The Straits Times, 19 November 1909

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 23.121 SINGAPORE. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 19. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 84 1 Mjja^MLMMJfL—U— IMJILIMJ^— I^M— -'J 11 I»M IMWMIWWITIIIMTTiirn IT" 9. 14 AND 18 XT JEWELLERY OF VERY CHOICE DESIGN. SET WITH GEMS. SEASONABLE PRESENTS FOR CHRISTMAS AT NtoadWj/ Prices. Tbe illustrations shown represent only a v»ry small selection of our well finished stock. A visit to our Jewellery Dept. is invited.
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    • 126 1 HARIMA HALL Cinematograph, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. TO-NIGHT New Pictures. K. HARIMA, Sole Proprietor. NEW STOCK OF USEFUL BOOKS A Manual of Surgery, Vols. I, II and I 111, by Charles Stonbam, K.R.C. S. I Eng., 14.20 A Text Book of tbe Diseases of tbe Ear, None and Pharynx, by D.
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    • 148 1 ROBINSON AND COMPANY. Xmas Toy Bazaar toM TMuL, <,„<, TOYS ■fcjSFr, GAMES TOYS ©AMES TOYS s vS|^^ GAMES A ye y large '^^B For Indoor assortment to select V and TOYS FOR INFANTS. TOYS FOR GIRLS. TOYS FOR BOYS. Tom Smith's Xmas Crackers. nuiiUL. OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE. 8.8. WRAYJABTLE.' >„,■>■■ Vi'o
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  • 1118 2 COMIC EFFECT PRODUCED BY BRITISH FLIERS. The Doncaster Meeting. The following is called from the Morning Leader Longing for relief, we bad a spami of it, and are sore from laughing. To the racecourse we journeyed early in a soak of warm rain. The wind gobbed out of
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  • 604 2 The occupation of Mr. G. E. Vowles is that of a fireman on the G. I. P. Railway. At ail times trying work, it is easy to imagine how hard ongine-firiog mast be under tho blazing Indian sun, when the blood is at fever heat and
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 445 2 Of ALL TYPEWRITERS t HE "Empire" Has the Largest Sale in the Far East. g DURABILITY, SIMPLICITY, EFFICIENCY, LOW PRICE are its strong points. FOOLSCAP MODEL $112. BRIEF MODEL $140. POLICY MODEL $162. The Borneo Co., Ltd. IMPORTERS. BUCHANAN'S WHISKIES are Dot an experiment. They have been the favourite blends
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    • 40 2 DRIVEN M I fUd MALARlfl t]|||| RAILWAY MAN In India Sdffkrbd Missriis Fob Montbh Until Riscued by Yamato Co. XMAS LETTER MAIL COMING SOON WE ARE NOW SHOWING Xmas Cards, Calendars, ALSO Japanese Ware in Great Variety. 41. HIGH STBEET.
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    • 115 2 doesn't pay MVf *How your linen to b« W/f rubbed and banged to tatter* \J^ Ml/ upon rough stones. Insist upoa \Vm. W\ being used in toe Sunlight Way, and 'It W\ you will save money. JJm ■pun the wrapper round //m tablet //M It always pays to use jVjf
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  • 911 3 PROMINENT MEN OF HONGKONG CRITICISED. Batsmen and Bowlers. The Hongkong Telegraph of the 12th inst. contains the following above the signature of Spectator The selection committee now appear to be only awaiting the results of next Saturday's match before making their final selection. The following men can be
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  • 112 3 Still in Existence in a Private House in Paris. Comparatively few persons have ever heard of the bells of the Bastille, yet they are still in existence. After the destruction of tbe prison, says the Gentlewoman, th«y found their way to the great foundry in
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  • 149 3 A Alan -Eating: Tiger Would not be more terrible to a Neuralgia sufferer than those agonizing darting pai' 1 that set the nerves quivering and cause braiu and body to cry oat for relief. Little's Oriental Balm is the always efficient relief, the ever ready help in time of pain.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 316 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. Boilers and Pumps for every use. Light Railway Rolling Stock and Railway Implements. Rails, Tipping Wagons and Sleepers. Winches, Cranes and Steel Hawsers. Steel Palieys, Blocks
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    • 41 3 MUSCULAR PAINS. Hundreds of testimonials could be famished showing tbe great pain- relieving power of Chamberlain's Pain Balm in oases of muscular rheumatism, lamqneas or soreness of tbe muscles from any oauae. It is for sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 303 3 TEA A satisfied customer is 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 l>y all respectable dealers throughout the Straits Settlements. Wholesale Agents: MESRRS. GUTHRIE A CO. MM Wms i,^W%
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 702 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. Por Ctiina, Japan. Penang, Ceylon, Au-'ialla, India, Aden. Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London Tbmngb Bills of Lading iasned for China f'.»*t, Pur.iao Gulf Coutinental, and Amerioan Port*. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. Outward (for Ohina) Himalaya Nov 20
