The Straits Times, 23 November 1908

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.816. SINGAPORE. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 23. 1908. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    • 287 1 Grand Hotel de TEarope, St. ANDREW'S DAY, November 30. Grand Guest Night! SPECIAL DINNER. TABLES MAY BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE AT THE OFFICE. Just Landed. mw One four-cylinder, 20-25 h.p. "MORS" LIMOUSINE, painted Red, four speeds and reverse, fitted with SELF-STARTING DEVICE, detachable rims on back wheels and one extra
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    • 26 1 AN OPPORTUNITY. Money Changing and Cigar Depot for tale, prominently situated. Owner leaving Singapore. Immediate bargain. Apply to International Exchange, opposite to Post Office, Eiogapore. 2526
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    • 225 1 HALES TOURS Beach Road, Singapore. The Most Remarkable Illusion in the World of Rapid Railway Travel. lOOth NIGHT. Toups as follows i— 7.16 BOULOGNE TO PABIS PARIS FROM THE SEINE ENGADINE VALLEY 7.80 STOCKHOLM NORWAY 7.45 TWO MOST WONDERFUL RAILWAYS IN THE WORLD 8.00 FURTHER TRIPS THROUGH HOLLAND 8.15 BERLIN
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    • 389 1 ROBINSON CO. Xmas Toy Bazaar 3STO"W OPEN. Toys .txp^^-Q^^^/ Games TOYS FOR INFANTS.^ TOYS FOR GIRLS. TOYS FOR BOYS. An Immense Variety to Select from. Gamos of Every Description for Prices to Suit Everyone Indoor and Outdoor TOM SMITH'S CHRISTMAS CRACKERS. LOOK! To-Night, EXCELLENT PROGRAMME AT The New Japanese Cinematography
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  • 1045 2 ANOTHER IMPORTANT RIVAL OF STEAM. Numerous Advantages of a New System. The rapidly extending use of tbe gas pro duoer in the development of power is one of tbe most interesting industrial developments of tbe pant few years. At first sight, it would hardly appear a paying scheme
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    • 447 2 BUCHANANS ZU FAMOUS I "Black White" is absolutely the BEST VALUE obtainable. The reputation of this blend has been built up on the SOLID BASIS of Quality and Age and NO CHANGE has been made from the first. This fact is Guaranteed. DRINK Tansan! The Ideal Natural Mineral TABLE WATER.
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    • 492 2 INSURANCE Complies LANCASHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. ■ow maoiD ib THE ROYAL INBURANCE CO., FIRE A LIFE. INVESTED FUNDS 413,600,000 POWELL di Co.,— Agmu COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED FIRE, LIFE, MARINE, ACCIDENT, GUARANTEE. ASSETS exoeed 417,000,000. W. A. BIMB, 0 1876 Manager, Eastern Branoh. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY OF
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    • 19 2 Stkakns' Ucadauhk Ccbi relieves instant- I ly headaches and allied pains. No opiates or I poisons, no bad after-effects. >,
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    • 500 2 A SHIPS DOCTOR Neurasthenia, Nervous Debility, Depression, Malaria— A guarantee a friitive assurance That is the strong point of this week's letter, which is emphatic and definite, and leaves no doubt of our correspondent's mMßing. The letter means certainty, it means that a qualified skilled and experienced man assures every
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  • 1144 3 PROFITABLE PLANTING SHOWN IN YEARLY REPORTS. Position of the Market at Home. The report of the Federated Malay States Rubber "Company, Ltd., for the year ended May 31 last, presented to the meeting at Antwerp on October 28, stated that the profit for the year amounts to Fr5180,061,15,
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  • 46 3 At the annual meeting of the L.C.C. Public Health Committee, held at Clerkenwell Sessions House for the purpose of licensing slaughter-bouses, and so forth eight lady butchers in business in different parts of London obtained licences to kill sheep and cattle in private slaughter-houses.
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  • 68 3 A Fourteenth -Century Street. The only unaltered fourteenth-century street remaining in England, said Mr. H. W. Bennett, F.K.P.S., tin a lecture at the Hoyal Photographic Society's exhibition, is to be found at Wells behind the chapter house of the Cathedral. It stands practically as it did when first built, the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 760 3 V WHITE'S I HONEY' I l l^^^^™ BRAND I Bacon (8b Hams. I Sole Proprietors John White <& Co., J^^^ Bristol, England. SINGAPORE AND KRANJI RAILWAY. FROV AUGUST 1, 1908. AND UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. TRAIN SERVICE FOR WEEK DAYS ONLY. CP TRAINB 12 t 4 1 6 7 8 9
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    • 239 3 G.OTOMUN&GO GREAT CHEfIP SHE LAST Two Days Only. XMAS PRESENTS! JAPANESE CURIOS Present Opportunity! Present Opportunity SHELL BRAND. Notice is hereby given that The Asiatic Petroleum Company, Limited iwho9c registered office is situate at 24-2H, St. Mary Axe, Loiuloa K.C., and whose local office is situate at No. 9. Winchester
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  • 812 4 Name, port, probable date oj arrival, and name oj Agents. STEAMERS. Alrlie, Sydney, Dec SS Boastead Aparima, Calcutta, Deo 8 Boustead Aatyanax, Liverpool, Nov 89 W. Mansfield Armand Behic, Saigon, Dec 14 M. Maritime! Andalusia, Honpkung, Deo 31; Behn Meyer Assaye, Colombo, Dec 17 P. A O. Coy
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  • 160 4 FROM EUROPE. By the X D.L. steamer Buclow, due Nov. 37. B. I. steamer Teesta, Nov. 38. FROM CHINA. M. M. steamer Tourane, due Nov. 30. TmßiLu on Fort Canning and Mount Faber drop daily at 1 p.m., Singapore standard time corresponding to 6 a.m. Greenwich mean
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    • 33 4 LAXATINE, Ihe Ideal Purgative, raoom mended by the best medioal authorities. Easy to take and oertain in results. To be had of all chemists. Wholesale from Tbe Pharmacy, Eat Wry Road, Blngapr.rtf mm
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    • 688 4 STEAMER BAIUHBB. P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Penan*, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London Through Bills of Lading issued for Chin Ooast, Persian Gulf, Continental, and Amerioa > Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or aboa' MAIL LINE. {Outward for China). 1908 Delta
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    • 689 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CB.. OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL BTEAMBHIP COMPANY AND TOYO KIBEN lAIBHA Tha three gnat steamship Unas betwaan CHINA, JAPAN, and EUROPE, via Honolulu and San Franoisoo, operating the new 18,000 ton, twlo-aorew steamer* KOREA and SIBERIA, together with the well known steamers CHINA, ASIA, PERSIA, AMERIOA
