Eastern Daily Mail and Straits Morning Advertiser, 6 August 1907

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  • 19 1 Eastern Daily Mail AND STRAITS MORNING ADVERTISER. No. 582, VOL. m. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6. 1907. PRICE 5 CENTS,
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  • 540 1 RACING AT BROOKLANDS. Some 1 0,000 people were present at VVeybridge on July 6 to witness the first race meeting of the Brooklands Automobile Racing Club. The dresses worn by the ladies reminded one of Ascot, while in the jQi enclosure there was an even more abundant display of
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  • 227 1 Com. S. S. Hall, R. N., inspecting commander of submarines, and Staff Surg. Oswald Rees, R. N., of his Majesty's ship Mercury, having been impressed with the necessity of some invention for saving life when an accident happens to a submarine vessel have designed a special form
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  • 105 1 It was in 1 8^5 that Sir Charles. Metcalfe gave liberty to the Indian Press and explained why h-^ did so, in these memorable words. "The Act evinced to the world thai the Government of the Company dc sired no concealment, that
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  • 63 1 Pere Bailly of the Augustinians of the Assumption, has come to Rome with his French pilgrimage from the Holy Land, the twenty-fifth that he has conducted thither. He has received recognition of these his services in a brief from Pius X. Two hundred pilgrims formed the party,
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  • 359 1 Judge "Dunne at San Francisco has sentenced Engineer Schmitz to five years' imprisonment for extorting money from N French Restaurant keepers. When Schmitz was sentenced there was one of the most remarkablescenes ever witnessed in a Court of Justice. Judge Dunne's Court in the temple
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  • 291 1 Mr. John 1). Rockefeller was called as a witness before United States District Judge Landis at Chicago on Saturday in the proceedings brought to determine whether the Standard >il Company of Indiana, recently convicted of 1,46a violations of the anti-rebate law, is owned by the
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  • 196 1 GRUESOMF DISCOVERIES HORRIFYING 111!-: SETTLEMENT. For ihc |>ast three or four week-. gruesome discoveries ha\e been in do of dismembered litnbs of human bodies. la one instance, writes a correspondent in the C/umi Mail, they were believed to belong to a foreign woman, but in the other cases
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  • 62 1 It is announced that the daughters of a Dundee washerwoman arc claiming a fortune of 16,000, the value of old scrip in a Californian mine. It is not st;'cd what kind of a mine it is; but if they k cl tnc ■ooej it will be a gold mine. 1
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    • 98 1 L paper L people- i-M A GOOD DIGESTION p'occasion "j [TRarg Occasion JKARAT GOLD LADY WATCHES I SET WITH DIAMONDS $22.50 Each j eLCeKS|aND:FANeYLG©ODS a QHERP PRISES. I BL RECORDS IDEAL RECORDS! I 50 cents each. I -:ng mac him prices W ARESBEYOND COMPETITION. I HY HERMANOSJ f "Merlin" I
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    • 71 1 Hgwarth ErskineJ Ep^ipeers at>d Contractors. ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS. Telephone 23. Telegrams EESKINE. I §%k WATCHES THE ONLY GENUINE ONE. From this date we have been appointed SOLE AGENTS y|) for the Straits Settlements, F.M.S., Java, jf^jZ Sumatra. Borneo and Siam. \ll^^^Vwv WEILL&ZERNER, ft^W SINGAPORE, WHITE AW AY, LAIDLAW&Cp. Annual t Clearance
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    • 10 1 Ulc euaranke the earnest Circulation of anp paper in Singapore.
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  • 668 2 The Eastern Daily Mail. PRICE 5 CENTS. TUESDAY, 6th AUGUST. THE MUNICIPAL BILL. We make no apology for again approaching the Municipal Bill which is for the present the most important matter before the local public. At present in certain localities the number of empty houses is very great. The
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  • 1212 2 The Revd. VV. E. Horley has returned to Kuala Lumpur after his holiday on Taiping Hill. i H. E. the High Commissioner is expected in Taiping on Friday morning the 9th inst. He proceeds the same day to Kuala Kangsar to open the AgriHorticultural Show. Mr C.J. Saunders, Acting. Secretary
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  • 90 2 Major K. Ford, ftm s His Highness the Raja 1 iniormN m that the Aatkvi very considerable cf for Saturday 1 The First Ac: 1- shortened and b- Hollands par; prominent, and he s ntni entirely new and org I instead 01 the Mrs. Braddell is In song instead
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  • 63 2 In cornier I mnnrruvres the Cei was on bundav 1 military intcllij messages during most ol the A part v of Volum from the launch "Ba 00 Sunday 1 along the cot* Serin P. l°. vfC taken prisoner on S will remain in the V the war M over.
