Eastern Daily Mail and Straits Morning Advertiser, 4 August 1906

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    19 1 Eastern Daily Mail AND STRAITS MORNING ADVERTISER. No. 277 VOL. n. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1906. PRICE 5 CENTS
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    ZAMBOANCA.
    842 1 A RICH BUT UNEXPLORED PORTION OF PHILIPPNIES. Writing from Zamboanga a correspon- 1 dent who is evidently an fait of what he writes publishes the following article in the Mindanao\Herald For three hundred years the influence of the Spanish official, the Spanish soldier, the Spanish merchant, the Spanish teacher,
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    75 1 The Shell Transport Company, of which Messrs Syme and Co., are Ihe local agents, is reported to be withdrawing from the European business, which has not proved very profitable, and henceforth operations will be concentrated on its business in the Far East, which promises to become increasingly lucrative. An official
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    FOUL DECOCTIONS.
    583 1 As the so-called whisky mentioned in the undernoted article, (culled from the Penang Gazette) is sold in nearly every Chino kedeh in Singapore, it will perhaps be read by many with interest. The heading given to the clipping is Fixed Bayonets We have always thought it a great
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    THE RICE CRISIS.
    257 1 Dispatches received from various cities in the Yangtze Valley all complain of th^ abnormal prices demanded for rice, in consequence of which there is naturally much discontent amongst the poorer classes. In the city of Yangchou, near the mouth of the Yangtze River, the authorities arc fearful
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    "PLAYING POSSUM"
    143 1 The Rev. R. H. Courtnay preached a sermon in Rangoon the other day in which the government- officials were severely scored for obtaining leave of absence on the plea of sickness, when their state of health did not warrant any such plea being set forward. Mr. Courtnay, says
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      249 1 Old €nfllisl> curcc cut cobacco m vacuum cms pocket (in- -...AnPKK. 0WJ lnal»le Everywhere. riIR ANO WATER. J^^ 1 f The Queen of Table Waters. I I Pure, Sparkling, Invigorating. I The Leading Mineral Water I Bottled ut Japan, by M The Hirano Mineral Water 9* Co., Limited. r^S'' H
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      132 1 SEE MUN W T W REMOVED TO 50-2 VICTORIA STREET Opposite St. Joseph's Church INCREASED BUSINESS, COMMODIOUS PREMISES MEAN HONEST PRICES, AND RELIABLE WORKMANSHIP. Cycles and Accessories, Rubber Tyre Ricksha Wheels, Sewing Machines and Type-Writers Repaired. Navy Hotel 5-17 BEACH ROAD, SINGAPORE. EXCELLEITT TABLE, Wines etc t etc. OF FIRST
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      173 1 P Special HolidayTour TO CEYLON, fir Newera Eliya 00 6,200 feet Ois the most accessible hill station from the Straits Settlements. Beautiful Scenery, Magnificent climate, Good Hotels. A Mountain home for Europeans. A health station for invalids. A place of education for children. An attractive holiday resort for Visitors. CHEAP
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      12 1 I^ffINGTOBAC^ SINGAPORE i J. LITTLE ft CO., LTD. and AGENTS. ROBINSON &CO
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    The Eastern Daily mail PRICE 5 CENTS. SATURDAY, 4TH AUGUST. OUR REVENUE.
    556 2 The Eastern Daily mail PRICE 5 CENTS. SATURDAY, 4TH AUGUST. OUR REVENUE. The tenders for the Opium and Spirit Farms, opened in the office oi the Colonial Secretary on Thursday, show that a great falling off in our revenue from those sources is certain during the next three years. For
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    A DIFFICULT PROBLEM.
    458 2 In yesterday's issue of the Eastern Daily Mail, we reproduced from a Manila paper an account of a serious uprising in the island of j Leyte, one of the important islands of the Philippine group. Nearly a thousand rebels are said to be in the field and
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    READJUSTMENT OF SCHOOL HOURS.
