The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 3 September 1909

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 16 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1909. NO. 6,693
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  • 142 1 The event of the day's wires is the announcement that Mr Cook has reached the North Pole. There is some diffidence m accepting the data, as Mr Cook apparently had no civilised companion with him and his dates imply very <juick travelling Page 5. Jjjrd de Clifford
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  • 873 1 How many of u>, I wonder, are content t> leave the steering-wheel of our iffeia alone, and simply EtUou fortune- We are not blind enough to put our confidence m any enterprise that we are not person*;,. responsible for, and we lank courage to OMI away the substance
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 370 1 We Lead Competition Follows. NEW- stp j/JT\ ON HIKE im M S ffl PEft MONTH TUNING REGULAR ATTENTION INCLUSIVE. S. MOUTRIE Co., Ltd. UXDER HOTEL EUROPE ADIS BUILDINGS. FOB SfeLE PRIVATELY. WOODTHOBPE," A valuable and pleasantly situated freehold residential property m the vicinity of the Botanic Gardens and Gallop Road,
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    • 138 1 Entertainments. mrimThall" n n— ii— iwmi m «i— aaL CINEMATOGRAPH, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. To-Nipt! To-Night I [NEW PICTURES. K. HARIMA, I •MOBHaBBiaBBBBaHHaiaif ALHAMBRA <aß^aa«TTir^ fmm «nrami laiiija^mMiuaujMaiMjULuuMMiLi. TO-NIGHT AT 9-30 P. M. NEW PICTURES! NEW PICTURES!! The Mayor's Holiday (Comic.) Sammy as Sportsman (Comic.) FILM DART. Theodore's Concert. BOB'S ELECTRIC
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    • 104 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Woodthorpe for sale privately Page 1. The Art Needlework and Flower Depot announce the price of their Mowers, to be had at all hours Page 1. Harima Hall new pictures— Page 1. Rachals Piano Players at the Robinson Piano Co Page 4. Katz Bros have a variety of
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 379 1 THE WEEK. Friday, 3rd High Water.— o.3 l a. N. D. L. Mail Outward due. Legislative Council, 2.30 p Municipal Commission, 2.36 p S.C.O. Tennis Tournament. Volunteer Dinner to Lt. Col. Murray, I i>. C. C. A. Meeting, Prinsep st. Church, b p Tanglin Club Meeting, 9 p tiATUKDAY, 4th
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  • 373 2 And BOM H WfLl Bl Taken. The arrangement! no-v m hand, lajetoe Bangkok Tiam, for thi taking of thi census ofl Bangkok are fast approaching completion, aud t.y thk tbne Bixt month everyone m the lam nm oommd bj trie capital will bam passed though the enumerator*! bands.
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  • 154 2 New York, August 4. Mr. W. B. Craig, a well-known lawyer, narrowly escaped with his life yesterday as the result of an exciting struggle which 0.-curred at the Waldorf Hotel here. The facts as detailed m this morning's papers are not very explicit but it appears
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  • 143 2 A rr^spond^nt of the '"Glasgow Herald daiM that the record of the utmost individual phys c.il strength is to be found m "N ttre D -.me," m the chapter where Quasimodo ttaowi lad. ler full of peoph into the street. j'V seizing the top end
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  • 112 2 A Berlin correspondent writes that considerate interest is being aroused by th» experiments al the Krupp works with a newgin. sp.viai'y designed to operate ag inst m Or aeroplanes. The weapon is stated t have proved its capabilities of hitting a billoon ll a height cf over
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  • 76 2 There was no better copy getter," to use an e*r>ressive phrase, than the Australian j >uvnalist, Mr J. D. Melvin. whose death is announced. When Ned Kelly, the famous bushranger, was captured, Mr Melvin helped to carry the wounded outlaw to a bed, and then proceeded to
