The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 15 April 1908

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    20 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. I TEX CENTS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1908^ ]ZZZT i i NO. 6,266
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    125 1 Our Hoogkong correspondent wires tl» death from drowning theie of Mr A. H Renuie. (Page The Boston fire did enorm us damage. Ten ili usAiid aie home'eu. The Bsriiij garrison church has been gutted and priceless fligs lost. (Page 7.) Raub Gold repjrt (P««ell) Ath'etic Notes. (Page
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    MAIL TABLE.
    70 1 The B I leaves Apl 16, dueLonlon May 9. The M M leaves Apl 20, due London May 14. The N D L leaves Apl To, due Hongkong Apl 21, Shanghai Apl 14, Yokohama Apl 30. The M M leaves Apl 10, due Saigon Apl 22, Hongkong Apl
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    HEALTH AND TRUMPETS.
    1412 1 Rithar late, but not the KtH forabla, omes the annual report ol the Ph f pinet Bureau of Heal: h fioni June lv ne \'.'"7, the eighth annual report, i i ii dated Aug. oth. The voluuip m probably delaved by the largt BUB ll the end
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      155 1 ifl ■LI fl t* favourably known for |f\ U I I■! Li^r 5° years in the Straits. 1 Boudoir. Concert Grand, Grand 1 Upright Grand Pianola 1 fl ill! ft e est ancJ t^ ie Cheapest in the I r AN U 5 Market e■a a w SfJOW ROOMS 3?5
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      441 1 Straits Parcel Shipping Agency. Passages Booked free (by all liners). Insurances Effected on Private Effects, Jewellery etc. Goods received, Packed and Shipped to all parts of the Globe. European and American Express Agents. Storage, Freightage and Clearing attended to. GOSLING Qo., Opposite Post Office, Warehouse, 35, Robinson Road. HOTEL de
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      101 1 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. Rachals Pianos. Frankel and Co.. SubAgents. Page 11. Sailing, for India. B. I. Taroba. and B. I. Palitana.— Page 11. Performance in aid of new St. Josepb Church building fund. Page 1. Auction sale by Powell >.v Co. of furniture, curios and horses and carriages. Page 5. Aiuericnn
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      191 1 THE WEEK. Wbdbmdax, 15th Sigh Water:- 9 47 a, 10 21 p Bocoer Police v. A. T. A. Thuksdav, 16th Sigh Water.— l .26 a., 10 44 p. Passover (Jewish Festival. Exhibition Tennis Match. Soccer Police v. D. Co. R.W.K Raffles. 8.1. Mail Homeward close?, 3 p Full Moon, Hi
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      777 2 THE FASCINATING GAME FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IS NOW THE CRAZE IN LONDON AND PARIS. A LARGE STOCK AT Levy Hermanos. WANTED. WANTED A Clerk, with some knowledge of shipping if possible, salary 175 pei month. Write stating experience, enclosi >piea of testimonials to C. H. c o Free Press."
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      540 2 H&pettisemente. NOTWES. THE EXCHANGE BANKS WILL HE CLOSED ON Friday 17 th inst. i EASTER HOLIDAYS Saturday 18th inst. I Monlay 20th inst EASTER MONDAY Apl 13 17.4 RUBBER GROUND. 10,000 acres for disposal in Java; finest soil proximity to labour good rainfall. Enquiries answered by 2G3 co Free Press/'
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      555 2 H&verttscmcnts. NOT/GES. MADAME FAMBON, LADY DENTIST. G^High Class Work Moderate Price. No. US, Orchard Road. Xov 21 u.c ESHARAT KHAN Co., 34, BRAS BASAH ROAD. Esharat Khan has opened a Book for the Singapore May Meeting, May 12th, 14th and 16th and oilers good terms. to clients. $10,000 Doubles 1000
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      498 2 H&vcrtt6cmcnt£. BANKS. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. Paid-up Capital v ",,000,000 Ressrvb Fund: Sterling Reserve 51 5,000,000 Kt^. ffflnrffaama 113,500, 000.000 Reservb Liability cp Propriitobs j(m Court of Directoe6. Hon. Mr. H*nrt Kbswice. Chairmah. E. Qom Eeq I>E! E Bw. IC. R Ik^ mavn, Esq. GHjctav FmimiiA md Bag B Bcsluk,
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    THE SPORTING WORLD.
