The Straits Times, 7 June 1906

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    14 1 The straits Times. VO. 22.05(5 THE STRAITS TIMES. THURSDAY. JUNE 7. 1906. pkk::-; iuclnts
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    SHIPPING.
    115 1 Arriv i:> since Noon of Wsterda>. IMAOINQ VESSELS, &c. < apt Krob'e Cpl. G.c Patera i .Sin for I p. V idls fU/fi June. 1 ioui SIM Odillk sti< J and 13.i ll.lli 1 i.- uCov. 1' .1 Potitian (i.i-.. Co. 1' X, Jnne. th :..>■.. toil .1 n
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    MAILS CLOSE
    54 1 h,,r I;,- B K. I:!. i 111 .l/llfl Hi i I! Babaka nl n Peoanj Taluk Anaon '.i.i p i B p.m Bonral Telnk ALaon via poru lUih Hiu Vimh S p.m. IVi^ is Penaog.R ii.dnl« P. Bwettenham, feuang Wi 8 m. Baugkuk 3 p.m. i 3 p.m.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    130 1 From Europe— By the P. O. a. 8. Delta due on Htli June. From China By N. D L. bteainer e ou Suuday. Loft Singapore Dae in London Arrived Apl. 19th B. I. May lltli May 12t|. Apl. IM M. it. May Ktl. Hn ]7tl, Apl. 26th
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      953 1 A COLONIAL'S TWBUTE TO DE DION-BOUTON THE RELIABLE CAR JAMEfI (.Ml.n l Briraakn Trawool Road, Seyznonr.Viotoria, AnatraUa, rrilf. Uth r'ebniary. 1906. I fii lii m\ dnt\ U> i wiitr to you nritli reference h> the phenomena] roaaiagof my i> h.ii. Da Dim. t onsi.,U'ntly tot m.rli three years, my little
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      145 1 Robinson Co.—— SUPERIOR dt^^f SJ e£ lOR FOOTBALL 7^ A > LL BOOTS >^ y\ $SbOO $OaOO Footballs and Footb, oots as to all THIE LOCAL CLUBS M~— 4aH aM »|ATC •■■■J The Football Ba\^ soNS p V*^ bbbbhbbT t 0"(.li) >- Best Association Match Balis Best Rugby Match ans
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      229 1 VOLUNTEER ORDERS. bUnh B. Pwvipwth, ('omm.indnnt. S. Singmfon 31k 5. V. C. Strength Bug. «iul Honv. Major 1 Vugliston baring repot tad liis return fi <m leave is taken on tlie actiM list from tins dab Lieut. \V. J. Haakhia Ist V. 11. OloatM Ragt, is t.iken mi the strentitli
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      62 1 WIATMiiH KEPORT. i:,i:,l, 1: ,.i Kerbau //-/.,M/. nih itHA, ■i it. i-. y.. j I-. I'wiiiin J Bar. ::-i .'i c.ic '.i W. 837 i i noi ■^c li n'ji s.i.ii ;.s g j Wet Hull) 'ill.-. M.i. 7N.H TT.I t)ir<>f Wind s =2 atax. Taiup BI.S fl Mm Tl.s
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      14 1 WEATHER TELEGRAKI. HONGKONG. 8 meter Direction of Wind -of Will 1 If MANILA.— t
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    Poisoning in India.
    810 2 The Annual Report of the Chemical Examiner in India >-■ nmuta the M.ulras Times," always full of human interest and MsfMtl witli it> quaint fakJMMt* "i criminal narrative plots f«:r novels or melodramas. Tho work that poos on in the laboratory reveals many chapter human life deep
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    93 2 An inquiry was lately conducted at Penang with rafstweoa to the death of ;i Chinaman who jumped off an electric ti.im cur in Dato Kramat Road over week ago. Tram car No. 8, the one th.v ran over and killed a Chinese lad on tin 1 oth May. was proceeding
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    CHINESE IN AUSTRALIA
    952 2 Sending Children into Slavery A Serious accustion has been made against a secton of the Chinese populatoin resident in the Commonwealth, of sending tho'r offspring to China for sale as slaves. That something of the kind existed had long been suspected, but it was not until certain
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    UNITED KINGDOM TRADE
    537 2 April Returns The Board of Trade Returns show that the imports of the United Kingdom for April amounted to £47,0.14,231, an in crease on April of last year of £3.771,405, and the exports to £27,032.306. an in crease of £2,893,838. These are tinlargest figures that British foreign
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    Damansara (Selangor) Rubber Company Ltd.
    204 2 Damansara Selangor Rubber Company Ltd. Registered April Utfc, I Gasquet, Metcalfe and Walton. 16 Mincing Lane, E.C. Capital, £85,000. XI shares. Objects: To acquire the Damansiira estate and the Tuluk Batu estate in the district of Klanf, Si-hm gor, Federated Malay States; to adopt an
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      780 2 Ships and Steamers. P. &O. STEAM! NAVIGATION CO. Per China, Japan, Penanf, Ceylon. Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through BilU of Lading issued for China Goaat, Pereian Gnlf, Continental, and American Portr. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about Mail Line. Outtrard (for China). Mis 9
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      664 2 Koninklljke Paketvaart MaatschappiJ. Under contract with the Netherlands India Government. Agent, at Singapore Ship Addict, late J. Daekdi:lk it Co., 2-3 Coli.tkr Qdat. The undermentioned dates are ouly approximate I I Steamer From Exp'ted Will be detiat.hed for Sp.elman Billiton June SBilliton, Batavia, Java-coast. Samarang. Soerabaia, Boeleleng, Makassar, Boeroe.i Amboina,
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      494 2 HAM3URGAMERIKA LINK HAMBURG. The steamers of this Company maintai regular service between Hamburg, Bren Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and ihe Stn China, and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly I for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhaveu direct, calling at Peuang and Colombo. The arrivals of the next
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    THE PACIFIC TRADE.
    428 3 Rumoured Sale of the P- M Stlamers. In reference U> the reported lsvue by she Toyo Kisen Koisha of 30 million yen in debentures in London for the purchase of the five- Pacific Mail xtuamerss, the Jiji Shimpo has had an interview with the director* of the
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    Port Dickson Notes.
