The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 22 November 1906

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    18 321 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1906. No. I,CCB
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      Birth.
      18 321 On the 17tli November, at Kuala Lumpor, the wile of J. B. O. Aldwohth. of a mml
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      Marriages.
      107 321 Hoors.—On Nov. 15. at Alor Star, Kcchtli, the wife of Dr. A. L. Hoops, of a son. Miles-Daniel.— On 15th November, at St. George's Church, Penang, by tlie Rev. Frank W. Haines, 8.A., Colonial Chaplain, Edward Leslie Reynold, (of Messrs. Huttcnbach lhothers\ son of Captain E. J. Miles (formerly
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      Deaths.
      39 321 On November sth, at Westlev," Babington Path., Hongkoncr, William Eric Craig, of the New-Zealand Insurance Co., aged 30 years. On November 2, at Shanghai, Bern hard A. Frikdrich, of the I.M. Customs sen-ice, H angchow, aged 36 years.
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    EXCHANGE.
    66 321 (Corrected up to Nov. 21.) Bank 4 ni/s 2/4| demand 2/4 Private credits 3 m/s 1 credits 6 m/s 2/4-}--jj France, demand Bank... 293^ Germany, demand 239 India, T. T JW Hongkong, demand 1 /o ais Yokohama, demand 114-i Java, demand I*l Bangkok, demand 63 Sovereigns, Bank Buying 8.55
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    PRODUCE.
    120 321 November 21. buyers 93.87-J- Camber Cube No. 1 10.82?. No. 2 9.624 Black(ordin.S'por®) buyers 18.87A White (fair L. W. 5 p.c.) 25.25 N aega (110 to the lb 27.50 Nutmeg (80 to the lb.) 46. M *ee (Banda) 65. <Wi (Amboina) 33.75 j LlWiun Coffee 20.50 Tapioca, small pearl
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    CONTENTS.
    386 321 \,-w Metric Departure irN<l Monaco ># 3 :i'i» Newv*t Bat leship ;^2 'i\il Service Salaries 32 Land Tenure Bill 322 AlMtd Kand Chinese Immorality 32 Kiver Improvement Tax 323 Min-r In<iustru*3 Wanted 3 3 mese Education 3^3 Justice Buckley 33 The S-»ap Trust 33 Thu Price of Flattery 3^l
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    A New Metric Departure.
    1015 321 shaf ?'i» Prc-,<; the Peoj>V= rtpht maintain TTii-iw. by (Iuenc« and oaibribed '-y cnin; Here i-atrict Truth her gtariooa precepts draw. Pledged to Kdision, Loyalty and law. Nov. 1(3. Whether the decimal or metric system can ever be imposed on general domestic use m Britain is
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    Disturbed Morocco.
    287 321 Although the rumour that the Atlantic fleet had gone to the Moorish coast to make a demonstration m view of the almost anarchic state of Morocco is now categorically denied, yet it has to be acknowledged that there is grave cause for anxiety m regard to the precarious
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  • Page 321 Advertisements
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    • Miscellaneous
      Page 321 Miscellaneous Column 1
      312 321 THE WEEK. Mail 8 from Europe arrived on Friday by the N. D. L. P. R. Luitpold (Oct. 2\) on Saturday by the B. I. Thougwa (Oct. 26) and on Monday by tho M. M. Polvnesien (Oct. 27). The homeward advices this week go by the P. and O. Delta
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    Civil Service Salaries.
    419 322 Tlw Civil Service of the Straits has appealed to Caaar m the matter of salaries, and Caesar has turned his thumb down. The telegram of an unsuccessful attempt to raise the rjuestion m the House of Commons will hardly come as a surprise to the members of
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    Japan's Newest Battleship.
    430 322 Nov. 1/. It is «jiiite a short time since the British battleship "Dreadnought* 1 was completed, j and concluded her trials, thes<\ both as to steam and ginnery, being triumphantly successful. T«> 1 iv we hear by telegram that the new Japanese battleship 4 \Sitsum.i," has beeu
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    The Land Tenure Bill.
    586 322 Router bai told us something of the intensity of the debate m the House of Commons over the Laud Tenure (Irish) Bill. Earl Cariingion, the President of the Board of Agriculture, the sponsor for the Bill, speaking at the Farmers ordinary at Thaine, Oxfordshire, said that
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    Alleged Rand Chinese Immorality.
