The Straits Times, 22 December 1908

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times NO. 22.841. SINGAPORE. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1908. PRICE 10 CBNTB.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 239 1 GRAND HOTEL EUROPE. THE ASSEMBLY ROOM (Seating Capacity 1OO), NOW OPEN, IS AVAILABLE FOR WEDDING RECEPTIONS, MUSICAL SOIREES, ETC. MABONIC BANQUETS AND SPECIAL DINNERS SERVED IN THE MOST RECHERCHE STYLE. "WHIEI^E SHALL I DINE ON Xmas New Year's Eve? AVHY, OF COURSE, AT RAFFLES HOTEL. WHY Because I get the
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    • 212 1 HARIMA HALL, North Bridge Road. (ipand Cin(matogr o ph Exhibition EVERY NI6HT BUT SUNDAYS. Very Important, HALL Brightest and Best LIGHT Brightest and Steadiest PICTURES Costliest and Latest MUBIC Sweetest and Softest NEW PICTURES To-Night To-Night HARIMA HALL NEW YEAR SEASPOm. 1909. The annual KEGATTA will be held on Friday,
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    • 230 1 SINGAPORE LIGHTING COMPANY, No. 20, Raffles Place, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL HEALERS. T.l.phon. No T.l.ir.phlc »ddr.i, LIOM THINS Open from 8.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. We have just received a large stock ot the following goods Gas, Benzine and Acetylene Lanta of any design and of the latest improvements, at moderate
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    • 221 1 ROBINSON AND CO. Latest Novelties Jfi|&§f|^ft IN No. 1901, Elephant with nodding Head n O 1055, Latest Novelty, Motor Bus and waggiDg tail. The houdah is filled n loaded with 12 crackers containing with 9 crackers. f|%' eitlier Hat, Cap or Toy. PRICE: $1 EACH. PRICE: $1.35 EACH. Tim CIIITU'Q
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    • 62 1 NOTICE TO THE SHIPPING AND OUTPORTB..?ir^ Before you bay Ice, make sure that it is made of Municipal water, DISTILLED AND FILTERED AND FREE FROM GERMS." The undersigned only are in a position to supply such Ice at the lowest current market price. KATZ BROTHERB. LIMITED. GE«ER»L »Of UTS The
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    • 21 1 Plants, Flowers. A Basket of Beautiful ROSES for 5C CENTS. Telephone. SS^^L ART NEEDLEWORK AND FLOWER OEPOT. tl7. Orchard Road lOtt-i
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  • 961 2 NERVOUSNESS ON THE CONCERT PLATFORM. Advice to Public Performers. The extremely painful scene witnessed at a concert last week, when a young lady very nearly broke down completely in the interpretation of a familiar piano concerto, suggests one or two reflections. In the first place, the extreme
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 254 2 USE "Eagle" Cement For HIGH -CLASS WOEK. BOPnOO COi, Ltd., Government. GENASCO Tropical Roofing. 2 Ply $1 0 per roll of 21G square fe t. 3 Ply $12 per roll of 210 square feet. Complete with Nulls. C'ap< aud Ceim-nt for fixing. "GENASCO' is prepared for THE TROPICS, is cheap,
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    • 187 2 BUCHANAN'S WHISKIES. are not an experiment. They have been the favourite blenda at home (or many years and are rapidly gaining similar popularity in tbe Colonies. No expense is spared in keeping both "RED SEAL" AND "BLACK AND WHITE" up to tbe mark. 48 Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. NBAK
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    • 280 2 C. H. Willis Is now doing business on the forthcoming KUALA LUMPUR RACES, run JANUARY 2, 5 AND 7. FOX PRICES, APPLY AT OFFICES ABOVE ROBINSON PIANO CO., 83, RAFFLES PLACE. All wires must be confirmed by letter; no reply co business. REPRESENTATIVE JAS. CHRISTIE. Telegrams: "STRAIGHT," Singapore. Telephone No.
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    • 59 2 THAT MEANS RHEUMOTIBM. Sore and swollen joints, sharp shooting pains, torturing muscles, no rest, no sleep. That means rheumatism. It is a stubborn disease to fight, bnt Chamberlain's Pain Balm has conquered it thousands of times. It will do so whenever the opportunity to offered. Try it. One application relieves
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    • 129 2 ISMAIL RAHEEM. vyiC Jewellery AITI/lo Bazaar.. JUST UNPACKED, A LARGE VARIETT Or' Diamond and other Jewellery IS NKW DKSIGXS. SUITABLE FO-EL Xmas Rew year PRESENTS. PRICES BEYOND xfi oui« customers the pib. n/lMorriTi/iii xT LIC GENEKALLY ARE COKDI. UUmHETITION ALLY INVITED. PT J.Collis Browne's 4 M gj*s/) ThoORIGINALand ONLY GENUINE}
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  • 882 3 PUBLISHERS' ANNOUNCEMENTS OF NEW BOOKS. Complaints of a Reviewer. The Oxford Hymn liook. which will be published immediately, has been prepared by the Dean of Christ Church, Or. Strong, and the Lady Margaret I'rofessor of Divinity, Dr. Sanday. It is divided into four books first, hymns for times
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  • 166 3 The discovery of the treason plot at Saigon aroused a sensation in France, and a Paris newspaper of some authority pointed out that, about a year ago, it became known that something of the kind was brewing. But the official world made light of it, and
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 642 3 MAINTAINS THE HIGHEST REPUTATION EVKRYWUERIi BUILD UP and PRESERVE YOUR HEALTH and Fortify the System against Disease with -We cannot ipwk K^^BA^^^^^V^^VX^^^SSX^HS^Bl WSt H^lV too lufhlr of it." rCI 1 -"wCW BLtf Pronounced by the HIGHEST MEDICAL AUTHORITIES "si T S E&* Torpid Liver, Debility, Eruptions, Lad WONDERFUL PURIFIER of
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    • 24 3 Many a woman is rendered irritable, nervouh and cross by the frequent occurrence of a n-isty lii-iidaclir. Steams' Headache Care is prompt and sure.
