The Straits Times, 20 June 1904

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times •NO. 21,464 SINGAPORE. MONDAY. JUNE 20. 1904 PRICE 15 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 621 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. PARIS Mg f MANILA Jsevy Jiermanos m 93 I3ras .Basah Road (KAFFLES HOTEL BUILDINQS. OPPOSITE THE COM. KOI "OMEGA" WATCHES HIOHEST PRIZES at the Swiss National Exhibition, Oeneva. 1896 ECIG-HE3ST PRIZQ at the International Exhibition, Brussels, 1808 HIGH'iIST PRIZES at the International Universal Exhibition, Paris, 1000 YEARS GUARANTEED
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    • 561 1 NOTICE Tbe tmsirees of Ek Leong Ch»n Jt Co. carried on in copartnership by Tio Quee Leong (the undersigned^ and Tio Qu»e Ban at -l South Canal Koa4. Singapore, has been dissolved as and from the 13th day cf June 1903. and from that day will cease to exist. 1.
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    • 359 1 NOTICE. FEDERATED SAW MILLS, Ltd., Sungkai. Can now supply any quantity and sizes of good steam sawn Meranti. Chengai and hard wood can also be supplied in any sizes and quantities'. Orders carried out with Despatch. Addrov Orders to the Manager, Sawmills. Sungkai. RATES MODERATE. Telegraphic AddreM 1 "Sawmill," Sungkai.
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    • 510 1 AUCTION SALES. Auction Sale Household Furniture, Handsome hand painted Dinner Services, Limoges Dessert and Tea Services, Olasswere, sVc. The E. E. A. Telegraph Co.. Ltd. T» kt Mi it ttWELL f* 1 Silti-Ma UN Tuesday, 2 1st June, at ll a.m. now oa view. POWELL Co.. Auctioneer*. Ja— 18 f
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    • 424 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. TIME IS THE TEST OF ALL THINQS AND THB EVER INCREASING POPULARITY OF ENO'S 'FRUIT SALT' ggOHBBBKI WHIf H HOLDS ITH OWN AOAINBT ALL RIVALS. Ha^aaaaaWWrtal 1H TIIK MOOT GENUINE PROOF OP ITS WORTH. I It must needs be s good thing that ran withstand the r""nMsfHssssss^is>Pl prmnre
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    • 126 1 Straits Parcel ff Tourist Agency MOBIJMOK i:o.l 1 1 4 RaMkfM ISookcl to nil Ft!**, baaaajta Clfarcil. Stored, Insui.il >|iwinl Kiite- to ll.n^kon;; Rfji CUaa I'oit-. Hint PtRMBg, etc. AHEM 1 Thos. Cook Sons, UaariaM bsNav GOSLING CO., QfotM K<|.i.--, ale., ate. .lune II till IJH TO BE LET IBX
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  • Reuter's Extra Service.
    • 36 2 London, 10th. June. The following is the result of the Market Harborough election Philip Stanhope (Liberal) 7.843 Dixon (Unionist) 6,100 This result leaves the situation, a* regards the political representation of tbe borough, unchanged.
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    • 13 2 Mr. J. A. Fyler, (Conservative) M I' for Chertsey, has resigned.
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    • 44 2 No Hope of a Reduction. Mr. AuiUen Chamberlain, speaking at the Mansion House, said that he could not hold out any hope for a reduc ion in t nation or in national expenditure Mr. Joseph Chamberlain was pre-i-m an I also speke.
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    • 29 2 Will Press American Claims. It is stated at Washington that the American 11 s°t w.lls'i irtly visit Turkey in onnec'/ion with Amer'nn claimh icainst that country
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  • Reuter's Telegrams.
    • 16 2 London, Milk June. T:ig Glasgow steamer KirkdiU h^s been sold to Japan.
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    • 24 2 Signor Gallinea, the Minister for Italy to Peking, has been appointed Minister to Si. Petersburg in place of Mmister B iroli.
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    • 54 2 Wars*v Qovernor Stricken with Paralysis. Governor Hertkoff of Warsaw was stricken by a paralytic stroke when lie beard the nows ol" the murdtr of Governor Bobrikoll' It is stated that the murderer of Governor Bobrikulf belonged to the proSwedish party in Finland, which is composed chiefly of members
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  • 428 2 The question of ttie Australian ocean mail cotitracLs stands at present in a condition of absolute uncertainty, *ayt the Melbourne Lmdtt. In a few months' time, that is to say, in January next, the existing arrangements win terminate. The two mail companies, i lie P. and O.
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  • 20 2 Shipptho advertisemenU. with datot ol uiling etc., will be found on page Oeneral •hipping newt ii printed od page 8.
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  • 18 2 N. O. L Per Zieten 27th Jane Mr. A. von Ifiohftl, Mr. and Mr». Russel.
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  • 822 2 To the uninitiated a fircnian tram ing would seem to consist almost solely in making him thoroughly acquainted with the appliances lie is required to handle when called upon to quell a eon flagration. But as a matter of fact every member of the
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  • 142 2 Tcwkav Loke Yew has made a valuable building site near the Federated Engineering Co.'s premises by removing a vast amount cf &oil from over the river and spreading it on the low-lying land on the Station side. The land will require a considerable time to -ettle, but
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 341 2 NOTICES. 386 THE LARGEST ORDER EVER PLACED FOR TYPEWRITERS BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT (275 Machines) HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE EMPIRE JgHK MACHINE Price $150 compete.p etc. PARTICULARS FROM BORNEO Co., Ltd., Singapore. HUTTENBACH Bros. Co., Penang SOFT WOODS ARE RENDERED VALUABLE AND SUITABLE FOR THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH HARD
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    • 151 2 SHORTHAND I YPtWRITIMG An Englishwoman undertakes casual work as a STENOGRAPHER and TYPIST. From Monday to Friday after 5.30 p.m. daily. On Saturday after 3 pm. She guarantees RAPID <fe CAREFUL work together with ABSOLUTE SECRECY. Address, Mrs. Howell, Telephone No. HI. Hotel des Indes. Api M v.c. Dp. S.