    188 322 We do not care to touch on the matter of the alleged immoralities attendant on the conditions under which Chinese coolies are maintained m South Airica. All that, as well as everything else, it seems to us, is rather a matter for the Transvaal Government to
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    94 322 The name of the DOW Japanese battleship is the Satsuina, a word not unfamiliar to Europeans, but merely as the name of a choice kind of porcelain. But the Satsuma were one of the four great elans of Japan, who practically nui the Government for centuries before the era of
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    The River Improvement Tax.
    471 322 The (ii.rcrnment Gaze te of Xov. l(Jth contains the text of a "Bill intituled an Ordinance to provide for a charge upon iminoveable property m the vicinity of the Singapore River." The preamble of Ihe bill explains that as a result of the continuous increase of
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    Minor Industries Wanted.
    597 322 Nov. 19. Many of our readers will have gHtB careful consideration to the important article appearing m Saturday's issue, which endeavoured to estimate the character and prospects of Singapore's commercial future The one commanding fact, which is irrevocable m its effect, is that l\v the develop- ment
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    Chinese Education.
    31 322 Tliat ilie subject •> M favourite on.; with the Chine* i to be wondered *t.o.m.iderim,'thof stuly that have been sics. It is true that that always bee* as mtelli^ut :t
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    WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21, 1906.
    699 323 t x P.isk R. O. A. who has been for v \,,r> connected with the Garrison A.'ljutaut K. €X A., and Adjutant S.V.A. me by the Sieilia." If Salmon who was hero with Rift Brigada ii appointed tol>e2nd -nml of the "»th B.itt Mounted IvSoatl Africa.
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    LOCAL SLAVE-DEALING.
    301 323 Gil: I. BotTOHI AMU Sold. Yesterday afternoon before tho Bench Court. Mr A. W. Bailey <ff the Chinese Irotectorate charged a Chinese woman named Ong Cheng Liang with buying a girl tor the purposes of prostitution." Mr Han is was for the defence. Lim Sin Lye said she
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    THE "KITAI" STABBING CASE.
    150 323 Yesterday afternoon before Mr Green a Russian saiior on the Kussian steamer Kitai was charged with stabbing a comrade. Inspector Wilson prosecuted and Mr F.O. Rasniusseu watched the case ou behalf of the agents of the ship. Ivan Yurosavitch, bosun on the Kitai, said that on
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    THE SIRANGOON RAID.
    193 323 Auother batch of Chinese, Teochius, alleged to have been concerned m the robbery on the Opium Farm Branch shop at the end of the Siraugoon-nl. were brought before Mr Green yesterday, one batch of twenty having been already disposed of with sentences of six months apiece. The
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    A TRICK THAT FAILED.
    159 323 Ou Mondaj two meu, a Jawinekao and a Malaj, met m a shop at Tiong Bahra. The latter put down a twenty cent piece m pay- inent for a purchase and the Jawipekau stepped forward and handled it, and then said it was a counterfeit, He
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    BURGLARY AT HOLLAND ROAD.
    101 323 A s;iis employed by Mr Robert Little, who lives at the sixth mile on the Hollandrd, reports that his quarters have been entered by burglais. The sais's story is that on Sunday morning, Hari Raja, he locked up his room and came into town to the
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    ATHLETIC NOTES.
    1094 323 Members of Um S. C. C. will Ixj well advised to attend the meeting of the Club 1 which will lje held in the Victoria Hall this i afternoon, ate <juirter past live. One does not doubt that the majority of members are not even aware such a
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    SEREMBAN LETTER.
    598 323 \Frottl Ct-rr Dear Mr Bditor, It lias struck Vie continually that the Seremban Notes ;> usually -ent \-ou MM misleading iv that they aro usually confined to the "weather" or "gang robberies "murders" and other police items. As matter of fact Seremban is not luch a lugubrious place
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    THE "LEIPZIG."
    144 323 A it j w more details of the German cruiser "Leipzig" now m the Singapore Roads ma\ bo of interest. The Leipzig" is quite a sen boat raid was only launch* d this year. Thin is her first trip m fact. Starting from W3hehn*B Haven slie came through
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    105 323 »M^ Working behind the invisible forces of our time there is a regiment of naflsessss men who, refusing to fall m with the modern love of advertisement, nevertheless exert an immeasurable influence upon their contemporaries. They are birds of the night When streets are hushed beneath the htars and the
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  • Correspondence.