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    • 646 4 STEAMERS SAILING. N.Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. LTD. Two regular servioes are maintained between JAPAN amd EUROPE by tbe Company's, well-known TVLVsCKIW STEAMERS. under Mail Contract with the Imperial Japanese Oovtrnmont, speoially designed for tbe Company* Bnropean Servioe, lighted throughout by Electricity, provided witb excollont accommodation for First and Seooud
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    • 619 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. STOOMVAART-MAATSCHAPPU (STEAMSHIP COMPANY) NEDERLAND." FORTNIGHTLY MAIL SERVICE BETWEEN JAVA AND AMSTERDAM VIA SINGAPORE. SABANG, COLOMBO, PORT SAID, GENOA, ALGIERS AND TANGIER; AND LISBON, DOVER, OCCASIONALLY. Steamers are due on or about the undermentioned ditea:— OVTWABO. BO*)**ABe 190 C ***** K. Willem 111 Nov 90 K. Wilhelmina Nov 30
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    • 223 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. BURNS PHILP LINE. SINGAPORE TO -JAVA PORTS, PORT DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND, BRISB\NE AND SYDNEI. AT.RO TAKING CARGO FOil OTHER NORTH QUEENSLAND POKi'B, BRITISH NEW GUINEA. NEW BRITAIN A NEW ZEALAND PORTB (with transhipment). *A* inducement offer*. Smooth passage. Superb Scenery. A regular monthly service to above ports It
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    • 612 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. *WM k»B(BB>* 11 The steamers of this Company maintain a regular servioe between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits. China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and onoe a month for Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and
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    • 752 4 BTEAHER BAIUJIM. mJ^u jSlj» Norddeutscher Lloyd. Bremen. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and wall known mail gteaman of thla Company sail fortnighty trim Bremen. Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp. Southampton, (iibraltar, Genoa, Naples (oonnootl'n Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vioo versa) Port Said, Suez. Aden, Col its bo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong
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  • 225 5 FIXTURES. Friday, November 19. High Water, 2 28 am., 1.21 p.m. Shield Football, R G.A.. v. S.R.C. Intcrport Cricket, Hongkoug v. Shanghai. Bishop FergUHon-Daviodue. Legislative Council, 2.30. Municipal Commission, 2.80. P. and O. outward mail duo. P. and O. homeward mail clohos, 6 a.m. Alhambra Cinematograph. Harima
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  • 220 5 To-Dit. Bangkok Nueu'.nnr S pm Maar and Malacca Lady Weld 3 pm Malacca, Port Dickson, Port 6wettennam and Teluk Anann Solangor > pm Bawean, Bourabaya, Bandjermassio. etc. De Eurnnx 4pm Paneh, A«aban and Deli Valentijn 4 pm KingkawaDg, Poutianak Van der Lyn 4 pm Billitou, Bativia, >nn»
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  • 112 5 The P. and O. outward mail stoamer Himalaya left Colombo, at 8 a m. on Sunday, and may be expected to arrive here to-morrow morning. The Royal Dutch ma'l steamer Koning Willrm 111.. ba\ing left Sabaufj on Wednesday, the 17th November, at 7 p.m., ia exl>vrt"d to
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  • 81 5 Left Singapore 1 Oot 11N. D. L. Oct 14 B. I. Oot 18 M. M. Oct 23 P. *O. Oct 26 N. D. L. Oot S8 B. I. Nov 1 M :.I. Nor 11 B. I. Nov 18 M. M. Nov 19 P. A 0. Dae in
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  • SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
    • 70 5 November 17 Tto I'd", G'r «tr. Goroutalo via ports fi. H. li.ra, Dutttr, Rhio Kiitna. Brit etr, P. Swettenham and Penang ituhidol Slum str, Bangkok via ports Amlient Brit Btr. Pontiaoak Sri .1/11,1', Brit str, Maar and Malacca 18 Laurent /'if, Dut str, Indragiri ■lapara, Dut str, Muntok and
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    • 83 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To -Day. TANJONO FAQAR. Ear Whim Bisik— Minilya. Ear W. Swjti >n I—Nil.1 Nil. SacnoaNo. 1 (Sams WH.uir)— Marulu. Smtioi Kut Saug. 3— Nil. 4-Sannki Maru. S -Calypso. 6-Patani. 7— Nil. B—Nam8 Nam Sang. 9 -Nil. jAßom'a
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    • 412 5 Coming to Singapore. Per P. and O. steamer Marmora, connect ing with the stoamer Himalaya at Colombo, duo November 19. Mr. A. Melvin, Mr. A. McCulloch. Mr. E. Simon, Dr. R. A. Campbell. Mrs. Ellis, Mr. J. H. Molynenx, Mr. J D. Keayc, the Right Rev. tho
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    • 47 5 Per steamer Hye Leong, Nov. 18 From Kuantan i Messrs. J. Oraham, H. R. Gordon, Cheong Yoke Choy, Loke Chow Loo and Chew Kam Chuan. Per steamer Lady Weld, Nov. 18. From Malacca Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Sime. From Mnar: Messrs. Simons, Wickcombe and Edmondson.