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    • 489 2 notices. MAINTAINS J'HK HUHEST REPUTATION EVFRYWHERE. BUILD UP and PRESERVE YOUR HEALTH and Fortify the System against Disease with ht J 'W* onset tmk I ■^SaV7W^B!V*TAV"jB K bS V■ VL too Mfhl; ol it ■^l*| k AJV l laJ*f|V|lßH a B Pronouno^l b^hIMiu»*S^MIDIOALAOTHORITItB %3jjH&l Torpid Liver, Debility, Eruptions, Jid -WONDERFUL
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    • 12 2 aIJSAKNS HEADACHE CURE, Cures "Mutt be Steams' and you get the genuine.
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  • 368 3 (From Exchange The War. Details have come to hand from Mr. Krnest Brindle. war correspondent for the London Daily Mail, of the shooting of Mr. L. E. EUel, the Newchw ng correspondent for the London Trltgniph. When the affair was reported it was stated that probably the unfortunate
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  • 313 3 The PrißSMn' Intelligence Hunan lias been established in Japan on a quite unprecedented scale. Its duty is to investigate the affairs of the prrisoners, to conduct correspondence and give information regarding them, to convey presents, money and other articles to prisoners, to preserve letters, etc. left behind l>v
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  • 164 3 ADDITIONS TO THE P. O. FLEET. Thk P. ami <) Company, on tHe strength of the renewal oftheir -.nail contracts with the Imperial Government, probably, have ordered the construction of several np\v ships They have contracted with limn. Barclay, Curl* Ai Co. Glasgow, to build two twinscrew j-teamer*, somewhat similar
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  • 387 3 Muar, 17th June. It would seem that the mission here of the two Western Australian gentlem< v has been successful. During the prospecting operations lately they came upon very pron ising land at Bukit Orang Kaya Bakai distant a little over 7 miles from town. But the authorities
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  • 443 3 The Bailie Munro joke on Kilmarncck was one which caused much more commotion than the author had dreamed of. Kilmarnock is the principal town of Ayrshire, where the immortal Burns was born. The poet issued his first book of poems in Kilmarnock. and the town prides itself
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  • 115 3 Details have just leaked out of a serious shooting affair which happened at Barbadoes on May 1, arising out of the ill-feeling existing between the 4th Worcestershire Regiment and the West India Regiment. At midnight Lieutenant Darcy Kay, Sergeant Davis, and Private Barnes, of the 4th Worcester*, entered
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  • 720 3 O.\ Friday afternoon a large gathering of »fn etati rs. among whom were the Hon'ble. \V. K. Colly^r, cmg, Mr. C. Phillip?, Mr Kartlett find the Rev. 'Bro. Michael, assembled »t the grounds of Oldlwn Hall, of)' Orchard Road, to witness the annual sports of thit|school The
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  • 129 3 Mk. V A. Tayi.kk to be a Ist Grade surveyor, revenue survey department, F.M.S., with effect4rom the 29th April. 1904. Mr. Tayler reported his arrival <n the State on the 4th June, 1904 Mr. O. A. Summers has been appointed to be Inspector, Sanitary Board, Seremban, with
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  • 83 3 The N.Y.K., is in a healthy financial condition. The company owns 76 steamers, 16 of which are over 6,000 (twinscrew) gross tonnage, four over 5,000 (one twin-screw), three over 4,000, nine over 3,000, 17 over 2,000, 21 over 1,000, and six below 1,000. There is one steamer
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 13 3 ZYMOLE TOOTH POWDEK, a pei feet antiseptic dentrifice, cleauaes an preserve, the teeth
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    • 624 3 K NOTICES. JENT NOTIFICATION, tbt con positors for the 'riming < nLe. Apply p rsonallv to the Acting Superintendent Colonial Secretary's Off)."-, Singapore 13th June, 004. June 14 *>-6 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. EXPERIMENTAL RUBBER TAPPING. Wanted Clerk (Outdoor) to assiU for about sii mon'bs Salary $iO per menoem with unfurnished quarters.
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    • 440 3 NOTICES. f/j^p|PjfV These tiny B^^L^^Ufcf^A Capsules Vfl superior wJTHI IlK^r t0 Copaiba, 1 Cubebs, and cure 1 the same diseases as then* dnijjs < 1 hi forty-eight hours without < 1 inconvenience. < < lack Caswl* ban ik* mmmt MDn m Mwm m m not. GRIMAULTS SYRUP Of HmPmmi of
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    • 662 3 NOTICES. ~T nicely Vtuated new villa to let fnr- niihed or onfurni.hed. Apply tc 86 4yed Alley Road. June 18 21 -6 rBE LET— House No. 11, Sophia Road and also No. 2-1 Wilkie Road. Vpply to A. 8. Snooker, 1 Malacca Street. June 2 l-7_ I OBE LET entry
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  • 52 4 (i.iKDiiN. -On the '28th May, m Ruling, CiiAiti.cs William Gordon, of Hankow, aged 54 years. Hf.WKTT.— On thei'nd .lime, M Shanghai. Mary, the wife of G. W Hkxnktt, of tbe Woostinx Motel. Km. 1.1). On the Ist June, at Shanghai, |U Morriwx. the wife of Geiii :k Kdm.o, aged
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  • 676 4 Bn Faun BtrKmßAa aai azi>n written to the Time* on the a<h- ml 1:0 of employing Chinese labour. II c good i|<ialiti<-4 of the Cirna n m us miner baviag alnwiy ban MiMtirntlj dwelt upaa, Sir Frank <) iotc< n in-
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  • 1131 4 HSTOMC roonumoots do not cotnpris* the bulk of the tMNHMI wealth of the town of i*ins>t|>or«j In that reapect our Settlement materially differs from Rome, Athens, Venice, Jerusalem and certain otlier plpces. It ha 9 one ObelL-k, famed of mariner;, which resembles Cleopatra's Needle on the Embankment inasmuch as that
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  • 412 4 Viewing the situation from the advantageous position afforded by local experience and a superior supply of snakes, we have to criticise and deplore the attitude of the A"'Chronicle— in many respects the most reliable newspaper of Japan in its endeavors to discount the true snake-hunting stories of the Straitx Times.
