The Straits Times, 3 August 1906

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    15 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.105 THE STRAITS TIMES. FRIDAY. AUGUST 3. 1906. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      441 1 MICHELIN TYRES NEW STOCK JUST ARRIVED S> C. Dupire Company. o 101 NOTICE. EXCHANGE BANKS— The Exchange Bauks will be closed on Muiuluy (jtli instant. First M"iiila> in Aiik;«- i t. AGRI-HORTICULTURAL SHOW. Prize Lists and Competition Conditions. Person* il.^irnus of obtaining lirl/<l irl/< ll^ t i ,;inl c<militii>ii-i of
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      462 1 "STRAITS TIMES" BUSINESS DIRECTORS. AUCTIONEERS. HOTEL L •"">'" HUItL a. a. c. «t> stu POWELL AJCO^, Singapore. D£ v (Established 42 years). DIIIY Real Estate Auctioneers and Valuers Mortga- PA I A <es arranged Valuations made. Rents collected. Powell 4 Coy's Auction and House-Property Telephone 6» Singapore ircnlar is issned
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      583 1 i ROBINSON and COMPANY. Per«i mbulators and Mail Carts Reduced Prices. lii^4!i^BMfeSfr /?lJ^\ l£^i^ ''^JjlU^sVi as illnstration > <h»» l) fi st '»t. rubber tyred whtels. tack I i >L NEW REVISED PRICES Well Finished Rustic Woodenette with hud wood strips, well varnished, large rubber tyred wheels. s '^p^HßL^// STRONG
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    BRITISH NORTH BORNEO COMPANY.
    4015 2 Sir Charles J. Jesscl. Bart pi sided (.11 tlie 3rd I I July at the h yoarly shareholder; iiuiiini; i ha above company, held at Pannon street Hotel, E.G. The Secretary (Mi Hi ington G. Forbee), having road the notice wmvewiag the t ig, th-s Chairman
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      325 2 Empire Typewriters •iSoS*^ Urn 1r 725 of these Machines are in use BY H. M. GOVERNMENT THE PUBLIC USE 45,000 OF THEM Strong points of the "Empire" are:— Visible Writing, Simplicity of Construction, Durability and Perfect work. Fools<.-n|>" Model takes paper B" wide $110-00 Prices. -Brief lt| M 135-OO Insmaiue
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      348 2 rHE DERBY HORSE FEED. One of tli- greatest appetizer* and muscle rcxluciiiK (<x-iU of the present day, consisting f mixture of sugar, maize, paddy^ bran, and sit. 1 Used as a substitute for other food. Keadily Sken by homes with rapid and astonishing esulta. Recommended by all who have tried
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      152 2 EA MINERAL WATER OF TH« HIGHEST CLASS, tfhire, (Brisp, Invigorating. ANSAN OF ALL DEALtRS. KssmSSmmmS Cinematographs Films is s For a complete Cinematograph Installation apply to Levy Hermanos, 3% B atttry Road. H fine* fl H| 9t nornt.i;. sided records UUCUH \M> TALKING MACHINES H ITIlirM ff I'OI'BLK SIDED RECORDS
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      468 3 "Best" Incandescent Gasoline Lamps. MAKE BURN W GIVE A BRILLIANT THEIR OWN GAS. WHITE LIGHT. LAMPS SUITABLE x^^ STREET OTHER PRIVATE HOUSES. OUT-DOOR LAMPS. Itole Jigents: HUTTENBACH BROS. COT For Two Weeks only A July 30 To August 11. SPECIAL SHOW OF Latest Novelties. f\¥ If T\n^O Newest Patterns White
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      174 3 Wde Straits Wines. AND $6? Straits SBudget. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. PAYABLE In ADVANCE. D»il> issue per year t30.00 do per quarter 7.50 do per month 9.50 do per copy 0.10 Weekly issue per year 18.00 do per quarter 4.80 do per copy 0.40 When sent by post, there is added for
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. FRIDAY, 3rd AUGUST.
    689 4 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. FRIDAY, 3rd AUGUST. Thk Sultan of .lohor- has brought luck with him. The first important announce iuent in reference to his State, after that of his return, is tin item of news about thw Johore Opium and Spirit Farms, which we publish to-day. The
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    587 4 L.\st mail advices from Hongkong mention mi small .stir tliere about the attack by pirates on the steamer tmimum in Canton waters, in which the Key. Mr. Maclonald. a much. respected missionary, wok killed. As we announced at the time, the China Association, at Hongkong met and passed a resolution,
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    2756 4 Tarn following question and answer, askid and u'ivi-ii in the House uf Commons, in (he week lieu the laxt mail left, will be inUr< -.tin" to our readers Sir K. Sassoon awked whether in the case of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Couipauy arbitration wan resorted to at tbe suggestion of
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    9 4 Tuk Japanese battleship Krtori left for Japan yesterday afternoon.
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    28 4 I hk .Master Attendant announces that the Shipping and the Import and Export Offices will be open for one hour from 10 to 11 a.m. on Monday next.
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    23 4 We beg to ackow ledge, with thanks, the receipt of the Municipal Administrative Heport of 1905. and we shall deal with it to-morrow.
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    22 4 Tue Master Attendant notifies that the quarantine restrictions here against the port of Madras, on account of su.all pox. have been withdrawn.
