Eastern Daily Mail and Straits Morning Advertiser, 10 February 1906

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  • 19 1 Eastern Daily Mail AND STRAITS MORNING ADVERTISER. No. 131. VOL. 11. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1906. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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  • 75 1 (Keuter's Agency wires. Hy submarine telegraph.) POWERS DECIDE TO DETAIN TROOPS. Will Await Developments London, Feb. 9, 12.45 P- m Reuter's correspondent, wiring from Pekin, states that m view ol the trend of events m China the Powers have reconsidered their assent to the Kaiser's proposal
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  • 95 1 A PESSIMISTIC OUTLOOK FOR THE PRESENT. But New Mills May Prosper. London, Feb. 9, ia-45 P m Mr. Nuttall, presiding over tlie an nu .1 assembly of thc members of the Manchester C lamber of Commence, adopted a most pessimistic attitude towards the prospects of the cotton
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  • 71 1 RECEIVES NATIVE CHIEFS IN AUDIENCE. London, Feb. 9, 10.55 a.m. The Duke of Connaught received m audience at Pretoria four hundred native chiefs and followers, who swore loyalty and devotion to the Government recalling the benefits which they had derived from their "mother," Queen Victoria. H. R.
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  • 62 1 APPOINTMENTS IN THE CABINET. London, Feb. a, 12.45 P in A Cabinet has been formed m Italy under the premiership of Signor Sonnino, who isal*o Minister of the Interior. Count Guicciardina has been appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs. Signor Luzzyati is to be President of the Treasury, while
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  • 48 1 A HUNDRED PERSONS KILLED. London, Feb. 9, 12.45 P m The railway strike at Antofagasta has reached a crisis a hundred persons have been killed. The Government has hurriedly despatched warships and troops. [Antofagast.i is a port and capital of a province m North Chile.)
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  • 26 1 FRENCH PROTEST AGAINST ANY YIELDING. London, Feb. 9, 10.55 am The French are loudly protesting against any yielding concerning the policing of Morocco.
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  • 30 1 HONOUR TO GREAT LIBERAL LANDOWNER. London, Feb. 9, 12.45 p.m. The great Lanarkshire landowner, Sir Edward Colebrooke, a prominent Liberal, lias been raised to the peerage.
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  • 26 1 London, Feb. 9, 1055 p.m. Mr. John Burns, President of the Local Government Board, bad an hour's audience with King Edward yesterday.
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  • 25 1 London, Feb. 9, 12-45 p m. In the University of Edinburgh election the Unionist Candidate, Sir J. B. Tuke, M.n., was returned.
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  • 145 1 WOMEN IMPRISONED IN A GOLDEN CAGE. People living m the Rue das Bcoks were startled one day early m January by hearing loud cries proceeding Irom a house, where a young Moroccan, nam- d Mohamcd ben Ferna. dwelt with Infour wives. A number of |>cople broke
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  • 776 1 THE BRITISH PRESS AND THE WAKING OF (HINA. Peeps into the Future Ezckiel m his vision saw a valley full of bones, and they were very dry. He may he forgiven for the scepti< mv" of his answer to the question: "< an these bones live?"