    242 3 A terrific thunderstorm, the like of which has never been experienced here before, occurred two nights ago, says a correspondent in the Malay Mail of the 30th May. It commenced about midnight and lasted for nearly an hour. BavanJ small houses wire blown down and it is
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    Shoemaker's Windfall.
    126 3 As a re«ult of a decision in the Supreme Court of Victoria, a Devouport shoemaker named Moule expecU shortly to receive .£20,000 under the will of his deceased wife's uncle, William Henry Saville Osmand, whose father was a naval surgeon and took part in the battle of Trafalgar.
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  • Ships and Steamers.
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      797 3 Under this heading the following abbreviations are used —str. steamer; sh. ship; bq; barque sch. schooner Yet. Yacht Cru. —Cruiser. Gbt.— Gunboat j Tor.— Torpedo H.p. Horsepower; Brit. British; U.S. United State* Fob.— French Ger German Dnt.— Dutch; Ital.— ltalian Span.— Spanish Sar. Sarawak O.c. Gee «al
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      VESSELS EXPECTED
      643 3 Name, port, prubablt dive ot arrival, and ikmm of agen'i, Steambiw. Acilia. Hongkong. July 4 Behn Meyer Alesia, Hamburg. June 23 liehn Meyer. Andalusia, Hongkong, July It; H-lm Meyer Arcadia, Hongkong. July 5 P. A O. Atholl, London, July 9 Paterson Simons. Austria, Trieste. July 9 Rautenherg Ayutbia,
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      LIST OF PASSENGERS.
      212 3 Per P. A O. s. s. Jaym from London April 28, due 2nd June— Mr. 11. Crittien.|l,ieut. L. K. Leeson, Mr. VonderPfordten, Mr.^T. Muir.Mr. Harrison. Mi-s L. Phillips. Per P. O. s. s Britannia, connecting with the 'itcamer Delia at Colombo, from Londoi. May 11. due 9th
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    ENTERIC FEVER.
    255 3 Doctors Disagree Dr. M. Sinnetamby read an interesting paper before the Ceylon Branch of the British Medical Association, recently on the enteric fever in Colombo before a good gathering of the profession. The disc a-e is very prevalent there. Dr. Sinuetaniby, addressed liims- If mainly to the causation
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    Chinese imperial Maritime Customs.
    556 3 Papers from Chinese ports show thai the recent Edict concerning the Customs brought much surprise and lias Ixfii the pricipal topic of conversation. In Tientsin "public opinion was much invMitied in regard to the Edict." The "China Times" mentions the "Chinese view" as being that tho
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      738 3 N. D. L NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD Imperial German Mad LJm The fast and well known mail steamer* of this Company sai) fortnightly from Bn-m.-i. Hamburg ria Rotterdam, Antwerp, SouUiamp ton, Gibraltar, Geuoa, Naplev, (oonm-ctiou Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice vert*) Por Said, Sue/., Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Naganaki, and
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      650 3 C.P.R. Canadian Paoifio Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Lin*. THE FABT ROUTE BETWEEN CHINA, JAPAN, AN EUROPE, Vl.\ CANADA, AND THE UNITED STATES. Houte from Hongkong via Shanghai Nagasaki (Inland Sea of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria and Vancouver. Twin Screw Empress Steamships— 6,ooo Tons— Speed 19 knots. PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM
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      175 3 INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR PENANG AND CALCUTTA. The Company's steamer NAMSAN6, 4,034 tons, Captain Rolfe, will be despatched for the above ports on Monday, the 11th instant. She has excellent accommo lation for Saloon Passengers and is lighted throughout by electricity. Electric fans in cabinß, and carries a
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      126 3 VESSELS ADVERTISED TO SAIL. Freraantle via ports, Charon, on 10th June, Manjfield East Coast port*-, Ban Whatt Hin, alternate, Saturdays and Wednesdays. Penang via porte, Kittni every Wednesday. Boustead. Port Swettenham via port* Penang on Thursdays, and .Wulmvu on Saturdays, S. S. S. Co. JAVA-BENGAL LINE. Combined service of the
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS THURSDAY, 7th JUNE.
    748 4 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS THURSDAY, 7th JUNE. I rox page S, in to day's issue, our readers will note the report of a short conference, as it might be called, which took place last evening between the Sikhs, or rather a deputation of the SiWlis. gf BfcqppOM and
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    458 4 111 1 may Ik- ivculU-«;t«il by some of our readers how the AliY*siiii>iii War. which cost us only tluvi- Hrn bat mask sreasnn, was tin- result of tin- pi<;<(in-li<iliiin of a letter from Kiny Tbeoian liy some irresponsible clerk in tin India Offii-i The letter was lost -\\i\\l 01. "nil
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    319 4 For the protection of the Chinese and other communities in the Colony, but especially for the protection of tiie Chinese, au Ordinance was brought into force some years ago. under which every society and association formed within the Colony has to be registered, anil books are kept for that purjiose
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    192 4 His Excellency Sir ,Io!iu Anderson will arrive at Johnston's Pier, tomorrow afternoon. The Officer Commanding the Ist Battalion Sherwood Fonsten will furnieh guard of honour to receive tia- Governor, and the troops will be 1.1 position at -i.M< p in Staff and Heads of Departments, military ami civil, will attend.
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    7 4 The Strait* Budget v.is puiilished this morning.
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    10 4 Thk Russian tiansport <iri<jury March left for Odessa this morning.
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    19 4 Mk. Hi— T Wai k. the Acting Colonial Secretary of Ceylon, died there on the 6th May of dysentery.
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    23 4 A nativk at Shanghai lias been knocked by a motor-car and killed. It is said that motorists drive too fast through the settlement.
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    23 4 Thk Dutch Goveriuent have decided to increase the import duty on all goods arriving at Macassar on and after the Ist of July.
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    25 4 Tbk output from the Putting Lama Tin Mines, Ltd. mine for the month of May last was 1:200 piculs of an approximate value of 564,(J00.
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    23 4 O\k MMVttD and thirty-four deaths were registered in .Singapore during the week ending on the 2nd .June. The ratio per thousand was :*.">. :!2.
