The Straits Budget, 23 September 1909

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  • 27 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE "STRAITS TIMES.” VOL. LXIII. NO. 2693. Singapore, Thursday, September 23,1909. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CINTItV Price 25 cents
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  • 251 1 leaders— Empire in Conference 12 Japanese Progress 12-19 Tbc .Municipal Commißsion J 3 Europe and tho Status Guo 18*14 The Indignation of Dr. Locke 14 qiau«>hter of the Innocents ...14*15 Local and Orshral— Municip»l Meeting 1 Sacerdotal Jubilee lUndmann’s Merry Maids 3 The Hailway Slips 3 Hongkong’s
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  • 857 1 The ordinary general meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was be>d in the board room, on Friday afternoon, tho follow, ing being present. —Messrs. E. O lhoadrick (president), J. P ilglaae (secretary), H. Peirce (enginoer), Dr W. K. 0. Middleton (health officer), J.
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  • 978 2 The members of the Singapore Recreation Club held, on Saturday, their annual athletic apart*, the thiid since their revival and atnoo they have come to be a yearly fixture. The conditions were very favourable, and the wports, as a form of physical
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  • 370 2 The Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering Co Port Glasgow, lauuchcd, on August 19, a steamer which has been specially built for the service of the Australian shipping firm of Burns, INiilp aud Co., for service between Sydney, Queensland ports, Java ports,
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  • 544 2 In celebration of tho sacerdotal jubilee rf Bishop, the Right Reverend E. Barillon Msters of tbe Convent of t| le Holy Infant •Jesus gave a petite eoi.ve recreative on Saturday afternoon, and a larye number nf people avail, d the,natives of tbe
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  • 89 2 A shocking accident occurred in knkit Timah road on Stcurday af'eruoon, about live o’clock. Near the Municipal store, a ricksha containing a Cantonese woman came into collision with a bullock cart with several casks of cement. Ihe nufortnna woman was thrown out and one of wheels
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  • 1019 3 >ioce Bandnoann’s company of Merry Maids flitted away to amuse exiles farther*Bast they have w-.n •'olden opinions, •heir tour in Hongkong. Shanghai and Manila being enjoyed thoroughly and crowned with great It must be r nowledged that when last in
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  • 96 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, September 20. In the Osborne Shield competition, at Ipoh. yesterday, Taiping scorod 552, and Ipoh 568. At Ipoh, on Saturday, the homo team, playing hockey against Taiping. scored four goals to one goal registered by the visitors. At
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  • 184 3 At the instance of Mr. J. R. Brooke, deputy government analyst, Mr. Thoy Goon Yea, manager of Messrs. Good Yen and Friends, was charged before Mr. A. de Mello in the third police court, Penang, with selling Chamberlain's Colic Remedy, which mixture contained more than twelvo official
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  • 295 3 People at home are apparently taking a little more interest in things again, bat the prices offered during the past woek have not in most casos been sufficiently tempting to attract sellers, and apart from a few forced realisations, the volume
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  • 271 3 < >n making inquiries at tho Ipoh station on the 17th inst. as to the naturo of the slips on the railway line near Simpang Arnpat, a representative of tho Times of Malaya was informed that
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  • 723 5 KaaivinvacaUian Chcfcty and his sistcriu- Kupamah, were again on trial before i !i third magistrate ou the 15th instant., tM a j} e „Hti<'Us of cruelty to two Tamil chib 7* S»ba pat by and Kanmhi, who had a dopu
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  • 393 5 It was bound to ccme and it has come, says the Perak Pioneer—the assault and battery on and robbery of a European -Mr. K. M. Whiteside, the accountant of tho Kramat Pulai, Ltd., being waylaid, in broad daylight, while
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  • 149 5 The gaiety of nations, says the Malay Mail, was assisted at Taiping, on Saturday, by the purification of a newspdptr entitled The Tttiping Trifler, with winch is incorporated Piatitud* s from Perak. Tho diys seem to have gone by in Kuala Lumpur when every race meeting was
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  • 103 5 The report of Dr. D K. McDowell, the registrar, of births and deaths, shows that during the week endtd September 11, deaths were registered in Singapore, eqnal to a death-rate of 38.21 per thousand of the estimated population. Ma arial fever claimed 82 deaths, dysentery 18, bronchitis
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  • 356 5 Mr. .Justice Sercomhe Smith disposed of bankruptcy matters irt tho Suprt me Court, on Friday. Applications fur r* reiving orders against Tan lteod Kong and Song Keng Swee were adjourned. Mr. van Someren represented Cheo Sweo Hay, Chop K»*r«g Choan,
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  • 243 5 That very live uuit of tho local volunteer corps, the Engineers, held an exc« Pent smoker a£ the Drill Hall, on Friday, when the4l-*t Co. of the K. E. were the guests of the ir volunteer comrades. Otln r unit-* of the S. V. C. were also
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  • 13 8 [The Straits Times is not responsible (or the opinions of its correspondents.]
