The Straits Times, 14 June 1904

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    14 1 The Straits Times NO. 31,459 SINGAPORE. TUESDAY. JUNE 14. 19 >4 PRICE 15 CERTS
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      487 1 LATEST ADVERTISEM' NTS. 1 I A. It r \v» A June v GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. landers will be received at the Coloirnl Secreta 1 y s Ofißce up to noon of the lfith June. 1901. for the construction of h Steel Twin Screw Passenger and Towing Steamer for I'enang Harbour Department.
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      787 1 NOTICE. The annexed is the Registered Trade Mai of HORLICK'S FOOD COMPANY, corporation carrying on business at Racii Wisconsin. United States of America and Farringdon Road. London, England. The said Trade Mark is used in respe of the description of goods following, that to say Malted Milk and other similar
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      625 1 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION BALB <>K V^LUABLIS H USEHOLD FURNITi RE, BRILLIANT TONED COTTAGE PIANO, HANDSOMf DINNFR ,v DISBIRI BKRVICSH, C0O1) TAPLE i.LAvSWARE, k A LAK(.;K AND CHOICE COLLECT lON OF PLAN Is. Also a wui!-K-uilt lifiht mail phaeton j I an-.l n hoodfd pip. I TIM Property of Or R
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      312 1 I LATRST ADVERTISEMENTS. Milkmaid > brand Sr v Guaranteed n)Nni:\sEß W^J BfC lhi Full Cream. mor. hark on every Largest Sale in the World. OILSEEDS, COPRAH, SPICES, Ac POTOTSCHNIC FRANKEL. TRIESTE. AUSTRIA.' Attem- :iiij I'rwlu c r.ii.kir- |.«-.i;i 1 1 y («r Mak akiMMI BhOtkavfcv ki I lltut- .,i, the
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  • Reuter's Extra Service.
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      FIGHTING AT KAIPING.
      29 2 Ijondon, \3th June Reuter's correspondent at Mukden says the Japanese bombarded Kaiping on Friday, and fighting his become general along the line between Kaiping and Saunatsti.
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      REUTERS DESCRIPTIVE WORK.
      55 2 All About the Geography of Siuyen by CableSiuyen is a place of great strategic importance, absolutely controlling the roads to Kaipeng and Haicliene, while SaiimtsH is also an important position, controlling, as it does, the routes to Liaoyang and Mukden, which avoid the Motienling mountains whore the
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      KUROKI AGAIN MAKES READY.
      42 2 Router's correspondent at Oeneral Kuroki's headquarters telegraphing ria Fusan, says that the present is another period of preparation, and the most interesting news cannot be telegraphed because it would affor-i clues to the future movements of the Japanese.
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      POLICY OF SECRECY . MAINTAINED.
      30 2 POLICY OF SECRECY MAINTAINED. Ktiroki continues his policy of secrecy which proved so successful before crossing the Yalu. Kven the foreign milit »rv aMMafi are being kept in the dark.
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      BEFORE PORT ARTHUR.
      68 2 Japanese Army Being Heavily ReinforcedAt the Russian headquarters in Liaoying the Chines- 3 report that the Japanese in the vicinity of Port Arthur have been heavily reinforced, and it is believed that an attempt will be made to take the fortress by assault soon, when the Japanese
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      TOGO BOMBARDS KAIPING.
      62 2 Reuter's representative at Tokyo states that K«ir-Admiral Togo reports that part of the fl 'et bombarded the coast on TaosJay near Kaiping and repulsed a military train whioh was approaching southwards They als<j bombarded the Russians working the defences, and it is believed caudal considerable damage The
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      TURKISH AFFAIRS.
      36 2 Bloodshed in Suppressing- the Sassun Rising. Advices from priva'e sources in Constantinople affirm, contrary to the Porte's statement, th.it the suppression of the insurrection at .>assun was attended by much bloodshed among innocent inhabitant?.
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      LORD MINTO'S SUCCESSOR.
