The Straits Times, 13 October 1909

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 23.080 SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 13. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 317 1 $rand Motel de T Europe THE LEADING HOTEL BY VIRTUE OF ITS EQUIPMENT, CUISINE SERVICE UNRIVALLED POSITION. Special Tiffins Dinners on Race Days. Monsieur Eeveiger's Orchettra perform a Repertoire of the latest London selections during Tiffins and Dinners, also on the Promenade Roof after Dinner each Night. W. J. GARCIA,
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    • 224 1 ROBINSON CO. Manila (Bigars. SOLE AGENTS FOR LA MARIA CHRISTINA CIGAR FACTORY, MANILA. In Boxes of PRINCESAS .100 LONDRES 100. HIGH LIFE 50. REINA VICTORIA (Non Plus Ultra) 100. REGULAR SUPPLIEB RECEIVED FROM THE MANUFACTURERS. ROBINSON CO. To Planters! Two Useful Books. TAP.OCA A 8 A CATCH CROP FOR RUBBER
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  • 701 2 COLONEL SEELYS REPLY TO LORD ROStBERY. Fighting for Flag of Liberty. On the occasion of a picuic of Liverpoo' Liberals at Woollon on September 11, Uo.ouel Kec'y, M. P., Uuder- Secretary for ihe Colonies, wan the principal ttaker. He said the cause which they were fighting
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  • 199 2 Aeroplane's Propeller Snaps While Revolving Rapidly. An/ mi. tin' Milanese arrojilanist and motor inventor, narrowly escaped death on the aviation -.'rounds to-day, writes the Brescia correspondent of The CliroDiclc on September 14. The propeller of his machine suddenly snapped off, and split into fragments just when be
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  • 68 2 So much incidental damage had been done at the Queen's bungalow at Snettisham, on the Norfolk coast, that some means bad to be taken to keep the intruders at a respectful distance. The Queen, the Manchester Guardian says, would not sanction the usual curt notice, Trespassers will
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 220 2 ft spin alls WHITE LEAD, WHITE ZINC, VARNISHES, ENAMELS, PAINTS, OILS Are of the very highest quality it is possible to manufacture. Beware of Imitations Aspinall's Products are Obtainable of All Dealers. The BORNEO CO., LD. IMPORTERS BUCHANAN'S WHISKIES are not an experiment. They have been tbo favourite blonds at
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    • 252 2 MaHe your" Peg" at Home and al the ClubBOVRIL and SODA. It stimulates (as does Whisky and Soda) but it also sustains and nourishes which WhlsKy and Soda does not and It has no evil after effects. atOMoji, jg^ c the Ear* H^^rOthcr MEMORY IS THE FODNDATION of knowledge, experience,
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    • 4 2 asSOFTas VELVE7^Ban!TBfcW* WHITE aw^->^.^aiaiaiaHaaaa^^aiasaaasasasa>^.«B^l
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    • 736 2 CUT THREE INCHES DEEP. Ti -i:imi:i.k Operation fok Stone in thb Kidneys. I suffered from inflammation of the bladder and stone in the kidneys for 2 years, Rays Mrs. A. Hanson, of 19, Hawk Street. HudderRtield, England. At first I couldn't understand what was the matter with me my eyes
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    • 315 2 rLIFEIUOY-j A P ure soap, in a T)\BLXSS^iSg^ highly concentrated 1 V form, with power to jb^ ;l; l "V, VT purify and cleanse Tak H at the same time Lsßßk II f i Mml HEALTH INFECTIOUS. VHk^Bl^Hl^E Manufactured by thr Proprietor! ol Sunlight Soap SPECIAL LIST OF WINES. SPIRITSJIQUEURS.
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  • 406 3 CONSPIRACY TO OUST LORD LANSDOWNE. Budget Rumours. An extraordinary rumour reaches a political correspondent of the Daily Chronicle, that the Marquis of Lansdowne may shortly resign the leadership of the Unionist party in tbe House of Lords, in which case Earl Cawdor would be chosen to succeed him.
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  • 474 3 Colonel Mayhew and Shareholders' Protection League. Thr Pall Mall Gazette has received the following letter from Colonel Mayhew on a decidedly interesting subject Sir, Yon kindly favoured me by publishing my letters on tue meetings of tbe Liberian Rubbor Co., and the Straits Settlements i I'.rria in
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 706 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 Pnmps 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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    • 96 3 A REMEDY THAT CUREB COLIC. "Some time back 1 had a very bad attack of colic," aays Mrs. C. I'ienaar ot Middelburg, Cape Colony. ''I saw an advertisement in the paper ot Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which I at once got from the chemist, Mr. \V. C. Turpin.
