The Straits Times, 22 September 1909

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 23.071 SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 22. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 429 1 W6e Popular "Merlin." *TJ M \CHINb: embodying r.ll modern improvements which practical experience has been able to produce into the tad* absolutely reliable M rcnards all wearing parts, and for a low-priced machine splendidly finished and equal to any upon the runrlti t. 1909 Models. COMPLETE WITH LAMP, BELL, PUMP,
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    • 409 1 ROBINSON CO. Cash Sale OPPORTUNITIES, Gentlemen's Dress Shirts. MAOE IN IRELAND. FROM RELIABLE LONGCLOTH AND LINEN FITTED $1 75 EACH. Gentlemen's India Gauze Singlets. BRITISH MANUFACTURE $3.75 HALF DOZ. Gentlemen's Black Cashmere Socks. TREBLE HEELB AND TOES $5.00 DOZ. AND A VERY SUPERIOR DARK TAN WILLOW CALF BOOT IN R
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  • 611 2 SIX MILLION COIILS ISSUtD IN IHE UAK 1908. Over Four Hundred Languages. Tlio B ble will soun be printed in ever\ anguage or diauct known throughout the world. Last jeir, acordmg to the 105ih eport of the Brills;' aud Foreign Bible Society, the 1-ngu _c- in
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  • 300 2 Curious Plan in Drag Dreadnoughts A hore. Naval Constructor Hollman, of the German Navy, has taken out a patent for h device to destroy battle-hies oftbeDrtad iiuii'jlit class. Cumpartd with thm n. wes' engine of w»r. the Zeppelin dirigible airship which ainj*. among other things, to
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  • 156 2 in about a* pai< 'nl and inconvenii nt as anytlnnt; ymi ..uuld find in ad«yV j urut-y. Aud it i- il > n(jii v~—a nwiillcii kuto lends to pC'rDatieut iHUii'iießx. I!'ad what A. C. Lihiuaii of WaJxaakM la., t-a>-: I 1.;« v.. !>• iii tin vi'liiu of
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  • 379 2 A KtXIABLE AND aawMBM CUKR. Cou.stipation luiaus that tin re is not a reynlur aud sufficieut action of the bowels. It is a very diui>eious disorder In cause it present- the liody'H waste from leavio|{ the -ysteiu. aud tliis waste soon turns to poixon. This is how many fatal
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 475 2 GENftSCO ROOFING WHAT'S THE. USE, OF A ROOF THAT A YOU HAVE, TO KEEP TINKERING? I Genasco Ready Roofing (Mineral and Smooth Surface) I puts an end to your roof troubles. It is made of Trinidad Lake As1 phalt, the natural waterproofer. It 1 gives you absolute weather-protec-years after ordinary
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    • 2 2 asSOFT.-jb^^B^andSMOOTH /^WTJfWßifw^^
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    • 389 2 The NEWJR|NCH^ REMEDY TRADE MARK. Tbi« turrruful and biiftily MMM rcm. u> u-..! 1D the Coniin.r.L.l II.• pitaJa by Ktconl, IllWlti J..brrt, V. lti.',*ii and othr «iMnliin*-! ail the dvsd<-rata tv be -"Mii-tit m niiili.m' of the kind, and tur)>«^*M everything hiitierto employed. THERAPIONNoi .T a(>l> short tmif <•(-n t
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    • 289 2 kwK LIFEBUOY *'i\\^w!S*. R°J' a l Disinfectant Soap is a practical f fJj.l]t^M precaution for the i^^/HHP l^^/^) health of man, /&*cS I woman or child. Is Z^y"Y^V y\ specially suitable for /7 I iW warm climates. fe\ A 'in r^ KEEPS TUE BODY IN LADIES SAFE REMEDY \ffivms& for
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  • 846 3 HUGE ICEBEKGS DRIFTING INTO ATLANTIC. Critical Period for Canadian Traffic. The present year continues to maintain its unenviable notoriety for the seriousness of tbe iceberg peril. In this, the fiiut week of August, says an exchacge, icebergs are as numerous about tbe Newfoundland coast ai they have ever
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    • 784 3 IB "•"fWKITrM.'KWI-FA^jd \HF^» \n B\ Mtt VC BL9^mi Wm^S'* ff S r »u™" l !sss4mmBamm¥ VS CHEAPEST and BEST. SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT RAILWAY. FROM MAY 1. 1909. ANO UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. TRAIN SERVICE FOR WEEK OAYS ONLY. DP TKAINS 1 1 8 4 i 6 7 8 9 10 11 1J
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    • 68 3 BOWEL COMPLAINT IN CHILDREN. Children wln-n toetliinK are liable to attacks of diarrhoea and this trouble, especially in warm weather, should never be neglected. The best medicine in use for ailments of thin kind in Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Kemedy. When reduced with water and t.-n.-.1. it is not
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    • 691 3 ECZEMA MADE SiPEEL OFF Baby Covered with Pimply, Inflamed Humour— Very Fretful and Cried Night and Day— Doctor's Ointment Seemed to Make It Worse. CURED AT SMALL COST BY CUTICURA REMEDIES My baby had nomothing !lke a rash com* out all over him. It made him >) tfj«»V very fretful
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    • 625 3 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. CIVIL MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, IRON BRASS FOUNDERS. BOILER MAKERS, BRIDGE BUILDERS GENERAL CONTRACTORS. ©O3LIE JLQ-ElSn S FO X, Wovthington Pump Co.'s Patent 1 uui|»s Pultoineter Engineering Co.'s J'ttisomr-t- r Pumps Robey and Co.'h Portable En^ii es and Machinery Richard Ilornsby aud Sou's Oil a d Ghs I'lttnts
