The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 1 June 1909

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1909~ NO. 6 f 613
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  • 116 1 Late wire news via Ce)lon :'s given cr page 8. A fire bn. ke out yesterday morning at a Sumbawa read sawmill I\.:, Pitten has made over a million Stirling over his wheat deal Page 5. It is rumoured that the Kiiser may visit Newquay this summer
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  • 775 1 Melody is lbs chuiiu th* invention tir is a wo. I Thi>, after ul!, \g but expr«MWg m fine language tb« oommon rnnaik "Give me •oincihiog witb a luce m it." ,J yd a was the tcttl of uelodj, U f u l, doainatiog, bat nelodj ince^ I
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 225 1 Itke original burner il a heavy weD-made burner, giving an intense white light. 'Honec* burns ordinary Kerosene oil, and gives a light equal to about 100 candle power. With screw or socket fit- complete with quality "Honec" mantle and fire"Honec" Chimney. Mantle Holder and Globe Gallery. I PRICE: $3.25 GOMPLBTB.
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    • 258 1 A iGuaranteed for a Test I Period of 2 Years, FOR Unequalled, Unrivalled, Undoubtedly THEJBEST S. MOUTRIE Co., Ltd. GRAND EUROPE HOTEL. (Corner of High Street.) Entertainments. VICTORIA THEATRE. 3 Nights Only. THE Bandmann Dramatic Co*, Thursday, June 3. THE "MANXMAN." Friday, June 4. "THE SIGN OF THE CROSS/ Saturday,
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    • 231 1 Entertainments. ALHAMBRA TO-NIGHT. it i lV c w FOR A FEW NIGHTS ONLY. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2. Under the Kind Patronage of the Malay Football Association. A Special Programme will be presented. Seats may be booked m advance at the Alhambra. IN ACTIVE PREPARATION. From the Book that made Emile Zola
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    • 71 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Offices to let m town— Page 7. Little's Oriental balm Page 2. Hawai E. Majlis at the Wayang Kassim tonight Page T. Notices by Moutrie and Company and H. Kaps regarding pianos Page 1 and 2. Notice re electric tramways and a crossover road at Tanjong Pa^ar— Page
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 422 1 THE WEEK. Tuesday, June 'st High Water.— B.s7 a., BZ9 p Chinese Preachers, Pi insep-st Church, 9 a S.V.A. Recruits Drill Laying. S.Y.I. Company Extended Order Drill. United Chinese Mt£\, Su Po Sia. 7.30 p Wednesday, 2nd Hirfh W*t«r 9 40 a 9 £6 p P O Mail Homeward due
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  • 183 2 MM of the sun >rior.tj of patten turbine v |J]M m the f the eruiaen Chester tion to Boa. C Im Parsons. At the finiah, m mHoi h Iks Ambrose Channel Light i T.- teasels t A' tefc of I B 8 thiet round 1 and two shorter
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  • 222 2 An iruportaut docks m accomtiioM airetania type, incidentally for warship repairs, was nnder •ation of a Select Committee of I [ouse cf Lords preiaded over by the Earl rnperdown. The Bil. vhieh the docks are to be constru A mil ay i .vm. :nercial Doc alway
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  • 153 2 from Germany, ''ranee. America and othei oountriee attended an auction sale of a collection of animals m Glasgow known as Urn Scottiah Zoo, belonging to Councillor Bortocik. The collection 1- fah» I s-.veral thousand pounds. The nncst tot, a lion named Cecil, me knocked down at 114
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  • 102 2 The full iv is recommended for •struetion of DKMq^litooi m the house Pyrethi on pom I 1 oz. PoAim S ate 0.25 oz. .arcou (Yegelable) 025 oz. Incense powder ".1 oz. Thasft iagredi dbe d either m the low of powdsr, ot aiixed m t he mortu with
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  • 135 2 Those who have suffered year aftwr year A..h liheuuiatism will be glad to hear uf a ni'iedy that has proved an absolute specific. 11, re are M conditions of Rheumatism, no :iu.ter how severe, nor from what cause, that .■ar.aot iinn:t hately be relieved, and perniam aitf
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 287 2 JfCthU. a it'f.'i Brosdlit{sM4^E ZIT 'Mm I v"i!u "i! IfOrtlts quitW.j :rcd b;.% "SL Of all ip^^Japan Coals. THE Mitsui Bussan Kaisha. (MITSUI Co.) Head Office: No. I, SURUGA-CHO TOKIO. London Branch: 34, Lime Street. F, C. Singapore Branch: 2, Finhyson Green, OTHER BRA NO H Kfe— -Sm PnndM o,
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    • 600 2 l*pjf j TAILORS ■> Pf.; i OUTFITTERS. i^^^^^^^^^"^^^^^ r^ o^ e -'^''luisites of every description '"r^^^l v Suits made to order a perfect fit. s^^ 't^^^^y. js visit to inspect the styles will prove ■;M 3 convincing. Satisfaction guaranteed. s I Leong Cheong Co. p I J& 61, High Street,
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    • 488 2 NOTICES. PROMENADE MUSSC. The Band of the Middlesex Regiment will play at the Royal Hote), Dpptt Serangoon Road, on Tuesday, Ist June, 1909 commencing at 8 p.m. Free admission to the Dancing Hall to Visitors on that night. Single Refreshment coupon can be had at 25 cents each. G. A.