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  • 80 4 Coming after some recent correspondence, the following extract from an Australian newspaper, the Melbourne Leader, should be of local interest In this respect consideration for the lower animals— it has often struck me that much maligned John Chinaman deserves a woid of approbation which he seldom gets. Horses owned and
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  • 117 4 Bankers and Merchants Protest. llangknk, th June. At a meeting of the European bankers and merchants it was resolved to petition the Siamese Government through the 'lo>i-,i of the diplomatic corpo, protesting against the deplorable condition of tlie telegraph service in Siam. Continual Breakdowns
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  • Renter's Extra Service.
    • 164 4 (ieneral Kuroki Marking time in Manchuria. 20th .]<tnr. Reuters Tokyo correspondent states that Admiral .Skrydlotl's squadron was sighted oft' the Straits of Tsugarn and afterwards disappeared in a westerly direction. Renter's Tokyo correspondent states that Admiral .SkrydlorTs Squadron also sunk the IsWsst-aMm, which wax acting as a transport
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    • 39 4 The torpedo destroyer llpmromtmuh struck a rock and sank at the mouth of the Yang-tse-kiang. The crew has been saved. ■The Sjxu;ouha,r/. Mi SMS, MM 1.11. P. was couimandcd by Lieiiteutenant ami I'oniiiinn.ler I;. Codnngton.]
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    • 67 4 A .St. Petersburg daspitch states that 1,100 wounded from Wafang-kau have arrived at Li loyana;. The total Russian losses at Wafangkau wer.i l',ooo. The Russians had 42 bittalions engaged, and the Japanese had 44 battalions. The latter were greatly superior in the matter of artillery, having 200
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    • 64 4 The Port Arthur Squadron said to be Wholly Repaired. Viceroy AlexeitH' telegraphs that Admiral Witgert, reporting from Port Arthur on the Nth inst, stated that the repairs to the entire fleet there had been completed. According to accounts from Liaoyaug, two armies are marching hard to attack
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    • 33 4 Surrey beat Oxford University by five wickets. Derbyshire won against Warwickshire at Glossop by 39 runs. The matches of Lancashire against Kent, at Tonbridge and Worcestershire against Somerset at Worcester were drawn.
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  • 74 4 What will happen in Russia during the next few months it is impossible to say, writes tha Pall Mall, received by to-day's mail, but there is hardly anything that may not happen if Kuroki beats Kuropatkin, or if the Japanese storm Port Arthur. At home, as on sea and land
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  • 8 4 To-day's bank 4/ in rate ii 1/11 J.
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  • 9 4 Thb Dutch cruiser Utrecht is still a* the Dock.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 764 4 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Oranges ITALIAN ORANGES AND Ixemons ARRIVED TO-DAY ai in*.AUSTRALIAN STORES Cheapest and Best. lun.' 17 m.f. WASSIAMULL ASSOMULL CO., Indian Store, No. 1, 2, 3, 4 High Street. Haw opened n fre;-h -pn k of silkx of manellous beauty and bent quality imported from India, China, and .):ipan.
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    • 211 4 C. R. LAMBERT a Co., PHOTOGRAPHIC ART STUDIO, Highest Reputation. Sittings Dally. A/t/^'itiiui- at* should be made, it po**ible, one day lieforehand. Charges Moderate. .lull' 1 II U.C MAcrAiiQAKT. —On the Iflth lune, at Clarelands, Tangiin, the wife of J. Ma«.ta<:gart, of a son. rURXKAL.— On the Mtk May, at
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    • 15 4 BTEARN8 1 WINE, will bring back the lost strength and vigor, but remember Sttarnt' Wine
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  • Reuter's Telegrams.
    • 53 5 London, Mil /am Heutei's correspondent at Melbourne states that the P. and 0. s.s. Australia, inward bound, on entering the Heads there, struck n;ion the rocks at Point Nepean. She m expected to prove to be a total lo«« The passenger? and the crew have
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    • 34 5 Ihe Miilitt., a Paris newspaper, publishes talagraoi from St. Petersburg, reporting serious iliaturbanfes at Helsiiigfors in Finland. The rioters sacked the polioe station and the Governor-General's office. Eighteen officials were killed
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    • 56 5 While v Hritish squadron was maun uvriiik.' at night between Sardinea and Corsico, the destroyer Hut- sank after collision with the destroyer Stag. The rrew of the Ihil were saved. |The But, M*i tmis ■..WKi I. 11. IV was .'ommfttulol bj Commender .Inhn Lure, nml ■vft» Mtlaf
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    • 39 5 The TnmtUtaU has arrived at Durban with Chinese coolies for the Transvaal. The coolies were in good spirits. Than were three deaths among them From beri-beri on the voyage. The I'oolies were nherwise well.
