The Straits Times, 28 July 1909

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 23.023 SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. JULY 28. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 213 1 KATZ BROTHERS, Ltd. I^vU-n^x^^ DK^r- POPULAR- PRICED Johnson tiros, dimmer services CELEBRATED SEMI-PORCELAIN WARE IfTN-STONE CHINA Ejy?c£^£frl nfljl^Y COMPLETE 'CR 12 PER3ONB. A i £jp^ Brown or Slate Floral Decoration on Pure White Price $19 per service. IHe PARIS. ...#-r- X "^j-p^, Ci ystal.White, Neat Shape, a Very Popular Price:
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    • 99 1 HARIMA HALL QinematograpQ. To-night at 9.30. Film dArt: HOTEL THIEF. Film dArt: BPANISH MARRIAGE. The Gastronomist. The Gold Piece. The New Paris Policemen. Historical Visit to Versailles A Bruised Heart. Tom Removes. K. HARIMA, Sole Proprietor. ART NEEDLEWORK AND FLOWER DEPOT tl7. Orchard Rovui ARRANGED FLORAL BASKETS, BOUQUETS, SHOWERS, ETC.
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    • 288 1 ROBINSON CO. Sole Agents for THE RALEIGH CYCLE CO. Si T LJ^ 'Popular' Fitted complete with Silver-plated Lamp, Bell, Tool Bag, Pump, Spanner and Oiler. ROBINSON CO. KOH COMPANY. We have just received a large asRortment of Perfumery, Soap, Hair Oil, Hair Lotion, etc. and Esxences in Fancy Boxes. Very
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  • 1141 2 SEVERE RELAPSE FRO* HIGH PRICES HIGHLY IMPROBABLE. Favourable Influences. The imposing dividends declared within the past few days by three of the leading rubber companies, says the Financier of Jane 29, afford striking evidence of the flourishing condition of the rubber plantation industry. In each case the rates
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  • 358 2 Remarkable Scene in a West -End Mansion Described. At Westminster police court a summons was applied for against Lord Brooke, of Chapel St., Uelgrave-sq., for an assault upon bis butler. Thomas Reynolds. Mr. Francis, the magistrate, said the complainant was entitled to process and granted a summons,
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  • 195 2 Extraordinary Scenes at a Stratford Church. Some extraordinary scenes were witnessed outside St. John's Church, Stratford. The story had got abroad that Francis Goss, a Crimean veteran, of 78, was to marry an old sweetheart named Lizzie Miriam Graham, and a large crowd gathered to see the ceremony.
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  • 261 2 An Oriental Crew Engage in Pitched Battle. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer wrote as follows on June 12 One hundred and two firemen and forty-five sailors, comprising the greater part of the Oriental orew of the liner Minnesota of the Great Northern Steam ship Co., fought a pitched
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 458 2 BUCHANANS I FAMOUS I I "Black White" is absolutely the BEST VALUE obtainable. The reputation of this blend has been built up on the SOLID BASIS of Quality and Age and NO CHANGE has been made from the first. This fact is Guaranteed IMPORTERS: Borneo Company, Ld. ASPINALL'S Fine Copal
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    • 82 2 OVER THIRTY-FIVE YEARS. In 1872 there was a great deal of diarrhoea, dysentery, and infantile cholera. It was at this time' that Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was first brought into use. It proved more successfu than any other remedy or treatment, and has for thirty-six years maintained that
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    • 193 2 />^il LIFEBUOY f 'gAI-^S^Sff. Royal Disinfectant I ~'*_Pa#^l Soap is a Poetical I PJ^J^J^JX] precaution for the M* /aßaY'Sab health of man, /QINtfS. tRL\ I woman or child. Is l^/^W^m^mmgLK specially suitable for M HIT V $M warm climates. V\ j/ //j^^SL^^^^ KEEPS THE BODY IN Ismail and Raheem ARE
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  • 754 3 SUFFRAGISTS RAID HOUSE OF COMMONS. Police Complain of Being Assaulted Tbe attempt of tbe Suffragettes to send a deputation to Mr. Aoquith at the House of Commons on Jane 29, ended in the usual disturbances and tbe arrest of Mrs. Pankhurst, 107 other women, aiid 8 men.
