The Straits Times, 24 November 1910

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 23.413 SINGAPORE. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 24. 1910. PRICE 10 CENTB.
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      335 1 D, I J. McCallum's PERFECTION WHISKY. lALBBEOK. MACBRE6OR AND COMPANY. KATZ BROS,, LD, FINE CRYSTAL GLASSWARE. Tumblers pt. $2.50d0z. Tumblers pt. $3.75 doz Tumblers 1 pt. 4.50,, \J W \77] Tamblera 1 P fc 7 50 Sherry Glasses 2.50,, MB Wf Sherry Glasses 3.75 Port Glasses 2.50 "fnT Port Glasses
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      114 1 Robinson Co. XMAS TOY BAZAAR Now Open. A LARGE AND VARIED STOCK TO SELECT FROM. Robinson A Co. JTJST ABRIYED r I A SMALL SHIPMENT OF A. J. Reynvaan's Celebrated Dutch Cigars. High Life 54.50 per 100 Reina Victoria $5.00 ONLY OBTAINABLE AT JEANOU PATTARA AND HOON KEAT CO. SPECIAL
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      6 1 Bollinger Chompogne. CALDBECK. MACGREGOR AND COMPANY.
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    THE QUEEN'S BROTHER. —•—
    549 2 THE QUEEN'S BROTHER. DEATH OF PRINCE FRANCIS OF TECK. Their Majesties' Early Morning Vigil From a London paper uf October 24, we take tbe following Prince Francis of Teck, brother of Queen Mary, who hts been critically ill f some time past, died on Saturday orenoon at tbe nursing home
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    AN ISLAND'S FATE.
    517 2 Changes That Have Come Over St. Helena. The ease of St. Heleoa is bard, obaf ryes tin: Knniog Standard since tbe withdrawal of ih) tioops Home four yi arg alO tbe intiabi iant» bave lost tin ir chief means of support tbere bas btea suißFuriug and dirtn-os
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      156 2 !Cmnci;Uo<l A«l <i .Us NEED KEPLER' SOLUTION (of cod Liven oil in malt extract) This delicious, digestive body builder exerts its influence upon the very source of nutrition the blood. It fills the veins with rich, vitalising blood, and rapid improvement takes place. The cheeks fill out, the limbs i
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      13 2 For all iDtemal complaints. D;ra->Urf, CoDgh>, Colds, etc., take Woods' Great Pept«ribiat Care.
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      927 2 PONTIUS FLUID CO. ■oiler Preservative Manufacturers. Oar special Fluids known as A.P. I and A.P. II are preparations made to prevent corrosion, pitting, graving, bleeding, etc., in new and old boilers alike, especially when tbey are using feed water contain ing vegetable matter or otber solids tbat are injurious to
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      147 2 The public are cordially •■■jfskm t«» a m— invited to inspect oar IIU w ssUnLi I I C. w wide and varied assortment of jewe'lery. in We have just added to onr collection a number ARTISTIC f I J°'." i iQ ?l Jewell*- r a art, which are articles ol
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    Charing-Cross Bank.
    909 3 THE FIRST ESTIMATE OF THE LIABILITIES. Depositors' Meeting An official statement as to the first estimate of sffiirn of the Charing cross Bank was itsued on October 24 by tbe Senior Official Receiver in Bankruptcy and interim trustee, Mr. E. Lead man Hough. The statement was made pnblic
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      318 3 W6e Jmpuhe to Sueeess. Emerton was a great thinker a wise philosopher. When therefore he lays down that if man of ability nhonld give you his hon«»Bt experience, you would tiod that he owed more impulse to books tlmn to lumi; until'," we may agree with linn unbebitatingly. Have you
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      12 3 Woods Great Peppermint Cure for all internal complaints. Dynentery, Coughs, Colds, etc.
