The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 4 December 1911

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    12 1 AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEX CENTS SINGAPORE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1911. NO. 7,386
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    169 1 Malacca Notes contain a description of a dance given at Malacca on St. Andrew's Day Page 1<». hj O j. Q| .jj The Revolutionaries have captured (the liills commanding Nanking, and tli( j IniperiaJ Government fears for Peking and Tientsin Page 1. our Scottish Letter Is on
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    THE OLD SALT LINE.
    1759 1 Jn<ii;«. i- 100l ItpOß unchangeable land and history lends it* \i to this belli E. i in' Lasl Mt} are it bas I* come leM in mutable, and things ai i pa pa>M'il ,iv iv with wind: li;i\ i ]i].< i bii fcorj < oj >,<•
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      48 1 i IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! > MONDAY, DECEMBER 4th OPENING DAY 1 OF KATZ BROTHERS, Ltd. GREAT 1 Doors open 9 a. m. Notice to Estate Agents TOOLS, STORES, AND REQUISITES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION SUPPLIED ON THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TERMS. Large Stocks! Prompt Delivery Riley Hargreaves Co., Ltd., Singapore and Branches.
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      287 1 jY. M. C. A. OF SINGAPORE. MUSICAL EVENING ARRANGED BY (Mr. SALZMANN) Tuesday, December sth, at 8-45 p. m. Members Free. Non-members one Dollar. I Dec t 6-12 VICTORIA THEATRE. FOUR NIGHTS ONLY Dec. 13th, 14th, 15th 16th. W. RONALD GROOKE PRESENTS THE LONDON MUSICAL^ COMEDY Co. IN '1HEI!; REFINED
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      158 1 Eo^a\>'s Hlwertfacmeiito. \N;mi<-(l assistant outside Eorema&for Tongkal) Page 8. Agents required for lii^h rtann Bcotcb wbisk ics Pa Bungalow to be let Page B. M. C. A. musical evening l'a^< I. Hamburg coiiuni-^-ioiici^ vam conut'ctiuu w itb respectable expori ftrm P&ge -J. Notice re bills againsl Gk>Ternment Mo nopolies Departmeat.
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      195 1 THE WEEK. Monday 4th. High Water- 8-29 am., t 26 pm. Convent Fanoj Bazaar, 8 p.m. Philharmonic (Jrch. practice, 5-15 pui. Tuesday sth. Hitfh Wat-er— Pl am., 10 I '> pm. Oonvent Pancj Bazaar, 8 p.m. Y. M. A. Ifusical \t oing pm. Municipal Elections. Wednesday 6th. High Water— n.i.i
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      679 2 NOTICES NOTICE All r>;ii~ against the Government Monopolies Department incurred on or before the loth instant mast be sent In to the Department tor payment a«> early as possible and before at latest the 22nd Instant, and any Bills incurred subsequently to the 1-Mh Instant as soon as possible utter
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      599 2 NOTICES NOTICE Tenders will be received at the Government Monopolies Department up to noon on December 11th 1911, for the following bullock cart services for the Government Monopolies Department for 1912. (a) Head Office, Cecil Street, to Factory or vice versa. (b) Factory to Jardin's Stage. (c) Head Office* Cecil
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      438 2 WANTED WANTED Assistant Outside Foreman Salary com mence §l>o per month and free unfurnished quarters. Sailor man preferred. Apply with references to the GENERAL MANAGER, 'Tout-- i kah Harbour Tin Dredging Company, N. L. Puket. Dee 4 7-12 AGENTS WANTED With good connection tor the sale of High Class Scotch
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      482 2 BANKS THE STRAITS BANKING Co. Private Banking BtuUk&Sß t Change Alley Current Accounts njinied i<n small amoanta flO upwards. Deposits accepted a^ains>t interest, terms to be asceriaiixd ou application. H. HAUFFE, Manager Nov 9 9 2 NEDERLANDSGHE HANDEL- MAATSCHAPPY. NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY. Established ISM. CAPITAL fl 45,000,000, (about £3.750,000 RESERVE
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      300 2 INSURANCE FEDERAL life I Assurance Comr of Canada. I.- kßUftfll INST'RANC E in F- jot New Business, 1910, ovei «G I Lar^e Nett Surplus abo RESERVE and all outsta I Direct Qovaunmrr g Cash Loans. Bettlemi Qt«. Policies are WORLD W I I J. H. EVANS THE BORNEO Co i
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    SCOTTISH LETTER
    671 3 November 1 amtmication ot the I isfa Freeman rail ibard ine wa> eh ct* < G mi. l Robert Ocm Senior 4 Irand W arEar ot Dalhousie, Ji Th.- resignation was d it H. Forman, G Freemason National Exhibit ion in millions oi people i lit is understood
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    THE WAR.
