The Straits Times, 4 June 1909

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times NO. 22.977 SINGAPORE. FRIDAY. JUNE 4. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 178 1 KATZ BROTHERS, Ltd. "THERMOS" PATENT FLASK. Always Ready Without The Least Trouble. .HOT m COLD < BEVERAGES J*^ DRINKS will remain Hot for 24 hours without any wi remain CoM for week No ie or application of tire or any yrtcautions MX -~~^M artificial cooling means required. against cold. S
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    • 114 1 HARIMA HALL Cinematograph, North Bridge Koad. To-Night ENTIRE GHANGE OF PROGRAMME. 1 8TRIN6 ORCHESTRA. ELECTRIC FANS. K. HARIMA, Sole Proprietor. THE Empire Hotel, KUALA LUMPUR. F.M.S. A New First-class Hotel. Fitted with Electric Light and tans. Fire minutes from Railway Station. Overlooking the Padang. Single and Double Bedrocms, with Private
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    • 339 1 ROBINSON CO. Sewing Machines. E*H^gg^gg\ NEW FAMILY HAND MACHINE BQ&LjpPHo^^W^^^^'' < N^ Will sew from tho riutst -=C~* j muslia to the stoutest cloth. Si LIGHT RUNNING NOISELESS. HAND MACHINE. $28.50. fl BJI The Vertical Feed Sewing Machine. il« I f will sew over uneven surface as well as plain.
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  • 1082 2 AMERICAN SUPREME COURT AND SOCIALISM. Legal Casuist Outwits Legislature. The decision of the Supreme Court of the j United States, aa to the effect of the Hepburn i Act upon railways owning coalfields, is of special interest at a time when in several quarters here a new
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  • 566 2 iAktbr losing Tiiu Children in Thru Years owinu to Dropsy, the Life of the FolBTH WAS SATED BY Doan's BACKACHE Kidney Pills. To every wife this wonderful record of fond hopes thrice shattered, and joy and happiness at last, cannot fail to appeal. It is told
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 251 2 RATNER Safes "List 2" Pattern, ADAPTED FOR THE CUSTODY OF VALUABLEIPAPEBS, BOOKS, ETC, Lined throughout with Fire-resisting chambers, 3J thick, filled with best non-conducting material. Lv/vKw Unpickable, violence and gunpowder proof, protected with I plate of Ratner drill-proof Compo Safe Steel. All usual sizes in stock. BORNEO CO., LTD., SOLE
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    • 203 2 mm i^fc. of all Tonic* J% SjV^jJ A Pr.».n Remedy lor ill N.rv.l oNj P--*". CHARLES jMh HEIDSIECKB White Seal JijV Champagne II Sole Agents JBj JA BBfll, lEYBR 10.. LTD.. fl Singapore Penang. Depot: I ~^t? I JOHN LITTLE CO.. LTD. |*jgE*»4 Singapore. lafSaSS^J Persian Nerve Essence in a
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    • 410 2 Milkmaid I Milkmaid B«*"'M* 1 llf I 1 1/ fjWßk I^WIS CONDENSED J^ ft I MILKMAID Trade Mark PI 'W i TRADE MARK. Largest Sale in the World CHEAPEST and BEST. The United Asbestos Oriental Agency, Ld. SOLE AGENTB FOR THE UNITED ASBESTOS CO LTD This company has held, and
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 172 2 The Straits Times, AMD The Straits Budget. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Payable la Advance. Dtily issue per year 1 80.00 do per quarter 740 do per^month 2.60 do per copy 10 Weekly itume per year 1200 do per quarter 8.00 do per oopy When tent by post, there U added for the
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  • 569 3 Next Session Will Not Convene for Seventeen Months. The second session of the Philippine Assembly adjourned on May 21, till October 16 of next year, as the regular date of meeting has been changed from February to October. The 16th of that month is the anniversary of the
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  • 97 3 The ingenuity of the militant Suffragette was farther exemplified at a meeting over which Mr. Birrell presided at Bristol. Hardly had the Irish Secretary commenced to speak when a woman's shrill voice was beard shouting Votes for Women. At first it was not known whence the
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  • 39 3 Tbe blockade at the Shanghai Albambra was removed on May 26 pending tbe case to bo brought before tbe court of consuls. It is stated that at Peking the members of legation are indignant at the municipal council's prooedore.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 708 3 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. CIVIL, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL GENINEERS, IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, Boiler Makers, Bridge Builders and General Contractors. SOLE -A-O-EILTTS FOR Worthington Pump Co.'s Patent Pumps Pulsometer Engineering Co.'b Pulsometer Pumps Robey and Co.'s Portable Engines and Machinery Richard Hornsby and Son's Oil and Gas Plants Way good' s
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    • 1269 3 ON HIS DOCTOR S ADVICE. Tuts Yocno Man in Colombo Broken down With Dihility, Bilious Headaches and othkb allmknts took DR. WILLIAMS P NX PILLS. They Spkbdily Made Him Well. Pbyfticians as a role dislike proprietary medicines and object to their patient* nsing them. No better guarantee, then, as to
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 667 4 STEAMER SAILINGS P. &6. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Erypt, Mediterranean Port*. Plymouth and London. Tbroagh B.llt of Lill-ig i«uel for Ghint Ooast Perjian Gi'.f, Ooatinantsl, ani Amerioan Port I. Stsanmi will lrava Sio{ip:>re on or about. MAIL LINE. Outward (for China) Devanba lane
