Eastern Daily Mail and Straits Morning Advertiser, 15 February 1907

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  • 19 1 Eastern Daily Mail AND STRAITS MORNING ADVERTISER. No. 438 VOL. HI. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1907. PRICE 5 CENTS
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  • 755 1  - LAST LINK WITH LIVINGSTONE. Mrs. j. a. Bailey By Matthew Wellington was one of the six boys from Nasik who came over from India to help to find David Livingstone in Africa. He is still alive, a hale and hearty man, probably between fifty and sixty years old. He is
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  • 195 1 OLD HORRORS IN A NEW GUISE. Accounts reaching Constantinople from Tripoli depict the horrors of the slave .trade between Turkey and the province, in dark colours. Indeed, it is openly asserted that it is exclusively as a source of supply that the Porte cares to
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  • 510 1 SYMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING. 1 here was lately a very interesting evening party held at the instance of the Editor of the Hindu in honour of Mr. Beauchamp, the retiring Editor of the Madras Mail. There was a representative'gathering of Indian gentlemen and Mr. Beauchamp rose to the occasion and in
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  • 257 1 HOW IT HAS BEEN USED TO DETECT CRIME. Discussing the M dowsing or divining rod" before the London Spiritualist Alliance at the Salon ot the Royal Society of British Artists last month Prof. Barrett said it fust appeared about 1520 as the "dipping tod." He had endeavour ed
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  • 112 1 I lie Daily Express estimates that the South African footballers will receive nearly ,£lO,OOO as their share oi the gate money taken at the matches played by them during their tour of the United Kingdom. The money will, the Daily frt»>jj states, be devoted chiefly
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    • 170 1 Jpt paper L m people Che Best icdiuw in c Straits. ?<~~ml DEWAR'S JAWARDii ir EXTRA iTIS ji spec al n3| LA IMPERIAL iki WHISKIES./' W^ yA.^^v Obtainable wrier cover k distillers Special j. u^^" 1 0 ocl^ iiOHUNDVH!"" Good Liquor mmSMP^SSt OF uREAT AC: '°P GREAT AGE M fat
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    • 86 1 Howarth Erskine I BEi>sii>eers apd Contractors. ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS. I LMivir^o T CHINESE NEW YEflß.^^^ apd Motor Co. '"'^Z, pa»c THOROUGHLY RELIABLE UP-TO-DATE. BIVIO iOR CARS MOTOR LORRIES "StSS bSa?s WRITE FOR PARTICULARS. PILEY UARGREAVES& QO. Ltd. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "HARGREAVES," SINGAPORE. I =ri [FIRST CLASS] *^r TAILORING MODERATE PRICES. 7* Afr^^tt^
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    • 9 1 Ule Guarantee the Caraest Circulation or anp paper Singapore.
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  • 882 2 The Eatern Daily mail PRICE 5 CENTS. FRIDAY, 15TH FEBRUARY. A MENACE TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH. Me who runs may read." There is a filthy creek or river which crosses Serangoon Road, a short distance on the town side of Me Pherson Road. This road and its immediate neighbourhood form
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  • 610 2 This is a record Chinese New Year as regards the number of arrests for gambling. In past years there used to be hundreds of arrests made and the courts used to be filled so as to prevent ingress and egress except with the aid of a considerable
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  • 282 2 WHAT HAPPENS lo VESSELS ON FHK SEA BOTTOM. What becomes of the ship that links in mid-ocean? If it is of wood, sa ys the Baltimore American, it takes, in the first place, considerable time for it to roach the bottom In 100 or more
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  • 102 2 RETURN OF THE AND DUCHESS CONNAUGHT. HEARTILY r«, d j r.R.H Connaußht Colony b 3 day aftbeing aim. non from I I To-day. 1, military there will k House To-m< continue.!, place at 1; which tin I In the evening I party at entHr a reception. takes p] c< OnSunda;
