Eastern Daily Mail and Straits Morning Advertiser, 19 December 1906

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  • 19 1 Eastern Daily Mail AND STRAITS MORNING ADVERTISER. No. 392 VOL. H. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1906. PRICE 5 CENTS
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  • 650 1 MR. HANDMANN'S PLANS Mr. Bandmann is looking forward to the time when he will have his owe theatre, built on the latest lines, where he will have full play for his ideas The end towards which he is steadily working is to make Calcutta a centre
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  • 132 1 GOBELINS TAPESTRIES Didenhofen, November 22. Two persons, apparently Parisians, arrived lieu: yesterday, engaged three master carpenters, and proceeded with them to a castle in the vicinity, belonging to Count Berthier, Adjutant in the French War Ministry, who reside^ in Paris. The visitors, showing a letter of introduction,
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  • 69 1 RbcBNI rumours concerning an early dissolution of Parliament appear to be absolutely baseless. They are discredited by Liberals, who make no disguise of the view that such tactics would be the height of folly. No eventuality of the kind is expected at the Unionist headquarters, where preparations would be immediately
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  • 822 1 hi the article upon Comparative Colonisation, contributed by Sir John Cockburn to the last number of the British Empire Review, reference was made to the French Colonies and their system of government As it has been decided to instal in the FrancoBritish Exhibition to be held in
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  • 30 1 Elei \uu m cik-i-v generated at Niagara Falls wm on 19th November delivered .it LorontO, 81 miles awiv for the fust time. A supply of 40,000 horse power 18 available.
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    • 230 1 FOR THE CHRISTMAS New Year Festivities ORDER USHER'S i gents JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd. 3o|)ni!im^co ii _£ta 1 SPECIAL CHRISTMAS UFFER. JOHN LITTLE CO'S $20 Hana Sewing $20 SEWING MACHINj? COMPLETE WITH WALNUT COVER ll!l MACHINE IS EXPRESSI-Y MANUFACTURED FOR US ON IHE VERY LATEST LINES, AND IS FULLY GUARANTEED
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    • 178 1 HwarthjTskine^ lEi>§ii>ccrs apd Contractors. _ELECTRICAL IWSTALLATIOWS. Tt hthme 2:i Tel^-uZ" EBSKJCNE I'WEILL ZERNER C^ ==S Jewellers and Watchmakers *=^3l INVITE THE PUBLIC TO INSPECT THEIR FINE SELECTION OF I JEWELS ETC. SUITABLE FOR XMAS NEW YEAR PRESENTS (.PRICES REJVIfIRKABIiY CHEfIP j mi\i\c; IMPLEMENTS. j WDiteaioaprcaiaiau) Co. NOVELS 20 cts. PER
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    • 10 1 WHAT IS WHISKY? USHER'S Sole Agents JOHN LITTLE CO- LTD-
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  • 465 2 The Eastern DailY Mail. WEDNESDAY, 19TH DECEMBER. THE CHILDREN' S XMAS TREAT. l^RlCt 5 CENTS. I ickets are out for the 'Xmas treat, which Mr Buckley has with such taithiul persistence and generosity afforded the school children year by year tor nearly a quarter o\ a century The thing was
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  • 372 2 A case which was decided in the Appellate Court last Monday called attention to a much-needed improvement at which the Munitipality have been two or three years engaged but which still seems a long way from completion. 1 he new road to Tan j on- Katon* was excellently
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  • 49 2 Change in the Proprietorship of the Eastern Daily Mail." II t draw tkt attention >t' mtr tVtßikt J I the Notices appearing in t*-da\ is& I re the ckottge m tlic Proprietorship of tlic "Eastern Daily Maif" tiie SwgaJ'Ui' Mitt ran," and the u CmxtOM Print tig I Works."
