The Straits Times, 8 June 1907

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times NO. 22.362 SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. JUNE 8. 1907. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 453 1 GRAND HOTEL DE L'EUROPE. sl\«. POKE. i r'nruMwd WV.ii Xli ■•i, 1 |,1i,-it\. Robinson Co. o^p^^o I TBtf an' 6 l4^vv T^^l^mf M*^^^^^* A*" i' .^r' I i W UALIT V O U ARANtle^^/ Gentlemen's Pupe Wool Ondepweap, SUITABLE FOR ALL CLIMATES IN ALL TEXTURES. BRITISH MANUFACTURE. Robinson A Co.
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    • 191 1 GRAND HOTEL DE L'EUROPE. BIXOAPOSE. Kmx n i\ C«x«i «rcn <x 'leiii-L; aran .l> .in i«. iii.i ho dill .iii.l NBfoft. LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS EUROPEAN YOUTH WANTED. A l.'i-ipecUhle Kui-'ipoan Youtli In a bnf Mercantile Finn. Apph to "L.,".' Rtraitl I Times. MM I SHORTHAND-TYPIST WANTED. I Wanted a Chinese Shnrthaml
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  • 1524 2 By Moonlight Kitint against tlic <li-taitt akj line one figure after another mergi d BWJf Urn crest of the rise, then slowly --auk Mri "I MJON M tin- pud wound down tin hill. The rolling downs, with their luxuriant MMJ of yellowing pMM MMtImJ to and fro
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    • 608 2 GARRETT'S PORTABLE ENGINES^ |W<p33Sf^^^^fe^^ w jW^^wßß^2g-Blty»BiaKii«^Ba^^^^B B**~ 1 v^r^obbJU Imß B^- -J&fal\e^^^.&EWt*i^+ j± t r itblbbw laiHffllßmWi infTTfl i' Jf^TTf nHM^BBaIirTBmi»fa?WBBBBiBBBTf *"^»1 >. I 3BSJSt^«s£diBttv^M BBBBaSfa^ j- j^«bbV F d PATENT FIRE BOX B WOOD FUEL ARE MOST EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL OVER FIFTY /.V USE THE FEDERATED MM. AY STATES.
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    • 206 2 McAlistcr Co Ltd. SOLE AGENTS worn Messrs. Irvine Co.'s FAMOUS Australian Wines Brandies. CLABET HOCK UHABLIB IUIUiINDY POUT HHEBKY McALISTER CO., LIMITED. PATENT SOSTENENTE^I PIANOS Built Expressly for this Climate and Guaranteed for FIVE Years. $450 FREE TUNING FOR ONE MM The ROBINSON PIANO CO., Ltd LOHENGRIN PIANOS (COTTAGE MODEL)
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  • 162 3 What an inoniKPiis sum a small pic-, of painted wood or canva.s may represent was one; mure illustrated at Christie's the other day, mhtm Mn;.li mlmmj ofa DMm l>y C Anibcrgei was sold for i:i.ss.-,. Aatfae panel i- only lC.Jin. long and I;* [in. wide, it
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  • 167 3 It aj>|>eiirs tlmt 17 men M the Aiyu side were wounded in the recent counterattack made by the aborigines against the force advancing in the (Jilan district. Formosa, says the Jnjian Daily Mail. Thus the total casualties of the Aiyu were 7 killed and 17 wounded, but
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    • 95 3 AN OLD MAXIM APPLIED TO A MODERN REMEDY. K\<ivoiu' s|H'aks of the ffaxt as he finds it, is a maxim of the Portuguese. Judging .by tin- l.tti-rs weattad from Mniic all over tin- i-oimtiv. piaisiny llmuilH-rluin"K Colic. Cliok'ra iiml Diarrliwii MMMJ, it is evident tliis renitily lias MM lonml satisfactory.
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    • 401 3 i FOOT conroKT Obtained from Cuticura Soak the feet on retiring in a strong, hot, creamy lather of Cuticura Soap. Dry, and anoint freely with Cuticura Ointment, the great Skin Cure and purest of emollients. Bandage lightly in old, soft cotton or linen For itching, burning, and scaly cc' zema,
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    • 878 3 Ismail Raheem, DIAMOND MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURING JEWELLERS. 82-1. 82-2 BRAS BASAH ROAD. SINGAPORE. (NEXT TO RAFFLES HOTEL). I USE ONLY USE ALWAYS gf aMJSft^ite^yyj^J^^J REFRESHING. A Luxurious Perfume Far Superior lN Health^ German'^Kinds. RESTORATIVE 9^l llf IN SICKNESS. B. mW^^mJIBL M iflLiA ifr^Mfc I lP MONEY SAVED IS MONEY EARNED.