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    • 567 2 BANKS, International Banking Corporation. CAPITAL and SURPLUS GOLD $6,500,000 Head OFFICE 6O Wall Street, Hwm Vokk. London Office TLreadneedle House, Bishopsgate Street Within, London EC. London Bankers National Provincial Bank of England Ltd. General Foreign Business Transacted. DEPOSITS. Current Deposit Accounts opened and Interest allowed on the daily balances at
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    • 387 2 INSURANQEti. MANUFACTURERS LIFe INSURANCE C( oi < Bn It ha ■ay (ith( r C.iiiatiia:, I at tlx atBM age. B force Policybold. A. A. BROWN for Indi. Eastern Asia. ./rn. Sii an(? May 20 fcEW IHim IKSURANJE CO., lIKL AND MARIKE. MtVIKE INSURANCE ASSOC. LTD KABIKE. A F.HE IKSUBAKCE G0
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  • 222 3 Tae report of Tenom I Bornaa) Rubber Ooap. a fiai NMfed 31st De. oembe: ilf ti;t MWUag m O'aagow on the Stk I M \y, states th. t tKtotal area un<- 6k se c f the •oar on th<j I s»■ I,- 111 aeiw j; m. The
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  • 138 3 itions for the Tervolutieniry char icter pared with those whiofa were with the ol i ores. more m the pofcI to pr -ordI y phenciuen m uny way to the n I the men B :he general ay I the glorification of r, they guard 1 m tbe
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  • 89 3 ■_ho year ended 31st De<*oi^>e; 'he meeting which :.ow3 a deficit on al I 652, after charging I year to revenue abber, 0 lbs. The cur- mi r March, and I I** 1 a teicg U is every prospect cf exceeded. The j kg extend
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  • 62 3 -w Wiagmfte, w 1 i?d at a Uwtaaea f lo the dimbratioa national ie vi into ■MB of tbis, no doubt, mm m the b«b teaPusaing on to the physical t temperance aad on inlife, he ohm duty f, r i M to bi ■> whatever
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 11 3 i >.jpoteaut I to qjop^ or penry ad Mil MJB re-
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    • 417 3 J. d'A. PEREIRA, (F. R. H. S. LONDON) Horticulturist Florist. COLLECTOR AND EXPORTER OF ORCHIDS AND RARE PLANTS. Diploma and gold medal from the LakKing of Denmark. By Special Appointment His Majesty the King of Siam, H. H. the •aa of Johore and 11. H. the Saltan of Lingga. Frerfl
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    • 549 3 AUeTIONS. AUCTION SALE Rare Old Japanese Curios At Messrs. H. L, Coghlan and Co.'s Salerooms. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Ist, 3rd sth June, at 10-3O a.m., each day. Comprising Cld and New Kinkossan Satstma Vases, Bowls, Plates, Inc-nsi Burners and Tea sets, Gold Wire Cloisonne Boxes and Vases, Rare 011 Chinese
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    • 379 3 MORTGAGEE'S SALE Tuesday, Ist June, at 2.30 p.m. Freehold laud fronting a reserve for road off Gaylang Road, area 19,580 pquare feet, lots 1,977 to 1,986 of Grant 1. Planted with coconut trees. POWELL Co, Auctioneers. May 31 2.6 MORTGAGEES SALE. AUCTION SALE CF Freehold Eesidential Property li BRIGHTLANDS No.
