The Straits Budget, 16 January 1908

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1 26 The Straits Budget
  • 27 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” VOL LXII. NO. 2605. Singapore, Thursday, January 16,1908. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CENTVRY Price 25 cent*.
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  • 219 1 LEADERS: British Interests in Dutch Rubber Companies *8 Depression in the b.M.S. Tin Industry Chinese Menace to British Trade 12 Railway Administration in theF.M.S. 13 Perjury iu the Singapore Courts 13 Parliamentary Government iu Indo-Cliina 18 The Competition for Eastern Shipping Freights 14 Delusive Returns of British
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  • 920 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Lipis, January 4. A recent Gazette Extraordinary contains a revised scale of Customs Duties which came luto force on New Year’s Day. The import duty ou Opium, Asiatic Tobacco, aud Toddy remains unaltered,
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  • 664 7 the Arab who has ahead} been 1 'l' 1 Tiiiicl Magistrate on a charge of UI Y Sved Vbdulkader bin Abdulrahand against whom some wtt *i"* already been taken, appeared LVi "mCouit. ou tlio 11th inst.. together with ti.,* M-ilrtV who was
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  • 312 7 There was an interesting episode at the Assize Court, on the 10th inst,, when Li All Tai was charged with housebreaking after preparation for violence, i When His Lordship Mr. T. Se room be Smith learned that the
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  • 102 7 Mr. E. E. Colmau, the Third Magistrate, fined a Chinese coolie $5, on the 11th inst., for tampering with a street hydrant. Mr. Saxelby, acting Superintendent of Mains and Services, prosecuted, and said that an enormous amount of water was being wasted in this way, besides
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  • 102 7 The following properties were disposed of at auction by Messrs. Fernandez and Company Freehold land situate at Moulmein Road, total area 5,400 sq. ft., bought by Abdul Karim at 5tV cts. per sq. ft. Freehold land situate off Moulmein Road, total area 3,299 sq. ft., sold at
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  • 456 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, December 18. The presentation plate, for which the merchants, bankers, members of the legal j profession, and others concerned in the comj inerce of Singafiore subscribed, has been I selected by Mr. H.
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  • 74 7 Four Chinese were brought before a Bench Court, consisting of Messrs. Gibson and Howard, on the 13th inst., on a charge of removing property under seizure. The evidence showed that about thirty Chinese entered the premises under seizure, in Johore Road, overpowering the watchmen, and carrying off the
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  • 65 9 The following is a return of the quantity of cultivated rubber exported from the FM.S. during 1906 and ’07: Total export Export during during Increase. 1907. 1906. lbs. lbs. lbs. IVnaU 255,580 149,640 105,890 Selangor 1,198,751 681,040 517,711 Negri Sembilan 580,004 198,112 881,892 Pahang Total 1,984,285 1,028.792
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  • 119 9 Before Mr. Justice Fisher, on the 14th inst., Messrs. Ghee Soon and Company sued a European lady customer for $1,042.98 alleged to be balance due for goods sold and delivered, for the use of her household. The lady’s husband is said to be a bankrupt and she
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  • 86 9 The Children’s Aid Society in Singapore, which has for the past few years been doing active and ever increasing rescue work among the destitute children of the place, appealed to the clergy in the F.M.S. to give the Christmas Day offertories at their respective churches, it being
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  • 69 9 *on the Bth instant the members of the Opium Commission, in company with the British Resident, the Protector of Chinese S 5 a w members of the Selangor Anti- Societ y’ P**d a surprise visit to some of the brothels and opium dens in Kuala Lumpur
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  • 727 9 Laurence Marcus, Mrs. Marcus aud Marie Marcus have had trouble with a nonya, named Ku Chu Neo, who lives near them in Clive Street. The nonya prosecuted them before the Senior Magistrate, Mr. E. C. Howard, on the 9th inst., on
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  • 306 9 A schoolboy, named Tan Chan, told Messrs. Howard and Gibson, sitting as a Bench Court, on the Bth inst., that the prisoner, named Teo Kow Mob, who stood in the dock, had robbed him, in conjunction with two others, of $10.50 in
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  • 158 9 At the beginning of March, a new monthly Sporting Magazine will make its first appearance in Singapore. It has many times been expressed that a magazine reviewing current thought and activity as it is expressed in sporting circles would be welcome m the Colony and the F.M.S.,
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  • 413 10 Still another decreased death-rate is reported by the Registrar of Births and Deaths, Dr. D. K. McDowell. During December, 989 persons died, as against 996 in November, and 1,098 in October, and the death-rate fell from 15.10 to 14.84. Phthisis appears to
