The Straits Times, 11 August 1910

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 23.333 SINGAPORE. THURSDAY. AUGUST 11. 1910. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 110 1 D. ft J. McCtllnm's PERFECTION WHISKY. lALDBEGK. MACBREBOR AND COMPANY, i KATZ BROS., LD. Wines and Provisions, Cigars, Cigarettes and Tobacco, This Department is replete with all requisites for the Table. Regular monthly shipments from the best makers enable us to offer only fresh goods to our constituents. PLEASE APPLY
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    • 36 1 IRT NEEDLEWORK AND FLOWER DEPOT fl7. Orchard BaaAAKRANGBD FLORAL BASKETS. BOUQUBTB. SHOWERS. BTC. Weddlnj OrdMM immvi ipeolal altonHoai M»ny Local TeillmonlaU PRICES MODERATE Onl tlown from oat own Nar»erle», aiwayi Qall* Fntb. Tatonhona i OOmHo 787.
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    • 263 1 Robinson Co. SPORTSMEN'S KNIVES. THE SPORTSMEN'S KNIFE. High-Class Sportsman's Knife. Boat qaality tbrooghont, 2 best Steel Blades, tin opener, Cork Screw, Bradawl and Button Hook. Boat Nickel Silver Handle with Shackle, as illtntration. Exact size of ilastration. Price 13.50. Hunting Knives. Best Quality Steel Blades Stag handle, rivetted brass crow
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    • 6 1 Bollinqcr cnompagnc. CALDBECK. MACGREGOR AND COMPANY.
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  • 725 2 JUDGE'S SHARP COMMENT ON LUNACY EXPERT. Preposterous Evidence. Sharp comment was mado in the Court of Criminal Appeal at home on tbe views of an expert on lunacy in the case of John William Smith. The latter was sentenced to death at tbe Monmouth Assizes for tbe
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  • 258 2 Action Over Pens for English and Foreign Markets. Swan fountain pins sold for exportation to Teneriffe and, it was «v allpged. resold in England, led to an interesting law court action, in which the makers, Mabie Todd and Co., Ltd obtained £200 damages, with costs, against
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  • 53 2 A man oharged with stealing a pair of boots stated in court that he merely took the property for a joke. It transpired in the evidence that he was captured forty yards from the shop from where he stole the boots and the podge remarked that the joke bad been
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    • 66 2 "•Hazeline' Snow" S Its beautifying and pre- servative properties imy part a silky softness to the skin and a radiant beauty y/to the complexion. Neither Sticky nor Greasy >^ 1 f BURROUGHS WELLCOMT A CO. LONDON < ENC '/^sS^AV^W] SOLD BY ALL THE PRINCIPAL PHARMACISTS. Smoko B. D. V. CIGARETTES
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    • 10 2 Pot ail internal complaints, Dysentery Ooogrja.OoHa.eto.. take Woods' Great Pepper■MOm.
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    • 273 2 TEA We do not olaim to have more brains than onr competitors, but we believe it is really to your interest to ttke advantage ol onr forty years ol successful tea-blend-ing. BROOKE BONDS TEA Sold by the following dealers I Groan Chin Hong h Co. Bbramsah Pakirmaidnn Co. Tfong Joo
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    • 357 2 ISMAIL RAHEEM Qi magnifioent collection of Jewellery jast taraed oat of oar Factory J\ after the moat cp- to date style and taste, and at moderate prices. A valuable and elaborate Tiara much superior to the one* manufactured before and set with diamonds and emeralds of the beat and finest
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    • 51 2 MARTELL'S Blue and Silver Label i« an accepted guarantee, all over the world for the BEST quality in BRANDY (THRBB STAR ONB STAR). You know it by the Blue and Silver Label To be had of all dealers. For particulars ol trade prices, please apply to 4DAISOH. BILFILUI ft CO..
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  • 1133 3 CLAIM FOR REPOKT ON RUBBER ESTATE. Expert's Fees in Dispute. Allegations against tbe promoters of a robber company were made in the Lord Mayor's Court London, before a special jury Mr. Harry Hilokes, merchant, trading as Hilckes and Co., I mon court, E. C, sued Mr. Frederick Kuhn,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 1291 3 Lend Me Your Ears and I Will Make Them Hear. A MESSAGE TO THE DEAF. By Professor Hoffman. IT* wri»« of this advsrtis.m»nl w« some vibration, of tb. air .11 l itrain, '^ctio^ and jar time ice as .leaf as aov one who is likely to is avoided Ihe ear-phone
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    • 216 3 SINGAPORE SODA WATER £staMsA«fo«er2S>*an*. THE Empire Hotel, KUALA LUMPUR. F.M.B. A New First-class Hotel Fitted with Eleotrio Light and Fans. Five minotes from Railway Station, Orerlooking tbe Padang. Single and Doable Bedrooms, with Private Bathrooms attached. Coisine nnder European Supervision. Cold Storage Supplies weekly (rom Singapore Hotel Porter meets all
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    • 178 3 ROYAL HOTEI Tram Terminus PAYAH LEBAR. Open till 11 p.m. Only First-Class Liquors Served. SPLENDID BILLIARD TABLES EMh .^H .HA Deware Capsule y*«SErvM bears IHHct] <ml!lP^BßK9£jl!!ottKtK foicjl the N me Kl|Ef|Jp^^^ imiUti0 6 \^y I GSR r| CNoKridu. e Refief^ithout PARIS. 8. rue Vlvlenna. Sold by all Chemlafa. LIPS' SAFES.
