The Straits Times, 9 October 1908

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.778. SINGAPORE. ERJDAY. OCTOBER 9. 1908. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      205 1 The OSTEND MEETING. Kilometer Trials, Flying Start. Mile Standing Test. FIRST— B A YARD-CLEMEN 'i FIRST— BAYARD-CLEMENT. SECOND-BAYARD-CLEM SNT SECOND— BAYARD-CLEMENT. ttZSSSESEi. th,r ß -b AM bu.c™t. FIFTH-FIAT. FOURTH— FIAT. This proves once again the SUPERIORITY of BAYARD-CLEMENT CARS as regards RELIABILITY and REGULARITY. Afi Models of tin- make have
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      51 1 The New Japanese CINEMATOGRAPH, bi:ach road. New Pictures, TO-NIGHT! mm PARIS mm A HEIGHT OF 2,000 Ft. THE UXIVKRSAL FLIRT THE LITTLE MAGICIAN THE AUTOMOBILE GUP MOTOR CAR RACE. 1908 (The most interesting, exciting and animated picture ever shown anywhoret. And many other new and comical one-. MAKTIN AND SHIBATA,
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      359 1 OEU PONY FOUND. Apply No. 101, Market Street. 2219 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. The Municipal Commissioners of Singapore require the 99r\ icea of a Market Keeper salary M 0 per mensem. A knowledge of Colloqnial Malay is indispensab'e and acquaintance with Tamil and Chinese desirable. Applications stating bl.o, nationality, and accompanied by
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      181 1 Robinson Company. Our SPECIAL 'RAPID' ACTION Q^Q RACE FIELD GLASS. |ljW This is ii small glass of exceptionally hiyb power K!16l and clear definition. It is cone-shared ami has mmfifilihJiiaiflßmP' RAPID ACTION, which when once focussed U WyWW?% remains so. The closing and re-opening does m /Si w. if^ not
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      45 1 ADELPHI HOTEL. GUEST NIGHT-EVERY SATURDAY. A Special Dinner will be given on Race Night (Satuirtay, 17tli instanti, when the Band of the Royal West Kent Regiment will play during dinner and afterwards on the Lawn until 11 p.m. BPECIAL DINNER EVERY NI6HT DURIN9 RAGE WEEK.
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    WIT AND HUMOUR.
    814 2 STORIES RELATED BY MANY WRITERS. What Became of Mary's Lamb. Mary had a little lamb Of course, you've heard of that But she has less these days because Of certain woolen tariff laws And statesmen standing pat. It followed her to pchool one day. Which was against
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    48 2 It is reported that the series of new and vexatious regulations respecting the opium trade, which the proviucial authorities of Kwantung attempted to put into force have now been removed. The regulations were such that the opium trade of the province could be virtually turned into a monopoly.
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      252 2 GARRETT'S PORTABLE ENGINES.. Filled with patent Economical Fire-box for burning wood fuel. OVEK FIFTY IX I'sE IX THE FEDEHATE'J MALAY STATES. 10, 12 and 14 h.p. in Stock. IMPORTERS: BORNEO COMPANY, LTD. No More Crust IX BOILERS! WHESE "D.M." BOILER COMPOSITION IS TBED. A little "D.M. introduced into a boiler
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      186 2 BUCHANAN'S WHISKIES. are not an experiment. They have been the favourite blends at home for many years and are rapidly gaining similar popularity in the 1 Colonies. Mo expense is spared in keeping|both "RED SEAL" AND "BLACK AND WHITE" up to the mark. Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. NBAK BNTKANCB
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      571 2 IX YOU NEED rii FEAR Jyjp* WEATHER 0 p^J CHANGES WHEN DR. WILLIAMS PINK PILLS H.WK Cl i!M> TOO! RHKL'MATISM. TMn Dm n removing the cause. Many victims tolihcumatism live in terror of a change of weather, because in them a spell of cold or wot means a revival of
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      34 2 Twenty million headaches arc going to be cured this year by Steams' Headache Cure. Au awful lot of pain to be relieved, but Steams' Headache Cure is just the tiling to do it quickly.
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      332 2 DISPENSING OF OCULISTS PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALITY. MAYNARD Co., Ld., CHEMISTS and OPTICIANS, 14, Battery Road, and 309, North Bridge Road, HAVK A LARGE STOCK OF Speetaeles Eyeglasses In OOLD, GOLD FILLED and SOLID NICKEL. ALSO A VARIETY OF IUMLESS OLASSKS Prices Moderate. Quality Excellent. KELLY WALSH, LTD. TTTRT TQQTTIT"n AcrORH
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    DRESS AND FASHION.
    1326 3 REVIVED DSRECTOIRE MODE IN EVIDENCE. New Gowns for Early Autumn. In the new gowns prepared already for the early autumn season, the strong inflaence of the revived Directoire mode is very much in evidence. We sec it not only in the popularity of the close fitting coats,
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    Courage and Sex.
