The Straits Times, 27 April 1909

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.944 SINGAPORE. TUESDAY. APRIL 27. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    MUSIC AND DRAMA.
    1275 2 A MAETERLINCK PLAY ACTED AT THE COURT THEATRE. New Opera for Savoyards. One of the most ambitious of all the Play Actors' most useful efforts was submitted to an audience at the Court on March 38, where Maeterlinck's play, Sister Beatrice, was presented for the first time
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    FOOLING A FIRE BRIGADE.
    332 2 Silly First of April Joke Perpetrated at Chefoo The following righteously indignant Utter appears in the Chefoo paper of the 2nd inst: Dear Sir— Knowing that you are pleased to receive items of local interest, I send you tbe following particulars of an incident which occured
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    The Merciful Man is Merciful to His Beast.
    238 2 There's a poor old worn out kudah Which is owned by a bloke Who from daylight unto darkness Keeps it going in it's yoke, No rest or blooming holiday, No Sunday or New Year, How it keeps upon its kakies To the
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    The Western Smell.
    186 2 In an article contributed to an American newspaper by Mr. Bntaro Adaki, a Japanese doctor, the author states that Japanese ▼isitiog Wt stern nations are at the outset struck by their peculiar odour, bat in coarse of time they become accustomed to it. I found tbe smell
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      298 2 ASPINALL'S Genuine White Zinc. (994% p URE OXIDE OF ZINC). Very finely ground in raw linseed Oi\ Covers more squire fee to the cwt. than any other Zinc. CANNOT BE EXCELLED. ASPINALL'S Genuine Pale Boiled Linseed Oil. (Star Bright). Of all dealers, or THE BORNEO CO., LTD. SIDEROSTHEN PAINT H
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      50 2 LINGERING COLDS. Tbe longer a cold bangs on, the more it weakens tbe system. Do not run the risk of an attack of pneumonia by neglecting it. Chamberlain's Coagh Remedy will care your cold and all danger from this disease will be avoided. For sale by all Dispensaries and Daalers.
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      320 2 ISMAIL &RAH££M ARE NOW SHOWING A LARGE VARIETY OF Diamond Jewellery, LOOSE DIAMONDS AND OTHER PBECIOUS STONES. Early Inspection Respectfully Solicited. A SOZODONT Teeth preserved to middle age Xjft are pretty sure to last out one's lifetime. The greatest known premp£ servative the teeth and P urifier iizillW c mout
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      165 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Payable In Advance. Daily issne per year 180.00 do per quarter 7.60 do per month 2.60 do par oopy 10 Weekly issue per year 1200 per quarter 8.00 do per oopy 80 When sent by post, there is added for the daily issue, two dollars a quarter to
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    New South Africa.
    627 3 STRIKING SURVEY OF SITUATION BY LORD CURZON. Splendid Outlook. Lord Curzon had a brilliant letter in The Times on the new South Africa. He observed the negotiations for union during his recent visit, and from the stand-point of his great experience in administration, looks forward to the
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    FLEETS OF AIR AND WATER.
    367 3 Dr. MacNamara on Two-Power Standard in Brains. Speaking the other evening, at the annual dinner of the Institute of Naval Architects at the Hotel Cecil, Dr. MacNamara, M. P., said everybody agreed that it was vital to trie British Empire that the British Navy should
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    MISSING POET.
    536 3 Disappearance of a Penzance Gentleman. We are informed by Mr. Grant Richards that Mr. John Davidson, the poet, has been missing from his home at Penzance since Tuesday, says the Times of April 3. Mr. and Mrs. Davidson and their younger son have resided at Pcnzanco during the
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    An Obliging Official.
    87 3 A telegram printed by the North-China Daily News says that it is reported that Viceroy Yuan Shu-bsun, of Cbibli, has offered to advance taels 1,000,000 to relieve the stringency of the money-market at Tientsin, provided that the banks and traders concerned will offer reasonable conditions. Neither the
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    Colonial Co-operation.
    83 3 At a meeting of the British Empire League, on March 31, Lord Brassey moved a resolution welcoming Colonial Co-operation in naval defence. Major-General sir Edward Hutton seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. In a cartoon Punch pictures Germania watching New Zealand's Dreadnought and sighing: Those, lion cubs
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      3 3 Zymole Tooth Paste
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      759 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For hlna Japan. Penan* Ceylon. Australia, lndfa Aden, Egypt. Mediterranean Porta, Ply- mouth and London Tin- >'ii;h Bills of Lidot! issue! for China Ooaet Per ian Gulf, C'>atinental, and Amerioan Port Stenmeri will lsave Siu?aporeon or afcoat. MAIL LINE. OutiV'inl for China) Oceaca
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      694 4 STEAMERS BAIUNG. OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL BTEAM NAY. CO. LTD. Tbe Companies' steamers aro despaohed from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China and Japan every week and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight for Oenoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and for Marseilles, Havre
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      613 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. APCAR LINE OF BTEAMERB. Tas undermentioned mall steamers of the above Line main »in a regular service between Oaloutta and Japau, calling at Penang, Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai tn routt FLEET. Xodi Coromnoder s.s. "Jamb" 8,800 J. G. Ounn 8.8. M Gbeoobt Apca» 4,800 8. H. Belsor a.a.
