The Straits Times, 29 June 1907

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.380 SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. JUNE 29. 1907. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 470 1 GRAND HOTEL DE L EUROPE. SINGAPORE. Magnificently Furnished With Kleg&Mt 'Simplicity. From "The Autocar," March 9, 1907: Hill Climbing Honours Won by private owners of DE DION BOUTON CARS. HILL CLIMB OF THE VICTORIA AUTOMOBILE CLUB. TRAMBVAAL A.C. HILL CLIMB. I DX DION First I L --^^^hi Single Cylinder Cars
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    • 63 1 NOTICE. THE HOTEL DE LA PAIX. This well-known establishment, which has changed ownership, is now open and ready to receive visitors (Boarders k Passengers). The House has been thoroughly renovated, and will be made com-] fortable in every respect. The' management intend to keep upi the good name this Hotel
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    • 112 1 ROBINSON Company. I^^K THE VERTICAL FEED SEWING MACHINE. AUTOMATIC LIFT DROP HEAD. FOOT OP. HAND. m^Eu lift LAjbfl^HlJll The Vertical Feed %tJ^BEQgP|ir* Hand Sewig Machine "^^^^J c )\i:'!.i: i r. with fovi-in It will sew over uneven surfaces as well as plain. It will sew a curved piece on a
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    • 19 1 GRAND HOTEL DE L EUROPE. SINGAPOKK Moi'KBN IN CMMIM I!'>S iifferirK every .iilvant.i;:? .iml iiecwiiit} (ihilucitrl. health .Tlf!l ..i.if.Tl
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  • 1507 2 Tlft Key to Ihe Cocos Treasure. Oh. ill." gaM mm lii<i and —a11... m.I Ot all tin' pirate Mat Then ,h..kid tin- awtr <i>.l ,i.« th. ,i u i,i I Witli poisoned passion fruit. And tin n iH.i.,>tli.\ pawi th. v, nMii-1-liai-.l 1>• \x it In ill.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 288 2 FOR PROTECTION IRON STEEL. IN Till; TROPICS Siderosthen Paint I Al I Wwf .ml V #lV 111 y" X IK] <rflrtal^l*v^^ 'ftJ iLllr if H»-6ists the action of Salts, Acids, Steam. Extreme climatic inHnencos, tropii-al sen water with its destroying organisms. Specially Suitable for Bridges, Tiers and all Structural Ironwork.
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    • 90 2 ALBERT L. A. DALEY Undertaker Tomb Builder 150 MUIdU Bead. Sole Ageut for MeHsrs. Uottridge Brotbera, Ltd., Loudou, c tilBH Telephone No. 019. LIQUID FUEL BUNKERS. Fresh Water Island (PULO BUXOM) Oppo-.it.' Waatn Kntrancc to Kaafal Harbour, 30/- (THIRTY SHILLINGS) PER TON F. 0. B. IN BUNKERS. RATE OF DELIVERY
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    • 130 2 r£E N BUTTERPIY BRto to be had STERILIZED **•> T| >Ao oK PROVISION T^^-Z^~ a^^^ Yi*^ PATENT SOSTENENTE^/J PIANOS Built Expressly for this Climate and Guaranteed for FIVE Years. $450 FRCE TUNING FOM ONE MM. The ROBINSON PIANO CO., Ltd. Lacto-Bacilline Is the radical remedy lor DYSENTERY and otlaM iiit«>f«tinal
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    • 344 2 in BABIES W And Tired Fretted Mothers Rest After fili A warm bath with Cuticura Soap and a single application of Cuticura Ointment, the grrat^Skin Cure, Kill afford instant relief, permit rest and sleep, and point to a speedy cure of torturing, disfiguring humours, eczemas, rashes, itchings, and irritations of
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  • 416 3 Supremacy of the House of Commons. At a conference of the Nntionnl Lilxinl Kiilertitioii. which whs held at I'hiinnitli. an iiu|H>rtant s|H-ech uas delivered l>\ the Crime Minister iSir Henry Campbell ltiinncr.ll.llll on June 7 mi the subject of the (■overninentH attitude with regard to the House
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  • 26 3 Smilli> wife wouMu't lit him n~-«- liinvoKi r mi tin Liirylnr. No. sin- >.iii|. slu- never loulil tit- tin pi:ik liow on it so prettily a^ain.
