The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 4 July 1907

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  • 18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1907. No. 1,040
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  • 382 1 Mr. N» w!l»- h.inil»-i lain H7 I'o K< *U?theZ«H> tjy I'h- K.rality ot t >i«* Military Omtiilmtiun Us |>oiii«»-tic S rvant* an«l July Ist US Knt«*nt»-s and their LimitatoiH 4|f >an*tarv Improvement t 9 Pa«*ibi)itie?i m France 4|f «»jr Baoifll K'-venu** an'l Mr. Morl»>y H'J >h i SjHt-ulation 42
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  • 125 1 Jnly 3 Tia buyers 92.25 QtmMm buyera 6.75 Gambler Cube No. 1 10.35 (iambier Cabe No. 2 9.50 Pepper Black(ordin. Spore) 1 8.20 Pepper, White (fair L.W. 5 p.c.) buyera 25.00 Nntmega (110 to the lb.) 2*2.50 Xutmega (80 to the lb.) 34.00 Mate (Banda) 63.00 Cloves (Amboina) 47.00
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 63 1 Stephen— On April 18, at Manila, the wife of A. Stephen, Manager, Hong Kong and Shanghai Corporation of twin daughters. WYNNE-0n May 27, at the Castle, Dover, the wife of Major John Wynne, Royai Garrison Art;., of a daughter. De Lancey Cooke -At Jesmond Dene, Barrack Road, Penang, on
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    • 76 1 On the morning of June 19, li) 07, at sea, on board the N.Y.K. S. Kosa> Maru, .John Aloysius Sillivan, aged 66 year 3. On the 2uth June, at his residence, No. 8, Cavenasfh Koad Robert Little, Principal Anglo- Chinese M Free School, aged 53. English Papers please copy.
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    • 339 1 Grovi.r Whitting. On the Ist June, at Holy Trinity, Wevmoutb, by the Rev. Canon Davies, assisted by the Rev. Canon Weldon, Vicar of the parish. Captain John Grover, R. M. L. L, to Theodora Violet, second daughter of the late Rev. W. H. Whitting and of Mrs. Whitting DuncliflTe,
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  • 1342 1 r .fcaii ,1,, y r peopi.% reh« mafntaH T '•.••>•■' }>'.- \r>f\n~nre a imV!tM> by erin Here patriot Tmtfc \v r gVyimw vt+rjmpH (!r?.\v. I'lcHc-.t! to Refigiob, Loyalty and Law. All the hopeful, even optimistic, reports to the contrary notwithstanding, there is fast, spreading amongst
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 78 1 Chamberlain 1 Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy m India. Mrs. Sd. L. Hiacocks writing from Clare Koad, Byculla, India, says r I hayeused and still require a good many bottles of Chamberlain'? Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and have found it invaluable as a cure as well as a preventive
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 233 1 THE WEEK The mail of June Bth came by the outward B. I. Steamer of Saturday followed by the French mail Tonkin on 'Monday bringing advice up to the Bth. This homeward mail is carried by the Devauha. The deatb occurred on Sunday of the wife of the Hou'ble T.
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  • 1143 2 .lime 89. Nothikg ii mom to he deprecated than to h;i\<» to DOU m what should reasonably I.- uiMidiOroil pro£tv>Mvo community the hMMg of Ulrful public institutions,^ simply for want of busings-like aptitudes oil the part of ihtir temporary managers. Singapore has more than one example
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  • 1394 2 The Finality of the Military Contribution. July 1. It is one of the inevitable drawbacks attendant ou the profession of journalism m the Far East, with its often rapid changes of responsible diiectiou, that although past history is written fully enough m the newspaper tiles that extend, it may be
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  • 644 2 Although iii the Straits Settlement* out withers are unwruug by the domestic employment side of the Workmen's Compensation Bill, it is worth while remember l_ that from to-day, July Ist, every employe; m the United Kingdom has become ie>ponsible m law fjr every injury iacttflgj
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  • 677 3 Ententes and their Limitations July 2. •..us iteration of th? recent recourse i-.tioual ententes and their scope, i Morning Post shows, what :rv true, that m Mcfc arrangements no timlitv, fora time must come iea pfer-ohaagng conditions will supor- lender them null and void. <>wn p;rt. have never concealed M*
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  • 357 3 Iv uue case some amelioration of a part "t Singapore m respect to housing and *><uutation has been going on for some little ''me, and further steps are to be imme•:.*t«lj undertaken. This is m respect of the land at Kampoug Glam belonging to Sultan Hussain's estate,
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  • 292 3 In an article on the disturbances m the South oi' Ficiuce the China Mail mentions the obvious political dangers that might easily arise therefrom it says Indications m France point to the possibility of startling developments m that country at any time. The difficulty between the Government,
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  • 1613 3 We are of the number of those who think that even the lopsided intelligence of a Radical Government whose impulse to action is always to be found m the amount of shove imparted to it by the moie beadstrocg and excitable of the