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  • 67 2 Yesterday, the Norwegian steamer Heim "Captain Erickson, arrived from Bangkok with a cargo of rice. The Captain reported that, the boatsswain, a Malay, died during the voyage and was burried at H. M. S "Alacrity." Commander K. L S. Leatham, arrived from Labuan on Monday night and anchored in the
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  • 125 2 RLALIIINC. OUT FOR WORLDS COMMERt E. A tew day- ago, Reuter wired u> to the effect that Mr. Miller. United State-Consul-General at Yokohama, had stated that Japan was quite prepaied to go to war on the Schools question. Mr Miller, afterwards, denied that hehad ever expressed himself in
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  • 312 2 S. C. C. v. WEST KENTS. Alter a lapse of some time the S.C.C. mustered a strong eleven when opp<»c<.i to the West Kents, who relieved the Sherwood Foresters, in a hockey match on the S. R. C. portion of the Esplanade last evening. The Club players were the
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  • 94 2 rhe gross pro6tsof the N Kaishafor the half-year 30th, I( c mr KSSB?* -t, )t lllc lt depreciation of the Conn and property, Yen, iowSSf*.** ranee rund, >,;/, 3 IS V Structural Repair ffi^ 320, total ><•„, .646 balance of «i Fund, rising it to K«
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  • 369 2 LETTER FROM mr Alexander! In a letter dau ember iB, published in i Obsei a fromMr. J Secretary of the An: the following reference Settlements and the Nan-.- made I have since I to the Malay Peninsula, ol you will have seen uot pepers^ At Penang, Ipoh,
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  • 71 2 To the Bdito. DwrSir. Will jr*" allow u**« in your valuable paper u> .Lu m» bIJ, which .srcMllyt^n^t^^ Can you. Mr *g*''"Jf 9 oii den, help me in the matt persons gathered togCi er a M hJnwere to- DIM VJ^ aiu i m* and
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 247 2 SPECIAL CHRISTMAS LINES FRESH FRUITS WKSSINA ORANGKS f.EMONS 'j A I MEIRA GRAPES, A ill I I AND I L T RPLI NUTS... I .\i.\'< ».\i)>. vlnu rs, fiujer rs I eHoeeuviES IN PRESENTATION BOXES, ALL SIZL>. i PERFUMERY IN NEW AND VARIED DESIGNS ALL AT SPECIALLY LOW XMAS PRICES.
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    • 344 2 IN ORDER TO _Pv™ INTRODUCE jA 4wK^J^m Wbiskp. IT WILL BE SOLD AT HALF PRICE, i. e. $M Iff the cas e of *2 bottles quarts, excluding duty, or 85 cts the V quart bottle, duty .included. RECORD No. 1177. OLD TAYLOR SCOTCH WHISKY. I From the results of our
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    • 91 2 TO-NIGHT OPERA INDRA JAVA Grand Success! Grand Success!! WILL STAGE AT THE ALEXANDRA HALL To-Night Wednesday, hawai mujlis or a trip to Fairyland. M. OMAR, Director 6V Silt Proprietor. TAN GEOK HAY, (CHOP HIN MO CO.) 382 Victoria Street. Dealers in Muslin, silk sarongs, prints, and ill >orts of good-
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    • 122 2 "ESS* London and i round a small si^ui' «t dar the co*|£$^ wall j ocal agent, arc M^ *bo, Co., have ismicd a wall which ,s attached »Z^ tetvea for the twelve m b 'r k COmiQg year. On the t"! 1 calendar pruUcd hc My of tl dar.ortheycar„ o-
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 64 2 eOMING EVENTS. To-day. 19th Hiflh Water OuM a.. u.U p. S V. C. >isnallin« Class, Mj p cstminst'-r Singers, Postponed Stra t> vs. Burma Rangoon. French Cinen. Opens 7ft Spm Thursday, 2Ctb Hi_. Water i. ■>- a., usq j>. P. >. Mail Homeward due. S. V. l Fencing \am, U5
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  • 121 3 tcrS Agency wires (By submarine telegraph.) nmCERS PKPKIVED OF THEIR APPOINTMENTS RIUGUADOI'S BEMTEMCI RKDUCEI). London, Dec. 18, 8.55 a.m. pic Rt Hon. Edmund Robertson /Dundee), Parliamentary Secretary to \dmiralty, announced, 10 the House mmons, that, in connection with disturbances at Portsmouth, 1 a] been decided to relieve
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  • 21 3 uion. Hec. iS, 8.55 a.m. The Rt Hon. J. E. Ellis, M. P. bat ed the under-Secretaryship ot
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  • 36 3 London, Dec. 18, 8.55 a.m. The general result of the protracted jcbate in the Belgian Chamber is that Kelgiu™ has taken the first step tothc annexation of the Congo State
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  • 37 3 London, Dec. 18, 5.55 a.m. Hit D announcing the with- oi the decree of expulsion of its lent from St. Petersburg the muturl desire of England »ia to remove all misunder-
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  • 20 3 Death of Membe r of Parliament. London, Dec. 18, 8.55. a.m. Mr. rhomas Rolling Bolton, If. P. Division of Derbyshire,
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  • 41 3 London, Dec. iB, S-55p.n1. An approximate result of the Comeafth Elections shows that the sts liave returned lSmem-\nu-Socialists 31 and Socialist- zThe Australian States are showing -ncnt against their being represon the Colonial Conference by calth members only.
