The Straits Times, 27 August 1906

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    15 1 The Straits Times. VO. 22.124 THE STRAITS TIMES. MONDAY. AUGUST 27. 1906. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      357 1 ll 1 1 11 Reliability Evidence IX FAVOUR OF THE DE DION-BOUTON Car was forced in the Scottish Reliability Trials. One De Dion entered, tine D« Mon rejji.tercd Absolute non-stops every day. The title Reliable Cart iiu •J" the De D nu, is proved more and more conclusively d-^ tr
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      423 1 "STRAITS TIMES" BUSINESS DIRECTORY. AUCTIONEERS HOTEL TCL •■>•-'" POWELL CO., Singapore. DE LA (Established 42 years). Real Estate Auctioneers and Valuers. Mortga- r Al A zes arranged Valuations made. RenU collected. Powell Coy's Auction and House Property Telephone bl Singapore ircuiar is issued weekly and sent free to any Idresp
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      836 1 ROBINSON CO. PRELIMINARY NOTICE fflnnual (Basfi Qlearanee Sale! Monday, September 3rd f AND CONTINUE DAILY THROUGHOUT THE MONTH Ottee a year Once a year only HIGH CLASS AND VALUABLE STOCKS SUBSTANTIALY REDUCED. ROBINSON CO. REPAIRS HARNESS. John Little Co., Ltd. Undertake all k nets > i Repairs to Bar— and
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    The Rubber Industry.
    579 2 In Ceylon and the Straits, writes a Ceylon correspondent to the London Timm, there has been no abatement of. but rather an increase in, the takiug up and planting of fresh land with rubber while all who have tea, cacao, or other plantations open in the low
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    The British Association.
    181 2 In the Anthropological Section Mr. K. W. Knocker read a paper on "Aborigine-, ol Sungei Ujong," on 2nd of August. He observed they were wild tribes inhabiting th< hills to the north and north-west of the Stak of Negri Sembilan, commonly called Orang Bukit. people of the
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    Men Refuse Duty.
    330 2 They Would Rather Die. Foubtkek Malay deck hands forming a part of the crew of the steamer Virginia were proceeded against, at the Magistracy. Hongkong, on tbo 17th instant, by the Cap t&iu of the steamer fur refusal of duty. Their grounds were that the ship was
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      318 2 Empire Typewriters 725 of these Machines are in use BY H. M. GOVERNMENT THE PUBLIC USE 45,000 OF THEM Strong points of the "Empire 11 are: Visible Writing, Simplicity of Construction, Durability and Perfect work. "Foolscap" Model takes paper 9"" wide $*110-OG Prices. Brief 18J" 135-OO Insurance Policy" 19 155-OO
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      227 2 Bjr .ppoimiwrn &Jb» aWsn ■a «*lpai. uv Ku| BOVRIL is guaranteed the pure product of prim* Ox-beet ALEXANDRA BRICKWORKS Co, Limited. BRICKS ft FIREBRICKS. Sound well shaped and hard burnt brick* can be supplied at $1 SO per Lakaa at the Works. Firebrick* SBO perthousw i Fireclay ISO per ton^
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      60 2 A Good Rule for the Home. Make it one of your regular habits to keep Cbamberlian's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in your home as a safeguard against a sudden attack of bowel compliant. It is certain to be needed 5-icner or later, and whoa that tim« euuies it will
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    Linking the Empire.
    228 3 Sir Sandford Fleming and the Hon. W. P. Bdcourt. ex-Speaker of the Canadian larhamnt, were the guests of the Eighty Club recently at a private <l nncr at "which Sir Sandford, who for many years has urged the establish mi n: of State owned telegraph communications throughout
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    Port of London Scheme.
    303 3 The proposed unification of the many .iutb>ntus who at piesent control the Pact "t L< ndon is- attracting much notice ID shipping circles. Lord bc:l>i>rough's Irttlei luncheon 1 1. 1 1 1 x- to discuss the niatt.r seems to be shaping 111 tIK- diiect.on of practical
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    Lord Charles Beresford.
    349 3 A correspondent of whose accuracy we li.ivc M sV ul)t. declares Vanity Fair, j writes to us a? follows There have t,«;n many "lie runr.iurs floating about ci'iHcriiing the reported resignation c.' Admiral I/ird Charles Beresford. Like < ■1, < rumour, th s report had a founda;.'<in
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      1005 3 URALITE. THE BEST FIRE-RESISTING BUILDING MATERIAL SUPPLIED IN SHEETS FOR ROOFING ALL KINDS OF BUILDINGS AND FOR CEILINGS, PARTITIONS, etc. £j2 HUTTENBACH BROS. CO. tTHE LIIOTTPR OOIPOJIIG MACHINE Used by the Leadin Newspapers, GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS. FOKEKiN AND COLONIAL GOVERNMENTS 11,000 IN DAILY USE. ji D4LHOUIE SQUARE, CALCUTTA. This paper is
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      32 3 LACE STORE .71. OU HARD ROAD. Large and varied «to k of laces, Nottingham, Valenciennes, Irish and Brussels and English and Swiss Embroideries. F rices very moderate li spectlon Invited. M.|E. SUABHA.
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    SUMMARY.
    416 4 Local A Chinaman was sent to prison for six months, and ordered ten strokes with the cat for robbery iv the street. 'Page 5). An enjoyable evening with the Cornwall Minstrels was Held on Saturday at the Sea View Hotel. Katong. (Page .li. A Kling Coolie was killed by
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. MONDAY, 27th AUGUST.