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  • 588 3 The Pinang Gazette is developing a most embarrassing interest m Singapore doings. After publishing an accouut of this Settlement, which should have made us all blush for shame, it proceeded to write several articles m which Singapore acted the part of wicked sister m the pantomine and Penang
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  • 1831 4 There is one thing the Imperial Conference has pretty well rubbed into the mind of the British public, which has so continuously needed education of the kind, and that is, if you want really imperial ideas and if you want to learn how to think
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  • 203 4 The output of the Serendah Hydraulic Tin Mining Co. for the month of June was 608 pikuls. The total amount of tin ore exported by the Royal Johore Tin Mining Coy., Ltd. during the mouth of Juue, I(*C7 was 164 bags equal to 125 pikul. An English visitor m Rome,
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  • 780 4 Most article* of .W'm, trim solely fur utility, uiv c oon lent -i ieiil to the genius of decorative artists the invention of textile fabrics an 1 y acquirement of some knowledge <,f of tanning, our dress l>e#in to assum* semblance of civilised garb. Ofcj, industries were established the
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  • 874 5 Friday, June 23, 1907 i Miring Viytl i- nuhmv mroip: totalled 51 7.459 i lcC'CdM' f>; ;7t trthereloni lor May li*(H>. Th« eminont pill lit Heir Friedenthal has hfl Kyoto for Tb irjt,-a and Yladi-...-•.<l, homeward bound. He bus twice ii .-1 Singapore but Ihm Lot incited this l'iou iv
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  • Correspondnce.
    • 811 5 Quarantine Camp To m Ci>noß \V AifiVeforence to the question ot the site cf the Quarantine Camp which is shortly to come up before the Municipal Coniuiissioneis, the laud-owners of Pay ah Lebar near the Tramway terminus have memorialized the Municipal Commissioners as well as the Government prajiog tl.at the
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  • 113 5 S. 0. C. vs. 11. Company Wi:si Kem.s. A very open game wars played on tbe Esplanade last evening between the Club and 15. Compac y of the West Kent Kfgiment, there being very little to choose between the sides on yesterday's play. The Club were m white and
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  • 18 5 Capt. Derrick S. V. A is appointed Major and second Lieut. G. S. Carver S. V. I. Lieutenact.
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  • 820 5 A BANKiiUIT AND niRED FCfiNIIUEK. The Ki<;ht of thk Omwts. The CtuVf Justice Sir W. Hyndman Jones, dealt with bankruptcy m the Supreme Court yeetrrdaj afternoon. In the matter of Ilia b-mkruptcy of J. F. <le Conceicao. formerly «»f the Kecrcation Hotel, Birangoon R>a 1 Mr G.
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  • 167 5 There \\ere four txaminations of biukrupt3 down on the list but only <do short one was proceeded with —that of Abdul Mahein, of Gaylang. He called lrmself a land broker, but had no office. "He went about." He had no cilice. ■It is m this way," aaid
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  • 432 5 The share n^arket has l*en far from happy during the week, and prices m many stocks continue to decline, principally owing U> a re newal of liquidation m view of the approaching settlement. Rub Lutarally tojds to kec;> strong hnyers or.t of tbe market, as they are
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  • 426 5 FRASER CO'S SHARE CIRCULAR, The Report an 1 Accounts of ilq Stratii Trading Company have gfoen general satihfae tion and a good b^sine.-* ha^ been dccc for botli spot aii'l forward delivery. Mention having been made that t^e question of riistri buting tlie unissued shares U being consider ed is
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  • 61 5 > < Fair play's the game. Lots of complaints are inide of Muncipal and other departments that obstruct the road during the day layiutf pipes, cables, aud tram-lines. Be it noted that Cavan:tgh Bridge has been under repair at night this week, and m order not to blojk B-itteiy-rd the
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  • 310 6 The Entries and Dbawv. The Committee of the Cup met m the 3. C C. pav.liou last evening to make the draws for thi cup watches. There was a good the»i v pivsefit and Mr. Seoular pn The teasß^ entered are us follows ICG A. regimental team,
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  • 283 6 s. c. a v* b. g. a. These ;o.;ui^ uwt Ust evening on the Ejplanade before a laige ;i<!t>n<ii^(x.' and a nir-l and fast game resulted. At the >urt the Club attacked bul were kept on 4 l>ur lifter BCMD6 g »d work ;i eleven" round <»i* passing on
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  • 299 6 Bkihg Built ok Bnici Planned. In mo.-:t parts of Chinas BMurked increase of interest hiai lately been bbowa m the origiimtion and development of native railway ■ehwnot, aomeof the i > e^ntempl.ttad or begun beia^ of a very < onsiderable extent. kmimg the projects recently reported there
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  • 43 6 Tho Key. Cljtilcs Wilson, Chief Secretary of the Baptist Miarion Society, will be leaving Eugland next mouth for a visit to the China Mission field. He will go out vU Canada but will return through Singapore pittttMj about. tbf» end of the year.