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 5 2 Y8KJBHNQGI8 BJJKUB KUY67Q YUV B
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    • 551 2 In I H*v^^^ S V I [g^^^SSV I The Oliver Typewriter and Billing Machine is the one with which 1 all others are compared. Most I people like to own the best be- t I cause they'd rather be safe than I I sorry. Call and See it at 1
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    • 294 2 NOTWES. The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1888. In the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. Settlement of Singapore. IN BANKRUPTCY. No. 235 of 1903. Re Fertile and Company. Notice is hereby that a second dividend is intended to be declared m tbe above matter. All creditors must prove their claims by tbe
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    • 562 2 BANKS. International Banking Corporation. CAPITAL and SURPLUS GOLD $6,500,000. Head Otfice 6O Wall Street, New Yoke. LOMDOM Office Thrcauneedle House, Ei>Jiopsgate Street V»'ithin, LCKDOM EC. LONDOM Bankers National Provincial Bank of En c lar:d Ltd. General Foreig-n Business Transacted. DEPOSITS. Current DEFO6IT Accounts opened and i Interest allowed on the
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    • 456 2 INSURANQps MANUFACTURERS^ tXSURANCt Q »f i I BSTABLIf Policies are World-Widi y.. and [ndit| Il bM 1^ d; y OK M iU f any other Canadian Lif. m m S Ml r ha<; at Hit MBM I All elaii aiid cnah surrenders, i ication, bj tfai Qesu ral pore and
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  • 922 3 \m M\n'> Dreadful Fate, |p; 1 Lwu't COLOI J a ug h irrowing story •him piper to our Hongkong I mfrtbir part it is stated that i mieeiag tm two jmn and was ire d by the persistent efforts of tlsos sailor, from whom the v i
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 636 3 7LUQTIONS. AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Town Property. It H. L Coghian k Co's Salerooms, Monday. 6th September, at 2-30 p.m. Valuable Statutory grant Land at Robinson Road, comprised m Lot 215 of Grant No. 5 586. Sub-division I, estimated area 2,631 square feet together with the tive shop houses thereon
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    • 789 3 SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT RAILWAY. From Ist May, 1909, and until further notice. TRAIN SERVICE FOR WEEK DAYS ONLY. UP TRAINS. am. am. am. am. am. pm. pm. pm. pm. pm. pm. pm. 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Passir F. 7.25 4.30 Borneo Wf. 7.33 12.42
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    • 298 3 DRINK TANSAN!! A PETITION TO CONGRESS. A Memorial signed by nearly one hundred leading American Doctors and Physicians has been presented to the U. S. A. Congress praying that TANSAN from TAKARADZKA may be admitted duty free into the United States of America. The Japan Advertiser" says The virtues of
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  • 33 4 Hei- shal] the P.e.< the People*- right T.'ir/.zte, V .awed by influence and anbrfbed bj ?'<ir ii°.xe patriot Troth bn j^o-iom precept', draw* Pledged to Religion, Loyalty mvi !-a*.
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  • 2052 4 Whatever may be said about the maladministration of the Singapore Municipality, and m the matter of the Commission to be appointed by the Governor, this journal for one, intends not to prejudge any issues that may be brought before it, the public has just passed a
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  • 135 4 Captain awarded 17,500. (F>\ m our The Specia] Jury wh h Ims beat -vm m the Supreme C>urt, action brought by ('if.: am of the Fook Stag him, nst .1 flu architect, for auaooedud with Mn y ■fcKbwkMM m4 other mm, hat aw. Captain Mitchell $7 vers ition.
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  • 69 4 i .o a\ Lt mitting aa tei i He W, J I Bokil UMm E•' i'e. P*ta ing, aas BOBtmitted for trial. Tie ,i -v- ahar^ed amai I and announced dl comers. •■•■>■ tmA t f Mr I' •erv. v. bled at tic- foot oi thettepe, v.
