Eastern Daily Mail and Straits Morning Advertiser, 4 March 1907

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  • 19 1 Eastern Daily Mail AND STRAITS MORNING ADVERTISER. No. 451 VOL. HI. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1907. PRICE 5 CENTS
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  • 926 1 VISIT TO THE MALAY PENINSULA. Ceylon and the F. M. S. Compared. Mr. H. K. Rutherford returned to Ceylon from the Malay Peninsula by the P. O. steamer M Borneo on the 14th inst. Before going to the F. M. S. he visited the low-country properties o
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  • 62 1 Eastkrn potentates delight to indulge m the plurality of wives. The King of Siam is the happy or, shall we say, unhappy possessor of no fewer than 500 fair but frail women. The late Shah of Persia only had 65 wives, a sad falling-off from the connubial bliss enjoyed by
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  • 269 1 llic Crocodile River (Sclan-oi Rubber Company has been registered with a capital of ,{[25,000 m shares. To adopt an' agreement with E Macfadyen, W. H. Goulty, and W. O'Hanlon, and to carry on, m the Malay Peninsula or elsewhere, the business of planters of rubber and other
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    • 156 1 OK PaP cr r m P coplc< cdc Best /KlDcrtisina medium m Straits. 'X" BOOTS A 111 LITTLE'S PLEASE TAKE NOTE fV The BOOTS and SHOES |pl I IA VLL WEARERS A i! ELEGANT STYLES-'^j? j/J LASTINO WEAR J L NDOL'BTEDLY rmll rm^\tJ ,*r y* I^^ FROM ILr stock I
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    • 161 1 Howarth Erskine 1 Ei?£iijeers apd contractors. ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS. j Telephone 23. Telegrams ERSKINE." I J cLmCIUipS for r-| SAFE BRILLIANT AND r^r^yA Tl^e Straits Cycle %|p /HP^ ai>d Motor Co. jfj^ MOTORS ''"motor" cars THOROUGHLY RELIABLE UP-TO-DATE. MOTOR LORRIES motor boats WRITE FOR PARTICULARS. I fiILEY ARGREAVES QO, Ltd. 1
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    • 518 1 Ule Guarantee tDe Cargest Circulation of anp paper m Singapore. A POPULAR LIBRARIAN CURED OF INDIGESTION, HEADACHES, AND NERVOUSNESS BY DR WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS. Mr. E. G. Rusbridge, widely known throughout Ceylon not only as Librarian of the Colombo Library, but also as secretary to the Ceylon Mutual Provident Association,
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  • 975 2 The Eastern Daily Mail. PRICE 5 CENTS. MONDAY 3rd MARCH. MILK AND TUBERCULOSIS It was m the year 1901 that Dr. Koch startled the medical world by his immature pronouncement that human and bovine tuberculosis were quite distinct and that human beings can use the milk and meat from tuberculous
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  • 266 2 Tm Russian Government has decided to abolish the post of Viceroy of the Far East. < Mfssrs. Chopard and Montagu Harris leave for Saigon to-day per S.S. Cachar m connection with a large property case. The London Planet, which will boon make its debut, is to be edited by Mr.
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  • 63 2 London, February, 20. Kayncr is calm and cheerful^ and is looking m perfect health. His face is badly scarred by the revolver wound. He has given his solicitor a full recount of the fatal interview, and adheres to his story, that he is Mr. Whiteley's son. Ir
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  • 68 2 On Saturday evening a Sikh policeman at Sepoy Lines committed suicide with a gun. He shot himself m the stomach with the result that he blew a large piece of the stomach away. Ile was promptly removed to hospital and the wounos sewn up, the man however
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  • 443 2 P^h Medical f London ptper. uTw tnc district nfn and !>r ,f c sc r f ;^dorpS With l il a^ has had Action of tl, e he r all ovcri Singapore especiinj Reservoir, the g the i dozen here Ljt?*, well Profe Just come j£ you
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  • 31 2 On rhur^la woman appear; I implored reliel from wud that she had n Koad. Ninety and neaii\ a" hci l m great distn fir. Michell pool bo.\
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  • 23 2 Theoutp the Negri Sembila amounted valued at collected by tl-e J output was* the export oMIR-nv lastvcartkc 160,37. IT* collected was estimated aWOU*
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    • 301 2 H.SCHAEFER&Co. Uk beg to inform our customers thai (he atcif known Old Caplor uihiskp will be jf^yß (he Ist Xpril, 1907 al 50.25, per case of 12 bottles. RETAIL OF ALL DEALERS. iJt.Oenaefer&Lo. SOLE IMPORTERS. 7.30 P.M. TO-NIGHT 9-30 P.M. "Jubilee Hall," K©y«ll The iet l> 1 I*'1 THE CITYS
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    • 372 2 CHOICE LINES v "1 CONFECTIONERY. CHOCOLATES, BONBONS, CREAMS, GINGER, ALMONDS IN I lb. AND 1 lb. TINS OR LOOSE. Milk Chocolate m Cakes, Blocks or Packets Assorted Chocolate m Very Fancy Boxes Fruit Drops, Almond Rock, Everton Coffee etc. etc. AT REDUCED PRICES, j FRESH FRUIT. Messina Oranges per doz.
