The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 13 June 1907

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    Masthead
    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1907. No. 1,037
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    CONTENTS.
    224 1 Lm k \i*'- Natal Caatnbonoa .<»;9 k ;i on fr libU-r i.'-Htin^iry'^ Anniversary' :*7« Su|!'l/ :t7<> .rrixti H7O 0 |rj S ;-.:at»*t Fla 37 n*nt :iii«l PuM icily :;7o 4 ..n Navy 371 L.m i I'HrtJi* r>hips I Sill !171 la.ji -i Army 371 C.-l 'i i I iiitntia
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    POSTAGE FROM ENGLAND TO THE FAR EAST.
    32 1 POSTAGE FROM ENGLAND TO THE FAR EAST. I •'.!>•••. M ti; > St< r».>Tt%Tr*l v. !'.ri;i-i N.-rtii Bonn l-i-L ncH. j'i. p**r 1' <>.-.. !•■>!. r\ muo. j. r v>/.. |d. i*-:" '.l. mm. charge I«L
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    EXCHANGE.
    40 1 < LtftBKCTBP UP 1€ JilU«> 12.) In/s Wi 24: *&m-% 2/4^ fimnil B .nk r J- V&\ 174" .^1 dis U5 i., 14U nom. i 301 ttri: Ii?tV!l 8.55 ,!,i» i^ [i>»:.. -*O >l%'« a o B Id* I so;
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      Births.
      82 1 Swales. -The wife of Thomas Swales, at Melbourne, on 19th April, of a son. FRASER.-On the Bth May, at Maymyo, the wife of J. D. Fraser, 1.C.5., of a daughter. Stuhlmann. On the 31st of May at "Amville Penang, the wife of Alfred Stuhlmann of a daughter. At 182,
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      Marriages.
      146 1 MANin-TEALE.-On the i)th May, at St. Paul s, Portman-square, L. H. Manby, Cap- i tain, The Sherwood Foresters, to Doreen Lydia, widow of Alan Isherwood Teale, Esq., of Whitley Bay, Northumberland. At St. Luke's Church, Southampton, on the Bth instant Ernest Incoldby of Southsmp- ton to Nora Kvelyn youngest
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    PRODUCE. .
    126 1 PRODUCE. Jure 12 Tin W. 23 Gambiwr ♦> 65 Gambior Cube No. 1 lO.cf» I Oambiev Cnbo No. 2 •.SO Pepper Blaek(crdin.S'pore) 1 l.^o Pepper, White (fair L.W. 5 p.c.) 24.f»5 Nutmegs (110 to the Ik) 23 00 Nutmegs (80 to the Ib.) 36 00 Mace (Banda) 68.00 Cloves (Amboina)
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    Australia's Naval Contribution.
    1221 1 T-. I'-vp;-'- -V;' I ••:.:■>, Hen; t Troth j\ !iv., {.:>• »w. i'ic«!^ec! po Rtli^iou, LoyattyatJ lav-. June < Although are have not heard of it by cibie, the mail brings ui news of a bighlv important change in the relations between the Australian Commonwealth and the
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    MR. Carruthers on on Rubber.
    1535 1 An exceedingly interest mg budget of re- ports reaches us from Mr J. IV C mouthers, Director of Agriculture, comprising bi> own report and those of Mr Eaton, j Government Chemist, Mr Pratt, Government Entomologist, and Mr L. C. Brown, Inspector of Coconut Plant at
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    • Advertisement
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      143 1 SINGAPORE COLD STORA6E Co. Ltd. BORNEO WHARF, Telephone 1026. SEA STOCKS of all Kinds of FROZEN MEATS, etc., can bo delivered to Shipping •t ;he Whurvts or m the Singapore Roads, >-n short notice. If THAWED DAILY SUPPLIES are re quired, orders for same must be telephoned -o the Borneo
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      272 1 j I THE WEEK. Tht" list mail from home arrived !>v the P. a <>. Delta on Friday with mails \>i> tv» May H>. The homeward mail w.is token <-v. M«<nday by the N 1> L. Grneisenau, this weekly j goes by the I>. f. Tara to-day. The Appeal Court
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    Cobalt's Silver Supply.
    496 2 One of the chief preoccupations of the Government of this Colony, m regard to the measures adopted for the establishing of the currency m a fixed relation to the sovereign, has been the possibility of the appreci- ation of silver, with the consequent risk of our silver
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    The Cost Of Garrison.
