The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 April 1908

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    17 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1908. NO. 6,27 1
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    144 1 Russia I as given an order for five bigger D eidnoughts to the Clyde. Pag 6 The result of tha D rsbury bye-election is that Mr Runciman keeps his h though with a reduced majority. Pag- 6 Snow Btorms aie con:ini i -inßo :1 -'idPage 6. A
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    UP TO SNUFF.
    836 1 the pipe to thfl n B bea, 1 understand H bat tl la and gei ice your face. L king over my morning's piper, an article on "Tobacco and some- Errore" oavi y eye. It daearflbefl the wayi m which tobacco is taken, smoking, chewing, and It
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      121 1 mmm Boudoir, Concert Grand, Grand Upright Grand Pianola £1 1 HHJS% O The Best and thc cheapest m the ii stlOW ROOMS 375 Victoria Street. A. FRANKEL CO., Sub-Agents. c Unpen Co. Kuala Lumpui Federated Engineering Co. H "POPULAR 'WANTS." I w bay« a Ecu:-* to Lot, Rooms to Let,
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      414 1 PURE NORWEGIAN COWS MIIK. THE only Ganned Milk m which the Full Flavour of fresh Cow's Milk is retained. MOST FLATTERING TESTIMONIALS FROM MEDICAL MEN To be had from the Dispensaries and Retail Dealers. Entertainments. Hr* HIPPODROME Cintrmiograph Coy. TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT I ALL NEW FILMS ex P. 0. DELTA AT
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      98 1 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. The Koninklye Paketvaart acta rtise special a rm- fur holiday tickets m May and June, on all its lines Page 11. For sale a dog-cart m first rate oondition Page Office to let m Raffies place and Saudlanu. Tanjong Katong— Page 11. Esharat Khan's prices for the Mating
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      314 1 THE WEEK. Saturday, 25th High Water. 1.15 a, 7.16 p S. R A. Bisley continued. St. Mark's Day. Cricket Committees v. Rest. Sunday, 26th iii. i Water:— 6 3a 8.14 S. R. A. Bisley continued. Low Sunday. XDL Homeward Mail due. Swim Club launches S, 9, 10 2.30 A 3.30
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    DANGER TO TRAFFIC.
    75 2 Thre? EKag cart drivers were before Mr Urn no uid m c, jestwdaj, oa efcsraea ci ob fur.iju with their carts ana mng Kgbts. Mr c w Abram! ri»ut :i 1 a on Thursday i was driving ia tbe Bonn p*w K:»d .ml Chanoe j Lim l»
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    NOT REPORTING PLAGUE.
    74 2 If A II -.v Koi Gnah re Hr C Iman, m the tbir i court, three ji that he (1) feat ito the II Chiei San garding a case of bubonic plague, Bailed to report a OUQ (3) moved a person g bnapector M.; be* asked I
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    COUNTERFEIT COIN.
    159 2 maw: at pandas kechil V leg Ah F I B h, who was :uvestod ia t Iml Iv il bj Malay I v- laya ago f->r being m po- i tnterfeit I laid a oomi*eri app ued before Mr Glreen, the second B h v F taped W
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    THE BOYCOTT.
    112 2 Another Meeting. k \iuten, April 1 ■"> On the 12th day the Committer of the c self Government Association oonrened a meeting m connection with the National Disgrace i rial, m the Yuen Tan Temple, and Messrs. Wong Sui Lvi and Li Ping Sang were elected pres-dents. Many
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    Sunday Church Services.