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    31 4 In one quarter it is suggested that, to save wear, rubber tyres of all kinds should be painted. Has any one tried this if so, with any noticeably good result 1
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    74 4 Skykkal Siamese nobles and military otfi ci-rs have started polo practice at Bangkok. Some of them shape very well for beginners and though there have been a goodly number of croppers and one or two cases of sticks," no serious harm has resulted to anybody. His Royal Highness the Crown
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    30 4 At a iucotinf> of the Penanj; Municipal Coinniission on f/'riiliiy. it wax decided that the Town Band there bo taken over by the Com mission©™ as from the l»t .Inne.
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    30 4 111 1 was not at the shop 2"> China Street, where Teo Cheng, who was brought l>efore the Magistrates yesterday for having esca))ed from prison, was arrested whilst aslt ep,
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    36 4 A i tin weekly meeting of the Young Men's Society of tlie Presbyterian Church on Monday next at BJO, Mr. V. Odell. Chartered Accountant, will give au address on Points of interst in published ai count-..
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    33 4 It is said Messrs. Aeria and Samiiv. the two new Queen's Scholars, both intend tak ing up the medical profession. The foi hit will pursue his studies at Edinburgh and tinlatter in London.
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    38 4 Two wagon-drivers who saved a boy from drowning at New York wer« repeat. dl\ hugged and kissed by the almost hysterical mother. Then she returned to her offspridg and soundly smacked hiiu for going 100 near the water.
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    38 4 Ykstkhuvk Sergeant Baitola charged Koh Chew with dismantling No. Cross Stn it. which is empty, of ite piping about 6.*) a.m. Koh Chew was, unfortunately for himself. known to the police. Mr. Colman gave him six months' rigorous.
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    43 4 A caki.o motor-boat which has ban con structed to the order of Messrs. Pickford's. the carriers, has arrived in the Thames for show purposes. Afterwards she will take her place among the firm's south of England cargo steamers from Portsmouth and South ampton.
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    38 4 Thk (ierinan steamer garafcajw, which was engaged in gun-running at Vladivostock during the war between Russia and Japan, has licen found encased in ice at Nikol.tit vsK. on the Eastern Siberian coast. The em were frozen to death.
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    41 4 Wk hear that out of HO boys attending Uncommercial Class at Raffles Institution who presented themselvts fur Pitman Shorthand theory examintion JO have ol. lamed eert.ti cales. This, of course. (leaks well for the conductor of the class, Mr.W. Nomian Haigh.
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    46 4 Two British joarnalists. formerly engaged ill Japan, learned Russian there, and are now in Kussia. Mr. Francis McCullagh has been in St. Petersburg for some time. Mr. K. J. Han ison is on his way there, by rail from Vladivostok but may return to Japan later.
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    46 4 Mr. William Waldoi! \stor. the well-known millionaire, has presented Cliveden Hall, in Imci.inghamshirc. and its contents to his sou W.'.i lorf. on the occasion of his marriage to Mrs. Langhorne Shaw. To the bride Mi. A-Oor has presentee the famous -Saucy diamond, which is worth .£20,000.
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    39 4 Wk hear that Mis, Louie Nicholson, the third daughter <>: Mr. Nicholson, signal Sergeant at Fort Canning, has passed the Cambridge senior examination. Miss Nichol son. who is only sixteen years of age. is a pupil at the liarHesliirl-,' School.
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    45 4 Tin- TiiifM Johannesburg eOHWmodrat anticipates to inipiirt^ into electoral condition in the Transvaal that Sir West liidge Way'l Committee will not recommend a grave departure from the Lyttieton constitution. |Ncveithelcs> alteration-, will be made which are calculated to undermine the position of the British party.
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    55 4 Althoi-i.h no public issue was made, the ■Cn-nUli Poet learn that the rinW oi lleaera, Abbott and Wickeit's new Straits tin mining company Warlemg have Ik in very largely applied (or. The capital requir e<l was about i'jO.OOO, and the whole was practically mbeoribed iv about a foitnighi. almost entirely
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    50 4 Thk Bijo'i Troubado.u-. a clever BMUioaJ party of Juveniles-, ai lived iv Sinyapor.' to day" from Calcutta, en-rout" for China. During their stay iv Singap.ire they will give .f uerfocuianoee at the Town Hall Thi ati the first will take place on Saturday evening. An advertisement will lie t.iiuid elsewhere.
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    72 4 In a fowl stealing ca-e at I'i-naiy on the '2Hth May. iv which both titles claim, d the birds, the Magistrate allowed the latter to decide the point for him. Defendant ami prosecutor were both told t-> call the fewb in the usual way. At the defendant lln-v ineicl\ turned
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    69 4 Captain Chichion, of the s. s. Avufjtt appeared before the Police Court. l'enang. mi the 2Htli May on a chargeof having no rilling light on liis vessel. He pleaded not guilty and stated that. as the light was burning thinly, he ordered the anchor watch to haul ttdown ami retrim
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    101 4 A cm:tal\ heii.-s of finnan province China has expended bet fortune of ST.IO.iHK) as follows: $2<M),(XHI to be devoted towards the building and maintenance of a girls' college; 81OO.CXX) to be devoted towards the establishing of a newspaper $50,000 to l>e devoted towards the esliiMUlmient ol a school iv her
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    111 4 Sir Alkhmi Jo.nks i Kldcr. Dempster, ami Co.). writing to Vice-Chancellor Dale of the Liverpool University, says: lam "lad to tell you that 1 have considered th" malleiagain with our superintendent engineer, ami we have agreed to carry a number of students again from the Liverpool I'nr. iMt to go
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    76 4 Somk doubt liai been east i:pon the report that Chartee Speir, a leading member of the standanl Oil Trust, met bis death by being shot through the heart by a burglar at 11ihonee On State:i Island, near New York, iv the p. rs, nee o! his wife. Tin- discovi i
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    74 4 Ix the India Rubber Journal is a lettei on the labour tinertion iv Malaya from Mr. K. V. Carey, in which he |Miints out how favoiimblv situated the Mala\ I'cuiusiila is as regards a labour supply. The Utter has l>ecn litteil to eoiinteiacl an impii s-ion that a dearth ol
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    85 4 A mm.! IX. i was held at the Sclangor Club tin the 80th May in connection with tht- iii w Rifle i lull formed by the member* of the naleiigoi diviaioa n the Malay stads V'olnnteei lliflo*. t'api. Unbbaok took tin chair, and there win- 18 imciiilk'ls present. The hairin.i"
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    73 4 Tut P. and O. Company hare issued par tienlais of tin: new intermedia!, service to Japan. The Nile, the first ol loir steamers to he built for this purpose. \..iliinuched during the past month. Th. tir-t saloon passengers will be h.-rthed in large roonnj cabins amiilshi|is. with ipacioafl dining, music,
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    92 4 Thk London Chronograph Show at llr.uli lioad is (hawing large houses nightly. Hewn. Hamilton and Company ha\. a very large st<K -k of excellent lilms anil they are well assorted. Some of the pJstUfes ani|iiit<- gmid and there is not much tlicl.c in.j. 'I he tent is kept cool by
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    86 4 Thk report for 1»» of the Coylon I'm prietary Tea Estates Company, Limit. l. staU-s that the net amount at credit of profit ami loss account, after providing for general expenses, income-tax, M* is 14,478, \:ti-r providing debenture interest anil preference dividends, it is proposed to pay a dividend ol
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  • Special Telegram To The "Straits Times."