    662 4 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. MONDAY, 27th AUGUST. Complaints have reached us in respect to the niggardly treatment of their employees by certain Knbbcr Companies. It is pointed out that, as everybody must allow. Rubber is making the fortunes of Rubber company, promoters, and yielding handsome dividends to proprietors
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    1202 4 Latk on Saturday aftcruoou. Keuter was guilty of supplying us with information which we had already published on the •J'iud instant, in another form, in reference to the acceleration of the mail service by the Caua- j dian and Pacific from London to Hongkong. We gave the names of both
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    Special Telegram to the "Straits Times."
    276 4 Special Telegram to the "Straits Times." {By Submarine Cable) PERAK RACES. Second Day. Saturday, 25th August. 1. (•lIIM-'IN H UfDK IP. lii. Orphan 1 (ioKU'ii Lad 2 Duniiny (mi! I Won by a length ueck separated HMOad mil third. Time 1.-iii. Tote paid §1 aad M »n and >?. 2.
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      GERMAN AMNESTY GRANTED.
      49 4 Berlin, :'.r,ih Augnmt. I'll, Rmehmna iftr lOwwiuiml <t. pnhlishi's a notification of KM gnatißg "t ,m ;in nestv in hoaoat of KM frown Prince a in hu>4 son's b.ipti-in. Ths iimiKstv applies to offences of "1. si. iuajcst< anil I it|{aiiist nifiiilx-rs of the iuipcrial family.
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      Sultan of Turkey Better.
      31 4 Th> Sultan ol Turkey m presi nt ul the Sclanilik i' c< ption. tad leaked to be in iae bfst of health. N'oaeoftbe Aiiiht-Mihini attended the tudienoe.
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      Praiseworthy Step.
      20 4 The < n,f..itt<- hails tie openinH of Dalny to trade hy the lapiuii -<■ M praiseworthy p on then- part.
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      At His Majestys Command !
      51 4 At His Majestys Command H. M. Kinv Kdv.ard MMBMded Mi Hal. lane. KM Sri ieUrv of SUUo f. i Wai tu I'oinc to aM 1 > i r i it M.uienhal The Figan .ulmits tlia,t H. M. Kiu^ Kdward will he paaaafl through Parin with nut iiinkiiii; v bagM stay
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      Audience With the Emperor.
      44 4 At KM reime>t nf the I'rince.of Mentoin the Kni]>eror ot Austria lias ■jpead to M icive in .indienri either the I :ince hiliisi It nr Prince D.iniio, one ol his rclatiw (ii-nt nil Tnputf has been wiled with heart disease.
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    10 4 BaOM stood at *7 ill Hon«l«'ii^ on HH lTt.li August.
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    12 4 Thk 8M .V> W tIMITT out of iltx:k this mm n iug.
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    11 4 A DCTCI (iuveniineut strainer pu-s, d tliuuuh tli<' port this morning.
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    18 4 Mr. A. I". HCTTOM POTTS slum hrokfi in If okiiliiiina. qaotee <>n tin' >ttl in-.t;i:>t. Iliuili»t SOI. l.ny.-r-.
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    24 4 Thk P. >v <•. homeward mail 1> Ilii left H MRkOOR at 1 p.m. on Saturday tad is 'I .■..>n. on Thursday the 80th instant.
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      266 4 U PHENnT/'Disinfect>nt T Positively falls germs andtSftecks P11.1.F.1t I'AUTRTI.AKS OF THK VAIXE OF PHENOL SKK Oil! I'RICK MBT, PAGE 46. Price Per Reptd. QAatt Bottle $0.30 1 (nillon Tin $1.50 '2 n $"2.75 5 and 10 gallon Drums on application. )ne Quart 1 f Ten Gallons of y Makes J
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      132 4 •2? li, <«/ s a 3 I Or i i ill "•^■W a z Artistic Portraiture Or Tin: Hi. .hi si Ra ■ii Ml HAVING 2 STUDIOS Adapted for Forenoon and Afternoon Light, and our Chief Artists time l)eing confined entirely to the studios, we are thus enabled to tfive
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  • Reuter's Telegrams.
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      OUTRAGE IN RUSSIA.
      391 5 DISGUISED TERRORISTS WRECK PREMICRS RESIDENCE. Prominent Officials Killed. Herd. B OJt Uniii. ii. dining raoaaMoa at M. Stolvpin s i in St. I'eU'isburg. by a man dre^srd iv officer. All the persons in the anti :imber. including s. veral piomineiit ;.,U. ueie killed. and the villa pel
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      YORKSHIRE DEPOSED BY KENT.
      20 5 Kent h;i~ displaced Yorkshire and taken the 'leading |N>Mtiuii in the first class county cricket championship.
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      MEDICAL SENSATION.
      59 5 American Doctor's Gruesome Occupation. imaaation was oaaaad at the eon grew* „i the BritUi Medical Aeaooiatioa, at Toroata irhea Dr. Canal, of the Itockieller I niveisity. exhibited healthy dogs and cats. with kidneys transplanted tnun othei -dogs .md rats, and stated that be lunl oat ofl and n
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      SHIPPING CONTRACT.
      53 5 New Service Eastwards Inaugurated. Rec'd. Singapore 4-10 p.m. ?sth Augiat. I'nder the new contract with the Canadian and Pacific, the mail route is shortened from London to Hongkong by ill days, and to Shanghai and Yokohama by HA days. The s.s. /:»i;,r-»* a/ Irrlaml sailed from Liverpool yesterday,
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      RACIAL DIFFERENCES.
      138 5 Negroes and Mulattoes Resent Whitemen. (luerra, with 5.000 insurgents, is outside Pinar del Rio. awaiting reinforcements, and threatens an attack on Habana. Prominent Cubans in New York state that the rising is largely due to racial trouble Negroes and Mnlattoes resenting the Whites' monopoly of profitable offices since
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      EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS IN
      24 5 AUSTRALIA. Jt.rd. Singapore 0.10 p.m. i:th Auijnxt Slight shocks of earthquaking are reported a~ baviag bee.i ii-it ai Bathurst in Australia.
