The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 4 May 1904

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    Masthead
    18 273 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. T RD SERIES WEDNESDAY, .V 4, No. 875.
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    CONTENTS.
    36 273 Dvi I i 2 7 I 7 ■'< 7 5 275 v L' 7»: i 1 liandn jJv", 7 2Si! 7 7 I 7'. J7!> •_:7 i .> 27:' 279 280 2*0,28 281 tv.i's] 282 2^ 253
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      Births.
      30 273 ble Ko larch, 1 < 30, 1 P mi. t th" i /.i i:. of a daughter. < h the 2nd M iy, I Lucille 'ottage, of J. W R. Scon
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      Deaths
      22 273 At Kramai road, n Saturday, April 30th, B i Elock Fen hire, on Baater Monday Mi S« Li Mrs. I). Maw.)
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    PRODUCE.
    133 273 (May >.' Tin s 78.371 Gambier 9.50 do. Cube No. 1 15.50 do. do. No. 2 L 5 Pepper, Black (ordinary S pore > „28 I do. White, (Fair L. W. 5 p.c, „47 Nutmegs 110 to the Ih.) 13.15 do. 80 to the ft. 90 Maco (Banda) 145.15
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    Russia's Naval Outlook.
    526 273 ['res* c I gaiin tl t'.raw, •i,l Lj w. S April 2S. Th M!>'-; m >l l)le item m t he ms »v- i h' 1 war m thai whicl he intentions of R m -Adi linu; the I -i: the Baltic fteel to the Far E
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    The Baltic Fleet.
    323 273 first effoii to reach the Far East are a matter of history, the Borodino," the "Imj Al< sander lII.' the ICnia s raroff," an»l nly the M hnel," ich \va most b ickward of tl Lat I ton Che ris one to si tnulate A linir T<
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    The Late H.S. Mackenzle.
    1024 273 i •w i. piij) uince the cl .:h. Penwenack, Falinouth, od Feh 29, of an Singapore i, Mr Elenky Somerset M X /.ir.. i" .i-,:i i Resident Councillor of S t* fi^ \\a> a member of the Bengal < "i\ doing duty at Penang from which
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  • Page 273 Advertisements
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      Page 273 Advertisements Column 1
      74 273 lie Btraita re i:i\ ii to sond to ihe id date of m sin I ;.i"- v mailed i "m .ii uled inforii have .i ••<>j_>y uf 1. t<> them weekly. !'< >S ENGLAND i'( > THE i X i: \>T Malay Stai Protected -1 i I. lil.Hi and Pahany
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      Page 273 Advertisements Column 2
      23 273 NOW READY I■ The Singapore and Straits DIRECTORY for 1904. Price 87. 50 per copy; $8.00 Post Free. PUBLISHERS: FRASER and NEAV£, Limited
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  • Page 273 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      255 273 I HE WEEK. Last mail from Home arrived by 1 1 1 P i\ O v Simla" on Saturday with dates up A pril Tl I aeward mail waa l>s the N I> I. Hamburg" on Monday, and this mail goes by Ihe l» 1 "Zamauia" to-day. An important jili;in>»
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    The Coal Duty.
    480 274 One good thing about the Budget is I tat t ere ii no interference with the export dut} i coal That trivial duty has had not slightest effecl whatever m diminishing ports, and the voice of the croaker is no 1 nger heard m the land. And
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    The Crossing of the Yalu.
    342 274 [>ay*s Special as well as Reuter'n wires nhoxi thai the task of throwing a Japan* the Yalu has really begun at lum. pointed out three or four weeks ago c main b&cttes of armies had a tendency keep to the well-defined topographical lines provided In
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    A RUSSIA LOAN.
    380 274 A b*'h< iAL Telegram to-daj indicates thai there [g b possibility of Russia on,-e more coming to Prance m search of financial help. ft was only a day or two a^o that wires m Hongkong papers stated there no intention on Russia's part to float a loan
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    The Judicial Bench.
    396 274 Reverting to the approaching- departure on leave <>f Mr Lawrence Jackson, k <\ Judicial Commissioner of the F M S, and also the fiu't that the coming leave of Mr Justice HyndMAß Jonm will leave but two judges m the Colony and the F Al S. Mr
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    Ceylon's Pearl Fishery.
    270 274 Ceylon ha> had a good slire of liaT:, m B record pearl fishery f<»r 1904. A Colombo paper says '11!..'I 1 Pearl Fishery of 1904 has. after all. produced the largest return m th<« liist«>r\ ot tin* British occupation, for not only was the grand total of
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    A Burma Railway Project.
    622 274 We quote a passage from ih.> "Siam Free Press" April 22 which, while alluding I l<K-;il railway scheme m Burma tl>;it was mooted ;ui<l discussed bo far back n> nearly thim seems i<> credi h it f ill eini scheme with ainu relating to the entii
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    The Mysterious Kaiser.
    518 274 April 30 'llif version given by Reuter of a apt made by tlw German Emperor at Karlsruhe apparently m reply t<» an address of civi< welcome from the Burgomeister and Munici] Council of thai town, seems to be too chara ist ir m it> terms Cor us
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    Two Colonial Death-Rates.