    548 3 TERRIBLE RETRIBI TION I.\ TRIPOLI. it: >\" > B1 ABABS 1 'i:~( BIBED. By no means the lasi word has yei been said on the affair of the Tripoli oasis, in h ti [talian troops have been charged witb mdisoruninate slaughter of men, a. and children, a significant
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      74 3 For all iuttrii;-'. riiUij'l.'Mirs dysentry oongfa olds ac, take Woods' (.u.it Peppermint Gate. Singapore Gold Storage Co., Ltd. loir Entrance to Borneo Whan, Telephone 1026. Sea stocks of all kinds of Frosen Meats etc., can be delivered to shipping at the Wharves, or in the Singapore Roads on short notice.
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      318 3 DANGEROUS OLD FASHIONS Not to be followed. Old habits ace often better than new ones, bin no! always. For instance, the old-fashion-ed method of cleaning the teeth and month with tooth-powders and toeth-pastes Is a complete mistake. Brushing the teeth with tooth powders and tooth-pastes can never safeguard them from
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      482 3 AUCTIONS MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF ELEVEN BENGAL MILCH COWS, BULLOCKS AND CALVES TO BE HELD AT !SO. 20, BAJEBAI LANK Wednesday 6th Dec, at 11 a. m. N. KANUSAMY PILLAY Co., Auctioneers. No. GB. Victoria Street i Dec 4 7-12 NOTICE. AUCTION SALE OF UNREDEEMED PLEDGES FROM PAWNSHOPS On Thursday 7th
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      917 3 TAILORS AND OUTFITTERS, 61, HIGH STREET. ONCE A YEAR 2 WEEKS ONLY ONCE A YEAR FROM Ist TO 15th DECEMBER, 1911. I >s COMPRISING Suitings of every shade and pattern. Hats, Helmets Caps, and Boots Shoes of latest designs Drapery and Haberdashery of every description. Perfumery, Soap and Toilet Requisites.
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      670 3 PASSENGERS EXPECTED Pea PA 0 sta Nore, (due Dec 8) Mi -J. A. MaoLean, Mtes G. E, Taylor, Mi Mrs Gumming, Mr Duncan MacLean, Mi A. Johnson, Mi .i. C. Warrington, Mrs C. M. Falls, a child, Hr Russell, Messrs V,R. a E.C. Pochin, Mi •I 11.I 1 Mann, Mi-.>>
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    The Singapore Free Press. Monday, Dec. 4, 1911.
    1707 4 The Singapore Free Press. Monday, Dec. 4, 1911. H-.r- baP the I*i«j tht •>..(,:>■• few in-.*:* Hen i..;m< i Truth h« rk v-'e ept dm« 'We-'' k'i licion L \ai'< i«w As we have always a throe-weeks' interval between the publication of mail papers in London and their arrival here,
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    428 4 A reception per Hari Kaya Haji will be held on Monday the 4th inst. at 4 p.m.. at the Turkish Consulate No. ft, I>e Sou/a Street. Arriving at Gibraltar on fith inst. and teat ing next day.the< miser Royal Arthur."" whicli is taking out relief crews to the Far East,
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    THE CHINA REVOLUTION.
    38 4 REVOLUTIONARY ADVANCE ON NANKING. Imperialist Apprehensions. Imperial Xews Si:k\ k i A Renter nCNOfa from Pteking that tbe RevolulionarieN ba\. billis comT)iandin<i Nankin-. The Imperial < iovcnniii m Nanking tails tlie i-clicK p Tientsin and Peking.
