The Straits Times, 17 November 1909

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 23.119 SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 17. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 233 1 A sensation ahead The new 14-16 h.p., 4-cy Under (19tO) Darracq "The World's most reliable car." Darracq reputation will be worthily upheld by this new model. It is a marvel of effi-'iensy, simplicity, and accessibility, ami above all wonderfully silent. The Price is Astounding! Don't fix on any car till
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    • 321 1 ROBINSON CO. The "Gyratory" Cleaning Rod. FOR '303 RIFFLES. BEST BRISTLE URUSHEIS, .i.sc each. This improved Cleaning Bod freely rotates and takes the brush or llannel spirally along the Grooves of the rifling by self-rotation when pushing or pulling the rod handle. One piece wood-covered Steel Rod, 40 inches long,
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    • 96 1 GRAND HOTEL DE L'EUROPE Tuesday. November 30. ST. ANDREW'S DAY. Special Seoted TABLEB MAY BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE. JUST S<s SATISFACTION FOLLOWS A FAIR TRIAL. WE OFFER YOU FKEE SAMPLES of any of our Choice, Varied and Delicious Waters. TRY AMD BE SATISFIED. FRAMROZ CO., Cecil street. T.lephono: Re. 1011
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  • 1146 2 WILD SCENES IN FRONT OF THE SPANISH EMBASSY. The Execution of Ferrer. It is a good thing for the internal peace of this tight little island that the people as a general rale do not take politics, particularly European international politics, too seriously, says a home paper,
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  • 288 2 Countess and a Young Man Found Dying. A double tragedy which occurred during the night in Friedricbptrasse, Berlin, ended in terrible fashion the life of an adventures*, the Countess Stachwitz, who has beon a prominent figure for many years in notorious circles. Born of peasant parents named
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  • 35 2 Dr. Karl Kumm, general secrutary of the Soudan L'oited Mission, bis completed bis hazardous journey across Africa from the Niger to tbo Nile. A telegram ainonnota his safe arrival at Wav, in tie ISahr elOhazel.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements

  • 566 3 FAMOUS MAN OF SCIENCE WHO TURNED TO SPIRITUALISM. Expert in Criminology. Prof. 'Cesare Lombroso, the renowned psychologist, criminologiEt, and spiritualist, died suddenly on October 19, says a Turin mesuage. Lombroso was one of the best-known scientists in Europe. First attracted to philology, be mastered Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic,
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  • 288 3 Germans to fly to England in Zeppelin Balloons. Intense interest has beon caused throughout Oermany, sayß the Express, by the announcement that Herr Colsmann, the director of the Zeppelin Airship Company, who is at present in Hamburg, is there for the purpose of securing a favourable site
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 792 3 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. CIVIL, MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, IRON BRASS FOUNDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRIDGE BUILDERS GENERAL CONTRACTORS. SOLE .A-Q-ZEIDTTS FOR Worthington Pump Co.'b Patent Pumps Pulsometer Engineering Co.'b Pulsometer Pumps Robej and Co.'s Portable Engines and Machinery Richard Hornsby and Son's Oil and Gas Plants Waygood's Lifts and Hoists Robert Roger
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    • 74 3 BAVE MONEY BY BUYING CHAMBERLAIN 8 COUGH REMEDY. You will pay just as much for a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as (or any of the other cough medicines, but you cave money by buying it The saving is in what you get, not what you pay. The sureto careyou
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    • 388 3 TEA A satisfied customer \s a sound advertisement. Brooke Bond Co. have Two Million such advertisements in Great Britain alone, and many more in other parts of the world. BROOKE BONDS TEA Sold by all respectable dealers throughout the Straits Settlements. Wholesale Agents MESSRS. GUTHRIE CO. S9'4 s^» ol til
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    • 328 3 Ws. I *yj m "itfji Those who use NESTLES FOOD for Infants and Convalescents place thair trust in a standard article favorably regarded by the Medical Profession for upwards of 35 years. Being partly composed of milk, the addition of water only is required to prepare the Food for immediate
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 700 4 STEAMEK SAILINGS. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION GO. For China. Japan, Penang. Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Pet*. Plymouth and London Tbrongh Billa of Lading issued for Obina ('oast, Persian Gulf, Continental, and Amerioan Ports. Steamera will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. Outward (for China) Himalaya Nov 19
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    • 641 4 STEAMERS SAILING. N.Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. LTD. Two regnlar services are maintained between JAPAN and EUROPK by the Company's well-known TWIN-SCREW STEAMERS, under Mail Contract with the Imperial Japanese Government, specially designed for the Company's European Servioe, lighted throughout by Electricity, provided with excellent accommodation for First and Seoond
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    • 779 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. STEAMER SAILINGS. BTOOMVAART-MAATSCHAPPIJ BURNS PHILP LINE. (STEAMSHIP COMPANY) SINGAPORE TO -JAVA PORTS. POBT uirnnnnT lftTn darwin, thdrsoay island, Nr DXX! A N II Brisbane and sydne^. also LIUMJMUM.IMU£%I.V MJ» TAK'NO CiRGO FOil OTHER NOBTO QT7EENSLAND PORTS, FORTNIGITLY MAIL SERVICE B l s'i? l L?i? W M Ol J