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    • 651 4 STEAMERS SAILING. OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO. LTD. The Companies' steamers are despached from Liverpool outwards tor the Straits, China and Japan every week aud from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and for Marseilles, Havre
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    • 618 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. C P. R Canadian Paolflo Railway Company's Royal Hail Steamship Lint. THK HATIOHAL HIGHWAT TO BOBOPH ru CHISA JAPAN. CANADA and the UNITED BTATBB. Route bom Hongkong, »ia ShaaghtJ, Nagasaki, (Inland Bee of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Vlotoria and Vaneouvsr, R.M.B. -EiirMßS of Ibdu" Twin terew steaR.M.B. -EKraaas or
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    • 338 4 STEAMER 3AILIH6B. COMBIHU BIETICB O¥ THE OCEAN 8. 8. COY.. LTD.. THE WEBT AUSTRALIAN 8. N. CO.. LTD. BBtWBBB r REMAVTLB (PERTH) XOKTH WsWT AUSTRALIA* PORTS. JATA AH» SIMfiAFOU. Regular Fortnightly sailings between Singapore and. Western Australia, oalling at Java (as Inducement offors), Derby, King's Sound, (Port for the Kimberlev
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    • 661 4 STEAMER SAILINGS HAMBURG AMERIKALINE. HAMBURG. The (teaman of ihla Company maintain a regular aarrloe between Hambnrg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Btralta, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly tor Ha?M and Hamburg and onoa a month for Bremerhaven dlreot, Balling at Penang and Colombo. Taking oargo al
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    • 810 4 STEAMER mUNM. N. D. L. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. Imperial German Mail Line. The fast and well-known mail steamers ot this Company sail fortnighty from Bremen, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp. Southampton, Gibraltar, Oenoa, Naples (connection Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penaog, Singapore, Hongkong Shanghai, Nagasaki and
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  • 118 5 FIXTURES. Friday, June 4. High Water, 10.28 p.m. Philharmonic Orchestra 6.16. Football Cap Entries cl< M, 6. liandminn Dramatic Co., 9. Alhambra Cinematograph. Harima Cinematograph. Marlbornuyli Cinematograph. Saturday, June 5. High Water, 11.14 a.m., 10.68 p.m. Raffles Institution Sports, 8. Chinese Vol. Club dinner. Bandmann Dramatic Co.,
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  • 80 5 Tn Pi:r8. S. i <££ Hengkalu Kian Ann B*Un« VhqJ 1 Bai gkok Niitutung K. Pah*ng live Leong Mu»r Sri Mou Maw Lidy Weld MaUooa Bel»ngor M&l&cc* Ipoh Mklkoo* Hoog Le« PauDg Hile»i» Ptoung Hebe P. Swet'hum Pin Beng M»b»ng Rembrandt Jan* 4 1 p.m .,4 3 p.m. ..4
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  • 49 5 The Imperial German mail steamer Prioz Eitel Fried' iob having left Hongkong to day at 10 a.m. may be expected to arrive here on Monday afternoon the 7th instant, at 8 p.m. Hie will probably be despatched for Europe on th. following day, at 8 a.m.
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  • 54 5 [*ft 8ing»pore D ly 10 N.I) L. iy 18 B. I. iy 17 M.M. ly il P.4. 0. iy S4 N D.L. t y fl B. I. >y SI M. If )aeinLondo Jane 8 Jnue 8 Jane 9 Jauel2 Jane 17 June 19 Jane 33 on Arrived
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  • 329 5 Latest Arrivals. Awtktnt, Brit. str. ISA tons, Captain Boott, Jans 4. From Pontianak, Jane I. G.o. and 17 d.p. Ban Lee Heng. For Pontianak, Jane S Atlai Dot. tugboat 8 tons, Capt Weltevreden, June H. F.om Amsterdam, Apl 3. Ballast. Asiatic Petroleum Co. O-— W. Uafm.tr, Qer. xtr.
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  • 43 5 June a Bataritr, Brit Mr, Anamba and Natona Islands Brouwer, Dot str, Moe*ra Saba Van (Jomi, Dot itr, Anamba, Natnna lalanda Sri tfuar, Bnt str, Maar and Malaooa Kin'a, Brit .itr, Taluk Anson via ports Kuina, Brit str, V. Bwettenham and Penang
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  • 87 5 Wharves at which Vessel* art Berthed To-Day. TANJONG PAOAK. Em Wbabj Bum—TanoarviU*. East W.Saonon 1 Olaofallooh, Zwe»n». Vondel Psonoa Mo. 1 (Son WH»ari- Carlrle. Baonoa *—Sangola, Hapah. S— Begur*. 4— Bannki Mara. a •—Paroo. a S— Mioderoo. Patani. T—Nil. a a •—Oatroma, Tringgann,
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  • 167 5 Coming to Singapore. Per P. and O. steamer Macedonia, connecting with the steamer Dovanha at Colombo, due Jane 4.— Mr. M. Tadd. Mr. K. Loon Kin, Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott, Mr. K. J. Blair, Mr. W. Gibson, Mr. A. D. Allan, J. B. Wilkinson. Per P.
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  • 91 5 Per steamer Lady Weld, June B.— From Muar Messrs. L. Kemp and J. Mitchell. Per steamer Ipob, June 8. From Penang Mr. J. P. Ronffaer from Port Swettenham Messrs. W. Dunman, Jamieson, W. Gubbinn, English, Mackenzie, G. Macdonald, Kerr, Gutz, Pedley, St. Barbe and H. C. M. Kindersley. Per
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  • 123 5 A cargo of coal arrived from Batavia, this morning, by the Norwegian steamer Dott. The British steamer Segura arrived from London, yesterday, with a general cargo and seven passengers for Singapore and Hongkong. Among the cargo were 900 cases of dynamite for Singapore, and 1,900 for Hone kong.
