The Straits Budget, 21 January 1909

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1 26 The Straits Budget
  • 27 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” VOL. LXIII. NO 2658. Singapore, Thursday, January 21,1909. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CE«TU»r Price 25 cents
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  • 245 1 LEADERS— KuropatkiusApologia Kor Auld Lang Syne 12-18 Lord Cromer's Warning 18 Settling the Near East 18-14 llfcferendum 14 The Rule of White Races 14-15 Singapore Assizes The Fatshan Incident 1 Notes from Selangor 2 I Hath of Mr. C. Naylor 2 Foreign Offenders’ Act 2 Lying to
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  • 669 1 At the Assizes, on 14th instant, Loe Ah Kow was placed on trial on a charge of residing in the Colony after having been lawfully.banished by the ruler of Perak. He pleaded guilty, but said that he was sent here,
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  • 135 1 Tlyj abortive attempt at boycotting the steamer Fatshan, at Canton, has fizzled out, much to the chagrin of the few native busybodies at Canton, who were leading the irresponsible rowdy elements at the Southern capital. When the steamer drew alongside her
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  • 1563 7 of Mr. George Smellie. 1 t <> k continued by Mr, in 1!, Y,;.' Supreme Court, before I > 1 Kh t i .combe Smith, on loth Mr t Kor the greater ;Ul time, the evidence was of
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  • 95 7 On Sunday morning, the church of Our Lady of Lourdes ana its surroundings presented a gala appearance. The entrances to the ground were very tastefully decorated and surmounted with the legends Vivat Pater Noster Pius X and Kcce Sacerdos Magnus the first, wishing long life to His
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  • 54 7 On 16th inst., Mr. Gibson, Assistant Protector of Chinese, oharged a sinkeh, named Yong Chi, with refusing to sign a labour contract, he having had his passage paid from China on the condition that he should work off the cost. Mr. E. E. Colman sentenced him to
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  • 740 8 \u ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held in the Board Boom, on the 15th instaant. The following were present M i s*f H L G. Broad rich, I i evident. polglase. So. rotary; B. Peirce. Engineer; .1. \V. Watkins,
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  • 115 8 Mr. .1. K. (>. Aldworth, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, submits a comparative statement of cultivated rubber exported from the Federated Malay States during the years 190 k and 1907. It shows the following 190 M 1907 Increase
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  • 134 8 Two German men-of-war. the Furst Bismark and the Tiger, arrived from Saigon, on 16th inst., and will return northwards from here. The Furst Bismark is the flagship of Kear-Admiral Coerper. The ships exchanged salutos with Fort Canning. The Gorman Admiral was to have made an official
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  • 120 8 The Chartor of tho Chino-Siamese Mail Boat Company, Ltd. fills some fourteen pages of the latest < lazette, reports the Bangkok Times. Tho head office of the Company is at Bangkok, and it is formed to run merchant steamers between Siam and Singapore, Hongkong, China, andothor
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  • 378 8 At a meeting of the Municipal Commis sioners, on the 1.1th infant, the IV aid resolved itself into a Committee to consider the report of the Health Committee on the question of the fees to be paid for analyse* carried out bv
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  • 212 8 '■'ays the Times of Ceylon, of the 8th mutant:—By a somewhat remarkable coincidence, three of the six members of the Straits' Opium Commission will be in Colombo to-morrow, namely, Bishop Oldham, Dr. W. R. Middleton and Mr. E. F. Edlin, all of Singapore. Sir Cecil dementi Smith,
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  • 1140 9 s. ,-combe Smith, in the before Mr ir.tli in»t., the firm of Supreme company came up for lent j bankruptcy. Public exaunnu- 1 1 t|)e offio i a l Assignee 1 Hi. Lor.l-l-'P wcre being taken in iterate ,,rocu'.lu,„> Penang
