The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 6 November 1908

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    16 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1908. NO. 6,_LO
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    133 1 The Election of Ifr Taft has iinpre\ed the tone of American business considerably —Page 5. No attempt is to be made at present to interpellate the Get man Government over the K^isers's interview Page 5. Details of troop changes to take place next week, are given Page
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    FRIENDSHIP.
    791 1 Was it Hiring G al 101 QntUer Couch -wl o wrote of "old fir- s tad profitable ghosts." one of the most tjoaiatlj taking titles which have oppewd vi-hin recent years. It I matters little, bt -.use after al! the tale's the thing, and this clhetion of short stories
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      114 1 WAYANG KASSIM. Return of the Favourites! TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT! I AT THE ALEXANDRA HALL, NORTH BRIDGE RO*D PRINCE HAMLET. PRICES AS USUAL S. KASSIM, Sole Proprietor. KATZ BROS, LTD. TOYS! TOYS!! TO YS A Special Grand Show NOW READY. Gustomers can now select toys, and same will be kept until required.
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      238 1 Entertainments. The Gornish Pixie LAST FEW DAYS. Receptions from 5 to 7 and 8 till 9.30 p.m. Admission 50 cents. Nov 6 10.11 four™ mm change df programme; TC-NIGHT EVERY NIGHT, AT 9-15 P.M Matinee, on Saturday Nov. 7, 1908. BOSE'S CIRCUS. The Greatest Wonder of the Age, THE MIRACLE-DRESS,
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      313 1 Bntertainmen ts. THEATRE ROYAL GRAND CINEMATOGRAPH, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. HE will appear ON SATURDAY NEXT 7th October 1908. WHO? WHY PROFESSOR RYDER (Prince of sleight-of-hand) The SOCIETY ENTERTAINER, CARD MANIPULATOR!, HYPNOTIST AND ILLUSIONIST. The man who has Mystified Magicians. ENTIRELY NEW ILLUSIONS &c, &c, &c, m conjunction with PATHE S
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      85 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Wayang Kassim to-night Prince Hamlet Page 1. Messrs B. P. de Silva ci High Street aavertise their high class jewellery— Pago 4. Traffic regulations for Government House ball Page 2. For sale. Perambulator and child's cot "^age 1. Sailing, s.s. Nam sang on Nov. 10 for the north
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      391 1 THE WEEK Friday, 6th High Water.— 5 a 9.1 i p PAO Mail Outward due. [legislative Council. 2.30 p Municipal Co niissio-, ?.S0 p Rugby Mother Country r. Colonies. S.V.C. King's Birthday Rehearsal, •"> 15 p Boss's Circus, 0.15 p Saturday, 7th High Water.— 938 a, 10. J p Cricket,
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    THE SUEZ CANAL MONOPOLY.
    310 2 Soma idea of the extent to which the ship ping firms are penalised by the Suez Canal Company m wnat are regarded as excessive dues, may be gathered fr. the annuai report of the P. and O. Compaay. This Company a financial year ended on 3
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    THE WIDOW.
    240 2 li appears that widows are now unfashiou I and that after having enjoyed mat y yean of supremacy, they are at last find ing their chances of re-marriage declining. Thirty jean ago the widow was extremelj popular anions ouurrjiag men, and earned all before her, but sin; c
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    A HERO'S SUICIDE.
    238 2 An>>_hepv Tr.Y'.el'Y or Bad Trade. On Oo*. sth, at the Beti.nal Green Coroners Court, Dr W. Wyna Westeott held au BMgnMt on the l>ody of John Thonaas Burchill, atjed 34 years, a oiaster french polisher, lately fifing il 3S, Perry"s-p!ace, Hackney, wl o committed suicide m tragic
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    ILLICIT SALE OF COCAINE IN INDIA.
