The Straits Times, 24 May 1906

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    15 1 The Straits Times. SO. 22.04& THE STRAITS TIMES. THURSDAY. MAY 24. 1900. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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      403 1 NOTICES PEAD THIS AND BE CONVINCED!!! Extract of alerter received f'roin the gentleman who bought our last 8 H.l*. "DE DION CAR" Rid May L 906. I miii glad to tell M>ii tin- Cmi i:s rnuning splendidly, in fact I have run al>ont (500 miles in the l.i^t month, and
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      308 1 T(J BE LET. I Immediate entry splendid offices No. 34 and i 54 Robinson Koad". also 2 newly finished Euro pean residence- At Stevens Road and No. 9 j'Tyrie" No. s* M unt Eh/ibeth. Apply to N. REUBEN. s Prince Street. •Inly H v.c. TO BE LET. I'ight and con\e:iient
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      456 1 Singapore Sporting Club. NOTICK. No Motor Cars or Motor Cycles will be allowed in the Sporting Club premises during Race Week, or during training. By order of the Committee. MM THE SINGAPORE SLIPWAY AND ENGINEERING CO. LTD. NOTICti. Kotica i~ herein ni\eu that the Transfer Books nf the C'ompauy will
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      871 1 NOTICES. Robinson Co. Just received a large shipment of GRAMOPHONES RECORDS. RECORDS do 12-inch) 1 High class Music just been produced Sung at Covent Garden elsewhere by the following notable Singers. I Madame Melba RRD LABELS. Matliini" Marcella Beuibrich si^: Conuu. Francisco Ttanagno. Celettina BoninMgm Fernando dn Lncia Cicuiniii Bellineioni
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    TIN SUPPLICES.
    1175 2 The Outlook. The continued adv.". hit in the price of tin has at last awakened the interest of our contemp naries. the daily Press, who have, possibly with the expection of favours to come, almost SUrattMMOMljr discovered that the pulilic have been misfir.g a good thing by their
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      368 2 NOTICES. The Handsome Humber Cars. "No such graceful design has ever yet been shown."— "M.A.P." BUT "Handsome --handsome does" In the Automobile Club HHUclimbing Competition at South Martin?, on June 10th, the 8-10 h-p. Coventry Mumber Car was first in Clas< A (cars from Xl5O to £jso\ and the 16-20
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      149 2 EVERY FACII-ITY Ik connection with Life Aisurar'.t Bu tiness afforded by •pHE STANDARD J^IFE QFFICE. one of the largest and wealthiest of the Provident Institutions of the United Kingdom. Forms of Application and all information will be promptly afforded on application to THE BORNEO COMPANY, LTD Agent*, Standard Life Office,
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      203 2 NOTICE^ Jlrtie '(sully. Turf Commission Agent. HAS A 5,000 BOOK OPENED ON THE SINGAPORE DERBY. DOUBLE EVENTS ON Maiden and Derby Maiden and Grand Stand Cup. THE TREBLE EVENT Maiden, Derby, and Grand Stand Cup. Fresh Double Open Lawn Stakes and Derby, Derby at d Grand Slatd Cup. See Price
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      104 2 NOTICES. CROWN PERFUMERY. r^^M^^** THE CROWN PERFUMERY CO., LONDON and PARIS. OF ALL DEALERS. See that the bottles are stoppered with oin registered •CROWN STOPPER." l -EM.TOOK.PHS f Rathe p reres For a complete Cinematograph Installation apply to Levy Hermanos, 3y Battery Road. i 44 nnCAN ff docble-bidkd records If
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    INFRINGEMENT OF FOREIGN PATENTS.
    218 3 A Japanese View. The Oaaka Bhimpo oba«rv« that marked .lev.'K'piu nt has been made of t in the application of scientific prin- t,, industrial purpose*, la Japan. Great improvemeni hat been made in manufactures, and imported goods are gradually being driven out <>f the country. The
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    Malay Rubber Companies.
    432 3 Ti c Rubbei <■•>■ m n Ooßtpuqr, a Ceylon ventßW liaj acquired Kemp-cy -t'iitc. ill Kuala Srlangnr. comirtillg 01 640 acn-. Of tins area. 109 sVCVM an planted in l'aia rubber, coffee, and ronnta, ■rhilc then ii a raatrv« ol 48 i ,i fore t. b M<ii^
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      560 3 BANKS. Hongkong V Shanghai Banking Corporation. PAID-UP CAPITAL $10,000,000 I'.^SERVEFUND:— Sterling Reserve »10,000.0001 jjo.soo.OOO Silver Reserve 9,500,000 1 P. serve Liability of Proprietors t10.000.000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. A. Haupt, Esq. Chairman. Hon. C. W. Dickson.— Deputy Chairman. E. Ooetz, Esq. D. M Nissim. Esq. 1 C. R. Lenwnann. N. A.