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    • 657 4 STEAMER BAILINBB. RlTo. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. •or China, Japan, Peaaag, —ft—, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Parts, Ply- mouth and London Through Bills ot Ladißg Issued tor China Ooast, Persian Gulf, Continental, aad Amsrloan Porte. Steamers will leaTe Singapore oa or abont i— MAIL LINBS. Oaheard {for Ohina) Arcadia An«
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    • 557 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N.Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CB.LTD. between JAPAN ahd BUROPB by the Company's well-known TWIJI-BCRBW BTBABIBBS ander Mail Contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. Bpeoially designed tor the Company's Boropean Servioe, lighted throughoat by Bleotrioity, provided with oxoollent aooommodation for First and Seoond Class Passengers, and fitted with all
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    • 829 4 STEAiER 3AILIWQS. STBBMVAART4IAATSCHAPPU (BTBAMBHIP OOMPABT) NEDERLAND." FORTNIGHTLY MAIL BBBYIOB BBTWBBB JAVA ABO AMSTERDAM VIA BINQAPORB, BABAHO, OOLOMBO, POST SAID, OKNOA, ALOIBBB TABQIBB ABO LISBON, ABD DOVBB, OCCASIONALLY 8 team are art toe OB or abont the uader manrtnaaii 4%tae'— OUSWABII HOMBWABB 1110 1110 K. Willem I Aug. IS Oraoje Aug.,lB
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    • 542 4 STEAMER SAIUNII T! >« steamers of this Oompany maintain a regular servioe between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and lha Straits China and Japan. Homewards, they an despatched fortnightly far Havre aod Ham burg and once a month for remerhaven direot, eaUiag at Penang and Colombo Taking oargo al through
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    • 687 4 STEAiER BAILIMB. N. D. L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. IMPERIAL 6ERMAN MAIL LIKE w w»ll-kB0wa mail stoamar. o. this Oompany sail fortnlghty from Bnm Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp, SoaUamr ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naplea (eoanssiioa Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, aadvioever.it, Port Bald, Boas, Adea, Oolombo, Pansas, Slnaapore, Hongkong Shanghai. (Taingtaa) Naga^&k i and
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  • 224 5 FIXTURES. Thur.« \ny, August 11. High Water, 1.45 am, 2.18 p.m. Taipinn Kicrs Philbirmonio Orcbtwtra, 5. League football, Raffles v. Laguon S. C. Alhambra Cincmatoyrapb. Hariuia Cinematograph. Marlborongh Cinematograph. Friday, August la. High Water, 2 80 a m., 2.60 p.m. The (iovertor arrivtn fr^m F. M. S.
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  • 313 5 To-Dat. Malacca, P. Dicknon and Port Bwetteobam Penant; g pm BangkojL Prominent 8 pm K_jjataa%s Petto, Kuan'Tan and Trenpg»na Aing Liang 3 pm Batn Pahai Aing Uin 3 pm Psnang, Rangoon and ()«l<:ntta Palamcotta 4 pm Saicon B mrbon 4 pm Batavia, Rsmarang and Sonrakaya Van Noort
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  • 193 5 The P. and O. outward mail steamer Arcadia left Penang at 10 p.m. yesterday, tbe lih lostaut, and may be expeoted to arriva here at 7 a m. to morrow tbe IKb iost. The K-'yal Du.«b mail steamnr K. Willem I having lettSabang at 8 p.m. on
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  • 431 5 Latest Arrivals. Brak, Dnt govt str, 800 tons, 36 craw, Bro8 r 0 h.p. Coin. Geragbebber, Aug 0. From Tarempa Aag 8. Lett for Riouw. Aag 9. Batavier, Brit »tr SI) tons, Capt Simpaoo, Aag 10. From Natana Is., Aag 8. Oopia and d.p. Too Hoe Lye. For
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  • 201 5 Arrivals. Per steamer Palamootte, Aag. 10 From Rangoon via ports Mubsra. Cooper, Uabioiout, Bunchw, Lulhtiu and Mrs. L'lltair, Mixses Waoon, Oremiog. Hipoo, Djrrie, Cuanoe, Booib, and P. nay. Per steamer Hyo Leong, Aug. 10.- -From Kuantan Mr. B Borck. Per steamer Lady Wild, Ang. 1 1. From
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  • 96 5 Wharvu at which Vessels are Berthed To- Day. TANJONO PAQAB. Fast Wbabt Bisn— Nil. East Wbak: Smtim I— lpob Naluna Bbxbxs Wbab»- Ktzerote. Mais W. Scot. S- Kara Sing. 8— Pilamcotta. 4— K ilano Mum. s— Van Nuoit. 6 -Gorgon Korat. Laooon Dock
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  • 46 5 Time-balls on Fort Canning and Mount Faber drop daily at 1 p.m., Singapore standard time, corresponding to 0 a.m. Green wieb mean time. The time-gun la flrod at 18 o'clock noon, intimating Bingaport standard time, on every day euepba* Bußday, win it ii ftind at oofcwk.
