The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 19 December 1908

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    16 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19. 1908. NO. 6,477
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    116 1 Lord Motley his outlined his piOOOfel reforms in ludian administration.— Page 7. The Turkish Parlismei t bi s beeu opened by the Sultan, who has received congratulatory message from the King.— P.^ge 7. It is stated that the Opium Commission E.port will be printed in tne S:raits
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    THE BACHELOR'S WIFE.
    907 1 No wane 1 want No ornaments, My meat ii scant. No maid is mar. 1 have no wife But here's my pipe, With it to smoke, And ob the Muse. I would not choose. She generally answers to the aaae* if Pipa when summoned bv the Chinees
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      268 1 Robinsons STERLING SIM GOODS Sterling Sii-er Cass Hea ?,SS_S_3 SSmSe^ 1 < tfcSaEf S* CLOCK Hall Marked. 4. ed SL EN r B OT. lj_S Very band.-onie CASE containing one pair of oxidised Silver Solid Silver xrm__et \gS_/ in. bv 4 in. arith reeded de- vD;)U 1Z >J Mounted hair
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      125 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. (iymkhana meeting programme— Page *2. Laud sale on Dec 2_ Page j. Notice re estate of G. Davidson Page 2. Hales Tours, fresh programme Page '>. Old Brunei arms for s_le Page 11. Robinson and Company's great display of Christmas presents Page 1. Sale of Japanese silk embroideries
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      386 1 TJbLfc. WJ_.i_.ii. Saturday, 19th: High Water.— 6.s7 a 7.37 p P&O Mail Outward due. Hanucah (Jewish F^stiva.' Cricket, S.C.C. lst XL v Qerriaon. Bowling Teutonia v Tanglin. Sunday, 2Cth Sigh Water: 7.46 a 8.45 p 4:h in Advent. SR.A. Monthly Shoot. B.SO p NDL Mail Homeward due. Sw. Club launches
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    A COAL COOLIES ROMANCE.
    350 2 Chinese marriage ways, singular and plural, heing rather in the air just now, here is the story cf the courtship and wedding of a coal coolie at Hongkong, as related in court where the husband sued for compensation for the death of his wife in a
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    A RUSSIAN VIEW OF INDIA.
    273 2 A remark made to the late Colonel Fred Etaraakj which I and quoted in Mr Wright's excellent life of the great Englishman, seems to be particularly appropriate now that the more educated classes of Bengal natives are ■-■rtiniwg assassination of Europeans on an iaillflliaj scale.
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      18 2 Watch for Symptoms of Croup. Do not allow croup to develop. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will prevent the attack.
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      452 2 KATZ BROS, LTD JEWELLERY A FINE DISPLAY OF Gold Gem Set Jewellery JUST ARRIVED FROM EUROPE IN 9 Kr, 14 Kr. and 18 Kr. A CHOICE SELECTION Prices to suit all Purchasers. MOST SUITABLE FOR Xmas and new Vear PRESENTS. i GOSLING CO.:_=_] WINE and SPIRIT MERCHANTS. SYRUPS. RASPBERRY, ROSE,
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      958 2 NOTI GES. ASSOCIATION CF ENGINEERS. The Monthly General Meeting of the Asso' ciation will be held in the Rooms, 43-b, Raffles Place, on the evening of Wednesday, 23rd December, 1908, at 8-45 p.m. Business General. G. A. WATT, Hon. Secretary. Deo 19 In the Estaie of G. Davidson (Deceased). Notice
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      589 2 INSURANCES. FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. Established 1882. I Capital and Assets exceed 4,000,000 Gold Dollars. J. H. EVAN?, Manager. South Eastern Asia. BURGLAEY HOUSEBREAKING THEFT. Policies covering these risks are issaed by J the COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. Terms on application to The Branch Manager. _Nov 7
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      644 2 BANKS. Hongkong Shanghai Banlan^T Corporation. Paid-up Capital ...115,000,000 Rhsievs Fukd Sterling Reserve $15,000,000 Silver Reeerve $14,000,000 j ZJ WU .OOO Rbseevi Liability ow P_toPßißTO_ts.. M $15,000,000 Coubt. of Dibbotobs. E. Shbllim. Esq. Ch ium. p Hon. Mr. W. J. Grbsbon Dbputt Chairkak E. G. Barrett, Esq. C. R. Lbnzma km,
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      160 2 SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES. St. Andrew's Cathedral. Fourth Sund-y in Advent. 7 am. Matins and Litany. 7.45 am Holy Communion (Choral's. 1' 15 am Holy Communion (Plain). 3.40 pm Sunday School. 345 pm Bible Classes (Adults). 5.30 pm Evensong and Sermon. St. Matthew's, Sepoy Linis. 11.15 am Foo Chow Service. 3.40
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    THE WHITE PERIL IN CHINA.
