The Straits Times, 14 April 1909

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.933 SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 14. 1909. PRICE 10 TENTS.
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      389 1 W6e Popular "Merlin." •77 M \CIIINE embodying all modern improvement which practical experience has been able to produce into the trade, tft absolutely reliable as regards all wearing parts, and for a low-priced machine splendidly finished and equal to any upon the market. QOQ *s™ MnHpK £c/V/c/ J\ m 8m
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      532 1 ROBINSON COMPANY. HOUSE FU-P-ITISIIERS. ?($W n.~n^ One-pint Tmub'crs $7.50 <'<v.. Quarter- pint Tumble!- $3.25 SHERRY ll PO T 1 Port $3.75 j Liqueur $3.25 s*4lL}^. Champagne $7.50 cr Finger Bowls $12.50 it] j > \T^~ 'ft Hn'f-pint Decanters $2.50 eaoh If One-pint Decanters $3.00 II I Two-pint Decanters $4.00 I
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    CHESS NOTES.
    324 2 GAME INSTRUCTIVE IN WAYS OF FRENCH DEFENCE. Fkknch Defence. Dr. Bernstein. Snosko-Borowsky. White. Black. 1 P to K4 Pto K3 2 P to Q4 P to Q4 S Xt to QB3 Xt to KB3 4 B to KtJ B to Kto 5 PxP Q X P 6 B
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    DREPGING AT KELANTAN.
    547 2 DREDGING AT KELANTAN. Work of the Duff Development Company. About four years ago Mr. McStay of Taupeka Flat, left New Zealand, and proceeded to the Malay Peninsula nnder engagement to the Duff Development Co. and resided at Kelantan for four ytars occupying the position of dredge-master most of the time.
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    56 2 The reception given by Judge and Mrs. W. A. Kincaid, at their residence in Manila on March 26. in Honour of Bishop William Oldham and Dr. and Mrs. F. H. Sheets, was attended by several scores of persons, and was a very successful affair. The house was beautifully decorated and
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      236 2 RATNER Safes "List 2" Pattern, ADAPTED FOR THE CUSTODY OF VALUABLE PAPERS. BOOKS. ETC. Lined throughout with Fire-resisting chambers, 3| thick, filled with best non-conducting material. LvJv^S'xO Unpickable, violence and gunpowder proof, protected with I plate of Ratner drill-proof Compo Safe Steel. All usual sizes in stock. BORNEO CO., LTD.,
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      44 2 W.J. GARCIA. 50.IBRAS BASAH|ROAD, Piano, Organ And Music Dealer. Sole "Agent for CHAri'EL and BROADWOOD Pianos. Piano, Organ and Violin repairing a speciality. Orders taken for Music, which san be obtained from Homo within two months. 695 The Straits Times, AND The Straits Budget.
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      633 2 BABY BOBN WITH TERRIBLEECZEMA Which Spread Over Body, Head and Limbs No Rest or Sleep for Mother or Child— Doctor Would Not Let H m be Bathed— Tiny Sufferer Grew Worse Every Day. FOUND A PERFECT CURE IN CUTICURA "My little boj was born with his legs and the lower
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      93 2 THE SICKLY SEASON IN BURMA. Oon of the most effective remedies known (or diarrhoea and bowel complaint is Cbam- berlain's Colic, Cholera and Piarrhoea Remedy, and every home should be supplied with < it during the warm weather. Mr. H. J. D. Wilkinson, proprietor of the I'pper Burma 1 Gazette,
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      693 2 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. CIVIL, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL GENINEERS, IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, Boiler Makers, Bridge Builders and General Contractors. SOLE -A-O-lEISrTS FOR Worthington Pump Co.'s Patent Pumps Pulsometer Engineering Co.'s Pulsometer Pumps Robey and Co.'s Portable Engines and Machinery Richard Hornsby and Son's Oil and Gas Plants Waygood's Lifts and
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      166 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Payable in Advance. Daily issue per year 180.00 do pet garter 7.60 do per month 2.60 do per copy io Weekly issue per year 12-00 do per quarter 8.00 do per copy 35 When sent by post, there is added for the daily issae, two dollars a quarter
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    RUBBER NOTES.
    1340 3 THE CORRECT CLASSIFICATION OF JELUTONG. Charges in Antwerp and London The recent editorial in The Indiu Rubber World as to the correct classification of jelu tong or pontianak is much to the point says the Regular Correspondent to that journal in the March issue. It certainly seems undesirable
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    RAILWAY PROGRESS IN SIAM.
    295 3 Work in Northern Line to be Suspended. In view of the references made to the policy of tl. Government regarding the Northern Ha.. way, it has been thought advisable to make the following statement. Experience has proved that the Northern line pays as far as Paknarupo.
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    Human letters to Premier.
    148 3 An ingenious, unsuccessful, attempt to see Mr. A-ijuith has been made by tl.e suffragettes. Finding that they could send a human lcttc. two ladies dispatchf d themselves fr in the East Strand Post Office, setting off on their journey to Downing Street in charge of a
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      382 3 :£%siOU TEN'S! j_j; -_J 2 j»vtV r CHARLES ~<ft HEIDSIECKS *r?V^ White Seal Champagne. T| BHLF AGK.NTS V M Balm, Meyer ACo Ud /BtT^L SingnporH <i mi Penm n m/A -'*}&s* JOHR lITTIP f*., L' 4 i-r=^al DOG S HEAD Brand AHEAD of ALL. BASS'S ALE, GUINNESS'S STOUT. SOLD EVERVWHEKK.
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      415 3 MARTIN'S U lfclforLadles.l rh fafaj > Franch RamadT fop all Irpafularlttn. TS. „,TH.«f ■ABTIh'. lujj, aOUTUAMFTON. EMiUKD?' B. <!i*» io H.M. tptKiinlmrnl V I )\-f ike Kintf. BOVRIL Is ALL beef -prime beef in ;i ri-adily digestible form. H. ABRAMS. HORSE REPOSITORY, 6 ORCHARD ROAD. •lust landed ex h s.
