The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 27 June 1907

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  • 24 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. IMKLYJ! Ml- E D S T O W *D ES THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1907. No. 1,03 3
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  • 64 1 I v m > on- I D ad Sbi] l" > lons 10 Free Pi' oa Straita rited 1 1 t.-> U M 1 -i.r tea will tlu-u be h iti call. iriahin? detailed mfor- x\ i cor p 1 to (fa m ■> TO ii: Malay States (J
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  • 8 1 Domestic Occurrences. Births. W• fcves. w X able
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  • 759 1 s i 1 i, i 3ay that we poini 'c cl iof p isition m i > economic ry. Th, factors that] d iir i kes to t v;i Lting i form fopenre^olt; 'i tho It; mdcv, D :> cai defied, nu I
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  • 807 1 When the United States, m wilful umoranee of all tbe politic*! v I j that was j^rui uii.Gush* at their disposal from th*. historical experiences oi B m her Dependencies and Protectorate!, chose Lot to accept the counsel la strenuously urgej upon then to de
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 41 1 BAROCYCLONOMETERS D eful instruto navigate through i i Seas m the tym i tns, showing the how to avoid LA NATIONALE Am -corrosive and Antl-foullng -•nt, highly re com me aded. TMf TO Ga£&ino Go., AGENTS. '^ar 18 to* 18.8 08
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    • 133 1 i t SIM >BRE a STRAITS! DI3EGT3RY fob 1907, Price t7-BO}s>mr copy; $3 Free. FRASER AND NEAVE. LIMITED. SINGAPORE FOUNDRY limited C:¥ L: MECHANIC MB ELECTRICAL EWUEERS. it ..i Brass Founders, In >j ft Copper Smiths, Ship ft Brl Builders ft Genera] Contractors, lA3 I SITLTAN INS TAMP! ITS EU
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 69 1 WEEK. n<i thi M 'I V tioaan fcbe lii gCompasi are print* lin this C. C -i •be 100 i- Mill v Cap iin v. C. A. held .< Qgsfoi Moad :.t Zathn 1 A jou irlj ;-i. a ::< P M pth an 1 drown- S I ugor Bi
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  • 869 402 June 22. In Dr. Simpson's v Report upon the Sanitary Condition of Singapore," after a first general perusal, it will strike a careful reader that, quite apart from the soundness or otherwise of the general conclusions, there are two striking wants m the report. First
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  • 920 402 The Worries of the Government. The Worries of the Government. June 24. The troubles that afflict the Government "m number many be." The end of last week saw that amusing incident, when Lord Robert Cecil taking advantage of the rules which forbid the laying of two bills before the House
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  • 762 402 Continuing to glance over I)r Simpson*'* "Report upon the Sanitary Coudih.h I Singapore" there is one point ou wfcfafc would have been very desirable to have ha< soine enlightenment, that is to any on subject to which no more than casua allusions are made-. We refer
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  • 165 403 I ia.ro along it It 1 the greater D H- Jfic is flnmU i i ted, Dust not expend notor ti vck ill pi ip nii l, of :ii lid be ;i I iaj b eeetitti i m i r Um c>iul momtj on pun h
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  • 23 403 piper, m reft. 1 n»i to the i i I 6,000 Ir P £2 0,0 0 p re." >-_?*■
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  • 249 403 tO C ttkftM it up a U ims alone does not in the lea si help to comprehend the coLtinnoiu kaleid changes which Mr Haldank's i> undergoing from daj to It v- a vise oitild that knows its own i .;".i- but in Mr H.jlldaxw's case it
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  • 50 403 n m Dal rk i I J rength to Dul [t is true th e> D-i i \Y\ f part j, Dj Iwm; od the tint i ti the course 111 Duke, m I upon his D i i vaa 1 orn une l lie twenty-
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  • 788 403 .liM- 26. I f Mr Redmond, malyr< lvi after hiring m< 1 the Government into the conception w uM reconcile the Irish parlies into m acceptance of the Irish Council Bill <i- an instalment toward i the lurger policy" of complete independence, diseorered that i the combatant
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  • 373 404 The conviction of several shopkeepers yesterdaj tor keeping overstocks of petroleum point- out the necessity Cor continuous supervision, m the interests of public safety, of the storage of this inflammable liquid. But far more serious matter was the discovery of i quantity of benzine m a