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  • 109 3 To be Driven from Islands by Torpedo Boats. It is stated in a Seoul telegram to tbe Mainichi, as translated by tbe Kobe Herald, that owing to tbe effective operations of tbe Japanese troops, gendarmes, and police, tbe Korean insurgents have now been driven into a corner
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 734 3 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. CIVIL, MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, IRON BRASS FOUNDERS. BOILER MAKERS, BRIDGE BUILDERS GENERAL CONTRACTORS. Steam, Gas and Oil Engines for all purposes. T.oile s ami Pumps for every use. Light Railway Rolling Stock and Railway Implements. Rails, Tipping Wagons and Sleepers. Winches, Cranes and Steel Hawsers. Steel Pulleys,
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    • 4 3 'MAKE&Jfty. SKIITS asSOFTa* J^andSMOlJTrl
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    • 834 3 ITCHING PIMPLES FOR HMONTHS On Girl's Face and Back— Back was Dreadful toSee— Itchinjrand Pain Kept Sufferer from Work for Weeks at a Time— Amazed at Prompt Cure Effected by Just ONE SET OF CUTICURA SOAP AND OINTMENT "Rome time ago my back and face came out in a ruth
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 661 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. p. aTo". STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Jasan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Po't<, Plyin ju h and LonJin. Through Hill* of Ladt fi issued for Chin* Coaat, l'i«/-,ian Gulf Continental, and Amenoao Ports. Steamera will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINGS. Outward (for China)
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    • 643 4 STEAMERS SfIILING. OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL BTEAM NAY. CO. LTD. The Companies' steamen an deipaohed from LlTerpool outward* tor tbe Straits, China and Japan erery week and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp erery fortnight for Oenoa, Marseilles and LiTerpool and for Marseilles, Ham
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    • 573 4 STEAMER BAIUNBB. INDOCHINA STEAM NAY. GIL. LTD. I'hs steamers of thia Company maintain a regular dinot aervioe between Oaloatta, Straits, Hongkong, Shanghai snd Japan, taking oargo, )o through Billa of Lacing for Canton, Swatow. Imoy, Cbefoo, Tientsin, Kewohwang, Yangtarc Port*, Formoaa, the Philippine*, i,, An. Stoaaaera Tona Oommandsr Kctsaim 4,898
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    • 315 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. C. P. R. Canadian Paoiflo Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Lino. TUB RATIONAL HIGHWAY TO EUROPE WU OHIHA JAPAN, CANADA and tba DNITED STATEB. Root* from Hongkong, Ha Shanghai, Nagasaki. (Inland Sea of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria and Vancouver, R.M.B. "Earßßßs of Ihdia ITwin-aonw stea R.M.B. "EMraaaa or
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    • 683 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. The steamen of ibis Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and tb* Strait* China and Japan. Homeward*, they an despatched fortnightly for Havre aad Hamburg and onoe a month for BremerhaTen dinot, calling at Penang and Colombo. Taking oargo
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    • 757 4 STEAMER SAILINQS. N. D. L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mail steamen ol this Company sail fortoighty from Bremen, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp. Southampton, Gibraltar, Oenoa, Naples (oonneotloe Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vioe vena) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang. Singapore, Hongkong Shanghai, Nagasaki
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  • 142 5 FIXTURES. Wednesday, July 28. High Water, 8 15 p m. Garrison Field Operations. Alhambra Cinematograph. Harima Cinematograph. Marlborough Cinematograph. Thursday, July 29. High Water, 8.4 a.m., 7.18 p.m. Penan^ Races, second day. P. and O. homeward mail duo. Garrison Field Operations. Philharmonic Orchestra, 5.1."). Friday. July 30.
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  • 185 5 To-Day. K'baya Bali, Ampanan and Macassar Teresa 3 pin Pontianak Ban Fo Bonn *pm Penang and Colombo Kawacbi Maru > pro Malacca, Port Dickaon, Port Kwefenham and Teluk Anson Perak t pm Raogkok Profit 4 pm Hongkong anil ■)< pan Bengloe 4 pm K. Pabang. Pekan, Kusntan,
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  • 117 5 The P. and O. homeward mail steamer Delta, left Hongkong at 1 p.m. on Saturday, and is due here at 6 a.m to-morrow. The P. and O. outward mail steamer Caledonia, left Colombo at 6 p.m. on Saturday, and may be expected to arrive here on Friday
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  • 361 5 Latest Arrivals. Aijnthia, Brit. atr. 891 tons, Captain Curtis, July 17. From Bombay, Jnfy 16. Co. Borneo Coy. For Bangkok, U.— Bda. Handon. Dan. atr. 3337 tons, Capt Tbomaen, .Inly 38. From Copenhagen, Jane 9. Go. Kant Asiatic 4 Co. Fur Bangkok, July I»— W. Batavier, Brit. etr.
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  • 98 5 July j 7 n i.rua, Brit atr. Port Swettenham, Pen»ng 11'ulK rirttcht, Dutstr, Pladjoe Ban Hin Ouun, Brit itr, Pontianak \Koh Si Ch n, Ger ttr, Bangkok t Choir fa, Ger a*.r. Bangkok Hong Wan I, Brit »tr. Hongkong aud Amov l.mlf Weld, Brit atr, Mom and Malacca 38
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  • 96 5 Wharves at which V M sel§ ar« Berthed To- Day. TAN JON Q PAOAR. East Wbait Basdi— Tanoarville, Paroo, East W. 8«ctio» 1 -N il. Minilya. Sacnon No. 1 (Shim* Wharf)— Nil. Saonoa 3— Craighall, Queda, Cruaader. 8— Bengloe. a 4— Fultala. Gathrie.
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  • 266 5 Coming to Singapore. P. and O. stoamer Marmora, connecting with the steamer Caledonia, at Colombo, due July 80.— Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Moleswortb, Mr. C. Everitt, Mm. A. F. Scott. Mr. H. L. Boersuia, Mr. C. H. Munro, Mr. O. Paterson. Per P. and O. steamer
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  • 516 5 Bi Likct.-Col. E. G. Biin.vbßici, Commandant, S.V.C. Singapore, July ft, 1909. The Corp» with the exception of the S. V. A. will take part in field operations with the garriuon between midnight ou Sunday, August 1, and noon on MomU). Auguxt 3, (bank holiday). All members
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  • 10 5 From coal are produced more than 400 different coloured dyes.