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    • 950 3 LITTLE BAB! HOMVBLrBURNED By Boiling Grease— Skin All Cams Off One Side of Face and HeadTried an Ointment which Made It All Fester— Wee Sufferer Seemed Disfigured for Life. CURED WITHOUT A MARK BY CUTICURA "About a rear and eight months affo my baby, aged ten months, was sitting on
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    • 197 3 •^'^Ps £Ft£S£ U IK| P A MT C MARK ll^i I W :"7&\V' CHILDREN QUITE A NEW DEPARTURE. 4 Based on Science and Ppactical Experience. Special Bargain! First-Class SEWING MACHINES in perfect working order with slightly damaged covers. Price: $20 each. JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. LADIES SAFE REMEDY \gtfYsM£S for
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 724 4 STEAKS'! SAILINGS. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Peoang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, M.Jiterraiean Pj-n, Plymouth an 4 London. Through Kill* of Ladiog issued for China (J *it, Persian Gulf, Continental, and Ameriosu Purtd. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. O'i'ward {for China) Devanha
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    • 581 4 STEAMERS SAILING. N.Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.LTD. Two rc«ular services are maintained between JAPAN and EUROPB by the Company's well-known TWIN-BCKBW BTBAMBBB. ander Mail Contract with the Imperial Japanose Government, speoially designed for the Company's European Servioe, lightid throughout by Electrioity, provided with excellent accommodation for First and Second Class
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    • 642 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. STOOMVAART-MAATSCHAPPIJ (STEAMSHIP COMPANY) NEDERLAND." FORTNIGHTLY MAIL SERVIOE BETWEEN JAVA AND AMSTERDAM VIA SINGAPORE SABANG, COLOMBO, PORT SAID. GENOA, ALGIERS AND TANGIER; AND LISBON, DOVEiI, OCCASIONALLY. Steamers are due on or about the undermentioned dites:— OCtWABD. ■otoWABB. 1909 1809 K. Wilhelmina Oot 23 Vondel Oot 23 Qrotiua Nov 6
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    • 229 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. BURNS PHILP LINE. SINGAPORE TO 'JAVA PORTS, PORT DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND, BRISBANE AND SYDNEY. ALSO TAKING CARGO FOA OTHER NORTH QUEENSLAND PORTS, BRITISH NEW GUINEA, NEW BRITAIN 4 NEW ZEALAND PORTS (with transhipment). •Aa inducement offer*. Smooth passage. Superb Scenery. A regular monthly service to above ports ll
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    • 610 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. The steamers of this Company maintain a regular servioe between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and Colombo. Taking cargo
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    • 766 4 3TEAKEB BAILIIHB. N. D. L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mail ateamara of tbia Company sail fortnighty from Bremm, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp. Soothamp ton, OibralUr, Genoa, Naples (oooneotttD Marseilles, Naplea, Alexandria, and vioe versa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Ooljmbo, Penacc. Singapore, Hongkong Shanghai,
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  • 185 5 11XTURES. Wednesday, October 13. lligli Wat»-r. 10 IS am.. 10 22 p.m. At Home, (lOvorniucnt Hod>(<. 4.1"). Aihambra Cinenmto^ripb. Hariina Ciueirntourapli. Marlborou^h Cinpmntograph. I'aris Cinrmatograph. Thursday, October 14. High Water, 10 I" n.m., 10.'>5 p.m. Straits Timfs will he jiublished at Mox. \iw Moon. I U p
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  • 167 5 To-Day. ltat'i Pabat Meran S pm Muntok and Palumbacg G. G. Mijer S pm I'onlinnak Ban Hin (in-ii Bpm Malacca, Port Dickaon, Port Swettcnham and Teluk Anson Kmti 3 pm To-morrow. P. nauer, Malacca, F.M S. and I '•hire (Overland) (Bytmiu) 8 am Rhioaud Indragiri Ij&ureos Pit
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  • 32 5 The Imperial German mail steamer Pnn/eaa Alut) having left Colombo on the 9th instant, lit s p.m. may be expected to arrive here on Friday morning, the 16th instant.
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  • 77 5 Left Singapore I Sept 10 k-.&O Sept II M.D.L. hfi 16 li. I. Sept 20 M. M. Sept I P. *U. Sept 29 N. D. L. Sent 29 B. I. Dot 4 M M. [)ot 8 P. *O. Jot 11 N.D. L. Dae id li>a o Uct
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  • 296 5 Latest Arrivals. l->: 1.111, But str, 1936 louß, (.Apt Macfayden, Oct It. From Rangoon, Oct 7. G.c aud 29 p. It juetea i A C<\ For Rangoon, Oct 14— W. Furih, Q«c str. 2610 tons, Capt Jager, Oct 11. From lUtawa, Oot 9. U.c. Bebu Meyer Co. For
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  • 65 5 October 11 Hiiiphoii), Fch »tr, Sai^ n GtrJ, Nor Btr, Bangkok Ulrnfalloch, Brit str, Swatow via ports 13 Brit itr, Auamba Is. and Natuoa Is. R.ij.ih at Sarmcak, S»r str, Sarawak Profit, Nor str, Bangkok Laity fFtUi, Brit str, Maar and Malacca Sulva, Nor str, Bangkok Ban to Soon,
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  • 97 5 Wharves at which Vessel* are Beiihed To- Day. TAN JON Q PAGAR. East Wbabf Basim- (iiang Seng. Eabt W. Ssctioh 1 -Taroba. 8«cno» No. 1 (8a«R8 Wbaiif)— Nil. Saonoa n B— Mirano Mam. B—('.8 LoaM y Lojiez. a 4— llan-.iln. m m ii
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  • 400 5 Coming to Singapore. Per P. and O. steamer Namur, due October 15.— Mr. H. Leatherbarrow, Mr. T. C. Proctor, Mr. A. Palmer, Mr. M. Hellier. Per N.D.L. steamer Prinzesa Alice, due Ootober 16.— Mr. R. von Hemert, Mrs. J. P. Boissevain, Mr. M. W. Flics, Mr. Phil.
