Eastern Daily Mail and Straits Morning Advertiser, 11 April 1907

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    19 1 Eastern Daily Mail AND STRAITS MORNING ADVERTISER. No. 483 VOL. HI SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1907. PRICE 5 CENTS
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    THE CHANGING EAST.
    967 1 THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES. (By and C. Express Correspondent.) (Continued.) A Few General Rlmarks. One of the most general topics of conversation, from which the keen edge has not yet entirely passed, is afforded by the ?s. 4d. dollar as I have already dealt th this, howtver,
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    EMPRESS ALEXANDER.
    442 1 Ihe Empress Alexander of Russia, who has been paying a visit to her much-loved sister, Qneen Alexandra, has her full share of the singular beauty and charm which characterised the three daughters of the knightly old King Christian of n^ nark and his brilliantly clever Queen Louise. Her
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    THE WRECKED ANTARCTIC EXPLORERS.
    187 1 A Reuter telegram from Melbourne, dated March 10, says The steamer Turakina, which was despatched by the Cape Government nt the request of the Federal Premier to re?cue 1 1 of the crew ot the Norwegian Antarctic expedition ship Cathrine, wrecked on one of the Crozet
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    STRAITS GARRISON TO BE REDUCED.
    166 1 Speaking on the Army Estimates, m the House of Commons, Mr. Ashley, said they were asked to vote this financial year 14,000 less men then they had during last year. There was one direction m which the reduction of men had taken place with which
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    47 1 Thl Sourabaya Courant" calls attention to the fact that, m the large towns of Java, Arabs drive a brisk trade m women and children. They generally buy them from brokers and kidnappers for cash, and then sell them at a profit m ports abroad, especially at Singapore.
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      127 1 > paP er X P w lc CDC Best 00 Straits. i M lO mm our MS F# n I the Ist April, 1907 w9jF at $0.25. per case of 12 bottles, RETAIL OF ALL DEALERS. H.SCHAEFER&Co. SOLE IMPORTERS. I.F.VY HERMANOS.I SINGAPORE. I JEWELLERY AND PRECIOUS STONES, GOLD, SILVER I
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      204 1 Howarth Erskine Ei?gii?eers apd Coptractors. ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS. I I Telephone 98. Telegrams ERSKINE." I WEILL ZERNER 1 I jewellers. &c. I Cinematographs! Cinematographs! I •FRESH PATHE FILMS L B M E r v AT HOME PRICES.J at jb 7~MOTORS ME^Ji^^mmm THOROUGHLY RELIABLE UP-TO-DATE. MUTUR CAno MOTOR LORRIES "§T§sbSats WRITE FOR
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      10 1 Ule Guarantee tbe Cargest Circulation of anp Paper m Singapore.
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    The Eastern Daily Mail PRICE 5 CENTS. THURSDAY 11TH APRIL. A MENACE TO YOUTH.
    584 2 The Eastern Daily Mail PRICE 5 CENTS. THURSDAY 11TH APRIL. A MENACE TO YOUTH. associates, and the logical con elusion is that there is a strong connection between them and the numerous petty thefts that are so frequently taking place m the town. We remember a lew months ago a
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    CHOKING UP OF THE DRAINS
    354 2 Passing along the streets of the most populated parts of the town we have to close our nostrils with our scented handkerchiefs to save our olfactory nerves from undergoing an excruciating torture through the smells that arise from the side drains. We do not require
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    278 2 Thi total quantity of tea exported from India between April, 1906, and February 28 last was 226,027,772 lbs. compared with 208,967,442 m 1095. Mr. James Sellars, who has been manager of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Board for some time, is retiring from his office at the end of this month.
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    UNKNOWN
    129 2 UlRECroi sl l "c amount t arv .£l lhat period averse f, I I Hn I In April Us» v < ed a S holder* cq cert r> l 'on to ihi s eS Cou rt "^granted* 1( > 0 a "d a, account*, t X reduction on the
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    FORTH COMING DEPARTION
    71 2 POPULAR 1 he very main foreign-., friends Pahnke, the pop ddeutsd ci hear with Monday for the During his res Captain Pahnke ha? prng able, conscientk Superintendent, a deavours to me sure t'ne populai I) represei Captain Pahnlu ture tor Breme: evidence m the supreme Gi We
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    OTT'S CIRCUS.
    112 2 1 he i -a- m night at the above To-night there change of programnt x sensational ar o\ Loojn bj Mr. Willia 5 have been put on I only for the fact thai ratus was left to last port. Po-nighl one of thi graamme .>''■- loop has Ken
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    WHAT OUR READERS
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    OUR ICE SUPPLY.