    171 3 The liangnou Gazette tells ot the experience of a police inspector. He wns returning from patrol with his men when he heard a great noise, with calls for the police, coming from the direction of Forty-third street. They ran to tlutt street and found the cries were
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    How Diamonds Burn
    131 3 The jeweller, at closing time, was putting Ua iliaiuouds in a huge safe. Kut why do you bother to do that when two watchmen walk the Rhop all night I On account of fire, the jeweller replied. Diamonds arc nothing but coal carbon they burn beautifully. Tbeir
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      1519 3 ■isccluhcous NOTICES lUt>- perln.li. Subwiaent mm if, IS. Pal ihorUr poriodi M<Snl« of Ch.ir«.«. NOTICE. NMTICK IS HEKKBY GIVKN That all Koa Is within Coverniuent House Itouiaiu will be closed to the public ir.iui 1 pm. l> i it p.m. on each of the following lates. uaiuely, October M, l"i
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      142 3 12 IHealthl Little's Oriental Balm FOR ANY PAIN The pains of neuralgia, the rains of rheumatism.the rains of lumbago, the pains of stiff joints, the pains of the neck, throat, back, chest, arms, legs and feet— all these go m when you rub onplenty of Little's Oriental Balm. This is
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      164 3 Milkmaid PNDENSfLTMJL!! H/f*ll^ f\& I 1 Milkmaid URaNDU'' Blf H 1 1/ VJ*™S !»|f IfIUK M (S^ >;tt See that the WWISSTONDENSKOMIUf'i MILKMAID Trade Mark N S «II\M. SWITZERL-XNO>J|J m ",< X^^m, ><^~Z£r is on every Tin v > TRADE MARK. Largest Sale in the World CHEAPEST and BEST. The
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      181 3 J. MOTION CO. Watchmakers, Jewellers, Opticians. KEPAiKS PHOIfPTLT EXECUTED. The Straits Times, AMD The Straits Budget. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Payable in Advance. Daily issue per year 180.00 do per quarter 7.60 do per mortb 2.60 do per copy 10 Weekly issue per year 12-00 do per quarter 8.00 do per copy
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    740 4 Nam port, probable date of arrival, and name of Agents. STEAMERS n»in.i, Oct 20; W. ilaustield Alrlie. Kydnny, Oct 33 BoMknd Alciuous, Cliina Oct Hj W. Maustield Autuuj;. Uongkong, Bcbn Meyer A»tyana\. Liverpjjol, Htn 24 W. Man«neld Armanil Behic, M'9eille->. Nov 2; M. Maritime! Assaye, Colombo, Oot 9
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    LIST OF PASSENGERS.
    246 4 Passengers Outward. l.iiM. OOWHoUai with the I October 9.— Mr-. 1 U. M Condon, Mr. and Mr>. B.M. Desboroagb .iud child, Mrs. W. H. MoKj iron. Air. B. J. Wood, Mi. .1. C'owap, Mrs. a. B. Milae, Mr. li. Paris*. lii P. ami O. bteanicr Somali, duo
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      55 4 NO DANGER. Dui.'t bi' afraid to a^taj Chamberlain's C'oa^li renn-dy to your children. It is in- ndtii cjiecially for coughs, colds, croup uuil whooping cough, aud it is the bt^t uiedicin-.' made for these diseases. What makes it salu is that it contains nu opium. Children lik. it. Kor -ale
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      631 4 STEAMEB SAILINGS. o STEAM NAVIGATION CO. Por China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon. Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London Through Bills at Lading issued for Cbini Ooast, Peraian Uulf, Continental, and Am'-riov Ports. Stoamcra will leave Bingap:re on or abou' MAIL LINE. (Outward for China). 1908 Anaye Oot 9
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      1240 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. PACIFIC MAIL BTEAMBHIP CO.. OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY AND TOYO Dttl kkiirik The three great stoamahlp lines between CHINA. JAPAN, and EUROPE, via Honololn and San Franoiaoo, operating the new 11,000 ton, twin -sorew steamers KOREA and SIBERIA, together with the well-known steamer* CHINA, ASIA, PERSIA, AMERIOA
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      505 4 STEAMER SAILINGSHAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. The steamers of this Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatohed fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerharen direot, calling at Penang and Colombo. Taking oargo at
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      791 4 STEAMER SAILIN6B. N. D. L. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOTD Imparial O* m«n Mall Llna. The fad and wal! known ma!! itramer f this Company saU fortnightly from Br.m, Hamburg ria Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southern, tan, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (oonnecti. l Manaille*, Naples, Alezudria, and rioe v r, Port Bald, Sues, Aden, Colombo, Peoa:>
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    SHIPPING IN PORT.
    991 5 DIMI tl>>> hsullnx me 1u11... lag a** ■'ni* *n -h. -hii t v boat I BrilUk; '<*• Darn; not.— Mutch; II i luliKur; I'.-em-eM a I I. ma*rboek; K. n. k«i>iw. uiM«r; Y. n.-rr-< Kiikiiiii. it i ui-.mli ii.iidbO, inn <■ <'>niTili, •&<lorsloo4 TRAMNO VG5581 S fti
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    92 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To -Day. TAN JONG PAGAB. East Wharf Basin Zweona, Jos. L. Eviston. Eaht Wuakf Section I—Edendale,1 Edendale, C. Apcttr. Sit I ins NO. 1 I SHKKHs WBARr)— Nil. Section 2— Tambov. 3— Machaon. 4— n,ina. B— l'aroo.
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    Mails Close.
    108 5 I>R Btbamxii Time To MORItOW Natiiim. Auanibn Islands flaw 8 a.m. Cucob Ulanggi 9.30 a.m. Pontianak, Singkawan^ I'mnlcr l.yln 11 a.m. P. Swettenham, Ponang Pin Seng 1 p.m. Colombo Amiral I'only Ip.m. P. S'tenham and Penang Perak 1 p.m. Sabang, Colombo. Genoa "raii/i 2 p.m. Bangkok via ports
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    Mail Steamer Movements.
    49 5 Homeward Geruan Mail. The Imperial German mail steamer Lnot/.ow having left Hongkong at 9 a.m., ou the Bth instant, and may be expected to arrive here ou Monday morning, the 12th ioßtanst. She will probably be despatched for Enrope on the following morning, at 9 o'clock.
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    TYPHOON WARNINGS.
    263 5 Suggested Erection of Station for Wireless Telegraphy. Father Alguc, of the Manila Observatory, lias informed Dr. Wilder, tho American Consul-General, at Hongkong, that while there is no absolutely certain meano of guarding the British Colony of Hongkjng against surprises in tho nature of small, but violent typhoons, matters
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    Arrival of Passengers.
    92 5 By the I'erak, October H. From I'enaoK Messrs. Malet. Connoll, E. Shenton, A. K. Harris, C. E. Garuer, Huwley aud Hey. J. He-. Port Swuttenham: Messrs. Benfield, Low Lion^ Ann, Mr. and Mrs. Kedfcrn, Mr. and Mrs. Tally. Mr. I. L. MacNair and ono Chinese gentleman. By
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    Mails to Arrive.
