The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 6 January 1911

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 14 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6.JL911. NO. 7,107
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  • 127 1 DetaiU of the Tronoh mine working are given on page 4 The results of the second div's racing at Penan ff appear on pa*.The Assiz s -vere continued yesterday, the Mitchell case being taken P.u December rubber returns and the auction prices will b*» found on page
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  • 529 1 Twelfafter Christmas, or as it is mot known the EpiphaL siastical festival held oo men manifest*: world by the ar-; When ti tbe fourth century, whic. np the oriental chu commemora*' he birth ai sus, the Eis'ern churchy l> •nts io ha seemiDi. liecome a Western appointed to
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 126 1 iTHE GREAT STOCK -TAKING W I*^^^ omr Jm\\ JA4 d ->) OF THE YEAR {<r WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW And Company, Limited, Singapore. HOWARTH ERSKINE, Ltd. Engineers Gontractors, Singapore. large stock of ESTATE IMPLEMENTS ALWAYS READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. Light Rail Track Trolleys, Pumps, Piping, Tanks &c. AGENTS FOR hornsby's GAS ENGINE
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    • 248 1 THE HARIMA HALL i JAPANESE CINEMATOGRAPH, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. SEE THE ARC LAMP. To-Night! To-Night!! SPECIAL PROGRAMME. BOOKING AT 5—14, BEACH KOAD OH TEL. No. 1116. K. MWt Sole Proprietor. THE STAR OPERA Co. The Dutch and Malay Variety Entertainers AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. To-M&ht I TO'Xi&ht
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    • 120 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Shorthand typist wanted P Bdnkiuftcy notice re Tan Seng Puan P.'lfe 2. ice re Medical Hall partnership The Kistna ia undergoing boiler cle.in i: tr Page 6. Notice reexamination for Surveyois' licenses for the Colony Page 2. Whiteaway Laidlaw'e annual stock taking sale begins on Monday Page 1.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 359 1 THE WEEK Fbiday, 6th t— High Water.— 2 11 a., 1 .3 Epiphany Municipal Commission, 2 30 p The Roy*l Je6ter, Victoria Theatre, 5 p Week of Prayer, Presbyterian Church, 8 CAItHDAY, 7th Hvh Water.- 2 54 2:2 B. I. Mail Outward due. V. D. L. Mail Outward due 4
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  • 228 2 THE BANISHMENT OF LASSITUDE. The Secret of Renewing Energy. There is no seisation more dispiriting, no condition more annoying, tban the utter lassitude which is so inevitable a condition of tbe Eastern climate during tbe greater part of the year. Tbe weariness of the body and the utter disinclination to
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  • 233 2 it the bber E^ was held at the L >nd >m William Hoo Jh Airman of the he li ibilii "vill notice vree referred a the .iow remain the the m bier >aye have de. atinue the policy of cv ion with our rubber. rsnenn is tha*
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  • 180 2 eember 2 the Crown Prince upurat -his f e he was re- _ent to tii nor he Mabarnji w who ye to tbe .icy, decorated and the •roops and picturesque and mediaeval re a nt. TneCrown Prince was nterested m all he I 9 Imperial U
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 210 2 Charles Robinson, TURF COMMISSION AGENT. Penang Race Meeting 7th January, 1911. COMMISSIONS EXECUTED OX ALL EVENTS, WIN AND PLAGE Members' Enclosure Penang Settling Monday Noon 9th January. Apply 18, THE ARCADE, Singapore or E. 0. HOTEL, Penang. Tele. No. 881. Telegrams M ROBBIE." Answers required must be prepaid. •X Wmmm^^^^^Bmm.
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    • 639 2 NOTIGES. Medical Hall and Medical Office, Singapore. Notice is hereby given that the partuershij formerly existing between Dr. E. de Vos an< me is dissolved as on and from Ist day ol January 1911 and as from tbat date the bu?i ness wi 1 be carried on by me alone.