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  • 883 4 Annual Report of Mr. J. B. Carruthers. TIMMCOSd annual BBfaH »f th« Depart- nt oi Aj;i- r'illiiri', r'tdoraUd Malay States, prepared Ijy Mr. J/B. I'arruthc is. Director of tgrioaltoN and (lovermneiit Botanist, contaii^ a wealth ot information interesting alike to ie'iltnralists ami the general piililic At
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  • 331 4 RAFFLES HOTEL Hen Justice and Mia Mr G Harrison Fisher ab A II Malt-. Od 11. H. Johnston Mi Cll Hasten I M Wright Mr and Mr, K H. niuc Major* Mrs Ford Hi Major <t Mrs OrmistoD .Mr 1 HiJmn Major J. Benhow Mr HlMnßl Major Hodniu
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  • 292 4 Mr Mrs B. W. Barr Mr aud Mrs V M BadMr G. E. Cbamberlin dele) Mr J.Wilson WasHUs Mr W. G. Baker Mr K Übmirdctte Mr G. Rice Mr W N Sl;cy Mr SmitluT- Mr ('ultiti^ Mr W. G. Pfeiffer Mr W 0 Syminuu* Mr A. Camming Mr
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  • 479 4 Big Ben Hurries Souls from Bodily Fabric. Writing iv the Korum on "On Moat Abused Sense— the Sense of Hearing. Mr*. 1. L. Rice speaks her mind on the subject of those who revel in the barbarity ol m controlled din," and talk nonsense sncli M
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 75 4 DO NOT NEGLECT THE CHILDREN. At this season of thu year the first unnatural looseness of a child's bowels should li.im: immediate attention. The betit tbing tint can be given is Chamberlain's Colic, < ii .l<:r,i and Diarrhoea Remedy followed by .-.i>u*>»- oil as directed with each bottle of the
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    • 716 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London Through Bills it Lading issued for Cbin< Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental, and Amencar Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINE. Outward (for China). Delta June 8
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    • 655 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HANDEL AND BCHEEPVAART MY. "BANDJER." pa BANDJERMASIN. The Steamers of this company maintain a regular servioe between: Singapore, Bawean, Sourabaya, Bandjer- masin, Polo Laat, Balik Papan, Koetui, with ;ranshipment at Bandjermasin for Sampit, Mandawai, Koemai, Kotta Waringin, Djalai, Marabahan, Marakasaries, Negara and Bebirik. The steamers have good aooomodation
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    • 482 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LIME. HAMBURG. The steamers of this Company maintain a regular servioe between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China, and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg ana once s month for Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and Colombo. The arrivals
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    • 789 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. D. L. NOROOEUTSCHER LLOYD. Imperial Qerman Mail Lose. The fast and well known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen- j Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamp j ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (oonnection 1 Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Pot Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang,
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  • 805 5 Sa,nt, port, /trohable date ol arrival aud name of Ag<vts Steamers. A i die, Sydney, .lune 24 Boustead Ajax, China. June 9; Manstiel.l Aloinous, China. .Itilv 21 Mansfield Ambria. Hamburg. Jjine Behn Mejer Aiitilochus. l.uerpiK.l. Jiin> Mi Mansfield Arogoni.l. Hongkong, July Helm Mcv r Arcadia, Oolombo, Joly 19;
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  • 95 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To-day. TftHJOHO pagan. Eaxt Wharf 1 Baskin— Dagmar, Aldebaran. East Whabt Srction I—Riverton.1 Riverton. Bsct. 1 (Sheers Wharf):— Nil. Section No. 2— Wright. B—Borneo.8 Borneo. M M 4— Profit. s— Peter Hi.kmer*. 6— Menin n. m 7—
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  • 17 5 .V women randy knows when sin- it> well off uutil «lir is loft so by her husband.
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  • 1249 5 Under this heading the following abbreviations are used str. steamer sh.— ship bq. —barque sen. schooner Yet. Yacht Cm. —Cruiser. G'bt.— Gunboat Tor.— Torpedo H. p.- -Horse power Brit. British U.S.— United States Fch. French Ger.— German Dut. Dutch Ital. Italian Span. Spanish Sar. Sarawak Q.o. General-sargo;
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  • 52 5 BhHIM Gkhman Mail. The Imperial German mail bteamer Gneisenau, having left Hongkong, at 5 p.m. on the sth instant, may be expected to arrive here on Monday, the 10th instant, at 5 a.m. She will probably be despatched for Europe on Tuesday, the Hth instant, at 8
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  • 74 5 tßnt htr, Porto Novo (icrsii. Calcutta Dut str, Bangkok 1 Maru, Jap Btr. Huugkong. Jnpan Ilr.t Btr, Pcuang, R'goon, Calcutta in HI, Dut Htr, Hatavm Dut str, Uuiavia via Dillitou Koral. (Jer Htr, Bangkok Singapore. Brit sir, Bangkok I Ban l'oli Cuau, Brit str, Macassvr vm fmta Perak, Brit
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  • 64 5 tor Per SIPimer Monday. TriDggami via ports Stephan Aiiaiiiba, Nutuiiii Island* Knnwtt TrinKgauu via portn 1'ailmiM Saitfon Iliifh,,,,,, Malacca and Lin^i Khtmi S,-tui Mimr and Malacca Jin //<> 7 a.m. 7 a.m. 9 a.m. 11 a. in 1 p.m. 1 p.m. Tmmi, Europe via portn 0MiMBaa lUtavia, f'bon,
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  • 104 5 From Eurofe By the N. D. L. s.s. Preunsen. due on Juue 13. From China— By tbe N. D. L. s.s. Gnei--I'liau, due on June 10. TIME TAHI.K or MAII > MX. Left SuigaDore Ddo in London Arrived May M. M. May 30 May 80 May 10
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  • 451 5 (Sunday, Junr 9.) IMB Sindav Atii.R Trinity. St. Am>rk»'r Cathedral.— 7 a.m. Matins and Litany. 7-4.*> a.m. Holy Communion (Choral). Ml p.m. Sunday School and Bible 'lasses. 5 Mi p.m. Kvensong and Sermon. Si. M.wim.w's, Skpov Links. 9-15 a.m. Holy Communion. 11-15 a.m. Foo Chow Service. Ml p.m.
