Eastern Daily Mail and Straits Morning Advertiser, 14 December 1906

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  • 19 1 Eastern Daily Mail AND STRAITS MORNING ADVERTISER. No. 388 VOL. H. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1906. PRICE 5 CENTS
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  • 444 1 QUIET FAMILY FESTIVAI More as a typic 1 Norfolk squire than as the sovereign of the British Empire did the King celebrate his sixtyfifth birthday at Sandringham. His Majesty's chief concern appeared to be to infuse a feeling of happiness among those about him, and by a
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  • 293 1 TERRIBLE A I I ACK ON A DENTIST NEAR HAMBURG Berlin, 1 1 Nov. The nervousness engendered in the German travelling public by the mysterious series of crimes committed against lonely railway passengers, ha-* j been consideiably enhanced by a brutal murder which occurred yesterday on a i
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  • 110 1 I'm water display is always an attraction in a London Hippodrome spectacle, and in the Christmas t'aiilv pr6duction the audience themselvt^ will appear to take a more prominent part than usual in the proceedings. Fhe lake will take the pliceoC the ring; and, by an ingenius illusion, the whole of
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  • 722 1 The decision oi Mr. Roosevelt's Government to institute proceedinj against the most famous ;uu\ most lawless of all Trusts, the Standard Oil Company, will not surprise those who marked the largeness of the vote for Mr Hearst at the recent Now York election. it^blWJKvs upon a
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  • 194 1 STRUGGLE 1< > AVER 1 A TRAGEDY. A painful Btorv was recently told at an inquest at Bradford regarding the death of William Kershaw, aged twenty-live. He had of late been low spirited, as he was out of work. One night he passed his sweetheart Kva Middleton and
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 318 1 LimuAi »O« NvNrAl INFANTS Macazimi Chi n IAK SELECTION OF GIF T BOOKS FO R BOYS GIRLS LITTLE'S 'JOHN LITTLE CO^I i LIMITED. FOR X MAS FESTIVITIES Com smiib's -.y^ g. X'mas Crackers 35 c 40 c 45 c 60 c SAjJaPy 65c 70c 80c 90c $1.10 $1.25 $1.30 $1.50
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    • 140 1 Howarth Erskine Epgipeers at>d Contractors. ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS. I I Telephone IS. Telegrams ERSKJCNE." n SWISS MADE /^^^X SWISS MADE Mm. -'A w^. "^9 \^Hf 11 I f*l \*A §Mj f a& IMPORTERS WEILL ZERNER, Stamford Road, SINGAPORE, ij I c fflhiteaway, e Caicllaw&Co. VSjM^ w"^t-^mi^rSmr H fr~" 1 r l\J
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    • 15 1 JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd X'MAS CARDS I OR HOME rosr.\(.K. AN UNRIVALLED SELECTION AT LITTLES
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  • 811 2 The Eastern Daily mail. FRIDAY, I4th DECEMBER. FLYING MACHINES. PRICE 5 CE NTS. In 1901 when M. Santos Dumont succeeded in travelling in his balloon from St. Cloud to the Eiffel Tower and back again in about half an hour and won the Deutsch Prize of one hundred thousand francs
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  • 43 2 Change in the Proprietorship of the Eastern Daily Mail." We draw the attention if our reader the Notices apptarmg in Uhdafs issue re the change in the Proprietorship of the "Eastern Daily Mail'" the StngOr J'lno Mittmn" and the Caxtnn Prttti \ng IVorks"
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  • 381 2 YESTERDAY morning;, a large crocodile was seen in the harbour by the Fort Health officer. He report- it as being fourteen feet in length. Fhere ua> nothing of interest m Mr Justice Fisher's Court yesterday. 1 morning was occupied with summon in chambers. Two interpleaders w< on the list, but
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  • 95 2 A Cantonese woman named 1. came here from Pahang to obtain the services of a couple of women. She was obviously unacquainted with Singa pore. She made her wishes known ami had no difficulty in. tv.iding what she wanted but alter she iiad advanced each ol them
