The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 December 1908

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1 12 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, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1908. NO. 6,482
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    146 1 Singapore beat Selangor at Rugby last night by two eroali to oil.— P_ge 1:2. Pittsburg Municipal Commies ooers bave been having a good time cd it with graft Prtge 7. The Shah a'tribu'es his recent change of face to the attempt made to force his h.jii 1.
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    "A GOOD SORT'S" TRAGEDY.
    1148 1  -  H. B. S. Ata Bi.tul_.a3 loaeheoa ia mi old world) 1 ml Luxuri me b >taJ iritisi trmmbt sm i I k_4i four pri»cip_J ibor iijUum of biaterio c.iihfdia 1 citr, l rtoratlj discovert na wh, in it ii tbe cuttom to ilap b_«rtilv on the
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      224 1 LAST DAYS OF OUR PJCWjAII Further reductions to dear surplus stocks 25 per cent off marked Prices. _________a______________a_____a_____gwjM|iMP«Mg|^ y»j^»^ MB Mmi ROYAL HOTEL, PAYAH LLBAP, TRAM TERMINUS, SINGATORF. Patrons are hereby informed that the New H_ll of the Royal Hotel is fitted with elec" trie light* and bun trill be
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      327 1 the new Japanese Harima Hall Cinematograph, *<»** Bridge beach boad tent. Grand Cinematograph Exhibition nightly. VERY IMPORTANT. TO-NIGHT HALL Coolest and Best. GP3tld GhSFiiiß MOT! Brightest and Steadiest. PICTURE3 Costliest and Latest. TO-NIGHT. MUSIC Sweetest and Softest. NEW PICTURES. ALL SELECTED P.CTUR.S TQ maktin- s,„b.,ta. rs Harima Hall DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLET
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      106 1 Entertainments. Alhambra GREETINGS. J\ tfkrry Christmas Co M. L. F. WILLIS, Manager. HALES TOURS. THIS EXHIBIT lON WILL CLOSE Dec. 3 1st* Next. The most interesting trips will be made each night from 7to 11 until that time. For private .seances, address The Manages, HALES TOURS, Gresham House, Singapore. THEATREROYAL
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      68 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. The Gillette Safety Razor, Robinson an J Co. Page 7. An old fried, the Royal Hotel, under a new name— Page 1. Seasonable hubbly water at Caldbeck Macgrfgor Page 6. Godown to let in Martin rd Page 11. Straits Trading Co. divided Pfege Notice by Clip Shin Miaw
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      395 1 THE WEEK. Friday, 25th High Water.— lU 58 a. Christmas Day. Service at Presbyterian Church, S a Soccer: Singapore v Selangor. N.D.L. Hail Outward due." Saturday, 26ih High Water.— o.3o a., 11.40 p Xo issue of Singapore Fv^a Press. B I Mail Ontward dne. Hockey 'ingapore w Selangor. Garrison Golf
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    "SINGAPORE, A FREE PORT."
    130 2 A Corresponded writes. Tlte Ameri cm be raiionliii- J L Ev.ston, built in 1900, s__M down to Singapora from P.nang Wb3 rep.irel, barilla! s_f_--rcd damage to her ke and _-en_. H-r owner, sent C_-p? K B.nneche Iron San FtancJaeo to see the work done and lht-n
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    BACON FOR BRITISHERS.
    195 2 If the average home bird could Hit spend a day— perhaps a fen minutes would suffice MMBg Um piga of Hoiho-w and watch] them a-* they aaabJa their r.i/. or- backed bodie? through muddy lanes, or contemplatively gata oa them SI they sport vely wallow in the
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    IPOH GOLF CLUB.
    105 2 A capital muster of close on thirty were present on the Ipoh links to compete in a competition which was against "Colonel Bogt-y." 2 roenda under handicap I The course was in tine order, the weather satisfactory, and the list included many visitors. When the registers sent
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    THE SPITTING ORDINANCE.
    103 2 In connection with an amendment to the Minor Offeacea Ordiuance which forbids spitting in public places, etc instructions have been issued to tbe Police forbidding wholesale arrests for breaches of this offence. Except under exceptional circumstances, the pro.edare is to be by summons, but the Assistant Superintendents
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    ADVENTURE WITH SHARES.
    219 2 Brave Bed Sea Lighthouse Keepers. The list of awards for gallantry issued recently by the Royal Humane Society recalls the heroism of two Englishmen, C. W. Dore and T. O, Jenkins, who keep the Ras Sharib Lighthouse on the Bed Sea, and records a typical Ued Sea
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      325 2 KATZ BROS, LTD. _____________________-__P»«_-—_- ■i_^F^^__t_«_______—__»_-_"-"^™^^ M i^ ,M^^ M^ WMM, „M M>M *^^-i-_------> The favourite HAM in this market When buying HAMS See you get HUNTERS it is worth your while to insist upon this. Oan be obtained from all Provision dealers and from the Sole Agents KATZ BROTHERS, L?