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      165 3 JOHN JAMESON'S THREE STAR PME PUT STILL. UfUIOIfrV ta i om i if n i one i JOHN JAMESON and SON. LIMITED. 11l BLIV. DutllKra I* H.M. ibe kJart. Remnants, Oddments and Bargains at Whlteaway's Every Friday. I r c«w»~~i I /A«l««nd > in.plerem«l»fc>f\ I ißr^kiUM. C^ m Hloa. of*ALL
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      310 3 Wi££££jjjr There is no need to^^^ifc|:::;::::: :-x$: •^xii-i-i-iir use boiling water when using^t£:£:£:X ■rSunli^htl 1 Soap i ':j:« and it does not matter whether the water M£: ■:-<\ is hard or soft— the result is the same. '*iSuN. A •■vlnf of labour, rKJSIS. _J A v l»» of time, and
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      675 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. l>*r China, Japan, Penaaf, «*yl*B Australia, India, Aden, Bry»t, Mediterranean Pertt, Plymonth aad Londea. Through Bills of Ladiag ltaatd tor China Ooatt, Persian Gulf, Oontinental, aad Amtrlean Port*. Steamert will leav* Singapore oa or about I— MAIL LINBS, Ontuard (for OMfM) 1910 1»" Himalaya Deo
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      508 4 STEAMER BAIUHBB. N.Y.K. JAPAN HAIL STEAMSHIP CB.LTD. A tegular fortnightly servioe ia maintained betweea JAPAN and BUBOPB by the Company's well-known IWIMCBIW ITIIHIII, under Mail Contract with the Imperial Japanese Government, specially designed for the Company's Buropean Servioe, lighted throughout by Bleotrioitj, pro Tided with excellent aooommodatioa for First aad
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      892 4 BTEAM. MILIIIIB. PACIFIC MIL STEAMSHIP GB. am TOYO KIBEN UISHA. The *wo great steamship line* betweea OHINA, JAPAN aad KUBOPB, Tia Hoaotnn tad Baa Franotaoo, operating th* new U.OOO toaa, twta-aataw steamer* KOBBA aad SIBERIA, together with lbs well know. ■teamen CHINA, ASIA, MONGOLIA MAH OHURIA, NIPPON MABU, TBNYO MABD
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      559 4 BTEMH gAlLimt. HAMBURB AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG, The steamer* of this Company maintala a regular awiee betweea Hamburg, Bremen, Aatwerp, aad Rotterdam, aad th* Strait*. China and Japaa. Homewards, they are deapatohed fortnightly for Havre and Ham burg and oao* a month for Bremerhavea direol, sailing at Peaaag and Oolombo. Taking
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      726 4 BTEAHEI BAILIWIB N. D. L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. IMPERIAL fIERMAN MAIL LINE Th* fast and weU kaowa mail it earner of thlt Oompany sail tortaifhty from B-f n en Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Aatwerp, Boaili mp toa, Gibraltar, Oenoa, Ntplta (eoaaacl on Marteillet, Napi**, AUxaaaria, aa« vie* vti aa> Port Said,
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    DAILY TIME TABLE.
    171 5 FIXTURES. Thursday, November 34. High Vater, 4.8* a.m., 8.23 p.m. The Magistrate, Victoria Theatre, 0. Friday, November 35. High Water, 5.41 am., 4.62 p.m. Legislative Council, 2.80. Municipal Commission, 2.80. N. D. L. outward mail doe. Philharmonic Orohestra, 8.80. Saturday, November 36. High Water. 6.42 a m.,
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  • SINGACORB SHIPPING
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      Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
      103 5 Wharves at which Vessel* are Berthed To -Day. TANJONQ PAGAR. East Whabj Bisnt Adeh. East W. Bsction I— Merapi, Edendale, Taroba. SBnas Whav- Nil. Mam W. San. 1 Catherine Apoar Bbarata. a a Meteor, a 4— Glenlogan. S— lpob. a a 6— Hyson,
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      SINGAPORE SAILS CLOSB.
      189 5 SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE. To-Dai |3f PcoanK and Madras, taking mails for Europe etc, via Bombay Taroba 8 pm Port Hwcttenbam Malacca 8 pm Penang and Calcutta C. Apcar 8 pm Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan Brasilia 3 pm Malacca and P. Dickson Penang 3pm Bangkok Prominent 4 pm Penang, Rangoon and
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      Mall Steamer Movement!.
      219 5 Mall Steamer Movement. Tbe Imp. Oer. mail steamer Prinz Lndwig having left Colombo at 5 p.m. on Sunday, tbe 2' th inatant, may be expected to arrive here on Friday, the 25th inatant, at 6 p.m. The B. I contract packet steamer Thongwn left Negapatam at 9 p.m. on Saturday,
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    LOCAL PASSENGER LISTS,
    331 5 LOCAL PASSENGER LISTS. Arrivals. Per steamer Selangor, Nov. 28. From Telok Aoson via port* Messrs. R. A. Milne, John Miln... Froat, T. G. Steyn Pawe, Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins and two children. Per steamer Olenlogan, Nov. 28.— From London Mr. Bramwell Per steamer Pontianak, Nov. 28.— From Tringganu Mr. Mackenzie,
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    Finance &* Commerce,
    252 5 Finance Commerce. EXCHANGE. SnroAPOU, November 94, 1910 On London— Bank 4 m/s 3/4 ft Demand 3/4 X Private 6 m/s 3/4] do 8 m/s 3/4}} On Germany— Bank d/d 340 Private 8 m/s 344 do 8 m/s 340} On Ft anet— Bank d/d 396 Private 8 m/i 399} do 8
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  • TO-DAY'S STOCKS AND SHARES.
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      MINING.
      172 5 Issne !2 Value, a! Buyers. Sellers. 10 10 BelatTin {.CO 62S 10 10 Braang 6.60 600 10 10 Bruseh Hyd. 6.00 10 10 Kanaboi 2.00 260 £1 £1 KintaTin 16 00 16.60 £1 XI KledangTin 1.76 2.00 10 10 Kuanten Tin 8.00 8.26 £1 £1 Lahat Mines 8.50 9.2S
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      RUBBER.
      605 5 'bbuo !S k'aluo qJ Bayers. Sellers 3/- Allagar 4/9 6ii 2/- Anglo-Malay 1.8.0 1.6.0 I/- 3/- Bataiß Malaka 8/8 4/ Bl £1 Batn Caves 16.10.0 17.10.0 61 £1 BattrTiga 4.8 6 6.0.0 Bl £1 Bakit Kajang 2.10.0 2.11.0 Bl 16/- Contributory 12/6 1.0.0 pm Bl £1 Bakit Lintang 4
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      GENERAL.
