The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 2 April 1908

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  • 18 209 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1908. No. 1,079
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  • 237 209 LSADKRS. The Lite Duke of Devonshire 209 The Duke's Career 21 Th* Verdict of Peckham 210 Naval Construction aad German Opinion 210 A School Innovation 211 The Shortage of Officers 211 The U.S. Currir.cy #> 2 1 lVrak Truck Enactment 211 The Canton Anti-Jnpanese Agitation 212 'Jh> Ead of
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  • 74 209 Subscribers to the Singapore Free Press wttkly returning from Europe to the Straits >>y any of the mail lines, r\re invited to send to the Manager the name of their steamer and date of arrival m Singapore. Copies will then be mailed to meet them at various poits ot call.
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  • 63 209 FoHoMkOM, Johore, Malay States (Protected viz., iViuk, Selan'or, Xe^ri Sembilan and Pahanjr), Sarawak, British North Borneo, Labuan, Straits Settlements. LETTERS. POST CARDS. NEWSPAPERS. 1 L per oz Id. each. £d. per 2 oz. BOOK VO<T. COML. POST. PATTERNS. L pel 2 OS. |d.
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  • 227 209 The P. it O. outward mail staannr Devanha arrived on Friday night with mails of Mirch 6h. A German mail is expected to-day. This homeward mail goes by 8.1. Steamer to-day. The new Courts Ordinance has come into force on April Ist. The principal change is the institution
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  • Domestic ©ccurrences.
    • 21 209 Crighton.— On the 28th inst, at No. 6, Clove Hall Hoad, Penang, the wife of Capt. Crighton, of a daughter.
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    • 299 209 Kingdom— Cathcart Smith.— At All Saints' Church Coonoor, on the 27th February 1908, Mr. Jack Kiogdon, 6th Jat Light Infantry, only son of Alfred Kingdon, Esq., K. C, of M Yelfords," Chagford, Devon, to Violet Florence Cathcart, eldest daughter of the late Major James Herbert Smith, I. A., and
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    • 127 209 Wood. Jan. 19, at Vancouver, Mrs. W. 11. Wood, mother of Mrs. C. C. A. Warn, of Shanghai. Damstrom. On February 16, at Canonbary, London, N., Mrs O. P. Damstrom, for forty years a resident of Chefoo. XK t t,gOUR. At 3 Ann Terraco, Abbey Hill Edinburgh on 2
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  • 73 209 [(Corrected up to April. 1.) Bank 4 in/s I/4J demand 8/Si Private crelits 3 ni/g 2/4} credits 6 m/s 2/4 T 8 y Fkancib, rleraand Bank.,, 2914 Gbrmant, Jeinand M 2S6£ India, T. T 173-J-Hongkong, demand 18^ Yokohama, demand M Java, demand 1 39^ Bangkok, demand 65 Sovbxsicjns, Bank
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  • 25 209 DYSENTERY AND DIARRHOEA. BROWN'S SPECIFIC. To be bad at the Singapore Dispensary and of Miss Brown, Grassdale, River Valley Road, Singapore. Nov 18 mwf 18.5
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  • Article, Illustration
    28 209 Here shnH the Pre«« t?:e People's vijrht mruntaiiv Unwwtd bjf influenre and unbribeil by pain Here patriot Truth her c'oricus precepts draw. Pledge! to Religion, Loyalty and I.aw.
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  • 387 209 Although it had been known for some week*3f that the Duke of Devonshire had been far from well it was hopsd that his recent trip to Egypt wo aid restcre his strength. .^The news of the Duka's death reported yesterday from Cannes, shows
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  • 1917 209 There must be many to-diy who, owing to the Puke of Devonshire's gradual withdrawal from active politics, will fail to realise what a commanding figure was his m the days of the Liberal party before the great break up causel by Mr Gladstone's defection to Home Rula.