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  • 327 5 Warship to Search for the Crew of the Australian. There has been posted at Lloyd's as missing the line stool (Jreenock ownod ship Australian which left Mszatlan, on November 25 last, for Sydney, New Sooth Wale*, and has not since been beard of, although due at
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  • 241 5 The Difficult Struggle of Trying to Live. The Dake of Marlborough is the latest Peer to make publio his hard lot. Speaking at a garden party be said be was asked to pay a shilling in the pound for a lot of money he did not
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  • 76 5 An exchange says that an enterprising shipper in America has imported a consignment of cold storage kangaroos from Australia, and they have been readily purchased by several leading hotels, which are always on the look out for new delicacies wherewith to enrich their menus. It is quite
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  • 245 5 Finance Commerce. EXCHANGE. Singapore, July 2h, 1000. On London— Bank 4 m/g 2/4 i Iknjand 2/4J Private 6 m/g 2/4£ do 8 m/g 2/4 T^ On Gn many— Hank d/d 28BJ Private 8 m/g 240$ do 0 m/g 242J On France- Bank d/d 394 Private 8 m/o '296* 1 do
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 53 5 Howarth Erskine 6% 300,000 1% prem. Riley, Hargreaves 6% 284,000 1% prem. Spore Electric Tramways Co., Ltd. 6% 850,000 nominal Straits Engineering Syndicate, Ltd. 6% 46,000 par. Singapore Municipal 6% 400,000 20%p.n0m 6% 1,878,000 7% prem. *i% l.« 00,000 3% prem. 4% 602,900 6% disc. Tanjong Pagar Dock Board
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    • 270 5 Captial $800,000 J300.000 •600,000 £500,000 $400,000 £60,000 £1 00,000 150,000 £120,000 •450,000 £250,000 g Shams 3 Paid Urn. Company Q doia n L*" 10 10 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. IM 12% for 'OH 10 10 7,600 Bruang, Ltd. 6.50 10 10 Brunch Hydraulics T. M. Co., Ltd.(l) 800
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    • 501 5 £150,000 I J ABglo-Malay Rubber Ck)., Ltd. 7 8.0 80% for '08 I 17/6 contributory... 7.1.0 •200,000 10 10 4,880 Balgownio Rubber Estate Ltd. (6)... 44 00 25% for '08 £80.000 1 1 6.260 Batn Caves Rubber Co., Ltd 5 0.0 10% for '08 £80,000 1 1 10,000 BatuTiga(Selangor)R.Co.
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    • 177 5 11,600,000 $225,000 12,400,000 1,000,000 $31,000 •876,000 10 10 60 100 ion 100 100 10 100 100 in so l 100 100 10 Eastern Smolting Co., Ltd. UJ5*, m 10% for '08 7 w 0.75 10% for 'oB 60 Frwer k Neave, Ltd. (8) 142.50 15% for 'Ob* i Howartb
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 52 5 AUCTION SALES Howt ll and Co. July 29.— At taleroom, 4 bales Carpets, etc., at 11. .Tuly 80— At Uodown A, Keppel Road, adjacent to the Tanjong Pagar Police Station, damaged goods ex sj. Kalomo, at 2.80. July 81.— At Central Police Station, Sooth Bridge Road, unserviceable polios stores, etc,
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    • 103 5 Shi T p or the Desert BOIItOII ROUgC Felucca /f EGYPTIAN *kjP stt^ CIGARETTES SVyf\-JOW JOHN LITTLE CO.. LTD. \l4 rPffi i ROBIfiSON co Aug 2. At saleroom, unredeemed pledges, at 10. Aug 4. At saleroom, unredeemed pledges, at 10. Aug 6.— At saleroom, unredeemed pledges, at 10. Aug 7.—
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 239 5 WEATHER REPORT. Kmdtmt Ktrbau HotpiuU, July :V, 1909. 1 1. t. It.M. 9 f. M.| RaOTUX. Bar. SJ Fab 39.938 J9 837 M «80 Temp 81.8 87.8 83 0 nil. Wet Bnlb Ther Ml 0 80 0 79 1 DirofWind.. East S.W. BW. Max. Tamp.. 88.0 Mia 79 8 Max.
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    • 155 5 Port Swettenham Tide Table for August, 1909. Time of Time of Tiuio of Date. High Water at D*n, Ui|>li Water at Date. Hi«h Water at P. Swettooham. P. Swettenhaiu. P. Swettenham. I I _L I 1909. a.m. p.m. 1909. am. p.m. I 1900. a.m. p.m. Ang. 1 6.18 4.18 Aug.
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  • 1141 6 The Straits Times. WEDNESDAY, JULY 28. COOLIE LABOUR PROBLEMS. What is the policy of the Straits Government in regard to the supply of labour for the rubber rotates, tin mines, and other purposes in these Settlements and in the F. M. S. We suspect that at the back of every
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  • 13 6 Mesars. Moutrie and Co.'s uc advertisement appears on page 8 of this issue.