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  • 48 5 Timi Halls on Tort Canning 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 excepting Sunday, when it is fired at on* o'cWok
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    • 413 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. INDOCHINA STEAM NAY.CO..LTD. Tmk stetmers of tliis Company nmmtim a regular service between Calcutta, StrnitH aud I Hongkong, taking cargo on through Hill- of UrffaNJ f<>r Canton, Swatow, Amoy. Shanghai,; Cupfoo, 'IVMmim, Nruchwaug, Yaugt»/e Hortu, Kormwa, .1 |>ni. the Philippine*, Ac, *c. ■MMMNV on 111.- 4'alriltUi. sir. ills
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    • 504 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. Ocean Steam Ship Co., Ltd. and CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO.. LTD. The Companies' steamer* arts despatched from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, ("bma and JapaD every week, and from JapaD home warda for London, Anißterdam and Antwerp every fortnight and fir Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool monthly. One
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    • 471 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. f COMBINED SERVICE OF OCEAN S. S. COY.. LTD.. THE WEST AUSTRALIAN 8. N. CO.. LTD. PMMABTU ri.i:iii miiiiii WEST AMVBAMAI PORTS. JAVI A.ND SINGAPORE l!i-U!il:ir Fortnightly sailings between Singa pore and Western Australia, calling at Java Iks imluceinent offers), Derby, Kiug's Sound, (Port for the Kimberley Gold
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    • 242 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. v/. r. i\. Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Line. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO EUROPE VIA CHINA, JAPAN, CANADA au.l tbe UNITED STATES. Route from Hongkong, via Shanghai, Nagasaki, (Inland Sea of J.ipan). Kobe. Yokohama, Victoria aud Vancouver, X..M.S. "Empress or India" Twin-screw steaR.M.B. "Empress or Japan"
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    • 127 5 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. June 11— At Sale-room, freehold land and bouse* Nos. 21 A 22-1 Kerbau Lane, at 2-30 p.m. 11. L. Coghlan and Co June 111 —At the Mart, freehold shophouse pro-IK-rties in Havelock and New Market If >-ids. at 2-30 p.m. 1 7— At the Mart,
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 270 5 DAY BY DAY Saturday, June 8. High Water. 9 6 p.m. Friend-iu-Need Society At Home." 7-30 p.m. Haffles School Athletic sport-, 2 30 p.m. Howlii g Tournment. Sunday, June 9. Uif* Water. 959 a.m. 941 p.m. 2nd after Trinity. Swimming, 440 yds, handicap. Monday, June 10. High Water. 10 43
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  • 980 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. SATURDAY, JUNE 8. At Friday's meeting of the Lagislative Council, anothur document bearing upuu the Colony's Military Contribution MM hid upon the tablu. It takes the form of accmuiuuicatiou from the War Office to the Colonial Office, and duals with the cost of the
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  • 14 6 liishop Oldham preaches at the Coleman Street Methodist Episcopal Church, at 5 p.m.. to-morrow.
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  • 23 6 Over 1,200 passengers arrived from .->\vatow, this moruing, l>y the British steamer Houg Wav 1., which leave* for IVnang and Rangoon, on Monday.
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  • 25 6 The Ladies of the Presbyterian Church Sewing Party will meet at the residence of Mrs. Scott. AycrJerneh, on Thursday, the 11th instant, at 4-30 p.m.
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  • 26 6 I'eugata, who stabbed, fatally, another Bugis in Beach Road, some weeks a; o. aud pleaded self-defence, has been commits I for trial at the Lext Assizes.
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  • 27 6 The Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs has submitted to the States- General a credit of tl. 140,000 for the renovation of the Dutch Legation building in Peking.
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  • 26 6 The Tongkoh correspondent to the Piuang Gazette states that two concerns there, both of which were working large concessions inland, arc reported to have given up.
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  • 31 6 The Siamese Admiral de Richelieu arrived in London on May 15, from Copenhagen, and proceeded direct to Southampton to meet the Sachsen, on which the King of Siam travelled to Europe.
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  • 36 6 According to the Government Gazette, all vessels, other than uieu-of- war, entering the Port of Victoria, l.abnau. will be subject to the payment of dues at the rate of two cents per ton of registered tonnage.
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  • 36 6 The case of Messrs. Powell aud Co. v. Ungku Tayah for 1144.15 for goods sold And delivered, mentioned in these columns, yesterday, as being heard before Mr. Justice Fisher, was decided for the plaintiffs with costs.
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  • 44 6 In consequence of the outbreak of Surra among horses in Balik Pulau and district, the Resident Councillor, Mr. R. K. Bland, has issued an order prohibiting tho export of tquincb, other than bonl fide race horses, from the li.Uml of Penang, until further notice.
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  • 38 6 The second trial of Henry Thaw for the murder of Stanford White will be begun iv New York in September. The prisoner's chief counsel will be Mr. Martin W. Little ton. His former counsel have not been reengaged.
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  • 42 6 The charge, against the principal of one of the local schools, of beating a scholar unmercifully, was net heard this morning, as the Couit peon said that he had been uuable to rind the accused. The case was adjourned for a week.
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  • 32 6 Verisawmy, who was accused of cheating a Japanese youug woman, was yesterday afternoon committed for trial at the next Assizes by Mr. Green, tho Second Magistrate. The accused had eight previous convictions.
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  • 38 6 An important find of gold has been made at Loch Fyne, Argyllshire. Gold has been discovered iv some old copi>cr and lead workings, and a trial sample of twenty tons of quartz shipped to Swansea was sold promptly.
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  • 53 6 The following, says the Malay Mail, is a true copy of a letter addressed to a planter by one of his copying clerks Honored Sir, may I beg leave to ask your Honor for three days' leave in order to apply some contagious and bad smelling medicine on my influential
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  • 49 6 Mr. K. \V. Coehlo sued Mr. W. J. Pluukett. before Mr. Justice Fisher, yesterday afternoon, for $105 as the price of one grama-, phone and twenty-eight records, and also the cost of tuning a piano. In the absence of the defendant, judgmeut was given for the plaintiff by default.
