The Straits Times, 15 January 1909

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.860. SINGAPORE. FRIDAY. JANUARY 15. 1009. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      142 1 GRAND HOTEL EUROPE. THE ASSEMBLY ROOM (Seating Capacity 1OO), NOW OPEN, IS AVAILABLE FOR WEDDING RECEPTIONS, MUSICAL SOIREES, ETC. MASONIC BANQUETS AND SPECIAL DINNERS SERVED IN THE MOST RECHERCHE STYLE. FOR SALE. Pommery Greno's CHAMPAGNE. Vintage, 1900. y raffles hotel. DAHL'S MILK. PURE NORWEGIAN COWS' MILK. Ah a guarantee of
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      59 1 THE NEW JAPANESE CINEMATOGRAPH, Beach Road TENT. TO-NIGHT I Grand Change OF Programme. ALL NEW PICTURES. MARTIN k SHIBATA, Proprietors. HARIMA HALL. Grand Cinematograph North Bridge Road. TO-NIGHT I Entire Change j OF Programme. The sensational film of Harry Thaw's Trial will be shown again by special request. K. HARIMA,
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      134 1 ROBINSON CO. r^^?^iMn Gramophone |iK|p^H I The LEADING ARTISTES j^^^C^lftSßH ONE is NOT as good as ANOTHER ._X >H s n S or Pa y or ('rainoj)hon»'. The "Monarch Junior" Gramophone, FITTED WITH 24 in. MOKNING GLORY HORN. V-^^ r^- 1 -4' SiDgk^SpriD?, fitti J with piteut taper< d inn,
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    WIT AND HUMOUR.
    1039 2 MISTAKE OF THE EXTRAVAGANT TASTE. Wedding Present Problem Solved. Expensive things do not like me. I bave bad many of them for a short season. For example, there was a diamond pin (a present) that could endure me bnt a few day?. It passed no doubt into
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      272 2 SIDEROSTHEN PAINT 9 ixLJSX. USED BY GOVERNMENT, Ka^HHP MUNICIPALITY and ••••"*v"»»»»»^Wfc. CONTRACTORS for cfiii^ 1 tee an( ronwor k K^nrKvV^> fi Resists the action of Acida Ll',^'' if and Steam, and stands TroI'lll/ I'm iiical conditions. If fJI W jw. Importers: 3^^F Borneo Co., Ltd. aftEfET'C CONCENTRATED U.L.L 9 DISINFECTANT.
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      24 2 Stkabns' Headachk Ccrs.— A certain and speedy remedy, whatever tbe cause. All chemists. Thousand* keep it always in their homes. Insist on having Steams'.
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      547 2 DELICATE FROM GIRLHOOD Cbronk- 111-Hkalth < ontisceo to Max this Marrikd Lady's Life intil DR. Wl LIAMS PINK PILLS Wbee tried— With Mabvkllois Rksclts. Strikicg proof of the permanence of the cures wrought by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People in again affoided in tho case of Mrs. J.
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      626 2 Miscellaneous NOTICES Hans :-lat Month. tlO par iaeb. Saba.qa.nt month., |9. For akorUr parloil* aaagteaJa of CWgaa. NOTICE. On the occasion of tho visit to Singapore of the Right Honourable Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, 0.C.M.0 His Excellency the Governor will hold reception at Government Honse, on Friday, January 15, at
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      497 2 INSURANCE Complies. NORWICH ONION FIRE INSURANCE BOCIETT OF NORWICH A LONDON. Established 1797. FOR FIRE INSURANCE ONLY. Amount insured £333,000.000. Lowes paid J 11,600,008. Pramium inoome. W6.000. Insnranoe effected on almost every description property at onrrent rates of premium. Risks tor 10 days are now aooepted at 4 oont per
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      166 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Payable in Advance. Daily issue per year 180.00 do per quarter 7.60 do pur.montb 2.60 do per copy 10 Weekly issue per; air 12 00 do per quarter 8.00 do per copy 36 When sent by post, there is added for the daily i two dollars a quarter
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    DRESS AND FASHION.
    1181 3 EMBROIDERIES FOR DAY OR EVENING GOWNS. Shorter Skirts Worn at Dances. For the latest embroideries, whether for day or evening gown*, soft filoselle silk", worked always in carefully graduated shades of the same colour, are being very generally usod, and they certainly made a welcome and a
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    KING'S VISIT TO BRIGHTON.
    156 3 Popularity of South Coast Resort Revived. Brighton has received a splendid advertisement in the stay of the King in tho town, and from all accounts bis Majesty lias derived great tx-uctit from his utay there. The social world always follows the King, and society physicians are
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    Threats of Assassination.
    90 3 King Manuel of Portugal is consulting tbo leaders of all the patties in his Cortes (Parliament) in reference to successors of Senor Ferroiras' Ministry. hieh has resigned. King Marjuel, when returning to Lisbon, his capital, recently drove from the railway station to the Imperial Palace at a
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    75 3 This week, tho Catholic Bishops of South China (the Ht. Revs. J. Marot of Foocliow, J. Clementi of Atnoy, L. Levert of Kwangsi, J. Merel of Canton and B. Pozzoni of Hongkong) with their respective theologians are meeting at the Mission House, Hongkong, in Synod, to discuss matters pertinent to
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    82 3 The Avenir dv Tonkin calls attention to the steady increase in the trade of that section of Indo China. The export trade in the products of the Colony has been very brisk of late years last year establishing a record. The current of trade sets in more and more towards
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      430 3 Maynord's Emulsion ol Cod Liver Oil miymTro's] fY V Y^" th MlLiv d co™ HYPOPHOSPHITEB of LIME SODA. milk eRs nnKKHitu A most pi^atable pr^rarat'cn of Cod Liver Oil. A Chemical Food acceptable to the most delicate. limn (Ci7r A preparation containing all the virtues of Cod Li\«>r sccaporl Oil.
