The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 3 May 1900

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    20 269 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCAN TILE ADVERTISER, WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, MAY 3rd, I 1900. No. G(i(i
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    CONTENTS.
    409 269 \DINC Art ICLBS. Fusilier Hero, 269 The ree State ampaipn, 269 The Possibilities of the Situation, 269 Our Welc ne to H. M. S. Terribl 269 Squeezing ihe Boers, 270 The iampaign, 270 The Battle-ship Asaki, 270 VheAsaki All Well, 270 More Koer Activity, 270 Rl NIWS i heft
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      BIRTH.
      21 269 On the 28th of April, at Mount Pleasant," Thompson Road, the wife of E. Margery, Es«., of a so 1.
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      MARRIAGE.
      36 269 At St. Andrews Cathedral, Singapore, on the 23rd instant, by the Revd. Holland Stubbs, David Macmrlakb Hornf., son of Revd. R. K. D. Home, to Franc is Caroline, daughter of the late Robert Jones E^q.
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      DEATHS.
      59 269 On the 26th inst., at Waterloo House, River Valley Koad, Rn hard Remmers of Jevcr (Germany), partner in the firm of Pertile and Co. Aged 48. On the 28th March, at 21, Dalrymple-crescent, Grange, Ed nburjjh, Lieut. -Colonel R. P. I'bnnbiathbr, r.b. (Madras), yourgest son of the late Major
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    EXCHANGE.
    79 269 (Corrected up to May 2). On London. Bar.n 4 rn/s i/njv demand 1/l i£ P: redits 3 m/s 2/O, 1 documents 3 m/s 2/0^ cr ;!:ts 6 m/s 2 /°Y'; Francs, demand 247] GERMANY, demand 2oo 4 India T. T 1 4 7 i Hongkong* demand %di< Yokohama, demand
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    A Fusilier Hero.
    136 269 Here shall the Picm the People's right maintain L'nawed by influence and unbribed by gain; Here patriot Truth her glorious precepts draw, 4 te Religion, Loyalty, and Law. (April 26th.) We have already mentioned the death of that fine officer Capt. and Brevet Major Booth, sth Fusiliers,
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    The Free State Campaign.
    263 269 l THE [>'aa of campaign in the* East Free State that has been described as probable in this column continues its development very precisely as was suggested. The 11 push of our various advances is hemming the Boer forces well back on to the Basutoland frontier.
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    The Possibilities of the Situation.
    251 269 (April 27th.) As to South Africa what we want to know we are not yet told. But we gave Sunday as a limit for the news that we want to hear, that is the bottling up of the j Boer forces south of Wepener. As
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    Our Welcome to H. M. S " Terrible."
    984 269 Ou r Welcome to H. M. S Terrible. (Apiil 28th.) TO-DAY Singapore, as representing the southern outwork ot the China Station, holds out a right hand of cordial welcome and comradeship to Capt. PERCY SCOTT, C.8.. the officers and men of H.M.S. Terrible. They are men of precisely the same
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  • Page 269 Miscellaneous
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      Page 269 Miscellaneous Column 1
      366 269 The mail from Europe' of April 2nd arrived lie re by the N.D.L. Hamburg on Thursday, followed by the M.M. Salazic on Monday, bringing advices up to April The next Europe mail is due here on Saturday by the P. &O. Bailarat. The last homeward mail left by the M.M.
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    The Campaign.
    183 270 (May ist.) There is little campaign news of any account A perceptible increase of Boer activity in the Warrenton and Mafeking districts is observable. On the west, how ever, the mot d'ordrc is rather that of retirement to a safe point of observation, in this case slightly eastwards
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    Squeezing the Boers.
    140 270 Concerning the campaign it will be seen that the Boer Commandoes echelon* ned along the Basutoland frontier are being squeezed out. Some indeed melting away into individual atom-, and so disappearing without much chance of anything more than individual capture. The British activity across by Thabanchu is
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    The Battle-ship "Asahi."
    260 270 A very awkward, and possibly more serious than awkward, experience has befallen Japan's biggest and newest battleship the Asahi, which has just satisfactorily completed her trials and was on the point of Itaving England for Japan. This vessel, a huge \var:>hip of 15,200 tons burden^ of bigger
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    The " Asahi " All Well.
    45 270 The Asahi All Well. Ail Jwell-wishers to Japan will be great ly pleased to hear that the splendid new battleship Asahi has been refloated at Southsea, apparently little or nothing the worse from the terrible ordeal of having taken the ground on a falling tide.
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    More Bohr Activity.
    358 270 To-day's telegrams are mainly concerned with the situation in the East Free State, at, and just north of, Thabanchu. On both sides there is being displayed a very considerable degree of activity. Generally, the British have made good their grasp on Thabanchu, the Boers being apparently posted
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    LATEST TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
    866 270 (Via Ceylon.) London, April 18. Colonel Crofton, of the Lancasters, whom General Buller's Spionkop despatch blamed by implication, has been placed on half-pay, Reuter, wiring from Accra, states that H. M. S. Magpie has landed a force of bluejackets at Cape Coast Castle relieving the force of
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    THE KAREE FIGHT.