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    THE PEKING LEGATIONS
    33 4 Austrian Bluejackets Ready IJei ters Service. LMdoa, ru The Commander of ih, Kateer Franz Hwal i ■d to land ;t huridn'd tn< at Peking should tin \j: Eater desire it.
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    TIN CONSUMPTION.
    168 4 Piiiiil The coneu mption of tin in N< tkfl rnit«d Kingdom iii l,j the United States 2. T00 t,, 1,1(11) tons, i.mkiritf :t fetal The visible supph on l» 7,021 tons. Tin consumption in the l\ h the Continent Ml awa\ qufa t&rkedly n November, which, with f
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    UNITED SERDANG.
    25 4 A Colombo rabbet iervio I i statei th;it L'nited Serd u s a dividend of tw ent v pat < fiit and > 1 15,000.
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    MALACCA RUBBER AUCTION.
    25 4 am m, r own I ~v! i Bed Shoal |2 rt.lfl N<>. 2 sin n |2; Bfl rk !repe Scrap I ',:,-< at«*d
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    THE OPIUM CONFERENCE.
    59 4 9« Nov. \>:u. M M. a-k<Hi bhfl < r< -I;i .i! Affairs nether he m us n< liu' names ol i },< Britisl forthoominc M 111 Ccm Hat:ur. Sit K. <ii-.\ i ■tread] appointed to repn i trj an Cecil < I S Willuni, M, ■>,-!. au.i
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    TRIESTE TO SHANGHAI.
    60 4 Heatn ML Bamo< I and Go., t iJ^vnts o) thfi \u-- 1 advise t lur, comiuem n<'\t. ili,. Austrian i. inaofvcate Hinit u aontbh Ot rtpHIMH l»< 1 w eel; The royafe ill be na4k <"■ M iaya from U>i i passenger Bteanu rt and Koarbei beae«(eai
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    87 4 An order in Council in I "i the (,a/«'i!«. o UI i M'ainrii iNarton Ebdoi Japan* M ships in the Cokmy. Tin' prospect as ol I;.-. ja [usa H afid (ocoinUh. Ltd., show 1 the capital of the i ompauj d 70,000 slum's o| El BM b offered at par.
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      410 4 KELLY AND WALSH, LIMITED. N T H y iM R P ?i D L Y THE STRAITS CALENDAR ENGLISH, MALAY CHINESE 1912 inioni A D V I Q I O FOUR pictures of native life Will UIAKY 111 ll PRICE $1 00 THE IMPERIAL ENGLISH AND CHINESE JAPANESE CALENDARS DATE
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      40 4 BILLIARDS. THE ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN CUSHION. (Alcock's Patent with Improvements of John Roberts, Retired World's Champion) absolutely THE BEST CUSHION TO DATE FOR ANY CLIMATE. JOHN ROBERTS, 1910. ONLY OBTAINABLE FROM John Roberts, London. John W. Roberts, 160, Mount Road, Madras, India.
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    THE KING EMPEROR.
    129 5 ARRIVAL AT BOMBAY. Enthusiastic Reception of Their Majesties. Kluteu's Service. London, via Bombay. M >. Medina. the Royal yacht. their Majesties the King and Queen board, arrived at 9.88 am. at Bombay, I ng an. Imperial salute of a hundred Fl e King will hind in the
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    A VIENNA SENSATION.
    65 5 Chief Of Army Staff Resigns. Imperial News Service. London, via Durban. retirement of the Chief of the ttriaa Genera! Staff. Qen. F. Conrad de endosJ ha^ casaed a sensation in fh incident is ascribed to differences etweefl Count Aerenthal and lien. endatf, the latter insisting on e\-
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    IRISH MARQUIS DROWNED.
    280 5 Fails Into Flooded River. Imperial Xews Service. London, via Durban. n Marquis ot Watcrford has boon d drowned in the Ki\> r lo.lia^h near residence at Curraghmore, Tlm Mavauis was out hunting yesterday, :.ad returned and paid his cu>toinar\ 1 sit to ill' kennels before dinner. H-
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    HUNTING FIELD ACCIDENT.
