The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 13 April 1905

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1905 No 924
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    CONTENTS.
    110 1 225 225 225 •tiofl 226 226 M Jaeea Stiaits 226 KM B Fie* 226 nd the Straits 227 Mjaacrj 227 •>o- i_ I :,l Boßßßary 22* B ..amy 227 ,i ieis» mmm oed 228 b 228 .a d 22!* 221* r 230 -.31 Re red 237 tsogtn .KM I
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    PRODUCE.
    51 1 A iri! 12 I 81 M »>*"'» 10. IS. I 8 I 25.12.1 1 W-*I- 38. 4<5. 8D .i 1 x'J. ts mm*J <■■ 'ty; „4 30 4 1" 4.90 do.) 4.r,n 8 00 8 20 1040 BKBBB N 1 ISC v 140-7 100-leSal 170-l»J" 33.3S 1 v 310
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  • Domestic Occurences.
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      Births.
      73 1 On the sth iust., the wife of J. A. Hamilton, Central Engine Works, of a son. On the 7th April, at Seremban. the wife of Mr. F. J. Weld, of a daughter. Giddy —On March ll»th, at Kudat, B. N. Borneo, the wife of Dr. C. F. Giddy, of
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      Marriage.
      68 1 Baness-Rosher.— On the 3rd inst, at the Church of the Assumption, Penang, by the Rev. Father Meneuvrier, Vicar-General of Malacca, Frederick Hennikek, eldest son of Frederick J. Baness. Esq., to Florence A. Lilburn, youngest daughter of J. Lilburn Rosher, Esq. Death. Newborn. At the General Hospital, Singapore, om April
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    JAPANESE CONSULAR TELEGRAM
    79 1 Cofktesy of Mr Tanaka, H. I. J. M. Consul.] Received at 10.30 pm on Thursday. Part of our Kaiyuan troops occupied on March M MieiihwacJiieh 38 miles north-east of Kaivuan on the Kirin Road near the railway. They also occupied Kuvushu four miles north-east of Mienliwachieh. Lugo
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    Female Brokers. April 6.
    456 1 Female Brokers. April 6. MSS rhall ihe Tress thc Trople's right maintain, 'Jmwrd by influence and unbribed by gain; £*SM patiiot Truth her glorious precepts draw 4_ed to Kelijrion. Loyalty and Law. "The Lady m the Rikisha" is not yet a feature of the Se|uare, Collyer Quay, and Battery Road.
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    The New York Epidemic.
    295 1 One of the most obscure forms of epidemic disease is that which has exhibited itself m New York with very serious results, no fewer than 148 fatal cases being reported m one week. The disease is one which is technically known as "epidemic cerebro-spinal j meningitis
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    Tn War Situation.
    337 1 All those who are trying to follow the course of the war m Manchuria must have bean struck by the occasional spells of silence that seemed to affect the cable. Yet m every case that silence proved to be pregnant with action, when it came at last
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    Single-Berthed Cabins. April 7.
    450 1 Seeing that each spring sees a large contingent of residents m the F.t East homeward bound by steamers of one line or another the following, on the subject of 4< single-berthed cabins," comes home not only to those who are about to travel home, but to
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      79 1 Singapore Free Press" ag fi Em—pa to the Straits by ra invited to send to the their steamer and date of I ipim will then be mailed is [.oris of call. wishing detailed infores a.< aaa have a copy of List posted to them weekly. M I \b.L\ND TO THE
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      401 1 THE WEEK. The mail of March 17th by the 8.1. Tara arrived on Saturday morning. That of the 18th by the Dumliea on Monday. This homeward mail is taken by the P&O Nubia on Thursday. The event of the week has been the appearance m Mala van waters of the
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    The Earthquake in India
    469 2 Them is every reason to believe that the last, and 'he' worst, has not vet been heard of the severe earthquake m Northern Itielia. The» convulsion appears tt> have been limited to the North- west Provinces and generally along the lower spurs of the Himalayas, from
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    The Brighton Bye Election.
    586 2 i I imp ju t o ti i o 11 a Mr i a -rii b ri ll O I I Last gen ri! cli i i brightou ai is i two- mem >v and has an ite of almost exactly o, < > v <)•'•..''
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    The Baltic Armada in Malacca Straits April 8.
