The Straits Times, 29 July 1909

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 23.024 SINGAPORE. THURSDAY. JULY 29. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 200 1 KATZ BROTHERS, Ltd. I^U^^rNi^ D^^%«9 POPULAR- PRICED Johnson Bros, dinner services CELEBRATED SEMJ-PORCEI AIN WARE IR N-BTONE CHINA lilJljiifitrfyfiW rfr^^b COMPLETE f UR 12 PERSONS. _i *p~*§& Brown ot Slate Floral Decoration on Pore White "^■g^WjgS^r^ Price $19 per service. IHb PARIS. „r m^^**^ Crystal^White, Nf at Shape, a Very
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    • 74 1 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. CHRISTIAN CEMETERY, BUKIT TIMAH ROAD. The Municipal Commissioners of the Town I of Singapore hereby give notice that after the Ni'-t December next the Christian Cemetery at Bukit Timah Road will be closed for burials, except in the ease of interments in reserved plots for which leases have
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    • 222 1 ROBINSON CO. TWO SILV RS LISANO WATCH OR CLOCK IN PEPPERS LEATHER CASE. IHT ALd on( muBtard lined rim r<<Q IHir in OMe M illoßtralion. This in A variety of Sterling Silver Clocks a 8 __lIIIIIIIIIM_^ mam Hk always a vory acoepUble present. lUusirataon, also with reeded «^H Mr" >m
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    • 108 1 NOTICE. Biow Soon Hoe having left onr employ ment, be is no longer authorised to collect accounts on our behalf. RILEY, HABUBEAVES A CO., LTD. U1220 AGRI-HORTICULTUftAL SHOW. NOTICE. Owing to the poor entries for Horses and Dogs, the Committee have decided to extend the time for entries up to
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    • 87 1 SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB. NOTICE. The Annual Oeneral Meeting of tbe Members of tbe Singapore Cricket Club will be held in tbe Club Pavilion, on Monday, tbe 16th August, 1909, at 5.15 p.m. Bchinrsh To receive tbe Annual Keport and Account* for the year ended UOsL Juoe, 1909 To elect a
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  • 432 2 SCOTTISH ELEVEN RUN THEM TO A DRAW. Two Days' Match at Edinburgh. The Clerk of the Weather did no greotin' on June 28 and 29 at Edinburgh, during the hours sot apart for cricket, and the match between a representative Scottish eleven and the Australians had xuite an
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  • 447 2 Exhibits From All Parts of World at Olympia Show. Huge crates containing curio* of sport and travel from all parts of the world are now daily arriving at Olyuipia for the Travel and Sports Exhibition, which Lit ut. Shackleton will open on Tuesday, says an exchange of
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  • 24 2 Ivory which has become yellow may be bleached by dipping it in soapy water several times and exposing it to sunlight after each dipping.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 462 2 BUCHANANS I FAMOUS I "Black White" is absolutely the BEST VALUE obtainable. The reputation of this blend has been built up on the SOLID BASIS of Quality and Age and NO CHANGE has been made from the first. This fact is Guaranteed IMPORTERS: Borneo Company, Ld. ASPINALL'S Fine Copal Varnish
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    • 48 2 A CERTAIN CURE FORJBIWEL COMPLAINT. When attacked with diarrhoea or bowel complaint you want a medicine that acts quickly, The attack is always sudden, generally severe and with increasing pain. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy baa never been known to fail. For aai* by aH^MpMMries and Dealers.
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    • 217 2 7%at*s »THE* SINGAPORE SODA WATER £stu£>//sAaforer2syeaKS. Mlur Is betcar than good, •at you can't batter tha baM, V^^ tTrvSiais^LW a Btot Inch vjili Icathtr plUbk to i degree ud nude up la -lyle, wbi.-h add trice ud dltnitr 1° Ihe wctrrr. "EASIEPHITS" we Britain. Bnt Footwear. OENTS BROaUE SHOES, tb
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    • 226 2 I Ismail and Raheem ARE NOW SHOWING A LARGE VARIETY OF EARLY '25SSL.-, Diamond Jewellery SOLICITED. SIS LOOSE DIAMONDS AND OTHER PRECIOUB BTONEB. THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING GO. (ESTABLISHED ***** MANFTFAriTITRRHS 111 PURE ROPE 38TRAND CABLE HID U BTRANO 1/2- to 12* 5" to 10" 8" to 10" Pricos, Samples
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  • 1122 3 COMING RESTORATION OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN. Uusurpassed Possibilities. Mr. William Durban, editor of the Homiletic Review, writes to the London Express the following interesting article. There is one great region in the world which is the constant cynosure of the eyes of multitudes of intelligent and cultured
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  • 371 3 50,000 Men to Take the Field in September. The grant by Order in CoulcU of certain lands iv the South of England has now completed the Army Council's arrangements for the great manoeuvres which are to be held in Berkshire and Wiltshire during September. A Manoeuvres Commission, with
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  • 356 3 Brutal Sightseer's Mad Behaviour at Osaka. A specimen of the king of beasts in the Zoo at the Osaka Museum has become the innocent victim of a brutal sightseer, who attacked the animal with a sword on the 7th instant, reports the Japan Chronicle. The man
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  • 18 3 Alcohol is obtained from peat by treating the fibre with sulphuric acid and fermenting with a special yeast.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 698 3 SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT RAILWAY. FROM MAY 1. 1909. ANO UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. TRAIN SERVICE FOR WEEK DAYB ONLY. UP TRAINB. 1 1 t 6 fl T 9 10 11 19 4.H. A.M. A.M. AJf. ML r.H. f.M. Maj ML Bom*. Wharf J»| Pannla's Put HOl TalVßoad 600 706 7«o 960 It