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      110 3 PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE No matter how much pain y>ur ixiijumati.-ni is causing you now, there is a remedy that will cure you. Little's Oriental Balm has soothed thousands of sufferers from this insidinut disease. You can prove this very easily by sendJng to your chemist tor a bottic of this grand
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      282 3 CHEAPEST and BEST. The United Asbestos Oriental Agency, Ld. SOLE AbENTS F0« The UNITED ASBESTO i Co., Ltd., London. FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBITION. This Company 'B MHltk mm DIPLOMA OF HONOUR AND FOUR GOLD MEDALS. PATERSON, SIMONS CO., LTD., v, 18 K"£Vi" E 3Vw"] Jt MO TION CO. yfly£!^Zs&££> Watchmakers, ?'*W iitut
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      690 4 STEAMER WJIiaS. P. O STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For .:hlna Japan, Penar.ff. Ceylon. Australia, India. Aden, Egypt. Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London Through Bill-« if Ladi-K issued for China Coast Per.ian Gulf, Continental, and Amerioan fort. Btaamafl "ill leave Sinfapnreon or nbout. MAIL LINE. OaavanJ (fur China) Delta Apl 11 Devauha,
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      607 4 STEAMERS SAILING. OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO. LTD. The Companies' steamers are despaohed from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China and Japan every week and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and for Marseilles, Havre
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      965 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. •.-OTIKIWtI SRKVII'K OF THE OCEAN 8. S. COY.. LTD.. ft THE WEBT AUSTRALIAN 8. N. CO.. LTD. lITVIII FKBMAMXB (FBRTHi IVOKTH WEST AUSTRALIAN PORTS JAVA AXI> gUVCAPOKK. Regular Fortnightly sailings between Singapore and Western Australia, calling at Java (as inducement offers), Derby, King's Sound, (Port for the Kimberley
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      679 4 STEAMER SAILINGS HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. The steamers of ibit Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Ktraila, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and onoe a month for Bremerhaven direot, calling at Penang and Colombo. Taking cargo
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      818 4 STEAMER S&ILIK63. N. D. L. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. Imperial (krman Mail Line. The fast and woll-known mail steamers of this Company nail fortnit;hty from Bremen, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp. Soutbamp ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (connection Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice vena) Port Baid, S:nv., Aden, Colombo, I'enang, Singapore. Hongkong Shanghai. Nagasaki
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    RUN DOWN BY CRUISER.
    235 5 The Gigantic Invincible Collides with a Brigantine. Tho huge British cruiser Invincible, known as tbe Mystery-ship, which only left her builder's hands on Wednesday, collided with a brigantine off Great Yarmouth, the other day, while ou her way from the Tyne to Portsmouth. Early in the
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    S. V. C. ORDERS.
    308 5 Ul lilECi.-C.'i.. K. G. kHMB, Commandant, S.V.C. Singapore, .!/>></ 11, 190' J. S.V.C. Drusß. Volunteers attending tlio Mia* 01 ing < at the conclusion of tbe S.I!. A. Meeting will wear uniform— Drill Order. (Sd.) W. B. P. TiiiiiM., Lieut., H.G.A., S. O. to Colonial Forces.
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    The N. Y. K. Atsuta Maru.
    150 5 The magnificent lew N. V. K. steamer Atsut.i Maru, the sixiii vessel of the Kamo Maru class built to the company's order by the Mitsu BisM Dockyard Co. of Nagasaki, arrived in port on Monday, on her maiden voyiige to Europe. The first clans
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    Local Shipping News.
    84 5 From Port Said, a cargo uf salt arrived, yesterday, by tbe Danish steamor Anamba. The Dutch steamer Salahadji arrived from Balik Papan, this morning, with 3,243 tons of licju.d fuel. Six hundred and sixty pigs were brought from Bali and Sourabaya by Messrs. Wee Bin and t'o.'s
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    24 5 Th. time-gun is fired at 13 o'olook noon, indicating Singapore standard time, on every 4ay exoepling Sunday, when it if Bred at on» o'olook.
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    OUTWARD BOUND.
    197 5 List of Passengers Coming to Singapore. I'er N.D.L. steamer DerfUinger, due April 17.— Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Cookson and child. Mr. L. Blech, Mr. P. J. Ueverluis, Mr. B. Stavcrman. Mr. 11. Braeckmann. Per P. and O. steamer Somali, dut; April 17.— Mr. and Mrs. E. Roberts
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    Fight at a Ball.
    150 5 Disgraceful scenes marked the clone of a public subscription ball at Bilbao. Among those present wero several young men of good family, who. hnving imbibed too freely of wine, became riotous. The performance of the orchestra did not meet with the approval of these young bloods,
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    SHIPPING IN PORT.
    1176 5 Under this heading the following abbreviations are naed str. steamer sh. ship bq. —barque sen. schooner; Tot. Yacht; Cru. —Cruiser. O'bt.— Onnboat Tor. Torpedo;; H.p.— Horse power Brit. British U.S.— Duitod States Fch.— French Oer. -German Dut.— Dutch Ital.— ltalian Span.— Spanish Sar. Sarawak; 0.0.-— General sargo;
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour
    97 5 Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour Wharves at which Vessels arc Berthed To- Day. TANJONQ PAOAR. Run Wham Basis Oiang Aun. East W. Ssonoa I— Kam Stag, T»r». Sumo* No. 1 (Sana* Whabtl— Nil. SconoH I—Van1 Van den Bokli, Flintshire a H Bhsrata. 4 Ormistou. ft— Nil. a Ping
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    Mails Close.
