The Straits Times, 9 June 1906

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times. VO. 22.058 THE STRAITS TIMES. SATURDAY. JUNE 9. 1906. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 175 1 I Arrivals since Noon of Yesterday. TRADING VESSELS. &c. llfiiiiihik, Ger. str. 1.237 tons, Capt Klimmet. sth June. From Bangkok. Ist June. G.c, i I and d.p. Behu Mever A- Co. For Bangkok. I (7.— Bda. j t.uh.ir. Fch. Mr. 1,147 ton-. Qaft Ciaapal, l !»th June. From BaigOD,
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  • 57 1 rwintl Timt I Mmms. Suijjon 1 \tk 11 a.m. If rtlmij. Ti inißaiiii Stephan 1 p.m. I Malacca and Ungfl Kfc ■•< 2 p 111. Penang and Calcutta \,i... 3 p.m. 'IVliik Anson via po:t> Sappkn 3 p.m. MalaeeaaadT. An-.,, A* I p.m. Bangkok p.m. Freniantle via port-
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  • 139 1 Fr m Ecrapk— By the N. D. 3.5. v,;;i7. due 011 litli June. Fr>m Cbika— By C>? M. M. a, a, Hahtk In-- on 1-th June. Left Singapore Due ia London Arrived A»l. 19th B. I. Slat Lltfa May 12tb Ap ttrd M. M. Mi 17-.i MaY
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  • 69 1 Wharves at Which Different Ships I are Berthed To-day. Etfl Wiiakk:- -Nil. VICTOHIA (iIIAVINI. DfK K I— N t. A;.i-.i::ir Gkavini; Dock:— Nil. 9* ma No. l Crown 2 Fiiluln. PaUadi :i Limluln. 4 Nil. „5 Charon. 6 Patrocln If .:\r.i Whakf: 7 Bovi-ric. 8 H.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 767 1 A COLONIAL'S TRIBUTE TO DE DION-BOUTON THE RELIABLE CAR. .1 \Mi:s II.D. Bag BrimaWy. Trawool Road BeyißOar, Victoria, Australia. wrUn: IM r'ebiuarv. IUO6. I ir. lilin v ilnty tn ay.un i it. t.. vmi itli tin 111 U> the nbenomenaJ runniugof my 6 h.it. I)e Won. C'onMHtently for bxee yean,
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    • 158 1 J The Recognised Headquarters of the A.flrat cla^- BoM in Siiipi| klre. Spleuili.l euiutmla. Baetrit Faaa, l.i>!lits. aad < ail 8011. Em;li«h ami French Dillianl*. Lawn TatmiaOoarta. Charges Strictly moderateWAVERLEY HOTEL .19. HW-strer.t. Sin&ipore. i Healthy Position. Frencli and German Cuisine aaci lU'freslinieiits. Meals at rvery time of the j
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    • 366 1 ROBINSON and CO. ARE NOW SHE WING Choice and Exclusive Silver and Electro Plated Ware SUITABLE FOf^ Prizes and Wedding Presents. Tea Services wJ^'lfJ^B!B 4 Rose Bowls Coffee Services i I i Salad Bowls Hot Water Kettles t^MJ ct a ls ill 1 f r ffi Wmm Aiftjl Butter Coolers
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    • 277 1 Kooms VACANT, COMFORTABLE BOAHU AND LODGING at S. CONCEICAO, No. J Wilkie H., :i d. ■2V2:, TO BK LET. With immediate rutrv. v i\celknt groond floor office and jjodown with rtroog room, situateil in the centre of CoUyar Qnay. Ar|.k to B. C. co Strata Tlwm. S.ept. 17 e.s., ii.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 102 1 WEATHER REPORT. A.in./.m;/ Kcrlmit 11, /pit,, l. Hlh -1,,,,,, 1906. 9 a. M. jr.j r. v. 9 P. Remarks. ■ajr.M 29.951 29.537 29.901 >■ C Temp 56.0 45.0 7-Ui i Wet ltulb Ther 79.0 7H> 77.4 u-^u I>it- of Wind a,v. ~.h.i. M.-i g^ Max. Temp ill.J %M Mn, 74.H
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  • 251 2 Duke of Connaught's Visit to South Africa. To iii.ii k the occasion of the return of the Duke of 'onuauglit, Worshipful Grand Mantor of Freemasonry, from South Africa, the Lord Mayor gave a banquet at the Mamuon House and invited a distinguished com|>any of Freemasons to
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  • 294 2 Tiik annual nwetinen of the China liil.dk! Mission were held iii Kxetcr hall on th- I ■Aetaoon and evening of the Bth of Hay. Iv the afternoon, the Hon. Orauville Walilegrave presidod. Mr. F. Mare. is W.mml. lion, secretary, prc-ent.-d the annual report, wliieh descrilied the ri-eent
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  • 441 2 Thm yew's Hoyai Aoademj Inhibition ■fforda as, the <'. Ejcprett, aabjacta tli.it will ot sprrinl interest to Pal EMMn reader*. In the matter of I'cnti.iits we have i lit.. tboHC i>f Admiral «i the Kit. I. Sir Edward Seymour. <;.(.'.. B.OJL, by Bou i 11. ii>.i.H i
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  • 66 2 Th« Japanese Government are in favour of opening Manchuria to general trade at the earliest possible moment. The military adminijt ration offices will be aboliastod shortly. Japan dot> Ml intend to avail herself of any prefereinv- at privileges either in rwiMtin or nidus rial affairs, and it is recognised there
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  • 285 2 Spied on and Ketrayed His Comrades. What has lieen th« fate of Father <la|xin. the leader of the Russian people on that terrible bloody Sunday in St. Peters. burg, which on the im written calendar of the mind will always Ik- known as Vladi mir'M
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  • 164 2 A Cuinksk Volunteer Corpa, has at last taken shajie at Sh:in^h.ii with a membership at present of -.'til. princi pi.lly eoiisisting of wealthy native hankers, merchants, eoutpradores. clerks etc. The new ,-oips. s.-ivs the- Shanghai hterewrp, in to be nnmnnsll at first ot Intantiv and Cavalry ami
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  • 183 2 Tn < iijlmi fJsWuni ana tlmt the Tea aud Produce Committee oi the (Vvlou Ammi ciationiu London liavedecidc-<ltliHt the Malay and Ceylon rafebtl BOsiaeai is not stufficient to warrant the form ing of a new rub m ;^vi ciation. The pre»tnt association can carry on Dm work
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  • 155 2 Sut Hobkkt Boraot't Kill for the afrirtrtjfrn of lii^ht dues Im- I n deleated in the BoMM of Commons by the small majority of 27. ou the Oeoaeion of tin aaooad reading. Mr. Llov<l(uor;-e onpoasd on l».h.ilf of the Cioveiument. pointing out that there was
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  • 130 2 M. \'.t v tin- (iovt'iimr <ii ru-ral of French ludo-China. has authorized tin- pulilu -iitiiin of the following contradiction of curtain mis statements current at Hongkong: l'leaxcontradict flatly in formutii m in tli.- Sonfkmg iih, iri/ili coiicirniny tutppoxc<l connect by France lor withdrawing French troops Haid to
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  • 28 2 During the week ending May loth more bats were injured at the Oval than his even occurred previously, the wood being rendered extremely brittle by the dry weather.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 798 2 Ships and Steamers. P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For Chins, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Corta, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Golf, Continental, and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about Mail Line. Outward Ifor China). Deimnha '23
