The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 19 September 1907

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1907. NO. (5,089.
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  • 146 1 S mrthing like a crisis has arisen, politic.il!;, at tbe ''ape, I>r J.meaon may be i at as a result of the i txt thctioi 18, wilh a virtual Ditch Sontli Africa Lite telegram Page T!ie commit teo of the U»gu- Confeieuce Cannot agn»e as r»girds the
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  • 1138 1 C*uada. !«■»< ua for I. m.ier and the maph baa aVatr ii An nafcaig* is responsible for Ike m Ibraaalk n thai the Supreme Court there baa resolved to al'oa c v Mcl a maximum of lime h. ins lor speech-, except by the Court's ppecial leave.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 236 1 F HOTEL de la PAIX, j SINCAPORE. Inls Old Established House having been thoroughly Repaired and Renovated is rNOW REOPENED. Good Accommodation for Boarders and Passengers. A Special licy is made of the Table, and only Wines, &c, of the best Quality are supplied. Terms Moderate. Runners meet Steamers. DAH
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    • 310 1 Entertainments. SINGAPORE TOWN BAND. 47, WATERLOO STREET. Brass and String; or String Band Only. Now open for engagements. Music Lessons given, 7 a.m.— 9 a.m. 5 to 6.30 p.m. J. TRINIDAD, Proprietor Bandmaster. Young Mens Christian Association. SINGAPORE. GRAND BAZAAR. WLL BS HELD IN THE VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL. ON Thursday,
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    • 17 1 HJVGINEBRS cONTRA GTORS. J "w/ t o CL #™M < BBS_fti____j C BURMA STRAITS j SIAM and QHINA.
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    • 87 1 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. Mortgagee's Sales, half dozen m number, Messrs «r. A. Fernandez. Page Tbe Hobenstaufeu for Hongkong Ac. on tbe _'5th Page fl. To ht houses on Mt. Klizabetb and m Wilkie rd Page 7. Imported fox terr ers for >ai< Page Tenders for Rhio Farms Pa^e 2. Messrs Powell
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 385 1 > < THE WEEK THUB3DAT. 19th High Water:— 9 21 a.. S 21 p N D L Mail Outward due. B I Mail Homeward closes 3 j. S. C. C. Tennis Lodge E ;st**ra Gate. Pathe Cinematograph Show 7 81 A 9.3 i p Philharmonic Orchestra practice, 8.30 p Parsi
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  • 154 2 Rangoon, September 3rd A meeting is to be called for the 17. h instant, at which the L .eatenant Governor will preside, with a view to esta Wishing at ilaymyo a PasteurInstitute, 01 th? lines of those at Kasauli and C onoo The management wi
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  • 668 2 The teeth of a a it! m r e ara i?h ue»;lcci ed asset, an! th; B i r-di Dmtai Aeaoeiati n has been c >uei leria^ means tor improvement as a na'ioual arTr.r. lave.-tigations have iadicaaad that uot m >re than thiee pei cent of all children cf school
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 32 2 Chamberlain's Pain Balm. This liniment should occupy a prominent place m every home. It has no equal for its prompt cures of cuto. burns, bruises and sprains. For sale by all dealers.