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  • 200 5 Per stuauier Lady Weld. Oct. 11. From Lanadron Messrs. ,1. Mitchell and James Uils. FromMnar: Dtitik Abdullah, Inchek Brahim and Mr. F. O. Wallace. Per step mer Kiuta, Oct. 11. From Tcluk AnHon Major Priestley, Mr. and Mrs Voulcs, Mi- < Steward, Mrs. Adam, Mrs. and Misses Tock Seng
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  • 45 5 Time-balls on Fort Canning ami Mount Fabor drop daily at 1 p.m., Singapore standard time corresponding to 6 a.m. Greenwich meantime. Tin- time-guii is fired at 12 o'clock noon, indicating; Singapore standard time on every day excepting Sunday, when it is Brod at one o'clock.
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  • 457 5 By Lieut. -Col. E. O Broadrick, Commandant, S.V.C. Singapore, Odnber M, i 969 On I All members rank and File of the 8. V. A., Maxims ami S. It. E. (v.), are authorised to I ar t lie followiog mess dress Shell jack, t with stand
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  • 250 5 Finance Commerce. EXCHANGE. SiNsiPOßi, October lit, 1909. in Lof.dcn— Bark 4 m/a 2/j Demand 2/4^ Private 8 m/g a/4J do 8 m/a i,4 On Germany— Punk d/d 289{ Private 8 m/s 1 41 do 6 m/s 248 On France Bank d/d 2i6 Private 8 m/s -<se do 6 m/e 800
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 266 5 lasoi Paid Vall-i Up CoXPANT d££. II B SILLBBS 10 10 10 1 10 1 1 10 1 10 1 1 10 1 1 1 6 10 10 10 10 1 10 Bclat Tin Mining Co., Ltl. 12% for '08 10 Brnang, Ltd. I 10 Bruseh Hydraulio T. M.
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    • 599 5 Sterling. 2 2/. Anglo-Malay Rnbber Co., Ltd. 80% for '08 14/6 15/8 1 1 Batu Caves Rnbber Co., Ltd 10% for '08 6.12.0 6 15 0 1 1 Batu Tiga (Selangor) R. Co. Ltd. 6% for '08 2.0.0 2.1.0 1111 Bukit Kajang Rubber Estate Ltd 2.5.0 2.6.0 J 7
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    • 176 5 i 10 10 60 10 100 100 100 100 10 100 100 10 50 1 100 100 10 10 7 fO 10 100 100 10 100 100 10 60 1 100 100 10 Eastern Smoltiog Co., Ltd. 10% for 1 10% for Fraser Neave, Ltd. 17i%for'08 Hotel van Wijk
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 219 5 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. Oct. IS— At saleroom, Paints, Varnish, Oil Stores, etc, at 11. Oct. 18— At No. 80, Outram Hoad, valuable Vermicelli Machinery and Appurtenances, etc., at 2 30. Oct. 19 At saleroom, town properties, at Malabar Street, at 2.30. Oct. 19 At saleroom, town properties, at
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    • 71 5 GARRICK COARSE-CUT. latent .J\ r\t\ Air-Tight k^LU K I M n^BßlKeliiß^al OBTAINABLE AT: John Little Co., Ltd., Robinson Co. Godfrey Phillips, Ld. LONDON, ENGLAND. SMOKE The King of m Cigarettes The King of Cigarettes. A freo sample 'P obtainable by \J < > />^^^r Sold by applying to tho -^y^^^T
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 324 5 WEATHER REPORT. Kandani Kerbau Hotpital, net. 11, 1909. M A. H.iV H.IU BjUBFiIX. Bar. 82 Fab 23 929 29 HI 8 29 926 Temp 87.6 87.0 80 0 Nil. WetßnlbTher 80 0 78 0 .ho DirofWind.. S.W. calm ctlm Max. Temp.. 89 5 Mm 74 8 Max. In Baa.. 133.4
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  • 1076 6 The Straits Times. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18. THE NEWEST DIPLOMACY. And so it has been decided that Mr. Crane shall not go t> Peking. Hi was called back to Washington not to be entrusted witl closer confidences, but to be taken to task because ho waa so full of the confidences
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  • 16 6 No. 4 Co. Singapore Bn, R. U. A., commenced its annual course of training on Monday.
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  • 19 6 A Wood Green firm of confectioners have introduced a new sweetmeat for children which they call Dr. Cook's Swankers.
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  • 27 6 11. M. S. Waterwitch is ezpnoted to arrive at Port Swettenham about tbe 16th or 17th inst. and will make about a week's stay at the port.
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  • 20 6 The Baodmtnn Comedy Co., open their Reason in Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, with Mr. Somerset Maugham's greatest comedy, Lady Frederick.
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  • 24 6 Three ladies, including Lady Constance Foljambe, Mister of the Earl of Liverpool, nave just distinguished themselves by climbing the apire of Wnitwell Church, Yorkshire.
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  • 26 6 The serang of the Ocean Steamship Co 's launch Iris was fined 910 at the marine court, yesterday, for obstruction at the landing at Johnston's Pier.
