The Straits Times, 17 August 1908

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.731. SINGAPORE. MONDAY. AUGUBT 17. 1908. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      276 1 BAYARD-CLEMENT Motor Cars. Exirart from a ttuttmrr* letkr datnl Hantjkol, July 24, 1908. The 10-16 h.p. "Bayard" supplied to me is running beautifully. I am extremely satisfied. Tiro Cars of this §er§ s«w. Modi (10-16 h.p.) harx jvst hem hnulil. We shall In- diUiihtiil I i/irr ijou a trial run.
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      125 1 ADDRESS. Our Representative is now at Ipob, and will be at Penan;;, about August 18. He will call at any other station when requested. LAWRENCE AND MAYO, OPHTHALMIC OPTICIANS. London, Cairo, Bombay. Calcutta. Madras and Rangoon. R. W. HEADS, Consulting Mining Engineer and Metallurgist, Member of the Institute of Mining
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      190 1 Robinson and Company. y CHROME FOOTBALL S I With Toe Caps and Bars. PUNCHING BALL. Jff^N^— m tl Soft Tanned Hide, Uubber ;> ift > Springs, Floor I'late and '-""Sk /a\ PEAR SHAPE PUNCHING lIaLL the brogued shoe. fcs*""" I Best Smooth Cow Hide, Han.l PORTABIE PUNCHING BALL. For Golfing,
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      129 1 ADELPHS HOTEL. GUEST NIGHT EVERY SATURDAY. THE BAND of the 2nd. ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT will play during and after Dinner on the FIRST SATURDAY of EVERY MONTH up to II p.m. DAHL'S MILK. As a guarantee of tbe purity and quality of this well known brand of Milk attention
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    RUBBER NOTES.
    981 2 PLANTATION SCANDAL HEARD IN COURT. How a Company Was Formed. At the London Bankruptcy Court, on July 0, Mr. Registrar Hood resumed the public inquiry into the flotation and failure of the Brazilian Rubber Plantations aud Kstates (Limited). Mr. E. A. Hancock was re examined by his counsel,
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      478 2 Electric Motor Cars ARE NOT MORE SILENT WHEN RUNNING THAN HUMBERS v^jfx "Humber" per SIMPLICITY RELIABILITY and ELEGANCE These Cars are Unrivalled. 23 have been sold locally, and every one of them is giving complete satisfaction. A recent testimonial says I have completed 25.000 miles on a Coventry Humber, and
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      43 2 METHYLOIOS. laken internally. No pain, discomfort or ncunvt-iiii in i as when injections are used. Hctliyloid- givt- visible reoultti iv a it w hours lud cure in a short period. Absolutely Bait-. Setter than any other treatment. Thousands iow use them. Price low.
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      261 2 "DE SUMATRA POST." Published daily at Medau. Deli, is the LEADING paper in Sumatra. 6 m MAKTIX >••• i> < JUlTtii tkf tew u»'. it > p m(«lrßi ot 111 «f«'< i 4 ■■m> t: ■IFOR LAOIES«i~ D-JOR£T«HOMOLLE*S "APIOL" .'i the most sun remedy agalntt the Sickness, mnt other effects
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      207 2 NON-POISONOUS DISINFECTANT Instantly stops infection from whatever cause arisiiv. It is so concentrated that ONE GALLON MAKES 400 GALLONS of powerful disinfectant fluid. Used and Recomme nrieJ doctors and Nurses. A personal ooon in the Tropics. ■Agents: GUTHRIE CO., Ltd., Penang, Singapore and Bangkr fe^O^JWASTERS' WATCHES VTlmf/L. /^Vm Will Stand
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    VESSELS EXPECTED,
    835 3 Same, jurl, probable dai. 'J arrival, and n( m bTKAMERS. Acbiiii^, Livarfoal, Bapt 10; v I U Alrlie, Sydney, Au^ 2J Boasteaci Ajax, Cliina, Sept W. Mansoci I Alciiions, Lhrarpool 9e)it 12 W. jfimtllM Ambria. llou^knng, iSept Uebu Meyer Anamba, m-.ez, Scjj; Ka. \oiat.c Co\Autunc, Hongkong, Htfl H'
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    48 3 Time Ballx ou Fort Canning and Monnt I iilu r drop daily at 1 p.m., Singapore standard time corresponding to 6 a.m. Greenwich meantime. The tiuiL-gun ie fired at 12 o'clock noon, indicating Singapore standard time, on every day excepting Sunday, wben it i» fired at [on* o'clock.
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    COMMERCIAL.
    268 3 SlNUAtom. A i MM 11. 1908 PRODUCE. Qambior I «.t>-l do (Cabe No. I) unpickod 11.75 Copra Bali <■'"•" do Pontianak .7.00 Popper, Black Tll-On do White 9% IT«J6 Sago Flour Sarawak 2.97. I.i Brunui No. 1 2.85 Poarl Sago N 8.641 Coffee Bali, pickod 21.00 Coffee. I'alombau^, 20
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    Clearances.
    117 3 August 13 Drafar, Nor etr, Poloe Laut Choysang, Brit str, Penang and Calcutta m Grotius, Dut str, Batavia 4 Marmora, Brit s»u, Bombay via ports Valentyn, Dut str. Anamba, Natnna I 1 n > r 1 De Kerens, Dutsti Banfljermassin Vau Swoll. Dut str, U;ua\ i.i Putmla, Brit str,
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      102 3 A WELL KNOWN REMEDY. There are few people iv this country who have not used, or at least heard of. Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It is the first thing ihoy think of when tlu:y or auy member of thr family aic stricken with diarrhoea, p.iin in the stomach
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      158 3 Singapore Tids Table (Fi;uj Auim 15 10 Acui 21.) HIGH WATBE. LUW WATER Time H^iTt ~Time~ H'gLt August mm. ft.ins. brs.miu. It. ins. ■um»U i•• "I 6- :< -a'"' El ■UaMXU J 0 55 pI11 g.o 6 31p1n 3 Kk O.JI am 1U.5 7.9 am 1.0 BLN v l 0
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      MINING.
