The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 December 1906

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    Masthead
    16 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS. SINGAPORE, TITESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1906. NO. 5,865.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    155 1 S i pwpora v i, :I e lliii:l v K. uilimll nialcli ■gaiu»l Selaiij' i hum v a tr< >h! a u<i lour \\\ts !i> liotl) Ili l';ii;e •">. 'l'lie >e»oD'' I -i 1 1 n<;t NMtrb, up to 1 lie tiuie ti L«-ii q io tr«w
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    A CHRISTMAS MEMORY
    1087 1 <Md Mr M^-iter sat by himseli iu a In-*', haud^u elv-furnisheu diuiug room. wit h a i.'lh»» 1 uutasted port on tt:»- tab!»'at In* ellM.w lie ha<l finished hi.» dinner, > perfectly <-<K>U»d, solemnly msi ved by a couple of irreproachable meu-Hervauts and now he hail bidden
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      114 1 THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM Coy, Ltd. Samples prices on application. SYME Co, Ac ENT s Rover motor gars> t W o6 H P Two-Seated Rover Cars, Special Finish complete with hood, lamps and all necessary accessories. j_^ /t\ < CCA -yy^^^-^~ <■ m i tJ iJ U B|l-^ iß^^^^r C^ HP
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    • Advertisement
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      465 1 i SAKDEM&N'S Australian Wines, Hocks, Clarets and Muscat. SAMPLES ON APPLICATION. Qaldbeck Macgregor Gompany, SOLE AGENTS. I Hotel de F Europe X'mas Day. De L'EUROPE DINNER TO-NIGHT AT 7.30 p.m. Menu by our French Chef Austrian String Band. Please Reserve seat** before hand. Hotel de Europe Syndicate. PROPRIETORS THE SEA
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      77 1 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. No. 10 Mt. Elizabeth to let. and also Balmeny. Passir Panjang. Page 3. An opal necklace lost at the Reservoir. Page 2. Governess required for Bandong. -Page 6. Prinz Heinrich arrives from Home on j Friday. Page 7. Auction Sale of the Loveridge and Drage granite quarry. Page
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      376 1 THE WEEK. TUMDAY, 25th High Water 6.9 a.. <i.J^ p Christmas Day. Publir and Bank Holiday. Boeeer i Selan^or r. Bhejpajora Swiu!. Cltib bunebei 1«'. 1 1 I^. !Mi:: 16 p \Vei<xk^i>ay. Btlfe High Water:— 7 S a. s 3 p. Boxing Duv. Publi<- and Bank Holiday ..up of S'WjajiOie
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    FRENCH INDO-CHINA.
    90 2 il Pepaitawl haw beei Bfsswd so tosssc on N ■rk for ti..- H »o, 1901 M ]7n kil'-ii mt tl.t* eoasfc, an-1 t-l.t:/ ekaias from tbs u'»eat An- ehnia and which ext^ii'l f" importaal gro«f of r ie I hsclmfea truss bridg ;in-l H 1 i._'"!i ot 3,-
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    131 2 > <- jury ftbonld rett m «bo bad j-iv} u:_' !iiiu- i.ini. <mi<l kroog r tacfc "1 J bad B Of ;-Utdi ;n d :be t.on i would 1 1 .1 1 I, :.«v^ ihv,j«iv iacr .U'l in in\ flifoer l'^ 1 in i iiwun ii i i rgyj? »ui
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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      534 2 Hfcvertit'Cmcnty. NOTWES. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SK! 1 MKN I OF S|\:; \|m)|;E M^AJ 11 Between of 1900 Tho:nas Charles Loverulge Plaintiff. AM' Frederick Sheldon Drage Defendant. AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Leasehold Lands containing an area of aboot SIX ACRES, with GRANITE QUARRIES, situate in the