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  • 195 5 Finance Commerce. EXCHANGE. HtNOAPOU, ACOOST 11, 1910. M London—Bank 4 nj/s 2/4£ ivinand 2 .j Private 6 m/s 3/4 U do Sin/i >44 On G«f««f*-Bank d/d 340 Private 8 m/B 844 do 6 m/. 346, On Franc* -Banked 306 Private 8 m/i SOOi o»^-B.n d k°T.T 6in/B 55} o. Hon^^r*
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  • TO-DAY'S STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 174 5 ■me S •Hoe. 0 10 BoUt Tin .0 M£BroMig .0 10 Brusca Hyd, U lv Kamtboi tl £1 Kinu Tin •1 Mi KiedAog Tin 0 10 Kuanmu Tin cl £1 Lauai Miz>ea il 411 Mu*}ft Mid Sism if 10 Mtiaoo* Tin If. 6/- I'ttiiiiuK Congo U £1 I'euKkalen c»
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    • 596 5 [nstie !2 Valu< Bayers Sellers. 2/. a/- Allans* 5/- 6/--•I- 2/- Anglo-Malay 14 0 1.8.9 i/- 1/6 BatanK Malska 1/- 2/ pm £1 XI Bun Oaves 17.0.0 17 10.U £1 41 liatu Ti«a 6.6 0 6.10.0 £1 41 Bokii Kajacg 8.0.0 8.6 0 £1 16/- Contributory 3.0.0 2.6.0 pm
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    • 101 5 Issue IS i nut! Buyers. 10 10 BMtera Smelting 10 7 60 60 Kraaer* New 306.00 100 Howfcrth Krekine 68.00 100 ..7% PreL 91.00 00 100 K»t*Bro.Dol. 00 100 8% Com. Prel. 10 10 JUynwd&Oo, 22.00 BcOlen nom. 10.00 6XO 316X0 60X0 96.00 186X0 nom. 8800 Valve. Bayers Selleri*
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    • 46 5 Bayers. Seller towartb BrßkineB% 1600,000 par Uley, Har. greaves 6% 1284,000 1% pro <'tricT'ways 6% auojoco MBgapore Maoie.pal6<* 11.878.000 nom Buyers. Sellera. Singapore Mnnlcipal 4J% 0(1907 .1,800,000 8% 1% pra, Singapore Mnoieipal H% of 1909 »1.000,000 T% 8% on Singapore Municipal 4% $803,900 1% <M«.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 81 5 RH:UMATIBM MAX* UFE MISERABLE. A buppy boma is tbe most valuable pon-ae-»ioi> tbat i- within tbe n acb ol mankind, but )<u eaonot tcjny it* oomitorti it yon are ■nffnriuu from ruiuDoati>m Yon throw atide lunioww earea whi n yon enter your home nid jon oan ba rtlitv»d (rcm tLose
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    • 108 5 AUCTION SALES Powell and Co. Aug. 12.— At aaleroom, valuable Javanese weapons, at 11. Aog 18.— At saleroom, silver plated good* at 11. Atu. 18.— At the Hotel van Wijk, Stamiord Boad. Fronoh bilhar 1 table, etc.. at 2.80. Ang. 16.— At saleroom, r6siH B n«lal pro perty, known as
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    • 171 5 COARSE-CUT. Patent w'^^^b^Bh s^BE^k^^asßH OBTAINABLE AT; John Little Co., Ltd., Robinson Co. 1 V^^li Baaß^Bßt 'sKsSsß^'' i NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the trade mark and natu. La Bella Orientale," of which a representation is given, above is tbt sole and exclusive property ol B. van der Tak Co., and
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    • 15 5 THB iffHtjtffWrljlllr* SP^^ffi 5* »nuaaouOxley Rist> and River Vall^ ml^iVS^^fi m BIHGLE DOUBLE ROOMS I
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  • 1127 6 The Straits Times. THURSDAY, AUGUST 11. THE CROWN PRINCE'S TOUR. It seems probible that some little time will elapse before we ■hall have the pleasure of welcoming the German Crown Prince to Singapore. That be will pay ns a visit we take as a matter of coarse, for no tour
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  • 20 6 The aeroplanUt Cbaves at Blackpool reartbc d an altitude of 6,406 feet which is officially registered a* a world's record.
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  • 28 6 Tbe ordinary half-yearly meeting of tbe shareholders in tbe Hongkong and shanghai Banking Corporation is to be held at tbe City Hall, Hongkong, on Saturday, the 20th inbt
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  • 34 6 A committee, composed of representatives from Spokane, Seattle, Portland, Tacoma, San Diego, Los Angeles, Oakland and San Francisoo. expeota to leave San Francisoo in the latter part of August for a visit to Chin*.
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  • 70 6 Tbe Ipoh correspondent of tbe Malay Mail writes Moat of tbe planters and other exhibitors, particularly tbe Malay community around Kua'a Kaogsar, are bnnily preparing their exhibits for tbe forthcoming ahow at Singapore next week, and Perak is confident of showing up extremely well. In Kinta, »c have some splendid
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  • 27 6 People sleep in chnrcb, said a mi di. al witness at the Westminster C'juity Cou.t, because tbe oonliooal breathing of carbon. o acid gas makes them drowsy.
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  • 25 6 A special meeting of the Munioipal Commissioners is summoned for Monday next, the bußiooHß being consideration 01 supple mental budget Nj. 2 of this year.
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  • 35 6 Misfortune overtook the great Pigeon n erby from Nantes (France) to Lancashire. Of the 6,606 Lancashire birds liberated at Nantes for the 435 miles flight home, it is estimated that over 5,000 have gone astray.
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  • 46 6 The appeal by John Alex loder Diokman against tbe sentenoe of death passed upon him on July 8, for the murder of John Innts Nisbet, cashier ot tbe Widdington col iery, in March last, has bten dismissed. Tbe appeal was made on the ground of misdireotion.