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      Dancing.
      351 324 To THE BPITOI Sir,— Tlie interesting sketch of "Mayo seems lo me to leave oue or two points untouched and to convey m some few details a wrong impres>ion. He deplores the low level of the exhibitions he sees m the average ball room. Bat is he not rather
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      Another want for Johore.
      109 324 TO THI EDITOB, 818, Besides the needs of the Johore Station to which your correspondent Traveller called attention yesterday. I should like to BQggQßt to H. H. the Sultaus Government t lie desirability of increasing the watersupply of the Tow u Johore is a growing place
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    THE FRENCH CATHOLIC CHURCH.
    113 324 M. Meilluu an ex-priest is devoting himself to aiding the formation of Worship Associations (under the new law) m the Catholic Church, but independent of Kome. He states that since the Vatican refuses to submit to the law, it is evident that a Xatioual Catholic Church
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    MORE RIOTERS PUNISHED.
    102 324 On tbe 15th, instant a gang of rioters attacked a spirit shop near the TanTock Seng Hospital, and though the shopman barricaded the door they broke it m and then broke his head. Whilst they were pillagiug the place, Chief Sanitary Inspector Maybew came on the scene
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    DEATH OF CHIEF INSPECTOR SULLIVAN.
    123 324 The many friends of Chief inspector Denis Sullivan will be sorry to hear that his sudden death was reported from Malacca by telegram yesterday. The telegram added that Mr Sullivan was found dead m his quarters at the Central Police Station, Malacca, yesterday morning at
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    Thursday, Nov. 22, 1906.
    842 324 Capt. J. H. M. Beasley, R. G. A., armament officer, Hongkong, has beeu noted for appoiutment to the Hongkong Singapore battalion. i The Minister of the Boaro of Foreign i Affairs has sent despatches to the different Foreign Ministers to the effect that the Chinese Government
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    BIRMA'S PASSENGERS.
    256 324 A COMMERCIAL MISSION IiOYAL fyiIXCES DITE To-DAY. The Danish East Asiatic Coy's steamer Birntt is to arrive here this nonuag from Copenhagen via ports with Their Royal Highnesses Prince Y;tldeni;tr of Denmark and Prince George of Greece, and the Directors of the Danish East Asi.it ic Company of
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    CRICKET CLUB MEETING.
    633 324 A special general meeting of the members of the S. C. 0. was held m the Victoria Hail last night to consider a vote of $5,000 for the installation of electric light aud faus iv the new Pavilion. Mr. E. F. H. Edliu was voted to the
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    THE "GLANGGI" AFFRAY.
    639 324 BAfiIMAK CHARGED with MURDEK Sariman bin Wongs t M }tUt^ trial at the Amic* yesterdit L Chief. l .m^, S.rWH. Huw,' ou the charge of murdering v man on the small steamer GUoS* which ship the ftOCUSed v. J H on the high seas, and within the
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    "KITAI" STABBING CASE.
    170 324 KITAI" STABBING CASE. The case against the Russian sailor t ed with haviug stabbed anothei the Russian steamer Kitai was o>ntu before Mr. Grwn yesterday. luspector Wilson MNWM :lllli F. O. Rasmusseu watched thecase on I* of the East Asiatic Company, a gent* ship. ,j Kaffreigen, the man stabbed, could
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    Friday, November 16, 1906.
    175 325 H r j < ivhi.-k!. Ke> ■••••.•it «.f Selaagor, bj the I*. O. Simla' md not the IN'sideut General. upbeU acis for M r Nfieldia h> own duties. with a request for a grant I x \\l Brown, B, A Scholar C lege, Cambridire, the I'uiver-
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    MR. A. G. ANGIER.
    250 325 M; A. G. AkGIBI ale OnOd ipore on what might be called septennial tour of the Far Angier is, as most of <>vi the propriety and editor of I 'hit": 1, >-. UiS IV- _•> -n of t !n- various s? ttes l riir« glob i>
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    THE HEALTH OF THE TOWN.
    73 325 m -nth of October 870 people •1 m Stagapore, including 1- on S~ ■'a Mim.l, the mortality imte excluding tterwaa 38.49 per thousand. There _U ,mvs of cholera of which imported Fever accounted for p'.rhisU for 130 deaths. There Bnropesa deaths. During the Not. 10
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    SINGAPORE TIN MINING SYNDICATE,
    32 325 of tin ore for October from > properties lvelon«_'iug to this iiv vu 27<; <;i» pikuls. For the greater ftf thia Urn high price of 168.07 per 8 received*
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    MR. R. H. SPOONER.