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    • 35 3 I.AXAHM-. the Ideal I'mpuue, iec»m in» n.li'.: li\ ilir l>e-i iiuilii'Hi »uiliiiri:n 1 i«i B) my uml irlaui m icnlti To lx- had nf all oficmuw, Wholaaalt fr.mi The Phatmaoy, Biuti"\ Boad, Smunpi ri\ UH
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    • 188 3 I I I I I I I No. 23 High Street. TT. HIGH-CLASS JAPANESE CURIOS lIUK NOW UN nm A BJW MMDI 11K GAHDKN l'l.OWl-.H STANDS and I'OTS, TEA SKIS. CLOISOSNi: nn.l SATS I MA WAHKB. LAOQOEBBD ALIUIMS and ABINKTrt, bll.K KAKIMONOS, LADIKS' HAND HAGS, ORNAMENTAL BCRBBM and Sr.NDItY other
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    • 830 3 »3SKK Oii-MEN 3 S.ORES I CEOSSE B P8! By Spaeial AUD ja £VV E o LL E8 Warrant BLACKWELL, W* Purveyors to I LTD I M TAm*i H.M.The king %0 mm "™T n SEND Vnilß AnDRF^C Nttcavn i:> mm hmtkh c«talooi'B hiykkOf.HU lUUn HUUnCOO UIIKK. i; ik ....mil., imdcliiit^ kmii-Ii
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    • 311 3 £g||-^ MARVELLOUS OFFER. f.OI.I) KINO Hall Maiked. set with il Donl.l, t Stonus. I Hi-,,1 Hone Diaa is for tl,,' hilku louklv km pint- >t ?220 DON'T minx tin. barKaiii. 5.t.,1 I>. s»m« will U- forwarded b) i r-tiim mail. Wiitilu- nn.l. Jewellery of all KinilInt \<r\ \tm Brian. Trade
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  • 324 4 Possibilities of a Patent Corn Cure -aci tiiir reaohw the .\r,ian eftVaMMiaai lxtwcrn a well-known (aliutta inaniwl iou|ilc who M« putting in the hot wciithcr at llOlllf. Thr pair had btM afMaVlg thi- wn-k-cuil :it a loiintiy house and hail hraaifMai almiit the iiM^lilH)iirhi«Hl rtdinirin^ the lieantics
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  • 202 4 Writing to the Now \oik Sun. acorns' I'oii.lent Wfa it t,''H's without saying fi.it the majority of poUte comiutiters^ road the Sun, but tln-re :n\. cxci'ptionx, of course. It was my inU;\ mi ,io to share a seat a few lays a;*o with a newspaper flippiT. He aIaMM
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  • 166 4 Tii. i. ii again ii;iuli uilk ia I'aii- .>: ;ii< imaii Deuce aimtlicr Ranstaia liwn. :iltii<m<>li moHt raoent wporU broa St. l'eiei-.l)nrs> uuiilil mmiii to imli.ati 1 that M. Kokorao* an i lib on far lh«> prc^rnt. It i- intvivstiut; at tin- moment to sag Imw tltC
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  • 279 4 ADELPHI HOTEL. Mr G. E. Cuamberlin Mr E Maber Toz>r Mr J Wilson Mr B Travera Mr W. O. Baker Mr W G E Brill Mr 0. llice Mr N E Batb air Sin i then Mr K Schadd Mr B. L. Williama Mr II A S Tliomnsou
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  • 812 4 \ann; fnittU date unival, ami nanir of A-i STKAMKKS. Alciuous, Chiua. July 21 Mansfield Ambria, Hamburg, June 30; Behn Meyer Arcadia. Colombo, July 19 P. O. Coy Astyauax. Liverpool, July 6; Mansfield Austria, Trieste, July 8 Rauteoherg Auatralien, Saigon, July 1 M. Maritime* Aynthia, Calcutta, T'llv 20 Borneo
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  • 225 4 The position of the tiuanccn of the State uf Western Australia cannot be regarded as satisfactory, says the Western Mail. The levenue shows a shrinkage and the deficit an increase. The year opened with .11 1(1,900 to the bad, and since then tue monthly shortages have shown
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 711 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. &0 STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Penan*, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London Through Bills jf Lading issued fjr Chim Coast, Persian Gulf, Continent*!, and American Steamers will leave Singapore an W aboil MAIL. LINE. Ommmi (for China). DMi July 6 Delta
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    • 1141 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. Handel and Bcheepva4rl my. bandjer: BANDTERMASIN. The SUamen of tbia company maintain a regular service be twe n Singapore, Bawean. S "irabayv Bandjermaain, Polo Laut, Dalik Papan, Koatei, with transhipment at RandjeYmaain for Rampit, Mandawai, Koemai, Kotta Waringin, Djelai, Marabahan, Marakaaariea, Negara and Bebirik. The steamers have good
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    • 777 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. D. L. RORDDEUTSCHER LLOYO imperial Q«rman Mail LJns. The tat* and well known mail steamer of Ilia Company Mil fortnightly from Breraea Hamburg ria Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southarap no, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naplet, (oonneclioo Marseilles, Naplei, Alexandria, and vioe versa) Por Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penan-.', Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai,
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  • 1079 5 IM.rmi.l- hK.lhiK the Ml..«ini: iM.wii.iti.inn ;ir« u-wil «tr. nier whip; In,. Imt'iu*: deli. iMiiner \n VacMi <ru Cmi'wr; li ht. -fiunI'M: Tut, Tomalo; H.|>. Mone-Mver Km. llritl.h; IS. I'lllle.lHUt*: K.I. Kr.n-li; H.t. c frii.. in. Mm liiii.li; 1t.. 1 It.li.ni 1 HmiM; Mr.-Sarj>«.ik II r. ilvntiriil rar«..
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  • 58 5 June 23 Bombay Maru, .lap str, Colombo, BoMfeaj Hong Wan 1. Brit str, H'kong. Amoy, Swatow Daryal, Gerstr. Snndakan via ports Pin Ren*, Bri xtr. I*. Swettenbam and IVuang •H..r<j«t, Kiam Mr, Bangkok via porn Ferak, Brit str. Port Swettenham and Penan g j ajßanee, Ger sir. Deli, Asahan
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  • 102 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To-day. T4NJOHO P»0»« East Wbah# Bassin— Cheang Chew. East Wharf Section I—Thougwa.1 Thougwa. Sect. 1 (Shubs Wharf):— Wright. Sktion No. 2 Ail lie, Nam Yong. B—Bombay8 Bombay Maru. 4 Hong Wan I. s— Paroo. N N 6—
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  • 97 5 tor Per Steamer Monday. Malacca and Lni|j|i Khemj §mt Malarcm Sea Mm Kremantlo via porU /'.inni M»l«o.a and Ba^an Man Ann Malacca A Port Dickmin Honii l.iau Mnar and Malacca Jin Ho IVnaup and Colombo .Vufci'n Telnk Anaon \i» ports Pennng 'V' KSD.IV. Sarawak Kuchinti BataWa La Seyne
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  • 59 5 Ovtwafd French Mail. The M.M. company's steamer Tonkin, left Colombo, at 5 p.m., on June W, and may be expected to arrive here on Monday July 1, at daylight. HoHEVAin Frixcii Mail. The M. M. company's steamer Ar.stralien, left Saigon, at 7 a.m. to-day, and maybe expectod
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  • 109 5 From Kobopi— By the M. M. *.s. Tonkin due on July 1. From Cbika— By the M. M. s.s. Au-trulien. due on July 1. TOT TABLS OF HAIUI lII'. Wt Singapore Dae in London Arr.verf my 24 P. &O. June 16 Jane 17 rUy 27 N. P.
