The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 17 February 1908

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    16 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1908. NO. 6,216
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    141 1 The Reichstag only vot d 50,000 marks towards a University for Ch nese students at Kiaochau, :!75,000 being asked, a volt to support the Shantung silk industry was absolutely rejected and officials' expenses cut down. (Page 5.) The home Government will wait until after a meeting of
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    PITY THE PASSENGER.
    1122 1 I do not remember ever to have come across anyone who attempted to write fen j apologia for the steamship traveller tmi pU Heaven knows he deserves some consideration at the hands of the authors. At blush r< flection si ems to indicate that Hm people most
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      383 1 [the ARRQL-JOHNSTON car] II SCOTTISH CUP RECORDS. I /905— WINNER. ARROL-JOHNSTON." 1906-2nd, 3rd. and Uth PLACES. ARROL* JOHNSTON." 190 7— WINNER. ARROL* JOHNSTON." CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS, AGENTS. I »RII I lADT_Q ito M JLJr JLC_^l_^A^fjLJtxiL^\jr# Billiard,, Bombay W% Undertake to Supply a First-class full sized Billiard Table, design No. I,
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      248 1 POPULAR WANTS. Wanted To Let For Sale Notices etc., up to 30 word3 in length will be accepted for thia column at One Dollar for three insertions. Cash with Advertisement.) WANTED AT ONCE A bungalow, Bukit Timah district, 3 bedrooms, 2 sitting rooms. Stabling. Apply ROCK co Singapore Free Press.
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      360 1 Entertainments. ALHAMBRA CINE MA TOGRAPH BEACH ROAD TO-NIGHT'S PROGRAMME. Ist Show 7.30 pm.— 9 p.m. 1. A kind hearted gentleman 2. Red Tapeism 3. The Dog and bis various merits 4. On the grass 5. Private Atkins minds the baby 6. Fatherhood to drunkenness 7. The Hostage 8. The squally
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      152 1 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. Turnout complete for sale Page 7. Wanted Chinese clerk for P. Bukam and teh graph operator for British North Borneo Page— 2. Lee Keng Yew no longer in'Cariuichael and Clarke's employment Page 2. Eyesight: Mr Browne's visits to the F.M.S.. and Penang Page 4. Suggestion as to a
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      210 1 Monday, 17th NDL Mail Homeward sails S.V.C Annual Gen. Mtg Drill Hall. 5.30 p Maxim Coy. Lecture on Scouting 8.30 p. S.V I. Semaphore Parade, 5.15 p S.V.A. Lecture on Ambulance, 5.30 Wednesday, 19th 8.1. Mail Homeward close--, 3 p N.D.L. Mail Outward due S.V.I. Musketry. Parade, £.15 p Saturday,
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    769 2 ::es of a particularly brutal Cise ol piracy come from the Persian Gulf. A boat wfeicfc lnd gone up the coast for dates w.is attacked and c.ip*u*ed by pirares. The hrwtmon were treitel with extreme cruelty >_id> was tied to an anchor and dropped overboard, another hid his a: ins
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      10 2 Sound Advice. Never neglect a bad cold. You can +~m
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      415 2 26,000 Cigarettes in 10 hours A FRENCH M\C-iINE OF HIGH STANDARD COMPLETE WITH 50 LARGE ROLLS OF CIGARETTE PAPER $1350. _s*^^SwjgFr.Y _r *___a___ $f*~M {UtHw Bni Bil As _/J!p__k l_-l^^__r_K^___['' -a __B _sSBBS________~i~ g:^--^4-..-.--M^_- W"J- Umim Z^ BssZmm*im\\ H yM\ BB^^^^^^^^^^^^^e fl B I ___i fl_ I HPs -<^!iii!___M B_^__"'
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      340 2 NOTICES. is hereby given that Lee Keng Yew is no longer in our employ. The written authority given him jto collect accounts was cancelled from the 15th inst. CARMICHAEL CLARKE, 8-4 Change Alley. TO MEIK3ERS OF THE INSTITUTION OF GiVIL ENGINEERS IN SINGAPORE, A suggestion lias been made that those