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      301 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. C P R Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Lino. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO EUROPE riA UHINA JAPAN. CANADA and tbt UNITED STATES. Boats from Hongkong, via Shanghai, Nagasaki, (Inland Sea of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria and Vancouver, R.M.S. "EifPßsse nt Ihdia" 1 Twin-screw rteaK.M.B. Enrssflfl or
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      668 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. Tbe steamrrs of this Company maintain a regular servioe between Hamburg, Bremen. Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits. China and Japan. Homewards, they are deepatohed rortnlgbtly for Havre and Hamburg and onoe a month for Brcmerhaven direot, calling at Penang and 'Vlumbo. Taking oargo
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      777 4 STEAMER BAJLIK6S. N. D. L. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. Imperial (ierman Mail Line. The fast aud well-known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnighty from Bremen, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp. Soutbamp ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (oonneotion Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Port Said, Sao::, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong Shanghai, Nagasaki
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    COLLISION AT PORT SAID.
    258 5 French Steamer Damages Italian Ship. The French steamer Portugal I Messageries Maritime*) collided with the Italian steamer Alberto MM (Soc. Vencziana do Nay. a Yap.) about a mile out of Port Said, on Ist instant. The Alberto Trcves wag homeward bound and li-ft tho port just
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    Beer Bars in Post Offices.
    127 5 In tl.c House of Commons, Mr. Arthur Henderson asked the Postmaster-General if he "as aware that deliberate attempts to promote the sale of alcoholic liquors in refn him nt bars in the district postoffices of I. 11 were being organised by a firm of London
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    Local Shipping News.
    338 5 A caryo of rice arrived from Saigon, yesterday, by the Liritish steamer Needles. Quarantine restrictions against the port of Bangkok on account of smallpox are withdrawn. The Dutch steamer Tjilaljap arrived from Kuchinoti-u, yesterday, with 4,280 tons of coal and 1,010 cases of sulphuric acid for Singap
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    OUTWARD BOUND.
    303 5 List of Passengers Coming to Singapore. Per Imperial German mail steamer Prinz Kite I Fricdrich, dne May I.— Mr. O. Scheid-l-nrr and family, Mr. J. O. Kirk, Mrs. S. Tin urr, Mr. D. Christil, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Tboy, Mr. O. Ingate, Mr. A. Ritchie, Mr. F.
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    AUCTION SALES
    169 5 Powell and Co. April 27 At saleroom, freehold land situate at Kampong Bahru Road, at 2 80. April 27. At saleroom, leasehold land and house, No. 144, Tanjong Rbu, at 2.80. April 27.— At saleroom, the Dutch steamer Djambi.at 2 80. May I— At Tan Beng Chiang's Nursery,
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    Pirates' Valuable Haul.
    115 5 On the 15th instant, five junks which left Shui Hing together for Canton, when passing the Kam Kai creek, were held up by a number 01 pir~les. who had previously hidden themselves on both sides of the banks. Tho pirates wero armed with rifles with which they
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    96 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To- Day. TANJONO PAOAR. East Wbabj Basim— Nil. East W. Sacrum 1- Li tdula C Apcar Hop Seng. B«cnon No. 1 (gmu WeAar)— Nil. Saonoa B— Tatpba, Sado Mara. B—lslander.8 Islander. 4— Patban. n B— Nil. 6—
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    SHIPPING IN PORT.
    604 5 Under this beading the following abbreviations are used atr. steamer sh. nhip bq. barque sob. schooner Tot. Yacht Cm. Crniser. (i'bt— Oanboat Tor.— Torpedo H.p.— Horse-power Brit. British U.S.— United States Fch.— French Oer.— German Ont.— Dutch Ital.— ltalian Span.— Spanish 3ar.— Sarawak O.o.— General- »rgo; d.p
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    Clearances.
    104 5 April as C. Lopez Lopez, Span str, Liverpool via ports Palermo, Brit atr, Manila, Hongkong. Hankow Moynne, Brit str, Yokohama via ports Gorgon, Brit atr, Fremantale via ports Japara, Out atr, Muotok and Palembang Solva, Nor atr, Bangkok 36 Haiphong, Fch atr, Saigon Goeben, Ger atr, Hamburg, via porta
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    Mails Close.
    120 5 Fob Pu Hn>m Tim To-mobbow Penang and Cochin Gotlar 10 a.m. Patani via port Ruby 11 a.m. Muntok and Palembang Q. Q. Meijer noon P. S'tenham and Penang Kittna 1 p.m Bagan 'I'iH o'(A< If i<;/ 2 pm. Penang and Colombo /Vn*,. a p.m. Patani and Bangkok, Chakrabongt
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    Finance & Commerce
    233 5 Finance Commerce EXCHANGE. Sinoapobi, April 27, 1909 On London— Bank 4 m/a 2/4£ Demand 2/8} Private 6 m/s 2/4| do 8 m/s 2,4 On Germany— Bank d/d 287 Private 8 m/a 241 do 6 m/s 243 On France Bank d/d 292 Private 8 m/s 296 do 6 m/s 299 On
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      DEBENTURES.
      50 5 Howarth Erskine 6% 600.000 par. Riley, Hargreaves 6% 284,000 par. Spore Electric Tramways Co., Ltd. 6% 860,000 nominal Straits Engineering Syndicate, Ltd. 6% 46,000 par. Singapore Municipal 6& 410,000 20%p.n0m 6% 1.8 1 8,000 6%prem. *i% 1,600,000 6% prem. 4% 602,900 nominal. Tanjong Pagar Dock Board 6% 1,060,000 par.
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      MINING.