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  • 1096 210 AYe hardly recollect anything more startling or dramatic m the history of Parliamentary bye-eloction9 than the truly astonishing verdict given by the electorate of the constituency of Peckham. It is more than a defeat of the Government m what was twj years ago one
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  • 1342 210 Naval Construction and German Opinion. Mar 28. It is proper to ta*e note of the repeated efforts undo on behalf of Geimany to diMUsda the British nation from considering that m any way the massing of the Garinan fleet m the North Saa. and the v,;ry remarkable effotts being made
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  • 1102 211 The school population of Singapore *i 3 greatly excited at a change that is being fulfil out now m some of the principal «»jhools, anl has been tried m others for some months. The hours for attending school are pushed forward by two instead of
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  • 394 211 The British army is declared to b 3 short of a matter of 8,000 officers, of which there is a shortage of 3.000 m India. The subject was litely discussed m the House during the debate on the Army Estimates. Mr F. Lambton. who is a
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  • 467 211 Although accDrding to Reuter the n^w U. S. Currency Bill framed by Senator Aldrich has been passed by the Senate, it does not follow that it may not ultimately bs superseded by the rival Currency bill introluced into the House of Representatives by Congressman Fowler. Tlie
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  • 1487 211 A correspondent forwards from Ipoh a cornaiunication which m plain terms expresses the prevailing alarm amongst all those who have invested money m the mining or other industries m Perak at the prospect of the coming into force of Enactment No. 3 of 1908,
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  • 518 212 There is a curious parallel between the recent defiant attitude of California to Washington an 1 the open ie7olt of Canton against Peking, which to-day makes the subject of a striking special telegram from Hongkong. The Utter is however a much more impassioned alYiir, for the
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  • 887 212 The End of the British Volunteers. Apl 1. Yesterday, March 31st, the hifctxioal Volunteer force of Great Britaia ctina to an end. To-daj, under a new organisation which includes a great maoy of the Volunteer units, it begins to exist as the Territorial Army. Of tha f however, tlnre 13
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  • 890 212 A Saigon journal, Le Courtier Baigonuais touches upon a subject that has been the topic of a correspondence between the Fieach Consulate m Sin^ipore, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, the French Minister of Marine, and the Vice- Admiral commanding the naval division of
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  • 134 212 Fourteen Chinese, mostly Can'o jese, were charged before Mr G.eea, the scr >ul m igjf. trate, yesterday afternoon, with rioting. Detective Inspector Frayue prosecuvd and Mr B tiley watched the cisp < n With of the Chinese Protectorate. Mr 11. St J. Braddell appeared for one
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  • 96 212 Mr A. R. Lintor, Mamg^r of the Siugappre branch, has to-day received a wire fiom his Head Office intimitiog that the net profits of the Bank for the via- oaded :Hst December IW7 inc:uairg «£2O,OC'O cirried forward from the previous jm*WW% =£100,350, and tint at
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  • 52 212 "A Planter" writes to a*k the Pmao* Gazette when the G^virnment interds to deal with the European firms m Pcuauj? and Singapore which import liquid madness at $2 a case of twelve bct'les, which is largely sold m the c untry districts %nd is responsible for half the crime m
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  • 796 213 Miss Anderson's "At Homes at Government House will be discontinued until Wednesday April 15th. Sergeant Tredgoldand E. P.C. Mairs left for Penan g yesterday. Acting Inspector King from Penang is to be transferred to Singapore and will probably have charge of the Sepoy Lines division. His
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  • 1672 213 DR. GOONETILLEKE GETS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGES. DEFENDANT ACTUATED BY MALICE. Mr Just be Fisher yesterday awarded Dr. Goonetilleke, m bis action for damages against C. H. D irke, the prosecuting agent for the Opium, and against the Rtrtn as his employer, tha sum of $2,500, which, as li
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  • 135 213 Mr Justice FisLe-, after delivmirg the Goonetilleke judgment, left yesterday for Penang by tlie P. O. mail steamer M irmora, where he will remain until the return from leave of the senior Puisne Judge, Mr Justice Thornton. Mr Justice Braddel', who, since the eye affection which necessitated
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  • 73 213 Frank Tonnochy, who is wanted by the police m ShaDghai on three charges of criminal breich of trust, was brought before Mr Howard, the senior magistrate, yesterday, by Detective Inspector Frayne. He was committed to prison for fifteen days pending the Governor's warrant for his return. Tonnochy was informed that
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  • Correspondence.
    • 275 213 To The Editor. Sir,— l am delighted at the facility with which my friend Mr Rennie disposes of the doctiine of free trade but before I sit at the feet of the teacher I am anxious to have one or two questions answered, so perhaps Mr Rennie will
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  • 180 213 A Greyheaded Sikh's Revenge. Aii aged Sikh named Veriam Singh was bafore Mr Green, the second magistrate, yesterday, on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt with a dangerous weapon. Run Singh, a watchman, said that on the 18th inst. he was asleep m his room when
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  • 278 213 One of the Gang Shot and Captured. The police authorities have received information of a daring attack that was made on a house at Bukit Timah. I. appears about 2 a.m. on Wednesday, a Hylani caretaker at a Chinese Towkiy's house at the 'fifth mile on
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  • 73 213 Mr Thos Jones, Maaager of the Singapore branch, has received the following wire. "At the approaching meeting of Shareholders the Directors will recommenJ a dividend for the past half year at the rate of 15 °o per aunutn, free of Income Thx and a Bonus of 10 to
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  • 25 213 A representative of Messrs Riley Hargreaves and Co. Limited, has gone to Muar to see what can be done to raise the sunken Sri Muar.