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      536 2 B&vertisements. NOTICES. MADAME FAMBON, LAD7 DENTIST. High Class Wore Moderate Price. No. 215, Orchard Road. Nov 21 u.c SHORTHAND TYPEWRITING Promptly executed. Absolute secrecy guaranteed. Mrs. E. F. HOWELL, Cavenagh Bridge Buildings, Raffles Hotel. immammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. ESHARAT KHAN Co. Cheapest and best Book Binder, Printer, and Account Book Ruler. All orders
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      517 2 H&vcrtiocmcnta. INSURANCES. New Zealand Insurance Co. Ltd. FIEE AND MAEINE. Subscribed Capital .£1,500,000. Paid up Capital and Reserves 600,000. Fire and Marine Risks of every description under- written at Lowest Current Eates. ADAMSON, GILFILLAN k Co, Ltd., General Agents Eastern Archipelago. A. J. SC ANDRE IT, Manager Insurance Department. Guardian
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      407 2 H&vcrtt6cmcnt6. BANKS. Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CBmXM 7 ER Paid up Capital in 60.000 shares of £20 each £1,200.000 Beserve Fund £1.4 75.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £1.200.000 f Bank ok Kv#LAJ 0 TJAV_rT?nQj AL Ban K I i Y OTLAKD B 8 1
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    THE MISSING LINK.
    539 3 C-tsuccnasj Ssabch pob the ApeMa I.V Jv. v t-jr tfce Pitbecanthrco is E ee pe-maa,in J*ca basfu!ed,«o rbetj lit B has _:one on to South Sumatra to It gata the tertiary f>ssil deposits there. B ml nine months ago German scientists fitted out the expedition, with Dr
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    HORACE IN BURMA.
    235 3 Eheu. SmPomi i-tur mm Osrsa. 11, 14 «aa m, t^y KI away, Thes? year- of ours; nor can one hour Tune's relentless sway. Or Death*! indisputable power. y wad -i cautious wife, And daiiy B y BTW 1 in tl mne', Apos'le of the simple life. S'
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      51 3 King of All Cough Medicines. Mr. E G, Cases a mail carrit-r cf Canton Center. Com. IYS.A.. who has been in tbe United S*atea Service lor about sixteen vtars. say- "We have tried many cough r, r croup, but Chamberlain's Couuh Remedy ia king ol all and OIM lo be
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      792 3 Singapore Sporting Glib. THE SPRING KACE MEETING WILL BE HELD ON Tuesday the 12th, Thursday the 14th and Saturday the 16th May, 1908. FIRST DAY. Tuesday. 12th May, 1903. 1. The Maiden Plate. Value $500. A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight 9st. Ex-Griffins allowed 71b. En- trance, $20. Distance, Race
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      662 3 7. T_e Griffin Consolation. Value $300, and— provided there are five 3ta-^e-s t^e pron°rtv of d ff o^r^rs— sso "o h; See i^ l r-". a HuiYip t<r all G iffini th <t h_/- ru;i nt h- M-?e'd:i^', and not won. D s anc Race t'cu^e. 8. The Ex-Griffin Cons
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      497 3 Hfcvcrtiscmcnte. AUCTIONS. I IN THE ESTATE OF TAN TONG WH TT DECEASED. By Order of the Executors ONG HOCK KENE and KOH GENG NEO. Messrs. H. L. COGHLAN Co. WILL SELL BY AUCTION At Mohamed Sultan Road near Tong Whatt Road. On Saturday, 22nd February, at 2.30 p.m. A turnout
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      323 3 I EAGLE _Tjf2*_i_f^ DP IM A V*!__a_ m**m\ HIGH-CLASS WORK. THE CROWN AGENTS The Borneo Co,, Ltd. s .j When Mosquitoes m.-^^K^^Lm^^ begin to annoy you, W^t^o^ Calvert's fe^'^ J j 20% Carbolic Soap. i It has been found so useful Tr»«itll cither to prevent the attacks of ■HUH- JUUll^l
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      Death.
