The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 7 September 1905

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  • 18 145 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1905 No 945
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  • 297 145 145 :i 145 ice 14»J t<M Japan 1 16 lies m lado-Chins 146 of Froatieraaaea 146 Africa 1 16 phy I |6 Treaty 146 Railway 117 .3 Nkws. M irder 150 i. t'-- -:ou 151 bum I.VJ 1 ihm 153 X 147 j h inn 1 11.- 118 ...150
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  • 28 145 an if to Skim *>.) 2 1! n/ia m s Sjf£j ad fJBj 218 15i' i 7? dis demand \0o) 127. "'•1... M (11 hills 2? uannaa ;>>o
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  • Domestic Occurrences
    • 63 145 On the 14th August, the wife of Mr. P. R. I Desai, of a daughter. The first Pante birth j m Japan. On 25th instant, at 21 The Bund, Shanghai, the wife of H. W. Bi < -eland, of a daughter. On the 264a August, 1905, at No. 11,
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    • 119 145 On August at the German Consulate, Manila. Capt. Jansskn, Cebu, to HSNVI Hen- eel, eldest daughter of Johann Otto Henckel, j Hamburg. Woods-Bailey— At Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, on the :22nd of August, 1005, by the Rev. A. J. Walker, m.a., Amy Catherine, i second daughter of Robert Henry
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    • 39 145 At Emerald Hill Road. Harky James MotJland of John Little Co. Aged 4") years. At Tanjong Pagar on Ith instant, Mabel Margaret, youngest daughter of Mr. A Mrs. George Bacon. Aged 1 year and 4 months. Deeply regretted.
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  • 140 145 Sept <; r,» si. 50 Oi"i'ih> „8 oo (i«. i to.n N«i I m ■••87* do. OW. No. 2 12 25 PWrtnw, HU< {Oidiaary S |>Oi«i 28. do v\ u»*e, ;>*ir LW 5 pc. 38. Cfemegi !l fl to»ne „35 do. (So u> tbe B\ > mBO Mace (Banda)
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  • 715 145 Hes; hall the Press the People's right ma i.U.n, Unawed by ir.rliier.ee and unbnbed by gain-j v rntiiot Truth her glorious prerepts draw. to Religion* I.oyaitv and Law. August 31. The engrossing topic of t lie day continues to be the conclusion of the war.
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  • 669 145 While there is no doubt that the considerable local detth rate is largely due to the ab-sent-minded and casual way m which the town has l>een allowed to grow together on allotments so demarcated as to create evil eond tious, a proportion of blame is to be
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  • Page 145 Miscellaneous
    • 278 145 THE*WEEK. The mails of Aug 1 1 from Europe arrived by the P 0 Simla on Friday, and homeward advices were taken by the N D L Prinz Eitel Friedrich on Tuesday and go by the B I Pundua 10-day. The Legislative Council approved the rules made by the Judges
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  • 496 146 September 1. Reuter forwards us to-day a considerable selection of press opinion, home and continental, on the conclusion of peace. With the exception of the Russian opinions, there is a general unanimity m the paying of high tributes to Japan for the wisdom, self-restraint and magnanimity
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  • 361 146 A correspondent writes privately, to support the remarks made m a published letter on the subject of the lisks of the tramway crossing where Stamford Road intersects North Bridge Road, which is, from the carriage traffic point of view probably the most important intersection iv all Singapore.