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    • 736 2 Konlnklljke Paketvaart MaatschapplJ. Under contract with the Netherlands India Government. Aget.ti at Singapore SBir Aoehct, late J. Davvmim iV Co., 2-S Collteb Quit. The undermentioned dates are only approximate Steamer From Kxp'ted Will be des|atvhed for Brouicer Bengkalis June 11 Bengkalis, Siak, I'akan Baroe, Paeeh, Asahan and Belawau Deli June
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    • 507 2 HAMBURG AIHERIKfI LI HIE. HAMBURG. The steamers of this Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, aud the Straits, China, and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and Colombo. The arrivals of
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    • 637 2 N.Y.K. JAPAN HAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd A regular FORTNIGHTLY service is maintained between Japau aud Kurope by the following NEW TWIN SCREW STEAMERS, Under Hail Contract with the Imperial Japanese Government, specially designed for the Company's European Service, lighted throughout by Electrictity, provided with excellent accommodation for First and Second
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  • 250 3 Mr Makino, the Minister for Education in Japan, says that the war of the past two years has demonstrated that patriotism was the first of the »e«ds sjwn in the school of Japan, and the fact had attracted wide attention in Europe. It was notable that
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  • 249 3 It is well known, remarks the Kortli China Daily Nc»>. that 'lie Chinese, and especially Chinese women, are led to commit suicide by the slightest provocation, and. indeed often without any real provocation at all. The papers to hand tell us that a lemarkabk- m cide or batch
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  • 177 3 The following is from the Perth (\V. A.) Western Mail In connection with the murder of a soldier which occurred at Singapore in July of last year, a r<-.'dent of West Australia was arrested on suspicion of having withheld important evidence relating to the commission of
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  • 190 3 The war office has recently offered the following 1* unities to the battalion of th«- Wi.nvMcr hire Regiment stationed in (Vvlon Tl.at a rortani number of n-t-it undergoing two year.- service in Ceylon be- given £10 to .-xUnd then stay |O complete BK yt-ars Colours Sfrv.cc
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  • 652 3 Under this beading the following abbreviations are nsed str. steamer; sh. ship; bq; barque sen. schooner; Yet. Yacht; Cru. Cruiser. Gbt. Gunboat; Tor. Torpedo; H. p.— Horse-power; Brit. British; U.S.— United States Feb. French Ger German Dut.— Dutch Itel.— ltalian Span.— Spanish Sar.— Sarawak G.c— General cargo;
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  • 172 3 Per P. A O. s. s Britannia, connecting with the steamer Delta at Colombo, from London May 11, due 9th June— Sir John Anderson, and Miss Anderson. Mr. \V. B Cockrane, M»kh Laird, Mr. \Y. S. M. M.»re, Mr. E. C. Lam bert. Per P. AO. n.
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  • 673 3 Name, port, probable date ot arrival, and name, of agtntM STEAMXBg. Acilia, Hongkong, July 4 Behn Meyer A |ii\, China. July 8 Mansfield. Alema, Hamburg. June 33 Behn Meyer. Andalusia, Hongkong. .1 nly 19 Behn Meyer Arcadia, Hongkong, Jnly 5 P. A O. Atboll. London, Jnly 9; Paterson
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  • 155 3 It is reported that the British Charge d' Affaires at Peking has informed the Waiwupu (Foreign Affairs Board) that British engineers are coming to China to begin the siuvey of the railway from Shantung to Chinkiang. and that Commissioner Lockhart of Wei-hai-wei has been appointed to proceed to
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  • 90 3 Shanghai is being confronted with a difficult problem. The Shanghai Municipal Council, it appears, prosecute Chinese gamblers with a.eady rejoin, but relaxes the pressure during race week because it would then appear so very inconsistent with the doings of the foreigners. Some persons connected with the Young Men's Christian Association
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  • 650 3 It is curious to reflect how many of our artificial resources depend on the unique properties of some particular substance, Thus, for instance, iron is the only material sufficiently magnetic to render electrical engineering a practical possibility. Platinum is the only metal which can be made to
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  • 237 3 A well-iuforuied conesp»ii(l< :it wrote some time ago to a contemporary The real causes of the trouble in Xatal appear to be two <;he machinations of Dinizulu a descendant of the Zulu Kings and v' the Ethiopian emissaries. The former is doubtless under the closest surveillance or
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 712 3 Ships and Steamers. N. D. L NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD Imperial German Mall l.lne The fast and well known mail steamers af 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,
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    • 684 3 C.P.R. Canadian Paoifio Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Line. THE FAST ROUTE BETWEEN CHINA, JAPAN, AND EUROPE, VIA CANADA, AND THE UNITED STATES. Ronte from Hongkong via Shanghai, Nagasaki (Inland Sea of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria and Vancouver. Twin Screw Empress Steamships 6,000 Tons— Speed 19 knots. PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM
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    • 152 3 FOR PORT SAID AND NEW YORK. Thes.s. CMOWy OFCASTIHJt, 4,201 tons, A. M. Hmith, Commander, having left Maniln on the 2nd instant, may be expected to arrive here on or about the Hth instant, and will have prompt deapatch for above ports. She has excellent accommodation amidships for saloon passengers,
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  • 295 4 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. SATURDAY, 9TH JUNE. SlBjoBX Amuma, tlif (mve'rnorof the Straits Settlements. WMMrilri at dinin r by Major fflataa, M. P.. at tin- BOOM 0 Common, oa the l.'.th of May, when small loiiipany was pKWat to in rt him. Sir Jobs Axmuox, Qorstßor and Com-in-Chief
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  • 264 4 Ykstkkhav's telegrams show that Mr. Haldane. the secretary of state for war, is fully alive to the importance of preventing unwholesome American tinned meats reaching the British army. Future delivery of these meats has, unfortunately, been contracted for by the War Office, but every care will be taken to ensure
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  • 111 4 Tv (iriiiui l*i i\ dc Paris is lew French races for wliicli Knylisli lioiM-i iiii']H-Muit.ti->l tv In I'l.u-n-.l hikl.iimi' may ailtl. to win. S/irtiriniiit. this year's Derby winner, has probably crosmnl the Channel mid. it ticatcd kindly, may follow in the footsteps of Minting (IHH6), I'ltnultu dHK'n, lliucr I Ish-_>i.