    624 275 A i to I'OltllKl :\il i\ < i leatb-i ive have never seen explaiu«d, is* that thi- death rate for Efongl >ng ■< about half that -»t' Singapore. Che e« i uated j.oj.uiat ion f«>r I .:".<• :ho moi ?ili' 18 *J per 1 compare*! w \h
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    Unsanitary Honkong.
    542 275 X<>\\ a remarkable }>«>in!. io regard to the above iw that Surg.-Gea. K\.\:i late PM O, !i M troops Hongkong, arraigns the sanitary atl ..r" Hongkong m the Daily Chronicle m veri seve ii says I Ij.: ve visit of I East-India, P< nd ot her par! of
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    A Battle on the Yalu.
    648 275 M iv 2. 1 here \\Mii.l appear to l>o yen little r«Ms >m to doubt the uewa telegraphed to-day t«> the ti-'-i thai there lias been v battle on the right bank of th»' Vali;. At any rate the news, tip to the in«»ii!t'Di <»i"
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    The Yalu Crossed At Last.
    133 275 Latch telegrams received n.>\v tell us Lbal the alu Ims l>.'*»n crossed m full force by the Japanese at various points. 'i'h«'\ have captured Chulieug-Cheng, which is oppos te Wiju, and <>n the great roid, and have thus c nnpletelv turned the Antung defences. The
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    The Battle of the At-Ho.
    851 275 May 3. Pulleb details of Sunday's fighting m the Manchurian side are now to hand from Reuter, and also from <Jrncr.il ECuboki, through the Japanese Consular channel. This latter is supplementary i<> roki's diary despatch of the five «la\s' operations beginning last Tuesday. Taking all
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    Hermaphrodite Hongkong.
    578 275 Pace Sir Henri Blake, Mr Alleys li.i.\\i»"s strictures „»i the administration of Hongkong cannot he devoid oi foundation if what is noted below, about the Pire Brigade m thai Colony, U- fair comment. Ii is to be noted thai the Hongkong Government is realh an official Municipal Commission
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    THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1904.
    537 276 Mr 1..1 WelL acting Resident •<) Negri Sembilan, arrived here from Pori Swettcnham by t he Sappho this morning T'i- Norwegian steamer*' Gei*u arrived here from Cardiff resterda) with 1,618 tons of coal i on !"iid. si:.- 1- bound to Hongkong for or.i- Tl.- Bench Court
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    THE WAR.
    1124 276 Advice- from Takeshiki under date of April •2nd state that According to reports from the Japanese despatch-hoars, the Russian warships apj>e;»r to be Engaged m destroying the Japanese steamen intentionally sunk at Port Arthur. Most of the shells fin-d into Pori Arthur during the bombardmeni of March l<»th
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    A MEAN THEFT.
    113 276 This moraing a Chinaman was charged before Mr Michel! with the theft of fifty-five cents belonging to a rikisha coolie. It appeared that the accused engaged the rikisha at Wayang-st, and while m it cut through the cane support of the cushion and purloined the coolie's hard-earned
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    "UNREGISTERED SERVICES."
    195 276 UNREGISTERED SERVICES." Tin: H yi..\?.i bot Again. A lew days ago Colonel Butcher living at Port Canning reported to I>etertive [nspector Branagan that he had been losing Binal] sums of money from his bedroom regularly. InBpector Branagau advised Colonel Butcher not to >a\ any. inn- to the servants aboul the
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    348 276 Owing to the departure of Mr Gibsou for Christmas Island, Mr W. C. Michell, the First Magistrate, has to deal with the work of the Second Court as well as that of his own Court. Mr Beatty is coming from Christmas Island to be Second Magistrate here. The Nm-tli China
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    "SEND OFF" TO THE PRICES OF JOHORE.
    463 276 The Hon*bk I >a to Hkb i i.-i Beeai dk.i M cmg Ac. Pemangku Raja, presided over gathering of the principal Joho the staff iuJ scholars of the Johore who met together at pm. on 'I wish "Slamat Blayer" to Their li Tungku
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
    71 276 The April M*>ntli!\ Medal for ladies pla\ was competed for last M I .u:<l won U\ tentle. riie f ull scoret returned were as fo] >ws Mi-> Gentle 61 L 6 Mrs Waddell 6] 15 Mi Mrs r«,vsli,. Is Mrs Cmnniing Mrs A ll m- h
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    ARTIFICIAL CAMPHOR.
    107 276 Mr Haldane, M I., writing on the i Dumber of the World's ivs tli.it th< war m the Bast his deprived the great industry of celluloid manufacture <•!' lii-- «\un|.lj«»i which is "--"iiti.il to it, and which used t.> come from the Japanese trees In the I ol
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    FIRE IN CRAIG-RD.
    84 276 Shortl 9 o'clock last night was given thai a fire had broken building m Craig-rd, and tho Polio 1 Brigade were n the eh ene. On n «i .1 found thai n riki had caught fire through the capsizing o\ ai lamp, and the Brigade ai 1
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    POLICE CHANGES.
    78 276 *>n the arrival from home lie will take biel [nspeclor ai I spector Black v bat] >n< Singapore t'» reliei o duel i I wh«. goes back to Malacca i Hxrii Mr < fordon hus !><•< .1 m B ht 1 I 1 earned the esteem of his
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    BANKRUPTCY.