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      167 3 a Facts of Absorbing Interest To Those Who Are In The Clutches Of Rheumatism One cannot be too quickly cured of Rheumatism. To get rid of those awful pains that make life a never-ending series of torture, now mild, now excruciating, tvday in bed, to-morrow hobbling around on crutches— to
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      297 3 Milkmaid «l O t\ r\ n LJ LB |g J M lull A m i/jt'j^ JjPjL See that the 'WwUbs CONDENSED Wl*% MILKMAID Trade Mark jS *^^£i7~i<i' 'jZZZZr is on every Tin V s TRADE f.HDK. Largest Sale in the World CHEAPEST and BEST. The United Asbestos Oriental Agency, Ld,
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    833 4 Name, port, probable date of arrival, and name oj Agents. STEAMERS. Achilles, Liverpool, Fcb 4 W. Mansfield Alrlie, Hydney. Feb !3 Boosted Ambria, Hamburg, Mir 1 Bebn Meyer Assay c, Colombo, Apl 9 P. A 0. Coy Ayothia, Bombay, Jan Borneo Coy Aatyanax, China, Jan W. Mansfield Austria,
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    Mails to Arrive.
    110 4 FROM EUROPE By the P. 4 O steamer Devanha, dne Jan. IS. FROM CHINA N.D L. steame Lertflinger, due Jan. IT. Left Singapore I' )ec 7 N D.L. Jec 10 8.1. i>ec 14 H. M. >Ec 18 P. *0. >Ec a: n.d.l. Jec 84 B. I. )eo
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      63 4 NEVER FAILB. METHYLOIDS always cure affections of the nrinary tract. They never produce stricture and are far superior to santal or mpaiba. They cure in a short time and you can notice the results three hours after using. They relieve the pain and obviate the inconvenience of injections. Although taken
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      684 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. &O STEAM NAVIGATION CO. Por China, Japan, Penan*;, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Efypt, Mediterranean Porto, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading Issued for Chin Ooasl, Persian Quit, Continental, and Amerioa Forts. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINB. {Outvardjor China) Dtvanha Jan IS DeiM
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      699 4 STEAMERS SAILINGOCEAN STEAM SHIP CO.. LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM KAV. GO. LTD. The Companies' steamers are despaohed trom Liverpool outward* for the Straits, China and Japan every week and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and for Marseilles, Havre and
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      518 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. STRAITS STEAM SHIP COMPANY. LIMITED. SAILINGS FROM SINGAPORE TO FEDERATED MALAY STATES PORTS AND PENANG. rLIBT. 1POH "HYE LEONG" "KINTA" "PENANQ" "PERAK" -MALACCA 1 "SELANGOR" POH ANN •"OARLYLE" "LADY WELD" "SAPPHO" "SRI HELENS" "BAN WHATT HIN" MONDAYS for Malaooa, Port Diokaon, Port Swettenham and Telnk Anson, at 4
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      711 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. Thet teamen of ihli Company maintain a regular servioe between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewardi, they are despatched fortnightly for Hayre and Hamburg and onoe a month lor Bremerhaven dlraot, oalllng at Penang and Colombo. Taking oargo
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      799 4 STEAMER BAILINBB. N. D. L. RORDDEUTSCHER LLOTO Imperial Uerman Mall Lin*. The fMI and wall known mail iteamrr ;I ■hi* Company Mil fortnightly from Bremto Hamburg rla Rotterdam, Antwerp, South* mi lorn, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naplat, (ooanectH d ManelUei, Naples, Alexandria, and vice v r Port Bald, gnes, Adas, Colombo, Penan.
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    SHIPPING IN PORT.
    1244 5 OMDfcft tola lir.vll-m tl>* f..li"W. nf %M]rv«l*tteM «I* ■—■I >tr atftawar ah. ship; bq.— bfttqaa; acb.— •choimr; Vrt.— YivM Orn.— Ormur Obt.-'lan boat; Tot.— Torpwli Up— ll»iM-p«*»r Brit.— Brit!>l, O.K.— linitoJHta'<<; )ch.— Pr«nob O*r.Oarram Dat.— Dutch UtU. lU.'Kn; s>Mi.-«pi.iii»h. lu.-^unwik <l.c.—4»«nir-U cargo; il.p.— dock piw MnKer; U.—
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    Mail Steamer Movements
    76 5 Outwabd P. am. O. Mail. The P. and 0. outward mail steamer Uevanha left Penang at 10 a.m. jesterday and may be expected to arrive here at 4 p m today. HOHZWABD QIKHtN MAIL. The Imperial German mail steamer Derf fl:ng«r having left Hongkong at noon, today
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    Clearances.
    99 5 Ju ovary 14 AotilochiiH. Hi it Btr, M'seilles, Havre. L'pool Siam, Hit str Langkat P. mala. Brit atr, Penaog, Rangoon, Calcutta S Asmye, Brit str, Bombay via ports Jucoba, Datstr, Batavia Benoa, Dot sir, Bhio and Indragiri Tamba Mam, Jap »tr. Hongkong and Japan Ban Fob Guau, Brit str,
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    LIST OF PASSENGERS.
    609 5 Passengers Outward. Per P. and O. steamer Moolten, connecting with the steamer Devanba at Colombo, due January IS.— Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Crano, Mr. Rickard, Mr.O. A. Talbot, Miss A. M. Smith. Per P. and O. steamer Nore, due Januar 22.— Messrs. V. Knight, B. G.
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    95 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To- Day. TAN JONG PAQAK East Wharf Baku) New Orleans, Sultan, East W. Sicnos I— Gregory Apcar. Section No. 1 (Srikhh Whab»)— Bulyseea. BaoTioH B—T»mba Mam. B—Ghazee.8 Ghazee. 4— Jicoba. B— Nil. 8— Foyle. n n 7—
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    SINGAPORE SHARE REPORT.
    244 5 Weekly Circular of Messrs. Fraser and Company. The following is the share circular of Messrs. Krawr and Company for the mail which left this u>ornii>K The persistcut drop in the price of tin lias assisted the general depression and business during the past week has been of
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    Mails Close.