    464 2 June 10. I From u. paper laid on tbe table of the i Legislative Council on Friday we see that the War Office forwards two stiteuients referring to the cost »f garrison during the year 1905-1906. Oae of thttse is an j unaudited statement ao far
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    An Irish Separatist Plan.
    575 2 Although we Jo not know very i:u about what rhr? Government ar» thi:. of doing now tfctl the frith N vntbn has HJOBtal the Irish Couucil neck aiid crop, from all that can U Wn* just before the event from mail papers GoverniLenr *vere eviJently bound
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    The Government and Publicity.
    980 2 While we cheerfully acknowledge the courtesy of the Colonial Secretariat and the other departments of Governmen m furnishing ?opies of official documents and iv rnr?i*tg ianh nansnas ,u ansa «.«r tab! 1 > r p'-iiviiii *o the Pi< <>-, ->.t that jerhapi oiac at ;be dep^restttnia
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    Japan And China's Navy.
    894 3 June 11. Ia a telegram from Peking to the Chiuese Men which ia the vernacular newspaper published :n connection with the China Mail of Hongkong, the following rerv interesting "S3 >J O annonncement s made: Posing, Mav -29. Tit Liang, of the Board of War, "has
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    A Limited Partnerships Bill.
    508 3 bile we iu the Straits are still without registration <>t firms, and the concomitant, registration of partnerships, the standing committee of the House of Commons is busy on a Limited Partnerships Bill, which is regarded in Home commercial circles as of tbe utmost importance. The Bill,
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    The Indian Army .
    796 3 The Indian Army Juuo 12. \\i: read that an Indian Amy 0 dnr has been issued notifying that the three existing Army commands the Northern, Western, and Eastern will cease to exist on June 1. The Army will then be divided into two J portions, the Northern and Southern, each
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    "C.B." in a Tantrum.
    875 4 li i- difficult to imagice a more complete uafessioß of hopeless incompetence tban that of the Radical Premier at Plymouth, i He present* a sorry sight to u!l bt holders. I lie baa produoed bis Irish plan, thinking, poor deluded, or at any rate unobservant miv.
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    Japan as Warship Builder.
    1278 4 .lune lb. In the article that appeared <»u Tuesday < iu this journal in reference to the great increase in Japau's capacitv fe>r naval con- struction, and the prospect of Japan being able to undertake from her own resources the construction of anew navy lor China,
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    Pasteur Institute For Ceylon.
    270 4 The "Times of Cajton" reverts to the idea of tbe establishmanl of a Pasteur Institute m Ceylon, and Mjri "In oonMderiag the question of cost, the fact should be kept ia view that the institution would probably be used by the Straits and the Mala} 7
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    The Swatow Disturbances.
    385 4 With reference to the rtc^nt disturl v m the Swat'>'»v district the Hotnjk; t)t y yf"l>I( publishes a curious feUtemenf, OOMitaaUi devil, of ;> laaiga, .>n t]i^ of the Military autborif es Hougk despate-h I f<»it-e I > Bkritow m <>rler lite aul property there from my
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    THE COURT OF APPEAL.
    304 4 CIVIL LIST. Before their lorfcl ipi tlw Ckiel Bir W. jivuduiaun Join--. Mr .(•>?;•■ ]'i. Umi iad Mr lattice Pitber, eittittg Coart of AppmL The criminal ;ip}»»M:» liavuig coi Moterdaj uiuriiiiis", the cxril litri erai I the ftrtt cj.se being tlie -.}>{• ef .S:var:iMen Chettj «»f
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    55 4 > < Many complaints have been made alk>l/ the stray bullocks which wander up aud dowii the Sinngoon-rd aud the Polu* j liav' now commenced action against the owd^i Two score of these people have been liefcMV Mr Michel! during the past two days. Wtm of S4 eich were imposed
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    Friday, June 7, 1907.
    549 5 t Fathers have established an ibormtOff} m Manila to teach elecence The course lasts five years. i\,iieu. boarding officer, will be ilhise-1 with .a the sad loss he sustainJ^f evening m the death of his wife. t CE. Kit»v»n, R. W. K. Regiment, J .-rante-l leave
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    HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK.
    67 5 r-rrxordlnary general meeting was 1 n May :51st to pass tbe resolutions --V-. to" trrv -ii.the following proTiife ln;rea«»e of the Bank's capital, oi.iiion dollars. The extension of the period of the ivatitl v>f the Bank's Ordinance, "21 yeais -^or»* from l>jr. 11l jntinuaiion of all
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    EUROPEAN POLICEMAN CONVICTED.