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    • 78 5 Advice to Naval Men. J7" Catholic officers and men ul the Mediterranean .rviuadron, which is now at Civiu Ytei'cliia marched to the Vatican where they received mass. They had, an audience of the Pope •a ho presented silver medals to them. The Pope exhorted them to
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    • 31 5 On the way, they met King Emnnnel who stopped and watched them The Kinp r^t'irneil the officers' salute The city of Rome was bedecked with Union lacks.
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  • 9 5 Thk British sloop 'Wm>/>- left for >ydney on Saturday.
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  • 11 5 Dog- killing is advertised to begin from the Ist July next.
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  • 17 5 Ar;'>'"T 9.MU this morning* a private j:i.nr> collided with and upset an empty 'rikisha near the Convent.
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  • 19 5 Thk number of deaths registered at Singapore in May last reached 1,142. The ratio per thousand was 04 II
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  • 19 5 The Hotel de l'Europe management advertises that it has secured the services of the Viceroy of India's former •-•aterer.
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  • 21 5 Thk date lor holding the Volunteer Conversazione in the Drill Hall is advertised to have been deferred to the 2nd July.
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  • 20 5 The Town and Volunteer Band will play at Institution Hill to-morrow afternoon the 21st instant from ."> to 6 (weather permitting).
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  • 26 5 Tv homeward P. «fc O. mail steamer ('oromandel due here from Hongkong on the 2.1nl instant. The mail by her •lose en Friday at 6 a.m.
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  • 23 5 Twohlnuked and eighty deaths were registered* at Singapore during the week ending on the 11th June. The ratio [ier thousand was ">9 07.
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  • 22 5 M CYi.iN de Plancy, the French Minister to Korea, is a passenger on the outward bound French Mail passing through here to-day.
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  • 32 5 The P. O. outward mail steamer Chiuan with dates from London to the 3rd June, left Colombo at 3 pm. on Sunday and is expected to arrive here 3t daylight on Saturday.
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  • 30 5 Ordkrs have been placed by the French Government with the Forges et Chantiera de la Mediterani'a for the construction of four floating docks, one of which is intended for Saigon.
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  • 34 5 Mr. K J. Fakhkr, Acting District Officer, Bukit Mertajam, has been appointed to be a Magistrate for the Settlement of Singapore and to act as Second Magistrate, Singapore, with effect from the iCth instant.
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  • 107 5 I iik British steamer Bedouin arrived thin morning from Batoum with 137 ;<K) ra<e« of oil for Shanghai. The stef mt-r Smnma arrived on the 17th from Bona with a cargo of phosphate for Xi be. The Britii-h collier Spit head arrived on the 17th from Cardiff' with about 6
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  • 819 5 I he Cricket Club Events. I hk Singapore Cricket Club sports on Saturday took place under exceedingly favourable circumstances. Practically everybody was there, including the Governor and Miss Anderson. The pavilion was so crowded that it was difficult even to refresh the ''other man while the verandahs were
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  • 140 5 A BEvit'Ei. to the fire which occurred on the premises of Mr. F. Hofer, artist and photographer, Bangkok, on 24th March last, is an order by the British Court for the submission to arbitration of his claims on policies held in the Manchester Assurance Co and the
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  • 176 5 Ml an Michell and Coliuan sitting as h Bench Court on Saturday, concluded the record of the case in which it is alleged a Chinaman «.i- induced to part with sums of money amounting to nearly $1,200. Judgment was reserved till Wednesday. The case has been on the.
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  • 124 5 On Saturday, at St. Andrew's Cathedral a wedding was celebrated between Miss Jennie llix-kinsj, of Victoria, Australia, and Mr H M. Clarke, of the Civil Engineering Staff of Tanjong Pagar Dock Co. The Church was beautifully decorated, and there was a large attendance of friends present. Mr.
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  • 307 5 A mne Manager Shoots H mself Sydney. May "J-J A MHcide of an unusually MMSktMMd character was committed in a city office tlu^ afternoon, John Pearce, manager for the Mount David Gold Mmm? Company, shooting himself while lie »a- |irc«eiit at a meeting of the directors of
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  • 83 5 A correspondent writes to criticise an item we reproduced from the A. 0. l)<nhj <Xe«-* a week ago, in which a break oi 1 1 4." points was scored on a French billiard table at Yokohama by Mr. A. Boisredou was referred to as a record hard to beat. Our
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  • 83 5 Acoordiso to a Berlin correspondent thf betrothal of the Grand Duke Cyril of Russia to the former Grand Duchess of Hesee is pending, and an announce ment may be expected shortly. The Grand Duke had a narrow escape from death when the Pelrupnvlosk went down off Port Arthur. Hitherto the
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  • 260 5 The Qovernor's Tour. A (.heat public meeting of Chinese was held at Ipoh on the If tv instant, to make arrangements for the approaching visit of the Govern )r there. It was decided to present two addresses in Chinese and English, the former on a solid
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  • 156 5 Incidents in Perak. A kish dealer of Bukit Pekan while on his way home from Kampar on the llth June, accompanied by a friend,' was attacked by a gang of seven robbers (Macaos) armed with knives. He was relieved of 95 dollars and a watch. The robbers
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  • 162 5 Instructions have been given for the Medway depot to supply the new crew for the battleship Albion, which is to be recommissioned at Hongkong for a 'pc^nd term of service as flagship of Rear-Admiral the Hon. A G. CurzonHowe, second in command of the China tation. The cruiser
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  • 175 5 A New Skobeleff. St. Petersburg, 26th May.— Atter nine days' stubborn fighting, which caused heavy loss, the Japanese have occupied Kin-Chau, a strategical position commanding the neck of the peninsula of Huang- Tung. They have already built miles of military railroad to carry siege guns towards Port Arthur.
