The Straits Times, 25 June 1909

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.995 SINGAPORE. FRIDAY. JUNE 25. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      250 1 KATZ BROTHERS, Ltd. I Thousands of Dollars Worth of Goods will be Sold at any Price to Clear Stock p— Cash Clearance SALE! July t to July IO ONLY IO DAYS V>6ursday, July to Saturday, July W. Every Department Offers Exceptional and Bigger Bargains than Previous Sales owing to Large
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      46 1 NOTICE. The conditions under which 14,20. picnls of Government Coffee (crop 1909) will be sold by auction at Batavia on the 27th of October, and the 15th of December, 1909, may be inspected at the Consulate General for the Netherlands, Singapore. Singapore, June 17, 1900. 1206
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      117 1 THB Empire Hotel, KUALA LUMPUR. F.M.B. A New First-class Hotel. Fitted with B lectr ie Light and Fans Five minutes from Railway Station. Overlooking the Padmng. Single and Doable Bedrooms, with Private Bathrooms attached. Cuisine under European Supervision. Cold Storage Supplies weekly from Singapore. Hotel Porter meets all Mail Trains.
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      232 1 Kynoch Loaded Cartridges I Mil pmokmd la mlr 'tight tin came*. t||l 1 YNO C H^loaded The "BOH AX" P»,'«r car•fifir^ WtjHlt^V. TT^M/ tridge carefully loaded with Kynoch Smokeless powder, it is the cheapest reliable smokeless carU BONAX $5.25 tridge sold, and the Bhooting will always be found per 100.
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      25 1 To Planters! Two Useful Books. TAP OCA A 8 A CATCH CROP FOR RUBBER BUMATBA TOBACCO. ■f I MJTHIEU. Ok Salb at thb Principal BookSbllbrs
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      79 1 SINGAPORE ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS, LTD. Notice is hereby given that the Singapore Electric Tramways, Limited, will, one month from the date of Jane 1, 1909, apply to the Municipal Commissioners of Singapore for permission to construct and lay down a cross over road in Tanjong Pagar Road, at a point approximately
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    Millionaire's Theatre.
    654 2 MR. LOUIS CALVERT, MANAGER OF NEW ENTERPRISE. British Stage Tribute. Ono of the great events of the theatrical season— tinged though it be with regret at the loss to the English stage of a fine actor, a loyal comrade, and an honest, able, and delightful man— was announced
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    BUYING CAUSES FLURRY.
    200 2 Receipts of Hemp Largest in History of Manila Industry. Hemp receipts at Manila and Ceba the first week in Jane were 88,884 bales, the largest amount received at the two ports in the history of the hemp industry in the islands. The large increase in receipts daring
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      286 2 nCHMUR 3 FAMOUS I "Black White" is absolutely the BEST VALUE obtainable. The reputation of this blend has been built up on the SOLID BASIS of Quality and Age and NO CHANGE has been made from the first. This fact is Guaranteed IMPORTERS: Borneo Company, Ld. ASPINALL'S Fine Copal Varnish.
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      189 2 BATAM BRICK WORKB. A Urge stock of Bricks always on hand. D. J. yam WYNOAARDEN, 18, Boat Quay, TsL»PHoiri No. 489. Sole Agent The Straits Times, AMD The Straits Budget. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Payable io Advance. Dailylissue per year $80.00 *> perqnarisr ?.flo do per month %M *> peroopy 10 Weekly
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      74 2 AN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER MAN RECOMMENDS A WELL KNOWN REMEDY. Not long since the following editorial appeared in the Centertown, Missouri, U. 8. A., Leader The editor knows by personal experience that Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy will euro diarrhoea, and we have beard like testimonials from other reliable people
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      788 2 EXHAUBTED BY THE LEAST EXERTION. Doll and Wkaby, Thin and Wkak. Anothkr Anakmic Lady in Java Coked by thk Rich. Rkd Blood Sitplikd OR. WILLIAMS PINK PILLS, Three 'years ago Mrs. Hessel of Tegal, Java, joined the ranks of the many thousands of grataful persons cared of Anaemia (weak watery
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      322 2 ISMAIL RAHEEM ARE NOW BHOWINO A LARGE VARIETY OF Diamond Jewellery, LOOSE DIAMONDS AND OTHER PRECIOUS STONES. Emrly Inspection Respectfully Solicited. The United Asbestos Oriental Agency, Ld. 80LE A6ENTB FOR The UNITED ABBESTOB Co., Ltd., London. FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBITION. This Company's awards were DIPLOMA OF HONOUR AND FOUR GOLD MEDALS. PATERBON,
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    Lady's Maid and Beetle.
    522 3 A REMARK4BLE COMPENSATION CLAIM. Accident While Sewing. In the Court of Appeal, before the Master of the Rolls and Lords Justices Buckley and Kennedy, Crask* v. Wigan was an appeal against a decision of the judge at the Tewkesbury County Court, sitting as arbitrator to hear
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    SMACKING THE PIG.