    539 2 The Baltic Armada in Malacca Straits April 8. The unexpected has happened, 'bo elivisi 'ii „j' tlie Baltic Armada, amounting from twenty -two to twenty-five combatant ships of various rates, accompanied bytwenty-1 wo collers, lia. e passe. l into the Straits of _V1 ilacca -.'ren the westward, and at 1.30
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    Legislation by Rules.
    422 2 We are glad to note that the Legislative Council yesterday refused to accept the principle of "legislation by rules made by the Governor m Council," The convenience eif the procedure is obvious: it enables the Council to pass on te> experts the formulation of deli nite restrictions
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    A German Pretension.
    445 2 >',ii: v .eld often finds the German Emperor :ti uteresting personage. Speaking so much aa lie does, and being not any more than human, when all is said and done, he sharea tlie common lot expressed m the adage, k \ma~ rrrare. It ia to be presumed
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    The Passing of the Baltic Fleet April 10.
    184 2 The Passing of the Baltic Fleet April 10. BO single event m the \fo v 1. mm ivmg is so Emttammmg ia bilitkwasthatnfwhi.-h witnesses ou Saturday the Bmmlaa Fleet I Ooaana, and m ke_ I inteirioii I i I circulated. kmg ai| I no acmai between Malacca H pore m
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    War of the Outer Empire
    251 2 Mi Eicon Cm: nu:i. b H sketch m Mie "Coruhih I •'The 11 ■•me-c»ming of V the course oi' that Mr C I sense of disillusion and H men of the >utor Fm pi- l ■'■< aaW away Dram amine sa I H thrust among
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    Crime in Hongkong and the Straits.
    55 3 fa an i I md have mmy more Hia real trouble resident m t the might It. ng_ a be enough high-water law x>; rj s ill rath the fare mite rare, and by \h* means tits of a molt, tlie' stocks, i eigkong
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    The Battleships" Mystery April 11.
    194 3 The Battleships" Mystery April 11. r the deliberate »n, lot reasons, .tion m Singapore six Russi n Beet Japan thai, n>> doubt, expert olmerva- by many hands ai missing batel passing Singap ne, ■r well informed and m t! it result, everyi_.'b\ is present and ell i hat the object
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    The Rusian Fleet.
    197 3 i aaa reached Singathe Russian Bent ij night at the Anainaature of things it can" twenty-four hours from I I Japan out- I ing cruisers have the fleet and its movements under observation. The various cruisers south of Formosa will make a "wireless" chain that will keep
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    An Irish Knock to Loed Rosebery.
    128 3 I Poob Lord Roannnnr! He has at last turned from the disastrous Gladat mian trad-' tion and here is the result. "Mr John Redmond, m. p., m proposing the toast of .adaXation'' at the Si Patrick's Day bam, nat at the Hotel Cecil, said
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    A Fins Insurance Case. April 12.
    875 3 A decision iv the Supreme' Court yesterday m the ease oi a Chinese dealer who sought to roc over amounts alleged to be due to him under insurance policies would no doubt be rand with interest by all interested m insurance work, and m
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    Tub Russian Fleet Discrepancy.
    279 3 A i.i. the world is looking to the waters just eastward e»f Singapore for the first news of the earliest hostile naval contact between the Japanese and Russian fleets. Reuter to-elay states, on what authority does not appear, that Admiral Iv^zhdiestvensky m presumably with most of
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    318 3 A Judge of the Supreme Court of the A.ustralian Commonwealth recently went on cii and his hotel bill for l l days worked out £4 3s 6d per <day. People are asking whrtf,, and how much, did he eat and drink? I lifting his voice against tin. Gargantuan n pasts
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      The Baltic Fleet
      685 3 The "Battleship" M\.>teky. fo THE tiDtTOR. Dear Sir,—l believe lam truthful, and I always endeavour to be courteous. Therefore when a representative of your paper called ap ai me on Monday to ask n j what 1 knew about the composition of the Bal Fleet *hich j..
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    298 3 Although it has never yet I H%n exhibited, Royal Stone, a young bulldog, has been sold for the extraordinary price of £800. This s £500 more than tlie previous record price ran unshown dog. R. yai Stoui i.> a grandson j of Champion Rodney ne, which was sold v the
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    THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1905.
    956 4 The steamer On Sang from Hongay brought a cargo of coal this morning. China has demanded the withdrawal of the Russian troops from Hi and Kashgar. Reports from St Petersburg, of trustworthy nature, announce a "terrific" deficit m the exchequer. The alleged gold reserve is now
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      The Meaning op "Singapore." Another Theory.