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    • 556 2 NOTIGES. I SURVEYORS LICENCES. An Examination for Licensing Surveyors will be held at the Deputy Surveyor-Geaeral's P Oflice, Penang, on the 6th February 1911, and following days until completion 1 Tbe subjects of Examination will be a* under: Practical Geometry. Mensuration. I. Trigonometry. Surveying (including rield practice). Levelling (including field
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    • 513 2 Cbar tered Bank of India. Australia and China. INCORPORATED BJ ROTAL CBARtBR Paid np Capital m 60,000 shares of £20 each MMM !1,20Q,wi Reserve Fund £1,600,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £1,200,00( Court of Director! i Sir Montagu Cornish Turner (Chairman). Sir Henry Stewart (^nninghaaa, X.CXX. Thomas Cuthbertson, Esq Sir Alfred
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    • 295 2 MANUFACTURERS LIFE afta. Policies are CITABLE Claims, loans, cash-snr promptly settlec I .neral *-*<*_**" Singapore without tl 0 f re £ere B Head Office The Reserves for n u holders are over 6 2 0.C The Accounts are sap i ance Department of CUTHRIE (km Co., LCC nas* SOUTH BRITISH
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 464 3 KATZ BROTHERS, LTD. j_. THE COVENTRY KING i V "^^jw tj* —'I J _^m^F^^' '£b±. Ik iKt Jt&tOmVxxlat^ *^w. ma/jSSm ffi''ffi%K '\S, fry ffi wf flr jL .JL "V^te- TH These Machines are English-made, with English fittings and turned out by Coventry's leading Cycle Manufacturers who have had over 30
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    • 663 3 AUCTION SALE OF An Excellent Collection of Antique Chinese Porcelainware, Fancy Goods &c. AT No. 74, ANSON ROAD. On Wednesday, llth January, at 11 a.m. Comprising beautifully decoraud towls, vases, jars, spill holders, teapots, figure ornaments, green porcelain pa'rots, placques, rice cups, scuff bottles, porcelain garden seats Ac handsomely engraved
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    • 559 3 AUGTIONS. AUCTION SALE OF MANILA CIGARS AT POWELL k Cos SALEROOM On Monday, 9th January, at 11 a. m Ccmprising Reina Victoria, Regalia "La Yebana High Life, Habaneros, Petit Dues Ac. IN GOOD CONDITION. To be f-old m small lots. POWELL Co Auctioneers. Jan 6 10 1 H. L. CCGKUN
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    • 320 3 TO LLT. furnished fre, H. X TO U Tmmediati ectr> >ad. Apply tc Nn\ TO LET T« Immed is. I TO LET floor at fl VACANT OFFICEB TO LET. Apply MEYER BR( 14 Qnat. on n OFFICES TO LET. Whole of second floor c .on Robinson Rjad and Telegraph Apply
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  • 1625 4 The Singapore Free Prees. Friday, Jan. 6, 1911. maintain, I -aw. 1' From representations that have been made it seems to be the case that the uncertainty as to whether, or how, this Colony and the Federated States shall be represented at the Coronation is causing some anxiety animgst these
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  • 280 4 A marriage has bea arranged, and w take place at the Cathedral of the G Shepherd, on Tuesday 17th between Mr Harold Stamford Eber, and Miss Man Josephine Brockmann. Mr A. S. Jeif, Assistant Seen ;he 1 Resident, of Perak proceeds b >r e t to which station he has
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  • 12 4 DECEMBER RUBBS: 1 i Ru. BIKAM I Total 1 An
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  • 9 4 Harper and I rap ra
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  • 11 4 The eng-agemer pin^r of II the es Guides.
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  • 14 4 E Mt yards ToUl Prod vet ion Increatos and I work di.
