The Straits Times, 22 January 1907

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    Masthead
    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.247 SINGAPORE. TUESDAY. JANUARY 22. 1907. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      155 1 HOTEL DE L EUROPE. SIXQAFOBE. Fitted with the latei-t Mixlirn Appliancis |nr ■oiuf.irt aud Uealtli. KAINTV (TISINi:. SELECT WINES. t J COUPE DU MATIN (6,000 Kil.) fbde following did not lose any marks and were classified first:Mr. lVllegrin on 8 h.p. mohocylinder DE DION BOUTOM Mr. I. Bardin on 12
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      90 1 "STRAITS TIMES" BUSINESS DIRECTORY. HOTELS. CALEDONIAN HOTEL j 77. Bras* Baaah Road, Singapore The Brightest and Healthiest Resort in the City. Hotel Porter in uniform, meetq all 3o*ta and Trains. HOTEL WISSE Wkltfviuei>en. Batatu. Established in 1836. Renovated up to date. Splendid situation in the Fashionable Centre. Opposite the Palace
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      235 1 ROBINSON CO. ROYAL SEMI-PORCELAIN DINNER SETS FOR 12 PERSONS. ©A Large Variety of Patterns <*(»»*^v^ WHITE GROUNDS FLORAL DECORATION ■^fc i? i tnjf J ROYAL SEMI-PORCELAIN DINNER SET. ROYAL SEMI-PORCELAIN DINNER SET. Fur 12 persons, in vaiious shades of decoration. Tliix is one of the best Patterns ac keep. For
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      21 1 HOTEL OE L EUROPE. ■moArouc. Fitted with Mm -t Maim AkHhcm taf omf.irt htkl p DAINTY CIIMM-: SELECT WINES. V^ J
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    WHAT'S IN A NAME?
    430 2 Amusing V.M.C A. Incident. An enterprising American organiser in the V.M.C.A. i> just now blushing a beautiful red. There is in Melbourne a young lady who is secretary to a firm which gives the V.M.C.A. an annual: subscription. Recently she wrote the usual letter, enclosing the
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    LOOPING THE LOOP."
    356 2 LOOPING THE LOOP. Another Alarming Accident at Ott's Circus. Tito iuulii'iuv which assembled in Olts circus and MMMgOTM at C.'oloiiilmi. II January S. witn -sd an txcitin<; in- < ulent which was not hilled. William Schultze. who loops the loop, was responsible Car the special iuin and in tin- fulfilling
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    37 2 A woman should, when the i» l>cautilul. come to us as a pnom or a symphony; not as a Araaaaakar't block, luflounced and befrilled, representing a large sum in round figures. —Mrs. Leonard Marshall in "The Crown."
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    MUSIC AND DRAMA.
    1302 2 -Singapore Philharmonic Orchestra. Meniliers .if the Majam Pbiiiiai nionic Orchestra are asked to vote that liy kind Mnawiea of the Cominittcioi the Trtiiglin Club, the previous arrangement by which the club. <Mr evening a week, was Ht the servici- ..t t|,. Philharmonic Soeiei.v is continued, tlie icondition
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      60 2 CoH«. Colds are quickly cured by Chamber j lain's Cough Remedy. It nets on nature's plan, loosens the cough, relieves the lungs 1 and opens the secretions, effecting a per- S inanent cure. It counteracts any tendency of a cold to result in pneumonia. It is pleasant to take Children
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      408 2 THE EMPIRE 40,000 in use. if M*ke wvr trier ta < jFSif^ »n^ffaßKlia# Over 300 sold locally Over 700 sold to the British Government This Machine has been supplied to: The Postmaster General. The Government Printing Ottices. Colonial Treasurer. Colonial Secretary. Survey Department. Oovt. Veterinary Surgeon. P C. M. O.
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      278 2 McALISTER CO. LTD. HAVE .11 ST BEKN AfIMXTED SOLE AGENTS K«»K Messrs. IRVINE CO.'S FAMOUS Australian Wines Brandies. CLARET BlKCil NDY HOCK PORT CHAI3LIS SHERRY McALISTER AND CO., LIMITED. ISMAIL&RAHEEM 2 MAGNIFICENT VALUABLE NECKLACES One mounted with choioetit and whitetit Dismoml« bi I thi lth< r dccnnied with tine Oriental
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    Gold Reserve Question
    368 3 All business men will agree with tin i murks made by Sir Felix Schuster, M Dec. It, to the "institute of Bankers ut I ..union on the nccesMtv of increasing the geld rcoorva held by the Bank of fcaw-j land. The raaaal increase in the bank I
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    153 3 A pm Christmas is n fine thing t, rail at, but after a series of them one quite tolerant, not to >ay alficlionate, towards the anachronism and the real frosty weather of tradition an I the Chris. mas cards makes somew'i.'l M'vere demands upon the physique. \\V >ii«uld prefer to
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    WAR-CLOUD IN THE FAR EAST
    591 3 I Japanese and Russian Forces. Col'incl Gaeilkt 1 who won renown athe war <x-rrespondent of the Berliiu-r Tagel>l»tt during the late war in the Far Boot, ON jus; cntiihuted to th.it ikw .paper a ■•OMfkoMo artu-le. entitled "The Military l'osition in the Far East." He
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    Germany an I tie Elections.
    305 3 Kver am the ti iluiiun of tlic RcichstHi;. thfl MM in (Jirniany lias bean dearly defined. 1 1 in .In' contest between the natii n Bad I la- Kaiser the former are successful, tlien it ii Ml vcriimi-nt l>y party, bu* government l>y group, that
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      34 3 When You Have a Bad C old. V.m want a remedy that will give you j)i-i:npt relief. Get Chaniberla'iu's Coafa Remedy. It always cures am? cure* quickly. For sale by all dispenaarici a.id dealers.
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      529 3 ECZEMA FOR FOUyiONTHS Baby Girl Suffered from Head to Foot -Would Beat Her Head-When Washed would Cry with PainBlood Ran Down Back— One Mass of Sores— Medical Men Useless. CUTICURA REMEDIES EFFECT A CURE "I :im writing lo you a few words of advicr to moUier!i who may have a
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      598 3 Straits Times Annual, 1906-7 'Ghree Royal Portraits. Royalties Fame Singapore Rule s Fact States Rovers Fiction Straits (Dysterious Story Mr. Hugh Clifford, C.M.G. Price $1 or $1.2(1 with Postage. OBTAINABLE AT OUR AGENTS: JOHN LITTLE A- CO ADEI.PHI HOTEL. LIM HOE CHIANG Tai Jong Pagar. ROBINSON 4 CO. HOTEL VAN
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    97 4 Plac« ;i niMti iii a silk hat and frcc-k--<oal and trnnspoi*. him to a farmyard. Agricultural pursuits may be the" one pa— MW of lii> life, but dad in these garments as feda in stub surroundings miserable, out of place, essentially urban Clothe him, conversely, in flannel* .>r knickers, and
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      876 4 Same, port, probable date of arrival, and name oj Agents. Steamers. Achilles. limn. Jan 2i Mii.n-.ii. i Airlie, Sydney, Feb. 21 Boustead AleiwMk, (hin», Feb 17; Mansfield Vmbrid. Miniln, Jau/Feb Behn Meyer Anttnor, UwsfpoeJ, F.b 27 Mansfield ApK.-iina. Australia, Keb. Boustead Arcadia. il.,.^k „i^. Jan 31 I. ,v
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      PASSENGER LIST.