    1295 3 Fr^ i.i Our Speriii Correspondent.] L i d D. M irch -!•> h, '08d A Wn oohi C\i mGi The lir>ad:Dg honours in t! e golfing world weal to Arnaud Massy ol Prance last >*■ !>u* it id now the pleating task to a ton of the
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    FROG IN THE THROAT.
    162 3 M \x Who Has Been Living for Many 5 I lbs with Live Animal Inside Him. t suffering from indigestion for several years, a native of Pulham-St. -Mary Norfolk) has just discovered that the cause of his pains was nothing less than a live frog. For
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    BREAKFAST-TABLE STORY.
    157 3 One of the most famous officers of the 93rd Foot, now the 2nd Argyll and Sutherland and Highlanders, was Major-General "Willie* 1 V.C.. who, a shock-beaded and gawky looking lad of eighteen, enlisted in the corps in 1 8 He won a commission in the Crimean war, and
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    LORD CURZON.
    41 3 Lord Curzon lias informed the Loivljn representative of the Times of India that the recent strain upon his health in connection with Ha political work has proved too much for him, and that he has been ordered l«y hi?
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    COLONISING KOREA.
    125 3 An amended bill, subsidising thf <h'ieutal Colo Bitioa Company to the amount of 3m ,<i <i p^r anrjum for ei-jbt JTMLI*, hflf been fatrodacftd into the Diet, *na irfll undoubted 'v pass. It testifies to Japan e anxiety to d.?veloj) her protectorate. The capital of the ccmpanj wi
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    SUMMONED 325 TIMES.
    194 3 Mr Jiu P I onist a^ aeent, of the ]>>■■■ Backs village of Bigfa "NYycombe, has just had h suminoDS for Sunday trading. For six years hi h;i> regalarij Bumnioned and K Monday Le gets his summons. There are two alternatives to paying the fine, viz two
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    BY RAIL TO THE SUN.
    197 3 M. GamxUM :-vmarionV Inteees. ;ures. Paris, March 19. M. Camille Flam-tiarlon has just pul a most interesting littie work on astron for children, Hud. in fact, for everybody i wishes to read the science in a plain form. M. K!;immarion says that if the moon
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    WHAT IS WILLIAM DOING NOW?
    192 3 en the European statesmen rub their weaiy eyes and yawn. Do they start the day by putting their official trcu-ers on P y, each scans the far hoi'izjn, and then turns with thoughtful brow, ,ng as he grabs his paper "What is W uliani doing
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      422 3 a&vcrtiacmcnt^ M(% Why be bald headed and old looking before your time? Neglect of the hair causes dandruff, and dandruff is the forerunner of falling hair and baldness. The remedy is A gentleman residing at Dunedin, N. Z., writes under date Jan. 7, 1007 It is with gratitude I write
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      167 3 HOUSE PROPERTY ENHANCED IN VALUE if it is known that the Wood -work has been treated with The results of 20 years' tests in the Tropics have proved that this Preservative is an ABSOLUTE SAFEGUARD against the attack of WHITE ANTS, DRY HOT, TEREDO NAVALIS DECAY. 1 Gallon $2.50, 5
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      23 3 Lingering Coughs. Persistent coughs that continue through the spring and Bummer usually inc fl>i-/->of nr Innrt tT"r>nKlo on/1 i<- it- o cAr.v>ur< i.
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    A FAMINE OF FIGURES.
    1394 4 USE NEED FOB A STATISTICAL V BUREAU. Bl G. E. Kaink. We notiea that Mr Cr, E. \l line, formerly of Sißgmpore, has been on s of the many com- 1 bitaats who wont down to Pckhirn during I wet- k bel >re the election to
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    SEX AND STRENGTH.
    1164 4 Now that so many people placidly accept the notion th it women are to have votes in the election of members of Parliament, one is tempted to ask whether science has any Cacti to put forward which should be considered before so groat a change in our
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      258 4 A Remedy that is Truly Magical in Its Power to Relieve Pain. Mr. Lewis Rozario, Managex of Madras Co-op. Stort- Madras, India, say-: "1 certainly think Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera d I Diarrhoea Remedy is one of the be-t medicines made, I had been suffering from au attack of colic and
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      542 4 THE MEMORY MAN Brain Fag, Exhaustion, Neuralgia The man who never forgets Is it possible there can be such a man one who remembers everything We suppose it does not ordinarily occur to readers what a tremendous advantage a reliable memory pves them, how even their very abilities, friendships, and
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      217 4 Rheumatism Makes Life MiscVble. A happy boOM is the most valuable possession liut is v. /J, in the reach of mackicd, but you cannot enjoy its comf> > a are suffering boom H' rmat'o*" You throw busi: oeii when you enter your home and you can Km irom tboee rheumatic
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    BUSINESS MEN TO RUN NEW ARMY.