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  • 244 4 i Without pleading any excuse for returning Ito a well-worn subject, the Siuga>x>re Harbour Improvement Scheme, we would point out something that Iml tun 'nijiun >■ in-j has to say upon the matter. Apparently, remarks ov expert contcm|>orarv. the official members of tlie Legislative Council had worn down the irreg.dar
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  • 1355 4 Id iiiii<t jM-.>|ilc- wlm iii-trt visit llu-M-pails. Singapore is \\lmt may bt' cilliil ;i bM pact. Hut. is it.' The KuropL-an and \inciK-iiii may probably never discover anything amiss. y»-t tlic Asiatic passenger, of the lioi (Killoi. learns to liis cost that, like most utiiri ports in tin woilil. tliL
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  • 57 4 In a private letter to the Strait* Time* Sir Cecil C. Smith, formerly Colonial Secretary and Governor at this Colony, who, we regret to find, has been unwell during the spring, is kind enough to remark of the Straits Times Annual that he has sMB a copy of the issue
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  • 84 4 thought most highly ol it. It is a wonderful production for Singapore or, indeed, for any Colony." And. in this connection, we would invite all who wish to contribute to send in their stories and articles, irith tin- thttehe* Of photo*, as soon as they |xissihli- can and we would
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  • 25 4 portraits, sketches, or photos will not be too late if forwarded to this office fairly soon. provided intimation be given that they may be expected.
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  • 10 4 The heading, Kubber Works Change Hands inserted over an brtarcating
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  • 24 4 account of the great Ifrlbbsf Works at Silvertown in yesterday s issm-. was bjOOrrectly introduced in place of Kubber W« In In Good Hands.
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  • 14 4 C.U'TAIN E. H. HaKVKV, K. E.. will U tield officer for the ensuring week.
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  • 13 4 Tuk Messageries M.uitiines have diclareil dividend of five per cent, on the capital.
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  • 15 4 The Anglo- Asiatic syndicate has l»u registered with a capital of -tIO.IXX). in i;l shares.
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  • 19 4 .Mi! M. Hkllikk has bueu appointed, 1 1 L. i Master, of the Outrun Road and Training Scnool, Singapore.
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  • 21 4 11. K. Bn Willi.vx Taylor left for Port Swetteiihaui in the r. M. S. yacht iteran at m o'clock last night.
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  • 21 4 A Hoard of officers is to assemble on Monday, to report on the suitability of the Ben military prison at Tanglin.
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  • 17 4 Captain H. W. Denimo Adam, has been appointed Adjutant, l'cuaug VlllllllllWlS. vice lud Kieut. Alan Wilson resigned.
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  • 27 4 Thk directors of the 1. .md <>. 8. V Co, announce a dividend of *< percent, on 'Ik preferred stock, aud 7 per ant. 00 the Detei red Stock.
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  • 27 4 Ki.\<> Alkonmi, when the mail left, wa> about to make a regal gif lot jewels to hia bride. The value of the presents was placed at £100,000.
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  • 28 4 Sn: Wii.lixm H IM v, i:n:. K. 1.M.U., Mr. A. W. Bean. Singa.|K>!e. and .Mr. Uordon K. (ireig. l)H>h. l'erak. have been elected members of the Society Aits.
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  • 30 4 His Majesty the King h.i- been approve the appointment of .Mi W. .1. Napier to lie an uii-otlicia! member of the Legislatnr Council for a further teim ol three yean.
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  • 31 4 The ladies ol the IVvshy tevian Church Sewing Party will meet on the aiurnoon of Tuesday the l-'th instant, v i:KI p.m. at the residence of Mrs. Seoular. Mo~sbauk Grange Rood.
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  • 36 4 A IIKLiiiAN shipping company which intends to establish .i line ul steanu is to China, is reported to be in course ol formation at Antwerp. fin- oapHal "ill amount to about A' l,ol KM XX I.
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  • 30 4 Hi- Kvki.i.knci the Oftieer Administering the (lovtriiment has been pleased tv reeogni/.e Mr. Q, B. Chaml>erlaiu as Vice and Deputy Consul-General of the 1 nitcd fltatcs of America in Singapore.
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  • 29 4 Thk annual Children's Day nTorrimni will be held at the Methodist Kpiseopiil hunli on Coleiuan Street tomorrow moining at o'clock. An interesting prograniiiie has Inen prepared. Everybody is welcome.
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  • 38 4 Thk fact that Mr. Jacob 11. Schitl. ilie N<'w York banker, baa been Aeoorated by the Emperor of Japan with the Order of the Ilismg Sun is regarded as e\ iilciiec tiial Japan has not tini-hed DOROwiag money.
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  • 37 4 \\h .-I'gret to announce the death of Lord Cunic. formerly Hiitish Ambassador in Constantinople, and afterwards in Koine, which occurred at his Hampshire residence. Hawley, Black water, on the 12i.1i of May. after a rather long illness.
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  • 52 4 I'm annual field sports of the Anglo Chinese School will he hold on the grounds at Oldhain Hall, Orchard I load, on Saturday in xt. the ltith June, from '2 in. All friends and patrons ot the school are cordially mvi ted to be present. No other invitations w ill
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  • 33 4 As u.i instance of the laflnanoa n< trade in sofUnint; national animosities, .Mi-. VicuCoiisul I'aruier. uf Boulogne. ini:iit!(ins tin fact that Dcsvri's lotteries liiaiintnctnrid Nelson centenary jugs for (deportation to the L'uited Kiugdoiu.