    122 5 From Ecbopi —By the I. and O. steamer Assay c, due October 9. From China—By the N. D. L. steamer Lntzow, doe October 12. Left Sept Sept Sept sept Sept Sept itpt Sept Sept Dot Jet Jet t bmgapor* l)i 1 N. D. L. 3 B.I. 7
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      70 5 The tnt thing Mb 'liini [ia Urinary trouble. METHYLOIDS. Tiny cuu. TartoleM, tikea iitnrnailj. relieve tlu' pain an I dn ruibta natuUn iv a few hours, cure in I few dam, far better tli. in oaaaiba sad wtnl. ot injections. No iiiconveiiiruct BO ililicity. Try them aud lealibe tlu beuitiis
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      509 5 STEAMER SAILINGS ~anadi?n Pacific Rjilwa> Company's Koyal Maii Steamship Un« T:IK NATIONAL UIUDWAY TO KUROI E VIA iill- JAI-AN, OA'.AUA au.l >L< r owrri.i JV.nl fro: .1 Uga^koag, >■(■• Siiwg.': ,i, Nnv.^kl IToIm r.i, Eofca, TahokMM, V'ctortaanl VriTrnuvr.r, I R.M.S, iBMHMdM* BtMUB> < too". I'iOi)o.,.m HalHnci .>•••■:; ontkont ELM B.
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      489 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. INDOCHINA STEAM NAY. CO.. LTD. Till sleanii r« c>f thi« Oompauj uiaiatoi.i rei;nlar direct service but'vpen flalruttv Straits, B 'b«i ud Japan. taking «:\r::o f "lintou. SmtOW, hafoo, TUoUii moom.Vhe Fhilippmou, V'; J" Stoatuer> L'on C.ir::m:;U(ii Xl mm SM R- C. D. Bum-: Namiunq ,OM> V. M. B.
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      452 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. N/YIC JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. LTD, K A MIM FORTNIGHTLY aurvioeu maintam.Hi botweeu Japan and Kurope by the following NEW TWIN-SCREW STEAMERS, Under Mail QmAml with the Imperial Japanese Government, opecia'ly dnaigoed for the Company's Euruprau Service, lighted throngboal by Klectrioily. proviiled with excellent iMOOtnuiodatiou for Firot and
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      272 5 Those who sutler cause others to suffer. Weak, sickly und run-down muu and women can find a cure for their troubles in Steams' Wive, the RMat tonic recoustructor. It improves the appetite and thus feeds the vital nerves and blood of the human machinery with the fuel that turns iuto
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      140 5 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. Oct 10— At "Hazelwood," Nassim Hill, valuable household furniture, billiard table, cottage piano, et;., at 1 30 p m. n 14— At Sale room, valuable land and hwaes at TanjoDg Rhoo Road, at 2-30 p.m. 16— At No. 12, Niven Road, household furniture, rubber-tyred ricksha,
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      187 5 DAY BY DAY Friday, October 9. Hikb Water. 10.15 p.m. Municipal Board 3-30 p.m. Children's Concert. Memorial Hall. HO p. in Piano Recital. Toatouia Club. 9 p.m. Albambr* Cinematograph. 7 30 p.m Halo 'a Tours. 7 p.m •l.ifam: ;c Cinemato^rapn. 7-30 p.m Ilarima Cinematograph, 7-80 p.m Ott's Circas. 9- 15
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      195 5 Singapore Tide Table. (From Octoduu 9 to Octoiieb 15.) HIGH WATER. LOW WATER Time fl'ghl Time H'ght October mm. ft. ins. hrs.min. ft. inn. Fmpat 9 ]}»?i aIU II ?'f am \'i (1(1.15 pin 9.7 4.8 pm 8.7 Saterdai 10 JW.Wam 9 1 1.34 am LJ SAIDBDAYIO j lo .89
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    The Straits Times. PRICK 10 CRNTS. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 9.
    1250 6 The Stra its Times. PRICK 10 CRNTS. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 9. Tbe financial outlook in the United States has undergone a marked improvement during the past month or so, a fact due largely to the almost unprecedented crops of cereals reported from all parts of the country. It was thought a
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    13 6 H.M.S. Mm left for Ltibuau and Borneo ports at 10 o'clock, this morning.
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    13 6 From Swatow direct. 675 passengers arrived, this morning, by the N.D.L. steamer Chowfa.
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    18 6 The tiist gunboat built by the Kowloon Dock Company for the Canton authorities has done her trial trip.
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    16 6 A Malay theatrical company, known as the Wayang Mendu, is performing at the Alexandra Theatrical Hall.
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    20 6 Tan Peng was fined $2.". by Mr. C. F. J. Green, the Second Magistrate, yesterdayafternoon, for buying a lottery ticket.
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    24 6 It is denied in Hongkong that the steamer Yingking has been raised. She is said to be still five or six fathoms under water.
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    23 6 A cargo of 5.850 tons of coal arrived from K in ■hiuotsu, yesterday, for the Mitsui Bußsan Kaisha, by ttie British steamer Zanmra.
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    21 6 The Sungkiang (Captain Pennyfather) bad the honour of being the first vessel to enter the uew Quarry Bay docks at Hongkong.
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    27 6 It is proposed to send Prince Su to Tibet, in company witn the Dalai Lama, so that he may assist in arranging the affairs of that country.
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    23 6 Two local engagements have taken place at Kuala Lumpur recently, but the Malay Mail is not at liberty to mention names at present.
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    18 6 The Chinese Inter-provincial lieneral Itaiiway Conference, now being held in Shanghai, is attended by representatives of twelve companies.
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    28 6 Three Chinese fish sellers were fined $25 each, by the Senior Magistrate, Mr. K. C C. Howard, this morning, for exposing for sale fish untit for human consumption.
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    25 6 The electric installation of the Theatre Koyal, North Itridgo Road, has been completed, the work having been in the hands of Messrs. Siemen Brothers, Limited.
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    25 6 The Wayang Kassim will return from Paleiubaog during tho latter part of next week and will probably re-open at the Alexandra Hall, the week following.