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  • 1102 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—With reference to the severe criticism in your leader of the 14th iust., on Doctor Locke's views, I have not seen his letter referred to by you, but should imagine that a man like him who has for a large
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  • 362 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —I happened to call at the Adelphi Hotel last night, at about 11 o’clock, to en joy a drink at the bar with a friend of mine, and was greatly surprised that a European, who showed hints* If
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  • 252 8 To the Editor of tho Straits Times. Sir,-Some of our public are simply C ra/v about rubber. Even shares of compand that have not yet gono to allotment are quoted at a premium on the market. This craze is leading to rash speculation and it will sooner or
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  • 164 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —May I be permitted to say a few words on Mr. Aitkin’s letter which appeared in your issue of yesterday. Judging from Ids observations and argnmoots I feel inclined to suggest that it would be better for Mr. Aitkin
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  • 629 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. _y on r recent articles on Municipal i i'ovcrnmeDt and sanitation and the corres- j irnce thereon have aroused in me a desire j add what I can to the discussion for 1 j have some knowledge of the best Governed
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  • 412 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —I have pleasure in drawing your attention and that of your readers to an association which has beon formed in hondon under the most distinguished patronage for the purpose of presenting before the people of Great Britain and Ireland
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  • 301 9 Says the writer of Silk and Stuff in the Pall Mall Gazette: One of the corners of the globe, .and one only, still opens its arms with a welcoming smile to the English bar. The East, with its
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  • 98 9 (From Out Own Correspondent.) London, September 16. Mr. Crane, the New American Minister to China, has spoken at a farewell meeting in Chicago. He said heexprossod the views held by Mr. President Taft when ho s.rid
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  • 342 9 The licensing justices met in tho senior magistrate’s court, on Tuesday, to consider applications for transfers, removal* and new licences for a round dozen of local hotels, restaurants and bars. Th»* board consisted of Mr. E. C. C. Howard (chairman,} Dr.
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  • 120 9 The Pinang Gazette learns on good authority that things are going very smoothly and pleasantly under the new regime in Kedah, and that most cordial and exo» llent relations have already been established between the British Adviser and tho Malay officials. Kra, or forced labour, is to
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  • 633 11 A correspondent, writing from Kelantan onder date, September 15, draws attention to vari >uh features of the situation in Kelantan, vhicli will it quire attent'on from the British Adviser who has taken over the duties formerly discharged by Siamese representalj
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  • 193 11 Comparative Statistics. The abstract of the statement of the weight of block tin ai d tin ore Xi-orted from the four Stat*« du ing tne mouths of January to August, 1909 and of the duty collided tliereou
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  • 55 11 (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lump ir, S piember 18. Krubong Malacca Kunb- r Plantations was floated in London, ou the 6th iost. The projrerty comprint s 8 0 acres of which 342 are planted with tapioca ami rubber. 'I he capital is not stated, but 13,666
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  • 172 11 Mis* Marie Corelli, writing tofheCa-narvon and Denb'gli Herald ou the women’s suffrHge qu»“*t ion. *taU s I notice in your account; of a suffragette meeting at Holyhead that a Mis- Fa- quh srsoo, M. A., whom I have not the pleasure of
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  • 105 11 Now that the scaffolding has been removed ami the small shrubs cut down, it is possible to examine the fai> nee panels of the Hirch Clock Tower at Ipoh more closely. They depict by means of coloured figures the Progress of Civilization horn the earliest to
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  • 262 11 On S* ptetuber 6, the Spanish Mail steamer I-U ih- Fanny. frtqm miy iu SiogH|Hir«>, uaa seizetl by the custom-, amliO'it ot at M-vuda, for ca rying uumauift stt d caigo, but. w«h relt a-t d iu the
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  • 176 11 Tho Municipality of Sourabaya, the leading port of Java, lias t »kon a new aud interesting d* parture in embarking upon a g-aud house* planning scheme of its own. The town lien in an unhealthy spot for the most part, aud there is
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  • 215 11 Mr. Hirmer, assistant superintendent of police, wlio has charge of the gambling -oppression departmr nr, prosecuted liong Ah Chew iu the third in igistrate's court, on Monday afternoon, on a charge of assisting in the management of a wall w h 1 ittery at 9 Hocklain S’.,
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1184 12 Straits Times, September 16. Lord Dudley seems to have touched quite lightly aud prudently on the great problems of world-competition when welcoming the delegates to a Conference of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire now being held in Australia. Wo owe to the kindness of an old
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    • 1238 12 Straits Times, September 17. We received recently a copy of the ninth binancial and Economic Annual of Japan, and about the same time a report ou the Trade of Japan iu 1908 by Mr. E. F. C’rowe, Commercial Attache to the British Embassy Tokio. The first of these
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    • 1238 13 Stiaits Tunes, Soptcmb* r 1H. It would be rather like looking a gift-horse in the mouth to criticise adversely the Commission which has been formed to inqairo into municipal administration in the Straits Settlements. Individually the members chosen are men for whom we have a very high
