The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 March 1908

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    16 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1908. NO. 0,240
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    157 1 The American Pacific Fleet will, after all. visit Australia. (Page 5.) An extraordinary situation has arisen through the British patent laws, (Pages.) Th 9 Sleeping Sickness Conference hai been unable to come to an agreement. (Page 5.) An Unemployed Bill has been rejected m the House of
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    THE SPIRIT OF THE TREE.
    1093 1 San^ Lela Mangindra dwells En Woe to the robber who steal- of its fr.its. More cursed b. he who strikes at the trunk His body lie- aoowhod and shrunk. Mniny Folk Lore. The story was told BM b) the goatherd, a> he sal waftnhinf h;«
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      736 1 I EXPECTED SHORTLY. 1 ONE 16-25 H.P. FOUR CYLINDER. I ARROL-JOHNSTON CAR I FITTED WITH SIDE ENTRANCE BODY DUAL IGXITION. I I CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS, AGENTS. POPULAR WANTS. (Wanted; To Let; For Sale; Notices; etc., up to 30 words m length will be accepted for this colnmn at One Dollar
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      291 1 Entertainments. HIPPODROME FIRST SHOW. 1. You should never get drunk 2. A Hooligan Idea 3. Then Paracide 4. Magic Roses 5. The Collar Button 6. Knowing Dogs THE COMPLETE SET OF THE 9. RUSSIAN JAPANESE WAR 10. 1 2,500 feet long 11 J SECOND SHOW. 1. The India Rubber man
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      144 1 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. Board and Residence required. Page 1. To let, furnished house. Page 7. Agent wanted by Cognac firm. Page 2. Notice by China Trader'h Insurance Co. of loss of certificate for shares. Page 2. Spanish Mail s.^. Alicante, sailing for Europe on the "22nd. Page 7. Wanted a clerk
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      261 1 > < THE WEEK High Water. 9.3') a, 10.4S p X D L Mail Homeward sails Maxim Co. Battery Drill, Drill Hall 5.3?- p Tuesday, 17th High Water.— lo.l4 a., 11.7 p Purim (Jewish Festival). Singapore Club, 5 p S.V. A. Gun Laying A. D.R F. 5.30 p 8.V.1. Efficients
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    649 2 TTongVm j Dulj IVe--"' has this I from .ts Ljad-ui torn I NMlcnt Tkk Pbkmii ft. London, M urch 4th. a Pif'tn (Sii Henri C unpbe'.l-l'.m- nerui m 8h >ws go ugl I rto^ve: iu_r I Itti ilfal I' .-a':, ith who recently hft a ol m urried and nng
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      380 2 A RHYME OF REASON! A GENTLEMAN WRITES FROM CHATHAM: On half the Ships m the Navy, In the Homes and Barracks on land, THE ODEON'S The Record that Beats all the Rest. For All are agreed "Of the lot It's the Best!" SOLE AGENTS LEVY HERMANOS. WANTED. ENERGETIC AGENT WANTED
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      493 2 NOTiQES. SINGAPORE MARINE INSURANCE AGENTS' ASSOCIATION. The Annual General Meeting of members of the above Association will be held on Tuesday 24th March 1908 at 3 p.m. m the Singapore Exchange. For the Committee A. U. BADDELEY, lion Secretary. liar 16 mwf 23.3 CHINA TRADERS INSURANCE COMPANY Ltd. NOTICE. The
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      532 2 abverti6cmento. NOTIGES. SHORTHAND TYPEWRITING Promptly executed. Absolute secrecy guaranteed. Mrs. E. F. HOWELL, Cavenagh Bridge Buildings, Raffles Hotel. STEAM LAUNCH "MAX." Suitable for pleasure cruises carries 50 passengers, speed 11 knots, can be hired upon application to PERTILE Co. Feb 19 19.3 ESHARAT KHAN Co. Cheapest and best Book Binders,
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      510 2 K&perttsenicnto. INSURANCES. SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE CO., Ltd. FIRE Insurance? effected on Buildings, Rente and Merchandise of every description. MARINE Insurances accepted to all parts of the world at lowest rates. LOCAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS. L. Enoil, Esq., Chairman. The Hon. Tan Jiak Kirn. Lim Ho Fuah, Esq., Lke Choon <Han.
