The Straits Times, 28 December 1900

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    15 1 The Straits Times. EST. OVER h A CENTURY SINGAPORE. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 28. 1900. No. 20,326.
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      883 1 NOTICES. rpiih. aOKMID OOMrAITT, llMlltl' THE manrfanl Lif* Aanraaos. So™. -h rnion K-re loraraaos Society, atlas Asrarao.-o Coaipaßj (Fire). fa* EqaitoWe Uk Axomnoe HoettJ. T»e Chiaa Mutual St«am Navigation Company. ."he Tottaahain I^ger Beer Company. ror partioalan <* ths.* Companies, see th* rail JyMiimmmt ot THE BORNBO OOMPANY. LIMITXn A»«nt*.
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      710 1 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. T^-ONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATBCHAPPU Inder contract with the Netherlands India Government. Aotnt, at Singapore: Shif Aoesct, late J. Daekdels A Co., »-S, Colltee \Joat. The undermentioned date* are^nly_appro«lmat* Steamer From Expecttd Will b* T»e*piUe>n«l for <>» viauVlHton Cec-.W. Batavi., Samarang, Sourabaya. Dec 2a HM, Batavia. SI. Ba.avia, Samareng, Bou^sbay^
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      588 1 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. LIMITED. TO PENANG, RANGOON, A CALCUTTA Oneof the Company's steamers is intended to leave Tanjong Fagar Wharf every week. Passengers and Cargo booked by the above steamers at through rates to all ports in India and Ceylon, also to East African Ports, Mauritius, and London.
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      591 1 INSURANCES. rpBZ LONDON AND LANCASHIRE 1 FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £*,1»7,M0 Paid ap Capital £-.11:1.760 Reserve Fund £1,073,680 Ihe undersigned, Agent* for the Company, are prepared to accept Are risks at current rates of premium. BOUSTEAD A Co. rl CHINA TRADERS INSURANCE COMPANY, LIJCITBD. Capital Subscribed »,nOO,OOI. Amount raid np
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      528 1 INSURANCES. Two Great Necessities. VIZ. 1. FAMILY PROVISION. •J. PROVISION FOR OLD AGE. Easily and Economically met by a Pol icy in THE BRITISH EMPIRE MI'TUAiLift OFFICE, BsTABLIBHin 1847. Chairman The Right Hon'bk Sir John Qorat, M. P. Fund*— R«. 420,00,000 Claims Paid— Rs. 460,(10,000 UW MICSBi UIUAL CMMTMH low
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      683 1 BANKS. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAI D-IJP CAPITAL 110,000,000. RK.-EKVK FUND.— Sterling Reserve. $W,(X O,OOO 10(m m Silver fioserve 00,000 OOU )n RESERVE LIABILITY OF I ln nnnnnn PKOraiETOKH }~|1<VX».OOO COCBT OF OIRSCTOBS N. A. Slim K«| I'RAiaMAM R. Sh*w«n, Keo— Dsrnrv Oaibaun. k oi ts. Em Ths Hoh
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      379 1 NOTICES. A CARD. M. 8. Mehta, m. D. l-atc Clinical Assistant, Soho Hospital for Women (l<ondon). Coosultalion and Residence .177. Victoria Klrr.t. m.f A s. 3/10 iE»T(ferlrflle».] PI LLS A Bseiedy for all Ir—atSjelfitl— Sold by Jmtmor. Dlepaneing; 00., Ltd, Raffle* Haea, tingapnra t-AUTtN BasraM SOUTHAMPTON. EN4ILANO. LNLHAM ENGINEERING. THE
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      819 1 ««Vp Io R<-riin«i th. Hour}. \1 any thousands have Iwen rxtorad to ill h.-nltl, and happiness by tbe nr« of CtaanbarWari Cii^h rt.;inedy II affli.ti-l Kith any throat or lung trouble, fir* it a trial for it is certain to 'prove beneficial. Cough* that have resisted til other irnj>tment for
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    CLEARANCES.
