The Straits Budget, 14 June 1906

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    84 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES BUSHED over Half a Century Cable Address Times, Singapore. Straits Budget, 40 Cnns. Straits Times 10 cents. VOL LX. SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, 14 JUNE, 1906. NO. 2521 \ITs TIMES’’ CIRCULATES Tjjr > t> sing \pore and Penang L -vyoLT ALL
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  • The Straits Budget. THURSDAY, 14TH JUNE.
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      BIRTH.
      45 1 At K. '_’vh May., the wife f Met--.- Scitlt*nlent Officer, of a «»’i !<»*;. I iiat Singapore, the v. v r.ut't \V. iv >u. s.s. Hongaioh of a K tiie lulu, dune at Buk‘t T i;. >d. Mr E. Key worth. <■>!«. Beds, of a «l.iugliter.
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      MARRIAGES.
      103 1 N -\nki-.- On the 2nd June. P*: IU\. i'. W. Haines. Colonial i I i i.* ler -on i .John Robertson. H. II. M <t«-r House, Edinburgh, to K Mill*-!. daughter of E. Neubron-ii-r. Lvj.. *n:_an >:*•. A\- A n-!i \i>. (Mi the loth May, IbOh, •H m George's.
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    Table of Contents.
    427 1 Packs. Leading Articles Naiitha Danger 1 fla* Governor's Return 1 k'j’.cotting Sikhs 1 lie hut Trammels Leaderettes 2, o Local: Summary of the Week 1 hoim-stic Occurrences I niwnger Li*t 1 La l iiine.se and the Sikhs J hinbrace. Three Months J in the Harbour 1. Annual
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    Summary of the Week.
    194 1 Thk Straits Budget, this week, is mailed by the Bharat a on the B. J. route. Owing to the Boon meeting w ith au accident there w*as no German homeward mail this w*eek. The P. A O. mail by the Delta from Europe with dates to
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    LIST OF PASSENGERS.
    204 1 Per P. &O. s. s. Sardinia from Loudon, May 12, due 16th June —Mr. W. R. Lyth, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Fox, Mr. and Mrs. Knocker. Mr. B. J. Eaton, Capt. R, M. Porter, Mr. and Mrs. J. Brace, Capt. B B. Colluch. Per P. A
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      SIKHS BOYCOTTED.
      743 1 (Stm i t h Ti nit’*, t i h Ju nr. In to-day's issue, our readers will note the report of a short conference, as it might be called, which took place last evening between the Sikhs, or rather a deputation of the Sikhs, of Singajiore and a
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      NAPTHA DANGER.
      551 1 (Strait* Times, Sth June). Somk time ago, as our readers will recolI lect, an article by a Russian officer was published, and the usual discussion went the rounds. The subject of the article was the destruction of British naval and mercantile marine by means of naphtha. A ship,
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      GOVERNOR’S RETURN.
      849 1 (Straits Times, Sth June.) This afternoon, Sir John Anderson returns io Singapore, to resume the personal administration of the Colony, with the intension of remaining with us till his term of office expires. In the usual course of events 1 .he time will be slightly under three years;
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      FREE PORT TRAMMELS.
      4814 2 (S fruits Times, Mth June.) To most people who never visit these parts, Singapore is what may be called a free port. But. is it The European and American may probably never discover anything amiss. yet the Asiatic passenger, of the hoi polloi, learns to his cost
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      93 1 -ft- pst fiee price of the Straits Times v a r The post tree price of the Stri: B'.tbjt* is >20 a year. It is not rv to subscribe for a year. The 5Bb c'' -ti°ns for shorter periods are at titf s.r:e proportionate rate of price as for vear
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    63 1 DEATHS. ,f On tin l 4th of May, at Kalt lara, l.rne< lirosidlby. fourth son of Lieut vr Hem and Lady Geary aged 30 i On the *th inst at, her residence, 1 -M 15.tail. Singapore, Amelia Camegy, *-i Mother of Mr*. J. Van Cuylenburg. Pernng papers please copy. 1*
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    THURSDAY, 7TH JUNE.
    361 3 Thk output from the Pusing Lama Tin Mine-. Ltd. mine for the month of May last was 1200 piculs of an approximate value of S64.000. U\k him>rki> and thirty-four deaths were registered in Singapore during the week ending on the 2nd June. The ratio per thousand was
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    FIRE IN THE HARBOUR.
    104 3 :;oi’T 2 o’clock, this afternoon flames wc re seen iu the water round the s.s. luff rani. which is lying outside the harbour limits. It appeared, as if a number of cases were hunting in the water. The Iml rani is a British steamer and arrived
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    One Embrace: Three Months!
    180 3 Wi Sino Sex. a boy came here with a European from Panang about a month ago. The European went home and the **boy” was for the moment out of employ. On the night of the 16th ultimo he was in Beucoolcn Street alone when Lim A
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    The Education Bill.
    569 3 Prospects of Compromise. A committee of Nonconformist members of the House of Commons has informed Mr. Birrell, the President of thie Board of Education, that they will resist any extension of the concessions under the clause of the Education Bill providing- for special denominational instruction being: given
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    The Chinese and the Sikhs. Conference with the “Straits Times ”
    1209 3 The Chinese and the Sikhs. Conference with the “Straits Times •‘Wkll. wi.at is it? "-a customary f or mula which is ejaculated some two or three hundred times a day. The deputation of the Sikhs, to see you --by appointment.” The Sikhs Ah, the Sikhs. Well show them in. But—hew
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    S. V. I. Annual Inspection.
