The Straits Times, 13 December 1904

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times .SO. ai,6io SINGAPORE. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 13, 190 J. PRICE 15 CENT*
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 397 1 NOTICES Ideal Mil -*^£?2g»«w Enriched 20 per cent. r t^ d with Cream. 'Ideal Mfllß Sterilized- Not Sweetened. aa^TrrirbptfjJ A Perfect Substitute for Fresh Milk. vii ".mi a re»lly good smoke tJU* your X'MAS DINNER. \n;iscli iii tine with tinCOMPANIA GENERAL DE TABACOS DE FILIPINAS well knuwn LV ILOH DX
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    • 152 1 NOTICES Caledonian Hotel. 77 Brass Bassah Road Six New Billiard Tabl.;? Excellent Cuisine. nieudiO lp.iee well furnished bcd-roiNM with hth ItlOim attached. (Charges Moderate* Spirits, ales, anl bears of the mv best quality T. M. CONNOLLY, Manngtr. Jun« -'lll> FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. PERAK PROVINCE WILLEBLEY. MAKING DP Of TNIKOIiM
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    • 182 1 NOTICES. ROBINSON CO. SPECIAL SHOW OF TOYS TOYS TOYS! of every description DOLLS! DOLLS! DOLLS! Clothes to take oil. All exceptionally good value. Sterling Silver Other Articles SUITABLE FOB Christmas Presents. CALL SEE THEM. ROBINSON CO. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. (>w r.p to urgent rerairs to the Hieh Service Reservoir, the Town
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    • 333 1 THE AUCTION MART NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE No. 2 D'Almeida Street. HANDELSBANK. via rear oi The Mercantile Bank) (N'eti.srlands India Commercial Bank) H. L. COGHLAN Co., established mm*. u.,^.,- Licensed Auctioneer, j fc^/y^OOO (MM00.0IM) INDIAN ENGINEERING. j. m ,572,000 (about l\u ,000) A.H luxiTBATiD Wmklt IoOBUL Head Office Amsterdam. Mead Acrency Batavia
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  • "Reuters Extra Service.
    • 65 2 P CIOUS AND BLOODY FIGHTING. mbat at 203 Mrtn Hill. Turn rfan, ISM Baematr Renter's correspondent. I.efore fort Arthur describes the fighting preceding the capture of lOo Metre Hill as mote intensely ferocious and bloody than any previous fighting. Whole detachments were obliterated time after time. Kvery portion of the
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    • 37 2 Ihe tlliiih, has been sunk and i« partly submersed. The Qitgmk is listing heavily and is apparently restini; on the bottom The Nmutepoi has gonr to the outer roaditf d to ascapa the bombardment.
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    • 24 2 The Japanese cruiser tjfriym w,.ile bombardina Port Arthur on November ."JOth struck a Russian mine and sink Tbirtj -eight were drowned.
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    • 11 2 The King of Portugal h:is been left England.
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    • 162 2 Important Statement by Mr. Kalfouf. Mr. Balfour, Mr. A. Lyttleton and Mr. Austen Chamberlain have received a dep«ta:ion beaded by .Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, which declared a: a conference on October 4th vhat the Colonies should be urged to more largely share in the burden of
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    • 45 2 Reuters correspondent at Bt Petersburg reports serious riots there. A number of students, gathered outside Etewski Prospect, shouted "Down with autocracy cease the war." They were charged by the police and a struggle ensued in which many students were (rounded and arrested
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    • 27 2 DOUBLING THE SIBERIAN RAILWAY. The Siberian authorities have informed the Russian Government that it will take two years to furnish ilei pel for redoubling the Siberian Railway
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    • 26 2 Admiral Foelkenbain'i Squadron is preparing to leave JibatiL !t is supposed to be going to Madagascar to await the arrival of Admiral Roth diesvensky.
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    • 21 2 An official meeeege received ;it riobari states that Admiral Seymour had been made an Admiral of the Fleet.
