The Straits Times, 8 January 1907

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    Masthead
    15 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.235 SINGAPORE. I I IsJm. JANUARY 8. 1907. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      340 1 "THE CRUCIAL TEST OF TIME* "Tho shortest and best thing to say is that, of many owners of De Dions who drive for themselves, I have never heard ont- complain that his machine did not wear well, nor that it involvedmuch rxpenditnrc in repairs. In fact, the De Dion is
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      224 1 TIMES" BUSINESS DIRECTORY. hotels. CALEDONIAN HOTEL HOTEL WISSE 77. Brn.n JltisahJioarf. Singapore. WlllllMH.. Batatia. The Bri«htcst and Healtliiest Resort in Kbtablishe.l in ISH6. the City. Hotel Porter in unitorm, meets ali K< n. at. .1 up to dat<-. Splendid situation in ioata and Trains, the Fashionable Centre. Opposite the Palace
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      404 1 "ROBINSON AND COMPANY. NEW VERTICAL FEED SEWING MACHINES, j r*<it ~ittrc AutOlflBt!C L'ff. It w sew ovel uneven surfaces as will as plain. 'Hw^t' If 't will sew a curved piece on a straight oik-, or two «j Lit OP riCdU It will turn a hem and stitcli on trimming
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    UNPUBLISHED NOTES BY IBSEN.
    574 2 Some Interesting Aphorisms The December number at taw Nine Kund-chau. published in Berlin, contains some very interesting sel?cti.ins from the manuscripts left unpublished at Ibsen's death, consisting of preliminary sketches of several plays, a speech on 'the woaaan'l rights question, and a number of aphorisms and
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    RAILWAYS IN SOUTH CHINA.
    328 2 Dissension Among the Promoters. The Kweilin eurraanouq'tut of the Soatli China Miming IV-t wiilo A>- previously .-.aliul in your columns, j rooaidamblc davatopoßnal i* ponding in I railway aaattan ia South China. Some I w.i months a;*<> a inectnijj was held ;it Shucn Chow —about 100
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    MUSIC AND DRAMA.
    1147 2 'The kingdom.' London has not had long to wan i< r excellent oppcrtuni.y ot hearing Sir Kdward K.gar new oratorio, The Kingdom. With characteristic entei Bfiai -Mr. Fagge aud the London Choral Society prcs.-nted it on December 9. a Wuc_:i i Mall, and if it is «cin:lv
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      371 2 Humber Cars A Local Testimonial lade original may be seen at our office. To the Borneo Coy. Ltd., Dear Sirs, I have had the 10/12 H. P. Coventry Humber Car, delivered here on 11th June, 1906, in constant' use over steep and narrow roads in the Federated Malay States, having
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      312 2 JHcALISTER CO. LTD. 1 HAVE JIST BEEN APPOINTED SOLE AGENTS FOR Messrs. IRVINE CO.'S FAMOUS Australian Wines Brandies. CLARET BURGUNDY HOCK PORT CHABLIS SHERRY McALISTER AND CO., LIMITED. ISMAIL &RAHEEM New Year Gifts 2 MAGNIFICENT VALUABLE NECKLACES One m .untcil with choicest and whitest Diamonds, and the Other decorated with
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    German Shipping Conflict.
    137 3 Apropot i the telegram received last: reeh it may be inti res' ing to know that > the dispute at Hamburg arose) between the powerful Amoeiatioa of the! ilamburg Shipowners and the Union of I Qenaaa Oaptaint and Officers in vhc| Mercantile Marine ever the action of
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    English Weather.
    216 3 1 1 i- Cad tha. the linotype would niii-e to set down the words' which we tliink of the weather. The matrices would fly in confusion and alarm before 1 torn n. which we must continue to dam. Hut, in the gentle.st way in the world, we may
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    Ballad Singer's Dilemma.
    268 3 Mi. CMiai its Sanlley. the will known l>ari.onc, who is in the eve of lelebia ring the juhilce <»f his first appaaraacol a public amgar, can tell of many huiiiomus incident* in rnnnnrtioa with lii> 'on^ career. On one ocoaaioa be gave a concert at which lie
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    MALAYA RUBBER INDUSTRY.
    703 3 Conditions Most Flourishing. Writiag to ihe Briiish Trade Ji Urnal. I' mUkJ correspond, nt Mys: The lubber indu-try here is .1 ni.'.-i 1! lariahiag condition. It 1-. 1 ub pleased .'.> .-ay. <-nrour.igi>d by t lie present Govcnimcnt. which KeaM wisely heal upon making agriculture the mail:
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    A Considerate Guest.
    136 3 A lady came down from upstairs and asked the manager of t iic hotel if the could !je. a glass of water at once Why. rertainly, madam, sjiid the manager, filling up a, qla.ss from the .vater cooler Two minutes later she WM back in 'he ofaea
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      68 3 Croup. A reliable medicine am! one .hat sh.ntic! alway.s be kept 111 the home for immediate use in Chamberlain^ Cough Remedy. Il will preveni i!ie i'ttack if given as toca ;i- the child becomes hoarse. 1 r even after the uroapy coegfa appear*. There ne dangt r .11 giving it
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      437 3 THREE YEARS OF RUNNING^ECZEMA Lotions From Doctors and Chemists Had No Effect-After Three Weeks 1 Use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment Child's Head is Now Clean and Free From Sores. CURED BY THE CUTICURA REMEDIES "It is with much pleasure that I write to inform you of the successful result
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      344 3 Straits Times Annual, 1 906-7 "Ghree Royal Portraits. Royalties Fame Singapore Rulers Fact States Rovers Fiction Straits (Dysterious Story Mr. Hugh Clifford, C.M.G. Price $1 or $1.20 with Postage. OB lAIN ABLE AT OUR AGENTS: JOHN LITTLE k CO., RAFFLES HOTEL, LIM HOE CHIANG Tanjong Pa«r. ROBINSON k CO ADELPHI
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      33 3 When You ri»ve a Bad 'old. You waal reamdy bat ill 1 prompt relief. Oot Chamberlain*! baaga Remedy. It ahray earn aad cure.s qaichly. l*or mle by all di*pea« 1 sario-- Bad de.i'ui
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    902 4 Same, port, jirobabli' datr. of arrival, ami itdiiif of Af/iti's. Steam ens. Achilles, China. Jan 21 Maiistield Airlie. Sydney. F.-b 2»; Boustead Ali-iimii-; China, Fab 17 Mansfield Amhalui. Calcutta. .Ian H liouatead Ainhria. Manila. .).in P»b Bchn Meyer An.l.-.hisi.i, IllllUJHinC Ian. 9; Bebn Meyer Aparima, Australia, Feb. Boustead
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    Passenger List.