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  • 100 9 In Singapore, Saigon, Hongkong and others places, says the Siam Free Press, the boy or follows the mistress to the market, and comes back with what she selects and pays for, and if such a custom were adopted in Bangkok, it would do much to improve the
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  • 432 9 For some time the Sanitary Department has been perplexed at thq number of dead bodies found dumped in No. 73 Duxton Hoad. Strenuous efforts were made to discover the delinquent who effected this, aud sanitary inspectors have been out at all
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  • 132 9 Encouraged by the success which has attended Ah Phin’s mines at the foot of the Larut hills, says the Perak Pioneer we understaud that a Chinese Syndicate has applied for a thousand acres of similar land towards the north, which has been tested and found to
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  • 58 9 On 14th inst., a Tamil named Ramen, was prosecuted before Mr. C. F. J. Green, f >r the theft of three capes value $B, the prnpe ty of Miss Anna Abraham, of Niven R ad. He had ten previous convictions and was sentenced to six months’ rigorous, one
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  • 12 11 nM H not responsible for the 'TbeStri't ir len ts] OpiUK'U"
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  • 370 11 K tl t ,r of the Straits Time*. 1 ,,|].Mivorc Sporting Club 80 sir imblic tlian a private iDstHu. mucli allow me to call attentioD- 1 sheet, which lias just been issuetl- or two items that the young It coal' 1 j abt do well to ponder
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  • 1498 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,- There is a leading article in your issue of January 8 which is badly in need of some reply. To me it seems obvious that men and women alike shouTd be free to take part in the national life,
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 120 11 Property Sale. The following properties were disposed of by auction at Powell and Company’s Saleroom, on 19th instant:— Leasehold land, 6,685 square feet, leasehold with 67 years to run, together with the threestorey Chinese dwelling house thereon, known as No. 71 Chiu Swee Koad, Singapore town. Monthly rent $60. Bought
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  • 35 12 Sn.ti.ss liitAMi. On January 16, at All Sdintw. Margaret St.. London, W., by the Rr«.d. M < >it|»« nter Gamier, Sydney Stevens to Ivhtli Blare he, daughter of Mr. aud Mra. II Abrams of Singapore*.
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1255 12 iirnt times tought 'Vent and won.—Straits 1 Hues, January 1 I. Kvcn tie- majority of Russians were able, no doubt, to forgive General Kuropatkin for some of tin; amazing passages contained in bis history r»f the Russo-JapuieMC war. It was necessary to toll tlio truth unflinchingly in order
      iirnt times tought 'Vent and won.—Straits 1 Hues, January 1 I.  -  1,255 words
    • 1111 12 Straits Times, Jaouary 15. Singapore welcomes to-day a man who is entitled to recogniti on as one of the skilled administrators by whom its fortunes have been laid on broad and solid foundations. To a wider circle than ourH, Sir Clementi Smith is known as a
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    • 1184 13 a clear line of vision.—Straits Tunes, January 16. It is apt to l>o forgotten occasionally that Lord Cromer is a Liberal in Politics. While he was ruling Egypt with the thoroughness of superb geuius it was quite a usual tiling t > find Liberals speaking of him
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    • 1245 13 Straits Iinj<*s, January Is. Recent telegrams from Europe all support the conclusion that the crisis in tho Near East is at au end. There may be, or there may not be a European Conference to formally endorse what has been done. If it is possible to
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    • 1075 14 have is worthy of all consideration.— Straits Times, Januaiy 19. While the Liberal Party is endeavouring to sro'iwe furling** of antagonism to tin Hou*u of Lords a*- an institution, the; Knn 1 i1 1 people w ith cbaract* ristic caution art* busily searching for a compromise. True, they say,
      have is worthy of all consideration.—Straits Times, Januaiy 19.  -  1,075 words