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  • 99 2 AN < >DJ i'he \>< have stition-. a mentioned wives. Beiuj. wife. Spi wa- stru mensions rouM nol arms thai hung d wife, »a milk-pot- we keep th< it is the fas fat w 14 A sist< perfect was m fours. "I unl .^ioti t" m<
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  • 68 2 lo liu- a kindly in* I valuable colun 1 am one I residing stone. Dnnru I here we k.\ i i sonu i late rain) consumption. I I am aim. «1 order them I the present li in the well- t use Di m] hat e all
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  • 95 2 lo the I MR, I into the toll r Vliis cit\ in its t^rvw andeui while walking patli along Ral the hwinn mind to go air and f© breezes. nest ui the pla be nothing a litttU- ei needs MMK sol rv tO n autlioritio an utter
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    • 280 2 H.SCHAEFER&Co. ulc beg 10 inform our customers that the Olcll known Old Bl*^B .^mV^m^mT Caplor aW^^J^^ alhisk U)in bc t^ lsi April, I9o: ai Sb.^s, per case of 12 bottles. RETAIL OF ALL DEALERS. 3£,Sehaefer &Co. SOLE IMPORTERS. 9k PEOPLE TO-DAY KNOW THE VERY BEST SHOW IN TOWN «5^ Sxoi/al
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    • 556 2 -€*8 HAVE YOU SEEN ®*S>- I Our Special Cist For Februarp all prices GREATLY REDUCED Setjd for ope. It will pay yoa. THOMPSON, THOMAS Co. I 17 &18 STAMFORD ROAD, SINGAPORE. I TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION. I In honour of the return visit ofT.R.H. the Duke and Duchess of Connaught on the
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    • 26 2 WANTED. Situation as Teacher in a School at Singapore or out of Singapore can produce testimonials or good references. Apply to MAGISTER. c/o E. L>. 11.
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  • 72 3 .a.m. I that hi. i idlygc and de Swettenhwß g with the anka the and des- Mica, but I wrage I and his j of the r rth many 1 M .Von, all gratitude A nerican o< their Mineral the reen the of cech <ays t the
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  • 16 3 'ining I e i mprovitig I g the estaAp- 2 nines, H c D
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  • 13 3 entous i iraent, e lou-e I e finite a far-
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  • 19 3 The Premier and His Irish Policy. ;i its p.m. Irish ndent A-ould not ire, if g erning er to
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  • 9 3 b ed iecting shini with a
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  • 6 3 Mr B ryce Decorated. c lad
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  • 7 3 lipital tor I sub-
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  • 5 3 M ore Attacks. (attacked -French
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  • 14 3 EWSPAPERS. 1 v has I n»«J prosecute „11 ig.ins. 1 matter
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  • 11 3 I p.tn. I starts I ■«d Iberian
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  • 11 3 I ass Router's A*enry wires. (By submarine telegraph.)
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  • 102 3 GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. Frozen Bodies Drift Ashork. London, Feb. 14, 7 2O a.m. The steamer Larchmont has been sunk in a collision off Rhode Island. She had on board 1 30 passengers and a crew of 30 hands. Five boats and four rafts, carrying 19 survivors,
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  • 114 3 NO CASUALTIES RECORDED. London, Feb. 14, 7.20 a.m. tiifl Majesty's battleships Albcmarle and Commonwealth collided on the night of the i ith instant. Both ships are now proceeding, at a speed of twelve knots, to Gibraltar where the necessary repairs will be effected. No causualties are teported
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  • 40 3 RETURNING THE COMPLIMENT. London, February, 14, 7 20 a.m. Prmce Fushimi has left on his mission to England in return for the visit A a lv. to r J?P a las year by Prince Arthur of Connaught.
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  • 40 3 INSANITY EXPERTS' TESTIMONY. Says He Was Suffering from Exaggerated Ego. London, Feb. 14, 7.20 a.m. Insanity experts testify that at the moment Shaw murdered Mr. White he was suffering from a mental disease known as exaggerated ego.
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  • 21 3 REFERRED TO ARBITRATION. London, Feb. 14, 7.20 a.m. The Music Hall Strike has been referred to arbitration.
