The Straits Times, 26 July 1906

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times SO. 22.098 THE STRAITS TIMES. THURSDAY. JULY 26. 1906. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 509 1 MICHELIN TYRES NEW STO'K JUST ARRIVED C. Dupire Company. C 101 Agri-Horticultura I Show. K\iiil)itovs in Division D, Dogß, in- reminded that entries close on •iHtli inst Ml exhibits must !>»■ <>n tliei gnmnd only on Satnrday, August 18th. ;it 19 noon. L\TEST ADVERTISEMENTS. AUCTION SALE Mi PAWNBBOKERB' IMM.IHI.MI .1
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    • 427 1 "STRAITS TIMES" BUSINESS DIRECTORY. AUCTIONEER* HAITI TIL *o»:-"i» HUT POWELL CO., Singapore DE LA (Established 42 yeah>> d ai y Real Estate Auctioneer- and Valuer- Mortga j r fl! A arranged Valuation; made. Bents oollected. i t»owell Coys Auction and Honse-Propertj rr e *ph<mi tf Siujjapore ircular is issue' i
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    • 386 1 ROBINSON CO. RACE, FIELD and MARINE GLASSES Robinsons TH beoub WB^^^^^^M B Mrdiurr. si/ v\ry pd-wrful, excellent for •H B| target wcrl<, well finished II «piLDUeach. M HTi^a^a^aß fRjoMnSOTI S "Scout" B-^^^^B best value ever offered. "THE SCOUT" ALSO Rptinsdn's well known "Special" Rapid Action Rac? and Held G!a\s When
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  • 2595 2 Magic of English Security. A I \M) BOOM. The Potent Harem. Villa un Flit in I'm A correspondent to the Lond -ii Telegraph writes It is my liilief tliiil »li v i thf history df Egypt during the British <kcupatKm is written by an iamartia] historian. the commencement
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 328 2 NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVES Being of British Manufacture, are produced under Government Supervision, and are obliged to pass SEVERE TESTS FOR Safety and Efficiency. Dynamite. Detonators, Gelignite, Safety Fuse. Blasting Gelatine. Accessories. Importers: The Borneo Co., Ltd. J. MOTION CO. WATCHMAKERS JEWELLERS. OPTICIANS. I REP4IRS PROMPTLY EXECUTED BUNKERS. FRESHWATER ISLAND (PULO BUXOM)
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    • 371 2 THE DERBY HORSE FEED One of the greatest appetizer* mid muscle producing foods of the pre ent day, outsitting "f mixture of sugar, maize, paddy, bran, and •alt. I «.-<! as a substitute for other food Readily ;ikeu by hoists with rapid and asloniHliing resultx. Recommended by all who have
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    • 326 2 IHI WATCHES I BENZINE. OASOIINE. NAPHTHA j« rvu vvdiinaiu MOTOrTa'SV, B aND I watches are guaranIn drums of 4 and K Imperial Galloua. teeCl Dy /American We have reduced our price for above spirita V^atch 50 centa per Imperial Gallon j Co.. the largest from lltli December. Delivery can be
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  • 568 3 Inter alia. At Slough on Wednesday the lofal N.C.U. Centre Champini lislnp Meeting produced some interesting racing. K Ilussey Reading N.C. retained tinMile Championship in Stain. 56tec, and A. C. Burgess Slough Wheelers iron the Five Miles Championship in l.'iinm 28sec. J. Dudley Daymond. of tie Hath
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  • 259 3 Sir Andrew Fraser |c.f the li'tun Oi\il Service whi boM tli rank of L ul Governor,] had a ian- day of enjoyment in Edinburgh the othoi day. sav> L'upi tal" 111 the early pall I >lif eh- lie Wtlt In the early part of tl.c tiny ht w.ni an! li.ilmobbcd
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 188 3 PHOSFERINE Th* Greatest of all Tonics. 5 J RADIATES HEALTH. 2 2 1-fnetors Athtoo tt Parsons, Limi:«d, 1 t7, Furingdoa Road, London. E. C. J Tbe DUN OF CAKLJftLE wrtt»« Sir, 1 was almaat b«yood giparian— martrr to (cat for i««oty fl»- yaara' I look Ufiuii n«4icla<a. which ar« ilniple
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    • 307 3 DOGSHEAD/Sk BRAND BASS'S ALE faf jBj|^Hf GUINNESS'^ STOUT. Can be had at all first class S le A ents Bars and Hotels Na^EjpgtiV^y Kirn Hin Co., Singapore. I STRAITS TIMES ANNUAL 1906-7. ORDERS Now Received for Delivery at the End of November IN Singapore and other places in the Straits.
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    • 72 3 Chamb rla'n\« < olic, Cholera and Dia rhoea Remedy. Tlii' great success of this preparatiou in the reliol and cure of bowel complaints h:is brough. it into almost universal use. It never fails, and when reduced with wr.ter and sweetened is pleawnt to take. It is equally valuable for children
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  • 44 4 mum.i<«: On tii-2;»tli June. :it Ettrick." Bhiokra Ilnvd. hlsternwick. Melbourne, Amtnilia, (ie irfie. I lit- ln-imcil hunlwin 1 of Jesnip. Kvle SlmMcruss. l»u- of H^MN, and eld»st MM "f ltol>ert Kliallcrass, of Xelnon, New Zealnmi. qajdttmera. Int. in-.! Brighton «t remedy Is; July.