    451 3 SMACKING THE PIG. Royal Institution Lecture on Savage Secret Societies. Some of the strange customs and ceremonies connected with the secret societies existing in the BankB Islands, Melanesia, were described by Dr. W. H. R. Rivers at the Royal Institution on Saturday. Each village, he said, possessed a club house,
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      704 3 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. CIVIL, MECHANICAL ft ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, IRON ft RRABS FOUNDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRIDGE BUILDERS ft GENERAL CONTRACTORS. Steam, Gas and Oil Engines for all purposes. Boile s and Pumps for every use. Light Railway Rolling Stock and Railway Implements. Rails, Tipping Wagons and Sleepers. Winches, Cranes and Steel
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      74 3 COLIC AND DIARRHOEA CURED. After an hour's suffering from cramp colic Or diarrhoea, the beet remedy obtainable oan not give relief too quickly. Chamberlain 'a Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is the beet medicine in use for these ills. It always gires prompt relief even in the most severe and
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      489 3 I GOUT. A Years lYnr.ii. James Vick, of Avon Cottage, Hath n, near Bath, England, is well known highly respected. He writes: "Dear -You will remember that about three years ago I called to thank yon personally for the good Doan's Backache Kidney Pills had done me. It is now
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      339 3 The REGISTERED TRADE MARK of 1B Milkmaid! Full Cream Milk C^|P|P5V IS THE HALL-MARK OF PERFECT PURITY tyk JBn|ftj| a "d Cuarantee of Highest Quality. .ig'JL J UNTOUCHED BY HAND. i^^^gj The Original and Best. LARGEST SALE IN THE WORLD. CHEAPEST nnd BEST. THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING CO. (ESTABLISHED 1883)
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      658 4 STEAMER SAIUHBB. v.&o. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Penanf. Ceylon. Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Ply. mouth and London. Through Bills nf Ladlog iatued tor China Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental, and Amerioan Porta. Steamen will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. Outward (for China) Delta July 9
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      660 4 BTEAHERB SAILING. OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO.. LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL BTEAM NAY. CO.' LTD. The Companies' tteamen an detpaohed 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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      649 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. COMBIffMB ÜBYICB Of THE OCEAN 8. 8. COY.. LTD.. ft THE WEST AUSTRALIAN 8. N. CO.. LTD. taiwaaa r RBMAJf TLB (PssstTM) NOKTM WEST AFSTKALI A3 POSTS JAVA ATO SINUAPOU Regular Fortnightly sailings between Singapon and Western Australia, oaliing at Java (aa Inducement offers), Derby, King's Sound, (Port
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      310 4 BTEAMEI BAILBMB. CPTR Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Lint. THB MATIOHAL HIGHWAY TO EDBOPB ru OHIHA JAPAN, OAHADA and ths USITKD BTAISS. Boata from Hongkong, 'via Shanghai, Nagasaki, (lalaad Baa ol Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria and Vanoouver, R.M.B. ■Xanaai of IsUHa" Twin sorew ttaaR.M.S. "Bannss of Jiru I
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      682 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. i VI |^^t> Tht steamers of thlt Company maintain a regular terrioe between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Botterdsm, and tht Blraltt, China aad Japan. Homewarda, they an deapatohed fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and onoe a month for Bremerhaven direot, oaliing at Penang and
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      766 4 BTEAMEI 81ILINM. N. D. L Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and wall-known mail ateaman ol this Oompany sail fortnighty from Bremea, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp. Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naplea (oonneotioo Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong Shanghai, Nagasaki
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    DAILY TIME TABLE.
    145 5 FIXTURES. Friday, June as. High Water, 4.6 p.m. Municipal meeting, 2.30. Cup Tie. Middlesex I v. S. It C. Alhambra Cinematograph. Harima Cinematograph. Marlborongh Cinematograph. Saturday, June a6. High Water, 8.40 a.m., S.O p.m B.I. outward mail duo. Sunday, June 27. High Water, 4.60 a.m., 5.31 p.m.
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    SINGAPORE POST OFFICE.
    392 5 Despatches. To P«S.S. ia.iuw <*£, Auamba Batavier June 36 4 p.m. Aaahan Valentiju M 7 a.m. ahau lUoee N 1 p.m. Atjeh Reael 86 3 p.m Uag»n Hong Lisa ..KB p.m. bahk Papan Swaerdeoroon M 7 a.m. Bandjermaeslm Ban Liong 36 4 p.m. Bandjermassin Bwaerdeorooo „38 7
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    Clearances.
    97 5 June 34 Calyp,», Brit str, Penang and Deli Hai Sam, Brit atr, Moar and Malaoca Te*eta, Brit str, Penang, Neßapatam, Madran Bharala, Brit str. Penang, Rangoon, Calcutta Dagmar, Ocr str, Bangkok *S Sardinia, Brit itr, H'kong, Shanghai, Japau Irulrartnli. Brit itr, Manila Volute, Brit str, P. Sambos I Sultan
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    89 5 WbirvM at which Veaaali at* Berthed To- Day. TANJONQ PAQAR But Wbabv Bud- Tancanrille, Paroo. EahW. Saonoßl— Kalomo, Samoa No. 1 (Sanaa Wuu) QlentaUoob. Bsotios I— Aparima. a B (—Maria Riokroem a 4— Y.boshi Mara. 6-Nil. 6 Olenaarn, Chieogmai. 7-Hebe. 8— Kleiet, Airlia.
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    Mail Steamer Movements.
    32 5 The R. I. Contract Packet Taroba, with the London mails of the 4th instant, left Penang at 4 p.m. yesterday, and may be expected to arrive here to-morrow morning.
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    85 5 It is hereby notified that parcels and registered articles may in future be posted at the sab- Post Offices, Singapore, between the hours of 8 a ni. and 5 p.m., Sunday and holidays exoepted. Left Singapore DnelnLoDdon Arrived May 27 B. I. Jane 19 Jane 11 May
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
    329 5 Latest Arrivals. AirlU, Brit. star. 1094 tons. Captain Wilson, Jane 24 From Sydney, Jane 1. Ox. and 4 if Boosiead <* Co. For Sydney, Jan* 18— W. C. Lopez y Lopez, Span. str. 3196 tons, Capt Oano, Jan* 14. From Baroelona, May 19. O.c. and d.p. Barlow A
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    LOCAL PASSENGER LISTS.
    110 5 Coming to Singapore. Per P. and O. steamer Mantua, connecting with the steamer Delta, at Colombo due July a.— Mr. F. Toynbee. Per P. and O. nteamer Syria, due July 9.— Misses M. and K. Cahill, Jr J. Luoney. Mr. J. P. Masters, Mr. T. H. Whitfield,
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    News Items.
    66 5 Eighteen horses have arrived from Melbourne by the Euryalus. The Russian Volunteer Fleet steamer Vladimir has arrived from Vladivostook, en route to Odessa, and has a cargo of tea. The Bengal Coal Co.'h steamer Sanctoria, arrived from Calcutta, yesterday, with a cargo of coal. Messrs. Wee Bin and
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    SINGAPORE SHARE REPORT.