      131 5 sane 12 i'alno Bayers. Seller*. 10 10 Eastern nom. Smelting 10 00 10 7 6XO £1 £1 Electric Tramways 2/6 8/6 10 10 Fraaer k Neave 26 00 27.00 100 Howarth Erskine 67.00 68.00 ICO 7% Pref. BO.CO 0100 100 100 Eats Bro. Del. 126.00 100 100 8% Cam.
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      DEBENTURES
      47 5 . Buyer*. BeUe». Howarth BrskineB% 1600,000 par Riley, Hargreaves 6% 1384,000 1% 1% pre H'trioT'ways B% £860,000 Singapore Munioipal 6^ $1,878,000 urn. Bayer*. galkw* Singapore Mv ■top*! of 1907 11.600.000 t<% era Singapore Ma of 1908 11,000,000 f 8% pet Singapore Ma nioipal 4% 160T.900 1 dfc.
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      53 5 Poor Jonea wa» very bad Grew daily bonier Him cough was something sad A heart far stonier Than Mould's tbe Undertaker's) would have bit .1. Wben he c »vie into see if Jones was dead Hallo 1" cried Jones, you're setnuwhat premature 1 I'm right as rain through Woods' Great
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      307 5 AUCTION SALES Powell and Co. Nov. 26 At Belvedere, Anderson Road, Tanglin, teak household furniture, etc., property of St. V. B. Down, Esq., at 12 80. Nov. I:6— At No. 89, Orchard Road, household furniture, eto., at 2. Nov. 29— At saleroom, freehold land with plank dwelling, known as No.
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      917 5 LAMBERT BUTLER'S Smoking Mixtures. &|jj|jX| PACKED IN i Ib. AIR-TIGHT TINS PRICE I 70 CTB. PER TIN John Little Co., Ltd., M^'^^|jfll Robinson Co. PRICE 90 CTB. PER TIN STEAMER SAILINGS. INDOCHINA STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. Tmm steamer* of tbi* Company maintain a regular direct servloe between Oaloutta, Strain, Hongkong,
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      47 5 BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP LINES, LTD. AMERICMMMNCHURMN LINE. To the Pbillipines. S.S. KATUNA, will be despatched from Singapore about 10th December. To be followed by S.B. "KIOTO" for Hongkong, Shanghai and Japanese ports on 30th December. For farther information regarding frieght, eto.. apply to McALISTER Co., Ltd., AOBNTS. 3300
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      47 5 SEANGLINE OF STEAMERS. FOR PENANG AND RAN6OON. s.s. BKANO 888, November 28. This steamer has excellent acoommodation for passengers, and carries qualified] furfreon. She has Electric Lights through, rat For freight or passage apply to TAIK LIB OUAN CO., Agent*. Or BARKIEB BROTHERS (te First-Claw Paaaage only
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    The Straits Times. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24. MR. EMERSON'S PROTEST.
    1050 6 The Straits Times THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24. MR. EMERSON'S PROTEST. We are glad that Mr. Emerson has made a protest against the Income Tax Ordinance being rushed through the Legislative Council before its effect has been quite realised by the people. If the money is required, an income tax, we are
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    15 6 A sailor named Petersen, belonging to the steamer Bintang, has died of oholera at Bangkok.
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    24 6 Messrs. Boustead, Hampshire and Cos London wire, dated yesterday, states that Para to arrive is 6 2 per pound, and the market is steady.
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    26 6 The Government of Japan has decided to reconstruct the railway from Tokio to Shimonoseki, converting it to the wide gauge. the work to begin next year.
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    28 6 Marquis Ktteura, the Japanese Premier, in the course of a speech declared that 12,000,000 yen would be appropriated for the use of the Government of Chosen next year.
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    39 6 Olad to see you, sir, a man shouted as Mr Lloyd George entered his motor car under tbe granite archway of Dirtmoor Prison You ought to be, the Chancellor replied, con Bidering I have just come oat of gaol.
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    52 6 The Hon. James T. Dußois delivers an address to night at nine p.m. beforo tin Bpworth League in Wesley Methodist Church, Fort Canning Road. The occasion is the League's annual thanksgiving service at which Mr. Dußois has agreed to speak upon American Independence. All friends are most cordially invited to
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    13 6 Latest advertisement* of the day appear on page 6 as well as 8.
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    44 6 Messrs. Gent and Co of Leioci-ter, are making the largest electrical clock in Mm world. It will bo placed in tbe tower of an insurance company's building in Liverpool. The fonr dials are each 25ft. in diameter, and the minute bands 1 1ft. long.
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    46 6 Mr. W. Nockols, of Sudbury, has by special treatment grown tomato plants 12ft. to 18ft. high, the stalks of which are hardened like wood. Tbe plants are very prolific, and are bearing pickable fruit from the ground to 10ft. above. He sowed the seed last November.