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    • 89 2 THE BRITISH NAVAL REORGANIZATION. The Admiralty has issued a circular to Commanding oftVers explaining the forthcoming changes, which will a me into foroe on Jan. Ist. The fleet will he divided in peat time into a Beet in oininisi-ii 11 it tea, and a lleet in commission in reserve. As
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    • 51 2 Keuter's correspondent at Perim telegraphs that the British steamer St. Ltcmardt, bound for Mozambique, and alleged to have Itussian ooall aboard, has boon buirdi-il off Perim by a boat from H M 8. ¥m, aad brooKbt into port d>r enquiry. .She has Hince been released and is
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    • 60 2 Iteuter's correspondent at St Petersburg wires that M. Muravicl), Miniatei of Justice, has resigned. In a let'- 1 I the Tsar, he states that autocricy has been the guiding principle <>t Inpolicy, !)Ut even the ollicials of hit department w<:ri^ pamaatad with absolutely contrary i.li\is,
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    • 255 2 NOTICES. CROSSLEY'S OIL ENGINES USUAL SIZES IN STOCK rfiiirl f JoeX PAHTICII.ARS FROM BORNEO Co., Ltd. BLASTING US E 0N L V NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVES THESE EXPLOSIVES BEING OF BRITISH MANUFACTURE AM MADE TO PASS THE SEVERE TESTS IMMMfcD BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. SARBONITE, DYNAMITE, GELIGNITE, BLASTINGQBLATINE, DETONATORS, FUSE, always in
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    • 935 2 NOT» ES. This will Interest you! Read it 1! ljl X TRACT from a paper on Milks by W. O, AVelborn, Chief, Bureau of Agriculture Jlaaila -Li I'liblislu-.l in the Daily Unlltlin "of 2«: li September, l«04. TWO of the most popular brands uf so-called Erapofa*ad Cream, were lately seat
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    • 14 2 OVERWORKED MK.\ FIND Sttanu' II v Meelaml UA B< mi rtuMaftk nil iw '< faMM
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  • 703 3 The New Mine* Scheme. mm 11. 1 oAean w tfca !>• hi mint of lac Federated Statci \i., been ptiUnbed, with of ii:- BxcellcMjr liw 1 Dimiai 1. .uhl ...iiii> into mi. 1-1 amiuM Ii providei -.in.. 1 Warden f« .ill the 1 .1 alary C9OO .1 year,
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    • 441 3 NOTICES. HERCULES^CEMENT. Nov. Id tu.ths. J96e 9aris Cinematograph Continued Success of the Grand Show. Principal Attractions of thl« Week. IVrlonnani*' of the sleeping beauty, the well known fairy tale, with its incredible luxury of decoration* and costume?, all in colours. Barnum's miraculous trunk and a Spanish Bull-fight, which film was
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    • 624 3 STIVEN CO., Singapore. Singapore and^ Kranji Railway. From ist November, 1904, and until further notice. Train Service for Week Days and Sundays. fr 7r 7 T s '"Tv SINGAPORE H.JB 742 MuM 12.«5 9X4 :i.l"> 4.-U M 0 lOJJO 1818 :{-">!* Nnwtnn i 8 4>=l 4!> 10 X iA:i all
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  • 39 4 RIDDOCK:— On the lot December, at Saigon ltohert lii.lddck, Chief tngineer. M. An I'ho, formerly of (he Scottish Oriental (.'oni|>any, mffd «S ye:u». Deeply regretted. Castro:— On the *tth Xov. at Slian^hai, Jwe Maria t'astro, aged 33 yean.
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  • 580 4 The Straits Times PRICE 15 CENTS. TUESDAY, 13TH DECEMBER. 'I'm: report of the Straits and General Development Company for the year ending on the 90th June last gives some idea of the risk" attending mining in the K. 11. 8. ari»iug from tho mistaken policy of the Government. The abovementioned
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  • 12 4 »o. '"suiance advertisomeuts will L louud on p age <j and lv.
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  • 8 4 The Straits Budget will be published to-morrow morning.
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  • 11 4 Several items of local interest will l.c found on Page 8.
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  • 13 4 Advertiiementa of Sales, Wanted, To Let, etc., will be found on Page 6.
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  • 27 4 H M. S. Athmm went outside this morning for gun practice. The Royal Bangkok Sports Club were to hold race meetings on the Bth and 10th instant.
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  • 15 4 The bearing of the Teluk Blangah land case was resumed before Mr. Justice Thornton to-day.
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  • 19 4 The Club House of the Byzantine Minstrels has been removed to a better locality, off Waterloo Street, No. 48
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  • 21 4 The Dutch mail steamer Koning Willem I left Singapore on the 26th November and arrived at Suez on the llth inst.
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  • 27 4 Thk P. »v 0 intermediate steamer Ceylon left Hongkong at 10 a. m on Friday and is expected tn arrive here at 5 a m. to-morrow (Wednesday)
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  • 26 4 It is rumoured that the Shrewsbury, which left Singapore on November 10th for Hongkong with a cargo of coal, has gone ashore on the Bombay reef.
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  • 35 4 The consecration of the new Roman Catholic Church at Kuala Lumpur is fixed to take place at 8 a.m. on the 18th inst., when the Rt. Rev. Dr. E. Baritlon, Bishop of Malacca, will officiate.
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  • 33 4 We understand that the s. 8. Hong Mo/t (of Opium Farm farce) cditimanded by Capt. Dawson, has been chartered to take a cargo of tea to Odessa. She leaves for Russia this afternoon.