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    • 316 3 THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING CO. (ESTABLISHED 1&83) MAXrFACTTREKS OF PURE --ROPE 3 STRAND CABLE HID 4 BTRAND 1/2" to 12- 5" to 10 1 3- to 10" Prices, Samples and full particulars will be forwarded on application to Agent: W. A. STOPANI, fikMT GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LTD. Portland Cement.
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  • 784 4 Samt, port, probable date oj arrival, and name oj Agents. STBAMBRS. Air lie, Sydney, Dec 38 Bonitead Andalusia, Honpkong, Jan 3 Behn Meyer Asaaye, Hongkong, Jan 14 P. 4 O. Coy Ayut'bia, Bangkok, Dec 25 Borneo Ooy Aetvanax, China, Jan W. Mansfield A. L. Treville, Saigon, Dec Moine
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 36 4 A NOTABLE FACT. The absence of all narcotics makes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the safest and best medicine for ail ooughs, colds, croup and whooping cough that can be procured. For sale, by all Dispensaries and dealers.
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    • 681 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. Por China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading issued for Chini Ooast, Persian Gulf, Continental, and Americat Ports. Steamen will leave Btngapore on or nbcui MAIL LINE. [Outward for China). 1909 Delhi Jan
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    • 658 4 Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij (ROYAL DUTCH PACKET COMPANY CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY RETURN TICKETS, First anri Second cla". at SINGLE rales, will be issued from Singapore to BATAVIA and SOURABAYA, available for use between December 15, 1906, and January 15, 1909. FAREB i BATAVIA First-class: $45. Second-class: »27. SOURABAYA (direct) First-class: $63. Second-class:
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    • 365 4 BURNB PHILP LINE. SINGAPORE TO 'JAVA PORTS. PORT DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND, BRISBANE AND SYDNEY. ALSO TAKING CARGO FOB OTHER NORTH QUEENSLAND PORTS, BRITISH NEW GUINEA, NEW BRITAIN AND NEW ZEALAND PORTS (with transhipment). As induoement offers. Smooth passage. Superb Scenery. A regular monthly servioe to above ports li maintained by
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    • 568 4 STEAMER SAILINGSHAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. Thes teamen of ibis Company maintain a regular servioe between Hamburg, Bnmen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and Ibe Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havn and Hamburg and onoe a month for Bremerhaven dinot, oafling at Penang and Colombo. Taking cargo at
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    • 813 4 STEAMER SAILINBB. N. D. L. RORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD Impsrlal (Nrman Mall Line The fast and wall known mall steamer of this Company sail fortnightly from Bnm> o Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Bouthamr ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (oonnectu Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vioe vert, Port Bald, Sues, Aden, Colombo, Penan t Singapon,
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 131 4 Singapore Tide Table. (Froji Df.cksibeb 22 to Decembeb 28. HIGH WATER. LOW WATER Time H'ghtl Time H'gbt December hrt. min. ft. ins.'hre.mio ft. ma. t-~«.. on i 9 7 m 2.59 am 4.5 TrmOAT 23 io.24pm 8.5 S.44 pm 1.6 W BM i>«a3 I 9.44 am 9.5 8.41 un 4.5
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  • 1259 5 i'!idi» liiis h«.vlinK Ui«fouo*in« ibbrenatioDi ar. iHd «tr.— ttMßior th.— ship; b<j.— barque; ich.— >cl>oon«r; Tot.— Tacht; Cra.— CreiMr; Obt.—O«o--...«t; Tor.— Tonxxlo: lip— Horte pnw.r Brit.— .ritiib; U. S.— l'nilod MtaUa Kch.— Pltßch Oar.— Ixroiao Dot.— Dutcb ItaJ.— ltalian Hpu. -NpanUh. iv.— Sarawak U.c.—Uen«r»l cargo; d.p.— deck
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  • 93 5 December ai Snruga. Brit str. Hongkong. Shanghai, Japan Aodree Rirkraers, Ocr air, Bangkok Speelman, Dot str, Batavia Amberst, Brit str, Pontianak M Zambe*i, B-it str, Newcastle (N.8.W.l Recorder, Brit cable str, Laboan Dott. Nor str. Bangkok Catherine Apca Brit str, Hongkong Ban Liong, Dot str, Cotie via porU Janet
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  • 99 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To- Day. TANJONO PAOAR. East Whaß» Babi*— J.L Eviston, New Orleans, Delphine. East W. Sectioh 1-Mazagin, Teeiita. Sbctiom No. 1 (Sheers Wbabt;— Singapore. Sbotios 2— Catlieriue A pear. ii B—Dagmar.8 Dagmar. 4— Nil. ft— Nil. t Qorgon,
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  • 76 5 T MOKROW Anamba and Natuua la. Banka 11 a.m. I. S'teuhani and Penang Kittna 1 p.m Hoi how Keorg Wai 1p m. H'kong, Amoy, Swatow Hong Wan I 3 p.m. Telok Anson vi» ports Kinta 8 p.m Macassar via ports Wilhelm Bp.m. TacuioAT. Cnoob Olanfti II) a m.