    168 2 A h mom "a I'a I il Bon I y liter Easter. 3 i M i&iiM ny. Hymn 125. 7.45 am Holy Communion Choral Introit 127: Dykes, Hymns 137,313,324 m CSuldn a*i Service. I l.i pm Evensong Sermon. Proc. Hymn 1 em, M God h -th Appointed
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      393 2 —'m bini ip fn'i'i'in iim him mi i i i 1 1 iMßWiwnmiwMnwiwinMg^ THE FASCINATING GAME FOR I LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IS NOW THE CRAZE IN j LONDON AND PARIS. A LARGE STOCK AT I J Levy Hermanos. I E£vcrttvcmcnts. APARTMENTS. Rooms with board for bachelors ard marled COUple, Tennis
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      370 2 Bv>vcrtiscments, NOTWES. ESHARAT KHAN Co. Cheapest and best Book Binders, Printers. md Account Book Rulers. All orders executed promptly. Sellers of Xew and Second-hand Books. Second-hand Books at half price, Binding sxoellent. Chit Books at 75 cts. each. File Books (foolscap size) at SO per dozen (letter rize) 57.20 a
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      729 2 Hfcvertteements. NOTWES. MADAME FAMBON, LADY DENTIST. High Class Woek Moderate Price. No. 215, Orchard Road. < Nov 21 v.c NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that owing to my leparture for t Europe I have given a power >f attorney to my son H. Bolter to carry on ny business at
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      316 2 H&vertteemente. NOTWES. JAVANESE COOLIES. Suitable for Rubber other estates, guaranteed to be Singkehs, are supplied on very favorable terms by MORAUX Co. J Apl 2 3.5 NOTICE. j At tbe furniture sale to be held at No. 109, Orchard liaad will be included tbe following One Rubber tyred palanquin, one
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      548 2 Btwerttecmcnte. BANKS. Hongkong Shanghai Eank Corporation. ?a.id-up Capital mmt ,s] 00,000 iIESEEYI Friio Sterhng Reserve $15,000/ )0u Silver Reserve $13,500,000) v" P| W* EIESERVB LjAIiILITY OF PEOPEiaToas I .'..,000,000 C-OUET OP DI&nCTOKS. Hon. Mr. llenkt Ekhwics.— -Ckaibkik. E. 'iuetz, Esq. DarOT'! (j. i-iAi.i.K, i Baa. laa Esq. justav FaiKhnAND Esq
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    LITERARY CAUSERIES.
    1697 3 Bl THE TOPICIST. R VII. Thi Miaucu. PnoFxssion m Thackkkav. Passing from tie libraiy cf Dictate to U»1 ol taray, one feels that hi his a a step up m U d plane, and has enteral world that hardly touches the woald ol Dickens at all. Rot only
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    MARKET PRICE LIST.
    338 3 Singapore, 2" h ,Apri; I'J v Be ns. Long pai oattj I do. French 16 I per 18 Beef Steal do. 19 Beau Bproohi pai oattf Bamboo Sprouts |o i ban do. 1 5 Brinjala Cabbage, Batatia do. aj| do., China !>» do.. Salted Carrots, Imported do.
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      7 3 Lingering Coughs. Persistent coughs that continue through
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      717 3 A DOES <^$l YOUR wpkz^ BACK N^\ FEEL I uT&r* like xS 2^ I THIS? If So, The Case of This Gentleman In Java. Cured of Back Pains and Dizziness by DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS Will Interest You. Mr. .7. B. van Stralendorff, an employee m tbe firm of Messrs.
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      450 3 IS THE IDEAL ROOFING FOR THIS CLIMATE. BS BB iS sjy jKS^s ****vsi es^fs SS Arim S ia S a S^ \a*^W M mMb JBff mEF ajg Sf E3 msT MM J*y to ut Es-^JS? §Lds M wLJa lel^J? M wtts^ mmammmmw^ Wl Mm. XBeriSm mXmmar Jam. Sanitary Vermin 'proof.
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      130 3 SELF CURE NO FICTION J MARVEL UPON MARVEL NO SUFFERER NEED NOW DESPAIR, but Without rum and economical led^ i THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY THERAPION, a complete revolution partment of met: been restored to I previous!- mt a THERAPION NO. 1- A Sovereign Rei-u organs, s.: does irre; THERAPION No.
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    THE CHINESE IN HAWAII.
