The Straits Times, 16 August 1909

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times NO. 23.039 SINGAPORE. MONDAY. AUGUST 16. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 280 1 NETT LACE ROBES IVORY ECRU ]k| THE Empire Hotel, KUALA LUMPUR. F.M.B. A. New First-class Hotel Fitted with Electric Light and Fans Five minutes from Railway Station. Overlooking tho Padang. Single and Double Bedrooms, with Private Bathroms attached. Cuisine under European Supervision. Cold Storage Supplies weekly from Singapore. Hotel Porter
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    • 131 1 ART NEEDLEWORK AND FLOWER DEPOT tl7. Orchard Road ARRANGED FLORAL BASKETS, BOUQUETS, SHOWERS, ETO. Wedding Ore' en receive rpeoitl atteLtion. Many Local Testimonials. Prices Mokkkatk. Cat Flowers from on> own Nnneriw, always Quite Fresb. TeleDhone f OlBoe No 787 1435 lelepbone Nurseries 190. Proprietress: Mrs. H. A. MOs*. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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    • 95 1 STRAITS CYCLE AND MOTOR CO., LTD., 15, Battery Road. CYCLE AND ALL MOTOR ACDEBBORIEB Plating, Repairs to Typewriters, Sewing Machines, Rickshaws, etc. DEPOT FOR SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITERS The Latest Models Stocked. Connolly Rickshaw Wheels, British Make. American Rickshaw Wheels, with Nickel Spokes, Ball Bearings, Rubber Tyres. Carriage Wheels, etc. EBBENGE
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    • 83 1 ROBINSON CO. ARE NOW SHOWING SOME Very Handsome Wedding Presents COMPRISING NEW AND ORIGINAL DESIGNS IN SOLID SILVER ROSE BOWLS, SOLID SILVER TEA SERVICES, Silver Liqueur Cups in Cases, Silver Salts and Peppers in Cases, Silver Cake Baskets, Silver Bon-Bon Dishes, Silver Cigar and Cigarette Boxes, and SILVER CANTONESE WARE,
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    • 74 1 TO BE LET ON LEABE. Killrny House, St. Thomas' Walk, suitable for a first clars boarding house, good Diningroom and Drawing-room and eleven Bedrooms with wide verandah and Bathrooms, some attached. The bouse is now being re-modelled and thoroughly repaired and decorated, and the plans could be made to suit
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    • 26 1 To Planters! Two Useful Books. TAP OCA A 8 A CATCH CROP FOR RUBBER BUMATRA TOBACCO. j t K»THIEU On Sali at tbi Principal Book Ssllbr-.
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  • 1829 2 LOCAL AND LONDON COMPANIES COMPARED. Plea for Different Management A correspondent, signing himself AntiConversion, writes from London on July '•>, as follows It has recently been my business to read through the reports and prospectuses of a goodly number oi rupee aud sterling produce companies, and 1 have
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 200 2 Bulmer's Pure Herefordshire CIDER Per case of 6 dozen pints $15. Per case of 3 dozen quarts: $13. OF ALL DEALERS. IMPORTERS: The Borneo Co., Ld., SINGAPORE. The Straits Times, AMD The Straits Budget. > SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Payable in Advance. Daily issue per year 180.00 do per quarter 7.60 do
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    • 181 2 BUCHANAN'S WHISKIES are not an experiment. They have been the favourite blends at home for many years and aro rapidly gaining similar popularity in the Colonies. No expense is spared in keeping both, up to the mark RED BEAL AND BLACK AND WHITE 46 SINGAPORE COLD STORABE CO.. LTD. (NEAR
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    • 357 2 #W| rai For a V'n2^> Th 1 ♦afctßii Wash Clothes. I MONKEY <4 BRAND Na Makes Copper like Gold, Tin like Silver Tel. No. 905. G. Otomvme 8 Co. HAVE JUST UNPACKED A NEW CONSIGNMENT OF J Japanese Screens Ladies and Gentle- Comprising hand-painted, men ar« kindly Va AND EMBROIDERED
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  • 1053 3 MR. LATHAMS GALLANT ATTEMPT FAILS. Story of the Trip. Mr. Hubert Latham failed in bis first attempt to win The Daily Mail £1,000 prize for crossing the English Channel in an aeroplane. He gives bis owl vivid account of the event, as follows Five seconds before the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 711 3 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. CIVIL, MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, IRON BRASS FOUNDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRIDGE BUILDERS GENERAL CONTRACTORS. Steam, Gas and Oil Engines for all purposes. Boile s and Pumps for every use. Light Railway Rolling Stock and Railway Implements. Rails, Tipping Wagons and Sleepers. Winches, Cranes and Steel Hawsers. Steel Pulleys,
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    • 70 3 INFANTILE CHOLERA Any onusoal looseness of a child s bowels during the hot weather shonld be a warning to mothers Infantile cholera may develop in a few boars, and prompt action should be taken to avoid it. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhiea Remedy, followed by a dose of castor oil,
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    • 556 3 MARTIN'S .df^lfor Ladle s.l f*l JLls*i3 rranek Hamad T fop all llranlarnMa, Tfco«*.a<ta af I .adm kaap a t»i or Martin t PUW in*. h.*m, tlut on tha am ntn ai .my Irrryu^rtty o f h^ Syvtvm timely daw may ba i,!nini.i<iri K»« who m ihem n nun 1 than,