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    • 474 2 HDvcrtfscmcnta. ■■■> $OTIGEu%. -rr- r-- UU ra NOTICE The Opium, Gambling;, Pig and Pepper Farms of he Residency of Rtio and ita Dependencies, excepting the group of islands known as Pulo Tuju, will be let for one year and for three years as frcm ihe .st April 1908. Tenders will
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    • 751 2 Hfcwcrtteements. GOVERNMENT NOTICE. Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office up to noon of Monday the 7th proximo, for the removal of refuse rice from the Singapore Prison for a pericd of twelve months from Ist January, 1908. The Government doea not bind itself to accept the highest
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    • 445 2 Btoerttoemcntd. IVOTIGES* atEWAUD $500. The above reward will be paid for information leading to the arrest of Lim Siew Hock, late cashier of Trading Company Holland. Last seen on September 7th at noon m Singapore. Photograph may be seen at the Central Police Station. Sept 13 21.9 NOTICE Rooms airy
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    • 478 2 Hfcvertteemcnts. IiySUf&NGES. Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ltd. FIRE, MARINE, ACCIDENT, GUARANTEE. Funds Exceed W. A. SIMS, Manager, Eastern Branch. Aug 29 Guardian Assurance Company, Limited, London. Subscribed Capital je2,000,000. Total Invested Funds, upwards 0f... A6 250,000. Annual Income upwards of Ail, 00,000. Fire Risks. Short or Long Periods at current
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    • 604 2 Bbvettieememe, BAMKS. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. P^id-up Capital ti, Rbsbbvb Fund:- "0,000,00, Sterling Reserve $10,000,000 Silver Reserve... Ill, 00<»,000 1 Rbsebvb Liability or PhOPBIBTOBS Couax op Dißßcroas G. H. Mbdbprot, Eaq.— Chair M4i Hon. Mr. Hsnkt Ksawics, Dkpvt A. Fucas.Esq. A J. Katbo^'i* 4 E. Gosrs, Esq. E. Ss. LLIM>
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  • 319 3 jrlad at last to i..«ve a n>w so\ iety event to ch.un.cle and a u«:* to *«<». The KinK of Siam ia m Paris, and to-day bar gone to visit Pieaident Fallieres. at the Chateai; de Rambouillet, which nowidavs is the Presidential summer residence. The visit
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  • 168 3 Halifax (Nara Scotia), Aug. 1 f Th- I inadian team has won the King's Cup m th-i Ccast Defence Competition for Artdlery, the aggregate sec res being Canada t»l7 Great Bi itain ...UO In the different series the Cur adians made the most hits, except
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    • 603 3 Hovcrtf-cmcnts. Tiuerioxs. AUCTION SALE OF Iron aud Braas Bedsteads, Camp Beds, Ii on Safes. Oak Furniture, Hata, Hosiery, Hammocks, Drapery. Blankets, Stoves, Enamel Ware, Press Copy Books, etc, etc. At our Sale Rooms on Wednesday and Thursday the 26th and 26th inst. at 11 a.m. Articles will be on view
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    • 627 3 Bbvertteemcnts. nc(ji/oxs. AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Land House Property Situated at Victoria Street, Singapore Town. TO BE HELD AT POWELL CO.'S SALEROOM. On Tuesday. 24th September at 2.30 p.m. c*1 Ar e 777 P an of Government lease 61 1 for 999 years from 15th, September 1829, qmt rent $1
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    • 524 3 Hsvcrtisemcnto. TWiSTIOXS. f FSIATE OF MA6DALEM CHUA SWEE ENG. deceased. AUCTION SALS OF Chinese Jewellery, Ac. TO BI HELD AT POWELL A CO.'S SALEROOM, Monday, 23rd Sept., at 11 a.m. Gold pindings. tdlver waist belt, diamond hair pins, gold bracelets, kroaangs, diamond rings. &c, &c. NOW ON VIEW. POWELL ft
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    • 111 3 ELECTRIC MOTOR CARS are not more silent when running than HUMBERS. FOR Simplicity Reliability and Elegance. These Cars are unrivalled. IO have been sold locally and every one of them is giving complete satisfaction. A recent testimonial says "I have completed 25,000 miles on a Coy- entry Humber and Car
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    • 289 3 WANTED. WANTED AT ONCE Chinese Ledger Clerk for Engineering Company. Must be good Bookkeeper and Writer. State Salary required. Apply. Accountant c o Free Preas." Sept 18 21.9 WANTED Student Requires lessons m the Theory of Music, Immediate. W. W. c o Singapore Free Press. Sept 17 25.9 Wanted immediately
