The Straits Budget, 29 June 1905

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  • 94 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES. PUBLISHED OVER HALF A CENTURY Cable Address Times, Singapore. Straits Budget, 40 Cents, Straits Times 15 cents. VOL. LIX. SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, 29 JUNE. 1905. NO. 2471 T H STRAITS TIMES CIRCULATES v iv Singapore and Penang 4 TJ I
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  • The Straits Budget. THURSDAY, 29TH JUNE.
    • 115 1 'MT'-ls —On the 18th June, at Shanghai, v. fe of Rasmussen, of a son. At Blanche Cottage, Scott’s Hoad. > .-pf.re, on the 24th June, the wife of A. P. A- 1 >f a son. R At “Sans Souci,” Northam Hoad. pr".;i:i u <. on 21st June, the wife
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    • 206 1 Tckxm ii. -On the 9th June, at Shanghai. V.'.iliain I lm Turnbull to Betty Widler. •Tan" LrxRKRO At St. George’s Church, PeM.ng. on the 21st June, Petrus Johannes Jan>*rn. <>f Kota Radja, Acheen, to Marie, vou!:w. daughter of Mrs. Lunberg, of Penang. Wil-os Bkixs :—At the Methodist Church, Cok-ir.an
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  • 441 1 Pages. u adi njf Articles rill ‘I»* Atrocities 1 "*>• -’U Move 1 Kitchener 2 Scandal 2 ru-d Monopoly 2 1,|liU1 Immigration 2 M'tam Stone 2 v««r/»n 2 ‘“jcipal Mismanagement 3 > a 'Krcttes 3 Local Occurrences 1 Rotary of the Week 1 zanlous Speculation 4 Large
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  • 236 1 The Straits Budget this week, is mailed by the B. I. route in the Taroba. The German mail for Europe by the Zieten closed on Monday. The mail from Europe of the 2nd June by the Chit nan arrived on Thursday. The subject matters dealt with
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  • Leading Articles.
    • 1665 1 f Sira its Timm, 22nd Jline. Fkom the settlement of Kwang-chou-wan, near Hainau, recently leased by China to France, come tales of atrocities perpetrated upon natives by the French authorities, beside which the? outrages rej>orted from the Congo country read like mere parlor pleasantries. The accounts to hand
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    • 588 1 (Straits Times 22 ud June.) Whatever may be the radical objection to the Lex talionis in the ordinary social and political intercourse of men and nations, it is nevertheless to be feared that the United States, as a political entity, will carry comparatively little of the world’s sympathy
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    • 1044 2 (Stlaits l ime*. 2ord June.i Military men here will appreciate the significance which perta.ns to the outcome of the dispute between Lord Kitchener, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army in India, and General S*r Edmund Elies, the Military Member of Council, as set forth in our special despatch from
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    • 454 2 (Strait8 Times, 23rd June .y The South African Stores scandal referred to in Reuter’s despatch to-day is seemingly one of the deepest jobs that have the outcome of the Boer war. The latest details so far to hand are conveyed in a telegram, to the Pioneer dated London
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    • 731 2 (Straits Times. 24th June.i Thk report on the Indian Immigration Department for 1904 is signed by Mr. L. H. Clayton as acting superintendent of Indian Immigrants. According to the report, the total number of Immigrants that arrived in Penang from Southern India in 1904 was 80.701. This figure
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    • 526 2 (Straits Time 27 th June./ On Friday next the shareholders of Howarth Krskine Co. and Riley Hargreaves, Ltd., hold their respective extraordinary general meetings to decide upon the final formalities concerning the amalgamation of those two great industrial enterprises. That amalgamation is strictly their own business, and the
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    • 493 2 (Sfniif* Time*. Captain Stonk. wl* was i„ the B. I. steamer Ilhona when s j lewj by tlie Russian cruiser Tm k o ff t i H Japan, lias been tliirtv three service of the B. I. and is known to n iaDV J sundry in the Far
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    • 599 2 (Strait* Time*, tith 1 Strait* lime*. ri iait U 11 Lord Ccrzoxs ruuiouieu resign the Indian iceroyship. a of the extraordinary rulma 1 of State in respect of difference- 1 Lord Kitchener and General hh* at an awkward juncture. that; it is calculated to g*' 1 u grounds
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    • 3353 3 •Sir.nta I'iMt.s. June,/ Ss**»»x l\KN»i will earn the undying u; tin* entire community if he t r, remedy the existing methods of the water rates, as lie intends to v t«* do at Friday’s meeting of w -h i«;< ip.d Commission. On that occa- !< 1 »«H tor
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    • 91 1 7h•• p *t free price of the Straits Times a year. The post free price of the Nf <. f) dye* is $20 a year. It is not r\ to subscribe for a year. The •ip'or'etions for shorter periods are at th*- .me proportionate rate of price as icrrear. The
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  • 80 1 DEATHS. i: m On the 14th June, at Hongkong, I'a’ii lirewitt, aged 48 vears. I *>- ,T 111, 7 i.l the 15th June, Francisco C. r» ite lus]>ector of Boats ancl Junks, n r aj»ed X. N,N, :i\'i: On 10th June, at Shanghai, n H. 11. Cunningham, aged 67 years.
