The Straits Times, 7 February 1911

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 23.483 SINGAPORE. TUESlkY. FEBRUARY 7. 1911. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 327 1 WATSON'S No. 1O Whisky THE BEST. i KATZ BROS., LD. SPECIAL NEW LINES IN Gents' All-Wool Sweaters. HI '''-'xfa l *Jrt&M^^ '■'■tiT'r llpjfigm i'-jl t«t ■Kt-' ark. THE NEW BTYLE ROLL COLUR POLO COLLAR COAT SWEATER. SWEATER. PROTECTOR SWEATER. All Sizes in Stock from. 3O to 45 AT POPULAR PRICES.
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    • 180 1 Robinson Co. THE 1911 MODELS OF THE ALL-STEEL RALEIGH CYCLES aro Mow on View WITH ALL THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS. THE GAZELLE RALEIGH y*Hfe- %k,^ THE POPULAR RALEIGH JdBSl THE STANDARD RALEIGH M THE FIRBT-GFADE RALEIGH Y/\ A THE SPECIAL RALEIGH \W^BESL THE MODELE SUPERBE RALEIGH. Robinson A Co, HDfM TE"D
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    • 12 1 DDMISY I GO. CHAMPAGNE ADAMSON. GILFILLAN AND CO., LTD., SOU AOBNTB. I
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  • 995 2 HINTS BY A MINER WHO KNOWS THE COUNTRY. Some interesting Information. Mr. E. It Murphy, F. R. O. S n F. Z. 8., writes, in the Malay Mail :--I have heard that Home tin mining men in the F. M. S. propowe going to Northern Nigeria to
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  • 83 2 An international congress for the organisation of measures for the suppression of the opium traffic will, states the British Medical Journal, beheld at The Haguo on May 30. Among the nations which will take part are Great Britain,, the United States, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Japan, China,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 87 2 i 'VAN A' k TONIC WINE ft ft it S *>, One or two doses claily, strengthen body, brain and o U nerves, and counteract the o V\ fatigue and depression fj o produced by extreme heat. hr I* <=> Fortifies against Malaria Of all Chemists See you get 'VANA'
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    • 36 2 THE BE T PHYSIC. When you want a physic that is mild and gentle, easy to take and certain to act, always use Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. I'or Bale by all Dispensaries and I Dealers.
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    • 309 2 Or«t«t »f ail Tes*/!5P* A rffWl IC*SBBOTy bbbw r«WTw a CRUSHED FOOD. Trj It ass Ts« TO bs taHtftol I. R. BBLILIOS begs to inform the pnblio that bis Factor y for preparing Crushed Food, at No. 1, Belilios Road, is now opened Prioe of a bag of Crashed Food,
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    • 197 2 'm- A P ure in a highly concentrated y form, with power to A^ P urlf y and c|eanse irtssv i \v at the same time# I I HEALTH INFECTIOUS. M«nul«<lur«<l br tfc» Vfl Pnprlctora ol S«all(ht S«r NEW JEWELLERY Fox* 1911 We have on show an iswiihwi stook stock
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  • 836 3 VIEWS ON EDUCATION IN THE ORIENT. University Man on Tour. Mr. Henry M. McCracken, ex Chancellor of the University of New York, recently addreHxed the KtudentH of Dm- Allaliklmkl Cliristian College, and spoke on tlir wn"< fcjf also to thr boys of the Jumna Mm Hit;!' Kcliool. Since
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  • 155 3 In one police district alone in Montreal, according to a correspondent of the Laiioct, there are said to be over 600 young people of of both Hexctt addicted to cocaine. So wide spread has the habit become that judges have made several pronouncements upon the danger
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 59 3 ABSOLUTELY BAFE Wluu you havo a odd get a bottle of Cnaniberlain'B Congfa Remedy. It will soon fix you up all right and will ward off any tendency toward pneumonia. This remedy contains no opium or other narcotic and may he given an confidently to a baby an to an
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    • 256 3 J^fljii^Wf^ S ee the idea? ,j(^^r^^^^^ der as you want. No •jjj^^^i^ more convenient— more hygienic than the ordinary tin. No taking off the lid and spilling the powder no dipping your brush in the tin and wetting and contaminating the whole contents. And it costs no more than you
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    • 191 3 lOiKbridgel *5gQ \J Lung Tonic jBmB Tlic most up-to-date, best known and most »tf aitfqp^ successful Remedy in the World for *dX w Wk COUGHS COLDS. R Obtainable from all leading H&N xSgSdk UNTOUCHED BY HAND. £fi yHaQy Prict 12 Julias per bottle. J&Sk^r T^^frk O. ATHERTON 4 CO.. jGXv&iff
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    • 618 4 STEAMER SAILIHSS. STEAM NAVIGATION GB. FOB CHINA, JAPAN, PBNANG, CEYLON. AOBTRAHA, INDIA. ADEN. EGYIT, MBDITURRANEAN PORTS. PLY MODTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Golf, Continental, and American PorU. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES Outward (for China.) 1911 I Ass«ve Apl
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    • 546 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N.Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly servioe in maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseille*. London and Antwerp, nnder mail oontract with the Imperial Japanese Government Tbe New Twin-sorew Steamers maintaining this servioe have been specially designed and constructed, and are fitted witb all
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    • 631 4 BTEAMER BAIUNBB. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. AND TOYO KISEN KAIBHA. Tbe two great steamship lines between CHINA, JAPAN and EUROPE, via Honolulu and San Francisco, operating the new 12,000 ton*, twin screw steamers KOREA and SIBERIA, together witb tbe well known (■teamen CHINA AHIA, MONGOLIA MAN CHURIA NIPPON MARU, TENYO
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    • 291 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. Camdian Facile Railway Go '8 Royal Mail Steamship Lin*. THB NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO EUROPE Via China, -Japan, Canada and thb Units d Status. Ronte from Hongkong, via Shanghai, N»ga*aki (Inland Sea of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Viotoria and Vancouver. R.M.S. Empress of India" Twin sorew B M 8. Empress
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    • 565 4 STEAMER SAILINGS, HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. The stsamsrs of this Company maintain a regolar ssrvice between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, china and Japan Hnmevards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and onoe a month for Bremerhaven direot, calling at Peuang and Colombo. Taking oargo
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    • 668 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. D. L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. IMPERIAL 6ERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly frcm Bremen, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp. Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (oonneoting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice \eraa) Prt Said, Buez, Aden Colombo, Penang, Sicgapore, Hoogiong, Shanghai.