    150 4 Per P. O. s. 8. .\>i"../ from tmmtm !>•<•. U, due Stli Jan-Mr. J. W. W, Hu^lim, Mr. N K Bain, Mr. W. M. llillingtoii. Mr. iin.l Mm Storey, Mr. J. H. Oswald, Mr. »n<l Mre. huww. Per P.4O.«. s. l!ii',nnii,i counccMii; tvitk the Hteamer l/<ij/«i at Colombo,
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    Steamer Movements.
    59 4 (ill' MAN M\ll.. The Imperial Ccrman m:iil stoaniti (.n.i seuau," having left Colombo on instant at 6 pin., inny 1 i-vpcrtiil I larrivi here on Thursday the lOtli iiisuint. at hlk.i'l 6 p.m. B. I. The B. I. contract packet Thon^.a ;i N.'gapatam on the 7th laataaa, may
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    VESSELS AT TANJONQ PAGAR. AND KEPPEL HARBOUR.
    97 4 Wharves at which Vessels j:rr Berthed To day. TSHJOMO P»C«R E*sr WlM> Basin— HonsMoh. KastWbaki'Sect. I— Sultiui, Saiigolu. I Sect. 1 (Sbeebs Wharf):— Nil. Skction No. 2— Be/.\vn<la. 3— Sam-toi ia, Sappho. 4— Nil. S Paroo. 6 Kecmun, H.M.S. King Alfred. 7 Darvel,
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    CLEARANCES
    54 4 Jatmat-t T Hild. Nor tar, Baafttok DaCnatnaiu, D-.it str. Batavm via j> -rt.Olsnoglc. Brit str, Pcnann and Rang. Mii Penair.:. Hnt str, Teluk \.lsoll via |>»N Kiev. H-is-. str, O.los-a Cairo, Nor sti Mar-eilk- and AnisU'nhim Rajali "f Saranak. Hal sir, S.irawak Perak. Brit str, P. ttwaMsaham, T.-luk Auwsi
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    97 4 *u» Per Steamer To-Moni.fiK K. hkaag, IwMm AmMoml Indratfin :i,fi Ihy, P.K'tenham Al\ iiani; (Mm l'ontinnak Mm ffU Urn Muar and Hakoai Ifcaf ff.i« Macassar, Ampaoiui.Hali./'""' Pat Uwa Teluk Anson via )>orts Sdainjor PenanK ami (nl.niu i<jhi',,i,t<j Bataviii, f"iitx»i. tCnag Hmmf Ann Huua I [I.MI. in. x i-.ni!
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    .WAILS TO ARRIVE
    75 4 From Ken.. 11 lt\ i)ie N.H.L <.....-. due 011 .Inn. HI. From Cui.na- H, the M. M. a. due 011 Jan. It. c in I,'ii'i.iT] J Dec Dec Dec Dec DecDec Jm> Imii v 17 •20 M 31 I II 1. M. M. P. ,v v. N.
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      46 4 THE RUSSIAN EAST ASIATIC S S. CO. LTD. FOR ODEBBA. The R 'ssian s. s. ARCOSIA is expected to arrive from Vladivostock on the 9th Jannary, and will receive prompt despitcb for the above port. For freight apply to THE KAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. :19 Agent.
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      731 4 Ships and Steamers. P. #0. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan. Penang:, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden. Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London Through Bills >f Lading ishu«-i for Chin. 0 >ast, Persian Gulf. Continental, aii'l American Parts. Steamers will leave Singapore on or ah ntt MAIL LINE. Out,rard (for China]
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      637 4 KonlnkllJlu Paketvaart MaatschapplJ. ludei (ohibci with the Netberlsnds India Goveu ment. Agtnn at bwfognt h mt- Aop.i\, l»tb J. Dadsdkls A Co., 2-3 Coixti* Quat. The ondermentioned dates are only a. proximate I From E'pected Will bs desfntcbed for: Mcrkit* Singkep '.lan 7 Billiton. Pontiaoak and Singkawang Jan 10 iVsajaa
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      520 4 HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. HAMBUkO. The Bteamers of thii Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China, and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly lor Havre and Hamburg and mm montn for Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and Colornbc. The arrivals of the next steamers
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      814 4 N. D. L. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD Imperial Herman Mail Llna. The fast and well known mail stoamer» of this Company tail fortnightly from BremenHamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Por Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penaug, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki, and Kobe to
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      118 4 VESSELS ADVERTISED TO SAIL London via ports, Mu. cl.nia, on 28th Maicli. P. O. Co. Port Swetteuham aud Peoang, Kiitna, hnt Wednesday, Houstead. Teluk Ans. hi, via ports, Mondays, S. S. Tuesdays, for Port Swettenham via port-. Wednesdays, for Teluk Anson via port-. Thursdays, for Port Hwettenham Ma ports. Fridays,
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      27 4 WEATHER TELECiRAM. //.HK//...1W. -./<!//. i.ir;/ I.lii.ih. Barometer MkM Direction of Win. l n«i Foto.f Wiiid.. M.i\. Iditp in bltaiM) ii Mdi.ilu Urn o 7tiO s.-. i -I In
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    SHIPPING IN PORT. THADINO VRSMLA Ac.
    1183 5 SHIPPING IN PORT. THADINO VRSMLA Ac. Under this beading ibe following abbreviations are used str. steamer sb. ship bq; barque sch. sobooaer Yet. Yacht Cru. Cruiser G'bt. Gunboat Tor. Torpedo H.p.— Horse-power Brit. British U.B.— United States Foh.— French Ocr —German Dut.— Dutch Ita!.— ltalian Span.— Spanish Sar. Sarawak G.c.
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    A NEW FAITH.