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    • 80 3 TAKE A VACATION. Now is the time to take a vacation, get oat into the woods and mountains and visit tbe seashore, bat do not forget to take a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy along with you. It is almost certain to be needed, and oannot be
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    • 475 3 GThe Cocoa of the Old Country li^/lf Jrhi/&^ A»a recuperative after phy»ical ,yT /Jff.f' or ment *J strain, Cadbury's Cocoa 'A. I ■kßawEfti' MKF as no e< l"' l d<-lu iouj flavour Im^HSbbH I iSS jjS^W makes it unqjestionably the most palatV^^^HBf a^' e food-beverage, while its nourishing >^^^BJF an<J
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 662 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. &6\ STEAM NAVIGATION GO. For China, Jaoan, Penang;, Ceylon, Australia, InJla, *,den, Egypt, Mediterranean Po-t«, Plymouth and London. Tbrongh Bill* nf Lai' g issued for Chia» Coast. Persian Gulf, Continental, and American Ports. Bteamerj will leave Singapore on or aboat MAIL LINES. Outwinl (for China) Oale.l imii
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    • 645 4 STEAMERS SAILING. OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. GO. LTD. The Companle*' steamers an despaobed from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China and Japan every week and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and for Marseilles, Havn
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    • 907 4 STEAMER 3AIUH6S. INDOCHINA STEAM NAY. CO.. LTD. Taa steamers of this Company maintain s nralar direct service betweea Oaleatta, Strait*, Llongkong, Shanghai and Japan, taking oarg< ao through Bills of Lading tor Canton, Swatow Amoy, Obefoo, Tientsin, N >wohwang, Yangtu* Ports, Formosa, the PhUlppiats, Sn,, Ac. Bfeaßaen Tons Commander Kotsajm
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    • 681 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. The steamer* of this Company maintain a regular servioe between Hambarg, Bremen Antwerp, and Rottsrdam, aad ths Straits China aod Japan. Homewards, thsy ars despatohed tortnigbtlv for Havn aad Hambarg and ones a month for Bramerhaven dlreot, calling at Penang and Colombo. Taking oargo
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    • 773 4 STEAMER 3AILINIB. N. D. L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fsst and well known mail (teaman 04 this Company sail fortoighiy from Brotnes, Hambarg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp. Soathampton, Gibraltar, Genoa. Naples (oonnsottost Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vioe versa) Port Stld. Suez, Aden, Colombo, Psnaag, Singapore, Hoagkong Shanghai,
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  • 153 5 FIXTURES. Thursday, July 29. High Water, 7.13 p.m. Penang Races, second day. Oarrison Field Operations. Philharmonic Orchestra, 6.16. Alhambra Cinematograph. Hariina Cinematograph. Marlborough Cinematograph. Friday, July 30. High Water, 9.14 a.m., 8.8 p.m. P. and O. homeward mail closes, 6 a.m. P. and O. outward mail due.
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  • 198 5 To-D*t. Malaroa, P. Dickson, and P. Swettenham Poh Ann 3 pm BaUvia. Chenhou and Samarang Edendale 8 pm Penaog. Rangoon and Calcutta Koltala 4 pm Bandjc-rmawio, l'tilan Laut and Cotie Ban Liong 4 pm Batav :a K. Willem 111 4pm Bingk ik Halyard 4 pm Tn anuoi
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  • 110 5 The, I) itch mail steamer K. Willem 111 having left Sabang at 7 p.m. on the 27th instant is expected to arrive here at 8 p.m. to-day. The mail steamer Caledonia left Penang at 9 p.m. yesterday, and may be expected to arrive here at 7 a.m.
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  • 252 5 Latest Arrivals. Choking, Gi-r str. 1021 tons, Capt Wendig, Tilly 39. From Araoy, July 19. G.c. and 824 dp. Behn Meyer 00. For Bangkok, July 80 Rds. O. 0. Mrytr. Dot str. 442 tons, Capt Mmnerz, July 29. From Palembang, July 37. 0.0. and 131 dp. Hook Seng.
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  • 119 5 July a 8 Fifirt. Nor str, Bangkok Han I o Soon, Dot iitr, Pontianak via porn l.rrta, Brit str. Macas-ar via ports f'rr.ik, Brit str, Tcluk An son via port* Kiitna, Brit str. P. BwetUnbam and Penang (jutd.l. Brit str. CaleotU Ballot Brit str, Hongkong ani Japan Ban Y<mg
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  • 94 5 Wharves at which Vessels ar« Berthed To- Day. TANJONO PAOAK. Ear Wbabf Bisra— Paroo, Minilya. TanoarEibt W. B«cnoii 1 Nil viUe. B«ono« No. 1 (Brass Wbab#>— Nil Sacrum I— Craighall, Hitachi Maru. 8— Bengloe. 4— Fultala. 6— Nil. B—Peleua.8 Peleua. n 7— Nil.
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  • 233 5 Coming to Singapore. P. and O. steamer Marmora, connecting with the steamer Caledonia, at Colombo, due July 30.— Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Molesworth, Mr. C. Bveritt, Mrs. A. F. Scott, Mr. H. L. |;,»r.nn. Mr. C. H. Munro, Mr. O. Paterson. Per P. and O. ctnamer
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  • 89 5 Per steamer Delta, July 29. From Shanghai, Mr. J. de Oraeff Mr. A. R. W. Corbett, Mrs. Chu Muiland, Mrs. Chu Muiland and infant, Mr. Chu Lurgtak, Mrs. Lurgtak, 1 cluiu, infant, 1 native servant, Mr. A. A. Dowley, Mr. W. B. Knight, 1 native servant, Mr. H. van
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  • 45 5 Time-balls on Fort Canning and Mount Faber drop daily at 1 p.m., Singapore, standard time corresponding to 6 a.m. Greenwich meantime. The time-gun is fired at 12 o'clock noon, indicating Singapore standard time on every day excepting Sunday, when it is tired at one o'clock.
