The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 8 June 1905

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    18 353 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1905 No 932
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    PRODUCE.
    72 353 (June 7.. 2 > nm IHni 8.80 f> Cabe.No. 1 12.87! -^'v. t Mm. v k icidinary S'poroi 25.75 (Fair L. W. 5 p.c, 3t> S€ e ft.) 35 v ■80 x^«'. „!W Fair quality) „4 45 (ift Co.) 4.50 V^r: (cU. do.) 4.40 Ufa (do. do.) 4.70 i
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      Birth.
      19 353 Ob 31st May, ;it the Monasb ry. Sir galore, the \\if*> of Mr. William Kin<;, of a son.
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      Deaths.
      60 353 Westwatei:. -On tbe 23rd of April, l!>05, ut LiaofjMlg, Maiu-lmria, Ethel MaROABBT 1 i.o.MHs, wife of Dr. A. MiumloiuilcL Westv/ater, United Free Church of Scotland Mission, and daughter of the Rev. J. W. Coomlw of Nice, j Riviera. Leckie '.Tay 7, at Little Cassiobury, Watford, Charles Stuakt LSCKIB, of
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    EXCHANGE.
    67 353 (COAMMJTBU Bt TO June 7.' Btafe 4 d&/8 1 11; itoiiiiiin l/11-H Private credit! 'J ui/i ..2 0 credits 6 M/fl 20^ Francs, demand ?4Sj 3n*AVT, demand... 202 India, T. T 147f Hongkong, deinaii.i 4\ dis YbcoSAMA demand 07} Java., demand 11 8-J-Bjlngkok, demand 58 S JVESEIGNS, $10.20 Bank
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    CONTENTS.
    127 353 the N Victory 853 t Sam] aign 3~>M ng 854 8fi 854 sting 854 o| the .Japan 354 854 or the Far East 354 •i Kov.il Weddiag 854 t Pewwg o •">•*> •o 855 ♦>•"»") :i"»5 355 I 365 :>•*•() j Rifle Meeting :r<7 Me rliii: 360 T: i
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    Russia's Naval Exit.
    476 353 \\t~r :hnil the I'ress the People's right maintain* Unawed by influence and imbnUed by gain; p;itriot Trnth her glorious precepts draw. ifafid to Keliiiion, I.oynltv and Law. June 1. i Accoedihg to a mail paper It is stated that the Russian Government has recently been making in-miries
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    The Reasons for the Naval Victory.
    805 353 One consideration that must cause much rea- tollable surprise to the world in regard to the great naval victory in the Iki Channel of a few days ago, is the fact that the Russian lo.sses in ships and men have been so enormous while
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    The Future of the Campaign.
    243 353 Bv the destruction of Um Gtaottoboi, on one of the mines outside VT^divoal that Japan had been la Ting plentiful for the reception of the Biltic ffaet, Admiral Bfrileff's great combined iieet of th<* P^tcific is reduced to one ship, the R.»>-! It in l
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  • Page 353 Advertisements
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      Page 353 Advertisements Column 1
      106 353 m lo the Singapore Free Prats' 1 lag from Europe to the Straits r.y r."s, are invit'Hl to send to the MOM of their steamer and date of .{•<•!>•. Copies will then be mailed ii at various ports of call. I II Europe wishing detailed ini'ur- -lunes &e. can have
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      Page 353 Advertisements Column 2
      26 353 TO THOS3' HOMEWARD BOUND. James Campbell ®> Co., Court, Naval Military Tailors, 50, Conduit Street, LONDON, W. i MR. H. G. DISS. I Mar 80 -P- nc
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  • Page 353 Miscellaneous
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      397 353 THE WEEK. The outward mail of April \'2 arrived bv the B. I. Thongwa on Saturday. That of the 13th by the M. M. Oceauien on Tuesday. The mail 01 April 19 is expected by the P. Simla on Saturday next This homeward mail is carried by the P. O.
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    Togo's British Training.
    110 354 It will be with some satisfaction that we reflect that the Japanese navy has been trained on the lines of the British navy and that Admiral To.;o and a large number of his oilicers have been educated in British training ships and on British battleships and cruisers.
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    "Togo Tells."
    568 354 June Bbfom Admiral Roshdibstvbnski left the pleasant shelter of the Aun.tni coast he stated that if In won in (he coming kittle be would supply all the information. If however he was beaten, T<»u ri> would tell.*' Togo has told Ami the last detailed instalment of the tale
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    Japanese Ayahs.
    266 354 Many householders will read with pleasure and approval the letter of Paterfamilias in to-day's issue, in which he makes a suggestion that at this moment will appeal to all as being not only sound and practical, but to a considerable extent as humane and helpful to many on
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    A Straits Golf Meeting.
    215 354 The Ceylon Golf meeting this year has been filed to take place at Walton Health, on Juno <». next Tuesday. Why should theiv not be a Straits Golf meeting annually also r The game ifl followed in the Straits with zeal, and at any given date
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    The Battle of the Japan Sea.