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  • 176 214 Mr A Huttenbich has written at lei;g'h to the Government on the question of reclamation io Penang Hatbour. His letters take up over three columns oi the Peuang papers, acd go minutely iato the whole quest ion. He sums up. Obviously any action necessary for the progress of
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  • 394 214 The following is the xesult of play for the President's Prize First Round. Miss D*rbishire and Mr Darbishire, (scr) Mrs Baddeley and Mr Bell, (8) Mrs Hartwell and Mr Hooper, (4) Mr and Mrs Thomas (0) Miss Law and Mr Baker (7) byea. "Mrs Cork and
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  • 90 214 Capital 485*000. A wire to the Times of Ceylon from its Lsudon Office, dated the lGth inst, says "The United Sumatz a Rubber prospectus has been issued. The Board of Directors includes Messrs. Keith F. Arbuthmt, H. A. Barrett, H. W. Bret:, and Otto Jaeger. There are
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  • 186 214 A farewell dinner was givei hy the lo^.il Bar to Hi 3 Honour Mr Jusiice Leslie Thornton, Senior Puisne Judge, S S., at the Town Club Peoaag. The Hon. A B Adi mi presided. Covers weie laid for twenty-four. AH the members of the Bar
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  • 820 214 A marriage is arranged, aid will shortly take place m England, between Mr Sidney Stevens, of Beckenham, Kent, and Miss Edith Blanche Abram3, daughter of Mr C. Abrams of Singapore. A special cable to the Pioneer say 3 the Liverpool Committee of the Crimean and Mutiny
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  • 1233 214 Quicquid agunt homines noslri est farrago libelli. Juvenal. Of thi3 week there is but one Topic m the United Kingdom, and that is tka pitiless way the Peckham electors have wiped the floor with the present Government, and have scattered to the winds of heaven the
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  • 185 214 COOLIES DUMPED HERE FROM BHIO. Unos, the Malay master cf the Dutch sleainer Resident Bchift, ivas charge i before the senior magistrate, Mr Howard, yesterday, with bringing threi decrepit Ohiasee coolies into the Colon v horn Rhlft. Mr Gibson, of the Chinese Prctestotmtt, conducted the prosecuti )n. Three
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  • 102 214 TRIED TO STRANGLE HIMSELF. A rikisha caolie Wia arreste 1 on Thursday evening fc-r tbtit of an uuibreila, and was l«»:ked up at the cUteottT96t itiox AVhil^ m the cell, he attempted to KraagU biuiself with his coat. Yesterd.iv the man w;.s brcnglit before Mr Colman, the
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  • 146 214 A LAUNCH SERANO CHARGED. Acting Inspector Macinmara of the Marias Police naraed Djli, launch No. .5 belonging to >le-;srs Kiley, H irgreaves and Company, before Mr Green, t li 3 second magistrate, yesterday, with Bttrigatiag his launch m a manner so rash or negli^eat as to
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  • 39 214 SINGAPORE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. The following d -nations to the furds of the Bbeiaty are acknowledged with thanks by the Hon. Secretary of the Society H. E. the Governor $25 H. Spakkr E>q 20 H. E. Mnjor General Perrott 20
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  • 45 214 A drunken European smashed a Municipal lamp and upset the electrical department's works tint Kb Collytr Quay m the early hours of yesterday morninp. Later m the day he appeared before Mr Colmao, the third magistrate, and was ordered to pay a. fine of $3.
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  • 1058 215 Ordinary Meeting. Friday, March 27. Present: The acting President, Mr J. Polglase, Dr Fowlie, Messrs A. W. Bailey, Wm. Macbean, C. I. Carver, A. J. W. Watkins, Cheng Keng Lee, Oog Tek Lim and H. L. Coghkn, also F. J. Benjafield (acting secretary), H. Gcst*yck (acing engineer) and
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  • 486 215 There was a very succassful Paper ChaM on Saturday under the uusp:c3s of this club and a most encouraging turnout of members tin-l a few guests. There is no doubt that these Papar Chases are growing m popularity as evidenced by the rapidly increasing numbers that turn
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  • 163 215 A somewhat complicated case was before Mr Colman yesterdaj. A blacksmith at Taojong Pa ear used to live with a. Chinaman named Keag Wan m Almeida-si He kc-pt his key when ho left. The bv.il9r-m9.ker went to work as usual on the 17. b, locating the
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  • 131 215 Miss Id A. Buxton, writiag from Cross Street Preparatory School, Cross Street, Singapore, to the Literary Guide, says: "The boot 8 issued by the R P.A. are of the greatest help to me m my work. I have under my control some four hundred Chinese boys, and a staff of
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  • 335 215 GAUNT AGAIN WINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP. The S.C.C ware at home list evening, when the. Championship m the spring lawn tennis tournament was decided. The weither was fortunately favourable and the court m good cosdition a welcome change from the state of the turf when the event was
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  • 391 215 One of the finest specimens of silver work m the shape of a trophy ever seen m this part of the world has now arrive'! from England and may be seen for a few dayi at Ueesrs Robinson Si Co. In connection with the classic event of r
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  • 144 215 A curious occurrence is reported from Glenmarie Estate. Mr Kysche, the as 3 stant, was returning to the bungalow about midday recently and beard a great commotion among the Tamils working at no great distance from the bungalow. On reaching the spot with revolver he
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  • 414 215 KUANTAN TIN MINING CO., LTD. Report for the month ending 29th February 1908. For the first two weeks m this month there was not much work done here owing to the Chinese New Year and five days ram. There has been a little trouble here with the coolies and a
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  • 502 215 Report for the mouth ending 29th February, 1908. For the first two weeks m this month there was not much work done here owing to the Chinese New Year and live days rain. There has been a little trouble here with the coolies and a
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  • 49 215 The United States Subvention Bill introduced into the Sanate provides for tbs siine amount of subsidy for the 16-koot mail Bteamers running to South America, the Philippines and Japan, as is granted for 20. knot boats. The subsidies are expected to total up to three or four million dollars.
