The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 20 September 1906

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  • 18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1906. No. 999
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  • 240 1 m I IT** i ia'iou >78 I ITS S 179 Sil tati i i mii-i 179 mt 7 I J t" Coawai IT9 1 17.« 17'» Iron 1m) j Lira ...180 !M Si ru»*je Plaintiff Jftl I HI 1 Court 15*,187 Igaiaat 1' 183*196 it by ti 188 'a
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  • 94 1 Bef4 1». \gmn 11.371 7.0* No. I 1100 No.*-! 9Mi ordinary S'poi*e buyers 21 per, White ffut L. W. 5 p.c> 27.25 ll«» to the,lo 31.50 m iq ilm iv.) 48 \i; f 's. 50 22. dl p<Mrl fftiir n^ U^yJ Mfl ihk. >. 10. li mi jj«»ai 1
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 46 1 MODL— At 14, Arthur Road. Brixton, London, on the U)th August, the wife of lieor^e Moir, Government Veterinary Surgeon, Perak. F. M. S., of a daughter. Odom.— On Sent. 16th, the wife of i Francis Spekciiley Odom, Bleak House, 16 Syed Ally-rd. of a daughter.
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    • 111 1 Knocker-Lestek. On the 15th Aug. at St. Mary Magdalene, Knighton, Leteesterahire, by the Rev. A. J. Mills, M. A., Fuedric avilliam Knocker, of the Federated Malay states Civil Service, younger son of F^rodric Knocker, of Temple Eweli, Dover, to May, second daughter of Edwin Lester, of Free- num'a-common, Leicester.
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    • 29 1 At Matheran. Mount Echo, on S«}>t. 16th. CLEMENT TuILoCH, of the Hong-konir and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Aged 12. funeral at the Cemetery at o p.m. this I evening.
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  • 2046 1 PreM t' i tnptfV r". aii taii^ U:.-\ v '•■> .ni" an«l unbvibni !nr j T lero (>:.■')'..'. Truth |C?O*1 WS r>rrcev.:> ':r.T.\v. Pledged i RcKglon, L >y.i!iy and Ijmt. Sept 14. The news ol acceleration of the mail and passenger communication, through Canada, between England and the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 449 1 THE WEEK. European mails of Aug, 22 arrived on Thursday last by the P. and <>. Delhi. The week's homeward advices are carried i >->lay by the B. I. Bbarata. The Colonial Secretary at Friday's me»>t. ing of the D^&isHtive Couiftil of a motion that sKV'OO additional, be charged to
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  • 166 2 1 Mr. James Graham, of Syme and Co., left this morning by tue mail for Eugland. Mr. Graham, during bis second stay here, has taken a great interest m public affair.?. He is actually the Hon. Secretary of (he Straits Settlements xYssociation iv London, liis duties being
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  • 88 2 We understand that the main recommendations of the Defence Commission that left Singapore at a late hour List night will bo, generally, m the form of modernising the armament m the defences. This will mean. by the adoption of th« latest types of guns, i a much
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  • 686 2 Sept 15. The inauguration of the Penang Association, in which the moving spirit was Mr A. HtTTENiJACii, was marked by a spirit of moderation and good sense, as special! v exemplified in a really excellent speech from Mr A. II. Adams the Chairman. Alluding to his own
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  • 852 2 Doubts have been expressed locally as to the valueof the Imperial Instil ute to afardistant Colony like this, and the gruits from the funds of the Colon y's Funds and those of j the Federated Malay States are looked upon by some generally the less well-informed us
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  • 500 2 Sept J 7 On Bttordaj Ifct Ufl brtan tioned iu the fffrfqpiie iV from what v.e MbwJ to bt in London, the Hon'ble. W. J. Na:» i teen invited to accept tin- j Att-, General of the Strait* Set!. cession to Mr. W K tired This information
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  • 194 3 .f 'he fining Straits borrowing |„n Ine f-»ll«>wing h\tract from the iv the Vo>'l'j MaJ of the*2lst J 1 sorve a> a warning as to how i boeineei CmBAT Investment. ttli British Guiana loan has re•iply, TTpon tho tenders for the t7»V>o»> Four per Cent. Tmmigraj.
