The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 18 May 1904

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    19 305 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 8, 1904 No. 877.
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  • Domestic Occurrence.
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      Births
      47 305 On 13th May. at No. 5 Oxley Road, th. wife of W. Woodworth, aecond Engineer b.b. m Pin Seng of a daughter. Penang and Batavia papers plea ie c* >py At GFrovan Glasgow, on May 1 the wife of Capt R. T. Olsen, of a son,
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    • Obituary
      Deaths.
      46 305 On 16th instant. H. F. FOBTON, Assistant B. Telegraph Go. Aged 38 years. Deeply regretted. Funeral .it 7 a.m. to-morrow from his n udence, Bukit Timab Road. At hia residence Marble Ball, Penang, on May 1". the rlon'ble J. M. B. Vermokt, sged 78 year..
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    The Campaion
    976 305 Hrrr kkall ihe Prr«v thr People's ripht maintain, I'nawrd hv inSnencc and vinbribed by gain; Ilerr patriot Truth hrr i.'loriou«; precepts draw, I'iedtr^d to Religion, ojralty and Law. May 12. I'm: campaign is almost galloping m its various are is of action, aud everywhere are there symptoms of
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    Anticipations.
    172 305 It is curious to s<*e how entirely wronu some of the London papers were over the telegrams announcing the toes of the "Petropavlovsk." We road •The genera] opinion expressed m the morning papers is thai Japanese initiative was the cause of the disaster, and that as a result of
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    The Kowloon-Canton Railway
    368 305 li is perhaps a good thing at the moment that the new Governor to arrive shortly m Hongl siong, will reach there when a decision must be immediately taken to carry out an important work having it* base on the mainland. That is the long-projected railway from
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  • Page 305 Advertisements
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      Page 305 Advertisements Column 1
      469 305 CONTENTS, LDBI mi 1 be < ampumn Anticipations. -r ,0. The Kowfoond an' ,y. Tho Aniu Raid, ne Explodes at Talienwan, lolonial Shipping Subsid ;{o»; Kuroki'a Advance and it- \i\-k-. ;HK* Tho Edncal ion R ipoH The Messager ea Maritin* ;;o; The War :,,7 Polk E \M> < '.o S\.\\
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    • Advertisement
      Page 305 Advertisements Column 2
      146 305 NOBEL'S Explosives Co, Ltd GLASGOW Manufacturers of Dynamite, Gelignite, Gelatine Dynamite, 15 lasting Gelatine Detonators, ALL KINDS OF Safety Fuses AND Electric Blasting Apparatus The above Explosives, being all manufactured m Great Britain, are made to pass the high standard of safety and •purity tests imposed by the British Government,
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  • Page 305 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      280 305 THE WEEK. The last mail from home arrived bi the P and 0. Coromandel on Saturday with dates Up to April 22. The last mail for homo left bi the P. and O. "Malta" last Thursday, there being no German mail homeward this Monday. This weekh goes by the P>.
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    The Anju Raid.
    553 306 Little of note m the campaign wires so far as the forenoon telegrams go. A Cossack aid. ot no great importance m itself but displaying a very considerable degree of audacity, is reported i<> have been made on Anju m North Korea, and therefore directly upon the
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    Mine Explodes At Talienwan.
    110 306 Onli two p. to I. noticed to-day, m the Wartelegri me lie Japanese torpedo-boats ngaged m searching for Russian mines m Talien-wan Bay discovered four, three of which were successfully destroyed. The fourth mine prematurely exploded and wrecked torpedoboat No. 48, with some loss of life.
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    Colonial Shipping Subsidies.
    1065 306 N«>r for the first time, nor the second, n.»r the third, have we suggested t lint it would U* a proper charge <>n tl>»' revenues >t British Crown Colonies, provided with seaports a lid possessing British-owned" shipping. t«. apply a portion «»t' those revenues, where circumstances justified
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    Kuroki's Advance And Its Risks.
    525 306 May 16. By loading the Japanese Consular telegram with Renter's we get an idea of what General hi roki is about. Not only is his centre moving on from Fenghuangcheng. but his right has moved well out and occupied Kuan-tien-hsien. as mentioned m the Consular
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    The Education Report.
    673 306 The annual report on Education is writtsi this year by Mr R. Hu.i.tnr, m tll^ Director of -Public Instruction, who rive* interesting comparison between the stags that prevails m Malay instruction, desi compulsory attendance ordinance, md the growth m attendance m English schools. Malay population is nearly
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    The Messageries Maritimes.
    711 306 May 17. Frou a Tonkin paper we learn something of some new arrangements about to be made m the mail services of the Messageries Martimes m the East. During I .»<>:; the Cont'd* rfti Commerce et d\ Vlndustire d* Vlndo-Chini was occupied with an enquiry as to
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    The War Situation.
    616 307 Whii.e there are indications of steady activity m tbe various .list ricts m which the Japan- ops are m contact with or prfc iuiity to the Kussian forces m Manchuria, it cannot be >aid that there i> any important incident to I. There is one puzzle m
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    SUPREME COURT.
    316 307 Before Mr Justice Hyndman Jones No Vim < llr.vi s Ta n Ch a<> Va n Iv this action plaintiff sought to obtain various money amounting m ail to about $2,600 m connection with the pulling down. rebuilding, good-will etc oi a certain chop routed by him from
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    A NEW VOLUNTEER CLUB.
    234 307 (In Saturday evening last a large attendance I of the members of Number 2 Company S V I were present st the new house m Waterloo Street, where a club bas been started for the Chinese members of the corps. Besides an exceptionally good muster of
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    94 307 Mr I>. A. M Brown has won the tinal round m the Penang Golf Championship with sup and oto play. His first seven holes were done at an average of 4. I The funeral of the late Mi H. F. Foston, of the I*].. E. Telegraph Co, was very largely
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    DUNDONALD'S TERROR.