    25 5 Imfi n u News Sku i f. Load n, fit Durban. Baker, Conserrativ* m< foi Noi rl:. has I d thro"? n
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    FIGHTING IN TRIPOLI.
    59 5 Turkish Attack Repulsed. U i uai Sews Sjebti. L ndom, via Durban. FtnHnm i Tripoli di ay e oi a i ona- abl< •ii X rkisli regulars a dj „.i^ al the point of the bayonet, the :;\u r Fugitives. Italian < mmali et wen i ighl
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    BOMBARDMENT OF MOKHA.
    14 5 To Prevent a Raid. >.:ri:niAL Nsws Service. T nr.dnn via Durban.
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    A WAR STAFF.
    65 5 BERESFORD ON THE NAVY. Reason Of Recent Changes. Imperial Xews Service. London, via Durban. Admiral Lord Charles }>«>res!ord, speakjing at Portsmouth, said he was glad that the new Admiralty Board was going to have a War Staff. When it was created he would sit still about the
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    UNIONISTS AT DERBY.
    84 5 Lansdowne and Austen Speak. The Government Indicted. Imperial Xews Service. London, via Durban. Lord Lansdowne ami Mr. Austen Chamberlain were the cbiei speakers at the I nionist demonstration at Derby. Lord Lansdowne declared that with the Constitution broken up and public money scattered lavi>hly with the most
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    THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
    75 5 Attitude Towards Legislation. Reuter's Service. London, via Bombay. The i>ail> Telegraph understands that the House of Lords will pass rh«' In Miiance Bill without amendment, thus declining responsibility for the details while they accept the principle. They will reject the Naval Prize Bill. embodying the principles
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    OBITUARY.
    23 5 REfTER's Service. London, via Bombay 1 lie death is announced of sir Henry Han »ii. The President of the Prudential Assuranee Co.
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    MR. F. E SMITH.
    35 5 A Future Cabinet Minister. Imtssiai Xi -\vs Service. London, via Durban. Hr. Bonai Law has ini ited Mr. F. E. Smith to t;sk» a seat on the Front <>i>po>i dOD tench.
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    LOS ANGELES DYNAMITE OUTRAGE.
    125 5 Confession of Guilt. Impi r:i \i. News Sebvh h. London, via Durban. a i legram from Los Angeles states thai ia :i« 9 M< N.; ma i :i l;;i > |iir;ul» il guilty tO tllfi rnordei <>; one oi the twentj one victims ihf' dynamite explosion
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    CHRISTMAS AND THE W.C.T.U.
    158 5 Th< following appeal is being <. rculatPoi a numbi oi years U lias been the custom o: tbc Women s hristian I< m ranee Union I > distribute Christmas gifts in t'ne 'hi';: i fruit, flowers, food and loth ing among the inmates oi the .i
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    PERSIA.
    165 5 MEJLISS REFUSES TERMS. TROOPS ADVANCE. [By Submarine Cable]. Eeuter's Service. London, via Bombay. A telegram from Teheran states that Mr Sinister and the Persian (rovt. alike, repudiate the translation and dissemination of the letter to the Times. The newspaper Civilisation published at Teheran, acknowledges translating the letter and distributing
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    FAMINE IN RUSSIA.
    50 5 Aid Must Be Official. Imperial News Service. London, via Durban. a telegram from st Petersburg says tluit tlif Minister of the Interior lias rate goricaliy refused to allow medical and charitable societies to aid those suffering from the famine, independently of the IJed Cross and Zemstvo organisations!
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    LATE JUSTICE GRANTHAM.
    70 5 Testimony to His Qualities. Reuter's Service. London, via Bombay. In the Court of Hindis Bench, Lord Alverstone, touched with emotion, highly eulogised the late Mr Justice Granthaiu tor his great courage and energy. Sis splendid qualities were sometimes obscured i>\ his -tron^ opinions. Mr Ruins Esaacs, on
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    "NUMBER, PLEASE?"