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    • 346 3 ASPINALL'S GENUINE (99 'lap.c. pure Oxide of Zinc) Very finely ground m raw linseed Oil. Covers more square feet to the cwL than any other Zinc. CANNOT BE EXCELLED. ASPiNAI I S f,FNIIINF (STAR BRIGHT.) Of all dealers, or > < (SUPERSEDES PAINT AND VARNISHES For use on Railway Carriages,
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  • 20 4 Domestic Occurrences. Birth. On 29th May at 32, Theitre Road, Calcutta, the wife of H. S. AB4.THOON of a son.
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  • 30 4 tins Press the Peoj igl tmal U awed by influence ami unbribed by gaii Here p.•ltr:^t Truth hrr ploriow j.if epl Pledged to Religion, Loyally < La
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  • 1420 4 A special telegram to the S->uth China Morning P^st states that the British Government has decided to build eight Dreadnoughts at an early date. It will be remembered that the Government stated its intention of building four, reseiving the right to lay djwn four others, if
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  • 984 4 > < A Chinaman has been arrested for stealing brass couplings from the Fire Brigade. Tt is ailapad that h« cut th« nntinlinoa r>ff Mr Kips, the piano tuner, hat Bhftßgtd hig place of business to next the Singer Siwing Machine Co. io Stanrford ri. A Limp ill ace 1
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  • 111 4 Selangor vs. Berak, 'it.') nnpur, Monday. 1 match commenced at a twelve o'clock to-day m fiae wea" J'Sm aMM side won the toss and opened the bUting, bid iftai -play rai E began to interrupts! the match. I game was resumed after lunch &t 4 quarter to
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  • 83 4 The little band of cricketers who have <jfone to Sangei Ujonf the reputation 1 pore 11 have apparently had an 1 We are informed that winning the lawn tennis 1 m the cricket to which at wiring Seremban had re] rith 147f0 six so a close
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  • 101 4 Counterfeit satang are already io m Bangkok. A few d keeper m Sanipeng, who txmdem m sp: lottery ticket employed by the Piv said he had i collector if he had any objection I the amount m satang. The coll< would take satang and accu When he paid
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  • 149 4 Bombay and Calcutta tA Lahore paper sarcastically be Boaiewhat unnece prospect abead of us when tb»- I India to say a regretful f;-. lency Lord Miiito. The sthat our next Viceroy is Churchill. What foundation statement we do not ku rely a choice such as
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  • 141 4 Of all Kuropean monartlis most systematic sjx who ha^ into the iui M roover, a! investment. His m excellent rule of never alluwinir bis nnancu losses to exceed the suui I*** This is by no i when it is remembered th with the possii i
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 231 4 WHISKIES SCOTCH Dews o'the Glen Perfection (D. J. Me The Old Brigade Callum's) Very Old Highland Polo Brand (T. P. Griffin Blend Co's) Robert Macdonaid Extra Special Finest Club Whisky Liqueur (Chop Rajah) Monarch o'the Glen Club Bharu Rare Old Blend O. D. S. V. O. S. (Choice Old Matured)
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    • 100 4 Place the Responsibility of Keeping Your m perfect ORDER WITH US it costs ONLY A SMALL SUM per month and we undertake to keep it m PERFECT TUNE and execute small Repairs FREE. Send for Tuning Contract Form AND BECOME A SUBSCRIBER TO-DAY. The Robinson Piano CO Ltd. Telephone 191.
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    • 109 4 THE "MANSION" < i Entrance Oxley Rise and River Valley Road. A BOARDING HOUSE WITH 25 Comfortable and well appointed Rooms. The Dining and Drawing Rooms are spacious and well furnished, the latter commanding a view of the Town and Harbour. Situated on high ground and apart from noisy thoroughfares
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  • 88 5 ZEPPELEIN'S LATEST, Stil I g Over Germany. .braarim* I' ber*s) j I, 6.4 tin. 'ppelein new air=:,;p en left L^ke Cons' u; 3al haH pasl nine md reached E&tteleld, *c hundred miles awiv, al t«a minutes r>n on Sund\v cv- saafij. ,v of its rapid appi e -l.and
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  • 7 5 B tin Ij
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  • 7 5 -jr the Cas.iV lent
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  • 7 5 bifl wheat corner million
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  • 289 5 tat U Kb, imal] group lying m s sten jg&ong and fa it€ become the >ute KB and China, and are attnu ;u the of the trouble seems briefly to •n thi3 Geographically the islands *:> China, but they have long been .ninhubited, the only occupants -nen
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  • 90 5 nese waterproof paper is mad 1 of flbres •oo and eucalyptus, mixed with fibres p ii I tiier shrubs. The fibres apart, dried, cleaned, scraped, boiled k lye, and washed with water. They a beaten and mixed with a ih n of certain roots and a solution coni
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  • 87 5 ,a-- i neutral thing. not until yo Mfl of war hat jou can laO whether U it righteous or 'i»-ked. In the same way peace, though, we n itself f*ni^u extreme," cannot d unless we know the founda|)n which it re.-t?. Peace maintained •fccaiwe people ua i
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  • 62 5 BRITISH EMBODIMENT. No Relaxation. (By Submarine Telegraph. Renter's) B mired May 31st) -it 7.;>1 am. Til b it of the Finance B 1! is of remarkable length and eomplezitj and is expected to monopolise all the time of the House till the time of prorogation. If oomtains a lew
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  • 37 5 Against the' Government, [n spite of the wpp'jsition of Government, the financial committee of the Koichstag roted a tax DO bonds and aacuritiga. i tax on tli3 milling industry, and KB 69 'v• v il.