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  • 137 5 FIXTURES. Tuesday, February 7. High Witw, 8 26 a.m., 1.88 pm, The Folhe". Viotoria Theatre. Wednesday, February 8. Hißb Water, 4.1 A a.m.. 0. 18 pm. Indisgiri Co., Aroade, noon Tbe FolliaH. Victoria Theatre. Thursday, February 9. High Water, t.lB a m 8.7 p.m. P anrl O.
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  • 200 5 To-day. Hongkong, Amoy and Swat w Hong Wan T 8 p.m Pontiantk B m Hiu Goan 8 p.ru. Pen%t g and Colombo HtachiMtru 8 p.m. Batu l'ihat Hong Wan 8 p.m. Po>t Dick*on and Port Sw. tteuham Malanra Bpm Malacca and Mutr Ltdy Weld 4pm Pening aod
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  • 136 5 Tbe P. and O. brmeward mail gtetmer Delhi having left Hongkong at 1 p.m. on B*turd*y, tbe 4th instant, nay be cxpectid to al ive here at 8 a.m. on Thursday, tbe 9th in taut. Tlia P. and O. oitwird mail steamer A'sate having left Colombo at
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  • 404 5 Latest Arrivals. (V h'-rine Apcar, Brit str. 1780 tons, Capt Town- end Feb 5. From Calcuttt, Jan v 8 00. »n<l dp P ter"n Simons 4 Co. t\r Hongkot g. Feb 7 Wh.rl. Em li», Dut «tr. 80 toDS, Naeodnh, Feb 6. Fr. ni K'lio. K.bti O c
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  • 113 5 Vessels at Tanj ong Pagar and Keppel Harbour. Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To- Day. TANJOXO PAOAR East Whibf Basin— Ka«nun. K.aht a. Section No I Persia, Haiphong. Shkkhs Whabf Rerlar g. Main W. bKCT No 2— Lightning. B— Vnrwaert*. 4 -W tan. j, 6— Verona. B—Rojia8 Rojia If
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  • 40 5 Arrivals. Per *toamer, Karpurthala, Febmar 6.From Penarg via rxtrts: Messrs. C. O Uonna «nd J W. Ru'te 1. Per 'tcamer S tppho, Kebr u«ry 7 From PortDickson: M. „8 W. L. Plummer, H, R binßon and Janion.
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  • 544 5 Per P. and O. steamer India, connecting w'th the oteamer A«sa*e at Colombo, dv February 10.— Mr. J. Cunningham, Mr. C W. S Gardner, R v. C Bcviih, Mr* G B A. Sandixon, Mr. R. C. Hislop, Mr S Dunn, Mr. Carver Mr. B Matvarmo, Mr. H
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  • 178 5 Mr. Wm. C. Magelssen, United States Consul in Colombo, has received a letter from the commanding officer of the yacht Carnegie, dated Rio de Janeiro, December 16 last, intimating that the Carnegie, engaged in scientific research, is due in Colombo in June of the present year.
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  • 299 5 Gang Robbers Attack a Kledang Mining Kongsi. A serious gang robbery accompanied by murder is reported from Kledang. In the early hours of Friday morning, a gang of Chinese robbers vißited a mining kongsi house situated at the foot of the Kledang hills, about three miles out
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  • 123 5 Last year there was no end of fuss about the Anglo- Dutch Plantations Company in the matter of its acquiring certain freehold estates in Java. Its representative, Mr. Hammond, has made himself so popular that a banquet was given him at Batavia, tbe other day, on his departure for Europe.