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  • 491 5 Exchange Problem in China Difficult to Silve. MeswrH. Saiuucl Montagu aud CompMj write from huudou, ou NoTMßbot 20, to the following effiHit: Hat gold was in koen di iu:inu fur l'r.i"ce, and the price rose on Mouday 1 to 77 |I. at which upwards of CMKjOOO dis[>o-<abl<'.
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  • 360 5 Passengers Outward. Per P. and O. sttamtr Nyan/a, duo Dec. 24.— Mr. and Mrs. R. Dorry. Mr. P. Macken zic, Mr. H. C. Bovier, Mr. T. A. Krdfearn. Per N. D. L. steamer Prinz EiU-! Frii drjah, duo December 26. Consul and Mrs. F. L. Isasca, Miss
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  • 141 5 FROM EUROPE Dy the N D.L. etr P. E.Fnedrich, dne Dec 28. B. I. steamer Tarobi, due Dec 26. M. M. steamer Sydney, due Dec 98. FROM CHINA M. M. steamer Dnmbea, due Deo 99. fjeft Sin^ni^r* >;<* II II I NM 1« MM tm *i p
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 559 5 INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD., APCAR LINE OF STEAMERS. BPEC«I REOUCTI3HB IM FARES FROM SIN6WJRE TO PENAHG AND UUHITT* Christmas and Mew Year Holidays. RETURN SALOON TICKEt AT SINGLE RATES »,ll b* iMMI fr-m Sm^p.re to P*^ ani Ca'cu.ta, available by the following steamers:Ol IWAHI). INWARII Leaving Arriving Leaving Amvu
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    • 491 5 COMBIXBU 6EKVIVE Of THE OCEAN S. S. COY.. LTD.. THE WEST AUSTRALIAN S. N. CO.. LTD. FREMAXTLR (PESTD) NORTH WEST A1.5T84.L1.4N PORTS. j.ita 4Ni> sn«troßE Regular Fortnightly sailiugs between Singapore and Weoteru Australia, calling at Java (as Inducement offers), Derby, King'o Konnd, (Port for the Kimborlev Gold Fields), Broomo, Roebuck
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    • 536 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Lino THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO EUROPE VIA CHINA JAPAN. CANADA and tb. UNITED BTATKB. Koota from Hongkong, via Shanghai, Nagasaki (Inland Bea of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama Viotorta aud Vanoonver, K.H.B. "RmiMOf Inu" Twin sorew steaKM. B. "Euun of Japih" V men,
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    • 33 5 LAZATINE, the Ideal Purgative, reoom mende! by the beet medical anthorities. Easy to lake and oerta>n in results To be bad of all I let* Whnlaal* froa The Pbarmaor. ttmrnt BoM. OlstßFnr.; tarn
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    • 209 5 AUCTION SALES Mowell and Co Dec. '11. At saleroom, valuable town pro parties, No. 9, Holloway Lane, etc.. at 2.80 p.m. Dec. 22. At Haloroom, freehold land and dwelling house, No. 8, Kirn Keat Hoad, 2.80 p.m. Dec. 29.— At saleroom, the British steauiur Batavier, at 2.30 p.m. Dec. '29.
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    • 44 5 In catarrlial affections of the nrinary tract, the best results come from osing METHYLOIDS. Taken internally, no discomfort or inconvenience. Relievo pain and give visible result in a few hours, cure in a few days. Better than oopaibaand aantal, safer than injection*. Price low.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 265 5 DAY BY OA\ Tuesday, December 2a. High Water: 10 24 pm. Licenßing Jnsticcp meet. 2 30 p.m. Alhambra Cinematograph, 7 p.m. Grand Cinematograph, Theatre Royal. Halo's Tours, 7 p.m. Japanese Cinematograh, 7.80 p.m. Harima Cinematograph, 7 30 p.m. Gaiety Cinematograph, 7 30 p ra. Wfdnnd«y December 23. High Water: 11.44
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  • 1283 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22. In one of the most eloquent passages of a spocch which may almost be described as epoch making, Sir Edward Grey, claimed that public opinion in England is stirred not by racial animosities but by ideas and causes." It is because
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  • 14 6 A Cinderalla dance is being held in the S.V.C. Drill Hall on January 80.
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  • 16 6 A cargo of tin plates arrived from Batavia for Langkat, yesterday, by the British steamer Mm.
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  • 26 6 The Prince Regent has given instructions to the Ministry of Education, at Peking, to eu force compulsory education from tbe first moon next China New Year.
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  • 23 6 Jemadar Shaik Cassim. Hongkong Singapore Battalion, Royal Garrison Artillery, has gone on retired pi v, and Havildar Mohamad Din has been promoted Jemadar.
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  • 34 6 Mr. G. I'inkm >, lion, secretary of the Perak Ladies' RiHe Club, reports that tincredit in the Bank now is twice what it was at the opening ot the season. There- are no outstanding debts.
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  • 38 6 The appearance of the business end of Josselton in Borneo, is to be further improved by the erection of a brick railway station iv place of the present wooden one. The work is expected to be completed shortly.
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  • 39 6 A civil suit, in which interests amounting to 4j,000 rupees are concerned, is pending in the Court of the Sub.ludgo of Hareilly, Lueknow, between His Highutss the Nawab of Kunpur and the heirs of the late Minister, Abdul GhdUur.