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  • 310 5 Messrs. Fraser and Company's Weekly Circular. London quotations for rubber shares show an all round weakness, due no doubt to thn •xUtiny unsettled state of affairs at home, for the raw article is still fetching good prices, mil at Tuesday's auction Plantation ranged from Bs. 6d., to
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  • 213 5 Sir E. H. Shackleton's Contract for 1,200,000 Words. A record lecturing tour will be commenced by Sir E. H. Shackleton on the first of next month, when he inaugurates his public lecturing at the Queen's Hall, London. Never before, said tbe manager of the lecture agency
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  • 170 5 Aboard tbe Transport Rewa Bound for India. iin Tuesday evening 11. M. T. Soadan I arrived in port from the north, says tbe S. C Morning Post of tbe 11th iust. Preparations for the encampment of the '2nd. Bn. Cameron Highlanders at Stonecutters have been made and during
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  • 130 5 What tbe Campaign is Costing Spain. A Madrid telegram to the Matin states that the cost of the Riff war is given as forty million pesetas (about X 1,000,00(1). It is expected to reach sixty-tight million pesetas by the end of the year. A telegram from Spanish sources
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  • 246 5 Finance Commerce. EXCHANGE. Sikoapoh, November 19, 1908. On London Bank 4 m/s 2/4 ft Demand a/4 A Private 8 m/a 3/4,' do 8 m/a 2/4); On Germany Bank d/d 289 Private 8 m/a 241 do S m/e 248 On France- Bank d/d 3)4 Private 8 m/a 299 do 8 m/s
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 253 5 lasoi Valci Paid Up COKFAHT i T j DITIDIICD BDTIM S 10 10 10 1 10 1 1 10 1 10 6/. 1 1 1 10 1 10 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. 10 Bruang, Ltd. 10 Broach Hydranlio T. M. Co., Ltd. 1 Doff Development Co., Ltd. 10
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    • 558 5 2 1 2/--f a/--t a/--1 7/6 16,--1 a/a/. i l l l l l l MI l l 1 T f 1 P 1 l 18/6 F i i i i i i i a/Sterling:. Anglo-Malay Rubber Co., Ltd. 12^% in. '09 Batu Caves Robber Co., Ltd 10% for
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    • 180 5 10 10 60 10 100 100 100 100 10 100 100 10 60 1 100 100 :n 10 7 60 10 100 100 10 100 100 10 60 1 100 100 Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd. J 10% for W ...;\10%forW Fraser Neave, Ltd. 17* for -06 Hotel van Wijk
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 286 5 AUCTION SALES Powell »ni Co. Nov. 20— At White House, Dalvcy Hoad, Teak Furniture, eto., at 2 80. Nov. 20 —At No. 83, Orange Rd., valuable plants, at 4. Not. 23. At saleroom, freehold land situate at Telok Kerau, at 2 80. Deo. 1 At saleroom, unredeemed pledger, at 10.
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    • 73 5 BAVE MONEY BY BUYING CHAMBERLAIN 8 COU6H REMLDY. You will pay just as much for a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as for any of the other cough medicines, but you save money by buying it The saving is in what you get, not what you pay. The sure-to-cure-you quality
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 200 5 WEATHER REPORT. Kmicm§ Ktrba* HoqHUd, Nov. 17, 1909. k. u. 8 r. m. a m. Bumuj*. Bar. 81 Fab 39 929 19.143 99.897 Tamp ..83 4 86 0 79.S .01 Id. Wet Bulb Ther 77 6 77 0 76 9 Dirot Wind N.W. X.W. oalm Mvj. Tamp 88.0 Mm 73
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    • 143 5 Singapore Tide Table. (FboM NnVKMBEB 19 TO NoVtMBEB 2J HIGH WATBB iiLOW WATER ~T T i Tune" O'ght ~~Tim« I H'ehi November br^ mlD U To. br^.m.D.lft. Ln. F. m 1Q I *»8«"> |i 7.29 am 5 1 FuDii ".jiaipn, 8.8 8.26pm 16 Ra B4 8.S7 am 7.8 8.M am
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  • 1141 6 The Straits Times. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 19. SAMPLES OF ACCURACY. I, Edward George Broadrick, President of the Municipal Commissioners, Singapore, in pursuance of section 40 of Tbe Municipal Ordinance 1896, do hereby certify that the above List of Persons duly qualified to be elected Municipal Commissioners of the Town of Singapore
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  • 13 6 An interesting critioism of some of the Hongkong cricketers appears on page 8.
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  • 17 6 Two mark buoys' aregoing to be placed at toe bar in the Kedali River below Alor Star.
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  • 22 6 The new Grand Hotel at Ipoh, is to be the scene of a grand Masonic bill at the end of the year.
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  • 21 6 A wreath frozen in a block of ice from New Zealand was a feature of tbe Trafalgar Day decorations, in London.
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  • 19 6 It is proposed to expend tin sum of 150,000 next'year in the reconstruction of the Kuala Lumpur Telephone Exchange.
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  • 18 6 Osidge', Sir Thomas Lipton's residence at Southgate, has been broken into by burglars, some valuable ornaments being stolen.
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  • 19 6 Last month saw the record broken for ocean-going steamers entering Port Swet tenham. There were no fewer than twenty.
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  • 34 6 Dancing'is to find a lice among the extra subjects to be taugl.t at the Coventry municipal secondary school for girls. The local education committee has appointed a teacher to give instruction in the art.