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  • 362 146 September 2. It is only now that we are beginning to get an inkling of the public feeling m Japan over the remarkable leniency of Japan m the concluding of the peace negotiations. How far would the Japanese people be able to bring themselves to accept
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  • 366 146 Education Subsidies in In do -China. September 4. TnoUQB the French dependency of lndoChina contains a much larger proportion ot' Europeans and European families owing to the multiplicity of fonctiomnaire* than we have m the Straits and Malay Peninsula, yet even allowing for that, the liberality oi the Indo-Chiua Government
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  • 545 146 There is an organisation whose development is now making good progress m the various parts of the Empire, which is inspired by patriotic motives, and is based upon the universal congenital duty of every abl-ebodied Briton to give his services m war to his country, ami
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  • 885 146 September 5. What we are told of the disturbed eoudi- tion of German East Africa to-day must be causing serious disquiet at Berlin. We have a local hint of this trouble here m .the despatch of the Thetis and the Seeadler, to the chief port of
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  • 602 146 Septeia! A correspondent, Lee-EssVeU ward with a suggestion thai the "old hands" of the Bisantaor* Wk%* ciatiou of fifteen or six**- M «n ;1 r that some permanent tropin tor v the luterport Hstdi it «U by public subscription m Sh mglui. 11 and Singapore and
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  • 271 147 I I satj "f peace betweeu Japan and i; *>ia has now been signed, and nothing now the formal ratification of that I'.y this time we suppose that the aese naval aqnadron which had proceeded eSi «Okhotsk to operate against Petroother Russian coast settlements hive
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  • 118 147 N'i.^ruin we fiud that Russia, na-il section of the Minehurian sooth si UTrbin. The junction with M ion ia placed at Quangcheng. il;. ined irith Shu mgeherg ting, tevn timtv-four miles south of the ii.i. Ifsa section is really I i its retention by Rusths Harb...-Vladivostock commu»ni
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  • 219 147 I>k Perry Killeo. A sad fatality occurred yesterday afternoon at Johore, resulting m the death of one gentleman and the injury of another. It appears that during the afternoon Dr Perry of the Johore Hospital decided to go for a drive and invited Mr Hughes to
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  • 254 147 Over forty members competed for the monthly medal which was won by Mr H, S. M. Bishop with the excellent score of 81 with a handicap of 5. The scores of Messrs Hogg and Finlayson were also very good, and that of Mr C. V. Miles deserved
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  • 76 147 Amongst the passengers who are on board the Eitel Friedrich are a number of Chinese military students who are to undergo a course of instruction m the Austrian Army. The Chief -of the mission is expectant Taotai Li ChingHsu a nephew of the late Li Hung
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  • 161 147 The Oernaan mail Bayern left Peuang at lM am this morniug, aud *k expected to arrive hew* an about 3 pm to-morrow. Coletiel liobinson, Comwandaut, 21st Gurkhas., rasho was iujured m the earthquake at Dharmsala. and whose wife and two daughters were killed, has been peranatted to retire. The v
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  • 17 147 Lieut and Q. M. Barrow First Sherwood Foresters leaves for England by the Malacca on Sept. 9.
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  • Correspondence.
    • 637 147 The Trophy Suggestion Again. To the Editor. Sir. —Having noticed m your issue of the Ist inst that practice for the Annual Inter port Rifle Match between Hongkong, Shanghai and Singapore is shortly to commence, and being somewhat interested m rifle shooting myself, I asked one
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    • 366 147 A Good Word for the Car-Driver. To TVS Kditor. Bear Sir, —One hears many complaints about the reckless or at least careless driving of the Tramway cars, but I was a witness last night of an incident, which but for the prompt action of the Tram driver,
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  • 1003 147 THE WHITE PERIL." In the Nineteenth Century Mr George Lynch writes on the 44 white peril m a way fitted to rouse the Western conscience. The Yellow Peril is a figment of the Western imagination. The White Peril has, he says, been carved out of the continent of Asia, and
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  • 30 147 Four Chinamen, arrested lor gang robbery m H 11-st, were before Mr C dem r this moraii g and remanded. Bail b*iug .*J j.j with one c I ception $500.