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    32 6 A Hongkong freight circular, dated the 3rd instant, says that the market in the South is as demoralised as before, and the demand for tonnage has rather weakened than gained in strength.
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    34 6 Ibrahim Mysoorie, a trader of No. 28 Mala<" a Street, left a case of ghee, valued at MUO, unprotected on the five-foot-way in front of his shop yesterday. Now he is looking for it.
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    37 6 It is said that Chan Pik, President of the Board of Communications, at Peking, will be appointed Viceroy of Manchuria to take the place of Chu Sbik-chiang, who has applied to the Peking authorities to be transferred.
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    40 6 The trial of I'Ku, the cashiered Tartar t eperal of Mougolia, is conducted in a very strict manner at Peking. Koth the Board of Law and the censors who are conducting the trial take a serious view of the case.
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    40 6 Steam rollers aud Klings are again repairing Orchard Koad, though it is satisfactory to note that, this time, the thoroughfare is being remetalled one side at a time, so that traffic has not to be diverte 1 to circuitous routes.
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    37 6 There were three theft charges against Chan Heng in the Second Magistrate's Court, yesterday. On two of them, he was sentenced to a month's rigorous imprisonment. The hearing of the third case was postponed for a week.
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    40 6 In Hongkong, the Native Indian troops seem to stand the climate worse than Britixli troops, and suffer from v cachutitiu uouditiou that presents features, linking it on tbe one hand with pernicious aniamia, and on the other hand with scurvy.
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    45 6 The appeal lodged with the Supreme Court, through Mr. Masujima, by Lewis and Hill, accused in the Agenor case, against the judgment of imprisonment for life, rendered by the Tokio Appeal Court, is to be heard in the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court to-day.
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    44 6 While tho Japanese cruiser Aso was engaged in target practice off Maidzuru, tbe other day, a bluejacket was struck by an electric current and killed on the spot, two others being injured. The practice was suspended, and the cruiser immediately put back to port.
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    60 6 Mr. E. A. Gardiner, Second Superintendent of Police, who is in utiarge of the Gambling Suppression Department, prosecuted Yap Wee Chee in the Third Magistrate's Court, yesterday, on three charges of purchasing lottery tickets and a charge of being the occupier of a common gaming bouse in Cbeang Too Place.
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    68 6 Commenting upon His Excellency tlie Governor's speeob in the Legislative Council last Friday, the Perak Pioneer says:— His Exoellency the Governor made no meution in his speech of the threatened loss in the Opium revenue in the ensuing year. We may, therefore, safely take it that tinColonial Office will let
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    SOCIAL AND PERONAL.
    343 6 Miss M. M. Sharp, ol Sin-_; ijioi has MM on a holiday to Calcutta. Mr. Philiprs. Acting Inspector of Schools, Taiping. is in hospital then- with typhoid fever. A telegram has been received in Shanghai announcing tho death of the Rev. Dr. Mateer. from dysentery, at Tsiugtao.
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    16 6 The price of tin in Sini<upuie to-day is 969J per picul. There have Ix-cn no sales
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    45 6 Another milk seller was convicted by the Senior .Magistrate, Mr. K. C. Howard this morning. His name is Doorha. Mi had 28.2 per cent, of added water, and tin Magistrate decided that *l for each one per cent, would be a useful lesson to him.
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    44 6 There isareportof au alleged nang robbery in Tanjong Am, yesterday afternoon. A Chinaman alleges that nine others, who have been annoying him for some tiim one of them being his next door neighbour, broke into his huu-t> aud stole property valued at «1 l.:ui.
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    48 6 The freehold property, know n as 27 .t Tanjoog Katong, comprising an au.a of 16,878 square feet, and on which there is a newly built bungalow, was sold yesttiday, by Messrs. Almeida and Company, tor *l._> Mr. Lee Pang Sony purcha^od it cm behalf of Aug Cheng Ann.
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    67 6 During an inquest at lUttcrsea. the other day, Mr. Troulbeck mid ho could not help noticing the way in which doctors were treated bj many people. They got one attendance from a doctor for nothing, and, being unable to piy, without hesitation they called in another doctor, aud did not
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    68 6 Low Poon Seng, who cut his throat slightly in an attempt to commit suicide at No. TO Upper Hokien Street, ou the morumg of the second instant, was before the Third Magi" trate, Mr. Maurice Tlmuder. this morning, on a charge of attempting self-destruction. Ho explained that he had -quaudered
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    80 6 A telegram, dated Ute Hasjw, September 2H, Miuuuuucs auuliK i uUicim leviiiun ot the estimated amount of Itauka tin to be put up for sale by auction in Holland next year. The revised estimate increases the quantity to 195,000 piculs. The figures have be, n revised twice, both revisions Mag
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    107 6 Tonkin, now the seat of serious political t.oubles, can boast ol a Consultative AaaMß bly or Parliament which met for the first time last year. It was purely an irrpsrimiMlt and the parliament only sat lot a short time, after giving its opinion on sundry fmaUaaa laid before it by
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    112 6 The old order in the matter of vernacular journalism dies bard in China. A judge in Shan si Province, says the Echo ia Chine, put forth a proclamation the other day. for bidding the people to read newspapers which prove their worthlessuess by spreading rumours only. The Viceroy of the
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      223 6 THE JAM PBIZBi IHvr 2 Never Sticks!! 1H96 5£ 18'.)7 AWARDED 9 GOLD MEDALS. 1899 I'JOU Taylor Broß. Jain, from 15 to 22 cts. per tin 1901 Do. assorted, $1.95 per doz. Anrandale Jam. assorted, $1.75 per doz. J THOMPSON THOMAS CO. AUCTION SALE NOTICE. OF 164 CASKS TINNED MILK,
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    EASTERN EUROPE.
    742 7 ENGLAND'S FIRM ASSURANCES TO TURkf-Y. Interests to be Upheld. Ml NCR STAIES THE SOURCE OF DANGER. Yigourous Denunciation of Austria. |Rai'Tan's Tnl>obam.| London, October H. Mr A-<|uith, the l'riine Minister, ami Sir F.dw.n-d Grey, ihe Solitary of State for Foreign Affairs, have delivered seeches in whicli tliey both
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    CLEAN WEEDING.
