen property, which consisted of some articles of clothing. Inspector Ambrose prosecuted and Mr. Gaunt defended. Messrs. August and Lonis Katz, Mr. Coulcher
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    Police Heavyweights.
    164 5 We feel moderately safe in asserting that there is not more than one combination of four men iD Singapore who can altogether turn a scale at eight and a half hundredweights. The one combination that can do so is, as one might almost anticipate, drawn from tho police
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    Correspondence.
    14 6 [The Straits Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents, j
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    Raffles' Institution.
    252 6 To tho Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —It has come to my knowledge that the commercial class of Raffles’ Institution is shortly to be abolished I am of theopinion that this is aniejudicions step for the educational authorities to adopt, especially when re calling the great number
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    The Shooting of Mr. Gaynor.
    163 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Many people are glad to read yonr articles. Some of us do not always agree with yonr politics, or lines of argument in particular cases; but all are agreed to note and wish to appreciate the high
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    Football Fighting.
    234 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Dear Sir, —Would yon oblige and kindly insert the following in yonr columns of today’s issue. Yesterday a most regrettable incident occurred during the League Fixture between the S. C. C. and the Y. M. C. A. teams. A player of
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    The Show Prize Winners.
    199 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Doar Sir, —At every Agri-Horticultural Show in the past, exhibitors and the general public have experienced the greatest difficulty in spotting the winners after judging operations. If an exhibitor has won a prize, he naturally kuows this by the
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    Failing To Report Small-pox.
    149 6 Half a dozen Flings, occupants of a house in Nelson Road, were summoned to the district court on August 12, by chief Sanitary Inspector Mayhew to answer to charges of failing to report a case of small pox. Mr. Mayhew said he discovered a Kling suffering
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    No Quorum !
    112 6 No Quorum One member and three officials turned up in the board room of the municipal offices, on August 16, in response to a summons convening a special meeting of the municipal commissioners. The meeting was called for the purpose of considering Supplemental Budget No. 2, but it is to
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
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      Cricket.
      328 6 5. C. C. Tournament. 1 he unfinished cricket to ima between the Telegraph elevenan*IV nson was completed on SatnH* the former winning by 3H r nn« 2 aft n °on, distinguished for some exes'? V a The Telegraphists the Garrison had a bi«» t ui u“ M when the,
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      Rifle Shooting.
      208 6 k-adii V l#*.le Association. More man twenty ladies tired at Bahtier ram. <*.ou August 11, in a match for a prize (six •poi>uH kindly presented by Mrs. W. Evans. The raDges were 103, 150 snd 200 yards. The thinner was MissCourtlandt Anderson, who&tade the excellent net score of
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      Association Football.
      55 6 Raffles v. Lagoon R. C. There was a fauir gathering oa nade, on August H» jn the above teams compete tor neithereide League compotitioti. Atbalfhm tbe bad scored, but on ends elD C a n L( j their Rimes’ forwards pat in three# tIi *t opponents failing to
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    Fatal Estate Affray. WATCHMEN FIRE ON SINKEHS IN KEDAH. One Killed: Three Wounded.
    412 7 KhiM OUR Own Corrbspondbnt.) Penang, August 10. haH iUf4 t been received of a serious Ne r„l on Luboh Saints estate in disturbanc Tfae assaulted Kedah on 8 a g an( j r Ledebour the tie 1
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    Sarkies, Johannes and Co.
    142 7 1 >n August 12, Mr. Justice Fisher delivered judgment upon the application of Mr. A. M. Sirkies (of Sarkies, Johannes and Co.) for discharge from bankruptcy. He granted discharge, subject to suspension or a year to date from June 24. H'jundly speaking, his Lordship decided that
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    POLO CUP COMPETITION. Middlesex Regiment Outplay Club Team.
    537 7 The Polo cup presented ten years a*o, by th 3 officers of the Ist King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, was competed for on Saturday afternoon, by a team representing the Middlesex Regiment and another drawn from Singapore Polo Clnb. The match took
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    PENANG MUNICIPALITY.
    60 7 (From Odr Own Correspondent.) Penang, August 15. A deputation from the Rangoon municipality consisting of the vice-president, Mr. Emile J- Du Bern and the municipal engineer, Mr. L. P. Marshall, arrived here yesterday to inspect the Penang municipal refuse incinerator, Mr. Du Bern, accompanied by his wife, proceeds
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    The Shipping Ring. REUTER ON THE SHIPOWNERS’ DEPUTATION. Statement by His Excellency the Governor.
