The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 31 December 1908
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Title Section17 1908-12-31 1 THE Singapore Free Press AN D MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1908. NO. 6,48017 words
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Article112 1908-12-31 1 Telegrams aro cbmirg m giving details of tin Sicilian earthquake dittgter. lieports state that 100,000 people hive perished aad the Mt^siua and otler t >wns have been wiped out Page 5. A shockirg disaster has occurred at Sungei Btsi mice, where a falling bank buried fourteen coclies112 words
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Article849 1908-12-31 1 Whatever else we luve of discomfort, ill- j health aud mi^f r une m this dismal troj J cal region (soothe (.ainniuti oill it, especial- ft lv those who bare bsen accustomed to I>< k W on the music-ha!! as Uh lii^hes! form <>i m inteliecLual eaj849 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement206 1908-12-31 1 IMPERIAL /X EXTRA SPECIAL I and SPECIAL I LIQUEUR Jssj&jf^ I— /%£> ay SOLEAGENTS: a royal Dialogue. Holloa Friend Oi> I fed a. bis cct cf Wbj Ti I m towi n the New Year's Eve. "WLy where els m we go to 01; the Royal Hotel, Paya Lebar Tram206 words
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Advertisement416 1908-12-31 1 ROYAL HOTEL, PAYAH LEBAR, TRAM TERMINUS, SINGATORF. Patrons are hereby informed that the New H*ll of the Royal Hotel is fitted with electric lights and fans will be opened to Dancing on New Year's Eve, 31st December, 1908. SPECIAL DINNER Provided irom 7-30 to 8-80 p.m. at $1-50 each. Supper416 words
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Advertisement203 1908-12-31 1 Entertainments. A L H A MB BA NEW PROGRAMME. TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT Ist SHOW at 7,30 p.m. 1 1 Silhouettes. 2 My Neighbours are giving a Dance. 3 The Stolen Watch. 4 Elastic Transformations. 5 The Doings of Mr Easyfed. 3 Sportive fetes of the French Music-Hall Artists. The Servant of203 words
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Advertisement111 1908-12-31 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. The Van Rijn tireless wheel P<'-ge 8. Raffles Hotel, New War- Eve dinuer Page 4. Change of programme at fffarimi Hill and the new Japanese.' cinematograph Pa^c 1. Wilson and Co high class photographed Page 4. Notice re Mr Kosting retiring from Boogland's Page :i. A Good Household111 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous426 1908-12-31 1 THE WEEK. ThURSHAV, 31st High Water.— 4 38 a., 4.41 p Friday, January Ist High Water. 5.36 a., ♦> 1 1 p New Year's D,;y. Public and Bank Holiday. New Year Sports, Sea l<t a L:md 2 p. Flower Service Presbyterian Church 8 a. P A: 0 Mail Homeward leaves426 words
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Article602 1908-12-31 2 Interesting Proposal. The feature? of the report cf the Select Committee vi the House of Lords oa the question il it forming the Constitution of the House are as under: Under the suggested reorganization scheme the Boa 36 of Loids would number between [350 and602 words
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Article39 1908-12-31 2 Thursday. Dec 31«t, New Year's Eve, 11. SO pm Midnight 3w*ioe. Friday, Jan. Ist 19 9, Festival of the CirCXUmemtm, HtwYoufr Day. 7 am.; Holy CMUraBMM t> ptn The GoiM of St. Andrew's < 'uthedral and Address.39 words
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Page 2 Advertisements
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Advertisement254 1908-12-31 2 SUTTONS FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS Can now be purchased m small SINGLE PACKETS, all m air-tight TINS, which ensures fertility. KATZ BROTHERSJJD. UNDER NEW PROPRIETORSHIP. A DELPHI HOTEL. E d Select fireproof residential and transit Hotel, commanding the most peaceful and at tractive outlook iv Singapore facing the Cathedral and254 words
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Advertisement679 1908-12-31 2 NOTH2ES. NOTICE Is hereby given that Mr. G. A. Resting has retired from partnership m onr firm and that his interest and liability cease as from to-day. Mr. W. E. van Rijnberk has been admitted into partnership from to-day's date. HOOGLANDT AND Co. Singapore, 31st December, 1908. Dec 3 1679 words