    104 5 Foa Pn fmin Tim To MOKBOW R.Pabang, Pekan, Kn'tan Hye Leong 11 a.m. Palembang Japnra noon Sabang, Colombo, Genoa A. H'tUtm 111 noon P. Bwettenham, Penang Pin Seng Ip.m. P. Dickson. P B'tenham Om'tptre 1 p.m. Malacca, P. B'bam, Penang Ipoh 1 p.m. Muar and Malac-a Sultan 3
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      434 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.LTD. A regular FORTNIGHTLY servioe is maintained between Japan and Europe by tbe following NEW TWIN-SCREW STEAMERS, Under Mail Contract with the Imperial Japanese Government, specially designed for tbe Company's European Servioe, lighted throughout by Electricity, provided with excellent aoooramodation for First
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      505 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. APCAR LINE OF STEAMERS Thi undermentioned mail steamers of tbe above Line maintain a regular service between Calontta and Japan, calling at Penang, Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai en routr FLEET. Tons Commander s.s. "Jifis" 6,800 J.O. Ounin 8.8. OaasoßT Atoab 4,600 S. H. Bilbos s.s. AuuToon Arcia" 4.500
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      536 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. C P R. Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mall Steamship Lin* THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO KtIROPK VIA CHINA JAPAN, CANADA and Ibe UNITED BTATKB. Route from Honrkong, Ha Shanghai, Nagasaki, (Inland 3ea cf Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Viotorla and Vaoooovax, R.M.B. "Enpaana o* lanu" Twln-sorew steaR.M.S. "Enrßßx cr Jinx"
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      277 5 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. Jan. 16.— At No. 95, Waterloo Street, teak household furniture, at I.'IO p m. Jan. 18.— At tbe Cable Depot, Kepii.-! Harbour, unserviceable stores, at 2.30 p.m. Jan. 18. At Mr. Abrams' Horse Reposi tory. Orchard Road, Horses and Carriages, at 5.10 p.m. Jan. 19.
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      29 5 WEATHER TELEORAM. Hongkong, January 18, 10 a ro. Barometer 80.31 Dlreotion of Wind East. Ferae ot Wind 1 Max. Tamp in Shade ..64 Manila. 763 calm 0 33 33
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      170 5 DAY BY DAY Friday, January 15. High Water: 4.5 p iv. Municipal Hoard, 2.30 p.m. P. and O. outward mail due, 4 pm. Arrival of Sir C. C. Smith. Singapore Chinese Girls' School Prize Distribution, 4 p.m. Alhambra Cinematograph, 7 80 p.m. Japanese Cinematograh, 7.80 p.m. Harima Cinematograph, 7 30
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. FRIDAY, JANUARY 15. FOR AULD LANG SYNE.
    1113 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. FRIDAY, JANUARY 15. FOR AULD LANG SYNE. Singapore welcomes to-day a man who is entitled to recognition as one of the. skilled administrators by whom its fortunes have been laid on broad and solid foundations. To a wider circle than ours, Sir Clementi Smith
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    15 6 A cargo of rice and fish, arrived from Saigon, yesterday, by the Norwegian steamer taw
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    26 6 We are asked to mention that the Convent School re-opens on Monday, the 18th inst., and parents are requested to see that their children attend punctually.
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    41 6 We are asked to mention that there will be no issue of The Union Times from Monday the 18th, to Tuesday the 26th instant, being the Chinese New Year holidays. It will be published as, usual on Wednesday, the 27th instant.
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    14 6 It is estimated that the estate of the late Claus Sprockets is worth £10,000,000.
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    14 6 The British steamer Omapere arrived from Tcluk Anson. yesterday, with sixty tons of sago.
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    13 6 The Portuguese Church was burglariously entered, last night, and property worth 9167 taken.
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    18 6 A Chinaman, who has just arrived from I poh, has been arrested with counterfeit coin in bis possession.
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    27 6 Abe Reuf, recently oonvicte£ of bribery in connection with the graft sean dais of the municipal administration at San Francisco, has been sentenced to fourteen years' imprisonment.
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    32 6 The Norwegian steamer Providence has gone into dry dock behind the Sea Mew, the two of them taking less room than the big oil steamer Bulysses, which left the dock on Wednesday.
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    40 6 The British India steamer Kistna will not sail for Port Swettenham and Penang on the 20th instant, as she will then be detained here for docking and boiler cleaning. She will resume her sailing the following Wednesday, the 27th instant.
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    36 6 Yesterday, Mr. Emerson, concluded his case against Mahomed Gbouse for alleged infringement of the Bankruptcy Ordinance. Mr. E. C. Howard postponed the further hearing till the 21st instant, when Mr. Braddell will proceed with the defence.
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    41 6 There was a large attendance at the cinematograph show at the Royal Hotel, Payah Lobar, last night. One car was found insufficient to take away the visitors at midnight and another was sent out on receipt of an urgent telephone message.