    452 7 IRbotbb’b Tblbqraii.] London, Angnst 18. A deputation of influential shipping firms, including Sir James Lyle M&ckay, Sir William Adamson, also Messrs. Holt, Thomson and others, waited upon Lord Crewe on the sth mst. to protest against
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    A RISE IN WAGES.
    51 7 (From Oor Own Correspondent.) Penang, August 18. Owing to the demand for Tamil labourers on estates, the municipality have raised their Tamil employes’ wages as follows: Coolies from 80 to 82 cents per day, tindals from 810 to 811 per month, other tindals from 89 to
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  • THE Straits Budget.
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      THE CROWN PRINCE’S TOUR.
      1112 8 —straits Times, August 11. It seems probable that some little time will elapse before we shall have the pleasure of welcoming the German Crown Prince to Singapore. That he will pay us a visit we take as a matter of coarse, for no tour in the
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      AMERICAN TRADE OUTLOOK.
      1004 8 “rails Times. August 12. We received recently a pamphlet published in London by a financial expert who signs himself Lex Talionis. It deals with the economic and financial conditions in the United States, an* these ard beginning to have a rather ominous local significance because it is
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      MORAL OBSCURATION.
      1028 9 —Straits Times Angust 13. Tbe shooting of Mr. Gaynor, Mayor of V e York, is one of those ourious cases which rev ive one’s interest in the psychology of crime. There can be no doubt that the victim is a man of exceptional probity and of great earnestness.
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      MAJEDIE VALUATION.
      1220 9 —Straits Times August 16. From a report of the Majedie (Johore) Rubber Company’s meeting in London, which we publish in another column to-day, it will be seen that there are some special references to a comment made in our columns, on May 24, upon the valuation of the
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      THE SHIPPING RING.
      1031 10 would smash one made of glass.—Straits Times, August 16. We are glad that Sir John Anderson lost no time in correcting the false impression which was likely to be created by the text of a Reuter telegram published on Saturday. It would be inferred —we, indeed, did
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      MALAYAN AGRICULTURE.
      1083 10 Straits Times August 17. The Governor has opened to-day what we have every reason to hope will be the best all-round show of agricultural products that has ever been held in the Malay Peninsula. It is possible that the display of* fruits may be less perfect than it
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      91 8 The Poet free price of the Straits Times i" a year. The poet free price of the Straits budget is $l4 a year. It is not necessary to subscribe for a year. The subscriptions for shorter periods are at the same proportionate rate as for a year. The Straits Budget
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    LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
    1588 11 The next Assizes will be held iu Singapore on Tuesday. September 13. Female operators are to be employed at ihe Kuala Lumpur telephone office. Cholera exists at Pamangkat and Sambas and the ports have been declared infected. The Tebong Rubber and Tapioca Estates, Ltd., pay a dividend
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    BASEBALL. America's National Game Played On the Padang.
    1036 12 Say, it’s a nice field, he admitted. bat wha’d ’ye want puttin’ a bonne right here for I apologised on behalf of the Cricket Club for having er* cted the club house in the wrong but hastened to explain that the pooplt
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    In Debt to the Jaga
    199 12 A Chinese engine driver in the employ of Messrs. Riley, Hargreaves and Co.'s works was charged, at the instance of Inspector Hickey, in the third police court, on August 12 with stealing a brass fitting from his employers. Mr. Braddell defended. The ohief witness was
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    Mysterious Theft at Y. M. C. A.
    125 12 The Y. M. C. A. premises were robbed in a most mysterious fashion Sunday morning. B. D. Gomez, the steward, locked the rooms before leaving for chnroh at 5.80 in the morning. When he returned two hours later, he found the doors just
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    LOCAL MORTALITY RETURNS Prevalence of Malarial Fever and Cholera.
    172 12 LOCAL MORTALITY R E TURNS Prevalence of Malarial Fever and Cholera. The mortality returns for Si D u atlcir by the Hegistrar of Births and that during tho week cud, dm were 840 deaths giviim a rst.T tlltrt population of 82.18 Mafarial tcvJ'aL'' 1 o( for 87 deaths, phthisis beriberi
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    SINGAPORE SHARE REPORT.