    592 270 (From Australian Papers.) General Smutt's forces at the battle of Karee largely composed of Johannesburg police, defeat of the Boers is ascribed to the P movements carried out by General French Colonel Le Gallais. The enemy's right flank oc-up ed wooded hills. A low ridge led from
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    THE DUTCH CONSPIRACY
    328 270 (Globe.) There are btiil some persons who pretet I believe that there was no great Dutch conspiracy in South Africa against England. To such may be recommended the perusal of the translation of a Dutch pamphlet published in 1882, just ar':er the last Boer War. The translatiqn
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1504 271 Tuesday, May ist, 1900. Present -f. E. the Officer Administering the Government (Sir Alex. Swettenham, k.c.m.g.) Fhe Hon'ble the Acting Col. Secretary (Walter Eperton.) the Acting Colonial Treasurer (E. M. Mcreu rth»T). the Attorney-General (W. R. Collyer). the Acting Colonial Engineer (F. St. G. Caulfeild, c.k.) the Aud.tor-General
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY.
    68 271 Corps Ordeis by C aptain W. G. St. C lair, Ag. Commandant, Singapore Volunteer Artillery, Head Ouauer Office, Fort bulknon, Singapore, May, ic;uo. Committee Meeting It is notified tor the informafion of the General Committee that a neeting of the Committee will be held in the S.V.A.
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    TELEGRAMS.
    2213 271 (Via Ceylon) London, April 19.— The Standard in an article says that the publication of the Spionkop reports is unintelligible, unless changes in the Statt are contemplated. The German newspapers express extreme surprise at the action of the British Government in publishing the despatches of Lord Roberts censuring Generals
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    THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1900.
    602 272 Lady Bonser has left Ceylon for England. Mr. H. Huttenbach has accepted the Secretaryship of the Selangor Club. The first German mail gun was fired this morning at about 6-30 a. m. A small fire took place last night at Spottiswoode, shortly after 10 p.m., five
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    PLAGUE AT MANILA.
    75 272 Government Notification No. 422, issued to-day (26th), runs thus :—''lnformation having been received that a dangerous infectious or contagious disease, namely bubonic plague, exists in Manila, Philippine Islands, it is hereby declared by the Officer Administering the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by Rule 2
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  • Correspondence.
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      On Training Notes.
      258 272 Vo the Editor. I notice from your yesterday's issue that my remarks regarding amateur riders are taken exception to by ]f f Sport/ who says he is anxious to know the object of them. He has entirely missed the point. If I did not make myself sufficiently
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    THE SWIMMING CLUB.
    100 272 The following are the entries and handicaps for the 100 yds. race next Sunday morning. Launches will leave Johnstons Pier at <>.J'>. Upton, scratch. A. Duke, losecs. Noon, 12 sec. Sutherland, Curtis, Darbishire, Vellen/er, 15 sec. W. Darfce, Thompson, Blphick, Ingram, Wishart, 17 sec. I Caldwell, F.
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    THE LATE MR. R. REMMERS.
    131 272 We regret to record the death of Mr. Richard Reoimers, partner of Messrs. Perti!e cS: Co., which occurred at his residence Waterloo House, at 9.30 this morning, the cause oi death being typhoid fever with renal complications. Mr. Remmers was formerly partner in Yolkart Bros.,
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    POLICE NEWS.
    244 272 As the result of an affray which occurred in Sago Lane on the 2nd inst, for which sixteen persons were arrested (wo and sent to hospital, the remaining fourteen have been sentenced to three weeks rigorous imprisonment, and further bound over in sums of §25 each, to keep
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    BROAD WOOD'S AMBUSCADE.
    1696 272 The British Convoy Surprised. Heavy Carnage. Heroic Struggle. Boers Kept at Bay. A Magnificent March. Protracted Fighting. London, April 2.— The Boers, totalling abouf 8,000, were cleverly concealed near :he banks o» Kooru Spruit, a deep watercourse or small river which the British were compelled to cross
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    THE INDIAN NATIVE ARMY.
    266 272 The alteration in the system of organisation referred to in the sub-joined paragraph from the Pioneer will affect the N. I. stationed here A very important change has been sanrt the Native Army. This is the substitution c double company for the existing wing organisation. Proposals
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    1923 273 April 25th, 1900. Prksent The President (Mr. Gentle), Messrs. Barker, apper, Moses, Sohst, jago, Maclaren. Tan Cheng Tuan, Choa Giang Thye, and Col. Pennetather. KM Minutes. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. President's Remarks. The President said that beyond the report of a nail
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    TELEGRAMS.