    1644 5 Wlil.liilOlS CATECHISM OF SCIENCE. Sir Oliver Lodge's Beliefs.^ H> Oliver Lodge tins issued the text of the ca.ei-hisni which lu> read before a nmiilii'i of HtsjaMrfmal iniiiiMcrs. In ;i preface ho explains that liis object has been to afford ;t partially scientific basis for future nhm otlucaiion.'
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    Fig Wine.
    105 5 An Italian chemist, Professor I'ngiwi. loc Lares that the juice of the n« under proper treatment ran converted into a wine of ■xi-elli nt taste. The profetmor states that its flavour in agreeable, that it is very rich in phosphate matter, and alinont wholly detili tnte of tannic
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    23 5 At Yttkut/.k in Sitxrm tlir aVMaai lem pcratnrr in .Inniini in KM-:; r'rttn.. in K.hiiiory it is 4<)««. .iml in Mar. I. !M.-|{.
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      636 5 APCAR LINE OF STEAMERS I'm. BBiMßMßtfaaai mail steamem of the ■JnTC Ma* maintain a regular MCTMt between C'.li-iilta and Japan. CHlliug at l'unang. Suiga pore. Hongkong an.l Shanghai M fMMJ "FTliltlßT 'Cm. Con inlander sm ".lap»\" O.SOO I. O. OUiBM ,'h. "Chi. \ii ik" 4,«00 S. 11. Hki.-on s.s. "Akiht.hin
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      774 5 Ships and Steamers. C. P. R. Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Line. i THK NATIONAL HKIHWAY TO KIKOI'K. VIA (III.NA. JAI'AN, CANADA Hiid the UNITKD STATKS. Koiiu- fi..ni BMMjuag, un ■aaaahai, llnlitiiil Si'a of .lapanl. K..lk>. lokohMaa, Maria ami laaiwawr, K.M.s. H KataaM«rlHMA" tTala^ww bte.i li.M S. •Kviimik-.-
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      396 5 INDO<HINA STEAM NAY. COY. LTD. Thk itmmmnal this Dhb^mij iiminiain a i-i'giilar sprvire liftmen Calcutta, Straits mail Hongkong, taking nMgi M llir.iu^li Hills of I*ading for Chiiliiii. SwHt<m-. A y, Shanghai. Chefoo, Tientsin, Ni-mcliwr.hi;. Yaiigtsze I'orts, PIMMH, .Ih|i:iii. tin- l'hili|ipint"<. itv.. At. MMMMn oh Hi. 4'alrnttn, Straits anil Hongkong Run
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      70 5 TOE HEAP EN«i MOH LINE OF STEAMERSSINGAPORE TO BATAVIA, CHERIBON, AND HAMAKANG. Sail Twi««- a Week. >■" Gitng Seng," 1,128 tons, Capt. J. Craig, s s "Oiang Ann,"B9o tons, Capt. J. M ■i" Zweena," 1,200 tons, Capt. J Kwart. s "Edendalc," 1.12H tons, Copt. A. Dnnlup. They have excellent accomodation
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS MONDAY. JANUARY 7.
    1654 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS MONDAY. JANUARY 7. Tlierc was a time, not so many years ago. wheu Japan was snid u> l>e mjmlmj through the billycock hat sUjj" oi civilisation. In Japan, the hard fell hat is an anachronism. The ap|iearaiiee of the discarded stock of the MJMMJH
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    13 6 In future, all executions in the Philippine Islands' will be conducted in private.
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    16 6 The liothschilds have inaugurate 1 1 a tight against the Standard Oil Trust iv European markets.
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    19 6 Last year's i \pcnditiirc of the P. and O. Company exceeded that ot the previous yoar by over X°loo,o(X>.
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    21 6 The offertories on Sunday last at the Straits Chinese i Presbyterian I Churc'i, lor the China Famine Fund amounted to *Wl.
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    21 6 A sum of MOOyMO has been voted by the Philippines Administration for the construction of schools iv Manila and .tilt provinces.
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    24 6 Capt Flak has been made the Commander of the new British steamer Bail Houg Lioug. which is to be put on the SingaporeBaugkok run.
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    22 6 The Tokio City Council has reported adversely on the municipalising of tht; Tramways, ami the scheme for municipal ownership has fallen through.
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    23 6 The tilenesk icturned yesterday from Johorc iv ballast, after discharging the cargo of rails, which she brought recently for tlie Mm (iovernment Railway.
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    29 6 At the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon, the Cliiei Justice granted letters of administration of the estate of the late W. C. McKtan to his brother. Mr. M. It. MeKean.
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    28 6 The Peking authorities have sent to the Chinese Minister at London an official copy of the Imperial decree for the suppression of opium cultivation and smoking in China.
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    33 6 The Italian Minister at Peking has just ele inanele (I from the Foreign Affairs Board an indemnity of :Wi,(l00 tacls for the murder of an Italian at Meugtsc, in Yunnan, by the natives.
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    29 6 The Chinese (iovernmeiit has just refused the ropiest of the luited States Minister at Peking to allow the emigration of Chines. workmen to labour on the Panama Canal construction.
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    43 6 The book-keeping class at the Y. M. C. A. conducted by Mr. li. 11. 11. Heap, of Messrs. I. vail and Kvatt, will in future take place on Thursday nights instead of Wednesdays as hitherto. Mr. Heap is prepared to receive new pupils.
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    34 6 A public mccliug will be held at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce at .I.IJO p.m. to-day to consider the advisability of holding sports at the Chinese New Year. All interested arc requested to attend.
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    36 6 Owing to the absence iv Johorc oi Mr. A. W. Bailey, acting Registrar of Hackney Carriages and Kickshas, the ricksha and gharry cases were tried by Mr. Colmaii. the Third Magistrate, at the Police Court to-day.
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    32 6 The Admiralty have ordered a new w.iisli |>, to be n.iiin d Superb, from Armstrongs, and the Itrllerophon and Tciucrairc are the names allocated to the warships under construction in the Admiralty Dockyards.
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    38 6 After upending the Christmas holidays at Hongkoug, the V. S. squadron was to visit Japan, returning to Manila about the 15th instant. Some of the Californiau newspapers profess to be afraid of a repetition of the Maine disaster.
