The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 28 July 1910

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    15 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1910. No. 1,200.
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    TIN RETURNS.
    138 1 Printed and Publish,. 1 for the Propr etors by William OBMW M. C..A at tbe Singapore Krec Pre^s 1 Oftce No. SO*, Raffles MmTS the Tow. of Singapore in the Colony SeU!tments. May Jane Total. Pikuls. 6 \m\, "S? i£ "j* .xanauoi Kinta Association 1,461 1,002 4,842 .\ledang
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      Births.
      52 1 Ma< ta<,gart At Singapore, thf; wife of R. K. MACTAGGUn of Pulo Brani, of a son. Brittain.— Od the 23r ins\, \t 2, Cowleystreet, Westminster, the w.fe of Harry E. Brittain of a daughter. Simk On July 14, at Singapore to Mr and Mrs W. M Simk of Malacca
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      Marriages.
      63 1 CuTHhKKTSON— Maidment— June 1* at London, William Reid Dougal, son of John Reid Cuthbertson, to EUBI Maidment. Johnbtone Raf fles Flint.— On the 23rd inst at Holy Tiinity, Slo ine-street, (Jkor<;e Horaie JoiiN'STONK,of Trewithen, Cornwall, son of the lati J. lieywooi Johnstone, M. P., and of Mrs. Johnstone, of
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      Death.
      30 1 Hai endkn. At Sidcup. Kent, on I'.Jtb •lune, tlie dearly loved wife of John Ha? tenden of Singapore (Formerly Agent for Malaysia of the British and Forei^u Bible Society).
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    THE WEEK.
    190 1 Mails of Julv 1 were brought last Saturday by the 15 I. Thoogwa.," while this weekly leaves to day by the P. A O M Dalhi." Mr Justice Fisher delivered a long judg ment ia the case of Mr K Johannes who applied for his discharge from backtuptcy,
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    EXCHANGE.
    63 1 (Corrected up to July 27 Bank 4ms */Vi demand 2/4 i Private credits 3m s •/•A credits 6me 'Mil France, demand Bank 294 i Germany, demand 239 4 India, T. T, 17 J4 Hongkong, demand Wf%d*i. Yokohama, demand al4* Java, demand l«v| Bangkok, demand *>* i Sovereigns, Bank Buying
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    PRODUCE.
    123 1 July 27. Tin* 74 95 Gambler U T5 Gambier Cube No 1 4 ()0 GambiwOno* Wo. i *om Peppei B^fi lor£lu S'for«) Uiyerß nom Pepper, WniU (fa*) *>W* 26 00 Nntmegt (110 to tin IK)- I*©J Nntmeg« (80 fcc tt* Kk) iface (Band*; noit Oioves (Amhol^ note Bally Coffee
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    The Restraint of Combinations.
    782 1 July 22. Some attention has been accorded, in Burma, to recent acts of policy on the part of the Straits Settlements Government The measures referred to are both in the niture of restraints on combinations and monopolies, in the form of the K lbber Dailers Bill
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    Insurance and Aviation.
    302 1 It would be instructive, from theac'uirial insurance pjint of view, to ascertain what was the precise expectation of life of the professional airmen who travdl round to all the various aviation meetings on the Continent and in Ejgland. The percentage of fatalities seems to be very considerable
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    The Imperial News Service.
    835 1 July i3. Although India is in full possession of the Imperial N jwg S-rvice t<> wbicb we alluled the other day, the extension of that has neither reached Ceylon nor the Btmitl Settlements. The Tun^s of Ceylon q«olM that w&rwiCi amounting to a column of telegraphic
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      333 1 CONTENTS. *aaa« Paobb. R r.iint ..t ComVinaMona ;9 ai 'l Aviation >M j.cj i Imperial Sews Service io raoOreol Deffsaoe Wessons] QQ !r< \-i ..int.i_.- I,i Lnoa r>9 Aoopti n «'t Wirele a .*>o (jBfOtIOO of 0« S ;i!u> ;>> \.r.Ma<!iine in Warfare 5] b Ifri i a a Shippißg
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    The Great Defence Memorial.
    1005 2 July 25. By the last mail there ariived a letter enclosing the text of that historical memorial presented to tha Prime Minister on the question of the national security, uudar the auspices of the Imperial Muitime League. As already briefly annouueed iu telegrams, the gist of
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    The Advantage of a Loan.
    491 2 The idea of a naval loan has of course been repeatedly urged during the past year or two, but the suggestion is really of older standing than that. Major Obmsby Johnson, a retired army officer, writes to the Pall Mall Gazette to invoke the editorial
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    Official Adoption of Wireless.
    578 2 July *2C». Hocgkoog is going to get compensation for the Imperial Government's interference with its excise revenues. And what a ghastly impertience that interference is, when you think of it, and how solely dependent it has been on the absolutely unreasonable subordination of Crown Colonies to
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    A Question of Chinese Status.
    442 2 A telegram from Peking to a HocijkuDe vernacular paper, the \\\ih T^z Vdt suggests one or two rather important tions. It reads thus The Chinese merchants in the > have sent a wire to the Imperial Govern ment stating that if Parliament fit wA lished
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    The Air Machine is Warfare.