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      702 2 NOTWES. NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given by Chop Shin Miaw Lian Kee that no clerk or servant in their employment has their authority to buy goods on credit to borrow money or to enter into guarantees and all such purchases loans and guarantees will in future be repudiated. Dated 14th
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      464 2 INSURANGES. FEDER-iTUFE Assurance Company of Canada. Established 1881. Capital and Assets exceed 4,000,000 Cold Dollars. J. H. EVANS, Manager. S"uth Eastern Asia. BURGLARY HOUSEBREAKING THEFT. Policies covering these risks are issued by the COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. Terms on application to The Branch Manager. NovJ7 7.2 NEW ZEALAND INSURANT
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      642 2 BANJCS. Hongkong Shanghai Banfcn_ Corporation. Paid-up Capitis $15,000 fVj_ Rbservb Fcnd: Sterling Reserve $1 1,000,000 Silver Reserve $1 _,Ooo,Oou 2:i iK *oC«>o Rbsbbvb Li ability of PftOPftlßTOftS....... 115,000, Q CotTET OF DIKaCTO_US. E. BNoKiMt, Esq. Hon. Mr. W. J. GNhmbom Daren C___ E. G Baerktt, Esq. CL K L«nzma*«s 'tl-
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    A COLONIAL GOVERNORS DAILY GRIND.
    996 3 Bl _s EU.IXC.iN"TH EhlP Review." No harder- worked servant of the E__p ire to be tound tha* the Colonial Governor who takes seriously his multifarious dnties lIS ies those routine* dnties of the day's work re a.so devolve, upon His Excellency .he responsibility 0 f
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    NO BID FOR AN ISLAND.
    110 3 Mr A Irian Lum:^ out tbe island of N *tk D it, ia the Outer Hebrides, np tor am e ai T ftaafroQM yard aud did not get a It was belonged to the family of >.r Arthur J GaaipbeU Orde for three generations, mis
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    TROPICAL DISEASES AND CLOTHING.
    917 3 TROPICAL DISEASES AND CLOTHING. opinion has O ;Ltl 7 a r d i bi^ tha < British prunes of a XZ rllf great standing 0 f tropical _1L ledge &nd Under the doctors otTiZ^ i**',"*™* 1 ™°»S Monies aa d dtpt^^ 0r places where the < __f! the tr °P
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    DUTCH COASTING TRADE.
    116 3 Hamburg, October, 30. For some time past German shipping eir-,V3h-ve confined of the effect* of com- S part of the Dutch e^tmg trade The Imperial authorises order. d the Zt Chambers of Commerce vanon, poit to report upon the state ot iffaira. The re I -e u=t
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    PLUCK OF A DELHI PRINCE.
    271 3 Constable Bitten bv a Lethe. At tbe grand stand of the Rangoon races on the 30th November Manuel alias Alanivelu was discovered picking pockets, and was arrested by heal constab'e Muhammad Jaital. Macu-1 is a leper aDd suffers in addition from some other form cf
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      5 3 Riiraud's Bocool Extract an exact
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      30 3 _r in Chambei lain's Cough Remedy. ;Ko °P lum f rticle of opium or other narcotic mChamDcrm pffered tQ D£Ver _S TiiSS e a "edicineforachild ♦fc*» Dubhc It is asst"
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      586 3 __H__ v^ '■•s>* Jl^Ai _-_r\___W WEAK AND ILL FROM WANT OF BLOOD. Anaemic Girl's Hi:altii Restored in t Singapore by OR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS. It was about a year and a half ago that my daughter Clara first showed signs of Anaemia," said Mrs. C. Attias, of 250, Beneoolen Street,
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      586 3 GARRETT'S Portable Engines. S' '4*w*_^ £_r>' jfti> "&r?f v -■%<*' Fitted with patent economical Fire-box for burning wood fuel* OVER 50 IN USE IN THE F. M. S. 10, 12 IU H.P. in stock. BORNEO'CO., LTD. Where "D. M." BOILER COMPOSITION is used A little "D.HL" introduced into a boiler
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      908 3 BYIKHANI RACE MEETING 1909. RACE COURSE. Saturday. 13u_ February. 1909. 1. Hunter's Hurdle Race. A Cap presented by EL E. M&jj-r-General T. Ptrrott, Cl. A hurd'e race f r horaei that have never won a flat race or hurjle race value {50. Catch weights 12st. 71_. and over. Galloways (14.2
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    THE SPORTING WORLD.
    1887 4 (From Our Speriil Correspondent) LoLd >d, Nov. 26, 08. I The Turf. The flit racing s.ason ends to morrow and it _SkB be,n a very unlucky one for backers. Not only have outsiders scored heavilv in the classics and big handicap?, but even in minor events the
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    DISAPPEARANCE OF A PRINCE.