    923 3 A Chinese on EL*aop gANj Inscrutable as the outlook in fkfor tbe present reaain no™. n mu! if tbe death of tbe peror m death of tbe C. meaß3 '"'l', tt dea. to the Cele^S -fag^T account of the forces .till T that Empire, gathered
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    HOME POLITICS.
    613 3 koaS T)^! D i? C3rre3 P OQ dent of the Hongrtn S T f re33 has a suggestive passage on th e probable policy of the Liberal GovTZ v n reglrd t0 the next general election. Ha writes thus on that topic Filling Up Thb Cop." aJ^? 9
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    THE CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY.
    170 3 HioE British Loin Xleded Peking, Dec 11. His Excellency Chang Yan Chung, Viceroy of Canton, has memorialised the Throne to the effect that the Canton-Hankow railway being moi*e th;*n one thousand li in length, there is absolutely no hope of its completion without the lucking of a
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    MR. TAFT'S POLITENESS.
    140 3 Here is a revised version of the story of Mr Taft in the tramcar. through a French source, certainly an improvement on tbe original. By chance Mr Taft aud Mr Bryan found themBel.ee during the electoral campaign in the game *ran_car. Their arrival made the car Presently
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    WAS IT PARALYSIS?
    600 3 Ceylon Insurance Agent's Alarming Malady Permanently Cured By DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS. His Wife's Health Restored By The Same Remedy. Some doctors said that my complaint was Paralysis, others declared that it was Rheumatism, but whatever it was it crippled me for two years and caused me
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    GERMANS IN THE FAR EAST.
    479 3 ENTKBrRISE AND DEVELOPMENT. Mr H. M. Mackenzie La writing i series of interesting articles on the Etst to the Sydney Morning Herald." His first _rti. le was on the East Indies. Referring to the Chinese he say6 The Chinaman, of course, as everywhere else, is
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    NOT ALWAYS HONOURED.
    212 3 Tlie indignities to winch foreign aueoya were formerly subjected in China warn mild in comparison with those oceamonally meesd out to tbem in Constantinople. If. Julian Klaczks. ia hi. •'Etudes de ]>, mane Coa temporaiue," relat. i that in 1678 the Grand Vizier, having intercepted ion*. French
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    NEW METHOD OF DELIVERING COAL STEAMERS.
