The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 May 1911

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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, MAY 25, 1911. NO. 7,221
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  • 137 1 Mr Asquith has welcomed the Delagatts to the Imperial C >uferance and h-is pointed out the necessity of the Imperial Ccuucil being advisory. Regarding the division of work in the Colonial OiiLv, the G<»vernnieut, he said, h*d sugrK es^ rt s P*g* *>. Russia has sent a
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  • 1144 1 The papers ißd the people aie making a ureat to do at Hi me ;.t pie^eDt abcut the Mo linens and their doiu^s. It is no inttu'ion of the writer, being at precent stil unconverted, to make any remarks either for or against the Ifoi m< u, til bvf
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 311 1 KELLY WALSH Ltd. A RELIABLE BOOK OF REFERENCAT VERY SMALL GOST j Nelson's Encyclopaedia This work is now being issued in 25 FORTNIGHTLY PART** bound full cloth, THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA occupies 23 vols Volume 24 is an English Dictionary. Volume 25 a complete Atlas of the* World. 21 HZ\XL>Y RBFBRBMGB LIBRARY
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    • 193 1 VICTORIA THEATRE RETURN V SIT OF "THE FOLLIES" FOR THREE NIGHT) ONLY. Thurday, Friday and Saturday, June Ist, 2fid and 3rd. HENRY DALLAS'S CO., BY ARRANGEMENT WITH H. G. PELISSIER, from the Apollo Theatre, London. BOOKING PLANS OPEN 9 A.M. FRIDAY, 26th MAY, AT ROBINSON PIANO Co., Ltd. Business Manager
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    • 194 1 Gramophones NEW MODELS AT SPECIAL PRICES SEE OUR WINDOWS ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY, LIMITED DON'T FORGET TO'Nisht! To'Xight!! AT THE Lux Animated Picture Co. IN THEIR New Airy Waterproof Tent, Tan Pagar Road. FiRST C? AND CHANGE OF PROGRAMME including seme of the most popular pictures. A Shy Toutb by M.
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    • 75 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Robinson's for modern rain coats Page 5. Sailings of Straits Steamship Co and K. P. M on p*ge rt. Powell and Co have three mortgage sales and list of Auctions on page 3. On the l>erth Gorgon for Western Australia Denbighshire eastward Page ♦> Bankruptcy notice re Chop
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 457 1 THE WEEK. Thursday, 25tb High Water— 7 54 ft., 8.22 p German Mail Outward due. Kuantan T. M Co. Port Dickson Rubber Co. 2.15 p Soccer, S. 0. 0. v. B G A. Friday, 26th High Water. 8.56 a., S.I t p Y. M. C A Concert, 8 3l> p
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  • 394 2 ihe prices quoted are generally tboee current at Clyde Terrace Market. At the other markets there may be email variations. Singapore, May 23rd, 1911. Beans, Long per catty 7 do. French do IS Beef per lb. 1* Beef Steak do. 1^ Bean Sprouts per catty 2 Bamboo
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 36 2 Remedy for Bick Headache. &ICK beadache results from a disordered condition of the stomach, and can be cured by the use of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Try it. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 525 2 WANTED. WANTED CHINESE CLERK With experience of figures. Apply stating experience, with copies of testimonials to A c o Singapore Free Press. May 25 26-5 WANTED for British North Borne-) three tele*r*ph operators. Apply in writing to No. 803 Free Press Office. Apl 20 Us oc WANTftD for British North