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    • 147 2 WANTED. A clerk and collector, must know town well, and must find security $500.00. Salary to commence with $30 per mensem. Apply E. K. c/o E. D. M. WANTED. A second-hand Smith Premier Typewriter No. 4. Good price for good machine. VELA VAN Co., 95, Robinson Road. NOTICE Notice is
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  • 14 3 B^BP^^ i1 > -nl'tiiarinc Irn Illi: ll()l SK OF la,,,>"«' K J,,.,-,r.«"vc- ha. ..tended.
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  • 59 3 luioN OF ARMAMENTS X AND OBJECT. ;c p.m. I oiidon. Mar. .vj f r Vimnbcll Hannerman, the lcm> n slc i" the new Liberal :i ,v »n siderB tliat thc the limiuUon Hague conference es> that thc original CbuS to,'— ccd vi.l. that Britain h»s .ilrcaJy showed
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  • 173 3 L t h OF AN EMINENI EXPLORER. ion, March 2, 3.;,- p.m. announced of the late 1 iPecle, the famous explorer, c following record c Lionel, explorer, author, and b. Rocou S Quentin, M s. ot late Ch. t me, f/. of late Robert de iralised British subject. home
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  • 20 3 RNIANS EXCLUDING HOLDING LAND. -;.m. the California a Bill precluding i and m California c re yei
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  • 15 3 11.c5a.rn. m m the scul- a 5 iship on the Napcu river
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  • 21 3 1 ISSUED ON THE INS I. a.m. se live 3 bc.ng issued to convert their two ted about
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  • 31 3 frfl-ESHIP STRENGTH. memorandum, 3 issued last Friday •c division of the "«t will consist of six bJfcom f irh will never Icivc and u-,11 be ready loi any
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  • 27 3 The Peking Legation Chancellorship. dS&« hon 1(1 CARNEGIE. been, '-nation at Ul a M«mtcd Councillor I Win,, will t**atic S£ Oxfort, entered t'" 1 1r,;,, a^ oint
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  • 450 3 Keuter's Agency wires (By submarine telegraph.) NOTABLE DEATHS. London, March 2, 9.25 a.m. The death is announced of the \atr Mr. Wendell Phillips Garrison, a known American writer; Colonel Sir Henry Montague Hosier, formerly Secretary to Lloyd's the Right lion Sir Francis Richard Plunkett, the retired diplomat and the
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  • 63 3 GENERAL BOTHA'S ADMINISTRATION. London, March 2, 9.35 a.m. The Ministry arranged by Mr. Loui> Botha, the leader of the Volkites, has been re-cast, and will be sworn m on Monday. Mr. Smuts, who had been appointed Colonial Secretary, will act as AttorneyGeneral Mr. Hull will be Treasurer;
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  • 71 3 CONGRESS DECLINES TO SANCTION EASTERN LINES. London, March. 2, y.35 a.m. The Hou>e of Representatives has struck out the clauses m the United States ship's Subsidy Bill providing tor a fast mail service between San Francisco, the Hawaiian Islands, Japan China and the Philippine Islands,
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  • 72 3 CHARACTERISED BY UNUSUAL BITTERNESS. London, March. 2. 9.35 a.m. To-morrow's elections for the London County Council are exciting public interest almost equal to a Parliamentary election. The electoral campaign has been attended with unusual bitterness. While the main issue turns on the financial and economic policy of
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  • 76 3 ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL BANK. London, March. 2. 9, 25 a.m. Reuter's correspondent at Teheran telegraphs that the Persian Parliament has agreed upon the establishment of a National Bank, advising the Government to raise 2,200,000 tomans, payable this month, for the payment of the army etc. The Bank
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  • 14 3 London, March. 2, 9.25 a.m. Jhe Russian troops have evacuated Tsitsihar.
