Eastern Daily Mail and Straits Morning Advertiser, 13 December 1906

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  • 19 1 Eastern Daily Mail AND STRAITS MORNING ADVERTISER. No. 387 VOL. n. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1906. PRICE 5 CENTS
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  • 827 1 SANTOS-DUMONT BAFFLED BY CROWD. EXCITING INCIDENTS. SPECTATORS' NARROW' ESCAPE FROM INJURY. (From Daily Chronicle. Paris, 13th November. M. Santos-Diwnont, who is intent on winning the Deutsch-Archdeacon prize, made several ascents to-day with his recently constructed aeroplane. Tinprize is offered to the aeronaut who' conducting a machine heavier than
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  • 19 1 Thi lirst .shipment ot Jordan prater to America, consisting of 30,000 kilogrammes, was sent to New York last month.
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  • 832 1 Phere need bo no feai ofwai with I ipan. Japan is an exhau ited < Mintry. The war with Russia, which she look cd on as one vital to her national exis tencc, left her with a load of debt under which to meet the obligations of
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  • 85 1 1 lie K.ist Asiatic Company, which is both a trainer and a trading concern, is ten Ttftn old, and h.i^ already tin e times mere «M-d its oint.il. winch at present amounti to io,ooo oookr. (.£556,000), which will now be swelled by a ffeth i-^uc ofaharea
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 316 1 i Ammmi Mil" 1 RG MIKTION OF GIF T BOOKS FO R BOYS A GIRLS I LITTLE'S JOHN .UHTIiE Co. LIMITED C UNRf^ALLED DISPLAY of CHILDREN'S TOYS R GANIZERS OF CHILDREN'S TREATS AND CHRISTMAS WILL FIND IT TO THEIR ADVANTAGE TO 1 I NICATE WITH IS. A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION MADE
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    • 271 1 Howarth _Ersklne™ Ep^ipeers apd Contractors. I ELECTRICAL KiSTALLATIONS. Telephone 28. Telegrams ERSK.XNE." HI SWISS MADE /^^§^X SWISS MADE vj^ Z V <??i l i l^?Ss? EB stamford Road SINGAPORE. |J IMPLEMENTS. > TELEPHOUC I jF WbiteawaprSiaiau) 6i Co. BEfIUTIFUhUY DRESSED DOhhS. j JS J*~, A tiuc large doll with tV'V-T
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    • 15 1 JOHN LITTLE 4 Co., Ltd X'MAS CARDS FOR HOME POSTAGE. AN UNRIVALLED SELECTION AT LITTLES
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  • 41 2 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE. DEATH. The remains of Mrs. Bartholomeus wife of Mr. J. S. Barthoiomeus, Surveyor, P. \V. Dept, will be removed for interment this evening at 5 p.m., Bukit Timah Road Cemetery. Friends please accept this, the only intimation (No Cards.)
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  • 1028 2 The Eastern Daily Mail. THURSDAY, 13th DECEMBER. THE "LONG FIRM HOW DOES IT WORK PRICE 5 CENTS. In a police court report in yesterday's issue we gave, under the heading Long Firm," some particulars of a case dealing with the clever disappearance of a number of slabs oi tin. A
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  • 95 2 Change in the Proprietorship of the Eastern Daily Mail." V draw tkt attention >f uii > tive Xotuts appearing mkrthyts re the change M tlie Proprietorship of the Eastern Daily MaiF" the StngaJan<\ Mittran," and the Caxton Printing IVorks. Tm Governor. Sir John Anderson. K. C. If. G.. received Mr.