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  • 1547 4 The Singapore free press. Thursday, Sept. 19, 1907. r m». *1«1{.54 IS :.3. i. t ;t o'a v. It must be a satsfaeti >n to the members of the British Cotton-growing Association to see that the enton crop of Egypt bap this season Beached record dimensions. This i* nut of
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  • 1379 4 Tbe marriage of Mr. Song Ong Siang and Miss Yeo Hee Neo will take place at the Presbyterian Church on Sept 2K, at 4 pm. The reception will be at Hollandia. Lloyd-rd. Municipal Commission meets to morrow and will consider besides routine business tenders for reservoir work, and supply of
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 178 4 Caldbeck MacGregor AND COMPANY. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. ALE, BEER STOUT IMPORTERS. BOTTLERS AND BLENDERS. BRANCHES AT Shanghai, iw i i a— Tientsin, Hongkong, Penang, Glasgow and London, WITH AGENCIES throughout the East. fc)f Purveyors to the British Army and Navy and U. S. Navy. AGENTS for the principal Champagne,
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    • 285 4 POPULAR WANTS. WANTED a second hand Gramaphone state the make and price, Apply— G. c/o "Singapore Frae Preas." SCHOOL OF HYPNOTISM Hypnotism and Conjuring taught, apply Prof carl Ro/.bllo, Waverley Hotel. Terms moderate.) TO LET FURNISHED. Large House m Tanglin suitable for a Family or a Bachelors Mesi of three.
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  • 53 5 (By Submarine TelegTspL— Reuter's.) Disagreement as to Mine-laying. Received at 7 p.m. Tt is reported frcrm the Hague tbat tbe Third Committee of tbe Conference has had .t protracted discussion on the projected regulations for mine-laying. There was markei divergence of views md the general opinion is that
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  • 59 5 Keen Competition. Twenty-nine balloons took part m the International race from Brussels. A Germ m balloon was the winner, having covered (MM miles, landing at Bivoune. The Swiss billoon was se:ond covering $69 miles. The British balloons controlled by Professor Huntingdon and the Hon'ble C S Kolls were
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  • 18 5 llr-c branches of the Methodist Cont^reuoe m London yesterday formed a I nited M hodist Chinch.
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  • 46 5 Supply Blocked Dissolution. It is wired from Capetown that m consequence of a deadlock Vet ween the Council and the Assembly, the former blocking Supply, Dr Jameson, the Premier, has ad vised the Governor to diss. lre the Assembly, whicb he does to-morrow.
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  • 374 5 May Turn the Scale. The crisis will possibly have import int results, as last year's pardon re-en f rancbised thousands of de-fran< hised rebels, \vh se votes will be likely to place Jameson ia a minority and creite a politically Dutch *i: Africa from Rbodeaia to Ttbie l>iv.
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  • CANADA AND ASIATIC LABOUR.
    • 65 5 Exclusion League Threats. Received at 4 25 pm. It is reported from Vancouver that tLe Asiatic Exclusion League threatens drastic measures unless the Dominion Gjverument passes a telieving measure m respect to Asiatic Immigration. The International Exclusionist Conveution will be held at Vance uver iv October.
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    • 513 5 '■V.UKHANA C'OXLAI'fcjKS. Bombay, Sept. 4. A shocking accident happened m tbe Bom bay Cymkhana to night when part of the roef collapsed. Two members yvere temporarily baried and injured, one very seriously, while a large number of others escaped miraculously. some with slight injuries. For those who
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    • 156 5 Tbe result of the India and Straits Settle r:< nt- Police exa;nination, held m June, 1907, ia announced. The following took the firs; forty place lt If. t'irter. C. H. Gadsden, F. Toßßti N- B« Woodhouse, F. (i. B. Peel. I{. C. Lorrimer, P. L.
