The Straits Times, 10 May 1907

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    13 1 The Straits Times NO. 22.838 SINGAPORK. FRIDAY. MAY 10. 1907. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      296 1 GRAND HOTEL DE L'EUROPE. SINGAI'f I; MagaiOemMj I i tiihrd Witli 1 .lovrant i- ■iluit-. Of our DE DION CARS are running in the H/alay Peninsula, AND EVF*Y ONE OF THEM GIVES ENTIBE SATISFACTION. C. DUrIRE COMPANY, Sole Agents. CAMERAS, PLATES. HI P^ 'JR Dark-room Lamps. I a* HlaiftKaS^SHH^ a^^^^P"l^^l^Bßßßß^B^a?^»^^^-^^-^
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      170 1 ROBINSON A CO, N dSliveries Sweets and ftVfir Chocolates^ f^ Frequent fresh supplies are received from this celebrated Regent Street Firm of Confectioners. Ptlgi% sß^it#tt%Ai^6l wit^ F u^ er s Be st Chocolates. l\l»n namp«r> x Most Acceptable Present ROBINSON AND CO. —^..—l LA |EST AnVKKTISEMENTS 4 ADELPHI HOTEL, »m
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      15 1 GRAND HOTEL DE L EUROPE. si\i;al'()UK. rv: "\ery :lil\ nl.i ni.t „1.-..i,,f rt V J
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    WIT AND HUMOUR.
    746 2 An Irish Twister. Pat— "Mike. 'tis drunk yez be." Mike. A lie. a lie. you're spaking. Ye/, wou'd not dare to sjiake thus if of was sober. Pat. "If yez was sober yM have the common since to know ye/ was drwuk. Couldn't Answer. Mr. lirown is
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      180 2 EAGLE CEMENT Jor all Higb-Qlass Work On tde Jbist of tde (Brown Jigents for tde (Colonies. Importers The Borneo Co., Ltd. H. ABRAMS. HORSE REPOSITORY ORCHARD Hoad. Joat landed Ex. Ftirtnnatm Honca, Cohl ami I'uiiie* in Hist clns> order. Over lmi rtaaea of .ill disruptions aud prieaa on luiuil far
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      94 2 ALBERT L. A. DALEY Undertaker Tomb Builder ISO Middle Hoad. Sole Ageut for MesHni. Dottridge Brothers. Ltd.. Loudon, o 218H Telephone No. 019. LIQUID FUEL BUNKERS. Fresh Water Island (PDLO BUXOM) Opposite \\\~,teni*Kiitrance to Ke|ir>el Harbour. 30- THIRTY SHILLINGS) PER TON F. 0. B. IN BUNKERS. RATE OF OELIVERY 200
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      313 2 McAlistcr^Co.,Ltd| AGENTS A IMPORTERS OF GREEN ISLAND CEMENT. BEST Portland Cement. Copy of Testimonial. Mkssks. Mi'AMSTKR i < Sis,, v .Inly 2H. IH9». Present. DBAS Suss:- A^n reijuc»te<l by you. we have. U'sU-d saiuiilew of I'ort land Ceu.cnt luadu by the Gmn Urn O.mknt Company. Limitkd. of 1 lon^koDi;. The
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      643 2 BRIGHT AND LIVELY AT SEVENTY-TWO. I'.w.kmbkm;"* Cikamp Old Man" Craa»«*l InaMM \vi) QtCMM <>K thk DR. WILLIAMS PINK PILLS The stomach, like all tbe other organs of jodv. derives the utrength to perform ><- I from the blood, and wheu the ti«sne» I i lorm s M,e muscles of the
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    MOTOR-CAR VIBRATION.
    552 3 Hints on the Best Way to get Shaken up. It xeeins tnat tlio Public Healtli Committee of the Department of the Seine is devoting its tali.nts ami energies at the present time to the elimination of vibration as fur as possible from potential motor vehicles. Now, the Hritish
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    Spending the Holidays.
    136 3 The omnibus, with its four horses, rolled noisily along the tramlines towards KewJ making its way through the crowds which were celebrating Easter Monday. One of the three inside passengers made rather anxious inquiry about the possibility of a bus so loaded on top overturning with one
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    19 3 The steamer Lyonesse left Scilly the other day with forty-eight tons of flowers for various markets, a record consignment.
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    91 3 Commenting upou our announcement regarding the increase of Civil Servants' salaries, the S.C. Morning Post says: Singapore has gone one better than Hongkong. With a great deal less agitation and probably no better a claim, the officials of the southern colony have succeeded in enlisting the sympathies of the Powers
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      105 3 AN AMERICAN REMEDY. There is probably no medicine manufactured that can be found in more honiett in the I'nited Statex than Chamberlain'fl Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Itemedy. It ha>. been in general use for over thirty years and each succexfsive epidemic of diarrhoea and 'tv- nt. i y during thix
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      294 3 KITSON LIGHT. THE ORIGINAL AND BEST I SIMPLE AND ECONOMICAL INCANDESCENT KEROSINE LIGHT. I ONLY KEROSINE AND AIR REQUIRED. HALF A MILLION LAMPS NOW IN DAILY USE. GOLD MEDAL and GRAND PRIX at MILAN 1906. Sole Agents: HUTTENBACH BROS. CO. MACHINERY DEPARTMENT. MARTIN'S J[ Jk.iforLadies.i £*I I*l <aj rrjnnch ■•"•^f
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      175 3 ISMAIL RAHEEM, ""Kellers H2-1 and 82 2 Bras BaKah Itoad. Exhibit a charming collection of Gold and Diamond Set •j*l'. Jewellery in modern and antique design. Ins, ection invited. dtim Jim <$r (80., 7 KUNG STREET, HAVE THIS MY REMOVED FROM NO. 57 TO ABOVE ADDRESS. Customers and friends are
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      206 3 I /SSI The LINOTYPE A no 8 l/irJmSab Composing Machine rival. aauJ^Ka^ SSIT I'sotl by the I-«-a<lini; Newspapers. Ujß |f^TOfeßiS_ OOVERNMENT MHiHwaJJflimyßE- CONTRACT' kS: > v, "ii""" fift^J m f|3ft 11,000 in Daily Use■[^■■r* Lil I I DALHOUSE SQUARE CALCUTTA ~^kwA\£3A^P^ T ***i^^^D Thi*. p.ip^r is p:irtl> *«*l upnii l.in«»l>|Hf
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    COMPANY LAW.