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  • 632 5 New Bill to Come into Operation Next Year. A Government Gazette extraordinary, I published yesterday, contain* the provisions of the Municipal Ordinance 1909 which is to come into operation on January, 1910, and which will be introduced into the Legislative Council shortly. The objects and reasons
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  • 16 5 Ohio, Vermont and New York have led in the production of maple sugar continuously since 1850.
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  • 243 5 Finance Commerce. EXCHANGE. SlNOAPORB, JCLT 89, 1900. On London— Bank 4 m/n 2/4} Demand a/4,', Private 6 m/s 2/4^, do 8 ni/g 2 I On Germany Bank d/d 288| Private 8 m/n 2401 do 8 m/a 2421 On Prance— Back d/d 294 Private 8 m/a 2961 do 6 m/s 800
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 52 5 Howarth Brskine 6% 600,000 1% prem. Riley, Hargreaves 6% 284,000 1 prem. Spore Eloctric Tramways Co., Ltd. 6% 850,000 nominal Straits Engineering Syndicate, Ltd. 6% 46,000 par. Singapore Municipal 6% 400,000 20% p.n0m -',878,000 7%prem. *i% 1 600,000 8% prem. 4% 602.900 6% disc Tanjong Pagar Dock Board 6%
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    • 271 5 Captul $800,000 1300,000 •600,000 £500,000 •400,000 £60,000 £100,000 150,000 £120,000 •450,000 £250,000 I M 10 10 1 10 1 1 10 1 It 1 1 1 1 10 1 1 1 1 6 10 10 10 10 1 1 Paid j 10 10 10 1 10 1 1 10
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    • 489 5 £160,000 $200,000 £30,000 £80.000 £80,000 £70,000 £85.000 £16.000 £75,000 £110,000 £810,000 •680,000 £60,000 £180,000 £100,000 £820,000 G. 176,000 £126,000 I'll 1 17/6; 10 < 10 1 1 1 1 1 111 1 17/6 11 |1 I 1 11 111 1 > 1 -17 17 17 18 1 1 1
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    • 170 5 11,500,000 •236,000 12,400,000 1,000,000 •84,000 10 10 60 100 100 100 100 10 100 100 10 50 1 100 100 10 Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd. nom. 10% for '06 7 Wll 9.75 10% for 'oB 60 Fraser k Neave, Ltd. (8) 142.60 15% for '08* Howartb Srekine Ltd. (10)
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 3 5 Steams' Headache Cure^'.frJ^
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    • 260 5 The GARRICK Cigarette A LARGE HAND-MADE CIGARETTE. Packed iu 50b fl^ftHGARj|5^^ f Price OBTAINABLE AT Messrs. John Little Co., Robinson Co. AUCTION SALES Howell and Co. Jnly 30.— At Qodown A, Kappel Road, adjacent to the Tanjoog Pagar Police Station, damaged goods ex s.s. Kalomo, at 2.80. July 81.— At
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    • 94 5 (a) 6% debentures. (6) subscribed by employees. (<■) part paid shares. Bohuses. *and bonus 21 per cent for year ended 81/12/08. i and 5/ bonus. RasmBVBS —Figures after names of companies indicate that they hold H MCWM as follows (1) »25,000, (2) 114,000, >3| £6,000, (4) £4,873, (6) 126.000, (6)
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 245 5 WEATHER REPORT. Kamdamt Iirtgn Boipital, July g?, 1909. It a. n.,I w. u. 9 r. m. Kuarxu.. Bar. SI Fab 29 836 29 837 29 880 Tamp B-i.s I 87.8 83 0 nil. Wet Bulb Ther K) 0 80 0 79.3 DirofWind.. East S.W. 6 W Max. Temp *8.0 Mm
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  • 1143 6 The Straits Times. THURSDAY, JULY 29. WARRING AGAINST WAR. Spain presents at the moment a somewhat carious spectacle. To mark their hatred of a foreign war the people are engaging in what gradually develops into war at home. It is not the fault of their King or his Ministers that
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  • 14 6 Tho exchange banks will be closed on Monday, August 2, first Monday in August
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  • 43 6 At the meeting of Legislative Council on Friday next, there will bo read for the first time a new bill to enable sentences of im prisoomeut in certain of the F. M. Stat<s and Brunei to be carried into effect in the Colony.
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  • 9 6 Belgium is preparing to adopt compulsory universal military service.
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  • 16 6 We are told that the owners of the Djambio expect to raise the vessel next week.
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  • 19 6 The Society of Antiquaries has decided to excavate the site of old Roman structures at St. Alban's and Salisbury.
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  • 20 6 Tbe mail steamers of the Steamship Co. Nederland will in future, homeward and outward bound, call at Algiers and Tangiers.
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  • 19 6 His Majesty the King has established a medal for presentation to brave constables and firemen throughout the whole Empire.
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  • 24 6 A large section of the town of Cobolt, in Ontario, has been destroyed by fire. Tbe damage is estimated at 500,000 dollars (about £100,000.)
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  • 27 6 At Uie recent bursting of a benzine lamp in a house in Campbell Lane, two uion were burned, and ono of them has succumbed to his injuries.
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  • 20 6 Hen Dernburg, German Colonial Secretary, estimates the value of the diamantiferous deposits in German South- West Africa at £50,1100 000.
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  • 27 6 A correspondent tells the Siarn Free Press that the prison fare is far better in Bangkok than that which obtains in Burmah, India, or the Straits Settlements.
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  • 24 6 Messrs. Shimada and Kusano, the two Japanese who have/ invented an aeroplane, are seeking to übta* patent rights for their invention in foreign countries.
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  • 27 6 Considerable damage was done to the North Borneo Government yacht Petrel by a fire on 9th inst. It was caused by spontaneous combustion iv the coal bunkers.