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  • 52 6 Havas telegrams, dated July 26, in the Saigon papers report a signal defeat of the reactionary parties at tbe General Councils elections in France. Out ot 1,442 peats filled at the first ballot, they held only 868. The R 'publicans and Socialists added to their already enormous majority by winning
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  • 51 6 A hitch having occurred in the negotiations between tbe London County Council and the City Corpora.ion, it is extremely unlikely tbat tbe Bill seeking powers for the construe tion of the proposed new bridge between -outhwark and St. Paul's Cathedral will be deposited in time for the next Sessions of
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  • 59 6 South Africa states that Queen Mary in the course of a recent conversation, with a Sjatb African colon iit referred to anoth.r visit which her Majesty hoped to pay Sooth Africa. The journal adds This is in keep ing with our previous announcement that tbe King and Queen Mary will
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  • 66 6 Captain Nelson, the harbour-master at Cairn*, went into tbe office on July 8, and fired three revolver shots into his head. Two boatmen, bearing the shots. rushed in, and found Captain Nelson lying on the floor. Dr. Tyrie was summoned, and ordered the removal of the injured man to tbe
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  • 66 6 The Daily Mail has jast had taken by the fttaff cinematograpber, a remarkable film illustrating a newspaper in the making This series of moving pictures shows every phase of the production of a journal, from the felling of tbe trees preparatory to their conversion into pulp at tbe great mills,
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  • 72 6 One has beard fairly often of a traisjbeing snowed up, bin an earthed up train moWbe a comparative novelty, observes tbe Malay Mail. When tbe landslips occurred on tbe J bore State Riilway some months ago, howevur, a train was aotua ly earthed up A cutting fell in front of
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  • 59 6 Tbe first statutory meeting of tbe Sembawang Rubber Planta'ioo*, Limited, was held at the company's office, 25a Soutu Canal Road, to-day at noon. Tbere was a small attendance of shareholders. Messrs. Lim Boon Ken?, Tan Ch»y Ynn, S. C. Yin, Yeo Ban Ken and Tan Sian Chin were re-elected direotors.
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  • 73 6 Two charges, which, like many another made in Singapore, the police believe to be false were made by Chinese yesterday. One was made by a woman who alleged tbat she had h* en robbed of hairpins valued at •8 20, and tbe other by a man who aocuwd fi ur
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  • 68 6 According to tbe statutes of tbe Order of Merit th« membership U limi'ed to twentyfour subjects of the Crown who have rendered exceptionally meritoru us services in the Navy or Army, or towards the advancement of art, literature, or cci* nre. There are al«o honorary fo'eipn number*. Tbere ■re only
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  • 95 6 A charge cf cheating in reopeot cf 18 cents wan preferred against an Indian tram-con-duotor in the tecond police court, to day. A Ma lav, in evidence, mated that bn and five friends boarded a tramcar at Tat jiug Paitar and asked for tickets to Gaylaog. Tbe fare was 9
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  • 89 6 Tbe Lower Rhine Ainbip Company r>as b°<>n formed «t Granfrath with a capital of £200,000 to build explosive dropping dm. eibles. Each ship will be 800 ft. long and have a gaacanying capacity of 14,300 oobic metre*. Tbe vesnel will consist of three ballooos linked together and capable of being
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  • 138 6 A Mala? sailor named A mat landed at Tanjong Psgar from the steamer Gorgon when she came in from Australia. A* dook policeman noticed the man and also noted a suspicions bulge ab ot tbe pocket of Amat's bajo. He tbereapon detainfd and searched bim and found in tbe pocket
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  • 375 6 Mr. W. D. Barnes bit been elected a Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute Mr. A. V. Wijeyekoon left for England by the last French mail steamer to prepare for the Bar. Captain Dobbyn, No. 61 Co., R. G. A has been posted to Nj. 2 Co.,
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  • 22 6 We are asked to state that the Race Coarse will r>n open for training on Satutday next, tbe 18th inst
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  • 117 6 The following letter from tbe acting Colonial Secretary has been received by Mr. B. P. de Silvs, on behall of tbe Sinbal.se community Sir, I am directed by the Governor to inform you tbat His Excellency has received a despatch from tbe Secretary ot State far the
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  • 170 6 It appears more than possible that Singapore may, in the near luturr, have tbe pleasure of beating tbat most arxoojplibhrd of lady violinist*, Miss Marie Hail, who, we see it stated, was to leave London for Si utb Africa eaily this month, and is to travel fiom
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  • 248 6 The "Snowball "Prayer. I Recently a good many people in Pmaog received anonymous letters oontaiinnK the text of "en ancient prayi r. The wording is quite nnobj ctionable, bat after tbe prayer the writers of these anonymous letters sty that It is > aid in Jernsal- m that be »lo
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    • 79 6 CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO. 3ine flrt Pictures A Fine Collection of print?, copies of works by the best misters, also prints of Our Late King H.M. King George V. In handsome large Frames, Complete. From $4.75 to $18.50 I ITT I CC Siz*2b"xB6*. LI 11LC 3 Seg utUa a Art Collection.
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    • 147 6 ALHA.MBRA BEACH ROAD. THE 810 SHOW To-Nlghr! Tc-Nlght' NEW BUBJECTS. 2nd Show, 9.80 to 11 p.m. 1. OVERTURE FANTASIA HAPPY i DAYS IS DIXIE." 2. BETTY AS A MILLINERS APPRENTICE. 8. THE GHOST OF MUDTOWN. 1. HER GOLDEN LOCKS. SCAO.L. 5 J OLIVER TWIST. (Film d'Artj. (Dickens). 7. A LIGHT
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  • 262 7 EX-EMPLOYEES MURDEROUS REVENGE Critical Condition of the Victim [Rbutkr's Tblioram] London, August 10. A message from New York states tbat M tyor Gay nor of that oity, wbo was just leaving for Europe, has been shot aboard the vessel. He was taken to hospital and bis
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  • 425 7 WATCHMEN FIRE ON SINKEHS IN KEDAH. One Killed: Three Wounded. (From Oub Own Corrispomdikt.) Penang, August 10. News has just been received of a serious disturbance on Luboh Sagenta estate in Kedah on August 8. The sinkebs assaulted the Cainese kepalas aod Mr. Lsdebour tbe manager had
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  • 41 7 A Better Tone at the Second Day's Auction. Rmnßg Tilbobail] London, August 11. When tliu rubber sales were resumed yes ttrday the demand wai more active and prioes reoovered from tbreepsnoe to sixpence per lt>. Tbe tone is steadier.
