Eastern Daily Mail and Straits Morning Advertiser, 23 July 1907

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  • 19 1 Eastern Daily Mail AND STRAITS MORNING ADVERTISER. No. 570 VOL. HI. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY 23. 1907. PRICE 5 CENTS
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  • 1310 1 It is strange that Spain, a country for encrations iron-bound and fettered by gid laws of etiquette, should be ruled ver bj' a King whose boyish love of lischief and whose impetuous disreard for the rules of conventionality m ie past have made him one
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  • 498 1 Pneumonia is thc latest disease to be >ugbtby the "opsonic" methods which aye proved so encouraging m the trcaticnt of consumption and acne. It is ot usually realised that pneumonia i> a i<easc claiming far more victims tban iphtheria, aud even overtopping conumption as a cause of
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  • 64 1 A certain farmer is noted for his constant complaining. A friend met him one morning and remarked: Fine weather, James." For them as ain't got to work." M Your farm looks m fine condition." "To them as am t got to dig In it." "Well, James, I'm
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    • 147 1 Lftcv^ Straits. 00^ 000k A GOOD DIGESTION ??tf 4^_l _____2_________P__L a______k. _X $..y ISlfll fc J A GOOD OISESTION s_TwalspTaps{ l MARVELLOUS' OFFER. I Class Talking Machine Nickel Plated J with Big Flower Horn and 10 Records I „"•$14.50 c LY 1 Instead of 525.00. J Brave been sold during
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    • 157 1 jj-T^.-_M_. Howarth Erskine j Ep^ipeers at>d Contractors. ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS. Telephone 28. Telegrams ERSKINE. <j> ROSKOPF @M WATCHES Vm\\^^ J^L |C_r- THE ONLY GENUINE ONE. From this date we have been appointed SOLE AGENTS Ua) for the Straits Settlements, F. M. S., Java, Munata, Borneo and Siam. /_#_^T \U iL\ LW^m.
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    • 10 1 Ule Guarantee tbe Cargest Circulation ot anp paper m Singapore.
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  • 521 2 The Eastern Daily mail. PRICE 5 CENTS. TUESDAY. 23RD JULY. THE LUNATIC EPIDEMIC. Periodically, the settlement is over-run with lunatics, at least this city is so. Whence come they !is the question asked. Nobody seems to know, and yet, since we have, a considerable staff of public servants whose functions
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  • 1207 2 m one ot our former issues we published the scale of salaries laid down for the Girl Teachers who have been trained at the Raffles Girl's School. It will be remembered thut earlier m the year, on the occasion of the distribution of prizes to thc boys
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  • 35 2 R-CFiv,' A L__ «Ws'>_> for Lo„,^tom,, "S ?3-_&j P.O.' """W. and u**.!. stated ,„"> W*' M4_,,i_> and th nan lu om;i; ls sta_u n? nv ««ion a D -t.cV__ u 1 1 .22
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  • 21 2 N BE *ay 01 "aS Ju,,e '> »at nr« I '*).l tbe^-._2.> ™>- become v,,! 8 A -put, ,D *nfc,
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  • 64 2 -auvt women are Dmw about handhng therefore with some JJ hal M a M.Uy'Sa «>uble through medLl appears tha: question who Ihtui I son Road wa, to, 3 Saturday- a?t *™totf audlo| abulet which wa.ffi it=. billet m the shoulder J woman. The unlucky U now stands
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  • 64 2 1 ne is an open space Magistracy. Iti.ap___.cf incapables. They are m. ill health. Some have dd iid he rcH tor the _q_ a more suitable resting pbi found for them. The place the Chinese Recrea::or. 9 very probably due to this! incapables go there. Betia the
