The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 July 1910

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1910. NO. 6,9419
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  • 209 1 War has been declared m the naval manoeuvres Page 5. Herr Dernburg is going on a tour through the Far East page 5. The weights for the first day's racing at Penang are given on page 8 The Women's Suffrage bill has been practically shelved— Page 5.
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  • 1655 1 The calling of a fisherman m these waters would not strike thepiesent day land lubber as a particularly dangerous one, apart from an ccca-i.nal stoim, but it is not so many years ago that serious trouble followed the lot of those whose livelihood was thai of the toilers
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 892 1 The Subscription List will open en Monday the 18th day of July, 9 1 0 close on Saturday the 23rd day of July, 1 9 1 0, at noon. A copy of this Prospectus will bs filed with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies Singapore before the list opens. THE
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    • 160 1 GRAND CONCERT TEUTONIA CLUB Saturday, July 30th, Nine p.m. MARIE RUSSER THE CELEBRATED SOPRANO. Army Van Velthvijsen SOLO PIANIST. Reserved Seats $2. PLAN AT THE ROBINSON PIANO CO., LTD. THE STAR OPERA Co. AT T3H THEATRE ROYAL, NOBTH BRIDGE ROAD. To.Ni&ht I To-Ni&ht ll NO PERFORMANCE. TO-MORROW NIGHT "DAN DAN
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    • 221 1 ALHAMBRA BBACH ROAD. THE BIG SHOW. NEW SUBJECTS TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT I Pathe's Unrivalled Novelties 2nd Show 9*30 to 11 pm. Overture. Poet and Peasant "by Franz von Suppe How the Poor dine m Paris The Mountain Inn Tie Unmasking of Hei bert. S.C.A.G.L. Doable Pealings The Shadow of the Past
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    • 122 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Motor launch wanted Page 1 Bulmer's delightful Devonshire cider page 8. Humber motor cars at the Borneo Company —page 5. Notice re business of Lee Kian Seng Page 2. Straits fchippinu' and parcels agency Pagel. Several well-known racehorses are for sale Page 3. Last three nights of Harmston's
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 301 1 THE WEEK Thursday, 14th High Water— 3.3 a., SiS p P O Mail Homeward due P O Mail Homeward closes, 6 p Philharmonic Orche&tra, 5 p Harmston's Circus. Friday, 15 th High Water.— 4 5 a., 4.46 p St. Swithin. PAO Mail Outward due. Major- General Stephenson lands. Municipal Commission,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 17 2 Ctamberlain's Cough Remedy. The many remarkable cures of colds and grip effected by this preparation have made
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    • 548 2 NOTKBES. NOTICE Is hereby given that th 9 business lately carried on by Lee Kian Seng alias Lee Mong Pow at 8, Tew Chew Street Singapore under the style of Chops Kian Hup and Kian Joo Seng has as from the 25th day of April, 1910 been transferred to the
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    • 566 2 NOTWES. AVIS. Mr. Michel Trilles, Gerant dv Consulat de France Singapore, recevera, a l'occasion de la FETE NATION ALE, jeudi prochain, 14 Juillet, dans l'apres-midi, de 5 heures a 7 heures, au Consulat de France, 106, Orchard Road. July 12 15-7 GOVERNMENT NOTICE. Tenders will be received at the Colonial
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    • 492 2 NOTWES. PIANO LESSONS. Letters may be addressed co MOUTRIE PIANO Co., Ltd. July 2 3-8 NOTICS OF REMOVAL. We have removed from No. 11, Raffles Place to No. 52, Malacca Street. j SARKIES MOSES. July 4 NOTICE. The undersigned M. S. Hosensah Marican hitherto carrying on business as Dubash Ship
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    • 540 2 Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BT ROTAL CHART BR Paid np Capital m 60,000 shares of £20 each *1,200.<W Reserve Fund £1,600,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors *1,200,00f i Court of Diractora. Sir Montagu Cornish Turner (Cbainnan). Sir Henry Stewart Cunningham, E.C.I.E. Thomas Cuthbertson, Esq Sir Alfred Dent,
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    • 405 2 MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE Co. OF CANADA, ESTABLISHED 1887. Policies are "WORLD WIDK' "ttmi rRICTED," "INDISPUTABLE' J/ v S FORFEITABLE.' dnd N <>N. Claims, loans, cash-surrenders etc promptly settlec by the Gem ral' A Woffle/ 1 ***** tbe d ay f J The Reserves for protection of p nli adders are
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  • 416 3 The local agenta Messrs Adamson Gilc f t »ud Company send U9 a copy of the report of the Directors of the above for the se!Tr ending -Ist December. 1909 The number of life Policies issued was j 1 [27 ss sgM-*t IoiB m the previous 12