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  • 246 5 Finance Commerce Sinoaporb February 7, 1(11. EXCHANGE. On London -Bank 4 m/s S/4| Demand 2/4 f, Private 0 nn/s 2/4 ft do 8 m/s 2/4i On Obbmant Bank d/d 310 Private 8 m/n 344 do flm/i 2461 On Francs -Bank d/d 295 Private 8 ro/n 2MJ do 6 m/» 80f
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  • TO-DAY'S STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 184 5 l«Mie S Value o! 10 10 Belat Tin 10 10 BroanK 10 10 Bra*eb Hyd 10 10 Kanaboi £1 £1 Kioto Tin £1 £1 Kedan«Ti Q 10 10 Koantoo Tin £1 £1 Lihat Mid. s 10 10 Malacca Tin 6/- 6/- Pabaog Cooaol £1 £1 Pmgkaleo £1 £1 Pi.ioK
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    • 642 5 lame "3. Value Bayers Seller*. 2/. 3/. AUagar 4/6 6 2 J/. 3/- Anglo Malay 1.1 6 1.8 0 II- 3/- Bateau Malaka '2/1 2,8 £1 XI BatnCavee 18.17 6 1110.0 £1 £1 Batu Tiga 439 4 10.0 £1 £1 Bnkit Kajang 260 210 0 £1 £1 Bnkit LinUng
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    • 134 5 I«aoe 2 V»]ue Buyers. 10 10 KMtern Smeltiog 10 7 615 £1 £1 Electric Tramways 8/8 10 10 F.aier 4 Neave 81.00 l'O Howaxtb E"«kiDe 100 7% FW. 00 00 100 100 Eati Bra D-t. 100 100 M R% Cam Pref. 10 10 Mayoard ft Co. 24 SO Sellers
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    • 51 5 Buyers Sellers Howarth Erskine 6% 1000,000 par Kiley, Har^reaves 6% 1284,000 2J 8* pm Singapore EiHStrio Trau. way* 6% £8«0,00Q S'pore Municipal 6% 11,878 C0D ton. Buyer* Seller* S'poro Municipal 4J% of 1907 11,600,C00 0% 7%pm Spurn M'.uicipal 4J% of 1909 $1,000,000 7% B%rm S pore MuDioipal 4% 1002.900
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 74 5 A RELIABLE REMEDY. You are not experimenting on yourself when you take Chamberlain s Cough Remedy for a cold as that preparation has won its great reputation and extensive sale by its remarkable cures of colds, and can always be depended upon. It is equally valuable for adults and children
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    • 519 5 W. D. A H. O. WILL'S THREE CASTLES "MAGNUMS" A Large Hand-Made Cigarette. Packed in l'^ e M AGNUMS.' *A' I rscuea in xt p nce 'nree Castles H s Ci^arettcJ I 55 QTQ I W.D.&HO Wills OBTAINABLE AT: John Little Co., Ltd., Robinson Co. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. AUCTION SALE OF
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    • 50 5 RAVENSWAY ANO COMPANY, Undertakers and Monumental Masons. ESTABLISHED 1881. JV SX RECEIVED t New Goods ol Superior Quality and Finish. Marble*, Metallic Wreaths, etc. Monuments of every description. RUBBER-TYRED HEARSES The Best to be had in the colony. With Plumes in nse. TBLBPHONB i NO. TH. NO. 18T. ORCHARD BOAD
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 193 5 WEATHER REPORT Kandang Kerban Hospital, February 6. 0 a.m. 8 p.m. 9 p.m. RainfaM Bared. 82 Fab. 30.070 29.878 9.950 Temp 81.3 67.8 78.0 Nil. Wei Bnlh Tber 76.4 76.0 74.8 Dir < f Wind NE. NE calm M»x Teiup. B«.i Mio. 78.6 Max. in Sun 147.0 Te rad lln
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  • 1049 6 The Straits Times. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7. PREFERENCE AND RECIPROCITY. A good deal of feeling seems to have been •roused by the conclusion of a reciprocity agreement between Canada and the United States. Why English people, who make no distinction whatever between the welcome given to the products cf the Colonies
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  • 10 6 The RMt"*." Tin Cos. output for January was 886 piculs.
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  • 13 6 The output of the Sipiau Tin Mining Co. in January was 87 piculs.
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  • 14 6 It is notified that Tientsin is declared infected owing to the existence of plague.
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  • 21 6 H.M.S. Kent is to leave Hongkong shortly for Colombo, from which port she will escort the three submarines for China squadron.
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  • 25 6 The new Dutch mail steamer Koningin der Nederlanden, a sister ship of the Prinses Juliana, is due her* on August 25, on her maiden trip.
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  • 30 6 By permission of Col. Bayard D.5.0., and officers, the band of the Buns has been engaged to play at Raffles Hotel, on Saturday, during dinner and afterwards on the lawn.
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  • 40 6 One of the Shanghai papers takes up tho question of the slump in the property market in Far Eastern ports and aaggosts as a remedy popularizing the holding of property by, inter alia, affording tenants facilities for acquiring their premises.
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  • 45 6 Steps have been taken for holding a Colonial Exhibition at Amsterdam in 1915. Unfortunately for the success of this display, the American Government intends to have a World's Fair at San Francisco or New Orleans, the same year, in celebration of the Panama Canal opening.