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      684 3 NOTICES. NOTICES. ALdLK 1 Iv. A. UALL if _^al^^sv?O^^^^^is^ I'ndTtaker Tomb Build r Every attention given to business nsa. f^ tfßv m m n m nssv Aw/^\\f^ <JxW n*k flk It I SSk. DuGSHIAD ff^M'^m BRAND §i^£Br£^ BASS'S ALE GUINNESS'S STOUT jfrir <BACE OF WHISKIES IN SINBAPOrT) i"HT«*— IK* Over
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 18 CENTS. THURSDAY, 24th MAY.
    1011 4 The Straits Times. PRICE 18 CENTS. THURSDAY, 24th MAY. Now. after a considerable interval of time sime t!w unfortunate death of a Chine- in fant occurred through iniiadlwilllie" an interval hag enough to i.,i:vliiee U that the I'ublic Prosecutor intends taldag no nction iv the matte] \v, leal fnstiA d.
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    549 4 On latOXALLT, time a~ ii])t to !ian>^ lioavilv in Singapore occasionally, and occasionally. i only. As a rule, thcri' is sueli rush of bnsiHM Hid lit ]il( asnre tliat it is iliSicultto fit all tliinys in. Not that we use- the ml in any exaggerated sense, but the in -h
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    158 4 Thk Citing Mii! >uiys that before depart- i ing for home, the British Miniate! In Pi U ihl;. >ir Kriiest Satow. oanolmled with Tong ■hao-yi, Preaidattt of the VTaiwupn iForeigu Atfails Boacdl ith respect to Wei hai-wai, Urn tefflM whisk an as follow 1. On account ol Hrn mttnti rot
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    255 4 00BUH 1. lei. nee lo what aMBM to i evil: Those who attend the Court Ol K. .pn-ts occa-ioiiidly are iryriai at the number of j respectably druasod and _•> ntlemauly looivinn young Straitslwrn Hiinnso. who Hppaar there to show eanaa bn bavfauj repaid t<>« Ciietly inonevi. which tlwyhave borrow
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    7 4 The S*T«I<I B I ::i,lish,,| this momiag.
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    11 4 i'\it\in Mori ptainPoyntiaa j field officer bom tin 1 UMt! i...
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    13 4 i:n lafimi ntaak !:.ive collided :n I I inal and holh are damage).
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    14 4 Till Kren.'.i s-, 'e1,,, i, „f tillCharges Itc.ini- from Went to Kast this niirnii.e.
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    15 4 Shu:ks iv the Canton-Haakow railway have Ik en Itrgai p bj Chinese residents in BaD|
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    14 4 Thk M'lli fronj Port Swettenbaia with a irpnc in ooSa for traiishipinent lo >.'lima.
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    15 4 A L'ADBT is in active lorinati'in iv lVn,i:ijv thsi.. hiiudred bojs have already j lined.
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    18 4 Thk mail itaai ft i. Haas at 11 p.m. yesterday am< :i:ay expected at Sin«iijM>re at dayliiitn to-morrow.
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    21 4 Thk boys of Baffle* Bohi won given a half-holiday on Mou. l.y in rot Mr. 1.. Samy's success in winning scholarship.
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    19 4 Thk Qanaaa nteck arrived this moriiint- froi:. the. Ooaaa lslaml with a cargo of (>liosp!i to the German Consul.
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    23 4 Kochok, Sye<l Alley, ami I'aik Boadl, Qnoeen, Hill. and A:|.. Street*, Batdt Palafa and Kainpong Bahn are no uii{ei' out of military IkxiikU.
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    22 4 It is reported that two derkati ttie I'ol lector's Department Imv. |mt .1. Handed the Corporation of i:li;.imKl. One has ahscoiidi l
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    30 4 .Mi:. RrvBTT-Oarnao, thePinan^al idviaer to the King of Niau;. ill return to Hani; kok in November at Hte apeuia] request of the King. He is t<> U- mtttied in .Inly.
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    50 4 Thk Ha>;statts at tm: i auiun^ tad Mount Faber were decorated to ilay in coiuuiuinoia tiou of Km pi re <v Victoria 1 >ay. H. M. S. Monmnuth and tin Colonial yachts Sea \l. w and Sr,, u,-it. and anomberol vi iiatlii in port also <lressiKl ship foi tin ■>.
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    66 4 An indignant protest baj been adilriwud to the I'll ss by tlit i iM. p. n.leur Labour party on the Miojast of Ljwly Warwick's sacrifice of jewellery t« lulp (be S, M ialist candidaUt) int.; Puttaaawi It is tlhmixl that the action will oovti the Socialist movement witli ridicule, ami
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      German Press Friendly.