      27 2 Earl Orey to be Next Viceroy of Canada. It is stated that Earl Qmy will sue- ceed Lord Min'o a c <Jovprnor-IJpnpr.il of Canada.
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      CRICKET.
      20 2 Worcester beat Hampshire by six wickets. Yorkshire beat .Notts by ten wickets. Surrey beat Cambridge Tniversi'y by 40 runs.
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      RUMORED NAVAL BATTLE.
      49 2 St. Petersburg Reports Oreat Conflict at Port Arthur. naW| Vilh 7"«e. Vague rumors ar« afloat at St. I'etershnrg to the effect that a great naval aitle has been fought at Port Arthur, nnd that there have been heavy lossts on both sides. Tha rumors are unconfirmed.
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      THE MOORS' PRISONER.
      57 2 Letter from Perdicaris Explaining His Capture. A letter ha 3 been receive! in London from Mr. Perdicaris in the camp of the brigands who captured him. He anticipates a speedy raUaat, and explains that his kidnapping was due to the treacherous capture and imprisonment of some of
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      RUSSIA AND AFGHANISTAN.
      34 2 Orders for Clothing for Afghan Troops reach Odessa. The Odessa correspondent of the Standard sta'es that a firm there has received extensive ordera for summer out tits for the Afghan troop*.
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      RUSSIANS IN LIAOTUNG.
      28 2 Forty Thousand Troops South of Tashichlao. Shntiahai, VAih June. According to a despatch from Newchwang, the Russians have now got 40,000 troops south of Tashihchiao
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      A NAVAL DEMONSTRATION.
      37 2 Firing was heard in the direction of Kaichow on Thursday and Friday, and it is believed that the Japanese are making a naval demonstration there, as their cruisers have been sighted in the vicinity.
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      KUROKI'S STRATEGY.
      48 2 KU ROKI'S STRATEGY. Mukden and Port Arthur to be Simultaneously Assaulted. /..<</''■.ii, \:ith ./mi' Critics consider that the advance ot (ieneral Kuroki's forces in a broad front, towards Liaoyang and Mukden, has been accurately timed to correspond with the near approach of (ieneral Oku's MamM upon Port Arthur
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      A CLOSE SHAVE.
      60 2 Vladivostock Squadron has to fie* from Port Arthur. Tne Sc. Petersburg correspondent 01 the Standard states that Admiral •SkrydlotV telegraphs that the Russian Vladivostock Squadron encountered a Japanese .Squadron thirty miles off Fort Arthur on the 7th inst but retired because none of the Port Arthur ships
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    TRADE OF SWATOW.
    502 2 Coolie Emigrants' Wealth. Rkpurti.ng on the Swatow district of China, Mr. Acting-Consul Willis says: The imports of foreign origin are about ±'20,000 less than in 1902, but all the important articles of foreign import show an appreciable advance, the decline in the total being due to the
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      316 2 NOTICES. ROUSSILLON CHAMPAGNE A WINE OF HIGH QUALITY AT A MODERATE PRICE. 2 doz. pints $36. 1 doz. quarts $34. OF ALL DEALERS. mPORTED BY BORNEO Co., Ltd. FOR THE PRESERVATION OF IRON and STEEL. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE SIDEROSTHEN Dai mtIH In general use by Government and Municipal Bodies
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      166 2 YEONG YE CHEONG' CO". A'o. it.' Tunj-jnq Pagar Roiui .s'i»j./. House-bn lder«, brick-layeis, carpenters, and general ooncractors from Canton. Orderc pronjptly cxct nt<>d and best mate ials tupplied'. May 1» Hypnotism. PROF. A. J LEOPOLD, the Celebrated Hypnotist, is now l<M-at<'il at the Hotel Add phi where lie is treating
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      334 2 NOTICES. @HEAD M S"* II p> BACK li Ij H t LEGS Ache all orer Throat core, Eyes and Nose running, slight cough with chill*.; this is La Grippe. PainkUW taken in hot water, sweetened, before going to bed, will break it up if taken in time. There is only
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      28 2 PAJjbhNUEkS HUOKHU HOMIiWARD. N. D. L I'er Zieten JTtli Jane Mr. A m Uielial, Mr. and Mrs. Kasael. Excbanok and share quotations will be found on page 8.