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  • 101 7 (FtoM Oca Own Cobbbspokdiiti.) Peuang, August 10. The Pin»ng Gazette welcomes tbe renomination of tbe II jn A. R. Adams ai member of the Legislative Counoil, and recalls that tbe road roand the island is still in an incomplete and unfiaished state, and that the
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  • 105 7 Messrs. Hogg and Cos. Quotations To-day. Messrs. Hogg and Co. kindly favour us with the London prices they have reoeived this morning Quotations. Middlk Middle I'iiicm. Pkicev Allagars 6/8 Linggis 6fi/8 Anglo Malays 26/- Lumats 20,'- p. Bukit Ktjang* 6'V- Marlimtus 6/6 BakitMertajamsB/8 P*talin«<i 67/6 Cbnrsonuaa 4/
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  • 255 7 Manager Reports on Valuable Developments. The accountant of the Tronoh Minos sends us a oopy of a circular which is being sent out to the shareholders in England. It is dated from 22 Bridge Row, London, on July 18, and reads 1 There have been some extravagant
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  • 227 7 Chinese Boy Chained in Dark Room for a Month. An extraordinary ca.<n of cruelty is to be prosecuted by tbe police. The defendants are a Chinese couple Tan Ah Hong aod his wife, Hee Ah Saw— who reside at 64 Temple Street, aod who have an adopted son
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  • 110 7 Colonel W. F Cod?, B ifftlo ßill, announoes that he closed hi* public c**oer with the last performance of his Wild We«t show in New York rfceot'v. Colonel Cody will go to bis ranch at Codv, Wyoming, dividing his time thereafter between the range* and his mining
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  • 95 7 A series of naval mi«haps took place on Angust 2. The Kaiwr was witnessing batteries rep«lling a hostile fl<et represented by targets at Bwtn*-maende when a crowded passenger steamer attamnted to enter the harbou'. She wa« stooped by a sh< II explo rling only a furl >ng ahead.
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  • 1084 7 DIVIDEND OF 250 PER CENT. FOR PAST YEAR. Directors' Report to Shareholders. Tbe report of tbe directors of the Valiantbro*a Rubber Company for the year ending March 81, 1910, has been issued and is a* follows Yallambrosa. Acriaor.— Rubber in full bearing 980 acres, rubber in partial bearing
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  • 40 7 A telegram from London to the Manila Time*, nnder date July 94, says that tbe Admiralty has decided to station a flotilla of submarines at Hoogkoog, and the Teasels will be sent forward at an early data.
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  • 1406 7 THE SINGAPORE AND SHANGHAI PROSPECTUSES. More Revelations About an Amazing Divergence. In a recent issue we drew attention to thr fact that, in connection with the flotation of the Taiping Rubber Estates, two prospeotuses were ismcd aitnaltaof ously one in Siogapore and the other in Shanghai, and
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  • 382 7 Wednesday to be Declared a Public Holiday. We understand that His Exoellenoy the Governor bas agreed to deolare Wednesday next— tbe opening day of tbe Agri-Horticul-tural Snow— a public holiday. Another ipre renting and highly satisfactory annourjc i ment is tlie fact tbat, so lar as can now
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  • 185 7 Mr. Hildane's explanation of the slowness f pr O rj otioa in the subaltern rai-k-j of ib»llojal Garrison Artillery caoont be considered latiHfaotory. thinks the miliiart correspou dentnf the O'obe. There I-, be i-ayH, no cla*s if offiaer in tbe British Service whose claims to reasonable
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  • 63 7 ITS LEADER CONDEMNS AND EXPLAINS. 4 Step In the Direction of Union. [Rbutib'c Tiliosam London, August 11, Dr. Jameson, speaking at Durban, an 1 referring to the Jameton R»id, said that although badly carried out and thoroughly deserving of punishment it was nevertheless a step in the direction
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  • 89 7 LABOURITES OUTFLANK THEIR OPPONENTS. New Zealand's Latest Socialistic Freak. iRaUTIR's TaLBSBAM.| London, August 10, i Renter's Adelaide correspondent says tbe standing orders of the House of Assembly were suspended in order that tbe adult fran- cbise bill, enabling all adults to vote at counoil elections, might be re-introduced.
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  • 24 7 [Dbb Ostasiatischb Lloyd Tblbobam.] London, August 10. The Ambassador Mumm will goto Wilhtlra shoche to-morrow, where he will lunoh with the Emperor.
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  • 34 7 [Dbb Ostasiatischb Llotd Tblbobam.] Boi Ho, August 10. Assertions in the English Press tbat the voyage of the Crown Prince mains a preparation for German intervention in China are emphatically denied.
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  • 24 7 [Obb Ostasiatischb Lloyd Telbobam j Berlin, August 10. The centenary of the Italian stkiesman Cavour is referred to sympathetically by tbe Piess.
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  • 27 7 (Kbotsr's Tblsobam.J London, August 11. Telegrams have been reoeived stating that Christians and Amundsen have started for the North Pole, via Cope Horn.
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  • 37 7 [Kioni'i Tblbokam.l London, August 11. Renter wires from Constantinople that the Grand Vizier has gone to Marlenbad for two months. Wuile there he will meet Baron van Aehrental, and probably also Herr Kiderlen.
