Eastern Daily Mail and Straits Morning Advertiser, 14 February 1906

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    19 1 Eastern Daily Mail AND STRAITS MORNING ADVERTISER. No. 134. VOL. H. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1906. PRICE 5 CENTS
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  • THE WAR CLOUD.
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      GERMANY WISHES TO LEAVE THAT TO SECONDARY STATES.
      81 1 London, Feb. 13, 2 p.m. The gravity of the situation at Algeciras absorbs attention at the present moment. France insists upon controlling and -furnishing officers for the Moroccan police force, which is composed of Moors, m all the seaport towns, where the
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      AMERICAN TROOPS FOR CHINA.
      67 1 COMMITTEE REFUSES TO GRANT APPROPRIATION. London, Feb. 13, 2 p m. The Congressional Committee on Appropriations at Washington has refused supplemental}- credit for the proposed sending of extra troop- to Manila, upon an admission from Mr. Taft, the Secretary of War, that it was not intended
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      EXTRA TERRITORIALLY.
      71 1 ABOLITION BELIEVED TO BE SOUGHT FOR BY CHINA. London, Feb. 13, 2 p.m. The Tunes, discussing a letter frotfi itShanghai correspondent m which it is suggested that the main object of the Chinese missions to Europe and America is to obtain the abolition of the privilege of extra
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      DEMONSTRATION BY UNEMPLOYED.
      56 1 GRANT FROM THE EXCHEQUER ASKED FOR. London, Feb. 13, 2 p.m. The unemployed made another demonstration yesterday. Four thousand assembled on the Thames em bankment and marched to Hyde Park, where speeches were made appealing to Government to deal with the unemployed and asking for a grant
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      TROOPS FOR PIETERMARITZBURG.
      47 1 CAMERON HIGHLANDERS UNDER ORDERS. London, Feb. ij, 2 p. m. The Cameron Highlanders at Pretoria are under orders to proceed to Pietermaritzburg. Considerably anxiety is felt m Natal concerning the native disturbance, though it is believed to have been merely of a local character.
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      JAPANESE MINISTER TO AUSTRIA.
      39 1 FAREWELL FROM AMBASSADORS AS HE RETIRES. London, Feb. 13, 2 p.m. Minister Makino, who has represented Japan at the Austro-Iliingnrian capital, has left Vienna homeward bound. Most of the ambassadors at Vienna bade him farewell.
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      ARMY REFORM.
      45 1 1 OKI) ROBER IS 1 SCHEME MAS SEVENTY-FIVE SUPPORTERS IN PARLIAMENT. London. Feb. IJ, p. m. Seventy-five members of tl><- House of Commons arc DO* pledged to sup port the army reform scheme ot Lord Roberts. A meeting hat been arranged for tomorrow.
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      LABOUR PARTY LEADER.
      32 1 MR jAMKS KEIR HARDIE SELECTED. London, Feb. IJ. pjn. The new Labour Party bas ejected Mr James Keir Mardie M it- leader. He will sit on the opposition side.
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    139 1 Thk launch Leo has under^oiM extensive alterationi and repain and was given her trial trip Monday, i wMking a successful run. Tut electric railway at Manila is to be extended. The rate- <»t GurC bay. been changed, there now being uniform rate of ten OMItS, Mex.can, with half price for
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    NOTHING LIKE RUBBER.
    584 1 MALAY PRODUCE AS GOOD AS THAT OF CEYLON. Anglo-Malay Rubber Company. Limited. The statutory meeting of the Anglo- *w< S Malay Rubber Company, Limited, was hold on 16th uh. at the London Chamber of Commerce, Sir Frank A. Swcttenham presiding. fr Ihe Chairman said the board had
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    SALE OF THE PHILIPPINES.
    148 1 VIEW OF "THE THUNDERER." The Time* l>as taken the Mibjact of the salt- of tin- Philippines wy m serious edit* trial m which M declares tli.it there is reason i«>^i\«- ihe i «jx »i t every credence, That paper declares that the American people deeply rCglt.l
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    WELL-KNOWN INDIAN MERCHANTS ON TOUR.