      45 4 rh,,. .'.>-/ Mm/. Qennan an. l l! i nian preaa opinions on the ap[iro:u:hin; Vnglo-RtunUn \v are o| tlie liienii' kin. l. licimanv has ..i\e. I i!i-.f:, ii.nv awtor MCea on the anLj< et. The Vgreemenl li i < teruncc to the Bagdad Railwaj
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      Russian Government Programme.
      29 4 The Csai hat liad laid before him th< (lovei ninciit pr.M mume u( policy to U read out to the [>nnia by M. Uoremkyn, Urn Premiei
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      Mr. Haldane Speaks in German.
      39 4 The ''.litish Se. l:ll" ol Stair RK Wai Ml. ll.tldane ha* deliver' d in (ieiiii.i:i a BBoecii >..\ tHendl] iv tone toward* im liianv. at the opening "f th. fliiniiaii \t\ Exhibition in I don.
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      Brigands Release Prisoners.
      28 4 Bei ni Singapore, J.Tnl Way. l>,r,i. i.n font,, a.:, The M.iorisi, init>und' IwTe liberated tin |HTsolls Im. loir. ■i-;BO < .ll .11 .vllolll they had seized.
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      Government's Decision.
      29 4 Sii Kdwiud <.m\ stat. il.it the Ooveru meiit in not ii. -ii. mis of raimng the ijui rtion ol the relation In i\mn 'I nrkej anil Bgy|
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      Military Convention at Vienna.
      38 4 In < omiccti"' /lithe Impending vi-.it til Vienna oi lien, i! I'apit/ n chief f tile liiissian pun .ii. then i .< poanibilit] "t a Bnaao-Oermai I itrfaui militarj conven tion lMiny disci:.- I in Vienna
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      Japanese Naval Officers Entertained.
      34 4 Tin- Lord Ma] ii Sydni has enter lamed the Jap nava. ..Hie. han.piet. Lord Xorthcot. liml Sir ll. my Uawwu were present, an. uimt Oor«lial npeeclie" were delivered »n ision.
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      Scene in House of Commons.
      48 4 A -cene took pla in the li-. of Coin. mbi, yesterday, a < > p.is-.i-. t anas between Mr. > ■ph Chamberlain and Mr. JlaeMUßara, tm i Ik- Bdnoation Kill. sir lleiirvi'ninplK'l I. '.nnpnnan intervened and asked Mr. Chamberlain if lie doubted I >r. Macnaman'x
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      Mr. Chamberlain Describes Premier as Impertinent.
      21 4 Mr. C'liamlH-rl.iin Ml ito lie lectured bj the Premier, who* intdrfereneex In described as iujpertin<
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      Subsequent Uproar.
      18 4 1 pro. i: followed, hut t 'hniriiiiui relused to rule Mr. Chamlici lain ol ord i.
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    35 4 Mil. Jon M. Di \i.,.i\ maii.i..'i rol :ii. Hanyko l I >i.- U was <lu<- are London lot ltanyliok raih this month, and will start Inline-., ihei- •ivconsuliiii; nginoer, marim sin vi y. .i. etc
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    51 4 A M M.v Lumpur |xil 'iiiiii who wax ch.-.iyid bj l-.ithcr Itenai i tor assault hax bum sinteiiie.i to tuo Dtontba' impriitouinent. ami i..,i li.v action inxt the -.iiiie aonssshki hmnplit hy Father Mnvello rexulted in the man In ing scnteiK iil t( a Bill or an addition;.! month's imm
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    56 4 Sill KK I HV \I t I l:l.v (Secret: ol S;;. 1 [ul Foreign Affair- aiUWMttWI that tli. (iovcrniiii >■ in sympathy wrtll the poUcj of <!isarinam< n'. It is KporteH that lirr many declines t i participate mi the rlagiu Conici-cnce nbnnkl the British prcinnaal foi n reduction of
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    59 4 In coiiiif tion uith the recent M..l.t\ School sports M Koala Kanmwi it will not l«out of place. remark* the Tim m ->f Malaya to mention tliai l.'ijah Kmhih Sola boy under 14 >, :irx. made the reoord jniuu for the Strain Settlements and Keil. ■■■at. I Malay States lung
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    50 4 At l'cnanjj. tl" Government has put up a new jetty oh* the I ort I'oint for Ua the launches plying to and from Bltttel worth. Then is n. i.ill\ i strong earn .it and often a rough arw aft this |Hiint. with the result that the jetty is Batting abaky.