      345 4 Perl'. A O. s. s. Marmora, connecting with thf> stsamer Ml at ("010mb... from London Jan. 4, due Ist Feb The Duke and Duchea* of Counaught, Princess Patricia ofConnaught. I and suite. Miss Bridtu.n. Mrs. ltobiuson Mr. D. T. Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Lemon. Mr. F.
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      MAILS CLOSE
      83 4 tor Per Sttamrr Timt Smmnv. I'alembang WWLv'Hm ll'i</> *aiu. latagW Mag Tkpt mm Sanißiant; Oiamf Ann noon P.S'tenham A I'euan^ KiH'urthulu 1 p.m. r.aii^k ik 4hml \i.-..// I p.m. Peimnv' ard )l<>mba\ bcMa Jp.m. Teluk Anson via ports MMmm I p.m. lVnanj; mid I>eh Culf/pt,, 3 p.m. Clk-i'ilmhi
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      MAILS TO ARRIVE
      106 4 From Eckope— By the N. I) L. k. fVaaawt I due on Jan. '>■'.. From China— By the M. M. s. 3. taluk due on Jan. •>. L*tt i. Dec De< Dec .lan •lan i!ao Jan Jan Jaii Sinjja •JO •24 31 I 10 M 17 12
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      Ships and Steamers.
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      SHIPPNG IN PORT.
      83 5 I'i.iU-r ihid headiug tl«- (ollmvmn alibrevistions are used str. ateamer i>h. ship bq; barque scb. schooner Yet. l'acut I'm —Cruiser G'bt.— Gunboat Tor.— Torpedo H.p.— Horsepower Urit. British DA— United States Feb. French Gor Gcrmau Dut.— Dutch; Ital.- Italian Span. —Spanish Sar. Sarawak; G.c. General-cargo; d.p.— ieck
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      Men-of-War. etc.
      164 5 H. M. twin screw "md class MNtMM, 11 «ims, 12..VR1 h.p. Ca|.t Klliot, Ji'ii. 1"). I'ioni Kremnntlo. Jnn. Kor \u» tralia, Jan il— lWh. Htm-, JI. M. ii ii. i,ui;i toi,K. n ■H, 10.IKXI h.p. dipt Micluilsom, Jan. 19. I'l-oin Calcutta. MM. 14. I'or Klakan, Jan. 22. H.ls.
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      TRADING VESSELS, &c.
      1196 5 Latest \rrivals. Amirml Kn*,,iHt, Ft-h. Rtr. MM ItW, Captain ltarhdo, Jan. '.'l. Fro,,, S.-ng,,,, n». (;.i-. M"..mi- Con.t.- Co. rii Urn imillii i. Tm tl- IW-. 1:)w,,it,,. Brikatr. 1.'.t.">7 Inn*. <npl Wiuciel«ink. .lan. I'roin Kaiig.hii. .Inn. 17. C.v and M <l.p. Honsteiul .v Co. fat Kanfloon, Jan
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      VESSELS AT TANJONO PAUAR AND KEPPEL HARBOUR.
      93 5 Wharves at which Vessels arc Berthed To-day. raojone r»o»» K*«t Wharf B»sin:— Hong Moh, OMWH I E*»t Wharf Sect. I— Bharata, McClellan. Sbct. 1 (Hbekrs Whari) Glenmonig. Sechon No. Lflna. 3— Ays{(arth. Mtrapi. 4— Nil. B—Ti'irier.8 Ti'irier. 6-Sarpedon. 7 ii.M.S. Hernieb, lka.Mi<l,i Msru,
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      Steamer Movements
      37 5 (iKKvtN Mail. The I ii|*n«J German mail hteamer fmm sen," ln-.\ing left Colombo at 10 p.m. on the 90th mutant, may be exerted to arm* here o.i Satnrdav the 2fith instant, at abinit 10 a.m.
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      CLEARANCES
      53 5 January '-'I Saudou I'.nU. Brit rtr, Kuai Binyo Maru. Jap str, Hongkong and Japan Ban Hin Gusn. Brit str. l'ontianak Pjei'l. Nor sir. Murigkok BankH, Brit sir. Am imbas A Natuna-> lilan.lRajah of Sarawak. ir Ktr, Sarawak Permk, Brit str, I. Swetteohain, Teluk Anicm Hye Leong, Brit str, P.
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      692 4 P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills )f Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental, and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or abont MAIL LINE. Outmard (for China\. MM 2 Feb llenwha U
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      599 4 KONINKUJKE PAKETV Under contract with the Net Anrnt* at Singapore: Ship A<,in< y, lat The undermentioned da From 'peeled I Paltud Batavia J M 21 Bat b I di De F.trcn* Sampit Jan 23 Bat I B P I V Van HumuiuU Patemban- Jan 12 Bat i STOOMVAART-MAATSCHAPPIJ. STEAMSHIP COMPANY
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      622 4 fAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. iherlandH India Government. E J. Dakm».i.s a Co.. 2-3 Coi.i.vii Qiat. ten are only approximate Will be des|atched for:— .avia, Jays-Coast. Samarang. Soeraaya. Boeleleng, Makassar, Amhoina,! aparoea, Banda.Toeal. Woeloer, Ilwaki, lisser, Serwaroe, Tepa. Adaoet, Lelingwwon.Dnbo. Flat, Fak Fak, Sekar and riaser, with transhipment at Batavia to 'elok Betong,
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      741 4 N. D. L. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. Imperial Herman Mall Lin*. The fast and well known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from BremenHamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Por Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki, and Kobe to
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      345 4 VESSELS ADVERTISED TO SAIL staMMB, TakiUaru, due Jan. M, SymeAC. London Ma ports, Macedonia, on 28th March. P. 4 O. Co. Port Swetteuham and Peuang, KapurthaUi every Wednesday, Boustt-ad. Teluk Anwiu, via [lorts, Mou.layM, S. S. Tuesdays, for Port Suetteuliam via port*. Wednesdays, for Teluk Anson via ports. Thursda\s, for
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    JAPANESE MATCH INDUSTRY
    314 5 Proposed Amalgamation of the Factories. 3, Tlien lias been a feeling of solicitude lor aome time, writes the Kokuinin Shimbun. on the pa 1 1 of the authorities and of thrme engaged in the ujatch iiulustry. that want of combination at home and pressure from abroad would
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    77 5 There is an etern. youth that is n«it to he debauched, and i -an be no bad tiling for mankind If lie plirity and wouder i "f 1 1» i --pint on >ved their untr»n> jnirlloil i>pressir>ii i ChrilMMi Day r,npip^o| r'tnjri< If sjie irith' i bocom i grejt nation.
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    AMERICAN CHAMPIONS OF THE YEAR.