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    59 6 A novel suggestion was made at the meeting of the committee of the Wellington P. A., and H. Society by Mr. M. M'Leod. It was that a prize of X'lo should be offered to the father and mother of the largest family in the district. He said that a prize
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    62 6 In the plant house at the Botanic Gardens may be seen some beautiful orchids in flower. Several thousands of the species belonging to the class of Dendrodiun, arrived from Burmah about a fortnight ago, and those of the Wardianum Trinuhnura and Crassinode are now in flower and afford a sight
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    68 6 The sngar output in Java, last year, stood at 1,200,000 Dutch tons. That island holds first rank in the list of cane sngar-produciug lands, but it bakes the fourth place when beet sugar is included. The signs of tho times point to Java still standing at the top in the
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    65 6 Says the I'erak Pioneer H. E. the Governor and High Commissioner will go on leave for three months in March next. It is rumoured that Sir William Taylor will thon assume the reins of Government, Sir Arthur Young coming to the States as Hesi-dent-General and Mr. Brockman going to Singapore
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    82 6 The Federal Treasury has been enriched to the extent £600 by fines imposed at the Water Summons Court Sydney on shipmasters who had allowed prohibited immigrants to enter the Commonwealth. There were three informations against Captain D. Lena, of the German steamer Prinz Sigismund, and he was fined X"i 0
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    99 6 The Governor-General of NetherlandsIndia opened an Eye Hospital at Bandong, in West Java, on the :trd instant. On tho occasion of the Queon of Holland's marriage, the subscriptions raised in Netherlands-India for a wedding present left a surplus, after meeting the cost of the gift. The Queen decided to lay
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    85 6 Crowds of people made their way to the Detective Police station in Penang, on Saturday, where the customary festivities in connection with the New Year were held, Chief Dot. Inspector R. J. Kirke and Det. lnspector J. A. Ambrose and tho other members of the Detective Force being At Home
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    104 6 Money-lending flourishes in Java, where the usurers are Arabs, mainly. Their greed and extortion are unfailing subjects for press comment. They do most business with the natives, at enormous rates of interest, 20 per cent, being common. Arabs are run close in the money-lending line by Javanese and Malay pilgrims
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    103 6 The United Service Uazette says:—Appendix 20 of the current year's Army Estimates tells an instructive tale. It shows that while the Crown Colonies of Ceylon and the Straits Settlements and Hongkong «11 pay substantial contributions to Army funds towards the upkeep of their garrisons, the self governing colonies of South
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    415 6 Admiral of the Kloot, Sir.laims Klphinstone Erskinc, X.C.8., who retired on December 2, on attaining the age of seventy yean, is at present staying with Lady and Miss Erskino, in the King Edward Hotel, Hongkong. Mr. Charles Denby, l/nitod States Consul General at Shanghai, has been appointed
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    The Missing Mineralogist.
    104 6 There is no news yet of Mr. Parsons, says a Colombo exchange, of the 6th instant. The police have given up any organised search. Some of the Sinhalese Buddhists in town, who believe in the Anjanan Eliya, wont down the line and consulted one of the craftmen
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    Savings of Dead Men Stolen.
    100 6 A dozen persons, chiefly uiinor ouipluyucH of the Savings Hank Department of the Ministry of Marine, have just been tried by a jury on charges connected with a groat swindle perpetrated after the battle of Tsoshiuia. when sums lying in the S win^s bank in
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    More Denunciations at Peking.
    96 6 Viang Sbih-sbiang, the Viceroy of Chili Ii having been denounced, the I'rince Hotfoot intends to dismiss him and appoint Shen Chunhsien, the ex- Viceroy of Canton, to become his successor. It is said that certain officials have been deputed to make enquiries and report on the
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    Sikh Watchman Fined for Assault.
    135 6 ■I udar Singh, a Si!t>> watchman, at Tanjong Katong, was before Mr. C. F. J. Green, yesterday, and was fined 910, in dofa-lt seven days, for assaulting a young Chinaman, who had apparently taken the side of an aged fisherman into whose hut the Sikh
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    Kaiser Becomes Teetotaler.
    116 6 The Kaiser has gone one sUp further iv his policy of personal reform by becoming a teetotaler. He has pledged himself to abstain from all alcoholic drinks for the remainder of bis life. This ascetic vow would, according to strict etiquette, banish alcoholic drink froiu all dinners
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      168 6 Three Points CONCERNING A "@6eny Ripe" (Bake of 8. A A.'s Manufacture. IT OPENS FRESH. IT CUTS WELL. 1 IT LEAVES NO UNPLEASANT PALATU. THOMPSON, THOMAS CO TURNOUT FOR SALE HOUBE TO BE LET UNFURNISHED. For sale, Turnout consisting of bay That Nice y situated Residence. Auchen fiSt^^^'S^SL.^. T lin
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      242 6 ALHAMBRA TO-NIGHT'S PROGRAMME. New Pictures. 18T BHOW AT 7-30 P.M. 1. Master as General. 2. LIVING DOLLS. 8. The Mattress. 4. Coffee Industry in Brazil. 5. SWEET DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES. 6. An Unwilling Servant. 7. A Fisherman's Hate. B. ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES. 9. Tommy Atkins Minds The
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    THE EARTHQUAKES.
    151 7 GREAT ANXIETY IN ITALIAN TOWNS. Messina Calamity of Unimaginable Magnitude. Admiral Sperry Thanked at Rome. Rbutbh's Tblburax] London January 15. Distressing scenes took place at Bologna on tho night of the last earthquake. The Pope has directed all the Churches in Italy to make special intercession for the
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    Turkish Policy.
    104 7 CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES REAFFIRMED. British Friendship Specially Desired |Ka(7TIIK's TltL«itßAM| London, January 11. A (iovorument statement of policy has boon made iv the C.iauibur of Deputies at Constantinople. It announces that German and British officers have been engaged to reorganise respectively the Army and the Navy of Turkey. 'I'lu
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    Russia's Huge Loan.
    92 7 FIFTY SIX MILLIONS STERLING ASKED FOR. Redemption of Treasury Bonds. IRbutbr's Tblboham] Loudoc January l.~>. Tho total of the Russian 1 J per cent loan will bo £56,000,000 sterling It has been arranged to issue JM'.' ,ooo,ooo iv Paris. £6,000,000 in London and X1. 000,000 in Holland.
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    LORD CURZON AT BULAWAY.
    27 7 |Rbutbb's Telegram] London, January 15. Lord Curzon's party is at Bulawayo, where Miss Curzon is ill, and has had to go to hospital.
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    PERSIAN REVOLUTION.
    20 7 |Dkh Ostabiatisghb Lloyd Tilmbam] Berlin, January 14. Tho provinces of Ispahan. Azerbaijan and Tabriz have deserted the Shah.
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    FRANCE AND VENEZUELA.
    19 7 [Dk« Ostasutisohi Lloyd Tbmoraii] Berlin, January 14. The differences between France and Venezuela have boon settled.
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    INTERNATIONAL WAR.