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  • 58 6 The Foreign Minister for German affairs, speaking in tho Reichstag on the 10th instant, said it was deemed cxpedieut to refrain from the immediate withdrawal of troops from China as it might have a ilis.juietiug effect on the population at the present juncture. Governmont, he said, was still determined considerably
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  • 67 6 A crocodile, measuring IT ft. long, was shot by Mr. Arbeuz up the Si Bode river, Sandakan, recently. Great difficulty was experienced in finally killing it. The "croc" at one time rushed the boat nearly upsetting it and smashed one of the oars to piece?. Thirteen shots were necessary to
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  • 68 6 The "gnld" coflin of the late Emperor Kuaug Had was brought to the Kueiii'-h Hall through the Chin tsing Gate on the morning of the Bth instant. On tho 12th instant, the princes, nobles aud Metropolitan otlkials presented themselves at the above-mentioned hall to do homage before the Imperial collin.
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  • 72 6 Secret societies have just been discovered among the Chinese in Aciiecn, especially in the district of Tamiaug where the coolie element is tin: most numerous. There is a law agaiust sm-h organisations, but, by some oversight, it has uevor been brought into force in Acheen. The mistake lias just been
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  • 91 6 Mr. Arbcnz, of S<u<Ukan, has killed a |>y thon 15 ft. long in his fowl house. It appears that the xuake eutcred through the atUp roof, and despatched four unfortunate fowls and devoured a fifth. Mr. Arbenz' attention being called, he shot the snake twice iv the neck, a third
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  • 112 6 A few months ago, a field force marched through certain districts in the island of Flores, in Netherlands India, which had risen in rebellion and had burned down the chief town called Kndeh. Hundreds of rebels fell in action and many chiefs submitted. Ordor was restored, but only for a
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  • 123 6 An anti-opium movement has been set agoing among the Chinese iv East Java, at the proiuptiug of agitators in China. A list is going the rounds in which every Chinaman who listens to these people must put down whether he smokes opium, bow much he smokes, and whether lie wishes
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  • 130 6 Chinese ladies are very fond of jewels, according to a story told by Sir Alexander Hosie, the British Att tcln- at Peking, in his report issued recently. "I was a pas sengor on a train to Peking and a y.mnn Cbiueso couple joined the train. The gentleman paid but little
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  • 460 6 Dr. Sven Hedin left Osaka, ou Di-ccnibtr 9, en route to Europe via Korea and Sibeiia. Major G. W. Priestley, of the 9M'i Decran Infantry, rejoined from leave of absence on tho 18th inst. Mr. I). McLeod Craik returned from Penang with bis bride, yesterday, by tho
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  • 52 6 Tho St. Petersburg Supreme I'li/.o Court have rejected a claim for one hun Ired thousand pounds sterling, demanded as coni|iensa tion for the loss of the steamer Oldhaiuia, which was sunk during the Hus-o-lapHueso war. The Oldhamia had M board a cargo of petroleum at
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  • 105 6 The Sin Wun-pao «ay> that the Itegent, Prince Chun, is a man of very amiable character and quite approachable. At the time when His Highness was made a Grand Councillor, a visitor called on hii.i, but the door-keeper refused to admit h in, saying
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  • 103 6 The Malay Mail notice-, in the Gazettu that a portion of the eourso of the Klang River at Kuala Lumpur is to be deviated, and presumes that tho scheme alluded to is the one about which thero have been ru mours for some time namely, the alteration of
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  • 98 6 Mr. Tho<i. P. Schuler, an engineer who wan charged with attempting suicide by jumping into the sea at Collyer Quay, was discharged by the Third Magistrate, yesterday afternoon. He explained that while attempting to enter a sampan he slipped and fell into the water. Ho wan stunned
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  • 91 6 Every Saturday evening from4.nt 'Jiun., a meeting is he-id, at No. 12 Dhoby Ghaut, of tho Seventh-day Adveutists, who, from tin Snrintiire, claim to provo and hold tho truth that tho seventh day of the week is tho trm- Sabbath, and that wo are liviutf iv
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 194 6 kA &£6AW^& (f THIS WELL KNOWN IJKAND II V'-vM^ml outll DaD c a fr'irst Class Hotels. CALDBECK, MACGREGOR Co., sole i:mi :> o:r,~e:r,s. JOHN LITTLE Co.'s Xmas ffiazaar YOU TOYS, CRACKERS CHOCOLATES Notice. f 111 Efctalilihlmieiit will be closed from Thursday afternoon, Decembw 24. till Monday morning, December 2H. g
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    • 204 6 Alhambra. TO-NIGHT! Entire Change OF Programme. ALL NEW PICTURES. 1 VENICE in a GONDOLA 2 The French Cupboard AN ELECTRIC HOTEL 4 The fn willing Servant 5 Wonderfnl Kyy. 0 Mr. Giddy wishes to enjoy him*t>lf 7 A (ieutleman's Son H BENVENUTO CELLINI 9 A Troubled Soul 10 IN LAPLAND.
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  • 124 7 PROROGATION OF IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. The Objects of the Shanghai Opium Conference. [Riotiib's Telegram] London December B, Parliament was prorogued yesterday. The King's speech says that relations with foreign Powers continue friendly. Several important agreements have been concluded which ill tend to the consolidation of peace. His Majesty
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  • 88 7 Foreign Secretary's Advice to British Traders. |!:»n.'R'< Tx:.Frnujt] l.i idl n I •eeeuhi r SI, Sir Kdward Grey bat rafHad ti a com plair.t fioin th 1. m ii iiu i.unb'i nf (.'ouiiucioe „s tv lie piracy of trade marks in Japnn. T!- F reigi 3
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  • 49 7 Suggested Use by German Troops for Far East. i Rkuthr's Tklkgium London, Dcceinlvr 21. It is stated at St. Petersburg that Germany has deci'l"d to cease seU'ling troops to the Far Kast by sea. She has arranged with Russia to use the NaVMJi Railway for their transit.