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Advertisement433 1908-12-31 2 INSURANCES. FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. Established 1882. Capital and Assets exceed 4,000,000 Gold Dollars. J. H. EVAN?, Manager, South Eastern Asia. BUEGLARY 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 HW433 words
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Advertisement614 1908-12-31 2 BANKS. Hongkong ShanghJßtmfcTT Corporation. y Paid-up C^pitai. lU.OOO 0M Sterling Reserve $15,000,000 SOver Reserve $14,000,000 j 2: Rssamva Liability or CJOUBT OF DIE»CTOE« tz vr E w 'I™*' E8q HAIK Hon. Mr. W. J. Obbsson— Dbpc-, E. G. Barrett, E*j. C. K. U^* m ?*£*> G.Feikund, Eaq. R. Shbwan C.614 words
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Article440 1908-12-31 3 *«.«»*>*,«„.. M.r Benjamin F \r Old. Motor Work, o( g 'Lan rePre3eO!i^ M fS'« a ™touri n t f; ako! He'ani tae arm 3 cars. They fef x- wo^ ld one of went 6r 3t to v Y m iv" Th«y motored f t hen (o BomW^440 words
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Article332 1908-12-31 3 Capital and Individual OwHSBSHIP. The third instalment the story of John D. Rockefeller, as told by Licu^^lt.au^ publish el ia Ibfl CbristßMfl n;::.bc-r of the World"s m .k" is full Ijf fiaUlKlltill revelations of remarkable personality. Her.' arc -ome m sayings en the question of w<_akh and ic^ o-es332 words
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Article60 1908-12-31 3 Wtt-n L-i,3y Auckland was m America she ■M reported to have freely criticised >ew Mitn, and alluded to them as anno>- i fit." INi bei arrival at Liverpool nhe was courc- -:y approached by a Morning Leader sentstHe. "I am not going to say an>I .he told60 words
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Article213 1908-12-31 3 (Ha Manila Ta ft's Cabinet. T *o member, W a8 in Bto8 ton < December 19. hav been J*^ 6 Taft>B Cabinet fl^ Senator K?ox y of d p: gDat 1 d Taft im tar y of State fn Perms y lvan 'a. as SecreF^ank Hitchcock nf S213 words
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Page 3 Advertisements
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Advertisement26 1908-12-31 3 Watch for Symptoms of Croup. I^o not allow croup to develop. Chamber Wi Coujih Remedy will prevent the attack, for the first symptom, which is usually26 words
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Advertisement420 1908-12-31 3 No Opium m Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. There is not a particle of opium or other narcotic m Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and never has been since it was first offered to T t P srlS as afo a medicine for a child aa for an adult. For sale by all dealers.420 words
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Advertisement554 1908-12-31 3 PR2 Q/|^[INART NOTICE. *Qllao RTGAGEE s SALE 0F THE VALTJABI YEARS' LEASEHOLD LAND BUILDINGS *ULFEp TED THEREON KNOWN A3 THE HOTEL NO. 77, B^-^BASSA RO \D, SINGAPORE. To be at Powell and Co's Saleroom On Tuesday, 26i January, 1909, at 2.30 p.m. AREA 23,095 SQUARE IK being part of East554 words
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Advertisement163 1908-12-31 3 IN THE ESTATE OF Chua Choo Keng, Deceased BY ORDER OF The Supreme Court Straits Settlements 1 Suit No. 754 of 1907. AUCTION SALE as a GOING CONCEBN OF The Victoria Steam Saw Mills Sumbawa Road At Messrs. H. L. Coghlan Go's Salerooms. Monday, 4th January, 1909, at 2-30 p.m.163 words
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Advertisement572 1908-12-31 3 Siderosthen Paint. KILLS RUST. Municipality and Contracp L^s^| STEEL IRON WORK. H ■BORNEO CO, DEE'S CONCENTRATED DISINFEOANT. The most economical and effective 1 Gallon drums $1.75 2 it it $3.25 5 if M $7.50 IMPORTERS J BORNEO CO., LTD. SINGAPORE AND KRAHJI RAILWAY. From Ist August, 1908, and until further572 words