    • 1060 14 —Straits Times, Jauuary 20. lietlier Mr. Tlieodoro Roosevelt be a gargoyle, a pigmy, and the descendant of Dutcli tradesman, as a certain fluffy. I toDKued Congressman has been saying, i 8 really of no consequence whatever. What we know of him in a quite positive
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 105 12 I ho p&lt;mt fro* pn&lt;*« of ttu» Stmih 7 i&lt;* I'*!* 1 &gt; M,r&gt; I he fr&lt; |«f i e of the Strwti h\nig&gt;t is $14 a year It is not rir&lt; esvarv *'i^»**&lt;"ritj#- for a year The »uf&gt;- riptioru for »horter periods are at the same propor* tmnat»- rate
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  • 1045 15 4 Mr. C. W. Darbishire is now a member of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Board in succession to Mr. W. P. Waddell. Mr. E. I). Howan 1ms been appointed a member of the Pilot Board for the Settlement of Singapore to fill the vacancy caused by the
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  • 576 16 His Excellency Sir John Anderson lunched at tie Penang Town Club, on Monday, with the Hon. R N Bland, Resident CounciJor and the Hon. A. R. Adams. His Excellency the Governor paid an official visit to the German flagship. Furst Bismarck, on 19th inst., and was saluted
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  • 142 16 (From Olk Own Cokrksponpknt.) Loudon, .January 19. A Washington message gives the text of a speech delivered by Mr. it &gt;osevelt at the Diamond Jubilee meeting of the Methodist African Missions. He cit d the British occupation of India,
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  • 27 16 (From One Own Correspondent. Ipoh, January 19. It is reported that Trouoli mines are temporarily shut down owing to tloods and the approaching Chinese festival.
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  • 227 16 Humanitarians in Holland are agitating in Parliament for doing away with the death penalty in Nethcrlands-lndia. A Deputy, named Van Deventer, has just had a field day on the subject in the Second Chamber of the States Geueral. After marshalling
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  • 121 16 \Nong A Chi, pleaded guilty, yesterday, to a charge of housebreaking, brought against Im.m by Sergeant Little. L&gt;e Tow said that dm mg the early hours of the 14th instant he was roused by hearing a noise in his room. He saw the accused there. The
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  • 454 16 Divers were at work again on the wreck of the Dutch steamer Djambi, on 14th inst., and definitely ascertained that it would be a hopeless task to attempt to recover the bodies of the Chinese stevedores before the heavy cargo, which
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  • 152 16 On 7th instant. His Excellency Phya Sakdi Sem High Commissioner of Mouthon Patani, and Luang istr Kosa, Secretary for Foreign Adairs, who have been appointed delegates of the Siamese Government at the Opium Commission which is going to meet at Shanghai, on February 1, left
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  • 43 17 Own Correspondent.) Hongkong, January 19. „t Canton baa forwarded to volpicelli, tlie Consul General v al r Ii.lekong, the sum of *10,000 w i„, Italy- u the oarthquako in o! 1 i„ Italy. A
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  • 289 17 h im \ndcrson took the chair 1 x r i: eetiu‘' of members of the U.iil'- r..iwu Tennis Club, held at the Club Pa ili. n on null lost. The meeting was not a Tr! y r,'|.o"t 1 amt accounts,
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  • 215 17 •'udar singu, a Sikh watchman, at Tanjong natong, was before Mr. C. F. J. Green, on 14th mat. and was fined $lO, in default seven days, for assaulting a young Chinaman, who had apparently taken the side of an aged fisherman into whose hut the
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  • 359 17 A Tonkin paper calls attention to the increasing importance of Saigon, and its extraordinary commercial development, as a striking example of French colonising enterprise. Every year, that port goes ahead in a remarkable manner, the population increases rapidly
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  • 180 17 The following appointments were notified by Mr. R. G. Watson, the Federal Secretary, at Kuala Lumpur, on the 12th instant. Mr. E. L. Brockman, C.M.G., to be British Resident, Pahang. Mr. R.G. Watson, to be Federal Secretary. Mr. F. M. Baddeley, to be District Officer, Kuantan. Mr. R.