    346 5 Messrs. Fraser and Company's Weekly Circular. Notwithstanding that tbe price of hard Para has advanced to 6a Bid. London advioes •hew a decidedly easier market in robbers, doe probably to heavy adjustment! for the end of Jane. Oar market has been rather depressed in sympathy, bat has
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    Market Price List.
    397 5 Singapore, Jane 25. 1900. Artiolm. Beans, Long (per oatty) 0.06 (do.) French (do.) 0.15 Beef per lb. 0.18 Beefsteak (do.) 0.90 Bean Sprouts (per catty) 0.02 Bamboo Sprouts (do.) 0.04 Blaohan (do.) 0.14 Brinjals (do.) O.OS Cabbage, Batavia (da) 0.18 (do.) China (da) nil (da) Salted (do.)
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    Finance & Commerce.
    233 5 Finance Commerce. EXCHANGE. SlNOAFOU, JCNK 26. 1800 On London— Bank 4 m/8 3/4/, Demand 2/8f» Private 0 m/s a/4,*, do 8 m/a 2 4,", On Germany— Bank d/d 287} Private 8 m/s 240$ do 8m/i 242 T On Frane»- Bank d/d 292} Private 8 m/» 2M do 8 m/s U99
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      DEBENTURES.
      54 5 Howarth Bt^ine 6% 800,000 1% prem. Singapore Municipal 6% 400,000 'JO %p.now Riley, Hargreaves 6% 384,000 1% pram 6% 1378,000 7% prem. Sports Electric Tram 4J% 1,800,000 8% prem. ways Ca, Ltd. 5% 860,000 nominal 4% 802,900 6% disc. Strata Enginoerinu Tanjonu l'a«»r Dock Syndicate, Ltd. 6% 46,000 par.
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      MINING.
      252 5 Paid narnn norn DlTO»in> IMOID •800X00 •800,000 •600,000 £600,000 •400,000 460X00 £100,000 •160,000 4120,000 •460X00 £260X00 10 10 10 1 10 t 10 6/--10 i\ 10 1 10 10 10 1 10 1 1 10 1 10 6/. 1 1 10 1 1 18/1 C 6 10 10 10
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      RUBBER.
      459 5 4160,000 •200,000 480,000 £80,000 480,000 *****0 485,000 418.000 *****0 *****00 1 I 1 10 1 1 1 1 1 l I ii I 17 17 1 1 1 1 j 1 t I 10 10 1 100 1 1 ,100 100 1 1 1 1 1 1 i a/--1
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      GENERAL.
      169 5 •1,800,000 •226,000 •2,400,000 1,000,000 •84,000 875,000 10 10 60 100 100 100 100 10 100 100 10 60 1 100 100 4511 60 100 100 10 100 100 1 10 86,000 50 1 100 100 90 10 Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd. 10.00 10% (or '08 8.60 10% (or 08
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      99 5 AUCTION SALES. Mowell and Co. Jane 26.— At St. James" No. 16, Keppel Road, household furniture, etc property of Captain C. F. Bishop, K. O. A., at 2.80. Jane 28.— At No. 848, Beo Lane, off Havelock Road, Chinese household furniture, at 4.80. Jane 29.— At Saleroom, leasehold land and
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      230 5 Fine Art Printing AND Bookbinding BY LATBBT UP-TO-DATE METHODS. f*V <y fkE produoe Printing that will make your business grow J and we will pat green foliage on the bare branohes of \^%r your business. There are many printing houses of oourse. Cheap printing, however, will not make yonr business
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      9 5 Steams 1 Wine th "JTirS!fSg < S u l Ond
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      86 5 6% debentures.— (6) subscribed by employees.— (o) part paid shares. Borons.— and bonus 2* per cent for year eaded 81/12/08.— f and 6/bonus.— Rasaava* -Figures after names of companies indicate that they hold reserves as follows i— (1) ♦36,000. 114,000, (8) (4) *****, (6) 126,000, (6) 17,400, (7) 48,784 nNIMLfIOO,
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      249 5 WEATHER REPORT. Ktoi<u>t Kmrbam Botpilat, Jmt 2*, 19O». 9 a. 8 t. m. 9 m. Raihtiu.. Bar. 11 Fab ;t9.887 19 863 M.916 Temp 76.6 80.0 78 0 2. in. Wet Balb Ther 74.0 77.6 76 8 DirofWlnd.. calm oalm oalm Max. Temp 81.5 Mm 746 Mai. In Baa 99.0
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. FRIDAY, JUNE 25. ARE LAWYERS USEFUL?
    1215 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. FRIDAY, JUNE 25. ARE LAWYERS USEFUL? Some of our China contemporaries are discussing, with all the airy vivacity which the mere mention of the law has the gift of provoking, the question whether China should mark its progress in civilisation by acquiring a legal
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    13 6 As an American paper remarks, spring styles in feminine headgear are rather striking.
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    22 6 Attention is drawn to the advertisement of the Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd., which appears on pago 8 of to-day's issue.
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    29 6 Every member of the King's Colonials Yeomanry, encamped at Colchester, at the beginning of tho month, has voluntarily reengaged for service, if necessary, in any part of the world.
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    37 6 The Tsar is about to make a journey by rail from St. Petersburg to Poltava, a distance of 900 miles, and for his protection the railway is guarded by double lines of troops throughout its entire length.
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    29 6 The Socictl* des litudes Indo-Chinoines is commissioning M. Commailles, conservator of the rums of Angkor. Indo-China, to compile a practical Franco- English guide to these ruins with numerous illustrations.
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    41 6 Further evidenoe was taken yesterday in the case in whioh one Sikh is charged with causing the death of another Sikh in Thomson Road. The accused, who is defended by Mr. Crabb Watt, will give his version of the affair to-morrow.
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    30 6 The five alleged pirates were before the second magistrate, this morning, for a continuation of the enquiry into charges of piracy and murder. Mr. Hastings Rhodes appeared for the Crown.
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    43 6 A swarm of American tourists— 7oo in number is shortly expected to alight in Java from the steamer Arabic. Many of them will remain in the island until the return voyage of the steamer -hich means a stay of four months or so.
