The Straits Budget, 15 July 1909

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  • 27 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES." VOL LXIII. NO. 2683. Singapore, Thursday, July 15,1909. ESTABLISHED OVER NAIF A CENTURY Price 25 cents
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  • 234 1 leaders The Pharmacy Bill New Links of Empire Asiatics and Asiatics ,M J Linggi and Kamuning ...18-14 Oor Trade Records JJ Homan Stock Farming 1415 Local and General— Report on F.M.S. for 1908 1 The Colony’s Parse 3 Mile. Daboin’s Recital 3 Mr. Stnart’s Trade Report 4-5
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  • 824 1 In the course of his report on the F.M.S. for the past year, the Resident-General, Sir William Taylor, refers to Mr. Carruthers’ report. The director of agriculture for tho F.M.S. puts the agricultural acreage of the F.M.S. at 319,722 acres. According to
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  • 74 1 In relinquishing her shadowy suzerainty of the Malay States Siam loses nothing, says the Daily Graphic. On the other baud, she gains very considerably in the arrangements made for tbe relinquishment of British ex territorial jurisdiction. This concession she has well deserved by tbo onlightoned and progressive spirit
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  • 1348 2 Mr. J. K. Broad ley, in giving evidence in the Supreme Court, on 7 tli in at., in hiscase against Messrs. liowarth, Krskiue and Co., Ltd., the claim being lor $1,260 for overtime, said that the tirat
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  • 423 2 CLAIM FOR WAGES. Jeweller ’s Salesman and Clerk Nonsuited. Mr. W, A. de Silva sued Mr B P a c-, in the district court before Mr h 1 V| on Monday afternoon, for $500 balance due for wayes Mr u. u?* 1 appeared for the plaintiff and for the defendant.
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  • 143 2 A Chinese diver, named Ong Swee, employed by Sir John Jackson, Ltd., niet with a borrib'e death, on Monday, while he was at work in diving dress, near Johnstons Pier, assisting in the laying of the foundations for the sea wall which is to bound the new
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  • 45 2 From the Secretariat Taiping, we b® ve received advance figures, liable to co ru of the export of tin from 1' t f n or e Block tin is given as piculs h3,UI-» as piculs 28,079.76 and the duty as SdbO.b
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  • 1374 3 i minous paper comprising the A V °l rt port and statements of the Colony tiuaocial repo j o. Ant h oni8Zt (or 190*» treasurer, was laid on the table lbe^ l0n T idaTve Council meeting, held alteroooo. The
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  • 258 3 There was a gratifying attendance at the pianoforte recital given by Mile. Olga Duboin at tho Teutonia Club on Friday, under tbe patronage of His Excellency the Governor, The lady gave a choice selection of pieces and fully justified the opinion formed of her skill as
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  • 35 3 Daring the five months ended May 31, 200,802 passengers were carried on tbe Singapore-Kranji Railway and paid lares amounting to $76,610.72. Goods representing 353,909 picnls for which $10,517.60 wore paid, were also carried.