    111 2 The stringent measures taken by the Indian authorities to stop the illicit sale of cocaine have resulted m a vast amount of smuggling being carried on over practically all India As regards the Punjab, Delhi is the great centre of cocaine smuggling m that
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      551 2 THE COST OF A OAR. The price of a car is less important than what it costs to run and maintain. The prices of SIDDELEY" AUTOCARS 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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      12 2 j PRIVATE CHRISTMAS GREETING CARDS. '"I»l_r»r___ Wf a i _r- a ai
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      738 2 NOTIGES. THE EXCHANGE BANKS will be closed on Monday 9th inst— His Majesty the King's Birthday. Nov 6 8.11 POLICE ORDER.. In accordance with the provisions of Section 6 (3) and (4) of Ordinance XIII of 1906 the following orders are published for regulating traffic at Government House on the
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      619 2 INSURANGES. NEW ZEALAND INSURANT GO,, LTD, FIRE AND MARINE. YAN6-TSZE INSURANCE ASSOC. LTD. MARINE. CHINA FiRE INSURANCE CO,, LTD. FIRE. 3 LONDON GUARANTEE ACCIDENT CO., LTD. GUARANTEE i Fire and Marine Risks of every description j underwritten at lowest current rates. < Adamson Gilfillan Co, Ltd. 2 General Agents. A
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      539 2 BANKS. Hongkong Bbugha) Baru CorporatTen. Pa-d-cp Capital -^114,000,00 Kkshevb Fund: Sterling Reserve $15,000,000 j_____ SUver Reserve $14,000,000 W( K Rbsbkvs Liability ok Proprietors $15,000,00 OoUTiT OP DISBOTORS. E. RHi.i'y. Esq.— '"'kai;-*._» Hon. Mr. W. J. Grbsson -Dbvcty Caukemmoa E. G. Bakkett, Es<^. IC. X LemtaUMa, L*< G. Frie.slakd, Esq. JR.
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    A REGIMENTAL FAREWELL.
    600 3 Bns Middlesex Regiment's "Good-Bye" to Hongkong. a spkctacular exhibition. The spacious grounds of Hongkong's premier cricket club presented a pictureaque and animated scene on Oct. 29. when the 3rd Middlesex Regiment treated Hongkong to a brilliant lantern tattoo m view of their coming departare from the Colony.
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    CHINESE SMUGGLING.
    233 3 Monopolies and restrictions have era* entailed WUHWIOIIH t-xpeuse m the matter ofl TL- U. S. authorities have al- Ij had practical experience of this iv the see, but th€ I nd < f their Chinese .tien surveillance department gives |IFOmilWl of augnx Btatioa by reason of the fact
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    GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP OF JAPAN.
    137 3 Bs H s tGNG i__iT_aua ON THF. COURSE. T.i- annual cantos! for the golf champion- -Japan was held this year ia Yokohama, place on the 1801 at the Negishi Links. Last yt ar it was he. 1 at Kobe, when Mr A. B. •a. formerly of
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    FROM THE ANTILLES.
    68 3 Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Benefits a City Councilman at Kingston, Jamaica. Mr, W "Rfilly Fogarty, who is a member ol tht City Council at Kingston, Jamaica, Waal icdits, writes as follows One bottle cf Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy had good affect on a cough that was giving me trouble
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      570 3 CARRETT'S Portable Engines. /7lfe clft jm Fitted with patent economical Fire-box for burning wood fuel. OVER 50 IN USE IN THE F. M. S. 10, 12 <£ IU H.P. m stock. IMPORTERS, BORNEO CO., LTD. NO !V!ORT"CRUST" BOILERS!! Where "D. M." BOILER COMPOSITION is used A little "D.M." introduced into
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      368 3 G.OTBMUNE*G& M M M M M S__S maw SPECIAL BARGAINS FOR HOME PRESENTS ■__M_____VMMM___H__BM— _i cashTalei OF Japanese Gurios, Silk and General Goods. Now on TILL Wednesday, November 25. """■■■■■i^««i»»w«?__--____---___-«___«___!»«______________rT»__L GREAT AND DETni IOXIPIM UNPRECEDENTED ria__l_/§JW IV_/W. aUGTIONS. AUCTION SALE OF A Quantity of Iron Bars. AT CHOP HONG KEE
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      226 3 AUGTIONS. preliminary notice AUCTION SALE OF The Valuable and Beautifully Situated Freehold Residential Properties KNOWN as Strathmore and Dunearn, SINGAPORE. To be held at Powell k Co's Saleroom On Tuesday, Ist December, at 3-30 p.m. Full particulars will be announced later. POWELL Co.. Auctioneers. Nov 5 2.12 I AUCTION SALE
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      261 3 Japan Coals. THE Mitsui Bussan Kaisha. (M TSU: Co.) Head Office: No. I, SURUGA-CHO TOKIO. London Branch 34, Lime Stree'. ECSingapore Branch 2, Finlayson Green, OTHER BRANCHES:— New York, San Francisco, Ham burg, Bombay, Scu **l>. ;j\, Mitnila, Hongkong. Amoy, Shanghai, Chftf oo, Tientsin, fefowokwang, Antung. Canton. Fooehow. Tingtau, Hankow,
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    Domestic Occurrences. Death.