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  • 2196 216 FROM THE FRENCH OF M. RAYMOND MEUNIER. (Translated for the Singai>ore Free Press.) Nothing can be pleasanter than a pleasant dream. All our wishes are fulfilled there easily and quickly, according to a form of delightful logic that follows the line of our desires,
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  • 360 216 The L. and C. Express hi 3 these paragraphs The Times correspondent at Singapore sends us the interesting statement that negotiations are proceeding for a new treaty between Great Britain and Siam, under which Siani cedes the States of Kelantan and Tringanu to Great Britain, who m return
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  • 385 216 The Elba (Perak) Rubber Estates (Limited* invites subscriptions at par for 80,000 shares of £1 each, part of a total authorised capital of £50,000. A further 10,000 shares will be issued as fully paid m part payment of the purchase price, and the remaining 10,000 shares
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  • 315 216 FRASER Co.'s SHARE CIRCULAR. The volume of business transacted during the past week has been extremely limited and rates are practically unchanged m all sections. Mining. Notwithstanding the advance m the price of Tin most shares are offering freely at quotations. The exception to this is witli Tronohs which are
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  • 573 216 Au announcement is made m the Malay Mail of a meeting of p!auters with a view to forming a Planter's League, appaientlv to meet the proposals of ;h a Rubber Growers Association. Mr E. V. Card's i<tter has not yet been published m Kuala Lumpor, tut Mr
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  • 56 216 London, March \C>. It is urgently U9cessarv for Ceylon to determine <juickly the space required at the International Rubber Exhibition, for the best position will be lost. It is proposed that Malaya and Ceylon should occupy the right and left respectively of the main avenue. The Malaya
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  • 442 217 A >yce living at Teluk B'arg.h rtpoits to the poli<»e the lass of a sewing machine valued at $56. Prince Ching has reported to the Throne that his fifth son is engaged to be married to a daughter of Sun- Pao-cbi, the Chinese Minister to Berlin.
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  • 325 217 Report of the Singapore Branch. The following is the report of Committee to the members of the Singapore Branch of the Straits Settlements Association for the period between 30th June, 1906 and 31st Dec, 1907 Gentlemen, Your Committee beg to present their Report and Statement of Accounts
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  • 120 217 Tbe S.VA. and Maxim Concpiny beld a week-end C^mp at Pasir Pan j ing, leaving by launch on Saturday, and returning yesterday. Over thirty were m Camp, the officers being dipt Colbeck, adjutant, Staff Otti :er to the Colonial Forc3B, Lt Robertson, 2nd Lt Tongue and 2nd
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  • 655 217 Replica m Singapore. Possibly the mo3t interesting cargo of any of the steamers now m port here is carried by the oil boat Kennebeck, which has arrived from Hongkong, and is bound for New York via the Canal, for, carefully packed away on board is a replica
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  • 293 217 From Messrs Fius<r and Neave, Ltd, the publishers, we have received the 1008 issue of their busiress vade lnecum, somewhat later than usual. We understand that the delay is due to the deaths of some of the usual staff, and those who know the difficulty of ompiling
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  • 228 217 The premises of the General Hospital, X Lumpu»\ wer9 the scene of an interestitg iguana huut on Tubs d ly afternoon. Whilst Mr G. Zachariah, the c.iief steward, was engaged over some books m the cou-se of his duties at the store, he was somewhat surprised by
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  • 192 217 Exhibition At Taiping On Satuid iv afternoon m last week a highly successful exhibition of water-cd:>urs, oils, pastels, blacVand-wlrte, and photographs was h^ld m the schocl-rooni cf the Malay States Guides. There were 126 exhibits m all, 88 of which were water-colours. 14 oils, 10
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  • 176 217 The R. I. M. S. Dufferin conveyinsr a portion of the Hongkong Singapore Garrison Aitillery from Mauritius to Hongkong arrived here on Saturday and went t) Tanjoug Pagar. Her reliefs being embarked and landed, she ltft yesterday for Hongkong, going out round St. John's. A number of Singapore
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  • 271 217 It is curious that only a few days after the death of Adinir il Farquhar, tlnre should have occurred the death of the officer who was his second m command iv the destruction of the Sarsebas pirates ou the Borneo coast. A naval obituary list contains
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  • 308 217 Thf Navt and the Nation. 13, Victoria St. L nd- n. S.W. (>ihMirch,l9o3. To The Editor, Sir, The Navy League has hitherto declined to lend itself to any agitaiion which would tend to a«l 1 to the difficulties of th» professional advisers of the Bond cf Admiralty but the
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  • 219 217 POLO AND A HANDICAP. The C Class 53 yards handicap was swum eft' after the arrival of the 9 o'cl«^k launch aud resulted m a win for P. M. R >binson. la the first heat R. R Bul'm:>re, and \V. R. Taylor tied for first place and