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  • 41 4 Wk would remind our readers that the annual Convent Daz-iar opens tomorrow night ai 8 o'clock in the Town Hall, when the public are invited to attend to support this well known Singapore chanty. The Baaaar is continued on Thursda) night
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  • 60 4 It is to say the least of it, curious, says the Malay Miil, that telephonic commmication with the Police authorities, (nos 58 and ill) at Kuala Lumimr was i m possible at an early liour on Satvrday afternoon, or at least ihe Krchange could not se*. any reply on ringiag-up
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  • 53 4 Mk-sks Riley, Hrirp-eaves Mod wall and desk pad calendar, paper weight, and pocket knife h.r 1908 .'"ileiidars have aNo b« t >n received frorr the foin.uercial I'nion Assurance Co., ibt Royal Exchange Aeeurance Co., ibe North Brit is-h Insurance.Ci) (Bean Ueyet a Co. igentaX and M. Bsbatier tt !i<- Royal
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  • 66 4 Ir is said that Messrs. Howartb, BErakine, Ltd., iiave secured tfie important contract of lifting op !he .Sultan ct IVrak's palace Kuala KimfWl wit!) electric light. <>ne o! tlie firm's elecirical eneineers is to leave Penaag for Kuala Kaupsar in a few days' time •ith the generating and otber plant
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  • 73 4 Thi steamer Iwomtm, which left Taooma on the i.">th of October Em Yokohama, and which put into Muroran, Hokkaido, for coal, on the 15th ult.. h;is gone ashore on a daagerone sandy bottoaa He r captain has applied to the iiuthorities :lif re for assistance The humntm is a British
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  • 83 4 1 HEnewiy-consrructed steamer (>pi,ir, of the Steamship Compaay Rotterdam Lloyd, which was launched from the yard of the Company De 6chelde at Flushing ou Aug. U7 !a.st, made its trial trip on the North Sea on 14th ult. Tile steamer, as well as the machinery, have fully answered expectations, and
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  • 95 4 "Jimmy' Michael, the American champion cyclist, is dead. At one time he held all paced and unpaced bicycle records from one to H miles, and ua* raced all over the United .States, France, England, and Australia ir. each of winch cc untries he vanquished the best local cracks He had
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  • 83 4 Thk I'olice Magistrates at I'enang have takfn serious notice of the objectionable practice prevalent there for a long time past, whereby carriage drivers sit themselves on the shafts of a conveyance instead of on the box, for the purpose of driving. In taking the lower seat, i\i*±e. men, says the
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  • 45 4 The Master Attendant has received' a letter from Daendels and Co. saying that the s.s. honingin liegxnfes kiioke the (ierman ship [lever mi twin I on thfl 10th inst. in I/U. 4' 29 X and I-on. 99' E. The German ship re()ueste(i to be reported.
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  • 62 4 I'ndbr the head "A Singapore Tifier Hunt," the Illustrated Sporting ami Dramatic Nnet of Nov. 19th contains an account of the "hunt" for Ong Ah Poh's tiger, which got loose near Rochore Road, the final "potting" of the denizen of tbe forest by Pie., Arianna of the 5.V.1., and the
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  • 164 4 December Monthly Medal. Thkke were thirty entries tor this competition played on Saturday and Sunday last, play having been postponed trom the previous Saturday on account of the heavy rain. The medal was won by Mr. C. W. Spriggs, the "Sweep" going to Mr. A. J. Corhe.tt.
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  • 378 4 Lions and Their Tamer. llaimstou's Circus which is now at Hongkong, has a troupe of li'.ns. with Captain hindo as trainer In the course of an interview with the neprescntative of the South China Morning l'n*t. Captain l.indo said I claim to be an American, and at 16
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  • 258 4 The different methods by which rsriomis wild annual.- .ire captured in their native ttatc are interesting. Lions are generally raiiifht by l>eiiig tempted to thrift their heads through nooses of •trOflg cords composed of twisted liides. l'ieces of meat are used for bait, hut iie<|iientlv the hunters
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  • Reuters Telegrams.
    • 77 4 /"""fox, \:ilh Iw. The noting at St. I'prersburjr on Sunday was organised hy devolution try Socialists, not by Liberal reformers. Another demonstration is expected on Tuesday, when the trial of M Phhve'a assessin begins ANOI.O-AMHRICAN TKATV StONBD. r Jhe Anglo-Airerican Arbitration Treaty was signed at Washincton reaterday.
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  • Reuter's Extra Service.
    • 51 4 Londim, IBM The Nobel Peice Prize has bam awarded to the Institute of [nternational Law. Toe prisa for physics goes to I. 3rd Hiyleigh, and that for chemistry to .Sir William Ram.«ay. The prize tor literature is divided between the Provencnl poet Mistral and the .Spanish dramatist
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    • 96 4 PEASANTS IN REVO LT. The strujrj?le for Reforms in Russia The ■Sfaiiditrd's correspondent at 8t Petersburg telegraphs :-A high Court official, interviewed with regard to the rioting at .St. Petersburg, declare? that this is nothing compared with the situation in the Russian province, where, besides excesses by Reservists in Vitebsk
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    • 53 4 Admiral Bt-iinnont lias been appoiol ed to the naval command at Devonport. Prince Louis of Batternberg commands the Mcood cruiser tqoadioD, RoarAdmiral K. Henderson the C&Utgaa and Uear-Admiral H.I) Harry at Portsmonth. Capt. J. 11. Jellicoe becomes director of Naval Ordnaue, and Capt Attley liead of the department
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    • 75 4 Russian Fleet .smashed. Later <leneral Nogi reports that apart from the battleship Beeattopol and tome destroyers which are sheltering outside, the whole of the Russian fleet at Port Arthur is now completely disabled, and that further bombardment of the ships is neediess The Japanese are >w shelling uptown
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    • 15 4 lli« Russian hospital-ship Orel and i collier have arrived at Capetown.
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    • 48 4 Relief fur the Unemployed Tiie Kins; and Queen and Prince and Pi iiK-ess (.1 Wall hive contributed six hundred guinea! to Mr. Lone'f; ecneme for relieving the anemployed io London this winter. The Lord Mayor ha- :ij-.i) opt nh! i fund for this purpose,
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    • 25 4 ih« deaths are. reported of several members of Parliament, among ilium Mr. Spencer Cbaniagton, woo bai re preaented Mile Kn<i since 1886.
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    • 25 4 We are indebted to Mr. Taiuika, the J-.ij.anese Consul at Singapore, lor the following ol!i;:i.il telegram from the Foreign Office at Tokyo.