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  • 1883 4 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. THURSDAY. 26th JULY. I In time, cither *lii>rt or Iodi;. but in time, ■m shall lij'.vi- trundle witli China serious '.rouble tli.it illicit luatt to an ytliin^. Ami kIM OHtol <>( fafceat is uone other tlmu S!mii!{)iai. 1. i- not often that the ManctTu.
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  • 8 4 I Hi- Btrmtk Bnrfgrt was published this :uorning.
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  • 15 4 OoUHBfc Sir Hkxr\ Ho/.in:. k. c. n.. ban rosignwl the post of secretary of Lloyd's.
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  • 18 4 Thk Selangor State motorcar, which has just arrived, is anew l'.i D. Dion-ltoutou j model, of 12 horse-power.
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  • 18 4 Mk*. Hmui Jonks is exacted to arrivehere shortly from Port Swetteuhain in the F. M. S. yacht Mrran.
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  • 18 4 Dune the squall early this morning the Dutch steamer Brimmer OMffltti her anchors ami grounded in the inuil.
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  • 21 4 THf M. M. steamer CaUdonim left oIoiiiIh) at 6 p.m. cm the 85th July and may be expected here on Honda)
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  • 24 4 Mk. Jistkk Law, the newly appointc-d F. M. S. Judicial Commissioner, is UMOtod to leave for the F. M. S. shortly in the Uaran.
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  • 23 4 Thk Town and Volunteer l!aud will play at the High Servico Reservoir, ou Friday the 27th instant, from ."> to ti ]>. in. weather permitting.
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  • 24 4 The s. s. Guthrir has arrived from Australia, with frozen meat, fresh fruit batter, etc., and is now discharging them at the Borneo Wharf.
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  • 28 4 Mkssrs. TuoMI-son TuoM W report to the police that their godown at Teluk Aver Street has been broken open, and Mt OMta of soap valued at 1801) ttolen.
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  • 36 4 i Mk. and Mas. Kiliani left today for .lava for a six weeks' tour. During the absence of Mr. Kiliani, Dr. Wcndschuch, formerly Acting (iermau C.msul for Tientsin, is in charge of the German Consulate^ icncnil.
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  • Special German Telegram.
    • 38 4 HEALTH OF DUTCH QUEEN SATISFACTORY. Merlin tslk July The news about the mishap to Queen Wilhehuiua has lxen continue)]. Sympathy for lier is felt everywhere. Her health continues to be ie a satisfactory condition.
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    • 15 4 The House of Lords opposes the pro|>os»Ml reduction in the British Army.
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    • 50 4 New Premier Guarantees Certain Measures. M. Stolypin, the ucwly appointed Premier uf llnssia. lias circulated a decree amom; the provincial governors there. The Icall- ii|K>u them to put down the revolution Pliy I'Vcry means in their power. MMBM them that he will carrying out ot the pMpvwl reforms.
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    • 30 4 Consul -General of Shanghai. Herr Kuappe's application to be it lie.. I of the Ocriaan Consul-geueralship at Sliang hai. has been grautod. Horr von Buri has Ih'cii appoiuU>d consul-general there.
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    • 18 4 Hu-sia is (jtiiet. The Bourses are calm. r. Itussun Stocks have recovered from the depression.
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  • Reuter's Telegram.
    • 37 4 Tin Botlmin by election. neoensiUitctl through the unseating lor allege<l Segal paaaeieM af Mr. A. Kobartes, has resulttil in the Liberals letaioj ij- the -eat,. The pollini; was Mr. TheaaM, Liberal UMB, Oel Ba»ty«. lnionis
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  • 178 4 111 1 is with profo unl regret that we record tin death of Mr. (ieorge litialllll lee. 1 t.lnanajjer of the Australian Stoics, Stamford lio.ul. The deceased geutleina:), who wan only II years of age, had been ailing for some timt and under medical advice
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  • 91 4 a»iom. Uie painengen on the U mail who loaded .it Sing.vixire were T.l'. Us. I'rince Ynf|aJa and Pnnoa Soriwong who ha\i- been l>Mll|llMlim tlnir eiiueatii.n in Kuri'|H' and are now on their w.iv b.u i. to Bangkok I'iip. ugala has been .it Canibrulge and Prinoi Snriwoag has been
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  • 17 4 Ml.. CKUwU has Ui|Uerttlie.l a i|iiait< i ul a million uonnda to the Wesleyau and uipvranoe Booiettea.
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  • 24 4 Tin nist amber of the Camion Daily Sem has been issued. A new Kreni'li papur, L'Kcho l\h:. i. has also made its ftp peaianii
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  • 27 4 Mi;. Qsoaaa J. A. Bnn, Government I'riiiter in Ciiylon. and for thirty MVen j us a well-know v resident of Coloinl.o. .1 on the IOUI Inl V-
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  • 28 4 Thk I'erak (ioveriiinciit Library is t>i bt) foiinallv o|H'iied on Ist j>rox., a oomiuitteu of MittiiKjeinenL iiavinw Ik'cii formed \\i:h Mr. K. N. MeKc nzie aM Honorary Secretary.
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  • 30 4 Mi: 11. liMoilnt. the senior Master in Itamts Institution m ap|xiintc<l iaeiMH teiuit* for Mr. Thickett at Oiitiam Koatl Govern ment School ilnring the absence of the latter on l(H\e.