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      12 2 ZYMOLE TOOTH POWDER, a perfect antiseptic dentrifice, cleanse* and prenerves tne teeth
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    THE JAPANESE AND WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
    513 3 (f'rVM fhi "Times" Corfesj>'nil-ni At tea, on Una ft the Time* Steamer linimun" via U'ei-hai-i'ei, May ir<. I am now again in communication with you from the approximate theatre of operations, and it behoves me to give the reason in detail to readers of The
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    BANGKOK HINDOOS.
    245 3 A Handy Qhost for Bettors I'm Tamil cattle-men in Bangkok have of late bad a topic of great interest to discuss, says the bIM Fre< Pnm. Thoy siiy that recently one of their number charitably buried a poor fellow-countryman who had not left the necessary funds. That night
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    LEPROSY CURE DISCOVERED
    129 3 In another decade, states l)r Dyer, the great leprosy speciality, this fearful disease will be recognised to be quite as curable as typhoid or any such fever He states that he and his assistants have succeeded in entirely curing twelve lepers, removing every trace of the disease
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      12 3 STEARNS" HEADACHE CURE, Cures "Must he Stmrme' and you get the genuine
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      552 3 BANKS. Hongkong 6* Shanghai Banking Corporation. PAID-UP CAPITAL M O,OOO 000 RESERVE FUND: Sterling Reserve $10 000,0001 ll(lfl Silver Reserve ft «M ■o.ooo f l )C 00 Re erve Liability of Proprietors $10 000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. A. J. Raymond, Ebcj., < 'huirm.in. H. E. Tomkins. Kxq., Deputy Chairman. E.
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      467 3 BANKS. Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. IN( <>RI'O"ATEI> BY ROYAI. HARTKH. Capital X«W,Ot<t Reserve Liability ofl'io^ rietor* £800,000 Reserve Fund BANKERS. Bank of England. National Bank of Sc< tl;m<!. The London City Mindland Rank, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Accounts arc opened and iutereut allowed at 1 per cent.,
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      639 3 NOTICES. TVTANTED:-a Co'leeW. Mtut be abe »T la write Kntlisl «nrl give spcurllr. Apply by letter to \V S. c/o Str<i:t* June H 11 c WANIKI) ifpetniUu elf r^ one accustomed to the routine of a In > yer's office pjeferred Apply by letter to E c/o Siiait* time*. June
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      463 3 NOTICES. 1 ■■■■JSMV^flalVßaaaaaaaaai For functional troubles, delay, pain and tnose Irregularities peculiar to the sex. Prescribed by the blßbest French Medical authorities and superior to Tansey. steel Drops and Penny royal. CHAPOTFAUT 8, r. Vivienne. Paris I MAT ICO j lUsoiriMd PhjikUiu prMcrtb* Rrimault'i Matt** aa tk* noat active aid
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      658 3 NOTICES. 'pO BE LKT. -Two rooms, with or with J oat board. Apply to 3. Orchard Road. I Jane 8 U-« rHE LET -House No 11. Hophia Road, and also No. L'-l Wilkie Road Apply to A. 8. Phooker, 1 Malacca Street. Jane 2 1-7 1" O E£ LET entry
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  • Obituary
    DEATH.
    17 4 Mi Ciiksnky -On ths 26th May, at Yu'ih bainit, H.niiF.Nri- MANSON, wife of LRROV K MoCnmr,
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    The Straits Times PRICE 15 CENTS. TUESDAY, 14th JUNE.