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    • 532 3 A Famous Cricketer 1 ji Pu r Iti H //./■< v Ik, —if j > cncluln to Mt< mi .'"> 1. I Itmnwmtm mm mmmm. R (••sUkakltirU* Si T" .;tkit pcpnl.,r ,:Mm,al V» Jef %^J +y Nerve Strain, Weariness, Exhaustion To enable me lo wear well, says George Hirst, the
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 683 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. p. a? o. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Penang. Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Eiypt, Mediterranean Parti, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading issued tor Chin* Coast, Perdian Gulf, Continental, and Amerioan Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. Outward (for China) Asaaye Aog
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    • 659 4 STEAMERS SAILINGOCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTO. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO. LTD. The Companies' steamers an deipaohed from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, Chins and Japan every week and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight for Genoa, Marseille, and Liverpool and for Marseilles, Havre and
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    • 621 4 STEAMER BAIUHBS. INDOCHINA STEAM NAY. CO.. LTD. Tn steamen of this Company maintain a regular direct servioe between Oaloutta, Straits, Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan, taking cargo, sa through Bills of Lading tor Canton, Bwatow, Amoy, Ghafoo, Tientsin, Newohwang, Yangtest Ports, Formosa, the Philippines, A),, Ac. Himwttn Ton* Commander Kotsam 4.9
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    • 302 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. C. P. R. Canadian Paoiflo Railway Company's Royal Hail Steamship Lino. THB NATIOHAIi HIOHWAT TO EUROPE Pll O JIN A JAPAN, CANADA and ta* UNITED STATES, Route from Hongkong, via Shanghai, Nagasaki, (Inland Ssa of Japan), Robs, Yokohama, Victoria and Vanoouv.r, 8.M.8. 'Binsjoiln,,,- Twin urn «teaR.M.B. "EMnass or
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    • 694 4 STEAMER SAILINGS* HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. The steaman of this Company maintain a regular' aervloe between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and lha Straits China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and oaa* a month tor Bremerhaven direct, oalling al Penang and Colombo. Taking oargo
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    • 743 4 STEAiER BAIUNM. N. D. L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mail (teamen of this Company sail fortolgbty from Bremen, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp. Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (oonneottosi Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vioe Terse) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Pnnrwig. Singapore, Hongkong Shanghai, Nagasaki
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  • 146 5 FIXTURES Monday, August 16. Hi^h Water, 10 M p m. IVDang appeal court S. C. C. annual meeting, ■"■IS. Alhambra Cinematograph. Harinia Cinematograph. Marlborougb Cinematograph. Tuesday. August 17. Hiat Water, 0.0 p.m., 11.28. p.m. Taiping races. (iovornor returns from Peuang, 9 a.vi Wednesday. August 18. High Water,
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  • 254 5 To-Day. Malacca, Port Dickson, Port Swt't'enbam anil Teluk Anson Perak S pm Bangkok Dagniar 4 pm Hongkong ao.l Shanghai Meinam 4 pm To morrow Cucob Glanggi 10 am K. Palisng, Pckan, Kuan tin, Tnu^ann Aing Liong 1 1 am V. Bw. ttenhara, Penang Rotor un 1 pm
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  • 541 5 Latest Arrivals. Aliftnt,, Span. str. 2H65 tons, Capt Cuinillar, Aug 15. From Manila. Aug 9. G.c. ami 40 dp. Barlow Co. For Barcelona, Aug 18— W. Ayulhin, Brit. Htr. 694 tons, Captain Curtis, August 14. From Bangkok, Aug 7. Teak. Borneo Coy For Bombay. Aug 18— R<ts. Ban
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  • 114 5 August 13 Kanaiiuua Mara, Jap str, Hongkong and Japan I In.i/.'.a, Brit str, Langkat imkiltt Urit str. Simbu and Pamangkat Lady Weld, Brit str, Maar and Malacca llan h, Stx,n. Dut str, Pontianak Magyar, Brit str, Teluk Anson via ports Suruan. Itrit atr. Manila Vnlenlyn, Dot str, Paneh O.
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  • 91 5 Wharves at which Vessel* are Berthed To- Day. TANJONQ PAOAK East Wham Babw— Tanoarville, Hong Bee. EabtW. BaoTiox 1 Kabmo, Rumpbius, Sionoa No. 1 (Sheers Wuaiih— Nil. Diigmar. SaoTioß n t— Thongwa. 3— X. rat. 4 Meinam. s— Nil. 6— Machaon. n 7
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  • LOCAL PASSENGER LISTS.
    • 172 5 Per P. and O. steamer Nile, due August 20.— Mr. C. Waller, Mrs. Macneill and child, Mr. J. H. Elliott, Mr. Rij>«. Mr. and Mis. A. Macphcrson, Capt. and Mt«. T. Robinson, Sergt. and Mrs E. K Budd. Por P. and O. steamer Mooltan, connecting with the
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    • 71 5 Per steamer Kinta, August 16. From Teluk Anson Messrs. Koek, To/.er and Miss Bust; from Port Swettenham: Mrs. C. Emerson, Messrs. G. K Cobb, C. A. BuxtoD, D. J. Parkins, J. R. Nicholson, H. C. Paxon, J. A Agar from Port Dick sou Messrs. V. A. Holland and W.