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  • 31 4 InmiUl, Mr. Croen clos.^l tl»' puli.ui. nary enquiry into l\:r allegations ot ooiniuil nntl posnession .it maU'ri.ils tor brought against K.vok I'eng. by Inspector .loyee. The defendant was eoiniintt.il tor trial.
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  • 37 4 Mi:. .U'.Ciutkk, ••DiAvolo," of Haiuiston s Circus, li.-is rv|H.iled to tilt. |Hilie< tin- lomi two Auic-rieuu H.'ill not<s from his room at Haffle, llot, \n Australian TT WiU« has iK'eii aiTested on simpieien concerned in tin affair.
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  • 56 4 H. K. tin- Governor is eXfMßad toaiiue here v now morning by the Bft tf<"« Iroin the Malay Stat«> in order to attend the inn tui'j Hi' the Legislative CouneU t>ir .lohn Aiiilmsoii will leave for l'enaiij; »|;> r thi' mi i :iu^. It is .inderst-'.KI that ho will then
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 178 4 JUST LANDED. A shipment of "Herefordshire Cider" (by Jt P. tßuimer (80, of Hereford, wfyo obtained tde 9<Jd Medal in JSBB at 9aris for tde "Higbest Jiward IN QUART BOTTLES ONLY. CALDBECK MACGREGQR Co. R. H. AGENIS RILEY HARGREAVES Co., Ltd. FOR TANQYES PUMPS. jCo^^ Ltd. I 1 L ok
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    • 352 4 COLDSTORXIE SUPPI IES t)rc'iard Ko-wl Depot No. 1 42. 21. •lost rivcivcxl hy tlir k. b. (Inthi'. Beef Hams Cauliflower*. Mutton Slmep Kiilneys etc.. etc-. Turkey* Appliw HiireK I'eam Prices ju ap|>lk-i»tiou. Telcpliono No. H4«. imra VHt) SWKK HKK. I'ropnetor. NOTICE. KEMOVAI The public are hereby requested U) note that
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  • "Reuter's Telegrams.
    • 191 5 DIMAISTS ENDEAVOUR TO OBVIATE DISASTER. Board of Trades' Warning. :>r,th -Inly, K)M> Mi The Modi-rai- Miiuberw of the Duma have issm-d an Bffoal iskiuj; the |H-ople t<i submit to the will of In Czar, and promising to prepare a list uf m« ineinberK of the Duma
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    • 152 5 AMERICAS DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES SPEECH. Tribute to C. B." Bm Bif ajitw 4 I- 1 '"'y\i tin- Intel --Parliamentary Peace Centen nc«- in London. Mr. Itryan. tho Di-inocratic Candidate for the American I'n-sidem-y. di livi'ivd a stiikin',' s|«-i-ch. in supjwrt of a proposal, ri-conunendin^ tin- mart t<> an international
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    • 156 5 LORD ROBERTS DEPRECATES PROPOSED REDUCTIONS. What About India In ,i <l<-hat<> in tlif Hooaa ot Lords, on MrMiil.lam's Arniy SohaßH Lori l.ohrrts i1,.-pn-cati-d tin- propoaed i. luctions. and priilicUsl that any praaavl aaoaMßrjf ass iridlv would invohi- tin- i-omitry in iiiiin-ri -ssu-iiv large axpeodHan in tli. fntinv.
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    • 96 5 Rejection of Proposed Reforms Creates fears. Reed. 96a ln! •:>:, I in Kirn; hi (ir.ivc lirts icjiiUcd the pro|«'s.ils ol 'tin- roiuiiiiii'il I'.iwtMs. iii rcj'.ird to ii-torius in the Ist. o| Cut,-. In roimi ilion with this Reform MeVMMBt ten of prosecution an- note) taim-il by thousands
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    • 17 5 It is ri|Kirt«>(l that Dr. Br m.trd.'l. the eminent PMaob MirgMO, is -Ifml.
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    • 38 5 tfr. \Vin»tnu Churchill, shaking in the Honaa al t ouiumus. siii.l li, „ny no i t'usoii to \,uv the ileiisioti arrivod at by Hon. Alfred Lyttonoa in lavour of ictaining Indian ..;n.^. iii K ist Africa.
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  • 2261 5 AGRI -HORTICULTURAL SHOW. Important Business Transacted Yesterday. At five o'clock, yesterday afternoon, most of the member* of tlie General Purposes (omiuittce and Building Sub-Coraniittee of the Singapore Agri-Horticnltural Show were assembled in the Exchange room, and business began at once. On the motion of the don. J. Anderson, which was
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  • 344 5 Reception at Johnston's Pier Yesterday. H. H. lmiAHiM. Sultan of Johore, K.r..u.<>.. returned to Singapore by the German mail steamer Prime Kithrl Friedrich yesterday afternoon after a long absence in England and tlii Continent. A guard-of -honour composed of one hundred men of the 96tl> Russell
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  • 303 5 New Clock Expected to arrive To-morrow. Wk iinilerstimil that the clock to be erected in the tower of the Victoria Hall, which wax presented by the Straits Trading Company, is expected to arrive here tomorrow by the s.s. BmlmK This clock wasobtaiued through Messrs. (iuthrieand Co.