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  • 28 6 Chen Wang-tseng, the Industrial Taotai of Canton, has grauted Yu Tseching, a merchant, leave to mauufaoture airships in Canton with his own capital and in his own factory.
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  • 42 6 Messrs. Behn Meyer and Co., Ltd., infotin as that the output from the Singapore Para Rubber Estates, Ltd., for June amounted to 3,451 lbs. dry rubber, a good figure considering the latex was taken ouiy from the first 65 acres under bearing.
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  • 43 6 A visitor to an Eastern vessel in the Salford Docks the other day passed close beside a squatting Lafcar who was dining. Tbe man rose suddenly and with a scowl threw bisdinncr overboard. The unclean shadow of the Christian had polluted the rice.
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  • 55 6 An appeal to the Full Court at Shanghai has been lodged against tho judgment of Mr. Justice Bourne in the rase of tho ste-amei Norman Isles v. Messrs. Gibb, Livingtone and Co. The claim was for Tls. 1,520 paid for receiving, storing and delivering cargo, and the acting judge fouud
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  • 58 6 Henri Lemoiue, the French engineer who obtained a large sum of money from Sir Julius Weruher by pretending that he could manufacture diamonds, was at Paris on sth inst, sentenetid to six years' imprisonment and banishment frcm France for five yearg after the completion of his sentence, in addition to
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  • 54 6 Already about 1900,000 out of the }1,250,000 required for the Hongkong University has been raided, and the Waiwupu has accorded official recognition of tbe scheme by a handsome donation of Tls 10,000. There are many agencies at work who haveyet to be heard from— particularly, the S. C. Morning Post
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  • 58 6 At the Assizes yesterday, before the Chief Justice and a special jury, a Hokien named Chwa Kirn, charged with stabbing another Chinaman to death in Synagogue Street in April last, was unanimously found not guilty and discharged. He was defended by Mr. Campbell. Tbe accused declared that he bad been
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  • 78 6 The Secretary of State has pointed out that it is proper that the crown lessee should Dot be served with notice of the amount of rent which the collector of laud revenue proposes to apportion in respect of the property held by him and the object of a bill to
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  • 74 6 The Berlin correspondent of the Standard reports that a German inventor has patented a huge magnet, in the shape of a cogwheel, with which he claims he is able to throw battleships out of their course, throw their machinery out of gear, and render their guns useless. The magnet when
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  • 97 6 The London correspondent of the Calcutta Asian remarks that the narrow shave of the cruiser Sappho from sinking after collision with another vessel of the same name is all the more curioos a coincidence in that tinonly other Sappho in the world passed tbe spot where the collision occurred but
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  • 99 6 In celebration of its twenty-fifth anriver sary The Indian Rubber Journal will shortly publish a special quarter cootnry number in which several interesting features are promised. Among the contributors will be some of the best known names in the rubber world. Mr. J. Turner is to write on Rubber and
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  • 434 6 Lord Kitchener's date of departuiu from Tuticorin for Ceylou en route to thj further East will bo about September 12 It appears that Dr. J. J. Wheatley died on the 20tti inst. and that the body was buried at sea. Death was due to heart failure Mr.
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  • 106 6 The correspondent of the- Hongkong Daily Press, at Macao writes that on the. afternoon of the 22nd instant tenders w< n <>|>uni;d for tho opium monopoly. Thu highest tender was submitted by Mr. Liang Kin San, of Hongkong, the amount being 1131,700. Tbe tender was submitted
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  • 122 6 Mr. Victor Grayson, M. P., speaking at Huddorsfield, on Brd inst., stated that the murder of Sir Win. Wyllie was very regrettable. He expressed the deepest sympathy with tbe relatives of the murdored man. He had seen a newspaper portrait of the murderer, who had
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  • 199 6 An interesting wedding will take place to-day in Henry Vll. 's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, where Mr. Charles Tennyson, son of Mrs. Augustine Birrell and the late Hon. Lionel Tennyson, is to wed Miss Ivy Pretioue; while at Little Barford, St. Neots, the Key.the Hon. Maurice Peel, youngest
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 254 6 Dow's Ports SHIPPED BY PAinncrir silva and cosens, GALUBtbK, OPORTO MAGGREGOR *«***<«* AND CO.. "Dow" Brand c. j- nd °y R °y al w a"ant of Appointboia H gents in ment p urveyorg of Port W ino to HIS MAJESTY KING EDWARD VII The 'GILLETTE' Jii€ THE "MERCY" PATENT b
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    • 145 6 ALHAMBRA Cinematograph, BEACH ROAD. To-night, at 9.30 NEW PICTURES A delightful picture THE FAITHLESS LOVER, A Pantomime by M. Maurice Hannequin Film dArt: BUSES PLAYBD BY M'elle Marly of the Bouffes Parisiens. M. Moricey of the Varietes. M. Deschamps of the (iymnase Theatre A Kich Comic THE TERRIBLE BRAZILIAN. A
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  • 446 7 1 AUSTRALIANS OUTCLASS THE ENGLISH PLAYERS. Game Ends in a Draw. NOBLE DELAYS CLOSURE TOO LONG FOR EXCITEMENT. A Sunny Wicket at Manchester. ist Test England Won by io wkts. and Australia 9 wkts. 3 rd Australia 36 runs. 4th Drawn. (From Ocb Si-kcial Corbrspondbnt.) London, July
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  • 48 7 wkts. runs. Macartney 1 for 81 Layer 8 for 87 {Jotter 1 for 87 AUSTRALIA.— Sboond Inninos. Gregory 5 Bardsley 85 Macartney 51 Noble 18 Amstrong 80 Trumper 48 Ransford (not out) 64 Hopkins 9 Cotter 4 Carter 12 Extras 18 Total (for 9 wkts.) 279
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  • 41 7 wkts. r ana. Barnes 1 66 Blythe 2 77 Hirst 1 22 Rhodes 5 83 ENGLAND.— Second Innings. Warner 25 Spooner 58 Tylctetdey 11 Sharp (not out) 8 Rhodes (not ont) 0 Extras 6 Total (for I wkts.) 108
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  • 61 7 wkts. runs. Hopkins 2 81 Layer 1 25 limn... Tblkobam] London, July 29. In their second innings, tho Australians made 279 for nine wickets and then declared. Macartney scored 51 and Trumper 48. liinsford having an unfinished innings of 54. KngUnd then began their second innings and made
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  • 60 7 BALLOT FAVOURS NATIONAL STRIKE. Conferences with Mr. Churchill. [Riutbb's Tblbobam] London, July 29. The ballot of the British Miners Federation, on the question of a general national coal strike to support the Scottish coalminers, favours a strike overwhelmingly. Meanwhile the Scottish coalowners and miners are holding conferences
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  • 81 7 Repudiation of the Stories About Intrigues |Rbctbr's Tblbobam.] London, July 29. Renter learns that the strictures passed at Peking with reference to tbe negotiations for American participation in the Hankow Railway loan are not endorsed by financial interests in London. The idea that there has been any
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  • 49 7 Royal Opening of United Parliament Suggested. |Rbutbb's Tblrokam) London, July 28. The House of Lords has read the South African Union Bill a second time, unanimously. The South African Delegates have requested the Imperial Government to send the Prince of Wales to open the Union Parliament.