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  • 146 1 THE YEAR'S BUSINESS IN AMERICA THE GREATEST LMT HISTORY. According to the annual report <>i til American Cornmishioner of Patent*, tli receipts for the fiscal -car ended Juti 3ola-t were §1,737,344, and the expel ditures 81,471,467, tlu- sui-plui bcio turned into the treasury. Tin bus ness nt
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1016 1 BUCHANAN'S 'BLACK A WHITE" Hot* TOP PLCE i" *s HIGHEST CLASS OF Scotch OlMskies 12 YEARS OLD D I" H. \l. THK KIHG urn ro H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WLES. Jeffrey's Edinburgh Stout. mmmm^ mmmm^*mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmwmmmmm^^m^^^^^^—^^^—^^.^^^^.^^^^^^—^—^_ $14.00 Per Case of 7 doz. pints. Of all Dealers. a& SCOTT'S i /^EMULSION _#t)^aWRS
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    • 16 1 TANSAN, Pure, Cri tp, Invigorating, A NATURAL MINERAL WATER OF THE HIGHFS 1 CLASS. Sold Everywhere
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  • 696 2 The Eastern Daily Mail. PRICE 5 CENTS. SATURDAY, loth FEBRUARY. SAD SINGAPORE. The French are quite right when they say we take our pleasures sadly. I'he bad habit probably sprang from that sombre period when the Puritan clothed Apollo m pyjamas and tore the pages of verse from the family
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  • 319 2 There have not been wanting signs of late that a new spirit is gradually coming over the inhabitants of the Chinese Empire, says the -'Globe." It is true that there is as yet no national consciousness as it understood m Europe and m Japan: beyond the limits of
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  • 268 2 At the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners yesterday it was first of all stated that the cost of the decorations and etceteras erected m Singapore m the honour of the visit of Prince Arthur of Connaught cost $5000, but it subsequently transpired that that double
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  • 74 2 Thk further hearing of the Selitar murder case comes off to-day. Mr. Anderson, of the P. W D F M S., who has recently gone to Krian Irom laip.ng, is shortly leaving for Seremban to relieve Mr. Wallich, wl*> »s going home on leave. The Teutonia Club arc expecting to
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  • 743 2 COST OF ROYAL VISIT. Singapore* Water Supply A meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held yesterday afternoon when Mr. Polglase presided, the other Commissioners present being Messrs. Bailey, Coghlan, Watkins, Keng Lee, Benjafield, Pierce, Mac Bean and Mc Arthur. Thk Connaught Visit. The Chairman, m the course
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  • 63 2 Eleven Chanamen were brought up yesterday far playing m a common gaming house m No. 21 Tringannu btreet at 3.30 p. m. on the Bth instant. Nos. 1 and 2 were fined Sis or *o da y s R-1-. No. 3 S5O or two months, and No. v
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  • 40 2 Ch^^ g C j: ilckers wi^out a pass m w^ fi J ck K m and tw of his friends were fined 50 cents each. Three others iorthe same offence were fined Si, 2 and |j respectively.
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  • 62 2 Wk h ive received the following cryptic communication addressed to tne Editor of the Eastern Daily Mail of^o6can£°£ h^:a eSP £rU NeWB,J r r all the Important news anStl.^ 1 read,n tioned therein nf «?i? i 1 te,e K ram men iv *vi Colonial. Is this a joke, or thc
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  • 10 2 NOTES AND NOTIONS FROM FAR AND NEAR
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  • 56 2 Under the present regime of fashion there is an idea abroad that no eon*ee can be smart whose hat is not worn some few feet off the temples, and whose lur, do not open at the neck and expose the chest, protected only by a transn.r*... blouse,
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  • 67 2 Lord Roaeberya "emphatic and explicit" statement that he could not serve under the banner of Home Rule cannot toil to have some imp. results. Lord Roscbery is the pre dent of the Liberal League, fhaj organisation still exists, with |< offices and a real live se ctary. If
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  • 70 2 The British workman himself, speaking generally, is very largely responsible for a diminution of employment, and may reasonably be called upon to endeavour to correct some of the mis. chief which he has done. As tor thc wastrels, the men who want without work, the only plan ol
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  • 88 2 Never has so much money been applied to the propagation of any game m one year as there has been applied to golf m the yt:ar which is now drawing to a close. Twenty thousand pounds spent by thc Tooting Bee Club, /.'i 2,00 c by the