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      581 2 Btocrttoemento. NOTIGES. SUNNY SINGAPORE v $3. Federated Malay States, Johore, Straits Settlements. Philippines etc. Advance orders booked with the Author (Rev. J. A. B. <ook) will be sent post j,» Dec 4 4.1 NOTICE Orders are now being booked for the 1907 Pattern Humber Car and should be placed at
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      422 2 Hbvcrtiscmcnt6. NOTIQES. H. CROSKEY (8b Co. LICENSED AUCTIONB&KS, No. 8 Malacca Street. Real Estate. House Furniture, Store Stocks and Produce Valued and Sold. Loans arranged. Prompt Settlements, Moderate Charges and Commissions. Telephone No. 902. Nov 27 InNEW YEAR SEA SPORTS. 1907. The annual REGATTA will be held on Tuesday the
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      367 2 a^crtiscmcnta. INSURANeES. Commercial Union Assurance Co.. Ltd. FIRE, MARINE, ACCIDENT, GUARANTEE. Funds Exceed -ti2.000.000 W. A. BIMS, aagar, Baatara Bi:*n.ii Aag t§ Royal Insurance Company, hire Life Ton jL"'.7J.'> s lUi: L4BGEB I ICE IN THI WOBLD. The Lend on and Laru-.tshiiv Five Insurance Do. •AUTAI. I'au>-' i Capital i
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      165 2 BNKit!6cincnn*. BANKS. Hongkong Shanghai Corporat: Pah Xf s].. B Bmi hk I iron Ha i- i-i i [I. Mi M. MM If I i. I M il y Ac; n<- I mi^ Mas H.-.n.^.-n-.j.-H E J; h: I 1 LO I LOVMM Han i h.\- >\ nnu'Ji oa ■'1 Il'.t'-:'
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    WHEN LORDS AND COMMONS DISAGREE.
    819 3 the I kwiliiai I'.ill. lit of th,. ghoek of that inert* *i< u Utw.t n the two Houses of the m odin* shivers 'through |x,liti What i^ jioinj- to happen V result no one ean foretell Ancient and vcO-rceogaiiwd ins of procedure which must i>,
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      303 3 Btocrtlßementa TIUGTIONS. MORTGAGEE S SALE Bullocks and Cart. ttrmetiotu ro ski.i. m i'l i'AAL A. TIOS At No. 303-6 Kampong Bahru. On Thursday Um 27th December. 1906 at 3 p.m. One White Indian Bullock with straight <me do do Horns slightly bent forward. One Bullock Cart No. 5 H. A
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    • Advertisement
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      424 3 advertisements. TO LET. TO LET No. 10 Mount Elizabeth. Apply to LOH LUM, 503 North Bridge Road. Dec 24 24.2 TO LET Furnished "Balmey" at Passir Panjanp. for further particulars. Apply to D. TURNER, British Dispensary. Dec 25 u.c TO LET FURNISHED from Ist January, house in Grange Road, .4
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      396 3 a^vcrttoemcnto. TO LET. TO BE LET No. 7 B;ittery Road. Three rooms or. 2nd floor. Apply to GUTHRIE A Co. Ltd. Feb 10 w; TO BE LET. Mount Elizabeth House. Early Entry. Apply to DONALDSON BURKINSHAW Solicitors, 19 COLLYER QUAY. Singapore. Nov B tts TO LET Clarelands, Tanglin. Entry Ist
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      158 3 pel ZfJ\. FM THE BORNEO Fj§ r twB -if I n I tn r '9M -i F D.yu.p.njij V*V/») L.IU. D^. -r- Ja, ,liit. S C.nAI*UV>~. AUSTRALIAN, FLOUR. oi! P *S* u >v £Ub I T E JAMESTOWN a lß^ C r ul i THE BORNEO Co., Ltd. IN ORDER
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  • Obituary
    Domestic Occurrences. Death.
    23 4 Domestic Occurrences. Death. Kat/. (By cable) At Frankfurt on Maine this morning Hermann Katz. formerly of Singapore and Founder of Messrs Katz Bros.