      289 5 »800,000 •300,000 •600,000 £500,000 •400,000 £60,000 100,000 150,000 £120,000 £30.000 •450,000 £250,000 Captial MBOBP I I 10 10 I Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. 000 10 10 7,500 i Brnang, Ltd. 6.25 10 10 Bruseh Hydraulic T.M. Co., Ltd (1) 7.50 I 1 4^^^) Dnff Development Co., Ltd. 4.00
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      RUBBER.
      421 5 £150,000 •200.000 £80,000 £80,000 £70,000 £85,000 •160,000 £16,000 £75.000 £110,000 £310,000 £50,000 £180,000 £100,000 £820,000 0.176,000 10 1 i I 1 1 1 1 1 I i 1 1 1 1 1 250 I 250 2 1 1 V--1 1 1 10 10 l 100 1 1 2/ 100
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      GENERAL.
      215 5 .66.877.10.0 H60.000 •1,600,000 •225,000 •15,000,000 •2,400,000 11,000,000 •84,000 12/6 100 10 10 60 126 100 100 100 100 10 100 100 10 60 1 100 100 100 10 12/6 100 10 7 60 126 100 1 100 10 100 100 10 I 6? 1100 100 100 io 916 476
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      156 5 DAY BY DAY. Tuesday, April 27. High Water. 2 14 a.m., 4.54 pm. Albambra Cinematograph. Hariuia Cinematograph. Marlborough Cinematograph. Wednesday, April 28. High Water, 8.17 a.m., 6.34 p.m. Riley, 1 1 irureavi s Ltd. Meeting, noon. Kuantan Tin Co.. Gresham House, noon. Thursday, April 29. High Water, 4.55 a.m., 7.46
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      154 5 Singapore Tide Table. (Faoii AriiiL 17 10 Mat S. HIGH WAI SB. LOW WATER ¥iie TH^I TiinSTH^t Xpril lir Pin, ft. in. hrs.raiu. ft. ins. 1 8714 ami 7.9 9IS am 1.5 TuisoiT «ij 4 W p m 6 .8 1.15pm 5.2 f 3.17 am 7.3 110 51pm S.I W'NB«>«
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. TUESDAY, APRIL 27. HEROINE WORSHIP.
    1188 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. TUESDAY, APRIL 27. HEROINE WORSHIP. We may allow the Turkish situation and the naval scare to evaporate or consolidate an the case may be while wo give a glance at quite another kind of theme. Most middleaged readers will recall the shock of painful
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    31 6 Invitations are out for a social gathering of the past and present pupils of the Deaconess Home, Mount Sophia, at 4.80 p.m., on Saturday, May 1, in celebration of Founder's Day.
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    20 6 A Greek named Joseph Hertz was committed to. the House of Detention, as a vagrant, by the third magistrate, yesterday.
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    20 6 An Anglo-Japanese Exhibition is to be held at Shepherd's B.isli in 1910. The Japanese Government are keenly supporting the scheme.
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    25 6 Sir John Jordan, British Minister in Peking, has notified the Waiwupu that Great Britain will not interfere in the matter of the delimitation of Macao.
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    23 6 Entire changes of programme will be put on at the llarima Hall cinematograph, North Bridge Road, and tbe Marlborough Cinematograph, Beach Road, to-night.
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    26 6 A Russian sailor who came in as a stowaway on the British steamer Moyunc, was sentenced to four weeks' rigorous imprisonment at the marine court, yesterday.
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    26 6 Tho hearing of the charge against Mr. Clarke, assistant registrar of vehicles, of receiving illegal gratifications, lias been fixed for tomorrow, at Batu Gajah police court.
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    38 6 How loQg have you been in the police force? asked the second magistrate of a Chinese detective who was giving evidence, yesterday afternoon.— Sinoe the 17th inst., I think you bad better go out again, added his Worship.
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    35 6 Cbiu Kan Tao, one of the officials who is accompanying His Excellency Tang Shao Vi on his present mission to America and Europe, has sent home a machine used for the purpose of printing banknotes.
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    35 6 Mrs. Annie Taylor prosecuted a nonya named Ku Ah Chow, in the fourth magistrate's court, this morning, or. a charge of using criminal ."orco against hor. Grievances of a domestic character appealed to be many.
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    35 6 The entertainment at the Alhambra cinematograph show, to-night, will be under tho patronage of His Excellency Major General T. Perrott, C. 8., Officer Commanding the Troops. A special programme has been arranged for the occasion.
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    53 6 Yesterday evening, an altcrcatiot. between a couple of boatmen at the mouth of the Kallaug river led to both falling into the water, where they continued to pummel each other as freely as if ashoro. They were separted by friends and agreed to a truce when landed. Their boats drifted
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    49 6 The one drawback to Jesselton, says the North Borneo Herald, is that there aro no Hongkong steamers calling here and a lanking agency is also wanted in the place. We would get immigrants, advertise the place, and make Chinese food and clothing much cheaper if the Hongkong steamers called.