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    46 6 In tbe Supreme Court, at Penaog, Mr, Justice T. Sercombe Smith has beard tbe appeal of J. A. K jbless against the decision of Mr. G. A. Hall, district judf»e, who sentenced him to six months' imprisonment for criminal breach of trust. Tbe conviction was affirmed.
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    55 6 The battered hulk of tbe Tankerville. that has been a sort of eyesore among the shipp. ing in Singapore roads for long, has been sold to the Naval Department of Siam by Messrs. Gaggino and Co. She will be towed from her resting place to day by tbe steamer Chiengmai
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    60 6 Renter telegraphed from London on November 12. from St. Petersburg, that Count Tolstoi had suddenly departed from his estate in an unknown direction, leaving a letter saying that be desired to Rpond mm rest cf his life in solitude as a trne Christian. The Counters thereupon twice attempted to commit
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    72 6 A West African paper, conducted by natives, announces that Chief Easel Kojo of Apinto and Tanjuali. after reining a few years, has now been deßtoored. His, like the Pi^a life, has been short and sweet. It a'po states that the Sweet River Bridge requires some repairing; one or two planks
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    64 6 During the year 1909 electric lighting contracts were given out for new installations at Chungking, Chengtu, Changsha, Nanking and Ningpo, and for more or less important extensions at Slunghai i Settlements and Chinese city), Hankow, Peking, Swatow Mukden and other paces. Negotiations were going on at the beginning of 1910
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    79 6 Senor Miguel Orueta, aged seventy-two, a pawnbroker, of Lima, who has been strangled to d-.-ath by a negro, left a fortune of more than £150,000, half of which was found in English sovereigns in the bottom of a safe. Orueta emigrated to Peru from Spain fifty years ago, the Mail
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    85 6 A diver at work among tbe wreckago of the Spanish ship at Tobermory Bay approached so close to the mouth of the powerful suction pump that his heavy knife was drawn out of its scabbard and up through the 150 ft. of piping to the deck of the salvage ship,
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    87 6 A curious old Bavarian custom is just about to be altered in Bavaria by the Minister of Justice. Criminals executed in the prison of Straabing hive hitherto been buried with memorial crosses pltcd over them stating, Here lies the honourable and respected s > and So if tbe criminal were
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    127 6 General Frederick Funston, who captured Aguinaldo, the Filipino insurgent, and who had command of the San Francisco situation after tho earthquake of 1906, declined to stay at the Hotel Baltimore, in Kansas Ci*y, on the ground that the page boys were dressed in the uniform of tbe I'nited States army
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    128 6 The Troves Criminal Court, which is trying a peculiar murder case, has asked the Hoyal Institute of Juridical Medicine in Berlin to experiment on corpses with tho object of investigating tho effect of bullet wounds on the brain. Th's gruesome reqnest can only be carried out with the permission of
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    176 6 Information has been received from the chief quarantine officers for the Philippine Islands, Manila, through the Consul General for Unfi d States of America at this port that vessels bound for Philippine ports from foreign ports at which cholera or plague is present must have the crews bathnd and their
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    460 6 . The death is announced of Mr. C. W LoDguet. partner in the firm of Masm Kruse and Co., c^ar merchants, HoDgkong. At the Kliaopaw Catholic Church, Taiping, Mr. f, B. Elliott, of the Straits Trading Co., Butterworth, was married to Mrs. Augustine. Towkay Leong Fee, the Chinese
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    Divorce by Mutual Consent
    62 6 . The divorce laws proposed by tbe new Portuguese (overnment, when considered in conjunction with the ecclesiastical proposals throw into relief the steadfast intention to secularise tho entire national and social structure, says the Times' Lisbon correspondent. The Provisional Minister of Justice proposes the most startling marital
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    Christmas and New Year Mails
    110 6 . The official Post Office circular states that letters posted here up to 6 a.m. on Friday, December 2, should be delivered in the United Kingdom on December 24. I'arcels, vi.i Brindisi (on payment of an additional fee of 45 cents), pasted up to 2 p
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    Mantin Rubber Company, Limited.
    143 6 Messrs. Guthrie and Co. supply us with the following report The statutory meeting of the Mantin Kubber Co., LtJ., was held at the office of the secretaries, Messrs. Guthrie and Co Ltd., on Monday, November 21. The business was of the usual formal character, bat Mr.
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    A Change of Patronymic
    202 6 . Alexander Mitchell alias McDuff, reappearie ed in the second police court, yesterday, in ie connection with the charge against him of »1 issuing a cheque for $39, knowing he had no rt bank account. Mr. Edmonds, 1). P. P., tn mentioned that other charges would be
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      136 6 BOLLINGER CHAMPAGNE (1904 Vintage) EXTRA QUALITY. VERY DRY. Caldbeck, Macgregor Co., SOLE AGENTS. Fine White Panama Hats. FINE PLAIT PEARLY WHITE NEAT RIBBON REAL PANAMA "FOLDERS LATEST STYLE Only *1S Each. JOHN LITTLE AND COMPANY, LIMITED. KELVIN Motor Launch Seta, Petrol or Kerosene. THESE ENGINES AKB THE SIMPLEST ON THE
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      142 6 ALHAMBRA Electric Theatre (OPPOSITE RAFFLES HOTEL). Select Programme. TO-NIGHT. 7 NEW AND )p UP-TO DATE Prodnctlon o* onlJ THE WORLD'S BEST FILMS IN TOPICAL EVENTS, SPORT AND FASHION. TRAVEL AND INDUSTRIES IN NATURAL COLOUR. DRAMATICS AND COMICS OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. MARVELLOUS TRICK SUBJECTS. ARTISTIC AND SCIENTIFIC SUB JECTS. (A
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    REVOLT IN MEXICO.