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  • 126 217 Seth and Green vs Gaunt and Turnbull. A double lawn tennis match has been arranged to be played on Wednesday Ist April on the S. C. C. Ground between the winners of the Profession Pairs ;t f the last Tournament viz Messrs Green ft ?S?th and
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  • 116 217 The Singapore Musical Association is exempted from registration under the Societies Ordinance. Mr \V. P. Waddeil is appointed by H. E. a member of the T. P. D iek Board, to the vacancy caused by Mr W. A. G rein's resi^:nation. Mr George E. Chambeiiin is recognised as
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  • 79 217 "We (M. Mail) understand that a pirtv cf ladies who visited the hot springs at Setapak last Sunday were molested by a gang of mining coolies who turned up from the neighbouring mines. But for the timely arrival and assistance of a party of sportsmen, there
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  • 1129 218 I never touch fruit says one man, it's too cold i)t the stomach." He might have bien, but wasn't, the Volunteer io Gamp, who always had to s*iart the day with a nip of neat brandy, or on Sued iys a gin sling. Subsequently he sat down
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  • 944 218 Not many days since we celebrated the anniversary of the trefoil f imiliarly known as the shamrock now that it is past and gooe the thought occurs how far wiser it would be it' we would content ou selves throughout life with the three-leaved clover inroad of always
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  • 907 218 [by virtue of which this will be read on Monday morning] [Perhaps the superscription errs on the side of presumption but so would the substitution of readable for will be read." May be read has too many limitations to be used m conjunction with on Monday morning."
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  • 284 218 Since the year of Waterloo the number of soldiers on the active list m the British Array has nearly doubled, but Garmany's total forces outnumber the total military strength of Great Britain by 4 to 1 These figures are given m a White-paper issued y esterday,
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  • 210 218 Will Chinese Laundries Oust Washerwomen ix ths Metropolis? Avi tbe washer women of London to be replaced by Chinese launderers Though Chinamen have long had the reputation of beicg the b^st washers m the world of other peon'e's linen, LondDa ha 3 never hitherto ad >pted
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  • 150 218 Application Unique m the Empire's Records the Native Question m Natal. Pieterniaritzburg, Fob. 20). In the Supreme Court to-day an application was made for leave to sue Mr Justice Deaurnent for refusing to grant a writ of Habeas Corpus m favour of Tilonko, the
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  • 116 218 Three Firemen Su-focated and Great Damage Done. The P. and O. liner Mongolia, from London, entered the port of Marseilles on fire m the after-hold, where the passengers' luggage was stored. The fire had been smouldering for two days. Warning had been sent from the
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  • 17 218 The Siamese gunboat Makut, Commander Phya Rajawassan, arrived from Bangkok yesterday and exchange salutes with the fort.
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  • 308 219 T'ae R>m*n Citholic Mortuary Chapel is now m course of construction at the New Cemetery, Bidadari. Mr E A. Cook, traffic manager of the -P M.S. Railway, has gone to Europe on long leave. Mr A. Roberts. Manager and Accountant of the Shanghai Times, committed suicide
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  • 162 219 DAMAGE TAELS 9,000,000. Exhibition Bazaars Destroyed. Peking, March 20. The Exhibition Bazaars have been deBtroyed by fire. The fire took place on the ni~ht of the 10th. The amount cf damage 13 great but is yet nnascertainable. Tientsin, March 20. The Industrial Exhibition Bazaar 3 at
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  • 211 219 THE TATSU MARU AT HONGKONG. Chinese Naval Salute Wipes Out Insult To Japanese i lag. The historic vessel which brought about such a critical condition of ail'airs between China and Japan is now lying olf Wanchai, close tojthe German cruise;-. Prior to her liberation there was an interesting little ceremony
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  • 37 219 Result of Men's March Medal. A. W. C. Hanbury 43 41 14 70 C. F. Green 46 43 7 82 O. Hall 44 49 11 82 C. G. Wilson 52 51 14 89
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  • 55 219 An Algebraic Queky. To The Editor, Dear Sir, Kindly al!o:v me tli9 use of your columns to ask if any of your readers will oblige me with the solution of the following: problem 41 When will the hands of a clock after 4 first be equidistant from the 20
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  • 492 219 Poli c Seizure of $1,150 at v Fairyland. Sixteen young Siraitsborn Chinamen were before Mr GreeD, the second magistrate, yesterday at'teinx>u, on a charge of playing m a common 2 lining bouse. The Chief Police Oifi c? p r o*ecutdd and Mr Wee Theam Tew appeared for