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  • 271 3 RepoH of the Difeeton for 1909 for-w.u-ir.l t> Adamson Gilhilan and Oo |H thai m the tire department the preu. received amounted to £1,228,702, .-.u_, ia -^mparison with the premiums :.r are~i us '"ear, a decrease of J6545. M-M incurred amounted to J&613.6 !••">, or per cent
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  • 238 3 WU_ the inauguration of the Colonial Beard Tokyo, and the notice m the (ia/ette that km m T ipsa now includes Korea, whose status t mes similar to that of Formosa Mi Sac.ilirn. an important chapter of Far Eisu-rn history is clostd. The history of
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 477 3 Gives Radiant Beauty to the Skin //^"'HAZELINE'\ I SNOW" I JJs I An ideal remedy for dull or 1 M AriL I g reas V complexions. Urv_ *S|Y j A wholesome tonic which stimu- \T\ I lates the skin to healthy action, I I restores its natural transparency, and produces
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    • 599 3 FOR SALE. I i FOR SALE. The Racehorses Trouble, Too Late, Kuropa, Great Glee, Dinkum, Padlock. For prices and particulars apply to Dallan's Horse Repository. July 14 17.7 TO SAW-MILLERS ENGINEERS. O. E. F. Overhead Runways (Secondhand) for sale, consisting of 414 ft. H iron beams (size 8| m. by
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    • 440 3 KATZ BROTHERS, L TD LAST WEEK OF OUR GREAT CASH CLEARANCE SALE TO MAKE ROOM for NEW GOODS. We are now offering the balance of our stock at further heavy reductions IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. THE MERLIN MASTERPIECE CYCLE. $U2.50 each. Such an opportunity should not be neglected, KATZ BROS., LTD.
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  • 37 4 Hew I— all th? Pre<<: the TV^plA r'jbt maintain, Una mt Ibj i ifluence anr! unbribed by gain: Here patriot Truth r n'^-iov.- precepts draw. Piedgt i t., R< Hgkm. Loyalty and Law.
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  • 1893 4 There will be universal regret at the sudden death at Bournemouth of the plucky young airman the Hon. C. S. Rolls, who has attained fame as a pioneer m motor development and m practical aeronautics. It was just recently that the feats of Mr Grahamk White
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  • 84 4 CHINESE PIRATES AND MACAO BOYS. Au 'horites Take Military Ac Decapitatioi Threatened. (I rem mm mm Cm/reee* Hongkong, June 1.:, pm A Macao telegram states tUr ti,, of some boy* who had h 3 en pirates E-rffaliUil Hh P#d Governor that $3,500 had been d-MnanoV for the hostages. If
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  • 50 4 Many C s:_ The pirates opened li --e on ihe v hot bombardment ensuing In the course of the engagement a l ber of soldiers ani pirates were I The gunboats M X«O* %mi I\ with an additional force ol v and police have now reinforced the mfan-
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  • 13 4 The population ol -M ii from the Portguese authority
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  • 97 4 KUALA KANGSAR PLANTATIONS. Increase of Cap; I From r Rmag Jolj An extraordinary meeting ot B u__ m, sar Plantations will bl held on Joli consider a resolution to increase thi NpfcJ of the Company trom i.'_ 15,000 to X 35,000 by the creation of two thousind a Iditional ordinary
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  • 67 4 i />, is 1 1 i tl The Plante) >' Store* bai I L mm)m wBM stating that Piaata4 m S teal Bii dt itB/H, Crepe B I, Bed B -rap p7 10, Scrap untreated 7 R tmbong 7 hard Para is 10 1. U mmmtl Ipoh, I
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  • 30 4 Agen*> J. O. Dm Hihii h i; i V i at k BtL Lumpur, J v j Ci. ibi —2,1 22 lbs. S ran W lt: 6,2
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  • 27 4 v/ r m cen < .<■;,. vr/.) fa 't.. Falj Mr C H Tyle, htadm^vi School, is resigning the servi I up post on a rubber plantation
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  • 36 4 BEoNoua worn Hi<Hn_ui Messrs Birlow aiv.i Co ia~braa ua that they have received wired ■<■> don that Highlands and LwUadl rubber has been awarded the Diplonu <a Honour at the Jipan Brituh Eih I l
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  • 62 4 Most people m the Fast hire ii UM :::e or other amusing expenfmcns with tmUM servants. A French lady down il \smmm tells how she was ittrtlad one d ij found her cook rolling rissoles by them up and down his bare bad;, palm of his hand." It is Ml
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 184 4 COURVOISIERSFAMOUS BRANDIES SAMPLES PRICES |FROM CALDBECK, MACGREGOR AND CO., SOLE AGENTS. BURRdUGHES- WATT'S FULL SIZED BILLIARD TABLES. a ■Sg»«sfe^^^^q T-JEM Ch^- fitted with tbe special Eureka' cushions AND INCLUDING ALL ACCESSORIES FOR BILLIARDS. $835. JOHN LITTLE Co, Ud, s ;t^ l^ RflTfCeS BOC6L SPECIAL DINNER Saturday next, July 1 6.