    107 4 Paris, Oct. SO. Two dusky princes, Souphanovoug, son of King Sisowath of Cambodia, and Ouanilo, son of King Behanzin of Dahomey, are causing much anxiety to a paternal Minster of the Colonies. The young men suffer from a Tiolent liking for life in Paris and refuse
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    1473 4 STEAMtKS. Grivi'ng port of departure, and (where knovg>) date due here, and name of Agent*. Andalusia, Hongkong, Jan I B. hn Hever. A. L. Treville, Saigon, Das M. Plants. A. Apcar, Hongkoug, F_b P Sin,. h Astyanax, China, JaD Mansfie d Awa Maru, London, Jan 4 Pal Bis
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      733 4 G9 lIP Celebrated Oilmen's Stores WM HB Agents for LEA PERRIN'S WORCESTERSHIRE SAICE |f§pr Crosse Blackwell, Ltd. —l '■■»»".^»»™™i»MlM.Mi«»»MMi»WWMMM"i"»l»"^ l^^^"™'^^^_ !^^||!3ZmmZmmZ________ZZ-m_______ ________________________K__aMM__Mrr Riley, Hargreaves <8b Co., Ltd., HAVE PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING THAT THEY ARE APPOINTED =^^SQLE _gnig.VT_S-g-S===== FOR BRITISH INSULATED HELSBY CABLES, LTD., MANUFACTURERS OF WIRES AND CABLES FOR EVERY
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      251 4 YOUR TEETH _^r^2_K __&^^-^K YOUR HEALTH.^wf^#^2^ Keep your teeth in condition by consulting NG POO CHOW DENTIST DENTAL SUPPLIES 94. South Bridge Road. Singapore. Special Consulting Boon, for Ladies and Gentlemen. High Gtt_H Mechanical Work for the Profession. Gold Filling. Plate Bridge Work, Crown Vulcanites. Teeth extracted without pain. Fees
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      1059 5 L^ia. KIOHTS Ksskkved.j HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS FOR LAZY MEN. VII. BURMA, BY JOHN FOSTER FRASER ot -Ut.'. Contra,t, «i|_ -ivtu,,, _,r_: s__^j*f When British people pushing enthusiast over the S? ened their d Japan thev might turn ?^llV mmmi ■r>» bit of thoar ow^ a emtlJ? ht^ 9yw •ki i
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      319 5 SHERIFr'6 SALE Seizure and Sale 448 of 1908. IN THE CAUSE OF Soona Moona Raveaa Mana Sumasundaram Chetty Plaintiff versus Tan Choon Chew Ong Kam Neo. Defendants THI UNDERSIGNED HAS KECEIViD IN.STP.UCTION3 TO SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTON At his Sales Room No. 13, Raffles Place, on Thursday, the 31st Dec.,
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      577 5 ZtUQTIONS. Mortgagee's Sale of Land and Bungalow, Tuesday, 29th December, at 2.30 pm. Freehold land, area 34,934 pquare feet being lots 743 to 760 of Grant No. 1. Together with the tile-roof bungalow erected thereon and known as No. 73, eff Telok Kerau Road, Singapore. Parsons ft Rhodes, Solicitors. POWELL
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      382 5 AUeTIONS. ~RB PERTILB &T(Bo7 IN BANKRUPTCY. Sale of Office Furniture &c. The undersigned has received instructions TO SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION at tbe Office of FERTILE ft Co De Souza-st. On Honiay, 28th December, at 2 p.m. Iron safes, Typewriters, Clocks, Writing tables, Desks, Book cases, Almeirahs, Bentwood chairs, Writing
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      284 5 KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPY (ROYAL DUTCH PACKET COMPANY) CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. REITTRN TICKETS Ist and 2nd class at SINGLE rates will be issued from Singapore to BATAVIA and SOURABAJA, available for use between tbe 15tb December 1908 and tbe 15tb January. 1909 Fares Batavia Ist class $45. 2nd class $27. Sourabaja (direct)
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      Death.
      47 6 Ou the 20th instant, in her 93th year, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. P. J. Nelson, Bumside,' Taiping, Perak, Janet Pasley, widow of the late James Duncan Pasley, Commissioner of Police and Magistrate, Province WeLesley, and Penang. English and New Zealand papers please copy.
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    The Singapore Free Press. Friday, Dec. 25, 1908.
    1525 6 The Singapore Free Press. Friday, Dec. 25, 1908. Here -ha!' _h_ Press the People's right maintain, l T nv eii b> influence and unbribed by pain; Here patriot Truth h~ r giortoos precepts draw. Pie d to Religion, Loyalty and I_.w, A quite obscure little telcg am from Calcutta ia
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    851 6 > To all our readers, to all meD, we wish a merry Christmas, lu the words of the old English carol. Then let us all rejoice amain On Christmas day in the morning. Emperor William is sending to King Edward, as a Christmas present, several beautiful art vases which are
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    TO-MORROW'S CONCERT.
    207 6 At the Boust.ad Institute fir to m tr w night there is arranged an excellent p gramme for ili3 Y. M. C. A Cnris'iu,, Concert, commencing at 8o pin. object of the concert is the laudab giving tnat stur, 'y class nll-ths round workers at T a j
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    JAVA NOTES.