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  • 312 6 I The Acting Secretary to tin Sigh Com* i lissioner of the Federated Malay States Mr Claud Savant, kindly communicates the information that amou^i the Birthday Honours are the following l# The Tuogku Betar '>f Pahang to be Honorary Companion of tbe Order of St. Michael
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  • 596 6 General Van D-ialen, Qj^ernor of Acheen, has routed a bungalow on Penang Hill, v. r.^re he intends to reside for a, short time. i The engagement of 3i*jor Yaureno'i, brother of Major Vanrenen, Taiping, to Miss (r. Cooper of Taiping is announced. Mti r V knreuen
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  • 1619 6 Quicquid agunt homines noetri at farrago libelli. Juvenal. It is a nice thicg to bn popular, bn* if you think of getting named, and also happen to belong to Whitburu-by-tht'-i,ea, your popularity may provide you v?ith au ordeal before which the stouten! heart, uot to say
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  • 281 6 COLOMBO S REVOLVING LIGHT. l\iv F. Tickle, who ha..4 beta MMt MM T i CeylOß bf the Crown flfift thr .iuL Trinity 11 use for lbs construction tf the rwolvin^ li^ht, ha 3 t?ooie out to rtx*ofi«f roct t'. !>y talking tl:e whole of tb<- uptfcil tiifM.-banioai pan* oat and
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  • 69 6 > < It is pleasant to ccc anioutf ihe num^s tweuty- tour officers who Lave just gradual* i at the Indian Staff Oolkfp, that oi Ch\>* I). W. Maxwell, 4th Gurkha Rifle*. Oapt Dt*nis Maxwell is the youngest son of the late Sir William Maxwell. The three 4*r brothers are
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  • 471 7 'lnt n .:.::nt \si». T- T^itor iMar Sir,— Shortly after the arrival m the Colony of the 2»d West Kent Regiment observed a letter m JOOreolnnHM express■H surprise that the Bjnd el tie Regiment ■1 1 net seen fit to lufloa the example of the Bhanpsod |\j«Mlen a.n<i <4.her
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  • 403 7 BHIPP&RS DSUYBB TO WRONG MAX. Ju«l^:;> ut mt> given bj lii i Cai-t' Jmlioe, j Su- W ll\i t \-.i\ m J >r..s. m the sin til cause, j :i i Clips IVol: K«e a.a<i Wih Kee i t.'!f» l! A v;t;- OompSBT, Tj tV»r a
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  • 951 7 Theft oj Aptlbs. Inspfc':-/ Wilson of the Dock Police ji %> tt: la charged one Lin. Gee with theft of some apples from Tanjong Pagar Wharf and for escaping from legal custody, and another man Kirn Foe wkh obstructing the Police. On Thursday last om of the Whai
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  • 451 7 Monday, July 1,1907 extensive cable BREAKDOWN. DIRECT AUSTRALIAN ROUTE INTERRUPIED. A reinaikable dislocation of cable traffic to Australia has occurred by the successive breakdown of all three cablet 011 the E.istern Extension fevstem between Ban joewangie and Austria. Two 01 these ruu between Bjxjoewangie and Port D-irwin. A third from
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  • 271 7 On Saturday afternoon about 3.)>0 pui. a section of tb-» roof over tlio crockery ware section cf J >hn Lit tit's upstairs departrneiits crashed down, ami did a, considerable amount of damage. Fortunately it was just when the business of the weok bad become slack,
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  • 130 7 I The many friends of the Hor. T. S. and Mr Baker m Singapore and otbpr parts of the Far East will heir with tb* deepest regret that Mrs Baker who had bNB gravely ill with typhoid fever, for h considerable time at Mount
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  • 472 7 Mr Elcum a his at! uj report m tts that the total expenditure 00 edw«l .n < I including biiiMingf) was loCti.-JiO, £22 you more than m the preceding ye jr. The sum r f $37,675 was received, eh tfly m fets from Government ScLoois. There were m
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  • 328 7 FRAUDULENT POSSESSION OF WEARING APPAREL. On Saturday a Malay was chanred by Sergeant Muloock before Air Micbeli with fraudulent possession of articles of wearing apparel. It came out m evidence that Segeant Mulcock paid a visit to certain pawnshops on Friday last and m ODe of th^