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    55 6 Harmstou's Circus was at Calcutta during the Viceroy's Cup week. A performance on lioxing Night in aid of the Miuto Fete Fund realised close upon MMMI 'i,(X» clear profit, which sum the management handed over to Lady Minto. Her Kxeelleney. the Ladies Klliott. and a large party from (iovernment House
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    57 6 Mi. Marriott, the Collector of l^aud Itevenue, prosecuted three Chinese before Mr. <ireen, the Second Magistrate, yesterday afternoon, for taking three tongkang loads of lateritc from Crown land at Tanjong Karang, without a permit. The accused said they did not know their permits had expired. They were fined 130, or
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    61 6 Tieli Liang, who was appointed Minister of War at Peking recently, Las brought, before the Government there, charges against Yuen-Shih-Kai, the Viceroy of Chihli, for favouritism in bestowing well-paid posts on friends, and for disregarding the interests of the Empire Kcuerally. The result of this intriguing is that the Viceroy
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    Social and Personal.
    385 6 The MM of IJaroness Durdctt Cuutts death was acute bronchitis Itishop llonc aud the liev. 11. I l/aiii paid a visit to H.M.S. Alacrity tin, MjnJaK. The death is announce. l of Sir Allied Saudison. Mr. Samuel Smith, and Cardiualt Ca\aguis and Tripepi. -Mr. Schiff has contributed
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    DISPUTE ABOUT A FISH.
    102 6 Chinaman cuts a kebun on the Head. A few clays ago, a kebun named Osman bin Tahir quarrelled with a Chinese MM keeper named Keug Brong over thr price ot fish. The Chinaman pushed Osmau out of the shop, and the latter showed tight anil received
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    An Uncharted Reef
    50 6 The Master Attendant has received I telegram from I'ort Swetteiiham giving tin correct position of the rock reported by tinCaptain of the s. s. (ilauiorgaushire. The position is Lat. "<. 1:!. :>7. N. and Lout: 101. IS. .'><> K. about two-uud-a half miles due north of Pulo
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    St. Joseph's Institution.
    38 6 The Director of St. Josephs Institution wishes to acknowledge with thanks Mm followiug subscriptions which he has receive d towards the liuilding Fund 'litcaway Laidlaw *Hl) Vadc i.- H Ho Ho Itisciiit, I'Hctory M Hooglauilt
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    17 6 Messrs. C. A. Ribeiro and Co. scud us ,i handy desk calendar, for which we thank them.
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    73 6 The Swiss watch industry in the Bcrue. district gives employment to 25,000 i>ersous in the factories and several thousand more who work at home. Flourishing trade schools, which thoroughly cover the making oi watches, have been established in all thr largci- towns. The minimum age for entrance is 14, and
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    155 6 '111. annual rc|iort uf the Singapore Pro. byteriau Mission for l!(06 lias MM issucel. It states that next year thu Centenary of Protestant Missions in t'hina w ill be observe <l. Sixty years aj;o, in IHI7, Mr. William C. Burns went to China as the first Missionary of the Presbyterians.
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      315 6 Champag>*«:s, Sherries, Ports, Clarets, Liqueurs, Burgundies, Vermouths, Hocks, Bottled Ales, Moselles, Beers Stout, Brandies, Whiskies CALDBECK MACGREGOR o, Wine and Spirit Merchants. ARROL-JOHNSTON. The tirst of the New A mil Johnston Motor Cars is coming by the Titan due to arrive here hlxmil January Hth. We shall be glad to
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      61 6 Wilson &Go. Photographic Artists. Portraits of the Highest Artistic and Technical Excellence. WILSON Co. G.R. LAMBERT Co. The Largest Consignment of Frames and Mouldings to Singapore Has just now MM icceivcil b> us. <)\cr 100 .lifWcia kimls in tlie lateit anil me«t relined Btylfs. All prices in IKrainc* ami Muiil.lin-.
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      ATTACKED BY ROBBERS.
      66 7 ATTACKED BY ROBBERS. GERMANS FIRED UPON IN PERSIA. Soldier Killed. London. January 7. KellW i BOTItxpowloBt at Teheran teletnipliK that ~>\ moanted i»l>t>cr» attacked Tlic Secirtary "I tlie (iiTinan Legation anil hi' party as tliey were returning from htmtinK, iiinitern niilcH from Teher.-ui. (In/in --hols were fired. The (iitrnmns i
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      FLEET REDUCTION.
      54 7 Official Details of Naval Composition. The London Daily Mail (jives oOicial l.-tails of tlu composition of tin- He<:ts. Tlic liaUk-sliips on iu-tiM- < oiiiiiiissioii will be re.lu.nl fimii thirty thr.-c t.> twintysi\. and ,n iiionrad rr'ii-iis (ran dxteen t» twelve. Thr tiiannd Beat wffl ba m ntoat than
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      HOOLIGANISM AT LODZ.
      32 7 Ambulance Work Impeded. Tin- ilistiiil.iimis at l.'xl/. ooatiMM. Aiu. liiiliuirr work is impossible, an tin- HouHyi mm tliriatiiniinf t<> mmdor Uw Itaotan attcndiiif; tlir wiiinulcil lying i" tli<" <ivuts.
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      BANK OUTRAGE.
      36 7 Crime of Demented American Socialist. .ItMiirntril Aniciii Mil S x:iiilist c:itt Trrla li.mk ;it I'hilaiMphin. and deuianded iiiom-y. On hdllg iwftlif. In threw a bomb, killing liiinsrll and the casliicr. and wounding KL-vcral pgnMMi
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      Board of Revenue Bank.
      19 7 The < linn m I ioM't'iiinciit o|hiis a Board ot Kcvi.imc Bank at Mukden and Vinkow.
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      Chinese Customs.
      21 7 The Chinese Controller -General of Customs i, dispatching officials to invKstigatc the condition ot the Customs throughout the K.mpire.
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      COLLAPSE OF LAND.
      21 7 A collapse of land took place on the lihiuc Railway, now under construction, and fifteen BCfMM were killed.
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      SHIPPING CHANGES.
      61 7 British and German Competition. In (irdci to c(iiii|k.U: better with the Uer111,111 Lines, IkiIIi for BritWl and Continental traflie. Hm WWta Star Line Company will triiiisfd' their mid week New York mail rvirr from Liverpool to Southampton on .lime 5, calling at Cherbourg. It U i >■ t<
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      Another Victim of Arbroath Disaster.