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    38 6 Owing to the fact that Bishop W. F. Oldbam has not returned from Borneo, the special service announced for the Mothodist Church, for Sunday morning, will be postponed and the usual service will be held, the pastor preaching.
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    34 6 The five convicts, who escaped recently from the Andamans, succeeded in landing at Natkyi/in village, ou the Tenasserim coast of North Tavoy, Burma. Thence they proceeded up to Ye, evidently making for Siamese territory.
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    39 6 During a tiro at Etah, near Lucknow, a young Indian woman took refuge on the roof. Noting her danger, a young Mahomeilan pluckily dashed through the flames, climbed the roof and rescued the woman. She died two days later.
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    42 6 King Leopold of Belgium is selling his pictures by old masters, including a Kubens valued at £40,000, in order to prevent the property going to the creditors of his daughter, Princess Louise, on bis death. The sales are exciting opposition in Belgium.
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    42 6 Under the auspices of the Singapore Indian Christian Association, Mr. B. G. Davis, an evangelist from Calcutta, will give a special gospel address on Heavenly Citizenship at the Short Street Girls' School, to-day, at 6.50 p.m. All are cordially invited to attend.
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    35 6 At the annual meeting of the Ceylon Association in London, Mr. Alfred Brown was re-electod chairman. Resolutions protesting against the proposed investment of two million rupees and commending Lady MeCallum's nursing appeal were passed unanimously.
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    50 6 At an early hour on the morning of May 29, four men armed with revolvers entered a restaurant on Seventh-Avenue, close to the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, and held up 20 persons who were having supper. After robbing their victims the men with the revolvers made good their escape.
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    50 6 The Governor of Chekiang has wired to tho Waiwupu that a British military officer, Major I >avies, was making a tour in China, surveying and inspecting important points for defence on land and sea, and that such trips should be stopped by the authorities in future, pointing out treaty stipulations.
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    49 6 Several suffragettes on May 31 interrogated the Prime Minister, Mr. H. H. Asquitb, after a church service at Clovelly. in North Devon. Subsequently, they again waylaid him, although he was under police protection. While Mr. Asquith was playing solf on private links the suffragettes seized him by the arm.
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    56 6 Mr. Dennis Samuel, brother of Mr. Herbert Samuel (Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Home Offioe) and a member of the firm of Montagu Samuel and Co., bankers, of 60 Old Broad Street, committed suicide, on a railway line at Leamington, on May 31. He had been suffering from nervous breakdown
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    52 6 Phillips Roy, formerly Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, and manager of the defunct Banque de Saint Joean in the city of Quebec, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment for having furnished false banking returns- to the Government. On hearing the sentence Roy attempted to
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    57 6 Capt. Herbert Duckworth, who was wounded at Spionkop during the Boer War, committed suicide in a hotel in London, on Ist inst. The deceased was a nephew of the ltev. Dr. Robinson Duckworth (Sub-Dean and Canon of Westminster) and of Sir Dyoe Duckworth .consulting physician at St. liartbolomew's Hospital and
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    74 6 Tho growing scarcity of paper-making materials has led to a search for substitutes, and tho matter has aroused interest in Java, where attention bas been called to the advantages of utilising megaiis or sugarcane refuse. Another promising material is the sugarcane leaf. Experiments show that, under proper treatment, cane leave*
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    289 6 Mr. H. J. Hartlett, Ingpector of Schools, returned from Malacca by the Lady Weld, yesterday. Lieut. H. T [a. 'I Je, 99th Deccan Infantry, rejoined from loavc of absence on il'ind instant. Capt. Affleck Graves, who was shot by a tribesman, while driving in a tonga at
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    Parachutist in Peril.
    71 6 At Northampton, the other day, in the presence of thousands of holiday-makers, a parachutist named Bidruead, while attempting to descend from a balloon lost bis parachute and was carried away hanging below the balloon. He clung for ninety minutes to a wooden ring attached to some cording,
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    English Jeweller Robbed in Mysore.
    59 6 Mr. Lyons, of Messrs. T. D. ISennett and Sons, manufacturing goldsmiths and jewellers, London, who was a passenger by the morning train from Mysore to Bangalore, on June 1:1, reported the loss of a Morocco leather card-case containing six diamonds valued at Its. 5,000 and
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    A Large London Fire.
    86 6 A large fire occurred at night on 3rd inst., in a builders' warehouse and drapery establishment at Hammersmith. A number of employees were sleeping on the premises at the time of tbo outbreak, and 100 women assistants effected their escape from the burning building half -dressed.
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    Japanese City Swept by Fire.
    103 6 There was a big fire in Yokosuka, Japau. on May 24, and all tho sailors of every warships in tho port and all the soldiers of tho fortress artillery ran to the spot and tried to extinguish the fire, but unfortunately it began to blow
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    Cinematograph Shows.
    91 6 The series of pictures shown at tho Maryborough Cinematograph ball since last Tuesday night has proved quite attractive, judging from the well-filled houses nightly. The selection includes many comic picture*, some entirely new, intermingled with other more serious and instructive subjects, all appreciative. To-night, the programme will be
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    Bankruptcy Business.
    166 6 ISeforo Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith, this morning, in the bankruptcy court, Hob Ab Peng and Hoh Ah Hoe, partners in Chop Lee Mob, were adjudicated bankrupts, on the petition ol the Chartered Bank who had obtained judgment against them in May last for t'i.39o. Nothing had been paid
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      275 6 The GARRICK Cigarette I 1?™' A LARGE HAND-MADE CIGARETTE. Packed m .")0s V^CJ- Saß^/55 l >ric(l Air-tight ll^^^^SllßSMi CTS. OBTAINABLE AT Messrs. John Little Co., Robinson Co. IHirqno w TABLE WATER t V*t.»<* a 1111 l m m^^^^^^ F P er aBe Dozen Pints: Solo Agents: $4 25 NETT I
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    BIRTHDAY HONOURS.