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  • 80 4 Kkctku'k Tukio DorreHpon<l»nt ntntoi that iiimcli <l;nii;'^ lim been dune t<i mulberry traM '»> nntiuii l\ [route, and them will doabtleoH be a pont<id< table rndnction in tin init|iiit of -iik. i the principal JftfMNW -ill. I .naliii -iny difitrictß lias tPftaatDKXT I; •■>-!. m .1 ii iic. a^ainHt Scimtoi-
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  • 42 4 A ..in 1 at tlie Cathedral of tin liood Shepherd thin warning wiicn Miss Elizabeth Fenumdex, daughter uf Kiii...M'ii'/ of Singapore, w rinlto Mr. L'lii r Leopold ft nod Mr. '.ii. I.i <>i Johoru. A reception waabeld iftimi at. ::i. \m-.iiu Lane.
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  • 51 4 TWDufli Javanese referred to iv yesterday* i-- were baled before Mr. Boott during i,i\. t!:. slum can- RboaU m>: I with (or liioiiL i ii.ii- poimomrion dangei om wc;i|Hiii> ami io,iU for borgtary, two ot tlii'in were lim-.l >'-'n. I.i di hull: :i liionlli. the othew wen dealt with more
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  • 61 4 Ton myrten attaching to the moid i k! two cliittic-. auil iliti. xTViim. in Ktxlah, lux bean dispelled Th MkUiyH. armted^under Btinpicion Uavi t itl to tin Kajafa Mnda (ii Kedafa that thoy, akmu wiUi .i ••Tun! i himl four othi i Malay*, took part in ti»murder. The) 4at« that
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  • 65 4 Lam cvinin^ i. iri<|.iu (InShow tlui'w Bvt komm bom acts of Kast l.vniu- cm tin- acreen. The pieturei were l'airly the l«>t |n)ii"- of the pUj ixin^-^ bibited. The otbei Kirn* weia MuuaiaguMl i nti itauiiny ail n plriimt rTrninn can be .s|Miit \ii-\\iii^ ti |,i -i- ■ilium-. Tlif lead)
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  • 71 4 To .nablc Mm Priiico oi Wblm to tlmuUs |)nbliil\ forliiwwfa return bran hU joiiriu yin tlir r.ust. -|H'iinl wrrioe v.,i-Im-lil is W«traiu»ter \I.Im y mi sundav. tin IMfa of May. Tlu Kin;; the PrinoMM of WaleH. n.ml miiiiy mcntben the Royal Family win- pri-si in. in. l .M '■-<■ I'riin-i
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  • Special Telegrams to the " Straits Times"
    • 77 4 Forty-Seven Years in ♦he East. Thirty- Nine Years in the StraiU. sy/i June. IliotluT Saboria St. Xa\ it-r'H Instil at I'cnant;, (Had t«> -il.iy. He was boou in 1M-J7, MM to tin- hat in lid in ik»i7 nttniaWnd u> Panaai win'ir lie baenM om ei l
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  • Special German Telegrams
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    • 438 4 Having been appointed by the British J\iwican Tolmcco i'oy, Sole Agents in the Straits >'et- Uemente and Federated Malay states for the i in ny Havana Cigar Factories that they represent we have in stock the following:— liothschikls Klegtmtes (P-ock A Co) AHcias Finos (Bock 4 Co) Etegalu Ksp<ria] (H.
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  • Reuter's Telegrams.
    • 42 5 Hn'il. Sinr/iipni,. ~>tk Jvme. I). I'll bit Bmavr 7 p.m. The peasant i.v.lution is rapidly spreading in Kinsu. le.ially in the north-west provinces. There, they w burning estates aud are carrying on an organised resistance to the military.
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    • 45 5 a aaaacaJ eoMaavesMa of the revela:i>n- euiiciiiii mat packing in Chicago, tin- military .i Unities in the I'nited King cioin arc ovei hauling their stocks of canned food, supplied for the use of the garrisons, tad ilso llios, stand at WeoHrion Deekyaid.
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    • 168 5 The < ierman nBBM is jubilant over an exchange of telegrams, iwHnatfng the solidity of the Triple Alliance. Nevi rtbeless. the unofficial journals are doubtful as to the sincerity of Italy. 1i.,,1. Nt Simjupon Ml -hi,,,. Ihlil. hij Hrutrr OJtt m. Tile idea is gaining ground
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  • 265 5 Question and Answer Sla.C. Ki.w uum asked the ITnuVn flu iiilsij tor tin Colonies in the House of Commons whether be w;is aware that the Legislativi Council of the strait- Sc ttli meats baa recently authorised an outlay exceeding one million sterling on the first part of
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  • 169 5 Xko CbkKU, known as lung -seineiii I i jsi.in i No. w i terday, brmight under I oi Warden PattetMM and White to Ih- oharged before Mohutb, Michel] and < Nathan writfa uncaping from the Criminal I'lison on the- niglit of the l'tth uhimo. I After the
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  • 695 5 Warm Welcome at Johruton's Pier, Hi- Xxi 'kllkm v Sib .lohn Andermon, h.< .m.i... Governor of the Straits Settlements, ami High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States, Bruuei, and Labnan, accompanied by Miss Anderson, arrived from England by the P. mail steamer Delta yesterday afternoon.
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  • 164 5 Tim first performance of these wonderful children takes place this evening in the Town Hall and judging from the talent poeaeaeed by the mites and from previous report* the Singapore public will be (rrmtlj iistonishisl. The ages of the juveniles range Crono 'i to U years and
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  • 164 5 (Is Thiusilav. DonMamy. I Kling eaiUi w.is ehacgad bj P. C. No, ISO with driving on the wrong side of tlie load. Mr. Scott rineil liim 12. He jonrneyed forth and taking with him one M.iiand. proaeodod tn flepoj Lines Police Station and there
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  • 29 5 Mith I. and «>. Drl/<| paaaad Malacca at 7 hmi. today Friday and promptly il oat the nsoal from the tti ystatf ■w. I come Mn. l; to Mis BxoeUaney.