    666 5 ROBBING CHINESE GAMBLERS. A Year's Hard Laboue. Yesterday afternoon before the Bench Court the case iv which European police constable Stockford and a Chinaman are charged which having robbed some Chinese gamblers was continued. Mr P. J. Sproule, D. P. P., appeared for the prosecution and the
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    THE BLAKAN MATI SHOOTING CASE.
    210 5 How the Cartridge Was Got. The case iv which Gunner Quiunell, R. G. A., has been before the Second Magistrate for preliminary enquiry iuto the charge of having fired ar Corporal llyan, R G A on the 4th ultimo was concluded yesterday. Mr Sproule, 1).
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    BEHN MEYER AND CO'S. HAMBURG JUBILEE.
    309 5 Yesterday, Juue Gth, was an interesting I anniversary m the history of the well-known firm of Behn Meyer and Co. for it was upon that date m the year 18-57 that Mr. Arnold Otto Meyer, who left Singapore fiually m a small sailing brig
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    DEATH OF MR. ROBERT CAMERON.
    185 5 The many friends of Mr Robert Cameron, who for forty- live years has been m the Johore Government Service, will be sorry to bear that he «lie<l at Muar on Wednesday morning from pneunottia. Mr Cameron weal to Muar to take up the past of
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    SERIOUS CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.
    225 5 MRS. LEUESCHE HURT. Sais Badly Injured. A serious carriage accident occurred m Orchard- rd yesterday rnorniug. Shortly after i"> o'clock Mr and Mrs Leresche were coming into town m their gharry along the OrcharJ-rd. Xear Cairn Hill the sais carelessly allowed the reins to slip uncer the
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    MR STEVENS AND THE FARMERS.
    187 5 Yesterday morning before the Firtt Magistrate Mr K. A. Stevens, Manager of Messrs Caldbeck, McGregor iV Co. responded to a summons charging him with havicg bottled brandy without having given twenty-four hours notice to the Spirit Farmers and having ceased to bottle before the prescribed
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    SUPREME COURT.
    705 5 Before Mr Justice Fisher yesterday. I\ Bankruptcy. X? H. Tait, settled by agreement. Re Chia Keng Bee, Kboo Siah Wav, A. N. Natarsa, Tay Heng Lee, postponed for settlements. Re A. G Hoosaiu A. Co Withdrawn for application to be amended. Johore a Fatal Country for Cattle. Re
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    THE SIBERIAN RAILWAY.
    238 5 Tiie Russian Siberian Railway being no longer an almost exclusively strategic line, i as it was up to the late war. the St. Peteisj trarg Government should, m its own interest, fctme to develop the commercial profitableness of Urn gigantic coast i-uction. ('onnectin<* as it does with
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  • Correspondence.
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      That Loan.
      645 6 To The Editor, Dear Sir, At the time of the floatation of the Straits Loan when we had quite a flood of mysterious telegrams re the Loan being at a premium &c. the local Press expressed surprise at the wire which stated that the underwriters were quite pleased
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    EUROPE AND THE EAST.
    298 6 The entente between Fraooe and Japao j seems to Lave surprised many observer* and > angered at least one. But the agreement or mutual understanding is a natural ontcome of political movements, and should be more effective towards the general peace than all the Conferences m
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    Saturday, June 8, 1907.
    513 6 Mr G. G. Seth is appointed assistant to the Attorney General, Straits Settlements. Dr. Edmund George Weir is appointed a medical officer m the Straits Medical Service, with the work of House Surgeon. He arrived on May 31st. The export of M equines other than race
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    SIPIAU TIN MINE IMPROVEMENTS.
    189 6 1 Thrj ordinary meeting >f Lue Sipiau Tin Company was held at Gresham Kous<e yesterday, with Mr. H. R. Llewellyn m the chair. T-o report and icconnts w^rp adopted "n mv uiotioii .1 i^r Chairman, tfeco&ded bj Mr. P.M. Robioson, and Mr. T. H.Tedlie (manager) gave
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    FIGHT ON THE 'MALACCA."