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  • 689 404 June B 4 It will be seen by telegrams published today that of the international understand- j ings or ententes of which the last few years have been especially prolific, two more Lave to be added to the number. These are agreements between Spain and Britain,
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  • 724 404 Curiously there comes to us by way of mail from Japan, originally by wire from New York, a reference to a reported extension of the Anglo Japanese Treaty, which appears to be redundant and therefore unnecessary. The primary announcement appeared m this form. A New York telegram
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  • 205 404 Apart from ;i few excited digs at the M southern settlement ot the nature of Won't you thrid on the tail 0 me coat the Piuamg Gazette gets m a fair number of stingers at the Committee of tho last Agri-horticultural Show m Singapore, the accounts of
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  • 325 404 Sl'isstanii\;. [scMUM The abstract return tf imports mi i ports of the Settlement* for the first -:u of the year shows ft fill iff if bami busiuess, totalling ia all for the CVl«.nv value of nearly ftix and half uiillion i more thau iv tht
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  • 275 404 J CWIMW Pj.aintim J' xiiAn action m which a rubber &m f*B} figured as defendants wan Lea id m the Supreme Court by thn Chief Justice Sir W. Hyndmau Itm. hoh Ah iTd suing the Heveu Rubber I Mantiu^ CoinpNg Jitd., for the return of
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  • 26 404 Seu^ r lice exported 1,344 pound* ol ru rubber from Rangoon for lVnaug by tb^ 68. Hony Moh. The value of the shipm**n* was IN. .1.000.
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  • 828 405 H lx i_f mV'. ,1 into i- II ri>'i m«l the jk wg and HkaagSmi Bit. king Cor- afar a 1 an <>f Taels 15.<HM),000 for i v.iiiu-Haukow rsHsmj. i a.. i>;n liters were discussing the value evidence <>t meana of the possession of j ::i-
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  • 980 405 Beiore Mr Jostiea Thornton <tu-i Mr. Jtijtfee F -her yesteiday. Chintz?: Afbitkation. Id the matter ot the arbitration between Yap Kok IV ng and Wee Hong Thve. Wee Su Hua and Liin Kiow Siocg and m the matter of the Arbitration Ordinance. The three last named were
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  • Correspondence.
    • 333 405 Thi Editoe. Dear Sir, —Coatmentieg on a leklar m jour issue under ro-day's date regarding the carrying of cfaildreu pMMBgm on our Coinpanv's tramcars. you suggest that the public would be tKtuted by a statement from us as to fares due from sucli passen- gers. Our regulation is
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  • 420 405 The sixteenth report of the Directors, to be presented at the meeting on June 28, reads. our Directors beg to submit accounts for the six months ended olst March, 1907, being the second half of the busmen year 1906-ISO7. gJAfter making provision for depreciation ou the assets
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  • 83 405 THE PROPOSED ANGLO-JAPAN-ESE MATCH COMBINATION. It is reported that the negotiations for the proposed co-operation of Japanese match manufacturers and a foreign syndicate seem to be making unexi>ectedly satisfactory progress the Osaka manufacturers from the outset welcomed the scheme, but the Kobe and Hiogo men showed some reluctance. The latter
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  • 437 405 The foHowioj; troin the i» j»o rt m the StiuHi Echo of v Mjr i ipil meetir?^ '.i Pm*MfMot I interest: The President said that tne Acting Health I (Officer. Dr. Ros<\ was not entitled to any j fee* for bacteriological examination. In leu of this he received
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  • 445 405 A WIN FOR THE M. S. a We have already given the aggregate score made by a team of the Malay State* I Guides against the same number (ten) of the South London Rifle Club, which contains a large number of well
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  • 98 405 Auiougflt the notices m the Gazette reyarding inventions are the following. Chua I Guan Teong is authorised to file specifications regarding an invention for the dressing, splitting and peeling nf caDes, reed* etc Fred Lobnitz is authorized to file specifications of an invention for the improvements m apparatus for breaking