    303 6 {From mar mm B itawie, 1 |f> Van Sluyters he. been permitted ac mpt the I »dei i 1 the On wn si J aly. <>j th^ 17.h iris? a ni~et was held in lupport of the Elective franchise foi a men, and a Net hei I md-
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    COURT OF APPEAL.
    120 6 K_i E___oo Bbos \v lm J a tbe Court c I __ppesJ Feeterdsi the Chief Justice, >r \v H H- Intse Josses, Iff J list ios Fisher, snd N isf I Braddell, tlie bearing smi tmmi lof the anm is_ whi_h Khoo Seok W u ssslsi against
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    THE GAZETTE.
    113 6 New postage rate^ on paSSSjfa l A are published. Rules are published dealing with ths I of cyanide of potassium. Vi > is 'lie chemical used largely in con ind the rules have doubtless been brougl I fact that iu verv BJ anv c.ts< lately the chenuca! when
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      188 6 OBTAINABLE IN ALL FIRST CLASS HOTELS. I SOLI AGENTS I UK ABOVB 3 BRANDS. ._LPB£g/f, MUGGREGOR Go., Singapore.] I \JM Af D Mm PALE DRY CREAMING „F'_f_Hßsf\ Qts. per case $36.00 f/jPf^'l I-i £39.00 H' 1 J li Baby per doz. $10.50 Ei -7^_W_R_A--r/. SOLE AGENTS fcs§a John Little 0
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      83 6 PIANOS SALE 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 ROBINSON PIANO Co., LIMITED. ■_R________HB___R ■■i NOTICE. G. R. Lambert Co., LIMITED, recall to the public that they are the only
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    PITTSBURG COUNCILLORS.
    70 7 PITTSBURG COUNCILLORS. Six Righteous. Bj Submarine .Telegraph.- Renter's) I deceived at 6.45 pm enquiry bas been held into Municipal iption m Pittsburg, Penes* Uania TT -A. L. Ihowud that sixty Town Councillors I i^ l^ »^n a nngle undertaking f Bii cr the Council were unanproach' able. ktshnifl hi the
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    SHAH'S REASONS.
    49 7 Wouldn't be Hurried. r*s ooVtespondont at Teheran tmje response to A iglo-Kusrian rep*. ne, the Shan declared that ho was 'P :L:r «*«»ting bk pledges when kW to fores bis band by going ash Smbassj. His Bfajsato lefueed to publisb the I the _e,v elections until thev
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    LABOUR LEADERS IN AMERICA.
    89 7 Jailed for Blacklisting, Standard Oil Again. X: W ishii :i the labour Inadrrn Cbm M lu 1 M Trism have been Ben. I te twelve, nine aud six months imprinseal ifjepceiiseij f or disv^_rding an in- f tin. CnSttt SSjSIM. blacklisting a lin eosnpnnj hi their
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    VENEZUELA SUCCUMBS.
    53 7 D Settle Up and Settle Down. i B_j_k el Venezuela has teiegl iphed Berlin and Pari, cancelling President ■ti nn____n__ted letter of credit See i' .;i, the ex- F .rei^n Minister, profa 'o Em ■£>' io settle Venezuela's dispute wit 'Le Powei i. I ha. telegraphed ordering aces-
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    CANADA'S OPIUM COMMISSIONER.
    42 7 CANADA'S OPIUM COMMISSIONER. b M kesum King, the Canadian delegate thn Shanghai Opium Conference. has an i sed in L sndon, He will stay in India as long as possible at way so Shanghai in order te invest* litJona m ladi i.
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    FRENCH ARTILLERY.
    22 7 Kee Dec 9*. &21 pniThe French Chansbet of [>eputies has sd U s bill providing Im the increase of i•-
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    FIFTY YEARS OF TIN STATISTICS.
    172 7 L i 0. Bansees) have been favoured losers Prance and Ssaith, the well-known metal Ir ban with the following figures. agths hi (heel psvoa touched bf tin during m 18. 7 to 1907, and m ths Str tits from 1882 to IW< r* _m Pri.-P
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    AUSTRIA'S PROPOSALS.
    62 7 Difficultly in tbe Way. Submarine TTle- p! Eeu!6 s) ■iSS__V Dote ,0 ,1,a Poww n u and H 803. and ™«3gOT__, point. on £w- oe Aus an Ma '|^u be uuil e (o Ua *^*a-Hf«-fc.«A____, -reemsn.. aa ,i Ja t h:U Um Conference mint define t\» Boom. S
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    ROBBERY AT IPOH.
    45 7 Irrmm cur (7/ Correspondent.) If**, Dec 24. rhereiidenes cf If, Robert Keller the Wswtanl mana^r cf Messrs Howarth Erskuw here, was entered by burglars last lugnt and jewellery v lUlvi ut 2 ,00a was stolen. Thsreiean epidemic of burglaries here just now.
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    THE INDIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT.