    94 1 BIG PAR IV TO VISIT STRAI is. Messrs. s. A. Govindan Chetty, C V, 1. Karupp.m hetty, s. |< M.M.C.I Muttiah Chrtty, A. K. Mrvvapp.ih Chetty, V. V. R. Mutti.iii luttv, M Kamisuamv hetty, MM S N. Narayan CntttJ who art* leading residents of kanadukathan,
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    64 1 Tin S. C G»h*VC Hinovttl to their att.vp rh>i> lidum, pending ■Iteration! to tin- pciuianrnt sti u« m A iiwul the local schools rr-<> pencil after the Chinese New Year holiday* on Monday, The others re-open next I Monday. An F. If, S. Couri of Appeal will a-scml»le m Kuala
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      746 1 BUCHANAN'S BLACK A WHITE" Holds TOP PICE HIGHESI CLASS Of sJoKh UlWskies 12 YEARS OLD Sl i" H. M. Thi KING H.R.N. THE PRINCE OF WLES. 16,844 Casks of 'Eagle' Cement. Have been aoid m Singapore, dwmg the past 12 Months Our large TURNOVER combined with the high rate of
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      170 1 1 "T, p 3o' CE [Another Fall In Price|" E p 3S' CE I IQ"GRAMAPHONE RECORD Whiteaway jOaicl law's 111 SHIPMENTS ARRIVE MONTHLY GRAND PRIX tb* f^*-,';-,"^^^S"^^ TH r E e gold medal s made of a special compesition which takes on a very smooth and PARIV IQOn veiyhard surface,
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      17 1 TANSAN, R 1 Pure, Crltp, Invigorate. A NATURAL MINKKAI WATKR OF THE lUGHESI J 1 Sold Everywhere
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    The Eastern Daily Mail. PRICE 5 CENTS. WEDNESDAY, 14TH FEBRUARY. IS THE RAND RUINED ?
    1280 2 The Eastern Daily Mail. PRICE 5 CENTS. WEDNESDAY, 14TH FEBRUARY. IS THE RAND RUINED There is a weekly "critical paper for critical people published m Durban entitled Tlie Prince. We draw the attention of our Chinese readers, and of all interested m mining and the Chinese Labour question, to this
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    F.M.S.AND THE MALACCA RAILWAY.
    715 2 PERAK PRESS DISCOUNTS E.D.M. OPINION. Who had the best of the Bargain The "Perak Pioneer," answering our leader of a few days ago anent Government's mistake m selling the Malacca Railway, makes out the following case to show that the F. M. S. really made a
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    OUR POST CARD COMPETITION.
    118 2 GHOST AT TANJONG KAIo.M,. Some months ago, a party of boys went up to Katong for a few days. One evening, one of them related how he had seen a ghost at the foot ot a cocoanut tree. Next evening when they went to bed they
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    S.V.A. RIFLE CLUB.
    30 2 The usual monthly shoot was held on Saturday and Sunday last, the results are as folio* A Class S. It Careless 99, B Class Gunner Ager 101.
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    340 2 In a recent (ire m Tokio over 500 j houses were destroyed. A Conference of Residents opened at Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. The death of Mr. James Moir, a wellknown Ceylon planter, is announced. The death ratio per mille for January was 36.89, the number of deaths being 794An E.
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  • THE PRESS AND THE POLLS.
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      Mr. Balfour's Defeat.
      15 2 The British public ia alway suspicious of brilliant men Outlook New York.
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      Sensational Voting.
      24 2 Never has voting excited more interest m England th m yesterday's and the results have seldom been so se.is ition<il Weekly Despatch
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      Election All Over!
      39 2 Saturday's polling has drrttrd ihc election. The country hat round igainst Mr. Chamberlain •gainst Unionism and the Liberals will come m with a great maj wit) a landslide was predicted great body, -f J The Observer
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      Feature off the Fight.
      40 2 An important clement a too m ant element-will be Corned by the Socialist-.' vote. The triumph <>t the Socialists' mark^ the end <>t ilu- p and economical m the j United Kingdom. Le Figaro me I'
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      Missing Figures.
      38 2 The House of Commons will many familiar figures, lor the tV scythe at a tune like thi-> '.-> no n ter of persons. Personal qualities apto count for nothing and ic pear services foras little. The Times
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      Electioneering Women
      37 2 Llectioneering with women bwomea an obsession, an intoxication which far surpasses t**at of men. One tremble to think of the state of enthusiasm and excitement society would fall into had women votes.—Lady Violet The Graphic
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      Mr. Burns's Future.
      40 2 Mr. John Burns will do nothing statling. He is a good fellow and quite incorruptible, but he has nothing of the Socialist left m him now except the name Ambition is I, his ruling passion. Vorwarts Berlin
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      Secret of the Election.
