The Straits Times, 1 September 1903

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 31.221 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1908. PRICE 15 CERTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 603 1 LORNE WHISKY. NOTICE. In consequence of the rise in Exchange, a reduction of 1O off present prices will be made from this date. Powell Robinson. Singapore. '.'2nd July, 1903. v.c. K KM OVAL. NOTICE is bw by given that (be UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD. have this d*y removed
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    • 836 1 GOVERNMENT OP I'ERAK. TFNDKKS FOR REVEXI K. 'I^EN'DEKS will be receive! up to noon 1. on Monday '.lie 2' it September, i»O3. fur renting the fjUo.vnu K;.-ins fir a period cf two \r;ir«. comnMßciag from the Ist day of January. IBM, and ending on the 31st day of December, 1905.
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    • 285 1 The "Dagger" Brand BOTTLING OF GUINNESS' STOUT Is second to none, and much cheaper f nan most brands selling in this market. A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE YOU OF ITS MERITS. you do not pay for tde label W6en buying the "dagger SBrand"!!! SOLD BY Hoon Keat Co. and Cheng Co.
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    • 978 1 NOTICES. STRAND HOTEL, RANGOON. UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PAI RON AGE OF HIS HONOUR SIR HUGH BARNES, K. C.5.1., K. C. V. (>. LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF ItURMA. OTHEK ESTAHLISHMhNIS. Raffles' Motel, Singapore Raffles Tiffin Rooms, Singapore Eastern and Oriental HoteJ. PtfNafcg ItMW. Snkie« Itrullier- l>e^- tv infnrin tli«- public tli.it ill,' ,r
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  • 1283 2 In the Malay Mail, Mr. V. V. Krishna Ayer, a native gentleman holding an official position in a neighbouring state,' has a somewhat interesting article on the Indian coolie question. Space scarcely admits of its reproduction in exteuso, but the portion relating to the Straits Settlements
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  • 277 2 One of the most marvellous properties ascribed to the metal radium is that of making the blind see. Scientists have discovered that it produces sen-, sations of light to the otherwise utterly blind and that when moved in regular forms or patterns they can follow and
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  • 156 2 The Government has, says the Manila Times, decided not to interfere with the Meziean currency, believing that if the money is left to take its own course it will gradually disappear from the islands. The object of the authorities is to maintain the new peso (Philippine dollar)
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  • 66 2 The San Fernando police station at Manila is the home of seven English ■ailors from the llalrtwral for the next two weeks. These men were taken oil the lialmoral charged with mutiny, in that they refused to work, claiming that the food was poor. They were tried
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  • 54 2 Hire is a study in natural history from the China Time* Ten thousand ducks have been sent into the fields in the district of Chiukiang for the purpose of ridding the country of locusts. It is reported that the experiment has been successful and that the locusts are rapidly disappearing.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 361 2 NOTICES. ANTI-FRICTION METAL ]^< i i ]i > I Searings of Heavy MachineryTESTIMONIALS FROM SOME OF THE LARGEST SHIP and MACHINERY BUILDERS. PARTICULARS FROM BORNEO Co., Ltd. BAILEY'S PATENT "AQUA-THRUSTER" Pulsating Pump. Has no PISTONS, SLIDE VALVES, nor RODS. Requires no LUBRICATION nor PACKING. Will pump MUD or GRITTY WATER.