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  • 304 3 mta of th»» anticipated troubles I md Cbiua are all the more likely to I>3 1 !v naeoej of their having been 1 mecal •••ki by competent The Kobe correspondent of the graphs the following on intert iewed t.»-day an oM British Fesiient
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  • 1430 3 •S-pt 18. 8 uo <loubt at ill that the n better sense of ih« worvl. is >uslv ;ilanL»*'l at the Kadioal tad tiafaariag that is now goiag -I' "t thrt Army aul Navy in •«>tho shibboleth of KeAs tar as Ibi navy is •htt wui
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  • 561 3 At the half yearly progress meeting of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday, of which a, full account will be found elsewhere, the Chairman, Mr W. H. Shelford, gave an interesting resume of points that are now, or have been m the immediate past before the Chamber
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  • 676 3 Sept 10. Thbbi was au almost parental flavour iu the remarks made bv Sir Jons Andkrson at the Sultan of Johore's Birthday Banquet ou Monday night. For the two previous anniversaries of the Sultan's Birthday Sir Johv had gone over to Johore, and paid his congratulations
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  • 376 4 A sad tale of shipping disasters is recorded m our special telegram from Hongkong, which has apparently been visited by a typhoon of the greatest severity. That hundreds of junks should have been wrecked, with consequent loss of life, is not to be wondered at, considering the
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  • 404 4 All interested m rubber cultivation m the Malay Peninsula will be pleased to hear of the great success achieved at the Ceylon Rubber Exhibition at Peradeuiya }>v the well-known plantation of Lanadroii, belonging to and managed by Mr Fkank Peaks. Mr Campbell, who is representing the
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  • 554 4 Sept 2U. Taking together our Hongkong telegrams of yesterday and to-day, it will be seen that the typhoon that has devastated Hongkong and the adjoining waters is far and away the most destructive in the whole history of that Colony. The list of shipping sunk or
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  • 249 4 The death of General Teepoff removes from public affairs m Russia a man whose place m history will be due to his one function of merciless mechanical repression. He was the political steam-hammer that used military power to pound and pulverise the people m the mass whenever
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  • 306 4 A few of the rules approved by the Governor of Hongkong for the control of the public gardens should be considered carefully iv Singapore as to their general spirit. 3. Ko person carrying a load shall enter the Gardens or use the Gardens as a thoroughfare. 4. No
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  • 159 4 At Poona. on August 21bt, Lieutenant Fraser, 94th Russell's Kifles died of cholera. At Secuiidorabad, ou August 27th, the Ist Manche*ter Regiineut celebrated "Bergendaal'* Day with much rejoicing, concluding with a concert at which Co\oue\ Worlledge, Commanding the Infantry Brigade, and Colonel Herbert, Royal Fusiliers were among the numerous guests.