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  • 47 3 London, Dec. iS, S-55 a.m. Mr Winston Churchill sketched in 1 1 use Commons the Constitution of range River Colony which, generally similar to that of Transvaal including an Upper er to be nominated for the first iment which will thereafter be
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  • 373 3 HOSTILITY of CANTONESE MERCHAN I- TO BRITISH INI ERPRISE. Ihe N.C. Daily News translates the following telegram sent by tlie .ese residents of Shanghai to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, nistry of Posts and Communications, the Viceroy of the Two provinces and the Head Chamber <> r
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  • 45 3 U.S .LIFE ASSURANCE CO'S LEGAL ADVISER SENTENCED. A K e„cy wire, (nT^arina telegraph.) London, Dec. 18, 2.45 p.m. Mr. Burnham, Legal Adviser to the U.S Mutual Reserve Life Assurance nas convicted by a Grand Jury and sentenced by the United States toforlSSS y to "">*»»' hard
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  • 25 3 London, Dec. 18th 2.45 p.m. I he House of Commons has "rejected the Lord s amendments to the Trades 1 Disputes Bill
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  • 40 3 THE TWO NEW CONSTITUTIONS. Approved by thi Hgi:se of Commons. London, Dec. it, 2.45 p.m. The House of Commons has unanimously passed a resolution approving of the grant of separate constitutions for the Transvaal and Orange River Colony.
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  • 32 3 London, December iSth 2.45 p.m. Sir Charles Henry Ommanney retires from the permanent I'nder-Secre taryship to the Colonies on the 15th proximo Sir Francis Hopcwood succeeds him.
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  • 52 3 .London, December 18, 2.4^ p.m. It is expected that Parliament will be ahle to assemble in Bloemfontein in Autumn and that the same enervations will be made to ;i Co istitution there as those made to the Transvaal except with regard to the Chinese labour question which
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  • 43 3 PROGRESSING IN HEALTH AFTER SECOND OPERATION London, December 18th S 30 a.m. It is officially announced that the Princess Royal progressed in health as well as can be expected after the second operation. Her iHne*— iraa painful but not dangerous.
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  • 34 3 NINE SOILS PERISHED AT PORTSMOUTH. London, December 18 8.30 a.m. A cutter from 11. If. S. Hindustan wa- fouled by buoy at Port-mouth. She -ank and nine persons were drowned.
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  • 36 3 London, Dec. iSth 8.55 a.m. Mr. Winston Churchill announced in Parliament that Lord Selborne was willing to retain the Governorship of the Transvaal if the Imperial Govern ment desired him to do so.
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  • 402 3 Mr Din, an octogenarian Canadian, claims to have invented a cure for It sight. He says, that his mod .p>ro.)idi is to apply a series of light pressure on the eyes regulated by an apparatus with a small dynamo indicating the pressure. It causes no pain
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  • 55 3 The firsTmatch of the Straits Cricket Team at present on tour in Rangoon begins to-day, Burmah furnishing the opposition. ♦> In recognition of the excellent service rendered by the police during the time of the riots between the Hokicns and Teochews, the men.bct s of the local force arc to
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  • 978 3 CALENDAR BEING RAPIDLY GONE THROUGH. he work of the Appellate Court is rapidly approaching completion and will probably be concluded on Saturday of this week. Yesterday, the appeal Shaik Salim Talib and Company wa s concluded. The Court made an earnest effort to de fine the limits within
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  • 79 3 There are over two hundred horses in training just now on the Calcutta Race Course, which is a record." Of the above no fewer than sixty-seven are English-bre«l while over a dozen arc imported from South Africa or South America. Out of forty-five Viceroy Cups that have been competed for,
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  • 1483 3 ALLEGED THEFT OF ARRACK. fCoo Su Man was yesterday charged before Mr. Colman with the theft of about a gallon of arrack at the Spirit Farm on the 1 2th instant. The head coolie at the Farm saw the defendant issuing from an apartment where he had no
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    • 442 3 NOTICE. WEEKLY SAILINGS. The S. S. Pontianak (Captain Casey, sails from this Port every Monday at 2 p.m. for Quantan, Pahang. Good accommodation for passengers, special rates for cargo. Apply to The BORNEO Co., Ltd. Agents. NOTICE is hereby given that I have sold and assigned to the u Straits