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  • 141 2 A question of great importance to motorists and the public was decided in a divisional court of King's Bench. The police sought to obtain the conviction of a Mr Little for ob-;- em in the execution of their duty, because he stood in the road warning motordrivers against a police
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  • 347 2 THE -LEES' AND THE "GOHS A FAIR HELEN. THE CAUSE. On Tuesday, about noon, Detective Inspector Hart received information to the effect that there wa> likely I be a rumpus between the"S< "Goh." A strong force ofPolkc kept in readiness to meet the :n when
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  • 69 2 SINGAPORE INDIAN CHRISTIAN ASSOCN. *LE< rUREoi r 'H. br>, wciatio,,, AnoyMidkair h. thrilling B which were hU e incidents, plained to get into the u at r n with a they -neso?^ alter preparing t« vl ment in very choice lim 10 sec, not a: turer lecture very home s
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  • 12 2 HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT. 3 Lxcc I H I
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  • 22 2 held u I g be the g no S the the Ft pre- lent* index The Tribune
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  • 13 2 D'D. I S 4. 1. D I It will be 1
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    • 235 2 FRESH GRAPES. no cents per Ib. OK/ PACKED IN 5 Ib. WOOD BOXES FOR POSTING TO F. M. S. and ELSEWHERE. «o no PER BOX >uu POSIAGE FREE $2.50 Outporl friends arc requested to send remittance with order. ifno« in 1 posit Account' It you have not b.ul our Special
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    • 294 2 |N ORDER INTRODUCE Jtt^f^^^f WDiskp. IT WILL BE SOLD AT HALF PRICE, I. e. jmm p* the case of 12 bottles quarts, d excluding duty, or 85 cts the W quart bottle, duty included. RECORD No. 1177. OLD TAYLOR SCOTCH WHISKY. From the results of our analysis we art able
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    • 26 2 NOTICE. Mr. S. M. Martin ceased to be a member of our firms from the 27th November 1906. HAMILTON Co., 9 Raffles Place. Dec. 12th '06.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 37 2 eCMING EVENTS. T© day. ntb Dec. High Water. 7-56 am. 8-5o p.m. B. I. homeward mail closes. 3 Team for Burma leaves. S. V. C. Fencing class. 5-30. Friday 14th Dec High Water. 8.40 a.m. 9.49 p.m.
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  • 38 3 SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES IN REICHSTAG. wires (By submarine |1A M.\KAI.ANI> RAILWAY London, Dec. i 2. n „,c ommittee of the Keich:l,c .supplementary a lf a million sterling for \'Uc est matei ii eluded Auction of the railway much ernment
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  • 62 3 r paP a REPRESENTATIVE ft 1 VA ARRESTED. rAMCJ 1.1 YOND phi Frontier. London, Dec. 12. Monsignor MouUgini 4 'Supai representative in Paris, was I After the search he was d and conveyed across the I 'the afternoon the Council of Minis»J ledo 1 the
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  • 51 3 HOLM OF OMMONS CROWDED. Endless Debate. London, December 12. ■■use of Commons vras crowdght umerous peers in the •ne Birrell, Minister for plained that the govern--:had resolved to return the amendthe Lord> not because they )ad but because they would ghty divisions with an rolongation and complication
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  • 42 3 lECTION OF LORD'S AMENDMENTS EN BLOC Its Supposed Object. London, Dec. 12. ition which Sir Henry moves rejecting »f the Lords en bloc is :al that this unusual procedure is whole of the responsibility t if Lords
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  • 46 3 N I DESTRUCTIVE ro free cri ncisM. London, December 1:. declared that t u c action ivcrnment will ccp^titute a will prove absolutely e freedom of criticism. 4 rather see the Bill perish :>tcd in the in which it ted by the government.
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  • 53 3 ntR GOVERNMEN I \ND LIBERAL PARTY. London, Dec. i 2. Redmond -tated that if the Bill ng to the government make concessions it would the most serious matter for the id the Liberal Party. LIMITS OF CONCESSIONS REACHED. Ir. Pcrk> warned the government ruisoj ha<l reached limits
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  • 48 3 r HE PLURAL VOTING HILL AN ANOMALY London, Dec. 12. ot Lords Viscount St. vcwvi; and Lord Landsdown declared perfectly ready to promote thr cirrtoral reform but they '-upon tlif Plural Voting Bill as 1 character and ami anomaly other tnns! goring inequalities maintained.