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  • 52 6 The Austrian Consul at Calcutta says, in his last yearly report, that Java sugar is now of such high quality that it is ousting beet sugar from Austria in the Indian markets, the falling off amounting to as much as 55 per cent. Java now supplies seven-tenths of the Indian
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  • 54 6 The Governor-General of Indo-China has, by circular, reminded all heads of departments that his predecessors explicitly forbade officials to buy, possess, or acquire interests in land in the colony, wherever they are in authority. But H. E. now applies the prohibition to the whole colony, and warns officials against trading
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  • 67 6 The Straits Sheet Almanac which reaches us from the Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd., by whom it is printed and published, is exceedingly well produced. The budget of information respecting the clubs and institutions of the Straits should bo found of much use, while the list of government official in the
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  • 66 6 In consequence of the many enquiries from Europe and America from firms desirous of opening up business relations with local importers, exporters and manufacturers, the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce is preparing a reliable business classification of the European, American, Indian and Japanese firms of the colony. This effort it
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  • 77 6 A telegram from Shanghai to the China Mail, Hongkong, dated January 28, states Mr. J. R. Michael, share and general broker here, was charged at the Police Court to-day with perjury committed during the trial of the Michael -Carniicliael case on October 4, 1910. The case referred to was the
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  • 88 6 The following is from the Japan Advertiser Two third-class stokers, named Kato and Midorikawa, belonging to the depot ship Asahi, which is at anchor at Kuba Bay, Suwo province, were frozen to death in a torpedoboat on the night of January 10. The stokers moored the boat to the larboard
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  • 89 6 A spring under the masonry caused the bursting of a resjrvoir at Huelva, 68 miles west of Seville. The disaster occurred during the night, and the torrent of water overwhelmed five huts inhabited by employees at the reservoir. Huelva is the port for the Rio Tinto copper mines. Sections of
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  • 82 6 The Theatre Royal was crowded on Saturday night and admission was refused to many. Gulza K. Neky was the piece staged and it met with a very good reception, the stage effects, scenery, and costumes being of a high class. The actors and actresses, particularly Miss Alice, appeared to advantage
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  • 79 6 The Colonial Government in Tonkin is preparing a standard work on that colony, first, there will be exhaustive monographs on each province, giving full details of its resources, and remarkable features, geography, topography, religion, social conditions, political organisation, history, trade, industry, forest and mineral wealth, military matters, and future prospects,
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  • 102 6 A very expensive sampan journey was imposed on an unfortunate Chinaman yesterday. He hired a sampan at Beach Road to convey him to a tongkang in thu harbour. There were three Hokiens in the sampau and when half-way out in the harbour they demanded his fare, following this by relieving
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  • 187 6 I saw in the Electrical Times recently," writ js a correspondent, a protest against the neglect of science in the distribution of honours. A visitor from Mars,' that paper says, would come to the conclusion that the only people of account are politicians, soldiers, sailors and civil servants. Even civil
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  • 368 6 A Peking telegram says that the prohibition of foot-binding will be energetically enforced next spring throughout the Chinese Empire. Captain F. H. Griffith, of the U. M. L. I. who Las been appointed to succeed Captain L. Norcock as Naval Intelligence Officer, at Colombo, is due to
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  • 69 6 At the meeting of the Legislative Council on Friday next, the Colonial Secretary will move that a special vote of 59,000 be sanctioned to provide for the furtbor extension of the nurses' quarters, at the General Hospital. The bills for consideration are the Bankruptcy Ordinance Amendment, the Labuan
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  • 87 6 Mile. Lygie makes her final appearance on the stage of the Alhambra Cinematograph to-night before proceeding further on her Far Eastern tour. Her stay in Singapore, though not of long duration, has been attended by unqualified success and has attracted the attention of both European and native
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  • 116 6 Another case of forgery in the rubber share market is engaging the attention of the police at the moment. Scrip for 1,000 Nyalas shares was presented to a firm of brokers in The Arcade but they inmuiliatrly recognised the signature on the transfer to be false.
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  • 117 6 The last four nights of The Follies are announced, the company leaving for Hongkong by the P. and O. Assaye on Saturday. To-night thore will be a complete cliange of programme, including the Potted Pantomimes, one of Pelissier's greatest successes. Tomorrow, there will be another change when A
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  • 150 6 Referring to the story William Geoffrey's Profit in the Straits Times Annual of 190 ft where the naval value of the port is referred to, a correspondent calls our attention to Mr. Cook's book Sunny Singapore," which wan written in 1905, where Singapore is distinctly described
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 162 6 NOVEL AND HIGH-iLASS ENTERTAINMENT To-Night! MLLE. LYBIE (The Catch of the Seaaon) IN Hl» Up-to-date Berpeniine and Silver Dances WIIH Brilliant and Fatcinating Effect* ALHAMBRA IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SELKCT PkOQRAMME PAHTICOLABLY STRONG IN The Latest Topical* at Home and Abroad A Ballet Pantomime by Mile. Napieikowgka. Piotnrerqne Views of
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    • 13 6 Latest advertisements of the day appear on page 5 as well as 8.