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  • 55 3 What is believed to have been the longr ,t duration of married life existing m England was terminated by the death of Mr. Robert William Crocker, aged 97, at Taunton, on the 12th ulto. In August last the deceased and his wife celebrated the seventy-second anniversary of their wedding. Their
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  • 75 3 The Keutcr's Agency wires (By submarine telegraph.) FARING SUMPTUOUSLY IN BRUSSELS. London, March 2, 9.25 a. m. naving been found that Fehim i asha who was dismissed from office upon the representations of the German Ambassador, supported by the other diplomats, for illegal practices where oreign subjects
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  • 57 3 An echo of the RussoJapan War. THE SINKING OF NEUTRAL STEAMSHIPS. London, March 2, 9.25 a.m. Russia has paid compensation for the sinking of German steamer Tetarlos, with a cargo of railway sleepers, by the Russian cruiser Rion. The claims for the capture or destruction of the British steamers Oldhamia,
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  • 468 3 On Friday night, a variety entertainment, the performers being exclusively Chinese, was given at the Chinese Reading Room, Tanjong Fagar Road. Despite the threatening aspect of the weather the place was crowded by the elite of the Chinese community. Instrumental and vocal pieces by popular writers were
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  • 154 3 Packed houses are the order of the day or, rather, nights at the Royal Cinematograph at the Jubilee Hall on Saturday night there was an ugly crush at the gates and the management was per force compelled to stop the sale of tickets long before the performance
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  • 147 3 DEATH OF MISS FITZGERALD. (From our own Correspondent.; *t- r^ n^ g Mar ;>3-SP-m. Miss Correlia Fitzgerald, daughter of Bishop Fitzgerald, died last night. The funeral took place this morning and was largely attended. We referred m Saturday's issue of the "E. D. M." to the very serious illness of
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  • 783 3 ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT BY A EURASIAN. 1,500 Involved On Friday, Mr. \V. Makepeace, partner and manager of the Singapore Free Press," laid information before Mr. Col man, 3rd Magistrate, to the effect that S. Especkerman, the chief clerk of the office had embezzled two sums of money $16.80 and
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  • 624 3 A FESTIVAL OF LANTERNS. Fair Maidens Abroad and Their Charms. The "Chap Goh Meh," or the Chinese Festival of Lanterns, was celebrated with pomp and dignity last Thursday night. The festival occurred this year on the 15th day of the Chinese First Moon, corresponding with the full
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 92 3 THE FAMOUS WflYflflG KfISSIJVI, To-Night To-Night Monday 4th March ALEXANDRA HALL, North Bridge Road. The Dutch and Malay Variety Company off Singapore. STRONGER THAN EVER. Will produce An Entirely Nezo Play* Prices $2, SI, 50 cts and 25 cts. (No performance on Sunday night. S. KASSIM, Sole Proprietor ART NEEDLE
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    • 373 3 *SS FRENCH CIHEMATOdRAPH To-i>i§bt To-i>i§bt T ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. WE WILL EXHIBIT THE BEST PICTURES PROM 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. SfCatinee Svcry Saturday From 6
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  • 695 4 ASTONISHING NOVKI. BY AN KNGl.lbll GIRL OF EIGHTEEN One of the topics of the day m the English literary world is the publication of a remarkable novel entitled The Viper of Milan" from the pen of Miss Majoric Bowen, a girl of barely eigh teen. Many highly
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  • 282 4 TOO MANY ALIENS ON BRTISIH SHIPS. At a meeting of shipowner- at J ynesidc on Tuesday, at which Mr. LloydGeorge, President of the Board of Trade, was the chief guest. Mr. Geo. Rcnwick remarked that shipping had been over-legislated for, and his appeal wa-, Let us alone.
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  • 60 4 As engagement is announced between Ernest Alabaster, Deputy-Com-missioner of Chinese Customs (lately Assistant Statistical Secretary, Inspec-torate-General of Customs, Shanghai), barrister-at-law, youngest son of the late Henry Albaster (formerly 11. B. M. Consul, Bangkok, and afterwards Adviser to the Siamese Court) and Mrs. Alabaster, to Caroline Maude Gregg, elder daughter of
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  • 465 4 H. M. S. Bedford a cruiser of the County class left England on the ntn ultimo for the Far East. Five days iS hours 18 minutes between Liverpool and Halifax is a record, this record was made by the C. P. R. s.s. Empress of Britain. H.