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    • 605 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. The ateamera of this Company maintain a regular servioe between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are deepatohed fortnightly tor Havre and Hamburg and onoe a month for Bremerhaven direot, oalling at Penang and Colombo. Taking oargo
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    • 741 4 STEAMER BAILIM3. N. D. L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The faat and well- known mail ateamera this Company sail fortnlghty from Bremen Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Boatbamp ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naplea (oonneollcn Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vloe versa) Port Baid, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong Shanghai,
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  • 200 5 FIXTURES. Wednesday, November 17. High Wator, 0.62 a.m., 11 3 pm Farewell to Mr. and Mra. I". \V. Webb, 8 :!0. Alhambra Cinematograph. Harima Cinematograph. Marlborougb Cinematograph. Paris Cinematograph. Thursday, November 18. High Water, 1.38 a.m., 12.40 p.m. P. and O. homeward mail due. Ladies Spoon Shoot,
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  • 199 5 To-Dii. Peuaug and Colombo Iyo Maru 3 pm Penang Coultdon 3 pm Malaoct Hoog Leu 3 pm Malacca, Port Dickson, and P. Swettenham Kinta Bpm Manila, Hongkong and Japan Ningchow 4 pm To-»o«aow. Penang, Malacca, F.M.S. and Jobore (Overland) (By train) 6 am Rhio and Indragiri Lanrena
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  • 150 5 The P. and O. homeward mail steamer Devanha left Hongkong, at 1 p.m. on Saturday, and is due here at 6 o'clock to-morrow morning. The P. and O. outwtrd mail steamer Himalaya left Colombo, at 8 a 11 on Sunday, and may be expected to arrive here
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  • SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
    • 45 5 November 13 FaSSMBI Mam, Jap str, Hongkong and Japan 4 Qmm Eleanor, Brit str, Vladivostok ■s Ttctta, Brit str, Penang, Madras, NegapaUm Ijar, Brit str, Japan via ports 16 Han Yong Seng, Brit str, Billiton and Palembang .Yum Yoii'j, Brit str, Ternate via ports
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    • 88 5 Wharves at which Vessel* art Berthed To- Day. TANJONQ PAOAK. East Wiam Bun— Minilya. East W. Samoa I— Heathdene, Itria. Samoa No. 1 (Bmu Whahf)— Nil. Samoa Palitana, Benmobr. B— Nil. a 4 Vorwaerta. S Nil. B a 6— Minderoo, Niugohow. 7— Nil.
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    • 112 5 A cargo of rice arrived from Bangkok and An<;hin, this morning, by the Norwegian steamer Profit. The usual cargo of copra arrived, this morning, from the Anamba and Natiina Islands, by the local steamer Flevo. From Newcastle, N. S. W., the Hansa line steamer Gutenfels arrived, this morning,
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    • 391 5 Coming to Singapore. Per P. and O. steamer Marmora, connecting with the steamer Himalaya at Colombo, due November 19. Mr. A. Melvin, Mr. A. McC ul loch. Mr. E. Simon, Dr. R. A. Campbell. Mrs. Ellis. Mr. J. H. Molyneux, Mr. J. D. Keayo, the Right Rev.
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  • 45 5 Time-balls on Fort Canning and Mount Faber drop daily at 1 p.m., Singapore standard time corresponding to 6 a.m. Greenwich meantime. The time-gun is fired at 12 o'clock noon, indicating Singapore standard time on every day excepting Sunday when it ia fired at one o'clock.
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  • 463 5 Tragic Scenes in the Train and Station. Fuller details of the terrible tragedy at Harbin that robbed Japan of her most prominent elder statesman reached Singapore, yesterday from Japan. It now appears that, owing to the confusion and excitement of the moment, the first despatches were
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  • 243 5 Finance Commerce. EXCHANGE. Sinsafom, November IT, 1809. On London— Bank 4 m/n 2/4 Demand M 3/4 A Private 6 m/a 2/4 A do to/I 2/4jj On Germany— Bank d/d 380 Private 8 m/a 241 do 0 m/e 248 On Frane»— Bank d/d 254 Private 8 m/s 208 do 0 m/B
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 264 5 Issdi Paid Tun Up j CoKFANT Last I IDrraiin) BoTIM s 10 lv 10 1 10 1 1 10 1 10 t 1 1 1 10 1 10 10 10 1 10 1 1 10 1 10 1 1 10 1 1 18/10 6 10 10 10 10 1
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    • 519 5 3 a/7/6/ T i 2/. a/--i i l l l l 17/6 1/--1 1 1 T f a/--18/6 l' 1 a/Sterling:. Anglo-Malay Rubber Co., Ltd. 12^% in. '00 If: Bata Caves Robber Co., Ltd 10% for '06 6.13.6 Batu Tiga (Selangor) R. Co. Ltd. 6% for 'oB 2.1.0 BukitKajang
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    • 170 5 10 10 60 10 100 100 100 100 10 100 100 10 60 1 100 100 10 7 SO 10 Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd Fnwer Noavo, Ltd. ...I Hotel Tan Wiik Co. Ltd. Howarth Krekine Ltd. 7% Preference Kati Brotben, Ltd. Deferred 8% Cam. Preierenoe Maynard Co., Ltd. Riley,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 97 5 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. .Nov 17 —At The Central l'o'.irq Station, South Itridgo Road, unclaimed and confincated property, etc., at 11. Nov. 20 —At White House, Dalvey Road, Teak Furniture, etc., at 2 80. Not. 20— At No. 8», Orange Rd, valuable plants, at 4. Nov. 23. At saleroom,
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    • 147 5 I Players j Uavy (Dixture In lb. Patent Air-Tight Tins. PRICE 55 CTB. obtainable at ROBINSON CO. Victoria Theatre tonightF to-night COMMENCE AT 9.15 P.M. SHARP The World-Famous Tronbadour Company of Entertainers (FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SINUAPOKE) THE MERRY MAKERS I THE MERRY MAKERS I THE MERRY MAKERS A
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 313 5 WEATHER REPORT. Imimtl Kerbtxu Hotpitol, Mm, li, 1909. 9 A. m. 8 I. v. 9 r. m. Baodall. Bar. 81 Fab 29 942 J9.845 89.909 Temp 80 0 85.0 78 0 .05 in. WelßnlbTber 76 4 77.0 76 0 DirofWind.. N.W. N.W. calm Mai. Temp 85.6 ■fin 78 0 Max.