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  • 19 4 {/">■ •< Ipoh, Sept Bnrglara broke into the P Offioaal IMofe s\mm\ laal light and stolt $12$. > <
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  • 431 4 A feaaaot the WaatminatorA C arill meet the G. IV 0. laaaa cv the It&ter't gr i n RafH-s Reclamation on Sunday a* p.m. sharp. A large timber rail was found the harbour yesteni,iv If bnlffllgl Oug Sam LtOOg and got etrried aa bigfa tide. Rev. Mother St. Hombeline, Ltd-.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 366 4 ar''*') jmm\\~' &*%w\£k* T^a *^B*^ i^^B f.f ;N v s^W •A'/ L Rachals Player-Pianos COMBINING A PIANO AND THS AB'LITY TO PLAY IT CREDIT or GASH DISGCUNT Ordinary Pianos Taken m Exchange. ROBINSON PIANO Co., Ltd. -m^nrri .irrii»riinß*ir M v l LJ ———a» ]obn Ciltle go., Cid J F ILTERS
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    • 132 4 IG. R. Lambert Co., g LIMITED. I Oar firm having had the privilege to take 30 different subjects of PHOTOGRAPHS I I Of the Visit of H. E. The Governor! TO IKelant&Q and Tringganu now offers J them to the public for $1.50 per unmounted copy or $20 per unmounted
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  • 21 5 A TEKKA DIVIDEND. (F wwmw+Kl [poh, Sept 2. ttvidead of one pt.d by the Tekka i Sept aber 7.
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  • 32 5 Kt tala Lompor, Sept. 2. U IS being Boated be known as the Cherai Bnhber ba $200,000 and m a i. Ck Tts to 5 mg the vi i
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  • 75 5 LB >• n 2 bi show that the consu: Eiagd no a v I entl 0 ton., ai I Itons supply 0:1 S ntem- ns. >king ilal move- enree itatittical posi- I*l tin Ij: beg aning last i elped i at go td jn- uned .aa eahazi oaenl
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  • 18 5 ngkah Dre Igiag Co. aed for A igaat at 850 p .kuls, igea a i dag.
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  • 22 5 :r p t the Anglo Sfala? •vas c ._••>• a p was 12,826 lb. a Asiatic Cot. crop was 271
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  • 114 5 r -s Guthrie ACo are m receipt f.t tm from the Q aural afaaagec a (rising Qtpnl irv ru; ler from tbe Esfl Itet 1 ding the mouth xvaA raa 44' I lbs. It should bs this amount is exclusive I the from E taiag istate. The total
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  • 46 5 B akm and C-.v. 'he I wai itatel bai the Manager reports rubber lt< I dating the B tith ol August [bi ;rv. Ooneepoadiag month 1J59 Iba iiy. Potal tor first ntha I 19< 17.200 lbs iiy. nrespoadiag period last year 1 > mp <
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  • 98 5 Septembei volume of this publication I --v rt ol the Agri- Horticultural T fch the Governor's ipsech included, baa beea reprinted from the Straits BN is an article on the Palmetum taai al Gardens with rather fine B thia it appears that next possi- i an*, the
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  • 312 5 HAS IT BEEN CONQUERED An American Explorer. (By Submarine Telegraph. Reuter's) Kee. Sept. 2, 1<) 6 a.m. Reuter's correspondent at Copenhagen says thai information, seemingly official, has bean received that the American explorer Cook who started m February 1908 (?1907) -n Btafa (rErith) reached the North Pole
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  • 44 5 Received, at 6 40 p.m. Lord de Clifford has been killed m a motor accident near Brighton. ProbaMy J. S. Russell, 25th Baron de Clifford cf Galway. This peer is 25 years of age and his mother's family comes from Ka-uLatupstead. Berks.
