The Straits Times, 23 March 1908

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.600. SINGAPORE. MONDAY. MARCH 23. 1908. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 188 1 v^ life y^^y^Q J^y JUST ARRIVED *T II One 12-16 h.p., 4 cylinders, 1908 Model, "BAYARD-CLEMENT," j| Double Phaeton, side entrance, "Roi des Beiges," Model de Luxe Oar, 7-seated, painted red. OnCmriPATlflll rmul mr* I fHalir WghlH, n m.uj. bore, 120 m.m. stroke. Mechanically operated Ol LUlllUAl lUH valve*. Moublt
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    • 108 1 ROBINSON Company. Cushions! A large selection of Frilled Cushions, Irish Han<l-Einbroidered Frilled covered sateen and cretonne, filled Muslin Cushion Covers in Ecru and clean cotton, size 20 by 20J inches. White deB1 8" ari lllu »t ratlon J Sizi \s 20 by 2<), tthjtt. 24 by 21 inches. Price $1
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    • 148 1 ADELPHI HOTEL. Singapore. The Lang ham Hotel of the East. m& immj mysiiiMi sisoapohe under English man.ckmkm Anglo-French Cniaine English Cleanliness Home Comforts I Moderate Terms GUEST NIGHT EVERY SATURDAY. On Satnrdav next. March 28, the management will present a DINER ROYALS," the menn being taken from one wucil to
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    • 61 1 NOTICE. rHE HOTELDE LA PAIX. This well-known establishment, which has changed ownership, is low open and ready to receive visitors (Boarders Passengers). Fhe House hae be^n thoroughly renovated, and will be made comfortable in every respect. The management intend to keep up she good name this Hotel has always had
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  • 1003 2 F.MS. LOANS FOR RUBBER PLANTING. The planters of the F.M.S. are finding their roubles coming not a o single spies, but in .1 1 tiilii n-. The following paragraph appears n a recent Malay Mail to hand, unadorned and unempbasized by a head Km- We arc informed by
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 341 2 There is no work possible on the most Expensive Machine which cannot be Performed on JL _C_LJ_Li "EMPIRE TYPEWRITER. It in guaranteed to outlast the highest priced machines. It is without eIOBMU MM or excessive weight. Its SIMPLICITY and BEAUTIFUL WORK have gained for it the highest praise from Governments.
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    • 157 2 MARTINS _F%lfarLadl^ Pf JLLS V"?*'y»- •'••♦'•''"■'i I**1 '•■o'.wn.j- *r.'-"""Cv ,i-:.'..:', i-: t v l -iii.',TT."' r». «jV.Vo«»,.W.«"V«'Ai".-i' Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. NEAR ENTRANCE TO BORNEO WHARF Telephone 1026. t Sea stocks oi all kinds of 1 Frozen Meats, etc., can be delivered to Shipping at the Wharves, ior in
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    • 229 2 FOR LAOIESSi ]'JORETiHOMOLL£'SA?iOi/ i the most sura rtmedy aqalmt the sickness, and othtr effaces caused t) ths duty of ths rtgultr periuds BtomNAm^An .Hoe a«-Honore rui\i Tb« DBA* OP CAHHL^tUh^^ mwtjrr ""..fO"' for 1.M1yf1.,. rM n' V I K^« •pplluallaa. I was cared ormplfUly. and afl»i- i'na i?V« L Mo
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    • 65 2 "Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt." Don't let your doubts cause you tc delay taking Steams' Wine for another day if you are in ill-health. It is a tonic of sterling excellence that has restored the bloom of
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    • 256 2 VARIETIES SPECIALITIES Maynard Co.,] Sim «:i-w, LIMITEI. GUmm «-jw CHEMISTS ANO OPTICIANS. U, Battery Road. Singapore, u-STu. Spectacles ano Eyeglasses. SlMCtacles 80lD eoio-Fiuni mo solid hickcl. Optician I'rict s Mud. r; t v i/n.iu- EmUcnt. A u^g^ BUTTERFLY BRAND %^fc: 'GR2EN BUTTERFLY Ml I If BEST KNOWN- BEST LIKED, being
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  • 331 3 ALLEGED REMARKABLE CONDUCT OF THREE SUBALTERNS. A4Mw from Madras, dated lUth instant State: The following charges were t'ramtd against the three subalterns of the ->nd 1 targets at Ootacamund. I, Le welly n Eddison Buckley, Justice of Peace and District Magistrate, charge you Hillyard Watts as follows that
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  • 314 3 A Burglar's Extraordinary Career of Crime i Before Mr. Robert Wallace, K.C., at tin; Newiugton Sessions, a determined-looking man named Thomas Morell, forty Hewn, painter, was indicted with Albert Smith, thirty-three, porter, for having broken into the house of Edward Moore, at Elinsroad, CUpham, and
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  • 156 3 Memrs. S. Figgis and Company. Londoc. in their weekly report on the India Rubber Market, dated February 28. writes The market has had a quick reaction after last week's decline, and prices for Fine Para are 3d. higher, closing *<l. below the best. Hard Fine sales of
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  • 58 3 DON' T BE ALARMED. METHYLOIDS will cure it. All affections of the urethra such as Gonorrhea. Cystitis, etc., are quickly cured with Methyloids. Their effect i s rapid and agreeable. Tiny relieve pain and promptly arrest the discharge. Where other remedies have failed try Methy. loids and watch the results.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 729 3 Haekensehmidt's Great Rival. JT^ v ww stamina .^^t'b '^*^SPy) and Musclei? > \Jfe J \t^~it Ji tfr c foi'nidabl* young wre-i'ln^; "''s,^! -W 'W.tL«JjiPjJr chaivipion who has issued a challenge &jJB^ limidt, is authoritatively v -J 1 j st.iieil lo be the most dangerous r, HL^, **mOs' J as ever
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    • 281 3 PURE MILK FOR BABIES. Foods The Allenburys" Milk Foods are the nearest approach to mate«n«l milk that science has yet iebtowd They crovide when used as ducted, a complete diet tor infants; promote v.gorous health and growth, make firm tiesr. and stron/ bones' and ar-e so graduated as to g.ve
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    • 653 3 United Asbestos Oriental Agency, Ltd. [gPK^-yj^j^nga^Bg^ M^^^^Mg\ $Cl€ »6t»Ts for BpBPT 'rffMrr* *T^n Bff P^' 'i£^Q&r~ STEEL Cfc I" iliametcr to 4" diamett BaT*'" r i^H^SriffTwMH >^^^pSI PfITERSON SIMONS CO.. LTD 'DOG'S HEAD" BBAND Registered Kg fi^^J^l^J Trade Mark. Juinnens's Stout. Imqo I ISSt mtHm AHEAD of ALL. SINGAPORE AND
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  • 806 4 Name, port, firobahlc date oj arrival, and name oi Agents STEAMERS. Airlie, Sydney. Apl 24 Boustead Ajax, China. Apl 11; W. Mansfield Alcinom. Liverpool, Apl 2 W. Mansfield Arcadia, Colombo, May 22 V. it O. Coy. Australiea, M.trseilli->. Apl 6; M. Maritime* Ayuthia, Calcutta Apl Borneo Ooy A.
