The Straits Times, 29 March 1909

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    13 1 The Straits Times NO. 22.920 SINGAPORE. MONDAY. MARCH 29. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTB.
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      255 1 John Leckie's Reliable English Harness Superior Serviceable jflß^w Horse s'ze $65 complete \sy^ X\ "!^^«w^»^BRASS M9UNTEDIIN BLACK OR /f fW J^*» BROWN LEATHER. Af 2^^^ Nfc jjfSk BRIDLES HEAD STALLS U B Pon size 53. 25 Pony s /.e $4.00 A Jw^&FT' WITH BIN6LE REINS AND COMPLETE WITH jft I
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      177 1 ROBINSON CO, I I i\J C" |\l Q New Delivery L— I I L-- I W Ladles' Under Skirts. DAMASK CLOTHS COC/^1 A *\Vlss MUSLINS SERVIETTES T X I/\ I EMBKOIDKUKI) MUSLINS r.O'C. TEA CLOTHS. *-> V^ M. I llv PKItSIAN I, AWNS. 0 SHEETS, PILLOW SLIP^, PIQt'ES DRILLS White
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      26 1 Jirt fieedlework and Slower Qepot. tl7. Orchard Road. ARRANGED FLORAL BASKETS. Suitable for presentation. At mocUrata prioea. OUT FLOWERS AT ALL TIMES. im k won. {SMS;
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      76 1 THE AUSTRALIAN CHIROPODIST Who is here for a few days, will be pleased to meet anyone snfferine from bad corns. Extraction, painlessly, in throe minutes. PROK\ALIDON, 471 o/o Royal Hair Dressing Saloon. SITUATION REQUIRED. Old Dulwich College Boy, age 20, 18 months' experience in planting in Ceylon, desires billet on
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    Army Estimates.
    414 2 PROVISION FOR TERRITORIAL FORCE. Strength of Establishment not Reached. According to the figures given in the Army Estimates for 1909-10, the total net vote asked for is £27,485,000, against £27.459,000 in 1908-9, a decrease of £24,000. There is a decrease of £895,000 in the pay of the Army
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    TRANS-PACIFIC.
    458 2 More Ships to be Placed on the Hongkong. Tacoma Run. The following in an extract from a circular I letter sent by the Osaka Shoshen Kaisha for its agents in Singapore Messrs. Guthrie and Co., relative to a new Trans- Pacific service The service is to be inaugurated in
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      447 2 TJSE "Eagle" Cement X§gVFifts^ For HIGH -CLASS WORK. A X_i Contractors to DOPIIGO L»O., Llda; Government. GENASCO Tropical Roofing. 2£Ply $1O per roll of 21G square fe^t. 3 Ply $12 per roll of 216 square feet. Complete with Nails, Caps and Cement for fixing. "GENASCO" ia prepared for THE TROPICS,
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      582 2 IS DELIRIOUS WJTHECZEMA On Chest, Back, and Head— Pain, Heat, and Tingling Were Excruciating—Nerves in Exhausted Condition— Sleep Badly Broken. CURE BY CUTICURA SEEMED LIKE MAGIC "Words cannot express the gratltada I feel for what Cuticura Remedies have done for my daugh--1 ".TnT"*^ ter, Adelaide. She XjjJJ^SEtv— Is fifteen years
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      71 2 CROUP. The fi.st symptom of this disease is hoarseness. When Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, the attack can always be averted. Even after; the croupy oongh has appeared, the attack can be warded off by the prompt use of this I I remedy.
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      495 2 A CELEBRATED BEAUTY Head Pains, Gout, Lassitude Readers see for themselves that those in a position to pick and chooss—m whether they are Royal Personages, popular celebrities, experienced doctors, nurses, athletes, &c. without exception unhesitatingly stlect Phoslerine as the one :ertain remedy for all nervous Jiso.ders. All these distinguished people
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    RUBBER NOTES.
    1329 3 EXCESSIVE TAPPING OF YOUNG TREES. Opinion of Veteran Authority. An interesting article appears in the Times of Ceylon, dated March 19, concerning the excessive and premature tapping of rubber trees. It says We have already mentioned that tbe original suggestion that Mr. Northway's system can be used on
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    DEGREES AT OXFORD.
