The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 December 1908

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    16 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1908. NO. 0407
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    137 1 His Majesty the King is suffering: from a cold and js not able to fulfill Lis engagements Pa ire 5. A special wi;e gives the result of the Planter^ Association meeting at Serein bau -rPage 5 The people to vote for at tl S Municipal Election to-day
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    CHEQUES AND CHECKS.
    925 1 Considering tfce cmmon tM «f DtCqne* la the world, tnece v a sarpri»irg aui. urn of ignorance ouneut as to the functions of these u^ful ana illusive lllllllMmlj, Also elusive. A- vital the tfory ,f the Udj who ni i:ji\.:mei hv t! tl at her account was
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      70 1 Ladies' Blouses and Skirts. Exceptional offers to our customers during The Last 3 Days OF OUR Cash Clearance Sale. i Se£A feSS h9 j\ Pure, Refreshing, Cheap wpHp^ WSJtf^H 99^K^9 EfiMßSSftk Retailed by el! GROCERS HOTELS, fflWf WHOLESALE ONLY FROM: m flat! |The Mitsui Bussan Kaisha I I i^uTpX SOLE
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      84 1 Entertainments. HARIMA HALL ■>♦ < JAPANESE CINEMATOGRAPH TO-NIGHT Entire Change of Programme, INCLUDING Thaw's Trial and thirteen new films not ever shown m town before. K. HARIMA, Sole Proprietor. THEATRE ROYAL FOR A SHORT SEASON ONLY Commencing Tuesday Night next SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT OF PETER BANNON Champion Wrestler of England Australia
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      293 1 Entertainments. A L H A~M BRA WEDNESDAY, 9th DEC. AT 9. 15 p.m. UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PATROMGE AND IN THE IMMEDIATE PRESENCE CF H. E. Sir John Andersop, X.C.M.6. Governor and Commander-in-Chief, S.S. and High Commissioner, F.M.S. AND H. H. The Rajah Muda of Sarawak. Plan of Boxes and reserved
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      106 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Thaw Trial at Hariiua Hall to-night. Ban non the wrestler at the Theatre Koyal— Page 1. The Queen's Birthday Look, John Little's —Page 8. Three houses to let Page 7. Meyer Bros, changed office to Colhvr Quay Page 2. Messrs. (iuturie the agents for luJiau But- tcr Page
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      361 1 THE WEEK. TUESDAY, HI) High Water.— lo.l4 a., 11.31 p Municipal Elections. C. W. A. Meeting 10.30 a. Wednesday, Bth tii^h Witoi t— lo 46 a. Thursday, lOfch High Water.— o.ll 8., 11.13 p B I Mail Homeward closes 3 p Tramway Cup Match. Friday, 11th High Water.— <\su a
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    TIN.
    585 2 The October statistics showed a decrease of about tv>o tons iv Ihe total visible supplies which are now 17.463 tons. This market has also been quite lively, and prices hive bad* sharp upward twist, the generally op:iujistic feeling having recently a-sumed rampant rhape as regards tho chief autal?, and
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    BRITISH BEER ABROAD.
    201 2 I'ntil there is some improvement m the general oversea ti ule of the country, it is idle for thfl brewer- '.nd di-tilu-r- to expect any iu:rease iv the': export busiut s-^. So long as the ..lepres>ku continues, so lung will their trade continue to ihon a Hatting
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      95 2 No Experiment. You are not experimenting when you buy Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. You are getting a preparation that has an established reputation for good, backed by a third of a century's constant Me. It is famous for its prompt mm of coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough. For sale by
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      674 2 Messrs. John Little Co., are now showing a large variety of Pictures at greatly reduced MOTE Special attention is given to the mounting and framing of any pictures that are entrusted to them. SHELL BRAND. Notice is hereby given that The Asiatic Petroleum Company, Limited (whose register ed office is
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      617 2 NOTICES. CHANGE OF OFFICE. The office of the undersigned has been removed to 14, Collyer Q lay, ground fljor. MEYER BROS. _Dec JL 7.1 GOVERNMENT NOTICE. A List of Applications for public house licences to be considered at the meeting of the Board of Licensing Justices on Tnesday, December 22nd,
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      448 2 INSURANCES. FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. Established 1882. Capital and Assets exceed 4,000,000 Gold Dollars. J. H. EVANS, Manager, South Eastern Asia. BURGLARY HOUSEBREAXING THEFT. Policies covering these risks are issued by the COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. Terms on application to The Branch Manager. Nov 7 7.2 NEW
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      643 2 BANKS. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. Paid-up Capital ...$15,000,000 Riskrvi Fund.- Sterling Reserve 5,000,000 €Ofi AAA Silver Reserve $14,000,000 j z -'.°W,OOO Resb&vi Liability of PBOPftMToas....^.. $1 5,000,000 COUET OF DIBIOTOES. E. Srbt,ltu, Esq. Ohajjulaw Hon. Mr. W. J. Geesson— Dbputt Ckairmab E. G. Barektt, Esq. C. X LmnzuAim, G. Fbikund,
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    WIRE NEWS.