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  • 1081 6 The Straits Times. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17. MUNICIPAL SINGAPORE. We make do complaint of the fact that the Municipal Commission is proceeding with tbe work entrusted to it to quietly that its existence is almost forgotten outside tbe circles which are most directly concerned From time to time one bears a
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  • 35 6 At tbe Guildhall banquet on the 9th inst at the commencement of the speeches, two nuffragettes broke a stained gla« window with stones. Both women gained entrance disguised ai charwomen and remained concealed all day.
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  • 44 6 A school boy named Lvn Ah Peng ni run into by a bullock ctrt in Hill St. just before 1 o'clock, yesterday afternoon, and bad an arm broken. He was removed to hospital. Tbe o*rt driver a flatten named Tan Ming, U under arrest
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  • 25 6 The P. and 0. Caledonia arrived at Calcutta on the 6th inst, with 378 passengers, tbe largest number ever taken to Calcutta on one steamer.
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  • 35 6 The King's police rardal has been conferred on fifty officct s and men of the police of whom thirty f< nr are nativi a of India distributed through all tho pro vi tees and Burma.
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  • 29 6 There are ovciwSO Europeans now employed on tbn estates of tbe Malacca Rubber Plantations, Ltd. It is expected that in th> near future this number will be considerably increased.
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  • 27 6 Tbe Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, which i« opening in Malacca before long, is going to have its own bank building built for it, says the Malay Mail.
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  • 33 6 A verdict of accidental death was returned stan inquest at Woolwich on Miss A. M. Bash, who was Knocked down by a motorcar driven by Capt Bush, of tbe Royal West Kent Regiment.
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  • 40 6 The Planters' Stores and Agency Co Ltd. open their new branch at Malacca in the course of the next few days. The branch will be in charge of Mr. W. Qnin, who joins the company in about a fortnight's time.
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  • 35 6 Gunner Mullen, R. G. A., Manora, India, while proceeding a'ong the breakwater to join a fishing party, was seized with a heavy wave and drowned. Gunner Brown who was his companion had a narrow escape.
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  • 41 6 The regular monthly mating of the W. C. T. U. will be held at the residence of Mrs. Wbitaker, 27, Syed AH Rd ,to morrow, at 5.15 p.m. A large attendance is requested as plans for Christmas are to be formulated.
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  • 35 6 The cruiser Bedford and the sloops Shearwater and Algerioe attended the San Francisco celebrations in commemoration of the reconstruction of tbe city after the great earthquake. These ships were ordered specially from tbe China station.
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  • 49 6 A man named Lea Yong was very severely hurt, last night, and taken to hospital, where a statement was taken from him. His injuries are internal and were caused by blows from clogs and fists. A Macao named Low Ah Ming v under arrest in connection with the affair.
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  • 54 6 A Laurenzo Marques telegram reports tbat there is no hope of paving the Btranded steamer Gouverneur. Nearly all the crew, consisting of nine Europeans and sixty three Indians, have been rescued and tbe mail has been saved. Three of tbo crew of a Portuguese steamer were drowned while endeavouring to
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  • 68 6 British newspapers in this part ot the world generally publish a mail edition of their issue. But, at Saigon and elsewhere in Indo China, this idea has never been favoured. Something of the kind has, however, ju-.t been attempted by tbe publication on mail day, nf a weekly newspaper at
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  • 67 6 South-West Celebes, which is now becoming a land of promise for concessionaires, does not attract capitalists in Java. The country is not settled enough for tbe banks and financiers. On tbe other band, British capital is readily invested in Celebes, says tbe Sourabaya Handelsblad, because the country is good and
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  • 73 6 The other day, in a printing office at Batavia. a Chinese printer met with an awful death through getting caught in the machinery. His comrades fancied that an evil spirit dwelling in the printing office bad brought this trouble upen them. To drive tbe devil oat, the Chinese printers and
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  • 82 6 Concerning the proposed opium conference, it is stated that the Circular Note of tbe United States to tbe Power*, which was issued last month, asks each Government to draw up its own proeramme and submit it to Washington by November 80. While neither the place nor the date for holding
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  • 86 6 Asked by the Vienna journalists about his future plans, M. Bleriot declares that he intends so to improve his aeroplane that it will become a vessel for practical use, and he expressed the belief that ere long he will be able to construct an aeroplane capable of carrying several persons.