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  • 182 10 Mr. Arthur Bligh Stephens, of the Forestry Department of the F.M.S. Government, died at .the European Hospital, Taiping. on the 7th inst. The deceased gentleman, who was 52 years of age, suffered from heart trouble. He entered the F.M.S. Government service in *****. Both socially and
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  • 402 10 Mr. Justice Fisher vacated his seat in the Supreme Court, on the 9th inst., in favour of Mr. Jnstiee Sercombe Smith, and found a busy two hours awaiting him at the Council Chamber, where affairs financial were discussed. ft seems to have
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  • 184 10 The local Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation has received the following telegram from his Head Office at Hongkong:— Subject to audit, Bank Dividend for halfyear will probably be 40/- Old Issue Shares; 80/- New Issue Shares; added to Silver Reserve, $5 lacs; carried forward
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  • 401 10 Seven years' imprisonment for forging a delivery order was given at the Assizes, on the 9th inst., by Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith, to Chan Ah Seug, a coolie with a record of crime. Afterwards Leo Fah Chong, Ah Seong and Leong
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  • 187 10 lhe Committee of fcbo Singapore Art Club met on Thursday evening and it was decided to hold the annual exhibition in February, provided there was a sufficient number of exhibits forthcomig and also that the F.M.S. and Penang Art Clubs gave their support. The number of artists
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  • 835 11 The following i* the report of the sionpral Manager to the Directors of the SSb Australian Gold Mining Company, Limited, for the month ended December 28 G7ntlemen,—I herewith beg to submit my monthly report on your mining and milling 0P The
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  • 279 11 On the 8th inst., his Lordship Justice Sercombe Smith had before him at the Assize Court, the case in which Patrick Maximilian Nunis, a dresser in the General Hospital, was indicted with criminal breach of trust of $5, in the capacity of a
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  • 334 11 Hot Tong Ting, who was sentenced to a month’s rigorous imprisonment a few days ago, for escaping from legal custody, appeared before a Bench Court, consisting of Messrs. Howard and Gibson, on Bth inst, in the custody of a warder, to answer
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  • 142 11 Before Mr. A. J. Law, acting Chief Justice, at the Supreme Court, this morning, Tan Teck Hang asked for an injunction restraining Tan Peck Cbua from removing the business of Chop Law Chia Wha Heng to Dutch territory. Mr. M. J. Upcott appeared for the plaintin and
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  • 104 11 One of Manila’s visitors at the present time is Mr. .T. R. C. Aldwortb, customs commissioner of the Federated Malay States. He is a guest at the Metropole hotel, and is here for the purpose of investigating the methods adopted by the local govermnent to prevent the
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 806 12 Straits Times, January 9. The management of planting and mining companion in Netherlands* India has to be wholly in Dutch hands, the laws of the Colony stipulating clearly this provision, in order that international complications may notarise. Investments of foreign capital in such undertakings
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    • 330 12 Straits Tinic'B, January 13. When the Senior Warden of Mines in the Federated Malay States comes to prepare his official returns for the first quarter of the current year, he will be confronted with a task that is gloomy and ominous if the tin
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    • 601 12 -Straits Times, January 9. On other occasions, we have dealt with the strange development Chinese national spirit is taking, and quite recently referred to the telegrams sent to Peking by Chinese residents of Singapore in regard to the patrol of the West Hiver by British
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    • 1167 13 Straits Times, January 10. On December 27, we reproduced from the Malay Mail some editorial comments on the Federal Estimates for the current financial ye;ir It must strike the careful reader of iat article that the warning cry of economy, uttered with so much insistence
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    • 275 13 Straits Times, January 15. Id view of the statement of Mr. Justice Fisher, in giving judgment in a tongkang collision case at the Supreme Court, on Monday, that this was another of chose unfortunate cases *of which perjury and subornation of perjury formed the most
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    • 593 13 head of the Government.—Straits Times, January 15. The retirement of M. Bean from the Governor-Generalship of Indo-China, 4hicb has been so .long rmhourcd, is now \jo longer a matter of doubt. The Saigon Opinion has been assured on good authority that the Governor-General will leave Saigon
      head of the Government.—Straits Times, January 15.  -  593 words
    • 1418 14 —w «v foreign competitors.—Straits Times, Janaary 14. Laftt week, uo referred iu these columns to the prosperity of the P. and O. Corapauy, Mid we promis'd ourselves the* pleasure returning to a consideration of the able and suggestive and interesting speech of the Chairman
