The Straits Times, 13 May 1907

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.340 SINGAPORK. MONDAY. MAY 13. 1907. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      144 1 GRAND HOTEL DE LEUROPE. HIKOAPORB M.i.i.it.. .-ntly Fin MJaaai With Klotjatit Simpli«:it\ Of our DE DION CARS are running in the Malay Peninsula, AM) EVERY ONE OP THEM (IIVES ENTIRE SATISFACTION. C. DUPIRE COMPANY, Sole Agents. CAMERAS, PLATES. W£ Dark-room Lamps.) IH ILFORDS) PL4TES. Photographic Requisites at Popular Prices. KATZ
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      161 1 "STRAITS TIMES" BUSINESS DIRECTORY. HOTELS. "cALEDomAw hotFeIT 77. Bnis fi'ivnh RonA. The Brightest and Healthiest Resort in the City. Hotel Porter in mijf..riu. meuts all •Jo»t« and TninM. HOTEL WJSSE WILTF.VBKIiKN. H U. Established in ]h:;k. Reoovated up to date. SpleuHid situation in the Fashionable Centre. Opposite the Palace of
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      195 1 ROBINSON Co, Sweets and M|P^ Chocolates Frequent fresh supplies are received from this celebrated Regent Street Firm of Confectioners. Rush Pampers fiIW with Full s TSXU PreMnt ROBINSON AND CO. ART NI£DLEWORK AND FLOWER DEPOT, Tniiwi N>. PB£BH CFI FLOW ERa FlenU Daen ti Bouquet*. Caaki v i npur.i!. Telephone
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      19 1 6RAND HOTEL OE LEUROPE. BIHGAPI RE. Mom i:\ i\ Coxhi n ma "llcrilii: r'.'K i.li.nil.i- I ll.Mlth ill.l .•..l.lf.Tt
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    RUBBER NOTES.
    1146 2 Javanese Labour For I.MS Estates Mr. Kranklv (i. Harvtv. i-i t#-— frmn I'atai iti)j Kstatf. Sflau^'or. t«i the Thaai <•: CVylou. iiiklci- date April 2'J. a» f<i]l(i«>; After rcKdinjj the (.liairinnirs ifggali at tinmeeting of Nm rteverhu- Kulilmt Co.. ami noting your expression of a ilevmit wish thai
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      348 2 SINGAPORE RACE MEETING. Jirtie has opened a $10,000 book on The Singapore Derby; also Double Events on The Lawn Stakes and The Derby, and The Derby and The Grand j Stand Cup (1,000 to 7"> if not)| and The First and Second Griffins; and v Treble Event on The Lawn
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      297 2 CONGO Wropieal Spoofing IS The Ideal Roofing for this Climate CHEAP! SANITARY! DURABLE VERMIN-PROOF W The thickest quality (I ply) can now be supplied at $12 per roll of 21(1 square feet complete with caps, nails ami cement for fixing. AGENTS: The Borneo Co., Ltd., SINGAPORE. 1 H. ABRAMS, HORSE
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      491 2 MAINTAINS THE HIGBEST REPUTATION EVERYWHERE. BUILD UP and PRESERVE YOUR HEALTH and Fortify the System against Disease mt!i <t *I*Di ISOMB 9*ny^ iw*w I •We e»nnot ipeak K^*VaV^^mL^*VaV^ B *V Ai| 9 -M I 9m Us? WL trx' highly of it." I^V H K^B^^B V m"sw —fB j^ W yIH
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    ANGRY JURORS
    473 3 . Fight Barely Averted in the Thaw Case The American newspapers on April 14 were tilled with reports of recriminations on tin- part of the Thaw counsel and stories of lorcible (lisaKieernentH between the numbers of the jury. In fact, the case has left mokt unsavoury trail behind it,
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    Law Lexicon.
    221 3 A .ludgeship is an old-age pension for a barrister who lias no practice at the Bar and a near relative in the Cabinet. A Joke (made by a Judge I is that in which there is no point. A Summing up is length without breadth. A Litigant is
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      70 3 LAME BACK. TUa aihiifiit is usually cans: d liy riicutna j tistn nl the muscles and may be eim-il by ■pitying (.'hainberlain's Pain Balm two or Hint' MM a day anil rubbing the putts vigorously at each application. If this dots nit iitt.inl relief bind on a piece of Manuel
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      247 3 HUTTENBACH BROS. 0? Eleetrieal SHOWROOM: 13 COLLYER QUAY. w Dynamos, Motors, Supplies, Fittings, Lamps, Wires, Cables, etc., etc., in Stock. ESTIMATES PREPARED FREE OF CHARGE BY COMPETENT ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS. By !(.,val £-?;■> II -Mi .-■>• warrant to i*Ciwi. ihr Kinc' BOVRIL ■Mm hi* ,vi,.. fn« m,ii|i ~'imiil.llhi!;an.| ii..h-.i,i:il- t «,r
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      138 3 ISMAIL RAHEEM, "\ffsLm 8-2-1 and IM Bras Basah Road. Exhibit a charming collection of Gold and Diamond Set mm Jewellery in modern and antique design. Inspection invited. Stim 3~Lin Qo., 7 KLING STREET, i HAVE REMOVED FROM NO. 57 TO ABOVE ADDRESS. Customers and friends are respectfully requested to note
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      663 3 Why Suffer with Prickly Heat MAYNARO'S PRICKLY-HEAT LOTION Will give instant relief! fA few applications will completely cure the. most obstinate m Price SO cents per bottle. MAYNAKD COMPANY, Ltd., 14 BATTKRY ROAD, SINGAPORE. Branch: 598 3 NORTH HBDOI UOAD. SINGAPORE AND KRANJI RAILWAY, FROM JANUARY 21. 1907. AND UNTIL
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    ROTHA AS A BRITISHER
    570 4 BOTHA AS A BRITISHER. His Declaration of Loyalty, to the Flag. There was a remarkable demonstration of (he popularity ol (leneral ltotha when he rose to speak at the Kiijhty CUb ban«inet last month, his height and breadth of *houlder overtopping the interpreter who stood by his side. and. sentence
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    NEWSPAPER ACCIDENTS
    242 4 . How Certain Difficulties are Overcome. I'll, other day die fifth pa«e of the Indian w*|iaiier. Uan.ie Malaiam, ooutaining all UC cli'giains and niii'-h of the news, gave lie unhappy l>riuters the slip, and had to be i'-coimtod for as !ollo«vs: K\tii:k Mai in; off nils t'\..K Havim. ACCIDBXTALLT
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    VESSELS ADVERTISED TO SAIL
    107 4 . I'.-hik Anson, via ports, Mondays, S. S. Coy 1 uesdays, for Port Swettenham via ports. A'ednesdays, for Teluk Anson via porte. Thursdays, for Port Swettenham via ports. Fridays, for Teluk Anson via ports. Saturdays, for P. Swettenham and Penang. Straitt Steamship Co. Port Swettenham and Penang,
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    HOTEL VISITORS.