    80 325 U OowMitoe ot the S. C. C. should foff the arrival of Mr. R. H. >m the we 1-Wdowu Lancashire cricketWuh smne ffriwil he is making a Urn i4l» thnKtst, visiting India, Burmah, i tn.i .It pau. Seen by a representative m i or Ibata on
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  • Correspondence.
    • Letter
      A Share-Exchange.
      257 325 Dear 6 ik, —I have read v?ith some "interest the letters which have lately appeared m your valuable Journal on the abovementioned subject. I have some experience m share-dealing au,J am of opinion that it is not possible to sitisfaeiorilv establish a share exchange m tin- ntv, for
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      Electrical Energy.
      328 325 'I hi Editor, DBAS Siu, A paragraph m your issue of to-day's date states that The Leo Chin 11.' Smelting Works at Peuaug are to he j supplied with electrical energy at 12 cents per unit. The price m Singapore is 25 centfl less '2^ for electrical power"
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    WILLIAM HENRY READ, C. M. G.
    254 325 All Mr. \V. H. Read's old Singapore frieada will be pleased to read this message sent to them through his friend, Mr. A. G. AuLjier, who is at present m Singapore:— 4 I wish I was iv your stead, but I am a i
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    21 325 We learn that Rilev Hargreaves and Co. Ltd have jnst completed extensive alterations aud repairs to the s.s. Gouverneur Generaal Meyer."
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    THE CLAN FIGHT.
    1252 325 Outbreaks m the Country Districts. Owing of the Police being everywhere, the obvious disappioval of the clerk of the weather, and the firmness of t h^ Magistrates, the Town was fairly quiet on Wednesday night, though one serious outbreak occurred, a band of Teochewa raiding a Hokien
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    DRIVING OUT GHOSTS.
    553 325 The following account of a Dusun 4i Hantu drive "m Borneo a given m the North Borneo i Herald: At Bongawan, en October 2nd, there j took place the annual Dnsuu festival held for the purpose of driving away ail I bantus," from that part of the
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    39 325 > < A test has been made of the new bridge at Pasir Paujang, across the Paudau<* River, by taking a six-ton roller over it. As the bridge is built on the ferro concrete system, tho test is an interesting one.
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    571 326 ii.mal mee+ing ol this Bo.ird was 1 i-- I. i .•>■•<•> i afterit«M>u iv :i;" Municip.il .Hi.*.- Mr. E. iJ. Broadrick presiding. The other members present were Messrs. \l Allen. A. W. Bailey, Obin« Keng Lue, .1. W. B. Maclaren, Dr. Lim Boon Keng. The m iv u
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    Saturday, November 17, 1906.
    329 326 One of the several rules issued to the scholars of the elementary schools iv Indianapolis is, "Do not put anything iv your Booth except food and drink.* 1 It seem excellent down to a point: but if it is to become a permanent precept of life,
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  • Correspondence.
    • Letter
      Re Stock Exchange.
      522 326 To the Editor, Dear Sir,—I most heartily endorse the opinion voiced by Pit, Islu^e Metal and others, that we should have a Stock-Ex-change m Singapore, feeling that not only we m Singapore, but rlso our friends m other parts of the Colony aud tho F. M. S.
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    • Letter
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      210 326 i m: EjDitob. Dear Sir, I am m accord with your i correspondents who advocate some form of share exchange but it seems to me that that desideratum can only be achieved with the co-operation ol the Brokers who. 1 fear, are, as ,i body, more likely to oppose the
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      Re Stock Exchange.
      64 326 The Editor. Dear Sir,—Opinion of the Investing Public is agreed that Buch an institution is desirable. "Peripatetic Pagan 91 Bava the Brokers, as a body, would be more Itkelv to opno.se, I the innovation than support it. It now remains to be shewn :—Who has more to
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    139 326 There is some economy of space iv t lie abbreviations iv thii reference to a new P. M. S. rubber compauj Salangor River Rubber Estate Co, LD. (90,4 o).— Regd Oct. 11, with cap C2o,' 00, m i'l sbs, to acquire and develop certain forest lands ou the Kuala Solangor-Rawang
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1123 326 Übelli. Juvenal. Poor Mr Asqaith continues to have an uncomfortable time at t lie hands of the bold luffragectes, who followed him into his constituency m his autumn cannajgsi au<l made th' M.,'* Livelt for him. They succeeded m getting ;iu iut**rview wir!i him, ami laying
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    MECHANICAL COALING.