    864 3 (Via Hongkong.) Chinese Imperial Etiquette. latl kmpbr#r's private estate. Peking, November 30. The etiquette m connection with precedence »t the Imperial Court is to be as foliowa- Tbe Regent. Prince Chun, 13 to occupy the centre seat with the Grand Councillors on either side of His Royal Highcess,
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      610 3 great eagerness. The newspapers, though j approving of the principle, are critical cf the terms. The semi- official Kokumin op'nea that the agreement is as important as the AngloJapanese treaty as affecting Japanese interests. The Asahi regrets the absence of any reference to the question of immigration restrictions, the existence
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      379 3 FOR SALE* BULL TERRIERS. Thorough bred Bull Teriier pups for sale. Six weeks old. Dogs $75, Bitches $50. Address M. M. c/o Free Press." Dec 4 11.12 FOR SALE. 4 Cyl. 16 H. P. First class Motor Car, Wind screen, Hood 5 Lamps, full kit of Tools &c. &c. Apply
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      483 3 2WQTIONS. I PRELIMINARY NOTICE. AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Teak Household Furniture &c, At Chancery House," off Chancery Lane. On Saturday, 19th December, 1908. POWELL Co., Auctioneers. Dec 8 20.12 AUCTION SALE OF Very Valuable Carved and polished teak Household furniture &c. TO BE HELD AT No. 460, SIRANGOON ROAD, SINGAPORE,
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      333 3 USE "EAGLE" CEMENT. -^fo /fisFOR HIGH CLASS WORK, BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED, Contractors to Government. fa »i* B Bfcs3 0 M m h m TROPICAL ROOFING 2 Ply $10 per roll of 216 square feet, complete with Nails, Caps and cement for fixing. Sectional Illustration of r^~ <A J OENASCO SMOOTH
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    Domestic Occurrences. Marriage.
    46 4 Domestic Occurrences. Marriage. Thompson Aria. On Nov. 10. at Christ Church, Regent's Park, by the Rev. Bernard I). Shaw, assisted by the Rev. t'yril Johnson, Harry A. Thompson, of the Hoyal Survey Department, Siaiii, to Beniia Eugenic, only daughter of Mrs. Aria, of Chester-place, Rodent's Park.
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    The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday, Dec. 8, 1908.