    917 307 C'Gdobe.") In their reorganisation of the War Office the new root and branch officials must discover m some most secret pigeon-hole, the particulars of the most mysterious and terrible plan of waging war on land or sea. Were this plan known to the Japanese tsey could by its
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    42 307 From January to April Selangor turned out 38,666 pikuls of block tin, and 51,891 of tin ore. The duty collected was $978,866 which though less than the corresponding period last fear is m excess of the estimate for this year by $138£66.
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    THE WAR.
    897 307 I "ana i>a ano iiu: "A ak. Colonel, now Senator, Domville, late ofthe Hth, Princess Louise's Seer Brunswick Hussars," cabled to the Mil I of Japan, it will Ire remembered, on tl f hostilities between Japan and Russia, warm wishes I for Japan's success. The Mil .has acknowledged
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    54 307 Yesterday afternoon three* hinaman eut< ed the house o Mr Jed,!, m Siraugoon. and stole 9209 One was rested, but the, two who had the monei m their posssssiou escaped. The prisouer appeared before M Beatty this morning, ami Sergeant Taylor asked for a postponement with a view* to tracing
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    THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1904.
    658 308 The M >eu Belle arrived here from Malaoa this morning Tlie Honble W. T. Taylor visited Pulau Bukoss to-dai lo inspect the sites for the new reserve i I i. inding pier there. Among as pssscMiflcrn by the P and 0 mail Malts this morning was
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    AMATEUR THEATRICALS.
    133 308 The t mmitteewho produced tbe "Yeouien of th. I lard will sta.ge m a fortnight i1 i The Duchess of Bayswater*& Co "and «2) The ßo*-e of Auvergne.'* The folloi and gentlemen compose the cast, oi 1 ii tl I rmer w Si rs H i 8 :i;
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  • Correspondence.
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      The Question of Discipline.
      404 308 Dear Mr Editor, -Your leading article of yesterday is based. I think, upon a misconception I was present at the Cathedral on Sunday last and heard Archdeacon Dunkerlev's statement. Ton ami I would likely differ as to the observance of Sunday, but would certainly agree thai
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    THE SECRET OF APPENDICITIS.
    116 308 The I. lame for this new and dangerous disease is cast by Dr. T. W. Lauterborn, a New Jersei physician, on the trolly-car. The mischief, however, does not arise from an\ effect of electricity, but from the breakdown of thy walking habit due to modern facilities
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    THE SINGAPORE THEATRE.
    384 308 A special meeting of the Municipal Commission was held yesterday afternoon to consider the conversion of the Town Hall into v theatre. The Deputy Presi. lent Dr W. R. C Middleton Was m the chair, and the other nieuihers present were Dr Murray R beition, D K.
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    35 308 The Cantain of the 8. S. -Oopack* r.-p,, r ts that on May 8, he passed the American ship Ivy of B ath Lat. 2 deg. 36 mm ml Long lot deg. 14 mm. E.
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    THE WAR.
    1154 308 Interviewed by a reported of the Petit Parisien," Admiral Rogestvensky, Chief Etat Major to the Russians Navy, confirmed tlie report that he had accepted the command of the Baltic Squadron, but added that it was byno means certain the squadron would \)e sent to the Far East, as
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    OPEN LETTER TO A FRIEND
    310 308 UNCLE Sam TO Rr/BSM Dear Russia: 1 have just n ived rour pro test against Japan's wicked breaches of neu. trality. lamat a loss to know whether r*oui desire that I should sail m and help you licl Japan, or that I should merely say
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    THE SUPPRESSED GERMAN NOVEL.
    525 308 Tub Most-'i alkkp-.u Boob of ivy Mohei It is to be doubted if ever the German Government did a more unwise tiling than to BUppresi the sale of Lieut. Bilae's novel, v Ans Einei Kleinen Garrison.' 1 The natural outcome of thifl was to call the
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    HARMSTON'S CIRCUS.
    915 309 As Atiuacii\k Show. \I, L >ye would bo more than just died, were ac to bang over the eatraaos of hia circus tent the do itto, which seems largely a perquisite of tmakers at Home, "Value for Money/ 1 11 irmsLon'i has been doing the rounds m the
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    84 309 Ihe report of Mr. Tomliuson on tbe Peaaag Water supply; dated Dec 30th, eras laid before Iftttiicipal Commissioners on May sth. "be tirst recommendation is lo filter tlie water adopt the meter system, no rent to be d ior meters; m the alternative to coa-l-nje impounding reservoirs. The "Straits Hi
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    ALLEGED FORGERY.
    108 309 Thisniornino befotSJ Mr. Seth, Madboo, a 2# V H.Oliver, a Eurasian, Ahmed bm All a Malay, sad Choa Al, Qo, a Hokien •tpp'.in-d on charges of forging a promissory foi •Sh;,„ on s*^,t 17. one for *&0 on Dec I. sad that Obver made a false account book
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    A DISHONEST DETECTIVE.
    148 309 rhia morning a detective named Ong Siang appeared liefore Mr Beattj on a charge of theft of SlOO fro,,, a Chinese woman. Tlje woman I ited tbat at spm yesterday >ning tho detective went to her 'house m *>len-s1 and demanded h. r keys to search her
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    POLES AND GERMANS.
    280 309 Phe great question which was such a source perplexity to Prince Bismarck, namely, what to do with the Poles m the province of Posen, is D now no nearer solution. There is no doubt that daring the last fifty years, the Poles have greatly increased m numbers
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    THE LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
    321 309 The Championship tiual of the S C C lawn tennis club was played oft' yesterday afternoon at the club, Withers who had beaten Perkins 7 5, 6 3in the first round, and Kent 6 3, 6— -4 m the second and had walked over m the
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    SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A BANK AGENT.