    88 2 Dub. Viuii'i Kirn rui.iKio r»rr«i* UanißkTioa Dk ft Cachar Pub air. Gougct Cuddalort t'rudi-nti* Bril air. Bys Swatow •> Alboin sir. Curtia Bombay H tian Whan Hrn atr. Olaen Klanic via port* i -lajo atr. Binoa Penang and Ungkat H> Memnon Mr. Cbhmta Hanvlioiut aod Japan *> Sri I'oniUnnk
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    The Straits Times. FRIDAY, 28TH. DEC., 1900.
    562 2 While admitting the economic superiority of gas over electricity as an illuminant, it might nevertheless be pertinently suggested that an electric power plant would prove a profitable venture in Singapore. Calcutta uses gas as an illuminant but, despite this fact, the demand for
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    234 2 What perverted genius is responsible for the cut glass coping on the parapet wall that encloses the new Municipal Offices, in the compound that used to be the Hotel del'Kurope property? Presumably somebody is responsible for the error but it in one that can be corrected for a very few
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    90 2 Tin Orchard Road Police Station authorities would do well in ordering the constables to look after a couple of European women, accompanied by a young girl, whoareapparently terrorising the lady residents of houses in Tanglin during the absence of their husbands in the afternoon. The women are not English, but
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    9 2 To-day's 4 ins bank rate is 2 1 j
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    13 2 The Royal Hongkong Yacht Club intends holding a Regatta on the 18th January.
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    15 2 Tamby, a Kling, wal jretterday fined Sfi for carrying a word. The weapon was forfeited.
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    16 2 Andthkh daily newtpaiw, the /J.n/y Express, it to be itartei on n«w Year's Eve in C«y!on.
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    14 2 The monthly medal competition of the Sepoy Lines Golf Club will he played to-morrow.
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    15 2 To-morrow evening at 7 o'clock, there it a Christmas Tree entertainment at St. Joseph's Institution.
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    21 2 D. Busrai and Co. send a calendar desk pad for 1901, and the Indian Oil Well Supply Stores a wall calendar.
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    17 2 Thi revised list of casualties at Nooitgedacht gives ten non-commis-sioned officers and men killed, and 68 wounded.
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    20 2 Thi P. and O. mailsteamer Penintular left Penang at noon to-day, and is expected at Singapore at 5 p.m. to-morrow.
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    20 2 The chief officer of the Knight Errant reports to the police that a watch was stolen from his cabin yesterday.
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    25 2 Captain C. V. N. Lvse, 18th Madras Infantry, having arrived in the Indtu on the 23rd inst., is taken on the strength of the command.
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    22 2 Stsmit {Catherine wishes gratefully to acknowledge Christmas gifts from members of the W. C. T. IT. for the children at St. Mary's
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    24 2 The Sea Belle arrived from Malacca this morning with Mr. Justice Leach and Mrs. Leach, Mr. and Mrs. Allen, and Mr. Richards on board.
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    22 2 Two hundred and twenty-five deaths were registered at Singapore during the week ending on Saturday last. The ratio per thousand was 48.79.
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    23 2 One bank has suspended payment in Tokio and several others are expected to follow. There is great financial stringency in Japan at present.
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    25 2 The monthly sewing meeting of the Church Work Association will be held at Holne Chaae Grange Road, on Wednesday, January 2nd, at 4 p m.
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    25 2 Tht. Kkuierino'larl, from Vladivostock, with 950 soldiers on their return to o.iessa, is due on the 20th instant, having left Shanghai about six days ago.
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    27 2 Ir is proposed to raise five regiments, instead of three, in India, for service in Colonial garrisons; their stiength under these circumstances will be eight hundred each.
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    26 2 Two Chinam»n stand charged with house-breaking at the Transatlantic Trading Coy's godown, and theft of nine cases of goodsv alued at *t,OOO, on the 17th instant
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    26 2 Vkstkrdav. Mr. J. Keyworth prosreuted a Chinaman for the theft of live dollars' worth of bamboos, the property of the Municipality. The man got a month.
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    27 2 It is pleasant to see Mr Edwin Watson has come down here from P.ihang -doubtless with the good intent of lending merriment to Singapore at New Year.