    979 4 Ooi I'^n in? contemporaries ait carrying tlie war into Africa with regard to the so-called "cilour-phobia qupstion on trie F.M.S. Hiil.vays. The subject is one that were better left itnl'.'iiclied for many reaa)n> thr principal beinj that there is go much
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    552 4 Only law months have pissed since the outbreak of the war, and the world now awaits developments in a spirit of calmness impossible a do/en weeks ago— the comparative absence "I new ■< occasioned by 'he "bottling" <f th* war correspondent having lulled th. unions into .1 spirit of apathy
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    403 4 Pontianak gum or gutta— so-called from a port in West Borneo— which, as noted in our columns, the other day had fallen into discredit from the way in which it has been adulterated, is now coming into favour again. The brighter prospect, however, is not dim to greater honnsty among
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    8 4 To-day's bank 4,' m rate is 1/1 1
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    8 4 The Strait* lltidget will be published toinoirrow murning.
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    11 4 Thk homeward mail by the aWaVi closes at 4 pm to-morrow.
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    13 4 Mil H. E. Swan has been .ippiinted second A DO, Ku-iU Kubu, Selangor.
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    11 4 Thk retirement or P B. Mc(ilasiian, State Engineer, Kelangor, is gazetted.
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    19 4 Sir Lionel Cox, the Chief Justice, was expected to arrive here to-day hy the Si, 1 Mew from Malacca
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    21 4 Shipping advertisements, with dates af sailing etc., will be found on page I General shipping new* it printed on page 8.
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    21 4 SJ Twenty- nine Chinese charged with gambling were fined various Bums, from 12 to -Vl-n, in thp police courts this morninc.
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    26 4 Ano Chook was this morning sentenced hy Mr. Seth to aix months' rifjMNMU imprisonment and to receive twenty four strikes for the theft of some piping.
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    27 4 Mr. Ralph Paoet, the Charge d' Affaires at the British Legation at Bangkok, arrived this morning by the Medusa from Bangkok. He is going home on leave.
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    34 4 Caiuis are out for the ■MKatgl of Miss May Evelyn Bateman and Mr. G. (i. J .lines. The ceremony is tixod for Tuesday, the 88! h inst., at the Cathedral of Urn Good Shepherd.
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    30 4 Amat bin UrMMAs and Amat bin Musiliman were arraigned before Mr Beatty this morning and fined |20 each for stealing a pair of clippers, tlie property of Mr. E. Caller.
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    32 4 The British steamer Himeru, which arrived from New York yesterday, discharged 1,000 cases of nr.phtha into lighters outside the harbour limts before she came into the roads. She is bound for Manila.
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    36 4 About 7-30 this morning 11. E. the Oovernor, accompanied by the Colonial Engineer and Mr. May, went up tbe Singapore river in the Matter Attendants' gig to examine the various bridges. They returned about 9 o'clock
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    35 4 An Association football same in connection with the Lnaeue fixture* was played rffon the Raffles School ground yesterday h "ternoou between tho School and the R npers The boys won by three goaU to nil.
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    37 4 The sccon 3 ection of the branch of tbe Canton- Hankow Railway, namely from Fatshan to Samshiii, was formally opened on the Ist instant by Mr. McWade. United States Consul-General, in the presence of a big attendance.
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  • Reuter's Extra Service.
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      THE MOORISH PRISONERS.
      36 4 Release Expected Shortly. Safer. The battleship I'wnre of Wales has left Tangier. Raisuli has been notified of the Sultan's compliance with his main demands, and the release of his captives is expected shortly
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      THE WAR.
      91 4 Another Serious Russian Disaster Reported. General Charkevitch reports th.it on the 12th inst the Japanese had not advanced beyond Biuyru where they are entrenching themselves. There is skirmishing daily at Wafangku and Wafangtien, and north of Port Adams. 2,000 Rjssiuu infantry, evidently fagged by a long forced march
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    Reuters Telegrams.
    92 4 PLOT IN MOROCCO. All Classes Unite to Depose the Sultan. London, \4th June The correspondent of the 'lime* at Tangier*, says that there is a wellorganised plot tboughout Morocco to depose the Sultan. The plot originates among the religious and educated classes, and is supported even by member-
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    39 4 The annual field day of the Oldham Athletic Club, Anglo-Chinese School, occurs next Friday p. m., the 17th, on the grounds at Oldhara Hall, Orchard Road. The public is invited. The preliminaries for Friday began to-day at p.m. j
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    100 4 The following appears in Dan's Htvit"for May A firm in .Singapore wants an energetic and \< ishing house in New York City to assist in developing import and expert trade. It is their intention to send consignments to New York on their own account, which will serve as a basis
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    DANGER OF "FORTY WINKS."