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  • 57 5 Blr. Laidlaw Snubbed. Colonel Seely replying to Mr Laidlaw said that the Government would take no steps to prevent a new opium farm contract beiag entered into by Hongkong. The farm system was best suite 1 to the circumstances ol Hongkong, and its existence would m no way
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  • 103 5 Ihe County cricket championship has re Ited as follows P. W. Tm D. Kent 26 16 2 3 Lancashire 24 14 4 Yorkshire 26 12 4 10 Mr Tan Hap Leong, ol Teluk Ayer Street, thanks his friends and rela f ives for their attendance at the funeral
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  • 42 5 The steam launch Argo will leave Johnson's Pier tor *h* Club Bungalow on Sunday at 9, 10 and 11 am., 230 and :I 80 pm. f returning thence at 9.80 and 10.30 am., \2 15, 3 and 5.30 pm.
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  • 42 5 The colonic and dependencies of England, instead of drawing money from the Mother Country, have prospered," says a contemporary. So far from drawing money from the Mother Country, one of our biggest Colonies has always bad as a motto Advance, Australia I
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  • 397 5 FRASER CO.'S SHARE CIRCULAR. Rubbers still keep the feature of the market, and there bas been a noticeable advance m a great cumber of the shares during the past few days, with good enquiries, but sellers are difficult to tind at present prices, so that the amount of business transacted
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  • 327 5 Shortly after eleven o'clock yesterday morning, shouts of fire, fire were raised by the tongkang and simpan coolies whose vessels were moored oft" Clyde Terrace, near the police station. A dense volume of smoke was seen to be issuing from the roof of house No. 36,
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  • 245 5 A Home paper has the following Mr Meyer ii having a very enjoyable time at Singapore. He tells of dressinggown breakfast?, of tea and fruit at halfpast five a m. on the verandah, with a service to follow. Ho is full of admiration for the natural beauty of Eastern scenes.
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  • 790 5 By the courtesy of the Japanese Consul here we have been supplied with a copy of the 1901* Financial and Economic Annual of I Japan. This is one of those works which fill one with amazed admiration for Japanese ability to deal with detail. It is m precis
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  • 147 5 The Tennyson centenary has naturally produced a crop of stories of which one of the best is that told to-day by Mr W. L. Courtney. Irving was discussing Becket with the poet, and ordered a bottle of port to help m the discussion. Tennyson drank glass after glass
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  • 78 5 Ipoh has apparently an idea of the way to carry on Municipal work. The Kinta Sanitary Board sent a deputation to H. E. the High Commissioner with a long list of proposed measures for improving Ipoh, suggesting certain directions m which money could be saved and others where greater expenditure
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 31 5 Ho* to Prevent Blood Poison. and neglect are the chief causes blood poisoning. A cut cr bruise, however ih ..i have immediate attention. A ment and one tbat not only cives
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    • 13 5 Ladies who are about to become mothers and those courageous women who nurse
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    • 88 5 ROBINSON Co. ANNUAL Uuuli y iudl diibu ft^ B fi H m M^m mmmm w«. i.i i i i ■■■■■i— .I. vn in^ii ii 'i ~ar— fcniii mmam ■ii 1 1 1 1 i wwawmawmawwmaamwawawaa !S NOW PROCEEDING Real Bargains Genuine Reductions ONCE A YEAR ONCE A YEAR ONLY. ROBINSON