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  • 40 7 Incendiarism Suspected at Liverpool. |Rbotb«'s Tblborax] London, July 28. Tbe value of the cotton destroyed in the series of fires at Liverpool is £150,000 sterling. Incendiarism is suspected, and 'a reward of £500 has bcon offered for information.
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  • 45 7 [Dkb Ostasiatiscuk Llcyd Tklkoram] Berlin, July 28. The Czar will meet the Sultan at Constantinople about the end of September. Afterwards he will visit King Emanuel at an Italian port, and will return via Athens. In December ho will be at Livadia.
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  • 41 7 I>k; Ostasiakisciii! Lloyd TklkiikamJ Berlin, July 28. The Porte is asking the protecting Powers for their opinion in regard to the hoisting of the Greek flag at Cania in Crete. The rotations between Turkey and Greece are better.
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  • 29 7 i Dkb OdTAdMTiscBR Lloyd Tkukibam Berlin, July 28. England, having regard to the position of affairs in the Shiran distriot, has landed troops at Busbire.
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  • 22 7 [Kbutbr's Tblkorax] London, July 29. The Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, baa opened the Imperial Defence Conference,. Tho deliberations are private.
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  • 48 7 Record Price for Colombo Supply. (Fko.ii Oob Corrbspondbnt.) Kuala Lumpur, July 29. The Rubber Growers' Company has contracted in Colombo for the forward sale of No. 1 Rubber from Kemspy Estate, Selangor, daring 1910, at six shillings per pound. This is a record for Colombo.
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  • 121 7 Surrey Men Arrested for Playing Football. Much amusement waooaused in Chesterfield, on the night of June 30, by an unrehearsf d performance in the struct by the professionals of the Surrey cricket team which had arrived for the purpose of playing Derbyshire the next day. They were coming
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  • 102 7 PARLIAMENTARY PRESSURE ON THE COLONIES. All Hongkong Divans Will be Closed. [Rbctib's Tblkobam] London, July 28. In the Honse of Commons, on the Colonial Office vote, Mr. Laidlaw urged a uniform policy in dealing with the opium trade in the Colonies, and recommended pressure on the Hongkong administration
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  • 174 7 ORVILLE WRIGHT DOES FIFTY MILE FLIGHT. Mysterious British Airship. [Riutib's Tilbobam.l London, July 28. A Washington telegram states that Mr. Orville Wright has succeeded in passing the official test. With a passenger in his aeroplane, he flew fifty miles in 72 minutes 40 seconds. [Dm Ostasiatiscuk Lloyd Tblbobam]
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  • 101 7 Motion Withdrawn in the Bangkok Case. (Fbom Our Own Cobrbspokdbnt.) Penang, July 28. In the Supreme Court, this morning, before Mr. Justice S. Leslie Thornton, Mr. A. R. Adams mentioned the motion under the Habeas Corpus Act in which ho had appeared to show cause against the role
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  • 217 7 Handicap (or To-day's Race Meeting. (Fbom Our Own Corbibpondbnt.) Penang, July 28. The following are the handicaps for today's races:— Griffin Handicap (Six furlongs). Crieffite 9.7, Batu Kawan 9.7, Dame Marion 8.12, Lily 8 9, Ju- Yen 8.0. Roadster Handicap (Six furlongs). Reject 12.7, Songster 11 7,
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  • 73 7 Penang, July 29. The following have been scratched The Griffin Handicap: Ju- Yen; the Club Handicap Miss Hampton the Try Again Stakes Dartmoor and Emu the Civil Service Cup Dad and Adohra; the Pavilion Stakes: Maori, Ranmore, Miss Hampton. Dawn and Cardinal the Grand Stand Cup Petgrave and Pin;
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  • 1242 7 RED-ROBED CHINESE FIRE ON KUALA LUMPUR POLICE. Remarkable Theory Propounded. (Fbom Oub Own Corrkspondkst.) Kuala Lumpur, July 29. Yon Hon Chin has been arrested in connection with the temple affair owing to tbe discovery of documents in the temple. On Tuesday, oar correspondent at Kuala Lumpur
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  • 95 7 Further Investigation at the] Police Court. This morning, Mr. Colruan continued tho preliminary enquiry into allegations of breach of trust that have been provisionally framed by the Municipality to serve the basis of the inquiry into M. A. Tobin's case. Mr. Perkins conducted the enquiry for
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  • 165 7 Replies Sent to Hongkong from Shanghai and Singapore. His Excellency the Governor having, at the request of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce, telegraphed to Shanghai and Singapore to withdraw the quarantine restrictions imposed against arrivals from Hongkong on account of the inadequacy of the reason for such