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      JEWELLERS SUICIDE AT PENANG.
      45 4 Temporary Insanity. At the Coroners inipn-'\ the jury returned a verdict that Mi. /.ol>- the jeweller at I'cnang. committed s ide whilst ten jKirarily insane.' and thai pnissic acid was the drui by means of wl Jl the maWneld killed himself.
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      704 4 Having 1 »•<'•! a|»poi44ted by tlie British American ToUweo .oJs Agents in the stmitsSetUfmHiith si l'e«lcrat«tl Malay states for the in ny Hnvntmi tff-«'* Factories that they represent, we h«v«« m stocK the lollowing:— Rothschilds Elegantei (Bock A- Co) A'i.ms Fiivos (Bock i Co) Regalia Especial (H. de Cabanas) Uachelore
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      Forthcoming Naval Manœuvres.
      46 5 Fort hcoming Naval Manœuvres. i;.,\i „< fcVf ojnw Ttt 9mm. lh-Vil. I'll Ucutrr 11..'i Ml The programme of the naval inameuvres baa ix-en issn. rl, They extend from Britain to libraltar and the South All ntic and will last from the M*d -lune to i tad .Inly.
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      The Rival Commanders.
      13 5 Ailiniral Ma; commands the enemy, anil \.hniral Wihwii the drfenders.
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      Plan of Operations.
      41 5 The 00-operating mirchantmeii will call at I'ahnoiitli. lilford Haven, and (iibraltar. Tin v will 1 KM in hatches according t<i lin -ctinii-. They will try to escape from the enemy, and to -upplv \ihniral Wilson's last with information.
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      The Fate of the Captured.
      18 5 TfaOM captured will priK-cc.l on thcii voyage, and "ill eeaae t.> supply information.
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      Mail Steamers Exempted.
      10 5 Mail steamers will lie exempt from ■toppajas.
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      Reparation Demanded.
      338 5 Pie. MM is si mliii' two cruisers to Tangier |0 support demands made by her upon the Moorish (iovernment for reparation for the murder of a frenchman nnmed Cliarbonnier. Charbuiinier wai l.m i to death outside Tangier. The demands include the execution of the ■mJeWM and I heavy
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    One Embrace : Three Months!
    183 5 One Embrace Three Months Wi Sim. Si ,i boy" i-ami here with a EnroMNi from I'unaug about a month ago. The Kuro[M-au went MOM and the "lniy" w;in for the iiiniiit nt out ni employ. On the night of the 10th ultimo In ITM in Id -ueooli n Sta klona
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    74 5 li\ the lHlh. ultimo. Mi-v I.la mines was .lohnston's I'nr and required a likisha. MM many pullers mere, bat not one i them would answer to her calls. She a|'|>ealod to a l>eon who cjihjkHiil one of the milli r- to iieei pt the fare. On the way the ia.i.i
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    The Chinese and -the Sikhs.
    1241 5 Conference with the "Straits Times Wrll. what is it?"— a customary formula which is ejaculated some two or thret h.indri-d times a day. The deputation of the Sikhs, to see you by appointment." The Sikhs Ah. the Sikhs. Well show them in. But hew many
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    THE MARINE COURT.
    91 5 Kkkokk the Marine Court this morning Captain Starkey of the British steamer in;n charged three Knropean firemen with ili- ilx/dienee. They were sentenced to three and four weeks' imprisoniuentfeach. and have also to forfeit pay for the days they were Of duty. Count de Bondy. the Acting
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    SEREMBAN NOTES.
    397 5 A I'hinam \s reeeutly attempted to smuggle opium into Port Dicksou, but his plan was discovered by a clever Malay chinting. The opium was hidden in small tin foils which were tightly packed at Urn bottom of an ordinary packing case and planked over !> thin hoards, while
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    THE COURT OF REQUESTS.
    830 5 Important Legal Matter. Pay Lim. abullockcart driver living at the 7th mile, Tampenis Road, has been allowed to occupy for over a year a plantation belonging to Yee Teck Ho, upon payment of 91.50 a month. The owner discovered over four months ago that the cattle
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    The P. and 0. Intermediate Service.
    212 5 Thk I. and Co.'s May time table, just issued, contains particulars of the intermediate direct lino to Japan. The Nib, the first of four N class steamers to be bull* for this purpose, was launched during the pust month, and will be on the
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    48 5 Tm s. 8. Han Foo Soon arrived from Pontiauak and Sambas yesterday afternoon (lying the police flag. On being boarded by thr Marive Police a Chinaman was handed over to them on suspicion of being concerned in the theft of $101) from the box of a Chinese jiassenger.
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    AN UNREGISTERED SOCIETY.
    432 5 Vk>tkri>ay. Li Kai Seng. Li Xi Ti and Li Jun Tun were arraigned before Mr. Scott on the allegation of being members of a secret society. Mr. A. W. Bailey. Assistant Protector of Chinese, appeared for the Crown: Mr. T. I Miilk-y Parsons for the first defendant.
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    FIRE IN THE HARBOUR.