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    • 223 2 NOTICES. 'DARTRING' 'LANOLINE' Natural Toilet Preparations. <Wp^S\ 'DARTRING' TOILET 'LANOLINE' in small and «I(I •>•*' collapsible tubes. Mikes rough skins smooth >^jig!Sgo^J and protects delicate complexions from the effects T*^*^ of wind and sun. Thl DARTRING' 'LANOLINE' TOILET SOAP is un 'Dartring* "and equalled (or cleansing and keeping the skin
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  • 668 3 The Emperor of the Soudan Onk W tb^followers of that French Captain Kettle, M. Jacques Lebaudy, ioi-diiant Emperor of the Soudan," one of the 26 engaged at Havre and sent to Las Palmas, has been interviewed by the Petit I'aruien and has spun a sorrowful if interesting
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  • 151 3 At Sungei Besi, en the night of Wednesday last, reports the Malay Mail, limn mining coolies came up the shaft of a tin mine and reported that they had struck some old workings and that water was pouring in. Buckets were st once lowered and the water was get under
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 104 3 He Found Kelief. /IKORGE RUDKIN, Town Clerk, U Kuinara, New Zealand, says:- "I have very great pleasure in stating that, having used Chamberlain's Pain Balm in a very severe attack of sciatica, I found immediate relief. Had before tried many other err. brc cations for the same purpose, but found
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    • 588 3 NOTICES. WHOBE FAULT It IT The world is full of disease and pain. Whose fault is it V Everybody's therefore often the fault of the sufferers themselves. But the pressing question is, what to do, how to relieve, how to cure. What would become of us if means were not
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    • 614 3 BANKS. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL $10,000,001 RESERVE FUND.— Bterling Reserve..|lo,ooo,ooo 1160 00 000 Bilver Reserve.. 6,000,000 18 000 WW RESERVE LIABILITY OF 1 lnM oom PROPRIETORS J-»IO,WW.W» Cotrrr or Directom. A. J. Raymond, Ksq,— Chairman. H. E. Tomkins, Esq.— Deputy Chaibmak. Hon. C. \V. Dickson N. A.
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    • 737 3 NOTICES. WANTED— An Eurasian to act as night overseer on tbe Bundi Tin mines. Apply to Guthrie A Co., Ltd., Agents. v c. WANTED, at once, a young man as clerk for a mercantile office. Must be quick at figures and a good writer. Apply to K. B. c/o Strait*
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    • 585 3 NOTICES. FB BALB,-BalmD Lymph, guaranteed fresh, at the Crown Dispensary, 86 Selegie Road. n-c. FOR BALB. THE property of H. Scbaefer who is leaving the Colony. A Bay Mare, stylish and fast. A set of Harness and a rubl.er tyred Gig. Apply to H. ABRAMS, 4-9 Hone Repository. R immediate
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    • 618 3 SHIPPINO BRITISH INDIA 3TEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITKD. FOR MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY rpHE Company's steamer UGANDA X 6,SK6tons, Captain Livingstone, will he despatched for tha above ports on or about the Ist September. For freight or passage apply to 1-9 BOUSTEAD A CO., Agents. bbitibhTndja steam navigation company, limited. FOR ADELAIDE.
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  • 14 4 Kzkkiki.. On the 4th Aug.. at Brighton, Jack Ezekibl, of Hongkong, aged 43.
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  • 539 4 The Straits Times. PRICE 15 CENTS. TUESDAY, 1ST SEPTEMBER. Without desiring to cast any aspersions whatever upon the earnestness and integrity of the gentlemen who voluntarily assume the worries and responsibilities attendant upon a seat in the Municipal Commission, it does not seem out of place to suggest that they
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  • 63 4 Over a year has elapsed since ship ping circles in the Far Bast, and nearer home too, for that matter, were considerably exercised over the case of the doctor of the P. O. intermediate boa Sumatra, who refused to b« transferred from that vessel to another of the company's steamships.
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  • 538 4 had the recalcitrant medico arrested and prosecuted in the Shanghai Polioe Court. Under the Merchant Shipping Act, it seems, a ship's doctor is classed as a seaman, and signs the ship's articles as such. As a consequence of this, he cannot legally be transferred fiom one to another of his
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  • 274 4 When the awe-inspiring European despatches of Saturday announced that the American Consul at Beyrout had been assassinated, and that an attempt had been made to burn the American Mission College at Kharput, it was reasonable to infer that the touchy American people would feel very indignant indeed, ana the world
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  • 45 4 North and Bast of Beyrout but the Americans know how to bluff as well as how to fight, and a display on the littoral of Palestine may!bring ineffable peace to the mission folk far away to the north, on the head-waters of the holy Euphrates.
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  • 10 4 The Pique was paid off at Devonport on Aug. 4th.
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  • 16 4 Thb homeward mail by the P and O s.s. Valetta closes at 6 a.m. on Friday.
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  • 10 4 The Russian Volunteer Fleet steamer Kazan left for Vladivostock yesterday.
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  • 16 4 Mr and Mrs R. A. Law left Penang for Europe by the German mail on Wednesday.
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  • 14 4 The Russian training-sliiu Ohean left the wharf this morning ana anchored in the roads.
