Eastern Daily Mail and Straits Morning Advertiser, 6 February 1907

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  • 23 1 Eastern Daily Mail AND STRAITS MORNING ADVERTISER. No. 431 VOL. ni. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 1907. PRICE 5 CENTS N UTTLE CO., Ltd.
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  • 511 1 DROWNS HER BABY AND HANGS HERSELF. Taint of insanity. A shocking domestic tragedy threw a deep gloom over a Richmond household on Saturday. A mother, after drowning her baby m a bath, committed suicide by hanging herself. The scene of the tragedy i> 31 Dancer-road, a street ol
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  • 222 1 Silvar currency countries are beginning 10 nave their revenge on those m which gold has become the metallic standard of exchange. It is true, the swing of the pendulum has not gone far enough to affect appreciably the prices of commodities. During the last twelve months there
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  • 159 1 Here is an item from the Rangoon Gazette which we commend to the notice of the General Manager of the Singapore Tramways. M The Tramway Company m order to encourage the public to patronise the train service are offering prizes to the value of Rs. =;oo to be
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  • 444 1 PHE JERSEY LILY BECOMES LADY DE BATHE. Another theatrical romance is recalled by the death at Woodend, his country residence, near Chichester, of Sir Henry de Bathe. This ripe old veteran, a, genera' m the Army with a record ot service m the Crimea, was born m 1*23.
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  • 221 1 RECOVERY OF PARTOF HIS PROPERTY. We reproduced the other day an account from the Bangkok Times ol a Siamese outrage on a European, Cape lohansen, m Siam. The following para is from the same paper with reference to the recovery 01 a part of the
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  • 168 1 During the last ten year- gambling Ims been increasing it a terrific rate m Paris. The hells are well know n to the police, who, however, have had no authority to interfere. Many of the richest and most fashionable among them arc run by foreigners. M. Clemenceau
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  • 27 1 I HI-; DEATH KOI.L FOR Sixty-nine ncgiocN and negressea and two whites are reported as having been lynched it America during i i
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 129 1 C HBISTWA S AND L year Festivities SHERS The standard Stcrlip^ Value. I I I I 1 SOLE AGENTS, I I OHN LITTLE CO, LTD.] levThermanos, HA 7 7/:/,' > lit L I D. I SINGAPORE. I I JEWELLERY AND PRECIOUS STONES GOLD, SILVER I AND NICKEL WATCHES, FANCY GOODS.
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    • 143 1 Howarth Erskine Ei?&ii?eers ai?d Contractors. ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS. \Teleph«miS. Taqfram* iSSKJCNE." T LAIVIro Mr T CHINESE NEW YEAR. \H^ I I.- 1 _^»O W k\ c Straits Cycle y cll/vl rIOIOI Wv t MOTORS AGExrsfo*.- THOROUGHLY RELIABLE UP-TO-DATE. MOTOR CARS r MOTOR LORRIES "S™ boats WRITE FOR PARTICULARS. I RlkfY |^ARGREAVES
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    • 10 1 WHAT IS WHISKY? USHER'S Sole Ageitfs JOHN LITTLE CO. LTD
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  • 1107 2 The Eastern Daily Mail. PRICE 5 CENTS. WEDNESDAY, 6th FEBRUARY. 88th ANNIVERSARY. i To-day is the 88th anniversary of the acquisition of the island of Singapore, and we conceive we cannot do better for our readers than give them some account of its early history and how it became a
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  • 277 2 In our leader m yesterdays issue it was erroneously stated that the accident to the daughter of Assistant Surgeon Leicester occured m the quarters occupied by Mr. Leicester a house m Armenian Street which is rented as a Girls' School m which Miss. Leicester is a teacher. It
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  • 215 2 Mr. b C. Penny has had a long and senous illness, fut is now on the nigh road to recovery. This is the explanation of the non -arrival of our weekly London letter for the last feu weeks, says the Malay Mail. MR. Herbert West, who has spent a long