    153 5 ,n t>u Bnun 1 in To-MORBOW Kliio and Indraflin Lauren* Pit 7 a.m. Cacob Glanggi 9 a.m. Penaiic .V. Primet 11 a.m. Malaooa aud Lioggi Kheng Seng 1 p.m. P. Swettenham, via ports Janet Nicoll t p.m. Penang and Colombo Ping Suey 'i p.m. Peuanc and Madras, mails
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    Mails to Arrive.
    117 5 Prom Eurpoe By the N D.L atr. Darfflinger, da. April 16. B. I. steamer Thongwa, da. April 17. M. M steamer Oceanian, doe April 18. Prom China M. M. steamer Caleduuien, dne April 19. Mar 4 B. I. Mar 8 M. M. Mm II P.*O. M* 16
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    Finance & Commerce.
    206 5 Finance Commerce. EXCHANGE. PRODUCE^ Siixupom, April 14, ISO 9. Binoapom, Awl 14. 1909. On London— Bank 4 m/s 2/44 Gambier bayori 870 was S i^"" 1 On Uermany-Bank d/d 237 PoB k 750 PrinteBm/i 341 Pepper. Black buyers „1180 do 6 ta/« 343 do White 6% 18.80 On France Bank*l/d
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      DEBENTURES.
      51 5 Howarth Ernkin- 6% 600,000 par. Sinßapore Municipal 8% 400,000 20% p.00n Kiley, Hargrenv. 6% 284,000 1% prcm. 5% 1,878,000 0^ prem. Spore Electric Tram- H% 1,600,000 6% prem. ways Co., Ltd. 6% 850,000 nominal <"■'• 002,900 nominal. Straita Engineering TanjoDu Pagar book Syndicate, Ltd 6% 46,000 par. Board 6%
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      MINING.
      281 5 II I ♦300,000 10 10 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. 5.75 10% (or '08 •800,000 10 10 7,500 Broang, Ltd. 6.26 1600,000 10 10 Brnaeh Hydraulic T. M. Co., Ltd (1) 8.00 10% (or '08 .£500,000 1 1 l>uff Development Co., Ltd. 4.00 ♦400,000 10 10 ''2,500 Kanaboi, Ltd.
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      RUBBER.
      365 5 ftfinnnn l J Anglo-Malay Rubber Co., Ltd. 5.1.6 10% in. "08 150,000 x 17/ contributory... 4.19.0 J200.000 10 10 7,400 Balgownio Rubber Estate (0) 27.00 12*% in. '08 £80,000 1 1 6.260 Batu Caves Rubber Co., Ltd 4.0.8 10% for '08 nannm 1 I 6,000 Bukit Lintang H. Estates,
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      GENERAL.
      215 5 £$.877.10.0 12/6 •260,000 100 1,600,000 j° •225,000 50 •16,000,000 125 •2,400,000 {22 1,000,000 *{g •84,000 10 •875,000 }{£j ♦600,000 10 •80,000 60 £400,000 1 160,000 100 •200,000 100 •600,000 100 3,000,000 10 12/0 100 10 7 60 126 916 475 4611 Bells Asbestos Eastern Agenoy. (8)... Brunei Oil Royalty
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      69 5 HOW TO CURE A COLD, Be as careful as you can you will occasionally take cold, and when you do, get a medicine of known reliability, ono that has an established reputation and that in certain to effect aqoickcure. Such a medicine is Cliambcrlaio's Cough Remedy. It has gained a
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      119 5 4UCTION S4LHS Ho well and Co April 16— At Ctrocht, No. 11. Lloyd Uoad, plants, at 4. April 17— At Utrecht, No. 11, Lloyd Road, Java teak furniture, etc., at 1.80. April At Chancery House, Chancery Lane, teak household furniture, etc., at 3. April 27 At saleroom, freehold land situate
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      4 5 Messrs. Robinson Co., ■•JgJ"
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      327 5 DAY BY DAY. Wednesday, April 14. High Water, 6.17 p.m. Randmann Co., Theatre, 'J. Alhambra Cinematograph. llarinia Cinematograph. Marlborough Cinematograph. Thursday, April 15. High Water, 4.31 a.m., U.O p.m. 8.1. homeward mail closes, 8. Philharmonic Orchestra, 5. Bandmann Co., Theatre, 'J. Friday, April 16. High Water, 6 22 a.m., 8.44
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    DEATH.
    23 6 Gkouue.— At the Hotel de la Paix, Singapore, on April 13, Hal George, in his 18th year. Australian papers please copy. I
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    The Straits Times PRICE 10 CENTS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14. DREADNOUGHTS.
    1060 6 The Straits Times PRICE 10 CENTS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14. DREADNOUGHTS. In the Home papers to band by the last mail wo get Parliamentary reports of the earlier stages of what may almost be described as the naval scare in Great Britain. They do not justify us in thinking that the
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    25 6 Four officers and 172 N.C.O's. and men of (j and H Cos., 3rd Bn. Middlesex Regiment returned to Tangliu, from Blakan Mati, on Bth instant.
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    23 6 A correspondent in a Bombay paper suggests that India should follow the example of the Colonies by supplying a Dreadnought to the Navy.
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    19 6 Deliberate attempts of throwing stones at European passengers on the Eastern BoDgal Railway occurred recently. The police arc investigating.
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    28 6 Professor Simpson, who was in Singapore not many months ago, has been to West Africa to investigate on behalf of the Colonial Office into plague and sanitation there.
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    38 6 A pony, with a hack gharry attached to it, broke away from control, this morning, and cleared a way for itself through Campong Kapur into Jalan Besar, where the upsetting of the vehicle brought matters to a close.
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    46 6 It was expected that the new Tan Tock Seng Hospital would ere now be in tho hands of the hospital authorities, and that tho removal of the patients from the old hospital would be in progress. There is some delay in handing over the new buildings.