      – —w «v foreign competitors.—Straits Times, Janaary 14.  -  1,418 words
    • 524 14 Protected competitors.— Straits Times, January la. It is one of the contentions of the tariff reformers at Home that the statistics of trade are inflated artificially by imports from other countries, which are re-exported as Britishmanufactured goods. This, they contend, explains why it is that
      Protected competitors.— Straits Times, January la.  -  524 words
    • 1575 15 other Eastern ports.—Straits Times, January 11. V i e w of the extensive harbour works ■Vine undertaken in Singapore, and the lament diligent search for new sources Irf revenue, the report of the Commissioners appointed by Sir Henry Blake to inquire Tthe revenue received
      other Eastern ports.—Straits Times, January 11.  -  1,575 words
    • 413 15 —Straits Times, Janaary Id. It would be very inconvenient to presentday Governments if the notions on political* economy of a native of Java were to become widely prevalent. So the Government of Netherlands India may be commended on its prompt suppression of the leader
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    • 1016 16 —Straits Times, January 14. bctweeu Great Britain and China. —Straits Times. January 15. In our issue of Thursday last, we called attention to the action of certain focal Chinooe in connection with the anti-British agitation arising out of the Chekiang Railway loan dispute and the
      —Straits Times, January 14.; bctweeu Great Britain and China.—Straits Times. January 15.  -  1,016 words
  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 91 12 Tba froo prioo of tho Strain Timts i* $38 a year. The post free price of the Strain budget it Sl4 a year. It m not necewry to uibecnbc for a year. The tubacnptiont for shorter periods are at the tame proportionate rate at for a vear. The Strait: Budget
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  • 668 16 According to the Progress Report of the Singapore Municipality, 11,719 animals were killed in the Municipal Slaughter-houses during November. Mr. E. E. Colin&n, the Third Magistrate, sentenced three Chinese constables to a month’s rigorous imprisonment each, on the 14th inst., for absenting themselves from duty. Mrs. Annie
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  • 643 18 A sitting of th* Kull Court, on the 15tli*inst.. l>rf over by Mr Justice A. Law, a.o<. srnpaineu »»n the bench by Mr. Justice Fisher tnd Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith. gev' judgment in tie case in which Mahomed Hv j s:u sued Messrs.
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  • 290 18 i|«l:o\i ()r»: (Iw.s Co];KKsioM>»:NT.) London. January <S. The market tor shams in Ceylon and Malayan Rubber Companies hows a firm tone. I .ondoii. Jan nary 9. The lollowing rubbei* crops ter 1907 are announced Anglo-Malay Rubber Company, Limited, 224.144 lbs., as
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  • 231 18 A dog la-longing to a resident in Sophia Road, to all appearances suffering from rabies, created a sensation, on the 12th inst., by running wildly in the neighbour hood! Attempts to destroy it by a revolver shot and by some
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  • 409 18 CHINESE COMMISSIONER His Excellency Suddenly Recalled to Peking. His Excellency Vang Shi lvhie, Chinese Commercial Commissioner, who has been re called to Peking at once, arrived on the 11th inst.. by the Chinese cruiser Hai Chi. escorted by the Hai Yung, from Malacca. There was no Chinese official reception, as
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  • 211 18 Mr. George A. De Souza prosecuted a Chinaman, named Kam Ah See, before a Bench Court, consisting of Messrs. Howard and Gibson, on the 14tli inst.. on a charge °f housebroaking by night, and theft of clothing, valued at $l5. The prosecutor’s door, which was of trellis work,
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 637 19 From Our Own Correspodent.) Penang, January 14. Ti„. January Meeting of the Penang Turf Uub openeii to day in fine weather. The going was excellent, and there was a fair attendance of spectators. The results of the various events are as follow: Tuk
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    • 652 19 The Mother Country sustained defeat at the hands of the Colonies in a Rugby football match on the S.C.C. portion of tho Esplanade on the 18th inst., to the tune of eleveu points to five. The teams, which were composed of members
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    • 250 19 S.C.C. 95th Russells* Infantry. The S.C.C. and the 95tli Russells’ Infantry tried conclusions in a Hockey match on the Esplanade on Tuesday, and one of the fastest and keenest contested games ever played between them was witnessed. Play was of a high order. The Club showed up well, but
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    • 170 19 The following is the result of the play for the Ladies' January Medal:— Miss Smith 52 —6~**46 Mrs. Waddell 58 10 48. Mrs. Gansloser 50 scr. 50 Mrs. Saunders 55 5 50 Mrs. Hartnell 56 5 51 Mrs. Watkins 68 12 51 Miss Leask 64 12
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  • 2367 20 London. January 8. Hi* Maj< sty the King ljas inaugurated a Crimea and Indian Mutiny \oterans Fund with a donation of one thousand guineas. The object of the* Fund is to release veterans from the work houses throughout the country and to grant tlieiu a weekly allowance. H.R.H.