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  • 58 6 In the House of Commous. ou May 13, Mr John Burns, President of the Local Government Board, announced that he had intended to introduce a Bill to qualify women for elec tiou to the county or borough councils, but it had now been arranged that the measure should be introduced
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  • 57 6 His Majesty's Minister at the Hague reports that a proposal to iucreu.se the import duty ou salt iv the Dutch East Indies from f1.2 to t1.12 per 100 kilogs., with a view of preventing competition with the salt monopoly held by the Colonial Government, was adopted unanimously recently by the
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  • 62 6 Sicw Ku, a student at the Government Medical School, was. yesterday afternoon, before the Second Magistrate ou a charge of using, no genuine, two forged documents, which were cheque-, on the Hougkoug and Shanghai bauk for »30 aud $40, respectively belonging to a fellow student named J. S. Lee. Some
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  • 91 6 A little is being done in the way of road making iv Tongkoh, but I sec no signs of the bridges which arc so Madly needed, says the correspondent to the Pinang Gazette. As a matter of fact, so long as we have to send two-thirds of our revenue to
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  • 73 6 The Chief Justice was occupied for half the day, yesterday, with the cast of Chop Pong Kee and another Chop against The East Asiatic Cuuir-tny. Limited, for damages for the nou- delivery of some specie, which had been shipped from Singora to Singapore by one of the defendants' steamers. The
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  • 66 6 Among the curiosities which have passed through the local Post Office during the past year, the annual report mentions a letter addressed to "Admiral. Devonshire", whicli was returned from England marked Not known without a number." A letter to a Chinese geutlemau addressed, "For sale, Manila Cigars, Singapore," reached its
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  • 94 6 Mr. Mm Salomon, of River Valley Road, prosecuted a Chiuamau before the Second Magistrate, this moruiug, tor MMMMMg M hih premises at about eight o'clock, last night. The mau had been picking clusters of Dowers from the true of life." which grew iv the midst of complainant's garden. Mr. Saloman
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  • 81 6 It will not be long before Singaiiore will have a Government telegraph office, which is to be located in the General Post Office building. At present, there is no telegraph line belonging to the Government in operation here, but the construction of a line between Singapore and Pcnang is in
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  • 78 6 At the 67th half-yearly general meeting of the Eastern Extcntion, Australia and China Telegraph Company, on May Ij, Sir John Wolfe Barry, X.C.8., the Chairman, stated that with a view to further improving telegraphic communication with tlic Far East, the company had obtained a concession from the Dutch Government lot
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  • 103 6 The local postal department Ueu* had a remarkable record in receiving and despatching mails without loss, but during the pant year mails of the Colony have twice been lost in steamer disasters. The annual report of the Department of 1906 states that mail matter from the Federated Malay States for
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  • 425 6 Mr. Harry Allen has lieeu appointed Asistant Engineer. Joliorc State Railway. Bishops Cirdot and Barrilou arrived from the F.M.S. by the steamer I'enang. this morning. Mr. M. li. Shelley hai- beeu appointed Private Secretary t<> the Resident-General, F.M.S. Mi. Arthur W. Workman, of the I .M.S.. has
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  • 118 6 Writing from Malaeeu. ou May 20. to tin Times of Ceylon. "Registrar" says: It has been pointed out that oue of tiie ways of settling the much-discussed labour question would be to register each coolie, but a lueau to this i ml hah not as yet becu
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  • 110 6 The Colonial steam launch >h.j^ \\.h\\ left Singapore at 3.30 p.m- last Saturday, MtN Mr. W. Houston (Engineer of the Singapore dredger Mudlark I, on board, arrived at IVuani: at eleven o'clock on Tuesday, having iv tow five hopper barges for the dredger Crab. Ou the
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  • 109 6 The Times of Malaga in alhnliu{{ to Urn question of (juarautiue. draws attention Iv the fact that HM arra'wt'iir nts in tile Strait* Settlement* arc ina<li«|iiiite. Tho British India SU-aim-i- TIMNMWa, b. inline; MM! I,7oo MmUbh from Nogapatam arrived iv PlMI| Iml Wtxlnesday week, and landed some
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  • 33 6 The list of applications for new licenses, renewals, tranJerb und removals, to be considered at d meeting of the Board ot Liceuiiug r*MWrrw. '>v Vmmilii Junt> 13, in pubhahvd in th« Gomrument Gazette.
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    • 186 6 Qaldbeek. frlaegregor (80. SOLE AGENTS for P. GIESLER CO CHAMPAUSK K. IRROY CO CHAMPAGNE LAXSOX I'EUE ET FILS CHAMPAGNE DUFAUT FILS A CO CHAMI'AGXK HOLLIXGER CHAMPAOWB KITPERS PILSEXKU HEEH 9 BUBNKTTB GIX ft ORANGE BURNETTS BITTERS HILLS ft UXDERWOOI) GINS SAINT RAPHAEL WINE JOHN JEFFREY ft CO BULK BEER QBO.
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    • 91 6 Wilson Co PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS. Our Productions are of tin highest possible ARTISTIC TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE aud are known throughout the East as INCOMPARABLY THE BEST In Photography, a? in anything else, "The Best is the Cheapest." HISHAJECTYTMCKINC Caldbeck Macgregor Co., SOLE AGENTS. G. R. LAMBERT ft CO. (ExtabliHhed 1875) THE LARGEST
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    • 12 6 All tik^rums published iv this iixguu aru protected by thu Cupyright Ordiuaucc.
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  • 202 7 ROYALTIES CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING. Norway's Sympathetic Message to Her Former King. l)u; OsTAsiATKHK Lloyd TklkoramJ licrlia, June 7. Kinu Oscar 11. lofticially <loscribcil as King of Sweden of the (iotlis au<l the Vandals) and (Jucun Sophia celebrated their goldcu weddiug yesterday, having been married ou Jaue 0, UC7.
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  • 35 7 I UKUTK.It's TKI.K(iI:.\M: I .oi,i loii. June <>. I ne Kiu^.imi Ijuciii ol Denmark have left '|h -nli.'i^i v to pay a visit to King Kilward and (jacea Alexandra iv Kngland.