    1675 273 (Via Ceylon.) London, April 14th. A Times despatch from Jammersburg dated the 13th, states the Boers are surrounding Dalgety's force in some thousands with eight guns, two pompoms and two maxims. Two Africander rebels have been court-martialed at Naauwpoort and sentenced to ten and five years' penal servitude respectively.
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    THE DEVELOPMENT OF PORT ARTHUR.
    265 274 St. Petersburg, March 19. The General-Gov ernor of Port Arthur, Vice- Admiral Alexie.tt, ha s set to work vigorously in his efforts to develop Port Arthur. As the quarter of Port Arthur hitherto known as the M China Town is regarded as being extremely unhealthy,
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    A NEW GERMAN LINER.
    91 274 The N.D.L. Hamburg, Capt. Luneschloss, arrived early this morning from Bremen with the outward mails on her maiden voyage to the East. She is a magnif.cent vessel, of 6,597 tons, the exact counterpart of the Konig Albert^ and is f.tted and decorated in the latest style.
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    THAT MOONSTRUCK TOAST.
    209 274 (YILL \l SOL'S He drank to his love in the dawn of day In Very Old Blended Morning Dew. A hair of the dog The night had been gayHe stood in the glow of the sun's first ray And chucked the toast and iht fisangs too At
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    A MORNING TOAST.
    181 274 (VILLANELLE.) i drank to my love at the dawn ot clay, I pledged my fair in the morning dew, When my heart was light, and the world was gay I stood in the glow of the s;:n's first ray And flung my toast to the Mr anew,
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    FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1900.
    728 274 The public examination of W. C, Asimont was by the Official Assignee, concluded in the Supreme Court yesterday. The P. O. Ss. Candia, Capt. Haughton will leave for Europe at 5 p. m. tomorrow 28th instant. A Kling living at Sepoy Lines, reports that his wife
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    Correspondence.
    141 274 The Reform Party. To the Editor. Dear Sir, By bearer I have the pleasure to send you photos of the Chinese Emperor and some of the principal Chinese reformers, which I trust you will accept as a present from me. The one on the top is the Emperor Kwangsu,
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    Another Injustice to Penang.
    275 274 Sir, Glancing through the files of the Free Press yesterday, I was thunderstruck to observe, in the report of the Legislative Council proceedings, what I cannot but regard as yet one more serious injustice to Penang, viz the appointment o? the Hon. j. M. B. Vermont
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    ON TRAINING NOTES.
    443 274 "Sport" sends a second letter in reply to Onkaparinga's explanation of his statement that horses ridden by amateurs suffer during training. Sport's second letter is long and controversial, and were are unable to give more than the leading paragraphs, which are "Onkaparinga gives no reasons for his
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    THE S.S. "HAMBURG."
    280 274 There was a very pleasant and I ar o.|. attended party given on board the Hamb! American line steamer Hamburg last ni X this being her first visit to Singapore 8 her way to China and Japan. j\ j ar number of ladies were present Dur the
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    THE PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    159 274 Th-- writers of the- Chutney column in the China Mail make these remarks An advertisement appears in the Penang pap'jr calling upon those who wish to become honorary members of the Penang Volunteer Corps to in their names to Mr. Lawyer Adams, the Acting Commandant. Now, what
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    " IN TOWN.
    175 274 IN TOWN. Third Pirformawci. The third performance of the m farce "In Town," placed on the local amateurs under the direction i Wy nter, took place in the Town H I Theatre last night before a full and t| ciative audience, who were unstinted > their applause. Of the performance
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    DOLLARS FOR THE STRAITS.
    79 274 Simla, April i 3 tti/-The follow cation appears ;ft the G The Governor-General ha* employment oft the mint at coinage of a silver dollar, cal!< dollar, for emulation in tl, Hongkong md the Straits Settl his ExcelL hey directs the pul general f formation of rulea
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    H. M S. "TERRIBLE."
    187 275 Recbption Arrangements. If the provisional programme for the entertainment of the ships' company of M S. Terrible be realised it will pro- h j v be somewhat like this. Ship arrives Saturday morning. Deputation ot Urnnittee calls on Capt. Percy Scott, Comnittee meets for final action
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    CAMPAIGN FEELING IN CANADA.
    568 275 1 HI Si RRIVDIR Oj CRON .»K. The whole world has seen, and everyone has .dmired, the noble manner in which the sons of anada have been fighting in South Africa for the ther country. That, however, writes a repretatlVfl of the Pull Mall Gazette, who
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    ARRIVAL OF WARSHIPS.
    79 275 H. M. S. Edgar, Capt l'lcet, which left kong last Sunday, arrived at about clock this morning homeward bound most likely leaving for Colombo to-morrow Shortly before 10 a.m. the Russian gunilyak from Colombo steamed into the Roaik, followed soon after by the port Odessa, bound for
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    OVER THE CHESS-BOARD.