    506 5 BUSINESS MEN TO RUN NEW ARMY. Knees C mots* ro Bels tbi Wab K. .ME OF MUDDLE COMBS TO AN END. <> a V\ u.,r nvsji,, ndeat has had an inter%i w with Lord Esher. a permanent mem- Ltr q| the Committee of Imperial Defence, on new departure made by
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    S. V. C. ORDERS.
    199 5 By ?>' is, tint; C 'Miiuandant Singa] Lpril, 1908. nt has l>een duly elected u on '.nb3r of the S V. Cjrps from this In fat nmpeters will parade for prictif-- on Tuesdays and Fridays at I- I-" p.m e S V.O. D: S. A. Eik
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    DUKE OF THE ABRUZZI.
    795 5 The Engagement Confir ed. (Daily Telegraph Correspondents) New York, March 18th. Despite diplomatic denials at h me and abroad, the usually well-informed Washington correspondent to tVe New York Tribune made the following definite announcement thi3 morning The Italian Ambassador and Baroness Mayor des Planches have as
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    THE TRANSPORT CO. " MOTOR."
    26 5 THE TRANSPORT CO. MOTOR." The Transport Co. Motor which w B started two years a^o in Bangkok with a i:,iiiio,) Ti, > :I 's li*s. the Bangkok
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    CARRIED HOME IN AGONY.
    262 5 Curf.d i\\ Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. Mr. Arthur Joyce, 11, St. George's Road, Regent's Park, London, England, writes Dear Sirs Before I began with Doan's Backache Kidney P Us I was positively unable to stoop or lift anything, without having dreadful pains in the back. At
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      333 5 FOR S7ILE. FOR SALE. A Valuable Collection of About 5,000 Stamps. Slrong in locals and old Australians. Now on view. POWELL Co.. Auctioneers. Apl 10 18.4 FOR SALE Steam Launch SUCCFSS" good running order Licensed to carry 22 passengers. Steam Launch McALISTER good running order. For full particulars, apply to
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      556 5 Htwcrtisements. miQTIONS. Re CHOP CHIN HONG BANKRUPTS. THE UNDERSIGNED HAS RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS TO SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION AT No. 69 BALI LANE, On Tuesday, the 21st April 1908, at 10-30 a. 7ii. All the stock in trade comprising, Crockery Ware viz. Plates, Cups and Saucers, Bowls, Chinese Cups, Iron Pans,
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      344 5 for To-day. Kuhn Kumor's Auction Sale OF JAPANESE CURIOS. STARTS TO-DAY and following days. H. L. COGHLAN CO., Licensed Auctioneers <£ Surveyors. April 13 AUGTIONS. AUCTION SALE Valuable Building Land. ORCHARD ROAD MH. L. Coghlan k Go's Salerooms I Monday, 27th April, at 2.30 p.m. All that piece of land
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      294 5 AUCTIONS. FORTHCOMING FURNIITRE SALES April la It Chief Police Officer's Bungalow, Fort Canning Caj A. R. Chancellor. April 26. At No. 7 Chancery Lane. 1..J0 pm. W. c. Xib 4p013C vernmentßungal( v Nassuu Road. B IL HeUier POWELL i Co.. Auctici.ee: s Apl 6 AUCTION SALE OF Freehold Property SITUATED
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    Domestic Occurrences. Death.
    32 6 Domestic Occurrences. Death. At her residence. 57 Hill Street, Singapore, on the 13th, Mrs. Tan Swee Lim, the beloved mother of Tan Bin Cheng and daughter-in-law of the late Tan Tock Seng.
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    The Singapore Free Press. Wednesday, April 15, 1908.