      30 4 Ellis Jan. 3rd, at his res'dence, Ellismere, Bundoran. Co. Donegal, Ireland, Henry Er.Lls, Lieutenant, late Indian Navy, and late Master Attendant, Singa; *e. Straits Settlements, in his 73rd year.
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    The Singapore Free Press. Monday, Feb. 17, 1908.
    1773 4 The Singapore Free Press. Monday, Feb. 17, 1908. \-.r f k hn]l ,t,. p reM he TV~nl~'<; r cli- maintain, T ,v ii i' v.i-na v unbribet] by gain -m!< n^cepts t'.raw. on, l.ova'tv an I_w. Were it for no other reason than its unfavourable reaction on native opinion in
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    931 4 Natal first white triplets (ill bovs) have been born to Mr and Mrs Mever, of I Yirban The Chinese New Yoar Sports which weie originally fixed for the _2od instant have been unavoidably postponed till the 29th instant. Mr F. H. Witthoeft, of the firm of Behn Mever and Cu
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      533 4 IKELLY WALSH J JUST PUBLISHED. fSINGAPORE PARITY EXCHANGE TABLES I CONTAINING SING PORE RATES OF EXCHANGE WITH INDIA, CHINA, JAVA, HAMBURG, LYONS, CALCULATED AT EXTREME CROSS RATES ALSO S DISCOUNT AND INTEREST TABLES. I I useful time saver, which will be found indispensable to Bankers, Merchants and Exchange Brokers. -*m»lL
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      178 4 Wilson Co. PHOTOGRAPHERS. THE LEADING AND ONLY HIGH-CLASS STUDIO IN THE COLONY. Our Photographs are of the highest Artistic and Technica Excellence, and are admitted to be Incomparably the Best in the Far East. No Satisfaction, No Payment. Orchard Road and at Ho:el de I'Europe. The Standard 1 Photographic -Studio,
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    SPAIN AND FRANCE IN MOROCCO.
    19 5 Th- ib I Ywmment denies that :here are difference •> witb France concern- H rocco.
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    GERMANY & KIAOCHAU.
    95 5 GERMANY KIAOCHAU. WHOLESALE REDUCTIONS. Reichstag Refuses Vote for Chinese College. Submaiine Ttdegraph. Keuter's.) Received Feb. 15th, 3.15 pm. Reichstag sitting in Committee on the Be Igtt, refused a vote of 375,000 marks to tstabheh a university for Chinese student.- vt Kiaochau, granting onlv 50,000 I r preliminary expenses. Government in
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    SHANGHAI'S OPIUM SHOPS.
    66 5 X > Action till Ratepayers Move. Race-red 9.50 am, Feb. 15 _*ir .rd G rev, replying iu the House BS to Sir H. J. S. Cotton, the Liberal member for East Nottingham, said that he considers H advisable to await tha result of the meeting of Shanghai
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    THE RUBBER MARKET.
    46 5 {From cur a n t Rec. Feb. 16th, at 5 50 p.m. .bber receipts from the Amazon are urge. The m.irke: shows l considerable weakness, the pain be Bg 3 and for May delivery 3 o}. Shares are easier and transactions are limited.
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    KING MANUEL'S POPULARITY.
    36 5 (By -UUrine Telegraph. Renter's.) eeived at 10 4-7 am, Feb 15th. King Manuel of Portugal is winning got- iimrag his people. Apart rrom bis SBgaging personality, he bal issu- m decrees of amnesty.
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    THE APPLE OF DISCORD.
    17 5 The Austrian railway proposal is proving i veritable apple of discord iu Europe.
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    MACEDONIAN MARAUDERS.
    35 5 echeme Abandoned, e opposition of cert.tiu Powers on the ground of its impracticability, the British proposal fur the pursuit of the I maraud-T- ia M aia fa is been I ti present form.
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    AT VALPARAISO.
    8 5 Ihe American 1 a1 VJpa- i
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    SATISFACTORY ANGLOAMERICAN NEGOTIATIONS.