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  • 137 7 According to a home paper, the only striking feature of the Fiscal debate m the Commons was the welcome discovery of a. new and powerful debater on the Tory benches m Mr. B mar Law. We had heard much abcut him, but till now he had done nothing m this
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  • 3966 8 A REMARKABLE POLITICAL DISaUISITION. THE CRIME OF EMPIRE AY received v pott ie *\i**. lasl mail a li pimpliUtt printed at the office* o The Planet." Weai not iware whether d i.: !\v th". :i lth r, ov mi 1, i 64 not appear
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  • 215 8 1. project f Vf. V\m Wes.ju.a. 1 chief of the Cheat poliot— to vhi the credit til introducing ilogi < > work for tlie; iaeii^tiratioti al ft »>i_ r woju'-'i polies <.»f. > mm m 1 *vntos thu Ejobojou Duilj Mail i Bi cori*e>pon'lont tboagh, Ik
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  • 103 8 Tenders accepted uy 'JrOVtnNMttl lj that of Howarth Krikine's of 150,000 for erection of the mam bloc* and out iMamM the m&m Maternity Hospital, aud of lliley Hargreaves for the giders ami ♦xp n<ie^ metal woik m connect iou with the sim« building at $3,498. The Singapore Automobile Assocui'i' met
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  • 208 9 The unb Itl reposi of ihe V W I), shows rh* total eapeoditoie m Sin^ap«3re duriaglSOSwai litue abort of a million d 01... The a. vf race oostol supervision was spved with 46B iv 1905. Sujpti m P naag eoet S9O iLd m Malacca be latter
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  • 112 9 riously Ihe H:i;h Bcb*>o] a ttjorishiog btate, farther b^ir vital j r*» khown on S :-utd ly the Resi knt Coooeillor <>pf*iipd a. ll ki.i.:- which l> is be^;u *A compcood. >• Fisher ;> holding T iie June ea uoe omolnol caso. mi prisoners have a >• i
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  • 94 9 tmraa] rep it oo the wotkio^ ol n.e iv >i:o rt th «t doling 1906 the pts fell s7,'>O-J bdow tliose ol 190">. Ie tp :<o iv paoseng pts is doe to I sseajfjen ir<»inir to gamble. In > md a ineral IraJk there was. however, aiiii me,
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  • 108 9 of a cnirisjn rose. W.-i never a rusr' like this :> d its boson, where Copid goes, md i a kiss. fied Ibe bead i a priaaroae, fair, !n^.i vhen the spriag waa here, ir. p ofoew thai was stoungthere, iv i Jsc I idy*s tear, a
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  • 116 9 H. C v. R. G. A. n the Eipli— frl on Saturday. s r. Armstrong rmstrong c Ferris b Arthur *> E S mam l> Browning RMm b Browning Ash ri >t oui L& Osdkt n- to-t mm.Qomm, Ahm. Oehlers Galis- n. GKMalt did not h^t hyts 8 T
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  • 999 9 London, May, 1907. Deakest Exile. KmpitH day, aul such a day, the kind tha* mikes nsn glid to be ali/o. Suinai^r hts coti^, if only lor a t^w boon, and the hit i> full of the roent of lilac and may PUgi an flying puly iv
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  • 51 9 Ail examination of Oflhurs stud\iujf native languages will be held on July 24. Mr J. D. B. Kellar has been appointed a member of the Pilo* K>ard. iVuaui,'. The son of Sir John Staiiier (formerly organist at St. Paul's) bis manied the daughter of Sir Frederick Bridge, organist at Westminster
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  • 842 9 (Plao.nrj Q zettv). If the person or persons who are to have tbe maniac of ike forthcoming Show at Kuala Kangear d^s're a first class object IfltMOia how« (o do it, let him or them < In the "Balance Sheet of the v^iiHorticultural Show held m Singapore
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  • 866 9 How ocr Royal Family is Bslatrd to BVEBT BUBOPEAJi HOXABCB. The links which bind or Sovereign more or less closely to almost very Royal Boost is; Europe arc due, m the first instanrrr. to the ratifications;;' 1 the House of Oobur^-Gotha second to the marriages made
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  • 139 9 Dincing is the tiueb- matrimooul i^tct m theworld,* 1 tajsthe international Academy of Authors ud Matton of Choregfaplrj, aud proves ir. M How di«] you m^et your wife ur your ifflMtJMMrt?" was the 'ju»vsti<>u put by 3«096 «lauoiuij masters th« worM over to 1,097,503 Dcaadict^ muried or about to marry.