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  • 128 5 A cargo of teakwood for Colombo arrived from Bangkok, on Saturday, by the British steamer Ayuthia. The British steamer Cyrus, which arrived from Moji, on Saturday, with a cargo of coal, had two stowaways on board. Messrs. Wee Bin and Co. s steamer Nam Yong arrived from Macassar
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  • 214 5 Ho well and Co. Aug 17. At saleroom, dutch Btcol screw steamer. Sarie Bandjor, at 2.80. Au« 17.— At saleroom, Iron Hulk Tancarville, at 2 80, Aug 17. At saleroom, town properties, No. 8. r >2. Victoria Street, etc., at 2.80. Aug 17. At saleroom, building land at
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  • 296 5 A Marine Sergeant's Accidental Death. Thanks to the extreme care exercised by the National Uitie Association, accidents with firearms at the Bisley ranges were non-ex-istent until laßt month, when a fatal mishap occurred at the revolver range. Armourersergeant McCracken, of the Koyal Marine Light Infantry, Chatham, was
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  • 45 5 Time-bails 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 ib fired at 12 o'clock noon, indicating Singapore standard time on every day excepting Sunday, when it is fired at one o'clock.
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  • 554 5 Six Months' Imports and Exports of Silver. Meshrs. Samuel Montagu and Co., writing on July 22, state About XV.00,000 bar gold came into the market, a considerable proportion of which was taken for abroad. The Bank of England received the following amounts .July 19, .£5,000 in sovereigns
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  • 132 5 Respecting the naming of twins 1-ady Bal(our of Bnrleigh lias just told an amusing story. A friend of hers, she said, had had the fortune, or misfortune, to have three seta of twins, and as each pair came the parents pnzzled their brains to discover suitable names
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  • 255 5 Finance Commerce. EXCHANGE. SlMOAPORa, ACdlST 16, 1900. On London Bank 4 m/s 2/4 j Demand 2 4j Private 6 m/s 2/4JJ do 8 m/« l 1 A On Germany Bank d/d 88SJ Private 8 m/s 240 1 do A m/s 242} On France- Bank d/d 284 Private 8 m/s 29CJ
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 272 5 Issuk Paid Last VaLUI Dl COMPAMY DITII).JID Bcrm Skllkux 10 10 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. 12% for Oh 10 10 Brnang, Ltd. 10 10 Bruseh Hydraulic T. M. Co., Ui. B% (or "08 1 1 Duff Development Co.. Ltd. 10 10 Kanaboi, Ltd. 1 1 Kinta Tin Mines,
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    • 613 5 Sterling. I i 1 1 AngloJdalay Rubber Co., Ltd. 80% for 08 1 17/6 contributory 1 1 Batu Caves Rubber Co., Ltd 10% for '08 1 1 Batu Tiga (Selangor) R. Co. Ltd. 6% for "08 1 1 Bukit Kajang Rubber Estate Ltd. ...i 1 6/- Contributory ...I 1
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    • 186 5 10 10 60 10 100 100 100 100 10 100 100 10 60 1 100 100 10 10 7 60 10 100 100 10 100 100 10 60 1 100 100 10 Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd. 10% (or 'Or 12.50 I 10% for W U. 75 Fraser Neave, Ltd.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 55 5 Godfrey Phillips, Ld. LONDON, ENGLAND. SMOKE The KiDg of Cigarettes The King of m D 11 II V^U^-m, A free nample "5^ obtainable by \J Sold byapplying to the -T-I^^^B^B^^ »II -r-. Singapore Branch, All the Principal 55, ROBINSON RD. Tobacconists. Godfrey Phillips, Ld. Awarded Grand Prix "for CigaretUs, London,
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 223 5 WEATHER REPORT. tandanf Ktrbau BotpUal.Aug. 10, 190». 9 a. a. 8 r. >. 9 r. a. Rumwul. Bar. 81 Fab 20 91* 19 8)3 19 93" Temp 83. > 87.6 79 0 nil Wet Balb Ther 77.4 78.0 76 0 DirofWind.. N.W. N.W. calm Max. Temp.. 88.0 Mm 76t Max.
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  • 66 6 Hill. On August 14, at Newchwang, China, Eleanor Marie, youngest daughter of Mrs. Hill, and the late John Lyon Hill of Virginia, and sister of Mrs. W. A. White of Singapore. Da Souza. On August 14, at her residence, 42, Waterloo Street, Singapore, Josephine Mary I).; Souza nn'o Chopard),
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  • 1161 6 The Straits Times MONDAY, AUGUST 16. CHINESE BRAINS. Lord William Cecil wonld be an unworthy son of a distinguished father if he did not possess generosity, perception, and great candour. He would not be a Church of England clergyman if these qualities had not been subjected to a certain amount
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  • 9 6 Kelantan has a public debt of about 1 150,000.
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  • 12 6 Nearly all the local schools are resuming after the summer holidays to-day.
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  • 20 6 Last year was the most sickly on record in Perak. The daily average of patients at the hospitals being 1,689.
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  • 16 6 A bequest of a million pounds has been made to the lUrnato Institute for cancer patients.
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  • 16 6 Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Co. have contributed $25,000 to the endowment fund of tin Hongkong University.
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  • 26 6 Mr. Louis de Souza, of No. 42, Waterloo Street, begs to thank his friends for their kind attendance at the funeral of his beloved mother yesterday.