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  • 83 5 The export return* of the Boar I of Trade for the current period will contain a notable addition serving to still further demonstrate the cosinn]K)litaii character of England's f reo trade. It refers to a shipment of 100 cats to India, which a shipping office in the city
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  • 344 5 Nude in Art, Diabolical and Pagan. Father Ignatius preached at Queen's Hill London, the other evening on "Living Statuary." Ha -aid their grand mother* would have been slim k<<l at Mm wry qu«?s tin 11 ax to whether people should deliberately take off tlieir rlothes in public Their
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  • 447 5 (Sunday, June 30.) FifTH Sunhay Aitkh Trinity. Ht. Andruw's Cathei>bai..— 7 a.m. Matins and Litany. 7-45 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral). 3- 10 p.m. Sunday School and Bible Classes. 5-30 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. St. Matihek'h, Srrov L.sks.— ll-15 a.m Fo<> Chow Service. 3-40 p 111. Sunday Sch-jol. Ml
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  • 223 5 In a few weeks then- will I*' launched from the shipyard of Sir .lames I.aing Sons, Sunderland, where she has been con- verted from a liner, a unique vessel which will be a valuable acquisition to the navy. 11. M. S. Cyclops is the most complete repair
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 408 5 STEAMER 3MUN6B. INDOCHINA STEAM NAY.CO..LTD. Tin; -i.-Kiufi of tliix Company niamliiiii a regular service between Calcutta, StraiU and Hongkong, taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for Canton, Swatow, Amny, Shanghai. Chefno. Tientnin, Nnvrhwaug. Yangtze Ports, Formosa. Ihuhh, the Philippine s, .K\, Ac. MHMH »m I In- ralcu(l:i. Mrails and
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    • 498 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. Ocean Steam Ship Co., Ltd. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO.. LTD. pi The Companies' steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for the Btraita, China and Japan every week, and from Japan home wardi for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight and ft r Qenoa. Marseilles and Liverpool
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    • 731 5 I STEAMER SAIUH6B. (iHllllMi) gEBVICE OF THt OCEAN S. 8. COY.. LTD.. ft THE WEBT AUSTRALIAN 8. N. CO.. LTD. Him IKKHiMIi PKRTII >OKI II Ist UsiKll.lt> PORTS. JAVA AND MM.H'OKK Regular Fortnightly sailings between Singa pore and Western Aimtralia, calling at Java (as inducement offers), Derby, King's Sound, (Port
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    • 327 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. C. P. R. Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Line. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO EUROPE VIA CHINA, JAPAN, CANADA anil the t'NITED STATES. Route from Hongkong, via Shanghai, Napu-aki, (Inland Sea of Japan). Kobe, Yokohama. Victoria and Vancouver, R.M.S. "Emfrrsm or India" 1 Twin-screw steaR.M.B. "Empresh or
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 165 5 Singapore Tide Table. (From Jink 29 to Jilv 5.) HIGH WAI I. H LOW WATER ~T Time MHJ TTmeTffg'hT jrjKE i hrs. mm. jft. ins. hrs mm. 1 ft ins. SITCBDAT I J 3 g"^ B.BS a j 4.2 0.40 m 9.9 7.26 mi 0.4 Sckdat 30 3W% 85 ?M
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    • 161 5 WEATHER TELEQRAM. Hongkong, June 29. 10 p.m Barometer 29.77 Direction cf Wind Kast. Force of Wind 2 Max. Temp in Shade 83 Manila, 759 West. 1 29 25 PAY BY UAY Saturday, June 39. High Water. 1-23 pm. 8. V. A. Shoot. Cricket. V.M.C A. v. S.C.C. Parsee Theatre. 9.
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  • 1130 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. SATURDAY, JUNE 29. We offer uo apology to our loaders for referriug once more to the Military Contributiou. Since the su-called representative bodies o^Lk Colony take no action to have thi 'I'"Q|NL tc oprnnl. and sinci th* 1 noilicia^RmVr-. of the [.legislative Council appear
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  • 14 6 It has been decided to remove the wreck of the steamer Dakota by blasting.
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  • 16 6 A new tariff of import duties will come into force in Java, on August 15 next.
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  • 12 6 AU telegrams published in this issue are protected by the Copyright Ordinance.
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  • 16 6 It is reported that the arsenal at Koochow is to be converted into a commercial concern.
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  • 17 6 A cargo of 5,890 tons of coal arrived from Kutehinotsu, this morning by the British oteamer Benbraeker.
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  • 20 6 Providing they do net oerry merchandise in any ten* private veoht* are exempt from »h« payment of due* at Labuan.
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  • 19 6 The value of the inrn my uoU-s in circa lation in the Straits Settlements on April M was ♦24,1.V2,985.
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  • 19 6 An examination of officers studying native languages will be held in Singapore, l'enaug, and Malacca, on Wednesday, July 24.
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  • 17 6 Messrs. Howarth Erokinc and Compauy have sccui-ed the coutract for the construction of tin; new Maternity Hospital.
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  • 20 6 Kdily this mouth, on the Aruhemia estaUin Deli, a heavy showci of hail fell ami destroyed three hundred picnlsof tobacco.
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  • 26 6 A decree has been issued, in response to a memorial, ordering the Viceroy of the Miuche Provinces to regulate the affairs of the Customs at Foochow.