      299 4 Dmto ol form* Oapltal ton II Nun.. r Subscribed of I Bhsr i iMae P»id Vulne I zfi to 1903 1907 1901 1903 1907 1901 IWM lßoe 1906 1908 19M 1908 1907 IMM 1907 1908 •300,000 400.000 »300,000 424,000 •800,000 *****0 £400,000 350.000 •400,000 375,');.. £60,000 I 89.00J 4100,000
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      RUBBER.
      338 4 im 4150.000 124,125 f 4*. 1 I 1M.500 1 17/6] 11,60 10 1«» n i i B 6 7 i 1 \%l 10 10 I 10 1 1 ifiM 1 1 (1,000 1 1 I Ml J 1 i ma/-»» i i 2,6 180.C' 1 1 f 184,0<i-> 1
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      GENERAL.
      158 4 van 40,377.10.0 •WS.OOO 111.000.000 •1,400,000 4.SM 226.000 18,000,000 V I 11/6 80 .121 125 11^. 100 i )00 100 100 10 I 100 100 10 to 400 1 ljut 100 100 4,9^6 100 300.U00 10 1,833 10 18/5 50 MS 918 IWM S,«OO,OO0 MM IMU im 1891 1«M UO4
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    RUBBER NOTES.
    974 2 PLANTATION SCANDAL HEARD IN COURT. How a Company Was Formed. At the London Bankruptcy Court, on July 6, Mr. Registrar Hood resumed the public inquiry into the flotation and failure of tin 1 Brazilian Rubber Plantations aud Estates (Limited). Mr. E. A. Hancock was re examined by his
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      481 2 Electric Motor Cars ARE NOT MORE SILENT WHEN RUNNING THAN HUMBERS \^t&y' "HUMBER" For SIMPLICITY RELIABILITY and ELEGANCE These Gars are Unrivalled. 23 have been sold locally, and every one of them is giving complete satisfaction. A recent testimonial says I have oompleted 2">.000 miles on a Coventry Huiuber, and
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      40 2 METHYLOIDS. taken internally. \o pain, discomfort or inconvenience an when injections arc used. Mt'thyluid* give visible reoulta iv a few hours and cure in a short period. Absolutely safe. Better than any other treatment. Thousands now use them. Price low.
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      264 2 "DE SUMATRA POST." Published daily at Modau. Deli, is the LEADING paper in Sumatra. 8 m MARTIN •\^M^PiLLr k .'!MV«»- kfc-i '"/i»i i?UI7Tr It' S'.o— Ktbi'.. T; m\o.*t* 'riSful* H» O* II X Ijl" 4 <Oft* O.'. FOR LAOIESM~ D"JORET t HOMOLLE'S"APIOL" 1$ tht most $ure r*met!f tqalntt the Sleknett,
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      256 2 NON-POISONOUS DISINFECTANT Instantly stops infection from whatever cause arising. It is so concentrated that ONE GALLON MAKES 400 GALLONS of powerful disinfectant fluid. Ustd and Recommenced Doctors and Nurses. A personal ooon in the Tropics. I Agents: GUTHRIE CO., Ltd., Penang, Singapore and Bangkok Ij^^v^MISTERS 1 WATCHES VTW/L /^Vm Will
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    SCIENCE NOTES.
    1141 3 ELECTRICITY USED FOR WHEAT GROWING PURPOSES. Interesting Experiments by Sir Oliver Lodge. Sir Oliver Lodge has prepared an account of experiments in the application of electricity to crop growing, carried out by Mr. J.E. Newman, of Gloucetiter, acting in conjunc tion with Mr. R. Bomford, of Salford Priors,
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      599 3 A HOSPITAL NURSE Nervous Disorders, Exhaustion, Overwrought Nerves Over and ov» r .ivain rlevet and cTpnble jx'ople find tl!etn-;<]\es without a scrap of k that is o lend them, and thiaacta&Uy was the predicament o' a skille<l aad experienced liosnit;;! nurse, who tells 09 slip was so prostrated by nervous
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      277 3 A WELL KNOWN REMEDY. There arc few people ia this country who have not usod, or at least heard of, Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It is the first thing they think of when they or any member of the family are stricken with diarrhoea, pain iv tli sloiuach
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      609 3 m li FiZZ-OLOQY 0 A STUDY of the Fl RST WATER PRASES NEAVE L*f Special Whisky. CHOP RV! PRICE: $13 PER CASE. DUTY PAID. Sold by YONO HOA SENrt. GHEE SOON. YONG LEE SENG. HOON KEAT. ANN LOCK KIM HIN SOLE AGENIS PATERSON, SIMONS Co., Ltd. SINGAPORE AND KRANJI RAILWAY.
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    VESSELS EXPECTED,
    824 4 Name, port, probable date oj arriial, and name of Agents. STEAM KRS. Aclnlle*, Liverpool. Sept 10; W. Mansfield Airhe, Sydney. Aug 24 Boostead Ai«x, China. Kept W. Mansfield Akinous, Liverpool Pipt 12 W. Mauanaial Ambria, Hongkong, Sept Behu Meyer \mimba, Suez, Sopt 5 East \siatic Coy Antung, llongkang.
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    LIST OF PASSENGERS
    163 4 Passengers Outward. r. Qenaaa atoaaMr Pctai Kitel l-'rietl-rich, doc Aii^n-it _'i. Dr. Hera. HiHTimryer. \li-> Anna Mr. aadMn. Dejiim, Mr. 11. P.Cauw, Mr. V A. Melville. Mr. Duuciu Uadriei Mr. K. EL van tier lloeven. Mr. B. H. 11. l;;ivens»\.iay. Sir, K. M. de Vries. Mr. Hl-iii
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      37 4 Wii i eaa fOSJ 4a when Mat iieail aches'.' Nutliinn. Caat work, cau't rest. c;iu't skeji. cau't liavi- t'uu. But Htnaißsi' Headache Cure will make that all right iv about 20 tuiuutes, yaj gift it a chance.