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  • 34 6 The Waiwupu has instructed all the t<leg'aph off ces ii China t > exercise more c re in the ttitt- mission of telegrams hay ng reference to any ant i foreign boycott i rop iganda.
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  • 31 6 Jamini Mullick and others who were concerned in tbo Midnapore bomb case have nerved notices on Mr. Donald Woston, district magistrate, Calcutta, and two police officers claiming damages amounting to R90,510.
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  • 29 6 Tbe P. and O. intermediate steamer Nile, which arrived from Yokohama, yesterday, has a large passenger list for Europe. Among her cargo are 927 packages of wet gun cotton.
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  • 40 6 For the convenience of passengers returning from the Races to the F. M. S. and Penaog, tho steamer I poll's departure will be delayed till tt.ls p.m on Saturday the 16th instant. Lauuch will leave Johnston's Pier at 6. p.m.
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  • 37 6 The steamer Tenasserim bound for Rangoon collided in tbe Mersey with the steamer Sccontian. Tbe latter wSs cut down to the water's edge. Tbe crew was saved. Tbe Teuasserim has been docked. Her bows are badly damaged.
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  • 48 6 The port authorities of the east coast of England are on tbe look out for a band of alien gipsies endeavouring to effect a landing in that country. The gipsies are encamped near Calais, and may make the attempt to evade the authorities at either Hull or Gravesend.
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  • 50 6 Attention is drawn to an advertisement, appearing on page 8, of Met>srs. Ismail and Kaheem, the wellkuown jewellers of Bras 15 isah Road, regarding j \vi -llery for the race season which they are now displaying, and of which they have quite a choice assortment, specially manufactured for the season.
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  • 61 6 The is a possibility that the Viceroy of India during his visit to Buopal may see a practical illu-tration of flying in India, the first experiment of its kind. Tbe Pioneer understands that a military officer of tbe ludian Army is building a flying machine, and it will probably be
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  • 54 6 Returning from their honeymoon, a Sunderland bride and bridegroom prepared for their house-warming party and laid out all the weddiug presents. They left the house for a short time, and on returning found t lat the gifts had vanished aud the ceiling and walls were plastered with blancmanges and jellies
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  • 62 6 It is stated that Japan's exhibits to tl c coming Anglo Japanese Exhibition will include models of thu T. K. K. steamer Chiyomaru and the Mitbu Bishi dockyard and eugine works, Nagasaki; also a portion of tho Mitsu Bishi dockyard at K ibe. and floating dock attached to it. All
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  • 60 6 Tbe Peking Daily News of September H, says lt is understood tint after thoroughly investigating the records in the hearings of tbo Meam'-Kiukiang cas.e. tbe British Crowu advocate, Mr. H. P. Wilkinson, has deciJed ttiat there is not sufficient evidence of a criminal nature against Insp. Mears to warrant a
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  • 75 6 Bowiingpet news says there was a terrible ac-ident in tho U>sse shaft of the Mysore Mine, on September 28, resulting iv the instantaneous death of six coolies. A staff skip that was lit work had its rope mapped and fell into the sink, where soveral cojlies were woiking, and timaalied
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  • 93 6 Tho glorious uncertainty of tbe law has just been instanced in Deli. Two Javanese ha I murdered an estatu assistant named Velthuys one of them knocked him down, and tbe other fiuisbed him off The criminal court sentenced the latter to death, and the former one to 15 years' imprisonment.
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  • 79 6 The Legislative Council holds its next meeting on Monday afternoon, whou Sir Arthur Young will move that the Registration of Deeds Ordinance Amendment Ordinance be brought into operation in town *nbdivision 14. There will be submitted for first reading a bill for the incorporation of the titular Roman Catholic Bishop
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  • 97 6 Papers are published in Simla upon the question raised by tho Simla House-owners Association on the subject of taxation by the municipality on the gross instead of the net rentals and the opinions obtained from the let<al remembrancer of tbe Punjab and the advocate-general of Bengal are quoted in full.