      14 7 Another death has resulted troui the \rbroatii railway disaster.
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      RAILWAYS TRUST.
      104 7 INQUIRY INTO MAGNATE'S MANIPULATIONS. Harriman's Unlimited Power. l.omlun. January 7. \u Inter-State Commission lias opencd u I ncjuiry Ht New York into tlic manipulations of the gnat Hailway Magnate. Mr. Mammal), whose unlimited power has enabled liim to purchase the stock, trained at twenty millions stcrlin". of other
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      TRANSVAAL ELECTIONS.
      117 7 Boers and Interference with Chinese Policy. The Elections in the Transvaal have been li \cd to take place at the end of February, but the campaign has begun already. Boer leaders have pronounced distinctly against any interference with the Chinese Labour <|iiustion. until an efficient substitute has In
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      TRADE COMBINATIONS.
      17 7 The American and Federal State Courts arc engaged actively in praeentiag investigations into Trailing Combinations.
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      Duke of Connaught's Staff.
      41 7 The Duke of Conuaughl s Stall, during his Eaatera tour, consists of Major-General Sir John O rent. 11 Maxwell. K. C. 8., Chief Staff Oluccr <il llic Third Army Corps, and Lieutenant P«nsonby, of the Grenadier Guards.
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      British Trade Development.
      51 7 The imports into the I'm ted Kingdom for I ifvemlM fthow an incrcast ut 1 millions aud the i x)>orts. J; millions. The increases for theycai air 1-i millions and IS] millions, respectively. The principal increases in ixports are iv steel aud iron nuurafatuiM, cotton m.xlnntry and
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      WHERE IS RAISULI ?
      46 7 WHERE IS RAISULI Uncomfortable Feeling in Tangier. London, .lauuary W lirn the Muurish troo|^ eventually entered /inatthcy found the place absolutely empty, and tnat Itaisnli's uhcreabouta were unknown. An uncomfortable feeling prevails in Tangier, as it is believed tlic last of Kaisub lias not Ix'cn heard.
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      BISHOP BURDON DEAD.
      290 7 End of Active Missionaiy Career. Tin' death is announced of Missionary Bishop Bunion. The Kight \U\. Mm siiaw BoNm, l>.l>.. was formerly ISisl,,,;, o f Victoria and South CUm, iiud lie n signed his position in old r to enter the active Mission ttU again, ilo went
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      FIRE AT BANGKOK.
      29 7 Extensive Damage Caused. A great In broke out in the Chinese trading quarter at Baaghtk, lUniauc amount iii(4 to over lialf k million stcrlin" being caused.
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      WHOLLY BASELESS.
      43 7 Rumour of Exchange of Territory. The repent current in Australia that Tahiti, im Island in the mid Pacific, had been ceded by France to liritain in return for a territorial concession to France in Kunim. at further India, is wholly baseless.
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      OUTRAGE IN PERSIA.
      62 7 Germans Attacked and Robbed. Merlin. .January 7. Ikn Uiciitliofcn. Couuscllur to the (iciiii.in l.i-u'atinii at Teheran, ami Dr. Seluilz. t\ In -n out on a shooting expedition in the neighbourhood, were attacked and robbed. Proceedings have been taken by the i icrmaii Legation for the punishment of
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    ALLEGED MURDER.
    365 7 Glanggi Case Again Before the Judge. At the November Assizes. Sariman bin Wougsa was tried on a charge of murder, but after the evidence against him had been heard, the charge was withdrawn, the Crown not boing able to prove that the Court had jurisdiction. Evidence on that
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    CONDUCT OF CROWN CASES.
    477 7 Unsatisfactory State of Affairs at Penang Kviug to the absence from the Settlement of the Solicitor-General and the failure of thti Government to appoint an officer to act for him, a condition of affairs has arisen with regard to the conduct of Crown cases in the
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    MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
    171 7 Suspicion of Foul Play at Penang. On Thursday some coolies of the Prye Sugar Estate, who were employed in clearing grass on the cane embankments about 600 yards away from the railway line, came upon a corjwc, half-buried, aud lying on its right side. Roth legs were doubled
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    DEATH OF A CHINESE RESIDENT.
    124 7 It is with much regret that we learn of the death of Mr. Choa Kirn Keat, which occurred at his residence, at Neil Koad, on Saturday. The deceased gentleman was only forty-eight years of age and was much esteemed and respected in Singa]>orc. He was
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    CHEATING AT IPOH.
    238 7 On January 1, before the Judicial Commissioner's Court atjlpoh. alKuropcau was arraigned on the following plaint That you. A. Hespeler, on or about the r »th day of December 1906, at Ipoh, did cheat, to wit, by falsely pretending to one Thong Ah Ki ii ii that
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    57 7 A Kus-iau mine was discovered recently on the high seas about 100 miles off Mishima district. Niigata Prefecture and brought ashore. The steamer Tcshima-niaru, on her way from lwanai. in the Hokkaido, to Aomori. sighted a floating luiuc in Mutt>u l!ay. but on account of the high MM running no
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    Incentive to Crime
    722 7 FRENCH METHOD OF COLLECTING POSTAGE STAMPS. Warning to Singapore Employers. There arrived at this office by the last mail from Europe a letter addressed to onr clerical staff, and it is a fair presumption that similar letters were received by the clerks in some, if not all,
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    Mine Outputs.
    55 7 The Manager of the Bersawali Gold Mining Company reports as follows the output for the month of December: -Stone Crushed, 290 tons, (told obtained, 27 ozs. 11 dwt. Average per ton, 1.9 dwt. The Manager of the Sipiau Tin Mining Company, reports the following outturns October, Pels. lll.Oit
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    Chetty's Escape of Imprisonment.
    91 7 At the Supreme Court yesterday, a motion was made by Mr. Cleaver oil In-half of Allagamy Achec that K.M.P.A.K. Allagappa Chctty be committed to prison for contempt of Court in not paying Allagamy, as the Court had ordered. Mr. Carver appeared on behalf of the Chetty,
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    73 7 A family record which is probably unique is that of an old man, named Mills, who has just died ut Shadoxhurst, East Kent, at the age of 87. When Mills was born at Shadoxhurst, his four brothers and bisters were all grandfathers and grandmothers. The baby was. in addition, nnclc
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    TROUBLE WITH U.S. COLOURED TROOPS.