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      697 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan. Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt. Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London Through Bills at Lading Issued tof Chin i Ooart, Perilao OaU, Oontlnvntai, »a1 taMrimn Fort?. Steamer) will leave Stngapire on ir tfea* MAIL LINE {Outward for China). 1908 ifji;i
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      712 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HANDEL AND BCHEEPVAART MY. "BANDJER." BANDJERMASIN. The Steamers ot this company maintain a regular service between: Singapore, Sonrabaya, Bandjermasin, Polo Laal, Ballk Papan, Koelel, with transhipment at Bandjermasin for Bampit, Mandawai, Koemal, Kotta Waringln, Djalal. Tbe steamers have good aocomodalion for first and second class passengers. Tom Gun.
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      453 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTB. CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAP CO. 1 LTD." Ihe Companies' steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for the Straita, China and Japan every week, and from Japan homo wards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight and for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool monthly. One
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      576 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. The steamers of this Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straita, China and Japan. Homewards, they are dospatohed fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and onoe a month for Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and Colombo. Taking cargo
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      807 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. D. L. NORDDEUTjCHER LLOYD. Imperial Uartnan Malt Lica. Tbe fast and woll known mail ateam r I this Company sail fortnightly from Ur. Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Boutn..-i. ton, Gibraltar, Qenoa, Naples, (oonnectici Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice NBM Port Bald, Sues, Aden, Colombo, Penang Singapore, Hongkong,
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    SHIPPING IN PORT.
    1409 5 •o*<l :-.tr.-.M»mer •h.-ihlp. bq.-barquy, Kh•cboootr; Tot.— Yacht; Crm.— Cr»U«r O'bt.— Oun boat' Tot.— Torado H.p.— Hor»«-power; Brit.— BrltUh; U.S.-UnlUdHUl«»; Pch.— Franeh O«.--rierma n' Dut. -Batch Ital. Italian Spaa.— Mpanlih; Ku.-HtnwU 0.c.-O«n«ral cargo A.p.-tlerk pan huii, u.-Cn<*rtalD W. -Wharf; T.P.D.— TanjoDf Pwarbock. K. H-K.pp.l Harbour; P. 8.-Puio Bukom
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    ARMY CRISIS FEARED.
    558 5 Grave Danger in Government's False Economy. Unless rumours in quarters usually to be credited arc singularly misinformed, says the Daily Telegraph, we are approaching ore of the gravest crises in the history of tho Army. It is understood that a section of tho Cabinet definitely contemplate another
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    Arrival of Passengers.
    83 5 Ky the Kinta, CapUiu M. Daly, August 17. From Toluk Alison: Mr. Max (ioldon bcry. Captain Oraliam, Lieutenants l.ockic, McCtlluiu, MacMillan and S< recant Major Kcuucdy. From Port Swctti nliani Mr. and Mrs. Watkins. Mrs. WilkinHou, Mos:,r 11. K. Davidson, KUmiiu, Itidluy, Kuchruiann, Kvan and Soudon. I'mtu
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    Mails Close.
    96 5 Ko» Pn Siiuih Tnu Tnnnssow Sarawak /(■'/"'< ofßimn l 8 a.m. Cucob aianffiii Mian. P. SwottcnlmiM, I'. ■mni! Botoraa 1 n.m. Pulciiibang |V l»'» Triugganu via ports liny /.(..«</ a p.m. H'k'jng, Ainny. Swat<.w HmflM 2 [i.m. Ponan« nod Ueli Caiyjwo :i p.m. S.mrabaya Okmn—nj I |..m H'kong,
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      479 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. N.Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP GO. LTD. A regular KORTNIGHTLY norvioo la maintained betwemi Japan and Knrope by the following NEW TWIN-SCREW STEAMERS, Under Mail Contract with the Imperial Japan ccc Government, specially designed (or the Company's European Service, lighted throughont by Electricity, provided with excellent accommodation (or First
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      350 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. N.D.L. In combination witli tbc STRAITB STEAM SHIP COMPANY. LIMITED. Combined Round Voyages. SINGAPORE. DELI (SUMATRA), PENANO, F.M.S. PORTS, SrXQAPORE, or SINGAPORE, F.M.S. PORTS, PENANG, DELI (SUMATRA), SINGAPORE, by N.D.1., lirst clais passenger steamers, RANEE and MALAYA, and the well known steamers of tlio Straits Steamship Company. Limited.
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      496 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. C P R. Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Line. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO BUKOPE VIA CHINA JAPAN, CANADA »0,l Ute UNITKD BTATEH Konto from Ilouch'ug, via Shanghai, Nagasaki, (Inland Sea of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria and Vaooonvor, R.M.B. "KitpaESfl o» Ihdi»" Twin -screw steaR.H.B. LnraiBB or
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      573 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. PIANO FOR SALE. At very reasonable figure, a Cottage l'ian« it) splondid condition Apply to L.W., o/o Straits Times. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. LIMITED. FOB PENANO, RANGOON AND CALCUTTA. The Company's Steamer MUTTRA, 4,644 tons, J. 11. O'SuUivan, Commander, will be despatched (or the above ports on
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      50 5 A MESSAGE FROM AUSTRALIA Messrs. Williamson I Co., .Jumlah, Quoenn land, writes: li.imlx rl.iin (olio, Cliulora aud Diarrhooa Reiuedy un)oyn a gruat reputation in tin m- parts. It ha>, effected some really romarkablu MM, and there i* bcarcbly a home without a bottlfe." For »al« by (all DupentajriM and d«ai«r*.
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      129 5 DAY BY DAY Monday, August 17. High Water. 2.4 p.m. N. D. L. homeward mail due. S.C.C. tennis tournament. Alhambra Cinematograph. 7-:)0 p.m. L.L.T.C. Autumn tournameut. Hale'a Tours. Japanese Cinematograph. 730 p.m. Harima Cinematograph. 730 p.m. Wayaug Kassim. 9 p.m. Tuesday, August 18. High Water. 2.17 a.m. 2.43 p.m. N.
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. MONDAY, AUGUST 17.
    1036 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. MONDAY, AUGUST 17. With sedition rampant in British India, English people can sympathise with the Frt-ucb, who are .ace to face with a similar state of affairs in Indo-China. In both countries, it would appear that oue of the predisposing causes of the unrest
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    19 6 Seventy thousand cases of karoaiae oil for Chinese ports arrived from New York, yesterday, by the Indra linor ludrani.
