The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 31 May 1906

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  • 18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1906. No. 983
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  • 236 1 •p. itncrshipi -> >7 Isolation 337 >■•!..• 337 i in- Plate Industry 338 .>... tbe Bd* ation Hill 338 T_ard S3B ring i>oB mbine fo* the Far East :*:!> tbfl Chinese Army 339 Beef t Chicago 339 ration 339 N I tlirl :>:*? i: hhera 339 est Beggars 339
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 59 1 Rt aosss. At llalacea, cm 25th May, tbe wife ol P. J. Bwnonss, of a ion. Fox.- At 3 Niton Road, Singapore, on ibe -Tti! Mav. 1906, Ibe wife of Mr Frkd, Fox, of I lOtt. Cr tnrw on tbe 28th of Ifay, at Wolver- ston, Dalvey Road, Singapore,
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    • 71 1 Hvio Smkllic- Wallace, Vomtn Wallace April Z* t at West Hampste d, W.H. D Haig I Bmsllii to Frances Annie ac -..^r, eldest daughter ef late .1 F. WaUaoe, formet.y of Shancrhai. Also at tho mine time and place, J. I K. Moore to Ethei. May, second daughter of
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    • 17 1 Kennedy.— At Aberdeen, on the _27th inst., j Elizaueth. beloved wife of Wm. Kennedy* of Singapore.
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  • 343 1 I Europe mails ol May 4 arrived here ou Fri- day aeoming by the P. &O. Arcadia. The I N. D. L. Priuz Heiurich took a homeward mail j bn Monday and mails homeward leave to-dav I by the B. 1. Bharata. The May race meeting concluded oo
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  • 136 1 r you think that you saw JAVA pro- perly if you did not spend a few days in SOEKABOEMI, which is the loveliest and healthiest place throughout Java. I When In batavia take n railway i ticket for Soekaboemi which Is Only j THREE HOURS away from
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  • 820 1 Ut i ~ha'! tl." Press tl..- People's ri^ht maicU Uiumred by influence arid unbribed by fc-ain; i. SM patriot Tnith !icr <j.crio_.s precepts draw. Ito Religion. I.cy.'«!ty nnd Law j Tue matter of the Registration of Partnerships is again coming to tlie front at Hon''kong,
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  • 435 1 The question of the proper distance for wards of an isolation hospital to be from one another is eminently one for experts, and the Municipal Commissioners who wished the matter to be referred back to experts were on the sate side. The question came up on the
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  • 656 1 Empire Day and the Schools. May 25. In another column will be found ;i letter from "C/'whu Mggetta timt the celebration >f Empire Day, or Victoria Dav. should be properly organised. As certainly it -hould, i ml in no better way can thai be d me, so fails the schools
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 20 1 Hi crc tUCiu. Composition. omposition. f Paint. creates! success by Hing ships nt. apply 1 AEFER A Co., i 7
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    • 65 1 MARTIN'S Irl ImJ-S A Fivrnch Remedy for aM Irregularities 1 ■MMlief al -tay* keep a oox f f Martin fc Pilb int ecCWa-W Aai aa ti"" ■«< Kr.no! M| Irregularity of t!:e Hysttrn a. tu-.iy _06« aaay be »Jt 1 "fcTttj l'tiose who e them rcrcuirar t'.-.-m, iienoe V. jMe
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  • 846 2 Il wns ju-t a week ago that an article appeared in these columns dealing with the question of the tin-plate industry aud the manifest danger into which it was falling. through hating to compete against the tariff barriers of other competing nations also making
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  • 694 2 It would be almost too good to hope for, i but if Mr Chamberlain is able to allay the angrv Education Bill tempest, by any praeI tical eirenicon, in the shape of an amendj ment on which all moderate men could agree.