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  • 190 4 Passengers Outward. Por P. and <>. fctoamt r Mi.ugolia. counectia^ with the sUauier Devanha at Colombo. From London. Kcb. 'ijt. due Mar. W Mrs. i Kiiii-rhou. Mr. Hiwobian. Mt. Stephens. Mrs. Ugwia, "»!r. Boaaaaasa, Mr. L. Tait, Mr. W H. I, Brook, Mr. A. Hamilton. Mrs. C
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 32 4 LAXATINE. the Ideal Purgative, reoommtuded by the best medical authorities. Easy so take aud certain in results. To be had of all ohemuts. Wbolesal* from Th* Pharmacy, Bat Wry RoaJ, 6in(jap'-r* mm
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    • 731 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. Por China, Japan, Penan*, Ceylon, Australia. India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Golf, Continental, and American Port*. Steamen will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINE. Oulwanl (/or China). 1908 Devanha Maroh
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    • 691 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAHDEL AND BCHEEPVAART MY. "BANNER." BANDJERMASIN. The Steamers of thi* oompaay maintain a regular asrvioe between: Singapore, Soorabaya. Bandjennasin, Polo Laut, Balik Papan, Koetei, with transhipment at Bandjennaiin for Sampit, Mandawai, Koemai, Kotta Warlngtn, Djelal. The (teamen have good aooomodaUon for flnt and seoond olaa* passengers. Tow O»w.
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    • 536 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. PASSENGER BERVICE By the new iteamers "RHENANIA," HABSBUKG," "HOHENSTAOFEN." These steamers offer to the publio the highest Comfort yet attained in Ooean Travelling. They have very large cabins, provided with only lower bertha. The oabins are amidships and fitted with fans. Laundry on board. Dootor
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    • 729 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. D. L. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. Imperial Oirm.n Mall Una. The fast and wall known mall steamers of thi* Company sail fortnightly from Bremen Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southarap ton, Gibraltar. Oenoa, Naples, (oonneotioD Marseille*, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Por Said, Snei, Aden, Colombo, Penanc Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai,
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    • 661 4 ARTICLES FOR SALE. &*ru i torn uw, onoin isMrtfcw*. r- jjo By th. inch. Mt Soal, of Cku«M. GELDIN6B FOR SALE. A pair of Black Geldinp., 16 bands, snitablu for big ictoria or Landau. Owner leaving for Europe. Any reasonable offer aocepted. To be been at H. Abramu' Horse Repoeitory.