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    29 4 Tut Governor arrived at Pcnang on the 29th July. It is stated that H.E. owing to his being in mourning will not attend anypublic t unctions there at piesent.
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    33 4 Wk hoar that a motor car. which was being used by the military in connection with the manoeuvres, met with an accident yesterday. It is stated that an officer was seriously injured. 1
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    31 4 On Monday the 6th instant, the savings bank and the money ordei Branch of the Post Office will be closed. The General Post Office and the sub-offices will be closed at
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    42 4 1 p.m. We note a change in the texture of the paper issued by our home contemporary, the London and Chirm Esprent. There seems to be more glazing about it. and the colour is not white but distempered towards a slaty hue.
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    41 4 apropos oi a paragrapu in yesieruay s issue that a concert will be given by the members of the Singapore Lusitanian Club on Saturday night, we are asked to state that the concert will take place on Saturdaynext. 11 th instant.
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    43 4 Tuk members of the Welsh Anthracite Miners' Union agreed to present notices at all the anthracite collieries to terminate, at the end of last ui-nitli. w ith the object of getting an understanding that no .men shall be employed who are not unionists.
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    49 4 Onlookeb complains of the practice among police -constables and watchmen of hitting the rikisha by way of reprimanding the puller. In this way. the owner of the rikisha and not the offending coolie, ix punished, as the blows often break the hood And destroy tlie paint of the vehicle.
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    79 4 A correspondent writes !—lt! It would be more satisfactory for all parties if the evidence given in the Police Courts was uttered more distinctly. This morning, a Chinaman was charged in the Second Magistrate's Court with cheating in respect of 50 cents. The constable gave evidence in so low a
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    74 4 An attempt is to be made by an Italian syndicate to found on Vancouver Island an Italian agricultural colony for tlie purpose of vine culture, fruit farming, and, incidentally, mulberry growing and silkworm breeding. The syndicate proposes first to inaugurate an experimental farm of about 1,000 acres as a nucleus
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    134 4 It is reported, says the Siam Obtervcr, in shipping circles at Hongkong that the shipping firm of Alfred Holt has bought up several rice mills at Bangkok. The report also has it that the Company will run steamers between England .nd Bangkok. Nothing as to this has been heard in
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      NEW GRAND VIZIER.
      60 4 Mushir-ed-Dowlah has been appointed Grand Vizier in Teheran. The bazaars there are clotted. Business is in a stagnant state. There are 18.000 refugees in the British Legation. They persist in making demands for reforms in the administration of the country. Tlie new Grand Vizier of Persia con
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    JOHORE OPIUM AND SPIRIT FARMS.
    50 4 Mr. Khoo Hun Yeang 9100.000 A. W. Cashin $77.."«<>0 LimAhSiang $77,000 Klio.lu Chow $75,000 The present tender in Johore is $k.->.inm>, mo there is an increase of 51.j.000 per month in the new highest tender. Mr. Kho .In Chow is the present farmer in .loliore.
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    32 4 In five years. NtW Zealand has gained by the excess of immigrants over eiuigi.iuts 48.044 in population. But in the same time Australia made a net gain by immigration of only »,000.
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    33 4 Tuk Agent-General for South Australia has received a cablegram from his Govern meut stating that splendid rains Irave talleu throughout the State, and that the prospects for the next harvest reason are excellent.
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    83 4 Thk Manitoba (iovernuient crop rer>ort shows that the area under wheat is o\. i three millions of acres, that under barley is 300.000, and that under oats I.IMMM1 .1 M M M M M >. The total increase of crop area. Keuter sUU-s. is 860.000 acres. The Canadian Pacific steamer
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    54 4 A MoVKMKsr by one of the largest armour and gun-manufacturing rirnn in fllmflWilii. by winch all applicants for work will in future be required to submit to a lueiliral examination by a doctor acting in the company s interests, is arousing Urn strong e»t opposition on the (wrt of the
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    83 4 It is estimated, writes Mr. Acting-Consul B. O. Tours, of Chinkiai.g. that at Ua-; 7". l>er cent, of the local opium smokers us.- tinnative drug. The disparity in price gives tlie native article an advantage commendable to the Chinese luiud, and also brings the article within reach of a greater
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    75 4 Tiik annual outiug of the M. K. SundaySchool will take place on the 11th instant. On this occasion, it will take tlie iorm of a traiucar trip from the junction of North lin.l^c and liras llassa Koads to ISidudari wliere tlie youngsters will spend half a clay at a bungalow
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    78 4 Tue Municipal Council of Colombo has committed itself to a town ilrainaye soliein.-. estimated for and dirricd out by Hsam Manscryh und Sons. The cost was origiually Ret at 'i.tKKi.OOO Kii)>ees. It in now estimate<l by them at over five million of rupees. The reason assigned for the enormous nM
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    126 4 An unfortunate mistake has beeu made in connection with tin- recent liirthday Honour* fur Ceylon. The London "Gazette" and the London "TimeH, contain the following among tlie list of Kirthdav Honours "Imperial Service Order: To U- I panions. William Sperling ChriHtonVls/. Ksij., Principal C'leik of the Kxecutive and Login lativu
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      220 4 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the New York Export and Import Co. a c the sole •gent* of the Standarl Table Oil Cloth Co., of New York, and havethe sole rlgh< of selling the goods of this Comptuy la Asia, The Netherlands Indies, and tha Philippines, and
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      INDICATION OF CIVIL WAR.