    376 4 i rice field of any si seve: i koes re to be I ond. Their excellent care of them and are usually proad of their condition. Da one plantation I four.': bifl m which six of .imals were feeding The boil whose cl. is "H tding
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    R. L. S. AND SUNDAY.
    248 4 Everyone knows thit Robert I. Stevension f S vi, and the life tl vis full of interest and of his many-sided is given by a missionary m I E. CUrke, who s to the of tha Lordjn Missionary ii th seems to I impress fchat
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    TO ABOLISH THE QUEUE.
    28 4 Petition By Late Chinf M s reported from Peling that the Lite Chinese Minister at Tokio and the Viceister of Agricu.- >mmerce and Fn-
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    WHAT OF THE FUTURE?
    425 4 W« do net envy the feelings witli which Ministers entered on their third Session. It is true they keep their huge though unwieldy maj >vity. But a big majority m the House is apt to lose its weight when the country is 08t it. Disheartened by
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    THE JAPANESE BOYCOTT.
    248 4 Shipping Affbcti [t is true thit, m obedienoe to Governmental commands that there should be no outward demonstration iv the boycott pro- inda, lest the minis of the ignorant natives should be inched to a disturbance of the public peace, the Chinese p-puhition have shown themselves capable
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    A LADY'S RACE.
    213 4 vans Defeats Madams Bell. Melbourne, April 1. About 3,000 people attended at the South Melbourne football ground this afternoon to witiess a match between Madame Bell and a Evans. Madame Bell issued ach all i about a month ago to any lady iv Australia, and Miss Evans
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    THE TRAFFIC IN COCAINE.
    36 4 Xka Ri lks Restricting Importation. Calcutta, 10th April. A Notification of the Government of India is published, which has prohibited the bring* ing by sea or land into British India of cocaine
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    Singapore Sporting Club.
    1193 4 THE SPRING RACE MEETING WILL BE HELD OX Tuesday the 12th, Thursday the 14th and Saturday the 16th May, 1903. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 12th May, 1908. 1. The Maiden Plate. Value S 300. A Race fjr Maiden Horses. Weight tot Ex-Griffins allowed 71b. Entrance, $20. Distance, Race
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      733 4 j THE MEMORY MAN S^ f"^ 1 jilui %sUSs I \t fr I =?£,"t^?s43 A u *-'^w V^-i*^*^^ vL =is 2 -^?9 T M M T Brain Fag, Exhaustion, Neuralgia The man who never forgets Is it possible there can be such a manone who remembers everything? We suppose it
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      192 4 SINGAPORE FOUNDRY LIMITED. CIVIL MECHANICAL AND 111 ENGINEER? KHAKDI IMTBPEI 3, SINGAPORE. Have 111 hand ready for sale both now and second hand Stuan Engines and Boilers and fittings. Centrifugal pumps and pipes. Steam and Donkey Pumps. I Ittl machineries, Rice machineries. flsmi machineries, Tapioca mai binaries of ail sizes
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    Stomeetic Occurrences, Marriage.
    41 6 Stomeetic Occurrences, Marriage. Nicholson —Wylie. At St. Andrews Cathedral on 20th April by Rev. H C. tzard, Lorn: J] sbib [,3rd daughter of W, I>. Nicholson of Fort Canning to Charles JENSEN WYLIE of oi Palo Bakom. —(Indian papers please copy).
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    The Singapore Free Press Saturday, April 25, 1908.
    920 6 The Singapore Free Press Saturday, April 25, 1908. I Here shall the Press the Peopled right maintain, Unavved by influence and unbribed by gain Here patriot Truth h T glorious precepts draw. Pled** li.n, Loyalty and I-aw. A notable feature amongst the telegrams printed to-day is a reference made to
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    RUSSIA'S NEW NAVY.
    41 6 PROMISING START. Becatvod al 51 S pm. Russia has ordered fire battleships to be built on the Clyde, bigger than the Dreadnought. General Linievitjh, who commanded the Russian Army ii M inch aria, has died at St P<.t3rsburg.