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  • 383 4 PRESENTATION TO MH \1 \> u TLeLadiiVL-iwnTennihdul, was the scene of a very intern* ceremony, when a uumU-r of the Club gathered tether t late Secretary, Mr M. Rode*** wit I of appreciation af the valuable r y accomplished on its behalf and lb*r Rodesse did not spare
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  • 249 4 Before Mr Jwfaoi WtAm yjtawij the Supreme Court, bankruptcy nnti.-r were dealt with. Mr Carver applied Ut a. receiving order and order of adjwdi atiou against Bis Soo, trader, whose \iMMm to pititi creditors were stated as fl l.-\'2-> < It (p--plication fora postponement by an attorn* of debtor
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  • 107 4 act as magistrate for Mr &m" who goes t Nibon- Tebal Officer. Three Laundries ruu by Cl withiu the last few mouths, U-u the city of Uk Of coui-m- ta.-v h»w interviewed by a reporter. driuk weak te^. MiUist bffrff have come to Yorkshire to nuke moo Yesterday befor. Mr
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  • 727 5 j. i:inlei>t'-« d tli:it Serjeant Murray wa- instrumental iv effecting the arrest |IM SsMssTß who were charged having stolen £4* from an engineer ..r-,1 Rowell, is to receive m reward from Reward Fond. The arrest was a Twain at ;t went dinner given to [\t\ Commissioner
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  • 721 5 Piiva KMiBl Scuiyawon«;sk (Jnvccwvi, An action m which several members of a well-known and distinguished Siamese family are concerned, was down upon the list befr.re the Chief Justice. Mr Hyndman Jones at the Supreme Court, but* it was yesterday dismissed, through the unreadiness of the plaintifl
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  • 159 5 A correspondent writes to the Times": Mr Cosmo Gordon Paterson, who died of aagiaa pectorw on Aug 14, was m many respect! a remarkable man. He was educated at Wellington for the Army, but eventually entered his father's firm of Paterson, Simons and Co., of
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  • 1719 5 THE HOGAN CASE. MR. ODELL'S CROSS-EXAMINATION. The case m which Messrs. H. C. Hofan aud J. B. Robertson are charged before Mr. Colman, wAs continued yesterday afternoon. Mr. Battenberg for Mr. Hogan and Mr. F. M. Elliot for Mr. Robertson. Mr. Odell was cross-exam iued by Mr. Battenberg. With regard
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  • 141 5 The Emperor and Bmni Dowager m Council. Chine tr Mail a Service) Peking, August 31. A Grand Couucil was heM ia the present;* of the Emperor and Enpresb- Dowager to-day. The business was m under Be it resolved that a constitution be granted 15 years hence. Be it
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  • 109 6 Scram List. Brought forward 5987 Mr (iv>h Lai Mvi 5 Tan Boon HoDg 5 Scow Chit Lin iM r > Taj Pan Peng 3 TanTiang Ann mmm 3 Scow Kai Soon jj K. Nagalingam 3 S. C. Je Souza 5 Messrs Lai Thian Poll, .Seali
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  • 669 6 Mr R. N. Bland returns to the Straits at tbe end of the year, leav \n% England m October. Prum Jukantbor of Cambodia, who bad boeu to Ceylon on a visit to the Buddhist monastery at Kotahena, was to leave Colombo on the 11th instant, on
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  • 1965 6 Qtticquid agi/nt homines norfri e*t farrago HbeUi. Juvbnal. Our dear old Spectator is getting very uncomfortable adversity is making it acquainted with strange bedfellows. Wishful to praise the present Government which, m a fit of the sulks, it helped to return, it is more inclined to
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  • 185 6 Dft AMR Kn Rocii: M Sim, Dr W. T, Abbott, the dUtiu* Eastern representative u f t!o SmitH Institute, SS km on ThSfc j Europe by the P. A v. tu.il 22*8 will shortly proceed to Sumatra ami J? be iv tho island for several IUo V"
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  • 258 6 Yestei Ja y morning before MrColnian, the case iv which Syed Alwee bin Mm charged with cheating by giviu* a nuu named Poh Guan a cheque lor 11,410 when he knew ho had n > funds m I>ank meet it, came up again. Mr lowland Allen, Birtfct