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  • 63 3 UNCILIATORY TONE OF SI HES ■in 1 m Archbishop of CAhti usury. London, Dec. 1 2. 1 mpbcll-Bannerman's •a! with the amendments Woe was adopted by nmons by v 7 to 89. ciHa, s T**ches was coniflan, i 1. llci "v(ampbell-Bnnner-squithbelieWthattheM p ability of
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  • 71 3 Cincinnati. Nov. 12. 1 "Wor and Gamble, the manufacturers, of this city, 3 of Ivory Soap, who hrs Sieved to be in the *'U not em now nno u«* that they the combine, and are pre- Great Britain with cheap 1 raises it. prices. The E a
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  • 550 3 SAM NEWMAN CHALLENGED No ONE BARRED. s.zed glove, allowable under Q^een* rU i es for a P urse °f *jooo Ol this sum of money Jiooo la Who is Keogh Keogh is an Irishman, born in Dublin ••tie year of ,878; he began boxing in '^>93. and
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  • 207 3 I hi rk would seem to be a facination in Scotch dances for American girls. During the late shooting season at Glenquoich, 'the* beautiful house in the Highlands, 'leased by Mr. Henry Phipps, of the famous American Steel Trust, reels, flings, and strathspeys were the
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  • 30 3 1 have vet to meet the man who •'choose- 1 a wife. A man frequently drift* into an engagement without havI|C for a moment contemplated marriage- Mrs. Neish, in" M.A.fV'
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  • 435 3 REGULAR WEEKLY SESSION OF BANKRUPTCY COURT YESTERDAY. every Wednesday before Mr. Justice Hshcr. Yesterday there were seven bankrupts' names on the list. An application for a summons under Section 2 6 to call the President of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce to give evdence in re Tay Cheng
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  • 315 3 THE APPE LLATE COURT. APPEAL DISMISSED IN SLANDER CASE. When the Appellate Court convened yesterday, the case of Navena Kanusamy Pillay versus Payna Cheena Lana Ahna Annamalay Chetty was called. Mr. Charles Emerson appeared for the plaintiff, who was the appellant, and Mr. Rudra for the respondent. Setting forth the
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  • 85 3 On Sunday last a Chinaman brought a snake from Kota Tinggi He had it in a basket and brought it ashore at Beach Road Stairs. The übiquitous chinting was there and pounced on the basket. When he got the cover off, out crept the serpent but he
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  • 70 3 A few days ago, a Chinese woman fell into the sea in the harbour, while ascending the ship's ladder. Her boatman was waiting and pluckily went in after her and succeeded in rescuing her In the water she lost a watch and a ring. She had a ring left
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  • 24 3 The Frenchwoman is perhaps, the best house-wife in the world— the most devoted mother, the most thrifty wife, the most economically-minded woman living.- Observer
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  • 855 3 KNUCKLE-DUSTLR USED Defendant Fined. Yesterday, H. A. Rahman, a Javanese, was charged before Mr. Green with assaulting Mr. Lee Peck Moon on the night of the ist instant. Mr. Montagu Harris appeared for the complainant Mr. Farrer-Baynes, for the defendant. Mr. Lee Peck Hoon said
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  • 39 3 During the early hours of the 10th, instant, the house tenanted by Goh Tiam in Teluk Blanga Road was entered by burglars and a pillow box containing a couple of gold rings and $10 in coppers taken away.
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  • 86 3 Our Chinese contemporary, the Union Times," has the following.— In Foochow, hundreds of the so-called unfortunate class (women) have voluntarily offered to subscribe $5 each towards paying off Foreign loans. In Swatow, where sugar is one of the principal products, the industry is falling off owing to the
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    • 361 3 WANTED. Typist and Shorthand writer. Must have jjood local knowledge. Chinese preferred. APPLY AT ONCE. Lloyds Greater Britain Publishing Co., Ltd., Raffles Hotel Buildings. Brass Bassa Road U.C. TO-NIGHT OPEN INDRA JAVA Grand Success Grand Success Wednesday, 12th Dec. WILL STAGE AT THE ALEXANDRA HALL Ginuflfal). The Company has ENGAGED
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    • 426 3 t* H. S. KIRWAIMS TANK ROAD LIVERY, RACING COMMISSION STABLES (OPPOSITE RAILWAY STATION) A new building specially built for stables, absolutely sanitary and up-to-date Accommodation for Horses and Carriges by "day, week, or month at Popular Prices KXTRA large loose boxes for Race Horses; also a suitably eOjrffMd and weH
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  • 870 4 COWARDLY ROlilil UN Yesterday K< k A Joo wa- arraigned before Messrs Alulu fi and Em by In ■pector FVayne, on the aUegatkM ol having on the instant robbed one To*- A I ong of four gold rings in Nas-mi Road. Poo A long, an old man, a