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      Mr. Haldane's New Role.
      25 5 Mr. Haldane. Mritish war minister, has ban summoned to Marienbad. to serve as minister in attendance on H. M. King Kdward.
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      STOLEN ROUBLES.
      97 5 Mail Bags filled with Packets of lead. i Hundred* of thousands of roubles aie i being stolen daily from trains, banks, and factories throughout Russia. The mailbag from Erivan reached St. Petersburg with its t Malt inn t but filled with packets of lead, j Uoublcs 100,000 had
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      Royal Pardon.
      82 5 H. I. M. the Kaiser has pardoned a] |H.T-,>n- oonrioted at law BMjaaas, GRUESOME SIGHT. Coffins exposed through fall of Cemetery. Men and Aoiiien. still alive, have been j extricated from the ruins iv Santiago, after the days' captivity. A portion ot the ceme tcry ft 11 down
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    The Height of Impudence.
    136 5 A waaa or so ago. a paragraph apjH^ared in these columns giving particulars of the i impudent manner in which a man in the lockup at the Central Station terrorized a a fellow prisoner into yielding up the receipt he held tor certain property he had
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    28 5 I III oatwaid mail steamer Dmtmtha It-It Colombo at ti p.m. M Saturday and may be 1 i\|»-ct<d t<i arrive here on Friday the 'list I iiiHtanl. |i
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    76 5 PlORMI Bouchard, of Paris, declares that the- application of X-ray* will cause gT*J nair to MOM its original colour. So ridluadcd int-n wlio liavi- xoiie j»rey must < Ik cHitlnl. A\ i-\tw:mkly foreiblearticle. entitled- Tin- i .lew." in Studios of the Human" by J. K. I'n-Hlou .Miulriock. uppcaiK in 1'ublic
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    Main on the Russian-Japanese War.
    270 5 Main on the RussianJapanese War. 1 1 baa all aloni; been ilaimisl. remark* the \.n-,,l ami M,1,1,,r,i Hnmrd, and very generally admitted by mivnl authorities' throughout the world, that the main lesson to In deiliii ed f i the v.ai in the Far hast is that the (iiuch gun is
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    45 5 Thk marriage arranged Ixtwen Captain < h.ules Davidson Houston. .*>Ktli Viiuylians Rifles. Frontier Force, sou of the I. lie l!e\. B.C. Davids., ii Houston, and Cons tanei Kaliel. daiighti r.of the late Professor Kolnit Caesar Childers. ill talie iilaee in India i.iily in Fcbrnarv m si.
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    ENTERTAINMENT AT KATONG.
    822 5 An Enjoyable Evening with the Cornwall Minstrels. Db. A. F. Fostkh and Mk. A. J. H Soi entertained a few European friends and the amateur Cornwall Minstrels to dinner on Saturday evening, at the Sea View Hotel, Tanjong Katong. The evening was much looked forward to and,
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    Trooping.
    140 5 It ia notified lor general infoimatiou that H. M. T. Suuil'in is expected to arrive here from Bagkad oa the Bad oi October,, l»>6, proceeding the fallowing day to Honykoug to convey the 2nd Batt. Royal West Kent Regiment from there to Singapore, arriving on the 29th of Novemlwr.
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    61 5 A ManvATKMUt crusade was carried on in London by Father Bernard Vaughan during the last week or two of July against alleged immorality and other lesser evils amongst the so-called smart set of society. Father Vaughan's violent indictments of high society were listened to by large and fashionable congregations, and
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    BURGLARY AT TANGLIN.
    247 5 Daring Intruder fired at with a Revolver. A Bi-RiiLARY is reported from Tanglin. hi the early hours of this morning. Mr. Harvey, who resides at St. Thorns' Walk, saw a man in his room in the act of helping himself to his property. Mr. Harvey had his
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    THE SUPREME COURT.
    287 5 Judgment in Property Case. In tile Supreme Court this morning, judgment was given in the case of Hadji Sulaymanjee Kassim vs. Takohdy, which was begun on Thursday morning. Mr. Montagu Harris appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Wee Thiam Tew for the defendant. The story was an
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    Legislative Council.
    129 5 Orders of -he Day. b'riilaij. -il»t Atujitxt. |M X oti v Ordinance Amendment Bill iliill "To amend The Vagrancy Ordinance 19(W'. i— 2nd Reading. t 'urrency Note Ordinance 1H99 Am. lclun nt Ordinance 19<>r> No. 11l i Bill "To amend j The Currency Note Ordinance 1899." I— I
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    FIRST AID CLASSES.
    142 5 UNDER the St. John Ambulance Association a series of lectures and demonstrations will begivcu in the rooms of the V. M. C. A., j kindly leut by that Institution, by, l >r. David Voting. The classes will be open to all men. and the fee will be
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    Fatality at Bukit Timah.
    51 5 A Klim. coolie met with his death in the excavations for the new filter beds off Bukit Timal) Itoad yesterday. The Kliug was doing some excavation work when a bauk nollapai d aud fell on him. The man had expired by the time he was dug
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    46 5 A klini; carter was before Mr. Column this mornius for working a lame bullock. He admitted the charge. Mr. Colinan told him he would have to pay and that he would find it much cheaiier to protect the animal's legs by leathers than to pay flues.
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    52 5 Lim Poo Hoo and another were H^litiiiK and so foil into the hands of the police They were hailed before Mr. Colinan this morning. Lim Po Hoo said that liis friend WM ti^litiug and he interfered with a view to put a stop to it. His interference cost 1 him
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    VICTIM TO THE CAT.
    175 5 Chinaman heavily punished for Theft. eraadag than A Sin was in Upper Hokien Street and Vonn Kit. who came 110 m behind, snatched a watch and chain which he passed on to another, who ilisit)iiH-.tii d as also did Youy Kit. Chan A Sin made after
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    Alleged Theft of Yarn.