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    • 284 2 Smnoin I o<l A<l it Its KEPLER' (TRADE MARK) SOLUTION (OF COD LIVER OIL IN MALT EXTRACT) This delicious, digestive body builder exerts its influence upon the very source of nutrition the blood. It fills the veins with rich, vitalising blood, and rapid improvement takes place. The cheeks fill out,
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    • 577 2 NOTIGBS. The Bankruptcy Ordinance 1888. In th«- Supreme Court of the Straits s.-tt laments Bmunn of EtovaAroia. IN BANKRUPTCY. No. 50 of 1910. RE Chop Kwonc; Joo Chiang. Notice is hereby given that a first and final dividend is intended to be declared in the above matter. The claims of
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    • 709 2 JVOTIGES. Notice of Meeting of the Board of Licensing Justices. The Meeting of the Licensing Justices for the Quarter commencing July i H t |9]| w be held in the First Magistrate s Coa'rt 1' 2 30 p.m. on Tuesday the '20th Jaafl 1911 Applicants for transfers, renewals or i
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  • 687 3 Coherence of the National Union ferenee of the K^^f £5^ We abould like, she said, a more eradna' H.terahon of method—mow play, more pr", leeaonn, perhaps a little more sympathy a*d encour.we nent in recognition of the sfidde,. fr, m the one systntu to the othw
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  • 304 3 A* Caritcn, on May I:sth ;i find of dynamite was made undu t\.n most remaikable circumstance*. Some tlays a^o a man Lired a house in San Kwai Street in the old City ard brought a family there. The day tafore bitter cii^s were heard ooming from
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 13 3 For all internal complaints dyeentry cuogh colde Ac, take Woods' Great Peppermint Our*
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    • 575 3 Eonsf*ong Shanghai B»h*,j Corporatior R»«nßvn ¥v*ti Sterling £1.500.000 at 2/- $16.0CV».0(K) \MI o ()(u Heserve $16,250,C^X) 5 31 250^ 0( j Ua^savi Liaiilitt of Proprietors «.sls,oOC.o(* Court ov DiaaoTOifl. How Mb Hinrt El-wick, Chaihmin. G. H. MiDHCBfcT h.i-u Dbpdtt Chairman. F. H. Armsteono, Esq. |O. R. Lsnzmann, Esq G. Ballooh,
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    • 508 3 FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada EKTAHLIBHED 1882. s s c. INSURANCE in Force, over $39,800,000.00 New Business. J9lO. over 96,640,000 00 Large Net Surplus above liabilities for &E--SERVE and all outstanding claims. Direct Government Supervision. Cash Loans, Settlements, etc, made locally. Policies are WORLD WIDE J. H. EVANS, Manager,
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    • 715 3 AUGTIONS. MORTGAGEES S&L£ OF House Land at Bukit Timah Rd. Tuesday, 30th May, at 2-30 pm. Freehold land situate at Bnkit Timah Road, area 54,360 square feet, part of Grant 40 Together with the European dwelling hou«e erected on th^ said land and known as No. 186, Bnkit Timah Road,
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    • 909 3 AUCTION SALH OF HORSES 7\ NU CARRIAGES. To be held at Dalian's Australian Ho se Repository, Nos. 3 and 4. Koek Road. On Friday, 26th May, at 5- 1 5 p.m. A number of horses and carriages to be sold, including E\ QBIFFIN& Riders wishing to race at Coronation Gymkhana
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  • 47 4 Domestic Occurrences. Marriage. MARON Chill:— Kt St. An3rew's Cathedral, Singapore, on May Istfa \>y tho V» n Archdeacon EL C. J/\rd, John Allan Mison, Master of the hs. (ilenfalloch to Djbothy E\ELYN, yoangest daughter of the lat*j K. C. Chill, Civil Engiacer, Ponang. Penang papers please copy.