    950 3 July 27. N .{withstanding the fact tbu the phrase The Conquest of the Air" is jet far from realisation except in fine weather conditions for dirigible balloon machine*, and in fine to moderate weither for aeroplanes, it is juite sufficiently near a wide practical utility
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    South Africa and a Shipping Conference.
    639 3 South Africa and a Shipping Conference. As imitation is the sincerest form of Huterv we think thit the Government of this Colony should feal same natural gratification at discovering that the new South African laion has not been slow to follow its lead in reference to its action against the
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    The Nastin Treatment.
    758 3 July It may be remembered that at the Bjmbay Medic U Congress held early last year one of the most striking papers read was one by Capt Ueauchami' Williams of the ladirfo Medical Ssrvice, who w.is then serviog at a station in the Persian Gulf. That paper
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    A DUTCH CONCERT.
    275 3 Thos** two giited Dutch Ldiee, Miss Marie Kusser and Miss Annv van VditLuj. sen received a very warm wtijouie at the Hollandsche Club list eveciug, where they gave a vocil and mus;ctl recital. The attecddtce was all that could be de&iml. and those present were not slow
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    CHANDU PASSED AS MEDICINE.
    220 3 A house at 58? Ogling Road wis visited on July 12 by a Senior Revonue Offiobr who searched the place but ecu d tii_d nothing of a suspicious nature, with the exception of a locked box. Gag K-i Hi, who was present du iog the search,
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    POLICE COURT NEWS.
    223 3 An UNiiEVKN«.»:nL Spirit. A diminutive specimen of Chinese humanity appaired with her mother before Mr Green iu the third court ye6terdiy morning to pMteatO a Cbines? woman and her ion, the former with retaining stolen property, aud the m*le defendact with the theft of two gold banglos
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    CEYLON REMINISCENCES.
    1578 4 A veteran Ceylon planter, Mr \V B. Gibbon, has been givirg a lecture at Kandy on his personal reminiscences. As he has been fifty five years in the island and he undertook to tou2h on nothiDg later than a quarter of a century ago, he kept clear of
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    RACING IN ENGLAND.
    367 4 LINGFIBXD Park BTAKEB. London, Monday, 11th July. The Liogfield Park Stakes of £20 eacb. £5 ft. to the fund, with iMOJ and a cup value £50 for tbe owner aud £50 for tht nominator ot the winner. Oue mile straight. Mr Kairie's Lady Vista W^otton 1 Mr
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    MEDIEVAL JACK JOHNSON.
    653 4 A Fight at the Pageant. Just before the battle of Agincourt took place at tbe Army Pageant the High Constable of France might have been observed in the wings weighing a service sabre in one hand and a pavior's mallet in the other. It's a pity one
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    367 4 K ngo<">n p«pets anuoucce ton death of Mr Bi Hla Ounp t the only sou of the late Mr Hla Ouag, Comptroller of 'he Indian Treasuries, in Irs 86th v*ar, at his residence Nj I Pagoda K >ad. D^ath was due to syncope following an attack of dengue fever To«
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    INDIA AND KING EDWARD.
    307 4 A POETir fin IB A correspondent forwards the follow^ translation, by an English lady, of au o written in Persian, which was chanted wit fine effect on the occasion of the Mourni Celebration at Motihari, ic Nepal KAISb.R-I SOOLGUJi. (The Emperor Peacemaker). Why in the street
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    THE NEW "FLEET UNITS."
    283 4 The Colonial N-ivios will very hh<>rtlv U gin to assume practical shape. The ci nisei "Niobe" and R-iinbuw," which ha\>purchased by the Ctnadian Qimwsl training purposes, are about to leavf* -nport and Portsmouth respei*ii\eiy foi tbei? new sphere of duty, and concurrently mitik the for nation
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    USES FOR TIN CANS.
    169 4 The usefulness ot tin 9&m after t!u\ l»3en emptied of Ameiican prepaivd product paiticularly in Malaya, is d«s«»ii*-<i y Tnited States Cotimi! GtfSflfftl at BilltVp (Mr Jaines T. Da Kjis) in a npoit to I Department of Commerce, Washington Siijs that thousands of the canw MV
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    92 4 In wires to India there app<i- l»r reference to another bv election, ihit the Kirdale division of Liverpool. %.<<>' bv the death of Mr C. M.-Arth u I niocist member. At the geaer*! tlei >ri he secured the seat by a maj »ii'v <t over his opponent, Mr A. <i
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    Friday, July 22, 1910.
    838 5 The FM S. railway receipts in 1909 total 1 95,377,401 ao i&ciedse of neailv l>r Sun VU S*n ha* pa«^i through Mngapore from .Upan for Penang. He *ppear« to b* iu ve» y good health. He was one wetk in Singapore. The v*lue of opium imported
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    BANKRUPTCY COURT.