    102 5 About 2 o'clock, this afternoon flames were seen in the water round tlie s.s. Indrani, which is lying outride the harbour limits. It appeared, as if a number of etM wore burning in the water. The Iml rum is a British steamer and arrivul luir on
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    Y.M.C.A. Tennis Tournament.
    39 5 Y.M. C. A. Tennis Tournament. Ye.«terday'» Play. K. Stafford and W. Miller beat .1. A. Got tzee and H. Lee. 6-0, 6-1. Tie for To-morrow W. Carter and N. Falls 1 v. C. f niiltflm and W. I.aporte, scr.
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    19 5 Thk l'erak Turf Club's annual race moot ing has bten provisionally tixed for the '2Srd •2.'.th and 27th August.
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    A Chitty Mystery
    203 5 Two I'ruang Chitties who hail lately gOM to Kedah with a enrvaal won at n of again. A man aaanad Tunku Shednn 'v.iv arrested on suspicion of murdering them. feu .lay- ago, the dead bodies of the two Chitties and their ■arvaal pen iliscvetcil in Kedah. All
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    LADIES' LAWN TENNIS CLUB.
    198 5 Tm Croquet Townaunint at thi Club lias proved a fMJk -m-ee—.m -ee— the fine weather, the excellence ol and the "nod condition of the Coorl morrow it will reach a conclusion when a fine match may be expected in the tinal tie, Mrs. Law Dr. Kowlie
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    Singapore Chinese
    86 5 Tennis Tournament. brdag'* plug. 51N..1.K lUM.Ii U-. Lee (him Tuan plus 1 beat Bob I', sir. ii J, 6-0. Seou I'oh Lena Ix-at Tun Kwi (W. O.i Tay Boon Guaii plus I beat Tan Tiani Keat :t-r,, !i-7 and 88. Ong Tick I. in. owes -1(1 boat Tan
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    25 5 At Batu (tajah on Whit Honda] won at cricket against Balangpr. lwat l'erak at lin.lci y hut SelangOl footbnll match by two goals to MM,
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      55 5 (Doonlight Concert The Town and Volunteer band will give a Concert at the RECREATION HOTEL On Saturday the 9td June from 9 p.m. until J2 p.m. Refreshments to l>e had on coupons only which are on sale at the door. moo "GIRL" BRAND BEER. TO BE HAD OF ALL RETAIL
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    REMINISCENCES OF THE BOER WAR.
    665 6 Interesting .Talk by Chaplain Hunter. At tbe Princep Street Church on Tnendav night, the Kov. P. N. Hunter, Chaplain of the Troops, addressed the regular monthly meeting of the Christian workers on the subject Minsion Work among the Soldiers during the South African War. The
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    Neutral Moresnet.
    197 6 Thk affairs of Neutral Moresnet," the hull pint of dcbatcablc territory which belongs neither to Prussia nor to Belgium, hut i- under the condominium of the two Powers, are again attracting attention in the Continental Press. A couple of years ago it was the possibility of gambling within
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    130 6 The report of the Pataling Rubber Estates for 1905 states that more than 200 acers have been brought under rubber. The directors have also acquired a further 43 acres adjoining the estate on the basis of SI per acre rental. This brings the total area of the estate up to
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      MINING.
      272 6 Date of formation Capital Subscribed Number of Share* Imoc Value Paid op to Reserve 1140.000 •298,600 £191.250 /.I, 800,000 1300,000 •eoo.ooo 1 120.000 £60.000 199,000 £244,306 £375,000 1220,000 •■MOO £160,000 18,600 S.300 D O «Hd 4,000 20,000 10,000 640 uni..a»l 60,000 150,000 20,000 J.O0O aiuuusd 80,000 60,000 ,12,000 60,000
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      RUBBER.
      205 6 190$ 1905 1200,000 700,000 •120,000 1610,000 20,000 > 10 70,000 10 0,000 uniMued 63,000 1 7.000 1 K.UOO uulMIMd C 6,000 1 6,000 1 6 10 1903 I 70,000 59,520 1 £0.15 1904 1903 12,000 30,000 10,500 20.000 1 £0-16 30.000 1 10,000 unwind 2,000 I »100 1,000 »100
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      GENERAL.
      174 6 £400,000 £350.000 400,000 *\000 uaiwuwl 2,000 4,500 t 1 1 Duff Development Co., Ltd.. 5.00 ♦225.000 I 250,000 100 so t 100 50 Federated Engineering Co., Ltd. Fraaer <fc Neave. Ltd. 102.00 175.00 155.00 102.00 (10,000,000 t 10.000.000 80,000 125 »18S 112,500 10,000.000a i 9,500,000 250,0006 Hongkong and Shanghai
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      DEBENTURES.
      44 6 Howartb Erskine, Ltd. 6% Riley, Hargreaves, Ltd. 6% Singapore Municipal 6% TtDJong Pagar Dock Co., Ltd. 6% 1% ♦600,000 i«5,500 400,000 1,478,000 Mtt.OOO 350,000 1.568.A00 2% prem buyers. 2% prem bujers. 2% prem buyerpar, buverx. par. selleni. 2% prem baver*. 1% prem sellers.
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    Commercial.
    226 6 Singapore, 7th Jone, 1906. PRODUCE. (iambier buyers t 7.80 do (Cube No. 1; unpicked „10.76 Copra Bali 8.80 do Pontianak 7.99 Peppwr, Black buyers 30.75 do White, 6% 28.624 Sago Flour Sarawak 2.80 do Brunei No. 1 2.6f Pearl Sago 5.40 Coffee Bali, 15% buyers 18/25 c.ffi-,.. I'al.nibanß, 20%
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    MODEL LEPER SETTLEMENT.
    803 6 Interesting American Experm t. The American authorities to the Philippines have established a leper colony to Culion island there which in to be the model leper colony of the world. In addition to being made, the model leper colony it is today the only model and up-to-date
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    55 6 Liang Cheng, Chinese Minister to the United States, telegraphs that the American merchants in China have wired that there has been a great decline in the import trade of American goods, and that a meeting of Congress will be held on the Ist of June to consider the advisability of
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    Adrift In the Indian Ocean.