    117 309 SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A BANK AGE NT. From the mail edition of the "Madras Times*' of the 28th April, we learn that a serious charge is pending m Baagalore against the late Ageal of tbe Commercial Bank there with criminal misappropriation of Rs 10 9 000 and £350 paid to
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    LAW SUCCESSES OF F. M. S. OFFICIALS.
    174 309 Amongst the Council awards on the Easter examinations held m Grays Inn-hall m March the following local successes are included t l T^^ Uo^ :Uw »^l>gti History. Class 1. L. P. Ebden. Mr Ebden is District Officer of Larut and Krmn, and Registrar
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    COLLIERS.
    78 309 The British steamer Queensland M arrived here from Cardiff yesterday with 4,900 tons of coal belonging to the British Admiralty on board. She calls here for orders and' will probably go oa to Hongkong. The British collier "Maron" arrived here from Cardiff this morning with 5,047 tons of coal
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    BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY CENTENARY FUND.
    195 309 Fifth List of Snsscaiaßas. Amounts previously scknowledged "1,097.76 Per Mr and Mr- W. H Williams Goon Yen and Friend* lo J. H. Jaurieton io A. rluttenhach 1q Wallace Jonea o» Hon. J. K. Birch 10 J. Mitchell i 0 Hon. J. M. Vermont
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    SNAKES!
    134 309 Some mild excitement was caused at Bochore Police Station at B.3oo*eloek last night through S large black snake invading the charge room and making itself comfortable under the table to the terror of tlie Malay Corporal on dut v. A hunt ensued and after ten minutes exciting work the
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    VLADIVOSTOK.
    934 309 By Avoirs Hamilton.l The extraordinary dash which rhsrscteriscs the Japanese forces may. any ,y. threaten tiesafety of that wonderful foit res- rathe Pacific, Vladivosto.k. Russians have described Vladivoetock as tbe key of the Pacifi I believe Thai a literal translation „f the name gives the title Sovereign of the
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    51 309 The Ap.ar steamer 'Lightning" arrivid herefrom Calcutta yesterday with 900 sheep for the Singapore market. < >n the arrival of the vessel m Penang she was .-uarantined, the chief officer being lesnoved to the hospital SUfEering from cholera ami he was not expe< ted to live. She is al^.. m
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    ATHLETIC NOTES.
    1671 310 The Swimming Club proposes to hold an aquatk carnival <«n May 2\ to celebrate the completion of the scheme which has provided the Club with a really ex. client club house. The carnival is to take the form of an afternoon's entertainment, it beiag obviously impossible to arrange
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    PERAK ITEMS.
    88 310 The Malay States Guides had a shooting i match with the Taiping Branch of the Perak Kiile Association. Tbe Perak men made 432, and the Guides Md.— The Perak Club beat the Recreation Club by 5 goals to two at football last week. At hockey the Xew Club
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    COLLIERS.
    67 310 The collier Ella left for Hongkong after bunkering here. She will receive her "orders there. The colliers "Nardpol, Foreric, Naroa, Lord Antrim, and Queen Louise" are expected here from Cardiff shortly with Welsh steam coal tor ihe North, and the colliers TJjina, (Jpada, Obra, and Itinda are due here
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    GOSSIPING MAN.
    61 310 lip labelled "Feminine v.. n large a istng lett irs Meanwhile, man hi^ ku. wing ra a, tittle- attle aa i >j usly as womac, but cunningly cabs it talk. Business talk at that! If be tells Jones about Robinson',. gambling habits, about Smith*, secret flirtations, about Green's
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    CONFESSIONS OF ACCUSED PERSONS.
    145 310 The following somewhat unusual appeal from Pegu m connection with confessions made by accused persons may be interesting, m view of the recent decision by the Judges here. A man had killed another, there was no direct evidence against the accused, but he was said to
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    THE LARGEST PHOTOGRAPH IN THE WOULD.
    164 310 At the Dore Gallery m Bond Street there is now to be seen a very remarkable photograph, on bromide paper, 40ft long by srt. wide, all m one piece. The photograph is a panorama of the Bay of Naples, and it is to go
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    WEI-HAI-WEI.
    323 310 The incidents of the war have served to provoke some discussion m the home press on the question of how far it is advisable to erect defences at Wei-hai-wei as long as Britain retains it for the use of our China squadron. We append this reference to the matter:
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    THE CATTLE TRADE IN SIAM.
    296 310 The complaint is soinet lines made that the Government knows nothing of how the export of cattle from Bangkok affects the supply m the Interior, and shows no interest m the subject. A decree has just beeu issued, however, that, has for its object tin*
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    26 310 The German transport Silvia left homeward bound this morning. .She coaled here. The Sarawak Yacht Zahora*' has left for Sarawak with H H. Sir Charles Brook.
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    HARMSTON'S CIRCUS.
    131 310 Penang seems to have thoroughly entered im all the fun of Harmston's Circus I day was held the second of two jumping contests, when four local hors^ t Mr Hanman's "Satan winning. j( p uang Hunt Club has tai n a keen inn,, sporting events m the I
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    COLLIERS.
    50 310 The Collier llaroa Welsh coal on board lei b ,4 *the N rtl th,. morning. The Knight rranl hur rived here a week ago, > nw putting out hei cargo of 10,500 tons Japai ranionc Pagar, and the Oopack which arrived hen yesterday has 2,000 ton Japanese coal foi
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    THE RACES.
    559 310 Longshot m Perak Pi:. A glance at the Siu lining list at once what, gigantic st i racin »intl M lay Peninsula has mad< i years. The present favourite Easington, holder of the worlds record at ii furlongs not altogether an induoemen to back him mile and a
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    THE LATE MISS COBBE.