    19 4 Domestic Occurrences. Death. Culross. At Kuching, Sarawak, on the 18th October, J. CULBOSS, of Tayport, Scotaud. aged 22 year?.
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    The Singapore Free Press. Friday, Nov. 6, 1908.
    2696 4 The Singapore Free Press. Friday, Nov. 6, 1908. Pres« the People's ncht maintain, v ''e I v c and unbribed by fain; I i- re pa* iI I r, r b»r'ri ns precrn:? ri.aw, i" ''V Religi Loyalty and Im From another source than Keuter we learn that the Corporation
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      355 4 PRESENTS r TZ.. MANILA CIGARS From LONDON. Ml For tbe convenience of our cnstocaers, we are prepared to deliver tbe following Brands m Great Britain. BTJIY PAID AND POST FR¥E, at tbe following rates LA PERLA DEL ORIENTE. laperiales V^ box of 25 430 Reina V.etorias i h n 100
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      166 4 NO BETTER X'MAS PRESENT. For your Friends or Relatives, Whether near you or far away, than a GOOD PHOTOGRAPH. When called by fate m distant climes to dwell, Bidding to those we love a long farewell, The faithful Portrait still is smiling near To soothe regret and dry tbe falling
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    IN GERMANY.
    59 5 BUELOW'S POSITION. (By Submarine Telegraph.— Reuter's) Received at 9 41 a.m., Nov. sth. The crisis with respect to the German Chancellorship ia apparently over, the Bloc leaders net desiring a change owing to consi derations of internal politics. The R.ichstag has met with Prince BueI n and the
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    THE CASABLANCA AFFAIR.
    80 5 Received at -J...7 p.m., X uV sth. A deadlock has arisen m the Fiaaco-Ger-neaa aegotiationa with regard r.o the incident of Sept 28th, F.aace refus ng the apo logy which Germany insists ou prior to anheoitting the natter to arbitration. Some French cm.ials arresting deserters boa tha
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    A FRENCH VIEWS.
    45 5 Merely a red herring. Ree Ne? 9 6 5 pm. ahe h rench presi is very excited over the U MHoefc Etaaeribei Qenaanj'i revival ol there- rt >r BpokNO *> kmai* to divert Oct— attention from the recent remarks of tha X tiser.
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    GERMANY RAISING MONEY.
    70 5 wm ia taxation bills mentioned on 'i-ve been mtroduced to provide lot raising 23J mil;;.. us sterling new revenue. An nai statement puoiished at Berlin fatM m Urn BlgMMf ol reform In the luiperiTke del.it is 812] million sterling, an increase since 1900 of 100 millions. pie
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    AUSTRIA AND BELGRADE.
    63 5 Threatenings. QmEEd OcitenM-it and alirm are felt al Bel grade owing to Austria concentrating a ta* at X nmo, thirty miles from Belgrade, entrenching doag tiie frontier, seizing an ial lad ia the Danube and [mating six mins re. The Treasury and the Banks are removing their
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    CHINA NEWS.