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    • 296 4 SALE OF CASTLETON RUBBER ESTATE Ltd. Tenders are invited for the purchase of Castleton Para Rubber Estate situated within one mile of Telok Anson Town, Mukim of Durian Sebatang m the District of Lower Perak, comprised m Lot Nos. 232, 233, 240, 614 to 623, 738 to 755, 758 to
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    • 14 4 We have used Cypridol capsuV; brilliant results far i* j t(.« j we mai
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  • 67 5 THE LABOUR QUESTION. By has Declaration (By Submarine Telegraph. Reuter's) ieneral Botha, the Premier of the South A m Union, speaking at Johannesburg, it '.ired thit the B^ers would welcome En- -a settlers on the land. tie stated that he hoped that the mineraifl would encourage the
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  • 94 5 German Benediction. M X )eloische Z ituug says that the ;s^o Japanese agreement arose through s need to carry out an Asiatic policy ftarbad, and Japan's wish to develope FaDj the co_-[uests she acquired m the therefore be welcomed m Germany -ewhere, as a guarantee of peace,
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  • 49 5 Merely Formal. >u-er correspondent „t Berlin says that I 1'... reign < >ffi;e has issued a statement halt-M Ka ser's letter was the ordinary n__ acknowledgment of the announcement t Mi.iri/'s accession. S 'hiDg is known regarding any coaling c the icqanHioa ol which is not conemp^.t'ed.
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  • 18 5 I »ernburg starts from Berlin for the is: via Siberia on tie 15th.
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  • 32 5 ■.day night is the "Colonel's" benefit and will be a special programme with the Biting addition of two tigers harnessed to l-triot and driven ruiiad by a local l rtaaaaa
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  • 37 5 report of this Company, for which I UM Gotttt are the local agents, stages iv 1909 premiums totalled £1,197,620. -ses raid r.» £~>6*.b7*S. The assets totalled £6801,060, and the tire reserve fund 't CO.
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  • 39 5 fl c wv'uld call attention to the new pro- HUM at tbe Marlborough cinematograph n l^ach Road. The series is an untallj good one and contains no less than ret enthral new pictures, two of them ma
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  • 215 5 Km is always certain of something fresh amusing at this enterprising cinemato:riph show. List night, another series of new pictures were shown, and the large mrtiancn was v.ore than satisfied. The rndlent orchestra added m no small degree pleasure of the evening. All the tares were entertaining and
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  • 48 5 A: midnight on Tuesday, a Cbicarmn aaaarraaiad for snatching a sum of $].7<* "-U1 t rikiaha coolie m Sigo Street. M. Jacqnta Issaverdens, who is largely m the rubber industry m the is f returned on Monday morning from his t mr m French IndoChina. and left a_ain
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  • 70 5 CAPT. PHILLIP'S SUCCESS. (By Submarine Telegraph.— Reuters.) Rac. July 18, 10 a.m. In the Corporation and City of London competition for single entries with service rifles open to Indian and Colonial Volunteers, Capt. C. 11 Phillips with 50, (possible) tied for first place with five others. In the
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  • 30 5 In the first stai>e of the| King's Piiz\ Graystone of the Ringoon Volunteer Artilleiy, and six others, made possibles at 400 yds and t> 0 yds.