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  • 929 4 Among the papers laid before the Legislative Council, on Friday afternoon, was Commander Hadcliffe’s annual report of the marine department, Straits Settlements', for the year 1908. This shows that the total revenue collected in the three Settlements
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  • 101 4 A strange tale of a mad dog comes*from Deli where, at Tebing Tinggi, the other day, three persons were bitten and were despatched for treatment to the Pasteur Institute at Batavia. The police then went in search of the dog and interviewed the owner (a Chinaman), who
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  • 88 4 A smart rescue was made by the N. D. L. steamer Maruda as she was leaving port, on Saturday afternoon, for Labaan. As she was passing through the man-of-war anchorage, at about 1.80 p.m., she was seen to stop and lower a boat. Through a telescope,
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  • 74 4 Id the House of Commons, on June 10, in answer to Mr. Rees, Colonel Seely, (Liverpool, Aberoromby), said:—The Secretary of State has had under his cotrsideratioiythe arrangements submitted to him by the Crown Agents for the Colonies for giving effect to the recommendations of the Committee appointed
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  • 886 4 The report of Mr. A. Stuxrt imports and export., on the Straits Settlements for the been issued, and from it we mi e thiwi mg excerpts loU The value of merchandise imported the
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  • 183 5 Arrangements have now been made by the postal authorities by which an overland mail closes at the Singapore post office, at 6 a.m. every week day. for Malacca, Penang, and all places in the Federated Malay States except tin* east coast of Pahang. There
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  • 132 5 A pitiable night may be witnessed any corning in Cecil Street, and doubtless in u *Dy other parts of the town, where a Dumber of aged and decrepit Chinese men and women are eking oat a miserable existence on kvefoot way in front of uninhabited 2®*?* bey
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  • 1163 5 M. A. Tobin, formerly chief clerk of the water department, Municipality, was before the third magistrate, on Thursday lor preliminary enquiry into allegations of criminal breach of trust and embezzlement as a public servant, in respect of
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  • 84 5 The report of the post office department at lloagkong states that the number of mail bags and packets, dealt with in the general post office, Hongkong, amounted to .204,289, an increase of 39,148, compared with the previous year. Hegisterea articles and parcels handled in Hongkong amounted to
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  • 74 5 Messrs. F. W. Darker and Co. inform us that the manager reports tho rubber crop harvested on the Sandycroft Rubber Co.’s estate daring the month of Juno was 5,6 lbs. dry. In the corresponding month last year, it was 4,746 lbs. dry. The total for
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  • 343 6 For the information of Linggi shareholders wo have been courteously informed by Messrs, tiuthrie and Co., Ltd., the agents of the Linggi Plantations Ltd., that they have received information by cable that Kamuning Estate will be floated off as a separate company.
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  • 207 6 Messrs. W. J.and M. Thompson's fortnightly Iodia-robber circular of June 12, states Para.—We have had an exceedingly strong market daring the past fortnight and the price of hard cure fine spot has advanced to 6s. Id, per lb. This is the highest price ever known for this
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  • 35 6 Tbo following companies record outputs for the month of June as under: Bel&t Tin Mining Co. Ltd., 670 60 piculs. Kuantan Tin Co. Ltd., 97.50 piculs. Sipian Tin Company. Ltd., 131.00 piculs.
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  • 616 6 Mr. G. Mamoli sued Messrs. G. R. Lambert and Co., Ltd., in the district court, before Mr. Saunders, on Friday for $3 as money paid to defendants for six dozen photographic plates which, he alleged, proved to be old stock and
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  • 496 6 At the ordinary meeting 0 f th« \t Commissioners, on Friday J* McDlC! PaI foUow.nggentlemenwere pr e^t rD00 0<^“ ck President; j tary; It. I eirce, engineer I). Darbishire, Ong Tek Lim ch J Fo ’C. W and J. Carapiet. Chen
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  • 64 6 The production from the Serenda 1 Hydraulic Tin Mining Co.’s mine for the month of June, gave a return of 311 picoto dry pressed ore. From June 1. the was under new management. During month frequent stoppages were necessary* due to rearranging and removing the
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  • 270 8 Tan Cheng N T eo, widow of Ko Kim Yeo, formerly Capitan China at Batavia, prosecuted her elder brother, Ton Yong Wee, his son and her own son, the two latter being mere youths, in the second magistrate's court, on Monday, on a
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  • 45 8 (From Our Own CouitKsi’ONnKNr.) Kuala Lumpur, July 13. Mr. N. R. Crum-Ewing, assistant district officer, Tampiu succeeds Mr. J. S. Masou as district officer at Klang. Mr. J. E. Bishop, assistant officer, Raub, succeeds Mr. Crum-Ewing at Tampin.