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  • 191 7 Agenda for Meeting to be Held at Penang. Following is the agenda for the next meeting of the Planters' Association of Malaya to be held at 10 a.m. on August 10, at the Agri- Horticultural Show, Penang:— Minutes of meeting of July 11. Motion brought forward by
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  • 90 7 Lim Ah Seng was before Mr. Howard in the district court this morning, for Louse breaking at 49 Cross Street. The case was clear and he has gone to hard labour for a year. Mahomed Eusope Merican was before Mr. A. de Mello, at the instance of the
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  • 106 7 Spare the rod, and spoil the child, is a ruaxim which not even the experience and authority of Solomon is able to commend powerfully to this tender-hearted age. We grow soft. But there are still some of tti» old faith left to show us how things should be
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  • 208 7 GUSHING PRAISE OF BRITISH ALLIANCE. Promises of Encouragements to Commerce. [Rbutbr's Trlkoram! London, July 28. Prince Arthur of Connaught presided at the inaugnral banquet of the Japan Exhibition, and read a messago from the King hoping that the Japanese and British peoples would promote an undertaking aiming at
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  • 88 7 TERRIBLE FIGHT IN MOROCCAN RAVINES. A Spanish Force Surprised and Wiped Out. IKiCTIKS TILBQBAIt] London, July 29. Fighting was resumed at Melilla on Tuesday. General Pintos and several officirs veto killed. Details aro coming to hand of Thursday's fighting. A Spanish detacluuont, it appears, was surprised in
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  • 98 7 SCHOOLS AND CHURCH BURNED AT BARCELONA. Railways and Telegraphs Torn up By Mobs. [Rbutkk's Tblkoram) London, July 28. Tho Anti-War riots in Barcelona continue, and the rioters have burned schools and a church and have cut the railways and telegraphs. Communication with Franco is now interrupted. Martial law
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  • 221 7 A Bengali master tailor, of Q'lien Street. recently charged an assiitaut w.tn kfca theft of I4U, which he l>ad hidden in a coat pock' t and put in a drawer in tin- pratMM of bit assistant. The money was mkmti and tl>» i journeyman tailor
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 280 8 The cricket match between Yorkshire and Australia resulted in a draw. Membera of the Selangor Ladies' Rifle Clnb «l»>ot for the Walker Cup in Augusts. Mr. J. R. Brown, the popular secretary of the Penang Cricket Club, has left for England on holiday. The White Cross Club
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    • 33 8 The Singapore Club. Tbe final for tbe Duffers Cup played on Sunday was between Mr. Rhodes and Mr. Howe not Mr. Hone as misprinted on Monday— and Mr. Howe was the winner.
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    • 40 8 5. C. R. C. Tournament. Tbe result of yesterday's play is as follows l A. Singles. Ong Teck Lira owe 18 beat Scab Cheng Joo scr.. 6—2, 7- 5. Friday's Tibs. Championship.— Song Ong Siang v. Chua Hong Hong.
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    • 481 8 5. C. C. Tournament. The cricket tournament match, Merchants v. The Rest, begun on Saturday last, was completed last evening on the Esplanade, and provided quite an exciting finish— certainly more exciting than the superior contest proceeding the same day at Manchester. When stumps were drawn on Saturday, The
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  • 451 8 Malay Recollections of Byegone Days in Singapore. The action brought by the Crown to establish itc right to a part of the foreshore near tbe Palmer godowns, Fort Palmer, as against Haji Mahomed Tahar, who claims the land on the ground that he and his predecessors have
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  • 321 8 Directors' Report on Past Year's Working. The directors of the Singapore Cold Storage Co. have issued their report to the shareholders for tho meeting to be held on August 6. It is as follows Your directors have pleasure in submiting tbe accounts of the company for
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  • 96 8 Nine Prisoners Escape from Sunning Gaol. Shortly after mid. night on the night of the 18th instant, a mutiny broke oat in the gaol of the Saoning district, when a number of prisoners attempted to effect their escape by bribing the warders. Nine prisoners and one of
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  • 505 8 FORTHCOMING VISIT TO THE NORTH. Text of the Official Programme. Following is the official programme for tbe visit of His Excellency tbe High Commissioner, Federated Malay States, and Governor of tbe Straits Settlements, to Kedab, Ponang and Perak, August, 1909 Tuesday, August, 3. The Colonial Steamer Sea
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  • 310 8 Celebrations in Singapore on Grand Scale. A meeting of the Roman Catholic community was hold at Penang, on July 26, to ooosidor what steps should be taken to celebrate the sacerdotal silver jubilee of Bishop Barillon, Bishop of the Diocese of Malacca. The Rt. Rev. J.