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  • 173 2 Early, yesterday morning, Mr H. C. Peck who lives at No, 53 Spottiswoi Park was disturbed by hearing a route in the vicinity of his room. This was by the flash of a match. It revealed man in the place. He struck several matches and made
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  • 175 2 There are duller tiling- in the world than a directory of telegraphic addres ses. It is interesting to learn that telegrams for Mr. William Heinemauu, the publisher, should be addressed M Sunlocks, London, for Sunlock- is a leading character in Mr. Hall (air novel, The Bondman, which
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  • 192 2 KUALA LUMPUR NOTES. ll:r R and men loss; with a fi comeoi r I S I with. I man r I was and thi suppe, held high r« who m from I. id his eleme 'y. amid hud that.M, B as K unlbea va that the I I ten;: ui.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 238 2 FRESH j GRAPES. WHITE &c PURPLE no cents per lb. OB PACKED IN 5 lb. WOOD BOXES FOR POSTING TO F. M. S. and ELSEWHERE. PER BOX $200 POSTAGE FREE $2-50 Outport friends art requested to send remittance with order, if not in Deposit Account* If you have n©t bad
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    • 311 2 IN ORDER INTRODUCE Whiskp. IT WILL BE SOLD AT HALF PRICE, i. e. tft* £f the case of 12 bottles quarts, *~> excludinq duty, or 85 cts the %is w quart bottle, duty included. RECORD No. 1177. OLD TAYLOR SCOTCH WHISKY. _r From the results o\ our analysis we are
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    • 28 2 TAN GAON HAY, (CHOP HIN MO CO.) 382 Victoria Street. Dealers in Muslin, silk, sarongs, prints, and all sorts of goods suitable for Chinese Nyonyas. Inspection Cordially Invited.
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  • 438 3 K BABY MERCUANI Won w. a c hinesc Wo- < Mi "olnian on u an infant two t Colony lor the Assistant Protececuted. ced record- and went to show that leen here frequently I L produced polled to be <. put in. cut into the witness en Cheng
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  • 774 3 even in eoo»a«Uo^ The cX, S£ Meu cc-cd S^ JeCt IS alm^ universally "'I i ll(^rn journalism tin bu mi n L<lt >1^ and Sub-Editors Icm V m 1 »'S»" oil, have small >lA"c k>r^, ckm a d showing their pnrases. rhua the tendency is beaming marked to
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  • 114 3 Aix-les-Bains, Nov. 1 1. The balloon Milano, of 1,000 cubic mines capacity, which started from the exhibition grounds at Milan this morning, descended here at two o'clock this afternoon, having cro—cd Mont lilanck. The Milano. which was piloted !>y SignOfi Murillo and CreMi, rose to an
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    • 190 3 > Recreation Hotel. < SERANGOOK ROAD, TRAMWAY TERMINUS. <( Has excellent accommodation lor temporal*) and per- t{ V manent boarders. Airy rooms with Verandah and bath rooms complete. X GOOD TABLE WINES. y Prices moderate which may be ascertamed from the Manager. y Joe F. de CONCEICAO, S V, Manager,
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 565 3 SHIPPING NEWS. VESSELS EXPECTEb. l\,>t, i'robablc (fate of Arrival, (iu(/ Agftdt. Si I AMKRS. Austria, Trieste, Jan. 12; Rautenberg An he. bydney, Dec. 24; Boustead Awa Maru, London,— P. Simons Alcmous, Liverpool. Dec 26; Mansfield Andalusia, Hongkong, Jan 9; Behn Meyer Australien, Colombo, Jan 28; M. Maritimes Ayuthia, Bombay, Dec
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    • 839 3 fS -WWII 4mJL r-*~- M^mw -^^^^■^■^^^^365^^ Rhenania, Hongkong, Dec. 10: Behn Meyer. Sumatra, Japan, Dec. 19 P. O. Salazie, Colombo, Dec. 17; M.Maritimes Sambia, Hamburg, Jan. 6 B. Meyer Satsuma. New York, Jan.-; Paterson Simons. Saxonia, Hamburg, Jan. 12 B. Meyer Seydlitz, Hamburg, Dec 14- B. Meyer Silesia, Hamburg, Dec.
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    • 854 3 Deli, Ger. str. 726 tons, Capt Freese, 10th Dec. From Bangkok, 6th Dec. G.c, and 13 d.p. Behn Meyer Co. For Bangkok, 14th— Rds. Dovre, Nor. str. 733 tons, Capt Panlsen, 10th Dec From Bangkok, 6th Dec G.c, and 2 dp. Hong Lee Chan. For Bangkok, U.— Rds. (ihazee, Brit.