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  • 369 5 Astuk i>w (JindJoly) was Snoday, tin High Commissioner remained quiet till the afternoon, when at 2 :W> o'clock, with the R. (i. lof inevitability I and the H. of Selangor. he visited Dm ne.v Selangor Moaaua (M the Damansara Road, which, like all the public
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  • 46 5 ••Thk 1). kk" said an Argyllshire farmer, is in A vera |)eculiar position His f the present Duke of Argyle's fatiier.i intellect prevents his association wi men o his r.in rank, and pr.ili- ii lii: th prevents liis as>ojiatio.n wT 1 men o his am mtellect.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 575 5 TO BE LET. No. 4 Mount Rosie. Apply to Raffles Hotel. FINANCES OF THE COLONY. On Tuesday the BM July, 1906, at 4.45 p.m. there will be li.-1.l in the Upper Room of the Victoria Memorial Hall (under the auspices of the Singapore Branch of thr Straits Settlements Association) A
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    • 258 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. TO BE LET HOUSE— No, h ThooMOB Roa \pph i-, J. A. Meyer o/o Mcvi C' 2900 AGRI-HORTICULTL RAL SHOW. Prize Lists and competition Conditions. I'crsons disiunis ..r I i/.e lists and an lilions of «■< in i jm -titi- >u the forth coming Siuga|M)re A|{ri.Hortiv iral Slmw
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  • 504 6 Th.- Escape of the C. N. S. "Ningpo." Auotber Mriooa accident by collision with a floating mine occurred oa July 6, within about 140 miles of Shanghai, "but it was fortunately 80l attended by any loss of life. The C. N. B. Ninjipu (Oaat.
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  • 240 6 In tin ..nils <ii aa article on lacial "mi i he labouring clmmb in W t the Xi.ln N:<hi." while welr tiling the sriidu ;1 i tin. val i.' racial pie ■'•■in tli.' iii.nl ol ill Kin. p.. in and Aim man capit ilii exptWMt mdet at
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  • 161 6 Th Shanghai Mercury under:,! a mis tliat Sir Charles Dudgeon, as Chairiiiii i the China Association, has lor-«-.inlni to the Diplomatic Body in 1\ k 1 ill.' iijx.it maclo hv Mr. Wrightson ■Dd r he other Commercial Commissioners who recently investigated into the conditMMti of trade in
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  • 3026 6 I Frauds of the I inned Meat Trade. EMRSSWM OF A I'AVfcIM. IhIUSK SIPERISTTIf.NDKNT. Herman Hirschauer was once a tendent in one of the Chicago j firms, but his conscieuoe was awakened by the poisoniug of au entire family by meat sold by the establishment which be
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 612 6 W A NT ED. HOUSE— SmaII, near Borneo Wharf. Apply stating particulars to N. 1., Strain Time*. MM SURVEYOR.— Government licensed surveyor. Wanted immediately. Apply, giving references and stating salary required to Survey," c/o Straits Times. MM TYPlST.— Competent Typist, accustomed to the Remington keyboard. Man with knowledge of Shorthand
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    • 642 6 TO BE LET. OFFICE.— No. 7 Battery Road. Three rooms on 2nd floor. Apply to c ISBB GUTHRIE CO., Ltd. OFFICES.— SmaII first floor offices facing Cavenagh Bridge Road and Flint Street. Apjly to Guthrie A Co. Ltd., Agents. u.o FURNISHED HOUSE.— "Elmside." No. 6, Upper Wilkie Road. Entry June
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    • 763 6 BOARD LODGING. BOARD AND ROOMS.— Opening for two or three gentlemen in private house, Grange Road, Tanglin. No other Boarders. Moderate Terms. Good Table. Tennis Court. Apply "Contentment e/o Strmti Time*. I 2897 NOTICES. TENDERS. Tenders are invited for the rebuilding of '22 Shophouses at the corner of Kling Street,
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  • 579 7 A Terrible Situation. Few Englishmen have had a more exciting experience than Mr. Mania Wills, who was captured by Bulgarian brigands in Macedonia and was badly Describing the advriit.'ns i<> a prets representathe, Mr. Wills said he was walking in the grounds of a monastery not far
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  • 246 7 Wu Ting-fang formerly a ■ioMCI 111 high favour in Peking, left that on t Inmorning of June L'Jnd. nominally to i sit the tombs of his ance3tors but really, it is said, with the intention of quitting office altogether, writes the Peking correspondent of the Japan Times
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 376 7 NOTICE. TO OUR ADVERTISERS. Advertiser* are) earnestly requested to send In their smaller advertisements or notices of change before Noon (on Saturdays before IO.SO a.m.* otherwise their orders may have to be postponed to the following day. Large advertisements In future will require twentyfour hours' notloe for Insertion or ohange.