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  • 43 4 I)r. Lim Boon Kcng has given '"•lice that al thc Ordinary Meeting to be \icUl to-day he will move I hat the Comnissionerp provide a Cemetery lor Chinese withoutßdel in the alternative, is»,uc Keences mr private Cemeteries subject to Municipal control
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  • 24 4 lni transport "McQeOan" from Manila will tOOfl nnvc hcic 1,, H placed in dry dock and l>c refitted with Ctitin ly im i \\i
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  • 779 4 rELEGRAM OF CONGRATULATION FROM BRITISH ADMIRALTY. Kobt Herald 16th Noveml>er Lord I 'weedmouth, First Lord of the British Admiralty, has sent a telegram to the follow ing effect to Admiral Saito, the Japanese Naval Minister, through Commander Dormer, the Naval Attache to the British Embassy
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  • 203 4 According to ewwttaess, the 10btuv at Rußoff Station on the Vienna Ka.wav was perpetrated by band ol rom 60 to 80 terrorists wlu> were hWden in the neighbouring forests When the train stopped the robbers' who were armed with Mauser rifles! appeared on all side, promptly ear' rying out orders
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    • 161 4 >s£«., A 6WWAV I /ir Hotci. < $-5. fit i" < NOTICE T EBTABUBHEO 7 ~^X^~ N 1903. THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM JSlifiAYjANAjm^» PUBLISHED EVE^Tmo^lS^ leu-fyliom No ma, I 1«E ONLY TAMIL NEWSPAPER IN rHE EAS! (PRINTI ™«L CHARACTERS) ,T IS W, DELY rHECT '^TSSETTLE», E NTS,JOHORE rHE^ MALAY STATES.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 552 4 SHIPPING NEWS. VESSELS EXPECTED. i\iutn\ l\nt, I'rohablc dale <>J Amwl, and Agtttft Steamers Austria, Triotc, Jan. iaj Rautcnberg Airlie, Sydney, Dec 14 Boustead Awa Maru, London, P. Simons Alcinous, Liverpool Dec 2h Mansfield Andalusia. Hongkong, Jan <> Behn Meyer Australien, olombo, Jan >8 M. Maritimes Ayuthia. Bombay, Dec Borneo Coy
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    • 792 4 lH^n>— i^^. n5W^ K Meyer?' Hon Bkong, Dec. .9; Behn Sumatra japan, Dec .9 P. O. S u ie lomb L>ec. 17: M. Maritimes Hamburg, Jan. 6; B. Meyer Satsuma. New JSrk, Jan.-; Paterson Simons. Saxonia, Hamburg, J an 12 ;B. Meyer beydhtz Hamburg, Dec 14; B. Meyer Hamburg, Dec
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    • 796 4 Sxngora, Ger. str. 1,123 tons, Capt Schmidt, Sth Dec From Bangkak, 3rd Dec. G.c, and 9 d.p. Behn Meyer 6c Co. For Bangkok. U.— Rds. Sithoma. -Ger. [str. str. 4,239 tons, Capt. Brehmer, 9 th Dec. From Hong Kong, 4 th Dec G.c, and 9 d.p. Behn Meyer Co. For
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  • 340 5 sR !VER IRAGEDY AND 1 SAVES I'IKKK BOYS. [NCIDENI adventurous. daring, one fe?ls it ani a tour and about an incident which ening on he ol the Thames. It b} eight boys ol a "Charley 1 d, Hammer the towing back j is pirate crew, Local Govern|ohn
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  • 38 5 publishes the >le showing the hips, exclusive ot .nd Mibma- i built in i WUcrt launch, built. Yokosuka, >nohama. Yokosuka. M .> < Miohama. n Ishikawajima Yokosuka M Y< >kosuka. Yokosuka. Kure. Yokosuka. Kurc. Yoko-uka. K Yokosuka.
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  • 338 5 -JUGGERNAUT CARS SLOW I Y KILLING PEOPLE" ft* noise fiend of the amiuniJt was the subject of a disc™ o T a against the mSJ^SmJSi which •pedal condemnation who presided, complained thai the aeanng with the (juestion. He described motor omnibuses as "awful m-lunes/' and him.df a
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  • 526 5 IU'DPHISM vs. THEOSOPm Col. Olcott Statements Challenged. Kanp\. November 22nd, 3-52 p.m. At a meeting consisting of large number of Buddhist priests and laymen, .■trembled at the Dafada Maligawa and by ihe High Priest of the Mai watte Yilnra, supported by Hig
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  • 526 5 AMONG ROMAN RUINS AND PETRIFIED FORESTS, Rcutcr s Agency has received letters trom Mr. Hans Vischcr, British Resident at Kuka, Lake Chad, who is now unqcrtaking a dangerous journey through the forbidden hinterland of 1 "Poll across the Great Sahara to Lake Chad. When last heard from,
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  • 61 5 A young lady who had no knowledge of nautical phrases -aid to a triend, "Do you know, I ofen wonder why a ship has to weigh it- anchor every time it leaves port." The answer of her friend was not illuminating. Well-er-the weight is constantly changing, you know,
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  • 189 5 The following letter appears in the Daily Mail (Over-seas Edition) of Nov. "7 Io the Editor. Sir, -As a coustanl reader of the Daily Mail, both at home ami abroad, I often notice paragraphs about badlypaid clergy. I am in want of a man to take up
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  • 178 5 Describing the disorderly conduct" of a labourer, a constable told a magis trate that the man acted like the wild beast of the forest." Magistrate: "Have you ever seen a wild beast ol the iorest "I've seen a wild beast." But of the forest No reply.
