The Straits Budget, 13 July 1905

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  • 84 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES. over Half a Century Cable Address Times, Singapore. Straits Budget, 40 Cents. Straits Timm 15 cents [qL. LI*- SINGAPORE. THURSDAY. 13 JULY. 1905. NO. 2473 ‘STRAITS TIMES’* circulates I ,v Singapore and Penang t tuHOl'T ALL THE PROTECTED STATES
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  • The Straits Budget. THURSDAY, 13TH JULY.
    • 19 1 •V: i.kv: On the sth July, at Barrfield, _t Road, the wife of Arthur Wigley, of a lighter.
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    • 110 1 ick —Hi tkin: —On the 6th July, at St. w’s Cathedral by the Rev. H. C. Izard, ~,v,. Alexander, eldest son of George Derrick to Julia Anna, daughter of --Jacob Hutkin of Poltava, Russia. I r.i.-llomisoN —Neave: —On the 7th June, at K'ii. n.h.. \V. E. Htxlgson, to Violet
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  • 420 1 Pages. fading Articles k iier By-Laws 1 Vivian Tin 1 *'*l Trade 1 Toßijuin Atrocities 2 Municipal Dairying 2 British North Borneo 2 Bit Twelfth of July 2 I‘♦'distribution 2 Leaderettes 2,3 Local Occurrences 1 of the Week 1 •Wnger List 1* 16 B*a»ne Football 4 Danger
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  • 250 1 The Straits Budget this w*eek, is mailed by the Thongwa on the B. I. route. The homeward mail by the German steamer Darmstadt closed on Tuesday. The P. AO. s.s. Coromandel with the mail from Europe of the 16th June arrived on Friday. The subject matters
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  • 107 1 Per P A O. s. a. Macedonia connecting with the steamer Malta at Colombo, from London Jane 23, dae 23rt July-Mr D. Tamer Mr. Maiville Mr. and Mrs. A. Knox, Mr. n. «i. Norman', Mr. end Mr. E. A. Gardiner Mr. and Mre. Ryan, Miss
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  • Leading Articles.
    • 904 1 (Straits Times, 6th July.t After hearing much expert eviAnce on the subject, the Special Committee appointed by the Government to revise the Steam, Boiler Bye-laws have at length submitted their report to the Legislative Council. As may be remembered, this Committee was appointed at the request of
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    • 666 1 (Straits Times Cdh July.) The tin deposits of Bolivia are now* coming more and more under public notice. The British Consular report on that Republic for 1904 gives facts and figures which go to justify this, but transport difficulties hamper enterprise. The Consul says that in the district
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    • 650 1 (Stlaits Times 6th July.) In a recent issue of the Times of Malaya there 'appeared an article which would not be treated with justice unless it were bracketed with the epithet "alarmist.” It was alarming. It dealt with Japan's coal resources and showed how the alleged failure of
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    • 627 2 (Straits Times Bth July J Herk is an idea for the local health autliorities that may be considered in connection with the remarks published in the Straits Times yesterday and aforetime concerning the milk supply of Singapore. It is from The Times of June 13th A Municipal Dairy.—
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    • 565 2 (Straits Times, 10th July In the matter of the atrocities committed at Kwang Chow’ Wan by one Liegeot, an officer in charge of a district there, to which attention has several drawn in our columns, nothing official was published in French Indo-Cliina until the 28th June. Then the
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    • 740 2 (Straits Times, 11th July.) The British North Borneo Herald of the Ist inst. is an interesting issue in many respects, even where it is not blackguarding the Straits Times under apt quotations in Latin, and w*e hope to reproduce at an early date the very pleasant article
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    • 369 2 (Straits Times. 12th Julr.) Mr. Balfour’s proposed scheme for the redistribution of seats in Parliament on a basis of population is not new, but it will nevertheless raise an uproarious howl in Ireland. That country has at present a population of less than 4£ millions, w-liicli is represented in
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    • 4063 2 T WELFTH OF JULY. (Straits Times 12th July.) This, being the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, is a bad day for Ireland—from an outsider’s point of view. It is doubtful, however, if it is regarded as such by the Irishmen more immediately concerned. On this day of triumph
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 90 1 The post tree price of the Straits Times -o; ;t year. The post free price of the K h dye* is $20 a year. It i» not arv to subscribe for a year. The derations for shorter periods are at iD je proportionate rate of price as y OK' for^
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  • 63 1 DEATHS. V -On the 24th June, at Berwick-on-V-v~; England, Captain J. Arthur Forbes, -A X. Kiulien Lena Estate, Ceylon, aged 74. E r S( K; n the 3rd June, at Paoning, Arthur Lawrence, Cliurcli Missionary > -iv. aged 37 years. 1 -On the 24tli June, at Tokyo, William k lias.
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  • 417 3 Thk s.s. dieting Chew came out of dock yesterday and will leave for Penang to-day. It is re}>orted that Mr. A. L. Durham of Messrs. Martin Co., Colombo, is coming here next mouth to join the business of Messrs. Whiteaway Laidlaw and Co. Thk burglary reported yesterday,
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  • Correspondence.