    75 275 Gentlemen, to solace their wearied minds by honest pastimes, playe at chesse, the astronomer's game, and the philosopher's game, which whettes thyr wittes, recreates theyr minds, and hurts no body in the mean season." All communications should be addressed to the Chess Editor, Singapore Free Press." Problem
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    Problem No. 236.
    894 275 After genuinely interesting play and one of the most remarkable matches of the Anglo-American series, America has, for the second successive year, carried off the Newnes trophy. The score IH. N. Pillsbury J. H. Blackburne... 2J. W. Showalter... F. J. Lee t 3J. P. Barry I H.
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    THE STRAITS AND MALAYAN SOUTH AFRICAN WAR RELIEF FUND.
    327 275 THE STRAITS AND MALAYAN SOUTH AFRICAN WAR RELIEF FUND. Amount previously acknowledged 5139, 510.81 A. Cadonau per Fischer Huber A: Co. Members of the Chinese Philomathic Society. Lo Kum Sia 30 Ang Puay Lan 20 Tang Koong Sook •10 Tang Pak Cheng 10 Wan^ Sau Nam 10 Khoo Mong Seng
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    THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.
    282 275 (A ustra !ia n Telegra ms.j Further particulars regarding the attempt to assassinate the Prince of Wales on the railway station at Brussels show that Sipido, the young anarchist, waited until the servant who was handing the Prince of Wales a cup
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    THE C. I. V. AND THE " TOMMY."
    293 275 THE C. I. V. AND THE TOMMY." The special correspondent of the Daily News writing from Orange River, relates the following dialogue lt happened, he says, in this way. The other day I overheard a Tommy he was one of the Warwicks— holding forth on the C.l.V.'s. He had evidently
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    THE ART OF PERSONAL JOURNALISM.
    215 275 THE ART OF PERSONAL JOURNALISM. Samuel H. Smith, of Baxter Springs, is a Democratic candidate for Congress in this district. Who's Smith?— Oszvego (Kansas, (U.S.A.) Independent, Mar., 9. He is a little jack leg, type-high attorney down at Baxter Sprinjs, who is gulling a lot of hay -seed Populist editors
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    A REMARKABLE PREDICTION.
    596 275 We are reminded that four years ago, the editor of the now defunct De Burger," Bloemfontein, who strenuously opposed the proposed closer Union between the Free State and the Transvaal, wrote, alter the conference, which was held in March, 1896, between President Kruger and President Seyn, an
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  • Page 275 Advertisements
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      147 275 CHESS NOTES. For the invitation tournament at the City of London Chess Club, commencing April 5 the entries are as follows R. Teichmann, L. van Villct F. J. Lee, I. Gunsberg, T. F. Lawrence, A E Tietjen, W. Ward, E. O. Jcnes, James Mason, S. Passmore, T. Physick, J. H.
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    "ON TRAINING NOTES."
    278 8 Onkaparinga" returns to the charge in the correspondence between himself and 1 Sports' as to the advantage or otherwise of having amateurs on the race track. He says Summarised my contention is, that amateurs, generally speaking, are at a disadvantage on the track. No more convincing proof
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    SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1900.
    467 8 Comte D'Abbans, the French Consul, arrived from Penang by the Cheang Chew yesterday. Several fresh cases of small-pox are reported amongst Malays and Chinamen in North Bridge and Gaylang roads. In consequence of the very heavy rains of the last few days the Race Course was
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1246 8 Quicquid agunt homines nostrt est farrago libelli. JUVENAL. The Topicist frequently stumbles upon facts which give him a little thrill of delight that Woman has no finger in the political pie. He read in some paper the report of a political Female's speech, which proved that
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    GAZETTE NOTIFICATIONS.
    154 8 Mr. J. B. Elcum's leave has been extended to August 24th. Messrs. Sells and de Rougemont have passed their final examination in Malay. More declarations are made for the acquisition of land for the Singapore-Johore Railway. A report regarding the stranding of the Glcnartncy near Blenheim Shoal is
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    SHARE REPORT.
    218 8 I Latham and M altaggart. Our markets have ruled very quiet during the past week. Mining. Tin Mines. Jelebushave been freely offered during the week and the price has fallen to $12. I 'ahang Corporations remain quiet, with a few transactions at 510.35 to 510.50. Temelongs are steady
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    DRUNKEN SAILORS.
    440 8 This morning, at the Marine Court k fore Capt. Craufurd, r. n., six sailo t British nationality, firemen on the' Ranza lying at Borneo Wharf w charged with drunkenness and refj! to work. The names of the men McGinnis, Dick, Tobin, Owen, Allen^ Bryan. en an <* Capt.
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    S. C. C.
    346 8 Lawn Tennis Bowling Tournament. The following are the entries for tht. various events in this tournament, which commences on Tuesday— Championship. J. Graham, J. Holloway, F. L. Tomlin, J. L* Jenkins, A. Hood Begg, C. A. Paton, \V. Kinsey, R. Scoular, J. McKenzie, C. H. Follett, D.