      709 4 la tbb Editor. Sir,—The meaning of the word Singapore has long puzzled people so that I would ask you to give me a little space for what may be considered one of the answers to the question. There are few people living now who
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      "DANGEROUS CHARACTERS"
      112 4 Yesterday, before Mr Column, Yeo KeeToh, Lob Choo and Lee Ah Suah were* charged with being elangerous characters. Mr Montagu o H ej I Harris defended. After the first witness for the prosecution j j had been sworn, counsel argued that the e*ase i i must fail, because
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      A BANKRUPT IMPRISONED.
      168 4 Yesterday afternoon before the? Bench Court I a Chinaman named Tan Cheong Guan was j prosecuted by Mr Marriott, Acting Official Assiguee, for fraudently removing a part of j his property after the presentation of a bankj ruptcy petition. The evielence was t liat on Hoar j
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    BANKRUPTCY.
    759 4 In cc Powell Robinson. Application was made this morning before Justice Thornton by Mr T. de M. Braddell on behalf of T. Powell Robinson for discharge. Mr Braddell went through the public examination of the debtor and said that it was a case of misfortune. There was no misconduct,
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    CHINESE CADETS FOR JAPAN.
    162 4 A Chinese newspaper remarks that the rush to Japan eif Chinese military students for the completion of their education will have to be stopped for a while, owing to the lark of accommoelatiem m the Japanese military academies According to a Peking dispatch the Chinese Minister
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    91 4 Lb-Coi. E. V. Whittall, Math Umaaetta lnlantrv. has been grauted leave of absene-e liil Deer. 19th 1 !♦<►:,. Mr E. Douglas Osborne and Towkay Ran Choo Cboon have l>een appointed mem Iters of the Perak Council of State. The bellowing F. M. S. officials have been granted leave Mr H.
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    MUAR NEWS.
    532 4 if rom ian earn r I aaaa(| I Formerly the coffee r o n i A I amount to several thousand h ,7* I Owing partly to th- low pn time and partly, if Uot ,J I rubber planting it atsadilv dW'i_ I down to about 1 pinjls
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    GENERAL IN SURPLICE.
    103 4 The announcement that (ieiier- v Warren, c. m. c. wh- am H pulpits, would preach a l>eiiteii s "the responsibility sf the Cliuvli ia to national life," attra-b-d I bmj of City men to St Edtnmi ft, I H luui'h time yesterday. I ttillllii m a white
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    THE BURMA CHIEF JUDGE HIP.
    143 4 The- -Kangoon Times' i»ak« ratfcmsam lamasjaajeet of the iff civil >ervant to this aaa* 8 Tie- announcement thu r AdaniKon is to succeed Sir H Chief Judge of the Lou- B H «ill havo taken mo>t v i think. We presume tic H' Con.muiiitv anVaaaaaa
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    FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1905.
    1573 5 I h\ lger who recently assumed V lUII the I~ S Asiatic squadron m ri Stirling, has been order- a-health- t u WeeaVa Eugage- I thought Hogging a Bimy. Panr fellow, what pi fixture ansa i S.R.E. P I Police Courts has had a raites .sh
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    ALLEGED BRIBERY.
    1704 5 Municipal Employees Charged. Yesterday afternoon l>efore Messrs Howard and Colman sitting as a Bench Court C. A. Wilinot, Municipal Sanitary luspector, and Samiappen a municipal peon, weie charged with having received the sum of S2 as an illegal gratification. Mr E. C. Ellis c inducted the rase for
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    THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
    119 5 Italy and Santo Domingo. Washington, March 28. —The Italian warship which had been sent from Italy to Santo Domingo to enforce the demands of Italy against the black republic, has l»een ordered back, supposedly at tlie nuiioustranee of the United States government. Italy has serious grievances against
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    A JEWEL THEFT.
    197 5 On March 12 a Chiuese detective hael his suspicious aroused by tho manner ed Javanese who was pawning certain jewellery at a pawnshop m Middle-nl sei he srrested him. The prisoner said he received the jewellery from a man living at Kampong Java-id and the Police accompanied
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    PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM THE POLICE COURT.
    236 6 ou e-_e.wou-L_-g.i-j> \juu.ui% cavx-.pt; ox pusoueis from the Police Court lock-up took place yesterday when all the prisoners m the Second Conrt lock-up got away, From whit can be gathered of the affair it appears that when the Magistrate adjourned the Court for tiffin
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    AN ESTIMATE OF THE MUKDEN BATTLES.