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    40 6 Hon. Ckpt. Patrick Victor, S. M. D was on sth inst., sentenced by Mr. Niblett, Magistrate, Allahabad, to six months' rigorous imprisoraent on a charge of perjuiy in a recent murder case. Application for bail pending an appeal was refused.
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    121 6 Tbe eruption of Yakegatake, Japan, located on the borders of Sbiuano and Hida pro- < vinces, seems to have been very startling. As I a westerly wind was blowing, the lava shower < extended to villages at a distance of over < fifty miles from the mountain. In some places
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    42 6 Members of the Subordinate Civil Servioe Association are reminded tint a concert will be held at the Club House on Saturday, tho 17th instant, at 9 p.m to be followed by the distribution of prizes to tbe winners of the billiard tournament.
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    49 6 The special services at Bethosda b> gin last night and will be continued to night and to-morrow night at H o'clock. The speakers are the Mes-rs. Whit* head, of New Zealand At p.m to day, an illustrated address will be given by Mr. E. G. Whitehead, specially for childitu.
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    49 6 Refused an old-age pension because she had been sentenced to a day's imprisonment for begging bread when nearly seventy years of aye and in great need, a Wille-den woman pointed out that if she lived ten years the penult v for asking for a piece of bread would bcXlld.
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    47 6 As the result of a trip extending over thirty-two hours, twenty of which were spent in actual fishini.', the Scarborough screwsteam ii.i-.vl. i Seal returned to port with a remarkable catch of cod-fish, which realised LI 17. This is a record catch of cod fish for Scaiboioueh.
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    52 6 The strategic value of the proponed canal across Scotland was the principal point urged in a discussion of the subject by tbe Forth and Clyde Canal National Association in London tho other day. The Duke of Argyll was among those who advocated the scheme, the cost of which is estimated
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    52 6 A strongly-worded denial is issued regarding tlie reported 1 <rothal of Princess Beatrice of Saxc-Coburg Gotba, daughter of the Duke of Edinburgh, to King Manuel of Portugal. The similar report, coupling the names of Princess Patricia of Connaught and the Couut of Turin, cousin of the King of Italy, is
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    54 6 A witness in an assault case in a county town, says the Globe, told the magistrates that when he went into the house be found three of the children holding their father down while their mother leathered him. Take it for all in all, there is nothing like our simple,
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    73 6 Operatious against the brigands in the upper country of Tonkin continue to be crowned with succe-s. The forces of the (iovernuieut suffer little loss, and they push the brigands hard. Prisoners say that the enemy have run short of ammunition, and that their cartridges boxes and almost half empty. Knod
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    81 6 The police have been informed of a further robbery at the Hongkong Masonic Hall. The booty included several pieces of a tea set, a silver milk jug, silver spoons, and a silver sugar basin, as well as some cups bearing the inscription. Presented to the Zetland Lodge by (>. McDonald.
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    93 6 According to the Deli Courant good news comes from Acheen. There is no rebellion worth speaking of in Acheen Proper. On the north and east coasts, matters are quieter than before, and in some places more land has been brought under cultivation. On the west coast, the most prominent rebel
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    274 6 A curiouß incident that happened early •his month at Buitenzorg, near which is the residence of the Governor- General of Netherlands India, shows that Javanese women in the villages have the right to vote. Tbe Java Bode says that, on a village headman dying, several candidates stood at the election
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    174 6 A German battleship, which, not so very long ago, was visiting Singapore, recently called at Labuan. The Resident, anxious to do al! be could for tbe entertainment of the visitors, on one of the days, organised a shooting expedition which was a thorough success and very much enjoyed albeit, only
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    SOCIAL AND PERSON VL.
    479 6 Capt.. E. J. Bone, lu«pector of Works, itoyal Engineers, was removed from Mm riak libt. yesterday. Mr. A. K. Bnd.lelcy. of Messrs. Outlirio and Co., has been appointed actii'g OeanlGeneral for Siam in Singiport! during Mr. John Anderson's absence. Among the passengers homeward bound to day
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    The Art of Originality.
    80 6 Festivities in Java in honour of tho expected happy event in the Dutch royal family include a unique item— a tiyer fight at a place called Blitar. The tigers will be turned out into a fenced areua where they will be done to death by native
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    The Prisoner of Zenda.
    83 6 The Banduianu Dramatic Co., -'aye the Prisoner of Zenda at the Theatre, this evening. It is a play, founded on MM of tliu most successful works of IfMofl i i recent years, that has proved almost as MMWHfaI on tbe boards as it did between Mm
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    More Care Wanted.
    127 6 The carelesßntss shown by tlm conductors of tramcars has been rather more apparrent lately, says a correspondent. It MM to be the practice to signal the go ahrml before a passenger has takeu his seat, \ostcrday, car No. 39 running along the Seraugoon line, stopped at tho
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    Municipal Matters.
    190 6 There will be a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners on Friday next. AiLon^ tlm matters on the agnnda are:— Supply of electricity to the P. W. D. works at Kiin.huig Kurbau and to the Tanglin districts, laying of telegraph cables from Heach Kiad to Tanjong Katong, draiuage of
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      440 6 r -*a SEA WALL AT HORNSEA, BUILT OF CONCRETE REINFORCED WITH j£**v n/yn AaA BOLE AGENTS FOR MALAYA txpmaea mmi &co Lm mf*\P,\\(llt Singapore and Penang. PHOTOGRAPHY. j The Oldest and Only European tirm of its kind in thin Colony. The one which does all the important and reHponiu'ble work
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    REVOLT IN TURKEY.
    225 7 ENTIRE GARRISON MUTINIES IN CONSTANTINOPLE. Cabinet Resigns. FEARS OF VIOLENT ANARCHY Serious Fighting in the Streets Reported. (Kkom Oi'li Own Cokkhsi-ondknt.) London, April 14. Your correspondent in Constantinople confirms the report that a serious revolution has broken out in the Turkish Capital. The cause of the trouble
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    Spain's New Navy.