    924 4 Important Points well Worth Consideration. Tin' n.'W < 'omii.ini. ■•>' I.ill. now Mag ir bndl to ;i OmMmMm of tin- House of Loi«K, is rightly ili-wrriliol as oiip of tlie nio^t ini--I«>rtant wliicli lias rocrntly Iwon introduced. 'I'lir ((motion is ciiinplicatcil onr. and Mr. Alfred Movlv's litter to
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    25 4 i >oes your wife burn a light for you wbea you are detained Yes, but I never can tell if it is red or green.
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    HOTEL VISITORS.
    650 4 KAFFLES HOTEL. Hon Justice and Mrs Mr K A Stt\nn Fisher Mr Holi.rt Wildintf Hon Mre Wilber Mr J V W Weber Col H. 11. Johnston Mr A tenilrtM Col G. Wright Mr A PtoTM Maj>.r Mrs Ferd Mr K (i II Hmtmll Major Mrs Ormiston C.ipL .1
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    Passenger List.
    182 4 Expected. Per Pitilsn Britannia, connecting with the steamer Oivana at Colombo, from London April 12, due May 10— Mr and Mrs W Roux, Mr T Meek, Mr \V S Elinsln-, Mr P A Church, Mrs E C Ellis, Mr P A Yearwood.Messrs T B Bet teridgc. A Clu<rtham.
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    VESSELS ADVERTISED TO SAIL
    105 4 Teluk Ansoii, tia ports, Mondays, S. S. Coy Tuesdays, for I'ort Swettenbam via ports. Wednesdays, lac Teluk Ansun via ports. Thursdays, for Port Swetteuuam via port*. Fridays, for Teluk Anson via ports. Saturdays, for P. Kwettenham and Penang. Straits Steamship Co. Port Swettenbam and Penang, Kapurthala
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      713 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan. Penang:, Ceylon, Australia, India. Aden, Egypt. Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London Through Bills }f Lading issued for C.hiu.. Coa»t, Persian Gulf, Continental, and American Port*. Steamer* will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINE. Outu-ard {for China). Oceana May 11
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      667 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HANDEL AND SCHEEPVAART MY. "BANDJER." BAND.TERMABIN. The Steamers of this company maintain a regular service between: Singapore, Bawean. Soarabaya, Bandjermasin, Palo Lant, Balik Papan, Koetei, with transhipment at Bandjermasin for Sampit, Mandawai, Koemai, Kotta Waringin, Djelai, Marabahan, Marakasaries, Negara and Bebirik. The steamers have good acoomodation for first
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      495 4 STEAMER SAILINGS, HAMBURG AMERIKA LINIE. HAMBURG. The steamers of this Company maintain a regular service between Hambarg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China, and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hambarg and onoe a month for Breraerhaven direct, calling at Penang and Colombo. The arrivals
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      770 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. D. L. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD ImperUl Qarman Mail I Tne fast and well known mail steamers of thia Company sail fortnightly from Bremen- Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Sonthamp ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vie« versa) Por Said, Saez, Aden, Colombo, Pcuang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai,
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      104 4 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. MB PEXANG. RANGOON AND CALCUTTA. The Company's Steamer PALITANA, 2,99t) tons, A. K. W. Handcock, Commander, will be despatched for the abuve ports on .Saturday, the 11th May, at 4 p.m. She haa excellent accommodation for tint aud second class passengers. For freight and
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    SHIPPING IN PORT
    1333 5 I'nder this heading the following abbreviations are used str. steamer; nh. ship; bq. —barque scb. schooner Yet. Yacht Cru. Cruiser. O'bt.— Gnnboat Tor.— Torpedo H.p- -Horse power; Brit. British l'.S United States Krh.— Freucb Ger. Oermnn Dut. Dutch; llal. Italian; Span. Spaumh Har.— Sarawak (i.e.- General- 2argo;
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE
    109 5 From Kckop« By the P. >V O. s.s. Oceana, due on May 10. From Chimi By the N. D. L. s.s. Prinz Eitel Friedricli, doe on May 12. Apl Apl Apl Apl Apl Api Apl Apl May May May 4 B. I. Apl 25 8 M. M.
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    28 5 Conductor to the passengers on a busy car in the Tube one day last week Now, then Make baste and get on if you wan', to get off."
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    813 5 Name, port, prdbable date of arrival and name of Agents. Steamers. Aberlour, Hamburg, May 15 Behn Meyer Airlie, Sydney, June 24 Boustead Ajax, China, June 9 MansfielJ Alcinous, Liverpool, May 22 Mansfield Antilochns, Liverpool, June 26 Mansfield Arcadia, Colombo, July 19 P. 4 O. Astvauaz, Liverpool, July 5;
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    Clearances.
    53 5 May 9 Bombay Maru, Jap str, Hongkong, Japan Ban Liong, Dut str. Cotie via port* Pontianak, Brit atr, Kuantan via port* Thongwa, Brit str, Penaag, N'patan, Madras Terrier, Nor str, Calcutta 10 Arcadia, Bn» str, Bombay via ports Achilles, Brit itr, Japan via port* Poh Ann, Brit str. Taluk
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    Opening of Carnegie Institute
    112 5 Mr. Andrew Caroegie, in dedicating tliu Carnegie Institute at Pitsbur^, made a dramatic xppeal to the Kaiser to pronounce tin- word "peace" at thr approaching Hagim Conference. (iencral Loweuffld, tie Kaiser's general adjutant, was present, tinKaiser liaving MBM permission to send a s|m-i:il uiisnion. Mr. Kiycc,
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    Mail Steamer Movements.