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 705 4 iUHGS. p. a? 6. STEAM NAVIGATION GO. For C urn, Japan, f'eaans. Ceylon, Auunllm, loJia, E<ypt, M.-literranei^ P>'t», Plyii i h :n I Londsn Throng Uilli of Ml g issued for Chin* .in Gulf, t." iu-.inontal, and Amerioan rorta. N will lsavo Singapore on ir about MAIL LINES. OutW'ird (for
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    • 654 4 STEAMERS SAILING. QBEAN STEA* SHIP CO., LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO. LTD. The Companies' steamers are despaohed from Liverpool outwards for tbe Strait., China and Japan every week aud From Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight for Genoa. Uaraeillea and Liverpool and for MarHeillns. Havre
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    • 686 4 SIEGER SAILINGS. STGOMVAART-MAATSCKAPPIJ (STEAMSHIP COMPANY) "NEDERLAND." FORTNIGHTLY MAIL SERVICE BETWEEN* JAW \NI) AMSTERDAM VIA SINGAPORE SAIUNG, C<)L>MBO POUT SMD. <*ESOA, ALGIERS AND TANOIEK; AND LISBON DOVIiR, OCCASIONALLY. Stoamers are dae on or about tha undermentioned ditea: cr/TWJBB. ir. 1909 1909 Vrodel Spl 34 Rembrandt Put 15 K. Willem II Oot
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    • 233 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. BURNS PHILrMLINir BINOAPORE TO JAVA PORTS, POBI DARWIN, TUURS.'Af ISLAND, BKISBANE AND SYI)N£'». ALSO TAK'NG C*.RGO FOH OTHER NORTH QUEENSLAND PORTS, BKITI.sH NKW GUINEA BRITAIN NEW ZEALAND PORlti (with tranubipmentl. *Aa md icement offer.. Smooth passage Superb Scenery. A regular monthly servioe to above ports It maintained by
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    • 631 4 STEAMER SAIUH6B, HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. The steamsra of this Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bre-non, Antwerp, and Rottardim, and the Straits China and Japan Homeward*, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penanj ani Colombo Taking cargo
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    • 826 4 SIUM¥. JLIWB3. D. L. Nordd9utscher Lloyd, Bremen. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and wxllkoown mail steamers ot this Company -ml firtnightv from Bremea, Hamburg, via Itotifrdum, A jtworp Southampton, GioraUar, Oeuoa. Naples (ooaoeottOß Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice vena) Port Stid. Huoz, Aden. Col ins bo. Penang, Singapore, II
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  • 191 5 FIXTURES. Wednesday, september 22, High Water, J IB p.m. Opening T. P. Power Station. 5. Albambra Cinematograph. Harima Cinematograph. Marlborough Cinumatourapli. Thursday, September 33. High Wat«r, 8.4 Ha.m M pm. P. and O. homeward mail dur, 0 a.m. Ladies Bislcy, Prize Distribution. 4. I'liilliarmonic Orolientra, 5.15 1
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  • 232 5 To-Dii. Ponan^ aud Colomb) Inaba Maru 3pm Batu l'aba* Mena 3 pm Malacca and 11.I 1 Dicksou Hong Lei- 3pm Hougkong and Japan Benalder 3pm Malacca, Port Dickson, Port Swaltenham aud Teluk Aniwn Klnta 3 pm K. Pabaog, Pekan, Kuantin, L'riogganu and Ki-ln-it in Ban WUatt Uio
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  • 55 5 The P. and O. homeward mail steamer Assaye, left Uongkong, at 1 p.m. on Saturday, and is due here at 6 a.m. tomorrow. ibe I', and O. outward i mail ateamer }]imala>a left Colcmbi at 6p in on Katardty, and may be expected to arrive here on
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  • 78 5 tj ft Singapore 1 MX i« B. I. .ni> 23 M. M. .1.3 S7 P. *O. ug 81 N.D. L. cpt 2 8.1. ept 6 M. M. «pt 10 P. O cpt 15 N D. L. *pt 16 B I ■•■[.i 30 M. M. Dae in Londc
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  • 225 5 Latest Arrivals. HtiH't'Ur. Brit. »tr. 1959 tout, ('-apt Tough, B*|t Sl From London. Aor 15. G.o. PatersonKinionaACo. For Yokohama Sept 92— W. Heht, Brit. str. 84S tons. Captain Inkster, Sept 91. From Deli, S pt 20. G.o. and 36 d.p W Mansfield A Co. For Deli, Sept 94—
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  • 81 5 Sertember ai dm :.■<■, Brit sir, Japan via pt rt < BrtUl, Nor str, Bangkok Oai'/d, Brit str, Japan via pcrta M On Sung, Brit rtr. Samarang and Sourabaya 0. Apcir, Brit str. BoMkjDg. Blianfl^, iptt /Jr I Brit itr, Anamba It. asd NtHM Vkit Tm Diemen, Dut Btr,
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  • 78 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To- Day. TANJONO PAOAA. Sun WBAar Bums— Nil. Bmt W. Sictios I— Nil. 3«ouo» No. 1 (Bhd«8 Wuauk)— Volga. 3aonoa l—Flensbur-. Gregory Api-»r. 8— Nil. 4-Benaldei. Palitana. B— Niaa. Uebc, I'litani. 7— Nil. 8— rSliimhn Maru. Uaoiiai's
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  • 245 5 Coming to Singapore. Per P. and O. steamer China, connecting with the Himalaya at Colombo, due September 24— Mr. Oxterdaao, Mr. E. N. Turner, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Baddeley, Mr. F. L. Mouldney, Mr. J. Galloway, Mr. E. Valty, Mr. H. DE. B. Dariey, Mr. C.
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  • 49 5 Per steamer Selangor, Sept. 22.— From Port Swettenham: Mr. W. U. C. Coatea. From Malacca Mr. and Mrs. Tan Cheng Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Tan Liau Leo, Mrs. Cbee Sim Cheng, Messrs. F. R. Hill, Yeow Kirn Swi, Cbee Sim Chong, Yeow Kirn Tong and one Chinese lady.