    106 5 i on T i.uii's Sr- iah.) INn Amoy Correspondent states that whilst arriving, tiie Admiral of the Cuited Fleet c'ntiuutllv received welcome telegrams from the different prorineee m na. He was exceedingly gratified and graphed t<> the President about it. Another Am y telegram says that eight Men
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    183 5 The New York Idea. Laugh and grow Tai:." Ihe Right 11-v. Biahop C. H. Brenr arI d Hongkong on CM 29 by the S. S ress of Japin from Vanoonrer. m Shanghai a'rsiup, .Messenger, is now practical! completed. The trial flight is ike place on Sunday, Nov lst. 1. rd
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    U. S. ELECTION.
    69 5 ISOMEJ)ETAILS. By Submarine Telegraph— Reuter.s) 42 votes were required to assure the election of Mr. Taft and he is known to have received 898, while thirteen are still doubtful. This is nineteen less than were p died at Roosevelt's election m 1904. Mr. Hughes has been elected
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    BUSINESS IMPROVES.
    62 5 The Outsiders Badly Beaten. Received at 2.57 p.m. New York's business circles are rejoicing at Mr Taft's victory m the Presidential election. B s.s m stocks are general. Tne Socialists are disappointed that their candidate, Mr Debs, has secured but half a million votes, instead of the expected
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    MOTHER AND SON.
    206 5 Family S .uarble Aired m- District Coi'RT. B. Lincoln was sued by his mother, Mrs Ei/.i Lincoln, for $95, before Mr Howard m the District Court, yesterday afternoon. mere was alee a claim against the daughter-in-law, bat she was not present m Court. Plaintiff said her son
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    THE CORNISH PIXIE.
    113 5 We are asked to state that the Cornish Pine b visit to this town is drawing to a ploe aud he must finally leave for Calcutta m a few days. Dick's visit here has been a u'reat success, equil to his biggest Indian triumphs. Mr Trelawney is
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    STABBED IN PRISON.
    82 5 Chinese long sentence prisoner named Siu Toh Moh stabbed another Chinese prisoner, an eight years' man, m the Criminal Prison on Wednesday. The men were engaged m cleaning rattans at the time and ihe assaihnt used one of the knives served >ut by the authorities. TII9 injured
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    170 5 > < Yuan Shi-kii strongly recommends His M tjestv the Emperor of China to seek the id vice of European medical practitioners regarding his continued illness. The Peking Board of Finance suggested m increase of the fee for opium licenses, >wiug to the decreased revenue from native >pium. It is
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    CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST.
    586 5 I Botes Sentenced to Nine Months' Imprisonment. J. A. Boyes, until recently an assistant ie c firm of Messrs Pertile and Company, pieaded guilty before Mr Howard m the District Court, yesterday, to three charges If criminal breach of trust m respect of 14,000. Mr R.
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    MISS ANNA SCHAEFER'S SOIREE MUSICALE.
    164 5 This evening, at the Teutonia Club, Miss Anna Schaefer, the lady violin virtuoso from Frankfort-am-Maiu, will give a violin recital, kindly assisted by Mrs Coombe, Mr Brown and Mr Wilson/ The following is the programme as arranged Part I. 1. Concerto m E Minor (lst
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    56 5 > < > Mr Eicketts, Resident of Limbang, Sarawak, wiitts of the Malayan Ramie Co's t Estate; A fair start has been made a good I deal of ground has been cleared and there wore a number of buildings m course of r erection." The manager has had a little
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  • Correspondence.
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      The Shriek of the Siren.
      138 5 To the Editor, Sir,— A red motor car hailing from the direction of Thompson or Bukit Timah Road carries a siren, though perhaps m appearance a horn, which gives a most unearthly howl. I wonder if you or any of your readers have already noticed
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    SINGAPORE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
    188 5 SINGAPORE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. At the annual general meeting of the members of the Society held yesterday atternoon at the Victoria Memorial Hall there were present Mr W. G. Sr Clair' President, Mr A. Knight, Vice-president Mr Whitefield, Secretary, Mr W. Dunman Mr Harding, Mr E. A. Brown, Mr A P
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    FRASER & CO.'S SHARE CIRCULAR.