    2319 5 Mr. JOHANNES' DISCHARGE GRANTED. TO BE SUSPENDED FOR ONE YEAR. T thp L^k»uptcy Court, yesterdav.Mr h b her %e V»U*»*i io the i,| «ion of Mr El,.z. Johanna, of S.rkie, Johannes and C- m P H,y, for discharge from binkruptcy. His LvoVkip said Il have tcuud it BtOOßomtJ
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    RUBBER IN MALACCA.
    233 5 la the course of his report on Malacca referring to Rubber companies Mr Evens says "The formation of these companies should have a beneficial effect, so loug as concerns are not over capitalised, as it ensures systematic workiDg and the supervision needed to guard against lisea e.
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    A NEW ENTERPRISE.
    161 5 Tne Planters' Stores acd Agency Co Ltd are estab ishing a factory for curing raw rubber in Kuaia Lumpur on up to date iines with the aid of the best machinery. It is anticipated that the provision of such a factory will be a gtfat convenience to
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    WEDDING IN COLOMBO.
    120 5 Low-Thompbow. A quiet wedding to( k pltce in S r Audrpw's Church the contracting ptftie* b^ing Mr A. F Law, Accountant, Iftatn Adams-Ms Giifillao A. Co., Ponaot?, *nd Ali-s Grate H. Tlioujsou, who arrived by the Nubia The bride, who waa ha* dsoruely attiied iu Uce trimmed
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    FENANG WEDDING.
    79 5 A quiet weddiD^ took place at St. (ieorjje'-' Church on Monday, the contracting parties l>eing Mr Lucien Tisserant, engineer, cf Medin, and Miss Mary Vel^H, of P^nanfc? The Rev. F. W. Haines, Colonial Chaplain, offi ,-Uted at the cer^niony. The brid*, w^o was jfiven away l>y b*»r mm
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    24 5 Trade in th-3 F.M S dniat; labt war i reckontd to b^ vortli IJl' million dollar* sub-taotia! <id\anc<i uf Kur and i huit luiliious.
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    FOOTBALL.
    706 6 ASSOCIATION CUP REPLAY. "Him" QuAUll for Final. Tbe tiie struggle that was put up by the S C C. and the Middlesex Regt I on their tirst meeting on Monday evenng in the i s~mitioal of the Association Cup, which ended in a goalless draw, was no doubt responsible
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    FRASER AND CO's SHARE CIRCULAR.
    237 6 AsMin we can oolj record a very limited IM unt of business done during the week, is the local share UMrket remains most inactive, mimiju' and industrial shares, with f»*w exceptions, appear to be temporarily dead, and rubber, save for a few of the s'oehfe,
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    INGENIOUS CHANDU SMUGGLERS.
    315 6 Two Cantonese women, Ow Ah Yeng and Vu Ah Kang, appeared before Mr Gieen yesterday morning on a charge of being in possession of chandu valued at $75, and with attempting to txport it at the Borneo Wharf. The facts as stated in Court revealed a most
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    NERVES.
    254 6 (Dedicated to any Mem-Sahib who appreciates its point.) Ere you married you learned how our olimafo annoys With its sticky monotonous rain How it slowly but none the less surely dtstroys Your beauty and deadens your brain. But you failed to discover that Burma reserves Her most exquisite toiture
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    LADIES' RIFLE CLUB.
    128 6 The following were the scores for the Youncr Cup and monthly spoon won by Miss Iverr, the first of the 6 spoons presenttd by Sir A Young. Miss Kerr <>" scr. Cu Miss L Suter 54 8 65.2 Miss Campbell 51 S *;4«j MissGuan 64 »er. 04
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    64 6 The Ron C. W. and Mrs Darbishire returned from a visit to Sarawak by the ss. Kuching yesterday. Mr G. Munrr, who was badly injured a mouth or so ago by a fall down tin hold of an oil steamer at Tanj >ng Pagar, has tufficiently recovered to allow him
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    Saturday, July 23, 1910.
    485 6 < )d the Esplanade last evening the S C.C drew with the 90th Deccan Infantry a, hockey, one goal each. Mr and Mrs Brooks left Sarawak by the j B s M Kuchiog on the sth instant en route for Eoeland and will probably not return
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    THE FIRE BRIGADE.
    445 6 MONTHLY COMPETITION AWARDS A good number of Ku»*opean residents assembled at the Central Fire Station la6t j afternoon to witness the finale* for the .1 j!v competitions of the Singapore Fire Krigade. Among those present were Mr E. A Gardiner, the Chief Police (Mijer, Mr J. Polglase,
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    A GENEROUS GIFT.
    912 6 OOot <W Nbw «Mj«.\n <Ji \i;\sikki,. The public are by this time awire t o4t for a number of years past the MMfliia of the lowering of the orchestral ruvh Q connection with the work of the r' nh Ur monic So;iety hag hem seriously eo^a^in^ the
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    73 6 The Perak Administration Impart rt^H that the duty on rubber ($59,105) wa< u>"'« than treble that collected in IM6. 0* t> n the duty collected was sln'.t;,.! 1 1 increase of £44,000 over the previous vear. The opium duty realised a sum of *1 ,75*3 (> being three quarters of
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1004 7 Qncfml agunt homines u,Mti e*t farraao llbelh Juvenal. I >*r owld Jay Pay j The most emia ble of oDtpiravhira! The most tnial of threetors The leist bloodthirstv of dvna tmtards (or of their sympathise™ and d*v* masters)! Tne silf appinted plann.potin-* *harv tf the dishaffiokti-d
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    SACRED CONCERT AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    384 7 Lu*t evening another of the series of sacred concerts and organ recitals which hav e beej, a fea(ure of tfae Pi eghTlOTiall Lfcurch work lately was g,ven. There is co doubt that the idea is an excellent onP. especially as sacred music nqom a
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    RESCUE AT SEA.