    289 7 The s.s. "Madura," commanded by Capt. Kerr, and owned by the Glasgow Navigation Co.. Limited, a steel screw steamer of 4.484 tons, at present on a voyage troni Durban to Bunbury, put into Fremantle (W. Australia) oil the 7th May with damaged machinery. The accident
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    On An Australian Course
    319 7 An Australian exchange contain- a ran aaUMBg aOSOaal of a country race meeting of the pic-uic order aud how the visitor farces at the gatherings. The comforts of lunch time do not by any means suggest a picnic and in recounting them the visitor gives the
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    British Guiana Grievances.
    194 7 A petition signed by 5,750 natives of British Gui.m.i h.i< I >*■•■ v vut to the Earl of Klgin. the Colonial Secretary, b yMr. Sylvester Williams, who v a native of 'British Guiana, practising as a barrister at the English Bar. The petition deols largely with the
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    71 7 Prince Damrong, Minister of the Interior in Sam. intended to go to the Milay Penisula, on an extensive tour of inspection. He was to start on the jourm-v on or about the Ist June. Mr. 11. Gtt.ns. Civil Engineer, was to arompanv the Prince to inspect the progress of Public
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    International Banking Corporation.
    366 7 The Management of the Corporation submits the following report, with the Corporation's seventh semi-ounual statement, that of December 30, 1905 The uncertainly attending the final stages of the Kusso-Japanese war ajid the unsettled currency condition in thw Straits Settlements, made it advisable for use to carry on
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    Turbines and the Passenger Trade.
    244 7 Considerable surprise was croated in shipping circles the other day, by an announcement in a Liverpool papor that the Allan Line had given a contract ti» a Glasgow firm of shipbuilders fir the construction of a new liner in winch turbines were not to be
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    Hot Weather Dress.
    219 7 A correspondent of the Rugooa Gazette' wriUs to that journal riv sensibly protesting against the BuTopma practice of wearing thick and Uarkcoloured clothing in the hot w. at her. We hardly care to go into the details with which he supports his plea for a larger patronage
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      564 7 Banks, Insurances, Auctions. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. PAID-UP CAPITAL »10.000,000 RESERVE FUND Sterling Reserve tl0.000.000) Oumlv v, Silver Reserve I 9,500,000 f 18 90 000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors 910,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. A. Haupt, Esq. Chairman. Hon. C. W. Dickson. Deputy Chairman. E. Goetz. Esq. D. M. Nissim, Esq.
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      505 7 Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Capital £800,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietor* £800,000 Reserve Fund £975,000 BANKERS. Bank of England. National Bank of Scotland. The London City 4 Midland Bank, LW. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Accounts are opened and interest allowed at 1 per cent, per
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      614 7 Most Attractive Sale by Auction OF VALUABLE ANTIQUITIES AND RARE CURIOS AT Messrs H. L. Coghlan Co.'s Mart Wednesday, 13th, June, at 10.30 a.m This extremely valuable collection belonged to the estate of a well known Chinese gentleman, deceased, and is now in the posoession of one of his sons.
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      579 7 MORTGAGEES SALE MINTO ROAD, SINGAPORE TOWN AUCTIOfTsALE OF VALUABLE LEASEHOLD.PROPERTY At Messrs. H, L. Coghlan Sc Co.'s Mart On Monday, 11th June, at 230 p.m. Lot 1. Leasehold land (99 yean), area 3.924 square f «t, quit rent t1.50, with house No. 4, Minto Road. Lot 2. Leasehold land (99
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    "John Brown's Body."
    452 8 To The Krirtor of (ft* Nn« It may possibly be of interest to some of your readers to know that the author ot the version of The Battle Hymn of the Republic" which is given iii your reviewer's letter of last week, was Mrs. Julia Ward H.iwe,
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    Malacca News.
    501 8 111 1 looked very much as if Malacca wax Ik ing depopulated last Monday as quit., a crowd of old trieiids boarded the ateaaMi for Singapore. Not for many a long day have so man; memben of the civil service been gathered at one time in this town.
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    Suicide of a Well-Known Trainer.
    69 8 1 1. 1\ ban been caused at f.anihonras be suicided Mr. J. Chandler, j ii'!.' H> went out with the morning, and was nutatd Ibe vicar went in 1 id bund him in the Windmill Plantation witli his throat ent Mr. Chandler had bees rather
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    Hongkong Perjury Case.
    519 8 Appeal to the Privy Council. An interesting struggle between a knot of wealthy Chinese ana the law is going on in Hongkong. A few weeks ago. in a partnership case before the Supreme Court at Hongkong seven Chinese .Merchants were sentence*! summarily by the Judge to three
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    London Missionary Society.
    332 8 Tin. anniversary celebration of this <«ciety j ended on the 9th of May. Iv the morning a j sermon was preached in the City Temple by I the Key. F. B. Meyer: and at night the annual public im tfng was held in the same place. Mi.
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    A Public Danger.
    169 8 On Tuesday about H p.m. tramcar No. ll«l was pursuing its WJ aVlf North Bridge Road country ward and at Arab Strwt. a kling lad, caUbw himself Hassan Mah..me<l mounted it. Wht 11 his tare was deiii.iinlc.l he Raid be had been si ut to the car
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    The Repatriation of Chinese Coolies
    75 8 l v to February 2*. 819 coolies bad kfaUed themselves of the re|mtiiati.>n clause, paying tin i .|..-iim> of thiir own importation 'i»d re|iatriiitiou theiust hi At [msi-nt aO additional VlOare similarly retarding in tha hi'lm .".///.At time mines on the 7th Jl.u Uie miners
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    PORT ARTHURS FALL.
    304 8 Extraordinary Allegations. A civil engineer and contractor. M. Plotnikov. has just made public in the Gazette the following details connected with the fall oi Port Arthur, which he left only after the .Japanese had entered tlie place. M. Plotnikov lost his wife, his son. who was killed
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    Colonial Missionary Society.