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  • 65 7 Masters Raise Wages but Suggest Reduced Output. 11l i ii i:'s 'IYi.h.i; vi. London, Juue 7. Ala toufcrcncc of representatives (if the cotton masters ami men at Manchester, it was agreed to gnat a Ivu aw Ouat. increase of wages: hut lII reprnsentatives of the misters iutimaleil
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  • 59 7 The Contemplated Withdrawal of Troops. IKkUl'Kli's TkLKUUAM' London. June 7. The sitmtion Mag quieter on the Rand, the authorities contemplate the withdrawal ut tin infaatry sent to Juhanucsbcrg from I'rctona upou the outbreak of riots among the strikers. The force of cavalry, also sent from Protoria.
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  • 61 7 Pacific Advice of Parliamentary Representatives. llfci- tku's Tklki;i:vm Loin lon, luuc 7. Router's correspondent at Teheran telegraphs that (loveriiiiieul troops have been despatched a^aiust Salai-c:l Uowleh. the Governor of I.uristan. Th-j forct is comiii indcd l>y Ilissuu al Mulk. Parliamentary representatives aud memhers of the clergy have
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  • 96 7 Sir Robert Bond's Warning to the Government. I.ciuiliiii. 1 nik 7. sir IwV it I'uiid, fiviiiier ill New loiinil Uud. v.m Hit j-.'i' :l "I I'" indiau 1 lull, last night. "|>< Mklll!', .ill' I ill ll il< i he lie riln 'I tile treatment of Newfoundland by
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  • 56 7 Ukitk.hs himi London. June 7. Advices MB ta luud from Yemen, in Arabia. n< mi i.he Str.iits of Ilib ,1 \rnn.lcl.. T.i tm effect tiiiii tin- A i. ills have defeated severely tkx bitt:ih"iis of Turkish troops near Sana, tin- w.-ill. d Imra which commands Hit-
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  • 46 7 ItFl'TFliS TKLKIiRAM London, .limr 7. lleuter's corrcs|K>ndcnt at Peking tolcgraphs that from information from Chinese and foreign MHM hu is able to state that tbc trouble in the laath ot I him ate nitrelv luoal *ud "<.eJ not „i, b tau.* for alarm
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  • 164 7 Drummer Sandwell Committed to Assizes. The preliminary iuquiry into the charge of murder, against Drummer William Saudwcll. of the Royal West Kents. was concluded before the Second Magistrate, this morning. Dr. Frankliu Dent, the Government Analyst, haviug given evidence regarding the condition of SandweU's clothing. Drumuier Sergeant Sayer.
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  • 721 7 Cultivation Restricted by Rise in Quit-Rent. Mr. U. C. liruwu. Inspector oi Cuconut Plantations. I.M .S.. under the Department ol Agriculture. him issued his auuual report im the condition uf the plantations during last year. It states that. ;it tlie end ol 19(16, the iir. ,i nuclei
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  • 135 7 Tha ai rival is announced at Capa Imr it'oisieai of tin- I iiiicli vi;; A tins with the German steamer Regina in tow. The latter is a vc<-i 1 of 4.4H7 tons, belonging to Hamburg, and, previous to her going ashore at Port Naval, was engaged in
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  • 123 7 RESULT OF ANOTHER CLASSIC RACE. Rkitkr's Trlkgha. 1 London, June 7. The Oaks Stakes of 5,000 sovereigns, by subscription* of SOsovs. each, for three-year-old fillies, '.Ist. each., the nominator of the winner to receive 400 soys. out of the race if not sufficient surplus is obtained from subscriptions
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  • 56 7 Steamers Driven Ashore and All Property Damaged. Rki-tkp.'s Tklkukvm. Bombay, June 7. A destructive eycloue passed over Karachi yesterday. II u illy a building in the town escaped undamaged. Several steamurs were driven ashore, but there was no loss of life. It is impossible, as yet, to
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  • 82 7 I Kkiitkii's IlßMMaa| London. June 7. In tin House of C iuiuious, speaking ou the Indian Raflaafc, Mi. John Morley, Secretary of State for India, defended the Government's action in suppressing sedition and the deporting of political agitators. lie announced the intention of the
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  • 50 7 I Kkutkk's Tklkuram I .cm lnn. June 7. The Admiralty has agreed that the naval contributions of Cape Colony and Natal, amounting to £80,000 sterling annually, shall be speut locally, and shall be devoted partly to the upkeep of a ship provided by the Admiralty.
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  • 19 7 1 Rkutkr's Tklkukam London, June 7. The French Cuainbcr of Deputies has adopted the Franco- Siauiese treaty.
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  • 22 7 i Dkk Ostasiatischk Lloyd Tblkorax Berlin, June 7. A meeting of the International Sugar Convention is bciug held iv Brussels.