    656 4 RAFFLM HOTEL. Hoii Justice aud Mrs Mr K A Stevens Fisher Mr ■atari Wil.lmu Hon A Mrs Wilher Mr .1 C W Weber Col 11. 11. Joliuatou Mr A Harmnerh, rColG. Wr.Rbt Mr A IVarce Major ,v Mrs F..rd Mr K Q II Hn:;. Major cV Mrs Ormißton
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    Khaki in Japan
    111 4 . The Japanese iovernineiit ha- just com pletely r> i ';itionise<l tli< cl<ithing oi tinarmy, and from the details published in i German military review has reilnre.l BTtary. thing to auuifui-m simplicity, probably eojaalled nowhere else. Khaki is to he tin >uly wear clotli for winter and calico
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    Apostle Spoons
    219 4 . Genuine sets of old Apostle tpoou- .uv rare. Thore are tliirtnn in ;i set. In ISH a wet was sold for .CI.tHJO. HaaWM kaown what the set would fetch whii.li is pr. s.i\. i at Corpus Christi College. OmmM%» Vm they are date-:.iarVeil Utt, while tin t that
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    Passenger List
    125 4 . Expected. lVr f uil Oa I Marmora,' <• lunrrtiui; uitli tli. teaiut-r Malt* at Colombo, from London April 26, due May 26, j)r and Mrs A A Wood, Mr K S Fry. Mr L MarL<- .«i. Mr Mac L Robertson, Mr T K Wtlen, Mivt II Dixou. Per
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      707 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Penan*, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London Through Bills if Lading issned for ChinCoast, Persian Gulf, Continental, and American Ports. Steamer* will leave Singapore on or aboat MAIL LINE. Outward (for China). Malta May 21 JiwM*.
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      1226 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HANDEL AND SCHEEPVAART MY. "BANDJER. I BAND.TERMABIN. The Steamer* of this company maintain regular service between: Singapore. Bawean. Sourabaya. Bandjer maain, Pnln Laut, Balik Papan, Koetei, witb transhipment at Bandjermaein for Sampit Mandawai. Koemai. Kotta Waringin, Djelai Mnrabahan, Marakasaries, Negara and Bebirik The steamers have good aocomodation for
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      770 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. D. L. NOROOEUTSCHER LLOfO. Imperial Uerman Mail Line The fast and well known mail steamer* if this Company aail fortnightly from BremenHambarg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Oenoa, Naples, (ooniu-i.f n Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Por Said, Soei, Aden, Colombo, Penanp, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki,
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      832 5 Natiw, port, probable date of arrival and name of Atjents Steamers. Aberlour, Hamburg, May IS Behn Meyer Airlie, Sydney, June 24 Boustead Ajax, China, June 9 Mansfield AlcinoUß, Liverpool, May 22 ManstieUl Antiloclniß, Liverpool, June 26 Mansfield Arcadia, Colombo, July 19 P. 4 O. Astyaiiax, Liverpool, July 5;
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      Clearances.
      163 5 May 10 Sau.Ukau, Ger sir, Goroulalo via parti l!..th, UiitHtr, Batavia via Billitou Kuni Sang, Itrit str, Hongkong II Oceaua. Brit sir, Hongkong, Shanghai, Ja|>nii Kheiuuii .<. Ger str, Hamburg via port-. Perlak, Hut str, Foocbow Perak. Brit str, Port Bwettenbain, Penang K. Wilhelmina, Hut -v, liat.m.i Petrouia, Rus
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      MAILS TO ARRIVE
      103 5 . From Koropk -By too N. I) L. s.s. S, hum horat, due on May 17. From China- Uy the M. M. s.s. Sala/.ie due on May 20. •oft Singapore Doe in Londou Arrive) pi 8 M. M. May I Ma> 2 pi M I' AO. May 4
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      Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
      102 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To-day. tamjobo p»gah Eaht Whart Barrin— Dagmar, J. W. WYn.lt. Aldebaran. EiHTWHAkr Skitihx I—Curonia,1 Curonia, Tringgann. Sect. 1 (Shkhh Wbakt) McClellan. Section No. 2 Nam Yong. 3 Amiral de Kcroaiut. 4— Forest Dale. s—Calypso.5 Calypso. 6— Singora,
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      Mail Steamer Movements.
      36 5 Outward German Mail. The Imperial German mail steamer Stliarn horst, having left Colombo, at 6 p.m., M the 11th instant, may be expected to arrive here on Friday, the 17th instant, at daylight.
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      MAILS CLOSE
      111 5 . tor Per Steamer Tint To-MOEEOW Ramarang, S .urabiya h'au S' in.; 9 p.m. Sydney via ports Ctxyanna 10 a.m. Pakmbaug Dphir 1 p.m. P. H'tenliam, Peuaag ftrak 1 p.m. Sarawak llaja It ui Sa raicak '1 p.m. H'kong. Ainnv, Swatow Clt,;ni<i Chfir 8 p.m. Malacca an J Ba«a
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    The Insurance Conscience.
    163 5 That earthquake at Sau Francisco— the shake, as the local papers li^htheartedly called it within a fortnight— seems to liave been more than liuinaii in its discreet selection of victims. All the buildings insured against tin-, the companies are discovering, it left to be sub H«|iieutly consmuedby
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    Bible Knowledge in Parliament.
    149 5 The ruasou of Mr. Wyiidhiiiu's <tarueKtne.s.s for religions teaching in the schools is made plaiu by the littlr slip in elementary Bible knowledge of which he was guilty in the Army debate. HaMnaai Mr. HaMaaaalaaMslaMasj the i!\ainplc of David, who imide nn army by hiding men
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    Madame Bernhardt's Cure.