    204 3 Bailway engineers, obeetrei Hm Bnginnm ing soppier-test of the "Times, iroeld ba specially interested in tbe working au perunental plant for delivering ood to ship. wbieb lias been erected by M« ssrs. Fraser and Chalmers at tbe Victoria Docks. J lull. Tinrailway trucks, vrhicfa
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      67 3 wor__. t* a m e d OFX I I 4 I ROBEYPHONE A VilCB-'V^ !__r >»JB_bh UC ediso 'n y^ _Wr l odeon. co__m___- \f /V Thc ROBEYPHONr JjBI EDI3CN 3__J. STAB (S /"^Vi, ZONOPHONE PATHS V^A K^JT* m^^_W BICEiSIOK. STMJfHONT. J k::.nssok t...p-. no- ___-_**a*^______fi__H_S__S» B_ s .r.s. UN
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      55 3 Colds Are Dangerous. If more people would make an attempt to .erd of the colds from which they are as a result of this changeable weather there would be a decided decrease Stho nnmber of cases of pneumonia. A few doses of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will .11 vn„r cold and
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      86 3 YOUR TEETH _^^^h^ YOUR MkUll.^ifVW^^fp' *-*^_v < y- Ar Keep your teeth in condition by consulting NC POG CHOW DENTIST DENTAL SUPPLIES 91, South Bridge Road, Singapore. Special Consulting Room for Ladies and Gentlemen, High Class Mechanical "Work for the Profession. Gold Filling, Plate Bridge Work, Crown Vulcanites. Teeth extracted
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      162 3 White Ants Teredos, Dry Rot, Decay in Timber. JODELITE. The ONLY SAFEGUARD has been on its trial in large quantities for the past 10 years in the Straits Settlements, and proved all that is claimed for it. Six pieces of deal were partly coated with Jodelite and buried in a
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      76 3 No Opium iu Chambe. lain's Cough Remedy There is not a particle of opium or other narcot;.- in Chamberlain's Congfa Remedy, and never baa bean tince it we. hrst offered to th.- public, ttiiai noed-ciaeforachtUl as for an adult. Poraal* bj all dealera. r^^^^ Remcc.be r. whetber naturally perfect I
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    768 4 STEAMERS. _imng port of departure, and (where know*) date due here, and name of Agenti. lirlie, Sydney, Dec 23 j Boustead. indalusia, Hongkong, Jan 3 Behn Meyer. L. Treville, Saigon, Dec M. Comte. A j car, Hongkong, Feb P. Simons, issaye, Bombay, Dec 18; P A. 0, is-yanax,
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    THE EXPANSION OF AUSTRALIA IN THE EAST.
    1778 4 Now tbat Australia looks beyond her own borders ehe turns towaids tbe East. Destiny pointed the way from her birth as a British community in a virgin land at thc Pacific gate of Asia. But, until lately, she failed to rise to her
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    THE IMPERIAL COLONIAL CLLB.
    42 4 The above Club is formed chi* t 3 for nial and CKer-Seas Members, it is No. 84 Piccadilly (the centre of uD opposite the Green Park. The Club has a Bridge Section. Uc Dining, Billiard Room, B_Bokß_g JA
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      73 4 A Good Household Liniment. When a bottle of Chatubcrlain's Pain Balm jB kept in 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 of their terrors. Iu fact, for the household ills, it is
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      189 4 E-^l^^k By Special -feffilJfx Purveyors to I :lp^^B[ Warrant Ja3S?£l H M Th 0 BB Celebrated Oilmen's Stores Jurjljli^ PICKLES, SOUPS, JAMS, JELUES, I I >_\_\ I POTTED MEATS, MALT VINEGAR. SS H| Agent* for LEA PERRIN'S WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE Hp Crosse Blackwell, Ltd. mm^ a^^__________Z____________________________7lmmmmmmmmmmmm^ AN IDEAL INVALID FOOD IN
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      72 4 During H.M. The King's Stay at Marienbad last August H. M. USED EXCLUSIVELY TEPLITZ WATER AND H. M. was so delighted with it that on his depar* ture he ordered it to be taken in the Royal train. This water is now on sale at the local provision merchants at
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      463 4 SINGAPORE AND KRANJI RAILWAY. From lst August, 1908, and until further notice. TRAIN SERYICE FOR WEEK DAYS ONLY. UP TRAINS. 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 -3 14 am. am. am. am. am. am. pm. pm. pm. pm. pm. pm. pm. pm Passir P. 7.10