    672 6 (Daily Tel graph.) Although the final phase had ne>t been completed the estimate gives a clear idea of the nature of the great struggle along the Hunhor— lt is difficult even now te> grasp how stupendous is Use drama which is being played out
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    57 6 The Bexhill Corporation have entered upon a new departure m municipal trading by letting out on hire electrical heating ami cooking apparatus The Bingapore Municipality will note this as a useful b'aturo of their buthcoming electrical auppty. What with Cold Storage and pressing the cooking-store button, even married ladies might
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    AUCTION SALE OF STEAMERS.
    108 6 There was a very large attendance at Powell and CoB sale room yesterday afternoon when the four steamers s.s. Giang Bee, s.s. Zweena, s.s. Giang Seng and s.s. Flevo were offered for sale. The following were the best offers. Lot 1. s.s. Giang Bee £175,000 2.
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    FISHERMEN'S ADVENTURE.
    155 6 The native master of the ss. Sultan, which arrived here this morning from Muar, reports that on his way to Muar on the sth he sighted what he took to be an empty sampan drifting about off the Sultan Shoal Lighthouse. Ho bore down on the boat and
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    601 6 The Netherland Indies Govern nient has proclaimed the port of Bombay to be infected with small-pox. The Sherwood Foresters were to hold their annual sports to celebrate the storming of Badajos m the Peninsular War m 1812 this afternoon at 4 o'clock, but owing to the wet weather have had
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    ATHLETIC NOTES.
    1492 6 The S.G.C. Championship earlier matches have now been played for some time, competitors taking advantage of the fine weather and hurrying on with their rounds. Marks who drew a bye m the first round just beat Hewan by the small margin of one up, winning m fact by
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    MARRIAGE WITH A DECASED WIFE'S SISTER.
    172 6 H .KMONISIN<; THE ExeILISH AND C'b'NlAl. Law. Thc Secretary of the British Empire 1/eagus has written to Mr Reid. Premier of the Australian Commonwealth (where manic.'*' v. ah a deceased wife's aister is legal), infllllllßf, ami that at a recent meeting of the League',
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    A CURRENCY CURIOSITY.
    181 6 A very large sum of money m roubles specie and paper has been arranged to leave Tientsin for Germany ria Shanghai shipments from Shanghai will lie mid« iB North-German Lloyd steaiueis. A- tln> AX at ion seemed to l)e a mysterious one BBani roubles are going to
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    37 6 Tlh> Budget Committee has <1 dure the inland postage for Fran fro sous to two, thus giving a peuu\ po Countrr m Europe wi I then have p D age, except Russia. Imlr Oinecs snd I rh#
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    SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1905.
    612 7 V Temperance lustitute has been opened m X a ,1a Lumpor, under the Presidency of Mr 1 1 Midway. Katfl- met the Reivers m a League football rfeiterday nasi won a well contested bi ons _.oal to nil. ccc prisoner who was awaiting trial r theft,
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1488 7 Friday, April 7, 1905. PRKBBNT His Excellency the Governor (Sir John Anderson, k.c.m.0.) n. E. the Officer Commanding the Troops (Colonel C. N. Watts.) I The Hon'ble the Colonial Secretary (F. G. Penney.) the Attorney-Genl. (W. R. Collyer.) the Act. Col. Treasurer J.O. Anthonisz) the Auditor-General (E. C.
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    BURGLARS AT WORK.
    285 7 The C. P. O. a Victim. Mr Watt of the Dispensary reports to the Police that on Tuesday evening he closed the two safes which contained $6*oo m cash, but the next morning on unlocking, them fouud the money gone. The safes did not show any signs
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    77 7 This news item evidently refers to the two detailed divisions of Kawam iras mysterious army. It will be noted tha: the landing is at Possiet Bay A telegram from Vladi/ostock. ejuoted by the St Petersburg correspo ideut of the** Journal/ 1 says it is reported that the Japanese have landed
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    832 7 Ordinary Meeting, April 7th 1905. Present: Mr E.G. Broadrick, President, Messrs W. Macbean, A. W. Bailey, D. K. Somerville, Choa Giang Thye, and Rowland Allen. Mr F. J. Benjafield, acting secretary, and Mr W. R. Pierce, Municipal Engineer, were also present. The minutes of the last meeting, Mare
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    83 7 Yesterday J.. F. Salzmanu ine f Withers m the semi-final of the S. C. C. tennis championship and the latter player won by six games to three m the first set and s x games to four iv the second set. Withers played m excellent form and though Salzmann was
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1657 8 Quicquid aguat homines vostri est farrago libelli. The war m Manchuria again begins to move. When Marshal Oyama announces that his whole line is now beginning again to advance slowly, even though forty miles from the new Russian main line, he a I >{»ts a publicity
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    THE JAPANESE AT SINGAPORE.