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  • 125 4 SIR H.C. BANNER MAN'S DECLARATION. Router's Agency wires (Ty submarine telepraph.* NO DESIRE TO PROVOKE A CONFLICT. Still Hopeful for the Solution of Dm hkinl'ES. London, December 13th 12-15 P m Sir Henry Campbell Bannerm n disclaimed any desire to provoke a c< Itlict with the Lords and express. d
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  • 33 4 GOVERNIIEN rs PROCEDURE INSULTING London, IVc. 13th 1: -^5 p.m. Mi Balt'ou! characterised theproosdi Goveronenl as unprecedented, insulting and planned in to escape the awkward discusthai was likely to follow.
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  • 49 4 INVALUABLE PROVISIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF EDUCATION London. Dec. 13th 12-^5 p.m. Mr. Asquith observed that the Go- 1 vcrnment had no desire to kill the bill because apart from the religious diffic llty it contained invaluable provisions for the betterment qf education.
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  • 27 4 \F< >RD 8E43 c AMBRIDGE BY 1 1 H I s. London, December 13th la-asp.nL In the Rugby Football match Oxford beat Cambridge by u
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  • 62 4 iiu r<»ri-: discusses run SITUATION Nrcissm 1 on Mi London, December 13th 12-«5 p.m. Amid eat excitement at the Vatican, His Holines- the Pope, in :ig scd himself as very much c: isity ol -esortbjt. he added, were ii ible. He her persecution nor martyrdom
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  • 17 4 REJE< riON l >F U >RDS AMENDMENTS. December 13th ir- Mr be re- ad-
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  • 47 4 UNLICENSED POSSESSION OF ARMS AN OFFENCE. London, December 13th. The Government have notified that they w ill not renew the Peace Preservact of Ireland as the Nationali-t--have tor a long time protested against the act making the unlicensed possession of arm- an offence.
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  • 51 4 TRADE- DISPUTES BILL. ndon. December 13th 3-30 p.m. The Hcu-e <>t Commons has decided by 4 igainst 107 to reject en bloc the amendments of the Lords to the Education Bill. The Trades disputes Bill has pass:d through the Committee in t! e House of
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  • 61 4 TREATY PROHIBITING JAPANESE COOLIES. London. December 13th 3-30 p.m. merican Senate Mr. JlabUi itted a resolution recommending ■fnego: v ith Japan the view of modifying the treaty prohibiting the entrance of Japan* coolieThe instance of M. Pichoa in the French Chamber was ritcd. The chamber adopted
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  • 91 4 Reuters Ageucy wires (My submarine telegraph.) DEC LARATION BY M I LEMEN- EAU. lr Chum h Wakteo Wai n Could H.WI 11. London, Dec i jth, 9 58 m. In the French Chamber, Mr. Clemencenu, the Premier, explained that Monsignor Mbntagnini was expelled because he
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  • 35 4 rOCO\ ER \R\k\ VN NA> V }UIREMEN Lo idon, The Gc man Buda ,i loan of thirteen mill g i cover the extraordinary requirements, for the army and ti.
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  • 225 4 CHRISTMAS IN SINGAPORE. GAM DISPLAYS OF rRACTIVE Gil R EVERYB >DY G >SLING Co. I'hc V:ne and Spirit Merchants, have, what it without doubt, the of Pi v i tte Holders and other smokers sites In the well known 15. B. B. brand of briar Pipe- they have a magnificent
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  • 41 4 We are informed by Mr. Artie Tully that he has received a wire from Mr. Rote(H M. British Consul in lava) stating that on account of the exceptionally bad weather the proposed gymkhana in Batavia i- indefinitely postponed.