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  • 236 8 Early, on the morning of 7th inst. police constable Omar bin Mahomed was on duty in CroMH St. It so happened that at the same time Constable Hemphy was also on special duty there, but ho had the advantage of being
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  • 499 8 On May 10, Insp. Connor saw three Chinese standing in the verandah of a house in Kerr Street. One of them was bleeding badly from a scalp wound and he heard that the man had been stabbed. Three men, who
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  • 96 8 Moliamed Salleh, the Arab lascar from the French mail steamer Ernest Simons who is alleged to have killed a fellow lascar on the last voyage of that steamer between Saigon and Singapore, was again before the senior magistrate, on Monday afternoon, for extradition proceedings, the steamer being
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  • 67 8 A Dutch Eurasian seaman named De Hoog has been arrested on charges of theft of a watch belonging to one of the officers, of the Dutch steamer Bcsiting certificates belonging to another, and a sextant belonging to the second officer of the Dutch steamer Perlak. Ho was sentenced
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  • 362 8 (From Our Own Corr ESPONWni T Kuala Lutnpur, J 0 H To days racing was held moderate. h Following were the results Ex-Griffin Handicap (R n distance).— 1 Maintenance 9 ft- 9 a Won by four lengths. Time 2mi« 8A
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  • 175 8 Some days ago, a bulky looking Chinaman was making his way along the wharf towards the steamer La Seyne. A dock policeman thought the man looked fat, and investigated with the result that a quantity of cliandu worth $420 was found. The tat man was arrested. He
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  • 571 11 Official Programme. All arrang» meets are dow complete for the ceremonial visit** to the new State* by His Bxoellency the High Commissioner, for the purpose of formally assuming Piotectorate in the name of His Majesty the King Emperor. The official programme is as follows:— Saturday, July
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  • 47 11 (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, July 14. The Planters’ Stores Agency auuoiince that a cable has been received from their London office stating that tho average price of tiue plantation No 1. rubber is 7s. Id.
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  • 44 11 (From Our Own Correspondent Penang, July 14. The death occurred, last evening, at Butterworih, Province Wellesley, of Mrs. Wintehead, wife of Mr. C. B. Whitehead, who was tranJerrtd to Penang from Singapore, as assistant superintendent of police, in October, 1908.
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  • 97 11 (From Our Own Corrk^pondknt.) Kuala Lumpur, July 14. Capt. H L. Talbot, comrni'Hioner of police, F. M. S.. who was recently obliged to go inlo hospital here, and Mr. George (JummiLg leave for home next week. On the occasion of the annual onting of the W stern Morning
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  • 13 11 [The Straits Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents.]
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  • 208 11 To tho Bditor of the Straits Times. Sir —With reference to your paragraph of 9th instaut, re tho proposed White Star Liner Arabic on a round the world tonr, with 700 passengers, the Ceylon agents of the White Star Line having intimated that the tour has
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  • 308 11 To the Bditor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Supt. F. J. Badely of Hongkong in his report on the Hongkong Fire Brigade for 1908, says there are 84 despatch boxes kept in different places in the city of Victoi ia, 9 in Kowloon aud 8 Afferent Telephones to
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 85 11 Property Sales. The following lots wore disposed of by auction at Powell and Co.’s sale room on Tuesday.—The steam lannch Im»hq I)inia as she now lien in the ha> bour. Officia No 5S6 Built by Rdey Hargreaves Ltd. in 1905 Length 56 feet. Orons tonnage 19 07. B >ught hy
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  • 20 12 Thomson. —On June 29, at Kuala Lebir, Kelantan, the wife of H. W. Thomson. of a Bon— still born.