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  • 685 5 Capital. Subsc bed Tf'^ £g[j*»*[ Reserv, Quota,,.™ lJ *.75.000 $.40,000 I'Mbo'iSLd l>ersawa„G. M. <■„..!,„. ers 4,000 $10 $10 [Deferred) ooAaellen 1900 £400.000 £350,000 350,000 I 1 Duff Development Co ltd •<>'..' %nn I 20,000 $lo $10 KadanaG. M.Co.. Ltd. 200 sellers 1901 $300,000 $293,000 "0,000 $10 $10
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  • Commerical.
    • 149 5 Gambier buyers 6.82 i 1 *f 1 ik.* do Pontianak 9- 95 Pepper, Black (ordinary Singapore) 18.00 do White, Fair L. \V. 5 per cent. M 24.50 Sago Sarawak Flour 3.00 do Brunei No. 1 2.924 Pearl Sago, small 5.40" Coffee, Bali 16] percent. buyers pei cent. 19.00 Coffee
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    • 117 5 On London.- Hank j m I /|6 Demand *>. 6mi Private 3ms On Germany. Bank dd Private 3 ni do 6tn On Irani. Bank d d i> -.93 I nvate 3 m H t d<> 6ms t l'\ On [now.— Bank T. 1. Private 30 di I O/i Hongkong.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 305 5 NOTICE. WEEKLY SAILINGS. THE S. S. PONTIANAK C.UMAIN Casky,) sails from this Port every Monday at 2 p.m. far Quantan, Pahang. Good accommodation for passengers, special rates for cargo. Apply to Tho BORNEO Co., Ltd. HOUSE OF LORDS (CORONET BRAND) THE WHISKY Of DISTINCTION fe^. m Ti^B 1 uuia icY
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  • 959 6 FA i HER Bl KN iK xx GHAN'S RE< I RMONS lust at;. i ourse of s< Bernard V.. S i< ly," K< |i glish i s> fie thoug that* from mar a an< Hut th< perns som si 6c v IKclearly as poss -I mean
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  • 249 6 MRS. RUSSELL SAGE VO DISPERSE HER FORTUNE. lo Lmdividuals Only. New York, i- November. An interview it printed here to-day with Mrs. Russell Soge, the widow ol the well-known financier, who died eai Ij in the year, »a to the disposition -lie intend- to make of tue multimillionaire's
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    • 595 6 BANKS. Hongkong Shanyliai Banking Corporation. PAID-UP CAl'lTAl *i0.000.00u KKSHKVK lIND Mrrling Reserve HftOCXXOOO I Silverßescrve *10.'i50.000 1 u^ so 0 Reserve Liabi ty "i Proprietoni SlO.ooo.uOu Court of Directors. I [aupt, Etq Chairman. Hon. v W. Dkkson— Dcputy-Chainnan. K. Goetz, Kst). H. E. Tomkins Ksq. C. R. Lenzraann, D. M.
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    • 309 6 NOTICES, G. A. Fernandez Co. No. 6 Umttda Street. LICENSED AUCTIONEERS, SURVEYORS, ARCHITECTS, APPRAISERS, AND HOUSE AGENTS. Charges and Commission will be found moderate. f-8 06. u.c. DOIIS COPS DOIIS Just Unpacked See our enormous variety <>f, Dolls and merhnnical toys. Ihe Dolls arc sleeping and making beauties, different nationalities,
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    • 353 6 Dr. S. IWATSUBO, Dental Surgeon. No. 1 Raffles Place. Hours oj consultation »9 a.m. to 12 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Or by appointment.) 3/8/06. to ,/a/o 7 Fop Sale. Ihis i> the time to get ready tor Christmas. Why wait till the last hour when you now have time
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    • 412 6 E. P. r ADLETS. FOB SAU NTE| Mil WANTED. WANTED. Three Motor Wagon Driv* Apply personally to PHRASER NEAVE Ltd. Aerated Water Department, Anaon Road. WANTED. A smart Chinese or Eurasian typist for Engineering Establishment. Salary $40 to S5O per month according to ablity, Apply to R. c/o E. I).
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    • 123 6 MlBck^nST> Spec 'alHoliH 0. n,fice, J CH RETURN T,C KETS n The P. nouno arm.. »mm m 1 st March, f( Mr- T. KUDe CHARGES M ODERATE No. NOTICE TO ADVERTISf»r We shall be math obliged to our adv£ if, when any chanef required in their ad vertisements that suck
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