    322 3 Thk first part of the Annual Inspccti >n of the Singapore Volunteer Infantry and the Cadet Corps was held last Saturday afternoon on Baffles Plain. Ihe two companies of the Unit and the Cadets fell in at Brass ttassa Road at 4 p.m. and were
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    THE COURT OF REQUESTS.
    845 4 Important Legal Matter. Pay Lim. a bullock-cart driver living at the 7tli mile, Tampeni" Road, has been allowed to occupy for over a year a plantation belonging to Vet' Teck He. upon payment of $1.50 a month. The owner discovered over four month* ago that the
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    LADIES’ LAWN TENNIS CLUB.
    210 4 Tuk Crotpiet Tournament at tlie above Club has prove*! a great success, owing to tlie fine weather. iht excellence of the play, and the good condition of the Courts. Tomorrow it will reach a conclusion when a fine match may Ik- expected in the final tie,
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    AN UNREGISTERED SOCIETY.
    428 4 Ykstbrday, Li Kai Seng, Li Ki Ti and Li Jun Tun were arraigned before Mr. Scott on the allegation of being members of a secret society. t r A. W. Hailey, Assistant Protector of Chinese, appeared for the Crown; Mr. T. Dudley Parsons for the first defendant.
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    Malacca News.
    516 4 It looked very much as if Malacca \\a> being depopulated last Monday as quite a crowd of old friends boarded the steamer for Singapore. Not for many a long day have so many members of the civil service lieen gathered at one time in this town. Some enjoyed
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    Hindu Women.
    841 4 (By a Brahmin in the"Madra* Mail" Though closer intercourse with Anglo- Indian women is desirable in the infcerj ests of our Indian sister, inasmuch as this will elevate them and open their eyes to the higher sphere of usefulness i occupied by the womankind of Western counties, it
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    F. M. S. Notes.
    834 4 The Manager of the Bersawah Gold Mining Co. reports ‘that crushing at this mine recommenced on the 21st. of May. The new shaft is now complet ed to a depth of three hundred feet, and the result of the preliminary crushing shows 82 ozs. 15 dwt.
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    PROGRESS OF CHINA. Development of Railways and Postal Service.
    417 4 f In hi£ annual ren,,,. I for 1905, .Mr. A,.,*. 1 (y o, Acting Comm,,,;,' <-r<* uese Customs, sav»; —That Post Office has 'oometo s destined to become one 0 f T I porta,it departments Civil service is obvious from development
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    FAKED PAINTINGS. null
    297 4 The boldness with whicli are forged and sold may be judged t: 5 the fact that not many months a. r commissi nary of police in Ear.' more than twenty faked pic” bearing forged signatures. F*>r American dollars have supported lar factories for tiie product i* n
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    ANNUAL REPORT ON THE PRISONS OF THE COLONY.
    685 5 no i l»as issued his report for '’j L following extracts may prove 1 Tiu total number of Prisoners n |n prison (on 1st January, and 90 civil: received finical, and '>.1$». civil: and H'- 1 ‘-\f. there remained ion 31st 1
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    A Public Danger.
    178 5 I 1 '‘lay alxmt 8 p.w. tramcar No. 100 I hi«; its way along North Bridge I 11 "Hi y ward and at Arab Street, a 1 'i. tailing himself Hassan Mahomed I t it. W lien his fare was demanded I la* had been sent to
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    THE MARINE COURT.
    74 5 tin* Marine Court this morning SUu key of the British steamer c!:ar«f W i three European firemen with u(;i*. They were sentenced to three weeks’ imprisonment|eacli, and have forfeit pay for the days they were 1 'L* Bundy, the Acting Russian Cona stoker of the Betty for
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    NATIVE UNREST IN SOUTH AGRICA.
    788 5 Fight at Fort Yoland. Particulars have been received o i the murder of a magistrate at Mahlabitmi, in Zululand. Ihe magistrate, whose name w as Stain bank, was engaged iu the collection of the hut tax, anct was accompanied by his wife, another lady, and
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    STRAITS TURF.
    887 5 ISone Interesting Frats performed b 5 R. A 1 orse Griffin I is next to impossible for us, says I fcl Times of Malaya, to rake up all »I the meritorious performances of what »I Horse Griffins have done in S. R. A. I Meetings since their first
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    Poisoning in India.
    903 5 The Annual Report of th B k I Examiner in India i 3 r J' e nc 3 i I Madras Times,” always full i the j I interest and suggests with lm,u an J fragments of criminal narrative nlm*!"* I novels or melodramas. The u- i?
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    FRIDAY, 8TH JUNE.
    197 5 u ndre<1 and thirty death* were last inoath in Singapore. The ratio per thousand was 43.21, I n, lH ILLlAM Taylor leaves for Koala p m n r4 thfc F M S >- ht at Allahabad Pioneer* Londou con esi^ nt Wlre that Lord Coleridge iu a
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    DANGEROUS JAVANESE.
    156 5 In the wee sma hours of this morning a Malay Lance Corporal aiul a P. C. saw five Javanese, dressed in dark clothing, slinking into a Malay cemetery at the far end of ictoria Street. The police kept an eve on the Javanese aud saw them sit down
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    ALLEGED MURDER IN MACAO STREET.
    266 5 Ak »”t ii.4o last night a Chinaman and his. nephew w ere walking along Macao Street on their way home to Church Street. Just as they got to the junction of Church and China Streets the nephew says he saw his uncle pulled backwards by
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    MAGISTERIAL COMMENDATION.
    280 5 About 10 o’clock on the night of the first instant, a young European resident was in River Valley Road on his way home, and seeing a large crowd of Chinese on a piece of vacant ground, he approached them and heard a voice shouting loud in Malay even
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    SEQUEL TO A COLLISION.