    152 4 Although medical men often tell their patients to try to seruro a little rest in tbe middle of the day, it is not advisable to do so after n heavy meal. At an iri'iut-st held on tbe body of a collier at Altotts, near Leeds, it
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      615 4 LATEST 'ADVERTISEMENTS^ Caldbeck Macgregor Co. (ESTABLISHED 1864) Wine Spirit Merchants, (London, Glasgow. Hongkong, Sh%nghai) SINGAPORE PBICE LIST. <D2<T APP LICATIO N". Apl i« tu.th b. v.c. WASSIAMULL ASSOMULL CO., Indian Stone, No. 1, 2, 3, 4, High Street. Hays opened a fresh otock of «ilkN of ■BfWaliaM ■■»ui.y ""I fxst
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      61 4 G. R. LAMBERT A Co., PHOTOGRAPHIC ART STUDIO. Highest Reputation. Sittings Dally. Appn'ituir.itt xhould bd :nadc, if pwaMv, nw. day beforehand. Charcet Moderate. JUIMII M.C. KniniKi: Mather.— On the 6th June, at tit. John'- Cathedral, Hnngkonir, by the Kit. T. T. Johnson, U.K., Mtm.i. Dmsv. yonngert daughter uf tbe late
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      17 4 IF YOU EABILY CATCH COLD, your system is lacking in vitality, you need a tonic, Steam*' Wine.
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      15 4 NOTE -Telegrams and local new* received prior to noon to-day are published on Pate 1.
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      138 4 DAY UV DAY Tuesday, 14th June. High Water. JO- 28 p.m New Moon. Hi a.m. S.V.E. Recruit* Drill. 5 15. Wayang Ka««im. North Biul^.- Raai. Wednesday, 15th June. High Water. 11-43 a.m. 11 p.m S.V.C. Maxim Section Drill. IS K.I. homeward mail close. Thursday, 16th June. High Water. Ml and
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  • Correspondence.
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      STYLISH CRUELTY TO HORSES.
      76 5 To the Editor of the Strait* Timet" Dbab Sir EUfarring to the remarks ol 'Humanity" in your issue nf th« lOih itist. le Stylish Cruelty to Horses, will you allow me to say in justice t> the very small community of ParsN i' i lie f-tatement
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    ST. MARY'S.
    279 5 J i raaort ci Bt. Mary's Collage foi !9(i:t lint, just iieen issued. Tho College was founded in eonseijuenoe of the closing of tho Boarding Department ol the Raffles Girls' School in 1804, .so as to hnve for girls an establishment answering to St. Andrew's home foi girls,
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    MAGISTRATE AND CONSTABLE.
    177 5 Yestekuav mornine, Mr. I). Beatty was driving near Uip junction of (Jrange and Irwell Bank Roads when he saw P.C. 408 in uniform stop a Chinaman carrying two baskets. The constable appeared to be eximining the contents of the batkets. As Mr. Beatty drove up, thl constable
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    N.D.L. PASSENGERS.
    199 5 N. D. L. PASSENGERS. Thk following passengers arrived here yesterday evening by the (iermaD mail ateamer Suehtcn. From Yokohama Mr. W van Or.L-n, Mr. P. Hes»el, Mr. A. V. Pinson, Mr. T. B'.nnaardt, Mr. A. Herrebrngli, Mr W. tfn Ilond. From Shanghai Mrs. Kobinvon, Mrs. rlasenaner, Mr. B. Beaker. From
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    THE BUDGET AND A TOBACCO EVIL.