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  • 114 5 1 Ufgtad to see from the annual report that the London S|iecta<le Mission Soeiety. which supplies |KX>r working people with -pectiirles on easy terms, "continues to ii n lulness. says Truth. Last year it dealt with 2.1V21 cases, an mi rea;e of tMMI on the previous
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  • 54 5 PBBHBBin Rooskvklt's Message condemning the system of rebates practised by the principal railways in favour of the Standard Oil Trust has be» n well received by Congress. P.oth Kejiiihiii ans and Democrats emu in in it-, terms. Mr. Rogers, of the Oil Trust, still denies emphatically that the Trust h.is
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  • 478 5 Another Telok Blan?ah Land Case Datum Jakah bin Ha.uk Mohamkd Dims v*. O. D Almkiha. This case was commenced on Thursday morning before Mr. Justice Law, the acting Chief Justice. In it the plaintiff, who is the Datoh Mintri of Johore and the executor of late Sultan Abnbakarof
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  • 210 5 I'm German Ambassador in London has intimated to the Scottish Shipmasters and Officers \ssociation that His Majesty the German Kinperor has been pleased to giwflt to Captain Makelx>ace. of the (dasgow steamer ('lnn Mfji:i"i. in acknowledgment of the services rendered by him to the crew of the
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  • 197 5 Somk excellent sentiments in regard to raising the status of the soldier were uttered iv the course of the debate raised last Thursday by Major Seelv. The most notable of them were the declarations of the late and the present Secretary of State in favour of
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  • 116 5 Mkssks. Kiley. Hargreavi s 1 Co.. Ltd., lmiiieheil from theii- Shiphtiil'lini; Yard yestenl.iv. the Twin Seiew Togßoai Kilitn, hnilt for the Railway Department ot the Fedentod Main staU's. The dimeaeiaiia aie'.i.'i'- 111 >'i s" li". ami the vessel has been built to Lloyd s 1(1(1 A. 1
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  • 372 5 The alleged Sale of Children into slavery denied. a most sensational story was published in the Strait* Timrn on Thursday regarding the alleged sale of Australian children into slavery in China. This story was extracted from the London Globe, but where they got it from we do
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  • 658 5 Talent and an Offer Not Appreciated*. A Ecroi'Kan pianist eiuployel at the Singapore Hotel told the Court yesterday that he paid *'-'"i a month for board and lodging. His expenses for laundry and clothing bills, etc.. were practically $2"> a month, leaving him nothing for extras.
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  • 139 5 Tax Kivt visited the shop of Maaan. Little it Coy., on Thursday and while sauntering round took ]>ossession of a tin of cocoa priced HO cents. One of the shopmen had an eye on him, pounced upon him. and gave him into custody. Yesterday, he was
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  • 378 5 Insufficient Proof. On the Nth ultimo. Sanitary Inspector Beins in the course of liis eaaaekl duties to seek for sick people paid a visit to No. i"> Craig Road. On the appal floor he fonml a j sick Chiuainan. There was nnhody else in tin inmsc.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 21 5 Ncderlandsche Handel-Maats-cbappy. It is oHicinllv reported that the KeaaVlandsche Haudel-Maatschappy ha <c declared a dividend of K> pet cent, for l'jd.j.
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    • 21 5 Tronoh Mines, Limited. Oitplt for the wonth of May IW)6, I'ndrassed Tin Ore produced (unsold I jils -approximate estimated value i#l«0A)0.
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    • 307 5 RACHALS PIANOS. For Sub-agencies, apply to H- Schaefer Co, v 1763 Boh Agents. CDoonlight Concert The Town and Volunteer band will give a Concert at the RECREATION HOTEL On Saturday tde 9tfi June from 9 p.m. until 12 p.m. Refreshments to be had on coupons only wnich arc on sole
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  • 369 6 Mr J. Gordon Smi.li, writing on April 22nd to the North China Daily Now* for the ruined city of San Francisco, again disturbs the thought that the death list was exaggerated. He concludes a long letter as follows The troops held the city under rtringent martial law, troops of infantry
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  • 448 6 All fires arc ordered to be extinguished „t sunset. f the Oakland newsboys have made £6 a day selling papers. The lighting of a cigarette in the pwkl subjects the offender to arrest. The French. Italian, and Danish Convulab, supposed to be missing, are safe. A man ha*
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  • Stocks and Shares
    • 280 6 Date of Formation Capital Subscribed MuinMr of Share* I lasoe Value P»id ap to Reserve 1900 1901 •175,000 •300,000 140.000 •293,600 £191,250 /.1, 800,000 18,600 3,508 OBM-Md 4,000 JO.OOO 10,000 I 640 uai*md 50,000 i 150,000 20,000 i 2,000 aoumwd 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 1892
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    • 208 6 1903 1905 1903 1904 1903 1904 1904 1898 1903 1905 1904 1200.000 700,000 70.000 12,000 30.000 1200.000 •1 00.000 a. 30.000 1100,000 tioo.ooo 50,000 $120,000 9610,000 59,520 10,500 20.000 $135,000 85.000 26,300 91.500 I 83,500 19,170 20.000 10 16 70,000 I 10 110 9.000 unintued 63.000 1 1 I
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    • 190 6 t 400,000 35,000 (0,000 ontxncd 2,000 t 4,500 225. 000 250,000 100 100 50 50 110.000.000 1 10,000.000 60,000 125 125 112.500 1a.000.000a I 9,W0,000 250,000» J S 2,400,000 134,000 »«,750 20,460 18,000 3,400 6,000 2,760 60,000 3,600 uiiral 600 2,000 100 t 100 10 10 I 100 I
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    • 47 6 Howanh Ertkine, Ltd. 6% Kiley, H»rgre»ve», Ltd. 6% Singapore Mooicip&l 6% 5% TiD>oo4 Pigtr Dock Co., Ltd. 6% ttiOO.000 2% prem buyer» 225,. 1 >00 2% prem buyer*. 400,000 2% prem buyer.. 1,478,000 par. buyer*. 604,000 par- teller*. 250,000 2* prem buyerr. 1,365,500 1% prem sellers.