    387 7 Allahabad, December 13, The Pioneer discussing the Anarchist h h says Sir Harvey Adamsou's exposition of the development of the anarchist movement shows conclusively what has lon- been becoming apparent from the police reports that th. Bengal anarchists as a body, instead of being inspired by
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    "PARIAH" NOTABILITIES.
    159 7  -  A. A. K. With referece? to the statement maue iu Monday'* turn-over that "religion has nothing te de with ciste" and the treatment of the BC-Calkd pariahs as inferiors bv tbe M highest caste--, it may be interesting to mention a few pariah notabilities. The great si_e \'^\.i
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    TRANS-PACIFIC ROUTE.
    66 7 Xkw T.K.K. Steam hk. Tbc «^,S_____t nn the Trans Pacific iun siaru This palatial f* 6 mo nth.s in the 89 Tenyo Maru, for nsienai ve ervice, and ?^£^l_aown to the latest modern J— barner of the maritime world ,sno a with wire ess latest approved type^eq sly
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1695 7 Qi't>-,jt<id agumi homines nostri ed farrago llbelli -i J J Juvenal. To his many friends and admirers— and is their name not L-gion r— the Topicist wishes all tha season ible joys, such as they are her* of a Merry Christmas. "What, bo varle\ below there,
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    THE ORIENTAL AND THE "DRUG HABIT."
    217 7 THE ORIENTAL AND THE DRUG HABIT." While the Oriental mind may be slow in assimilating some of the better features of Western life, it appears to seize with alacrity upon the alcoholic and other abases which constitute Bach a feature of present day civilisation. An instance of this appears in
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      19 7 Some one asVed Max Nordau to defioe the difference between geniu3 and insanity. Well." Raid thft »ntr>Or nf Doorpnerafirm
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      418 7 ROBINSON &Co. THE GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR. ONE Cf THE MOST PERFECT SAFETY SHAVERS rhe Gillette Safety Razor is made o .< A if So id Metal, Triple Silver Plated, ."VOU V <! U J *t\ _M_ 18 supplied with 13 Blade* each S^'^«<_--' __wf*»-L, a J Every blade set ready
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    SOLICITOR STRUCK OFF THE ROLLS.
    1006 8 The Case or Mr»A. R. Lowell. Iq tbe Supreme Court'yesterday afternoon judgment was delivered in the case in which application had been made to strike Mr A. 3_. Lowell, advocate and solicitor, off the roll of advocates and solicitors of the Court. Mr C. I.
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    58 8 A 'Western judge, sitting in chambers, seeing from the pile, of papers in the lawyers' hands that the first case was likely to be hotly contend asked What is the amount in JP^tiou Two dollars. 6a id the plaintiff s counsel. "PH pay it." said the jud^e handing over ;the
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      533 8 SHIPPING. Apcar Line. The undermentioned mall steamers of the above company maintain a regular service between Calcutta and Japan calling at Penang, Singapore, Hongkong Shanghai en route. FLEET. Tons. Commander. s.s. Japan 6,300 J. G. Olifent. s.s. Gregory Apcar 4,606 S. H. Belson.! s.s. Arratoon Apcar 4,510 A. Stewart. s.s.
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      707 8 SHIPPING. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. For Chine, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading issued for Ohina Ooast, Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore oa or about MAIL LINES. Outward (for China) Delhi Jan. 1 Delta
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      729 8 SHIPPING OCEAN STEAM SHIP Co. Ltd. AND China Mutual Steam Nav. 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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      666 8 SHIPPING. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE, HAMBURG, j The steamers of this Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and Colombo. Taking cargo
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      527 8 SHIPPING. KM. Norddeutscher Lloyd. Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN KAIL LINE The fast and well-known mail steamerthis Company aail fortnightly from BreuH* Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, South an, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marse Naplea, Alexandria and vioe versa) Port Sai Suae, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, I kong, Shanghai, Nagasaki 4 Kobe to
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    SINGAPORE ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS.
    1202 9 :ts of the Year's Workiv. I.:s< hiked as More Favourable r unary general meeting was held on 20, Mr Frank A. Swettenham (chair™ company) presiding chairman vhairman said l: Although the accounts BO w before you to December 31 Ust slm 3S is the net result, there
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    "CHINA IS AWAKE!"
    536 9 Looking to America ■^T-tTSfV M" St s__r_r jears tenu» the endeavor,™ made to promote an all ance between China and the fnited S_te 6 _55pfc»______ Awanßine or China awukenin S W a prodigious fact and will protoundly fc ff, ct the political and commercial interests of tbe
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    THE VIRTUE OF SALT.
    249 9 In the Rangoon Gaaeite X writes A paiagrapa in Taeedaj'a laane of the RanBOOH Gaaette" menti ns extraordinary successful results obtained in the Calcutta Medical College by Injeotirg B strong salt solution into the blood of cholera pati.nts reducing mortality from 60 to 3 per oent
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    MARKET PRICE LIST.
    401 9 The prices quo'ed are generally tliose evrrerd at Clyde Terrace Market. At the other markets there may be small variations. Singapore, 21st December, 1908. Beans, Long per catty 5 do. French do 12 Beef per lb. IB Beef Steak do. *2 Bean Sprouts per catty W{ Bamboo
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    THE LATE HON. MR. H. C. NICOLLE.