    422 354 June -J. We have good ground for announcing that the officiifl designation of the recent great naval battle of the 27th and 28th May is to be the Battle of the Japan Sea." This is due to what we now know to be the
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    Survivors at Manila.
    114 354 June 5. The missing Russian cruiser Oleg has at last turned up at Manila, ami with it the j Aurora and Jemtschug, both <»t which were believed, but not with lull certainty, to have gone down. This is good news for Japan. j These three cruisers, although
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    Togo's Battle Signal.
    625 354 Thbbi are several points in the telegrams printed to-day that are of interest. But none will appeal to the British allies of Japan so much as ihe English translation of the .Japanese text of Admiral Togo's general i Heel signal to his divisional admirals and captains, made
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    British Destroyers for the Far East.
    376 354 The Singapore roadsteicl U^Smj wem t anchor a valuable addition to the China >.jiudron en mute to Hoagkong. This oomprif* the whole of the River class t>f destroyer number, recently attached to the Aflat Gibraltar. These are, th». t the Erne, the Dee, the
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    The German Royal Wedding.
    119 354 June ♦>. To-day is till- weddiuir JiJ Prince of Germany and of theDuches* of MMJenburg-Schweriu, ;in which the peoples of own nation will less £ood wishes on the youug coupfe. itu-l trratulations ou the parents. Theiv h;ij>s not a verv Im§B uuihlmi 1 IhM rf» clear
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    Enquist's Escaped.
    518 354 Admiral Enquist w\n* to 1 uaval officer. He practically admittmami tail and run ti souiliu;inl battle experience off Okouishima on > while the remainder or the hV-t, wit he should have bft iu touch. vt< iin -i wards iu the direction ti roil was killed li 1 the
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    Hydrophobia at Penang.
    264 355 > iiwa in our special telegram hv thf p:vseuce of hydrophobia in me man unfortunately dying from r vhowiuvj distressing symp- »»azette Extraordinary issued yes•rUide the introduction of dogs from killed Malay States into Singapore. issued later yesterday deals with the -rn especially, and brings I i
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    Naval Base at Colombo.
    290 355 ■'••>- may \m inclined to m some between vvh.it tppean to be the for takiag over Taujong >f a policy al»»ut V GoloMbo. At both :tt H(»u irk >D"-, W) foreign if n«>\\ pMinittel to AO- m fore-shore. Triu.'!'iii<l«»ne«l M a it i> officially retained Mr«'.
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    M. Delcasse.
    239 355 It is much to be regretted that after having been often on the brink of resignation and having already once actually resigned M. DelGAfIU has at last finally laid down his duties at the Quai D'Orsay. His administration was characterised by a solidity and common sense that made
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    The Russian Losses.
    388 355 Although historically the Baltic Armada will never clear itself of the associations of the the Dogger Bank fiasco, and of the Capuan liiMiriousness of its protracted picnic on the i coast of Madagascar, yet its subsequent fate in battle completely atones for all, so far as the
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    Where is Singapore?
    154 355 Anybody would have thought that the passing of the Baltic Armada would have enabled the meauest capacity, aided by scores of maps published in home papers, to arrive at a vague idea as to the whereabouts of Singapore. And yet, about a month later, the Weekly Despatch
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    STRAITS TRADING CO, LTD.
    284 355 The directors' report for the half-year ended March 31, 1901, to be presented at the Ordinary General Meeting of the Company to be held on the 15th inst, shows that, alter providing for bad and doubtful debts, the net profits amount to 5489.409.20, to which has
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    THE TREATY WITH AFGHANISTAN.
    320 355 Its Full Text. Simla, May 25th. The following is the full text pi the treaty with Afghanistan. This is the translation of the Treaty: He is God, extolled be His perfection. His Majesty Hiraj-ul-Millat-Wa-Ud-Din. Ainir, Habibulla Khan, independent king of the State of Afghanistan and its
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    POLICE CHANGES.
    111 355 Inspectors Gallagher, JJooley, and Brace leave for home on furlough on t lie *th instant. Inspector Hart, who has been in charge of the European contingent at Police 15a hru, wiD take charge of Sepojr Lines Station in place of Inspector Gallagher, Atg Inspector Wilson will relieve Inspector
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    RAUB.
    745 355 Mine Report for 4 weeks ending May 20th. Tiie Mine measurements and Assay results of prospecting work show a total of 480 ft. for I lie period (4 weeks) under review, made up of ,25 ft Sinking, 73 ft. Driving, and 382 ft. of CrOMWtring, as against <>75 ft.
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    BALTIC TO BLACK SEA.