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  • 231 6 Singapore, 9t ■h June, 11)00 PRODUCE. Gambler buyers I 7.80 do (Cube No. 1 1 unpicked 10.75 Copra Ba^ a80 do Pontianok 7.95 Pepper, Black buyers 30.75 do White, 5% 28.62* Sago Flour Sarawak 2.724 do Brunei No. 1 2.W l'carl Sago 5.40 Coffee Bali, 15% bnyers ia25 Coffee,
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  • 1057 6 An attempt will be made shortly to float on the L union market one of the leading dock and engineering concerns working in the Far East, or, failing such a flo.ation, the property is to be offered to some of the leading British shipbuilders, writes a Shanghai corres>ondent to "Commercial
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  • 418 7 In consequence of a case'heard at ;hc Hongkong Police Court recently in which two dealers, from a Chinese dour tiriii. were charged with applying falis trade-marks to certain brands of American flour, the followiug from the Seattle Post Intelligencer will be, of interest Special Agent
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  • 204 7 It »\>u!d be strange if the United States, which opened Japan to Western tiat ion-,. ■Brawl be the firsi. to shut the door 111 the face of the Japanese immigrant. In Congress the other day Mr. Hayes, of California, •poka in MUyort of a bill to
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  • 70 7 A London telegram to the Tokio Asahi says that M. de Laneosan, formerly Minister for the Navy, has advised the French Government not to seek trouble with Japan at the prompting of Germany in '.ho interests of Russia. He says that Japan will not stand an aggressive policy by Russia
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  • 418 7 The majority of existing superstitious in Bangkok seem to be connected witli gambling. Here, says the Bangkok Times," is one way of obtaining luck that was experimented with only a fewdays ago. Karth was obtained from seven cremation places, from seven am heaps and from deven landing stages
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  • 340 7 Tlu "Peking and' Tientsin Times thus deals with the questioni thitt Mi H. H. Marks assert tin Scrctaiy for Foreign Affairs (whether his attend 11 had been called tj the report of the superintendent of pofica of Hankow ti> the Brituh Muniupal Council of rfankow for the- year
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  • 48 7 Mr. Frank* Fills, the leading showman of bouth Atrica, has received a cheque for JCov iroiii the Dv Bean Company tor the Ui-s ot' a balloon, whcli fell into a inning compound, and was hacked to pieces, the kaitirs believing it ,0 be an invention of the devil.
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  • 71 7 The Peking Fore gn Affairs Board have now amended the proposals which they previously laid before the Frvncli Government in settlement of the claiiu made as a result of lif tragedy at Kanchang. It id proposed to pay an indemnity of 300,000 tat'ls, on account of the damage dtr.yv to
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 563 7 Banks, Insurances, Auctions. Hongkong 9 Shanghai Banking Corporation. PAID-UP CAPITAL U0.000.00u RESERVE FUND Sterling Reserve $10,000,000 1 uyi nnn Bilver Reserve 9,600.000) I so 0 00<) P.jaerve Liability of Proprietors $10,000,000 COURT OP DIRECTORS. A. Haupt. Enq.— Chairman. Hon. C. W. Dickson.— Deputy Chairman. E. Goetz. Esq. D. M. Nissim,
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    • 489 7 Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHABTER Capital £800,00 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £800,00( Reserve Fund £975,0<X BANKERS. Bank of England. National Bank of Scotland. The 1 London City A Midland Bank, Ltf SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Accounts are opened and interest allowed at 1 per cent,
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    • 1262 7 Most Attractive Sale by Auction OF i VALUABLE ANTIQUITIES AND RARE CURIOS I 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 Chineae gentleman, deceased, and is now in the pofUHwsion of one of his
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  • 1157 8 Km.ii 1, fainiliarlv lallid thr favourexl ObUd of the Muso, is 'acknowledged by the Hindus, ew well Mother scholar* of Hindu literature, tut the "Shakespeare of the 'lindus." In days of yon, then- Bred a king in India wholiml an accoii.plislud daughter. As she was approaching tin
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  • 1295 8 Efforts Towards Development in the East. Thk Victorian Government are making a great effort to develop Urn Australian trade in the East, and with this object in view Mr. J. M. Sinclair, the (ioveruinont's Commercial agent, has l>eeu commissioned to undertake t!ie iiui>ortant work. Yesterday Mr. Sinclair formally
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  • 101 8 A cknk.kal meeting of tho members of the above Club, which was foudiled on the Ist February. 1906, was held ou the afternoon of the 27th of May. the business being to elect office-bearers for the present year. Tbe following Straits Itahas were eventullv appointed
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  • 148 8 Sir Loam CbUHM, K. C. M. (1., Chinese Minister at Washington, has communicated >vith the Wai -wu-pu (Foreign Affair's Boardl re.niesting. as h's term of office is about to expire, to be relieved. The Wai-wn-im memorialised the Tl-roue on the subject I .id suggest* d that Sir
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  • 180 8 Tut compound outside of the Magistracy at Hongkong was crowded on the 2~>th May with hundreds of Chinese, mostly of the coolie class. They packed every available inch of space and when it suddenly came on to rain the rush for shelter and thr shouting on
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  • 195 8 (Is Thursday, Liiu X.ing Swt-e. one of the crew of the s! s. II, 111 Flm Saoa, was haled befon Mr. Cefanan bj [nepectar Wilson on the allegation of having stolen 1.1'.Hl guilders from a pas-, ngrr named Tan A <>i on the trigh seas.
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  • 49 8 At a Meant meeting to protest ngahist statc-aidetlrepitriatiouof theC'hiiiese.-fohan-ni sliurg commercial men paaaed a resolution stating incidentally that ">u per cent, more Imnkruptcies OCCURed in the Transvaal in March than in the preceding U mouths, and that farther curtailment of the mines' lalwxu supply would spell ruin to trndeis.
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  • 62 8 A M'SltlKK Of lutlllUls of tilt Bi will leave for Kast Asia in the autiuuu for tin pnipoau of investigation. The Commit. -i.ni is 1 \|k< ted at Kolie on Oetohat 7th, aud at Vohohamii on October Uth. after first lisiting China and Tsiugtau. They -a ill leave Japan tor
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  • 97 8 In British New Guinea improvement i. slow. Mr. Stauiforth Smith, a luemliei ol the C'oinmonwealth Senate, declares Not au acre of rubber land is l>t ing taken up in our territory owing to the laud bring locked j up by labyrinths of red-tape, and owing to tin alisence of all
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  • 302 8 .Mi 1 11 i» made of a reoeut success over rebels in mid Celebes at a place call id Bonto Batu, a'rocky fastness. At the end of April an attempt to carry the stronghold by assault failed owing to tin- field force being unprovided with artillery. Trees
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  • 140 8 Tin: Si«rtiwj (7u..»/</. relates an amus ing tale of a well-known football refenc. While the play was in progress a famous international player sidled up to him and put something into his poohet, The crowd saw tut- action, and immediately made up their mind that he
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  • 184 8 A Long- Lost Race Pony A rack pony, named Ujulml. was stolen MUM ten months ago at Bangkok. It hail belonged to Mr. A. K. Olarovsky aud disting nished its< If on the race course at Sajwitooni. Its last win was the (nand Stand Purse in the February meeting last
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  • 164 8 On the lh'th ultimo. Deteotive Sirgea;:t Leonard obtained search warrants lor the "boys'" quarters at the I*. 0, l oys oAcea, -lapaii Street, and No. 14 KamVs l'lace and he found the base*, belonging to Nina Mobanted a Tambv. They eantaiaed a very considerable quantity of miscellaneous
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  • 39 8 Thk Stcintittni* t'ttiTcspmidi-nt at Dunkirk ■tatea that tines tin declaration of the uilixis' Btrikc in tin' nortli of France It<».UHI ions oi Bngliib coal have arrived there, and oor.trnct-* tor WMKM) tous reinaiu to bt rilled. il lias arrived.