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  • 45 5 Time-balls on Fort Canning and Mount Faber drop daily at 1 p.m Singapore standard time corresponding to 0 a.m. Greenwich meantime. The time-gun is fired at 12 o'clock noon, indicating Singapore standard time, on every day excepting Sunday, when it is fired at one o'clock.
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  • 568 5 HAUNTED BY VICTIM DAY AND NIGHT. Remarkable Story Conies to Light. According to the Japan Chronicle a strange tale has come to light in Osaka, where, at the Sonesaki police station on the night of May 2, a man gave himself up and confessed to having committed
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  • 258 5 Suggested International Show (or 1913. The German publisher Hermann Hillger, proprietor of Die Oegenwart, publishes an article in that review urging that an international exhibition should be held in Berlin, in 1918, by way of celebrating the twentyfifth anniversary of the Kaiser's reign. The principal object of
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  • 151 5 The Rev. C. F. Aked, the English pastor of the Fifth-avenue Baptist Church, has caused a stir in New York, by a sermon vigorously denouncing worldly women. He described society as a huge scale at one end of which was balanced the woman deprived of all womanhood and
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  • 327 5 Scotland's Record of Increased Wrongdoing in 1908. The year 1008, was rather a black one in Scotland, for crimes of many kinds increased. In the annual report of the Prison Commissioners for Scotland. It is stated that in 1908 the number of commitments of ordinary prisoners
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  • 400 5 Singapore, May 24, 1909. Peicis. Articles. 1 0 Beans, Long (per catty) 0.05 (do.) French (do.) 0.14 Beef perlb. 0.16 Beefsteak (do.) 0.18 Bean Sprouts (per catty) 0.08 Bamboo Sprouts (do.) 0.08 Blachan (do.) 0.14 Brinjals (do.) 0.06 Cabbage, Batavia (do.) nil (do.) China (do.) 0.82 (do.)
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  • 243 5 Finance Commerce. EXCHANGE. SnMAPOH, Junk 2, 1000. On London— Bank 4 m/s 2/4^ Demand 2/8)} Private 6 m/s '2/4* do 8 m/s 24 ft On Germany— Bank d/d 287} Private 8 m/s '240J do 0 m/s 242{ On France- Bank d/d 202 Private 8 m/s 200 do 8 m/s 200}
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 50 5 Howarth Erskine 0% 800,000 1% prem. Riley, Hargreaves 6% 284,000 1% prem. Spore Electric Tramways Co., Ltd. 6% 860,000 nominal > Straits Engineering Syndicate, Ltd. 6% 46,000 par. Singapore Munloipal6% 400,000 20%p.n0m 6% 1,878,000 7% prem. *i% 1,800,000 B%prem. 4% 602,000 6% disc. Tanjong Pagar Dook Board 6% 1,060,000
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    • 274 5 o B »!3MSir CoittA>nf 9= d >™«° Ig iftUBM Captial j Paid Uh- > UBUBD Company 1800,000 10 10 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. 8.00 12% for "OS •800,000 10 10 7,500 Bruang, Ltd. 7.00 •900,000 !10| 10 Braseh Hydraulic T. M. Co., Ltd.(l) 7.60 10% for '08 £600,000
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    • 436 5 I £160,000 •200,000 I 10 £80,000 1 £80,000 1 £80,000 £70,000 1 £85,000 f £16.000 £75,000 1 £110,000 1 £810,000 080,000 \l £60,000 £180,000 1 £100,000 1 £820,000 G. 176,000 58^ £126,000 £100,000 2 l £140,000 1 £800,000 £80,000 I 1 •260,000 £20,000 1 •100,000 ,100 £100,000 £80,000 2/
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    • 260 5 a) 8% debentures.— (6) subscribed by employees.— (c) part paid shares. Bonuses.— and bonus 2\ per oent for year ended 81/12/08.— f and 6/bonus.— RasißVss —Figures after names of compenio Indicate that they hold reserves as follows (1) •86,000, (2) tlftOOO, (8) £6,000, (4) 4,878, (5) •26.000, (6) 17,400,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 179 5 AUCTION SALES Mowcll and Co. June 6.— At saleroom, unredeemed pledges, at 10. Jnne 8. At saleroom, land and house off Boon Teck Road, at 2.30. June 8. At saleroom fruit and vegetable gardens off Pyah Labour Road, building allotments at Syedalwoe Road and off Gaylang Road, at 2,80. H.
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    • 49 5 GET IT TODAY. Do not neglect your family. Chamberain'a Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is sure to be needed when least expected. It oosta but a small amount to keep this medioine always on hand and it it economy hi the end. For tale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 240 5 WEATHER REPORT. Kandmg Kthau BofiUU, Jme 19C9. I a. a. r. ■.iff"*. Ruotmll. Bar. SI Fan 29.8J3 W.7H 89.818 Tamp 89.0 (8 S i 8)0 0.13m. Wei Bulb Thar 8 0 80.0 i 78 J Dirof Wind »!m rnlm c«lm Max. Tamp 89 S Hid 77.0 Max. Id Sao.. 161
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  • 1222 6 Straits Times. PRICS 10 CENTS. FRIDAY, JUNE 4. COMBINE FOR COMBINE. The Royal Commission on Shipping Rings held its first sitting in Feb. 1907. The men who formed that Commission were chosen because they combined rare knowledge of public law and familiarity with commercial •onditions. After hearing much i vidence
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  • 13 6 July 1 has been fixed for the opening of the Jobore State Railway.
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  • 14 6 The Ipoh Amateur Dramatic Society have decided to produce Our Boys on June. '11.
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  • 16 6 The draft Netherlands India estimates for 1910 show a probable deficit amounting to sixteen million guilders.
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  • 24 6 The output cf dry rubber from Sindycroft estate for the month of May was 4,237 lbs., making a total to date of 13,125 lbs.