    563 7 Klang Planter Takes Mr. Carruthers to Task. The fallowing letter has been sent by .Mr. A U. Lake, of Batu Injor Kstate, Klang, to the Mal'iv Mail Ha\ing iiist read au article eutitled "Clean weeding nl rubber clearings in your issue, I send you a belated article addressed
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    THE PAUL BEAU AFFAIR.
    304 7 Canton Viceroy Demands Surrender, of Alleged Pirates. A Canton correspondent writes This matter is still the one topic of conversation amongst both the officials and the people hero and the local newspapers daily comment on the subject. The demand for Ihe I surii mler of the
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    A Complicated Story.
    100 7 Ng Pua, of Buena Vista Koad, whose house was entered by a thief, a few nights ago. and who secured the towchang of the thief, which was severed by tho housebreaker himself to secure his release, was visited by a pair of thioves, yesterday afternoon, shortly before
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    Royal Ceremonies in Siam.
    117 7 The cerciiioiii>'s iv connection with His Siamese Majesty the King's coronatiou will begin at Bangkok on November 10, and will continue for hovcu days Ou three or four days, the ceremonies will be public and the remainder will be religious and semi-religious. Ou November 10 uhgious
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    White Ant Pest.
    292 7 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MALAYA FUND. I Two Thousand Pounds Subscribed by Planters. At Monday's meeting of tho Malaya Planteis Association, the subject of the white ant pest came up for cousideration. At the previous meeting of the Association the foMowirg resolution was passed: "That, sering the vital
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    COMMONWEALTH CAPITAL.
    38 7 Canberra Selected by the House of Representatives. RUITU'I Tklkorvm London, October The Australian Commonwealth House of Representatives, iii a rinil ballot, has selected Canberra as the Capital. This selection is subject to confirmation by the Seuate.
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    BANKRUPTCY BUSINESS.
    332 7 Decrease i.i Number of Cases before the Court. ll is satisfactory to rind that the bankruptcy business before Mr. Justice T. Sureoinhe Smith, at the Supremo Court, is falliug off gradually. This morning the list before his Lordship composed two petitions lot receiving orders, the cxauiiu ttion >f
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    The Libel Action Dismissed.
    124 7 In the Supreme Court, yesterday afternoon, the action brought by Wong Choon against the Union Times Press, Ltd., to recover $2,000 for libel, was dismissed with costs, by Mr. Justice T. Sercombe Smith. His Lordship pointed out that a statement in order to be defamatory, must
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    Plague in Chinese Mines.
    67 7 The Tientsin correspondent of the Tokio Asahi reports that au epidemic now provails in tho mines situated in the districts along the Peking Mukden railway. The doctors of the Kaiping coal-mine have diagnosed the disease as plague. The Hygienic Bureau has dispatched medical officials to conduct
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    55 7 A preliminary examination of the shoal patch extending to the west of Passir Panj.iug, shows that it has a depth of seven fathoms over it, and is situated in a position 8 4 10 cables South, and 47.50 West from the Bcri Beri Hospital Pier Head. The patch is composed
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    Singapore Golf.
    894 7 LADIES' CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY MISS DARBISHIRE. Excellent Play on Garrison Links. The tir.d round in the competition for the ladies' golf championship of Singapore was played over the Garrisou Club links yesterday afternoon, when tho members wore at home to their friends. The finalists were Mrs. .1. I).
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    Prevalence of Gang Robberies.
    180 7 Mr. Hastings Rhodes, the Deputy Public Prosecutor, conducted a preliminary enquiry before Mr. Maurice Thunder, the Third Magistrate, yesterday afternoon, when four Chinese stood charged with participating in a gang robbery at 7.80 a.m., on September 1, in Taujoug Pagar Koad. The complainant was a young
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    MAYFLOWER IN COLLISION.
    491 7 Roosevelt's Yacht Crashes into a Sailing Ship. President Roosevelt's yacht Mayflower, with the President on board, on her way from Oyster Bay to Newport in a dense fug, ran into the lumber-laden schooner Menawa, belonging to C. G. Pendletou of Islesboro, Maine. AU on board the schooner,
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    DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
    249 7 Forty- Five Buildings Gutted in the Philippines. Forty-five b' .tidings in the main business thoroughfare at Pasig. in the Philippines, were gutted by fire on September 2~>, iuvolving a loss estimated at between .00,001) and 60.000 pesos. The fire broke out shortly after tho noouhour, and was caused
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    New Local Steamer.
    132 7 A new steamer for the Straits Steamship Company, the Ipoh, arrived from the yards at Dundee, this morning. She left Dundee, on September 8, making a very good run. The Ipoh is a vessel of 528 tons and 120 horse-power. She is to bo 4>ut on the
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    Captain and Ketchil.
    99 7 Captain Badham Thornhill, R.0.A.. prosecuted a young Hylam servant in the employ of the Singapore Club, this morning, in the Senior Magistrate's Court, on a charge of theft of a 910 note at the Club. The Captain stated that he left a pile of notes on a
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    34 7 An unusual charge was heard by Mr. C. F. J. Green, this morning. Hassao, Malay Police Constable No. 144, was fined t25 for refusing to accept a transfer to Tanjong Kling when ordered there.
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    AMERICA AND CHINA.
    507 7 SATIRICAL COMMENT BY NATIVE NEWSPAPER. Suggested Anti-Japanese Alliance Discussed. That influential journal, Chines* 1 Public Opiumu, ha* a loug comment in a recent issue on' the New York Herald's advocacy of mi American-Chinese alliance. It treats the methods of tin New Vurk paper with conteiupt. but rntlwr
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    DIFFICULT SURVEYING
    370 7 Tremendous Obstacles Overcome on Upper Yangtze. Liuutcuant Commander H. Spicer Bfamm< who. by the way, was ut one time on board of 11. M.5. Waterwitch. now in Singapore, has arrived iv Shanghai from Ghangkuig, OB passage home after having NnM ou the I'pper Yuugtzo for mi MM His
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    Education for Hindu Women
    88 7 At the Indian Cricket Club, Soraugoon Road, last night, there wire a fair gathering of members to listen to a debate on thu merits of in idem education for Uiudu women. The subject was brought forward by Mr. S. Goviudasainy, who made an able speech in
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    Malaya Planters.