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  • 21 5 Received at 10 58 am. The Australians made m their second gl 151, England theam* "> for no wicket.
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  • 24 5 The Japanese IVinces w Nashimoto and Kuni attended the unnuil parade of the B-arlin Garrison and a gala performance of .'pera.
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  • 28 5 II thousand passengers are detained it Bffaneillei as the result of the strike. The employers and the men are equal) v determined not to yield.
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  • 230 5 An interesting report on physical education has just been presented by an influential .joint committee organised by the National League Education and Improvement. he committee were l-epresentatives of the Admiralty, the War Office, the Board of Education, the universities, almost all the big public schools, and many prominent
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  • 172 5 The original timetable for through running on the Johore State Railways, which provided for the running of night trains between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, has, it is reported, been revised. Under the new time table this class of trains has been eliminated, owing, as we hear, to the
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  • 91 5 Mr. Jack, additional Magistrate of Barisal. ha- been bearing a sensational opium case, m which a Mahoimdan named Yakub Ali Ddfabaahi, big merchant of Chittagong, with some twenty others, are charged under section 9of the opium Act Sixty-five witnesses for the prosecution have already been examined and Mr. P. L.
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  • 994 5 {From cut i Com ndenQ Batavia, May 27. The general meeting of the Official Tourists' Bureau was held on Siturday. The direction was represented by Mr Middelberg (chairman) Messrs Giojoolen, Cornets de fi roost and Plante Feburo de Villeneuve, Mr d. Wybrandl and Mr A. Tigler Wybrandi were
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  • 449 5 It was m the canteen of the Pearls Hill barracks that all the available European Police Force gathered last night to witness a fuuction created by themselves. It was the presentation to Chisf Detective Inspector Bourne of a gold watch and chain subscribed ior by themseJves. Mr
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  • 282 5 A remai'Vable feature of tha A_nglo-Indian life of to-day is the fact that this country is no longer m any sense regarded as a country m which to settle down. Moreover, leave is far more largely spent m the old country, and even people with only three months
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  • 229 5 i The youth of the native community of Hongkong, thanks to a paternal government, are fairly well provided with facilities for recreation, that is, m proportion to their keenness for sport and the numbers who indulge. As they indulge m the acquisition of Western methods of exercise
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 37 5 Pain m the Stomach. It is most annoying, as well as disagree able, to be troubled with pains iv the stomach and there is no need of it, for one dos of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diat
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    • 26 5 A Remedy That Never Fails. No matter how severe an attack of diarrhoea may be, Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera ~»A ftiflvrUnoo Pnmo^u TiOT7f»r faila frt aixja re
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    • 231 5 ROBINSON Co. WOOD BURNING RANGES. THE "PRINCE BEAVER STOVE. :<:am- To:rsE i:\m w ~"^|taf A good substantial stove to burn wood fuel at a low price vtf* Size 17 by 27 by 21 $28. 5 O. mt IIM ilifflil11 LIMIiJ JJl— Vm 1 THE I 9fe W* en m, g
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  • 569 6 TRADE OF DUTCH EAST BORNEO. i m By Mr D P >i BMTOB v'■ E-CoNsir.. At ftM v >*r under ravioli bII beSBOM I H^mm .t, the import i, exports tad |OBBB^\ *i -ntering and ejMrißf, »U OrtttH over the figum for 1907. Thi principal exports were 374,815 tons kaviag