    121 326 Sotu< bantcal o M.. -m America '*Tippl< quite !<» laid s lr. Mr. 1 n that 1 propoaed by Mr. Ifc cost 2 It hi ayne lomicd X] It' advantage, tl»;u> worth) l><-! otj Chain \wis wiiether the a• uecfaanical co«trlva»oi hel|wc] to i>bviat I M<l J| the
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    Monday, Nov. 19, 1906.
    479 327 tt j,» y Hi] •".s. |mi :i ,j, d IM «le Camp lv H;> \]m\\. nor. i' J. S| i i faUm! v Deputy i > approved al W Bailey and J. rei mi i.s Munici- »ra by the K>vernmi be a doobl i tb« a
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    THE CLAN FIGHT.
    1587 327 Pillage and Plunder m the. Country. Chinaman Shot Dead. Itotioable arising oat of tbe bad bl 1 H. k...i,s st.il! rontinu.-s ba( the Town i, qwt. lathe suburbs and count* how. war, there hare bePB foqoeni combats and M MtoondiDg out-break of kwlesmwM baa P^^^^eking of nouses
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    Degenerating to Gang Robbery.
    629 327 A Raider Drowned. As was reported ou Saturday the trouble between the Hokiens and Teochuia his degenerated into what is practically armed •r.intr robbery, bands of armed clansmen ator? tucking and plundering each others shops and robbing and maltreating single members of elans when they pass
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    THE MERCANTILE MARINE.
    366 327 THE TRAINING OF OFFICERS. With regard to the important training scheme for ships' officers with which a number of prominen| Liverpool shipowners have actively identified themselves, the Merchant Service Guild have addressed the following letter to the Hoard of Trade SlB,—An important scheme relative to the training
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    99 327 If. E the Gonentl Officer CoMOMUKiinit will be personally interested to learn that m Hongkong lie was very Dearly being credited with a birthday honour. The following is the reading </\\*-n by the Hongkong Daily Press t-> a special telegnua from London Baron Sau^lhurst, fomMrly Governor of Bombay, Sir Arthur
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    THE DREAM OF DISARMAMENT.
    795 328 THE DREAM OF DISARMAMENT. \MXRICAN PEACE PARTY. The disarmament movement seems io have j sonM ;il»le exponents m the United States, j This extract from ;ui ;t«iv!-ss i>y Justice David J. Brewer of the D d states SupreuM Court at a recent Peace conference has attracted much attention "When an
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    SIR WALTER EGERTON.
    236 328 I The Editor has a private letter from $ir Walter Egerton, dated "Jebba on the j Niger, Sept. *2Uh who alter MJlBg how much he enjoys reading rogularly of what is l)iii)^' doiM by his <>!<! friestds m the Colony and Native Slates, goes <m to mention
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    THE SINGAPORE MARKET.
    1257 328 ITS PRESENT CONDITION. A Study and a Prophecy. (BpecuU for ike Singapore Free Press) A marked improvement has been for some time visible m the. bazaar trxde which has raised the hopes of importers, who see m it the termination «»t" a long period of depression, inch
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    THE TANJONG PAGAR DOCK COMPANY.
    341 328 A borne paper m reference to the Mpfjle- mentary Taojoog Pagar Arbitration snys The point at i-su»j m the present CMS was as to the dispOS&l of the earnings ut' the OOSa- pauy i'roui the time <>f the declaration of j their last dividend up
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    THE MUTINY DINNER IN LONDON.
    78 328 THE MUTINY DINNER IN LONDON. The Fiftieth Axniveksaky. Nf\\t year the fiftieth MMttfOntrj <>t" the Mutiny will, as usual, l»e commemorated hy the dinner hold m London but, iv addition. His |fnj**tj tVif» King h:a> expressed wish th;t^ .-ill Offioen v*:\n took pMt m the revolt, wLo are, or vho
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    THE FRENCH SUNDAY.