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  • 40 5 Hon. C. S. Rolls Killed. Rec. July 13, 7 50 a.m. The Honourable C. S. Rolls was circling the grandstand at the Bjurnemouth aviation meeting, when his machine buckled and fell forty feet killing him instantly.
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  • 37 5 War has been declared m the naval maaoeuvres. A rec 3rd fleet of three hundred ships is engaged. Admiral May commands the British, or Red fleet, and Admiral Poe, the Invaders, or Blue fleet.
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  • 41 5 The Women's Suffrage Bill passed second reading by 299 to 190. Rec July 13, 4 pm. The motion to send the Suffrage Bill to a Grand Committee wis rejected by 320 to 17-5. This amounts to shelving the 8.11.
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  • 20 5 The King has approved of the Kiug's Colonials being designated King Edward's Horse (King's Overseas Dominions Kagiment).
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  • 211 5 Exciting Incident on Rubber Estate A preliminary enquiry was opened by Mr Green, second magistrate, yesterday, into an allegation of housebreaking, after making preparations to cause hurt, brought against a young Chinaman. Court Inspector Ambrose appeared for the prosecution. A Chinese mandore employed on Dr Lim Bojn
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  • 217 5 Rikisha Stripped off its Tyres. A Chinaman named Tan Ah Wah was before Mr Green, second magistrate, yesterday, on a charge of theft of rubber tyres valued at 330, and a pair of brown shoes valued at $2.50. He was further charged with fraudulent possession of two
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  • 142 5 A melancholy incident occurred as the Pand O Borneo,*' homeward bound, was off Socotra m s f ormy monsoon weather. As a passenger named Mr Grey, who was, it is understood, m theemployment of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company on the West Coast of Australia, was standing just
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  • 148 5 The following important notice affecting the laws of cricket has been issued by the Maryiebone Cricket Club The M CC. committee consider it necessary to call attention to objectionable, if not illegal, action on the part of batsmen, which the committee know from their
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  • 94 5 A middle aged priest leaped from a pinnacle of Milan Cathedral and was killed instantly. He was identified as Father Luigi Robbiani, principal of an orphanage at Arona on Like Maggiore. About ten o'clock he entered the cathedral and obtained a permit to climb the main
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  • 188 5 Professor W. Caldwell writes to the Editor from McGill Uaiversiry, Montreal, as follows "It is some time since I received your kind c. mourn? cat ion and your article on the Imperial Council question m connexion with mv article m the March number of tie JjJatioiud Review. I thank you
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  • 271 5 There is no doubt about it that tbe present plague of lies m Colombo is serious and disgusting and housewives are at their wit's ends to devise means of ridding their bungalows of the loathsome visitants. Naturally there is a strong inclination to associate the present
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  • 23 5 Two rikishas, valuod at $75 and $20 respectively, have been stolen frein Almeida and Pi insep Streets. The police have been communicated with.
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  • 649 5 The Passengers Safe m Bombay. Bombay, July 3 —This morning the P O tug "Di wan" left Prince's Dock supplied with a special towing hawser and proceeded at J 1 o'clock to sea to bring m the steamer "Trieste," after several ineffectual attempts had been made yesterday
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  • 275 5 Lying unconscious at tbe feet of Ducbess, tbe largest of five trained lions m tbe Bostock menagerie at Dreamland, Coney Island, Peter Taylor, a tamer of wild animals, appearing m tbe arena, was found by two of tbe attendants with bis face and bands
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 20 5 Constipation. For oonstipation there is nothing quite so nice as Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They always produce a pleasant
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    • 31 5 To the Woods sang the bard. To the Woods let me flee, For this cold seems as hard And as tough as can be 1 Ws\ tVt_ Wnn/lo TMI a— _T7
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    • 430 5 ROBINSON Co.l BARON'S PATENT PIPE FILLER. CAEREEiS ajmmp, CAEEEEAS CARRERAS CLARENCE CIGiRETrES m tins of 50. ROBINSON Co. a— p— mmmm W. D. H. O. WILLS. THREE CASTLES MAGNUMS A LARGE HAND-MALE CIGARETTE. Packed Price 'He MAGNUMS. JW\ IN Tl r+ SM three Castles AA _.< 55 ce j 50'
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  • 446 6 Lord Milner, m his speech to the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, touched a theme upon which no other man can dwell with more force and authority. Our Imperial res"pocsibilities have been enlarged upon by him m many addresses. At Liverpool he particularly dealt with the British Crown
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 299 6 WANTED. FOREMAN OF WORKS. Wanted for British North Borneo. Salary $ICO per month and quarters. <>niy fully qualified men need apply. GI'THRIE i CO. Lti». As Agents— Br iti.sh North Borneo Co. Jalv 14 tts o c. WANTED By a firm of Lawyers a Chinese Clerk and Typist. Applications should
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    • 652 6 s.s. "KISTNA" FOR PORT SWETTENHAM ft PENANG. The above steamer will be detained here for Boiler Cleaning and will not take the sailing of the 20th instant. She will resume her usual sailings on Wednesday, the 27th instant. July 14 21 7 BEITISH INDIA S. N. CO.. LTD. FOR PENANG,
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    • 1067 6 OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. AND China Mutual Steam Nay. 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 Liverpool
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    • 683 6 P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Foi China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon Australia, India, Aden Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or abcut MAIL LINES. Outward (for China) Assaye July 15 Delhi Sept.