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      273 5 NOTICEIn the Estate of Medigaspege /rnolis de Silva ALIAS Andris de Silva. (Deceased.) Pursuant to Section 46 ofthe Conveyancing and Law of Property Ordinance ltB9 notice is hereby "iven that all creditors and other per sons having anv claims or demands upon or again>: the estate of Medigaspege Arnolis de
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      278 5 Consumption. Angier's Emulsion is invaluable in Consumption because it not only soothes and heals the lungs but keeps the digestive organs healthy, enabling delicate stomachs to retain, digest and assimilate sufficient quantities of nourishing food; it is, therefore, a superlative nutritive tonic and builder. Angier's Emulsion is prescribed by lung
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      606 5 aueTioNs. MORTGAGEES SALE Tuesday, 22nd December, at 2-30 p.m. Freehold land, area 37,500 feet, part of Grant 851. Together with the dwelling bouse thereon known as No. 8, Kim Keat Road off Balestier Road, Singapore. POWELL Co., Auctioneers. Dec 19 23.12 PRELIMINARY NOTICE. IN THE ESTATE OF Chua Choo Keng,
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      576 5 GREAT AUCTION SALE OF A Uery Choice and Ualuable Collection OF SILVER AND PLATED GOODS SUITABLE FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS At Messrs. H. L. Coghlan and Cos Salk Rooms. Wednesday, 23rd Dec, at II o'clock. Comprising:— Sterling silver photograph frames, mirrors, presentation bowls, clocks, toilet sets, writing sets, vases, fruit knives
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      400 5 OVia THE CHESS-BOARD. -om.r-s g a£e. g? "A' 0 T f" Mr^ which whettej thyr wittL Phera K am -M and hurts jmm^^ZSZ^ matter .t tmmm interest invited ChM3 Problem No. 17. By J. Kotk, Prague. Black (S pieces). W& W% *m ii W _t_y "White (4 pieces). White to
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    The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, Dec. 19, 1908.
    1440 6 The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, Dec. 19, 1908. Hi iH __e Pres. the People*! n_ht maintain. u *«< I by influence and unhribed by gain; H_rc patriot Troth li~r ptonooi precepts draw. Pledged to ReHgioo, Loyalty and I_tw. Wheu we consider the general crooked .ness with which the anti-opium agitation
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    282 6 At evensong on Sunday in the Cathedral the Dies Irae will be sung. A twakow loaded with firewood sank in the river on Thursda A Chinese woman was robbed of a gold earring at Kimpong Bahru on Thursdav night. A cise of housebreaking and theft is reporter! from a Chinese
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    889 6 Quicouid agunt IoMMHI nteirt ed jurru libelli. Ji VENAL All that need b3 siid about the situation in Europe is that Austria Hungary is dropping the high and mighty take-i'.-< r ieaveit attitude, and professing some willingness to be accounted reasonable. "Mark time" is the mot
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      331 6 OBTAIN ABLE ggj DUC DE MONTEBELLO i CHAMPAGNE. HOTEL AND RESTAURANT jfjß Caldbeck, liM Macgregor Ss Co, LONDON AND ELSEWHERE, sole importers. II JOHN LITTLE Co's FOR B FOR TOYS A PRESENTS Z CHOCOLATES A AND A Lif Lilll BONBONS. R VARIETY. 9^^ HBBBB|B|BK|BBHMIIBHHH HaaBBHBHiiBi aH_a__-_____B_a_i--------S---^aBHBsaHiB G. R. Lambert Co.,
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      288 6 WIISON&CO PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS. The only High-class Studio in 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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    TURKEY'S REDEMPTION.
    137 7 THE NEW PARLIAMEN Opened in State. SULTAN'S SPEECH. \By Submarine Telegraph.-R eu te r 8) Received at 1 1 am The Sultan of Turkey l drove ln a State coach and opened the new Turkish Parlia ment. He was caeered by immense crowds The Sultan Btoo d throughout
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    AUSTRIAN POLITICS.
    36 7 Received at 1 1 30 am. In the Rricbsrath the Austri tn Premier itated that ha had no reason to consider the «t«_vt_o_i disquieting. He was confident existing difficulties were to be arranged iiplomancally.
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    ENGLAND'S CONGRATULATIONS.