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  • 16 4 The old Scotch ~hisky, King Edward VII is advertised on sale at Messrs. Cheng and Co.
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  • 19 4 We understand that the new light house on Fort Canning will be opened some time during the present month.
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  • 23 4 We understand that H. H. the Sultan of Jnuore is expected here by the P. and O. Simla, due here on Saturday next.
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  • 26 4 Bangkok holds its next race meeting in December next,. A programme of seven event* for each of three days has been placed before a general meeting.
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  • 25 4 We acknowledge with thanks receipt from the FMi Railways General Manager's office, Kuala Lumpur, of copies of the passenger train service, week days and Sundays.
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  • 33 4 Yesterday, at the Marine Court, a Chinese fireman of the 50,,,! Ann was fined So and costs, or seven days, for voluntarily causing hurt to a Malay sea cunny named Baba Bin Soboe.
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  • 35 4 At the Penang Police Court on Wednesday, a Chinese leper entered the witness box and gave evidence. His fingers were actually rotting off. The police saw to his afterwards being taken to the leper asylum.
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  • 34 4 Thk I'inang Gazette calls attention to the crying evil of bribery among Government servants there, and traces the mischief to' the salaries paid them being too small to admit of temptation being successfully withstood.
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  • 36 4 With regard to a paragiaph in yesterday's issue, stating that a Chinaman who stabbed another was arrested by Messrs. K. and C. Allen, Mr. Rahamin writes to say that he captured the prisoner alone and unaided.
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  • 35 4 A crimping case just dealt with by the High Court at Madras shows that considerable irregularities tire in all probability committed in connection 'vith the recruiting of coolies in South India for the Straits Settlements.
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  • 34 4 Orders has been received from home that the cruiser Argonaut is to reSt at Hongkong, instead of proceeding home on the termination of her commission, the three years of which expired in April last.
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  • 41 4 The Governor ot Hongkong was to preside at a public meeting to be held in the City Hall there on the 28 th ult., to inaugurate the establishment in that Colony of a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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  • 40 4 Dr. W. G. Grace, the cricketer, recently celebrated his fifty-fifth birthday, and has entered on bis fortieth year as a first-class cricketer. Dr. Grace lives at Norwood, is a non-smoker, and, strange as it may seem, has only one lung.
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  • 49 4 The U. S. Navy Department has announced that the cruisers Alimny, Cincinnati, and ItaUigli, which, left Singapore on August sth for Hongkong are to join the cruiser New Orleans at that port, and that the four vessels will then form the cruiser squadron of the U. S. Asiatic fleet.
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  • 45 4 The Bangkok Times of August 24th casually remarks that: "Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Prince Chao F.i Yugala walked through Sampeng on Saturday afternoon, and had a look at the gambling houses and opium shops." Did they have a gentle Mutter, we wonder?
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  • 47 4 Messrs. H. W. Firmstone, Assistant Protector of Chinese in Penang, E F. V\ Gilraan, acting assistant Superintendent of Indian Immigrants, Penang, and T. H. Hill, Protector of Labour, F. M. S., waited upon the Resident Councillor there on Wednesday last, to confer about the Indian Immigration question.
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  • 56 4 The Captain of the Meesageries Maritime* steamer Australien reports that a big steamer is ashore on the coast of Socotra, and that a British warship has been sent from Aden for her relief. Incidentally it may be mentioned that the Admiral Gueydou is still unheard of. It is suggested that
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  • 79 4 Contrary to general expectation, and much to the disappointment of the subordinate clerical service, Mr. G. Copley, the Secretary of the Malacca Municipality, has been selected by Government to succeed Mr. R. B. Leicester as Assistant Colonial Treasurer at Penang, a selection which meets with the approval of Xhe Secretary
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  • Reuter's Telegrams.
    • 26 4 London, Augmt 3lst. Sir Henry Blake, now Governor of Hongkong, has been appointed to succeed Sir West Ridgway as Governor of Ceylon.
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    • 77 4 Another Inconclusive Contest. The Cup race to-day was again of an inconclusive character. The course was li miles to windward and back. A heavy sea prevailed, with the wind at six knots. Clever Tactics of Reliance. Heliaw-f started six seconds ahead after cleverly depriving tkmmntk of the
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    • 34 4 Germany Dissatisfied. The German press is dissatisfied with the American intervention in the Near East as being likely to upset the political calculations of Germany, Austria, and Russia.