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    • 521 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTB. AVl> CHINA MUTUAL BTEAM NAY. GO. LTD. The Companies' steamers are deepaohed from Liverpool oatwards for the btraite, China and Japan every week and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight for Genoa, Marseille! and Liverpool and for Marseilles, Havre
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    • 631 4 STEAMER SAILINGSHAMBURG AMERIKAUNE. HAMBURG. That teamen of this Oompany maintain a regular aervioe between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatohed fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and onoe a month for Bremerhaven direct, oaUiog at Penang and Colombo. Taking oargo at through
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    • 788 4 STEAMER BAILHWB. N. D. L. HORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. Imperial Herman Mall Line. The fast and wall known mail steamer of this Oompany tail fortnightly from Brem m Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Bontrump ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (conn. Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vioe aaajaj Port Said, Boat, Aden, Colombo, Penau^ Singapore, Hongkong,
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  • 1277 5 DKDlKthin baadhm tha Mlowlnu »l>hm>i:\li..-i« ira UM ,I _atr. -ateamar ah.— ahlp; l>q.— bam»e »rh.— Khoo»r; Yct.-Yaeht; Cr..-£rulaar «'bt.-<l«n t»at Tor.— Torpado H.p.— Hor»apower Brit.— Britlih U.N.-l'niU.lStaWa; Fcli.-Pr.ncU; Oar.(taruu; Dut.— Dutch j Ital.— ltalian Mpan.-NpMii»h. Har Sarawak U.c— Oanaral car^o il.p. -dack p'ta■anirar; U.-f ncertain W.-Wharl I
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  • 53 5 November aa live ljc-oiiy. Bnt.str, Kuantan, K I'abau, Pekan Wakamiya Maru. Jap str, Colombc| Bombay Mm. Brititr. Lan^kat Sbantuug, Ger str. Bangkok 33 Kleist. Ger str. Ureraerhaven via port Haiphong, Fch str, Saigon Hianam, Bit str, Muar and Malacca Edendale, Brit str, Samarang via ports Selangor, Brit str, Teluk
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  • 92 5 Fob Pib Btr.mii Tin To mohsow Natuua, Ananiba Islands FUro 7 a.m. Kuantan via ports Ahhottfoti 0 a.m. Pott Hwettenhara via ports Janet Nicoll 1 p.m. P. SweUenbam, Penaog Rotorua 1 p.m. Sarawak Rajah of Sarawak 1 p.m. Penang and Deli Htb» 8 p.m. Malaooa and Moar Lady
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  • 310 5 i Passengers Outward. S'. V.K. steamer Kamo Maru, due Nov. ■oiii London Dr. A. O. H. Smart, Masterman, Mr. R. C. Whiting, Mrs. iTiiting, Mrs. Skertchly and Mr. W. (Miss Xicol, Mrs. Keith and Miss M. >ne-half years for Bangkok). Mar Licut.-Col. H. V. Kent, Mr. E.
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  • 88 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To- Day. TANJONG PAGAR East Wharf Basin— J.L Eviston, New Urleaus. East Wharf Section 1— Thongwa. Section No. 1 (Sheerh Wharf)— Nil. Section 2 Siberien. B—Lightning.8 Lightning. 4— Strath leven, Peking. S Minilya 6 Hebe, Perseus. 7— Skerries. a
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  • 412 5 Operations of Bear Party Affecting Silver. Messrs. Samuel Montagu and Company report, from London, on October 29, as follows: With the exception of the usual trade and Indian requirements, the £900,000 bar gold arriving was bought for France, and the quotation rose on Monday to 77 11 that
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    • 433 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. C P R. Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mall Steamship Line Tlie NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO KUKOI'U rii CHINA JAPAN, CANADA As UNITED BTATEP. lie from Hongkong, via Shanghai, N»k«m!lI, (Inland Sea of Japan), Kob->, Yok- -t Viotoria and Vaooonver. K.M.B. "EafUMOilmu" I Twin screw MMR.M.B u Ea?aass or
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    • 510 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. UNION 8.8. CO. OF NEW ZEALAND. LTD. SINGAPORE TO NEW ZEALAND DIMOT, AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON, LYTTLETON AND DUNEDIN, ALSO CALLING AT SAMATUNG AND FIJI (IF IKDOCIIUNT OHIKSI, Tbo Company's T.S. Steamer APARIMA, 6,704 tons, Edwd. Stott. Commander, maintains a regular four-monthly service bctwoon Singapore and New Zealand. Excellent saloon
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    • 450 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. N.Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. LTD ■AA A rrgular FORTNIGHTLY service Is maintained botwoen Japan and Europe by the following NEW TWIN-SCREW STEAMERS, Under Mail Contract with the Imperial Japanese Government, specially designed lor the Company's European Service, lighted throngb obt by Electrioity, provided with excellent accommodation tor
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    • 94 5 AN INQUIRY ANSWEREO A gentleman at Bcmbesi, Rhodesia, writes to inquire where Chamberlain's Cough Remedy can be procured. He says he has learned of the good effects resulting from its use, and as children in that locality are often subject to oooghs, he desired to give it a trial. This
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    • 197 5 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. Nov 21— At sale room, valuable lowa properties, at Northßridge Road an<lxT*<lje« Lano, at 2-30 p.m. 21— At Dale-room, freehold land at Serangoon Road and Yeo Cliv Kaug Road, at 2 p.m. 27— At Central Police Station, unserviceable police stores, at 2-30 p.m. 2?— At
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 168 5 Singapore Tide Table. (Faou Notehbu 33 to Notembm 29. HIGH WATER. LOW WATER h Time H'ght' Time H'ght November hri. mm. ft.inc. hra.min. ft. ins. F9.48 am 9.1 8 40am 8.4 Mohd*t 10 .35pm 8.8 4.Spm 1.6 110.13 am 9.4 4.10 am 3.5 loebdai 34 1015pm 8 9 438prai |4
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    • 224 5 PAY BY DAY Monday, November 23. High Water. 10.35 p.m. Rugby Football. S.C.C. v. Garrison. Municipal Board. 2-30 p.m. Hale's Tours. 7 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph. 7-30 p.m. Alharabra Cinematograph. 7-30 p.m. Harima Cinematograph. 7-30 p.m. Wayang Kassim. Alexandra Hall. Tuesday, November 34. High Water. 10.12 a.m. 11. IS p.m. Gymkhana