    971 5 Extraordinary Performances Tfce American sporting year has closed trith a Kinarkable record a record of ■chievementa, perhaps, that have scarcely evor l«'( n excelled in the history of -port. Records' have been smashed in ail directions, and in but very few de-j-art mi nt- of
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      342 5 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. LIMITED. PKNANG. RANGOON, AND CALCUTTA. The lluval Mail steamer WtLUUTA, 4,054 tons, Coininauder A. .1. Windebauk, K. N.H. will lie despatched for above ports on 24th mutant, at 1. 30 p.m. prompt, making the voyage to PeiiHtig in 24 hours. She has HMio accommodation for
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      529 5 INDOCHINA STEAM 1 NAY.CO..LTD. I'm Hteaniemof this Company maintain 1 regulnr service between ('ali'iitta, StrniU am ll",n;koi^, taking cargo on through Billt 01 Lading for (anlou, Swatow, Amoy, Shanghai Chefoo, TieiiUiii. Newchwaug. Yangtsze Ports, Formosa, Japan, the Philippines, Ac, >ye. Strainer* <»tl lli<- I .ilnitt.-i. Strain Hlld llouxkoilK Rim Toii^
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      700 5 I C.P.R. Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Line. 1 THK NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO KL'BUH 17.1 CHINA, JAPAN, CANADA wmt llie I'NITED STATES. llouu- from Honsjkoug, iin Shanghai. NnLa-;'ki, (Inland Sea of Japan). Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria and Vancouver, R.M.S. Km|'|ik>s cik I\nn i Twir. -<i itw hteaX.M.S. "KatMMW Jwax"
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      112 5 Austrian Lloyd's Steam Navigation Company. The following are the dates ou which tl Company s sVeamera may b* exp-«tad to anne an.l -vl from here:Omwmum I*l7 Arrive*. fmrnmrnm •nh VM /VKi.l '<ih Match Trieste Aid Apnl 'UdUkWlIU' "l«07 Sail*. China 9th Feb U'ftrii Mth Maioli n;,ru,url. 11th April t Via
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    DEATH
    24 6 l)*('i:r/.- -On jKinmrv H. at (i.s Chaaaa ■aai, Slmnulmi. lic'.luinium Maria, widow af the late A. A. Da Cm/, of Mai no. m,'c-,l
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. TUESDAY. JANUARY 22
    569 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. TUESDAY. JANUARY 22 On February M. instead of next Friday, as previously arranged, tin- Loan l'.jll for raising MtllMM BMBBI i)-for<- the I.<.ojslati\v Council for consideration. Tiiis measure it (kumml by the Council :md afterwards sane tiontsi by the Secretary of State, will inaik
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    288 6 I tit il fuller details come to hand, it would be unfair to condemn the Governor ot l.iuniic.i for his attitude towards the American sipiadron. The American ships went to render aid. just as Kritish men-of-war have done on so many occasions iv all parts ol' the world, and. according
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    201 6 In this issue, we publish a letter from a corics|»>ndcnt raising the vital question of the purity of the food supply of the Colony. Occasionally, we hear of a prosecution for milk Mliilteration --an 1. judging from ]Xi sonal observation, we have no hesitation in sa\iiin that prosec'ition ought to
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    272 6 It is worthy of note that at the present time, Itussia. who had only H8 battalions in the Far Kast before the recent war. vow had IH7 battalions there. During the war Japan increased her army by 4 divisions only; now she is bn.ily engaged in increasing it by 20
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    8 6 Hussia has established a Conuulatc-f ic-neral at Harbin.
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    18 6 A wonderful discovery of gold lias been made at Tarnagiilla. Australia, resulting in a stampede to tlie district
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    13 6 The Wcihaiwei (i>ld Mining ('oiiip.iny has been woun<l up for lack of gold.
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    16 6 There is to be a Mums' Concert in Haag kouß on Friday. -J.ith iimt. (Mums' Night).
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    20 6 H.K. Tnan Kantf lias unm-iioneil the raising of three million taels for the pafM ..I carrying out reforms in Nanking.
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    20 6 KarthipiHkes have tteen cs|hi icneed on the Scandinavian |Huin-ula and nmnv people iv Norway and Sweden have suffered much damage.
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    24 6 A telegram to a Hongkong contemptrar) states that the new system ino|m«ed by Mr. llaldane for the Kritish army is modelled ou the Japanese.
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    27 6 Th" principal attraction at a Hand of Hope meeting in a village in Cornwall was the local publican's giaiiiophonc in charge of I ton if ace himself.
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    24 6 The I', and O Nuliia. which arrived this inoruiug troiu Hongkong, Ins on Imanl M tons of guucottoii and nminiiiiitiou from HougUoug tor Loudou.
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    31 6 llougkony's rainfall in fJM was T7.S(» in dies, the twenty-two vcars' average being aS.i»S inches. The highlit record is 1 19.V-' in I l and the lowest 54.7 M iv I.mil
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    31 6 The appaal of Mr. Wilfred John Holmberg was on yesterday s list in tin: Supreme Court, biit could not Im> reached aud will In' beard l» now morning at 111 o'clock.
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    26 6 Information has been received from the Harlmur Master. Saudakan, that from Keliuarv I. the white sectors in the Kudat huilioiir light will Im- changed to green.
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    31 6 A fund is being raised in Hongkong for tin widow and children of the late Mr. J. li. Craik. who was murdered under such din tre-sing circumstances at Kowloon Dock recently.
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    31 6 While lishing at Dover one Saturday an angler captured a tine solan goose, which swooped down and swallowed a fish he was landing. The goose wa- thus hooked iv the throat.
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    26 6 According to the International Herald." published at Naples. Lieut. Collard has beeu reprimanded at I'ortsiiioutli for iurticting the non authorisisl punishment of kneeling on the men."
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    42 6 A war scare continues iv California, says a Shanghai contemporary. One rumour is to the Hl i -ct that MM Japaiifsi- have landi d in Mexico in ri'iilf to the I'niled States. Another story is that ">ini soldiers havo arrivtil at Honolulu.
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    43 6 The I'ckinu authorities have ordered the Viceroy of S/iclnian to consult with the lie sident ol' Tibet with the olijiit of MJMaj funds to build a railway from S/echiian to I'iU-l It has kaaa decided to o|K-u towns in TiiH't to foreign trade.
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    40 6 The Chinese Cov^'-nment has decided to establish a naval university at Tientsin in charge of Admiial Sab also to establish naval schools at Nanking. Wuchang. Canton and Foorhow. at all of which liriti-.li ami JapaiH se iustrucx>rs will be employed.