    139 5 Sarali Bcrnliardt lias lony been known uh the < ii.bodimeut of caprice, hut mlih Ihih jiiHt exhibited a trait of self will which probably boat* her own record. She caught a sharp chill while acting, and presently became conscious that nlic had influenza. A doctor was called
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      413 5 BTEAMER SAILINGS. N.Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. LTD. A regular FORTNIGHTLY service is maiu-lain.-d aalaMaa Japau aud F.urope by the followiug NEW TWIN-SCREW STEAMERS. Under Mail OaaaraH with the Imperial Japan use lioverumeui, BBMatlW designed for the Compauy's Kuropcan Service, lighted through out by Klectn. uty, provided with excellent accoinin.Mlatiou
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      453 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. Ocean Steam Ship Co., Ltd. and CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. Tlie ('uiniKuiiDH' steamers are despatched from liivurfiool outwards 1m tbe Stunts. Chin* md Japan every wink, mi. l (rum .litpau home ward* for Loudou. Amsterdam ki«l Antwerp Bverv fortnight and f' r liii« Marseille* ami Liverpool
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      521 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. UNION S. S. CO. OF N. Z. LTD. SINGAPOKK TO NEW ZEALAND DIRKCT. IDCKUID, WELLINGTON, LTT TLETON, AND DUNEDIN also calling »i SAMARANG AND Kill (if inducement offers.) Tbe Ok.'l T. S. S. ••APAKIMA,.' .'».7(M toua, Edwd. SUitt, Commander, maintains a regular tour inmiihly service between Singapore aud
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      259 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. c. r. R. ian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Line. THK NATIONAL HIGHWAY To BUMP! VIA CHINA, JAPAN, CANADA m> I the UNITED STATES. Route from llminkom,', tin Shanghai, Naf{anaki, (lulaml S,-.i of ,la|>Hii). K..lk-. Yokohama, Victoria and Vaucuuver, R.M.S. "faNHWIBIt" 1 Twin-screw stea R.M.S. >l«MM«rJlMl" mers
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      184 5 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. May. U At Sale room, leak aud Banal )i.iu«. ImH furniture, at 11 a.m. 21— At Saleroom, valuable property. No. 10 Tra.- Street, al p.m. M— Al Sale r mm. the HbbbbJ lease aud rikjlits, au.l Machine^ of law Kadana Gold Mining Co. Ltd., (ia
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      27 5 WEATHER TELEGRAM Hongkong, May 12, 4 p.m. Barometer 29.99 Direction of Wind Kast. Force of Wind 3 Max. Temp in Shadn 77 Manila. 759 calm 28 M
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      101 5 DAY BY DAY. Monday, May 13. High Water. 4-3 a.m. 637 p.m. Tuesday, May 14. Ha*. Water. 11- 49 am. Singapore Races commence. V.M.C.A. T IwnCounr.il M«.tißg. 8.30 p.m. Wednesday, May 15. High Water. 0-47 a.m. «i.»ernoi's'At Home ll.', p.m. Thursday, May 16. Higb Water. O-'Jt a 111 130 p.m.
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    DEATHS
    38 6 . Brandktetter. On April 29, at the Geueral Hospital, Shanghai, Kriederick August Brandstetter, aged 47 years. Osmunii.— On May 6, at The Hut, l.'upsr Castle Road, Hongkong, Charles Edward, eldest hod of Mr. Charles Osmund, aged 10 years.
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    tt.De Straits {Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. MONDAY, MAY 13.
    1030 6 The Straits Times PRICE 10 CENTS. MONDAY, MAY 13. At the last mooting of the Legislative Council, the Honourable the Attorney General did us the honour of referring to a, leading article which appeared in the Straits Times of May 4. As he stated that "certain doubts and aspersions" were
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    10 6 lii« Straits Times will be published at oue o'clock to-morrow.
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    9 6 New pofctagt stamps are 4o be issued in Siam.
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    11 6 The death rate from cholera in Siam appears to be increasing.
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    12 6 Raub shares wore quoted at 7 you at Yokohama on April 24.
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    12 6 All telegrams published in this issue aro protected by the Copyright Ordinance.
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    16 6 The British steamer Boacouibe brought 6,080 tons of coal to this port from Kuchinot su, yesterday.
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    17 6 The Rev. Father Couvreur returned from a brief visit to the F.M.S. by the Selangor, thi'. morning.
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    14 6 Japanese delegates for the Hague Conference are travelling to Europe via the Siberian Railway.
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    19 6 Next Monday being a public holiday, the regular Monday work in the Supreme Court will be taken on Tuesday.
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    22 6 There are 875 tons of kcroeine on the steamer Sabine Rickmers. which arrived from Palembam; yesterday. She i.s lying at I'ulo Bukom.
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    26 6 Su|h rintendent Pett, of the Fire Brigade. has been overhauling the motor engine Broad nek and he took it out for a trial run this moruing.
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    23 6 A Cliinaman suffering from beriberi arrived among the passengers from Batavia this morning, by the Dutch steamer Pahua. He was detained on board.
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    22 6 There weie 2,129 passengers on the British steamer Deucalion, which arrived '"im Hongkong yesterday. Forty cooks prepared the meals for the passengers.
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    26 6 Two uew monthly magazines will appear in Manila on or about June 1. They will be known as the Colonial Monthly aud the Philippines Military Journal.
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    28 6 The (iovernor at Macao has l>een instructed to prohibit the sale of arms and ammunition to Chinese iv order to prevent further arming of lawless characters at Canton.
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    29 6 A. onsen-all sued S. F. D Conceicao in the Court of Requests this morning for tl:l.ti.'las balance due on a promissory note. Judgment was given for plaintiff with costs.
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    27 6 The two oilers of the Russian steamer Coronia, who were charged with theft of nine of the steamer's blankets, were discharged by Mr. Colman on Saturday afternoon.
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    33 6 T. V. R. M. Achappa Chetty secured judgment for $."(.■> and costs in the Court of Requests this morning, in au action against W. W. Chopard for ISO. as principal on a promissory note.
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    35 6 M. P. PalauiappaChettysiudA. F. D Cotta and A. D'Cotta in the Court of Requests this moiuing for 170 an balance due on a promissory note. As the defendants were miuors. the case was struck out.