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  • 26 6 The Sultan of Kedah, it would appear, desires stamps of his own, instead of those of theF. M. S. now put in circulation in that State.
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  • 28 6 It is expected that H. K. the High Commissioner may break his journey at Taiping, on his way back to Singapore, and inspect the M. S. (i. quarters.
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  • 25 6 The Colonial Chaplain and Commissary of the Diocese, the Rev. H. C. Izard, M. A., has become a patron of the Indian Christian Association, Singapore.
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  • 29 6 The Australian Minister of Defence is offering a prize of £5,000 for the invention of an aeroplane suitable for Australian defence purposes. The competition is confined to Australian inventors.
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  • 39 6 We notice that salive water from the natural hot spring discovered recently by Mr. Goodall some ten miles out on the Thomson Road is now being bottled and sold in Singapore. It is claimed to have valuable medicinal properties.
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  • 33 6 The Fatshan case has been satisfactorily settled. Messrs. Butterfield and Swire agreed to compromise matters with the deceased's relative by paying them 15,200 as compensation, and transferring another captain on to the Fatshan.
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  • 49 6 At Bisley, the Stock Exchange, the Cor an Doyle, and the sub-target events were tired concurrently with the Daily Graphic, the Graphic, and Daily Telegraph competitions. The analysis of scores shows that in the three competitions for newspaper prizes there were 101 highest possible as against 68 last year.
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  • 64 6 Impossible schemes are still being submitted in Peking for providing China with I >readuoughtsaod first-class cruisers, unmindful ot the fact that China .has not officers to mac nor revenue to maintain, nor a naval base to shelter them, says Dr. Morrison in the Times. It is btill not settled whether
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  • 69 6 According to M. A. P., the King's lucky number is 9. Both his parents were born in 1819, he was born on the 9th, his marriage took place in the year '63, which numbers added one to the other make 9 his reign commenced in 1901, he was to have
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  • 66 6 The Bangkok Times of the 9th inst. says Mr. P. A. K. Barron of the police and two policemen left Bangkok, yesterday, by. the Tsintau for Singapore, en route for Colombo, to bring Mr. Roberts to Bangkok Mr. Barron will probably go forward to Colombo by German mail next Monday,
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  • 66 6 That the excellent music provided by the orchestra at the Adelphi Hotel is much appreciated by Singapore residents, is shown by the increasing number of guests at each special concert. Last Saturday, a very strong programme was presented, Mr. Lin ton David himself contributing as piano solos, a Liszt rhapsody
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  • 70 6 At a meeting of the Guardians of the Strand Union, a letter was received from the managers of the Central London Asylum stating that the superintendent had suggested the provision of an artificial leg for a patient. A Ouardian The nnfortunate thing in connection with the provision of artificial appliances
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  • 87 6 An important Factory Act, introduced into the Imperial Council at Calcutta, on July 30, provides that no person be actually employed more than 12 hours a day, or before 5.i10 in the morning or after 7 in the ever. rig. It also provides that the period for which mechanical power
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  • 105 6 There was a very good house at the Alhaiubra cinematograph on Saturday. Many new pictures were projected on to the screen, among the best being Blessinqton'tt Bonny Babieo, Acrons the Inland of Ceylon and a fi'm dart. Bertha's Little Tootsies. The last named is a hi^h-grade comic picture and the
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  • 428 6 Mr. C. May, local superintendent of works and surveys, leaves for Ponang today. Mr. W. I). Barnes, secretary for Chinese Affairs, has been visiting Penaug. Mr. It. .1. Bartlett. inspector of schools, returned from Malacca, this morning, by tho Kiuta. Mr. .1. H. Klcuui, the director of
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  • 36 6 Messrs. Derrick and Co. report the following mine outputs for the month of July 1909: -Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd., fi.)7 57 pels. Kuantan Tin Mining Co., Ltd., 120.75 pels, itruang, Ltd., 71.25 pels.
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  • 64 6 Following is the result of crushing opera tions at Haub for the four weeks ended 14th instant Bukit Koruan, stone, crush, ;i,i!7 4 tons, gold obtained, 957 ounces, and Average per ton, 5 dwts 16 grains. Bukit Malacca: atone crushed, 1,779 tons, gold obtained, 7H ouuees,
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  • 92 6 A German, in the employ of the mining company in Shantung, went to Ma Cbaan, to use explosives in order to kill fish, and his actions threw the villagers of the district into confusion. One Sun attempted to exhort the German to leave the place. It is
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  • 94 6 A Kheh named Hok Koo Loo tried to get a ricksha puller to aocopt a counterfeit tencent pioco in Mosquu Street, early yesterday morning, but the puller was too wiso and set up a howl which brought the police, who arrested the Kheh »od found thirty two
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  • 111 6 That the Hariuia Hall Cinematograph still continues to secure a good nhare of publio patronage was evidenced by the full house this show had on Saturday night, when a particularly good programme was presented and greatly pleased the audience. A good many comic pictures were shown and
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 89 6 GABRICK COARSE-CUT. In 1 lb. $W^Q^SRl^ Price OBTAINABLE AT Messrs. John Little Co., Ltd., Robinson Co. Special Show of NOVELTIES Dust Cloaks, Lace Coats, Scarves, Glovee, Sunshades,Covers and Fancy Goods OF ALL KINDS. TO BUIT ALL TASTES AND POCKETS. JOHN LITTLEJAND CO, LTD. JUST ARRIVED PER S.S. KANAGAWA MARU 1
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    • 142 6 Alhambra NEW PICTURES TO-NIGHT. 2ND BHOW. AT 9.30 P.M. 1. Overture La Boheme— Puccini— The Orchestra. 2. COWBOY'S EXPLOITS. 8. Your Licence, Please I 4. The Girl Detective. 5. Blessington's Bonny Babies. 6. The Widow. 7. Across the Island of Coylon. 8. Mr. Durand wants Amusement** 9. Film dArt: THE
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  • 251 7 THE SITUATION STILL VERY CRITICAL. Cretan Peasants Defending Greek Flag. [Rkutbr's Tblkoraml London, August 16. A Note from the Powers has been presented to tho Porte undertaking that tho objectionable Greek flag shall bo removed from Crete, and the hope is expressed that in the circumstances the
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  • 59 7 NEW MEDITERRANEAN CHIEFS TASK. Organiser of Empire Forces. [Rbutkr's Telioram] London, August 16. Mr. Haldane, Minister of War, speaking at Bradford, said that Lord Kitchener's command in the Mediterranean would include the organisation of tho troops in South Africa, and the working out of plans for concentrating the
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  • 46 7 SHOCK FELT SLIGHTLY AT TOKIO. Nagoya Badly Damaged. [RBDIEB'S Tk .K.II!\M London, August 16. There has been an earthquake in Central Japan, but the extent of the casualties is unknown. Nagoya has been badly damaged and tho «hock was slightly felt at Tokio.