    191 7 Captain Killed at Fort Reno. Wo published a telegram yesterday stating that President Hoosevclt had decided to send all the U.S. coloured troops to the Philippine Islands. It would appear, from a San Kraucisco telegram, dated December '2:i. that the coloured troops have bean giving
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    VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL.
    145 7 Big Clock Expected to be Completed Shortly. The fitting together of the bin clock iv the tower of the Victoria MenioriarHall is nearing completion. On enquiry at Messrs. Swan and Maclarcu's office this morning, a representative of the Straits Times was informed that the clock will be
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    SUPREME COURT.
    317 7 Judgment in Promissory Note Case. The cast of M. E. T. K. I!. A. It. Moottiah Chetty v. V. Y. Murugaya Pillay was called before the Chief Justice this morning. The claim was for balance due on a promissory note. Mr. Knowles appaared for the plaintiff aud Mr.
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    A SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER.
    111 7 Wl A Van was seen prowling about the five-foot way in Victoria Street at I.JtO this morning, lie had a chisel aud a gunny bag in his possession, and Detective Police Constable No. II watched him peeping through the key holes of the shop houses. On seeing
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    Manila's Collector of Customs.
    92 7 Colonel (ieorge K.Colton. who is at present Collector of Customs for the Kepublic of Santo Domingo, has been appointed Instila Collector of Customs at Manila. The salary is »6,000 gold. Colonel H. B. McCoy will remain as Deputy. Colonel Colton arrived iv the Philippines in IHfM
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    34 7 A Hongkong i(jntciii|K .r.iry heads- the following telegram from London on tin- Kith ult. Seasonable Luxuries Korty bomb., wen discovered seen ltd iv !m: Uctr i if game at thi St. Petersburg railway tcrniinn-.
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    CHINESE DOMESTIC SERVANTS.
    537 7 Renewed Agitation at Hongkong for Registration. The servant prqiilcm appears to Ik- one of increasing difficulty in this Colony (says tbn Hongkong Telegraph i. but more especially in Kowloou, though the reason for the ilis tinction it woul<lap]x-ar inqKissihle to unravel. Householders tlure bitterly complain that they
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    ACCIDENT AT MANILA.
    89 7 Singapore Resident Injured by Falling Machinery. News has reached Singapore of a -ci urn accident which occurred at Manila to Mr. J. W. Wheelwright of the Tanjong Pagar I >ock Boaid. Mr. Wheelwright went to Manila in charge of the lag Mercury to bring down the American
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    MAN WITH MANY NAMES.
    218 7 Mr. Gaunt, iv the Supreme Court ye.-tn day. appeared for a revision of the judgment of the Court of Ucqucsts in the case of Inclient. liuliikrislina Naidu. against six de. feudants. the appeal relating to one only, a Watt Sip. who hail l>cforc given another name,
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    A Thirsty Chinaman.
    80 7 A Chiuaiiiau was arraigned bofate Mr. Green, the Second Magistrate, y— tnrdaj afternoon, on the allegation of having stol< n three piueapples. valued at tw« l\c ci ntfrom a plantation in Thomson Komi. The Chinaman admitted taking the pints. but M an excuse pli mM that he
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    Abandoned at Sea.
    116 7 Uii llMMkn 'J. tlic steamer Mayushi Mum. owned by the Ichi Main Company, of Shiinonos-jki, while in tow of the Kyodo■an fruiu Chandeu to Ulsau, Korea, encountered a severe gale. The tow-roi* parted, tin- Hayashi-maru fill astern and WM lost bight of by tlie Kyodo-tuaru. She was
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      Notes in General.
      108 8 The Viceroy's Cup won by I'itzgrafton is not unlikii the one presented by the Prince of Wales last year, and is a handsome silver •jilt cup of very massive pro)Mirtion. A month ago Celtic headed the Scottish l.'uvue with Dundee second. Hamilton iiadeniieal and Kilimu nock kept
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      Football.
      54 8 V. M C A. Football Club. We are informed that the Annual Meeting of the above club will be. held in the V.M.C.A. HiKiius. Armenian Street, to-morrow evening at UOl All members and their friends interested in football are inviU-d to attend, as imjMirtant business coumrtcd with the club
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      Cricket.
      67 8 Play in India. Playing for the Belial Wanderers during tie Christinas holidays. A. W. Beiitiuck. who went iv first, hid a good record. He scored Jtl and lot not out against Calcutta, and was on the losing side. Against Bombay. lie scored M and 90. If. Sp,Kiner could uot
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      Baseball.
      90 8 The I.S. loot was painting Hongkong red during the Christinas and Xew Year holidays. 1 11 the spells between sanity aud insanity, the baseball teams of the vaiions ships played for a beautiful silver cup pre sented by Mr. W. A. IWlcv. the General Manager of the Vacuum Oil
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      Golf.
      134 8 Singapore Golf Club. The December monthly medal, lifter being post pom d every Saturday in December owing to heavy rain, was played for on Saturday and Sunday the .'ith and tith instant. A shower just before play commenced on the first day rendered the course muddy, and a stiff
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    BOYCOTT REVIVAL
    144 8 Thrtatened Action of Cantonese Merchants. The Canton correspondent of the Hongkong Telegraph wired on the Hist ultimo A meeting was convened by the American Hoycott Association at the Kwongchai Hospital yesterday. There were over a thousand OJOMOM present. Alter the lending shakers had addressed the meeting, the following
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    A Short Speech.
    111 8 I'.nllarat, the golden city, where Mr. l>e:ikin, the Vriine Minister of the Common wealth, wns opposed by an Irish C.itholic Labour candidate, has a noofd for MM of the shortest of |>olitical speeches. It has a large Hibernian population, and one district in particular, called Bungaree. is
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    " Death to the Demented !"
    112 8 Death to the Demented DmMm with thr cost of maintaining people physically mint. Dr. Trotter, medical otlicer of the liedlingtou urban district, said at a local council meeting recently that one was tempted to wonder whether a nation of sensible people was justified iv sacrificing so much to keep alive
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    FREIGHT WAR IN THE INDIA TRADE.