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  • 551 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28. -A good many people even in these distant parts of the Empire would heave a sigh of relief if they could be positively assured that an end has been made of what is known as the education question in England. There
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  • 479 6 We have been favoured by Meattrtt. Webb, the local agent", with a copy of the report of Lloyds Register of British and Foreign Shipping for 1907 -W. and it contains some very instructive figures. The point that strikos one most forcibly is the fact that the new tonnage classed during
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  • 12 6 From Hoibow, 550 passengers arrived, yesterday, by the N.D.1., steamer I'hra Nang.
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  • 25 6 The list of charges on British Postal Orders sold in the Straits Settlements on and after January 1 next, is published in the Government Gazette.
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  • 19 6 The owners of the Japaneso fishing boat have been found. Their craft drifted away while they were on shore.
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  • 22 6 We are requested to state that arrange monts are being made for a dance at the Tauglin Club on New Year's Kve.
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  • 23 6 In INWO, the Peiak and Selangor Postal and Telegraph revenue combined amounted to 923:). In 1907. the same for the F.M.S. was $466,417.
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  • 29 6 Captain Pedone. of the Italian steamer Capri, which arrived from Hongkong, yesterday, with a general cargo and INT passengers, reports that a baby passenger diet) on Thursday of marasmus.
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  • 33 6 Captain Edwards, Senior Hoarding Officer. Captain Hudson and Mr. Artie Hudson partook of something poisonous at their tiffin, yesterday, and have been laid up ever since. Captain Hudson is the most seriously affected.
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  • 42 6 Vong Kit is a dentist whose office is at No. 26, North Canal Road. On Friday night, some one entered his place of business and helped himself to gold and instruments enough to enable him to start a business of bis own.
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  • 41 6 Captain Parry, of the British steamer Dalmoru, which arrived from Newcastle, N.S.W., on Saturday, with a cargo of coal, reported that the buoy light on Pan Keel was not visible when he passed and was apparently out of order or adrift.
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  • 42 6 A Chinaman living at No. 44 6 I pper Cross Street complained to the police that some one entered his house and stole property valued at $36. The police have recovered the property and made an arrest in connection with its disappearance.
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  • 47 6 Our Ipoh contemporary hears that, when through railway line to Singapore is opened, a special mail van will be attached to the mail trains so that the mails may be sorted on the train. Four postal clerks will be engaged in this work oft each mail train.
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  • 42 6 Mrs. A. Marshall. Proprietress of the Baldwin Hotel, secured judgment in the District Court before Mr. C. J. Saunders, this morning, against three employees of Messrs. John Aird and Company, for sums aggregating 3212, for board and lodging, and on 1.0.1. 5.
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  • 59 6 Interviewed by Mr Li Sum Ling, ox editor of the Wah Tsz Vat Po, Mr W. H Taft, the future President of the I'nited States of America, stated that the accession of the new Emperor of China would make no difference in his attitude towards China. He wished the Chinese
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  • 61 6 The other day, we drew attention to finds of magnetic iron stone in South Java aud South Sumatra, which had been brought under the notice of the investing public, in Kurope. T!io finds in Java are tbe richest and most accessible, but they have failed to interest British aud American
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  • 64 6 An order by His Majesty the King in Council in reference to Brnnei is published in the Government Ga/otte. The Privy Council have ordered that persons, being parties to civil suits or actions in any Courts having jurisdiction in Brunei from which au appeal has been heard and determined by
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  • 64 6 The big dam of the 1.;i1.;u Tin Mines, Limited, erected at a cost of something over $6,000, burnt a couple of days ago, says Thursday's Times of Malaya, and the water and silt escaping flooded the low-lying part of tho town and badly damaged the tine iron bridgo on the
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  • 64 6 It is notified in the Government Gazette that information has now been received from tho Consul General for the Netherlands at Singapore that, with effect from a date to be notified later on, it will be prohibited to import into the Government of Acheen and its Dependencies the new Straits
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  • 68 6 A special telegram to the Manila Times on November 11 states that the Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a rehearing in the case of the United States against the Standard Oil Company, in which it reversed the judgment of Judge K. M. Landis who convictod the defendant corporation and
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  • 86 6 It is reported that plans are afoot for the founding of a Filipino newspaper at Macao to be known as the Independent Filipino, and to be devoted to the cause of Filipino liberty and independence. A Filipino patriot who lit d from one of the southern islands to avoid the
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  • 84 6 Speaking at the annual dinner of the Manchester Statistical Society, Mr. K. Asliworth, President of the Chamber of Commerce, in the course of his remarks, said England had no far held lipr trade in tho East with remarkable sucwhs. Japan was making steady headway in cotton manufacture, and her huge
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  • 84 6 An elephant from Kedah territory has crossed into Province Welleiiley, and has been doing damage to the l'adang Manorah district, killing one woman. The whole district is in a state of panic. Inspector Kelk her, of Bnttorworth, with a posse of armed Police, is trying to capture the animal, which
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  • 16 6 Lieutenant K. 0, llallifax has rtwignod his Commission in the Penang Volunteer Corps.