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    The Singapore Free press. Tuesday, Dec. 25, 1906.
    1361 4 The Singapore Free press. Tuesday, Dec. 25, 1906. the FretM Utrv p.itriot -•>. Pledgcil w krli^i.j Laywttf i Xmm. '1'11..- mail brings M Mt 1 lie persouei <•( the Royal Comtaaioa <>n Bbippwg Kiu^s, the ret emca to which will involve an eir rate <ui<l detieatt J iiuiuaiion >>( (jtfeati
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    A HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
    344 4 Er«a oa a tr.K.pship all is mi Mia ai tl bright. (Jiq.r Locky«roftha Soulu to lunmoß his signalman al -Mr V. H M.t\. m m „u 1(1 iOftieer Ad^iaMteriog IllllH :t Hon-Icoug, durhi^ tbe aiol .Vi MattiMw Nttlian. ou Dae Istfa Tin-
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      199 4 Champagnes, Sherries, feurgundies, Clarets, Ports, Hocks, g* Moselles, Brandies, Whiskies, Liqueurs, Vermouths, Bottled Ales, Beers Stout. Caldbeck Macgregor Co., WINE SPIRIT MERCHANTS. United Asbestos Oriental Agency, Lid. The New Jointing Suitable for High Pressures /> *tf\^K' It will resist Dry Heat. <-*\^W t\\e action or Ammonia k other Acids Cfr^^^"
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      501 4 HtwerttecmcntsDRS. KEW BROTHERSDKNTAL SUKGEONS. No. 2, Battery Road. Chartered Bank Buildings. WANTED A Kling auctioneer or one who has worked at auction sales business, a' once. Call with references at The Oriental Co. Ltd. Suite E. Cavenagh Bridge Buildings, Local, as soon as possible. Dec 2- r > u.c. NOTICE
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      82 4 NOTICE. [< All communications to the Editor should be j legibly written on one side of the paper only, i and should in all cases be authenticated by the name and address of the writer, not for publi--1 cation, unless clearly so indicated. The Editor is not responsible for, and
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  • PARLIAMENT.
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    THE BURMA TOUR.
    149 5 THE SECOND MATCH. The secoud match Straits v Rangoon coinmeuced to-day. The followiag wire was received here at •"> 17 last Bveniag Ilauvroon, Dee. J4th, 'J.'-W pm. Duamau Griffith Jones 12, Whit ley 10, Mil-s 4.">. Hubback <>•_>. Harvey 14. Total 1^ lot six wickets) Talma au«.
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    U. S. AND CHINA FAMINE.
    30 5 Kr-. eiwd J» 24th 312 piu. ted from Waahingtoa thai ttued i prtvlauuu i vtticb lie eaka for r Ihe Cbiaes« Fauiii st -ru. rtetoemivw|
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  • The Duke of Connaught's Tour.
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    THE STRAYING CATTLE NUISANCE.
    66 5 i Btks M. Bowland A'leu v bo h.i^ l>»^ii «iu: ideu ;^ht i:_' IHtlnjaeidasl ring t iate had their I r.i\iuu iu atp- the tfcej I ner, i in nsly him •ii-,r nanaga and j. if. nk iblei had M in a nieat ml ennac i
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    34 5 Q n ■:u mail, their ui*ht on t!>n >«b to ertck D iuha, riltir i qkl ti'tit tl m ...e Im «'!uV>mu Tboradaj ;7 s pore will baw •ulul.l'h.ti is varit- \m the ch.-.--
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    CHRISTMAS FIXTURES.
    390 5 QcUfWWM <.ftii-s ;nl 1 1 mks will •-■l.i vaa 1 to-aorrow. The Imu.l export oftote will ulso take these lay* l'lieie will bfl no issue of the i i.-- l'i.-<o» to-!ii,»rr.>w am! u<> '<sue of the I r ».ilav or to morrow. The ition football match agaisal 9
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    179 5 The Somereel Bobber Estate baa been ■iv-i at home with a capital of 4.'12,<""i m Kl shares loaojoire frosi 11. W. lira 11 n eetait in EVrak, to cultivate robber, «v.c. public issue. First din nor more thau three-) ih. W. Bratl aod P. W. Cbainei, 6250. peranaan 11. 11*1
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    RUGBY FOOTBALL.