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  • 87 8 The M. M. steamer Tonkin, which arrived here on Monday from Marseilles, experienced rough weather between Djibouti and Colombo. Daring the storm the vesnel was rolling heavily, M. Rien, seeing a lady (lojbging on a deck chair on deck) was in danger, went to her re»cue and had a fall,
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  • 423 8 Prices Quoted In the Market This Morning. Singapore, 29th July, 1909. Messrs. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Share Brokers, issue the following list of quotations this morning Norn. Value. Bnyers. Sellers. £1 Anglo Malay 146/3 in 1 Anglo Sumatra 25/6 80/--1 Banking 17/6 pd 9/- 10/- prom
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  • 149 8 Bayers. Sellers. •10 Belat o.— 10 Braang 6.50 665 10 Brnseh 7.50 B.— £1 Duff Development 6.90 6 1 Jeher 2.— 2.75 tlO Knnaboi 1.75 2.— £1 Kinta 1025 10 75 1 Kledang 8.50 885 1 KramatPdlai 8.76 4.50 •10 K.mntan B.— £1 Lahat 10.— 10.50 $10 Malacca
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  • 79 8 •10 Eastern Smelting Co. 17 pd 9SO 9.85 60 Fraser and Neave Ld 145. 147.60 10 Hotel van Wijk 20.— 22.— 1100 Howarth Brskine Ld 85.— 100 7% Pref 100 100 Riley Hargreaves Co. Ld 62.50 65.— 100 1% Pref 98.— 95.— 10 Singapore Cold Storage Co. 10.— 10.25
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  • 42 8 1100 Howarth Ertikiue Ld 0% par 100 Riley Hargreaves Co. Ldo% 2% pm. 100 Singapore Municipal 0% 20% pm. 100 do 6% 5% pm. 100 do 4J% 2% pm. 100 do 4% 5% disc £100 Singapore Elect Trams b% 30% disc
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  • 92 8 On July 10, a dnunatie scene enlivened the proceedings in the Supreme Court at Saigon. A suitor named Balestrini who had been cast in legal proceedings and bad lodged an appeal, interviewed the Attorney General in the Court, saying that he wanted money and was quite destitute.
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  • 228 8 Judge at Old Bailey Regrets Jury's Decision. Late head gardener to the Duke of Norfolk, James Francis Lawler, aged 63, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to an indictment charging him with stealing jewellery and a banker's cheque. He, however, denied having been previously convicted in the
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  • 118 8 Lad's Heroic Attempt to Rescue Workman. In connection with the operations to rescue the workmen buried by the landslide at the Alexandra Dock works at Newport, in Monmouthshire, a boy named Tom Lewis, 14 years of age, on 4th inst. crawled down a narrow hole to 80
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 180 8 "Moutrie" COMBINED PIANO-PLAYER $800. This perfect model of mechanical genius can be heard at our Shoicrooms daily. S. Moutrie&Co. (LIMITED). Europe Hotel Buildings Telephone No. 422. NOTICE. It is hereby notified that the Exchange Banks will be closed on MONDAY. AUGUST 2. First Monday in August 1489 rHE BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE,
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    • 477 8 SKETCHES STORIEB OF MALAYA. A few copies of the "STRAITS ANNUALS FOR THE YEARS 1906-7 are still in stock and may be obtained at a clearing price of 26 cents each from the straits Times Office, Singapore or from our agents as under Meaara. JOHN LITTLE CO., Ltd., Singapore and
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    • 1117 9 MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. Issue of $1,000,000 four and half per cent. Debenture Stock, 1909. 1 Tho Muoicipal Commissioners of the Town of Singapore, hMfaf, in pursuance of the provisions contained in tho Muui.ipal Ordinance, 1896, decided .with the sanct.or lof the overnor in Council, to create and issue debenture stock,
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    • 1121 9 SCHEDULE D. lua OKI WIM the intM annual BOMB mm ..snbral rbokipts of thb Singapore Ml -Nil IPALITY FOR TIIK UST FIVK YR \RS UCWIBI RITK*, TAKES ISD REIMBURSEMENTS. ■r. t> > Water Mis- tvt.i tmim. Licenses. Fkis. Rents. gwfM ELLAXI ol s ToTAL I<)O4 31 836.45 78.098.24 284,928.67 394,714,91
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    • 546 9 SLEDGE MILK APCAR LINE OF BTEAMERB. Tv undermentioned mmll *Uamen of tht •bore Line .naintaln regular •errioe be»w». OaloaMa ud Japan, tailing »> Pen»ng, tJ>HK» pore, HoDgkong Mid Shanghai m mtt FLEET. Tool Oomm«nder m IUIM n *.01l i.Q.Ourws* l.i. Obmobi Amub 4,600 8. B. Bilk* m. 'AiutooiAnu" 4,000 A.
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    • 231 9 H. ABRAMS. New shijitueLt cf horses -In*' to arrive Thursday, Jane 24. A specially seleo* tei lot of high-class horses, cobs acd ponies. Inspection invited. Any reasonable trial given and a guarantee given with each horse sold. 5. ORCHARD ROAD. ♦pi"-^- ages TMwn M btl thorooßhly pxhaiutcl niUT a heavy
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  • 580 10 ANACREONTIC ODE IN HONOUR OF THE DREADNOUGHT. Nearly an Anacreonism. The popularity of the Dreadnought driver as an instrument cf victory grows apace. It has passed out of the region of cranks and oddities and taken its place amongst the serious clubs. Anacreontic odes in prose are written
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  • 389 10 University Students and a German Ordinance. At the British University Students' Congress* in Durham, Mr. H. J. Darnton-Fraser morod on bcba'f of the International Academic Committee a resolution expressing the regret of tho congress that the privilege of exemption from attendance during two semesters oat of
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    • 611 10 SINKING COMPANIES CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. MOORPORAT4D BT ROYAL CHARTER. Psid up Capital In 60,000 Bharss of flOsaoh 11. 100,000 BeswvsFund 2 11 22'2X Bsserrs Liability of Proprietor* 11.J00.000 BANKERS. Bank ol England. Rational Bank of Scotland. Iks Lsstdoa City 4 Midland Bank, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current