    28 5 ised Feb. [6th, B yy am. The negotiations io connection with the Vmer -iu arbitration treaty are pro- j kg sal li hetorily al Washington.
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    CHINESE THUMB IMPRESSIONS.
    6 5 :it for Identification.
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    IMAGINATIVE RAMBLES.
    2173 5 BY THE TOPICIST. Heckleth Haldane. We have quite taken to Scottie. His fresh and breezy sub-trigenarianism is an acquisition to the Topicist, his company an agreeable tempering of the Topicist's somewhat solitary sub-septuagenarianism. But it must be admitted that he is a trial sometimes. He came bounding t'other
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    THE LATE CAPTAIN HENRY
    369 5 There are a number of the older residents in the Straits who will learn with regret of the death of Captain Henry Ellis, who was connected with the Marine Department of the Colony for about twenty- two years before he took his pension in April 1888,
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    BITTEN BY A MAD DOG.
    196 5 OWNER CHARGED BEFORE FIRST MAGISTRATE. Mr Howard, the senior magistrate, was again occupied on Saturday in taking evidence in a case in which a small Chinese boy was bitten by a rabid dog at Siglap. Heng Teck Cheng, the mother of the lad charged Ku
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    A MAD CAT.
    12 5 A large cat that was believed to be mad
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      506 5 ROBINSON COMPANY. JUST UNPACKED -NDIABOLONOR THE DEVIL QN TWO STICKS. I Z^^Em****^ __3 Single Sets $1.50 per set, plain spool. Single Sets with rubber mounted spools. $2.50, $2.75, $3 per set. Double Sets, 2 pair of sticks and one plain spool, $2.25 per set with rubber mounted spools. $3, $3.50.
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    FRUIT TRADE BETWEEN INDIA AND ENGLAND.
    672 6 A Correspondent writes to a Madras contemporary As has been repeatedly pointed > outfit is not sufficiently realised by agriculturists in this eountry what infinYe scope there il for establishing a fruit trade between this eountry and England. Australia is not so favourably situated
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    NEW RUBBER ISSUE.
    309 6 THK I.AN-iKiT BU.MATKk8 U.MATKk The Langkat Sumatra Rubber Company, Limited, has l>eea formed to acquire as a going Mneerß, afl from Jan. 1, 19u3, the three ad; >in!ng estates known as Blankahan, Blankahan A, and Soengei Roean, situated in L'pper Langkat, Sumatra, and toprovide working capital to
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      16 6 iae East Asiatic Coy., Ltd. TaU^SSS, ?eiu^in B K 5 Sora Lacon. koh P f tani >
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      563 6 H6vertisemento. Ayer's Sarsapa- *_s^J Ci^^\X~^s\ traveling Wk% Vo ion. Better |h»K tie with V you when M^teJO you go away mwm from home. It may save you a long illness. And if you are not going away, keep it with you, always, in the house. AYER'S Sarsaparilla is the best
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      515 6 H&vertiscments. SHIPPING. Apcar Line, The undermentioned mail steamers of the above company maintain a regular service between Calcutta and Japan calling at Penang, Singapore, Hongkong 8c Shanghai en route. FLEET. Tons. Commander. s.s. Japan 6,300 J.G. Olifent. s.s. Gregory Apcar 4,606 S.H. Belson. 8.8. Arratoon Apcar 4,510 A. Stewart, s.s.
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      488 6 B&pertt-ements. 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, Continental and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or aboat MAIL LINES. Outward (for China) 1908 Marmora Feb
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      739 6 advertisements. SHIPPING. Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen. COAST LINES. A ste_meri of tbe Coast Fleet. TOHB reg. tonb reg. Petchaburi 21_1 Chow Fa 1643 Borneo 21iA) Derawongae 164ft Kohaichang 2010 Paklat 1657 Rajah *02s Anghin 1657 Pitsanuiok XSM Lockaun 1657 Bangkok 192jj Choiaing 1657 Rajaburi 1904 Pongtong 1657 Korat 1900 Samaen 1657
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      656 6 B&vcrttscmcnts. SHIPPING. MX. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen INPEEIAL GEKMAS MAIL LINE The fast and well-known mail steamer this Company sail fortnightly from I -r.-men Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, BkmttM__ptoc Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Maraeilles' Naples, Alexandria and vice versa) P .,rt Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singap nkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki A
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    KRAMAT PULAI, LIMITED.
