The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 October 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. TEX CENTS SINGAPORE, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1909. no. 6,7;n
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  • 128 1 Mr Lloyd George's Budget is giving him much, trouble now because receipts are below estimate, the consumption cf whisky having fallen off twenty per cent Page 5. The Tsar has met the King of Italy and will receive M. Pichon on his return through France Page 5.
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  • 1011 1 < >ne is Bontd to use the aboiU beautiful name, because, though iLe t\\ by name would carry filth, boo* the been introduced into the Legislative C cil why do ilies like places where there are bald heads P and bo ujciv bi Mid n. \e m tii"se
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 196 1 BRIGGS* VIADUCT SOLUTION is unequalled s^g* > &m D 1 1 nl/p r P wl l j^ "^il^Jl' ii'u'l uI:J < .vis. CEN T TRAL ENGINE WORKS, Singapore. i M M i -A ■I CftSH *jU^BHB»JBI9RQBBbH HOtSKO B9M&MH HHai T//H BEST FOOD o^\*d&&' k urn V> >V V> ThE BEST
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    • 134 1 Popular Wants. WANTED. By a bachelor, from Nov. Ist, either to share m a mess, or board with a married couple (no objection to children). Mu.it be near Keppel Harbour. Reply Beta co Free Press. CONTRACTS can be closed now for future supplies of estate i labour. The Straits Immiobation
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    • 273 1 Entertainments. VICTORIiTtHEAfRL, Grand Opening Night, TO-NIGHT. Maurict E. Band maun presents his NO. I OF LONDON ARTISTS. In all the Greatest and Latest London Successes* I'nder the Distinguished Patronage and m the Presence of His Excellency the Governor, Sir John Anderson G.C.M.G. For the first time m Singapore. Charles Hawtrey's
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    • 64 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Malay teacher open to Lessons I'agc Shop fittings and safe for sale Page 3. Notice re Ah Toon, furniture seller, page 2. John Little and Co. are prepared to de'iver well seasoned cigars m England. Prices on page 4. Brigg's Viaduct Solution for all kinds of metal work
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 414 1 THE WEEK. Monday, 25th High Water.— B 4 a., 7.12 p St. Crispin. N. D. L. Mail Homeward due Shield Footbail, M'sex I v. R G.A. Regimental Band, Gardens. Maxim Co. Saluting Drill. i J p Bandmanns Jack Straw. Tuesday, 26fch Hi^h Water.— B 44 a., 824 p Shield Football.
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  • 530 2 The chief topi.- discussed m the House of I.jrds .md the official document upon which tfc« febfttfl proceeded together illustrate with beautiful clarity and irresistible force the hlfWlirti manner m which as a tation v« prepare men for rule m our Eastern Empire, and give to or withhold
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  • 272 2 In the Capetown House of Assembly Mr Merriman, the Cape Premier, stated that the Government was appointing a representative to watch British interests at Luderitz Bay, m German South- West Africa, the Cape paying half the cost and the Impel ial Government half. This appointment is
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 70 2 A Remedy That Cures Colic. Some time back I bad a very bad attack cf colic, says Mrs. C. Pienaar of Middelburg Cape Coiocy. I saw an advertisement in tbe paper of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Hemedy, which I at once got from the chemist, Mr. W. C. Turpin.