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  • 1348 5 xtr.-^teamw; »li.-»hip; bt|.-lnn)ua: wli. wbuuner: Vet. -Yacht (1 v. -<:ruiaar; Obt.-Him-hi.il; lor.-Turuetlii; 11.p.--llor»e-pi»w« Itnt.Kritiah; U.S. liiito.l sums; Kch.— French Oer.— ciennin Dut.--DuU-b Itul.— ltalian span Spanlah; sir.-S;.nw;ik Ox. Us— l«Mf»i d.p.— deck paairiitiT |-.-i:i.c»rt:iiii; W.--»VhnrJ; T.P.D.-Tanfonn PaaSvbosfc; K. U.-Kappel Harbour; P. 8.-Pulo Kraoi T. It. -T.uijon K
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  • 89 5 March ai Heliopolis, Brit str, Chefoo Cheang lloik Kiac, Out str, Batavia v.a ports 33 Charon, Brit -tr, Fremautle via ports Bin What! II n, Brit str, Kuantan A. Bebic, Fch str, Yokohama via ports Alicante, Span str, Liverpool via port i Breid, Nor str. Bangkok 3] lIITO, Ni^r
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  • 87 5 Wharves at which Vessel* «r» Berthed To-day. t»«jo»po *oar Eaht Wbabi Bahin— Nil. Rial W. Section I— Muttra, Ziugara. Scot. 1 (Shzkbs Whabf):- Nil. Bk)tios No. 2— Tlwngwa, Merapi. d— Nil. i— Jluncostcr Caetle. 6— Nil. 6— R.I.M.S. NonUbrwk. 7— Hong Moh, La
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  • 67 5 HuiiuvAiiu P. A O. Mail. The P. and O. homeward mail btoamur Marmora left Hongkong, at 1 p.m., on Saturday, md is due here at 10 a.m., on Wednoeday, tl'.. 2Sth instant. Outward P. 0. Mail. The P. A O. outward mail steamer Devanlia left Colombo at
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  • 87 5 Fob Iks Stiaxu Timi To-mobbow Rbio, Siugkep, ludragiri Laurent lit 7 a.m. Sarawak Kuching H a.m. Batavia LaSeyuc 9 a.m. Auaraba, Nutuua Islaudu ISanka 11 a.m. U'koDL', Amoy, Bwatow Hong MM noon Falumbacg O;i/,ir I p.m. Tringyacu via ports Aing Ltvmj 1 p.m. Port Swuttuuham I'uh Ann 1
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 387 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. N.Y.K JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.LTO. A regular FORTNIGHTLY service is maintained between Japan and Europe by the following NEW TWIN-SCREW STEAMERS, Under Mail Contract with tho Imperial Japanese Government, speoially designed for the Company's European Service, lighted throughout by Electricity, provided with excellent accommodation for First and Second
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    • 424 5 1 STEAMER SAILINGS. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO. NOTICE. The Company's Mail Steamer Marmora, 10.509 TONS, detain (J. 11. C. Wcbton, u.N.i:., will btdespatched from Singapore for Pcuang. Colombo, Bombay, MARSEILLES aud LONDON, at il p.m., on THURSDAY, MARCH 26. For Froigbt aud Passage, apply to H. W. BUCKLAND,
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    • 534 5 STEAMER SAILINGSOCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO.. LTD. The Companies' steamen are doapatohed from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China and Japan every week, and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight and for Oenoa, Marseilles and Liverpool monthly. One nntward steamer
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    • 464 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. C P R Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Line. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO EUROPE VIA CHINA JAPAN, CANADA and the UNITED STATES. Route from Hongkong, via Shanghai, Nagasaki (Inland Sea of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria and Vancouver, R.M.B. "Empriss of India" 1 Twin scrow stcaR.M.B. "Empress
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    • 195 5 AUCTION SALES Powell and Co. Mch 23— Intbo Harbour, opposite tbo Kicc Mill at Bcacb Kuad, Tongkuug. at j U p.m. M La Coghlan and Co. Mob '.'a— At 5, Huldes l'laco, Do Diou liouUm Motor Cur, at uoou. J ~i At Uubanu (.'ijjain. ut MOD, 23— At Salo-room, Chinese
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 284 5 DAY BY V\\ Monday, March 23. High Water 151 p.m. Auuual meeting Singapore Golf Club. 515. 8. C. C. tennis tournament. Alhambra Cinematograph Show. 7-30. Japanese Cinematograph. 7-30 p.m. Tuesday, March 24. High Water. M_> a.m. 45 p.m. Licensing J nut ices, y-30 p.m. Kiiyal Asiatic Socioty. 5 p.m. Hockey.
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  • 27 6 Nonius. At SO, CubboL Road, Bangalore, on .March 21, Mary, widow of tho late Owen Vincent Norris, 1.C.8., Executive Engineer, Mysore P. W. Department. (By telegram).
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  • 484 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. MONDAY, MARCH 23. Taken in conjunction with tho fact that the wliolo of the South Africa, with the exceptiou of Natal, is now dominated by the Boerc, it is not at all a happy augury for the futuro that the Oraugo liiver Colony has
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  • 426 6 Who is qualified better to elaborate on tbe principles of English Colonial Government than a member of the Colonial Office, and an erstwhile secretary to the Crown Agents! Distinctions like these belong to Mr. Berriedale Keith, whose later appointment should entitle him to know more of Colonial selfgovernment than it
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  • 16 6 The price of tin in Singapore to-day is $70} per picul. Fifty tons have been sold.
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  • 12 6 According to our contemporaries, the dust nuisance is becoming intolerable in Penang.
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  • 18 6 From Hoihow, 730 passengers arrived by the Anghin, yesterday, and from Amoy, 1,457 came by the Hong Boe.
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  • 18 6 A cargo of case wood arrived from FooCbow, yesterday, by the British steamer Stettin, bound for Pulo Sembilan.
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  • 17 6 From Bangkok, the local steamer Singapore brought 152 bullocks, yesterday. The German steamer Korat brought 136 more.
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  • 20 6 About 600 passengers arrived from Calcutta and Penang, this morning, by the Indo -China Steam Navigation Company's steamer Nam Sang.
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  • 21 6 Over a thousand passengers arrived from Hongkong, yesterday, by the British steamer Kutsang. A child died on the voyage from bronchitis.
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  • 24 6 Information has been received from the Consul -General for the Netherlands that the buoy marking the Karang Tambaya Rocks, Banka Straits, is burning again.
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  • 35 6 Five Chinese were fined 14 each by the Third Magistrate, Mr. E. E. Colman, on Saturday, for gambling in a common gaming bouse, the common gaming bouse being a sampan tied up at Boat Quay.
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  • 27 6 Wednesday, being the day for the celebration of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, there will be Holy Communion at St. Andrew's Cathedral at 7. a.m.
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  • 22 6 Mr. A. Duke, Adviser to the Government of lVrlis. and Mr. E. Florio, Deputy Comp-troller-Goneral. Ministry of Finance, Siam, are in Penang.
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  • 46 6 Two Chinese t« a kow men appeared before the Second Magistrate, Mr. C. F. J. Green, on Friday, on a charge of so rashly navigating their boat that a Chinaman fell overboard and was drowned, on the 10th instant. The heariug of the caso was adjourned.