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  • 16 6 Mr. W. H. .1. Hawtrey has bi-en appointed to act as Second Superintendent of Police, Singapore.
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  • 21 6 Mr. W. H. Fry, L.XC.P., M.U.C.S., Acting Senior Medical Officer. Peuang. has been appointed to the Commission of the Peace, Penang.
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  • 24 6 Mr. W. M. Millington has been appointed to act as District Officer, Alor Oajah, Malacca, and to be an Assistant Judge for that Settlement.
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  • 25 6 Mr. A. Cavendish has been appointed Dis trict Officer, Nibong Tebal. He will also art as Collector of Land Kevenue nnd Uegistrai of Deeds, Pcnang.
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  • 23 6 The leave of absence of Commander C. A. Radcliffe, It.N., Master -Attendant, Straits Settlements, has been extended with hall salary uutil December M,
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  • 31 6 The appointment of Mr. G. J. Amory, ot the F.M.S. Service, to act as District Officer, Nibong Tebal, and to be an Assistant imiffi aud a Magistrate for Penaug is gazetted.
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  • 42 6 At the Supreme Court, this morning, .Mr. Justice T. Scrcombc Smith was eugaged in a number of ecclesiastical causes and judg ment summonses. Probate. wa»umntedof thu will of the lato Oliver George C. Addison ou the application of Mrs. Kmina J. Addisou.
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  • 65 6 Mr. Alfred Tonnies, one of the mining engineers connected with the Austral Otis Company, left Australia recently for the Dutch Kast Indies in charge of the new dredging plant constructed by this company for the Billtou tin mines. Mr. Tonnies will erect the plant, and act as chief dredging engineer
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  • 73 6 A large number of the members of the, l'enau^ Volunteer Corps, besides many others, were on board the steamer Thonywa on Thursday at 4 p.m. to bid farewell to Sergoant Major K. Goulds. As the vessel left Swettcnham Wharf, three .lieers were given for the departing drill instructor, who has
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  • 111 6 The Java Bode is assured, on highly trustworthy authority, that General Van Heutsz. tho Governor-General of Nether lands India, has decided to remain in office no longer than the end of next year. TinHome Government has asked him to Btay ou till the end of
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  • 123 6 Java is now becoming a country of attrac tion to the tourist world. Partios of tourists under experienced guidance arc on the way thither from Holland, ■< nnany. aud Britain. The first batch cf ISritish tourists undor Cook's guidance is due at Batavia on Decomber 21,
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  • 79 6 The British steamer Hong Bee, under the command of Captain Home, has experienced a vory stormy passage from Singapore to Hougkong. She encountered a very strong X.E. monsoon and head seas running from South of the I'aracels. All the hutches had to be bat
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  • 79 6 The Ministry of the Interior is drawing up a memorial to the Throne, says tho N.C. Daily News, to the effect that as soon as tho regulations for the authorized sale of prepared opium have been sanctioned by Imperial decree, the crime of possessing illicit opium, prepared
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  • 163 6 Postal Reforms in F .M.S. It is roportod that the a-lvrnt of tlio now year will witness the institution of several reformi which are now beiut; i:arefnlly da boratcd by the Director ol I'ustn and Tele graphs, X.M.S. Mr. AUin, we arc told, Hay- tin; I'erak tlmmt, ha* boen greatly
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    • 108 6 Choice GAlmeria RAPES Thompson, Thomas Co. PER LB 35 CTS. ONLY AMERICAN BUGGY FOR BALE. HOUSE WANTED. FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED. Kucontly done up suitable for horse or Buitible for 4or ft parsons. Tennis Court pony. Price, with new Knyli-tli li.irm-ss, $18f. Tanglin District preferred. Entry Febroary— Apply to P. (i.
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    • 181 6 ALHAMBRA PHONE. No 96» 9 a.m. to C p.m. No. 639 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. NEEDS NO PUFF. The NEW ORCHESTRA, dVeot from CALCUTTA, have been SPECIALLY engaged fir LOVERS of good MUSIC. ENTIRELY NEW REPERTOIRE OF NEW MUSIC. Tn-\i;'it— Entirf (Inner «f Pr«rui«r From the Popular and Up-to-date
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  • 108 7 FIRST APPEARANCE FOR TWO YEARS. Gratification in St. Petersburg. ISki IKK s TkLKoHVM London. November 22. The C/ar attended the funeral of the (irand Puke Alexis yesterday. Tin- i- Mm tirst time that His Majesty has appeared publicly in St. Petersburg for two years. London, November M.
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  • 238 7 Confidence in the Loyalty of the Fatherland. [Rbdtir's Tklk.ikam-I London, November 22. The Kaiser attended the centenary ceremony in the Town Hall at Berlin yesterday. Instead of delivering the usual extern pnramous speech, be read a prepared Rpecch which wan handed to him by Prince von liuelow. I
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  • 113 7 Servian Troops Fire on Austrian Engineers. jKki'tkr's Telkiuah.j London, November 21. A Belgrade telegram s.tj that au official statement is made that Austria in transporting large <|uautities of ammunition up the Save, and i- stationing troops at all tlm towns on the Lower Danube. The Servian Government explains
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  • 126 7 Beautiful Gems Presented to King Edward. [Rectum's Tileuram] London, November 28. A remarkable scene took place at the presentation of the Cullinan diamonds, valued at a million sterling, to King I Iward. ijm-eu Alexandria tied the two great stones round tho neck of the King, exclaiming an she
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  • 28 7 |Dm Obtasiatischi Lloyd Tilikram) Berlin, November 22. The I'opc is indisposed. Twelve bags cf paddy are missing from a twakow. The police are making enquiries.