    251 2 READJUSTMENT OF SCHOOL HOURS. There has long been dissatisfaction on the part of parents of children attending" the various schools of the Settlement owing to the lack of uniformity in the hours of attendance at these schools. It strikes us that had these grumbling parents taken concerted action and addressed
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    79 2 Owing to being in mourning, H. E. the Governor will not participate in any function of a public nature to be given. What is known in England ns a Sunday School "treat" will be given by the M. E. school on the i ith instant. It will take the form
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    THE TOWN WATER SUPPLY.
    88 2 To the Bdttoc E Sir, CoMpiainti water' supply is o: its purity: it has householders, that sine* "mains a reddish a< I nended matter and 1 solution, also .t do, parent clear quu ity o\ in a place like S some precau! r?hem.cal ami bacl the
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      267 2 Caldbeck Macgregor Co. JUST LANDED. fl Shipment of Herefordshire Cider (by H. V. Buhner a 00. of Hereford, who 1 obtained the GoW Modal in 1888 at PARIS for the Highest Award li> quart bottles Qt?ly. Si£ L L v Used PmN©7| RETURNED FROM HIRE I BY THE FOLLOWING WELL
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      415 2 j^~ PURE <^r^^^^^^^^Wrr^ m m. ft WILK I h THE h f JPk fLn«V h THOMAS CO. CKg^^ AUSTRALIAN I "fiotei ae r €urope*" [CORONATION DAY] MUSICAL TIFFIN DINNER Thursday the 9th inst. At 1 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. The Hotel del' Europe String Band in Attendance GRAND ILLUMINATIONS. C.
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      165 2 NOTICE. r FAKE notice that the Power of Attorney given by me to Hyderali Moonshi on the 21st July 1905 is hereby cancelled and the said Hyderali Moonshi has no further connection with me and has no power to transact any business in my name. Dated this Ist August 1906.
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    THE CHINESE CUSTOMS.
    31 3 .SZATION OF n HV CIMM sl 1. i Ai i;, t a. i'c^»« 1 '""Ten int. l«i. lds i*»%,,,crs "I"* /sir Robert of cv c,:J nations Maritime Custom*
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    KING OF SPAIN IN COWES.
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    THE PERSIAN TROUBLE.
    23 3 CONTINUES I'-" 1 appoioleheran. an h d ..i-attdo-cl Businen Z British Leoatiok. thw thirteen thousand I i protection of demand.
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    THE BOMBARDMENT OF SVEABORG.
    58 3 -ARSHIPS JOIN IN ACTION r&r^MUTINEERS. Lot pm> etooooadii S nborg until the warships eers. tint a gunpowder U P- j 5 thereupon hoisted K.n-.and. it named cad whilst he JJ g .-cm i-hore town in Finland nake good ipc. I pucmr. ested as ted in s
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    CUR FOREIGN POLICY.
    20 3 MAINTAIN FRIENDLY RELATE >NS. p.m. H iseof g the < icert as eg .rtH that no ■inert ion
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    THE EDUCATION ACT.
    37 3 NTS Al CERTAIN. •N TO B p.m. the ~e of bury ntant •the View. med at the lily n in all public :id: of teachers u to their iJJ* lor imparting *uch religious 0
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    THE GOODWOOD CUP.
    18 3 WINNERS WOOd Cup the order in winch the M the winning post 1 rkmt Pkm
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    AN UNDESIRABLE.
    36 3 Da f nw kok an undesirw» who was 'Y' 10 BntWi Consul at Spore n r hed come to l ;^."JcmpJ»vmc,n,thc d with through Nk'Us department and nt and J*th. received at India rding
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    THE OPIUM TRAFFIC.
    13 3 1 K! Rl< Five EIV ES BID OF Hi« .00,00.
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    PERSIA.
    31 3  -  Grand Vizier FINANCIAL REFORMS. In Contemplation by London, August 3, 2 p.m. Gorgos, the newly appointed Persian Grand Vizier, contemplates the bringing about of political and financial reforms affecting Persia.
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    ROYAL BIRTH.
    19 3 TO DUCHESS OF SAXECOBURG. A Son. The Duchess of Saxe-Coburg has been safely delivered of a son.
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    SERVIA AND AUSTRIA.