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  • 728 4 Mr. Hiv;h Gordon, who is lying at the General Hospital, was in much the same condition to day. At Hongkong on the 14th instant. H. M. S. Humber with all fittings stores, about 110 tons of coal, anchors and cable on lx>ard brought $49,500 at auction. The
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  • 97 4 T. Atkins” Undeceived. On the evening of the *2otli inst., Corporal Terry of the Sherwood Foresters, purchased a box, not a ruinously expensive one, and with that 1 tine disregard of the pilfering genius inherent in the ’rikislia puller, so characteristic of the British soldier, confided his
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  • 511 4 A HAZARDOUS SPECULATION.” In the Bankruptcy Court this morning J. F. Oehlers came lip for public examination liefore Mr. Justice Leslie Thornton. Mr. I Pountnoy. Official Assignee, conducted the examination. Bankrupt stated that formerly he was on the s. s. Honywan. His pay then was £*20 a month as engineer
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  • 210 4 Court Officials in Danger. Two or three wii ks aj»o litigation arose between Mr. Framro/. an a‘rated water manufacturer. anil a customer named Teo Hin. An investigation resulted. and a clerk in the employ of Framro/ Co. was fined s2">. which was awarded to Teo Hin. This
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  • 294 4 Tuk Malay Mail questions tlie soundness of the [H)licy which looks to the F. M. S. acquiring the Malacca Railway, when the money proposed to Ik* spent might be more profitably employed. That journal says We must at this juncture again call the attenti n of the Government
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  • 654 4 Rival Traders. 1 In the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon the hearing was continued lieforeMr. Justice Leslie Thornton of tlie case in which Choa lAh Hye sued Tan Ah Bee for 11,000 for alleged malicious prosecution. Mr. Thomas Braddell apjieared for the plaintiff and Mr. Rene Lowell for the
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  • 218 4 Hkfouk Chief Justice Sir Lionel Cox in the Supreme Court yesterday the hearing was concluded of a case arising out of a dispute alnnit the lease of two fishing stakes at Pasir Panjaug. The plaintiff. Chan Yong Seng, sued Lee Ah Ngee to obtain possession of the
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  • 119 4 Mr. J. McMahon, Traffic Superintendent of the Colombo Tramway Co., lias arrived in Siugajiore to study the “Thermit” system of rail-welding adopted on the Singapore Electric Tramways. This system lias been employed w ith great success here under the supervision of Mr. Thomas J. Seed, the Resident
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  • 711 4 Feeling in Singapore. This is tlie report, presumed to be of a semi-official nature, of the proceedings at the meeting of Chinese merchants and trailers held in Singajtore with reference to the movement generated in Shanghai for boycotting American trade because of the stringency of the Chinese
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  • 98 4 Buildings Still Safe. Ox enquiry from Mr. R. Peirce, tire Municipal Engineer, this morning, we were informed that the gtslowns endangered by the collapse of a portion of Robertson Quay are now believed to be safe. Nearly two hundred tons of granite were put into the big hole
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  • 139 4 Thk British steamer Cheung Chew Capt. Harrison, which has just come out from dock, left for Penang late yesterday. This morning the Signal Sergeant at Mount Faber discovered that the Cheung Chew was ashore of Tanjong Bolus, close to the fishing stakes. The owners, a Chinese
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  • 795 4 The Bandinaun Opera Co j s open at Penang a month hence X, < M tr Sik John and Lady ii,, 111 London, from tlie Gold Coast arr: H The Dutch cruiser ***** in /> for Tanjong Priok yesterday Second Lieut. K. C. Clarkf <f Russell's Infantry,
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  • 50 5 SE REMBAN RACES. ,i th* In "t <lay s racing at 1. Sra-nll <irey 8. 1 1 Vat *2. Nnsffict 51. i p.«iii Niftier .5. W u.r. l, l IUI r Y? 1. X.rx.s J. Bargee•!. J,, i... 1. Flora 1. j, llartn-i «lra«Mu*at 1. U-in*» run off. Patcli won
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  • 70 5 >till Ashore This Morning. was made to refloat I r whirli is ashore ott Lan;j,ij• water. p*ui. the lanl',' \l. rmrif attempted to it success. On enquiry thi- morning we learned ,1 amazed at all. having 1" *ttoin. To-dav one x tons of eargo were to Ik*
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  • 109 5 m Aral) named Ajiear (Aligned hetore Air. Column .la ii on two charges of tiie 21>t inst.. lie was found B ii sil.AO worth of buttons These belonged to the til’ll!, ft and said lit' bought the bine-e shopman. hut had He eoitld suggest mi reason Hr ,ld he
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  • 162 5 lunging Presentation Yesterday afternoon an interestin'* little I at tin* Printin'* Office of K... v Walsh in t>l i*l i.i i* I Koad. tlic staff employed at the estahlish- >;o m a presentation to Mr. .1. h*. v. lias for some years I i rintin** depaitmeiit ot
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  • 233 5 China Mail.” •'J’el [Man of Campaign. iv tailed attention to the taking place among the Southern provinces, in ■_a id''*.* a boycott against i uiactures and comestibles, br t Ik* disabilities under workmen suffer because l-l T *i* H exclusion laws. ±t is 1 that a large
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  • 1600 5 An Interview. Kcgkx Sandow is a most interesting man to meet. He arrived in Singapore this morning accompanied by Mrs. Sandow and is staying at Raffles Hotel. His show will eqien on Tuesday next and the pupils who acconi pany him are due to arrive on Monday
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  • 464 5 Li Low Pliec, a rikisha puller residing in Victoria Street had made himself such a terror to the neighbourhood, that he was yesterday brought before Mr. Marriott to show cause why he should not be bound over to be of good l>ehaviour. It was satisfactorily proved that the
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  • 94 5 Thk League fixture. Hatties versus C. Coy. Sherwood Foresters, was played off at the S. I». C. end of the Esplanade yesterday. Both sides worked hard and showed good form. Scoring only began in the latter half of the game when the HafHosians opened by a goal from
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  • 801 5 The following is the General Produce Letter kindly furnished to us by Messrs. John lladdon Co., the well known Colonial Produce Merchants and Commission Agents of Salisbury Square, London, E. C., and carrying prices up to the date of the departure of the mail to hand on
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  • 655 5 Thk s. s. (’hratuj Cht m w was still ashore off Tanjong Bolus this morning. With regard to the several thefts of zinc piping of late, we are informed that this is probably the result of a local “corner” in zinc slabs. Two hundred and sixty-one deaths
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  • 80 5 At a special meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held yesterday afternoon the istard went into committee on the byejaws and regulations relating to tramways. The bye-laws were practically passed as they* stand except that ..In Commissioners amended the one relating t* dog-. If the amendment is carried no
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  • 102 5 1 w<» tive-a-side 44 soccer matches were played off oil the S. C’. C. end of the Esplanade yesterday afternoon. The first was between Weaver's team and Lormrfe’s team and was very cio«*ely contested. At the call for time the scores were level and an extra five miuntes
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  • 59 6 Mi:. O. B. R< »SS is i ipjiointod Actin'' Superintendent of the Money Grdcr Bunich of the Post Office. Sergt. J>- Robinson is ap) minted Second Lieutenant in the S. A. (Quarantine restrictions against Aden ha\e Ix3oll withdrawn. The Singapore Tramway bylaws are published M. Stcherbutchoff is recognised
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  • 100 6 A roKi:Ksi»oM*KNT wrote to ;i t au-utta paper: An vl>odv xvoiild lx* xvarmlx "**1comed in plai t of tin* most objectionable, betcl-cliexving. cigarette-smoking. impertinent. Mohammedan youths, arrack imbibing Dosads. evil-smelling I liyas, or ex-convicts that now prey upon tin* European population in Calcutta. Apropos of the matter
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  • 209 6 Not long since, upon the complaint and evidence of the w ife of one ot the Lurasian office staff at the docks, a rikisha puller who refill»l to plv tor hire wink* .it a stand and was coerced into driving her to tow n from the Borneo
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  • 162 6 Chief Justice Sir Lionel l’o\ beard a c.h* yesterday afternoon in which a money lender named Avac’ev ('hefty sued two Japanese women tor recovery ot the balance due on a promissory note for Mr. Kmerson appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Grcciitield for the defendants.