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    • 712 2 NOTWES. NOTICE. I, the undersigned, Ah Toon, sole proprietor of chop Soon Kee of No. 94, Victoria Street, Singapore, furniture dealer, beg to inform the public that I have on the 20th October, 1909 bought all the stock-in-trade of the furniture shop contained m No. 87, Victoria Street, Singapore, from
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    • 514 2 Siemens Brothers Dynamo Works, Ltd. AND Siemens Brothers Co., Ltd. HEAD OFFICES WORKS Caxton House, Westminster, London. Stafford, Woolwich and Dalston. Branches 1, 2, 4 and 6, Winchester House, Singapore. 6, Beach St., Penaug. Balthazar's Building, Rangoon. And Bombay, Calcutta, Capetown, Johannesburg, Sydney, Melbourne, etc., etc. I fof Generators and
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    • 99 2 Singapore Cold Storage Co, Ltd. Near Entrance to Borneo Wharf. Telephone 1026. Sea stocks of all kinds of Frozen Meats etc., can be delivered to fehipping at the Wharves, or m the Singapore Roads on short notice. IF THAWED DAILY SUPPLIES are required, orders for same must be telephoned to
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    • 570 2 BANKS. International Banking Corporation. CAPITAL and SURPLUS GOLD $6,500,000. Head Office 6O Wall Street, New York. London Office Tbreadneedle House, Bishopsgate Street Within, London EC. London Bankers National Provincial Bank of England Ltd. General Foreign Business Transacted. DEPOSITS. Current Deposit Accounts opened and Interest allowed en the daily balances at
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    • 377 2 /.vstr/p^^efis^l MANUFACTURERST)?! rxsouaoii c. F k r t| B6TABLIBHED 188*3 Policies are World-Wide. Non-Forf-and Indisputabit e ;< 3 It has to-day ivor; busines' i any other Canadian Life Lnso ever ban at Uu MBM a^'t All okim are promptly cash surrenders, etc., grai application, by the G.-m-,v.. A^nts v*■ pcrc
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  • 258 3 <T DirTATKTO NKW j PbbmF el i^ ■> wm critic m tL*> XLe:itre Trust m X-v York DraaMtie eritiet of Xew t taki t vdm .i f B c,. loot opini r:. ihfl fpmfo -i authority Aai'ii'i, who bis written )'iii->6d iujportu_ce, bus, v lv« yean at
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 125 3 WANTED. tUsh ar.'i Teacher A ly t EiEglis) :uen 1;: t b mod fate A. H. CO I I'r- B 9 pr uVALIcIZD SURVEYOR British North month. Most i p i Ht I B B CO. r ue MJfi AGENT WASTBD tdesl a:: I most v rtani w uch s
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    • 544 3 Ayer's Sarsaparilla Makes Good Blood Prick jova skin _^^Sss2^^^ thai it i, jfa&'*W<9WWi% pustu!'-^, lalt-rheam, boils, car!. uncles, au 1 other sores. These simply toll of something >.ul down deep m the-hlood itself. Ointments, washes, powdosand oosmetica will not reach the evil. V-u most take "'it all i:apnrities from the
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    • 1147 3 nUGTIONS. MOETGAGEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE JEWELLERY TO BE HELD AT POWELL COS SALE-ROOM On Tuesday, tbe 2nd November, at 11 a.m. A massive gold riDg set witb a beautiful diamond of about 30 carats. Seven gold rings set with diamonds and rnbies. Four handsome gold bracelets set with diamonds. Seven
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    • 388 3 MOET CHANDON CHAMPAGNE. BULMER'S HEREFORDSIIRIE GIDER. JEFFREY'S EDINBURGH ALE STOUT. The Borneo Co., Ltd. SINGAPORE. Siderosthen Paint. (In Black and dark chocolate) ANTI -CORROSIVE. RUST PREVENTING PAINT. i r lt will not blister under Tr °P ical 1 1S una^ ectec^ by sa^ dlv > spray P'lii^ IS or sea
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  • 31 4 Domestic Occurrences. Death. Brett.— On the 28th Sept., suddenly, at Wormstall House. Newbury, Herbert Wilford Brett, third son of the late Rev. Edmund Percy Brett, vicar of Sandhurst, Gloucester, aged 51.
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  • 1640 4 The Singapore Free Press Monday, Oct 25, 1909. 1 Here shall the Press the People's right intaia U'lawed by influence unn anbribed b-w Here patriot Truth be riorious piecepc draw. Pledged to Relieion Loyalty** ■<»••. It is becoming every Jay more apparent that Mr Lloyd George's Bad get is justifying
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  • 334 4 There always comes a time in the history of every religion in which a newer lg« sees the necessity for reform, and an older organic* tion seeks to banish or kill the reformer. In the present instance Satni is a young Egyp. tian who has travelled in
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  • 19 4 b Pmk 9 Ifir Cultiva: divMen.] gf SO pM net, n,. i Cm tki vear esdl e
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  • Correspondence.
    • 167 4 Sir, I ibould refarenot to Dm propo* I of the mumfa stun I proceeds of t be Bale I the subject L> gitUtif« Com II ICr Bj pi ton a being used l for all ,;ii.i%' %h Croon surmounted b\ k wider k -p b »twi e 'Utr
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  • 35 4 BAND MANN COMEDY CO. Mr Bandmuui g i i| Comady C>mpa:;v, tbt > i-eire J^ Strrt.w. uudt-r the patronage I oelfency tbe Governor. Other p! vret,; wi]] l,r> found in :uj. booking ii bow proosoding apace
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  • 34 4 lir 0$& I Cup clooll je«l LI BU»M i"M._ I TkB drai u p] toe U>-d -.v u I be i ed t>> -i!i'>rr..w. H«f fof >itober Spo«atti«l place :hjs iftilMtB.