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  • 216 6 Hrn Ohi(3f and Puisne Judges wei Jay occupied with a number of small caus^« Several postponements were by f b»Chief Justice, Mr Hyiidman Jones, whoa heard the part heard case, S. K. Sockalipsam Pillay versus Suudaram. SunJaram is on Indian woman aud sho was sued for nioun
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  • 88 6 .TACKfIow'MiLLAP. Crr The third ;ind final ra 2<*> handicap, will be swum to-morr.-v. arrival of 0 o'clock launch. HandwjP Cusca.len. Lmton scratch I 1 L P sec*, J. K. Black ItOTI fAj-^J 10 noes. Uansen, Valois, 17-- ««<»« 22 sees. C. R. D. Warry n N n lUddoley,
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  • 820 7 ENGLISH WITH VARIATIONS. > -is a Chinese Krani. It is or feff hi may have removed himself and I :1 Hla other and k*.->s la •••.nuting fields earthly mission to assist, if all >ph»*re thy destinies of a ifcing. A little less than a .a, bur sweeesmn regumtioM Siu£ came
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  • 483 7 Tbo followm- is the report of the Singapore branch to the members for th* wear end iu^ :toth Juno, lf»O«J. The Cnasmilluu as elected at th<j but Gene- ral Meeting was follows Hon. Hugh Port President. Hon. W. H Shelford We-Presideut. Mr E. H. Ellin lion. Secretary
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  • 361 7 One of the leading sculptors of Paris, who is also well known m the artistic circlet of London, has been telling his friends of a curious experience that he had lecently. Some months n^o a Chionjjo millionaire, who was passing through Paris, after a tour through Europe at
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  • 1204 7 Alone m the gathering dusk of a glorious ramntererening, the Spinster sat motionless, with a bitter, bitter nmile upon her lips. The Spin let was not old, as age couuts uow-a-days amongst happily. married women and comely matrons, her ears could not have numbered more than l ortv-tive
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  • 518 7 i The continuation of the iSingaporo Kiil»» Association's shoot was held on Salurdax aud Sunday, when tiring for tlio Governor s > Cup took place. The tlr^t stage was fired I oft on Saturday aftoru.»u there being thirty- six entries. The prize for the best aggregate m
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  • 196 7 JJv the German mail to-day Mr Scott Kussell of Messrs John Little and Co leaves tbeColoDy permanently, after nearly thirty I years' residence berg, v.ith occasional spells at Hone. There wis an afternoon party it Burnbauk oa Thursday ;*t which an intereetj iu^ presentation init iated by ihe juniors, wa.s
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  • 435 8 We much regret to state that Mr Clement Tulloch, of the Honkoug and Shanghai linking Corporation, died la.^t evening at u quarter pa*t nine. Mr Tulloch has been ill for some five weeks with typhoid fever and has been several times
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  • 144 8 The S. K. C. met the Y. M. C. A. on the Esplanade on Saturday the game being left drawn S. R C. Gomes retired 59 D. Arianna c Holler b Jackson 6 E. do Souza c and b Careless <> T. de Silva run out 1 A. E.
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  • 71 8 Mr Edwin Phillips, proprietor of Plang tind Eastfield Estates, Sungei Siput, Perak, Federated Malay States, who arrived m Colombo Tuesday night (Sept. 4) irom Fonaug, was brought ai.hore iv a serious condition suffering from pleurisy. Mr Phillips had come to visit the Rubber Exhibition but
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  • 103 8 A small gymkhana and "a?, home" was held by the members of the Polo Club, (by kind permission of the Sultan of Johoro) on thw ground at Tyersall, on Saturday The company included His Excellency the Governor and Miss Anderson, H E. Major General Lugo Jones and