    145 6 A few days ago three of the craw of the s.s. Malacca had a qutrrel. Tw w^re Chin- ese and the third a Malay. They j.b.;sed each other and Mows followed. In the M scrap one of the Chinese broke .1 basin Over the Malay's head
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    962 6 Quicquid agv.nt homines noitri est fafrosjo libelli. JtTEifAL. Governments and Government official** have a very faint sense of humour it obviously growing fainter and will soon be- come extinct. Evidence of its nioribundii tude may be quoted from France and Eng- land m his occasional pessimistic
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    SUPREME COURT.
    381 6 S. R M. Supramaniau Cliettv v v Mahomed Eusope. h^ For plaiutiff MrT. M. Braddel! fur** dantMr E.C.Ellis. r <i*i. This was a motion m an old mattcase being as old as 1904. The case had \1 decided m the Appeal Court and ft. question now was this
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    ANOTHER DISHONEST BILLCOLLECTOR.
    139 6 I'hu )uj .Jet- us a i employ of Messrs $60<», but B&pro| own use. AjnoDgit the mi pi i:tted \7^r* in. in. v, h*« oolk i Addphi let I tti il-e Jut? ■nnuil Ke rhaijr^ below M: C :i..tu retterdav aud plead< iliitt be v: .:> iv
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    NEW S. V. A. WEAPON.
    198 6 A fe\vd;iv> ftgo if w.i^ uotitied Singapore Yt ltmt**r Artillei_ m one of the obftlM of Utt« i«»r and no time Imm l**n !<•-' Ui :irr.tr.. the volunteer u'-inuers Iwn weapon the- \rijj liave charts «>t iraMi act as part of the garrison «.t Mi
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    2674 7 ordinary Meeting, June 7. a EaaeVaaaj t^ e O#PBBMi Sir John Anderson, j H^K^ilencyMavr-^enl. T. IVrr.-t. 0.0. T. r k e H-n'M* the O>l. gjßM—rj Ojt, A.H. Young. the Aturney-'ienl. W. J. Napier. the A t. Audit^r-'iem-r*! A. .T.Bryant the Act. Col. Trea-'.irer J. Anrr.oni'-z. the Act. Col.
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    22 7 Captain Chanotllor, Superintendent of the Tanjong Pagar Police, returaed from his holiday m the F.M.S. by the s.s. Hye Leong on Saturday.
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    LATHAM'S SHARE REPORT.
    306 7 There has been a more cheerful tone m the market generally throughout the week, and a large cash business has Leen transacted. Kled&nga have been the favourite Mining Stock, and the price of shares advanced to $15 J Jf after touching 8131 shortly before the settlement on
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    FRASER & CO.'S.
    279 7 FRASER CO.'S. SHARK CIRCULAR. A rtat and uninteresting state of affairs has prevailed during the past week and shares generally have received but scant attention. Fusing Lama has declared another 2 divi dend which brought out slight enquiries, but the demand was soon satisfied. The May Output of 701 piculs
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    A MYSTERY OF THE WAR.
    277 7 It was considered a mystery during the late war that a Japanese of line prepuce and plausible address should have been found as interpreter at the headqufciteis of the Rusaian Manchurian Army, as related by several Japanese prisoners of war who iabtequently returned to Japan.
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    53 7 Education is the foundation of all power Money does not give power unless its possessor knows how to use it. Muscular strength does not give power until the muscles are trained. Knowledge is not an intuitive or spontaneous thing. It is acquired. All public wrongs are founded on public ignorauce.
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    Monday, June 10, 1907.
    836 8 Sir Henry McCallum U expected to arrive m Ceylon at the end of Angust. Mr. Arthur W« Workman (Malay Penin- sula) has been elected a Fellow of the Royal I Colonial institute The British steamer Gibraltar haf arrived from Tawao with a cargo of coal consigned
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    CRIME IN SINGAPORE.
    1126 8 THE RECORD OF 1906. Mr Cuscaden's report on the Police Force and Crime m the Settlements for 1906 is a comparatively short and. businesslike document. Assuming as one is entitled to that the population of the Settlements, especially Singapore, is growing, it is satisfactory to note that
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    SEREMBAN SUNGEI RAYAH.
    585 8 THE CLOSING EPISODES. An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of this company was called for Saturday at noon m the Exchange. There were barely a dozen present, when Mr Bell the Chairman had the notice calling the meetiug read. The Chairman said that he had no very
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    ACCIDENT AT THE ESPLANADE.
    160 8 Shortly uilev "> o'ciock on Saturday evening a horse attached to a gharry came galloping ftloag Connaught Drive with the reins trailing on the ground. In the gharry were two Arabs who shou'ed to everyone they passed Vy stop the ruuaway. A Malay spraug at the
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    WHAT IS THE LIQUOR?