    109 355 It has been definitely resolved t<> construct an enormous canal joining the Black Sea with the B.tltic. The so-called Ri^a-Kherson Company, founded by his Majesty's Adjutant, Vassil-Chikoff, Baron Meindorff, and others, has undertaken to make a c.inal of about l,t>oo mile.s long, 140 ft broad, and
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    62 355 Iu 42 years that is fr.»m 1863 I 1 1*04 inclusive no fewer thm 2£&5 el< j of a nominal value of R918.107, !i we been »*>orted from Ceylon. The laffgiit uimiUr it) <ue year was 21>4 in 18 14: the sinx'!«'*>t vm 1 in thro years running 1877-'*; b
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    THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1905.
    870 356 Tronoh Mines, Ltd have declared another dividend of one shilling and sixpence per share, payable in London on the Bth June. Alleyne Ireland lectures ou the British Empire in the Far East' to the Royal Colonial Institute at Whitehall Rooms on June 6th. The only possible
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    AN UNKNOWN DESTROYER.
    88 356 Captain J. W. Knox of the British steamer Cyrus, which arrived here yesterday from Kuchinotzu, reports that on Tuesday, at 1 pm, he sighted a destroyer fourteen miles to the eastward of the northern Anambas Islands. The destroyer was steaming at over twenty knots and was bearing
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    FIRE ON COLLYER QUAY.
    210 356 (Jre. it excitement was caused totheearly- j 6omers to town this morning by the sight of the shiny dome of a fire engine outside the Hougkong*nd Shanghai Bank, rj ar Johnston's i Pier. Tnr up-reared ladder of the jeape and a couple of lines "t" hose
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    451 356 I The Colonial steamer Sea Belle trriw re this morning from Teluk Anson kvitli El. If. i l ie Sultao <»l Perak and sui eou b mrd. Tho Sonble Mr Justice Birks of the \iiugoon bench has retired. Before leaving i'-t lic!!u* Mr Birkfl was presented by the local V.
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    ATHLETIC NOTES.
    1018 356 Saturday's cricket was at no time a very brilliant display and only Reid and Rees for the XI showed an ability to jjet runs past the sixteen fieldsmen. The bowling of the long side was not very deadly stuff, Ulit with an extra five men in the field,
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    THE MONEY BATTLE.
    265 356 In the March number of the "Centij, article on the Outlook lor L'. Eoon The writer had the f 1 fortnne I M. Witte on the present ■ant wim i it tignificmnt "The .!.,t, resist our linaiuvs. ]hi u the other two Eaeten the .mm"" Perhaps the
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    JOHN CHINAMAN.
    332 356 Tbe writer of la vri tele in tlie u tt'«*i Bn ijw net t he re Fell i general superiority of .1 oi her people. Bri i lid anrhantMenl to the 4 1 e heart glow fonder. For oi fcertainthis angel unawares. The v.i In Bontiadutinction to the
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    16 356 •twi*\>. m Tli.a'huST.'! Bm arrived here from Sm. ♦> Ml liMssians J.»r >l v »\;»j«' (iiis cvt'.ji'K/.
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  • Page 356 Advertisements
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      160 356 LAND SALE. The following properties wore so^J \r% auction at Powell Co's Saleroom yesterdav afternoon. Land comprised in Statutory Q-raul N >. 2,696 situate at Upper Bedob, area 5 acres roods 13 [-oil's, qait rent *t» per annum. Bought !»v A. L l\ K. M. R. Vallayuppa Cbitty for 1
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    TO ARMS!
    520 357 TO ARMS L -ii,»naky Movement in Russia. PnrSBATI STRUGGLE. v flir.»ui<le >p*<i.il Correspondent. J:1 1 iIVf in these columns for betienag thai tlie Russian »uv ii..v.mi»-ii? hid reiohed siu-h a in.*!!? thai iti <'ippre>si«>n was i -h aai happened in the opinion; and infor- I from reliable ravroet npoa t!w
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    RACING BELLS.
    101 357 At York Races, in 1007. says "Country Life, the reward of victory was a small golden bell, and the records and inventories of the Corporations of Chester, Richmond, and othec places supply instances of the silver racing belli given as prizes before the introduction of race cups "Jockey
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    MILITARY RIFLE MEETING.
    121 357 T!. >>••-■ U proj< cted a scheme t>r the holding military rifle meeting in Singapore about ••■:n>f 12. The programme would be drawu up s > as to include a good many open events. •Sn -h a meeting as tliis mighl help to briug rd for notice
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    THE FLEETS OF THE WORLD.
    207 357 The tables which Mr Brassey publishes in tbe new issue oi" '*The Naval Annual' 1 show intry is maintaining tbe comparatI ive strength of r.s fleet In order to avoid any over-coun ing, we eliminate tbe 19 third-class cruisers which are -truck oft ih.; effective
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    THE POISONS ORDINANCE.
    390 357 The following Rules have been made by the Governor in Council under Section loot' the Poisons Ordinance 1905 1. Xo poison shall be sold either by wholesale or retail unless tlie box, bottle, vessel. wrapper or cover in which such poison is contained is distinctly labelled with
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    FINE SHOOTING IN PERAK.