    118 7 Nicaraguan Republic Marching on Honduras. A special telegram to the Manila Times from Washington, under date of tho 4th instant, says that Nicaragua is going to war on Honduras. Although there has been no declaration of hostilities the Republic of Nicaragua is marching its arufy to Honduras. The
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    SINGAPORE ASSIZES.
    240 7 Army Officer's Boy on Trial for Forgery. The nix Chinese who were charged with the daylight gan^ robbery, on mourning day, in Hukit Timah Itoad, were found guilty by a unanimous Tote of the jury, yesterday afternoon, at the Assize Court. His Lord ship the Chief Justice sentenced
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    BANKRUPTCY COURT.
    427 7 Heavy List Before the Puisne Judge To-day. Owing to the long session of the Court of \ppoal and tho lengthy Assize calendar at Malacca, immediately following, bankruptcy work has been accumulating, and Mr. Justice Sprcombc Smith was confronted with a very heavy list, this morning. The Official Assignee
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    DJAMBI DISASTER.
    191 7 Gruesome Discovery at Tanjong Pagar East Wharf. A ghastly white hand, waving palm upwards from under a pile of timbers from tho crushed Mooring of the East Wharf, which had fallen across the steamer Djambi, was observed by a vigilant constable of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Police, this
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    Revenue Officers in Trouble.
    149 7 Lam I 'oh \nn and Tan Ho, both Revenue officers, seen, to have run short of funds recently, and on the 10th instant, they tried to replenish themselves by paying visits to Nos. 80 and 58, Orchard Road. Tan Wi Seng who lives in the first
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    Rubber Reports.
    93 7 SYNTHETIC SPECIMEN SHOWN IN LONDON. Interesting Experiment But Nothing More. (Fbom Our Correspondent.) London, via Penang, January 14. Mr. ArtUur Hieremann, late of the Congo, has produced a tiny sample of a rubber-like substance from isoprene, made with acetylene, treated with hydrochloric acid. It took three hours to
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    MOTOR CAR ACCIDENT.
    59 7 First Automobile Case at Penang Supreme^Court (From Our Own Corrkscondknt.) Penang, January 14. As a soqucl to the recent motoring accident here, Messrs. Sarkies have been ordered to pay (200 compensation to tho Mohammedan who had entered a claim for 91,000. This is the first motor case
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    HUNTING TRAGEDY.
    295 7 Police Officer Killed by Wounded Tiger. A sad story of the tragic turtui nation of a hunting expedition comes from the Central Provinces. During the Christmas holidays Mr. Coles, D.S.P., of Seoni, Malwa, Central Provinces, accompanied by Mr. Evans of the Agricultural Department, and Mr. Kccles, an Assistant-Commissioner,
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    DEATH ON THE GALLOWS.
    227 7 Strange Arguments for Stopping Capital Punishment. Humanitarians in Holland aro agitating iv Parliamont for doing away with the death penalty in Netherlands- India. A Deputy, named Van Deventer, has just had a field day on the subject in the Second Chamber of the States General. After
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    Unexpected Visitors.
    96 7 Yesterday, two Chinese were before Mr. 0L F. J. Green, on a charge of managing a Chap .lee Kee lottery. Captain Bower deposed to having received information which led him to pay a visit to 805, North Bridge Hoad. He entered the house and went upstairs, and saw
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    Solitary Confinement.
    53 7 Yesterday, a Tamil named Ramen, was prosecuted before Mr. C. F. J. Green, for the theft of three capes value *8, the property of Miss Anna Abraham, of Niven Road. He had ten previous convictions and was boutencod to six months' rigorous, one month of which U to
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    Singapore's Visitor.
    490 7 RETURN OF SIR CECIL CLEMENTI SMITH, G.C M.G. Enthusiastic Welcome at Penang. The Right Honourable Sir Cecil Clomeoti Smith, G.C.M.G., the Imperial Delegate, representing the Crown Colonies at the forthcoming International Opium Commission, at Shanghai, is due to arrive in Singapore, this afternoon, and will land at Johnston's
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    EXPERIMENT IN EDUCATION.
    283 7 Grant of Scholarships in Leading Correspondence Schools. The Government of Mysore, the Yuvarajah of which Indian State recently passed through Singapore en route to Japan, has been sending a number of its brightest and best young people to England and America for better educational advantages than can
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    Accident to the Kaifong.
    108 7 On December 29, the board appointed to investigate the striking of the British steamer Kaifong on an uncharted rock in Iloilo Strait, on December 24, made its report to the collector of customs at Iloilo, two of the members exonerating the pilot in charge and the
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    Big Fire at Cebu.
    98 7 Fire in the business section of Cebu. Philippine Islands, doing damage estimated at 400,000 pesos, occurred in that city, on the nigbt of December 81, laying the greater portion of the business section mainly occupied by Chinese, in ruins. The fire originated in an attap saloon
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    PIRACY AND MURDER.
    891 7 Plot to Seize Schooner Engaged in Callao Trade. One of the most sensational talcs of tin South Seas ever unfolded— a tale fall oi thrilling allegations, murder, piracy, trea cbery, and compulsory submission of an I accomplice under arms— is to be investigated at Suva, Fiji, in
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    Singapore Health Statistics.
    161 7 The report of Dr. D. K. McDowell, C.M.0., the Registrar of Births and Deaths, shows that, during the week ended January 9, 270 deaths were registered in Singapore, equal to a death-rate of 5058 per thousand of the estimated population. Malarial fever claimed 61 deaths, phthisis 26,
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    24 7 According to a Mukden despatch, Viceroy Hhu. has issued an order prohibiting the uw of tobacco by students in the Three Eastern Provinces (Manchuria).
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    EASTERN EUROPE.
    141 7 DIFFERENCES BEING ADJUSTED ALL ROUND. Statement In Turkish Parliament. [Riutir's Telrorav.] London, January 14. An official statement has been issued at Belgrado in which reference is made to the AustroTurkisli negotiations. It is considered that the acceptance by Turkey of tho offer of compensation is a good angary.