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  • 354 6 Downin'*. Stkkkt. ‘/7 th A /nit. rtn',. Si»:. Yon will have' learnt from the 1 newspapers 4 »f the* re cent death of Sir I Inch Low. and 1 have ne> tlouht that ye»n will share* my regret at the'loss of this eiiiine*nt
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  • 1063 6 Some Comments on the Games. liif “.l/i Old rinyrr Somk of tin* latest results of League inatelies are as follows 78 Coy. drew with A. Coy 1-1. L>. drew with B. 1-1. S.V.A. lH*at 11. 6-3. (1. l>eat C. 2 1. 7H la at Raffles 3-0. HO
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  • 2611 6 The third annual general meeting shareholders of the Tronoh Mines, Limited. was held on the 2oth May at the Cannon Street, Hotel, London, E. C., Mr. G. B. Pearce (Chairman of the Company) presiding. The Chairman said: Gentlemen,— Our la. t annual meeting was held in the
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  • 152 7 The Hirst Quarter’s Output. fac t h instant the F. M. S. Mines ,>U r .nent issued an amended state- iii nff the one issued on 13th t 114 to t U luch the Pekan returns were ,‘i!; u ,ifd. l’okan exported 220.74 t tin ore
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  • LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
    • 291 7 S. Figgis Co.’s Report. ‘J6th Moij. r m.- a,v pirtirulars of Plantation Rubber offered in uuctiou to-day Weighing. Sold at ::a N"- 1 lease Fine Biscuits i>er “Warwickshire*’ 107 lbs. 6/l£ N**.2 1 Biscuits 23 6/7* K.«' Fine Biscuits 178 6/9 "-‘l* 1 ag frH.-nip 14 4/11 K K 1
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    • 271 7 London. ’-Hith May. A. ‘ti« ’its to-day Hi packages of Plantation Grown Para Rubber were offered and nearly all at arer prices Ceylon. Mark. pkgs. Description. Price per lb. 1 lb 1 case Fine dark few pale biscuits part weak 6/7 UK.Ha 5 Fine biscuits pale
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  • 613 7 r following is from the “Mining of the 27th May: n,/ ~,ar ket during the past week has n rea tly influenced by dealers who Jeen interested in the Banca sale, f r< lave endeavoured to keep prices '-.i/h n n a to quickly, so that they
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  • 213 7 Mr. H. C. Robinson. Curator of the Museum here, who, says the Malay Mail, is now on an expedition with Mr. Leonard Wray for the purpose of reaching the summit of Gunong Tahan, supposed to Ik* the highest mountain in the Peninsula, rejK>rts that they have reached a
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  • 450 7 Sulu islanders are giving more trouble to tlie American authorities in the Philippines. The hand of Datu Pala who was wanted for murder in British North Borneo had lieen broken up and he himself killed. But the suruivors held together and had tol>e hunted
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  • 244 7 World’s Largest Planted Estate. With regard to the purchase of the Bukit Asanau estate in the Straits by .Mr. McAmtock on behalf ox a new Rubber Company —abou. to be lioated—it will be remembered .hat the statement of the purchase was contradicted, in a letter, to
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  • 49 7 The following is from the Times of Ceylon” of the 10th inst: To-day's fortnightly rubber market was quiet, owing to the influence of the Whitsuntide holidays. The Ceylon prices were: Wiharagama, 6s. Bd.: and Arapolakande, 6s. 7Jd. bid. Fine Para w r as ss. BAd.