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    • 497 3 H. S. KIRWAIMS TANK ROAD LIVERY, RACINC COMMISSION STABLES (OPPOSITE RAILWAY STATION) A new building specially built for stables, absolutely sanitary am! up-to-date Accommodation for Horses and Carriges by day, week, or month at Popular Prices fcXTRA large loose boxes for Race Horses; also a suitably equijxxl and well Ventilated
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  • 159 4 Even the prrtpitivc and patriarchal grace ol hospitality, still surviving in the le>s populous p;.rts. of Europe, is being ruined by the robber, tor whom cycling and motoring now obliterateall land marks. The Warsaw papers relate a striking instance of the tact. Fwo well-dressed cyclists the othe: night
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  • 349 4 THE LATE BOER PRESIDENT OF THE TRANSVAAL. Kruger, during hi^ younger days had been a most successful hunter, and had met with many adventures' It was, however, very difficult to get him to talk about them, even to his friends lo strangers he invariably refused to
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  • 397 4 TERROR IN THE STEERAGE OF A WELL-KNOWN MAMMOTH LINER. Damagf Estimated at Cher: ourg, Thursday, Nov. 23. The huge North German Lloyd liner Kaisci Wilhelm der Grosse, of over 14,000 tons.was leaving Cherbourg roadstead at 8.30 last evening, after taking 00 board 170 passengers for New York,
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  • 335 4 lilt KING AND THE L« >kl> MAYOR'S SCHEME. A: Fishmongers' Hall the Lord Mayor, Sir W. Ireloar, made the following announcement of a scheme for the benc"nt ot crippled children in London One of the chief reasons why I to become Lord Mayor wa'- that the position might
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  • 173 4 Another remarkable book, which portrays in racy language the conditions preva.l.ngat the German Imperial Court has just made its appearance, under the title, Our Lmperor and his People German Sorrows." The reader is given interesting details of the interviews winch take place between the Emperor ane
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 187 4 j RccreatioTHTtrT] \sERANGOONROAD,m Am l j Has excellen, „eom m, lon f r manent boarders. r lc mpor,,r v I Alry r OmS Whh V —^h and b«h nK T I GOOD TABLE ft W.NES I NOTICE." THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAvI^T^ I Cicphone So 0^? THE ONLY
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 1634 4 SDJFKSDKFNKN SHIPPING NEWS. VESSELS R Mever a H n S k ong, Dec 19; Behn Tydeus, Brit. str. 4,799 tons, Capt Sumatra' JaDan n*> d* r. Campbell, 4 th Dec. From Liverpool, TTlVTVlTU^riVnvr^ Salazie ffl l9; w?.°: llth Nov Gc Mansfield Co. For EXPECTED. Jfi£?&Z> c apt stmons Vork, Jan.-;
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  • 543 5 EARLY WOODEN RAILWAYS. kU( uv!i with any certainty ,>i parallel tracks tor ,hc:: lhc _,j- u u(> laid down in Great winder it ITSi of wood or of the former is the more llu: material being found rc ami it- |ong shape being A l su rgestive of fitness for
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  • 99 5 r, 'K MANUFACTURING COPRA. respondent writes hariea KcrMr. Jeremias Fernando, j/*Stonyhu Kotahena, brother of Fernando. M. M. C. and r-tudent of St. Benedict's Instinventcd an apparatus for oisturefrom the kernel of manufacturing copra by heated air. He is applying < nt of Ceylon to have
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  • 86 5 "xcrtion with the report that ladron will shortly pay 1 San Francisco, it is stated by roes that the message pro- the cruise of tlie Train- along the western coast America next spring. The dr will consist of the cruisers lbl
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  • 1243 5 POLITENESS TO WOMEN. ENGLISHMAN AND FRENCH MAN CONTRASTED. IBy a Frenchwoman, l A good authority said the other day that an Englishman dispensed more eas.ly wtth woman'? company than she with his. It is true Stff2U!s firsl things that and for many hours at any rate ovt f W b
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  • 354 5 AN AMAZING DECREE. 1 he Times Peking correspondent telegraphs the text of the imperial decree suppressing the manufacture and -use of opium in China. The regulations are eleven in number. They provide that not only the cultivation of the poppy but the use of opium must cease
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  • 110 5 In view of the possibility of pre mature burial, an absolute test ot death is greatly to be desired. The Scientific American gives a brief note of what professes to be an infallible criterion. It is a German invention, and consists in the injection of fluorescine deeply into the tissues.