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    JOTTINGS FROM BERLIN.
    1164 9 March 6th, 1900. For the last two weeks I have not mentioned the South African war or the attitude of the German Press. Not that these subjects were uninteresting but that the monotony of perversion was somewhat tedious and had been dilated on ad >iau\cam. Meantime the
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    BRITISH AND BOER ARMY SYSTEMS.
    801 9 The special correspondent of the Times at Cape iown has written an interesting article, in which he compares the British and Boer military systems. He says The success of the Boers after all allowance has been made for the extreme difficulty of the task imposed
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    OUR RAILWAY.
    224 9 Kitchener built a railway Over the desert sand How the gentleman did it Is hard to understand. Conveniences he had none Yet I think its pretty clear We'd still be far from Khartum, At seven miles a year, Russia's building a railway, Many a thousand verst And she's
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    "SUAVITER" AND " FORTITER."
    171 9 "SUAVITER" AND FORTITER." Different men, different ways. Before Lord Roberts left Cape Town he called into his office a certain Colonel and charged him with a certain mission. Now," said the Chief, 4< how soon can you put this through I know you'll do the best you can." M Well,"
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    INDIAN FAMINE RELIEF FUND.
    266 9 Bth List. Previously acknowledged $54,494.18 A. H. Van Langenber*» 10 Per J. O. Amhonis/ A sympathiser A. Stegmann 2 V Pet Chart aed Bunk. Frank H. Dixon, of Bivool, Celebes... 50 Rev. F. H. Morgan... 30 Per Chinese Sub Committee. Kheh List. Chop Hiap Yee Sen
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    THE RELIEF OF LADYSMITH.
    1169 9 The Times has received by post and has published its correspondent's account of the last days in Ladysmith, a striking and a touching record. We extract the graphic description, dated Feb. 28. of they?na/e— On Wednesday morning it was reported from the observation posts that the
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    ARRIVAL OF THE "TERRIBLE."
    514 10 The Terrible, which anchored yesterday afternoon about 25 miles to the westward, near the Carimons, came into port this morning, the Pique and Linnet dressing ship and manning yards till the Terrible anchored. The grand cruiser, sister of the Powerful, has a displacement of 14,200 tons,
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY.
    66 10 Corps Orders by Captain W. (1. St. Clair, Ag. Commandant, Singapore Volunteer Artillery, Head Quarter Oflice, Fort Fullerton, Singapore, 26th April. 1900. All helmets, including brass rittings and puggaree, to be returned to S.V.A. store immediately, for alteration, and reissue next week. Owner's name to be written
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    SEPOY LiNES GOLF CLUB.
    112 10 Appended is the result of the monthly medal play on Saturday last. J. C. D. Jones ;f> 45 5 _86 H.C. Sells 51 49 12 88 A. W. Stiven 44 46 scr. 90 J.B.Robertson 46 45 scr. 91 T. E. Earle 53 47 5 95 The
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    MUNICIPAL RUPTURE IN RANGOON.
    109 10 At the Municipal meeting at Rangoon, on April 3rd, a profound sensation was caused by six European non-ofticial members leaving the committee room before the business was concluded in consequence of the President allowing a motion for the payment of a grant of R4,000 to the
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    MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1900.
    739 10 Several Chinamen were fined on Saturday, for being in possession ot false weights. The Italian barque Formosa arrived this morning with a cargo of 18,518 cases Petroleum (Devoe's) from New York. The total mortality in Calcutta on ths gth of April fell to 1 10 sixty
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    SIR FRANK SWETTENHAM.
    157 10 On Deputation to Wei-hat-wei. Sir Frank Swettenham, Resident General Federated Malay States, arrived off Johnston's Pier yesterday evening about 6 p.m. in the Government yacht Meran. On ascertaining however that no mail was in Sir Frank ordered the Mcran to sea again, out by the Horsburgh light,
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    TIFFIN TO OFFICERS, H. M. S. "TERRIBLE."
    205 10 On Sunday a tiffin was given by over thirty of the members of the Singapore Club to Capt. Percy Scott, c.B. and officers H. M. S. Terrible, of whom about twentyeight accepted the proffered hospitality, including Capt. Scott himself. The Chair was taken
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    THE NAVAL BRIGADE.
    253 10 We aren't all having dinner with the Officers and Men, And we can't all grasp them firmly by the hand, And tell them to their faces what we think of what they've done But we hope in fact we knnv they'll understand. We can only cheer them
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    " HOFFMANN " HONOURED.
    75 10 HOFFMANN HONOURED. On the day on which the news of the relief of Ladysmith was received the national anthem was sung by the company during dinner at several London restaurants. At one, some enthusiastic youngsters, seeing a man in uniform enter, pounced upon him, and, despite his protests, carried him
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    H. M.S. " TERRIBLE."