    1545 7 Allotments In The Federated Malay St_tbs. Thi statutory meeting of shareholders of Knuaai Pulai, Limited, was held on Jan 17 al Winchester House, E. C, under the preiiI yof Sir W. H. Treacher, K. C. M. G (tbe chairman of the company.) I chairman said Although our
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    EXCHANGE.
    73 7 (Comx_OT-D r/F to Feb. 15 Bank 4 m/s M w 2/4| h demand w 2/3| Prirate credits 3 m/s 2/4^ credits 6 m/s 2/_| Fbakci, demand Bank... 291 Gri*MANT, demand 237 I-*dia,T. T f 173^ Hongkong, demand w 16^ Yokohama, demand 114 Java, demand w 139] Bangkok, dema id
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    PRODUCE.
    134 7 February 15. Tin 564 37_ Gambier 7 00 Gambier Onbe No. 1 buyers 10 40 Gambier Cube No. 2 9.00 Pepper Black (ord n. S' pore) 13.65 Pepper, White (fair L.W. 5 p.e. buyers 2 1.12 1 Nutmegs (110 to the 1b.).„ 23 00 Nutmegs (80 to the lb.)
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    SHARES.
    772 7 Capital CaplUl Issue Paid Issued paldupValas op Companr. Qu utioas $300,000 300,000 10 10 Belat Tin M. Co. Ltd 7', $300,000 225.000 10 10 Bruang Limited 7 »5 $600,000 000,000 10 10 Brueeh Hydraulic Tin M. Co Ltd 1410 £400,000 350,000 £1 £'1 Duff Development Co. Ltd 14" i
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      260 7 FOR S7LLE. HORSE AND DOG-CART. Turnout complete. A stylish and useful bargain. Apply to Dr. MURRAY ROBERTSON. FOR SALE 140 tons BILLIAN Timber, sizes from 20 it. by 14 in. by 12 inch downwards. Big orders may be executed. Apply to Ee Yong Chiang, c o D. Brandt Co. FOR
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      449 7 H&v-erttsementß. TO LET. TO LET GORNBR SHOP HOTEL DE .-'EUROPE. Apply on the premises. Feb 18 u.c TO LET Immediate entry. Ground floor godown and upper floor office. No. 4, Prince Street recently occupied by Messrs. Sharpe Ross ife Co. Rent 6150 per month. Apply to Paterson Simons Co, Ltd.
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      250 7 j On the Berth. British India S. N. Co., Ltd. Penang, Madras and Negapatam. The Company's Steamer TAROBA," 6,309 tons, W. H. Jacob. Commander, will be despatched for the above ports on Thursday, the 20th instant, at f> p.m. She has excellent accommodation for first and second class passengers. For
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      166 7 HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINE. PASSENGER SERVICE. By the new steamers Rhenania." Habsbubg," Hghenstaufen," m "Scandia" and Silesia." The steamers are specially built for tfaetrooiei have lc__r:cus Fassenger accommodation. First-class Cabins amidships, throughout by electricity, cabins fitted with fans. Doctor and Stewardesses carried. Laundry en beard. Rfltmn tJcercii issued at reduced rates, available
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    ALSAGOFF MURDER.
    1402 8 POLICE COURT PROCEEDINGS. Cass DotAWUTQ to a Closb. Towfik. Sulong and Syed Mohamed bin Agil were again before Mr Colinan, third magistrate, on Saturday, for further enquiry into the charge of murder by cursing the death of Sved Abdul Kader Alsagoff in April list. Mr Sproule, with Mr
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    MELBOURNE PROSTRATED
    351 8 BY TERRIFIC HEAT. Numerous Deaths Reported. Melbourne. TYie troubles of Melbourne citizens bagan early to day, (Jan. 18) says the Sydney Daily Telegraph. At 11 o'clock it was 10 FT iu the shade at the Observatory, and at 1 \"> pm. it was ltB. The corresponding figures at
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    CHIEF OF POLICE BURGLED.