    • 222 3 To the Editor of the Strait Time*.* 1 Dkar Sir, —Without wishing to exaggerate the importance of this matter I should like to convey my satisfaction with your leading article of Wednesday wliich expressed just what I feel about it. I was driven by a sense of the
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  • 132 3 Ykstkrdav while the electric cars were being driven along the Oaylang Road, Mr. Piper, the Traffic Superintendent, who was in one of the cars, saw four little Malay boys placing stones on the lines. Mr. Piper stopped the car at once and with the assistance of the Malay
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  • 200 3 On Monday afternoon the Chief and Second Engineers of the s.s. Nuen Tung lying in the Hoads, w ere bitten by a dog belonging to the ship, the behaviour of which gives rise to the suspicion that the dog was mad. The animal, a fine boarhound,
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  • 358 3 Thk Pahang Administration Report for 1904. which is signed by Mr. Cecil Wray as Resident, says that the export of gold from Pahang in 1904 was 18,004 ounces as compared with 12,411 ounces in 1903—an increase of 5.593 ounces. Of tliis amount, 3,118 ounces really belonged to 1903,
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  • 88 4 Mr. Lloyd. J. P. Joaquim writes in on behalf of the Old Rafflesians to point out that the League list of fixtures played during last month is incorrect as respects the Old Rafflesians. Mr. Joaquim asks us to state that in the list the Raffles have played 15
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  • 132 4 The F. M. S. Geologist refers as follow’s to the deposits of China-clay in Perak During the year I had occasion to refer to some correspondence concerning experimental pottery w’orks in Kampar, subsidised bv Government. The experiment owing, apparently, to the difficulty of obtaining good workmen. The bad
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  • 224 4 A boy employed by Mr. Cecil Rose of Sophia Road, has been charged with stealing from liis master a gold w.uch and chain, some silver vases and eight 5-dollar notes. He is remanded. Tan Yong Ho, a shop-keeper, was fined five dollars and costs for having in liis
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  • 395 4 The Selangor Chinese Chamber of Commerce. In their report on the working of th:6 Chamber for the past year the Committee state that there were 70 members when the Chamber was inaugurated, 54 new members were admitted during the year, 4 resigned or left the place, and
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  • 715 4 A meeting of the Licensing Justices was held yesterday afternoon in the First Magistrate’s Court. Mr. E. C. Howard presided, and there w’ere also present Hon. W. H. Shelford, Dr. Middleton, Mr. A. Gentle, Mr. T. S. Thomson, and Mr. H. V. W. Vade. Mr. W. A. Cuscaden,
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  • 219 4 An interesting experiment with Messrs. D. Christie’s and Lai Tet Loke’s new puddler was performed the other day, says the "Malay Mail,” at the mine 2 J miles out on the Cheras Road, Selangon, in tho presence of Mossrs. Cumming, \Valsh and Hampshire, Dirostors, Mr. 'Vhite, a shareholder,
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  • 452 4 Thb murder case from Christmas Island was disposed of yesterday afternoon, when the accused Yit Fook was found guilty of the capital offence, and was sentenced to death. Returning From Banishment. Lim Kim Swee, a greyheaded old Chinaman, was charged this morning before Chief Justice Sir Lionel Cox,
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  • 351 4 The tyre trade, says a rubber trade journal, is now beginning to feel the effects of the long continued increase in tlic price of rubber, for several of the manufacturers have increased the selling price of their tyres materially. The wonder, indeed, is that the increase
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  • 101 4 Colliers Discharging. According to last advices from Saigon there are still a number of Russian ships in French waters, including three men-of-war. Captain Jackson of the steamer Laerte reports at Hongkong that when he left the French Colony, on the 18th June, there were two vessels
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  • 254 4 Extensions in 1904. The total expenditure on construction and survey of proposed new lines (including $90,330 for the Johore line) amounted to #2,898,949, ali of which was met Horn surplus revenue funds. If to tins be added the sums expended on the Malacca-Pulau Sebang Railway and
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  • 285 4 January —May. During the month of May, says the “Times of Malaya,” the export of block tin from the premier State of the Federation amounted to piculs 12,101.99 (720 tons): and that of tin-ore (after the customary reduction) was piculs 24,612.55 (1,465 tons), making a total
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  • 194 4 The F. M. S. Technical College, towards the establishment of which institution Towkay Loke Yew gave a donation of $30,000, is in a fa*lr way of being started on a good footing. The interest derivable from the above sum not being considered sufficient to
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  • 256 4 Dollar Export Regu| a tj 0| The following proclamation come into force in Borneo:— nUih X* (1) This Proclamation ni av i as the Coin Export *p tion, 1905, and shall force upon the m Tf f in Ule (2) If any person shall at export any
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  • 261 4 This company has been formed 'at Colombo, with an authorised capital of •,000,000 rupees 81,622,166.67, gold to acquire about 16,400 acres in tht Kegalle district for the purpose of planting rubber and other suitable product* The initial issue of shares amounts k* 3,000,000 rupees,
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  • 145 4 The total number of ImmigrfrB 1 arrived in the Colony from l*> r > was 204,796 in 1904, being a rediicti per cent upon the number for was the highest known. l he R ne for Chinese Affairs, Mr. M arren ascribes the falling off m partly to
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  • 1069 5 ■Lionel** fr r thc Min,us r i the Uth Junc: Hu r:ial j c f Trade figures for the Th cf the current year show B’ t c f tin wre 15.172 tons B" tens for the same period B l/tTipiucuts 10,992 tons against and exports 3,009
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  • 707 5 Extracts from Mr. Birch's Report. In Perak ihe Resident has to depend largely on the administrative ability and tact of five officials— the District Officers of Kinta, l*arut and Krian. Lower Perak, Batang and Kuala Kangsar. These five officers should lx* specially selected and be made to
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  • 420 5 Interview With Mr. E. V. Carey. Mr. E. V. Carey called at our office the other day, says the “Malay Mail/* looking fit and well after his recent travels, and when we asked him whether he had anything important to say to us he was very emphatic on
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  • 230 5 THE SAMSON CASE. A Shanghai telegram to one of the Hongkong papers states that Mr. Justice de Sausmarez gave judgment on the 30tli of June in the Supreme Court in the suit to decide the ownership of Mr. Bennett Burleigh’s despatch boat Samson. The judgment awards Mr. Pavlow, the Russian
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  • 442 5 A Kling, whose foot had been run over by a cart, lias died in the Hospital. One of the electric cars ran off the line at the Payah Lebar terminus yesterday. During the night the lock was wrenched off the front door of Joseph Baker's icecream saloon.