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  • 39 6 The Secretary to the Foreign Office in Japan is expected shortly at Saigon on a business visit in connection with tariff matters. The visit is official and will be mainly about the import duties levied there on Japanese goods.
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  • 46 6 Mr. Blackburn, the Civil Governor of the Panama Canal Zone, says that tbe Canal will be completed before, the end of 1918, or two yean earlier than the most favourable report of engineers has suggested. Nearly 40,000 men are now employed in the work of excavation.
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  • 49 6 A company with a capital of eight millions of guilders has been floated in Holland for working large deposits of magnetic iron sand in Java. It seems that, after long seeking, an electro magnetio process has been invented for separating the iron from the sand in a payable way.
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  • 43 6 In view of tbe friendly rivalry between Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh, says the Malay Mail, it is interesting to note that the estimated municipal revenue of Kuala Lumpur next year is 9322,500 against 1290,210 for the combine! municipalities of Kinta North and South.
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  • 42 6 His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve of the designs for Australian silver coinage as follows Obverse, His Majesty the King's head, with the Latin inscription which appears on British coins reverse, Australian coat of-arms, with denomination and date.
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  • 50 6 The invitation committee of St. Andrew's Society are sending invitations to all tbe members of tbe visiting interport teams to be present at St. Andrew's Ball. As it is understood our visitors leave on December 1 this should make a very happy termination to their visit, says the China Mail.
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  • 59 6 The Post mister (if uoral has informed Mr. Henniker Ileaton, Ml', that he cannot see his way to reduce from one penny to a haltpenny tbe charge on postcards to the Colouies, the United States of America, Egypt, and the treaty ports of China, to which places for some years
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  • 67 6 In the course of conversation the other day with a rubber planter of wide experience in the Middle East we drifted on to the question of pests and other enemies of rubber trees, says the Fiuancier. He Beeined to have rather specialised in this direction, and, presumably, was so carried
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  • 87 6 In bygone years. Deli bore the welldeserved reputation of being a land of fortune for tobacco planters and their assistants. But nowadays, says the Batavia Nieuws van den Dai times have ho changed that very few can boast of even a small pile on letiring from the Colony. Blame for
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  • 97 6 A good friend writes to tho Straits Echo to ask, Are you sure H alley a cornet travels in a parabola? We are sure it doesn't travel in a ricksha anyway. Our friend suggests that it travels in an ellipse. He is quite right bnt an ellipse is merely a
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  • 101 6 At Sourabaja, a military officer, who filled the post of garrison storekeeper, has j ust killed himself with a revolver shot under extraordinary circumstances. He has been sharply called to book for keepiug his accounts in an irregular way which had, however, tbe sanction of long usage under his predecessors.
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  • 125 6 We notice in the Federal estimates, says the Malay Mail, that the railway line from Gomas to the Kelantan boundary is described as the east coast line. A glance at the map shows this line running through the middle of the peninsula, so it seems to us that midland would
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  • 459 6 Capt. ami Mrs. A. H J. Dowar leave I. >n don (or Singapore tomorrow. Mr. F. Pollock, of Messrs. Howarth Erskine, Ltd., and Mrs. Pollock arrive from home by tbe P. and O. mail due tomorrow muri in i. It is proposed to hold a South African
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  • 68 6 As will be seen from an advertisement appearing on page 8, return ticket at single fares by British India steamers will be isxutd to Port Swettenham, Penang, H w^oon, Calcutta, Madras and Command) 1 Coast ports. These tickets will be available for use between December 15, 1909 and
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  • 84 6 In noticing the loss of fie Ragnar on tbe Paracels, the Avenir dv Tonkin punts out that wrecks are of frequetii occurrence there, iiid yrt not a single dani^r i« marked by a light, although it in a matter of no threat outlay. That journal urges
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  • 88 6 Tim Imperial CluniHo Resident in Thibet recently t< graphically reported to the Central Government at Peking that lately the niovt-iiic uts of the Dalai Lan ,i were very suspicious ami he was daily clo&etcd with a R msian uublrinan in his Palace, but it had m.t
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  • 105 6 The following telegram from Rangoon to the Indian Mirror, under date «>£ November 7, refers to Prof. Kauiamoorti Mow, who was so popular here for some time as a prestidigitator Prof. Ramamoorti arrived MM last Tuesday from Java. His friends gave him a hearty reception. He
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  • 128 6 Extraordinary interest was manifested by the general public in the inaugural meeting of the John Bull League, held at the Albert Hall, on October 21, under the chairmanship of the founder, Mr. Horatio Hottoiuley, M I*. The league has for its aims the stamping out of
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 86 6 Bout an g&ouge I *sh? I|m rf*^ Ivi ft jt% ck y «^_7» ip H J B O* f f" JtHNUTTLE uarct.e.3 RDBINBON &CO LID M Tat+cto utmJot ldaol eoa- AND CO Ml qu*l.ij but a l.itk ru.iJ.r Xmas ffiazaar 2STOW OIPIEIfcT. A large variety of Toys, Crackers, Sweets, Chocolates,
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    • 280 6 ALHAMBRA BEACH ROAD. To- Night, at 9 30 p.m. NEW PROGRAMME. Entirely New Films. AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE. This comic piece, as played by Mr. Max Linder, is absurdly comical and'amusing. THE EAR OF CORN." (Art Film). Historical play by Henri Lavedan. THE SACK RACE." (Comic Scenes). Tbe above forms a
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  • 219 7 DEFIANT SPEECHES BY JUNIOR MINISTERS. Mr. Balfour's Alternative. EASTERN RIVALS TO BRITISH COTTON TRADERS. Budget would be Disastrous to All Industries. iKICTCH's T«LIORA*| London, November 18. Mr K'inciman, speaking at Hull, said that the Government refused to have ai.y dealings with the House of Lords ou finance.