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  • 41 4 the criminal i with. Th> beuet Por me: luring ir s abe» ach, ju^ by th. n our time Jnited X >urpose i it tie wh-. übsisiing ot leserted by haracteror repu A Life Sa--No n can prf*sc b< aration foi
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 365 4 IDISTINCTIVE TAILORING (m^&*i j^f. X^A .<_>' _^m-A J mSJm* loring demands, yi jl discerning customer jt; I 1 '^■Li John Little Go, Ld. I OUR SUPPLIES OF I ATI AQ b iler "F"l MM. 1 maLmimmr\.<*J PRESERVATIVE OM TH Atlas Preservative Co., Ltd. I -ELL IT AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE
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    • 95 4 S. MOUTRIE AND CO., LTD. THE PIANOFORTE AND MUSIC WAREHOUSE. THE ARCADE. MOUTRIE IS A Synonym of Good Faith. Moutrie's Guarantee Satisfaction. Moutrie's Sell the Best Quality Goods only at the Lowest Prices. LEE BROTHERS. 58-4, Hill Street, (off Stamford Road.) HIGH CLASS PHOTOGRAPHY. Enlargements a Speciality PRICE LIST ON
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  • 21 5 Crown Prince. 1911. Ron •j, the I am bassa v^g to bles. He, bow P° rit Crown pan.
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  • 16 5 Kee Jan 5. H I.H. the Girman Crown Prince is now > <
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  • 28 5 TRAIN PASSENGER CAUSES DEATE. i marine ph.— Reuters n. announced f: on the iy hand >k of riand many p. were red 1> nave been recovered.
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  • 17 5 Special Certificates. k 1911. 'a telegran it the ace I ladia under •d opiu:
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  • 79 5 ir Sports neeei it is a f< c a brillii iin kept :upitted night was yes seemed than ever, •^sent was of ooorae gramme waa as it has been for many :mner won tbe Kiropein race fr yorkers sir the H et v go pleaill pres- Mrs ns
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  • 49 5 i c q day S* s went .rked': ly. That night the md to pro aeering He rm I penny pi< i there the my Tbe next few m a spent t the C- w been moment 'ion, when his pone tl vept ilso :iteenth \u...
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  • 272 5 The following is the report to be presentireholders' meeting on January I D etors now submit the accounts year ended ;><»th September, -Mng the first half of the business 11. After writing off depreciation, and m i ing provision for bid and doubtful del amount tr.
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  • 166 5 Tha British subjects m Siam have just cone through their first twelve- month under Siam•ordance with the terms of tl oid m July, 1909. Upon the whole they have had little to complain of, bs m which they have been concerned have been remarkably few, numberi: niy ab
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  • 56 5 DISASTER IN TURKESTAN. (Rv Submarine Telegraph. Reuter's) os report an earthquake lasting five minutes at Vyerm.ji m Turkestan which rthrew s'oue houses and demolished -ing great suffiring as I is intense, there being twenty two and a half degrees of frost. The number of casualties has not been >
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  • 18 5 nke shocks lu-ation and have been felt generally Europe, e^peciilly ia Italy and a. m
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  • 48 5 Discover/ of the Bodies. D examination of the remains m the End house, which are frightfully minmembered, thit there were three bodies, bw the u'.most obscurity ver both their numbar and idenMr Churchill vehemently denies reports that the authorities set tire to the house.
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  • 935 5 Blank Chcqi The third day of the January Asslzbs was held ia the Supreme Court yesterday before Sir William Hyndmin Jones. The first case taken was that of Alexander Mitchell alias McDoff who was indicated on several charges of cheating. Mr R C. X imonds prosecuted on behalf
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  • 1073 5 By One of the Idle Rich. The charge of idleness is a most serious one to bring againbt the richer men oi' a nation and if it were true, the country would certainly be m a highly precarious condition. Let us examine the proposition more closely, and
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 165 5 THE SPORTING DEPOT. BONAX CARTRIDGES. /^Jf^BBHBB^^^ LOADED X S G POWDER WflWI KYMOCH LOADED re Ca8 <* Loaded best IP f'K I fj *f~^k rf'"^» I^. T a tfmW] A' S0 56 < X S. CJ $5-25 per 1)3 d339a9^fSv^f3Vj I mmW \^M ■^mmmmmmlma-m.mmmmmmmm^-jirm^m-, Jg "OPEX" PATENT CARTRIDGE r«Y^ T>T?