    648 5 Singapore v. Selangor. Home Team's Handsome Win. The weather just previous to the lime fixed for the commencement, of l;tst evea- \o-/s Rujdty eucounter U'tweeu ."Singapore and Selau^'or whs very threatening, and when the teams took the tieM it was raininjjj sUvidilv. tlie dowupaur soou soddeaio^ the turf,
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    FINANCE IN THE FAR EAST.
    282 5 A .ipahie inan, in iui i4d established, profitable merchant 1 ■en Capital required, al>out t's.'."jn Prin- (<!:!)■ <!ealt with. Address, by letter, Th- i i-. t 'n a t «>t Eastern m>'i i-li.i t:'-. with iii'-li^s :tt Honkong, Sli-n--.rliiti, Siiiijsipore, and Yokohama Thera i~ a
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    LONDON LETTER.
    952 5 (Special for the Singapore Free Press.) London, 30th Nov. This is St Andrew's Day and I suppose that the Patron Saiut of Bonny Scotland will be duly honoured in the Straits in old time fashion. Strange U) sav I have seen neither kilts nor wheel borrows in IJoml
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    SHOOTING.
    53 5 There tntsa ptttasdsnoe of members [of tbe s. K. A. »u tbe range al Balestier i coad ou Sunday. The competitions resulted as follows. A Clam. Qus Lip Kee 100 T. Long 96 J. R. knpu 98 B Clam. W.-ul: Se Qusjb S 7 Chan Tiaag Seog 98 ih
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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      240 5 Robinson ®> Company. NEW SEWING MACHINE u mmt -j.nr~ l^^^ COMBINES ALL THE VERY j BHnßß^n^sZl^EinZ^ls^^Haß NEWEST IMPROVEMENTS. I Hf*^^R BEST MACHINE OF THE AN IDEAL X'MAS J. TRAVERS SONS, I 7, D ALMFIDA STREET, \.ri'_ r bfsjn asmnsntnl SULK AOKNTB FOB TOB General pectric Co., Ltd. >F I'M. LAM)
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    UNKNOWN DEVELOPMENT.
    315 6 Tbe following letter, sujs the Times, calls attention to what appears to be another f\.uuple of questionable treatment of its offspring I>J ;i parent company Anstinfriars, EC. Nov. 20. g ir May we ask for apace in your columns to draw attention to tbe proposed sale of the
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    SATURDAY'S MAIL.
    414 6 SUMMARY OF THE NEA\ > Au extraordinary deadlock hai arisen iu licensing in itt.T«« in consequence/ of a recent ImUn in the Kiujj's Bench i/ivision. As a result the licensing justices for Bradford have virtually non- on stnkye. the Letii nit. 'iitess themselves to be ou the borns
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    129 6 tlf- vjt of theBrith ••{uadron to the Hutefl. fL i„ i 2Si2J±iRil*- 'ago. on Aovenifler 25 the ti..,. f 1 thA Rrit.^i iWl n,l -s officers c J tbe British lua( Ans i, the Chinese Ap trahan. and Indiafwater, ,ill n ,?e Pore for the uslal anm-.l D^ sub**.-™.* aL
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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      615 6 BdvertiB€nicnt& f WANTED. GOVERNESS. In a healthy.towi Jandong near Batavia. NURSERY GOV ER>.LSS for a child of 4 years of age, Salary h bO per month, with board and lodging. Ap^y stating full particulars, with copies of testimonials to "Governess' c o "Free Press Dec 24 WANTED. An Accountant able