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    39 4 Taa Siiprum. Court of the Tranavaal approves the is.m lo the Chines OOoiie* ul the notification uf Uh re|>ati iatimi aclieiuu. The actual iiiiimlh i of applications foi repatriation dnrin<_' M.iicli and April i* under half |ht Of Bl
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    112 4 Xu. Omar, i midwife living ut N<>. it;. Sclcnii- Koacl, has h lixlyii named Hurry Kruwn, a Knrasian Mlgißcwc. As be l.i\ iv bed Hinokin^ oiaarette .it IJO this roorniug the curtain caught tin-. In U.uiu^ down the hiiriiiiin curtain tbc fire was coiiiiiiuiii cuUm! to a luiskct ul wOed
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      96 4 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. WILSON Co.'si PHOTOGRAPHS U.K UJUORU DOBS r0 Bf The Best in the Straits, AM> KOjCAt TO ANY ANVWUKKK. PrJee of Cabinet Portrait*:— IN MATTOTYPE $SM BROMIDE „lifw -1 P^ATINOTYPE ..IVOO ,&M CARBON fSM ..40.00 Portraits on Porcelain tech SI 5. WILSO- 'S PHOTO ART SIUOSC G.R. Lambert Co.
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      In the Reichstag.
      50 5 Ufv'd. Sim/"/""' -W''V;>,r,i. ty Btofer in the Reich I kg, C t Von Tschirsehky, the Foreign V I .■..stated that there were strong ground fot assiiiuing that flat Ilia II ojonld be noaffeotod by any even toal Angfo-B i.w understanding ooone to with MA renc. i \sia.
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      Triple Alliance Quite Firm.
      39 5 With r. fir. II t the Triple Alliam c. the three Oovemii at* oonoemed atood as Bm Mevoronthe isisoltbe Alliance Tin Count io-iitl/ reotrived Mas most c\ i.ii. ii Msorano bom Italy to Moat effect.
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      Equally Silly Talk.
      18 5 There was equally silly talk current about the relations between Vostria and German; wi akening.
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      kaiser's Visit to Austria.
      32 5 Tlie Kaiser's coining visit to the Kmperor nj Vuxtria w:i- in no wi>c a demonstration against Italy or Britain. There was no cause tor an j Kioh demonstration.
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      Germany Reciprocates British Cordiality.
      37 5 II mdial speeches delivered by British statesmen during the German Bur-ijoiu.i-ters visit to London vra*. so the Count concluded, heartily n-ciprocatc.l by the German Oovernment and by wide circles sinong the Oilman people
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    SUPREME COURT.
    232 5 Ys«tmu>ai morning Mi. Justice nonet ;V.vi judgment in the case against the pawn broker reported in our previous Essnea. Plaintiff su.-l defendant for the return of certain articles of jew. 11. i v said to wrongfully detained by him or their value which be placed at MOO Defendant
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    RUGBY FOOTBALL.
    129 5 M. M. 5. ■-Moiimouth" v. 5. C. C. us Friday next there will be a Rugby Football Match on the 8. C. C, ground between team from H.M.s. Monmouik .uidtlieCluhtitt«on. It i* some time now since the i i'ih have bad friendly game with a team (ram anj
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    44 5 1i bl reported that the British and Atncii can Ministers at Peking have protested against the appointment of Chinese to the control of the Imperial Maritime Customs. Tin ground for tin protest U that the action of the Chinese fiorernment is contrary to treaty.
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    52 5 111 1 is undci-iooil thai the ersdaes HeHford. of the "County" d.i-s. will come to the China station after she baa been nt'iUcd. Thin is suspicion ilihi the China Station is to be made a de|iot lot the "andeairahlee" ill tin navy. Tin arli'-i Count', class have not proved' an
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    47 5 A bit of literary new < of molt than ordinary ii:u lest is the announcement that the proprietor* of London "Punch" intend to introduce tin ir famous humorous weekly lo Austiali ..and established a loc.il office, f hey have just appomted Messrs. Fitchett Hrotlicr-.. Melbourne, as their representatives.
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    57 5 Tin faUowingia the report of the Kelantan OoH Dredging Co. [No. 111 1 lac the wei k endiny April 7: Dredges recovered 1 10 ozs. gold Week twHns April 14: No*. 1 and :i dredges reoomrea !tl gold. There is ao return from No. 1 dredge, owing to her being
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    44 5 Now that the retirement ol sir tutwrt Hart lroiu the liis]h' tor Ccneralship of the Chinese Customs is reported, it is interestfag to find, according to one official return, that the total indebtedness of hina to the Power* covered Jby the Customs totals <TJ8,255,00n.
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    47 5 Tna reinterment of the remains of the tinerican naval hero. I'aul JONS, took place on I'll April at Annapolis, iv the presence of President BooSBTeK, the Cabinet Ministers tin French Anibiissiid >r. and other distill gnished personages. Bpeeohes were delivered by the President ami the French Ambassador.
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    54 5 Thk. Mm Otaarwr Mfacta, that at Loudon, the Daiuausani Rmlilkt Company has b. en rcgisten-d with a capital of tRI.IKIO. It has ttUB acres, half of which are under imlilkt and coffee. The first directors are M. sms. Thos. North Christie. W. P. Metcalfe. and K. S. (Iriyson. The pro|>ei-ty
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    The Late Mr. Ezra Nathan.