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    • 26 4 M. de Witte has been appointed President of the Committee of Ministers of Ku?sia, retaining the supremfe direction of the Ministry of Finance.
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  • 13 4 Pork at Penang went up to sixtycents a catty a few days ago.
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  • 54 4 Thk ss. H'aXhjord, which arrived at Colombo on the :<rd of July from Singapore Vith fire on board, and remained in harbour for six weeks discharging cargo and effecting repairs, resumed her voyage over a week ago for New York. She will afterwards proceed to the London docks to be
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  • 60 4 The Government of India have decided to take over from the Peiim Coal Company the Balfc Point Light, on the island of Perim, and to increase the range of visibility of the light from sto 10 miles. The credit of this innovation is largely due to the Bengal Chamber of
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  • 60 4 Stealing the registered numbers from dogs' collars is becoming common in Penang. The natives appear to be the principal offenders, the numbers being placed upon the collars of their own curs. The system in vogue in the Municipality might, says the I'inang Gazette, be improved by requiring the certificate, when
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  • 70 4 Captain Peters, of the s.s. llong Bee, was charged, the other day, at the Penang Police Court, with failing to have a qualified medical practitioner on board his ship, which was carrying more than 20 immigrants, on a voyage from Singapore to Penang. Captain Peters said that the ship's doctor
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  • 67 4 Thb big Bangkok jewellery robbery case has assumed a new phase. On August Mth, Mr.-A. F. G. Tilleke, the nominal proprietor of the Siam Observer and brother of the Mr. W. A. G. Tilleke, the late Acting AttorneyGeneral but present judge, was charged with receiving stolen property. A good deal
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  • 77 4 Thk Malay Peninsula Sup.ir Industry Association has taken steps to approach the Netherlands India Government on the subject of sanctioning emigration from Java to the Straits Settlements on the following conditions, viz -(1) That the protection clauses of the Indian Immigration Ordinance bo extended to tHM Javanese labo'..r°n«, and (2)
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  • 151 4 The Royal Medjuiie, the first Turkish warship built in the United States, was launched on January 25th at Cramp's yard. There was a good attendance of American naval officers and many other folk interested in the yard and its work and in this latest addition to the fleet of the
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 464 4 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Green Pippermint Selt \zf »ts for Siigaprr, Pfiug, Strait* SttUearits. Siam. art the Far lut. CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., Wine A Spirit Merchants, Singapore. London, Glasgow, Hongkong, and Shanghai. WASSIAMULL, ASSOMULL CO., Indian Store. No. 1, 2, 3, &4, High Street. IBJ STOCK. Indian, Chinese and Japanese Silks, and
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    • 394 4 I T Ka« amuba. M.Ii.K. p.p.*. WANTED. BILL (.-ollecttr with security of >400. Apply to Manager, Caledonia Hotel. 8-9 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. rpENDERS will be ro. eived at the ColoI nial Secretary's office np to noon the lit November. IWW. for the supply of about v.Mo gallons of He.ivy Mineral Colza
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    • 159 4 O. R. LAMBERT 6* CO., Photographers. OPMf Ormham House, (Battery Road.) On V* eekdays only, tt m. to 6 p. m. Orchard Road. On Weekdays, B a. m. to 6 p. m. On Sunday? n. r>. to ncco. Appointments for sittings should b? mane if possible beforehand. We ben to
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    • 32 4 BETTER THAN ANY EMULSION. Strakns' Wine produces no irritation as do Emulsions, and its use, even when prolonged, is not followed by yon disturbance of the stamach.— Sold by all c hemists.
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  • Correspondence.