    110 5 Oitwabi. P. 4 O. Mail. The mail steamer Oceana, left Colombo at 12 :«i p.m.. on Sunday, and isexp cted to arrive here to-day, about 4 p m. Oitwaki. l)i teh Maii, 1 lie Neilerland mail >teani(>r K. Willielmina, arrived at Sabang at 1 a.m.. ou the
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    117 5 for Per Steamer n«M To-mobrow 8*T0RDAY. Anambn, Natuua Islands Kurang 7 a in. H'koDg, Shanghai, Japan B. >'. Ferdinand 1 a.m. Labuan. Ilo Ilo, Cebu Xurumi 7 a.m. Penang aod Colombo Khenunia 11 a.m. Bangkok **i 1 p.m. P. Hwettenbam, Penang ferat 1 p.m. P. Swettenham, Penang Pin
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    100 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To-day. TINJORO P»0»« Kamt Whabt Bassin Daginar, J. \V. Wendt. Aldebaran. EastWbabt Section I—Curonia, Both, McClellan Sbct. 1 IRnnw Wharf):— Nil. Section No. 2— Palitana, Cardiganshire a Nil. 4 Kanagawa Maru. B— Machew. 6— Tjiliwong. 7— FuhWo.
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    48 5 Turn- Balls on Fort Canniug and Mount Faber drop daily at 1 p in., Singapore standard time corresponding to 6 a.m. Greenwich meantime. The time gun is fired at 12 o'clock noon, indicating Singapore standard time, on every day exoepting Sunday, when it i* fired at vim o'clock
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      407 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. N.Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.LTD. A MMB* FORTNIGHTLY service is main tamed between Japan aud Europe by the following NEW TWIN-SCREW STEAMERS, t'nder Mail Contract with the Imperial Japanese Ooveruineut, specially designed for the Company's Kumpean Service, lighted through out by Electrictity, provided with excellent accommodation for First
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      487 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. Ocean Steam Ship Co., Ltd. and CHINA MUTUAL STEAM [MAY. CO.. LTD. pi The Companies' steamers are despatched f n .in Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China ami JapaD every week. mnl from JapaD homewards for I.i mli 11. Amsterdam snd Antwerp every fortnight snd f< r Geuoa,
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      483 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. UNION S. S. CO. OF N. Z. LTD. SIXf.vPuRETONEW ZEALAND DIRECT. AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON, LYTTLETON, AND DCNEDIN also calling at BAMARANG AND FIJI (if inducement offers.) The Co.'* T. 8. S. APARIMA,.' ft.704 Wins, Edwd. Stott, Commander, maintains a regular four-monthly service between Singapore and Now Zealand. Excellent saloon
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      467 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. C. P. R Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Line. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY To EUROPE VIA CHINA, JAPAN, CANADA and tbe I'NITED STATES. Route from Hongkong, via Shanghai. Nagasaki, (Inland Sea of Japan). Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria and Vancouver, R.M.S. "Euprehm or India" Twin-screw steaR.M.S. "Euprems cr Japan"
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      146 5 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. May. 11— At "Romulus," 16 Thoiniwoii 11*1. Chinese a' d teak household furni ture, at 2-30 p in. 15 At Saleroom, teak and seriah houseli'iH furniture, at 11 a.m. 21 At Sale-room, valuable property. No. 10 Triu Street, at 2-30 p.m. 28— At Sale r
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      129 5 DAY in DAY Friday, May 10. High Water. 1-1 am. 2-33 p.m. Scarlet Mysteries. Teutonia Club. 9-30 p.m. I P. A. O. outward mail due. I Lecture at Chinese Christian Associtioo. 8 p.m. Saturday, May 11. I High Water. 11l am. 343 p.m. I Scarlet Mys'eries Ti>utouia Club. 9-30 pm.
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    The Straits TImes . PRICE 10 CENTS. FRIDAY, MAY 10.
    674 6 The Straits TImes PRICE 10 CENTS. FRIDAY, MAY 10. contentment and prosperity to a distressful country. As a matter of fact, the Irish have not asked for devolution. They have not asked for a Legislative Council. There lias never been the least excuse for misunderstanding their demands. They want an
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    1128 6 Yesterday'* telegram telling us of the impeachment of three prominent officials indicates the ascendency of a new favourite at the Chinese Court. The uauie given by Keutcr is Tse Chuug-Hsuan. but it is [Risible that it should be Ts'cn Ch'un-Hsuau, the former Viceroy of the KvMg Provinces. If this assumption
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    12 6 All telegrams published in this issue are protected by the Copright Ordinance.
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    19 6 Fifteen hundred cases of oil and a genera cargo arrived from Deli by the Gcnuai: Htcainer llanoo this morning.
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    23 6 Both .J ustices at the Supreme Court to-day have been eugaged with small cause actions of little or no importance to the public.
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    27 6 The islaud of Cuba is suffering from a prolonged drought. There has beeu uo rain for some weeks and the hardships of many country districts are great.
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    28 6 The Cape Town Chamber of Commerce intends to urge the Royal Commission on Shippers' Rebates to send a commissioner to South Africa to take the evidence of merchants.
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    29 6 The Hongkong Dock Company's powerful tug. the Robert Cookc. 'which grounded iv the attempt to salve the stranded German steamer, Wong Koi, has been abandoned as a total loss.
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    29 6 The 75th Carnatics will be replaced in Ceylon by the 9Hth lufautry, at present stationed iv Auruugabad. The Caruatics are expected to leave the Colony iv November for Trichinopoly.
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    31 6 As a case of small-pox was discovered on the German steamer Choisiug, wheu she arrived from Haihow last night. She was placed in quarantine. There are 1.27 i passengers on board.
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    36 6 There is a rumour that the British Govern ment proposes to subsidise lines of steamers plying between ports iv Great Britain and the British Colonies, thereby reducing freights and indirectly affording pri fcreucc to the Colonies.
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    50 6 A daring robbery took place at St. Paul, a large city in the State of Minnesota, I". S. A. A man entered the railway statioo. and compelled a clerk to opeu the safe, from which he abstracted the bum of 25,000 dollar? i .£.1.000 1. The robber succeeded in escaping.
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    50 6 A few days ago, a Siamese left Bangkok for Mosquito Point, on business, lie bought a Pla sua or Tiger-Fish and cooked it for supper, and died half an hour after the repast. Tiger-fish is regarded as a rarity in some menus served at Hkngkok. says the Siam Free Press.
