The Straits Budget, 10 March 1910

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  • 27 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE "STRAITS TIMES." VOL. LXIV HO. 2717 Singapore, Thursday, Harcb 10,1910. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CEMTSBV Price 25 cents.
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  • 239 1 leaders— Industrial Education Kaht and West 10*11 The China Squadron H TbeWaiwupu ...11*12 Naval Policies 12 The Call of the East 12 Local and General— Social and Personal 1 Notes trow Klang 2 Identifying Criminals 4 Mr. Francis Pears of Muar 6 The Government Service 6 Mr.
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  • 733 1 The Rev. Bro. James arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. losp. Sbeedy has taken charge of the Marine Police division. Mr. and Mrs. Fox and child have arrived from Penang, and are homeward bound. Mr. Maurioe E. Bandmann arrived from Calcutta, by the 8.1. steamer Tara, on
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  • 1553 2 The preliminary enquiry the allegation of perjury againMt Mr. Wee f iheam lew was CODtiuued, in the Police Uo'irt, before the second magistrate, on llmrMlay, the acting deputy public prosecutor, Mr. Crabb Watt, appealing for the Crown. Cross-examined by Mr.
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  • 258 2 Gip Peng Lan is a poor widow with children. She lost her husband in the Native States, and decided to come down to Singapore. She made her way to Teluk Anson aud after paying the passage money was the possessor
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  • 244 2 (From a Correspondent). Klang, March 1. Klang was rather busy during the last week. The Straits-born Chinese babas were very active in making preparations to arrange a grand and successful procession to commemorate the Chap Go Meh in a suitable manner. The procession appeared on the night
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  • 404 3 -Lriintev court had a very short F to toe being only five 10D rtL leeuda. Mr Greenfield applied order against A. Eroola tor a n hehalf of K. Somasundram debt being $555.75 on a Obctty. ‘be de0*. n t e court.
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  • 39 3 i.Fro2j Our Own Corrkspondbnt.) Penang, March 3. Hew change* are notod in the share market. Hraser and Neaves are $164 buyers, Denis.ioas 13s. sellers and Vallambrosas 51s. sellers. ow the shares of sterling companies are lowd.
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  • 114 3 ndor the opium regie system in Java, is so profitable that those enin it risk nearly everything. Tbeir overness, smartness and cuteness are such ;S tbe P°hce aro no match for them. Both -nnese and Europeans engage in the bnsiness, which is highly organised and has nches ah
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  • 605 3 We are indebted to a correspondent for a copy of the Pacific Commercial Advertiser, published in Honolulu on January 27, which contains the following article; There’ will be a mooting of the Tanjong Olak Rubber Company to day for
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  • 447 3 On the night of February 24, Cbandar Sing, a watchman, was on duty at the premises of Messrs. Riley, Hargreaves and Ca, in Read St. when he heard a noise in the office, and on going in saw a man ran
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  • 46 3 (From Ocr Own Corrhspondbnt.) Kuala Lumpur, March 8. Tbe Malay Mail hears on good authority that ou and after April 1, the exchange banka in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur will only buy bills against rubber shares on a fifty per cent, margin.