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  • 580 2 So one can contemplate the present constitutional struggle in Russia between the elected National Assembly of the people and the Autocracy without thinking of the contest, in the history of England, between King and Parliament in the seventeenth century. But the position iu
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  • 719 2 A Plea for Volunteering. May 29. I [n another column will be found an appeal! the Commandant. Singapore Volunteer Corp which we heartily commend to our reader i More particularly, in the hist instance, to tl large number of young men who are juuh I assistants in mercantile firsss, banks,
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  • 241 3 The Kaiser and the Chinese Army. May 30. rs Dg SO, m it il ins of ds D Jaj I must with i eii iw I as fj i\ i proI n based [versa] I I beld >me j of o I M be no valid m ibil- in I
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  • 289 3 Embalmed" Beef at Chicago. As everybody who lives for any length of vears in tne tropics consumes enough tinned provisions to provide from the empty tins a verv respect- unle pyramid to his own memory, the public I «Mlot read the telegram, referring to the revelations of the malpractices at
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  • 664 3 MrJoHS Hasmios, Solicitor, of Hongkong writes an interesting letter to the Hongkong I Daily Press in reference to the recent debate i i registration of partnerships in the Legisla- i e C tncil of that Colony. He remarks that he is I ingthought that legislation upon the lin
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  • 299 3 The yeariy ordinary general meeting of Um above company was held in the offices of the Tanjong Pagar Dock lioard at Tanjong Pagai yesterday afternoon, and besides the Chairman and Managing Director, Mr J. B. Nicholson there were present Messrs John Anderson, Hon W. A. Shelford,
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  • 277 3 Sikh wo Chinese Giel. In the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon, Mr Justice Fisher was engaged in hearing an appeal from a magistrate's decision, and the case was one in which a local Chinese newspaper figured. A Sikh police constable was recall-, convi 3d and sentenced to four
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  • 148 3 A Chinaman's ideas o( sanitation, if he has any at all, are very crude. Yesterday before Mr Column one was charged with emptying nigbtsoil into a public drain. He was convicted and fined s "> or seven davs' rigorous imprisonment. As he could not pay
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  • 163 3 That the beggars who go round from house to house pestering people for in iney, are thieves when opportunity oilers, was evinced in the Police Court yesterday morning when a wellknowu Chinese heggtr was placed in the dock on a charge of thefr. It appeared that
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  • 387 3 BEHN MEYER CO. We have seen a very artistically printed an J ad mi rally written history of the firm of Behn j Meyer Co in its more particular aspe *ts as regards its founder Arnold Otto Meyer. The L j pamphlet is issued in connection with the records of
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  • 382 3 '•Saturday to Monday me the farcies J piece of the name, but a week-end swaj the steaming town, near the sea, rhe re the tired lose their •inertia," and tbe energeti store further energy by healthful nst Thei are few such places within anything Like ess access
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  • 248 3 Three privates in the Sherwood Potest* I named Osotaft, Hort shorn and Christie were charged before the Bench Court yesterday with having committed robbery. The evidence for the prosecution was that Chok Ah Koy, an opuim shop keeper at Buon* Yista-rd, was coming into town on May
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  • 993 4 The German steamer Forsteck arrived here this morning from Oeem Island with a cargo of phosphate. The Malacca from Tort Swettenham this morning brought amongst h nr passengers one corpse iu coffiu." The mister reports all well.' A cable message received from Baltimore, U. 8. A.,