    103 7 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AS LEADER. Heavy Fighting and Great Loss of Life. (Rbdtbr's Teleoram.] London, November 28. There has been a serious revolution in Mexico, headed by Madiro. the ex-candielate for the Presidency. Several towns have been captured by tbe rebels and seven states are affected. Tbo censorship
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    Disaster in Labuan.
    123 7 COALMINERS HURLED TO BOTTOM OF SHAFT. Fifteen Killed Several Injured. (Fkom Oik Own OOUMMOTMR. Labnan, November N, News of a terrible disaster has reached here from the mines at present worked by tbe Labuan Coalfields Company. Ltd. It appears that, on the night of November 22. several
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    IRELAND'S CHANCE.
    55 7 Mr. Winston Churchill says the Hour has Come [Rbotbr's Telegram London, November 23. Mr. Winston Churchill, speaking at Highbury, said the hoar for reconciliation with Ireland had come. It would enable her, like the brave Boers, to take her place in an indissoluble union of the Empire amid
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    BURhL OF TOLSTOI.
    56 7 BURIAL OF TOLSTOI. [Redtbr's Telboram.| London, November 23. Tolstoi has been buried on a hilltop at his estate, in the presence of crowds ot chanting peat- ni to. There were no speeches. [DER Osl IMATISCHK LIOVIi TkLKi.I!\M Berlin, November 23. Student demonstrations on tbe funeral day of Count Tolstoi were
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    THE BUDGET PASSED.
    21 7 [Reciter's Telegram. London, November 24. Tbo House of Commons has rea<l the budget a third time without dividing.
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    FRANCO-GERMAN BOUNDARIES
    31 7 . [D»r OmtMAimumM Ltvm Tele.. ham] Berlin, November 28. The negotiations of the Franco* >crman Boundary Commission with reference to Togoland and Dahomey have been concluded is a satisfactory manner.
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    DUTCH STATE LOAN.
    34 7 |i>k 0-n«nn<. lit LaVOU Tklk..i:v«. Berlin, November 28. Holland is issuing a 50 million marks loan at 2} per cent to cover accumulated deficits during the years from 1895 to 1909.
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    THE L\TE MR. B 0. STONEY.
    55 7 THE LATE MR. B 0. STONEY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lampnr, November 23. Further details ot the death of Mr. B. O Stonry show that he was playing in a village foot bull match when he received a blow on the nose with tbe result tbat blood poisoning ensued,
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    ROBERTS IN KUAL4 LUMPUR.
    47 7 ROBERTS IN KUALA LUMPUR. (From Ocr Out Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, November 14, Last night, Mr. John Roberts played a match with Mr. W. W. Douglas, to whom he conceded 700 in I.ikhi, and was beaten by 78. The best breaks were Roberts M, ttfl, it Douglas 42.
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    LONDON RUBBER PRICES
    123 7 . |Pkr Mahh i Plantations Colombo, Nov. 24. The price of tine Para in London yesterday was <) 2) per Ib. buyers. The market closed quiet but steady. Messrs. Charles Benjamin and Cos. Quotations To-day. Messrs. Charles Benjamin and Co. kindly favour as with the London prices they
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    THE COWAN CASE.
    559 7 Amazing Statements in Tully's Cross-Examination. The cross-examination of A. W. Tully. who is prosecutor in the charge of criminal breach of trust against M. S. Cowan, in the third police court, was concluded yesterday afternoon. Answering further questions from Mr. liraddcll, who was reading tbe amounts from
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    CUTTING THE QUEUE.
    141 7 Chinese in Honolulu, Endeavour to Please Prince Tsai. Chinese barbers in Honolulu have been doing a good business since Prince Tsai passed through tbat port recently. The local Celestials understood that the Prince was tbe one who bad petitioned the imperial throne to allow queues to be
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    61 7 The decision of the Portuguese Republican Govornment to sell tho Royal yacht Amelie by auction has attracted several representatives of English and American firms to Lisbon. It is improbable, however, that the yacht will pass into alien hands, as it is understood that King Mau<i<l has instructed a firm of
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    Fate of the Banka.