    143 5 KjUUU yesterday morning a godown in Stanley Mint was found open by a watchman, and four men were seen removing ;i bale of yarn. They told the watchman that tin- clerk had opened the door and had ordered thorn to remove the bale. This was not
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    Send me back to China!
    123 5 Send me back to China O\ Saturday afternoon, Detective No. 33 was in Oob Street. He saw a Cliiuaman carrying !our old zinc bucket*, and a ziiu measure. He approached the man who dropped the things and ran into an opium shop. Thin morning, lie was ehugjM bj Seiiit. llaiUls
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    28 5 A cajuun private Utui ia to band Sir Kdwanl Boylr. in uhi.lt the I C'o'h Arbitrator eeetde gnottlfßi t<i Inin Singapore ami bopee they are attial the Awaitl.
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    42 5 i i u:n \v. u thin unaii yot inlu.i and befkn t<i amii-r liiin-flf liy "aWrrini;" up tluMhivii. The latter Undoc i;. and g»v<i tiic m:iii int» oBMtody. Tills morning, th« jokir whs galled ftpoa bj Mr. Coin 1 to pav «10.
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    43 5 Tut Danish foin iiKtsbd iImm arrived from Vladivostok anil lion,- Saturday and anil anchored in tin- road-.. 1 1.1ih originally the l.nnr.ixlurr at Bibby < .tilt- hikJ «n^ M the Li lt-iimiMin rrn. .il ♦hi-tinif —In WMh i she waathl lM||Ml c.u^" Imal ati.iat.
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    China and a Government'
    437 6 Writing on the question of a constitutional Government for China, the North Oh na Daily News" says that constitutional government is not the end-all and 1., .ill of that mysterious movement which is urging her people on with a desire t<> place their nation on a
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    The Cry of the Children.
    223 6 Miss Gertrude Tuckwell has an interoting article on the recent -Sweated Industries Exhibit on in the current number of Progress." It was, of course, fjuite impossible to realize the conditions under which many of the workers ;ire forced to live from the evidences supplied at
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    42 6 The hearing of a ea. in the Supreme Court at Shanghai arising out of a recent eoUfcka l>vtw, t .|i 11 M. S. -Alacrity" and she fc*. C'hinkiang was completed >ii the 16 Aug. Judgment was given in favour of the Alacrity
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    162 6 According to the last copy received of the Board of Trade Journal, the Commercial attache to the British Enibissy at Tokio, in a imiK nting on the coal trade of Japan, remarks that the price of coal, which had been rising steadily ■an the beginning of the war, reached its
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    A Voice from the Past.
    484 6 Father Ignatius, away in the Cloister Garth at Llanthouy Abbey, is only a name and a vague memory to the present generation --"the world forgetting, by the world forgot." Recalling the tremendous influence of this great preacher's words when he was stirring the world to
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    Sensational Plot.
    156 6 On the I4th Aug. terror ra^nod i tlu> city c" Canton the cau..- being the discovery of a plot which had .'or it- ob jtct the a..assination of the Canton Authorities. The loth instant be n- the anniversary of the Emperor of Ch mi birthday, the local oSc'jdc,
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    Spirit Farms.
    117 6 The Siam Spirit Farms show a reduction of Tcs. tl 1,964 for the last fiscal year. This result is partly due to the curtailment -in the number of bidders •for the farms and also, to a larger extent to tlio fact tht the Spirit FMVtttfi gH| erally havo
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      605 6 WANTELY SAFE— Wanted to bey a second-hand fireproof big safe. Answers to A. L. L. c/o Straits Times.. MM BI LLET. —Rubber Estate, by yDfcngF.nglisli man. Cau Rpeak Mslay. Previous experience on young rubber estate in Johure. SPIRAL c/o .Sfrnifii Time: 3090 BOARD AND LODGING -Wanted by bachelor. Apply to
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      644 6 TO BE LET. HOUSE— No. 8 Thomson Road. Apply to J. A. Meyer c/o Meyer Brothers. D 2900 COMPOUND HOUSE— No. 5 Sophia Road Apply at No. 181 Fnnep Street. 2944 COMPOUND HOUSE— No. 49 Killiney Road. M. E. Shasha, 17 Orchard Road. ***** COMPOUND HOUBE. No 6-4 Oxley Road
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      467 6 XO BE LET. GODOWNK— No». 182, 1621 Havelock Road abutting on the Singapore River. Immediate entry. No, S Merbau Road, entry on the Ist September. No. 6 Merbau Road. Immediate entry. Apply to GO BOON QUAN, r. 3124 22/3 Booth Canal Road, LODGING. BOARD AND RESIDENCE— With private family in
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      1083 6 SIfl&APORE SPORTIN& CLUB. PROGRAMME FOR THE AU CUMN RACE MEETING, 1906. Oct. 16th, 18th and 20th. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, October 16th. 1.— THE MAIDEN "PLATE— Value MOO. A Race (or Maiden Hones. Weight Set. 31b. Entrance 120 Distance, R.C. *-THE LAWN 8TAKES— Value $400. A Handicap for all Horses imported
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      116 6 lHth October upon payment o an Extra Free of Ten Dalian. All such entries mum be made on the S.It. A. Forms in the usual way, and be handed to the Secretary. 2792 0. P. OWEN, Secretary and Clerk of th+ Count. Bowel Complaint in Children. During the summer months
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    The Law's Delays.
    182 7 The Ceylon Obseifvw thus call* attention to delays of the law in t ho courts of Colombo: A wiw.>w ther? h.id obtained judgment in August, 1904. to be put in possession of a strip of land valued ab Rl3, which had been encroached and built upon by
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    China's New Constitution.