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  • 482 4 At the Raffles Girls.' School. In accordance with the custom of some years p: st, the pupils of the Raffles Girls 1 School, under the direction of Miss Joan Tarbat, the Lady Principal, celebrates the day set apart to commemorate the Good t^ueen by musical and other exercises,
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  • 558 4 THE FUTURE OF THE ANDAMAN'S. "i i: i question of lhe administration ot the I Andam ins is at present engaging the Govern n "at of hid::, and J seems probable that die islands will ba merg«*l into iJuruia ma of its Districts. The time is opportune as Mr "d
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  • CorrcsponfcrArf,
    • 428 4 To THE EDITORSir— l beg end kindly ask to publish ibis on vour paper to recover my shame. Ou the 19th inst there was a shameful article being published on the above paper. It seems to be against Christian truth. There was a room is open for
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    • 281 4 3 dumbrum, describing himself as i\ bullock- i:t drh r, brought two suits in the Court of Requests yesterday against a piepossessing 1 idmn woman of middle age, tne first being fortl e ret urn of, or reimbursement for, jewellery valued at S4U and for s^ due
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    • 292 4 SECRET TREATY BETWEEN JAPAN AND CHINA. Hm statements appearing below should not I be accepted without' authoritative oorrobo j ration:— •St. Peterburg, April It'. mfiiUafjf !/</*, i B LSSian paper published in Harbin at the head .inters of the Russian army there, has feun- out that when Japan and China
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  • 133 4 Fon thi: Japan i- v Yes tei day afternoon bsf i Japanese man named T H ]]m^ ed with briuging prohibit Colony. a l: Mr P. J. Sprout, i. f enquiries hs had learned tl. was 'he accredited agent i eminent and was a ni'Uiev for the Japa!
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  • 83 4 On the 12th j tain at the I' coihi": to *.*u lying in the in a po hand terribly injured. 1 quits uneonsctou. and Help was speedily i whom it turned < 'he hospital. He dii dnol be ft i* not exact!} k m n b oecu
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  • 187 4 A Old rVonai N P Yesterday sfternoou liel old Chinese nesnan, who said km t ro, was charged wnh i I ami fying di wi: to snot her The old lady iu the dock said Lhat 1 plainaut was her fries I wiayaag-st. The compUinant bai I
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  • 195 4 s.c.C. v Ami inn v n Om of the bsst and m nt t his year reaul -1 from Um Banl uiade 1 urt evening of tl An, and Bevy. Tl,- mil I their own verv well Sgaiast I standing that ths latter'* k Lieut Comvn played I dashing
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  • 74 5 I h| Is IVS the „.1 home via Canadian re aaaay who are -il c i nd beauty of this Empress liners are and Jaj an Pseifi in or so across the t i eh autiful he Ei n t Mont it i i«j made with lie
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  • 72 5 GERMANS IN A TIGHT CORNER. 1 ived lhe j II irg of 1 1 1 glUh ele- I e the Oer- U ca. A lethe e V\ an- l two I o_! native j my, 700 to I i em badly j $ked un- r v. ith th "U the
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  • 226 5 Imposed of al 11 itei daj i. DM t 5j a iit h two I_■ 70 u ire fe M Ramasamy Chetty tments it q feet. K. M. lv 1,8. res, ..Lilian i ag, 4,707 mj ire f< t, tori be slgi fcaffs Faber are itruug II
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  • 851 5 According to Manila papers the 'Thistle' I i- Shortly to pay S visit there. The Noblemen's school, which is being es- i tabhshedat Peking, is to be formallv opened 111 July. l The Dutch warship de Kuv ter left for Bat is ia yesterday afternoon. She
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  • 878 5 London, 4th May. I have just returned from a visit to the private view of the Royal Academy exhibition and vrneo one Knows tha'. 13,000 pictures were sent iji and sees what one must suppose I be the 1,800 best of them if. cannot but make one
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  • Correspondence.