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  • 162 7 An Extraordinary Rumour at Kuala Lumpur An extraordinary rumour was current among the Chinese at Kuala Lumpur on Thursday night owing to the receipt of a telegram from China announcing sensational developments. The telegram stated that Prince Chun was a prisoner to the revolutionary party aud that
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  • 248 7 Pilotage Should be Optional Outside Manila. There shonld be optional pilotage outside the port of Manila throughout the islands pilotage should be abolished in the Pasig and in place of the pilots now employed there should be fonr berthing masters. The quartermaster launches should not be
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  • 111 7 Despite tho many counter-attractions on Saturday night, there was a large audience present, among them being a party from Government House, to witness the last performance at the Theatre Royal of Professor Ryder, tho clever magician and illusionist. The professor has just completed a two wick- engagement at
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  • 105 7 Professor lli.j ijtirkar Ma, late fellow of the I in College and Professor of the Rajkumar College, at Kolhapore, but at present superintendent of a Swadeshi school at Talcgaou, will be tried by a special commis sion at Kolhapore comprising the Sessions Judge of Kolhapore and
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  • 82 7 The Perak Museum has recently obtained from Messrs. R. .1. Wilkinson and E. W. Hedgelaud the loan of their collections of Peninsular metal work. The articles of lad. mi work belonging to these two gentlemen, together with that in the possession of tho Museum, make the tinest exhibit
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  • 99 7 Chwee Sob Lye, a young Teochew woman, was before the Third Magistrate, Mr. Maurice Thunder, this morning, on a charge of attempting iuicide by jumping into the sea. She denied that she had attempted anything of the kind. Sergeant Little stated that a Malay policeman saw
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  • 92 7 Statistics nt the Java sugar crop this year, compared with ;he output in 1907, have just appeared. Altogether. ITT sugar mills are in operation, but tie output of sugar in East Java has, so far. bet v less than in 1907 owing to bad weather, i n
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  • 187 7 MARKET FIRM AND DIVIDENDS GOOD. Manaos Cable Interrupted. (From Oi'R Correspondent.) London, i via Peuauc,, November 21. The rubber market is tinu though the tone is quiet. An the cable- from Manaos is interrupted tin if is no report o( Amazon Para rubber. The liukit Itajah Company has
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  • 118 7 Attempted Assassination of a Crown Witness. Calcutta, November 18. A Ciown witiiiMs in the Alipore Bomb Uane named Dass has been subjected to terrorism by desperados. One laid in wait at the dour of Drks' liohho, but a relative of Dass leaving tirHt received a dangerous
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  • 212 7 Mining Towkay Held Up and Robbed Near Ipoh. A very daring highway robbery is reported to have occurred on the Labat Koad at one o'clock on the afternoon of the 17th instant. noar a village of Simpang Ampat about two miles from Ipoh. It appears that a
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  • 204 7 Saturday night, at the Drill Hall, on the Beach Koad reclamation. The hall was elaborately decorated with flags of all colours. On the right was a platform, on which Mtood the piano surroundeiT by pots of palms, (eras and many other plants. On each side of tin- stage
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  • 163 7 There i« a recrudescence in the number of Magistrate's appeals, said Mr. Hastings Rhodes, the Acting Deputy Public Prosocutor, at the Supreme Court, this morning, when Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith had fixed a case for Monday next. Before his Lordship, this morning, were two appeals, one
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  • 745 7 STARTLING REPORT CIRCULATED AT CANTON. Death -Bed Edicts Published. A series of Edicts issued by the late Emperor and the late Empress Dowager have been published at Peking. The first, signed by the late Emperor, 9tates that as he had been educated and brought up by the
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  • 86 7 Thoro was a fire at the mile stone, I ink it Titnuli Road, shortly before ono o'clock, this ruoruinK- The building was an attap (hop belonging to ono Chow Ah Chee. As police from the Wayang Satu Station were passing on rounds, they saw the
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  • 97 7 Lieutenant B. A. Cator, Acting Master Attendant, appeared before the District Judge, Mr. E. C. C. Howatd, thin morning, to prosecute Mr. Hans Kiascban, Third Mate at the German steamer Dorothea Rich mere, so a charge of abetment of the commission of the offence of secreting nine Japanese
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  • 77 7 A cyclone has occurred at Akyab, the chief wa port of Arakan, Burmah. The mail steamer happened to be in the harbour, and a jollyboat, taking the mails to the steamer, capsized Une mail-bag was lost. Ten lives are stated to have been lost by the falling
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  • 290 7 Great Increase Made in tbe State of Pahang. There has been a rumour for Rome time past that tbe duty on opium imported into the Federated Malay States would shortly be considerably increased and this has been confirmed at least in ho far as the State of Pahang
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  • 210 7 Farewell Concert of the Band at the Adelphi Hotel. The King's Menu was again served by special request at the Adelphi Hotel, on Saturday evening, on the occasion of the farewell concert of the baud of the '2nd Koyal West Kent Regiment. There was a record attendance
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  • 371 7 What May Happen if the Demagogue Has His Way. Sir Theodore Martin, who l.as junt celebrated his 92nd birtlulay, wan asked by an iuterviower what he thought of the unemployed outlook from the present to the future, Sir Theodore remarked Let me tell my day and generation it
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  • 150 7 The lad Battalion Enst Kent Regiment. Lieut.-Oolonel K. Bayard, I) SO., commanding, left Durban on October 27, per troopship Dufferin, of the Indian Marine Service, for Hongkong, to take the place of the 4th Middlesex, which comes to Singapore in relief of the 2nd Battalion Royal \\Y-.t
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  • 66 7 ENGLAND GERMANY. COMMENT ON SIR EDWARD GREYS SPEECH. Reciprocal Confidence Invited. IRIDTIB'a TILIORAKJ London, November 28. The Norddeutscbe Kollnischo welcomes Sir Edward Grey's references at Scarborough to the friendliness towards England shown in the recent Reichstag debates. The Paper says We are ijuite ready to believe English assurances as to
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  • 61 7 Three New Battleships and Three New Cruisers. IKm rut's Tklkokam] London, November 21. The German Navy estimates have been laid before the Reichstag. They show an increase of three million! sterling, and provide for the laying down of three battleships, and one largo and two small cruisers.