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1202 12 —Straits Times, July 8. In a note to a draft of the Pharmacy Bill published in a recent issue of the Straits Settlements Government Gazette, the Attorney General courteously invites criticisms and suggestions with regard to this scheme for amending and consolidating the law with regard to
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    • 1094 12 the seaway outward bound.” —Straits Times, July 9. You cannot instruct the shillinK a word waH the trite TuT**' made by Mr Stanley Keed.of one of the dwcuHaiona at the lu.JL,,* Conference. He was referring tcTL of Cord Rosebery that the India would Rive some Riddance
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    • 1095 13 should fully participate. -Strait Time*, July 10. There is no need, we think, to say more about the local part of the Anglo-Siamoso Treaty than was covered by our brief comment yesterday. That the effect of the transfer of suzerainty is to add a large and valuable
      should fully participate. -Strait Time*, July 10.  -  1,095 words
    • 1281 13 Straits Times, July 12. As humble students of the exalted genins displayed by the Napoleons of Finance who adorn the city of London, we have been taking some interest lately in the manipulation of rubber company shares. Linggi being one of our biggest companies, and possessing on
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    • 1142 14 —btrails Times, July i3. In the lapt issue of the Government Gazette there are reports on the Shipping and on the Trade of the Straits Settlements. That on shipping is short, terse, to the point, and the tables of figures are equally exhaustive and exhausting. It will
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    • 1182 14 Straits Times, July 14. There are moments when we are disposed to take Eugenics quite seriously, if Mr. Francis Gallon, high priest of the newest fangled creed, had been born a few million years ago, we might have been creatures of so much perfection that the writiug
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 91 12 The pofltfree price of the Straits Tim/s i» SHB a year The po«t free price of the Straits Budget it $l4 year. It it not necet&arv to tubtcribe for a year. The tubacnptions for thorter period* are at the tame propor* tionate rate at for a vear. The Straits Budget
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  • 997 15 The Dutch cruiser de Ruyter, 5,000 tons, passed through the port on Saturday from Colombo. The Pinang Gazette hears from trustworthy sources that trade is reviving, slowly but surely, both in Singapore and Penang. A Bangkok paper says that the wood import, last year, chiefly from Singapore was
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  • 483 16 Insp. Feeney, who has been home on long leave, has returned to Kuala Lumpur. Mr. W. C. Niblett was a passenger from home by the Inaba Maru, arriving yesterday. Capt. W. O. Blanford, R.G.A., and M's. Blanford are leaving for England per the Simla on 21st inst.
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  • 1287 16 For some time past, there have been petty wars, and rumours of wars, amongst the considerable number of ricksha and other Chinese coolies who inhabit the region of Tanjong Katong near the hotels. This feeling of unrest
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  • 1734 20 London, July 7. The Daily News remarks on the fact that bye •elections are pending in Cleveland, MidDerby, High Peak, and Dumfries. Those are due chiefly to ministerial changes, and will put the popularity of the Budget and the Government to a severe and Comprehensive test. The paper
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  • 606 21 Berlin, July 7. U tbe opening of the SMsmtn-TriUeborB ferry toasts of Go man and Swedish friend,bTPhrclar XC bM 8 at Peterhof the Chineso Embassy, which presented valuable pr is to hand that slavery has been completely abolished Zanzibar. The compromise on the finance reforms bss been signed.