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    THE FALL OF YUAN-SHIH-KAI.
    178 7 (Union Tijiks' Sikciil.i Our Peking telegrams state that there are throe causes effecting the fall of Yuan-Shi-Kai, firstly, on the 27th December, '08. Yuau strongly recommended a certain big official, but tho Prince Regent objected, and scolded him personally. Yuan became angry and tried his best
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    LANDING A STOWAWAY.
    334 7 Extraordinary Incident off Coast of Australia. An extraordinary incident is reported In have occurred, off the maiu beach at South port, Australia, on December 20. Messrs. Brooks and Bishop were on the beach below Southport, and observed a steamer very close in shore, and said to have
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    Dumping Dead Bodies.
    232 7 For Houie time the Sanitary Department has been perplexed at the number of dead bodies found dumped in No. 78 Duxton Road. Strenuous efforts were made to discover the delinquent who effected this, and sanitary inspectors have been out at all hours, night and day, on the
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    41 7 The Dalai Lama has left in Peking six members of his Huitu to teach tho Tibetan, or Tongut language, to selcoted Chinese stud ents, and has expressed his desire to tend a number of young Tibetans to Peking to study Chinese.
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    Hogan and Company.
    1238 8 CROSS-EWMINATION OF THE FIGHTING \VUN. Interesting Evidence Before Court. Mr. K. C. Ellis continued his cross-examic-ation of Mr. George Smellic atHho bearing oi tlio Benzio case in the Supremo Court, before Mr. Justice Scrcombe Smith, yesterday after noon. Just before, tbo adjournment, Mr. Ellitook up the cross
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    RIOTING NEAR CALCUTTA.
    235 8 Mob Charged at the Point of the Bayonet. Five hundred Mohamcdan hands at the Olive Juto Mills Gardon Reach, on the sth in-->taut struck work with the intention of marchi nt; on Titt*garh to Reek revenge on the Hindus for alleged cruelty to the wives of the
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    SELLING CHILDREN IN JAVA.
    217 8 Dark Picture of Social Condition Among Tenantry. The other day, wo noted that the Java Government was about to take steps to buy up several laryo estates near Batavia, to rescue tenants from the greed and tyranny ■if tlieir landlords, who are mostly Asiatics, mainly of
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    DEFECT IN A BIG GUN.
    163 8 Large Crack Found in Weapon in Philippine Islands. One of the ten-inch guns in the Grande Island, P.1., defences has developed aferiuus defect and will probably have to bo replaced. The officers of the Division and garrison decline to discuss the accident, but it is
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    Loyalty of Chinese in the Straits.
    63 8 The Waiwupu at Peking has received a telegram from the Consul in Siugapore reporting that the committee of the Yeung Sam Collide has proposed that a subscription be raised among the Chinese in the Straits for the purpose of helping the Government to reorganise
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      46 8 The Banrkok tleven. Information has been received by cable that tbe Bangkok team to meet Singapore next week, left there, yesterday, by the steamer Deli. ihe iiiiuii-s of the players are Davy, Beckett, La Maw Fitzgerald. Johnson, Spivey, Sutton. Cartwright, Churchill, Taylor and Old .i*ui.
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      The Turf.
      97 8 Race Meeting in Batavia. The Batavia-Buiteniorg Turf Club has published a draft programme of races to be held at Batavia on May 1 and 2, next. There are to be eight events on the first day, one of which is the Buchanan Cap- value 500 guilders, presented by
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    Association Football.
    239 8 Tramway Cup Competition. The Darul Afiah and the Fathol Munir met to replay their tie in the Tramway Cup Competition, at Beach Road, yesterday. Tbe contest was a keen one, as the teams were well matched. Betting amongst the Malays was generally in favour of the Dam 1
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    Rifle Shooting.
    190 8 Selangor Ladies' Match. Tbe following scores were made at tbe spoon shoot at Kuala Lumpur, on the 11th instant: Miss Violet Grey 88 2 85 Mrs. Cormac 29 S 84 Mrs. Vane 80 8 88 Mrs. Gerrard 82 scr. 82 Mrs. Travers 26 6 82 Miss Grey 25
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    TROUBLE AT PORT SAID.
    258 8 Foolish Passengers Quarrel and are Arrested. Considerable interest in being taken in our local paper about the behaviour of the three tliird clans passengers from the steamer Ormuz, says the Egyptian Gazette, of December 15. The facts of the cane as far I can gather are
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    Opium in the Philippines.
    83 8 The report on the Trade and Commerce of the Philippine Islands for the year 1007, by the Acting British Consul-General, Mr. H. Home, mentions the fact that the nse of opium, cocaine, or any derivative or preparation of these drugs, was prohibited by law in the
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    AMONG THE ANNAMITES.
    916 8 Sir Uedworth I.amb on's Interesting Trip. Ou Tuesday, December 15, the flagship of the British China Squadron, with ViceAdmiral Sir Hed worth Lambton on board, sailed into Camranli Bay. The Datives, who live in low !buts along .ie in mil, nun' di.'ituly began to transport al heir
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    PALACE BURGLED.
    186 8 Rajah of Rutlara Robbed of Six Lakhs of Jewels. News baa just reached Bombay that a very serious theft of State jewellery has taken place recently at Kutlam. The theft took plaoe some t>me in November, but was only discovered the other day. The case is most extraordinary.
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    8 8 If you want to go fast, go slow.
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      Sporting Club Accounts.
      381 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, As the Singapore Sporting Club is so much more a public than a private institution, I hope you will allow me to call attention to its Balance Sheet, which has just been issued. It contains one or two items
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    Freighters for Panama Canal.
    97 8 Tbe deal for the purchase of the steamers Shawmnt and Tremont, of the Boston Steamship Company, for use as freighters for the Panama Canal Commission, has been completed. For the purchase of two steamers for the Isthmian Canal Commission last year, Congress appropriated 11,500,000 (gold). The
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    11 8 Troubles that don't happen worry you more than those that do.