    202 12 Messrs. Fraser’s report dated August 11 says: Shares continue to fall and we have to again lower nearly all the rubber share aaotations Mining and industrials have prac tically failed to attract any attention during the past week. Buyers all round are extremely scarce, and, though many
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    MENGLEMBU TIN.
    52 12 (From Ouu Own Coummspondmni.) Penang, August lu. Menglembu Lode output for July was 27* piculs of clean dressed ore of a value of 511,882. The amount crushed was 1,40< tons, and the working days were 2U wit 15 stamps. The total output for the pas; seven months is
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    New Inventions.
    84 12 Mr. Christian Nienwenhius, of Black water Estate, Klang, formerly a photographer, a Mr. Jacques De Voogt, of Bengabmg Estate near Perboaengan, Deli, have hied a spcci cation of an invention for the exterm d be of white ants and they have been granted tne exclusive privilege of making.
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    THE BITER BITTEN. Complainant and Witness Fined For Perjury.
    292 13 A of allied extortion was tried in the 5 nolice court the other afternoon, but 1600 to a conclusion that was not quite Il l c n !j, f complainant foresaw when he first W 4! il 1 the charge. The
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    Too Many Passengers.
    153 13 Another prosecution for carrying too many on a steamer was heard in the fourth magistrate's court, on August 12, Mr. Marriott on the bench. Bahman bin Abdul Kahman, master of the steamer Tanj mg Surat, was charged with carrying 51 pwseng* rs in excess of his licenced
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    The Subalterns' At Home.
    97 13 At the Tanglin C'ub on August 12 the Subal*rn“ of the garrison were at home to a very f iT e DQ f l)^er of their friends, the proceedings «irg the form of a dance. The entertain* was admirably carried through in every t and was
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    Government Appointments.
    53 13 tsrwrr!l S unn acting district officer, But lector f i j heen appointed a deputy col ec o r of i and revenae for Penang M r N. K Ktnd».nf lH to acfc as aBB i ß tant to the cifUt ala cca, and Mr, R. B. Osborne,
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    EXTRAORDINARY CRUELTY. Chinese Boy Chained in Dark Room For a Month
    218 13 An extraordinary case of cruelty is to be prosecuted by the police. '1 he defendants are a Chinese couple-Tan Au Heng and his wife, Hee Ah Saw— who reside at 54 Temple Street, and who have an adopted son
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    Miss Marie Hall.
    167 13 It appears more than possible that Singa pore may, in the near future, have the pleasure of hearing that most accomplished of lady violinists, Miss Marie Hall, who, we see it stated, was to leave London for South Africa early this month, and is to travel from
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    Singapore Chinese Consulship.
    89 13 The Canton correspondent of the Hongkong Telegraph writes: The rumour about the appointment of Taotai So, at present chief deputy of foreign affairs in Canton, as Chinese Consul at Singapore, is now confirmed. The other day, a telegram was received by the Viceroy from the Ministry of
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    HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK. Ninetieth Report of the Board of Directors
    429 13 The following is the ninetieth report of directors to the ordinary h ilf-yt arly general meeting of shareholders to bn held at the City Hall, Hongkong, on Saturday. August 20, at noon. To the pr pri» tors of the
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    MOTOR ACCIDENT.
    52 13 (From Odr Own Corrkhpondint Kuala Lumpur, August 16. This morning, a motor car occupied by four Chinese and driven by one of them charged a house in the Ampang Road. The shock brought down the front of the house, the wall damaging the car and injuring two of
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    Cases for Observation.
    112 13 On August 12 an unkempt Bengali got access to Government Rouse and asked to see His Excellency. As his manner was somewhat peculiar he was taken into custody, but he protested that he knew the Governor; in fact His Excellency bad been in the habit of sending
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    Singapore-bound Ship's Mishap.
    106 13 According to a message from Now York, the Bucknall liner Karema, bound from New York to Singapore, has returned to port, having been in collision on July lg, about 125 miles east of Nantucket, with the Britiah steamer Regulus, bound from Wabana to Philadelphia. The former has
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    Reuter’s Telegrams.
    1545 14 London, August 10. A message: from Now York states that Mayor Lay nor of that city, who was just leaving for Europe, has been shot aboard the vessel. He wa« taken to hospital and his condi tion is Dot considered favourable. The assailant, an ox employee at the
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    German Telegrams.