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  • 250 21 The sad news reached us late last evening, says the Ceylon Observer of 7th inst., that Mr. Fred. Hunter, of Qneensberry estate, Kotmale, bad committed suicide by shooting himself. The late Mr. Hunter oamo oat to Ceylon in 1887 as
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  • 251 21 Tan Teng Goan was tried by the third magistrate, on Tuesday, on a charge of being the oocnpier of a common gaming house at 58 Cheng Cheok Street. Mr. A. do Mello, of the Chinese Protectorate, prosecuted and Mr. Cooke Yarborough defended the accused. A large
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  • 100 21 (Knoll OUB CORRRRPONDBNT.) London, via Penang, July 19. The Eastern International Trust Company lists will be opened on the 8th of August. The Kamuniog Estate Robber and Tin Company (Perak) has been floated. The capital is
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  • 303 21 M. Fitzgerald, seaman on the British steamer Carmarthenshire, was before the third magistrate, on Tuesday, on a charge of theft of three bottles of whisky, valued at 12.40, the property of tbe captain, Mr. R. L. Daniels. When asked if
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  • 116 21 The Royal Packet Navigation Co.’s report (or 1908 notes increasing traffic, to meet which additional steamers are under eon■traction. The company's fleet now masters 61 vessels. The dividend (or 1908 amounted to per cent. The report also mentions that the company has began a suit against
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 504 22 S. C. Tournament. The Singapore Cricket Club tournament was begun, on Saturday, the first match being between the Garrison and representatives of the legal profession and the Civil Service. Time did not allow the completion of the match, the Law and Civil Service having only four
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    • 104 22 Selangor L. R. C. The folio wing scores count for June shoot for the Walker trophy Miss M. Grey 34 Mrs. Dapuis 38 Mrs. Higbet .‘13 Mrs. Gerrard 32 Mrs. Cormac 32 Miss M. Charter 82 Total 190 The Walker Trophy. At the Rifle Range, Kampong Bharu, on
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    • 54 22 S. C. C. v. Garrison Officers. Teams representing officers of the Garrison met the second eleven of the S. C. C. on the Esplanade, on Friday, in a fast game. The officers proved the better team, and from the start had the game well in hand. They won by
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    • 352 22 Singapore Golf Club. The annual match for tho S. G. C. Spring cup was played over the Racecourse on Saturday and Sunday, and resulted in a tie between Sir Arthur Young, D. McLeod Craik and J. Gilchrist, who each returned nett scores of 84. The course was exceedingly difficult,
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    • 229 22 5. C. C. v. R. E. An eleven composed mainly of |v. Engineers and a few men of the k v J, ,4 a scratch eleven of theSC r .iL P IW Thursday. The game but at times slow. After th« s!', minutes, the soldiers applied more prlil”
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  • 303 22 Sir William Taylor, Resident-General. F. M. S., in his annual report, writes that, exclusive of native craft, there arrived in the ports of the Federated Malay States during the year 1908, 4,402 vessels, with a tonnage of 1,333,639
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  • Shipping in Port.
    • 551 23 July 7 ,kasM •'*l’ 9tr Mockor K b6t Pat r r T »> rlor Liver P°° l W Ma 9 li a t r Gregor, Ljndon, P. AO. Coy sSi B »'fi* "t’ r Robertson, P Sembilau, Katz I'tUuna. Brit atr, Niodsoo, Rangoon, Bonatead Out atr, Gerger, Penang, Ships
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    • 434 23 July 7 Kinta, Brit str, Teluk Anson via porta Bangkok, Ger str, Bangkok Kistna Brit atr, P. Swettenham and Penang Tara, Brit str, Negapitam via **d ng, Siam str, Bangkok via ports Ban Poh Guan, Brit str, Macassar via ports Socotra, Brit str, Liverpool via ports Shansi, Brit str,
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  • 244 23 Singapore, July 14, 1009 PRODUCE. Gambier I 9.55 do (Cube No. 1) odpicked i„ 18 50 Copra Bali 9.10 do Pontianak 8.25 Pepper, Black 11.66 do White 6% 18 00 Sago Floor Sarawak 8.274 do Brooei No. 1 8.10 Pearl Sago |f 4.26 Coffee Bali 26.25 Coffee
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  • 183 23 (From Our Correhpondknt). Kuantan, July 8. On June 29, at 11 a.m.. His Excellency the Governor landed here with his staff, and inspected the hospital, prisons, and the Wall Street Road. Ho returned to the Sea Mew at 1 p.m., and left for Singapore. Accompanying the Governor were
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
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    • 324 24 HHM™_GOUT. or ye»«*8 I suffered cruelly from rhea* matfo gout,” says Mr. E. Phillips, of 7, New Riverside, Springfield, Wellington, Somerset, England, who has been a nurse for eight years. The pains in my kgs were so awful that I couldn’t stand. I was as helpless as a body. At
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
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