    1148 6 Tramway Company Sued For Negligence. Mr. J. H. Suxxer, of the Straits Steamship Company, brought an action, in the Court of Requests, against the Tramway Company for $50 damages from a collision to his trap caused by negligence on the part of the motorman. Mr. Lowell
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    THE REPAIR OF A GIG.
    1198 6 Colonel Watts Sued by Chinese Carriage Builder. Chinese carriage builder named Lee Ah N> ah brought an acti jn against Colonel watts, first battalion, Sherwood Foresters, for $80 alleged to be due for repairs to his gig. Mr. Millard appeared for the plaintiti and Mr.
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    RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING CO.
    735 6 Monthly Report. The General Manager's Report for May reads: —Mine measurements and assay results of prospecting work shows a total of 343 ft. for the period (4 weeks) under review: made up of9 ft. siuking, 126 ft. driving, and 208 tt. crosscutting, as against a
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    PENANG LETTER.
    1721 6 The Band. Penang Whit Monday. Our Band| question is supposed to have been settled. That is to say we had a public meeting, at which very few of the public turned np, and those who w*ere present decided that it would be better to ask the Municipality to
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    Fire on the “Indrani.” Drum of Naptha Explodes.
    357 6 Aliout 2 o’clock yesterday afternoos I a drum of naptha exploded on the fluk I the British steamer Indrani which jiving outside the harbour lmiits. I Indrani arrived here on Saturday XL New York cn route for Taku and Sham.'!-* She had
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      Obstructive Hand-Carts.
      218 7 yjilor of the Strait. Times.” i .hall extremely obliged if you Sir.- 1 h a ,.e in your valuable paper ..Hallos "‘> w^jon 0 f the Police to a spot v l ".“o of Cecil and Market Streets at e hand carts are stored for hire. ll,rl "‘wme
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    REMARKABLE PROCEEDINGS.
    611 7 Mighty Representative of the Opium Farmer” Quieted. J. J. odink, Master of the y c i Soon, responded to a summons I ihI at the instance of the Opium Farmer, i n tin allegation that he had, on the 30th j. ]Ill(l refused to allow Revenue Officer No.
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    Raffles Institution Club.
    91 7 l animal, athletic sports of the Raffles Ration Club will be held on the School J in, l on Friday, the 15th instant. IHk latent addition to the mineral water lt is Hakone Water. This o 7 s bottled in Japan and ranks as one the market.
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    LONDON COFFEE MARKET. Sanderson & Co.’s Report.
    180 7 LONDON COFFEE MARKET. Sanderson Co.’s Report. 10th \la if, Spot.—A much smaller supply of Ea*t India has been brought to auction luring the past week, although supplies of Costa Rica continue on the same liberal scale. The demand has been slow and there has been less competition T especially for
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    Haddon’s Special Produce Letter
    620 7 London. May 11th. Aloes. Market firm. 30 bags Curacoa offered and sold fair liver rather reddish 58/- to 59,-, dull liver kind 50/-, coarse and drossy 40/- Capey part soft 30/- per «w+. Beeswax. Buying has eoir.inued and fair sales have been made in yellow wax
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    SATURDAY, 9TH JUNE.
    111 7 The Anglo-Asiatic Syndicate has been registered with a capital of .£10,000, in £1 shares. Mr M. Hellier has been appointed Head Master, of the Outram Road and Training School, Singapore. His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to recognize Mr. G. E. Chamberlain as
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    Good News of the Rev. N. J. Couvreur.
    51 7 The many* friends of the Rev. N. J. Couvreur will be glad to hear that he arrived at Marseilles in very good health on Monday, the 14th of May, after a splendid passage on board the M. M. mail steamer Arniantl Re
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    Launch at Singapore.
    117 7 Messrs. Riley, Hargreaves Co., Ltd., launched from their Shipbuilding Yard yesterday, the Twin Screw Tug-Boat Kinta, built for the Railway Department of the Federated Malay States. The dimensions are 95’“ x 19” 6” x 8’ 6”, and the vessel has been built to Lloyd’s 100 A. 1
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR SCHEME.
    256 7 Question and Answer Mr. C. Edwards asked the Under-Secretary for the Colonies in the House of Commons whether he was aware that the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements had recently authorised an outlay exceeding one million sterling on the first part of an extensive harbour improvement
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    A COSTLY ESCAPE.
    162 7 Neo Cheng, known as long-sentence prisoner No. 5 was, yesterday, brought under the escort of Warders Patterson and White to be charged before Messrs. Michell and Nathan with escaping from tlie Criminal Prison on the night of the 19th ultimo. After the escape, he managed to keep
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    The Charge of the Black Brigade.
    159 7 Os Thursday, Dorasamy. a Kling carter was charged by P. C. No. 150 with driving on the wrong side of the road. Mr. Scott fined him 92. He journeyed forth and taking with him one Mariand, proceeded to Sepoy Lines Police Station and there
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    THE COURT OF REQUESTS.
    609 7 Talent and an Offer Not Appreciated. !Singapore°Hotel trid“the*" be thafT paid .25 a month^ km” e pe e8 laundry* 1 and the debt and said that he would have long but Uie man went to the hoteland createa a d.rturbance. He now asked l,e be allowed
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    Tronoh Mines, Limited.
    21 7 Output for the month of May dressed Tin Ore produced (unsold) pis 2777-nl —approximate estimated value $l3O, G()0.
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    Netherlands India News.