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  • 45 7 Price of Beer Lowered to PreBudget Figure. [Rbutrb's Telkoram| London, November 18. London brewers have reduced the price of beer to the same figure as before the Budgot was introduced, holding that there m no likelihood of the new duties being enforced.
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  • 27 7 [Dkk Ostasutwcb* Llotd TeuoramI Berlin, November 1 Prince Waldemar.of DoDmark, has departed lor the Bast on a visit to the King of Siaiu.
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  • 26 7 [Krutb&'s Tblriiraml London, November 19. The Lords have passed the compromise amendments on the Irish Land Bill as aoeeptetl by the Qovernment.
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  • 168 7 Fifty Million Bushels Available for Export. [Rictir's TkliokamJ London, November 18. The Melbourne Argus estimates that the yield of wheat in the Commonwealth will be 78 million bushels, of which 50 million bnshelx will be available for export. The Australasian, of October 28, contains the following
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  • 187 7 Observations by the Director of Agriculture. Thj director of agriculture, F. M. S. has been treating the ipoh folks to a lecture on the diseases of Para rubber. In the course of which he, by means of diagram', a black boaid. and various samples of diseased
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  • 648 7 The Claim for $25,000 Against Compradore's Surety. Tim hearing of the action brought by the Deutsche Aaiatiscbe Bank (represented by Mr. C. I. Carver), against Lim Tnah Tow, (Mr. Greenfield), was continued in the Supreme Coart, yesterday, before the Chief Justice (Sir W. H. Hyndman-Jones.) The claim
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  • 199 7 Tamil Charged with Personating a Policeman. Some Chinese yonths were playing cards in the five-foot way near the corner of Upper Cross St. aud South Bridge Rd. at about 8.30 p.m. on October 80 when they got into difficulties with a Tamil named Malayapermal, with the result
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  • 147 7 Cbhagan Karmaly, trading as R. Chhagan and Co.. sued the Moslem Trading Society in the district court before Mr. Wolferstan. yesterday tfternoon, for 100.28 as damages for an aleged breach of a contract to accept aud pay for a shipment of Indian dates. Defendants had a counter-claim
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  • 507 7 JUDICIAL DEFINITION OF AN OFFICIAL ACT. The Appellant Succeeds Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith delivered judgment thin morning in the appeal o Mr. C. A. Teal, an employee of the TaDJoni Pagar Dock Board, who was lately convicted at the district court, of accepting illega gratifications for the e>
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  • 123 7 Further Increase in Values of Imports and Exports. The return of the imports into and exports from the Straits Settlements for the quarter ended September 30 last, shows that there was an increase in imports of 94,275,727, equal to £498,834, as compared with the same period last year,
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  • 202 7 Mr. Birch's Guests Hunt the Nimble Porker. Of the five Australian cricketers, Messrs. Noble, Layer, Armstrong, Cotter and Hopkins, who returned with Mr. Birch to Perak> at the gentleman's invitation, three have been staying at the Residency and two with Mr. R. B. Bannon. The visitors took
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  • 61 7 The police have made a seizure of counterfeit coiners' outfit at Kuala Kangsar. In addition to securing no less than sixtyseven spurious dollars they also got possession of a lot of counterfeit small silver pieces, says our Ipoh contemporary. They arrested two men in connection with the case. The prisoners
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  • 722 7 FASCINATING FIELDS OF STUDY AND RESEARCH. Address by the Earl of Ronaldsbay The extension of the Authors' Club pre mines at 2, Whitehall-Court, was celebrated by a dinner, at which the gaest of the even in? was the Earl of Ronaldshay, MR, (wbc was recently
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  • 368 7 Monster Hooked Off St. John's Island Last Night. Sabtu bio Tamban, a Malay formerly employed ai Pulau Brani Slipway, was n'shiog (or "harks from a Malacca koleb near St. John's Island, last night, and caught a monster of ten feet in length and eight feet in
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  • 264 7 Kliog Merchant's Affairs Require More Investigation. G. E. Mahomed Madarsah, a bankrupt cloth merchant, appeared before Mr. .lustre Sercombe Smith this morning, for the further consideration of his case. The publics ixarn nation had already been closed, and tin bankrupt now was present for disposal. His Lordship said
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  • 783 7 Mr. Pett Charges Chinaman with Bribery. Mr. M. W. Pett, superintendent of the fire brigade, prosecuted Chinaman named Poh Po Yang in the fourth magistrate's court, on a charge of offering him an illegal gratification of {50. Mr. Knowles appeared for the defendant, |who pleaded not guilty.