    367 5 The Telephone Girls. Once more aa Christmas time and the festive season <>i the year draw 1 1 iu' l > we desire to invite those who are subscribers to the Telephone Exchange to repeal their kindness to tli* 1 young ladies of the Telephone staff by contributing
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    61 5 Ten Chinos* 1 were fined 110 cadi In the third Court on Saturday morning, for gambling at L6, Upper Circular Road, N'k' Lee Kiah, the occupier, was fined, In addition, Si so. Joseph Snthdeo, (P. C. No. 59) who was charged with entering the 0. P. O'a office for the
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    THE GERMAN NAVV.
    41 5 A Rumoured Increase. £18,000,000. Reuter's Service. London, via Bombay. It is rumoured in Berlin that the Reichstag will be asked to vote eighteen I millions sterling for the navy, to be spread over a period of six years.
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    SIR E. GREY'S STATEMENT. Berlin Journal Defers Comment.
    85 5 SIR E. GREY'S STATEMENT. Berlin Journal Defers Comment. Imperial News Service. London, via Durban. Reuters correspondent at Berlin says that the official journal, the Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung which has up till now been silent regarding Sir Edward Grey's speech, says to day that it prefers to await supplementary explanations that
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    AUSTRALIAN CRICKET.
    50 5 Match at Brisbane. Impebi.il Xews Service. London, via Durban. In a hot sun tempered by a breeze, and before 7.000 spectators, playing on a perfect wicket the M.C.C. team made 275. of which Mead got 78 and Rhodes scored 04, non out. Queensland made 6'> for two wickets.
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    WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP.
    49 5 Monro v. Gotch. Imperial News Service. London, via Durban. Renter wires from Kansas City that a match for the World's wrestling championship, catch-as-eatch-ean style. Ims heen arranged for the 27th iust between Alec .Monro of England and (lotcli of America for a purse of ten thousand dollars. ■>
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    COMPANIES AND MEN.
    33 5 The Railway Question. Rbuter'B Service. London, via Bombay. The Railway Companies Lmve agreed to discuss the findings ot the Commission with the railway men, and endeavour to arrange a settlement.
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    THE PRIME MINISTER ON CHINA.
    252 5 Speaking at the Lord .Mayor's Guildhall Banquet, .Mr Asquith said If we turn our eyes abroad, there has been, during the last few months much to arouse and to keep alive the anxiety of those who arc responsible for the tfood relations of people and
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    A CASE OF PLAGUE.
    124 5 What was at lirst thought to be a case of poisoning at Pulo tibia turns out to be a plague case. Police Inspector Meredith, was notified at the Etochore Station .that one of the Chinese coolies employed in Sir John .Jackson's stout 1 quarries at Puio
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    42 5 I We learn that Mr Merville Edward l'lunipton has been appointed a director of Messrs Adamson (Jiltillan and Co Ltd. of which lie lias been manager in Singapore for some time and assistant for many IT. T^l i. Ml 1 ,1 i
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      41 5 Serious Side of a Cold. I><> you know thai of all the minor ailments (this are by fax the most dangerous? It is not the cold irselt that you ne«-<i to fear, but the serious diseases that it often leads to.
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      148 5 ROBINSON'S tTOY FANCY _AZAAR NOW OPEN. Tom Smith's and Caley's XMAS CRACKERS. CAPSTAN MIXTURE B?uM-sTw«iiM SMOKING MIXTURE ll^Wnl medium full 'M^yL!j^3|' Price per tin 40 cents i if ffS wSr'''!! I Messrs. JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd. ROBINSON COMPANY. ILe 1J iif i Ar€ a sure P reventa txve against the
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      533 6 SHIPPING NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. EUBGFE. i.- v \N M fcIL BTB LMJfifi naHZBSfI ALICE I(>,:>U loss, i Gw»ch, left Hongkong ci Wedn< 3day, th< 29ch Instant, :u i p. m. an< m l: ©xp -i to ;iiri\f tore on Sonda; in about 8 a.m. be despatched tor Euiv\o a..\ at noon.