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  • 524 7 A Letter From Mr. Burgess. Our London correspondent writes thus under date 26th May: 1 asked Mr. Burgess, who probably knows more about washed rubber than anyone else in this country, to make any comments he felt disposed to do on the recent sale, and he
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  • 782 7 Mr. Saxdow’s company of artiste* arrived from Penang this morning by the s.s. Kistna. 1 he Government of Burma has withdrawn its quarantine restrictions against Singapore. It is rei»orted that the survey of the Johore State Railway will Ik* completed by the end of tliis month. Fivk
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  • 211 8 B. I. STEAMER SUNK BY RUSSIANS. Ikhona Shelled by the Terek Dutch Steamer Brought Report of the Incident Yesterday. Thk Dutch steamer Perlak arrived here yesterday, ahout 5 p. in., and her master reported that lie had brought Captain Stone British India steamer lkhona and 84 of the officers and
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  • 650 8 McClymont—Kahlcke. On Saturday afternoon, the marriage of Mr. Quinton McClymont with Miss Martha Anna Kahlcke took place at the Presbyterian Church, the Rev. S. S. Walker officiating. The church was beautifully decorated with evergreens and flowers, and there was a large representative wedding party, showing the respect and
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  • 1762 8 At five o’clock yesterday morning the coolies at work digging out the Ixxlies of their five unfortunate coiupauions who were buried in the land slip on Sunday lltli came across the head of one of the victims. He was in an upright
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  • 423 8 Mk. Sandow's Company who arrived in Singapore this morning by the s. s. Kintna are all tine examples of the efficacy of the system taught by the modern Hercules, t'very country under the sun is represented. They are of all shades of colour from the midnight-visaged negro of
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  • 1081 8 CHAUFFEURS.” M. Kester et alia not so fearsome astheir Prototypes. (Special for the Straits Times.") When the automobile whirls by on the road and you catch a glimpse as you dodge out of the way of the man who diredts it, a man with a leathern cap with a visor,
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  • 418 8 Thk S. R. A. continued its means o3 Saturday afternoon when the Cambridge Cup was tired for. The condition are A rounds at 1.000 yards, in two series of In each, tlie cup becoming the property of any Volunteer winning it two years in sucuxi't The light
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  • 147 8 A CORRESPONDENT "110 oriental character writes: j u ii* the sad accident which resu v r» entombing and death of hve 1 f t ;I rv men under some thousands o v v > at the Kallang cutting the otlie t cannot help reflecting on t e
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  • 89 9 0 f Corpus Christi was celethe Cathedral of -‘The i" ~-,1 with the usual impressive p-> mtouv. The Kight Kev.l. i* 4, i 11* »n officiated at mass and Hu* music was orchestral. Batt wa> sun*: Mr. B. D* Souza coil--1,1 Tin- orchestra under Mr. Martin Hill- March
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  • 800 9 I, following letter is addressed to Tuno of Ceylon” by Mr. 11. N. l', 1 J F. M. States: wink lee ling sympathy with i planters and others who see their a, hastening to lea\e the little isj,i he rubber plantations of the t
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  • 893 9 Sports Gymkhana. Ihk annual sports of the Singapore Cricket Club were belt! on Saturday and passed off with great success. There was a large attendance of sjH-etators. including main* ladies for whose accommodation the top floor of the Pavilion was reserved. The officials were as follows JriKiKs
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  • 194 9 The Daily Chronicle of May 25th thus describes the marriage of Mr. J. R. O. Aidworth. formerly Secretary to Resident, Selangor, but now district officer, Kuala Kangsar: Mr. John Oliver Aldworth. son of the late Colonel Aldworth, and Miss Dorothea Drew, daughter of the late Mr. Richard
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  • 251 9 A report on the working of the Town ami Volunteer Band, for the year ending 31st December last, signed by Mr. F. J. Benjafield, the Secretary, says that new agreements were entered into with the bandsmen, in June last, for a further term of one year
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  • 572 9 Eight Feet in the Mud. Mr. D. D. Mackik went out yesterday in a Tanjong Pagar launch to survey the s.s. C hearty (’heir as slu* lies aground on a mud hank at Tanjong Bolus about HO miles from Singapore. He found that she was fast in
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  • 178 9 The new Pusing Lama Mine, near Ipoli, of which so much was expected, not only involved an exceptionally heavy expenditure before opening work but has proved, in the opinion of the Pinany Gazette a disappointment since operations were commenced. The management report that 200 piculs were obtained last
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  • 104 9 People iii Singable who have the misfortune to do with promissory notes or to hack hills for their friends will he interested, no douht. in the following cutting from the Hongkong Daily Press :—Some amusement was caused in the Supreme Court over a summary case liefore Mr.
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  • 173 9 Thk British steamer Cla eerie t/, now loading in the Menam, will, says the Siam Observer, take, when she goes from Koh-si-chang, the biggest teak cargo ever sent in one bottom from Bangkok to Europe, viz., about 3,500 loadf, of 50 cubic feet each. She is
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  • 110 9 Since lhe beginning of the war the Nippon Yusen lvaisha has lost eleven vessels, aggregating 32.372 tons. These vessels have been losl in the Government service, sunk at Port Arthur, &c., or sunk by the Russians when acting as transports. In order to maintain their services, which
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  • 446 9 New Invention. On the invitation of the owner we (“Malay Mail”) visited the Cheras Road mine at about 3A miles on the Pudoh road, at about half-past six, the object of our \isit being to inspect the new and improved “puddler” for which Mr. Lai Tet Loke
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  • 70 9 The Men’s monthly mesial for June was played 011 Saturday. Scores Gross. H’cap. Nett. Dr. Ford 4a 41 -84—12 72 H. Marriott 44 45 90 14 76 B.M. Woolcmbe 42 46 88 10 78 \V.Langham-Carter47 47 94 10 84 F. Salzmann 46 42 88 3 85
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  • 557 9 THE USES OF THE MATA=MATA.” A correspondent writes A Policeman is nightly 011 l>eat at the junction of Kampong Java and Bukit Timah Roads, hut he is seemingly of little use there unless a crime is committed under his very nose, localise it appears, according to his own account, he
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  • 320 9 The Chinese Student Interpreters appointed by Government are controlled by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs. Thirteen students in al! were on the roll, out of an establishment of fifteen provided in the Federal Estimates last year. On the 31st of December the services of two had been
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  • 461 10 This afternoon Dr. Bowes, who is ill at Raffles Hotel, was much better. There were a number of Russian refugees aboard the German mail steamer Zietrn yesterday, bound for Russia. The Hibernia and Achilles, two additions to the British navy, were successfully launched on the 18th instant.