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  • 26 6 The working of the Tanjong Priok* Dry Dock Company at ISatavia, revealed a profit of 1.'M.000 guilders lost year. The dividend distributed was eleven per cent.
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  • 26 6 A I-' renc 111 1 consulate bas.boou established at Harbin, iv Northern Manchuria. The I'uited States of America, Itussia, aud Japau have already consular representatives there.
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  • 32 6 The Foreign Ministers at Pekiug have been notified by the Foreign Affairs' Uoard there that the city of .Vanning in Kwangsi Province will be thrown open to trade ou December o next.
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  • 29 6 Food aud mouth disease aiuoug cattle haviug ceased to exist in Penang, the orders issued by the Kesident-Councillor uuder the Quarantine and Prevention of Diseases Ordinance have been cancelled.
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  • 37 6 The Itaugoon Police arc fifferiug a rcu;ird of ru|x;es 1,000 for the arrest of Hormusji, a Parsee clerk, who is wanted iv connection with the recent smuggling case of 8,200 tolas of opium on the steamer Tara.
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  • 38 6 Indian plague statistics for the week ending June show 27.0HH cases aud 2:,.tM deaths iv the whole of India, of which the Punjab returns 21.«06 cases and 20,012 deaths, and the United Provinces UH cases and .i.iilf. deaths.
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  • 46 6 Portraits ot the Kuj|m ss -Dowager aud the Emperor of China arc not allowed to be sold in the Chinese Kmpirc, nor arc portraits of high personages there, either. Yuau Shihkai, the Viceroy of Peehili, has issued a striuguat prohibition of such sales within his jurisdiction.
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  • 46 6 A Chinese pickpocket snatched a watch and chain from another Chinaman, last night. The owuer gave chase, secured the thief, aud handed him over to the police, but he did not recover tlic watch. This worn ing, the thief was sentenced to three weeks' rigorous imprisonment.
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  • 43 6 Another sharp action is reported from Acliccu. Ou June 20, Achinese in overwhelming numbers fell upon a detachment of infantry in a bivouac. Two of the detach ment were killed, and eight wounded. The enemy left fifteen dead, and carried off two riHes.
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  • 44 6 Viceroy Yuan Sbih-kaJ has made repre sentatious to the German Consul at Tientsin, drawing his attention to the Urge quantities of arms imported into that quarter by a certain Oermuu firm, without permission. The Viceroy requested the consul to make inquiries into the matter.
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  • 49 6 The Englishman's London correspondent makes the following announcement: The mail that takes this letter to India will take out an army of Special Correspondents to India, all resolved to show Lord Minto howto put a stop to all this nonsense without giving Mr. Morley so much bother at home.
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  • 58 6 sail case of hydrophobia is reported from Sourabaya. It appears that, on June In. two ladies, living in the same house, were bitten by a pet dog which it was feared, had gone mad. A medical examination left no doubt that the dog was diseased. The two ladies were at
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  • 60 6 Consul Liv Sui-chun has wired to the Waiwupu that it is rather too soon to appoint a Chinese Minister to Baugkok, but it is advisable to establish a Consulate-Cieueral there instead of Consulates to other ports of Siam. .The establishment of a Chinese Legation in Bangkok may be made when
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  • 75 6 The Home Secretary has consented to introduce a short BUI which will do away with privileged cabs at London railway stations. This has long bocn a sore point with the London oabmen, and, in 1896, they entered upon a prolonged strike to secure its abolition. Negotiations with the railway companies
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  • 108 6 Chinese in Hongkong have a delicate way of settling disputes. The other day a Hakka was accused of stealing a chop-stick, and a number of Cantonese, after assaulting him. pushed the man over the bank of a hill— a fourteen -foot drop. This apparently did not satisfy the Cantonese, for
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  • 102 6 According to the Swatow correspondent of the M. C. Daily News, a regrettable feature of the disturbances in South China is the appearance in the papers of so many wild, and almost baseless telegrams. The whole movement seemed to be so little formidable as scarcely to justify the expense of
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  • 828 6 Mr. Jamus Aitkeu returned from Malacca thin morning, by the steamer Ponanx. Cambridge University proposes to could the honorary degree of D.C.L. ou the Kinof Siam. .Mr. K. 1). I'iiiinlc. (ieuural ScinUi v ot the Singapore V.M.C.A., atU.-u.ktl h V.M.V.A. Coufer«-ncf at Chester, on .Inn,- i, Captain
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 97 6 Dont think of First Cost only. What about maintenance 7 BUSINESS. I "ORSE POWER BE.NG I Equally Proportioned. THE MOST ECONOMICAL CAK IN DAILY ISE. AND IB CHKAPRST OVKH A I'KKIOD OF FIVE YEAKS IS THE Arrol-Johnston ii J. Travers Sons, vi SOLE 7, D'Almeida Street. AGENTS for jj GENERAL
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    • 253 6 Wilson co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS. Out Productions are of the highest pouibie AUTISTIC TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE mid are known throughout the East as INCOMPARABLY THE BEST. In Photography, n» in auything eluu, "The Best is the Cheapest." Singapore Philharmonic Society. POPULAR ORCHESTRAL CONCERT. The Orchestra o f the Philharmonic Society will give
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  • 1325 7 REWARDS FOR POLITICAL SERVICES. New Peers and Baronets ISki.tkh's Tklki.kam London. June The Birthday honours include Peerages to the follow iug Mr. Alexander I'eckover. 1.L.D.. F.S.A., F.L.S., F.K.G.S., and Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire j Sir James Kitson. Bart., M.P.. for Colne Valley, and President of the National Liberal
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  • 121 7 Syce Injured in Bukit Timah Road. About hall past eight o'clock this uiorniug. a grey cob, which had taken fright at some object, dashed along Bukit Timah lioad at a terrible pace and overturned the rubhertvred palanquin, to which it was yoked, into a dram uear the Tramway
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  • 60 7 A Malay was arrested by Detective Sergeant Muicock in a pawnshop, yesterday, in the act of trying to pawn some Chinese clothing. This morning, the Senior Magistrate sentenced the Malay to three weeks rigorous imprisonment for fraudulent possession of the clothing, as he could not give
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  • 69 7 Struggling Gold -Mining Companies. Most of the mining companies iv Netherlands India just manage: to exist; a tew almost pay expenses. One of those -the Palelch Company, which mines iv Celebes has just issued a report. It shows that while the output of gold has increased, it is not enough
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  • 174 7 The biddings for the constructor of I'lI 'I. iri.fi master's launches which were opened the other day, at Manila, was quite brisk, especially by Manila firms. The chief quartermaster advertised for bids for the construction of five launches, eight lorchas, eight boilers, and one hull. The
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  • 30 7 Mr. Chan Hcang Thoy, the Secretary of the Perak (ieueral Farm, is leaving the F M.S., on a pleasure trip to England, next mouth, along with Mr. Loke Chow Thve.