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  • 48 6 The attention of the Foreign Affairs Board at Peking has been called to the fact tbat the Republic of Panama has just passed laws which bear very cruelly on the Chinese residing them. The Board has brought the matter under the notice of the American Minister at Peking.
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  • 45 6 There were three applications for new public houses and seven for transfers, while three persons applied for new billiard saloon licenses and two for transfers, at the meeting of the Penang Board of Licensing Justices on Wednesday last. All the applications except two were granted.
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  • 54 6 Dr. F. W. Goonetilleke has had his Tami. bill collector arrested on a charge o criminal breach of trust of 1700. Tbe case was mentioned to the Third Magistrate, Mr. E. E. Colman. on Saturday, and withdrawn, as the Doctor did not want to prosecute, since friends of tbe accused
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  • 54 6 Mr. E. E. Colman, the Third Magistrate, sentenced three Hing Wah ricksha coolies to fourteen days' rigorous imprisonment and bouud them over in sums of 1200 each, on Saturday, for criminal intimidation in at tempting to drive away Hock Chua coolies from the stand uoar the Hotel de l'Europe. Thirteen
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  • 55 6 The other day, we called attention to millious of francs being wasted at Saigon in building quays which are now found to hare no firm foundations. The Opinion urgos tbat tho example of Singapore be followed in building wharves instead, on tbe ground that the latter will be more useful
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  • 68 6 On the 1 :'t 111 1 instant, the Customs g aards on board the steamer Korat found 2,fc00 cartridges, suitable for use in a large-bore revolver or rifle, stowed away in bags near the saloon. A further search lead to the discovery of 192 dozen gun nipples, also in bags
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  • 64 6 The British India steamer Thongwa, which arrived at Singapore on Saturday, from tbe Coromandel Coast, was ordered to remain outside tbe harbour limits at Penang. Cholera broke out among the coolies on board during the voyage, two dying on Tuesday and one on Wodnosday. There were 86* i! ordinary passengers
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  • 64 6 Tho Adelphi hotel management offer a fresh attraction for their next Guest Night," in tho form of a royal dinner. Mr. Brunei- Norman was for some years wellknown as a musical impresario, and in this way he was enabled to study gastronomic tastes. He has an interesting collection of menu-cards
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  • 66 6 I understand, writes the London correspondent of the Manchester Dispatch, that proceedings for divorce are being taken by a lady, closely related to our own Royal Family, whose marriage to a foreign nobleman has turned out unhappily. The marriage was one of convenience, and was intended to overcome »n ill-advised
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  • 79 6 The accounts of the Ipch Club for the half year ending December 31 last are being circulated and show, says the Times of Malaya, that the Club has made a profit of over 14,100 during that period. The committee propose to carry forward this sum to from a Contingency Fund
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  • 78 6 News from Sumbawa states that the back of the rebellion there has been broken after the field force, under the Governor of Celebes, had killed the insurgents in hundreds. Submissions have multiplied, and large quantities of arms have been surrendered. A registration of the people will be taken, and a
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  • 78 6 There was a serious affray between rival gangs of Hokien Chinose in the Sungei Pinang district of the Northern Settlement on Thursday. Two policemen, a native sergeant-major and a constable, were injured, the sergeant-major so severely that it was found necessary for the acting First Magistrate, Mr. L. E. P.
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  • 117 6 The removal of the Fort at Penang has often been advocated by the mercantile community of that Settlement, their idea being that such a valuable building site should no longer be encumbered by the ancient fortress, but should be cleared to to make way for modern business premises. The Penang
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  • 555 6 Mr. N. C. S. Bosanquet, of Kuala Lumpur, has returned from leave. Second Lieutenant Scott, R.G is granted leave of absence from March V, to May to proceed to Hongkong and China. Lord Rosebery will be nominated, on April 1, Chancellor of Glasgow University in succession to
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  • 53 6 A gaoler at Rendsburg, in Schlexwig, has been arrested on a charge of having assis ted a convict to carry on coining operations in his cell. The gaoler's wife and mother-in -law have been taken into custody on a charge of having uttered spurious coins turned out
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  • 82 6 Several large hop-growers in Kent have decided to allow their ground to go out of cultivation. The low price to which hops have fallen owing to foreign dumping has made it impossible, they declare, to obtain a profit. Hundreds of pounds will be lost to tho
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  • 158 6 Having had under review the general conditions governing the special entry of boy* and youths into the Navy who are under tin- physical standard, or who are suffering from some minor defect or dmability, tha Admiralty have given directions tn reci uitiug officers that it
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 311 6 "CHAMPION BRAND/ INDIAN Crushed Food, ?6 a fib°s f Thompson, Thomas a Co., \1 and 18, Stamford Road, General Provision and Horse Forag) Merchants. EMPLOYMENT WANTED. I I By a young Straits- born Chioam.iii, as Rook- 1 keeper and Typist, and in General ODice Work. PMI OUPIRE at a moderate
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    • 264 6 To-Night ALHAMBRA KEACH UOAD. EXPENSIVE ENGAGEMENT. Abdala, COMEDIENNE EXCENTRIQUE FROM THE CASINO de PARIS IN HER Latest Successes, AT 10.30 P.M.. in conjunction witli the Cinematograph Show. CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. LAST TWO NIGHTS OF ABDALA. L. F. WILLIS, Managor. A SPECIAL POPULAR CONCERT In behalf of the Funds of the
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  • 182 7 JAPAN THE STATES UNITED STATES FLEET TO FOSTER FRIENDSHIP. Probable Visits to Yokohama and Shanghai. I Dan OsTASUTiscaa Llotd Tkleuham Berlin, March U. It is reported that the United States Government has decided to accept the. invitation to visit Japanese ports, and it is hoped this visit will promote a
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  • 126 7 Tariff Reformers Strive to Regain a London Seat. IKICTII'H TILBUKAMJ London, March 28. The bye-election for Peckham (Camberwell) Division, rendered vacant by the death of Mr. C. G. Clark (Liberal) is proving a record fight. The most stirring street scenes are taking place, and Parliamentary speakers, including Ministers
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  • 67 7 Senhor Franco Reported to be Back in Lisbon. jKiijiiß'a TblboraMj London, March 22. It is reported persistently in Lisbon that Senhor Franco, who was Dictator under the the late King Carlos, and whose stern administration was chiefly responsible for the assassisiation of the King and the Crown Prince,
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  • 33 7 RCIBE'S TILKUKAM London, March 2il. The Northern Squadron of the French fleet will probably visit Portsmouth on the occasion of President Kallierc.n visit to England iv May next.