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    41 6 Mr. W. F. Staargard charge* one of the Hylam servants at the Hotel Van Wijk with having robbed him of 200 guilders on the 10th instant. The case was partly heard this morning by Mr. ('olman and adjourned till Friday next.
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    44 6 Travellers from up-country in Siam bring the agrueablu uews that, owing to the recent rain, many logs of teak will be shortly floated down to Bangkok. Owing to the loug dry siiiMin this has been a year of great scarcity of teak in Siam.
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    47 6 American papers state that the insurance companies coucerued may decline to pass the insurance on the G. V S. Dakota on the plea that the accident could have been averted as the dangers of the Shirahama Coast are known to all mariners operating vessels in Oriental waters.
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    51 6 As a result of the rain, swarms of mosquitoes are invadin;; Bangkok dwellings at present, and prove most tautalizing to those engaged iv office work, says the Siam Free Press. A fortune is awaiting the person who will discover an effective remedy that would keep these little tormentcrs at a
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    55 6 A correspondent writes to a Bangkok exchange stating that about fifty new motor can of the latest type arrived from Europe for Siamese Princes and nobles during the months of March and April. When we are told that certain Siamese Princes have no less than half a dozen splendid motors
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    67 6 We learn that the question of fixing the the gold standard rate of the tical has been receiving much attention of late in Siam, and that the matter is likely to be permanently fixed iv the near future, when things will adjust themselves according to the fixed rate. Changes in
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    78 6 Ng Peng, the sub-gambling farmer of Kuala Kangsar. was before the Court there the other day's for breach of gambling farm rules by receiving articles in pawn for the purpose ot gambling and was fined $300 or twe months' rigorous imprisonment, the fine being readily forthcoming. But the defendant, who
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    78 6 What Government positively asserts cannot be done, it sometimes, says the Times of Ceylon, has to do the day after. The Ceylon Government recently told the P. A. that Sir Henry Blake could hold out no hope that its suggestion that each estate should be required to contribute 10 cents
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    75 6 The steamer Candleshoe left for Sainarang immediately after the conclusion of the enquiry on Saturday. The second mate, who had a aMter's certificate, went as master, the Captain, whose master's certificate had been suspended for six months, but who was given a certificate as first officer, went as first mate,
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    81 6 During the week ended May 4 there were 219 deaths in Singapore, equal to a death rate of 43.08 per mille ot the population. Thirty-two of the deaths were due to malarial fever, 25 to phthisis, 22 to debility and old age, and 22 to pneumonia. Of the total number
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    87 6 It is suggested that the cause of the disastrous powder magazine explosion at Canton may be traced to the fact that the Viceroy recently ordered an official to examine the stock of gunpowder in the magazine. The official in charge is said to have Bold a lot of it, and
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    Social and Personal.
    599 6 Phya Nakon Rajaseui, a Majoi General in the Siamese Army, diet! on May .1, from cholera. Mr. \V. H. Thompson, Acting Resident of Kelantan, was in Kuala Lutupur on May en route for Home. The Resident General of the F. M. S., Sir William Taylor, K.C.M.G., left
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    Missionary Conference
    78 6 . Shanghai. May ii. At the Conference to-day an animated diM 'ion took place on comity and the fedciauon of missionary workers. Dr. Karnham declared, in the course ot the discussion, that the delegates voted liktsheep being driven to the slaughter, and were following a Jesuitical policy. The Conference
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    Swallowed By The Sea.
    136 6 A singular accident has liappencd on the Scheldt as the result of the high seas during the recent gales. On the surface the story looks like the reenlts of a tidal wave, but it has to be remembered that the Scheldt is in the Ix>w Countries
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    115 6 The Chief Justice of Hongkong has delivered his decision in the action in which Messrs. Carlwitx and Co. merchants of 8, Connaught Road Central, Hongkong, tided the Lombard Steamship Company, Ltd., of 23A, (treat St. Heleus iv the City of London, for recovery of $12,001), being damage sustained by plaintiffs
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      188 6 FDpC Regular 1 V L* <J L R SHIPMENTS. SPKCIALLY PACKKI) Jonathans '"'"wi'lu. OUTPORT TRADK. -SMCFive* CroMffi UREEN Thompson, r ive urown andjuicy Thomas Co., gfj- $6. 60 cts. THK AUSTRALIAN STOKF.S. A Treat. J\ 1 1 LCu ROWING AND SAILING BOAT FOR SALE. Gentleman removing, wishes to sell Sailing
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      18 6 TO LET. WHITE HOUSE, L>akey Koad. Immediate entry. Apply to I'RASKR 4 GUMMING, c 1030 29 Winchester Hous".
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      260 6 Wilson Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIBTS. Our Productions are of the highest possible AUTISTIC A TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE aud are known throughout the East as INCOMPARABLY THE BEST. In Photography, a' in anything else, "The Best is the Cheapest. 1 WHILST OH LEAVE Keep in touch with the Colony and its doings. It
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    THE PEACE OF ASIA.
    382 7 EUROPEAN AGREEMENTS WITH THE JAPANESE. Mr. W. H. Taft's Fervent Hope. llkutkr's Tklkoram London, May 11. There was a distinguished gathering of eminent personages at tho banquet given at the Foreign Office by Sir Edward Grey in honour of Prince Fushimi. In toasting Prince Fushimi, Sir
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    QUEEN VICTORIAS BABY.
    105 7 Royal Compliment to the King of England. [Kki'tkh'k Tmvmmtm I '"idon. May 11. (jueeu Victoria F. igt nic and the infant Crown Prince of Spain arc making splendid progress. The Spanish pop!.- arc delighted over Queen Victoria's resolve to nurse her b.lby herself. London. May I The
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    GREAT JUBILEE STAKES.
    281 7 Polar Star Wins the First Big Handicap. lik.iti-.k's Th,k.,i;\m London. May l'J' lh« Kempton Park (treat •lubilec Handicap was run on Saturday, with tho following result Me W. Hall Walker s Polar Star (MS) 1 Duke of Devonshire's colt by Marco Lady Yillikins (7.2) 2 Mr. R.
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    PLANTERS' ASSOCIATION.