    407 8 Am i ■••kii Fai.-h I»f>. nrtMr, On Sdiuniay t he M-magei.* „f Hut ten bach Bros Diet helm and C<> Krarup and Co. again appeared before M r Micbell m answer to the summon- >, against them for infringemeuu of the M*r chandise Marks Ordinance of
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    THE TANGLIN TRAGEDY.
    305 8 SaNI»\\KI.I. OoXKRTEB li Ou Satir mi. 1 Mr I •Socobd Mtgiwtrate, ooßclndi I I j n;i»v enauirj <»••» tb* ■gMJMt D.'.ii r \Vi!.':.r. l);t\iu^ C.i!l»v.j t ..;»h <f( <.i' tie Bo*a) Itim Keat X- n niirht of Mi* 1 1 l-v bayonet. Ifr Si>xi»u> tor it- C
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    45 8 > < Great trouble prevails m the V- inlands at the present moment under present Government and the pejpk undergone barsh treatment which h*> to some leaving the island. th»'»-\-Tr« ibis brother, son and servants havinpu:ri^at ColoniK> m an open cauo? "Proserpine" will proluMv I* 4 Male.
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    THE NEW GIRL
    663 9 forth**/* Ml B*ae u*fc Ifa -ii pl'^*'" £<MNB> trisOfj uew 'irl and tlsfl tli woia<iu. know* (as ixr a-. lfliQ can 3 ..w .mv thing of a weasan) something |hs SS» And if he I*j a resident m i y i ii tat. with the usu clisnatk
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    LADY WESTERN'S IDEA.
    1649 9 LADY WESTERN 'S IDEA. "l'lere!" exclaimed Ltdv Western, triumj !u!it]v. I've done m? liest, anyhow, and the vi.iv must be a perfect fool if he j doesn't make the most of this chance. Don't j you think it wa9 real'y rather a brilliant idea, Tom 11 Let's hear the idea,
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    "THE COLOUR OF LONDON."
    988 9 One of the most interesting books ire have come across of recent months is Lottie's Colour of London." In writing the book and iliustraliu^ it the author has been assisted by a well known Japanese artist, Yoshio Markino and M. H Spielmanu, and I he has
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    PORIFERA.
    907 9 An Absorbing Study. The most sober papers OCOllimuiij suggest the most ridiculous conclusions. Looking tlie other day through ose of my Home weeklies I came across 1 heading "Nature and Science" with the subheading "Sponges" and faucv immediately mounted thought Maseppa like on a wild untraiued Tartar of the
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    THE CAT.
    977 10 He may easily grow eio jueut on the i subject of the cat who lives v ithiii earshot of a btrildiag overrun by him. His voice is silent by day, but at ni<:ht you may outwear the damnatory clauses of your creed without abating his caterwauling. The cat
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    REGISTRATION 0F PARTNERSHIPS.
    178 10 REGISTRATION 0F PARTNERSHIPS. Tiie Punjab Chamber of Commerce has resolved to approve the draft Bill for the Regis: ra,t;on of Partnerships ie India, but ha* suggested that Section T should be amended to read as follows When the name of any person hat been duly registered a3 a partner m
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    20 10 > < Singhong Perera, tiie man convicted for the sensational Attygalle murder m Colombo, was to have executed on June 4. I
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    RAFFLES SCHOOL SPORTS.
    534 10 Saturday dawned very unpromieiogly for the athletic sports of the Raffias Institution, and the rain of the early morning continued most of the day. Nevertheless, with an utter disregard of the weather, the events were carried through, and the afternoon being fortunately tiie overhead there was a
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    HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
    345 10 At an ex-tnordiuary general meeting held at Hongkong on May :51st, Mr G. H. Medhursr. m the chair, a. series of resolutions were passed W|Kmwilf the Corpoiation to double its capital The gist of ihe resolutions was to the effect that the Directors be authorised
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    20 10 > The King has been pleased to approve of Mr. G. S. D. Hamel as Vioe-Consul of the Netherlands at Penang.
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    EASTERN EXTENSION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
    684 10 EASTERN EXTENSION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. The «l7th half-yearlj gene.,: IJIWd the Eastern Extension, Australasia and Telegraph Company, Limited, w 15th May. Sir John Wolfe Barry, X presiding. The Chairman said the gross UuM the half-year under review amount..,! numbers, to C 296,000, against l-U:^? the corresponding period of limj:, g^' decrease
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    THE ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT.