    92 328 M Wliat ire we to do with our SmdajsP** is the question that is agitating all nJnds at the present moment. It is so easy for the Englishman he stays at hoiue and reads his Bible or yets drunk comfortably m his own house. It is impossible
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
    29 328 The postponed Ladies' Medal for November will he played on Monday the 26th. The President*!* prize has !*v*n won l>v Mrs Lotft and Dr. Keith.
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    SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
    604 328 A Novel Sounding Metjjod j; PMtttw-Aa Opted M.,,,. That Stops Ship, i. men f Chitnu<'v s New \V t mcnts— F 1 Cbemktr?. The depth tadieator shipbuilder, denewdt ap m a tenseTa bow noes pr< .ached. T!i- MM, with !:v screw, and two up, of MS M.ijlN! are
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    Tuesday, Nov 20, 1906.
    442 329 H .i^koiic li» h ii interesting j''h:i).'^- Army MaSMNnva." There ■vllabls abesst auukei-s^avisjaaasj li.<!e article. irmatsoa properly aaav Ifa >"d A lady took her Z for tli«> lirst tiuiK whea they bad I think we 1 s seen th^n repli I rh... boy ged 1 1
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    AN INTERESTING SHIP.
    452 329 A Call at Bikoafobk. An iaamstiag ship I/as just passed through Singapore, the German five-masted auxiliary barque K. C. Rickinf-rs which arrived here from Bangkok on Friday with a 101 l Cargo of rice for Bicmerhaven.* The R. C Ri^kmers is owned bj 1 lie wajl-kaowa Rk&men
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    DEATH OF A NOTABLE EDUCATIONALIST.
    259 329 By the deith of 2>iis< Dorolhea Ueale, telegraphed by Beuter ti» Colombo but not lxiv. there Ii is passed away one ol the most notable figures m middle class education of the past fifty years. Mis< Rdale at the time <>l ber death aad foi
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    JAVANESE IMMIGRATION.
    165 329 me time ago the Government of the Straits presented to the Netherlands ludi^s Government the draft of au Ordinance intended to protect Javanese labourers m the Strait.-, ia the same way as Indian j coolies are protected. The Dutch East Indian Government is said to agree with the
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    22 329 Ml and Mrs Diepenheim left yesterday afternoon for Hongkong by French mail. They procee<l to Europe via VUdivstock and the Siberiau Railway.
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    THE HOLMBERG CASE.
    556 329 EURASIAN LAJ/s ESCAPADES. Vester«]a<» ifrernoon llm i'mi'-'.i Court proceeded to he*r ibe continuation of the otjumrm <>f W. .1. Uolmberg to three cbargua of criminal btei-'li ol tnifl whilst employed as assistaiit cashier m. the legal *\nn of Messrs. Allen mid G-ladhill. Chief lotpector Howard conducleii the
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    THE FACTION FIGHTS.
    340 329 Seckei Societies at the Bottom. Thanks to the prompt measures adopted bj the Police and <he heavy punishments meted out to every man brought before the PoliceMagUti ites, the faction fighU between the Hokien and Teochiu c! :rs have been stamped out -,iy: 1 though there have
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  • Correspondence.
    • Letter
      Railway Improvements.
      165 329 To the Editob. •Sir. —How is it that the S. and K. Uailway authorities h i\»* not cared to write oat Ibe names of each station <»n the station Limp*, as is <1->d^ ia almost ill th-» statioas m t. 1 j";i -.f. The travelling public going by
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    THE ASSIZES.
    581 329 Alleged Cheque Foegery. The lioir.iii trial lias result* 1 iv the Asm/ being pr< longed to a >n»i<lerable extent, aud ou the case 2 an ibrupt termiuati -ii yesterday (here were several other charges for common and special i»irie>. The first to l>e taken was that g two
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    "GOODBYE TO THE GUNS."
    152 329 The Drill Hull yesterday w ::iiu_ \m i Boene of bustle and it is earned that the 10--pr guns, with wrhi ;h t!; j Singapore Volunteer Artillery have done useful work hive withdrawn and were sent I :fc :«> the Arsenal at Pearl's Hill prior to
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    THE HOGAN TRIAL.
    5599 330 Not 1 -itli. Henry Clarence Hogan waa again m the .lock at the Assizes yesterday, upon Ins trial en tin- tv.«> charges of cheating. The Chief Justice, Sir \V. H. Hyndman Jones, the special jury and others engaged m the case, resumed at 10 o'clock, an hour
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    LORD ROSEBERY SNOWED UP.