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    56 6 The city of Manila, which only live years ago was cousiilered one of the stinkpots of the Orient has Ixen declan-d by Colonel John Van It. Huff, of the dical depart went of the I.S. Army, who has recently inspected the City, to ei>ui|>are favourably with any of the large
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    53 6 lietoie Mr. Justice Fisher yesterday after noon. Mrs. Josephine Mary Isabella Thomas, of Palo lirani, applied for letters of administration of the estate of her deceased husband. Mr. John Morgan Thomas, who diet! iv the (ieiieral Hospital ou the (ith instaut. leaviug one child. Tin- order was made granting the
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    55 6 Messrs. S. Figgis and Cos. India Rubber rc)K>rt dated London, December 2H, says: With greatly reduced receipts at Para this month, below the general c xi*ctations, only so far about 2.200 tons, prices are higher and spot scarce. Fine Hard, at j2' to i/B; Peruvian, "> 2; Fine Soft, ■>
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    55 6 A British soldier was drowned, the other day, in the caual at Peking. Such an accident is not likely to h&ppeu again, this season, owing to the Commanders ol the Knropeau tnroops there having forbidden tinmen to skate on the caual. The Chinese render skating dangerous by making holes in
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    51 6 The Petit Parisien has been taking a plebiscite on the relative pre-eminence of great Freuchmen of the last century. Fifteen millions of answers have been received, and Pasteur heads the list with 1,:::im.42.j votes. while Victor Hugo conies second with 1,227, 1(t:i; (iambetta is third. Napoleou 1. fourth, and Thiers
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    57 6 Mr. Rowland Allen applied before the Chief Justice yesterday afternoon, for permission for service out of the jurisdiction of the Court on I >r. D. M. Hoss, District Surgeon, Kinta, IViak. who, it was alleged, «as indebted to bis clients, Vong Lee Seng antl Co., in the amount »4'.iT.tit for
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    42 6 To-day is the anniversary of the accession of His ilajesty the King. The warships in port and the Sea Mew and Sea belle were dressed up in honour of the occasion. The flagstaff's at Fort Canning and Mount Kabcr are not decorated,
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    16 6 A salute was tired from Kurt Canning at one o'clock. The Warships find a salute at
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    52 6 The Chief Justice this morning guve judgment in the case of Moona I'alapanoH. KcngaHamy, holding that the plaintiff was entitled to damages in the amount of $1.00 ami costs. The plaintiff sought to recover damages in the amount of (8 for day for 11:: days for the wrongful detention ol
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    Social and Personal.
    627 6 Arrhbishop Montgomery, ol San li :m, i-, o. is Jtail. Sir William Tartar, lli'sxU nt mi.il the X..M S., arriveti by tin- Mernn to da\. His K\et llrncv Sir .lolm Audeis4>u will ha present at the Volunteei -mokini; cincert at the Drill Hall on the Mth in-t.
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    Royal Asiatic Society.
    64 6 The Journal of tin Straits Hraneh of the Itoyal Asiatic Socioty. December I'.hh. just to hand, is a bulky volume, it contains contributions from Mrs. Kland, and Messrs. K. W. Hiich, W. O. Maxwell, (i. M. Laidlaw. P. Cameron, H. N. Hidley. Mi. Tan Ki* S«)ou (revise<l
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    Hotel de I'Europe.
    104 6 The following are the visitor* ami Natfaa*l at the Hotel de I' Kuropo; Mr. and Mn, Sharp. 1,. Fiefjer. li<- U nis. H. Nellis, W. Leahby, C.P. Stewart, Capt. and Mr. St. John, K. W. Steads, Major Von Clear, Mrs. Thomas, Miss StaunVr, Mr. and Mrs. \V
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    Warship Movements.
    78 6 Th« Kiitish China squadron, inuli-r f|M Admiral M«Kire. left the port yesterday tit Ul p.m. The King Alfr.il, Astnea, ami Mouinouth have gonti to Saigon. The I iiu'lt in left homeward bountl. The I'lialleiiger, bt-longiug to the Anstralian station, left tiastward this ***** mm;. The Hermes, flagship of
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    JAMAICA'S CONDITION.
    664 7 JAMAICA'S CONDITION. INTERNATIONAL DIFFICULTY ARISES. The Governor's Letter. INDIGNATION IN U. S. AND ENGLAND. A Striking Comparison. RvDTn'l Tki.kohams] London. January 21. l:>-iitcr'« correspondent telegraphing from Kingston on the I'.Hh instant says that it ap |K-ais th* Aiiierican bluejackets lundi.il at Kingston and patrolled the streets, and assisted in clearing
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    A Sleepy Carter
    79 7 A Ming and a hiiiaman. lx>tli cart drivers, were companions in the dock before Mr. ('olinaii. the Third Magistrate, this morning, on an allegation hi fighting in Kiver Valley Howl The evidence showed that the Kling went to sleep while in charge of his curt and v
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    COURT Of REQUESTS APPEAL.
    158 7 Commissioner's Judgment Set Aside Kana Viena Ana Lima appealed before the Chief Justice yesterday against the decision of the Commissioner of the Court of Requests by which P. L. P. A. Palaniappa Chetty was giveu judgment against him for lv. r >.4l for balance alleged to
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    AN INTERESTING VISITOR.
    594 7 Tea Pioneer to visit Malay Rubber Estates. It is thirteen xeats since Mr. II K. Ifiitlierford \isitid LV vlon. says the "Ceylon l)l>s< r\ci. On that 'occasion he visited all the estatt s belonging to the Ceylon Tea Plantations t 'ompiiiiy and those of the Anglo Ceylon
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    Planters' Telegraph Code.
    219 7 Mr. A. S. liaxemlalc. of Kuala Lumpur, has compiled tho B. S. I*. C. Planters' Code just published by Messrs banders, Phillips ami Co.. Limited. 6 and 7 I'pper Thaiiu Street. London, E. C, the well-known tine art printers. The Code, which fills sixtythree pages nud deals
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    "Drunks " Fined.
    55 7 "Drunks Fined. Tin-, morning Joseph I'iu-a, a Maltese, and Lee Swi Teek, a Chinese baba, were charged before Mr. Green, the Second Magistrate, with being drunk and disorderly in a public street on Sunday night. Both men admitted being druuk and said they did not remember what happened They were
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    SANATORIUM AT FUNCHAL
    117 7 Enterprising British Capitalist's Concession. [Der Ostasiatisc he Lloyd Telegram.] Berlin. January 21. The Portuguese Government have laid before the Cortes at Lisbon, a Kill to transfer to a liritish capitalist the concession held by l'riiiee Hohenlohe for establish ing a sanatorium at Funchal. in Madeira. The capitalist's
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    GERMAN COLONIAL POLICY.
    69 7 Dkh OsTASiATistHE Lloyd Telegram.] Kerlin. .January '2l. Hi 1 1 Lindcipiist. tin Governor of German South West Africa, and Hen Derubiirg. the Head of the Colonial Department, have delivered speeches at Dresden anil Munich on the future of the German colonies. These Colonies, their administration, andproapecta are
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    GERMAN WARSHIP AT SAIGON.
    87 7 [Dm <)stasiatis( hk Lloyd Telegkam.] Merlin. January 21 The French authorities at Saigon have given a friendly reception to the German men-of-war Furst Kismark and Tiger, which have just called there. This courtesy meets with recognition at Kerlin. The fad that these Geruiau men cf war
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    FESTIVAL AT ST. PETERSBURG.
    58 7 Dkh Ostassvi ist iik I.i.oYi) Tki.kokam] lierliu. January 21. The revolutionary activity at St. Peters burg gave rise to foar that the Greek Church Holy Water festival there might be taken advantage of for seditions demonstrations. The contrary proved to be tile ease. The festival procccding-i
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    CUSTOMS DUTIES.