    216 5 FRASER CO.'S SHARE CIRCULAR. Our Market is still quiet with very little business passing, but the general opinion is that an all round improvement should be felt now that the American election is over. Mining.— Shares have hardened slightly m a good many instances but investors are disinclined to come
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    247 5 Miss Martha Massey, the patient who successfully appealed to the Queen to visit her at the St. Luke's Home for Incurables, Bayswater, last May, has died m that insti-' ution. The Dalai Lama is disappointed with the ceremonies m connection with his interview with the Empress Dawager and at the
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      34 5 Nothing to Fear. 1 Mothers need have no hesitancy m giving Chamberlain's Cough .Remedy to their little J ones, as it contains absolutely nothing m- jurious. This remedy is not only perfectly safe j
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      27 5 A Word to Travellers. 1 The excitement incident to travelling and change of food and water often brings on diarrhoea, and for this reason no on<_ nhnnld
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      43 5 Lame Back. This ailment is usually caused by rheumatism of the muscles and may be cured by applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm two or three times a day and rubbing the parts vigorously it each application. If this does not afford ___> _t a 1
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      266 5 ROBINSON Co. GENTLEMEN'S -r_______ White Dress Shirts y^ l^ 11^. or _________r^ S fc Evening Wear. \iAU our shirts and collars we B I.^ ji import direct from Ireland, made B J l^ from reliable materials only. B M eY km t i cc 'sWe m $2 25 each. DRESS
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    WIRE NEWS.
    329 6 {Via H>>n,jb,n>].) Anglo-German Relations. tm kaiser interviewed. London, Oct. 28. terviewed as to Anglo-German relations, ,be Kaiser has claimed that he has given re. r .eated proofs-both by word and deed of the (erity of Germany's friendship with Eng- i [c expressed disappointment that his rts had not
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    KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
    130 6 A =evere thunderstorm passed over Bangm*\ on Oe* ---lth, and a Chinese carpenter na killed hy hghtning m Wmdaiill-nxu Be waa wor_iag oa a buiidin- at the end of taMOftd dtm trtik two other carpenter, me on either md* ol him. hut neither of them mmerad any
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      192 6 APARTMENTS. Sh: lc and double rooms with board at ..ny Boose. 7. Oxley Fuse. Terms mo-k-rate. Oct 21 uc BOARD LODGING. To be had with private family 10 minutes from Town. First cla>s Table. Booms with Bath and Dressing Room attached, also suitable for married couple. Tenia and Stabling. Moderate
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      530 6 SHIPPING. j Tndo-china steam NAY. COYm LTD. I Stof Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan, Sng c^o on t&ough Bills of Lachng jtor anton, Swatow, Amoy £hef oo Tientsm, .ewchwang, Yangtsze Porte, _ormosa,tne hilippines &c. &c. STEAMERS. M h T 48°95 R^TeS* ::iSS" SS P."M.BLake ::FSSI" i^c t: a. Mitchell -ai^JEH^ ion
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      714 6 SHIPPING. p. &o. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANT. For China, Japan, Pf*^*» Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, PlymoMtn and London* Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Gulf Continental and Amencan Ports. Steamers will lea*e Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. Outward (for China) 1908 1909 Oceana Nov.
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      713 6 SHiPPING OCEAN STEAM SHIP Co. Ltd. AND Siioa Mutual Steam Nay. Co. Ltd. The Companies' steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China and fapan every week, and from Japan homewards or London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortlight for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and 'or Marseilles, Havre and
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      639 6 SHIPPING. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE, HAMBURG. The steamers of this Company maintain a egciar service between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, Uhina and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly or Havre and Hamburg and once a month for bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and I Colombo. Taking cargo
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      578 6 t HIPPING. D L Norddeutscher Lloyd .Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAH IL J^»* „f TL« fast and well-known man stealer, -x b Js Cominy aail fortnightly from Bremen Hamburg via liotterdam, Antwerp Southampton (Jibraltor. Genoa, Naples, (connection TWes. Alexandria and vice versa) Port ba.Suo\ Aden, Colombo, Penang, BWP«\H£___ kong, Shanghai, Nagasaki A
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    THE YUNNAN RAILWAY.