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  • Page 147 Advertisements
    • 141 147 LAND SALES. The following properties were sold by auction at Powell and Cot saleroom yesterday afternoon. »99 years' leasehold land at Gaylang Road, near Kallang Bridge area 4] poles with dwelling houses thereon Nos. 248-2" to 248-7 Gaylang Road also a piece of land adjacent to above, area 2 poles,
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  • 844 148 The Rev. J. A. B. Cook left yesterday m the V Hong Wan for Muar. Sowhoo a Kling, paid 310 for working 'his bullocks m an unfit state yesterday. Chow Poh, found begging m Yictoria-st, has received from Mr Marriott a week's rigorous imprisonment. General Wiley,
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  • Correspondence.
    • 201 148 Are our lives at the mercy of the Electric Tram Drivers.'' To the Editor. Dear Sir, —This morning about quarter to 10 o'clock I and two other gentlemen were coming to town from Orchard Road. Near the function of North Bridge Road and Stamford Road, almost opposite the
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  • 697 148 The Czar t< Legrsphed t«- General Lineritch "The Army is now prepared to inHict an important defeat on the enemy, but duty to my Conscience and my people commands me not to expose the army to fresh ami endlesa horrors of war for the sake of half a
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  • 464 148 A NEAT TU QUOQUE. The China Mail*' translates an article from the N Canton Times" of Aug 16th which very pertinently shows that the Chinese m adopting their boycott of American commodities to secure a political object, are doing nothing more than making use of methods adopted by the American
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  • 265 148 The tropical heat has brought the ruoeqnito from his dank swamps At St Bartholomew's ten very bad cases were treated and other institutions are admittiug out-door patients Motorists and cyclists are among the victims." Beans Paper*' Out East you make a mock of me Aud safe within your
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  • 113 148 The Annual Tournament for the Cup presented by the King's Own Regiment will commence on Monday 11th instant. The following Teams have entered Garrison. BBLSneoa Polo Cm a. Major Everett (Capt Mr Sydney Smith (Capt Mr Sankey Capt Molyncux Mr Hodgson Mr Byrne Mr Banttjr Mr Crichton
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  • 843 148 EDUCATION IN HYGIENE AND TEMPERANCE. The Board of Education has i^, le d scheme for teaching hygiene and te 1^ the scholars attending pubih i IJI J t f r The following is the prefatory note It is important that the teacher w|„ to teach the rules of health m
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  • 37 149 rj, c rotal amount of tin ore exported by the btiters «»u the land of the Royal Johoro Tin YPu n' Coy Ltd, during the month of August sn»r**K snr- r asns^ m
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  • 113 149 i salt lie Southern railroad was m a wretchion, iQ«i thi trains were run at a pheasnraaslly km rate af speed. When the araa punching his ticket, Artemns was one of the piissengers, remark- this Railroad Company allow pa.;- give it advice, if
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  • 265 149 I trues! single contract ever awarded m ted States has just l**t-n made. The Steel Coiup iv vll buy fioni the its entire r (juireinejits vi B»-Sseanr*W i n-hearth billets f«»r a pnrio I %Ati v^ igiag 200,000 tons of i-illets a roar, be «»u a si.
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  • 342 149 he steamer Giang Ann was on her wav fore, a contract Chinese coolie died of i ii*l was buried at sea. M tnila Cablenews states that as a reBfBBBBBB] from the Throne the boycott i ui Shanghai ;.re showing signs of ening. iiutish steamer Ainherst from Pontia- tliis morr»in_*\ and
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  • 841 149 Lieut F: A. L. de Gruchy ia taken on the strength of the command having joined the 95th Russell's Tnfantrv. Mr J. A. Delay, of the legal firm of Sisson and Delay, left for Europe yesterday by the P. O. mail. For the fraudulent possession of
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  • 663 149 The German African Trouble. A private letter to the Koelnische Zeitung written towards the end of May giv^s an interesting resume of affairs m connection with the Herrero rising m German West Africa. It appears that according to the writer the campaign was over then from a military
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  • 350 149 A Tokio telegram (19th j to Hongkong says The former Russian warships Bayan, Peresviet and Poltava, damaged during the Japanese onslaughts on Port Arthur last year, have been completely repaired. They left Port Arthur yesterday for Japan under their own steam, to become units of the Japanese Navy. A Correspondent
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  • 42 149 The following subscriptions are gratefully acknowledged Mrs Polglase $12 00 Hyndman Jones 10.00 Misses Norria 20:00 Mrs W. King 10.00 "A Friend" 10.00 Mrs Bland 25 o<* Friedrich 15.0<» W. E. Hooper, Hon. Tre. surer. Singapore 30th August 1905.