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  • 38 7 Scared Passengers Struggle for Safety. Kfitkk's TklbobamJ London, August 10. Eight people were killed and forty injured by a railway collision at Colorado Springs. Four hundred pissengors who were panicstriken stampeded through clouds of steam.
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  • 34 7 I RituTßß's TelkhramJ London, August 16. It is stated that the United States Government is considering the building of a 80,000 ton battleship, which the General Board of the Navy recommends.
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  • 34 7 IDkk Ostasutiscuk Lloyd Tki.edkam| Berlin, August 14. llerr Malefyt has been appointed Dutch Colonial Minister, iv the place of Herr Idcnburg, who is taking the Governorship of the Dutch East Indies.
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  • 38 7 [Oik (>!.!■ vsimsi-mt Lloyd Tblkoram] Berlin, August IJ. Tbo Pope ban published an encyclical in which ho calls upon the Church (or greater activity, and the strengthening of its influence upon the minds of the people.
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  • 276 7 Official Changes Impending in Singapore. Several changes in the higher appointments of the Government service are pending, but no official pronouncement has bo far been made in this connection. In the legal department, Mr. Justice Braddell has gone homo ill and it is quite likely that he
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  • 241 7 Further Details of the Death of Mr. Kershaw. The B. N B. Herald, of 3rd inst, says:— Fuller particulars are cow to band as to the death of Mr. Kersbaw. It appears tbat on July 13, Mr. Kershaw took charge of ono gang of coolies and
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  • 243 7 American Government Takes Note of Nanshan Disaster. Be.J.:miin Winthrop, assistant secretary of the Navy, has made public a letter in which he warmly commends the heroism of seaman De la Cruz, says the Manila Times. Do la Cruz was singled out for this exceptional honour by reason of
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  • 166 7 The Escape of a Prisoner After Three Years. Some three years ago, on the occasion of the departure from Peking of the Commissioners sent by China to investigate foreign constitutional systems, a bomb was thrown, bat the result was only the shattering of the thrower, whose name
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  • 74 7 A new record with quick-firing guns was established by the 29th Co. Royal Garrison Artillery, stationed at Portsmouth. Firing from tho Fort Albert, Isle of Wight, at floating targets towed at 24 knots speed 1,700 yards distant, the gunlayers completed twenty rounds in fiftyeigbt seconds,
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  • 232 7 ROUND THE WORLD SERVICE FLEET. Norddeutscher- Lloyd Company's Project. As soon as the Panama canal is tinishrd the North Deutscher-Lloyd Steamship Co. will have a line of round-tuc-world steamers running into this port, says G. Freisland, agent of the German line at Hamburg. Steamers of the type of
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  • 381 7 Two Chinamen Sent to Prison for Six Months. Mrs. Lena Pearce, of 89 Dboby Ghaut, went out from her house at noon, on August 1, leaving no one there, but padlocking the door. Upon her return, about three o'clock, sbo found that the padlock had been removed, the
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  • 223 7 A silent woman is providing a curious puzzle for the Willesden magistrates. About three weeks have now passed since her arrest, says a home paper and thrice she has been before the bench, to no person will she utter a word. Well dressed, and of lady-like appearance,
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  • 129 7 The Teluk Anson correspondent of tho Times of Malaya says that Mr. A. J. M. Allen, financial clerk, sub-treasury. Lower Perak, baa been arrested, and is in custody now, on a charge of criminal breach of trust as a public servant in respect of a
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  • 673 7 SHOOTING OF MR. RUTHERFORD IN UPPER LANGKAT. Alleged Murderer on Trial. The Deli papers give detailed reports of the trial of M. J. Janssens, a boring assistant on the oilfields in Upper Langkat, for the murder of Mr. H. J. Rutherford, the head boremaster there, on February 13
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  • 249 7 Another Ingenious Smuggling Trick in Egypt. A curious and ingenious attempt at importing hashish into Eygpt has just been frustrated—not owing to the vigilance of the Customs authorities, but as a result of another instance of the mischance which has of late persistently dogged the footsteps
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  • 88 7 A very quiet marriage took place at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, on August 6, when Mrs. Brough, widow of the late Hobert Brougb, was united to Mr. Charles liell, an electrician in the same company as that with which Mrs. Brough was recently playing Mrs. Broogh is one of the