    146 7 Thi "Nortfc China News" underjtands from a piivate lett;r received from IV king that, while admiring the coiistitu tions in operation in Great Britain and Germany as almost pei'ect, the Travelling Commissi ..iicrs think that the Chinese are not prepared as yet to copy tin in owing
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    New Japanese Gunboat.
    129 7 The launching aiul tlie naming ceremony of tlu- new JapUMM iiver-guiib»:at "Fuahinii" took place at the Japanese Naval Yard. PootOßg, (IHI Ilialwi) OB August Bth. There were in all kboat oii3 bundled giio!::. aniongyt whom wire Mr. Eitak'. Uoßcnl-Oen«nl for .Japan: Mr. F. Y. .Mat mi ka.
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    99 7 On tha urnmiiitndation of Sliuin. of Canton, th: Im|>orial Qovarnment have agreed that Kami ng should bo declared a pert open to the trade of the world. Viceroy Shum has ordered the Taotai of Chekiang and Mr. K. von St ranch, the Commissioner o: Customs at Wuchow, to make all
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      141 7 MOTOR CARS JUST ARRIVED 6 H.P. Two .eated Rover (Special Finish) Price $1425. (Trials By arrangement) EXPECTED IN A FEW DAYS One 4 seated 8 H. P. ROVER One 5 seated 10 12 H. P. ARGYLL Full particulars on application to Syme Co., Sole Jlgents. ARGYLL MOTORS LTD. ROVER COMPANY
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      1128 7 A LIGHT NOURISHMENT FOR GENERAL USE. sflr This DIET is recommended in place flfl t| m/bXk ■VKJkk.fA^^ A of oro nnayr y mi < foods, gruel, >t<. W j[ I^V IBllWl,^^. Whilst acceptable to all as n li t ;ht JT l^ M W&+ jtl M &Jm I m m
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      149 7 12 I Health! Little's Oriental Balm FOR ANY PAIN Th c pains of neuralgia, the pains of rheumatism.the pains of lui.ip.ik", the pains of (tiff joints, the pains of the neck, throat, hack, chest, arms, legs and feet— all these go away when you rub on plenty of Little's Oriental
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      Cricket.
      1047 8 i, >.:. Han n BumnNwun Writing to Mm Tiatm n tatgoat 1. Ia>u\ Man;- says: \V( who sit on tin benches like to MmOXJM about remarkable events at cricket m. I wntuic to MBd ni\ theory as to one HMM which iaflwend mm ooImbm «i Mm Bmitoj j i
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      Association Football.
      300 8 >'. M. C. A. v Cklksthi. PnoviDßin A-soiUTloN. A friendly Association niaUh wa- pluvid on the Tanji.ng l'ugar FiKitball iv Anson Road last Saturday between I team ot the V. M. C. A. and one represintiny the Celestial Provident Association. The BUM was uneventful for about a quarter
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      Shooting:.
      551 8 SIM.U'oUK RIKLK ASSOCIATION. The S. I!. A. Rifle Meeting was continued on Saturday, the events contest*. l being the N.li.A. Silver Medal (Scratch Bravtl and the Presidents l'ri/.e i Handicap. About .'id comiietitois turned out for the two shoots. Firing commenced at U0 p.m. The conditions for the two
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    120 8 1 1 ii a view to securing MMgaitioa for valuable mix ices rendered during the i.ar in China by the ISritish steamer Siirmjkhig, < commanded by Captain .1. B. Harris, the < tin- M' reliant uaillm (Mid have lately sub- j rnitted to the Admiraly detail* of the work performed
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    Stop Press Edition. ANOTHER TRAGEDY IN RUSSIA.
    58 8 Stop Press Edition. ANOTHER TRAGEDY IN RUSSIA. GIRL KILLS A GENERAL BY BULLET. lirril. 4 '> p.m. tothtti. Oeueral Minn. Commander of the Simeuovsky regiment, who was most prominent in suppressing the riots at Moscow in December, was assassinated nt Peterhoff Railway Station last night. The assassin, a girl, fired
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    Revenge and Opium.
    391 8 A < >K presenting some iin.isisallv interest iug f< atures lias just been decided at the Hongkong Magistracy. In this, time Chinese were charged with causing an opiuiu warrant to be issued by giving false information, and further with what is known to the police as planting
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    London Tin Market.
    206 8 ■2 »th .Inly. -The market has been firm all the w<«k and pi iees advanced about f.i Mf tons closing at JC 171 la, for "cash. A' 171 Ma. for August, aud £17(1 Vis. lid. for thiee months. The business done was not very large as there
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    A Dying Superstition.
    193 8 Thk Belilios Reward Fund Trustees, at Hongkong, have recognised the gallantry of live Chinese employed at Ah King's slipway tin re. who on the '26th of last muntli put off j in a boat to the rescue of tin crew of a sampan which was capsized in
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    Brunei News.
    131 8 KsWI has just MM Ui hand. M the South CMm Morning 7W. that the Brookeli >n Collieries iu Brunei are to be periuan< utl i'IummI owing to the iin]>ossihility of mibduing the lire which has been burning iu them for Miinc time. A new mine is in course
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    NEGRI SEMBILAN NOTES.