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  • 328 219 WHEN LAWFULLY ENGAGED r Mr Justice Seroinbe Smith gara jadgDieiit yesterday momiog iv an appeal dealing with Chinese seamen engigad m the Colony. The appellants wero couvictel on Maici 11th, by the Mister Attendant, for an offence under section 225 (1) (b) of the Merchant Shipping Act for
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  • 983 219 Last night at the Ttutotia Club m the presence of a numerous &v 3ietc 3 a very successful concert came (ft m aid of the funds of the Singapore Philharmonic Society. The main attraction of the programme was the paiticipati >n of the fine band cfthe Royal
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  • 422 219 FRASER NEAVE LTD. The eleventh annual general meeting was held m the Coirtp:nj's Office yesterday at noon, Mr A. Geiulo m the chair. There weroalso present Messrs W. Patchitt, G. A. Derrick, H. P. Btgiqr, W. Mikepeace, A. Proctor and T. G. Scott. In moving the adoption of the Itaoft
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  • 198 219 ODE OF A P. 0. PESSIMIST. (During a reeetU nwmorable voyayt Oh wild Mongolia," you who burned My trunk, dtep m your hold intern'u, You must confess that you have earned Abusi. Yea tossed me half across the Biy, Reversed lnlf Nature's laws, they set, Produced, then, fiddles, like a
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  • 59 219 The French yacht Nirvana arrived from Colombo yesterday and anchored m the roads. The owner and party are on board. Ih^se include Madame la Comtesse cc Beam, Messrs Verdi Daledle, Pujos dv Condray, Baron de Guerne, Cordier, Dr Rivang and Larios. She will remain here a few
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  • 95 220 Mr H. B. Baker applied on teaalf of F. M. Elliot for letters of administration to the emte of C. J. P.insep, who died at Meltxnirac on Feb. 25th 1898, leaving property m Singapore, anl two brothers and three sisters. A loiu- time had elapse 1 siuce
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  • 33 220 The Burma Government has under consideration at present the question of the appointment of an Icspectress or Assistant Inspectress of Schools m Burma, m view of the importance of extending education for girls.
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  • 49 220 The Pahang figures being now availab!e, the abstract for the four States shows that the tin output of the F. M. S. for January and February was pikuls 155,814.52, as compared with pikuls 132 ***** last year, an increase of pikuls 23,510.74. The duty shows a decrease of $494,719.34.
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  • 735 220 March 20th. The annual exodus is startiog m earnest now. Our popular Land Commissioner, Mr Henry Walker, and bis wife, leave us by this steamer, and we hear from all rouni th* Coast of Home- goers. Mr arid Mrs Walker break their journey at Kudat for a fortnight,
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  • 642 220 The native newspapers published m Canton during the past few days take their readers into the heart of a fierce, strenuous struggle. A united people is lifting its voice m protest again 9" the action of the Peking authorities who have seen fit to release the
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  • 305 220 Attempt to Drug and Rob a Towkay. Three Teocliews claimed to be tried before Mr Colmdii, the third magistrate, yesterday afternoon, when charged with attempting to administer a stupefying drug. A c<»jl c told how the accused appioacked him and enqoiied if his towkay ha I any
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  • 767 220 Charterebs Liability. For the first time the question was raised by the appeal SirßJohn Jackson (Limited) v. the Owners of the Ss. Blanche and others, whether, under the Merchant Shipping Act, the charterer of a vessel, who had to provide and pay the crew, was to be m
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  • 280 220 Sir Frank Swettenham gave an interesting lantern lecture at the Duke of York's Military School, Chelsea, on 28th ult., dealing with the life and work of Sir Thomas Stamford KaiHes. Sir Charles Lucas presided. Having remarked that Sir Stamford Kanies was one of the greatest and, perhaps,
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  • 874 220 For some yea -a to come we anticipate that, with rare exceptions, due to specific causes, working costs on the purely rubber plantation will be higher than those upon estates which, as is the ease m Ceylon, are planted with tea or cacao and rubber. la the latter
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  • 173 220 Major H. ODonnell, West Yo.-ks, is promotel to be Lieut-Colonel, m succession to Brevet Col H. E Watts who on halfpav team the command of the 2 ad Battalion, now at Aldershot. The Xippon Yusen Kaisha is negotiating with the Japanese Government respejtinj a subsidy to be granted far the
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  • 878 221 Wednesday, April 1, 1908. Mr F. J. B. Dykfs, senior wirclea of mine«, has been granted four mouths leave, and Mr J. B. Scriyenor acts for him, m add it on to his own duties. M. Beau, Governor- General of French Indo-China, had an audience of the Emperor of Japan
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  • 721 221 A Ship's Officer's Claim. Before Mr Justine Sercombe Smith yesterday the case of P. D. Lingden vs the M. M. Co., a claim for «£l9, the value of a passage ticket to Europe, was heard. Mr Lan^den hid a ticket from the Shell Co. by theM. M.