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  • 34 2 THE CHINESE FAMINE FUND. he China F, m ,^J Amount «J4 l-'lged I I Xg 1 I M; -C hhun Ka,, Mi. I 9»PYuC&ii Chop vVoi <5 H ChobYuChi Jfc 'P Sit, w? huh
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  • 296 2 L Mr. Me Innes ,i le board th, ted sum;,, I by shooting I WCDMESDAI Tv the annivei Singap,>,e. holiday m S nga j A LoNfON mm* state that the -Si London military club. J ed by t; lC sen- Siberia where many I A HUNCH Of SouthendC, were p.cko;
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  • WHAT OUR READERS THIN
    • 170 2 i'o the Editor v; t Bwtfl Sir,— My aticnik: fortnight ago, to a P which it was itat< fined for permitting raoiv number oi passengt was aware oi the tion^ m the Jinrikia Ordinances renderin; cars amenaole. but these sections were ill th it Opinion; tor I do
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 209 2 H.SCHAEFER&Co. Ule beg to inform our customers thai the ukII kncuMi out BLv^H Caplor jßQbTw^^ 01 5b.25, per case 1 of 12 bottles, RETAIL ©F rtLL OErtLERS. Jt, O encieter &Lo. j SOLE IMPORTERS. England expects that every man this day WILL lx > |> DUTY." Nel&OH. m r ■■■■iM'^rvT
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    • 489 2 HAVE YOU SBEN S«S> Our Special Cist For Februarp ALL PRICES GREATLY REDUCED 0 Sepd for oi>e. It will pay you. I THOMPSON, THOMAS Co. I 17 dlB STAMFORD ROAD, SINGAPORE. i|KiW^ro^ iH BOOKS RECENTLY RECEIVED. Modern Billiards by J. Roberts 0 eacn U Motor Cycles and How to Manage
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    • 82 2 NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Mong Nam Seng has this day purchased the stock-in-trade and good-will of Chop Lian Choon of No. 603 North Bridge Road, carrying on business as Pine-apple preservers, and that all debts contracted by Chop Lian Choon prior to this date should be
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  • 25 3 rfv (By submarine Mm February 5- -35 P m Uiidou. r«. .peaking m M .Jthel'ce^dehber||i*» constitutional »trug- Commons who would take
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  • 21 3 M; i^inal ha. Won m New bas entered plea of to learn that «r reporters present at the
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  • 29 3 nADIAL CONTINENTAL R RECEPTION London, Feb. 5, Mo g had half an J r> Ra Fans, J Rritish Emt c X tg and the riaitl
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  • 25 3 MANDANDTHE CLERGY London. Feb ■m. cparmg a circular lor c conditi mis unpansn che*. d the Clergy 8 W the local
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  • 8 3 The Fami ne Fiend. MILL! MS. Lm. gilvie
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  • 13 3 [< <N m. Rev -a: ion f Irons i- tationa I
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  • 55 3 5 HVENI VNGED. m. >ays the the 1 -evelt has I channels, loan. Wash--1 iident R V provw onal I E the Calir CooI Appeal to their common I B the 1 Francisco E "here I l-ipanese lokio 1 AmerI ved there with I *en de-
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  • 33 3 Ii lexical, g thrilled ipite at can proe i. tendi to fa** Oration he i,ooo to the listrib- Each, of itheeVes .< 'eceive a .S3 V be to found free mall uggling
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  • 24 3 h <-'i* French I army M' 1 *«f m whlrl: Wfi*t bulk, "^"'Mio,. than Bl r, 1 '"■<%• Armed f "wr own
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  • 1846 3 RIMINAL MISAPPROPRIATION estei day, one Gasman, a servant m the employ of R. Hotchand, a Bombay merchant, was again before Mr. Col man on remand on the allegation that on the 14th of October last when entrusted with $1550 worth of property to sell, he did not return.
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  • 111 3 The Committee of S. Mary's Home w ish to acknowledge with many thanks the following list of donations towards the Home. 11. List. Amount already acknowledged $882.32 Junior Staff Messrs. Boustead and Co. $50.00 H. Payne Gallwey Esq. $50.00 Oriental Telephone Coy. $25.00 J. Sibbons Esq. $20.00
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  • 16 3 The Stratts Echo mentions that His Majesty the King of Siam lia- landed interests m Penang.