    485 277 Mr Justice Hyudinan Jones this [HJVDICIOUI Speculation. Ju v iah V«'nj Chiu, (Beng Brothers.) The g irere Patewon Simons and Compa[vbtoi started business four years u^o. He ship Pin Seng" "and Rosa" but hedidother speculative bonnets. H*» 10.000 m thai period on opium, $4,000 i 324 interest to Chitties,
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    CHINESE LABOUR FOR THE RAND.
    275 277 CHINESE LABOUR FOR THE RAND. FviK AND LIBERAL CONDITIONS Mr W. Turing Mackenzie, well known us a rin Ceylon, Jobore, and Sumatra, writes li 29) on the above subject to the M Pall (Jazette Regarding the t<rn\s publishthis morning'? papers as to the uendi- under which Chinese labour can »>e,
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    52 277 nan wu<» \\,i> injured <»n A{-1-Ji» ieward I i« ::--li Mu'l by a bag t>l tiling on liiiM «li<"'l ;<t the < Jeneiul ■l flour found m the bouee m I)) liete^tWc Lnapectur Branagan lj;i\e i<-<] bj M' sin Quthrie Co as The > of Ikimis %re claimed I' r
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    FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1904.
    1276 277 Inspector Cahoon is seriously ill m Hospital. Mr C. E. Spooner, General Manager F.M.S. Railways, has gone on twelve months leave and Mr C. K. Hanson acts for liim. The award m the Ballaarat-Chan^on arbitration hu found Wh ressek to blame, ■md each party had to
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    THE FREnCH IN KWANGSI.
    72 277 The Universal Gazette" pu!>lished tlie to). lowing on the 15th inst Our Peking .orrespoudent telegraphs that Commissioner Cheng, ('orninaudin^ r a brigade of foreign-modelled Hupeh troops stationed near the treaty port of Lungchou, Kwangsi province, reports the arrival at Lungchou of a body ot French troops,
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    THE BOMBAY PORT TRUST.
    308 277 NEW iX>CKS POB BOMBAY. Bombay, April 6. At a meeting of the Board of Trustees held yesterday a Memorandum from the Government of Bombay was read communicating letter from the Ooveument of India, according general appoval to the plans and estimates of the latter, amounting to
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    PAHANG CORPORATION, LTD.
    77 277 The returns from the Rihaug Corporation's mines for the month ol March were as follows Sungei Lembing.< Tons of stone crushed 1,830 oxide of tin produced 88 tots with U> heads of stamps running t'<»r li* days. Working expenses 5*24,500. The Pahaiig Kabang, Ltd. Tons >tnncs crushed
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    FAREWELL DINNER TO DR KIRK.
    141 277 At the Singapore Club, on Wednesday the members of the Malaya Branch of the Kritish Bfedica] Association entertained their President, Dr James Kirk, to dinner previous to his departure for Europe. Dr Gilniore HI is occupied the chair and Lieut Colonel Dick r a m
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    CHINESE ARMY REORGANISATION.
    112 277 CHINESE ARMY REORGANISATION. According to Chinese official reports, says the N.-C "Daily News," the High Commissioners of the Army Reorganisation Bureau Prince Ching, Viceroy Yuan Shih-k'ai, and Tieh Liaiiij, Vice-President of the Board of lie venue have recommended to the Throne, and received the Imperial Assent to the establishment of
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    IN DO-CHINA NEWS.
    188 277 Telegrams to the Saigon paper* state that a decree hits been made to establish an agency of the Indo-China Bank m Siugapore News from Prompeuh on Api 20 states that King Norodom was m a precarious condition and was unal>le to take food. His death was hourly
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    GOLD IN THE PHILIPPINES.
    280 277 Private letters received m Hongkong !»y the lust mail, allude to the discovery of considerable quantities of gold m the [sland of Mindanao. I* I. These discoveries are said to be of common occurrence, 'although it may uot U* generally known that over sixty years a<;o.
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    11 277 t officers attending the Bachelor's Hall tonight will weir mess Imss
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    THE WAR.
    1236 278 The casualties m the Japanese IXiwy from the outbreak of hostilities are, a Tokyo <leKpatch to the us-ik.i As.iiii" says, 24 killed and 9o wounded Of the wounded, 50 wew under medical treatment on the *th hist, the emain ler baring already returned t«> s««r\i<-e-Thl POBI Ai::mi! GaBEISOW.
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    234 278 V Bl C A ys \l E. match between the above teaui^ ua^ ed List evening on the Recreation Club ground and ended m the Engiueers scoring their tir>t win m the League. The. V M had a Sviiucwh.it disorganised (earn several <»t" the iv§erv«*M l^'iiiLT called «>n.
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    THE RECKLESS DRIVING CASE.
    417 278 A eorrespondiHil writes I read m your issue of tlie 21st instant that judgment has been entered m the Court of Requests, at the instance of Mr Hooper, the Registrar, of Hackney Carriages and jinrikishas for $23 25 against one Nho Guan Thye, whose s\<-»> was
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    ATHLETIC NOTES.