    44 7 Kee. Dec. 18. 7 pm. Hii Majesty King Edward has telegraphed his congratulations to the Sultan of Turkey on the occasion of the opening of P irliament. The 'Parliament has appointed a tem. porarv Presi dent, and has aljournei ti!} S kturday.
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    SINKING OF THE KALOMO.
    168 7 D-L-fcns 0» Floating Oil After the shots had been fired into the KakMßMt she gradually settled down. About t> o'clock, the No. 2 hitch was submerged to the level of the deck. At 7.o<\ the Xo. 1 forward bulkhead apparently earned away causing the ship to
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    311 7 The Peking Board of Agriculture, Inlustry and Commerce, directs that every provincial Tae tai in order to promote the leveiopmeLt of industry, should take upon himseli the duty of promoting agricuituie. Hales To«n should be at oaca visited by oal who have not seen this novel adaptation of the Bioscope
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    INDIAN REFORM.
    74 7 Morley's Far-Reaching Proposals. (By Submarine Telegraph.— R fc uter*s) Received at 3 20 pm. tad Morley i-_ the House of Lords has made an explanation of his proposals for Indian Reforms. He makes the provincial legislature Councils largely elective, through electoral colieges. He sacriaces offia*] ma j )rit
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    "PROVE IT."
    33 7 PROVE IT." President and Congress-men. It is reported from Washington that the House of Representatives has resolved to call on Roosevelt to justify his insinuation that congress- men feared the attention of detectives.
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    OPIUM REPORT.
    34 7 More Delays. Owing to the bulk and the cost of setting tha typa the Opium B'ue Book will be printed in Singapore, and cannot be published until copies are received in London.
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    PRESIDENT AND EDITOR.
    25 7 You're Another. Mr Pulitzer's paper. The World, retorts by calling P.esilent Roosevelt a bully and wholesale slanderer, and a bull-dozar of Judges.
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    EASY FINANCE.
    9 7 The South Maiichurian Loan was oversubscribed ten-fold.
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    CHENDAI-MENGLEMBU AMALGAMATION.
    47 7 Successfully Concluded. Ipob. Ree De_ 18. The secretary to the Chend ii Mining Syndicate informs us that a telegram has been received to-day from England, stating that the matter cf the amalgamation of the Chendai Lode Syndicate and the Menglembu Mine Syndicate has beea concluded.
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    SABANG AND SINGAPORE.
    129 7 With reference to the desertion of Singapore for Sabang a. a coaling station, dealt with by a Correspondent 'Interested" in his letter headed Plain Words," we are informed on the bes*; authority that the St Patrick did not go to Sibang to take 700 tons of coals,
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    263 7 Te Liang, President of the Board of War, proposes that the whole Chinese Army should ba placed under his direct command. The T-vilight Football Association will meet the Straits Chinese Recreation Club at soccer on the latter's grouud this afternoon. The Rugbv match arranged for last evening was not able
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    END OF LEGAL BATTLE.
    1251 7 JUDGES' UNENVIABLE TASK. Widows' Appeal Case POINTS IN THB ARGUMENTS. Argument in the many widows case which was brought to a close in the Court of Appeal yesterday, res dives itself under the following heads That Tan Seok Yang is the only lawful widow of Choo
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    PREPARATORY SCHOOL.
    515 7 Children Almost too Happy." School, generally speaking, is not regarded as a popular institution among the young generation. But there are exceptions, and the preparatory school for Chinese children uuder tan years of age, at Cross S.reet, i_ one such. Visitors to tha school yesterday, when the annual
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    90 7 Cs ptain W. H. C. Daw, 3rd Bn. Middlesex R Q gt\ will be the Visitor at the Detention Barracks, for ensuing week. The famous Withers Corc3rt Companv, which comprises Madame Sobrino, the renowned operatic prima donna, Mr Herbert Withers, the English master of the cello, Madam Edzy (Mrs Herbert
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      412 7 RU HH I Q favourably knefwn for IflUriflLiO 50 years in the Straits. Boudoir, Concert Grand, Grand* Upright Grand. Pianola. J I It Al t\\ The Bcst and the Cheapest in thc riANUo Markt w SHOW ROOMS, 375 Victoria Street. A. FRANKEL Co., Sub-Agents. Fiii° DO it now! That's why
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    HINTS ON HEALTH.