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  • 995 3 fHE WELCOME lheir Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and their party have corae and gone to. return welcome did Singapore giv? them. None of the manifestations of welcome could have given them better pleasure than the pleasing sight of those six thousand or more
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 483 3 ARMY CONTRACTS. Scaled Tenders will be received at the office of the Officer Commanding Army Service Corps, Pearl's Hill, up to 100 clock a. on the following dates for supply of the undermentioned to the lroops quartered at Singapore On 10th February 1907 for Bread, Meat, Groceries, Vegetables, Atta, Rice,
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    • 280 3 To-ui^ljt To-i>i§l>t Grand Cbange of Programme. WK W,L, EXH.BJT BEST .PjCTUR^ OUR LARGE DON'T MISS THIS OCCASION. YOU ARE SURE TO BE SATISFIED WITH ONE SHOW FIRST SHOW 7.30 P.M. SECOND SHOW 9.30 P.M. Admission $1.50, $1.00, 50cts and 25 cts. Doors open at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. PROGRAMME.
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  • 932 4 A ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE Sombre as it is there is a strange iascinalion m the story as now given to the world of the assassination of King Alexander and Queen Draga of Servia. Told under the title of The Royal Tragedy by M. Chedomille Mijatovich,
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  • 115 4 News reaching New York from San I iai»cisco states thai naturajista arc interested m n mammoth turtle which |i at present on the schooner .Academy, and which was captured near fialapagos island, off the coast of fclcuador. Grrat enthusiasm prevails m the CallfbrUMUl Academy of Sciences, and
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  • SCIENCE & MEDICINE.
    • 234 4 An Australian paper states that a remarkable surgical -operation has been performed by Dr. Zirmf of Vienna. He removed a boy's damaged eye, and transplanted the cornea (the firm, transparent anterior portion of the eyeball), to a blind man, who, as a result, is now able to
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    • 301 4 Some time ago Mr. Douglas Rudge, repeating the experiments of Mr. Hutjcr Burke on the action of radium on gelatin, came to the conclusion that the M radiobe were simply precipitates ot barium sulphate, and not m any sen^-c living organisms. Mr. Rudge has continued his work,
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    • 129 4 It is not at all uncommon for women who sew to get a needle under the *kin. The slight accident generally makes the woman much more neiAous than she need be. If the needle can be seen the di ctor will freeze or otherwise deaden the
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    • 109 4 A beekeeper, living near a large hotel being built m Jamaica, recently j found his hives m confusion, with many bees lying about exhausted or dead. The electric light was used at the hotel to cany on the building by night. So the bees went out to collect
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    • 108 4 Nou-a-da\> a broken bone ifl not always put up directly into a splint and kept immovable until it lias healed. Many fractures -i.e., bone breakshave damaged or involved joints.and m the CMC of the elbow, wrist, and ankl< there would soon be an Incurable stiffness if the splints
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    • 92 4 Beet-roots are very good tor anaemic people, especially for young girls who are weak and run down, boiled beet is an invaluable food. A diet of beet will make plump the leanest person. The sugar m them is m a peculiarly digest ible form and as a blood enricher
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    • 80 4 Which kind of wood is the most durable To answer this question some interesting experiments have been made, and the following results obtained. Birch and poplar decayed m three years, willow and horse chestnut m four years, maple and beech m five years, elm and ash m
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  • SHIPPING NEWS.
    • 572 4 VESSELS EXPECTED. Xame, /'<//, Probable date of Arrival, and Agents. Stfamkrs. Awa Maru, London. P. Simou» Australien, Colombo, Jan 28 M. Mai i times Ambria, Manila, Jan-Feb Behn Meyr Aparima, Australia, Feb-» Boustead A. Apcar. Calcutta. Jan.— P. Simons Benlomond, Japan, Jim. P. Simons Borneo, Japan, Feb 5, P O
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  • 150 4 LAPSE OF A TEMPERANCE I OWN. Mildura, on the Murray R, m Victoria, has been long regarded by the temperance party as a model settlement, has at length fallen from grace. The first licence for the sale of colonial wine m Mildura was granted to Miss Williams
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  • 289 4 AN IMPORTANT DECISION Regarding Life Insurance An important decision affecting American life insurance companies and their patrons was given at Manila on the 23rd. January. The facts of the case were as follows On July 5, 1902, William H. Badger made a written application for an insurance
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  • 35 4 Burma has won its first indigenous M. A. The honor has been confirned on the province by Miss Parakh, who took her Master's degree m the Calcutta University, her Alma Mater being the Rangoon College.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 109 4 Special Notice. We have received numerous complaints anent UmU cfsflllwjf and nondelivery <>f the E.D.M. This is a state of affairs at regret exceedingly, and we are most atMSSOMf to put a stop Co it. We are taking every possV At *tcp to do so, and shall I* greatly ofJiged
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    • 238 4 BUSINESS CARD SANITARIUM HEALTH FOOD DEPOT. IMPORTERS OF HIGH-CLASS CEREAL AND NUT FOODS. 213 ORCHARD ROAD. GRANOSE A WONDERFUL FOOD FOR INVALIDS A DYSPEPTICS and also for those who are well. LEE AH WAH. 181, ORCHARD ROAD. Coach Carriage Builder Mr. T. KUDO, JAPANESE DENTIST. CHARGES MODERATE From 7 a.