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      185 8 MALTHOID ■Mill ■•eriit The question often iriaai in the mind of a man about to bntld I wonJer if Multhoi 1 wonld be suitable We oertify Iroin inauy yeara" practical experience that Maltboid will be found immenaelv "«ti«fictorv no every dins of building fIP MBfr, art; mt tns, *mk it
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      265 8 MARLBOROUGH Cinematograph, BEACH HO A I). GRAND OPEJiI 6 NIGHT MONDAY. JANUARY 18. AT 7 30 P.M. Two Big Shows 7-30 p.m. and 9 30 p.m. The NEW SHOW. BEAUTIFUL PICTURES. for tbe first time in Singapore. Popular Pbicis Ist class: 60 cts. 2nd:2ScU. 3rd: 15 cts. 4th: 7 ots.
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    COMMERCIAL.
    228 9 Sinoapori, Jam-art 14, 1909. PRODUCE. Gambier 10.10 do (Cube No. 1) unpicked 13.75 Copra Bali buyers 8.10 do Pontianak 7.60 Pepper, Black buyers 12.50 do White 8% buyers 19.00 Sago Flour Sarawak 8.02 do Brunei No. 1 2.85 Pearl Sago 8.7S Coffee Bali, picked 22.50 Coffee Palembany, 20% basis
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      MINING.
      327 9 Ukta of torma- Oapital on I 9ub«orlbed H umber at Share* lune Vain* Paid up to Bhani UnlMned Company 1903 1800,000 ISO 7 1300,000 1901 1800.000 1908 4400.000 1907 1400,000 1901 £80,000 1906 4100,000 1906 1180,000 1908 £110,000 1908 £80,000 1808 •460,000 1906 £160.000 1907 £100,000 1904 £190,000 1907
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      RUBBER.
      362 9 1903 IMS 1804 1808 1906 1904 1908 1906 1908 1906 1907 1906 «150,000 •too.ooo £80,000 /870.000 •150,000 ClB.OOO £78,000 £810.000 £68,000 £180,000 £B*o,ooo /176.000 •160,000 £100,000 137,061/11 116,600 12,780 66,700 118,000 16,000 88,000 169,880 68,780 180.000 *****0 176,000 180,960 46,600 > 108,800 i 10,600 1,100 t1,760 66,700 11,600 I
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      GENERAL.
      203 9 1894 1908 1807 1898 186S I SOS 1698 1901 £5,877.10.0 5250,000 11,500,100 •M6,W)O •18,000,000 12,400,000 I,ooo 'oo 134.000 4,806 360,000 1,050,000 KU.UOU 16,000.000 3,i00,000 1,000,000 84,090 7,688 2,500 130,000 4.M0 110.000 I 18,000 I 6,000 f 1.000 I •.000 8,400 >.000 I 1,780 14,000 800 400,000 1,110 3,000 4,966
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      DEBENTURES.
      54 9 Howartb Ur.Klne t% 1600,000 1% prem Blley HargresTe. t% ttS.CMO 1% prem B'pore Eleotrio Tram ways Co., Ltd. 5% 330,000 nominal Singapore Maalolpal 8% 400,000 30% p. nom. ,6% 1,878,000 8% prem I*% 1.600.000 8% prem „4% 809,900 nominal Klralt. Engineering Byd.. Ltd. 6% 43,000 par Tanjong Pagar Dock
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      286 9 LOST OR FOUND. Bates:— Fiva I.inw, on* ur two inMrtioi. 11.10 l:j at) inch, Seals of Charga*. Do€ LOST. Strayed from Raffles Hotel on Sunday morning, a white-haired fox terrier dog, with black patches round eyes Wearing collar with Colonel Nelson" on it, and Municipal badge Nc. 1182. Please return
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      232 9 |8,000 Doctors Recommend I H Coli man's Wincarnis for exhaustion, nervous debility I I /T-ri^KJ anil especially during convalescence after a lingering I I lI CW ls B reiU Nil ue l' es n t s un >Que power of I I tl Vkl inMb'orating the blood and thus supplying
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      73 9 METROPOLE HOTEL, ANSON ROAD. Big Dining aui Waiting Rooms, Well Ventilated Best liquors and attendance Terms Moderate. Mrs. V. SIMONS, Proprietress. 49 TIN CHUN AND CO., HIGHCLASS PHOTOGRAPHERS, 489, Nortli Bridge Road, Singapore. PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. 54 NOTICE. THE TRIESTE HOTEL, centrally situated at the crossing of North Bridge
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      296 9 Whiteaway, Laidlaw t Co., Ltd. STOCK-TAKING SALE. >gj?i8§r\x Tea Services. /£M.$3p^ j$\ THjN ENGUSH porgELAIN. "GLOBE" WfTjji fe^^vtytaj^iMr^) HE1) BLUE 0R liHEKN oilt. "ANTIQUE" /jjmv\ PRINTED AND GILT, BROWN, BLL'B.f &J& GREEN AND RED. I *nhJ%J' m T^i) SALE PRICE: $5.75. Wines Wines CRUSHED FOOD. TRY IT AND YOU WILL
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    Wrecked on Coral Reef.