    56 7 A HUGE CONTRACT GIVEN TO VICKERS MAXIM. Work to Cost Seventeen Millions. [Rectbb's Tbleobah] London, April 14. Messrs. Vickers Maxim aud Co., have been definitely awarded tho contract for modernising tl Sjia-iish navy yards at Ferrol and I'arth .;eua, aud for building a now Spanish Navy. Thtu'
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    PLBLIC SCHOOL SHOOTING.
    43 7 Remarkable Victory of Indian; School Boys. (KkUTlk's TILIOBAM.] London, April 13. The Lawrence Military Asylum of India has wen both Mm Prince of Wales Cup and the Nh lal Shield in the Schools of the Empire Compi titiou for *****.
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    ENGLAND AND JAPAN.
    51 7 Denunciation of the Alliance Denied [RKQTIB'S Tn.K.iK.VM London, April 14. Mr. Kato, the Japanese Ambassador at Vicui:.!. has issued an emphatic denial of the rumours spread in the Berlin and Vienna Press that Japan intends to terminate the British alliance, owing to Britain's iutimacy with Russia and
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    LORD CHARLES BERESFORD AS CRITIC.
    37 7 [Rbotm's Tihoiums) London, April IS, It is understood that Mr. Asquith, tbe Prime Mi.niitor, has received from Admiral Lord Charlos Beresford a report on defects in tho Ni.vy and proposals for reform.
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    JAPANESE AMBASSADOR.
    31 7 I Km; run's Tiuobam] London, April 18. Prince Nashimoti. Ambassador from oapan to Spain, has arrived at Madrid and has been received by the King and Queen of Spain.
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    TANG-SHAO-YI'S MISSION.
    16 7 IRauTiß'g TauoEAH.) London, April 14. Tang-Shao yi's Mission has now gone to St. Petersburg.
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    M. STOLYPIN DECORATED.
    29 7 I Die Ostasiatischb Lloyd Tiliobam) Berlin, April 13. M. Stolypin, the Chief Minister of tho Czar, has been decorated with the Order of (be White Eagle.
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    THE BANDMANN- COMPANY.
    625 7 Opening Performance at the Victoria Theatre. Playwrights who offer merely the fruit of their intellectual observation can never be widely popular. There is nothing iv their works to stir the great heart of i the public; and it is chiefly to have (ts great heart stirred that
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    JIKIRI'S OUTLAWS.
    383 7 Two Europeans Killed During a Night Attack. Details of the recent raids and murders committed by tbe notorious outlaw Jikiri and his band, in the Sulu Archipelago, are contained in the current issue of the Mindanao Herald. Early on tho morning of March 12, Jikiri with 50 Moros
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    Military and Police Fight.
    67 7 A tire broke out at Baroda on March 26 and was put out by combined efforts of police and military. A dispute however arose between the police and milita y which led to words and ultimately to fighting. A free fight ensued, as a result of
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    27 7 President Taft has announced that Mr. Charles W. Elliot, until recently pnsident of Harvard College, will su 'cci d Mr. Whittlaw Reid as ambassador to Great Britain.
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    Borneo Coal Concession.
    359 7 NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD'S GRANT DISPUTED. Interesting Action in Supreme Court. Mr. Justice Scrcombe Smith, this morning, commenced the hearing of an action brought j by 0. W. Frankol aud others (of Ik* Shanghai Life Assurance Co.) against H. Schac-fer concerning certain concessions in Dutch Borneo. Messrs. Delay and
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    AMERICAN MURDERED.
    153 7 Anthropologist Loses his Life in the Philippines. Mr. David P. Barrows, of Manila, has received a telegram from Mr. Horatio Smith the American teacher stationed at Echaguc, I-abela province, stating that Dr. William Jones, the well-known anthropologist of the Field Columbian Museum at Chicago, had been assassinated by
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    Police Pars.
    426 7 Iv a quarrel over a fan, three Chinese were stabbed on Saturday night. .Mrs. Wright, who lives in Racecourse Road, has been vi-itcl by burglars and has j lost clothing valued at $20, i part of which has -in> been recovered by the police. Mutukumaru, a ('■>!■ uese
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    The Cool-headed King of Spain.
    99 7 The Madrid correspondent of tbe Daily Telegraph relates an incident in Ceuta, when, but for King Alfonso's well-known sang-froid, a little girl might have lost her life. She carried a memorial to give to his Majesty, imploring clemency for her father, who is imprisoned. She
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    Arabs in Revolt.
    505 7 BRITISH CAPTAIN'S THRILLING EXPERIENCE. Running Gauntlet Under Heavy Fire. The Busrah correspondent of tbe Times of India says -The Arabs on the banks of the i Tigris are once more in revolt and have begun to attack steamers between Garment Ali i")d 4«MM. The first steamer to
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    THE JUNK OUTRAGE.
    152 7 Police Searching for Bald-Pated Pirate. The Sultan of Johore is said to be taking great personal interest in the running down of the pirates who recently made a murderous attack on a junk about fifty miles out from Singapore. Tho place where the junk was raided is
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    Railway Rule Causes Complaint.
    367 7 I A correspondent calls our attention to a regulation which has recently becu put in force by the railway authorities at Woodlands and which he Bays is causing considerable adverse comment. The railway owns practically all there is of Woodlands and a charge of five cents
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    Chinese Revolutionaries.
    51 7 The Japanese authorities have discovered 1 a secret plot on the part of the Chinese re- volutionary party to purchase in Japan munitions of war and import them into South China. Government having been apprised i of tbe matter, a strict watch on tbe plotters ia now being
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    BOMB THROWING.