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  • 90 5 At saleroom, old surcharged Ncgri Sembilan btampn (unused), at 11. Sept. 25— At Bishops House, Stamford Road, teak household furniture, etc., at i. Sept. 27— At saleroom Defendant's right titlo and interest in land in District of Pouggol, at 2 :iu, Sept. 28 At Ea<it Reclamation, Oodown No. 2, Unclaimed
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  • 468 5 Bi Liect.-Col. E. G Broaubick, Commandant, S.V.C. Singapore, aVptfafcr !1, 1909. Notice. 1 The monthly shoot of tho Singapore Kin's Association will tike place on Sunday, id\.h instant, at 2 30 p.m. (Sd.) C. N. E»inr, Cant U O. A B. O. to Colonial Forces. s.
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  • 222 5 A Startling Theory as to the Cause of the Disease. A startling theory of the cansation uf cancer is put forward by Dr. Wilfred Watkinsl'itclifuni (Xatal Government pathologist) in the British Medical Journul. He thinks our lives are passed too much in the light that we thus
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  • 45 5 Tne little girl was being prepared for eventualities. Dolly, dear, would you like to have a little brother Well, mumxie came the reply after a second or two of thought, if it wouldn't make any difference to you, I think I'd sooner have a horse
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  • Finance & Commerce.
    • 142 5 Sinoapoi i, linumH miL Cn Icnrftr.-B ik 4 tu/s 2 1, l><nu.mi 2,i{. Piivate 6 m/s do 8 m/s 2/4 ji On Germany— Back d/d 2JPJ Private 8 tu/s 241 do 0 iu/b 248 Cn Fron«— Bank d/d 285 l'nvatc: 8 th/b :vf J do 6 m/e 8(0 On
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    • 102 5 PRODU CE. iBWIWIi m 22 1609. i: t r tujtra I 12 50 ck iCtibi No. Dccpicktd 16.CO tipaFali hSO ?< TtDtiteak Ifi l«n<> Black 1613* do V bite buyers 24.21 Stgc F!ct» 8ai«w«k 8.C0 do Bmtci No. 1 Dtm. r«atl tiepo 4X0 Ctffcr Bali a7. g iifd la.'iulerg, £C%
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
      • 265 5 Issci Paid Valoi I Up Company j Di^Vkd j BoYBRB 10 10 10 1 10 1 1 10 1 10 6/. 1 1 1 10 1 1 1 6 10 10 10 10 1 i 10 io 10 l 10 i i 10 1 10 1 10 18/10 i
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      • 623 5 Sterling. 2 I 2/- Anglo-Malay Robber Co., Ltd. 80% for 'oB 1 1 Batn Caves Robber Co., Ltd 10% for '06 1 1 BatuTi K a(Selaogor>R.Co.Ltd. 5% for '08 111 Bokit Kajaog Robber Estate Ltd 1 7,6 Contributory 1 1 Bokit Lintang R. Estates. Ltd 1 I IS/- Contributory
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      • 183 5 10 10 60 10 100 100 100 100 10 100 100 10 60 1 100 100 I 10 7 60 10 100 100 10 100 100 10 60 1 100 100 1C Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd. 10% (or 12.50 1 10% for 'W 10.15 Fraiier Neave, Ltd. 175 for
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 118 5 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. Sept. 24— At Oodown A, Keppel Road damaged goods ex s.s. Kalomo, at 9.80. Sept, 25 At saleroom, niisscellaneoui goods, at 11. Sept 28— At saleroom, valuable Singapon town properties, 40 C to 40 F, High Street So. A, Ford Street 42, North Bridge Road
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    • 104 5 O-ARRICK COARSE-CUT. OBTAINABLE AT: ROBINSON AND COMPANY. j BONEO STEEL Letter Filing System. THE SYSTEM that you have got to use sooner or later. YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO USE any other. I WHY NOT DO IT NOW? It means that your 1 I Tamby, on yonr giving him a number,
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 237 5 WEATHER REPORT. Kandang Ktrbau Botpital, Sept. XI, 19O». 10 aj ff f. M 9 T 1 Mi fi**W»ATJ._ Bar. M Fab 29 699 99 796 99.8-1 Temp 78.0 &9.0 810 .Mill. WetßulbTher 74.8 78 0 77.3 Dtr Wind calm West oahn Max. Temp.. 90 4 Mm 78 0 Max. In
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  • 1230 6 The Straits Times. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS. A gcod deal has been ?ai I lecently about infant mortality, mil il we did M hasten to quote from tue m r.roary of a tcfort wliioli has just been issue I on Urn waste of cl.ild life in Egypt,
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  • 29 6 Mr. Asquitb while golfing at Littlestone I on September 12, was mutinied by a body- < gunrd of six police, who f llowed him cloMily to protect him from auflcayettea.
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  • 30 6 Readers will be interested to learn that at the Alhambra cinematograph, on Friday, a long film depicting Zeppelin's airship in flight will be exhibited for the first time in Singapore.
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  • 44 6 Champagne, according to a correspondent, seems to be the supreme thing at Reims. Even the workmen in the aviators' sheds have empty champagne baskets as their tool boxes, which speaks volumes for the good cheer enjoyed just now by their masters and themselves. Themselves
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  • 57 6 A man who was undergoing funr years' imprisonment at the Kyoto prison. .la| an, st Ie mto a ward, is 10. m and carried aw«y a s.t of official clotheß, shoes and cap. owm d by a priest ai.ta.-lit dto the prison. Dressed in these he made his escape through
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  • 61 6 The i- 1. atiier City of P. king, which has tl c dis'im 11..11 of having carrie-d the riist boily ol Am. tican tnops to fight on foreign soil, will be conve>teil int,. a detentiuu station for aliens, the United Slates Governmeiit having accepted il in li. v of the
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  • 65 6 A m ->n K «t the saloon pa'sengei s travel i ng o New Y..ik by the Cunard liner Caiuiwn a which left Liveipiol the oth. r day was Mi. T. F KiiigsmiH. has pr ,,bably cros-e-i the Atl»n 10 more than any other passenger iv the world. Mr. KingsniiU
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  • 70 6 The teacl.er in a Sunday Pchool was onestiouing the pupils about their cateclii-m I- ssous w: en she noticei! one little girl who «as not attentive. Turning to her suddei.ly. the teacher, c .ntinning h. r ries..f q.. <!H ti...Tfi .sked, ho made this vile body The g!rl was evidently
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  • 67 6 Albert Street in a somewhat congested thoroughfare at most times, not least so in theevening. Y. sterday, about 7 p.m., theupper end of the street was the scene of touii excitement, as the result of acollir-ion between two rickshas. B fore the pullers could gather themselves and their fares up.