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    64 6 The public of Saigon were disagreeably reminded of tho post office strike in France by the arrival of tho home mail on April 15. Mosi of the letters and Paris newspapers had been left behind. Usually the home mail consisted of over fifty bags, but this time there were only
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    67 6 A middle-aged Bengali, an inhabitant of Dum-Dum, carrying on business in jute in Calcutta, was arrested in Ttiticorin, the other day. on suspicion, while on his way to Japan, where, it is said, he was going to learn the manufacture of candles. The matter was commuaicated to the Calcutta police,
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    76 6 Mr. Knowles made an application to Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith, yesterday, to have the issue of the case, P. M. Skene v. Lam Kay and others, referred to a court of three judges. The matter was, however, postponed for a week. This is a matter of land being purchased by
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    70 6 One judge, one lawyer, one Malay interpreter, one Arabic ditto, one Malay document, one Arabic ditto, two pairs of spectacles for the use of the Arabic interpreter, and an adjournment for a week were the constituents of an application ia the Supremo Court, yesterday, concerning somebody who had died in
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    85 6 Messrs. Alfred Kitehing and Co., of Winchester House, are issuing to their friends and patrons an exceedingly handy blotting pad. It is so designed that one portion forms a sloping desk, and inside this there is a pocket for letter paper or memoranda. Each of the blotting sheets has a
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    100 6 Several Chinese charged with bousebreaking in different parts of the town were acquitted in the district court, yesterday. In one case, referred to in these columns last week, a Chinaman said that he was asked by the accused to join them in a burglary in Pekin Street. He assented, but
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    104 6 A watchman naiued Cheong Ah Seng, who is employed at the Lunatic Asylum, was tried in tho second magistrate's court, yesterday afternoon, on a charge of theft of a silver belt belonging to an Indian lunatic He said that he was a singkeh. He did not know that he was
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    388 6 The death is announced ot the Moot Rev. William Saumarcz Smitb, Archbishop of Sydney. Mr. VI. A. Sugden, office assistant revenue survey office, Taiping. ia proceeding shortly on leave to England. The Duke of the Abruzzi passed through liahore on the 11th inst.J on his way to
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    Borneo Concessions Case.
    47 6 With reference to tho above case which was dealt with in the Supreme Court, recently. we are informed that neither tho firm of Messrs. Bchn, Meyer and Co., Ltd.. nor the North German Lloyd, have been buyers of the Borneo coal concessions referred to.
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    Five Shots in Two Seconds.
    99 6 Experiments with automatic rifles fur military use are still proceeding in Europe, as it is believed that the weapon of tho future must eventually be of this type. The latest rifle if known as the Siogrone. It was triod recently at the Normal Power Co.
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    Pepper Growers Turn Brigands.
    118 6 A singular story of a rising comes from the portof Kainpot, in Cambodia, an Indo-China protected State. Particulars which reached Saigon on April 14, show that over a hundred labourers ou pepper gardens, out of work Hylams and nativos— bad gathered together a few miles from
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    Dangerous Characters Arrested.
    123 6 The police for tho past few mouths have been keeping a sharp watch of the Saigon deportees who are in our midst, but as they •re more numerous than the members of the police force, and continue to arrive by overy steamer, it is impossible to keep
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    Chinaman and Pompous Britisher.
    129 6 They are telling in San Krauci-co a story at the expense of a certain pou.poun Bri ti ilior who crossed from Yokohama the other day in the steamship Korea. Amuog the other passengers was Wong Kwong, a cultivated Chinaman, who is general manager of one of
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      199 6 ALHAMBRA To~Night I JT 9.15 P.M. Undkk thk Distinguished Patronaub 01 H.E. MAJOR-GENERAL T. PERROTT. C.B. 1. Overture "Le Chevalier Breton The Alhambra Orchestra. 2. Subject, "A TRIP THROUGH PARIS AND LONDON." 8. Fashionable Paris, the Bois de Boulogne —Calais— En Route. 4. Dover in London The Zoological Gardens. N.B.—
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    PEACE IN TURKEY.
    243 7 PARLIAMENT RETURNS TO THE CAPITAL. Sultan's Fate to be Considered Secretly. |H«CT!R's TILIQRAH] London. April 20. Tliu occupants of the Selimiek barracks, four thousand in number, surrendered to overwhelming odds, aud the whole of Constantinople is now in the hands of the Constitutionalists. The Sultan, it is
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    Chinese Railway Loans.
    104 7 BRITISH PROTEST AGAINST GERMAN CONTRACT. China's Diplomatic Evasions. IKbutir's Thlki.kam' London April 27. Mr. McKinnon Wood, questioned in tlio Houho of Commons, stated that tbe (.'him so Government replied un the 14th inst. to tbo protest of Hth inst. iv reference to taking up of a loan
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    ROYAL MEETINGS.
    50 7 The Kaiser to Pay a Visit to Malta. Km 1 run's Tklk<.kam' l.uii'lon, April 27. King Edward. tfMr lueetiug King Victor Kmiuanuel at Naples, probably goes to Corfu. where hv will meet tin German Ktuperor, who goes to Malta on May I, ami will remain thore Hovoral days.
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    MALTA SMUGGLERS RELEASED.
    47 7 |Kictik'k Tblki.kam London, April 27. TUo uoncouiuiiswionod offiours wlio were arrested at Malta fur suiugKlio^ opium and haalnsb from Austria via Malta into Egypt have boon reloasod. It is believed that this action has been taken in accordance with instructions from the War Office.
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    RUSSIA AND CHINA.
    28 7 IRICTIR'9 TILIORAM] I-ondou, April 27. A Si Pt-tersburg telegram states thai the free importation of Chinese goods via Irkutsk has been postponed until January, 1910.
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    BULGARIA RECOGNISED.
    17 7 [Riuni'i TaueßAx] IjOQilou. April 26. Britain, France, and Russia have reco^niHed the independence of Bulgaria.