    413 7 Fifth Attempt on the Life of a Public Prosecutor. The following details will supplement the telegram sent by Keuter at the beginning of tbe month Again a bomb was thrown at a train on the Eastern Bengal State Railway on the night of the sth inst., between Sodepore
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    FISHING WITH EXPLOSIVES.
    206 7 Police Officer Watches Fleet of Junks. A very smart capture of a number of fishermen, who were caught red handed fishing with dynamite, was executed by police Rergeant Gordon, of Cheung chau Station, the othi r Sunday morning. Late on the Saturday night a fishing tit et,
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    Singapore Doll Show.
    182 7 At the doll show and competition to bo held on two days in October next, at St. Mary's Home, in aid of the funds of that institution, prizes will be given for tbe best groap of dolls, the best dressed doll in national costume, the best dressed
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    A Clever Capture.
    85 7 In December last, Capt Brind, R. A., while supervising gunnery practice at Chiugrikhal Fort, Calcutta, lost a leather bag contain, ing jewellery woith Ks. l,."> 00 which acting on instructions from here the London police found in a parcel addressed to the wife of Gunner Victors. The
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    The Hidden Gem.
    160 7 A large Dumber of people assembled at the Tranquerah Girls' School, Malacca, on Easter night to witness the play, The Hidden Gem, given by the youngsters belonging to the choir of St. Peter's Church. Tbe entertainment was in aid of the proposed formation of a Catholic Club,
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    LABOUR QUARREL.
    61 7 KEIR HARDIE DEFEATED BY VICTOR GRAYSON. The Independents Denounce Each Other. IKionx's Tklr.ikam London. April 11. -Messrs. Koir Hardie, M.P., Philip Snowden, M.P., and Kani«ay MacdonaUl M.l., have resigned their membership of the lu.J.-p. n dent Labour Party Executiro owing to thu Conference having supported what they describe
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    The Cunard Company.
    63 7 A DISASTROUS YEAR AND NO DIVIDEND. Great Decline of Emigration. [Ridtib's TklxoraxJ London, April lit. The Cunard report for 11)08 carries forward £3,582, as compared with £109,882 in 1907, and no dividend will be paid. The decrease in wos. -bound third class passengers was 781,000. |D» OsTASiATiscaa
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    PRINCE KUNI.
    16 7 [RaUTIB'S TatlOßAMj London, April 14. Prince Kuni of Japan has gone to St Petersburg.
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    THE PERSIAN CRISIS.
    19 7 I I'm Ustasiatisohi Lloyd Tiliubam| Berlin, April 18. Kussiau gunboats have arrived at Ensoli in Persia.
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    CASTRO'S REMOVAL
    28 7 (D«K OsTASIATISUHi LtOTD TILBOBAMJ Berlin, April 18. Ex-President Castro was removed by force from Martinique to the steamer which is to take him back to Europe.
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    DEATH OF SIR DONALD CURRIE.
    159 7 A Great Leader in the Shipping World. Kklikh > Tklk.kam London, April 14. The death is announced of Sir Donald Currio. Sir Donald Carrie was of humble parent age and was born in 1825, at Ureunock. He began work as a boy clerk at fourteen
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    Slavery in Kuantung.
    189 7 A censor has petitioned the Throne that in the province of Knantung slavery is still recognised, says the Hankow Mail It is not uncommon for a poor parent to dispose of bis child for a consideration of his* wealthy neighbour. The custom is most abuminablu, for not
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    Fines Follow a Fight.
    222 7 A squabble between boys over the use of some plates in the Ilotel de L' Europe, soruu weeks ago, was followed by indignation, vituperation and castigation, the castigatid one, a Cantonese servaut, receiving a drubbing (in which a broomstick tinned) in a bath room corridor. He
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      36 8 The Siugaporc Electric Tramway team will meet Darul Adab at a friendly game of football on Saturday, 17th inst., on the Kaffirs Keclamation ground. It is understood that Mr. I. McCiibbin will referee.
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      91 8 The Turf Club at Samarang. held its yearly general meeting on April I. The report showed an increase in the member ship from 258 on January 1, 1904, to 276 on December 31, following. The financial results compared unfavourably with those in 1907, but the funds admitted of many improvements
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      Association Football
      87 8 Warders v/MedicaPSchool. A team representing the Medical School tried conclusions with tbe Warders et Sepoy Lines yesterday, when after ten minutes of uneventful play, the Medicos scored a goal, the Warders equalising close on half time. On restarting (the homesters were often on the aggressive and early on
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      Football.
      157 8 Matches at Malacca. During the Easter holidays a toaui of loutballors travelled from Singapore to play the students of the Malay College. Mr. Clark, tho head of the college, played for tho students. The game was a very one sided oae, the college winning by five goals to nil.
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      S. C. C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
      204 8 Tho final of the D Singles provided a good match, yesterday afternoon, when Evatt beat Watson.. 6—2, 6-2, Following are the results of yesterday's ties in tho Newcomers handicap Harrington scr. beat Dewar rec. 4, o—6, 6—l—B—B. Bulmoro scr. beat Cuthbortson rec. 4, 6—2, 7-5.
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    REDJONG LEBONG MINE.
    273 8 Rose-Coloured Views of Output and Dividends. At the yearly general meeting of the Kodjong Lebong Gold Mining Co., held at Batavia on April 1, tbe shareholders readily voted the hundred per cent dividend. This hugo amount whetted the appetite for more, and the Chairman was asked whether
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    The Latest Dodge.
    126 8 Cave Canem. or in other words look out lor the latest dodge by house thieves, says a Hongkong paper. The modus operandi is to call at Mr. Bs house, and ask in friend C*< nauic lor the loan of half a dozen linger bowls, or a groat
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    THE SPRING RACES.
    934 8 Notes and Comments on Racecourse Probabilities. Wednesday Morning. The absence of rain the last few days has made a considerable improvement to tbe racecourse, and the training has consequently been able to go on without interruption. A vast alteration is to be noticed in tbe conditions of
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    Drowned Captain's Wife at the Helm.