    113 10 A number of meu of the 2nd liaiuiiou. at Singapore (says the l nited >< I Gazette "i have attended a course ot in«?tru< tion on Military Sanitation at the local Centr of Uie St. John Ambulance Association, a« ii tlie majority have been successful
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    81 10 A carriage accideut occurred m Klm- r yesterday morning. A sais driving a «*p» rit ed horse waB passing through the street when some handcart coolies came shouting and clattering by m their usual irr*spon*ible manner. The horse took fright At tbf noise and bolted. Id the congested street it
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    Tuesday, June 11, 1907.
    615 11 The d»* tli i* utiuouric* lof tie K^v JoHsj y.,umf A well kin»A'o vn\ Mouarv who Bfrivfd M1 Chiu» m ISGu uud who was the founder r the Anglo- Chinese College. Mr .VAru was 7^l years old. The Linggi PUntations, Ltd pays a fiual viJend of
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    The N. T. S. DIVIDEND.
    26 11 XetherUoda Trading Society inform "-•it- 1 have received telegraphic advices Dead-eflet ut Amsterdam, thai lividend for the year 1906 has been > <
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    ANGLO-JAPANESE STEEL WORKS.
    148 11 Tokyo, June Ist. A<!i .iuil Yamanouchi. the commander ol j Uh naval depot at Kurt, has gmted an inter to the Press with regard to the Anylo'apani st Steel Foundry now being established. lit >:»id he was the intermediary between I -ii» .Japanese and English capitalist! proniot
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    THE COURT OF APPEAL.
    1351 11 LIST OF CASES OPENED YESTERDAY. IS THE DATS OF RICHARD 11. Their lordships the Chief Justice, Sir W. Hyndman Jones, Mr Justice Leslie Thornton and Mr Justice Fisher, sat ?esterdav m the Supreme Court as a Cuurt of Appeal There was a list of 13 appeal*
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    RIOT IN MERCHANT-RD.
    318 11 Fight on Saturday Night. On §aturdav night a small battle raged iv Merchant-rd, a p*rty of over a hundred Cliiuc&f, mainly composed of Hokiens and Teochews goiug for each other with fighting sticks and showering half -bricks and broken bottles at each other. From the effects of
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    DISHONEST BILL COLLECTOR PUNISHED.
    144 11 Mr Colman, the third Magistrate, gave judgment yesterday morning m the 1 ca»e m which Chua Ah Q-bee, bill collector to Me^rs Antarsmidt r«ud Co. was charged with the ra of inoLeys belonging to the firm. Mr F. M. Chopard ai'peare«l tor the accused and made
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    THE LIMS AND THE GOHS.
    573 11 "PIN SENG" MCRDEK. At the Police Court. Yesterday afternoon before Mr Green the thirteen Chinese belonging to the Seh Goh clan were brought up for the preliminary enquiry on the murder of Lim Chu* on board the steamer Pin Seng m the Singapore Harbour on
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    BOWLING.
    76 11 A Mated iianuicap competition was bowled at the Tangtin Club on Tuesday tad T!nn» day last \v\\h the followincr result. H. Frtemau 810 00 *7<> H. A. Mason 790 scr 790 K. T. Reid 7M7 4-0 777 1). M. Craik 563 150 71:; J. Waddeil 505 200 705 E
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    BATAVIA RACES.
    67 11 (From our mat <-/ < t spuiident.) Batavia June 10. The following are the winners at those races at Batavia m which Straits horses r;tu. Kai.i Bksak Prize. Roseim'ad 1 Jin Go?p'.-r 1. I*akapattan Oui*. Gillo 1 Malapert Malabar Cup. Woodbine 1 Mfmid 2; Uockhill 3. I"ap Brothers
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    A REPORT OF MURDER.
    128 11 On Sunday night a Chinese woman went to Kandaiig Keibau Police Station m a state of excitement and told Inspector Nolan that the previous night eight Chinamen armed with knives had gone to her house m the Jalan Besar, and, twng her husband up, had proceeded
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    THE CHANGING EAST. SINGAPORE.
    2453 12 A HOPEFUL VIEW. Fron. the London and China Express There art lenty of people at the present 4 ime who would persuade you that there is something rotten in BttJ State of Denmark," if for that country yo would substitute the of Singapore. Without admitting the
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    A CHANCE FOR THE BRENNAN MONORAIL.