    • 174 5 To the Editor vf 'I ■>■ Straits Timet" Bib,—Profaning that the landing place* along the htrboui shore are under tin <■ it I tbe M.trine Department, 1 would wish to draw the attentiun vi lh« Uarboor Master to tlie absence of lam pi or lights at
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  • 261 5 PtMM seema to have been quite happy in its projected scheme of a swimming club until some human hare happened to read Ihe aooouMi of the capture of a crocodile in Singapore harbor, and straightaway oert the following letter to the I'inang liazftte. Hear Sir, A
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  • 199 5 A KhviSED scale of rates of hire may be demanded by rikislia pullers in Singnpore from to-day. It will be remembered that a syndicate recently approached the Municipality suggesting that they were prepared to place a service of superior rikisbas with rubber tyred wheels on the streets
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  • 80 5 Ukkohe Capt. Boldero at the Marine Court this morninp, Dr. Catto prosecuted a Chinese sampan coolie for thing within 300 yards of the ,|iiar:ii:live ftation at St. John's Island. Police evidence provnd that the coolie attempted to take a man off the island. I'll;' aacaiad was fined
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  • 34 5 This morning the dead body of a (,'liiM pauper was found in Serangoon Road The dead body of a Chinese infttnt wax f mnd floating in the sea off the Telegraph office yesterday afternoon.
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  • 332 5 Yesterday evening, tho Tanjong Pngar Recteation Club held its first annual general meeting at its headquarters, Blair Lodge, under the presidency of Mr. W. King. In an interesting speech, lik detailed how the institution had BittM lematkaNe progress since it« inci'i>'inn. arrinow bids fair to outclass
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  • 152 5 An enquiry was held by the French Consul at Kobe on tlio 1 4th Aug. into the outbreak of fire on the 'Jonkin. The lindirg was that the fire originated through frictioc caused by the passage of one of the tlings over a portion of the keelson
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  • 108 5 TRIAL TRIP OF A P. O. LINER. The trial trip on the Firth of Clyde of the new P. and O. liner, Moldavia, was a most successful run. This splendid ship was built and engined by Messrs. Caird and Co., and is of 10,000 tons. She has been acquired for
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  • 57 5 At the general meeting of the Masonic Cluo held yesterday evening, Mr. H. Cooke was elected Vice President, and Mr. Wallace Honorary Secretary. Other members of the Committee were Messrs Powell Robinson, Coghlan, Amsberg, M.X Watt and Captain Whyte. Some thirteen others were elected to join an
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  • 27 5 The 'Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company made a profit of over $476,;*88 during the six months ending on the 30th June. A twelve percent dividend w.i* declared.
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  • 36 5 Tan Teok Sin, son of Mr. Tan Chin Seng and nephew of the late Mr. Tan Chin Hoon of Singapore, proceeded to Hongkong yesterday by the Agamemnon to study medicine. His friends wish him all success.
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  • 35 5 VkBter]>av afternoon a Javanese boy aged nineteen yearsemployed as akebun fell into a well in Rangoon Road and wis found drowned by his brother. An inquest was held and a verdict of found drowned returned.
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  • 36 5 A rumour from the French Colony at Papeete, a town in Tahiti, was recently current in New Zealand that the French Government intends to hand over its possessions in the Eaeteru Pacific to the United States.
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  • 51 5 Thk Italian cruiser Lumhardia, Capt. Pastorolly, arrived from Hongkong this morning and exchanged salutes with the port. She is homeward bound via Colombo and is expected to leave on Saturday. The Lombardia is of 2,400 tons, has a crew of 270 men, and carries 20 guns. Her indicated horse-power is
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  • 241 5 Thk Assize* coinmAncod thie m< rninp at the Supreme Court, rWoie Mr. Justice Hyndman Jor.e?. Them are only fourteen cases on the calendar. The first case heard to- lay wan that of a Chinaman named Tan Anp, v. ho was charged with house hrn kins by night and
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  • 168 5 Thk Russian demands made on the I'oite have all been already exeeiited, and include the reprimanding of Helmi l'acha, ln.-pe.-tnr tieneral of Macedonia. The Turkish (Jrand Vizier is going to Macedonia on a tour of inspection. It appears undoubted that the rising has became (become) general in the
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  • 76 5 Yesterday's Results. CHAMrIoNOIU 1 \lr«. Simndere beat Mias Sal/maun. << 3. i> -0. Tie for To-day. LAniE.s nrißiiSji Mr». SaunJer* and Mr*. K«l>ert«<ni Mm. Braddle. and Miss Salzmann. Ties for To-morrow. i H VH-lOXSHIP HOfBMS. Mrs. Saund«n> and Mr. Uradbery P. Mr md Mi-. Hraddell.