    839 8 SrrembiiK. if— i l'.HMi The August Assizes. Thk Acting Senior Judicial Commissioner, Mr. F. W. Bcltield, arrived from Kuala Lumpur ou the 17th. and opened tin August Session cf the Assizes the next day. Thirty canes are down on the list of which one is a criminal
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    199 8 A PSKim disp.iteli to a Japanese iiewKp«|MT Srt\s DiMOIltdlt IN >,'Mi\Mliy illming I tin- ChiMM owisiu te the latitude of the t Japanese in Mauclmria. Cautioning those 1 who difiapprovn of the .Ia|»nesc operatioak u in Manchuria. Prince Su declares that .lapau h is carrying into practice her pledge yi
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    157 8 TiiK.Uatli <>l Mi--. (in\ i.,.i lic.w hiu.K. irho whs well known in India h\ nils t In i i visit when ;i member n{ J|r, Jobs (tnnn^i jdaii-tv* onip;ui\. will I>< n ;.k tlrd h\ »he reniiiiilxi this il,v, r mnsii iilidincdv actNM ]in the \avimis pit < <•-. wliit
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    117 8 Tuk Yachting W'uiUl says: The Oainea l'ro]H.'lltr Co.. Limited, arc ill-patching iba •«> fiKiUM- Brumi v. the Kin« of Mam. Fba Brmm is fitted witb a US. h. a. da, Dion iiotor very in ally installed under a tea], lonsin;; just forward of the middle third, us veil as one
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      271 8 K A. J. CHOTIRMALL Co., JEWELLERS SILK MERCHANTS Have just opened a fresh stock of Indian, Chinese, ami Japanese goods i.e.^ siik kiiuouos, Maltese bilk lace collars, Ladies' silk blouses, Japanese cotton crape kimonos, Persian md [ndian carpets of all sizes, gold gem set-jewellery, silver ware etc. etc. Ladies and
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      163 8 DAY BY DAY. Monday. 37th Aug. High Water. :i-IH p.m. Perak BaoM. Third Unv S.V.I, attack and Beernita Drill. 5M>. S. V. C Si-iimpiioif Class. s:(ii. Tuesday, 38th Aug. Hi^li Water. I '21 11.111. 4-* p.m. S. V. A. Kasim Co. Recruit- drill. MO. Wednesday, 39th Auk. High Water. (J
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    RUBBER LAND.
    322 9 The Duff Development Co., Ltd. '1 ii k Company's ConccH<ion lieiny situated in tlie Southern part of Kclantan is ailniir alilv suited to planting. There, n lar|>e number of imligcnouH rubber trees from live to twenty years in aye may be noen gra«iMJ< Tries 'planted a little more
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    Hadden's Produce Letter.
    677 9 Pipe iriMM The market is firm but <|imt. Chfllm Market dull. 99 bales mixed Zanzibar and Mombasa offend, and 4 bags damages sold at 16 the remainder dark reddish, were taken out at 17 6. Frivatdy we have sold at 18 6. Gum Benjamin. The market is
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      MINING.
      339 9 Date of formation Capital Subscribed Number of Sh»ro« Issue I Paid Value lup to 10 I 10 10 t 10 £1 1 t 10 10 10 10 £1 1 1 19/ £i a l 1 11/8 1 1 1 18/10 f ioo i noo 10 $10 10 $10 10
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      RUBBER.
      302 9 I I 1905 1905 1904 1905 £150.000 1200,000 £30.000 700.000 £70,000 (150,000 £12,000 £140,000 •120,000 £11,125 1610,000 £59,520 •125,000 £10,500 140.000 1 1 20,000 10 17 f 7000 1 1 11,000 1 7/9 70.000 10 10 9.0U0 nnu-ued 63,000 1 1 I 7.000 1 £0.15 '.•,000 uni-iued 12,500 10
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      GENERAL.
      211 9 1894 1898 1865 1901 190t 1899 1903 1891 1884 1890 1887 1864 1904 £5.877.10.0 •225,000 •10,000.000 •2.400,000 •34.000 •875,000 •600,000 •30,000 •200,000 •500,000 •3,000.000 •3,700,000 •40.000 i i £4,648.15.0 I •225,000 I •10,000,000 > •2,400,000 i i J34.000 i (875,000 I (240,000 i »30.000 i 1200.000 I »42 1.000
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      DEBENTURES.
      47 9 How»rth Erskine. Ltd. 6% MOO.OOO 2% prem buyers. Riley Hargreaves, Ltd. 6% 2*25,000 2% prem buyers. Singapore Municipal 6% 400,0 0 nominal. 5% 1.478,000 par. buyers. 4% 602.'" 0 par. sellers. Tanjong Ptg&r Dock Co., Ltd. 6% 250,000 2* prem buyers. 5% 1.865,500 1% prem buyers.
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      Commercial.
      227 9 Singapore, 27th August, 1906 PRODUCE. Uambier buyers 7.20 do (Cube No. 1 1 unpicked 10.90 Copra bali 8.76 do l'ontianak 8.25 Pepper. Black buyers 22j do White 5% 2X.80 Sago Flour Sarawak 2.70 <lo Brunei No. 1 2.65 Pearl Sago 0.40 Coffee Bali, 16J% buyers 3% 20.80 Coffee. Palembang.
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    MISSING : FATE UNKNOWN."
    1284 9 MISSING FATE UNKNOWN." Some Ships that Never Came Back. When the northeasters sweep out from the depths ot the Atlantic, writes the Boston Herald, and tear up and down the Massachusetts coast, the sailors in port, sitting over their grog, tell stories of the good ships which have gone to
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    The Tical.
    436 10 p'roni furihei inquiries tkc Bangkok Tiine.s made in oflicial quarters it is coiifinncd that the changing of the cuni'iuv in Pukct caused a totnponrjr i ti.al- at Bangfc<A The Government, kwwerar, wn are assured, i. ready td mU, but not at a lower rate than li l<i that
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    83 10 A Mating ha) taken plaua between Ih jfin'ataw of the Grand Counuil. the n of thY Spei-ial Mvsicn. and Vitrrov Yuan Shili Kai in Peking in oonnantioa witk tha scheme for nowlitutional iiovorninont. It bat been docile.l to ex|x'iitnent w.th the province of Cliihli by introducing local Ball |n viiiiin-n.