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  • 66 7 (Fbom Odb Own Cobebbpondint.) Penang, August 10. At tbe share auotion to-day, tbe following prinea were realised.— l,ooo Nolimajs at 90 cents, 600 lVrak River Valleys at 80 cent! and £09 Lumas at 15. Tue local market U extremely doll and for tbe past fortnight prices have been
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  • 53 7 (Fbom C jb Ow» Cobre-posdbnt Penacg, Auguat 10. Menglembu Lode output for July was 278 piouls of dean dressed ore of a value of 11,882. The smount crushed was 1.4)7 tons, and the workiog days were 29 with 16 stamps. Tbe total output for tbe past seven months
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  • 42 7 (Fbom Oi'R Own Cormsponi/BNT) Penang, August 10. Mr. O. A. Hall, who is in charge of tbe Penang exhibits tor the Agri Horticultural Show leaves for Singapore probably on Saturday. Tbe majority of the exhibitors jooroey down by ration Sunday.
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  • 58 7 Tbe following oottuw for the. month of July are. no'ificd TambnUk RiMh r E itates Ltd.. 964 ibi and fee' h L'miud B.S(lu lbs. The arop of dry rubber from toe Eitdtes Of K ian, for Joty, wa> 8 400 lbs. The oxrput of tbe Hsytor Rubber
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 241 8 Renter telegraphs from Wellington that in the oono'udiog match of their tour, tbe Nor them U non defeated New ZeiUod by 62 points to 30. In tbe second half, their oombi nation was mo*t bnlli»nt. TVs Times states that as a result of th. new laws whiob
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    • 79 8 A Comprehensive Challenge. On bebalt of a inaa wuom mine is no mentioned, Mr. H. D M ilotooh bas i-»u J i oballrnge to Johoson, K^ufmann, Langora. Kotoheli, or any o.h <t o jx»r tor a twojt ro in t* contest. He uff irs tbe bi^ifesi pur-i providul to
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    • 126 8 Tbe County Championship. Kent baa beaten Woioetiter at Worcestoi by feoren wicket*. Leioester has b«atei. Linoashire at Leicester by six wicket-. V jrkoiure has beaten Suis jx at li ill by f ju. wiukiW. Surrey has beaten WarwioKnhir, at Birmingham by 42 runs. Surrey hat beaten Notts at the
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    • 189 8 1.. L. T. C. Tournament. Tbe following ties in tbe L L. T. C. tournament were disposed of yeuorday Mnm Docblii A. Miss Page and Mr. Cox beat Mrs. Hartnell and Mr. Hanbury, 6—5, 3-6, 6—4. Mixed Docbus B. Miss B. Evans and Hjo W Evans beat Mr.
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  • 119 8 Tbe following is the r«w>uU of th« drawing of tbe gnffio for the Singapore Autumi nee mteting i No. Sama. 1 Tao '<w Wih 16 3 K I Bryoa 13 8 T<>- V 'o« less Kanoses 17 4 B. D. B ye- 16 0 8 liX g
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  • 1038 8 Sensational Arrest on an Allan Lioer. Those who have followed the home papers 'o band by the last mail will doubtless have <aio«d deUi'n of what is desaribed as the oo»t senoaiiooal crime that has occurred in L indoo of Ute yearn. It was discovered on July
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  • 29 8 At the pr«iieDt time, iUUva baa abint a00.'«O*".« nortar ruhb.,, Oeyloo SfllWl, 4 XO> 13". o', J.v 60. O> Siiu»ir»HJ.'Oo lv.i. .nl Ui.ui* oU.OOU, BJrueo Mid Ne# Oai.ca low>
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  • 1114 8 Prices Quoted la the Market 1 his Morning Singapore, Angost 11th 1910. Messrs. Lyall and Bvatt. Kxoliaoge and Share Brokers, issue the following lint ol quotations this morning i— OFNERAL •10 <C»<W)ro So tioi( Oo.|7pd 1.~ 111 Fra erwiN tnU 80. *S. 10 tl.u-l v»,, Wjk 33—
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  • 342 8 Proposed Trip by Airship from Mew York to Loodoa. An attempt ia to be made this summer to orosn tbe Atlantic Uo«an by airship. This il'ffioult tints id to be und r akon by Walter W.luiiu au't M'tlviu Vaumtn, npun their own rt uonsibiiity. Xn.i start uto
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  • 111 8 The Ojveraor-Oaneral ol the Pailippines has extended executive clemency in tbe oase of Otis Q. Frtemaa, former manager ol tbe sbippinu department of Cattle tiros., Wolf ani S jn-i, wuose sdntenoe of impri^onmont (or oue year aad niue moath-i for embezzlement was reoeatly affirmed by
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 55 8 o los ano Pit mm a. There can be no uxcunt lor a man if b* a' o«« a oold to develop into pntumoma Ch mb^rl.io'B Cough R amtj o a'>t«<a>-ta »0j w-ndrncy to*nrds UiUdiw^Mt. »od m*o* doo ur mil* bavw Dmd i>r,d by it* um< ly a«t. For h'«
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    • 36 8 Wh> n Romeo Au 1 Ju i t, On port ico Ai m da ght met, Tn y i dux), fur «ar«. D -piu, to. ir b m- 1 W (i P. np*» >uiui Ouie tnrmmlum
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    • 138 8 WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED COD LIVER OIL COMPOUND. Aids digestion. Does not upset tbe t>tomauh and ia unrivalled for coughs, colds, bronchitis and all pu>inunary troubles, and is a general touio for building up the system. OF ALL CHEMISTS. $1.25 AND $200 DRESSER WANTED. Wanted, a D ehser mast speak Tamil Apt
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    • 280 8 NO HOME COMPLETE WITHOUT A Gramophone THE BEST AND CHEAPEST MEANS OF PUKE ENJOYMENT. TERMS TO SUIT ALL. S.Moutrie&Co. (LIMITEO). THE AItCADE. Hams Bacon. "PINEAPPLE" BRAND. SINGAPORE GOLD STORAGE COMPANY, LTD., Sole Ajjenta STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. The Standard Life Assurance Co. WE CAN OBTAIN FOR YOU A LIFB POLICY I 1.
