The Straits Budget, 20 May 1903

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  • 110 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.’ The Straits Times is widely read throughout Asia generally. It circulates in Singapore and Pertaog, throughout all the Protected States of the Malay Peninsula, in Siam, Borneo, the Netherlands Indies, the Philippines, and French Indo-China. BUSHED OVER HALF A
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  • The Straits Budget. WEDNESDAY, 20TH MAY.
    • 79 1 \t No. 4 Sophia Hoad, Siuga t? 1-th May, the wife of Captain K I‘NTNKY, Master of the steamer tl; WV I,oi a daughter. i \v. —At Butterworth, on 12th W. irvj/oi L. E. I*. WOLFERSTAN, of a Min. a Yv s-' \.-,On the 7th inst., at the French
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    • 201 1 i*lt:kworth. —On the 15th April, j .>• iiur' h, Tiester, by the Rev. Prof. 1. i. I*, O.C.L., LLD., father of the u. the I lev. Canon Duckworth, D.D., I u. leotthe bride, and the Rev. J. F. i M A Vicar of the Parish, Walter m a late
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  • 148 1 ft** ARTirLK*. *»li,. v 1 8. C. C. Sports Gymkhana. The Collision at Tafijong, Pagar. Chinese Turners and their Contracts. The 8. C. C. Tennis Tournament Alleged Murder. Mr. W. E. Geil, The Town and Volunteer Band. Thieves and Alleged Receivers.. A Nuisance Dealt with. Sporting Notes.
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  • 597 1 Singapore, 20th May, 1903. PRODUCE. Gambler buyers* f 15.25 Copra Ball 8.15 do PontiaDftk 7.70 Pepper, Black 35.25 do White, (5%) 58 ou Sago Flour Sarawak 4.20 do Brunei No. 1 3.91* Sago 6.25 Coffee, Baii, 15% basis 2*4.01 Coffee, Palembang, 20% basb... 31.0* Coffee, Liberian No. 1 19.00
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  • 239 1 The Straits Budget, this week, leaves by the B. I. s s. Zaida The issue of the Budget, next week, will be mailed by the P. O. s. s. Bengal. The P. O. s.s. Chusan with the mail from Europe of the 24th April, arrived on
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  • REUTER’S TELEGRAMS
    • 63 1 London, 12 th May. To the notification of the Australian Commonwealth Government that the Commonwealth will not become a party to any future mail contracts involving steamers employing coloured labour, Mr. Chamberlain has given a reply. Mr. Chamberlain has informed the Commonwealth Government that
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    • 32 1 The French Government will introduce a Bill for disestablishing 400 female religious orders possessing 2,000 public girts’ Bchools. The suppression will involve a State outlay of two millions sterling.
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    • 14 1 There is a serious revolt near Tetuan [Morocco], which is closely besieged.
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    • 67 1 H. M. S. “COMMONWEALTH” LAUNCHED. The Latest Largest.” London, 13th May. The battleship Commonwealth has been launched on the Clyde. She is the largest warship in the world, and has been completed in tea months which is a world’s record. The 1 ommonwealthy first class twin screw battleship, has been
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    • 17 1 The British North Borneo Co. ha. issued 200,000 five per cent bonds.
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    • 20 1 The bill to suppress strikes has bee* read the second time in the Australia* Parliament.
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    • 13 1 Result of the Newmarket Stakes: Flotsam Rabelais 2 Gay Gordon 3
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    • 12 1 London 13/A May. The Austrian squadron has 'eft V688cl.
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    • 15 1 Ihe Port of London Bill has bee* read the second time.
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    • 37 1 The strike bill in Australia is a drastic measure. It makes the colleetion and distribution of strike funds attendance at strike meetings, and printing of documents encouraging strikes, punishable offences.
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    • 47 1 London, Afny 14 th. In the debate on the Navy Estimates Sir Charles Dilke urged that AngloFrench friendship should be utilised te obtain an agreement between France Russia, and Britain with a view to the reduction of naval armaments.
