Eastern Daily Mail and Straits Morning Advertiser, 15 February 1906

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    18 1 Eastern Daily Mail AND STRAITS MORNING ADVERTISER. No. 135. VOL, n, SINGAPORE, THURSDAY7fEBRUABY 15, 1906. PRICE 5 CENTS
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  • GENERAL TARIFF NOT NECESSARY.
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      DUTY OF OPPOSITION IS CRITICAL RATHER THAN CONSTRUCTIVE.
      130 1 London, Feb. 13, midnight. Mr. Balfour was a guest at a banquet given m honour of the new Members of Parliament from the City yesterday i evening. In a speech he reiterated the policy j of retaliation, but said that for its
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      AMERICAN MILITARY PRECAUTIONS.
      55 1 TROOPS ALREADY EN ROUTE TO THE PHILIPPINES. London, Feb. 14, 1.40 p.m. A Washington wire states that Secretary of State Root continues to urge Secretary of War Taft to take military precautions m preparation for any emergency which might arise. Some troops are already on the way
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      CHINESE RINGLEADER EXECUTED.
      51 1 OTHER MEMBERS OF MOB TO BE PUNISHED. London, Feb. 13, midnight. Reuter's correspondent at Peking wires that the Government has ordered that the ringleader of the mob which burned the English Presbyterian M ission at Changpusien be executed and the other members of the mob be suitably
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      IMPROVEMENT AT ALCECIRAS.
      40 1 UNEASINESS OVER THE SITUATION HAS DISAPPEAR ED. London, Feb. 13, midnight. The Interchange of Franco-German recriminations continued yesterday, but a telegram from Algeciras at midnight says that real improvement is manifest. Uneasiness over the outcome has disappeared.
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      BILL TO EXCLUDE JAPANESE.
      40 1 ALIEN FISHERMEN NOT WANTED IN ALASKA. London, Feb. 13, midnight. The American Congress is discuss- ing a Bill to exclude alien fishemien from Alaska. The aim of the Bill is to check the influx of Japanese.
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      PROSECUTION OF IRISH WITHDRAWN.
      37 1 CONCILIATORY ATTITUDE OF NEW GOVERNMENT. London, Feb. 14, 2.20 p.m. The Government lias withdrawn the former Government*! prosecution of the Irish Commoners, O'Kelly and O'Dovvd, which was based on charges of criminal conspiracy.
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      AUSTRO-ITALIAN TREATY.
      37 1 TREATMENT OF WORKMEN ON BASIS OF RECIPROCITY PROVIDED FOR. London, Feb. i ,i, midnight. An Austro-ltalian commercial treaty has been signed. It provides for special convention regulating the tieatmcnt of workmen 00 bMM "I reciprocity.
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      VENEZUELAN TREACHERY.
      35 1 VICE PRESIDENT PREPARED TO ASSIST THE FKKN< H. London, Feb. IJ, midnight. The \'ice President of X'enezucla if reported to be plotting against President Castro and to be prepared t<> assist the French.
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      WORKMEN'S LEADERS DEPORTED.
      26 1 SIXTY-FIVE COUNCILLORS SENT TO SIBERIA London. Teh. ij, midnight Sixty-live workmen's councillors at St. Petersburg hive been deported to Archangel, Tobolsk and YetUMewk.
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      NEW FRANCO RUSSIAN TREATY.
      33 1 COMMERCIAL AGREEMENT ADOPTED BY FRENCH CHAMBER Lomkiv, Feb. 13, midnight. The French Chamber of Deputiea has adopted .1 Franco»Ruaiian cooh mercial treaty !>y a vote of 107 to 55.
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    48 1 It is curious how the COCltcnti «»i newspaper sometimes get out o! place m the printing. A pa|x-i recently had an article entitled "What Labour Wants." In another column were the words m large type M Other PeopleMoney." This should, of course, have come into the first aiticle.
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    STATES DAY BY DAY.
    229 1 SELANGOR. j ll'rum our own correspondent! 5 Kuala Limnm, Feb. irifc i Kuala Lumpur was en fete on Satnr- I day night, tlie 10th instant, the occasion f being the celebration by the load Chinese of the festival «»i Chap (.oh Meh on the 15th night
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    BRITAIN'S WHEAT SUPPLIES.