    296 7 THE KING CREATES THIRTEEN BARONETCIES. Sir John Anderson, g.cm.g. BRITISH RESIDENT OF SELANGOR HONOURED. Beerbohm Tree and Pinero Knighted. (From Ouk Own Correspondent.) London, June 24. Tbi) list of birthday honours shows that His Majesty the King has created no new Peers. Thirteen liaronttcies have been conferred on
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    The Triple Alliance.
    120 7 REPORTS OF A PREMATURE RENEWAL. Mutual Confidence of Allies. |Riotib's Tiuoium] LondoD, Jane 24. It is reported from Homo that during the debate on the foreign estimates in the Chamber of Deputies, Siguor Tiltooi, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, contradicted the reports of a premature renewal of
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    SIR ROBERT HART.
    56 7 Applies to China for Extension of Leave. (Ksctbe'3 Tblbqram] Londou, Juno -•>. Sir BdwaiJ Grey, in reply to Mr. William Kodmoud, M. I., said I understand that Sir Robert Hart has applied to China for a year's extension of his leave I have, therefore, 1.0 intimation to
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    POWERS AT PEACE.
    57 7 Great Britain and Germany Satisfied. (Rbotbb's TaLMBAM] London, Jane 24. Sir Edward Grey, speaking at the Nationa' Liberal Club, said there was nothing under discussion between Great Britain and Germany that was likely to raise difficulties. There was nothing in recent discussions with the British Govornment likely
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    GERMANY'S FINANCES.
    34 7 [Ruraaa's Tbuoeav.] London, June J.">. The Reichstag has rejected, by 19j to 187 votes, the modified death duties' bill which is the main plank in the German governuitut b proposals for taxation.
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    THE ARREST OF MR. TOBIN.
    194 7 Charitable British Consul si Batavia. Tliu following is from the Java Bode ol June 21 On Saturday, the polioe received a wire from Singapore requesting the arrest of one Tobin wbo stood under suspicion of embezzlement there. His description was given, but no further particulars.
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    ANGUS STREET TRAGEDY.
    190 7 Coolie Charged with Murdering Former Employer. The preliminary enquiry into the Angus Street tragedy was continued in the third magistrate's court, yesterday afternoon. Lee Ah Cboon, a coolie, stood charged with tbe wilful murder of his former employer, Watt Huan Wong. Mr. W. R. J. Hawtry, assistant
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    RUBBER PIONEER.
    194 7 Tbe Man Who Smuggled the Seeds to Kew. On his way to New Guinea by tin. I*, and 0. Moldavia, which passod through Colombo the other week-end, was Mr. A. H. Wickham, the well-known pioneer oi plantation robber, in tbe history of which there is no more romantic
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    ANGLO-SIAMESE TREATY.
    200 7 Official Communique to British Subjects. His iintaouic Majesty's Charge d'AIIaireu at Bangkok Las forwarded to the Press the following communique Id view of the change in jurisdiction contemplated by the Treaty of March 10th, 1909. to como into force on date of ratification, which in effect will cause
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    Can a Rubber Tree be Overlapped ?
    142 7 Can a Rubber Tree be Overlapped E. H. Wiggin, writing from Lindula to the Times of Ceylon, says Will some scientific experts give your readers an opinion on Can a rubber tree be overtapped I maintain it is impossible. When a tree has given it's quantum, then the supply must
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    The Rubber Industry.
    116 7 COMPANY FORMED TO ACQUIRE ESTATES IN SINGAPORE. Seletar Rubber Plantations, Ltd. Wo understand that a prospectus is shortly to be issued inviting applications (or shares in the Seletar Kabber Plantations Limited, a dbmpany formed (or the purpose of acquiring about 1,100 acres of land at Seletar, of
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    AN INSANE EX-CONSTABLE.
    225 7 Charged With Murdering an Elderly Malay. Bcrrett bin Suleiman, the ex-constable who is alleged to have murdered an aged Malay in Bukit Permei, on June 7, was before tbe second magistrate again, this morning, on tbe capital charge. Dr. John Leask, of tbe General Hospital, said that
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    BLOWING UP A WRECK.
    172 7 Steamer Onipenta Being Destroyed Piecemeal. Calcutta, June 14th.— The port commieuiunar and port police at Calcutta,* with tbe assistance of ltoyal Engineers from Fort William, were busy the other week with arrangements for blowing op the Onipenta, which was wrecked in the Hugbli last January, when,
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    PROPOSED CONGRESS OF RACES.
    254 7 Relations of Western Nations with Those of the East. A Londou correspondent writes to a Madras contemporary:— I learn that it is proposed to bold in London in the autumn of next year a Universal Races Congress which will treat of the relations of western races
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    Preparing for Flight.
    102 7 The Wright brothers are at Fort Meyer preparing for a flight in their new aeroplane, says a Washington telegram dated Jane H. It is assumed that this is tbe aeroplane wliich they have built for tbe United States government and for wliich they are to be paid
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    Gaping Ghyll.
    486 7 TOURISTS IMPRISONED UNDER A MOUNTAIN. Tourists' Adventure. Several members of the Yorkshire Ramblers Club, who bare been spending a Whitsuntide holiday near Claphain and Ingleton, have bad the unpleasant experience of being imprisoned in the noted and gloemy Gaping Uhyll, under Inglctoro' Mountain, in the north-west of the
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    JAPANESE SHIPPING DISASTER.
    138 7 Passengers and Crew Jump from Blazing Steamer. The Daigo-Nihonkai-maru left Mashike, Hokkaido, with 270 passengers on board, chiefly fishermen, bound for Nobechi, North-eastern Japan. After disembarking 120 of the passengers at an intermediate port she was proceeding to her destination when, at ten o'clock at night, whilst
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    TWO GREAT FLEETS.
    146 7 Does Wireless Interfere with Their Work? Much interest has bean aroused by the arrangement of the British naval exercises which are now taking place in tbe North Sea, at the same time as the German fleet manoeuvres, says a mail paper. Tbe area of operations of the
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    More Gold in South Sumatra.
    115 7 The province of Bencoolen, South Sumatra, contains gold mines which have given pro Stable occupation to the Hedjang Lebon;, The Ketahnn Co. has just seen its enterprise rewarded by a distribution of tbe first dividend. Another venture in that quarter tbe Simau Co. tbe shareholders
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    HONGKONG BANK ROBBERY.