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  • 95 2 SELF-GOVERNING 5Tj RANK WITH Dili AUbTRAUA I'he New Zealand Pirl opened on 27th June. The the Throne announced tba Government had consented the King to nix the .aa Zealand to that of a Dost receipt ot" a resolution frS Zealand Parliament. Mr. Pember Reeves, the Ul
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  • 44 2 [he fjilowing altera'^ designation., which have l ducedfromthe.-«tluM_ lished m the sr/-"^ r g District Treasurer, M» to be Assistant TretfJ Malay SNM and V Selangor. District 1 reasurer I* State Treasurer. ftr»-j District Treasurer StateTreasa^,Ne|n3District Treasurer. R* freasurer, la-
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  • 23 2 I'hc members ol« J vct>arv ol the amm va Katoog on bun aj. wrated with fla^ J and evergreen*
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  • 23 2 it ion i°P v MoOO-HSr^^j aial Robert C ntvr^ in_.tnehtgne** c p orTbeQ^ n iWl Rifle o*2 ikff affiliated <%£« take pla^ )t V^- ,<
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    • 579 2 APPLES i "STONE PIPPINS" 0 1 65 cents 72 11 .1 I per dozen. I m THOMPSON, THOMAS CO, THE AUSTRALIAN STORES, SIUQAPOE/E. j TH-TuNmrTiSoTELTi I*3*3 <W*r I The finest Austrian String Band of 20 Artistes is now I performing nightly from Bto 12 p. m. M I FREE ADMISSION
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    • 134 2 I €l)e Parsi Alfred Cicatrical Compano. OF BOMBAY AT BEACH ROAO. To.night Tcnighl MARE-ASTIN," British Drama 'Adeline' (In Oriental Garb.) Enchanting Transformation Scenes Gorgeous Princely Costumes Melodious Music and Mirthful Mazes of Dainty Dancing Groups. PRICES OF ADMISSION. AS USUAL. Door* optn at t pra Per.orm.mct S p.m. C. P.
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  • 93 3 X** -1 the Hague t:ng Jottheadapta&<^f the Geneva Ktfr*A to maritime Cin^logratulatedthe fes <^ssion m r Persia li-espondent wires :;C narl.ament has {> :an J German Hank L*?fTv£rs without ft 'iV and without KS%htsor advang«talof/*>o,ooo pernor of Bombay u^T v, y 2 v, n?;ke Sydenham < rkc Vat fclordUmingtonm
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  • 26 3 is General Maclean I SGRIMO AbOL'T him m. y_n irepcrs nours tad tba t both I ..-been jjgaff. I A k:ri be be loyal to the
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  • 10 3 t j General- _-pon;jccd
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  • 14 3 m aey aus y in ■inio--1 estem and Central
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  • 15 3 Ladoo, July p.m. xcursion ■ri_ Six c_,-~ were destroyed. P* 1 red.
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  • 35 3 JttGIMEM REFI •VER ARM- Hw*se.nthel a is quale Ul.;'- egiment has and are r-m oe regi mem t g^jeinforcemeiis which fet_£ m moru Xr ft>few Emperor li leputSion
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  • 20 3 Examination of Bulgarian Revolutionary Band. H*& inatc(! Bul- .■■■-■•<» near Perlepi. ln encounter, iCij sonavr nalW^.l P l^Fuce m \i ca|e
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  • 30 3 SHIPBUILDING IN THE FAR EAST. Riding Ik 5 r^*ep?T ,nce l"*C* f Should pi have c at leatt, *PP»rent Ir ll|p < ih. the B*d£f*;. of Chma *.> C r a,,v tf >
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  • 375 3 GUNNER QUINNELL CHARGED. Mr. Justice Fisher was occupied yesterday m hearing the charge preferred against Gunner Quinnell, R. G. A. of attempting to murder Corporal Ryan on 4th May at Blakan Mati. Mr. Sproule, Deputy Public Prosecutor appeared for the prosecution, and accused was defended by Mr. Montague
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  • 218 3 IYYO HUNDRED AND TWENTYTHREE DEATHS FROM MALARIAL FEVER. lhe statistics of Dr. McDowell, Registrar of Births and Deaths, show that, during the month of June, there were 1,173 deaths m Singapore, which mas equal to a rate of 53. 1 9 per thousand of the estimated population.