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  • 38 7 Expected Support From England and America. IDm Ost&sutischi Lloyd Tbliiravl I'.erlin, December 2\. Holland, in its quarrel with Venezuela, hopes to be supported by America aud Kuglaud, which have already exchanged views on the matter.
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  • 30 7 I Das Ostariatischi Lloyo Tbleoram| Berlin, December 21. Tho Russian Post leaving Shanghai, ou December <*, and going via Siberian Railway, was delivered in Berlin on December 21.
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  • 26 7 [Dm Ostasutiscbi Lloyd Tbleoram] lierlin, December 21. President Castro of Venezuela is undergoing an operation for kidney trouble in a private hospital at Berlin.
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  • 21 7 I>ib Ostasiwischk Lloyd Tklkukam' Berlin, December 21. >ir Robert Hart has decided to stay per uianently iv England.
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  • 242 7 Six Hundred Lives Reported Lost in China Seas. A t hefoo dispatch to the Asahi dated Nov. i.iher !!0, says:— The Nagata inaru No. H. of which nothing bad been luard s nce her 1 j Miture from Tairen, has botu wrecked off Shukwansliu, about 20 miles
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  • 35 7 BUbi ps lirent and Hamilton Wright h.ivo left Manila for NYgros Occidental, on an in\i -'i^.ition into the question of the use of opium in that inland. They arc collecting data lor the Shanghai conference.
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  • 206 7 Cabin Boy's Examination Conducive to Nightmare. The case against Cliiam Ah Tuan, steward of the British steamer Headley, who war charged with dishonestly retaining a twentydollar American note belonging to an American passenger named Perch, was continued before the Third Magistrate, yesterday afternoon. .Over two hours
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  • 422 7 Curious Story Related in an Indian Court At Calcutta, recoutiy, li.iou Tuiuk Nath stadliu, on behalf of Babu Mouoranjan Roy. Main, -i r of HcfW*. 'v '{->y arnl fY.uipiny, iprjHcd tor pfOCW 1| :""»t Mr. S \V. Singleton, MaMaM ot the in in oi aVawn. liataa
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  • 207 7 Appeal Court Listens to Argument of Counsel. Their Lordships, tho Chief Justice Sir W. H. Hyndmau Jones, Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith and Mr. Justice Braddell continued the hearing at the Supreme Court, yesterday afternoon, of the points arising out of the administration of the estate of the
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  • 73 7 There was a bloody affray in L'pper Chinchew Street, at 10:10 p.m., yesterday, and one man was fatally stabbed, receiving a dctp cut in the stomach. Four others reeei\td cuts anil were sent to the hospital. It is expecte I that they will recover. The police have
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  • 90 7 Themanuf ■eturc of the new swords for the cavalry regiments ot the British Army will hhort!y he commenced Tne Idas of tho sabre for cutting and sla'hlaa si euis to have been abandoned altogether, aud a kind of Mini rapier like weapon has been substituted iv its
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  • 181 7 ANNOYANCE IN AUSTRIA AND BULGARIA. Provocative Tone Denounced. [Rkcteb's Tklkobam] London, December 21. The tone of tho references to Austria in the Sultan's speech at the opening of the Turkish Parliament are resented at Vienna. They are not, however, expected to affect the negotiations between the two countries,
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  • 760 7 Charges Against Local Advocate and Solicitor. Mr. C. I. Carver, on behalf of the Bar Committee, mentioned again to their Lordships tho Chief Justice Sir W. H. Hynduian Jones, Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith and Mr. Justice Braddcll. yesterday afternoon, the charges which had been brought to their notice
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  • 1057 7 i LOCALISING THE EFFECTS OF BANKRUPTCIES. Important Points Before the Court In the Supreme Court of Hongkong, on the 14th inst.. the Chief Justice (Sir F. Piggott) gave judgment on an important point as to the jurisdiction of the Court raised in the bankruptcy proceedings of Chan
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  • 91 7 News lias been received from Burma of the striking at a depth of some 1,350 feet, in the Ycnangyaung field, of oil which is now giving the enormous flow of 160,000 gallons daily. The deepest borings hitherto put down in tturraa hare been to about 1,200 feet,
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  • 682 7 Annual Prize Distribution at Short Street School. Tho pupils of tlie Methodist Girls' School, Short Street, assisted by Miss M. hired Leicester, who has charge of the Infant Department and presided at the piano, entertained a large throng of their friends in the school hall, yesterday afternoon, with
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  • 216 7 Java Government and Education Problem. Thn Young Java Party, which claims to be in m.i iy ways the intellectual pick of the Javanese natiou, wants a thorough overhaul of the Government education system there. It clamours for the establishment of vernacular schools all over the island, and for
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  • 183 7 Calcutta, it is said, is about to witness the most wonderful of wonderH in Carter, the Great American Magician, who recently performed in Singapore. He is arointed by a young lady endowed with a sixth sense. Deeds perpetrated are, as it were, photographed upon her mind as
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  • 113 7 TWO THOUSAND CASUALTIES OCCUR. The Shah's Troops Defeated. IRki-tkh's Tklk<;i:am] London, December 22. At St. Petersburg telegram says that the Teheran correspondent of tho Russ has sent a graphic account of a battle which took place outside Tabriz on November 29. It resulted in tbo defeat of
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  • 117 7 Alleged Agreement Between N.V.K. and Japanese PremLr. It is reported that a private agreement has been arrived at between Mr. Hondo, President of the Nippon Yusen K.iisha, and Marquis Katsura, tho Premier, concerning the subsidy granted to steamship tattleaa, and tho board of directors nf the Nippon Yusen
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  • 200 7 No Country for Colonists Used to the Tropics. Dr. Richardson Arthur, a member of tlie New South Wales Parliament, has been busying himself of late by writing up, in the press of this part of the world, the advantages which Australia offers to immigrants. A Man from