      42 2 It is the tail" cmvajßCfß who imu go vote-hunting m their thousands uh increase or lower majorities and swing tin-- or that party into power. Prctti hats, sweet eyes, and low o farther than Tariff Reform. Lady's Pictorial
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      Mr. Morley's Conservatism.
      58 2 Mi. Morley hai been nveloomiug the increase in the number of Labout members, saying at the MUM time tint they are sure to want MMM tiling which he will do all he can to prevent them from getting. Really, he mighi be a OOServative, WO exactly <|oc^
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    39 2 I'm annual financial .statement ol St Andrew*! Cathedral for the \< i shows that the offertories for the year totalled over 16,500, while fj were receive- 1 from pew rents and s >>i were given to the Assistant Clergy Fund.
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  • WHAT OUR READERS THINK
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      INDUSTRIAL SCHOLARSHIPS.
      656 2 Sir, I sec m youi i^suc >>i Satu laj la t t.iat the Government luuabolts «d, ..i intends to abolish the Industrial irhi< has been the means hitnerto at enablinj t Is "i tvs I olony to qualify thenu tin pust ot marine Engineers. We an apt to
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      428 2 NOTICE, M^'MffWtt^ "EMPIRE TYPEWRITERS. yH S| m PRICES ARE REDUCED. |«Hn ttie following: V BPP§R, Foolscap Model (takes paper m 9. wide) ,v M Bnrt >3i m 5135. JCMjTaI BflP^4 Insurance Policy 18 ft 5155. .SrHp**^^HF^^Bfc| This Machine is used m the Government Offices throughout the Straits Settlement-. 550 "Kmpire"
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      409 2 CDe Australian Stores IS THE LEADING HOUSE FOX j PROVISIONS m Singapore. 1 We do not admit into our Stock anything I we cannot recommend. j Our prices are the lowest! j that can be quoted conpatible with the 1 I high Standard of Merchandise worthy I I of our
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      230 2 Hotel de I' Europe. FOR SALE Fresh Fass Beer Iced. Just received ex "Prinzess Alice." Apply Office Hotel de I' Europe. Found near Borneo Wharf °o I !l 1^ 1 moniin g <>rth e nth inst. A BROWN RETRIEVER (female) with white breast. Owner can have same by applying to
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  • HONGKONG WIRE NEWS.
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      RUSSIA'S MONEY TROUBLES.
      34 3 s. m.. lokio, February 1. banker* have abandoned fh( proposed Russian i"«™- II ffrtrtedthat Russia is on the verge of Sandoning hard money payment* Twohundred Moscow refanners have banished to Siberia.
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      MORE TROUBLE IN SHANGHAI.
      59 3 Shanghai, Feb. lithe Mixed Court yesterday the Chinese magistrate, China, refused to L. r cases brought up by Inspector on the ground that the latter assaulted him during the late fracas. To-day, Inspector Aicrs' catca mtn conducted by another inspector. Much dissatisfaction is expressed by the
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      BERBER-SUAKIN RAILWAY.
      92 3 LONDON via ToKio, Feb. 1. The Ikibci-Suakin Railway lias been opened I Httdft Aw.ual has the following on bject: This lint- which will be 332 ong and 3 1 sect, gauge, will extend from K«d Sea p rt of Suakin northwards .1 that province, then turning m a
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      RUSSIA'S EASTERN ARMY.
      21 3 LXMOKNI, via IcKio, Feb. 1. Russia has decided to station a quarter of a million troops m the
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      VLADIVOSTOK'S PERIL.
      35 3 I'.kio, Jan. 31. liadivostock telegrams report that the situation there IS most serious. rhetown is m possession of the insurgents, and the Cossacks have been compelled to withdraw. General Servianoff* has been wounded.
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      JAPAN FINANCIALLY STRONG.
      39 3 San FRAM< ISCO, Jan. 31. Interviewed m this city, Mr. K. Takahashi, Vice-Governor Of the Bank of Japan (Nippon Ginko) and Financial Commissioner for Japan, who has been lo Europe, said that Japan's finances client ba>i-.
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    GERMANY ON THE SEAS.
    320 3 SINGAPORE TEUTON DEFENDS INK KAISER'S POLICY. While Singaporeans arc doubtiesi of the i.ipul strides made by Germany m the mattei of maritime enterprise, \\< are quite certain that ii" <>uv Teutonic friends so long as competition is maintained within legitimate bounds. i*he following letter on ri
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    THE "JUBILANT MINSTRELS."