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  • 1058 8 Dearest Exile. There have been floods of rain and heavy thunderstorms all over the country, just at the wrong moment for the harvest. Monday the loth was so stormy that the grouse almost had a day off, and even where people did go out the bags
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  • 757 8 The Constables Convited. The case against the two Malay Police Constables Salleh and Hussain, charged with having received a bribe of £300 m connection with the recent fire iv Sumbaward, was eoutiuued before Messrs Michell and Nathan on Saturday. Mr Braddell for the defence put tho Towkay
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  • 139 8 THE WRECK OF THE B. I. ss. "GO A." A Week Bkvojw Rescued. Calcutta, Sept 4. The crew and passengers of the B. I steamer Goa," which was wrecked on the Suuderbunds, between Calcutta and Rangoon, arrived here yesterday, having spent a week on the wreck or on a small
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  • 304 8 The oil +mim* Ful,.V here Iron SourJ>.^ a j,i I a The Sappho from Teluk An>., day brought do*o MM p a s M n ■•<., one oorpte." Captain Turner*. «*"«aiitk hoped the una»sur!!i n enger is so. Mr FraucU Pears w^ a from Muar by ,he Hnn,
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  • 119 8 Few who have Mt lived m tbclo t here realise the extreme do ie >< oi o;r po-: tion m India It is a system of [h»im and counterpoint assured «*o lone ua we hold tl bala cc with a true seube of the fact*, b^\
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  • 54 8 HULLETT MEMENTO AND SCHOLARSHIP FUND. r,rou^ht Imwmi Mr Wee Kav S-un-M Toh Chen- tim H. H. N ..rris Messrs (M lVn- T,;m. T«nG Ho and Seah BMg big "d" Messrs T. Pucicery Sainv, I 0 Saiiiy, S K. Naraiiieti Sainy, A Mohamed Piwihi, C. H and Anon i^l each Total
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  • 94 8 Yesterday the members of terian Church hUu opportunity ing v preliminary MWIf 0 new Mini*ur, the U«v. JohnAJ««« who arrived faf the last PlK<> l At the morning service, the 1^ Cook, the IfcTw. M«r»v. *«< S. Stephen Walker tool; part, 1 mmi attendance consider:--in- weather. Then,
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  • 47 8 The P.A<> »JW<-« pore on Kmh.v moffliup r h away the tar^t *old ihi|»J*J iv sovereii:u> .'U a.vount erument. Tl»- ">in P 1 boxes of *5,000 enoh. It >» that all thi, p'W l l 1 IIJ ll:lT V out only to b* *fH au
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  • 676 9 ;n\i:V MeItUWU. FiMIII, 14th SEiT. I'ttKsKNT j; Bitrikacg tLc Governor Sir Jo};u Anderson, K\c«-ll»-ncy th«* (Jeneral officer Commanding lr.HjwM.iV'r-ri-.mral 11. luigjo Jon«^. c.Y.o! 1 VUo th#» Col. S-cn«t?iry apt. A. II. Youn:,'! thw Act. Attornoy-Genl. J. X Inne?.' the C 1. Engineer A. Murray, c.k. th»« Act. Col.
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  • 69 9 f 'iav forenoon a rather peculiar occurred at Messrs Fraser am] v "rk* a| Siuk-at, Tunjou- Pa-ar. »«>tor lorries were waiting to l»e ri< l a Chinese rtoolio was standing them. H»- was heard to cry >t \v,i> Ummd that ho was jammed l«l «,f th*» lorries,
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  • 1556 9 ALLEGED BRIBE OF S:*00. The Scmbawa Koai. Fire. \ebterdav afternoon before the Bench balleh and Uussain, two Malay police constables, were churned with giving false evidence to Inspector Joyce m connection *ith the recent tire at Sumbawa-rd. Salleh "as also charged with having ol>tained an illega gratification
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  • 263 9 An old resident of Singapore writes Id the Free Prim of July 10 there is a letter of Buchanan Smith about George Lyou, and m an editorial note following you mention a Mr. Daniel Lvon. I am not sure, but Ithiukthe two men were brothers.and
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  • 80 9 There are many newspapers m England (writes the "Academy"), mid on the whole the most influential are those which control individual vagaries, and as a ru l^, they are also mo»e prosperous than those which flaunt the individual's name. They withstand the temptation to be sensational,