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  • 232 149 It is doubtful whether the birthday of Her Majesty Queen T\ dhelmina of Holland has ever been celebrated with greater success than it was lstniiiht. Alter the official reception at the Consulate iv he afieruoon at which were* present the i mm hers of the Consular
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  • 657 149 By W. Monro Anderson. He was an officer reserves, and had waited pal iently for embark t ion orders. In the meanmne he had worked at the common task, the daily round, that of a stationer. Month after mouth slipped by. bat Kishiwada's enthusiasm for active service was
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  • 37 149 Arming artillery o, sterns which are pressing for an early da u-ioa in India is taw prorisi.m of howitzers for uicni.taiu batteries. The Ordnance authorities Home are understood to l»e considering the 1 est pattern for adoption.
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  • 120 150 She following have been selected by the Committee of the Singapore Rj tie Association #o go into practice, on behalf of this Port, for this important annual rifle match. Capt H. K. Baker, Messrs C. M. Phillips, A. E. Murray, R. de Silva, V. A. Flower,
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  • 929 150 While no telegrams have so far reached us as to the attitude of the Japanese press on the dual peace conditions, a reference to the published opinions makes it clear that even the whole of the Japanese terms of peace were held to constitute an entirely moderate series
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  • 712 150 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Half- Yearly Meeting. On Saturday, 26th inst, the ordinary halfyearly meeting of the shareholders m the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation was held. Over a large attendance, Mr H. A. W. Slade preside*} and said From the statement of accounts which has been m your hands
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  • 187 150 Cheong Chougwas yesterday morning charged before Mr Col man with attempting to murder Lee Ah Kay. Mr Sproule DP.P.. prosecuted and Mr Montagu Harris defended. The evidence for the prosecution showed that on the night of the 6th of June Lee Ah Kay was walking m
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  • 81 150 Samanardin, a Kling, was before Mr Marriott m the Second Court this morning charged with the theft from a dwelling m Tanjong Pagar-rd, of $53, and a pair of gold ear-rin^s value $1,500 the property of oue Sinaiyah. Mr Parsons defended. Prosecutor's story was that prisoner, who slept m an
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  • 174 150 Long years before the bulk of ua Opened our eyes of life, (Which pardon the crude parenthesis Is a weary round of Strife Long years before the most of us Took service overseas, There spread sublime and beautiful The Club Pavilion Trees. Through various vicissitudes, Through rain
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  • 445 150 Liquid fuel is now largely used by the Dutch ■teauanu of the Koninklyke Paketvaart Maatschappij (Royal Packet Company) plying between the different islands of the Netherlands India Archipelago. It is residue from the petroleum wells m the East Indies, the greater part being from the Nederlandsche
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  • 273 150 Augt 30th. The State Medical Officer, Dr Grant, accompanied by the Superintendent of the P. W. D., Mr A. Gh Tamboosamy, visited, the other day, the hospital now being built at Tangka. This is a place some twenty miles or so up-river and is very populous and busy.
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  • 539 150 SATURDAY SEPT. 2, 1905. A British steamer s' .win-v no < through the port from Kast v, V KrJ morning. m m %he British steams Muocbeo, wh„a here yesterday with R,iss i;in Shanghai, en route to 0i,,. roads. Provisions are beunf takea* 0 n J I This morning Mr J-.-nn,,.