      209 5 REVOLUTIONISTS PERFORM DRASTIC ACTIONS. Dumaist Murdered. Bred 3.35 p.m 2nd August. The revolutionists have destroyed abridge and station at the Rihimaski junction on the railway between Helsingfors and St. Petersburg, for the purpose of delaying the movement of troops. A message received at 10.40 a. ra.
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      EDUCATION BILL.
      92 5 Lords no Intention of Rejecting Proposal. Important Amendments Expected The debate on the second reading of the Education Bill has opened in the House of Lords. The speeches made showed that the House of Lords have no intention of rejecting the Bill. Iv the debate in the House
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      TRADE IN MANCHURIA.
      59 5 British Authorities to Appoint Consul-General. HI 40 ii. m. Inl AwjHiit. The British Government understands that there uo longer e\ists restrictions against the movements of Foreign traders in merchandise iv Manchuria. It has been decided thataConsul-Geueral beappointedin Mukden, who with the Consulat Newchwang. would sec that British
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      ORDER IN MACEDONIA.
      50 5 Sir Edward Grey denies that no progress is made. Sir Kdv.ard drey, speaking in the House ..I Commons, laid stress upon the necessity for maintaining conceited action among the I'ovvi is iv .Macedonia. He denied the statement that no progress had beeu made there in restoiing order.
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      CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS.
      51 5 //<•</. 1.10 p.m. :ird Augunt. It-uter's corrc-iHindent in Peking says that the neuly appointed Chinese Customs Commissioners have already taken in hand various departmental matters which had hitherto l<eeu left to be dealt with at Sir Robert Hart's discretion such as the assignuig ot fontign customs employees
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      SPAIN'S KING AND QUEEN IN ENGLAND.
      15 5 King Alfonso and Queen Eva have arrived At Cowes.
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      Son to Duchess of Saxe Coburg.
      34 5 The Duchess of Saxe Coburg has been delivered of a s..n. The reigning duke 'Charles Kdwardi Ist he son of the late l'rince Leopold, the Duke of Albany.
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      SERVIA AND AUSTRIA.
      36 5 Commercial treaty to be Concluded. The Servian Parliament has agreed to a in -w teui|K>riiry commercial arrangement with Austria. It is hoped that a commercial Treaty will kooii be concluded between Serviaand Austria.
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      New Transvaal Constitution.
      24 5 The opinion of all sections of the pnblic it Johannesburg. Pretoria, and Rloemfentein is generally favourable to the new Tca««vaal 4-nnstilutiou
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    HOGAN AND COMPANY.
    48 5 WARRANT ISSUED FOR ARREST OF THE SECRETARY. We are informed that a warrant was issued yesterday for the arrest of Mr. J. B. Robertson, now in Ipoh, in connection with the affairs of Messrs. Hogan and Company, Singapore. Mr. Robertson was Secretary to the Company.
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    Fortunes for Inventors.
    250 5 An inventor recently enumerated the following as inventions which would bring fame and fortune to the inventor. A silent typewriter. The great objection to typewriters is their noise, yet it should be easy to deaden the click of the keys. An automatic stamp fixer. To affix a
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    The Tehuantepec Railway.
    165 5 A MBaH of centuries is about to be realised by the opening of the Tehuantepec Railway. WiMi its fine terminal ports, the railway will provide the first aud only practicable route for commerce across the Central American Isthmus. At preseut the American authorities an- only deciding whether
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    Lord Kitchener's Successor.
    124 5 The Londou military correspondent of the Calcutta Emjlinhman says: "It is almost decided that, unless, of course, any untoward events should alter the present decision, that H.F.H. the Duke of Connaught will be the next Commander-in-Chief in India. In the first place it is the Duke's own
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    Japanese Cinematograph.
    91 5 Thk Japanese Cinematograph had a special house last evening. The pictures thrown on tie screen are undoubtedly very good aud are more than well v.orth seeing. The scenes are clear, interesting and some very amusing. There can be no better place to while away a few hours. On
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    S. R. E. (V.)
    55 5 Thk S. R. E. iV.i will parade on Suuday the Hk August at Orchard Road Police Station at 8.0. p.m. and march te Tanglin and encamp there fore the night. Dress. Drill Order. a.o. Uniform. Putties, Belts. Sidearnis, Rifles, Bandoliers. Waterbottles. and Haversacks, Helmets. lii-dding: Men
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    92 5 At 2.40 yesterday, one of Uip tram wires broke near the junction of High Street and North Bridge Road, and tram traffic was, in consequence, delayed. Half an hour later one of the electrical engineers arrived and cut off the current. Meanwhile Sergant McLean had kept Asiatics out of danger
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    Seconds in Command.
    99 5 Abolition Crdekkd. Army Orders issued recently contain the following uotfication si- Whereas we deeui it expedient that tin- appointment of majors u> be second in command shall be discontinued our will and pleasure is that after Aug. 1. 1906. no further appointment ot majors to be second
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    SUPREME COURT.
    561 5 Continuation of the Jewish Chinese Case. The claim of Mr Isaac Ezekiel Elias Yas against one Tan Jin Teck for damages for wrongful arrest was concluded in the Supreme Court yesterday. The Usher of the Third Magistrate's Court was the first witness called. He had no distinct remembrance
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    Doings of Car Conductors.
