The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 26 October 1908

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 17 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS NO. 6.430 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 190 S.
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  • 160 1 Although there seeiua to be no immediate danger m the B Ik tithe the negotiations between Austria and Turkey are at a standstill, the latter country estimating the 1. Si of the tribute ftouu Bul^iria as ten millions sterling. Vienna papers blame the British Page 5. Mail
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  • 821 1 Why don't you marry y Can't the Pra\ r-book forbids such cl relationship, bet nk what a shock it would be tor myself.'" Uli, if you're going to be so aggravatinglv swart, I shall j We were leaning over the verandah rail watching the sea »p!aih Uz ust
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 67 1 WAYANG KASSIM. Return of the Favourites! TO'XIGHT! I TONIGHT! AT THE ALEXANDRA HALL, TJINDRA WALIE, A Javanese Comical play. S. KASSIM. Sole Proprietor. MESSRS. WATSON GUTMANN beg to announce that all future correspondence tor Tattersalls, Tasmania, must be addressed to their Head Office. Barrack Street, Perth, Western Australia. SOLE IMPORTERS
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    • 330 1 Entertainments. i THEATRE ROYAL NOKTH BRIDGE ROAD. GRAND CINEMATOGRAPH TO-NIGHT'S PROGRAMME.! Ist Show at 7-30 p.m. 2nd Show at 9-30 p.m. 1. Brahirn's miracle 2. Brothers m arms 3. Custom's officers mystified 4. Winter Sports at Chamonix 5. A Bailiff's adventures 7. The nurse's strike 8. President Fallieres at Stockholm
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    • 217 1 Entertainments. Beach Road. U HAVE NOT Qjj To-Niight's Programme. TILL NEW PICTURES INCLUDING TOO CREDULOUS. NEW LAID EGGS. THE VILLAIN HTHE MINIATURE CIRCUS. THE FAUN. AN UNFORTUNATE HUSBAND. The Innkeeper's remorse The Cabman's wife THE THOUGHT READER &c, &c. ALL PATHE FRERES FILMS. Nightly at 7.30 and 9.30 p.m. L.
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    • 76 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Singapore and Straits Rough Diary now ready Page 2. Cheong Brothers, for dental supplies and dentistry— Pag< 2. Private greeting cards from John Little Co. Page 4. The Alicante for Colombo. Spain &c. Page 7. Coghlan Co. sell freehold residential property next Monday Page .'5. Kelly Walsh are
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 264 1 ND L Ifail Homew; t rd due. Cold St« on. Rugby Banks and Te'egniph v Rest. S.V.A. Maxim Co Ceremonial Drill, 9 p T L* K S L* \Y 'J T t h Hari Raya (Mohammedan Festival N" D L Homeward Mail S. V. A. D.R.F. and Gun Laying, I.
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  • 195 2 The annual installation meeting of Read Lodge, N he li at the Freemasons' Hall, Kuak Lumpor on Wednesday night. The ceremony took additional interest from the fact that this your tiftieth anniversary of District Gran au<l the sixtieth since W Bro W. H. i M.G., after whon;
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  • 622 2 Several valuable definitions have been made by the Geneva Food Congress. Thus it is now stated beyond a doubt that the term •'new-laid egg" should be used to describe solely an egg "iecently 1 tid," that the word '"bread" means only a compound of flour, and, m
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1070 2 THE COST OF A CAR. The price of a car ig less important than what it costs to ran and maintain. The prices of SIDDELEY AUIOCARS are the least which can be charged for the highest class of material and workmanship. They run Consistently, Reliably, and with the Least Possible
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    • 515 2 INSURANCES. NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE CO,, LTD, FIRE AND MARINE YAN6-TSZE INSURANCE ASSOC. LTD. MARINE. CHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD. FIRE. LONDON GUARANTEE ACCIDENT CO,, LTD. GUARANTEE Fire and Marine Risks of every description underwritten at lowest current rates. Adamson Gilfillan Co Ltd. General Agents. A J. SCANDHETT, Manager Insurance Department.
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    • 572 2 BANKS. Hongkong E i CcttT>orat: Paid-up Capital ...|1 5,000, Rbseev» Fund Sterling Reserve $15,000,000 t9Q M SUver Reserve $14,000,000 ZJ U( Rhservk Liability of Pbopriitors w slo,o<\ Covet op Dip.acToatj, E. SH»T,i,r>c. Esq. 1 "HAiHon. Mr. W. J. (iHKs^ 1 -t Chaiemam E. G. Barrett, Esv*. C. K. LnrarAKH Qt.