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  • 292 221 Juro, a Javanese tambj, anl Lim K-.m Svvee, a Chinese clerk m the employ of Mes^s Sharpe Rjss ft Co. Ltd we?e lefo;e Mr Co'mm, third magistrate, yesterday af'ernooD, on a charge of theft cf $423 3). C&ew Yorg, a coolie employed m the
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  • 997 221 After a number of disappointments on account of the unfavourable weather, the tennis tournament has at last been concluded, the final tie m the Championship having been played on Friday. Gaunt again ret tins the title of champion, though he lost the final m the A. Singles to
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  • 153 221 The twenty second ordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Singapore Slipway and Engineerirg Co. Ltd., wta held m the Registered Office of tie Comnanv. T^njong Pagar, ytsteid.iv afternoon, Mr J 11 Nicholson, chairman of the company, prp&i licg. There were preseut Messrs G
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  • 164 221 With a view to reduce the danger of the spread of plague by rats to a minimum, an excellent arrangement Las been mi«ie by Mr Hooper. When rats are mw brought t> the Reg's rar's Offi.e. before the men receive their remuneration they are r< quired to give their
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  • 162 221 RACE-HORSES FOR SINGAPORE. A Western Australia paper writes regarding Singapore's new batch of race-horses The lightweight jockeys Jack Giblin and Dolger Ross l.ft for Singapore, where they have been engaged to do riding for Mr Jimmy Nicholas, who has shipped a team of horses to the equatorial port. George Blair
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  • 78 221 Th? April IL-t of cases is not a loug one, 19 &uits mlv, which will be taken on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Oa the lit* are Moh. S^i<l Bjk^r v Unku Suleiman and Wong Ah F>ok Walt r Pdliiser v Howarth Er^kice HutteQlu -h Bw. v Tin Ku T^e
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  • 87 221 Messrs Thos. CoA- and Sons. 10, Des Voenx Road, have arranged lor a roui.d the world party for Chinese trentlemen fvo:n South China, wbi« h is timed to leave Hongkong m May or Mfiy June. The principal cities of Ca.nac'a, Uiited State?, United Kiagcom and Eur< pc
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  • 53 221 The following is the result of ITOffc at Raub for the four weeks ending Man h 23th. Bukit Komau, S^one crushed 0,80*2 tons, GrM cbtaiiiei 922 ozs., Average [>er ton 4 77 d^-t. Bukit Malacca, Stoco crushed 1,959 U>es, Gold obtain*] 157 0z3., Average per
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  • 102 221 A Chaugchun telegram to the Miiaichi" st; t ?s thatanti Japanese fever is increasingly prevalent tl:er« and at Kirin. The Chinese refine to buy Japanese goods, and the Chinese troops are exercising a vigilant watch ovar the Japanese. Yu m Suih-kai has twice e sonally asked the U mer >ne
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  • 701 222 Tie B:\i ii pipers of Mardh '24 h announce that a Boost? h is bsen established m Jita for tl'fpurpce of attracting tourists the o. Tae NY uts van d^n Dior says that the Aetna! promoter of the Society ii the Governor 0 goers 1, wbo liw
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  • 83 222 Orchard, who turned informer m connexion with the murder of Mr Steunenberg, ex-Gjvernor of Idaho, has bean condemned to death. A marriage has been arranged and will take place on April 4th at Amoy, Chin 3, between Dr Lim Boon Keng, and a sister of Dr S. C. Yin. Two
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  • 162 222 To the Editor, D*ir Sir, In rrply to your Algebraic Qaery" from "Very Rusty" the following is my solution to this problem When will the nands of a clock after four first be equidistant from the 20 minutes point (1 Suppose X was the distance travelled by the hour
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  • 813 222 An Indian was fine I SlO by Mr Green, the second magistra c, yesterday, for importing a few tahils of Chang into the Colony. Mr W. R. Brock, late of Emerald and Merton Estates, has returned from leave and will shortly take over charge of Bcverlac
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  • 443 222 SINKING OF THE SRI MUAR. Some Remarkable Allegations. Oa Monday at Muar, Unku Hakim, the judge, was engaged the whole morriag with the hearing of a preliminary enquiry against the chinchew and two kranis ot the stt amer Sri Mmr, of a charge of having broken Board of Tiade laws
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  • 180 222 SEQUEL TO A MUNICIPAL CONTRACT. Two Hindoos named Vadamalay Pillay and Ponnusarny were before Mr Colmau, the third magistrate, yesterday, on a charge of criuiin.'.l breach of trust m respect of 3495. Mr Everitt prosecuted and Mr Knowles appeared for the defence. Counsel for the prosecution
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  • 287 222 The Cook's Labours to Ford the Ice. An amusing article appears m the Peking and Tientsin Times with regard to the arrival of the "Shantung"' before the ice m the river had gone. In the course of his narrative the writer says I was met, on coming out
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  • 754 222 The pleasant little function m connection with the giving away of the prizes won by various competitors m the recant tournament, was greatly marred by bad weather. The exhibition match between Green and Seth, and Gaunt and Turnbull, which promised to be so great
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  • 117 222 "I thoroughly agree with you," writes Mr E. S. Gaussen. of Bradden Lodge, Towcester, that the money of the subscribers to the Sambas Rubber Company ought to be returned intact. Unfortunately I shall not be m England the day the meeting is held. We subcribed to
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  • 47 222 The death is announced of the Eer. Brother Joshua, a former Director of St Xavier's Institution, Penang, and late president of the Sodality of the Children of Mary, St Benedict's Inatitute, Colombo. The sad event took place on the 14th inst[ at Colombo, after a lingering illness.