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  • 80 4 l.nw POWER METHOD FOR LONG DISTANCE MESSAGES Copenhagen, Nov. i 5 In the course ol experiments conducted during the past fen days, If. Valdem.u Poulsen, the inventor and engineer led in establishing wiieless tclegrmphk rommiiMication between an ex penmenul station at Copenhagen and a station recently erected
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  • 428 4 ANOTHER WOMAN SCIENTIST. Mrs. Ayrton, who has just been awarded the Hu<rhe- Medal by the Royal Society, is following in the'-teps "t her clever French sister, Madame Curie. Her wonderful M>cce~s in -cience is another feather in the cap ot the suftragettes and should do r Jc h to obtain
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  • 892 4 SHRAGER BROTHERS IN BANKRUPTCY* The first case which came up in the Appellate Coiy> yesterday was the appeal of Mr. Charles James March, trustee of the estate of Shrager Bro thers, against a decision of Mr. Justice Fisher on a matter connected with the bankruptcy case of the
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  • 169 4 Mr. hi. H. Barnard M. P., of Sawbridgeworth, Herts, relates an amusing incident which happened to him last week. He was called from the House by the manager of his hotel and asked to get an American visitor into the Gallery. Having a pass
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  • 892 4 NEW BOOK ON THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. Forthcoming Pubi Ication By Lloyds Greater Britain Publishing Company Ltd. There is scriptural authority for the statement that of the making of books there is no end," and Straits Settlements cannot complain that she has not nad a fair share of
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  • 71 4 The Viceroy of Canton nightly approves of wireless telegraphy and has opened a negotiation with a firm at bnameen <br the purchase of the necessary installing puraphernalia. It is reported that a school for Chinese girl S l is to be opened at Swatow, the funds being subscribed
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 333 4 TO-NIGHT OPEN INDRA JAVA Grand Success Grand Success I Friday, Uth December, WILL STAGE AT THE ALEXANDRA HALL Sri mendaioan fiairani. The Company has ENGAGED AT AN ENORMUS Salary $1,000 Weekly The Wizard of the Orient M. OMAR, Director Sok Proprietor. "CIGARS" We beg to inform the Public that we
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    • 375 4 H. S. KIRWAN'S TANK ROAD LIVERY, RACING CONhVhSSION STA R C (OPPOSITE RAILWAY STATIOX BUS I A new building specially built Acco ram oda.io n for Horses und C. lr Kxtra iargc ioose Uam to. V«, ita «l .-.oreroom, for tl e use o( accommodation for Und. tor^. H s.
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  • 297 5 N vVITH MANY ALIASES. 1 > 5 f4 Statesman" if was made under ■umstmccs, Police yestcrm named Walter lH as been wanted ths to answer a |S men! preferred in _< d to evade all f$ Until July last 9 accountant in p
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  • 93 5 Russ -ud, by well, to be very i does look up an r wishing to -peak scarcely ever and flu-h of 1 1 You then cannot what a pity it ntly hide such II fill m her-. it blue-grey they tl >ng dai k lash slight, -he
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  • 100 5 LS lIIKM A STORY I MORAL. a eived a little le»--at the Clei ken- Tday. Having case the jurorinnounceroent that with the corts made. protesting barrisrc. I his expremature," he tied to have my Addressing the he would tell A certain monarch believed it u;, turbed at what
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  • 575 5  -  F ree T. J ane (By T HE 1 NAMES. fsmm carrying tuns iirii ntt 1 l cerned hm it a^ ninst shl P s are conwhet her it 1S °f remel doubtful craft th a e r r e con^rned^^ tOr^ ,^2S a P a 'V )C^
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  • 332 5 HOW IT WAS LOST AND POUND. New York, Nov. 15. A 10-t weddi: g ring ha- been recovered at New Colombus, near Wilkesbarre, by a chance so exceedingly remote that it would be incredible were the facts not vouched for by a gentleman named George Well,
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  • 433 5 HOW TWO RUSSIAN TERRORISTS MET THEIR FATE. Farewell Messagl. Reuter's correspondent irrSt. Peters burg, writing under date November 6, PI «rs that the following detail have been published re&a r'ingthe last hojrs of the two women Mamaieff at d Venedik off, who were condemned to derth by cop.rtmartial
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  • 423 5 We have not heard yet what action Ilultsdorf proposes to take in regard to the follow' ng paragraph in Mr. Arunachalam's administration report for 1 905 Ihe Kandyans are more anxious t<> e-cape from the bonds of mat. imony than other sections of our population,
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  • 188 5 Of all emergencies none demands more imperatively a preservation of one's power to act with coolness and decision than an outbreak of fire. In the case of an overturned lamp, if action is taken at once the dan age may be confined to the carpet upon
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  • 678 5 Number t mm n Capital. Subsc bed. of I ss ue Pa,d Reserve rnmmm r__m*_*_ aysa Shares Value up to reserve Company Quotations present 7— price GOLD. 1900 3175.000 $140,000 3,soo^Sued G. M. Co.. Ltd. .0.00 sellers 1900, £350.000 35o!o2o J $l i DuffDevolopmenico.,Ltd. l,,CknCd) T*"'"™ ,<vJ
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  • Commercial.