    • 217 5 thk Childbed's Dai VO J HE ELDITOU. Sir, Miss Tarbat snd Mr lhi ijcb to be c ©gratulated on V.iq success Empire Day yesterday at the it;dfles Gil and Mr Hullett is t«> be couiiix bia zeal to establish the function lasting institution in Singapore and I
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  • 800 5 The British Medical Journal gives i i foil< w- ing kindly notice of the above local ins; itutien We have Ireen favoured by the se_retary oi State for the Colonies with a copy of the rules drawn an for the Government Ifedi il School by
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  • 155 6 This morning before Mr Colman a Cbineman was charged with removing a person suffering from cholera iu n i ki.ha from Have-lock-rd to Victoria st. Sanitary Inspect r M lecuted and Mr S mgOng Si mg d Dr Finlayson j lhat f1 (1 had died of cl <
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  • 136 6 SINGAPORE RIFLE ASSOCIATION. The S. R. A. M 11 1 I i li Mf) will Ih shot off on Sunday aft erne i Piling will commence at 2 pm. I ivpet itors are reqneste Itobe pi ncUial. K.n 5.00, 50 I and *»o(.> vnrda Ori S; urd:v I lie Dth
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  • 220 6 At the Hongkong Se, >■• C url on the I6Mi Vttori ji i -r e j: i l >nry B>i lei inovel the admission f VTr U. Belilios to the B»r I -ihe ve great j' I isking X or i il ship to admit to the
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  • 249 6 The second of the Tt ice l>n Dinners at the Rafhes Hotel was largely atiended last night, small and large parties, as w< ii as residents, participating. Thi menu us carefully chosen, varied, and, well-served. The Bind of Russell's Infantry played n realty preitv selection of music from
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  • 83 6 Tiiis m »rning, in conn a with the jewellery pawnbroking ease in which judgment was delivered by Mr Justice Fisher in the Supreme Court this week in favour of Mr L. Gaunt 'a client. Mr _M. Harris ippeared before Ihe Judge in Chambers and ttsked leave to appeal.
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  • 2347 6  - THE LAST HAUNT OF SHANGHAI." FRANK T. BULLEN. By \„ttf, tfTht Crmm\ gftht Cmckalot," $c-) Manv people will wonder what that the curious verb converted from a noun of place, which euds the title of this article may import, and why the name oi the principle treaty port of China
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  • 406 6 <_ lon p liii h ii! *i| I i > I wing nefereuc. and it Th 5" Lib v\ a e i-r •I I :l I tor of t lis 0 s the •pae s. ia i- mi I pis un Sai j M; E V. C. P.
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  • 1819 7 Ml Tel" 0 Veiled Prepmei Unintelligible or the Veae- j i L re is, b. i I »ti rts, tl I, and who rship I I•■ mtisni t un- I the rtesl this < ult in Meredith, poet, I and party-poli is h'rlli- sa ra i, I:< should
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  • 1378 7 {jFrohi on Correspondents Penang, May 17th. Rumours of pending changes in the local Press have keen current here for some time past, and things came to a climax last Week when the name of Mr Chesney Duncan, Editor iu Chief of the Straits Echo," was removed j from
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  • 240 7 Pkoiosed New Far East Services A new scheme of mail service is under consideration by the French Government, a scheme to do away with the Marseilles-Australian liae and that to Bombay, and to reduce gradually the subsidy on the Saigon-Shanghai line. There will l>e subsituted a new line
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  • 1793 8 HkMajestj the King will not be advised to disallow the Pilgrim Ships ordnance ot the Harbours ordinatv The steamer Ln\ Sang fn m HoogkoDg this morning hud eleven Chinese stowaways on board They were handed OW to the Marine i t' 1> K. McDowell baa been
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  • 1148 8 QgicquidagutUhowUnes naslN ceifmrrmfe Ukeih JrvKwi.. The modern Padre as rule does not rentuie far into the domains of prophecy except along the line of the platitudinous truism and that, too in matters of an entirely non-secular description. Well the Topicist is enabled to produce a case