    1007 10 PASSENGERS' EXPERIENCES ON CHRISTMAS ISLAND. Captain of the Aeon Interviewed. Captain Downie, who is well-known in Hongkong, has recounted bis experiences, of last July, on the coral reef, in the Southern Seas, to a UongkoDg contemporary. His ship, the Aeon, left San Francisco, bound for Sydney,
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      632 10 BANKING COMPANIES. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA ANO CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Paid np Capital in 60,000 Shares of «oiach £1,»00,000 Baserrs Fond £1,525,000 Bsssrv* Liability of Proprietors AM, 300,000 BANKERS. Bank ol England. National Bank of Bootland. Tk London City A Midland Bank. Ltd. BINOAPORE BRANCH. Current Aooounts
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      475 10 BANKING COMPANIES. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. e aid-up capital iia.ooo.ooo 4EHERVE FUND Sterling ReserTS 115,000,0001 ajo 000 OOC Sllrerfteserre •U.000.000j W' ooo 000 iaaerre Liability of Propriators 118.000,000 COURT OP DIRECTORS. E. Bbellim, Eaq. Chairman. Hon. Mr. W.J. OressoD. Deputy Chairman E. O. Barrett, Eaq. 1. R. Lenzmann, Ee-j
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      498 10 SALES BY AUCTION. AUCTION SALE or FREEHOLD RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, Situate off Upper Serangoon Road, On Tvesday, January 19, at '2.30 p.m. Freehold land, area 44,290 square feet being part of Grant 87. Together with the substantial European residence erected thereon and known as GLENMOY, No. 1273 Upper Serangoon Road, adjacent
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      47 10 LOOK AFTER YOUR HEALTH. If you have a cough, cure it. A cough is a symptom of more serious trouble. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the best obtainable and you need>have no hesitancy in using it as it contains nothing injurious. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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      674 10 SALES BY AUCTION. MORTGAGEE* SALE. At Messrs. H. L. Coghlan Co's Sale-rooms, On Monday, January 18, at 8.30 p.m. Freehold Land, area 4 1 ,.197 square feet, with the dwelling bouse No. 9, Jalan AnipaD. off Balestier Koad. Circulars issued. H. L. Coghlan Co., 75 Auctioneers. SALES BY AUCTION. AUCTION
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    AUTOMOBILISM.
    141 11 SUGGESTED RESUSCITATION OF I M.S. CLUB. New Model Humber Car. The F.M.S. Automobile Club (Selangor) ceased to exist as on active organisation, on November 21, 1905, and tbe balance of the Club funds— about 117.1— was deposited in tbe bank in tbe names of Messrs. O D. Russell and
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    842 11 Delightful Car. One does not begin to realise, says a contributor to the Motor the disappointment of good th'ni'H missed until the Olympia Show has closed or when some too enthusiastic friend mentions a device hidden away on a small stand in the gallery that will revolutionise the industry perhaps.
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    30 11 Tbe wedding has taken place at the Cathedral, Calcutta, of Ming Mabel Winifred Beadon Bryant, daughter of the Inspector General of Forests, to Captain Harold Dening, 25th Cavalry, Frontier Foroe.
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      736 11 ARGYLL CARS. JUST ArtRIVSD. SS&ilS* Argyll Model de Luxe. PAINTED DARK GREEN, NICKEL PLATED MOUNTINGS, FITTED WITH HOOD, MAGNETO, WIND-SCREEN, LAMPS AND ACCESSORIES. Illustrated Catalogue and full particulars from SYIYIE COMPANY, so o e EN Ts The City Motor Garage Co., IS££" Wo undertake to Repair MOTOR CARS, STEAM CARS
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      55 11 CALMONS PNEUMATIC TYRES. UNEXCELLED FOR RELIABILITY AND DURABILITY. SOLE AGENTS: BEHN, MEYER CO., LIMITED, Singapore and Penang. DENTAL SUPPLIES. Laborst Stock or C. Ash, Sons and Co. 'a Manufactures and American Goods. CHEONG BROS., DESTISTS, 29, South Bridge oad Singapore. Guarantee bigb-ciiu>i> work and the lateat improvenj utH for European
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      64 11 "Tis Dot enough to help tbe feeble up, bat to support him after," according to Shakespeare. Persons just getting over severe illin -s need the "aft** support" so well given by SU ams 1 Wine. It is just tbe thing to bring back strength and vigour, and send rich, red
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      222 11 RANEEGUNGE PIPES. The interior of these Pipes being glazed, nothing will grow on them and cause obstructions, as is the case with cement or unglazed pipes and drains. Sole Agents i THE BORNEO CO., LD. MARTIN'S A MklforLadles.l r\ LLj Fr.noh Itmt, for all 1rr.ju1.r.11... n ,„*< Sfil'n >*"' lm
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      88 11 S SIDDELE V i AUTOCARS I ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE THE FINEST CARS (APART FROM PAINT) AND BEST VALUE BY THOSE IN A POSITION TO KNOW. Sole Agents: CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS. STAR CARS ADMITTEDLY THE BEST VALUE FOR THE MONEY ON THE MARKET. 1909 Model m Mow on View at our
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      582 12 Miscellaneous WANTS. lUTU Fomr Lint*, one ot two ioMrtiou, 11. Kj th* inch, see Sc&ls ot Charges. SHORTHAND-TYPIST WANTED. Wanted by a big Singapore firm, a thoroughly competent, speedy and experienced shorthand and typist clerk. Apply, giving references, to Ability, c/o Straits Times." 97 TENDERS INVITED. JOHORE STATE RAILWAY. TENDERS
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      617 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. Btntt-f sw Umm. m st iw >—Kuii, njo Bf tfcs lank, sm Soals sf Okaigsa, OFFIOE TO BE LET. Offios on second floor of. Ho. 7, Battery Road. Apply to Galbrte and Co., Ltd. CIB7B OFFME BOOOWN TO BE LET With Immediate entry No. T,
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      499 12 The Van Rijn Tyreless Rubber Wheel. PATENTED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ALL PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES AND COLONIES. A Perfect Wheel for All Kinds of Motor The Van Rijn Wheel is made of one solid Vehicles. raafls o f p ara Rubber. It is unbreakable, No Costly Tyre renewals: No Punctures
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      374 12 DAWSON'S^eOOTS FOR AJLI- CUSSES. ttnMMllai, to BTYLB, OOMFORT, awl DURABILITY NONE GENUINE WITHOUT OUR TRADE MARK STAMPED 01 THE 801E& TO BE HAO OF ALL DEALERS. 23 LONDON WALL, LONDON, E.C^ ARTICLES FOR SALE. lUiu :-Fov Linos, on or two tasartions, 11.00 Bf tbs inch, m Scslo ol Outrf M.
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