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    • 323 8 MARLBOROUGH BBAOH ROAD. Tbe People's Popular. PATHE'S NOVELTIES. I Second Show, 0.80 to 11 p.m. 1. A OOOD FORTUNE. ft THE HOLLOW TRKE. MUZZLED. 4. BBTTY AND THE FIRBWOUKS. IN THE REIQN OF TERROR. 6 J Film d 1 Art 7. IN JAPAN, Fl HE MEN a COHPETI. TioN IN
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 104 9 Smith Premier New Model VISIBLE NO. 10. PRICE $215 TkJplLAi* ll^ p R CE 2 15, Absolutely Visible Writing. Key for Each Character. Interchangeable Carriages. Uniform Touch. SOLE AGENTS STRAITS CYCLE MOTOR CO., LTD., 15. BATTERY ROAD. SINGAPORE. MICHELIN TYRES DUPIRE~BROTHERS, -a.o-:e:n"ts. MM j NOT A BEHE. J^^ aljll J^'
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    • 612 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. INDOCHINA STEAM NAY. CO.. LTD. Tn atsaman of this Company maintain a ragnlar diraot aarrioa between OalonMa, Btaaita, Hotkoag, Hkaagaal and Japaa, taking cargo, m mrougn Bills of Lading for Canton, Bwatow, Ajnoy, Ohafoo, Tientsin, Nawohwang, Taagtsse Ports, Formosa, the FhUippinaa, *a,, *o. Stasßieri Tons Oommaaaar Koisam t,89l
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    • 539 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP Cl. ATO TOYO KIBEN UISHA. The iwo great steamship Uaaa between OHINA, JAPAN aad BTJBOPB, via Hooolalo sod San Fraaoiaeo, operating the new 11,000 tons, twia-sorew steamers KORBA and SIBERIA, together with the well known •taamera CHINA, ASIA, MONGOLIA MAN OHUBIA, NIPPON MARU, TENYO MABU
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    • 654 9 BTEAHER SAILINGS'. kiitiii or THE MEAN 8. 8. CBY.. LTD. ft THE WEST AUSTRALIAN S. N. GB.. LTD. BBTWBSB nuuauunru mwru) ioktb Wall ACSTRALIAH POETS JAVA A>» ftUVUAPOKB Rsgular Fortnightly aaUlngs batwaaa Stags pora and Wastan Australia, oalltmg at Java laa inducement offsri), Darby, Klng'i Sound, (Port for the Klmberlev
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    • 480 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. c.Tr, CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY'S ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIP LINE. Tn NATIONAL HIGH WAY TO BUROPB TU CHINA, JAPAN, CANADA AND THB UNITED STATES. Route from Hongkong via' Sbainghai, Nagasaki (Inland Sea of Japan). Kobe, Yokohama. Viotoria and Vancouver. R.M.S. Empbbss or Ihdia Twin xerew steamR.M.S. Empbbss of Japan
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  • 595 10 LORD ROSEBERYS CALL TO OUR YOUTH. Opportunities in the Colonies. Lord Roaebery took for the text of his address on character and education in opening the new buildings at Colchester Grammar School on July 1, the Empite's need of real men. Having jocularly refused to open the
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  • 277 10 Seven Killed and Three Injured on Jungfrau. Farther details are available about the avalanche disaster on the Jangfrau Seven climbers in all were killed, and of tbe six others in the party all guides— three are seriously injured. The victims include two German Alpinists Alfrtd Kuebn, of Strassbourg,
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  • 151 10 The new service bullet, with which elaborate experiments have been made at the Hythe Scbool of Musketry, and which has already been issued to a few battalions for farther experiments, is a remarkable projec tile, says tbo Naval and Military Record. It weighs only ICO grains, as
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 800 10 INSURANCE. CHINA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.. LTD. Head Offioe t Shanghai. ILyigttTfd under the Life Assurance Companies Acts, England, sad under tbe Hrmjßne Ordinances. POSITION OF COMPANY (Twelfth Tear). Total Insurance in force $3T,a*BW>3**VTotal Assets 8^18^«». Total Funds a^aiaVaWa. Total Income for Year 3^iee,B>B7. AQBNCIEB THROUGHOUT THE EJLBT. Ail iorms
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    • 520 10 BAKKING. IHARTERED BANK 8F INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. ■OOKPORATUD BT BOTAB OHABTBB. PaM np Oapttal la 10,000 Baarea at aTWaaea i 1,100,000, 100,000 ieeerr. Ftwi «1,800,000 Oaeervt UaMHty el Propttatoil 4U.lOb\OH BABEBBB. Baak oi ffl-sjail ■attoaal Baak of BeoWaal. CM koaaoa OHy A Mldlaat Baak, BM. bIHOAPOKK BKAHOH, Oomal Aoooaaie
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    • 44 10 THEY MAKE YOU FEEL 8000. The pleasant purgative t fleet expeiienred by all wbo use Chamberlain's Stomach and Layer Tablet*, and the healthy ooooiuod of tbe body and mind which they oreate nukes j one feel joyful. For sale by all Dispensaries a^pft Dealers*
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    • 751 10 SALES BY AUCTION. Auction Sale of VALUABLE JAVANESE WEAPONS, COMPRISING A VERY OLD JAV4NBSE FLINTLOCK GUN INLAID WITH GOLD, AND A PAIR OF OLD HANDSOMELY CARVED AND DECORATBD DWELLING PIBTOLB WITH CASE AND IMPLEMENTS COMPLETE, At Powell Co.'b Sale-room, On Friday, August IS, at 11 TO Now on new. 1867