    175 5 fhMMTIT"n passenger to Kurope by the Ainuiml llrliii thus writes to us. this week On arrival at 1 olombo. Dr. Young acquired the absolute certainty that his patient. Mr. K/.ra Nathan, was suffering from an abscess Id the liver. The Doctor, assisted by Dr. l-'airlie.
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    Smith Grant's Case.
    191 5 Yeah rday morning. Inspector Howard charged John Cordon Smith (iraut with cheating la reepeot of boom wearing apparel valued at *4.'i obtaiued from Lee Seng Kai. I till' r residing at No. 61 High Street on the 24th of June last. The defendant pleaded guilty, but said
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    Juvenile Cigarette-Smoking.
    306 5 A 1 the Scottish Office. Whitehall, the Lord Adv. nate 1 Mr. Thomas Shaw. K. C. M. I. received deputation representing the (Has gow Coi-poration. the (Glasgow School Hoard. the Scottish National Sunday School luion. and the Scottish Christian Social Tii-on. who attended to urge that legislation sin.
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    Singapore Critic Answered.
    141 5 Th». BifM 0/ llf Fmnm, published .it Warburton. Victoria, contains in a recent nuiulMT. under the heading False Accusation. a lengthy article of which we quote. an extract uilv. comment being unnecessary. Iv the March issue of the Mnhii^,.' Ifi Map the Methodist organ in Singapore. there
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    Rubber in Johore.
    120 5 \i li.un from a reliable source that Mr. A. H. Kagnall has obtaiued from the Johore (Government a Concession of no less than fifty thousand acres for rublier planting operations, says the Fmm 0/ Malaya. The laud is situated in the Muar District. >vhere already several very
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    Vladivostok as a Free Port.
    96 5 Mk. likkknk. the American commercial agent at Vladivostock. says: It is probable, now that the discrimination iv tariff laws and railway rates in favour of Port Arthur aud Dal no. which prevailed before the war. no longer exists. Vladivostock will become more and more important
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    THE COURT OF REQUESTS.
    838 5 Witnesses told widely Divergent Stories. A MKPAM man named Loo Seng sued a contractor named Tan Ah Kng in the Court of Requests yesterday for »90. alleged to be dm for for sampan hire from the 6th February to the -2Hth March last at forty cents
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    Theft in a Godown.
    166 5 Kaklv yesterday morning. Needan Singh. a watchman in the employ of Messrs. Kiley. Hargreaves and Coy. saw a Chinaman. Wi Kirn Sv.a. in an opening into godown No. •"> iv Head Koad. putting out pieces of brass. Two pieces were still in the opening and two,
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    Dutch Seaman in Trouble.
    117 5 A nkajian of the Dutch I— irf war 1>> Uttt/trr was yesterday charged before Mr. Cohnau witli assaulting a Chinaman with a knuckle fluster. The Dutch Consul appeared to wuU-h the case. Mr. (Jaunt api>eare<l for the clefendaut who sai'l he knew MtHaf about the matter.
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    35 5 A nuitahv inquiry will be held nest rri day in respect to the loss of a King's South African medal, with clasps 1901 ami LMf, the property of Lance Corporal W. Frear-on, Ist Sherwood Foresters.
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    PENANG LETTER.
    1153 5 Cholera i: Siiwl.nj. Hill, M<uj. Cuolkii at this end of the Peninsula at all event-, lia- come to an cud, for both the province and Perak are clear of the disease in spite of the fact that exceedingly choleraic fruit, the- mango, is is season. Of course we
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      669 5 To tfc BaVfoi -t h. BtntiU Tt Sir, I reiterate my remarks that the H<ais sine is not benled. The enclosed >a letter (row a m..~t res ponsiftle resident ill the country you will read is my WMMai t..r the ass. ition. Since my letter "1 two
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      Increase in Pay.
      203 5 V.. The HdUoro/ tiu "Strait* 7 i>h\n si... i read with trtwt yooi recent editorial ill title, stating it is re l»iru<l tlmt sir .lolm Anderson is returniny xv >th ll I 1 11 f" 1 IMMH in the salaries of (lovcriitiieiit employees. I iinitt IfH with
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    96 5 Thk Cliiim M<'/'yiv«'s particular at wide spread HchhU in mm priivimr <>i H:inuii iC'hinai in which thousands ai p m a* IktjsIksI. It bad raiiunl iiurssuntly for over two wccUs when, curly this nmutli. tin waters ot tlu- TaMtaM «ciu overflowed. It in horrible to think of the fate tliat
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      179 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. RAFFLES HOTEL. sinsra-^-FOK/E. OUR SECOND RACE DINNER TO-NIGHT Thursday, 24tfy Instant Regimental Band in attendance. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietor! PRELIMINARY NOTICE OF A REMARKABLE AUCTION SALE 09 Most Valuable Antiquities and Rare Curios Messrs. H L COGHLAN Co s MART Wednesday, 13tf) June, at W. 36 a.m. This extremely
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    INDIA RUBBER REPORT.