    445 9 Ceylon papers announce wi'h great regret the death of Mr H. C Nicolle, Colonial Treasurer of Ceylon, wbich took place bathe Hasten 1 \V_rd of the General Hospital at 3 30a_B, <n Dee Ilth, after a short illness. Tue c _r.ee of death
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    GREAT TRADE BOOM IN AMERICA.
    310 9 Wcrk FOCVD for a Million More Me_*. New York, November 15th. Enormousfortunes have been made by the increase in share values eicce the election of Mr Taft and wave of uncx-impled prosperity is sweeping over the country. Kota than a million men. who were out
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    Passengers for the Straits.
    223 9 Per N. D. L. Prin/ Eitel Fripdri. h, due Dec 26. Consul and Mrs F. L. I.a.<-n. Mbg H v.^n Blajtete, Mr Merty. Mr and Mrs J. C. v-m Son, children and nnrsp. Mr Herman Fiedler, Miss A. M. D. van Rossum, Mr v. d. Eyken.
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      231 9 pIELLY WALSH I X'MAS PRESENTS Gift Books, Prayer and Hymn Books, Birthday Books, Writing Gases, Blotters, Post Gard Albums, Photograph Albums, Real Pig Skin Wallets, Pocket Books, and Tobacco Pouches. Fancy Inkstands, Leather and Metal Frames. THE "0N0T0" SELF FILLING FOUNTAIN PEN. THE "SWAN "FOUNTAIN PEN. CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS. X'MAS
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      200 9 Ayerhs Sarsapa- /Tirvifc^rilla is a ro9r vsy?flr"s^y traveling f|M3| V% tlo with I a I you go away *&3 V"*%^ «< fn.nihomc. It «£3 may save yon a long illness. And if you are uot going away, keep it with you, always, in the house. Sarsaparilla is the best family
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    GROWING TRADE ON THE PACIFIC.
    966 10 HaBBOTJR IMPROVEMENT OS THB American Sidb. While the other ports of the North Pacific facing the Orient are considering schemes of harbour improvement in view of the anticipated growth ef the Pacific shipping trade, and millions of dollars ar« being expended to increase the harbour
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    THE BURMA OILFIELDS.
    49 10 An Im porta Nf New Spring. New., has been received from Burma of the strikirg at a depth of some 1,350 feet in the Yenangyanng field, of oil which is now giving the enormous flow of 160,0CNJ gallons daily. The deepest borings hitherto jmt down in
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    ENGLISH AND GERMAN LOCOMOTIVES.
    438 10 To thb Editor of the Manchester Guabdian. Sir, Your assumption is quite correct, have heard of a contract-specification, but I never heard of one yet, where all was above board, under which a firm tendering could sub stitute a ;in. boiler plate where a .in. was
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    CINEMATOGRAPH FIRES.
    284 10 An Automatic Extihg tjishbb Exhibited There area shown privately in the arena of the Hippodrome recently under the auspices of s member of the London Oonntj nnoil, a simple derice for extinguishing automati cally and instantaneously fires iu cineniatographa. Ores the film waa a tank oi water. ths
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    TWO JAPANESE STEAMERS WRECKED.
    222 10 Hubdsids of Lives Lost. A Chefoo dispatch to the Asahi dated November 30tl says M The Nagata-marn No. B, of which nothing had bl en heard since her departure from Tairen, has been wrecked off Bhu.w_n.shu, aboat 20 miles oust of Chefoo. The steamer was practically
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    CHINA'S NEW REGIME.
    354 10 Feeling of Satisfaction. The Times' Pekin correspondent wrote in a recent letter to that paper .—Wherever I bave visited I find a feeling of satisfaction that the new regime has been installed so peacefully and witb such dignity. The words tbe best thing that could have happened
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    SCIATICA AND RHEUMATISM.
    211 10 Mr. JohD Barrow, residing at 1". I > kl Bradford, Manchester. England, wi shall never fail to recommend Doan'fl 1 ache Kidney Pills to others, lor the has done me wonderful good. For two or three years I what 1 belie /e was sciatica and r There
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      2 10 No Experiment
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      447 10 Bronchial Aitcl Stomach I Catarrh. I Old, Northampton. Dsar Sirs, After suffering: from bronchial catarrh and I Stomach catarrh without relief for several years, I was advised f|j by an eminent authority to try Angler's Emulsion. With a H view to the benefit of those similarly afflicted, I have much
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      317 10 A Good Household Liniment. "When a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm is kept in the house the pains of burns andscalds may be promptly relieved, cuts and bruises quickly healed, swellings promptly need ani rheumatism and neuralgia robbed of their terrors. In fact, fur the household ills, it is just
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      349 10 N. Y. K. JAPAN BAIL STEAMSHIP 00.. Lt: A regular FORTXIGHTLT larrct i maintaJned between J_pa.n and L r IfoUowir.gNEWTVINSCREWiThAMERS. Ukdeb Mail Cc«yTaACT. 1 thi Ik pa rial Japankkb 1 Sp^oifclly designed for ti m C« pean Sei vice.blghtedthroughoiit I y E 1 pro T ided with excellent |_NMMUDO4 I
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    OVER THE CHESS-BOARD.