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    21 6 The Kuala Lumpur Aerated Water Company has dtcid«(l to pay a dividend of 10 pel cent on preference and ordinary shares.
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    22 6 Mr. E. E. Colmau, the Third Magistrate lined a Chiuamau %\l, this moruing, (or possession of n small quantity of illicit chandu.
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    12 6 in Saturday afternoon, a Chinamnn drop ped dead near the Caveu«j;!i Brijhje.
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    21 6 Sixtyoue thousand tins of oil arrived from Langkat. on Saturday, by the Norweginu steamer ll.iU.ud. which gi>cs from here to Wwchwaiie.
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    26 6 On the A pear liner Japan, which arrived from Calcutta, yesterday, en route to I long koug. a passeuger died of beriberi on the day previous,
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    25 6 Shipowners at Hongkong have protested against the raising of light dues in connectiou with the proposed typhoon shelter, but (iovcrnment refuses to reopen the .juestion.
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    31 6 I- mm the F. M.S., a party of IU Malay States (iuidts aud their officers arrived, this morning, by the British steamer Kinta. to take part in the annual military uiannnivres.
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    28 6 From Baugkok, a cargo of rice arrived, this morning, by the Norwegian steamer Heim. A similar cargo arrived from the same |K>rt. yesterday, by the Norwegian steamer Frcya.
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    29 6 Mr. Angullia's ricksha coolie aud ',wo other Chinese have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of ten nickel watches from Mr. Angullias establishment at No. I Collyer (^uay.
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    34 6 Sim Ah Kow was sentenced to two mouths' rigorous imprisonment by the Third Magistrate, Mr. E. K. Cohuau, on Saturday, for passing a counterfeit dollar. He had a previous viction for ,i similar offence.
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    37 6 The head Kliug coolie at Tanjoug l>agar reported to the poMei that he had been robbed ot live »IO notes anil no accordion. The police have arrested a Kling Scrangoon Road with the accordion in his possession.
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    40 6 An accident occurred ou the British stetimer Ouipenta shortly before her arrival, yesterday, oue of the crew falling from the funi.el and breaking both legs. He was removed to the hospital. The Oni|H-uta is from Calcutta en route to Sourabaya.
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    44 6 Low Ah Lak, a coolie who was charged with criminal breach of trust iv respect of some rice ami othe r g^oods which his towkay had given him to deliver, was discharged by the Third Magistrate, on Saturday, the com plainaut withdrawing the charge.
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    42 6 LiUchtuan Sinyli has reported to the policethat he was robbid A *l 10 by a Chinaman on the Johore Woodlands ferry, yesterday afternoon, while returning from Johore. He l'"iuted out a Chinaiuan at the Tank ttoad Station ami the accused was arrested.
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    49 6 Two Chinese were before the Third Magistrate. Mr. K. K. Colmau. en Saturday, on a charge of possession of five packets of morphia. One was acquitted and tho other was sentenced to lour months' rigorous imprisonment. as he had a previous couvictiou for poajMßjoa. of v hypodi rmie syringe.
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    50 6 There was a defamation case in the Fourth Magistrates Court, on Saturday, between Eurasian relative-, the details of which are uot printable. It was the ui-ual family (jnarrel iv which hot words were used. Mr. V. D. Kuuwles appeared for the complainant, lie defendants were riucd 16 each and costs.
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    46 6 rifty-Uo sets of tho war game, Bellum, invented by Mr. Mercer, of the Indian I'ohce, have beeu ordered from Euglaud lor distribution to divisions and brigades iv India. The nisi consignment of 1H sets has already been received and distributed. The ■MMaa is expected veiy shortly.
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    60 6 Liin (Juan Wiis sentenced to six months rigorous m.pri-onnn ut at the District Court by Mr. K. </. l Howard, this morning, for lumsebic iking at litdoh on the first instant. He broke into a house, eight miles from town, by tearing oil plank- at the back, and iwnoved elotiiiaji
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    60 6 During the excavation for ballast at the sand lull near StratlierU>n, Australia, the workmen unearthed twenty-three skeletons of aborigines. One was found in a sitting position, and two were perfectly upright. Tho land on which the sand hill is situated was part of the old I'lupna Station, and in the
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    54 6 According to piivatc advices receive.! in Munila, Bast iionlou, MusoauiiuautU, was visited with a disastrous conflagration on July 11, which destroyed several million dollars worth of property, causing almost as much damage as the recent Chelsea tire The district of Kast Itoston adjoins Chelsea which was devastated by lire only
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    60 6 Detective Sergeant Joyce prosecuted Chinese coolie before the Third Magistrate, this morning, on a charge of theft of a piece of Japanese cloth from a kliug shop in North Bridge Road. The wan admitted two previous MavietioM, the second offence been committal MM day after his release from prison the
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    83 6 A ISarisal. India, correspondent writes A lady belonging to a respectable family at Bute] west to the livn ghat, when; ..ii alligator caught her by tho leg and threw her off her balance. She seized some bam. boos which were lying there and though the alligator pulled with all its
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    79 6 A meeting of those interested in the formation of a I'iesbyteriau Church was held in the Masonic Hall, Kuala Lumpur, on Friday, the Rev. J. A. Gray, ot Singapore, in the chair. A committee was appointed to move iv the matter, and to arrange in the meantime for the holding
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    697 6 The itev. .1. P. I'arry, of Kiuta, is going on three weeks' holiday shortly. Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, Acting Bxaootive Kngineer at I'arit Huutar, go. on long leave this weak. Lady Howard, of (ilossop, aunt of Mr. K. ,1. Weld. District Officer, Kuala Kangsar. has arrive,! at
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    68 6 The Coliuan Football Shield aud Wm tucl :iU to br yivcu to tin' wiuucrs aud run nerH-up are now on exhibition in tho eatablishmcut of MusHrs. l-mail and K.ili. i iv. Bras Kasah Hoad. Mr. K. K. Solomon appeared before tho Tin'rd Hlglrtntn. tlii» uioruing, m xnawur to a charge
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    33 6 Mr. K. C. Howard, at the District Court, this morning, sentenced Vit Choc to a yenr'n rigorous imprisonment for housebreakinK at No. !t Havclock Koad, the residence of Mv Choug, on Friday last.