    380 6 Wilson, Smithett Co.'s Circular. 27th Apr.l, 1906. INDIA RUBBER.— After an inter val of thrte weeks consequent on the Easter holidays, auctions were resumed on tn< tli iii-t'Supplics'jf moderate extent were in quiet demand, prices ruling about steady. A few packages Para and Peruvian sold, cut refine
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    The " Kazam."
    312 6 The Kazam." Salving operation! to rai^c the Roawtn Fitnamnr Kazan wrecked near Colombo wire in active progress at the date «'t :.,~t .idvic. s. The Times of Oylon sharply criticises the slowness of the .in .ion' taken by Government there agaiaal wndun. It says Government nrtainlv did. after strong represcntat
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    Pateling Rubber.
    265 6 The Tmii. .1 (Vylon Loildm n ■|>iiiul< lit. nndnT date Bth May. says •lins: Rabbcr Estate Syndicate, Ltd., |«iy- final (livid ml of 12] per tint., inakiiiL' SO por cent, ."or the year. Tin crop of rubber obtained was 25.699 n* Th;J Journal thus comments upon ilii- London
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      726 6 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. BUCHANAN'S BLACK WHITE Eiolds top place in the highest class of Whiskies. Guaranteed 12 twelve years old. c > P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. Par China, Japaa, Penanj, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth aad London. Through Bills of Lading issuer! for China Coast, Persian Gulf,
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      1318 6 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. Konlnklljke Paketvaart M— »T"**n|.p'J Under contract with the Netherlands India Government. Agents at Singapore Ship Aoxnci, lati J. Daendixs Co., 2-3 Collier Qdat. The undermentioned dates are only approximate Steamer Fiom Exp'ted Will be desi-at.-hed f or I j I'nhu.l Billiton May 22 Billiton. Batavia. Java-Coast. Samaraug,: Soerabaya,
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      803 6 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. N.D.L NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. Imperial Herman Mall Line. The fast and well known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from BremenHamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Por Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki, and Kobe to
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      726 6 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. OCEAN STEAM SHIP bo,, Ltd AND China Mutual Sleam Nay. Co., Ltd. The Companies' steamers despatches from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China and Japaa every week, and from Japan home wards for London every fortnight and fcr Liverpool monthly. One outward steamei eacß month extends to Vancouver,
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      839 7 Under this heading the following abbreviations are used Btr. steamer ah. ship bq; barque sob. schooner Yet. Yacht Cm. —Cruiser Gbt.— Gunboat Tor.— Torpedo H.p.- -Horse-power; Brit. British U.B.— United State. Feb.— Freuch Ger —German Dut.— Dutch Ital.— ltalian Span.— Spanish Sar. Sarawak; G.c. General-cargo; d.p. deck
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      MINING
      230 7 dumber of .Shares Issne Paid j Value |up to Company Bayer* Seller* TruuMtiou II 111 SOLO I 13,500 t 10 10 Ber*»wah G. M. Co., Ltd 13.50 13.00 J. 500 uui»«ii«d. 4,000 10 10 (Deferred) 8.00 20,000 lo 10 KadanaG. M. Co., Ltd. 200 uoiu. 10,000 10 10 (Pref.)
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      GENERAL
      138 7 400,000 1 H 1 Dufl Development Co., Lul.. U.UUU UUI..UM SJ.OOO 1100 100 Federated Engineering Co., Ltd. 4,600 t 60 t M Eraser Neave. Ltd. 80,000 IlllS 125 Hongkong and Shanghai Bank is.ooo > 100 #100 iiowarlh Urakiue, Ltd. j,4uo I 10 10 Mayuard <£ Cc., Ltd. 0.000 t
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      RUBBER
      161 7 20,000 70,000 I V 000 uuißMUed 7U.0U0 ».UOU lIMIIWI 6,000 6,000 1,400 uuuauad 30,000 IO.OOU uniaau*d 2,000 650 mimnifti 1,000 1S» uuuauad 30,000 3 7JO uuuaMd 160 HI 10,000 i,i>»> uuuuad 50,000 S.Udo uniuudd. 10 10 > 6 10 B»lgow Die Rubber KsUte Ltd. Batu Uujor Kubber Co., Ltd.
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      DEBENTURES.
      44 7 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. 6% t«ou,uuu prem buyors Riley, Hargreavea, Ltd. 6% 5U6.000 i% prem buyers. Singapore Mumcipkl 6% 400,000 2% prem buyer.. 5% 1,878,000 1% prem buyer*. 4% bOi.ooo far.Mllm, Taniong Pa«ar Dook Co.. Lid. 6% SSU.UUO 1% preui. i% I.Stto.MU par. buyer.