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    London Rubber Market.
    184 10 Messrs. Wilson. smithelt. and Ce)*« Circular. London, 3rd Aug. A somewhat quieter feeling has prevailed in the market for Para since < ur last issue, and prices again moved in buyers' favour, but close slightly above the lowest point. The spot price for fine hard cure closes
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    London Tin Market.
    409 10 London, 3rd August. The following; is fr. m the Mining Journal." The tone of this marktt lias Ik>cii very good thoughout this week, and a large bujsincss has baa put Ihwgh at a bight i lange of prices. To-day tin- market leceived strong support from America, mil
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    Chinese Superstition.
    246 10 A day, early this month, was the anniversary of the death of the hero, who. during the period of Chinese history covered by "the Three Kingdoms, died on behalf v>f his country. It has been usual from time immemorial to keep the day as more or less a
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      704 10 Ships and Steamers. P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Ejrypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading iasned for China Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental, and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINE. Outward 'for China). DaMaaa 1
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      681 10 Konlnklljke Paketvaart MaatschapplJ. Under contract with t c Netherlands India Government. Agent* at Singopme £mr Aorsct, laic J. li/iMjtih Co., 2-8 Coiliek Qcat. The undermentioned dates are only' approximate Steamer From Exp'ted Will be desi«tched for rSaValai Singkawang Augt 25'Billiinn. Pontianak and Singkawang Augt 27 fan Sit. M IBilliton Augt
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      538 10 HAMBURG-AMERIKA LI HIE. HAMBURO. The steamers of this Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China, and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bromerhaven direct, calling at Penang and Colombo. The arrivals of the
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      697 10 N. D L NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. Imperial Oerman Mail Line. The fast and well known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamp--1 ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Por Said, Bnez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki, and
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    American Inter-State Marriages.
    306 11 When a sensational judgment invalidating, it was said, thousands of marriages was te4egraphed a few months ago from the United States, it was observed that, to appreciate the true position, we must await the pronouncement of the few experts on the subject. rillfllllir Dioijr, very hJgh English
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    Shanghai's Population.
    360 11 Writing of the Chinese in Shanghai, tuc Sli.uiuii.i'- Times" says: There are i r. |.i MteUvM lKie vi rvorv province, of j every city almost within the confines of the Midak Kisgdast; and there are also CaiasM J*ws, uMLigasow to tb.3 Settle- BMSta, fur wl». iii mi cla.tn
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    LIST OF PASSENGERS.
    202 11 Per P. <vO. s. s. India, connecting with the steamer IMta at Colombo from London Augimt 3-Mr. H. Heggie, Mr. A. Taylor, Mr. W. Markenzie. Per I". A h. h. Monnolia. connecting with the steamer livnnha at Colombo, from London Augt. 17, due IMb Sept Mr. (i.
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    44 11 CIOUII ;unl miihll|k>x are now prevailing in I'omlu licrrv in an epidemic form. The niMglilKuiring districts of I'ondiclierry arealxo HfTcctcil. There in no apparent abatement in the cholera epidemic at Tuticorin, and the «ltole of South Imlia *M*M to br iv a bad way.
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    SHIPPING IN PORT.
    1284 11 Under this heading the following abbreviations are nsed str. steamer sh. ship bq; barque sch.- -schooner; Yet. Yacht; Cru. Cruiser. Gbt. Gunboat; Tor. Torpedo; H.».— Horse- power Bnt. British U.S.— Unhed States Feb.— French Ger —German Dut. Dutch; Ital. Italian; Span. Spanish; Sar. Sarawak G.c. General-cargo; dp.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    72 11 for Ptr SI turner Tim* Tuesday. Sarajvak Knrliiii<i 10 a.m. A/iamba A Natuua Is BUlitv* 11 a.m. Penang and Calcutta G.Apc.ir 3 p.m. Malacca. P.S'tenham Cnrlijle 3 p.m. Penang and Deli Hebe 3 p.m. Bangkok Mm 3 p.m. H'kong, Amoy, Swatow Hong (Cm 3 p.m. Kuantau, Tringganu, etc.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE
    125 11 From Eoaori By the P A <). I. breanka due on Ist September. From Chima— By the N. D. L. s. s. P. E. Frifdrieh due 3rd September. Tim TABLE Or MAILS DOE. Loft Singapore Due in London Arnvod July 19th P. *O. Aug. 13th Aug 14th
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    816 11 Sunn; port, probable date of arrival, owl name of Agent*. Stk.imkrm. Achilles. China, Sept. 2; Minefield Airlie, Sydney, Aug. 24 BoustAad. Alcinous, China, Sc[.i 6 MaiiHtield Ambria, Hamburg, Nov. 30; Ilehn Meyer Anamba, Bangkok, AuR. 27 Kast Asiatic Coy Anuam. Saigon, Aug. 30 M. Maritime* Andalusia, Hamburg, Nov.
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    VESSELS AT TANJONO PAGAR AND KEPPEL HARBOUR.