    110 310 The will of the late Mia i 'owei Cobhe, the eminent bum nitarian and viv isectionist, i a: i.e.. j The deceased bid a horror being buried alive. and to obviate her pretuatui instructions tint some time after death, the doctor attending her sin.,; >ver the
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    A NEW STRAITS RUBBER CO.
    74 310 A correspondenl of a I lon p n iter I hear the Vallai Han urn". the Nat There is no publ isa ie, i For out t and for thia the pr I 000 acres >] resei ye), of whx iv 1905. The pi pectus
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    ATHLETIC NOTES.
    1772 311 Two of the matches played during the past I Keek m the local league BIS particularly m- rerest illustrating the unctsrtain course of events m football. The tirst was the draw which ensued as a resull of the game 1 ret ween the x A and the s
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    THE FUTURE OF THE SOUDAN.
    155 311 bOBD Cromer's Hkport. According to Lord Cromer's report for 1903, the future of the Egyptian Soudan is dependent mainly on good administration, increase of population, improved communications, cotton cultivation, aud cheap fuel. bord Cromer states as the result of inquiries conducted by Sir Francis Wingate.
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    CRUELTY TO A HORSE.
    121 311 Tbis morning a Chinaman named Tan Kock Seug. and his syce appeared before Kr Beth for cruel Iv bi working a horse which was very lame. The accused In-ill pleaded guilty, and the syce said he had told Ins master that the horse was lame. Mr
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    STUDIES OF TROPICAL ADMINISTRATION.
    1568 311 The Btbaits Laboub Qcestiok. In his concluding article Mr Alleyne Ireland writes m M The Tim s as follows Before passing to a consideration of th.- local aspects of the labour question it is necessary to sketch briefly the general om lines of exist in*/ labour
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    MARKSMANSHIP IN THE JAPANESE NAVY.
    495 311 MARKSMANSHIP IN THE JAPANESE NAVY. Superior Traini.no s Skill. In conversation, the Japan-*-- officers at the Navy Department at Tokio, have attributed their Buccesa t»> the increased practice -.hey- ua ve giventheir men with the heavy gun- since the" last manoeuvres, and particularly <h..i]nq the last few months before the
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    22 311 A Gazette Extraordiua ..a.s lreen issued notifying the oeeiurrenci huhonic plague at Amoy and at Hongkong. !■< host* port* bck ing declared infected.
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    FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1904.
    856 312 H. E. the Governor and suite leave for Mai net by the M Sea Mew thi< evening, returning here on Monday. Yesterday bel >re the Marine Court two nempen men were fined 85 each for boerding the is. "Sappho" before she was properly anchored m the
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      "Wrens Make Prey Where Eangles Dare Not Perch."
      206 312 "Wrens Make Prey Where Eangles Dare Not Perch." io thb EorroSL Sin, It is a tradition of the Corns to which I have the honour to belong not to bring mat ters belonging to ourselves net ore the public m the Press. The aptness of the cutting I enclose to
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    SUPREME COURT.
    791 312 Before Mr Justice Hyndman Jones. The II i 5...-:»; i asi Mr Bmerson appealed against the decision of the Bench Court m the above case Hingert had been charged with offences under the Bankruptcy Ordinance, but the magistrates held that the prosecution had not satisfied them that he
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    THE KAWANG RAID.
    704 312 THE KAWANG RA ID. On April we published an account of a raid on the railway station at Kawang, British North Borneo, on the night of March 31st. That was sent us by a correspondent whom we 1 relieved to be m a position to give an accurate and honest
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    THE "MISSOURI" ACCIDENT.
    284 312 THE MISSOURI ACCIDENT. Concerning the I enable explosion m the gun turret of the F. S. battleship Missouri," the latest particulars by mail are. Naval officers differ as to the cause of the accident. All agree that the turret officer did not exercise the judgment necessary, or else the explosion
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    39 312 Th.- two privates ol thi Manch. tter ment who were charged with tbe thefl small mm from s sailor on the Italian i rub* i "Vettor Pisani" were yesterday sentenced t«-> six weeks rigorous imprisonment 1 th< Bench Court
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    NEWS FROM PEKING.
    834 312 From Nativk Sot In response to the Russian Mhsiatsi monstrance against the empl.o men! military instructors for the Chinese rn Minister of Foreign Affairs replied t Government was led to adopt owing to the written language of b v t v being the same, and owing to
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    75 312 Mrs 1' m 1 1 v L. Whitake h icrly a usj io the a, s School here, now teachine m the at Jolo, Sulu, P. 1 arrived from Snlu by th< Patani yi sterday for relatives and friends. Mai aud J me an vacation months iv the public schools
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    NEW NAVAL GUN.
    62 313 Iniiralty has decided, after an extended .j 0 f trials, to adopt for naval re.iiiiremeut.. li( kdiring gun. This will lire a pro_:inu r 3H>., It is much more powerful Hring a rnmilar projectile ah-eady m design of -Tickers, Maxim, will be cl arged with rdite, while
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    A CHINESE RAILWAY PROMOTER.
    92 313 papers report thai a Chinese Singapore, Taotai Chang Ksinited the concession ol the i railway from Swatow It id that the capital. amounts I i '1 en Bubi ibed by d tongkong. Th i ing Cheng Hsun aho il for i Ihina h-r.- of the d
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    GAMBLING IN A POLICE STATION.