    73 357 I!,- Mala* States Gruidei hare l>e^ii doing tine Bhootiog lateW. <>n the 23rd ten vu ii urn!«; iM-7, the inaifidual tutals being 100, I< M> 97, ?7, -'T. t<; S*>, s H Capt IJ.tin'rr was 000 «>t' the 97*. On Juuh 10 ihe Mal:iy States Ghrdei
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    FRANCE AND SIAM.
    295 357 The Rectification of Frontier. In regard to the agreement <>f the Siamese j and French Commissioners, on the line of j delimitation between the Great Lake, and the sea coast the Siani Free Press" makes this comment The extent of territory, from Cape Lending to Paknam Ven,
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    608 357 A telegram has been received i'lvm Hongkong announcing tbat tbe Dallas Ope/a Com pany will play in Sing pore from the 12th to the 16th inBt. The Burma Mines Development Company have discovered a coal mine in the Chindvrin district. There appears to be a seam six feet thick of
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    FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1905.
    848 357 We wonder how the news of the battle of Tsushima was received in Hull The chartered Russian HospitJ I .ip Garonne left for Odessa yesterday evening- The British steamer GHemogle arrive.] here from Amoy this morning with nearlv 'J.<><X> Chinese immigrants aboard. The steamer Sultan from
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  • Correspondence.
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      Female Servants from Japan.
      484 358 To thk Kditor. Dear Sip.. —As you are always ready to assist any project for the public good, I would be very glad if you would look favourably on the following idea Subject; Anf/ix: A]j(ili.<. I will not go into detail as to the amount «»f
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    FOOTBALL.
    70 358 A League Match was played on the Tannin Ground on Wednesday lietweeii A. A B. Coys. "The play in the first half was of a very pooldescription, B. managing to head a goal through from a corner-kick. It livened up in the second half, but A. could make no
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    MR EGERTON'S PREDICAMENT.
    114 358 The following is from a mail paper to hand this morning British Governor Molested. Mr Walter Egerton, the High Commissioner of Lagos and Southern Nigeria, says a report brought to Liverpool by the Elder-Dempster liner Zuuireru. has been stopped in the interior by hostile natives, and has
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    MUAR NEWS.
    166 358 June 1. The Committdoner <>f Police and Commanding Officer of the Mimr Volunteers, Major Abdullah bin Jatt'ar. who left here with H. H. the Sultan as acting a. d.c, has had conferred on him the honour of the Third ('lass Order of the Crown of Johore Sri Mahkotah
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    58 358 Mr W L. Cotilav, assistant commissioner oi Hice F. If. S., who baa been away on ei 'lit months l.'nve, retained bi the Java' this norning. Daring his sty &i Home he has made kfoatifioation by anger printi a studv, and will tio doubt make effective use of it in
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    THE RT HON WM. COURT GULLY, P. C.
    460 358 The announcement of Mr Gully's resignation of the speakership of the House of Commons will have been received with genuine regret by Unionist and Radical alike, as in the ten years during which he has tilled the speaker's chair he has amply
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    A BICYCLE THEFT.
    128 358 About tiro weekfl ago Mr Robert Pernie of Benzoline House. Tanjong Katong, reported that his bicycle had been stolen from toe entrance hall. The Police made efforts to trace the stolen machine and Constable Dowling went round to all the bicycle shops in the town. While at
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    THE HARTMANN EXTRADITION CASE.
    101 358 Thi8 morning before Mr Howard. Mr C. J. Carver asked leave to mention the HartinanD extradition case. Counsel said he would like a week's postponement, Mr Raine. for the defence, had no objection he understood. Mr Howard fixed the hearing for Saturday week. Ilartinann was arrested
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    THE "WHITE PLAGUE."
    104 358 THE WHITE PLAGUE." Says the 'Madras Times An Indian gentleman, who recently left Madras, eastward bound, writes in enthusiastic terms regarding Japan and Japanese He says, "now that 1 have personally seen the Japanese in their own country, 1 would stake my last dollar not onlv on their final success
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    91 358 One of ilie wonders of the Paris Exhibition of 1900 wsi a piece of silk. IS yards long and 18 inches wide, woven from tha web of the giant spiders of Madagascar. The fabric was of a shimmering golden-yellow colour. The Madagascar spider is a common object of that island.
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    SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1905.
    1557 358 By the Bentong this morning there arrived from Malacca four convicts under charge of a Sikh guard. Mr Hugh Clifford, c. u <;., Colonial Secretary of Trinidad, accompanied by Mrs Clifford, has arrived in London on leave. Mr Chong Yung Khay is appointed a member of
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1070 359 .-,!..>//•; p*t farrago Üb'lU Juvenal. Kl n lhaTofSC of a Century, of a t\ is that of the overwhelinA a liv the Japanese fleet over Armada. The Russian „.n ,H»iiiu naval dominion in the i itroke, spomjmdooi, and s tige is today unJy a memory. is
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    GREAT PREPARATIONS.