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  • 68 6 The airship societies at Batavia and Sourabaya are increasing in membership, and -übscri| tions are pouring in. The Sourabaya branch already couuts upon 120 members As things are, going, there i- every chance of a balloon being ordered from Europe withiu a few months. Lists are in circulation for subscriptions
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  • 85 6 A singular case of death from rabies is r. porU d from Baudong in West Java nndei date Sepumber 12. TweDty days before, turopean soldier was bitten by a dog and reported him-elf to a medical officer who bandaged the wound. On Sepumber 11. -ymptoms of rabies showed themselves, and
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  • 95 6 H M. S Flora, Capt. John Nicholas, which lelt Colombo on the Bth iust., put back to Colombo t«o days later having met with a mishap when about 200 milt s off Colombo The mishap was in the engine room. A number of pipes of the engines burst and after
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  • 110 6 A clue has been found in regard to tin attack made upo-i Mr. Unison, of the Fores D partmeut ac Uangpur, India, tbo gun dioppe I by the would be murderer haviug been I. l. ■untied by a blacksmith who repair, ,1 it two years ago. The weapon appears to
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  • 114 6 Cholera broke out at B«tavia about S» p '■'Dibur 18, with one sure case and several si-piiious ones The KOvurnmuot at once took measures to check the spread of the disease, and to plac- remedies with"v ea«> reach of the pul lie. The disease was spread. in« on S pifuiber
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  • 99 6 The festivities to celebrate the restoration of the famous ruins of Angkor in Carnn. dia, and their being placed wiihio easy reach r.f the tourist world b.tiu ou September 24 with the King uf Citmoodia prerxntinu offerings to ill., spirits above, alter which dauuex will be held iv their hononr.
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  • 118 6 Judging by your rtcent note, writes a correspondent iv a home paper, it seem* that the geographical kuowledge possessed by giil typists is about ou a level with that p.«se-s -d by the damsels who represent tho Postmaster General hehiud the counters of our suuurbau post offices Having occasion recently
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  • 436 6 The Pope, on September 14, received the Bishop of Hyderabad in piivato audience. Lord Swaythling is retiring from active woik in his firm (Samuel Montagu) owing to advanced age. Mr. J. H. M. Rohson arrives in IVnang, from hirac, by th« N. U. L. steamer ou the
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  • 106 6 Now that tho scaffolding has been remold and the small shrubs cut down, it is possible to examine the fai. nee panels of the Birch Clock Tower at Ipoh more closely They depict by means of coloured figures 'the Pro. gresa of Civilization fiom the earliest
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  • 122 6 An attractive programme has beon arranged for the children's concert t<. be held in the Victoria Theatre, next Friday afternoon. In addition to orchestral M .l. ctionw Miss Ma van Ciiylenhur|> x,\\ B ing. The Misses Jrnnie hnd Alms Fink will uivp a duet By the side of
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  • 139 6 The district court oom wan filled yi sterday with Chinese who ai.l rapt attention to '1.0 proceedings Rt>Hin»t Liiu K.ni; llu ami Lira Chui Kimu. who w- r<> being tri.d on tho ehariiH of putting a Chinese hawker in fear of injury to his person for the
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  • 158 6 Whether tlm International Apronantic Exposition reach, d its cuhnina'ii.g iroint iq thu visit of the f.iuom Zeppelin and its youthful he-o in lucks of wlver or not, reruaiiiH t<i be MM; it certiinly is a f-ict, ili*t now, after the ciiri.mty i«*-ker»aod -howluverx have, had th.-ir fill, p.npl,-
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 287 6 PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SEAMLESS STEEL BOAT SUPPLIED TO THE Straits Steamship Co.'s Agent at Malacca by GUTHRIE AND COMPANY^ LIMITED, Singapore. PATRONISED BY ROYALTY. FOR THE SEASON. Sporting! CXJPS Sporting! Of Sterling Silver. GREAT VARIETIES. Now on View. B. P. DE SILVA. P3 Racing JACKETS. Sm COLOURS ETC. JS« for
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    • 28 6 We LeadCompetition Follows. NEW PIANOS ON HIRE Q PER MONTH Tuning and regular attcntu n in :lusive. S. Moutrie&Co (LIMITED), Under Hotel Europe, Adis liuildimjs. Telephone No. 422.
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  • 112 8 HEAVY FIGHTING OUTSIDE MELILLA. Warships Supporting the Troops. [Rkltkk's TklkhramJ London. September 21. Tho Spaniards began a general advance, supported by warships, ai Mclilla. yesterday. Tho enemy was repulsed with severe losses, but the Spanish casualties wore ■light. London, September 22. The Moors are desperately contesting
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  • 62 8 GREAT MANOEUVRES IN THAMES VALLEY. Praise for Marching Power of the Infantry. [Rbcteb's Thlehraml London, September 22. Army man<»'ivrcs have been commenced in England, the line, of the Thames being taken as the boundary between two countries. A feature of the operations is the remarkable marching of
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  • 60 8 Foreign Ministers Confer on Eastern Questions. I Kiutuk's Tulkokam.] London, September 21. The Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria has received Herr Bethmann-Hollweg, Germ in Imperial Chancellor, in private audience [Deb Ostasivtischk Lloyd Telegram] Berlin, September 21. 11. rr Bethmann-Hollweg and Baron von Aehrenthal have had a long
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  • 50 8 Faster and Bigger Ships for the Oriental Trade. [Reuter's TeleoramJ London, September 22. Sir Thomis Shaughne-sy, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, speaking at Vancouver, said the Canadian Pacific must have larg r and faster vessels for the Pacific in view of tie growth of Orienta' trade.