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    30 2 The police have arrested two Chinamen is connection with extensive thefts of goods from 3 Kohinson Road. Some of the property has been found in a house in Beach Road
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    30 2 Pepper and Cardamoms are said to be doing well in Southern India, though the former does n't realise in England anything like the prices that are paid for Singapore pepper.
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    35 2 New Zealand is the first province to get the war on to its postage-stamps. The new ljd. sample is to ahow dismounted troopers in the foreground and the rest of the contingent in the distance.
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    35 2 M Hkai a public woiks official at .i j, hi. has been charged by the Government there to examine the waterworks system at Singapore, and to inquire generally into the drinking water supply arrangements here.
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    39 2 Tut: New York Board of Health is building a laboratory for the study of the bubonic plague. It will have a stable with horses to supply tl»c antiplague serum. Sppcinl care is taken to exclude rats, flies, and mosquitoes.
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    38 2 L.pßip Beaucbanip expects to arrive in India about the xecond week in January. Lord Beauchamp will leave Bombay early in March on his way home, and hopes to arrive in England in time to spend Easter at Madresfield.
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    42 2 The Canton Insurance Co. made a profit in 1889 of $182,053, out of which it is proposed to pay a dividend of 24 per cent carrying a balance forward ot W2.U5.1. The IUOO account shows an estimated balance at credit of 5587.492.
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    46 2 A fkeiqht ring is making money out of the trading community on the east coast of India. The result is that at present it costs about Rl7 8 to send a ton of seeds to England from Bombay, while the corresponding charge from Madras is KM
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    46 2 What with crowded streets, excessive rents, Tilth, and plague, Hongkong city is in a bad way at present. It is said tv be nntuing uncommon for a coolie there, earning probably $7 a month, to pay S3 SO rent for a wretched hovel eight feet square.
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    41 2 \V» are asked to state that any Xmas numbers and other illustrated periodicals will be glady received by the Rev. D. Holland Si nubs, at St. Andrew's House, Ai menian Street, for distribution among the hospitals and other institutions of Singapore.
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    49 2 A Uebman scientist has much to say of gold in trees. It only amounts to from about sd. to os. per ton of ashes The metal tends to collect in the trunk near the roots, (if course the quantity is greater according to the auriferous character of the soil.
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    49 2 A Xin ta magnate is reported to have taken up several thousands of acres at Sclaina for mining purposes. A number of well-to-do Chinese alt v have applied for large areas there. S, lama is one of the oldest mining spots in Perak, and its lands are fairly rich.
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    44 2 At the Municipal meeting, this evening, the following papers were to be laid on the table Health Officer's report on a case of bubonic plague; petition of gharry wallahs re mud guards; petition of jinrikisha pullers re covers contract for agricultural produce at watershed
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    55 2 Trie ryclo race for a SI.OOU bet, which was to have come off on Christmas Day on the Bukit Timah Road between Tan Kiiu Keng of Singapore and Ahmad Miricun of Johore, has been put on" owing, it is said, to police restrictions. It is probable, however, thst ibe race
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    56 2 Commodore Winsloe has been selected for the command of the Opkir during the trip of the Duke and Duchess of York to Australia. The Ophir, in the ordinary course, become! the commodore ship of the small squadron, which will include H. M. 8. St. George and June. Commander Wemyst has
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    58 2 Sioxor William Marconi, the invontur of wireless telegraphy, has now discovered a means of controlling the air waves, which will entirely obviate the erection of the immensely lofty masts which were essential to tha success of his former system By means of his latest discovery Signor Marconi expects shortly to
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    59 2 At a recent meeting of the Koyal Geographical Society, Sir Clements R. Markham, who presided, expressed his pleasure at being able to announce that a serious attempt to reach the North Pole was about to be made by Captain Barnier, a French-Canadian, who is at present in England. Captain Bernier
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    69 2 PaorissoH Calmette, in a recent lecture at the Royal tjollege of Physicians and Surgeons, said that in some epidemics of plague the infection came by tbe mouth or nose, and in others by the skin, either from the bites of parasitical insects or other breaks of the skin. Experiment showed
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    84 2 Mk.J W Hallifax, the President of the Penang Municipality, was so moved by the complaints of the barbarous way in which the Municipal killers slew dogs that he went one day, unexpectedly, to see how the slaughtering was done. He found nothing brutal or inhuman about it, though the sight
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    87 2 A fkw in,, re riddles. Why did Dlmleep Singh >"-" To make Ivan 'aryll When does Russia leather When Turkey Sponges Why did Hall Caine'r "To make Hawley Kmart." Why did Burnley Wright f' Because ho heard Charles Reade." Why sang Ada Crossley i To make Plunkett lireene "Why did
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    105 2 A good story of an absent-minded man is told by a London contemporary. He went into a restaurant, read his paper, and at last, roused by waiter, or.iered coffee and a ham-sandwich. The waiter executed the order and deposited with the homely fare a large pasteboard check. Ihe absent-minded one
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    137 2 A i.i:\ i i.i m\\ in the North- Kant was very anxious to gain a seat, and began courting a constituency more than a year ago U\» wile, an Knglish lady, visited the country folk to aid his cause, and came to a I .inner who was starting a brick
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    CHOLERA.