    280 7 Much is made of a recent success over re bels in mid Celebes at a place call 3d Bon to Batu, a-rocky fastness. At the end of Apnl an attempt to carry the stronghold by assault failed owing to tlie held for( *l unprovided with artillery. Trees
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    A Sick Man Abandoned.
    360 7 Insufficient Proof. ie ai 4th ultimo Sanitary Inspector the r r#e of hi dutkw to CW» n “Ck people paid a visit to No. 25 ■ck —J 1 u PP er floor he found a «I»rted the matter thig/nf .^S*** 1 cer apprised of to tlip
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    FOUR MONTHS FOR COCOA.
    138 7 Tan Kiat visited the shop of Messrs. J. Little Coy., on Thursday and while sauntering round took possession of a tin of cocoa priced 80 cents. One of the shopmen had an eye on him, pounced upon him, and gave him into custody. Yesterday, he was
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    Lucky Prisoner and Knotty Point.
    191 7 On Thursday, Lim Kang Swee, one of the crew of the s. s. Ban Foh Soon was haled before Mr. Colman by Inspector Wilson 011 the allegation of having stolen 1,190 guilders from a passenger named Tan A Gi on the high seas. Of the
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    Prisoners and Strangers Aid Society.
    126 7 The Hon. Treasurer gratefully acknowledges the following donations to this Society: Amount already acknowledged 795 Messrs. Thompson, Thomas A Co. 2 Watts A Co 15 Maynard ACo 25 Singapore Dispensary 10 Messrs. Riley Hargreaves 25 E. M. Ganiou Esqr 25 J. W. Maclean, Esq 25
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    Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappy.
    20 7 Nederlandsche Handel-Maats-chappy. It is officially reported that the Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappy have declared a dividend of 15 per cent, for 1905.
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    HUNT CLUB GYMKHANA.
    2218 8 A Good Day’s Sport in Good Weather. The Hunt Club held a very successful gymkhana on Saturday afternoon on the race course. The w*cather wras not uncomfortably warm, but the attendance was hardly so large as w as expected. Sport was good and interesting especially in those
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    THE COURT OF REQUESTS.
    402 8 Damages Wanted for Alleged Wrongful Seizure. Ox Saturday Qnan Ah Ee brought an action against Yeo Cliaug Boon for $50 damages on account of an alleged wrongful seizure of her barber’s shop, located at 218 Rochore Road, on a claim against her clerk. The 'dory of
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    AN UNFOUNDED STORY.
    422 8 The alleged Sale of Children into slavery denied. A most sensational story was published iu the S trait* Time on Thursday regarding the alleged sale of Australian children into slavery in China. This story was extracted from the London Globe, but where they got it from we
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    VICTORIAN TRADE.
    1271 8 Efforts Towards Development in the East. The Victorian Government are making a great effort to develop, the Australian .trade iu the East, and with this object in view Mr. J. M. Sinclair, the Government’s Commercial agent, has been commissioned to undertake the important work. Yesterday Mr. Sinclair formally
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    ST. JOSEPH'S INSTITUTION. Annual Athletic Sports.
    651 8 The annual athletic sports in connection with the St. Joseph’s Institution were held on the old jail site on Saturday after noon and were carried out with much mic cess. Even the weather seemed to be doing its best to make the sports a
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    SUPREME COURT. Another Telok Blangah Land Case.
    469 9 UvxV h ,n Ha.uk Mohamed Dris D Almeida. >uas commenced on Thursday Th “T*. Mr. Justice Law, the acting c in it the plaintiff, who is the ihHl \Iintri of Joliore and the executor of 1>a:< Jtaii Vbubakar of Singapore, claimLa> i M
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    SEREMBAN NOTES.
    475 9 Scremban June V. Ihk I’ulicf at Scremban seem to be very purticulai about keeping cattle within b in K and run in the owners in every instaiar for allowing their animals to stray about. Outlie sth a Malay named Abbu wa> tilled &5 for the simple reason that
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    H. E. Sir John Anderson.
    689 9 Warm Welcome at Johnston’s Pier. His Excellency Sir John Anderson K.C.M.0., Governor of the Straits Settlements! and High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States, Brunei, and Labuan, accompanied by Miss Anderson, arrived from England by the P. O. mail steamer Delta yesterday afternoon. Johnston's Pier
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    RECREATION HOTEL.
    280 9 Laughter and Merriment in the Moonlight. Whether it was the band, or tbe refreshments, or a combination of both that attracted people out to Phya Lebar on Saturday evening, is a matter of opinion. But the fact remains that car after car arrived from town and poured out
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    Straits Weekly Boys Association.
    93 9 The Half-Yearly General Meeting of the Straits Weekly Boys’ Aw** :atk>n held yesterday at No. 42 Campbell Jmne, was a marie success. Despite the rai i, nearly all the members attended, and t te following were re elected. President:—Mr. Oh Kee Kim. Hon. Secretary:—Mr. K ing
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    MARINE COURT.
    103 9 Before Captain Boldero at the Marine Court on Saturday morning, a Mexican named Francis Siloo was charged with being in the Colony without a certificate of discharge. He was fined 125 or in default 28 days’ rigorous imprisonment. The went to jail. A Chinese tongkang man was fined
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    A Dishonest Servant
    162 9 On the 16th ultimo. Detective Sergeant Leonard obtained search warrants for the “boys”’ quarters at the P. O. Coys’ offices, Japan Street, aud No. 14 Raffles Place and he found live boxes, belonging to Nina Mohamed a Tamby. They contained a very considerable quantity of miscellaneous articles.
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    SATURDAY'S CRICKET.