    260 331 Finds Salvation with a Singaporean. Frank Warrack Takk> Him In. I. >rd K:>se!>»Tv lias been frozen <>ut, again. <> i a motor journey near Abington melted snow got amongst the machinery and tin car had to be abandoned. The >si- j tion was awkward aud his
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    TO A HIGHER COURT.
    117 331 [t will be remembered that a few weeks back an Arab named Syed Alwee bin Al Jufri w;is charged, before Mr Col man on an allegation of cheating a Chinese firm by giving them a cheque wbieu be knew lie li;t«l no funds to meet, an-l
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    62 331 "The truth of the matter is that the Uuited States must find herself iv her colonial policy m the same way that she has found herself m every important new field of activity into which she has come m her history, that is by following the li^ht of ber genius
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE and SINGAPORE EXCHANGE.
    1327 331 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE and SINGAPORE EXCHANGE. The Amalgamation Scheme. i sterJ iv afternoon tbe Singapore CL iin--1 r Commerce met m iIj«» Exch inge t resolutions regarding f ]jr? proposed I ion withtl iSing k|ft>re E sch mge. ih- I. .n'ble W H. Sbelfoi took tbe < i the i
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    MISSIONARY APPEALS TO CHINESE OFFICIALS.
    475 332 MISSIONARY APPEALS TO CHINESE OFFICIALS. Sin Eenkst Batow*B Reproach anp Adyicc. The following circular lms been reissued (judging by the date) t > all Consuls m China. H. B. M. Legation, Peking 31st August, L 903. Sir, -Cases have oome to my notice m which missionariea have addressed themselves directljr
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    37 332 Inspector Reynolds, who bus dove useful work iii the local force, has been seconded for the appointment of Chief Inspector m the Lalnun Police He leaves to take up his appointment at the end of the year.
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    THE SUFFRAGETTE.
    952 332 The term "suffragette will liut be fuund iv the, most modem English dictionary it is the latest addition to our «oeabulary. an<l as everyone knows, is applied to the very newest woman who is clamouring tor the parliamentary franchise. Novissima is the Largest development of her prototype of
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    THE CASUALTY LIST.
    940 332 SouJßthmg has happened. We know this by the state of tlie streets. We were going out but we do not know how to go. We can't ride and the reason is very distressing there is not a single disengaged nkisha either on the horizon of out* view,
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    DANCING.
    1006 332 Many j ;/o who i, ino<lern bail must have n j, sigh regretfully for days of v. read, but never lived m, sjfcan. fa^iai r an accomplisliment. and deport iv to be studied as carefully M distinct ious of the rules of duei!i R modern spirit Las altered tl
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    Lord Justice Buckley.
    167 333 ire u'lad *o see that Sir Henry li is l>eeu appoiuted a Lord Justice tul also a Privy Councillor. Sir iry his risen rapidly to the front rank atofpssMM owiag to the general tiou o! his hi;_'i abilities The ipamkl of the appoint meut as The appoiutment
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    116 333 -tailed and distinctly amusing ac- t the appearance at the Westminster Caaal o| the -suffragettes" who 1 ;i disorderly scene m the House of there is a reference to a sexual *tl worth noticing:— m the afternoon a demonstration hi the remainder of the suffraH CastonHall, Mrs Pankhurst preIn I'nwin
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    The Soap Trust.
    853 333 Nov. 20. The efiorti of Mr. Lever, the head of the great "Sunlight Soap- factory* to organise a soap couibiae amongst" the manufacturers of England, is meeting with a surprisingly energetic opposition. This Perhaps the first really practical attempt to introduce the Trust system into Britain, although
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    The Price of Flattery.
    507 333 The Prince, a Natal an I Transvaal critical weekly, which appears to aim at producing very much the sort of comment that Mr LaBOVCHBBI is credited with m Truth has the subjoined paragraph, m its issue of Sept. Bth. There appears to be no particular point
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    Japan and Java.
    794 333 Nov. 21. Ever siuce Japan rose m defence of her very existence, threatened through the declared Russian aggression on Korea and m Manchuria, and conducted that defence so successfully as to crush Russian military power m the Far East and produce, as a result a complete chaos
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    The Police Personal System.
    686 333 A case m the Colombo Police Court, when three Madrassis were charged with the theft of earrings from another Tamil man, gave the magistrate au opportunity of laying down an official estimate of the physical efficiency of a Sinhalese policeman. The latter, m the witness-box, proceeded
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    The Empire's Value.