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  • 956 3 Herr Ballin. manager of the Hamburg- American Line, has approach-! th. chief British nsbip lines with a proposal for the coordination of the -a..the fa! liners of the various companies across Urn Atlantic. The object of the proposal is to limit the building of more costly express vessel*
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 565 3 TO LET. OFFICES TO LET. Offices on first floor of The Dispensary Buildings. Electricity and Gas laid on. Also large room on top floor suitable for traveller's Show Room. Apply, THE DISPENSARY. 43-b Raffles Place. Mar I mw f UiC TO BE LET furnished or unfurnished house Xo. 35 M
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    • 618 3 mJGTIONS. Valuable Freehold Chinsse Residential Property. FOR SALE BY AUCTION At Messrs. H. L. Coghlan and Co's Salerooms. Monday, 2nd November, at 2-30 p in. That well built and commodious Compound House No. 106, River Valley Road, till recently m occupation of Tay Tiaru Lock. Land freehold, Area 32,181 square
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    • 163 3 BUCHANAN'S FAMOUS I is absolutely the Z>es< value obtainable. MB The reputation of this blend has been built up on the Solid Basis of Ouali- |HH^ ty and Age, and fnouseofcorw^ a §ii m rs^ *THI3 FACT IS GUARANTEED. ffR I m I: aBI X n V ABBBfIH WPi fBB%I
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    • 548 3 THE Singapore rFree Press. Morning Daily. To Our Readers The Singapore Free Press is n. Morning Daily, and is on sale at depot*, from an early hour each morning (Sunday* excepted). Cash price Ten Cents a copy. Subscribers' copies will be delivered at their private residences, (or town offices or
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 56 4 Cameron-Hose— Dowie.— September 26 at London, D.G. Cameron-Hose, of Sourabaya, to Mary Dowie. Iburg— Roxas-Elio.— Sept. 26, at Paris, Lieut. S. Roxas-Elio, to Emily Louise daughter of Mrs. J. V. lbu^g, nee Towers, late of Shanghai. KEELAN RiACH. Sept. 26, at London, L. B. Keelan, to Emily Constance, daughter
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    • 28 4 Sydney— on the 22nd inst., at 111. Race Course Road. Singapore, Mrs. Mary Sydney age 60 years, the wife of Mr. George Sydney Rangoon papers please copy.
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  • 1510 4 The Singapore Free Press. Monday, Oct. 26, 1908 Hei maintain, l..iw M Had there not been a complete agreemem I between Russia and Britain regarding their r» respective spheres of influence m Persia ii p would not have been difficult to understand a how greatly the action of Russia, announced
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  • 209 4 A fishing smack his rescued anothei Gordon Bennett lase-lulloon off the Nor wegian Coast. Mr W. A. Cuscaden, Inspector Genera of Police, is m Penang on inspection duty A Chinese youth received five culPolice Court on Saturday for the tl a rug. Mr Bourne having returned from Eng land, has
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  • 36 4 DIVIDENDS. Received (>^t 2-kh, I<> a.m. London, via Penang. The Consolidated Malay Rubber Co. have declared an interim dividend of 5 per cent Klanang have also paid an interim dividend of 5 per cent.
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  • 65 4 Rubber Magnates Travel. London Oct. 25, 12.4<pm. Rubber prices for future delivery an higher, futures for January he pound, and rates for more distant date being 4s. sd. The Pataling Compaq res an m. teriin dividend at the rate of J at, Mr P. Matthew, of the Victoria
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  • 467 4 During September the moun of bank notes m ci?< and Penang A seafaring man that the salvage people at Tanjoi should serve a a aj ish salv Mr Dane .c the fruit >- a visit to various pait th< interests of Queensland fruit. H first at Sicgapoie and then a
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 280 4 [KELLY WALSHJ j ORDERS NOW BEING BOOKED FOR j NEWSPAPERS, I PERIODICALS AND MAGAZINES FOR 1909. PRIQB LIST ON TKPPLIGTiTION. I KELLY AND WALSH, LIMITED, SINGAPORE. 5 ■■lIIIIIMIIII II Kill "IT'l'Tl .r^,--. ...■..->«—. i.» »_J_V.iIIS««i^HMII H I I I^^^^^^^^^^"^^™ IPRIVATE GREETING CARDS A SPECIAL SELECTION NOW DISPLAYED ORDER EARLY OUR
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    • 231 4 2 STUDIES 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 j town, adjoining Government House Domain Moreover, we possess m a high degree ail
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  • 44 5 rfiilinimi T- jrir-b -^-Beutert) Received Oct. 25th, 10 ~>l a.m. Reuter's correspondent at Constantinople intelligence has been received m troops hive crossed the river ive entered the Persian proAzerbai; ia presume! that these troops intend •upy Tabriz where a panic prevails.