    202 9 S. C. C. vs. Y. M. C. A. A cricket match was played ou the S.C.C. end of the Ksplauade on Saturday afternoon between the Y. M. C. A. and an S. C. C. team. The Club representatives won the toss and batted first. The Y. M. C.
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    Pataling Rubber Estates, Ltd.
    266 9 The third annual general meeting of tRe Pataling Rubber Estates Syndicate, Limited, was held on the 17tli of May. Mr. J. L. Anstruther (chairman I presiding. The crop of 25,700 lbs., he said, was obtained from some 25,000 trees, varying from six to eight years old,
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    TUESDAY, 12TH JUNE.
    532 9 Yesterday, Detective I»wiw~* chrrged Ng Ang Kee, a T> T leU Dr. Suah Chuah Yin withcriniiiudk Vant of trust in repect of $8 entrusted breacl1 of a laundry Ql Mr. Scott fc* Mr rigorous. Months In Sago Street yesterday a riki«K« was crossing the round when i,„
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    CHINESE BURNED TO DEATH.
    151 9 In the early hours of this morning an aged Chinese coolie met with a horrible death in his hut at the milestone on the Bukit Timali Road. The old man lived alone in a lalUmg, or grass hut in the jnngle off the main road. About
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    The S. V. I. Inspection.
    227 9 At 4 o'clock on Saturday, the S. V. 1., 80 strong, fell in at their headquarters, Brass Basa Road and marched under their Commanding Officer, Captain F. M. Elliot, to the neighbourhood of the Impounding Reservoir. There, the Inspecting Officer, Colonel Watts, Commanding Officer of
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    SUPREME COURT.
    1080 9 The Telok Blangah Case. The Telok Bl&ng&L land case was continned before Chief Justice Law yesterday and to day. It was the intention of the Chief d nstuse to visit the at the conclusion of tins afternoon's session of the Court. Mr. Lermit was again called and testified
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    THE COURT OF REQUESTS.
    818 10 Another Alleged Wrongful Seizure. There was case similar to that of Saturday in the Court of Requests yesterday. Yallevathamal Alianied Kunjce brought an action against Ena Mniiamed Mean for $1()0 damages for alleged wrongful seizure ot Ills eating house, situated in South Bridge Road. Mr. Chopard
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    The Reason of Death.
    221 10 The weight of a dead body does not differ in the slightest amount from the weight of the same body just before respiration ceases. The process is not, therefe e, accompanied by the loss o *ny material substance. What is ii that cl .parts when life
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    SIKH BOYCOTT. Notice by Chinese Advisory Board.
    904 10 Chinese. ft HfUHs ahua*mvw*i3 it ift £$«)£1311 AST£*« Kin* It &4f £fi BSRJI M KB SS Bill #l* fro 7* HO n vx&nm -b A. A# mmw 0 si mmm%zzmmffi& WJ® Js -ft It ift E Hfi Afg AIS Z ft A a
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    WEIRD CEREMONY. STRANGE BEHAVIOUR AT A HINDU FESTIVAL. Fire-Walking and its Objects.
    1795 10 Very few of the European residents of Singapore have any idea of the strange ceremonies that go on in the city. A weird and ghastly scene was witnesses! at the Hindu temple in South Bridge Road yesterday afternoon.
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    PIPING HOT!
    95 10 Tall 1^" About 4 o'clock this morning* t %v i»ci* was prowling about Teluk Ayer «jp his attention was drawn to some ing painted blue attached c j iu ,be<l belonging to one Haji j ,k*into a verandah on the farsfc flipll tacbed the piping. He **®A th
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      Tram Drivers.
      182 11 U,or of lhr"S,rail. Noticing the number of acctI-*' 1 '"S; ai iK n from time to time with k 'it-1'-* 'j one naturally begins to won1 rata < jvurs of t ies( ca rs come from. lIicv are trained, before being ke' charge of such machines, a L
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      Chandu Case at Port Dickson.
      78 11 of the Straits Times. With reference to the report in for Thursday last of the case Opium Farmer against one r,,i smuggling chandn at Port Dickwlriclfl apix'arrnl as prosecuting j u „i,ld }>oint out that the term of 1 ::m. nt awarded by the Magistrate
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    SEREMBAN NOTES.
    416 11 i hi.naman recently attempted to smuggle into Port Dickson, hut his plan was hv a clever Malay chinting. The hidden in small tin foils which V.. tightly packed at the bottom of au or/'packing case and planked over by ti n hoaril>. while the box was filled to
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    MALACCA NEWS.
    277 11 i tallowing score of this month s gold ?l in finishes anything blit a dull week; ""t t!:» Last brilliant part of it being the w »-it!»-r. which also has been in a sporting I lilt of mind. On Whit Monday, from start '‘•faiUl:. wv enjoyed a glorious
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    THE PATALING RUBBER ESTATES SYNDICATE.
    567 11 Third Annual Report. Directors. Meson. J. L. Anstruther, Wellington Court, S. W. (Chairman); Herbert Wilford Brett, Dial House, Halliford-on-Thames; Francis W. Chaine 7, Albemarle Streets, W.; Thomas Ritchie. J. P., Overstand Lodge, Cromer. The directors have much pleasure in submitting their third annual report and
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    F. M. S. Labour Question.
    784 11 The following letter by Mr. E. V. Carey on the labour problem in the Federated Malay States appears in the India Rubber Journal It would appear from what one occasionally hears that fears are entertained in certain quarters of a dearth of labour in the
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    TRADE OF THE COLONY.
    467 11 Figures for 1905 and 1904. The trade returns of the Cclony for 19u5 have been analysed by the Pinang Gazette with the following results: 1 a comparison of the imports with j llh,4. excluding treasure, shows a de-1 .rcase in Straits currency of 85,442 234, at
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    THE LONDON TIN MARKET.