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    • 39 4 BOMBARDMENT OF PORT ARTHUR. banned Monday, n.i:. ;> J'he I'ort Arthur Army rt ports Ooi bombard men) on the lltfa ins: inflicted oonaiderable damage to tlit; anreleei telegraph ttation at Golden Hill, and Mt lire to the Arsi 1 ,11
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  • 95 4 Thi follow ing feet will be cfa n-• I in rlie federated Mil iy Stales fer lioences to shoot hij; yiime or wild birds, ..1 birds ami snipe: Big paaM < i^Hiifd to v pmrMMO nut resident withi;i phe Federated Matey Btatea, tIOO tor every hud of l/ijj;
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 460 4 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Caldbeck Macgregor Co. 'KSTA HUSHED 1804) m Wine Spirit Merchants, (London. Glasgow. Hongkong, Shanghai) SINGAPORE. FHICE JL.I3T O3ST APPLICATION, pi l* l iu.th.B. n.c. ASSIAMULL ASSOMULL CO., Indian Store, No. 1. 2, 3, 4, High Street. <VBi^_Jal.llUl UalCtp V '*ilr aM" OP laud Ivory ware. Te» Set* *d.I
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    • 67 4 Q. R. LAMBERT a Co.. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS, Gresham House, Battery Road, Orchard Road, No. 3. DAILY SiTTINBS Appointment* for sittings shouli be m;i(!<-, if p- ssiliie one day beforehand. Speciality: Enlargements most artiaticallv finished in bl.mk no t white or in colours. Dec 18 v c. Bw X:— On the
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    • 25 4 STEARNS 1 HEADACHE CURE, cau be obtained from all dispensaries (< l uickly by post). Gives instant relief. Avoid imitutious. Keep the Genuine handy. t th
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    • 15 4 NOTE rclcsraniN and local news received prior to noon to-day are published on Page 2.
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  • Correspondence.
    • 265 5 .t li, fimts." .1 <ll|..Mpole S li.'i oca I 'bm i ill \"lll 1.1 1 1. I ..II the I \lin whnh ii- idmlit 4 '.'ln. .h:mim in.iil .mil v mm indifsatioa n oden M la N..1111 Ban it fi in. 1.. into the I
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    • 82 5 nh surprise jiii n< v iiiMiti il in t hi- fed th.it llimio with tin ii n-ual courtesy i. i Loadoa papei> •ii.'ln by P .u,.i i > i.|» ■i d 'his week I tO ihr !.o I til il tOM ft Eorop tkrac iti h pedaet. irrived
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  • 65 5 \rrest We. I. Sarkies. I iii!'. which had J n I'liier I nil'. Mr T priotar <-t nance- j i,.- «m ii »t«ifM had ban j .i. m Hanii to I Illlllf urtil I ikHt. (iwlsm r; -e.-niti) in ii. -t I! ill s n i^i'il V. i
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  • 484 5 ARRIVAL OF THE ALLANTON." Stopped by a Japanese (inn boat Tin- British sU-amer Allnnton. whnh OTM M MOM batoM the public some months ii^'o. when she was Bsjsjd dy the VhulivoMoek B|aaoOPsa and taken apnze In that port, arrived here yesterday from .Muroran with r,..j(MI tons of coal eooMgß ed
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  • 380 5 A BURIAL GROUND DIS PUTE. ButMU Sir Lionel Cox in the Supreme C lurt »hi< obomibi saaa oral illtd in uhich Ismail Khan, one ni Ibe tnottaMM of the Mahommedan I niial cround kr.own is Kramit (ianjuh at Uji hoie, rood Munshi Mihomed Ally and his two oneta and Adam
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  • 42 5 A meeting tf those members who .ire interested in football, cricket, and bMBM, will Bo hel.ltn morrow (Wedne)---i i\ a! "il'i, to |NH a MMMMI to form t V M.l.A Athi.-ic Club enibiac inn t!l tlif outside L'imea
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  • 39 5 lUi i'kkV at« nt of '.'h<-l 'o BOJonWoH •hit imnv t«-l. nr,mi« :iiid MM inven•i n>- orUn v' mI mot bf !.hn ate I ipp-itinc Id home papert M unanat- me from lit- 1 rlt Clipfoo 8 0,
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  • 468 5 FRENCH SQUADRON'S VISIT TO SINGAPORE. 'I'm; French Naval Squadron consisting of the cruiser Descartes (Commander Araet.) the torpedo-boat destroyers Le Sabre (Commander he bail) and La Kran isipie(Comuiander Cotoin) and six torpedo-boats, Nos. 245, 246, •247, 24. I 249 and 2">4, are due to arrive here some time about the
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  • 123 5 Sir lleuiy Blake opened the 1904--1905 session of the Legislative Council of Ceylon at Colombo on the H'.th Nov. lie said thai the revenue tor 1906 was estimated at Ba. ■J9.C95.u80 against the 19CM estimate of Us. 29,535,900. A revised estimate showed that as an effect of the
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  • 134 5 The officer styled Capt. Clad... who baa said Knglaiid may shout but won t Bet, is a bit of a mystery Me is one .■I the lour oAoan left behind by Admiral Kozhdestvensky to attend the in ternational ini|uirv. aud aciording to a honie paper is not
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  • 185 5 l.i iiiiin^ Man the AMotahot Military Borortjr. Hurt Tnl W. 1> Bird, chief instructor at the Srln.nl of Mils kitrv. llytlic. ii'inarki'd that Cerniany had adopt cv tin Maxim, in ipite of tlir fact that in South Africa tjic work done by the machine gun oraa uuat
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  • 275 5 March up to Tanglin this Morning. Early this morning the Sherwood Foresters paraded at theTanjong Pagar wharf and awaited the arrival of the Manchester from Tanglin Barracks. The Forteteru appeared to be in the best of spirits and looked very smart in their well fitting khaki uniforms.