    678 8 PROM THE MEDICAL PAPERS. Things Wobth knowing. Truit acids are excellent to relieve a rheumatic condition cf the system. If your feet ache after dancing, soak toem before you get into bed in hot bay salt and water, dry them and rub briskly, especially about the ankles,
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    ROUND THE WORLD CRUISE.
    175 8 Although the Admiralty has denied the report that a round the-world cruise of British warships is contemplated, statements continue to come from London to the effect that such a 3tep will be taken. A London cablegram, under date of November 7th, to United States newspapers says
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      61 8 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION Co, Ltd. For Port Swettenham and Penang. The Company's KISTNA, 1.182 tons, H. P Learmont, a.N__., Command*] will leave the Singapore Boada for the above porta every Wednesday afternoon at 2.80 pan., arriving at Port Swettenham In time to connect with the 8.80 a.m. train for
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      482 8 SHIPPING. 1 NXK. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. \i B A regular FORTNIGHTLY Serr^ce is ■uLXd between Japar i and Bujog > by £e j following NEW TWIN SCREW STBAMER uiDM Mail Contacts with THS IMPIBIAL JaPAN.S. GOVMNM.NT. Snecially designed for the Company s Europrovided with excellent accommodation for First
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      1288 8 SHIPPING 3CEAN STEAM SHIP Co. Ltd. AND _ina Mutual Steam Nav. Co. LtdThe Companies' steamers are despatched from iverpool outwards for the Straits, China and ipan every week, and from Japan homewards >r London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fort- ight for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and A >r Marseilles, Havre
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      663 8 SHIPPING. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE, HAMBURG. The steamers of this Company maintain a N jgolar service between Hamburg, Bremen Si ntwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, hina and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly )r Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Iremerbaven direct, calling at Penang and lolombo. I
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      569 8 SHIPPING. NJXL [orddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAH MAIL LINE The faet and well-known mail steamers iia Company tail fortnightly from Bremer. amburg ria Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamptor ibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marseili^ aplee Alexandria and vioe versa) Port Said ae_, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Horn. .ng, Shanghai, Nagasaki k Kobe to
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    POPE'S JUBILEE.
    1041 9 GORGEOUS CEHEMOKY. Rome was aroused early thi. morning (i 7th at.) by the pealing 0 f bells from hundreds of churches, announcing the ceremonies for -t Popes sacerdotal jubilee. This mTa of the greatest solemnity, as it is Ctwent/ fourth anniversary of the Pope's el consecration, and the
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    PACIFIC COAST FREIGHT.
    519 9 To be Handled via Isthmus. An agreement of far reaching consequences has jaat. says a San Francisco journal, been r^ > ten of the lar Best steamship com Pan f fche worU The ten n .J_ have concluded a traffic arrangement for the handling of freight direct
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    HEREDITY IN DISEASE.
    261 9 A special meeting of the Fellows of the Royal Society of Medicine was held for tbe purpose of discussing the influence of heredity on disease, especially with regard to cancer tuberculosis, and diseases of the nervous system. The debate was opened by Sir William S. Church M.D.,
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    BRITISH BORNEO PARA RUBBER.
    206 9 BRITISH BORNEO PARA RUBBER. The report of the British Borne? Para Rubber Company, Lmited, states that it was mentioned in the report for last year that the area then planted amounted to 1,187 acres that a further 173 acres had been foiled but not planted, and that the directors did
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    SIR ANDBEW FRASER ON EDUCATION IN INDIA
    399 9 During tbe biief stay in Ceylon of Sir Andrew Fraser, tbe r%tiring Lieutenant Goternor of Bengal, who ie now on bis way borne to England, I e attended the prize distribution of Trinity College, Kandy, a missionary institution tbat is directed by bis
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    U.S. & THE PACIFIC.