    489 359 Thk J.\i'ane>k Adtanos. dktallB of t.ik japansBs plas The St. Petersburj! corresnondent o! the Daily Telegraph 91 wired recently I an enabled t<> stt.te that, while very optimistic anticipations prevail in the highest circles here respecting the WsulU of the future encounter hstwean the hostile fleets, gra¥« apprehensions
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    18 359 To.ni^ht the rVwfJHj Choral Society gi^« their tirnt concert in aid of the funds of the Town Hand.
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    1035 359 Ordinary Meeting, Friday, June 2nd, 1905. Present. Mr E.G. Broadriek (President), Messrs A. \V. Bailey, Murray Rol>ertson, Lim Boon Ken^, A. J. Watkins, and C. McArthur. Mr J. Polglase, Secretary, and Mr XV. R. Pierce, Engineer, were also present. The minutes of t lie meeting, May H*. were
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    RUSSIA AND JAPAN.
    216 359 Discussing the prospects of peace, the Saturday Review gives reasons for thn belief that present conditions Men to point <*onelusively to the prior exhaustion ol Russia. Her foreign credit lias peached its utmost limit. Her domestic financial capacity i* severely strained. Internal discord is pronounced As to
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    POPULATION STATISTICS.
    301 359 Hie annual summary of l»irths, marriages, and deaths in the dmted Kingdom, and especially in the Metropolitan district, is always an interesting document, and liitv be regarded with different feelings, according to the reader'^ vit'ws^ of the desirability, or otherwise, of a steady Increase o\' our population. As
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    309 359 •They all love .Jack." In i West Kensiujton Church the other day a >>ayswater lady was married to a rnan-o warsman. whose portrait she first saw in a friend's album a month ago. The Hailam who with the aid of an accomplice put a pole against a house in Ar-menian-st
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    SINGAPORE SPRING MEETING.
    6365 360 First Day, May 30th 1905. Cornell tee.— C. Sudden, Esq, Chairman, Hon H. Fort, H. Payne Gallwey, Esq, D. P. MacDoiigall, Esq. J. B. Young, Esci, A. \V. Stiven, Esq. A G. Faber, Es<, G. P. Owen, Esq, Secretary and Clerk of Course, 6. T. Greig, E»q,
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    BURGLARS BUSY.
    271 361 Mr J. G. Mactaggart living at Suez Canal r*l, TaagUn, report* hat. ou S .rd.y night, whilst the inmates at <1h; t. !i is house was entered by a burglar who i- a jewel case containing 1473 worth of i weUety from a dressing table in lira liact
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    AN UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE.
    275 361 A BOATIN'J AdVENTURK. Yesterday Mr B y nnd another European employed at Tanjong Pagar went out in a boat for a pleasure cruisa off Pasir Paojaag, having a Malay with them to assist in the mauageinent of the boat. The weather wm rather squally and whilst one
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    "LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM."
    146 361 "LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM. Cornish people tie tough, and wear well. A remarkable weddiug, says the TV« ss Association, took place at PeniAJloe yesterd \y morning, (May 7) the eootncftiag parties being Frauds Russell Vincent, i hale widower of eighty-six years, and Annie Harvey, a healthy aji<l active widow of ninety-six.
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    DIVORCE IN JAPAN.
    108 361 Then' many early, and often, in Japan. A writer in "T.A. T. mentions the case of a man aged forty, living iu the Province <>f Biz^n, wlio has married and divorced thirty-five wives, and is now married to a thirty-^xth. The reason he assigns for bis extraordinary
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    15 361 A Om/: -tte Notification issued this af:enuK)n forbi«l> the importation of dags from the V.M.-S-.
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    MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1905.
    1781 362 In regard to tlie above H M S Diadem has left for Colombo to pick up the naval details for the China station dropped there bv the Canopus and Goliath H. M. S. Diadem was out cruising off khfl Carimon Islands this ■MNfsing. Angl»»-i»liul»iiin.'" w^° writes
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    BRITISH DESTROYER FLOTILLA.
    384 362 BRITISH DESTROYER FLOTILLA. Bound Fok China. The British cruisers Fox and Proserpine arrived here yesterday convoying the destroyers Kxe, Erne, Ettrick, Itchen, Aruu and Dee, which are bound for Hongkong. The Fox. The Fox is a third-class cruiser of 4,3f>U tons iliiplaccinra* and is well-known here as she brought Hear-
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    A SILVER WEDDING.
    127 362 NV\; Friday, the i*rh instant, Mr and Mrs Kipb;i«*l Sassoou <*eleV>rate thtir Silver W<edding. Mr Sussoon is a partner ol Messrs Neper Brothers and he hay l>een a resident ol Singapore for nearly twenty years. What adds mtercal to this silver wedding is that Mr Sasaoon has
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    BRITAIN FETTERED.