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  • 57 2 The new treaty makes it clear that China regards Japan just as she dm other foreign nations, and shows no favouritism towards her. Thus the Yellow Peril bogey, as the result ol the war, and the unity of the two Empires of the East completely
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  • 70 2 Good News for Mal ay a. Far and away thc best news tve've had m Malaya for ages was the brief wire we got from Singapore stating that Government has fixed the Dollar at t*. 4d. A mon ceptablc New Year's present to tin COflh munitiesof British Malaya could notwril
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  • 79 2 For centuries the British Military Officer has been most scandalously underpaid. No one can accuse him of selling his life for gold. He runs tinrisk of being shot for pay which it fin quentlv (m thc case of a subaltern) sufficient to pay his mess bill with
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  • 76 2 Young men accustom :<l, m the days before cycling, to loaf about the precincts of the public houses, or spend the leisure m billiard rooms and bars, now join the girls for a run m the country under the very best condition^ All this is already making
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  • 238 2 TWO MEN ASPHYXIATED. Brave Rescuer Succumbs. Yesterday afternoon a ten iblc calamity took place on the loundation bor ings for the railway on the station >idi of River Valley Road. These borings are between 80 and 100 feet deep. A steam pump ii employed to keep
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 514 2 «NOTicE t "EMPIRE T"y.F_HI"V7 I^ITE_R S. x f n PRICES ARE REDUCED. To the following: Foolscap Model (takes paper m 9. wide) IO h,suranccPoiicv 'A* insuranceroiicy 18 M ti Si5SThis Machine is used m the Government Offices throughout the Straits Settlements. 550 "Empire Typewriters have been supplied to the Home
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    • 340 2 Singapore. Sastern Oriental TCotel, PENANG. CIR,_A.C3- HOTEL, PENANG HILLS. Sapkies Brothers, Proprietors. *_«-~-u_s_i_w_w-w_w_«_s_w-s_w_a_*_*_*_WM_w_« aamwmamam I h7 thompsonT Dental Surgeon, 1 6, Stamford Road, (First Floor) Whiteaway Laidlaw f s Biiildim/s, Hours from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sl 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. COGHLAN CO. Licensed Auctioneers HOUSE A ESTATE
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    • 94 2 1 Valuable Opportunity for Planters For Sale Coffee and Gambier Plantation adjoining the town of Sambas. Soil suitable; for Rubber, etc. Also Motor boat Benzine, double Daimler 41x9 feet, 10 H.P. Built m 1902. First Class Condition. Apply HERMANM KUNG, c/o E. D. M. or J. TICHELMAN SAMBAS Dutch West
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 108 2 CHURCH NOTICES. 6 ANDREW'S OATHEDRAL. Matins and Litany Holy Comni imon (Choral). '5 J Children's Service 4 P Evensong and Sermon > i° I" 11 S. MATTHEW'S, SEPOY LINES Holy Communion (Plain) *Ms** B Foo Chow Service IMS Si* Cnildren's Service 4- P-" 1 Evensong and Sermon 5.15 P 1
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  • 854 3 1T y CR OUS BILLS CONSIDERID l>lhK YESTERDAY. impositions for Indolent brr routine tt! A 51-cted al tli« meeting of tlie M V rC.>»>'H*'l yesterday but there U** s eche* of special note Of *ere busines* before the Council r Jmi.-tration of the oath ti) M J. R.
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  • 1410 3 AN ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION. Ceylon* Welcome. Though there was no official demon- I stratum on the occasion of the landing 1 of H. R. H. Prince Arthur of Connaught, nt Colombo, ow ing to theuncert■lory ot the time of the arrival of the s^. Mongolia," thc reception
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  • 534 3 A SHORT FORMAL MEETING. The half-yearly ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, Ltd. was held m ;the Exchange yesterday, Mr. W. H. Shelford, m the absence of Mr. ,\V. P. Waddel, was asked to take the Chair. Among those
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  • 206 3 The P. O. Intermediate steamer "Java left Penang at noon yesterday I and is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. 1 on Sunday, the 1 ith instant. Unusual activity prevailed m the vicinity of the Esplanade last night, the occasion being the appointed day 1 on which nonias are
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  • 452 3 MESSRS. HOWARTH ERSKINE'S LATEST TRIUMPH. By special request an E. I). M representative went on a trial run of the tug boat "Martha," constructed and recently completed by Messrs Howarth Erskine Co under the survey of the Government Marine Surveyor for the Federated Malay States Railways.