    698 10 H. M.S. TERRIBLE." The first-class cruiser Terrible hayi n completed coaling sooner than was expect ed and now being at anchor in the Roads there is a partial modification of this even' ing's arrangements. It was at first intended that the fore that is to land this afternoon would ha\
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    KANG YU-WEI.
    106 10 A special telegram from the IViv respondent of the China Gazed, reports that the British Government has git Chinese Government assurances that it will not allow Kang Yu-wei to again r Hongkong. A Chinaman, who went bail l i§ amount $500 for a friend who abscor has refused
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    THE VISIT OF THE " TERRIBLE."
    968 11 THE VISIT OF THE TERRIBLE." Singapore has evidently determined to do all honour to the Terrible, on their visit here from South Africa, en route to Hongkong and the Far East. The Dkcora'iions. Right weil has the suggestion in the free Press of a few days back been acted upon,
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    THE NAVY AND LADYSMITH.
    948 11 (Globe Naval Correspondent^ Simon's Town, March 5. This has verily been a week of success. We had hardly got over the excitement and joy consequont on the relief of Kimberley, when we were badly puzzled by a mysterious signal to dress ship to Celebrate some victory
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    Correspondence.
    292 11 Cruelty to Animals. I'o the Editor. Sir, I have during the last year spent much time and trouble in trying to report cruelties to bullocks, but there is not much satisfaction in doing so unless one can hear ol some steps being taken to act on the report, and
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    REGIMENTAL SPORTS AT TANGLIN.
    320 11 On Friday and Saturday, the annual regimental sports of the 16th Madras Infantry were held at Tanglin, and they were in every way successful. The men took an enormous amount of interest in the proceedings, and the competitions were keenly carried out, all through. The ground
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    SWIMMING.
    175 11 Yesterday at the Swimming Club, Tanjong Rhu, there was a uo yds. handicap for a prize presented by Mr. W. P. Waddell. The day was not a very pleasant one, the water being rough and the wind high in consequence of a squall. But the entries were good and
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    MAGISTRATES APPEAL.
    198 11 Tan Tan v. Regina. Mr. Justice Leach gave judgment in this case this morning. The facts of the case briefly are, that on Feb. 28th Supt. Cuscaden went to 38 Maca'lum.st., and found five women gambling on the first floor, and 13 women and two men on the
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    CRICKET.
    210 11 S.C.C. 2nd XI. v. Next XVI. The above match, played on the Esplanade last Saturday, resulted in an easy win for the 2nd XL Scores Nkxt XVI. J. Holloway b Hannaford 7 H. Tongue c Vesey b Carter 23 A. G. Darke b Hannalord o J. Rainnie b Hannalord...
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    ANOTHER HENRY DRUMMOND.
    130 11 One cf our youn^rr Edinburgh ministers is making a mark for him^v If in various ways. AJ r Kelman was brought from Aberdeenshire some years ago to be the colleague ii Dr. Gordon Balfour in the Now North Free < hurch. He hid a considerable reputation tob
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    MR, LANG ON LIEUTENANT TAII.
    314 11 MR, LANG ON LIEUTENANT TAI I. In the April number of M Longman's Magazine" Mr. Andrew Lang pays a touching tribute to Lieut. Tail, the golf charo >ion, who fell in So jth Africa, Doubtless hundred- v young men as brave, kind, and good as he ha\ c fallen, says
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    TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1900.
    591 12 Two fresh cases of small-pox are reported, one in Waterloo-st. and the other in Xorthbridge-rd. A Government Gazette extraordinary, containing the revised schedule to the Opium Ordinance, is published to-day. The P. O. Intermediate steamer Socotra left Penang at 6 p.m. yesterday and is due here
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    POLICE NEWS.
    116 12 G. Widler, an assistant in the Hotel dcs Colonies, was yesterday committed for trial by Mr. Sarwar, on a charge of making and using a false document, with intent to defraud the spirit farmer of the duty payable on the removal of three bottles of wine, on the
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    THE PENANG MEMBER.
    191 12 Correspondence published in a Gazette Extraordinary explains the extraordinary delay that has arisen in the appointment of a successor in the Legislative Council to represent Penang, vice Dr. Brown. At a meeting the Penang Chamber held on the 3rd inst. Mr. R. Yeats and Mr. E. W.
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    THE AMERICA ROUTE.
    191 12 That energetic personal representative of the San Francisco overland route to Europe, Mr. Tom D McKay, is on one of his Hash-light visits to Singapore, from India, en route to China, full of new schemes and contrivances for helping passengers to Europe through America. He represents the
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    DUTCH TELEGRAMS.
    269 12 Ft >« Dutch Sources.) •The Hague, joth. There is fighting again south of the Karee-kopjCS, ten miles north of the Glen. Telegraphic communication between Aliwal North and Ladygrey has been interrupted by the Boers. It is reported from Zoutpansberg that a commando of that district has entered Rhodesia.