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      338 2 H&vcrtiecmcnt^ Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHAMttA Paid up Capital m 60,000 shares of £20 each £1.200.000 Reserve Fund £1.475.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £1.200,000 f Bank o? En<<i am> davtttppqj National Hank m BoOTLAJTS bA^KJsittsj The LuN]m n om ajid y land Bank I.
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    CURIOUS INDIAN CUSTOMS.
    289 3 A r i I -st rut ion ol 'he extent to which tbe r m idea loa hut m t lives i I the people ol tad awea t > th^ motA m cubs letai'a is I m thai bkwl f.i;nili;i it' domestic atenb:ls, the lie of
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    REFUSE TO REGISTER.
    173 3 ot4Tl I I Bl TBAHSI AAL Cb Johannesburg, Feb. 11. Tl .-s are vtry ms and U I there were f I I j ions made. :.ans made an a_ deide the registration office, and lerel I a I ilga .ions for Mr Gandhi's ■H dk I
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    LASSO THROWING IN THE INDIAN POLICE.
    161 3 a: Karen 5. Aa fcmff experiment which has hitherto escape tenoti •it perhaps deserves has for some tim B .rried out m Lucknow m connection with the training of Mounted Tbe R>yai Horse Artillery who at presei; possesi BO I boys, among i many
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    TO IMPROVE BOMBAY.
    132 3 la .a 1 Ol i H fc: Recently Sir I tbe ol Commerce to express an opinion on the best means of improving residential Bombay T. < E iitte€ 1S no*- unable t. of members was called to d f the only scheme acceptable to t- -1
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      790 3 Singapore Sporting THE SPRING RACE MEETING WILL BE HELD ON Tuesday the 12th, Thursday the 14th and Saturday the 16th, May, 1908. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, uth May, 1908. 1. The Maiden Plate. Value > A. Race for Maiden Horses. Weight 9st. Ex-Griffins allowed 71b. Entrance, $20. Distance, Race Ccu-se. 2.
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      709 3 7. The Griffin Consolation. Value $300, and— provided tbere are five starters the property of d-ff-rent owners— sso jto the Second Hor?e. A Handicap for all 1 G -iffins ttr:t have run at ihe Meeting, and not won. DiS.ance, Race Course. 8. The Ex-Griffin Cons.lation. Value $"00. A H indkag
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      498 3 Hlwettisemente. AUCTIONS. SHERIFF'S SALE IN THE CAUSE OF George Angus Plaintiff Versus Yeap Leong Chin Yeap Hong Chin Defendants THE UNDERSIGNED HAS RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS TO SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION At Dalian's Horse Repository, Koek Road. On Monday 16th March at 2 p.m. The Australian Bay Gelding A Race Hor^e known
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      227 3 JEFFREY'S EDINBURGH STOUT AND PALE ALE IN ORDER THAT THIS AND PALE ALE may become better known m this market THEY WILL BE SOLD AT per case of 7 doz. pints until further \v>*QL,ESALE FROM TTTT 1 nL Our new patent Low Set Express Cushions can be fitted to any
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      62 3 An Anecdotal History 01 OLD TIKES Jn Singapore, ficm the F< i-i &*tu ad the Bettih bksl i Fi-. iuki;, r Trscgffr 1- the i. h. Office cm April fc1609 with :c PoctraHl F^rs «r.c lIIustJPtloDR I CH/ELES PlilCN BUCKLE\ m iv.o voltcee, m coy $8, r o. J( >
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    The Singapore Free Press. Monday, March 16, 1908.