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  • 39 7 Kn in. TelegbamJ Ottawa, March 21. Speaking in the House of Commons, the Minister of the Interior, Mr. Frank Oliver, stated that Japanese and Hindus would be treated alike as regards exclusion or deportation.
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  • 24 7 |KICT»H'S TBLKOKAM.] London, March 28. Mr. Henry Farinau'* aeroplane has travelled a distance of 2750 yards, in Paris, turning eight times.
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  • 36 7 I Dan OsTisiATiscHi Lloyd TiLkOKAMj Berlin, March 21. The juurualisis in the Reichstag have stopped reporting the proceedings because of the insulting exclamations of Herr Groeber, a niembtr of the Centre l'arty.
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  • 35 7 [Dt« OSTASUTI9CHH LbOTD TbLBGRAM] Berlin, March 2*2. The French Government has accepted Germany's proposals to take precautions against the possible occupation of Saffi by Abdul Aziz, toe Sultan of Morocco.
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  • 334 7 A Farewell Dinner and Presentation in Malacca. (Fbom Opr Own Correspondent.) Malacca, March 22. A farewell diuner to Mr. J. A. H. Jack-ton aud l>r. Crouclier, who shortly are leaving for Kurope, was given at The Planters' Arm«, as the town rendezvous of the Malacca planters
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  • 461 7 Necessity for Mr. Justice Braddell's Reversion to Bench. It is indeed fortunate for the litigant public of the Straits and F.M.S., that the Govern ment of the Colony has deemed fit to terminate the ill-advised arrangement under which a Judge of the Supreme Court was drafted from the
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  • 113 7 The Sin Hau Kuk, of Canton, is negotiating with Messrs. Carlowitz and Company for the purchase of arms for the new Army of Canton. For thirty-six guns for the Cavalry firm in question is stated to quote marks 1,654,000. The price appears too much to the
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  • 94 7 Under the heading Printed As Received, a South African journal publishes a report r>£ a coucert given bj the Fauresmith Native Choir at the native Wesleyan Church, Koffyfontoin, written by a native. In his report the contributor says Amoug the choir, Mine Nora Moncho was the best
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  • 101 7 GENERAL SMIRNOFF RECOVERING FROM HIS WOUND. Governors and Commanders Called to St. Petersburg. [KutTIKS TILBOBAMj London, March 22. General Stoessel, who was sentenced to death for his conduct at the defence and surrender of Port Arthur, is now interned in the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paal.
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  • 311 7 Dutch Sovereign's Carriage Run Into by Tram. The following supplements the specif telegram we published, on February 27, concerning the narrow escape of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland: A Royal carriage which was being driven by PrinceJHenry of the Netherlands, to-day, (February 26) collided with an blectric tram
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  • 357 7 Points Raised on Merchant Service Case. Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith, having disposed of several uninteresting ecclesiastical petitions, in the Council Chamber, tl.is morning, took Magistrate*' Appeals. 1 n that of Lim Sian Now and Tan Gook, appellants, and Tan Chop, respondent, Mr. L. E. Gaunt appeared for the
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  • 156 7 It may not he known (generally t lat a Japanese professor of the Jinjutsu wan employed gome time ago to teach that art in the Police cadet schools of Bangkok. To acquire such an accomplishment was regarded most necessary to the members of the constabulary of
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  • 487 7 BRILLIANT OUTLOOK FOR THE NATIVE STATES. Views of a Prominent Director. By the home-going Fronch mail steamer Tonkin, which leaves for Europe this afternoon, Mr. J. L. Shand, of Messrs. Shand, Haldane and Company, director of the Consolidated Malay Rubber Estates, Ltd., departs for London after an absence
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  • 270 7 Proposed Counter- Association to the Rubber Growers. A inertim; of planters has been arranged bo take place at Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday next, to discuss recent proposals of the Rubbers Growers' Association, and to inaugurate a Malayan Planters "League as a sort of trade union. The I'inang
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  • 131 7 Mr. Frank Harvey presided on .February 28 at the half yearly meeting of the Dolcoath Mine, Limited (Cornwall), lield in Cannon Street Hotel. In moving the adoption of the report and accounts, be said that in the previous halfyear balance, the profit had been £41,421
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  • 42 7 Small -pox on German Steamers. There was one case of small-pox on board the Oerman steamer Phraoang, which arrived bum Swatow, this morning, with 923 pass engers. Another case was discovered on th< German steamer, Brasilia, which brooghl 744 passengers from Hongkong.