    126 313 GAMBLING IN A POLICE STATION. 1 1 i He avi li Pined lo p m last night I nspector Hart m European Police at Police information thai gambling v tbe iii: rk*B quarters Bahru. He went and saw a dozen In! mis gambling with doniiii lay on the table m
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    THE STANLEY COMPNAY
    176 313 Saturday night the Stanley Opera Coy. k eel lent Vaudeville Entertainment as ewell benefit to Miss fanny Stanley, and house resulted The programme opened Offenbach' s one act opera "The Rot* rgue," into which Miss Stanley introduced 1 pretty >ngs fi >m the "Belle of New 1.
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    INGENIOUS LETTER-RUNNING.
    105 313 «-sterday morning while the Chintings were Chinaman's box at Tangong Pagar raband opium, one of the Post Office r.l t hat he had 46 letters m a. which he was smuggling into v The man bad gone about the of the letters m a very ingenious having openci
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    A NEW RECORD.
    68 313 musical 'record' 1 is reported, for oi Vmerica, but from Italy. A tenor, phenomena] lung-power, persuaded 1 ad bear bim sing "11 Troaud to bring a stoi ith him in.' the m 1 v.- Lla pii l'a\ ourite wit h his auditive a double the -.-tig be
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    23 313 [r S Leslie 'I li r Ili J v ;< .11 arrive the tie th iv v Mr Justice Hynd- the i ivi S1
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    SIAM AND PATANI.
    426 313 Kkti r.v ok TuneKO Ajsbi Kadis The PeoplbVb Rejoicino. The following news, received b\ to-day's mad from Patani. announce., the satisfactory closing of an unsatisfactory episode, and denotes the intention of Siam to adopt a m< concilia! wry policy towards the Win-,,. State* to the north of
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    WEDDING. SKEY-ABRAMS.
    362 313 The welding of Miss Maude Coust*tnce Abrams, daughter of Mr and Mra li Abrains, I Mr Wilfred Noel Skey of the Telegraph Company, which took place m the Cathedral on Saturday, was one o\ the prettiest Singapore has seen for some t ime. The Church was beautifully decorated
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    ANOTHER BROTHEL BRAWL.
    147 313 On Saturday night a Cantonese man -went to a brothel ii: Fraser-st and after being tin re a short while quarrel led with one of the women He drew a large knife and stabbed at her. but bi- arm was seized and held by the Chinese cook
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    NEUTRAL MAIL STEAMERS AND BELLIGERENT SEARCH.
    1013 313 The following are some further notes and observation a dealing more or less directly with this Subject Declaration of war, a survey of the Position of IWdiigerents and Neutrals, with Relative Consideration of Shipping and Marine Endurance during War," by Douglas Owen, of the
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    DEATH OF CAPT. BUSK.
    267 313 We regret to have to announce the somewhat sudden death, supervening on S paralytic stroke, of Captain Andrew Shirwell Busk,, which occurred at h.s residence Devonshire Road. Captain Busb was the son of CoL Slurwell Busk of the East Indian Army, who died last year. He
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    A TRUSTING CHINAMAN.
    107 313 On April '27 a Chinese trader m Church-St, who was about to go to Bhio, called a coolie oft tbe street and gave him eight bent wood chairs and a pitcher to take to his house at Teluk Ayer-St. The Chinaman went to Rhio and when he
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    THE LAND CASE.
    95 313 Two Bugia men n imed Selempeng and Wahid have been arrest d by Inspector Dooley m connection with (he above case. They are charged with, making a False declaration receivable aa evidence. Inspector Dooley info, teed Mr Seth this morning that the two accused were connected with
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    214 313 Rovebs v 62wn K. <!. A. The return match between the above teams was played on Saturday afternoon on the Peoples bark, there being a good gathering of spectators, including a number id the Artillery aud the Manchester-. Ti e fust match between tlio teams had resulted ill
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    155 313 The result of the competition for the Monthly Medal, played for on Saturday last, was as follows: Several other members played but di 1 not •■urn their cards. Mi fi having already won the medal once thia yj-.\ it was vi n sary to piav off the
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    SPURIOUS DOLLARS.
    94 313 I 3 iturdaj a Chimin arrested by the detectives for attec ng to 1 c oi.?, 1 1 i» British dollar, ai ll w I n him. From enqurie a house m c h* re-rd was raided, and ml celestial was arrested with $19 count* •on per.- .n.
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    A TRIP TO SINGAPORE
    2851 314 Stkekt Sennas. < Uy F. Z .Street life is interesting and picture-. pie at every turn. The **y>' cannot take m ail the colour and vivid N of 't the Australian) the unusual sights tbonsaiids of rickshaws darting about, fin.* c ir iagea, driven by liveried
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    THE FINANCIAL DEPRESSION.
    324 314 The financial situation m Singapore, more j especially as regards the Bazaar, is uuques. tionably somewhat acute at present, and the number of failures, particularly amongst Chinese merchants, is excessive. An interim receiving -rder was granted on Thursday m the case of one very well-known Ann whose
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      Prayer v. (Gun) Practice.
      347 314 To the Editor. Sir,— ln the Twentieth Centum heartening to iind an apparently eduJ as your correspondent, A B ii* j ii HH b. blinded by superstition. "Every man's religious for the same thing) ideas areentitlj and toleration." That's all right B i speculations on that
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    A SULU MURDER.
    217 314 (From our Special Correspond JOIO, P. April L'l Sheik Salim bin Abdallah Badnelali, v Arab trader just arrived from Singapor murdered m the suburbs of this <it\ m ths early morning of April 22 by Sulu thiei were looting his store. The men found entrance through an
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    CHINESE LABOUR.
    223 314 Aii almost encyclopaedic article, ib matter of comprehensiveness, is to the Empire Review by its editor, Mi Kinloch Cooke. Mr. Cooke reviews the blj question iv its moral, economic, and I pei ial aspects, and has much that i> im] sive to say on each point of the
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    A PROJECTED CONQUEST OF JAPAN.