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  • 60 7 Probate was granted in Londou of the will of Mr. Thomas Beecham. of Wychwood, Norwood-avenue, South port, the founder of the fanioub pill busmen at St. Helens, from which ht retired some thirteen yuara ago. His estate has been returned for probate "as rtf the gross value of .£86,680. but
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  • 89 7 SOME IMPORTANT PROPOSALS BY HAGUE CONFERENCE. I Rkutub's Tkleoram.J London, June 28. It has beeu proposed by the Naval Committee of the International Conference at I the Hague that the employment of unmoored submarine mines or mines liable to drift should be prohibited, and to restrict the use
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  • 153 7 Seven Chinese Hold up Fellow Celestial. Notwithstanding the vigilaucoof the police, gaug robberies take place much more frequently than they should in so wellgoverned a place a., Siugapore. but it is seldom that they occur in so prominent a part of the town as Mansoor Street, a sidestreet
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  • 261 7 War Office Will Distribute £14,200 a Year. In a Itoyal Warrant issued from the War Office receutlv, it is announced that a sum of £11,200 a" year shull be distributed as rewards for distinguished or meritorious service among officers of the Kegular Army, in annuities not exceeding
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  • 284 7 An American Australian Steam Service. The New York correspondent of the Daily Mail states that the Americans expect a cousi derable increase in exports through a uew monthly steamer service, which will lie established in August next, between Sa» Francisco, Auckland, and Sydney. The steamers in
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  • 86 7 Mr. Asquitli stales that the steady redemption of the Public Debt at the present rate ou|ht in three years to raise the price of British Consols." The first cause of the stagnation was the South African war; the second cause was the failure of the late Government
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  • 607 7 LOCAL TEST CASES UNDER THE MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT. Messrs. i >n ahi l.n and t nn p.i'iy and Messrs. liuttenbach Brothers were summoned at the Police Com t, yesterday afternoon, respecting an alleged infringement of the Merchandise Marks Act. The firstuamed firm were summoned for selling the
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  • 70 7 Singapore -Kranji Railway Returns. The Government Ga/otte states that the receipts from all sources on the SingaporeKranji Kailway during May amounted to 17,459.34. au iucrease of »1,'1T4.1H over the corresponding mouth in the previous year. The total number of passengers was 4*2,032, the receipts from the tickets being $15,447.04. The
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  • 110 7 Tho ways of it t'uivcrsity Senate are past finding out.Tlwt body at Cambridge has made a most hetorogenous selection ot recipients of honorary degrees. Apparently the object has been to prove that party politics do not influence the Senate, and so party politicians and distinguished public servants have
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  • 181 7 Young Australia docs not always appear to be an expert in Bible knowledge. A writer signing himself Magistrate sends the following to one of the Australian papers concerning a lad attending a State school in Victoria Boy, ten years of age, was called to give
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  • 512 7 Former Penang Resident-Coun-cillor's Daughter Married: A pretty wedding was solemnised at, St. Paul's Churoli, Canterbury, ou June J, the contracting parties being the Hey. Hubert James Eduiond Boggis, only son*of the Key. Thomas Boggis, of Tavistock, Devon, and for many years Sub- warden of St. Augustine's Missionary College,
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  • 309 7 Multum in Paivo by the Telegraph, A force of Government troops have been sent to Ch>ngsha to suppress X).(XX) insurgents in Hunan. Chang. Cbih-tuug believes that the reformer. Sun Vat Sen. is organising troubles in China, and Uai ordered the commanders of troops within his jurisdiction to
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  • 72 7 According to a wire in the S. C. Morning I'ost, the Shanghai Volunteers wero ordered to be in readiness for last Saturday and Sunday, as it was believed in certain quarters that trouble was possible in the native city. A settlement was not contemplated, on June 21,
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  • 65 7 Ou the towing-path of the Kiver Lea near Jlapton, a man's suit of clothes and boots were discovered. In one of the boots was a piece of paper, containing the following: "To anybody or everybody. Hitherto 1 have been a wanderer with no fixed abode,
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  • 26 7 The Kerringas iaucy dress ball at the Tanglin Club last evening was a most delight ful function. the costuruet bsing exceptionally attraetivfONtt theilancing thorough! enjoy, able.