    172 3 Country Vicar's Scarlet Hood May Become Rare. During this month a new statute will be proposed in congregation at Oxford. By this, should it pass congregation and be ultimately approved by convocation, no B. A. will be allowed to take the degree of M. A. unless he
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    122 3 The military operations against the brigands in I'pper Tonkin continue to be carried oat actively but the outlaw chieftain, whom it is sought to kill or capture, baulks his pursuers. The brigands break op into small parties which seldom make a stand. Their losses are reported to be heavy and
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      911 3 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. CIVIL, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, Boiler Makers, Bridg9 Builders and General Contractors. Steam, Gas and Oil Engines for all pu posea. Boile s and Pumps for every use. Light Railway Rolling Stock ard Railway Implements. Rails, Tipping Wagons and Sleepers. Win hes, Cranes
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      291 3 PURE MILK FOR BABIES. Eoods, The "Allenburys" Milk Foods are the nearest approach to maternal milk that science has yet achieved. They provide, when used as directed, a complete diet for infants; promote vigorous health and growth; make firm flesh and strong bones; and are so graduated as to give
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      175 3 MAYNARD'S Oriental Hair Wash. The well-known toilet preparation a pleasant, refreshing lotion which prevents the hair falling out, promotes a vigorous and heathy growth, keep.- the h* ad free from dandruff, rendeis the hair soft aid glossy. Price: $1 per bottle. MAYNaRD ft OP LTD., 14, BATTERY ROAD, SIBBAPORE. TIN
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      285 3 Mommru. 0. J. Kirmtklt A Co. Aogy to oftmr tnolr mmrrlomm m AGENTS IN ENGLAND. CmtmmUmmmd In IB**, Ih.y harm a thorough knomloitmm of iho Mmrkmlm, anat oxmorlonoo ot Eailorn raqulrmmmmtm. Thm hmadm of thm Firm alrmpmrmonal Mipmrvlulon to all kmmlmmmm, and win confldmnoo A».Y» thomm requiring RE.IABLE AGENTS for
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      733 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. Por China. Japan, Penan*;, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Erypt, Mediterranean Porta, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading Issued tor China Ooast, Persian Gulf, Continental, and Amerioan Forts. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINE. Outuxird (for China) Assaye Apl 9
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      666 4 STEAMERS SAILINGOCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAK NAY. CO. LTD. The Companies' sieamen are despaohed from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China and Japan every week and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight for Oenoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and tor Marseilles, Havre and
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      490 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. APCAR LINE OF BTEAMERB. Tbs undermentioned mail steamers of ths above Line maintain a regular servioe between Oaloutta and Japan, oalling at Penang, Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai m route FLEET. Tons Commander i.i. -Jaiab" 8.9 M) J. O. Ouran I.i. Obboobt Amab 4,900 B. H. Bsxaoa ij. AamATooa
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      299 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. C.PI Canadian Paoiflo Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Lino. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO EUROPE TIA OHIHA JAPAN, CANADA and ths UNITED STATES Route from Hongkong, Ha Shanghai, Nagasaki, (Inland Sea of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Viotoria and Vanoonver R.M.H. "EMraaas or Ibdia" ATwin-sorew stea BJiX "Eanaai of Jam*" men,
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      675 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. The steamers of this Company maintain a regular aervtoe between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and onoe a month tor Bremerhavea dirsot, oalling at Penang and Colombo. Taking oargo
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      825 4 STUMER SAILINGS. N. D. L. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. Imperial Oerman Mail Line. The fast and well-known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnighty from Bremen, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp. Southamp ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (oonneotion Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice vena) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Cotoaibo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong Shanghai, Nagasaki
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    MONEY MARKET.
    756 5 Pulse of Silver Weak Though Prospects Bright. Messrs. Samuel Montagu and Co. report from l.i union, on March 4, as follows: About tlfiOOfint in bar gold waa available this week, the bulk of which haH bom u<-.|iiir.il by tin; Bank of England at 775. 9d. por ounce standard.
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    OUTWARD BOUND.