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    AUSTRALIA'S YELLOW PERIL.
    65 6 A Serious View. The Prims Minister of S uith A .strain. bhe Hon. Th tuns Price, speaking at Liverpool, stated thit the Australians were getting ready to f iC3 the yellow t erii." He hoped that eveiylnJy under thirty w< old soon be able to me a
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    THE BOYCOTT.
    47 6 Sydney Chips In. The Chinese at Sydney are completely boycotting the Japmese. The Japanese Bteamer M Yawata Mara "sailed yesterday from Sydney for Hingkon} with no Chinese passengers a 1 n) Chines 3 cargo, and without the usuil constgnment of u r )il for China.
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    GENTLE SPRING.
    508 6 Severe snow storms continue throughout the countiy, and there were eleven deg: of frost at Carlisle. I .m-..m. The auction sale of the steamer Will o' the Wisp which was fixed for yesterday afternoon, was withdrawn, Cap" am M .rris's claim against the steamer for !ue having been
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    N.D.L. SUBSIDY.
    37 6 Increased Consideration. A draft bill has beei brought bef «c 'he German Bondeeratb, providing i fu-ther annual sobf \fi tfcs Nord Dnuts of half a million marks monthly for a serbflmen N"en Guinea Australia and
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    DEWSBURY BYE-ELECTION.
    106 6 Reduced Liberal Vote. i; x*i?ed at 6.30 pm. The Ml >ury Election, ppointment of Walter X v c:maa aa -nt of the Board ol B ::ciman r ir B fjd-C irpenter the 0 1078 2446. It is interacting to note that tttese same three candidates opposed each other
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    THE DEAD LEADER
    42 6 i l a.m. The newspaper a coluoa biographies, reminiscence- anl tributes to the late Sir Henry Campbell Binne rman. The consensus of opinion is that the Liwill feel seriously the loss of the tactful conciliateriness of the late Premier.
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    SIR ROBERT HART.
    323 6 His Successor's Position. ived April 24th, I a m. The Times m a leader high! Sir Robert Hart, whose uiique career it regards as practically tormina) It regrets 8 Hart's acquiescence m a cxtaia verbal assurance respecting tbe control of the Imperial Chinese Customs. I' declares that
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      219 6 X NA JURAL SPARKLING MINERAL WATER. FROM TUE TEPLITZtR STADQUELLE (BOHEMIA) In cases of 100 Pints, (PRICES ON APPLICATION) SOLE AGENTS:- ji CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO. j I JOHN OEWAB'S I OLD LIQUEUR WHISKY. I AsS&2£Vmmm per dozen $141 1 wl^Cl%b KUALA LUMPUR, 1 I I I T"'' afa i -f^=^"
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      302 6 Wilson Co. i 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 the Far East. No Satisfaction, No Payment. Orchard Road and at Hotel de TEurope. llf AMBERT^ J IMITED
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    THE TUNGGAL MINE.
    1568 7 ANNOYED SHAREHOLDERS AT YESTERDAY'S .MEETING. TALE DISMAL FAILURE Phe sad 1 de of Tunggal is being told m 1 f ll» m whkb failure and i large, and chapter I [n yesterday afternoon, rdinary meeting of shareholder- vas held "to t taskl-a the poeitim Company m general,"
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1164 7 Quicquid agunt homines noslri est farrago Übelii. JUVENA.L. The final disappearance of the lata Radical Premier from these earthly scenes has b?en unhappily teo certain to cause any surprise. He had lived his life, and was fortunate enough to attain before its close, what was denied
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    ARMY OFFICER'S PETITION.