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    STATUE OF GAMBETTA.
    32 7 [Dii Omasutisom Llotd T»l»geak BernU, April 85. A jUtue of the French statesman Gambetta has been unveiled ai Nice. Very hearty and laudatory gpeochuH were delivered on the occasion.
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    34 7 There is said to be a grand opening in Sandakan for a small ioe plant. Capital could be subscribed locally, and the field would be Jewelton, Beaufort, Tenom, the looal estate* and, perhaps, Labuan.
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    SHIP'S PURSER CHARGED.
    450 7 Head Boy Complains of Criminal Misappropriation. Mr. H. Robinson, purser on the Australian liner Airlic, was before the district court this morning, on a charge of criminal mis appropriation of the property of the head hoy. Lee Chow Tony. Mr. Chopard appeared for the prosecution and Mr.
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    CAUGHT IN THE CABIN.
    171 7 Engineer's Discovery on the Steamer Perseus. A Macao coolie was before the second uiauistrate, this morning, on a charge of tin ft of pair of binoculars, two penknives, a ci*{ur holder, a tobacco box and fifteen cents Irom Mr. Atkins, chief engineer of the bluefunnel boat
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    DUNMAN STREET TRAGEDY.
    455 7 Further Details of the Murder Given by an Eye-Witness. (a connection with the terrible Dunuian Street tragedy, on Sunday, details of which appeared in onr issue of yesterday, a correspondent, who was an eye-witness of the scene, furnishes ns with the following About 2 p.m. on Sunday,
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    Suez Canal Shares.
    326 7 GERMAN GOVERNMENT'S LARGE ORDER. An Important Move Effected. A Paris telegram, of March 24, is to the following effect:- A rise of a hundred francs this week in Sue/ Canal sbai as, following upon the execution of an order to buy five hundred shares, has led to
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    MURDER ON A TRAIN.
    355 7 Chinese Merchant Sliced into Six Pieces. Last Monday afternoon, March 29, says a Chinese report, a murder was perpetrated in a train on the railway from Shanghai to Sungkiang. It appears that w'jen the train left Shanghai a cloth merchant, who was proceeding with money to
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    Holland and Siam.
    174 7 Now that Britain, following the examplo of France and Japan, is waiving her exterritorial rights in Siaui, the question arises whether Holland shall go and do likewise. The Locomotief, a Samarang newspaper. points out that Hollan'l lias a great many Asiatic subjects in Siam, who arc registered
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    New Railway Along the Suez Canal.
    153 7 What with the Hedjaz Railway in band in one direction and tbe Baghdad Railway in another, one would not have expected Turkey to be thinking about fresh projects in Asia but, according to the Cologne Gazette, which is usually well-informed on these subjects, tbe
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    Army Council Sued.
    419 7 EX-LIEUTENANT WOODS' HEAVY cum The Indemnity Canard. A statement of claim has just been lodged on behalf of ex-Lieut. Woods, formerly of the Grenadier Guard.", iv his lawsuit against the Army Council. Mr. Woods is claiming a total oi £77,500 (JMM being set down as special damages).
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    SHADOWED AND ARRESTED.
    133 7 Armed Chinamen Discovered in Singapore l-'our Chinese were prosecuted by Dolcetivc lnsp. Taylor in the third magistrate's court, this morning, on charges of being fou ml armod on April 19, with inteut to commit crime, and of possession of housebreaking implements. Ho informed tho magistrate that accused
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    Funeral of Mrs. Cummings.
    112 7 Despite the heavy rain which fell, yesterday afternoon, a large number of friends attended the funeral of tho late Mrs. Cummingx. who died at any early hour yesterday morning. The cortege left the Ice Works in Kiner Valley Road at four o'clock for Bidadari cemetery. The
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    An Unsolicited Testimonial.
    91 7 Was your arm broken asked the second magistrate, yesterday afternoon, of a coolie who obargeu another with having assaulted him at a standpipe. I don't know. It is nearly well now. I was sent to tho hospital and the treatment there was very, very good, and of
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    New Trial Ordered.
    106 7 Yesterday, Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith ordered a new trial of a case mentioned to the court by Mr. Cooke Yarborough who appeared for Alagappa Mandor, who had sued Singaram Pillay in the district court for 180, price of a bullock and cart, and failed. The plaintiff wished
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    75 7 The Siamese Government has taken vigorous measures against the brigands who, the other day, crossed the frontier into Cambodia and murdered a French officer, Lieutenant Thimonior. General Schau, an officer in the Siamese service, hastened to the spot and captured the brigand chief along with his band, 28 strong. They
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    PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
    427 7 Choral Work a Feature of Coming Concerts. The annual general meeting of members of tbe Singapore Philharmonic Society was held at tbe Victoria Memorial Hall, yesterday afternoon, Mr. A. Knight, vice-president, in the chair. There were also present Messrs. Harding, Dunnian, Butcbart, Ager, and Whitefield (hon. secretary and
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    THE LODGER'S LOSSES.
    469 7 Wearing Apparel Missing from his Box. Kiuil D. Nash, charged with dishonestly retaining clothing which Cecil Clarke pleaded guilty to having stolen from a Ceylonose named William Burden, was again before the second magistrate for trial, yesterday afternoon. Sergt. Hunter, who prosecuted, explained that Nash introduced Burden
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    Progress in Borneo.