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  • 241 4 N.'w pmvinoM wmim I -dM*B K- galatkm of L9O5 b I and fvoui that ci.iy jmwhI. r.~. dealers inpreawB itooat, rftt n.^nh.inth. j>.-, .stb, tobwij dea.'T.s m4 gVMtn to iil r»«Mitiffi MalMthu hit! ato. To*»B gnlntioM containing these new j.r<-.T.siaarH came into force Ml Oil dW
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 551 4 KELLY and WALSH, Ltd LAURENCE HOPES POEMS ELLEN WHEELER WILCOX The Garden of Kama. Stars of the Poems of Pleasure. Poems of Passion. Desert. Indian Love Poems of Sentiment. USEFUL HANDBOOKS. BUSINESS B00K3. A Writer's Manual, containing 5,000 Pitman's Business Man's Guide $2.00 Words frequently misspelt ?0.S5 Pitman's International Mercantile
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    • 89 4 ALHAMBRA BEACH ROAD. i SPECIAL ATTRACTION. FOR A SHO&T SEASON ONLY. EXPENSIVE ENGAGEMENT OF PROFESSOR William Vincent (From the Principal London Theatres) As performed before T. R. H. the Prince and Princess of Wales. Sleight-of hand Expert, Magician, and Society Entertainer. Refined, Humourous, Artistic" and Up-to-date. TO BE SUPPORTED BY
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    • 9 4 A Safe Meriicmt Don't tx afraid t giv. I
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  • 63 5 Jf a Million Short. —Beater's) 1452 pm. >!lor of thfl Bl v tni I that n-^' *>m I conces-. bit eatimatei 1 nfly hUI wai vii p kted, and the per odat. awl urjf istui ite c uaemp: eyed, w I it tfed iao< w bUI million the
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  • 11 5 ROk: itor Sighted. raa leen on Thi:: i liy
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  • 29 5 KITC HENER IN AUSTRALIA. EA Gp El ception, tt< true states th it er encounter fa bees om* rd B itcheaer at Part 1 Cma •awoaltb at Thursday Island.
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  • 18 5 .13 eonpleteH destrojed a:: c j wtta line, with all DgS. I and 12 Injored.
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  • 205 5 t'r. Carlyon Bellairs has sent I llow—cretary of the executive of the Liberal AseociistioM of r letter of the 21-t inst., ■lished m the Press, I M not my intention to v the official L era] ...:e at n. wd the subject of my you might have
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  • 126 5 the I I .ctory. There la no Whatever the Directf may ultimately say about the disad the relative successes of the i out one thing eiwjboflj ing d! the in"The men were -t I| Cor.th the Reds vie with cor- Blaea m emphasising the beerfafaesa, on the march.
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  • 7 5 uragraph from the M Japan Monthly "On
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  • 75 5 Meets Italian King. In France Also. (By Submarine Telegraph. Renter's) lieceived Oct. 24th 7.58 a.m. The Tsir has arrived at Bacoonigi, whore he was met by King Victor Emanuel and drove to the Palace with him. ML [srolsky has informed BC Pichon that the Tsar will receive him
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  • 94 5 v Receive.l Oct 23rd, 11 6 a.m. The Faar is miking a huge detour, travellii g v. i Pjsea, Frankfurt, Lyons ana Sfodane, thus avoiding Austria. j He bai urrirdd a: Erfurt, .j Q Oct 23, ..VJ pm. The Kalian P esa is generally of the
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  • 168 5 The Kin*; 01 SIA3J TO Bl Invitkd. There is a strong probability that the Kin^' I ffiam will lend his gracious presence to Manila during the next carnival season, and it he oomei it will be m state, accompanied by his royal mite, says the Manila Times." The
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  • 419 5 A Treasury Committee .ippointed to conndev tee organisation of Oriental studies m London, of which Lord Reay was chairman, have issued their report. Tne following is a summary of the Committee's main conclusions There is urgent need for the provision of .table teaching m London
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  • 13 5 A Malay P. C. has been arrested on an allegation of attempted extortion.