    2134 6 The Singapore Free Press. Wednesday, April 15, 1908. Here shnl 1 the P;es« the People's ricbt maintain, Unawed h\ influence mri unbribed by gain; Here patriot Ynith h— gr*o»ious precepts i!raw. Plei^t d to Religion, Loyalty and Law. It is gratifying to notice that our local contemporary professes to be
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      307 6 I Cast four Days j JOHN LITTLE GO'S ON Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Saturday !ALL REMNANTS ODDMENTS ALSO f Millinery, Shoes, Corsets, Fancy Goods &c.| WILL BE OFFERED 1 !ALL HALF MARKED SALE PRICE, f THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY NOT TO BE MISSED. J i Iggo^^ fe^^^ WHY pF* tet:a ===^----i
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      277 6 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 in the Far East. No Satisfaction, No Payment. Orchard Road and at Ho Lei de I 1 Europe. LAMBERT IMITED
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    DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.
    113 7 I KAISER'S CHURCH GUTTED. Famous Flags Lost. (P.v Submarine Telegraph. Renter's.) The „'rear rire at B >ston has at last been got a ler oontraL Some of the tines: public bu;M;r_;s and >ric chir/ies and Liet ries have been destroy- 1 m I by the Bra is estimated
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    A ROYAL EXPLORER.
    381 7 Marries an American. It is r d me thai the Kii:_- il y has cjmejited to the m urri iga ike of the Ab;uzzi ty Mis? Elkina the American heiress, who bacomea an Italian jerning the love match of that intrepid 1 loyal expk Abruzzi, who is
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    RUBBER.
    159 7 tfJCJ nJettt.) Re e •ad 1 1 pm. nj j at] a! I i Marc::, wii 1,500 lbs. The next ml r aalec 'I ba on the oi plantitbn rubber is on- At the close of last month a Sikh irt driver did damage r i M micipd property
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    HONGKONG DROWNING FATALITY.
    116 7 Death of Mr. A. H. Kennie. Special Telegram.] {From our own Correspondent?) Hongkong, R3C. G 15 p.m. Mr A. H. Rennie, JP, was drowned tolay, while going t the Junk Biv Mills. Mr Rennie was a well known Hongkong resident, a merchant and aJ. V. Fie has
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    AUSTRIA, ITALY AND GERMANY.
    183 7 AUSTRIA, ITALY AND GERMANY. "By Submarine Telegraph Reuter's.] S.gnor Tit:oni has returned Prince Buelow's visit, aud had a conversation lasting eighty minutes with tli3 German Chancellor. is generally undent X)d that Italy's policy in regard to Bfacadonia preoccupies Austria and Germany. A Ions; interview published by the Xovoe Vn tuya
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    CHINESE DIPLOMACY.
    39 7 Whiling Away the Time. The Chinese Commissioner continues to drag out the Tibetan negotiations at Calcutta in spite of the British representatives impatience and anxiety. The Tibet, in associates of t'ie Chinese Coiumisskner are to return home.
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    TWO FLAGS.
    37 7 The Kaiser at Corfu. Received > 45 pra. The K*is3r, at lunch on boaid H.M.S. Implacable at Corfu, expressed the hope that l .hetw>. tl l^s would continue to float together in tbe interest of peace.
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    RIKISHA CASES.
    199 7 AN IMPUDENT PULLEK On Saturday last, Mr B. A. Biddulph of Messrs Hutteubich Bros engage 1 a first class rikisha from Collyer Qiay to Messrs White iwmv Laidlaw's and tendered ten cents. The puller demanded more and not receiving it, resorted to abuse. He then had the impudence
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    MANCHURIA.
    125 7 AMERICA AND RUSSIA CONFER. The Harbin Incident, (By Submarine Telegraph Reuter's.) Rec. 4.25 pm. It is reported from Washington that Mr Root, U. S. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Biron Rosen, the Russian Ambassador, have had a long conference on the Manchuriin situation. Af er the interview
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    CABINET RECONSTRUCTING.
    124 7 The Minor Places. The following additional appointments are made. Mr C E. H. Hobhouse, Under- Secretary to the India Office, to be Financial Secretary to the Treasury in succession to Mr Runciman. Dr Macnamara, Under-Sacretary of the Local Government B jar d, to ba Secretary to the Admiralty.
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    TELEGRAPH DELAYS.
    37 7 Commercial Men Impatient. The India acd China Section of the Liverpoo! Chamber of Commerce has written and telegraphed Mr M irley urging that the utmost effort should be made to rtstore telegraphic comuiuaication through India.