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    • 210 7 <■ I $hallsoon Ik travtlUiiij agatm in the Rocky Mountaim, and lhall defend a g«*i dM upon LitUf'l Extract that v to My, upon I.KMCO, ichtch is the only lAetig't Extract I recognise."— Edward Wuympbb. Sportsmen provided with LEMCO are equipped lor all emergencies in the food line. In additioii
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    • 81 7 Chamberlain a Colic, Ci^oUra and diarrhoea Uermdy in India. Mr. Sd. L. Hiscocks writing from Clare Road, Byculla, India, says I have used and still require a good many bottles of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and have found it invaluable as a cure as well as a preventive
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 95 8 His Majesty's yearling colt by Persimmon Courty ha« received the name Court IMastcll." Sir 'I'homa.H Lipton lias definitely decided BOt to challenge for the America Cup next ><ai. The next monthly shoot of the S. V. A. KihV Club will ht held on Saturday. .Fuly •2S at
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    • 201 8 IMsaIIOINTMI-M AII.UT PBWUM ImH I'm/mi/. ,':'lli ■Inlij. Tin- BaOM will prove, (oik say, the very nont incrting \vi li;tI i;t\ t- M had in Penaug. lot tin- Club Handicap will be cither a match i I -walkover and the other big race, the I'adilock Cup MimillW to be
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    • 119 8 i>i:.v»s km Lambs' fun Toiknamknt. The following is the play for Friday. July JIIXBB DoOBLM A Class: -Miss Uttle lair and Mr. Treadgold v. Miss (iuuu and Mr. Nathan Mr. Brooke and Mr. Craig v. Mi-. Freer and Mr. Hall. Mixki. Dot m.i-- -I',- in..; -Mrs. New. (OB
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    • 687 8 Association Football. S.C.I, v. S. K. C. Considerable intcii-twas evinced iii the i:. i mllv A-MK.iatiou football Hatch between I B.C. C. :.nl the s. l;. C. ye-t.nl.iy after- bj (hi prwenoc of a large crowd of -i-i i-tator- who -aw very in ten sting and well played game. Th.-
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  • 478 8 Intfrkstinu news to geographers come from \"i therlands New Guinea. In, the far interior there, mountains capped with snow, were long ago sighted from the sea shore. Kxplorers have failed to reach them from lack of carriers and the jungly nature of the country. In May last,
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  • 266 8 The coolies who return to Hongkong from the It mil do not regard themselves as slaves. Most of them tind themselves with more money than ever they had before, and it leads them to yo in for all sorts of riotous living. A number who have recently
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  • 85 8 ILuOMMr'l Circus continues to maintain its (Hipularity. and last evening saw no diuii union in the attendance. The programme was as good as ever and thoroughly enjoyed by all. The last matinee will be held on Saturday, when children will be admitted at half-price. The advance agent, Mr.
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  • 67 8 Hkpork Mr. Scott, at the Court of Request* vcsU rday Mrs. Adella Lebovitch brought an .■ll lion against Mrs. Sophie Brisk, of the Australian Hotel, for the recovery of her «ii(iis. as barmaid, a sum of 887.75 being claimed. There was a coanter-claim for 8:10
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  • 175 8 On the 24th iustant Li Lai Soou aud Li Sai Moi were before Mr. Green for assault. The former got a month the latter was tiued »10. in default. 14 days. The former was also lined 810. in default. 14 days, for |x>ssession of a dangerous
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  • 1105 8 Tin (January to May). The decrease in the K. M. 8. tin output. which at the end of April was 15,616 picula as compared with the first four months of 1905, has been further reduced to 9,257 at the end of May. the figures being 846,975 January to
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  • 419 8 By Majok E. G. Bhom.hu;,. Commandant, S. V. C. Siiiffitporr, .'till Inlil. Church Parade I A parade for Divine Service at St. Andrew's Cathedral will take place on Sunday, 29th July. Fall in at Headquarters of units at 6-30 a.m. Dress Review Order i. t. Uniform, putties, helmets,
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  • 59 8 Arrived Since 35th I'kk "Hvc I.eoug". From Telok Anson. lion A. T. "Bryant. Mr. T.H.Bath and Mr. K. Weidmann. IVr "(inthrie". -Kroiii Syduev. Mr. Sore. Mr. H. W. H. Stevens. Mr. Wedde. Mr. K. M. Skinr.i 1 Miss Meadows and Mr. J. Lewis. Per "Singapore From Bangkok.
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  • 11 8 r>» m lifts placed order-- for tliu c battle•hips with Armstrong.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 243 8 K. A. J. CHOTIRMALL Co., JEWELLERS SILK MERCHANTS. Have just opened a fresh stock of Indian, Chinese, and Japanese floods i.e. silk kimonos, Maltese silk lace collars, Ladies' silk blouses. Japanese cotton crape kimonos, Persian and Indian carpets of all sizes, gold gem set-jewellery, silver ware etc. etc. Ladies and
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    • 255 8 JEFFREY'S 1 EDINBURGH STOUT. "CASTLE" BRAND. Specially Brewed for the Tropics. HIGHLY J{ K( O.UM BH I > 1 1 1 > Price $12 per case of (seven) doz. pints OF ALL DEALERS. ARGYLL 10T0RS Ltd. -^j Tlie Argyll Cars are among the most notable of all British Automobiles. Field.
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 161 8 DAY BY DAY. Thursday, a6th July. High Water. 0-45 a.m. l-4s p.m. Pl.ilharmonic Orchestra, rt 30. Cap Football. 11.0.A. v. For. Kfcpia'.iade. Harmstou's Circus. 9. Friday, 37th July. High Water. 1-30 a.m. -2-27 p.ra. Legislative Council. 2-HO. Municipal C'ommiHgion. '_':><>. Hockey B.C.C. v. K.E. Tewn band. H. S. Reservoir. tf.
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  • 432 9 Its f-'ovt o In British Malaya. The Pcrak Mining Representative of the "British-Australasian" writes: What is the actual position of the tin industry in the Straits Settlements? It is impossible to arrive at any definite conclusion when men and experts at that— from thore tell different yarns.
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  • 441 9 The scheme of Philippine currency which the United States Congress adopt- 1 •d iw.i years and a half ago has reached I an ignominious pass, and its authors are now demanding a change. Instead of extending the American monetary system to the islands as it was rapidly
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  • Stocks and Shares.