    116 5 Yesterday, about 2 p.m. Conductor No. 84 took over charge of a car. and later he passed his charge on to another conductor, who in his turn handed it over to Cheng Low, a man who was a dismissed trolly boy. Train Inspector Harfleet had taken
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    Alleged Inpudent Housebreaking.
    256 5 Yksterday, about noon, Mrs. G. Wales, residing at No. 220 Bencoolen Street fastened up her place and went out for a while. On returning in an hour or so late she found i the padlock with which she had fastened front door, on the ground, but the
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    167 5 A promised reduction by 50 per cent, in the price of golf balls, remarks the Timet of Ceylon, is good news to the increasing army of those who play golf. There is no doubt that the introduction of the Haskell ball, whilst it revolutionised the game and made it more
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    ALLEGED POISONING OF CATTLE.
    346 5 Three Sikhs Charged with Serious Offence. Ykhtkrday, Inspector Hart placed But*. Pakeria and A mam Singh before Mr. Green for preliminary enquiry into an allegation of having, on the lKth ultimo, poisoned two bullocks, value 1300, the property of Pati Singh in Havelock Road. Mr. Battenberg
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    Netherlands India News.
    597 5 1 hk sameness of the petty encounters reported from Celebes has been relieved by news of a sharp action in Boni, the State in which the troubles there began, and which it was thought, had been brought under for good. Dutch troops there occupied a bivouac at
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    166 5 Cases of typhoid fever appear to be on the increase in Bangkok, says the .Si.mi Free. I' re*: Of late, several cases have taken place locally, among the victims being two or three medical men. Typhoid and typhus fevers are dangerous foes to contend against and if once typhoid gets
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    PERAK NEWS.
    473 5 Ttiiptng, July 27th. Mk. and Mrs. Hunk, who are going home on the 7th inst. on Bruouthn' short leave were "at home to their friends on the evening of the 26th inst. The hill, on which the house is situated, appeared resplendent with fairy lamps, and fortunately the
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    BAZAAR IN AID OF THE POOR.
    158 5 A Very Successful Opening Nijfht. The Singapore Catholic Club wan gay with light*, aud flaga, and merry faces lust night. It was the opening of the Hazaiir, in aid of the Poor, and held uuder the aunpi cea ot the Society of St. Vincent
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    116 5 In the HoiiHe of OmmMM, aiiHWcriu^ Sir Cbark-H Dilkc, Mr. Morli-y hhiil lio whs how corrrspomliny with tht' Indian Government in respect to what saving, if any, it wonlil be iMiNsible to effwet in the mm man in Ike military expcnditiiru in liuiin. Some poinitt were to be conitidered by
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      15 5 Tar. South China Morning Pott market report, dated Hongkong. 27th J aly. quotm Riabttat »»f
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      362 5 (Uhere to stay? Singapore Raffles Hotel Penang E. 0. Hotel Penang Hills Crag Hotel Rangoon Strand Hotel SPECIAL. <|> J "U UGHTLY U SEP I^ANOS fhom R hire ®V the following well-known makers 3 Hopklnaons S45O, $475, $5OO, Usual Price S6OO 2 Haaka $45O $625 1 Paul Werner $425 $600
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    BRITISH TRADE TOUR.
    664 6 Floating Exhibition at World's Chief Ports. Dehiiiu- shape is now being given to the idea of a floating exhibition of British manufactures which is to visit about forty different ports of commercial importance in various parts of the world. The scheme was mooted about two years ago.
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    69 6 A congress of peasants' union.* of '24 RaaaiM governments, with delegate* from the Social Revolutionary Party, the Labour Group and the Finnish Red Guard. wa# held on the sth July at Helsingfors, the capital of Finland. It was ramvad to call a general rising in the .cut of the dissolution
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    68 6 The F M. S. Government is about k pulilish a list of owners of estates and of companies holding rubber land in tan Federated Malay States, with complete particulars of nominal capital, paid uj: capital, quoted prices, names of manaMl .md list of Directors. If the list lie ootnpiled with
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    CRIPPLED AT CRICKET.
    475 6 Often, as in this case, where Hospital Treatment Fails Dp. Williams Pink Pills Succeed. Whilst playing cricket one day during the year 1899,' said Mr. Gilbert Wilfred Gooueratue, of Alfred Cottage, Pauadure, I had ft fall, bat co trifling did it seom at the moment that x
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      73 6 Bowel Complaint in Children. During the summer months children ar. subject to disorders of the bowels which should receive careful attention as soon as the first unnatural looseness of /the liowels appears. The best medicine in am fur bowel complaint is Chamber l.i.i < Cholan and Diarrhoea Remedy as it
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      141 6 1 11 THE MERIT OF A MEDICINE is determined by the test— Does It cure? WHAT RHEUMATICS SAY N". Galloway, Snow Hill, Lon- don, writes I have been a great I sufferer from Rheumatism for mam years. During this time, I have tried various advertised rheumatic remedies, oils, ointments and
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      447 6 WANTED. BILL COLLECTOR— Must find good security. Apply FRASER A NEAVE, Ltd., 2929 2-2 Raffles Quay. BOOKKEEPER— Wan ted a competent bookkeeper. One experienced in retail business. Eurasian preferred. Apply personally to MESSRS. CHUAN A CO., r2946 18 and 19 Robinson Road. BILLET AS ESTATE ASSISTANT.— Billet as assistant on
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      640 6 TO BE LET. HOUSE— Mo, Thomson Road. Apply to J. A. Mayer c/o Meyer Brothers D 2900 COMPOUND HOUSE— No. 5 Sophia Road. Apply at No. 18-lPriuep Street. 2944 HOUSE Letoomb Cottage, Oilstead Road. Apply to John Haffenden, Oilstead Road 2831 OFFICES.— SmaII first floor offices facing Cavenagh Bridge Road
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      614 6 NOTICES. TO OUR ADVERTISERS. Advertisers are earnestly requested to send In their smaller advertisements or notioes of change before Noon (on Saturdays before 10.30 a.m.) otherwise their order* may have to be postponed to the following day. Large advertisements in future will require twentyfour hours' notloe for Insertion or change.