    76 11 -n. to solace their wearied i -times playe at ches,e, t Ws? the philosov.h.r-_" ttaa thyr witte,, rj^l gf* mirationa should be Problem No. i3. By P. F. Blake, Manchester. Black (10 pieces). tc play and mate in two moves. Xo. 17 .Kotre) is solved as folI
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    JAVA NOTES.
    388 11 Batavia, Dm 19 m eight of th. 16th mst.. mmIre Ideal w_s stolen from the Soma- P Boa An employe is suspected. onenre lo be sericu-dy proposed to Q v^rumeiit buildinga r-n K_a__ngathtem are already several hideooi na, including a railwav station, train- let, mi two wooden shinties,
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    132 11 *~*m rt S ex r. IDg that th Port of S" 81 -g-larlTf etUr 111^ —M th *n nine passen o^S tm lt no fewer ttiune Waska Th There fi rst of a r, 11 h^e three rWnd Com P*^ W.OOO tons each r l mail boat of
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    NEW CHINESE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
    160 11 anl^l^ P h^\ tim Chinese eights e_trlSn^ e dl aZZtom**^* province differs f aUn_ A t^t 6^ aad even in Bt «*«»dard. have obtained, and f 6 toWns car Pentera, surveyors cabl P fr_T i m. n a PP recii^ amount. A ordering the Board
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    EXCHANGE.
    67 11 (Corrected up to Dec 21 Bank 4 m/s nom demand 23| PriTate credits 3m/i M 2/4^ credits 6 m/s 2/4| PaAKOB, demand Bank M 291. G*n____HY, demand 236. Ihdia,T. T, 174| HoNSKOxa, demand 26% Yokohama, demand nom 11 3^ Java, demand 139* Bangkok, demand 66} Soyibbioks, Bank Baying $8
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    PRODUCE.
    146 11 Dec 24 Tin m~ mm. 67.3. Gambier bnyers 9.25 Gambier Onbe No. 1 1i.75 Gambier Onbe No. 2 12.75 Pepper Black (ord'n. S'pora) buyers 11.25 Pepper, White (fair L.W. 6p o buyers 18 50 Nutmegs (110 to tha lb.)_ 1 CO Nutmegs (80 to the la.) 24.00 Mace (Banda)
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    SHARES.
    828 11 £150,000 124.125 P An B IQ M «^y E^bber 00. 410 0 1 1 7/6 Do Do 45 .£140,000 100,375 1 1 Aeiatic Rubber and Prod. 00. 18/--$2OO 000 10.500 flO 10 Balgownio Rubber Estate LU. ?°2(O 2,100 (10 5 m 16c^ 30 000 22 7c 0 i I
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      71 11 me his been received at Rangoon of •:.kin^ at a depth of foaaf thirteen hundred and fifty feet ia tbe Yenangyaun* I oil which ia now giving th. enor- B_* f 1(30.000 gallons daily, ihe -*pf>: borings hitherto put down in this r nmm have been to about 1.200 feet
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      353 11 On the Berth. INDO-CHINA S.N. Co., Ltd. FOR PENANG CALCUTTA. The Company's steamer "NAM SANG" 4.03." tons, P.M. P.. Lake, Commander, will be despatched for the above ports on Tuesday, the 29th December, at 5 p.m. She baa excellent accommodation for saloon panoongora, amidships, carrying a qualified European M.dlcal I
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      625 11 TO let. TO BE LET, Godowns Nos. 3 and 4, Martin Road, near Robertson Quay. Apply to TOMLINSON and LERMIT. jrieeag L Kaffles _yOFFICE aaTletT That spacious and conveniently situated office at D'Almeida street, at present occupied by Messrs Sharpe, Ross Co., Ltd. Entry Ist February 1909. Apply 1, Malacca
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      366 11 WANTED. MINING-ENGLISH. Certificated-Theoretical, and Practical, open for engagement as Manager. Apply to Cassiterite "co" Free Press." Dec 24 29.12 WANTED A thoroughly competent lecbanical and Electrical Engineer for a Mine in tbe Federated Malay States to take charge of a large Dredging Plant (Suction). Copies of qualifications and testimonials must
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      361 11 THE YOKOHAMA DOCK CO., LTD. No. 1 DOCK. No I 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 to
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    THE CHRISTMAS MATCHES.
    771 12 KUGBY: SINGAPORE vs SELANGOR. This was the first of the three games to Le played this Christmas against Selangor, and perhaps tha greatest interest of all centered in it because it was generally held that it would be the moat difficult game of the tbree for tbe
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    FOOTBALL.