    2578 4 The Singapore Free Press. Monday, March 16, 1908. Here 1 t'i* Press the People's relit maintain, 1 influence and nnbrilied by pain H»re iwriiit r ruth h precepts draw. Pledged to Religion, Loyalty and Law, In at least two directions, that covered by the Merchant Shipping Bill and that by
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    136 4 Mr kThoe Sian Tab and family loft for Penaag by the Pm Sj *v. 1 bees wts aßm on i I pposin 1 be I jwn on v vBergeani B m has besn Inuos red i the central j.jiioa stall n b then i n The tmknown Clunatuan wn wt
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      295 4 KELLY WALSH NEW PRODUCTION ARDATH SMOKING MIXTURE "SPECIAL" This Speciality is a blend of rare Tobaccos which have been stored m Bond by us for many year*. It has been our custom m those years which 'produce the finest Tobaoooso! Special merits, to secure a reserve stock. Some of these
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      168 4 Wilson Co. PHOTOGRAPHERS. THE LEADING AND ONLY HIGH-CLASS STUDIO IN THE COLONY. Our Photographs are of the highest Artistic and Technical Excellence, and are admitted to be Incomparably the Best M m the Far East. No Satisfaction, No Payment. Orchard Road and at Hotel de l'Europe. LAMBERT IMITED ARGEST PHOTO
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    MACEDONIA.
    85 5 A BRITISH SUGGESTION. Foreign Officials and Mandates. (By Submarine Telegraph Eeuter's.) Rift M«ldl H, at 10 a.m. It is nadentooj tint the Bri Uth n:>te to the P->wers r .^irlin a'so sugp s the reduction of troops ia MaeadoEii a :ler to lighten the Macedonian bu.lget, m eo— ideratioa
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    UNEMPLOYED BILL REJECTED.
    60 5 UNEMPLOYED BILL REJECTED. Opposition from Burns. The I thorites and Unemployed Workmen Bill was rejected m the House of Commons 116 Ml Ai ;I the Chancellor of the K\-.-r and Bff Barns, President of the JLoeal G -at 1> >ard, strongly opposed *he B3\ Some of the Radicals and Nationtied
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    THE PACIFIC FLEET.
    48 5 Australia to Receive a Visit. ivtd March 14th, 1.13 pm. A- H ishiagtoa it is that Admiral Evans's Pacific fleet, after it j visit to San Fran*.. fish Hawaii and Samba, then proce^i to Melbourne and Sydney finally to ppines before going homeward by Suez.
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    GERMAN COLONIAL RAILWAYS.
    23 5 A' B rl:n the Bundesrath has voted fund? I the construction of Cvloniil railways .en a;; 1 ;i half ui:.l.
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    THE FORTHCOMING RUBBER EXHIBITION.
    177 5 p.reliminary prospectus of the loitheomins Rubber and Alliei Trades Exitiou waa forwarded to os, writes Mr A. S r a;n^s Ifaadsra, organising nunager, the |B>aivl oi Trade has ceit tied that the Bxbil v is an iternational cne, anl the r eo have received support far
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    NEW ROYAL COMMISSION.
    255 5 To liuquibe Into Manufactubi 01 08K1 vnd Spirits. :.l m our telegraphic columns, it is officially innoaneed that th< King La> been plea-- i I appoint a Royal Commission on Whisky and other potable spirits. Tlu Chairman of the Commission k Lord James of H BM mbera
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    BRITISH PATENT LAWS.
    71 5 WHAT THEY LEAD TO. (By Submarine Telegraph. Reuter'e.) Rec ived March 15th, 9 50 am. Mr W. H. Lever, M. P. for Wirral (Liberal), speaking at Port Sunlight, stated that owing to the British pat3nt liws a German aniline company, B )yer and Co.» with a capital
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    S.A. CHARTERED COMPANY.
    58 5 Privileges to Shareholders. The Rritish South African Chartered Oompanj is creating a million and three quarters of second debentures at 5!, and offers to shareholders a million pro rata. This stock will be repayable to the extent of one half m 1928, and there will be certain
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    SLEEPING SICKNESS CONFERENCE.
    33 5 Unable to Agree. The Sleeping Sickness Conference has terminated without coming to an agteement, the French and Italian plenipotentiaries objecting to a CeLtral Bureau being establiehed m London, favouring Paris.
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    UNIONISTS FOR CAPE ASSEMBLY.
    28 5 Received at 10-13 a.m. At the electioi 8 for the Cape Assembly all Unionists were returned for Capetown Dr. Jameson was re-elected for Grahams--town.
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    ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL.
    297 5 The following has been circulated among the congregation. I beg to call your attention to the statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, li'U", showing a debit balance carried forward of $275,94. A sum of $3,500 will be required this year and 1 am desired
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    ASSAULTING A RIKISHA COOLIE.