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  • 327 8 J I suppose we ill hate met Ima, h of little will Like a butterfly thai llutl He's not going to the ice* i instil But we understand lhe Pace morning gaily cm ai- dry >i;u shining bright. He drinks ipoti He ieels quite like a
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  • 122 9 D g wa'h the WOT! 'I.;- issued in I> mdoa, from i rie- imne f I steadily in Tho annual 1 >me lime iu duly. >r"_ R poi I for 1905 advises the starting by the lompani aid as -Iy loat seres. I I o the
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  • 70 9 B sr Bsi s th.e total number of j .-f whieh 10,000 are sndor and his I tbe tr. i ust'er to the iia J h re, and npon th i sua of 5a has -pt on :_,so»> shares, on -hare bm > far l>een p.fid. i
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  • 172 9 Nv.v /-aland Heral I lerence to new dock -I art the British thfj p!'<\'- ai Uy QUIKBMKITTS. most striking proofs of freiaJ 1 concrete, is to by the Admiralty u irf for tlit- Tanjong j Sing »p re. This uroi l-.ohaif of wharfage, and j lg I i
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  • 93 9 t .a Banca tn y the Colonial 13, ]'.'*>:>. Bsenthmi d that j 1 red at suction by the v 'oaspanj is thi.-. ye ar would I os thai the I to "!».l 16 picnls, the estimate > i a expect ement will aet in ia i <
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  • 118 9 In th* I^ishta, Council the other d.y the Hon- Or Henry Berkely (Attorney General) moved the fust reading of hill entitled an Ordin mce to regulate theqaalificstions and to provide r the registiation of dentist.. The object is to imblie against ths practice of dentis- by nnqoahfied
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  • 109 9 wnw lavaaTioM ConcnNiaans Maasaors. Melbourne, knry 2. W relet* telegraphy acug to tbe Chief Commonwealth Electrical Onw r fMr Hesketh), is making such gigantic strides thai what is new today may be old torow. Mr Hesketh says that Marconi has now overcome the problem of concentrating messages. A
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  • 150 9 Man. mummies have been sold before now, but thev have all been, so to speak, deliberate mummies, mummies by intention. That has saved them from being so grim and dreadful as the one that is shortly to be sold iu London. It has been hidden from the
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  • 271 9 8. C. C. v. H. M. S. Mokmocth. Ou the Esplanade yesterday evening oue et the Strongest sides that have yet placed under S C, C. colours met a Rugby team from the cruiser Monmouth, or to be more correct a team that turned out \m perf nm with
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  • 300 9 I The Manila Cable-News has a little way of ts own to make fie.sh creep. "Them monircbs" have only to read this and curl up j iceordiuglv That was an astonishing resolution passed y be House of Commons the day before yeaterdav calling on the nations of the
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  • 166 9 Particulars have just become known of a gallant act which was performed at Hongkong by 1 Mr McKte of the outdoor Customs staff on the j arrival of the M. M. 8. Caledonien non her J last voyage from Europe*. A Sister of Charity ol the*
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  • 51 9 This Roofing v. Inch has recently sprung so much into favour in this market is, we. understand, to be used in covering the buildings >f the A #ri- Horticultural Show, which takes place here iu August next. Over 100,000 square j feet ol the Roofing will be
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  • 55 9 A studentship, known as the Wollasten Research Studentship in Physics, of the value of £120 a year, has been establish d in connection with Gonville and Cains College, Cambridge. British, Colonial, and American University students desiring to compete for it are invited to is pply to