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  • 1135 21 Berlin, January 8. Mr. Lloyd C. Griscom, United States Ambassador to Italy, stated in an interview published in the Tribuna (Rome) on the attitude of the United States to Japanese immigration that it was considered satisfactory in Japan and that good relations existed between Japan and the United
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  • 13 22 [The Straits Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents.]
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  • 261 22 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Singapore, January 10. Sir, —As you are uow ventilating various subjects municipal in your column, you might allow me to ask when the new road to Tanjong Katong is to be fiuished, how much has already been spent
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  • 293 22 lo the Editor of the Straits Times. Singapore, January Id, 1908. Sir,—As you have been good enough to awaken an interest in Municipal affairs recently, I take this opportunity of making a few remarks which may be of interest to your reader. Shine of your correspondents seem to
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  • 298 22 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Singapore, January 15. Sir,—As I have so often had my fingers burnt over non-paying boarders, to avoid a repetition, if possible, 1 would feel greatly obliged if you would enlighten me on the follow ing question. In the first
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  • 111 22 While in the performance of his duty at the Tan jong Pagar Docks, about eleven o clock ou the 15th inst.,a wharchouseman iu the traffic department, named C. L. Becton waR instantly killed by a fall of timber. It seems
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  • 289 22 Singapors, January 15, 1808. PRODUCE. Gambier buyers 6.87* do (Cube No. 1) unpicked 975 Copra Bali 7.60 do Pontianak 7.80 Pepper, Black buyers 12.87* do White 5% buyers 1987* Sago Floor Sarawak 2.97* do Brunei No. 1 2.98 Pearl Sago 4.15 Coffee Bali, picked 25.60 Coffee, Palembang. 20 basis
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  • 146 22 Judgement in the matter of a complaint in which Mi. Gardiner, Superintendent of Police, was complainant and Liong Thye Hye, defendant, was delivered on the 15th inst., before the full court, consisting of Justices Law, Fisher and Sercombe Smith. This was an appeal from a conviction by the
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  • SHIPPING IN PORT.
    • 530 23 January 8 BWthMton. Brit*. Hilton. Newcastle, P. jJgSu** J“p Kori Bombay P 8 m o e r «tr, Habner, Saigon, Behn Mover Pfttani, Ger 8 gen Bangkok, Borneo Coy Brit 8tr RußhtODl Bangkok Low Boro Cl)ca tta, Boustead Brit str, Bradley, H’kong, Boußtead Pelayo, Brit str, Lurcock, Sourabaya, Kate
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    • 395 23 January 7 Euplectela, Brit str, P. P. o. via Suez Canal Flintshire, Brit str, Japan via ports E. F. Ferdinand, Aust str, Penang, Rangoon Singapore, Brit str, Bangkok Calypso, Brit str, Penang and Deli Rajah of Sarawak, Sar str, Sarawak Korat, Ger str, Bangkok 8 Sane Borneo, Dut str,
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  • LIST OF PASSENGERS.
    • 258 23 Per P. and O. steamer Britannia, connecting with the steamer Peninsular at Colombo. From London, Dec. 20, due Jan. 17:— Messrs. J. C. Watt, V. D. French, J. A. Guise, F. A. Teale, A. Condie, W. Liddle, Miss Templar, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Marten and children, Mr.