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Article, Illustration2121 1908-12-31 4 The Singapore Free Press. Thursday, Dec. 31, 1908. •..in, 1 P ifty a:. !a As details oonttnuet teams m it is bow possible to arrive at the OOQTiotioo that m the vole iLi.- cmvu!-in that has inflicted such 1 >ss of life an 1 destruction of even- conceivable kind throughout2,121 words
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Article89 1908-12-31 4 FOURTEEN COOLIES KILLED. Fall of Earth at Sungei Besi. {From <u> t n u>nt.) Kuala Lumpur, I)ec i fefe Djring the night tlnft of the Songoj J> Minp, at 3am yesterday morning, j of the bank itlddenlj hipped hIJ bu fourteen tooliei. Desperate (ffjrts were made to89 words
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Article561 1908-12-31 4 S >-„.. i- J LKKE9 O Axao Xi i 1 Iv the Coari i A pat) Mr V J» Km ,]f 0 I ..ents 1 iv fiv :.ur t jj e MBtewM i >f 3 ntoathi Khoo Btol Wat md M--s- i Sirkies and Mr E Ik tppaan561 words
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Page 4 Advertisements
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Advertisement158 1908-12-31 4 Turkish Cigarettes JUST RECEIVED: A SHIPMENT OF JOHN DUNCAN SON'S High-Class Cigarettes packed m 255, 50s, 100s PRXES AND SAYPLE3 ON APPLICATION. Caldbeck Macgregor Go., bJ^atoS IpL S r^ NEW STUDIO nitS BJaa ?ri::::raphers. Zee brothers, Bd l Si p, Snw v owt Stamfori Bead Price list on Application. Dec158 words
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Advertisement130 1908-12-31 4 AND 00. PALE DRY CREAMING Qts. per case $36.00 Pts, $39.00 Baby per doz. $10.50 NETT. SOLE AGENTS John Little Co. 1 LIMITED. 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 constructed130 words
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Advertisement194 1908-12-31 4 WILSON CO PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS. *he only High-class Studio m the Straits. High as our standard for Portraiture has been m the past it ia even better to-day, as hundreds of customers who have given ub sittings during the la3t couple of months wiil gladly testify. Our productions invariably earn for194 words
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503 1908-12-31 5 LAND AND HOUSE PROPERTY IN SINGAPORE IN 1908. T "Q following hat report f or lo OB i_ Hessrs Powell *C *t cannot be nu '»P->rta nt 3a es ZJ S 4 1 '-Of 9 no '7 «,ep tion the Place. WitJ fpr^U due to the fu nt r red503 words
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Article194 1908-12-31 5 Sii Philip Man? z, wh leat hia record- C aawr»atfcr« •ember lot Tamwortfa Dearlj Quartet of a century. U-* was sated I licoige and marriage Pariianent HN latherwai lot manj n Member ol Parliament and bis faint rM;■ P. 11. Muntz, Mt t\>r some time r Brm :i_;- no. Hia194 words
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Article410 1908-12-31 5 EX.T. ►TABLE ENTERTAINMENT. On the SUCC3SS of the Catholic Club Pierrot*, who gave their secoid entertain■ent last night at the Victoria Ha 1. congratulations aw due for many reasons. Enj >vable iv itself, the entertainment stood out aa a feature am< ng entertainments given by yuUD^3ters. Perhaps it410 words
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Article85 1908-12-31 5 SUPPAMAH'S SUPPLICATION. FIFTKEN BULLO< EB. Whether or not [*-2o dollars are payable to a certain pers >v who n j )ices (or otherwise, m the name of S;ippamab, is a ques■ioii the Court of Appeal is debating. The Supremo Court held that the dollars-, which referred to a sale of85 words
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Article1489 1908-12-31 5 3lr Colmao, yesterday afternoon, resumed the hearing into the charge of murder brought against Lim Ttk Ha, by ciusing the death of Chia Poon io the Singapore river. Captain Hawtrey, Becond Superintendent of Police, conduced tho case for the iCiovn and Mr Montagu Harris defended the accused.1,489 words
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Page 5 Advertisements
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Advertisement21 1908-12-31 5 Apioline Chapotcaut is superior to steel drops or pennyroyal and is a safe remedy for ladies. Recommended to remore pain, obstruction21 words