    96 2 The following additional cases of cholera are reported —On the 22nd, 4 cases I death" on the 2.') rd, 3 cases 2 deaths; on the 24th, 2 cases 2 deaths; on the 2Ath, nil. Total to that date. 222 cases in/, deaths. The following cases of cholera are enumerated
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    STAGGERING A BANK.
    139 2 !-KvtKAi. cases of applications for long term deposits are reported from Osaka, Japan A certain Mr. Matsumoto, of that city, recently proposed to the Konoike Bank to deposit a sum of yen 3,500 to be left as a fixed deposit for <J5O yearn, at the end of
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    CATHOLIC CLUB CONCERT.
    143 2 The Roman Catholic Club convert takes place in the Town Hall at 9 o'clock this evening. An enjoyable entertainment is anticipated. The programme is as follows Progummi. Instrumental. March I'ud jr Freedom's Flag Orchestra WtlU "Toreador" Orcbeitra March Under the Double Eagle" Orchestra Violin Solo. "I* Eere"
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      BOERS REPULSED.
      81 2 dTBURGUKRSDORP) BRVBUALBKIKMBHKB KKPOKTKI) CAPTURE OK« A SQUADRON Isff IMPKEIAL YKOMANRY hi.nlon. Ml Dtr The Biiers have attacked Burgher* dorp, a town in Cape Colony rV*i mill* to the north east of Cape Town. The^ were repulsed after heavy figlitinf; The enemy are active, and there have been skirmishes
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      FOUNDERING OF A JAPANESE DREDGER.
      21 2 A Japanese Government dredger Ims foundered at Cork Twelve of those on board have been drowned.
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    CRICKET AT PENANG.
    75 2 PKNAJW WIN.i BY ONK WICKKT (Special Tetejr/m to the Strait* 7'iinm'p Taiping, Thnrida'j erminj. f Pi-n.ing won the match by one wicket -Talma 4, Anthony 26, Green 29, Craig 9, Coveney 1, Zehnder not out In, Bails) not out 9. For Singapore, MacUggart took wickets tor 31
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    SIAM'S FIRST RAILWAY.