    44 2 TotheMHor' 1 Dear Mr. Btfttjrp sake a small s^LS youj widely read I suppose it i absolutely pu« J of 2T I have n ?s*4 ar ticl l?i clean* i enomv-usp. J exnecti W»e» ol s&Z K vi -ivioi»i<»* ia j
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      366 2 To-i>i§ljt Thursday. Ropal CincmatoflrapD JUBILEE HALL, ne»rr*ffles I 6RHI>D Ci>fln6€ 0? PRo6Rflmm€ 1 JUST RECEIVED TO-DAY PER GERMAN MAIL. THE LATEST FILMS FROM THE CONTINENT. Ones 1 that have made a bit at Crystal Palace, London GREAT THINGS TO SEE WORTH A GUINEA A MINUTE. m Our Show collects more
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      305 2 g§ FRENCH CINEMATOGRAPH To-i?i§bt T To-i>isl>t ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. WE WILL EXHIBIT THE BEST PICTURES FROM OUR L-ARCI AND VARIED STOCK OF FILMS DON'T MISS THIS OCCASION. YOU ARE SURE TO BE SATISFIED WITH OUR SHOW. First Show 7.30 p.m. Seoond Show 9.30 p.m. SiTatinee Svery Saturday From 6
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      127 2 Wednesday April 17th First Appearance m Singapore OF THE HIPPODROME absolutely the greatest amusement enterprise that has ever toured the East. A Revelation m Shouis INCLUDING THE WORLD FAMOUS HAGENBECK'S PERFORMING ZOO You have heard of this marvellous act, you will soon have an opportunity of seeing it. Watch for
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      8 2 "Saturday is the last day of Little's Sale."
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      94 2 COMING EVENTS. Today, ntb High Water. 8-38 a.m 10-26 p.m. P. O. Mail Homeward due. Phil. Orchestra pract vie. M'morial Hall. 8.30. Ott's Circus 9.15 p.m. Wayang Kassira 9 p.m. Royal Cinematograph 7 and 9.30 p.m French Cinematograph 7 and 9*30 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph 7 and 9-30 p.m. To-morrow, I2tb:—
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Canadian Affairs.
      23 3 A pril io.'°'° a am"•""' m- „«!"> Washington J&i inltcd appointing I" fonder all the ■Jwccnt ."..-da and £*< *2ftre *l Cinadil) ePSeSSsts
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    H.M.S. Trafalgar.
    13 3 .\nril io, 10.10 a.m. Und J Battled Trafal fbc^P^^altrom the bridge
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    The Colonial Conference.
    8 3 London, April 10. i.=o a.m.
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    Famine in Russia
    40 3 STALLING DISTRESS to April 10, n.ao«. ■nnrr -cnt by the bocie"r\o n^ma-c into the ten etter -iatcd Sama-tCtota-i* The tome m,n:ain. i»t twenty u lc mu<! peri^li unless 7-hclc't bankot the olga. It ,-poUrion of 1,657,61 1.
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    The Thaw Trial.
    33 3 I London. April is, m2oa. m. L v Counsel thrilled a crowded ■rt bvan eloque: ing ad- V >ympathies Ke luryon behalf of Thtw as the Eerot* "hi? wife's wrongs.
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    Moroccan Troubles not yet over.
    47 3 Moroccan Troubles not yet over. lESTIN FEZ. London April 10, 11. :z a. m. mt Mtst among the Europeans lOPngtoanAnti European Edict t. Sultan which while regret:rc x: hr. Mauchamp the occupation ot L'jda A: was unjustifiable and troties The edict trusts that town will be evacuated.
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    Army Reform.
    76 3 Lcmdon, April 1: :c a.m. looounbie .Mr Haldane, I War, moved the I .c Territorial Forces Mr Wyodham moved a- an scheme was un- incoherent. It did not c proper training of the tonal Forces and it imperilled the eof recruiting the Regu an He Ir. Haldane to
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    UNKNOWN
    33 3 Lordor,Apn! 10 4 I5 p. m and Corporation of the loidon propose to entertain a banquet to beheld Jl on the 10th May when gold box will be pre--oped that H Maiictv
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    Bank of England
    23 3 THE GOVERNORSHIP, London, Auril 10 'A r™ l 0" 41 5 p.m. "or, tU am P bdl (Deputy*aCnSn C I)lreclors >
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    American Goods in Germany.
    12 3 American Goods in Germany. ,i il »e?oiia,io ns a ttun vi Germany.
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    RUSSIA'S INABILITIES.