    55 7 [Dm ()stasiatis( he Lloyd Tm.kukwi i Kerlin. January 21. Mr. ItiMit. the American Secretary of State. will pay the Governor General of Canada n visit. The oli|ed is to discuss the Customs duties question with the Canadian Govern mem. 'I'iic high American tariff stands in th way of
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    SALEMBAU COAL COMPANY
    92 7 It has been intimated to us that the exploring work of the Salcmbau Coal Mines in Korueo has come to an end and Mr. Hogenraad. the mining engineer, will soon issue oflicial reports. Shareholders will be pleased to learn that the mines are described as being a
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    The Pope's Windfall.
    104 7 It is being positively stated in Home that the Pope has during the past few days come in for a great windfall. The amount is stated to be t HUM mm>. It has come by the death of Archbishop Guistino Adami, a quiet ecclesiastic little heard of
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    A Question of Dress.
    140 7 A weekly paper, discounting on the rcceut Koyal entertainments at Windsor Castle, states that it is incorrect to wear evening dress there when foreign sovereigns are on a visit to the Court. Evening dress is an absolutely unknown attire either at Windsoi Castle or any other
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    THE FAMINE IN CHINA.
    298 7 Latest News from the Distressed Area. Chinkiang. January 8. From a comprehensive survey of the situation in the camps, and after consultation with leading men. officials, civilians and missionaries. I estimate that there are 17,000 relugees in the vicinity of this town. Of these MM show
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    ACCIDENT AT SEA.
    86 7 Dutch Steamer Betsy Loses her Propeller. The small Dutch steamer Sri Tringganu. Captain Abas, arrived from llagan and Tebing Tinggi this morning with the little Dutch steamer Hetsy. Captain ringing, in tow. The Malay captain of the Ketsy report* t'.iat his vessel broke down on Sunday when
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    African Exploration.
    192 7 London, January 1:1. The Duke of Abruzzi, who is the guest of King Kdward at Buckingham Palace, delivered a lecture before the Koyal Geographi cal Society list night, his subject being the exploration of the Huwen/.ori glacier. King Kdward attended and there was a most distinguished audience, including
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    Buying a Lottery Ticket.
    49 7 Ins) lector ll.nl brought a Chinese coolie before Mr. Column, the Third Magistrate, this morning, on n charge <.f buying four lottery tickets. The coolie admitted purchasing the tickets from a stranger in the nail He was fined $10. Hi. Worship personally destroyed the tickets.
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    Murderer Hanged.
    46 7 The Sikh, who was sentenced to death at the Assizes for murder in Brunei, was hanged at the Criminal Prison at 6 o'clock yesterday morning. Death was instantaneous. The body was afterwards handed over to his frit mis and was cremated at Pasir Panjang.
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    Jury Service.
    254 7 It is not often that applications fur exemption from serving on the jury meet with success, unless the grounds i-pon which the req.iest iH based arc exceptionally strong. This morning (says the China Mail of the 15th inst. I when the Fire Insurance case was called, Mr. W.
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    26 7 A "Government Gazette Extraordinary" notifies that as Bubonic Plague and Cholera exist at Bangkok, that port is declared by His Excellency the Governor to be infected.
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    ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP A STEAMER.
    61 7 Three Russians Arrested. London. Jauuary '11 Uwing to the arrest of three Russians on a charge of attempting to blow up a Russian mail steamer leaving Alexandria, a mob tore down the escutcheon from the Russian Consulate and hoarded the mail boat. They sought
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    SEMINARISTS EXPELLED
    64 7 Fifty Persons Wounded Seriously in France. London. January 2*2. The Assembly of French Kishops has been closed, but the decision arrived at has not been revealed. Violent scenes were witnessed during the expulsion of the inmates of a Seminary at Beaupreau, in the department of Maine and Loire.
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    FRENCH DIPLOMATS
    47 7 London. January 11 M. Lagarde will probably not return to Abyssinia as the French Diplomatic Agent there. The Agent at Cairo, M. Klobukowsky. is now in Paris, ant 1 is going on a Mission to Addisabeba in connection with the Kthio pia railway scheme. Keuter.
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    ALLEGED MURDER IN SAGO STREET.
    147 7 Preliminary Enquiry by the Third Magistrate. Two Cantonese named Wan Ju and Ow Pin were arraigned h. fme Mr. Cohnan. tinThird Magistrate, to-day, for preliminary enquiry into au allegation of causing the death uf a Chinaman, uuiued Tan Ah Wah. in Sago Street, on January
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    SUPREME COURT.
    447 7 End of Will <V the Wisp Case. MM* Mm Chief Justice this morning at 10 o'clock, the hearing of the case of Mohamet] Kiiso|h- and Said Marican and Co. v. Tang Joo and Co. tor damages for not receiving, according to contract. at the port of Kelantan, cattle
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    Law Court Etiquette.
    115 7 A curious difference is that made in the local law Courts between Christian and nonChristian Chinese and also between the modern Chinaman and his more conservative brother, says the China Mail." If a Chinaman does not boast modern tendencies, or profess Christianity, he may wear his hat,
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    LAND QUESTION IN PENANG
    645 7 High Rents for the Poorest Accommodation. 1 A complaint that one is always having dinned into one's ears in I'anang is that of the very high rents which our landlords di ■ma ml for Hie poorest of house accoramoda •ion. says the "Straits Echo." The average
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    Theft from a Child
    75 7 A little Kling child was walking along Perak Road, Kandang Kerbau, yesterday morning, to change a $."> note when a Chinese coolie snatched the money and ran away. He was pursued and captured by the boy's uncle. The note was recovered. This morning Inspector Crummey charged
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    Record Bun-Eating.
    125 7 Record Bun -Eating. A grand bun-eating contest has just taken place in the town hall. Port Melbourne, recently. The hall was crowded. The stage manager announced that 12 competitors had entered, and explained that the event was to be decided in three eats." Kich, solidlooking fruit buns were provided, and
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    Notice to Shippers
    125 7 Owner* and masters of veamim are requested to keep their vessels as char of the Ranges as possible during the beary gun practices, which will taka place icon the undermentioned Forts on the dates stated, commencing at 10 a.m. each. day. Range-clearing launches carrying ted Aatp, will
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    Passenger List.
    71 7 The following passengers are execpted to arrive here by the Imperial German Mail steamer Preussen due here on Saturday morning. the 26th inst: Messrs W. Abiaham, Frit/ (touring. Miss Alice Cortlandt-Ander-son, Mr. aud Mrs. F. N. Ch. l>urege, Miiw Kiiiiiiv Stein, Miss I. mat v. Graevenitz, Mr. 11.
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      17 8 M..ugk..iig beat Canton at hockey on the 1 2th inst. by goals to 0.