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    • 60 1 Britain's Position. Mr. Arnold Forster, the Secretary to the Admiralty, said that “tne Admiralty must deal with facts as they are and not as they might be. All [naval powers are increasingly active, notably the one from which the suggestion for reduction originally came. The Admiralty is only
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    • 39 1 London, 14 th May, An influential deputation ill wait upon Mr. Balfour and Mr. Ritchie te urge the remission of a portion of the tea duty, instead of the abolition of the duty on corn.
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    • 12 1 London \oth May. Mr. Balfour has declined to modify the tea duty.
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    • 9 1 The strike at Melbourne has ended.
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    • 38 1 The Bulgarian Government has sent a note to its representatives abroad requesting them to call the attention of the Powers to excesses of the Turks in Macedonia, thus rendering useless Bulgaria’s efforts v*to restrain the Macedonians.
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    • 34 2 There is a marked recrudescence of anti-Semitism in Russia. Old expulsion ordinances are being enforced at Kieff, where 37,000 Jews havi* i"H*en forced to quit. A reign of terror exists.
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    • 40 2 London, 16th May. A compromise has been effected on the London Education Bill. The Government, lias agreed to an arrangement reducing the number of borough councillors on the Education Board, and giving the County Council an absolute majority.
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    • 116 2 Mr. Chamberlain, in a- speech delivered at Birmingham, strongly condemned that interpretation of free trade which prevented Britain from favouring her Colonies or retaliating against foreign countries penalising Colonies which favoured Britcfin in tariff matters. In his opinion, the country ought not to be bound
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    • 30 2 Moorish troops sent to Tetuan on board a British steamer entered the town, unopposed. The rebels are demoralised by heavy losses. The garrison now assumes the offensive.
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    • 42 2 London, 1 7ih May. The Turkish troops advancing to Ipek, the Albanian stronghold, were attacked by Albanians. Many on both sides were killed and wounded. The inhabitants of Ipek have submitted; hut iiiany Aifonrfacs y out in the mountains.
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    • 76 2 London \7th May. The Monti tig Post the Daily Telegraph and the Times heartily support the modification in British fiscal policy set forth by Mr. Chamberlain at Birminghan. The Daily Chronicle and the Daily 3iews vigorously condemn any change. The Standard is silent. the German papers betray
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    • 73 2 Londjon l&th May. Mr. Brodrick has announced in the House of Commons that, owing to transport difficulties, the Government has directed Major-General Manning to concentrate his force at Bohotle (Somaliland) which, moreover, is a more favourable base for co-operation with the Abyssinians who are advancing from the South. There
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    • 20 2 The Bulgarian cabinet has resigned, but th s does not affect the Balkan situation beyond adding to its uncertainties.
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    • 23 2 The issue of 200,000 five per cent North Borneo bonds has been amply subscribed, and the list is now closed.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 83 1 free price of the Straits Times ijo; year, or bb/-. The post free price j*e S'oil* Jludfiet is $2O a year, or 40/not necessary to subscribe for a year. 1,,. ,ptions for shorter periods are r e 'ante proportionate rate of price as I' vear. Ihe Hudgft can be sent
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    • 39 1 ENGLISH NURSE, a present in Java, desires situation with family returning to England shortly. Apply to NUR8E, c.o Straits Times. SCHWEITZER'S lie Best s Forest COCOA., Now espeeially packed in double-lidded ice entering irethaeu for years, in all climante.