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  • 21 6 The rung's Birthday will be oelobrated at all naval and military stations abroad on Tuesday, November 9, bis proper natal day.
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  • 21 6 The dividend of the Internationale Credieten Handels-Yereeniging Rotterdam, for the year 1908, has been fixed at 10 I 5 per cent.
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  • 27 6 During the Easter holidays, at Eton College, a bird has built its nest and laid several eggs in a boy's silk hat left behind in a room.
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  • 23 6 The Liverpool Journal of Commerce says that the international shipping scheme for regulating tonnage has been dropped, as far as Liverpool is concerned.
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  • 29 6 It was decided at a meeting representative of the brewing interest to recommend the simultaneous raising of the price of beer on July 1 if the Budget proposals pass.
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  • 27 6 Bandmann 8 Merry Littlo Maids Opera Co. arrived from Penang, this morning, on the English mail. They are on their way north, visiting Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan.
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  • 29 6 Between 600 and 700 men and women employed in the West-End ladies' tailoring trade have been on strike, demanding a reduction of hoars and an increase in overtime pay.
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  • 31 6 Agustus lieinze, formerly resident manager of the Mercantile National Bank, New York, has been arrested on tho charge of bavins converted over £150,000 of that institution's funds to his own use.
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  • 33 6 A Chinese lad was, this morning, ordered to pay tl-50 for scorching with a bicycle along South Bridge Road, on Thursday night. These amateur cyclists are becoming a grave nuisance to vehicular traffic.
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  • 41 6 During the hearing of a case in the Supreme Court at Hongkong, the chief justice said be wished that solicitors who had green inking typewriters would alter the colour of the ink, m the green was very trying on the eyes-
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  • 39 6 A party of Eurasian hunters secured a deer in the Chua Cha Kang district, on Tuesday, and another party secured another deer behind the Roman Catholic Church off the Kranji Road, yesterday. The season openod on the Ist instant.
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  • 44 6 In the House of Commons, on May 11, Mr. Haldane, replying to Mr. W. W. Ashley regarding the flying of the Union Jack on Empire Day, said, We do not think that the Empire will be held together by flag-flying. (Ministerial and Labour cheers.)
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  • 49 6 Outside the Criminal Court at Berlin, on May 8, a man, named Mason, who had just been sentenced to three months' imprisonment on a charge of assault, produced a revolver and shot three railway officials who had given evidence against him. One of the victims of the shooting died.
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  • 49 6 The New York Central Railway Co. has paid £27,200 in fines for having granted rebates to four companies amalgamated with the Maryland Consolidated Coal Co. to form a combine with a capital of 37,000,000 dollars (about XT, 100,000) in order to acquire the control of 200,000 acres of ooal-fields.
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  • 57 6 Mr. Thomas M. Boyle, second engineer of the Eastern Shipping Co.'s steamer Perak died at Penang£on May 31. The deceased was admitted to hospital, on May 30, suffering from phthisis, but the disease bad then reached an acute stage and he got gradually worse and was more or less unconscious
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  • 62 6 Visiting cards change little. This year, the favourite size for a wonan, ;>* by 2|, is often reduced. Many people prefer 2jby 2, while there are some who even cut their cards down to the size of a man's. To bo correct, however, they should be fairly thick, and the
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  • 60 6 One of the naval scandals lately revealed in France, bears upon a tugboat which had been built for service at Saigon. When finished, it proved to be too small to bo of use, besides being too weak to stand the long voyage to Indo-China. The Saigon papers say that searching
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  • 87 6 The pepper-growers rebellion at Kampot in Cambodia continues to occasion trouble. The rebels gave way before the European troops sent thither from Saigon, and withdrew into the interior where they await events. The European and native residents at Kampot beg the Government not to withdraw the troops at present, on
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  • 97 6 The Governor-General of Indo-Cbina takes a likely interest in the schemes on foot for improving the harbour of Haiphong, in Tonkin. At present the railways which converge at that port discharge goods into warehouses that are hopelessly inadequate. The harbour accommodation is so restricted that only a few vessels oan
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  • 424 6 Lieut. M. Stagg, R. E., was placed on the sick list on May 29. Mr. Andrew Carnegie has given X"20O,0OU to found a French Heroes Fund. Mr. C. I*. Green resumed his duties aa second magistrate, this morniog. Mr. and Mrs. S. God and child arrived from
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  • 46 6 Sulong, caretaker at the Singapore Golf Club, has reported to the police that some one broke open the padlock on Wednesday night, and removed a quantity of the Clab's glasses, cigars and cigarettes. The police look upon his story with suspicion.
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  • 54 6 The committee of the Bombay Native Pieoegoods Association, have drawn up a scheme for the formation of a limited company to import direct from Europe, without the medium of European firms whose indents are detrimental to native merchants' interests. The capital of the now company is
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  • 87 6 During the performance of the Merry Widow by the Bandmann Company at Kuala Lumpur, and immediately after the Russian dance, near the beginning of the second act, the electric light failed. The Malay Mail says We wore plunged in darkness until one of the
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  • 108 6 The Key. F. B. Mover bade farewell to Singapore at tho Wesley Church, Fort Canning, yesterday evening, when those present included bishop and Mrs. Uldham, Rev. J. A. B. and Mrs. Cook, Rev. W. Murray and many others. Mr. Meyer reviewed the work of the past fortnight,
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  • 141 6 As wired by our correspondent an accident occurred at l'enang. od June 1, to Mr. .1. \V. Maguess, iuspoctor of waterworks, municipal engineer's departui ut. It seems that Mr. MagnesH was driving to town in a dogcart, when the latter collided with a bullock-cart.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 265 6 g^22p3PiSs^ A HIGH-CLASS MIXTURE. Messrs. Robinson Co., [WALKER'S W#*//e laAe/ J WHISKY. un -rr >er case do/., 510.50.s 1O.5O. Legs Walker Wbihky only obtainable iv ST^tE SOLEAO.NTS, John Little* Co. I I LIMITED. T The Otaly Colour Wash on the 2 Market. A JBBBMBBBBWBBBT^ c Refinement of 6ood ®jr /77TC?)