    1943 4 The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday, Dec. 8, 1908. Here sh iH the Pres» the People 1 riqbt maintain, U .a«< l unbri by gsinj H< t Troth h*r ylonous prrcepts dr»w. Pledged to igi loyalty and I-iw. As an indication of the condition of India, and more particularly of Bangal
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    668 4 Colds Are Dangerous. If more people would make an attempt to get rid of the colds from which they are suffering, as a result of this changeable A terrible mining explosion has occurred a,t Marianna, ia Pennsylvania. So far, 275 corpses have been rittfjat Lidy Lugard left Marseilles by IV
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    203 4 The and past member! <•!' the B pore Volunteer AxtiUery will bt int€ -t i read i be following coooeroiog tl who was then Cap*, and Brevet tauar<\ B vi A who ictsd I m ihort time ti Acting A.djutaul B V A. the atttßßQt of the Auy was about
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      232 4 s.- Ss^ 9av Wtig 9 i M mat FOR D FOR TOYS A PRESENTS CHOCOLATES A AND A tiYtKl BONBONS. R VARIETY. Adelphi Hotel. E S. rool rr--akntial and transit Hotel. eomTnanding the most peaceful and at:racii\t oatlook m >iugapore. ejomfortable j^*entral lean gSJheertul Th. hi daa acconwn .tion at
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      31 4 PIANOS ON SALE or HIRE YOU CAN PURCHASE ON THE Easy Payment System payments extending over a period of one year or more. All pianos specially constructed for the tropics. THE
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      272 4 WILSON CO.PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS. The only High-class Studio m the Straits. Having two Studios, one adapted to the Forenoon and one to the Afternoon Light, we are enabled to give sittings throughout the day with uniformly successful results. We however recommend customers to come, if convenient, between the hours of 8
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    PLANTERS IN CONFERENCE.
    526 5 PLANTERS IN CONFERENCE. wide rangeTof subjects. What Government Will Do. Sercmban, Dec 7. Twenty five members w €re presant yesterit the meeting of the Planters' Assoeia tka at Serembau, Mr A. L. Gibson presided The secretary read the rep^s of GovernMt to the letters sent by the Association With regard
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    119 5 Further arainriei jwteidaj at Johore w that the UNk M itUI m hospital and the:" H I certainty as to when lie wiL be Qgfct Kfore the Court for trial. ra b**€ fist d a Chiu-:se towkay's hou«e at K«ppel 11-rbour and stoleu^ewe,--.-rv.ol.vtbin^.indcashaiii-mntnu'toS-J-t' I- 1- "rrport ra made to the
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    KING INDISPOSED.
    40 5 Returns to London. (By Submarine Tele^raph.-Reuter's) Received at (3 :>1 p.m. H l3 Bfajestj the King has a cold and slight rheumatism. He haves Smdringham for London tod\v but has abandoned his intended visit to the Cittie Show.
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    MOROCCO'S NEW SULTAN.
    20 5 JHulev Hafii has replied to the FrancoSpinish Nats, accepting the conditions of recognition, with a minor exception.
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    WOODS CASE.
    64 5 Action Against Army Council. The case of Lieut. Wood?, who was dianusaed from the Guarus m Dae. 1907 is now being reopened. Writs are being served on Mr Haldme, General Lyttelton and other members of the Ann j Council at the time the matter was adjudicated on, on
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  • THE STORM CENTRE.
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      GERMANY THE FAITHFUL ALLY.
      101 5 GERMANY THE FAITHFUL ALLY. Austria Arms. X.'C. Dae. 7, 10.30 a.m. In the Budget debate m the Reichstag which centres round the army and naw, the Centre urged and the National Liberals protested against, the Blackening of the shipbuilding programme. The invasion story uf Lord Roberts was described as a
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      Extended Boycott.
      26 5 Received at 4 43 pm. A telegram from Constantinople states that the boycott of things Austrian has extended to the whole empire, except Smyrna.
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    CHINA'S CONSTITUTION.
    25 5 B 'c Dec. 7, 10.12 a.m. A decree Ims been published at Peking announcing that a cons'itutioa will be promulgated eight years hence.
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    FRENCH NAVAL TROUBLE.
    19 5 A'lmiral Germinet of the French navy who granted au indiscreet interview has been dismissed his command.
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    DERVISHES REPULSED.
    189 5 Italian Success m Somaliland. It is officially announced at Rjme that the Italian troops m Sjuaaliland have repulsed two thousand darvishas at Bullalo with considerable Its*. Forty eight of the enemy's dead were picked up, but the Italians were unscathed. Df. S f anton is to go to
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    A Good Household Liniment.