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  • 338 7 BRILLIANT OPENING BY THE KING AND QUEEN. Forecast of Legislation SICKNESS AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. Constitutional Question Lightly Touched. Rbutkr's Tklkoram. London, February 7. Parliament was opened in State by the King and Queen yesterday. The King's Speech opened with a reference to the death of King Edward, and
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  • 40 7 England and France Negotiate With Turkey. Dkk Ostasiatis.hk Lloyd Telegram. Berlin, February 6. England and France intend to negotiate with Turkey in reference to tho Bagdad raihs iv :i."i trans- Asia traffic. Germany is not interested at present.
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  • 26 7 Dkk Ostam \ri.-( mk Lloyd Telegram. Berlin, Feqruary 6. Preparations are being made at Friedberg for another visit from the Czar and Czarina.
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  • 29 7 I >XX OSTAIIATISCHK LLOYD TELEGRAM. lierlin, February 6. The Porte buildings at Constantinople h* ,c been on lire, but the main wing ha' been laved.
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  • 22 7 Dkb Ostasiatuchk Lloyd Tklbobaii. Berlin, February 6. The Reichsbank has reduced its rate of discount to 4J per cent.
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  • 25 7 Dan Ostasiatische Lloyd Tklkoram. Berlin, February 6. The Kmi«Tor ami Empress go at the end of February to Venice and then to Corfu.
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  • 57 7 Deb Ostasiatischr Lloyd Tklborah. Merlin, February 8. Herr llcNtlmusen, who is to succeed Count Rex at Peking, was Prussian Ambassador at Hamburg ill IMS" Later, he was Consul at Marseilles. He joined thu Foreign Office in 1895 as refcrrer, and served afterwards as Consul Geueral at Warsaw, and
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  • 27 7 Keutkr's Tki.eoram. London, February 6. A Seattle message Hays the boxer, Tommy Burns, has injured his knee and is retiring permanently from the ring.
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  • 267 7 Warrant Issued for the Arrest of a Well- Known Resident. Mr. H. W. Firmstone. first magistrate, issued on Saturday, a warrant for the arrest of E. Cropley, on a charge of criminal breach of trust in respect of 8,000 shares in Kempas, Ltd., value 115,000. This stop
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  • 285 7 . New Steamer Building on the Clyde for Singapore Trade. Mr. Adam Forsyth, one of the directors of Burns. Philip and Co., Limited, has been in I .undo ii and Glasgow for nearly three months on the company's business. The original intention of the company was
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  • 428 7 Government Charged With Failing to Take Precautions. Telegrams and letters from Manchuria, Tientsin, Peking and Chefoo nil bear the sainu terrible testimony of the ravages of the plague epidemic, says the South-China Morning Post, Hongkong. It would indeed be difficult to exaggerate the gravity of the
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  • 53 7 A big parade of gamblers was held in the third )x)lico court to-day, Mr. Robinßon reviewing thorn. They numbered 43 in all and had been taken in three separate houses simultaneously, last night, by chief Detective Inspector Shuody, Acting-Inspector Joyce, and several other officers. Fines of VI wore in (i
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  • 405 7 CONTRACT OF MESSRS. TOPHAM, JONES AND RAILTON Work in Progress Day and Night. It is interesting to know that while other important works in connection with harbour improvements at Singapore are in a state of suspended animation Messrs. Topham, Jones and Railton, of Westminster, are making every
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  • 185 7 Mr. Carnegie's Hope for Universal Peace. Mr. Carnegie, speaking at a peace luncheon in New York, predicted the formation of a world treaty, establishing an international I court, within a year. The whole human race, he declared, is interested in the exchange of many billions sterling in
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  • 470 7 |From Oik Own Correspondent.) Kota Bahru, February 8. Another case of murder is reported in Kota Bahru. the body of a Malay having been found in the ii\er showing unmistakable signs of violence, the throat being hacked about and stabs having been inflicted in the body. With tho
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  • 1184 7 A TOTAL SHORTAGE OF OVER 30,000 TREES. Excess Valuation of $85,000. The shareholders of the Mergui Rubber Estates, Ltd., are now in posaesmon of some curious and interesting information about the property in which they have sunk their cash. The facts are set forth in a circular (dated
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  • 476 7 SINGAPORE Y.M.C.A. New Building Ready for Opening by Sir John Anderson. On the 16th inst., His Excellency the Governor, Sir John Anderson, G. C. M. G., will formally declare open the commodious and compact new home of the Singapore branch of the Y. M. C. A., which has been erected
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  • 278 7 Progress of Negotiations upon the Commercial Treaty. With reference to the tariff negotiations now in progress between Groat Britain and Japan a matter which is referred to in the King's Speech to Parliament, published today it is learned, according to the Telegraph, that the existing Anglo-Japanese Treaty of
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  • 157 7 While on her recent visit to Berlin, Mitdainc Clara Butt had the honour of singing before the German Empress. The circumsUincetwere interesting and unusual. Her Majesty it seems, sent her maid -of -honour, Fraulem von Gersdorf to Madame Butt with a diamond brooch —in the form of the Imperial crown
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  • 78 7 PLAGUE IN CHINA. ONE HUNDRED DEATHS OCCUR DAILY. Frozen River Heaped With Corpses. Rbuter's Telegram. London, February 6. A St. Petersburg message says the deaths •from plague at Kwangchengtse in Manchuria number a hundred daily. Four thousand corpses are still awaiting cremation at Fudziadian.and tho situation in other towns is
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  • 84 7 Peacemakers Received by King George. Reutkk's Tklkoram. London, February 6. The King has received at Buckingham Palace, two German divines who are visiting England in connection with the movement to foster friendly feelings between England and Germany. Der Ostasiatibchb Lloyd Tklkoram. Berlin, February 6. The King of
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  • 36 7 (From a Malacca Correspondent.) Malacca, February 7. Information has been received by Malacca Rubber Plantations, Limited, that the price of fine Para in London yesterday was 6/per lb.. value. The market closed steady.