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    ELGIN'S SELF-DENIAL.
    16 7 Refuses a Marquisate. Received at 10.35 a m. Lord Elgin has declined a mar-juisate.
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    FALSE INFORMATION CASE.
    182 7 Sjq Yang Seng was charged before Mr Green, the second magistrate, yesterday, with giving false information to a police officer. Assistant Superintendent Savi of the police appeared for the prosecution. The accused claimed to be tried. Malay Corporal Xo. 30 of Thompson R.md police s f ation
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    ATHLETIC NOTES.
    912 7 There his been a Lrood 'leal on which to comment in Association matte; s since the last notes were written. The match between the Cub and D. Company of the West Ktnts was productive of very little brilliance, the soldiers playing a wry colourless game, with the Club
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      250 7 GRAMAPHONE RECORDS. The G'amaphone Co., Ltd., have now opened a large factory in London for the manufacture of all English Records which has enabled them to reduce the cost of production and we are now selling 10 in. Black labels) c $1.50 each 12 in. $2.50 99 10 in. Zonophone
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    TIN.
    527 8 The fight between bulls" and "bears" contmu63 vigorously, and the short account for March- April is mnch in evidence, and it would appear that the chief bull i interests intend to corner those date3 for all they are worth, as they continue t-> bid, and, at times, aggressively, for
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    THE WILY CHINAMAN.
    269 8 Hvw Hfc: Bltffs Johs Bill. Early a Havel lisheda cablegram from on I. mdoa correspondent in ti.jn with the eoipKv 1 ei.: ol Chißeae on British vessels. Papers to hind bj mail of the ipeoohaa. Mr. KIsj lIP, in the course of some remark] show- i how
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    JAVA AND ITS POPULATION.
    12 8 Archil e eo writes as follows in <* Cn.
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      465 8 HJ>vertisemento. SHIPPING. INDO-CHINA STEAM NAV. COY., LTD. The steamers of thia Company maintain a regular direct service between Calcutta, Straits, Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan, taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for Canton, Swatow, Amoy, Chefoo, Tientsin, Newchwang, Yangtsze Ports, Formosa, the Philippines &c. &c. STEAMERS. Tona Commander M Kutsang
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      638 8 advertisements. SHIPPING. OCEAN STEAM SHIP Co. Ltd. AND China Mutual Steam Nav. Co. Ltd. The Companies' steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, C hina and Japan every week, and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight, and for Gtnoa, Marseilles and Liverpool monthly. One
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      572 8 Hbvertisemeitts. 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 Golf, Continental and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. Outward (for China) 1908 Delta Apl
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      565 8 H&pcrtisemcnts. SHIPPING. HAMBURG AMERIKA i LINE, HAMBURG. The steamers of this Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen. Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a mouth for Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and Colombo. Taking
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      390 8 advertisements, SHIPPING. MX. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen INPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE The fast and well-known mail steamers o£ thi 8 Company sail fortnightly from Bremea, Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Souiham] Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Mars* Naples, Alexandria and vice versa) Port Said Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hong kong, Shanghai, Nagasaki
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    THE DAILY PAPER.
    279 9 N~"vs papers have become so much a necesOH everyday lit- that it is almost impo3Bi'">> to realise a state of society when they were non-existent. Yet it is scarcely tku three hundred years ago since the .y paper was stated. It is true that (22 London couKl
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    STRANGE CHINESE "LOOT."
    212 9 STRANGE CHINESE "LOOT. How the Imikri.v: Ma: u Lores' Wra i ran The recovery ia Germany of the Emperor bina'saaan oftraet, which was stolen j I'.tiace at Peking during the occupation by t I troops ia 1900, thviaaiian ol ghl years" search Chinese diplomats in ererj part of the world.
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    UNITED STATES TRADE WITH THE FAR EAST.
    230 9 The completed returns of the trade for 1907 ewhat depressing, remarks the Journal of the American Asiatic A-- >ciation. Only in .:rms of our export trade to China they indicate a' itieity— in mineral oils and in or. The latter -i. wa ,:itial
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    A BORN DESIGNER.
    34 9 In California a wonderful boy desigcer his 0 discovered. H* M1 I jmn of age, and l_^ n come into prominence bjj US ill^orica] picture. It represents the U. S. Armada
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    ANTEDILUVIAN COLD STORAGE.