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  • 768 10 According to Potts' weekly share report for Yokohama, June 12, Raub3 were Sb\ buyers. An Empire special telegram states that Mr Grover Cleveland, ex-President of the United States, is seriously ill. Dollars minted m China are to be stamped m Chinese characters meaning 4 3ilver coin
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  • 317 10 FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS. The $28,322,462-23 the exact net sum which under the Ordinance fell due to be paid on 4th July was by mutual arrangement settled up yesterday by dual but common net ion m London and Sic ga pore. Mr. W. A. Greig of Messrs
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  • 154 10 Tho funeral ceremony of the late Mrs T. S. Baker took place at the Bukit Tim ah ccmeterj yesterday at 5 p.m. There was a ve?y large gathering present. His Excellency the Governor was represented by Capt Stockley, ado., and His Excellency
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  • 157 10 Tbe following gentlemen have been selected and h:i\e expjessf d the-ir willingness to act at Judges at the for bcomivgAgti-Horti* cultui*] Show to be held at Kuala Kut-gear on the l>th. lOih aid I lth August next:— Division A— Section I Padi. H. Berkeley Emi Towkev Heah Swee
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  • 144 10 Following the alarming statement made recently locally that 70 per cent of the youug nun here go home to diuner intoxicated, Mr Priugle has beeu giving home audiences some very curried resumes of life out litre. Witness the following. Mr Robert D. Piingle (general secretary
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  • 24 10 Daring the interruption of the JavaAustralian cables, the traffic for Australia will be forwarded via Aden-Cocos, without extra charge. Tel-Cos. circular
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  • 479 10 Co r respondence. Roof Collapse at John Litti.k's. To The Editor Dear Sir, As your notice re: tlie above m this morning's issue tends perhaps to convey an exaggerated impression of tho accident id question, we think it desirable to state i that the breakdown extends over a few feet
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  • 46 10 Masiers of vt^sels going uj> liie Straits are asked to look ou* for a Ottsvsaastcd cutffr, Tuom3B A I? ;v <■-, 10 U>ui, peiitftd whitf, small boat vl^' h (eft lVaan^ for BingaporH ou June 15th. Slie has Chinese captain, three jeremiHln and eight pttajsaboard.
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  • 72 10 The half -Tearl? reports r<*iches us from Hessr3 Peterson Simons A: Co, the local agents. The gross pi-t»fits wars close on o million yen, <>u» of which 828 321 MB put to reserve :.>ot»,141» t.i iotoraaoe; 495,751 to structural repair, ;tud cut of the balance 12 per
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  • 72 10 Slii Geokge ABBUTHNOT COMMRTKD ton Trial. Madras, June 2 ith. Mr. Clarke, the Presidency Magistrate, today passed orders committing Sir George Ar. buthnot to the Sessions for having committed offences under section 417 of the Indian Penal Code m Rajah Kishun ttahadur's case, m sections 406, 409
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  • 63 10 Increase of the Epidemic. Lahore, June 15. The cholera epidemic m Kashmir is spreading, the number of cases and deaths reported for the week ended the 10th June being 2,293 and 1,315, respectively, the highest figures recorded since the disease first made it appearance. Many summer
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  • 402 10 SUPREME COURT Before Mr. Justice FiiL. r trd ning. In tho fwdj Char' 1),*;... assistant Superintendent of Police. Jam*., Dickson, brother of deceased pr«>\e*l f^ death. There was uo will. Petitioner wa^ deceased's widow. Administration w n granted to the wicotv. Ma<;isti{A. c > Aipkvi.. In re Dorasawmy. The King
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  • 195 10 AMERICANS IX STRONG FORCE. The great Ilorso Show itlliiJ Olvupi.i says an exchange l»v yesterday** mail, an-! tbe liu^e building, which is Mrf to *uclj varied uses from one year's Hra to an< I is vow the setting for the mot?! tnugcifi exhibition of horses tver
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  • 295 10 Wo have already < »:tei> <1 our }.r< the inMieoco of the Brit ill Ro.-idenL tL< Malay Federated StUes btJng BtQ4 to I subsidies towards tl c creation of tin V 1 pore Anglican Bishopric It i» an ir.j'i to exact money denveu m Mm v.'''•u heathen
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  • 30 10 A little boy m one of the Manchester schools the other day described the^rbatness of Canada thus Canada is such an extensive country that it stretches from aaat to west."