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  • 372 4 Singapore, 19th Feb. 1907. Beans, Long per catty 5 do. French do. 12 Beef per lb. 1S I Beef Steak do. 24 1 Bean Sprouts? per catty 3 Bamboo Sprouts do. 4 Blachan do. 1 6 Brinjals do. 4 Cabbage, Batavia do. nil do.. China do. 12
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  • 30 4 News was received m Colombo on the 9th inst. that Col. Olcott, PresidentFounder of the Thcosophical Society, was fast sinking, and that his end was now a matter of hours.
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    • 109 4 Special Notice. We have received mMMVUI emuplaints a neat late delivery and non- delivery of Utc E.D.M. This is a state of affairs we regret exceedingly, and we are ncost anxious to pid a stop to it. We are talcing every possible step to do 8o f and shidl 6e
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    • 733 4 TRADES, PROFESSIONS AGENqI SINGAPORE FOR CHINESE HEW YEAR, 35 Robinson Road, (Pasar Lama.) Whisky, Brandy, Sherry, Port at $1 bottle to $4 bottle duty paid. Cigars, Dutch, Manila, Hanomahs, and Brazilain from $2- »°o m tin boxes. Egyptian Cigarettes Yafiadis. $1.25 per 100. Cigar and Cigarette Holders m Amber and
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    • 151 4 SEREHBAH M latf MERCHANTS Dnkni. iw urn Wines 1 TIAN GHIN 4 1 Mark. m General Merchant- 3 T HE FEDERALS THE DRAGON B J LANGKA T K£Ro S( 7| "HP ON MARINE FIRE ASSyc I LIMITED RASSOOLBHoT^a Xl I Dealer- m k Cloths, I 1 Silks and Dealers m
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 532 4 fsfsafsadfdafsad SHIPPING NEWS. VESSELS EXPECTED Name, Port, Probable date of Arrtva and name Agents. Stlamers. Arcadia, Colombo, Mar 30 P. O. Australian, Saigon, Mar 11; M. Maritimes Austria. Hongkong, Mar 13; Rautcnberg. Belgravia, Hamburg, Mar 9 Bchn Meyer. Brisgavia, Hamburg, Mar 9, 13ehn Meyer. Bingo Maru, Japan, Mar 27 Patcrson
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    • 673 4 VESSELS IN PORT. MERCHANT VESSELS. Korat, Ger. str. 1,223 tons, Capt Hubner, Feb. 27. From Bangkok, Feb. •1. Gc, and 3 d.p. Behn Meyer Co. For Bangkok, U.— Rds. Nam Yang, Brit. str. 984 tons, Capt Willis, Feb. 28. From Ternate, Feb. 16. G.c, and 3 d.p. Wee Bin Co.
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  • 263 5 I r^Rlo^^- j;: U 0 and H<B,r mcn lbcl v Chinaman W*M an Indian K»- *SSTgot a summons P»:- G.I WrightBLB' ll!cI1}: U iIv'iii and Motion BSTf^^ ,moi On the case F*» *Mr Hereford, the K» e.t'.cnanieof B'" nnd to be inr:*ciiH v, .uonwith- M !b 0 c
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  • 65 5 I «t officially Messrs, f JP<1 s M Messrs. IcKerrow and Co., London and »re; and M Patersoo, re and Fenang J mated, and that m ess v meragents will be and Simons, >:.. S mons and igapore and Penang. Each firm »am solely responsible for
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  • 70 5 I KA NGAPORE. pan) -cored iturday night cnUttcd ed Lover, L he 1 here wa> t an the excellence 3 the *I 8 parts the Compnny "«W be doircd Thi Itsai;l^"r«l1 tsai 1^"r«l of praise c fooling of the lahara LJ? (liarr "'ng art.ste, •ye Sii is thc
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  • 1062 5 Ihe Municipal elections nosy going on m Bombay seem to have aroused degree ot interest, excitement and un rest m the minds of the citizens of that City, which are not usually present m any noticeable degree m similar events elsewhere m this country. One noteworthy
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  • 55 5 With reference to a recent Reutcr telegram of American apprehensions of lapanese designs on Hawaii it is interesting to learn that the Japanese now m Hawaii number 60,000. including 40,000 adults, of whom 15,000 arc men trained m arms, 6,000 being veterans of the Russo-Japanese War. On an average some
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  • 561 5 l£ Capital. Subscbed Tf |>"ff Pai d Reserve r Pays at SW~ Value up to Ke^vc Company Quotations I Present Prie. GOLD. 1900 $175,000 $140,000 s.Soo'ui&S.ed $1 BcrsawahG.M.Co.,Ltd ..00 nominal 1900 £350,000 3SO DuflfDevolo P mentCo..Ltd (I>CfCrred) 1901 .300,000 $203,000 SSS &I SIS: KadanaG.M.Co.,Ltd. Ltd ft I
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  • Commercial.