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  • 66 7 SIGNIFICANT NOTIFICATION IN BERLIN. Prince von Buelow's Understudy. Hut mi's TauMua London. Juue 2N. It is announced today that Dr. von Betlimaunl'lollweg, the Home Minister of Prussia, who succeeded Count von I'osa dowsky-Wehner as the imperial Home Minister, is appointed g 'in rally to represent Prince von Buelow,
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  • 79 7 General Booth's Welcome in London [Kkl'tkk's Tklkgram. Londou. June 2H. General Booth, the head of the Salvatiuu Army, whu has been on a visit to Japan, was welcomed in the Albert Hall by an audience of 1 2.1KX1 pcopli including m.m y titled and
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  • 29 7 llki ikk- Tklboram] Londou, June -H. ■\ing Edward has appointed thirty-seven veterans who served iv the I udi.iu Mutiny to be. Military Companions uf the Bath.
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  • 33 7 Ukitkh's TMMBM London. June Mt 'l'h:; Caw has issued I ukase directing the issue of NMMQjOOO four per cent Mm* s to assist in defraying the expenditure ol 1!XIV.
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  • 51 7 [Drr Ostasiatischk Lloyd Tklk^kam Berlin. Juue iH. M. Clciueuceau has expressed ho|>es that he will si «ni be able to announce the with drawal of the troops despatchud to Southern France to quell the disturbances stirred up by the wine-growers. The political situation there shows a marked
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  • 45 7 I'KK OsTAsHTIs, lit- I.|U>Yl> IkLKi.MAM Berlin. Juuc 2H. The Emperor of Japan has wired his heartiest thanks to the Kaiser for the friendly reception of the Japauese squadron at Kiel. The Kaiser has paid a farewell visit to the Japanese cruiser Tsukuba.
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  • 305 7 Australian's Attempt to Explain Perpetual Notion Problem. At a time when disquieting stories continue to be circulated concerning the systematic ill- treatment and uegloct of the Australia', native tribes, it is refreshing to note a remarkable case uf original talent in an Australian black, which lias boon fostered
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  • 162 7 A correspondent, of the Madras Mail stales thai by increasing the speed of steamers to 18 or in knots an hour it would bo possible to receive as many am six mails in the MM of a month. But by doing away with the virtual monopoly of
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 65 8 Mr. A. Criiickshunk. rowing captaiu of the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club, is leaviug Hongkong shortly. Mcihlnts of the club have givi n a dinner in his honour. Itei'ee, the billiard player, has been tngaged in h RUM of jOO.OOU up with Chapman. It was during -.his match
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    • 59 8 5.C.C. Tournament. Yesterday's results in the S C.C. bowling toiirmimi'nt are as follow: DoL'IILKs. M. B. -MrKian mid E. A. Brown, owe 8, v. J. McKcnzie and S. Sowilon, owe 5, unfinished, U to 11. B. A. Biddnlph and J. E. Sinclair, owe 1, heat A. G. Bush
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    • 117 8 Kegimental Campctition. At Hongkong, ou July W, the fiual shootiiiß between the R.A. Stuff, 88th Co., 87th Co., and 8;! rd Co., R.G A., for the shield offered by the R.A. Staff, aud which was won by them at the Regimental Sports, in April last, for putting the .shot,
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    • 118 8 Monjrkonir Tournaments. An in 1 n -.tingmatcli la the Double Chain|>ioushi'< ...iii. -it of t.he Kowloon Cricket I'lub »s played at Hongkong, on .June 1, between ran mid Lapsley, last year* Champion*, and Wilkie aud Clelland. The former pair won ti 1, 7 i, 0 it. S.C.R.C. Tournament.
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  • 126 8 Princess Louise of France, whose betrothal to Prim-.. Charles of Bourbon is announced, is the youngest of the handsome and accomplished daughters of the late Comto de Paris. She and her sisters and brothers are, of course, better known than auy lonian Royalties to English people by ivnson
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  • 69 8 M. Rodier. the Governor of Cochin-China, has r.ii-i-d the question of international Colonial disarmament and the neutralisation of Colonies. He dwelt ii|>on the heavy burden of military outlay in the Colonies. Disarmament ami neutralisation, he said, would result in a saving of money, which would be better spent in the
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  • Correspondence.
    • 194 8 Agri- Horticultural Show. To the Editor of the Straitu Times. Botanic Gardens, Singapore, June 28, 1907. Sir, Herewith I forward you a copy of the Prize Schedule for the forthcoming Agri Horticultural Show to be held in Kuala Kaugsaron the 9th, 10th, and 11th of August I next, which I
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  • 217 8 Employes' Great Conference at Birmingham. A momentous conference of railway men was fixed to be held on June 24 and M at Birmingham. It was to consist of about 600 delegates representing the rank and file of the railway service and was arranged to consider a re[port by
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  • 86 8 M. Oiacobini, the astronomer at the Nice Observatory, has discovered a new comet, *hich brings his list up to twelve. On the Ist inst., at 10.80 p.m. he found a new, very faint object, not blighter than a thirteenthmngnitude star, in the position of R.A.