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    72 6 On the arrival of the cU-amiTs Japan and Hol^ Moli in the Penally liarboiir. ou Thursday, some Indian coolies, tx iu^ too auxiouH to ma on board earlier than the other-i, rush od iuto a sampan, with the result that it cnpxized, aud about half a dozen fell into the
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    REFORM IN TURKEY.
    167 7 OUTLINE OF NEW GOVERNMENTS POLICY. E\- Minister of War Surrenders his Fortune. lllauTiß's Tklkokams London. August IT. The newspapers at Constantinople publish the progianime ol Uie 0M Tuikish Goveiu uieut. Salient features of this programme are the poopoooli to cliaut,.- ail IfeWO aud regn Intions hwonoaaibie with
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    QUEEN WILHELMINA OP HOLLAND.
    24 7 Kih-tiik'-. Tkikiram.' London, August 1 It is announced that the accouchement of 1,1 u-i n Wilheluiiua of Holland is expected.
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    NEW BRITISH AMBASSADOR AT VIENNA.
    119 7 Kkctm'i Trwuii. London. August IT. "iir Fairfax I.eighU.n Cartwright. the Itiitish Mioisu-r -Itesidt-nt to Munich and Stuttgart, is appointed to the position of Ambassador at Vienna teudercd vacant bj the transfer ul Sir W. 1. <i, sullen to Herlio. It is twenty-M-vi v \nis since
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    THE ARREST OF JAPANESE SEAL POACHERS.
    60 7 lUturm's Tklkukam; Louduu, Angiwt IT. The Department .if Justin* I Washington boo Odviood that the Japanese ships Iliuse mam and P.irki mm c. which won rapturrd in the I'K-hring >>< a mid tliafar captains anil onwK oborajod wttJi nal-poaohing, to be taken to I'uga.
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    REDUCED REVENUE OF ENGLISH RAILWAYS.
    37 7 ]K»ot»rs Tklhhbam', London. August 17. Thu r< tin us of the KnglUh Kailway Coinpanic s lor the six BOBUM i ndiin; June M last show a dooMMO of Ll.ls-s.mm sterling; vet revenue.
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    LAUNCH OF P. AND 0. STEAMER
    122 7 I K«lli«K.-< TILKiKAU) London, August The new Peninsular and Oriental SU am Navigation Company's steamer Moiva was launched on tin. Clyde on Saturday. The 00M s t mi. r;s HMO registered tonnage Tin' uew twin screw steamship Morea il..".iKi I'.ns. is to moke her
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    PERSIAN PARLIAMENTS.
    27 7 [DkK OtTABUTISCBO LIOTD TlL»l)RAll] Herliu, August l.">. The ->liah of Persia has appointed a commission to establish a law regulating the election of new parliaments.
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    BRITISH AND GERMAN NAVAL PROGRAMMES.
    43 7 I Dan OsTisiATin'Hi Lloyd Tiliokam IWrlin. August If. It is leported that general lieling regarding an 111. del standing botwoOO QoMBMn and (treat, liiitaiu. iv NOfOOt to the naval pro graames ol the two couutrits. favours tht M-hciue.
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    A MYSTERIOUS CONTINENT.
    45 7 Hi 1 nit l iiimn London. August Iri. Dr. I atcot. th> eminent Frenchman, hai ►dil.-d from Havre for the Antractic iv at eight hundred ton baiiiue in quest of a luys tOMMO continent which is attfOMMMl to txiai 11 that region.
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    ROADSTER RACES.
    422 7 Urging Sporting Club Committee to Take Action. Wo have received the following further letters dooUflg with the suggested roadstor races To the Kditor of OM -^traiU Tim. s. Singapore. August 10. Sir,— Although il is very inurt sting to read the opinions expres--d liy various correspondents in your
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    CONTEMPT OF COURT.
    365 7 Right of Appeal from Magistrates' Decisions. In June last. Solomon Klias Solomon testified ou behalf of the defence in a case ol cheating aud decciviu*;. and during the proeeidings Mr. C K. J.Gretn summarily Mod him si.i, or toiirteeu days' rigorous imprisonment, for giving false evidence. Against
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    Safeguarding Against Collisions.
    95 7 The Mainichi states that the Nippon Yusen Kaisha and the Japanese Shipowners' Association have been for some time in consultation as to measures to he taken to protect the interests of Japanese shipowners iv cases of collisions with foreign vessels. Ou July 2.1 they consequently sent an
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    Pearl Shell Industry.
    124 7 Captain Liudbergli. who, with his brother has sailed from Manila for a holiday in Hongkong, speaks well of his new venture in the pearl shelling busim ofc Aftt leaving tlip strainer Tsinan. of which he was captaiu. ho ttlod down at /am boanga, bought four InMOOU in
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    Fatal Explosion.
    83 7 FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBITION SHAKEN. A Girl Secretary Burned to Cinders. |I!kc tk«'s TnMOUUfJ Londou, August 14. A seriiiufP" accident is nported at the Franco- British Exhibition at Shepherd's Rush. While a balloou Ixlongiug to Captain Lovelace, the American aeroniuit, was lx ing inflated, it OXfMoi, OOOWOg a huge HOBO.
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    LAHAT MINES, LIMITED.
    732 7 Directors 1 Story of Frequent Serious Mishaps. The report of the directors of the Lahat Mines, United, for Hrn thirteeu months ended Diomher 31. for thepeiiod from the date of the incorporation, which was Msentcd b« the first annual meeting of the shareholders at the Cannon Street
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    The Dangers of Naphtha.
    66 7 A special telegram to the Siam Observer, dated Kohis-Chang, August 6, states that the lighter Lucy was burnt with 3,000 cases of naphtha on board, belonging to the Standard Oil Company of New York. Five lives were lost. One man who was burnt was sent to
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    33 7 It is notified by the Marine- authorities that the port of Amoy is declared infected owing to the existence of cholera. Tin quarantine restrictions against Bangkok 01 account of cholera are withdraw u.