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      Cricket
      126 8 Injured Tourists. I he M. C. C. team appear- to be li<uing a ba«l time in New /.cal.iud, in the sccuud match at Wellington, V vnward, the captain and best man on the suit, split a tendon of I'is right leg and his been sent to a NnlM home
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      Rugby Football
      215 8 •Truth Immm that the attention of the Welsh Rugby liiion will be directed to what a Spoilsman correspondent (signing himself South ali.it. "1 has said iv that papei as to the condition of Rugby Football. He slates, as plainly as a pikistart. that pseudoprolcssionalisiii is rampant. He indicates
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      The Turf.
      504 8 Pretty Polly. It lias been aiiuoiiuced that ILimmerkop has ;i, oinpanieil Pretty Polly to Major l.odei s stud farm iv Ireland. This is a mistake, llamiu.-rkop is still at Newmarket, a'ld as she is believed to be sound, she is to l>c trained for another season. This mare
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      Lawn Tennis.
      429 8 Wi-iurni in the Air. 111.- s,> ealU 1. form parly of the Lawn I'uiinis AswHiation liavu ap|Uireiitly gained 11 point. The announcement is made that Mr. Archdale I'ahuer. s«-eretaiy the AllKnglaud Club, bus tendered his resigimtion. which has been atx-epted by the commit!*-.-! At thi'ir iiiiaiiiin.iii-, wish Mr.
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      Association Football.
      163 8 S V. A v. F Co West Kents, and XI. A match was played ou the S.C.C. n of the Ksplauadc yesterday afternoon between a team representing the S. V. A. and a second eleven of F. Co., West Keuts. The S.V.A. did a lot of attacking during
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    SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB.
    471 8 Annual Genera! Meeting Yeslerday. 'I lie'annii.i l general meeting of the Singa l«ire Sporting Club was held yesterday afternoon in tlie Kxchangc. Mr. C. Sugiteu, the President, occupied the chair. "and there were also present the lion. Hugh Kort, Messrs. Xocl Trotter, K. L. Hrockman, J. Payue-Galway.
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    National Revenue.
    77 8 The hgurrs for nine rnonthv of the natioual rev nnr aud c\|>euditure show tbat ho far Mr. Aftqnith han a balance over his e\|»-cted position at this time of 17.n00.0iH1. The principal cause- ol tlii-, yinxl fortunp an- to be found in the boom which has lieen experienced
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    MALAY RUBBER AT CEYLON SHOW.
    934 8 Comments by Mr. Ridley. Writiug to the Agricultural Bulletin oi the Straits and r*. derated Malay States, Mr. H K. Ridley. MA, F. 1..5.. Director of the Singa|iore Kotauie (ianlens, and one of the Editors of the journal, makes the follow ing comments on Malay
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    IMPROVEMENTS AT BANGKOK.
    482 8 Developments Due to the Railway Lines. KOl residential purposes Bangkok has grown considerably to the north in recent years, owing to the layiug out of Dusit Park. To the south there has been little change in the town for a good many years, but in the not
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    NOTES FROM PAHANG.
    594 8 I-'i:om Old Own CiililtKspoMir.s 1 1. liipis, January I L Thr dates fur this year's assizes and civil sittings in I'aliang have been h'\cd by the .Judicial Commission, r as follows: Kanb and Itentoug at liaub. April 0. .Inly. and September 17. l.iiiisand Temerloli at I. ipis,
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    59 8 Tin- Viceroy of Canton has telegraphed to the Government at Peking that a certain L'lniii -<■ merchant has donated a Urge ion of money to be spent in building in Java a lar^c tcmplr to Confucius. The Viceroy MM thr Kni|ieroi to Mt tin Dutch authorities., in I i.v.i for
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      161 8 To The Kditor of the Straits Times. Singapore. January '21. Sir. Will von allow me to call \ollrat teiition to a matter which admittedly affects the IwH'i of Singapore As a HI comer I notice theic arc fr- .pent prosecutions in connection with milk adultrr atioii. and the
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    179 8 Handicaps for the Next Meeting. lln Mbwian an tin mtif^ta ht Mm WMM liamlicap t.vints at tin tortln -ijiiiiiiy raci merlin;* of Mm hBMMg Turf Club: Tiu. Mki:< hams' lie. In si Tenor ll.'' I'riuec (MMHj HMS 1,0i.| HMO UMi Immn MB Kitty 9.4 Maii.lolinc H.J2 (pulton
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    79 8 Sucntuy of Wm Tall has published rL|K>rt>s which lif has Merfwd Imm recruiting nHii CM throughout the country which show h ijieat lack of iMnHi for Dm United States regular army. Recruiting officers say that heretofore they could take their pick of hundreds, while now they find it almost impossible
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      567 8 LITTLE'S T TENNIS REQUISITES i*£mff +4§l^ This Kackrt is -Inui", with Kluck <mt mE 11' "^TTTTtt'ltt specially niii<le for thr Tropics ;i lvi is tf l|J|j^t!^"llt:: J (iiia.anteeU for six months. Pfittplip price $12.00 Wgl :rf IXHIHKTY BATS T DEMON KATS 91 s|-K< |.\L DKMON KATS. \c. IS AYRE'S CHAMPIONSHIP
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      98 8 DAY BY DAY. Tuesday, January 22. High Water. < H p.m. Accession of the Kine 8. V. I. Co. Dnll. S. V. E. Drill. .-.-1.-,. 8. V. A. Co. Drill. r,:w. Concert. Memorial Hall. 9. rhillmrnionii- orchestra practice. Tuu^'lin Club. s:IO. U.-siumisi.-i lib* MiM|Mß' Con.-.-it. 1. 1, ,n,i M<- ml
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    COMMERCIAL.
    226 9 Singapore, Ja\i-»hv U, 1907. PRODUCE. Gambier buyers 6.921 do (Cube No. li unpicke<l 10.. r >s Copra Bali 11-0* do Pontianak '■>'■>■• Pepper, Black 1H.40 do White 5% 24.62} Sa*o Flour Sarawak 2.96 do Brunei No. 1 2.911 Pearl Sago 5.40 Coffee Bali, l«i% 1900 Coffee. Palembang, 20% battis
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    50 9 We have done our part in promoting conciliation. We fully recognise that the day for conciliation is over. The battle has to be fought to ihe finish, and in the end no such concessions will be made as were offered by the Government to the House of Lords. British Weekly."
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    49 9 It would be quite impossible to imagine any people more courteous and considerate than our King and Queen, and they are such perfect sitters. King Edward has, by the way, a very keen knowledge of how to arranee a group tor photographic purposes. Mr. J. Rie>sell in the TatW."