    796 7 SINKS WHILE BEING TOWED TO SINGAPORE. Unfortunate Ending to the Recent Salvage Work. News was received in Singapore last night that the steamer Banka, After being successfully salved at Kuantan, sunk while being towed from tbat port to Singapore by the steamer Pontianak, about five miles
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    177 7 Flight from Asylum in a Balloon. Henri Dnpre. an insane aeronaut, made a curious attempt to escape from the Pennsylvania State Asylum, where he has been confined for many years. While the inmates were at prayers, tbe Mail states, he stole to the roof of the asylum and connected a
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    68 7 Pegoh, Limited. Tbe second ordinary general meeting ot the shareholders of Pegob, Limited, was held at the registered office, Gresbam House, at noon to-day, when the directors' report and accounts for tbe year ending August 81, which have already been published, were adopted, and a final dividend of 10 per
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    31 7 It is stated that the Right Rev. J. Men f uvrie-, V. 0., is Buttering from a throat affection and has been ordered to take a holiday by bis medical attendant
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    1702 7 ALSAGOFF v THE MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS. Important Points in an Appeal Case. We have just received a copy of a written judgment by Mr. Justice Fisher in an appeal from an order made by the first magistrate under Section 206 ot the Municipal Ordinance, known as the Nuisance
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    THE VOLUNTEER ENGINEERS.
    329 7 Eminently Satisfactory Report on Last Year's Work. At tbe Drill Hall last evening, the Engineer Volunteers held the ir annual meeting, Capt. A M. Thompson in the chair In tbe course of bis remarks, Captain Thompson briefly reviewed the work of tbe year just closed. From whatever
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    189 7 . Recent New Appointments to the Stalls. Some new appointments have recently been made to the staffs ot several of the London hospitals. At the Cancer Horpital, Mr. K H. Jocelvn, Flf C.S., formerly assistant surgeon, has been appointed surgeon, Mr. H. W. Wilson an assistant surgeon, and Dr.
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    SUFFRAGETTE RIOTERS
    69 7 . RAID ON WINDOWS IN DOWNING STREET. One Hundred and Fifty Arrests. |Redtbe'« Tblbosam.) London, November 28. Suffragettes have broken the windows at the residences of Sir Edward Grey, Mr. Winston Churchill, Mr. Harcoart and Mr. Barns. Altogether UN have been arrested. London, November 24. The suffragettes, in the
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    LUNAS ESTATE.
    172 7 > t Proprietors' Unsuccessful Suit at Penang. (Fro* Ocr Own Corrkspondbnt.) Penang. November In the Supreme Court to-day the case was i called in which Towkay Took ('hong Beng and bis co-owners of Lunas Estate appeared against Thomas Gawthorno, I', ilfour Ross, I (ioh Seang Lim and Ctrl
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    ROWDY ARCADE SCENE.
    361 7 Fight Between Brokers Over Jimah Transfers. The story of one of those disgraceful scenes that have been too frequent in The Arcade recently was retailed in the first police court this morning when James Harvey Murray appeared in answer to a summons issued by George Mcßreen for
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    119 7 We hear tbat Messrs. St. V. li. Down and Max H. Hilckos. directors of the Jimab Rubber C'jmpany, have gone to visit the estate, accompanied by Mr. Howard Bray, who made tbe valuation, and who will point out the rubber shown to him when doing so. Prospects
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    127 7 In Old Moore's Almanack for 1911, it is predicted tbat a different Government will be in power in January. Trade will be good and mouey plentiful. In February railway strikes, lawlessness, violence, death, destruction, and news from Madrid that will MMM a shudder are a few of the items in
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      736 8 The Resident of Pahang Slanders Plaoters. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— ln your issue of 1 2th November we are given the text of some notes written by the K-jsidunt of Pah&ng and appended to the report on indentured labour. It is apparent
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      298 8 . To the Biitor of tho Straits Timos. Sir,— His Excellency tlio Governor most be somewhat amused at the protest of Mr. Kmeroon in your paper of yesterday, against the income tax and tho way thia has been rushed on the community. It is now not far xbottoftwo
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    605 8 . Messrs. Samuel Montagu and Co.'s Weekly Report. Writing from London on October 27, Messrs. S. Montagu and Co. state:— The arrivals of bar gold amounted to £600.000 of wbioh about £400,000 was secured by the Bank of England, and the remainder waa shared by India, £185.000, and
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      30 8 Colonel Walker is presenting a trophy to be shot for next year by the ladies' rifle clubs of British Malaya on the lines of the Mills' trophy.
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      39 8 A cricket club has boen established at Medan in Dali with a membership of twenty. Football and hockey have long been represented by clubs in that quarter. The Deli Courant urges these clubs to amalgamate into a Sports Club.
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      104 8 Mr. Leonard Roberta- West, a well-known member of the Koyal Yacht Squadron, whose death is annouEced, was at one time a famous oarsman. In 1878 and 1879 he rowtd in the Eton eight at Henley, and was cap tain of tho boats and stroke of the eight in the latter
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      28 8 S.C.C. Tournament. The following ties will be played to-day if floe:— CuAMPioNsmr. Nnrrie v. White. Fkibndly Pairs Talma and Blackwell v. Mi K- an and Butler.