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  • 57 5 The circulation of silver in Formosa is to be officially prohibited. The silver notes now in circulation will be replaced by gold notes, but silver will still be accepted in payment of taxes for the tme being. The intended currency reform at this juncture is generally considered timely. It will
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  • 44 5 Croquet Tournament. Result of Saturday's play. Mr*. Whitebead beat Mr. llraddell. Mr. Whitehead beat Mr. I Klcum Play on Tuesday 21st June. Mr*. Whitehead r. Mr Wbitehead. Mm. Ellin and Mr. K Hilton v. Hon. I. M and Mr". Alliniton.
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  • 169 5 Friday's Play. (Ist round.) A. CLASS. TanTiam Kiat-lft beat fcacCMa Bag 15, 8 2, -1. B. CLASS. Wee Hong Van «cr. v. Yeap Yeow Teok r. 6-4. 4-6, unfinished. Saturday's Play. (and round.) Single Handicap. A. CLASS. Tan Tiam Kiat rr. Ueat Kon K
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  • 69 5 Wharfs at Which Different Ships are Berthed To-day. East Wharf— Ganymede. Victoria Graving Doi-k— Snuii>aAlbert Graving Dock— H. N. M. s. itrecht Section No. 1 Zamania 3 Nil. 3 Gregory Apcai. 4 Bedouin. M 5 Sultan. 6 Nil. Borneo Wharf— No. 7 Armenia •aaltagHa h No.
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  • 56 5 The police court cash box at Penang was carried off by a thief there on Tuesday night last. The box holds the daily fines and is cleared every evening The thief opened the box to lind nothing in it but a few bad coins. In his disappointment, he pitched the
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  • 54 5 It is expected that Bishop Oldham, M. E. Church, will arrive here some time in February next. There is a probability however, of his coming earlier. He was in the Straits from 1885 to 1 and was very popular. He will be cordially welcomed by those who knew him. He
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  • 56 5 The N. D. L. Company have decided to Withdraw some of their steamers from the Suez-Colombo route and from the end of July will send 'them to Australia by the Cape route. The voyage, according to Tbhptm, will be lengthened from 35 days— which is the period now occupied from
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  • 58 5 Mr. D. Beatty, Act Second Magistrate has been removed for duty at the Protectorate, and Mr. J Farrer occupied the bench of this Court this morning. It has been arranged that Mr. Hose shall act as Second Magistrate and that Mr. J. Farrer shall act as Deputy Public Prosecutor Mr.
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  • 62 5 Sir Cei.il Ci.kme.nti Smith (i former Governor of the Straits Settlements) was to preside at a meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute on Ist M iy, when Mrs. Archibald R. Colquhoun will read a paper on Women and the Colonies." Mrs. Cohfuhoun'g contention is that a larger proportion of women
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  • 89 5 The 1.0. G.T. social given at the Temperance Institute on Saturday night was largely attended, and to judge by the generally pleasant tone that prevailed, highly appreciated. It was a new departure—concert and danee the programme so arranged that the events of the first alternated with those of the second,
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  • 110 5 A Chinese mining headman met I with a violent death the other day at Pulai, near Ipoh (Perak He was engaged in carrying on blasting operations in a tunnel and as the charge of "gelignite" which he had laid did not explode, be went into the tunnel to see what
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 15 5 NOTE Telegrams and local news received prior to noon to-day are published on Page i.
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    • 156 5 Story of a Slave. To lie bound hand and font for years by the, chains of disease is the worst form of slavery. Mr. W. Knowlcs, Tragant Street, Bath, Eng says About five years ago I was prostrated with S-iatiea. From my right thigh to the bottom of mv foot
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    • 15 5 Good for young and old is SUarnt' Wxne. Enriches the blood, aids digestion, improves nutrition.
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    • 498 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. BOARD AND LODGING With private family, ounpouod houst No. 44 Race Course Road. Rooms witverandah. For single gentlemen. Termmoderate. Apply on the premises. June M v.c. STOOMVAART MAATSCfIAPPY "NKDERLAND." FOR PORT SAID, GKNOA, AND AMSTERDAM. The Dutci mail steamer l'Rl.\ HESDRIK is expected to arrive here from Batavia
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 177 5 DAY HY DAY Monday June. High Water. 3M p.m. Moon. First Quarter. 106 p.m. Variety Show. Motel des Index. 9. Wayang Kuaiin. North Bridge Road. W Tuesday, aist June. High Water. :l 37 am. 4 W p.m Salvage Sale. Coghlan. 10-M Land Sale. Powell. Mi K'tare Sale. Powell. 4. Kuala
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  • 969 6 The situation in the Transvaal is exlingly unsatisfactory, and Lord hlnor. tlii' High Commissioner of South Africa, has plainly and bluntly stated the fact. The finances of the Colony are iv such a state that he considered it I uecessary to call an extraordinary meeting
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  • 602 6 Ready to Die Rather than Betray a General. They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three. This couplet from Lowell was printed on the leaflet announcing a lecture by Major Seely, M P., at Whitfield's Tabernacle, T ottenbam-court-road. The subject of
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  • 110 6 The Turf Club executive is making a wise move during the forthcoming Races in prohibiting motor-cars from approaching the Grand Stand. It will be remembered that, at the last Meeting, a trap was smashed to pieces through a horse being frightened by a car. We are sure
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  • 194 6 Cotton Prospects. Tiik Suakirn- Berber Railway is now under construction, and it is hoped that it will be opened for tfaffic early in 190 C. At one time it was reported that Indian labour might be indented upon lor the sections nearest the Red Sea
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  • 136 6 Hamilton's Donkey Laughed with Olee when he met Jumbo. The es. Qtenfarg which arrived at Hongkong from Singapore on the 6th inst. brought up Harmston's Circus. The circus, says the Daily Prett, is on its way to Shanghai, and is expected to perform at Hongkong on the
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    • 344 6 FOR LADIES^ D JORET*HOMOLLES APIOL It fh» mo*t wrs r»m*4/ utinit tht tickntit, Ml othtr aWtctt ctyttd by tht tttlty of tht rtfuUr ptr/ofli ataDurtajji^aßjKMMoiMc^Mir CAMPBELL CO. HAVING been appointed Anents for the TRANSATLAKTICFireInsurai.ee Company, NORTH GERMAN Fire Insurance Company, and HAMBURG Bremen Fire Insurance Company are prepared to accept
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    • 731 6 NOTICES. Singapore and Kranji Railway. From April nth, 1904, and until further notice. Train Service for Week Days and Sundays. I'"" A.M. AM A.M. P.M. P.M. KM. P.M. SINGAPORE; rf..6.25 7.32 10.00 12.35 2.10 3.2'J 4.54 «.0C N*wton «32 739 10 07 12.42 2.17 3M9 5.01 6.0? d 1 6.33
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 663 7 BUCHANAN'S WHISKY Sold everywhere. STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. R 43? O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. Fur China, Japan, Penan*, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Gulf. Continental, and American Ports. Steamers v ill leave Singapore oo or about Mall Line.