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  • 55 8 BU DGET PROSPECTS. Liberals Hopeful of Peace with the Lords. |Rkuter's TklkoravJ 1 i.l .ii. September 21. The Liberals are now more hopeful of the Budget Bill passing th-- Ho is of Lords as the result of Mr. Lloyd George's concessions There is the keenest anticipation of Mr. 14 if.
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  • 33 8 [Rkuteb's Tkl»oramJ London, September 21. The man charged at Maid-tone with the murd >r of Mrs Luarl his been discharged, as there w .s no evidence against him.
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  • 24 8 [Rkutkr's Telroram| London, September 21. At the Brescia aviation meeting Rougier acroplaoed to a height of 64) feet, which is a record.
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  • 35 8 [Rbctkb's Teleor>mJ London, September 22. Tbe d-ath is announced of Mr. Johnson, the Governor of Minnesota, who was a candidate for the Presideicy of the United States at the last el< ction.
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  • 32 8 [Rkl-trr's Tklboram| London, September 22. Dr. i. ok. who claims to have been at the Noth Pole, has arrived in New York, and Ud ft graft! reception.
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  • 499 8 Dying Chinaman Lives to Accuse Alleged Assailants. I Five coolie-lodging-house runners were tried in tbe district court before Mr 1 Howard, this morning, on a charge ol voluntarily causing grievous hurt to t coolie named Lee Ah Tow, on August 12, by throwing a jar at his head.
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  • 346 8 Applications for Transfers, Removals and New Licences. The licensi Dg justices met in tbe senior magistrate's court, yesterday afternoon, to consider applications for transfers, removals and new licences for a round dozen of local hotels, restaurants and bars. The board con sisted of Mr. E. C. C. Howard
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  • 86 8 The brisk contr iband trade in opium from Singapore to Batavia has led to increased police activity tbere. On September 13, for instance, on the arrival of the steamer Both from Singapore, a tire, k passenger landtd presenting such a suspicions appearance that the police searched
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  • 112 8 The following Singapore properties were disposed of by auction at Powell and Co.'s sale-room, yesterday afterncon The dwelling hou»e, 73, Prinsep St. with compound, coutaioing au area of 8, .50 square leet, held under statutory grant, quit rent $6. Bought by Low Kong Cheob for 15 800.
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  • 382 8 1 AN EXPEDITION STARTING FROM SHANGHAI. i East Asiatic Exploration Scheme. I About tho end of the present month a I -cicntific expedition of no little importance is to leave Shanghai, and during the year it will be away is to make extensive zoological investigations in
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  • 222 8 Outcome of a Deal in Negri Sembilan Es;ate. Mr. Justice Seroombe Smith, at tho Supreme Court, yesterday, took up tho Negri Sembilan rubber plantation case, referred to in these columns, last week. Sect Tiang I'hnaa, a Malacca towkay, sues the Rubber Ouucussionß, Ltd., for the return of
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  • 323 8 Result of Trials on Holland Road Estate. In the Tropical Agriculturist for the curr ent month is an interesting account of a manurial trial on young rubber trees, conducted by Mr. E. Mathieu. The estate on which the trial took place is situated in Holland Ho.nl, Singapore, and
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  • 85 8 It is not often that a gate is made out of a window, much less out of a prison window but the gato of St. Cedd's churchyard, Canning Town, East London, was at one time a window in old Newgate Prison. Many people wonder at
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  • 344 8 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES LOWER PASSAGE RATES. Suez Route Affected. A merry rate war is now on between the Pacific steamship companies, says an exchange. The rate for first class passage is now quoted" at $2iK). U. S. currency from Manila to Seattle. The latest reduction in the_ price
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  • 133 8 Consternation Reigns when They are Freed. Consternation reigned supreme in the form of live hornets, which were thrown into tbe midst of a Christian Endeavour meeting at a church a few miles east of Vancouver. Some person, whose identity is unknown, sacked up a nest of
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  • 263 8 Warwhoops in Vicinity of Japanese Battery. Tho following telegram was received in Japan, on August 81. from the Formosan government relating to operations in the direction of Shinchiku on August 29: Although the aborigines mado their appear anco outside the defence line at seveial points, they dared
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  • 100 8 The sessions judge of Godavery. Madras, delivered judgment in the charge of police torture against sub inspector Mahomed Khyrati, the bead constable and two other constables attiched to tho Jaugampet police station for wrongful confinement and culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The sub-inspector was convicted and
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  • 120 8 The new Continental station which is being erected at Dover will be one of the most expensive in the world, though it is probable the cost will not reach th>i rather inflated estimate of .£1,000,000. The land o u winch the station is being built had to
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  • 274 8 Brought to Public Notice by Brother of the Rev. W. Murray. There seems no end to man's inventiveness. Tho Syren, of August, contains an account of the Porhydrouietre, an apparatus which is likely to revolutionise the conditions under which, at the present time, a ship's cargo is weighed
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  • 164 8 Proposed National and Academic Festival. Preparations will shortly commence for the celebration of the 500 th anniversary of the foundation of St. Andrew's University, which occurs in <913. At a recent meeting of the Provisional Committee, consisting of representatives from the Senatus and University Court, it was
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  • 217 8 London and American Successes for Singapore. It has already been announced in th.--v columns that Bandmaun's New Comedy Co. is opening at the Victoria Theatre, on October 26, under the direction of Mr. Henry Dallas. We understand that the company has been strengthened by the addition
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  • 195 8 Patient Seriously Affected by Sad News. A young woman named Jessie Maud Brewin, of Wai worth, who was fonnd drowned in the Thames, was the subject of an inquest at Battersea. Her aunt, Matilda Tossell, a general shopkeeper, said that her niece assisted her in the
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  • 65 8 Mr. S. L. Thompson, on behalf of Messrs. Boustead and Co.. local agents for tha West Australian Steam Navigation Co prosecuted five Chinese in the Marine Conrt yesterday, on a charge of stowing away on board the steamer Minderoo with intention of securing a free passage to Australia.