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  • 113 9 The anxiety which was beginning to be felt here for the safety of M. and Mdme. Marsot, j who left Tahiti about the end of March for j Siugapore and were net heard of for a considerj able time has been dispelled, for on enquiry at tl
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  • 555 9 The Stock Exchange Committee has appointed Wednesday, May 16. a special Settling Day for j the undermentioned securities Malacca Rubber j Plantations, Limited 95,000 Seven-and-a-Half f per Cent. Participating Cumulative Preference j Shares if £1 each fully paid, Nos. 1 to 1*5,000. Rubber Kstates of Johore, Limited—
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  • 866 9 Tiie steamer Guthrie arrived from Australia yesterday with a full cargo of ir.,/..;, meat and EL the Acting Governor and party went to Johoie in the Sea Mew yesterday tnd irof back at 7-30. p.m. According to Mr Hutton Potts circular Baebs \yure purchased in Yokohama
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  • 1975 10 Cloudy sties and wet ground were the most prominent features of the weather o! the opening race day this spring. The rain which bad fallen not onl} made the going soft bul also made the Lawn and Paddock ;la unpleasant memories for ladies to-daj <>ne can say
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  • 2332 10 There wen not mere than six events for j decision upon the race cc il the -suutinfi yesterday, bur with the course in perfect coni dit ion. the afternoon's sport proved rety in- teresting, it only moderatelj exciting OcnoralI ly popular calculation upon the chances af the i
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  • 456 11 Horses Placed. Ran but were not placed. Awdidurrel], i Blackbird, Dark Lady, Madame Meg, Mimosa, j Postman, Sir Peter, Splendid, Teatray (3), i B ree, Dagonet, First Preston, Hyacinth, Mala- i j pert, ."Mark. Olive, Poh KuiU, Pressgang, Seep- I ire, Tresor, Wihlih iwer I 2), Diogenae, Kirilab,
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  • 208 11 V. M. C. A. n. D. Coy. S. P. Thi- match eras played on tin* Esplanade c.i Siturday resulting iu a win for the Y.M.C.A. Sc ires. V. .M. C. A. A Et id c pht in b Foxon 0 Conleher c Hudson b Greasley 19 J. Paterson c
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  • 58 11 The Slay medal oi' the above cluh was played for e»n Saturday and Sunday. Scores: H. Marriott 45 43 17 71 .1. b. Humphreys 30 38 ser. 7 G. A. Hall 50 18 12 s<] Capt. Chancellor 51 f?0 IT 10 4 Messrs Coullie, Dane, Freer
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  • 321 11 This morning on J. Felix Moran, the plaintiff in a suit which lie has brought against the Oriental Advertising Co, putting in an appearance iu the Supreme Court, to continue his evidence, he was seven minutes late. He found ;i sharp judicial reprimand awaiting bim, his lordship
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  • 493 11 Plain Snuuc bv a Pal-ee am Views Repidiaiei facts and figures in s> wort Bombay, 10th May.— Quite a small bomhshoQ t waa exploded this afternoon when Mr. Shapurj- Broaeha, Chairman of the Bombay Sto^k E~ I change, delivered his Annual Address. Mr Broaeha is
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  • 480 11 During Race Week Baffles bas been crowded with guests and visitors and on > third v night 230 guests dined at tin Hotel whilst tbe specia. dining room wasengaged fora "Rapid Pilgrim Dinner" given by Mr Yap Loong Shin, owner ofthe Derby winner, to all the tia. ners
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  • 1254 12 Mr. ROBERT LITTLE INTERVIEWED. iA CONFESSED RETALIATOR. Under the beading "Singapore and tiie Straits Settlements/ 1 the W. su n M iii P. rth, Australia) publishes an interview with Mr Kobert Little, which is of c nsiderabl. Peal interest. The article runs thus: Mr P .bert Little, prominent Singapore business