    1775 315 A PROJECTED CONQUEST OF JAPAN. IP,^ i \m. ano Kussia m 1 77**» m Lefcvre-Pontalis m the Journal des Debate of April Bth.) Singapore Free Press.") anl Russia amicably sharing bethe Empire ol ths Rising Sun, il and Geor c ill establishing s minium, and jointly supplant- 1 Mikado, can
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    MONS. OCTAVE COLLET ON CEYLON RUBBER.
    956 315 (Ceylon Observer) We feel sni*s that Ceylon's new productIndia rubber-needs no higher praise than that nestowed on it by the present visitor to the island, M Octave Collet, and certainly no more worthy or able critic. M Collet has just returned from a trip
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    80 315 man named Webb, living al Al i Wo •fe while attempting t«. drown a d m th.- Thames at Crossness. Vy i i rope round the animal's neck ri I it, ebl hree tho dog trow I whilst endeavouring to keep it undei »val r pole, oyerb.aiaiic-d himself, fell >verboard,
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    THE PACIFIC MAIL'S NEW STEAMSHIP.
    1004 315 Description of the Mongolia.' The Pacific Mail's new steamship Mongolia is scheduled to sail from San Francisco on the rth of May, arriving at Hongkong about the nth of June. She is commanded by Capt J. If Rinder, formerly of the M Coptic," one of
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    SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1904.
    865 316 Playing billiards against Dawson on Apl 1 Stevenson Baade a record break of 788. The cable steamer "Recorder" arrived here from Malacca thi- morning. Mr Anh. A. Swan, formerly of Singapore, will shortly visit the vi Be has already made one or two former visits there
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1207 316 Quicquid agunt homines nontri est farrago libelli. Juvenal. War Topics of the Week are plentiful enough to all who closely watch the course of campaign affairs. Japan is moving on swiftly enough, but not without circumspection, from success to success, and bettering her position as she
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    TRADE SECRETS.
    563 316 Worth Fortunes. By keeping a Trade Secret vast Fortunes hare been made. Worcester Sauce, according to a contemporary, is still made from an X stern I secret out ol which Mr. Perriu made t'700,000. Tho secret of making a certain kitul ot Chutney was lately sold for £7,500,
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    S. C. C. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    135 316 The following is complete list results m the above tournament Championship.- f. Salzmaun »J H l Runner up A H. Wither-. A SlBT< ss Haniu.-u*. T. 5.,!. i; 0, 7 5. Rnnnei up A. II Wither* 15 Siwolss Handicap.— F. v X Brown 2,
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    THE P. & O. COMPANY.
    65 316 THE P. O. COMPANY. New Akka\okmi-;ms fob Eastr-u- v The P. (I. Company ha Imperial Government for the improvement of their M The minimum term of ths new coat v rars, with a provision that the o retire from ths Australian lies CO nd^iJ upon its relinquishing a p. it
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    SINGAPORE ROWING CLUB.
    101 316 Last vening two I were rowed off, the course bein Hotel to the mouth of the first heat Darbisbire 1";" i tortunatery ran into some tousl an--, h bad steering who;. on ]y the finish. In th second bea be ween Burgess und A I; v a
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    SIR FRANK OF THE STRAITS
    350 316 Sir Frank iham deli tremely interesting lecture bet School of Economics and Politii al month. The lecture is too length-, extenso to-day, but the following p,,,,^ particularly noticeable. After dealing witb the constitution ol the Straits md 1' M S., Sir Frank gave it as
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    ANOTHER CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.
    277 316 ANOTHER CARRIAGE ACCIDENT. A Eu a< -i'i:an \n n A Chin \\i I■■ At 5.30 yesterday evening i ny and cart belonging to Mr VVilloughby P. VV. lb was waiting outside the I Club m charge the syce p.my took flight at a motor bicycle ridd by a European. The
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    50 316 The agents i.irl M Ncderlaiid of A bave i i telegram Stat 1 I'• H H« of the Directo !1, l member of the ectiofl uinUijke Pak* -chappy dam died ye? Uellagio, was -laying 1 health I Wore half-m.oc id tin* st* Hies,- Cmp.ujt. I iva, t Hue. n harbour.
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    MONDAY, MAY 16, 1904.
    592 317 H. Retton, o4Co, X <;. a., is to m the Sierra Leone Co. R. G. A. Meran arrived here from iy with Mr H 1 Treacher. neral F M 8. on board. :'j..-.| $2 by Mr Beth this sting water at tlm stand pipe Mr Beatty
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    WEDDING.
    280 317 HOWABD-PORD A pretty wedding took place at St Andrew's Cathedral on Saturday afternoon, the contract ing parties being Mr W H Ford of the Tanjong Page* Dock Co. and Miss Ethel Howard, eldest daughter of [nspeotor J Howard of the Straits Settlements Police. The bride, who was given away
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    THE GOVERNOR AT MALACCA.
    672 317 His Excellency Sir John Anderson, accompanied by Miss Anderson, paid his first visit to the old settlement of Malacca on Saturday. The "Sea Mew" had been expected at 9 am but it was nearly ten o'clock before she was sighted, and the Volunteer Guard of Honour,
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    THE SWIMMING CLUB.
    122 317 The May competition for the Swimming Club monthly menials was swum oft' yesterday at Tanjong Katong under unfavourable circumstances. A squall broke over Katong, and the rain and wind made the water very rough. Only three men turned out, Lee scr. Henderson 3 and Thomson 18. Thomson
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY.
    421 317 SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY. Yesterday the 8. V. A completed their drill year by the annual tiring practice at Bukit Panjang, at tlie lot i mile on the railway. At the Saturday's parade the battery of four guns were all made ready. Yesterday at 6am the Corps paraded and marched to
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    415 317 Naval officers at Washington are unable to give the name of one Russian officer of flag rank possessing the combination of qualities, which placed Admiral Makaroff m the forefront of his profession, and they are confident that, even if a worthy successor should be found for the ill-fated Makaroff, he
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    A NEW HOTEL SCHEME.