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    • 507 10 BANKING COMPANIES. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. paid-up capital •w.000.000 RESERVE FUND Sterling Reserve 118,000,0001 |*9 ftOO 000 BUverße*erve »14.500,000j w ww jteiTi Liability ol Propriston 118.000,00 c COURT 09 DIRECTORS. Hob. Mr. W. J. Oresson, Chairman. H. E. Tomkim, Esq., Deputy Chairman. B.G. Barrett, Esq. n. R. Lsnsmann, Bsq
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    • 520 10 INSURANCE Complies, GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LIMITED. Head Office Winchester House. SINGAPORE. Board of Directors i Q. A. Dirkic k, Esq., Chairman. Ad. Asmup, Esq., Vice-Chairman. A. H. Faik, Esq., Managing Director. Piter Fowlib, m.b., cm., Chief Med. Officer. F. M. Elliot, Esq. Rev. N. J. Couvrbur. Vow Noan
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    • 6 10 Zy mole Tooth Powper c hlt^r«^
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    • 636 10 JALES BY AUCTION. -A-TTCTIOZLnT SALE OF DAMAGED GOODS, EX. S.S. KALOMO, TO BE HELD AT Godown A, Keppel Road, Adjacent to the Tanjong Pagar Police Station, ON FRIDAY, JULY 30, AT 9.30 A.M. "MOTOR CARS, rubber tyres for carriage wheels, wheelbarrows, oars, ink erasers, hinges, freezers, oil cloth, drawing cloth,
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    • 270 10 AUCTION SALE or UNSERVICEABLE POLICE STOKES. UNCLAIMED AND CONFISCATED PROPERTY AND INTESTATE ESTATK PROPERTY, ETC., (By order of the Chief Police Officer >, TO BE HELD AT THE CENTRAL POLICE BTATION. SOUTH BRID6E ROAD, On Saturday, July 31, at 11 a.m. For particulars, see catalogues. Powell Co., 1413 Auctioneers AUCTION
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  • 928 11 AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION'S INNOVATION. Motorists and the Law. The Automobile Association has made a most interesting and important pronouncement of policy, which will undoubtedly not only appeal to members, but induce many waverers to join the association. It has always been at the forefron of the automobile bodies in energy
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  • 14 11 The sale of white phosphorus matches in Great Britain, haa been prohibited by Parliament.
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    • 456 11 1909 MODEL. THE I2 I4 Argyll (Four Cylinders). R.A.C. RATIHG IS H.P., APPROXIMATE B.H.P. 20. nß > a «i_ Car with Standard 5-seated side «*fk. n^e PRICE: cn 8 t L k r P s b< T^.s J ana l su^ ni $2,975. EXTRAS s Hood, $175. Folding Windscreen, »70.
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    • 35 11 REMEMBER THE NAME. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is just wbat its name implies. For pains in the stomach, cramp, colic or diarrhoea, it has no equal. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 400 11 Cost of running depends largely on WOLSELEY-SIDDELEY. tho weight a car may usually carry, the f~~^\ mileage il runs, and, lastly, its horse- Gtentik, Is| power. 1 hiring the past year an owner M^.^^. |.V< of alO 12 h.p. Wolaeley-Siddek-y car that fuSSJ CSSSfMIw\ ran 7,104 miles on the North
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    • 190 11 New Arrivals. The last vintage having been very superior in quality, we are in a position to supply our clients with a very good table claret a! 4.75 per dozen quarts, doty fr*s. We have also received "Anti Spumante," a delicious sparkling wine, Genuine Vermouth of Turin, Fernet Branca, the
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    • 99 11 PILSENER BEER. KEY BRAND imported smci rt ISfimn tu^Cqk. Y<lfl l l"' r """iflrV^»' BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. None Genuine without the above two Labels. BEHN MEYER Co., Ltd., •ole Importer. J. MOTION CO. Watchmakers, Jewellery, Opticians. RBPAIRB PROMPTLY EXECUTED. W. J. GARCIA, Piano, Organ and Music Dealer. Sole Agent for
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    • 925 12 £cale of Charged. PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS.— MisQejlinrnnn Wants of Every Description, Boones, Land, etc, to let, are inserted at the) following rates One Insertion 11.20 per inch. Two B 2.00 Three 2.80 Six 6.20 Nine 6.40 Twelve 7.12 Twenty- five 10.00 (Bach subsequent month 15 per inch.) The above rate is
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    • 578 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. *Un Fomr Una, motno iMrtloa SI.X t >as tosfc, sol* si stsigw. OFFIOE TO BE LET. Offloe on second floor ot. No. T, Battery Road. Apply to Gulhrie and Co.. Ltd. 0 1878 OFFI6E A BODOWM TO BE LET. Witt immediate entry Be. 7, Malacca
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    • 604 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. Rini>-rniU>M,»ioitw SMSiUnsm, H-fIC By tbs Isak, sm Suit of Okaiaa, OFFICE AND GOOOWN TO LET. No. OS, Robinson Road. Moderate rent. Apply to J. LEVY, No. 10, Robinson Road. Sm HOUBE TO LET. Westbourne, Gilstead Road, at present occupied. Entry August Id Apply to W.
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    • 583 12 SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS. Netherlands Gutta Percha Co.. Ltd. Motor-tyres retreaded at Moderate Prioes. All kinds of India Rubber Articles, Sbeeta, VALVES, Rings, TYRES, HOBES (Suotion, Steam, Hydraulic), Gardenhoses, Tubea, ENDLESS BELTS, FLOOR-TILES, MATTING, EBONITE and Hard Rubber Articles, Bioyole Tyres. Works Offices: PassirPanjang, Singapore. Sole Agents i MESSRS. HOOGLANDT CO.,
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    • 357 12 ARTICLES FOR SALE. Bins i-Fou LlnM, oas or two Imrttoae, fix By th. Inch, MtiSctl. of Cbsr«*». RUBBER STUMPS FOR BALE. Good Rubber Stamps, 10 months old. Apply tfaaagtr, Llnggl Plantations, Ltd., Bcrembaai. ■Ml FOR SALE. Hulk TancarviUo," as she now lies at Tanjong Pagar, close to tho East Wharf.
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