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  • 115 8 COLONIES AS A BUTTRESS TO BRITAIN. Need of a Fleet in the Pacific. [Reuier's IkuMUl] London, September 22. A Melbourne telegram says that the Commonwealth Minister of I), ft nee. in moving the second reading of tin l>cteiic< Hill, said that the time had arrived for the Colonies
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  • 49 8 [Deb Ostasiatisiur Lloyii TIHTWIM Berlin, S. ptcuiber 21. General Schefkot has been iuterviewed, and has expressed his astonishment at the progress of the ij.ru in Army in all directions. The Turkish General was especially impressed by the grunt marching powers shown by the troops.
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  • 24 8 [Dm. OsTasiatisi uk Lloyd Tklkijram] Berlin, September 21. The Powers have demanded from Crete compliance with the claims made by Turkey.
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  • 19 8 [Dia Ostasueischk Lloyd Tklkcbax] Berlin, Siptcoiber 21. The Zeppelin ballojn has paid visits to Dusseldorf aod Essen.
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  • 83 8 Sought Shelter from Succession of Typhoons. (From Our Own Cmwmmmuh HougkoDg, Sept-mber 2.2. H. M. S. Clio, whose, loss WM fiare.d, had sought a safe anchorage in the Haitan Straits from a succession of typhoons which compelled her to remain in shelter. She is expected
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  • 224 8 Party of Motoring Tourists Taken for Royalty. The Rome correspond* nt "I tin QanJol* relates an aiuiir-iiit; story of the vi-.it ot the Duke and Duchess ot Ai.sta to the King and Queen of Italy at YilrHnil kmm dayi (go. I'he sentinel at the ga?e ol tlie -e.idi
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  • 138 8 Semi-Centenary of Oil Discovery to be Celebrated. The ryes of oildoin will bt. turn' d mi I', nna, the latter end of this mouth ffbaa Urn foMtfl anniversary of the drilling of the lirst oil well in the world will bn celebrated. The qualities of
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  • 99 8 Id the cawe against .Mr. F V. Joyce, Madras manager, and C. Parama-iva .M -il, li. ar, cashier, of the Dink ol lltinna, before the Presidency Magistrate.au i.ilj v .mt i to the '27th instant wan yraut.il on the application of the Commi-o-ioot r of
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 239 9 Mr. \V. W. Bailey won the Nunthorpe Soiling Stakes at York, on August M, with The Pieman. Members of the Keppel Golf Club will note trom our advertisement columns that the monthly medal competition will be played on Saturday aud Sunday next, tbe 25th and 'Jtith instant.
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    • 114 9 Commercialism. Kvtiy good sportsman will associate himself with tbe protest midc by Mr. Green, the father of Essex cricket and the buttress thereof, ;i^aius! tbe attempts, which some countu I are Baid to bu making, to induce Bardsley to qualify for county cricket Some of our icadiug cricketers have,
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    • 192 9 Hoy's Wonderful Break. While pUying in a match on a standard tablo, at Melbourne, a 17 year-old lad, named GoorgeGray, made a break of 83U, scoring nil of the points off the rod ball. This is easily a world's record, but it is doubtful ii it will be officially
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    • 161 9 S. C. C. Tournament. In tbe S. C. C. lavAi tennis tournament which is now almost completed, Kleinmann yesterday afternoon carried off tbe C singles. The finals of the A and B singles will take place tomorrow. Last evening Nunneley disposed of Ransford in the championship nemi final,
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  • 97 9 Prof. H. I. Twining, bead of the departluent of physics and electrical engineering at Mm Let IBmlm Polytechnic high school, bag b> -j;iiii aerial experiments with an ornitboplar, Mag machine with twenty-seven foot niti^s d< signed to operatu like those of an rajjlb. He has
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  • 18 9 A full attendance of the Choir il requested in tbe Prinsep Street Church on Thursday §•-4 1' vi
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  • 655 9 Gospel Yacht Ends World's Cruise at Portland. Just three years to a day f-incc sho startci on her cruise around the world, the schooler yacht Corona, having aboard the Rev. Frank W. Ssndford, leader of tbe Holy Ghost and l"s sect, and twenty eight of his apostlet-,
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  • 403 9 Warrant Issued for Arrest of Accused Clergyman. At Bombay, recently, an information was presented charging Mr. Ucnry J. Bruce, a clurgyman of Satara, India, with defaming Mr. Arthur Crawford in a book entitled Tbe Native Wife. It was alleged that tbe foulest and grossest imputations
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  • 792 9 Profits of one Hundred Pounds Per Acre Estimated. The statutory meeting nf the shareholders of the Singapore Para Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held on August '26, in tho Council Room of tbe Chamber of Commerce, CauDon-Strect, E. C. Mr. K-.-ith V. Arbuthnot il iiairinan of theßoardi presiding.