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  • 76 7 COMMISSIONERS WELCOMED IN EUROPE. Visits to British Naval Centres[RlCTlß'3 TILIORAMj London, November 19. The Chinese Ministers from London and Rome met the Chinese Naval Commission at Oenoa, and Italy and Germany sent special representatives. The Commissioners have started for London, and they were everywhere treated with the greatest
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  • 162 7 Population Increasing Yearly by a Million. The Statistical Year Book tor the German Empire, the 1909 edition of which has just been printed, gives the population of Germany on June 80, 1909, at 63,886,000. The popnlation of the empire on June 30, 1908, was 62,982,000. The year
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  • 152 7 Nine Million Taels Urgently Needed by Finance Board. Duke Tsai Tse, the Chinese minister of finance, has memorialised the Regent pointing out that the financial situation of the central government has become lately so difficult, that the board of finance is at its wit's end. All attempts to
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  • 181 7 Activity of Local Agents in (he Straits Settlements. The great success of the American flour trade in the East, reports Mr. J. B. Suitor, the New South Wales Commercial Commissioner, is largely due to the fact that milling agents are on the spot, and cater in every
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  • 279 7 Duke of Argyll and New Poisonous Drink. The Duke of Argyll has been taking a great interest in the question of alcoholic drinks, the wholesomeness of which he would like to see improved. He suggested some time ago that a com-mis-iion of scientists and practical men might
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 443 8 The monthly handicap shoot of the S. R. E. (V.) Shooting Club will be held on Saturday next, at 2.80 p.m., sharp. Mr. E. W. Birch, C. M. G., and Mr. Knight have to meet in the final of tbe New Club billiard championship at Taiping. The
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    • 84 8 Singapore Qolf Club. The qualifying round for President's Prize will be played on Saturday and Sunday, November 20 and 21. Tbe conditions are 18 boles against bogey and the best 16 will qualify for farther play in this competition. (iarrison (iolf Club. Lieut. G. N. Humphreys, A. S. C,
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    • 124 8 Ladies' Competition. The memben of the Singaporo Ladies' I title Association competed for Sir Arthur Young's monthly spoon yesterday afternoon, at lialestier, tbo ranges being 100 and 150 yards handicap. The winner was Mrs. Felkin, with a net 65 out of a possible 70. Scores yds. yds. U'cp.
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    • 148 8 Mother Country v. Colonies. A Rugby match was played on tbe S. K. C. portion of the Ksn'.anado, yesterday, between teams representing tbe Mother Country and tbe Colonies. In tbe earlier stages the Colonies fairly often broke away and managed to score a try, which was converted. The
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  • 141 8 Captain of Steamer E&meralda Fined. Ong Trow .Toon, master of tbe tteamer Eammalda, pleaded guilty before tbe fourth magistrate, this morning, to detaining tbe mails from Singlsep which were brought by his vessel. Ho explained tbat he arrived at 5 p.m. on October 21 and saw no mails.
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  • 193 8 A Paris Paper's Story of a Quarrel with the Premier. According to the Madrid correspondent of the Petit Journal, as a consequence of tbo demonstrations in various countries against the execution of Senor Ferrer, King Alfonso sent for Senor Maura, the prasident of the Ministerial Council.
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  • 264 8 The High-Water Mark of Supremacy Reached. Sir Christopher Furness, speaking at the annual meeting of the Manchester Liners (Limited), heM at Manchester, on October 15, naid tbat at tbe present time the steamship business was in very unsatisfactory position. The most adverse condition had prevailed during the past
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  • 226 8 Novel Hospital Tests of High Air Pressures. Devoted scientists have been undergoing a mild martyrdom inside a formidable boilerlike device at the college attached to the London Hospital. Lying full length in an iron tomb, they are enduring air pressures equivalent to much more than those
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  • 247 8 Peking Aiming at Government Monopoly. Tbe Hongkong Telegraph's Canton correspondent writes on the 11th inst. as follows The viceroy is in receipt of a despatch from tbe Ministry of Internal Affairs at Peking with instructions to enforce the regulations respecting the issue of the licences required to
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  • 174 8 Extent of the Dutch New Guinea Alpine Region. The assistant resident of South Dutch New Guinea wires, under date November 2, tbat a reconnoitring party which bad gone up the Digul River, in that quarter, reached a point about 280 miles from the south coast. There
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  • 191 8 Besieged in a House by Nagasaki Police. Fifteen British bluejackets have been furnishing sensational columns for the Japanese newspapers. A British cruiser sailed from Nagasaki recently, leaving behind 15 men absent without leave. Tbe officer in command of tbe cruiser reported the men to the police
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  • 236 8 Difficulty of the Hongkong Opium Farmer. Research by a Chinese has resulted in his finding a substance so nearly resembling opium dross as to deceive the opium farmer's tester, reports the Hongkong Djily Press, of tbe 11th inst. When this native was charged before Mr. J.