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  • 74 7 Mr. Haldane's Faith in Having Big Battalions. lUutkk's TklroramJ London, November 18, Mr. Haldane, Secretary of State for War speaking at Guildford, said that there had never been a better prospect of peace, but the tremendous armament* abroad wero only neutralizable by sufficient armaments of our own. He
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  • 220 7 Budget of Indo-China Controlled from Paris. Now that M. Klobukowski, the GovernorGeuural of Indo-China, has remodelled the Tonkinese Parliament, he is expected to take next in hand the reform of the High Couucil of Indo China. That assembly consists of officials for the most part to whom
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  • 160 7 His Excellency Chang Ming Chi, the i..v ernor of, Kwangsi Province, has forwarded a memorial to the Throne stating that he has arrested three notorious Chinese revolutionists, and that many important documents relating to the revolutionary movomont were discovered in the luggage of one of them. According
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  • 236 7 Mr. C. F. J. Green, the Second Magistrate, resumed, on Saturday, the hearing of the case against an Indian named Kanegasaby, who is charged with taking away the wife of Ambala V'anaii. Mr. U. St. J. Braddell appeared for tho prosecution. The Court was thronged with Ceylon
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  • 772 8 Notes in General. There wore not enough contestants at the Swimming Club, yesterday, to swim off the team race, and it had to be postponed. Association Football. Twilight Football Club. The following are additional results in the uve a side football tournament in connection with the Twilight Football
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  • 318 8 Consul -General Spakler Visiting Deli. The Sumatra Post makes mention of a visit to Deli by Mr. Spakler, the ConsulGeneral for the Netherlands at Singapore. It appears that this official is charged with a special mission to inspect the estates in the Colony and in the F.M.S.
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  • 196 8 Suggestion that F.M.S. Government be Purchaser and Smelter. In view of tho cries of tin-stealing and illicit-tin buying from Kinta and elsewhere, an actual stop could be put to these, says tbe Per -k Pioneer, if, for instance, the Government, through tho Warden of Mines, were to
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  • 204 8 Scientist Shudders at Steamers' Coal Consumption. Dr. Henry E. Armstrong, professor of chemistry at the City and Guilds of London Central Institute, addressing the annual met '.ing of the Iron and Steel Institute at Middlosborough said it was difficult to keep calm alien he reflected upon the
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  • 161 8 Dr. George A. Dorsoy. the Amorican explorer, who left London at the beginning of this year on an 18 months' scientific mission in the South Pacific and on the coast of Asia, h.as arrived at Manila from German New Guinea, having called at the Caroline Islands on his
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  • 103 8 Pepper planters in Cochin. China, especially in the province of Ha-tien, are in a bad way owing to over-production of the spice. Matters arc expected to be worse owing to the approaching crop of tbe staple being an abundant one. Growers and planters feel hopeless, in
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  • 987 8 FURTHER RESULTS OF THE S.V.A. BISLEY MEETING. Good Shooting at Balestier Range. The S.V.A. Bisloy Meeting was continued on Saturday and Sunday. A good many S.V.I, men turned up at Balestier Range on Saturday afternoon to compete for tbe S.V.I. Cup, and at 2.30 firing was commenced in a
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  • 13 8 [The Straits Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents.]
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  • 114 8 To tbe Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, A was awarded judgment for 1125 (with costs) on a piano belonging to B. The piano itself may be worth anything more. A and B came to understanding, and a compromise was arrived at, in which it was agreed
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  • 127 8 Professor Ernest De Witt Benton, of the University of Chicago, has been spending a busy week in Calcutta, studying problems which educationalists are now trying to solve with a view to advising, on his return to tbe States, friends who are interested particular, ly in the educational
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  • 129 8 Owing to the north west monsoon haviug now set in, very rough weather is reported in the Gulf, says the Siam Observer. The steamer Profit, running between Singaporo aud Bangkok, only arrived at Bangkok on Tuesday last, having taken over four days to do tho journey.
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    • 411 8 ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE. A eertific»t«a Ma'ernity Nurse has acoommodation in her private home for a patient Terms moderate. For farther particular^ apply to Nnrse, c; _> Straits Times. 2544 The Favourite WAYANG KASSIM. The Indra Zanibar Royal Theatrical Company OF BUfOAPOM. To-Night! To-Night! Alexandra Hall, NOHTH BRIDGE KOAD, tho following play
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  • 98 9 SIMOAFOM, NoVIMBIR 21, 1808. PRODUCE. tambicf buyers 8.80 do (Oobe No. 1) oapieked 18.87} topra Bali 8.05 do Pontian&k 7.06 'epper, Black 10.65 do White 6% 17.87 J lago Flour Sarawak 2.96 do Brunei No. 1 2.85 'earl Sago 8.75 toffee Bali, picked 22.60 ioffee, Palembanx, 20% b«si« nom.