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  • 35 6 Garrison orders state that tbe following men of the 99th Deccan Infantry have been awarded tbe medal for long service and good conduct with gratuity, Drummer Lacbman and Sepoy Abdullah Khan without gratuity, Sepoy Balliah.
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  • 21 6 A conflagration in reported from Kallang Brick work*, wbetu damage to the extent of 1200 is said to havo been caused.
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  • 27 6 Tbe annual general meeting of the members of the Singapore Cricket Club will be held in the club pavilion on Monday, August 16, at 5 p. m.
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  • 42 6 The Cable companies have agreed to a press rate to India of ninepence per word from July 1, if the governments are willing to bear a rateable share of the reduction, which is thought probable, says v London wire of 16th inst.
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  • 47 6 A fancy bazaar for the benefit of the poor supported by the Society of St. Vincent De Paul will be held at tbe Victoria Memorial Hall, on the 3rd and 4th August, at 8 p. m. Tbe president of tbe society earnestly solicits support on that occasion.
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  • 42 6 An interesting innovation so far as police work at Shanghai is concerned, has been made in connection with the French Municipal Police. The idea comes from Paris, and it takes the form of the addition of a trained dog to the force.
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  • 49 6 The steamer Indrapura is due at Shanghai about the end of the month, frnm New York having on board nearly 20,0110 bales of piece goods for Shanghai. This is one of tbe largest cargoes of piece goods tbat has left America for the Far East for some considerable time.
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  • 49 6 A proclamation has been issued at Djibuti prohibiting traffic in arms in that port, and urdbring all traders engaged iv the traffic to sell their stocks within n month. This, bowever, does not apply to Abyssinia which will continue to receive its supply of rifles aud ammunition through Djibuti.
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  • 45 6 Pollard's Lilliputians began tbe Java season a. Sourabaya on July 21. Reports from there say that the performance was a great success for the company. The children sang, danced, and acted charmingly. They are expected at Singapore ohortly and are certain to be welcomed warmly.
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  • 55 6 A special cablegram to the Statesman adds that Krixhuavarma in his letter to The Times declares that Surandranath Banerjee is a sycophant and self-seeking flatter, praising the foreign yoke and says it is a mistake to rely on the loyalty of tbe Indian masses who are joining in tbe great
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  • 56 6 A typhoon, which passed over Haiphong and the Tonkin coast on July 16, did great damage ashore and afloat. At tbat port, tbe native military barracks were blown down. Several soldiers were killed and about twenty were wounded. Not a single bouse escaped damage. Many junks foundered, the loss of
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  • 66 6 A destructive fire raged at tbe city of Cbolon, near Saigon, on July 16, in a Chinese piece goods shop where a petroleum lamp was upset at night. A coolie and a cook who happened to be in the place could not check tbe fire, and it spread rapidly. Tbe
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  • 62 6 Men and cattle are suffering from the unusual beat now being experienced, especially in central Japan. Tbe heat wave lasted two days. During a long forced march by tbe Bth Regiment of O.saka, and also during the 3ve hours' midday manoeuvres at Hamamatsu of the 67th Infantry, over one hundred
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  • 57 6 About twenty representative residents of Shanghai have made arrangement with the Hamburg America Line to establish steamship connection with the North Saddle Island, and will thus be ablo to build bungalows, send their families to stay on tbe Island for tbe summer, and the business men will have an opportunity
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  • 82 6 The Batavia Nieuwsblad, of July 17, reports the arrest tbere of a Jew named Nassim Yosaf, at the request of the Singapore police, which bad sent word that be had fled thither, on being wanted to answer a charge. The Batavia police bad no end of trouble in finding the
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  • 82 6 It is understood that the Governor of Hongkong received a oable on 15th inst, from Melbourne to the effect that a bottle bad been picked up at sea containing a message, the effect of which was that two men had been cast away on one of tbe uninhabited island* of
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  • 105 6 A horrible murder was committed some days ago near Nandgaon, India, a station 16 miles from Manmad. A box-boy of the guards' running room, aged about 20, was in the habit of visiting a certain woman in the town. Tbe husband hearing of it made the woman lure her paramour
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  • 134 6 The Beacon Light, official organ ef the British Anti-Tobacco, and Anti-Narcotic League, says: It is to be hoped that the recent legislation in the homeland will encourage sach of our Colonies as have no law dealing with juvenile smoking, to introduce a measure forthwith. I am glad to see that
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  • 351 6 Baron Takahira, tbe Japanese Minister at Washington, has been recalled and is en route for Japan. Tlie M. S. V. K. have sent a cable to Mr. A. B. Hubback, congratulating him ou bit success at limlty. Lieut. E. H. Sbackleton, who is an old Dulwicb College
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  • 102 6 About 1 a.m. to-day a fire broke out in the attap roof of a brick kiln, No. 478 1 Tanjoug Katong, occupied by Mak Tong, about a quarter of a mile off tbe Uaylang Road, at tbe fourth milestone The duty men at Kallang tire station,
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  • 102 6 The following properties were disposed of at Powell and Co.'s saleroom, yesterday afternoon The produce godowns known as 25 and 26 Da mar Road, adjacent to Singapore river, area 8,168 square feet, comprised in three government leases for 999 years, total yearly quit rent 99. monthly rent $200.