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  • 133 5 Governor's Cup. Sib Matthew Nathas, the Governor of Hongkong, has presented an Efficiency Cup to the Hongkong Volunteers It is to be competed for by the half companies of H. K. V. A. and the H. K. V. Engineer Company, and be held for one year by the
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  • 194 5 Worse than Chetties. An Indian policeman was brought up before iris Honour Acting Judge Wilkinson .n the British Court for Siam at Bangkok, one afternoon, in a money-lending case by one ilasinul.il. Defendant admitted the principal. Tee. 200, but disputed the interest, Tea. 56 The security consisted
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  • 259 5 The steamer Klehu-maru, which left Newchwang on the 19th Nov. for Mo.ji, reports that at 10 a. m. on the 12th a mine was discovered about seventy miles from the Shantung promontory and two hundred miles from Port Arthur. In these waters the steamer traffic
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  • 162 5 Singapore Knows Him. Mk. Tso Ping Lung, who is reported to have been selected as fioineM Minister to the Court of St. James's if, says the Hongkong Dully I'ress, well known in mandarin circles at. Canton He was born in Canton tV-rty-tipiit years ago.
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  • 88 5 GtanOHM by wireless U-.le«rsir>hy has now been established be:. ween 15 tngkok and Kohsichane, an outlying isiet of importance to the shipping interest. It is the opinion of the local shipping firmb that the Bar Lighthouse ought to have a wireless installation, and that the same connection
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  • 62 5 At the Town Hall, noxf. Saturday night, we are to havo a French variety entertainment ftyk'd ibfl FiafOli Franeaist, which promises to l>e Rood Boagt, dan<-es, an oparaMa, the C»k« walk, and BUrnerou* other attractive^ itaau go to make up i long i r^.'Wj^ The entertair.inen! ha.-
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 22 5 I ..mi < li l?> ned) There M M dtt I il' II t I.- I ,i. .uid cure •I'EN'SABY fierier, l \genU
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    • 18 5 STEARNS' WINE improves both appetite and digestion. It brings hack health to iii<- weak and sickly Kill Win*.
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    • 397 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. RAFFLES HOTEL. S H a A POME. i Hotel ilc Luxe a] I hi- Kmrt-) RENOWNED FOR l IX MODKKN COMPOSTS. I'atronised by Royalty, Nobility and Distinguished I'ersonapes, inoluding Thpir MilißStipg thp Tfinrr gnri finoon nf Qiom (yN sevhral lllCll JUAJgBUdo bile Ailjy dllll yuccll Ul oldlll occasions.
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  • 1101 6 1V,; ,,1,11,1, \nth v,, Dear Sain. The BtMetl an I, IpoUcvraen and toldMnj crowdi ol 1 pie are running hither and th cheers can be beard on „11 ,ide it i-n't. a not n v King Carli to the City Holborn is 1.,, tl,, w |,i i
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    • 450 6 NOTICES. THE Straits Wimes CAN BE OBTAINED i im* FOLLOWING PLACES IN Singapore. Messn> John Little Co Ltd kMsn Kellv and Walsli. Ltd j lUfles Hotel i{»ffle.« Tiffin Koouis AJelpln Hotel de la Haix •1 dc 1 Kurope Netherlands ianjoiig l'agar T'..e Hefreshment Buffet. Tank Koad Kailwsy Station Trie Crown
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    • 622 6 NOTICES. LOOT. A policy, from the China Mutual Life Insurance Co, Ltd.. No. 10,221 in the name of Wong Tat. Finder will be rewarded on returning same to MR TAN HAP LION or to Messrs. H vNKIX KXOCKEK, Agents, China Mutual Life Insurance Co., Ltd. De, 7 13-12 FOR SALE.
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    • 659 6 NOTICES. ROOMS to be let, with board at A.Wilkie Road. Not 26 55-12 rBE LET, small first floor offices facing Cavenagh Bridge Roid anc Flint Street. Apply to Outhrie A Co. Ltd., Agent*. a.c. I'o BB LET— No. H off Kampong Java X Road, a commodious bungalow, dry and airy.