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 336 6 KONG HING CHEONG AND COMPANY. Pkotogr alerg. New Cameras! New Cameras!! New Cameras DEVELOPING, PRINTING ON POST CARDS Th NG NEW YEAR. Orders can now booked at above address. rth Bkidoe Ro ADELPHI HOTEL BUILDINGSft 1 F. CLARKE CO. Queen japopb. Livery Stable Keepers Fodder Merchant*. Fox Robber- tyred Gharries
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    • 561 6 S.S. "KISTNA." FOR PCRT SWETTENHAM PENANG. The above steamer will be detained here for boiler cleaning, and will not take the sailing of the llth in«>tant She will resume her usual mailings on Wedresday, the 18th instant. Jan 6 12.1 BRITISH INDIA S. N. Co. Ltd. FOR PENANG, RANGOON AND
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    • 1461 6 HAMBURG AMERIKA IU T LINE, HAMBURG v „*7? Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen g^ IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. \\»V£ c as t and well-known mail steamers ol VI this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, 9 .-/ffl|V*l^^^ r^ Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamp\'i ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connect)*^ r Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and
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    • 675 6 P. O. STEAM NAVIGA Foi China, Japan, I Australia, India, Aden Mediterranean Por and Lone Through Bills of Lading mm Coast, Persian Gul: can Ports. Steamera will le; Outwai 1911 Ja Arcadia Jai, aye Marmora Fr •evanha Jan 10 as Mar MARMORA Mil tiha Api May 5 as Id 'dta
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  • 36 7 Jan D maaati Heawood Kamuning ooi 260 Kinta Association 649 olai Kuantan 6 561 Menglemba Lode Tambun ng Consolidated Pusing Bahru Raliaasß Kahman Hyd. 1,1 -lak South lisiailali 4 1 tv ka kah iab
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  • 337 7 Nov Dec Jan Dec. 3,850 32,87 7 \lor Pongsu 15,118 Alor Ga i 880 Alma 00 7,350 Malay 65 59' Aiming 440 8,026 Molek Panas 2,100 Balgownie -69 Batak Rabit 80 7,643 Bant -00 927 Caves 119,642 Tiga 11,1 un 1,600 95,193 Bikam 24,428 7,6i0 Kajang -53
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  • 1349 7 January 5. RUBBER STERLING COMPANIES. Cap. ISBUB. Paid. Last Dit. Buvirs. Sillers 85,000 2/ 2/ Allagar Rubber Estates Ltd 4 6 5 0 150.000 2/- 2/- Anglo- Malay 25% int. 110 12 3 50.000 2/- Batang Malaka 2 0 2 6 30,000 1 1 Batu Caves 35% int.l6 10
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  • 326 7 in** and T< ommuidm 4rrrv«d Froai For Wbn Newcastle Brit cmis .4 Hunt Kuantan F.M.S. dredger 500 oertain Brak Dut 300 uk D* am Sea Belle F.M.S. Yacht 400 Ahmat Janl am steamers Flatr A Tons Master Arrived From Wt>«% Ban Lioncr Dut 287 Winters Jan 1
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  • 49 7 (Corrbctbd up to Jac Bank 4ms demand Private credits 3ms credits 6m 6 Francb, demand Bai. Germany, demand India, T. T Hongkong, demand M Yokohama, demand .m. Java, demand 144^ Bangkok, demand Sovereigns, Bank Buying I Bank of England Rate... Dibcouut 3 months bi11... 6 Bar Silver Lond
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  • 122 7 lin Til* a~ Gambier Gambier Cube No 1 Gambier On be No. M noi PepparßLaet (oraMm. B'pora) Peppar.Wbita (fair) Nutmegs (110 to rks k)am Nutmegs (30 to ika Ik wm norn If aos (Bans* w M CioTsa (Ambe Coffee (10% Black) Liberia* OoUes M Tapioca, small psarl fair enaiity
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 320 7 WATERBURY'S Metabolized Cod Liver Oil Compound* TASTELESS. OCOURLES Aids digestion. Does not upset stomach and is unrivalled for colds, bronchitis and all pulmonary troubles, and is a eral tonic for building up the tern, OF ALL CHEMISTS. and 52.00 Japan Coak THE Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Ltd* (MITSUI Co., Ltd Head
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    • 101 7 De KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATX IIAPFIJ Undeb Contract with the Netherlands Indm \-rents at Singapore, The Shipsagency, Li miter. Quay, raa aNoßKnaNrioHfln uatss op lbparturb aaa only arrKoziMava Val n Anambas and Natoena Islands M Rum Hits Batavia, Semarang and Soerabaia v. D irfIELLAN Bandjermassin, Poeloe-Laut, Balik-Papan, Samarinda, BeroL Tarakan and