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  • 108 6 Tanua Volu, of the Alexandra Barracks, pleaded oot guilty in tlie second magistrate's court, yesterday, to tbeft of a pepp«r shaker belonging to Mr. E. A. Gardiner, acting chief police officer. Sergt. McAfee said that, on inform Uion received, be went to accused's room and foam! the property in his
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  • 418 6 Mr. H. Laidlaw. M. I' is expected at Kuala Lumpur in November. Mr. C. Muttiah, formerly a teacher in the St. Joseph's Institution, is now a teacher in the city schools of Manila. Sir Krancia Wingsto is much improved and is allowed to get out of doors
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  • 58 6 Hadji Mohinicd Hakim, a passenger broker, was at the races with bis victoria, yesterday afternoon, when Insp. Pestana. of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Dept.. arrested the lioyanese syce ou a charge of cruelty iv working a lame horse. The syce pleadtd guilty before the
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  • 88 6 Mrs. K ranees Rush, the divorced wife of Mr. Charles' Hopper Thaw, a oomia of Mr. Harry Thaw, was sued by a jeweller for payment of X'l."> at Chicago, The ilafl says. Sbo alleged she was unable to pay. Her fingers were covered with diamonds, and she
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  • 78 6 A report by the American Minister at Bangkok to Washington upon the ADg'o-Siamese treaty expresses the conviction that it will conduce to the opening up and development of the Siamese Peninsula. Tho new railway which will l«i beynn iuimc liatly will bring the entire p.-ninsuia into ea^ior
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  • 102 6 In the beginning of September it was announced that the Dinc'.orsof the P and (I. Co. had decided to modify tho system of meals in tbe second saloon by Mibsti'n ting mid-day luncheon Rnd late dinner for mid-day dinner and hitjhtea at six o'clock,
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  • 186 6 A man named Tan Cha has been for a long term of years resilm,' on a plantation of 2 i acres in Sorangoou R 1., 6) mil's from tcivu. Mr. P. W. Skene claimed ownership of the laud and eventually Nuld it to a
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 429 6 PHOTOGRAPH OK THE SEAMLESS STEEL BOAT SUPPLIED TO THE Straits Steamship Co.'s Agent at Malacca by GUTHRIE AND COMPANY, LIMITED, Singapore. PATRONISED ROYALTY FOR THE SEASON. Sporting! £J ]PS Sportingl Of Sterling Silver. GREAT VARIETIES. Now on View. B. P. DE SILVA. FINEST INDIAN TEA FOR Presents at Home. Orange
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  • 177 7 RESIGNS AT REQUEST OF STATE DEPARTMENT. The Consequence of Indiscreet Interviews. 1)1 K (lus CoHHKsI'oNDEST.) London, October IS. .Mr. Crane, recalled tho other day from San Franci"cu, while on his way to China as Mini-tiT ut the I niti 1 States, has resigned at the request of
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  • 83 7 MOBILISATION DEPARTMENT FORMED. Sir John Fisher to Receive a Peerage. IRbutkb's Teleoram] London, October 12. The Admiralty has announced the cruation of a new mobilisatiou department. Thu officers forming it, and tbe Intelligence Department will form a standing Navy War Council presided over by the First Sea
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  • 28 7 Re-establishment as a Free Port Propable. [DEE OsTASIATISCHB LLOYD TeLKURAM] Berlin, October 12. A St. I'otcrsburg paper announces the probable rc-establishmont of Vladivostock as a fret port.
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  • 29 7 Mr. Harriman Leaves Sixty Millions Sterling. [Recter's Teleobax| London, Octrber 1;). The will of Mr. Harriman has been proved, and shows that ho died worth sixty millions sterling.
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  • 28 7 [Dkr Ostasiatiscbk Lloyd Telegram] Berlin, October 11. The Spanish Army, which at present numbers 80,000 on a peace footing, is to be increased to 120,000.
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  • 23 7 [DfK OsTASIATISCUR LLOYD TeLEOBAM] Berlin, October 12. Tbe C/ar, after his visit to Italy, will return via Switzerland and 'iermany.
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  • 23 7 [Die Osr asi\ rise uk Lloyd Tblborak] Berlin, October 12. Russia intimates that she is withdrawing her forces from Portia.
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  • 139 7 American Search Party Leaves for Nova Scotia. An expedition has just started in search of the buried treasure of Captain Kidd. This is supposed to lie hidden in Oak Island, in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. Some years ago tbe discovery of a mysterious shaft and inscription 'i
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  • 44 7 Lord Kitchener, accompanied by Lirut,Colonel C. D. Hruce, left Shanghai by special train for Nanking on the 6th inst. There were precjnt at the railway station the members of the Consular body, Mr. D. Landale, chairman of tbe Municipal Council, and other notable pextoaages,
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  • 246 7 Objection to the King's Title of Emperor. The Australian Parliament has a decided objection to the use of the word Emperor on the new Australian silver coinage, which is to bo issued at tbe end of the present year. When tbe Deakin Government gavo instructions to tho Imperial
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  • 389 7 Arctic Cold Above Punjab's Burning Plains. Dr. Walker's report for the last year on the working of tbe Indian meteorological department was published at Simla, on the 2nd inst. The most inter, sting observations it describes are perhaps those conducte 1 by Mr. Field by means of small
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  • 295 7 Strange Story of Dr. Cook's Arctic House. In connection with the Cook-Peary controversy Dr. Norman Hansen has made the following statement to the Copenhagen Politiken Now that Dr. Cook has left, I do not feel bound to silence, but will publish a story about a
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  • 68 7 Mr. Bartlett, inspector of schools, paid a visit, yesterday morning, to the Methodist Anglo-Tamil school in Serangoon Kd. He inspected some of the standards and expressed himself thoroughly satisfied with tiio condition of the boys and eulogised Mrs. Paul, the bead-mistress, for her efforts to thoroughly modernise the school. Mrs.