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  • 342 7 .Professor Simpson's Report on the Table. Aiuoug other business transacted at yesunlay s meeting of the Legislative Council, were several minor matters of more or less interest. There were present at the meetiug: His Xvi lli'iuy the Governor, Sir .lohn Anderson, K.i'.M.G.. Captain A. 11. Young, C.M.G., (Colonial
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  • 2047 7 CONSTITUTION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL COURTS. Important Enactment Proposed. On -lamipry 1. 1908, a new Courts Ordinance is to couic into operation, and many far reaching i uauges in the administration of the laws in the Straits Settlement* will be effected. The subject was dealt witli at
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  • 117 7 The annual report of the Postal and Telegraph Department of the Straits Settlements for the year 1906, which was one of the papers laid ou tho tables at the Council meeting yesterday, shows that in that depat tnicnt the Government has a most lucrative concuru. Last year,
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  • 116 7 The picture postcard craze in having an appreciable effect upon the local mails, accord ing to the annual report for 1906 on the local Postal Department, which has just boen published. During. Uje year, there v.ere 17,037,947 articles despatched and received, an increase of about five per cent,
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  • 483 7 WINDING- IF AN UNFORTUNATE VENTURE. Meeting of Shareholders. I The doom of this erstwhile notorious tin mining concern was sounded to-day, when a few shareholders left the dismal streets for the Singapore Exchange to hear what is practically the last of Sungci Rayah. Mr. H. L. Bell presided,
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  • 238 7 Interesting Test Cases Down for Decision. As already announced, proceedings have been instituted by the Deputy Public Prosecutor against the firms of Messrs. Dietheliu and Company, F. Krarup aud Company and lluttenbach Brothers, ie*pecting an alleged infringement of the Merchandise Marks Act. The first-named firm are
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  • 154 7 Sir Edward Sassoon doon not intend to be deterred by official inertia from persisting in his efforts to elicit an authoritative statement concerning tbc insistence upoo, or tbc withdrawal of, the proponed tax on coal rais ed in the Krooketon collieries, which are being opened out and
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  • 79 7 The P. and O. mail service for the year 1906 lias been most satisfactory, as in no case has the contract time been exceeded. On two occasions, the mail arrived on Thursday, on twelve oocasious on Friday, and an many tiuiets ou Saturday. The shortest time from. London was 19
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 44 8 This altei noon's cricket match betVMB tin- S.C.I', ami the S.K.C. has lK>on <lt-clan-<l i.M on account of the rain. The Ceylou Volunteers are trying U> get io|<i-tlii-r a team (or South India KiriV Association meeting at Kimg.iloie in Soptrinbcr ncM.
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    • 284 8 V.M.C.A. Tournament. In the V.M.C.A. teunis tournament, yesterday, Edmelt and Kdnielt failed to meet Van Ciiylenburg and Van Cuylenburg in the doubles, and Van der Haarst failed and meet Laporte in the B cless singles and in each ease a walk-over was granted. 5.C.R.C Tournament. The following are the
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    • 230 8 5.C.C. Tournament. The result of yesterday's play in the S.C.C. Bowling Tournament on the Ksplanade is as follows SlN.il.Ks. A. K IWtmore, rec. .1, beat .1. F. Sinclair, owe 1, 21 to 8. OIKS PaOM. McKeau aud Bntchart beat MeKen/ie and Kdmundsoti 21 to 15. Crawford and Myram bent
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  • 104 8 In the annual report, of the Postal Department for 1905, a considerable decline was noted in the business of the Government Savings Bank for that year. The report for 1906, just published, shows that this decline was only temporary. The deposits during the year have increased by
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  • 153 8 A Hangchow despatch re|x.rts that there is much discontent in Shaoshiug prefecture ut the additional taxes that have 1.. -en levied by the officials of the lioat-tax Bureau there. A largo mob attacked the Bureau outside the city ef Yuvao, almost destroying the place. A guard-boat,
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  • 1051 8 Reclaim Zion Swamp or Dump at Sea. Among the iU-niH discussed at yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Council whs the prupoxcd expenditure of a snni not exceeding 412,000 to be charged on thocurreut reveiim of the Colony for the present year for additional work in reclaiming swamp
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  • 65 8 Burglars Active, The house of a Kuraoian in Queen Stri-ct was entered by burglars, last night, and several hundred dollars' worth of jewellery MM taken. The police are investigating the matter. The residence of the Uev. J. Andrew Smith, Xo. 157 Middle Koad, was burgled, last night, a quantity of
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  • 1040 8 ANNUAL REPORT OF INSPECTOR GENERAL. Condition of the Police Force. Thero has bci-n less serious crime this oar than formerly thifi uo iloubt ia due to the banislnuent of habitual criminals. This is an abstract from the annual report on the Straits Settlements police force, and
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  • Correspondence.
    • 268 8 To the Editor of the Straits Ti s. Singa|K>re, June 7. Sir,— Mr. Elcum writes a most ingenious letter to the Colouial Secretary iv support of his extraordinary demand for three months' school 's in advance, but it will go a long way from satisfying the parents of
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    • 212 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Singapore, June 7. Sir, It is difficult to understand why the Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the Rowing Club should feel so hurt by my remarks in last Wednesday's issue. On his own showing, since Mr. Franklin's departure, there has
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  • 513 8 Retrogression Regarding the Construction of Wards.' At yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Council. Captain Young moved That this Couucil approves the expenditure of a sum not exceeding t70,000, to be charged ou the revenues of the Colony for the present year, on account of the amount
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  • 52 8 Owing to the failure of negotiations for tho establishment of an eight-hour day in the building trade at Berlin, the master builders on May 12 locked out all their masons, carpenters and labourers. One hundred thousand men were affected, causing a loss of £250,000 per week
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  • 151 8 Mr. 11. C. It.ieknalis place as President of the Oxford I niversity Boat Club has been taken by Mr. A lister (iraliam Kirby. who rowed "6 iv this year's nice. The new president is the giant of the boat, turning the scale at lHst.