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  • 259 7 Suggestion to Commence Work Earlier. Most important business in this town is done in the morning, writes the Malay Mail. In some mercantile offices the Europeans arrive about H a m., in others at 8 .'to, and in the remainder, 9 am. is the latest hour at which
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  • 169 7 Introduction of Sanitary and O.her Improvements. Tho Indian Daily Taltgmpli'i c mvtpomdeut states In.it vigorous measures are being undertaken nt Mecca to prevent a recrudes cencc of cholera, which was so fatal lust Haji season Tho conservancy arrangements of t'le town have been improve), ins|>cctors appointed to
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 316 8 Tin' Rugby match on Thursday against Sulangor will commence at 4 55 p.m., sharp. A photograph of tbe teams will be taken at 4.40 p.m. Members of the Singapore team are n quested to turn out in white knickers. The launch Argo will leave Johnston's Pier for
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    • 76 8 S.C.C. v. The Rest. A li'igby football match was played on the S.C.C, half of the Esplanade, yesterday, I" twi cv tlie fifteen that are to play for the S.CC, against Selangor, aud a team comii.im'd of Tho li st. Tbe Held was literally a swamp, b'lt tho
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    • 707 8 K.L.R.C. v. Darul Adab. Uuiler climatic conditions anything but favourable to good football, the Kuala Lum|)ur Uecrcation Club tcaiu playc-d the first (.miii" of thoir visit on the S.K.C. portion of ■be Kxplanade yesterday, wlun they tnct the Darul Ada'u Club. The ground wa» wet and slippery and,
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  • 413 8 Police Constable Decapitates Wife and Comrades. Mr. .J. T. Richardson, the District Officer at Kinabatangan, British North Borneo, has reported to the authorities details of a brutal and cowardly triple murder which took place, one night, recently, at Tangkulap. He had been away on inspection duty
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  • 216 8 Association to Work Independently of Police. A strong rumour is afloat, says a Bengali correspondent, that some Rajas, Maharajas, Mahomcdaus and even two or three Bengalis are about to organise a sort of association to 6ght anarchism. This anti-anarchist associa tion will have a special name
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  • 90 8 Mesers. W. Crowder and Company, Ltd., of Bombay, are to construct a big dam in the Kolhapur State, at an estimated cost of nearly 13 rupees lakhs. The dam will be 2,600 feet long and its height 120 feet, and the reservoir will enclose over 6,000
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  • 102 8 Speaking at a Dnrbar at Nagpur on November 30, Mr. Craddock, referring to the recent outrage on tho late Queen's statue, said that while Government fully appreciated the offer of tho Rajah of Sirguja, they could not put upon his willing shoulders the duty of guarding the
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  • 70 8 The gentry and merchants of Hupeh are strenuously opposed to the proposal of Chang Chih-tung to build the Canton-Hankow railway by means of a foreign loan. A general meeting was to be held, on 14th inst., to discuss the matter. The Canton Railway Company have petitioned for
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  • 17 8 Tho price of tin in Singapore to-day is •67 1 per picnl. Fifty-fire tons have been sold.
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  • 37 8 Fred. V.Viss, the Australian billiard player, who is the only man who has beaten John Roberta in a level game, is now in Bombay. After a tour up country he hopes to visit and play in CalcutU.
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  • 46 8 The S.C.C. Uam against the Middlesex Regimeut, this evening, is as follows :—Oilerhead, Cbaptnan, MoTz, Oray, Oallimorc, Bullmore, Mac-Kay, Doig, Fulcber, E jdis and CuHcadon. Rciercr, Mr. McCubbio. Saunders and Baird ate nnable to play. Saunders cannot play against Selangor so Fuloher wil] take his place.
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  • 345 8 Intense Excitement at Bangkok United Club. On tbe morning of the 14th inst., a luk Chin was painting on tho top of a large shed adjacent to the United Club when he accidently touched a live electric wire connecting with tbe Club premises and was electrocuted. According to
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  • 620 8 The General Manager's Report for the 1 weeks ending Dec. 5, I'JOH, says The mine measurements and assay returns of prospecting work shows a total ot l,U7Cft. for the period (4 week") under review, made up of H.:t. sinking, 146 ft. driving, ."..J'Jft.
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  • 406 8 Exports of Copra and Coconut Oil During Last Year. Copra closely follows sugar in importance as an article of export in tho Philippines, furnishing 16.6 per cent, of the total value of all shipments to foreign countries, says the Insular Collector of Customs in his annual report. During
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  • 83 8 The following are the prices, for tho fortnight beginning December 16, 1908, of* cultivated rubber on which export duty is leviable on an ad valorem basis under tbe Rules under the Customs Dutios Enactment. Duty will be assessed in the States of l'erak, Selangor and Negri Sembilan
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 121 8 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE. The City Motor Garage Co., 239, Bencoolen Street, will be open on January 1, 1909. 2769 616 FOR SALE. GU{ in good condition, new, English rubber-tyred wheels, ltargains. Apply W., Adelphi Hotel. 2772 NEUES GROSSES. Meyers Conversations Lexicon Neneste Ausgabe 1902/1907 billigst zu verkaufen. Offerten nnter Lexcion,
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    • 401 8 AUCTION SHE OF 805 lots of gold, diamond and 'silver jewellery, To be held at Messrs. G. A. Fernandez and Co.'h Saleroom, On Wedmtday, Drcewber at 11 a.m. On view from Tuesday, December '22. G. A. Fernandez and Co., 2766 Auctioneer!, j AUCTION SALE VALUABLE TEAK HOUSEHOLD FURNITCRB, ETC., To
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    • 126 8 W6e gaiety (Binematograpl) (FOOT OF FORT CANNING, CHANGE OF PROGRAMME EVERY Wednesday and Saturday. DON'T FAIL TO WITNESS THE UP-TO-DATE SHDW. 2398 BOARD AND RESIOENCE. Well furnished Rooms to lit with board. Apply Mrs. Mouland, 11'.). Emerald Hill Road. Good Tennis court. Very moderate. 2768 Do You Loye Your Horse?