    278 362 Lord Lawsdowye's Rerukk wo Wwsrmmm Australia. The revelations recently made in I>r Bsth's Commission concerning the ill -treat men t of the aborigines of Western Australia, were referred in the House of Lords May ]Oth when the Archbishop of Canterbury called for information. T have read the report,'"
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    74 362 A Shell liner passed the Port from w**st to ea>>t yesterday forenoon. With regard to the adoption of standard time in India, it is irtMM to iMtwdhw Um desirable dbtmgß in all telegraph, postal, and railway >m"ees ou the Ist July. In large omm* niei'ial t*»wuB, such as Calcutta, Ifatrat,
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    HARMSTON'S CIRCUS.
    33 362 The last performance* of u, matinee at 4 pm full evening r***** pm-to-dav. The Clarke'. £iS^£ Mb. Welby Cooke will p*> \^\l act, also all the best turns of a W
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    JUDGE ANXIOUS FOR WORK.
    50 362 Un His liko !Wlk Mr Justice Kuoklev ttU in fe Court recently t!.,t MiyacUoad Ijefote him irouM bo triad \>rv bit next wook. Bo woul! be of tlie actions upon notice or l.v pirti,'s. lmt in MmH of w.,ii would shorlv offer hiß service Beuch Division.
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    A LESSON FROM GERMANY.
    95 362 Thorn w'io bw« have bold li;tnv tiia- the qvolitaM which n tion formidable tine tlion i i,. eatioa. A circular whirl, GknMM Owi J-Gstral at simi-ln tMmg illu«tr;.ti<.n H- b&em ooaoSoVring the effact« East, rtera w-;i, be >.. China; Ukd I IpJl «ol .jr. j prodiK-0,--
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    THE ALIENS BILL.
    294 362 (Times) The Merchant Senrios Guild are munication with th«> Prime Minister, the Ji Secretary, and other niemU-rs of il»- |j Commons with regard t.» the Alhmj- l'houj^h not ohjeetiu^ to the priuciple measure, the jjuild rtew Kverulcf ittpi v\ ith alarm, on the gnnitd that it vould
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    219 362 There was a destructive squall afl S Ma)* 25, junks beimr «*apsized unrooted. A horse was carried kh the air. A Parliamentary Paper \#*d the amount saved to ih»» <;..v«»riiin«' daring the last six yws l»y theempi of imops M the IiKiiiii esUblwkf^ British Goveruuient in Shu li Atr and
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    OUR NEW WORLD-POLICY, AND ITS PIVOT.
    1327 363 ,tf T Fkkdlrick Gkeexwood). ltnv months pa*t preparation has been n fur launching a project of such trenic ,,nse«inence that its advocates in Engr venture to describe it in the tew and '..pk which convey its whole meaning. itnen bold. Th^ix-they vu-.te 4 mm
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    AFTER THE VICTORY.
    1506 363 Will Japan Rk.il senate China.? By Arnold White. Bt the battle of Mukden and the fall of Tieling, the Mikado becomes mana^m^ director of the ('hinese Empire. This means that our Japanese allies control 400,000,000 water drinkers, whose brains are as clear as, whose thrift is greater
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    SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
    1015 363 Magnetism is Motion The New Barometer Standard Time on Tap Vaccination in Coloured Light— Natural Flowers with Artificial Perfume Paradoxical Heating Imitating Nature in Navigation. For twenty-five years the nature of map netism, a problem scarcely less bewildering than life itself, has been a subject of research by
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    THE PADRE IN SCOTLAND.
    1695 364 No. cvni. The Pentlani>s, (continued.) Pursuing our leisurely tramp round the Pentland Hills, we find ourselves confronted tit We.^t Linton by a net-work of drove-roads and paths, leading by various parses through the south- j western end of the range to the high-roads of Midlothian and
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    CANADA AND THE EMPIRE.
    934 364 Lobd Qrey's Speech at Toronto. Ottawa, April '26. Widespread interest is manifested throughout Canada in Lor*! G ivy's speech at Toronto on Monday ni^ht. After referring to the pro■pecta of increased trade between Can:; hi and Japan, Lord Grey continued: '•So long as the policy of
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    THE RECENT CRISIS.
    606 364 Japan and Fuaxce. (in To-<la\\s Mail.) A DlsQUlETnro Outlook. The outlook abroad is somewhat disquieting. "The Tunes* 1 correspondent ttTokio dedafces > tli.it. even irheu ou the ver^e 01 war v.ith Russia, the Japanese newspapers did not show greater excitetneui <>r greater indignation than now. Sever.; 1
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    THE OIL FIELDS OF BORNEO.
    695 364 decided to communicate ul w. will be regular data com vn, ni., t i. U, U<i tieMs and the output <,, t|M- r^^! its share holders and the piV s> present time it has pratticnllv W u impossibility to obtain nfi,; m. the condition of
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    TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1905.
    428 365 T River' destroyers coaled at Tanjong -■-Jay. nean living at the Hotel de T Europe A 'hll— •>* valuable ring. rvp >rT vi:r..r |>i Ithe Port from west Mnrnin' She showed no colours. r»- ..ii Mt\ I--, and arrived tger by the Kiviich mail j t
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    THE GERMAN ROYAL WEDDING.