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  • 40 5 Mr Will Thome, the Gasworkers Union representative, an 1 M P., who was charged with incit to loot the bakeries s been bound over m a sum of to keep the peace for twelve months. > <
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  • 29 5 rw Corporation has decided to reramect sanct be construe- p canai joining the Forth and Bg up the North the AtldL CF I'^1 'heme are already. > <
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  • 33 5 Women at Oxford. Curzon for Glasgow. :i's reform scheme for Oxford University m peniii>> to men. University the election to the taken place, the VOtii. ITS Mr Lloy Keir H J-J.
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  • 350 5 Mr Q, A Milling »n has been appointed be Siputeh Tin Milling < it of the Kioto tin now passes thi ?and there, instead re. There were three ocean m Port SwettenhamonTw B. I a Holt and a Glen. lofonoatioo the M that \lanomedan baker who ilted at a has
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  • 140 5 Bulgaria's Indebtedness. Turkey's Troubles. (By Submarine Telegraph.— Reuter's) Kec Oct 24, 10.20 a.m. The Bulgarian envoys are returning to Sofia without having reached any agreement as to the tribute question, but they have arranged that a Turco-Bulgarian Commission shall settle the railway difficulty. Turkey estimates that the
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  • 259 5 Received Oct. 2 Ith 3.40 p.m. The Vienna press <leaouuces Britain as responsible for the rupture m the negotiations between Turkey and Austi It further declares that Austria is supported by Germany and will only attend the Conferenc? on the condition of that body recognising the annexation
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  • 115 5 Liverpool, Sept. 30th. The Imperial Merchant Sarvice Guild of Liverpool has expressed thanks m a letter to Mr. Andrew Carnegie for the part he has d iv instituting the Carnegie Hero Fur. quiring is I :e extent of the scope of the scheme m
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  • 123 5 All friendg of Mr G. P. Owen will be to hear that the operation to his eyes sfully performed on Sept 29:h, and so far as could bu ascertained on that date, there waa every reason to believe that the ultimate result of the operation would
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  • 665 5 Travelling East, After his Great Tibetan Explorations. Maps and Manuscripts. Dr. Sren Hedin, one o£ the much- talked of men men of the hour," spent a fe\ hours m SingapDre on Saturday. He ar lived from India by the s.s. Delhi, and pro ceeded later by
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  • Correspondences.
    • 286 5 To the Editor, Sir, —la your appreciative remarks concerniDg the Cornish Pixie printed m your to-dav"s issue you seem to summarize the little man as a dwarf, or midge", a hasty conclusion arrived at possibly without consideration of what such a summary verdict portends. Is this the
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  • 1090 5 London. Sept. 1908. Really it is most inconsiderate of th powers that be not to give us a longer holi i day. Who wants to be m London with th thermometer at 80 with not a person to g. v atd see, and when the lovely
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 222 5 ROBINSON Co. Ie A FRESH SHIPMENT OF o S r IMPORTED DIRECT FROM The "Alma" Cigarette Co., Cairo, j A perfect hand made EGYPTIAN Cigarette of exquisite flavour. PACKED WO !N AIRTIGHT TiNS. $1 2Q A TIN. 1 ROBINSON COMPANY. IBONEO STEEL FLAT TOP DESKS ft are WHITE A^IT pß
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  • 671 6 (Via C>'ijton.) The Ceylon Legislative Council. In the House cf Commons Sir Henry Cotton 1 Colonel Seely whether he was aware of ction existing m Ceylon owing to the ace of elected members on the Legislative Council, and whether he would consider advisability of instituting an Elective Council.
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  • 216 6 Smothering Red-Taps Habits. believed that the Lieutenant-Governor of Burma has issued a circular order m which he desires officers to resort more largely to nal interviews m order to facilitate the .eh of business. His honour believes that tinu and delay caused ie the disposal of business
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 488 6 fIBPBW An> y° u easily tired? P^v^JNk ls your work a Do you I l| FT often feel weak "A TO^i 51^ faint Ls j4^ your appetite poor? Jy Aro you easily disj^oouraged? If so, your nervous system is weakened, your blood is impure, and serious illness is not fac
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    • 697 6 SHIPPING. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, E^ypt. Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Gull, Continental and American Ports. Steamer, will Iwnre Singapore oo ot aboat MAIL LINES. Outward (for China) 1908 1909 Oceana Nov.
