The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 28 September 1908
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Title Section17 1908-09-28 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEX CENTS SINGAPORE, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1908. NO. (5. loo17 words
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Article93 1908-09-28 1 Training notes on page 8. The Daiul Bahar has won the Colin v. Shield. Page 8. A new rubber company for Sumatra hai been fbated. Page 5. The Singapore Golf Championship wa* j decided yesterday. Page 8. The cotton strike is affecting Spinuiry Company shares severely. Page93 words
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Article1064 1908-09-28 1 la a chsrmin^l/ iumshtd room, bright wilh firelight acd dainty nicknacks; and s^eet with choice hothouse blossoms, speaking of wealth and refinement, a Woman sat alone with ler r*te&t The room longed to her. She had collected t -ether the treasures that fi le] it, theetduagt upon1,064 words
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Article477 1908-09-28 2 r Exhibition e!o» I S;tur- r*» it will te c be a a success, -r two years A iff aail 8 1 think tIOU a1 ia i: a of tho ex fa Her* Ibilla.— \AL RUBBER and Allied I BI3ITUN, OLYMPIC. 24 Septkmbsb, 1 It477 words
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Page 2 Advertisements
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Advertisement543 1908-09-28 2 MlfiHFi IN Prices Reduced The constant extension of our works combined with improved methods of manufacture, has enabled us to lower the cost of production. 1 lie IVI Ib F Wm is t]ie tyre that witis all tlie races. TARGA FLORIO (27? 1 miles) First NINE oi\ Michelins. GRAND PRIX543 words
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Advertisement182 1908-09-28 2 MADAME FAMBOX. LADY DENTIST High Class Wop.k Moderate Price. No. 215, Orchard Road. Nov 21 n.o SHORTHAND TYPEWRITING Al- solute secrecy. Terms moderate. Mrs. F. COOPER-ABBS, Cavenagh Bridge Buildings and Hotel de L'Europe. NOTICE^ CALEDONIAN MOTEL. Conveniently Situated. 77, Bras Basah Rd This well known establishment, which is now under182 words
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Advertisement764 1908-09-28 2 I NOTWES. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the lists of persons qualified for election as Municipal Commissioners and of persons entitled to vote m the election of Municipal Commissioners j for the Municipal Commissioners of the Town and Fort of Malacca have been sent to the Government for publication764 words
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Advertisement612 1908-09-28 2 INSURANGES. NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE CO,, LTD. FIRE AKD MARINE. YAN6-TSZE INSURANCE /SSOC. LTD. MARINE CHiNA F.RE INSURANCE CO,, LTD. FIRE. LONDON GUARANTEE ACCIDENT CO LTD. GUARANTEE. Fire and Marine Risks of every description underwritten at lowest current rates. Adamson Bilfillaa Co Ltd. General Agents. A J. SCAXDRETT, Manager Insurance Department.612 words
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Advertisement371 1908-09-28 2 BANKS. 1 Hongkong Shanghai l^" Corporation. Pah-up CUtoUU. 115,*****0 Rbseevb Fund:— Sterling; Reserve 115,000,000} S:;ver Reserve $14,000,000 29 .000 f OQ| Rksekvb Liability of Propei.t^ ||j Court of Dibbcto&s. E. FH_r,_r*f. Esq.— €K_.rf.*_» Hon. Mr. W. J. Ghunaoa -Dip; E. G Baekbtt, Esy. W. Jlel.n, C«iR Bbcdeesen, £gq C. h..371 words
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Article528 1908-09-28 3 The Olvm iMES. 35,000 people marched to rk City Hall, to welcome the j ft iol oi kd athletes who took p.: •ames at the Franco Br, Each competitor wasprest:. w j. medal, and Hsyei a inner of tthon race l Car; .nd RobbieA she'l prematurely during pracon528 words
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Page 3 Advertisements
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Advertisement1007 1908-09-28 3 miGTIONS. MORTGAGEES SALS. Tuesiay, 20th October, at 2-30 pm. The valuable freehold laud and house known as No. 95 Kampong Java Road. Singapore. Area 1.1.11. POWELL Co,. Auctioneers. _3ep_tjtf 21.10 PRELIMINARY NOTICE. AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Household Furniture, Full-size Billiard Table Cottage Piano &c. The property of J. B. YOUNG1,007 words
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Advertisement619 1908-09-28 3 TO LET. PRODUCE GODOWN. TO BE LET. Hong Lim Quay. Rent $60. Apply TOMLINSON LERMIT. 1. Raffles Quay. Sept 26 3.10 TO BE LET FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED Compound House the Cottage IOoD. Orchard Road with (-tabling, gas and water laid on. rent $55 unfurnished. Suitable for small family. Entry Ist619 words
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Advertisement142 1908-09-28 3 BUCHANAN'S FAMOUS "BLACK WHITE" 4 is absolutely the best value obtainable. The reputation of this blend has been built up on the Solid Basis of Ouali-t-wj-j NO CHANGE bEHOUSEOFCOMMOIfi Mhas been made from the first THIS FACT IS GUARANTEED. < The ideal natural mineral There is only one "Tansan" refuse142 words
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Domestic Occurrences.