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  • 411 3 The following are the most recent efforts m this competition. Was it an Earthquake or a Burglar Last night the watchman at the Govt. Treasury Safe heard a noice proceed from inside. He at once called the guard who surrounded the building and kept a strong cordon there
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  • 139 3 Mr. F. J. Hallifax has been appointed acting Collector of Land Revenue and Registrar of Deeds, Penang. The Resident Councillor of Penang is soliciting the aid of the public there towards a fund for the reliefof sufferers by the present famine m Japan. We learn that Mr. J. H. Garrat,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 258 3 ROBINSON and Co. Sewing Machines NEW FAMILY VIBRATING SHUTTLE HAND MACHINE will sew from the finest Muslin to the i Stoutest Cloth. Made of Best Materials, light running und Noiseless and is confidently recommended as the BEST FAMILY SEWING MACHINE EVER MNUFAC'URED New Models 1906 Treadle Machines j Vibrating Shuttle
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 856 3 TRADINC JfESSELS. Amherst Brit 135 Scott, Feb 8 Pontianak Wee Bin, for Pontianak 11. Acme, Am 2987 Kay, Dec 5 Manila, Stand. Oil Co., des. Uncertain. Band j Dut 1689 Lee, Feb 3 Sourabaya, Daendels, for Sourabaya. Boribat, Siam 352 Raun, Feb 5 Bangkok East Asiatic Co, for Bangkok 14
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 287 4 aCpm 1 J__k ____-|_l m^_f m m^*' H m~*\ THAT IS FRASER NEAVE'S AERATED WATERS POWELL CO, SINGAPORE. 1 IsTABUSHED 4; Vi Ak>) REAL ESTATE AUCTIONEERS A N I> VALUERS. MOBTCACI ABBAMGI l> VALUATIONS MAIM RENTS COLLECTED. ARTHUR ALLISONS PIANOS ROSENKKAKZ I'M NOS POWELL COS Auction and House-Pro-pertj Circular is
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    • 695 4 BANKS. Hon^Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation. PAID-UP CAI'ITAL $10,000,000 KKSKKVK FUND Sterling Keserve $10,000,000 I #Ifi Silver Reserve 8,60U,000 1 8-«Wo.<>oo K.servi liability «>l Proprietors $10,000,000 CJourt of Directors. H. A. VV. Slaile, Ks(j Chairman. A. Haupt, Ksq Deputy-Chairman. Hon. C. *v\ bicksoii, A. J. Kaymond, Lsq. K. Cioct/, i.scj. F.
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    • 431 4 a 1^ UNSURPASSED j 50LD ALL OVER THE I participated m! GOOD (r^S-^^ffl^r^^^^l DAWSON'S OLD > P^llilTTO \^^\kS?^TTT^ Ist. Excellence of Quality. \J I 111 I *sZ^a v^>tr*^osrV\TT7/7'^C^S a *^7 2nd.- Purity m Manufacture. Perfection per bottle $1.15 per case $12.00 duty paid Special 1.35 15.00 C Extra special,, 2.00
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    • 144 4 SHIPPING NOTICES. Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes de Franoe. Telegraphic Address Messagerie Singapore. The mail steamers will leave Singapore on or about the undermentioned dates Outward. Homeward. Tourane 1 2 Feb. Caledonien 1 2 Feb. Tonkin 26 Feb. Salazie 26th Feb. Armand Behic Oceanien 12th Mar. 12th Mar. Tourane 26th Mar.
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    • 112 4 THE SAN FRANCISCO OVERLAND ROUTE. Pacific Mail Steamship Co., Occidental Oriental S. S. Co AND Central Pacific, Union Pacific, Chicago North-Western Railways. ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA PE RAILWAY SYSTEM. Operating the LARGEST and FASTEST Steamers on the PACIFIC.) from HONG-KONG TO SAN FRANCISCO. 'The Greyhounds of the Pacific." Hong-kong to
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    • 526 4 AERATED WATERS, T <L*%*^ "E. D. M," ADLETS. FOR SALE, WANTED, EliT PREPAID. Cheap Publicity for all your Wants: Houses, Godowns etc., Wanted d To Let. Situations Wanted d Vacant. Exchange d Mart. 1 Day. 1 Week. Fortnight. Month 25 words 01 under 50 cts. 1. 50 2. 00 3.
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    • 352 4 TO BE LET. •pURNISHED h.Hi.es noi from town for 4 Gentletnei four bed rooms, house with TennisCourt preferred. Replies to Olympia "c/o X.D M $50 One small room with board 70 A. Rnur I 1 DOOMS, double and tingle to la with European lamily. reraa moderate. Belmount 1 1 No.
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