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    • 705 6 SHIPPING OCEAN STEAM SHIP Co. Ltd. AND 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 for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and for Marseilles, Havre and
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    • 623 6 SHIPPING. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE, HAMBURG. The steamers of this Company maintain a regalar 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 at
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    • 354 6 SHIPPING. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremei IMPERIAL GEB.MAK L MAIL LINE The fast MM) sown mail stean this Company sail fortnightly from 1 Hamburg via Eotterdam, Antr^erp, Souti.ampt, „z Gibraltar, Granoa, Naples, (connection K& Naples, Alexandria and vicc^i versa) Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore kong, Shanghmi, NagMftkiitobe to Tokohaaa and back. They
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  • 483 7 meeting of the New York Etoetrica] tv, held at the Hotel Astor, on June 1 7. Mr Frede iok A. Musehenheirn gave an illnsi description, cf the electrical equipment m hotel, where about 900 motors and many ingenious electrical tve been introduced for the conveniof
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  • 216 7 Capital and Local Jealous: The Adelaide Obssrver remarks thus o n tbe :i of the choice of a site for the Australian Commonwealth Provincialism continues to be an importan' rattan politics, and nowh< a fact more evident than m the Fcdera arena, where many members are still StaU
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  • 1048 7 la the Sarawak Gazette there is a very resting article on the subject of superstitions observed by Dayak women when the men are on the warp if h. Quite accidentally one day says the writer we made the interesting discovery that whenever Sea Dayaks go forth to wage
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  • 73 7 (Corrected up to Oct 24 > Bans 4 iu/9 nom 2/4-^g- deniami Private credilg 3 ru/& 2/4| credits 6 ni/s 2/4 T 7 Pranch, demand Bank. M 291 A QaaMANT, demand 2881 [ndia, T. T 174| 3onqkow«, demand 23^> ToKOHAtiA, demand 113f Java, demand 139^ Bangkok, demand 60| SovEJtssiaKs.
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  • 129 7 Oct 24 *ria buyers $67. 62^ Ganibie? 8.00 Gambler Oub« No. 1 12.00 Gambier Cub» No. 2 11.50 Pepper Black (ord'n. S'poro) 10.00 Pepper, White (fair L. W. 5 p c 15.50 Nutmegs (110 to the lfe.)~ 19 00 Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) 20.00 Mk.co (Banda) >•, norn
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  • 791 7 £UOMtfi !<Uio<; 3 1 l Anglo Malay Rubber Go. 42 6 «160.U«0 1-4, l*> x 1?/6 Do Dq 3176 £140,000 100,375 1 1 Asiatic Rubber and Prod. Go. 18/--*chv\(w\ 10,500* (10 10 Balgownie Rubber Eetote iitd. 17.00 1200,000 2JOO 10 5 m m m 1(j00 £30,000 22.7£0 I Hitta
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 43 7 A Safe Cough Medicine for Children. In buying a cough medicine for childre be afraid to buy Chamberlain's Coug! is no danger from it an follow. It is esp for colds, cronp and whooping cough tiers. S^"-"*' l^ FIPE RESISTING suprLmr) m rolls
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    • 46 7 An Antiseptic Liniment. For wounds, bruises, burns and like injuri( I there is oothing better than Chamberlain Pain Halm. It acts as an antiseptic, formk a thin, imperceptible tilm over the injure par:*, which excludes the air and cau^s ti tn hpal without matter being forme*
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    • 572 7 On the Berth. COMPANiA TRASATLANTIGA OF BARCELONA. FOR Colombo, Port Said, Genoa, Spanish Ports, Lisbon Liverpool. The Spanish Mail Steamer ALICANTE is expected to arrive here from Manila on Saturday evening the olst instant, and will be despatched for the above ports on the following day. She has excellent accommodation
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    • 437 7 THE YOKOHAMA DOCK 00., LTD. No. 1 DOCK. No. 2 DOCK. Length inside 514 ft. Length inside 375 ft. Width of entrance, top 95 ft., bott idth 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 to pump
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  • 415 8 B 'i: VITIATES M ii: SUCCESS. Kemberi of the S re Recreatio: Club have reason to congratulate themselve on the success which i-ttended the sport v Siturday. There were plenty c ac various events m the pre Utd E :ne keen competition wa seen. The spectators,
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  • 60 8 the Harima Hall was the performing j prow _'raph I bo kept the use" •a incur. lit cleve i:. nee. Then came the ■1 by the roupe. s the performed by v, the muscular lady who lifted up Bfhts wit! the pieces of w n to th- uvenirs.