    625 1 Phenomenal Figures. The recent changes in our foreign 1 sources of supply, say^ the "dlnbe," are of great interest. Six years ago our chief foreign providers of wheat and Hour were the United States (57,500,0001'w t.,) t li <• A i g c n t i n
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      842 1 TANSAN, Pure, Cnsp, Invigorating. A NATURAL MINERAL WATER 'l rHE HIGHESI CLASS. Sold Everywhere 16,844 Casks of 'Eagle' Cement. H< (> b( m *°M m Singapore, during the part 12 Months Our large TURNOVER combined with the high rate of Exchange enables us to appreciably A REDUCE PRICES rv J
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      352 1 111 j& 111 7iE^T g iAnotherFall m Prlcep^y 6 IO"GRAMAPHQNE RECORD J?aid law's SHIPMENTS ARRIVE MONTHLY /jl Srecial features tbat distinj; uish Columbia Disc Records from i»o*wn DDiTr \_y 4%m» ml *mw% nniv others apart from their musical excellence and tonal superiority, DOUBLE GRAND PRIZE GRAND RIJI arc- their freedom
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      33 1 BUCHANAN'S Hsf BLACK A WHITE f Holds JOP PLCE m thc HIGHKsr CLASS OF Scotch Whiskies fffj; 12 YEARS OLD Supplikd to H. M. Thk Kirn; and to H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WLES.
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    The Eastern Daily Mail. PRICE 5 CENTS. THURSDAY, 15TH FEBRUARY. THE FRENCH CLERICAL RIOTS.
    437 2 The Eastern Daily Mail. PRICE 5 CENTS. THURSDAY, 15TH FEBRUARY. THE FRENCH CLERICAL RIOTS. It is most regrettable that at a time j of national crisis when France needs all her wits to see her safely through the Moroccan imbroglio that she should be torn asunder domestically. Doubtless Germany will
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    CHINAS ATTITUDE TOWARDS JAPAN.
    154 2 A communication from the Mainichi's Peking correspondent gives some j particulars regarding the attitude of j the leading Chinese statesmen towards Japan. The correspondent states that Tung Shao Vi and Lien Fang, of the j Foreign Department, are the strongest opponents of this country. In particular,
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    SERIOUS CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.
    232 2 DANGERS OF DEFECTIVE HARNESS. Capt. Reier's Ankle Fractured. A serious accident, which might have ended fatally, occurred at twenty minutes past four yesterday afternoon m front of the I longkong and Shanghai Bank. Two gentlemen, Captain Reier, of the s. s. IVongkoi, and Captain Mensen had engaged
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    THE FAMINE FUND.
    140 2 Is addition to the sun rep>rted yesterday as subscribed by oar re ider.s tor the Japanese Famine Fund, wo take pleasure m reporting farther subscriptions received yesterday, is follows Mr. B. P. de Silva, Sio Mr. S. C. Penny, $i O Previously sbscribed, $145. Total, Si 6s.
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    203 2 The Town and Volunteer Band will play at the Esplanade from 5 to 6 p.m. to-day. Tut other night a Buddhist priest committed suicide by hanging at Wat Naklang, Klong Muhn, on the outskirts of Bangkok. The house breaking epidemic has cleared from Singapore and is visiting Bangkok. Some alarming
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    CHINA QUIETER.
    107 2 Reuters Agency wires. By submarine telegraph) ANTI-FOREIGN MOVEMENT SUBSIDES. Britain does not Share America's Fear*. London, Feb. 14, 5 P- m After all the tuss and pother made by the American alarmists, it is gratifying to learn from Reuters Agency that trie anticipated rising of Chinese a^amst Occidentals
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    AMERICAN AID FOR JAPAN.
    43 2 ROOSEVELT ISSUES AN APPEAL FOR FAMINE SUFFERERS. London, Feb. 14, 5 p.m. President Roosevelt has appealed to 1 the American people to contribute for the relief of the famine sufferers m the j u great and friendly nation, Japan."