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  • 251 7 Assistance from the Philharmonic Society. A meeting to inaugurate the poposed new Glee Society attached to St. Andrew's Cathedral, was held in the Victoria Theatre, yesterday evening. Archdeacon Izard presided, and there was a gratifying attendance of parties interested in the scheme. M. K. A. Brown briefly
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  • 166 7 Cornell Professor's Prediction for The United States. There will be no children in the United States under five years of age in tho year 2020, says the New York Tribune, iih qnoted by the Paris edition of the New York Herald. Babies, accordingly, will have disappeared from
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  • 132 7 Banteng (Selangor) Rnbbor Estates, Ltd.— For January, 8,840 lbs., making a total for the first nine months of the Company's year, of 30,002 lbs. The figures for the corresponding •leriods of the previous year were January, 1,806 lbs., first nine months 7.073 lbs. Oula Kaluuapong.— For January,
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  • 572 8 Victory of the Heavy-weight Gunner In Three Rounds. The great hopes entertained of Bombardier Wells received a severe check when, at Olyuipia, Gunner Moir knocked him out in three rounds. That the result is conclusive of Moir's superiority ovii WYIIh, however, few who witnessed the buut will
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  • 376 8 Clever Company's Forthcoming Visit to Singapore. •An fcclliiit evening's entertainment." This was the dictum, say* the West Australian, jf tin' laryi- attendance of amusementn.iU.i-. which witiuKswl the initial perfor■MM <>f Musical Kinueilvs in the King's Theatre-. I'rcuiaiitle. Kniin the introductory ■U in through t» the final fall
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  • 25 8 'I'lii- death is announced of Mr. John MacWlrirter, the artist; also of Lord WinterHtokc {formerly Sir \V. H. Wills, chairman of llic llii|Ktlaf Tolucco Co.)
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  • 519 8 Sequel to a Bellicose Speech at the Guildhall. Mr. Taft has addressed a letter to Mr. Meyer, Secretary for the Navy, ordering that Commander Sims, of the U. S. S. Minnesota, shall be publicly reprimanded for certain sentiments he gave expression to in a speech which
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  • 322 8 Government's Latest Regulation for Eating Houses. An important amendment of the conditions which apply to eating house licences in Hongkong appears in a recent issue of the Gazette of that Colony. By it, a clause has been added to the effect that "No opium smoking shall
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  • 15 8 The Ipoh Ladies' Riflo Club scored 155 in the February competition for the Walker Trophy.
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  • 68 8 Digger Stanley, holder of the 1910 bantam weight championships of England and the World, has been beaten. His opponent was Frank Burns, who has lately come into prominence. The fight lasted only ten rounds. Digger Stanley was born at Norwich in 1893, stands sft. tMins. and fights at Bst. 21bs.
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  • 988 8 Prices Quoted in the Market This Morning. Singapore, February 7, 1011. Mem*. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Share Brokers, issue the following list of quotation*) this morning Norn. Value. Bayers. Sellers. 2/- Allagar 4/6 6/8 2/- Options 1/104 2/6 £1 Anglo-Java 0/- 10/8 1 AngloJohore 11/6 18/0
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    • 76 8 My lord, stand bark, and 1< t the coffin pas* 1 Tt osx ne tbe woida tbe fcuper bad to ssy. He was a well iotcntionrd stupid im. And "Richard tbe Third" (old Spoke tbave'si was the pUy. The hupo bad csunh» a dreadful cold that d»y (Which WocV Great
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    • 38 8 This Is It. The latest wientific prejßEL. paration oi COD LIVER ■MBmSt OIL. D jus all that is olaims&"!%£& «d '<* D( 1 supersedes the old faiihioned emulsions whioh apset tbe stomaab. f-\ OF ALL CHEMISTS. $1.25 AND $2.03
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    • 291 8 E.*o. HOTEL. PENiNG The best and tbe most frequented Hott 1 in tbe Island, aud TRAG HOTEL Tbe only Sanatorium in tbe Straits, ABB TBS BRANCHKI Of RAFFLES HOTEL, Singapore. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors. ***** LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Victoria Theatre, SINGAPORE. Mr. Henry Dallas'* Season Last 4 Nights. THE FOLLIES By arrangement
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    • 322 8 Raffles Hg. Hotel. SPECIAL DINNER On Saturday, February 11. By kind permission of Col. Bayard, D.5.0., and Officers, the band of The Buffs will play during dinner and afterwards on The Lawn. Shares Shares OUR WEEKLY AUCTION. Davies Co., 61, The Arcade, will offer at Auction, ON WEDNEBOAY. FEBRUARY 8.