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  • 188 7 Theft of a Despatch Box Containing Two Hundred Dollars. (From Dor Own Correspondent.) Lipis, March 17. Mr. J. N. Sheffield's despatch box, which contained papers and 9200 in notes, was stolen from his house one night last week. The box was found in the jungle the next
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  • 558 7 Why the Launch Did Not Go to Tanah Merah. Further evidence was given on Saturday in the case against the crew of the tonguang, on which an explosion took place recently, in regard to conditions preceding the explosion The serang of the launch Kecorder, who, it was alleged
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  • 107 7 Champagne Cheap in Malaya The attempt that is now being made by the Association of Champagne Merchantx to reduce the price charged for cbampague by hotel and restaurant proprietors, reminds a correspondent of a London Morning Paper that there is at least one place in the world where champagne in
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  • 126 7 k reply to the Waiwupu enquiring as i., would be done in case JapaneHe battlearrived at Canton, His Excellency the n Viceroy, according to a Peking wire, that he would extend the fullest civilii the .Japanese battleships and instruct >mmanders of the various forts to
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  • 83 7 NO IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITION EXPECTED. Mr. H. H. Asquith his Only Official Visitor. [KIDTMR's TILBORASI] London, March 'i'-i. The Observer, LouJouh leading Sunday newspaper, states that Sir Henry CampbellBannerman if. seriously ill of a dropsical complaint, and that there is no prospect of a tptedy improvement in his
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  • 59 7 Dverstocked Auction Rooms and Share Depression. (From Our Own Cobkkspokdknt.) London (via Pcnang), March 21. The price (or Para is 3s. 2<1., and the averige price for Plantation 3s. 2*<l. There were large stocks in the auction ■001ns, but only a fifth of the quantity iffered was
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  • 28 7 I urn Ohtasiatihciii Lloyd Tklkokam! Berlin, Mmvli 22. The rumour that Herr Ballio has resigned .he managHineut of the HumbuiK-Amerika Liiuie is uoutradicteJ.
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  • 632 7 Interesting Historical Incidents. iKkom Oiii Own Cokkkspondknt.) Hamburg, February 27. Prubably, yuii will have beeu informed by .clrgiam of the death of Piofehsor Dr. uiu Usmarch, the eminent surgeon, winch MMM •ed iv Kiel ou the 23rd instant. Burn iv Touuiug iv HoUtein on Juuutry
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  • 23 7 Vacancy for planting pupil oil i hLU't estate in Malaya." Will he live iv or be U-ddtd nut mw where Punch.
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 31 8 On Tri.lay, Urn S.R.C. will pUty iootball ugaiust I". Company. Royal West Ke.its. Tlil Siuj^ipure liucrcutiuu lui> will uya^i: iv a Hoeltay match, to lLorrnw, .i^aiust the R.G.A.
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    • 53 8 Sculling Championship. The race between \V. Webb, at New Aabadi and It. TicKsidcr. of Now South Wales, for the sculliuu championship of tho world was rowed on tlio Wanganui river on February 25, and resulted in a win for tho New /ualandcr by two and a-half lengths. Time, JO
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    • 74 8 The Lincolnshire. A wiio of tlio 13th instaut, naya that the latest hcttin» on the Lincolnshire is an folbin: 0 to 2 against Lan.l League G to 1 against Bollatriv ii) to 1 a^aiu-it FiOOgcoft. 10 to 1 ayaiugt Snow I^copaid. -o to 1 agaiust SnaWi. <irand National.
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    • 116 8 Warders v. D Co West Kent.A tairly intorcstin;; Huccer niatcli was I'tayoJ at SofHiy Lints on Suturday, between the Warders and the I > Coiupiiuy, Royal West Ivut-. good play was scon, anil the l«uiuo «M well cntesUJi.l. Tho 1> Coniiiany wore tho lirst to booi'o, and tho
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    • 210 8 m,ilm> States Guides at Practice. \1 Taipiny, ou TwuuHn labt, Ike Malay Stalm Guides liiul a practice slioot it Die !00, oO>, and 800 yards. Tlio liylit was bad, licing ruisty, but there was little wind. Tliu avenge to tlie toaiu of ly «as 91 aud for selected
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    • 1246 8 S.K.C. v. West Rents. On tin Singapore Uoereation Club ou Saturday, the K.IJ.C. wore defeated by a team from the Royal West Kent*, captained by Lieutenant Dresser. The scores wore as follow Wtbi Kixrx Lance Cpl. Lytliall b Coelili' 28 l iustwuitc b Coohlo 6 Lt.Drosser run out. b
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    • 339 8 Singaporeans in Malacca. Oar Malacca correspondent, uudcr Sunday'n iltitn, writes as follows ■Mm. Forguson and Padday, well-known members of tlio Singapore Golf Club, arrived here yesterday. Tliis taoiniu;;. they indulged in their favourite pastime on the Malacca Golf Club's links at Lcreh. Mr. Ferguson beat Mr. Simc, who is
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    • 109 8 TUo following is tho play to-day cm tin H ))i .'iiiuli-. in connection with tlic S.C.C Lawn Tcuuis tournament: CHAMPIONSHIP. .Vunucly v. Kout. IS Oum Sini.lk.s. A. 0. Mcrglor v. Scott. C Class Singles. J. O. I law: h v. Cheek. Profession I'.mhs, l-'inal. Law ll.— Gauut
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  • 276 8 Foundations of Two New Station: Being Laid. Mr. C, E. Spoouer, C.M.ti., cainc down hen uii.Thursd;iv, says the Teluk Anson eorrcs poudent t<> the l'erak I'ioucor, to sco how the new railway is progressing. A garni dcul uf work has boon uouo there lately The whole of tho
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  • 50 8 Ail Italian anarchist, while kneeling at the altar of a church in Denver, Colorado, on pretence of receiving the sacrament of the Eucharist, bhot and killed Fr. Heinrichs, tho officiating priest. Tbeaseaßbin escaped, but wat sufrequuuU ly captured. He. was nearly I>uclu4 before being placed ia prison.