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    54 8 A police estimate of the cost of the proceedings in the Crippen case is £2,500. The telegraphic output, on the authority of the Post Office, was second only to that of the Monson trial in the Ardlamont oase, in Scotland. The cablegrams to the United States papers, exceeded those of
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    STOCKS AND SHARES
    842 8 . Prices Quoted Id tbc Market This Morning. Singapore, November 34th, 1910. Mesan. Lyall and Hyatt, Bxohange and Share Broken, issue the following list of quotations thia morning I— Norn. Valne. Bayer*. Seller*. 3/. Ailagar 5/. 8/8 V- Option* 3/6 6/--41 AngloJaTa 11/- 10/8 1 Anglo Johore 13/-
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      44 8 CROUP. Not a minute should be lost when a child shows »ympioms of croup. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy given as soon as tbe obild btc >uj<"t hoarse, or even after tbe croupy cough appears, will prevent the attack. For sale by ail Dispensaries and Dealers.
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      34 8 This Is It. tThe latest seientifio preparation of COD LIVER OIL. Does all that is claimed tor it and supersedes the old- fashioned emulsions wbioh upset tbe stomach. OF ALL CHEMISTS. $1.25 AND $2.00
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      387 8 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. SINGAPORE AMATEUR DRAMATIC COMMITTEE. An Amateur Performance of "The Magistrate," Afarcioal comedy by A. W. PINEKO, will be given in the Victoria Theatre, TO-NIGHT AND On November 26; Plans and Seats at ROBINSON PIANO Co. COMMENCES AT 9 P.M.. PROMPT. E. ft 0. HOTEL. PENANG The best and
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      651 8 Raffles i^| Hotel. SPECIAL DINNER Saturday, November 26. MARLBORGUGH Cinematograph, BHACH ROAD. Tbe Popular Show. To-Nl^ht'a Programme. Second Show, 9.80 to 11 p m 1. CAMBODIAN DANCES BY KINC SISOWATH'S DANCERS. 2. TOM THUMB IN LOVE. 8. NANCE, THE FLOWER SELLER S.C.A U L. 4. HIS MASTER'S BOSS. SALVATOR ROSA
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    SUPPLEMENTARY TELEGRAMS.
    844 9 Details of the British Political Controversy. Rangoon exchanges to hand contain the Imperial news service of telegrams giving much additional information on the coarse of politics at home. From them we select the following, dated November 18 The indications in a number of Conservative papers that Home Role
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      71 9 Sale! Sale!! Sale!!! GREAT CLEARANCE HSALEH AT Jhamatmall, Gurbamall Co., NO. 7 8, HIGH STREET, Now On. 6REAT REDUCTIONS! GREAT REDUCTIONS" GREAT REDUCTIONS HARVEY'S WHISKY "R. V." A Genuine Scotch at a reasonable price. Where'er you go ask for 11 R.V." Sole Agents PATERSON. SIMONS CO., LTD. OTOMUNE'S Annual I
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      436 9 BOARD AND LODGING, BOARD AND RESIDENCE. Board and apartments for single gentlemen at 11, Dhoby Ghaut. Terms Moderate. 3188 BOARD AND RESIDENCE. Famished rooms with or without board. Terms moderate. Apply 21, Sophia Road 2610 BOARD AND RESIDENCE. One nioe room with verandah attached suitable for a bachelor, also one
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      96 9 DO IT NOW. Now is tbe time to get rid of your rhea-. matism. In folly nine cases ont of ten the attack is simply rheumatism of the muscles duo to cold or damps, or chronic rheumatism, neither of which require any internal treatment. Tbe free application of Chamberlain's Pain
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      148 9 YAMATO'S Xmas Show, CARDS 6c CALENDARS FOR 1911, ALSO AN EXTENSIVE SELECTION OF JAPANESE GOODS SUITABLE FOR, Xmas Presents. 3STQ. _1. HIG-H STREET. f £)ogs Jiead 9 guinness THE stout you're need to. GOES EVERYWHERE. In Quarts, Pints and NIPS. sole agents: KIM HIN CO., Singapore. MIGHELIN TYRES DUPIRE~BROTHERS, AGENTS.
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      886 10 INSURANCE. CHINA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., LTD. Head Office Shanghai: Registered wrier the Life Assurance Companies Acts, England, and tinder the Hotgkong Ordinances. mmQH OF COM PANY Twelfth tear), Total Insnranee in foroe $37.888,888. Total Assets S'^S'oto" Total Funds 8.216,813. Total Income for Year 8,666,587. AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE EAST. All
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      530 10 BANKING. IHARTERED BANK 8F INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA ■C'JRPOHATUD BT BOTAft OHABTKB Pali op Oapltal la 10,000 Baarsi of IMeaok 11,100,000 fesarvi Ful Jl BOO.OOn .tiiirvi friability ol Proprietor! ..■1.100,000 BAHKKKB. Buk ol Baglaal. ■attoaal Baak of BooUaal. fkt ftoaloß rjtty afUlaal Baak. »H SOIOAPOBH BBAHOH. Outsat Aoeooats an opsatl
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      448 10 BANKING. THE BZE HAI TONS BANKING ANC INSURANCE CO.. LTD. NO. 67 AND 68, KLINO STREE Established 1907. Capital paid op tl,ooC,roo 0( Reserve liability of proprietors 1,000,000.0 C COURT OF DIRECTORS. 1. Tan Tick Joon 6. Sim Kia Jam 2. Nam Kirn Seno 7. Tko Hoo Lai 8. Liau
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      1092 10 SALES BY AUCTION. 1 Mortgagee's Sale of THE VALUABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE SIGLAP ESTATE, Situate at Bant Coast Roa.d and Cb»ngi Road, Singapore, with extensive sea frontage and containing an ar> a of 443 ACRES planted with about 30,000 cocoanut trecx, fully grown, and about 60,000 rubber trees
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    MOTORS & MOTORING.