    346 7 Application lor Return of Lady's Jewellery. Soon after Mr. Nona took bis scat this morning, says the Strait* Echo, of June 23, Mr. Samuel, of tbe firm of Messrs. Preajrrart and Matthews, mentioned the ease of Lim Cbee Saing who is charged with embezzle meat of large
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    H. M. S. PHILOMEL.
    246 7 Scurvy. Stricken Crew to Go to Hospital in Ceylon. H. M. :S. Philomel, which Reutei wired ni coming to Ceylon, as a serious outbreak of scurvy has occurred amongst her crew, baa no doubt been ordered to Colombo, so that the crew may have proper hospital
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    POUND A WEEK CLERKS.
    290 7 To be Murdered and Their Ghosts Exorcised. In bis presidential address to the National Union of Clerks, which met in conference at Bristol, Mr. W. J. Head (Buckhurst-hill) said that there was a gigantic task before them. Neither rest nor stay, most there be to their
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    Fisticuffs in the American Senate.
    112 7 A moat uoseemly and degrading exhibition oocurred in the American Senate on the 37th May when Senator Bailey and Mr. W. 1,. Manning, correspondent of tbo New York Times, bad a free fight in one of the corridors of the House, and were with difficulty
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    BANKERS AND BUDGET.
    129 7 CITY MEN PASS RESOLUTION OF PROTEST. Liberals Active. FORMATION OF PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE. Campaign In the Constituencies. [Basra's Tinmua] London, .lane -M. The Agitation with reference to the Budget continue* unabated. A crowded noa-partisan masting of notable men in the City ol London, including Lord Avebnry, head of
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    OUTBREAK OF CHOLERA.
    64 7 Russian Government s Sanitation Scheme. [Rsdtbb's TataeaaMj London, Jane 25. Owing to the cholera epidemic, tbe Russian Government has decided on a thorough drainage system for 8k Petersburg and the reconstruction of the water supply. The scheme will cost £10,000,000 sterling and will be procurable by means
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    LORD KITCHENER.
    311 7 Australia Desires bis Advice M its Forces. [RlCTll's TitMi) y London, June 25. The Government of the Commonwealth of Australia baa intimated to the Imperial Government that it deeirei to obtain the services of Lord Kitchener to give advice respecting the organisation of its forces. A correspondent write*
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    TROOPS AT TABRIZ.
    30 7 [Dm Ostasutucjbb Lloto Ti— ii«l Berlin, June 34. The Shah of Persia has demanded from tbe British and Russian governments the withdrawal of Russian troops from Tabria.
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    THE CZAR'S TOUR.
    24 7 Ds» Oataaunaoaa Lmtd Tmnn] Berlin. June 34. M. Iswolski. tbe Russian Minister tor Foreign Affairs, will accompany the Czar to Sweden.
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    EXPLOSION IN A COALMINE.
    28 7 Dx% OftTASIATISCHK LLOYD Tsil'.LiM Berlin, Jane M. An explosion has oocurred in a coalmine at Pittsborg, and the live* of 70 men we endangeredV^^^^^^^^^^^
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    Police Intelligence.
    69 7 Four more M%gaj* have been arrested on a charge of being Banaartsrt with the Danlop street gang r laasjsy, making Are now in custody. Oog Ab Liin, the- trader who itands charged with abetment of the ftlaflcatioa at the acconnts of Messrs. Kraaer and Neave and with criminal
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      116 8 The steam launch Argo will leave Johnston's Pier for the Club Bungalow on Sunday at 7, 0 and 10 a.m., 2-90 and 8-80 p.m., returning thenoe at 8-80 and 9 80 a.m., 12-16, 3 and 530 p.m. Renter's agency states that Mr. H. D Mclntosh has signed
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      Cricket.
      27 8 Home Matches. Worcester beat Kent, at Tonbridge, by 108 runs. Surrey beat Northampton, at Northampton, by two wickets. The match between Yorkshire and Sussex was abandoned.
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      Golf.
      247 8 Garrison Qolf Club. The first round of the Novioes' Competl tion is as follows Lieut Cart- Wright 4 1 Lieut HE. Large t) H. H. I Lie- welly n 4 1 H. A. Low 14 1 R.Allen 20) v. General Per- rott 24) M.E. Plump. ton v T. A.
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      Tennis.
      279 8 A Ceylon Invention. The following specifications have been •coepted by the Ceylon Registrar of rstents John Allan Stuart, and Maitland Shives Milne.— An apparatur for exhibiting numbers, letters, or signs in several directions simultaneously. The inventors claim a general application foe the apparatus, bat particularly for the purpose of
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      The Turf.
      318 8 Congratulating the Kin*. The King baa been the recipient of thousands of congratulatory manages on the success of bis horse Minors in the Derby. The messages, which began roaring into Buckingham Palace, soon after the race was won, continued almost without intermission throughout yesterday (May 26), and the
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    CANADA AND CHINA.
    289 8 Bright Trade Outlook With the Far East. Mr. \V. L. Mackenzie King of Ottawa referring big reoent visit to Chin*, says: To preserve the tttandards which oar industrial clauses have reached, restriction of immigration from the Orient is an absolute necessity. This, happily, is recognised by the
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    A P. and O. Innovation.
    111 8 Contrary to custom the interim dividend announcement of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company is unaccompanied by the usual half-yearly report, which will not, says the Globe, be issued in future. The directors think the interim statement, being published without any accounts, has had
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    White Men to Pall Rickshas.
    121 8 At the Alaska- Yukon-Paoiflo Exhibition, which is soon to be opened at Seattle, the carious spectacle of white men palling rick sbat will be witnessed. This will be due to the action of the Japanese Consul, who protested against the employment of Japanese in native
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    LORD MORLEY ON INDIA.
    649 8 Present Prospects in the Empire Reassuring. Lord Morley was the guest of the vioechancellor, teachers of the Indian Civil Service, and probationers at Oxford, on Jane 12. Proposing the toast of the Service, Lord Morley said that the Indian ministry was rather isolated in the public
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    The Duke of Abruzzi's Expedition.