    42 3 '"•''•lan, Mi MMrd anMMgand t." ll ;illll local Chinese a visit last evening to the Ojg Kongfcuan,.! s Road, and treated 'faring there to a well 1|1(( ;;;M..umn<- of comic Mug* mil() n:illl »nn,,,,i,s«.tVi,rts created r <llL string band
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    82 3 laV,;; 11 11 *****114 1 I^^ tlurin X four Wll ;'V ;i 1((1(^«"«<loscon 111(1 P«kul» compared with r °*nUuh fe nor ■•Jl <»f the new U '-''Ki.-.-,t I X;i »V'-.'l^t it -should Sii.^,,,;, >KM |o Mj<. cho| ,i 1 l( lkA 0i the I poll •jnne, of T hartered Bank,
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    JAPANESE FAMINE FUND.
    490 3 GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION BY A LOCAL BARRISTER. Tm Eastern Daily Mail f am i n c fund, started by "Y. M C. A. Member with I subscription ofsi sfWas considerably augmented yesterday by a subscription of $100 from Mr. Montagu Hrrris, a well-known member of the Singapore bar.
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    THE V.M.C.A CONCERT
    194 3 A GREAT SUCCESS. The Y. M. C A. gave their Athletic Club concert last evening. There was a small but very interested and enthusiastic audience. It would be difficult to find any artist worthy of more praise than the other, and seldom have so many of our
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    DR. HANDY ENTERTAINS.
    57 3 Dr. Handy invited a number of his friends to his palatial home on Syed All Road on Monday night, entertaining them with lengthy programme of sleight-of-hand tricks, mesmerism, clairvoyance, etc. Dr. Paulusz was the prestidigitateur and proved an adept at the art, keeping those present spell-bound with
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    295 3 Mr. John Spiccr, manager of Cargills Ltd., Colombo, has left for Home after sj>cnding 22 years m the island. Tin Karl and Countess of Carnarvon «-»nd the Countess of Lanesborougli and suite left Ipoh for Kuala Lumpur on Friday by mail train, travelling m a specially reserved saloon carriage. A
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    SUPREMECOURT CASES.
    734 3 C A. KIL!£IRO v. GOSLING CO. Mr. Emerson, who appeared for the plaintiffs m the above case, said this was a claim for damages for breach of agreement to grant a lease. The claim as set forth was that defendants agreed to let the first floor of 34
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    IN THE POLICE COURTS.
    69 3 Yesterday, Inspector Kirke charged nineteen Chinese with gambling at No. 1 8 Macau street. Magistrate Seth fined four of them $20 each and the others $10 each. A Chinese woman was fined by the same magistrate S2O for the illegal importation of chandu valued at $9.
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    245 3 The Bandmann Opera Company will play m the Town llall on Thursday and Friday of this week and, perhaps, on Saturday as well. On Sunday, Feb. 1 8th, the Rev. W. Murray, m.a., will conduct the first of a series of services for Chinese m English at the Tanjong Pagar
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    THE MOROCCO CONFERENCE.
    1029 3 EUROPEAN PRESS OPINIONS OF THE CRISIS. War or Peace There is great diversity of opinion amongst the European papers as to the probable outcome of the Morocco Conference now being held at Algeciras, m many cases the view taken being solely based on racial or national antipathies.
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    FINANCE & COMMERCE.
    27 3 FINANCE COMMERCE. Government Rate 2 4 $60 for £7. The Netherlands Trading Societyon yesterday quoted the 4/nit bank rate al 2/4 9/1 6. The Mercantile Bank quoted
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    Yesterday's Exchange.
    130 3 On London- Bank 4 m/s 2,.\\ Demand »/4 Private 6 m/s. 2/4 13/16 da 3 m/s. 1/4I On (let-many Hank d/d 240 Private 3 ni/i -ms do. <» m,s 2.47 O// Francs Bank d/ti Private 3 m/s 3.00J do. 6 m/s 3 O2 J O/i/Ww-liankT. T. »74i Private
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    PRODUCE.
    137 3 1 m 82.50 Gambier y.95 do Cube No, 1 M 11.37J <lo do No. 2 „,11. 00 Pepper, Black (ordinary Spore) H 21.25 <lo White, Fail L. \V. 5 p.r.,, 33.50 Nutnu'j;s (110 to the Ib.) 30. do («So to the \'u.) 50. Cloves (Amboinn) jj. Liberian Coffee picul
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    SHARE MARKET.