    812 11 MOTORS MOTORING. NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. Major C. O. Matoon contributes the following notes to 1 be Word of October 25 There is now abundant evidence that the Nnvi inbrr Exhibition to be bt M at Olympia will riDk high in comparison witb tbe vaiions other Motor Car
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    185 11 An official commnniqne issued in Berlin points out that tbe armoured cruiser Von dur Tann, on ber latest trials, acbievid a »p*ed i>( '11 4 knots. This figure was obtained as tbe average epeed of six teniH on a six knots' measured coarse at N-iikruß, where the
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    29 11 An Imperial Edict ba* appointed H E U Tung Yun to be tbe Superintendent ot tbe >a l traffic in Canton. He is to be assisted by two officers.
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      472 11 Vm/yml ill Sole Agents* SIDDELEY ENGINE %3 JT^^AIIsCP WORK'S! ARRIVED BY THE B.S. MISHAMA MARU HOVIMBER 3. One 1420 H P 4 Cylioder J. D. S. Type OEASY Car (Siddfley's latent) fitted with 6 seated Body, Worm drive, Cape Cart Hood, Auster Adjustable Wind Screen, Boscb Dnal IgDition. Rudge Whitworth
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      100 11 CHAMBERLAINS COU6H REMEDY THE BEBT OBTAINABLE. This remedy bis do superior as a euro for col I^, cronp and wboopioK congh. It has bean a favorite witb the mothers of yonog children for alrnont forty years. Chamberlain's C uAi Remedy can always be d. pcudel upon and is pleasant to
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      336 11 YARROW'S BfißffT- STEAMERS. >^_ YARROWS make a speciality of SHALLOW-DRAUGHT RIVER STEAMERS, either propelled by a STERN. WHEEL or by SCREWS WORKING IN TUNNELS, fitted with YARROW'S PATENT HINGED FLAP, by wmch means a considerable increase in speed Is obtained without increase of cost Vessels can be delivered whole, in
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      90 11 £^k 'Peacemaker' liKyj SCOTCH WHISKY *^*fc^ ,xf/ Of Undoubted Quality. GUARANTEED Ten Years Old. ROBERTSON, WILSON CO., Sole Agents. Xmas and New Year Presents. COHSISTWG OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE SILKS. SILVERWARE AND JEWELLERY. Fresh Stock Just Unpacked. PRICES VERY MODERATE. POHOOMALL BROTHERS, ££%<. RAVENSWAY AND COMPANY, Undertakers and Monumental Masons.
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      546 12 WANTS. ROOM WANTED. Wanted by lady and gentleman, two rooms with private family as paying guests. Apply K. A., c/o Straits Times. u2002 DIBPENBER WANTED. Wanted, qualified Dispenser for a Dispensary in the Straite. Send testimonials and state ralary wanted to Chemist," c/o Straits Times. ***** BILLET WANTED. By an
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      559 12 WANTS. SITUATION WANTED. As Shipping Clerk, Cashier or Storekeeper, by advertiser with fourteen years' experience, mobtly of shipping work. Highest references. Replies to Work, c o Straits Times. 2798 CLERK WANTED. Wanted, clerk with knowledge of bookkeeping for Rubber Estate in British North Borneo. Must be an efficient typist and
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      409 12 NOTICES. TENDERS INVITED. Tenders are invited for the supply of Engineering materials required by Sarawak Government for the year 1911. Full parti cn'ars can bo obtained on application to Messrs. Paterson Simons Co., Ltd., Sarawak Government Agents, Singapore, or at Resident's Office, Kuching, up to November 80, 1910. u2640 PANTAI.
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      641 12 NOTICES. FRASER NEAVE. LTD. HOLDERS OF BEARER WARRANTS. Notice is hereby given, that an interim dividend of 10%, on account of the current year, will be paid on and after the 15th day of November, 1910, to holders of Bearer Warrants on presentation of same at the Registered Offioe of
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      606 12 NOTICES. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that in terms of Sections 84, :(5 and 87 of the Municipal Ordinance No. XV of 1866, as amended by Ordinance No. X of 1900, 111 of 1903, XII of 1906 and XXXVII of 1907, an election of one Commissioner for Rochore (No.
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      453 12 NOTICES. KIAM KIAT CO. SHIP-CHANDLERS, Government and Municipal Contractors. Tolephone No. 421. 108 A 109, Market Street. THE AVER MDLEK RUBBER COMPANY. LIMITED. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Financial year of the Company closes on October 81, 1910, and that the remaining dividend for the year
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      239 12 Straits V)imes. ADVERTISEMENT RATES.— Miscellaneous wants of every description are inserted at the prepaid rate of II per four lines for one or two insertions. Notioei of Births, Marriages, or Deaths, if not exoeeding tour lines, tl each insertion, For p.p.c. cards, on page 6, 12. Inch Scale Ratis are
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