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      133 7 Dan Macfarlane Co:s ROYAL V. 0. V. Jbiqueur Seoted Whisky. OBTAINABLE FROM Messrs. Yong Lee Seng Co. Ghee Soon Co. Ann Lock Co. Hong Seng Co. Hoon Keat Co. and all dealers. Wholesale from Syme Co. 2365 Sole Mgents. Wk«t w€ Do. We do Well. J Good Work I I
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    Sporting Intelligence. Notes in General.
    190 8 Sporting Intelligence. Notes in General. Who says white socks are bad Bachelor liutton has got two hind ones Pretty Polly owns to a foro one and Spearmint cannot ■pal the soft impeachment of a fore one also. The following will represent the I. M. 0. Aagainst the Dutch Club to.
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      The Turf.
      238 8 Penang Races. lUsii.is ok Sk.com> Day's 1U( is... Penang. 2nd Auiju.il. Tin- Second Days races of this meeting wire run this afternoon, with a fair attendance, in perfect weather, and with excellent going. His Excellency the Governor, Sir John Anderson, was not present. The lollowing were the results
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      Goodwood Cup.
      106 8 A Vn.\ I'll in Hack. The rave for the Goodwood Cup run \esteid«y afternoon on the Downs above <mkxlu<khl Hoiis< resulted as follows: Plum Tk-v l IMiini Centre 2 loiyos 3 iir.Hii.-c tmmtitgm Taylor at Marlbori'inji., irit(nhin). I'liiin Tree is a three year-old colt by that famous sire
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      820 8 TtlK WIXNKR m THE GoODWOOD PLATE. Winwick was the winner of the Goodwood Plate not of the Goodwood Cup as was inadvertently publislud in onr cable columns of yevtcrday. The Goodwood Cup was run yesterday and one regretted to see that that famous son of Wildflowcr, Llangibby, had been scratched.
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    Rubber in Samoa.
    154 8 Rubbbr cultivation in Samoa is attracting attention in Berlin, where the Samoa Caoutchouc Company of Berlin, with a capital of £75,0U0. has commenced operations on a large tract of ground at Saluafata, 12 miles from Apia, in Samoa, and has planted out many thousand seeds of Hevea.
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    Education in Hongkong.
    252 8 BnBM to the recent report of the Hongkong schools inspection, acorrespondent of the Mirth Chim* Daily Xewt says: In Hongkong we have no struggle over an educational bill, and no vexed feelings over religious denominationalism. Yet many of the elementary schools are under the control of missionaries,
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    28 8 At the recently held Royal Agricultural 1 Show at Derby, H. M. the King won a first t prize with a four year old shorthorn cow h Mm
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    F. M. S. Notes.
    518 8 Mr. Baksf.s. of the Chinese Affairs Department, writes thus on Gambling Farms, in his annual report for 1906 The whole question of the Gambling Farms was raised in tlie autumn by a petition to the Governor signed by the leading Chinese praying for their abolition on
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    Japan's Military Coach.
    272 8 Thu Japan Mail says: It need scarcely be said that the death of Major- General 1 Meckel has produced profound regret in 1 .Japan. The Tokio journals speak of his ser- vices to this country in the warmest terms. The Jiji Shimpo says that his forte was
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    China Must Pay Up.
    210 8 Advices from Washington say that Mr. Root, the Secretary of State there,* is taking an opposite course to that pursued by Secretary Hay in the matter of exacting •24,000,000 (gold I from China as the price of her Boxer rebellion. The international agreement with China was
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    73 8 Yklterdav )ng A Hoon entered the outhonses of No. 8 Sophia Road and annexed some woaring apparel belonging to boy and a knife and a pair of boots belonging to Mr. Forest He was caught on the spot with the things in his possession. This morning, he was charged by
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  • Correspondence.
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      The Stopping of Trams.
      328 8 To tlw Editor of the "Strait* Times." Dkar Sir,—I most decidedly disagree with the comment which you attached to my communication appearing in your issue of of the 80th ultimo, anent the stopping of tram-. There is a vast difference between stopping just beyond crossings aiid
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    Penang Municipal Resignations.
    392 8 The IVnanu Municipal Commission held its ordinary meeting on Friday last. The President iMr. J. W. Hallifaxl read «Jie it.lli.v. imu letter from tlie three elected Com->>:i--i > l>r. P. V. Locke and Messrs. Liui Kn Toh and Lo Beng Quang Pcnang. 7th .July. 19<)6. Sir. We.