    163 5 As most of our readers ar« well aware, Hie Chancellor of the Exchequer has d*cidtfd to raise the moisture in tohace > from 80 to IW per cent. There m:iy In' good revenue reason? for the step, usiteß the 'Lancet,' but to pay five
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    SINGAPORE CAPTURED.
    979 5 SINGAPO RE CAPTURED. Government House in the (lands of the Enemy. Is Singapore safe from spoliation by tlic (xrfi Lkmh foreign invader? May we assume th.t our khaki-clad warriors of the volunteer Artillery, and the Chinese ii|)'c-ciit;itivrs of our martial ardour are capable of upholding the honour and 'lory of
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    POLICE NEWS
    292 5 AnuiTthe end of November last, a man named Tan Kah was injured at Gaylang in consequence of demanding Iruin Inn Kah some money due him Tan Kah went to hospital a week later suffering from blood poisoning be ret-u.t of a wound be ban received under the lefl
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    MUAR NEWS.
    304 5 Mth June. It i im injury to note that another 'i> id is bring opened up at a point one mile from the opposite pier. This road leads to the Kadana (Jold Mine a distance of about 30 miles. There are several plantations and populous kampon^s, to say
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    F.M.S. OUTPUT OF TIN.
    139 5 F. M. S. OUTPUT OF TIN. The output of tin in 1903 amounted to piculs 839,807 as compared with piculs 780,871 in 1902, showing an increase of piculs 68,936. Of this amount piculs 494 319 were exported as tin ore as against piculs 446,268* in 1902, shewing an increase of
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    JOHORE MONTE CARLO.
    119 5 Some of the visitors from Singapore have, during the past week or two, been making matters rather uncomfortable for the bankers at the Johore Gambling Farm. To »peak of two or three small events only, tt is known that on last Sunday week a Europe: n visitor
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    THE TRONOH TROUBLE.
    423 5 Important Arbitration Case. (Pinang Gazette Bth June Ylstkhoay we published information that the Tronoh mines were reported to be still crippled by the Mood, and that only one shaft was woi king. This was from a seeming]} reliable and unbiassed source, but this morning enquiries have been
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    A BHANG CASE.
    219 5 On the 28th ult., Kadersali and another were arrested near Clyde Terrace Market for being connected with selling bhang, possession of bhang and possession of a false chop. Yesterday, thtiee men were charged before the Bench Court. Mr. Parsons, assisted by Insp. Tyrrell, prosecuted for-tbe Manager of
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    SHIPWRECKED MALAYS.
    114 5 Catt. lincsrKß of the s.a. Hehe, which arrived this morning from Deli, reports that be picked up four Malays clinging to some wreckage IS miles S.K. of Cape Rachado. The men say that they were part of a crew of six Malays who were in charge of a
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    VESSELS AT TANJONG PAGAR.
    95 5 Wharfs at Which Different Ships are Berthed To-day. East Wharf Natuna and Ganymede Victoria Graving Dock— Kdendale. Albert Graving Dock— Sultan. Section No. 1 Selma, Zaida, H. N. M. S. Utrecht and Manila Tanxlin, Obr& Generaal Pel. 3 Shirley. m i. 4 Tar a and l'eronia.
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    IN PARLIAMENT.
    293 5 British North Borneo. In the House of Commons on the 18th of May, in reply to Mr. iienniker Hea ton, who asked if he would state whether his Majesty's Government had any con trol over the Chartered Company of British Xorth Borneo, whether he was aware that on
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    THE CHINA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., LTD.
    233 5 A Very Gratifying Annual Report. The following is the 6th annual report of the above company, and has just been issued Your Directors have much pleasure m submitting for your consideration their Report and Statement of Accounts for the sixth year ending March
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    WHERE THE FOOD GOES.
    90 5 hospital Cook sends it Out to his Friends. A Ki.inc; child and a Chinaman were arrested yesterday for stealing some rooked food from the kitchen in the General Hospital. This morning, the two were before Mr. Beatty, Sergt. Sheedy prosecuting. Dr. J. Leask gave evidence The
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    DROWNED AT SEA.