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  • 273 9 SlNOAPOBB, DiCIMBIB 21, 1006. PRODUCE. (Jambier buyers f 9.50 do (Cube Nc. 1) unpicked 18.90 Copra Bali 8.20 do Pontianak 7.80 Pepper, BUck 11. 25 do White 6% 18.75 Sago Floor Sarawak 2.97$ do Brunei No. 1 2.85 Poarl Sago 8.76 Coffee Bali, picked 22.50 Coffee, Palembang, 30% basis
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  • Stocks and Shares.
    • 341 9 Da* of formation Capital Subscribed ft I bum Dei Of Hbaxus latae Value Paid up to Share* Company Qdotuiom 1903 I 1300,000 1907 •800.000 1901 1600,000 1903 £400,000 1907 MOO.OOO 1901 £60,000 1906 £100,000 .s)O5 »150,000 1906 £120,000 1906 £30,000 1906 MM, OOO 1906 £150.000 1907 £100,000 1904 £120,000
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    • 351 9 IMS 4160,000 .903 |200,00 C 1904 £30,000 I MM £70,000 1006 1150,000 1904 C 16.000 1903 «7J,0U0 1906 4510.00 C MM £65,0C0. 1906 £180,000 MM £320.000 19M /178.000 1906 MMgM 18M £100,000 1906 £SOO,OOU 1(03 £30,100 1906 •180,000 1904 £90.000 1904 1100.000 IS9B £30,000 1908 1500,000 1908 lUO.OOG 1908
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    • 196 9 1894 1907 1698 IBM £5,377.10.0 1,600,000 MMM 16,000,000 4.805 1.030,000 OMM 15,000,0C0 7,688 150,000 4,600 120,000 18,000 I 6,000 f 6,000 I 4.000 3,400 6,000 I 2,760 24,000 600 400.000 1,120 i.OOO 4,968 soo.ooo 12/6 10 60 123 100 100 100 ISO 10 100 100 10 60 1 100
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 192 9 DIAMONDS o» CREDIT CHRISTMAS. CREDIT MEANS CONVENIENCE. That is the only way in which it differs from a cash transaction. There is no delay, no security, no publicity. It simply means a matter oi confidence and convenience to honourable people. COME TO-DAY AND PICK YOUR CHOICE! YOU CAN SEE HUNDREDS
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    • 381 9 m notice. In tbe Estate of Mkdioaspkok Arnolds dk Silva alias Andris dk Silva (dkckaskd). Pursuant to Section 46 of the Conveyancing and Law of Property Ordinance, 1886, notice is hereby given that all creditors and other persons having any claims or demands upon or against the estate of Medigaspege
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    • 296 9 31 Merry (2ljristmas. Silk Costumes, Jade Bracelets, Gold Bangles, Chains and Rings, complete a Joyous Xmas and give an appearance of High Life in the East. I"" WASSIAMULL, ASSOMULL Co., High Street, Indian Store, FOR YOU for High Class Silver Requisites, Curios and other novelties suitable for all festivities as
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  • 748 10 ENORMOUS WEALTH IN CANNIBAL AFRICA. Building of a New Golconda A remarkable story of Empire-building it told by Kir William Wallace, the ResidentGoneral of Northern Nigeria, who has just arrived in England at thu conclusion of another tour of the protectorate. Savage cannibal tribes who own hundreds
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  • 112 10 Another savage attack upon a warder has been made by a convict at Princetown. Whon the prisoners were paraded on November 20, Assistant- warder Sloman was ordered to take a convict to a gang which had been allotted a stone-breaking task. While being marched to join the
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  • 47 10 At midnight, the other day, an attempt was made to wreck the Khulna mail train neat Habia station, on the Eastern Bengal State Railway, in India. The driver saw the obstruction from the sleepers across the line and stopped the train in time. The police are investigating.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 491 10 INSURANCE Companies THE IMPERIAL FIRE OFFICE. UNITED WITH IB* A i li asci Assonance Conrurt, Lrsrnix A Bartbolmew Lane, London. ■BT4BLIBHU) 1903. Capital £a,»50,OO0 Total Funds exoeod.. £lo,ooo,ooo General Manager, Kokzht Lewis, Esq. BARLOW CO.,— AgnU, ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. LIMITED. FIRE AND LIFE. TOTAL FDNDS EXCEED £U,M0,000 (si man rax
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    • 640 10 BANKING COMPANIES. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Paid up Capital in 60,000 Share* of £30 each £1,300.000 <ta*erve Fond «1.ia5,00e •Uaerve Liability of Proprietora ..£1,300,000 BANKERB. Bank ol England. National Bank of Scotland. 0 fba London City A Midland Bank. Ltd SINGAPORE BRANCH. Onrrent
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    • 431 10 STRAITS CYCLE AND MOTOR CO., LTD., 15, Battery Road, ELECTRO PLATERS, ENAMELLERS, MAKERS OF THE CELEBRATED "LAJU" RACING BICYCLES. Sole Agents for Star Cycles. James' Cycles. INSPECTION INVITED. SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER CO., LD. Commercial Machines, Nos. 4 5 are always Stocked TYPEWRITERS REPAIRED, PLATED AND RENOVATED EQUAL TO NEW, BY
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    • 55 10 TO THE HEAD IF THE f AMI. Y. In ordering household supplies, don't for get to lay in a supply of Chamberlian's Cough Remedy. You may Lot need it now but yon are almost sore to before the winter is over. It never fails in casea of croup. For sale