    1804 278 So Manchester have won the Cup and judging by the wired score it must have lx»en a right royal struggle which would call forth all the powers of Lancashire lun^s to applaud. Last week we ventured to predict on the accounts of the semi-finals, that the Mancunians would
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    132 278 Mr H...i_ ittii -in' .it the X >reau I Berlin, r »mm I u-<\ euicide on i h«» i>i v. in-- .».r liis I)raiiiB. He oni} i ir« wm'-s an<] ii id «m ideuth I «-«»inj>;in\ 'fhts !••.•< iae<l wa« i Kocietj ha\ \w^ a j» rfed kno^ Grermau Lau^iugte
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    THE GERMAN NAVY.
    553 279 01 LIfCBEASI Si QGEB i ID. (Daily Tel. Correspondent.) Berlin, April 1. able agitation for largely increasing •li of the Tiaw has begun throughoul tea of the Empire. Directing thia v. lnch will carry it <>n with and with lavish expenditure ol util the ins of the
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    THE SULTAN OF JOHORE.
    151 279 V .."v«l many rumours, says the Ii Jiiid C would appear t<> have l>«vn prevalent 1 isi na to the intentions of the Johore which have little lubßtratum Hi** Highness does not, we belu-w ite for .-i moineni relinquishing his i> the British Government m exchange
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    TRAGIC DEATH OF MAJOR EWING.
    86 279 MAULED Bl LION v, April 1 Particulars received *th -it deal of Major Bwing n attack by v lion, shorn E* iiiy ill > r ion, h i t > i ben t bey suddenly came b ijuar < !aptain Blwell „f ironnded tlie li<-n.
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    SINGAPORE IN THE EIGHTIES.
    736 279 The Vr<*> Press" of the third week of April 1885, dealt m its leader coluiiins with the question of (be polking of the Settlements, and more particularly of Singapore. Thore were m those days 25 Kurofiean sergeants, Inspectors, and constables, and of those the Hidden desert
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    A NEW CHINESE COIN.
    88 279 It i^ stated from Peking that it has been <)<>ri.K"l l.\ the Board of Revenue that th»n*'\\ [mperial Mint oow being near completion, shall stiik«- r..ii]> bearing the uniform weight <>1 <( M«' Saikuan tael, and that thi> mem coin ia to the future silver unit
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    120 279 At Messrs Powell Co'a BaJesroom yesterday a j>itt** of land :i.7'.'l fl and three shophouaefl m \eil-jtl held under a 999 jreara lease wai sold to ETian« Poh for 209,632 feel of land al Tanjonji Katong were l«>!i'jl!t I,\ B. Nakoda al I ents, total 58,385.2H Becenl pr«»Mviiti«»iis for unjusl
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    HIDDEN LAWS OF LIFE.
    583 279 PftOBLBUfI Ol the Population. [t is often said that men, taken all round, are very much the same wherever they be, and whatever the circumstances of country and climate which surround them. This generalisation, however comforting as it may lje for specific application, is apt to
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    HOW TO MAKE VOLUNTEERING POPULAR.
    375 279 EKjoobstionb ok a Bombay Judos. Lord Kitchener's remarks on the duty of every Englishman m India t<> U« ;i Volunteer has railed forth an interesting tetter from Mr .Fustics Rusof the Bomkiy High Court, who is th»> officer commanding the Bomhay Volunteer Artillery. He -ays
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    ORANGES v. MEDICINE.
    167 279 Prom th<- point of view of health, fruit i 6 one of the most useful forms of food. There are many, says the Fnmihf DoHor, who can testify to this fact, particularly as regrch oranges. Som>* people who bare hitherto eaten fruit between meal.s or just before
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    AT WAR FOR A WIFE.
    223 279 Duo North- West of Quetta. on the Afghan frontier. hut m Indian territory, is Sen Chanian. A correspondent, writing to the Calcutta Englishman." says t hitt a considerable scare" has been caused there by the proceedings of a man from across the border. Complaining that
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    THE TWO-WATCH SYSTEM.
    514 279 The April number of the Guild Gazette contains the annual report of the Merchant Service Guild, which shows that a vast amount of work is beiiig done by this organisation to improve the position of captains and officers of the Mercantile Marine. A reference is male to
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    61 279 Conceruiu^ tLe wonderfully vivid th<- >;ile tlie Japanese campaign j>1;« Russians and the tragic suicide of t' i pr?i au<l Li> wife, ;i very delightful cfiti< v passed bj a lady who declared s}j<- .>}»»' \s;ts coming to the t% I'ink IMI- l tli^ .-t^»rv before sk(* half throug] Mr
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    A RUBBER EXPERT IN CEYLON.
    1306 280 i nik r khtin < i compabikmw. Ceylon ani> ihk Straits to Sipim.y thk VYobld The following interview which \sill prove interesting to rubber planters is from the Times of Ceylon I April 19): M. Octave J. A Collet, bus Hgain ome out to the
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    GENERAL KUROPATKINE AND ADMIRAL ALEXEIEFF.
    749 280 [NTKREBTI \G B] DE-LI#H I<. 1 t m ail opeu secret, saj s v well writer, that Oeueral Kuropatkine disapproves of t!u' war with Japan. All through i- autumn he was never weary of repeating noi niilv i.i his colleagues, 'mi also to the Tsar
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    49 280 Wenliv iftoottD while a coolie *M io the hold uf the homeward French Mail a bag of pepper slipped oat of the ■titg ana tvll <m linn iei^rtiuly luirtin^ him lus. pector Ratten of th. frock p o l ice at the Itpniri mm ivm«,ve<l to Geuerdl Hospital, i
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    THE CRUISE OF THE 'HAIMUN.'