    1502 11 11th May. The following is fi.'iu rh* tT Journal This market, af or *1 owiii? jr riil! strength early in h? w? r »Z.i severe relapse owing to »oSt and bear selling, but l» u |7 wag only of short durati>:i, ami wa« follow ed by
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    WEDNESDAY, 13TH JUNE.
    459 12 Tub F. M. S. yacht Meran arrived this morning from Port Fwettenliam en route for Pulo Tioman. Mr. F. F. Kino, says the Malay Mail, has obtained tlie contract for surveying and sub dividing the 50,(K,I acre rubber concession granted to Mr. A. H. Bagnall in Johore.
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    SUPREME COURT.
    35 12 C lose f Malacca Sessions. Thk Malacca S*'ssi» »ns were closed on Moiiclay and Mr. d istice Fisher returned here this morning. His was engaged all the morning in hearing summonses in chambers.
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    Sungkai-Chumor Estates, Limited.
    84 12 Registered May 4i::. w ith capital £20.000, in £1 shares, to acquire estates in Sungkai, and t 'humor, l In Kicta Mukim, Perak. Federated Malay State*., to adopt agreements (1 > w ith E. T. (J. (iananu and (2) with C. A. linker, and to cultivate Para
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    Three Trips in a Boat.
    91 12 On the 4th instant. Boarding Officer Pestaua saw the 1>» inch Success" make three trips with from the S. S. Selangor lying in the roads, to Johnston’s Bier, although she had n license to do so. She carried o 4 passengers in all. Summonses were
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    Tramcars “Held Up.”
    143 12 1 i:\ffic on the tramways was suspended for nearly three !>o :rs last evening on the Tanjong Pagar— Harbour section ow ing to a breakdown of one of the overhead wires. The accident occurred shortly before seven o’clock between the Boostead Institute and the Tanjon*: Pagar Police
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    ANOTHER STEAMER GROUNDED.
    247 12 Strong Unknown Current Causes Accident. \N hilst on a voyage from Bangkok to with a cargo of 4,500 tons of rice the s. s. ballodon Hall went aground early yesterday morning at a point about fifteen miles this side of Horsbnrg Light. She struck the bank at
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    PAYING THEMSELVES.
    340 12 The Reccif ted Bill tor which act is —One Month Tua Hk*c» kept an eating houee at No. 58-4 Jalan Sultan, and got into pecuniary difficulties. He owed Tan Moey $75 and when about to go away, he handed the key of the house to him, leaving all
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    Greek Meets Greek.
    159 12 Teo Woon Skno is the manager of a pawnbroker's shop in New Bridge Road. Lim Keng Oon is a money changer residing in China Street. On the 2nd instant, according to the pawnbroker, the money changer came to him and took $5O worth of small silver in
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    Firemen and Disenfectors.
    84 12 On the 1st instant, four firemen and a disinfector on duty at St. John’s Island refused work and left service without giving notice. Dr. Brooke, the Port Health Officer, and Officer in charge of St. John’s obtained sum mouses against them and this morning, they responded. The
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    THE COURT OF REQUESTS.
    747 12 Some Wandering Buffaloes in a NurseryMr. C. J. Schirmkk. who described himself as the proprietor of a nursery on Seranggoon Road, brought an action yesterday against a Tamil woman named Mankey for $17.85, beiug the amount of damage inflicted by her buffaloes in destroying 860 small
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    AN AL-FRESCO COURT.
    261 12 Old Bugis Warrior Gives Evidence. The principal witness examined yesterday iu the Telok Blaugah case at tlie Supreme Court. was an old Bugis w’arrior named Walt Kay a, who stated that the lands in dispute besides other lands were included in his Ka wassail” (holding), which had
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    PERAK TURF CLUB.
    690 12 Thi Perak Turf Club held a general meeting at the Perak Club on the 6th of Jane. Mr. Birch, President of the Clab, took the ch&ir. The dates of the August race meeting were fixed for Thursday, Saturday and Monday, the 28rd, 25th and 27th August. It
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    THE CALM AFTER THE STORM.
    208 12 Ox the 21st ultimo, there was Donnw brook in Lorong Teluk. 1 oar the Centnfl Police Station. When the jWice appeared the belligerents scrambled Jinto an opiiAj shop and there they remained until and finally disposed of by the Magistrate. The result was the caneelment
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    A Dangerous Seaman.
    126 12 On the night of the Bth instant, the s.s. Sui Sany left Penang for Singapore. Within an hour Loll A Wi and long A Poo quarrelled and the boatswain who had just dropped off to sleep was roused by the noise. He went to put a stop
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    PERAK NEWS.
    866 12 Tiieixo eseuted V ance dunn*. :i e NMiitsnnUa ix* of the aihlet going to kh* ,o1,<1 ent SbSl took advantage of the three visit to that most elirmmjl, *1* W' Larut Hill. Conseipiently a l!^? ,lar a '~vi the Gardens e re taken Cricket. The cricket match—SeUn„„ was
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      103 12 Sale of Properties The following properties were disposed of at Auction at Powell Co’s saleroom yesterday afternoon: Shopliouse No. 82 Upper Nankin Street, Singapore, 1850 square feet, lease 99 years from 1841 monthly rent $20. N. M, R. M. Kamsamy Chitty 2700. Ten shopliouse dwellings Nos —368, 368-1 to 368-8
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    BURGLAR’S GOOD HAUL.