    • 355 9 Date of formation Capital Subscribed jN umber of luih Paid Value |up to Reserve I I 1900 1903 1901 1902 •175,000 £400,000 •300,000 £30,000 •140,000 II £350.000 I •293,600 II 16,175 7/ j £100.866 1 1 £191,250 I 1,800,000 ,1 j 13.900 S.S.H. „DI-U«1 4,000 350,000 JO.OOO 10,000 «*0
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    • 296 9 1905 1905 1904 190-5 1903 1906 19C4 1905 1906 1906 1903 1904 £150.000 »200,000 £30,000 700,000 £70,000 ♦150.000 £12.000 £75.000 1250.000 £800,000 40.000 •200.000 £140.000 $120,000 £11.125 1610.000 £59.520 •12-5,000 £10,500 £55.000 •225 000 £360.62.5 £20.000 •135.000 140.000 1 20,000 10 i 7000 1 11.000 1 70.000 t 10
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    • 193 9 a. Special Gold Reserve Fund. b. Insurance Fond. c. Sundry Reserves. rf. Sundry Reserves. Bells Asbestos Eastern Agency, Ltd. Krascr Neave. Ltd. •7.75 sellers 117.50 buyers Hongkong and Shanghai Bank 770.00 sellers Howarth Erskine, Ltd. Maynard 4 Co.. Lul. Riley Hargreaves, Ltd. (7%) Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. 152.50
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    • 50 9 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. 6% 9600,000 3% prem buyer*. Riley Hargrove*. Ltd. 6% 225.000 2% prem buyers. Singapore Municipal 6% 400,0 0 2% prem buyers. 5% 1,478,000 par. buyers! m 4% 602, nrn par. sellers. Tanjong Pagar Dock Co., Ltd. 6% 280.000 2K, prem buyers. 5% 1,365,500 I, prem buyers.
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  • 226 9 Singapore, 26th July, 1906 PRODUCE, (Jam bier buyers 7.10 do (CiiK- No. 111 1 unpicked „11.00 Copra Bali 9.00 do Pontianak &20 Pepper, Black buyers 20.45 do White 5% 27.50 Sago Flour Sarawak 2.72^ •Ui Brunei No. 1 2.62J Pearl Sago 6.40 Coffee Bali, 15% buyers 19.75 Coffee. Palembang,
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  • 367 9 One of the most important of the shipping enterprises of the E ipire is the B. I. S. V. Company. The report submitted at the Brit.sh India Steam Navigation recent annual meeting itself bears testimony to the extensive na we of the company's trade, for* it
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  • 340 9 The "San Francisco Call" says: Henry B Miller. United States ConsulOcneral at Yokohama, has furnished a report to the Bureau of Manufai* ures on a tariff before the Parliam.nt of Japan, which ha.- subsequently been pawed with flight modifications. The formost plan of Japan is shown by
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  • 143 9 A Reuter's message from Cario slates that the four Egyptians guilty of the murder of a British officer at Denshawi were hanged, and six flogged in a spare which had been roped in at tho spot where the assaults were committed, the gallows and whipping-post being in
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  • Ships and Steamers.
    • 177 10 The railway from th- coal outcrop at Sihmpopon to the river is on the point of completion, says the 8.N.8. Herald." As soon as the last rail is laid, some .")(>< l tons of coal which are stacked ready, will be brought down and pu. in
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    • 170 10 Contrasting with the abu«e of G?rmany. to which we have been too much accustomc-l oi late, Mr. Edward Dicey devotes an article, entitled The Sinai Peninsula to recording British indebtedness to her for having taken every means to let it be known bcth in Egypt ai
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    • 171 10 In connection with a rccMit fire from floating oil in Hongkong harbour. Messrs. Meyer and Co. as agents for the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, were MiiniiK-ned. at the Magicracy, there on the 17th July for discharging oil into :he harbour Mr. H \V. Looker represent
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    • 202 10 One of those coloared diagrams with which the Japanese to ikilfully illiiiIr.'tte than statistics apixars in the Mmi-'hlv Report of tlie Yokohama ,la|).uicsc) I'liainld- if CVnimene. It bhows in a startling manner the fluctuation of foreign and native tonnage em|il.v<d in the lad five y ars.