    617 317 On Saturday next the Hotel de I* Europe, which is now under the management of Mr Chaytor, will hold a mndest little bouse warming to celebrate the accession of the new management. Th" Hotel is heing temporarily done up, and the hand of the 73rd Osmetic
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    HARMSTON'S CIRCUS.
    177 317 On Saturday night a huge crowd turned up at this popular show and by nine o'clock the large tent was packed to overflowing and Mr Lovt bad U> reluctantly stop the sail of tickets, and numbers of would-be patrons had to be refused admission. Interest iv the Circus
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    INTERESTING TO SPORTSMEN.
    230 317 The attention of local shikaris is drawn to some tine boars 1 heads <>v view for a few days al John Little and !o. Ltd. which were -hot few weeks ago by a couple of local ip .rtsmen at a place only about two hours steaming from
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    TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1904.
    898 318 Fines of >I<> each were meted out to two h'lings this morning by Mr Beth for working lame bullocks The Sultan of a 1 >hoi*e wis to start on April lo from Nice to Paris, m his specially built 12 H. P. motor-car, md hoped to
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    THE "SEA BELLE" RULE.
    134 318 Our very good friends the Dutchmen would appear to have learned a lesson from us m the matter of measuring ships. Che steel cruiser Gelderland" arrived here, and on the report her tonnage was put down as 641.251 Brassey however thinks otherwise, and makes her out
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    IN OFFICIAL LANDMARK IN DANGER.
    113 318 Says the" Hongkong Telegraph: *W« note .1 t he official orgti v of tbe G ameut 1 h i\ all notifications above the niguature Mi A. M. Thomson are signed m bis olhcial capacity as olonial S. eretary the prefix having been dropped. Mr Thomson
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    TRAFFIC REGULATION.
    99 318 This morning Hassan, a Malay gharry syce, and Pakiri, a Kling gharry syce, appeared before Mr Set h on the charge oi driving on the wrong side of Stamford -rd yesterday evening. On the former being brought up it was noticed that Tie was blind of one eye,
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    HARMSTON'S CIRCUS.
    126 318 The new programme last night went i leutly. The Bugnys give an acrobatic turn which if possibly les, amusing was tar more artistic. Rhodesia and the Ginnctts and Zoo wer all up b. the high standard th have themselves. The programme will be rei to-night. Prom 6.30 to
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    THE MORTALITY RETURNS OF HONGKONG AND SINGAPORE.
    150 318 We have i<> thank the Editor of the China Mail" for a quite delightful footnote that he appends to a. quotation of a leader from this journal on 1 lie above subject. We give the last paragraph quoted, so' that the flavour id
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    RACING EXTRAORDINARY.
    282 318 A correspondent of the "Sydney Daily Telegraph gives the following interesting account of how a race meeting is run at Bueuofl Avres. "The track Belgrano is a good one, and I should think vory fast, about .me mile and a quarter round, with a fine long straight run
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    GRATITUDE FOR BRITISH HELP.
    110 318 A Laffan telegram of April 11 says H. M. S. M Forte," which was sent by the British Adniirality with a supply of provisions to succour the sufferers by the recent cyclone m the French island of Reunion, has returned lure >^ho found on arrival that
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    EMIGRANTS FOR THE STRAITS.
    83 318 The emigration of chine-" coolies for the Straits Settlements continues very brisk From 2:lrd April the following steam* •arrying Chinese passengers: March 27tli ss. Pakling with 1,693 April U »8. Kongwan 1,299 Ith 88. Abeasinia 1,410 88. Tjimahi 7:;> sa. Glenfalloch 1,050 7:h Bri igravia 1,101
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    TELEGRAMS.
    132 318 In < !hina papers) Berjin, May 6. The Italian Parliament has taken prod lings against the fugitive Signor Nasi, the former Minister of Education, who is accused of having committed very serious irregularities while m office. Countess Lonyay, the former Crown Princess oi Austria, and daughter of the King
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    ACCIDENT ON THE "BAN HIN GUAN"
    170 318 At about 7-30 o'clock last night the Boarding Officer on duty at tlje Master Attendant's c Lend tive loud blasts of a steamer's whistle, and ..n going out m the steam lauu< I Brani" he observed thess"Bau Hin Guan 1 to be enveloped m
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    "BETTER THAN RUBBER."
    224 318 An Interim Dividend oi Fifty Pee Cent! A Ceylon paper gives this The Champion Reef Gold Mining Co, of India, has just issued notice to shareholders of the payment of Is 3d per 2s od share interim dividend! That is 50 per cent Last year, we are
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    37 318 Tlie British steamer X. wholm arrived bere yesterday from Kuchinotzu with I.:mm. t.uiv >l cos I b,r big iwirt Colonel 'Walker delivered an interesting lev. ture to a large number of members of tire Taipeng Recreation < Irab.
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      "An Evil Temptation to Children at School."
      537 318 To THB KdiTOK. Sir, I beg tO as], YOU for valuable paper wherein to «jxi moral evil which I Public School.. This evil is all thi view of the fact that both the i teachers, who have theii at their heart, do no!.
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    SINGAPORE GARRISON GOLF CLUB.
    46 318 May loth Silver Medal competed and cards wen n I Maj.jr Terry Evereti M, C II Poaroe *7 Woouside Mr J. I.'.lmt- v r. a. i...n-i. •>• .1. ii i>. .1 g V. Mil.- r. W. [>arbt*hiro IM i. I-'.j-uu-.-i 1 tB or
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    EGYPTIAN GOLF.