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      363 8 K. A. J. CHOTIRMALL Co., JEWELLERS SILK MERCHANTS. Have just opened a fresh stock of Indian, Chinese, and Japanese goods i.e.* silk kimonos, Malte c 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
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      137 8 DAY BY DAY. Friday, 3rd Aug. High Water. 9-16 p.m. Fancy Bazaar. Catholic Club. Foresters' Band. Gardens. 9to 11. Saturday, 4th Aug. High Water. 10-11 a.m. 916 p.m. Fall Hoon. 7-56 p.m. 5 P. «v. O. outward mail doe. Penang Races. Third Day. Cricket Tournament. B. R. A. Practice. 2.
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      MINING.
      354 9 Date of formation Capital Subscribed Number of Shares Issue Paid Value up to j Reserve 1900 •175,000 •140.000 j 13.500 uar-"«1 S40 udimsumI 6,207 10,493 36,700 110,000 50,000 150,000 30,000 S.000 UDiK.u*l 10 10 10 I 10 1*1 10 10 io I 10 190:4 £400,000 £350,000 1901 1902 1901
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      RURBER.
      287 9 1905 I 1904 1905 1903 1906 1904 £150.000 •200,000 £30,000 700.000 £70.000 •150.000 £12.000 £140.000 1-JO.OOO £11,125 •610.000 £59.520 •125,000 £10.500 140,000 1 1 20,000 i 10 7 f 7.000 1 1 I 11,000 1 i 7/9 70,000 10 i io 9.0CO ununad I 63,000 1 1 7,000 1
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      GENERAL.
      190 9 a. Special GoM Reserve Fund. 6. In»ur»nce Fund. c. Sundry Reserves. d. Sundry Reserves. 1894 l«9s £.-,.377.10.0 $335,000 £4,648.15.0 ••►j.Vinio 7.638 4,500 13/6 50 12/6 50 112..T00 10.000.000.1 i 9.500.000 350.000'. 186$ $10,000,000 •10.000.000 80.000 •12.5 •125 1901 t> 400.000 •2.400.000 l 18.000 j 6.000 3.400 6.000 i 3,750
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      DEBENTURES.
      47 9 Howarth Krskine Ltd. 6% $600,000 2% prem buyers. Biley Hargreaves, Ltd. 6% 225,000 2% prem buyers. Siu^pore Municipal 6% 400.0N) 2% prem bnyere. 5* 1,478,000 par. buyers. 4% 602,000 par. sellers. Tanjonu Pagar Dock Co., Ltd. 6V, 250.000 2% prem buyers. 5% 1.865,800 1% prem buyers.
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    THE JAPANESE MONEY-MARKET.
    632 9 Abundant Supply of Capital. EoOOMBMO business for the first fix in< Mills of the real lia~ emiai, remarks the Xichi-Nivhi," (a Japanese luio-pajn-i in inactivity both <>l new undertakings and tfh^e money-market, and ta an excess i imports over exporta. The tlulnes.< ot Che mouey -market has
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    Manchurian Railways.
    124 9 Th expenditure re(|iiiivd for the improvement of the Mauchur.an railways i, estimated at ab ..ut V 170,000.000. Of tlu> sum. YlOO.lKMi.iHin i> )■<• juired for the reconstruction of the line into the broad gau«e of 4 ft. Bin.; Y20,000,000 for the B .nstruction of locomotives and other nolling
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    24 9 The directors of '.he G- ipeug Tin Mii declared a dividend of Is Id. |).m lhare. free of tax. payable on thr 7th instant.
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    Commercial.
    218 9 Singapore, Bbd August, 1906 PRODUCE. Gambler buyers 7.26 do (Cube No. 1» unpicked „11.00 Copra Bali 9-60 do Pontianak 900 Pepper, Black buyers 21.87$ do White 5% 27.715 Sago Flour Sarawak 3.75 do Brunei No. 1 2.M Pearl Sa*o 5.41) Coffee Bali, 15% buyers 19.75 Coffee. Palembang. 20% basin
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    UNITED PLANTERS ASSOCIATION.
    1233 9 Important Meeting in the Federated Malay Mates. An important meeting of the above .Vawxi.it :un was held a few days at Mm •Solargor Club. Boat fifty pUulwi m -ppeeeent. Mr. H. W. Harrison, Chairman of the U.P.A.. presided. The meeting proceeded to consider the terms under which
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      62 9 Rheumatic Pains Relieved. HL The quick relief from rhrumatic p.iins I afforded by Chamberlain s Pain Bhliii In, surprised and dcligiit.d thousands of .lifferers. It makes rest and -lecij Dot ■iMe. A great many havo been per i' i ntly cured of lhcuinat :-m by, .he v > of this
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    Block Plantation Rubber.
    381 10 An interview with Mr. A. O. Devitt, appears in the India Rubber Journal (July 2nd), giving his impressions of: the rubber industry i» ths East. The (olkmiag regarding block rubber is worth quoting: The very latcrt form of preparation Jb bl'jck.'" This waj made by Mr. Francis
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    VESSELS ADVERTISED TO SAIL.