    216 9 Most of us when we can get a brace of frozen grouse or partridges off a steamer regard ourselves in luck, but how about eating an animal long since extinct that has been in cold storage for over luO.ooo yeirs. A St Petersburg despatch dated the '2nd
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    THE INTERRUPTED DANCE.
    272 9 The incident of the dance at Peshawar, which was arranged to cheer people up after all the troops had gone, was quite in its small way reminiscent of a. similar entertainment which took place just before Quatre Bras Those dashing sportsmen the tribesmen arranged a raid into
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    CONCRETE BOATS.
    288 9 I: is now many years since we first heard it suggested that concrete would form a good material with which to build boats. Of course, concrete entered largely into the construction of the old wooden battleships built a hundred years ago. It was used to till up the
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    FREE LUNCHES DOOMED.
    375 9 The brewers of New York have deoided to raise the price of beer by a dollar a barrel, and the American metropolis is consequently seething with indignation. Toe retail dealer* and consumers held a mass meeting in NewYork and with united breath determined to 'stand together as
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    Passengers for the Straits.
    205 9 Per N D L P. E Friftdii Am Aj,; If Mr F. E. Harm-!. Mr I H M N'a ghtoi Ven An h deacon Sharp. Per P 0 Sum.ttr.: due Ajr, M Miss Lansdell, Kl .a..i Mr- <> Marks ;u < hiid, Mr A C. E!ton,
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      15 9 RELIEF^V^ /POWELUSX [Balsam An^seem 1 /COUGHS I VpoP 1 COLDS (ASTHMA BROWCHiTIS/ Safa for Children.
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      620 9 ig^f^JVIASTERS' WATCHES I if/y^is. /4r \N^ Will Stand any Wear in what \JJar //*•>§> jrfl' I any Climate for 20 Years we sell mlh t £f I SILVER FRCM 30-, GOLD TO ££O, g£f Jil 5 f/'i/ B 1 'veracity; |g; W^^f^lk^^^^^ H^ LF r CASH TERMS. u^E? li a
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      558 9 8. The Second Griffin Handicap. Value $400, and provided there are five starters the property of different owners $50 to the Second Horse. A Handicap for Griffins that have entered for the First Griffin Race (No. 7) on the First Day. Winners excluded. Distance, Race Course and a distance. THIRD
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      542 9 THE Singapore Free Press. Morning Daily. To Our Readers. The Singapore Free Press is now a Morning Daily, and is ou bale at depots from an early hour each morning (Sunday.' excepted). Cash price Ten Cents a copy Subscribers' copies will be delivered II their private residences, (or town offices
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    THE ARMY ESTIMATES.
    486 10 The following are the tlatails concerning this Colony for 1906-1909- Establishment. Two companies of Garrison Artillery of all ranks: 257. One company of Royal Engineers, seven officers and 1' 8 men a battalion of Infantry, 932 of all ranks three officers and nine men of the Army
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    WAR ON THE FLY.
    288 10 Ah< Foes Of Health. London id to be the scene of a big campa: 1] ds y-- v. TL* V fetes ol the Lornd .<:. Ety Council Las just presented a r^i- it ;pon the naiaanee dangers of tiies :i- -preader3 of dial ise I" Q
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    THE DURIAN.
    786 10 Durian cultivation according to the las official Season and Crop Report for Burnif has very slightly exceeded 10,000 acres h the past two years and is almost confinec to the Tenasserim division, T.ivoy and Mergu districts growing more than three-fourths o: i the whole area. Europeans seldom appre
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    THE FREE TRADE FRIEND OF THE TRUSTS.
    264 10 The manner in which Free Traders are allowing the fore gn trust slowly but surely to kill Biitbh industries is strikingly shown in a little pamphlet, M The Hop Trust, the Beef Titist, and their Free Trade Allies," by If] de F. Penuefuther.
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    GRAHAM WELLS, DECEASED.