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    • 709 6 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE of 38 KEGS GRAPES To be held r.t our sale-room Wednesday, \4th. D"-emlvr, at 11 a.m. Powell V Co.. Auctioneers. DecJ2 13 12 TKAKWOOI) CUTTIN(.s, BTKKL CUTTIN(iS. AUCTION SALK At Messrs. Ri'ey Hargreaves Co.'s Shipyard, Tanjong Kboo Tliumday, \oth December, nt 230 p m. A .juantity
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    • 435 6 NOTICES 1 V>6e Straits ISimes. AND Wde Straits 58udget SUBSCRIPTION RATES. PAYABLE in ADVANCE. Daily issue per year t»iii». <fo perquaitpt 7 .«•> ill' per month Ull 'I" pel copy 0-15 eekly ih<>iie per year is.Ui do perqnaitei I.iki 'lo per copy 0.4. When sent by post, there is added
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  • 499 7 EASTERN EXTENSION TELEGRAPH CO.. I.. 1 1. 1 n Estension. < bin* Telegraph C d 11 16 th Sow mix I E. C. BirJ W. 1. I' V ..I the account* »> re thoai win. h were lii. j from iider Th, prom receipt* foi Uh ;n lad amounted 1,
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  • 791 7 Miai MeCaal hat brovahl hack with her the complete outfit of >..ldier of the Japaaaat Imperial Qaard, arnica waa pwmlul in her by o mural T.rau.lii. Miiiist,-i nl War.' tnpihpr with samples of the t<.od supplied to the 1.1i.r oa active wrvioe By the court cay of
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  • 635 7 What a plrasont thing is folly' Only those who know very little, or (better still) nothing at ;ill. appear entirely happy. Fur whereas a fool sincerely believes that he knows everything. a wise man is by constant proofs reminded that he kuows very little. But stay
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    • 51 7 C.i.ns SM <|URklv < und by Chamber!nn > C.iu^li K.iiii-dv. It ;i<-t> m n;i--1 in, |i!.ui. mesmm Mm •'•ugh, roliovcs ■In i iiiiLj- .111.1 epemi the MmmW ■Becamj penmMmml emm. It MmmsT.,.l- .my leiiil.-n. el .1 ...Id t.. immH (in. -nine 111.1 For ix'le by all Dealers. THE 1)1 SPEXSARV.
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    • 136 7 DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLOROGYNE. ORIQINAL AND ONLY GENUINE. Each Bottle of this well-known Bemedy FOX COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, NEURALGIA, TOOTHACHE, DIARRHOEA, SPASMS, ETC. Hen;- .111 the Coveruinent Stainii tlien.iine.it the Inventor. DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE. Numerous Testimonials from Kmincnt l'liysician> a.eoiii|.auy each liottln. Sold in BetUes, 1/U, 2/9,
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    • 831 7 NOTICES. JAVA STRAITS EXCHANGR TABLES. Doilara aud guilder exchange tables, snowing equivalents of guilders into dollars and vice vena at rates from MOft to f I*o} per $100. ascending by quarter of a tuilder, as dedicated to the Chairman, iogapore Chamber of Commerce. Handsomely bouDd in cloth. Price f 2.50
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    • 311 7 NOTICES. W Cramps, /wf^VEGETABLE^fw mm Cholera sr <^—\ I Diarrhoea, Dysentery, BY I f^f(*\ 1/ Wl '/*^l 1 Burns, Bruises, Bites <*V^JL p%\ &■<■£) I' m^ ami Stings can all be Jfr >7 II »-:ieved^ \S^|! f \^jy yy "Perfect 'Beauty DARTRING 'LANOLINE' UT He miitalion cm I*- csJM 'Darning'
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  • 309 8 1 .i.iniL- to Di Dantk r, the emine«t rtanch aathropologtst, in bis Huxley M Lecture V the Anthropologica Institute, nowhere else in the w< rid is a blending ot races as in ii.., 1 ration more than tin,, millioiu of individuals show that in 1. cephalic
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  • 149 8 llk -l.iMinKana" run> irom (ilasvtow to Frcmantle in Thirty l)a\>. I tayi that the the marine turbine will be by the experiences of the p iteamer Ixtomffmna, Qlaagov Australia ba> c jus( t. .1 London Fremantle .ii« 1 cfearhif I ud th 11 h 1 w.
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  • 105 8 port thi Basteni Bxteusion v .ad China T, graph Com limited, 1 r the kali year 1 states thai the an amounted t.. C 500.057. against the currespondins liali-v.ai In the form figure is included iidiug period at 1903 was Hi- general including •>•■■": ;,;;L,;;"tr 1903
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  • 477 8 A Naval crivspondeiit wriU's to the Shanghai Unity t'rrm to remark that the paying-of all the British slooj>> v; tin- China Station hat given rise hi good deal of specnlation in Naval n is. iin<l that no two people in nn>K seem igreed v to
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  • 160 8 Ill Albert Vickei-. member and one M tii' ntim*gin| directon of tin firm of V'icken. Boos, and Maxim i Limited i. ~l>i>k' -■•mi. wiac w.'.iU recently on tinoccasion "t the Mayoral banquet at Barrow. Speaking "t the Irnoni learned ii.. in the Baaao-Japaneae conflict in
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  • 70 8 Wharfs at Which DMfcffMt Shlp> are Berthed To-day. Cast Wharf Nil ViiToKIA (iRAVINU D< ll'K— Swaiilejf. Albert Graving Dock— l)e Keren*. SKCT1HN Ha 1 MUMt, ll;tllotl>, Ho:, Hug, UtMHy, A|>.:ir, Av.Kii, Sili»l|M.le. -2 !Viii»Ula, CUM. Liu-liU.iML- 4 /..'ilii;uir. 5 Sultan, l';.ki,.m,. I Kan Hi.: Ilin ■OHM
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  • 423 8 I fat Col and Mr*. Di.-k, l,t. Col. Wrinht, Mr. and Mrs. -Stewart. Dr. and Mrs. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Mont^'oiueiie, Mr. and Mm. (i 11. Whyte, Lt and Mr-. Abhott. Capt. and Mrs Hunter, Or. and Mrs. Bowes, Mr. ami Mrs. Dnulop. Mr. and Mrs.