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  • 593 5 HiicAPon, i»t September, ltoi. PIIODINNI. Ownbier UM Copra Bali mf> 70,, do Pontlantk Pepper, Black buyers 31.u0 do White, (6%) 44.80 8»go Floo' <arawak 3.80 do Brunei No. 1 1:60 Pearl Sago 6.40 Toffee, Ball, 18% but* 18.80 Coffee, Palembang, 20% bad*. 21.00 Coffee, Libertan No. 1 16.00 Tapioca,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 119 5 Don't Fool Wilh It. IT will not do to fool wilh a bad cold. No one 0M tell what the end will be. Pneumonia, catarrh, chroaic bronchitis, and ron-uv.ption invariably result from nt'nii'.'teil Cold. A* a medicine for the Bate of colds, coughs, and influenza, nothing can compare wilh Chamberlain's
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    • 234 5 A Helpless Cripple! N. Bengert of Noiborn gays For nineteen months I lay a helpless criple from Rheumatism. The weight of my body was reduced from 170 lbs. to 130 lbs. a proof of the terrible pain I he* to endure. During all this time, I soup.. cure, but after
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    • 194 5 Estate of Shaik Obed bin Sallim Ba&alim, Deceased. AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE PROPERTIES AT SOUTH' BRIDGE ROAD, JALAN SULTAN, AND CLYDE TERRRACE, SINGAPORE TOWN. TO BE HELD AT POWELL CO.'s BALK-ROOM On Wednesday, Jad September, 190$, at S SO p.m. SOUTH KKIDGE KOAD. Lot I. All those two valuable pieces
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    • 236 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Robinson Co.. SINQAPORE. AattrasMsMan \n Mara** a"X a?\ »K. V^%\a.lm 1.a.1i- Han.l Baskets isasaaßsvaasaHSßSßßßsaaissßi ll'nin iiml She*'-, Qsjsai 1 Bseti ami sin..-., Lasta i:<>_v- Suits Inees Bojr*' Break last SetA fc% fcnf> I JbV "cW Collars aa4 Scarvm, U.|»■^■^■■■■■■■■■■■■■■jSßßßaaiSßsWSßnsaßßaßaßaaßßßßßßßßß* Corsets ('(ittim Dmm Materials Crockery Turtain i .mil HaMen
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 129 5 DAY BY OAY. Tuesday, ist September. High Water. 6.9 a.m. 5.-'? p.m. Football. S.C.C. 1st XI. v. MtlllHfl S.V.I. Recruit* and Co. Drill. 5.15. Horse and Dog Show Entries (.'lose. Wednesday, and September. High Water. 7.43 a.m. 6.46 p.m. Pledge Sales. I'owell. 10. Watch Sale Coghlan. II. S.V.A. Uun Drill.
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  • 141 6 It will not be the fault of Colonel Sir Howard Vincent if the Queen's Westminster Volunteers do not become the most efficient unit in the Volunteer service. The most recent departure of the energetic colonel of the 13th Middlesex is to decide that the whole battalion must
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  • 116 6 A pattern of the new Service rihe h&s been regifctered at the War Office. Compared with the one in use, the new rille is live inches shorter, a pound lighter, and finer sighted, but its calibre is unchanged, and its effective range about the same. The idea
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  • 89 6 The Cologne Guzeite states that during this year the number of German warvessels in the Far Kast will be increased from 1 "> to 1^ by the sending out of the Sp'i-i-erg, cruiser, and two river gunboats, the Tsiwjtn", and another of the same
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  • 20 6 Still surviving. rictisanl old gentleman Have you lived here all your life, my little man Aril, .<<■ (aged six) Not yet."