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    • 738 10 SALES BY AUCTION. MORTGAGEE'S LAND SALE. At Missik. H. L.'Civ.blas u»i> Co'? Salx-boom*. On Monday, January 4, at 2-30 p.m. Freehold Land, area 41,5 .>7 sijuare feet, with the dwelling hou-~e No. 9, Jalan Atupas, off Balestier Road. Circulars issued. H. L. Coghlan Co.. 3710 Aucticntera. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. IN THE
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  • 1171 11 AUTOMATIC LIMIT TO SPEED OF CARS. Stiff Test in Somaliland Mr. Sutfa K. Humphrey, who contributes an article on automatic limits to speeding to The Atlantic, owns a car which be has been running for six years a car of twenty-five horse-power, which he tries bard to keep down
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  • 85 11 Is is not tint 1 says a writer in the Java Times, that somebody did something to check the many thoughtless motorists (or automobilist-i who drive so recklessly through the crowded thoroughfares. It is difficult enough to dodge the Sados,' but they are not dangerous. The others are not only
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  • 60 11 Shakespeare rarely wrote a wiser thing than this: "Now good digestion wait on appetite and health on both." Steam i' Wine improves both the appetite and the digestion, so it soon brings back health to tbe weak and sickly of both sexes. It is a splendid reconstructive tonic, making rich,
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 389 11 The City Motor Garage Co.. V«*Z~: W« undtrthkt to H«j«ir HOTOI CABB, STKAM CAUS ami MOTOR CYCLE& WE GO NOT THINK YOU ARE AWARE OF THE FACT that we are lUpairinß cracked and broken CYLINDERS and GEAR HoXKS. THE ONLY FIRM IN THE EAST. AH MIMIM CASTINGS MAKE AM) ItKI'AIRED
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    • 83 11 H. ABRAMS, HCRSE REPOSITORY. 6 'jaCHAKD KOAU Has just landed ex 3.3. Euryalus, twenty Horses, Cobs and Ponies in the best of condition and thoroughly broken in. This shipment undoubtedly comprises some of the bdst Horses and Cobs ever landed in Singapore. Inspection invited. APIOLINEj £££*<(&£ (CHAPOTEAUT) For fanctlonal troubles,
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    • 449 11 s SIDDELEY i 'AUTO CARS I ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE THE FINEST CAUS (APART FKOM PAINT) AND BEST VALUE BY THOSE IN A POSITION TO KNOW. Sole Agents: CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS. JUST LANDED: Two 20-h.p., 6-Cyllnder STANDARDS, Painted Red (one sold). THE ONLY 20-H.P. CARS i^ll.-'U TTiii s\-n Wrs.ir\ I~* nn-v,
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 620 12 Scale of Charges. PBKPAID ADVERTIBBMJSHTB.-Mleoel laasoui Wauls of Every DeeortpUoa, Honeee, ftaaa, eta., to let, ire Inserted at the following ■Mm:— One Insertion 1.30 per toon Two 1.00 Tare* 3.80 Hz 1.30 ■tne 6.40 Twelve 7.30 Twenty-five 10.00 [Eaoh subsequent moath M per taok.) las above rate li baaed upon
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    • 438 12 Miscellaneous WANTS. Bins Fow UiMa, m or two iaasrUoas, By tta. inch, m Seal, of Chargw. STENOGRAPHER WANTED. Wanted, by the Federated EngioeeriDg Co., Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, a STENOGRAPHER. Applications should state (alary required and be accompanied by copies of recent testimonials. «M MEDICAL MAN WANTED. Wanted in Haroh, 1909,
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    • 600 12 HISCELLANEOUS NOTICES Rit*» :-Ut Month, |;o imt iaeta. Babaeqaent month*, is. For shorUr period* naHnali of Charges. noticeT The office of the undersigned has baeu removed to 14, Collyer Quay, ground floor. 3640 METER BROTHERS. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the firm of Kame and Co. has been sold
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    • 497 12 Netherlands Guttapercha Co. Lo. SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS. India Rubber Tyres, all kinds and shapes All kinds ol HOSE, Suction, Delivery, Steam, lor Carriages Motor Oars, etc. Hydraulic, Rockdrill, Gardenhose, Braketu? TRfAnma uiithr tvuwh hoBe for Railways, Speaking Tubes, RE-TREADING MOTOR TYRES. CODDRINGS, GAUGE-GLASS RINGS. All kinds ol I.R. Buffers and
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    • 401 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. ■Urstt— Foar Mum. ob. of two UMrMoam, 11. By Ui« laob, m* 8oal« ol ChaitM. HOUSE TO LET. No. 400, Serangoon Road. Water laid on, immediate entry. Tram passes every five minutes. Apply to RAFFLES HOTEL. 0 3619 HOUSE TO BE LET. Unfurnished, immediate entry,
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    • 332 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. a>rs -fwi Liow. om oc two iHMrtio. si.oc U>. Let. mm m^« ut OOmrf M. HOUSE Tl BE LET FURNISHED For one year or longer. Firstclans Tanj; lin Residence, l. r > minutes from town Beautifully furnished. Rent $200 a month H. L Coghlan Co..
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