    381 12 Lord Mount niorres*, who has been engaged lately on a tour through British Hist Africa, describes the conditions of Iransp nt j there as difficult and expensive. The losi- tion is such that the introduction of the Brennaa Mono-rail iu that British depen- dency
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    THEFT OF A SAMPAN.
    140 12 Tin Su is a fisherman and lives at Tdiijoug Rhu. He owned a eumpan valued at s2O but on the 2nd instant it vanished. He reported the matter to the Police and on the 3rd instant the Corporal at Bedoh Police Station saw a strange Chinaman
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    115 12 A Malta evening paper claims authority for saying that English will be declared there the language of the courts of justice alter the lapse of fifteen years. According to the statistics, the Maltese people, except a mere handful, do not know Italian, and the English do not kuow Italian or
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    RAUB A. G. M. CO.
    834 12 General Manager's report for 4 weeU i ing May 18th, 1*07. enJ The mine measurements and asaay re»„h of prospecting work shows a total of 4!*; u for the period (4 weeks) under review m up of 57 ft. sinking, 150 ft. driving *J j
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    38 12 A manifesto issued by the new hieirea:: Premier states that the sole means of ttmhaf Korea lies in placing confidence in Jip 11 and by carrying out deliberate administr.. tive reforms for tbe atumment of n tf strength.
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    DARKEST SINGAPORE.
    668 13 Lung Diseases and Insanitary Houses. Bg with Singapore, Professor his report points out that the i.-miial d*Mth-rate from ll>ol-o was ..< thousand, of which bowel coin- ;u U .i>eas*s and beri-beri consti- r 2* per thousand, a condition of tbrioVftsH bid." lie then gives a a of rwi.
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    ATHLETIC NOTES.
    1088 13 ATH LETIC NOTES. The members of the Rowing Club will oe heartily glad when the new boats which we?e ordered recently arrive here, and when the fours which suffered such suddenly hard work m the rerpnt Scott Russell competition areacrain out of the repairer*' hands. Until this latter eveut happens
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    THE APPEAL COURT.
    1053 13 I The Appeal Court resumed yesterday, i their lordships, the Chief Justice, Sir W. Hyndmau Jones, Mr. Justice Thornton aud Mr. Justice Fisher, proceeding to deal with a criminal appeal. Previous to this however, another matter was dealt wicb. This was m the appeal of Teo Seng
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    BOMBAY THEATRICAL COMPANY IN SINGAPORE.
    300 13 huAi.v and Music is Hinimstani. Witb the assi^tan^ or what probably purports to !>•? s very lucid and useful "s«vland tbe ease afforded by the really I excellent stalU m specially erected wooden ihwatre on th« H?a«Ji Bom of the P*rst Alfred TifoMtrical Company of
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    K. L. CHORAL SOCIETY.
    216 13 The meeting called b\ Messrs Baker and Watflon on Thursday evening last to distiBin the formation of a Choral Society was smll i attended, about '■>'* ladies and gentlemen b- ing present. Mr Watson took the chair. Messrs Alston, Baker and Watson were ap- pointed as
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
    55 13 The ladies June medal was played for on liondaj and resulted m tie ijetweeu Mr>. Robins w± and Miss Smith. Capta n Young'i prizes for competition I a^iiu^t B>gev were won by Mrs. Etobmai n 4 up against Mr-. B uey and by I »r. Keith
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    211 13 A mission, beaded by the Director of Xavci) Intelligence <a the French Xa\y, will I shortly risit England n* order to inspect the l)db:»ck and HTileox boiler, with a riew to its use m the Fraoch fleet. Already tie French naval -authorities haw adapted the Person's marine turbine, s.nu probabir,
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    SINGAPORE SANITATION.
    750 14 SINGAPORE SANITATION. Dr Simpson's Report. We have received from the Colonial Secretariat a copy of Dr W. J. Simpson's Report on the Sanitary Condition of Singa- pore, a volume of 155 pages, amply furnish- ed with tables of statistics and illustrative j diagrams. While there is a threat deal that
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    84 14 Two Baug-ali milkmen were fined ->lo and $30 respectively yesterday by Mr Michell for doctoring their milk. One had 7 of added matter and the other 259! The Indian plague returns for the week endiug 1^ May number 67,681, a drop of 14,719 on the figures of the preceding week.
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    THE FOREST "TRAMP."