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  • 141 150 A DEAD" CLUB LIST. A list of s^ieA^^r'-;,;, tion under the ooliV "J have now ceased to el the Gazette. Aui..,_d t i i-|lll' f notices the Swgapore iV graphic Society, U» S\ tion, the Masters snd T MercanUlelaf iriueOin«>3rT 1 Bcnnch of the ludiaii V Moral efforts to UaproveV
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  • 1718 151 Vvitin*', Friday, Sept. 1, 1900. m** I'K«SENT: ~u.-ncy the Governor H- I (^o John Anderson, k.cm.g.) fcissj Cssananl Secretary |bS (E. L. Brocknian,) th»* Att.rn y-Genl. (W. K. Collyer.) the Act. ('"1. T reasurvr iJ.O. Anthonisz) liter-' i nerui (B. C. Hill.) .1 Engineer A Murray.) t.; S
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  • Correspondence.
    • 1570 151 To the Editor. Si a, I was glad to see the letter m ybu r pat»er yesterday about the tramcar passing North Bridge Road at the Sailors* Home. It is only one instance of what must occur if natives are allowed to drive the cars without
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  • 370 151 The adjourned application for a receivin order made by the Netherlands India Col mercial Bank against the firm of Lim Tei and Co, Chop Swee Choon, was taken yeste day afternoon, before Mr Justice Thornton i the Supreme Court, and it is not yet decide* Mr XV.
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  • 75 151 Sir Michael's Honokakium. Advices received by the home mail give several interesting particulars 3oncening the appointment as umpire of Sir Michael HicksBeach in the Tanjong Pagar arbitration. Tim honorarium is stated to be -£5,000, with travelling and residential expenses. A fact with which many of the general
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  • 108 151 I We regret to have to record the Banana I of Mr H. Mouland, who died at his resi- deuce in Emerald Hill-rd suddenly hatt night at the age of 44 Mr Mouland came to the Straits many years ago and has aarwai Messrs John
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  • 20 151 Quarantine restrictions on account of plague rd the ports of Amoy and Swatow are withatawn, but medical inspection wil! continue.
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  • 1286 152 Quicquid agunt homines nostri est farrago libelli. JIJVBNAL. When the Topicist wrote last week peace was trembling m the balance, the probabilities inclining towards a rupture of negotiations rather than to a settlement. Everything depended on the great Council at Tokio, when the Mikado was surrounded
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  • 675 152 Iv the "Century Illustrated Magazine,' Mr Herbert Ilagcrinan, formerly second secretary to the American Embassy m St Petersburg, describes the magnificent exclusiveness of the Russian Court. Of course no one is invited to a Court ball without having beeu first presented at Court a
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  • 1375 152 The London season was at its height. Dayi time brought its round of fashionable dissipation its hours of unwearied toil m the welltrod paths of pleasure, and night after night held revelry. In one of the large houses of Grosvenor Square a big dance was m
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  • 391 152 A SCEPRISE TO TBK C'OLKT A breezy iucideut w.> associated charge which this nr.nun^iu the Tli-oi V trate's Court was pivtr red U-f< .re Mm against (mm Bsnn Tok, nff the theft of KjiSO from Lim Wee Tiaug, and i Sin So of assisting m I bedhi
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  • 268 152 A special mjvting ..f the Sucq Club was held last evening inthel a I to consider the aehesae proposed by the n ing ami Finance Co u.mittee for raising I for the extension .1 I las pavilion i\hl which was pub: hhe 1 v full some
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  • 2217 153 \li Rights RisEßvnD.j By JEROME K. JEROME *fkwm M'f >>t a Boat," "Pavl K>l--v sssrt has been teen of late, reading of oi Children. It has lately been that Children are being hampered i m their career by certain brutal persons calhd, lot want of a Dts. The
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  • 1418 153 No. XL j i^For the Singapore Free Press After long delays, which, combined with the < j apprehension of the disinherited Church, gave c opportunity for many wild rumours to arise as j to the intentions of the Gove nnient, the j Churches (Scotland) Bill, has