    1706 334 Nov 22. Thbbs is a certain echo of the famous Perish ludia declaration of Little Euglaiul policy m a discussion that took place reoentlf m the Yorkshire Post. One p.irtv to that discussion endeavoured, on behalf of the Labour party, to poohpooh Britain's imperial position by asking
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    524 334 The firsl shipment of Daiefa petroleum lias l>eeu introduced iuto South Africa, and the kerosiue is stated to be very suitable for that market, although it has not been very kindly received. The market may become of gtwaft value to the Dutch oil-trade. It is not generally »Luo\vn how lajyg
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    THE PALE YOUNG CURATE.
    634 334 We bear of the fierce ]^l it upon a throne and is suppose 1 occupant of it particularly m. conscientious m all that ho but it is a farthing rushlight to glare m which the young pulpit stands, when face tical, fault-finding and too minded congregation
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    21 334 > <- Sir Rudolph Slatin General of the SuJau, I- by the Emperor Franks .h**V» Slating brother also wl..> Privy Councillor, has 1-'"
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    RAUB A. G. M. Co.
    519 335 Mrai Manager's monthly report for the sndhnj ;J -1 Novssuber, 1906. mipanying sheet of mine measure. v results el prospecting work I 387 it. for the period t made up of 13 ft. »inksg, I 881 ft. nixissw iiUiau. i total of 337 ft lor
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    115 335 > l»*en passed by the House of irives New Zealand, grriag the p met to Qatar into a reciprocal nnjntaant v.ith .S >uth Africa. Any m lobe rabmiUecl during the l4ayBofn«Kl session lot the cou"i «>f Parli.im.'nt. A later message BoU House- jniwiil to the South ipn>citv Bill. The measure
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    RUBBER INVESTMENT.
    939 335 In the com.,.- of a letter dealing with the prospects of rubber complies, a Corres- j poudent, after referring to the estimate of a local company, continues on the genera] questiosL "'•h :rn the justly anticipated profits of a ruMier proposition, one must wonder not that so much
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    66 335 A sftfvial wire to Colombo says that Sir West Bidgewaji at the uKHiug of the Pearleries Co., remarked that a <jreat defect of an admirable Crowu Colony administration was that the Government try to Jo everything the.uselves, without baring recourse to private enterprise. He also said that the Company intended
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    TELEGRAMS.
    1886 335 Kewter's Aycm';/.) By Sabmarine Telegraph.) Bee. Xov. K>, 10.15 am. Prince von Buelow speaking m the Reiehstug quoted Germany's abstention from obstructing Great Britaiu m Egypt as an example of her unreserved recognition of Great Britain*! position m the world. The establishment of friendly relations would require time and
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    220 336 Hongkong Nov. li>. Yesterday at noon the 19,200 too battleship Satsuina was launched at Yokosuka iv the presence of the Emperor, the Crown Prince, and the Royal family. It has been thirteeu months since the keel was laid and the ordnance and the principal machinery were made m
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    SHARES.
    504 336 Capital Capital Issue Paid Issued paid up Value up Company. Quotations 8135,000 140,u00 10 10 Hersawah Gold M. Co. Ltd 5 notu 9-10,000 10 It Do Do 'Deferred. 3 norn 8000,000 600,000 10 10 Bniseh Hydralir Tin M. Co. Ltd M 8200,000 o ririlWl 10 10 Kadana Gold M.
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      208 336 > < CLEARANCES. November 15. Ainiral Exeelmans, Fr. str., Gens, for Hongkong. Dardanus, Brit, str., Nicholas, for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp. Bharata, Brit, str., Windebank, for Penang, Rangoon and Calcutta. Ban Whatt Soon, Brit str, Milne, for Port Swettenham T. Anson. Carlyle, Brit, str., Uobb, for Port Swettenham via ports.
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      531 336 VESSELS_IN PORT. Mcn-of-War Flag and Tons Commanders Arrived From S&iMew Col. ychtMJO Murphy Nov P. Swett.-uha.nT Wh Leipzig Ghr cm 321 L Von Rothkin-li Nov If Deli Ship Flat? Tons Master Arrived Krora Consign** d- 1>in A. L. Treville Fr .5597 Fatosme Nov In Dunkirk Moin*(Y n Wh^ Bomljay Maru
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