    125 7 There will soon be quite a change in the appearance of Jesselton town, observes the British North Borneo Herald. First of all tbe railway department are building first class and most substantial carriage building sheds and carpenters shops, and the contract has been given for a double-storied
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    34 7 Among the papers of the poet, Mr. John Davidson, who disappeared from Pensancc at the end of March, clear indications have been found that ho contemplated suicide owing to <l"»""i *l trouble and ill-health.
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    GERMANS IN MOROCCO.
    96 7 CREDITORS STRANGE ACTION AT TANGIER. Flag Hoisted and Hauled Down Again. 'I'm OsTASUTisom Lloyd Tiiislim! Berlin, April 20. The contractor for works at the port of Tangier demanded from tho representative of iho Sultan payment of bills amounting to one and a half millions of marks. As
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    Persian Revolt.
    64 7 BOTH PARTIES DISM4YED BY RUSSIAN ADVANCE. Two Thousand Marching on Tabriz. [knri London, April 26. The Shah has consemed to the indefinite prolongation of the armistice at Tabriz. Shall and Nationalists are equally dismayed at tbe prospect of armod intervention by Russia. Reuter's correspondent at Teheran states tbat
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    THE QUEEN OF HOLLAND.
    38 7 A special telegram in the Deli Courant just to hand, says The accouchement of the Queen of Holland is positively not expected later than the 27tb inst. The Hague is crowded with foreign journalists.
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    DETECTIVES IN A DESTROYER.
    396 7 They Raid H. M. S. Grafton and Make a Capture. All day long ou Ist inst., detectives of Portsmouth were busy investigating new clues te the mystery of the disappearance of £2,700 pay money of 11. M. s. Dreadnought from the cruiser Indomitable. The trail was
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    Appeal Against Conviction.
    141 7 Yesterday afternoon, Mohamed Uhouse appealed, before Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith, against a conviction by Mr. Howard, who had sentenced him to nine months' rigorous imprisonment on a charge of obtaining money from the Netherlands Trading Society by means of a false invoice for goods. Mr. Braddell represented
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    93 7 A Chinaman named Ham Lee Hing wan tried before the second magistrate, yesterday afternoon, on a charge of negligence in conveying a bucket of bees through the streets and neglecting reasonable precautions to prevent tho bees from doing grievous hurt. Malay Constable 487 said that ho saw accused up a
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      18 8 The Ladies' Bislcy takes place this year in Taiping on October 1 and 2 next.
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      22 8 The Scottish Football Association bas decided to withhold the Cup owing to the riot at Glasgow, and there will be no replay.
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      19 8 Sir Arthur Young, has been pleased to accept the office of honorary president of the M tlaya Football Association.
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      21 8 There will be an Association match on the Beach Road ground this afternoon, between olevens representing police and Royal Garrison Aitillary.
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      24 8 As a result of the reduction of the entrance fee, tho membership of tbe Sandakan Lawn Tennis Club shows every prospect of increasing considerably.
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      26 8 Jesselton can boast of all kinds of sport. Every evening has its different sport golf cricket, tennis, miniature rifle shooting, and now hockey is being introduced.
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      36 8 Mr. J. W. Wilson is to be congratulated on making tho highest score yet recorded on our miniature riflo range, says the Borneo Herald. <>n the 7th inst., ho made 34 out of a possible 85.
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      32 8 The next match in connection with the Malaya Football Association championship, between the Fathol Karib, the winners in the last Tramway cup competition, and the Siugapore Perauakan, will be played tomorrow afternoon.
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      72 8 A large number of peoplo gathered at the Paris Hippodrome, on March 20, to see Miss Fairclough, champion of England, box Miss Stewart, champion of America. It was announced that Miss Stewart was ill and that Miss Fairclough would box with a male boxer instead. This angered the spectators, who
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      112 8 It will be remembered that tbe New Year land sports could not be held on January 1 last, owing to the condition of the racecourse. Yesterday afternoon, Mr. R. Peirce presided over a meeting of subscribers, held at the Exchange, at which it was decided to hold the sports on
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      The Turf.
      72 8 Results of Races. The following cable bas been received by the Asian Lancashire Steeplechase. Run at Manchester on the 12th instant. Moonhtruck I 1 Champion 3 Lord Chatham 8 Doncastcr Handicap. llyman 1 Irishman 2 Vibtu 8 Sydney Cup. Run at Melbourne on the 12th instant. Trafalgar 1
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    POPPY HARVEST DESTROYED.
    223 8 Enthusiasm of Anti-Opium Governor in South China. Governor Cheung, of Kwei Lin, bas sent a Weiyuen into the opium growing district with orders to destroy the crop and put a stop to its farming in the future, writes a correspondent from Nanning. Though he had issued proclamations
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    International Exhibitions.
    100 8 In epite of the earthquakes and disasters in Sicily, Italy is steadily preparing for the great international exhibitions which are to be held in tbe year 1911 at Turin and Rome. The Siamese commission for foreign exhibitions, of which the Crown Prince is the president, have obtained a
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    13 8 In a bouse in Cecil Street, a Chinese amah was found dead, yesterday.
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    THE SPRING RACES
    944 8 Notes and Comments on Racecourse Training. Tuesday morning. Tbe heavy rain of yesterday rendered the track heavy this morning, but good work was done by all the horses and griffins. Acetine and Prince George went once round at a good gallop, completing tbe course in 2.6, tbe
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    Killed by Lightning.
    45 8 Lightning seems to have a strange affinity for the Ponggol district In the past two or three years there have been several cases of disastrous bolts, with two or three fatalities, the last of these occuring yesterday, when a Chinaman was killed.