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  • 197 17 A wire from London, dated the 5th instant, says:— The Pope, yesterday, visited the earthquake refugees in the Vatican hospital which stands on Italian ground, thus passing the area in which he enjoys extra territoriality. Many of the refugees jumped out
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  • 123 17 A smart piece of police work, by wiiieh the nefarious designs of a gang of armed Chinese robbers were frustrated, was a&lt; complisbed at Kepong, on the night of the 18tti instant, says the Malay Mail. It appears that about 9.40 p.m., a band of about
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  • 107 17 Anyone travelling on the branoh of the F.M.S.R. which connects Kuala Lumpin' with Port Swettenham has been able, during the last few years, to observe from his seat in the railway carriage the different stages through which a rubber estate passes from the clearing
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  • 140 17 Nine months* rigorous imprisonment w the sentence allotted to Wong Yow Pi, by Mr. Howard, District Judge, yesterday, for robbing Ibramsah in the neighbourhood of Kreta Ayer, on the 10th instant. The complainant had on his shoulder a bag containing $3O in notes and $B4 in
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  • 398 18 "i ,J j i:t*. M.rcoiiibi: Smith sat at an early I /lif tht 'supremo Court, yesterday, to t»ke to evidence,de bene esse, of Moon a Kader .’v.’tan one of the partner* of the StraitsCattlo Trading Company, who
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  • 96 18 Tin mw steed screw Revenue Cutter &gt;pe:;r&lt;ler, built by Messrs. Riley, Hargreaves and Co-, Ltd., for the Netherlands Indian Gov rnment, has now been handed over. Coder the inspection of a Naval Commission from Batavia, her official trial took place cn
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  • 95 18 Npe Chok Chuan was, on the 11th instant. arn*st*.&lt;l at .Johnston’s Pier with packets containing 9,000 grains of morphine. A lance oorporal of the Marine Police, on 19th ln«t.. told Mr K. K. Colman how he came to b suspicious. The defendant, seeing that all wan-“up,” ran away,
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  • 109 18 Messrs. Wee Pin and Company s steamer Han Poh Guan, Captain H. Smith arrived in port at on the 19th inst., towing the Dutch steamer Han Liong, not the Han Hong Liong which broke her shatt in latitude 1.2*1
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  • 217 18 A sensatiouul suicide* was the topic of the hour at Saigon, on the 9th instant, when a soldier just arrived from France shot himself with u revolver. A love affair seems to have unhinged his mind, and he carried off
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  • 124 18 On an estate in Asahan, Deli, which is managed by a company domiciled in Germany. serious complications have arisen. The outlay on the spot has, of late, increased so alarmingly that the directors sent out two delegates to inquire what had brought ou this untoward result. Commenting
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  • 155 18 Lim Poh Ann and Tan Ho, both Revenue officers, seem to have run short of funds recently, and on the 10th instant, they tried to replenish themselves by paying visits to N’os. and .'»8, Orchard Hoad. Tan Wi Seng who lives in the first house, told
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  • 125 18 Many forged five dollar notes of the Ban i of ludo China are now 1 circulating at Saigon The forg« ry, says the Courrier Saigonnais. is so clevei I y done that the Treasury authorities aud even the Banks have been
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  • 175 18 Great sympathy w ill he felt tor Sir W alter Gilbey in the serious hunting accident which befell his youngest sou, Mr. Guy Gilbey. in the hunting field while following the Essen Hounds near Harlow. His fall, which was due
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  • 116 18 The Netherlands India (iovornment draws a large revenue from the Salt Monopoly source of income which many find objection able. The &lt; »overumeut sells the salt, course ana tine, at shops under its own management, but on a system w hich leads to great wastage and peculation.