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    • 688 6 N. D. L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremer IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE The fast and well known mail steamers this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Soot-amp ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connecting Marseilles. Naples, Alexandria and vie* versa Port Said, Suez. Aden. Colombo. Penang Singapore. Hongkong. Shanghai, Tsingtau Nagasaki
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  • 246 7 Mr. As^uith's Views. London, June 21 Mr Aaejnjmh, replying to Suffragette Delations today, said that during the last parliament he received several Suffrage De .rations and because he had not received mora, he was subjected to much misunderli ti. ing. Now, however, there was a new iament with
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  • 148 7 May Jans Total. Pikula. Belat 296 1,200 Bruang 264 1.198 Bruseh 200 895 Chenderiang 238 949 Qopeng 630 650 4,095 Kamuning 13,370 $4,233 $27,154 Kanaboi 360 194 1,792 Kinta 531 377 3,083 Kinta Association 1,461 1,002 4,842 Kledang Kramat Pulai 688 1,772 Kaantan 74 304 Lahat r>Bo 5,558
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  • 430 7 May June Total. Allagar 3,100 3,500 14,900 Alor Pongsu 1,870 2,000 5,020 Alma 600 700 1,900 Anglo Malay #7,958 49,782 298,765 Ayer Kaning 833 Ayer Molek 1,883 5,077 Ayer Panas SCO 930 Balgownie 9,778 9,175 51,957 Banteng 1,716 1.949 9,074 Batu Caves 12,256 13,034 "»6,077 Batu Tiga
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  • 1307 7 July 13. Cap. Issui. Paid. LastDiy. Bums. Sellers 85,000 2/ 2/ Allagar Rubber Estates Ltd 6 6 7 6 150,000 2/- 2/- Anglo- Malay 80% 17 9 19 6 50,000 2/- 1/6 Batang Malaka 10 2 0 pr. 30,000 1 1 Batu Caves 50% 17 10 0 18 2
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  • 67 7 CORRECTED UP TO July 13 Bank 4ms 2/4 demand 24; Private credits 3m 8 I 4,^ credits 6ms 24;; France, demand Bank... 2945' Germany, demand 23^i India, T. T, 175* Hongkong, demand 23]% dis. Yokohama, demand 114| Java, demand 140| Bangkok, demand 66 i Sovereigns, Bank Buying $8.5. Bank
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  • 122 7 Jnly 13. Tin* buyers $7) 37; Gambier m H.4»> Gambier Cube No 1 14 80 Gambier Onbt No. 8 noK. Pepper Black (crl £'f«*) I nyers 1 3 75 Popper, Whitn (fail) 25 75 Nutmeg, (110 kotka lb.)-. 18.00 Nutmeg, (80 to tka lb.) 22.00 Mace (Banda) nom Glove,
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 405 7 A Good Household Liniment. r. a bottle cf Chamberlain's Pain Balm htepl iv the house the pains of burns and Maids may be promptly relieved, cuts and bruises luickly healed, swellings promptly I t-i and rheumatism and neuralgia robbed eu terrors. In fact, for the househould it is jast such
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    • 27 7 CWrIP-Tirsl Annual Publication. THE SINGAPORE and STRAITS DIRECTORY 1910. 1,003 pp. Royal Bvo. Cloth; Price sB-50 per copy; $9 Post Free. Publishers i etdaqfr /O. NFAVE. LIMITED.