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  • 73 5 Two ’Rikisha Coolies Dealt with. To-day before Mr. Marriott two Chinese 'rikisha coolies were lined one hundred dollars each, or six months' hard labour, for placing stones and pieces of firewood on the tram line in Serangoon Road on the 3rd instant. Mr. E. C. Ellis prosecuted
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  • 140 5 Ox the 29th June, Sergt. Sheedy, in consequence of a telegram received from Kuala Lumpur, boarded the Pin Seng here and arrested Lai Liin. A Chinese lodging housekeeper at Kuala Lumpur alleges that sixty five sovereigns and four Chartered Bank notes of one hundred dollars each
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  • 155 5 The Straits Echo reports that another well developed case of hydrophobia from dogbite has just been admitted to the General Hospital, Penang and that two other persons, are known to have been bitten by the same dog The patient in question is the Kling cook of Assistant
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  • 549 5 “When Thieves Fall Out.” At the Assizes yesterday afternoon before Chief Justice Sir Lionel Cox and a jury, Lee Ting Ho, a Chinese criminal, who lias served various terms of imprisonment and who is known among his associates by the name of the Black Devil," pleaded not guilty
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  • 442 5 This Year’s Race. A racing correspondent in Colombo, who takes a keen interest in Indian racing, recently writing to the Asian (Calcutta), said: We shall see one of the best class fields go out for this year’s Viceroy’s Cup on record what with Contest, Region, Abington, Dalkeith. Cherson,
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  • 125 6 Thk case in which Mr. Havas of the Sandow Company issued a writ against Mr. Sandow for damages for wrongful dismissal has been settled out of Court. The circumstances of the case are no doubt yet fresh in the public memory. Mr. Havas, who is one of
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  • 283 6 The “Ceylon Observer” has been favoured with the following expression < i opinion, conveyed in a letter to a friend, by a gentleman who, wc take it, is as wellacquaihted with both Ceylon and the Malay States any estate proprietor whom we could name. He writes
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  • 423 6 Mr. William T. Stead, the wcli-known English journalist and writer, lias liad an interview with Air. Janies Dairymple, Manager of the Glasgow Municipal tramways, :n regard to the working of his system and the visit of Mr. Dairymple to Chicago to advise that American c*ty concerning the operation
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  • 373 6 The French Consul-General at Batavia, M. DeCoutouly, has been transferred to Calcutta. A Recent telegram from Europe announces that Germany is adopting the 18,000 ton type of armour-clad warship. The Governor lias confirmed the appointment of Mr. «J. R. Nicholson to be Chairman of the Tanjong Pagar
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  • 134 6 Enquiry this Morning. This morning at the Master Attendant’s office, an enquiry was held into the stranding of the Cherniy Chew off Tanjong Bolas on the morning of 22ml June. Mr. Howard was Chairman, and the assessors were Capt Boldero (Master Attendant), Capt. Dunmall and Capt. Fife.
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  • 266 6 We greatly regret to record the death of Mr. Charles Trevelyan Watlien, Assistant Superintendent of Police, which occurred at the General Hospital at 11.15 o’clock last night. Mr. Wathen had been ailing some time from abscess of the liver, and was known to be
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  • 2438 6 Phf.sknt. His Excellency the Goveuxoh, Sir John Anderson, K.C.M.O. Hon. E. L. Brockman (Acting Colonial Secretary Hon. W. R. Col Iyer Attorney-Genera!). Hon. A. Murray, c.e., m.i.c.e. (Colonial Engineer). Hon. E. C. H. Hill (Auditor-General). Hon. J. O. Anthonisz Colonial Treasurer.) Hon. J. Anderson. Hon.