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    • 644 7 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. Koninklijke Paketvaart MaatschapplJ. Under contract with the Netherlands India, Government. Agent* at Singapore Ship Aoihcy, late J. Daixdils A Co., 2-3 Ooli yer Quay. 1 he undermentioned dates are only approximate. Steamer From Bxp'ted. Will be T>««patched (or 1 Maha I'aiirunhi* Penang June 80 Penang, Sabang, Olehleh, Poeloe
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    • 417 7 HAMBURG AMERIKA LIME. HAMBURG. The steamers of this Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen. Antwerp, and Kotterdam, and the Straits, China, and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre andHsmburg and once a month for Bremerbaven direct, calling at Penang and Colombo The arrivals of the next
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    • 623 7 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. N.D.L NORDOEUTSCHER LLOYD. Imperial German Mail Line. The fast and well nown mail steamers of this Company rail fortnightly from Bremen-Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, I Naples, Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Nsßaeaki, and Kobe to Yokohama and They are due in
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    • 581 7 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES CJUT Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Line. THE FAST ROUTK BETWEEN OHJNI J APAN, AND EUBOPE, VIA CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. Houte from Hongkong via Shanghai, Nagasaki (Inland Sea of Japan) Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria and Vancouver. Twin Screw Empress Steamihipa 6,00(J Tons Speed 19 knots.
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    • 438 7 I SHIPPINQ INDOCHINA STEAM NAVIGATIO. j COMPANY LIMITED. FOR HONGKONG. The Company's steamer 517/ SANO 2,790 toD«, Captain Young, having left Calcutta on the 1:MI) in«t.. may be I expected to arrive here on or about the 20th inst and will have prompt despatch I for the above port. For
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 1574 8 Under this heading the following tobreviations are used »tr. —steamer ifc— ship; bq. barque; sen. schooner.; Ytt Yacht Cru.— Cruiser Obt.—Ounkoa; Tor.— Torpedo H. p. Hor»e-power Brit— British; U. B.— United SUtes Feb..— French; Ger.— German; Dut.— Dutch; G.c— General-cargo; d.p.— deck MMenger; U.— Uncertain T. P.
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    • 628 8 IVcnv, ptrl, probable date of arrirn and name of agentr. Ktsambk.-. Aganienmon, China. June 2(>; Manstield Vuiißourt. Barry, June; Borneo Coy. Ajax, Liverpool,' July 14; Mansfield. Am. Magon, Saigon. July Ift; MoneComte A. Niclly, Colombo July fl; M>ine Comte. V'lnnni, Colombo, Au« > M. MaritimcE. \riii4-ni:i Shanghai Juae
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    • 258 8 Singapore, *>th Junk, 1904 PRODUCE. Gambler f 8.00 do (Cabe No. 1) unpicked II 75 Copra Bait 8.18 do Pontlanak 7.70 Pepper, Black 24.tjj4 do White, (5%) 37 ft Sago Floor Sarawak 3.00 do Brand No. i 2 80 Pearl Sago 4 40 Coffee Ball, 16% ha-i 23 00
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    • 361 8 *J»l«ba« (in liquidation) 20 ct«. Kp4»d» (rally paid) 110.00, nomtnm Ho (pref». |4pd) »4.00, noniln*! W'-<al Bank of Chii a A(fBpd(s?t .oo, bnyei>. do B(«pd)|3B.oU, bnyerv do Pounders' «1 pd)|lo. Mrtyoard&Co $26, sale* &«e'.ler«. North Kechaaa (in liqnidation) T5eU. *Pakuis Corporation |4.25. Pahaag Kabang p<T) 2S oenU, bayero. •Q>%MBBluid lUab*
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    • 110 8 MAILS CLOSE AN JER. PASSED SI'NDA MKAITS OK ARHIVKD KUK OKDKKS Flo* Date ok Imrii Dat* Rio. Ship's Nami Captain. Saiuno. Fromwhkkk hrn i.i ■MMune 8 Ifor b<i Memento Johannesea lun. b biltvm I'mlitni; 9 Brit 98. Islander Wright .luoi- TC'rietma^li- Si^apor* II HrU Nizam Msul.iuin HaUvih 1) Brit as.