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  • 428 7 HOSPITAL MATRON ATTACKED AND ROBBED. Dastardly Affair in Hongkong. A highway robbery o.' the most daring character took place in btoad daylight in Kennedy Rd., Hongkong, on the sth inst., the victim being Miss Bartlett, matron of tbe Royal Naval Hospital, who was very roughly handled by a
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  • 280 7 Cunard Agent Threatens to Clear Officials Off Pier. The outcry over the barbarous Customs netboda of Collector Loeb reached a climax on the arrival of tho Mauretania, writes the New York correspondent of tbe Chronicle on September 12. The Customs officers have inaugurated the most objectionable and searching
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  • 119 7 Application for Change of Venue to Shanghai Refused. Sir Haviland de Sausmarez, Cbief Justice of Shanghai, has delivered his decision on the application made by Mr. J. C. E. Douglas, representing Mr. Butler Wright, chief ac countant of tbe Canton-Kowloon railway (Chinese section), that the venne of
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  • 135 7 Last week, Mr. Savi, assistant supt. of police, made a successful raid on 102-6 Bencoolen St., securing a quantity of ohandu and evidence that morphine bad been used. A man who was crouching on the floor beside another coolie juLiped up and threw a hypodermic syringe out
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  • 570 7 SHANGHAI PASSENGER HEAVILY FINED. Trunk Catches Fire at Marseilles. A case, instituted under Section 446 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, came before Mr. G. A. Colbert, acting master-attendant, at the joint police court, Colombo, on the 2nd inst., when Mr. J. West, a first-class passenger
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  • 168 7 Receiving Attention in Indian and Chinese Shipping Circles. The London correspondent of the Briraingham Daily Post states tbat the problem of cold storage on tbe India and China routes is receiving serious attention in shipping circles. According to bis statement, tbe problem will probably be tackled in
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  • 116 7 Alleged Payment of Rebates to German Shipping Co. The New York World publishes a sensational report of several officials of railroads and steamship companies having been summoned to give evidence before the Federal grand jury in New York, on September 15 in connection with an investigation
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  • 93 7 la regard to the controversy on the relics of Buddha, the Christian College Magazine points attention to the fact that Madras can boast of a relic, which has greater claims to authenticity than the recent discovery. It was found in acrystal casket in tbefoundatiocs of the stupa
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  • 476 7 Trade Between Swatow and Singapore. In bis report <>n tbe trade of Swatovr in 1908, Consul Hausser, writing of emigration and shipping says the number of emigrants leaving the port was 117,851. During the first quarter of the year the figures were about normal, but tbe returns
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  • 248 7 Details of Organisation Settled by Army Council. We understand, says The Pioneer, that the details of the Imperial General Staff have now been settled by the Army Council in consultation with the Colonial authorities and the India Office. The organisation will embrace tbe Regular and Colonial
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  • 161 7 Steamer Phra Nang's Funnel Carried Away. When the steamer Phra Nang, under tbe command of Capt. von MangeUdorff, arrived at Hongkong, on the 6th inst., she bore evident traces of having passed through the centre of a typhoon. The vessel, which is only 1,021 tons harden,
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  • 66 7 Mr. J. O. Barclay, of the Chartered Bank, lost a pocket-book containing $200 on the Racecourse Kd., yesterday. The pocket-book was eventually discovered on a Eurasian named Joseph de Santos, but the money was not recovered. Joseph was before tba second magistrate, this morning, and was
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  • 123 7 KING CONFERS WITH OPPOSITION LEADERS. No Immediate Action Expected. -|Rbctbr's Tklkoram London. October 1-i. Lord Lansdowno and Mr. li.ilfour havo had a joint audience with the King, who afterwards received Mr. Aequith. Mr. Asquith's audience with the King only lasted for a quarter of an hour, and
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  • 75 7 DISHONEST BANKER'S SENTENCE CONFIRMED. Fifteen Years Imprisonment. Rei'tkb's Tk lic ham London, October 12. The Now York Federal Circuit Court on appeal has confirmed thu sentence on the banker Morse, who was condemned to fifteen years imprisonment in November, 1908, for misappropriation of funds, and whose failure
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  • 53 7 Chinese Lecturers Explaining the True Facts. (From Our Own Cukkkspondbnt.) Kuala Lumpur, October 12. The Japanese boycott by Chinese has spread here. Chinese lecturers have been appointed and are explaining the true facts of the case. The situation is quiet and the towkays are co-operating in
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  • 59 7 The secretary of tbe Sereudah Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ltd., furnishes the followii g return for September Output piculs 51:1.17 Value 121.144 23 Tribute paid 54.057.45 Expenditure $4,915 BB Profit $12,171.22 Tbe September crop at Hagalla Estate was estimated at 2,100 lbs. and not 2,000 as
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  • 414 7 M. Lefcvre Dashed to His Death While Trying Aeroplane. M. Lefevre. one of the most brilliant aviators, who, won distinction at Rbeims, met with a fatal accident on September 7, while flying at Juvisy. near Paris. He was engaged in tuning up several machines for customers of
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  • 2176 8 AUTUMN MEETING OF SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB. Events on the First Day. Tlit; Singapore race meeting commenced yesterday in a way that forebode trouble to fanciers of favourites and rejoicing on the part of those who went on an outside chance. In the first two races the unexpected happened
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  • 193 8 Fihvt Grifkn Handicap. Prince Arthur... H. Peluru 10. The Duke 9 4 Adventuress... 8 2 Norwood 9. Lark 8.12 Mascotte 9.9 Marquis 9. Twakkai 7.12 Crusader 8.6 Seedtime 10. Hicockaloram 8.3 Little Lady 8. Ladies Perse. Indra 8. Dacoit 94 Ailsa 8.7 Celluloid 9 2 DUbolo 8.5
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  • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 141 8 In the final of the Madras Rugby tournament tbe Leicester Regiment beat Madras by three goals and two tries, twenty-one points, to nil. In the Burma I)i visionaljbi ixing tournament Rangoon. Sergt. Stock, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who recently won the light weight championship in the Simla All-India
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    • 43 8 Singapore Rifle Association. The monthly short rango handicap of the Singapore Rifle Association will take place on Sunday noxt, at 2.30 p.m. A should be noted that Balcstior rango will be closed on Saturday noxt, owing to the Malay hari raya.