    271 8 The "Pioneer" thinks that the Japanese fleet that recently called at Singapore is a Japanese squadron of converted cruisers sent e>ut to act as the eyes of the main Japanese fleet to obtain information of the direction taken by the Russians, aud to cut off auv
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    48 8 T Herou A or> Senior (finance Ofhcer, Aldershot connnand, (formerly 8.0. SO. at Singapore has been appointed Assistant Director of Ordnance Stores m Hen of bis present appointment. (Col. Heron, passed through about a couple of years ag > on giving up charge < t the orduanc3 Departmen; at Hongkong).
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    IS INVASION A BOGEY?
    1823 8  -  ARNOLD WHITE [All Rights Reserved]* 1 BT Author 0/ "Efficiency and Empire," Jn.). I We are all equal on the fiehl of prophecy, and the answer to the question as to whether the invasion of England is possible depends solely on the character of the preparations
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    THE PADRE IN SCOTLAND.
    1352 9 No CVI. Thk Pentlands (Continued). With the enthusiasts who betake themselves IVntlmds whenever an opportunity the walk across the range by the rane Slap is the chief favourite. For the pedestrian who hails from Edinburgh it il thalonfSSl J'U'l heaviest, yet by far the m st
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    FIRE-ENCHNES RENDERED OBSOLETE.
    522 9 Fire-fighting has been revolutionised m Philadelphia. Fire-engines have been rendered obsolete and useless there by a plain massivelookiug brick building, upon which the eves of the world are fixed. This building guards all the central district of Philadelphia. In any part of the central district, at a
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    72 9 Seeing that it is the function of the exception to prove the rule, no one on reading the subjoined can have the least logical doubt of the warmth of bie Franco Russian "entente eordiale Some Russian sailors refusiug tt> pay their i bill m a restaurant at Bastia, iv Corsica,
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    IMPRESSIONS OF JAPAN.
    1244 9 A lady who recently returned to the Straits from a visit to the Land of the Rising Sun," forwards the Penang Gazette the following I think that the first thing which would immediately strike any traveller from India or the Straits, on landing m any Port of
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    THE EXTENSION OF RUBBER CULTIVATION.
    925 9 There is no doubt that agricultural interest m Ceylon, the Straits, and many either eeiuatorial countries at present centres chiefly em rubber. There are not wanting many signs of a considerable boom'" m the cultivation of this product during the present year. In a circular
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    MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1905.
    1801 10 The Indian opium revenue to date is no less than Rs. 1,02,23,070 better than the estimate. Mr Basil Draper, living at Sheen, River Valley-Road, reports that his boy has absconded with $51 m cash. The tender of Poh Kian for the erection of quarters (three) for
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    Correspondence.
    531 10 Eeconnoitring for Bcrglaby. |n ma Emr©*. < Dear Sir, We have had a lot of burglaries lately, there's no doubt about that. Out of ten houses within a mile of Neil-rd, Telok Blangah, no less than eight have been entered by burglars, and articles stolen within the past three
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    THE NEW YORK EPIDEMIC.
    234 10 THE NEW YORK EPIDEMIC Tie first news of this appears m this telegram to the 44 Daily Mail New York, Thursday, March 16. Cerebro-spinal meningitis. or 44 spe>tteel fever," m epidemic form is reporteel to exist m New Ye »rk and several other cities, 044» cases having occurred m New
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    197 10 The isolated Iroops m the ext reme west of the Russian retreat are subsisting on their Ileuses, and half starved men are cc instant lv surreneleriiig. The Burmese m the paddy elistricts think that Japan will probably purchase rice m Burma m May anel June, and are holding iv to
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    CRICKET.
    230 10 Y.M.C.A.vS.R.C.r2x,v I This match (twelve a nun) Saturday and resulted ma w_ u f,,, J: J, Koelmeyer s bowling proving t Y. M. C. A. He took miekpsu I and Benjafield 4 for II Tl r m the scores Y. ML C.|A.-F. J Isnisna*. I r ft* W.^cQabriel Merglor
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    SALVAGE STEAMER FOR PORT ARTHUR.