    762 365 Arrangements in Berlin. All the preparations for the Royal wedding on June 6 are being pushed forward. It is assumed here that the King will be represented by Prince Arthur of Connaught. At first it was supposed that the Prince and Princess of Wales would come
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    186 365 Mr W. K. Moulsdale, who has been out here in connection with the Tfenjong Pagar Bipropriatioß, leaves for Home again by the EnglUb mail on Thursday. Although ii is not yet certain whether Dr J. E. Duttou has succumbed to the tick fever which he was investigating on the Congo,
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    Gold Formations in Malaya.
    749 365 Millhaugb Cottage. Bathgate Bth May 1905. f« THE EDITOR. Dear Sir,—Your excellent Budget dated 6th April to hand. Amongst others subjects Gold Formations in Malaya.' Many of the more important statements made in the paper on above subject are quite erroneous! Others are very misleading and
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    COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.
    233 365 The 43rd annual report of the above Company shews results which should be found extremely satisfactory to shareholders, ia view j of the very bad times experienced by many Fire Insurance offices in VJO4. The active and I enterprising character of the Company is shewn
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    NAVAL MOVEMENTS.
    52 365 The destroyer flotilla commanded by Commander Everett will proceed to Hongkong on Friday probably, the Iphigenia doing escort duty. The Proserpine mil probably return to Colombo on Saturday morning, and the Fox may wait on here as Senior Naval Officer, at least pending the return of the Diadem
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    FOOTBALL.
    97 365 H. Go Ist Sherwooi* Pombtsbs v Co R. A. A good League game was p'ayed uii the TaDglin ground on Saturday betvreen teams representing these Companies. In the first half no score was made, off-side iroal being u'iven against the K. Gh A. lu the second half "BL" had
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    A GAMBLING APPEAL.
    137 365 Yesterday before tho Chief Justice, Sir Lionel Ox. B£r Khory on behalf of Lee Hock Siew appealed against a c eviction under the Gktmin& Ordinance ia whieh hi* client had been fined S2OO and in ;;d.lition sentenced to three months 1 rigorous imprisonment. Mr Kbory contended (hat
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    ADMIRAL DES VOEUX HAMILTON.
    272 365 Bear-Admiral des Voeux Hamilton, the new Comisaader-in-Chief of the China Station who is due here by the P. A O. mail steamer Simla on is a distinguished officer of long and varied service. He entered the Navy in !*<><'», at the age of fourteen, as a
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    A SHOCKING ORDER.
    219 365 Among Russian document s ruptured \<y the Japanese, it is officially announced that there was found a brigade order numbered 3 and dated the Oth of the second month 19 'corresponding to the 22nd £>f Man!;). The place of the order's issue was Shwilopatai, and it formed
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    111 365 A cable message from Melbourne reports that the Commonwealth < Jovernment have re- fused to permit a German mfcdicatt to lav a, I cable from CooktoWß to SuuiaraiiL'. I On Saturday nonußgasDr Yin f;t->.-Utaut to Dr Lini Boon K«tf() *M driving ai.m^ peach rH pear the Befles Hotel, the wheel
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    THE LATE BALTIC ARMADA.
    674 366 Russian Hopes of Victory. The "Sviet" views the news from Rojestvensky as an auspicious prelude to a decisive battle, which may show that over Rojestvensky «still shines the happy star which helped him, when a lieutenant, to save the fragile Vesta in an unequal conflict with
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    257 366 Yesterday the taikong of the Chinese tongkang, which collided with the Meander Shoal Buoy and displaced it, was charged before Captain Boldero in the Marine Court with rash navigation. He was convicted and fined 350, bat said that he had no money to pay the fine and his towkay, who
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    WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1905.
    872 366 Mr Justice Moncrieff has retired from the Ceylon bench. Major F. A. Randolph, R.G.A., arrived here on the 2nd inst, on posting to 80 Co R.G.A., and is taken on the strength of the command. The Hon. W. R. Collyer, Attorney General, returned to Singapore by
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    ATHLETIC NOTES.
    1158 366 The next few weeks are, from an athletic point of view, the busiest of the year. Saturday next will see the opening of the Cricket Tournament when officers of Army Navy and Brokers' (a queer combination) under Lt. Gilson, play Corporations" under Rees. The preliminary rounds of the
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    A SOLDIER'S BRUTAL MURDER AT SECUNDERABAD.
    185 366 SecunderabaJ, May ff fl My| g phy, of the Lincolnshire feraL murdered at 9 oVWkl^.n,^ of his bouse by Mule Smitl,, of [j who had a grudge a-uu>t lt was Regimental Sergt-M.«j.,r. foi punished. Smith was Room orW"" when alone forced open a chest
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    GRIFFIN MATCH.