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    23 7 I The General Officer Commanding the Troops, Major-General T. Perrott, C.II. will inspect the Malay States Ouides al Tanglin to-morrow morning at 9.30.
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    Winston Churchill.
    212 7 INSURANCE GAMBLING ON THE SAFETY OF SHIPS. An Anglo-German War as a Wicked and Hellish Crime. IIIKUTHr's TIL«..HAH, London, August 17. Mr. Winston Churchill, President of the Hoard of Trade, is convening, urgently, a conference of shipowners and underwriters to consider what measures should be taken to suppress
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    HAIPHONG RICE TRADE.
    217 7 Flourishing Business Enhances the Profits of Shippers. The troubles in Tonkin have taken no bad oTcct on trade, tho shipping business beinp brisker than ever at Haiphong during the s< ooad quarter of tin's year. This is especially the case with the rice trado. tho shipments of
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    The Chilian Training Ship.
    119 7 The-Clnliun training ship will probably not get away, to day, as first announced. She came in closer ashore, this morning, in order to coal. Tho General Haqutdano has something like 400 cadets on booM who are being trainod for the Chilian navy. Her gun«. which number
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    Widows in Mysore.
    139 7 The last report on the administration of Mysore State declares that the total number of widows of all ages in tho State is ">2'2.H88. Scholarships have been established for the benefit of widows who are willing to work as traehera after a course of training. And boarding
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    Rubber Export Returns.
    73 7 The following is a comparative statement of the cultivated rubber exported from the Federated Malay States during the seven months to tho end of July, 1908 and 1907 1908. 1907. Increase. lbs. lbs. lbs. Perak 222,460 113,307 109.153 Selangor ...1,030,995 013,580 417,465 N. Sembilan 3.'.J.H0. r 254,458
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    57 7 The marriage of Mr. Bertrand (ieorge Sackville West, youngest son of the late Colonel the Hon. William Edward Sackville West, and Miss Kva Jones, elder daughter of Ma jor-Oeneral Inigo Jones, c.v.o, c d, of Kelston -park, Somerset, formerly Officer Commanding the Troops, Straits Settlements, took place at St. Peter's
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    RELIGIOUS REVIVAL.
    377 7 Remarkable Tamil Enthusiasm in Selangor. > (From Oir On Coi:!:Ksi'oxi>K\r.) Kuala Lumpur, August IS, A wave of religious revival WOOM to have set in over the Hindus of Selangor. During the last few weeks, the presence of Sri Swami Thayaraui. an Indian devotee. 111 their midst lias acted
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    LEATHER TRADING COMPANY.
    324 7 Si range Allegation by Witness in the Bankruptcy Court. In the Supremo Court, on Saturday. A. I' Naina Mohamed came before Mr. Justici Sercombe Smith for e\amiuatiou in councc tion with the failure ot the Straits Leatlu 1 Trading Company. Mr. K. St. J. Kraddell appeared for
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    Chinese Servant in Trouble.
    108 7 Mr. S. J. Judah, livi':- at No. M Niven Road, prosecuted a Chinese servant betore the Third Magistrate, this morniMg. 0:1 a ahaffl of criminal breach of trust iv lesjicct of »2.50. Mr. Joseph said that on Thursday OTeoing last he gave accused the money *ith
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    Double Murder at Manila.
    106 7 Francisca Taiuali and her infant son, I'atricio Tamali, ollicially leported as Mrs. Kelly and Baby Kully, were murdered ut Manila on July 2«. The police have arrested the m».n who will be charged with Mm double murder. Detectives fouud the parasol of the murdered woman iv
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    The Birch Memorial.
    111 7 It has been decided to ertct the Birch Memorial, which is to take the form of a clock tower, on a promineut vacant site between the Station and P"st itlice 800/ do, Ipoh. The contract foi tin- oraoliokol the edifice has already l>. v (pn (M 1
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    WHITES v. BLACKS.
    96 7 SERIOUS RIOTS IN STATE OF ILLINOIS. Negro Lynched Part of Springfield City Fired. |RICTBK's TILa«BAK| London, August 16. Serious rioting between whites and negroes has taken plae. at Spmurfeld, in tho State of Illiuois, as a r. mM ot an assault upon a white woman. The whites
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    UNITED STATES BATTLESHIPS.
    619 7 Preparations for their Reception at Sydney. K«:-iK,»'s TtLIUBAM.j London, August lj. Tin- United States battleship rl-et bio sailed from Auckland for Sydney. With refeienee to Saturday':) telegram bout the dis'urbnncesHt Auckland, wo may MV that it was arraignl that .'<..">iH) uicu v.ci t<> h.ivf MM* \u.( daily
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    Officer's Fatal Experiment.
    100 7 Second Lieutenant Iternard I*. Oswalt, Infantry, American Army, wan accidentally killed by an electric shock in the bathroom of his quarters at Manila, on .Inly 26. He was very fond of exiierimeuting with electricity, and it is believed that ho was trying to ohono tin- water iv
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    Serious Charge Against Cantonese Woman.
    156 7 An pgtd Cantonei-'.: woman, named Low All llenu. a|>pr<ii< <1 In the Third Magistrate* Court, this moi ning, i>u a charge of depositing tb« dead body of a child in Smith Street at a in., to day. Tin li dy M exhibited to tin- Magistrate,
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      Notes in General.
      100 8 The members of the Shanghai and Hongkoug polo teams have been the guests of His Kxeelleucy the Governor, Sir Frederick I.ii^arcl. K.C.M.Ii at dinner, at Government I louse. >u account of the rain on Saturday, the crickot match, in the S. C. C. tournament, between the Garrision
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      Association Football.
      255 8 Asso ciation Football. Colman Shield Competition. The tic between the Sajaratul Muntaha aud the Marino Police was played off for the third time on Saturday. The game was as interesting and good as on the previous occa sious. For the first quarter of an hour, play was more or less
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      Lawn Tennis.
      454 8 -S.C.C Tournament. The following ties will be played today on the Esplanado: PkOJssION P.vlHs. Ship.— Knight and Carpenter v. Accts. 1. -Butler and Gallimore. Mer. Vlll.— Millar and Somerville v. Mcr. IX.— Cheek and Brandt. Mun. Fulchor and Marsh v. Mer. IV. Proctor and l'hipps. Mer. 111. Swan
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      Polo.