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    AMERICAN TRADE REPRESENTATION.
    497 7 The office forces of the American firm* in China, from the local manager d-wn. are mostly Englishmen. In a neighbouring business centre tins is truo of the oldest and one of the largest Amcm-aii firms of the Orient. It is also rue of the leading American banking
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    Brazil Coffee
    227 7 The M.it. 1 l" Bao Paulo, Brazil, h.i1,908,000 acres planted in coffee, and 4.585,000 acres of land suitable for coffee cultivation. T!i>re are 545.000,01X1 bearing trees, and 140.000,000 trees tluit will come into bearing within three years. Tlio trees are wor>.h 312,000,001) dols. The average yield per 1.000
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    The Chinese Army
    173 7 Viceroy Yuan Shi-kai is payni'.' the greatest attention to the elturieiu-y at cbe troops undtr his command, and ■wing to the importance of field tele graphy, it is repotted that he has given instruction- to the effect that uiie-tliiid of the officers <.if tin different eni; n.vi
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      693 7 NOTICES. Dan Macfarlane Ccvs ROYAL V. 0. V. Jsiqueur Seotefi Vof)isky. <:o:) OBTAINAHLK FROM Messrs. Yong Lee Seng Co. Ghee Soon Co. N Ann Lock Co. Hong Seng Co. Hoon Keat Co. and all dealers. Wholesale from Syme Co. 9MB Sole Jlgents. BOXING LESSONS. A teacher of twenty years' experience
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      528 7 NOTICES TO BE LET. No. 90 Institution Hill. Immediate eutry. Apply to LEE CHENG VAN CO.. c 968 10 Malacca Street. TO BE LET. A produce godown No 6 Merbau Road. Immediate eutry. Apply to OO BOON QIAN. No. 22/23 South Caual Road. 0 1236 TO BE LET. The premises
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      93 7 TQ LET No. 7-1 Devonshire Road, very commodious compound house, healthy, and handy to town. Edgecombe Cottage," Tanjong Katong. Seaside resort. No. 18 Sophia Road and close to town, good surrounding, and hand} No. 97 and 101 Boat Quay, handy business positions No. &■"> Hill Street, handy shop house. Nos.
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    WOMEN'S WAYS.
    1265 8 Till- MaM'THVT Itl" K> THK. C'KAIILF. 9mm m Wow*. Thk triithfuhieHH uf this old-world state Hunt has been "Hen called to account lint m m n... ii, vc> contiadicted. When death laim human mortals, we speak in the I'.urial Service, of -Man that inborn of WOUM" and we
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    Improvement Needed.
    289 8 Ik what we hear k correct, and we have mii MM to doubt the authenticity of our infi.i niatimi. siiystl.e Str-iil* Bdk* there is OOtMidamUc Nan lot improvement in the methods Biaftad 1)\ tlie HMMM Medit-al iH-partmi nt of exaiiiiniiii; third tln-> (>asseii n arriving from Chiua. We
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    German Oarsmen.
    124 8 A writti in the l-'irld ]>ays a very high tribute- to the |ircsent skill nt (ieHeral oartiiiii. and suggestx tliat sonic of tlie crews are quite in the equal of our crack combinations. It is to ba BOpatL thei' fore, tliat the -'iMM.^ti-il vi-it of the Ik ilia
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    SALE OF PROPERTIES.
    112 8 The following properties were disposed "I at Powell At Co.'s Saleroom yesterdny, ;>ftcrnoon Nos. G to 12 Blair Road. BMW Sjx-.ttiswood Park Road. Singapore, together with two pieces of vacant land, .ma *****0 square feet, freehold. N. M. ft. M. Ramsamy Chitty 811,000. Twenty fne freehold allotmeii-S
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    10 8 I'vi-TUN .1. WiLUMK ha- beei :i| pointed Senior Hoarding Officer.
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    244 8 Anticipations. Tut: Second Day's racing in connection with the Spring Meeting occurs to-day, and as it is a public holiday there should be a large attendance. The following appear to have good chances FIRST (iRIFFIN HANDICAP. 1. Rubber Kin<; 1 Dark I .;ul\ 8. Ernie. READ STAKES. 1.
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    92 8 At tin' half-yearly meeting of the District i niMTal Lodge of the Ktuttvrn Archipelago over which K. Wor. Bro. Hon. W. .1. Napier piVMili-il. Ht'VCl'al :i|l]Niilltlll<'llts Of l> (i. Ldfai Officers arm niiulc, and among these were D. O. S. W. Wor. Bro. Hon. A. T. Bryant; L). (1. Trrosiicer
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    VOLUNTEER ORDERS.