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  • 167 18 Reporting on the state of the freight market, at Hongkong, on the 9th instant. Messrs. Lamke and Rogge write:— As to actual chartering daring the tort night, with the exception of a fixture each to Hongkong and Singapore, nothing has been done for prompt loading from Saigon. The
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 290 19 H M Cantrell’s XI. v. I .L. Talma’s XI. M njatc on the Esplanade, on Tl 'f between teams captained resSator&lt;"i&gt;. Cantrell and E. L. CrVl results follow CastkkllbXI. M;t ion. b Mackay 2 |!r. SclMfi nguivel, b Clarke 0 B. L. Wilnauis, P.CntUtliH Jones, do K k Mugliston.b
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    • 316 19 Selangor Club. The following scores were returned for the Ladies’ January medal:— Mrs. Ebden 55 2 57 Mrs. Gallagher 61 scr. 61 Miss Law 69 —8 61 I'ntong Cup. Ou Saturday and Sunday, the eleventh competition for the l T ntong Cup was played of tin* Singapore Golf Club
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    • 332 19 Malacca Ladies’ Club. The weekly shoot, at Malacca, took place, at the High School Range, on the 12th instant with the following results: Miss O. E. Williams 81 Mrs. Kinder 26 Miss Williams 23 Mrs. Howell 22 Miss Brooks 22 Mrs. Caldwell 20 Mrs. Shellabeare 14 Mrs. H.
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    • 605 19 5.R.C. v. O. Co., 3rd Middlesex. An eleven representing D. Co 3rd Middlesex, met the S.K.C. in a soccer match on the Esplanade, on Saturday, and a fast game was witnessed. Play was of a neat order and some good attempts at combination were at times shown. The
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  • 70 19 The Finance Minister, at Peking, has sent word to all the provincial authorities in China, that the Prince Regent wishes there should not bo a single opium smoker in all China five years hence. To make up for the consequent loss of revenue, a new stamp-tax
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  • 2007 20 London. January 13. '1 urk* lias ace* I t* d Austria’s offer of »n ind* refill v 1*&lt;r tho anm xation of Bosnia and Herz*-go\Ioh. t I Jt i- stated in Vienna that mere formalities rcniiiu to be adjusted, and a complete h* 111* mi nt i*- expci
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  • 955 21 Berlin, January 13. Tho conclusion of the Turkish and Austrian understanding has given much satisfaction in Berlin. Loudon, and Paris. It is hoped that there will soon be a full agreement between the Porte and Bulgaria. au»l a settlement of the Cretan question, anil of differences with Servia
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  • 336 21 Singapore, January 20, 1909. PRODUCE. Ganabier buyers 9 9.75 do (Cube No. 1) unpicked 13 75 Copra Bali 820 do Pontianak 7 70 Pepper, Black buyers 12 25 do White 5% buyers.,, 18 75 Sago Flour Sarawak 3 02} do Brunei No. 1 2.85 Pearl Sago 8.75 Coffee Bali
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  • SHIPPING IN PORT.
    • 560 23 January 13 0 st r,Fo.g.no*i&gt;.« n nhon »«'"&gt; G» M®y c r rr vau Rusaeu, Batavia Argo* wniiams, Hongkong, Behn Ia.lrawad-. r,t Me)’ er KiAviet. Batavia SF wer, w' 1 Shanghai, P. AO. Coy Vaaayt. h Q ftve Birkenhead. Patei son Gbazee, B Fargo h arson, Rangoon, puialia. 1
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    • 392 23 January 13 f Jumna, Brit str, Pondicherry Seirstad, Nor str, Bangkok Halaban, Dnt str, Penang 14 Saudakan, Oer str, Bandjermassin, P, Laut Keemun, Brit str, Maoila, Hongkong. Japan Delphin, Ger yet. Macassar, German N. Guinea Dovre, Nor str, Bangkok Antiloclius, Brit str, M’seilles. Havre, L'pool t Siam, Brit str,
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    • 92 23 PASSED SUNDA STRAITS OR ARRIVMtf FOR ORDERS. Jan. 2—Brit, tug boat The Awhina, Capt Laspenan, from Colombo. For Batavia. Jan. 4—Dut. str. Rhiperfts, Oapt. Collin from Liverpool, Nov. 28. .For Batavia.. Tan. 7—Dut. str. Pyrrhus, Oapt. Bartibdn, from Batavia, Jan 7. For Amsterdam. Jan. 7— Dut. str. Ophir, Oapt.