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    Police Intelligence.
    38 8 A burglar was captured in flagrante delicto at a Chinaman's house in Serangoon Road, last night. Mr. Marshall, of Waterloo Street, bis bad his rook arrested on a charge of theft of jewellery valued at 1105.
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    55 8 The death took place at Colombo, on the 17th inst., of the Rev. O. A. Carlson, an American missionary who was on his way to New York after some years' work in Java. Mr. Carlson was taken ill with dysentery abouts ix weeks ago and became gradually worse. H was
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    Hongkong Shipping.
    964 8 BOYCOTTING OF SHIPOWNERS BY GRAIN IMPORTERS. Rice Dealers at Haiphong Aggrieved. History repeats itself, says the Hongkong Telegraph. The boycott, which was instituted against tbe three Hongkong shipping firms engaged in the Haiphong-Hong-kong trade towards the end of 1907, has been revived, and for identical reasons. The similarity
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    65 8 A pamphlet issued by the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha relating to shipments of Japanese coal from Moji, Wakamatsu, Karatsu, Nagasaki, Kuchinotsu, Miike, and Saminoye, shows that in 1906 tbe total shipped was 8,083,116 tons. In 1907, this total had increased to 8,563,088 tons, and in 1908 to 9,*****4 tons. To these
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    SANDYCROFT RUBBER CO., LTD.
    1131 8 Fifth Ordinary General Meeting at Winchester House. The fifth ordinary general meeting of the members of the Sandycroft Rubber Co.. Ltd., was held at the offices of tbe company, Winchester House, Collyer Quay, yesterday. The business before the meeting was the reception of tbe directors' report
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    LOG OF THE MURIEL.
    946 8 Troubles of a Yachtsman in tbe Suez Canal Mention has been made iv our columns of the daring trip of a yachtsman from Bombay to England, and the following account of some of his experiences will be read with interest "We spent two days at Suez,
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    Over Much Confidence.
    107 8 With a ten tael tin of opium carefully fitted on to tbe calf of each leg, a Chinese sailor off the Devawongse confidently tried to pass the Customs guard at Bangkok and go for a run on shore. Few sailors are allowed to pass on shore without
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    Japan Sugar Co.
    61 8 Tbe decisive action on the part of tbe authorities in arresting the directors and those whose suspected of beingguiityin regard to the Japan Sugar Co. disclosures gives satisfaction to the foreign shareholders, most of whom, in appreciation of the action of the authorities, endorse the opinion that
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    VESSELS EXPECTED,
    716 9 Same, port, probable date of arrival, and name of Agents. STEAM BKB. Alrlic Bvi'.Qiy, 3une 23; Bonstead Ambria. Hongkong, Apl 27; Behn Meyer Assaye, Hongkong, May 6 P. <ft O. Coy Ayn'hm, Bombay. May Borneo Oov Austria. Chins, May 6 Rantcnberg Kobmldl Arratoon Apoor. Calcutta. May P. Simooi
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    Mails to Arrive.
    44 9 From Eurpoe By the N.D.L. atr P. Friedrich, due Apl HO, 8.1. > learner Tara, due May 1. M. M. steamer Polynesien. due May I From China By the N.D.L. str. Gceben, due April 26. 11. M. steamer B. Simons, dae Mai
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    Time Table of Mails Due
    95 9 1.. H hill«K[|.in.- I Ur 16 N.D.L I»r 18 B. I. Ur ->i M. M. Ur 2.5 P. *0. Ur 39 N.I >L. Lpril 1 B. I. pnl I M. M. ■pril 9 P. 4.0. .phi 12 N.D.Ii. .pril 15 B. I. pril IS M.
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      475 9 INSURANCE Compahies. COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED FIRE, LIFE, MARINE, ACCIDENT, GUARANTEE. ABSETS exoeed £17,000,000. W. A. SIMS, o 1876 Manager, Eastern Branch. NORWIOH DMON FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY OF NORWICH A LONDON. Established 1797. FOR FIRE INSURANCE ONLY. Amount insured C 885.000.000. Losses paid 11,600,008, Premium inoome. 908,000. lnsnranoe effeoted
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      561 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. INDOCHINA STEAM NAY. CO.. LTD. In steamers of this Company maintain a regular direct servioe between Caloutta, Straits, Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan, taking oargo on through Bills of Lading for Canton, Swatow, Amoy, Chefoo, Tientsin, Newchwang, Yangtsze Ports, Formosa, tbe Philippines, 4c, Ac. Stousen Tons Commander KraeiM 4,890
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      484 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. C.JL SPECIAL NOTICE. Ghargeurs Reunis. FRENCH STEAMSHIP COMPANY. (ROUND THE WORLD LINE). The French Steamship Company CHAIiGEURS RE IN IS beg to inform the publio that their steamers of the Round-the- World Line will henceforth suppress calling at Vancouver and Puget Sound Ports. They will proceed from Yokohama
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    Chinese Abroad.
    223 10 PEKING GOVERNMENT DESIRES THEIR MONEY. Encouraging (he Emigrant A Chinese correspondent, writing to tbe Echo de Chine, complains tliat the Piking Government only takes an interest in those of its subjects who emigrate to this part of the world when money is to be made out of them.
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    FORGET-ME-NOT.