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  • 45 10 Fort Dickson 23rd June. Two Chinamen have been sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment each for gang robbery. Inspector Dunster has arrived in Seremban and is stationed at the Central Station. Inspector Pearce arrived on 18th June and is stationed at Tampin.
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  • 70 10 The second annual meeting of the Singapore Y. M. C. A. will be held in the Town Hall at 9 p.m. on Friday, the 7th July, H. E. the Governor presiding. An address will be delivered by the Rev. A. H. Bowman, m.a., Diooesan Missioner, Calcutta,
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  • 132 10 Defrauding the Post' Office. Fob a time the men engaged in the smuggling of letters into the Colony, and thus interfering with the increase of the Postal Revenue, seemed to have forgotten their occupation, but recently the Postmaster General has had reason to know that there is a
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  • 92 10 Three Months for 40 cents. Kandasamy. Revenue Officer No. 280. enjoyed a high position and doubtless the confidence of his employer, the Opium Farmer. In an evil hour he pressed a fellow-creature hard to the time of forty cents. Unfortunately. he was under the eye
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  • 195 10 THE IKHONA.” With reference to the sinking of the B. I. Ikhona by the Russian cruiser Terek, it has l>een asserted that the vessel went down with the British fiag flying. but this obviously is incorrect. The Russians were not likely to have tired on the British flag, and as
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  • 168 10 At the meeting of the Legislative Council on Friday next, the Hon. A. Huttenhach will put the following questions Whether there be any reasons for the recommendation to sell the Malacca Railway other than the state of the Colony’s finances: If so, will the Government kindly state them
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  • 206 10 The threatened boycott of American goods by the Chinese iu Singapore as a protest against the rigorous Chiuese laws in the United States is having the jn'cidiar result, we hear, of increasing the business of the American firms locally. When the movement was first developed in Shanghai
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  • 253 10 Protection Apparently Needed. A few days ago a paragraph appeared in these columns giving an outline of a case brought agaiust a Police Court Chinese interpreter; its trial by Mr. Maxwell and the acquittal of the defendant, Tiang Swee, with the scathing observation that the case was
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  • 2043 10 Conditions at the Outset. 1. The following are some of the conditions prevailing in India and the Straits Settlements respectively at the time of the Reform The huge Continent of India is a compact political and economic body with its own hinterland, self-contained, and with a
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  • 250 10 London, 30tii May. The following is from the C 1 Post’': The market was fairly steady tin touching at one moment £i >' and three months £I3G os.: hut <»• again easier, say. at £loo i"‘ £135 for three months. The hu'* done was not large, except jusi
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  • 64 11 THE MANCHESTER CUP.” yr tn»|>li\ will be shot for on T \t tli. Ist .Inly, in conjunction \i; A- Silver Medal. Intending u:i ~ri liiu-t enter their names on the < I s.V.l’. I>rill Hall prior to 5 p.m. ii* •‘m "i iv next. This competition is a ,n n
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  • 171 11 EL ECTRIC SHOCKS ON TRAMWAYS. Board of Trade Inspector’s Views. t of electric shocks on train ri* that will evoke some interest in u tl tlie present juncture. For <ome remarks on the subject r. an Inspector of the Board of opportune just now. They are as I: mav he
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  • 289 11 .aniths or ;ig>> an impersonal i.t*•**4 l in these columns, the gist of it* tt» show that tin* proneness to ,itv. to sav nothing of the being gulled, i nly i'4»«»t«*4l in the world at largo. :.i prince t«> the |x*asant. that -i!": surprising t>> find it
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  • 34 11 work for four weeks ending 17th !\< „'.nt :1.02*2 tons of stout', 470 oz. ;>ii« 0.l 1 dwts. k■ r ton. 1 .:>OO tons of stone, 69 oz. •j* 1.« H» dwt. pel- toil.
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  • 174 11 May Output. l\:rak Pioneer says that last -Mii the export of metallic tin and or amounted to 36,714!54 piculs. I 1 mi-wmg is a comparative table for five months: Output in Piculs, •mnuaiy 42„070.26 r V 27,831.61 •Marvli 39,399.58 •V‘l 33,367.30 la v 36,714.54 lav<: 6ere a to;
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  • 1130 11 Points from the Annual Report. The following is from the Indian Immigration Report on the Colony for 1904 by Mr. Clayton. Recruiting: in Southern India. Recruiting of Statute Immigrants was carried on by the Government Agency at Xegapatam under the control of the Protector of Labour so long
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  • 238 11 The amount of wolfram exported from the Lower Perak district during the month of May was piculs 214.83, and the duty collected thereon by the Government was 8214.85. During the first five months of the year the quantity exported was piculs 759.93 (45 tons).
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  • 197 11 Londou, Ist June. Iu the House of Commons, last r.i’ght. Lord Lansdowne, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, said that the new German tariff was undoubtedly even more injurious to British trade than the last one was, even though it was mitigated by
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  • 972 11 An Attempt to Reach Sasebo. The special correspondent of the “Kobe Herald relates his experiences in attempting to reach Sasebo, the main Japanese naval port, as follows: Sasebo is at present hermetically sealed to all foreigners except the very few favoured ones summoned there on Government business,
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  • 512 11 Coming Reduction in the Rates. It is understood that Suez Canal rates are to be reduced from January 1st. The traffic of the Caual largely increased in 1904, and this gave a commensurate increase in the dividend, which last year was 130f. per share and this year 14If.