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  • 252 6 Present —Mr. E. G. Broadrick (Preside Dr. Murray Robertson. Messrs. H. L Coglilan, A. W. Bailey, A. J. W. Walk* Wm. Mac bean, also J. Polglase (Secret' R. Peirce, (Engineer). Bills. Rills amounting to $34,494*81 were jus* for payment. Tramway Regulations. The President
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  • 132 6 A Mr. Young is, says the l>era about to be taken on as hurojiea vt at the Central Prison, Taiping. believe, the staff is not up to its tu The appointment of Mr. M. A. y as Acting Warden of Mines am* Mair as Acting Assistant Warden Paton
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  • 1496 7 I E the Governor Presides. I nn d annual meeting of the l Tue branch Young -Men’s Christian was held al the Town HaU P 0 1 i ck last night. H.E. Sir John the Governor, presided and ■jdersou, attendance. Amongst r
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  • 194 7 The annual athletic sports of the Royal Engineers were held at Pulo Brani on Thursday. Commencing at 2 p.m. in brilliant weather a good half of a very full programme was got through before a heavy shower of rain put a temporary stop to the proceedings and
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  • 1375 7 The New Pavilion. A si’kcial general meeting of the members of the Singapore Cricket Club was held yesterday afternoon in the Town Hall for the purpose of considering plans and estimates of the proi>08ed alterations and additions to the S. C. C. Pavilion. Mr. E. G. Broadrick
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  • 1143 7 The Administration Report. Fiscal. The following are extracts from the Pahang Administration Report for last year by the Resident Cecil Wray: The revenue of the State for the year 1904 amounted to $458,226 against $416,916 collected in 1903 and an estimate of $445,122. The revenue collected shows
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  • 175 7 A correspondent writes thus to the Malay Mail The Superintendent of Posts and Telegraphs visited Lipis, Raub and Bentong last week. A serious accident occurred at Karak, resulting in the injury of six Chinese coolies! It appears that, after heavy rain, an overhanging tree fell on the coolie
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  • 270 8 The Far Fastern lieview (Manila) for June gives some further details of the death of Mr. Arthur Pearce Bullen who was for a number of years in Singapore, and news of whose death came as a great shock to his many friends here. The
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  • 448 8 Straits people, old and young, at home and abroad, will learn with unfeigned regret of the death of Charles Stringer, for many years head of the firm of Messrs. Paterson, Simons and Co., in Singapore. A telegram which reached the local firm from their London
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  • 264 8 Sambikan, Ist July. The Petrel has been lately overhauled and is now in constant use. The Dnsuns have a strange custom of cementing their friendship. Two men squat opposite each other, each with a glassful of coconut milk in front him. A third man then scratches each man's
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  • 750 8 The exportation of Straits Settlements dollars has l>een forbidden in British North Borneo. I The Chinaman who stole a sewing machine from the Baffles Girls’ School got nine months hard. The Ladies’ Sewing Meeting in connection with the Presbyterian Church will not l»e held this month. The
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  • 61 8 The Ladies’ Medal for July was played on Friday afternoon. Result: Mrs. Nicholson 64 —18 46 Mrs. Hartnell 56 B—4B Mrs. Langham-Carter 60—10—50 Mrs. Walker 66—12—54 Mrs. Cußcaden 75—18=57 Mrs. Thomas 81—18—63 Mrs. E. C. Ellis 89—12—77 In the final of the Men's foursomes (handicap match
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  • Correspondence.
    • 138 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times." Sir, —The tap on street-livdrant 675, opposite Syed Alley Boad 28a. is broken, and it has not been possible to close it for alxmt a week, so that a lot of water has been wasted. As nolxxly seemed to
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  • 181 8 The objects and reasons of the Bill which was introduced in the Legislative Council on Friday last, for the regulation and control of pilgrim passenger brokers, set forth the following )x>ints: 1. This Bill is designed to check the frauds, unfortunately far from uncommon, which are
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  • 183 8 Owing to the number of teams entered for the Warren Shield Shooting Competition this year, the match will bo shot off on the 27th ami 28th July commencing at 2 p.in. each day. The team* will fire as follows i A. Co. 95th Bussell’s E.Co.9sth R'Us
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  • 188 8 We have received from Messrs. Kelly and Walsh a copy of a book bearing the above title, written by the Hon. F. H. May, Colonial Secretary at Hongkong and formerly Acting Governor of that Colony. The volume is dedicated to the memory of Mr. Roliert Cooke of
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  • 212 8 The funeral of the late Mr. C. T. Wathen, Assist.-Supt of Police, took place on Saturday afternoon with military honours. The cortege left the General Hospital at 4.30 p.m. and proceeded to St. Andrew s Cathedral, where the first part of the funeral service was conducted
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  • 1282 8 Marine Court of Enquiry. A Mar ink Court of Enquiry was held at the Master Attendant’s office on Saturday morning to enquire into the stranding of the s. s. Cheang Chew off Tanjong Bolus in the early morning of the 22nd June. Mr. E. C.