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    57 9 To-day the good old ghost, like Jacob Marlev, is as dead as a doornail. Not only has it disappeared from fiction even at Christ mast ide. but it has ceased ta command the interest and respect which were once ac-.-orded to it wherever it li.nl managed to establish a reputation
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    65 9 But Christmas Eve," some will say, ■met its death with the motor-car." TliU is u< at all likely to be the case. Xothintj co ild do more to conserve the old-time feeling than an up-to-date journey ajaqg the high road: the restby the holly-decked inn that overlooks the yew .-lad
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    78 9 The first thing I did <m my return from the Btatai '.lie other day was to catch a (old <>f the best English December brand. The English cold is more tliorouu'h in its effects than any other. In America the first ciues.ion an Englishman is always asked is. What do
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    62 9 Tho Ciovi'i nmont have an unequalled opportunity. On no other subject could th'v m< me at the present moment such union of forces. On the Irish question, the '.enipcrance question, the land question than would be inevitable diffaraacn et opinion, with their correspondent falling away But on this qMStioa of
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    84 9 All classes, nowadays, ride where I In v ul<l liavo walked a tVw years ago, .mil it <au hardly be said that they are the better for it. We are athletic in our way. but when all is said and done, nothing- keOfM mon and women aUr in better condition
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    91 9 Bir. what father is likely to advise his son to take up the career of an assistitit master at a preparatory school and to go through ;he four or five years' expensive training required? He will ask. will it pay? When will my son be in I position to marry
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    43 9 It is pointed out that England's historical associations are of priceless value in education. In fact, ihe J^ords rely on them so implicitly that they are prepared to turn down any measure of reform sent up by a Liberal Government. Daily Star," Toronto.
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    100 9 A custom long practised in the West Country was the wassailing of the apple trees. This event took place on Christmas Eve. when the farmer, his family, and friends assembled together having fortified the-mse'ves with hot cakes and cider, and armed with any old guns, blunderbusses or pistols they could
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    80 9 From a spectacular pom*. of vi?w faris quite eclipses dingy London, but in the matter of road surfaces, London is a quarter of a century ahead of Paris. Just now vhe road surfaces of the capital of France are worse than shocking, and to drive at any speed over the
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    141 9 Unsophisticated people like a man with fire in his inside, and Raisuli seems about the only man in Morocco who has it in appreciable quantity. It is hardly too much to say that he is Morocco. Envoys may negotiate with the Sultan or the Maghcen, but what they do depends
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    53 9 Books have a romance of their own in which the layman is entirely unversed. Their material production alone lias created -and maintained a number of widely different industries, and there are publishing firms in our midst that have flourished for over a century and a half, and are growing still.
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    63 9 The Bavarian woman is perhaps the least privileged of all her European sisters. Not only is she least affected by the education and social advantages now enjoyed by women, but she is forced to do the most menial labours. Indeed, so low is her slat us that she is regarded
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      369 9 Date c< a umber format Capital Subscribed i o( ue ion Sbar*« A llle ap'to X—™ Company I J Qcothtiox--1903 •800,000 I •MO.OOO 30,000 I• 10 1900 1175,000 j •140,000 1 1 g.ju, I •10 1901 woo.ooo moo.ooo m.'ooo io 1903 £400,000 £340,000 350,000 1901 1300.000 1293,600 io'.OOO 110
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      RUBBER.
      308 9 1905 1903 1904 1905 1903 1906 1904 1905 1906 1906 1906 1903 1904 1904 1898 1903 1905 1904 1904 £iio<xw £ifwns-io! 4650 1 £100.000 5104.93..10 m 1 12/6 »200,000 »87.400 1» 10 uniuuad! £30.000 £11.125 n>floo £17/9 700,000 1610,000 70,000 10 1 f 10 £70,000 £70 000 7o!o00 1
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      GENERAL.
      196 9 1894 £5.377.10.0 1898 9225.000 1865 it 10.000.000 1901 (2,400,000 1901 134,000 1809 I •875.000 1903 »600,000 £4,648.15.0 7,638 12/6 •225,000 4,500 50 110,000,000 80.000 |M •2,400,000 »100 •34,000 3^400 110 t taTUKM S B'ooo8 000 llo •240,000 24,000 •10 1 -i.i;.«i uninn«l 130.000 600 50 •^OO.OOO 2,000 »100 •421,000
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      DEBENTURES.
      41 9 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. 6% #600,000 3% prem. ltiley Harp-eaves, Ltd. 6% 2*5,000 2% prem. Singapore Municipal 6% WO.OH) 20% prem. 5% 1.H78.000 2% prem. 4% 602,000 2% dis nomina. Tanjong Pagar Dock Co., Ltd. 6% 330,000 prem 5% 1.050.0J0 par.
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    THE NEW DREADNOUGHTS.
    302 9 Contracts for the Battleship Superb. Mam. Armstrong. Wliitwortli. and Co. Ltd.), of Newcastl?-on-Tyne are to build the new British battleship Superb, and the Wallsend Slipway and miginiering Company Ltd.) the turbine machinery. Next to the great Bbwieh firm i in Mm competition for the construction, of the
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    JUDGE LYNCH.
    172 9 Outrage Planned in a College Hall. A rut her lynching affair is reported from America. It occurred as far north as Annapoli-. where the Naval Aead -my is situated. The affair happened at daybreak. when a mob t,f tbCj men WMriaj masks demanded entrance to the gael This
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    48 9 One needle is a pretty mmII item. but the daily consumption of ■OSMtbiag like 3,000,000 needles all over the world makes a pretty big total. Every year the women of the United Stati-s break, lose, and use aboir. 800,000,000 of these little instruments.— Scienti fie Amcri-.-an, Xew York.
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    52 9 Than are many sad things in tn (Inn pantomime— lack of humour. lack of grace, lack of story.' and so frrth J and ■aw we arc told that the Principal Boy. ihat dear remembrance of our I nyliood feyi ami bewitching joy when hairs arc pay, is also doomed "to
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      253 9 Bouton Rouge Felucca f «HKSE Cigarette* are Manufactured V/ I and Packed at Cairo. K«ypi. with ex- Gl treme care, so as to retain the freohnesti j J of their exnui«ite aroma, ami ensure m their reaching the consumer in /~1 V absolutely perfect condition. A No better Egyptian Cigarette
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    STRUGGLE FOR THE PACIFIC.
    450 10 A Menace to Australia's Security. Ike sleepless activity of Germany and Japan in the Pacific is a menace to the eecmi'y of Australia, which should make an end of Inter-State rivalry, M -Broad Arrow." It happens that Mr Deakin. the Prime Minister, warned the home Government
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    Mr. Carnegie's University Trust.
    194 10 While there may be students who mn abusing Mr. Carnegie's University Triiit money by applying for their fees iii h their parents are well able to pay them, theiie are apparently still COOM in which \ne Carnegie bounty can l>f a very present help in time
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    Dangers of Motor Buses.
    190 10 Tlicio was some excitement in South Kensington OB December '26, when a Union Jack motor omnibus caught fire in Sussex Place, shortly after eleven o'clock in the morning. The first intimation of the outbreak wh> a loud ex|il. sion. followed by an outburst of flame nntU
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    CURRENT LITERATURE.
    1398 10 A Kaik \Vikm\i.. Periwinkle." By Lily Grant Duff. London Murray. 6s. Periwinkle is a book that sets tka reader in many different minds. There is a preface which states that it is not a treatise on morality, and should, therefore, not be read by persons under 25 or
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    A Familiar Butler.