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    • 117 8 Frm Europe By the P i<). s.g. Chiman due on 25th June, with dates to the 3rd June. From China— By tb«s PA<». g.». Crnmmantiel dae on the 2.'ird Jui.°. TIME TABLS OF MAILS DUB j?ft Singapore Dae ia London Arrived Kay Uth P. 40. June 4th
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    • 97 8 K. A. J. CHOTIRMALL Co. JEWELLERS AND SILK MERCHANTS, Nos. 51 8c 52, Sigh Street. I'tet anived a new shipment of Indian, Chinese and Japanese silks of various kinds, Chinese embroidered costumes, Maltese lace jaokets and handkerchiefs, Ceylon lace, pretty grass cloth work, silk shawls of various kinds made in
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    • 141 8 JAPAN COALS. THE MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA (MITSUJ_& CO.) HEAD OFFICE No. 1 Buruga-Cho, Tokio. LONDON BRANCH 34, 1. me street, K.( SINGAPORE BRANCH) Finlayson Green. OTHER BRANCHES I Ne* York, San FraDcisco, Harm Dlf Bombay, Sourabaya, Manila, Hongkong, Amoy, Shanghai. Chefoo, Tientsin, Newchwang, Port Arthur, Seoul, Chemulpo, Yokohama, Yokosuku. Xageya,
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    • 283 8 JOHORE HOTEL Malay Curries. I MENDING vieitors to this Hotel are L inforniPd that arra.ngeinrnts hare been made to havp Matey eillllci overy Sunday morning. Tiffin 12.30 p.m. to 2 p.m. The Johore Band pl»>- oppnsiti- ih<.lotel ir.im UDp.BB. tod ;> m. v,t > f .t*. v.c. INDIAN ENGINEERING. An
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 97 8 WEATHER REPORT Kandang Krrbau Hotpital, !Oth June, 1904. )ft.r:i :{pni U p.m. REMARKS. Bar 29.»i9 i».83l 29.906 Mornini; Temp" 80.0 360 81.0 loudy, VVB'lbTher 7HO 790 78.0 day and DirofWind Bw. B.w. s.w. night clear. Wax. Temp 85 6 Mm 74.5 Max.in Sun 111-'» Terr, rad 78 6 RAinfall Nil
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  • 630 9 Akoiclhii,' t<> tlic plans of l'rof. Albert C. Albert son. President of the Klcitro Magnetic Railway Conatraotioa Company, New Yorkers are soon to lee sunn tiling iii the way ef dizzy meed over the rail* thai will make the Empire statr Express and Twentieth Century
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  • 152 9 In an address recently delivered <>t the Herlin Urania, Professor rtirnbrtaai pre•eated telegraphic apparattu fur traus mitting any kind <>( handwriting, draw the lia-iv of wliicli is a highly sensitive system ol slsctro-magnets In the .-.is. of the drawing peaci] of tke nansnutter iii-im; moved upward
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  • 178 9 liik inllux ol Chinese labour into the Kaii'l (Transvaal) will, it is expected, be mi ita liichpst about the middle of July. The first i'.OOU Chinese labourers forthelUnd mines will work on the I.anglang'c Estate?, mines of the liobitson group, and not on the Van Ryn,
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  • 934 9 Wireless Telegraphy. It is some years since wireless telegraphy first extended popular imagination to the utmost and found it lamentably deficient in powers of comprehension but the vagaries and accomplishments of the mysterious Hertzian waves do not fail to fascinate us as they did in
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  • 816 9 Chinese case against Exclusion. Kuala Lumpur. J'Jth February. 1904. K. Bpooner Bsq., i.e. Cen.ral .Manager F.M.S Railways. Selangor. The petition of Towkay Loke Yew and another signatories hereto. Heal respectfully sheweth, 1. That your petitioners are the lead ing Chinese merchants and traders, and representatives
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 67 9 VESSELS ADVERTISED TO BAIL. Hongkong, Suisany, due 2ftti June, ll.oustcad Kremaotla via ports, Sultu*, oo 21st June. Mansfield. tfnlland via part', Madura, due Ist July, Da«nd->ls Kremantle via ports, Charon, on Bth July, Miins 'eld. Teluk Arson via ports Sappho on Monri«ys, Srlavgnr on Weditsuays, and £/»</.■ o v Fridays
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    • 252 9 NOTICES. SAPPORO BEER THE ftEST THAT IS HUWID IN JSP AS PATRONIZED BY THE IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD. OBTAINABLE AT THE PRINCIPAL HOTELS AND FROM RETAIL DEALERS. MiaNMM KOMEYA CO., Telephone No. 288. 25 26 High Street. May^l in w.i. n.c. The Robinson Piano Co., LIMITED The Apollo The New Apolloette The
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    • 175 9 NOTICES. Dr. S. Yamamoto, JAPANESE DENTIST. No. 352, VICTORIA STREET, SINGAPORE. Apr 13 m.w.f. 13-7 STRAITS CYCLE MOTOR COMPANY. Rubber Tyred Carriage and Rikisha Wheels H'l( I A1.1.Y HAM F<»K IS. Carbide ot Calcium A Benzine WHOLES. 1 I.X 1 Sl> 1:1: y 1/ MAKKR^Jni THK LAJU BICYCLE. M.l\ M
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    • 263 10 "J NOTICES. RILEY HARGREAVES CO., LTD. ENGINEERS, SHIPBUILDERS, ft GENERAL CONTRACTORS. Singapore. Works :--Heaw Street. Town Store 1— 13 Battery .Roai\ engines Boilers HORIZONTAL I |sHjlpiM[ LANCASHIRE portable: |Ji3ii^™SM locomotive Mining, Horizontal and Vertical, Direct-acting Duplex and Special) Sinking Pump up to 20,000 gallons per hour. Steam Vessels IX Wood