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  • 129 9 Mr. Pierpont Morgan's Yacht on the Rocks. Mr. Pierpont Morgan had a narrow escape on the night of August 24, on board his yacht Corsair, says the New York correspondent of the I tily News. Mr. Morgan bad taken a number of friends for a cruise on his
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  • 87 9 Tbe Royal Packet Navigation Co is working its service between Java and Australia at a losp, and tbe continuance of tbe line depends upon the grapting of a Government subsidy. The Java Budc bears that the Netherlands India Government favours the idea of a subsidy, but only on condition that
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 160 9 10 Bolat 6.— 6.25 i 10 Brnang 6. 0.25 10 Rrnsoh 8— 8.50 4 1 Dnff Development 5.85 6.90 1 Teher 2.— 2.75 I 10 Kanaboi 1:25 1.80 A 1 Kinta 11.50 12.— 1 KlpHan« 1.75 860 1 Kratuat Pulai 4.— 4.50 5 10 Rnantan 3.50 4.— 1
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    • 85 9 I 10 Eastern Smeltinjj Co $7pd 10.10 MM 60 Fraser and Nnave Li 1 il .V) H 10 Hotel van Wijk 22.50 24 50 100 Howarth Erskine L<J. ***** 7% Pref *****0 Riley Hargreaves Co. Ld. 5H SO 60 100 1% Pref 92.60 93 10 Singapore Gold .Storage Co.
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    • 33 9 100 Howarth Rr«kine Li 6% par 100 RileyHar(?rfiave<i*Co.,La6% 2% pm. 100 Singapore Municipal 0% 30% pm 100 do 5% fl%pm. 100 do H% 4%pm. 100 do 4% par. AOO BtaftpoNHlMtTrtmo 6% 80%«w
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  • 365 9 Power of the Sorcerer's Evil Eye in New Guinea. The cult of tbo Evil Eye in Now Guinea paralyses tbe efforts of tbe missions to combat it. A missionary recently returned to Sydney from New Guinea bas been giving some graphic pictures of tbe far-reaching effects of
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  • 131 9 Mr. 11. Stuart Lockuart, Commissioner, has sent borne his report on the Territory of Wei-bai-wei for tho year 1908. In tbe course of it he remarks: The revenue collected during the year amounted to 9 88,277, as compared with 980,331 during the previous year. The expenditure during tbe year
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 59 9 OONT TAKE THE RISK. When you have a bad cough or oold do not •l_t it drag along until it becomes chronic or develops into an attack of pneumonia, but give it the attention it deserves and get rid of it Take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and yon are sure of
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    • 328 9 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE. Owing to tbe restricted widtb of Buona Vista Road, tbe Public is advised not to use, after dusk, that portion of tbo road which is about to undergo repairs, viz from the Gap to tbe junction with Ayei- lUjab Road. H. V. TOWNER, Assos. M. Inst. C.E.,
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    • 369 9 PIANOS ON HIRE From 111 P° r Illontlj WE allow A Li he nil Discount off tbe price of tbe lastrum -nt should tbe Hir-r desire to purchase it, at any tirre during the Hiring PIANOS ON EASY TERMS. A Little down and a Littlo each month. THE ROBINSON PIANO
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    • 686 10 H cur employmint, be is lo 1> ng< r a-;llioriscd to collect LTD. oiaao GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. tkHM P ill 1" I '-l'i-.- r up to tbe SOttl S! [itembcr. i post ul St< ward, Sailois' lln M, Salary |MQ p. i.. with free board and lodgiagasd with an uddkiniial sum
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    • 785 10 HOTiCES. TENDERS INVITED. I NDKi: -THK r.WVNBROKEKS BNACTMXNT, 1908. 1 WhanMbf Ifipl Si-nibilan Government QueMa NotUoatkai number MB, published lb« Mb Bapaaaakar, 1009, the l.'i -ill. i.t, with tho sanction of tho Hcs'dcnt(ieneral, lias declarc-d that the number of Hasan s to act an a pawnbroker for a period of
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    • 643 10 STEAMED SAILINGS. C P lit" Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Lino. lUX NATIONAL I lOH WAY TO EUBOPE 7U CHINA JAPAN. CANADA and the UNITED STATE B. Ronte from Hongkong, via Shangbtt, Nagaeakl, (Inland Boa of Jepun), Robe. Yokohama, Victoria and Tancouver, (MR. Evtbeps oi Imiii" A Twin-screw
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    • 498 10 STEAMER SAILINGS. KY7K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. LTD Two regular services are maintained between JAPAN and EUROPE by the Company's well-known TWIN-SCREW STEAMERS, nnder Mail Contract with tbe Imperial Japanese Government, specially designed for the Company's European Service, lighted throughout by Electricity, provided with [excellent accommodation for Firnt and j
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    • 529 10 Proprietor: J. CAIUPIET. tucilSH management. K-t.illisiH.d IMS, The Adelphi Hotel I "An Hotel relying ou intrinsic merits, and NOT ou fictitious reputation." MUSICAL DINNERS A&D TIFFINS. THE ADELPHI ORCHESTRE MIGNON. "Tho finest Bijou OMbMAn la lha Fax Bati." Guest Night, Every Saturday. The Adelphi Orchestra may bo engaged for Receptions,
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    • 518 11 INSURANCE. GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO.. LIMITED. Head Office Winchester House, SINGAPORE. Board of Directors i 0. A. I>-kki. k. Enq., Chairman. An Asms, Enq., Vice Chairman. A H. Faib, E>q Managing Director. Peter Kowlib, m.b cm. Chief Mud. Officer K. M. Elliot, EHq. Rev. N. J. Couvrbcb Vow Noan