    65 8 The Abnuai's expedition reached the foot of K. 2, the starting point of their labours, on May 30, that is to say, about six days before they expected to gel there. If the asoent of K. '1 is feasible, it should have bean ac ontnpKsherl
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      A Nuisance.
      220 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— l think it is quite time that the attention of the municipality, or whatever body is responsible, be called to the overpowering stench arising from the decaying pineapple refuse which seems to form the bed of the Rocbore River at
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      139 8 INo 555.*-' VsV >» 1 65 I CIGARETTES. W%J cts. per I I airtight tin of 50 F W brandi of Ci K* rettes ha withstood the examination of the Medical Profession, but ev«ry test and investigation has proved that "STATE EXPRESS" are I I Also paoked in manufactured from
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      220 8 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. BHHTHANO TYPIST WANTED. Wanted, a good shorthand and type- writing Clerk. Apply to H. Abrams. ROOM WANTED. A FURNISHED ROOM, near town, where no children are kept. Apply Room, c/o Straits Times. 1268 BHORTHAND-TYPIBT WANTED. Wanted at onoe, thoroughly competent assistant shorthand writer and typist. Apply by letter
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      366 8 GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LIMITED. Head Office Winchester House, SINGAPORE. Board of Director* I G. A. Dsbrick, Esq., Chairman. Ad. Agnus, Bsq., Vice Chairman. A. H. Kaik, Bsq., Managing Director. Part* Fowlu, h.b., cm., Chief Med. Officer F. M. Elliot, Esq. Rev. N. J. Cocvbbce. Vow Noan Pan, Esq.
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      214 8 G. R. Lambert Co., Ltd. OCA Af|f| PICTURE sCSUiUUU POBTOAROB In Artistic Execution of Views and Types OF SINGAPORE, JOHORE, F.M.S., BORNEO, ETC., ETC. i Wholesale and retail. H. Tb. JENSEN, Manager. MARLBOROU6H CINEMATOGRAPH, BBACH ROAD. TO-NIGHT'S PROGRAMME. 2ND BHOW. AT 9.80 P.M. 1. Mater Dolorous. 2. Tom Thumb. 8.
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      769 9 BECHSTEIN, BRINSMEAD, ROYAL Pianos. Monthly Terms. Sole Agents 1 THE ROBINSON PIANO CO., LTD. PENANG TURF CLUB. Programme AUTUMN MEETING. 1909. 1 /iy. the r,ih. TkwrmUt, tht 29th, fttlnnfafc tkt ;i Safe 190'). FIRST DAY. Tartdtf, J.dij 27, I0*)9. 1. THE MAIDEN PLATE —Value S5O0. Race (or Maiden Horses. Weight
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      269 9 3. THE SECOND ROADSTER HANDICAP.— VaIue $200. A Handicap for all Roadsters that have run in the oth Race, First Day. Gentlemen Riders. Entrance, $10. Distance, 1> miles. 4. THE PENANG PLATE. 5. THE PENANG PCRSE.— VaIue $500 and $400, respectively, with $100 added for the Second Horse in each
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      561 9 STEAMER BJULMBB. Inauguration of Mew Trans-Pacific Line. REGULAR BERVICE FROM HON6KON6. CONNECTINS AT TACOMI WITH THE CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE AND PUGET 80UND RAILWAY ANO THE CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE ANO ST. PAUL RAILWAY. (The only direct train service, without t-anshipmont, also shortest and fastest route, from the PACIFIC COAST to CHICAGO). Taking Cargo
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      272 9 APCAR LINE OF BTEAMERB. Tea undermentioned mall ■teamen of tbt •bore Line a regular aervioa between Oalontta and Japan, calling at Penang, Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai ta remit FLEET. Tona Commander •.a. "JiFia- 6,0)3 J. Q. Oum s.B. "GiMoaiAfcn- 4,600 S. H. Bmlbo. a.a. "AjouTooai Amis" 4,800 A. Srmn i.b.
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      461 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. JAPAN MAIL BTEAMBHIP CO. LTD. Two regular services are maintained between JAPAN and EUROPE by tbe Company's well-known TWIN-BCIEW STE4MERS, 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 and Second Class
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      347 9 Artie Tully AND COMPANY Turf Accountants Have now opened their book on the forthcoming Kuala Lumpur Meeting TREBLE EVENT: RACES 3. 4 7 DOUBLE EVENT: RACEB 3 4. 3 7. AND 4 7. NOTICE.— Mr. M S. Cowan has joined the linn as partner and in future the firm will
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    Attack on Rugby Union.
    509 10 MR. BYRNES VOTE OF CENSURE DEFEATED. Case Not Made Out. Mr. J. F. Byrne, of the Moseley Club, made bis attack on the Kagby Union at the annual meeting held in London, on May 27. His oliargo that the committee bad not enforced the laws against
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    GOVERNMENT AND PRESS.
    470 10 Official Ban Against Writing for the Papers. We all know that writing for the papers is held to be a serious offence in officials, and that it is sternly repressed by higher authority. Indeed, it is held that in some cases connection with the press has militated
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    21 10 The total pig iron production of the United States last year was 15,986,018 long tons as against 26,781,801 tons in 1907.
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      615 10 BANKING COMPANIES CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Paid up Capital in 80,000 Share* of snOaaeb «l,«M,0O0 flaaei is Fund *H. 675,000 II i TUMIIIj rf aU.100,000 BANKERS. Bank oi England. Rational Bank of Scotland. Tie baadon City A Midland Bank, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Oureat
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      511 10 BANKING COMPANIES. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. paid-up capital 116,000,000 observe fund Sterling Reserve 116,000,0001 ajo 6 00 000 SilverSeeerve •14,500,000| w 6o0 ww assents Liability of Proprietor! 116.000,000 COURT OP DIRECTOR*. Hon. Mr. W. J. Oreeaon, Chairman. H. E. Tomkina, Esq., Deputy Chairman. E.G. Barrett, Esq. O. B. Lenamann,
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      512 10 INSURANCE Cosipmies THE IMPERIAL FIRE OFFICE. UHITIU WITH ID f T ....»i» AsevßAaoa Oomakt, Lamas A t Bartholmew Lane, London. ■RABUSBBD 1803. Capital M.U0.000 Total Fund* exceed.. €lo,ooo,ooo General Manager, Robsbx Lawn, Esq. BARLOW A OO.,— Agmn LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRE INBUBANOE OOMPANY. Capital £2,841,000 Paid up Capital £J64,100 Reserve
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      5 10 Johnson's Digestive Tablets for ltxUfMtiau.