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  • 283 8 Messrs. Coode, Son and Matthew, j! prepared a report in reply to critic their design for their Singapore Harbour. In this they “"j the advantages which appear y, tj. being claimable following upon the c-Jvß tion of the proposed works are a, t olio** I (1) The Inner
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  • 235 8 Bkfokk Chief Justice Sir Lionel 1 a jury this morning the trial was of Seet Tam Lee. a young Chinese. w charged with having on 27th Marc N forged a cheque for $5,885. I n, n )< r ‘V I have been drawn bv Teo Sun i" l!
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  • 124 8 At the Swimming Club vested B. Class 50 yards handicap, tim peted and Cuscaden won by wjr time 39 seconds. Edmondson 1 st second, Cuthbert (5 secs.) third. The competitions for tlie Jac Cup which are open to all mem 1 been fixed for the following dates
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  • 858 9 ret-d ..rea of the earth's surT>' e v 1C I, tin can be obtained ia l interest, in the opinion of p u T,...i:.,n Mining Standard" to all tin- discoveries of this metal, r* J■ s naturally increased by iv advancing demand, and by 5 tC V.ied shrinkage
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  • 1032 9 Conclusion of a Successful Meeting. Never has the Singapore Ritle Association brought off a better meeting than the one concluded on Saturday afternoon. The programme contained no less than twelve events and nine days were taken up in getting through it. The entries were good and considerably
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  • 1506 9 (Prom our own Correspondent.) La Grande Semaine. Paris, Saturday, 10th June. This week will probabiy be known as one of the wettest Grandes Semaines” on record. The great week which makes j the apex of the Paris season, begins with tiie Grand Steeple-Chase at Auteuil and j
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  • 155 9 The forty-second monthly medal was played for on Saturday at the Tanglin Links, and was won by Mr. Carver with a final score of 91 —12=79. The following cards were returned: C. I. Carver 91—12=79 medal. Major Wilson 88— 6=82 F. E. Worsley Taylor 100—18=82 A. M.
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  • 469 9 The purser of the s.s. Vmta at Tanjong Pagar. has reported to the (wlice the loss of some property from his cabin. A few Russian refugees passed through Singapore to-day by the German mail steamer Darmstadt homeward bound. The conference of Residents presided over >y the Resident-General
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  • 107 9 Before Mr. Marriott to-day Kassim. a Javanese, was charged with the murder of a fellow countryman at Payah Lebar in January last. The accused was arrested in Joliore. Yesterday Yap Mob got three months* hard for the theft of a pair of shoes. $lO or fourteen days was
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  • 188 9 Wilmot —Perrcau. A pretty wedding was celebrated at St* Andrew’s Cathedral by the Revd. H. C. Izard on Saturday last. The contracting parties were Mr. Edward Marquard Perreau, second son of Mr. A. M. Perreau, late Chief Clerk of the Treasury, and Miss Edith Florence Wilmot, elder daughter of
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  • 1072 10 The Causes leading up to the Rupture. The present Situation Described. (From Our Java CoiTvspondrnt.) Sourabaya, 24th June. South Celebes, where the torch of war will be kindled soon, consists partly of Government territory and partly of vessel states, of which Gowa, Boni, Wajo and Luwu
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  • 239 10 Yesterday afternoon the trial was concluded, before Chief Justice Sir Lionel Cox and a jury, of Wong Lak Lak, who was charged with using as genuine a forged document, to wit, a bill bearing the chop of Lam Cheng Sun. Mr. P. J. Sproule, Deputy Public Prosecutor, conducted
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  • 265 10 VACCA MILK. Since the newspaper reports have demonstrated the extent to winch the adulteration of milk has been carried on by the Singapore fresh milk vendors, a vast and still growing local demand has grown np for the celebrated Vacca brand of sterilised milk, put up in patent stoppered bottles
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  • 436 10 The competitions in the July monthly medal, the Spring Cup, and the qualifying round for the Vade Cup took place on Saturday, Ist inst., and resulted in five members returning the same scores. On playing off, Messrs. Corbett and Masterton again put in 83 as their score.
