The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 17 January 1911

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCENTILE ADVERTISER. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17. 1911. TEN CENTS NO. 7,116
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  • 140 1 Mr K. Peirce was t iLhtly better last night Page 4. The Portuguese railway strike has been settle]— Severe snowstorms m Frnnce and Spain are causing great trouble Page 5. Fuller details of the remarkable sentence on a process server m Ipoh is pivt A dinner wa*
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  • 836 1 Mettner. id the eighteen! y, shami with the Malays and many other races the notion that through such diocatded portions as cut hair, tail -clippings atd sweat the living body cculd be tffect. may surmise that a similar idea is preserved m the precept of the Talmud ife that
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 418 1 I RCFIiCP MO UP-TO-DATE PRODUCT. ONS ONLY t H CH2ICE SUBJECTS M E to-night. A PATHt'S ANIMATED GAZETT lin Edition. kj T Anjon^ltfieFawfceofßoniba:. luated Polit. I, Relkioos Ceremony of a Mar M I scenes and Portraits. Ir. John Barns A Major Adau.E Wit Tew» Bicepa (Comic at Woolwich o Sonny's
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    • 179 1 Boxing Wrestling AT HAEIMAHALL < [NEMATOGBAPH. Commencing at 10-30 p.m. Monday *h instant. FOR A FEW NIGHTS ONLY. MI? (°'PnAfC American Champion iUIV* V*l\ Jril\f Boxer and Wrestler. VS]\/IP Pn^^fi The worldwide sfcrongiUl\. IVUJJUt est Wrestler Bo They will contest for a big parse presented by the management. Also most
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    • 375 1 THE STAR OPERA Co. 181 DUTCH AND MALAY AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. To=Ni£htl TO'MgMtt t A v <.ry Grand Parsee Drama M PRIXGE BYXnZIR M AND FAIRY MAHRO TAOED. To-niornnr Night GMNGGM SZKTI WILL HE STAGED. Professional Announcement, DoriDg a long and extensive experience m the practice
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    • 117 1 IATIST ADYE3T !Sfc.WI&TS. -sons given m English Page 1. Davies' weekly share auction to-morrow Page 7 At the Theatre Royal Prince Bynaizir Page 1. Kruptcy notice re Gjh Kian Loke Page 2. Sale of rubber this morning at Powell's Page 3 Auction sale of rare postage stumps at Powell's— Page
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 340 1 THE WEEK TUBSDAY, 17 r High Water.- 11.27 p Bums Concert Choir. WEDNESDAY, 1 High Water.— 1 0 a 0.13 p 1 ESDAY, linh:— High Water— l.33 a.. 0 58 p Anglo-Chinese Free School, Prize Giving, 4p B. 1. Mail Homeward closes 3 p Friday, |Oth High Water.— 2 b
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  • 692 2 The United States A^nbiaaador m on his wiy home, has received a telegram rf>l»i», ordering h.ui to g ■ipital until af'er the end >ns entered into m connection with tb- Co, as the Austria Government have not jet withdrawn their prohibitive measures against this firm. w« has just been reoeiTed
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 374 2 CV v 4^ p ijyf 1 1 1 |i# TURF ACCOUNTANT. Is Now Doing Business on the forthcoming Kuala Lumpur Meeting. Treble event o 000 on races 4, 5, 7. Doubles 4 5, 4 7, 5 i V Straight out on all ever 33, RAFFLES PLACE 13, TEE ARCADE, And
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    • 620 2 NOTICES. The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1888., In the Supreme Court the Straits Setti 9j k 3m apobb. IN OY. No. N of 1907. RE (JOH KIAN LC Take notice that the above-named Bankrupt of Singapore has applied to the Court for his discharge, and that the Court has adjourn. 1 to
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    • 603 2 NOTIQES. The Bukit X 3. Rubber Co Ltd. Notice is hereby given that no transfer signed by A. A. d .vill be accepted by the Company. By the order of the Board, J. O. DAVIES, Secretary. Jan 10 v.c The Chimpu Negri Sembilan) Ruboer Estates Ltd. Will those shareholders who
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    • 529 2 Batk cf Indm, Ay 1 1 And China. INC' Md WDBT 1 JtfJß 80X00 •hare* of £20 eacL fl,2oo,<N* Reserve F Mi mm liability of Proprl+m w «i,200,00t 3onrt of Dirseton. nta^ Cornish Turner (Chairman). Sir Henry Stew&rt Cunningham. K.CJ.K. Ttomas Cuthbertaon, Esq Sir Alfred Dent, K.C.M.G. The Eight Hon.