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  • 661 11 GAUGHI RBD-HAHDBD. U fofß Iff Oolflßßfl yesterday, Injjpeo* >r IVajwi l )i-:«'i Cheßßßßaw with theft of a piir Btfglßi valu $20 Ou >• 1 1 v eight tbe wateawawt w*ut to Better*! m S »:?t h BrH<*H Uoj.d m i isk- Ito f i".;»ul Ha tool pair, hi
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  • 637 11 JOHANNESBURG IN SORBT PLIGHT. Tho cry of Distils m Johannesburg" has ceased by DOW to iijipros:* its inhabitant: M v. t»im^' that will pass as a temporary paradox. For a time people saM k war* inconceivable ♦bat a «-ity BO placed could ver ■offer from lu'ro
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  • 146 11 RUBBER AND "THE CHEMICALISED ROAD Tii- 1 t m ifcea refareu ta the :=i. Jged J su- .'->•• »i* thfl calcium obKxidi lr«Ataie-*t of r ads, •:t liak^ it won?d ba raab to assert thai bi h t is;; „>.i^ to stand trie lest ot' tiun; n.'> v 1 1
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  • 116 11 NEW MESSAGERIES MARITIMES STEAMER. On May 30 there launched at Whitein b tbe icren kteamer Peiho, bnUt t^r Urn Sfesaagertefi HantinMl de Prance. Thevtasnl has c •mtrueted to Brithih Corporation aad Board oT Trade hiybest claai Tbe genera] fii? -=u-i -n-. ire aa follows: —Length 420 f t; bread! '>-
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  • 70 11 Freak aridsaes of the peaoaffql cobqnest of Loudoa hy A:»: rica always eliettl a }-jr.<l and prolonged oron tiom the New Y..-rk Pr- ss t and ti>ere i.s imniemi ntjffai*tiftn kbit year lxK-i«Be twist oty*ftn out of sixty-si^ tier bix.es at tho op*3ra c»?oupied by That
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  • 824 11 KKPORT OF IHB GOVERNOR OF OAUFORKIA. Rionsa at BBmzELcr. A <xn Fran i- message io the A*ahi statei I that a horticultaral nu*s«ry conducted hy v I Japanese n »mcd Nabeta at B rkeky, adjoining *-an Franeisoo, ha, been attacked by a b md '>f Kbotrt
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  • 153 11 Thi- Society of Architects m Berlin has p:vBanted to the Kaiier a magnificent pl-m for making the i>ei!i:i of to- morrow an ide'il city ot beauty. Tbev Buggett tint the eoTiroua of ?»»rj city between Potsdam on the wett aii>\ Koepenick en theeaat iball l>o piinc I
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  • 874 11 It baa oftea been a distressing duty on my piiit to point o?jt m eounectiju wi'h the saints whose name days wo art JOCOltOflsri to honour throughout the yeir t that too "r--ten, apparently through do wtotl ISuilt of their own, they <(^:r. to :tive kept very bad
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  • 1052 12 ffctf gei*c ration has paaaed away which kr.ew anything about stage coaching except fromttOOU. The decay of Stage coaching dates i'ory about 1840 whon it was rapidly eupemded >/ railway travelling. The literature on the subject is voluminous, but most of it
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  • 772 12 Continuing my researches m the hidden mysteries of nature and science m the Raffles Museum, I paid a second visit, this time to look over the ethnological section, which is located m the front part, or the older building, on the upper floor. Steering past the
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  • 1191 12 Concealed round the corner of the upper wall of the ancient Stadt House were Hassin's two rooms, termed his quarters one served as kitchen, the other hii? dwelling. Here Hissin had lived since he took service under the Company close on twenty veirs. Even then
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  • 776 12 It is not as a rule m a volume of th< quarterly return of imports and exports that one seeks to fiud inspiration for an article of the light description suitable for tbr front page, but a somewh it casual glance through the returns for the p-ist
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  • 602 13 Cricket ot J ma :>rd, mention* that, p!a; iaf f the Incv.ro it i, at Web ton. Bath, uo M t v buth, E. Bradbury took four wickets of M»e Lans«lown team m four balls. His cricketing friends m the Straits will be pleased to see
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  • 130 13 A young Chinese named Lung Siew, a student at the G vernment Medical School, h;is l»eea committed to the Assizes on a rharge of using as genuine two forged cheques for S:>t) and .540. The student was < barged before Mr Green, the Second Magistrate, yesterday,