      64 8 .Sultan of Perak's Cup. Selangor and Klang Polo Clubs competed for the Sultan of Perak's Cup at Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, and Selangor won easily, over-riding and out-pacing the Klang representatives. Miss Anderson presented a set of silver beakers to the winning team. Tbe Cup could not be presented
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      Chess.
      96 8 5.C.R.C. Annual Tournament. The following entries have been made lor the annual tournament of the Straits Chinese Kecrcation Club Choo Sian Kirn, Kiong Chin Eng, ChiaHood Sang, Soli Teck Chiaug, Scow Poh Leng, Choc Toon Cheng, Seah Cheng .100, Lim Boon Keng, Ong Teck Liui, Chua Sim Ghee, Song
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      Cricket.
      255 8 S.tf.C. v. P.W.D. On the S.K.C ground, on Saturday, there was a cricket match between tho S.K.C. and tho Public Works Department. The garni ended in a draw. Tbe scores were as fot low S.K.C. T. (k Silva bDe Kooy ."> .1. It. Cockburn b Poarse 1m (1. Armstrong
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      Golf.
      451 8 Scotland v. The Rest. The Hacecourse links had an animated appearance on Saturday when forty-eight players engaged in a foursome match Scotland v. The Rest. Mr. F. Ferguson captained the Scottish team and Dr. K. A. Campbell led the other side. Regrettable absentees wore Dr. P. Fowlie and Mr.
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      135 8 To the Editor of tbe Straits Times. Singapore, August 15. Sir, 1 vote in Saturday's Straits Times your remarks regarding the beautifying of the sea part of the Esplanade with flowerbeds. Cannot steps be taken to make it possible for respectable people to walk there in the afternoon
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    TONKIN NATIVE TROOPS.
    296 8 Their Loyalty to France Doubted by Paris Newspapers. The assertion of the Eclair, an influential Paris newspaper, that the native army in Tonkin is not trustworthy is borne out by the poi«on plot revelations at Hanoi. Most of the plotters condemned to death or to terms of
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    MILITARY DOCUMENTS STOLEN.
    203 8 Secret Records of the Siege of Port Arthur. A Tokio message to the Mainichi remarks that the military authorities have in their possession various secret documents containing details of the Japanese operations at I' irt Arthur and elsewhere during the late campaign against Russia. These give information
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    ARMS FOR MALCONTENTS.
    115 8 Smuggling Scare Reported from Amoy. An urgent despatch has been received by the Taotai at Amoy from the Peking Government stating that a noted revolutionist and his adherents were planning to take advantage of the excitement which is expected to be caused by the 'irthcoming visit of
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    Rifle-Shooting.
    77 8 The Ellis Shield. Section 3, No. 1 Company of the Singapore Volunteer Infantry, won the Ellis Shield for the fourth time, yesterday, at the Balestier Rifle Range. The scores were Section ;i 675 Section 1 618 Section I 548 Section 4 497 The highest scorer was Colour- Sergeant Tan
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    29 8 You cannot oecapu your creditors by going to lialu :> Tours, because you will probably meet tbem thure. But you oan forget tbt>» (or a time, and tU.t is something.
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      411 8 NOW READY. Exchange Tables. DOLLARS into STERLING AND STERLING into DOLLARS. From 'la. 3d. to 2a. sd. Ascending by l/32nd of a penny. PRICE: $2 PER COPY. POST FREE $2.12 PER COPY. C.A.RIBEIRO&CO., LIMITED, STATIONERS, PRINTERS. BOOKBINDERS AND RUBBER STAMP MANUFACTURERS. SINGAPORE. THE EMPEROR SVS CINEMATOGRAPH. £X rO-NIOHTI TO-NIOHT! PICTURES
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      191 8 ALHAMBRA CINEMATOGRAPH, Beach Road. ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. All New Pictures. THE DREYFUS "AFFAIRE (BY SPKCI.W, KKO.CESTt. L. r. WILLIS. Manager. Continental Tyres i. Australia. SAfic Gmti?vcrvhd C. if'-t/Z* < £.&/J)y oHmHory fa Csfc) Avcsj/r/w <r//?4L' Singapore i Kuala Lumpur: Kumpers Co. Federated Engineering Co. SINGAPORE ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS, Ld. FIRST-CLASS
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    COMMERCIAL
    225 9 S1K9AF0M, ASMOT 16, 1006. PKODUCE. jambicr buyers I 7.624 do (Cube No. li unpicked 11.75 Copra Bali 7.60 do Pontiansk 7.00 Pepper, Black 11.00 do White 6% buyers 17.00 Sago Floar Sarawak 2.97 J do Brnnei No. I 2.85 Pearl Sago 8.60 Coffee Bali, picked 24.00 Coffee. Palembang, 20%
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      MINING.
      401 9 Date of forma- Oprtal 6ubscrib«d ion I N amber of Bhmt la»ae V»lae i Paid up to 1903 •300,000 iOO.OOO 1907 1300,000 118,000 1901 MOO.OOO 600,000 1903 £400,000 880,000 1907 1400,000 878,000 1901 £60,000 60,000 1906 £100,000 100,000 1905 1150,000 99,000 1906 £110,000 110,000 1906 £80,000 80,000 1906 1480,000
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      RUBBER.
      355 9 1903 £160,000 1908 $200,000 190* £30,000 1909 £70,000 1906 1150,000 1904 I £18.000 1908 j £73,000 1906 I 4310,000 1906 I £180,000 1907 £320 000 1906 /17A.000 1909 I 1250,000 MM I £100,000 1906 4800,000 1908 I 430,000 1906 1230,000 1904 £30,000 19IM Ml 1898 «JO,UOU 190- »3M,000 ft
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      DEBENTURES.
      55 9 Hcwarlh Krohlne t% 1800,000 3 prem Rlley Barer -avos 8 2.'8,0 M 2% prem Spore Electrio Tramways Co., Ltd. 5% 350,000 nominal eingapore Municipa' t% 400,00 20% pren. 61, 1.H78,0iKl prem. li\ 1.600.000 5% prem f% «0a,930 S^ die nocHkraits Engineering Byd., litd. 6% 45,000 par. rau long Pagar
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      GENERAL.