    352 8 Thk 70th anniversary of the Colonial Missionary Society was celebrated by the opening of a colonial exhibition at the Memo rial-hall. London, on the 9th of May. and by a series of gatherings in the City Temple on the previous day. Dr. K. F. Horton preached the
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    An Ocean Tragedy
    232 8 C'bsw Frozen to DkatV All the elements of an ocean UagM; are wrapped upiu tin. fate of the German learner .S<» ra&rya, the m\stery surrounding the disappt.ir.ii.ee of w hicli has been solved by inteOlgeuoe received that the vessel has been discovered completely encaseu ill ice at
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    Sinking of a Mountain
    220 8 A -t:\Miios.\i, event is reported from the Philippine the Milking ot wlii.u- mantain iv Northern Luzon. A lake spreading over live acres w>\\ takes it> place. The shock was felt fin miles around. Lt< uu-imnt Fernandez, wlio reports the MOORCnoe. rciiched Vi»an. Iloeos Sur. about May
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    ANNUAL REPORT ON THE PRISONS OF THE COLONY.
    724 8 Mil. <i. Hvli, has issuetl his report for l'Hl.'i and the following extracts may prove interesting. The total number of Prisoners dealt with w as :—lu: Iu prison (on Ist January. 190. r i) 142* i criminal, mid 96 civil; received in
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    Adventures of A Necklace.
    279 8 A lad. of means while staying tor the aaon of IMS at Bolney Court. Heuley. accidentally dropped overboard int.. the river a valuable diamond and pearl net Mace Sh, gave it up for lost, as the mishaj occurred in midstream, anil without in'orn.ing the police of
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    24 8 Tmk F. M. S. yacht ileian arrived v ester day from Kuala Pal:-.ng with Mr. and Mrs. Born Muitloch and Mr. Allen on lxmrd.
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    S.V.I. Annual Inspection.
    319 8 S. V. I. Annual Inspection. Thk first part of the Annual UMpeetioß »t the Singapore Volunteer Infantry and the Catlrt Corps was held last Saturday afternoon on Raffles Plain. The two companies of the Unit and the Cadets fell in at Brass Massjt. lioad at 4 p.m. and were marched
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    The "Dewey" in the Canal.
    242 8 The Dewey in the Canal. Sik Th.i.vivs Siiin:i:i.vN». in a letter t* Time*, calls attention to the somewhat rc.narkal.ile operation accomplished by the Suez Canal Company's service in [UTT-fl tlu tr, ii, a floating dock, through the Canal, not ouly without a hitch or accid. at of any kind, hut
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    Coolie Crime.
    126 8 IU full report of the crimes committed by Chinese dwelt) n n Hie I'ransv.ial mines, asked lot by Lord l.lgin and transmit tad hv Lord Setborne, was Issued on the 1 li.ii oi May. The returns, which soverthei period from June 1. 1906, to februarj 38, 1906, 5h0w
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    Seeing Snakes.
    160 8 Im lays the si.ni. Beho: The Si Xavier scholars, although strict teetotallers. aeem to be seetnc snakes wherever they go. Only recently, it will he remc mix-red, we reported that a huge cobra itm killed b] S»m Wills at .Mr. Khaw .h>o Chye'l plantation when se:neofthc Imivs vv.rc
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    Prepaid Reply Coupons.
    58 8 A 1 a recant sitting of the international Postal Congress at Rome, says Beater's message. ti, proposal pat forward by Sir. Bahingtoo Smitli (Great Britain) tor the introduction oi a system of OOOpori u.r return poatag prepaid replies was earned by a majority ..i one. The ooopons
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      199 8 K. A. J. onQTiKfviAa-L Co., JEWELLERS SILK MERCHANTS. Have jnst opened a fresh stock of Indian, Chinese, and Japanese goods i.e. silk kimonos. Maltese silk lace collars. Ladies' silk blouses, Japanese cotton crape kimonos. Persian and Indian carpets of till sizes, gold gem set-jewellery. silver ware etc-, etc. Ladies and
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      135 8 DAY BY DAY. Thursday, 7th June. High Water. i:i v.iv. Full M.M.n. l-7a.ni. Philharmonic Orchestra. 8 80. Town Band. Btplauade. H M Chronograph Sh >w, Baacb Rd 7-80 and '•> 11. Hriday, Bth June. High Water. 11 Wia.m. 11l S.\ A. Mounting ami ilia anting Drill, ii l">. P. ft.
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    NATIVE UNREST IN SOUTH AGRICA.
    737 9 Fight at Fort Voland i Particulars have been received (A the murder ti a mapsti ate at Mahlabitilil. in Zululand '1 lie magnate, whose name was Stainl.ank. was SBfßfd in the collection of the hut tax. and was BOMBSpanud liy his wife, another lady, and
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    49 9 M. Rah* Pagab C. M. C. Hk Britain. <■ M kjesty'l Ministi-r l'lciiipntcnti.'iv. in Sam will Myi tlic Sum Observer, leave Haiipk<ik for Ent'laiul Binsopora <m or about June Ist. Mr W H I) Bacfcatt, ;>t araaaal Consul aad Rial Beentery of f agatiw. wil nweaed kin m Charge d'Affaires.
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    79 9 The Rev. F. G. Swindell left Kuala Lumpur on the 3 Ist May for Malacca to t^ikc up the duties of Colonial Chaplain. Pror to his departure, a testimonial in the form of t cheque for -*691. contributed tv Urn members of the congregation of St Mary's Church and residents
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    EASTERN EXTENSION TELEGRAPH CO., LTD.
    1072 9 The 56th half-yearly ordinary general meeting of the Eastern txtension. Australasia and China Telegraph Company, Limited, was held on the 9th ul May at the offices of the company, London, Sir John Wolf Barry, K. C. 8., pit aiding. The Chairman prefaced his remarks by
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    A National Compliment.
    229 9 It is interesting to note that a delegation o. German trade-unionists and economists went to Birmingham on April 27 for the purpose of studying the methods of arranging wages by means of wages boards and collective bargaining. They commenced their studies at the Uivversity on the night
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    Iron Supply Running Out.
    271 9 A report by the Swedish GeologicaJ Survey on the world's supply ot irou ore is causing anxiety to American economists. According to this report the world has only some 10.UUU m.llion tons of iron ore Wit. and at the piesent rate ol consumption the supply will
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    Home Defence.
    221 9 A 'inmittec. with Lord K-lu r v <liainn,:n. has been appointed to inquire into the best means of organising tinauxiliary forces into a territorial army, in accordance with the speech delivered by Mr. flalda— the War Hihiititr. on March Bth last. Mr llaldanc in the speech referred to,
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    Latest Rubber News.