    675 7 Coolie Labour and Agricultural Land Development. The tenth annual report of the I'niud Planters' Association, F.M.S.. fxtracts from which have already appeared in the Straits Times, states that according to figures the number of coolies, employed on the Estates on December 31. 1908. was, (approximately. 19,354 as against
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    Strange Wedding Scene.
    131 7 A wedding has been interrupted in a dramatic mauuer at Shellington, a village in Buckinghamshire, and as a result of the contretemps the britlc was taken seriously ill from shock. The wedding had been arranged to take place at the parish church at 2-80 p.m., but the
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    Batu Gajah Reading Room.
    206 7 We are very pleased to be in a position to announce, says the Times of Malaya, that the Batu Gajah Reading Room, which was founded in 1905, to promote reading, social intercourse and r< creation among residents iv the District of Kinta," is having new life
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    Sedition in India.
    159 7 GOVERNMENT PRECAUTIONS TO REPRESS DISORDER. i Regulation of Public Meetings. 'Rkl-tkk's Tklkokam London, May 10. A Simla Gazette Extraordinary prohibits I the holding of public meetings within cer- tain areas iv Eastern Bengal, Assam, and the Puujab. without a week's written notice i having been given to
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    STREET NOMENCLATURE.
    203 7 Beginning of Promised Scheme of Improvement. From time to lime, there has been much talk about reform in street iiomoucUture in Singapore, mid the Municipal Commissioners have even gone so far as to insert an appropriation iv their Budget for 1!N)7 for that purpose, but, so far, the
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    TOO MVNY PASSENGERS.
    545 7 TOO MANY PASSENGERS. Ship's Captain Fined Twenty-Five Dollars. Captain Henry S. Malkim, of the strainer Fan Sang, was charged before the Senior Magistrate, this morning, with carrying I*7 passengers iv excess of the licensed number. Captain K. Edwards, the Senior Boarding i tli. -i-r and Immigration Officer, prosecuted, and Mr.
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    Mysterious Finger Prints.
    69 7 Tientsin, May 4. During the past fortnight mysterious red finger prints have been appearing on tbe i door posts of houses at Tientsin. The natives are greatly concerned aud i attribute the marks to divine origin, believ. I ing them to be of grave significance. The official-)
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    Raid on Singapore.
    514 7 VOLUNTEER CORPS' GALLANT DEFENCE. Major- General Perrott on the Scene. iFkom Hi i: Special Cohkkshoxdkxt). It may noi. be generally known that an offensive raid was directed against Singapore on Saturday afternoon, and a lauding effected by a hostile army at Serangoon Kiver with what object has
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    HONOUR OF CIVIL SERVICE.
    174 7 iKiiom Oik Own OmMMMMI.) Kuala Lumpur. May 10. Consequent on the issue of the White Paper by the Secretary of State relative to the part taken by ex Governors of Colonies in the organisation or direction of companies formed to operate in territories, which they were
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    Heir to Spanish Throne.
    113 7 In response to King Alfonso's request to the Pope that he should be godfather to the heir to the Spanish throne, as Pope Pius was of Alfonso XIII., and Npg Leo was of Alfouso Mil.. Pope Pius has gladly con srnted. It is stated that (juecn
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    The Netherton.
    194 7 Messrs. (lilmau aud Company. Lloyd's Agents in Hongkong, have received a wire from the owners of the fire damaged steamer Ncthcrton, to call for tenders for the purchase of the st«amer. which they have done by advertising in the local press. llMi generally understood locally, ni the South
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    MEDICINE OR BEVERAGE.
    282 7 Magistrate Decides Against Straits Chemists. At the Police Court this afternoon. Mr. Michell gave his decision in the prosecution brought by the Spirit Farmers against Mr. James Mackenzie, of the Singapore Dispensary, for keeping and selling di.ti:-.Me liquors without the necessary licenses. The Hon. Hugh Fort appeared
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    WELL-NIGH INTOLERABLE. *
    629 7 WELL-NIGH INTOLERABLE. Government Attitude on Land Tenure Untenable. The question of laud tenure had been watched with the greatest distrust of all interested in the planting industry. My* MM tenth annual report of the I'nitcd Planters' Association, which has been forwarded to us. While security of property has always been
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    Malaya and Siam Corporation, Limited.
    120 7 With the object of proviug aud thoroughly testing properties under options secured by the Malaya and Siam Corporation, their Miii ing Engineers are now engaged testing Sorokai and Labat Keri, in the Kinta Valley, both of which properties arc reputed to be rich in tin.
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    KING AND PREMIER.
    75 7 GENERAL BOTHA'S DEPARTURE FROM ENGLAND. Enthusiastic Demonstrations. [Kkttkr's Tklkuram London, May 10. General Louis Botha. Premier of the Transvaal, left Kugland on Saturday after, noon for South Africa, the Conference of Colonial Premiers beiug now closed. In the morning, prior to his departure. King Kd ward gave
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    OPENING OF ENGLISH CRICKET SEASON.
    140 7 Um-tkr's ThMMMJI I ..union. May 10. Playing at Leicester. Lancashire boat Leicpstt -rslnre hy eight wickets; at Birmiugharu. Sussex, beat Warwickshire by four wickets: at Taunton, Yorkshire beat Sotnerset by nine wickets at the Oral. Surrey beat Essex by an innings and Hi' 2 runs.
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    LORD CURZON'S NEW HONOUR.
    35 7 |Mnn Tkleuram^ London, May 10. Lord Cur/.on of Kcdlcston has been in stalled Chancellor of the University of Oxford. The Degree of Doctor of Laws MM MMi wards conferred upon him.
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    GERMAN BUDGET.
    25 7 DaOatMitMi Li.oyi< Tmumui Berlin, May 11. The German Budget having been passed, the Itcichstag closes on Thursday, aud will not reassemble until November.
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    CENTRAL AMERICAN POLITICAL VOLCANO.
    25 7 Dkk OMHmm Lloyu Tklkuram Berlin, May 11. A peaceable settlement has been arrived at in tlic dispute between Mexico and Guatemala.
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    ANCIENT PROPOSAL OF COLONIAL CONFERENCES.
    355 7 Those who pursue the fascinating study of origins, political ax well at* physical, may fairly exercise their skill at the opening of the Colonial Conference (says the West ii'iusU'r < ia/i-Ui- 1 in the endeavour to discover the earliest suggestions for such a communion between
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    Germans as Novelists.