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  • 1071 223 London is < nveloped m rain every afterno n just now, but the mornings are quite love 1 and springlike. Quite the best weather arrangement, if rain it must, as m the mornings I run up and down the streets, and sit dry m a theatre
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  • 2033 223 (By Submarine T If graph) (Reuter'i Agency.) Received, Marjh 26th 10.40 a.m. The result of the bye-election at Peckham i 9 ai engrossing topic of conversation, and of tie newspapers. TLe Conservative Pres? declare that the Liberals me demoralised and are abandoning their forward p< licy. The Liberals urge
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  • 65 223 THE RUBBER MARKET. Shares and Prices. {Fro.:! cur own Correspondent!) L >ndon, March 29th. Tlie price of Para rubier is os. *2]l. Good sheet is fetching 3«. s^d. la shares, for Anelo-Milays, fully paid, there ore bnvers at 3 5/16:hs Baklta offer 4 3/lGcLs; Hit^hlantis and Lowiands are
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  • 55 223 The Year's Crop. Via Penan?, Kec. 4.5 p.m. ThePataliDtrßubberCompauy pays a fiaal divide nl of 25 per ont, makiig the lull dlviclen-1 35 p?r cent. Tie 1907 crop roaehftd a total of 58,064 lbs ot" robber, against 43.310 Vo<. ii 1906 [Ti e diTidaod intiie^eir prtvi us to
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  • 70 223 Hottgkoag, 115 am. Tho Waiwupu lias wired to Cait on I<> arr» it the leaders cf the bi y iott agiinst the Japanese and J*ptft9M gocdf. The Vi'e.'ov refuses to do tl:i«. Yuan Sin Kai has askel the thrjue to despatch an Army to Canton. It is bared
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  • 16 223 Penanor, Mrch 31st. Tbera has been a serious outbreak of cholera m Kedah.
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  • Page 223 Advertisements
    • 58 223 An Anecdotal History OF OLD TIMES In Singapore, frcm the FccEd&ticn of the Settlement en Feb* iufcry €th, 1819, to the Trantfer to the Colosi&l OfEce en April Ist 1867, with 2C Pcrtr*lti Maps *cd Illustration*. BY CHARLES BURTON BUCKLEY; m two vclumefl, m paper oortr $B*so. JONK LITTLE A
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  • 799 224 0.ph.1 fetrtUl I«ae P.M Comp UT «v >Utlo«. Issued paid ap Vaiae up X $300,000 300,000 10 10 Belat Tin Mining Co. Ltd 7. $300,000 225,000 10 10 Brnan^ Limited 7. $600,000 600,000 10 10 Bruseh Hydraulic Tin M. Co. Ltd 13 75 £400,000 350,000 1 1 Duff Development
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  • 138 224 Apr?! 1. Tin buyars $72.50 Gam bier 6.90 Gambier Cube No. 1 10.37£ Gambler Cnbe No. 2 9.00 Pepper Black (ord'u. S'pjre) buyers 12.00 Pepper, Whits (fair L.W. 5 f buyers 20.25 Nutmegs (110 to the lb.).- 21.00 Nutmegs (80 to the 1b.) 23.00 Mace (Banda) notn Gloves (Amboina)
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  • Page 224 Miscellaneous
    • 651 224 CLEARANCES. Mar 25. Marmora, Brit, str., Weston, for London via ports. Lady Weld, Dub. str., Remmers, for Pontianak. Dovre, Nor. str., Paulsen, for Bangkok. Mar 26. Benalder, Brit, str., Thomson, for Hongkong and Japan. Zingora, Brit. 6tr., Thompson, for Diamond Island. Phiranang, Ger. str, Mangelsioiff, for Bangkok. G. G. Meyer,
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    • 618 224 Laurens Pit, Dut. str.. Deucker, for Indragiri. Speelman, Dut. str., Everdingin, for Billiton via ports. Teboshi Mam, Jap. str., Kon, for Colombo and Bombay. Hong Bee, Brit, str., Home, for Hongkong, Amoy and Swatow. Pontianak, Brit, str Casey, for Pahang and Kuantan. Vorwaerte, Aus. str., Bodnarz, for Trieste via Bombay.
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    • 410 224 VESSELS IN PORT, Men-of-war FU* and Tons Commanders Arrived F r When HertoiHendrik Dut. cru. 1600 Goedhart Mar 31 Sourabaya S>mbok Maku t Siam. g'bt. 700 Rajawansan Mar 29 Bangkok Bangkok Zahora Sar. Yacht 95 Nandak Mar 28 Kuching Sarawak Sea Mew Col. Yacht 500 Murphy Feb 23 P. Swettenham
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