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  • 1988 4 Thursday, May 25, 1911. Iu connection with tbe present Imperial Conference, for whose successful outcome ev,:ry patriotic mind will long from the •in of bis heart, it will h* well to try to realise whit things are possible and what either impossible or doubtful, and there
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  • 334 4 WHAT OF IT The Municipal C Jtninissijnsrs h »1 1 ordinary monthly mating t> morrow, ao 1 although the d^ath rate f r »tn in il tru haa shown au alarming UIOPBMB duriu^ thepi^r fortnight and the HdiMi D^pirtmeat hiv* "dUovered" the dmgdr z »uc, nothing in the agenda
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  • 430 4 KuiU Lutnpor, M Tin? Planter! are m >f L odofl cable it itiag th:it t ba pt iei biscuit WMM Si »f tiaecr<>pe Si scrap erepe form 1 7 1 t b%rl o a crepe form Li; of -ir-ip uitr.'i 1 RAMbOQg Bfl I and of ri ie
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 115 4 MACGREGOR'S V.O.S. finest Liqueur $€OC€B WWVB. Macgregor Galdbeck Go, LONDON GLASGOW. ESTABLISHED 1864. AS SUPPLIED TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS, THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, AND TO THB HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, CANADA. Caldbeck Macgregor Co, Sole Agents. BASS'S CELEBRATED GREEN DIAMOND LIGHT BITTER AIE f^ Bottled by E. &J. Burke Per
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    • 68 4 No Home is Complete Without A Gramophone THE BEST CHEAPEST MEANS OF PURE ENJOYMENT. TERMS TO SUIT ALL. S. MOUTRIE AND CO., LTD. THE ARCADE. Euth BILLIARDS. The Anglo -Australian Cushion. (Alcock's Patent with Imphovkmknts by John Roherts, RetirkdWorld'b Champion) absolutely THE BEST CUSHION TO DATE FOR ANY CLIMATE. JOHN
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  • 115 5 urine Telegraph. ReuterV) May, 24th 5 p.m. Mr Asquith yesterday welcomed the C inference Delegates. The Premiers who replied gave assuri their loyalty to the new Sovereign. May, 24 h 7 pm. A I Ireseing the Delegates of the Imperial >rence. Mr Asquitk, referriDg to the proposals for
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  • 84 5 RUSSIAN NOTE. I h 5 j. m. A toll gram from St. Petersburg says that Aml>iss-uU>r at Constantinople I has presented to the Pjrte a Xote pointing I out that the ooDomtratioa of Turkish I Troops on the Montenegrin frontier is a I seriou- r to peice. It
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  • 57 5 Not in 111-Health. M iy 24 h. A Vienna wire h it *he Emperor I Fraiw s .J bealth, and walkI ing out of tud transacting business las usu A. Tiie summoning of the specialist ■Dr N ussen to visit His Majesty, and tcks of coughing, have
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  • 31 5 -y 2 1 b, 10.4 a m. Gen. Moinier's column entered F. i on the Isi it, ihd found all s^.fe there. The column enterel without firicu a shot
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  • 31 5 I May 24»-h. A I. sbon i- 1 s y« that a number of persons of various social positions have been \'<-rth of Portugal charged with spreading alarmist reports.
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  • 167 5 The cewa that Mr tienrj I) ill ts's tilen*ed company The FoUiee," tre paying a re I turn visit on the lust three ni^ht9 ol week will bo welcome to thoM who avtiW the:' of the fifst opp >rtuuity of witne* ,r performance, and no doubt b? this
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  • 184 5 There was another change of programme at this enterprising place of amusement .ist ni^ht, and the new pictures attracted house, there bfiog MMMtbißg to udum everjrbodj. lathe's Aniiiii'el Gazette is always well worth seeing, wilh glimpMl of all the important happenings at liome and abroad. The photo v.
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  • 64 5 Anie :dments Foreshadowed. (By Submarine Telegraph.— Router's.) May 24 h. In theHouse of Lords, L ml Mid lleton, on the second reilinj?of the Parliimeat Billsaid I shall hive grave amendments to propose, (^lestions of the powers of the Crown, Home Rule for Ireland, Wales, and Scotland, and other
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  • 21 5 Intense intere-t oentres in the doings of Sunstar, the D >rbj favourite. The h3rse is uirgded day and Light.
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  • 18 5 May 2Ah t 950 am. In c^ u ity cricket Northampton beat Gloucestershire by ten wickets. > <
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  • 26 5 May, 24h .*> p.m. la the P<urii Milril Bioe, the aviator V -Irines has arrived at Sin Sebastian, having overed 21 miles in 225 miaur
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  • 326 5 A Singapore friend writes as follows: Iu your pipar of yesterday's date, referring to the death of E. M. Grac^, yon mention laving seen a cricket, match" a', n. Manchester, in 1873. Perhaps the endowed two cards triviut? the i similar match^ in 1^74 and 1876
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  • 277 5 TheSwiminintrClubC ii:»iv;i! tlxfd foi June 17 a gre t success. Tbegu«ran< tee iuad is mourning up inasatisfact n f m,inner. A programme of events I <>ur tioui which it will b-: seen that two open events bare been included, a fonr-a-side D r:ic a and a Hl'i
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  • 2292 5 [From Our Special Corresp<»uUnt) London. April 28. Athletics. There are indications that the present athletic seasoa will be a very important oue, and in a nie-isure lead the'way to top htiil more eventful one of 1918, when the O!vm I pic Gtmes wili be decided at S:ockholtn."