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  • 104 6 At the clone of the trial of Private Miller at the Assiies, yesterday, a Hokien named Chwa Kirn was arraigned, before the Chief Justice and a special jury (of which Mr. C. W. Banks is foreman) on a charge of murder by stabbing in Synagogue Street, on
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  • 127 6 The Singapore river, especially between Elgin and Column bridges, has lately been blocked to a rather greater extent than usual. It has been suggested that tbe Mudlark is behind the matter. She is, however, a halfmile nearer the mouth of the stream, still she does send out a
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  • 127 6 The Java Bode hears that the notch exploring expedition to the Snowy Mountains of New Guinea will start in September next. The leader, Dr. Lorentz, is now in Borneo trying to engage boatmen strong enough to run against the current* in the New Guinea rivers. Dr.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 238 6 PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SEAMLESS STEEL BOAT TLIED TO THE Straits Steamship Co.'s Ajent at Malacca m v HHf %^fc^^^ w Wv m -Jf~ A. i by GUTHRIE AND COMPANY, LIMITED, Singapore. White a way's AUGUST SALE Commences wM Monday Next. PHENOMENAL REDUCTIONS. 1 Single Bed Mosquito Nets $4.80 eac^ Our
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  • 410 7 EIGHTY-FIVE MINUTES' PLAY YESTERDAY. Macartney in Form. LARGE CROWDS DISAPPOINTED AT MANCHESTER. Australians Second Venture. Ist Test England Won by 10 wkts. and Australia 9 wkts. 3rd Australia ..126 runs. I-'kuM OVI OVI I'oltlKSt'UNDKNT.) LoDdon, July 28. At 11.35 this morning Noble sent in Gregory aod Bardhley
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  • 51 7 Hasty Departure of Members from London. [Dkr Ommmhi Llcyd Tblkuram) Berlin, July 27. The members of the Turkish Parliament, who were on a visit to Ljndon, have left in haste, owing to the political situation in Constantinople. Their visit to Berlin is postponed until the Reichstag is open
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  • 25 7 Dkr OstasiaTlSchi Lloyd Telk'iram Berlin, July 27. There are rumours of a meeting between King Edward and President Fallieres ou August 18.
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  • 227 7 Alleged Ringleader Charged at Police Court. Yesterday, a Chinaman was before Mr. Green at the instance of Mr. Spiers, of the Sea view hotel, Tanjong Katong, on a number of charges. He was alleged to have incited to riot, assaulted, intimidated, placed himself at the head of
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  • 256 7 Strange People Rescued from Canoe off Amoy. The C. N. steamer Tamsui, Capt. J. Lennox, arrived at Shanghai, on 13th iost. from Amoy, and relates a strange story of the sea. On the 12th inst., in answer to signals, she communicated with the pilot boat
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  • 207 7 Crew's Terrible Experience on Voyage from Brazil. Six mon are in Newport (Mon.) Port Sani tary Hospital suffering from beri beri. They aro part of the crew of the Norwegian barque Li'la Rookh. They arrived at Newport last month after a terrible experience on a voyage from
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  • 282 7 This morning, P. C. Ginnan charged Oh Huat, before Mr. Howard, in the District Court, with criminal intimidation towards Kng A Ngoh, by threatening danger to his person, mischief by breaking crockery, and the extortion of 13 on the 19th instant. The defendant was sent to prison for
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  • 737 7 GOVERNMENT ACTION AGAINST MALAYS. A Dip into History. The action in which the Crown seeks to establish the right to a part of the foreshore near the Palmer godowns, as against Haji Mahomed Tabar, who claims tliu land on the ground that he and his predecessors have been
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  • 138 7 Exploration to Greater Heights of Kashmir. Gulmarg news says great interest is taken in the projected tour of Dr. Arthur Neve and Dr. Longstaff. Both of these gentlemen are Medical Missionaries, the former being particularly well-known in Kashmir. They start shortly for the greater heights
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  • 122 7 Mr. C. J. Chadwick, manager, the Burma Para Rubber Co. Ltd Mergui, writes to the Rangoon Gazette, on July 15, as follows ln a recent is*ne of the Rangoon Gazette Colonel Wyllie referred to the destruction caused by white ant (Termes Gestroi) to rubber trees
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  • 196 7 POLICE FIRED AT NEAR KUALA LUMPUR. Four Chinese Killed and Many Wounded. Twenty* Five Arrests Made. (Fkom Oca Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 27. Last night information was brought to Kuala Lumpur that a large meeting of Chinese wearing red was being held in a temple, three
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  • 372 7 Strange Story of French Gunnery Trials. Some excitement has been caused outside Toulon by a strange incident, due to the bad tiring of a company of marine artillery established in one of the shore batteries. A small tug was engaged towing targets for night gunnery trials
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  • 166 7 One of the most picturesque figures at Court is the Maharajah of Cooch Bobar, whose splendid dress and dazzling jewelled aigrette make him remarkable even among the gorgeously garbed Indian princes. Few Englishmen can rival him as a waltzer. At the last State ball, however, his Highness's
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  • 74 7 Three Dutch armoured men-of-war, the De Ruyter, Koningin Regentes, and the N'oord Brabant, will shortly be despatched for a cruise to show the flag in waters outside Netherlands India. They will probably visit Saigon and also China. The Noord Brabant will afterwards proceed to San Francisco
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  • 74 7 Miss Charlotte Mansfield, who started on a trek from the Cape to Cairo, early in the year, ban reached Karonga on Lake Nyassa, British Central Africa. A recent telegram from Miss Mansfield to the London African World, dated from Abcrcorn, on Lake Tanganyika, stated that owing to the ravages of
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  • 441 7 Unfortunate Incidents at the Race Meeting. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, July 27. The weather for tbe first day's racing here was dull and tbe attendance of the poorest. The fcoing was fair. Race three for the Payed Gallwey Cup was an unfortunate fiasco. Petgrave waa a