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  • 23 8 The King's Excquator, empowering Mr. Q. S. D. llamel to act as Vice-Consul of the Netherlands at Penaug, has received His Majesty's signature.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 493 8 QUEEN OF ACTRESSES PRAISES PE-RU-NA. B Of i he y ■ilifgfiHh j^y I MISS JULIA M-ARLOWE. 6©<><H*oooooooo<>o<K><>OC-<><><>©<>o<>o<><^ AXY remedy that Iwnefn- ili^e-iion "I improved under the treatment, but Htrenßfhens Ibe nervoa. I i I -lopped taltin K the inediTlie nerve tamtam tmaptaa nutrition, rim. I mat bail n^ain. If thedfpcKtion
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  • COMMERCIAL
    • 90 9 Oambtar •>•'" ,\o (Cube No. 1 1 unpick^l 10.115 Copra Bali WjOB do Pontianak MB Pepper, Black 17..V, do White 5% «M« Sago Flour SaiAw.ik •!■<••"> do Brunei No. 1 '<00 Pearl Sago 4-10 Coffee Bali, 15% 20.00 Coffee. Palenibantf. 20 V, b*si>< 22.fiO Coffee. Liberian Xo. 1 22.00
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    • 129 9 On Lon-l<m Bank 4 m/s ij* l)Miiau<l 2/4 J Private 6ms 2/4J <lo 8 m;s 2/4 On O,nn -inij- Bank d/d 2.89 If 3 iu/h 2.45J do 6 m/s 2.47 i 0« /'rim- -Rink<l/<1 '-'.94 Private 3 m/s 3.08J do 6 ni.'s 3.06 On Ir.dia -Bank T. T 174
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  • 559 9 Captain's Misconduct on board Ship. In tin Supreme (Viit.. ;u Hou^kon^. ou .May Mi. .In-tiii- Wi-c had before him iiu ;icti"ii in which (Y.ptain I). Morgan sued the owner of the -t.ainci Mnm Lee in si.ikki t<n wrongful difnniMMal, Obnoxious Passenger. Tin- directm ;lihl -cent uv of tli<
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  • 33 9 Mi*- Knox: Yes, lie initially said your chaoka nn like rose*. Miss I'assay leoyly delighted' Oh come, BOW, tliat's laying it on pretty thick. Mi*s Kno\ r Yes. he remarked about that, too.
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  • Stocks and Share.
    • 322 9 Date of formaion I Capital Subscribed i i "~l Number of Shares I lane Value r Paid up to i i Reserve Company QCOTATIOM 1903 1901 1903 1907 1300,000 1300,000 $600,000 $600,000 £400,000 £350,000 •400,000 »375,000 80,000 60,000 350,000 37,5000 2,500 uninnsd 60,000 90,000 1' uniiu<u».i 1.1,000 120,000 45,000
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    • 345 9 1905 I £150,000 £104,987.10 1905 (200,000 »87,400 1904 £80,000 I £11,126 1905 700,000 mio.ooo 1903 £70,000 £70,000 1906 •180,000 1125,000 1904 £12,000 £10,500 f 46,500 .1 93,500 1,700 I 8,800 8,i.« unique.! 7,000 j 11,000 70,000 9,000 unlMUfel 70,000 9, 0X) uniMue.l 12,500 f 6,000 t 6,000 1 1
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    • 220 9 1894 £5,377.10.0 £4,648.15.0 1898 1225,000 ••225,000 1865 'jl 0,000,000 110,000,000 1901 >2,400,000 i VI, .00,000 1896 I >1,000,000 •1,000,000 190 134,000 »34,0 M 1899 •875,000 •875,000 1903 I •600,000 1240,000 irsi •80.000 •30,000 IHJ »200,000 »'?oo,ooo 1890 I ***** »42 1,000 7,638 4,500 PO.OOU f 18,000 6,000 6,000 X
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    • 42 9 Howartta Erskine, Ltd. 6% WOO.OOO 3% prem Riley H&rgreaves, Ltd. 6% 335,000 3% prem. Singapore Municipal 6% 400,000 20% prem 9% 1,878,000 3% prem. 4% 603,000 2% di( nominal Tanioog Pagar Dock Co., Ltd. 6% 250,000 3% pram 5% 1,050,000 par.
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  • 156 9 Alfred de Mussel's copyrights are just expiring and it is the moment to recall that his case was ttie cause of a great amendment in the law of copyright in France. When he died in author's rights ceased ten years after his death, and the poet's
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  • 27 9 Pluto nan fondling his three-beaded dog. It has its drawbacks, though," he admitted ou lodge uigbte there are six of him." Other good fellows extended their sympathy.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 105 9 THIS SPEAKS T|Y)-|» TT^TTT "F 1 Extract from The Autocar, March 30, 1907. REPORT OF THE ENGINEER OF THE ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND The 14 h.p. Star Car has been in continuous nse for driving lessons and general instructions for over THIRTEEN MONTHS. The oar has
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    • 215 9 yyASSIAMULL ASSOMULL AND CO. LARGEST INDIAN, CHINESE AM) JAPANESE SILK, JEWELLERY AND CCRIO MERCHANTS. 1, 2, 3 4, HIGH STREET, (Also at The Grand Hotel de l'Europei. W« have just received a large consignment of goods from India, China and Japan, comprising all sorts of Silks, Ladies' and Gentlei men's
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  • 649 10 KOWLOON- CANTON RAILWAY. No Serious Engineering Difficulties The report of Uio consulting engineers to the British anil Chinese Corporation, upon the construction and prospects of this railway, appears in the. prospectus as follows The total length of the line from Canton to the boundary of the Hritish Incased Territory at
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  • 259 10 Letters Sent to a Foreign Hong Demanding $10,000. Some time ago rejiorts announced tliat blackmailing letters MM sent to tlie doctor in charge of tlie Wesleyan MisKionary Society'!* hospital in Fatslian near Canton, which necessitated the intervention of the Consul, ami also tlie sending of a Chinese
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  • 956 10 WHAT IS THE CLIMATE LIKE To Study the Intensity of Sensations. To those who spend tin- U-tu-r |iurl i.l tin- r \\m- in tropical or subtropical lountrV there is nothing mole absorbingly or per niAiK-ntlv interesting than the limat. People in tin- i.lil country arc content toilic is- ram m
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 550 10 BANKING COMPANIESHONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. paid-op Capital $10,000,000 reserve fund Sterling Reserve 110,000,000 1 m non 000 Silver Reserve •11.000.000f ii '< JW < WM Raerve Liability vi Proprietor* t10.000,000 COURT OP DIRECTORS. G. H. Medhuret, Esq.— Chairman. Hon. Mr. W. J. Greseon— Deputy Chairman. G. Ballocb, Esq. C.