    118 7 C^pt T. K. Welsh of the Kaatern Exteosion Telegraph Oo's cable ship M M»gtot" which arrive-i here vesterdav repor;efl that on the 7ih instant while on the voyage from the Cocos 1- lands, in Lit 0 55—15 N L>Dg l'4ieg-15— 12 E. they sighttd a man hanging
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    251 7 Mr E. V r Carey is an ioin ite of the Karo pean HospKal, but in, we *rp iHad to hear, progressing Livounibiv (M M The brain of the late Goldwia Smith, philosopher and historiau, may be i^iven to Cornell university in the iuterest of science, Hccording to a report.
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    JOHNSON-JEFFRIES.
    1044 7 The Fk;ht by Rounds Jeffries bad as his seconds Coibett, Attell, ChojDski, '•Bob" Armstrong Eugene Yancowe, and "Fdrnur BurLs. He occupied the southern corner of the ring. The champion was supported by Bill D-»lany, A I Kaufmann, Geo Cotton, "Don b.ury, -Inve" Mills, and Harry Foley. Stanley Ketchell acted
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    FOOTBALL.
    576 7 Middlesex II v Y M C A The Middlesex Regt. have won iLe Association Cup, and it now onlv remains to h~ seen whether the honour shall badirec*!v due to the first or second teams. This result was brought about by the dtf«?at < t the S.C.C. by the
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    HONGKONG CRICKETER FOR MALAYA.
    259 7 Hongkong will shortly lost* the service* of odp uf its best cricketers in the person oi Mr \V. N. E^ward«, who is leaving the OVlony on the 2t d inst. Mr E J wards who at present is a sergeant in tbe Hongkong WaUr Felice, is
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    SWIMMING.
    46 7 At the Swimming Club vaster lay uinrung the 150 yards race in ibe Jd-kson Mil ler Cup Competition was held. Toe entr wer<» and a splendid race lt§«lt#4 •<** follvfTf K H. Gordoc scratch 1, E B Thonne, 20 yards, *2, H M. Xnrn. R raidi
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    HOW KING GEORGE SAW HIS EMPIRE.
    2224 8 It is safe to say th it no King of E igl md has ever made bo" thorough au acquaintance with hi§ dominions as Kng George has <joue. and if any other monarch mint be credited with such intimite knowledge it is jnly because
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    LETTERS OF COMMENDATION FOR SINGAPORE.
    164 8 The Bishop of Singapore writes to the Guardian Sir 1 wish, through your well-read piper, to a*k parents and clergy to send notice, either to me or to auy of my Caapliins, of any young Englishman coming to this Diocese. We wish to keep in
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    COLONIAL RUBBER AND PRODUCE.
    309 8 The statutory meeting of the Colonial Hub and Produce Investui* nt Corporation, Limited was held on 24th ult, at the London Chamber of Commerce, Sir William Hood Treacher, k c.m.i;. (the chairman of the company presiding. In the course of his speech the Chairman Miiid At
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    BROOKE, BOND, AND COMPANY.
    196 8 The ordinary general meeting was held at Winchester House, Old Broad street, E. C, Mr Gerald Brooke (chairman of the cotnpan\ presiding. Tbe Chairman said —The balance sheet is uiide up in the sime way as in the past, and the items are doubtless familiar to
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    Monday, July 25, 1910.
    531 8 Lieutenant C. F. Smith, Middles* A j ment, lately serving in S »uthern N has been appointed to the 4 :h BitUlion. Lee Sim Chow and Lap Ku*», Beach K >ad accuse Tan L-»an of >4 mim U Street, ot stabbing them on the armv T«,n
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    BISLEY.
    307 8 BIS LEY. The Ma i.x van Team*. BlelfV Cdiup, July Ut. The Singapore team together with the Australians and Kftlftj States Guides ktl greit time at the Army Pxgdant last week and immediately on their arrival were in*pelted by I, >rd Roberts and L >rd Chfvlesmore who chatted with each
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    THE RAFALEWSKI CONCERT.
    669 9 te a i-onsiderabie audience occupied |m sfCWil dming-hali of the Hotel de ope on Siturdav evening to hear M ifsltwtki and Miss Liln Sharp go through i programme that was remarkablv varied A ad therefore eminently suited to please •he popu'ar musical ptla^e. An exceptional t^ature w
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    CRICKET.