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    • 298 23 By the Perak, Captain Turner, J&n. 9. From Penang via Port Swettenham: Mr. N. D. Perkins, Miss J. Willett, Mr. W. Seehorst. Mrs. Jansz, Mr. Leong Song Thong, Rev. Purdy, Mr. A. B. Hubback, Mr. Fisher, Dr. Galloway, Bishop Oldham, Mr. Ho Siak Kuan, Dr. Middleton, Mr.
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    • 77 23 By the Nyanza, Jan. 9. —For London: Engineer Lieut. Wm. P. C. Spriddle, Master Gunner H. Hyde, wife and child, Quarter Master-Sergts. Burden and Sherman, Conductor J. Oddboy and wife, Mrs. Ryalls child and infant, Mr. P. Whelan, wife, four children and infant, Mrs. Thompson, two children
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  • Stocks and Shares. SINGAPORE, JANUARY 14, 1908.
    • 364 24 Cap.U) Bobecrtb- g™ Qw ion Bharat 190* 6*00,000 6*00,000 30,000 610 610 Belat Tin M. Co., Ltd. 8J0 1907 6*00,000 6226,000 22,600 610 610 7,600 Bruang Ltd. 1*01 6600.000 I 6600,000 I 60,000 610 HO Brueeh Bydraoho Tm M. 0°., Ltd. 14 50 1903 £400,000 £650,000 650,000 £1 £1
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    • 313 24 1906 £140,000 £116 625 f 00 10,000 Anglo-Maiay Rabbet Go., Lid. (fully paid; £410 0 93,500 £1 16/ (oontrib.) £3 100 1906 1900,000 §106.000 10,600 t*0 |10 Balgownie Rubber Estate Ltd. (fully paid 924 60 1904 £*0,000 £15 260 f 7 000 X £1 1 000 Batu Cave* Rubber
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    • 83 24 1898 ,,JM m 4, too mo '»M 9 6 A<<tUOi Uld 97 90 I4W *16,000,000 1)5.OX),000 Hongkong and Bb.ugt»< Baos Jftg® 1908 M.400,000 M,,00,000 «<» Howarth Erehin”, Ltd. 1M6 91,000,000 91.000.000 •>« «00 Kntz Brother,, Ltd. (Dehnltf }*>®® »w« 9.4,000 ,34.000 1 To To Cn F 2S2IS! TiSSS TSE
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 434 25 30MMOI(£E«iE^HUT|HJi.l. v^’^rtjjwgggiSSS ‘t" r,t ~rumoring certain dleqnaltflcaltoo» U>atdee dcrangrm**•« *™™P**!W ftS** .IwotWWMIH t iHWTI». Caledonian Hofei. 77, Brass Siasab J(pad f SINGAPORE. ILk Brightest and Healthiest Report in the City. Hotel Porter, in uniform, meets all Boats and Trains. KWONG SENG 00. Drawn Thread Work. No, S 3, Orchard Road,
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    • 341 25 Sour Eructations’, Mectiv^AperUmt g or m S s 14 Re Lt HMk A" Production. VM.S i $2 mV BY P08T PACKED FLAT. c DEUTBCH-ASIATIBCHE BANK.. Fully Paid up Capital: Sh. Taels 7,600,000. Head Ofiioe Bbaughai. Board of Directors Berlin. BRANCHES. Berlin Calcutta Hankow Hongkong Tientsin Teinanfu Tsingtau Kobe Yokohama Hamburg,
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 582 26 A OMOKKH-DOW9I 4 SYSTEM. prove* that as Di*ht toccrod* Ike d*J mart cwtaiuly ••ewed by s count of the celebrated life-reviving toak nfflMMggg a* It is taken fa awtedsars_wfth the direction* accoßtpaayfaf ft, will the shattered health be restored, tmk explains umjp or ure UOHTBD OP APRMH, and a new
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    • 445 26 PERRINS SAUCE L *♦*221 Assists digestion and gives a delightful piquancy and flavour to all MEAT DISHES, SOUPS, FISH, CHEESE, CURRIES, 6AME, POULTRY and SALADS. The Original Genuine Worcestershire. By Royal Warrant 10 I H M rHi IKG. THE RUBBER WHEEL AND CYCLE WOBKB. 47 HiU Street, (opposite Armenian Church).
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