    429 7 Etipß Hopes from ns Completion. The approaching completion of tbe Yunnan Railway, and tbe contemplated extension of tht Tunkin rail-roads into the Canton provinces, aroase high hopes at Haiphong. That port, the chief one m Tonkin, expects soon to derive a roaring trade with the Southern provinces
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    SHARES.
    839 7 MINES. Capital Capital Issat Paid Issued paid up Vafas op Compacf. Quoc*. oe $300,000 300,000 10 10 Belat Tin Mining Oo. Ltd 7 85 $300,000 225,000 10 10 Bruang Limited 7 00 $600,000 600,000 10 10 Bruseh Hydraulic H» M. Oq. Ltd 10 0 £400,000 350,000 1 1 Duff
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    MILK CURE FOR OBESITY.
    131 7 Pri fessor F. Moritz, of Strasbourg, declares II m W* exclusive diet of miik is tbe simplest, nfortafaJe, and cheapest remedy nfy A limited qu tntity of water may I iken, bit, with tl.is exception, the patient takes absolutely no food or diink hit milk. nmaa*
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      199 7 ta, r^^^lSs *L^ m^^* t^ m at \am m nmOatMtmmmjjt^mn i a_\ jrfl These tiny _9_E Inf superior a 3« Wj 1 EgL^r t0 P j ,\^U^^^^A^ Cubebs. and C C Injections cure C the saaK diseases as these drugs C i ill fofty-eigfct hours without C 1 lOC :;vc;;v::ce.
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      446 7 FOR SALE. FOR SALE OR CHARTER. 1 s.s. HONG WAN, 111 Reg. tons, 115 pas- sengers license. 'Apply Messrs GAGGINO Co. Oct 19 mf 21.11 1 FOR A HORSE, COB or PONY, TRY MORTON. NEXT HOTEL DE LA PAIX. Oct 6 7.3 FOR SALE DAR.RACQ CAR. 4 cylinder, 14 16
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      582 7 On the Berth. INDO-CHINA "S. N. Co., LtdT For Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama, Kobe and Moji. The Company's steamer NAMSANG 4,035 tons, P. M. B. Lake, Commander, will be despatched for the above ports on Tuesday November 10th, at 5 p.m She has excellent accommodation for saloon passengers, amidships, carrying a
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      640 7 EXCHANGE. (Corrected up to Nov 5.) i «anE 4 m/s M norn 2/4^ demand M _/3f Pr.vats credit* 3 m/g 2/4^ credits 6 m/s 2/4f Frahc_, demand BanV 291 h Gb*many, demand w 236 India, T. T, w 174| Hongkong, demand w 24J% Yokohama, demand M 113f Java, demand 139£
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      318 7 THE YOKOHAMA DOCK CO., LTD, No. 1 DOCK. No 1 DOCK. Length Inside 514 ft. length inside 375 ft. Width of 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
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    WHO OWNS PULO DAAT.
    329 8 Scpkeme Court Still m the Throes ok v Tough Task. Id the Supreme Conit yesterday tbe Chief Justice, the hon'ble W. Hyndinan Jones, c ntinued tbe htating of the case of Harry Pi rt v Bagat Singh. Hi Upoott appeared for (Im plaintiff, and Mr G
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    HIRE OF A PIANO.
    197 8 DiBi*un BBTwam Baiu>m__st«baki> TnwKß. J «eph Trhu I id, I Filipino bandmaster of Waterk 8t set, sued V W. Coelho, a x, mm tuner, before Mr Howard m the Dietrict Court, yesterday afternoon, for the return of Ins piano ra!n I at $150 or for $120
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    "RUINS MANY PEOPLE."