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    • 227 10 ADCTION BALE Of 29 BALES OU^NIKS (SLIGHTLY DAMAGED), At Messrs. H. L. Cogi.lan A Co'a BrancL Sale room, NO. 8, CROSS BTREET, On Friday, Augu»t It, at 1050 a.m. (For Account of Concerned). b. OO6HLAN A CO.. Aaotioneers. 1882 AUCTION SALE Of A FRENCH BILLIARD TABLE WITH 11 CUES AND
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  • 994 11 MOTORS MOTORING. NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. The iollowing jottings »re by Milestone and appear in The Jar of .Inly 13 If trials are to be held in the future, let as ttiink of trials which will supply information on the points which influence buyers. I have already dealt
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  • 119 11 Harbour accommodation in Deli to falls short of requirements that tbe government seeks to mend matter*. Improvements are muoh needed, but nothing ouoM be done hitherto owing to the eltims of the rival ports of Belawan, Ltngsar, and Am Laogaar has tbe advantage of mooh rubber-Browing country on the coast.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 471 11 WOLSELEY Siddeley. THE CAR FOR COMFORT AND RELIABILITY." SOLE AOENTS FOR STRAITS SETTLEMENTS CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS, S/ugmporm. THE MOTOR AND CARRIAGE WORKS. MOTOR CARS FOR HIRE DAY OR MIGHT. General Repairers of Cyoles, Motors, Cnls, Magneto, eto. Cycles and Can tuned, overhauled on Contract All Tyres Vuloanizod by Harvey Frost
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    • 15 11 Woca' Gnat Peppa -oi it Care tot all tetvaai eomp'aiaK Dy»»tery. Concha Co d. t«.
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    • 261 11 21.251 HUES k BTILL IN GOOD CONDITION DUNLOP As osed by the leading Corporations, Tram, Bail, and Bus Companies at Eome and Abroad. THE VANGUARD MOTORBUS COMPANY. UNITED. Albany House, Albany Strut, London, N. W., 16th Januabt, 1908. Tbe Danlop Robber Co., Ltd., 160, ClerkenwcU Road, E.C. Dear Sirs, In
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    • 351 11 THE STRAITS TIMES Can be obtained at the following places in Singapore Messrs. John Little k Co. Ltd Messrs. Kelly and Walsh, Ltd Raffles Hotel, Beach Road. MesßrH. Kirn k Co., Battery Road k Armenia* Street. Messrs. Koh k Co., 00, Bras Basah Road. Messrs. Obee Soon k Co., Orchard
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 624 12 WANTS- TURNOUT WANTED. Wanted, strong cob with trap and harness. Replies to V. c/o Straits Times. 1709 CHINESE CLERK WANTED. Want-d, Smart Ctiinese Junior Clerk, quick and accurate at futures, VII Standard Certificate. Apply John Little k Co., Ltd. MM KRANI WANTED. Wanted, a Krani for small Rubber Estate. State
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    • 601 12 WANTS. HOME TUITOIN Evening Home Tuition given to pupil preparing for London Matriculation, Cam bridge local or other examination. Apply Teacher, c/o Straits Times. 1811 TYPIST WANTEO. Typist required, not new s'arily a shorthand writer. Must bave bad previous expertenoe, good character. Apply Box 90, c/o Straits Times. ■MM CHINESE
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    • 398 12 TO BE LET 01 SOLO. STOREYS TO LET 2nd an? Brd Storey of No. 91, Robinron Road. Apply Sarkiesand Moses, next door. ■MM HOUSE TO BE LET. UNFURNIBHED. Beth-Leah (lately known as tbe Grove Hotel) Tanjong Katong. For particulars, apply H. L. Coghlan Co., Auctioneers. uM TO BE LET. The
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    • 557 12 ARTICLES FOB SALE. SAND FOR SALE. Best white Gaylang sand. For rates per cartload or ton, apply to A. K. Marican, No. 072, North Bridge Road. MM TURNOUT FOR BALE. Fast Australian mare with rubber-tyred palanquin, complete, in good condition al»o brand new harness. Apply G. Hulden, P. W. D.
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    • 627 12 NOTICES. NOTICE. We have this day authorised Mr. F. H. Bobnen and Mr. M. Eisenring] to sign our Firm per procuration. JAEGER k CO. Singapore, 10th August, 1910. STRAITS BTEVEDORES AND CO. Contractors of Labour and Provisions for vessels. Loading and discharging heavy lifts, general cargo and coal. Supplying Lighters
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    • 375 12 ***** AND LODGIN6 BOARD AND RESIDENCE. Board and apartments for single gentle men at 11, Dboby Ghaut. Terms Moderate 1788 BOARD AND RESIDENCE. One small room with private family close to town. Suitable for a baobelor. Every comfort. Terms moderate. Apply to Peaceful c/o Straits Times. ST. ANDREWS HOUBE. A
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 240 12 Straits V)imes. ADVERTISEMENT RATES,— Misoollane. ous wants of every description are inserted at the prepaid rate of tl per four Unas for one or two insertions. Notices of Births, Marriages, or Deaths, it not exceeding four lines, II each insertion. For p.p.o. cards, on page 8, 12. Inch Scalb Ritbs
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