    189 5 A Chinese bal a named Yeo Joo Yong was before Mr Green, S6ond magistrate, on Saturday, fjf voluntarily causing. hurt to a riki.sha coolie. The cjolie said two Doniaa from Kong Bihru used liis vehicle and did r«> L pay him sufficiently. When he asked for
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    ADULTERATED MILK.
    312 5 CHARGE AGAINST CATTLE TRADING CO. The manager of the Straits Cattle Trading Company was before the senior magistrate, on SiturJlay, for being m possession, by his servants, of adulterated milk. Hussain Bux and Abdul Hasha were changed with offering adulterated milk for sa'e on the Febrmry 17. Mr
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    THE GAZETTE.
    210 5 Tiie following appointments have effect from the 14th. The Hon'ble W. Evans to act as Resident Councillor, Panang, and Mr Mr H. W. Firnistone to act as Resident Councillor, Malacca. Mr C. MacAithur fills the vacancy on the T.P I), Board caused by the resignation of the Hon'ble
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    JUDGE SUED FOR LIBEL.
    164 5 As a sequel to a recent quarrel between Mr J. Cope, the Hanthawuddy District Judge, and the members of the local bar, Mr J. R. Das, a barrister, has issued a notice to Mr Cope claiming Ks 10,000 damages for libel contained m his order of
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    WAITER'S TIPS HELD TO BE WAGES.
    173 5 The English Court of Appeal has decided that a waiter's tips are part of his wages. The point was raised m connection with the death of a waiter named Williams, who was employed on a restaurant car by Messrs. Spiers and Pond, and was
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    LETTERS TO AN EXILE.
    1059 5 London, Feb, 1908. Worcester The Faithful City," has been true to her name ajjiin, and has returned the Unionist as her member, afUr being disenfranchised fjr two years. The majority was over a thousand, and was according to rumour a very bitter pill to the Radicals.
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      229 5 ROBTOSOn CO. A NEW SHIPMENT OF GOLF_BALLS. Jgj§9| THE COLONEL THE SPRINGVALE BUZZARD THE PROFESSIONAL YELLOW DOT^ffe THE SPALDING RED DOT fflfflL THE SPALDING 808 THE SPRINGVALE HAWK THE WATERLOO GOLF CLUBS BY SIMPSON, SCOTT, CANN AND TAYLOR &c, &c Robinson and Qompany. MO N ARCH 1 VISIBLE MADEIN r~
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    THE SAILING-SHIP.
    313 6 "Further progress was made m the year 190? towards the elimination of the sailingship. A statement issued by Lloyd's Register shows thai while the steiiui-shijping belocgicg to the United Klcgdom increased m the past twelve months by 493 vessels and 717,703 ton nu r tonnage declined to the
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    A SHIPPING DISASTER.
    136 6 S.S. C -ED. N.t' I' N of 3rd inst. Bays TheCE M Clungping, which left hen for Chinwan^tao on the morning of the 26th i..;. nd general cary wen: ..-hore about ii- m 87th idem on the roi I ri I' mi, Shihtau Bay, near 8 >uth-east
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    BANGKOK SHIPPING
    74 6 The nuuiber of ships entering tfa I I during itionabty, follows nality. of Ships- Tonnage. iaan 01 Jao I I. 1- aese 1,986 I 1 1316 .ich 2 759 1 number of ships m per; MB I »167« I. boat m d oring the month was Urn k
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    JAPANESE IMITATIONS.