    370 2 FORMAL OPEKINO On the 21st inst the Kin*; ol Sian; opened the railway from Bangkok t,< Korat. In hi* speech on the occatiou the King said that he counted this one of the must auspicious day* in his life. Siam's first railway line has been completed at
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    MASONIC INSTALLATION
    388 2 lIAXyI'FT AT THE SINGAPORE Ll.t I Yesterday (St. John's Day) tha Installation proceedings in connection! with Lodge Zetland in the East took place, when Wor. Bro. U. BrinkwoithJ impressively installed Wor. Bro Powell Robinson as Worshipful Mas- ter for the ensuint: year at the Masonic Club in the
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      409 2 NOTICES. NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVES COMPANY LD. ULABQOW. ■mbJMMHM ot Dynamite. Qolignite, Gelatine Dynamite, Blasting Gelatine, Detonators, tu. tmns or S.ifety Fuses. Wwinc Blasting. Apparatus, TKe ijw* Kxplontvt, hning all manv-fa-i-red in tire.it tin lain, are wv'e to ptm the high standard of safety and tmnfy Ms imposfl hy the firtfith Qorernmrnt,
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      1153 2 NOTICED. for, x:ivc-At.S-Pianos by all the best makers BOLD AT MOhKRATK CASH PRICKS AM) FOR MITABLE HIRE PAYMENTS. Special Xmas discount of 10 percent, for cash to the IM December, 1900 Puih.s .in hire from $3 per night, and $10 per month (not including THK ROBINSON PIANO CO., LTD. :ia,
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      627 2 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. WANTED. A WELL educated young European for an office in Singapore. Apply to J K. 8. c/o Strata Timet. W/ll NOTICB. OTRAITB City Robber stamp. O Price mod-rate. 27/12/01 L>, Robinson Koad. NOTICK. THE undersigned beg to draw tha attention of penoDs licensed under Sections 3-2, 13, and
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      31 2 CRICK 16 CKNTS. Straits Timet I KM a year, or poet free «)4 Straits Budget »18 a year, or pott free »20. Advertising Hai»t may he found tn IA« fourth page.
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    LIFE IN THE DUTCH EAST INDIES.
    1283 3 KOI IHAI- HAS MADB A ■I nATKM (ftnH i) thr "Strait* I In a country like Netherlands India thr club is a great necessity a place without one everybody there considers dull and uninteresting, simply imposribt* No club and no jabber-table Just fancy! Where
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    LORD SELBORNE AND THE P. AND O. COMPANY.
    98 3 The Central News is authorised to stfte that the Karl of Selborne, First Lord of the Admiralty, has retired Ir.'ii the board of the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company. His l.nr.Mnp has boen a director of the company for several years, hist
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    COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
    105 3 THEcost of living has shot upatSydney mainly owing to the coming Commonwealth celebrations Managers of leading hotels were demanding 10 6 per day for room only, without meals. They also required payment in advance. At one hotel the cost of board and lodging was i' 2 2
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      COLEMAN STREET DRAINS.
      128 3 TO T«E KHIT.iK Bff THK STRAIT* TIMES." Sih, May I ask, through the medium of your valuable paper, why the drains in Oilman Street have not been flushed or cleaned fur the last four or five months As you are aware, Coleman Street is in or about
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    MR.HENRY DALLAS' COMPANY.
    609 3 Al will be seen from the announcement made in another column, Mr. 11. Mty Dallas' Operatic Company play next Tuesday and Wednesday nights, and The IMIe of Mm \orl; on Thursday, Friday, and .Saturday of next week. There is every MMOn In believe that this is one
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    PAHANG NEWS.
    1226 3 {from our Comrpondnt.) Kuala Lipit, IStk Dectmber. MONSOON WEATHER. From several mukiins of Uln Pahang cornea news of recent severe thunderstorms accompanied by heavy showers of raid, causing some damage to property and great inconvenience and anxiety to the people. At Kuala Lipis we have had some very
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    DEPARTURES BY MAIL.
    41 3 Per P. 4 O. s. Hyd* for LondonMessrs. A. Richards, Salzmann, and Corporal H. Reid. For Penang— Messrs. H. H. Gomperti, and Legge. For Marseilles-Mr. L. Beuch. For Ismailia— Mr. J. L Davis. For Colombo—Mr. P. V. Davies.
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    FRENCH NAVAL PROGRAMME FOR 1901.
    277 3 The Monittur de (a FlotU gives us the French programme of new construction for 1901. The new ships to rw laid down are two battleships of 14,866 tons and 14,475 horse-power, armed with four 12-inch and eighteen 6 3-inch guns apiece, to be known as
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    MR. ASQUITH BRITISH TRADE.
    744 3 TRI COMMERCIAL ITHI'GULK At a banquet in celebration of tbe jubilee of the Leeds Incorporated Chamber of Commerce held recently at Leeds, Mr. Asquith, Ml', proposed The Leeds Incorporated Chamber of Commerce." He instituted a comparison between the prospects which lay before British trade when the
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    A PROPERTY ACTION.