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  • 150 13 A nights a^o, while the occupants of Mm Strugneir* house at 3. Orchard Road ***re at 'linner, thief entered the building and proceeded to make a haul of all the valuables he <*ovid lay hands on. Jewellery, niunt*y and property were stolen. Mr Reid surprised the
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  • 970 13 CHARGE AGAIN3T THE BORNEO CO. Mr. St. V. B. Down, of the Borneo Co., was again before Mr. Michel], the Senior Magistrate, yesterday when enquiry was resumed into the charges of carelessly handling dynamite, not hoisting a red flag on a tongkang and for not having a competent
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  • 306 13 When Cambridge met the South Africans, Mr F. H. Mugliston, who is a Siupapore man was not able to score, being bowled by Sinclair, for a "blob," going m first wicket down, but m the match Cambridge versus Yorkshire, going m eighth, he fallowed up very
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  • 306 13 A painfully sudden death occurred yesterday shortly afternoon, when Mr Geo H. Miller of Messrs Sharpe Ross and Company died m the office of the firm m Prince Street. Mr Miller had been m the best or health and was m his usual high
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  • 70 13 The Men's Jute medal was played on Saturday last Capt. Chancellor 42 53 95 16 79 J. H.D.Jones 44 42 86 6 80 W. G. Elhs 43 43 86 S 81 C. G. Seth 45 44 89 8 81 H.Marriott 50 47 97 14 83 Men's
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  • 116 13 A hockey match was placed od the Esplanade Teeter day afternoon between a team representing the officers of the garrison aud the S. C. C. The game was late m commencing, and it was nearly halt past six when the whistle went for te. A fast well contested game
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  • 469 13 DIBTUBBANGKB MAT AFI-E On Monday morning none of the Chiae»e hawkers m the central division of the tow a came out. The men are still on strike. The police were forwarned and the necessaiv precautions were taken. The Sikh policewere kept under arms as it was feared
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  • 449 13 PALITANA IX HEAVY SEAS. The B. I. S. N. Company's steamer Pali tana," Captain A. J. Windebank. EL X. It., arrived m Calcutta on Friday morning fron Rangoon with the Bur m ah mails. As tl itvessel left Rangoon on Saturday last, it wa^
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  • 1475 14 EDITORIAL COMMENT AND DUTCH LAW. What th:: VICI Consul Said. The V.-1&6 ia which Joseph KlialiLi ana Monaham traders ct Mifiidtnr .-u3 M »^crs Elb* tor flawigwa for ahiuJer was santinucd iv tii^ Sapresae Court before the Chief Justice Jitidai M'»niing. Mr. If. Hirris tor plain ti
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  • 106 14 A young Cantonese named Chan Fook Sheng, who is undergoing a sentence of nine months' imprisonment for theft, attempted to hang himself m his cell m the Criminal Prison on Monday morning. About four o'clock Warder Hunt discovered the man hanging by a rope which he
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  • 66 14 A Chinaman was arraigned before Mr Michel], the Senior Magistrate, yesterday on a chaige of offering for sale rotten dried fish. Evidence for the prosecution was given by T>jr. Campbell, the assistant Health Oiricer. This witness declared that he saw the Chiuaman shaking maggots out of
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  • 95 14 Latest Betting. Planters Cup. 4 Dawn 15 Kildare 2 Miss Hampton 8 First Preston ii Prince George 6 Qurrobolong 8 Excise 8 Waihi 3 Excelsior 10 Tivoli 2 Malapert 5 Rifleman Trial Stakes. 2 Lady Brockleigh 2 Jim Gosper 10 Prince George 10 Cecil 30 Excise evens Rosemead
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  • 896 14 The "Times" of June sth contains the notice of the wedding on June Ist, of Capt. John Grover, r.m.l.i formerly Naval Intelligence Officer, Singapore, and Miss The. odora Violet Whitting, daughter of the late Rev. W. H. WhittiDg and of Mrs Whittwgt Duncliffe, Weyinouth. A \ery
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  • 431 14 Dear Mk. Editor, I take the liberty of addressing this article to you, which possibly may find a place m your instructive and influential paper. I have overheard gentlemen of importance connected with this settlement, asking one another what is to become of the Netherton."