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      614 6 Hfcvcrtiscmcnts. SHIPPING. RY7K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co ltd. A regular FORTNIGHTLY Service is i maintained between Japan and Europe bv the following NEW TWIN SCREW STH AMERS. L'nker Mail Contracts with thk Imperial Japanese Government, j SpaoJaDj designed for the Company's Euro- peau Service, lighted throughout by Electricity, provided with
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      723 6 advertisements. SHIPPING. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY For China Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden. Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Gulf, C ontinental and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. Outward (for Chiua) 15*07 Delhi
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      707 6 a^vcrtiectnents. SHIPPING. Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen. COAST LINES A# itcamcrs of the Coast Fleet- r>-j. Petchal.uri 21<»1 Paklat Borne.. 21- <• Anghiu I«5o7 Kohsiclian;,' 204 i And. Kickmer■ajab 202> M. Rickmei mlok 201^ E. Rickmei l«ioT Bangkok HI Samsen lb°s7 KajaKur: li*>4 Loo Sok Korat 19 u Phra Nan- IUO3 Manila
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      496 6 advertisements. SHIPPING. N. D. L. Norddeutscher Lloyd. BiIMPERIAL BBIaTIW MAi! The faut and well-known mail this OaVafMf Mai f.irtuiifh;;\ I Haatbarg A.ntw« xandria anU vie*- «aHB I Baac, Aden, Coi< nanjr. Sine k-u-;, Shanghai, Nagasaki A •ack. They are due in Siagapore nij. uTiiientioned dat**OUTWARD HOMEV Ti ■aaatfcfa Dac 2^
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    NOTES FROM JAPAN.
    222 7 D l>fr ■">: li. H H inK A.iAH Khas ill. 1 \:sir j > y.»ur ojiv »>u lii> w.iv Ku*t. arrival .it TnVnlwa ou i.v'l.eN D. L KmtPiui Rcgsfti f>» spt*ml aUiu' .1 mouth for in thai country. The J w ank-k \\i 1. 'ti ictt'«l iafotma]
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    IRADE SECRETS THREATENED.
    47 7 I RADE SECRETS THREATENED. I u be '1 t- 11 i i sid <l. Hiit! in hn >.:■■ Nation nil t).«- t the main I'tiu boold not be k d p U i tli.' in. tli«l i he formula, u privav I u,»uhl h ma] to tnl.ihttiiiL: tlu-ir
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    EXCHANGE.
    67 7 (Cokkectei) cp to Dec. "2 JO |Bank4ui/s 2/4J demand 4 j Private credits 3 ui 's credits 6 m/» 8/4 jj France, demaad Hauk 298^ Germany, demand -3ft India, T. T, o Hongkong, (leuiau'l >^ %<Hm Yokohama, deiiiau 1 1 '4J J wa, demand »40{ Kangkok, dfmauil t# 'l
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    PRODUCE,
    135 7 DeoeMiiber 24. Tin buyers !*7.7-j i Gambiar *>>'• Gambiar Cube No. 1 10.45 Ghuabiar Cnba No. i2 9.55 Pepper Black(ordin.S* pore) buyers 1 7.87 Pepper, White (fair L. W. 5 p.c.) J4.7"> Nutmegs (11<> to tlie lb 2«".. Xutinegs (80 to the lb.) 41. Ifaoa (Banda) 85. Cloves (AnilKiina)
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    SHARES.