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    • 287 10 Uuder the heading of the Motor boat will it one day rule the waves?" Mr. S. F.Edge contributes an interesting article to a I-ondon paper prophesying a great future for this latest kind of era. t. After speaking of the unlimited possibilities of the marine motor for
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    • 185 10 The Committee of the d< Uinimholders in McCiacken's City (Melbourne) Brewery. Limited, ha\e proposed a scheme for the amalgamation of the Carl ton, McCracken's, the Castleiiiaiiif, the Shamrock, and the Victona breweries. under the style and title of the Central Brewing Co., with a capital of £1,000,000. It
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    • 188 10 The Paris eotwpusdwt of tho Standard has been informed that the Department of the Seine which is really Paris and its environs -is disclosing the construction of a mammoth boulevard or avenue from the gates of Paris to St. Germain, a distance vf abou>. ten miles. The
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    • 172 10 Another well-authenticated sea serpent story. While cruising in the Karl of Crawford's yacht, the Valhalla," off Brazil laBt December, Mr. E. G. B. Meade Waldo saw a huge, serpent -like animal." which he has just described in a paper before the Zoological Society. He says it was
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 92 10 Wanted at Once. A little forethought will often save nc end of trouble. Think of the pain and .sufTVring that ni'ist hi endured in case of an attack o; pain in the 9.omacli or cramp colir when medicine must be sent for Kvcrv family should have a bottle of Chamberlain's
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    • 736 10 P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. Par China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon. Australia. India. Aden, Erypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental, and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about Mail Line. Outward (for China). Malta 4 Augt Simla 29
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    • 1214 10 Koninklljke Paketvaart Maatschapplj. Under contract with t c Netherlands India Government. Agent, at Singapore .-—Ship Aoekcy, late J. Daxnm ls A Co., 2-3 Cclltzr Qcat. The undermentioned dates are only approximate Steamer From h xp'ted Will De d<w|«.Kned lor Van Diemen Riouw .July 23 Batavia, Java-Coast, bamarang, Soerabaya, Macaesar. Parc-Parc,
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    • 695 10 C.P.R. Canadian Paoiflo Railway Company's Royal Mail Stoamahip Line. THE FAST ROUTE BETWEEN CHINA, JAPAN, AND EUPCPE, VIA CANADA, AND THE UNITED STATES. Route from Hongkong via Shanghai, Nagasaki (Inland Sea of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Viotoria and Vancouver. Twin Screw Empress Steamships 6,000 Tons Speed 19 knots. PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM
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    • 372 11 The "Chuo Shimbun, a Japanese u-wspaper, in an editorial urges an increase of the Imperial Civil List. Since the promulgation of the Constitution Japan has been twice engaged in foreign wars, and .he country has made phenomenal aavgreei during the last twenty Man, remarks the Tokio
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    • 264 11 A contributor to, the Gentlemann Magazine" for May has been loaUag up early reference to earthquakes in England. One can conceive the large place which earthquakes filled iv the mediaeval imagination. A chronicler writo in 1133 that the earth moved with so great a \iolence
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    • 223 11 Di CharlM Francis Giddy, to he dii111 1 ii ■uii.'oi ii. Kudat, with effect from l-t February. 1906. Mr. W. WoodrfMl Smith. t<> I)P district officer. Beaufort, with (flat fr.mi 18th September, 1905. Mi \v luir Palmer, to be as^t. engineer, Btata Railway with ciTect from
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    • 187 11 Per P. *O. s. s. Macedonia connecting with the steamer Malta at Colombo, from London July 6, due 4th Augt— Rev. R. De Courcy Blakeney, Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Cherry, Messrs. A. Keir.'G. M. Knight, H. E. Girdlestnne. R. S. Meikle. J. D. Sauuders, W. McNab.
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    • 1330 11 Under this beading the following abbreviations are uaed str. steamer; ah. ahip bq; —barque sen. schooner; Yet. Yacht; Cm. Cruiser. Oht. Gunboat; Tor. Torpedo; n.p.— Horsepower Brit. British U.S.— United States Fch. French Ocr German Dut.— Dutch Ital.— ltalian Span.— Spanish Sar. Sarawak; G.c. General-cargo; d.p. deck
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    • 61 11 July •_>.-> Den of Mains, Brit str, Keebung Boscombe, Brit str, Calcutta Dunblane, Brit str, Calcutta Emile. Dut str, Khio Sultan van Linggn, Dut »tr, Singkcp •26 Kostroma. Ross str. Odessa Palamc-otla. Brit str, Rangoon and Calcutta Deli, Ger etr. Bangkok Penang, Brit utr. Port Swetteuham via porte Redang.
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    • 110 11 Wharves and Docks at which Different Vessels are Berthed To-day. TAdJONO P»C»B Ea»t Whakt Baslx Nil. East Wbabt Bec no.N I:— Tangliu. Marwarri. i. ■'mi Maria Rickmera. Albebt Gravixo Dock Hu. Shef.b-s WaaW BbcHM I:—Edendale,1 Edendale, Dagrun. Victoria Graving Dock :i— Nil. MAIM
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    • 134 11 for Per Steamer Time Triiigganii Kelantan H<m U'lutlt Ilin 7 a.m. Christmas Island itlnmltr 1 p.m. Fremantle via i>ort« Sull.m 1 p.m. Anamba Xatuiia Is WHIl»« 2 p.m. Penang aud Ueli Cttffm 3 p.m. Penang M I p.m. Teluk Anson via ports Hiie 3 pm. Tel uk Anson
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    • 120 11 From Erjaopr. —By the U.I. l'h,m;i,va due on '28th July. From China—By the M. M. s. 8. Tonkin due on 30th July. Loft Singapore Due in Loudon une 14th B. I. July 6th line 18tb M. M. July 12th une 21st P. .v O. July l">t!i une
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    • 814 11 Numr, port, probable datt of arrivil, jind name of AgrnU. Steamkus. Alcinous, China, Sept. 4 Mansfield Achilles, China. Sept. 2 Mansfield Aleaia, Hongkong, Aug. 13 Behn Meyer. Anamba, Copenhagen. Aug. 2 E. Asiatic if Annam, Saigon, Aug. SO M. Maritime* Ardjoeno, Batavia, Sept. 15 Daendels Austria, Hongkong, Sept.