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  • 347 6 Tbe annual Police Athletic Sports were "held on Saturday last on tbe Esplanade, but unfortunately it rained on and off throughout the whole day beiui> aocmtomed, however, to all weathers our gallant peacemakers or peace-keepers carried out the whole programme without a hitch. Mention should be made
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  • 66 6 It ii understood that His Kxctilency the High Commi.--:oiier will pit sent Mr H. Con -way Beiheid with the insignia of a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. Oeorge m theCoui.,:. Lia::.ber en Saturday afternoon at 5 p.m. His BxeeOea v wi!i arrive
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  • 84 6 Latham, on his aeroplane, raced the Piris Express and beat it the other day. Two local celel r.'.'.es tried to emulate him m hacli gharries trom Peril I'untar where they got left bebiad -by tiie train to Prve, but the surr;i itrickea ponies 1 I Krian were BOt up to
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 260 6 Chamberlain s Cclic. Chckra aui Diairhcea Remedy. This remedy has Lt t n m BM ler over thirty years ani has proved iteeU lobe the most successful remedy yet discovered fof bowel complaints. It never fails, bold by all dealers. YONG FONG, PWographic Studio. High-Class Photographs and Enlargements 79, SOUTH
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    • 510 6 •Wtfg^MjK, What a grand family talw^'^v medicine Ayer's SarsapaE&J^y ri 5a <: ""'l f,,r t J fi[ X 7 child, good for the par■hS. ent, good for the grand r".JBr 6^»i groat pi^^/^^i worit] JPJj of it m the bouse. Sometime K^P during the 5 ac some member of the
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    • 1119 6 SHIPPING. M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES, MAIL LINE For China, Japan, Ceylon, Adttt, Egypt And Marseilles* OUTWARD. HOMBWARD. Oceanien Sept 6 Tonkin Sept 6 Tourane Sept 20 Austraiien Sept 20 Armand Bebic Oct 4 Polynesien Oct 4 Ernest Simons Oct 18 Oceanien Oct 18 Singapore-Batavia.— S.S. La Seyne sail* every fortnight
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    • 698 6 SHIPPING. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London, Through Bills of Lading issued for Chine Ooast, Persian Gulf, Continental and American Porta. Staameri will Itsvs Slngapcrs en or aboot MAIL LINES. Outward (for China) Delta Sept 10 Assaye
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    • 620 6 SHIPPING. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bn IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LOI The fast end well-known mail »tea. thie Company tad fortnightly fr v, Bi Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp. S I Gibraltar Gonoa, Naples, (conned ion Naples, Alexandria and vice veraa) I Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penan S.n«^»p n kong, Shanghai, Nagasaki A Kobe so
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  • 1000 7 Cap. Issxm. PAID. LastDiv. Buyers. Sellers. 150.000 2/- 2/- Anglo Malay I:2* Int. 14/9 ls/3 I i :t > j I Batn Caves 10 5 2 6 5 5 0 80 I 1 1 Bat* Tiga (Selangor) 5 119 0 2 0 0 M 1 BukitKajang 2 3 0
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  • 78 7 (CORBnCTBD U* tw Sept. 2 Bank 4 m s I 4 domand 24: Private credits 3ms 2 4' r credits fi m s 24. rn i irra. domand Bank... 2'.<i;. tkijm \nv. demand 23!* Inm\, T. T, mi BOVOKOVO, -h* ni and 24% dis. YOKOHAMA, demand nom. IlB| Java,
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  • 151 7 Sspt 2 Gaxnuier 11.3" Gambier Cube Ho. 1 1 4 17 Gambier Cuba No. 8 M 12. b0 Pepper B!*ck (ord'n. Spore) bnjen 12.00 Pepper. Whits (fair 1t.71 i Nutmeg* (110 to ths Ik.)^ l€jM j Nutmegs <cQ to ths lb.) 22. (.0 Mace Bandaj nom Cloves (Amboina) M
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 401 7 On the Berth. S [ish East Asiatic Co., Ld. FOI mjmn illos, Havre. Copenhagen and Gothenburg. ih a s. EDDO I h v n Saigon on the 7th re a rompt despatch I BAS ASIATIC Coy. Ltd. Ag. DtS. 3.3 BDDEOTSCHEB LLOYD. aid J -.pan ports. I fceamoi Bl PEL