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  • 789 5 Mining. Number p PaysT Capital. Subsc bed. of 'VaTue UP to Reservfc Company Quotations prcs.nt I Shares i price GOLD I I3.5oo $10 j $10 Hersawah G. M. Co.. Ltd. I 1 0.00 sellers 1900 $175,000 $140,000 j< 3.5oo unissued 4,000 $10 $10 (Deferred) OOUBseUsn 1900 £400,000
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  • Commercial.
    • 146 5 Gambier buyers 6.824 do Cube No. 1 ,,10.50 do Pontianak 9 95 Pepper, Black (ordinary Singapore) 18.00 do White, Fair L. W. 5 per cent. 24.50 Sago Sarawak Flour 3.00 do Brunei No. 1 2.92.J Pearl Sago, small 5.40" Coffee, Bali 164 per cent. buyers 3 per cent. 19.00
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    • 115 5 On Loudon. Bank .1 n a /4 7 lG Demand > do. 6ms 2 i, l() Private i m s If, g v l6 Om Germmtp. -Bank d d 2 Private 3 m 1 7 Qm Honghomg. Bank d d t pc rcilt llis Private jo d B j|
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 278 5 HOUSE OF LORDS (CORONET BRAND) THE WHISKY OF DISTINCTION ■ft wmsKiNM V~\ COR.ONCT BRANS^R SOLD EVERYWHERE KNOWN ANYWHERE. FOR SALE AT TANK ROAD LIVERY AND RACING STABLES AtMederate Prices 15 Indian Bred Polo Ponies, broken to saddle. ALSO 6 Persian Bred Harness Horses and Hacks. Tank Road Livery Stables, (opposite
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  • 1577 6 We have received an amusing little work entitled the Comedy of Swadeshi Agitation," written by a Bengali graduate. The author says he has here undertaken to depict the genuine Indian feeling on the agitation irhal the silent many think of the speaking kw." His "comedy" takes the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 618 6 BANKS. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. PAID-UP CAPITAL **10,000,00(! RESERVE FUND:Sterling Reserve $10,000,000 1 lgnQ)(n Siforßeserve 3 10,250,000 •*'.«u.o Reserve liability ol Proprietors $10,000,00( Court of Directors. Haupt, Ksq Chairman. Hon. W. Dickson— Deputy-Chairman. K. Goetz, Ksq. H. E. TomkinaKsq. C. R. Lenzmann, D. M. Nissim,/^y. G. H. Ifedhurst, Ksq. F.
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    • 393 6 NOTICES. 1 6. A. Fernandez Co. I No. 6 LT Almeida Street. LICENSED AUCTIONEERS, 3 SURVEYORS, ARCHITECTS, APPRAISERS, AND HOUSE AGENTS, Charges and Commission will be found moderate. 9-8-06. u>cDOllS! COPS! DOllS! Just Unpacked See our enormous variety of, t Dolls an <* mechanical toys. The Dolls are sleeping and
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    • 264 6 Dr. S, IWATSUBO, Dvntal Surgeon. No. 1 Raffles Place. Hours 0/ consultation 9 a.m. to 12 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Or by appointment.) 3/8/06. tc 2/2/07. m. Bolter, fc9, ANSON ROAD. Telephone No. 398. Just Landed a Fresh Stock o/zPickled Herrings in tin Smoked Russian Spratts Fresh Bombay Butter
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    • 399 6 M E, D, M," ADLET3. FC WANTED. WANTED. Typist and Shorthand writer. Must have good local knowledge. Chinese preferred. APPLY AT ONCE. Lloyds Greater Britain Publishing Co., Ltd., Raffles Hotel Buildings. Brass Bassa Road u.c. WANTED. A smart Chinese or Eurasian Typist for Engineering Establishment. Salary $40 to $50 per
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    • 245 6 Newer* Pl »^0 feet A P' a Of cducatiL V" WEAP RETURN TICKETS Tn First Salmon 22 'T "L 0% ■^cond Saloon 6 c hl *'"i ti. The }>. m(7 V im < -i 1; -rangemcus,,-,,,,^,,^ 'orturthcr particular. app The f•« S- N. C< i« March, 1906. Ml t. kudq
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