    499 7 Capital Capital Issue Paid Company. Quotations Issued paid up Value up .$30y,000 300,000 10 10 Belat Tin M. Co. Ltd IS M 8135,000 140,000 10 Bersawah Gold M. C>. Ltd :tnooi £40,000 It 1<» Da Do Deferred) J nom ?»;o<>,oo<t )50".OCO 10 10 Bruseh Hydraulic Tin M. Co. Ltd
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      895 7 abvcrtioCtncnt6. f YAMATO ®> Co. DEALERS IN JAPANESE CURIOS j I Have Just Received a new Shipment of SUITABLE DEJORATTON GOODS I I FOR I IX' mas New Year Preparations IN LARGE ASSORTMENT. No. 41. HIGH STREET. I. J On the Berth. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYP. For Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan Por
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      412 7 SHIPPING. OCEAN STEAM SHIP Co., Ltd. A, 9 D China Mutual Steam Nav. Co. Ltd. ir>' iltupatchcid Lhrerpool ootvarda foe the Btraits, China and Japan evory week, and from Japan homewards tot L ndon, Amsterdam and Antwerp erea I night and !'"r Qettoa, Marseilles, Liverpool otward steaaksr vrery SBaaji extenda
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      475 7 HAMBURG-AMERIKA LIN!E. PASSENGER SERVICE. rs, ilHi sania. Ha: Bca>lHA and Tlj rti ..y bub for tli- an<l latioß. >■ ty. r.ibin^ titt« -i wit] tans. Doctoral Ml bOMi. Ketui: kthroogh tieketa I iiad to Londoc ria Havn and Hitiuburg. Bhww im, U, edUm v tea and Plymouth im thefc APPROXIMATE
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    643 8 In the Snpßßta Exchautre \esterd.i% L ftfteroi>on a ineetiuj; was held t>> confirm th- uew rules adopied by the joiut exchaup* iiud Cbaaber. The members preseut were Heafrs C MaeArthur (ufcaiiinan) W. A itreik,'. J. S -uierville. C Touruaire. l> B. Lewis. K. hittle. L K. levies.
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    THE LATE MR HERMANN KATZ.
    149 8 Me»r> K i*. l'»ro- this morning neaitid a rable^ram from Frankfurt on Maine announcing the dentil there of Mr Hermanu Kit/., the Mniot partner and founder of the tirm of Messrs Kat/ IJros. aud the largest shareholder of Messrs Kat/ Bros Ltd Lnta mail news
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    BETRAYED BY THE BELL.
    116 8 A Chinese wharf loafer > trolled on Lord the German steamer Marudu tlnrinu' Sunday night. whiNt ib| w.i* lvin<: ;it IWsjOM I'^iTdr aud annexed the breakfast bell with the result that tWt9O« l«>;inl ue«ir]v missed breakfast vesterdav morning. lu>pector \Vil9ou of the I>(«-k Folii-e prompt lv
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    44 8 Major Pritchard, R. G. A., who has been for tive vear> commandant of the Hongkong Volunteers and is now leaving the Colony j i>Q th* completion of his period of appoint- j niwjt, ha- l«en entertained it farewell dinner and presented with an address.
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    THE SUPREME COURT.
    623 8 Cases Before Mb Jvwttca FnutM, Iff J. Ait ken mentioned Ihe ca»e Liui Seah Hak aud another i CK»h Kw Hak alias Goh Ah Fi^e. which h*4 J»een referred to the refMtrar for report. Notion ,»f t he writ was served on the defendant iu Chiua, but
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    A DARING THEFT.
    97 8 On Saturday afternoon a Chinaman iu Mttin_' 'n the verandah of hi> boOM OOOBtillg a pile i>t dollar* into ;i handkerchief. Another Chinaama mw the -lisplav of wealth and coveted it. He w,i> i»ue of the fraternity who ure alvara on the look out to acquire wealth
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    "BREAK WITH CONVENTIONS."
    132 8 "BREAK WITH CONVENTIONS." A mistake in tilling up the diplomatic TWirj ;it Wa>liin-_'tun would, tli»- 'Daily .Telegraph" think*. I*? nothing short of tiumttr si- in the pmnl >tate of Anglo- j Aacrioai rah tic— and it is no exaggeration lo mj tliat a Briti.-h Government ha> never' I ha«l a
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    69 8 < IffjoaagJiiurthall Field, irmfili—mim the richest child m the world, this iton was recently told The Ih.t uppproached an old woman iu a hotel iiud MM to her: Can you crack nuts i "No, in dear. I can't." the oJd woman replied I lost all uiv teeth jears ago." "Then.