    113 11 Wharves and Docks at which Different Vessels are Berthed To-day. TftNiONO r«BM. Km Wharp Basim:— Nil. F.akt W hart Section I:— Th.mgwa, G. Apcar. Victoru Gravino Dock ('arltou. \i.bbkt Okavin.i Do I Sins»pire. Shukk Wharf Sn-nos 1 -I'-.h Ann. M»mwH»«f t»ijo«3 *»o»« Ssction
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      702 11 Ships and Steamers. C. P. R. Canadian Paoifio Railway Company 'a Royal Mi II Steamship Lin*. THE FAST ROUTE BETWEEN CHINA, JAPAN. AND EUPCPE, VIA CANADA, AND THE UNITED BTATEB. Route from Hongkong via Shanghai, Nagasaki (Inland Sea of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria and Vancouver. Twin tionw Empress Steamship* 6,000
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      619 11 N.Y.K. JAFASHUL STEAMSHIP Co, LU. A. regular FORTNIGHTLY service is maintained betweeu Japan and Europe by the following NEW TWIN SCREW STEAMERS, Under Mail Contract with the Imperial Japanese Government, specially designed for the Company's Europeau Service, lighted throughout by Electrictity, provided with excellent accommodation for First and Second Class
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      302 11 UNION S. S. CO OF N. Z. LTD. SINGAPORE TO NEW ZEALAND DIRECT. AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON, LYTTLETON, AND DUNEDIN also calling at SAMARANG AND FIJI (if inducement offers.) The Oo.'s T. S. 8. APARIMA,.' 5,704 ton*. Edwd. Stott, Commander, maintains a regular four-monthly service between Sinnapore and New Zealand. Excellent saloon
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      59 11 WEATHER TELES*. AM. HONGKONG.— 4Bth Auoist— lo a.m. Barometer »-71. Direction of Wiad w s.w. ForoeofWind 1Max. Temp in Rhiitla 84 MANILA.— 26th 755 CUm 37 «6 88 Typhoon south of Loochuos probably moving northwest. Time Btu* on Fort Canning and Mount Faber drop d*ily at 1 p.m., Singapore standard
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    Cotton Dealers' Conference.
    294 12 In view of the terrible depression now prevailing in the Indian cotton yarn trade, and the accumulation of heavy stocks in Hongkong and Shanghai, a meeting of the Chinese dealers in cotton yarn and the direct importers of cotton yarn from India was held on the evening
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    A Horrible Story.
    158 12 A most sensational case was recently tried at Bcrhampur sessions. Several men were charged wi'.h the murder of a man whom they suspected as a sorcerer and to be associated with ascetics and learned in magic and who had •videntlv played on the fears and superstitious beliefs
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    99 12 A s-uicide occurred under somewhat peculiar circumstances at Hongkong on the 14th instant. The victim was a man named Li Chcong who had lately been drinking heavily. Some ten days previously the deceased was dismissed from the shop at which he was working and this made him drink even more
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    139 12 The Straits Echo" strongly urges the improvement of Prye Dock. It understands that the cost of the improvements is roughly est.mated at a million dolUrs and includes the construo.ion of an iron wharf; the acquisition of Prye Estate canal the reclaiiiat.iii of tho whole of the land so as to
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    168 12 Mr. W. 11. Martin, the General Mmiaaaf al the Kaub mine thus concludes his report for 1905 No effort has been spared on our part to place the mine on a working and remunerat.ve basis. I much coveted the pteafiura of being able to congratulate the company on the future
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    Chinese and Trade Marks.
    171 12 It is reported that an American f.yin in Canton, which deals in kerosene, r,as been compelled to bring before the United States Consul the bare.'aced way in which certain Chinese firms have adopt, cd the special marks of their ker cases, and thus managed to usurp
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    New Explosive.
    162 12 A factory is soon to be established in British Columbia at what point has not yet been determined for the manufacture of the new British high power explosive, Ammonal. Ammonal is the newest nneutiou in the line oi explosives, and is used for mining, quarrying and similar operations.
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    CORRUPTION IN PUBLIC LIFE.
    95 12 Iv an address deliveied bcioie thj teachers of Jefferson Ou.itv. Kin:ucky, Mr. William Bradley, a former Governor of the State, suggested that tin public school course should include the "study of corruption in public life and its paralysing iTcct on modem business nicthixls." Seeing the teachers
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    71 12 The Japanese avfchorit! n charge of the railway adafeustratkni in IfaacCvia intend to inaugurate a steamship service in connection with '.he railway. Tho vessels, it is reported, will carry cargoes of Fushun coal from Tairen (Dalny) to Hongkong and Shanghai. For ihl- return journey they will endeavour to secure cargoes
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    133 12 AiiK.ng passengers to Europe via Colombo recently were Messrs. Herbert Chappel, a wealthy mill-owner of Melbourne, and Enoch Richardson, the inventor of Richardson's exhaust value, who is taking his invention with him to England from Australia. The inventor claims that his new value will cut down tho cost of working
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      606 12 Banks, Insurances, Auctions. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. paid-up Capital m 0.000.000 p.xberve fund Sterling Reserve »10,000,000 l tia 500 000 Silver Reserve 9,600,000 1 600 000 Raerve Liability of Proprietors •10,000,000 COURT OP DIRECTORS. A. Haupt, Esq. Chairman. G. H. Mrdhurst, Esq. Deputy Chairman. E. Goetc. Esq. A. J. Raymond,
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      518 12 Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China, INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Capital £800,00 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £800,000 Reserve Fund £976,000 BANKERS. Bank ol England. National Bank of Scotland. The London City 4 Midland Bank, Uf. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Accounts are opened and interest allowed at 1 per cent, per
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      699 12 MORTGAGEE'S SALE AUCTION SALE. FREEHOLD BUILDINO LAND Districts op Siolaf and Toah Pvoh at Meesers. H. L. COGHLAN 4 COs. Mar' MONDAY, 27th AUGUST, at 8-30 p.m. Lot 1. Twelve plots Freehold Land frontage to Confederate Estate Road, Area 24,000 Square feet together with the native house thereon. Lot 2.
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      661 12 Mr TANGLIN AUCTION SALE FIRST CLASS TEAK FURNITURE, etc. TUB PROPKRTY OP The Rev. STEPHEN S. WALKER, M. A. AT THE MANSE, CAVENAGH ROAD, SATURDAY, Ist September, at 2 p.m. An Excellent Toned Cottage Piano by Rozenkranz, Handsome Solid Teak Goods Compris iog drawing room tables, teak bric-a-brac stands, WhatnoU
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