    75 13 Inve received a report of a s\‘ I, ‘reuned at the residence of ■v i: i:a«o Course Road la»t Mi. oiuiro was awakened about ni-J 1 p,.a ring a noise in liis room. k m an who was wearing no H* A'' intruder bolted through a window
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    Arrayed in the Wrong Robe ?
    175 13 Arrayed in the Wrong Robe Kenan brought a suit against the recovery of $64.55, alleged promissory note. The defen- d -igniiig the note but claimed 521 in three payments. 1 admitted the third but denied uo. Befeiidant told a peculiar ving paid the money to third j i;) ,i ]hen
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    Robbery Under Arms.
    216 13 I. Kimig Sing has a place in Boon Tek I, ,1 w inn- lie rears pigs and poultry. He tim e servants hut Clio Sui Wi «»nr «»f them. On the* night of the m! the place* was closed up as usual iBilling the night. Lim Kiang
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    Children’s Day.
    429 13 Interest i ig Exercises at th M. E. Church. I t av\ squall which prevailed after M on Sunday morning resulted in a attendance at the special exercises eleinan Street Methodist Church, piogramme was carried out as •tii excepting for the omission of two 1 "u account of
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    PRE-HISTORIC MAN. Interesting Comparison by Major Ritchie.
    773 13 Lecture at Y. M. C. A. To lie taken back into Pre historic davs so as to study the condition, growth and development of mart, is an interesting transition. And those ladies aud gentler-en who availed themselves of the opportunity of listening to
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    A Suspected Leper.
    134 13 p. <J. 171 was on Monday morning going his rounds in Pagoda Street where lie saw a man named Loong A Hong enter a house occupied by Khoo Keoug and bring out four bags of lime. He made enquiries of the inmates ami learned that the intruder
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    Sherwoods in Action.
    67 13 Poh No Poo was found early on Monday prowling about Normanton Barracks. Some of the men of the Sherwood Foresters are there. The trespasser attempted theft and Privates Bowen and Miller swooped down on him and .was handed over to the police. Yesterday, Inspector Hart charged him
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    KELANTAN NOTES.
    943 13 Seeing. moving among, and speaking with the Kelautanites. during my three years sojourn amongst them, traversing uortli, south, east, and west, where no Europeans have ever been before. I may record mv opinion that Kelautau is far superior to all the other States iu Malaya. British included, because:—
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    A Big Bag.
    88 13 4 Tl"‘ -SS* K£* ft**; comprised himself. Major and l a j on*,, ih, 'asKrt rold Loward. The t..,| 1 was fourteen tigers, of w Jf c B h the biggest were 9 f ee t in inch' 9 feet 10 inches, and S t 1U inches,
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    Rubber Companies.
    249 13 The “Times of Ceylon,” says We are able to make the interesting announcement that Messrs. Cumberbatch and Co. are opening a branch office in Selangor as from the Ist July It will be either in Kuala Lumper or in klang. Mr. J. A. Hunt-r the firm s representative,
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    LABOUR LEGISLATION.
    999 13 The Bill introduced by the Labour Party to prevent the importation ci aliens under contract during a laboui dispute has been rejected by the House of Lords. The measure passed through the House of Commons without opposition. but it was defeated in the ivouse of Lords on the
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    Poor Fare.
    274 13 The chef at a certain club within a mile of Pall Mall had not been so successful as usual in the cooking of the midday chop (says the Tatler One of the members, well-known as one of the wealthiest peers in the land, could put up with the
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    Special Telegram to the “Straits Times.”
    106 14 At the Coroner's inquest, the jury returned a verdict that Mr. Zobel, the jeweller at Penang, committed suicide whilst temporarily insane, and that prussic acid was the drug by means of which the deceased killed himself. Penang 8th June. Brother Zeborias, of St. Xavier
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    Special German Telegrams
    643 14 [By special arrangement with Der Ostasiatische Lloyd" (Bg Submarine Cable Berlin. 6th June. The Kaiser, on his arrival at Vienna, was splendidly received at the railway station by the Emperor Francis-Joseph. The Duma is vigorously attacking the Czar's Ministers. The Madrid assassin is named Morales. He was
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    Reuter's Telegrams.
    3232 14 (By Submarine Cable) Rec'd. Singapore 6th June. DeVd. by Reuter 4J20 p.m. Two more soldiers are reported to have died in Madrid. Owing to the number of persons who were injured by the explosion, now suffering from blood poisoning, it is believed that the bomb was poisoned. A
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      102 14 COMMON SENSE-JUTSW A mew medictd work on the causes verf dt.*r n' T °°J and effectual mean* of self-curt ei T r j, v depre**fV and functional debility, waste <* urr*#* 1 spirits, 4c.,with practical |ioBl :hv i for rowtorinjf certain di****^. >n u directions for rsasorin* n unB^J troy
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    MINING.
    237 15 i Number "l Capital Subscribed i °f Val Company Qcotations i I*»y» at PreM„ t forniai- nn *rioe. SOLO. ,.„4> i 5 000 H0 000 10 10 Bereawah G. M. Co., Ltd j 5.0 4,000 10 10 (Deferred) 8.00 md 00 000 i ?o'Z 1 S I Si ..j
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    RUBBER.
    213 15 190-5 4299 *$S? ei*n*nnA I Sa'aaa 4 18 9 6; Balgownie Rubber Estate Ltd. 12.00 im 700,000 $610,000 0 70 00 J 410 410 Batu Unjor Rubber Co., Ltd. 23.75 9,000 unissued JC70.000 £59.520 f 6 000 1 1- Bukit Rajah Rubber Co., Ltd. SC.5.0 <_ 7000 1 (contrib.)
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    GENERAL.