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  • 124 9 im Litmacn Bans 4 m/B *i*n Demand 2/8 g Private 6 m/i 2/4] do 8 ro'» -lift On Qermcmy -Bank d/d 287 Private 8 m/s 241 do 6 m/i 348 On Prtinet— Bank d/d 292 Private 8 m/s 397 do 6 ml* 299 On lnd»a— Bank T. T. 175
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  • 50 9 lowarin cnKiDB o-fc vmw,iA*i i-^, prem liley HargrraTea «•>. 238,000 1% prem I'pore Eleotrio Tramwaya Co., Ltd. 5% 850,000 nominal llngapore Manioipal t% 400,000 M%p.nom. 6% 1,878,000 6% prem *i% 1, 600.000 8% pram 4% 603,900 B%di«nonllraiU Engineering! Byd.. Ltd. 6% 45,000 par ranjong Pagar Dock Board 8% 1.030,000
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    • 51 9 CHARLES ~ifL HEIDSIECKS *yf|O White Sea! Champagne SHI.K AUcNTP f A Behn, Meyer 4Cc Id flfftam Singapore. ?9bVH juH> I.ITTM V r« i r^^^l PILSENER BEER. KEY BRAND. IMPORTED SINCE MM \SCTm ■vntjaia'p. 9ESm BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. None Genuine without the above two Labels BEHN MEYER A Co., Ltd., Sole
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    • 568 9 Miscellaneous NOTICES Rtw-Ut Mouth, ilOpwlach. NiMqMat month* (6. Fot wbotUt period* M ]Bcala of ChufM. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given to all concerned, that from this date, Thursday, November 19, 1908, Ui Un Tek is no longer authorised to receive moneys in our behalf. METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUBB. 2514 NOTICE. OWNERS
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    • 416 9 Whiteaway, Laidlaw Co, Ld. MOW OPEN: Glß^^* /M Toyhnd. Si) Bring the little ones to view our varied assortment of toys; something to please children of every age. Veloci- Rocking Horses. As Illustration, pede M^~M^mmi From "512.75. From From $15.50. $16.50. THE BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE. 1888. In thx Suprme Cocrt of
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    • 157 9 FOR LADIES "i dJORETJOMOLLE'S'APIOL 1 ft f he molt sure remedy tgalnst the Sicknett, tnd other effects caused by the delMy of th§ regular periodt s£OUIN,Ct,.iM6S,Rq» B' Honor*. PARIS THE BTRAITB ENGINEERING SYNDICATE. LTD.. IN LIQUIDATION. The Creditors of the above-named Company are required, on or before the 28rd day
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    • 213 9 Are You Ready P IF NOT, YOU NEED OUR HELP. WHAT do you^^^^ FOR want to buy Christmas Silk f ss silver Goldthss 0 m Curios Comm to WASSIAMULL, ASSOMULL CO., 56 mud 57, High Street. NOTICE. MANUFACTURERS LIFE INBURANCE CO. It is hereby notified that Mr. J. H. EVANS
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    • 36 9 LEBBONS IN PIANO AND FRENCH. By Yonng Lady, Pupil of the Rojal Aoademy of Mobic, London; also s Stndent and Pianoforte Teacher in Paris. ALSO ETRONOMtS AND MUSIC FOR SALE Apply LYNDHURST, No. 13, Lloyd Road.
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  • 328 10 IDENTIFICATION BY THUMBMARKS IN CEYLON. Sir Henry McCallum and Planters. Thorn who are interested in the subject races of the Empire would do well to look at an article in the current number of the Asiatic Quarterly on Forced Labour and Thumb-Marks in Ceylon. It would appear from
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  • 228 10 Novel Method to Swell French Exchequer. M. Caillanx, the French Chancellor of the Exchequer, has been looking round for new sources of revenue, and, according to tbe Telegraph's Paris correspondent, has pounced upon cats. But cat-lovers set up a wail of indignation. Dr. Lt'pinay, who is
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  • 88 10 The work of pruning the mammoth beech hedge at Meikleour, Perthshire, on the estate of the Marquis of Lansdowne, is now being carried oat. The hedge, which is the most [union* of its kind in the world, was planted in 1715. It is one-third of a mile long
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    • 629 10 BANKING COMPANIES. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER Paid np Capital in 80,000 Share* ot M 0 each £1,»00.000 Heeerve Fund 15M1 22S Reserve Liability ot Proprietor* iI.MU.OOO BANKERS. Bank ot England. National Bank ot Scotland. The London City A Midland Bank, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCH.
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    • 478 10 BANKING COMPANIES. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (•aid up Capital •15,000,00 c lESERVE FOND Sterling Reserve 115,000,0001 M 9 000 000 SUverßeserve 114,000,000f IOT 000 ogo ivserve Liability ot Proprietors 115.000,000 COURT OP DIRECTORS. E. Bhellim, Esq. Chairman. Hoo Mr. W.J. Qresson. Deputy Chairman. E.G. Barrett, Esq. IW. Helms, Esq.