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    • 79 11 Hongkong. I vii, .lvi- BMk July. Helm Meyer. fmaAoaj, <ilen,»k, due 2nd Augt., BooataM New Zealand via imrts, Aparimn, on xtb Augt., Boustead. Teluk Anson via ports, Sappho on Mondays, Selangor on Wednesdays, and Hyt l.eong ,a Fridays, S. 8. S. Co. East Coast ports. Ran
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    • 99 11 A mutiny broke out among the rrcw of the British ship E;;ka.^)ni," at Olougapo near Manila on the morning of July 5. The crew refused to work, aud a party of marines was placed on 1* ud to keep order. The skippor of the EskaM'iii has had con- iderable ti<
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 767 11 Pacific Mall Steamship Co. Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company AND Toyo Klstn Kaisha The three great steamship lines between CHINA, JAPAN, and EUROPE, via Honolulu and San Francisco, operating the new 12,000 ton, twin-screw steamers KOREA and SIBERIA, together with the well-known steamers CHINA, DORIC, COPTIC, GAELIC, AMERICA MARU, HONGKONG
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    • 611 11 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. FOR COPENHAGEN ST. PETERSBURG. The Danish t. a. SoIIDKAP is expected to arrive from Hongkong on the 29th instant and will receive a prompt despatch for the above ports. For freight and passage apply to THE EABT ASIATIC CO.. LTD., •Js'.ii Agents. NAVIGAZIONE GENERALE ITALIAN
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    • 24 11 Time Ballk on Fort Canning and Mount Faber drop dvly at 1 p.m., Singapr.re «M-<l,n time corresponding to 6 I. in. Green ich meantime.
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 27 11 WEATHER TELESfUM. HONGKONG.-SSth Jli.v— 4 p.m. Barometer it«. Direction of Wind B.W. Force of Wind 5. Max. Temp in Shu.le 80. MANILA— 3Sth 756 8 30 -Hi
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  • 454 12 The sixth of the scries of "Occult Salons took place recently at the Westminster Palace Hotel, when an address was given by Mi,is McCreadie, who is well known n Spiritualist circles as a clairvovantc. Mr. \V. T. Cooper presided. McCreadie s subject was Clairvoyance." This faculty, she
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  • 299 12 The following is from the Resident General's administration report for 1905: Action was taken on a report Hnjt in t>y Mr. Griulinton, cmo., on the burvey lk[>::rtui.n.s of these States, and, after Ci n.-ideration of the tubject by the Re.ulents in conference, it was determined not
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  • 97 12 Tin- establishment of an Australian Commonwealth line of steamers, by the acceptance of the tender of Sir J. Laing Jc Sons, Lul. Sunderland, for a quicker mail service, is a matter of importance. The Orient-Pacific Line have hitherto contracted with >;he Commonwealth Government for the carriage of mails between England
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  • 617 12 Much controversial discussion (remarks a contemporary, has left the impression that Old-Age pensions are only in the realm of politics, possibly only in the land of dreams. The fact remains that an Old-age Pension scheme is in active operation in Germany, but the system there adopted would
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  • 124 12 Captain John Penberthy, an expert on mining in Bolivia, was interviewed the other day by the Cornish representative of the Mining Journal." The epitom? of the interview is as follows "For increase its output to. such an extent M next five or six yean Bolivia cannot inwill materially affect the
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  • 306 12 On the wall of the barrackf. on Upsides of the tents, at the foot of every Japanese soldier's t'jt hangs a printed copy of seven moral precepts, says the New York "World." The Emperor of Japan is supposed to be the author. At any rate, he, as genera I -in
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  • 233 12 The "Alacrity Chinkiang Collision. The following further pairiculars of the above collision are from the North China Daily News" of 9th inst. The C. K. Company's Bteamer Chinkiang which lelt Chcfoo at t>ix o'clock on Friday morning last for Swatow, put into Weihaiwei at .hriti t)i same afternoon, having been
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  • 225 12 An official report as to the casualties caused by the attempt on King Afonso and Queen Victoria, gives a death-roll of thirty tktm, whilst nine other victims are not expected to recover. The Government has ordered tho appointment of a special committee of m |uiry,
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 563 12 Banks, Insurances, Auctions. Hongkong V Shanghai Bunking Corporation. paid-up Capital •10,000,000 reserve fund Sterling Reserve $10,000,000) 19 ooq Silver Reserve t 9,500,000f 1 9.» 00 000 R .serve Liability of Proprieton 110,000,000 COURT OP DIRECTORS. A. Haupt, Esq. Chairman. G. H. Medhunt, Eaq. Depnty Chairman. E. Goetz. Eaq. A. J.
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    • 490 12 Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Capital «800,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietor. £800,000 Reserve Fond 2975.000 BANKERS. Bank ol England. National Bank of Scotland. The London City Midland Bank, Lk*. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Accounts are opened and interest allowed at 1 per cent, per annum
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    • 626 12 AUCTION SALE TEAK AND SERIAH FURNITURE At No. 1-b, Jalan Klapa (North Bridge Road) triday, 27th July, at 3 p.m. Catalogues issued. H. L. Coghlan V Co Licensed A ucticmeeis 2868 and Surceyon. MORTGAGEE'S SALE. AUCTION SALE. FREEHOLD BUILDING LAND District, or Siolap and Toah Pyoh at Messn. H. 0.
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    • 142 12 AUCTION SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, *<.. The property of E. J. Hodges, Esq. To be held at No. 5 Oxley Road Saturday, 28th July, at 2.30 p.m. Carved and polished teak chiffonier with mirror panels teak octagonal tables, carved Foochow bracket., teak and rattan sofa, upholstered rattan fancy chairs. Teak
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