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    • 386 2 MANUFACTURERS. LIFE INSURANCE Co. OF CANADA. >HKD 1887. Policies are D WIDE FIWx INIHIPL TABLE" and Not. OWnSi loans, cash-surrenders, asa. uptly settleo by the General' Atfjntoi' Sin^spore withoat the delay of reference The Reserves for protection of Pofcw holders are over f 20.000 0( The Accoodi ance Department anadian
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  • 978 3 MOTORING IN THE MALAY PENINSULA. the eastern rionatiiou of the world m search of health, pi— ■■ill or t>u tineas have gene' i^t- z."l i-.. i tmAmmumm for the delights of the dotoeUMs lands where the shadow'd livery of the burnish'd son it associated with both the colouring and the
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  • 772 3 A REMARKABLE BOOK ON THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH. Rtnch Lave a particularly hap laliy translated, means "T Joy of Living." It conj .res np m I eye a picture of buoyant health and haj j appeals with particular force to t j»ded "iere rthly reason wcy these people shou ilaration
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 64 3 tA Life Bmr. physician can prescribe a, tailor pre OB for coughs and ftftMl Ibaji Chamber* Coogh Remedy, and no physician can ■tittle soch a large number of claims i saving as does Ibis remedy. A bottle i the home when seeded ia worth i Us cost be given to
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    • 68 3 GRANT Co, AUCTIONEERS, ACCOUNTANTS, ESTATE AGENTS AND -CRETARIES. Loans Mortgages Arranged TEMPORARY OFFICES, 31, WINCHESTER HOUSE. Telephov 4. FORTHCOMING S^LES. Januaiy, 21st, 1911. Alii Road. Household Furniture Plants, Billiard Table Ac. The property of Captain Edwards. Broughton, Nassiin Road. Household Furniture, plants Ac. The property of Bndden E~ January, 28th.
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    • 548 3 41 4 4 B 9 mS*£L^s*\ i.^" i y l 1 Vlra fi ii 1 agy *2S <$*&* tsfi* rhese Machines are English-made, with English fittings and turned out by Coventry's leading Cycle Manufacturers who have had over 30 yera's' experience m the trade. Ihe reputation and reliability of these
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    • 665 3 AUCTION SALE OF A Valuable Collection of Rare Postage Stamps TO BE HELD AT POWELL Co\s SALERO On Friday, 20th January, at 2*30 p.m. Forty oce lots ccm r risicg rare Great Britain, India Native States, Old Issues of Malta Hongkong and Straits Settlements (surcharges) China, Shanghai Jubilee, Portuguese and
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    • 399 3 WAX TED. irtChimee ftVtrtmaii. Good v •esthuon Apply JMUgaj.o' WANTED. with a kuow.ed^. lieh. for a small Rubber Eatau to ke> soonts and do a little correspondent by tt.-r m ftO j. r lie w Shorthand typiK of it. >age to England or Au»t-.. tarn Reply H. M. c c
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  • 38 4 Domestic Occurrences. Marriage. At Malacca on the 14th instant m th< House, A :s/ar of Sm«e Darby Idest son of Alexr. McKenzie C. V. S., Keith, Banffshire Scotland, to sic fourth daughter of John Sandison, The Oaks, Keiih.
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  • The Singapore Free Press.
    • 1179 4 It is not of tea given to a body constituted M the Singapore Chamber of Commerce necessarily is, to focus the general opinion of the community so truly as was the case yesterday afternoon m the long discussion which took place over the question of the
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    • 726 4 The M-»thodi9t Publishing House send us One of Ibeir Mrs Williams of M>unt Sophia has informed the police have been stolen from her safe. A match will be firei at the Btlestier ran?e to-morrow b^iwt^n H .M. S. Minotaur" and the S Messrs Hamilton and Griffin, police probationer?, have returned
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  • 264 4 GOVERNME. 1 SHORT-SIGHTED POLICY. I meeting of tha Chamber the Chairman said that the mines were suffering from a scarcr 6our, aa the cooliee had taken to rubber plantation worfcowing to the higher wages offered. The mines also suffare<l M the heavy railway freight on coal and
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  • 89 4 Good wjrk by M Ipoh, Jab 16. The Times of Malaya speaks highly of the work of Mr Biuuiinn, the lfssMfr cf the K inta Association Tin Cotnpiny, at the works at Tanjoog Rtmtatan where he successfully shifted a machinery b*t& which had not bden H>4tel since
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  • 35 4 SUNGEI RAIA PAYS DIVIDEND. (From our otm Correspondent.) The Sao^ei line bm 1 nkret a dividend of pence and the Manager hopei for steady divideoda now af tat moi total monthly expeneea are approximately 16,500.