    1174 10 The following is from the Ceylon Observer A visit to the Royal Botanic Gardens, I'cradcniya, [Ceylon] just bow will ihow the visitor some interesting experiments being carried on with the rubl>er tree* hevea bn»silien,sis by the Scientific others that are go'iig forward M the Henerntgoda garden*, and
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      324 10 The Handsome Humber Cars. "No such graceful design has ever yet been shown."— "M.A.P." BUT "Handsome^"handsome does" In the Automobile Club Hill-climbing Competition at South Harting, on June loth, the 8-io h.p. Coventry Humber Car was first in Clas« A (cars from JLISO to £.?so\ and the 16-20 h.p. BeestonHum
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      84 10 o Co., Ltd. BUCHANAN'S BLACK WHITE Eiolds top place in the highest class of Whiskies Guaranteed 12 (twelve) years old. C 46 Begs to announce that he has o|»'iii (1 his book on the Kuala Lumpur Meeting. Double Events: Planter*' Cup land Horse Handicap. Double Events i Planters' Cup and
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      655 10 PHOSFERINE Th« Greatest of all Tonics. J RADIATES HEALTH. J Plo^ctetoti:— A>htoa ft Parana, Umiiad, J* 17. Fjirtajdoo Kami, London. B.C. J CRUSHED FOOD. TRY IT AND YOU WILL BE SATISFIED I. R. BELILIOS begs to inform the public that his Factor) for preparing Crashed Food, at No. 1, Belilios
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    Turning Night into Day.
    380 11 The pheujuieu.il mocaan of the ui>;lit itinl day bauk in Fifth-avmue. New Y<.rk. marks uu bmfOttuA taming point in the businoso life of that city. Mama, George Lyon and Co.. dealers in real est.ite. aniiouiKe that tliey will keep their Broadway offices open until mid-night. in
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    The Suez Canal.
    344 11 A recent contribution oi the roundt!i --empire coi resjwndent of tho World to reach Singapore ii an artick on the Suez Canal lie says that the Company il constantly) deepening and widening the canal. M During the |>ast 'Jo yean steady -jjadework in been going on. Thi".
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    A ZULU WAR DANCE.
    1812 11 Strange Sights. The war dance is numbered among the decaying ceremonies of the. South African natives, says a writer in the Sydney Morning Herald." By the Uuio the httle, naked kaffirs, now playing round the brown kraals and on the sunny hillsides of Natal and Zululand.
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    83 11 Mk. Li.dvd <iM.i:..K. Pnsident of the Board of Trade, replying to k deputation from Mm Associated <'lianilx>r-i of Coniiin lei-, who protcsUnl against tlic preferential trnut Illellt aeeol'iled )>V Bntl-.1l v! t.iii!-.)ll |> I ..111 I jinnies to foreign freight, mliiiitt that there was a very serious grifvnner: lmt to
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      134 11 Dan Macfarlane Co.'s ROYAL V. 0. V. Jbiqueur Seotefi Wfjisky. to:) OBTAINABLE FIIOM Messrs. Yong Lee Seng Co. Ghee Soon Co. Ann Lock Co. N Hong Seng Co. Hoon Keat Co. and all dealers. Wholesale from Syme Co. i3GS Sole Jigents. Waal we Do. We do Well. wm Good Work
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      359 11 NOTICES. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. The offices of Messrs Giang Bros. Co. and the Singapore Steam Saw Mill Co. have been removed from No. 2 Malacca Street to No. 11 and Vi North Boat Quay, from Ist June, 1906. M«4 CHOA GIANO THYE. NOTICE. The Sale by Auction of ALMA, BATU
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    THE DUMA.
    1086 12 Its Assembly Place RUHl'l first parliament will hold its MUinj in the old Tauride palace, a Pbikuag whose associations are all connected with imperious and absolute per-so»-ii rule. It was constructed by (.Hlbt-rine 11, and bestowed by her upou Prince Potemkin, who throughout her reign was her most
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    Witch Doctors.
    760 12 A correspondent to a home paper gives the following account of the witch doctors who have played a leading part in stirring up the Kaffirs of Natal to revolt Among the innumerable pests with which the unpeaceful land of South Africa is so liberally cursed the witchdoctor must
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    STRAITS TURF.
    827 12 Some Interesting Feats performed br 5 R. A Morse Griffin is next to imjH>ssil)le for us, says tha "Times ol Malaya, to take up all the mer.torious pei'.oiinaruis <>l what Hans Griffins have done :n S 1", A Meetings since their first importation into the Straits Settlements and
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    43 12 Tlic X< nili Gam m Lloyd Orient Line strainer Asahan. a vessel of 404 tons register, baa, >ays t ho Bangkok Times been sold to Plya Vichaya. the Midi Commissioner of Chaiitabomi. It is understood she will be placed on the BangkokChantaboon run.
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    60 12 The Siam Free Press learns that the |> In- -trvice at Bangkok is becoming altogether insufficient for the growing needs of at city and suburbs. The police on duty are said to be few and far between, and the consequence is that many ofToiuvs .ipainst the law arc committed without
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      448 12 WANTEH WANTED a wound hand saddle and bridle in food <oi. l liti..n. Apply BRIDLE, c/o Sttmtr fimc. •J.-.IH WANTED- A Junior .Wistaut fnr l>miu..n.l .lul.iln- nui-t Ik voniiK itnd active, some cx|,v ntiutiiKcssar). Apply SYDNEY MOOBHOUBE, HI Malacca. S/TTATION vanU-d by European 011 plnnta ti,.n for ltoriHM% or Ktr«it«,
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      536 12 TO BE LET. TO LET from the Ist April, house No, 109 River Valley Road, Rent |M 5. Apply to L. D, c/o Straits ttmm. B 1966 TO BE LET.-- small first floor offices facing Caveuaßh Bridge Road and Fliit Street. Apily to Gnthrie A Co. Ltd., Agents. u.o TO
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      599 12 TO BE LET. TO BE LET. Kowm at Bukit Timah, near Holland Railway Station, will be vacated at the end of this month. Apply to N. REUBEN, 2,103 8, Prince Stree'. TO BE LET. The premises in Prince Street at present occupied by Messrs. Rud Sieverts 4 Co. For further
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