    67 366 This morning on the Race Course, U good few spectators, a sporting race beta* the four crack griliiii> of the off. King Rose (Mr HowdenV (Mr Paddies) Sir Percale (Mr PfMt)«| Quinam (Mr Fort's) were the competitor*, ud each ran at J.7. The iv>ult wa*apn*tr«p win for King
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    175 366 Yesterday the S V A met St Jowph^ in < league football match on the Esplanade. The S VI won the toss and elect*] t<< defend the Cathedral end. From the start l»thtei»4d their best to score and the Yoluntwiad several likely chances which they were tuuate in
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    A CHETTY CHARGED.
    145 366 This morning before Mr Howard. named V. V. R Chellappa PilUt with having on October tith and received s«?cret and collusive tw.i sums of $3,000 each for having in .iud sigued upou June "2nd, a «l rauu,'e:nen: and composition Kb.-. IVeSoon and his chetn I tran to
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    46 366 Sine* the battle «< Hul neers h;uv 1»- i> utth brides uii'l r. I TiebUttg rmilwai M imh4 la iwik mm! tra\» Min^r J iiv between I a iwUSJBB Of ftO i> t 1 c..inmunicaf»..hv inaoilkwMni tW !i;.e. M iir K I1 aafiai u» ix* op«»u(M] AoHl*
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    CLEVER BILKER CAUGHT.
    154 367 the *Jn<l sreU-draesed uurrj N" SO6 at Circularover 'I*' town to see the ♦li*- Patantral Gardens, the :r a At S-30 in the the gharry syce to stop H »re he alighted and satioii with an old Malay He re i»* wosnan a "gold"' ring wish t
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    WHY GERMANY FEARS JAPAN.
    192 367 oc Tokyo, Taints out in M Months (iennans are di»■nierprtM China. All tlioir voita m tl>' sswtinos of Shantupg and irtiom at Yan<;tse ports, iadi«-ute > \pe<*t;>tions of their counaui- in the Far East. Kiao- .>•. ngu 1 m sportant chietly for the of its hatcffbad.
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    195 367 6 Wright, d.s.u.. k..;.a has been il 'v -'nee to proceed to CVylon hm9tmM) >»th. 1 K. .SjiiiHrville, Managing Director of Co. *(ets away on leave u 'tiling at Penan^ en route. He N>heal Home for ?»ix months. 11.m.1v, the eldest son of the ■sal and Madame de Bondy, arrived
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    TELEGRAMS.
    2903 367 (Reuter's Agency. St Petersburg Bourse Gazette says that the Battle of Tsushima has decided the issue of the war. It has opened new ways for the currents of history. The correspondent of the Express at Tokio says that the cruiser Gromoboi, leaving Vladivostock, apparently in hope of joining Rozhdestventsky,
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      88 367 LAND SALE. tv following properties were sold by aucftevell 1<>v s sale-room yesterday T\\ lau.l iui.1 house No. M-l Neil Road, 1:«.- ><juare feet. Bought by -'K V M Saineuuthan Chittv for ,M l.ni'1 »i)'l house No 1 Everton-Rd, t -4.» square feet. Bought bv M S:me:iiithau Chitty for ImiinfcnH
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    207 368 SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. Hoogkottg, June *2nd, 3.14 pm. The sailing vessel Traveneore, in ballast from Puget Sound, went Aground forty miles to the north of this port yesterday morning. Penang, June sth 11 43 am. There is an alarming hydrophobia scare on here. A ui|n was taken to the hospital and
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    TOGO'S BIG BATTLE
    832 368 TOGO'S BIG BATTLE (Japanese Official Telegrams.) Received 9 a.m. Thursday. It is officially announced that in the last naval battle, the damage to our fleet was very slight, and none of our battleships, cruisers, or destroyers, lost, nor any other ship, except three torpedo boats. L T nder Imperial command
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      258 368 PASSENGERS ARRIVED BY THE MAILS. June 2. Per P O Java From London. Mrs Peirce, child, infant, and nurse, Miss Boulton, Miss F Webb, Miss Croucher, Mr M J Upcott, Mr A Teage, Major F A Randolph, Mr and Mrs W L Conlay and infant, Mrs Joseph Bowes and child.
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      858 368 VESSELS IN POR t :o: lH»n- *r PUe and Tons Commander* Arrived From Iphigenia Brit cruiser 3600 Fawckner Apl 12 Hongkong Sea Belle Col. 48 Nacodah June 1 Teluk Anson 'n Proserpine Brit cruiser 2135 Hulbert June 3 Colombo Tiu^. Fox Brit cruiser 4360 Eastace June 3 Colombo H rj
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      410 368 Ernest Simons, Fr str, Bolivia, fa f les via ports. Hong Wan, Brit, str., Phillips, f,,r Hoar Malacca. Poh Ann, Brit. str.. Sta--h, forTeluk Ans*» ports. Will o" the Wisp. Brit tfr, Ralph, fur P<*^\ Sappho, Brit, str., Turner, for Teluk Aasot*] ports. Mena, Dut. str Hoosain, for Batu Batavier,
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