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    THE CHARTERED BANK.
    81 12 The annual report of the Chartered Bank, presented to the meeting on April iSlh, shows a net profit, after providing for bad and doubtf u) bebts, of £128,285, ou t o which the directors proposed a second dividend, making the whole ten per cent per annum. £25,000
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    THE "TERRIBLES" AT WORK.
    1898 12 While the cruiser was at Colombo a representative of the Times of Ceylon interviewed Commander Limpus, the officer who was in charge of some of the Terrible 's guns throughout the advance and relief of Ladysmith. The private diary of this officer was courteously placed at
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    THE P. & O. NEW OFFICES.
    117 12 THE P. O. NEW OFFICES. To-day the 13.I 3 6c O. Company formally entered into posse^ ion of their new offices, in the red brick building in Robinson-road, opposite Fraser Neave's and the Telegraph Offices. The Company have the ground tloor for godown accommodation ?nd parcels, and the fine large
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    "THEN ALL LOVE JACK."
    149 12 The "Tbrriblss' Wjll Take tub Car*. The following is communicated to us for publication to-day It may be that the ladies of Singapore feel neglected in as yet having had DO opportunity of assisting in the welcome to our visitors from the Terrible. Here is an
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    THE PANANG KABANG Ltd.
    82 12 THE PA NANG KABANG Ltd. The first ordinary general meeting of this new Company was held on the sth ult The Chairman announced that the re-con-struction was a complete success that th shares were over-applied for and that they had had some difficulty in satisfying soni" of the shareholders who
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    THE "TERRIBLES" IN SINGAPORE.
    1310 13 The Public Welcome. THE LANDING. Long before 5 o'clock the space fronting the Singapore Club, the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, and all along Collyer Quay densely crowded with all sorts and onditions of men of the motley races istitut.ing the population of Singapore. A number of
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    " IN TOWN."
    681 13 IN TOWN." The management of the amateur performance of "In Town kindly invited the Terrible men to witness a special performance of the pleasing musical farce now on the boards. The number of guests left room for but few other than the men themselves. Capt. Percy Scott was present, with
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    ARMED THIEVES.
    126 13 A Taichu living in the Chinese Temple at Ka'an Puding says that early yesterday morning the place was broken into by eight Chinese armed with knives. As they came to attack him, he ca'led for help and his brother and a coolie who sleep at the back of
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    A WARNING TO CYCLISTS.
    50 13 Orders have been given to the Police to take action against all cyclists riding without lights between three quarters" of an hour after sunset and oie hour before sunrise. We have been asked to mention this particularly as a fair warning to cyclists on this point.
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    THE EMPEROR'S JOKE.
    282 13 His Majesty the Kmpcror ot Japan, who is a horseman of repute and also an authority on the horse, recently hit upon a splendid plan of making the prefectural governor^, now assembled in Tokyo, attempt an equestrian feat. In the course of a dinner at the Palace,
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    ATTEMPT TO SHOOT THE PRINCE OF WALES.
    833 13 Arrist of his Assailant. The Prince and Princess of Wales left England on 4th inst. for Copenhagen, crossing fro::: Dover to alais. As the train by which they were travelling to Denmark was leaving the Nord Station at Brussels in the evening a
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    A CHINESE FIGHT.
    108 13 A Chinaman living in Atnoy-st. went t<j the police station last night, suffering from a severe wound on the shoulder. The man said he had been attacked and robbed of Si»j by some Hokiens, who lived in the jame house. He was sent to hospital. Not long
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    THEFT AT THE L.L.T.C. PAVILION.
    97 13 Last night the premises of the T.C. were entered, and the bar ransacked A clock, safe, hat bands and neckties, of the Club colours, glasses, lamp cfiiriineyv, tennis balls, and the contents of a :.g r bo< were stolen. There are no ,2rk j of
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    WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1900.
    707 14 The Russian transport Kiev arrived this morning bound homeward with 500 soldiers. The cable-ship Recorder, Capt. Brereton, returned from Penang this morning. The British steamer Ailsa Craig of Glasgow passed through the harbour from East to West between one and two o'clock. There arrived by the
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    S. C. C.
    61 14 Association Football. A friendly match was played on the S. C. C. ground last night between teams representing the Club and H.M.S. Terrible. The Club had the best of the play and in the first half scored 2 goals to o, repeating the operation in the second
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    KECHAU G. M. CO.
    48 14 The Secretary, Mr. W. Buchanan Smith, has received from Mr. A. R. Weigall, the Manager, the following telegram. 11 Have cleaned up after crushing 232 tons of quartz, gross yield 255 ounces retorted gold. During the month (April) the mill ran 21 days only.''
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    A CATHOLIC CLUB.
    622 14 At the meeting held last night at the Bishop's House for the purpose of starting a Club for the Ca holies of Singapore over 60 were present, amongst others being the Chief Justice, Sir Lionel Cox. The Rev. H. Rivet was in the Chair and opened the
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    H. M. S. "TERRIBLE."