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    THE MOROCCO CONFERENCE.
    34 2 DISCUSSING THE QUESTION OF CONTRABAND. London, Feb. 14, 5 p.m. The Morocco Conference at Algeciras j to-day continued the discussion of the re- j gulationand suppression of contraband trade with Morocco.
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    LOWTHER ELECTED SPEAKER.
    23 2 London, Feb. 14, 5 p.m. The Rt. Hon. James William Lowther has been elected speaker of the House of Commons.
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    AU REVOIR TO MR. E. A. MORPHY.
    522 2 DINNER IN HONOUR OF "STRAITS TIMES" EDITOR. it v not often that local journalists meet there is the same esprit dt corps amongst them as at Home, but their interests are diverse, and their ways apart. It was all the more to their
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    MR. THOMAS HARLEY.
    112 2 HONOURED BY THE KING OF SIAM. M^ r I\i H T Ly c'*S r wmm^itof tue Hotel del. "Europe" pending his early departure for Europe. Mr. v, lUley1 Uley l ha. s Ju« come from Bangkok, where tehta been MiperintcndiM the funi.sliiinff and decorating of the KinK
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    25 2 j IHE Counte.-is of Carnarvon and th,TZh teSSof U »«''or..uKl, motored o l\!? U". Wltll Mr H- F. Nutter of PrSiasitss; Fr c there °wneu
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  • MORE ELECTION ECHOES
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      Striking Case of Durham
      32 2 In the only case n which the simple choice between Reformer and a Free Trader the iVm in the person of M,. Arthur n|,,, t beaten. The Times
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      Canada's Solance.
      35 2 the best thing l u uild luve hapwl! to the forward Pi jction m because it may result in bring Ciimberl.nn forward as th< wS.\ a, ilic real leader of the Citizen Ottawa.
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      The Fourth Party.
      44 2 Party There are m all eighty Labour caodi dates, or thereabout, and if th, r success is proportionate elsewhere t,, what it has been m the north, the be a considerable fourth party ton with, having denneil its own.— The Times
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      Election Heroism.
      53 2 Heroism. Joan of Arc as a heroine is not to be compared with the lady who will 1^ her beautiful silent-running ekctrk coupe to convoy the horny-handed m an East End constituency to the pull and can think of a sweep lolling on her silk cushions without grey
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      Our Foreign Policy.
      45 2 The Conservatives ate pleased with themselves because the Lid rule, support their foreign policy. The Liberals are pleased with trier* selves because, as we believe, the Conservatives are following i i of foreign policy. -Sir Charles |)ii^ c m [$mtytmtm\ New Yoik.
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      "Brave Blow at Slavery!"
      63 2 The new Ministry stand tx world as afraid to exereia they to-day pottCM to make they have over ami over again denounced as an act of national unright eousne^s, simply became th put an end to the staple indusi Soutli Africa, Yet they count gaining credit
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      A Little Brief Notoriety.
      74 2 Notoriety. It looks as though ni i i\ i mstituen cics would vote for a pass I inion ettc if attired m Liberal colou ■domed witii a u-w appropriate ph\ latteries. We advise most of theii experienced young gentlemen who an now with an astonished delight
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    EXPORTATION FORBIDDEN.
    176 2 ORDER PUBLISHED REGARDING THE STRAUS DOLLAR Ordoi By Hi-, Excelli »c> mi Governor m Council. I'nmr Till Coin I.mpoki and Exrofti Ordin.wi k 1.03. Whereas by Section t of "1 Import and Export Ordimno it i> provided th it it ->h ill b for the Governor m Council
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  • WHAT OUR READERS THINK
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      TAMIL FUNERALS.