    843 7 REMARKABLE LETTERS. Lieutenant James Lloyd Murphy, of the Indian Army, was the petitioner for a divorce, alleging misconduct en the part of his wife, Margaret Mabel, with the co-respondent, Donald William Rathbone, also an Ind an Army officer. There was no defence. The petitioner married his wife
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      519 7 ROBinson co. JUST UNPACKED STYLISH EXCLUSIVE MODELS TRIMMED MILLINERY FROM LONDON PARIS. ALSO A VERY LARCE ASSORTMENT CF DRESS MATERIALS. COMPRISING Filet Voiles, Plain, Embroidei and Stripe Ninon Voiles. Eohennes Crepe fie Chines, French Muslins. Bordered Cotton Voiles. Bordered Voile Robe*, Lace Ro";es, Embroidered Lawn Robes &c. LATEST FASHIONS LN
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    THE SHIPPING RINGS COMMISSION.
    977 8 At tbe meeting of tbe Commission, on 31st lilt.. Mr George B. Dodwell, chairman of Dodwell and Co Limited, gave evidence. In answer to the chairman Mr A. Cohen) he stated that his firm were merchants and commission and shipping agents, and had their own branches
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      453 8 S&vertisements. SHIPPING. KTt JAPAN HAIL STEAMSHIP Do., Ltd. m*a\. f Tk.^h mWam i v J m A regular FORTNIGHTLY Bervice is maintained between Japan and Europe by the following NEW TWIN SCREW STEAMERS. Undes Mail Contracts with thb Imperial Japanese Government. Specially designed for the Company's European Service, lighted throughout
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      756 8 advertisements. SHIPPING. $A\mnmm~. 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
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      630 8 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 Porta. Steamera will leave Singapore on or abottt MAIL LINES. Outward (for China) 1908 Delta Apl
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      635 8 B&pertteemcnts. SHIPPING. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE, HAMBURG, j The steamers of this Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen. Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China aud Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and Colombo. Taking
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      441 8 H&vcrtiscmcnts. SHIPPING. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IKPEEIAL GERMAN MAIL LIKE The fast and well-known ma; I steamerthis Company sail fortnightly Eton Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Soal Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Ma Naples, Alexandria and vice versa) Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Bingapore, Hong! Kong, Shanghai, Nagasaki Kobe M I vkohama and back.
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    KIPLING ON CANADA.
    1739 9 v 1 Kipling writes aa fellows to the I M irrh 19. Tiie article fa cond of a series entitled Letters to the Family." of God I twm I I m Bat Tubal got him a pointed Ith for corn. Id old as that early mould, Young
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    WORK FOR THOUSANDS.
    500 9 Before long," said the President of the Board of Trade recently, "the new Patents Act would provide employment for tens of thousands of British workmen." That Mr. Lloyd George was not unduly sanguine seems to be shewn by the fact that already a number of large foreign
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    ACTOR IN THE PULPIT.
    63 9 Mr. F. R. Benson, the well-known Shakespearean actor, entered the pulpit of Trinity Church, Glasgow, and gave an address on Shakespeare. Although religious Glasgow was inclined to hold up hands m holy terror at the announcement of the address by Dr. Hunter, late of London, the
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    A COUGH STORY.
    224 9 A man had a cough it was a young one, only a tickle m the throat, it bothered him every morning. He bought a package of cmgh drops, and he coughed forenoons. His wife fixed up several receipts he coughed m the afternoon, too. His neighbors all
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      717 9 -"v„^_,.".v_- a --mr 1 1- urinrn iiii.h imi— nn lamm mm i »iiwi f mm 4^W&% r OMk R^^JsSlKlk By Special "jfet^^C' Purveyors to il !l p ISyP Celekafed Oilmen's Stores mm J^F PICKLES, SOUPS, JAMS, JELLIES, f'Si 111 W^ |X|C^ft POTTED MEATS, MALT VINEGAR. pll Agents for LEA PERRIN'S
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      576 9 VESSELS RXPECTED, STKaMI'US. Giving port of departure, and (wliere known) date due here, and name of Agent*. Achilles, China, May 2 1 Mansfield. Alcinous, China, May 25 Mansfield. Andalusia. Hamburg, M. Arcadia, Colombo, May 12 i Australien, Saigon, May 18 M M. Ayuthia, Bangkok, May Borneo Co. Amiral Duperre, Saigon,
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    THE FALL IN VALUE OF FINE HARD PARA.