    89 10 (kkom oca Stockholm, March 1 I eminent has bought trout 9 Company, of this place, b BnraUee for use' m raising i warships m the barb nt r P Herakles ie equipped with I apparatus fe>r earning out vessel hos at present off M taken
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    NAVAL MOVEMENTS.
    75 10 The Sutlej and [phigenia a on the 12th inst. When the Ve ship arrives from xTmcomali crew, she will remain he»re for I b"i- x Naval Officer's ship, the Amph itri* mainiug. Whether the Thetiß on the Iphigenia's arrival or m»1 i* certain. Up to Sunday lii-o-ning "fli
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    246 10 Bangkok papers announce the great age of M, ef Admiral .1-'!.: occurred m the Siamese C inst. The late Admiral had more than half a oentury. He a midshipman m the British the service e>wiug to Lord Pala. tx) grant his widowed B-Othel I^.*>7 he received a com mi- 1!l
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    BALTIC FLEET
    1692 11 CO !V!INC DOWN THE STRAITS. i I I j. Rail sails through them Ifeirington of the Tara" report-, on m Fleet of 17 yes- a horn Bank at the 7th. They eon 4 unnelled ships Ships i i 10-boats rted Cniiacrs. ne light and was disno aa, It
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    PILGRIM PASSAGE BROKERS.
    185 11 A bill to provide for the regulation and control of pilgrim passage brokeus is about to he introduced into the Legislative Council. It is designed to check the frauds, unfortunately far from uncommon, which are perpetrateel by -sage brokers uuder the pretence of securing p sages to
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    THE JAPANESE FLEET.
    201 11 ln mail papers the references to the visit of Togo's fleet to the vicinity of Singapore are scanty. The 44 Times of the loth ult has a brief Router's telegram notifying the fact but neither ou the 16th noron the 17th any comment. The 4< Standard has
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    53 11 This evening F. Salzmann and Withers meet m the final of ihe S. C. C. Tennia Clmmpionsinp. Tlie final of the Pied'essmu Pair-, Battenberg ami Miles v Nome ami Treadgol 1. 1 ill arise* be played off this evening. To-morrow Battenberg and Withers meet m the final tie of the
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    THE KAISER IN PRAISE OF JAPAN.
    140 11 "An "Exampli to the Gbrman Armt." The Tokio Foreign Department has received the following telegram: In the course of a speeedi _it a military ceremony on March 9 the German Emperor referred to the war m the Far East. His Majesty eulogised the troops
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    THE HERO OF 203-METRE HILL.
    231 11 MAnni-TO to an American A<tkkss Of the making of romantic t ties m connection with tae war there would aocm to be no end. Here is the latest, related by a Sydney paper The Japanese have conducted the sar m a unique manner m more
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    ARE MAURIED NEW YORKERS HAPPY?
    232 11 New York presents the unique paradox of being at once the busiest and most idle city m the world. Of the idle people is aMr Woodburv, obviously a millionaire, and m addition a well-known American, a bachelor, philanthropist, and student of sociology." In spite of
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    ONE-MINUTE SERMONS.
    310 11 At Yatton, near Bristol, a public commission, by order of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, sat to kear charges brought against the Rev. George Herbert Smyth Pigott, Rector of King-ston-Seymour. Counsel said respondent succeaeded his father iv the living m 1892, up to which time the church
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    THE GREAT SILENT NAVY,
    2162 12  -  ARNOLD WHITE [All Rights Reserved.]* BY (.4m thor of Efficiency and Empire" SeJ. No higher compliment can be paid by the British people to their navy than the canine trust reposed by them m its readiness for successful war, and the blank cheque given annually to
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    CHINESE NEW YEAR ON THE BAND.
    1373 12 Interesting Sidelights. (From a Correspondent.) It was a queer invitation to receive just a thin piece of red paper with three lines of hieroglyphics reading fre>m top to bottom. What it might mean was absolutely l>eyond my power te> guess. But the bearer came
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    RECORD "POWER" MACHINES.
    45 12 The Canadian Niagara Falls Power Compan* the ally of the Ameri *au Niagara Falls Power Company, has successfully set m motion two 10,0011 horse-power turbines aud dynann*. These are the largest machines m the world. and their operation marks an electrical epoch
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    HOURS FOR MANILA HOT SEASON.