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  • 624 406 A jnespondent wri ii;g froiil Paris to 4 Le Couirier Sdigonnais ;.> ti> the ULe.isiuess which wa3 formerly f«lt iv sinie qtl!fesfl on the subj^t of Japanese aggression m ludo-China. e*ji: "Theeigniug of the i actual treity U-iw( r f*n France and Jjp*n i will bo ;t
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  • 211 406 Naturally, it afforded us satisfaction to see that such a well-informed journal as the Allahabad Pioneer confirms our recent statement that the Government, under severe pressure from the Royal Geographical Society, has at last consented to the exploration of the extremely rough country between Upper Assam and
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  • 106 406 The Copenhagen correspondent of The Lancet" writes: Dr C. Lindahi has examined th* bactericidal powers of tears and found them very pronounced t:» staphytococci and streptococci, but not, as a rule, to pneuinorocci The bactericidal effect is not due to the inorganic components of the fluid, but partly
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  • 833 406 Old Singaporeans will regret ta hear of the death m Edinburgh, on May 25th, of Mrs Aitkeu widow of the Rev. W. Aitken j formerly minister here. The King has l»eeM graciously pleased to appoint Mr John William Stewart, to be j His Majesty's Consul for
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  • 145 406 Dishop's House, Sarawak 17th June 1907. To the Editor, Sir,— l have received the accompanying Memorandum from IVishop Montgomery ex- pressing the Hew which the Society lor the Propagation of the GtaapH m Foreign Prf,rts takes of the proposed divisiou of the l>!o--cese of Siagap>r»\ T,
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  • 368 406 PROPOSED IJIYIMON <>!' THE L>!OCI>IC OI Singafobe, Laiuan and Sarawak. Jt may be as well if I pat down for tht. benefit of Churchman m the Straits Settle- ments and the Federated Malay States the j views which have led
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  • 198 406 "Doing A Ykiiy Respe< tuii.e Chinese Shop." Two appeals rewaiued for argument m the list Of the learned Judges yesterday, but. that of Shaik Omar biu Babahir against Mr. Justice Fisher' > decision a! lowing the j claim of Cadonau and Co., was reported settled,
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  • 196 406 Admiral Sir John Dalrymple Hay presided at the annual general meeting of Renter's Telegram Company, held on J9tb May. Me said that h^ h^d not many notable successes from a journalistic point of view to record on that occasion. On the last occasion he mentioned that
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  • 804 406 Ordinary Mkkttn Frilay, Jt > 3is Excellency tbe «i>vernor Sir John An 1, K.C.M.O. His Excellency Maj« -r- 1 »<;iii. T. I'erro* o« The Uori'V 1^ the Col. BtflNbMj n].t. a if y the Att«rn»>y-<i*'ni. \V. .1. N a the Act. Au-li?-.. IT K r the Act. «'<>
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  • 1281 407 *c mM uirtuy •jjiii.t ways iv which r ihhv be of M tnit'ba. ani Jill, pos- wol Carlisle <»r I> >blin. are brought •oi^ether iv the bonds ..»f holy matrimony. There is the case ot a .iitary bachelor In I t who wrote a lit tie
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  • 235 407 Tc The Editor or Thf MoaNito Post. Sir, Ton have s>een so good as to refer to the opinion formed bjeome D4Op*6 that Lord St. Aldwyn*i award as compensation to the ex- i profHrimted shareholders ol the Taujoug Pagar Dock Company m but a lair aud
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  • 90 407 M r R. 1 X Priugle, who ia at Home now working tor ti:e building furd for the new Y. M. C A. Bui'ding, is able to report as the result of his efforts (including those below) a sum of £1100 promised. New sub■eriptioufl
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  • 274 407 There will be much satisfactiou at the news that Mr. T. de M. BraddeU, who is the doyen of the P»ir of the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements has beeu offered by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and has accepted, the appointment of Puisne
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  • 34 407 > < On Saturday the Perak took «iwav a full contingent of passengers for the Native Stites, including H. U. the Sultan of Johore and other planters fi»r the Planters i Association mee'ing at Kuala Lumpor.