    39 5 When a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm is kept m the house the pains of burns and scalds may be promptly relieved, cuts and bruises quickly healed, swellings promptly reduced and rheumatism and neuralgia robbed
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    TO-DAY'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
    616 5 To-day the electors of Tanjonc? Pagar, Kallang and Tanglin Municipal Wards go to the polls to elect representatives on the Commission. The candidates are. Tanjjng Pagar: Dr Fowlie, proposed by the Hon T. S. Baker, seconded by the Hon Tan Jiak Kirn. Tanglin Mr C. I Carver,
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    KALLANG ELECTION
    225 5 To the Editor, Sir, I notice m this morning's issue of your paper a latter from a correspondent suggesting that, as a guide to the voters, the candidates for elf ct ion as Municipal Commissioner for the Kallang Ward should issue addresses setting forth their policy. There is
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    90 5 lucense valued at S7o is reported to have been stolen from the B.m Yong Seng m the harbour. Oa Sunday a party of local sportsmen bagged a tine wild boar at the eighth mile stone m the Yeo Chu King district Amongst the passengers on board the Fritz Ludwig, is
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    AMONGST THE BEASTIES.
    497 5 "Guile to the Z x>logical Collections of the Raffljs Museum." This by Dr Hanit^ch is a very good sample of a class of books which is always of the great st use not only for the ordinarily informed pBis:>u, but also for the rising generation, and it
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    THE RAJA MUDA OF SARAWAK.
    181 5 His Highness the Rijih Muda of S-n--wak is expected to arrive here to-day probably m the Government yacht Z thora. The Eijih Muda will stay m Singapore souio few days and has promised to atteud a peit'ormance at the Alhanibra with His Excellency. Oa Saturday
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    LINGGI PLANTATIONS.
    36 5 A telegram received from the Acting Manager, Linggi Plantations Ltd., advises the total amount of rubber harvested on the Company's estates during the month of Novembtr as thirty thousand five hundred pounds (30,500 lbs
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    205 5 "The new electric light lamps on the Padang give a slightly coloured light which is rather pleasing thau otherwise," says the Malay Mail. How nice By iuad^rteuce m the list of prize winners for the S.V.A. Rifle Club, the name of Sgt. Walker, S.V.A., the winner of the handsome S.V.A.
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      215 5 ROBINSON Co. ARE NOW SHOWING CHOICE STERLING SILVER GOODS, ALSO A FINE COLLECTION OF CANTONE 3E SILVERWA RE s£^ Qontprtsing /^mm^mmmm^^ Bon Bon Dishes, Inkstands, :IP 1 Ci>uar and ci^ arette stands Menu Holders, Photo Frames, lfC\^£% 1 Flower Vases, Silver Backed fjfe: \r] s ;j| I Hair Brushes, Belts,
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    LATEST F.M.S. SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION.
    791 6 A Premature Ending. It will be remembered that Mr H. C. Robinson (Federal Curator of Museums), Mr H. N Hidley (Superintendent of Bottanical Gardens Singapore 1 and Mr Kloss (Curator of the Perak Museum) recently set out on a scientific expedition for the Perak-Pahang boundary, accompanied
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      769 6 SHIPPING. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. For China t Japan, Pcnang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London* Through Bills of Lading issued for China Ooast, Persian Gull, Continental and American Ports. Steamers will Singapore on oz *bo;tt MAIL LINES. Outward (for China) 1908 1909 Assaye Dec.
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      532 6 SHIPPING. WYX JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., ltd. A regular FORTNIGHTLY Serrice is maintained between Japan and Europe by the following NEW TWIN SCREW STEAMERS. Unbik Mail Contracts with thi Imperial Japahesb Govibnmbnt. Specially designed for the Company's European Serrice, lighted th roughout by Electricity, provided with excellent accommodation for First
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      685 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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      642 6 SHIPPING. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE, HAMBURG. The steamers of this Company maintain a regslar 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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      568 6 SHIPPING. NDT NorddeutBcher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAJT HAIL LINE The fact and well-known mail ete&men </- this Company tail fortnightly from Bremen. Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marseille Naples, Alexandria and vice veraa) Port Said Sues, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, H ony kong, Shanghai, Nagasaki Kobe
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    NORTH HUMMOCK (SELANGOR) RUBBER.