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    • 538 10 SALES BY AUCTION. AUCTION SALE. FREEHOLD L4ND, CAMPONG JAVA HOAD. Monday, June 17, at 2.30 p.m. Lot 1. Fifteen plots situate in the District of Bocliore. Area 24,'Hii tq. ft., being loU 102 to 16* and ITS to 182 of Grants 375 and Ml Lot 2. Nine plots situate in
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    • 570 10 INSURANCE Companies. LAM -a SHIRK INSI'KANCE COMPANY TO« MttQU) I» THE ROYAL INSURANCE COFIRE LIFE. INVESTED FUNDS £12,600.000 POWELL A Co.,— Atentt ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. FIltE AND LIFE. TOTAL INVESTED FUNDS EXCEED £12,000,000. rat LiRuEfT nas omci i* the wobld. BOUSTEAD A Co.,— Agtnu. THE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE
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    • 216 10 •nm DBA* or CAmj«L«wfnir^^^^ Sir, I alm.nl bayoad umimi I mertjr to toil triraiHn jeer. tT loo* I L»»tiLti mealicioee. «hlcli *ra iinpla ami hit of I application. I tii cured compl^ly, nod after Din. I lrt c •"irm that Ihey are a perfect I specific and aa Innoeml »0.1
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  • 493 11 Volumes Written on a Shop Counter. .1,1.11 Muckintoslt. LI. I), who lius just died t.t AlKfrdoen. »ns HliceinnUor and uewsiiyriit. nutlior of tin- HiKtnry of Civilization in Scotlaud" in four bin volume», Scotland in the Story of the Nations M-rics. and other works, and was one of
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  • 254 11 Sin' nits .1 foregone com lu-ion. Her .i.lvint M im viLahlc. and we nmv look fur li.t at no distant date. A motor joitrnpl i ontHins tlic advertisement of :i chiuiflVns Mi'Mrinj; tin ein;a^cment, «n<l those ivho are keenest on nmtoiiii;; IN firm lieliivers in the women
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  • 200 11 .laiucs .1. Hill ami the uinuaßenicnt of the < treat Northern railroad have decided not to construct a new stcamxhip to replace the Dakota which h fust breaking up ou Osana reef. This decixion in said to be due largely to the fact that
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    • 873 11 sla^Bk CUEBRiI£I) VI CEOSSE II plck s l o e Sps. bH 1 A "KTT. aH I JAMS, JELLIES, By Special AJNU m^m PO tted Warrant Hj BLACKWELL, I malt vinegar ■H I LTD aH aH A«f»r. ro. Purveyors to H H H LEA PERRIN B ■J J LmM Worcestershire
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    • 303 11 PHOSFERINE S The Greatest of all Tenlea. 5 I RADIATE* HEALTH. J B Praprirton lilf ft ftnssa. Usiad, f I La Bsils Swn«s, Lwmlob, E.C. 5 I— aaa»a— —■■■■B>ata—l ffiwSfcso 1 r 1 <- iff 4035 Dr. S. Iwatsubo, JAPANESE DENTAL SURGEON. Consulting hours 9 s.m. to 5 p.m. 1.
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    • 135 11 BUCHANANS WHISKIES. are not an eiperiment. They have been th* faToorite blends at home (or many yean and are rapidly gaining umilar popularity in the Colonies. No expense ia spared in keeping both "RED SEAL" AND "BLACK AND WHITE" up to the mark. C 46 J. DA. PEREIRA. HORTICULTURIST AND
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 629 12 Scale of Cbaroes. PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS.— MisceIIaneous Wants of Even- Description, Houses, Land, etc., to let, are inserted at the following rate? One Insertion 9 1.20 per inch. Two 2.00 Three 2.90 Six 5.20 Nine 6.40 Twelve 7.20 Twenty-five 10.00 (Each subsequent month t.5 per inch.) The above rate is based
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    • 509 12 Miscellaneous WANTS. Riti> :-F..nr Line*, one or twciiiMrti ltv the Inch, nee Sc^K- of tltenw CHINESE OR EURASIAN CLERK WANTED. For Sonrabaya. a Chinese or Emmlm Clerk. Must be expert Shortlian.l T\i>i»t. Aypl\ in writing, stating experience, and salary renuired to SYME Co. 1212 CHINEBE CLERK WANTED. Wanted, for a
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    • 584 12 TO BE LET OR SOLO. BATtS:— Four Lines, one or two liuertioiu, »1.00 By the inch, ih Sc.Ue of Charges. COMPOUND HOUSE TO BE LET. No. 98 Sophia Road. Apply to 18 2 Prinsep treet. rBll HOUSE TO BE LET Frankfurt House, No. 1 Lloyd Road. Apply W1 666 n
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    • 527 12 ARTICLES FOR SALE. Rates Four I.lnei, on* or two kiwrtlnns, |1.00 By the inch, m Mcale of Charg«s. FOR SALE. RUBBER ESTATE. ■»00 acres in Malacca, also Rubber Stump*. Apply "C," c/o Straits Times. r 103 TURNOUT FOR SALE. Mai Phaeton in good order, pair of Australian hones, double harness
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    • 811 12 Miscellaneous NOTICES. B4TE»:— l»t M.mth, flu per Inch. MMQMBI month«, S. Far 'hiprter i>»i i.-iit n* .V;il« NOTICE. The undersigned is prepared to uook order for Rubber Seeds from niue year old trees, f< 1908 delivery. Price on application. MANAGER, c 427 Highlands and Lowlands Estat ARTIE TULLY Leaves for
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