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  • 95 6 According to the China Critic, arrangements have just been made for tbe importation into tbe United States of 30.000 tons of Chinese pig iron. Tbis is not the first consignment. A large cargo o' steel-making pig iron from tbe Hanyang Iron and Steel Works, Hankow, has already been delivered in
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  • 91 6 Before Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith, in tbe Supremo Court, yesterday afternoon, tbe appeal of Mr. C. A. Teal, an employee of tbe T. P. D. Board, who was convicted, at the district court, of accepting illegal gratifications for tbe exercise of bis official function as a pnblio servant in obtaiuiog
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  • 475 6 Rear Admiral Frederick W. Fisher has been promoted to be Vice-Admiral. It is announced that tbe K ng Emperor has been ples«od to confer the Imperial Order of the Crown of India on Lidy -Uiutu Tbe Scottish American banker John Kennedy has bequeatlud seven millions sterling to
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  • 68 6 The Malay Mail prints the following:— Tber* is current, on what we b -Heve is good authority, a report that the Government of tbe Straits Settlements intends to put a tax upon robber trees. It is paid that the tax may be 7 cents per
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  • 72 6 Acting Inspector Nicnl, hearing that there was some trouble at Sir John Jackson's quarry at Pulau Übin, went to the spot in a launch, last night, and found that a man named Choo Ah Boon had been fatally stibbed. There were two wounds, one in the
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  • 68 6 It i« particularly reqnmtod that early application be marie for tbi< wnek'a Straits Times Rudg t, which contains a fall and graphic account of the disaster to the steamer La Seyne. The Budget will be ready early to-morrow morning, and to nave time and trouble, copies can
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  • 90 6 The case in which the Rev. J. B. Fernandez, onrate of Papdi Churoh, Rassein, Bernandine Bening Leao, a cook, and Kondia Goma, a peon, stood charged with the murder of tbe Very Rev. Olynipio De Sonsa, Vicar and Vicar Vara of Biastiu, India, was concluded, on
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  • 102 6 The Merrymakers made their second appearance at the Victoria Theatr and gave an extremely good variety entertainment to a tbin bonae. Bat in spite of this depressing circumstance, tbe merriment was no less wholehearted and the audience valiantly joined in several rousing clmru-es. Tbe stage was effectively arranged.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 444 6 PHOTOGRAPiI OF THE SEAMLESS STEEL BOAT SUPPLIED TO THE Straits Steamship Co.'s Agent at Malacca "jt^a^K^lßsssssssss^BßSsssssssssl xfvJK- <^yl^4|p'*V'Mfl Bl^ Jl^kkisf JhP w \^s&?lk "^P^^^^^H^^B^M^^^ BSsl^SSBBBBBBBBmV" by GUTHRIE AND COMPANY, LIMITED, Singapore. finest Smyrna FIGS! JUST ARRIVED. A SMALL SUPPLY ONLY. John Little Co., Ld. BEFORE HIRING or PURCHASING A PIANO
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  • 353 7 SIR F. SWETTENHAM SATIRICAL AND ELOQUENT. Opinions on Opium. COL. SEELY EXPRESSES VIEWS OF HOME PARTIES. Rubber and Tin. (From Ocb Own Cobbbspondbnt.) London, November 16. The annual dinner of the Straits Settlements Association was held at the Hotel Metropale this evening, and was attended by 1 iO
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  • 74 7 The Damage Done to Crops in Jamaica. IH.otir's Tsliobam.) London, November 17. Communication with Jamaica has been restored, and it is announced that repair of tbe dam »ge caused by the gales and floods is proceeding briskly. The injury done to government property can easily be covered
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  • 60 7 Assurances Given on tbe Mining Question. IRICTKB's TILIORAMJ London, November 17. It is reported from Washington that the American Government announces au official assurance has been received that tbe terms of the Chino Japanese agreement will net create a mining monopoly along tbe Sooth Mancburian and An
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  • 42 7 [RIDTIH's TbLSORAXJ Londjo, November 16. A bomb has beon exploded at Canea near tbe Chamber. Tbe damage done was slight, and it is believed that the objeot was to prevent tbe meeting of the Assembly to elect a government.
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  • 38 7 [Riutu's Tblbobaml London, November 16. The Common Conncil of the City of London has sanctioned tbe construction of a new bridge over tbe Thames.abutting on St. Paul's. Tbe cost will be two millions sterling.
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  • 16 7 IP*! OsTASUTISCHI LLOTD TILBORAM] Berlin, November 16. Herr K'iyper has resigned his parliamentary mandate.
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  • 95 7 The Scheme of Amalgamation Agreed to. From Our Own Corbespondint.) Penang, Novemb >r 17. At a meeting of the Mouglembu Lode SynI dicate Ltd., the resolutions, passed on Oct. 29, concerning tbe amalgamation of the Cbendai iMenglembo) LoJe Syndicate and the Meng lembu Lode Syndicate, were confirmed.