    1876 8 IMPORTANT MATTERS DISCUSSED AT PENANG. More Representation Wanted in Straits Legislature. The meeting of the Planters' Association of Malaya, about which a special telegram w.is published in this journal M Tuesday, was held at the I'enang Chamber of Cornuierce on Monday afternoon. Mr. U. W. Harrison, Chairman of
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    Sorting the English Mail.
    113 8 lv couueetiou with the new docks at Hutu bay and the extension of the railway light to the water's edge, it is intended, says the Pioneer, to have a big postal sorting shed ou the quay. This will be especially manned oc the day ut the
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    Rowdy Russian Soldiers.
    82 8 The Waiwupu has requested the Russian Minister iv Peking to prevent Kussian soldiers in Harbin from molesting the inhabitants in that city. A Peking dispatch states that the firm stand made by Grand Councillor Yuan Shih-kai on the question of making Harbin an international port of trade
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    Revolutionary Movement in China.
    87 8 The I'ekiij; (ioverument has received information to the elicit that eertaiu revolutionary leader mined Chen, a nutive of Canton, who formerly resided at Hong, kong and who is exceedingly wealthy, will travel along the Vangtse River to incite the revolutionaries and other bad characters to n
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      101 8 To-morrow is the last day ou which members of tho Singapore Sporting Club can obtain Ladies' tickets for the Races. The S.C.C. and the U.A. aud HE. met in a Hockey match on the S.C.C. -tortion of the Esplanade, last evening, aud a well-fought game ended in
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      Swimming.
      38 8 Launch Departures. The steam launch Argo will leave Johnston's Pier for tho Club Bungalow on Sunday at 9, 10 and 11 a.m., MO and :t.8() p.m., returning at 9.30 aud 10.H0 a.m., 12.15, :i and r 'P.m.
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      Association Football.
      37 8 Match at Batavia. On September -IS, a team from 11.M.S Astrea played the Batavia Football Club at football. Tho contest was a stiff one, and resulted in the Club winning by I goals to one.
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      Golf.
      100 8 Ipoh doll Club. One of the semi hual ties in the Ferguson competition iv connection with the Ipoh Golf Club, was played off ou Saturday afternoon between J. J!. liobertsou aud C. I Henderson, the tormcr conceding 14 strokes in the 2 round;. After a very close and exciting
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      Cricket.
      125 8 5.C.C. v. The Qarrison. The following team will represent the S.C.C. at Cricket against the Harrison tomorrow afternoon A. S. Bailey. A. W. Mcvau. 11. M. Cautrell, H. \V. Joynson, Dr. Macgregor, W.C. l'hipps W. \Y. K. Hobinsou, Dr. .1. A. Scharenguivel. Mr. Justice T. Sercombe Smith, E. L.
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      Rifle-Shooting.
      226 8 Police Competition at Penang. The quarterly rillo-shootiug competition iv conuectiou with the I'enang Police force took place ou Saturday with the following result The formal opening of the Anderson School at Ipoh, which was fixed for Novem ber 1, has been pc tpoued for a mouth owing to the
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    Japanese Swordsmiths.
    58 8 The great school of Japanese swordsmiths is threatened with extinction. In the feudal era, when the Samurai's sword was his divinity, the forgers of blades occupied and honoured and much patronised position, but since the Restoration their iv. tier has gradually fallen into disuse. and now there remain
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    Chinese Students for America.
    64 8 I According to a Peking telegram to the Mainichi, after consulting the Education I >. .1 1 tincnt. Tong-Shaoyi has made arrangements to send one hundred Chinese students to America annually for five years, aud fifty studeuts annually for the succeeding five years. This decision has
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    73 8 lv the courst of a letter published in the Punjab*- I*. of Sipteinber 16, Lala Lajpat Rai says that he left for Europe as he was getting hick of Lahore life. He bitterly complains of the degeneration that has characterised Lahore life since his deportation, which has made men even
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    SINGAPORE SHARE MARKET.
    312 8 Messrs. Fraser and Company's! Weekly Circular. Tlic following is Messrs. Fraser and Company's weekly share circular Dealings in investment stocks have been the principal part of the week's business, but prices have to be brought to so very attractive a level to entice buyers that transactions are
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    THE GREAT WHITE FLEET.
    206 8 -4 Japanese Warned to be Polite when Ships Arrive. The Japan Mail states that Itaron Sufu, Governor of Kauugawa Prefecture, Inn issued v notification among the Japanese public warning them to be cs|>ecially polite towards foreigners, including the Chinese. The notification consists ol torty-four items, the
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    LUNATIC AT LARGE,
    124 8 Horrible Crime by an Insane Man in Japan. A luuatic, M years of age, who has been confined in oue room at his house iv Osaka. Japan, since 1901, broke loose rcceutly. Seizing a hatchet lying in the yard, the lunatic attacked his aged mother and cut
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    Dalai Lama Distrusts the Train.
    166 8 There are a few people, oveu iv Britain to-day, who have never trusted themselves to the hazard of a journey by traiu. How much more, then, must the distrust be oa the part of the great and only Dalai Lama, the autocrat of Tibet He
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    Russians in Central Asia.
    164 8 The Russians are showing considerable industrial enterprise in Central Asia. Their latest venture has been the erection of cotton mills at Yerinez on the northern bank of the Oxus. This is a post opposite Patu Kesar on the Afghan side of the river, distant forty miles
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    INDO-CHINA'S POLICY.