    65 8 A pathetic incident was witnessed at Yarmouth when the Goole schooner Demaris entered the harbour steered by the captain s wife, who kept at the tiller until the vessel berthed. It appeared that the skipper, Capt. John Buskell. had been drowned when the vessel
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    Japanese Mission to China.
    81 8 It is reported that tbe chairmen and members of the committees of the Japanese Chambers of Commerce in Tokio, Yokohama, >saka, Kobe and Nagoya respectively contemplate starting in the early part of May on a journey which will embrace all the Treaty i'orts of China. The
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    17 8 The price 01 tin in Singapore to-day is •67.90 per picul. Seventy. five tons have been sold.
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      Long Distance Swimming.
      65 8 To tbe Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— With reference to Mr. Chia Cheng Kang's article on Local Swimming pub lisbcd on the 26th ul'imo, I should say that he is quite entitled to ta called, The Long Distance Champion Swimmer of the Straits Settlements, as no
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      Our Engine Drivers.
      129 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I may be wrong, but lam under the impression that some time ago the Government decided that passenger trains on tbe Singapore and Kranji Kail way should be run by European engine drivers. I have travelled over the line
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    MALACCA EN FETE.
    583 8 cricket and Golf with Visitors from Sere ra ban. Tho annual athletic contest butu een Negri Sciubilau and Malacca was in progress last week-end at Malacca, and the old town and fort presented quite an animated scene. The visitors arrived on Friday afternoon and the contest started
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    Impatient Prospectors.
    123 8 South Sumatra offers a land of promise for mining prospectors in the province of Jambie. Prospects are so very bright indeed that six years ago, 2,028 applications for minii.f; concessions there were sent into the Governor-General. The applicants wanted their concessions granted without properly marking out the boundaries.
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    SINGAPORE BISLEY.
    219 8 Lady Competitors Fire at Bulls and Bricks. The first competition for lady members of the Singapore Rifle Association was fired Off at Balestier range, yesterday afternoon, the conditions being ten shots with the miniature ride at a six -inch bullseye, at 100 yards. Tbe result showed what great
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      624 8 BELAT TIN MINING CO.. LTD. Manager':: Report on the Mine for March. .Mr. W. M. Bath, manager of the Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd., in big report to tho directors, dated 2nd inst., states I beg to submit to you my report of the work done on your Mine during
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      951 8 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. WAH SANG, Photographer. Vo. 15, High Street, SINGAPORE. DEVELOPING PRINTING. Photo Enlargements AT MODERATE PRICES. OPERATOR WANTED. Wanted, Cinematograph operator for Harima Hall. For terms, apply to Harima Hotel, 5 13, Beach Road. TEACH rRS WANTEO. Applicants must be willing to qualify in Government Normal Classes or present
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    VESSELS EXPECTED
    732 9 Name, port, probable date of arrivai. and name of Agents. STEAMERS Airlic, bvdoey, Apl 33 Boa&tead imbria,, Hongkong, Apl 27; Behn Meyer Ac ay. llongkouß, May 6 IMO. Coy Ayathia, Bangkok, Api Borneo Coy Audtria, Cbiua, May 6 Rantrnberg Schmidt Arratoon Apoar. HoDpkong, Apl P. Simons Awa Mam,
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      526 9 Our PIANOS are '"sv Selected Personally A T THE FACTORIES AND ARE The Pick of the Best ENGLISH AND GERMAN MAKERS, and are built in every particular for this climate. Hire or Monthly Payments. THE ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY, LD. N.Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. AA f A Two reetilar
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      950 9 SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB. The Spring Race Meeting will be held on Tuesday the 11th. Thursday the 13th and Saturday the 15th May, 1909. PROGRAMME. FIR8T DAY. TumJay, 11th May, 1909. 1. THE MAIDEN PLATE. Value S600 and Sin to the Second Horse. A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight 9st. Entrance,
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      694 9 J HY" ROYAX J&&3L APPOIHTHEKT, li|J TABLE T>EUCACIE^S, i^-^ PICKLISS. SOUPS, a— jfgcF^» JAMS. JELLIES. wo^fsrtwmat skx& W^9*!^^l HUTTED MIATrS ;^^^'|fV MALT VINEGAR Celebrated (.^^|cROSSE £L RILEY, HARGREAVES Co. ltd ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT. Our Electrical Showrooms are the most com- We iuvite inspection. The Showrooms are plete in the Straits, and
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      471 9 GOSN ELL'S ••society Eau de Cologne RECOGNISED W DELICACY BY ALL Jp|\ 0F CONNOISSEURS jdf^^ PERFUME, TO BE THE 9Bj| FRAGRANCY, FINEST LASTING EAU DE COLOGNE AND FOR ITS oStuT REFRESHING COMBINED <^''J%io QUALITIES. TO BE HAD IN THREE SIZES. PRICES: 50 cents small, 41 medium. $1.75 largo. from JOHN
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    Airship to the Pole.
    703 10 MR. W. WELLMAN'S EXPEDITION PREPARATIONS. Three Days' Trip. Andree had a chance, but it was a very poor one. We are Working out a scientific problem with practical mechanical means, and if the weather gives us half an opportunity we shall get to the North Polo
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    MOUNTAIN CLIMBING.