    1079 8 Sir T. Sutherland's Remarks on German Competition. In his s|ieeehat the recent general meeting of the P. and Company Sir Thomas Sutherland said Now. leiitlemen. I turn to look at the figures (if our traffic as shown in the report. 1 may OBJT, when
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    Salvage Steamer Sold.
    82 8 The Mitsu Hishi Company has purchased the salvage-steamer City of Birmingham, a rooai 1 well known in Hongkong, and re named the Ariina Mam. It will be recalled that ■|k vessel was offered for gale by public pHuii at Nagasaki, when the highest bid EjjHXK) yen— (lid
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    RUBBER IN BORNEO.
    384 8 How a Heasant Excursion was Interrupted. On December 7. we visited Seton.; KatetO, S'lud.-ikan Bay. writes the Kditor of the •U.S. B. Herald." This is a fine rubber estate employing about one hundred coolies -Malays and Chinese. There are at present 1:0*10 trees, and hundreds of healthylooking
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    Japanese Enterprise.
    87 8 The Kawasaki I'ockyard Company, which has lately increased it's capital l>> I.IKKI.IUKI yen. making a total of IIUKK .(Hn'i yen. has decided to commence business iv the con strnctiou of locomotives, railway-carriages, and cast steel work generally in addition to the shipbuilding business. The company has also resolved
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    Accident in a Floating Dock.
    118 8 •lust before seven o'clock, on the morning of DecemlK'r l.'i, a serious accident occurred on the Mitsu Bishi floating-dock at fait, whereby nearly twenty men were injured. out of them so seriously us to make his reeovei v doubtful. It appears that some repairs to
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    Ethics of Drunkenness.
    157 8 Dr. Senior, police surgeon, giviug evidence at Kingston. Kngland, said that the cali gr iph\ of some |ieople was better when they were drunk than when they were sober. He had personally known of such a case. Counsel: Suppose a man is taken out of a public
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    FUTURE RELATIONS WITH CHINA.
    523 8 A Boxer Association Millions Strong. Mi Frederick (ireenwood, in an article of his in the Fortnightly Keview thn« writes Whatever change our relations with China may proceed to, we shall fare none the worse at auy stage for ceasing to regard that country as so much
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    AMERICAN PAINTER S DICTUM.
    396 8 French Art Treasures Declared to be Rubbish. Ait circles in New York were reported to !>t much surprised early in December by Mr. Frederick K. Clrirch's summing up of Kunmc'sart galleries. Mr. Church, who is a v. ell known American painter, has just re turned from
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    OUR NEIGHBOURS.
    499 8 Fiscal Fuss. Tin High Council of Indo China lihs li.en prorogued at Hanoi without passing :li« budget for MM, an.l will hold another Session to pass it. -hoitly. at Saigon. The estimates showed a he»\ y deficit, and the Colony could not bear a considerable increase ot taxation.
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    Snakes.
    72 8 The heavy rain we have had recently has evidently wakened up the suakes of the Distiict (says the B. V B. Herald iv tin last issue to hand I, for we hear of them in all sorts of placus: a certain lady had three under her house tho other
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    A Mormon's Difficulty.
    155 8 Joseph F. Smith, the President of 1 1 Mormon church in the I iiitc.l States, lias been fined £(H) for having mairied In wives. Smith was arrested at tho instance of liis monogamist brethren, and was tried by a Mormon court. It «a» stated in the course
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      31 8 Letters for Advertisers. Letters are now lying at this Office for the following advertisers Novo 1 B. D. M. 1 Z. 1 F. M. S. l T. P. K. 1 Alpha
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      121 8 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. Jany. 12— At Hotel de la Paix, Hotel furniture, ■Ye. at 12 noon. 14— At Hotel de la Paix, Hotel furniture, Ac, at 12 noon. I">— At Saleroom, freehold landsat Upper Telok Blangah and Changi, at > p m. >2— At Sale-room, leasehold lauds with
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      572 8 John Little Co., Limited. SOLE AGENTS FOR St. Marceaux Champagne 1898. A Superbe Vintage Wine. Obtainable at all First Class Hotels. LATEST ADVEKTISEMKNTS. WAMTBO BOOM* Krimml bj tlire.. K eiill«.|ll.Mi. town in heal liv situation. I'nll |»irtirulars to S. B. P. c o Stniils T „lii,Q Hiiu.e MflJ /r /v.
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      183 8 DAY BY DAY. Tuesday, January 8. High W«OMr. 1.211 p.m. Cliine-e New Year OBOrta asaoMag. -t-Mt. Mr. AH. La*. "Took of I'rayw. s I'ieiieli ('i:: 'iiiatogrnph. 7:«'l and !l ::o. Wednesday, January 9. High Water, "..it v.m. ">.4s p.m. Ambulance class. V.M.C.A. .Vl'.. V.M.C.A. I'ootliall Club meeting. li-.Mt. Fiojmo Cioeaaataajnali.
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    COMMERCIAL.
    220 9 MN(.Arni>. \\i im 7, 1!KI7. PRODUCE. GauibiiT buyers &M .lo (Cnl).- So l.'.npi-k-.i 10.87 i Com Ball 10:l> <lo Pontianuk Ml I'epner. ISlark buyers IH.(K) .1,, Wl.it.- .V 24.M0 Sa^n Hour Sanwuk Mi ,f.. Bruuei N"u. 1 2.90 Pearl Sa«o >-40 Coffee Bali, 16V 1900 C-tTee. l'lileiiibaiw. 20% ha«is
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    SKYSCRAPERS AND MARRIAGE.
    487 9 Where Female Stenographers Cannot be Kept. Hitherto aaaaaaeeted viit— aw being a. i Led t the ekyacraper in the mm t ;i di-cu~sic.ii aicused by the remark ill. I. 'Matrimonial epidemic among the ■li :>f 'I in Anericau Barely odm panv. nccapyiog |;art of the towering epouymooa
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      MINING.
      332 9 lime i.i formation Number T Capital Subscribed I of Share* Wlne Mmm I Paid np to Company Quotations 1 UM.II. 1900 1903 1901 1K92 1898 »m,ooo »i 40.000 i^tSLi *10 I 4,000 •10 £100,000 £350,000 350,000 1 30 000 10 »300,000 »293,600 io|ooo tlO M<> uniMuwl £200,000 £191,250 ijo'ooo
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      RUBBER.