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    • 172 8 CALL AT Moutrie's FOR PIANO Proven by 38 years' Experience. OVER 1,300 DISTRIBUTED IN ALL PARTS OF CHIN* AND THE STRAITS. m S.MOUTRIE&CO..LD. THB ARCADE. TO LET. First floor rooms at Zetland House (Armnniao Street). Apply on tbe premises. n409 FOR SALE. Rubber tyrfd Gig with hood dark brown, 'quiet
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    • 448 9 At the Agri-horticultural Show held in Singapore in August, 1910, a SPECIAL MEDAL was awarded to ETERNIT ROOFING SLATES AS TBE BEST ROOFING FOR THE TROPICS. (In Terra Cotta or Grey). COOL, ECONOMICAL, AMD DURABLE. Sole Agents: ADAMSON, GILFILLAN Co., Ld. GREEN ISLAND CEMENT GO- LTO. Portland Cement. In Ouka
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    • 440 9 THB Empire KUALA "Hnt^i LUMPUR. c/ l(/OCf F.M.B. A New I Fif t-olsv» Hotel. Fitted with Eleotrio Light and Fans. Five minutes from Railway Station. Overlooking tbe Padang Single and Double Bedrooms, with Private Bathrooms attached. Cuisine under European Supervision. Cold Storage Supplies weekly from Singapore Hotel Porter meets all
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    • 595 9 STEAMER BAHINGB. INDOCHINA STEAM NAY. CO., LTO. t bk rtoamars of this Company maintains a regular direct service between Calcuita, Straits H mkong Bbangb«i aad Japan, taking cargo, on through Bills f Lading for Canton, Rwatow, Amoy, Chefoo, Tientsin, Newohw.n^, YaDgtaze Ports, Formosa, the Philippines, etc etc. StMsun Tons Comman4er
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    • 517 9 STEAMER SAILINGSBURNS PHILP LINE. SINOAPOBE TO JAVA POBTS. POBT DAB A IN, THURSDAY ISLAND, BKISHANE and SYDNEY via TOBBE9 BTBAITB. AJhi taking passengers and cargo wito transhipment for othar VIOTOBIAN, 80' TH AHSTBALIAN and NORTH QUFENSLAND P BTB, BRITISH NKW GUINEA NEW BRITAIN, TA3MANIAN and NEW ZEALAND POKl'd. Smooth Passage.
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    • 374 9 STEAMER SAILINGS* SEANG LINE OF STEAMERS FOR HONGKONG. AMOY AND BWATOW. s.n. SEAN J 888, doe Febrnary 9. FOR PENANG AND RANGOON as. GLBNOGL.E, doe February 20. These steamers hare, excellent aooom modatioa for paswngers, and carry qnaiified turgeots. They bavo Bleotrw Lights hroo«b:al. For freight or pMßftg", apply to
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    • 496 10 INSURANCE. GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO.. LIMITED. Head Office Winchester House, SINGAPORE. Board of Directors 1 O. A. Dbbbjck, Esq., Chairman. A H. Fair, Esq Managing Director. Pant Fowlib, h.b., cm Chief Mod. Officer. M. Elliot, Esq. Rev. N. J. Coutkbi k. fow Noam Pan, Esq. Onq Soon Tbk, Esq.
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    • 281 10 INBURANGE. FEDERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMMNV OF MMUM. Establishes 1883. Insurance in Foroe.over HT.HMM New Business^ 1909, over 9U«MM Net Surplus above liabilities for reserve and all outstanding claims, over $2,076,000 (Straits Currency). Over I3S.N* was set aside as a (special addition to Polioy reserves. J. H. EVANS, Manager, South Eastern
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    • 518 10 BAWKINQ. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUBTRAUA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BT ROYAL CHARTER Paid np Capital in 60,000 Shares of Jt2oeach £1,200,000 Reserve Fond £1,600,000 KeeervoiLiabilitv of Proprietors... 41,200,000 BANKERS. National Bank of Scotland. The London City k Midland Bank, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Accounts are opened and interest allowed at
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    • 476 10 BAWKINQ. THE BZE HAI TON 6 BANKING AND INSURANCE 03. LTD. NO. 57 AND 68, KLING STREET. Established 1907. Capital paid up 11,000,000.00 Reserve liability of proprietors 1,000,000.00 COURT OF DIRECTORS. Tax Tick Joon 6. Sim Kia Jan Nam Km Sbno 7. Tbo Hoo Lai 8. Liao Chia Hbno 8.