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  • 291 8 Time Saving to be Effected Early Next Year. The contract between the General Post Office and tbe Orient Steamship Company, which expires, on January 81 next, by which tbe Orient share with the Peninsular and Oriental in the conveyance of the Australian mails, is to be renewed on
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  • 79 8 Importers of precious stones in Java liave just received word from a diamond dealer at Amsterdam tbat these articles are rapidly rising in price. Within a few weeks prices in tbe London market bad risen about fifteen per cent. The letter, says the Sourabaya Handilsblad of November 6, further asserts
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  • 842 8 Prices Quoted in tbe Market This Morning. Messrs. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Share Brokers, issue the following list of quotations this morning Norn. Valae. Bayers. Sellers. 2/- Allagar 8/- 8/1) 2/- Options 1/- 1/6 2/- Anglo-Malay 18/6 14/. 41 Anglo- Sumatra 82/6 85/--1 Banteng 80/6 85/--1
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  • 28 8 A complete change of programmo is announced for to-night when new songs, dances and sketches will bo introduocd, including the latest Knglish and American novelties.
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  • 23 8 Tho Pinang Ua/ette bears that rinderpest is very prevalent in l'erlis. just now, some •*>oo bullocks having iliod within the last few days.
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  • 84 8 Speaking at the All-Ireland V. M. C. A. Conference, Mr. U. O'Connor, tbo general secretary of the Dublin City V M. C. A., declared tbat tbo game of billiards bad been the means of wrecking a number of lives. Tlie billiard table, be xaid, in oue of the e\ lls
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    • 367 8 HAMS BACON Pineapple Brand. 6OLE AGENTS SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LD. THE "^mm^mS^^^ SINGLE DOUBLE ROOMS XciKJlo -HUD hi It A 1 h. BOARD ANO REBIDENGE WANTED. Wanted by a gentleman, 50 years of age, furnished room with board, as sole paying guest in a respectable English family. A quiet
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    • 217 8 MARLBOROUGH BEACH ROAD. Entire Change of Programme TO-NIGHT! New Films. New Films. FISHING. Of good quality, this tilm illustrating in rather an amusing fashion all the vagaries of the sport, and tho marked difference in various methods employed, should certainly finds its own level and be immediately relished by tho
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    • 700 9 FOR WINES, SPIRITS, CIGARS, ETC. 1 Wholesale and Retail) GOSLING AND CO., No. 37, Robinson Road. STRAITS FARGEL AND SHIPPING AGENCY, (io ds packed an^ bhippodto all parts. B.L. cleared, Storage and Insurance tlT^cted, Passages booked. O-OSILIISrGh .A-IsriD CO. THE 81AM STEAM INAV. CO.. LTD. FOB TKINOOANU. BIBCDT, BAOHO, KELANTAN,
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    • 526 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO. LTD. The Companies' ateamera are deepaohed from Liverpool outwards for the Btrnlta, China acd Japan every week and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and Tor Marseilles, Havre
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    • 482 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. Cn t% MT. EX. Canadian Paoiflo Railway Company's Royal Mall Steamship Lin*. TBB HATIOBA& UIQHWAT TO BDROPB WU CHINA JAPAN, CANADA ul lie UNITED BTATKP. Rente from Hoafkong, via Bhanghal. Hagaiakl, (lalaad Sea of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Vlatorla and Vanoonrar, R.M.P. ■Earawßoilasu" lTwfntorew atea R.M.e. -Emh«oto» Jirui' I
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    • 117 9 $2 J^. $2 WEEK. W WEEK. TALKING MACHINES ON EASY TERMS Enjoy the Ittttrumcnt while ijmi are paying for it, A LAMM SELECTION' TO CHOOSE FROM, AT TRICES RANOIXii KKOM $2O TO $100. Records from SI each. THE BOBINSON PIANO CO.. LTD. Proprietor: J. CARAPIET. Telkiuone Xo. 58. THE BEST
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  • 542 10 UNUSUAL APPLICATION TO THE HIGH COURT. Sekgome's Detention. In the Divisional Court, on October 19, Sir Edward Carson, K. C, moved for a writ of habeas corpus directed to tbe Earl of Crewe, Seen tary of State for the Colonies, to brine op tbe body of the
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    • 470 10 INSURANCE. rmOK FIRB IHBUKAHCE COMPANY OF PARIB BSTISLISBBD IS3B RESERVES AND TOTAfc GUARANTEES C 4.000.000 Tas nndatstgned. Agents for the abovi Oompaoy, are prepared to accept fire riski (or long or short periods at onrrent rate*. CASH BETTLEMKNTB promptly made by the agent, la Singapore. MOINE OOMTK a Co COMMERCIAL
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    • 437 10 INSURANCE. BOTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. FIRB AND LIFB, rOTAL FUNDS EXCEED 414,910,000 sa. ÜBassi n»i omn in tbb world. BOUBTEAD A Co.,— AgmU LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRB INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital Ml ,000 Paid np Capital £164.100 Reserve Fund £1,966,4 M Tbe ondersigned, Agents tor tbe Company, ire prepared to acoept