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  • 140 11 Ihk Shanghai Police are reticent about a murder which is reported to have taken place there on a Friday recently. An Indian living not far from the Hongkew police station was done to death by being practically crucified on a huge square iron frame somewhat similar to
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  • 686 12 THE OLDHAMIA SEIZURE. Captain at Nagasaki. Captain Stewart, of the British steamer "Oldhamia,” and three ether members of the crew of that vessel, arrived at Nagasaki on the sth June from Sasebo. Interviewed by the “Nagasaki Press/* Captain Stewart states that ih2- “Oldhamia'’ was stopped by the Russians on the
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  • 93 12 A Tokyo telegram to the “North China Daily News” on the 16th instant, says Information has been received here that the Russian transports “Roslin Castle” 2,620 tons net, “Dunolly Castle.” 2,636 tons, and “McPherson,” 2,695 tons, which were purchased by the Russian Counsel at Kiel and sent
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  • 435 12 Transmission by Air Pressure. There is a project now on foot in London for establishing what is popularly described as an underground post. In more precise language the proposal is to create a system of underground tubes about a foot in diameier through which parcels would be
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  • 414 12 The “X*chi Nielli owned bv Mr. T. Kato. cx-Minister in Japan, entertains not a part«cle ot doubt as to the unanimity of oflic.al and public < 'pinions both in England and Japan in favour of the renewal of the Anglo-Japanese alliance. but stops to consider what Lord
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  • 568 12 Lady Free’d. Marker’s Wife Jailed. The following from the Daily Chronicle” of the 26th May: Two wcmen were convicted of shoplifting at the Clerkenwell Sessions yesterday before Mr. Loveland-Loveland. One, the wife of a doctor, [formerly a resident in the Straits Settlements] was released on her own and
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  • 204 12 Hamburg, by far the most important seaport of the empire, and the home o> about one Half of the entire German mercantile marine, is gradually attaining a prominent position in the shipbuildinj trade of the country. It has out-distancec its rivals Kiel and Stettin, the numbei of vessels
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  • 274 12 Secunderabad, 7th June. Captain Jocelyn Mellor, R. F. A., who was so severely mauled by a tiger, died at the Station Hospital last evening after undergoing an operation. Particulars of the accident show that Captains Mellor and Symon had marked down a
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  • 364 12 The Harbour Master in ins annual re- > rt. muter the heading of "Trade ays: —Once more it i> necessary to call attention to the want of accuracy in the returns under n:b heading. There being no Custom house in tne Colony, it .s imposs.ble for
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  • 172 12 Thu connection of irrigation with malaria is suggestively touched upon bv Lieutenant Colonel G. King. c. i. k., in an article in the current Indian Medical Gazette. He refuses to commit himself to the theory that wet cultivation is in every instance a cause of malaria; indeed,
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  • 190 12 P. O. CARGO STEAMERS. New Line to Australia. Information has KM n Fremantle (W.A.i that a new ,1*!’!*‘ ,v i| at been decided ii])on by the P. l,lr in connection with tlieir service t< i in the formation of a sjK-cial lj/ Vutr *lii steamers to the Commonwealth ar ?o
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  • 178 12 A kkply from the Chancellor of i] H p quer to a question in tlie House om recently is calculated, says c, :s 1 nU'lluji'Hce. to create some unea*iiu those of us who favour a glass r i*j7 apfxars that the following j* a ii sl r
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  • 140 12 Bats are now numbered am«»ng thecueiuie* of the rub!>er trt*e. Complaints are being made in Ceylon of the depredations bv rat> on young rublier trees, the attacks U*iug made apparently on the roots of tlie tree. It has long Ixen known there that jiorcupin. are also serious depredators
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  • 338 12 London. 3rd June. The Prime Minister. Mr. Bail* ur. speaking at a meeting of the Xationa! Union Conservative Constftutional Association, in Albert Hall, last midi;, regarding the Colonial (Amuivnoe. 'aid that unless the Unionist? were returned to power at the next election>
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  • 881 13 W as bathing in a poml at H NV i* yesterday, when he got out «„ed. ..oilier- with cargoes lor the Baltic r M k,kv1..1 to discharge at Batavia fc ,r good price's tor the article. ItII U rof vessels from which light HK r r olleete.l
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  • 81 13 hex the voting was closed at the Municipal Offices yesterday afternoon for the election of a Municipal Commissioner to succeed Mr. D. K. Somerville as representative of Tanglin Ward, it was found that 25 votes had been cast for Mr. 11. L. Coghlan. who was the only nominee
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  • 197 13 lx the Supreme Court yesterday the hearing was concluded before Chief Justice Sir Lionel Cox of the case in which Brinkmann and Co. sued Chop Tek Hee for about $600. being the balance due on a delivery of lanterns. Plaintiff’s case was that on 15th September. 1903,
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  • 164 13 This morning it was discovered that burglars had paid a visit to the premises of Messrs. T. L. Gosling and Co. in Hobinson Hoad. Some time during last night or in the early hours of this morning thieves gained an entrance to the building
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  • 232 13 THE ST. KILDA’S CREW. Released from Jail. This twenty members of the crew of the s.s. Saint Kilda who were sentenced on June 4 by the Harbour Master at Hongkong to be imprisoned for three weeks on account of their refusing to proceed to Japan on their ship, were released
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  • Correspondence.
    • 168 13 To the Eilititr aj the Straits Times.” Sir, —In the interview of your representative with Mr. Sandow. the latter is quoted as having said that what is the trouble in the East is that people think they can smoke and drink (even moderately) without taking exercise and when
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    • 299 13 To the Editor of the Strait* Time*.” Sik, —In an editorial in yesterday's issue of your pajier I notice the statement that **a rule now obtains to the effect that if the services of the gardeners be required fo r tliis purpose (keeping graves tidy) a fee of
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    • 165 13 /’<* the Eilitor of the Strait* Time*. 1 I)kar Sir. —If it would not Ik* troubling you too much I should ho glad if you would kindly give me your views on tlie following. Supposing Kngland were to Ik* involved in war with Russia do you think
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  • 155 13 Ox Monday evening after dark a tranicar was moving along tlie line at the junction of Serangoon and Lavender Roads, when the conductor, a Malay named Hassan, saw a Chinese lad approach tlie track and throw* a brick on it. He stopped
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  • 37 13 A writ of sequestration against Sandow was issued to-day in the Supreme Court under a claim for 41,555 by Havas, one of his company, for alleged wrongful dismissal at Penang, $2,000 security being lequired.