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    • 1304 10 SALES BY AUCTION. NOTICE. Important Auotion Sale of VALUABLE TEAK AND Bt'ROPK MADE MAHOGANY AND OAK HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE; AN EXCELLBNT TONED SBMI GRAND PUNO IN FIRST CLASS CONDITION: VALUABLE CARPETS; SUPERIOR COPENHAGEN DINNER. DBS SBRTAND TEA SETS; EXCELLENT CUT CRYSTAL TABLE GLABSWARE AND PLATEDWARB; STEEL ENGRAVINGS, ETO. TWO WELL BRED
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  • 992 11 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. From The Times. Standanlizat ou in motorcar manufacture is lx< ominn widespread, especially in the I'uitcKl State*). In either country however, there is difficulty, except at considerable additional cost, in manufacturers to put into their cars special featnres which individual purchasers
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  • 33 11 The Now York City Im has been allotted at tlio average |>ri<v of KHHMM, says a l»iulon tcli^nun. dated -lainuiry 25. M«wn\ Kuln, Luob and Oas lvn 1 obtained eleven null i< him.
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    • 194 11 WOLSELEY CARS FORMERLY KNOWN A 8 BIDOELEY AUTOCAWB Sole Agents Penang, F.M.S. and Sumatra. CENTRAL SSSS SILENT KNIGHT cc ROVERS Arriving Shortly t 8 Hl'., Singlo cylinder, four seated Can. U Hl'., Two cylinder fire scatsd Can. In Stook JO H.V., 6 cylinder, soTen-seated, BTANDARD," painted Black. 15 HP., 4.oylinder,
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    • 11 11 Wood* Great Peppermint Cure for all internal complaints. Dysentery, Oowghs. Colda,ete.
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    • 331 11 JUST ARRIVED OOOD AND GENUINE ITALIAN BARBERA CLARET (Recommended) ITALIAN VERMOUTH (best brand) OERMAN WHITE VINEGAR MOSCAT OF SYRACUSE ASTI CHAMPAGNE A Delioious and Sparkling Wine OLD OHIANTI WINB, ETC., ETC. Sold at QAGGINO CO. CHARLES T& HEIDSIECKB White Seal Champagne n| Sole Agents Mj^H BEHU, im Adi, U BM
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    • 75 11 4 3)og's Jiead 9 guinness THE stoat yon're used to. GOES EVERYWHERE. In Quarts, Pints and NIPS. sole agents KIM HIM CO., Singapore. DTJ.CoIIis Browne's ThiORIOIMALand ONLY QENUINg. #tIARRH<EA^» h i* F "fT*"' croup, aquk. M s^-cifia in CHOLERA COO€HsIcOL»S^ ASTHMA. BhusriUlfS. I aii-i DYSENTERY. seiralciaVcout. ihll'MATl^ v I I
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    • 461 12 "ELEPHANT" Cement. BEST PORTLAND GUARANTEED PURE. MANUFACTURED IN ENGLAND. SHARPE, ROSS CO., LTD WANTS. TYPIST AND STENOGRAPHER WiNTfD. Want«'d, experienced Typist and Stenographer one capab'o of taking Chit f C cik-hip. M-n-'iant ti-iu, Singapore. Apply R. E. C, c o Strait! Timis. CHINESE CLERKS WANTED. Wanted for a tin mine
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    • 473 12 WANTS. BOARD AKD LOIGING WANTED. Wanted, board and lodging by thn seaside Apply Teaoher R.1., c o Straits Times 4 2b 9-2 CLERK FOR RUBBER ESTATE WANTED. Want* d for Rubber Estate near Singapore. Clerk witb some knowltdge of Estate Bookkeeping. Apply stating previous expe rience and salary required to
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    • 572 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. OFFICE t GOOOWN TO BE LET. Witb immediate entry No. 7. Malacca Street, vpply to GOTHRItt A CO., LTD. n!9BS TO BE LET. Godown, No. 6 Mirbaa Road, and shop Hoobpb No. 22 and ft, Sonth Canal Road. Immediate entry. Apply to Go Boon Quan.
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    • 555 12 ARTICLES FOB BALE. BIRDS OF PARADISE FOR SALE. ■At Messrs. Moraux Co 19/20, Boat Quay. 10 1 a FOR SALE A new motor boat, 40 H.P., length 82' z 8' z s'. Will oarry 20 bags rioe. Apply Gaggino and Co. u8079 FOR BAIE PRVATELY. Fourteen valuable brick, built shopbonses
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    • 626 12 NOTICES. KIAM KIAT A CO. SHIP-CHANDLERS, Govammsnt and Municipal Contractor*. Telephone No. 421. 108 4 109, Market Street. NOTICE. Being about to proceed to India for a short time, I do hereby notify that Seena Tana Ahna Rjona Seena Tana Sithambaram Chitty, of No. 84, Market Street, is anthoriced to
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    • 399 12 THE SINGAPORE o m\ 2 f j JSbmSb 170, ORCHARD ROAD. Boots and Shots mad* to order br EXPERIENCED JAPANESE WORKMEN. IN ANY SHAPE AND STYLE. (ONLY ENGLISH LEATHER USED). Repairs nratly executed. Open from 7.30 am., to 9 p.m., Daily. 24-1 b 28 8 AMERICAN DENTISTRY Is now procurable
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 237 12 Straits 'Isimes. ADVERTISEMENT RATES.—Miscellaneous wants of every description are inverted at tbe prepaid rate of $1 par four lines for one or two insertions. Notices of Births, Marriages, or Deaths, if not exceeding four lines, II each insertion. Foi p.p.o. oards, on page 8, Inch So alb Rates are as
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