    454 8 CIiINA.M vN WHO DMA! PBOI r s 01 COIMNO, I i (TH In fOBMATIOB ro Pou< Further evidence was beard before Mj Maurice Thunder, third magistrate, jester J.iv, m the case m wl ich Leu An ltk and d Sim were charged with Mining and fa eg
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    MINE RETURNS.
    70 8 For the month of October 1908.— Kuantan Tin Mining Co. Ltd., 90. 75 pik. Bel -it Tin Mining Co. Ltd., 556 66 pik. Gopeng Tin Mining Co. 665 pikuls New Gopeng 205 Rambutan 120 Kinta Tin Mines 425 The total quantity of tin ore exported by the tributors
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    LANADRON RUBBER.
    23 8 The output of dry rubber from Linadron Estate for the month of October was 18,041 lbs. Total to date 147,548 lbs.
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    LINGGI PLANTATIONS.
    19 8 Messrs Guthrie and Co. inform us that the October output for the above estate was •24,000 lbs.
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    POLO.
    45 8 The Garrison team of the Singap )re Polo Club which was beaten by Selangor has challenged the Civilian team which beat the States men and the match will be played off thia afternoon. There is a good deal of interest taken iv this match.
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    ROWING.
    32 8 The first heat for the Scott-Russell trophy tikes place this evening over the Esplanade course The crews are D-iwson (cox), Wald, Branson, Staargard, Gibbs. Roche (cox) Darbishire. Carpenter, Davies, van Kliveren.
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    CRICKET.
    54 8 The following will represent the S. C. C. against the S. B 0. on the latier's ground on Saturday: A. S Bailey. A. W. Beven, E. L. Talma. Capt Wilson, A. S. Hewitt. B. L. E Mis. Dr. H. S. Ollerhead, B. L. Williams, 0 H.Mackay, H. D. Jensen,
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    SWIMMING CLUB.
    43 8 The steam launch "Argo* 1 will leave Johnston's Pier tor the Swimming Club Bungalow on Sunday al 10, and 11 a m., 2 '->°. and > 3 I pm., returning at 9.30, and LO 30 a.m 12 15, 3 and 5 30 pm.
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    THE RUBBER TRADE.
    467 8 Thk Basis of Pj oobssb.* 1 There are many m the rubber world who have hitherto heen mainly guided hy some particular authority credited with a special knowledge of rubber they have believed that authority was the soundest basis of belief," and some few have not thought
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    TROOP CHANGES.
    412 8 The transport Soudan carrying timeexpired Details from Hongkong will an ive at daylight on Wednesday the llth ibstant. A draft of about 150 N.C.O's and men of the 2nd Battalion The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment under Captain Belgrave will embark, aud the following Officers are also
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    570 8 For my breakfast Pas some eggs and bacon And 'arf a pint of beer Por my dinner I eats a pound of steak And 'arf a pint of beer. At tea I likes a kipper or two And 'arf a pint of beer And for supper I takes some bread
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    64 8 The mail steamer Oceana left Penang at 6. pm. on Wednesday, and may be expected at P. and O. wharf Singapore at 8.30 this morning. Yesterday the British steamer Ban Whatt Hin arrived with a cirgo of tin ore from Kelantan. The Dutch steamer Sabine Rickmers which arrived
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      608 8 CLEARANCES Nov 5. YetDrofu Maru, Jap. str., Sato, for Colombo and Bombay. C. Apcar, Brit, str., Thomas, for Hongkong. Itola, Brit, str., Slebbing, for Batavia. Resident Schieff, Dut. str., Unus, for Rbio. Sappho, Brit, str Sanderson, for Malacca and Port Swettenham. Sabine Rickmers, Dut. str., Fries, for Pladjoe. Moyune, Brit,
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      511 8 VESSELS IN PORT. o Men-of-war Flag and Tons Commanders Arrived From When '.fbr Waterwitch H.M.S. Sur. 640 Lt Douglas Oct 24 Spore Straits Uncertain Sea Mew Col. Ya«ht 500 Coleman Oct 8 Malacca I 'ncertain Ship Flag Tons Master Arrived From Consignee For When Batavier Brit 216 Mellor Nov 4
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