    430 5 List of Passengers Coming to Singapore; Per Imperial licrman mail steamer Uulow, due April 3.— Mr. A. Hancocks, Mt. J. C. Ham and family, Mr. and Mr*. W. M. Ladds and children, Mr. A. J. Stokes, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Brtwin, Mr. J. L. Gibson. Per M.
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    91 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To- Day. TANJONU PAOAR. East Wbabf Basim— New Orleans. East W. Sectioh I— Rumphuij« Ssctioii No. 1 (Sburs WHA»ri-Nil. Sbotioh 8— Thongwa, Cheingmai. n B— YaogUze. h 4— AyuthiH. B— Paroo. 6— Achilles, Laertes. 7— G.adiaca. B—
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    Mails Close.
    95 5 Fob Pm Bismai Tint ToMoaaow Sarawak R.of Sarawak 8 a.m. Oaoob Qianggi 10 a m. Kelantan via ports 11a.m. Kelantan via porti Abbott ford a.>m P. Swettenham, Penang Rotonui 1 p.m. Bagan via ports Her an 2 pm. Muar and Malacca Lady tl'dd .1 p.m. Port Swetteham via
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    Clearances.
    79 5 March 38 Minilya, Brit str, Fremantle via ports I.la de Luzon, Span str. Liverpool via port* Guthrie, Brit .tr, Batavia, Sydney via ports t Oolden Cross, Brit *tr, Saigon 39 M&cbaon Brit str, Hongkrng and Japan Kleiat, Ger str, Bramerbaven via ports Bompbuis, Dnt ttr, Deli Gnadiana, Foh str,
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    SHIPPING IN PORT.
    1595 5 Dnder this beading the following abbreviations are used str. steamer; sh. ship; bq. —barque soh.— Khoooer Tot.— Yacht Cm. -Cruiser. G'bt.— Gunboat Tor.— Torpedo H.p.— Horse-power Brit. British D.B.— United States Feb.— French Ger.— German Dot.— Dutch; Ital.— ltalian Span.— Spanish Bar.— Sarawak G.o.— General sargo; d..p
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    Finance & Commerce.
    238 5 Finance Commerce. EXCHANGE. Sinoapou, March 29, 1909. On London— Bank 4 m/s 2/4* Demand 2/8} Private 6 m/s 2/4| do 8 in s 21 On Germany Bank d/d 287 Private 8 m/s 241 do 6 m/s 248 On France -Bank d/d 292 Private 8 m/s 296 do 6 m/s 299
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      DEBENTURES.
      49 5 Howarth Erskine 6% 000,000 par. Riley, Hargreaves 6% 284,000 1% prem. Spore Electric Tramways Co., Ltd. 6% 850,000 nominal Straits Engineering Syndicate Ltd. 6% 45,000 par. Singapore Municipal 6;,', 400,000 20%p.n0m 6% 1,878,000 6%prem. *1% 1,800,000 6% prem. 4'/, 602,900 nominal. Tanjong Pagar Dock Board 5% 1,050,000 par.
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      MINING.
      292 5 Shakks Captiai. -j Paid Uk- Compamy W 00 _«mo«dj 10 8 •800,000 '10 10 Bolat Tin Mining Co., IM. 6.00 •800,000 10 10 7,600 Bruang, Ltd. B.itO •600,000 10 10 Bruseh Hydraulic T. M. Co., Ltd (1) 8.75 1 1 '289 £500,000 1 1 48) 9^9 Duff Development Co.,
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      RUBBER.
      326 5 £150,000 •200,000 10 £80,000 1 £80,000 £70,000 1 1150,000 10 £16,000 £76,000 £310,000 £50,000 £180,000 1 £820,000 OKA 0.176.000 2a •250,000 10 £100,000 2 £800,000 £80,000 •260,000 £20,000 1 100,000 100 £80,000 2/ •500,000 100 •250,000 100 100,000 10 £110,000 1 £50,000 I £60,000 I 2/ 1 17/6. 10
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      GENERAL.