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  • 193 3 "UNDESIRABLE EXHIBITIONS" SAYS THE L.C.C. The London County Council decided last month by 66 to 45 "to inform the proprietors of London music-halls and o:her places of public entertainment that m the opinion of the Council the continuance of exhibitions of living statuary is undesirable." This
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  • 212 3 Since the fires which occurred at Sandringham some time ago, and at Windsor more recently, steps have been taken to improve the means of fire extinction at several of the palaces of H. M. the King Messrs Merryweather and Sons, the holders of the Royal
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  • 705 3 INCREASE IN SCHOOL FEES. GOVERNMENT LISTENS TO APPEAL OF PARENTS. 'The following memorial, signed by G y over s n°m P e a n7 ntS WaS P rcsc^ to tS some two weeks ago and met with a favourable response as be ga ;a d i S ne 0 d
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  • 67 3 Ihe Netherlands India Government is planning a railway from Deli on the east coast of Sumatra, to Palembang, on the South coast. A surveying party will leave Batavia for Sumatra, on July 23, to mark out the proposed line Branch lines will also be constructed. The
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  • 178 3 The Central News Paris correspondent tells the story of a wealthy French financier who recently took a ticket at a Paris terminus for a long railway journey. He missed his train, and while waiting for the next, which left two hours later, he studied
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  • 344 3 lhe Singapore Cricket Club Sports Gymkhana will be held on the dub's Ground on Saturday next the 27th instant commencing at 2.30 p.m. a good programme of events has &en dfawn SSA!! well su K PP°rted, the entries for all the events being numerous. The Band of
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  • 209 3 KIN TA FLOWER SHOW. It is just now two months and a half to the date of the above Show, from which fact intending exhibitors will gather that they should now be preparing their plants m earnest. The weather for the last three months has been much against the ornamental
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  • 442 3 FEAST OF THE VERNAL EQUINOX. A contributor to the China Critic" writes Many years ago there was a famous robber named Whang Ch'ao. So blood-thirsty was he, and so desirous of killing life, that if he could not find men to kill he would kill animals, and birds,
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  • 958 3 Death stares at one and is ready to gulp you down even m Tram Tickets So it appears, at least m France Horrible to contemplate. Ten tramway tickets delivered by five different conductors m Bordeaux and thereupon immediately enclosed m sterilized paper-envelopes to preserve them irom further
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  • 44 3 The King and Queen remain m town until Monday, July 29, when their Majesties are to leave London for the season, proceeding first to Goodwood, where they are to be the guests of the Duke of Richmond at "the House during the race week.