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    53 6 The Kaja of Rampur Bushire. who is -aii to be over HO years <>C age. has no beta no a siiiiiiud' of ailoptinu. lie is now abdieal ing. and ilesn.s the Punjab Government V administer his Stale, which bears :ui in portant position with Ngaai to our oommw cial intercourse
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    53 6 The highly satisfactory lirst yai s dividends which the more advanced Rubber Companies in the Straits art; just now declaring should result in giving thai tillip to the share market, both at home and in Ceylon, which all interested in the industry have been anxiously waiting for so long, says
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    40 6 AmeD|> yesterday's maritime arrival* mta the Russian East Asiatic Steamship Company's steamer Petrouia, from Novorossisk. bound for Vladivostock, the Nip[K)ii Yiiseu Kaixliii'.. .1.1 rtiiirr Bombay Maru. from Bombay to Kobe, and th<> British .w.ion r Benlomond trono London to Hongkong
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    Social and Personal.
    441 6 Mr. p. Kemp, of tiie Royal Hwwqr i»i paitinent. Siam. is on his way to Monthou Pukct. Sir Matthew Nathan. laU Governor ol Hongkong, was the guest of the Governoi ol Ceylon, when he arrived at Colombo on May 1. Lieutcuaut General Sir Robert Mac^i-cgor Stewart, who
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    47 6 There was one death M the n.^nlalloch on the way down from Amoy. The widow of the deceased was also taken ill with fever and has beeu removed U> tlic hospital al the Quarantine Station with her two children. The Glenfallocii arrived this iiioruiug with 1,1:5H passenger*.
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    51 6 Captaiu Hunter, of Messrs. Wo Bill anil Co.'s steamer Ban Ho Guan. which arrived yesterday, from Poiitianak, reports that two of the steamer's boats were smashed while the vessel was goiug up the Poutianak River, and that at Pontiauak. a soraug broke his leg. He was left in the hospital
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    55 6 A great deal of amusement was caused at the missionary conference at Shinghai by the collapse of Dr. llykcs' chair. l>r. Mykcs remarked that this was the result of loUowtßg the advice of a frienil iv his younger tmj* and partakiug of a more liberal diet than that to which
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    51 6 The new boilers for the I'nitcd States Ann y Trans|>ort McClellan. a hieh is now in dry dock at Taujjng Pag:ir. arrived yesterday from England by !h. Cardiganshire. The same sU-auicr has on boaad !I."OO package of dynamite, guv cotton ;r 1.. r. partly for Singapore and partly lac uu.
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    49 6 A German journal, displaying anxiety regarding the tureigu policy of the King of Great Britain, says that Hi Mai' Napoleon of the SOtfe century \in WBfMM r m Vicuna says that King Kdwiinl is iiml< r. mining the influence of Germany I Ml the most powerful countries in Kuro|>c.
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    88 6 Ilii contraband importation of arms ami ammunition into Tonkin is increasing at an alarming rate, despite otlicial notifies tions prohibiting the practice. Inscrupulou:, Europeaus defy the law, and manage to ilrive prolitahle trade iv the forbidden artiili-. esjxei.ilU in I p|H i Tonkin. Another d anger arises iioin nalivi s
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    126 6 It is tilled thai a bjftil oltieial H might almost say a very lii^li official -of thu X..M.S. Civil Service had an adventure out shooting lately which, if rather humiliating, is uot altogether unique, writes a < onespoudent to the Piuang Quattc. He is reported to have been 'treed' by
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      165 6 RED. ded DONT MISS Choice Australian APPLES. 60 ots. C A^ THOMPSON, m The Australian $6 n'do^ns. THOMAS Co. W Stores ORDER EARLY, \J J Wi \f SUPPLY LIMITED. A L X^ TO LET. I I WHITE HOUSE, Dalvey Koad. Imme MR. MRS. J. NORMAN DICK. diate entry. Apply to
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      177 6 WILSON Co. Photographic Art Studio. Our Productions are of the highest Artistic and Tc.-hnical Excellence and arc kuown hroughout the East an INCOMPARABLY THE BEST. in' Photography a° in anything else Tin- Deßt s the Cheapest. WILBON GO. ORCHARD ROAD. WHILST ON LEAVE Keep in touch with the Colony and
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    WRECKED LINER.
    103 7 ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOST Safety of Survivors. [mmjtmm'i Tmuhuum London. Muy 9. It is reported that upwards of a hundred lives were lost in tin w reek of the Freuch steamer Poitou. heavy mm prevents communication with the wreck, to which many persons are soeu to be clinging.
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    LABOUR ON THE RAND.
    241 7 Strike of the Skilled White Workmen. ItM tkk's TMUKHUM London, May'" serious strike of skilled white workmen has taken place on the llunl. as a protest against tlit- imposition of «xt«a work. So fur, upwards of a thousand men have stopped work. The following telegram was
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    COLONIAL PREMIERS.
    67 7 Hon. Alfred Deakin Declines an Honour Uk.l TK.lt's Tl -.I.K.iISAM London. May '.1. King Ivlward gave ban.piet, at Bucking ham Palace iv honour of the Colonial Premii 1 s London, May 10, All the Colonial In ii who were not already members of the Piivy Council were sworn
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    SEDITION IN INDIA.
    45 7 Arrest arid Deportation of an Agitator. [Hkutkk"s TmUMUM Londou, May 10. A pioininienl leader of the agitation in the Punjab, named L al I'.itrai. lias been arrested and deported. The police are soarchin;' for a seeoud ring leader, who is in hiding.
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    LORD CROMER IN LONDON.
    48 7 Kkiitkk's TmLMMAM London. May 10. Sir Henry Campbell Bauncniian (the I'rcmien I-. Iw.ir.l < ireviForoi'jn Miuistcrl and other members ot the Hinihtrj 011,1 Lud CSMMMI at Chilling CMM I!.nlw:iy Station iifion his arrival from Egypt Lord Cromtr will Ml pTOOMd at once- ko BnekinghMD I'al.-i.
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    PRINCE FUSHIMI PRINCE ARTHUR.