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    CHINA FAMINE FUND.
    200 8 The first meeting of the Committee of! he Chiua Famine Keliel Fund was held in he Council Chamber at 12 80 p.m. S.iturbiv, wlieii there were BMOOUt: Hor.'ble I'an Ju.k Kim. Messrs. T. S Ilaker, \V. D 15 1 1 nes. C. McArthur aud Seah LnWnj Seah.
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    PETER MURPHY AGAIN.
    227 8 Kkkimn-; nil rMTIYi Skaso.v. Peter Murphy is an Irish-American sailor, who has l»eeu iu the public eye of late through the scrapes h» has been getting into. He began by mistaking a tailors' shop in which the tailors were having tlieir evening meal for an eating-house, aud
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    A KLING BURGLAR.
    155 8 Y» -terday afternoon l>efore the Bench Court a Mohaiutnedan Kling was charged with hoiise-breakiug aud thett at a Native Club at Qtriaaa; Ali. the Club watchman. s;iid all was well when he closed the Club premises <>n the night of the loth but on the morning of
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    ARRIVAL OF THE STRAITS PLAYERS.
    60 8 Tiie »>. SelaUL'or from Teluk Alison ve>tefdfti I'ioui.ht down ihe K. M. S. sportsmen. The WMnl bail on board over three hundred passt-uirers for the trip, of whom about thirty will ha playing against the local teams. The pMtj m merry c>ne. and the players
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    HARBOUR NOTES.
    155 8 The Imp. German mail steamer Priu/. Heiuricn. having left Colombo, on the "J2ud lustaut at midnight, nnv l)e expected to arrive here on Friday, the 2*th iustiut, at about 7 am. Captaiu Evans of the British steamer Memnou, which arrived here yesterday from Liverpool, reports that on Dec.
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      69 8 NO OPIUM IN CHAMBERLAIN S COUGH REMEDY. There Is not the least danger in yiviu;; Cbaudxilaiu a Cough Kemedy to small children as it contains no opium or other barinful drug. It has an established leputation of more than thirty years as tbe most successful medicine iu use for colds,
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      252 8 DE KONINKLUKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPHU Under Contract with the Netherlands Ini»^ OOTVBBH Agents ac Singapore, Ship Agency, late J. Daendels Si Co., 2-3 Collycr Qua\ THE CXDERSI..NEI" I>ATE& ARE ONLT APPROXIMATE. Re\Tiiersz Djambi Dec 24 Djambi. D. Van Twist Batavia Dec 24 Batavia, Java-coast. Samarar.i Boeleleng. Makassar, Amboina. Saparoea, Banda. Gisscr.
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      135 8 WEATHER REPORT. Date Bar Wind Temp Hiili Sky Rain. Dei 22 H'kon- 1 i- ie.ll NXEI 6] cxl Manila 4i\ 759 SEI JJ 25 o Dec 2:1. H'kong 10 a. SO.M Cmkm M 0.l Manila A. 761 Nl 2« 2 1 c H'kon- Q. 30.1 H X2 o4 od Manila
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      577 8 CLEARANCES. December 23. Benlomond, Brit. str.. Hendetson,. for Calcutta. December J4. Resident Schieff. Dut str., Unus, for Rhio. Wilhebn. Brit, str., Richter, for Macassar via ports. Jin Ho, Brit. str.. Clenday. for Muar and Malacca. Poutianak, Brit str.. Casey, for Kuantan via ports. Sri Muar, Brit, str., Hudson, for Muar
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      514 8 VESBELS_IN PORT. Men-of-War Fl*g and Tons Commanders Arrived From For Kin- Alfred Ml b'ship 14,50" Thurslj De» 2<» BaUM.i Clio Brit cru. KM R. Dp. 21 Saraw.K Ship Flae ft Tons Master Arrived trom (consignee For \Th. 'Auiberst Brit 135 Scott Dec 23 Pontianak Wee Bin j Asdani: Siam 4ti
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