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    • 497 1 NOTICE TO THE NEXT OF KIN OF E. J. FISHER- DECEASED, LATE OF BRITISH NORTH BORNEO THE next of kio of the abovenamed E. J. Fisher, who died io April, 1897, in Labuan hospital, are hereby notified that a balance of assets is in the hands of the undersigned to
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  • 124 1 DEATHS. At Bangkok on the 8th instant, I I mii.e Sout’HET, of the lirm of I fil-. Aged 65. H! an 21st April, at Cheltenham. I ''Hi w. lormerly H.B.M.’s Consul 77. II Mu. Lim Tiang Her, died last ir-;(u*uce No. 20, Malacca Street, l’enang papers please copy. 11 1
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  • 4800 2 A London telegram of the 6th instant says that at a general meeting of the Mkfylebone Cricket Club, the proposal to #iden the wicket failed to secure the require majority. It is understood thftt objections raised by several of the mi** important County and Australian had much t*
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  • 374 3 Mr. R. D. Pringle, the Singapore Y.M.C A. Secretary, is expected to arrive here on May 21. Mr. C. S. Murray, c. I. e., District Superintendent of Police; Darjeeling, fell dead in the Club from heart failure. 4 The Malay Mail says that Messrs. Berrington and Hewgill
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  • 97 3 The damage done to the e. s. Valitta by the recent collisipn with the Tariglin and Zamania appears to have been pretty extensive. When she arrived in Hongkong on the Bth inst. t the port anchor davits were gone, the native galley was stove in,
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  • 115 3 Brief details of the accident to Mr. T. Heslop Hill are now to hand. According to the Malay Mail he was riding to the Club at Seremban when it came on to rain, and, in an endeavour to raise his umbrella, he frightened his
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  • 109 3 The Singapore Cricket Club Athletic Sports Gymkhana will be held on the Esplanade on Saturday, June 20, commencing at 3 p.m. Entries close on June 13, at 7 p.m at the Pavilion. The events comprised in the programme are: —100 yards flat race, high jump, 150 yards
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  • 116 3 For Singapore. Per P. A O. s. s. Manila. from London April IS, due 22nd May—Mr. A Agnew. Per P. A O. s. s. Ocfur.a from London April 30—Hon. J. K. and Mrs. Bbch, Mr. M. Hellier, Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Smith. Per N. D. L
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  • 323 3 The following local mining companies are reported to have been registered in London prior to the departure of the last mail Malay States Prospecting Syndicate, Ltd. Registered April 8. Capital, £7,500 in £1 shares. Object, to acquire and work, or otherwise turn to account, any mines,
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  • 776 3 7 Js'tr- 1 This morning, the case of Howartb. Erskine against a number of workeaen lor leaving their employ without giving the usual notice, thus causing aerio Uß inconvenience, was heard by Mr. Wilton. There were eight defendants present
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  • 880 4 Thekb was a big attendance of owners and their friends present this morning to boo the work done. Sweet Erina (Beaumont) and Keynote (Pierbux) galloped together once round, the Derby candidate going very well Ke>note also hd well and it. seems a pity this fine Padlock mare is
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  • 469 4 Lord Lansdowne, in the House of Lords, replying to Lord Lamingtnn, said that there had bceu no negotiations with the promoters of the Baghdad Railway, or a Foreign Government, and only confidential communications with certain great British financial houses, with the view of ascertaining whether the conditions of
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  • 235 4 The Winners. Yesterday afternoon the S.C.C. Spring lawn tennis tournament was brought to a close with a final game for the Championship of the Club which was contested between the brothers F. and E. Salzmann, F. Salzmann being the holder from the last Tournament and his brother
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  • 352 4 Chapter II. 1. Now many of the cities of the Far East were exceeding odoriferous, insomuch so that pilgrims going thither greatly wondered thereat. 2. And some did blaspheme greatly but others said, Let us hold our nostrils lest we die.” 3. At this the heathen did marvel
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  • 472 4 Estate Coolie brutally hacks his wife and stabs seven others. A horrible affair took place at Malakoff Estulb, Province Wellesley, on Sunday fibening at about 6 o'clock, sayswie IKnatig (razette. One of the estate coolies, a deserter, Archuthan by name, returne l to the estate of
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  • 559 4 An intelligent Malay tells the following legend or parable to a representative of the Straits Times < An orang bogus once died and ascended to the gates of Paradise, expecting speedy admittance. After undergoing a thorough examination as to the deeds of his past life, by the
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  • 290 4 The many acts of apparent intelligence performed by the great land crab of the East, known as the robber crab,” have been commented on by various observers. It is well known that they climb trees, and examples were found at the tops of the cocoanut trees at Kunifuti.