    117 7 A ln.lv talk mi modern fiction mm* recently given before a club at Springfield. Mass., by Professor W. L. Phelps. of Yale. He noted itasa curious thing that Mm Urn mans arc not sucoesful in writing nctiou. although Germany is the intellectual work shop of the world.
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      61 7 3 Kind friend, whined a beggar. I'm L trying to get to Glasgow, and I've got tht price of a ticket all but sixpence. Will von s help me out. No but I can give you smut excellent advice, replied the gentleman he 3 addressed. Takr the train to withiu
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    At the Rails.
    823 8 BACK LESS FANCIED HORSES, LEAVE FAVOURITES ALONE. Selections fur' First Day's Races. II'IKIM Oil: (>WS CoKI:KsI-ON|>KNTI. 1(OCC I iiiin Moll(l:l\ HUH "Iling. If could be MM that the weather will prove fine, with uo more rain ill tin- mean lime, tin' racing tomorrow should Ik- well up
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    Latest Betting.
    92 8 Win Place R to 4 Hapid Pilgrim 7to '2 First Tenor evens Quarrubolouj/ evens ti to 1 Jim Ciosper evens 4to 1 Lady Brockleigh evens 4 to 1 Acetine oveus to 1 Miss Hampton .~> to 1 Kapid Pilgrim has been backed to win 48,000 from 6 to
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    101 8 There in cvory probability tliat work ou tho mi -oml Simplou tunnel will be couuneucol tUia year as the traffic through the principal tunnel in increasing rapidly. During the laat nix months of 1906 the number of travullern transported through the Simplon wax 230.000, and the goods amounted to HyMt
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    IRRECONCILABLE SULUS.
    1162 8 Interview With His Highness the Sultan. A representative of the Straits Times on Saturday afternoon called upon His High- MM the SnlUui of Siilu. who hax Urn »n a visit to Sinca)M>re for about six weeks and returns in two weeks to his former doini iiiimis. former inasmuch
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      ♦ ■ Notes in General
      151 8 Notes in General. The Singapore Cricket Club are planning an Athletic Sports Gymkhana, to be held on the Ksplanadc next mouth. Captain (ireer's Slime Galliou. which won the Two Thousand Guineas, is the favourite for the l>erhy. The race will M run ou June ■>. The S. C. C. Lawn
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      The Turf.
      33 8 Shanghai Races. At the Shanghai Spring Meeting ou 7th iust., Mr. W. 11. Potts' Maucliu Kiug won the Derby, with Mr. Quebec's Mystic second, and Messrs. < )swald and Hunter's ImmhM, third.
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      Lawn Tennis.
      74 8 Hongkong Tournament. Several hundred MMtHMM* gathered on the Hongkong Cricket grouud on May -t. to watch the final of the Club's All Comers' Singles, the gateway to the struggle for the Club Championship. Ouce again youth was opposed to maturity aud MMOTMMi and the five Ml battle was
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      Association Football.
      85 8 National Union Cup Tie. A team fmm the Central Police Station engaged iv a match with another from the Sepoy Lines Police Station on the Beach lioad ground yesterday, and a fairly go<n' game result**!. Neither side, was able to score in the first half, but, in the
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      Swimming.
      116 8 230 Yards Handicap. The heavy rain which fell shortly MMM the departure of the. 10 o'clock launch prevented many members of the Singapore Swimming Club from goiug across to the Clubhouse yesterday morning to witness the 220 yards handicap. There was a tide iv favour of the swin, in
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      Shooting
      107 8 Malay states Volunteers. The result of the shoot for the Uromhead Matthews Shield, by the Malay Statm' Volunteer Hille Club, which took place on May In. was as follows Total As this score ties with that made by the S. V. 1., the actual winners caunot be ascertained until
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      Cricket.
      220 8 S. C. C. v. R. 0. A. A cricket match was played on tiie S. 0L C ground on Saturday, between the Singapore Cricket (bib and the Itoyal Uarnsi hi Artillery. The scores were as fi >i li .<■■-. s. c. c. A. W. Bailey b Arthur 10 Williams
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    Forthcoming Events.
    79 8 Monday, May 13. Hockey, —Whites versus Colours. Tuesday. May 14. Singapore MWM, Cricket, V. M.l. A. Thursday, May 16. Singapore Ifcices. Cricket—V.M.C.A. Saturday, May 18. Singapore I'aces. Monday, May 30. Cricket S C. >. S. It C. Friday, May 24. Cricket— Veterans v. The Kcst. Saturday, May 25.
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      Bangkok Dock Company's Shares.
      242 8 To the Kditor of the Straits Times. Baugkok. May •>. Sir,—My attention has been drawu to leading article in your issue of April If, regardiug the MMMsI of a block of :HN) shares, in the Bangkok Dock Company. I had these shares given to me for
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    Record Death Duties
    157 8 . The sum payable in the form of death d'llies ou the estate of the late Sir Frederick Wigan. Hart is the largest proportionately on any estate since the passing of Sir William Harcourt's Finance Act. The gross value of the late baronet's property is L°.*>3o,,'>o9, and upou
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    The Scarlet Mysteries.
    149 8 There won a very good attendance iv the Teuton ia Club ou Saturday night when the Scarlet Mysteries again gave a most enjoyable entertainment. It is quite evident that whatever prejudice may have existed iv Singapore against what might be termed a professional variety show has been
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    Threatened Rate War.