    899 7 UN first ordinary general meeting of the Noith Hummock (Selangor) Rubber Company. Limited, was held on Nov. 6at the tffi.-s cf the company, 20, Eastcheap, E. C. Mr (t A. Tdlbot (chairman of the company) I r^.-Jin?. The CWfiwa said In the prospectus ia- led a
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    EXCHANGE.
    69 7 (/.JORRECTED UP TO -U6C i Bank 4 m/a norn demand 2/3| PriyatG credit* 3 m/i 2/"Mr credits 6 m/s 2/4 jjFrakch, demand Bank M 291 Gmmany, demand M 236 i India, T. T, 174f Hongkoh#, demand 26;% Yokohami, demand m norn 113*Java, demand Bangkok, demand M w 67 SoYxmnoNs,
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    PRODUCE.
    148 7 Dec 7 Tin 67.75 Gambler buyers 9 75 Gambier Onbe No. 1 13 62| Ghimbier Cube No. 2 w 12.75 Pepper Black (ord'tL S'pora) bajers 1 1 .00 Pepper, White (f *ir L. W. 5p c 18 50 Nutmogs (110 to the lb.)^, IS 50 Nutmega (80 to the
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    SHARES.
    804 7 Capital Capital Issoa Paid Isaoed paid op Valot ap Compaof Q<_,u_;h___ $300,000 300,000 10 10 Belat Tin Mining Oo.LU 7 25 $300,000 225,000 10 10 Bruang Limited 7 50 $600,000 600.0C0 10 10 Bruaefa Hydraulic Tin M. Oo. Ltd 10 oO £400,000 350,000 1 1 Duff Development Oo. Ltd
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      474 7 CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS INDO-CHINAsTn. Co., Ltd. RETTJEN TICKETS at Single Fares will be issued by I. C. S. N. Co.'s Steamers for Hongkong, Shanghai Japan, available for use between the sth December 19 )8 and 25th January 1909. RETURN FARES.— Honkgong 555. Shanghai $95. Japan $135. For farther information apply to
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      589 7 On the Berth. "SHIRE" LINE FOR LONDON AND ANTWERP. The s.s. DENBIGHSHIRE 3,844 tons, Captain Davies, is due here on or j Btboutjthe 20th Dec, and will have prompt des- j patch for above ports. She has excellent accommodation for saloon passengers. Surgeon and Stewardess carried. First class fare Singapore
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      405 7 TO LET. To be Let Furnished. First Class Residence m Tanglin. Rent 8150. Entry Ist January. Apply H. L. Goghlan and Co.. Licensed Surveyor. Deo 8 15.12 FURNISHED HOUSE TO LET IN TANGLIN. OMDURMAN Dalvey Road, to be let. It contains 5 bedrooms, with upstairs bath rooms, large Pining and
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      271 7 IliCr^N&W EETEN E^^P 1 bUy inferior milk when Y ou can B et il\s uJ the best at the same Pfice? H^^l 1 E^Ste^ SLEDGE! ttP'ESE: A^lStM'^ GUARANTEED I free from ail germs and added THE YOKOHAMA DOCK CO., LTD. No. 1 DOCK. No. I DOCK. Length inside 514 ft
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    COURT OF APPEAL.
    1201 8 THE "WIDOWS" CASE AGAIN. Sultan^ Land at Tki.uk Blan<;a. RI'iHTS 09 THE PUP.LU". The Court of Appeal commenced its sitting m the Supreme Court yesterday. The appeals are being heard by the Chief Justice, Sir W. EL Hvr.lman Jones, Mr Justice Braddell, and Mr Justice Sercoinbe Smith.
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    ATTEMPT THAT FAILED.
    324 8 B asiRG niK Ski Muaß. m 'fore Mr C Iman, m the District Court, yesterday afternoon, My din Kooty, a serang, sued the Singapore Foundry, Ltd., for >•'.! L9O, balam i due for labour supplied. Mr Knowlea appeared for the plaintiff and M- Chopard represented the defendant
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    337 8 'I MJlice play the R. G. A. at S tooer on the Esplanade this all moon. OnThurs* day they meet the I>.irui Bdhar. The new Methodist Church on Fori I'mning has teeu completed and was banded over by the contractor yesterday. It will be ready for use about Christmas. A
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    254 8 It is notified that the port of Singapore is declared infected by the Hongkong Govei nment. The British steimer Flevo arrive! m port yesterday "wit,h a cargo of copra from the Natunas Island. A cirgo of dynamite and cartridges of which 150 cises are for ShaDghai and fifty
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    GOOD N. D. L TRAVELLING.