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    • 299 3 j fTci_a_rke^'co?s J _^Z Queen Street. X I TELEPHONE No. 916. f 5 All kinds if Rubber Tyred 5 i Carriages for Hire. i FURNITURE REMOVING Ao. 4 SADDLE HORSES FOR HIRE, 4 a RIDING LESSONS GIVEN TO LADIES 4 GENTLEMEN. 5 I All sorts of horse food delivered to
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  • 797 4 HAIL TO THE LORD MAYOR. It mn>t be a bit strange to be a Lord Mayor ol London. It is such a wonderful eminence -to have climbed all of a sudden and then you have to get down again so quickly from the top. Just think. For one short year
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  • 267 4 A correspondent ot" Daily Dispatch sent the following snake story from Bechuanaland. Three young men, Messrs. W. Cocklin, A. Merry, and Frank Whitley— the latter well known m East London left Dudepoort Farm, situated on the border of the Western Transvaal and the Protectorate, on a
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  • 71 4 Princess Henry ol Battenberg has consented to launch the Bellerophon, the new battleship of the Dreadnought class, at Portsmouth on July _>7. Ihe death is announced of Mr. C. Brockwell which took place at the General Hospital at Kuala Lumpur of abscess ol the brain. Deceased who was a brother
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    • 995 4 TRADES, PROFESSIONS jgj> ESHARAT KHAW A Co. HORSE ANO T~7f^^_ Cheapest and best Book-Binders, j^ Printers, and Account Book Rulers. CATTLE FQQD ft^ r 9 All orders executed promptly. IVj Horses get a fine coat by partaking nf FRESH MILK this food, and milk cows w.M See Per Chupah 28
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 1488 4 t _^*^V_S^^^^^N_. i_^_>_. IK _^jV___^'______^v___l^_ J_9^^B^_k^_i__^v^_^S_!^ SHIPPING NEWS. VESSELS IN PORT. 1 Where J nen.of.War Flag Tona Master Arrived From For When Lying 1 1 Sea Belle F. M. S. ycL 48 Nacodah Feb SP. Swettenham P Swet'ham U KH. 5 Wright U. S. tra. 3*4 Hamilton May 17 Manil
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  • 174 5 P-^c northern hr'tol Lf* 1 fr^ the Burmese v Insula as K:K T^tal. generally »r>. ol v Siamese, rWjS numbers .of rC'"' rf X 'an.l:inm.nX^ intr a few natives of fceb^ th a5 a populatiooof fed MSay-^mese brC V I1(1 the coast. a _Xd by a High ,th
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  • 68 5 < ...Ml t.Mixg ro SGL\NP s the r tevisil E the King and Queen Mtok, wh« kusMajes I a Monday, S nem- ess w 11 accor:: Ep .jrobablv iand morning >r, where i be met 1 5 1 p. i: :re' Great SVesten Kail- c p-;- exI
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  • 141 5 THE BALFOUR OF BURLEIGH ON MISSIONS. NqUELVS 'Li... good attendance at >ionary mccl London I F_N*s fi beginnint; to P" 1 Bilfoar ot" Burn many was inclined to take ;«ople had no j part of Z^J^tm of the last of our Lord I.J He ji] 1, Ul >°'a- And m
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  • 845 5 After visiting any contomporary cxhi bition of paintings and contemplating the idealism represented, for instance m Burne-Joness pictures or Charles Dana Gibsons' faces, a walk among the Grecian marbles m the British Museum will convince most observant minds that thc increasing socialization of the race
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  • 245 5 In his Report for 1906 Mr. Birch, British Resident, Perak, writes: The \nti-opium Society has been much en vidence of late and Ipoh is a great cenre for these reformers, who have done ;ood. Personally 1 am, m common vith others, m sympathy with many of heir suggested
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  • 342 5 L__ Shares Value, up to *««rvt Company Quotations 1 1 GOLD. 1900; £400,000 £*****0 $10 1 $I ill S i teftr^.«, j*-^ 1 640 unissued 10.00 190a £30,000 £16,175.70 f MO7 1 1 Xto l 10^93 $19 l%£ t. 9Ufo Co., Ltd. M? »»»»> f1.800.000 $100 |R^ioni'Lebon
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  • Commercial.