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  • 74 3 The St. Petersburg police had warning and arrested six of a gang who were waiting to attack a strongly escorted carriage conveying customs receipts to the Bank. The rest of the gang escaped. To-day a gang of ten men at Moscow attacked a carriage conveying the receipts of
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  • 14 3 Mr. Keir Hardie \va^ re-elected chairman of the Labour Party on Saturday.
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  • 113 3 RESTRICTION OF COOLIE EMIGRATION. London. Feb. 14, ;.:o a.m. The Congress, at Washington, ha» agreed to pass a Bill authorising the President ot the United States to exclude Japanese immigrant- when it is -idercd they would be detrimental to home labour. Fhi- is regarded a> satisfactory to
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  • 226 3 DEBATE IN IHE LORDS. London, Feb. 14, ;.^c a.m. understood that the proposal of the Government with regard to the ;-e ol" Lords is still indefinite. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman has made it clear that the veto of a bill, and not the constitution, will be attacked. Lord
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  • 37 3 VICTORY FOR THE OPPOSI HON. London, Feb. 14, 7.20 a.m. I lie .esult of the elections tor the Russian Parliament leave- scarcely any doubt that the Opposition havenow secured a substantial majority in the I>uma.
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  • 72 3 London, Feb. 14, 7.20 a.m. 1 he death of Lord Allcndale create* a vacancy in the Hexhatn Division. Ihe deceased Peer was created a baron last year. He is succeeded by the Hon. W. C. Beaumont, 11. P. for the Hexham Division, who was born in
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  • 41 3 A GOOD HAUL. London Feb. 14, 7--° amliurglars effected an entrance into the house of Mr. Wertheimei. in Park Lane, and stole objects ot art to the value of The stolen property includes paintigl bv Gainsborough and Reynolds.
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  • 47 3 PASSED WITHOUT CURTAILMENT. London. Feb. 14. 7--° a.m. Keuter's correspondent at Tokio wires that the Budget has passed the House <>1 Representatives without the slightest curtailment. Such an action has not been known since the Diet was first opened. Reuter's Agency wires (By submarine telegrams.)
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  • 56 3 HIS MESSAGE TO PARLIAMEN I Feb. 13th, is.9 p.m Reuter's correspondent at Teheran, ■ays that* the Shah in a message to Parliament grants all the popular demands, including the formal recognition of constitutional yov. :.ment This was wired to Tabriz, where the people had seized the
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  • 55 3 Februa. v ij, j.30 pin. l'he Jamaica Legislative Council was opened by the Governor, Sir J. A. Swettenham, who in a speech, stated that the damage done by the recent earthquake would exhau-t the estimated surpki-. He ha> a-ked Lord Elgin to sanction the raising of a new
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  • 69 3 A Cinematograph exhibition was given at the convent on Tuesday evening. Another will be yiven to-mor-mow evening, when views from the Amergau Passion Play will be put on the curtain. This should attract a number of spectators since, though many have read of it, very few in
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  • 268 3 Shortly after midnight on Wednesday, a report reached town that some huts at the '>th mile Bukit Jimahßoad were on nrc. A* much cracker firing was in progress in the town, owing to the Chinese New Year, it wm not considered wise to deprive
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  • 179 3 The Lord Mayor told an amusing anecdote of his schooldays one day last month to the Old Boys of King's College School, who held their annual dinner at the Hotel Cecil. He first went l<> King's College school, aaid Sir W. Treloar, when he was 1
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  • 1068 3 IHEATRE DISCIPLINE No one will be allowed to hiss, make audible remarks, applaud ironically, yawn noisily, use bad language or otherwise disturb the dignified calm necessary to the proper enjoyment of the Drama." These are the peremptory orders of the Mayor of Toulon with reference to its
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  • 407 3 INTERESTING DISCUSSION BY A SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION. New York, Dec. 27.— The concentration of wealth in the hands of comparatively few was vigorously denounced and earnestly defended at the opening sessions to-day of the fifty-seventh annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Henry
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  • 107 3 Under the new distribution of the French naval force- in Europe, which wu to have been completed last month. all the battleships will be concentrated in the Mediterranean. The Northern Squadron will be composed of six armoured cruisers, and there will be thrtc armoured coast defence vessels in reserve at
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    • 132 3 THE FAMOUS WflYflNO KfISSW. To-Night To-Night Friday 1 5th February. AT THE ALEXANDRA HALL, North Bridge l\<>ad. The Dutch and Malay Variety Company off Singapore. STRONGER THAN EVER. Will produce The I* lay entitled A TRIP TO FAIRY LAND rUR HAWAI MAJLIS. Prices $2, $1, 50 cts and 25 cts.