    115 8 It is stated that there is great fear at the present moment of a rate war between New Zealand, Australia, and New York in conseq lence of the H&nsa Line and the German Australian Line having determined to enter the trade. So far the lines on the
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      106 8 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. TO SHIPOWNERS AND ENGINEERS. Cunningham, Clark St Co. have been instructed to Sell by Auction, on Friday, tbe 17th lout at 11 a.m., at their sale rooms. 6,000 gallons Lubrioating Oil, unless previously disposed of privately. Cunningham, Clark tt Co., No. 1 Malacca Street. NAVIGAZIONE BENERALE ITALIANA. FOB
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      158 8 mQLII^mH s»TH mmVmVml IJmmß >Bm I mmV^ flu** t Hi Iwf y *£_*< W 32 n \*^QvBjSBEß«BriWiT~^^^"ttMß /^Bi mß*mml .M^B H» JEFFREY'S i Edinburgh Stout. "CASTLE" Brand. SPECIALLY BREWEO FOR THE TROPICS. Price $12 tto UmM of 7 (s«\t'ii) do/.t'ii Tints. OF ALL DEALERS. rUFHUOYof m^ A pure soap, in
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      47 8 EURASIAN CLERK WANTED. Wanted iitonii-. MMfMHN faMrM ('!••.>• ■Mi ssiiwkMsjsj nf hhms Am*) U»A.B.C. c/o StrmlH limes. 1(111 AUCTION SALE VAI.I Wltl.r. HOUfIBHUUI lIKNII I UK, v. M U. 11. IJ at N,.. M lHmby (MBM. j;,,l,nj. Mm K. r.uc. ,i t-Mpum. G. A. Fernandez Co., 1019 AMMan
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    COMMERCIAL.
    224 9 SiwuroM, Mw 11. 1907. PRODUCE. I'lHQibicr 6.7' ii do (OnJx- To Ii nanjobjefl 10.45 Conra Bali lO.'iO do Pontianak 10.00 Pepper, Black buyers 18.20 do White buyers 26.76 Sago Flour Sarawak "2.90 do Brunei Xo. 1 2.80 Pearl Sago 4.00 Coffee Bali, 15°^ 19.00 Coffee. Palembauu. JW baj* 22.50
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    RUBBER DISEASES IN STRAITS.;
    770 9 RUBBER DISEASES IN STRAITS. Mr. II N. Ridley lilcrviewed at Colombo. In tin i -uiii-s*- mi interview .it Colombo. Sir. lI. X. l:iillt\ tin l)imt<»i)ftli<Siu(;ai»)re Botanic (iiU.lrn-. Vild .1 xiiMM.iitative of the Tiini-. i.: Ceylon thai rafcbarvNM not srriim-lv tln< .iti n. il liv Omtmm in tli<- Stiiiits. Of i
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    6,000 Miles Ocean Race.
    101 9 A great ocean race between sailing vessels from Australia to England has been concluded by the arrival at Falmouth on April of the Glasgow four-master Vimeira. The Viiueira and the ocean training ship Port Jackson sailed from Sydney on Jan. 10, both carrying cargo, and no
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  • Stocks anb Sbaree
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      MINING.
      341 9 Date of formation I Capi*l Subscribed N amber of Shares i brat Value r" I Paid jap to I Reserve I Company QCOTATIOHS I 1903 1901 1903 1907 I I 1300,000 $300,000 •600,000 WOO.OOO £400,000 £350.000 I 1400,000 $375,000 £60,000 £60,000 £100,000 £90,000 SO.OOO 60,000 350,000 37,5000 ,2,5110 uniuuad
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      RUBBER.
      346 9 1905 1905 1904 1905 £150,000 •200,000 £30,000 700,000 I £104,987.10 •87,400 £11,125 I MIO.OOO f 46,500 1 I 93,500 1 I 1,700 f 10 8,800 •10 8,500 uniMU»d f 7,000 1 I 11,000 1 70,000 I t 10 8,000 aniMnad 70,000 1 9,ooouninuedl 12,500 10 I 6,000 1 I
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      GENERAL.
      242 9 1894 I £5,377.10.0 £4.648.15.0 I 7,638 I*6 1898 •235,000 •325.000 4,500 »50 1865 {910,000.000 •10,000,000 80,000 »125 1901 »2, t00.000 »2,,00,000 i 8100 1896 •1,000,000 »1,000,000 6,000 |jJJ 1901 I *34,000 > •34,000 j 3,400 ilO I *K7< nnn »87-> rvn 6 > ooo »100 1899 W 75 000
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      DEBENTURES.
      40 9 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. f* MOO.OOO pram Riley Hargreaves, Ltd. 6% 285,000 S% f rem. Singapore Municipal 6% 400,000 30% prem 5% 1,878,000 2%prem. 602,000 2% dis nominal Tanjong Pagar Dock Co., Ltd. 6"' 250,000 3% prem i% 1,050,000 par.
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      105 9 THIS SPEAKS For TTSinTjTi 1 Extract from The Autocar, KJ.E-l.a-IJ. MarcL 1907 REPORT OF THE ENGINEER OF THE ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF GREAT BRITAIN' AND IRELAND The 14 h.p. Star Car has been iv continuous use for driving lessons and general instructions for over THIRTEEN MONTHS. The car has run
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      594 9 y^ASSIAMULL ASSOMULL AND CO. LARGEST IXDIAX, t'HIXESK AND .I.U'ANKSK SILK, JEWELLERY AND ClKIl) MKKCHAXTS. 1, 2, 3 4. High Street, Have great pleasure in announcing to the public of Singapore and up-conntry, that they are clearing all their surplus stock at very reduced prices, the lowest ever offered in Singapore.
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      100 9 NORODEUTSGHER LLOYD. FOR 1 1 1 N A AM) JAPAN POHT.S. The Imperial German mail steam, r SHARNHORST, 8,1»1 tons, Captaiu Emm, left Colombo on Saturday, the 1 1th in«.,' at 6 p.m., and may be expected to arrive !u on Friday, the 17th inst., at about daylight eu route
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    SCIENCE NOTES.
    341 10 Taking Scientific Records in the High Atmosphere. Tin Sottish (;»<>«iaphical Maua/.im- f<" Mun-li o|miis with an articlr. by the l'nncc „f HOMWO, M M. Uorolo^i. .il Itc-i i-n li. m Om Hi«h MaMffcar." Tfcaaa)i very U» .stiii^. tin- pap. is rather Uki technical to be briefly summarised lot
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    197 10 Drink and Food Fads. A medical journal says that bread and li.uter .lays are returning, and that fads in ilnnUs and f.xxls are much less popular than they were five years ago. It claims that honest bread is as good as patented, wella.lvertisc.l. s)H>ciallynained foods at double the price. This
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    134 10 Finger Prints. There will be delight in criminal circles .f the news is scientifically continued that the hngcr-pritits of two men awaiting trial at Cajie Town and Bloemfoutein respectively are absolutely identical. It would mean the explosion of the one proof of identity Mipposed to be infallible. Mr. Wells has
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    176 10 Progress. 'I'lic lateat issue of that important quarterly journal of scientific thought. Science l*roKNM in the Twentieth CIMIUIJ," maintains the Ugh level nI scholarship anil rMMMfc that Marked previous lllllllhevs. Dr. .liilm Wade |miis a rejoinder t<i Protestor Armstrong, who niaile :m attack on the medical curriculum of the liiiveisity
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    33 10 Our indefatigable reporter says that a cer taiu OoiWI scot his steward to a certain place auci uttered tln-u: to counterfeit the l>aper oiouey on a greedy mind. "—Korea I >ai) y News.