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  • 210 8 Tiik bUewiag are expeiteil to arrive bf the laipetlal Owaa Mail -teainer fi..»/i due here «>u Tkanda* aftenMea the lfth in.-tant Mr. Haas, Mr \V. O>iermt')ir, Mr. and Mi-. Hermann I', llpmann, Mis- Marie lipmaun, Mr and Mr>. .1. .1 MiuLean. Mr. Adoll Cllfcaa, Mr S Beat, Mi-,
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  • 11 8 FINANCE COMMERCE. IStik DeMM&ar, 1904. Today fm bank rate i> 1
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  • 21 8 Thu /itetin animd yesterday from Rangoon witli -0.7.i7 oases and L' 9,407 tins of kt rosir.e oil for Hongkong and l^hangliai
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  • 25 8 The Norwegian steamer Wri arrived this morning from New York with 40.445 cases of oil. She is bound fot Acjer and is waiting for orders.
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  • 93 8 lian.bie. 9.3TJ do (Cube Xo. 1) unpii-ke.) 13.00 r o ,,ra Bali ■»> (Id I'ontianr.k MO i'epper. Black buyer- 8&S8 .1. White, 5* H.**7i Siiijo Flour Soran-iil. l*l| do Brunei No. I UO Pearl Sajjo 4.U" Collee Hah, 15, basil BSOO r^hii.rtlii«Tiiiiit TTT *-r*- -f'; 1 1 Corl'ee, Liberia!
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  • 115 8 Loud;,,— Bank 4 m 1/llfl Demand 1/11 A Private 6 m/« 11l I .lo 3 in. 1/11} Dm (!•■>■„ „-Bank d/.l 1.99 Private 3 n/« 2Mi ilo m/a MN >)„ rrmm> T— U H* 45 Priv.it* lin MN d.. tin.- MM\ On /»</„«— l!auk T. T. 1« Private 30
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  • 625 8 Arrivals since Noon of Yesterday. Alla»tt>n. Brit. str. 1,778 tons. Capt Mitrliell, l-'th Dec. From Muroran, ilnh Nov i^oal Paterson Simons A l.'o I'—Rds.. rori Bh«(( iii'i, Brit. str. 195 tons. l_':i|>t PWbea, 13th 1 ec-. From I. Anscn llth l>cc. 8a BtratMStaamshipCoy.Ltcl. hot tCelar.t n. U-W.
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  • 88 8 hor Ptrtttamt Tn MOBBOfI B.m^ko.. ttnid KKtenham aaog A'/.,/.-; 1 Malacca <i i. Uickiua //ono Lia Muaraiul Malacca Far/alia U.incoon A Calcutta ttaJbi Sham A T. Ansi.n 1', n0,,,, liorootalo vi;i ports Tentn Kurope via pom Zama Kalembaa^i Huti. Ualaccad I" i>i :ka in .>;i'tang A- Soinriuv. 1
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  • 128 8 From Barope -By Urn N U.I clue ouUim IMb J) ri:U>r From Ohiaa— By the M. v due on l u th Deeamber, Left Sinyapo.-o i)i Oei lmti v. I. Oet Sith U. M Oot Wtn P. *O. < >.-t sin N I) I. No* ted B.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 225 8 K A. J. CHOTIRMALL Co., Jewellers Silk Merchants, 51, 52 High Street. Just unpacked a new and fresh Stock of \xi i. in- kiml- «>( Silk I-. N«'« Year iire-rnt- lor •jentleiiien mul Irwlirt-, (lower l>«t», ivory |ih«ito frames, Ten i-et* of sßSMmthhsw ei<- etc BEST QUALITY OF GOLD JEWELLERY
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    • 103 8 WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW CO. 5 TUBULAR WASHING TIES fJSJSoo BLACK ALPACA, LUSTROUS FINISH -TSSU O 5 rice 49incnes Jii.OO per yard "SING A" CIGARS jh-imo per hundred WONDERFUL VALUE GENTS PITH SUN p HATS WITH PUGGRIE $3.50%\ eh "ETTA" GIRLS STRAW HATS cc $2.60 each COLOURED SILK BLANKETS 2 K icc
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 187 8 I)Y BY DAY. Tuesday, i.Uh December. Hi({h Water. 1 ">:> p.m. S.V.I Lecture on First Aid. Town Ban.l. 11. S. Kesti voir. 5 ti. li. Yap Cli«.» Ihsng fTsllS 9. Wednesday, 14th December High Water. :il')a.m. -.'-44 ]>. n, U.I. 1.'.n.. «;u.i mail .-Imm-. 4. Coiivint f X*WB Hall. Tliursd^y,
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    • 84 8 WEATHER REPORT Kandanti Kew It., i>: th Drc, P H (11. 11 m :t|i,r, IIKM ...r. Kar 87 Temp 1W.9 W.O 780 clondy at WU'lbTher 77. 77.8 74 0 DirufWimi sB. M is. eu m sfaz.Terap 88.8 nighi Mm 71.0 Mnx.in 1-U'i I rerr. rad.. 9*B Bftlntali Mm tl ml
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 1028 9 and 3 d.p. Behn Me>er A Co. For Bsng^ok. II Hdi. Bentong, Brit. str. 340 tons. Capt Quine, 'Oth Dec. FromT. Anson, Bth Dec. H.c, nnd I'Hil.p Straits Steamship Coy. I.til. For T. Anson, U— Kis. Ilillilon, Dut. str. SB4 tons. C»pt Emmuits, 'J«th Oct. From Ratavin,
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    • 469 9 Nmmt, purl, probable date at arrieul and name »f nynh. Alboin, Bangkok, Dec Borneo Cot. Arcadia, Hamburg, Dec 21 Hi'bn Meyer Aparima, Calcutta, Dec 11; i:,r., Armenia, China, lan 4; Behn Hejei ,\n-'rali«.n. ("olomdo. Jan Sfi MerHiinai Ayuthia, Bombay, Dec 2 3; Romeo Coy. Karalong, London, Dec 30;
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    • 217 9 Nuber Sbl* ™ue M* Company Tr t^*' GOLD. I 13,5im 10 MO ulii-su.il. 4,1«K) 111 20,(101) !> 10 10,000 10 MN l li i,si HI 1 16,700 1 UU.iilKI 1 50,000 1 160,000 1 20,000 IUO .000 unissued. $7.50 Bcrsawah li. M. Co.. Ltd... 10 (Defcrifil) Ml no|)i 10
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    • 122 9 400,000 1 .000 unissued. i!,OOU I 100 4,500 50 JU.INX) 1-J. > 18,000 S 1"O S,4<>o 10 B.IHHI i ll.li 2,750 100 :(s,<iou lv b««i f 50 2,000 S 100 5,000 I >m ..IJiJ.OtIO 1O UMi utiixMuod. S7,«JUO 100 1 Ouß Develoiiuient to., I-U. 100 Federated Engineering Co., Ltd.