    19 3 Stab a »2 »C' V »VI, thc tavern C*"" liS ned m the t)tJ*V>* Ott only b
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    N. D. L OFFICIAL'S CLAIM.
    2128 3 CLAIMS Si 5 ,000 FOR CARRIAGE ACCIDENT. Well Known Jew Merchant as Defendant. Yesterday before Mr. Justice Fisher Mr. Heinrich Oldsen of the N. I). L. Steam Ship Company sued Mr. Manasseh Meyer the well-known merchant for Si 5,000 for damages sustained by being run
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    141 3 •£2f^"8 OftheU S Wativ c Council will be held at the Council Hall on Friday, 19 April, 1907, a t 2-30 p.m. Order of the Day. /v I *i£ en inSUl f£ nd Ori «ntal Company (Validation of Grant) Bill (Bill "To validate the conveyance of a portoin
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    THE TANGLIN CLUB.
    165 3 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. The annnal general meeting of the Tanglin Club took place on Tuesday night at the club, with Mr. F. M. Elliott, the President, m the chair. The Chairman regretted that the finances were not m a more favourable condition as the club had to
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    MORRISON CENTENARY.
    112 3 A great and unique gathering will be held m the Victoria Memorial Hall on Monday, May 6, at 9 p.m., when a large missionary meeting will take place m honour of the late Robert Morrison, who began his mission work among the Chinese a hundred years ago. The
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    MURDEROUS ATTACK ON A LADY AT SHANGHAI.
    103 3 MURDEROUS ATTACK ON A LADY AT SHANGHAI. Mrs. Percebois (wife of Mr. D. Percebois, assistant m the Imperial Maritime Customs Service has been murderously attacked by a Chinese ruffian. It appears that the man, who was formerly m the domestic serviced Mrs. Percebois, burglariously entered the house and being interrupted
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    LORD JUSTICE KENNEDY.
    122 3 The new Lord Justice is another of our scholar-judges, therein resembling Mr. Justice Ridley. fWilliam Rann Kennedy imbibed Greek and Latin at Eton to such purpose that he became senior classic at Cambridge, carrying off also various pots m the way of scholarships and medals. He is
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    BRITISH NOT BRITISH.
    164 3 A Briton is not a Briton when he is serving on a foreign ship, is the brief but important result of an action heard at Southampton. Two firemen of the American liner Philadelphia were charged with theft on that vessel. The prosecuting solicitor said that although British
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    THE VALUE OF A NAME.
    110 3 Money has a weird way of seeming more or less according to the terms m which it is expressed fwrites "A Society Butterfly.") A Frencn girl sounds rich with a dot of 100,000 francs, but seems a mere pittance to an Englishwoman. Then j£ioo strikes
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    FREE CHURCHES CONFERENCE.
    433 4 1 lie Free Churches of England arc dtad against Ritualism, but for Universal Peace. I'he Scotsman" of March Bth coulains this account of the Evangelical Free Churches Conference. The National Conference of Evangelical Free Churches was continued yesterday at Leeds. Dr. W. Robertson Nicoll dealt with the
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    WOMEN SPIES.
    595 4 BStxRLr Skkvicl o^ El'ropl. lin i is department ot the European governmental system more alien to A i ran ideals than the elaborate bureaux of espionage which are maintain- < by all the Continental aui;i time of peace as well as during a .ir. Writing m the New
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    65 4 Ihl Church of the Assumption has received the first instalment of a new set of chiming bells, which will replace the present bells. The Vicar General of tUc Diocese m charge of this Church has had $>rcat improvements made m the building. The S/rut/s Echo believes this is the first
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      8 4 "Saturday, is the last day of Little's Sale."
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      682 4 THBDES, PROFESSIONS msjti SINGAPORE SANITARIUM HEALTH FOOD DEPOT. IMPORTERS OF HIGH-CLASS CEREAL AND NUT FOODS. 213, ORCHARD ROAD. GRAN©SE A WONDERFUL FOOD FOR INVALIDS DYSPEPTICS and also for those who are well. "A COOP SHOT IS OUR LAST HOPE" SAID LORD ROBERTS. So young boys don't waste all your time
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      148 4 S£ REMBAH k ME &CHANTS, jSs atn >oder au SE »ElUt» comhisskhJ HOUSE OWNS XU ALA LU^ I RASSOOLBHOY jd n KUAU| Ucaer jutiir Uoth>, JaNi 1 Silks and Satin* and Hoc,, ALS Dealers m Goods f» and Gentle* IPOH FEDERAL CYCLE IPOH Imp Cycles, Motor Cji General RepiTi: Cycles,
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      1538 4 1 \PP\ N gTn EW ST VESSELS IN PORT. Men-of-war. Flag and Ton». Comdwt Arrived. From For When Lying Kaiser Franz Josph.Aus.Crui. 4000 Zublay Mar 25 Hongkong Hongkong Kfp d R a n McClellan Am. tra., 1870 Ix>throp Jan 12 Manila Dock Sea Belle F. M. S. Yacht 4 S
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    POLICE NEWS.