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    • 192 3 m FRENCH CINEMATOtiRAPH To-i>isbt To-i>i§bt WE WILL EXHIBIT THE BEST PICTURES FROM OUR LARGE AND VARIED STOCK OF FILMS. DON'T MISS THIS OCCASION. YOU ARE SURE TO BE SATISFIED WITH OUR SHOW. FIRST SHOW 7.30 P.M. SECOND SHOW 9.30 P.M. StCatinee Svery Saturday CHILDREN FREE. ADULTS HALF PRICL. Admission $1.50,
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  • 2351 4 ROYALTY IN HONGKONG. THE COLONY'S LOYAL RECEPTION. E.MI KIAINMhNI in fill CHIMISI Community. {From the Hongkong lelegraph.) If the community of Hongkong had made truce with the meteorological divinity who controls the weather it could not have desired more delightful conditions than those which prevailed when T.R.H. the Duke and
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  • 274 4 A QUEER OPERATOR An operator, who was in Valparaiso during the recent earthquake there, and is now in Kingston, cabled to Colon the words. Valparasiso repeated." NicK-NAMts fOR Winds. The Jamaica seawind, which blows in the daytime, is called the doctor," because it is health
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  • 280 4 IHE PEOPLE ONCE IN IHE SADDLE WILL SOON RIDE." Reutcr's telegram of the 7th inst.. an ent the result of the German elections contains the reference of Prince Yon Buelow that the Germans could ride down everything in her own may." It will be seen from the
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    • 366 4 BUSINESS CARr SANITARIUM THE A^J HEALTH FOOD DEPOT. J' Have the Ue.t an^ *°*l and UpholstetT^t^l IMPORTERS OF HIGH-CLASS and also mad. notice. I CEREAL AND NUT FOODS. 4 VISIT W|l 213 ORCHARD ROAD. GRANOSE GROUND COFrrl A WONDERFUL FOOD FOR QUALITY- Purity^ INVALIDS DYSPEPTICS GUARanueo 1 and also for
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    • 161 4 ghee see,. GENEH v ...I DR. S. IWATSU-. DENTAL surgJ """"z 1..] f-8-oCi to -FOR THE CHINESE N[|l Artificial flowers forXcu i New Veai I New Yen I theßoya I Po«t Ca Post Card Fraj I Post Card ALSO THE FOLLOWING J Colonial Ed Jonah'- Li* Protit anu i A
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 1543 4 SHIPPING NEWS. T71?OO1?T O Riojun Maru Japan, Feb 15; Paterson MAILS CLOSE. V HiOOJCj±JO Simons T!V_njnirrn7lT\ Sambia, Hongkong, Feb ll j Behn EXPECTED. Hongko >& eb 28; Behll P« PerS^e- r, m e Meyer To-day. Nmm y PoH, Probable date 0/ Arrival, Scharnhorst, Hongkong, May 17 I Behn Swettenham mid
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  • 458 6 ADJUDICATING CLAIMS OF BEST LOOKING COUPLES. The delicate task of adjudicating between the rival claims of Venus and her graceful companions was an easy one compared with that of deciding who were the best-looking couple in such a populous dormitory ofLondon as Stratford London. This was the duty
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  • 191 6 SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT lUK CALCUTTA HIPPODROME A •hocking accident befell a Hindu girl aged seven years, named Queen 1 called because she was born on the day of the death of the late Queen-Emp;e->> at the Calcutta Hippodrome on the evening of the i>t ult. The
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  • 164 6 Ben. res, January 23. 1 li> Highne-s the Maharaja Bahadur of Darbhanga, accompanied by both the Maharanis. came here on the last Solar Eclipse day Unfortunately, both the Maharanis were attacked with cholera of a severe type, which vras pronounced dangerous by all the medical attendants.