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  • 540 7 Further Hearing of Charges of giving False Evidence. Annu, the Malay who was convicted of carrying a dangerous weapon on the testi tnouy of Sergt. Dickson, gave evidence in the cisc against the sergeant in the district court, yesterday afternoon, denying that any krib or other knife
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  • 122 7 Cargo Alight a Few Days out from Singapore. The merchant steamer Aline, commanded by Capt. Krancion, arrived at Saigon on November 8, and reported that fire bad broken out among the cargo, which cousUted of coal, since four days previously. Several steam launches were sent to help
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  • 184 7 There is little of pnblic interest that can be added to what has already been published in connection with the La Seyne-Onda disaster. Tbe local agents of the sunken ves'tl still await advice from their bead office in Europe before taking definite action with regard to the
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  • 531 7 LADY STIRLING GRANTED A DIVORCE. Pathetic Story. Lady Stilling wan granted a decree nisi in the Divorce Court, on October 18, reports tbe Daily Mail, on aocaunt of the cruelty and misconduct of her husband, Sir Walter George Stirling, Bart. The suit was undefended. Mr. Barnard, K. C.
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  • 270 7 Two Interesting Cases Fixed for I Hearing. The case of V. E. P. R. Mothia Chetty and another v. the Municipal Commissioners was mentioned to Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith, to-day. Mr. Carver, who appeared for the plan tiffs, said the action was to recover 124,000 in connection
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  • 190 7 Harmston's Circus performed to a very good house last night, and the various tarns, some of which were new, were gone through with tbe skill and adeptoess for which the show is famous. Much interest was centred in the high jumping contest for which a prize was offered
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  • 41 7 Tan Chn Kirn, a Hokien living at 142-32 Orohird Rd., has caused tbe arrest of a Singhalese goldsmith on a charge of substi tuting false diamonds for his real ones, valued at 1340. Tbe diamond* have been recovered in a pawnshop.
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  • 317 7 THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES GAZETTE. Important Proposals Affecting Rubber Trade. The Federated Malay States Government Gazette No. I, Vol. 1, is a bulky volume of more than 800 pages. It contains in detail the estimates of tbe Federal Government and of each oi the States embraced in tbe
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  • 1158 7 The Rubber trade will be deeply interested id what is described an an enactment to provide for the control of dealing* in cultivated rubber." After a definition of rubber it is provided that On and after the commencement of thin enactment it shall not be lawful for
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  • 149 7 Inconvenience to Travellers on State Railway. A considerable amount of inoonvenienoe is caused to passengers on the Jobore State Railway by tbe neglect of the railway authorities to provida breakfast baskets at Johore Bharo, says the Malay Mail. A pas senger leaving Singapore for these
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  • 81 7 Mr. F. M. Elliot delended a Tamil named Rengaaamy Pillay, who was charged with theft of a coconut, from Ho Yang PeogV plantation at Siglap, in the second magistrate's court, this morning. The prow cutor was a Bengali watchman named Ram-op. whom his worship fined 125 or,
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  • 63 7 NARROW ESCAPE ENTERING NAPLES. Prince Tsai Hsun Among tbe Passengers. [RIUTIR's TILIOEAM] London, Njvember 17. Prince Tsai Hsuo and the Chinese naval commissioners have arrived at Naples aboard theOarman mail steamer Laotzow. The steamer ran aground near the barboor, bat was refloated after pumping and lightening operation.
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  • 60 7 Shah Regrets Presence of Russian Troops. iRIDTIR's THLICIR*M| London, November 16. A Teheran telegram states that the Shah opened the Parliament yesterday. [Dbb Ostasiatischs Lloyd Tilbokam] Berlin, November 16. At the opening of the iv.rliamont at Teheran tbe speech from the Throne regretted the presence of Russian troops,
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  • 60 7 Sir W. Willcocks on the Irrigation Works. 'BlUm'S TILSIRAMj London, November 16. Sir William Willcocks has lectured to tbe Royal Geographical Society on Mesopotamia. He said that the proposed improvements in irrigation and communication gave facilities for tbe annual production of a million tons of wheat, two
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  • 51 7 Terms of Lord Lansd nwne's Rejection Motion. (Rbutbb's Tilioram] London, November 17. The terms of Lord Lansdowne's motion are to the effect that tbe House of Lords is not justified in consenting to the Finance Bill nntil it had boen submitted to the judgment of tho
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  • 34 7 [Die Ostasutischi Li.oyd TiuaßAM] Berlin, November 16. The EmperorWilhelm and Prince Heinrich have declared that the reports of certain British admirals that the Gorman Emperor recommended conscription for England are nntruo.
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  • 31 7 [Dkb Ostasiatischi Lloyd T«l»oka«] Berlin, November 16. There is no foundation for the rumour that the Emperor and Empress of Germany are to make a journey into Palestine.
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  • 35 7 [DlB OSTASIABTISCHM LLOYD Tkl-XGRAm! Berlin, November 16. It is reported from St. Petersburg that M. Kokowzew has announced, at Harbin, that the East China Railway will be of permanen value to Russia.