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  • 795 10 New Issue of its Bulletins I This Bulletin has now enters I third year of publication, and number, which has just appeal first of a new issue. The Bull *4 hitherto been published as a f Uc *B supplement to Ihe Board Journal,” but it will henwfort
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  • 1083 11 well contested game ends in A a draw of one jroal each. vr teams met yesterday afternoon TH in the second tie in the pn t* w k k »tl>all Association Challenge >ingape ,r i. n 4 e crowd of
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  • 432 11 In his report for 1904 upon the Chinese Protectorates, Air. Warren D. Barnes, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, states that the number of immigrants who arrived from ports in China was 204,796. being a reduction of 7 per cent, upon the figures for 1908 which were the highest
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  • 408 11 Air. AlacAlahon, one of the engineers of the Colombo Electric Tramway Company has just returned to Colombo from Singapore, where he inspected the working of the Thermit system of welding rails which is to be adopted ill Colombo when the tramways there are relaid. The system has
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  • 961 11 The First Rubber Tree Tapped in B. N. Borneo. The following is from the “B.N.B. Herald” of the 1st July: Quite an important epoch was established here last Saturday, the 24th ult., when at Sekong Estate H. E. the Governor tapped the first rubber-yielding tree in British
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  • 209 11 Promising Section of Perak. The Resident of Perak writes as follows in reference to Grit in his annual report: The district unhappily styled the New Territory, a palpable misnomer, is bounded on the north and east by the semi-independent States of Reman and Kelantan, and on the
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  • 182 11 The British Consular Report on the trade of Denmark for 1904 states that the East Asiatic Company had a very prosperous year, and has, it is said, been able to pay a dividend of 8 per oent., although they have been obliged to close several of their
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  • 192 11 The was a very good house at Sandow’s re-opening performance last night. The modern Hercules did not show the slightest sign of his recent attack of dengue fever, and was warmly applauded when the curtain went up showing him standing like a marble statue on a pedestal. The
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  • 780 11 (By a Member of the Jockey Club Stand.) A curiously instructive admission was made by Mr. Leopold de Rothschild in a recently published letter, “Racings is a business nowadays with one and all/’ he wrote; and it is an undoubted fact that a great- change has
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  • 2283 12 Why they Fell out. The Indian papers give lengthy ex- tracts from the official papers just pub- lished regarding the dispute between Lord Kitchener, Lord Curzon, and Sir j Edmond Elies in the matter of the re- organisation of the Indian army. The j Secretary of State
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  • 239 12 Thus, the Taiping correspondent oi the "Alalay A]ail Air. Lcgge, D. P. A., arrived from home about a week ago to replace Air. Stroner, who lias returned to Singapore. Air. Dewar will rejohi his regiment on about the 18th iust. Capt. Long comes here presently, and Capt. Adams
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  • 629 12 20 “Baltic Colliers” Hung Up. A “Times of Ceylon” reporter went on board the Danish steamer “Theodor W tile,” which arrived at Colombo the o.her day from Sabang, and learnt the fact that there were no less than ltt to 20 German and other colliers at Sabang
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  • 211 12 Mr. George telis a Malay Mail” correspondent of a very curious experience with a Chinese overseer while camped for a night in a small bangsal on the Kepas Kiver. It appears Mr. George had gone to bed in another small bangsai close by, and was awakened by a
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  • 752 12 Sight in British North Bornto. The island of Lihiman, a^ ut miles in circumference, lies son Ulre miles due North of baudakau tew some months, says the *\B. raid,” native reports have ot a huge marine monster—a k octopus —which had made this place of recreation. The
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  • 148 12 Mb. Edward F. O'Brien. laU l>r°P r < and editor of the Manila Sunday Shu., through Singapore to-day in the* mail-steamer Darmstadt for Europe to New York. Mr. O’Brien is one nt w pioneers of journalism in the IMnlipl' l Islands, having arrived with the tn*>l
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  • 596 13 til*. S"I Bell*’ returned from •p!i~ the relieved crews. tfct u'ino ship E. Spence Ti:t yesterday in ballast. i tr«'in l ft-■' 1 fore Mr. Coleman, Yeo Chin *W rKKl> 1 M t( a month’s imprisonment -t i in pnblu. N f„ r theft of electric wire
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  • 103 13 Harr .l?* d®spatch states that Mr. formerly U* S. Minister to v, V-° as recentl y been American l4 f la, a has lieen appointed to Jjh the u ste l* has bee ll taken in line < J! ra r V I,iOVaI or transfer of those
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  • Correspondence.
    • 67 13 To the Editor of the Strait* Time*.” Dear Sir, —I am glad to notice that the Municipal Commissioners propose to do something to improve the health of the town. Government has abolished the zoological gardens. Would the Municipality follow suit and fill up the breeding places of
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  • 474 13 At the Assizes yesterday afternoon the trial was concluded of one Otib who was charged with housebreaking by night in order to cause hurt, the allegation of the prosecutor being that the accused’s purpose was to commit an assault in revenge for an old standing personal grudge. The
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  • 190 13 Yesterday before Mr. Howard, Adelina Y. Tan, wife of Y. Tan, appeared, in response to a summons taken out by him, to show cause why the maintenance order of $45 made against her husband in August last should not be reduced to $25. Wliae Tan said that,
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  • 155 13 Governor and Party Present. Last night H.E. the Governor Sir John Anderson attended the Sandow show at Raffles Reclamation, and there was the biggest attendance of spectators that has yet been seen in the mammoth tent during the stay of the company in Singapore. The place was crammed
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  • 1240 13 Sherwood Foresters v. R. E. Splendid Game Results in Sherwoeds Reaching Final by 2 Goals to i. The above teams met yesterday afternoon on the Esplanade, in the semi final tie of the above Cup, before a huge crowd of spectators who were served up with as
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  • 246 13 LOCAL STEAMER CHOET” SUNK. Comes to Grief at Tebing Tenggi. This morning the small Dutch steamer Sri Tringganu commanded by a Malay named Abas, arrived from Bagan, Bengkalis and Tebing Tenggi, Sumatra, with news of the sinking of the little British steamer Choet at Tebing Tenggi. She also brought down
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  • 544 13 Very much to the astonishment of certain of the Hongkong journals, the Straits Times was able to announce to them lately that the long delayed railway connecting Hongkong with Canton was about to be started at last. Our information has proved to be correct as it was given.