    50 8 In the small hours of Saturday morning, B Filipino named Kurikino was arrested for burglary at the residence of the Chief Police I officer, Captain Chancell >r, at Fort Canning Boad. Tbe burglar had annexed a knife, two tins of oatmeal and a plate containing rice.
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    PERAK'S TIN.
    38 8 The export of tin from Perak for January 1908, is as follows, these being advance figures Fable to correction. Tin 7,398 Pikuls 12 Katie. Tin ore 43.272 Pikuls 47 Kat is. Duty 398,189 Dollars 94 cents.
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    THE S.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    502 8 QUALIFYING ROUNDS. A new departure in connection with the S.C C. tennis tournament, which will shortly commence, is the preliminary canter." The tournament proper begins on March 2ad, but under By Ltw 16 in the rules the handicappers may at the same time draw the ties
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    L.L.T.C. TOURNAMENT.
    59 8 TO-DAY'S PLAY. Ladies Doubles. Mrs Salzmann and Mrs Saunders v Mrs Murray and Miss J. Gunn. Mrs Nicholson and Miss Littlefair v Mrs Gansloser and Miss Law. TUESDAY'S PLAY. Mixed Dorm.Es Finals. A Class. Miss J. Gunn and Mr Gaunt v Miss Littlefair and Mr (Jpcott. Mr and
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    THE CRICKET TOURNAMENT.
    82 8 The unfinished game iu the cricket tournament Civil S jrvice aud Law vs. Garrisou was proceeded with cu Saturday, but rain stopped play. The Civil Service and Law made 221 on Feb. 8, and ou Saturday, wheu stumps had perforce to be drawn before the match was
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    THE SWIMMING CLUB.
    129 8 The second of the series of team races for cups presented by the Vice-president |Mr P. M. Elliot, took place under favourable conditions at the Swimming Club yesterday morning. There was a good attendance and the fact that four teams of six each were racing is evidence
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    364 8 The Netherland Steamship Company sold its steamers Pricz H^ndrik (3,630 tons) and Prinzess Sophie (3,596 tons), but placed in the service the mail steamers Vondel and Grotius (each 5,850 tons) and the cargo steamers Celebes and LDmbok (each 5,500 tons). Three similar steamers have been ordered since, of
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      4 8 Rheumatic Pains Quickly Relieved
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      10 8 PIANOS Bought, Solc^or Exchanged Pianos nf s.l«_n o~^ tt i
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      247 8 DE kONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (7m>n Con-tract with the Netherlands Inl-ia QotWUMBI. Agents at Singapore, Ship Agency, late J. Daendels Co., 2-3. Collyer Q. THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES OF DEPARTURE ARE ONLY APPROXIMATE. S.S. VAN Goens.... Muntok. Blinjoe. Soengei -Liat. Pangkal Pinang. Koba. Tandj ong Pan dan, Tolnali. Soengei-SYin and Pah-ml Feb.
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      350 8 Per Selangor Messrs Walker, Brooke, W. O. Hildred, Ross, E. Cameron and lusp. Taylor. Per Hong Wan Messrs Cavazazino and P. Trusty. Per Sri Muar Mr Lermit. Per Marudu Messrs A. G. Dolbs and Mrs J. Mowe. Per Palawan Mr A. B. Matthews. CLEARANCES, Feb 15. Giang Ann, Dut. str.,
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      550 8 VESSELS IN PORT. Men-of-War Flag an. Ton3 Commmders Arrived From For Wher Sea Belle F.M.S. Yacbt 400 Ahmat Feb 15 P. Swe tenham Uncert Valhalla Brit yacht 1490 Caws Feb 15 Sarawak Sea Mew Col. Yacht 3)0 VTurphy Feb 4 Malacca Uncertain Koningen Regentes Dut 4950 Pinke Feb 13 Sourabaya
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