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  • 322 4 Report* from Selensing ar* hopeful. It appears that the M experiments have not, so far success that was anticipate’ Nicolas is naturally anxi OUB n I out hopes that do not, at th moment, look like Besides this, there is stated certain amount of sickness in u is
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  • 180 4 A $6OOO fire occurred in Hon£kor*l on Saturday night, the 9th inst, tiki heaviest loss being in Wing On’s lumbal yard, where a large amount of Can:*! pine and Singapore hardwood were I destroyed. The fire was started bvriie I upsetting of an opium lamtfw4CM/re matshed
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  • 255 4 P. 0. May 21.—Per Shanghai For Ezra,Mias K. Ezra, Mrs. Gattdaer children, and Miss Bergsma. to London—Mr. and Mrs I. I May 29.—Per Itengal: For London 11. S Newmarch, W. M. Kobertwj M Irving, Fleming, Gunner Brown, Ton* an,l clerk, Tungkn Euan and Barttett and son. From
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  • 1036 5 An Expert’s Opinion. ||B j \y H. Piper’ a mining expert prospected in Netherlands m con tributes to the Australian some mining notes on 1»/.nth-east section of that island how matters stand r tion of Borneo which is under the eminent is divided into three §0 -,.»i.lf-n<-ies
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  • 764 5 The tramway construction work at Hongkong began on the 8th instant. The main line is expected to be finished in eighteen months’ time. The 8elangor Government is advertising in Indian papers for a Locomotive Superintendent on a salary of £600 per annum rising to £720. The Colonial
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  • 82 5 The following passengers left by the Imperial German Mail str Stuttgart yesterday after noon. For Hongkong—Lieut. F. Chandler, Mr. A. L. M&ckinnon, Mrs. A. L. Mackinnon. Mr. and Mrs. F. Richter and child, Mr. H. Mengel, Mr. S. Pfotenhauer, Mr. J. Sloan and son, Mr. F.
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  • 85 5 The following passengers arrived here yesterday morning by the Imperial German Mail str Stuttgart. From Bremen—Mr. and Mrs. Th. Sohst, Miss Ellen Sohst, Mrs. Adele Schwenke, Mr. A. H. A. Rahrs. From Antwerp—Mr. J. D. Rohns and F'amily, Mr. F. D. .Jenderson. From Southampton—Mr. T. Kelly,
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  • 164 5 A telegram from Butte, Montana tells the story of a genuine romance. John Anderson, a Swede, has for years been looking for his cousin, a young woman, who is wanted as the heiress to a fortune in the custody of the Swedish Courts. She disappeared when her
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  • 208 5 Fok some time during the past two months various articles of cutlery and earthenware and some other things have been quietly taken from Mr. Frankel’s miscellaneous repository. They were missed, but nothing transpired to point suspicion. Early yesterday, two juvenile servants of Mr. Frankel, a Chinaman
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  • 355 5 A tearful landslide caused by spring freshets swept away a 9inall village killing eighty persons, at Frank, British Columbia, yesterday. The village was built on the mountain side and lay full in the path of the slide. A relief party is at work caring for the injured and
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  • 1438 5 At The Presbyterian Church Lest Night. The Presbyterian Church was comfortably filled last night on the occasion of the first public appearance in Singapore of Mr. W. E. Geil, the lay evangelist. He was assisted in the conduct of the services by the Rev. S. S.