      373 2 Dkar Sir. la your valuable pa Oth inst, I n *ice A W «W attention to a desirable inoovati 1 1 im Hindus m tie adoption of a Ikim and dignified Method <>i rem He uprtaaaa his admiration tribute of praise t wno introduced this m i and
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      410 2 "TIMES" MINING CAMPLES. The Hardest, Most Brilliant and Cheapest IMPORTERS Borneo Company Titmtted. Ox Australian Stores] IS THE LEADING HOUSE FOR I PROVISIONS m Singapore. I We do not admit into our Stock anything* 1 w< k cannot recommend. Our prices are the lowest that can be quoted conpatihlc with
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    • Advertisement
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      418 2 1 Sastern Oriental 3Cotel, j PENANG. o:e^j£j3- hotel, penang hills. Safkies Brothers, Proprietors. COGHLAN CO. Licensed Auctioneers HOUSE A ESTATE AGENTS. AUCTION SALE. FIRST CLASS EUROPEAN RESIDENCE. To be let that pleasantly situated house "Hudleigh," Serangoon Road, healthy locality. Tennis court. Good stabling. Electric trams pass the door every few
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      191 2 B. E. d'ARANJO, (GOVERNMENT PENSIONER) BROKER COMMISSION AGEOT Petition Writer and Public Accountant PETITIONS, &c, CAREFULLY DRAWN UP. ■CHARGES MODERATE. 25, South Bridge Road. Found near Borneo Wharf on the morning of the nth inst. BROWN RETRIEVER (female) with white breast. Owner can have same by applying to v W
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      88 2 COMING EVENTS. To-day, 15th February. High Water. '2 i4 a.m. 2-37 p.m. R O. Homeward Mail closes. 3. S.V.A. Gun Drill. 5-^0. S.V.A. Instruction. 9. Town Band. Esplanade. 5 to 6. Bandmann Opera Company, 9. Special Supper. H >tel de 1 'Europe. To-morrow, i6tb February. High Water. I a.m. 3-44
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    KORMANN v. VAN WIJK.
    1564 3 ,UDGE DENOUNCES BOTH PARTIES. DUTCH LAWYER "DISRACES MIS PROFESSION x S NSATIONAL CASK. tbovecaac again CMC up for 1 yesterday morning Ul.rr Mr. rhornton. Mr. Kormana t in the witness box. in. ri.lv Mr VanCuylenb«rg,he icixc the furni|,u;.^ not paid. The bill Al n mil il«'
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    BANDMANN'S COMPANY.
    190 3 TO PLAY TWO NIGHTS ONLY. Our old favourites the Bandmann Co. arrived yesterday, but the Singapore theatre going public will regret to hear that they are leaving by the P O 5.5. Delta o.i Saturday. As a result of this earl}' departure the Company will only stage two
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    164 3 Minis*, m Pkrak. The January returns from the various mines of the Societe des Ktains dc Kinta amounted to pikuls 3,004. Mr. Eu ToOf Sen is now employing DO fewer than 3,875 men on his mines In the Kinta district. I*. Sonda and Kitamoto, two res- pect.iblc Japanese, were arraigned
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    HEALTH IN THE TROPICS.
    2193 3 CLIMATK AND CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN BANGKOK. HOW TO LIVE ImTtmF BOILING EAST. ATHLETIC MANIACS. ("E. D. M." Special.) A most useful and interesting paper was read before the Siam Society at Bangkok on the 6th instant by Dr. y- Campbell Highet, the Medicai Officer of
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    FINANCE & COMMERCE.
    27 3 FINANCE COMMERCE. Government Rate 2/4 $60 for £7. The Netherlands Trading Society on yesterday quoted the 4/ms bank rate at »/4 9/16. The Mercantile Bank quoted 24.
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    Yesterday's Exchange.
    138 3 On London Bank 4 m/s 2/4] Demand 2/4} Private 6 m/s.. 2/4 13/ 16 do. 3 m/s. 2/4* On Germany —Hank d/d 2.40 Private 3 m/s 2.45 do. 6 m/s 2.47 On France Bank d/d 2.95.J Private 3 m/s 3.00] do. 6 m/s 3.02J O// India— Bank T.
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    PRODUCE.
    128 3 Tin 82 -5° Gambier n 7«*S do Cube No. 1 N IO do do No. 2 «0.00 Pepper, Black (ordinary S'porc),, 20.25 do White, Fair L. W. 5 p.c. 29.50 Nutmegs (1 10 to the lb.) 30. do (80 to the lb.) 5°Mace (Banda) 59Cloves (Amboina) 33Liberian Coffee picul
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    SHARE MARKET.