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  • 939 407 London May :ji. Since L*..-t I wrote i<> j >»i we have had <i day m hot as Sing ipore and many other days which seemed to cine out ot raidwinter. Those who do not die m this climate must be fit to live auywhere. The great
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  • 866 407 Speaking on 1 1*6 introdun ..n of a seti 1 iijg Public Heit.tn and Building Cui. at Hongkong, the Governor, the Hon. F. H. May after expressing the opinion that from his own personal observations daring 11 years. Hongkong was m a better state than it ha> ever been,
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  • 77 407 Dr E. N. Graham and Asst. Surgeon J W. \V\ Hogau have been appointed deputy registrars of deaths for Singapore. At the auuual general Bfetiftg of th<* Lusitanian Club on Fri lay night the following office bearers were elected PresidfDt, Mr F. Aroczoo; Vice President, Mr M. IV de Souza
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  • 103 408 Dr T/iin !>>on Ken« is Appointed a rr.jmber ot th# Baflas Library Coasmitteti v.» Mr C. Euiersoa. i Mr C. W. C inehnuiei who has juetcome .1 to the F.M.S., will act us Assistant Secretary t" the Bafcident of Persic A t velve-iuch shell, while beinfi
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  • 218 408 Yestenlav m<>rnii>g*H sport. ;it the Swimming Club fu somewhat hampered i>y a law tide and the heal of me weather. Nevertheless there whs a go<xl muster of membert who Hatched the 100 yds. race for the Jackson Miller Cup with interest and afterwards ihe good exhibition of polo
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  • 399 408 li.nnv t UUL Lr. Au is'isLui m figured before Mr Colm&n ••a Sa u«*l iv list charged with being drank jihl insulting the Police. A charge was brought I y the defendant a^insr ;i ricktha puller «'i i ;<* theft o1 a sovereign. This u;v> taken fir»t. The
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  • 106 408 Simla, June 3. The river training schemes for the Rangoon river, as proposed by the committee which visited Rangoon last cold weather, u.od as proposed by the Local Government, have been under consideration by the Government of India. The proposals put forward involve an expenditure
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  • 1633 408 OUR P^NGLISH LETTER. An Iajbimtiyg Derby. May 81. <>7. We are BOW almost on the eve of the D^rby an-i all indications point to next Wednesday's r*M proving uousuallj intoresting. Various cvcD's hare tended to make the r*08 look more open than it appeared a lew v^veks
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  • 72 408 i Bogey competition, Siturday June 15th. Mrs Ho well rec. 53, 1 down. W. E. Maddocks rec. 11, 3 down. Mrs Evans rec. 30, *> down. Hou W. Bnuu rec. 5, G down. M. Mackenzie owes 3, 7 down. Mrs Middocks rec. 48, 8 down. H. W.
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  • 141 408 DR FOWLIE. IN THE GOLF AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. i On May 27th. at St. Andrew's, the 22ad i annual Amateur Golf Champion&hip bt^an. i Dr. P. Fowlie, of Singapore, playing as a i member of the Forres Club, beat Lancelot i Bromley, (Seaford), by 5 and 3. In the second round
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  • 423 408 S.C.C. v. S.R C. On the K3pliDa<ta on Situr. feature of the match \%as the splendid j out inuiii^s of !<>♦; by U 1 \U -i 1 f,, r t Club, iW«Mk m first an 1 t four v\ k'kets down it 179 and w,>n. j' H bit out
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  • 335 408 Too Much Si'Exi m BOMAIVNI BtNMCOTO and Shanghai Major Ddiiiel E. McCarthy, acting quartermaster of the Philippines division, I; v made official request of the secretary of finonet and justice that ships' I oilers and the p;irt>j that are used for the repair of vessels, j admitted
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  • 841 409 exneti «>!' cultivated rubber during M ,v, vnS .is lliioei: lb% rVml ISJJOI Unfsr !»:5.7:^7 N Sesabflan :»6.oi«r. jjm Onna Hueu has miUlit isd ths I irene adTistnn the establishment of a Constitutional Government. The I hr« .li.- called a meeting «>f the hicrh Minis- bof
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  • 438 409 The fourth anniversary of this body was celebrate*] last evening when the members invited their friends to a social entertainment m which a cumber of short ■pooohof. dealing with *he prospects of tho body were sandtv.ciit';. Mr. Polgfase took the chair, and was supported by
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  • 216 409 On Skukda? last throe Chinese vounsr men went for Ml outing dcwn IVilestier w.iy. At afoul pm t'iey wended their wav to tbe Chinese temple, m K'iu Keat Road. After their devotions they decided upon liavir a bath 10 the potld opposite the temp'e. Whilst bathingi ©»c
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  • 118 409 Ecclesiastical petitions were heard by the Chief Jnstiea yesterday afternoon. Mr. Farrcr B«ynee appeared for Tan Sang Keongi untie;- of Cecil Street, who applied j for letters <-t sdministratioii m the estate of Tan Beag Hock, formerly of Market Street, Singapore, who died at Amov, Itaviog a
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  • 148 409 It is notified says the Times of Malaya that a meeting of members of thelpoh Automobile Club will be held at the Club at 6 p. m. on the 6th July for the following purposes To discuss amend inert for naming tie Club M The Perak Motor
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  • Correspondence.