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  • 111 8 As a consequence of communications which have passed between the British and the Chinese Governments, an agreement is i reported to be on the point of being reached i which should throw open not only Tibet but the Chinese provinces adjoining that country to much freer commerce. The
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  • 770 8 Government Sanction Planters' Proposals. The I into I Planters' Association in the i F.M.S. has displayed much activity of late in regard to the important question of labour supply, with the result that an Immigration I Committee has been appointed by Government for the purpose of considering
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  • 129 8 Argente Ferranti, an Italian, was removed to hospital on the 21st inst. suffering from a v on ml in tho leg inflicted accidentally by himself. He had cone to the Connaught Hotel, Hongkong, just before tiffin to call on a gentleman, whom ho was trying to
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  • 114 8 Hsi Van, a Manchu Censor, lias memorialised the Waiwupu recommending the establishment of an mdi pendant and pun 1 v Chinese- Roman Catholic Cbnrch in China. He aim suggests that a special Envoy should be sent to the Pope to request his Holiness to appoint a
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  • 406 8 An Accident Which Might Have Proved Serious. iFboji Oir Own Cobrkspondknt). London, Junp 7, To win the Derby, said one of the New York journala on Monday last, would bo the crowning accomplishment of Mr. Croker's turf ambition. The recent reunion in England of Mr. and Mrs. Crokcr,
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  • 31 8 Mr. Thomas E. Watson, of Duuif i ies, and of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, left personalty, apart from real or settled estate or property abroad, entered at£2,B«4.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 108 8 jjrand J\otel Ourope. (HEARING COMPLET OH) /^™^^Hl.S HK.ll CLASS FAMILY 1 HOTEL MAGNIFICENTLY FI'RMsUKD WITH ELEGANT SIMPLICITY AND MODERN IN CONSTRUCTION. OFFERS EVERY ADVANTAGE AND NEC ESSITY CON DUCIVE TO HEALTH AND COMFORT. SUITES OF ROOMS CONSISTING OF SITTING ROOMS, BED ROOMS, BATH AND DRESSING ROOMS WITH ELEC TRFC LIGHT,
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    • 378 8 /fwjnßßiv^v^ME: '-sflH^M^l^ 111 1 ?£smaamm2am?^^^maMaaaaaaKr^ f* I XVWWJBP^v >wWMJMJM^MJ\ wy^..; 7 THE RIGHT MEDICINE FOR PELVIC TROUBLES FOUND IN PERUNA. MRS CAROLINE KRAMER. Fort Collins, Col., write* "The majority of women who are suffering from disordered periods and other pelvic troubles, have tuch utronx faith in doctor! that they allow
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    • 386 8 Jo6n kittle 60., &td. FULL STOCKS OF ENGLISH-MADE HARNESS AND Saddlery 9E STABLE REQUISITES OF ALL KINDS. lii ■pair- la Hitinrss and Saddlery carried out I] oin- owu workmen, mid. -i Ktmamm siipt-rvißiou. Jeffrey's Stout JaTaf^ oiilcr thai tin.- Fir&J-C/ass MM Stout may MMMMt better Liown in IB this marker,
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    • 227 8 NOTICt. The lin and Export Maalschui<|>t inn 1.. Ankersmit and Co., ha\ing ceaned fro'in to ib. all communications regarding thia ('omiiai.v sre to be **nt ti J.T. lVters, mjmml KautculH?^ S-hniilt and Co., line. Singapore. June 29. IUO7. BAI-OISK PUB insi-r\m i: COMPANY BASLE. v'» «T.?, u KUM AN INSI
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  • 234 9 Sixo.\roM, Ivm 2S, 1907 PRODUCE. iH lubiM 6.70 Jo (Cube- No. 1 1 in|ii.:kel 10.35 Copra Bali 9. 50 do Pontianak g 15 Pepper, Black 17.874 do White 5% buyer* 24.75 *at>o FlQtir Sarawak M 3.04 do Brunei No. 1 297 PoarlSago 4.25 coffee Ban, 15% 18.00 Coffee, Palembang,
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  • Stock and Shares.
    • 312 9 formaion Capital onbsonbed N amber of Shares lan* Paid Value up to Company QcoT*Tioae 1903 1901 1908 1907 •800,000 •600,000 £400,000 •400,000 •400,000 •600,000 £850,000 •875,000 30,000 60,000 350,000 37,5000 i.!"inniM«d 60.000 90,000 10,000 uninaad 15,000 120,000 45,000 600,000 100,000 98,000 21,750 *,!50 unimed 60,000 150,000 36,000 i,BU) aaim«i
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    • 339 9 1905 £150,000 £104,987.10 46.500 93,500 I 1,700 I 8,800 0,000 nniMiMd f 7,000 l n.ooo 70,000 9,'tOU aniuued 70,000 B.ouo anivatd 1 13,500 f 8,000 M «.000 I 1 1 10 10 i a l •To 8 Anglo Mslay Robber Co., Ltd. (folly paid) tt (oontrib.) BslgowQie Robber Estate
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    • 205 9 £5,877.10.0 1225,000 £4,648.15.0 •335,000 7,688 4,500 13/6 50 13/6 50 814.11.9 118,800 1 0.000,000. j) 11,000,000 350,0006 I 40,000 Bella Asbestos Eastern Agency, Ltd Fraser 4 Neavt Ltd. •7.00 140.00 110,000,000 i »10,000,000 80,000 •136 •135 Hongkong and Shanghai Bank 855.00 •2,400,000 12, ,00.000 18,000 I 6,000 6,000 4,000
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    • 32 9 Howarth EraUne, Ltd. t% MOO.OOO pran Biley Harge.re., Ltd. 3%^. Singapore Mnnioip»l 6% 400,000 20% prem N 6% 1,676,000 9%prsm. T^iougPaWDookCcLtd. .T H SJ^S? 3^ P ™r miDal 5% 1,050,000 par.