    176 8 Arrival of the Governor-General nt Saigon. M. Klobukowski. the rewlv appointed Governor- General of Indo-China. arrived at Saigon on September 21. Ufa Bxcelleae) lauded amid uu imposing display of honours, military and otherwise, aud was welcomed heartily by the vast crowd in attendance. One hour afterwards, His Excellency
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    Japanese Steamship Subsidies
    87 8 It will be leiuenibered thai there has bi < 11 some discussion about the subsidy of yen 2.«>7(),004) to the Nippon useu Kaisha's European service, the subsidies to its S< attic service, and those to t!ie Toyo Kishen Kaisha's San- Francisco service: their term expiring in Deceiiibcr
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    On the Riviera.
    143 8 I'm Si -in ions m KRXHfOAiUiK. Uy Max well Ciray. Loudju: Johu L~>ug. Norris Street, riayuarkct. It is dillicuit to believe that this book is by the author of "The Silence of Dean Martland." lor though it has the elements of good story and is full of
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    Mr. Rockefeller's Ancestors
    103 8 hollowing the fashion of noble houses in Europe the members of the Rockefeller family have just held at Albauy au annual family reunion. It is commonly supposed that the Itocke fellers are of humble orij-iu. The father of Mr. John D. Itotkeleller, the richest muu in the
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    Train Attacked by Bandits.
    75 8 According to a telegram from Changchun, in Manchuria, at about seven o'clock ouo Sunday eveuing live or six bandits boarded a train between Fcuchiatun aud Mcnchiatuu, firing several revolver shots at the guards, and mortally wounding a uoucommissioned officer and a private. The bandits then secured
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    The Jovial Captain.
    146 8 A joviil and altogether-tine American captain jumped from hit hansom to the Port Melbourne pier after ono of the Big Dinners, says a writer iv the Australasian. He looked for the launch. Where's my steamer. he asked the officer ot the lauding. Itight here, sir." The captain
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    43 8 The official statistics for 1906, recently published by the Government, show a very high rate of divorce cases. Marriages contracted during the year numbered 358,274, while tho divorces obtaiucd total 6fi,ulO. The ratio of divorces to marriages thus stand* at 18.5 per gent.
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      432 8 MALTHOID ■Utlll loonat The cpieation often arises iv the niiui of a man about t,. limld "I won.lor if Mslthoil wonl.l be mutable WaotrNty Irom mauy years' practical experioace tbat MV.tboiJ will bo fonnd immensely s»tiafactory on every class of buihlini' yfUhmt Mftwty, A M not; tt*n~ttrM4,>t44,,tm,t:-HmmaAwnlim. *7hV PARAFFINE PAINT
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    COMMERCIAL.
    262 9 SlKQAPOM, OcTCBKR 8, 1906. PKODUCE. Oambier 7.75 do (Cube No. li unpicked ll.HS Copra Bali 7.50 do PontianaW 7.15 Pepper, Black 1035 di> White 5% 15.75 8uo Flour Sarawak 3.00 do Brnnei No. 1 2 85 Pearl Sago 8.50 Oofiee Bali, picked 22..->) Coffee, Palemban«. b*w nom. Coffoe, Liberian
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    TO BND THE TORMENT OF PILES.
    238 9 Nothing ih iuiiit tormenting than pile*). Tln-v niiiki work almost impossible. It is y ii-in» to ruove or sit down. Piles are jan^rrcms, tui>. bMMM if neglected they often lead to tihtula. If you have piles itch my. bfcwdfaM >r proti iiliny the earlier
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      370 9 Date ol formation^ Capital Number' Sabeoribed of 1 Bnart bra* Paid! Shan* Value ap to I Dnlaaned Company QmuiM 1303 1800,000 <M0,'XX> 1907 •300,000 116,000 1901 teOO.OOO 800,000 1903 £400.000 860,000 1907 1400,000 378,000 1901 £60,000 <0,000 1906 £100,000 100,000 1905 1150,000 99,000 1908 £110,000 110,000 1906 £80,000 30,000
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      RUBBER.
      371 9 IMS £150,000 1905 I 1300,000 1904 I £30,000 1803 £70,000 iwr 1150,000 '.804 £16.000 Ml £75.000 •906 I MlO.OOO 1906 j £180,000 1907 £320,000 1906 ;176.0i<. IM •160,00'J 1896 j £100,000 i 'iO« £100,000 1803 £3C,000 190 C 1250,000 1904 I £20,000 MM ll:)0.000 •its «80,000 :scs ttso.oco ■9tM
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      GENERAL.
      182 9 594 «S,«77.10.0| 4.MW 7.B8S -J- *•>••■'-. ro I tUjm 4.J0C M8,00C,0o0 15,000,000 180,00-1 ■o-M JM,<00,000 ii.400.000 A SlSSo v.oc-, as l.cw.yoo J I J >0^ 1901 i »3i,«0 S«.(-0( ?!400 1899 SH7S.0OO fc7',0OP 1903 ICOO.COO 24C.COT u'.OCO 1891 180,000 30,000 600 1903 £400,000 > 400,000 400,000 1904 1160,000 111,000
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      15 9 CAII/lOM'S PNEUMATIC TYRES. Hfiffi ITY «*0 DURABRJTY. E AOBNT8: BEHN, MEYER CO., Singapore and Penang.
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      119 9 J. DA. PEREIRA HORTICUI/TCKIST AND fI.OKIST. Collector and Exporter ol Orchids. Diploma and Odd Medal from the lute King of Denmark By Special Appointment to His Majesty, tbc King of Biam., 11. H., theßultau of Johore, aud H. H. the Sultan of Lingga. Freeh Cnt Flowers on hand daily Orchid
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      44 9 DE SUMATRA POST, Published daily at Modan, Deli, ie tbe LEADINO paper in Sumatra. 0 ELECTRIC H3ME TREATMENT. r'or Rheumatism. Nervous Diseases, Health aud Beauty MaMfa, Removal of Facial Bleniishss. Tlie Specialist, 15 7, Que«u Btreet, will be pleased to call by appointment. 1980
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    Disease Defied.
    264 10 SOME STARTLING EXAMPLES OFj IMMUNE FOLK. Strange Story of a New York Cook. During a debate, the other day, in the agricultural section of the British Association, Dr. Carroll Dunham, of Harvard I'niveisity, gave some remarkable iiistinut 3 of immunity from disease in individuals. The idea of a
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    SANITATION AT PORT SAID.