    54 12 A circular issued iv Manila fixes the ofta* hours for employes of the executrse BBnUUfor the hot season, from April 1 to June U»aa follows: All working days except Saturday*. from V till U am, and from I N til! I H P«»Saturdays, from h
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    A NEW MODE OY SHARPENING PENCILS.
    103 12 A NEW MODE OY SHARPENING PENCILS. i The object of an invent iem bj M A I' Fagrelius, of Chaongo, is to provide aa imp* device for sharpening pencils with a knife, which is simple m construction an I :enaLij 4 e to permit convenient carry ing m I chat
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    JAPAN AND INDIA.
    107 12 The announcement thai a treaty ha> been command b I sen lap a very favourably commented upon hy of Japan, which points out I Iwuißsham. Amies, aanar no aaee either side, vet the treaty will rusur j stability of' trade. Th* Brill I 1 a stipulation that
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    TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1905.
    747 13 Chinaman living at Gaylang was fined iV y* T Howard this morning for having xU mdi-cnsed brick-kiln. i death i^ announced at Fort Jameson, ot Miss Ernestine Beaufort, daughter > f lb Benanfbai formerly Governor of aj i;..rne«». j B. Oaanaa-1 Gazette contains a proforhaiding the
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    SPRING.
    124 13 That the daffodils taught to the roses t For each happy flower, that lives for an hour, Sings unto the day as it closes. Will you see me dance you a dance of the spring, And trample the upspringing daisy f For maidens are maying, and lambkins are playing,
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    THE METRIC SYSTEM: NO COMPULSION.
    114 13 Mr Gerald Balfour, replying to Sir T. Dewar, says: Of the total value of the oversea trade of this country m 1903, 42 per cent., en- less than one half, was conducted with countries m wdiich the metric system is m force. Ido not see
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    315 13 Y. M. C. A. v St Josephs. This match seemed fated to postponement, as it was last Thursday evening, when it was put off on account of the rain, and the deluge yesterday afternoon looked as though it had come to last, but cleared up m time for
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    314 13 A conference of Residents is reported to have been convened for Monday next at Kuala Lumpor The Danish steamer Paul Audrejeff arrived here yesterday from Odessa laden with rails. She is consigned to Manila. The Times of Malaya understands that with the reconstruction of the Courts of the F. M.
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    CHINESE EMIGRATION.
    289 13 Pbevehtion op Abuse. ("China Mail.") Iv dealing with the emigration of Chinese m his annual report the Registrar General remarks that arrangements have been made with the Protector of Chinese at Singapore for the issue of certificates to respectable Chinese who propose to travel with their families. Unhampered
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    THE CROWN COLONIES.
    356 13 At a meeting of the Royal Cohmial Institute at the Whitehall Rooms, Hotel Me'tropole, sn March 14th, Sir Charles Bruce read a paper on "The Crown Colonies aud Places." In the course of it he trace I the lines of our Colonial policy from the earlier stages
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    A BISHOP AS NEWSPAPER PROPRIETOR.
    218 13 Bishop Gibney, head of the Roman Catholic Church m We.tern Australia, has acquired a controlling interest m the 44 Morning Herald," one of the two principal daily newspapers publisheel m Perth. The unique combination of Bishop and newspaper proprietor appears to have excited much wemdering
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    68 13 Prince aud Princess Arisugawa of Japan will arrive on Sunday by the next German mail steamer Prinz Heinrich from Yokohama eu route to Germany, where they will represent the Tokio Court at the wedding of the German Crown Prince. There will probably be a guard of honour on the landing
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    FRANCE & RUSSIAN WAR FINANCE.
    428 13 FRANCE RUSSIAN WAR FINANCE. It ia a highly significant symptom of the growing concern with which the French people and for obvious reasons regard the continuation of the war that *-> popular a periodical as La Revue should publish an article, entitled. 44 How to Save our Nine Milliards." The
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    AN INSURANCE CASE.
    634 13 Claim for $20,000 Disallowed. The case of Yong Ju Guan v three insurance companies on a elans, for 120,000 which occupied the Court for some time, ended this morning m judgment for the companies. Mr Justice Thornton said that the three actions were tried together, and were
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    WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1905.
    849 14 Just as we go to press a warship* is signalled from the east and is probably the Sutlej. (Jn Monday afternoon a third class cruiser, probably Russian, grey-painted, came m from the eastward andrapidlv turned round and left. We understand that the passengers on the French
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    ATHLETIC NOTES.