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  • 126 3 Sir Thomas Lipton’s faith in the stability of tea and rubber is as stroDgasever. Speaking to a press representative in Colombo, be said I have expectations from robber 1 have great faith in it. In one town alone in America, Buffalo, 60,000 motor cars are
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  • 272 4 The Gazette contain* the draft of an ordinance to amend the Prisons Ordinance 1872, which it is proposed to bring before the Legislative Council at an early date. The principal object of the bill is
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  • 136 4 On Friday, Mr Column beard the details of a case in which Chwa Bak Row and a woman named Chye Ah Mat were alleged have been, on Febraary 13, in possession of si2 worth of illicit chanda in a house off ti&volock Road also for selling without a
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  • 100 4 The report c! Dr. W. Gilmore Ellis, the registrar of births and deaths, shows that •(taring the week ended February 26, 196 <teaths wero registered in Singapore, equal to a death-rate of 35.85 per thousand of the <*itimated population. Malarial fever claimed 32 deaths, dysentery 9, bronchitis
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  • 104 4 bill is about to bo introduced into the Legislative Council with the object of constituting a board of eight members, half being *io members, under the chairmanship of the Principal Civil Medical Officer, which tihall be empowered to fix and collect hospital foes, to disburse the funds
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  • 342 4 The L. and C. Express, of Febraary 11, says :—The Anglo-Johore Rubber Estates, Limited, has been formed with a capital of X 165,000, divided into X 1 shares, of which 90,C00 shares are now offered for public subscription, payable as
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  • 184 4 Tho Chinese Y. M. C. A. was. on Friday, turned into a hall of mystery to the delight of a crowd of Y. M. C. A. boys who feasted their astonished eyes upon the feats of that clever wizard, Dr. Paulusz. From a bottle
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  • 135 4 Tho changes amongst the British troops in b ar Eastern garrisons next trooping season wdl be limited to the moves of the 2nd Battalion The Buffs from Hongkong to Sinuapore, the 3rd Battalion Middlesex Kegiment from Singapore to India (Lebong), and tho Ist Battalion the
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  • 550 4 Last year, Mr. G. R. Oehlers sued a M*' named Eusope bin Seemon in the district court before Mr. Howard for $192.02 an tl balance of money lent and for rice and nr 1 visions supplied. Mr. Howard dismissed th*
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  • 59 4 hollowing is the result of crushing opera ions at Baub for the four week ending February 26: Bukit Roman.—Stone crushed 3,202 tons, 8 dwt^ 1,428 ouncos average per toe Bukit Malacca.—Tons crushed 583 tons, 309 dwtH inGd 90 ounces, average per ton Extua.—From annual clean
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  • 1123 5 vi.lenco w»m recorded before the Farther ti .»„j j DS t., in the action If 'bT ti'. «rm Of Sin. Ban Sodr bfounht oy Ttlk tnbU uiaxter of the i Ctenmer Solva for »1,385, and Sorwenian the collr t
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  • 123 5 Like rubber, piracy is booming. Only a few days a to, a tongkang was boarded off Tanah Merab, a man wounded aad $32 stolen. Now a second case is reported as having taken place off Bedok. A twakow mauned by Chinese was boarded by two boats, whose crews
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  • 42 5 We are requested by the precidont of the municipal commissioners to state, for the information of the geueral public, that His Excellency the Governor has beeon pleased to consent to open Anderson Bridge at noon, on Saturday, the 12th inst.
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  • 251 5 Mr. F. Pears, who goes home this month, may well be described the first successful planter of Joliore. There never was one till he blazed the way and sliowtd others how it was done, and he only began twelve
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  • 57 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, March 8. Dr. Cronchor is probably going to the General Hospital, Singapore, in about three weeks, to act for Dr. Leask who is going on leave. Dr. Dane comes to Penang to act for Dr. Croncher. Mr. Richey, assistant Adviser, Kedah, is
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  • 146 5 The Pinang Gazette, of February 28, says: We regret to announce the death of Mr. Charles Augustus Cooper, which took place on the 3rd innt. at the residence of Mrs. McIntyre, his mother-in-law, in Anson Road. Mr. Cooper, who was the son of Mr. J.
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  • 138 5 A search party under Sergt. Mussell, of the Government opium preventive service, boarded the Hong Wan I, on the 2nd inst., on her arrival from China, and after probing about in the coal bunkers, discovered 500 tahils of illicit prepared opium, made up in two packages tied
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  • 812 6 Mr. C. B. Buckley addressed an audience of about two hundred in the Victoria Memo rial Hall, on Monday on Some of the Old Portraits which hang in the hall. The speaker’s stand was rather back
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  • 364 6 On Monday, P de K >zario was before Mr. Green for preliminary enquiry into an alle gation of the attempted murder of Ong Goh Sen brought against him by the Crown. Court Inspector Ambrose conducted the enquiry. Assistant Surgeon P.