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    • 42 5 When your dea^r tries to palm off an imitation of Rlgaud's Kananga Water or any old thing" which is not what you want, then is the time to throw a little "hot air" into him and keep away from his store. 10
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    • 157 5 Princeaa Patricia, who las only recently I returned from visiting rV'ue*ss Efeary of Ratteobarg at Oebojme Cottage and thei Duchess of Albany at (Jlireroont, h eerj keen on golf, and plays refill irly whenever opportunity cffen She leirned the my-. tetkc at North Berwick when visit'rg Lord and Ladj Wemyss.
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  • MOROCCO COOLING DOWN.
    • 143 5 Peace Hoped For. Drude's Conditions. Bw Sept 18. lO.t. am. Four trib39 near Cas* Blanca are treating yvith the French and are willing to give hostages whilst they are using their influence for peace with the other tribes. M. Reguault, the French Minister at Tangier who
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    • 38 5 A Magnificent Crop. Rec. Sept. 18, 10 M a.m. It is officially state! m Cairo that the Egyptian cotton crop is a splendid one and exceeds seven million can'irs. The estimated value is thirty millions sterling.
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    • 52 5 A Saner View. Prominent FiCu^h p A ticiaus are deujuncing anti-milit lrism. M. Viviani, the Socialist Minister of Libour, sp3aking at Aunecy. declared that the Republic mv* f be placed above all attack and if peril arose the /atherland must be defended witbou* dis:ussiog the origin of
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    • 43 5 Consolidation and Beneficence. Hec. S.*pt. 1», 10.38 a.m. < >neen Wilhelmina m opening the Netherlands Parliament announce"! that serious efforts -would b? male to render theconsolidatiou of Dutch authority m the Indies beneficial to the nitive population. > sfj <
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    • 147 5 Simla, Aug. 3<i. An India Army Order is about to be issued directing tbe immediate formation of two native .Mountain Uatiories of six guns each for general service. These new batteries, to be number ed J Ist and :i2nd, will be on the same footing as re^an
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    • 157 5 THH BssßfßJ I i ion IBABMJ ■IIBJWPB. Uangoon, Sept. '2. In ccmnectiou with tbe Viceroy's visit to Rangoon, it has been dec ded to illuminate Daihousie Park ani the Royal Lakes, and not the Victoria Park. The natural scenery at the J loyal Lakes is much
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  • 406 5 The celebrations m honour of the Sultan of Jobore's birthday were marked by the officii banquet given by His Highuess m the Ist ana on Tuesday when His Excellency the Governor aud Miss Anderson and a numerous company attended. The guests included besides HE. and Miss Anderson,
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  • 163 5 George Dora), a Eurasian, was arrested at a football match at tie Raffle reclamation ground ou Tuesday afternoon for failing to report himself at the Police Court He lad been previously arrested on a charge of vagrancy and was given fourteen days to find work, and
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  • 168 5 A Cantonese named Wong Ah S was again befoie Mr. Colman. the third rna_ristrate. vtsteiday, for committing a rash act by blasiing rocks at Mount Wall, k in a manner likely to endanger life DdtfOttTC Inset, 'or Frayne cond ucted the prosecution and Mr. 0 S. Carver
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  • 153 5 The alcohol problem for explosion motors baa lately been attracting so mneh attention that not a few people will be enrprieed to learn that the motor omnibuses on the streets of Paris have, since the commencement of the service, been using a fifty per cent, mixture of
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  • 94 5 Says a Rtngoon pipyr Mr. J. M Siucliir, the Commercial Agent for the Government of Victoria, has arrived m Rangoon on a brief visit m connection with schemes for the development, of trade v i h Australia. It is the intention of the Government of Victoria to subsidise a lino
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 63 5 A Oood Family Liniment. Every family should be supplied with a uottle cf Chamberlain a Pain Balm. For cnte, bruises, turns, scalds or similar injuries, which are of frequent occurrence m every household, there is nothing so good. It cools and soothes the wound and not only gives instant relief
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    • 72 5 Not if as Rich as Rothschilds. If you had all the wealth of Rothschilds, you could not buy a better medicine for bowel complaints than Chamberlain's Colic, ChoUra and Diarrhoea Remedy. The most eminent physician can not prescribe a better preparation for colic and diarrhoea, both for children and adults.