    377 9 U.S. THE PACIFIC. PASSIM- OF THE AMERICAN Fl_A<; The San Francisco correspondent of the Standard writes c n 2<>th ult All California is asking the «(Uestion Shall the American flag be driven from tbe seas V There is every promise of a reply in the affirmative. It cost6 less to
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    THE HEDJAZ RAILWAY AND CHOLERA.
    258 9 Tbe advance of civilisation has its drawbacks as well as its advantages, and the Allahabad paper points out tbat the opening of the Hedj z railway seems to bave caused some anxiety among those who interest themselves in th* health of E a rope. The
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      44 9 No Experiment Yoa are not experimenting when you buy •Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. ting a preparation that has an f^'ff J* pntation foTgood, backed by a third of a cen tury's constant use. It is fc— jf»Jg P t cures of coughs, cold* croup and
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      608 9 CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR ALL AT WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW Co., Ltd FOR ONE DAY ONLY Monday, Dec 21st Every Purchaser of $5.00 Worth of Goods WILL BE PRESENTED WITH ONE OP THE FOLLOWING A Self Colored Poplin Tie for Gents A Cake of Toilet Soap A Fan A Bottle of Perfume Five
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      584 9 jm Are your lips white, #Hw your cheeks colorless, 11 -11 y our ears t rans P aren _^4J And do you look thin It^i^lKyiyKj' take much W^^^SjfP}. ima g ina \EZm*dy?>\ blooming 1 f y 'cheeks, and -a bright, cheerful face, in every bottle of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. If your
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    RUBBER CULTIVATION IN BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.
    1565 10 The possibilities of rubber cultivation in Ceylon and Malaya have been given so much publicity, that the conditions of less known countries quite as suitable have not received the attention they deserved. We propose to bring to notice the advantages of Borneo, -which, with
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    THE CITY OF CANTON.
    1270 10 Canton ia one of the Chinese towns that to this day shows little trace of foreign influence, and the first realisation of the stranger who sails into the harbour, in one of the beautiful river boats, over a deep grey, placid river, past rows of sampans
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      379 10 Passengers Tor the Straits. Per PAO Nyanza, dne Deo 24.— Mrs P. M tkenzte, Mr and Mis 11. Deny, Mr HC Bovier, MrT. A. Redfern, Lance-Cor-poral F. W. Harrison, Mr M Johnson, Mi W. Nicholas, Mrs White, Mies M. Johnson To Penan-. Mis Whiteside, |Mr E. B. Williams, Mr F.
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      172 10 i ASAHI __H —9m Pare, Refreshing, Qheap I jHll 1 DC CD |i! bßh i D_c.t__.rf. jjmß^&jL Retailed by all GROCERS HOTELS. ■I ■fl Bi fl WHOLESALE ONLY FROM I I IH _P e tsu ussan a sha I >^V-f_s_^V SOLE AGENTS FOR: 1 M Minnnn P^^jl Brewery Co., Ltd.
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      510 10 THE Singapore Free Press, Morning Daily. To Our Readers. The Singapore Free Press is toe Morning Daily, and is on H_ls at Am from an early hour each lnormug (Sun excepted). Cash price Ten Cents Subscribers' copies will slivered a their private residences, (oi townoffices j. .downs if pfeioned) by
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    DANoER OF INVASION.
    638 11 Lord Robkrts Alarh.d DEBIT TH. LORDS London, Nov. 24 I n tha tt yesterday, Lord Roberts bas r Lords Chief of the British flrmV d£; f**^" lo speech on defence matjj That the defence of th sitates the Government'. im c untr y necestothe provision Q an
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    THE CABLE MANIPULATION OF A CRISIS.