    191 10 Any person baring in Ida pom moa Policy No. 766 granted by the Positive Government Security Life Assurance Company on the life of Graham Wells late of Singapore in the British Colony of the Straits Settlement* formerly employed at the Tanjong P agar Dock sui^pore and afterwards
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    705 10 STEAMERS. Giving port of departure, arui (where known, date due here, and na>ne of A'jentt. Achilles, China, May 25 Mansfi Airlie, Sydney, April 24 Bouste;. 1 Alcinous, China. May 2 MmWtA Arcadia. Colombo, May tt\ P A 0 Australien. Saigon, May 18; M M, Ayutbia, CaicuttM. Api W
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      989 10 pip MM Celebrated Oilmen's Stores CM, m POTTED MEATS, MALT VINEGAR. mm Wm mm mm Agents for lea perrin's Worcestershire sauce Wm^ Cfossc Blackwell, Ltd. t i i SINGAPORE AND KRANjI^AILWAyT From Ist April, 1906, and until further notice. j TRAIN SERVICE FOU WEEK UAYS ONLY. UP TRAINS. 12 3
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      214 10 1 1 GRIMAULT C° Medicinal Skin Soap GRIMAULT &C" V MEDICINAL SKIN SOAP fcjfr I<m tax ta* turn 'U I tec t£w\*t u U,» Pwta BHpllW ic tk« tfraUJt* <r\}j, o/ faiDf-»'rs Acre F»en«Mi ftct#n«. "^^wlti »oi (itiuHi ft.*.* y^-_J Recommended by eminent Dermatologists and adopted in the Paris Hospitals
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    RAUB G. M. CO.
    693 11 nvral Manager's Report for 4 weeks endilg March 18, The mine measurements aud assay results of prospecting work shows a total of 974 ft. tor I nod 14 weeks' under review, made up of 43 tt. -unking. U»4 ft. driving. 429 ft. cro>.-- ■u:t;iig aud 809
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    122 11 v netioQ of tlu gnat Oxford :il ry ii iboul I i appear, cov "monopoly" to movemeat." Th- number of words recorded in the sections I Tbe number of illuB*;ratnra na no frw-r tlun 11,808, 0r 10,000 v |n m dicti >u.iry frives f r the san- Meti n F
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    EXCHANGE.
    75 11 (Corrected up to April 14 Bank ui/s M 2/4i demand 2/3f Private credits 3 m/s 2/4 T credits 6 m/s 2/4 T 8^ Phancb, demand Bank..* 291 Germany, demand M 236 J [ndia, T. T, Hongkong, demand IPt Yokohama, demand 1 1 3 Java, demand 139^ Bangkok, demand 64
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    PRODUCE.
    135 11 April 14 Tin buyers 8 71. 12 a Gambier buyers 6.95 Gambier Cube No. 1 10.37 1 Gambier Cube No. 2 9.00 Pepper Black (ord'u. S'pore) 11. '5 Pepper, White {fairL.W. 5 p.e.) 19.25 Nutmegs (110 to the ib.). M 21.00 Nutmegs (8.0 to the lb.) 23 .00 Mace
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    SHARES.
    820 11 Capital Capital Issue Paid Issued paid up Value up Company. Qu >Utioa» $300,000 300,000 10 10 Belat Tin Mining Co. Ltd 7 U $300,000 225,000 10 10 Bruang Limited 7 $600,000 60O.0C0 10 10 Brush Hydraulic Tin M. Co. Ltd I0.M £400,000 350,000 1 1 Duff Development Co. Ltd
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      487 11 Hfcvcrtlscmcnta. TO LET. BUNGALOW TO BE LET. Bungalow in Tanglin to be let, furnished from the Ist of June. Five bedrooms, dining room, drawing room, large verandahs, tennis court and well kept compound. Gas laid on and the house newly decorated. Apply B. c o Free Press." Apl 14 u.c
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      524 11 HDvertteemcnts. TOILET. TO LET No. 28 Raffles Place from Ist of April. At present occupied by the Methodist Publishing house. Apply Meyer Bros. Mar 3 TO LET. A newly built bungalow Xo. 795 East Coast Road sth mile stone near Telok Kurau. Apply Ali Ambar 16 Arab Street. Feb 28
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      324 11 NOBDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. CHEAP RETURN TICKETS TO COLOMBO. On and after April Ist, SPECIAL CHEAP RETURN TICKETS TO COLOMBO and BACK available for THREE MONTHS from date of departure to that of arrival on return will be issued at the following rates From Singapore 18. 14. 0. Ist Saloon 13. 4.
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      225 11 THE YOKOHAMA DOCK CO., LTD. No. 1 DOCK. No. 2 DOCK. Lengtn inside 514 ft. Length Inside 878 R Width of entrance, top 95 H. bott Width of entrance top 60.5 ft bott. 75 ft. 4 5> 11 Water on blocks 27.5 ft. Water on blocks 20.5 It. Time to
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    WHO WAS THE WIFE?