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  • 467 5 The following precis of Sir F. Lugard's bulget address is from the Dxily Press.— iiis Excellency sai 1 that, generally speaking, the problem of the Government this year has been to raise sufficient revenue, or to decrease expenditure, t o meet a deficit of eight lakhs of dollars.
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  • 127 5 The death of 31 r Arthur Wilson, the noted ship-owner of Hull, as cabled ud Saturday, recalls :o mind the baccarat scandal a" Tranby Croft when the King, (then Prince of Wales) was one of the houseparty. I: was customary to play baccarat after dinner and Sir
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  • 102 5 This stupendous record was made at Mucich on September 15th by Graignard on an ordinary push cycle ritted with Continental tyres, on a rough cement track. In a feat of this description, the tyres are the principal consideration, for while travelling at a speed of
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  • 201 5 A Munich professor, Herr Rudolf Emmerico, who for some time has been engaged m research work m the St. Petersburg cholera hospitals, has satisfied himself by chemical and spectroscopic analysis of the accuracy of the theory already propounded by him that the fatal ngent m this dreaded
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  • 21 5 11 It ain't roach of a job,"' remarked the benevolent person who was employing a coreligionist. "I'm Davint? tlip. (ipntilp* f.liroo
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  • 1046 5 The fourth and last performance of Rose's play founded on Stanley Weyman's story of the above name was given m the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night, to an audience that, if not strong m numbers, was very appreciative, and on the fall of the curtain called
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 19 5 Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Yon will bant a good while before you *nA a lintmpnt that i« ennal to Chamberlain's
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    • 199 5 4gpt» ROBINSON CO. JMh. EXCLUSIVE STYLES Ife Ladies' Cloth Opera Iff ft s^f C^ J I MM! Silk and Alpaca. I j ?tlffy|! Sust Motor jJiwi 'f r 4 Coats. $1 P ROBinson seo. Ship of the Desert BOlltOD ROUge and is no less Famous Lhan I|> FelllCCa /f 2&
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  • 426 6 (iIUL OK CHIMPANZEE. The Figaro publisher a remarkable »tory relative to a supposed murder at Dinard. j On 20 Sept. two nieu found among the! rock* of Theatre Ff art the body of a child. The head, hands, and feet had been severed. At the
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  • 245 6 A canon cue him below the Paris Aasize Court involving a point of ethics en which the stern moralist and the ordinary man of the world would probably take different Tit w-. A Mechanic uaiufd l'audin. BS year- of age, appeared to answer a charge
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 195 6 STAMPS BOUGHT. Al; sorts o! Fostage, Revenue and Telegraph stamps wanted especially high value Juhore, Siam, Sarawak Ace. Highest Prices Paid; Gash cer Return Wail, H. Kos;vSHiEi.Ls a. Co.. M'chftata 4 Agents, 4. Hldou Street. London, E.G., England. Bankkk^ The Uuion of L Mdoo -v: Smiths Bank. Ltd. Anu 8
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    • 581 6 Apcar Line. The undermentioned mail 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.B. Japan 6,013 J. G. Olifent. s.s. Gregory Apcar 4,606 S. H. Belson. s.s. Arratoon Apcar 4,510 A. Stewart. 8.8. Lightning
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    • 1002 6 SHIPPING. OCEAN STEAM SHIP Co. Ltd. AND China Mutualjßt«mi Nay. Co. Ltd. The Companies' BL«*nierd are despatched from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China and Japan every week, and from Japan home -.yards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and for Marseilles, Havre and
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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 Billt of Lading issued for Chim Ooaat, Persian Gulf, Continental and Ameri can Port*. Steamer* will iaan Singapore on 01 aboo MAIL LINES. Outward (for China) Assaye Nov 5