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  • 68 6 Prince Fushimi, a memboi of the Imperial house of Japan, has been selected by the Emperor as his representative to return the visit made by Prince Arthur of Connaught last winter in charge of the Garter mission. He has expressed a desire to travel to England
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  • 655 6 a=si CaP a SabKbtA Sh res vSlwt R "Comp.nv Quotations S 1 i Price. i GOLD. 1900J *i75.000 $140,000 [um^CL* $l "^awah G. M. Co., Ltd. 5.00 nominal, j 1900,^400,000 £350.000 350X $I DuffDevolopmenU:o.,Ltd.' I>eferred) 6 2 r0 ,™J 20,000 $lo $10 KadanaG MCo Ltd 7°-" 1901
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  • Commercial.
    • 153 6 do Cube No. i IO -55 do l'ontianak lo -45 Pepper, Black (ordinal v Singapore) 1S.00 do White, Fair L. W. 5 per cent. 24.75 Sago Sarawak Flour 3-°° do Brunei No. 1 *99 I Pearl Sag<>. small n 5-4© Coffee, Bali 16^ per cent. buyers pfel cent. 19.00
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    • 113 6 On London. -Bank j in a/4 g t 16 Demand 2/4 3/1^ do. 6 Private 3 m 2/4 i/i<» On Grnnauy. Bank d d j.40 P dTi:: #j {)n lnuur. Bank d d j.<>5 Private 3 m 3.00 do 6 m j.oj Oh liuiux. Bank T. 1. "173! Private
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    • 337 6 Pmoney saved** i money earned. i I IF YOU INTEND TO SELL YOUR LAND AND HOUSE fj PROPERTIES, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE ETC. I 1 FIRST CONSULT A IGe A. Ferpapdcz&Co. I Auctioneers, No. 6 D' Almeida Stneet. I WHOSE RATES ARE HIE CHEAPEST, CHARGES AND 1 I COMMISSION THE LOWEST THE
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  • 1432 6 SOME WOMEN OF TITLE WHO ROB THK POOR. Philanthropy is very much the lash ion at the moment and the time has come when the evil side of society philanthropy should be made plain to the public. Apart from the thousands of poor who, by toiling
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  • 329 6 In the Daily Graphic, under the -cries ot articles entitled Bumps and Brains," Professor H. A. Giles. L.L.D., makes an interesting contribution on Phrenology in China. He states Phrenology, as a science, has been familiar to the Chinese for many centuries past, and it is worth remarking
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    • 455 6 NOTICES. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Mbng Nam Seng) has this day purchased the stock in-trade and good-will of ChoLian 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
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    • 673 6 BANKS. Honykong Shanghai Banking Corporation. PAID-UP CAPITAL $10,000,000 RESERVE FUND:— Sterlihg Reserve 810,000,000 i *oj)2fi«o Silver Reserve $10,260,000 *™>W Reserve Liability ot Proprietors $10,000,000 Court of Directors. A Haupt, Ksq Chairman. Hon. v. \V. Dickson— Deputy-Chairman. E, Goetz, Ksq. H. E. Tomkins Ksq. C. R. Lenzmann, D. M. Nissim, Ksq.
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    • 294 6 m. Bolter, 69, ANSON ROAD. Telephone No. 398. Just Landed a Fresh Stock q/:~ Smoked Russian Spratts Fresh Bombay Butter in 1 1b ami 1/2 Ib tins. Pickled Mackerel Pickled Herrings Salad Oil in Big and small Bottles Russian Caviare Walnuts Turkish Figb Pickled Mushrooms Dry Green Peas French Vermouth
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    • 613 6 E. D. M." ADLETS. FOR SALE, WANT^J WANTED. WANTED. Compositors for day work. Must-be good steady men. Good money for good men. Apply to Manager, E, D. M. 9s, Robinson Road. WANTED, A thoroughly competent man who understands motor car engines, to look after a small petrol launch. $40 per
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