    191 15 r"i• i "i £400,000 £35,000 400,000 1 1 Duff Development Co., Ltd.. $5.00 50,000 unissued c »o-aaa aaH 2,000 $100 $100. Federated Engineering Co., Ltd. 175.00 $22o,000 $250,000 j 4,500 50 .50 112,500 j Fraser A Neave.. Ltd. 102.00 i 10,000,000a $10,000,000 $10,000,000 80,000 125 125 9,500,000 Hongkong and
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    DEBENTURES.
    47 15 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. 6% $600,000 2% prem buyers. Riley, Hargreaves, Ltd. 6% 225,500 2% prem buyers. Singapore Municipal 6% 400,000 2% prem buyer.. 5% 1,478,000 par. buyers. 4% 602,000 par. sellers. Tanjong Pagar Dock Co., Ltd. 6% 250,000 2% prem buyer*. 5% 1,365.500 1% prem sellers.
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      PRODUCE.
      101 15 Oaiubier buyers 7.85 do (Cube No. 1 1 unpicked 9 7 bopra Bali #8 do Pontianak 7,95 Black bu y ers 21/25 do White, 5% 28,92 Sa Flour Sarawak 2 72 do Brunei No. 1 2,89 Karl Sa*»o 5,40 Coffee Bali, 15% bu >’ ers 18/25 offte, Palembang, 20%
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      EXCHANGE.
      122 15 On London —Bank 4 m/s Demand h. 2/4J Private 6 m/s 2 4^ do 8 m/s 2 4 On Germany —Bank d/d Private 8 m/s 2,44 do 6 m/s 2 4 On Prance 2 9^ Private 3 m/s 2 9 do 6 m/s On India —Bank T. T. Private
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    SHIPPING IN PORT.
    737 15 Under this heading the following abbrevialons are used :—str.—steamer; ah.—ship; bq; —banjue; sch.—schooner; Yet.—Yacht; Cru. --Cruiser Gbt.—Gnnboat; Tor.—Torpedo; H.p--Horse-power; Brit. British; UJ8.— United Statu; Fch.—French Ger —German Dat.—Dutch; Ital.—Italian Span.—Spanish; j Sarawak; G.c.—General-cargo; d.p.— deck passenger; U.—Uncertain; T.P. w.— TanjongPagar Wharf; T.P.D.—Tanjong Pagar Doek; BAV.—Borneo Wharf; Herbour
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    154 15 From Ecbofb —By the N. D. L. i. s. Seydlitz iae on 15th Jane. From China —By the M. M. Salazit dae on 18th Jane. TUX TABLE OT MAILS DUX. Loft Singapore Dae in London Armed Apl. 19th B. I. May 11th May 12th Apl. 23rd M.
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      28 15 WEATHER TELEGRAM* HONGKONG.—13 m 10 a.u. Barometer 20 8?. Direction ol Wind HOl'TH. Force of Wind 3. Mu. Temp in Shede 76. MANILA.—11th 756 K.e.e. 1 31 26
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    746 16 Nfiise, port, probable date of arrival and name of agents. Steamers. Acilia, Hongkong, July 1; Behn Meyer Airlie, Sydney, June 24 Boustead. Ajax, China. July 8 Mansfield Alesia, Hamburg, J une 28 Behn Meyer. Andalusia, Hongkong, June 29; Belin Me\ei Arcadia. Hongkong. July 5 P- A O. Atlioll,
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      ARRIVALS.
      497 16 June 6 Kampot, Fch str, 412 tens, Celles, Saigon, Aik Seng Telena, Brit str, 3124 tons, Starkey, Cardiff, 8yme A Co Bombay,Maru, Jap str, 3398 tons, Ishikawa, Colombo, Patersou Simons Ban Fo Soon Unt str, 222 tons, Odink, Pontianak, Ban Fo Soon Billiton, Brit str, 139 tons, Russell, Sambas,
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      CLEARANCES.
      368 16 •Inlie 5 Inktim. Brit atr. Port Said and Havre Prometheus, Brit str, Shanghai Dardanns, Brit str, Liverpool Lothian, Brit str, Hongkong and Japan Mira. Brit str. Palembang Gaea, Nor str, Bombav 6 Sanuki Marn, Jap str, Antwerp via p rts Arcadia, Ger str. Hamburg via ports Grigory Morch, Russ
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      88 16 MAILS CLOSE. For Per Steamer Time To-morrow. Kuan tan, Tringganu, etc. Flevo 8 a.m. Malacca a-id Linggi Kheng Seng 2 p.m. Europe via ports Bharata 3 p.m. Malacca <V* Port Dickson Hong I.ian 3 p jn. P. S’tenlu.m via ports Penang 3 p.m. Muar and Malacca Jin Ho 3 p»m.
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      756 16 MARTIN’S IHQMgra 4 Fnaoh luMto for all Irraf larltkta. AmmA«I LadiM kaap a bos of Martin’s PillaTn tb* kouaa. aotbat oo tb« •'ll ai#n of any lrr«*ulxrttT of tha System a ttowly 4oaa >af da administered Tboaa who aaa thorn f command theni.hanif Ifeeiennormous sale. At all Cham iota aa4
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      531 16 Lea and Perrins’ Sauce. By Royal Warrant to His Majesty the King. THE ORIGINAL AND GENUINE WORCESTERSHIRE. IL1IW m USE ONLY USE ALWAYS •iw A Luxurious Perfume In Health. A MECSS3Xitr RESTORATIVE IN S1CKNES8. MOST REFRESHING. Far Superior to the German Kinds. on A/ I lodlclnonf the kind i warded
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