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Article43 1908-09-28 4 Buttar— Anderson.— At the Royal Hotel. Coupar Angus, on 2nd September, by the Rev. Charles Steward, M..4., 8.D., parish minister. Ralph Stewart Buttar, Baldinnie, to Elizabeth Petrie (Bessie), only daughter of !>. F. Anderson. Bcrelaads. Athome, Strathview, Coupar Angus. Ist and 2nd October.43 words
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Article35 1908-09-28 4 COPE.— On A.ngust 28, at Selborne, Hants. Augustus Edward Cope, aged 58 years former I ly Manager, Hongkong and Shanghai Bank I at Saigon and at Manila. (China and Japan papers pie tse cops35 words
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Article, Illustration2106 1908-09-28 4 The Singapore Free Press. Monday, Sept. 28, 1908. iau Just at the moment when a rejuvenated Turkey is beginning to fe.4 its feet but has evervthin yat to do m the way of reorganisation, ominous clouds begin to appear all round her horizon. These clouds are due 'hi high electric2,106 words
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Page 4 Advertisements
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Advertisement197 1908-09-28 4 IKELLY&WALSH I JUST RECEIVED I NEW CONSIGNMENT OF j |H. L. Savory ®> Co.'s I STRAIGHT GUT I 1 No. 3. 1 Price 53. 50 per 100. j Specially prepared for export, and packed m Patent Vacuum Tins. 1 A CHOICE COLLECTION U r IN Ev/E S T s- ASri197 words
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Advertisement232 1908-09-28 4 2 STUDIOS 2 I Adapted to the Morning and I to the Afternoon Light. They are the Largest, Coolest and best Equipped Studios m the Colony, and are situated m the most picturesque part of the town, adjoining Government House Domain Moreover, we possess m a high degree all the232 words
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Article133 1908-09-28 5 THE POSITION IN BULGARIA. HAT WILL HAPPEN. Bulgarian Ideas of Independence. Submarine Telegraph Reuters.] V 15 am. During the railway strike m the Balkans g iria placed the R >umelian line ddiers. Turkish note has been issue 3 in:he soldiers being w. q an d he line returned to the133 words
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Article25 1908-09-28 5 A Violation of Rights. sent a note to the l\ .'A CC2Up li^unielia is a viola- r\ Affairs atercace with uiau Foreign Mini-25 words
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Article37 1908-09-28 5 V :1 the Powers Do Sep: l' 7, 11.30 am. ween the Russian m Minis I asbel ible anxiety era affairs. B the iu- :na. into a Empire, and there very i is determint37 words
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114 1908-09-28 5 a by .on re hive All 1 Mr wLen they maj imme mptu. Berce line. i to :om the Ist. Conzei to m G Minor. March I -I-.") pore m 1887 1 k and theu 1 America, •:k his way through i --iited Stat3fl to114 words
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Article84 1908-09-28 5 NEW RUBBER COMPANIES. GLENBURNIE LEDBURY. {From our own Correspondent^ london via Penang Sept 26. The new Glenburnie Rubber Planting Company has issued its prospectus. The capitil is to te £35,000 and there will 1.3 an >:ue of shares to the amount of 622 The Company acquires 1,680 acres of lind84 words
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Article291 1908-09-28 5 A Unionist Win. (By Submarine Telegraph. Keuter's.) Rec. Sept 2r», 10 45 am. The result of the Newcastle election is as follows ge Ranwict Aid Short (L) 11,72 Hari ii.Ut) -_> ;i7i [As a result of the by-election at Xew. castle necessitated by the death of Mr291 words
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Article64 1908-09-28 5 A Recrimination Campaign. 1 1 27, li 30 am. Mr lusitiona mtiatedby the publication of letters, showing that einiu- nd Democratic ciaus bad been ia financial relit ions with the Standard Oil Company, have produced ilar campaign of mu.iul recrimination amongst American party leaders, m which 9 vigorously64 words
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Article46 1908-09-28 5 pt 26, 1 40 i As .i result of tha Lil itton mill lock out there his been much un! >i>l 'ni oi share- spinning companies m ire. Some shares upon which fifty shilliugs h;«l been paid up sold yesterday for ten shillings.46 words