    160 9 S. C G W, Cimi- Service and Law. io the Cricket Tournament, the above turns mtt on the Esplanade on Saturday, he Civil Service and Liw winning by 24 Scores CITU Sbktici and Law. M. 11. bitlev c Bailey b Beven W I W. Haddon'i Strudwiek b Benjafield 1<
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    THE BOTANIC GARDENS.
    1471 9 thi°.l! he T rSe of Mr K^*'* report on thybove there occur the following para-Vl-IT«»H<. The u ual large number of Botanists and visited the Gardens, as well as manv plan, ten, from the Federated Malay Stat'e* and h3.T f ln A Dc^^r a large number, hundreds
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    COWIE HARBOUR COAL COMPANY LIMITED.
    350 9 Presiding at the annual meeting at Winchester House, E C, on 29th ult, Mr W. l>. P. Watson gave the resales of his recent visit to Borneo and the mines. He said they had arranged a schema which he hoped would be working by the
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    29 9 Goh Ah Lem a shoemaker in Middle R),td, reports that he lost Sl7O worth of boors while removing from VI to M:d die Krdd. He «..usp*cts Sit Ah lomg.
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    GANG ROBBERY AND MURDER.
    321 9 A case came before Mr Wolferstan on Saturday morning, in which four Teochew Chinese, Xgin Ah Jok, Ngin Ah Lean?, Zuah Hoon and Hoh Cheng Heng, were charged on ,t warrant with being concerned in a gang robber v with murder at Muar Kamponi,', J^hcrr, the
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    THE TWO PROCTORS.
    502 9 A death acncuucemeut in the Qiok* takes the Editor's mem>ry f*r bick to eiriv days iG Edinburgh. The QM*e has these paragraphs in two coLsecutive issues We regret to announce the death of Mr John James Proctor, the clever black and white artist, who died yesterday at
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    S. S. C.
    58 9 Tae lulf veiriy accounts of the Sir^apoie Spoittag Club show the very plensin^ bnUrc3 at the bank of sJl,]7:*. The balance oa Jinuiry the first had been K,g39. The stakes at the Spring M«etiaf totalloa !>l2 ■And the entry fees amounted to |fc,190. (j^nenil receipts showed a
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    47 9 The Hon. Alan Hayie, son of the Kirlof Cork, h-»9 susiained ii. juries while flying at Bjurneuu'Mth. While engaged on a long distance Htght on his aeroplaue he w** thrown to the ground, and when picked up was uoconscious. He >h suffering from concuas'.oii o: the bia:u.
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    Tuesday, July 26, 1910.
    759 10 The authorities at Djverare constructing a huge dry dock there, regardless of the Admiralty. About J.COO dock workmen at Uraga Tokyo By, have gone on strike, the dispute arising cut of a reduction in wages. General Bragg, a former American Consul in Hongkong, and an old
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    SCOTTISH LETTER.
    1676 10 (From our mm Correspondent July 1. During the last ten days there has been one topic of conversation, and one only, the fight for the Open Championship ot erolf upon the old course at St Andrews. You could not escape from it. You heard it in club rooms
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    A DANGEROUS HYLAM.
    96 10 A HUim servant was b3fore Mr Greer, in the third police court, vest€r<iay, on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt* to his master, a Straits-horn Chinainam named Tan Kim Guan of 52 Craig Road CoinpUinant said that the accused neglected his duties and went out when he
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    A POLICE "TRAP."
    102 10 Oa Friday n'ght, Mr Peacock of the Chinese Protectorate, Detective Inspector INolan and a few detective constables hid iu a Chinese house at 90-7 New Bridge Koad with view to surprising members of a Inade. ciety who were crming to extort money from a woman. After waiting
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    28 10 Prom Alexandra R> d, it is reported that a number of Chinese assaulted some coolie* on Saturday night and robbed them of money and jewsUexv amounting to $97
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    LEWIS AND PEAT'S REPORT.
    647 10 June 2'uh There was a good demand at the held on 28th and 29th inst which wi J? 0 tained throughcut, the bidding bein? general. Compared with last sales J? r> prices opened at abcut 3d. per lb declir fine Crepes; very steady f r all
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    119 10 The death at the early age of 32, i I George Somerville, removes one wbo*e hu> ness career in China pMV promise «>i nh great things. Joining the Hongkong of Messrs Shewan, Tomes and Co. il -I ii ary, 1800, he was later transfened to h >'• and two yeais
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    96 10 There has been an interesting Mq the c«se in the Kuala Lumpur PoiceV u< on Mondav Jast in which three JfIfMMW coolies were sentenced to terms of impnt*"L meat for an attack on Mr A. M Gl^r Sione Estate. Oa Tuesday the cooh*~ the estate went up in separate bodies,
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    CORONERS' INQUESTS.
    1117 11 n ive often thought what a lot of valu e *iMie is wasted at Coroners* it.,. lests n coon*, I quite agree that it.,uests are I lutely necessary tor public safety first e^abhsh the t\ict c^use of death, and ndly to ascertain whether any person is tine for
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    KECHIL.
    869 11 \V hat his name is we none of us know and pro^biv never shall. \V e jott cill him Keehil. Why have we English no adjective wherewith to address our little ones- etit," "petite,- kleine," and "kechii" are all diminutives expressive of eudearment but our wonl •'little" used bv
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    THE FLESH'S HERITAGE.