    555 8 lt\ MuOH E. G. BISO.M.HIIK. iiminaniiant. S. V. C. Siii'injKirr, J.'nd Mail. Attached: Armourer Sergeant H. Muir is attached U) the Penang Voluuteent during hi*. sta> 111 that settlement. Amateur Dramatic Performance Member* of the S. V. C. who intend attending this per formance on May 30th. n>unt
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    Singapore Derby.
    111 8 1m Cak'iitta sportsman Who lmpinns t" he iv BbMapON tor the Nwniny l»erhv at the end of this month, says the .l>wi <. miylit well iniayiiii that he was on native lnatli. as about half the field are uld peiforim is on liiilian racecourses. According to lat< -t
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    Chinese Labour on the Rand.
    75 8 A Lvi »i. sUiUniint that tin unpensl ("ivi'iiiiuiut has |K'rti:i|itoril\ oid.nil t!.. issue of proclamations ryiudiiii: Ibe State- 1 aidwl rrpatriatiou of CLint-si- coolies is cans ing some uneasiness at lolianiieshm>j. The I stntiiiuut is premature, neither tl^lmpi nal tiovernment nor the local authority* liaviug
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    SHIPPING.
    148 8 Arrivals since Noon of Yesterday. TRADING VESSELS. &c. Inrttrrk, Her. itr. l.HUtous. Cap! 1 1 •Jtih Kay. From Vladivoktock, 99th Ap! riinaflnH Germain ..lisnl L'.-Kds. 1.i.:,;i. S|Ntu str. 2.'«sui toii», Capt Mir. 24th May. Kn«n Barcelona, -'stl. Apl (i.e.. and 7»"d.p. Barlow A Co. For Mania, MM] w .V.i/.io,i,
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    102 8 for Per SUamer I lonßon. TriBgMaBII it KelaiiUn f-iii Uh.,11 Hiii 7 p.m K. Pahaag. Triaflpuiu i,,,., in,,,, 7 a.m. Bangkok SnrmlUKs 11 a.m. Banglfnh Siitgapot* 1 p.m. Ma^a', A/.,,, I p. 1,1 T«tak Anaoa via port* Hft Ltoms Ipjn. Teluk An* m \ia porai Ban Him Own
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE
    122 8 I From Ei-rope— P\ tlie 1'. o. IrrmHa due Sfith May. From C'hinv B) N.I' I,. a. P. ll.i.ni.l, due oil 2sth M,n TIMK UW OK wails II K. Left Siu>!H|)ore i>.ie id Loudon Arrnei A|.l. Uth I'. .V(i. Jl,» -,ih |U\ -.tli Api. iWi n. D.
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    VESSELS AT TANJONG PAGAR.
    74 8 NN harves at Which Different Ships arc Berthed To-day. K»s, Wini;. -Nil. \l. HMU OBATCta l>o, -Beechli-v Arm in (Jimiv. U.K., 11. N. M.5. Deßu.M.r Ko. 1 .Mei-api. T.--ta. Deli. Surada. I1I 1 I'ahtMii.i. lsia it l.iv. 11. 4\. \|K-ar. I Nil. 6 I la. \;n\
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      113 8 K. A. J. CHOTIRMALL Co., JEWELLERS SILK MERCHANTS. No. 51 52 High Street. It, tU viilm than ever. All K oods reduced in> i< .Bn for cash and save mone%-. Silk at U cents a yard. Laditw Japam-so cotten crepe kunonoa of lam dm from II to »2 each aiul
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      172 8 NOTICES STRAITS TIMES ANNUAL 1906-7. CONTRIBUTIONS INVITED Straits and Malayan Colour Alone Acceptable SHORT STORIES AND ARTICLES (SIGNED BY AUTHO ILLUSTRATED BY SKETCHES OR PHOTOGRAPHS (SIGNED BY AOTIST) CoNTRIHI/TloNs INVITHI lIIi.M I'uXANi.. THK K.M. St.U K.s. ami BoUCKO W.so h.iim .1 v\ v vm> Srum:V. To be sent in very
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      148 8 DAY BY DAY. Thursday, 24th May. High Water 11-tta.m. h:ii|i!,i- l>av. l'ntiliu HotttU) Hanks clow. llares. Secoin! Dux. Kuiu -lion ut HiitJW Gills' Sell. In. I. >v o. aaoMwatd mail oloaaa. 1 lliittie. Hotel. Kuve Dinner. Friday, 35th May. High Water. 11l a.m. 11-Mp.m, l\ A. 0 niltwiird mail due.
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      30 8 WEATHER TELEGRAM. HONGKONG— *»\i. Mvi— i.m. Barometer MM. Direction of Wi ml ij,t, Force of Win 1 I. Mai. Tamp in Shade 17. ■TlifTTil Mini 7.v. ,v. .1 (i jij
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