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    • 27 7 Telephone 119. Established 1840 "VO"KT_T- l-tfYK-Y-L M. SALOMON SON, 1 r w «i Dnbashee, Ship Chandlers and Navy Con- PhotOgPaphtC StlldJO. tractors, General Store and Fresh Provision
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 1237 7 VESSELS POKT. PUg and Tone Co mm indent Arrived From For Whoa Sea Mew Col. yacht 500 Coleman June 9 Penang Uncertain Steamera Flae Tons Master Arrived From ConeUrnee Por WDm Avagyee Brit 247 Campbell July 12 P. Swett. T. Lee Guan P. Swett. 14 Ban Hong Liong Brit ;f<
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  • 497 8 RUN JULY 26, 28, 30. {From our mmm CgrrtspondemEl Penang, July 18. Tbe following we'ghts have been allotted for the fir9t day of the Penang Turf Club meeting. FIEST DAY. The Mixed Handi. ap. (One mile) Prince Plausible 7 12. Town Moor 7.7, Say When 79, Here's
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  • 236 8 Glancing at tbe results of the meeting as a whole, the second day's racing was a good deal the best, there being a number of very close finishes. Toe pari mutuel paid the highest dividends on the first day when Frou Frcu brought m 5.04 for her
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  • 129 8 Mrs Paulina Sta. Maria, widow of the late ehitf clerk of the local treasury, died yesterday morning and was buried m the afternoon at the Bidadari cemetery. During last week there were 284 deaths m Singapore givng a mortality rate of ->1 94. Of these 96
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  • 321 8 (Via Ceylon.) Home Crdket. London, Jnly sth. Oxford has beaten Cambridge at Lords by an innings and 126 runs The feature of the match was the brilliancy of Mr Ls Couteur's play. He scored 160 runs and secured six wickets for twenty runs m the first innings of
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  • 541 8 The North- West Frontier. Lahore, Juiy 2nd. The Tribune's Bannu correspondent says Mahemmad sub-ove seer, and Sundrrlal, contiactor, who were taken prisoners by raiders, managed to til>ct their escape from the raiders' grip stealthily on the sth June. They arranged, through a woman, to loosen their fetters, and
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  • 893 8 The bill introduced by the Straits Government to regulate the shipping rings has induced the local head of one of our largest tea exporting firms to send us, Times of Ceylon, the following letter In your issue of 27th June yon gave the terms of a
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  • 94 8 The "Times of Ceylon" wire says The world's visible supply of rubber at the beginning of this month was 4,150 tons against 4.763 tons at the beginning of last month, 4,690 tons at the beginning of May, and 5,279 tons at the beginning of April. I The total
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  • 432 8 The "Westphalia, b una for Europe, arrived from Hor ekoDg yts f ,erday. The "Hong Wan I"* lauds 1,500 tons of rice, and bunkers at Tan j ng Pagar. The "Islander" is at present loading a quantity of ironwork for Xmas Island. The "Vancouver" lands 6,500 tons of
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  • 249 8 IF ELEPHANTS, WHY NOT LOBSTERS The British Government has just issued a statement that at present there is a plague of wild elephants m Uganda. They are roaming the country m devastating herds, eating up the settlers' gardens and even tearing the roofs off storehouses to devour the grain. Such
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  • 163 8 Oh i ect is to Bluff China. Peking (via Ne v York). Persistent reports that Russia is mobilizing a division of troops at Kiakhta, on the border of Mongolia, have prompted China to inquire whether they are true, and if so what is the purpose of the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 13 8 A Straight Tip. A glass or two of water taken half and hour
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    • 29 8 For all internal complaints dysentry coughw colds tic. take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure W. J. GARCIA^ 219, ORCHARD ROAD. Piano, Organ Musical Instrument dealer. Pianos bought sold or exchanged.
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    • 328 8 Harmston's Grand Circus AND ROYAL MENAGERIE OF PERFORMING WILD ANIMALS LOCATION BEACH ROAD. LAST *> NIGHTS. LAST *J NIGHTS. TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT AND EVERY EVENING AT 9-30 SHARP. ELECTRIC SUCCESS OF THE SISTERS LOUISE AND ANGELINA VASCA ALSO THE TRIO FROLIC AND OUR ALL STAR COMPANY OF LONDON AND CONTINENTAL ARTISTES
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