    531 280 Chased bt a Russian Cruisek. Id view of the telegraphed news from Loudon that the Russians intended to deal suinmarilv with newspaper correspondents using wireless telegraphy, the following news from Weihaiwei has a special interest Weihaiwei, April 7. I telegraphed t<> von the fact of
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    427 280 The "head scare" threatens t.. revive m Singapore. A small school-boy was afraid hi come to school this morning, as people had told him that li-als were wanted for a new bridge at Kallangfor til*' tramwat Them nonsensical rumours periodically arise, and Rometiuiea reach a pitch causiug' considerable inconvenience to
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    FREE TRADE For THE PHILIPPINES.
    320 280 FREE TRADE For THE PHILIPPINES. Thk New Intern, >V Ultimate free trade tor t!,.. j. one of the object* of the V r,J P' revenue law says th* M,^,] the public discussion of which 1 It is intended, m tune, to maM* taxes provide all. the gradually lowering and a!,-
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    THE TIBET MISSION.
    283 280 Th i betans Losing i r EilDINd )N Jal B 8 IN GrEAI FlUtiHl M Issi.-n COM I OBT i;i V i- \HI .!-;> A rANTSI < Calcutta, April I7tb, The spec lI pondeni of the Englishman, Thibetan Mission, telegraphs thai tl m the gorge on ih<>
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    138 280 A st Petersburg telegram bayi thai tire r<i \m L'i\>'ii r *h»' Sonnovo worksl ih^ count ruction oi ;»n immense d Port Arthur Tin- work 18 to be within four months.' 1 There ••f the counting of the unhatched chi Ihis. Ii i> n*>t entiivU certaiu whe tour nioiif/js Port
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    THE GARRISON.
    368 281 Si halts Skttlkments. Regimental Establishment." -Artillery ,;1 of all ranks. Engineers: tlalf oompftnjr, f lL rlji officers and 11" hum., Infantry On»* 1,012 of all ranks, /my Service I g Four officers and tour meu. Royal Vuiv Medical Corps: Five offioen and 24 men Colonial and Native Indian
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    WEDDING, KING-WELSH.
    221 281 < m Saturday afternoon m the presence of a large attendance the marriage ceremony was solemui/ed l*jtween Mr W. King, Manager of the wharf department of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, and M'-x Jessie Forester W elsb, daughter of the hit.- Mr Forester Welsh. His Majesty's Inspector of
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    WARSHIP MOVEMENTS.
    59 281 The I* s emitter M Buffaloe/' which convoyed the American destroyer flotilla to Manila from I\V\ West, arrived here this morning on her home card ravage, and leaves for New Y«»rk i lu> afternoon If M 8 M Andromeda left for Hongkong r.1,,\ „t imni, un«l the Italiau
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    SHIPPING NEWS.
    105 281 'I Im- JapaiMM« Collier Kanaka wa Mar-i irrived from Ciiniilf via ili<- Cape yesterday with a full cargo of Weigh Strain coal She leaves for the North after coaling probably toBoth til.- Homeward an«l Outward Prweh Mail si«snii*-rs -S»la/i«" an«l Krnest Bimom arrived this uhm iiid^. Tlw Dutcli
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    THE TELOK BLANGAH LAND CASE.
    1243 281 This chs*' continued yesterday afternoon and was resumed this morning before Mr Justice Hyndman Jones. The Malay interpreter it the Police courts gave evidence as to ihe making of the de<*laration. In r<»sv nil mi nation witness said that he asked Jemahat if h<« understood
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    ARE WE UNFIT!
    590 281 EULOG I OF THE ClllNAlf AS AN I i I > S k 1 1 i CONVENTIONAL I NTIMTHs." By Sir Hiram Maxim.*') sir Hiram Afaxin has addressee! the following (ettter to t*e Daily Mail I have read with a great deal of interest much that has
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    128 281 The Kliug Seranff on <»ne ot Messrs H.i wart h Hrskine and Co's steam tongkanffS, is m custody for unlawfully disposing <>f the firm's firewood. It is alleged that he was m the habit of eichanging the firewood for rice From other tongkang men. A "Bhanghai Time** 1 correspondent at
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    TIDE PREDICTING.
    432 281 Ovi ..i LoBD Kelvin's Latest Marvels at Work. The National Physical Latxjratorv which is established at Bushy House, Ttoddington, is a storehouse of scientific marvels, ami the memben of the (reneral Board lad other gentlemen distinguished m science and industry inspected them one day recently. Sir William Huggins,
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    339 281 The Daily Graphic says Mr Robert Hewett, who becomes Govemo of British North Borneo, m succession to Mr E. \Y. Birch, has* been for the pas' thirty years 'm the service m the Straits Settlements, where be has had «>me <>\perienoeof nearly all forms of official life. This will all
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    141 281 Bongkung, Manila and Singapore, seem all about the same stage as regards elinstricity. Tlih elft*ctric power-house «>i' i \\>> Hongkong Tramway Co is making good progress, material for the construction of thr Manila power-housw has now been landod t and the foundations of ours, m McKenxie-rd, are now l»einir put
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    SUPREME COURT.