    981 14 We did not start till half past two o'clock i m the afternoon, a ridiculous hour of course, j and one against which my Malay friends protested, and indeed had it not been for i the fact that I had to catch a salt boat which was
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    PREPARATION OF NATIVE WINES AND SPIRITS.
    1322 14 APPEAL AGAINST AN ACQUITTAL. A Startling Suggestion. There were many interesting points ventilated by counsel yesterday m the matter of the appeal by the Public Prosecutor against the acquittal of Mr K. A. Stevens, respondent m a prosecution by Li Tiani Beng m what
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    LATHAM'S SHARE REPORT
    228 14 TS'.e mua fed out the week. ::Tid i»<*n«i»ral!y f confidence <-!<• n < »r« t part Industrials, iritli t !;o n ■>■•'■:. Traders, BWfttn »ut m M.r..; there is ft feeling tli-n noil touched bdttoi t iT-vt of bripgtng w B shares move slowly, transact ion- >
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    MINE RETURNS.
    86 14 The toll %MM nm»- IJ mouth of Mm* V. The !V!it T.u Miuiu- C'»Wf'", MO Pols. 1<» .lavs VMbirg 1 breakdown iv tunnel. The btttal Tin Ituuag Cumpji JosPcls. ThesiM'-illuessof ilm- 1 ii accounted tor, unJ the KttMlwa I the b(»bt riMi JuK- if last v..The Mffftof a|»p«ai>
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    27 14 A young CLiuems lad has I***" at Tanjong XL.i. His parent*. r.;-r; people living at Tanjong Bhu. A search was made and Hi found on the leach.
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    TELEGRAMS.
    3282 15 Reui'r'* Agency.) i By Submarine Telegraph.) ?^E!?ation has t**»n caused m Berlin i,\ the resignations of Prince Kilenburg, an cHuential c^urt personage. Count Hohenau, W Kai«er's aide de camp, aud Count Kuuo M..itk*\ th«* commander of the Berlin GarHit** took place as the result of press re v»»ldtionH that
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    (From our Own Correspondent.)
    91 16 Hongkong, o.20 p.m. A mob has destroyed the China Inland Mission at Kaishieu. in the province of Szechuan, Southern China. Kaishian, or Kai-hsien, is a small town on a tributary of the Yaugtsze-kiang, to the north east of Kwei-chan-fu. The only missionary of the China Inland
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    PASSENGERS.
    464 16 Per Palitana Messrs. Khutow, F. S. Mitchell. A. Liddrll, Humphreys, Doss. G. Mill. in. Chia Hee, Smith and Marican. Per Reynst Mr Gates, Mrs Robertson, Miss Cama, Miss J. de Lacy. Mr Bal>ehar, Mr Aljadidi, Mrs Dalmeyer, Mr Antonio and Dr De mck^r. Per P& O Oceana From Shanghai
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    ANJER SHIPPING REPORT.
    103 16 (Compiled for the Singapore Free Press.) Date of passing Anjer Nationality and description of vessel; Captain's name. Where and when sailed; Destination. May 29. Dut. str., Goentoer Le Clercq Batavia, May 29 Rotterdam. May 30. Norw. bq., Dagmar Danielsen Algoa Bay, April 23 Anjer f.0., o.f Soerabaya.
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    SHARES.
    475 16 C*ru<*J Capital Is^r:* Paid Issued pari up Value up v-ompv-f W. $300,000 800,000 10 I" BeUt In M. Co I $300,000 22o/: n 0 3 1' Brwang Llr^c 1000,000 900,000 1" Bfwaek KjdraalicTu. 31 L- i £400,000 350,000 £1 £1 Daff T v .-".cement C e S0 9 000
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      672 16 CLEARANCES. June 6. Kuni Sang, Brit, str., Buller, for Penang and Calcutta. Malacca, Brit, str., Sanderson, for Port Swettenham via ports. Giang Seng, Dut. str., Craig, for Samarang. Thongwa, Brit str, Herrington for Penang, Negapatam and Madras. Sithonia, Ger str, Brehmer, for Calcutta. Van der Parra, Dut str, Huykman, for
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      608 16 VESSELS IN FORT. Men-of-War FUff and Tons Comnutndcrs Arrive 1 From pr McClellan Am. tra., 1870 Lothrop Janl: Manila >Of Wright Am. tra., 364 Hamilton May IT Mat ha D**k Sea Belle F.M.S. Yacht 49 Ahmat Feb 5 P. Swet. for d- Sea Mew Col. Yacht 500 Murphy May 27
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