    200 6 An amusing comment appears m a re issue of the Ptkin ai n Timt :ion, rec« pi In Menu Lea and Perrins' celebrated Wi < Sauce. A- our readers will notice wording of the of a Jt'cidedly '"original" chaBi Bteata of the bottles arc a- ilble as the
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      453 6 a&vcrtisemcnteJsaL Are your lips white, y your cheeks colorless, your ears transparent '^s. And do you look thin I anc care \T*^.^fTC^^l^Y 1 take much vX<l 1 l\ I imagina--1 LSW tiontosee |lj!jl L/jS^d lips, V 111 blooming tmm cheeks, and a bright, cheerful face, m every bottle of Ayer'3
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      633 6 a&vertiscmenta. SHIPPING. OCEAN STEAM SHIP Co. Ltd. AND China Mutual Steam Nay. Co. Ltd. The Companies' steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China and Japan every week, and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight, and for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool monthly. One outward
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      510 6 advertisements. SHIPPING P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. For China Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London, Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or aboat MAIL LINES. Onlward (for China) 1908 Devanba Mar
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      719 6 B&vcrtiaements* SHIPPING. Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen. COAST LINES, i Steamers of the Coast Fleet. tons reg. tons reg. Petchaburi 2191 Chow Pa 1643 Borneo 2100 Derawongs* 1646 Kohsich*ng 2040 Faklat 1657 Rajah 2028 Anghin 1657 Pitsanulok 2019 Locksun 1657 Bangkok 1920 Choising 1667 Eajaburi 1904 Pongtong 1657 Korat 1900 Samsen 1657
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      564 6 a&vcrttsemcnts. SHIPPING. KM. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen INPEEIAL GEEMAK MAIL LIKE The fast and well-known mail steamethis Company sail fortnightly from Bnm.L Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, SottthamptOß Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Mars* Naples, Alexandria and vice versa) Port E Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore. Hongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki Kobe to Yokohama and
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    FAR EASTERN TRADE.
    683 7 A iffTM of the chief features of the past year m connection with the Fir E ist appeus m the Anmi.tl Report by tho Chamber of Commerce at Hamburg. Iv regard to China the unfavourable position of affairs is appa: y. only a temporary one, and sign
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    SAMBAS RUBBER.
    105 7 'ro shareholders king -?eded to the East to examine the property, and m conjunction with I m ia Singapore I m oider, that rent h;i- not been and that the state of affairs existing is thai the directors coaswl-jr it inadvisable toco Fortunately no I I ice has
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    MERGUI PEARLING.
    68 7 The rr- rthtlfflffgn Pe.ir! Fisheries show 89 tons of m-ther o exported darii: I fah» Be. 91,469, eomepoßd. i ng ueJ t Rs. '>5,42s for the I tmjmr. ThsfalMOl both pearls and i bai kMd dwiag kfcai period It jmbMj found that the banks are ■g Hxcau ted,
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    SHARES.
    768 7 Capital Capita! Issoe Paid Issued paldapValae op Company. Qiotadoas $300,000 300,000 10 10 Belat Tin Mining Co. Ltd $300,000 225,000 10 10 Bruang Limited $600,000 600.0C0 10 10 Braseh Hydraulic Tin M. Co. Ltd Ui« £400,000 350,000 1 g Duff Development. Co. Ltd 1 £60,000 60,000 1 1 Kinta
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      405 7 H&vertieemcnie* 1 On the Berth. COMPANIA TRASATLANTICA OF BARCELONA. FOR Colombo, Port Said, Genoa, Spanish Ports, Lisbon Liverpool. The Spanish Mail Steamer M ALICANTE is expected to arrive here from Manila on Saturday evening the 21st instant and will be despatched for the abovi' ports on the follewing day. She
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      495 7 advertisementsTO LET. "BRANKSOME." TO LET FURNISHED— r, Bedrooms Gas, Tennis Lawn, Stalls kc. Apply to— DUNMAN Co. Mar 16 uc HOUSE TO LET Immediate entry Flora Villa a comfortable Seaside family residence No. 802 at Telok Kurau completely furnished. Apply to— Mrs. C. C. CHOPARD, MacKenzie Road, Mar 14 28.3
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      532 7 EXCHANGE. (COEMOTID T/F TO March. 14- Bank4m/s 2/4 1 demand 8/81 Private credits 3 m/s 2/4} credits 6 m/e 2/4^ JTrawci, demand Bank... 291 Gekmant, demand 237 Cndia, T. T m| Hongkong, demand Yokohama, demand 114 Java, demand 1 39^ Bangkok, demand 65:* Soveebigns, Bank Buying $S 54% Bank of
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      160 7 HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINE. PASSENGER SERVICE. By the new ptear:crs Rhenama" h SabOBOBO,** HJUHJUMCAUVBH,** BOAHDIA" and Silesia. The steamed are specially bedtt for ttwtropioi have luxuriouß Passenger accoramodation. First-clasp Cab::;- unidshipa ttironghoiil by electricity, cabins fitted Witt hn. Doctor and Stewardtrssi ri.-d. Laundry en board. Rfltfffß tickets issued at reduced rates, available
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    THE SWIMMING CLUB.