    • 177 409 Tiir: Bbtti&h Rbsidbjtt of Labua*. The Editor l>aarSir, With refereooe to an ni tide which recently appeared m a Contemporary of your?, pirt of which referred to the departure ->r the Libuia Efeaident, may I point our that whoever the peix.n designs e«l as '*Our (.wnC'irrespoiiJleLl'" is, he tak«f ft
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  • 268 409 A meeting of the shareholders of this tin company was h-;M yesterday at coon, Mr. II i\. l^li presiding. The meeting wai called to confirm Ihe resolution, passed &1 a previous meeting, that the company ba Vound up, and also to appoint a liquidator. Ihe minutes of
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  • 114 409 The members the lccu.l bar who were engaged m the Supreme Court yesterday must have received «i terrible shock when they repaired to what we suppose is termed the robing room. Its cu?totnary neatness and cleanliness hi<l departed, and disorder reiirued iv their place. New beany
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  • 313 409 Tiw L. C. Express thus concludes an article on the above subject We are bound m honour to back up tlie Chinese Government if their proposal to do away with tlio traffic is honest and leti, bit we are also bound, In the Interest of the Native
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  • 532 409 A Tf;e.v« -herot-- Assault. L*-e Feng Ken.: s yfsterJuy rhsnrH before Mr Green with causing bort with dangerous weapon to ttonefcus < *tti _•< r N.«. I 82a The prostcntion wai eosMfnotsa 1 by Mr C. F Dark, A^enfl ;<> the Hpiutn Farm, m the a.ssiult was committed
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  • 307 409 I Educating the Seditious Bam?. Lord Meath baa received the following letter from II ij.ia Prodyot EagOfQ "Tagore Castle, jfy «l^:ir Lord Meatb, In continuition of ivy previous letter, I '»ejr to Band the song Flap ot Britain/ which I have mC t<j Indian music,
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  • 69 409 Two M.\ ho.m euan* Cuxßowm. Aii Empire Oorrdfpojclaat wir-iu^ irvui i Barisal sajs Leakut. ffirmw Kh*n ami Abdul Guffoor hive been charged with cSigsiminatiDg seditiou* Matter under H^c- tion 108. In Ldakut Ifwiii'i c a?e the accused was orddred to furuixb a pergoDal recognizance of Ra.
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  • 802 410 How many long years bad passed, one wonders, since the startling tones »f the Tocsin last rang out over the streets and houses of quaint okl Xar bonne, as it rau<* the other day. Narbonne of the vineyards and the honeycombs, typical centre of the saving grace of
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  • 940 410 The word has a mystic appearance and conveys just about as much meaning to the i unlettered mind as 4i wireless the system of communicating electrical signals without a communicating wire. A little puzzling is wanted to keep abreast of these inven--1 tions. that crowd on one m the
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  • 826 410 A few days ago tbere was an article m the j Free Turn discussing a point raised by Baron Kikuchi at the Loudou University, a suggestion that Japan might take the Eng- lish language, prune its irregularities, and adopt it as her own. The article went on to
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  • 960 410 To the mild-minded iu..i.. should say "|>er» '-^hi.m fl ,,j H about myself, thm* is au lutiuity ot pltno* and repose iv the baad line of this turn *sj m fact had ir not been for the fdct that stern necessity compelled, this article would have been written on
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  • 996 411 o. whit ;t uoble mind is here o'er thrown 4 Aud lof ladies most deject .ml wretched, that s-uckM the h>nev of his music vow?, N)W see that noble and most sovereign reason, Like tweet Ihmls jangl«J, out of tune aud hors-h That unmatcli'd form and feature of blown
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  • 367 411 SHIPPING: DUTCH AND GERMAN COMPETITION. Ac or&ng to advices from Amsterdam, the j direotofaie of the Royal Netherlands Steamship Coaipaaj stated it the general inflating of the shareholders that rcJltlOM with the Gerinuu -hipping oompa&iei were stiaiot'l. The tm rtiflg gave its approval to parfioipa- tioc m th^ National** Stoonibootmaatx-happy
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  • 380 411 [PUH vs. RI7BSBItL*B INFANTRY. Unforianatelj heavy rain m the early part of the d«y considerably interfered with what otherwise might have proved a stubbornly J contested match between the above teams on I the Ipoh pa dang. From the start at •"> p. m. the visitor*, who defended the
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  • 78 411 I Lieu»enaut Colonel Grant, V. C, couimandiug the 89th Punjabis, has been posted to the command of the 92nd Punjabis, m the room of Colonel Hastings, C.8., D.S.O appointed to command the Secunderabad Brigade. This officer, it will be remembered, gat his V. C, for the rescue of the survivors