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  • 217 5 Sugar can be successfully produced in nearly all the Philippine islands, but the island of Negros is generally believed to be the best adapted to this purpose. Before the great increase in the production of beet sugar the Philippine sugar industry was highly remunerative, but the
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  • 350 6 Japanese Stabs a Fellow Countryman. Yesterday afternoon a murder took l lace in a Japanese house in Malabar Street. It seems that about 4.30 p.m. yesterday a Japanese named Sikimura Masataro went to No. 36 Malabar Street to see a friend of his, Mitsu Sita, with whom
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  • 310 6 There was little work done this morning owing to the rain. Klimbo (Bond) was spurted over about six furlongs and is going as well as his numerous backers could wish. Cadenas (Kirwan) was also going along. Jvdndo-(J. CarteiL~a 1g the back and looks none tb6 worse for his
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  • 167 6 Exemplary Penalty. An example has at least been made of the Chinese driver ot a night-soil cart. The Sanitary Officers have been on the man’s track for three months, hut owing to the facilities afforded for transferring the license they have only just been able to
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  • 1176 6 H. I. G. M’s. ship Comoran homeward bound is expected to arrive here on the 23rd of June. Insp. Hart of the local police force, who has been on leave, arrived this morning by the mail from England. He will relieve* lnsp. Kirk who proceeds home on
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  • 92 6 P. O. PASSENGERS. The following passengers arrived this morning in the P U s.s. Chusan. From London:—Messrs G. P. Barlow, II. Hart, Alix Keddie, \Y. G. Anderson, Thomas Lambert, Alex. Murray, II. Gox, Mrs. Straehan, Mrs. MeMurray, Mrs. Hauxwell. From Marseilles—- Dr. Frankfurter, Dr. C. Tank, Trank, Messrs. II. Hooker,
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  • 137 6 In the course of an article in the Ceylon Independent it is stated that within the past ten or fifteen years there has been a great development in the cultivation of the coconut-palm ii Ceylon. The production is estimated at not less than 8O0 million nuts, of
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  • 173 6 On the 3rd inst. the town of Kosario. Cavite Province, P 1., was thoroughly sacked by a band of 130 robbers, who secured $20,000, a dozen horses and all the goods they could carry away in their hasty flight. After disarming and terrorising the Municipal Police, they
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  • 804 6 Friday, May 15th. PRESENT. His Excellency Sir Frank Athelstane SWKTTKNHAM, K.C.M.G., (GOVERNOR). Hon. A. W. S. O’Sullivan (Acting Colonial Secretary). Hon. W. R. Collyer (Attorney-General). Hon. F. G. Penney (Colonial Treasurer). Hon. Dr. Galloway. Hon. J. W. Napier. Hon. T. E. Earle. Hon. Tan Jiak Kim. Hon. G.
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  • 285 6 A REPRESENTATIVE ot the <U had the pleasure of a friendlr"?® Mr. Oeil yesterday evenii./'**® House, the residence of Rutledge, and writes of him .f*•V s a man of amazing the moment you come in him, a magnetic attraction is no shaking off draws Apart from this,
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  • 363 6 Chapter III. 1. Now it came to pass that taui conceived and brought forth an idea. 2. For always he goeth about an roaring lion seeking whom he mi devour. 3. During many ages had he bet troubled and sore vexed at th tranquility of man. 4. For
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  • 875 7 was a big attendance this including H. E Sir Frank f ;n whom > as everyone knows, B sportsman, in the true sense word. naS < 1‘ierbux) and Sweet Erina went together over one-ilf-a-mile The mare is looking ,;ng the best of the two and her !0 n
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  • 508 7 The “Nederland” Company which, under agreement with Government runs a line of mail steamers between Holland and Java by a route which takes in the west coast of Sumatra, with Padang as port of call, has signed a revised agreement. From the Ist September next, its steamers will