    43 3 THE NEW TREATY. Better Commercial Relations Probable. London, August 3, 2. p.m. The Servian Parliament has agreed upon a new, but only temporary, commercial arrangement with Austria. It is hoped that the treaty in ques tion may soon be concluded.
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    RUSSIAN MURDERS CONTINUE.
    27 3 FOUR OFFICERS KILLED. Three wounded. London, August, 3, 3 p.m. Four officers have been killed and three wounded, in fighting the rioters, f recently.
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    MANCHURIA.
    48 3 NO RESTRICIONS ON COMMERCE EXIST. British Traders on same Footing as others. London, August 3, 3 p.m. The British government has issued a statement to the effect that ir understands there are no longer any restrictions on the movements of foreign traders in merchandise in in Manchuria.
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    CONSUL GENERAL TO BE APPOINTED.
    55 3 To act with Consul at N ewchwang London, August, 3, 3 p.m. A Consul General for Manchuria will be appointed with his headquarters at Mukden. Acting in conjunction with the British Consul at Newchwang, he will see that British traders are accorded equal treatment to
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    SVEABORG MUTINY OVER.
    38 3 DESPERATE REPRISALS. Battleships Bombard Forts. London, August 3, 3, p.m. The Sveaborg mutiny has been finally subdued, but not before the battleships in the vicinity had poured in a terrifically murderous fire on the forts.
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    HOW THE MUTINY BEGAN.
    60 3 SLEEPING ARTILLERYMEN SURPRISED. Unexpected loyalty proved. London, August 3, 3 p.m. The mutineers at Kronstadt comprised 400 sappers and miners and a body of 2500 sailor-^. The sappers killed their officers and then made descent on the artillerymen who were manning Fort Constantihe, whilst they were
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    GUNNERS WERE LOYAL.
    65 3 I HEIR ACTION DISCONCERTED MUTINEERS. Reliable troops were also in readiness. London. August, 3, 3 p.m. The gunners proved to be most unexpectedly loyal, however. They flatly refused to work the guns and thus made any resistance quite u-eless, and the more so, as the authorities were
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    CULPRITS PAY PENALTY.
    52 3 COURI-MARTIALLED AND SHOT. London, August 3, 3 pm. Seven miners were arrested and sentenced to be shot; they were summarily executed on the charge of having killed the officers. Cause of Mutiny. The official version, as to the reason of this mutinous outbreak, ascribes it to purely
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    THOSE BELLS.
    79 3 The bells which are to be placed in the Clock Tower were seen yesterday being unloaded from a bullock cart. Our representative expected to see something bigger than the bells furnished a third class country village, but was disappointed. But undoubtedly what they lack in dimension will be
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    83 3 Till Mr. J. B. Robertson, a warrant for whose arrest has been issued in connection with the Hogan Co. allaged swindle was for many years in the employ locally of the Straits Insurance Company, now defunct. After the liquidation of that Company, he was connected with various local ventures, and
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    553 3 OPIUM AND LIQUORS BILLS PASSED. Ths meeting of the Legislative Council occupied but twenty minutes yesterday. In the absence of His Excellency the Governor in the northeren settlement, CapL A. H. Young C. M. G., Colonial Secretary, acted in his stead. After the reading and approval of the
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    POLICE NEWS
    250 3 DAYLIGHT BURGLARY Ihe house of Mrs. J. Wales, who lives at No 220 Bencoolen Street, was burgled at about 2 p. m. on the 2nd. Mrs Wales left the house at a little after noon after padlocking the front door. On her return she found the padlock missing.
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    154 3 The Messageries Maritimes steamer "Manche," Captain Corta, will leave for Saigon on Monday at noon with some general cargo, and the mails. The football match that is to be played in the Cup Tie competition is between the Sherwood Foresters and the Singapore C. C, and not the Royal Artillery.
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    THE SUPREME COURT.