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  • 521 23 Per N.D.L. steamer Prinz Regent Loitpoid, due January 24.—Mrs. Waldmann, Mr*. Begloitung, Mrs. Baronin E. von Griesheim, Mr. Fritz Hanfiand, Mr. Alfred Fohot, Dr. and Mrs. K. Boehman, Mr. W. van Heuren and family, Per P. and O. steamer China, connecting with
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  • Stocks and Shares. Singapore, January 20, 1909.
    • 351 24 Dale f i Number p*m Rhami 'T*', 8 “b«fib«i V-M npto nolaaed l-mfoy j yoor.noe. 1 I i j iMM 1100.000 400,000 i SO,000 10 10 Beiel Tin M. Co.. Lid. 7 00 iwrr 1900,000 **4,000 tl.OOO 10 10 J 7,500 Braeog Lid j 7.50 1M1 0000,000 000,000 00,000
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    • 223 24 t*tt 41*0,000 1*7,00*/10 .if US I Anglo-Mnlny Rubber Oo., Lid, (fully paid)' 4.10 0 l* lUo.OUU 1 17/0 ImiMh i i tMM 1*00,000 Ilf,MO T 400 Bnlgowuie Robber Estate'Ltd. 9*00 :s SS:SS S:?S 2& j i 'gs atatesAf* «*w» &gt;«.mo i« to «:mw SKKSSftSTCu' SL® 410,000 It,000 j Oloely
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    • 118 24 44.077.10.0 4.000 7 88N 0*4,0M *40,000 a,000 100 100 99 Bells Asbestos Eastern Ageuoy, Ltd aim loot 91,400,009 1,040,900 150.000 10 7 Brunei Oilj&oyelty t*dT 7 00*0,000 1*4,000 4,400 &lt;k&gt; g n Eastern Smelting Oo., Lid. IHM lli.ON.ON 15.0N.0N 1*0,ON lw lu E™*? *»*er.7li»d. l# ,MOO MO 000 l
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 376 25 VT I ORD'S The Physician's Cure (or Gout, Rheumatic Gout and Gravel. &gt;*: rsal Remedy for Acidity of the Headache, Heartburn, Indigestion, rotations, Bilious AUeotione. r SNNEFORI JACNESIA Barest and most Effective Aperient for T Regular Use. MAGNESIA is,« vjr^« ,^N |rsSt N B a e Best Preventive h ;tl
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    • 584 25 THE RUBBER WHEEL AND CYCLE W0RK8 47 Hill Street, (opposite Armenian Church). Bicycles on hire, for sale and repaired. We do alt kinds of Repair Work on Carriage, Dogcart and Ricksha Wheels, also supply all kinds of Robber Tyres. Satisfaction guaranteed,. Prices mid rate, r &gt; MARTIN’S A MOTHER’S I
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 247 26 Caledonian Hofei. 77, Brrtj SBasah T{oad, SINGAPORE. The Brightest and Healthiest Resort in the City. Hotel Porter, in uniform, meets all Boats and Trains t i 1 *’y 'm -'A v r V- 0 A I**, 4 To INVESTORS! LAND PROPERTIESINSPECTBD A REPORTED UPON MOIL8 EXAMINED STATES VISITED WORK SUPERVISED
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    • 323 26 &gt;•«.*• •yiry SAUCE Assists digestion and gives a delightful piquancy and flavour to all 9 K s 4 2 &gt;, 4-** 1. ‘if/ A VJ MEAT DISHES, SOUPS, FISH, CHEESE, CURRIES. i GAME, POULTRY and SALADS. I The Original Genuine Worcestershire. By Royn! Warrant to h ivr. The jng. STRAITS
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