    442 12 WHO WAS THE WIFE An Orangkaya of Saigon. M Bef< >re the acting Chief Justice, the hon'ble A. F liiw, in the Supreme Court yesterday tlere was an unusually large gathering o c MDlsel to endeavour to assist the Court to \lecide as to the distribution of the estate of
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    ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
    331 12 POOB ESPLANADE EXHIBITION. Another uninteresting and rather poor ■m Boccer u layed on the Esplana■'.- ireen a lean rep vsenti] 3.C C. and G. Co. of the K Weal Km Aa usual, the Chib team iu lalt in in an appearance, and ii mm ii"' till 5.20 e
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    R.G.A. vs R.W.KENT
    138 12 tkM in :}> S r.urd q pick of the K• > A is the West Kenti I ih teams .rood East g resulted, [n the firsl b I', the n, but gcals were sc- ed for t CpL Trevh-; ftIMIU id 1 3 M 11s from a
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    INSUBORDINATE SIKH.
    703 12 POLICE CORPORAL FINED BY MAGISTRATE. Sikh Police Lance Corporal Bhan Sing was charged before Mr Colman, the third magistrate, yesterday afternoon, with being drunk on parade on April 5, insubordination on the siine evening to Captain Pawar, and conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline in
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    SALE OF PROPERTIES.
    128 12 The following Singapore properties were dispcsad of by auction t Powell Co's g afternoon Nos. 56, < Serangcon Eoad, •t, leasehold for 999 years, ,-jui T renl 54a year. Total monthly n 1 B light h\- J rcal Abdin for $9,900. N rtt B age Roid, 1
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    VICEROY TUAN FANG.
    83 12 en With Apoplexy. Shanghai, April 7. H.E. Viceroy Tuan Fang has sustained an apopli otic -iroke and seems to be paralysed. [Taan-Fang is a native of Manchuria, and commenced his caret r as senior secretary to the Board vi Works, lit- was given the rank it Mini-:t
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    Y. W. C. A.
    757 12 THE ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the Young Women's Christian Association was held in the Association flou3e, "Waterloo, River Valley -rd, on Monday afternoon. There was a good attendance of members and their friends, over seventy leiug present. The Rev. J. A. Gray opened the
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    GERMANY'S WAR TREASURE.
    162 12 Berlin. March 11. At to-day's sitting of the Keichstag Committee on the Imperial Debt Estimates, several members of the Centre urged that the £6,000,000 of war treasure, the bulk of the French indemnity of 1871, now kept at the Julius Tower at Spandau, should be used for
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    32 12 The Toyo St Company has definitely determined to abandon its South American s9rvice. This resolve is said to be based mainly on the attitude of Peru towards Chinese 'immigrant:?, wlmca
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      14 12 PIANOS Bought, Sold or Exchanged Pianos at $150 and Upwards, by different Makers Guaranteed
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      208 12 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Cnder Con'TP-act mi m Nrn- !n;:a Qoraw m Agents at Singapore, Ship Agency, late J. Daendels Co 2-3 Collyer Quay THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES OF DEPARTURE ARE ONLY APPROXIMATE, LAUBENS PIT Riouw, Penoiba, BaKong. Prigi-Radja and Rengat van Dikmen Muntok, Bliajoe, Soengei-Liat. Paugkal-Pinaug, Koba. Tand jong-Pandan. Toboali.
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      692 12 PASSENGERS. Per Malacca Mr Trail. Passengers Homeward. List of Passengers per German 88. Prinzess Alice to Europe sailed on the 13th instant. To Penang. Mr H. Pinckney. To Colombo. Mr Judge Skinner Turner, Mr J. E. Edwards. To Genoa. Mr Rowland Allen, Mr and Mrs Malcolm Cumming, Mr and Mrs
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      600 12 VESSELS IN FORT. o Men-of-war Flag and Tons Commanders Arrived From For When Sea Mew Col. Yacht 500 Murphy Apl 9 T. Aason Ua Ship Flag Tons Master Arrived From Consignee For en Arratoon Apcar Brit 2931 Stewart Apl 8 Hongkong Pat Simon, Gal Ban Leong Dut 275 Masin Apl
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