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  • 105 6 The railway authorities have wasted no time in endeavouring to alleviate the distress caused owing to the breakdown of the Johere railway, says the Malay Mail. To cope with the situation, the railway department despatched a European and a Tamil official with a gang of 30 coolies
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  • 14 6 [The Straits Times is not responsible f or h opinions of its correspondents.]
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  • 395 6 To.the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—The extract from the City ew (London), a journal by the way that I h av !j never heard of before (and I am no strany, 1 to London) re the above company if y t unchallenged is likely
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  • 112 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —The directors regret to inform the shareholders that it has now been conclusively proved that the mine cannot be worked at a profit at the present price of tin, and it has therefore been decided to suspend the
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  • 49 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —With reference to An Opposer’s remarks on Malay Volunteers which appeared in your valuable paper of February 28, the author is to be congratulated; his opinions are no doubt well-founded. —I am, Yours, etc. A Friend. Singapore, March 8.
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  • 833 9 (FbOM Oob Own Cokrbbpondnnt.) Kuala Lumpur, March 3. February crops are anThe ZZi Sallk 1.500 lbß.. Rubber Oro f idl o 7 355 Iba. PetoliDß 28.542 Hope 3 748 1b,.. Selaba 2.500 E." am l Hibu 4,314 lbs. Tbo ToDtikali Harbour tin output for Feb- Xi).
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  • 260 9 The thirty nine men, who were reported by our Muar correspondent as having been sent up to stand their trial at Johore for being concerned in the recent Tangkak gang robbery case, have been brought before the Chief Hakim, Uuku
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  • 80 9 The Malay Mail sayp:—We understand that as the result of the recent sitting of the triumvirate in Kuala Lumpur, when certain members of the subordinate staff in the service of the government were charged with being in pecuniary embarrassment, it has been ruled that no attachment or
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  • 370 9 There were two cases down for hearing by the chief justice, at the supreme court, oo Tuesday, and one for Mr Justice Seroombe Smith, but, unfortunately, Mr. Cooke Yarborough was retained in all three and could not well appear in both
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  • 129 9 The statutory meeting of shareholders of the Elphinstone Estates, Limited, was held at noon on Monday at the offices of the secretaries, Messrs. Guthrie and Co., Mr. C > Malcolm Cumming presiding. The Chairman stated that the meeting was of a
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  • 41 9 (From Our Own Corrbspondbnt). Penang, March 7. The Rahman Hydraulic Tin Company Ltd., has declared an interim dividend of five per cent, whioh is the first dividend to be declared since the formation of the company in 1907.
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  • 34 10 Bbokhb Van Groksou. —On Msrch 5, at Hilldrop. 110, River Valley Hoad, Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. H. Broese VaD Groenou, a rod— Adolf Joachim. B. N. Borneo and Java papers please copy.
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  • 31 10 Thadorus Hayhurst.— On March 2, at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Singapore, J C. Thaddeus, hod of C. Thaddeus. Esq., of Calcutta, to Lily Hayhurst, eldest daughter of William Hayhurst, of England.