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Article129 1908-09-28 5 The fir»t of the forms under the 1 Age Pension Scheme were issued on Thui a There hus been a steady procession of >ats at the postoffices, and fifty thoulornis have been issued m London. Mr i i W. Sturges?, the Ceylon Government Veterinary Surgeon, is having129 words
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Article1843 1908-09-28 5 (From Our English Correvponderd) London, Sept. 4, 1908. Topics of the Turf. The publication of tl c weights for the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire yesterday had been eagerly awaited, and students ot form ai>- now busy figuring out the chances of likely candidates. Xo serious wageriog is likely1,843 words
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Article36 1908-09-28 5 Mr S. H Eu, S:ud Tnst. M. M., after three years' study at the Rsdruth School of Mine?, Cornwall, left fcr Kmli Lurcpur, Federated Malay States and China, on Sept l.bytheN. D. L s.s. Priczess Alice.36 words
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Page 5 Advertisements
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Advertisement15 1908-09-28 5 Pneumonia. ase always results from a cold or J om an attack of irtiuenza. Chamberlain's15 words
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Advertisement79 1908-09-28 5 Infant Mortality. The attention of the Town Council at Johannesburg, Transvaal, was last year directed to the fact that out of eighty -four infants who died m December, forty-four of them had died of dysentery. An investigation with a view of tracing the source of the disease was authorized. Under79 words
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Advertisement127 1908-09-28 5 Robinson 4 Company. LAST FEW DAYS Cash Clearance Sale. PRESENT OPPORTUNITIES. Bedsteads Bedding, Crockery dnd Glassware, Sheffield Gutlery, Raleigh Bicycles ALL REMNANTS ODDMENTS IN THE Ladies 1 Gentlemen's Outfitting Departments HAVE BEEN MARKED AT Uuhi £L Rlriicz PBj 1 U hS. A 1 ROBINSON COMPANY. iSTEEL lo^ es^ s >127 words
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Article210 1908-09-28 6 (1 Cm Fi.nns TBI Kj rdb. London, September loth. A from Constantinople states that ported that tbe Kurdish Chief Ibrahim Paafe i» witt lk*W thjusand followers i 3 be- pmg V-r mshehir, which is held by 400 TurA oesfrom Der-lin state thai the Kurds have been defeated after210 words
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Article429 1908-09-28 6 The Perak Pioneer concludes an interesting ailing with the above m the follow- rds. "In addition to the pleasure and fun derived from this year's Taiping Ladies' Bisley, a fund of useful information was gleanable respecttbe qualities of the vaiious arms used by A lot has been429 words
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Page 6 Advertisements
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Advertisement107 1908-09-28 6 STOOMVAART MAATSCHi P?I (STEAMSHIP COMPANY., "NEDERLAND.") F:rtnightl.y MmH Service between Java and Amsieidara via Singapore, Sabang Colombo, Genoa and Lisbon (Dover occasionally 1 n due on or about the nnder tatea 190S Outward. B, Koning Willeni I Oct. 9 i. Vondel 23 19 Homeward mje 10 Rate of passage to107 words
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Advertisement518 1908-09-28 6 *x£ol^ course 4t'- tei*^ sure beacon. JS|a|!' ißg tho sick •,^^!.^f4^) and suffering hick to tho har- >^ v borof health and N< V strength. Isn't ths.t a record to bo proud of? For moro than sixty years has been tho source of good health to many thousands of people518 words
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Advertisement712 1908-09-28 6 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. Steamer* will leave Singapore oa or about MAIL LINES. Old ward (for China) 1908 Assaye Oct.712 words
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Advertisement627 1908-09-28 6 SHIPPING OCEAN STEAM SHIP Co. Ltd. AND I China Mutual Steam Nay. Co. Ltd. The Companies' steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China and Japan every week, and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight, and for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool monthly. One outward627 words
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Advertisement592 1908-09-28 6 SHIPPING. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE, HAMBURG. The steamers of this Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and Colombo. Taking cargo at592 words