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  • 253 7 Details of the New Selangor Company. Messrs. A. C. Harper and Co. informed the Malay Mail that they have received on the 26th inst. a cable from tbe managing director of Rubber Securities, Ltd., as follows A prospectus is issued to-day of the Killinghall (Co.) with a capital
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  • 182 7 As briefly announced in our issue of yesterday, Private Miller, of the Middlesex regiment, charged at the Assizes with culpable homicide not amounting to murder in respect of a Chinese coolie who met his death at Pulau Brani from a service rifle bullet fired by the accused,
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  • 122 7 The approaching retirement of a Scotland Yard detective has, according to a London correspondent, revealed a carious bequest by the late Mr. John Cook, formerly head of the famous tourist agency, who died in 1899. The detective in question had rendered useful service to the firm in
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  • 110 7 SHARP DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Prime Minister Emphasises tbe Obvious. IRIDTSRB TIUQEAM.j London, July 97. Id tbe House of Commons, daring debate on the Navy Estimates, Mr. Balfour severely criticised tbe Government for allowing our margin of safety to disappear, aud neglecting the Mediterranean and
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  • 82 7 DESPERATE RIOTING OCCURS AT BARCELONA. Twelve Killed and Twenty Wounded. I Rioter's Tbl>-oram| London, July 28. Four gendarmes and eight demonstrators have been killed in the antiwar rioting at Barcelona, and twenty persons were wounded Dkr (Ktasutischr Lloyd Tklboham' Berlin, July 27. The Morocco Commission, owing to
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  • 41 7 Offer Conditional on Immediate Departure. jßictir's Teliobam] London, July 27. Reuter's Teheran correspondent under stands that the Persian Government is prepared to grant a pension to the ex Shah of £5,000 sterling annually, provided he leaves Persia immediately.
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  • 40 7 M. Latham's Second Fall Into the Sea. Rioter's) TiliokamJ London, July 24. M. Latham, aeroplaning from Calais to Dover, yesterday evening, fell into the sea two miles from Dover, and was pioked up by the attending boats.
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  • 50 7 Kkitkk's Tklkobam] London, July 28. It in announced at St. Petersburg that the Sultan of Turkey will visit tbe Czar of Russia in September, and that the Czar will return tbe visit in October, while on routs for Naples to meet the King and Qanen of Italy.
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  • 44 7 [Rbotkb's Tclkoraml London, July 28. Reuter's Canea correspondent says that the Greek flag has been hoisted over the fortress and the Cretan militia barracks. [Dsb Ostasutisi ml Lloyd Telkdram Berlin, July 27. The troops of the protecting Powers have left Crete.
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  • 27 7 I Riotir's Tilioram. London, July 28. The race for the Stewards' Cup at Good wood resulted as follows Mediant 1 The Tower 2 Romney
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  • 25 7 (Rbdtbr's Tilioram] London, July 28. Lord Crewe, in the House of Lords, moved the second reading of the South African Union Bill.
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  • 23 7 RkiTKKS TeLEOKAMJ London, July 28. The French Chamber has voted confidence in the new Cabinet by 806 votes to 46.
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  • 73 7 The report published that Ilia Highness Jam Ranjitsinjbi intends revisitiog England shortly, for the benefit of his health, is unfuunded. His Highness has no such intention, being in the best of health. His Highness intends to improve the pearl fisheries and to link all the mahals of the State with
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 125 8 The match Warwickshire v. Leicestershire was drawn. Surrey beat Middlesex by 74 runs. The competition for the Warren shooting shield will be fired on AngnU 8, commencing at 6.80 a.m. Tbe annual meeting of the Bengal- Punjab Hifle Association at Meerut, will commence on Wednesday, Bth, and
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    • 112 8 Match at Malacca. Malacca town played the Malay College, captained by Mr. Clark, the principal, and assisted by Mr. Jobason andtheTunkn Laksam\na of Negri Sembilan at Malacca, on Monday. There is keen rivalry between the teams and the town turned out its best available team. Tbe game in both
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    • 162 8 The County Championship, Tbe table given bylow shows the position of tbe counties iv the cricket championship, up to July 17. One point is reckoned for a win, one d 'ducted for a lons, and neither drawn nor abandoned games are included in tbe table. Tbe championship is decided
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    • 150 8 5. C. C. Tournament. There was no play yesterday afternoon. The singles match, E. A. Brown owe 3 v. Crawford rec. 8, was postponed. Tbe championship game, McKeaj v. Campbell, was put down to the credit of the former on a walk-over, and in the friendly pairs, Talma
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    • 374 8 5. C. C. v. Malay States Guide*. Advantage of the presence of part of the Malay States Guides for manoeuvres in Singapore was taken by the S. C. C. to arrange a hockey match with them, which was played yesterday afternoon .'on the Ksplanade. The name proved fairly fast
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  • 907 8 A Useful Booklet Published by Request. Great wisdom may be expressed in small compass, as we find it is in a little booklet of I 22 pages published by the Medical Mis- i sionary Association of China. The three I authors have in tbe aggregate
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  • 195 8 A remarkable instance of the generosity of mind of one of our local towkays has come to our knowledge, which deserves to be placed on record, says the Perak Pioneer, of Taiping. This gentleman, who has been hard bit by tbe slump in tin, held a mortgage,
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  • 16 8 Daring the pi enat ye«r thu entire streri railway system of Km iapo-t will kx electrified.