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  • 376 8 His Opinion of Cricket. Lord C'irzon. the ex- Viceroy of India, lias ijiiicMv found a ashen he liis -1 rrieea, and In- has taken the matter of Derbyahire county cricket into his own hand*. II- lone of a little but increasing, coterie of members 01 the lp|M 1
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  • 54 8 Tuk lUath lms ooonrred of the EUgbt Rev. Dr. HickorsUth. formerly Biahop of Exeter. II" was a pronounced Low Churchman, ami was for thirty vc.us Hear "t Cliriat Cburob. ilainpstcail. Dr. Ilii-lit'rsWth. wlm was tin win of a clergyman. lia~ two aona i.i H.Jy Orders, the Vicai "t Leede and
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  • 46 8 I'm Itussoi bineac omgatfttlmm an makmil; liardly any ptogrea* in ooaaeqaeßoe "t the heavy ikinaiuU made by Romhui ami the faot that the hinnefi Poreigii Aifaii- Board is ovcrwlii'lniiil by other important inatten wliich liavt arisen lately. So article "i tite Treaty has \.-t beea nettled.
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  • 45 8 Tmi Kiuy hs.H beoa jjracioiisly pleowd t>> approTeof: -Sir. Ai:r>s I*. Wilder General of the l~aitcd States ol UneriM at riongkong Mr. Xarite Ooro, Hboahiebii, :i^ Conanlol Japan at TownerQle; aad Mr. Jorflea tUtaea m VToe-Conanl "f Norway at Hongkong, for tin- Colony of Hongkong.
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  • 87 8 V Mnvi.Mi-NT lias been Reacted foe tin por- laisinu a >niu of money t.i preaeul Sir. 8. M. .1. WixhU witii a Ustinioiiiai I in a| preciatiou oi his all-rot 11- 1 athletic abilities I .It U Urn Idea l( h;ni\ in cvc:\ cu'Mity ilis. |triet,trea*orwa t;i whom doaataomi may
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  • 93 8 Ma. M. T. Dave, office) in-cbai ■>■ <>f the loteeMy ami M-itiitific department at Kew, 1 iikicli 11 :;.ihxi -iniii' |o uin j last year ujroogh tlie virgin foreutu oi Handa and I pnrvinooe in warelioJ rabbet and y^loabie I titavbaf. ill- irney bat; now been imo«d is :i Bhw
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  • 306 8 (Sunday, loth June. > Tnntrn Si \i.«-.. RfcU'd luuri.tii.. 7«. in. Litany. Hoi) Communion (Chore)), i p.m. Childrtu'i m > ;o p.m. Evan Bermou. Bt. BUTTHFW' S |..s, 9-lg .i.i,,. Hoi) Communion. 11-13 a.m. Foo Chon Bmviee. t p.m. < 1 Sel >::. Th« [■•St. Andrew's* linrch Ui»»ini
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 171 8 K. A. J CHOTIRMALL a" Co, JEWELLERS SILK MERCHANTS. Have just 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 carets of all sizes, gold gem set-jewellery, silver ware etc. etc. Ladies
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    • 24 8 JEFFREY'S EDINBURGH STOUT. "CASTLE" BRAND. Specially Brewed for the Tropics. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Price $12 per case of 7 (seven) doz. pints. OF ALL DEALERS.
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 129 8 DAY BY DA^. Saturday, 9th June. Hi^li Water. 11-46 p.m. Gymkhana. St. Jo— ph'l Bohool St.. I :)l). S.V.I. Inspe. ti.m. Cbronograpfa Bhoi iV.i b H..a I 7 8.T.1. >m-ial Ev«Linf. h M). 3J Bowling Tom-Bam nt. > 1 .1 Crickvt. Dramatic Ptrfonuai i lab. Collii-l'.. BY. 111 II .t.-l.
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  • 134 9 Mr. Frederick Jonee Trade Commia■ion for tho Qw—lanii Cnvernment in China recently slated to an interview m Hoagfcoßf that in the whole of Australia in IMB there wore 30,000 Chineae, ->f which 8,000 were in Mid Mr Alfred Dcakiu. Prime Minister >•! the ('oiiiiinmwe«!th. has graal
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  • 191 9 The Hongkong relegrapn writes I „t the high cost of living there! Il i- a most difficult, thing in that I' Colony to -ccuie the tenancy Hi home I whose rental is not exorbitantly high. [■dead, ;t is safe to say that the average hoUSS ncrupiW in
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  • 218 9 The '.Journal of tin Society of Alta" contain the following information on the principal loaraai ol tuiiber lupply -At present, largely owing to the .i urageawul given by the Government and the B«'tani<al DepartMirnts at K.-w and Ceylon, and th< easily available land in the Malay lYiiiu-ula
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  • 318 9 Practical) experience li in thai the Diaureuvring qualitiei ot V. 8 battle are not exceUcid by any i;thei iv j of war veaael of Large tonnage, [llnatra- >: i tin-. -;iv< the Army and Navy ■luurual the Wbconain in a fim .x.uiiplc. mi<l<r thr following
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  • 690 9 The Chandu shop Trade During the con.-.i irl.eration of the Enactment to regulate the Manufat-tme for Sale and the Sale of Chandu and the Keeping of Chandu Smoking shop* at last meeting o the Perik State Council the whole subject of tho liandn shop t-ade was discussed. The
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  • 212 9 The rubber plantation companies carrying on work in the different state, of Central America all aem t i favour the "Castilla elastica" in preference to the Hevea tree and by more than the former tree will give more rubber than the latter. The Tehuantopic Co., which
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 574 9 h* vnu.D't HEMCMT raa COCOMB. OOLD*. THBOAT. Owbridgcs V/ LU NG TO N I C jJJSr™ Money to lend from $10,000 to $100,000 on first class security in town L. HERMENT. Broker ('lmiiHe Alley C»4B LAGE STORE 170. ORCHARD ROAD. Large and varied tick -if Laces, SoUinghain, Valenciennr>. Irish and
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    • 490 9 A -ssmml bbbbbbbbV C[LEBMTEO _Bi^ __s^K la^ml OILMEN 3mm I CEOSSE PICK L o E^ By Special AND WiM ToY^ Efc Warrant H BLACKWELL, M malt vinegar Purveyors to I I LTD H I leaTpcrrins J Worcestershire H.M.The KING W0 Wm sauce fbrn i y pi 10 9 on um=m
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  • 903 10 Official Correspondence. Africa For the Blntk." An important Blur-hook v.as lately issued containing corrcsponrluiire relating to the native distiirli.iiu- Natal and the incidents attending the recent rc»ignai.ioii of the Government of that Colony. The dispatches <>|>oii <■•! U-legram from Sir Henry IfcCallnm, the Chwmot <>f Natal, to the
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    • 270 10 SIDEEOSTHEN PAINT. I |^TICORR<SS|)Sr > IS THE BEST PRESERVATIVE FOR IRON AND STEEL i under all conditions. IMPORTERS: Borneo Co., Ltd. H. ABRAMS The Horse Repository Orchard Road Has just laasM SB s.s. DnriiiH forty very ■sleet banes, Oeam, and Ponies. aßtaoraea^rjf snkaa to aaUk iml BBfaeaS and ready for
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    • 665 10 PHOSfERINE 5 Th« Greatest of all Tonics i RADIATES HEALTH. J 1 Pkjtfietan htttoa ft fmnoat, laiilnil ir. Fatrl«s*M Baad. LoodM. E. C CRUSHED FOOD TRY IT AND YOU WILL BE SATISFIKD I. R. BELILIOS begs to in 'orm the public that hia Factor) for preparing Crushed Food. at No.