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    MONEY MATTERS
    720 10 . Position of the Chartered and Mercantile Banks. tpmUmf at tlie fifty-third ordinary gNMMI nutting it! Mm Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China, on April IT. at the Camion Street Hotel, London, Sir Montague C. Turner, w ho presided, observe J that, at thi'ir last annual meeting; lie
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    Mercantile Bank of India
    242 10 . Sir Alexander Wiison presided on April 10, at Winchester House, over the annual general meeting. Having HtpNtMi the >!• Wf regret of the directors at the loss they had sustained since the last meeting by the death of their late colleague. Mr. Robert Chamncy. the chairman
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      605 10 BANKING COMPANIES.! HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. paid-up Capital 110,000,000 reserve fund Sterling Reserve $10,000,0001 f2l q^ m Silver Reserve H1, 000,000 f J*™.., Reserve Liability of Proprietors $10,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. G. H. Medhnrst, Esq.— Chairman. Hon Mr.W.J.Gresson— Deputy Chairman. G. Balloch, Esq. C. B. Lenzmanu, Esq. A. Fuchs,
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      640 10 BANKING COMPANIES. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Sapital £800.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £800,000 Reserve Fond £1.075,000 BANKERS. Back ol England. National Bank of Soot land. Tbe London City A Midland Bank, Lfc». SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Accounts are opened and interest allowed at 1
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      621 10 INSURANCE Companies. MACDKBI K(i foot INSIRANCE CO. (Kshi.ushki. A, I>. 1M4.) The undersigned, agents for the above com pany, are prepared to accept Fire Risks a current ratei. M BEHN, MEYER 4 Co., Ltd. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO. Subscribed Capital £i.750.000 Revenue £2.W1.0U-19-i The undi-rsi^iied are prepared to
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      417 10 SALES BY AUCTION. MORTGAGEE S SALE OF ALIABLE PROPERTY. SITUATE AT TRAB STREET. SINGAPORE. 7W«f<iy. yrnij SI. at 1.30 f m. All that piece of valuable freehold land sitnat? tl'fu Street, oil Tanjong Pagar X.a.l. Singaore Town, area 1,418 square feet, being lot 166 f Grant No. 13 Together with
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    CREEPERS AND RLBBER.
    259 11 CREEPERS AND RUBBER. A eorrespundent sends the followius; t >vo advertisements from a home pajier with the appended remarks to the Times of Ceyion An opening, with uinlonhted gooil piospects, occurs in Ceylon, in healthy climate, for four Assistants at once, on larpe Plantations; salary aftei si\ miutli- tuition l!s.
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    43 11 Health is of the first iin|¥irtaiK-p ill any 1 1. -nit---, in pMßßtasoa, lint in tlio musical profession it in tlic very essence of tlie wliole thing. Anil how to preserve that health is the MaajfaMl* of a iiiusieiiin's life. Illatk anil WhiU'.
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      160 11 y3U£t <p r^ n ]_J§ t The Weight of t The Pyramids J seems piled upon the head of the T unfortunate suiTerer from a split- K tinu headache. A headache of this kind, if unrelieved, leads to aberra- <^ S tionof themindandinsariity. Itgoes <► 4 beyond human power to
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      529 11 CARBIDE OF CALCIUM STRAITS CYCLE MOTOR CO.. 13. BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE. i-759 THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT where Eno's Fruit Salt has been taken in the earliest stages of a disease it has in innumerable instances prevented a serioua illness. The eflect of ENO'S 'FRUIT SALT' upon any disordered, sleepless,
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      10 11 TUITION IN MALAY. Apply to Tutor, m c/o Straits Times.
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      847 11 Miscellaneous NOTICES. IMI-M M,.nth, |IO psrincli. NabMqntnt month*. tm >bortar p*ii«t< >■■ its uf Ch:irite4. NOTICE. The undersigned is prepared to bonlc orders for Kabber Se«cU from nine ear old trees, for 1906 delivery. Price on application. MANAGER. r 427 Hicnlands aod Lowland? Estate. NOTICE. My wife. Cheong Geok Lian
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      366 11 Yamato Co. Patronised by Tijeir Royal .Highnesses tl^e Duke and Duchess of Connaught, WHnI.K.SAI.K AND KET.VIL PEALtMtS I\ ALL KINDS Of JAPANESE CURIOS. 4-1 High Street, Singapore. 94 Telephone No. 129. f^^THE KINGopRESTORATIVES!^ II t^m II A splendid tonic made from choice wines, I |coiewans| Liebig's Extract of Meat, and
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      627 12 Scale of Charges. PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS'-Misoel-Uueous Wants of Every Description, Houses, Lie!, etc., to let, are inserted at the following rate-. <>ne Insertion 1.20 per inch. Two 2.00 Three 2.80 Six 5.20 Nine 6.40 Twelve 7.20 Twenty-eve 10.00 (Each subsequent month $5 per inch.) T'ue above rate is based npon an
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      569 12 LOST OR FOUND. 1 Imn flu f.iiies. one or two iiwortioiw *I. ■<• By the inch, see Kcnle of <harne«. BROOCH FOUND. A lady's brooch at the Volunteer Dance at the Drill Hall. Owner can have it on application to the Sergt-Major. c 892 sis^Ms^sW»^sls^si»^sW i ARTICLES FOR SALE. Rates
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      607 12 rO BE LET OR SOLD. Hatm:— Four Linm, one or two insertions, »1.00 By the inch, m SciU. of Charge*. TOUT: COMPOUND HOUSE. No. 15-i Mt. Elizabeth. Rent »45 monthly. 456 Apply to GAGGINO Co. COMPOUND HOUSE TO BE LET No. 28 Sophia Road. Apply to 18-2 Prin9er street. cBll
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