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      524 6 SHIPPING THE s.s. 'SINGAPORE" (1,167 tons, Captain B. Shepherd) will l>e despatched for Bangkok from the Roods vn Wednesday fee 6th instant a: 9 a. m. This steamer baa excellent accommodation f a I'irst and Beoond class passengers, For passage apply to JOO SENG CHAN. •j •"> South Bridge Road
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      1047 6 SHIPPING Pacitlc Mail S.S. Co. U S MAIL LINE i VIA INLAND SEA OF JAPAN AND HONOLULU Semi-Tropical Route Only line taking the warm SOUTHERN ROUTE across the Pacific via HONOLULU, OAHU, on the most fertile and beautiful inland of rhe Pacific* Through Passage Tickets granted to England, I France
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      650 6 SHIPPING IP 0 TEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY or China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading tamed tor China Coast, Persian Gulf. Continental aud American Ports. Steamers >s i 11 Lave- Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. Our ward (FOB china) Devanha
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      395 6 SHIPPING Norddeutscher Lloyd. Bi < IMPERIAL GERMAN M\ 3 The tell mi well-la I ompatrj nil fortni£ Hamburg via. Rotterdam Gi braltar, < Sen< a v M -i Naples, Al< Said, Si :<■/.. Aden, I Hongkon Kobe to 1 rough ick< ts an u <>i b via ;i liiti;a or
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    SEEING BY WIRE.
    456 7 View of Living Beings by Teleqeaph The problem of seeing by wire is gradually being solved, although the difficulties to be overcome before any general results Will be obtained are still very great. One of the newest systems is that of Professor Rosing, of the Technological Institute
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    AGADIR.
    157 7 The cecenf trouble at Anadir i* nut the first OCCftBiOD that France h;i> l»t'» n aSSO* ciated with the Moorish port, but that was in far away times. On June 16. 1612, according to a writer in a French review, the Notre Dame de la Qarde set out tioin
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    A NOVEL CLOCK.
    135 7 A (lock which has no face or hands, but which will only indicate fche time by the striking of the hours and quarter hours, is proposed for St. Giles'. Sonic time ago a workman fell through the ruse of the old dock, and since then it has
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    NEW EMPIRE DANGER.
    415 7 Effects of Oub Absurd Thkatv System. Most people now fully realise the more obvious of the perils to which this country is exposed by Free Trade, but there is a danger to the Empire in connection with certain of our treaty agreement-is which has as yet received
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    NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.
    118 7 A new stringed musical instrument is reported to have been devised i>> a Japanese violin maker in the city of Nagoya. The Invention i* named th»* reikin, and seems likelj to supersede the samisen. It hat th«' shape oi a guitar, save in tlw neck, which is
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    EXCHANGE.
    70 7 (CORRECTED UP TO I>CC. 1.) Bank 4m I 24--d* j in;* nd 2 -il Private credits m/f 2-4$ credits 6 in 2-4 23-32 France demand Bank 294 1 Germany, demand IS§| India. T. T. ...174} Hongkong, demand lf| Yokohama, demand il 4 Java, demand L4#| Bangkok, demand 6f>i Sovereigns.
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    PRODUCE.