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  • 84 6 A mmbek of Japanese politicians, including Prince Konoye and Counts Itapaki and Okuma, have formed an Aasociation irrespective of parties, similar to the defunct National Union, which has issued a manifesto urging the government to invite Russia, in deference to the dictates ol a neighbourly sentiment, speedily to terminate the
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  • 118 6 A recently returned visitor from Port Arthur writes Here the Russians are shipbuilding with great activity. Vessels finished and unfinished are seen in every direction. Three Chinese gunboats were here perfectly futile. The calibre of the Prussian guns it is impossible to estimate. The new town is making most n.pid
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  • 193 6 Thus the Nary League Journal t'nder orders for the Far East, as soon as they can be got ready, or in one or two cases actually on the way out, are no less than five new Russian battleships and an armoured cruiser. The battleships are the Oftlatna, Tmreritch, Borodino, Orel
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 111 6 Danjterous. TH greatest 'Linger from colds and influenza is their tendency to result in pnrumonia. If reasonable care is used, and Chauntwrii in's oc^h Kemedy taken, ail danger will be avoided. It will cure a cold or an attack of influenza in less time than other treatment. Hoarseness in a
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    • 518 6 NOTICES. MAINTAINS THE HIGHEST REPUTATION EVERYWHERE Portify the System against Disease litb PURE BLOOD. "THE BEST SECURITY FOR HEALTH." EanaiaSasas t—BNOE OR FLUID ntXTWAOT OF WKP JAMAICA tstd. f%¥ iH *3F*i.l »1 iM »H IB KaW since 1829. fttlftfcltfllitfli*' I HIJB Lb li™^Jlr" Pronouncad by the HIQMHT MEDICAL authorities the
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    • 390 6 NOTICES. Singapore and Kranji Railway. From July 16th, 1903, and until further notice. WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. Singapore <2..7.00 7.45 10.00 11.30 12.30 3.02 4.10 5.15 6.40 v ftaa of 7.09 7.54 10.09 11.39 12.39 3.11 4.19 5.24 6.49 Newton d 17.10
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    • 390 6 A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M ..6.30 7.50 9.^0 10.4.") 12. 10 2..'10 if .V. 4..M' 6JO I 6.38 7..)9 9.29 10..V1 12.19 2.39 4.04 5.01 6.39 \6.40 8.00 9.30 IOM 12.20 2.40 4.of> 6.0S 6.40 16.46 8.06 9.36 1101 12.2H 2.46 4.11 K.OI 146 \6.47 8.07
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 711 7 BUCHANAN'S WHISKY Sold everywhere. STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. p a Steam Navigation 0. Coy. FOR Ctni J VPl>. PENAXG. KYLON.AISTRiLIA, INDIA. 4DEN, BCTPT, MKUITERRiN'Ei* PORTS. I'LYUOI Ml LONDON'. Through IdiUof Lading issued for China ■>:oR«t. Persian (Julf, Continental, and American Ports. Mail I. in'-. Oitward. Homeward Simla Sept Valetta Sept 4 Coromandel
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    • 745 7 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. Konf nklljke Paketvaart MaatschapplJ. Under contract with the Netherlands India Govarntpent. o*nf nt Singapore: Ship Agiscy, lati J. Daihdcls A 00.. 5-8 Onycr.tn Qru» ne undermentioned dates are only approx'tiate. Steamer Froni Expected Will be fwwpp'ehed forV— Brouwer Deli Aogt 29 Bvgan Api, Paneh Bila, Assahan, Deli, Baj*n,
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    • 514 7 STEAMSHIP COMPANY, I "XEDERLAND, 1 FOR SABANG, PORT BAID, GENOA AND AMSTERDAM. THE Dutch mail steamer E.OSINH WILLEM I, Captain Kotting, is expected to arrive here from Batavia on Saturday, the 6th inst., at 10 a. m. and will be despatched the same day at 4 p.m. For freight and
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    • 720 7 9TEAMSMIP COMPANIES. Norddeutscher Lloyd OP6fTl6n Hamburg-AmeHka Llnle, Hamburg. IMPERIAL GERMAN KAIL. The fast and well-known mall-steam«rs |of these line* will leave Singapore on nr about the undermentioned dates Outward Homeward t.SV/rfHl: Sept 11 I Kiautickou Sept 7 Hoon Sept 2fi Hayern Sept 22 Preu*»en Oct 9 i /.ieU.n Oct 5
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    • 626 7 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES JAPANMAIL STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. A regular FORTNIGHTLY service is maintained betwajn Japan and Europe by the following NEW TWIN SCREW STEAMERS, Under Maif Contract with the Imperial Japanese Government, specially designed for the Company's European Service, lighted throughout by Electricity, provided with excellent accommodation for First and Second
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    • 487 7 INSURANCE COMPANIES ROYAL INSURANCE COY. FIRE LIFE TOTAL INVEBTKD FUNDS EXCEED 412,000,000. THI LARBWT TIRI OfFICI IH TH> WOBLD BOUBTRAD 00. 'riAMTON INBURANOK OKFiUR \s LIMITED. ''apital Bufaseribed »J,600,000. kmomnt raid op KW,OOO. Kmem fund 1,160,000. H«ad Omoi, HoMeioMS. rha undersigned, baring been appointed Agenti of the above Company, are
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 1675 8 Under this heading the following abbreviations arc used i str. steamer sh.— ■hip bq. barque sch. schooner; Yet. Yaclit:('ru.— Cruiser; (il>l.— (Junlicit: Tor —Torpedo; H. p.— Horse-power; Brit.—British U. S— United States Fch.— French Oer. --Ciurmnn; Dut. -Dutch; G.c. -Generalcargo; d.p. deck passenger, U Uncertain; T. f.