    74 3 In the Supreme Court, this morning before Mr. Justice Leach, on the application of Mr Van Someren, leave was granted to Nye Rai to appeal to Her Majesty in Council respecting the decision at the recent Appeal Court in regard of various properties in Battery Road appellant
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    VOICE PRODUCTION.
    86 3 There is something particularly ludicrous (observes the Onlooker) in the sight of a room full of mature and, in many cases, corpulent ladies, attired in black satin knickerbockers and white shirts, lying flat on the floor kicking their legs in the air. Yet in two years no less
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    ATTEMPTS TO SAVE TUAN.
    122 3 Si xv Shou, whose appointment to the Governorship of Kiangsu was opposed by the representatives of the allied Powers, has resigned his position. It is rumoured that tbe Chinese Emperor has acceded to the demands of the Foreign Ministers for the punishment of the Chinese officials
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    S. V. R. ORDERS.
    133 3 Duties .—Orderly Officer for the ensuing week:— Lieut. J. MacLennan. Orderly V C O. for the. ensuing week -A. Coy., Corpl. R. 8 Butter. Orderly N C. 0. fur the ensuing week B Coy., Col. Sgt. J. W. Haffenden. ffaraato:- A. Coy. 11. Coy. W'day 2nd,
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    PEARLING TROUBLES.
    366 3 SAILORS OK SERVANTS? As regards labourers engaged at Singapore for pearling craft in West Australian waters, an important legal point has arisen. The question is whether they are seamen or ordinary labourers under the !a<" of West Australia. The magistrate at Roeburne, where thirteen Asiatics had been brought
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    ARRANGEMENTS.
    147 3 I-'KIIIAV, 28TII I>K. KMRKE. High Water. 2- pra. 8. V. K KccruiW Drill. S. Conjuring. Marine Cluh. 9. SATURDAY, -mil DECEMBER. High Water. am. 3.28 p.m. Moon. First Quarter. 8.48 a.m. P. A O. outward ro»il due. Singapore loWport Shooting. Monthly Medal. Golf at Sepoy Lines, BU»OAY, ."'OTH DECEMBER.
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      117 3 DONT SHOOT YOURSELF No doubt you often feel like it, but after just a little deliberation decide you can't afford to do it. But that thumping racking Headache; what can you do with it P Give it iv quietus by using Little's Oriental Balm. It acts like magic. It kills
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      1100 3 NOTICES. U<">VERXMKHT NOTIFICATION IT is p'oposed to establish in Singapore unuer supervision of the Government Analyst clasaes for teaching practical assaying and mineralogy for mining purposes. The classes will only be held if there is a sufficient number of candidates. Those wishing to join or to have further information should
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      838 3 NOTICES. KHY MING cowrrcTiow'B established 1884. Not. 61 and e-J, Brow Hand Rond. X MAS and New Year cakes are always on hand, and are made of the best quality butter and other ingredients. Plum cakes at 66 cents per Ib., and SO cents per Ib. if decorated and ioed.
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      682 3 FOR SALE KMPLOYMENTH TO LET; AND PERSON AI>? l»t Tins, loeonts a line; 2nd and »rA times, 10 cents a line 4th to «th times, I oeots s line; 7th to 18th times, 3 osnt= line; afterwards, 2 cents a line; bat n» charge less than on* dollar. Thn*. a
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    COMMERCIAL.
    559 4 BimAroßß, JSni Dirniui. 1900. PRODUCE. (BaUt an corrected to noon) Gambler B.M CopraßalL 6.R6. do Pontlanak, 8.00 Peopai, Black buyers SB.S6 To Veta!U,(oJ) 48.00 Sago Flour Sarawak, 306 do Brunei Ho. 1 s.oo Pe«l Sago S.BS. Ooflee, Bali, \h% basis 84.00 Coffee Palemlang 16X basis.. 28.00 Ooßee, LiberianTTra V.
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    MAILS CLOSE
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