    194 10 A wtll-known lady in society had en gaged the Mrrim of hut lor who lor many year- li;ui waited in this capacity upon one of t*M chief republican ■■•■■■Ml. He had acquiicd an uii.,uit--1 able lial.it I. ii, ot Ion? and h. mound trVM under r -publican
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    58 10 -Human and kindly relations an obscured Ijy hesitanc;\s whether and where to bestow half-crowns. ami seem to detect in quite good followa I furtive rapacity. From all but I par ticular type of '..lie social pionc tlirrtis a "spontaneous lapse of coin that MMM to weaken us out of proportion
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      567 10 Banks, Insurances, Auctions Hongkong V Shanghai Banking Corporation. PAID-UP CiiPITAL U0.000.00C RESERVE FUND Sterling Reserve 110,000,000 i aqn 4UI nnn Silverßeserve 110,280,000; io wo uo Riaerve Liability of Proprietors 110,000,000 COURT OP DIRECTORS. A. Haupt, Esq.— Chairman. O. H. Medhurst, Esq. Deputy Chairman. E. (I.H-t. Esq. A. J. Raymond, Eaq.
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      544 10 Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Capital £800,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietor* £800,000 Reeerve Fund £975,000 BANKERS. Bank ol England. National Bank of Scotland. The London City A Midland Bank, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Accounts are opened and interest allowed at 1 per oent. per
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      711 10 AUCTION SALE OF TEAK AND RATTAN" HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. PIANO. Ac. At No. 1, Thompson Road. Saturday. MM January. 1907, at IM A Cottage Fiaiui in Ebonised frame. GOOD TEAK Furniture comprising Marhle Top Teapoys, Caned Teak and Rattan Arm and Occa sional Chairs, Marhle Top Octagonal Tables. Marble Top Sidebuards.
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    FROM WAITER TO BANKER.
    327 11 Chequered Career of Accused Paris Financier. The P;tri-iau banker. M. Simeoiii de Plcras, win. n allapd t.. have defrauded Prince Frederick Charles von Hohenlohe of a large MB of money by bogus transactions on the London Stock Exchange, has been undergoing another examination by the Juge
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    Artillery Volunteers in India
    275 11 Pretidiag a< the annual dinner of the! Cosripore ArttttaTV Volunteers., wliich took plan on Dex-PMiber "29, at the Calcutta Town Hall. Major-General Scvlti repeated sfce pnmi-e that this fine corps! would as soou as ))osi>iblc be rearmed. Sti.tnue a.s it may appe;ir the corps. which lias
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    Chinese Opium Exports.
    246 11 The C'hintM' ircnuaraf imhii <lis- 1 poM'd t.i proceed in a leisurely manner with the abolition of opium manufacture,! sale, and i-onsumptioii. Up to the present, it ha.'- not lomnnmicated to Down-iag-ctreel even .lie harest outlines of this ■eft-denying ordinance, says the "Globe." Our anti-opium zealots ugM
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    38 11 RntHir b ;iL r .iin i'\i>v with the )>!■"- admui appearance of a motor- ui^ wiii.li i, to be m> quiet that you wil; not know that there L« one 00 thi until you have l>epn run over.— Puiicli."
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    CHINA'S ARMY.
    433 11 riisation in Accord with Modern Ideas. United Service Juunial is always indebted tor information as to the periodical changes and progress made iv military matters in the principal foreign armies. The October aud November numbers of ihe journal contain Colonel Gunter's translation of Von Lobell's annual reports, which
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    GAMBLING IN AUSTRALIA.
    315 11 The effect of recent legislation against gambling in New South Wales has been very marked, says the Sydney correspondent of t.he Tribune. Instead of Cleat crowds blocking tlie main thoroughtares in Sydney at the points served by betting naapi when some event has been oi l^ likely
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    20 11 Obliterated inscriptions on c:iins can of en be road by placing the coin for a few moments upon red-hot iron.
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    DISILLUSIONED OMAR.
    360 11 Contributes an Envoy to bis Rubaiyat.i Kiyht well you kn iw. my friend-, '.hat once mv song ilii prai>e of wine, red wine, *\.i« loud I and long 1 lark now I wliisper where 1 BBed to shout. [As balf-afraid these rhapsodies weio WMWf, jYct deem not this
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    Sir Frank Swettenham.
    343 11 Mow i- if," says ,i i 1 1 ispoi;iii-i:t < I the (Times of Ceylon.) that this Administrator has not been •.housjhf "t" as our next (lovenior He ii not too old and has just the experience thai woold .ell ill Ceylon, l^ook at llii-^ picture of
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      289 11 CROWN <g|||s PERFUMERY. JSSr Manufactured by JSL THE CROWN PERFUMERY CO., LONDON and PARIS. OF ALL DEALERS. See that the bottles are stoppered with oiu registered •'CROWN STO^PRR." We beg to inform our customers that the well known Old Taylor Whisky JTj I will be sold U P to 1907.
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      327 11 Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. Borneo Wharf. Telephone 1026. Sea stocks of all kinds of Frozen Meats, etc., can be delivered to Shipping at the Wharves, or in the Singapore Roads, on short notice. If Thawed Daily Supplies are required, orders for same must be telephoned to the Borneo Wharf
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      67 11 j. A reliable medicine and one lliat should always be kept in the home for immediate 'use in Chamberlain's Cou?h Remedy. It 'will prevent the attack if given as 9Oon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough appears. There is no danger in" giving it 'jo
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      587 12 WANTED. AN ASSISTANT MASAdEK'- For a large ■Rubber estate in Johore. Apply to C.B. c/o Straits Times. ItJinOß BILL COLLECTOR for the Straits Tinifs Press Limited. Security 91,500. Apply, giving references, to the Manager. NURSE.— Wanted for Sumatra, a nurse 10 tak" akaqai of one child of four years and
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      665 12 TO BE LET. HOUSE.— No. 2 1 Wilkie Road. Immediate eutry Apply to A. S. Shooker, 7 D'Almeida Street. OFFICES.— SmaII first floor offices facing Cavenagh Bridge Road and Fliut Street. Ap(ly to'Gnthrie A Co. Ltd., Agents. u.o OFFICE.— No. 7 Battery Road. Three rooms on 2nd floor. Apply to
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      587 12 TO BE L LETI COMPOUND HOUBE.— No. 6-4 Oxley Road. Entry lit of March. Apply to A. S. Shooker. 7.D'Alneida Street. 184 A COMPOUND HOUSE.— So. 102. Ri\er Valley Road. Newly repaired. Apply E.MEYER 4 00., Ml No. 1, Malacca Street. HOUBE.— No. 8-h Chancery Lane. A first class Eurcpean
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      640 12 NOTICES. TC ADVERTISERS C/ 0 "STRAITS TIMES." Advertisers, whose ansners are to be add.-ess ed to c/o Straits Times, will confer a favour on tbe Management, if, when they write to this office, to inquire for th >se answers, they instruct their tamby who brings tbe letter to wait fur
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      265 12 ARGYLL MOTOR CARS. The most popular Cars in the F. M S. Ten of these Cars are now running in the Straits and F. M. S. NOW IN STOCK: Two 10-12 H.P. 5-Seated Cars. (SIDE ENTRANCE). SILENT RELIABLE. TRIALS BY APPOINTMENT. Rover Motor Cars 6 8 H.P. Two-Seaters. T he
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