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  • 878 13 Fixing the Costs. A few »lays ago we gave the judgment of Mr. Justice Leslie Thornton in a case in which Clioa Ah Hay sued Tan Ah Bee for $1,0(X) for malicious prosecution. Mr. Thomas Braddell appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Rene Lowell for the defence. There
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  • 172 13 Three Klings liave beeu bound over to keep the peace or go to jail for three months. They have given the police at Kandang Krebau considerable trouble by bringing false charges against each other. On Monday, 19 Chinese, of whom 14 were Tans and the remainder Chuas, were
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  • 511 13 A Wonderful Show. Seldom or never has such a great crowd of spectators assembled to witness any indoor entertainment iii Singapore as tliat which thronged Kugen Sandow’s Graeco-Homan Arena at Raffles Reclamation Ground la-<t flight. Tlie immense tent is capable of accommodating no less than 8.000 people
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  • 376 13 Meeting of Howarth Erskine Limited To-day. Ax Extraordinary General Meeting of Howarth Erskine Limited, was held at the registered office of the Company, Liverpool Road. River Valley Road, this noon to consider the subjoined resolutions (1). That it is desirable that the undertaking of the Company should
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  • 249 14 Raffles vs. F. Co. The League fixture, Hatflesians vs. F. Coy. Sherwood Foresters, was played «*tt yesterday on tlie S. K. C. ground, and a tail iv good game resulted. Hatties did not coinhine well enough to take advantage ol' the el unices of scoring that were offered
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  • 144 14 Leniently Dealt With. Yesterday a young Dutchman named Beiceilli, described by the police as a beachcomber, was arraigned before Mr. Coleman at the Police Court charged with trespass and assault at the Sailors’ Home. Mr. Butler, steward at the Home, said that on the 21st, inst. the defendant
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  • 100 14 Thk Clearwater Dairy will be sold by auction on July 11th —next Tuesday week—after which date the Company will no longer be able to supply milk to its present patrons. These latter should accordingly make other arrangements for a milk supply before that date. An attempt was
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  • 498 14 Hongkong, 22nd June. It is reported that Admiral Uriu contemplates ascending the Yang-tse with his squadron. The Waiwupu (Chinese Foreign Officu Board) notifies that a Chinese squadron must lead the way. The merchants of Peking are joining in the boycott of things American, and
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  • 720 14 Berlin, 21st .June America accepts the proposal to hold a conference on the Morocco question on condition that the discussion should be so carried on as not to hurt the feelings of any Power. Britain will not raise any difficulties about holding the Conference. Count Metternicli, the
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  • 2254 14 London 21st June. The Doily Telegraph's Tokyo correspondent cables:— The Japanese armies are continuing their victorious advance. The Russians are completely outflanked on both wings. Joyful news (for the Japanese I is shortly ex peeted. London 22nd June. Mr. Balfour is appointing a Royal Commission to continue the
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 405 14 LAND SALE. Thk following properties were sold by auction at Powell Co.’s saleroom on Tuesday afternoon Freehold land and house No. 34 Mosque Street, Singapore, area 1.300 square feet comprised in Statutory Land Grant No. 867, quit rent $4. Let at §55 a month. Bought by B. David for $6,100.
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  • 76 15 FINANCE COMMERCE. 28th June 1905. iiv > 4 in bank rate is 1/11 ft. T"-iiay'> share quotation changes are giver*—Contributory Raubs $5, Kabangs 70 ant'. Howartli Erskines $250. Sellers v Hargreaves $250. Last Transactions takings 724 cents, Tanjong Pagars $375. Tin German collier Tolosnn arrived this l ruing from Saigon
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  • 61 15 Output. From uth-2oth June. Ore raised 1,427.79 piculs. Valued at $63,036.93. The Manager, Mr. J. P. Rowe, reports that all the shafts are working satisfactorily. Owing to the dry weather material progress lias been made in the lombong, and the has been increased by 16 feet. The
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  • 91 15 Gambier buyers 8.60 do (Cube No. 1) unpicked 12.50 Copra Bali 7.80 do Pontianak 7.50 Pepper, Black 27.50 do White. 5% 38.50 Sago Flour Sarawak 3.15 do Brunei No. 1 3.05 Pearl Sago 4<40 Coffee Bali, 15% basis ,19.75 Coffee, Palembang, 20% basis 23.00 Coffee, Liberian No. 1 22.50
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  • 133 15 On London —Bank 4 m/s 1/11 M Demand 1/11J Private 6 m/s 2/-$ do 3 m/s 2/- A On Germany —Bank d/d 2.02$ Private 3 m/s 2.05 do 6 m/s 2.07 On France —Bank d/d 2.49 Private 3 m/s 2.55 do 6 m/s 2.57 On India —Bank T. T.
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  • 252 15 Number T Do ;i Last of issue .Fa Company Buyers Sellers Transac-j-hare, aluejapjer I I tic. GOLD. t I l:;.jU0 10 $7.50 Bersawah G. M. Co., Ltd 12.00 V>.‘ ULUi'i’ed. i l.uuo 3 10 10 (Deferred) 8.00 Sj.ijOO 5 10 i 10 Kadana G. M. Co., Etd. 10.00 nom.
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  • 135 15 1 1 Duff Development Co., Ltd.. 10.00 10.50 *.'Wuaia-ue«l 2,o»n> 100 100 Federated Engineering Co., Ltd. ..130.00 175.00 4.->o*j 50 50 Fraser Neave, Ltd. 100.00 100.00 100.00 *0.uiju 125 125 Hongkong and Shaughai Bank 770.00 £80/512.00.) 106 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. ..250.00 270.00; 270.00 •l.lMo 3 10 10 Maynard Co..