    67 10 baai hi. BIsb»»», due 2n.l Autft.. B EMtaal MM /Vain ill Mil Bafts, Ap.in,ii,i, on Bth Au-t.. PmiHssil Telnk Auh.hi vui ports, Sappho on Mondays. Mbmst ou WeclneHdays, and Hye l.eu.ig cb j Fn.lav». 8. S. S. Co. East Coast ports, linn U'hntt Hin. alternate Saturdays
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    52 10 Bubonic plague of a virulent nature is endemic in Tongkah Cn Siamese Malaya 'there were 5 cases and 3 betw,in' the 14th and the 19th July, j Stringent quarantine is being enforoed nt Peuang against all bnats from Tong- kill, mid no produce of any description excepting tin is being
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    INDIA'S DEFENCE.
    438 10 The Only Form of Insurance Against Invasion. Mr S. S. Thorburn, lute Financial Commissioner of the Punjab, in addresiing li members of tho Eas. India Society on "An Indian Mahtia for India's Defence a>. Caxton Hall, recently, said that in India at present than were 220,000 soldiers, one
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    Crown Agents and Government Stores.
    337 10 A Merchant write.* :.> a (Yvl.n paper: It is more than a cjuarln I century ago nan the first animated distwi n an.-:' M to the d— JfWlltiJF 'I the Ceylon Govjinm.-nt iatportiag '>i obtain ing through Colombo firms Aie.r ran nI W|llil Mill 111
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    74 10 If a rumour that has reaclw.l Hip Hongkong Daily Press," is true, it will be sometimes y before the new dock at the Naval yard Extension there > r. in pleted. It is stated that there is a l>i« crack at the base of the dock which will take somawhere
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      754 10 P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. P«r China, Japaa, Penang, Ceylon. Australia. India, Aden, Egypt Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth snd London. Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental, and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or abont Mail Lin*. Outward (for China). Malta 4 Aagt Siml,, 29
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      1211 10 Konlnklljke Paketvaart Maatschapplj. Under contract with t c Netherlands India Government. Agenf at Singapore :—Bair: 8air Aoenct, late J. Daendklr A Co., 2-8 Collter Qcat. The undermentioned dates are only approximate Steamer^ From Exp'ted Will be aesintwhed for lle.itl Killiton July 81 Billiton, Batavia, Java-Coast, Samarang, Soerabaya, Boeleleng, Makasnar, Boeroe,
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      700 10 C.P.R. Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Line. THE FAST ROUTE BETWEEN CHINA, JAPAN. AND EUPCPE, VIA CANADA, AND THE UNITED STATES. Boats from Hongkong via Shanghai, Nagasaki (Inland Saa of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria and Vancouver. Twin Screw Empress Steamships 6,000 Tons— Hpeed 19 knots. PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM
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      MAILS CLOSE.
      82 11 far Per Staimer Tinu To- morrow. P.S'tteuham 4 Penang Bm ITkaH Soon 1 p.m. Rangoon and Calcutta /.i.i.<«J.i 2p m. Hengkalis and Bagan Sri Trii,<iaanu 2 p.m. Sabang, Suez, Genoa K. Uilletn 111 2 p.m. Madras via ports Thonaira 3 p.m. I'enang and Calcutta A'iiin SMf 3 p.m.
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      MAILS TO ARRIVE.
      128 11 From Ecrop«— By the N.D. L. I. Sachtea due on 10th August. From Chixa— Bv the K. D. L. s. Hail.;,, due on 6th August. TIME TiRI.F t)T Mill* DOE. Loft Singapore Due in London Arrived June 2 1st P. *O. J>il> 15th Julvloth June 27th N.
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      CLEARANCES.
      69 11 August 2 j Benledi. Brit str, Hongkong. Japan Scandia. Ger str. H'kong. Shanghai, Japan I Van Riebeeck. Dut str, Batavia, Sourabaya Nonlkap. Dan str, Co|>enhagen via ports 1 Baron Driesen. Russ str. Vladivostock j Germanicus. Ger str, Sourabaya Clam. Brit str. Balik Papan 3 Ban Hin Guan. Brit str.
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      LIST OF PASSENGERS.
      230 11 Per P. 4 O. s. s. Macedonia connecting with the steamer Malta at Colombo, from London July 8. due 3rd Augt— Rev. R. De Courcy Blakenev. Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Cherry, Messrs. A. Keir.'G. M. Knight, H. E. Girdlntnne,, G. R, Farrand. A. Richards. R. x
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      1077 11 Under this heading the following abbreviations are used str. steamer sh. ship bq; barque sob. schooner; Yet. Yacht; Cru. —Cruiser Gbt.— Gunboat Tor.— Torpedo H.p.— Horn-power Brit. British U.B.— United State* Fch.— French Ger —German Out.— Dutch Ital.— ltalian; Span.— Spanish Sar.— Sarawak; G.c— Oeneral-cargo; &-P-— deok
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      823 11 Same-, port, probable date of arrival, and name of Agents. Stfahkks. Ajrlie, Sydney, Aug. 24 Bpustead. Achilles, China, Sept. 2 Mao«fleld Albenga, Hongkong, Sept. Behn Meyer Alcinous, China, Sepi 4 Mansfield Al-sia. Hongkong. Aug 13 h. In. Meyer. Annum, Saigon, Aug. 4o :M. Maritime* Andalusia. Hamburg, Nov. 7
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      VESSELS AT TANJONG PAGAR AND KEPPEL HARBOUR.