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  • 1213 12 At the Victoria \l± The third performanco of this amusing ledy took place on Saturday evening ii ll Victoria Hall, in the presence oi' a large j audi nee, with a repetition of the conspicu uj-' j success of th*. two previous occasions And, naturally, a.s
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  • 968 12 .prii, 25th !SH*». As was to be foreseen, the Emperor Williau s telegram to Prince Goluchowski with all tl it implied iu the direction of Italy, has a great deal of comment and heartburning, i official Italian Press has taken a veri digniti aud moderate tone pointing
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  • 223 12 Ifr W l_.- cm Chur hill 1 it the I I bour W. ik. there, I I I isfis I v- \> I i -'.<•- I Eon 111 nm v. ith som I e and HI I I »f r at a hat I feel ifeli I It
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  • 96 12 Tm: Makino m S fi Yesterday afternoon hsl H two Chinese aad a Bengali H having caused Riievout H man. Ifr Spinels m ace -ed ph'.ohd a" I H the in H pineapple factory ia H necnaed caught heo t!e v ti. pie id gndiy. II
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  • 273 13 ..-..1i It I. was placed on nek i r.i *mm u x K. w.ll be uiergD lU e 1 and will in Ud Co I' B. i a- M'.ning Co's 1 were buried i I 11 f i'liglin ih Comnotl er a. i t M ila
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  • 70 13 "i v noon i Mr Ezra ton May I iring A rui md Behic, j iver and granted by 1-. 1» V>;ag proved i i: i i.:_ ippi a to nm j udmiui^trati m ia j estate of the ite Mr i Mr K. S. N '.'"nam
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  • 1815 13 A DAY AT HEADQUARTERS, j Bi _>I.\x Wkndhich far tke Free Press.) ter 1 bad served as a volunteer in the Red Jross for a year the Commander-in-Chief of the J tnssiaa Army sent for me. I must mention here inly Russian subjects were allowed
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  • 70 13 SINGAPORE RIFLE ASSOCIATION. Tie M;iy Mont lily Handicap Shoot at B.il lestier on Sunday afternoon attracted about 3competitors. Thera was a good light but th< wind v.iis shift v. A. Class. R. W. Chater 01 plus M R. de SUva 92 scr 92 J. R. Gookbarn 81 plus 8 39
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  • 185 13 While on a prospecting expedition in Patau I some time 10^0. Julius Rene Dubois, of th Duff Development Company a mining engineer met with hi3 death, and yesterdsy afternoon 11 G. S. Carver applied to Mr Justice Fisher in th Supremo Court for letters
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  • 1210 13 i Attitude of Empi.oybhs. In spite of repeated appeals made by Y'\(s\<lI Marshal Earl Roberta and other great soldiery employers have not, up to the present, done very j mueh towards granting those facilities which ar-* necessary to the efficiency of the Citizen Army. The decision of a
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  • 637 14 A.N AmUL FOR VoLL'NTEFKINO. To vhs Korron. Sir. 1 beg to ask the favour -f jour assistance in obtaining a greater measure of public support for the Volunteer Force in Singapore. There are two great desi lerata at the present moment, via men and money. The Corps cannot get
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  • 393 14 1 1 BPAI B I ATI CIST IOH. IMPORTANT PUOTSST mow Tin: lANO. Johannesburg. The celebratad "free passage" offer to the Chinamen, whieh lias apparently been the snb- I ject of correspond nee with his Majesty's Govern. ment for some weeks has reached;: critical stase. The scheme, as
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  • 779 14 The Imp. German mail steamer Zieten j having left Penang to-dSay at 8 am. may be expected to arrive here to-morrow about II am The annual general meeting of the Singapore Philharmonic Society will be held in the Town Hall to-morrow evening at 5.15 pm. Entrance
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  • 155 14 I Yesterday afternoon bef ore Mr Scott, Inspector Howard charged tum Chinamen with being c lunterfeiters. Inspector Howard stated that on Miy 16 be raided a lonely house ou a bill at Tiong Bahru and found the two accused in a room. As iti Police entered No.