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  • 196 153 On the 29th of August, Toug Boon Neo, thej widow of the late Tan Choou Boh died after a short illness, at the ripe age of 71*. Her husband was one of the earliest tapioca, pepper and gambler planters and the pioneer of ship owners. His success iv
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  • 186 153 Am.EOKo Fraud on cuts Railway. This morning, before Mr Coleman, thn Cantonese men *nd six women were charged with an anti-dated return ticket from Johore. Mr Tearle, manager for the company, wuseiuted the prisoners and said the tickets they had used were a fortnight out of
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  • 329 154 It is stated that Victor Southall will m future rain for Mr Chung Ah Yong only. The Sofala from Rangoon arrived at the wharf with a cargo of rice, tapioca, sugar and pepper, and left on Saturday. The British 88. Steer with a cargo of coal,
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  • 569 154 SIIAKP FIOUTING. At Menado m the North the troubles date from the beginning of June on ihe occasion of the murder at Tamborana. The relations >»f the Government and the Tonapoe tribe were had, SO that already, it was thought mresay to bring the Mountain
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  • 1385 154 (Special for the "Singapore Free Press.') Fate, and a fine Dutch mail steamer took me to Sabang Bay, Pulo Way, which lies off the North-west corner of Sumatra, the outlier of the Dutch Netherlands Indies m the Indian Ocean. After getting out of Singapore harbour to the westward
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  • 1313 154 THE NEW RECREATION CLUB PAVILION. Fonusx Opemiwo kt the Qovnnuou. Delightful weather favoured the opening of the Singapore Recreation Club's now pavilion on Saturday. All the circumstances tended I i make the function a BUCCesS and the second of S p' mber, 1905, will be a date to lie held
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  • 197 154 Presentations at Li/on*. At Lloyd.-. (a> th* altWVUßOU of Aa,'ii-t I I S-ssoersasHjoree of the steamer Milt sw< SOtiK'ly rewarded for having <■" to the tail-end ■haft, which Msape-J shea arises bum Ohn* Innn m Bseemhwr voyage to An^ralia, iw enabled the be safely brought
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  • 63 154 The funeral of the Ute Mr II M place oir Saturday at the vmm**** W*fl a large gathering <A h+mi* esaeed including Mr K. Little, and pi ihe whole of lhe staff sf thetirm. M Dare, Milk**, Coveney and man* The coilin was covered with nuiiiero"*Jul
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  • 39 154 The German ember lii.:> mukm th* wharf yesterday. ;,iid S.ead'.r. IJ™ be sVlsyed'for docking oi, arrival asm -ult id" her recent stranding) are t.» j dir.ci to li.-nii.ii Kn* Alnc m with the iv rent prions native r.-vol! ilenfaalenrj.
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  • 799 155 Dkath or Mk Arnold Birnbaum. fatal accident that has cast a deep gloom 1 V German community of Singapore took SetnsunvS afternoon at the Swimming CkTanj""- Katoug. Mr Arnold Birnbaum, c drm ot Behn Meyer A_ Company, had m a -ampin to have
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  • 64 155 B Daily Mail, the rev. morning hspei to b,e an* the -Daily Mail b &mn\ wa* hnmed thk morning. Oning snl ia legnrd to it, setting up, the "dd ae4 be d«»iv»red early but th:< h reetined. The price of the new •ill 1,.- gf* rosnta and the Siu*g* pore
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  • 2271 155 I [All Riohts Riser ved.] j I. A SCRIMMAGE IN CALIFORNIA By Hobac* AnneBlet Vachell (Author of* 1 Brothers," &c.) My brother is of opinion that the tightest p- ace m which he has seen me was a air of very snugly-fitting Bedford
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  • 67 155 j•■ *-iday a*'»ernoou l>efore _ylr j; lVai«? m ten Court, Tan Ah Yong wis charged rith robbery m Kochorerd, and ordered l«< pay til* *-t $tm. He sn tched at the charms on be *«tcr.-ch*un of a man, who ncs**luuately for him was a policema i m plain clothes, and
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  • 595 155 Now that the war is over Russia will make colossal efforts to re par her losses. The first endeavours will be to create a newnavy. Indeed, most serious preparations m this direction are even m>w m band. Beery day m The g-eat lagoon round Krou■tadt. nnd m