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 50 5 1 ve beard folks say a coward can At times become a hero, And others, too, will try and find, Some virtues great in Nero. Of course there's reason why the last Could not his Ma endure, He'd got a cold and she bad bid. Hib Woods' Great Peppermint Coze.
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    • 60 5 Try It Once. Now is the time to get rid of your rheo i mat ism. You will find Chamberlain's Pain Bairn wonderfully effective. It is also an excellent liniment for lame back, stillness and soreness of ;he muscles sprains and bruises. One application will convince you of its merits.
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    • 360 5 [modern raincoatsl (Hi v2/ I) "Odourless" J^S^} "Healthy" I At I "Comfortable" fti-. Well Fitting M I I $IUSO $M*so eachX J I ASK TO SEE OUR I New Poronelia" Raincoat I PMH 4 The Coat that will Stand n 44 A days steady downpour" 519.50 I 'Tho most popular
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 523 6 Bucknall Steamship Lines, LIMITED. AMERICAN MANCHURIAN LINE S.S. BUCENTAUR" will be despatched for Shanghai and Kobe on or about 29th May. Has ample accommodation for cargo. To be followed by S-S. "KABINGV about 17th June for Manila and Japan. For further information regarding freight &C-, Apply to McALISTER CO., LTD.,
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    • 611 6 OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO LTD. FOR Brcome, Derby, Poit Hedland, Cossack, Ashlurton. Care ar von, Oeraldton and Fremant^e. The Company's Steamer "(JORGON 2,HB') tens. Captain Townley, is intended to sail for the above ports on Thursday, the Ist June, 1911. For freight or passage apply to W. MANSFIELD Co., Ltd.,
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    • 756 6 N.D.L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice versa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtau, Nagasaki and Kobe to
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    • 569 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 Chics Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental and Ameri can Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. Outward for China) 1911 1911 Arcadia June
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    • 708 6 HOLIDAY-TICKETS Bn Between 15th April and 15th July, 1911 Holiday-Tickets to from all the places of the Netherlands-India Archinelf (Singapore and Penang included) will be issued. These tickets entitle the to make a return vm against payment of single fare and are available fo steamer of the following lines Koninklijke
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    • 281 6 CiceJ xf'ORE TO 8 Cale< Malacca. Port Swettenham 4 c "ai P. bfeksoaJk P. Swrtttßhtm. ™™l km i Chot Malacca A Mu; ir Cran Tort Swettenham Dana Malacca ami Muar. D° ni Malacca and Port 1». s^™ hdm 1 ort un. Fo< j c Port Swettenh A F.M. Malacca Ifumr
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  • 1439 7 Cap. lisT/i. Paid. LaptDi-. Bitiri. Seller* 85,000 2/ 2/ Allagar Rubber Estates Ltd 10% for 1910 4 2 48x dii 150,000 2/- 2/- Anglo-Malay 100% for 1910 18 7* 20 Oxdu 50,000 2/- 2'- BatangMalaka 2 1 2 4 30,000 1 1 Batu Caves 150% for 1910 14 0
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  • 124 7 Jhenderiang 440 Pen 650 €70 2,545 eawood 628 810 1438 jamnning t6i287 |5 2Q5 f 01 293 '671 kSJ_ a 420 U8» tunta Association 220 768 S ledan S 138 _M rantau^" 842 Lahat 43^ 1 "4« Menglembn Lode 304 i i ■Jftfdlcton 48 35 1 20 no
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  • 487 7 Mar. Api. Total. A'Jagar 4,150 3,830 12,205 Alor Pongsn 3.791 3,041 14,389 A lor Gajab 285 490 2,128 Alma 1,6(0 1,600 6,250 Anglo Malay 42,290 158,200 Ayer Kuning 560 620 2,831 Ayer Molek 3,049 9,420 Ayer Panas 1,685 2,016 7,663 Bakap 2,132 4,192 Balgownie 8,026 9,198 39,859