    101 7 PRINCE FUSHIMI PRINCE ARTHUR. KbOTKB'm Tki.k..[iam London. May it. Woolwich was en lit. on the occasion of tiie visit of Prince Fushiiui. Mm Arthur of Coiinaiiijit gave a dinner in MM Kit/ Hotel. I'ieiiidilly. in Urn even in;;, ill honour of C'lnee I'n -liilni. Till el.t It. lliili.. 11l t-
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    IMPERIAL DEFENCE
    54 7 RECTO 1 Tki.i i.iiam, Loud m. May 0. Tiii- 1. "it 1 il Coiilcioiicv has discussed the subje. 1 ival ilefi iki Led 1 iuioulh In.- promist 1 tv help the Cjloiiu to 1 in v out tin ir owu line.* aud to Mibiuu 1.1.111... 10 tin A.linualt.
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    CANDLESHOE'S MISHAP.
    1114 7 Marine Court Inquiry at Singapore. The llritish steamer Candlcshoe strand- d in the (iulf of Sue/ ou February IS, and this morniug an enquiry Was hi Id into tht mat ter at the Marine Court. The enquiry was conducted by Mr. W. C. Mie'ic 11. the Senior MafltaillUl,
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    Burned in a Jungle.
    104 7 The MMMiM death of a coolie 011 the lapis Kstate at Kuala Kaugsar has been re-lioi-IiI ioi-Ii 1 1 to the Coroner there. It transpires that a coolie, named Kamasiuiy, went to pick up firewood in the jungle iit the back of the river at Oapis
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    Syce's Strange Story,
    555 7 ATTEMPT ON DR. GALLOWAY'S LIFE ALLEGED. Police Incredulity. AMat midnight ou Thursday. Dr. Galloway was summoned to the house of a Chinese patieut and he returned home in the Towkay's gharry. After he had been safely deposited at his residence, the gharry was beiug driven down Cairn
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    PENANG'S CREDIT.
    266 7 Alluding to Government's answers to the questions regarding the Straits Settlements Loan, asked iv the Legislative Council on Friday last, the I'iuaug Gazette remarks: It may he gathered from these replies, and from Iteuter s telegrams, that the debut of th<> Colony of the Straits Settlements as a
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    Lahore Disturbances.
    121 7 The leading Mohamedan and Hindu eiti us of Lahore have passed tin following resolution That the leading Hindu and Mohamedan citizens of Lahore express their strong disapproval of the rowdy and unseemly acts com unlit d by a number of students aud other persons ou the day on
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    Ceylon Flotation in London.
    123 7 The subscription lists for tho Lnnnv.i I Ceylon I Tea aud Kubbcr EsiaUs Company Ltd ..closed mi .May 'I'lir capital )H i;1,.0.00ii. of which the pre ■■I issue £85,000. Of this, the vendors take £76,000 in paid-up shares an part of the purchase money. The directors
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    Straits Loan.
    368 7 1 GOVERNMENT REPLIES TO QUESTIONS. Payment of Dock Award and Costs. At this afternoon's meeting of the Legislative Council, held under the presidency of Captniu Young. C.M.G. (Colonial Secretary), in the absence of His Excellency the Governor Sir John Anderson. K.C.M.G., Mr. John Anderson asked the following questions
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    WITH THE MOON.
    297 7 Interesting Lecture by Mr. C. B. Buckley. The lecture Mr. C. B. Ituckley give to 'the member-, of the Epworth League at NM OmMI Street Methodist Church last ni^ht was interesting. It was illustrated by a number of models which had been prepared for the occasion. There
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    SCARLET MYSTERIES.
    295 7 Exhilarating, Original, and Attractive Entertainment. Eight versatile artists "wrestled" last evening with one of the must entertaining programmes ever presented to a Singapore audience. They appeared oo the stage at the Teutonia Club with masked faces and wearing .scarlet lined dominoes, and were discovered mot found out, as
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    BRITISH RULE IN MALAYA
    316 7 An Appreciation by a Russian Official The London correspondent of the limning ham Daily Post writes: I have had a loug conversation with a well known Knssian official, who after spending seven years in Pekin, is returning to St. Petersburg. He left China last June, and
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    SUNGEI WAY RUBBER CO.
    443 7 Temporary Disorganisation of the Labour Force. The aiioual report of the directors of the Suugei Way iSclangorl Kubber Co.. Ltd., for WOti, states that the area planted during the period under review amounted to HO acres making the total area under cultivation at December '11. I!KH>.
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    Death of Old China Hands.
    302 7 Many old residents of Singapore and the Far East will regret to learn of the sudden death at sea of Mr. Harry Wicking, founder of the Hongkong firm of Harry Wicking and Company. Mr. Wieking was coming on a business" trip to the East on
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    22 7 A loolie jumped ovtiLoard from a \i»stl which as id quarantine this inorniug. H« was caught and handed over to the pMMM.
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    EASTERN POLITICS.
    114 7 GERMANY GIVES BENEDICTION TO RECENT AGREEMENTS. The Paramountcy of the Pacific. [Rrutkr'h Tklkuram London, May 9. The correspondent of the Evening Standard iv Berlin states that Japan is MMJMMI ting an agreement with the t uited States for the settlement of mutual questions in tho Far East and
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    SIR F. SWETTENHAM ON LABOUR IN MALAY STATES.
    51 7 Hki -tick's Tu.wh London. May 10. Sir Frank Swcttcuhaiu, presiding at the first ,iiiii!i*l meeting of the Anglo Malay Kubber Company, emphasised the fact that it possessed an adequate labour supply, which was essential for the future of rubber in the Malay
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    125 7 The Anglo- Malay Hubbcr Co., Ltd.. which was only founded in the autumn of l.M 1.., pays a dividend of 1H per cent for its first full year's working. The Company is a fortunate one, having no less than '206,000 rubber trees ranging in age from over three to 21
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    ANOTHER MILITARY GOVERNOR.
    23 7 lU.ITKR's TKLKt.RAM London. May 1(1. Lieut. General Josccline H. Wodehounc, C.8.. C.M.G., Royal Artillery, has been appointed Governor of Bermuda.