    718 10 A '-TIMES 01 CEYLON" CHART. The Fr. u m at Which Bbazeuas Bvbbi Can be Pbobvckd. v Bel< m 3& Per Ln." Hrn following is the loading article i "YfcOfa d IbtV lot March L.i-t -uth (February -Ist. saw fine bar Para
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    BRITISH RULE IN INDIA.
    579 10 Wan i 01 Sympathy Between ths Races But ro Cause f.>p„ Despondency. Says the Allahabad paper Anglo-India at present stands self-condemned because it is out cf touch with the people because its rule is too unsympathetic, too mechanical. What a descent from the days of our
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    THE "COLD SHOULDER."
    448 10 AD [i S re Australian Premier. W SB the Hon. Thomas Price, the Premier of South Australia, who is at present on a visit to London, left England twenty-eight years ago, he was a Radical moving m the circles of Nonconformity. During his career m South Australia,
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    EXPORT OF FRUIT FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
    552 10 To the Ceylon Mad i t The Chairman cf the Western Aus- Central Fruit Growers' Association. .Mr Xt, IE I Jocoby, made some interesting remarks y day mays the West Australian of ths 26th March) to a representative of the Australian concerning the pot
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    OPIUM SMUGGLING IN AUSTRALIA.
    95 10 IRE IN BrI;B.\ Brb A sensational seizure of opium at the Central B jtation lasl I When the Ch ived fix: Mge of two of the arrival at the station two were dressed ve»y stylishly and tcU! proceedit to a cab. Tue process f transfc i
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    A CURIOUS FIND.
    73 10 Be: Lahore, April 4 A few diys ago wl re and 1. Shalimar side of the railway line, I men unearthed woman on the set iv every detail 1 crumbled aw n j y remaining. While this excavation has been proceeding, masonry piL. come upon, thus mdi,
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      334 10 I Milk and Cream j (BUTTERFLY BRAND) Any lady, m this district, who goes to a Fancy Dress Ball as "FusselTs Milk" or "Butterfly Brand," stands a good chance of winning a Gold, Silver, or Gun Metal Watch, by sending her photograph of the 1 Costume, with description on the
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      432 10 fl&vcrti6emcnto. Fit as a Fiddle is an English expression for a feeling of perfect j^ I health and overflowing j I r he fe< ling is rare m IK yi P tn tn pi« climate ex- I U f\% ct.Lt to the man whouses spy P IB <j| Jll.cb.ll S
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      41 10 sn.:.. -TES. .cc" says: Blue Funnel hn .w in j kn"-.'- --..-Lt ru- line is to wn on the British Columbia is known, when Prinze crt opens up and railroad c is ii point from 11 justify th sin era The
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    WIRE NEWS.