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    • 91 5 |j~ROBINSON Co."! I Annual Cash Clearance I I SALE I jiVoiv Proceeding I OfiCF A YEAR UIIUL A YEAR ONLY. I REAL REDUCTIONS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS, j ROBINSON CO. •eraaa-naBJBB) e-aBBBBBB> SIGNAL ASPARAGUS. sTv>]DiTl§e Ac BY ssB.laTsMJ LUXURY. IPjl |lj GUARANTEED. ■EaEtasEL-ammß— 111 NO TABLE IS COMPLETE WITHOUT IT. /£**l*__BsV
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  • 1127 6 Piutm I asked, ar tbe steward handed me a dish heaped up witb dark purple globes. No, sir passion fruit Sir. replied the steward. I glanced inquiringly at my \is a via. an Australian girl. "Don't you know pas sion fruit." she said then this is one of
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 108 6 Infant Mortality. The attention of the Town Council at Johannesburg. Transvaal, was last year directed to the fact that ou* of eighty-four infants, who dieo m December, forty-four of them had died of dysentery. An investigation wiih a view of tracing the source of the disease was authorized. Under the
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    • 588 6 B^rtisements. On the Berth. i HAMBURG-AMERIKA-LINIE. For Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan. The i.i :rman S.S. 44 HOHENSTAUFEN," 6,000 tons, Captain Jaeger, is expected to arrive here on Wednesday the 25th instant, and will most probably be despatched for the above porta em the same day. She has splendid accommodation for
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    • 509 6 u&vertfsenientft. SHIPPING. WTk. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. r% A regular FORTNIGHTLY Service is maintained between Japan and Europe by the following NEW TWIN SCREW STEAMERS. Cndbb Mail Contbacts with thb Impbkial Japan bsb Govbbnmbnt. Specially designed for the Company's European Service, lighted throughout by Electricity, provided with excellent accommodation
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    • 631 6 Hc-pertteemctits. SHIPPING. P. o. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. For China Japaa, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Porta, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental and American Porta. Steamers will leave Singapore oa or snoot MAIL LINES. Ontward (for China) Delhi Sept 28
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    • 692 6 Hfcvcrttecmentos SHIPPING. Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen. COAST LINES i Steamers of the Coaat Fleet. tons reg. tows rag. Petchaburi 2191 Devawongee 1548 Borneo 2100 Paklat 1667 Kohsichang 2040 Anghin 1667 Rajah 2028 Looksun 1667 Pitaanulok 2010 Choising 1667 Bangkok 102U Pongtong 1667 Rajaburi 1004 ffsmawi 1667 Korat 1900 Loo So* 1604
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    • 767 6 Hovcrttsemente. SHIPPING. N. D. L Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen INPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE The fast and well-known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Hn*m«. Q Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamp* m, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marsei,l><Naples, Alexandria and vioe versa) Port Said Sues, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai,
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  • 923 7 A Seven Years' Task. Wanted, a man who will clear ont with a shovel one hundred and twenty-five million yards of dirt, and who will use some thirty million cubic yard* of earth for dam obstruction This ia the modest lequireu ent of the United
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  • 75 7 U inle rngaflinl m repiiring the Townsend" limney, Glasgow, ->n Au^ 20th, Jack Goldie, a wetl-knowa looal stoplejaek, fell from tier r. of tbe stack, 484 ft. high, and was killed instmitaneouslv. The chimney is said to be th« tallest in* the world. Mr Hall, 'lie employer of Qoliie, seen