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    • 492 8 Remit port, probable date of arrival, and name, oj agenU. Htbamkrs. Andalusia, Hongkong, Sept 29: B. Meyer. Annam, Colombo, Sept 14 M. Maritimes. A wft Maru, Japan, Sept 10 P. Simons. Ball aural. Hongkong, Oct I; P. <t O. Baron Driesen. Hongkong, Sept 2 G. W. Bantam, Padang,
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    • 123 8 tor fersteamer Time. To-Moreow. 6'kaw angi Pontianak) Van der Parra 8 a.m. Djambie Hong Ho 11 a.m. P.S'tenham 4 Fenang Kislna 2 p.m. Ampanan 4 Macassar Wilhtlm 2 p.m. Muar and Malacca Sultan 2 p.m. Penanp and Calcutta Lai Sang 3 p.m. Teluk Aqsod via ports Malacca 3
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    • 135 8 From Europe— By the P. AO.B. StnWa due on the sth September, with dates to the 14th August. From Chins Ry the P. AO. Valetta due on the 3rd September. Timh Tablb of Mails Ddk. belt Hingai July 20th July 24th July 28th July 29th Aug 3rd
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    • 43 8 DKRS. LAU iDATIOFi l>Etrnil- I RtDate. Rio Ship's Nam«. Captais. JSailing. Fbomwhekk atiosc. mabi Aug. 20Ger s.i.lAUona j Tjiliitjap Miavia 24 Dut s.s.|f rinses Bophie Versteo(?h Amsterdam Bata?i»» 24,8 nt bq.jOastor Campbell Melbourae Anjer fo. of. 25 Brit s.B iZweena From hiut
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    • 207 8 Plas S| Vhmii'* Namk <k Toirt. Captain Fkom Baiud Co.mamn. q Rio. i 30 Waihora Brit str 1167 Daniel Swatow Aug Hi-Baa Svvee Hong 31 VanderCapellen Dut str 773 Leonhard B'jennasin lAug S* Daendels and Co 31 Uganda Brit stt 8451 I LiTin h «tone Calcutta |Au« 23 Bou.tead
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    • 138 8 Date. Vmsil's Nam. jFlag <fc Rio. Toms. Dmti mat/oh. Aug 81 Ihhonaf Brit str. 3383 Rangoon and Calcutta 31 ™ll D «tr. 2127 Penaog, Rangoon and Calcutta 31 Poh Ann »tr. 486 Teluk Anson via ports 81 Waihora g»r. 1167 Penanc Sept 1 Kesident .Schiff Put «tr. 68 Rhio
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 429 8 K. A. J. CHOTIRMALL Co. JEWELLERS and SILK MERCHANTS, 51-62, SXGS STREET. Silks ot all Colours at 35 cents a yard. JUST ARRIVED Chinese and Japanese Silks, and Crape Silks, suitable for ladies' dresses. Best quality silks of the small flower pattern, useful for dresses, at $1 a yard. .Maltese
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    • 433 8 f 4 Colgate's j^ Colgate's a I v n Pi n aii i Sf^^i r. t WntalPowdbJ fs a standard of ex- |Ki-2 •I fc&fmrj B wl lUII ICO p^^k cellence on all Soap r"^^* JNJ N X Sl\ <iKI-:AT VARIETY Perfumes Powders. H3H 3 A )t A DELIQ-HTFITL FR
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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