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    • 1360 13 European equilibrium and peace.”—Stiaits Times, September 20. it is just over a year since the Young Tmk party forced Abdul Hamid to grant a oustituti in to Turkey, and very nearlv a y* ar since the declaration of Bulgarian in*l* j endonee and the annexation
      European equilibrium and peace.”—Stiaits Times, September 20.  -  1,360 words
    • 1210 14 —Straits Times, Septeuibor 21. We are rather grieved to see that Dr. Percival V. Locke takes our chaff about his anxiety for “our good landlords” as “p»r sonal recriminati m.” He s»es in it “a sign of d generation, or journalism ingenuity to evade or
      —Straits Times, Septeuibor 21.  -  1,210 words
    • 1216 14 do with all of them in Singapore.—Straits Tim< s, September 22. A good deal has been said recently aboot infant mortality, and i' we did not hast* n to q tote from the summary of a report which ha* j iHt b'6o issued on the waste
      do with all of them in Singapore.—Straits Tim< s, September 22.  -  1,216 words
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    • 92 12 The puntfree price of the Straits Times in $3B a year The post free price of the Straits Budget is SI4 a year. It is not neces&arv to subscribe for a year. The subscriptions for shorter periods are at the same proportionate rate as for a year. The Straits Budget
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  • 882 15 Kinta Tin Mines has pail a fntther dividend of a ‘•hilling, wires our Kuala Lumpur correspondent. Taiping Hills are supplying the flowering plants and shrubs with which the new gardens at Ipoh arc to be ad &gt;rned. U ifhin a few months’time Penang will have a depot where
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  • 1045 17 Mr Montagu Hatris and a clerk named Muttn were to have appeared before the fourth magistrate, on Thursday, on a charge V vaulting and wrongfully confining l' K N Mutbia Chetty. The clerk i rharized with u«ing criminal force gainst
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  • 84 17 (From Ouu Own Cor.KKSPoknKNT.) Kuala Lumpur, September 10. At a special general meeting of the Cliandai Lode syndicate at I poll, on Tuesday, Mr. .lessen, who presid« d, said that the Penang shareholders were dissatisfied with the way in which affairs
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  • 48 17 (From Our Own Cokukspondp.nt.) Kuala Lumpur, September 10. Mr. Macdonald, who is charged with cu'pable homicide by causing the death of a coolie at U u Piah mine, has been committed for trial to the Assizes. The Chinese of Junta are interested in the case.
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  • 246 17 The recent floods in Tolly's Nullah caused great damage to dwellings in the suburbs. On tho 1-t instant, the river rose suddenly andovt rtlooded its bank- ,causing considerable* damage to tho huts and hovels, but the flood caused great ravages
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  • 273 17 There sereins no end to man’s inventiveness. The Syren, of August, contains an account of the Porhydrometre, an apparatus which in likely to revolutionise the conditions under which, at tho present time, a ship’s cargo is weighed
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 120 17 Sale of Properties. The following Singapore proportion were disposed of by auction at 1’owi 11 and Co.’* sale-room, on Tu&lt; sday The dwelling house, 7.‘1, l’rioM'p St. with compound, containing an ni t a of 8,'80 njuarc let t, bold under statutory grant, unit r* nr 8G. Nought by Low
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  • 1819 20 London, Sopten&er 15. j M. Santos Dumont, with the smallest and &lt; cheapest aoroplane in existence, made a oroBH country flight at Steyn yesterday, and j travelled five miles in five minutes, which U a speed record. In order to encourage aviation, M. Santos Dumont makes a public
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  • 697 21 Berlin, September 15. There is great unrest and dissatisfaction in Spain in constquence of the suspension of the constitution. The Press makes sharp protests against t a measures which the Government has a&lt;i* ii&gt;ted. Operations at Mellila have so far been unsuccessful. The Emperor has expressed Ins special
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  • 218 21 It has already been announced in the-e columns that Bandmano’s New Comedy Co. is opening at the Victoria Theatre, on October 26, under the direction of Mr. Henry Dallas. Wo understand that the company has been strengthened by the addition
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  • 63 21 Mr. S. L. Thompson, on behalf of Messrs. Boustead and Co., local agents for tho West Australian Steam Navigation Co prosecuted five Chinese in the Marine Court on Tuesday, cn a charge of stowiDg away on board tho I steamer Minderoo with intention of securing a free passage
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  • 320 21 In the Tropical Agriculturist for thecurrent month is au interesting account of a ruanulial trial on young rubber trees, conducted by Mr. K. Mathieu. Tho estate on which tho trial took p'ace is situated iu Holland Road, Singapore, aud is the
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  • 150 21 Whether the International Aeronautic Exposition reached its culminating point in the visit of the famous Zeppelin and its youthful hero in locks of silver or not, remains to he seen it certs inly is *a fact, that now’, after tho curiosity soeki rs and showlovers have had their
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  • 145 21 The other day, we noted the fact that assistants on estates iu Deli had tak« n to carrying revolvers a« safeguard again -t mur derous attacks by tin ir coolies The latter know of a trick better »hnn that as the assistant on tho Tanjong Rringin estate
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 895 22 Rifle Shooting. The Ladies’ Bisley. Tlio threatening rain fortunately bold off on' Thursday afternoon at Balestier range when the Singapore Ladies’ Kille Association continued with their programme. A strong wind blew throughout the shooting. I'nder these circumstances, Miss Gunns score of 07 out of a possible 70,
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    • 537 22 Singapore Shield Competition. The football shield fixture between the Police and Middlesex III, postponed owing to a military funeral, was played off on the former's ground at Peach Road, on Thursday A fairly stiff breeze hindered anythin,, m, accurate shootm*. A fairly good ?rowd wit° nessed the game.