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  • 68 7 (COBBSCTBD Vr TO Fept 1«.) j Bank 4 m/a 2/4| demand 2/4 j Private credits 3 m/s 2/4-rV credits 6 m/s 2/4 t F rancb, demand Bank 293 Gbbblsjit, demand 238^ |[NDia,T. T, 174 Honqkonv, demand 4i%dii Yokohama, demand 114| Java, demand 140 Bangkok, demand C3| Sovbbbion9, Bank Buvinc
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  • 130 7 S ptembir 1 Tin buyers 82 25 Gambier 7 0D Gambier Cube No. 1 10. .15 Gambier Cube No. 2 9.70 Pepper Black (ordJn. B'pore) 17.75 Pepper, White (fair L.W. 5 p.e.) 28.81 Nutmegs (110 to the lb.) 21.00" Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) 31 00 Mace (Banda) 64.00
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  • 498 7 <-*pi»l Capital Issue Paid Isiaed paid a P Value op Company. WuofAtlon. 1300,000 300,000 10 10 Belat Tin M. Co. Ltd Ufl $300,000 225.000 10 10 Bruang Limited go< I 6 0 «*».OCO 10 10 Bruseh Hydraulic Tin M. Co. Ltd ]360 350 00 £1 £1 Dufl Develooment Co.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 1201 7 Hovcrtiscmenta. TO LET. TO LET No. 11, Lloyd Road. Apply to-26c VERLOOP, c o Hammer Co TO LET From Ist October 1907 godown No. 3.' Anson Road, two Stories floor, space aboul 0.000 square feet. Apply to-SISSON DELAY, Sep 14 16 ChaDge A u U c e JHifC e lighted
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    • 236 7 H^vcrtiocnlcnto. TO LET. TO LET Nos. 10. 12. Mount Elizabeth and 18-b Wil- kie Road. Apply to LOH LAM, 503 North Bridge Road. Sept 16 19 ll Rooms to let from Ist September. Mrs. PARK, 2 St. Thomas, Walk. Aug 12 uc TO LET No. 10 Tiverton Lane off Killiney
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    • 403 7 SHIPPING STOOMYAART MAATSCHAPPY (STEAMSHIP COMPANY.) 'NEDERLAND.'' Fortnightly Mail Service between Java and Amsterdam via Singapore, Sabang ana Oenoa. St .'in c s are due on or abont the undermentioned dates Onward Hom*ma*d K. Willem 111 Sept 27 K. Wilhulmina S*pt 2* Oranje Oct 11 Giotiuß Oct 12 Kembrandt Oct 25
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    • 469 7 HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINE. PASSENGER SERVICE. nfcW J 9_____" Rhkn-nia," Habbburq," Hohenstaufen," and the SCANDIA and Silksia. The steamers are specially built for the tropicH and bare luxurioua Passenger accommodation. First class Cabins amidships, lighteJ Jironghout by electricity, cabins fitted with fans. Doctor and Stewardesses carried. Laundry on board. Resurn ticketa issued,
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  • 271 8 Last C'AbE Falls Through. In lappa and Verappa were leforj the Chief Justice, Sir W. H. Hyndman Jones, at the Assizes yesterday morning o 1 the charge of having used as genuine on July 5 at Singapore a forged deposit receipt for 5250, stated to have beet signed
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  • 149 8 A Chinaman was arraigned before the B»nch Court, Messrs Michell and Gibson, yesterday afternoon, on an a!lr_ r ation ef theft of jewellery valued at 91,732 10 from a house at C.arss S.rrtt. Djteotive luspec*. >r S enhoust c inducted tbe prosecution, an 1 the accused
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  • 106 8 V.tnam S.ngb, a Bengali ami before the B*nch Cjurt, Messrs Mieheil and Gil ,on. yesterday afternojn. on an allegation of theft Police Inspector N-'an p:osecu»ed. A Bikk named Book B Bgß, employed as a watchman at Bt>, BoatC^aav, snd that tbo accused came to Lim and ..skeJ
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  • 429 8 Volt. obtoe' i Victoey. il I. Brindle contributes to M Fry's I §BbUw an article containing mr- anecdotes and reminiscences) relating to the f imous race for the St. Lej The>e have l>een some gre.it race* for th" St. Lager some very great ones
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  • 389 8 There was no play yesterday owing to the bad state of the ground. TO-DAYB PLAY Championship. Gaunt v Salzmann, E. A Singi.bs. Nunneley owe 15. 4 v Robertson, J.. 4. B Singles Bailey A. W owe 2 v Edward?. 1 Q SINGLBK. Freeman v Borchm»nn.