    1099 282 Before Mi Justice Hjmlman Jones thin morning A Lamd Disitte. In thii case the plaintitY Jaffer bin Hadji Mahomed Bought to reooTef possession of certain land at St James Gape, Telok Blanirah. from <* d'Almeida. Mr Elliot with Mr Raine appealed tor the plaintiff and Mr Ellis for
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    THE HYLAM-ST BRAWL.
    51 282 Somebs Committed fob Tkial. This afternoon Mr Gibson formally committed Joseph Somers for trial at the next Assizes on the charge of murdering Frederick VVurzbach, 2n<l Engineer of fche German steamer Kudat*' «»n the early morning of the 20th and alternatively with culpable homicide not amounting to
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    LAND SALE.
    74 282 The following properties were disposed of l>\ auction at Powell and Co's saleroom yesterday Land and shop-houses 7" and 71 Minto-rd, area 4,-<»<» sqft, held under leas.' for 99 ream from Ist Sept 1842, quit rent W Bought l»\ Tan Kia Tye for si. [On. Freehold land and
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    COLLIERS.
    86 282 Since the Bingo Bfaru left Cardiff on March 15 she has burned 2,000 odd ton.- of coal, she loaded 7,<>00 tons at Cardiff and some .".,(>( M> odd now remain. The Bingo Maru will probabh take m Japanese coal here for her bunkers. The German Steamer "Carl" arrived here
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    BRIBING A POLICE SERGEANT.
    141 282 On Sunday morning a Malay named EllSOpe went to the Marine Police Station and offered the Malay Sergeant there 9100 to frighten the principal witness for the opposite side m a Land Case which is down for hearing to-da\ m the Supreme Court. The Sergeant pretended
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    427 282 Here is a justification for the exist* ace of a Chinese Protectorate, l>oth here m Hongkong. A carpenter whose l>usiue*> was not vor\ brisk m Hongkong, elected to go to Singapore, ami yesterday went to the office of the Sarbour Master. He secured his papers and passage* ticket, and coming
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    THE WAR.
    394 282 Bkiek Items by Ma.ii.. The Russian destroyer "Buini," attached to the Russian fleet m the Mediterranean, struck a lock when she was entering the port of Algiers. The vessel is said to be eitensively damaged. The German liner. Furst Bismarck/ 1 8,430 tons, belonging to the Hamburg-American line,
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    CHINA'S FINANCES.
    225 282 Scheme <>k sik Robebt Hari Peking, March 28. The financial scheme proposed by sir Robert Hart recommends the adjustment of the land tax. According to his calculations the cultivated land m China comprises 8,000,000,000 mo. and it is proposed to impose tax at the rate of >< cash
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    WORK IN THE COURTS.
    263 282 If rC. Velge's report on the working of the Registry of the Supreme Court, Singapore, has some interesting figures. The number <>f criminal cases is practically the Bame m 1903 us m 1902. But out of 151 tried 123 were convicted and onh 28 acquitted. The
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    205 282 K. A. v S. V. I Yesterday the above teams Leap* football match on the K5pi,,,,,,^ a fine game resulted. The R A and elected to play from the Cathe and went off with a ru>h towards tl j goal, the ball, however, being "..t Leicester, the S
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    THE FANNY STANLEY CO.
    164 282 Last night the Fanny Stanley Opera i played "Le Cloches de Corneville" I preciative audience. The Compan; n ide th< mosi of the three acts, thai of the i q the Chateau de Corneville being exceptionallv wellplayed, i)f the principal characters M ley took that of
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    COLD STORAGE AT SINGAPORE.
    337 282 An important development says tin 'Sydne) Daily Telegraph,* 1 m connection with the trade with the Hast i> the formation of a nen compain to ereci t-olil storage accommodation ai Singapore. The company lu< I d wholh smb. scribed for, partly m Singapore and partly m
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    FIRE IN ARAB-ST.
    184 282 At '2 .:|u o'clock iliih morning a fire bi ma EHing sarong ;m<l clotli seller's shop m Arab-st, and although the Fire Brigades ••n the scene m <_ r oo<l time the fire had obtained a complete In »1«1 on the building and the thing to d«>
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    THE STANLEY OPERA CO.
    200 283 Thi Collebi Bawv." Ob Saturday night tlw SUolei Opera Co, Uged Dion Bouciault's dnuna "Colleen B*wn" tr«_ r <' and appreciative audience, the plai eiog ne of tlw best the Companj baa far iven Miss Pann) Stanley played tin- part fAnfte Chute, the heiress, with skill,
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    A GRATEFUL CHINAMAN.
    393 283 Williams Pink Pills wmn Hi- Win a about t* jr< ra age that my w it 1.--ined oi m be threw* and abdomen,' 1 r Selangor Street, Stnga- The i>.;iu m t he tl leoame bo ievere he could scarcely hold ber head up,*' con- d, and
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    352 283 Two American ladies of uncertain age called on a well-known financial Edinburgh gentleman with a Letter of introduction asking him to show them around the) were "<l<>u)u' Europe.* 1 I'll be delighted," be >ai<l. '-What will I show you lir>i "Wai'! we have been told nou have Judges m tins
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    SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1904.