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    • 85 8 Play at Tanglln. Some interesting teams matches have been played at Tanglin barracks between representatives of the Sergeants, Middlesex Regiment, and tiie Royal Army Medical Corps, with the following results: Privates Egau and Topnot beat Scrgts. How and Smith j Privates Harold and Barber beat Col.-Sorgt. Stacey and
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    • 374 8 P. W. D. v. S. C. C. 11. On the Esplanade, yesterday, a team from the Pnblio Works Department played cricket against a second oleven from the Singapore Cricket Club, with tho following results P. W. D.— R. H. Pennefather b Stretton 6, A. Soharenguivel o Poake b Mergler
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  • 807 8 Prices Quoted in the Market This Morning. Singapore, 13th October, 1909. Messrs. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Share Brokers, issue the following list of quotations this morning Nom. Value. Buyers. Sellers. 2/- Allagar 1/6 1/9 pm 58/- Ad^Io Malay 14/9 15/0 £1 Anglo Sumatra 27/- 80/1 Banteng
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  • 230 8 How He Nearly Discovered (he South Pole. Harry Lauder has been quick to turn the topics of the moment into professional use. He has been telling at tl c Tivoli in a new song, or rathor in the patter accompanying it, how he and Sl.aek nearly discovered tbo
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  • 27 8 A Chinaman named Yip Sum Tye has been arrested on a charge of trying to change a forged Saigon to note with a money changer.
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  • 47 8 A Javanese living at 38, Jalan Kuantan, has reported to the police that some one has entered his house and made oil with $233. Odman, the usher at the Marine court, has also reported tbe loss of $464, which was taken from his house, 363, Gaylang Road.
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  • 38 8 President Taft, speaking at Denver, reiterated his conviction that the State should check the evil of swollen fortune by a law of inheritance requiring their division among children aud descendaucs. and not permitting millionaires to hoard their money.
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    • 361 8 JEWELLERY Si RACES. A splendid assortment cf Diamond Bracelets, Rings, Pendants, Brooches, etc., which have been specially manufactured and are particularly suitable for the present Race Seasou, may be seen at our shop. All the latest des-gns to select from. ISMAIL and RAHEEM, Braa Basah Road. LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. ENGAGEMENT WANTED.
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    • 429 8 MARLBOROUGH To-Night. ENTIRELY NEW FILMS. "Did lIMC REMAINS IX BRITTANY. Brittany is one of the most interesting p irts of France, and among the many sights in thio interesting country which attract Ir.rgo numbers of tourists are tliu Druidic ICtmaius. "A FRENCH GIRL S PATRIOTISM." Historical and Dramatic Film. "THE
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    • 400 9 I $2 57 $2 WEEK. V WEEK. TALKING MACHINES 1 ON EASY TERMS Enjoy the Instrument while you are paying ftf it. A LABGI BKLECTION TO CHOOU :ItOM, AT PRICES RANGING FROM $2O TC $100. Records from each. THE ROBINSON PIANO CO.. LTD. I'roprictor: J. IWRAPIET. QA^l^** Special Tiffins Race
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    • 400 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. BRITISH INDIA BTEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. LIMITED. FOR PENINQ, RANGOON AND CALCUTTA. The Company's Steamer BANGALA. 8,918 toos. I) Mac'&iyen, Commander, will be despatched for the above ports on Thursday, Octnber 14. at 5 p m. She haa excellent accommodation for first ■skl Ftvonrl class passongers. For freight or
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    • 519 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. Cra f$ r. iv. Canadian Paciflo Railway Company's Royal Hail Stoamsblp Lino. rUE RATIONAL QIQHWAT TO EUROPE ru CHINA JAPAN, CANADA nd lbs DNITED BTATBB Rout* from Hongkong, via Shanghai, Nagasaki, (Inland Best of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Vlotorfs and Vaneoavar, R.M.B. "Enniss or Ibdu" steaR.M.S. «E«r-8888 of JkTin"
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    • 513 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO. LTD. The Companies' steamers are deapached frcm Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China aid Japan every week and from Japan homeward s for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight for Oenoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and for Marseilles,
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    • 489 9 PEARSON'S HYCOL (Carbolic Co. Efficient 18 to 20). TEE most powerful Disinfectant in tbe World. Guaranteed 18 to 20 times more effective than pure Carbolic Acid. Ask other manufacturers of fluids for a Guarantee of the GKs> Germicidal Strengths of their products (in relation to Pure Carbolic Acid) under the
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    • 536 10 INSURANCE. GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LIMITED. Head Office Winchester House, SINGAPORE. Board of Directors i G. A. Dbbbick, Esq., Chairman. Ad. Asmds, Esq., Vice-Chairman. A. H. Fair, Esq., Managing Director. Pbtbb Fowlib, m.b., cm. Chief Med. Officer. F. M. Elliot, Esq. Rev. N. J. Cocvbbdb. Vow Noak Pan, Esq.