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    • 134 10 NOTICES. *3or ffews of tde Straits, Read tde Straits Times It has the Largest Circulation OF ANY PAPER PUBLISHED IN MALAYA. &or WAR TELEGRAMS Read The Straits Times It may be obtained in Singapore at the following places SAC*-. BuKu Timahßallwayst ion Adelpbi Hotel c Crown Dtepenisry. Selegie «oad Newton
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    • 527 11 INSURANCE COMPANIES. ROYAL INSURANCE CO. FIRE LIFE TOTAi. INVESTED FUNDS EXCEEI' £12,000,000. THE LARGEST TIKE OFFICE IN THE WOBLD BOUSTEAD 4 Co., Agenta. THE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £2,127,500 Paid up Capital 213,760 Reserve Fund 1 ,07 3,550 The undersigned, Agents for the Com pany, are prepared
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    • 564 11 BANKS. NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ. Netherlands Tiadiiig Society. EiUblish.d iat«. CAPITAL. f. 60,000,000— (abt. £5,000,000) ISSUED CAPITAL, f. 45,000,000— (abt. £3,750,000) RESERVED FUND. f. 5,000,000- -(abt. £417,000) Head Office In Amsterdam. Head Agency in Batavla. Braschbs: Penan).'. Shanghai. Kansoon, Meclan (Deli), Hemarang. Sourabaya, Padang, Oheribon. legal. Pecalongab, Pasoeroean, Tjilat jap. Hnlemlmng,
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    • 287 11 BANKS. Hongkong 0* Shanghai Banking Corporation. IWID-UP CAPITAL $10,000 IK KESERVE FUND:— .'terlingßeeeiv.s!ot('innoi (t .fl Silver Reserve I O,»tU,iOO I Reserve Liability of Proprietor* $IooOO,UOO COURT OF DIRECTORS. A. llayrnonil. Khij.. Chairman. H. Tomkins, Earr., Deputy Chairman. K. Uoetz, Eaq. N. A. Sieba, Esq. Hon. W. J. (ircsson |j Sbde
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    • 402 11 NOTICES. JAMES WATSON CO S SCOTCH WHISKIES AKK THB BEST VALUE IN THE MARKET FLAG BRAND, 10 YEARS OLD $12-50 per case. Duly ntri V.V.O. SPECIALLY RECOMMENDED $8-50 per case. Duty titr* AIN/BLE FROM KEIAII. OKAI.ERP, OR McALISTER Co.. Ltd sole agents TK IT A Commenting on Good Whiskies. K
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    • 399 11 NOTICES. HOTEL DKR NED KRLANDEN BATAVIA (JAVA) I^iKKT Class Hotel. Known far its excellent food. Very frequently rtsitad by British people, finglish speaking servants. Every accommodation. Messenger on board of all the steamers. A. P. MKKTEN m. A th. o.c. Proprietor. MOTOR CARS BENZINE. We are now supplying best quality
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  • 1630 12 The Land of Cleopatra. {liy 11. Holer Ihiggnrd.) At ('mud, on the railways, and m many places in Egypt, French still seems to be, if not the official language, at least I ciinmnu means of communication l>ct ween Turks, Arabs, and Europeans. Thus public notices of all sorts
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  • 131 12 A Gruesome Deal by a Cinematograph Agent VxtrtOM to tije St. Louis Exposition will shortly be able to witness a novel succession of cinematographic picture? portraying the execution of over two hundred prisoners at Canton. A slior' time aso a Hongkong photographei paid a visit to the
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  • 158 12 For Singapore. Per P. <t O. s. s. s. Knn, olia, connecting with tbe steamer MrOln nt Co'ombo from London May 27. due VMh June— Mr and Mrs. Lansdell, Mr. F. Taylor, Mr. D. 8 Richards. Per P. AO. St.s t. lioniri) from London May 28 due
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  • 60 12 We are tp iue«t*d to intimate, for the guidance of those who with to attend the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new H< kien Chinese Church by HE. the Gnvf rnor, on Tuesday next, that the site lien near the junction of Neil Road with Tanjong Pagar
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  • 448 12 Atrocious Murders hv Native*. The CMS >„, which arrived at BriohaM a few weeks ago, from Singapore, brought information concerning the capture of eight natives of the French Islands, who are supposed to b,- concerned in the murder of a white man and natr.es at those islands
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  • 486 12 Criticism of Mr. Carey s Paper i' 1)',,, .>;;/, Mmp.) We quote to-day Mi K. V Carey letter to the Strain pviag an account in epitome oi 1 1 11 > work don. ill the cultivation, tappmy and prepare tiou of Para I>i i.U-r by Mr. F.
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  • 21 12 The Ilijali of Sarawak lias associated his son, Yyner Brooke, the Rajah Muili, with him in the government of the State.
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    • 669 12 NOTICES. Arima Water The renowned natural mineral table water recommended by Japanese Government Analysis. SOLE IMPORTERS: Y. Shibuya Co. SUB AOtST: C. Janssen, Cebu. May 9 m.w.f v c THE TANJONG PAGAk DOCK COMPANY, LTD Shipwrights, Engineers, Ircn ant. Brass Founders, Wharfingers, <fee. This Company execute Ship and Marine Engine
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    • 301 12 NOTICES C. A. RIBEIRO Co., Stationeers, Printers, Bookbinders, AND Rubber Stamp Manufaceurers. PRINTING DEPARTMENT AT NO. 35 ROBINSON ROAD. OFFICE AT NO. 3 BATTERY ROAD. TELEPHONE NO. 906. Hi m.w.f. v.c. y Ny Carlsberg Beer l§l*»rvnTrF*Jwu,\ Very li*ht Pilsencr Beer, especially brewed for Tropical ?<\ss^¥!^CotKM Clim.tes. i;..\r«— -»-"TVir|| Obtainable at
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