    304 10 Sentimental Inscriptions on F. M. S. Railway Crockery. Says the Me 'ay Mail: When a travoller on the FederaU 1 Malay States Railways is supplied with a tea cup bearing the inspiring motto Forget me-not, inscribed upon it iv chastely-gilded old English characters, it is, perhaps, not surprising that
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    Dreadnoughts in the Air.
    153 10 Ob, full of Dreadnoughts is the air I In train and tram and 'bus, In clubs, in pubs, and everywhere Thin topic men discups. To talk of nothing else they care. Oh, full of Dreadnoughts is the air I And have we planned enough, or not,
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    Thrashed by Women.
    117 10 The anti-foreign ppirit is as fierce as ever in high official circles in Yunnan province (Western Cbina). The former Viceroy, SiLiang by name, was noted for it especially when French interests were concerned. But bis successor, Li Eing-Chi, is worse. He served as treasurer formerly in the
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    59 10 On Sunday, the 18th inst., between 500 and 600 Chinetie, representing artizans from all the docks and shipbuilding yards in Hongkong, met at West Point. The object of the meeting was to collect subscriptions to form a trade union so as to protect themselves in case of strikes. The meeting
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      611 10 BANKING COMPANIES. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. IHCORPOBATrfD BY ROYAL CHARTER. Paid op Capital in 60,000 Share, of f^each «1,«00,OOC Reserve Kind «1,V25,000 Beserve Liability of Proprietors «1,500,000 BANKERS. Bank oi England. National Bank of Scotland. Ske London City Midland Bank, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Aoooant. are opened
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      355 10 BANKING COMPANIES. HONGKONG AND BHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. eAiD up capital 115,000.00 c RESERVE FOND:— sterling Reserve 115,000,000) i*g cyi nor Silver Reserve IH.SJO.OOo} W..OJU.W-J 4<nrvi Liability ot Proprietors 116.000,000 COURT OP DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. W. J. Gresson, Chairman. H. E. Tomkina, Esq., Deputy Chairman. B. O. Barrett, Esq. 1. R.
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      440 10 SALES BY AUCTION. FURNITURE SALES. SATURDAY, MAY, 1, at No. 710, River Valley Road, 2.30 p.m. Powell Co., d 641 Auctioneers. AUCTION SALE or PAWNBROKERS' UNREDEEMED PLEDGES, Monday, May 3, 1909, at 10 a.m. Wednetday, Mai 5, 1909, at 10 a.m. Friday, May 7, 1909, at 10 a.m. Jewellery consisting
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      55 10 LAME SHOULDER. This is a common form of muscular rheumatism. No internal treatment is needed Apply Chamberlain's Pain Balm freely fonr times a day and a quick cure is certain. This liniment has proven especially valuable for muscular and chronic rheumatism and is certain to give qniok relief. For sale
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      664 10 SALES BY AUCTION. MT THE STRAITS ENGINEERING SYNDICATE (IN LIQUIDATION). Auction Sale OF THE WHOLE OF THE STOCK-IN-TRADE, At tho firm's premises, Beach Koad, OT TUESDAY, MAY 4. AT 10.30 A.M. AND FOLLOWING DAYS. Messrs. H. L. C-^hlan and Co., are instructed by the Liquidator of the above Company to
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    AUTOMOBILISM.
    1069 11 GREAT POSSIBILITIES OF THE INDIAN MARKET. Testing a Slide Valve Engine. An English army officer writes to The Car as follows While travelling lately through the north I of India I chanced at a roadside station upon a copy of Tbe Car bearing a date by no means recent.
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    SCARCITY OF SOVEREIGNS.
    271 11 Peculiar Indian Hobby Largely Responsible. During the last few months there has been an unusual scarcity of sovereigns in Calcutta. Tho sovereign is not a coin which is in much demand amongst Europeans in India until they are going home, when it becomes an extremely useful equivalent
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    Governor Made Them Jump.
    119 11 His hononr the Lieutenant Governor's speech was the only redeeming tpot in a dull debate on the Bengal Budget, says a Calcutta taper. Sir Edward had already established his claim to be considered the happy possessor of a ready wit, and in referring to the class
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    Transvaal's Native Labour.
    84 11 Tbe Transvaal, after consulting with the other South African colonies, has signed an agreement with Portuguese East Africa, wbereby the Portuguese will continue to facilitate the recruiting of native labour for the Rand mines. There is to be a joint administration of the Mozambique railways, and of
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      922 12 Scale of Charges. PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS.— MisceIIaneous. Wants of Every Description, Houses, Land, etc., to let, are inserted at the following rates One Insertion 91.20 per inch. Two 2.00 Three 2.80 Six 5.20 Nine 6.40 Twelve 7.12 Twenty- live 10.00 (Each subsequent month 9S per inch.) The above rate is based
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      553 12 TO BE LET OR 80LD. Bats -row LUm. om or two ImUloa 11.00 Bf th. iaeb, *m Mate ol ehargM. HOUBE TO LET. No. 8, Waterloo Street, with stabling and gas; from May 1. Apply at No. 96, Waterloo Street 662 HOUBEB TO BE LET. Commodious terrace houses in Wilkie
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      558 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. ■Uxasi-roa Urns, omoiK teMHtoaa, r.OO Br Mn took. m. Bemlt ol OfcugM. OFFIOE TO BE LET. Offioe on second floor of. No. 7, Battery Road. Apply to Onthrie and Co., Ltd. DlB7B OFHBE ft BODOWN TO BE LET. With Immediate salty No. T, Malaeos Street.
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