    • 157 5 Gambier buyers 6.82^ do Cube No. 1 „10.50 Copra, Bali 10^35 do Pontianak M ngt Pepper, Black (ordinary Singapore) 18.00 do White, Fair LW. 5 pcr cent. M 24.50 Sago Sarawak Flour QO do Brunei No. 1 2.924 Pearl Sago, small 5.40" Coffee, Bali i6| per cent. buyers 3
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    • 92 5 On London.— Bank 4ms *i. Demand 1/4 On Germany. -Bank d d "V j,/' On France. Bank d d On Hongkong. Bankdd 2/ per cent, dis Private 30 d I 3/ percent, d. On Shanghai. Hank d d Private 30 dis On Java -Bank 1 1 Private 30 dis
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 306 5 NOTICE. WEEKLY SAILINGS. The S. S. Pontianak f (Captain Casey, sails from this Port every Monday at 2 p.m. for Quantan, Pahang. Good accommodation for passengers, special rates for caf^o. Apply to The BORNEO Co., Ltd. Agents. HOUSE OF LORDS (CORONET BRAND) THE WHISKY OF DISTINCTION t COR.ONCT BRKN' |h^__WHi
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  • 1094 6 Extraordinary how well these French women dress. They ieein to have t.u- better taste than our women** 1 That is invariably the deduction drawn bv the British visitor to l'ari>. Women critics ,u" a little further. They take in at a glance the freshness as \\< II
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  • 393 6 LONDON LAUNDERERS 1 ATTEMPT ro RAISE PRICES. tain leading n Ithy mere are making what 1- k: rkg ng 1 5 for rk all roun Alx >ut a the same m f the Laund Ass sini r" in laundry but failed, and those who kr the tra
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  • 54 6 llio prophets who in the days of Elizabeth declared at festive boards thai America in eleven reigns would equal the population •>! France and England, no doubt had tankards thrown at their heads. Bui they were righi thi 1- are 100,000,000 in North America to d.iv. Easl Anglian
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 542 6 BANKS. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. PAID-UP CAPITA! *10,000,000 RESERVE FUND:— Sterling K« Bcrve 10,000,000 1 «o n Mnn Silverße* rve $10,950,000/ 9^>" iM Reserve Lial ilitj »>l Proprietors $10,000,000 Court of Directors. A Haupt, Etq Chairman. Hon. Dickaon Deputy-Chairman. E, Ctik i H. E. Tomkins Ksq. C. R. Leii/mann, D.
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    • 341 6 NOTICES, G. A. Fernandez Co. No. 6 [Y Almeida Street. LICENSED AUCTIONEERS, SURVEYORS, ARCHITECTS, APPRAISERS, AND HOUSE AGENTS. Charges and Commission will be found moderate. 9-8 06. u.c. DOllS Cops DOllS Just Unpacked Sec our enormous variety of, Dolls and mechanical toys. The Dolls are sleeping and waking beauties, different
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    • 264 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. tc 2/2/07. nt Bolter, 69, HNSON ROAD. Telephone No. 398. Just Landed a Fresh Stock ohPickled Herrings in tin Smoked Russian Spratts Fresh Bombay Butter
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    • 399 6 t- U" AIUTB. FBi^T^ WANTED, WANTED. Typist and Shorthand writer. Must have good local knowledge. Chinese preferred. APPLY AT ONCE. Lloyds Greater Britain Publish ine Co., Ltd., Rafilc- Hotel Build*: Brass Basso Road u.c. WANTED. I A smart Chinese or Eurasian 1 ypist for Engineering Establishment Salary S4O to $50
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    • 125 6 D S P e cial Hol.rt New tra n CH «P "ETURN TICKm "it. Ml T. KUDO CHARGES MODEn ATE P-* 0 7 am. t 0 5 NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS We shall be s rmk obliged to our advoS if, when any changTS reqmred in their ad vertxsements that changes
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