    134 7 Dee. l. Tin tons laid) 10.2S Gambier lm\ei> li».ti > Gambier Cobfl No. 1 15..V) Gambier Cube No. I nom. Pepper Black onlin. S'pore... bu\» r> 80.00 Pepper. 'White fair' M.Oi Wwtmegl '1 1 <) to the LbJ nom Nutmegs (60 to the Lb.) nom. Mace ißanda* 1 10
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      522 7 I FAR EAST OXYGEN ACETYLENE COMPANY, LTD., I SINGAPORE BRANCH. jj Oxygen Gas Dissolved Acetylene. Oxy-acetylenic Mowntpea and blow pipe cutters for quick cutting Irou aad Steel AUTOGENOUS WELDING OF ALL METALS All kinds ot repairs to Ship3, Boilers, Motor-cars etc. Application of the Dissolved Acetylene gas for lighting Motor-cars,
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      106 7 The Wise Mother. The most prominent physician in the country cannot produce hetter results in the treatment of coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough than the wise mother with a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. She always' keeps it in a handy place and knows where to lay her hands
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      126 7 BUGKNALL STEAMSHIP LINES, Ltd AMERICAN AND MANCHURIAN LINE FOR CHINA JAPAN The ss. Kioto will be despatched for Hongkong, Shanghai, Fusan, Kobe Yokohama about 17th December. For freight etc., apply to McALISTER Co., Ltd., iGENT ARCHIBALD CURRIES Australian Indian Line. SINGAPORE TO JAVA PORTS, MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY. Also taking cargo
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      80 7 Time-balls ea Port Canning and Mount Faber drop daily at 1 p. m., Singapore stand ard time, eorreeponding to 6 a.m. Green wica mean time. The time gun ic fired al It o'clock noon, indicating Singapore standard time, on erery day **rt*M Boaday vhsi It is ftred al one o'olodL
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      1004 7 VESSELS IN PORT. Flag and Tons Commanders Arrived Prom For Wnen Kuantan F. M.S. 400 Dredger Todd, 11-11 Knantaii Cncertaia Waterwitcb H.M.S. 620 Hancock E'borough, 21-11 S. Offioer I mil lain Steamers Nat. Tonnage A Master From Consigaaaa For B. Whatt Hin Brit 195 Troan Ananihas. 112 C'iiin Siong Auanihaj,
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      100 7 VESSELS AT TAN JONG PAGAR AND KEPPEL HARBOUR. Wharves and Docks at which different vessels are berthed. East Wharf (Basin)— Buc-el|iliHlus. K. Foftßg East Wharf Sec. I—China,1 China, Tantba. Sheers Wharf IVmiH Main Wharf Sec. '1 Darvel. 3— Choisin^. 4 Lope/ bopec. s— Nil. 6— Mindt too. Aclnlle>. New Dock
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    OUR NEW LITTLE WAR.
    859 8 ABOB Chakutkkisti* s. TV. announcement of a British expi dition against the Abors in the autumn e l\uA the adjacent Chinese province of I g e-chuan and the Imperial Government in Peking. I' was surmised, so the teleis -aid. that the British force might j .>.
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    MORE BATTLESHIPS.
    327 8 tSSURE OF FOBEIGS WOBK !N BRITISH V AUIIS. Ir is stated in Glasgow fchat in addition to the two battleships and seven destroy[en for which British firms have tendered this week, the Admiralty approached leading shipbuilders with respect feo orders for other battleships. The fact that so many
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    ABDUL HAMID'S JEWELS.
    367 8 I Paris, Oct. 29. Concerning the jewi Is belonging bo the deposed Sultan Abdul Hamid which were Bold i'V auction ih*' Other, day in i'aii> for £200,000, this appears in the Dailj Chronicle* 1 from Its Paris correspondent: Jean Richepin, the French poet, who wroto the <
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    CASTLEFIELD RUBBER.
    166 8 ■id \i Ri btw t bate ie b itel capitalised compai ta- 6, and tlie repoi t jusi ist >n- le of I bo» disappointments bo sso< vi w i;i> plantation < on--1• 3 1 >ated dnring the boom. Last >< ai tlu> ;,,<{ it- t-i <,i\ idend
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    MR. KYRLE BELLEW.
    344 8 or the laic Mr Kyrle Bellow, the m mi handsome of ax-tors, who loured fcbe Far! East in is'.':; witli Mrs Brown -}*ot t»t. Mid] gave duologue mm! monologue dramatic rcpresfntations here in the loner room oi the old Town Hall. fcl)6M li'W BOtol iij.ty be read
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    DR. WU TING-FANG ON YUAN SHIH K'AI'S POLICY.
    299 8 spciiN m;i of the plans of the revolution i*>t> yesterday, Dr. Wu Tui^-fan^. director of Foreign AlT.ur>. said Too much emphasis nnnftl be Laid on the fact 1 1 j 11 1 perfect iftiww flirts aimmgst tin- leader* of the Republican movement.
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    THE DIAMOND DURBAR CARRIAGE.