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  • 60 9 The Burma Couicuissioner of Commerce strongly urges the construction of a railway into Western China, as the present pack-ani-mal mode of transport entirely coUapsea for four months m every year owing to the rains obliterating the roads and bridges. India's future land trade with China, he says,
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  • 710 9 U*M U BST AvT7 V I. Pfc 1 1 UTA 1 N Fixed. Yesterday morning before Mr Nathan, Captain QitCO, Master of the Nomegiaii sUiaruor Profit, a vessel chartered by the Straits Cattle Trading Company, responded I a summons \mmd at the instance of the starAttmdaat
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  • 194 9 The Ban Foh Sook's Coal. Before tbe Chief JuHtice m the Supreme Court yesterday an action brought by Messrs. Huttenbach for the recovery of *5,960. tis, balance on a coal topplj contract, from Lim Ah Sain and two others, was and after few hours' hearing idjourned until
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  • 2899 10 Tub Pawan« of Battam. [Being a *]*ort accovnt of the adventure* and re-w-nrkniAe ecp'riences of Thomas Hitchcns of Rye, t\'jici>d, m Im ifior of ovr Lord, one tho"-»nt,d t ink* h-indr,d and thirty-thrrr. With »ho en words from printed l*x>k The Christian comes
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  • 57 10 The new Kditor of tho M Malay Mail." Mr A. G. Edmonds, who is to take Mr S. C. Yeoma.n*'s place, arrived here by the Sanuki Maru on Thursday, v.nd went on to Kuala Lumpor by the Perak on Saturday. Another press man, Mr Wood*), of the Maviln. Cableuews was
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  • 740 10 That one half of the world does nnto t fe n how the other half live*. i s as tru* o tt little cosmos of Singapore „,,f worlds. A careful ob-rver not too closely tmpfcl with his ne.-, will tiud mmdk U **mi+ the lives and
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  • 15 10 Tho t u .*l outpi.: 0ft1... Svieto .les Kuin* J-> hmt, r <if September am«un?M
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  • 428 11 Mr 'S. Tomlinson returned by the Delhi on Thursday afternoon from his short holi- aw M >n*ieur L. Kousset has joined the ■loir «V Escompte of Paris. Daring V irs stay m Siu-apore, he and H made mauy friends. U meets on Friday, whou a vote
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  • 70 11 ■far Monthly Me«l il was coinon th.' 1541 and 10th inst. The Ml nere lmn<led m: Ljviy •><, 22 77 M* SI 9 78 w Xin U 80 H. W«fcj S4 >^l p M 8 si J. iruw.:; Hm> 18 S2 itt M 14 S4 >^LGMm io."»
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  • 115 11 *MMOI «m hand m both Courts 2?. Mm the Chief Justice, .Mr j a Jones, an Indian woinin with the crname of Ainmal Aiamaloo, sued -ifc < 'hetty for tdtQ, money alleged 1 "Q rbo sale by her t.) defendant's •P-* .»f NJluukl and a Ctrl m
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  • 1369 11 tohore llal.ni wasen fYfce yesterday m our of Urn Suhan'l Birthday. The town ?aily docurated, and crowded with vesandat night was prettily illuminatA large number of guests f rom Singapore laT1 aT 1° the h **V Banquet, which uded also the leading men of the State, and was
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  • 187 11 Li Chee Chin, a boatman residing m Koch-ore-rd. was on his way home just before midnight on Sunday and when he was m Vietoria-st. just opposite the Maternity Hospital four men sprang out upou him Two garrotted him whilst the other oouple went through his pockets. As
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  • 249 11 A Shopukpeb Thrkatenkd. Yesterday afternoon before Mr Green throe Chinamen were charged with having extorted *30 from a Hi mono shopkeeper m Arab-st. The complainant, said ho kept a piece goods shop m Arab-st and that one day recently the accused came to his shop
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  • 15 11 Potto'f weekly share report states that "a few Ratlbf c:in l>* hal af. 10 yen.