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Advertisement389 1908-09-28 6 SHIPPING. lit mJm JLe I NDrddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE Thje fast and weli-kn >wt mail steaiuerÜbii Company t* .ightly from Baatbum wkk Kotturdam, A ntwerp, Soutl. Qi>mJter, ;-«iioa, Naplti > t>] leg, Alexandria and vice versa) Port E ;en, Colombo, Penang, Singap<3r braf, Shanghai, Nagasaki 4 Kobe389 words
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Article272 1908-09-28 7 mber 4th. 1 marked luring the past week baa been firm, and a Mir business has beea Jone at dearer rates. The sales iaeUkk Kine Hard on the l/l for new and I _> for old and afloat at 4 i oi, Sep: I 5272 words
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Article163 1908-09-28 7 ■:rto Unrecorded Inciden if the Waterloo Winner." mil truth about Bill Adams hat For years deluded Britishers and a merely the who -wen the ba:tle of Waterloo as ertain beautiful poem. The Seoul Waterloo at In a 1 the iUed Hirado and Will Hirado, it may163 words
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Article127 1908-09-28 7 gest la t this ye-:r has a pair of the m tbe county of V, I for eight mike, and .eras. The pur Km who intends to f the es ate c thin a quarter of a million which m 1 gross rent ■il the public bu:127 words
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Article70 1908-09-28 7 (Corrected up to Sept 26.) Bank 4 m/s M 2/4 demand w 2,31] Private credits 3 m/s 2/4 i credits 6 m/s w 2/4^ Franck, demand Back^, 292 Gjbemant, demand 237 India, T. T, 17i| Hongkong, demand 22|% Yokohama, demand M 113| Java, demand 39£ BanghvOE, demand 66 SovaaxiaNs,70 words
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Article129 1908-09-28 7 Sept 26 Tin >•. buyers $67.37^ Qarabier kM 7.42£ Gambier Cube No. I 12.00 Gambier Cub© No. 2 w 10.00 Pepper Black (ord"n. S J por«> 9.70 Pepper, White (fair L.W. 5 p c 15.25 Nutmega (110 to tlie IV.)-, 20.00 Nutmegs (80 to the Vo.) 2 .00 M?xe129 words
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Article713 1908-09-28 7 C&pitftl C*pft*l Issue Paid Issaed p*ldapV*lt*« ap Company. QaoUtfo. $300,000 800,000 10 10 Belat Tin Mining 00. Ltd 675 $300,000 225,000 10 10 Brnang Limited $600,000 600.CC0 10 10 Bramh Hydraulic Tin M. Co. Ltd IV I £400,000 850,000 1 1 Duff DtftlopMnt Go. Ltd 380 €60,000 60,000 1713 words
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Page 7 Advertisements
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Advertisement769 1908-09-28 7 Singapore Sporting Club. THE AUTUMN RACE MEETING. WILL BE HELD ON Tuesday the 13th, Thursday the 15th and Saturday the 17th October, 1908. PROGRAMME. FIRST DAY. Tuesday. 13th October, 1908. 1. The Maiden Plate. Value |800 and $:0 to the Second Horse. A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight 9st. Ex-Grirhns769 words
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Advertisement815 1908-09-28 7 6. The Griffin Consolation. Value $300 and 150 to the Second Horse. A Handicap for all Griffins that have run at this Meeting, and not won. Distance, Race Course. 7. The Overnight Selling Race. Value $300 and $50 to the Second Hor3e. A Handicap for all horses that have run815 words
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Advertisement301 1908-09-28 7 On the Berth. CURRIES AUSTRALIA INDIAN LINE. FOR JAVA. MELBOURNE SYDNEY ALSO TAKING CABOC FOR OTHKB AUSTRALIAN NEW ZEALAND PORTS, with transhipment S. S. EURYALUS" 3,570 tons, Captain Suft'ern, is due here on 26th instant, and will receive prompt despatch for fche above ports. For freight and passage apply to301 words
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Advertisement264 1908-09-28 7 THE YOKOHAMA DOCK CO., LTD. No. 1 DOCK. No. 2 DOCK. Length inside 514 ft. Length inside 375 ft. Width cf entrance, top 95 ft., bott Width of entrance, top 60.5 ft. bott. 75 ft. 45.8 ft. Water on blocks 27 5 ft. Water on blocks 20.5 ft. Time to264 words
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Article931 1908-09-28 8 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYED OFF IN SOAKING DOWNPOUR I»ak i Bahas Winners. Enthusiasm over footb 11 rises superior to Book an ordinarily depressing ciicnmatann ai a rainy day. That w;ts why some uiv -or four thousand people, including a fur number of Europeans, with His Ex cellency the931 words