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  • 299 7 Improvements in Main Artery of Traffic. Anderson bridge, the massive 'girder structure at the mouth of tho Singapore river, which looks substantial enough to last for all time, and which will soon carry a great portion of the townward traffic of Sinkapore, is pretty well completed so far
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  • 643 7 Impressions of a Traveller from Penang. Id common with the progress which is now going on in nearly everything all over the world, the mail service to the Far East is very different to what it was 20 years ago. Not indeed that the
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  • 122 7 The experts called to testify in the cause of Harry Kendall Thaw, confined in Matteawan asylum for the killing of the late Stanford White, have testified before the board that Thaw is insane, says a New York despatch of the 14th inst. The Australian Oovernmont is prohibiting the importation into
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  • 569 7 SPECIAL COMMITTEE BLAME BOTH SIDES. Want of Confidence and Lack of Discipline. [Rbcter'h Tklkciram London, August 14. The report of the sub-committeo appointed, with the Prime Minister as Chairman, to inquire into statements about the Admiralty contained in a report handed in by Lord Charles Beresford,
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  • 56 7 I)KR OsTASIATISCHK LLOYD TkLR(IRAM) Berlin, August 14. The negotiations which have been taking place between Russia and Turkey with reference to the Dardanelles raise no large principles. All that Russia desires h a passage through the straits for the ships which are to accompany the Czar
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  • 32 7 I'm Ostasiatiscur Lloyd Tki.k..ihm Berlin, August 15. The Koelnisoho Zietuag r< pidiitos the allegation of the Times that tbcro was German bribery in connecthn with the Chinees railway question.
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  • 107 7 Official papers explaining tin- Common wealth" acceptance of the American t< ndtrcf Mtaaw. l'ratt and Whitney lor tliu supply of small arms aud factory plaut sliow that tlm English firms tendering are hopelessly outclassed as regards price and time. Americans allege that the British riflu factories am twenty
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  • 68 7 Kan Kwong, charged with being a member of an unlawful society, was m i ;< no il to Us months' rig' rous imp.isomni at, Ui Saturday, by the third ■agmratoi !!<■ Imd in In* possession thnu boakaof lafortnaiioa rtgnrding the rites and Mf— wl m■ I Iht Trinl
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 192 8 Thu Raffik Moslem football club is ex < njpU'd from registration. The annual general meeting of members of the Singapore Cricket Club will be held in the club pavilion this afternoon at 5.15. Tho President of the Club, Sir Arthur Young, K. C. M. will take the
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    • 92 8 M. I A, Junior Competition. The Straits I'nion and the Roc'iore police t. anis met for the third time on Saturday to uticido the issue between them, and tho match proved fairly interesting. During the tirst period the contest was a more or less level one and there
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    • 91 8 5. C. C. Tournament. The following ties are arranged to be |.iayed this week Tn >>AY. Championship. McKean v. Biddulph. TIKSII.VV. Kriendly Pairs. McKean and Talma v. b'roeman and Passmore. Robertson and van I'uyleuberi; v. Pugh and Harrington. WtaMMBaY. Doubles, final. Marsh aud Harrington, reo. 3 v. White
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    • 148 8 1 L. T. C. Tournament. Friday's results were as follow Double* handicap. Mies J. Gunn and Mr. s&lzmann beat Mrs. Coombe and Mr. Dennys. r, -4, 4—6, 6—2 and Mrs. Hartnell aud Mr. Hooper beat Miss Abrams and Mr. Courtney _r,, s_b, 6—4. Ti« mi's Tik. Championship Pairs.—
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    • 222 8 s. c. c. v. p. w. d. ()d the S. C. 0. ground, on Saturday, the t:ome club played cricket against a P. \T. I), team, winning by a vury handsome margin. Details follow s. c. a .1. W. Haddcn bCoelbo 6 F. C Gregson b l'earsc 2 R.
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    • 675 8 Singapore Club Mixed Foursomes. The following results have been recorded in the mixed foursomes competition which has been in progress for some weeks, and has been extremely .interesting First Roi'nu. Mrs. Howpk and Mayson, 8, beat Mrs. Elcum and Grogson, 5, by two up. Mrs. Dundas and Crabb Watt,
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    • 395 8 Singapore Rifle Association. A largo number of members turned out for the monthly handicap of the Singapore Rifle Association, which took place yesterday. The weather conditions were very good in the early stages, but a troublesome wind sprang up later which made shooting rather difficult at 600 yards.