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  • 15 7 [Dia Ostasiatiscbi Lloyd Tsl»o»am] Berlin, November 16. Argentine is in a state of siege.
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  • 15 7 |DIE OSTASUTISCHS LLOTD TbLIGSAS] Berlin, November 10. Herr Bjoernson is seriously ill in Paiis.
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  • 20 7 [RaOTH'S TELIQBtM! London, November 17. The death is announced of Sir Fiideiick Dixon-Hartland, M. P.
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  • 144 7 Sir Frederick Dixon Hartland, Ist Bt. cr 1892 ;J- P couuties of Gloucester, Loudon> Middlesex, Sussex, and Worcester a Lt of City of Lend.; M. P. (C) Uxbridge Div. Middlesex, since 1885; ex Chniiman of Thames Conservancy since 1895 Gov. of Christ's Uotpital; Middlesex County Alderman and Chairman of Finance
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 313 8 On Saturday, the cricket match on the Esplanade is between the S. C.C. 2nd XI and the Y. M. C. A. There will be a Rugby football match to-morrow between fifteens representing tbe Mother Country and the Colonies. This afternoon, a hockey match will be played on
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    • 310 8 Singapore Shield Competition. Owing to the returfing of portions of the S. C. C. ground, the league football tie between the Club and the Police was played off on tbe latter's ground at Ueacb Road, yesterday, and the match was witnessed by a large crowd. The Police were
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    • 182 8 Where White Men had Never been Seen Before. Mr. W. J. Bower, a well-known Arctic whaleman, has tbe distinction of having penetrated Prince Albert Land where white men had never been seen before. With several others, on the gasolene schooner Olga, he reached a point about eighteen
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    • 125 8 A correspondent writes to the Malay Mail from Singapore With rugger, soccer and hockey teams from Singapore visiting Kuala Lumpur at Christmas, as well as golfors taking part in the Straits coif championship, which is being I. •■ld in Kuvla l.nnipur this war there will In- a
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  • 37 8 A sanitary board oommiesion, constating of Mr. E. S. Hose (the chairman), Mr. W. F. Nutt, Mr. Lee Kong Lam and Mr. Tong Teok Ea, is at present engaged in examinicg into h« ricksha is Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 291 8 An Inprecedent Rise in Prices Reported. Speculating on China's sincerity in the attempt to eradicate the opium habit within the Empire and the consequential reduction of the area under poppy cultivation in China, Chinese dealing in the drug have created such an abnormal condition as regards the
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  • 239 8 His Installation as a Knight of the Garter. The installation of King Manuel as a Knight of the Garter, which, if not the chief purpose of his visit to England, says a home paper, will be its most splendid incident, and make him the fourteenth of foreign monarchs
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  • 165 8 Won by the Pacific Mail Steamer Korea. A message from San Francisco dated sth inst. says:— Tbe P. M. steamer Korea has picked up wireless messages on its present trip to the Orient from this port at 4,305 miles, breaking all previous world's records. The breaking of
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  • 181 8 Methods of tbe East and West Compared. Weihaiwei contains some of tho most unfertile land iv the whole province of Shantung, writes a correspondent in a Japanese paper, and yet uowhero at the present time do tho peasants show such visible signs of woll-being. The walled city of Wei
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  • 105 8 Acting lnsp. Redrup, who is in charge of the Marine Police Station, mentioned to the tblrd uianintratc. yr-terday, tho case against a Javanese of l'ulau Urani, who was charged with housebreakiut; askiug that tbu accused be discharged. The complainants in the case were a young Javanese coople. It is
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  • 323 8 Asiatic British Subjects and the King's Birthday. Semper writes to the editor of the Bangkok Times, as follows The informa tiou that Asiatic British subjects did not take their usual part in tbe celebrations attendant on the anniversary of the Birthday of H. M. King Edward the
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  • 260 8 Br Lmct.-Coi, E. G. Broidbick, Commandant, S.V.C. Singapore, November 16, 1909. 8. V. A. Strength. I G'luner W. Butler, having resigned, is struck off the strength from this date. (Sd.) C. N. Ew.mt, Capt.. R. G. A. S. O. to Colonial Forces. S.V.A. SUZIM COMFINT. Duties.
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  • 212 8 The following Singapore properties were disposed of by auction at Messrs. Powell and Co.'s saleroom, yesterday afternoon No. in North Canal Rd. 1,802 feet, government lease with 42 years to run, qnit rent S'J. monthly rent 17, Shaik Said Bajarie, 94,700. No. 2 High St., 1,219 feet, lease
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  • 166 8 Writing from Labuan, on the 11th inst., our correspondent Bupploments bis recent wire by the following i Mr. Sherwood had entered for the target shooting at the King's birthday sports and just before dinner on the 7th took his mauser to see if it was in order, when
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  • 796 8 Prices Quoted in the Market Ibis Morning. Messrs. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Share Brokers, issue the following list of quotations this morning Norn. Value. Buyers. Sellers. 2/. Allagar 8/- 8/3 >!■ a Options 1/- 1/9 11. Anglo-Malay 14/. 14/6 £1 Anglo-Sumatra 85/- 87/6 1 Banteng 85/-
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    • 40 8 MUSCULAR PAINB. Hundreds of testimonials could be furnished showing the great pain-relieving power of Chamberlain's Pain Balm in cases of muscular rheumatism, lameness or boreness of tbe muscles from any cause. It ia fat eale by all Dupeßuriea and Dealers.