    821 283 The European Police bold a shoot at Bafeatier this evening. General Sir Arthur Dorward returned by the "Malacca" thi- morning from Teluk An son. i A Chinaman was am-sted yesterday m pper Hokien-st for stealing a L'old necklace from ;i Cantonese woman. i ii»- output of
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1628 283 Qkicqmd "<j>int komine* nMri edfarrmgo libelli. Juvp:nal. The land war m the Far East is now Ix^inniu^r iii ♦•aniest, and the Valu is about to iK^ome one of the most conspicuous riv^ruain»>s m modern military history, tip 1 ing's Bridgebiuilders had to tight with th^ migEty
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    CHINESE LABOUR IN THE TRANSVAAL
    224 283 CHINESE LABOUR IN THE TRANSVAAL Mr <Jeo T. Baker, who writes to the" Globe', under date Battersea, March 28," makes 1 th»':>H remarks <»n the above Bubject: It is <jiiite evident thai Mr John Burns and hi** ••»>t»M-ie are acting towards the question of Chinese labour m South Africa, either
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    THE BACHELOR'S BALL.
    304 284 The Singapore Bachelors gave a very charming hall last Bight m the Town Rail, for the entertainment of their married and un■Barried lady friend*. The Hall itself, as well u~ the verandah- and staircase, looked fresh and bright with a plentiful use 01 greenen ferns, Sowers, and
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    A PHANTOM CRUISER.
    191 284 A QUEER BTQRY \'«'>>ei> from the Eastward report a large grey warship cruising off Saigon and showing no colours. Rumour has it, that thi> vessel is a Russian cruiser on the lookout for the Mara boats now bound for Japan with Welsh coal. But it is far
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    337 284 The next assizes m Singapore commence on Tuesday next. Ma\ The Pilgrim Ships amendment bill does away with the requirement of iron or Bteel deck> t.. be covered with wood. We regret to bear (says the Malay Mail thai Bnintwood, Messrs Cummingand Chappell's horse, and a considerable favourite for the
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    THE "TALBOT" AT CHEMULPHO.
    333 284 \\V Globe") are officially informed that His Majesty's Ambassador at St Petersburg has sent to the Marquess of Lansdowne the following messages from the Commander of the Port of Li ban and the inhabitants of the district of Ropsha, m the Government of St Petersburg respectively,
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    THE TIBET MISSION.
    541 284 Simla, April 14. The details of General Macdonald'i advance to Gyantse haw been received. The Tibetans were encountered afl t he entrance *>t a narrow gorge. They were strongly posted on ridges and rocks commanding its entrance, acd opened tire on the advance guard. The position they
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    1895 284 The Chinese storekeeper at Messrs ustead a Co's godown reports that resterdav his wife came home and hung her fcabaya,*' m which there were two diamond krosangs, an.l a dia. i ad pin m her room. Shortly after the cook. nvUm named Ah Ting, went out, and has not been
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    MONDAY, MAY 2, 1904.
    413 285 l ilr;!t J. V C. Campbell, 64 Co romoted to be Lieuti ime-guo Prom Fort Canning r Wed next. H i hi- m< >ru i was en v l ►al 1 here g|4 1 11 -1 BoardI I rning. M S1 I,' .i. 1 '11- I
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    TRAINING NOTES.
    1012 285 During the past week or ten days the going lias ben favourable, nnd on fast iu«»rnings useful irork has Keen «l«»m*. Of the long ■tring of Den honei of particular interest, nil seem to be doing well with the exception of \-tnit\ Pair, wlii.-li hai not appeared on
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    WAR NOTES IN THE MAIL.
    1078 285 It i- officially stated at Tokio that m the various attacks on Port Arthur the Japanese nnlries were fourteen killed, nine died of woiin«l.-«. .aid 9] othen wounded. Of the last mentioned, it ii stated thai forty have already recovered. Tli<- Daily Chronicle's correspondent at
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    SUPREME COURT.
    187 285 Before Mr Justice Hyndman Jones this !!!Jl»U r Administration \va> granted oi the frill of 1 5 late I >;it James Medrum of I- inder Hall, Johore Bahru who died there i April 11. T!,.- executors of the will wei X- W !'•■<:• oi Gilstead Road, and Mi
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    THE CHANDU TEST CASE.
    133 285 This case came up fo] h<- decision of the Chief Justice and Bfr Justice Elyndman Jones this afternoon. Mr D appeared fur the a }>}>.!' at, and Mi- Carver for the Opium Farmer. Briefly ii th was an appeal to decide whether a person having lawfully
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    THE STANLEY OPERA CO.
    197 285 < >i: S l ai niglii the Stan i y C unpany l;;i\ eai y entertainment at 1 i i mental it.iv, Ti !i to a ►nee, the prove i>] ri'i.f wit i; one unic opera Stanley introduced soi ti »ngs from the I».«l!«' of N»'\v
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    A V I. INSPEUTION.
    106 285 On Saturday afternoon Lt-Col I! D. Vizard of the Manchester Etegiineni Lnsp< I I Singapore Volunteer [nfantry. The Corps ith h !< s fell m r >rill il< marchcil to Baffle Plain where the Inspect! officer I wii h the G The |> 7as under Ihe
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    82 285 pp >ml n* Mr i-: i i Sec and Clerk Mr bur to h 2nd Mr J \Y L Lwrie to b I < LJj Singapore ;Mr H. Muir to be Penanc Mr W Masterton i asst < J M 8, Singapore li. tbe Surg. (Jap Middleton to I>p Burg
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    TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1904.