    265 3 Mines. omp.un. Quotations. Bersawali Gold M. Co., Ltd i ijq .1 ii f 'el'erro i Bnaeh Hydraulic TialC Co. Ltd 9jn Kadana Gold M. Co.. Ltd. n (hit) iiom' lalian^ Corporation Ltd. 2 l'ahan« Kal>an«, Ltd. o.'if Q— rnilaml Raub Gold M. Co. Ltd. nom. RaubAust G. mTGoI,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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      267 3 ROBINSON and Co, Sewing Machines NEW FAMILY VIBRATING SHUTTLE HAND MACHINE will sew from the finest Muslin to the Stoutest Cloth. Made of Best Materials, light running and Noiseless and is confidently recommended as the BEST FAMILY SEWING MACHINE EVER MANUFACTURED New Models 1906 Treadle Machines Vibrating Shuttle and Rotary
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      807 3 SHIPPING^NEWS. TRADING VESSELS. Oifrvf' i 2 87 Ka Dec 5 Manila, Stand. uii to., des. Uncertain. iwTf Ut^? 4 Danck Feb l2 Sourabaya, Daendels, for B'massin. Broholm Dan 8l7 Birkholm, Feb 1? Brooketon, Behn Meyer, for Uncertain 3 koS^tn^r Sg^fiji Jan HOng *£2J!& FLS* hard Jan 7 F Louis E.^r^
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      297 4 THAT IS FRASER NEAVES AERATED WATERS POWELL CO, SINGAPORE. (Kmami mud 4^ Vi .\k>.) REAL ESTATE AUCTIONEERS A M P VALUERS. MORTCACI S AkKAN(.U) VAI 1 \n< MS HAOC RENTS GOLLECTED. r ARTHUR ALLISONS PIANOS roshuanz pianos POWELL COS h Auction and Il< >u>e-lYo-perty Circular il imicd weekly and sent
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      699 4 BANKS. Hongkong A Shanghai Banking Corporation. I'.MD-Ll' CAPITAL $10,000,000 RESERVE KUND:— 4 Sterling Reserve $10,000,000 > tIR Silver Reserve 8,600,000 18 W.t) u o X- serve Liability of Proprietors $10,000,000 Court of Directors. H. VV. .Made, Ksq— Chairman. A. Haupt, Ks(j Deputy-Chairman. Hon. C. W. Dirkson, A. J. Kaymond, Ks(}.
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      382 4 f Sensational Novelty Do not Buy a Gramophone or Records without having heard ODEON GRAMOPHONES AND DOUBLE-SIDED RECORDS. Sole Agents— j eCevy SfCermanos 3, BATTERY ROAD, 1 SUFFERERS OF GRAVEL WILL FIND IN I IThe Pharmacy Urininl Infallable relief. Only sold m S PHARMACY #2, Battery Road, Chartered Bank Buildings
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      144 4 SHIPPING NOTICES. Compagnie des Messagerles Maritimes de France. Telegraphic Address: Messagerie Singapore. The mail steamers will leave Singapore on or about the undermentioned dates Outward. Homeward. Tonkin 26 Feb. Salazie 26th Feb Armami Behic Oceanien 12th Mar. 1 2th Mar. Tourane 26th Mar. truest Simons Polynesien 29 Jan. 26th Mar.
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      634 4 SALE OF LAND 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
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      530 4 AERATED WATERS, "E. D. M." ADLETS. FOR SALE, WANTEd7eTC~" PREPAID. Cheap Publicity for all your Wants: Houses, Godowns etc., Wanted d To Let. Situations Wanted d Vacant. Exchange d Mart. i Day. i'Weeic. Fortnight. Month 25 words or under 50 cts. 1. 50 2. 00 3. 00 50 75 cts.
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      356 4 TO BE LET. FURNISHED kma not t,, from town for 4 Gentlemen v I I four bed 100 ms, house with Tcnn Court preferred. Replies to Olympia c o K.l> To be Let. No 7, Battery Road. Tli.c IIM1 on 2nd 1* loor. Apply lo GUTHRIE I „i LuJ To
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