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    • 844 8 HARMSTON'S Sf R A c£S AND ROYAL MENAGERIE OF PERFORMINB WILD ANIMALS. Location oi our Tent Beach Road. LAST TV/TQ+i^cn TO-DAY I last iviaxinee today AT 4 P.M. SHARP. Doors open at 3 o'clock. Performance at 4 sharp. Children half price at Matinees only. THE FULL EVENING PROGRAMME PRESENTED AT
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    • 203 9 M. Bolter A FBBBH SHIPMENT OK Unsaltetl Bombay Batter Finest Italian Salami Turin eean Cheese (in cut) 'irautl "Pepperoni" (in vinegar) Bessarabian Clarets (best for table) M BOLTER, Telephone 398. Anson Hoad. Paris Cinema= Opera (FOOT OF FORT CANNING). FOR A SHORT SEASON ONLY. This Popular Hall will give two
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    • 146 9 THORNYCROFT'S MOTOR BOATS AND MOTOR ENGINES Of Every Description. BRITISH MADE THROUG HOUT. r or full particulars as to prices, etc., apply to BOUSTEAD CO., iolo Agents, Straits Settlements and F.M.S. 1699 PILSENER BEER. KEY BRAND. I. POUTED fIMCI IST* > *wMm f.\ r j i^i^ fk >% BEWARE OF
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    • 463 9 STEAMER SAILINGSOCEAN STEAM SHIP CO.. LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM MV. GO. LTD. The Companies' steamers are despaehed from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China acd Japan overy week and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and for Marseille*, Havr* and
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    • 495 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. C. P. R. Canadian Paoiflo Railway Company's Royal Hail Steamship Lint. THE NATION At. HIGHWAY TO BUBOPB VIA CHINA JAPAN, CANADA ul Ik* DNITED BTATEP. Bonte from Hongkong, via Bhanghsl, Nsgssakl, (I.Und Be. olJapu), Kobe, Yokohama. Victoria and VanooOTer BJLS. 'EnuHin Inu" 1 Twin screw alea K.M.e. •Ennaw
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    • 225 9 1$ 100 Cash FOR A Brinsmead AND 19 PAYMENTS OF $26 each. The Robinson Piano COMPANY. LIMITED. "Bflfffl'fm^iili jf^S^ LADIES SAFE REMEDY f \4tl^^L Tor functional troubles, P^^^^, delay, pain and those I I WC 7<2>!* irregularities j jjs| f\/7y^H* Peculiar to the T. NAGAI CO. Have Just Unpacked, Real
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    • 17 9 $75 Cash 1 OH A Werner AND 25 PAYMENTS OF $18 each. The Robinson Piano COMPANY. LIMITED.
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  • 414 10 AEROPUNISTS AT BLACKPOOL AND DO.NCASTER. Remarkable Performances. Blackpool was particularly fortunate in the first day of its aviation wetk. and, favoured t>y good weather the ilyiDg men gave some splendid exhibitions, reports a home paper }f October 24. M. Rougier covered a distance equal to 22$ miles, whilo
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  • 411 10 Spiritualist Fraud Exposed by Police. The arrest by the police has put an end to tbe career of the medium, Fran Abend, who has been for years imposing on many affec tionate souls in all but tbe very highest circles at Berlin. The Good Fran Aberjd,
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    • 455 10 INSURANCE. GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LIMITED. Head Office Winchester House, SINGAPORE. Board of Directors i O. A. Dsrbjck, Esq., Chairman. As. Asmds, Esq., Vioe-Cbairman. A. H. Fair, Esq., Managing Director. Pbtmk Fowlib, ji.ii., cm. Chief Med. Offioer. F. M. Elliot, ERq. Rev. N. J. Couvbbub. Vow Noak Pam, Esq.