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  • 77 15 •O uoo X. 1 1 I Bukit Rajah i£ 2.12.6 >A.V j i *1 Cicely Rubber Estate S Jti.wu 1 X 5% Pre 1-10.0 l i Pataling Rnbber Co. j£ 2.10.0 2.ixh) 10o 100 Ribn Planting Co. Ltd. if 150 sales 1!;i 101,0 $100 $100 Sandycroft Rubber Co. 6130
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  • 50 15 j Erskine Ltd 7<> ..f 250,000 3% prem. W, li,lr sr«=ave 8 Ltd. 6% 226. 000 1% prem buyer.. Mumcnai 6% *«>,000 2% prem buyer*. 5% 1.878,000 1% prem buyer*. T.„" 4? 659,500 2% dis. nom. fagar Duck Co., Ltd. 6% 250,S» 2% prem buyers. 1,865,500 1% prem buyer*.
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 141 15 Under this heading the following abbreviations are used :—str.—steamer sh.—ship bq. —barque sch. —schooner Yet.—Yacht; Cru. —Cruiser; Gbt.—Gunboat; Tor.—Torpedo; H.p. Horse-power Brit. British U.S. United States Fch. —French Ger German Dut.—Dutch; G.c. —General-cargo; d.p. —deck passenger U.—Uncertain T. P. W.— -Tanjong Pagar Wharf; T.P.D.—Tanjong Pager Dock 1».W.—Borneo
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    • 1217 15 Arrivals since Noon of Y&terday. Ban Fo Soon, Dut. str. 222 tons, Capt Odink, 27th June. From Pontianak, 25th June. G.c., and 74 d.p. Lim Ah Sam. For Pontianak, 29th—Rds. Ban PohGuan, Brit. str. 576 tons, Capt Smith, 27tli June. From Macassar, 19th June. G.c., and 29
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    • 617 15 Name, \n*rt, probable date of arrival, and name of agent*. Steamers. Arratoon A pear, Hougkong, July 10; P. Simons. Armand Behic, Colombo, July 17; Maritimes. Achillles, Liverpool, July 17; Mansfield. Acilia, China, August 1; Behn Meyer. Alavia, Bombay, June 30; A. M. Essabhoy. Alesia, China, August 15 Behn
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    • 124 15 Arrived 22nd June. By Hen gal —From Hongkahg—Mr. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Gunatilnka, and Mr. R. Gutierrez. 23rd June. By Clui*an —From London and from My. seilles—Messrs. J. H. B. Smith, Meiler, Myer, H. Laflin, C. Hawkes, Sergt. Maj. Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Aldworth. From Sydney—Mr. Mrs.
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    • 92 15 Per P. A O. steamer Moldavia connecting with the steamer Chilean at Colombo. Mr. J. D. Clarkson, Mr. F. H. Roche, Miss Pearson. Per P. A O. s. s. Japan from London May 27, due 27th June—Capt. H. J. Christie, Capt. E. 8. W. Pratt.
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    • 48 15 Hongkong, l*chia, (from Bombay) due 28th June, Behn Meyer. Port Swettenjunn, Aoaggcc, every Tuesday, Koe Guan. Port Swetlenham via porter Reuleaig on Thursdays, and Malacca on Saturdays, S. S. STeluk Anson via on Selangor on Wednesdays, and Hye Leong on Fridays, S.43. S. Co.
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    • 952 16 f* h Vessel's Name Tons Captain From Sailei* Consignees a v A J’ne 21 Clam Brit str. 2250 Bramstoii B. Papan June 16 Syme A co 21 Haliotis iDut str.j 1046 iVan Rijn S. Soesoe '.June 19 Syme co 22 Bankfields Brit str. 2398 Quinn Colombo 'June 16 22
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    • 596 16 Datk Vessels Name Flag Rig Tons Destination June 22 Tringganu Ger str. 600 Zamboanga via ports 3*2 t t’.-Tiberghein Fch str. 2750 Batavia 2*2 Will o’tlie Wisp Brit str. 148 Pontian ak *2*2 Ujina str. 3426 j Manila 22 Ban Liong Dut str. 275 Cotie via ports 22 Chakrabhongs
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  • 211 15 o Trade Very Dull. Chinese business men in Hongk&iflrjgfty complain, says the China Mail, thas trade in almost all of its branches is very dull there, more so in fact than it has been far some years past. The reason for this stjfce of affairs is to be
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  • 266 15 The inhabitants of Calcutta have just passed through a most trying heat wave, if we are to judge from the Asian of the 10th instant, from which w r e extract the following: The weather has been hot enough to melt the tail off a brass monkey. It
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 25 15 COMMON SENSE-NUTSHELL k hmtnodicalwotIob th« cmm and non tjioatifi* indefectail]Muio(Hlf4aNmrliaconndfcra«Toai Mi ftiactiooal debility, witi of vitality deprenkm «f r> ToflSi<>dMh. It; otaL^fod hh* •Tin Pootfroo
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 495 16 TH* NEW FRENCH REMEB1 TRADE (karttiw H ERA FI 0 N MARK highly i Is by Ric s, cofliaM all the desiderata to be sought in a of the and surpasses everything hitherto PION No.1 lays only, removes all disc os in a remarkably Earges trotc jinjections.thr use of which
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    • 335 16 Medicine of the kind anari*'- > < .?r* tne Calcutta Exhibition. f8E3-C4. open to all Col?* .cQiSTERtD B K LALOR’S i race Mark. HDSPHDDYNE HAS THE LARGE8T 8ALE OF ANY PHOSPHORIC MEDICINE IN THE WORLD. r or torif J«n has maintained its Its energising effects are shewn from the 'World-wide
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    • 152 16 Lea THE ORIGINAL and By Royal Warrant to His Majesty the King. AND GENUINE WORCESTERSHIRE. The Universal Remedy for Acidity of the Stomach, Headache, Heartburn, Indigestion, Soar Bruetations, Bilious Affections. Ihe Phy.Mcua Cure for Gout, Rheumatic Gout, and Gravel. Safest and nw Gentle Med. me fir Infants, Children, Delicate Females,
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