      277 9 190.1 £150,000 j £104,937.10 gg'^JJ j£ 190.5 5200.000 IK. MO \<™> Jjj %jm unlMoadl 1904 £30,000 £11,125 jj'^J !J 190 j 700,000 »61 0,000 7o!oOO »10 Ml mtmt I 1903 £70,000 £70,000 '0,000 1 1906 SIM.OOO $125,000 ""S »10 1904 £12,000 £10,500 gioOO 1 1 12/6 S 10 8
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      GENERAL.
      202 9 1H94 £V 377 .10.0 £4,648.15.0 7,638 12/6 12/6' Bells Asbestos Eastern Agency, Ltd 1898 1225,000 $225,000 4.500 $50 ■%SO 112.500 Fraser A- Neave, Ltd. 10,000.000 a) mr».-i 110,000,000 ♦10,000,000 80.000 t125 112.5 9,500,000 Hongkong aud Shanghai Bank 250,0006 1901 »2.400,00n 12,400,000 f 1 2222 100 100 Howarth Erskine, Ltd.
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      DEBENTURES.
      47 9 Howarth Erskine. Ltd. WOO.OOO 3% prem. Riley Harcreaves, Ltd. 6% 225,000 2% prem Singapore Municipal 6% 400,0 0 20% prem. h 5% 1,478,000 s%prem 4% 602,<KM) par. sellers Taniontf Pagar Dock Co., Ltd. 6% 250,000 2*, prem b lyere J t> b H 5% 1,385,500 l%par.
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    The Unattractive Spider.
    244 9 According to the Sydney Evening News the spider is not an attractive beast. He has few friends. Nobody, aalaai it is a scientist, who does It for experimental purposes, makes a pet of linn. Uh appearance is against him, iind hi> lapacity lias made him repulsive tv
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    The Lady and the Gentleman.
    137 9 A fat Irishwoman, bearing a number of bundles, entered a crowded street-car. The i nly semblance of a sea,, she could find was a small space at the right cf a smartly dressed youth. Into this space, sufficient only for an individual of ordinary size,
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    Cheap Ocean Voyages.
    153 9 A message frpm New York says Charles Kessler, who was brought to pert in irons on board the Bri.ish bark Kentmere after having been refused admission to several countries at which the bark .ouched. fears that he is t»o- med to sa the sea for ever. K--ss)cr
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    After Bible Characters.
    120 9 A man riding through the mountains of Tennessee stopped one evening *o water his horse before a little cabin, outside of which sat old coloured woman watching the antics of a couple of piccanninies playing near by. Good evening, Aunty." he called. Cute pair of boys you've
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    Hot Work in Prospect.
    105 9 Oscar Hammcrstein was smiling at the extravagant attentions tha. ire lavished by the rich upon pet dogs. He spoke of the canine operations for appendickis. the canine tooth-crownings, the canine wardrobes, that have recently amaz?d New York and then he said How servants hate these pampered
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    33 9 He I can't see why a w pnian who is happy when single ever marries" She Biii a woman is seldom happy when :;ingle 01. at lea.it, sh^- doesn't, renliz: that she i.s."
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    Eccentric Lady's Wealth.
    129 9 A remarkable story was told to ihr Mastci of the Rolls at Diililm in ,i case conceinins; the estate of the late Miss Augusta K. Magan. Counsel referred t.. I raaerl made by a valuer of the effectat the rmit.li mansion, in which ii was stated tiiaf
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    Eyes, Dust and Disease.
    164 9 Kxtiaordinarv increases in the minion of cases of diseases of the aye, ear, threat, and nose, are ascribed by specialists in New York to the large quantities of dust in the streets. The increase is from ten to fifteen per i rut more than it was
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    21 9 The highest pass in the New World in common is l{iiinahii;<i -a in tin: An. 1.,-. Its sniiiinit iM 1 l,(«ntt
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      252 9 Bouton Rouge Felucca Ed rHT^HKSE Cigarettes are Mftiiufac-turiil \J I and Packed at Cairn, Kgypt, with ex- Gl treme care, so as to retaiu thefre-Onwss I of their exquisite aroma, ami rnsuiv M. their reaching the consumer in tT^L ■WT absolutely perfect condition. No better Egyptian Cigarette than oui- celebrated
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    IMPORTANT JUDGMENT ON AN AGREEMENT.
    846 10 The Meaning of the Term China." 11l thr 11. B. 11. Supremo CVmrt at Shanghai, .ho following' jadeTnent was delivered cm December "Ji by Mr. F. r\ A. Boarae, Acting Judge, ia the case of -..m aad Carter v. S. J. Halse. Thi' is a
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    32 10 In I4AO the taxation of) France waa four- ;>. Hi-.. head. It i- now ..\< X.i I'M. ,i 1h.i.1. WaxhiuutoD. capital nl tin 1 iiitrd States, linn uxjiericiiCL-d v coW uf Siting, below r.ero.
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    AN AMIABLE BRIGAND.
    525 10 Raisouli's Adventurous Career. He has stepped out of fiction and has| bciome a fact. His name is Raisouli. or Erraisouli. and, as readers are aware, he holds ia check the Mwoacaa Army- As in news in brief," it can be said ";hat this brigand belongs to a
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    DISASTROUS FIRE IN RANGOON.'
    339 10 River Ablaze. At 1.30 p. in. on 24th Dec., a disastrous fire broke out on a larjje oil-flat belonging ..> the Irrawady Flotilla. At the time «'f the outbreak the flat was lyin:» on the Da! la Dockyard slips for purposes of being- cleaned. Sonic of
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    BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR MALAYA.
    513 10 The Straits Tin Industry. During the laal thm ymn ..r...- :iid, 1,., v, 1,..,,, lllat Ui a ;i> directMM, but program is' m..«> notic, ,il)| 0 in conm-.-t. w j,j, t 10 mining indutry and the eniiivation in I mtfamiam of ratter he the market lv
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    Protection of Game.
    108 10 1!( plviny to a deputation at Kan.lv <>n I'.-ci-ni'kt 27 when the c|iiestion of the pr<> tection of yaini- was •livciiHscd. His Excel lency the UtMfMt "f (Vylon ilefiuitrlv refuse! to accept the Mm of suppressing tlj.trade in dry r.wat. and also in-j.itii.-il the MggMtion tli.it tin-
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