    1128 14 Raffles have good reason to be pleased with their week's League football having picked up two points from the Rovers and one from the Vampires. In the former game the boys held the upper hand throughout, and m no position of the field we^a- the Rovers their superiors,
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    COMING NAVAL CONFLICT.
    1154 14 Tun Russian Ak.mada and Admiral Tooo. The following, though published three weeks ago (March 17) m the 4i Daily Telegraph," contains much criticism that applies to the existing naval situation m the China Sea We are on the eve, writes our Naval Correspondent, of further developments m
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    SINGAPORE SLIPWAY AND ENGINEERING Co.. Ltd.
    147 14 An ordinary general m^etin'j o\ t!holders of this Company was held m 1 Messrs Boustead 6l Co. Ho. l v C byat noon u -day. The following \*ent present Fon'bV W. P, Waddell 'm the Hon'ble^ W. H. Shelfo-d. and Kenan .1 I I
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    P. C. C. TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
    310 14 Frank Saizmann avura A am Yesterday eveuin- I Ekhmmnn and H met m tho final round ef the BLC C ft"" Championship, before a large nuU-hei tators. The evening was an ideal tennis on the Enpl .nade, there being na ami, an«l the Court played
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    23 14 To-night* pufuamamßS '•;> f Cl.owTl.ai, Will he und, Kr L Hoiutnt, A. ting C German y and Turkey. Br Compani will stage PnaaW haaaai
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    THE SEA BELLE-GLENFARG COLLISION.
    674 15 THE SEA BELLE-GLENFARG COLLISION. Jfannri Court of Enquiry. I ensjuiry on the above collision was held Marine Court this morning Mr E.C. presiding, whilst Lieutenant Gregory taina Fyfe and Kinghorn sat as asindncteu the case for the Mr Ei arson appeared for Captain i for the owners of the j
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    ALCOHOL AND BUSINESS.
    825 15 The "select conference" of business men held m the City under the presielency of the Lord Mayor on March 8, took the line generally that Bleobol was bad for business men. and that it caused a loss of £160 to CISO million a year. Some of the
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    SINGAPORE GARRISON G. CLUB.
    138 15 Mr Walter Cr. Smith, of South Australia, whither he has returned after I four months* tour of India, saiel m the course of an interview with an Aelelaide reporter M We are the subject of rielicule. Wherever you go you hear something regarding White Australia, and
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    TELEGRAMS.
    2380 15 (Reuters Agency.) Cholera has broken out m the Russian provinces of Tver and Vladimir. The disease continued through the winter and an epidemic I was inevitable w T ith warm weather. A strong body of police and troops yesterday raided the criminal quarter of Warsaw and seized large quant-ties
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    149 16 Penang, April 7th, noon. The Captain of a coasting steamer which arrived here this morning reports having Kighteel twenty-seven men-of-war seventy miles to the southwest of Penang. Hongkong, April Bth, 12. 34 n< on. H.M.S. Glory, Sutlej and Iphigenia have been suddenly ordered to proceed south at lull
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      938 16 PASSENGERS ARKIVKD. Apl s.— Per African Prince iMr B T West, and Mr D D O'Leang. April 6.— Per Malacca :Mr F D Philips, Mr W D Barnes, Mr F M Porcher, Mrs Porcher, j Mr Dickson, Mr Fryer, Mrs Hines, and Mr Ho Siak Kuan. j Per Hebe Mr
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      978 16 VESSELS IN PORT. Wen of '-r "las; and Ton. Commander. Arrived From For to/*, amphitrite Brit cruiser ***** Windham Mar 26 Hongkong T'eoniaW 1 Elertog Hendrik Dut cruiser 4872 Hockwater Blar 31 Rhio Doc* _ea Mew Col yacht 500 Maddock Api 10 Malacca Uncertain rhetig Brit cruiser 3400 Wilkinson Api
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      404 16 Baud, Dut. str.. Van der Lee, for Sourabaya. Amiral Neilly. Fr. str., Benarei, for Saigon Banka, Brit, str., D'Cruz, for Natunas Is. Sri Wongsee, Dut. str., Unus, for Rhio April 10 Van der Lyn, Dut. str., Winsemins. for Billiton and Pontianak. Sars. Ital. str., Avony. for Shanghai Islander, Brit str.
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