    1082 11  -  Derrick Dire All the ameliorations of modern existence —and they are many— that have been wrested from disease by Science in the noble c impugn against suffering,— the achievements of surgical legerdemain, the improvement in methods of inoculation and all the foresight of civilised medicine, while coping
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    A HOLIDAY TRIP IN JAVA.
    1002 11 Jaded Singaporeans in need of a change, who have never visited Java, little realise, what a perfect treat thev have missed. The Dutch themselves in former veirs were largely responsible that so few British pecpie cared to visit their Colonies, but now, and for some
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    THE FIGHTING NEAR MACAO.
    1192 12 Warships Hurry™ g to the S<ene Latest issues of the China Mail to hand give the following details of the Colo wan fight All day on July 13 troops from Macio ware being landed on Colowan Island to (jaell the disturbance with the pirates and m^ny
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    COLOWAN PIRATES.
    1204 12 Making Thkiu Last Stand. STRONGHOLD STORMED. Macao, July 17. A very large party of excursionists journey ed over to Macao today, the prospect of wit nessin*} the bombardment of Oolowan at a respectable distance being sufficient to induce a crowd by the regular Sunday trip boat Sui An."
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    SIPUTEH TIN MINE.
    369 12 Ax Interesting Report. During the year ending -Jlst December. liK)V\ the Couipauy's working produced '2,06b Ti* pikule, or about 124 tous of clean tin ore, rcaliziog £10,867, b^isg au average v.f X^'-l I*2*. ld, ptr toa. la addition to this, £745 B*. 111. has been tecetved on
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    89 12 The writer of Marine losuraDce Notes iq Fairplay savs I understand th*t a settlement has been arrived at between the owners of the s.s Kmlom* (which was sunk at Singapore in December, 1906, af'er fire) and the underwriters, under *hich the owrers receive an amount lts« than the insured value
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    JAPAN AND INDIA.
    935 12 FoBTBRiN<i New Trai>in<, injehk Calcutta, June 9—The Ind. .l dp.. Association in Tokyo promises t 0 Orija potent icrtaence in drawing the Japanese an, the Indians together. The members of tt. association take every opportunity },v forelock which may cons)lidate the social r., prochement between the two
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    Wednesday, July 27, 1910.
    709 13 The wHdiinsr arranged between Capt. Sir IV t-r P>. Bun, lite senior member for t'jp- T»wn, aud Mi«B S ewart, of Ards w*s to take place on Tu-sday, July 2o at' Andrew'-, Wdllstreet. Th* Ju'y number of th* Agricultural Irtiu, wniL-h has just reached us, contains
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    192 13 B papers record the death of Mr S Vin Biren. for uiany years a re iidm of Uo^koDg. The new., reached IM v'ony by cible from N±pl<*. the deceased psilMMl having proceeded to Kurope tor BM*ie«l treatment, having suffered for a Lumter if vears f,o u au J.fteon »n of
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    ATHLETIC NOTES.
    1214 13 arriviDg on S.h.^ J M b team Mo B nd°: y h r^Pr fe D g The whilst from p V* Pd^ e Clarke, ?K f f? I*l^1 1^ th mainstay ol the Sbell«v iJ arah}Jm »5.i,D0D f Proton. P I *l? uu <**»> C^pbell om«s from wSTaifSt
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    MALACCA NOTES.
    272 13 \Pro»n cur inun <.i>> >t \Potuient.\ During the last week Harmston's Circus has beeu the great attraction. There can be no doubt that the visit was a financial success and the general verdict was that a really *x?ellent show had been g>en. The jugglers were perhaps the star
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    PROPERTY SALES.
    252 13 The following Singapore properties were disposed of by auction at Powell A: Co's Saleroom yesterday afternoon Tne freehold property kuown as B'Udnva, Daivey R -ad, Tunglin, are* "> 1 15 Monthly rent $125 J. A. Etiai $15,000. The thopboOM piemises known as Nj. 1661 O chard R«ad, occupied
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    BUKIT PADANG (BORNEO).
    117 13 We have been furnished with a copy of the prcspec* m of the Bukit Padang Rubber Company, Bnrnfo. The capital is put at si 50,000 in $10 shares. There are no director! (till 1913) but an Advieory Committee, and the Stcetarie« are Darby and Co. if Jesselton.
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    WIRELESS FOR PASSENGER SHIPS.
    1029 13 The T'uttx of India, writing on the subject of the disappearance of the h h. "Trieste' for s venteen days in the Indian < )omd, expn-s^es itself emphatically as to the urgency of a general provision of wireless installations on all passenger carrying liners sailing to
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    INFORMER STABBED.
    482 14 Incident in Pkoplks' Park la ttw District Court, yesterday morning, before Mr Firmdtoce, a Chinese hawker was charged with causing hurt with a knife to a gambling informer of the same nationality. Court Inspector Ambrose appeared for the prosecution and Mr Giuat defended. Complainant said that be got
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    A CASE OF EXTORTION.