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1428 10 ojnvviiii a mv uv v vj UJIJnt l/C measured by results alone.—Straits Times March 8. The system of conducting our education department by other than a apecially trained educationalist has, we venture to say, resulted in aHyatem here which cmbodicß some of tho defecth of the past generation
      ojnvviiii a mv uv \ v vj» UJIJnt l/C measured by results alone.—Straits Times March 8.  -  1,428 words
    • 751 10 -Straits Times, March 4. Cook’s tourists, globe-trotters, round-the world walkers for wagers, admirers, friends, enemies, critics, students, correspondents and a host of others have, from time to time, rushed into print to record their impressions of affairs Far Eastern. And no one can complain that there has
      -Straits Times, March 4.  -  751 words
    • 1075 11 than haw been the case in recent times. Straits Times, March 5. For all that Singapore has seen of the British navy, during recent years, it might be inferred by those who did not know otherwise that that navy had practically ceased to exist At various scattered
      than haw been the case in recent times.— Straits Times, March 5.  -  1,075 words
    • 817 11 —Straitw TiiueH, March 7. Mr. Weiching W. Yen has contributed to the American Journal of International Law an interesting account of the origin and operations of the Waiwupu, or Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In January 1861, au Imperial edict was issued, ordering the formation of the Tsung-li
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    • 1086 12 —Straits Times, March 8. It will have been noticed that the soothing statement made in the Reichstag, during a discussion of Germany’s naval programme, followed upon the representation of a Socialist member that the German programme had excited the suspicion of England. It was apparently a statement made
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    • 907 12 —Straits Times, March 9. Many people are now leaving tbe East for Europe. Singaporeans and residents of the Native States who go to the homeland are numerous and, thanks to the happenings in the rubber world, not a few will settle down in the old
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 92 10 Tb* Poat tr— pile* of tho Straits Times I* s*B ft y« r Tb# post free price of the Straits Budget it $M year* It is not necessary to subscribe for s year. The subscriptions for shorter periods are at the same proportionate rate as for a year. The Straits
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  • 1144 13 o King Alfred left for Colombo en [O Se for bore at 5.10 p.m.,^Sunday. sHe^ia'c*pectori at Saiyon on March 29. The Malay Mail bears that the burning of u in the Pada temple took place the r r m daTan<l tot tenders P b.ve bin called (or
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  • 331 13 On March *2, at about 4.30 p.m., there was a Jewish outbreak in Short Street, with the result that one of those unsavoury Jewish quarrel cases was beard before Mr. de Mello,'on Tuesday. There were five parties concerned, all women
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  • 296 13 Tbe Government telegraph clerk, Bmanael Rodriguez, who was convicted in the district court of criminal breach of trust in respect of small Bums taken by him for telegrams, and appealed to the supreme court with the result that a
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  • 1274 17 caCDO t say that there is anything in Gibbs to make it in any way < Ut i n the ordinary gaiety musical sU P er u., t its striking success at the tieC KC theatre on the 2nd inst. was due to the
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  • 498 17 At the supreme court, on Monday, there were two appeals from decisions of the local magistrates. The first taken was that of Mohamed Hussein, who was sentenced to imprisonment on a charge of honse trespass with intent to oommit theft, the
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  • 86 17 Tho cruiser H. M. S. King Alfred arrived at Malacca, on Sunday night, and anchored in the Straits abont four miles from laud. On Monday, a football match was played between a team from the ship and one captained by Mr. H. T.
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  • 48 17 Daring the week there has been a rapid advance in the price of rnboer shares both dollar and sterliog. There has been a good deal of profit taking, and in consequence a large demand for industrials, particularly Fraser and Noaves and Straits Steamships
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 474 18 S. C. C. Tournament. After postponements in couse«|Uenco ol rain, a number of ;ies were played off on the Jud iortt. in the S. C. C. lawn tennis tournament. with the following re-ults I Sts .l*>. Cruttwcli b»,at Towill, 6—3. I—6, 7—5. 11. a. K.
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    • 297 18 Mr. Alec Taylor’s Farewell. Mr. Alec Taylor, who sailed on the Kleist on Saturday for Hongkong, says there mast have been a combine of Singaporean sportsmen, with Mr. Goo. Morris as the head, to make bis visit pleasant and profitable. It is a J coincidence that, as at Rangoon,
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    • 204 18 S. C. C. v. King Alfred. The Rugger match between the S. C. C. and tho King Alfred (the latter assisted by Masters, Stagg aud Lightfoot) was played on the S. It. C. ground on Thursday, and firovidod so roe good fuu in the way of mud arking.