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  • 471 8 An Incident in the Recent Visit to London. Unprecedented enthusiasm has been aroused in London by the visit of the great Meet, which on July 17, took up its position from Westminster to beyond the Nore. The arrival of the main body at Southend was
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  • 225 8 Exciting Escape from Flooded Cabin. Colonel H. B. Vaughan, of the Indian Army, and Mrs. Vaughan had an exciting adventure the other morning, when their yacht Cheetah, which was at anchor off Torquay, wan ran down and sunk by the Brixham trawler Lark. The accident occurred
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  • 188 8 Scottish Surveying Expedition Sets Out on its Labours. Reuter lias received further details of the Arctic expedition which under the leaderRbip of Dr. W. S. Bruce, is proceeding from Scotland to the Arctic. The expedition is being conveyed to the scene of its labours on board the Steam
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  • 741 8 Prices Quoted in the Market This Morning. Singapore, 16th August, 1909. Messrs. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Share Brokers, issue the following lift of quotations this morning Rubber Shares. Norn. Value. Buyers. Sellers. £1 Anglo-Malay 187/6 140/- ex/d 1 A D^lo Sumatra M 29 1 Banteng 80/-
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 4 8 Zymole Tooth Powder JSJ-J;
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    • 3 8 Steams' Headache Cure.&r,.,',",,
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    • 548 8 SPECIAL BARGAINS OFFERED IN SOME First-Class Pianos CASH TIME PAYMENTS. BRINSMEAD SJSSfffiSE* $550 RONIBCH su P P l R rb t tone 0n (J a Dd $550 The Robinson Piano werner sotea'fiany^ 1 $495 CO, Ltd, KRAUSB Modern Art Style $430 ALLISON SS£2K^ $275 PATRONISED >?lß!3^|fe|ffifc*^X ln KOYAI/n ICTCTW OIN"
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    • 177 8 MARLBOROUGH Qinematograpft. BEACH ROAD. 2ND BHGW. AT 930 P.M. 1. An English Boxiug Match. 2. Colombo and its Environs. :t. Motorboat Racing at Monaco. 4. Film dArt RUSES •">. A School in New Guinea. t>. An Unfortunate Encouutor. 7. Film dArt: A STREET WAIF x. The Convict Guardsman n Night
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  • 1162 9 BARQUE LOST IN AUSTRALASIAN WATERS. Seventeen Deaths Reported. News was received in Sydney, on July 14, of one of the most heartrending ocean tragedies that have occurred in Australasian waters. The Norwegian barque Enrol (Capt. Andreasen), bound from Chambote, on the west coast of South America to
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 179 9 yaW gnorW ehT TIIK wrong way to buy Printing is the cheap way. If Printing is to build IjiiHiirss. it must be good Printing. Good enough or prttty fair won't do. The best only is good enough. We do tbe Best Printing If you strain at a dollar and swallow
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    • 906 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. APCAR LINE OF BTEAMERB Tbs undermentioned mall steamers of tbt above Line maintain a regular servios between CaloulU and Japan, oalling at Pens jg, Bingapore, Hongkong and Shanghai m rouu FLEET. Tons Commander is. Jim 6,018 J. O. Ounn l.s. "OaasonArout" 4,000 8. H. Bsuwn s.s. M AsuTooa
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    • 603 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. N/VTR. JAPAN MAIL BTEAMSHIP GO. LTD Two regular services are maintain. between JAPAN and EUROPE by tlie Company's well-known TWINBCBBW BTBAIEIS, under Mail Contract with the Itnperia Japanese Government, specially designed for the Company's European Service, lightoi throughout by Electricity, provided ***** exoellent accommodation for First ai 1
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  • 633 10 BRITISH RESIDENTS UNDER RIFLE FIRE. Terrible Cannonade. The Standard, on July 16, published an account of the recent fighting in Persia, re. ceived from their correspondent at Teheran. He saya The Nationalists entered Teheran by three gates about six o'clock on Tuesday morning and took possession of the
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  • 268 10 Punishment of Suffragists at Holloway. The 14 suffragists, members of the Women's Social and Political Lai on, who, since their incarceration in Holloway Prison, have refused to conform to the prison regulations, were dealt with on Jnly 14. by the visiting justices for insubordination. Sir T. Vo/ey Strong
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 613 10 BANKING COMPANIES CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INOORPORATiSD BY ROYAL CHARTER. P.lfl np Capital in 60.000 Shares of MOeaoh a»,»00.000 B^mTFnnd ff'KME K*etrrs Liability of Proprietors «1,*00,000 BANKERS. Bank ot England. National Bank of Boodand. r». London City Midland Bank. Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANOH. Current Aooounts are opened and
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    • 543 10 BANKING COMPANIES. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. paid-up capital ns.ooo.ooc 3EBERVE FUND Sterling Reserve •15,000,0001 t!9 500 000 Bhver&eserve 114,600,000} W™'™ Setervs Liability of Proprietors 116.000,000 COURT Of DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. W. J. Gresson, Chairman. H. B. Tomkins, Esq., Deputy Chairman. E.G. Barrett, Esq. O. R. Lenunann, Esq J. W.