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  • 691 8 Provision for Improvement Schemes to be Approved. At a meeting of the Legislative Council to be held on Wednesday, the Colonial Secrotary will move That this Council approves of the expenditure during tho year 1908 of the balances amounting to 8282,748.44, unexpended on December 31.
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  • 142 8 The writer of tho City Notes in Tho Sketch of February 26. says Into the toils of tho controversy about Pahang Consolidated shares, I have not the least desire to enter. The Times and the Morning Post both endorsed fairness of the directors' defence on the charges made
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    • 481 8 JuHN LITTLE CO.'S ftnnual Gash Clearance SALE Commences Monday, April 6. TO-NIGHT SEE HOW THE WORLD WAGS FROM 7-30 P.M. ALHAMBRA. m Sheriff's Sale. In tlic cause ot ROBERT WILLIAMS MORRIS, l'laiutili. versus OWNER, S. S. IJATAVIER, Defendant. Messrs. H. L. Coghlan and Conipauy arc instructed to bo'l by Auction,
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  • 276 9 SisiAPoai, Marob 21, 1008 PRODUCE. Gambier buyers t 7.00 do (Cube No. 1) unpicked 10.3. r > Copra Bali 6.fiO do Pontianak 6.10 Pepper, Black 12 90 do White 5% 21.00 Sago Fiu-ir Sarawak ■<■ >>- do Brunei No. 1 2.95 Pearl Sai?o 8.90 Coffee Bali, picked '28.00 Coffee.
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  • Stocks and Shares.
    • 348 9 ion I I ananm 1903 1300 000 I*oo,ooo 80,000 110 110, Belat Tin M. Co.. Lid. 7.7* 90? mSJoOO 000 22.500 110 HO 7.500 B™ngLM. 725 1901 MOO 000 MOO.OOO 60.000 $10 $10 Braash Hydr»alio Tin M. Oo Ltd. 14 M 1908 £400,000 £850.000 350.000 *1 «1 SO.OOO Dnfl
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    • 412 9 1906 £150,000 1906 BWO.OOO 1904 j £30,000 1908 £70,000 1906 8150,000 1904 £11,000 1905 £76,000 1908 £310.000 1906 £180,000 1907 £320,000 1906 j 17VJ00 1908 j 9250,000 1895 £100,000 1906 £800,000 1903 HO, OOO 1906 8250,000 1904 £20,000 1904 i 910 D.000 1898 £30,000 1903 9250,001) 1906 1100,000 1906
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    • 212 9 1994 £3,877.10.0 ism ira.ooo ISM *15.J00,000 (908 13. 400,000 1896 I 11,000,000 1901 I 134,000 1889 1375.000 1908 1 8600,000 1891 830,000 19U3 £750,000 19 4 9160,000 1884 »BOO.onn 1890 I B*oo ,o 0 1887 tS.OOO.OOU 1904 I iID.JOG 24,805 2'iVOOfl 616.000,000 •5.t00.000 61,000,000 •84,000 1876,000 •340,000 830,000 £7i50,000
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    • 313 9 BOARD ANO RESIDENCE LargnaD I Comfortable Rooms. Tennis Court Apply, Mrs. von Harden. No. 8, Mount Elizabeth. K BOARD AND RESIDENCE Large and Comfortable Rooms. Tennis Court. Apply, Mrs. von Bargen, No 8, Mount t.li.abech. 319 BOARD ANO RESIDENCE. Comfortable Roomi, with 1 oard. Apply Leonie House. Lcouie Hill, Orange
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    • 100 9 Riley, Hargreaves Co., Ltd. I ARC LAMPS] ALL TYPES IN STOCK. FOR ANY VOLTAGE. THE CROMPTON-BLONDEL PATENT FLAME ARC LAMP. SMALL CURRENT CONSUMPTION— INTENSE GOLDEN LIGHT. SIMPLE. RELIABLE. STRONG. Note tlio lighting outside the Cinematograph Shows in Beach Road, which is carried out by our lamps. Electric Depot 1 3,
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    • 344 9 WASSIAMULLASSOMULU Co. 5 INDIAN STORE, f, 2. 3 and 4, High Street. NEWLY UNPACKED: A large consignment of SILKS, JEWELLERY AND CURIOS OF THE BEST QUALITY. Clearing at Reduced Prices. 9 Inspection Invited. Pohoomull Bros. 40E HIGH STREET SILK MERCHANT 9 Dealers in High-class Indian, Chinese and Japanese Silk, Curios
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  • 998 10 THE CROCODILE AND SLEEPING SICKNESS. Saurian's Extermination Advocated, j I As a result of his in\'-stiHa:inn> of the sleeping sickness, the famous German savant. Dr. Koch, concludes that the croodile plays an important part in the spread of this dread disease. In order to stamp out the plague,
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    • 624 10 BANKING COMPANIES. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. paid up capital »i 5.000,000 RESERVE FUND Sterling Reserve II •'5,000,000) a 4h son tMM Silver Reserve $13,800,000.1 Mtl S00 000 j Reserve Liability of Proprietors $1 .',,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. Henry Keswick.— Chairman. E. Goetz, Esq.— Deputy Chairman. QnstavFriesland.Esq. O.