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    ORIENTAL STUDIES.
    33 7 Khim Tklkoram London, May 10. The Treasury has appointed a Committee cousistiug of Lord Kcay, Lord Kcdesdalc, Sir Alfred Lyall aud others to consider tho organisation of Oriental studies in London.
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    SINISTER RUMOURS DENIED.
    38 7 Dkr Ostasiatiscuk Lloyd Tklk.jram Berlin, May ft The rumours that a crisis has arisen over the Imperial Chancellorship arc without foundation. There is also 110 truth iv the statement* that Prince von Buelow is ill.
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    ETNA IN ERUPTION.
    23 7 Dkk Omtasiatichk Lloyd TkLkukamJ Berlin, May 9. Etna, the volcauo in Sicily, has brokeu into a state of violent activity.
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    OFFICIAL SALARIES.
    176 7 Tho Governor is to be commended for having so sturdily defended the interests of his subordinates. Thus remarks the Pinang Gazette in reference to the coriespondence regarding tho salaries of Civil Servants. And it continues: It is to be hoped that the better feeling throughout the ranks of
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    DESTITUTE STRANGERS SOCIETY.
    88 7 The HmhM] Treasurer of Mm UpMMMfct Strangers' mi, l Prisoners Vid SorieU Ix-ys |v acknowledge with thanks tin r. ,-eipt of tin following subscriptions Amount previously acUn.'w I. ojml tWJu E. C I'oleman B Messrs. HowarthErskine and Co. 2'< Key. N. Coiivrcur 20 11. Crave, 10 0.
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    97 8 Newcastle luited had practically won the Football League championship w hen tin- last mail lift KngUnd. The LHmilm'lii- Scliaclizcitiinu IIIU. from the year 184.1. It is the oldpst of ufa Mag che>*M magazinea. 1.0.-ul sportsmen will regret to hear, says the Porak I'ioneer. that Mr. G. Cuiumiiig's
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    Chess.
    63 8 The Kice Uambit. The Chess Amateur reports that .Mr W. K. Napier, who has been devoting mucl time to an exhaustive aualysis of the Uici Gambit, has discovered a playable contiuuit tion against the JasnogriMlsky Defence. His conclusions are to be given to tin- worlt) shortly. They are now
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    Association Football.
    178 8 S. C. C. v. 80th Co. k. Q. A. A return match was played on the Kjilanade yesterday afternoon between the S. C. C. aud the 80th Co. It. G. A., and M keen a contest as that of last week was wit iii-sseil. The Gunners showed somewhat
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    Shooting.
    213 8 Perak Rifle Association. Just a dozen members turned up at tin Ipoh range on Sunday morning for practice firing; the weather was tine but the light vory variable, aud it was surprising, under the circumstances, to find that the majority, and Messrs. Cauldwell and Curtis iu^parti cular, put up
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    COOLIE LABOUR PROBLEM.
    280 8 How Estates lose Money on Importations. Writing to the Ceylon Observer on the question of Javanese labour in the Federated Malay States. Mr. Frank G. Harvey, of the Pataling Estate. Selangor, states that the cost of getting a Javanese coolie to an estate in Selangor is about
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    Straits Military Contribution.
    94 8 Alluding to the last meeting of the Legislative Council, the Pcrak Pioneer states that the questions on the military contribution will serve a very useful purpose aud demon «trate how the Colony is being compulsorily mulcted in charges out of all proportion to those made on India,
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    Medicine or Beverage.
    2245 8 STRAITS CHEMISTS ALARMED BY ANALYTICAL EXPOSURE. Pahits and Liqueurs Diversified. Medicine, although usually a poison, is a substance ihjsschmiiu. or reputed to possess, curative or remedial properties, beverage, on the other hand, is a pleasant or refreshing drink alcoholic, medicinal, or neither. Kut even the slightest connection
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      Juggling with Figures.
      118 8 To the Editor of the Straits Tinn>. Singapore. May IW>7. Sir. Would auy of yi»:r readers ~oKe the following for me A man sells 60 apples f ul 2d _Md. Two hoys Mil A. 30 apples at lor Id i:,,|. It. M apples at I for Id
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    SELANGOR RUBBER CO.
    410 8 Eigfyth Annual Report of Directors The eighth annual report and statement of accounts of the S langor Kubber Company. Ltd.. states that during the yi ar tMaerw were planted with rubber, making the Mai planted area I.BHu acres as at December M, 190 ft, at a capital
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    PAHANG TIN.
    158 8 The Output for March. The output of tin in March, in Pahaug. was 2,702.7tt piculs. against 2.&59.21 picnls in February. The approximate value of the metal was $258,550.42, on which duty amounting to 122.747..13 was collected. The price of tin averaged $93.81 per picul. with duty at $25.24
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    Fatal Fight at Sea.
    114 8 Rangoon, April 29. Captain G. Millson in command of the steamer Staffordshire, reported to the Colombo Police that a fatal affray took place on board while at sea, off the northwest coast of France, on March 20, resulting in the death of a native fireman, named
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    30 8 Sir John Jordan has demanded an indemnity for the men murdered and wounded on the Sainam by pirates, on the West Kiver, in 1900. The Waiwupu has refused the demand.
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    Mr. Stanley Arden in Colombo.
    168 8 Mr. Stanley Ardcn, who was formerly in the Botanical Department of the Straits Settlements, says the Ceylon Observer, arrived in Colombo on May 1. ami left for England on a holiday by the mail next day. Mr. Ardcn was among the earliest to carry out
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    45 8 Thr CorcHii Custom-, li.ive received in structions to keep the strictest »aU:li on the coast ami river ports to prevent the inipor tatiou of arms or .imni'initioii. The Milhori. ties hive received instruction..) that the Doric is bringiug over lar^-e jniigiimunU of weapons and ammunition.
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      137 8 John Little Co., L d SOLE AGENTS for Mm iOnUMCDV 2s¥ V rUjflifiCnT Jffi^ JpfvA GRENO J A ifc_ <f/ Bf^7 Makes the Whitest of ■v_>qf n n Table Linen. fiH^^^Y II sunligiit soap npUpH j will keep voiir house■jJ^i i I hold ami table linen n I Follow the
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    COMMERCIAL.