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  • 45 8 11 be broken thing m a name. The branches b signed las chequ< a > v "B- Swindell "comes very ra who were recently lit competitive examin.mission Stafi College Captain R .1. T. Hil Kent Regiment ■uderstand that a small steamer tc "tan bein, built U
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  • 316 8 NINTH ANNUAL TOURNAMENT. The Ninth Aunual Tournament for the v Cup presented by the Officers of the Bth g King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment a begius this afternoon on the Race Course t and will be contiuued on Wednesday after- > noon. The draw for play this
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  • 146 8 The Club match Committee v The Rest, ended ou Saturday m a pretty easy win for the officials, by four wickets. I>r Schareaguivel played a fine innings of 52 (8 fours), w! and Dunman hit freely for the Committee. Scores. The R( Mackay c snb b Ptdley 3 3
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  • 286 8 The Daily Graphic of Sept '2i\ih contains a portrait of Mr N. H. Huttenbach, son of Mr A. Huttenbach of Penang and a nephew of* Walker. S :Mr Huttenbach has attained the dignity of captain of the Harrrow Football team. In discussiug the I-; eta of the public schools teams,
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  • 343 8 Inspection and Inspection to Come. The end of the Volunteer year approaching, inspections are the order of the day. On Saturday the S. R. E. (V) were inspected at the Drill Hall, Bsach-rd, the inspecting officer being Capt Wilson, R. E. Other officers present were Major Ellis, Officer Commanding
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  • 57 8 The October monthly medal was played Saturday and Sunday, Oct 24 and 25th, and resulted m a win for Mr C. Everitt. C. Everitt 46 40 6 A.H.Anderson... 41 44 I J. Crabb Watt 3 5 plus 3 SI G. R. X Mugliston 39 45 plus 2
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  • 287 8 A very interesting game of Aseoci football between the \l (i.\. and the Warders ami Royal Engineers was played on the lat f und at Sepoy 'Lines on Saturday evening l'.u! was witnessed by a small gate i sp itors. The ground was m a soft condition and the
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  • 258 8 The Festival which marks tho conclusion of the Mohamedhan mouth of Ramdhan, or Bulan Puasa, is either to-day to-morrow. It seems curious to have this uncertainty about what is the greatest festival of bo many millions m Asia, but it seems to arise from the fact that, like
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  • 156 8 On Saturday His Excellency the Governor, Sir John Anderson, paid a visit of inspection to the new dredger Kuantan. His Excellency was shown the complete working of the vessel, and sailed round the harbour m it. The master of the ss. Cornelia reports having passed a tongkang bottom
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  • 190 8 Per Selangor Messrs Scrivenor, Douglas, Stevens, Quartley, Harrison, Knipe, Talbot, Schwartz. Ferrers, Pennington, R. Tucker, C. H. Day, Russell, Fox, Brand, Cantrell, W. Makepeace and G. B. Morris. Per Taroba Messrs H. C. Westwood, G Harrison, F. L. Cohen, Tieaique, H. H. Rajah Setul Thumboo and Thumboo Abdullah. Per
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 22 8 Bought, Sold or Exchanged Pianos at $150 and Upwards, 1 by different Makers Guaranteed m Perfect Order and Made for the Climate.
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    • 164 8 KOmNKUJKC PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPV New Service between Singapore and PalembanQ. NOTICE is hereby given that a WEEKLY SEHVIi PALEMBANG will be maintained by First sailing will take place on the 31 St Of October. For freight and pa- I v DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Cnder Conthact wi Nrthkklands India tfovi Agents
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 328 8 CLEARANCES. •23. Singora, Ger. str., Minkwitz, for Bangkok. Protector, Dan. str., Christensen, for Hongkong. i I 24. Oanfa, Brit. str.. Lycett. for Marseilles. Havre and Liverpool. Zweena, Brit, str Ramsay, for Cheribon. Ranee, Ger. str., Peters, for Deli and Asah silia, Ger. str., Schwinghammer, for Hamburg via port*. Yugala, Siam.
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    • 395 8 VESSELS IN PORT. iTTen-of-war Flag: and Tons Commanders Arrived KMB Whmn For Waterwitcb H.M.S. Sur. Lt Douglas Oct 24 Sea Mew Col. Yarht 5 ;<- Coleman Oct 8 Dneert&in <hip Flag: Tons Master Arrived From Consignee Babalan Dnt 339 Jansen Oct 18 Palembang As Pet. Co. P Castor Brit 863
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