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    • 411 10 INSURANCE. MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF CANADA. Established 1887. It has to-day, more business in force than ,ny otber Canadian Life Company ever bad tt tbe same age. All olaimß are promptly paid and loans, ;ash surrenders, etc., granted immediately jn application, by tbe General Agenta at Singapore and Penang,
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    • 579 10 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. '•TOOBPORAT4D BT ROYAL CHARTER Paid up Capital U 60,000 Bham of «Soeaeh f11.t00.000 isserve Food 511,574,000 isservs LiabUlty of Proprietors U. 800.000 BANKEKB Bank ol England. HaMoaal Bank of BeosUnd. is London City A Midland Buh. LW. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Onneal Aooonnt are
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    • 169 10 THE SZE HAI TONS BANKING AND INSURANCE CO. LTD. IT AMD 58, KLINO STREET. ■stabliahed January 7, 1907. OapltM. Nominal 11,000.000 Capital, paid up, 91,000,000 ReMrre Liability of Proprietors 11,000,000 COUKT OF DIBTCTOBP. I Ta« Tm Joom, Esq. T Bns Ku Jia, Esq. I Luo Cbu His*), Esq. 8 Tio
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    • 1204 10 SALES BY AUCTION. XMAS PBESEITTS. Auction Sale of HIGH-CLASS JAPANESE CURIOS. PORCELAIN. IVORY WORK. SILVER GOODS. DAMASCENE WARE. GOLD WIRE CLOI3ONNE. BRASS AND BRONZE WORK. ETC.. At Messrs. H. L. Coghlan and Co.'s Sale-rooms, ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 19 AND 20. AT 10.30 A.M. Comprising beautifully carved Ivory fignros
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  • 609 11 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. Club and Co operation. Rumour has it that the Irish Automobile Club is oonttmplatiog embarking upon a scheme of cooperative purchase and supply of motorcars and motor goods to its members, says tbe Motor. Whether true or not, tbe Irteh Automobile Club woj'd
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  • 293 11 International Conference. The International Conference which met in Paris recently, attended as it was by 63 delegates representing 18 Governments, emphasises the great hold which automo-biii->m has all the world over, and adds another to tbe growiog list of international conferences which, by drawing together men of all nationalities surely
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  • 78 11 On a recent trip from Pnom Penh to Manila, 108 cattle out of a shipment of 544 head were killed by the pitching of the ship. The voyage of the Nord occupied seven and one half dayr, as againut the ordinary trip of from four to five days, the extra
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  • 368 11 A Skliablk and Lasting Cube, Constipntim means that there is not a regular and sufficient action of the bowels. It is a very dangerous disorder because it prevents the body's waste from leaving the systt m, and thin waste soon turns to poison. This is how many fatal diseases
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    • 295 11 KELVIN MOTOR Launches Engine Sets AS SUPPLIED TO Crown Agents, F.M.S., and Singapore Municipality. Full particulars and prices from the Sole Agents for Strait Settlements CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS. Motor Accessories. EX S.B." SOMALI "AND "OANFA." GOOdrlch TyreS* The rubber stud tyre cannot slip, and the fine quality of the rubber
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    • 68 11 CROUP QUICKLY CUtFD. A few doses of Chamberlain'i Cough Remedy brings surprising results when a child shows symptoms of croup. There is no cause (or alarm when this medicine U ia the house as it rarely takes more than three or four doses to bring about a complete cure. It
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    • 113 11 1910 CARS I 1910 CARS I Great Improvements. CARS CAN BE USED WITHOUT STARTING HANDLE. BTANDARDS. STARS, NAPIERS, ROVERS, BELSIZE AND REOS. Cars (or Hire by Day and Night. lIIITI I C.F.F. Wearne&Co. 168 k 169, Orchard Road. DAY -PHOat: t!4. mOMI -PHONE 714. ■1 Bb by royal MSS APPomrHEirr.
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    • 256 11 PEARSON'S HYCOL (Carbolic Co. Efficient 18 to 20). THE most powerful Disinfectant in the World. Guaranteed 18 to 20 times more effective than pare Carbolic Acid. Ask other manufacturers of fluids for a Guarantee of the SKS> Garmicidal Strengths of their products (in relation to Pure Carbolic Acid) nnder the
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    • 500 12 HUNTS. SITUATICN VtIUiTEO. A young lady (Krglisli) desires situation «s MUSK to one child. Please address Miss 8.L., c,c Straits Times. 209» SHORTHAND TYPIST WANTED. Wanted. Shorthand Typint (Eurasian). Good opening for a smart youth. Apply to B, K. S., c/o Straits Times. U2191 SITUATION WANTED. By a Europra" is
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    • 585 12 TO BE LET OB SOLD. BFFIBE ft BODOWN TO BE LET. Wllh immediate entry No. T, Malaeoa Bind. Apply to QUTHBIE A CO., LTD. ISM HOUSES TO BE LET. Ho*. 81 ana 88, ImUluUob Hill, Blvtf Valley Boad. Apply lo liEK OHENQ TAN aadOo. 1171 OFFICES TO LET. No. 95,
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    • 705 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. TO BE LET. Nos. 19 and 20, Boat Quay, at present occupied by Rud. Sieverts Co. Entry January 1, 1910. Apply Moraux Co. U1977 HOUSE TO LET. WHITEHOUSB, Dalvey Road. Entry on December 1. Apply to Fraser Cumming, 29, Winchester House. aIMD TOUT. The Offices
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    • 689 12 NOTICES. "notice. 8.8. WRAY CASTLE We hereby notify that ou account of damage to cargo ou board tbe above vessil by fire and water, a deposit of S [>er cm; must be paid towards general average befor. the cargo can be delivered to consignees. ADAMSON, GILFILLAN k CO., LTD., 225
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    • 1181 12 SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS. Netherlands Gutta Percha Co., Ltd. Motor-tyros retreaded at Moderate Prices. All kinds of India Rubber Articles, Shoots, VALVES, Rings, TYRES, HOSES (Suction, Steam, Hydraulic), Gardenhoscs, Tubes, ENDLESS BELTS, FLOOR-TILES, MATTING, EBONITE and Hard RubboArticles, Bicycle Tyros. Works Offices: Passir Panjang, Singapore. Sole Agents i MESSRS. HOOGLANDT CO.,
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