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 401 7 TO LET. TO BE LET. Vi la Massilia, Gilstead Road near Newton Si-lion fnmUhed or unfarni&hed. Apply to Messrs. 7OMLIN t SON LERMIT, Kabber Exchange Buildings. May 16 80-5 TO LET. Furnished rooms with or without board in private hou=e. Tang'in. Apply to S. A. co Free Press. May 11
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    • 827 7 VESSELS IN PORT r aod Tons Commanders Arrived From For, When oea Mew Ck>i. yacht swO Murphy Apl 12 Tringsann Uncertain bteamers Flag Tons Master Arrived From Consignee For When L/ em £?u Ger 726 HubQer M*y 22 Bangkok Behn Meyer Bangkok 17 Ban Whatt Hm Brit 195 Troan May
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    • 350 7 EXCHANGE. (Cokkictbd up to May. 24 Bank 4ms 2/4* demand I/4JL Private credits 3mi 2/4| credits 6m g 2/4|J Francb, demand Bank... 294^ Germany, demand 233£ India, T. T. 1741 Honokono, demand 21 1 Yokohama, demand 114| Java, demand 140^ Bangkok, demand &6 Sovk*biqnB, Bant Buring $8.54 Bank of England
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  • 2063 8 Annual Prize Day. The animal priza distribution of the R*f fl »s Instil utiou took place yesterday moruiug and th»-r»« was a large attendance of pupils, parents and others interested in the Setiool. The Hon E L. Brockman. A-ting Governor, who was accompanied by Mrs Brcckraau and Captaiu
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  • 1048 8 R. P. SILBY V J. G. BOYD. The Chief Justice, Sir A. Law, was further engaged in the Suoreme Court jester- I day with the case of R P. Silby v J. G. i Boyd, arising out of a transaction over the Pulau Battam Rubber Estate.
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  • 282 8 The "FaltaU" was yesterday loading for Rangoon and Calcutta for which ports she sails this evening. The S enter sai'ed for China last evening, after discharging 1,000 tons of general cargo and bunkering 450 tons. The M.M. Company Steamer "Ernest Simons left Colombo at 4 pm. on Tuesday
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  • 148 8 (From Our Own Correspondent- The following are the scores made by the 1)C&1 teams in the shooting for the Empire Djv Cup. The M. S. V. R Kintashot at Taipeng on Sunday and made 713. M. S. V. K. Selaxoor Division. Hobson 33 34 88 100 Biilev
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  • 105 8 Those who have not vet been to Harima Hail have missed somethiufir in the way of cinematograpls The pictures, nearly all made by a well-known Italian firm, leave nothing to be desired. They are bright, varied and woll displayed The procranur.e is constantly being change], and to-ft)ght and
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  • 89 8 BHrnardo Lopez a few dnys ago went to the Sea View Hotel, and during his s journ there, consumed three bottles of champagne, the bill for which amounted to |24 Oq th« boy briDging his account he signed a chit in the name of Jones, and gave
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  • 150 8 Inspector Flanagan, of the Weights and Measures Department brought several Chinese traders before Mr Firmstone yesterdav for using false dachings. Wee Poh, a Hokien pork seller of Telok Ayer Market was fined $5, and for tampering with the weights after they had been verified a further $50 was
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 15 8 Woods* Great Peppermint Cure for all interI na' onraDlainta dy sen try ooughs oolda Ac.
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    • 255 8 A GUARANTEED INCOME FOR LIFE. £100 a year for life on attaining age 50 or a single cash pay mento< £1390-2-0 can be secured by a male age 25, for an annual p ayniCn of £31-16-0, (other ages in proportion.) Quotations for Annuity for all kinds, at any age, or
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