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  • 249 7 At the recent London public sales of mother-o’-pearl shell from Queensland an advance in price of £1 to £4 per cwt was registered. This article, which is in much request at the present time, has been steadily rising for years, and since January last, an advance of
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  • 446 7 The following letter has appeared in the ln/I,ian Medical Uecord over the signature Assistant Surgeon,” Dated Singapore, March 28th last. ‘Sir, yDr. Wallace has done a service to Indian medical men who may be making up their minds to take up service in the
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  • 787 7 Home. Mil Cm am it kr lain, in introducing his resolution in the House of Commons, guaranteeing the Transvaal Loan of thirty-five millions said that the great security for the future peace of •South Africa consisted in the development of its prosperity, and, as regards the Transvaal, unless
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  • 937 7 Cholera and plague are increasing in virulence in the Philippines. C. Den by’, an American, has secured permission from Prince Ching to establish water-works in Peking. The Deli Courani of the 9th instant reports several cases of rabies there One child bitten died of hydrophobia. The collector
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  • 91 7 By’ the last mail we hear with much regret, that Mr. Arthur Lutyens, the manager in Kelantan of the Duff Development Syndicate, died at home on April 21st. Mr. Lutyens recently contracted malarial fever ip Kelantan and applied for and was granted sick leave. He
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  • 133 7 A plucky’ attempt to save life occurred in the roads this morning. One of the Japanese sailors on the Nippon Yusen Kaisha steamer Kinshiu Afaru fell overboard accidentally and Mr. Salter, the chief officer, dived in after him. and though managing to get hold of
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  • 170 7 Many* excellent brands of preserved milk may be obtained in SingaiK>re; and, from a hygienic standpoint, all the good ones are superior to the milk obtainable from native dairymen. Most of them, however, owing to the processes used in their conservation, require dilution before use, and
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  • 450 8 Utterly Behind the Times. A correspondent writes thus to the luho, Mail. Few things strike one more in travelling in China than the poverty and inadequacy of the roads. I have yet to find a road in this district (Amoy) worthy of the name —the best ot them
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  • 380 8 Chapter IV. 1. Now far to the east of Suez lay a mighty wicked city. 2. And the people thereof were given over to their own lusts, insomuch that they forgot the laws of heaven. 3. And when the chief priests and scribes of the Pharisees and Sadducees
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  • 532 8 At the Town Hall. At the afternoon services at the Town Hall the audiences continue slim, but large congregations greet Mr. Geil each evening. On Saturday night the subject of the discourse was, Prepare to Meet Thy God,” Amos IV. 12. The speaker said that as the poorest
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  • 288 8 On Saturday afternoon last the Singapore Volunteer Rifles, Infantry and Cadet Corps, under the command of Major Broadrick, were inspected on Raffies Plain by Lieut. Colonel A. B Maxwell, commanding the Ist Battalion Manchester Regiment. There was a good muster on all hands and the men for the
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  • 414 8 The following subscriptions towards the building fund have been received up to the present: Straits Government SI *2, *250 Wong Ah Fook Ewj. Chan Peck Hong, Enq— 500 Towkay Lok Yew 400 Khoo Siok W an, M. A.... 300 Mewsr*. Kwang Wah Seng 30u Meters. Vong Hoa
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  • 1088 8 The F. M. S. yacht Meran left for Port Stvettenham this morning. General Booth, the head of the Salvation Army, is expected to visit India and Ceylon in November. The Court of Appeal will sit on Tuesday next, the 26th instant. There are some thirteen cases down
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  • Correspondence.