    72 318 1 neede 1 "t I unquenchable nuturs I the fact that golf ia layed m Health Resort thinks. country is less sdapted for may be corn m Egyj I hui ,!r Putting greens are. of cour* their place, when they are 11 are la-own patches i f puddl
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    TELEGRAMS.
    2374 319 Renter's Agency.) THE WAR I,.,, declared cotton contraband fo used in th«* manufacture*! 'hronicle correspondent ;u tea t lint I marching, three 5* >ud .1 uif^«' army ba i e p (Uicklv i lerate v. ith < i«-n and defeat* d tii<' Russians with in< it SVa-fung-tieu. lierj iras
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    298 319 SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. (Special to the "Singapore Free Press.' Hongkong, May 11th 11.9 p* Berlin wires that Viceroy Alexieff has removed his head-quarters to Harbin. General Kuropatkin is accused m Kussia of having made strategic mistakes. Noithoin advices state that Russia is constructing considerable earthworks outssds Liaoyang and torts m the
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    THE RAILWAY TO CANTON
    104 319 Ilongkong, May 12, 7.5 p. m. The South China M .ruing Post announoesthal an American Chinese Syndicate has obtained a concession granted hv the Macau authorities to construct I a railway from Macau to Canton. Tlie Post thinks tli.it if the Americans decide to dredge Macau
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    The Anglo-French Agreement
    89 319 Russia has .approved the Anglo-French t leafy concerning Egypt. Hongkong, May Id 11 MO pm. According to northern advices, natives from port \rthur state that th" Japanese are vigorously besieging the place by land and sea. The Russians are compelling the Chinese to remove the military supplies
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    Dotroyer in Collision
    37 319 A < *hhn se launch collid *J with the torpedo destryer Hart" whdst entering the harbour to-day The "Hart" wai damaged above tbe water line. The owners of tlie launch hive not i been discovered,
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      40 319 MARTIN'S STEE A French Remedy for all Irr«r*ularftl., j eae« on the re,t „«n of any Irragolanty of the System I ciy £2 may ba adorn. «t*rod. Thoaavho a them r -„,ia. l h-!2I AKTIM, <hm* m ChereJei aOUTHAMPTON. FHQLAbOsT
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    JAPANESE CONSULAR TELEGRAM.
    316 320 Bi Coustesi 01 Ifs Takabta, H. I. .1. M. COHSUL. I ("Received at ti p.ni on Thursday.) On the morning ol .May 10. 200 Kussian cavalry attacked Anju. Japanese garrison stubbornly resisted. One cotnpanv of reinforocmenl arrived on the afternoon from Ping-yang Enemy Hed on the morning
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    ANJER SHIPPING REPORT.
    139 320 Specially compiled for the Singapore Free Press" Date of passing Anjer Nationality and description of vessel Captain's name; Where and when sailed. Destination. May 4 Dut str. Goent<rer ;Le Olereq Batavia, May 4 Rotterdam. May 4 Brit l».j, Lota; Sharp. Brunswiek Dec 14; Bam siang May 6
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    COMMERCIAL.
    26 320 May 17 ipoudents wishini/toiuakeeriquirie.-} on Qnancial queeti. i and tnattorri, iua> Idreasin** letters to Kinanee," t ama shall 1. 1 ire. his at t«*_l >i
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    EXCHANGE.
    73 320 •V, H «.o'. KO i Ma 17 flank 4 m/ 5... i I" 'Ihih.hi.. I 1(1 I 'r'vaie credits iv 111 credits <♦ m I'll, r banes, deraaii I 237 GnanajiT, demand.., p);> >m,a. T. r 140_ IIONOKONG, d*iOlMud 4% dis '..<io.ov.ma demand D3_ J.v v. demand .1 1
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    SHARES.
    332 320 May > 3 5* Capital, k H c SQ *S A P 3 'S t MINES. M H I BelatTiß FlO 10 900,***** 10J 20 Beraawah Gold 0rd.... lo 7i 75,000 I 161 Do Def... 10 LO 40,000 11 Bmseh H.Tin 10 10 000,000 8| BJ GopengTin ...£l X\
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    PRODUCE.
    151 320 (May 17 i in 75.60 Gam bier s o do. Cube No. 1 ,5 do. do. No. 2 p. Popper, Black (ordinary M pore- >S do. White, (Fair L* "VV. 5p c 4:> 50 Nutmegs (110 to the lb.) 10 o* do. 80 to the Ih. 52 Mace (Banda>
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      551 320 PASSENGERS ARRIVED. May 12 Per Sappho: Mr and Mis* Johannefl, Misi Sarah Joaquim, Mr and Mrs Bowland, Mr <;. B. White, and Mr Fletcher May IS. Per Landaura CoK and Miss Gore, Mr Pain. Mr Helson, Mr McAuliffe, Mr Del.n -y. Mrs I). Spence and child, Mrs M. Fuji. Mrs
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      954 320 VESSELS IN POR t Mer..r,..«'ir Flae- nd Tons Commanders Arrived p Talbot H M.S., cruiser 5600 Bayley May 10 Penssar m Sea Belle 00l yacht 500 Ahmat May 12 Malacc Meran F. M. S. yacht 100 Long May 15 Pabana* Sea Mew Col yacht 395 Murphy Mar 16 Malacca Gelderland
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      356 320 Nuentung, Ger. str., Schwenke. I Samb is, o*r. str.. Winne. for Deli. Indramayo, Brit, str., Price, for Japan i Taichiow, Ger. str., Zweinke, for B Sappho. Brit. str.. Poster, for Porl S via ports. Vindobona, Aus. str.. Cobal, I Shanghai and Japan. Siam, Brit, str, Bim s, for ETkongandS Farfalla.
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