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  • 646 8 Method of Selecting the English Elevens. It has been deemed necessary to publish an official statement as to the constitution of the Board of Control for Test matches and the method of selecting England teams. This statement, it may be assumed, comes as a sequel to the
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  • 181 8 Tenders for Construction of Craft for Manila. Proposals for six steam launches wen opened in tbe office of chief quartermastei of the division at Manila and were taker. under advisement by Colonel Bingham. The bidders and the amount bid were a* follows Riley. Hargroavos and Co., Singapore,
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  • 95 8 I Union iwoond half of l;»ui there wort ivo case*! of collisions between trains on tlu Vssutiu Bengal Railway and wild elephant*. Chese animals have greatly increased of late year in tho districts from Langting to tiatikhali and from Bokajan to Barapathar, *od are to
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  • 677 8 Prices Quoted in the Market This Morning. Singapore, 28th July, 1909. Messrs. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Share Brokers, issue the following list of quotations this morning General. 10 Eastern Smelting Co. »7 pd 9.75 0.85 50 Fraser and Naave hi 145. 147.50 10 Hotel van Wijk
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  • 51 8 The mail steamer arrived an hour and a half late this morning owing to rough weather, says a Bombay despatch of the 10th mat. Sixty-two mail bags from Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow and Edinburgh have been detained in England throngh a railway accident and will be forwarded by next
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  • 168 8 Choice of the Chinaman Fallen on Morphia. With the closing of three-quarters of the opium shops, the Chinese who bave become addicted to the opium habit are casting about for a substitute for tbe drug, says the N. C. D. News. Their choice seems to have fallen
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    • 1174 9 $2 jr $2 KB '"Si TER WEEK. W WEEK. I TALKINQ MACHINES I ON EASY TERMS Enjoy the Instrument trhUt you ore paying fot it. A L*JK»I SELKCTION' TO GHOOM IKOM, AT PRICES RANGINii FROM $2O TO $100. Records from $1 each. THE ROBINSON PIANO CO.. LTD. KELLY AND WALSH,
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    • 1143 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. APCAR LINE OF STEAMERS. Taa undermentioned mall (teaman of tnt above Line maintain a regular servioe between Calcutta and Japan, oalling at Penang, Sing* pore, Hongkong and Shanghai (a ro«M FLEET. Ton* Commander I "JAMa" B,ol* 3. Q. Ourawi 1.8. Qaioomi Arcii 4,600 8. H. Bblmb s.i. Abbatoob
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    • 625 9 UNKING COMPANIES CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. HCORPORAT^D BY ROYAL OHARTI; **N nD Capital l D <•,; ...,o Bhara* ot •Weaoh «1,J00,0C0 SUmtv* Fund «1,575,«!0 Baatrv* Liability ot Proprietors «I,WO,OUU BANKERS. Bank ol England. National Bank of Boojland. ri* London City A Midland Bank, V\i SINGAPORE BRANCH. Currant
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  • 758 10 INSULT TO YOUNG LADY COSTS TERRIBLE PRICE. Officer Murdered on Field of Honour Never, perhaps, was duel fought under more murderous conditions than that which has just ended in the death of a young German officer. The dead man bad tried to kiss a comrade's nanoee.