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    • 73 22 Middlesex Regiment v. Civilians. An exceptionally interesting polo match is advertised to take place on Monday ni i xt between teams representing the Middlesex Regiment and the Civilian players of Singapore. It is hoped that there will be a g"od attendance to witness the match. The teams selected are:
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    • 33 22 Garrison Golf Club. Play for the September Medal resulted as follows: Lieut. G. N. Humphreys G2 —10 P. R. Warren Capt. A. A. Sutclift 104—15 Other cards taken out were not returned.
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  • Shipping in Port.
    • 525 23 September 15 Brit Ptr Brown, Rangoon, Bousfcead r,V -i, Brit atr, Stewart, Liverpool, Brit htr, Benton, H koug, P. O. Coy r r. Hath Feb str, Audrein, Haiphong, Paterson himona Xor atr, Olsen, Bangkok, Sim Ban Seng ir .t,i Ber, Brit etr. Home, Amoy. Wee Bin rV P ra,
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    • 613 23 September 15 liudxou, Brit str, Penang and New York Scilda Brit str, Cheribon c Ido, Swed str, Copenhagen via ports I h ranting, Ler str, Bangkok h i hang, Brit htr, Pona g and Calcutta Union, Dutstr, &lt; Brannan J l ah idol Siam str, Bangkok via ports 6
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  • 260 23 PRODUCE. Singapore, Srptkmrkr ‘J‘2, 1909, Gambier buyers I 12 50 do (Cube No. 1) nnpicked 15.00 Copra Bali 8 50 do Pontianak 7 75 Pepper, Black 15 12$ do White 5*y. buyers 24 25 Sago Flour Sarawak 8 00 do Brunei No. I noin. Pearl Sago 4
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  • 196 23 Per P. and O. steam**r China, connecting with tho Himalaya at Colombo, duo September 24—Mr. O-tterdaan, Mr. E. N Turner, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Raddeley. Mr. K. L. Mouldney, Mr. J. Oallowav, Mr. K. Y'alfcy, Mr. H. D’E. B. Darley, Mr. C. A.
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
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    • 185 24 40 YGARS OF RHEUMATISM. PaTI*XT COULft NOT Us* HKB FlNt.KRrt, OK Raisb her Arms. For nearly forty yearn I wa* a great n&gt;/freer from rhenm»tifcm, nay a Mrs. 8. Co writ!, of 6, Nile Row, Pooh*. Eng'and. “Some timea an attack would h t nearly tine* months at a stretch.
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 212 25 ASK FOR Schweitzer's Guaranteed an absolutely pure Cocoa. Used in the Royal palaces of England, Germany, Russia, Greece, Denmark, eto., etc. 30LD To INVESTORS! Land Properties Inspected and Reported opon, Soils Examined, Estates Visited, Work Super, vised, Valuations Made, Estimates Drawn up by E. Mathieu, .~7 *r *«i;. Agriculturist, Singapore,
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    • 119 25 I. sTr, Ik! my?s\ Sparkling Mineral Table Waters I 80 well-known throughout China. IN QUABT8, PINTS AND SPLITS. t in pints And splits. Free samples on application to h* *i&lt;■:* .'Jjnfi. t. /;rj yV* sir* •A?' V v &gt; Caldbeck, Macgregor Co., mm Jiigfiland Evaporated -**&gt; ‘■‘i tu.ifiui al p
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