    250 8 I>o interesting events were swum off ■yesterday at the Swimming Club, and although neither of them produced a very exciting finish, they attracted considerable atteati >n and there was a good attendance of members. For the 100 yds B. class handicap, a baker's jtoUB lined up on
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    CRICKET.
    140 8 S. U. C. vs. R. E. Flayed on the KspUnade on Saturday afternoon, the natch being unfinished owing to rain. Scores R. C. L. Arris 0 Hoidg^ b Aylward 15 H. D Jon run lat 1 E. Smart c Wilson b Aylward 1? <; vY3son v Pipkin 9 j
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    RIFLE MATCH WITH RANGOON.
    290 8 The Rangoon Ga/.ette" says: A rifle match between teams of twelve n;en, the best 10 BOOni to count, from the Volunteer Coirs and their permanent staffs of Rangoon, Colombo and Singapore hai i>een concluded and Singapore wins a handsome victory, Making a soon oi 962. Colombo
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    BOXING.
    24 8 r > I *°T ifle< f "»P»titioninconnection with 3 the B yal We* Kent R *»Wd ih y Tanrim Barrack the 17 >nd 1-
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    11 8 ld 2 *>y- wntenccdto X 4sr A «*for murder of a
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  • Correspondence.
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      An Export Tin Duty.
      1071 8 To The Editor gi r>_As a free-trader m a Port which owes its existence to Free Trade I must protest againat your violently Protectionist remarks m to-day's issue on the question of our Tin tiale. The mining industry of the Colony is sufficiently hampered as it
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    SCC TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    365 8 Owing to the heavy rain on Saturday play was impossible. The ties for to-day are Chamfionship. C. F. J. Green v A. R. Linton. B Singles, Capt. Stanborongh owe 5 v H. R. Llewellyn 4. Penny v Doyle. C Singles. G. S. Carver IvF. E. Marsh, owe
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    THE CAMBRIDGE LOCAL.
    266 8 The results of the Cambridge Local Examinations held last December m Singapore and Penang arrived by fchia mail. The results of the Kuala Lumpur Centre art- not jet published. The successes m Singapore and Malacca Singapore, Baffles Institution. Seniors. Atma Singh, Ccveney, A. W., Chua Kirn An,
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    75 8 The homeward bound Germ m mail steamer Goeben came m yesterdiy al)3ut noon. Tha British steamer Birkhall arrived h jre from Kuchinofeu on Saturday "with 6,200 toii3 of coal. The British steamer Hudson arrived here on Saturday with a cargo of kerosine oil ani naptha from Philadelphia. Ths
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      14 8 PIANOS Bought, Sold or Exchanged Pianos at $150 and Upwards, by different Makers Guaranteed
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      270 8 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Cndkk Contract with the Netherlands India Govbenmen't. Agents at Singapore, Ship Agency, late J. Daendels Co., 2-3, Coilyer Quay THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES OF DEPARTURE ARE ONLY APPROXIMATE. SS"LaubRNBPit" Bionw, Poawiba, Bakong, Prigi-JRadja and Rengat Mar. 16 ss v.d. Capellkn liatavia v r. i~ S.S. "van Goens"
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      499 8 PASSENGERS. Per Guadiana Messrs Rittev, W. Feuke, Louret, Defusko Angelo, Deuse Vidieus and Abraham. Per Selangor Mr Harrington, Mr T. A. Davidson, Mr and Mrs and Miss J. McClyniont, Mr J. H. Cranston, Mr G. W. Fryer, Mr D Y. Perkins, Mr Lobell, Mr Roust and Mr F. H. Cottingham.
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      573 8 VESSELS IN PORT. mm Hup i Men-of-war Flag and Tons Commanders Arrived From For When Zeeduif Dut 197 Ykenia Mar 11 Rhio Uaotrtaia Sea Mew Col. Yacht 500 Murphy Feb 23 P. Swettenham Daotttaia Ship Flag Tons Master Arrived From Consignee For When Bangkok Qer 1237 Klimmet Mar 10 Bangkok
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