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  • 705 13 Due Here Next Week. Mr. Roy H. Smith, the advance-mana-ger of the Bandmann Opera Company, has arrived here from Rangoon and Calcutta, where the Company, after a mest successful season at Cairo, Bombay Colombo, and Calcutta were performing to splendid houses. Mr. Maurice E. Bandmann is coming
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  • 149 13 This is the kind of thing which is not unlikely to lie an uncommon occurrence when the electric tramways start running in Singapore ;it happened in Hongkong —A private rikisha coolie, while strolling leisurely the tramliue at the foot of Pottinger Street with an empty rikisha, refused to
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  • 1103 14 A Great Feat. The “Standard s St. Petersburg correspondent says:—The Baltic and Black Sea Ship Canal, long a pious patriotis dream, has become a definite project .The imprisonment of the Black Sea Fleet; at a time when Russia is about to make a desperate effort to
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  • 501 14 A British Indian Murdered. The following is from the “Allahabad Pioneer’ Johannesburg. 25th May. Amongst the curious things of minor importance associated with the Chinese labour question is the small amount of space devoted to serious disturbances by the Rand newspapers. For instance, ii is difficult to imagine
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  • 591 14 Colonel Sir Thomas Holdich read a paper at a meeting of the Central Asian Society, entitled “England’s Strength in Asia,” remarking that he had always held the belief that England’s strength in Asia was greater than that which the majority of Englishmen were disposed to admit.
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  • 203 14 NEW P. O. STEAMERS. Two fine new vessels, the “Mooltan,” 10,uuo tons and 15,uuU, h.p., and the “Delhi,” 8,0UU tons ana <,oou h.p., having been built tor the P. <fcO. steam navigation Company, will be placed on one run this year, 'me “Mooltan is the fifth vessel of the “Moldavia”
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  • 488 14 Kuala Lumpur sth July. J The first day’s racing at Kuala Lumpur resulted as follows: Maiden Plate —Convoy 1, Banzai 2, The Vyking 8. Selangor Stakes—Seaport 1, Lulworth 2, Duchess 8. Horse Griffin Stakes —Queen Anne 1, Splendid 2, Little Tich 8. Merchants and
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  • 666 14 Th o*t<miati»clier Lloyd'* Service.) Berlin 6th July. The new Japanese Foreign Loan of £30,000,000 sterling, at per cent, will l>e issued on Tuesday next lltli inst. at £9O. The issue will be made simultaneously in Germany, England and America, winch are apportioned £10,000,000 each. Owing to the
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  • 352 14 We are indebted to Mr. Tanaka, tk Japanese Consul at Singajxjre, for tk following official telegrams from the Foreign Office ftt Tokyo Heed. 7.30p.m. Monday. The Saglialien landing army occupied Korsakov early on the morning of July without much resistance. The Russians burnt the town of Korsako\.
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  • 2715 15 I London. 5th July. I „„,lrr&lt;h&gt;od tliat the St. Petersburg I !t 1 s Note to Mr. Roosevelt pointed I hover" 11 selection of the Russian i: !r itives indicated the Czar’s desire r mV’* 4 I till 4f 'I! KuCsian proposal for an immediate ‘i ias been
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  • 188 15 FINANCE COMMERCE. 12th July 1906. To-day’s 4/m bank rate is 2/-. Today s share quotations chances are Buyers—-Rodjangs, |272|. Sellers—Deferred Kersawans $2, Contributory Raubs #5.60. British collier Hillglen arrived this morning from Penarth with 4,500 tons of coal consigned to the M. M. A Co. To-day, Tanjong Pagars were quoted
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  • 58 15 The following is the output from Tronoh for the month of June, together with amount realised:— Total output 4,103.73 piculs Amount realised ...#180,164.84 The Manager, Mr. J. P. Rowe, reports in the Times of Malaya that all shafts are now yielding karang, and the main shaft with
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  • 113 15 January—April. The output of tin from the Federated Malay States during the first four months of the year amounted to piculs 100,288.234 (5,970 tons) and of tin-ore, piculs 175,229,06 (10,430 tons) the total being piculs 275.517.29i, or 16,400 tons. The duty collected by the Governmentrion this
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  • 85 15 Output for May, 1905. The following return is compiled from figures supplied by the Gold Miue Managers. Names of Co. Value treated.obtained. &gt;a,ue Tons. 0*8. Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Pahang* 5,096 707 28,000 Kechau Gold Fie'ds, Limited, Pahangt Batn Bersawah Gold Mining Co., Negri Sembilanf