    • 138 5 Gambier buyers 7.15 Copra, Bali 11.00 Pepper, Black (ordinary Singapore) 18.75 do White, Fair L. W. 5 per cent. 25.25 Sago Sarawak Flour „2.97] do Brunei No. 1 2.99 Pearl Sago, small 5.40 Coffee, Bali 164 per cent. buyers 3 per cent. 19.00 Coffee Palembang, 20 per cent, basis
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    • 105 5 On London. -Hank a m s nji6 Demand *A 3/16 do. 6 m s 2 IPrivate jm s 2/4 11/16 On Gtrmmuy. -Bank dd o Private 3 m 3 4<( 1 do 6ms 2.48 On France. Bank d d 2 .qk Private ;> ma V oo do 6ms ,o
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    • 361 5 j MONEY SAVED^ I MONEY EARNED.] I IF YOU INTEND TO SELL YOUR LAND AND HOUSE PROPERTIES, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE ETC. I FIRST CONSULT A IG.A. Feri>ai>dez^Co.| Auctioneers, No. 6 D' Almeida Street. I WHOSE RATES ARE THE CHEAPEST, CHARGES AND I I COMMISSION THE LOWEST THE SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS THE
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  • 1547 6 REMARKABLE STORY It is a very remarkable story that comes from Malaya concerning the discovery of a specific for the opium habit." The news has been sent by Router's Penang correspondent. The remedy consists of the leaves of a plant somewhat like the gambier. These leaves,
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  • 302 6 ALLEGED DEFAMATION Judgment was delivered by MaJDr E. C. Fownsend, the District Magistrate, Mandalay, on nth instant m the defamation case brought by Mr. D'Silva, proprietor of the Mandalay Herald, against Mr. 11. J. Q. Wilkinson, proprietor and editor of the Upper Burma Gazette. The accused admitted the
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    • 432 6 NOTICES. NOTICE, WEEKLY SAILINGS. The S. S. Pontianak (Captain Casey,) sails from this Port every Monday at 2 p.m. for Qifantan, Pahang. Good accommodation for passengers, special rates for cargo. Apply to The BORNEO Co., Ltd. Agents. MISCELLANEOUS, Ac. By Order of the Supreme Court. AUCTION SALE. Wednesday 6th March
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    • 685 6 BANKS. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. PAID-UP CAPITAL $10,000,000 RESERVE FUND:— Sterling Reserve $10,000,000 1 .on 050 0 Silver. Reserve $10,250,000 Reserve Liability ot Proprietors $10,000,000 Court of Directors. A Haupt, Esq Chairman. Hon. C W. Dickson— Deputy-Chairman. E. Goetz, Esq. H. E. Tomkins Esq. C. R. Lenzmann, D. M. Nissim,
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    • 344 6 11 E. D. M. ADLETS. FOR SALE, WANTED, &G. WANTED. Shorthand Tuition. By a professional Shorthand writer, For terms, etc., apply— PITMAN c/o E. D. M. Shorthand and Typewriting work undertaken. WANTED. Steamer of about 300 tons dead weight capacity. H. CROSKEY Co., 8, Malacca Street. PLANTER. With 17 years
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    • 401 6 WANTED. WANTED. A Chinese Clerk for Shipping and General Office work. Apply to THE INTERNATIONALE CREOIET HANDELSVEREENIGING ROTTERDAM U Almeida Street WANTED. To buy one dozen Broom-flower plants. LIM CHENG LAW, Penang. WANTED. SHIPPING CLERK wanted at once. Knowledge of shipping routine essential. Apply FRASER& NEAVELm, Raffles Quay. WANTED. Situation
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    • 241 6 3 Months j Month. i Vcar j ADVERTISING I SMALL ADVEinJII Wanted, To Let, J I For i:!! 0 106 i iC h c^ I d a»ly insertion 1 For inch Single above I*^ x I thrice weekly 9 For inch Si ng f j above head 1 1 1
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