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  • 146 14 On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Meyer, if Kafiles Sijuare, telephoned to the Centra! Police Station aud asked for au officer to be sent round immediately. Serjeant X <>*- went to Mr. Meyer's office aud an elderlyJew was handed over to him. Mr. Meyer stated that the man had
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  • 98 14 Two Chinamen were yesterday couiiuitttjJ for trial at the Banch Court 011 an alienation of wounding a Sikh with a chopper. It is alleged that some days ago the Sikh wont into a Chinese shop at Seraugoou Rjad to buy some sugar. A dispute took place
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  • 83 14 further evidence was taken liv Messrs. Michell aud Bain, sitting as a Kauch Court, jesterday afternoon, m the case m which the Crown is charging M. C. S Mobained with giving false evidence m a recent cus* iv the Supreme Court. Mr Sproule, the Deputy Public Prosecutor,
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  • 93 14 MONSOON FATALITY ON THE BELLE OF ENGLAND." The Third Engineer of the Hteauier I><-U» of England, on her voyage to Karachi from Calcutta, was washed overboard while at tending to some work on the deck of the yen sel on the 6th in«t. On an alarm being raised, the engines
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  • 1023 15 ATHLETIC NOTES .idv i. rt-< f uere /t>: bar tag been -o r r\ fot ih*» As>i.Liatu»u F K>tball < uaa there haa been this year, a result t Jit v, l^ch the Committee of the competition tun l-e heavily cTgralrialaal The West A t ,lv dividing :is«.ir players iato
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  • 2626 15 (Mewfafi Agenty (Bj Submarine Telegraph.; Rec. June 27th, 10.25 a.m. At Tiflis ten bombs were thrown m the centre of the town and exploded with appalling force killing many and injuring others Immense damage was done to the surrounding buildings. The object of the bomb throwers was to seiz9
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  • 57 16 Hongkong, llec. June 27. [1 is that His Excelleucy Ts'en Oa'uu-Hsuan otherwise kuowu as Shum Cuuu the iictiug Governor General of Cantou, will uuder no circun] stances return there as viceroy. I is reported that Sun Vat Sen is journey, in^ l>et\veeu Hauoi and Yunuau and that the
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  • 556 16 Capital Capital Issue Paid Issaed pJdapValae op Compaq. wtuotaUc $300,000 300,000 10 10 Belat Tin M. Co. Ltd L*J# et4k. $300,000 225,000 10 10 Bruang Limited 9.50 $600,000 600,0C0 10 10 Bruseh Hydraulic Tin M. Co. Ltd ltf.o<> £400,000 350,000 £1 £1 Duff Development Co. Ltd 2 •■>>» C
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  • 64 16 (COBBBOTBD YP TO Jillj 3.) B*i k 4 m/s 2/4^ demand 2/4} Ptfo-toeraditiBm/t 2/4| credit* 6 m/s 2/4J Fbakob, demand Bank... 294^ Gbbmxht, demand 239J Imdia,T.T Hokokono, demand 5^ die Yokohama, m. 115 Java, demand 140 Baxqkok, demand M SoTBBBiQMa, Bank Buying M $9.53 Bank of f K bnd
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 366 16 PASSENGERS. Vet- Pin Sen g: Mr F. Boteler. Per Rane* Mr Lanz, Mr Richter, Mr Sohild, Mr (Heah liean Gnan. Per Perak Miss Tarbat, Mr G. Rose, Mr Valpy, rs Welhaui, Mrs O'Hrien, Mrs F.tz^erald, Mr O. Donion. Mr A. Tully, Mr G. 1). Russell, Mr Mclotyre, Mr Stephen. Mr
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    • 687 16 CLEARANCES. June 28. Alavi, Brit btr., Fruin-Hill, for Delagoa Bay and South African ports. Van der Capellen, Dut. str., Klasens, for Sourabaya via Bawean. De Klerk, Dut. str., Haye, for Batavia via ports Bmtm Bimdjer, Dut. str Kockx, for Ba.ndjermiftfai via ports. Diomed, Brit, str., Torribl*, for Shanghai. Magnet, Brit,
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    • 604 16 VESSELS IN PORT. Hlen-of-War Flag and Tec Commanders Arrived From For De Ruyter Dut. cm. 1000 Swaan June IS Sourabaya Uncertain Wright Am. tra., 364 Hamilton May 17 Macila Dock. Sea Belle F.M.S. Yacht 48 Ahmat Feb 5 P. Swet. for d^r? Ship Ki«er Tons Master Arrived Krom C^on&ignee For
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