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  • 97 155 FOOTBALL: WARREN SHIELD TIE Th« S.V.A. played A Company of the SherP rasters on Saturday at Tanglin m their -\i snore competition. The Volunteers up with Biugh m pace of Ifeashi am. a Die was witnessed but the soldiers had »i»est of exchanges near goeL TheS.V. worked up time after
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  • 1504 156 UNDER AN AWNING IN THE PACIFIC. BT W. H. FiTCHITT, LL.D., Author of "Deeds that Won the Empire: 1 R.M.S. Manuka. Great seas, like great States, have their chaiges of fortune, their rise and fall. For fifteen centuries before Christ, and for fifteen centuries
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  • 1322 156 (By H. B. Phillimore a. m. i. c. c.) In England, m America and on the Continent there are some thousands of miles of bare wire bung over the centre of the streets for the •purpose of supplying electric current to trams. This system of tramwayr driving
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  • 1172 156 The following is the eloquent tribute pa d to I natural Burma, by its late Lieutenant-Governor at the Burma Dinner Well, gentlemen, when one begins to think of Burma, so many pleasant memories crowd I upon one's recollection that it is difficult to know
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  • 208 156 At the recent Perak ra.*.* meet ing the Club netted 89.500 on the lotteries and totalizator Dr Wood, the new medical officer Malay States Guides, is expected m Feral the middle of Septemlier To-day heiug the anniversary of the hirtl nfQoeeo \V,lhelmim* af Holland, Dot dents m Singapore are celebrating
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  • 583 157 —^nuan cruiser Seeadler is expected rr ,,w morning, and will be docked r !< Ljin lo Sbbbbbbj East Africa. !t and party visited Zamboanga 1, (1 jan and were enthusiasticalXaeata, u r 1 u»a** s lr,,m K-rope, re here on Saturday morning I thrall Match was
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  • 557 157 Special Meeting. A special meeting of Municipal Commission was held yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of considering the question of certifying tramways Nos 1, 2, 3 <fc/> as fit for public service. There were present, the President Mr E. G. Broadrick) Dr Murray Robertson, H. L. Coghlan, Dr
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  • 413 157 Makkiks Miss Bulky of the Dallas Company. A pretty wedding took place at Holy Trinity Cathedral yesterday afternoon, when Miss Amy Catherine Bailey, late of Williamson and Musgroves's Opera Co, in Australia, and of the Dallas Opera Co, was married to Mr Johu Joseph Woods, oue
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  • 1255 157 During the visit of the French Northern Fleet to Portsmouth the Globe has been publishing daily a half column of news m French, entitled Nouvelles Diverges.'' But on Aug Bth that journal produced its chief leading article m French, appropriately enough seeing that it dealt with the
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  • 144 157 The German community to-day, b:<ls farewell to two of its most popular members m "Mr Gustav Friedrich, of Briukmann cV Co, and Mrs Friedrich, who leave Singapore to-day by the German mail. Although Mr and Mrs Friedrich do not return to Singapore their many friends of the
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  • 249 157 Played on Saturday on the Esplanade, the Club obtaining the useful score of 126 for eight wickets, when the; declared. The Foresters were unable to reach this total but managed to draw. For the S. C. C. Mactaggart hit 23 not out, while for
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  • 61 157 1 The Bowling Match on Saturday at the Tanglin Club betwee u tenuis representing MMer*hant****nd "The Test" resulted m a win for 'he "Rest"' by the i arrow margin of 5 poiuts— he scores being 2,485 and 2,400 respectively. Messrs Griffiths Jones, Ritchie, Mason andR.T. v-id bowled for the
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  • 101 157 TUB MALACCA HUBBER PLANTATIONS LTD. The Times of Ceylon says —We hear that i (formation has retcii* 1 tlie iocal Au r ent Messrs Dodwell ft Co., by arire that the d -lay iu the flotation of the Malacca ftnbber Plaatatawss in jondoa is aatirely due to some qu«*-tion of
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  • 46 157 Tan Fook had just placed a board on the am rails m New Bridge-rd yesterday afternooa when Mr W ley slighted to. in bis L rikisha and gave him ia cliar^* Mi Coleman lis morning fined ised $100. In default will receive three um.jth'b rigorous confinemtnt.