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  • 24 2 srtj these menan au bolted; becau* :r J :M knew that he managed !io cat^h locked them /X'he S It never occu||oft*4 w
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  • 4 2 )-Minil in I
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  • 176 2 nve fee. wide. T de 1 ;n enforced 1 Ihere seventv^^ !l 8 h t one foot i: B '"che, T heb(: I are panelled an I halves are fiff, I In the das, r I 5 two feet by uvi I fd, converts tv I large lecture hai:
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    • 246 2 John Little Co., Ltd. OLD VATTED 6LENLIVET WHISKY GOLD Mr QAL CC lO Wl Pfffc LONDON «M CALCUTTA 40MOOH 4 mo £**o*r Agents. F.ca** BAuerA Co 59 Ma*m La»£ C fc I JOWM LITTLE «t CO. L.D., SINGAPORE. M Purity and Quality are the (Characteristics of the Whiskies that bear
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    • 385 2 APPLES STONE PIPPINS," AND STURMER PIPPINS." Per dozen $0.60 Per ease (13 doz.) $7.20 SPECIAL CARE TAKEN WITH CASES FOR OUTPORTS. THOMPSON, THOMAS CO. THE AUSTRALIAN STORES, SINGAPORE. I The finest Austrian String Band of 20 Artistes is now B performing nightly from s to 12 p. m. A I
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    • 15 3 as. PsTfit* I)rea ,juccn the decorated Bosanquet, .Knight Grwd \i V 0., a" d
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  • 7 3 HEAVY ONE. H.IOJLIB. mpany, im legal
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  • 7 3 LIB. the r r> into are
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  • 9 3 RATION m. lopted mrt. ite on :unal t
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  • 11 3 run 45 P m:ed a man Is recautions were who
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  • 172 3 One of the West Kents died at Blakan Mati on Saturday. The funeral took place on Sunday afternoon. he body was brought to Johnston's Pier by launch and there the cortege formed up and proceeded to the cemetery where it was met by the military chaplain. On
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  • 189 3 We arc much indebted to Mr. Wilkinson for a statement of the financial affairs of the Show, from which it is clear that the fresh appeal for funds is due to the Resident with whom we agree— holding the opinion that the exhibition ma}' be run on
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  • 203 3 There lived some time at Ngankin a Chinese lady and her husband. The latter, being compelled to join the army, remained absent so long that his wife, thinking him dead, married again. The new cou;>!e were enjoying their honeymoon, when all of a sudden the first husband
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  • 113 3 We have the best authority for stating much to our regret, says the Times M'llax'i, that the support accorded for the promotion of the Agri-Horticul-tural Show to be held at Kuala Kangsar next week fr.lls considerably short of what is requisite for ensuring success. Of the total
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  • 22 3 r AND 4: p.m. holi■ceeding from ed on ap1 1 nd a the water. uerf i thus the train Thirteen f
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  • 11 3 m. ce on the been with- appeal to the United
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  • 10 3 p.m. have arrived anca where a rumoured •he difTerocco
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  • 66 3 nan 'I appearance blcm life! We A n r or Summei- bluh e heart, and ie razor■fe of the leg. !ir -tle bag at the Hut trouse,, ways. As .;-ac Ontem h .obviou> to sitting a "»oum of fidrJfe** '-Here- l .hc trousers iff* font h«. iou llke
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  • 108 3 A Chinaman has been doing a little business in the matter of ghee to the extent of fourteen tins worth $111. Two Chinese firms deal in this commodity. A man who is under arrest has been for some time passing from one of the firms to the other
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  • 64 3 BISHOP W. F. OLDHAM D.D. Bishop W. F. Oldham will address a meeting at Boustead Institute at 8 o'clock on Thursday evening the Bth, instant. There will be music and refreshments and p-obably a collection. The meeting, is, it is believed in conii^tion with the Epworth League and the anxiety
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  • 56 3 On Saturday, it was reported that Mi»s King who lives at Pulo Brani, with her father, had been robbed by a Chinaman. Mr. Superintendent Gardiner set out on this quest and succeeded in putting his hand on the man on Sunday. This is exceedingly satisfactory. The case
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  • 57 3 Four dead bodied which had been dumped in various parts of the Central division on Sunday night, were lound by the police, yesterday morning. The deaths are ascribed to cholera. Yesterday morning a case of cholera was found in Mansoor Street. Ihe patient was removed by Chief Sanitary
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  • 267 3 f^H SC re ident a Siglap was a few d a y s ago ing h{s Tnit «n Sa V at with threc t*™™ JEST Wn ta got ashorc and shfn Hc, mg s?" I he thought, shell d ggmg. He sent his servant to fh!;
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  • 199 3 In yesterday's issue of this paper there appeared a paragraph giving a brief account of an experience of two members of the European contingent with a Vikisha. Here is another case. On Saturday night, Mr. Geo. Graves and Mrs. Graves engaged a Vikisha. They took their seats and
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  • 134 3 Mr. T. A. Edison's courtship was characteristic of the great inventor. The first Mrs. Edison was, previous to her marriage, a telegraph operator in his employ. One day, while standing behind her, watching her at work, Edisoa, who had long admired the young lady, was
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  • 129 3 The Friend of China the Organ of the Society for the Suppression of the Opium Trade says we are delighted to wel come Lord Roberts as a fellow-worker. In his per face to Colonel Murray's account of his journey round the world the Field-Marshal writes "The
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  • 88 3 At 10 a.m. on Sunday a Tamil lad living in Kerban Road saw a Chinaman coming out of his mother's house with a clock under his arm. He raised an alarm and several of the neighbours showed up. The Chinaman dropped the clock, damaging it, and ran.