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  • 31 4 MINE MANAGERS FOR NIGERIA. mpoKdeml.) •h, J*n Several well-known n miners ha?e received offari of the ftMMftMßt of Nigerian Minet, and it is understood that four ftt least are going there. <
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  • 7 4 Apxata Outhrie and I
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  • 30 4 nKAWi' < 'UldLp-tEVfc !iQ piC* Proceeds of sale.- it* $1,448; >viae expenses $3 mining v Saturday forenoon, there were thief .ngs m the GooJ flhepherd, all pen on
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 372 4 I Champagnes. S errkl and For: I Gins. ■arsabu mm! Haddra qucurs. Clarets and Burgundies. Vermouths. Hocks and ■bselles. --.s. BranJics and Whiskies. I Bitters. Beers and Stout. Wholesale and Retail Wine Spirit Merchants. CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO. Mi g a Gold Expanding Bracelet Watches A Most Acceptable Gift for all
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    • 77 4 CALL AT "Moutrie's" Fini the PROVEN BY 38 YEARS EXPERIENCE. GUARANTEED FOR 5 YEARS OVER 1.200 Distributed m all Parts of China and the Straits. S. MOUTRIE AND CO.. LTD. THE ARGADE. t BILLIARDS. THE ANGLO- AUSTRALIAN CUSHION (Alcock'b Patent with Improvements by John Roberts, Retired World's Champion) absolutely THE
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    • 66 4 Croup Prevented. aChambcrlain Cough Remedy to not ooly toertajn can be attack when free as soon as tkt toms appear. In many tbcosa^ of homes it is kept contt&n at hand ready ior instant use as soon t. is beard. There is no d* :iving it W I young children
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  • 56 5 MORE CONTRADICTORY )NS. omarin* T«te*raph.— Route Bee m. The second edition of Oeaeral Sir lin book on compulsory service, ooaf aiM note* furnish, Ai Vilfon, showing th*t even 1: Mtgoiag fleets were absent, a mobile defence force of mosquito craft could make an in- '.000 smb. the i
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  • 48 5 THE RUSSO-GERMAN AGREEMENT. To Allay Turkish Suspicion Jiu I'ih, 3 i B pm. In view of the continued uneasiness at astantinopl* the German Ambassador hat further assured Turkey a RuseoGarman understanding conoerus exclusively waj construction and railway j Tbe alleged negotiations m regard to Mesopotamia are foolish inventions.
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  • 47 5 Dogs Devour the Dead. Rec. Jan. X 9.4) am. telegraphed from that there are 150 deaths from plague daily amongst the Chinese ia Hirbio. and the scenes recall the middle ages corpses, already half devoured bj dogs, are thrown Amur, thu? spreadiog the disease.
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  • 447 5 A Farewell Dinner. Dumber of personal friend* of the I Hon'ble W. £Tim, Acting Colonial Sacretary, entertained him at dinner at the Singaa Club last night, prior to his approach- I is* departure for Pdnacg. The Hon'hle Dr Galloway was m the chair and Mr F.
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  • 59 5 The fol loving were the rtsulu of the .Usury** Mm Lames* PUred on J*i>uary 13tk. Mrs Mnrpbj. 5 cards were taken flayed em Janui &lstk B. M. Murphj— nett score were taken out and the following ret, •d:— B. M Murphj BO M«j H. 3 L. RaTensiuw
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  • 56 5 THE STRIKE OVER. Do. H Journey. (By Submar.D* —neuter's) Tk e Urikt has ended. :ese railway strikers will re pence per day, twenty days annual leave oa full piy, and a nine -s working day. Temps sti'ea t Miguel has beta conferring wi«h P>rtuj?uese persoualitie« at P.iu and
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  • 27 5 Eigrams from state that gales wwstorms m Spain have interrupted e^raphs, telephones and railways, wstorms have interrupted the railn the south of France. > <
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  • 572 5 Remarkable Judicial Se v ew days ago our Ipoh correspondent wired the result of a case m which i Process terror wu sen U f or two months for causing such injuries t, Chinaman as resulted m the lattbr's death. A fuller report of the case
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  • 56 5 Before a large audienc«, at the Harimd Hal i boxia. ice between Breec > -ian wrestler, and Ctrl Miebelt d, a young Danish engineer. Bjth men were mere *he xaii the footwork I ■i D-xne was good. Michelson won on I a foul m the fourth round. The spectators were
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  • 879 5 CONCERT AT THE TEUTONIA CLUB. *D OF' THE \HORS t was satisfactory I excellent audience at the Teuton v night, including the officers of the G man Flagship Scharnhorst," to hear the I tine programme of orchestral items preset by Herr Richter and his rioe little band. ill be noticed
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  • 473 5 -nsagaiest IVniingka* ma Sirnbis on of cholera are m tuch" from London landed il cargo yesterday, n China." •t a distance of 2,1 ished a wireless Christmas i Yokohama, thus beating the lan 'ecord a 1 lL na. Ihe Asiatic Petroleum Company has vj fine motor boa's at
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  • 70 5 P^chew j guilty before Mr ie, district jadg orddv, iking and theft m New M-n He admitted a previous sentet ear for a similar offence and also had baen banished from BangInspector Ambrose asked his honour to inflict the maximum peualty and also the maximum police supsrvis;
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 7 5 Weeds' Great Peppermint Cue lor all inter
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    • 56 5 How to get Kid of a Cold. If yon have trouble m getting rid of your cold yon may know that yon are not treating it properly. There is no reason why a cold -houhi bang on for weeks and it will not il you take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. For
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    • 33 5 Just a little wetting, Just a little sneeze, Just a little tightness, Just a little wheeze. Just an undertaker, Stealthy, quiet, sure, Who got go mad because they had Wocds' Great Peppermint Car*..