    685 11 I'd C- <m.) American Banks. London, Apiil 15. The Borough B ink of Brooklyn, the presil m ted suicide after the m I >otober last, has rePkivK Bcel.'W m Italy. Prinze Baeiow and his wife last night lined with King Victor Emmanuel. Prince Buelow to-day had an hour's
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      543 11 HOLIDAY TICKETS Koninklyke Paketvaart Maatschappy. The above mentioned Company issues, during the months MAY and JUNE, RETURN TICKETS to all ports on its lines against payment of a SINGLE FARE. The return voyage must be undertaken not later than 30th June. These tickets are also available for the steamers of
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      497 11 TO LET. OFFICE TO LET No. 14 Raffles Place, from May lst. Apply Portuguese Mission. Apl 25 2.5 TO BE LET. Sandland. Tanjong Katong, to be let from Ist May. opposite Mr. Meyer's house. Tanjong Katong, appIy— MEYER BROTHERS, or on the premises. Apl 25 v.c FOR SALE. To Let,
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      495 11 EXCHANGE. (Corrected up to April. 24.) Bauk 4 nxm 2/4-^ demand 23f Private credits l S m/s 2/4 T credits 6 m/s tM 2/4 f Fbancb, demand Bank,,, 291 Gbkszant, demand 2"6 i [ndia, T.T, r m. 174 i Hongkong, demand M 19 Yokohama, demand m~. 11 3 Java, demand
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      871 11 SHAREb. MINES. Capful Capital Issue Paid Issued paid ap Value up Company. Qu udoae $300,000 $00,000 10 10 Beiat Tin tfHng Co. Ltd 725 $300,000 225,000 10 10 Bruang Limited 7 $600,000 600,000 10 10 Bruseh Hydramic Tin M. Co. Ltd 11 £400,000 350,000 1 1 Duff Development Co. Ltd
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      56 11 ARTIE TULLY, TURF COMMISSION AGENT, RAFFLES PLACE, [Over Robinson J' I ARTIE TULLY the seu-kwii vwm HOOHH HAS OPENED A A book on ihe furthcoming Singapore May Meeting, 12, 14 d i6th. Double Events on 3 k 4 3&5 and |4 g j htg 75 AND Treble Events on 3,
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    RAFFLES INSTITUTION.
    2450 12 The annual prize- giving nf the RiAlbs Institution was helu yesterday afternoon iv the lar^e hall ofthe [nstitut'on where a large number of scholars, their parentand friends, including many ladies, had assembled His Excellency the G vernor presided and the-e were Bio proooat, Lidv Evelyn Ycim^, Mr Claude
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    THE BANKRUPTCY COURT.
    274 12 ug accomm 'dation un the Supreme Courts.de on which Mr Justice Ser-' •■tube Smith sits, was at the commencement oi yesterday's bankiuptcy business some what generally taxed, twelve or more counsel attending m connection with various matters be tare the Court, many of which however were socn
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    CRICKET.
    65 12 For the Rest v. Committees match on Saturday, the Rest team will be: May, Oxenham, Beven, Lti j\i Clare, Phipps, Dresser, Hardy, Parsons, Oliver, Joynson, Gaunt. The Committee Team ie. P. J. Benjafield, H. M. Cantrell, C. I Carver, W. Dunman, E. F. Edliu, N. E. Kent, H. A.
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    ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF PUBLIC RIGHTS.
    258 12 JUDGMENT IN THE FORESHORE CASE. The decision of the Acting Chief Justice, the Honble A. G. Law, was delivered yesterday m the claim by the Attorney -General of the Straits Settlemeats, on behalf of the inhabitants of Singapore, m respect of acts committed m Teluk
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    CLEARANCES.
    136 12 April 24. Vedra, Brit str., Tucker, for Nagasaki. Ayuthia, Brit, str., Curtis, for Bangkok. Lady Weld, Dut. str Remmers, for Pontianak. Hong Moh, Brit, str., Bainbridge, for Penang. Hong Wan, Brit, str D'Cruz, for Muar and Malaoca. Teresa, Brit, str., Mason, for Macassar via ports. Hebe, Brit, str., Andrews,
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    PASSENGERS.
    465 12 Per Kum Sang Mr and Mrs Badley and three children, Mr and Mrs West aLU child. Mr Sallick. Per Ranee Mr Harvey. Per Hainam Mr Wallace. Per Airlie: Mr and Mrs Sewell, Mr G. Sewell, Miss Sewell, Mrs Donaldson, Miss Qninlan, Misses Walsh, Messrs Bell (three), .Mr R. Little,
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      818 12 VESSELS_IN PORT. Men-of-war Flag and Tons Commanders Arrived From For When Sea Belie F .M.S. Yacht 400 Ahmat Apl 21 Pahang Port Swet Sea Mew Col. Yacht 5 00 Coleman Apl 22 Pahang Cnoactaia Ship Flag Tons Master Arrived From Consignee For When A. R ekmers Ger 2073 Bar Api
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