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    • 255 4 QRCHAh hilA Have tnc latent and and t'phol.tcx] Kurnit^*'*' and also made > notice. VISIT WILL BRITANNIA GROUND COFFEE QUALITY PURITY-» ND GUARANTEED. 10 Bl "AD m OM GENERAL STORE KEtJ ORCHARD Ro Al DR. S. IWATSUBy DENTAL SURGEOI No. I RAFFLES PljJ Horn 9im to 12 IPm1 Pm fl
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 262 4 VESSELS IN PORT. MEN-OF-WAR. Funi Mismatch, H. G. 11. cru, io,ooo tons. 647 crew, 26 guns, 13,000 h. p. Dapt Wilken Jan. 25. From Saigon, Jan. 23. For Sunda Island, L\— Rds. Menm, Fed. yet. 1 00 tons, 24 crew, 75 h. s. Xocodah, Jan. 22. From Fort Swettenham, Jan.
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    • 523 4 LATEST ARRIVALSAlcedo, U. S. steam yet. 573 tons, 45 crew, Capt. Soorland, Feb. 5. From Bangkok, Feb. 1. For Borneo, Feb. 9 -Rds. Bhamta, Brit. sir. 1.957 tons, Capt. Windebank, Feb. 22. From Rangoon, Jan. 31. G.c, and 92 d.p. Boustead Co. For Rangoon, Feb. 7 W. China. Aust. str.
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    • 204 4 MAILS CLOSE. For Per Steamer Time To-day. Bangkok Nuentung 11 a m Batavia and Palembang. Van Diemen Ham Colombo Spezia li a m Indragiri Aing Thaye 11 a m Port Swettenham and Penang Kapurthala Ham Bangkok Janet Nicol Ham Saigon Kampot Ham Singkep, Sabak and Djambie Profit 11 a m
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  • 106 5 I |,««ka, Dec it. Barclay, o*2 aSga !hiiina coffin SiS** i^nced that he < buried for Wj ?5 igain and be C^ Roc.already Gar d,n I and his CwKß.*^,, was placed W Barclay, stepped at full length, fully. mnk.ng a ,p r ,ye^ mnounced .dj for then
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  • 8 5 Tl Of I lerablc md an
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  • 17 5 II i ght the Beach I C I c Hall t and -iting thorough!]
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  • 20 5 I- has effori nn of Hung opinuld have all, if Uriam i be! ires Mr.
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  • 40 5 E which kept I nearly KfrV,, 1 a, -ays I of thi. X poet. tor, and I X I he hand R Lady fidant Ae< ll' Jaunted B might have her from M ftn 3 for-
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  • 33 5 i I Me4--|l Cf t-: le upon X Mtly i found -tscom- uhich which II ously ill, I; I fS3 11. "bability *cl fo r .l Clt iervcci It
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  • 428 5 The London Times of the 7UI J.in. says We are requested to state that the White Star Line has decided to transfer its New York Wednesday Royal mail service from Liverr>>ol to Southampton. The reason for taking this important s>tep is not due to any shortcomings
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  • 515 5 Dr. von Lecoq. who has been travelling m remote parts ot Central Asia as a scientific emissary of the Pmssian Government, and whose >afe arrival m inced m Tht Ttwes on Novembei 3c, has given the Srinagar correspondent of the Times of India >ome details
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  • 101 5 A iki.k.kam from Teheran to St. I'etei sburg states The Persian Deputies unanimously <lecided to authorize the foundation, without foreign support of a national banking company with a share capital of eight to i 5 million toman* (X 3.00. 000 000 to X5,^25,000), on condition that the State revenue should
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  • 662 5 |g Capital. Subscbed. U r Issue j Paid Re rye P^ B* L__S»«r«i Reserve Company Quotations peso I I __J rie,» GOLD. 1900 $175,000 $i 4Ot ooo [i a.Soo'Sued $I $l Bengali G. M. Co., Ltd. 5-oo llomi 1900J £350,000 3 |££o $I iDuffDevolopmentCo Ltd <DefCrred) *T
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  • Commercial.