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 310 7 CLEARANCES. January 5 Breid. Nor str, Folkestid, <or Bangkok. Aing Thye, Dut str, Sudin, for Indragiri. Banca, Brit str, Collyer, for Kobe Resident Schiff, Dut str, Unus, for Rhio. Malacca. Brit str, Upton, for Port Swectenh Ban Whatt Hin, Brit str, Lingdon, for Malacca and Port Dickson. Seang Bee, Brit
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    • 67 7 WEATBER REPORT Date Bar Wind Temp Hum Sky Bain. Jan 5. ko»f 10a Mania 10a j H'kong i uiia 4p 76" Kandang Kerbau Hospital Jan 4, 1911. 9am. 3pm. 9pm Barom. 32 Fah. Temp. Wet Bulb Ther. 74 0 .4 Dir of Wind m Calm o*l m. I Max. Temp,
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  • 177 8 {From our Penang, Jac. a going was good and the sport fair. re was a large attendance and H. E. the Governor and party were present during the afternoon. The band of H. M. S Minotaur was m attendance. Th p. (Distance, iikeu 7. Biiley 1 11. raightshot,
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  • 86 8 The f have been arr held on b, loth all member ries close on January who hay, Members wl be notified h. A tion epcn to 5 tndicap compet •owl for the p en lose Har Health Office on or I more than one da\ ty should
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  • 1329 8 INTERVIEW WITH LORD HAWKE. "Do I consider that an absolutely satisfactory state has been reached to the rules and conduct of the game r I answer yes, with little hesitation. Just notice how the suggestions made some time back as to a widened wicket a narrower
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  • 549 8 A C i The Government has granted a licence for the ert ction of a wireless station at Cross Islands, which will be ready for the receipt and despatch of messages early next year. Negotiations are also proceeding for the acquisition of an installation at Singa pore.
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  • 257 8 Quarantine restrictions against Sourabaya on account of cholera have been withdrawn. The "Kistna" being detained here for boiler cleaning will not sail on Jan 11, but will resume on Jan 18 The mail dpspatched from Singapore to London, by French packet, on the 12th ult, was delivered on
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  • 343 8 Thk Cw. m Burma. The R ingoon G^z^tte deals thus with a suggested scheme to crente a University m Burma, where education is more advan ced than it is m the Malay Peninsula No reisons no adtqi. sons are givan for the necessity of a University no
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  • 94 8 Pbbhch Priest Murdibed. News has reached the colony of the murder of a French priest m the province of Yunnan. I 'ails are as yet of the moat meagre description but, from reports that have come to hand lately, it appears that considerable unrest has prevailed m
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  • 87 8 The "Argo" will leave Johnston's Pier for the Club Bungalow on Sunday at i», 10 A: 11 am, 2.30 it 3 30 pm returning at 9 A 10.30 am, 12.15.3 it 5.30 pm. Mr P. W. N. I- irquharson, of Pantiyj, Neboda, on the eve of leaving Ceylon
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 237 8 C. H. WILLIS, Has returned to Singapore and is doing business on PENANG RACES. AT HIS OFFICE 8. ARCADE. Telegrams "STRAIGHT.' "'Hazeline' Snow" A? '^Oo** Am* Wl^^ m? r _r^^^^"\%m\**^ A Wt L WaV^l /Pure and ~HAZEUNFJ C v I for Prickly Heal Its soothing and healing prop* produce a
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 39 8 LATEST SHIPPING. (In addition to Page 7 V der Lyn, Dut. 600, Mulder, Jan. 5 Pontianak, Ships Agency, Pontianak 8. Rumphius, Dut. 1246, Donch, Jan. 5 Bel Deli, Ship.3 Agency, Batavia 6. PASSENGERS. Per Rumphius: Messrs Brewster and Smith.
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