    229 10 Clayton System Working Night and Day. Port Said appears at last t" have recognised the fact that it requires cleansing, says the Egyptian Daily l\>st, and an endeavour is being nindo to exterminate the objectionable and pi -tiVntial members of the animal world for which the
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    MARINE INSURANCE IN JAPAN.
    264 10 Abnormally High Rate of Disasters at Sea. Mr. Murakami, Director of the luHinance Bureau of the Department of Agriculture and Commerce, is credited with stating that the proposed raising of the rate of prrmium by the Japanese marine insurance companies may be regarded as showing they
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    Suspicious French Warships!
    49 10 Some French warships have entered the waters of Kiangsi Province with no ostensible reason whatever. The Waiwupu has applied to the French Minister in Peking for an explanation. M. Babht's reply was to the effect that the warships' visit was for the protection of French subjects.
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      634 10 BANKING COMPANIES., CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. 1 AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. I Paid np Capital iv 60,000 Shares of flOeaob *l,»00,000i Reserve Fnnd £1.5215,000! Reserve Liability of Proprietors £1,900,000, BANKERS. Bank ol England. National Bauk of Scotland. Ibe Lendon City A Midland Bank, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Cnrrent
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      496 10 BANKING COMPANIES. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (■aid-up capital iis.ooo.ooc 3EBERVE FUND Sterling Reserve •18,000,0001 mo noo 000 Stiver Reserve 114,000,000} 1 oo wo tsterve Liability of Proprietors 115.000,000 COURT OP DIRECTORS. E. Sbellim, Esq. Chairman. Hon. Mr. W.J. Gresaon. Deputy Chairman. 1 K. G. Barrett, Esq. W. Helms, Esq.
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      85 10 RHEUMATISM. So little confidence has the average man in the various cures for rheumatism that he often suffers for years without making any effort to find relief. He then finds that it has beuome chronic. This is a mistake, as tlic paiu can always be relieved, and in most cases
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      488 10 STRAITS CYCLE MOTOR CO., LTD.. .^o^^^^S^^J^ .^kX^^B^BBi^^SB^BS^BBB^ .^hh^ >^y /y-- IaTC J us received Manufactured by the Star Cycle Co., Wulverhampton. Hundreds of these machines have been sold in tho Straits, and are unequalled in price and tiuisU. Inspectiou invited. SALES BY AUCTION. MORTGASETS SALE. Tuesday, October 20, at 8.30
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      438 10 INSURANCE Companies THE IMPERIAL FIRE OFFICE. CNITID WITH TBI ALLUKOK AbSVBINCI CoHfAVT, LIKITIC 2 Bartbolmew Lane, London. aSTIBUSBEO 1303. Capital £S,MO,OOC Total Funds exceed.. £lo,ooo,ooo General Manager, Rosier Lswis, Em) bablow A TTTT. aeiar. KOYAL NSLRANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. FIXE AND LIFE. TOTAL FUNDS EXCEED 214,250,000 ibi u>m r»E nrncx in
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      398 10 SALES BY AUCTION. SHERIFF'S SALE. In the Cause of li. M. V. R. LETCHMAN CHBTTY, Plaintiff, VH. TH AM BOON I-KE, Administrator ot Thani Ah Hong, rieceam d lUhndant. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE UNO AND HOUSES. To be held at Msaara, n. 1,. CosjMm ami i\a Baloroons, W'cdih sday,
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    1925 11 NOTES AND NEWS OF INTEREST TO MOTORISTS. Motor-cars and the Dust Nuisance. It is a mgnitic&nt fact that each summer the outcry against automobiles and the plea for duntless cars is accompanied only to a very slight degree by demands for dustless highways. The state of the highways should
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      353 11 ARGYLL CARS. SIMPLE if Every Car Fully Guar J anteed EFFICIENT One 14-16 h.p, 5-Seated RELIABLE Car expected Shortly. Illustrated Catalogue and full particulars from Syme and Company, SOLE -A-G-EHSTTS. ARTICLES FOR SALE. Ns> Una. two i«wrti..n». ii.'»~ Uy thf inch. M»Sral4of Cbarrm. RUBBER STUMPS FOR SALE. Good Rubber Stumps,
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      77 11 LAXATINE, the Ideal PnrgatWe, reoommended by tbe test medical authoritiei. Em; to take and certain In results. To ba had of all obemists. Wholesale from Tb» Pharmaojr, Battery Rotd. Bin«»por» IBM STRAITS MOTOR GARAGE Sffi 5. OZRCH-A-IRTD IRO-A-D. SINQAPORE. ALLDA^ 8 Jk CARS. CARS. BP 11^ BiHfißl >l\ -iL^jBLl m
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      190 11 SIDDELEY flutocars. FAMOUS FOR W CONSISTENT RELIABILITY. CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS. Just Landed: BELSIZE 1/ IC U D A Ul6 H.I-. HELSI/.E,' driven 14-10 n.r.| by Mrs. E. A. EILEY irj the recent n j J \J II <SS) HIVINOTON PIKI HILL Painted Yellow, v climbing oomfktitioiv. fa* the following Upholstered
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      161 11 rMATICO*j| fUnowntd Phyikuas prescribe Griauult'a Matio M tbe most icti've tod at the ume time the mo-* Chronic l>i->cbargei. Tbe QsfHlM, unlike Copaiba, do not cfciive eruptions on tiii* skiu or pi oduce q*uk? MATICO INJECTION is used in recent MATICO CAPSULES^^chroniccases I PURE re. ASTHMA INDIAN CIGARETTES For Asthmatic
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      616 12 Scale of Charges. PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS.— MisoeIsieous Wants of Every Description, Houses, k*id, etc, to let, are inserted at the following ■Ml— Ona Insertion I I.M per Inoh. Two i.OO Three 1.80 Sis IM ■Int §40 Twelve 7.M Twenty -five 10.00 (Eaob subsequent month S3 per Inoh.) The above rate ii
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