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  • 415 411 first day bothies. j:\i y. i. liciievulcnet K^iiip, Staplefbrd, Recompense, Resebloom, Bruce, Forest Binpreas. R\. c 11. I'dwn h.i«». Mis* Hampton •.•.2, Prince Gorge .».9. Excise >.8, liitiei.-.an -4, Excelsior 9.0, Malapert Kildare 9.7, Tivoli «00, First Prestos •'.!>. Qnorrobollong !'>.i. Waihi 10.4. Ra< E UI. Lady
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  • 254 411 THE SPRING CUP. The Spring Cup was wou by H. 0. Ehrenfels with the excellent net score of 74 and his two rounds of 4<*> atd 1 showed consistent and s'eidy play. He was closely followed by B. M Woolcorobe and A. Beld with scores of 75 and 70
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  • 38 411 m The Biugkok Dock Company have decided to postpone the increase of the capital for de?elopment purposes, pending the placing of the plan* for the improvements before the shareholders. Three hundred thousand tieals is about the amount required.
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  • 734 411 Aii tr.iiid. laudably alert t■> throw herself into the \«:ti m maaj worl 1 -jiiestions, and justifiably r^.idy t*> .i-sert ]j*r ability to play off her own bat, nm»b m one respect ple.id guiky bo allowing he.> to be the light that hid. There il toareely country m
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  • 122 411 INTER-COLONIAL EMPIRE DAY RIFLE COMPETITION. IPOH TAKES FOURTH PLIGB. The ratott of the Inter-Colonial Empire Day Ritfe Competition inaugurated by the Over-Sea* Daily Mail with the assistance ot'<'apt;iin Johm <<Hiine. of the Vancouver Rirte Association, is as follows Team. 1 The Gmtbmj and Alderney Militi* it i tie Association (Royal
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  • 51 411 IS ViEuJNiA.— Planter Xow, Sauibo, you've a wajt* denied robb nt? niy hen-roost, and yet here 1 catch you wi:h a chicken m your hat. Can you explain how it got there r Sambo No, boss dats jes what 'Htonishe^ me. I ej^'S it tit 9 hp.)> -rivrM up my
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  • 777 412 There are two periods m a man's life when he is unab'e to understand woman. One ia before marriage and the other after. Mr. Birrell stated m the House of Commons recently that the local Government Board was no k responsible for the increasing population m Ireland. We
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  • 121 412 S. C. C. vs. Dutch Team. Following the practice of giving the probable cup team— with the exception of one or two alterations which will come later on as much practice as possible, the Club played the Dutch team on the Esplanade last evening. The game was all m
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  • 289 412 Nebi» ok Closer Communication. Mr. Moore, the Western Australian Premier, was interviewed m Adelaide May 2' th, while on his way to the Premier's Conference m Brisbane. He said that his < Government recognised that it was essential that the states should be represented at such
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  • 111 412 i The position of all officers m the Calcutta Corporation drawing salaries under Rs. 800 a mouth has been made insecure by a decision of Mr. Justice Fletcher which rules that, because j the Chairman has to make an annual stiitenient of the number and salaries of these
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  • 320 412 Rivbb Training Scheme san< i ionki>. Rangoon, June 11. The (iovernment oi India have sanctioned the Rangoon River training scheme, at a cost of one hundred and twenty -five lakhs, and the Secretary of States assent has been applied for. The Imperial Government haft expressed its willingness to
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  • 239 412 Mr. Louis Hrennan, the inventor of the gyroscope railway, a model of which was exhibited recently at the meeting of the Royal Society, having been challenged m Germany on the questions of originality and utility, has sent an interesting reply to the editor of the "Lokalanzeiger of
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  • 1299 412 Colour blindness or DaltmUm u» it is sometimes called on the Conticent. claims as many victims m the maritime as m Dther professions. Since it is irupetative that the sailor should be able to distinguish between red and green lights or signals, the Board of Trade instituted a
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  • 520 412 Rumours are being spread about that Hi^ Majesty's Government intend to meet th*--1 Colonial demand for Preference by a policy j of subsidising fast steamship services befwven j the Mother Country and the Colonies. Tn«» j are pro baldly hMti on 1. Mr. Doakin's statement that tiie
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  • 164 412 Revolution w:ii;s POM Trvw i. iw Offkml Tmhiiii The Mainichi lias received the follow m. telegram from its correspondent at Kwan chengtze A few days ago, the Russian r» volutionaries at Chita, Siberia, attempted t<> rob the Russian treasury of a Bum of 50,(HH»,00i» roubles
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  • 183 413 .Jr.-.- i ;ii!i> of tlie Mes- i -a, full *wi i«i T^restl.icr itport j t•; China Centenary Missionary Con- written by the Rev. \V. G. Sheila- Dwriag the week eadlßgJvM 'I'l there j"7 deaths m Singapore, giving a :\i*o of "»0..j0 «»f »hese44 were due f.-vt-:-.