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  • 440 8 By Lient-Col E G. ftec-Met, Com nandint B V C. Singapore, 17th September. s. v. c. The Signallers will I,. trade at Fort Palmer on Wednesday 25th ir.st at •"> 3<) p v. The Manchester Cup will \j? competed for I on Sunday 22ud inst. at 2 M
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  • 235 8 Cricket is flourishing m the Settlement aud on Saturday last two good teann under the captainships of the Hon. H. W. Firmstone and Mr. Sydney Moorhouso respectively took the field. The latter team took first innings and i cam piled 120 of which Moorhoute himself put up 48
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  • 357 8 An investigation has Wen going oa to find out the cause of the accidents m tbe turret of the battleship GsBBTfBB. The practice was l«eing conducted on her eightinch guns, and by some means, not yet discovered, a gunpowder bag caoglt fire while it was being
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  • 252 8 In connection with tliosubjoine3.it will be remembered that Dr. Charles Hose, who has just lately retired frcm the Sarawakservice, attributes beriberi to a fungus iv stale or mouldy rice, and mu.-h experimental research seems to go a long wav m favour of that hypothesis. That other ailments
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  • 131 8 AITER DOCELB iMVOBCi: A.\l> WBDCsSM Two Couples BcTTiaß Down On Adjoin incj fIMM Two Nebraska farmers have exchanged wives and have gone to swell the American migration to Canada. Abraham N. Kndler and Edward D. Winspeer were, until a few days ago. neighbours m Sweetwater Co., Nebraska.
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  • 312 8 A cargo of copra arrived by the Flevo from tbe Natuna Islands. Quarantine restrict i>is against the ports of Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy on account of bubonic plague have been withdrawn. The Imp. German mail steamer Kleist having left Penang ou the 18^h instant at 1 am. may
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 187 8 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPI Agenti at Singapore, Ship Agency, Ute J. Daendel. Co., 2-3 Coliyer Qua, ■> n THB USDEBMEKTIONED DATES AEE ONLY Uimun ***kL n e[ay "S aa S eU Se P' l 7 B»"e«n. SoeiiLaya. BandT^masin Stamen Bank Pagan. Moeara Djawa, Samarinda* Paair wit™rrahiplS S m P"- ™»»tw>.
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 448 8 PASSENGERS. Per Sappho Mr Norris, Mr Sarkies, Mr WeUtcr. Mr Holloway. Per Ceylon Mr Hanron, Mr Laing, Major Cleveland, Mr M Donaldson. Per Solvi Mr B. Schods, F. Schods. CLEARANCES Septeml>er 18. Heim. Nor. str.. Eriksen, for Bangko';. Bangkok, Ger. str.. Klimmet, for Bangkok. j Tringganu. Ger. str., Reumer, for
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    • 668 8 VESSELS^ IN PORT. Men-of-War K!ag and Tons Commanders Arrived Prom ~*»r a> X Merlin Brit cru. 1070 Walker Sept 3 Penang North B Wright Am. tra., 364 Hamilton May 17 Manila Dock. Ship *I«e dt Tons Master Arrived front Consignee For Wt\. Agapauthus Brit 2366 Daviea Aug 31 Newcastle Hutt.
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