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    • 213 9 HOTELS. CftLEOONIAM HOTeT 77, Bra.si Basnh Rond, SingaporeThe Brightest and Healthiest Resort in the City. Hotel Porter in uniform meets all goats and Traiu-. HOTEL WISSE \Veltevrepes. Baiitu. Established in 1636. Renovated up to date. Splcndiri situation in the I asbionable Centre. Opposite ihe Faiace of Governor-General aud Clnb, an.l
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    • 111 9 XD^ 8e n 9 GO" ,2 B.HEBV RO SIN6APORE VfIPVIM su P« ri^ lIVIIIbw t0 3 3 vUl^l# Culxrbs. and TAILORS, OUTFITTERS, d 6 the same diseases as these drugs GENERAL DRAPERS fa lorty^ ht hours without —*wfc*. inconvenience. Sacta Cipwlc b»r a the name (MIDY) m g- FM DISEMES
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    • 254 9 y^ASSIAMULL ASSOMULL AND CO. LAROLST INDIAN, CHINESK AND JAPANESE SILK, JKWELLERY VXD CTMO MERCHANTS. 1, 2, 3 4, HIGH STREET. -'i at The Grand Hoti A lKuroni^^^ N. \vs nhifinMll of yoods r.r. iv, d l.v eTOTT mail from I; .li a China an.l Japan, in gnti variftv. Charges Moderate,
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  • 469 10 [8eme -Artillery Kidin» Bchool in plain of India. Tune fi n.m. Drain, pern.- OM Artillery *lSi«lii»j_; Instructor and squad of anxious tooMag Mounted Infantry men pfa| through ■•refresher' course of ruling Kach man i>- -it»iinliiit; to mi artillery i Kiin-.millcr. (I daren't say horse for fear
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  • 665 10 Views of an Eminent London Financier. Interviewed ou t'ie subject of the present low price of securities. Sir Samuel Montagr, head nf tin banking lions,' bearing his nam. said: These low pri.^s ilo not only prevail here. Imt it is tin- MM all over tin world
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  • 133 10 nlwn in I'aris King hilward N|>eut a morning at tin Salon, and under the guidance of M. Kilouard Dctaille made a close ins|» <■- tion of some of tin- ]>aintiiigM ami statuary exhibited. The King was readily recognised anil respectfully saluted as lie ftmtt through the various
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  • 1390 10 Mr. S;ittor, tile New Sontli Wales Cmunicrci;i! Aycnt in tin- Ka*t, has been iuvcuti•jiitM^ tin. AiKtraliau tragic with UM Striiit-. SettloiiK-nts :iii<l ili< FotaaM Malay StuU--. ■Hu tliinks that a considerable mnrkut otn be opuutJ up in liors< a:nl pmUa, :m<l tlm in frozen mutton.
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    • 381 10 BANKING COMPANIES. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. paid-up Capital ho.ooo.oog reserve fund Sterling Reserve $10,000,0001 BilveriWrvo 111, 000,000 21 000 000 R:B.rv B Liability of Proprietors 110,000,000 COURT OP DIRECTORS. G. II Medhurst, Esq. Chairman. I Hou. Mr. Henry Keswick.— Deputy Chairman, i A. Fuchs, Esq. A. J. Raymond, Esq.
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    • 480 10 BANKING COMPANIES. CHARTEREO BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY itOYAL CHARTER. Capital £800,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £800,000 Reserve Fund J £1.075,000 —j— BANKERS. Bank 04 England. National Ba,uk of Scotland. The London City it Midland Bank, Lfc». SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Accounts are opened and interest allowed at
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    • 441 10 SALES BY AUCTION. ACTION SALE OF SCRAP 1HON. STEEL CUTTINGS. *o AND A STEAM MOTOR CAB, At Messrs. Riley, Ilargreaves .V fo.'s Foundry, Read Street. On Tuesday, Juhj >, at 2.30 p.m. H. L. Coghlanff Co., Licensed Auctioneers 13 19 and Surveyor! AUCTION SALE OK 360 BAGS NTT MKGS At
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    • 557 10 INSURANCE Companies LANCASHIRE INBTTRANCE COMPANY row Msmocr in THE ROYAL INSURANCE CO., FIRE 4 LIFE. INVESTED FUNDS £12,WO,000 POWELL A Co.,— Agmtt HOYAL DI8CBAKOI COMPANY. KIKE AND LIFE. TOTAL INVESTED FUNDS EXCEED £13,000,000. in lahobst na« omci in tbi world. BOUSTEAD Co.,— Agent THE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
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    • 13 11 ■MffUEO TO A MODERN lie tlluiM Judging over Colic, i ll :it It
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    • 463 11 Local Motor Car Agencies. WE, CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS, *m-mmmt occasions been asked why ro much importance Bhould Ik> placed on the r,OW PKTROf. CONSUMPTION of the ARROL JOHNSTON when the price cf petrol, although rapidly advancing (at home) it j it reasonably law. The roally important advantage of low consumption
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    • 630 12 Scale of Charges. PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS.— MisceI- j laneous Wants of Every Description, Houses, Land, etc., to let, are inserted at the following rate*:— One Insertion 1.20 per inch. Two 2.00 Three 2.80 Six 5.20 Nine 6.40 Twelve 7.20 Twenty-five 10.00 (Each subsequent month %5 per inch.) The above rate is
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    • 509 12 Miscellaneous WANTS. r, tes Four Lines, one or two Insertion", f>« Bjr the Inch, »c« Scale of OkMsJMb i LESSONS IN FRENCH. &C 1 Private lessons given in French and German by a thoroughly experienced and qualified teacher (gentleman). Also lessons in English composition and style. Terms moderate. F.G., c/o
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    • 576 12 to eWIM 0f ______^^»S^H ::<TIS:— ?o«r Line*, one or two inse^^H By tl^nch, tee Bcale of ChArges.^^B COMroWmJUSETOBELET^B No. 28 Sophia Road. Apply to 18 2 PrinlH Street. c 811 TO LET. Hollandia, No. 4, Lloyd Road entry from July If, Apply to Hammer, c/o 6 Flint Street. r1340 TO
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    • 232 12 1 •.:t^M MalaccaTlß 1290 Mai Phaeton in^pH horses, double hanjßJ Can be seen at Adru^s^B c 686 MARE ANO VICTORIA^ ilauclsoiiii. Grey Austrnlian^H Calcutta -built Victoria mj^^M Apph ">.8.,' c/o Strai|r^p] U1346 pjßswKr Ap|il.\ t Mana^BJ ■Ustate, Selangor. r c7OB BOILERS FOR! Three Tubular second t^| condition, each 25 H.P
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