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  • 617 413 WmAI II.M:'KNKI» a: M\<as>.\k. c'n -.sen rare" was very well repre- iv the Supreme Court vester-l.iv. j x\\m\ 18 ol them had gathered to hear the >vi: of Joseph Khalifa and Saul vm ngaiMl Btoees Ellas, for libel. I!ih Chief Justice, Sir \V. Hjndnuui Jones actioc,
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  • 1000 413 The S. C. C. evident. mean to make i j determined effort to win the Associate v j Cup this year and practice Raines have been held ~ith refreshing frequency. A feature of these has been that the feame forward line has been njamtained for several games, and
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  • 1080 413 PHILANTHROPY'S WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS. THE PRINCE'S" VOW Amimn<; C.\>e m the Si'l'REme CoUBT. A somewhat tangled <ase involving the right to the possession of wooden, at tap roofed bungalow en iand at Paya Lebaa m irhieb Baron de Horn "otherwise kuown is Prince Alexander Tsar" figured as lefeodant, Oame on
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  • 235 413 Committed to m Amuks. Auiic and Merican were* few dayi igo placed before Mr. Ghnran on a ebarjM ot culpable liitmici le m canting the death ol one Otnan m Johore Road, after a preiimi* liarv enqoir y Mr. Green romutted ilmickm n» the Ilsnch Court bat the
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  • 147 413 8. C. C. vs. 90th. CV K. Ci. A. A well contested gam resulted froa the meeting of the Club and the 90th Company B. <J. A. on the Esplanade last e filing. There was no lack of Keenue^s ou the Mil of either side ami althou-h the S.
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  • 343 413 The- Shanghai Chines Voluatoen offieied their services to RMUBUin or.ler iv tha native city on Saturday, riud iu>t., *Imb the decree compulsorily closing the native opium shops and divaus owwi iutoclT?ct. PUoardl have been posted ftloME Urn Mtifi Bund inciting the people to itUoR tlw opt«M hulks. The collection last
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  • 228 414 Crowds are always ij ;< m »tii g, ssd foot- I. crowds b« CßtortsioiDg ai any. II «»ne rartly t>ec-s otball mob m the usual seosf, though tbeualiTCsdifplai .t wery ket interi s< m bi of all d< pcriptioo, j ttpi I v tin I"' 1 lil
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  • 231 414 The toiiowin^ is abridged from a full and interesting account givnu m the China Mail of the new Naval D rl. m H mgkong, whose praetioaJ ooiDptetion waa marked on the |sth inst by the letting r»f water into the through the sluices What mitchl
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  • 120 414 van do Stadt, late JSiiv^ipore manager of <b^ Nederlandsche Handel Maatgchappij, left on Monday afterno m by t k i :i« xu mail steamer Sch&rnhorct for Europe. Oa board to irish him bon voyage and to saj au revv.ir were v number of hie persona] hkn-s j,l- ,i still larger
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  • Correspondence.