    • 137 5 On London. Bank 4ms 2/47/16 Demand 2/4^ Private. 6ms 2/4 7/8 do. 3ms 2.4 9/16 On Germany. Bank d d 2-39! Private 3ms 2.46 do 6ms 2.48 On France. Bank d d 2.944 Private 3ms 3.04' do 6ms 3-o6£ On India.— Bank T. T. 1 74^ Private 30 d
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    • 266 5 Copra Klantan S 10.65 do Mixed io.| do BaH n 9-45 do Timor ,,10.60 do Pontianak 9.00 do Pasir 9° do Billiton 10.45 do Pulo 10.50 do Dongola 10.65 do Sankawang 10.45 Coffee, Bali 15 per cent. 19.00 do Palembang, 20 p/c basis 22.50 do Liberian No. 1 22.50
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    • 10 5 Oil Anchor n Langkat MJ s ragon "o Rangoon
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    • 541 5 •^_^^'™"^S^^™^^r"^^^h"^^^ ,^^^^^i^^_^^__^k. *m*. I GERVIS XAVIER 4 Co!, LIMITED 1 T de!pJ.t Tn"" *Z™*ommasms n»chm m _un«._.. d I DEPOT. For Drugs, Chemicals, Crockery, Cutlery, Ho"e r^"T 1 I nonery, Perfumery, Su.ionery/Boo.s and _5M_ 1 l ßß^_^ i^ i^__^^____________k a»\ ________k a^^^ H^__k*"*^_L--_-i^_____|_ri f «V«WV%MMM_______ One of the Flnt«t and
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  • 1493 6 SINGLE GIRL CHUM VISITS > HER FORMER FRIEND. r There is nothing more mutually r disillusioning than the visit of a r still unmarried woman to a young t matron who has been her chum. From the very moment of her arrival the girl begins to realise the
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  • 193 6 The prison-life north of the Tweed has its compensations, m the form of lectures, gramophone entertainments, Swedish drill, mirrors and other indulgences, the recent report of the Scottish Prison Commissioners abundantly testifies but it still falls far short of the standard of comfort set by certain
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  • 125 6 Although the 55 per cent, paid by Vallambrosa is the largest rubber Company distribution yet made, results for the new year ought to be considerably better, even allowing for some fall m price, writes the London correspondent of 7 he Times of Ceylon, crop is now coming m at the
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    • 499 6 NO TIDE S. BANKS. "E. P. M." ADLETS. FOR SALE, WANTED, &C. [7>-J BB^^^^^^B^^^^^^^*^«#««*"r^«iWM^iWt^w^«."«^w^"^i^»»"i«Wi*.i«WiW^^^»i^Bw«^^^^.^_i^^^ IVJI ll*.. a COYERNMEHT NOTIFICATION. M Tenders will be received tat the Colonial Secretary's Office, up o noon P of the 24th July, 1907, for thc following F works (1) Alterations and additions to F Nurses'
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    • 834 6 lonQkong ft Shanghai Banking Corporation. •AID-UP CAPITAL $10,000,000 tESERVE FUND:— Sterling Reserve $10,000,000 I $a i,000,000 Silver Reserve $11,000,000 J teserve Liability of Proprietors $10,000,000 Court of Directors. G. H, Medhurst, Esq. Chairman. -lon, Mr, W. J. Grefcon— Deputy-Chairman. Jailech, Esq, D. M Nissim Esq. 5. Goetz, Esq, A j.
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    • 434 6 A MUSICAL FARCE ENTITLED THE RAJA OF STENGAHPOUR" 1 WILL BE PLAYED AT THE TEUTONIA CLUB r (by kind permission of the Members) on July 23rd and 27th at 9 p.m. In aid of THE SOLDIERS, AND k SAILORS .FAMILIES ASSOCIA- TION of which HIS MAJESTY THE KING is Patron,
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    • 335 6 FOR SALE. 3ICTURE post cards of Str. its Settle- ments &c— Koh Co., PUCKS post cards and postatre Si «i stamps— Koh Co., M Q 3 I 6 I books and school requisites D Koh Co., l es PUBLICATIONS. G UY BOOTHBY-novels m attract- 1 ive Litho covers at 20
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    • 210 6 *c_„ •nth H> Months jjonth* ear Month Month, Months V ear s MAt>^ >MAU *si '»»HT. Ut| 01 inch v Sir W?SN Loo 2 r3COl^,v ci '■"^ft Birth criw,, I* r 'nsertion. 'NAdv ANll F#rei **_J tiscmci >tv sptdj wi *m*maa] l 0 tbt Advert Manager, List of Depots tn
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