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    • 354 10 NSURANCE ConPAmEs. THE CHINA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., LTD. Head Office— Shanghai. Registered an der Hongkong Ordinances and under the Life Assurance Companies' Acts, England. Children's Educational Endowments issued, under which premiums cease on the death of the father. Insurance in Force $34,054,152.00. Total Aaaeta $7,114,490.08. New General Prospectus and
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    • 51 10 SOLD THE WORLD OVER. We have in stock many colic and diarrhcea medicines says R. M. White, a prominent merchant of Turtle Bayou, Tex., U. S. A., but sell more of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy than of all others put together.' For sale by all Dispensaries and Deal
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    • 955 10 JUU.ES BY AUCTION. -A.TJOTIO3ST SALE OF HIGH-CLASS TEAK FURNITURE, PLANTS AND TURNOUT, The property of J. C. Baird, Esq., AT CLAREMONT. NO. 108. ORCHARD ROAD. On Saturday, Augunt 21, at 2 p.m. Comprising Upholstered rattan suite, teak writing table, toak occasional table* HANDSOMELY DESIGNED TKAK CABINET, SOLIDLY MADE TEAK SIDE
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  • 915 11 MOTORING IN SHANGHAI AND KUALA LUMPUR. Tlit- cultof the motor is extending throughout the ends of the earth, and a letter just received from a Helgian friend of mine, at present in Shanghai where he has been for the past two years givns me some interesting particulars, regarding the
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  • 50 11 The flood in the Suagari River has arisen to such a height that nearly the whole of Kirin city is submerged. Over a thousand people have been drowned and seven thousand houses have been washed away. Timber to the value of half a million taels is adrift upon the waters.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 517 11 Another Record for Dunlops. 2. 75 MILES THROUGH IKDIA. NO TYRE TROUBLES. Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Bombay, May 17, 1909. To THE DUNLOP PNEUMATIC TYRE CO., LTD., Bombay. Dear Sirs, I have much pleasure in congratulating you upon the grooved tyres you are now making. During my tour through India,
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    • 56 11 DON'T IGNORE BLI6HT INJURIES'. Don't neglect giving every cnt, wound or bruise prompt attention. Blood poison may appear and an ugly scar or even the loss of a limb result. Chamberlain's Pain Balm is an antiseptic, heals the wound rapidly and all danger is avoided by its use. For sale
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    • 397 11 Cost of running depends largely on WOLSELEY-SIDDELEY. the weight a car may usually carry, the r—r-i mileage it runs, and, lastly, its horse- r«^y^^ powir. During the past year an owner ,I*sm3s^Hi>^?]l of alol2h.p.Wolsel<-y Siddeley car that C,^.. A ran 7,104 miles on the North Stafford. «Kj*^ ■■/"^ivwi shire roads
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    • 50 11 SALONA. The Siamese Cure for Dhoby Itch. Cure* the worst cases in a few days and does not stain the linen. To be obtained from THE SINGAPORE DISPENSARY, LTD. 1024 'Medical Reserve 1 (LIQUEUR) A Delicate Old Cognac. ijj ftt II m ill QlO OR Pep Bottle M>--£b^«J Duty Paid.
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    • 387 11 THE STRAITS TIMES Can be obtained at the following places in Singapore Messrs. John Little k Co.. Ltd. Messrs. Kelly and Walsh, Ltd. Raffles Hotel, Beach Road. Messrs. Kirn k Co., Battery Road k Armenian Street. Messrs. Koh k Co., 90, Bras Basah Road. Messrs. Obee Soon Co., Orchard Hoad.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 584 12 Scale of Charges. PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS.— Mis sellaneous Wants oi Every Description, Houww, Land, etc., to let, are inserted at Mm following rates One Insertion 11.20 per inch. Two 3.00 Three 2.80 Si* 6W Nine «*0 Twelve 7.12 Twenty- five 10.00 (Each subsequent month 15 per inch.) The above rate is
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    • 458 12 Miscellaneous WANTS. BiTWI-Fo«T LlM*. m ot two laxrttou, H.OO Hi the laeh, aw Scale ot Ohaccee. TEACHERB WANTED. Experienced Teachers needed in St Joseph's Institution, for the Elementary Classes. Apply in writing to the Director. 1551 HOUSE WANTED Wanted, a furnished house 4 bedrooms, and tennis court. Tanglin district preferred.
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    • 577 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. Bio -romr Llim. 0.. ot two laMtMoa fl.O) Bf tb. laok, h. Mai* of shut*.. OFFICE TO BE LET. Omoe oo •soond floor of. Ho. 7, Battery Boad. Apply to Qalhrie and 00.. Lid. o 1878 OFFIBE BOOOVN TO BE LET. WHh Immediate entry Nr.
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    • 583 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. B*ns>-r*ar Uw, on. ot Is mill HA ■r th. IMb, an Baal* af Okwiai, HOUBE TO LET. 11, Sophia Road. Immediate entry. Apply to No. 2, Raffles Place. 1511 HOUSE TO LET. No. 28, Sophia Road. Immediate entry. Apply to 18 2, Prinsep Street. 1612
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    • 724 12 SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS. Netherlands Gutta Fercha Co., Ltd. Motor tyres retreadod at Moderate Prices. All kinds of India Rubber Articles, Sheets, VALVES, Rings, TYRES, HOSES (Suotion, Steam, Hydraulic), Gardenhoses, Tubes, ENDLESS BELTS, FLOORTILES, MATTING, EBONITE and Hard Rubber Articles, Bicycle Tyres. Works Offices: Passir Panjang, Singapore. Sole Agents i MESSRS.
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    • 296 12 BOARD AND LODGING. BiTii i— ton Llsm. m or Iwc laiartlou. tI.M Bf tka laeh, h« Seal, of Cli&rfM, BOARD AND LODGING Rooms vacant. Mrs. von Bargen, 8, Mount Elizabeth. 1564 BOARD AND RESIDENCE. Comfortable rooms wHh board at Cambt House. River Valley Koad. 1604 BOARD AND RESIDENCE. Board and
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