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    • 569 10 BANKING. GHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. ■OORPORATiSD BY BOIAL OHABTEB. .id op Capital la (0,000 Share, ot flMeaoh f11.M0.000 iisserve Fnnd 41,674,000 EUesrvs Liability of Proprietors f11.t00.000 BAKKEBB. Bank oi England. National Bank ot Beotland. »c fcoodon City Midland Bank, Md. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Aooonnia are opened and
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    • 535 10 A MOTHER'S UNBOUNDED JOY. Ann: losing Torre Children in Threb Ykaks owino to Dropsy, the Lifb of tbb Fourth was saved by Doan's Backachb Kidney Pills. To every wife this wonderful record of fond hopes thrice shattered, and joy and happiness at last, cannot fail to appeal. It is told
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    • 805 10 SALES BY AUCTION. 2C3^CAS FBESEJSTTS. Auction Sale of HIGH-CLASS JAPANESE CURIOS. PORCELAIN. IVORY WORK. SILVER GOODS, DAMASCENE WARE. GOLD WIRE CLOISONNE. BRASS AND BRONZE WORK. ETC.. At Messrs. H. L. Coghlan and Co.'s Sale-roome, ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 AND 20. AT 1030 A.M. Comprising beautifully carved Ivory figures
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  • 1062 11 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. The Car in the Courts. The Pall Mall Gazette of October 20, prints the following notes .'—Daring the past week or so a good deal of time has been occupied in the law courts with cases concerning the motorcar. First in interest and
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    • 526 11 KELVIN MOTOR Launches Engine Sets AS SUPPLIED TO Crown Agents, F.U.S., and Singapore Municipality. Full particulars and prices from the Sole Agents for Strait Settlements CENTRAL ENGINE WOBKS. Motor Accessories. EX 8.8. "80MALI" AND "OANFA." GOOtlrlch TyreS. The rubber-stud tyre cannot alip, and the fine quality of the robber makes
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    • 69 11 CROUP QUICKLY CURED. A few doses of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy bringM surprising results when a obild shows symptoms of croup. There is no cause for alarm when this medicine is in the house aa it rarely takes more than three or fonr doses to bring about a complete care. It
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    • 336 11 1910 CARS I 1910 CARS I Great Improvements. CARS CAN BE USED WITHOUT STARTING HANDLE. STANDARDS, STARS, NAPIERS, ROVERS, BELSIZE AND REOS. Cars for Hire by Day and Night. MsMi C.F.F. Wearne&Co. 168 169, Orchard Road. O*T PHORE 114. RIGHT ■•MOM 714. Persian Nerve Essence is afamons treatment for narrous
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    • 124 11 PEARSON'S HYCOL THE MOST POWERFUL DISINFECTANT IN THE WORLD 18 to 20 times more effective than Carbolic Acid, without the poisonous properties. A luxury for Toilet purposes in all hot climates. Sudden death to White Ants, Dry Rot, Mosquitoes and other Insects. Sold in Bottles, Tins and Drums. Order from
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    • 538 12 WAHTS. SITUATION WANTED. A young lady (Kuf;lislii desires situation B.t, M RBB tc cue child. I'lcaoO aeHri.ss MiBB H.L., e/0 Straits Times. 2098 SWHAND TYPIST WANTEO. Wanted. S'... itl.aud Typist (RlltHU). Goodopeang fi.r a smart youth. Apply to S. F, s. e/o Straiti Ttw U2191 SITUATION WANTED. By a Euicpeau.
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    • 588 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. OFFIBE BOOOWN TO BE LET. With ImmedUta entry Mo. I, Malaoo* Street apply to QUTHRIE A CO., LTD. MM HOUSES TO BE LET. Not. 81 »cl S3, Inrtftatiom BUI, River Valley Boad. Apply lo LLE OHENQ TAN mIOo. ■Un OFFICES TO LET. No. 95, Robinson
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    • 675 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. TO IE LET. N\o. 19 and 20, Boat Quay, at present occupied by Rud. Sieverts J: Co. Entry January 1, 1910. Apply Moraux Co. u1977 HOUSE TO LET. WHITEHOUSE, Dalvey Road. Entry on December 1. Apply to Fraser Cumming, 29, Winchester House. ulBf>o HCUSE TO
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    • 620 12 NOTICES. NOTICE. Mr. H. G. Diss, Of Campbell Latham I Co., Tailors and Outfitter?, 59, Conduit Street, London, W., has his address at :W, RAFFLES PLACE, next to tbe Banque de 1 Indo Chine. 2-29:! NOTICE. J. K. BL&GK. DECFASED. Any pcreons having claims against the above estate must send
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    • 388 12 SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS. Netherlands Gutta Pcrcha Co., Ltd. Motor-tyres retrea.ltd At Moderate Prices. All kinds of Indir. Rubber Article VALVES, Btep, TVHES, HOSES (Section, Steaiu, Bydnolie), Qarcb ENDLESS BELTS. ILOOK-TILES, MATTING BBONXTB Articles, Bicycle Tyres. Works Offices: Passir Panjang, Singapore. Sola Agents i MESSRS HOOGLANDT CO., SINGAPORE. 80ARD AND LODSIWB
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    • 486 12 Straits "Wimes. ADVBBTISEHEKI RAI I ous wants ot i reryd< Ti'ption an ed at the prepaid rate nt ?i lines for ont or two UMertioOß. ol Mirths. MttftagM, or Deaths, il uot exceeding four In, Vjr p.p.C. c*r<K ou pa||t »i Si Is i Si ii EUruan tafollowa: Forotu inrl,
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