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    • 520 6 SHIPPING. 1 i JL/« Jut NorddeTitscher Lloyd, B a IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LIII The fast and well-known ma. this Company tail fortnight;) I Hamburg naKotterdam, ActwHrr Gibrakar, Genoa, Naples, (connect, r, M Naplea, Aleranina and vice vura* I Suez, Aden, oiombo, Panane, R '*?gnp kong, Shanghai, Nagasaki 1 k',,U t'
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  • 563 7 Bath esbd Afloat. n Urn laowchfag wwwuf the ing tl rOOgfa I Admiralty i kfl port uil >tarbuard of [a ajile ol Ibt gBSf day the D kbc OO UKHI with their tta tad ontiinm but the r.riv .v tad military r.ui- n the remnant jf ittßSßt
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  • 705 7 October 23. Cap Issub. Paid. L.stDiv. Buyebs. Sellers. 150,000 2/- 2/- Anglo-Malay 12. Int. 14/3 14 9 30.000 1 1 Bitu Caves 10 50 0 53 0 80,000 1 1 Batu Tiga (Selangor) 5 20 0 2 16 100,000 il l Bukit Kajang 246 260 C 1 "7- h
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  • 70 7 (Corrected vr to Oct. 2:] Bank 4ms o4 < demand 2 4" Private credits 3mi 2 4 credits 0m s 2 4 France, demand Bank... gpZj <TKh many, demand 239 i INIIA T T \u] a rTTwn iiwmaii 25|%4fe Yokohama, demand 114 Java, demand )4, Bangkok' demand «;<;'* Sovereigns,
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  • 132 7 Oct. 2:5 Tm bcfMKI.SS aml>ier bujere 11 ■•<> Ghnntier Cabt No 1 14 75 G&mbierOut* > 0 Am Pepperßlaet (or*>. B'pon) barer. 15 50 I Pepper, Whit* (f«j) buyers "8 25 INutmegidlOtatinlk.).. 20 00 Nutmeg. (80 to tk« lb.j m 2400 w «i norn Oloret (Amboin*" -> 4 75
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 670 7 VESSELS £N PORT. Steamers Fla« Tons Master Arrived 0 From Coneurnee For Wh.. BanL.ong Dufc 275 Harst Get 15 Band'masun Ban Keng Bma. B i n FW. U f 6nke 3tlT Batavm A^losJon Uncertain Na m Vo Dg Brit 953 W.llis Oet £SS^ l rc It'll* 2!*" O«*«a B«gW Sim
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    • 71 7 PASSENGERS, to* Fmk Umtn Ihml], h. Kii t/ w G.Sberimg, W. a Trotter, J. Duvh]' l/ H 7' T faodgraee, Chi Swi Chen^ Ui h«g I •a, Ui -boon Guan, Lee KenJ FoBg; Knock«r, A. BUaad. Per Penan-: Km a HL iWb* F R BiUand D. p, AadM«M L .Mnese.
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  • 1780 8 MEETING AT SIMLA, Brawn by thk Vicbbot. Simla, October 12th. EL E the Viceroy ■welcomed th*> dele^at*-* to the ITilarial Conference at Viceregal \^d^, Si::i U, to-day as follows "A Dread DIUASI an: a Dismal Death Row Genti.kmkn.-— I must m the first place welcome you heartily
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  • 209 8 Theft from a Eikisha. Ng Wan Soon, a Hokien, has been charged by Oog Lia Karg for stealing from rikisha I 1"-'.!' 35 packets of Chinese tobacco valued at (22 25 cts. m Senegal St. Lxayihg Bullock Unattended. A Kling, named Karaphan, has been ar-rPr-H'l for leaving his
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  • 1178 8 The master of the Kheng Seng reports that during the voyage of the steamer from Singapore to Malacca a male Chinese either fell or jumped overboard at 7.50 p.m. on the '21st. The steamer was stopped and a boat sent to the rescue, the man being picked up
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  • 431 8 The Club b?at the Garrison on Saturday with four wickets to spare, Bevan being mainly responsible for the downfall of the military six wickets for eighteen runs. Scores. Garrison. Lt. Clarke c Sercombe Smith b Paake 11 Corp. Shallcross lbw B^van Bed. Barton b Bevan 3 Lt. Home b
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 267 8 Netherlands Gutta Percha GOMPANY LIMITED. SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS. All kinds of India Rubber Articles, Sheets, Rings, Valves Tubes, Endless Belts, Hose (Suction, Steam, Hy draulic, Armoured) etc. etc. Ebonite, Vulcanite and HaRubber articles. Works and Offices PASSIR PANJAXG, Singapore. Sole Agents HOOGLANDT and Co., Singapore, IB HH IB V I
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 134 8 ANJER SHIPPING BEPORT. (Compiled for the Singapore Free Press.") Date of passing Aojer Nationality and Description of vessel Captain's name Where and when sailed L'estination. Oct S. Ger. str. Furth Saeyert Tjilatjap Oct 6 for Batavia. Oct 8. Dut. str. Pyrhus; Barend; Amsterdam for Batavia Oct 9. Dut. str Billiton
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