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 155 6 MSSSAQEE;r3 MARITIME MAIL UNE Fo* China, l*f**t Ceylon, Adtz Lgfypt ana Marseilles. OUTWARD. HOMSWAT t B] Oewniifiw M»i M ArT-.iu i i I I'u'yut>itn Jin Eru^st >iiuons JoM S8 Bj Inej Jm v 1:> 'i\ l HUM -'-ily Iji frfchi July 86 A- no m il' July 26 Ang 0
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    • 547 6 SHIPPING. NTK JAPAN HAIL STEAMSHIP Go., Ltd. V Two regular services are maintained beween JAPAN and EUROPE bj the Com>any'B well-known TWIN-SCRE^ STEAMERS, mdor Mail Contract with the Imperial JapanHfl Government, specially designed for the nys European Service, lighted throughm\ ly Blectricitj, pro Tided with excellent iccomaiodation for First and
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    • 1229 6 SHIPPING. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE, HAMBURG. Tho steamers of this Company maintain a ■egalar service between Hamburg, Bremen Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, 3hina and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly 'or Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and Colombo. Taking cargo at
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    • 698 6 SHIPPING. Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen. COAST LIKES. \4h& i Li^f* Cv Ste&mers of the Coast Fle«t. t TOH« reif. Towa rep. Petcbsbari 2191 Chow Fa 1643 Borneo MOO Derawong** I(H6 Kchsiehaaf HMO Mkft 1667 1 Raiah 2028 Angbm 1667 nt— llßiinilr 2019 Loceian 1657 i Ptmgt-nlr |M 0 ChoiEing 1667 Rajabuii
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    • 498 6 SHIPPING. OCEAN STEAM SHIP Co. Ltd a N D jhina Mutual Bteam Nay. Co. Lt< Tbe r^.mpaci-:- ■taaCjt j are :ii< Uwpod (.»utw>.r.i.- f <r the Strn I fapaii evt-rv MMa< Hi Am Jaj>an homewar e ,»r London, t an <i Antwerp ev«' ai^-ht f<>r < i.'n(>'- *i I Due
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  • 978 7 MINES. C*pft*l Capital Hstst Paid Us»*s paid up V*l'^« ap U>mp*ay, Qaoe*tfc« $300,000 300,000 10 10 Beiat Tin Mining Co. Ltd 600 $300,000 225,000 10 10 Braang Limited 700 $600,000 600,000 10 10 Brasoh KydraaiiC Tin M. Go. Ltd 750 £500,000 414,769 1 1 Dad Development do. Ltd 6.00
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  • 58 7 (Corrected up to May 2" > Bank4rc/s darrand 3|^ Priraie creaiij 3 m/a j i crodit* 6 ci/a 2 Fbakcb, dgmsnd Bank^ 292 Gi*M4kt, dgaa&cd 237 ni mm M Hok«eok«, demand 2?»^>di«. Yokohama, demand nci I Java, demand 1| Bangkok' demand kigns, Bank Buying $8 56 Biuk of England
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  • 119 7 TL* $6<. Gambiar 9.10 Gmmbiar Cube No. 1 I:; Gkmbier Cube No. 2 oife Sport) II PfcppM Wl 111 bit -jera 18.75 Nutmegs (110 U, U« Ib.)^, U Nutmegs (80 to ibt Ik.) 22 M.*ce (Bteli) M (Amboina) lAmltm OoSh m« <><) Tapioca, gmali pe&rl (f*ir qiuditj) Mi I*
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 293 7 On the Berth. SHIRE LINE OF STtAMERS LIMiUD. HoDgkciig, Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kcbe i Yokohama. s. s. "SEGURA" Tbc above stean be exp.vi, en or about I June an i .1: n foi ::i-t class paSSi_;e and further p urUoo] BAD k C ■ntß. 3.0 PISH Un Co., Ltd. FOR g,
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    • 590 7 I TO LET. j TO LET, FURNISHED or UNFURNISHED. x B Oxley-rd, Three bed-rooms, rooms upstairs, 'i. Real E:,Lry July 1. j Apply M. J t 7, (J.,1, y Rise, .1 UM 1 OFFICE TO LET. l':'t spa- ii'us anl c -nvniuntly situated offic: it D A uicida street, lately
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    • 270 7 No. 1 DOCK. No. 2 DOCK. Length Inside 514 ft. Length Inside 375 ft. Width of entrance, top 95 ft., bott Width of entrance, top 60.5 ft. bott 75 ft. 45.8 ft. Water on blocks 27.5 ft. Water on blocks 20.5 ft. Time to pump out 4 hours. Time to
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    • 50 7 An Anecdotal History OLD TIHES In Singapore, from the Foundation of t.h* Settlement on F«k ruarf Ctli, 1 hi 9, to the Transfer to th« ('ok.mal Oflioe on April Ist 18«7, with io Pcrtralti Maps and 1 1 lustration*. Charles Burton Buckley. m two volumes, m paper oover 18. 50.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 941 7 VESSELS IN FORT. Man-of-war Flaj? ani Tons fommanders A Wkm jSenAiew OoLTaoat6oo Ooleman Jtfalacoa aWj Mac: Tom Master Arrived hrom Consijri »r When i; rI NioolaewmMajM Bangkok k Bullmouth Brit 2606 Head lUy 26 Calcutta A. Sax Pet. ,rtain Batjyiw Bnt 215 Simpson May 29 Nd Teo r< nag I