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    • 575 10 BANKING COMPANIES.! CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Paid np Capital in 60,000 Shares of £20eacb £1,200,000 Reserve Fend ..£1,475.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors ..£1,200,000 BANKERS. Bank ol England. National Bank of Scotland. The London City A Midland Bank, Ltd. 6INGAPORE BRANCH. Current Aoconnte are
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    • 60 10 BEWARE OF FREQUENT COLDS A buccession of colds or a protracted cold j is almost certain to end in chronic catarrh, from which few persons ever wholly recover. Give i very coid the attention it deserves and j you v.ay avoid this disagreeable disease. Chamberlain b Coagh Remedy h famous
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    • 330 10 SALES BY AUCTION. MORTGAGEE'S SALE. Wednesday, March ?.5, at 2-iV p.m. Freehold Land and House known as No. 10, Jalan Ampas, oil Balefctier R«ad, ana: 30,975 square feet. G. A. Fernandez and Co., 601 Auctioneers, etc. MORTGAGEES SALE. MmMH Mar-h 23, at 2.30 p.m. 1. 999 years Leasehold Land and
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    • 705 10 SALES BY AUCTION. MORTGAGEE'S SALE. Messrs. D. L. Coghlan and Co. Are instracted to »ell by Auotuc it IMb Sale-room*, On MttMMJ^ March 30. ai 2.30 p.m., Ai; that piece cf Land estimated to contain au area of S.tittf) square feet, 99 years Leasehold, together with the House No. 42,
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    • 311 10 SALES BY AUCTION. MORTGAGEE SALE or THK TONGKANCJ KNOWN a 8 "SIN TONO SAN," Official No. 114 UP, Uttered Tounace 89 tons. Now King in th« Harbour, opposite the Rice Mill at Beach Road. The Sale will be held on the Spot, On Mouduy, March M, ai j.ij p.m. Powell
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  • 812 11 NOTES AND NEWS OF INTEREST TO MOTORISTS. Max Pemberton's Amateur Motorist. K r:i, ifWMM jjreet ilroauis {or tlie i Metorint g4 To-morrow but few arc likely to be itistititd by tin alow and uniiiianinative luarcli for reality. Hut tin so dn MO MB of many tlis ■mMoM MbM wliolly
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 367 11 MOTOR CARS. ARGYLLS Adams-Hewitts. CARS ON VIEW AT show-room srrr (Two I". or? frcm Cold bsorage I'epot; Dunlop Motor Tyres. "Non-Slips" (grooved) and "Ordinary" (plain) Stocked in all the principal sizes. Catalogues and foil particulars from SYME CO., AGENTS. Dunlop Motor Tyres. BOMBAY- KOLHAPUR RELIABILITY TRIALS. One of the uio^t
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    • 41 11 Many a woman is rendered irritable, nervous and cross by the frequent occurrence of a nasty headache. Steams' Headache Cure i» prompt and sure. Write for New Catalogue OF HUMBER CARS. Latest Improvements Reduction In Prices I THE BORNEO CO., LTD.
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    • 466 11 Local Motor Car Agencies. flrrol-gohnsfon W MOTOR CARS and MOTOR LORRIES. CENTRAL K ENGINE WORKS. MOTOR CAR REPAIRS. TYRES VULCANIZED. ACCUMULATORS RECHARGED. plating, ENAMELLING, PAINTING. By Skilled Workmen. LAMPS, COILS, JACKS, PUMPS, OIL, motor spirit, etc. Straits Qyde Motor <20., BATTERY ROAD. Richard Brasier CARS M TO ARRIVE SHORTLY. Levy
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    • 540 11 INSURANCE Companies THE ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURAN'CB. (EsTtßUitHF.r A. D. 1720.) The undersigned, agent* for the above com pany, are prepared tv accept Fire aud Marina Risk* at current rates. j 683 BEHN. MEYER Co., Ltd. NORTH BRITISH AND MEKCANTILB INSURANCE CO Babt-oribed Capital £2,750,000 I Revenue $2,061.044 19-8 I loe
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    • 547 12 Scale of Cbaracs. I PREPAID ADVERTIBEMENTB—MtaceIIaaeoui Wants of Every Description, Hoases, stand, etc., to let, are inserted at tbe following MM*:— One Insertion 1-20 per inch. Two *00 Three S.M Biz B.M ■tee 8.40 Iwelve 7.20 Twenty five 10.00 (Each subsequent month IS per inoh.) Tbe above rate is based
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    • 523 12 Miscellaneous WANTS. &»Tl< Pew LiBM, one 01 tiro insertion.*. fl.oo Hy'tbe inch, il« o< I'ha'^e*. OFFICES WANTED. WantuJ. large Officers Dear the Square. Entry Jnlvl. next. Offers to X.O. X., c/o Strain Times. 9 MM CASHIER WANTED. Experienced Cashier wanted by the Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ltd., 6, Collyet
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    • 745 12 Miscellaneous WANTS. lUTIS Pour LiBM, on* or two iucrtloni. (1.00 Bj Ui« iDOh, H« Seal* Of lhU|M, BILLET WANTED. Wanted, by a Young English Planter of 26, kboot the end of March or at once, if prospects ire good, billet as Manager on a small place, ir Assistant Manager on
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    • 617 12 rO BE LET OR SOLD.! Bates:— Pour Linei, on« or two InMrtioiu, fl. By tha inch, Heale o! Charm*. URNISHED HOUSE IN TAN6LIN TO LET. I For family or me9g. Tennis, stabling, piano ,nd linen. 15 minutes from town. G. L c/o Straits Times 496 HOUSE TO BE LET. Silverbank,
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    • 960 12 V.O.V. DAN MACFARLANE COMPANY'S I Royal Liqueur Scotch Whisky. OBTAINABLE OF ALL DEALERS. Wholesale from SYME and CO,, Sol A§mts. §S. ALLSOPP SONS, LTD. UAVK BRKN U'POINT*D Brewers to His Majesty The King. LAGER BEER, PALE ALE, STOUT. I Obtainable from the W Sjfnte Co.. Principal Dealers. Agents -"Uoi H***~
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