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  • 303 10 Address in a Gold Box to be Offered to His Majesty. Tin; Court of Common Council met in special meeting at tbe Guildhall recently, when tbe approaching visit of the Czar of Russia to these shores was discussed. A strong feeling was expressed in favour of
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    • 615 10 BANKING COMPANIES. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. paid-up capital •15,000,001 reserve fund Sterling Reserve 118,000,0001 60 0 001 KUver Reeerve •14,500.000| •".&«>.«* Reesrve Liability of Propriators 116.000.00 C COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. W. J. Greeson, Chairman. H. E. Tomkins, Esq., Deputy Chairman. K.O. Barrett, Esq. I ">. R. Lencmann,
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    • 409 10 INSURANCE Courses NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY OF NORWICH A LONDON. Established 1797. FOR FIRE INSURANCE ONLY. Amount Insured I *38J,000.000. Losses paid 1 11,600,008. Premium Inoome. M 906,000, Insuranoe effected on almost every desorlctloc rroperty at ourrent rates of premium. Rlski it 10 days are now aoospted at 4
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    • 637 10 CONSTIPATION. A Beliabli and Lasting Curb. Constipation means that there is not a regular and sufficient action of the bowels. It is a very dangerous disorder because it prevents tbe body's waste from leaving the system, and this waste soon turns to poison. This is how many fatal diseases begin
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    • 5 10 I Johnson's Digestive) Tablets ■n.disftftU'
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    • 634 10 SALES BY AUCTION. ATTOTION- S-A.LE3 OF DAMAGED GOODS, EX. S.S. KALOMO, TO BE HELD AT Godown A, Keppel Road, Adjacent to the Tanjong Pagar Police Station, ON FRIDAY, JULY 30, AT 9.30 A.M. MOTOR CARS, carriage leather, rubber tyres for carriage wheels, wheelbarrows, oars, ink erasers, hinges, freezers, oil cloth,
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    • 215 10 AUCTION SALE OF LXSKRVICEABLE I'OMCK STOKES UNCLAIMED AND CONFISCATED PROPERTY AND INTESTATE ESTATE PROPERTY, ETC., (By order of tbe Chief Police Officer), TO BE HELD AT THE CENTRAL POLICE BTATION. 80UTH BRIDGE ROAD. On Saturday, July 31, at 11 a.m. For particulars, see catalogues. Powell Co., Ml 3 Auctioneer* AUCTION
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  • 911 11 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. The five Cadillac cars entered in the Scottish and Irish Automobile Club's respective reliability trials, covered a total distance of 4,hio| miles under official observation. Throughout the whole of that distance the only replacement made was one commutator spring for the single-cylinder car,
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  • 69 11 The coal market at Moji during last month was unprecedentedly active. Altogether 214,856 tons were shipped abroad, mostly to Hongkong and Shanghai. The figures show an increase of 11,000 and 152, 900 tons, respectively, compared with May and April. The increased shipments to Hongkong during last month
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    • 510 11 1909 MODEL. the 12-14 Argyll (Four Cylinders). R.A.C. RATING 15 H.P., APPROXIMATE B.H.P. 20. MB%IMaa Car with Standard 5 seated side am ft*7C PRICE: i^pS&yiKS"' $2,975. EXTRAS i Hood, »175. Folding Windscreen, 170. Stepney Wheel, 186. Headlights (according to pattern). VMr D OH SOLE AGENTB FOR STlflt OC UU-p STRAITS
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    • 34 11 A GOOD BUMMER REMEOY. At this season diarrhoea and dysentery are always prevalent. Chamberlain's Colic, cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is the best medicine obtainable for trouble of this kind. by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 617 11 Cost of running depends largely on WOLSELEY-BIDDELEV. the weight a car may usually carry, the I~F\ mileage it runs, and, lastly, its horse- f^w^power. During the past year an owner _SaSS<^&W'^»'>™Tl of a 10-12 h.p. Wolseh y-Siddeley car that Q£i S23k?NkX t\ ran 7,104 miles on the North Stafford k^arHKsM^V\Ai
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    • 162 11 PILSENER BEER. KEY BRAND. IMPORTED SIMM MM BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. None Genuine without the above two Labels. BEHN MEYER A Co., Ltd., Sol* Importer. J. d'A. PEREIRA, F.R.H.S LONDON. Horticulturist and Florist. Collector and Exporter ot Orchids and Bare Plants. Diploma and gold medal from the Late King of Denmark.
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    • 998 12 Scale of Charges. PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS.— MisceIIaneous Wants of Every Description, Houses, I<and, etc., to let, are inserted at the following rates One Insertion 11.20 pet inch. Two 2XO Three 2-80 Six 6.20 Nine «.4O Twelve 7.12 Twenty- five 10.00 (Each subsequent month 16 per inch.) The above rate is based
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    • 591 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. Bin -r<mi Liaw. om or r*s taawtUa HM Bf Ik* iaoh. m. aaate ol ebuiaa. OFFICE TO BE LIT. Offioe on ssoood floor of. No. T, Battery Boad. Apply to Oolbris and Co.. Ltd. 0 1878 OFFIBE ft BDDOWN TO BE LET. Wltk hnmsdlaf salty
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    • 483 12 TO BE LET OR SOLO. Limi-lMi Uawa, worn I—Mim. H-00 By Iht laah. aM S«ata of Oaaxw OFFICE AND 6000WN TO LET. No. 95, Robinson Road. Moderate rent. Apply to J. LEVY, No. 10, Robinson Road. •MM HOUSE TO LET. Westboume, Gilstead Road, at present occupied. Entry August 15. Apply
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    • 1040 12 SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS. Netherlands Gutta Percha Co., Ltd. Motor-tyres retreaded at Moderate Prices. All kinds of India Rubber Articles, Sheets, VALVES, Rings, TTRES, HOSES (Suotion, Steam, Hydraulic), Gardenhoses, Tubes, ENDLESS BELTS, FLOORTILES, MATTINO, EBONITE and Hard Rubber Articles, Bicycle Tyres. Works Offices: Passir Panjang, Singapore. Sole Agent* i MESSRS. HOOGLANDT
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