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    • 242 6 ALHAMBRA To-Nlght. CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. New Pictures. This Parcel is a Nuisance. CHINESE PASTIMES. Comic Scene by \drien Vely. 11 Th* Dinner of January 9." "LA TOSCA" (The most realistic picture ever produced). THE MOTOR BOAT RACEB AT MONACO. 1909. Transformation of a Cigar End. JACOB'S IDEA (A really clever
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  • 81 7 TRANSVAAL CONCESSIONS SAVE UNION. Natal May Remain Outside. IRbutbb's Tblbobam] London, June 3. The Transvaal and Orangia Legislatures have adopted the amended constitution without a division. In the course of debate, General Botha pointed out that the concessions made by the Transvaal had prevented the wreck of
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  • 56 7 Cordial Attitude Towards Germany and Kaiser. |Dsk OtTUunmrnm Llotd Tiisoub] Berlin, June 8. Protestor Peck has conferred on Herr Iternstorf the honorary doctorate of Columbia University. The heartiest sympathy was expressed towards Germany and the Emperor William. Several telograph cables have been cut in France, it is supposed
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  • 39 7 [Dbb Ostasiatisobs Llotd Tblbobam) Berlin, June 3. Tbe Czar will be in Sweden on .1 une 20. On July 7 ho will attend the I'olawa festivities, and afterwards ho will go to Kngland and France.
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  • 26 7 Arrangements for tlfe Impending Meeting. ■Kbuisk's Tblbobam] London, June 8. I'riuce von Buelow will accompany the Kaiser on his visit to the Czar.
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  • 52 7 (Dam Ostasutisobs Lloyd Tblbobaii] Uerlni June 8. Tho Emporor William has accepted tbe Czar's invitation to meet him on June 19 in Finnish waters. The Czar will bring M. Stoiypin (Prime Minister and M. Isvolsky (Foreign Minister) and the Emperor will bo acooinpaiiiod by Prince von Kuelow, or Hcrr Schoen
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  • 37 7 [DM OITABUTISCHI I, to YD TILBOBm] Hcrlin, June 3. A coal strike is expected in Scotland. Trouble has boon anticipated in the coal areas in connection with the introduction of the eight hoars law.
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  • 48 7 RSDTBB'S TILBORAM. I London, June 8. The Russian Goverument has issued a four and a half per cent. Railway loan of ;i i millions sterling in London. Tho price of tbe issue was ninety. London, .lune 4. The Russian loan has been largely over subscribed.
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  • 34 7 [BBuns'a TeirobamJ London, June 4. The Nasbiuiotos are about to visit England. The visit will bo private, but it is expected that they will be received by King Edward and Queen Alexandra.
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  • 26 7 [Ril'th's Tbuobam] London, June 4. Sor via has arranged with French financiers a loan of six millions sterling, chiefly for armaments and railways.
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  • 24 7 FASHIONABLE ENGAGEMENT. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM] London, .lune 4. The Ti.aos states that a marriage has been arranged between Lord Sandhurst and tbe Hon. Arciiiie Wodelujuso.
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  • 19 7 RSDI Kt'S TsLBORAMSI London, .lune 4. Major General Barrou has been appointed Governor-General of Tasmania.
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  • 70 7 Tan Cluan Sien, the sub-postmaster, who has been charged with criminal breach of trust as a servant in respeot of 1140 was before Mr. Howard, this morning, for judg ment. His Honour reviewed the evidence in tbe case and thought that under tbe circumstances there was
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  • 122 7 Stockholm to Entertain London Councillors. The town council ot Stockholm, have invited three representatives of the Corporation, and three of tbo London County Counoil to visit the Swedish eapital for the opening of tie Exhibition of Industrial Arts by the King. Tbe guests are to arrive
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  • 193 7 Mr. Justice Phillimoro gavo judgment in the King's Bench Division on points of law raised ou tho pleadings in the action of Mangena v. Wright. Mr. Wright, the defendant in the case, was sued as publisher of the Times, and tho action was raised in respect of
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  • 87 7 A druggist named Hasegawa Orikicbi, living at Takeramacbi, Tamana District, Kumarcoto Prefecture, Japan, was arrested on the charge of having sold large quantities of human bones to a Chinaman for the purpose of export and also ot having mixed pulverised human bones into medioines and sold
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  • 78 7 A Chinese named Kong, aged 34, exmanager of Kwong Man Tai, No. 139, \ama-shita-cho, Yokohama, and Chun Shun Sbue, an employee of tbe Chartered Bank, who are said to have fraudulently obtained a great amount of monuy by forging the names of their employers and arc
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  • 103 7 A German consular report, in drawing attention to the market for cutlery in the Straits Settlements and Malay States, points out that a good market can naturally be found for cheap cutlery in countries, such as those of southern and eastern Asia, where climatic changes are
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  • 50 7 j I'l'he Admiralty has formed a reserve of 100 steam trawlers, chiefly stationed at Grirosby and Aberdeen, for sweeping up floating submarine mines in wartime. The skippers of the trawlers receive a retaining fee. A thousand sailors from the vessels will undergo a week's training each year.