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  • 91 3 Karly on Sunday morning, a party of five shikaris started out for a day's sport on one of the islands opposite Singapore. When they got ashore they put out their beaters and after an hour's flogging the jungle the dogs got on the scent Then the fun
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  • 58 3 It has been reported by a Chinaman that he was, on Saturday, stabbed by a brother national. This occurred at Taniong Pagar, on Sunday. Detective Inspector Stennouse set about the matter and had the stabber in custody within a few houns. The iniured man was sent to hospital.
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  • 48 3 AGRI-NORTICULTURAL SHOW, KUALA KANGSAR. An additional cup has been presented in the Rubber Class for Scrap in any form. The entries for this and the other Rubber Classes will be extended to Wednesday the 7th instant entries to be sent direct to the Hon. General Secretary, Kuala Kangsar.
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  • 599 3 At the present moment, when so much attention is being paid to the question of equal rights for men and women a passing glimpse into the harem of his Serene Majesty Abdul Hamid exposes a condition of things hard to believe, and still harder to accept
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  • 285 3 CHINESE COVERED WITH REVOLVERS. When the coolie ship Heliopolis left Durban she had on board some i ,000 Chinese of different clans who had earned more money in the South African mines in a few years than they might have saved in a lifetime in China.
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  • 146 3 The Colombo Municipalty has after considerable deliberation, decided to relax their control and supervision over the milk vendors who come into the city from outside and supply milk to the Colombo residents. Heretofore an Inspector was employed to supervise the dairies outside the gravets and see that these milk-vendors abided
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  • 511 3 While wi iting of the nature and disposition of lions in her book, Behind the Scenes with Wild Animals." Ellen Velvin describes a battle between a number of these brutes which took place in a at Richmond, Virginia. It came off at a rehearsal, so that
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  • 107 3 A statement of the subs< riptions paid to account of the fund lor the: erection of the new mosque and the plans prepared by Mr. A. B. Hubtrck were laid before the Council at last week's meeting. It was decided that the work be put in hand as soon as
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    • 281 3 Cbc Straits Cpcle ana motor Cop. GREAT REDUC P T r E s o r E BICYCLES TYRES, ACCESSORIES ETC. THE THF LARGEST m I ADfiFQT u I UUr\ J "F^f f*-*' qthpi/ H^BhSL i 1 "4- wSffl l» F©R ©NE WEEK ©NLY. eommencing August 12th. THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO
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    • 496 4 FIRST fIETH: IND: COFFEE ROASTING FACTORY MALANG SOLE ADDRESS IN NETH EAST INDIA FOR SUPERIOR, ROASTED GROUiND COFFE SOLD E^TEPtir"\Vl3:Ei^E ALSO at JCIBF fti'ULLER Co., 166 Cecu Strut. 1 GERVIS XAVIER CO., LIMITED I W COMPARE PRICES AND QUALITY OF ARTICLtS BEFORE PURCHASINS ELSEWHERE. W 1 DKi'OT. For Drugs, Chemicals,
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    • 334 4 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Sealed tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office up till noon of the 7th proximo for the purchase of lie Steam Launch Albuquerque as he now lies. For particulars and further information apply to the Inspector Marine Surveys, S. S. Colonial Secretary's Office, Singapore, 24th July,
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    • 638 4 BANKS. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. PAID-UP CAPITAL $10,000,000 RESERVE FUND:— Sterling Reserve «10,000,000 m 000.000 Silver Reserve $11,000,000 f 3 l w^ uuu Reserve Liability of Proprietors $10,000,000 Court of Directors. G. H, Medhurst, Esq. Chairman. Hon, Mr, W. J. Gresson— Deputy-Chairman. Bailech, Esq. d. M. Nisslm Esq. E. Goetz,
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    • 330 4 E. D. M." ADLETS. FOR SALE, WANTED, &C. SEE MUM. 50-2 VICTORIA STREET, Opposite St. Joseph's Church. Cycles and Accessories, Agents for the HART" cycle also the famous X Bar cycle, Rubber Tyred Ricksha Wheels, Sewing Machines and Type-writers repaired. INSPECTION INVITED. u.c. HOOT COMPANY, 93, Belfutd Street, Ipoh. General
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    • 579 4 TO BE LET. rvFFICE and Godown Ent, U No. 7, Malacca siree t y StJul^ Apply to .5-6-07. GUTHR 'E&O>.,Ui. u. c. TOLE-F. COMPOUND HOUSE. GR s, Fi £i- R ,9^07. No B ncookn s<»« u. c covebmmlntjotificS WANTED. for Treasury, Malacca Salary 720 to 9 60 by triennial increments
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    • 224 4 In 3 Months > Months 1 Vear 1 Month 3 Months ADVER^si^ SMALL adverS dal| y insertion F r u inch Single C i r l bOVe > thrice weekly. *> ft F r u inch two Unions we^-'l l or i. 2Qr •l.i r 3 Carriage, Birth or iw.
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