      108 11 Wharves and Docks at which Different Vessels are Berthed To-day. TftMJOBO P»6»« Eaht Wiiur Basin:— Nil. But Wharj S«t no* I:— Tanglin, Tbnngwa. Hoiitf Moh Albert Graviho Dorit Jumna. Surras Wharf Skction 1 Edendale. Hebe. Victoria Oratino Dock Calypso. ■AM WHlir. TANJOHB »»QA«
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      SOMETHING ABOUT MR. COWIE
      2195 11 Ihe Adventures of a Little Ship. The July number of the Wide World Magazine is above the average majii taincd by that interesting period.cal. Among the contents is The Strange Story of a Little Ship," by E. St. John Hart, which commends itself particularly to Straits
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      664 11 N.Y.K JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. A regular FORTNIGHTLY service is main- < tamed between Japan and Europe by the f following NEW TWIN SCREW STEAMERS. Under Mail Contract with the Imperial Japan- ass (Miwrnmeut, specially designed for the t Coni|»nv'B European Service, lighted through- out by F.lectrictity, provided with
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      779 11 Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company AND Toyo Kistn Kaisha The three great steamship lines between CHINA, JAPAN, and EUROfE, via Honolulu »nd San Franciaoo, operating the new 12,000 ton, twin-screw steamers KOREA and SIBERI A, together with the well-known steamers CHINA, DORIC, COPTIC, GAELIC, AMERICA I
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      175 11 INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR PENANB AND CALCUTTA. The Company's steamer HUM SAMQ, 3.236 tons, Capt. Buller, will be despatched for the above ports on Saturday, the 4th instant. She has excellent accommo lation for Saloon Passengers, and i* lighted throughout by e'ectricity, electrio fans in cabins, aud carries
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      106 11 WEATHER TELEBRAM. HONGKONG.— 2m. 4im*J I p.m. Barometer 29.70. Direction of Wind s.w. Force of Wind L Max. Temp in Shade «-">. MANILA.— 2nd 757 30 26 Time Balls on Fort Canning and Mount Faber drop daily at 1 p.m.. Singapore standard time corresponding to 6 a. m. Greenwich meantime.
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    Drinking as a Livelihood
    147 12 A barmaid from the Xew Travellers lldtel was charged, at the Magistracy, Hongkong on the 20th July 'with disorderly conduct in public. It was defendant's second offence and she pleaded in extenuation that she had >:>> earn her livrng by drinking. At the hctel she was
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    56 12 A final meeting of the Selangor Rifie Association, which has beeu amalgamated with the new M.S.V.R. Rifle Club, was held on the 25th July at the Selangor Club. The affairs of t lie Association were duly wound up. and it was decided to give the balance •11 baud to the
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    Mr. Morley on India.
    721 12 Mr Morley, introducing the Indian Budget, into the House of Commons, said there were bundant signs that the new Parliament recognised its reeponsibility for the Government of India. To some our Indian policy meant Persia, tha North -West Frontier, and opium but the question demanded' a
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    67 12 rfnliitiiutiiiif cholera patients ia ticlatest method resorted to by the natives of Manila to save their premises from disinfection. The substitute, say.- the Manila Time,.," escapes and the victim dies, is ''hen cut t i ]> Mot, placed in A trunk and returned ko Ul raoan Sucli a Ml li;i3
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      169 12 AUCTION SALE UNREDEEMED PLEDQES The property of twelve pawnshops On Thnrsday. 2nd August, 1906. at 10 a.m. On Saturday. 4th August, 1906, at 10 a.m. On Tuesday. 7tb August. 1906. at 10 a.m. The pledges consistiug of watches, chainx. gold and diamond ring*, earrings, brooches. Chinese and Native ornament- with
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      648 12 AUCTION SALE I FREEHOLD LAND, TANJONO KATONG Monday, 13th Augiut, at SM p.m. Four pieces freehold land, area 8,000 square H. L. Coghlan tf Co Licented Auctioneer* 2919 and Sttnryort. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. HIGH CLASS TEAK FURNITURE The property of 1. Chalmers, Esq. Auction Sale at Bpottiswoode Park Saturday, 15th Au>uat
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      499 12 Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China [NCOBPORATED BY BOYAL CHARTER. Capital £800,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £800,000 Reserve Fund £975,000 BANKERS. Bank ol England. National Bank of Scotland. rhe London City 4 Midland Bank, Lk*. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Accounts are opened and interest Ulowed at 1 per oent. per
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      602 12 •Hongkong V Shanghai Banking Corporation. paid-up capital iio.ooo.ooc BBBERVE FUND Sterling Reserve »10,000,000 l fl 3ilver Reserve 9,500,000 19 500l 00 R serve Liability of Proprietors 910,000,000 COURT OP DIRECTORS. A. Haupt, Esq. Chairman. G. H. Medharst, Esq. Deputy Chairman. E. Ooetz. Esq. A. 1. Raymond, Esq. Hon. Mr. W.J.
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      62 12 A flood Rule for the Home. Make it one of your regular haliiu to keep Chamberlian's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy iv your hoBM U a safeguard against a vudden attack of bowel compliant. l> is <■ itain Ul be needed tooner 01 lat^r. and wh 1 that time comes
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