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  • 1416 14 When we wrote in these notes a little while back, that we thought the loug jump of Rajah Embih. 17 ft. 7_ inches, must be a school record, we had quite overlooked a performance in 1902 of Xoel Clarke ..f Rallies School, who then cleared left. 1! in.,
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  • 206 14 Pnoros m. vo IU Ow k it Mi Bt of tia remarkable figure of t!T. I theic are people who i. >'.ie« ■till, teeing thai th eonssstptioa 1 increasing st g«wsit ..umi. n lu was -mi sss I Iss.pi toe. so l Ea r<-".v mai ly
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  • 2665 15 B net egraph.) MOORISH BRIGANDAGB, j Rea May tt, S pm. kf e liberated the Gibraltar j •a. y and Egypt I that the Government Using lhe question of Turkei aud Egypt. (.KAISEM BUNU? A Military (invention impending visit oi a the Russi in eaa i, the possibility of
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  • 79 15 1 (From mur own Cerresbsnient.* Ecc. May 29 1.30 p.m The Rev. Fremont, the Chaplain in Perak died to-day in the Hospital at Taipiucr. UNREST IN CHINA. CFi'Oi'i gur svm Corresfoutfcut.) Hongkong, May 29, 2.40 pm. Owing to the dearness oi rice then is
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  • 132 15 tMay, 29 Tin !<-' 5i/ Gambiar 7 ;<< do. Cube Xo. i 10 75 do. do. No. 2 i> 00 Pepper, Black (ordinary 8'jm 2062| do. Wnite, (Fail L. W 5 28.374 f ffufanagi 110 to th* tf.. J3 do. 80 to the 2b. M >; Maca (Baada) Olcreo
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  • 150 16 .v*»vially compiled for the M Singapore Free Etoaa." Date of passing Anjer j Nationality and description of vessel Captain's name Where and wLen sailed. Destination. May 16. Salak, Dut str. Engelsuian Batasia, May 16 Rotterdam. May 16. Zinenra, Brit str; Thompson; Singapore, May 14 Christmas Island. May
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  • 389 16 May 2H. Per Merionethshire Messrs Cooke. Aitken, Bailey, Smyles. Perßhensnis Ibsen E.Kettler, ft. Lesohner Per Iyo Maru For Singapore— Re vd RRichard, Mr J. Van Houte. M; v 24.— Per Malacca: Means J. M. Bryn, J.B. Nicholson, Sellars, Bsssgoite, G. W. Fryer, F Fisher. May 2_. -Per Rajah
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  • 77 16 Passengers expected to arrive here by NDL Zieten on May 31— Mr Springsfeld, Mr and Mrs Otto Schlecke, Mrs A. D. Duke and infant, Mr Dv Johr. Beausch-Drugulin, Mrs P. F. Wiss, infant and maid, Miss Elisabeth Laub, Mr Joseph Thalt, Mr and Mrs L. J. Versue^ Mr
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  • 240 16 PerP A 0 Japan, due May 31. Mr H. Crittien Lieut L. K. Leeson, Mr Von der Pfordten, Mr T. Muir, Miss L. Phillips. Mr Harrison, Mr F. Nicholls', Mr G. E. Cobb. To Penang. —Mr F. R. Howlett. Mr C. Samuel Pm- P ft 0
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  • 706 16 (Corrected up to May, 30.) Bank 4 m/s 2/4r, r t demand 2/4 J Private credits 3 in/s 2/4/^ credits 6 ru/s 2/4} Prance, demand Bank: 293.^ Germany, demand... 239 India, T.T, 174; Honokonq, demand 9% dis Yokohama, demand 114* Java, demand 141 Bangkok, demand 54 Sovereigns, Bank Buying...
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 226 16 European Agency, i INDENTS promptly executed at lowest cash j iricea for all kind, of British and Continental goods, including Boots, Shoes and Leather, Chemicals aud Druggists' Sundries. China, Earthenware and Glassware, Drapery, Millinery and Piece Goods, Fancy Goods, Perfumery and Stationery. Hardware and Machinery, Photographic and Optical Goods, Provisions
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 896 16 VESSELS IN PORT. j o: Men-of-War Wag and Tons Commanders Arrived From Sea Mew Col. yet., 500 Murphy May II M Pc* t Vessels Flags Tons Master Arrived Krom C lees Alicante Span 2*65 Beuet May 20 Manila Beechlev Brit 245. Forsyth May i Newcastle \y Banka Brit 127 Rushton
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