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    • 369 10 INSURANCE. LONDON AMD LANCAHHIKE FlttK INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £3.841,000 Paid up Capital £iM.IOO Reserve Fond £1,866, »84 Iha undersigned, Agents for tbe Company, tre prepared to aooept fire risks at ourraot ■atea of premium. BODSTEAD A Co.,— Agmll THE CHINA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO..J.TD. Head Office— 13 A, Canton Road,
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    • 568 10 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUBTRALIA AND CHINA. NOORPORATiSD BY BOYAL OBABTEB J ald op Capital In 60,000 Shares of •10 each «1,M0,000 <e«em Fund 41,571,000 i-»«rre Liability of Proprietors aU.JOO.OOO BANKERS. Bank ol England. Rational Bank of Scotland. se Condon City A Midland Bank, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Onrrenl Aooounte
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    • 614 10 SALES BY AUCTION. MORTGAGEES' SALE Of VALUABLE TuWN PROPERTIES, On Tuesday, October 19, at 2.30 p.m. All that valuable piece of land (999 year*) together with the residential premises erected thereon and known as NOS. 20, 21 and 22, MALABAR STREET, Singapore. POWELL CO., Auctioneers. Rdyk Davidson, Solicitors. 1000 MORTGAGEES
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    • 830 10 SALES BY AUCTION. ■A-TTCTTOIT SALE OF Paints, Varnish, Oil, Stoves, etc., TO BE HELD AT POWELL AND CO'.S SALE .KOOM, On Friday, October 15, at 11 a.m. ??dv)ou IXED PAINT^ various colours ia oue gallon and gallon cans ARNISH, excellent coach varnish in 1 gallon cans. Superior Walnut Stain, in
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  • 1159 11 NOTES AND COMMENTS.; ON CURRENT TOPICS. A correspondent throws a lurid light on the word chauffeur. Chauffeur, of course, means to heat, and hence to get up the steam of an engine, and a chauffeur is one who does this. But long before motors or steam-engines existed, the chauffeurs
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  • 409 11 Women's Colony For Western Australia. No man will be allowed to own a chare of stock or a rood of land or to hold any office in the new industrial colony which is about to be started in Western Australia by a number of British women. The colony
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    • 380 11 Cost of running depcDdd largely on WOLSELEY-SIDDELEY. the wi iglit a car may usually carry, the I—pi mileage it runs, acd, lastly, its borne- FSfyr^^ powt r. Durinu the p»Kt year an owner rS^S^^WtnT^A of a 10-12 li p. Wolwlt y Siddeloy car that L ran 7.104 miliH on the
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    • 323 11 P"l BY ROYAL sIbSL AOTOOTTMEFT. 8- [J TABIX DELICACIES, jclL-^ pickles, soups I*, p O^^Xk JAMS, JELLIES. WORCfSTtRSMIW SAUCt K K*<J TA LA> 11tATr5. Ih^^^&lsv MALT VINEGAR. Celebrated (i|§§^|cßOSSE Oilmen's Stores.p^ BLAO^ELL. g KWONO HIN6 LOONG CO., Nos. 47, 48 and 49, High Street, Established over 80 years. (.Workmanship and
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    • 615 12 WANTS. bni l-*ou 1.1 a.. oi tvotaurtlunv iI.CO Bf tb> inch, BeU. n! Ch»r<e-. TEACHERS WANTED. Trained teachers neeil-d for the lower standards in St. Josephs Institution. Apply in writicj; to the Director. aooo CHINESE KRANI WANTED. Wantrd. a C'iiineee Krani for a Rubber Estate .v Kohntl-i with a good
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    • 598 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. a. in t-fou Llbm. oi. oi tw tmiticu, W.M Bf Ita* Inch. Betl. ol Oktftaa. OFFIBE ft BODOWN TO BE LET. With Immediate entry Mo. 7, Malaoea Street, apply to ODTHKIE 00., LTD. iM HOUBE TO LET. No. 28, Sophia Road. Immediate entry. Apply to
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    • 639 12 TO BE LET 03 SOLD. Bin —Font Llnu. oat or two Inurtloa II.OC Bi tbt loch, wal. ol chtrgM, HOUSES TO BE LET. Nob. 81 and 68, Isitllollon Hill, Blvar Valley Boad. Apply to LEE OHEMQ lAN •ad Go. mw TO BE LET. Nos. 19 and JO, Boat tjuay, at
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    • 648 12 NOTICES. Kin.'— l>t Month, tin per Inch, SabMqn.nl months, M. For shorter p.rioii Seal. Of Cb!W«M. NOTICE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that all roads within (rovernmout House Domain will be closed to the public from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. on each of the following dates, namely, October 12, 14
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    • 1021 12 SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS. Netherlands Gutta Percha Co., Ltd. Motor-tyres rctreaded at Moderate Prices. All kiudj of ImiU Bobbw Ariicios sheets, VALVES, Rings, TYRES, HOSES (Suction, Steam, Hydrate), O l.cs. ENDLESS BELTS. FLOOR-TILES, MATTING, EBONITE aud Hard Rubber Articles, Bicycle Tyres. Works Offices: Passir Panjang, Singapore. Sole Agents i MESSRS. HOOGLANDT
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