    173 14 A O!«ine?p p-isseLge- by tho Horjg Bea" from China was ir^t or\ |aiitlittg at Siugapore by a Chiarta lev**?-. ue fficer who ini >ruvjd him ;!iit he VvU.J h.vn some trouble in landn g liis lu^^^.ge as it would have to be searched. A dem-iud of
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    FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
    275 14 A meeting of the various football club representatives was held at the S. C C. Pavilion last evening, Q. M. S. English presiding. Tbe clubs represented were the Middlesex K?gt, K. G A, B E, S.CC, V M C A. and Lagjoii Sports Club. It was decided that
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    Thursday, July 28, 1910.
    815 14 The total Indian Opium Kavenue up to date is better thau the estimate by Rl 3,815,690. At the Bournemouth aviation meeting Rtwlinson fell brenking his ankle and disLciiiog his shoulder. Oa enquiry last night, it was learned that Mr H. A. Mi-son, whose right leg was
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    RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING Co, Ltd.
    734 14 RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING Co Ltd. Mining and Milling Report for the FOUR WEEKS ESDISG JULY I^TH, l!*10. Mines Bakit Koman. Main Shaft is now 22ft. below the 540 ft level. 34 j ft Level N. A Winze has been sunk a depth of 21 ft from the level and
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    102 14 The appointment of Mr. Edward Walling, ton as private secretary to the Queen is of especial interest. Mr. Wallingtou was one of the "discoveries" made by the King and Queen when, as Prince and Princess of Wales, they visited Australia on their famous cruise on the Ophir." At the time
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    PENANG RACES.
    704 14 {front rin tf*m '""></'//, v/,, Pouting, J« i J? The weather for the races was pert^ct, the going was f**4. The attend*c*>' large including the Rodent Councillor Hon. J O Autbonitz, the Sul'ai: -.i .j t and ininy Singapore and Sauixtra. The finishes w^re in Mitral lotting extremely
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    TELEGRAMS.
    2217 15 (By Submarine Telegraph) [Rtutef* 4fffMf R-c. July 21. 9 20 a.m. Twenty five thousand men are affected bv the Noith-E .stern Railway Strike y The Rulway Official.' and represents t ves if the strikers met wterdaj er^nine and thete are said to be good hopes of i K-urer's cones
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    STATES NEWS.
    126 15 CHINESE COOLIE LABOUR A Hint to Planters. I t ob, Rt-c Jaly 21. The Times of Malaya publishes an official btdtenneut asking the piper to aun.;uaee to the public that id view ot the large importationß of ChiDese labourers for rubber estates iu the near future the R-sideut
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    Mr BIRCH'S HEALTH.
    29 15 The Hon. E. \V Birch who is now in Ceylon recruit ibg his health has improvei s'» much that he leaves for Pdrak on Aug. 12.
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    THE PENANG RACES.
    87 15 (From our own Correspondent Penarg, July 22 Owing to the fact thit the Kisma is oot takng her s .iliug, the Kuala Luoifur sportsmen have chartered a special train to bring up fifteen hers*s», seven of wh ch are running Peuai g and the rest at TaipiDg.
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    THE SULTAN IN PENANG.
    12 15 The Sal tan of Johore has arrived here.
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    BROMHEAD MATTHEWS TO MARRY.
    53 15 (Frotn onr mm Correxjjondent Penang, Ju\v 22. The mail papers annoucca the marriage in September of Mr Bromhead Matthew*, Chief Justice of the Bihaims, to Annette Amelia, daughter of the late James KiUcn. Elmet H^ll, L^dp, and Mrs Kitson of Mav L^dge, Scarborough, the youugtst si&ter
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    A DUTCH WEDDING.
    50 15 At the Presbyterian Chinch at PeDang. a maniage has taken place between Mr Johanms Hooft, of tie Mdbar Estate, Dei. Cultuur Matschappij, D-»li. eldest son of Leendert Hooft, Hoorn, Holland, and Mis* Wilhelmina Anna Binlin^, second daughter <f the late Cornelius Wilbthn BiLiict:, ot N jmegeD, Holland.
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    PENANG CONVALESCENTS.
    33 15 Mr R. T. Reid who has been in hospital for heart trouble is improving, and Mr Wei ham is now convalescent and proceed* to take up his duties on Caledonia estite
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    HOSPITAL CHANGES
    24 15 Dr. O'Brien of Singapore succeela I>r Rattray as medical tfli»er of the Penac^r hospital. Dr. R*ttr>*v is quitting Government seivice on Monday.
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    DEFAMATION.
    33 15 Nngar Guuy has befn arrested on a warrant at the instated of Mr Tteling, the lawyer, and is charged with definition of character. He has been bailed out for a thousamd dollars.
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    U.S.A. CRUISER.
    108 15 {Fro in our otrn Correspondent Penang, July 24th -> p.m. The American cuiser "New Vork, (Captain Jayne) which left Philadelphia en Jane 28th, coming by way of the Meditteranean ports, arrived here at three o'clt ck this afternoon, en route for M luiiU wht-ie she will relieve the
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    THE ILL-ODOUR OF RUBBER.