    221 9 Si\.;aim,kk. Mm i>. K«I7. PRODUCE. .ml:!,:,i 6.70 .io (Cube No. 1 1 •mpiok<*l 10.45 O,r>ra Bali 10.50 do Pontianak 10.00 Pepper. Black 1H.25 do White H% 25.75 Sayu Klo'ir Sarawak 2.90 do Bruii( i No. 1 2.80 Pear! Sago 4.00 Coffee Bali, 15° i 1900 Coffee. Palemban«. 90% ha>.i-
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      MINING.
      343 9 Date of format- Capital Subscribed ion Number p^ Sh^e. V lne a P«° Reserve Company Quotations J I. I I I I 1 19.00 18.75 2.75 10.35 I Belat Tin M Co., Ltd. Brnseh Hydrmnlio Tin M. Co., Ltd. Doff Development Co., Ltd. Kauaboi, Ltd. 1903 i JHOO.OOO $300,000
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      RUBBER.
      335 9 1905 £150,000 £104,937.10 1905 •200,000 (87,400 1904 £80,000 £11,125 46,300 I 1 I 93,500 1 I 1,700 I •10 I 8,800 •10 9,500 uniuuad f 7,000 1 i 11,000 1 I 70,000 10 8,000 uniMUtd 70,000 1 9,000 untimwdl 12.500 10 I 6,000 1 6,000 1 1 12/6 10
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      GENERAL.
      218 9 1894 1898 £5,377.10.0 •225,000 £4,648.15.0 •225,000 7,638 12/6 4,500 < •50 12/6 SO 814.11.9 112,500 10.000.000 a) 9,500,000 250,0001) Bells Asbestos Eastern Agency, Ltd Fraser ANeave, Ltd. •7.00 140.00 1865 •10,000,000 510.000,000 80,000 >125 1139 Hongkong and Shanghai Bank 855.00 1901 j •2,400,000 52.-.00.000 f 18,000 6,000 10 6,000
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      DEBENTURES.
      44 9 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. 6% 1 22 0 '2S !X prem Riley Hargreaves, Ltd. 6% «*5.000 2**™" 11 Singapore Municipal 6% 400,000 30% prem 5% 1,878,000 2% prem. 4% 603,000 2% dis nominal Taniong Pagar'book Co., Ltd. 6% 250,000 3% prem 5% 1,050,000 par.
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      158 9 Singapore Cold Storage! Co., Ltd. Borneo Wharf. Telephone 1026. Sea stocks of all kinds of Frozen Meats, etc., can be delivered to Shipping at the Wharves, or in the Singapore Roads, on short notice. If Thawed Daily Supplies are required, orders for same must be telephoned to the Borneo Wharf
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      41 9 Straits F.M.S. Annual 1907- 1908. A PICTORIAL PUBLICATION DESCRIPTIVE OF THE STRAITS ANO STATES. TO BE PUBLISHED IN NOVEMBER. MO ExpenSO Eclipse mil former Successes. COLOURED PLATES BEST EABTERN LITERARY MATTER OBTAINABLE. CARICATuRES. AC.. AC. THE STRAITS F.M.S. ANNUAL SYNDICATE Singapore.
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      109 9 PUPILS WANTED. PUPILS IN PIANO AND FRENCH.— 1 Young Lady, pupil of the Royal Academy of Music, London, and a student and musical teacher of Paris, ia willing to give leeions in piano-playing to private pupils or classes. Can also teach French. Apply- 71-k River Valley Road. 1029" Wines Wines
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      481 9 THIS SPEAKS Xp/-vy» TT^'PT "F 1 l-'.xtvact from The Autotar. UKI'OIST OK THK K\(MNKKK <)K THK BOTAL Al TOMOIUI.K CLl'B OK (JHEAT ISKITAIN AND IItKLAND The 14 h.p. Star Car has been in continuous use for driving lessons and general instructions for over THIRTEEN MONTHS. The car has run 10.000
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    DRESS AND FASHION.
    936 10 The Empire Dress. N,.u tlmt tin- Empire dres* lias gained such nn extraordinary )»upiilarity with Kn«Isfl woiiK-ii. we mii-t in order to understand t),is ..JstMsij 111 111 CSMBBS! ami ■MM to BBSS****, B»t tl»' present-day Paris, tmt Ha la* s! aaj aa* Mm la* si the First
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    6 10 An extensive forgery of Nippon Yuseu
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    CITY OF THE YELLOW DEVIL
    715 10 Gorki's Vivid Impressions of New York. Qcffefs) cx|H-rit>iices in America, ne know, were not altogetlier pleasant. In th. Moiithh Review he writes a <haraet"ristii impressionist sketch ..r New York, which might easily mistaken for an authentic description of the infernal regions. The City of the
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    Rescued by a Pig.
    152 10 The pifj has Sfl ofteii BBSs' SSSSBBSSi M t:i fciieiny of tiie liuta.li] r.u t nl aaiy rate. :m the form of pork that one is especially pleased to hear of an incideut in which tins animal distinguished hiinselt ,i- a life-saver. A vessel reaching New
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      593 10 BANKING COMPANIES.] HONGKONG AND BHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. paid-up Capital •10,000,000 reserve fund Sterling Reserve »10,000,000t ()00 q^, Silver Reserve 111.000.000f 21 000 uuo Rjserve Liability of Proprietori $10,000,000 COURT OP DIRECTORS. G. H. Medhurst, Esq.— Chairman. Hon. Mr. W. J. Greseon— Deputy Chairman. G. Balloch, Esq. C. K. Lenzmann, Esq.
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      633 10 BANKING COMPANIES. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Capital £800,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £800, 000 Reserve Fnnd £975,000 BANKERS. Bank ol England. National Bank of Scotland. The London City 4 Midland Bank, Lk*. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Accounts are opened and interest allowed at 1
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      675 10 SALES BY AUCTION. AUCTION SALE Op FREEHOLD LAND At CAMPONG JAVA ROAD, To be sold by Auction. Monday, May 13, at 2.30 p.m. Nine plots situate in the district of Rocliore, lots Nos. 23 to H, 42 to 44, 61 to 63 of parts 1, 2 and Bof Grant No.