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Advertisement523 1908-12-31 5 An Appalling Disas^M SICILIAN COUNTRYSIDE ENGULFB^H| WANY ENGLISH AND GERMANS KIJH| A Sea of Wreckage* MESSINA^S NIGHT OF TERROR.' IB Troops Shoot Down Looters. A Hundred Thousand Dead. (By Submarine Telegraph.— Reuters) Mawrna is a mass of ruins. 10 DeC 3 Kjfug.es report that the hotel at Trineria, with the523 words
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Advertisement361 1908-12-31 5 Now is the lirnelol^B P filing METHODS ancfl^» I Roneo VertiaW^fliWj I System. I lltis a Success Not an Experiment. I A FEW of the many advantages a*e WONT Burn, White Ant Proof, Compact, Cheaper than j any other method whatsoever, your whole correspondence I jat your fingers' ends, etc.,361 words
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Article921 1908-12-31 6 In Ceylon there is a law making compul sory the registration of servants, m Burinah m response to seiies of domestic V>ojcotts and other vagaries of the servant question, the Europeans are agitating for registration of -their ■etfiton upon lines similar to those laid down m the921 words
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Advertisement979 1908-12-31 6 War. 26 9 SHBg^^K i Apl> 2a J*"^^^ m^ u J a t Colombo with Bf 8s Mongolia "'""-j^^^j^^- bs India "^T^F ss Victoria &L 12 ss Morea '^fe 26 ss Mooltan #"«Kia Mar. 2o HPr Apl. 9 ss Malwa HBevauha Api. 20 ss Mongolia *n([ fortuitfhtly thereafter ♦IHROUGH STEAMER979 words
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Advertisement700 1908-12-31 6 §XB PPING WSSm STEAM SHIF Co. Ltd. 1 1 AND Bm Mutual Steam Nay. Co. Ltd. Hrhe Companies' steamers are despatched from pKiverpool 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 for700 words
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Advertisement680 1908-12-31 6 SHIPPING. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE, HAMBURG. 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 at680 words
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Advertisement553 1908-12-31 6 SHIPPING. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GEEMAK MAIL LIKE The fast and well-known mail steamers o? this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen Hamburg ria Rotterdam, Antwerp, Sonthampton Gibraltar, Genoa, Naplee, (oonnection Marseilles Naples, Alezanilria and vice versa) Port Said!, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki Kobe to Tokokatn:, &ni553 words
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Article174 1908-12-31 7 tAMQHS Kinw's Career. irry Baraaftd, tha Sootn African -roth^i- of the late Mr. Barney 1 p! the heal-, irith' Solly and great house of Barnato W .ouse m Upper Hamilof ce.ebral paralysis. •ne of the Birnatos was Barney went out to the I* U^tfewj- arid began aa174 words
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Article1124 1908-12-31 7 «cious humour. A correspondent Kauical journals, writing on broad," says "It is pleas•ars so much of the dunipI- goods on these shores, to f is another side to the ques- md imports. I was m HarI"" or two ago, and noticed 1^ popularity of English ale, P.yi,1,124 words
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Advertisement619 1908-12-31 7 Co. Kent $150 per n^/*^^T Apply to Patep.B^ e k Co, Ltd Feb 13 tym^^ a.c —9^ mr- TO BE LET furnish^ We unfurnished house S T o. 35 Bright Land at Cuppage Road. Apply to ALMEIDA Co., Agents 2, Malacca Street. Oct 7 TO BE LET Xo. 5 Malacca619 words
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Advertisement486 1908-12-31 7 will leave Batavia on the 31st DeS®§f^lpT at 6 p.ra. and is expected to arzfl Saturday, 2nd January, 1909, at t^ut^^B* She will sail for Sabang, Colombo, SuS Port- Said, Genoa, Lisbon and Amsterdam ol the same date at 1 p.m. THE SHIPS AGENCY, Ltd. Dec 30 3 1 BRITISH486 words
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Advertisement521 1908-12-31 7 I%i W^^*** 24^ '£4 ■demand M norn U3£ Mr 9 n< *3^f 0 ■^^inand w 66$ 3^PlioH^ Bank Bmyiag M $8 54 Bantfof England Rate^ 2\% Discount 3 months billi z% V It M M 2% Bar Sllrer London M 22 i I 6 PRODUCE. Dec 30. Ti° buyers 67.521 words
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Advertisement276 1908-12-31 7 THE YOKOHAMA DOCK CO., LTD. NO. 1 DOCK. No 2 DOCK Length inside 514 ft. Length inside S7^ ft W 75 l ft.° f entranCe tOp 95 ft bott W li ff f entrance toP 60.5 ft. bott. Water on blocks 27.5 ft. Water on binr»irc on rt Time to276 words