    • 127 8 lo the Editor of the 8tf Sir,— The vagaries of unusual and those of the C*«B| Band may generally be J It is the normal conditio,, bands. But there is or tk Kj limit to these vagaries so far as to cause the' band from
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  • 43 8 The Supreme Court sat H earlier than usual this morni!® hhe case of Lichanco pfl Hargreaves and Co, Ltd was jjM before Mr. Justice Hvndmand!H The examination of plaintiff resumed and his cross-exaniJM entered upon. The Court 1.30 p.rn. m H
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  • 205 8 The second-class cruiser J1 manded by Captain C. H M V.9 arrived yesterday morning and relierl the Pique which left shortly beta o’clock. The Sirius ig of 3,60fi t(9 displacement, 9,000 indicated hS power, with a speed of 19*75 knot® hour, was built at Elswick in
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  • 329 8 The following passengers left by the German Mail Kr Bayern at pro. day. For Penang—Mr. B. Berry, Mr. Mr. O. Sielcken, Mr. and Mrs. 8fl v r J Capetown —Mr. and Mr«. O. /M Port Said —Mrs. Clara Zuoj*e<:. Mr., Mrs. and Min Pnttfarcken, Mr. C. M. j
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  • 842 9 Ip C ial'to the Straits Times.”) Piccadilly, 23rd April. s hafe been out of London! At DO w, more people are away tome. Going away at Xmas is but Easter is a different thing ber—more chance of fine weather »r days, green leaves—in fact, Q g that
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  • 1894 9 This following “Special” appeared in the Military Mail of April 17: Volunteers at home, who are by this time thinking of camp and its attendant vicssitudes, may be interested to hear some particulars regarding the way things are managed in Singapore, situated, as it is, almost
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  • 271 9 Chapter V. 1. Now it came to pass that in all the civilised countries of the world the man and the horse were no longer used to draw the chariots of the sons of men. 2. For when men saw the electric carriage they declared it to be
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  • 276 9 Gives his Farewell Address To-night. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Geil addressed a small audience on Repentance The Town Hall was thronged at 9 o’clock to hear his discourse on Fools.” He stated that there were nine batches of fools mentioned in the Bible, and he hoped that
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  • 511 9 The Champion Lady. Miss Elizabeth Tait, who holds the Gold Medal of Ben Nevis for a fine performance on that difficult mountain, has attracted widespread interest as a climber. Modestly disclaiming exceptional genius Mift« Tait said, ia accounting for bar feat, I was ia the pink of
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  • 177 9 Members of the Straits Coronation Contingent both here and in Penang will be interested in the following letter received from Miss Brooke-Hunt, the lady who took such a deep interest in the welfare of the Colonial troops whilst they were at home: 45 Albert Gate,
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  • 1123 9 Men-of-War, etc. Sea Belle, Col. str. 600 tons, 39 crew, 1 200 H.p. Capt Mattock, 26th ApL From Port Swettennam, 24th Apl. Colonial Government. Uncertai n—Rd s. Sirius. H. M. cru. 8,600 tons, 268 crew, 8 Sins, 9.000 H.p. Captain Moore, 18tn May. rom Plymouth, 31 st Mar. Senior
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 122 9 MARTIN’S 'juamsm LadtmkeMebo* of Martin mthTTowtlle Ant *tmof any Imfalerity of th« System a timely 4omut be idalotiUrsd Thoee who bm there recommend them .heara m ts^v^^s^i^s^essu ,m COMMON 8ENSE -*NUT8HEU A erw medic*] work on the raoaee and moat acitnciftc tnd rftrtutl mean* of wlf cure erer d»-mered for
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  • 1119 10 M FLAo' I I Vessel’s Name A j Tons Captain Feom Sailed.! CoNsiaarKXh. 3 Rig. sTy j j j j 13 A’ral Exelmans Fch str. 3312 Jore Dunkirk Apl 16 Moine Corate A Co 13 Windsor Brit str.! 1*63 Booth Batoum |A.pl 7 P. Simons and Co. 13 Petchaburi
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  • 593 10 Date. \essels Name, Flag Rig. Toss. Destuijiigs. vf •Hay 18 j Hong Wan I Brit str. ‘2060 Penang and Raofwti 14 Cheang Hock Kian etr. 1020 t Batavia 14 Kim Soon Whatt Dut sch 123 l Pontianak 14 Windsor Brit str. 1862 Ilo Ilo via porti 13 j Anglia
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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