    1526 286 I Heavy gun practice took place from Fort Connaught tins afternoon. Col Frow<l Walker, c m returns t<» ihe Native Stat« > to-morrow. Three hundred of f lie Malay States Guides will take pari m ni«>l>ili v '.ii<'M of the Garrison some time m Juw ('apt
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    THE TELUK BLANGAH LAND CASE.
    121 286 ilus morning (i d Almeida appear* i lief >re Mr Setb on reman 4 charged with attempting to 1 ibricate false evidence Mr Hose, the Deputy Public Prosecutor, that this case and the one ugainsi Die yi-l'v named Eutope be taken together Mr Perkint for
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    BIG OIL SHIP ON FIRE.
    423 286 Assisted by H. M. S. "Talipot." At 6 o'clock this morning a l»i# three-masted steamer was sighted from the signal station at fort Canning flying the signal M X. If./ 1 I am ■m fire,*' and the alarm was at one*' <_iiven to Tanjong Pagar.
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    TWO THOUSAND YEARS AFTER.
    240 286 The following remarkfl of r, Australian litioian form a rathei novel expression of a tain point of view with reprard to race extaion, and are interesting whi herer wax the i^!o:i may be viewed have more than ..nee said, m and out of rliament, th it
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    ACCIDENT IN STAMFORD-RD.
    113 286 i <us morning a private Mousing t<i Chinaman collided with a rikUha ueaMhe ■•urn through the horse shyiutf. The rikisha was overturned and the horse frightened i.v the collision bolted down Stainford-nl coliivling with and smashing thrtie uioi-u riki*l isinits w-M career. The aniiual %iw even\y Btopped
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    INDO-CHINA NEWS.
    164 286 og Norodom of Camlm I died m bin eon April 25. He wan n«*irlj r<» pears and alter ■pending some war* iii the iineae Court, succeeded to th* throne m IBsf>. Thn earlier part of hi* ivi Uas struggle with Si-votaji liis secou.] brotb r who eated him
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    THE ASSIZES.
    158 286 The May Asniei Before the business torney Ghneral asked tl might be fixed as witnesses were being Stealing .1 Tan Tua Thow initUnghousebreakiuo n J\ heho UBe ofTanN. v from, two candled I rfsoner pleaded General prosecuted, effected an entrance into the a carriage builder oi casrwd off
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    SUPREME COURT.
    369 286 The Cha *j f lii" resull of the Ju above case, which was bo t!l iut poses a teat rase, k ta detnils of tb« judgment a Chid Justice ili' 1 had to decide wa dealiug with the reftu been Binoked, bo as to m use, was an
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    CHILDREN AID SOCIETY.
    40 286 (T 1 1 f S Bro ijfhl Mr I. KaUha« U*y Maud >],■ Itktiu Special »nal iona fnmi i\ I i I'ni lion B Colhor Qu»rt.rly) < '-'I Pennofal b«»r \<-'<' .y w n pi ii Sir, 1,...-,, .;< tj, April
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    19 286 Til* In.j> (J.-nniri M ;il ifcUl left \*mt Sti.l ye«lenl n .ii't'-vn bound. She is duo bene oa instant.
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    TELEGRAMS.
    3180 287 T ELEGRAMS. THE WAR. Imiraltv proposes to despatch i the Suez Canal, and the the ipe 'ii.it the Russian eonten- telegraphy mcci with jst i i! iiii'l time] the m bai said it the* com maud a Beet joiu. public referent I Ihe Baltic floct. c Free P kong, April
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    SHARES.
    339 288 >\. 312 =r Capital. v MINES. I i ■it Tin ..HO 10 800,000 SJ 101 LO Bet I 10 7J 000 16 LSJ Do i'v-r... 10 10 000 10 11 Bruseh 11. Tin 10 10 600,00 3] *i G eng Tin 61 £1 4100,001 LGJ 161 relebuHin.&T.inliq. 5 5
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    EXCHANGE.
    62 288 (Corrected up to May Bank 4 in/s 1 l«i demand Privut^ credits 3 in/s 1 1» credits 6 m/s 1J France, demand *J:>7 Germany, demand... 192 India, T. T. 140 Hongkong, demand 5] Yokohama demand Java, demand 114 Bangkok, demand 59 Sovereigns, SlO.oO Bank of England Rate dis Discount
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      622 288 i»ASSKN<iKKS AKKIVKD. April 28. Per Sappho Mr F. J Weld, Mr R. Engler, ;m<l Mr W. Taylor. Per Pin Seng; Messrs Doherty, Mv ray, md Koenitz. April 28. Per Rajah of Sarawak Mrs Gran, M,- Sternberg, Revd. K. M Dunne, and Revd. Hanger. Per De Eeress Mr and Mrs Klugt,
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      957 288 VESSELS IN PORT :o: ..^-_\X'^t Fia^ and Tons Commanders Arrived From Vestal H.M.S.j?un boat 980 Farqabar Mar 3 H,. 5..;, B«?ll« '■->' yacht 500 Ahmat 2fl Sea Mew 00l yacht 395 Murphy Mar 27 P< TaUwt H.M.S. craiser 5600 Bayley 1 2 I! Xahora Bar yacht 350 Nandok May 3
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