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    • 45 9 Howaith Et»kine. U«t. 7% :«U,UUU 3% preui. Biley, Uargreavm, Ltd. 6% £JS,UUU praai bnyofi. sln>;apore Muuicipal li/ 400.WW preui buyers 5% l,878,(»m 1% ma i>"y«i- JJ fi.i.'!,.'i(Ki lla. i ...ii. f» d.» ir 1»,..1i <■■. I i,i .'.'iip.ikki Pr« "i» m i,wt,aco it i '"v"
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 158 9 NOTICES. Korfnn< '.i: :il irn'ililes.fl«-:.iy. pain ■Dd ii.. -„v pamikar to rtM lv in,. hlffeHl Krcnrh I lth. i I -iip'-r"'"" Tint- -i Jrofi .mi I 'on n y r..v,,l CiLAIdTFAI I vv .-inf. P»ii« i < wMHIa M IUuMMKItI m^rt MATICO INJECTION is used in recent KUTICO CAPSULES -^roniccasw
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    • 195 9 NOTICES I NyCarlsbergßeerj fVmn ii»«! Pilsener Bear, especially brewed for Tropics' < Climates. at the princlna! Hotels and Ketail feaien h L^uiSEa-^.-5;..-, FAMES WATSON CO.'S SCOTCH WHISKIES ,s»». THE H\ I- IN rHB MARKEI F M ft 9 CU) $It-.*H) p«r c*m Dvtycsm V.V.Q. SPECIALLY RECOMMENDED |8-50 per case. D«ty
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    • 200 9 NOTICES. I J. MOTION CO. WATCiTMAKC.KS. JEWELLERS. OPTICIANS. RIPAIBB PROMPTLY EXKCUTEI) L Ankersmit Co. Having been appointed Agents FOR THE INTERNATIONAL LLOYD INSURANCE COMPANY, ■n predated to accept searisks at curreu rates of premium. i Augt J2 Jl-1-06 Dalmann Co. Having been appointed General Agents torn the "SWITZERLAND" GENERAL INSURANCE
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    • 646 10 Ai*the price you pay for your STENGAH you are entitled to the very best. See that you get Buchanans "Black and White" you can have it for the asking. nTBAMSHIP COMPANIES. P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. Far China, Japan, Penan*, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Rcypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London.
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    • 736 10 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES, Koninklijke Paketvaart MaatschapplJ. Under contract with the Netherlands India Government. Agents at Singapore SHir AOKNcY, LATE J lUenijels A Co., 2-3 OOLI.VER QUAY. 1 he undermentioned dates are only approximate. Mourner F rom Exp'ted. SVill bs Despatched for l)r h',,(k I'ontianak Dee 13.1'ontiauak Dec 14--mmm r rijak Dec
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    • 447 10 HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. HAMBURd. The steamers of this Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the straits. China, and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penane and Colombo The arrivals of the next
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    • 646 10 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. N.D.L NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. Imperial Uerman Mail Line. The fast and well known mail steamer, of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen-Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki, and Kobe to
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    • 682 10 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES OCEAN STEAM BBIP Co,. Ltd, AND China Mutual Steam Nay. Co., Ltd. The Companies' nteamers are de«pfttch?<i Tom Liverpool ontwards for the Straits, China rod Japan every week, and from Japan homewards for London every fortnight nnd foi Liverpool monthly. One outward eteamer 3ach month extends to Vancouver
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    • 476 10 INSURANCE COMPANIES. ROYAL INSURANCE CO. FIRE UK. TOTAL [M VOTED FUNDS KXCKKI XI'J,OUU,UOO. THE I.AROEBT ill OVfKI IN I HF. W^Ri.l BOUSTEAD a Co., Agents THE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRE INSUKANCK COMPANY. Capital £2,127,500 Paid up Capital. X 12,750 Reserve Fund. -C1,073J650 The undersigned, Agents tor the Com pany, are
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