    259 15 i ('in our ou'n Correfii'i'mieiit Penang, July 25. The latest rubber H >tation ia L»ndon i& Bitu Mitaug with a capital ot £90,000. The shares are payable half a cx.^d od application and s^ven and oixperce on allotment and Messrs Anthony and Anderson are receiving the
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    TRONOH REDIVIVUS.
    77 15 A Good Strike. (From our irwn Lor respondent.} P^nang, July 23. The PdPang G*-/^tte utdeifctiLds n-u r the recent tiud of tin on property at Trouoh ia of a ro at f-x-tnßive kiod, mmm urt ioi.-s having a& high a value as ninety v ttties per cubic yard.
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    SHARES.
    1289 16 July -Z7. Cap. Issue. Paid. Last Dit. Burets Shu.ers 85,000 2/ 2/ Allagar Rubber Es'.ateB Ltd 5 9 150!(X)0 2/- 2/- Anglo-Malay 80% 1 5 9 1 6 3 50,000 2'- 1/6 Batang Malaka 10 20 pr ***** 1 1 Batu Caves 50% 17 10 0 1^ 2 6
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    GOPENG DIVIDENDS.
    32 16 i From our "irn Correspondent.) Ipoh, July 22 < Kb«>rne and Ohappell aououoce that (y >peug and Xjw Gopeng pay their usual qiurterly dividend* of Biipei.ce and one and threepence respectively.
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    TIN IN THE F.M.S.
    47 16 Fr< in <>nr ou:n Corrmffnilent Kuah Lumpur, July 25 The tin fi^u^es for the four States of the FeJeration for the pa«t mi months are 364.378 pkls agaiust 385,228 for the same period of last year. The duty totalled S3 5:^,319 against 13,246,714
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    HEAVY PIRATE LOSSES ON KOLOWAN.
    43 16 (From <nr <>//•/< CofrsspoMdeiU. H >ngkorp. July *J"» Oae ot the M»eio boy hostages bus i sewered iu the pirate fastnesses great nunabers ot the pirates buried in the ground The gllftboatt "Pitria" and M.u'io are returning lo Mtcao.
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    RUBBER AUCTION PRICES.
    91 16 (Fr-'in •>nr xirn Corrtspondeut), Kuala Lumpur. July 27. The Planters' Sores Agjeucv h*ve a L >nlon cable stating tint at yesterday's auctiOM Plantation sheet b'scuit w*s at 8 t, Crepe at 8 *>, Best Scrap at 8 Turk scrap 7 Scrap uutreat?d 66 g \l iOib>ng 6
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    SALE OF SHARES.
    63 16 hi'nii '<///" i,irn iff <^mnnriit PeniDg, Julj 17. At the aucion of shares to-<Viv, the following prices were obtaioed —500 Perak \l vers at 31 cents each, 160 K imuning; rubher and tiu v^, 100 Rubber Estates of Kriau $2 20 each, *'>00 Nellm\vs 90 c^nts each.
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    IPOH FIRE BRIGADE.
    63 16 ANTIQUE APPLIANCES AND ENGINE. From 0"r >>ir,i Correspondent.) Ipoh, July '27. Mr. M. W. Pett, Superintendent of the S n^apv-re Fire Brigade, has arrived here. He inspected the bcal Fire Brigade to-day aid found the appliances antique and the old steam engine not workiDg properly. This engine
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    SULTAN OF SELANGOR.
    54 16 r>uti out '•h'il Coii'i -tpn a/lent Ipob, July 27. H. H. the Sultan of Seiangor is dm at KoaU Kingsar on AogQft «j:h to escort his bride, Rijih Z >beida, a daughter of H. H. iheKijih MudA of Pjrak, back to Sdlangor. There will ba t'u-ther C3remoaie3
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    THE GOVERNORS ARRIVAL.
    65 16 (Firm* <><ir ou-n CofretpomittU.) Penang, July 25. H E. th» Governor on ar-iv:il proctsded •irect to p» H where he was met by the •I n JO. A th ni?z and Mr Mixwell. tl the G vernor ww t mod to laave Pfeth l Uioriiiiiff by a
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    SELANGOR RAILWAYS.
    41 16 I: is understood that the GDvernnient Ldve de!iuitely decided to build a light railway connecting KUu£ and Kuiia SeUcgor. The recent heavy rains have c^usei a washout >m tho rotd from Kiula Lumpur to Kawang at the IT. mile.
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    A MUSIC LOVER.
    36 16 Fithsr Meneuvrier has ottered members of the parish hall a free OOnrtl in the rudi •iien*- of music and afterward* he will supply the instruments for an orchtstrj.. Tte vrter has been accepted.
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      765 16 CLEARANCE* July 21. Seirstad, Nor. str., Larsen, for Bangkok. Tambov, Rus str, K tnischansky, for Vladi vostock. Malta, Brit etr, Montford, for Antwerp via ports. Curonia, Rus etr, Tanhe, for Odessa. Penang, Brit, str., Jones, for Port Swett. via ports. Signal, Ger str, Iversen, for Hoihow and HongkoEg. Hakata Maru,
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