    198 14 Several appointments that had been made for this afternoon and evening in connection with the visit of H. M. S. Terrible have had to be abandoned, in consequence of a death on board the vessel. The deceased was an A. B. named Gould, who had been
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    SUPREME COURT.
    149 14 A Crown Suit Fails. This morning in the Supreme Court, before His Honour Mr. Justice Leach, the case of the Crown v. Paul atu»l others, regarding the possession of certain lands situated at Tanjong Katong was heard further. The facts of the case have been previously reported. To-day,
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    POLICE NEWS.
    183 14 A Ceylonese living at the 6\ milestone. Thomson-road, is suffering frum small-pox. A Patani man, a pony dealer of 107 Klang-road, reports the theft of a bag confrainina iin oniMer< IJ.I 1 1 11 1 g 1 U A Kling living at 1 Pexak-rd. says that four of
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    " IN TOWN."
    217 14 IN TOWN." A very successful repetition of the favourite Musical Farce Mln Town M was given last night at the Town Hall before a good audience, including the Acting Governor, Capt. Percy Scott, H.M.S. Terrible, Capt. Reynolds, H.M.S. Pique, and other notabilities. The whole performance went with a perceptible increase
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    MR. WILLIAM BIBBY.
    85 14 We greatly regret to hear that a telegr, was received from Kuala Lumpor y f r st day morning, to the effect that Mr. Bibb condition was practically hopeless. ther telegram was received in the even to the effect that Mr. Bibby was Slri fast." So that
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    THE QUEEN IN IRELAND.
    432 14 The Arrival in the Irish Capitai The Queen landed at Kingstown from the Km yacht at II 30 on the sth inst., being received with the utmost enthusiasm by a great crowd spectators. A loyal address of welcome m, received by Her Majesty from the urban
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    THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND.
    530 14 I. Each good and perfect gift man's heart to move Comes from the heart before it leaves the hand. At once inspired and exquisitely plann'd. Kings learn this piece ol kingcraft from above Men call it tact, the angels know 'tis love! Our-, is a
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    POLO IN SINGAPORE.
    1705 15 (Field.) Polo was started in Singapore on the arrival of the Kmg's Own Regiment, the first game being played on Feb. 14th. 1899, as was noticed in the fiigUMt the time, "the nicest valentine that the regiment could have given to its new station. s 'apore possessed
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    REUTERS TELEGRAMS.
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    THE WAR.
    260 15 BOER ATTACK ON WEPENER. Repulsed by Dalgety. Reuter's correspondent wiring from Maseru on the 24th says that under the covering fire of four guns, the Boers made a i determined attack on Ualgety this morning. They were repulsed and thereafter maintained for .several hours a fusilade at long
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    THE CAMPAIGN.
    134 15 THE FLEEING BOERS. Their Chances of Escape. The chances of interrupting the retreating Boers is regarded as doubtful. BOER CASUALTIES AT DEWETSDORP. Severe Artillery Losses. The Boers admit a heavy loss in artillerymen during the operations at Dewetsdorp. DALGETY'S CASUALTIES. The casualties of Colonel Dalgety at Wepener are
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    THE WAR.
    78 15 METHUEN AT BOSHOF. Lord Methuen is still at Boshof, where the enemy is opposing him. The Boers seem midway between Boshof and Kimberley. HAMILTON'S ACTION. Outflanking the Boers. Colonel lan Hamilton has expelled the enemy from a strong position at Israclspoort by a well-conceived turning moveHe is now
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    GREAT FIRE AT OTTAWA.
    1084 15 GREAT FIRE AT OTTAWA. (Later) A SUBURB DESTROYED. There has been a great lire at Hull, a town opposite Ottawa. Only the Cathedral and twenty houses remain in Hull. IFIRE EXTENDS TO OTTAWA. Immense Damage to Property. The lire crossed the river to Ottawa where a huge number of sheds,
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      791 16 CLEARANCES. April 25. Pelayo, Brit, str., Burns, for Lan^kat. Olimpo, Aus. str., Ivancich, for Diamond Is. Germania, Ger. str., Moller, for Saigon. Afinl j6. Hong Wan, Brit, str., Hudson, for Muar and Malacca. Chow Phya, Brit, str., Jellicoe, for Malacca and Klang. Prombtheus, Brit, str., Day, for London, via ports.
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      1473 16 SHARE LIST, MAY 2nd, 1900. < Quotation. Capital. Paid Up. Shares Paid q Bank of China and Japan, Ltd. Nominal. 2,000,000 414,231 199,875^4 Deferred. £5 1,250^1 Bell's Asbestos Eastern Agency. $3 Sellers. 10,000 1 k ,'^i 8 5 84 l i* I »4»0 unissued Clear Water Dairy Farm Ltd. $100
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