    250 8 description ol the 4fnmimd D cmit!;i^c gives Borne idea of the maf licence which will attend the Durbar. It is ;i oee spring canoe landau q4 the latest and mosl fashionable design sod is fitted with posl [Uion tut ings Eor four or eighl horses, am
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      328 8 That 4 f3t\ V OHIO] i tlavd ccvurl: c arc 5 be Rsre. 1 tie, hi*c\dn£ tickling j cough thai means i especially v hen t;:,-j itoryof *Aei:;lunf,s i Whatshc-IJledr'^ ;Ur doctor. lie knows. Ti about the isflDyfa i d of every bott! e c f A j rtf Pectord.
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    SHARES.
    1264 9 Cap. Issue. Paid. Last Div. Buyers. Sellers. j 85,000 2s 2s Allagar 10% 2 9 3 3 150.000 2s 2s Anglo-Malay 80% int 14 6 15 Bxd H 50.000 2s 2s Batang Malaka 19 2 0 B 30.000 1 1 Batir Caves 50% int 10 1 S 11 0
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      211 9 ansan The Gold Medal Mineral Water, certified by authorities to be highly beneficial to health, especially in the tropics. Tansan is a particularly crisp and invigorating mineral water Packed in cases of 100 splits or 48 pints. Buchanan's Whiskies Are all matured and bottled in Scotland. We guarantee our stocks
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      79 9 De KONSNKUJKE PAKETVAART MAATSGHAPPIJ UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHEBLANDS INDIA GK)VEBNMENT. Agents at Singapore, The Shipsagency, Ltd, 2-3, Collyer Quay The andennentioned dates of departure are only approximate. BUMPHIUS Dtiawan-Deli D©C. 4 MERKUB Belai Pandjang, Bengkalis, sink, and Pakan-Baroe Dec. 6 Koem>] Rengat g 6O J Bbouweb Hoeara-Saba, Simpang and-Djambi
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      186 9 JUST RECEIVEDX A CONSIGNMENT OF WAKEFIELDS BRITISH MADE BENT STEEL FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES Size: 28^x22" x 22" ABSOLUT EY RELIABLE. PRICE $75 NETT. STOCKS HELD BY: H&W.GREER LIMITED, 43, ROBINSON ROAD, SINGAPORE. y< v» 4M r '\"ili r «*vi f jyi /oj *-i k '>x;.^iU^:- m-^iff ""I ;-t®|i
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    London Financial Letter.
    2240 10 t i\ Influences Undertone <iKN;.;,\;.:. G K>B RiJL* ti STBIKI P«>S- ra Shj RISE r. >«l\ r.u OITTLOOB F.-K K W oi markets since I last vxotebasi I i nnfaTonrable, although V(; kBM s 88 still disappointingly v.;., ntai buying has helped foreign si icka and Kaffix
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    MALACCA NOTES.
    503 10 St. Andrew's i» o Although since the 1.->t festival of St. Andrew when Malacca Brsl celebrated the eveni such enthusiasts a^ W. M. simc. i;. l'. Lamb, J. Andei ton and A. M. Ma« phail have left the settlement, th" second celebration was as pronounced a success ;t->
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      RUBBER EXHIBITION, NEW YORK.
      579 10 Dear Sir. I canuol too strongly emphasise the importance of ihc subject of thi? Exposition to the rubber planting section of the industry. Immediate steps jshouM be taken to arrange Cor proper representation at the Exposition, as a Large percentage of the trade of the doited
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    264 10 The local steamer "Perak bunkered at the harf on Saturday. The MeBBageries Bfaritimes Co's steamer Bourbon discharges and loads genera] cargo, and sails tor Saigon to-day. The Leitfa Bteamer Benlarig," from London via ports, is discharging part genera] cargo at the wharf. She load> some cargo lor China
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      384 10 Fresh Australian Pure Creamery BUTTER. Singapore Gold Storage COMPANY LIMITED. i PRESENTS TO SUIT ALL PURSES, IN DIAMOND NECKLACES, DIAMOND RINGS, f DIAMOND BROOCHES, DIAMOND PENDANTS, etc., etc. j OF I LATEST DESIGNS, AND BRIC-A-BRAC j SILVERWARE, I B. P. de SUVA, HIGH STREET. H. L. COGHLAN CO. AUCTIONEERS, VALUERS
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