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      613 10 SALES BY AUCTION. RE HARTWIG CO.. IN BANKRUPTCY. The undersigned has received instructions to sell by public auction, at No. 603 .known as Helvetia) Confederate Estate, on Saturday, May 11, 1907. at i p.m. All the Household Furniture, comprising Dining lioomand Bedroom Furniture, Crockery and Glassware, Lamps, Stove aud Kitebeu
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      56 10 LAME BACK. Thi-i ailment U usually caused by rheumatism of Mm muscles and may be cured by applying C'liaml>erlain'H Pain Halm two or three times a day and rubbing the parts vigorously at each application. If thin does not afford relief bind on a piece of flannel slightly dampened with
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    A POET AT TSUSHIMA.
    450 11 Lines Written on a Last Long Voyage. Then- has just b.'cu pablUwl i« it Petersburg an account K.im>-v,!iHt after tinstyle of "Childe Harold' I of Aduiira KojdestTensky's fatal journey from I.iliuu to Tsushima. It is the woik of Lieutenant SluchcNsky. a naval oSmc at barely thirty
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    English Hustlers.
    77 11 The Knglish arc quicker thuu we in some things. Our Philippine insurri**ion endi-d long before their Boer war. Indeed, it was ..tlicinlly iinnoiiiici d U> have MM completely Mispressed at least half a dozen times U-forc the Boat mat licgan. Yet. says the New York Evening l'o*t. complete
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    37 11 Lord Hoberts. in lamenting Mm absence of patriotic spirit in (ireat Britain, declares that universal military training is solely the it -niedy for the perilous position that is arising tlirougli the nations uupreparedness tat a serious war.
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    IMMENSE PROFITS OF THE SUEZ CANAL COMPANY.
    555 11 HOW TOC CAN SHAKE IX THEM X"2(l Hom.s KRisci in i'6ooo E.\c H Ykak. The Suez Canal plays a part of immense importance in relation to India. Many of us have passed through it more than once. It is the meeting place of
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      167 11 2 Facts of Absorbing Interest To Those Who Are In The Clutches Of Rheumatism One cannot be 100 quickly cured of Rheumatism. To got rid of those awful pains that make life a r.ever-ending serie-. of torture, now rr.iU, now excruciating, in-day In W'J, t»-m<irrow hobbling ;irounj on criitche»— to
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      367 11 TUITION IN MALAY. Apply to Tutor, m e/o Straits Times. A MOTHER: S (SKATITI DK. Our readers will timl much to help them in tlii' wonderful experience ot Mix. Kli/abetli Mcl'hail. 4."). Roxburgh Stnvt, OfMMak; Scotland, it is a splendid message ot hope to childless wives. She says: Some years
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      707 11 Miscellaneous NOTICES. RtTKS lst Month. $111 par inch. Hiibaaquant ra<. nth For shorter pariodi na Scale I of Charge*. NOTICE. M. OaMMM Co., request tbat those having ■In im^ :i'_:»in-t 'lii-iii will send particul th of same tncther with tonchers. to their office at No SI Cnllyer Quoy. before May
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      352 11 CRUSHED FOOD. TRY IT DID YOU WILL BE SATISFIED I. R. BELILIOS begs to inform the pnblir that hit Factory for preparing Crushed Food. at No. 1, Belilioe Hoad, is now opened. Price of a bag of Crushed Food 1 p. 10 cat. M.OO per bag. No. 1 Bran wt.
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      304 11 J. MOTION GO. CHfIRLES #T HEIDSIECK'S *OTJ?/T\ Watchmakers. AMhl Jewellers. White Seal optician.. Champagne. W^ REPAIRS PROMPTLY EXECUTED AGESTg j| 1 LACE STORE: Behn > Meyer ACo Ld M^L Singapore and Peniing. Just received New collection of SILK U! LACES (WHITE, BLACK and PARIS CO- DEPOT LOUR), and MUSLIN EMBROIDERIES.
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      567 12 Scale of Charges. PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS'— MisceIIaneous Wants of Every Description, Houses, band, etc., to let, are inserted at the following rates One Insertion 1.30 per inch. Two 2.00 Three 2.80 Six 5.20 Nine 6.40 Twelve 7.20 Twenty-five 10.00 (Each subsequent month $."> per inch.) The above rate is based upon
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      544 12 ARTICLES FOR SALE. Rates Four Lines, one or two insertions, tl.oo By the inch, sea .Scale of Chargvs. FOR SALE. RUBBER ESTATE. 800 acres in Malacca, also Bubber Stumps. Apply C. c/o "Strait;, Times," c 103 EMPTY HO6SHEADS FOR SALE. EMPTY HOGSHEADS (54 GALLONS.) About 100 to 150 monthly. Apply
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      621 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. Ratxs:— Four Linsa, on* or tvo insertions, tl.oo By the inch, m Scale of Charges. TO LET: COMPOUND HOUSE. No. 15a Mt. Elizabeth. Bent M 5 monthly. 435 Apply to GAGGINO <fr Co. COMPOUND HOUSE TO BE LET No. 38 Sophia Road. Apply to 18-2
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      475 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD.! R»tes:— Four Lints, on* or two insertions, #1. By the inch, see Scale of Charges. ROOMS TO LET. Booms are to let at Sheron, IU4 Biver Valley Boad. Tel. 714. 962 FURNIBHED HOUSE TO BE LET Furniahqd, Villa Marina, Tanjong Katong, from June 1. 1907.
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      260 12 MOTOR CARS. Argylls. Adams-Hewitts. Rovers. EXPECTED SHORTLY. Two 10 H.P. 3 Seated Adams-Hewitts. Fitted with Magneto. Price $2300. Two 6 H.P. 2 Seated Rovers Special Finish. Price $1600. Cars fitted with Hood, Lamps, etc. SYME dl CO.- Sole Agents. v.o.v. DAN MACFARLANE GO.'S Royal Liqueur Scotch Whisky. OBTAINABLE OF ALL
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