      199 9 ■J4 tt.ITf.IM 4.80S MM itM.MS aas.ooo IN! JU.OOu.uuO H.OOO.OCJ .?"•■> j •3,400,000 i 3,«00,000 7,688 4,800 135,000 18,000 i 6,000 f 6,000 I 4,000 8,400 t 6,000 t 3,760 24,000 600 400,000 1,130 2.000 4,956 80.1.000 t.'.-r.fl 13/6 SO 1M 100 100 100 100 10 100 100 10 so
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      450 9 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. The Municipal Commissioners of George Town. Penang, requires Mechauical Engineer lot the Nightsoil Pumping Station recently erected by them He must be a properly qualified Mechauical Engineer with experience in electrical work, must be strictly sober aud of steady and regular habits. Age between S3 aud 35. Experience
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      163 9 TENDERS INVITED. The Municipal Commissioners invite Furniture Manufacturers to tender for tbe Supply and Fixing of Teak seating and fwnftiinf. UMMMt. upholstery, curtains, etc., tor the New Theatre. Singapore. Full particulars and form of tender can be obtained upon application to the Architects, Messrs Swan and Maclaren. to whom tenders
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      20 9 WassiamullAssomullaCo. Have Removed TO THEIR NEW PREMISES. OPPOSITE. No. 56 and 57, High Street. ENTIRELY NEW STOCK UNPACKED. ""HHU- mm.
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      226 9 Whiteaway, Laidlaw Co Ld. I Oil C" a^ L b Proceeding. sale romPRICEB- ml CYCLES. pIM The gentleman above has thought his forehead into a bump. He has wasted much time thinking how to save spending money for the modern apparatus his business needs. He is wasting first-class thought and
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    The Lost Matsushima.
    289 10 OPERATIONS AT THE SCENE OF THE DISASTER. Tsushima Leaves the Pescadores. The Japanese cruiser Tsushima, which has been spending about a month at the Pescadores, arrived in Hongkong on Hrd instant and saluted the port, receiving the customary salutes in return. During liar stay at the islands
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    OFFICER'S ARTIFICIAL LIMB.
    312 10 Generous Gift to a Calcutta Police Sob- Inspector. During the Bcadon Square riots, in Calcutta, on October 4, Sergeant Walters (now sub- Inspector I lost his left band when the police surrounded a house in Upper Chitpore Road for the purpose of arresting some of the rioters
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    Convicts' Fatal Attack.
    79 10 It is reported from Shanghai that, on tin7th instant, at 3 .'to p.m., four Chinese convicts, who were inmatva of the Municipal (■aol, made a sudden attack on an Indian warder, disarming him, and tin 11 Htabbin^ him with his sword. Tiny next Heized hia carbine, and
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      570 10 SALES BY AUCTION. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE OF A PARTICULARLY VALUABLE COLLECTION OF PLANTS. The property of Mrs A. I. NIEOWKAMP (who is proceeding to Lnrope), At MO I NT ROSIE, OFF CHANCERY LANE, On Saturday, August 22, at 2.30 p.m. This collection, which is 0M of the fiuest grown in
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      201 10 PRELIMINARY NOTICE. AUCTION SALE or A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF PLANTS, Including a number of RARE ORCHIDS, The property of St. V. B DOWN, Emi., At Belvedere," ANDERSON ROAD, TANOLIN, Saturday, September 5, 190 b. Powell fir 1 Co., 0 1793 Auctioneers. I 2ND CLASS RUBBER-TYRED GHARRIEB. BEST RUBBER-TYRED CARRIAGES AT
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      153 10 2 i i^^^?^?^mm^^^E-^s^^^^^^BB^^^!u3 j| i jl The Weight of t The Pyramids \l J seems piled upon the head of the unfortunate sufferer from a split- 4 ting headache. A headache of this < kind, if unrelieved, leads to aberra- <* tionofthemindandinsanity. Itgoes I beyond human power to endure. i
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      557 10 INSURANCE Companies GUARDIAN ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON. Snbacrlbed Capital £3 008 000 Total Invested Fnnda £6,160,000 Annnal Income £1,100,000 The undersigned, Agenta for the abovi Oompany, are prepared to aooept fire rlaki for snort periods of ten daya or longer periodt •I current nttos to be named nn application to
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      641 10 BANKING COMPANIES. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Paid np Capital in 80,000 Shares of £20 each ..£1,100,000 Reserre Fnnd £I,.V2Vi 00 Reserve Liability of Proprietor £1,100,000 BANKERS. Bank ot England. National Bank of Scotland. Tbe London City A Midland Bank. Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current
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      503 10 BANKING COMPANIES. HONGKONG AND BHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. I r-AiD-up capital iv.000.000 SESERVE FUND Sterling Reserve 118,000.000 1 Bu»er Reserve IIS.ftOO.OOOJ "'.W0.000 I iesfitTe Liability of Proprietors t18.000.00C COUKT OP DIRECTORS. E. Shellim. Esq. Chairman. dcv. Mr. WJ.Qtmmam. Deputy Chairman. £.O. Barrett, Esq. IW. Helms, Esq. ■C. G. K. Brndcrncn, j
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    AUTOMOBILISM.
    1106 11 NOTES AND NEWS OF INTEREST TO MOTORISTS. With reference to the Industrial Motor Trials, which arc to take place in September at Piacenza, under the auspices of the Italian War Office aud Agricultural Department, it is announced that the last day for the receipt of entries was postponed until
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      599 11 ARGYLL CARS. Greatest Success, 12-14 H.P. UOLD MEDAL AMD FASTEST TIME. ILENCROE HILL CLIMB. 1416 H.P. TWO KNTERED, TWO MADE NON STOP IiIXS THKOI'OHOI'T. SCOTTISH RELIABILITY TRIAL. The odK Win kmviaj tkfM winning cars in the trial. SYME A CO., Sole Agents. SCOTTISH TRIALS, 1908 TRADE Mt*K k% mufti, the
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