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    • 281 18 Garrison Golf Club. The following is the draw for the semi final for tho President’s Prize—this round to be completed by Tuesday next, the 8th inst K. J. Addie 4 v. C. F. Green 7. Capt. Chancellor 16, bye. Singapore Golf Club. Tho S. G. C. medal for March
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    • 206 18 End of 5* C. C. Tournament. The list match in the S C. C. cricket tournament was finished on Saturday, the Law and the Civil Service being tho winners. The scores follow s. c. c. Wialiart c Perkins b Talma j| Scbarenguivel b Smith 22 Grey b Smith 7
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    • 45 18 Ladies Rifle Club. Shooting took plooe at Baleetier range on Thursday afternoon, in the Mills cup petition. The following were the si* be*scores returned:— Mrs. Felkin 34 Mrs. Bowes 33 Lady Evelyn Young 32 Mrs. Jago 32 Miss Kerr 32 Miss Gunn H2
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  • 2660 19 London, March 2. King Edward has received Hi i ‘hbishops of Canterbury and York, to® jte'm mbcrs of Convocation, at Buck- MprcsM pleasure at tbe Hu tforts to maintain peace recoßD.fou be wfts convinced to b e advanced. Christian that as ci increasingly inculcate a teaelmjU He prayed
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  • 829 20 Berlin, March 2. The Lokal Adzciger’s correspondent at St. Petersburg states that neither Russia nor England will actively interfere in Tibetan affairs. There is considerable disquiet in Turkey on account of the apparent intimacy between Russia and Bulgaria. A general depression of spirits is manifest following upon remarks
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  • Shipping in Port.
    • 563 21 March a rltli Brit *‘f. Milner, Peletnbeng, Aetatlo sJjSf*: B .tr. B-aenon. Telnk Anson, Ewe Hal *r, Kroef. BengkaUs, ftaSST Br"t UC atr, Watkin, Vladivoetok. P. < C firit str. Hainsworth, Amoy, w s“yf Brit str, Tadd, Calontta. Bonstoad /(1 str, Uldemyr, Rangoon, Rangoon r ltri* ital etr, Dmi.
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    • 402 21 March a De Kock Dnt str, Moeara Saba Kalmoa Dnt str, Indragiri Bridge Nor str. Bangkok S. Van Lingga, Dnt str, Singkep fChum Sang Brit str, Saigon Nyanra, Brit str, Antwerp via porta Nile, Brit str, Japan via ports Devawongte Ger str, Bangkok Kinta, Brit str, Tolnk Anson via
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  • 249 21 SmoAFOU, March 9, 1910. PRODUCE. OimUei boyari I 11.00 do (Cube No. 1) unpioked 14 44 Copra Snndried n 10 60 do Mixed M 10 M Pepper, Blaok 10 00 do White 6% .,2810 Sago Floor Sarawak 4 00 ao Brunei No. 1 nom. Pearl Sago nom.
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  • 204 21 Per P. and O. steamer Marmora, connect ing with the steamer Devanha at Colombo, due March 11.—Mr. F. S. Tomlin, Mr. J. H. Molynenx, Mr. R. Stevenson. Mr. R. S. Shepherd, Mr. H. Mason, Mr. A. C. Virian, Mr. Wilcox, Capt. Battey, Mr. A.
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 563 22 A VERY LIMITED SUPPLY OF Smoked Salmon and RED CAVIARE 'OR SALMON ROB). BY WEIGHT. 3ME- BOLTER. TELEPHONE NO. 398. rem j OEUTBCH-AMTIBCHE BANK. folly Pft*d op Capital: Bb. Taolf T.iOO.OOU H*ad Offlo* .Bhaotfb* Board if Direolox* Berlin. 'BRANOHHB. {turtle Oftloatlft Hankow doagkon Pobiof Ttonltin Trinanfc Tatagtau Kobo Yokohama Hamburg.
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  • 226 23 11 500 2,036 100 00 476 Brunei Oil Royalty Ltd. 7V00 08 $250,000 25,000 10 10 8,660 Eastern Smelting Co., Ud 11.60 to* for ’08 II 500 000 1,066,100 ne.460 10 7 M ..8.26 r 08 1907 •l.ow.v M 34, Frpsor —d. 200 00 l%for'H a8 |225,000 1 18
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    • 511 23 A MOTHER’S MISFORTUNE. At no time is it of »iich vital importance to afeguard the kidneys as during pregnancy, Mrs. Mary A. Willis, of 169, Kirkdale Terrace South Wigston, nr., Leicester, England, tells ns of her terrible suffering, which was all brought about by a fright during that critical period.
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