    975 3 END OF THE JEWISH CASE. l*he case of Mr. Isaac Ezekiel Elias Yas vs. Tan Jin Teck, which has occupied the attention of Acting Chief Justice! Law for two days past, was concluded yesterday. Further testimony for the defence was called. The first witness was Tan Swee
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    99 3 The P. &O. steamer Malta Commander R. A. Peters arrived yesterday morning from London, with the English mails. The following is the list of passengers looked by her for this From London Rev. W. J. Cherry and Mrs. Cherry, infant and children, Mr. A. Keer, Miss F. Keil, Mr. J.
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    SPECIAL MUNICIPAL MEETING
    1138 3 BULDING BY-LAWS. A special meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held in the Board Room yesterday, the business being to consider the Building By-laws. There j were present Messrs. Broadrick, President, Bailey, Cheng Keng Lee, Coghlan Rowland Allen, Macbean, McArthur, Dr. Murray Robertson, Dr. Lim Boon Keng
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    238 3 The Master Attendant, Capt. Boldero notifies that the Snipping, Import and Export Offices, will be open for one hour, from 10 to n a.m., on Monday the 6th instant. The Tunku Besar and Tunku Nan Besar of Pahang leave to day with their staffs for Port Swettenham by the F.
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      6 3 Reutcr's Agency wires (By submarine telegraph)
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      351 3 CHURCH NOTES. St. Andrew's Cathedral. Matins and Litany 7 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral) 7-45 a.m. Holy Communion (Plain) 9-15 a.m. Sunday School and Bible Classes 3-45 p.m. Evensong and Sermon, 6-30 p.m. St. Matthew's Sepoy Lines. Foo Chow Service, 11-15 a. m Sunday School 3-45 p. mEvensong and Sermon, 8-15
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      150 3 matsuo's 3hround The <%* mm t CLorld Jour m& FARES -Ist class $1.50 2nd $1.00 3rd $0.50 4th $0.26 Military Half Price. Children Half Price. AT matsuo's •I Japanese Beach Road, (Near Raffles Hotel.) To-ijigl>t! To-i>i£l?t! Is Guest Night. We Will To-night Show She Most Sxpensive and ~> 3\ctures IN
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      484 4 ARRIVED! ARRIVED! After an absence oj j years STRONGER THAN EVER. The Indra Bangsawan Theatrical 60. of Penang umyAi?6 pusi To-night! To-night!! Saturday jth August at the Alexandra Hall North Bridge Road "GULZAR-e-NEKEY" and Sunday the sth inst. "PANJISEMERANG" (input) New Faces. New Dresses. New Scenery. Our Own Orchestra of
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      717 4 BANKS- L_ Hongkong ft Shanghai Banking Corporation. PAID-UP CAPITAL $10,000,000 RESERVE FUND Sterling Reserve J lo o^- 0^ 1 $195,00,000 i Silver Reserve $9600,000/ I nnnilftft Reserve Liabil.ty of Proprietors $10,000,000 Court of Director*. A Haupt, Ksq Chairman. Hon C. VV. Dickson- Deputy-Chairman. E. Goetz. Ksq. I H. E. Tomkin.fc.sq.
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      599 4 Qi \t it X TTX^ZjCDCIjC— JV— -3CZ3CJCZ3C" if~-—-y v— pATHE pmy CINEMATOGRAPH FILMS Q io, a complete Cinematograph Installation a PP iyto f Levy Hermanos 3 Batte y ßoad 1 l^dPOn Double-sided Records j vucuii and Talking Machines j **Rrfpkf|" Double-sided Records -1 L,UtIl and i alking Machjnes "Eden" Talki
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      281 4 SINGAPORE SOUVENIR POSTCARDS. Just Arrived. 25 cents a packet. Containing 5 different Views of Decorations during the visit of H. R. H. Prince Arthur of Connaught. Singapore 3rd February, 1906. To be obtained at JITTS Co., 5Q$-2, North Bridge Road. To Contractors. Tenders are invited for the rebuilding of 22
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      296 4 F( Sal,. hcas. a m.le s V* 42.8. c/o D n Fo Sale D °g Cart for ,^T7~ Canning. H> lobe ««a M P Notice. Take Notice f Attorney given by m C tI' LN me^ Hadji Ebralum h^ of Septcmb c b ymeon the th 4 •906, owing to
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