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    • 124 10 10 WHEN DOCTORS SAY "HOPELESS" Little's Oriental Balm steps in and cures inveterate chronic cases of Rheumatism A. N. Ransom, Mondovi, Wis.: For about three years I have had Rheumatism all over my body. The best Physicians could do nothing for me. My arms and shoulders would swell and grow
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    • 628 10 STRAITS CYCLE AND MOTOR CO., LTD., 15, Battery Road, ELECTRO PLATERS, ENAMELLERS, MAKERS OF THE CELEBRATED "LAJU" RACING BYCYCLES. Sole Agents for Star Cycles. James' Cycles. INSPECTION INVITED. SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER CO.. LD. Commercial Machines, Nos. 4 A S are alway Stocked TYPEWRITERS REPAIRED, PLATED AND RENOVATED EQUAL TO NEW,
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    • 1028 10 SALES BY AUCTION. AUCTION SALE or STEEL CUTTINGS AND fc'CRAP IRON At Messrs. Huwtrth Erskine, Ltd Preaues, MERBAU ROAD, Tuesday, November 24, at 2-80 p.m. N. L, Coghlan Co., J490 Licensed Auctioneer* and Surveyors SALES BY AUCTION. AUCTION BALE or 118 KEOS OF WIRE NAILS, At H. L. Coghlan and
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  • 1332 11 NOTES AND NEWS OF INTEREST TO MOTORISTS. Federal Car in Trouble. We hear that the Federal car was in the wars on Tuesday on the road to Pahang. The car, which carried as passengers Messrs. W. W. Douglao, Acting Chief Commissioner of Police, and I). Butler, C.P.0., Pahang. was
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    • 376 11 ARGYLL CARS. JUST AniUVSI}. SENSES* Argyll Model de Luxe. PAINTED DARK (IKEKN, NICKEL- PLATED MOUNTINGS, KITTED WITH HOOD, MAONETO, WIND SCREEN, LAMPS AND ACCESSORIES. Illustrated Catalogue and full particulars from SYME COMPANY, so ao e ce N t, SCOTTISH TRIALS, 1908. TRAOE MARK As usual, the most noticeable feature was
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    • 224 11 SIDDELEY flufocat's. FAMOUBFOR W Sole Agents: CONSISTENT RELIABILITY. CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS. JUST LANDED: Two 20-h.p., 6-Cylinder STANDARDS, Painted Red (one sold). KSJSWT Club Hill on Top Gear WITH FTJLXj LOAD. Handsome Motorcars for Hire from Sole Agents: •3 per hour. Guaranteed not to Break Down. C. F. F. WEARNE Co
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    • 253 11 MARTIN'S -*■»"'<"- ladie s.l PI JLLS Vr*n«h ■•m«dr far KM IrMularttlM. Thntmmh «< l^l»» k~, 4 t«,» S.rt.n F K m it. houve. rtu, on tl» IS •i^n „(.„>■ k W*"*| SyM.m i.mrly dote nuy t» makti n. Chssfi Southampton; bnoland.^ Mmmmi-m. 0. J. KETMEn Co. <o offar thalr iirrlcu
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    • 323 11 H. ABRAMS, HORSE REPOSITORY. I, ORCHARD ROAD. A large number of thoroughly broken in harness aud Saddle Horses for sale. A (urthar shipment of select Horses, Cobs and Poniea is due to arrive at the end of the month. The best equipped turnouts to be had by the day, week,
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    • 1024 12 Scale of Charges. PREPAID ADVKRTIBEMEHTB.— MIsosI iHWii Wants of Every D—crlpMoa, Houses, ftaal, etc., to Ist, an Inserted at tbe following •■MilOne Insertion I.SO par teen. Two 100 Three 1.80 Blx s.to HIM 1.40 Twelve T.M Twentyflvs 10.00 (Eaob subsequent month M par teok.) Tks above rate is baaed upon
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    • 465 12 ARTICLES FOR SALE. BaIU Foar Lldm. ouior two InMrtiou, II.OC Bj th. lacb. m* Seal* ot ChargM. RUBBER BTUMPB FOR BALE. Good Bobber Stamps, 10 months old. Apply Manager, Linggi Plantations, Ltd., Beremban. oIM7 RUBBER EBTATEB FOR BALE. Two Rubber Estates about 1,000 acres each (just valued). Will take shares.
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    • 454 12 Netherlands Guttapercha Co. Ld. SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS. India Bobber Tyres, all kinds and shapes All kinds ol HOSE, Suction, Delivery, Steam, lor Carriages Motor Cars, etc. Hydraulic, Rockdrill, Gardenhose, Brakerf TRFAnnja uotor tvrfh hoBe lor K^Mwaya, Speaking Tubes, RE-TREADING MOTOR TYRES. CODDRINGS, GAUGE-GLASS RINGS. All kinds ol LB. Buffers and
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    • 359 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. b« I— roar Lin M on. ot tw lumUqm, ii :■> Bj tin UKb, Seal* ol Ck..irtw. OFFICE TO BE LET. Office on second floor of. No. 7, Battery Road. Apply to Outhrie and Co., Ltd. 0 1878 ROOM TO LET. Room suitable for Married
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    • 331 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. H»T«»|— Fo«r Llbm. on. ot twu tuertlou, 11 Br tbe iaeb, m* Seal* of ChargM. FURNISHED HOUSE TO BE LET. No 858, Pasir Panjang Road. Entry from December 1. Apply Lim Tay Hin, 18, Mohamed Soltan Road. 2379 HOUSE TO LET. Chancery House, off Chanoery
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    • 341 13 >«c of I rra» 1 tIOQ I Oapttel SabaoritMd Nambi." 01 BhMM Imqs V»|QC Paid up to IDO3 1907 1901 1903 1907 1901 11)06 1909 1906 1906 1906 •'300,000 MOO.OOO •600,000 £400,001) •400.0 M £ao,ooo £100,000 KIW.OOO £110,000 £30.000 •450,000 £150.000 iOO.OOO 118,000 600,000 360,000 378,000 60.000 100.000 99,000
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    • 373 13 I I*M I IWI 1904 1908 IWM 40* .906 1909 1906 1907 'Mi* £160,000 •200,000 I*o,ooo £70,0011 »lXil.(|-,1l JEIB.GOQ £74.000 cno.ouo £65,000 £iHO,ooo £310.000 /Ms.ono 137,068/U 115,500 22,750 86.7 i» l».«(Kt 18,000 U."O(l 259,530 53,750 180,000 101,500 175,000 t 108,600 I 10,100 1 1 2,100 22,750 86.700 II.MO 10
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    • 192 13 1884 1898 IHOS «.377.10.0 ♦Md.OOO t15.000.000 4.80S JM.OOO 16.000.000 7,898 4,500 ISO.OOO 18,000 i 6,000 I 6,000 I *.«w 8,400 I 6,000 i 1,750 14,000 too 400,000 1,110 1,000 4,966 300,000 lift 60 1W 100 100 100 100 10 10u 100 10 60 1 100 100 100 10 11/6
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