    210 11 U eaee (says the A. ian) the world at large 1 be doll and hard up for something to i ike its leak creep a sensation that hutnattitj sl I »r^e really enjoys, however much it ty protest to the contrary Reuter's men. ked
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    32 11 Ladies who are about to become mothers, and those courageous women who nurse their own children, derive assistance and prevent the heavy drain on their strength, I.tt r» _u__ t _.-.-«_.__«s_«r_f_a_« of
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      600 11 TO LRTm eMde »ee for one month. Rent $12 H. L. Coghlan Co., __Dec 19 House Agen tp. TO BE LET b^St^T 1 plea r t,y ■*«*> °agh Road°Tau e L A T mara h M N 36, Ca, *u, jangliQ. Immediate entry. Ife 17 t0 P WELL Co., A^ent,
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      600 11 On the Berth. 5 BBITISH INDIA S. N. Co., I FOR tg. Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne Syd THE COMPANY'S STEAMER UGANDA 5,431 tons, J. Kilpatrick, r.n.r., Comman miy be expected to arrive on or about Bth January. 1909, and will have proi despatch for above ports. For freight and passage apply
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      595 11 EXCHANGE. (Corrected up to Dec 18 > Bank 4 m,. nom ltd. demand M 2,8f Pnrate credit* 3 m/a 2/4-' ney ouT CTB ti 6m 2/4| Prakoi, demand Bank 291 G.»ai___KT, demand der gW*-*. 174* the soi5 oir «o»«. demand 27% YoKoaufA, demand nom 11 fi Java, demand j 391
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      837 11 I SHARES. Cg** Capital lass*, Pm MINE a •iJETL B Valot op Company f>__nt ♦300,000 300,000 10 10 Bel_._ Tin v_„- n~ t_.j <*•<*_*•• 1300,000 225 000 10 10 b™_LT? M 725 1600,000 600 eco io io S^iJT*? 80 £400.000 350,000 1 DnTn B D W 10 WOO,OOO 375 000
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    864 12 Ordinary Meeting, Friday Dec 18 Present:— Mr EG. Broadrick^ (President) Dr Fowlie and Messrs A. W. Bailey, Wm Macbean. C. W. Pirbishire, Gog Tek Lim. Cheng Keng L.e. C I. Carver, A. J. W. Watkins, also R. Peirce (Engineer) and F. J. Ben j afield (acting Secretary), Minutes,
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    THE CHRISTMAS MATCHES.
    1090 12 ESTIMATE3 OF TEAMS Bt EXPERTS. Singapore. The prospers of Singapore in the Rugby Match against Selangor are particularly bright this year. The difficulty will be m knowing who to leave out of the team, as quite a number of men have been turning out for the vaiious
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    BANNON'S THUMB.
    577 12 CRY OF" FOUL!" END3 WRESTLING MATCH. Doctors Called EXCITEMENT at theatre royal None, cut of the large audience in the Theatre Royal last night, not even those who sat round the elge of tbe mat itself, could tell exactly how Peter Bmnon, the wrestler, come to be disabled
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      119 12 BOWLING. Tanolin Club v. Teutonia Club. The first stage of the Annual Match between the above Clubs was rolled off on Thursday night at the Tanglin Club. The scores made up to date are given below. The tinal stage will take place on Saturday (19_h inst) at the Teutonia Club
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      639 12 SHIPPING NOTES. The outward mail steamer Assaye ft Penang at 130 a.m. yesterday, and iay be expected at Singapore at 7 a.m this torning. The British steamer Headley arrived from iew York yesterday with 31,000 ca_e3 of il for Singipor., and 99,500 cases for Ihefoo. The Shipping and the Import
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      757 12 VESSELS JN PORT. Man-of-war Flaj? ani Tons Coramandera Arrived From For Wt*a Patria Port, g'bt 636 AftVeixo Dec 16 Lisbon Macao Delphin Ger. yacht 167 Ibbinken Dec 14 Colombo Unceitain Thalang Siam yacht ll 7 Lingaard Dec 17 Penang Bangkok 20 Ship Flasr Tons Master Arrived From Consignee For When
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