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  • 555 158 Manila possesses seven Municipal doctors and a numoer of free dispenearies. The British steamer Manaton has arrived from Cardiff with a cargo of 5,100 tons of coal. Dr Daniels, the Director of the Kuala Lumpur Medical Research Institute, left Penang for England on Saturday. Two Chinamen,
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  • 191 158 The New Loan. "Eke. application of the Rangoon Municipal {JouiBiittee for.a loan of It* 17,29,000 for the improvement wad extensiou of drainage and water-works in Rangoon is published in the Bnraaa Gazette." The rate of interest will be M per cent per annum, and a finking fund
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  • 92 158 .!>. and H. Companies S. F. played a match on Monday, D. playing a fresh goalkeeper. The ticst half was worthy of no particular mention, neither side getting any undue advantage. In the .second half ad*ather unfortunate thing occurred for D, as their right full back was ordered
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  • 1147 158 The Singapore Recreation Club is now duly installed in the very fine pavilion which His Excellency opened on Saturday, and all readers of this column will join in wishing the Club continued prosperity. The cricket matches which have been played between the S. C. C and the S.
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  • 885 158 Sketches of its Leaders. Dr Dillon, writing in the Contemporary Review gives a description of the Congress of the representatives of the Zemstvos which he attended. the zemsky congress. He says On Friday morning, May 5th. the most important, imposing and influential of all the revolutionary
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  • 572 158 The Singapore Chess Club meet* from 5 pm to 7 pm m the Town Hall Corridor. Visitors are cordially i D jtiJ" Championship Tournament at S Mr Miles has scratched and hh taken by Mr Mclntyre. V v "*t TorRNAMENT AT S'HEvp.... The Mixed Master and Amat«-u
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  • Page 160 Miscellaneous
    • 691 160 THE PEACE TREATY The peace Treaty between Japan and Russia has been signed. Racial War at Baku A battle has been going on at Baku between the Tartars and Armenians since Saturday. So far a hundred men have been killed or wounded. Troops are engaged m the fighting. Cholera Quarantine
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    • 709 160 SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. RIOTING AT AMOY. Custom House Attacked. (From our own Correspondent.) Hongkong Aug 30. The foreign customs house at Amoy was attacked to-day by a mob of Chinese who threw stones and brickbats. The place was defended by native soldiers who fired blank shot. Harbour Master's Office Wrecked Chinese
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    • 922 160 VESSELS IN PORT^ ■:o: VUn-^f-Wai F!*e and Tons Commanders Arrived From y, Sea Mew Col. 500 Maddocks Aug 28 Dindings rt m T" Thetis Ger cruiser 2700 Glatzel Sept 2 Hongkong J* Other Vessels FUes Tons Masters Arrived From Consignees k Airlie Brit 1492 Williams Aug 25 Sydney Boustead b<c
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    • 520 160 C. Apcar, Brit, str., Stewart, for Homrkoi^ Sri Tringganu, Dut. str, Abas, for II ports. Emile, Dut. str.. Abas, for Rhio. Benlawers, Brit, str., Clark, for [ffnUft«*| Japan. Sri Muar, Brit, str., Hudson, for sffl Malacca B*U Whatt S on, Brit. str. (sUttttt** I Swettenham and Penan Will o'the Wis]*.
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