    • 431 414 To the Editor Sir, —Your leader of Monday's dale <>n thr> above inbject will doubtless bave interested laiuy besides myself, and Itbere- fore make n:%. apologies f referring to i*. I believe 1 shall be -I'jlr m tying i this «cbeme regarding Orchaxd-rd. had at the
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  • 119 414 ANECDOTES ABOUT THE LATE LORD YOUNG. r 1 all res, es i m assumed I < lorl 1 t is« d< al < nuw into cant em i<ts. ooag (to v. \U In youi in-chiel', cji ''j loolring sai<l," t The Saptaia stolidly, .m<l i square f i/i thfl i..-
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  • 3026 15 oubiiwV Received June *JOth, 10 :jj a.m. paaaH of the race for thn Hunt Cup m: 1 Lally I Andover -i Malua. There Tore twenty-four starters and the .»u the plaevi lw,i>es was 100 it |3 ar.'l I«>M 6 respe.^veh. resident Roosevelt recommends Coujr m H release China. from
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  • 65 15 (CoRfcBCTBD up to Jane 20 Bank 4 m/s t/4^ a ilmiwml 2/4-£ Private credits m* 8/4j credits (i m/s 2/4-J France, demand Ban V... 294^ Qskmavt, demand 239J India, T. T 174 Honokong, demand 6%dis Yokohama, deu. and US Java, demand 140 Bangkok, demand. 63 Sovereigns, Bank Buyire 8.53
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  • 125 15 Jime 2rt Tin H.*7| Gambier 6.65 Gambier Cube No. 1 l#J5 Gambier Cube No. 2 9.50 Pepper Black (ordin. Spore) 17.60 Pepper, White (fair L.W. 5p.c.) buy 24.62$ Nutmegs (110 to the lb.) 22.50 Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) 34.00 Mace (Banda) 63.00 Cloves (Amboina) 47.00 Liberian Coffee 23
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  • 142 46 (Compiled for the "Singapore Free Press.) I Date of i Anjer; Nationality and description of vessel Captain's name. Where and w] an sailed; Destination. Jooe 1 k Norw. lq Clara; Jaeobseu Soerabaja, May 27; East London. .1 one 1 1. < for. rtr Magdeburg Itenz, Ham. burg,
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  • 220 46 > kplli] Cacti i! Issue i paid V*Ii c i u $300,000 300.W !<. I 7' <».•■•• 0 225,000 10 1 mg Li <. $6 K>, K) G0o,0C0 3 !< £400,000 350,000 <•■■/■■ 60, 1 1 B 75 10 v 1 v BIS Do V I I Co. 1
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  • Page 46 Advertisements
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    • 53 46 SPSOI&b FEATURE A CHEAP ADVKRriSU*^ 1 M POPULAR WANTS." ilyou tore a Hou^eto Let. flcoms lo Let, Want abuurjio_. Want to Buy, SeU or Exchange Aiticies, Want. Assistants. sicm» Booms, try an Ad." m the Singapore Free Pre^s at. tbc NEW CHEAP RATE $1 tor 1 2, or 3 Insertions
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  • Page 46 Miscellaneous
    • 494 46 C LEAR AN E 3 T uunp Lt»ur.it Sehies?, OerBtr. litandt, for 8b r.irh.ii. •Tan^t NiowU, Brit itr, T.v rs, for Bangkok. Will o' the Wmp, Brit, str, Perkins, for mi via \< Gk Hoper, U L Vo*. for Palembtng. Sri iii man, I> i :t sir, Abas, for Bairan
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    • 515 46 Solva, Nor. &tr., Tellefsen. for Bangkok. Emilie, Dut. str., Sniong, for Rhio. Brouwer, Dut. str., Bounian, for Djlihia. Kapurtha'm, Brit. ?Ar., Leaiiaont, for Fort Bwettanbam ac*l Pgnuwg. Bolnngor, Brit. s"r., Oa.]y, for T. Aasou via ports. a Apear, »>r!;. Bti Stewart, for Penang and CalcutU. Jqim &»ratad Xcr. str., Lamen,
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    • 307 46 j VESSELS IN PORT. ■f«aWA#"Waf "U? ar.f Tr' Comi:arJer« Arrive*? w rom De Ruyto- Dut cm. KOO Bw«aa June Bow i;. i( Wright Am tra., SS4 Hamilton May 11 Marila Baek. Sea Belle F.M.S. Ya<bt 43 A.aamat F o5 Swe*. SHip K1#» <%Top« Master Arrived p'rors Crons'^n^* Xpv Alrli^ Brit
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