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Article242 1908-09-28 8 The Singapore golf championship final was played eft" on the S. G. 0. links on Saturday and Sunday, the match resulting m a wiu for Miles who beat Ferguson by eight up and six to play. The shield was presented to the winner by the President of242 words
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Article26 1908-09-28 8 The winner of the weekly competition of this Club yesterday was a A. Smith whose score was 47, 47. minus 20 nett 74.26 words
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Article156 1908-09-28 8 The S. R. C. met the Sergeants team of the AV'est Kents on Saturday on the Esplanade, with the following result West Kent Sergeants. Husthwaite run out 0 Mills c sub b Oehlers 1 Brown c Galistan b Oehlers 1 C. S. Mills b Scharenguivel 24 Alderman c Souza156 words
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32 1908-09-28 8 Competitors are informed that the Two Hundred and Twenty Yards Handicap and the Quarter Mile Handicap will be run m heats, the handicaps to remain the same throughout.32 words
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Article80 1908-09-28 8 Police Sergeant Nicoil brought an Italian namol P. Citterio before Mr Ho word, senior magistrate, on Saturday, on a charge of theft of U 4 m notes from To, Scott's Road, the property of Mr A. Maclean. The police applied for an adjournment till Thuradav and80 words
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Article106 1908-09-28 8 Capt H. T. Wynter, r.f.a who was perhaps the smartest amateur stage manager who ever served m Singapore, is seconded as Adjutant of Territorial Artillery. Just before his arrival from Sou'h Africa, whei > will hear of the tragic death of his fatner Major General Luard as the sequel to106 words
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Article637 1908-09-28 8 With only three weeks more bef jre the meeting, training operations on the course are being indulged m ia earnest, the horses m general shaping and working well as was the case on Saturday morning when the track was m fine order. Excelsior (Bennett) working alone did637 words
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Article185 1908-09-28 8 EXCITING SCENES ON THE JOHOEE STEAMER ON SATURDAY. Exciting scenes occurred m the straits near Johore on Saturday afternoon, m consequence of the conduct of a Chinese coolie apparently bent on suicide. When the ss. Jdiore, carrying passengers from Woodlands to Johore, was half-way on her journey, about185 words
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Article38 1908-09-28 8 In spite of the unpromising weather on Saturday, there was a fair attendance at the S.V.&. Camp at Pasir Panjang. Rain prevented out-of door drill m the evening, but yesterday morniog there was a good practice38 words
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Article184 1908-09-28 8 The Fuh Wo arrived from Langkat on Saturday with 20,000 tins of kerosene oil. Capt. Glenday of the Rotcrua, which arrived yesterday, reports that after leaving Penang he encountered violent rain squalls and heavy sea. Work on the construction of the two new mammoth White Star liners will184 words
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Page 8 Advertisements
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Advertisement185 1908-09-28 8 DE KONiNKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPf (TXDKR COVTBAOT WITH THE NETHKRLANDS INDIA (iOVBBNM Agents at Singapore, Ships' Agency, late J. Daendels Co.. 2-3, Collver 0. THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES OF DEPARTURE AHE ONLY APPROXIMATE. s.s. van deb Lyn Pontianak and Singkawang s.s. Si'EELMAN Batavia s.s. BEOUWEB Motara-Saba, Simpang and Djanibi InJ I ALL185 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous451 1908-09-28 8 PASSENGERS. Per Euryalus A. Langdon, Capt Snewing Little, Lamb, Oilener. Per Marudu Miss Holman, Rev Legatt, Mr and Mrs Lazaroo. Per Selangor Mr and Mrs Fenton, Mes3rs Harcourt, Snodgrass, E E. Colman, Blyton, E. Astbury, W. Lloyd, Pbipps, J. G. Campbell, Urgku Hauiid, Ungku Asiz, Unku Suleman and Inche Ismail.451 words
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Miscellaneous480 1908-09-28 8 VESSELS IN POUT. o 1 1 Men-of-war Flag and Tons Commanders Arrived r rom When F, > Sea Mew Col. faoht 100 Coleman Sept Perak Uncertai Ship Flap Tons Master Arrived From Consignee For Baron Innerdale Brit 2140 Fullerton Sept I Sfllif lv 8 Baud Dut 785 Bmit Sept 24480 words
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