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      806 10 BALE 3 BY AUCTION. Tanglin Auction Sale OF REMARKABLY WELL-DESIGNED TEAK FURNITURE, The Property of \V. KESSLER, Esq., At Lancarfe,' Tanglin Hill. SATURDAY. JUNE 26. AT 2 P.M. Comprising: WELL DESIGNED CARVED TEAK DRAWING. ROOM SUITE, stuffed and oarved in silk damask quaintly designed teak cabinet, fitted cupboards and shelves
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      241 10 UNO AUCTION At Messrs. H.L. Coghlan A Co.'s Saleroome, On Monday, June 28, at g.30 p.m. 128 Acres, 0 rood, 9 poles. Agricultural hand in district of Moria. Held under Statutory Orant No 347. Quit Rent $65. H. L. Coghlan Co., Auctioneers. AUCTION SALE OF LAND. On Tuetday, Jim, 99,
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    AUTOMOBILISM.
    1073 11 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. Mr. Julian H. K. Loo*, writing from Buenos Ayros, says that motoring is becoming an immensely popular pastime there, and often some really fine cars are to be seen in the streets of the capital of the Argentine Republic, the Fiat make having
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    NOBEL DYNAMITE TRUST.
    566 11 Users of Blasting Explosives Don't Provide the Profits. Users of blasting explosives often grumble I at the prices they are oalled upon to pay, and point to the 10 per oenl dividend of the Nobel Dynamite Trust as a proof that exeessive profits are made at their
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    TAFTAS PHOTOGRAPHER.
    197 11 When Key was Pressed Camera Operated at Seattle Fair. When President W. H. Taft pressed the golden key in the White House at Washington, which flashed across the continent the signal that the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific exposition was officially opened, the electric impulse opened the shutter of a camera
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      518 11 Another Record for Dunlops. 2,875 MILES THROUGH INDIA. NO TYRE TROUBLES. Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Bombay, May 17, 1909. To THE DUNLOP PNEUMATIC TYRE CO., LTD., Bombay. Dear Sirs, I have much pleasure in congratulating you upon the grooved tyres you are now making. During my tour through India, on
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      39 11 H. ABRAMS. New shipment of horses due to arrive Thursday, Jane 24. A specially selected lot of high-class horses, cobs and ponies. Inspection invited. Any reasonable trial given and a guarantee given with each horse sold. 5. ORCHARD ROAD.
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      495 11 SHEFFIELD SIMPLEX CARS. 20-24 H.P.. 6-CYLINDER. 5-SEATED. WITH HOOD. BCREEN. H.T. Magaoto Ignition, Wire Detachable Wheels, 815 x 106 m/m Tyres. Lamps, Horn, Mechanical Lubrication. Petrol capacity: 10 gallons. COMPLETE $5,600 NETT CASH. sole Agents: CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS. LATEST NOVELTIES IN Motor Accessories EX 8 8. "BIIILA AND "TEUCER Oy
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      559 12 Scale of Charges. PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS.— MisoeIIaneous Wants of Every Description, Houses, Land, etc., to let, are inserted at the following rates One Insertion lI M per inch. Two 2.00 Three 2.80 Six 6.20 Nine 0.40 Twelve 7.12 Twenty- five 10.00 (Bach subsequent month 16 per inch.) The above rate is
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      463 12 MISCELLAHEOUS WANTS. atmmn Umm, eae at twe uMirUm, IK Br ta*laah,.e. Seal, ef Chattel. ASSIBTANT BURBEON WANTED. Wanted urgently, qualified Assistant Surgeon to act as Locum Tenens for a few months. Good salary and free quarters. Apply with testimonials to Principal Medical Officer, Johore. ulOB6 GOVERNESS WANTED. Wanted, English or
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      612 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. ■an -r»m> Liu* moim limn, n Bf U» lath. M nali eaaraM. OFFICE TO BE UT. Offloe on aeoond floor of. Ho. 7, Battery Bead. Apply to Onthxis and Co.. Ltd. tIW BUNGALOW TO LET. A fine bungalow, No. 13a, Mount Elizabeth Road, immediate entry.
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      594 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. RiTB» >-f om. Ll—^ o— ot >w- ■wlllii, KM Mj the iMh. m. Sealt of OWpi. HOUSES TB BE UT. Hoi. 81 and SI, IsflMtokkn HUJ, River VaUev Bcal. Apply to LEE OHBHO YAH UTI HOUBEB TO LET. No. 38, Sophia Road, and 15 and
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      388 12 SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS. Netherlands Gutta Perch a Co., Ltd. Motor-tyres retreaded at Moderate I rices. All kinds ot India Rubber Articles, Sheets, VALVES, Rings, TYRES, HOSES (Suction, Steam, Hydraulic), Oardenhoses, Tubes, ENDLESS BELTS, FLOOR-TILES, MATTING, EBONITE and Hard Rubber Articles, Bicycle Tyres. Works Offices: Passir Panjang, Singapore. Sole Agents i
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      263 12 BOARD AMD LODGING. ■»W l— Fo«t Llim. oae or two liwliou. tl m Br tha laeb, eoale of Charge*. BOARD AND LOD6ING. Rooms vacant. Mrs. von Bargen, 8, Mount Elizabeth 1113 BOARO AND RESIDFNCE. Board and apartmeats ftr single gentlemoo at 11, Dhoby Ghaut Terns Moderate. 1116 BOARD AND REBIDENCE.
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