    • 153 5 Gambier buyers 6.95 do Cube No. 1 10.55 Copra, Bali 11.05 do Pontianak 10.45 Pepper, Black (ordinary Singapore) 1780 do White, Fair L. W. 5 per cent 24.75 Sago Sarawak Flour 2.96 do Brunei No. 1 2.93 Pearl Sago, small 5.40 Coffee, Bali 164 per cent. buyers 3 per
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    • 140 5 On London. -Bank j m s tU 9, 16 Demand .743/I'' do. 6 m s 1/5 Private 3 m < -'4 1 1 1 r > On Germany. -Bank d d j.40 Private 3111s z .\<> do 6ms 2.4H} ()>/ France. Hank d d 2.95 IVivate (Bi t.oo do
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 380 5 pMONEY SAVED** MONEY EARNED. I IF YOU INTEND TO SELL YOUR LAND AND HOUSE ft I PROPERTIES, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE ETC. I I FIRST CONSULT A IG.\. Feri?aijdez&Co. I Auctioneers, No. 6D 1 Almeida Street I WHOSE RATES ARE THE CHEAPEST, CHARGES AND 1 I COMMISSION THE LOWEST THE SETTLEMENT t
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  • 1688 6 US APPLICATION IN ATHLETICS. (Bf Mr. C. BL Fry m the Lloyd's Weekly.") We are all very familiar with the M strong man idea it is well advertised and systematised and promised. We all* fancy we understand the simple fact of strength. But do we To what extent
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  • 105 6 A STATISTICAL abstract relating to the British dominions outside the United Kingdom shows that the Union Jack nit over 1 i,i93»000 square ariles, while the population totals 350,000,000. 1 lie debt of British colonies and dependencies amounts to A GRAND vocal and instrumental conceit under the conductorship of Mr. Ben.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 485 6 NOTICES. Estati of Yai* Yam Chuam Deceased. AUCTION SALE OF FREEHOLD LAND AND HOUSE SITUATE AT No. 172 Banda Hilir Malacca, TO BL HEU) Al THE ABOVI PREMISES J Wednesday utii I eb. t \goi nt 2.30 p.m. 1. All that piece of Freehold land together with a plank and
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    • 672 6 BANKS. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. PAID-LT CAPITAL $10,000,000 RESERVE FUND:Sterling Reserve $10,000,000 I aQO 250 0 Silver Reserve $10;250;000 2 >JW> Reserve Liability of Proprietors $10,000,000 Court of Directors. A Hatipt, Esq— Chairman. Hon. \V. Uickson— Deputy-Chairman. B, Goetz, Esq. H. E. Tomkins Esq. C. R. Lenzmann, D. M. Nissim,
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    • 292 6 m. Bolter, 69, ANSON ROAD. Telephone No. 398. Just Landed a Fresh Stock oj\Smoked Russian Spratts 1 Fresh Bombay Butter In 1 1b and 1/2 Ib tins. Pickled Mackerel Pickled Herrings Salad Oil m Big and small Bottles Russian Caviare Prunes Raisins Anchovies m Oil and m Salt Black Olives
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    • 349 6 E. D. M." ADLETS. FOR SALE, WANTED li WANTED. WANTED. Compositors for day work. Must be good steady men. Good money for good men. Apply to Manager, Hi, Urn JXL. 9s, Robinson Road. WANTED. A thoroughly competent man who understands motor car engines, to look after a small petrol launch.
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    • 408 6 MISCELL ANE^| n.ficent climate, Go, A Mountain home for 1 I A health station f Or fSM A placet education f, I An attractive holid. CHEAP "TURN TICKETS TO J First Saloon £22 nounce that they have arrangements with tl c ca( I COLOMBO, KANOY and NEWr., whereby holder^ tn
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