    166 8 The Prinz Ludwig, the German mail steamer which left fox Europe at l>o<>u yesj terdiiy. established a rec<>r.l pissage down from Hongkong. She left that port at noon on Wednesday, 2nd, and arrived hero ai midnight on Siturdav, taking onlj 3 days \'2 hours for
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    THE CROWN JEWELS THEFT.
    197 8 A.CCUBBD !N D(X K. An intelli.u' •ut-!.>..kin r Straits b^rn China man named Yee Ah Swee appeared before ti:*' Senior Magistrate at [poh charged with retaining Bt »len property belonging to 11. 11. the Sultan of Perak. <>n :ii< representation of Mr E. shirks, A. C.
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    WEDDING AT ST. GEORGES.
    96 8 In SI (ieor^e's Church, Ptnanf, 1 the niarri age was qni( tly Bolemnised, m the presence oi few tiii ads < f Mr Thomas Josiah Same, ac< countant m the I'niu of Messrs John Little vt Co., Singapore, to Miss Sarah Bdith Powell, of Dadley, Worcestershire,
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    BANNON AT THEATRE ROYAL.
    54 8 Peter Bannon, the great wrestler, and Milo, the American clab-swinger, appear at the Grand Cinematograph, Theatre Boyal, and not at the Alhambra, as elsewhere Btate^l, this evening. There is iu> doubt thai Peter oomei with a great reputation, and a match with a suitable adversary would
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    NOVEMBER TIN RETURNS.
    46 8 Gopeng Tin Mining Coy., Ltd. 570 pioula. New Gopeng, Ltd. no Rambntan, Ltd. 245 Kinta Tia Mines. Ltd. 280 Rambntai] "_M days' ronning ouly. Last clean up on November 24th. Lahat Mines, Ltd., for Xovcinbt r 1.011 j)k!^. of clean dressed ore. > t
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    TANGLIN CLUB.
    45 8 1 are asked to s.iy that through kind permission of the CM and Officers the Bind I of the 99fch Deccan Infantry will give a I Conetrt ou Friday 17; hat tLe'Taugliu Oiub 1 a^t 9 p.m.. oj^en^aa usual tojhe _Members of J
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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      22 8 PIANOS Bought, Sold or Exchanged Pianos at $150 and Upwards by different Makers Guaranteed m Perfect Order and Made for the Climate.
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      68 8 I SINGAPORE I TOURIST_AGENCY. 1 1, St. Andrew's Road, Corner of High Strkt. jl Telephone Xo. 391. m W Telegrams: "NIMAJNEB." 1 Baggage collected and delivered to f Hotels and Residences, 1 m Stored Insured. I MOTOR CARS f ftr hire I 1 CARRIAGES j lUI 1111 d 9 Passages
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      253 8 KONINKLIJKE P AKET VA ART MAATSCHAPPY (ROYAL DUTCH PACKET COMPANY) CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. RETURN TICKETS M nd fail Otm at SINGLE rml irfflb* hwrffm I ra to BATAViA ud SOURABAJA. mtUbli the 15th Dteernh and tbfi l'ti: .lauuary. 1 ■:< Fares Batavia Ist class $45. 2nd ehfl $27. Sourabaja (direct) n
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      575 8 PASSENGERS. Per Kinta Mr and Mrs (J. B. W. Grey, Messrs G. Russell, S. Smith, Bracken, W. Cowan, H. N. Ridley, J. Shawhellier, H. J. Highfeild and 0. O. Gibson. Per Deli Admiral de Ricbelieu and Messrs Johnson, Smith, Browne and Brngbim and Phra India Wichye. Per Delta Hou. and
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