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  • 979 11 When th<3 idea of the peaoj post waa started by RowUn 1 Hill- though many claim it was not his invention lie can hardly have foreseen to what lengths km suggestion would be carried. Letters now-.*-days are such an integral part of our life's routine, that a reversal to
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  • 2767 12 i For the Bi»fapore Free Pre*9,) Conclusion. Our very last walking expedition iv Japan uearly did for us both, and I still think there must be some easier route than the one we followed. After an early breakfast four only meal worth? of the name that day; we started
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  • 299 12 THE SAL TED MINE CASE. The Malay Mail has the following leader on the S;tiak mine case which recently Occ"pied Mr Justice Law for so many days. The paper says The proceeding-; m connection with the alleged "tilting* of the Salnk South tin mine have at la3t come to an
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  • 441 12 An Amlmn,, The ca-e m liidi 9 KlingandalV^Mli.are.h thett of a case o f whi*Lv fron \i John Little ICo w, J* Mr Colnian yesterday afte nj Mr Khorv appeared for the kfendaut M .l Mr ESfeq, forth Inspector Jo\ce prosecuted Mr&oularrecalledsaidtl,,! were closed ihgi S i
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  • 107 12 The German steamer Sioi^ni t. rived hero firm Baßffclfc rice. 0M body of a Chinaman the btfbettr ptfwfej [1 lwho or what lie MM The British steamer Isil hero from the Aimuj!'.:s \*\;n-A CiUgo of copra. The Bmmkk Hall Ui rrivd Newcastle, »AW, v: Lv jvThe eight ton
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  • 80 12 According to the "*g" FuBhunco»l nii!)einM-»B.-bui form a part of the Japau»-s- < vestment n the South AI is believed to I- one oil: m the world. It is n-t even approximate the vul but some idea of its value <*•• the fact thatthH>trata^t -nd.t|V| ft. m
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  • 1529 13 -ARKWELL TO THE REV S. S. WALKER. Ifia C» IIIOCI Presides. v ii.i Memorial Hall lust evenm a large uatheriug of the mem- IVMBjtMMa Church to bid to tl.»* Key S. S. Walker, who has fmn done good work for the Singapore The meeting was 11 to welcome
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  • 175 13 HAS HE A DOUBLE Yesterday before Mr Colman, a Chinese coolie was charged with breach of contract by luspector Fernandez of the Chinese Protectorate. The Inspector said that the accused signed a contract to go to Johore to work on a pepper and gamhier plantation. He received an advance of
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  • 28 13 Sanction has been given to the appointment of Capt. A. V. Hilton- Johnson, Ist Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, as Staff Captain m North China from the Ist January next.
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  • 1243 13 The hall' early general meeting f the Chamber was held m the Exchange Boon on Monday afternoon. There were present Hon. \Y. H. Shelford. Chairman (Paterson Simons <& Co.) Messrs. L. 8. Lewis, (P. O. S. N. Co.); S. Tchokoff, (S. Tchokoff Co.) C. Touruaire, (Messageries Maritimes)
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  • 237 13 The fuueral of the late Mr Clement Tulloch of the Hongkong B*nk took place yesterday evening at the Protestant Cemetery, aud was largely attended. The funeral cortege left Mount Echo at 4.30 and went down Orchard-rd as far as Soott's-rd. thence to Bukit Tiinah-rd and the
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  • 235 13 After a hundred years of desuetude, witchcraft Ims again come to light this time m the Philippine islands. The persecutions m Salem, Massachusetts, by our forefei hers have been echoed m the present generation at San Isidro, m the province of Nueva Ecija. The st«»ry of
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  • 188 13 lii connection with the Hongkong Typhoon, the weather appears not to have bi-en too good for some dayi past The Sachsen coming down met with rather bad weather, and the Woßgkoi, which arrived last ovening, leports rough sens. The Hongkong weather telegram of Monday mentions ft west wind at 2.33
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  • 875 14 The Japanese Foreign Ofii.je is informed that Mr H. E. Fulford, British Consul at Vewchwang, has been appointed ConsulGenera I at Mukden. Japanese beer is m high favour m Corea, Mau.-buria and Vladivostock. It is reported that of about 130,000 Loku, which i 9 yearly brewed
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  • 941 14 The Jackson Millar Cup has this year fallen to Millar, with the tine total of fourteen points out of a possible fifteen, a larger total we believe than has ever been scored before. In the first race Black deadheated with Millar, and was brought back for this race,
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  • 58 14 A Chinaman reports having had his pocket picked at Tank-rJ Railway Station on .Sunday. lie came from Woodlands and found bimsaif m a crowd when he alighted at Singapore. He at once thought of pickpockets and felt for his money but found that $70 he had had m a bundle
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  • 870 14 London's Autumn Season. The Drama m Singapore is almost an unknown quantity. Light opera and the more irresponsible form of footliijht figment, variously labelled musical comedy, musical farce or phantasy, now and then happily break m upon the unexciting existence of a residence m the Strain
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  • 36 14 M. Sadoul is at present here on a visit m connect ion with his iirin m Change Alley. Ho is going to Batavia on a business tour m Java, and will return to Saigon fift Singapore.