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  • 71 7 Tho Nagasaki Shipbuilding Work* have been partially destroyed by fire. The oatbreak occurred in an electric shop early in tbe morning. One hundred and eighty marines from the British Squadron, followed by forty from a German warship, were landed, and were at work quelling the
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  • 999 7 NESTOR OF SINGAPORE AND THE STRAITS. A Link with the Past. We rogret to aonounoo the death of Mr. William Henry McLeod Read, C. M. G., which took place at Blackheath at Lee, S. E., on May 10, says the L. and C. Express. Mr. Road, who may fitly
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  • 102 7 A search light with a mirror five feet in diameter and capable of throwing such an imiDfDHo beam of light that it will be able to detect a submarine or torpedo boat at a distance of tea milos, is the latest addition to the United States
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  • 1663 7 'alarming experience early this morning. Probable Disaster in Dutch Indies. The following paragraph had been prepared for publication in today's issue of the Straits Times A resident declares that an earthquake shock was distiuotly felt in his locality oarly this morning, but we have so far been unable
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  • 323 7 Successful Production at the Victoria Theatre. Tho first of three performances on their return visit to Singapore was given by the Bandmann Dramatic Company in the Victoria Theatre, last eveniug, the piece selected being Matheson Lang'* Pete (the Manxman) which had such a successful run in London
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  • 99 7 By kind permission of Lt Col. Glover, D. S. O. and Officers, the full Band of the 3rd Battn. Middlesex liegt. will perform a programme of music in the Gardens commencing at 0 p. m. on Monday. The programme is as follows: Processional March Edina
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  • 68 7 The governments of Fiji and Victoria have agreed to accept tbe tender of Mr. H. C. Sleuth, shipowner, of Melbourne for the provision of a direct steamship service between Melbourne and Fiji at a subsidy of £6,000 per annum. Victoria will pay about £1.700 and Fiji £4,300 per annum. The
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  • 61 7 FAKUMENN RAILWAY QUESTION REOPENED. Arbitration Proposal Abandoned.; [Rbctib's Tilkoram.'i London, June 4. Reuter learns that China, through the Japanese Minister at Peking, has definitely withdrawn the proposal to submit the Fakumenn railway dispute to the II >gue Tribunal, and has expressed anxiety to reopen negotiations. There is
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  • 78 7 HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS FOR RAILWAYS. Renewal of Negotiations in America. (From Our Own Correspondent London, June 4. Now York financiers say that the Chinese Gjverumont has reopened negotiations for a loan of ono hundrod million dollars (American). Tho loan is required for tho construction of railways in tho
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  • 395 7 Clerk Questioned Regarding Leaves from a Ledger. At tbo bankruptcy court, this morning, Leo Cbing Kirn, a clerk in the employ of Mr. C. Foster, was called to explain to tbo court how it happened that four pages from one of Mr. Foster's account books had been torn
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  • 262 7 Prof. Ramamurti the Indian Sand ow. hast uight, thore was a Urge attendance at the tent at Beach Road in which Prof. Ramamurti, the Indian Sanduw, and his troupe of riug artistes, gave their opening performance, and the ontertainment was as good as any given by Indian shows that have
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  • 55 7 Two Eiropean seamen, mined Jiiuu* Dalton and Thomas Wctty, wcro drowned in tbe Hooghly, on the night of May 27. Dalton when stepping from a dinghy on to the gangway of the steamer Dalblair, minsnd his looting and fell, ilrat^in;,' Wetty into tho water with him, UqtU Utou
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    • 209 7 EASTERN SMELTING CO LTD. Managing Director on Position of Affairs. The second ordinary general meeting of the Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd., was held at Penang, on May 29. Mr. Herrmann .lesson, managing director, presided. The chairman, iv the course of a lengthy speech, pointed out that the supplies of ore
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  • 441 8 Kent beat Northamptonshire by an innings and 160 ruuß, at Northampton. Other matches fixed for May 24 were abandoned. The Calcutta turf club sweep was won by a xoldier Htatiooed at Sialkot, the Rccond prize going to London, and the third to Bombay. Tho annual match between
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  • 636 8 Love and the Player. Speaking at a bazaar opened on behalf of the Brentford Football Club, the Rev. G. W. Urundy, a local vicar, eulogised in a remarkable manner the football player of to-day. He is the most popular man on earth, declared th' vie.ir. Should the hand of
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  • 363 8 The Walker Cup. The Singapore Ladies' Rifle Association carried out their June firing for the Walker cup, yesterday afternoon, following being the scores to count Mrs. Axten 81 Miss M. Lloyd 80 Lady Evelyn Young 80 Miss K. Lloyd 80 Mrs. Bowes 29 Miss Lloyd 29 Total 179
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  • 432 8 The Rest v. The Committee. In view of the fact that yesterday was a holiday, there was a cricket match on the S.-O. C. grounds, the elevens being representatives from the Committee and the Rest. The scores were: Tbk Rest. —Ist Innings. Lt. B. L Eddis o Haddon b
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  • 170 8 Silent Paving Outside Schools Recommended. Serious inconvenience is caused to the work of many of the L. C. C. elementary schools by the noise of the traffic, and the Education Committee will be informed by the Day Schools sub-committee that the evil is growing, and that the