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Article71 1908-12-31 8 Tie coDtinuous rain of the past fortyeight hours makes it very probable that tLe New Year Liud Sports on the R«oe Course. fixed for to-morrow at *J p.ra will not be •tble to ba held, owing «O the state ot tbe ground. A decision will be71 words
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Article72 1908-12-31 8 For the meeting at Kuala Lumpor ou 8 Uurday, Tue*daj and Thursday next, the usual prefarations are being nude Burke has arrived wi h Pin, Kinetic, Shsf testmry tnd P> ita Bryans had thirteen racers out of (went that went up by the Ip >h. Mr C E72 words
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Article227 1908-12-31 8 After OOBftl'litiientiM^ Sin^' ij. ->:■*• on the Chrittmai Sport and the OhrUtmai hotpitali- ty, the jl.^.ty Mail Myi.— There o m be no don! t thai the inj w inge of visits l>y t-'.i'iis fro v the various esntrei g .1 m iij >re n iji th m227 words
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Article1088 1908-12-31 8 In onf adTertising columni will be ft und anotsMi oi the Vian X iv tireless motor wbeel. Tins ii patent wheel, invented by Mr N'.tu X' |n and manufaotnred i the Nederlandi Qottapercba Compasj at Pasii Ii: 'iU'j, Singapore. The sample which we have -c d on1,088 words
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Article151 1908-12-31 8 It is stated that the Mtrvlebone Cricket !uh will stn«] au Atnu'eur t^.iin to Egypt m the forthcoming spring under the Ifi.iierhhip of Lord Hiwkc, to plftj a f < w matchci Xt Poll Slid, Cairo, and Khirtoum, among other plaoei. M. W". Pajhb, the Cambridge Cftptalo of last ywr,151 words
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Article214 1908-12-31 8 IVr I* <> Delhi, due J»" J -^JX~*ui X L!ew*:ijn, M r XjJoo^*& S-l,^, V. J. Thomson, Mr Coma, Mr. P. \V. Barker, Mr <; N. Day, Mr K. F H Bdl n, Mr ixl Ifrt If A T. !i,] on, Hi P L Mr B.G214 words
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Article88 1908-12-31 8 Per Pecinu' Hewn V. W. Smith, J. Ro*s P. Simpson, Peacock, B G Griffin. Per Fook Sang Dr and Mn Aiih-tl.iv, Iffn Priteoae, Miss Arrattsonandi a, Ifr Phillips, Mr Av< ry IVr H'.ii Nam Mr McKenni Per Lindala Hii Aniit'ism, Mis Nicb Miss Mitchell, Sitter Thonton, Messrs 1 Oowling,88 words
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Page 8 Advertisements
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Advertisement73 1908-12-31 8 Colds Are Dangerous. If inoro people would make anattempt to get rid of the colds from which they are< suffering, as a result of this changeable weather, there would be a decided decrea^J m the number of cases of pneumonia. A ffl closes of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy wW cure your73 words
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Advertisement260 1908-12-31 8 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKI f.SMK COVTSAOI WITH THE ApenU at Singapore. The Shipfl THE UNDERMKNTIONEIJ DATES OFM Hj Laueeks Pit... Ko>w t Piigi-Radj> and BB Natlna Ifaru Djemadja), li-rcß M dai». Sedauan. O« locH I; 1 --i Tandjonp I'andan '< I^l.ito^^^^^^^^^H long. Ampeuan, Makas^rTTif I Nt ;ra. S.-.jKi' ft, Aii: i260 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous219 1908-12-31 8 CLEARANCES. Dec 3\ Wakasa Maru, Jap. str., Neilsen, for Antwerp via ports. Ekaterinoslav, Rus. str., Borikoff, for VJadivostock. Nijni Novgorod, Rus. str, Kissimcff. for Odessa. Myrmidon, Brit, str Yarwood, for Yokohama via port 8. Elax, Brit, str Bramston, for Yokohama. Emilie, Dut. str., Mahmood, for Rhio. Calypso, Brit, str., Bannatyne,219 words
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Miscellaneous320 1908-12-31 8 Tvagyee 250 Campbell Bangkok 1237 Nico'.aisen Dec 25 M-— #uiyB3es Falia Dec 26 H Chiengmai G* 1080 Schrnalfuss Dec 22 Bjfl Calchaa Bnf 4278 Willims Dec 24 g| CbeangChew Brit 1213 Troan Dec 28 J D. Rickmere Ger 2665 Thods Dec 20 fl Edendale Brit 717 Dunlop Dec 27 M320 words
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