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    • 399 11 INSURANCE. iHE CnINA MIUiUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., LTD. Head Office- $jA, Canton Road, Shanghai. Registered undt-r tl.e Life Assurance CornpanieH acih, EDgland, and under tbe Hongkong Ordiuanceß BoAhD OK DIBECToBS Alexander M. L. «i, Enq Chairman. 1.- Yuuk Su, K-<i C Stviiliariux, K-ij .1 H. McMichael. ls>, C. R. Burkill,
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    • 589 11 BANKING. CHAititntu hark ut inui/>. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. BOORPORAT^Lt BIT KOIAL CHAKTKh. nr MM Id SO.OOO Kbares of IMaaob <1,100.000 Beeerve Fuod «1,674,000 «M<ri> aaaaMMl ot Propti«wn •a.mju.uvi BAhKURC. Bank ot England. National Bank of Boodand. Cka beodoD City Midland Bank, Lie. ttINQAPORE BRANOH. Current Aooonnta are opened and uterei
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    • 449 11 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. paid-up capital •1a.000.00c SKBERVE FUND Sterling Rewrve $18,000,0001 SUTarßeaarva $16,850;ooo} •*>.»«>.*« Batarv* Liability of tropneton 115.000.00 COURT OP DIUECTORft Hon. Mr. W. J. Greaaoa, Chairman. H. E. Tomkiuß, Eaq., Dapnty Chairman. S.O. Barrett, Eiq. 10. R. Lenzmann, Baa J. W. Bandow, Bag. |E. Shellim,
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    • 612 11 SALES BY AUCTION. A.TJOTIO3ST SALE OF Damaged Gocds, ex s s. Kalomo TO BE HELD AT Godown A, Keppel Road (Adjacent to the Tanjong Pagar Poice Station), OH FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2+. AT 9.30 A.M. Rubber insertion cloth, aqua ammonia, rifles, brass valves and cocks, brass wheels, flexible hose pipes, suction
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    • 247 11 OLID STA.ZMIJPS. AUCTION SALE Of^OLD SURCHARGED NEGRI SEMBILAN STAMPS (UNUSED), At Messrs. H. L. Cogblan A Co.'h Sale-roomn, On Friday, Scjitewber S4, at 11 a.m. 1885 VALUABLE SAWMILL PROPERTY AUCTION SALE OF THE VALUABLE PROPERTY. KNOWN AS THE EXPRESS SAWMILL, Situate off Gaylaug Road, Singapore, With frontage on the Kallang
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  • 1133 12 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TuPICS. A White Petrol Car. Quite one of the moot notable changes of the coming m'hmid ih the fact that ttowe of tin- InmMhl Kniihvh motor nmunf-icturina 1 ti'iiix, having arm. unod their model* for the 1010 hi bmhi alrendy, will be prepared to
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 254 12 Co»» of n,.,nin R dep, nds largely oo WOLSELEY- SII3ELEY. the weight a car njky umially carry, the P?l Ihire 'road"Vpent j£Bo Is on tyre*, covers, j^gPjß Wsjjms@h^ lubricaDtH, aud Hundritß, of which fK-tiol "^P2^^\\2 MBk y jSMMpP^^BL be expected, and though tho type expen. «*^"Ul*^/ Full particular, may *c
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    • 43 12 CHAMBERLAIN'S COUC. CHOL RA AND DURRH'EA REMEDY. This remedy has been in use for over thirty ypnrn and has proved itself to be tbn most •uooes.fnl remedy yet discovered for bowel i:..ui ..»intH. It never fails. Sold by all DU- puniiaries and Dealers.
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    • 650 12 J BY ROYAI. 22=& APPOINTKEinr. lifl TABLE DEUCACIE^S, I^L_ PICKLES. SOUPS, p JAMS, JELLIES. *<« POTTED MEATS. I MALT VINEGAR |s^&E^|r\ SA^AD OIL,. C^ebrated I^^|cROSSE &L Oifaieii's Stares.|^^^BLACKWELL, 1910 CARS I 1910 CARS I Great Improvements CARS CAN BE USED WITHOUT STARTING HANDLE. STANDARDS. STARS, NAPIERS, ROVERS, DELSIZE AND REOS.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 486 13 WANTS. tint I— f oai Lim. oat or two lanrtlou, 11.00 Sj Ida laeh aaa Seait ot Cb»(ar, ASSISTANT WANTED. Vacancy occurs for a European or Eurasian Assistant, with knowledge of Hardware. Only those with nrst-class references and experience ne«d apply. Reply by letter only to Katz Bros., Ltd. 60VERNESS
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    • 484 13 TO BE LET OR SOLD. Ri Til Fo«t Unat. ot IV' laaaivloa*. il.oo B» Ua laeta. aaa *etla of Ohanaa. OFFIBE i GODOWN TO BE LET. With immediate entry Mo. 7, Malaooa Street, tppl? to OUTHBIE CO., LTD. Mi OFFICE AND GODOWN TO LET. No. 95, Robinson Road. Moderate rent.
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    • 538 13 TO BE LET D 8 SOLO. Bin -Fomr lism mi ot i»o laaacMoi li.oc Bi tfc. laeh aaa aotla ot ehanaa, HOUSEB TO BE LET. Sot. 81 and 89, laititaHon Hill, Blver Vall-v fioad. Appiy to LEE OBEMQ YAH andOo. lliTl OFFICES TO BE LET. OFFICES.— OQoea lop Soor No.
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    • 808 13 NOTICES. aUTK»'-l»t Month. ■< 0 par Inch. Sabaaqstat mooiha. as. For •bortn parioda a* Seal* of Chanm. NOTICE. NOTICE IS HUSKY GIVEN that, owing to the indisposition of Mr. C Ziwmermann, Mr. J. Stevenson, well-known among Horse Dealers and Raciug men in Australia, and Importers of Horses in the East,
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    • 1180 13 SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS. Netherlands Gutta Percha Co., Ltd. Motor-tyres retreaded at Moderate Prices. All kinds of India Rubber Articles, Sheets, VALVES Rings, TYRES, HOSES (Suction, Steam, Hydraulic), Gardenhoses, Tube*, ENDLESS BELTS, FLOOR-TILES, MATTING, EDONITE and Hard Rubber Articles, Bicycle Tyres. Works Offices: Passir Panjang, Singapore. Sola Agents i MESSRS. HOOGLANDT
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