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  • 311 8 A report from Mindanao, Southern Philippines, details a vicious attack by a Moro upon a corporal of the guard at the Engineer Camp at Mamongan, on the Overton-Keitbley trail, two weeks ago. The report states that the Moro had evidently got within the confines of
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  • 133 8 Test piles for the foundation of the new hotel on the Luneta extension at Manila will be driven within a week and the work of construction will be prosecuted with ail possible speed. The hotel company is capitalised at pesos 900,000 and, with the approval of the
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  • 78 8 Immediately upon the passage of the appropriation bill by the Philippine Assembly, acting director Connor of the Bureau of Agrioulture cabled to the United States for the appointment of nine additional veterinarians for bis bureau. The new appropriation bill allows for 40 veterinarians instead of 18 aa in
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  • 168 8 Murderer's Terror at Appearance of Apparition. The co 'victs in the Maryborough convict prison have been thrown into a panic by the ghost of a murdered woman which is alleged to have visited her murderer, who is serving a life sentence in the prison. The man,
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  • 141 8 Bubbling over with mirth and wit, as all the famous Savoy plays wbioh came from the pen of Mr. W. S. Gilbert were, it is only to be expected that in private life this clever author, who is said to have coined over a quarter of a
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  • 107 8 An exchange contains a pathetic story of how an Indian woman living north of Port Arthur, Ontario, cut a piece of flesh from her body in an effort to procure food for her children when they were starving. The woman and children were in desperate straits. The
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 8 8 Johnson's Baby Powder T T n r f
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    • 32 8 Can yon tell me what steam is V asked the examiner. Why, rare, air, replied Patrick, oonfidently. Steam is why cr it's water that'a gone cnAy wid the heat. Steams' Wine 004
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    • 136 8 Hit L CIGARETTES. I DO cts. per B *i-.u*. .Cn ew brands of Cigarettes hare withstood the examination of the Medical K airtight tin 01OU B ww Profession, but every test and investigation has proved that STATE EXPRESS are K lAI kd in manufactured from the natural tobacco leaf only,
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    • 110 8 WAYANG KASSIM. Dutch Malay Opera Go,, THEATRE ROYAL, North Bridge Road. TO-NIGHT. Aftab Sri Bansen. PRICES OF ADMISSION Reserved Seats 12.00 I 2nd Clam 60 cts. Ist Class 11.00 I 3rd Class 20 eta. Ladies Zenana, 60 ota. and 26 ota. S. KASSIM, Sole Proprietor. NORDDEUTBCHER LLOYD. FOR EUROPE. The
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    • 496 8 SATURDAY. JUNE 12. AT 2 P.M. Important Auction Sale OF HIGH-GRADE TEAK FURNITURE. PIANOFORTE PLANTS. THE PROPERTY OF W. E. SHARP, Esq., who is proceeding to Europe, At "Selbourne Villa," 36, Cairnhill Road. Comprising: a BRILLIANT TONED COTTAGE PIANOFORTE IN TEAK CASE BY "H. RAWIE," VERY HANDSOME CARVED TEAK SIDEBOARD
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  • 1111 9 Tenders are invited (or the lease of Revenue Farms in the State of North Borneo from the Ist January, 191G, as set out hereunder. REVENUE FARMS IN THE STATE OF NORTH BORNEO. 1. In making arrangements for the leasing of the Farms for the next Farm
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    • 278 9 BECHSTEIN, BRINSMEAD, ROYAL Pianos. Monthly Terms. Sole Agents i THE ROBINSON PIANO CO., LTD. CHEAP SALE From 8 a.m. to 'J p.m. Yong Lee Seng Co., 27, KLINC STREET. Removal of Business to Orchard Road Branch. The whole of tho extensive stock of Hats and Shoes, Perfumery, Toilet Requisites "iitchen
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    • 591 9 THE ASSOCIATION OF DIAMOND MERCHANTS, LIMITED, jgL Xj^jfly GOLD AND SILVER nrillinnt<!. fir^t JEWELLERY. =^=s= wt> £55 jo, 1 jn^Ka» GolJ Pn ii in.. 7,. «a >;m.Ba.6d. i.'>n,9i.6d. ■■>«-. 10s. 6d. jgg^^ Finoflnld Amctln^t Antique Jtwcls fur SjV. OU Jnnb, OaU er ■>■ ■ad Djamoad Rteg. i.ikcn la RxduMae, pinf
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    • 499 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. KY.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. LTD Two regular services are maintained between JAPAN and EUROPE by tlie Company's well-known TWIVSIUEff STEAMERS. under Mail Contract with the Imperia Japanese Government, specially designed for the Company's European Service, lighted throughout by Electricity, provided with excellent accommodation for First anal Second
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  • 1052 10 FOUNDATIONS OF A DUTCH THRONE. Princess Julie's Timely Appearance. The happy realisation of Queen Wilbolrnin«'s hopes saves half a dynasty and the whole of a throne, says a writer in the London Morning Leader. This may seem a carious way of epitomising a situation which has been causing
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    • 616 10 BANKING COMPANIES CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. UKXJRPORATiSD BT ROYAL OHABTKB. Paid op Capital to 80,000 Share* d 490 nob ■1,M0,000 Beeerrs Liability of Proprietor! eU.tOO.OOO BANKERS. Bank ol England. National Bank ol Boodaod. Tie London Otty Midland BMt Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Aooounte are opened and interest
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    • 476 10 BANKING COMPANIES. 1 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. f aidup capital •v.000.000 tBBEBVE FUND Sterling Reeerre 116,000,0001 Ms 500 000 BilYeTßeeerre •14.500,0001 ""'""l U-TJt Liability ol Propriston •U.000.00C COURT O» DIRBCTORa. Hon. Mr. W. 3. Oreseoo, Chairman. H. K. Tomkini. Etq Deputy Chairman. B.C. Barrett, Esq. Lensmann. Eeq 3. W.