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    • 67 5 FIRE! FIRE!! FIRE!!! v THIS PORTABLE FIRE ■'i>'.' > ~^k EXTINGUISHER WILL PUT v V < OUT ANY KIND OF FIRE k pjjl. ALL rof/ HAVE TO DO IS to pull the knob on **^eJ§f'- the top of the ex 1 ADOPTED BY THE fJLy LONDON FIRE BRICADE. HGE.VTS HOBINSON
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 278 5 PASSENGERS. Per Paroo Mr and Mrs Jones, Miss Hun rs Forster, Rosenthal and Lavonsky. Per Lightning: Mr .tnd Mrs Adis, Messrs J. Solomon, H. Lazarus, S. Sassoon, Houghton Gubbay. Per Fultala Messrs C. T. Robinson, Ja j H. Schmidt. Per N. D. L. Goeben :MrH. E. P j N.iba Xabhab,
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  • 339 6 ikitSemba* wlm J=» appe 18 has not aharea of wb; tor su^ reeds t ■■fie to provide a wording capta. f 1 l 'V i hr< l' rwhhsj i ml mtitrßT and l.nds situated on the Government Toad m the Sembawang d*st ,'ore a> H tome
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  • 125 6 Interviewed by aa Indian Ndws representative at Calcutta, on December Mr Brant Badaile said there were at prein India thiee partial of aviators. Captain Windham and bis party were under cont i to flj only at the Allahabad Exhibition i the end of February. The second party
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 323 6 Adrice for Old and You: Don't trifle with a cold is good advice for prudent men and women. It may be vital m case of a I There is m ti.an Ct Hill a:n I Cougi. Bemedj Ih OOttJbf ami colds m children. It is sale and sure. For sale
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    • 601 6 Wt A bralian S. N. Co., Ld., FOB Sourabaya, Broome dland. Cossack, Onslow 8 Idton and Th. 1800 5 tons. Captain Rodgers, will be de3pi edfrom the Roads for the at'uve ports on I Saturday, the 21? t irst. at 3 p.m. She ha 3 excellent accommodation fcr paaacngers, and
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    • 523 6 HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE, HAMBURG The steamers of the Company maintain a regular service beHnaa Hamburg, Brerueu Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the StraitChina and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bi-emerhaven direct, MlUag kl PtMMg and ColomboTaking carge at through rates to
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    • 658 6 OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO.. LTD AND China Mutual Steam Nay. Co. Ltd. The Companies' < imsji I patched from Liverpool outwards for tLe Straito, China and Japan cv»: ry SJI < k, and froru Japan homewards for London Ana-^ordam and Antwerp I ry rtttighi for Gecoa, Marseilles &rd Liverpool and
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    • 1043 6 X r L. Nordaeutscher L;o> £-emen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. Tht fa r :t and well known mail steamers ol Company sail fortnightly from Breruen Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamp I ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connect Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vie Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penaog, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai,
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  • 128 7 \xn Dec i .Mat Bnwq Mil rr.-tD PO MM tapaq :*o 560 B md Kauiuning 14,559 75 52,488 Kanabci Ml KMi 460 AM 5318 IT ;«4a v ir^ 1 4 m m rri MO Ml Kramat Pniai Ml 650 4,881 Kudmq 0 4 L*faa* M 0 BOM Meaglemba Lode