    1241 5 -^sergeant Stock- gl Bridge. I §1 I ''T a 'the instance I ::t I Id to the syce to 'T Nc acted so 1 Stoutness not to I r* defendant refuI j nothing to say, ■bV^s perhaps, to I 'ftS ordered him I ted the syce land I
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    Stocks and Shares.
    652 5 Mining. Si Ca P^ Sutac bed. N Tf )er Mue Paid R KyT 3 o cl"' Value up to Keservt Company Quotation* Prese g— f— I L_l I Price GOLD. tm i/f.-oo, $,40,000 i woo'JSLd $I l »er S awahG.M.Co..I.M i 1.00 nomi,.*' A* £350,000 3 £Z
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      EXCHANGE.
      149 5 On London.— Bank a m s 2.4 9/ 16 Demand 2.4 1/8 Private 6ms 2.4 7/8 do. 3ms 2.4 9/16 Ow Germany.— Bank d d 2.40 Private 3ms 2.4 6 i do 6ms 2.485 On France— Bank d d 2.95 Private 3ms 3-°3i do 6ms 3.08 On India.— Bank
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      PRODUCE.
      315 5 Copra Siantan 1085 do Mixed n "0.65 to 10.95 do B?li lI2C do Timor n ««-3* do Sar-wak m «>-°5 do Pasir do Billiton lO *s do Pulo n '0.90 do Dongola do Sankawang lIO Coffee, Bali i6| per cent, buyers 3 p/c. '9°° do Palembang, 20 p/c. basis
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    A UNIVERSITY OF LAUGHTER.
    1705 6  -  JAMES DOUGLAS BY 1 hi re is not much gaiety m this vale of tears. The art of laughter is rare. Has it ever struck you that few persons can laugh spontaneously There is something ridiculous m nearly every laugh that you hear. Even women who
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    154 6 The commercial value of rubber is evidently clearly realised by the natives of the F. M.S. as well as those of Ceylon and a problem that is now engaging the attention of the Government m Selangor is how to effectually stop the depredations of the unprincipled plunderers who live by
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      246 6 NOTICES. i NOTICE. WEEKLY SAILINGS. The S. S. Ponti a nak (Captain Casey, sails from this Port every Monday at 2 p.m. for Quant an, Pahang Good accommodation for passengers, special rates for cargo. Apply to The BORNEO Co., Ltd. Agents. THE FAMOUS WAYflftG KASSIfI. To-Night To-Night Thursday 11th April
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      799 6 BANKS. Hongkong A Shanghai Banking Corporation. PAID-UP CAPITAL^ $I<MWU,OUO RESEKVE FUND:bterting Reserve $10,000,000 1 $ai 000,wOU Silver Re^rve $1 1,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors #10,000,0UU Court of Directors. G. H. MEDHURST, Esq. Chairman. Hon. Mr.W.J. Gresson— Deputy-Chairman. Ballpen, lisq, D M Niss j m Esq. t. Goetz, Esq. a J.
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      326 6 E. D. M." ADLETS. FOR SALE, WANTED, &cTTT>I TO BE LET. TO BC LET. No. 7, Battery Road. Three rooms on and Floor. Apply to GUTHRIE Co., Ltd. T#U4U Moss Bank No. 28 Grange Road, situated m fairly large private grounds, with good stabling accommodation &c, For terms apply Low
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      383 6 WANTED. wanted! Situation as Teacher m a School at Singapore or out of Singapore can produce testimonials or good references. Apply to MAGISTER. c/o E. D. M. WANTED. Experienced NATIVE DRIVER for MOTOR CAR. Apply— 45. Robinson Road. WANTED. MOTOR LAUNCH, good secondhand or new not less than 10 H
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      211 6 FORTII Iu| Month I 3 Montl, s I 1. 6 Month, I 6 Months \ear I J3«. beading iS dal| y insertion* 3 For 1 j^^ o. Ibm iwd'infS A Th^ Charo, m Aovarq, Ferec ntra els L ns to<st^Ads Mana^r, NOTICt List of DepotTJ Eastern Daily u Way be
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