    88 5 Cai-t. P. Ruiitkh of the«s II ,11,, h, which arrived from Macassar this morn ing. report- that, on the vny.i. Macassar to Sounibaya. Mr- Ezckir a Jewess. 67 years of age, fell ovcrboaru The ship was stopped immediately an<l B boat was lowered. When Mrs Ezekie was
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    HOW MEN HAVE MISSED MAKING FORTUNES.
    667 5 It il Rstoundiny how many men BM] everywhere be found who are di ted who feel instinctively that tin v i. born for better things who m M they scarce know how, have allowed lid golden opportunities to pa-s them li\ failing to achieve
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      83 5 NOTICES. REMEMBER For a few Nights more XUayang Passim The Indra Zanibar Royal Theatrical Company of Singapore AT THI NOKTH HQDOI KO.\l> TIIKATHK HALL Go-mghi Tuesday, June 14-th Co-night!! FUN FUN < FUN By request the Compan> will State Aladin and The Wonderful Lamp. Uraud Tnli-manir Effect*, MsWalsW Sssasty W.ntli
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    DETECTIVE POLICE FORCE.
    431 6 (trom the Police Report for 190.<.) I nder instructions from Government Inspector-General) drew up a m aeine for the re-organisation of the Detective department, based in some respects on the recommendations of tht Committees which had reported on tnis branch of the force in 1902 and former
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    354 6 Tne New Anglo-Chlneae Convention. The text of the Convention signed in London on May 13, between the United H'insdom and China, respecting the employment of Chinese labour in British colonies and protectorates," has w been published. It is of a general t naracter, and Article I. provides that
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    172 6 For Singapore i I. A- O. s. s. s. M"Hf.'lia, connecting with the steamer Malta at Colombo from London Hay 27, due .'titli June Mr. and Mrs. Lansdell, Mr. F. Taylor, Mr. D. 8. Richards. Per P. AO. s. Hut-lid from London May 28 due Ist July-
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      665 7 BUCHANAN'S HISWKY Sold everywhere. STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. firf >ir China, Japan, Penang, C«ylon. Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of lAdini; issued for Ohina Coast, Persian Oulf Continental, and American Ports, will leave Singapore on or about Mail Line. Outirard (jut
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      630 7 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. N.D.L NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. Imperial Qerman Mall Line. The fast and well nown mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen -Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki, acd Kobe to Yokohama and back. They are due
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      2078 8 Under this heading the following ibbreviations are used: str. steamer; ■h ship; bq. barque; sch. schooner; Tct.— Yacht Cru.— Cruiser Gbt.—Gunboat Tor.— Torpedo H. p. Horse-power Brit.— British; U. B.— United States ffeb.— French; Ger. German; Dut.Dntch; G.c. Ge neral -cargo d.p. deck passenger; U— Unceitain; T.
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      602 8 Sinoaposb, Uth .ivrsr.. 1904. PRODUCE :..i.ible: buyer- 8 30 do (Cube Xn. I) unpicked 1:1 1-Jj Copra Ball 8.15 do Pontlanak 7.60 Pepper, Black buyer. ,26.12} do White, (8%, 39 87J Sago Flour Sarawak 3.10 do Brunei Nu. > Pe»rl Sago 4 m Coffee Ball, 16% l>ul> 28 00
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      122 8 tor Per tie'ivur To-Morro«. Rnngkok Sntuna 11 a.m. P.S'tonhara A Penan* Avgyee I p m. P.S'tenham 4 Penang Kiilna "J p.m. Hongkong Nam San<; '1 p.m. Mai icoa and Muar F>/ l!a p m P. B'ham T Angoo Sel ngor 3 pm. Shangnai and Japan Keemurx 3p m.
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      154 8 From K irope Byttie N D.L.8.« Ro«n due on I7tb June, with iaBM fo the iBrd M»v. From Chini Rv ttio MM. 8.8. Axutrnlim due on the .Oth June TIME TABLE OF NAILS DDK Ixft Sincapore !;>■<> i Londnn \rnv«<l Apl M. M. May MMa May imh
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