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    • 643 7 TO LET. j STORAGE GODOWN TO LET. Groon Ifl n r 'concrete) area 3,444 I|. ft. Light first :'oor area 1,000 square feet. Ground floor about 2 ft. above level of -treet. Two cart-loading entranoes m Selangor Street, and one m Trafalgar Sti t. Situation of Godown adjacent to Tanjong
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    • 5 7 -i I BUNGA MELOR j
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    • 56 7 f mmmmmm^^^^^ mmmmm^mmnmmmmmmmmv.\ g MATICoI j Renowned Physicians prescribe Grimautt'B Maiico as the most active and at the same time the most inoffensive remedy m the treatment of Acute and Chronic. Discharges. MATICO INJECTION is used iv recent cases and. MATICO CAPSULES m the more CltfßniC OMS. y^ Active Principle
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    • 136 7 DE KO^iNKLSJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. CJiTPBB C^N'TRAOT WITH THI NtTHKRLAvrs INDIA tOVE XV M X N'T. Agents at Singapore, The Shipsagency, Limited. 2-3, Collyer Quay. THf* UVOERMBNTIONEO DATES* OF DEPAKTUita AXE ()\LY APPROXIMATE. talo and Tomini bay S<-pt. 9 RuMPHiua Batavia! Samarang, and Socrabaia passengers onl] Bopi. .*i Van Goenh Anambas
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 827 7 VESSELS^ PORT. Flag and Tons Commander* Arrived From For Whea Waterwitch H M.S. survey b3l Douglas July 23 P. Swettenham Cneertain Sea Baile F.M.S. Yacht 490 Ahmed Lag 26 P. Swettenhom Zihora Sar. ya:-ht 95 \anda Aug 19 Kuching Kuching Steamers Flau: Tons Master Arrived From ConsifrnAe For Wh«r Amherst
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    • 75 7 WEATHER REPORT. Date Bar Wind Temp Hum Sky Rain Sept 1. H'kong 4 P 29 Bf El M b Manila 4 P T'»7 EN El IM 25 Bept 2. H'kong Ha 29 B 1 ESEI -7 Manila 10a 751 WBWI Xt M B Kandang Ker ban Hospital, Sept I, 1909.
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  • 638 8 YESTERDAY'S PLAY. The weather was again favourable yesterclav and some good games were played. There were a good many spectators and some of the results were very close. The I results are as follows Championship C. M. Howe boat D. H. Kleinman, *> 1, r>—
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  • 52 8 LADIES' RIFLE ASSOCIATION. Walker Cip Shoot. The following scores were made yesterday by the Singapore Ladies m the September shoot for the Walker Cup MissGunn 84 Mrs Mau Idea 81 Miss Lloyd 1 Mrs Learmont 31 Mrs Sal mond 30 Mrs Bowes 30 ier Many other ladies shot for the
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  • 740 8 How the Wbmht of Gold Changed. A trial which is probably without parallel m legal history is recalled by a writer m the St. Louis "Sunday Magazine": There were four prospectors m the Klondike region, when the gold fever there was at its heigbt, among whom
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  • 791 8 The Man m the Linen Mask. Nothing visible but one eye, the whole of the faca and head being concealed by bandages was the appearance of Chinese (No. 2) before Mr Green yesterday. No. 1 was blood-stained and bruised but presentable, compared to No. 2. A furious combat
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  • 814 8 The Imp. German mail steamer u Prise 1 Eitei Friedricb having left Penang on thej Ist instant at 7 pm. may be expected toi arrive here this morning at daylight. She will probably be despatched for Hocgkong, Shanghai and J-ipan this afternoon at 5 pm. The M. M.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 35 8 Next Mails Due. From Europe.— Per NDL. P.E. Friedricb to-day, with mails of Aug 11. Per B. I. Thongwa, to-morrow, Sept 4, with mails of Aug 10. From China. Per M. M. Tonkin, on Mon-
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    • 379 8 Noiseless Napiersj BRITAIN'S BEST JUST LANDED 15 H. P. 4 Cylinder with Enclosed valves and special Rci des B side Entrance Body. DUE AUGUST 10th 30 H. P, 6 Cylinder Napiei the First and Foremost ci si:: Cylindei Motors Fnli Particulars frem the Sole Agents for Kapiei, 2. 4. and
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