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  • 483 7 I v Dec Jan— Dec. AiJagar Alor Pongsu A lor Gajah Alma 1,800 Antjio Malay I Ayer Xaning 500 I Moiek 21 Ayer Panas LOO 2.4C0 1< Balgownie 9,969 10,225 105,012 Batak Rabit 2,080 7,643 .Banteng 078 BatuCavei 19. 1.51,510 Batn Tig* 11. J.V2 11.744 Bercam 1,500
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  • 1236 7 January l(j. KUBBER BTEKI,iN3 COKPA.VIZ3. Caf. livVi. Paid. LastDiv. Bttywb. Seller 00 2/ Ailag&r Rubber Estate* Ltd 4 0 4 0 ■HX> 2/- Anglo-Malay 25% int. 19 1 50, I fUtang Maiaka 2 3 30,000 1 1 Batu Caves ixxt.l6 10 0 17 10 0 80,000 1 1 Batu
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  • 45 7 (CoancTiD up to Jan. 16) Bank 4ms demand Private credit* 3m Mtti 6m Fbahce, demand Bank... Gbkmant, demand CT, m I Homokono, demand 2« I Yokohama, demand Java, demand Bamgkok, demand H Sotbekigkb, Bank Buying J Bank of England Kh Discount 8 months b
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  • 99 7 Jan. 16. > Ganger y*rs Gambier Cc be No 1 n I Gkmbier OulM No. i H r Feppcrßlaei -'pen) my*™ 14 50 Pfcppr, White <U pan M M Nttbne^ t tc Ui r.ra Dom BdlyOofl»<10% Bi»c*k) Z Urn LfttfUAGofiM M Tapioca ima.; jmul tU'u «««JiM ncm io. do.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 396 7 TO LET. TO LET. No. 3, Devonshire Road from February. Apply MEYER BR< Jar g GODOWNS TO LET. 344—350 Havelock Road. Total Area 12,500 square feet River and Road Frontage. Apply The Singapore Oil Mills Ltd. HATBLOCK ROAD. Jan 17 uc_ TO LET. No. 2, Dahlia Road, a comfortable compound
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    • 185 7 De KONINKLIJKB PAi m\\ mm Under Contract with thb Nbtheblands India Govebnme nts at sinsapore, The Shipsagency, Limited. 2-3, Collyer Quay. TBH UNDI&MCNTIOKBD DATIS OF DIPABTURI AEI ONLY APPROXIMAVB. v. Hi-:--:m&kbbk Muntok. Djeboes, Blinjoe, Soengei I Pxnang, Kob» I and Toboali tm Jan 1m v. HviENDORP Bengkalis, Paneh, Asahan Batoe
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 676 7 VESSEL> IN PORT. anj long mmandert Arrived from ■>» Brit crnis 4800 ;K> lrnhorst Ger 01 I I Jan 17 Minotaur Bri' sloe :tan F.M.S. dredger Hin Sea Beile 1 Nte&roen F)** Yon» Master Arnred From -urne« Amherrt Brit 135 Soott I baa B l 8 Jan 14 Batavia B
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    • 74 7 PASSENGERS ARRIVED. Per Kinta Dr. Leitch, Mr B. P. Sllea, Mr Dais. Mr and Mrs Owes, Messrs Johnson, Swaine, Head, (Earner. W Steward, H. Martin, Warry, Hubba v. Chan ChRanciman, Koh Seek Lim, Mrs Soh Cheng Hok. C. G Adams, X i. S. M. Kennie. Rippoa, Mr, tteridf*. Mrs Kessler,
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  • 3757 8 *1 j£ r presided over a large meeting el the Sin_- camber ■mm OR. at the Exchange Rooms, yesterday ufr.tj-t.oou, which had beam special ly called to consider what attitude the Chamber shot I m regard to the proposed income t. >se present were Messrs J. S.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 371 8 I Tr KEPLER' SOLUTION NURSING MOTHERS -fiflfc^- J derive great benent trom this jj > delicious tonic food. *<JPT^lti| 1 Kepler' Solution sustains the t strength and builds up the L J body. r It increases and enriches the *JM supply of milk. >•* It is easily digested, and r
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 100 8 WEATHER REPORT. Date Bar Wind Temp Hum Sky Rain. Jan l». Nl o "SI 30 Jan I 1 H'kong 10a 30.21 El o Mini a 10a 761 NWO c Hkonj?4p 3 v El 55 o Manila 4p 7£9 Bl 24 c Kandang Kerban Hospital Jan 15, 1911 9am. 3pm. 9pm
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