    803 14 Berlin, August 10. The Ambassador Mumm will go to Wilhelmshoche to-morrow, where be will lunc vu in the English Press that the voyage of the Crown Prince means a p P ration for German intervention in Unua are “js?sas 1 s%z Cavour is referred to sympathetica y y
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    THE HON A. R. ADAMS.
    100 15 (Fbom Our Own Corrbspondrnt.) Penang, August 10. The Pinang Gazette welcomes the reno mination of the Hon. A. R. Adams as member of the Legislative Counoil, and recalls that the road round the island is still in an incomplete and unfinished state, and that the
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    An Estate Case.
    107 15 Mr. B. C. N. Knight, who was convicted of the offence of assaulting a coolie on his estate, and sentenced by the magistrate, Taiping, to a fine of $lOO, under section 352 of the Penal Code, appealed to the Judioial Commissioner’s Court at Taiping, against the conviction
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    Tapioca Crops.
    38 15 The output of tapioca for June and July from three Estates of which Messrs. Sharpe, Ross and Co. are agents was as follows Merlimau Piculs 1,414 s9,ooo.—Batang Mala ka Piculs 769 $5,000.— Chimpul Piculs 1,946 $12,650.
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    Submarines for Hongkong.
    40 15 A telegram from London to the Manila Times, under date July 24, says that the Admiralty has decided to station a flotilla of submarines at Hongkong, and the vessels will be sent forward at an early date.
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    Raub Gold Mining Co.
    39 15 Following is the result of crushing operations at Ranh for the four weeks ending 13th —Tons crushed, Bukit Koman, 3,207 tons, Bukit Malacca, 786 tons. Total gold obtained 802 ounces, average per ton 4.02 dwts.
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
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      Arrivals.
      277 15 August lO Sibir, Ran atr, Levonius, Nicolaiefak, Borneo Coy. Ltd. Wearnmouth, Brit str, Cotta, Calcutta, Borneo Coy Ltd. Palarncotta, Brit str, Macdonald, Rangoon. Bouatead Lout her Castle, Brit str, Howe, Manila, Paterson Simona A’. Hickmert, Ger str, Ruble, Hamburg, Behn Meyer 11 Vladimir, Rus str, Skalaky, Odessa, Borneo Coy
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      Clearances.
      188 15 August lO Aparima, Brit str, Samarang and New Zealand Siam, Dan str, Copenhagen via porta 11 Glenlochy, Brit str, Hamburg via porta Lowther Castle, Brit atr, New York Vladtmir, Rna atr, Vladivoatook K. Hickmert, Ger atr, V’oatock via Knchinatza Palarncotta, Brit atr, Calcutta via porta Tosa Maru, Jap str,
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    TRADE AND FINANCE.
    241 16 Singapore, August 17, 1910. EXCHANGE. On London —Bank 4 m/s 2/4^ Demand 2/4 A Private 6 m/s 2/4$ do 8 m/s 2/4$ On Germany —Bank d/d 240 Private 8 m/s 244 do 6 m/s 246^ On France —Bank d/d 296 Private 8 m/s 2994 do 6 m/s
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    850 16 Singapore, August 17, 1910. MINING. Issue 2 Value. Buyers. Sellers. 10 10 Belat Tin 4.26 6.00 10 10 Bruang 4.00 6.00 10 10 Bruseh Hyd. 6.00 6.60 10 10 Kanaboi 2.26 2.40 £1 £1 Kinta Tin 14.00 14.75 £1 £1 Kledang Tin 1.50 2.00 10 10 Kuan
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    The “ Snowball ” Prayer.
    238 16 The Snowball Prayer. Recently a good many people in Penang received anonymous letters containing the text of an ancient prayer.” The wording is quite unobjectionable, but after the prayer the writers of these anonymous letters say that “It is said in Jerusalem that he wbo will not copy this prayor
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      65 16 Property Sales, The following Singapore properties were disposed of by auction at Messrs. Powell n Co.’s sale room on August 16 Freeh ol land and residence known as Kosebauk',. <>• 0, Mount Elizabeth Road, TaDglin, area lo, square feet, being part of Grant 6 Frankel $5,300; and freehold allotment at
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