    288 3 Mines. MBpWljr. Quotations. V Ikisawali Gold M. Co., Ltd 1 1 |Q Inferred) I Hrusili Hydi.nlK TinM Co. Ltd Kadana Gold M. <>.. Ltd. f m (Prcf.) noni' I 'aiiuiiK Corporation Ltd. i Pal.anK K. Imiih. I td. QJ| 1 QsttOßSlaad k.iuli dold M.(o, Ltd. n()ln nom. I
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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      191 3 [ROBINSON 1 and Co. Sewing Machines i\ INEW FAMILY VIBRATING sIUTTU; lift I HAND MACHINE I I will sow from the finest Muslin to tin I Stoutest Cloth. Made of Best Materials J j li^ht running and Noiseless and is A I confidently recommended as the r I BEST FAMILY
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      721 3 SHIPPINCJEWS. TRADING VESSELS. B <"ibat Siam 352 Raun, Feb 5 Bangkok East Asiatic Co. for Bangkok 14 J&S2Z& gss& Feb 9 Bang tiV'n*' Brit I4^4 Stach, Jan 24 Hongkong, Wee Bin, for Sourabaya. Gregory Afcar, Brit 2961 Olifent, Feb 11 Hongkong, Pat Simons, for Calcutta 13 BotTead^r PlST*"* 7 K
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      190 3 fjT__i-i_-ciuru-nj-u--u-rxn-n^ _n_~_ u. r NEXT MAILS DUE. From England. Per P. o. Delta, on Friday, Feb. 16, with Europe Mails of Jan. 26, answering letters despatched from Singapore, <>n Dec. 21. From China. Per I*. O. Arcadia, 00 Thursday, Feb. 15. Mails ALREADY DESPATCHED for London. Lett Sin^. Due in
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      277 4 1 THAT IS FRASER NEAVE'S AERATED WATERS POWELL CO, SINGAPORE. REAL ESTATE AUCTIONEERS A N I> VALUERS. MoKit.Acl B .\KKAN(.h D VALUATIONS MAOC RENTS COLLECTED. ARTHUR ALLISONS PIANOS ROKNKRANZ PIANOS POWELL COS Auction and House-lYo-pertj 'irrular is issued weekly and tent tree ts any add: AUCTIONEERS. POWELL A Co, SINGAPORE.
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      687 4 BANKS. Honjkong I Shanghai Banking Corporation. PAID-UP CAI'ITAI $10,000,000 KKSEKVK FUND:— Silver Reserve 8,600,000 J Res. rvr Liability of Proprietors $10,000,000 Court of Directors. IH. A. W. Made-, Ksq- Chairman. A. liauut, tsq lkputy-Chairman. H..n. C. W. Dickson, A. J. Raymond, Lsq. E. Goetz, Lsq. F. Salinger, Lsq. C. R.
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      523 4 Sensational Novelty Do not Buy a Gramophone or Records without having heard ODEON GRAMOPHONES AND DOUBLE-SIDED RECORDS, Sole Agents— <£evy SfCermanos 3, BATTERY ROAD, I SUFFERERS OF GRAVEL WILL FIND IN I {The Pharmacy Urinim lufallable relief. Only sold m S r P"H F"l w PHARMACY #2, Battery Road, Chartered
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      639 4 SALE OF LAWD IN KRANJI, The undersigned have received instructions to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION at their Sales Room, No. 5, Raffles Place. On Thursday, the 15th February, 1006, at 2. jo p.m. All that piece of Leasehold land, situate m the district of Kranji Singapore, estimated to contain an
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      589 4 AERATED WATERS. "E. D. M." ADLETS. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC, PREPAID. TO BE LET. Cheap Publicity for all your Wants: Houses, Godowns etc., Wanted dTo Let. Situations LTUIRNISHFI) Imimm r. 1 Wanted d Vacant. Exchanged Mart. f^j, t' V r- 1 Day. 1 Week. Fortnight. Month Irom lcmn lo 4
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      319 4 on 211a r loor. Apply 10 GUTHRIE A Lid To be Let. No. o, Cecil Street. Apply to GUTHRIE Co., Ltd TO LET pURNISHEO House No. m 3, rangoon Road. Apph mice, 1101 KJ. de I'EUROFE $50 One small room with board 70 A. River I' alley fi j^OOMS, double
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      42 5 MOIGNEAUX PERESrFILS I RILLY, (Champagne) J I ##m 1% ISILi nl Li 8 4&w4?V f I IV I—* r Q^P Company. RV 60 I POKI 60 r $1-E0 17 $18 V Ch»inp«it!ne Club Dry. £40 11 2 2 I QpSLING C i
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