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  • 129 15 With Lewis Peat’s Report. 16th June 1905 Para. We have had another very quiet week and practically no business has been done—Prices at the close are about Id. per lb. cheaper than quoted in last report. Fine Hard 5/8 sellers, spot and forward soft little offering at
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  • 270 15 Number p-jj Lest Value opto Colnpmiy jBuyerej Seller* Tr*M*oShares r I i tions solo. t 13.500 9 10 *17.50 Bersawah G. M. Co., Ltd 12.00 6,500 uu issued. 4,000 I 10 10 (Deferred) 8.00 2.00 20,000 9 10 9 10 Kadana G. M. Cd. f Etd. nom. 10,000 9
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  • 149 15 400,000 |£l j£ 1 Duff Development Co., Ltd.. 10.00 10.50 50.000 9lOO Federated Engineering Co., Ltd. ..130.00 175.00 4*500 950 950 Fraser A Neave, Ltd. 100.00 100.00 100.00 80 000 9 125 9125 Hongkong and Shanghai Bank 770.00 £BO/512 000 9 100 9 100 Howarth Efskine, Ltd. 250.00 270.00
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  • 72 15 70,000 1 1 Bukit Rajah £2.12.6 000 1 1 Cicely Rubber Estate 1. 5.0 eiooo 1 £l M 5%Pw. £1.10.0 I I PaUling Rubber Co. £3.10.0 U M a^OOO* 1 #100 #100 Riba Planting Co. Ltd. ISO hIm #100 #100 Sandycroft Bobber Co #130 100.00 135 “EK 1 1
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  • 48 15 t Howacth Erskine, Ltd. 7% 250,000 S% prem. Riley, Hargreaves, Ltd. 0% 219,000 1% prem buyers. Singapore Municipal t 40P,000 2% prem buyers. 5% 1,878,000 l%nnm boyar*. 4% 999.600 2% Sis. nom. Taniong Pagar Dock Co., Ltd. 0% 290,000 2% prem buyers. 5% 1,305,600 1% prem buyers.
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  • 258 16 April Output. The quantity exported is returned at 2,624.75 piculs. The following is a comparative statement for the first four jnonths of the year: Output in Piculs. January 3,354.94 February 2,002.ob March 2,143.9/ April 2,624.7o The above give a total of 10,126.22 piculs against 6,559 piculs in the
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  • 92 16 Gambier 8.85 do (Cube No. 1) unpicked 12.50 Copra Bali 7.60 do Pontianak 7.50 Pepper, Black buyers 27.37$ do White, 5% buyers 38.25 Sago Flour Sarawak 3.15 do Brunei No. 1 3.06 Pearl Sago 4.40 Coffee Bali, 15% basis 19.75 Coffee, Palembang, 20% basis 23.00 Coffee, Liberian No. 1
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  • 127 16 On iAmdrn —Bank 4 m/s 2/Demand 1/11 Private 6 m/s 2/-$ do 3 m/s 2/-$ On Germany —Bank d/d 2.03 Private 3 m/s 2.05$ do 6 m/s 2.07$ On France —Bank d/d 2.50 Private 3 m/s 2.55$ do 6 m/s 2.57$ On India —Bank T. T. 148$“ Private 30
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 110 16 Under this heading the following abbreviations are used :—str.—steamer sh.—ship bq. —barcpe; sch.—schooner; Yet.—Yacht; Cru. —Cruiser; Gbt.—Gunboat; Tor.—Torpedo H.p. Horsepower; Brit. British USUnited States ;Fch.—French Ger —German Dut.—Dutch; G.c.—General-cargo; d.p.—deck passenger; U.—Uncertain T. P. W.—Tan ion g Pagar Wharf; T.P.D.-Tanjong PagarD&lt;£k* B-W.—Borneo Wharf; K.H.-Keppel HarW P.B.—Pulo Brani;
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    • 894 16 Arrivals since Noon of Yesterday. Anghin Ger. str. 1,001 tons, Capt Reimers, 12th July. From Swatow, 4th July* G.c., and 770 d.p. Behn Meyer A Co. For Bangkok, U.—Rds. Cheang Chew, Brit. str. 1,213 tons, Capt Lyons, 12th July. From Penang, 10th July. G.c., and 184 d.p.
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    • 418 16 Arrived sth July. Per Paknam —From Bangkok—Mr. Walker and Mr. Lambert. I 6th July. j Per Rajah of Sarawak —From Sarawak—Mr. Richardson and Mr. Miller. Per SriMuar :—From Malacca—Mr. Drabble. Per Malacca —From Port Swettenham— Messrs. 8. E. Van Dohrowatsky, T, H. Moorhouse and J. W. Scully,
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    • 412 16 INSTANT POWELL’S Balsam Aniseed^ r OOUOH8 COLDS ASTHMA BROfftOHITIS, CUUm ANISE* 0 Jffma Okemitti 4b Store*. Be mre J** W Powell'» with above Trade Mark. MARTIN’S EOL^ st eel, for I/Odies.l PILLS A French Remedy f La Jim KM|&gt; t UlM&gt; &gt;| **•*1 »:*n ol ’ill. Irro,* dr administer r
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    • 638 16 ft and Perrins’ Sauce. By Royal Warrant to HI® Majesty the King. THE ORIGINAL AND GENUINE WORCESTERSHIPE SEVEN MISERIES ALL OF WHICH GREW OUT OF STOMACH DISORDERS, PROMPTLY BANISHED BY i MOTHER SEIGEL’S SYRUP. I suffered greatly from liver disorder with dizziness, poor apoetite and was unable to sleep at
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