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  • 199 8 Tin So i i^ AJI iVYg! ißghai, 21.,t May. The Uriii-h KngfaeiM 4 the Soochow P.ailwa\ Las bt't-i a survey of the rout.* 1 Dghan, tl.< inhabitants obstruct! irty'e op» rations. Tbi Ri i -v Company fa v deepatebed an officer |o kbc piaci to eoadnet hweetiiatioßa. Goth
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  • 448 8 li i A Lures. London M j2l The Allan L.. m" has been hemmed m for two y St Joi. i'oundland. < from the she- till fast. There i 3 a inshore, and her i to es> A sea.- the La The Allan tin M I n has
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  • 317 8 Taking advantage of the holidays an interesting inateb was played on tLe Esplanade yesterday between the Winners of the Tournament and the Reel of the S. C. C. Thinks largely to a fine inning 3 by Home who hit Beyen fuurs m hii 53, the Beet secured the victory.
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  • 222 8 An interesting and enjoyable match was played on the Race Course on Saturday between teams captained respectively by the President and Captain, which resulted m a i'or The President's side. Individual matches were as follows 3if Arthur Young F. Ferguson 4 J. C. Watt V Dr. Finlayson
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  • 73 8 Following upon a series of exhaustive experiments by the Chemical Research Department of tke Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, news has leaked out, states a contemporaiy, of the discovery of a new explosive of the cordite cla3~< much more powerful than that hitherto produced. Despite great reticence it is
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  • 474 8 S.makt Woss by the Bsiojlds. A serious tire occurred early yesterday morning at a sawmill at Sumbawa iload, the property of Sang Chiang and Company, timber merchants and contractors. Aiout two o'clock, the Sikh watchman discovered that a tire had broken out near the store of fuel
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  • 281 8 elective Inspector Taylor, with a posse en and some of the more intelligent survivors of the recent case of piracy c ff Johore, returned from Pulau Batam, late on Sunday night. He visited the Dutch island m the Government launch Petrel to bring back the prahu which
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  • 204 8 The acting Governor of the Yun-kwei Provinces (says the Peking Daily News) has issued an edict to the following effect. Now that the opium evil must be done away with at all cost, I have m accordance with Imperial instructions strictly prohibited the cultivation of opium
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  • 316 8 The P. < >. Homeward Mail s.s. Oceana left Hongkong at 1 p.m. on Saturday, and is due here at 4 p.m. on "Wednesday. The P. O. Outward Mail" steamer Devanba" left Colombo at 7 pm. on Saturday, and may he expected to arrive here about 8.30 o'clock
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  • 386 8 Mosey to Develop Egypi. I understand, (writes the P. M. G. Cairo correspondent,) that negotiations are at present pending between the Cornpagnie Universelle dv Canal Maritime de Suez and the Egyptian Government for the extension of tbe duration of the concession by which that Company administers the
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  • 247 8 Admiral Sir W. H. May, who is to take command of the combined fleets m home waters for the maEouvres this year, was described a short time ago as the finest asset the Navy possesses at the present time," and there is but small
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 6 8 H. L. COGHLAN (§fc> COS L
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    • 334 8 BUTTERFLY BRAND 'GREEN BUTTERFLY' |l/i 11 If j Ues^ Known Best Liked. being mechanically prepared without the addition or any preservative, is very easy of digestion, and h many lives all over the world, as it is retained v. other food is rejected. Always insist on Fussel Keep your Labels
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