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    • 495 10 INSURANCE Companies. The Manufacturers Lift Insurance Co. OF CANADA. Established 1887. It has today, more business in force than any other Canadian Life Company erer bad at the same age. frrr $96.*****5.71 (8.8.0.) $20,334,203*7 (8.8.0.) f. S.Efiu, fiitkri(*C«..Ltd. A. B-»wi. Munacm for General A*«nu, District Hui|«, India ud tttu apor*
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    • 4 10 Zymole Tooth Powpar i'ZT^S
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    • 800 10 SALES BY AUCTION. attctio:lt sale OF RARE OLD JAPANESE CURIOS, At Messrs. H. L. Coghlan and Co.'s Sale-rooms, SATURDAY 4 TUEBOAY. JUNE 5 8. AT 10.30 EACH DAY. Comprising: OLD AND NEW KINROSS AN SATSUMA VASES, Bowls, Plates, Incense Burners and TEA SETS, OOLD WIRE CLOISONNE BOXES AND VASES, RARE
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  • 1217 11 ROBBING THE POOR MOTORISTS HENROOST. The Pope's Beautiful Car. The writer of Automobile topics in The World lets himself go in the following fashion on recent budget proposals: Urged on, doubtless, by bis Radical friends, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has not let slip the opportunity of giving those
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  • 306 11 Nothing More Than a Dormitory and a Restaurant. It is a very great nuisance to feel a fool beforo the cook or to be like patty in the bands of the plumber, said Mrs. Alfred Lyttelton at a meeting at Grosvenor House in furtherance of the
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    • 525 11 ARGYLL CARS. JUST .AJFtUXVEMD. SEUES* Argyll Model de Luxe. PAINTED DARK GREEN, NICKEL PLATED MOUNTINGS, FITTED WITH H3OD, MAGNETO, WIND SCREEN, LAMPS AND ACCESSORIES. Illustrated Catalogue and full particulars from SYME COMPANY, To^t. Another Record for Dunlops. 2.875 MILEB THROUGH INDIA. NO TYRE TROUBLEB. Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Bombay, May
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    • 65 11 WAH SANG, Photographer. No. 15, High Street, SINGAPORE. DEVELOPING PRINTING Photo Enlargements AT MODERATE PRCIEB. 768 Blue and Silver Label is an accepted guarantee, all over the world FOR THE BEST QUALITY IN BRANDY THREE STAR AND ONE STAR. Vonknovlt p or particulars of To b* had by th. <>«
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    • 54 11 PAIN IN THE STOMACH. It is most annoying, as well as disagreeable, to be troubled with pains in the stomach, and there is no need of it, for one dose of Chamberlain's Colio. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy will allay tbe pain. Try it onoe and be convinced. For sale by
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    • 465 11 SHEFFIELD SIMPLEX CARS. 20-14 HP, 6-CYLINDER. 5-SEATED, WITH HOOD. SCREEN. H.T. Magneto Ignition, Wire Detachable Wheels, 816X 108 m/m Tyres, Lamps, Horn, Mechanical Lubrication. Petrol capacity 10 gallons. COMPLETE $5,600 NETT CASH. Sole Agents: CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS. MB. H. KAPS Piano Maker, Tuner, and Repairer, wishes to inform the Ladies
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    • 166 11 CALMONS PNEUMATIC TYRES. UNEXCELLED FOR RELIABILITY AND DURABILITY. SOLE AGENTS BEHN, MEYER CO., LIMITED, Singapore and Penang. CRUSHED FOOD. TBT IT AND YOU TUX BB SATISFIED I. BKI ILICB begs to inform the publio •hat bis Factory for preparing Crushed food, at No. 1, Belilios Road, in now opened Price
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    • 537 12 Scale of Charges. PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS.— MisceIIaneous Wants of Every Description. Houses, Land, etc., to let, are inserted at the following rates One Insertion 11.20 per inch. Two 2.00 Three 2.80 Six 6.20 Nine 6.40 TweWe 7.12 Twenty- fire 10.00 (Each subsoquent month Id per inch.) The above rate is based
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    • 451 12 Miscellaneous WANTS. aUnit- Tan Uaaa, m or rwo Isaartlaaa. n.oo Bf Mm teak, aaa aeala at Okargas. TYPEWimiM CLERK WANTED Wanted. Typewriting Clerk must be also good at figures. Salary $85. Apply in writing, with testimonials, to H. Schaefer Co. 1105 POSITION WANTED. Wanted, a Position as Correspondent, Accountant or
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    • 541 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. Bin —Worn Umm. am «r two iaaartlaa tl.oo Bt taw laafe, tea eaale at ahargaa. OFFICE TO BE LET. Offioe on aeoood floor of. Ho. T, Battery Road. Apply to Guthrte and 00.. Lid. o 1171 BUNGALOW TO LET. A fine bungalow, No. 18-*, Mount
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    • 617 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. aunt I faai Llaaa, a— at tw I— Has* KM Wi ate kaak, aaa Baato at Okacgaa, HOUSES TO BE LET. Nos. 81 and M, iDrtltottrm HUI. Rivar Vallav Boa*. Apply to LSI OHEBQ TAM and 00. lifl HOUSES TO LET. No. 28, Sophia Road,
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    • 376 12 SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS. Netherlands Gutta Per c ha Co., Ltd. Motor-tyres retreaded at Moderate Prioes. All kinds of India Rubber Articles, Sheets, VALVES, Rings, TYRES, HOSES (Suction, Steam, Hydraulic!, Gardonhosee, Tubes. ENDLESS BELTS, FLOOR-TILES, MATTING, EBONITE and Hard Rubber Articles, Bicycle Tyres. Works Offices: PassirPanjang, Singapore. Sole Agents i MESSRS.
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    • 396 12 LOST OR FOUND. Bins:— FiTa Linn, on* or two Inwrtiot.., SLOT By tb* inch, Seal* of Chirges DO6 LOBT OR STOLEN A fox terrier, dog, spotted black and white, short tail, named Tom." To any persor giving information for tho recovery of the right dog, a reward of S2O will
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