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    • 554 10 BAD COMPLEXIONS Dry Thin and Falling Hair and Red Rough Hands Prevented by CUf ICURA SOAP VWTLLIONS use Ccticura Soap, assisted by Ccticura Oihtmmt, IYI r P"* 861^ 11 P urif y in g» an d beautifying tbe skin, for cleans- i XTX ing the scalp of crusts, scalps, and
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  • 1247 11 The wit aud wisdom of proverbs is clad in different garb in different oouutries, but it is all very much the .-..in,. Identical ideas arising independently in widely-separated nations arc not MMM*. rily expressed in inter-translatable terms. They usually derive a certain quaintness from the manners and MMtaM
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 126 11 WILLIAMS TYPEWRITERS. Modal No. 2 $120.— nett 6 $180.— WILLIAMS DUPLICATORS Price S3O.— Will turn out better work than Rotary Duplicators costing double the price. Sub-Agents, John Little Co, Ltd. SYME Co. FOR SALE SULPHURIC ACID. SYME Co. an What we Do, We do Well. Good Work TELEPHONE NO. 348.
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    • 294 11 STRAITS TIMES ANNUAL 1906-7. CONTRIBUTIONS INVITED Straits and Malayan Colour Alone Acceptable SHORT STORIES AND ARTICLES (SIGNED BY AUTHOR) ILLUSTRATED BY SKETCHES OR PHOTOGRAPHS (SIGNED BY ARTIST) C'ONTBIBUTIOKH iNVITKD FROM PkNANO, THK F.M. STATKS, AND HoKNKO ALSO FROM Java AND SIMATKA. To be sent in very soon and addressed to
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    • 165 11 MARTINS Em.*- *v w%w lie les.l §^1 aWaMhS I Hawat Mtmtm fw aU InMIaHUM Tlmiaarfi a •**im kaw iknil Hutu nilaln tk< koua^ m tbat n M, <r «sT^\£i^Vo c^B^.^»nsias:r CHARLES -HLjfc HEIDSIECKS Wslhi White Seal X\wL Champagne. 'IiLE AGkNTH I M Behn, Bleyer ACo Ld Mz '^L Singapore nufi
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  • 450 12 The OjMatii v Who arc the Hand Bet M til us answered by a Ceylon Observer eonesj* indent To realise what is meant by the i- in of the big houses at the Kami md the danger of |x>wer concentrating in half-a-dozen hands, I will give your
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  • 193 12 i c.niy American newspaper in tin "Japan Advertiser, in the course of as article un tiic rebuilding I iii Kr.iiiciMo, Uh imwihl acoooa-pii-liiiiiut of which it doM nut dottbt, 111 mmdc possible benefits that may accrue in m the TtittTtr- Pat i Illlllj;. tin' plajjlle ajxit
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  • 29 12 M H;i |>«t irfao siuv.ed- M Hiiliail in 0 t»i»- Piencfe Legation at Peking •rr ad at sIlmi.'Ii.ii. tin- other day. and 1 the tool gentlemen in chargt in
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    • 682 12 •THEY SAVED HIS LIFE" Says His Mother. Another Ceylon Child Cured By Dp. Williams' Pink Pills. Ch*rlos James Bay, the six-year old son of Mr. J. C. Bay of the Colombo Harbour Works, contracted the habit of eating sand and mortar from the walls of the house. "So dangerously ill
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    • 430 12 WANTEn f WANTED A Collector, Must find security. Apply FRABER NEAVE, Ltd., 2531 8-9 Raffles Quay. WANTED— Chinese cashier, salary S5O per month, security 91,000. Offers under H., c^> Strait* Time*. 3544 SITUATION wanted by European on plantation for Borneo or Straits, as manager or smplovee 8 years' experience with
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    • 556 12 TO BE LET. TO LET from the Ist April, uouae No, 103 River Valley Road. Rent SB6. Apply to L. D, c/o Straits Times. v 1966 TO BE LET.— small first floor offices facing ('•venagh Bridge Road and Flint Street. Ap| ly to Guthrie <ft Co. Ltd., Agents. a.o TO
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    • 446 12 TO BE LET. TO LET, Kinrara," Orchard Road, par tially furnished. For further particular* apply to D. Turner, British Dispensary. 1-3346 TO BE LET A Urge compound house No. 117 Emerald Hill Road. Apply at No. 59, North Boat Quay. 4878 VACANT. Rooms with a private family Tanglin district, tennis
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    • 798 12 NOTICES. NOIICEOF REMOVAL AnH Bweg ('hiaii£. oliop S»«i Kiat. has removed bom No. I* i Hill street to No. 1 Oxley Koad. 2M'2 r\i Tier Of 1 KbWOVAL. The offices of Mpssr* (iiaitk' Bros. iV Co. aud the Singapore Steam Saw Mill Co. i.aye been removed from So. 2 Malacca
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