    362 10 Lady's Experiences on Himalayan Heights. In the hall of the Bombay Young Men's Christian Association on March 25, Mrs. Bullock Workman gave an interesting illu -tr.it d lecture entitled High Climbs in the Nun Kun Himalaya. Mrs. Bullock Workman described the adventures of the Bullock Workman expeditiou from
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      474 10 INSURANCE Companies. CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE LIMITKD. Capital Subscribed 13,600,00 c Amount paidap 500,000 Reserve fund 1.660,000 Hue Ornci, Homgiobo. The undersigned, having been appointed Igonu of the above Compaoy, aro prepared kc aooept Marine Rlska at ocrrent ratea. BOUSTEAD A Co.,— Agmu. UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PARIS ■KT4UUSHBD 1838
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      636 10 BAHKIN6 COMPANIES. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. ;NCORPORATiSD BY ROYAL CHARTER. Paid np Capital in 60,000 Shares of JO each Ml, 300,000 ieacrve Fund «H,525,00C Reserve Liability of Proprietors f 1,300,000 BANKERS. Bank ol England. National Bank of Scotland. fa London City A Midland Bank, Ltd. BINOAPORE BRANCH.
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      541 10 BANKING COMPANIES. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. paid up capital u5.000,000 S3SERVEFUND;— Sterling Reserve J15.000.000 1 Silver Reiierve •N,->00,000) M zm.w. Ueetie LiabiUty of Proprietors 115.000,001 COURT OF DIRECTORS. 800. Mr. W. J. Oresson, Chairman. H. E. Tomkina, Esq., Deputy Chairman. E.G. Barrett, Eaq. I~\ R. Lenzauno, Eaq J. Friesland,
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      729 10 MORTGAGEE* SALE. *J R v 1V ">" S:ilc room. Greatest K^P On TV r rll 27. at 2.30 ,>.m. ■vZ)k pt.l tJS&mJc p X alu b e laml sitnatc at KampoDK f/,T^ Pi.ord«r.s. \X Bahru Road, Singapore, area 14.0. \<i\, being mmi^—^—^— V> part of Grant U, VmbMNC with the
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    AUTOMOBILISM.
    1133 11 MILITARY INVASION OF ENGLAND AT HASTINGS. Transport of Troops by Mi tor-Car. St. Patrick's Day was signalised by the great experiment in the conveyance of troops organised by the War Omc° in conjunction with the Automobile Association, says the Motor Car Journal. The scheme of the operation was that
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    A GREAT RULER.
    333 11 Lord Esher on Queen Victoria's Private Papers. Viscount K-lirr, Deputy-Governor of Windsor Castle and Keeper of the King's Private Library, delivered a most interesting lecture to the members of the Royal Institution recently, on the subject of Queen Victoria, to whose private letters and journals he has
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      385 11 ARGYLL CARS. JUST A.l=t.3Fll"VE:i3. sKL*ild p Argyll Model de Luxe. PAINTED DARK GHEEN, NICKEL PLATED MOUNTINGS, KITTED WITH HOOD, MAGNETO, WIND-SCREEN, LAMPS AND ACCESSORIES. Illustrated Catalogue and full particulars from SYME COMPANY, so a l o e ce N t, DUNLOP only BRITISH MADE UHC Itox QUALITY. 1 L r^Aw^
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      74 11 LAME BHOULDER. This is a common form of muscular rheumatism. No internal treatment is needed. Apply Chamberlain's Pain Balm freely four times a day and faiali cure is certain. This liniment has proven especially valuable for muscular and chronic rheumatism and is certain to give quick relief. For sale by
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      592 11 SIDDELEY autocars are the Most Full Particulars fror.i the Reliable in tbe World. They are Famous Sole AGENTS' also for High Efficiency, Comfort and Silence, with Small Maintenance and Al Tr^ M I Running Costs. They are produced by a g^ f^ L branch of the world-renowned firm of Vickers,
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      535 12 Scale of Charges* PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS.— MisceIIaneous Wants of Every Description, Houso6, Land, etc.. to let, are inserted at the following rates One Insertion $1.20 per inch. Two 2.00 Three 2.80 Six 6.20 Nine 6.40 Twelve 7.12 Twenty- five 10.00 (Each subsequent month S5 per inch.) The above rate is batted
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      577 12 Miscellaneous WANTS. B*ns>-rou Una, om or two UwrtioM, 11.00 Br Mm iDOta, ih Be*l* of Ch&rgM. BOOK-KEEPERS WANTED. There is always a demand in Singapore for competent book-keepers. Any intelligent person can become a trained book-keeper by the I. C. S. system. The full double-entry course costs only M 7,
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      433 12 LOST OR FOUND. ■Uni:-FiT* LinM, on. or two laserMoi* tl.oo By th* inch, M. Seal* ot ChargM. 006 LOST OR BTOLEN. A white, shortcut tail, Fox Terrier, answering to name Tash," from Adelphi Hotel on Friday, April 8. Anyone returning tbe Dog to above address, Room No. 19, will be
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      570 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. Rim i— Won Umm, ouortr Imiiliii H.OO Br th« iaeb, mi Seal, ol OkugM. OFFIOE TO BE LET Offioe on aeoend floor of. No. 7, Battery Road. Apply to Oathrie and 00., Ltd. UlB7B OFFIBE ft GODOWN TO BE LET, With immediate miry No. 7,
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      520 12 SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS. Netherlands Gutta Percha Co., Ltd. Motortyres retreaded at Moderate Prices. All kinds of In.lia Itubber Articlos. Sheets. VALVES, Rings, TYRES. HOSES (Suction, Steam, Hydraulic), < iardenhoses, Tubes. ENDLESS BELTS, KLOOR-TILES. MATTING. EBONITE aud Hard Rubber Articles, Bicycle Tyres. Works Offices: Passir Panjang, Singapore. Sole Agents i MESSRS.
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      604 12 BOARD AND LODGING. Bini loir LlMl, oco ot two IbmtHou, tI.C J Br tin lull, hi Suit of Cbftrgn. BOARD AND LODGING. 1 Rooms vacant. Mrs. von Bargen, 8, Mount Elizabeth. 860 BOARD AND REBIDENCE. For single gentle uen. Terms moderate Apply at 11, Dhoby jhaut. 741 BOARD AND RESIOFNCE
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