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  • 396 14 The Countess Prat, widow ,fTi Italian consul at Hankow j s tV" j husband's body home for burial A pamphlet advocating ft, „x all white men from India 1 M ].l circulated. The total output from the Tin Mining Syndicate vario IM)r the month of August
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  • 184 14 On Monday, afternoon A. Rig scribed m the Police *M|t American, was arrested at the Adelpbi Hot*, on charges made against him by Mr t Chaytor of the Hotel de TKurope »u<l M T. Sergeant of the Caledonian Hotel. complaint of th»» former wa< that H
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  • 71 14 TAN JONG PAGAR ARBITRATION TiieL^ri«-ofth^a.|..':n: hi the matter U pw year ending the :Wtli June. idjoarKiaadtl* Court irill thi lWhOotolwr.au.! it. is M' paled tint MM «»r rwo will «*nabi«i the AlkiUiHn arrive at a decision. i .n At the sitting iieM L'aJ the Court adjour^l m the form of
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  • 3279 15 !V ibinarine telegraph.) f ft. sftrfi Aftmcf.) K»« ei>ed S^pt loth 1. 15 p.m. tl the St Loger is 1 Dvi of ,t«r*fl Trootbeek 2 Prince Wili: 1 KwitaM 11. i\tu Hajtor, Storm. Malua, iiuici'. <;<orge IT ami Harriot. U the >tart of Urn St Leger 1 against Troutbeck.
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  • 518 16 {From our own Correspondent!) Uouizkontr, Sept. IBtb, 5-30 pin. The Port was visited by a typhoon of phenomenal violence to-day, and the force of the wind drove ashore the Canadian Pacific chartered steamer Monteagle of ti,163 tons, the Johanne, and the S. P. Hitchcock, an American ship bound m ballast
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  • 415 16 MINKS. Capital Capital Issue Paid Company. ft Issued paid up Value up r $135,000 Uo,<fOO 10 10 Btcmwak Ool4 M. Go. Ul $40,000 10 I<> Do Do Dt'i rr-a, $600,000 60*\0C0 10 10 Btmmk Ffjtralk Tin ML Co. U If sjOO,O('O aAIUMM 10 10 K:i«lan:i Gold M. Co. LM
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 686 16 CLEARANCES. September 13. Asdang, Siam. str, Raon, for La^on, Bandon, and Bangkok. Malta, Brit str, Peters, for BoAbay via ports. Koning Willem IT, I ut str., Teensina. for Batavia. Ayuthia, Brit str, Curtis fur Bangkok. Nain Sang, Brit str, Rolfe, for Penang and Calcutta Penang, Brit str. Baker, for Port
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    • 527 16 VESSELS IN PORT. Men-of-War Flag and Tons Commanders Arrived From lSea Mew Col. ycht 500 Murphy Sept IS Maliuea Wh <- Brntu3 Amtra., 1992 Henricks Sept It Shanghai v Ship Flae&Tons Master Arrived hrom ConsiT nce V" W ork Albenga Ger 27(30 Pet-rsen Septic Manila \iehn M-v v er Bharata
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