    69 12 EL R C v Kr _i_s Lu mpxtb At the. other end of the Plain tLerewa_ ■ore mudlarking. Mud was everywhere; that is le say the players hai a muddy time 1 1 it Thn gi __nd eras in s shocking itste, tu' in interesting .ame was play I.
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    OPIUM AND LIWQUOR IN BURMA.
    104 12 WhQal BBOSi people e_S_d____n opium as harmful there an l>e no doubt that it has vary different effects on different nations tloa A" aiy rate it eau -s a vast waste cf money and energy. Kd; in opium, how .ver, does say) now represent one^uarter
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    THE DINNER TO THE VISITORS.
    874 12 It was a very different crowd from that which came off the field whi^h assembled some hours later in the Hotel de l'Europe. Groomed and cleaned they bore but few faces of the fray and there was no feeling of bitterness left. The teams, together
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    SUBMERGENCE OF NAVAL COAL.
    164 12 SUBMERGENCE OF NAVAL COAL. Extensive experiments in the preservation of coal are to he made at the naval station at Guantananio, Cuba. Some time sgo it was ascertained that foreign governments had resorted to the submergence of fuel at coaling stations as a means of pre^ rving the material. Accordingly
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    FRASER AND CO.'S SHARE CIRCULAR.
    268 12 The little business transacted during the past week has been round about current quotations and calls for no comment. MINING. Sellers cure once a^ain greatly in evidence and Kintas are on offer at $10 _•">. Tekkas 10.00, Tronobs 900, Etambntans BJSO, Salak Souths 7.50, Belats
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    EUROPEAN FOUND DEAD.
    513 12 The b dv of a E iropean was found in s lagoon at Tanjong Pagar on Wednesday. Mr N.lan of the B ustead Institute identified the deceased ss Mr Moir, an engineer on the B rag Wan I. The body wai .P.-— 1 with the exception 'fthe
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    PASSENGERS.
    156 12 Per Hye Leong Mr C. A. Evan, Mr and Mrs McAH.ter, Mr Butler. Per Ipoh Messrs More, Aspechal) Anderson, Dainton, T. de Jong. Huxley. Rogers, Price. A. B. S!ee, M. H. Graham, Coleman, Proudloek, Mynott, \V. 0. A. Dainton, T. H B. Phillips, Dinsmore, N.C. Whittou, Neill, Mustard, P.
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    CLEARANCES.
    170 12 Profit. Nor. str., Olsen, for Bangkok. Dec 24. Laurens Pit, Dut str., Dencker, for Rhio. Van der Lyn, Dut. str, Bab, for Pontianak. Headley, Brit. s'r. Butler, for Chefoo Aj Brit. str. Husband, for (.'ijeu.ulpo via ports Emilie, Dut str., Mahmood, I t Etbio. Hai N.un, Brit, str Phillips,
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      81 12 S_T BAGGAGE We meet passenger steamers on arrival, and are prepared to take charge of Baggage to be delivered to Hotels or Residences. Baggage also put on Board Steamers. Satisfaction guarantied. Moderate rates. Baggage Stored and Insured. Passages booked without extra charge. Motor Cars fnr kirn Carriages -)HH "M»« Goods
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      139 12 «a________________________«___________^^ i Netherlands Guttapercha SINGAPORE RUBBER WOEKS e «m» m <^m*t>ex In ha Rubt_ r Tyre-, ali kinds anl shapes 1 RE-TREADING MOTOR TYRES India Rubber Sheets for Pumpe, Yah Moulded India K .bber (i ode, Valves, E__j g_ i tee,< LUSITANIA SHEETS bar job beet 8k UI kinds of
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      40 12 "li nan pre. r^ uo sotc ea] ei \m rear. orders, and in e bave bees .bed bow r taken place In pulo m sry tu' eheoh the fennel I tion in Erom one I wnr mo: nat »>_t. t. >■.>■..
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      183 12 SHIPPING NOTES. The Siamese yacht Thalang, which left for Bangkok on the 20th, returned on Wednesday owing to bad wtather. The Imperial German mail steamer Prinz Eitel Friedrich having left Penang yesterday at 5 a.m. may be expected to arrive here this morning at 7 a.m. She will probably be
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      215 12 VESSELS AT TANJONG PAGAR AND KEPPEL HARBOUR. Wharves and D'->rk.< at which different meetele were berthed yeeterdav, th Wharf Basin Sultan, New Orleans, Delphin. B. Wharf See 1- T.-s'a. MaZSgOU. Section I— Bbeers Wharf- Nil. .action 2 Bharata. 3 Airlie. 4 Dagmar. 5- 1 1 >i gon. 6 Nil. 7-
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      593 12 VESSELS IN PORT: Shin Flag Tons Master Arrived From C^nsigne* Anghin Ger 1001 Kumpel Dec 2> Hoihow Behn Meyei Asdang Siam 405 Warren Dec 22 Bangkok B. Asiatic Co I Ban Yong Song Brit 980 Angns Dec 23 Paiembang Ho .k B«ng Besitang Dut 270 Moritz Dec 1 7 Saigon
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