      310 5 (a) 6% debentures. (6) subscribed by employees.— (c) part paid shares. Bonuses.— and boons 1\ per cent for year ended 81/12/03.— and 5% bonus.— and 5% bonus tor half year ended 80/9/08. Reserves.— Fi: ;ures after names of companies indicate that they hold reserves as follows (1) Jo.OOO, (2)
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      188 5 AUCf lON SALES Powell and Co Mar. :tO— At saleroom, British steamor Karang, at 2.30. Mar. 80— At saleroom, British steamer Vidar, at 2.30. Mar. 30— At saleroom, leasehold land, at l'alembang Road, at 2.30. Mar. 30— At Raleroom, freehold land and dwelling house No. 69-2, Bukit Timah Road, at
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      88 5 Fm hie Banks of the Nile the perfect qualities of Messrs. Maspero Freres 1§ Bouton Rouge H and Felucca Egyptian Cigarettes are recognised by all. Made of the finest selected Turkish Tobacco una?r ideal conditions ip O'ro. A LUXURY TO THE MAN OF TASTE IN 50'S AIRTIGHT TINS, OBTAINABLE AT
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      28 5 WEATHER TELEORAM. Hongkong, March 39, V a.m. Barometer SO 31 Dtrootfon of Wind East. P.roe of Wind Max. Twnp In Rtaaa> 64 Manila, 763 E.N.E. U 31 M.
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      153 5 Singapore Tide Table. (KtoM March 29 to April 4. HIGU WATER, JJLoW WATER Time H'ght!; Time ffght March hrs. mm. ft inn. hrs. min. ft. ins. u__~ «o r*.TBam| 8.0 i| 9loam| 1.7 Mokdh W{ 61 o pnl 6.4 9.16 pm 6.1 (3 46 am 7.4 1132 am *1 Tc
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. MONDAY, MARCH 20. OSTENTATION.
    1038 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. MONDAY, MARCH 20. OSTENTATION. If no great change is produced by tbe report of tbe Royal Commission on Poor Laws, it will not be the fault of tbe Commissioners. They have held the mirror up to the British public from every point of view,
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    18 6 Mr. J. Welch, a resident of the Adelphi Uotel, has lost a pair of binoculars valued at •180.
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    15 6 A Tamil committed suicide by cutting his throat at 183 Tanjong Pagar Road, last night.
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    16 6 Among the passengers on the N. L). L. mail steamer Kleist, yesterday, were 386 homeward-bound soldiers.
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    17 6 The prioe of tin in Singapore to-day is 166.9-21 per piool. Two hundred tons have been sold.
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    18 6 Two Malay police oonstables have been arrested on a charge of receiving illegal grati6catious amounting to sixteen cents.
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    26 6 A correspondent writes to say that teachers are not wanted in Java, and that members of the profession should very carefully inquire before they accept appointments.
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    32 6 Six Cantonese dragged a Sikh conductor out of a rame in Gaylang Road, on Saturday night, striously assaulted him and robbed bim of his money and tickets. One arrest haw been made.
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    38 6 It has just transpired that the bomb which was addressed to Mr. Kingston], at Muzufferpore, inside a book, consisted of a Cadbury's tin filled with picric acid so arranged that it would explode when tbe book was opened.
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    38 6 It has been notified by the Consul Geueral for tbe Netherlands that tbe importation of cattle, pigs, meat, bides and hoofs from Further India into the Government of Acheen and its dependencies is prohibited as from March 23.
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    37 6 Six Chinese stowaways were brought from Fremantlo by the Paroo, which arrived, this morning. Three of them were in a bad state of health, evidently suffering from beriberi. Another lot of nine was brought by the Manilya.
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    36 6 Mrs. Carrie Nation has returned to America, from England, in her own words, a stronger prohibitionist than over, and, strange as it may seem, she asserts that she has learned many valuable lessons in Great Britain.
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    42 6 A Chinese deck passenger who arrived from Labuan, yesterday, by the German steamer Darvel fell or jumped into the sea as he was being brought ashore in a launch, but was picked up again without being any the worse for his bath.
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    42 6 Tbe strike of telegraph operators at Paris resulted iv the press at Saigon being deprived of their usual supply of direct telegrams through the Havas Agency for two days. Private wires did not arrive or were not received until after mur' delay.
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    43 6 The lascar who fell into the hold of the P. and O. mail steamer Macedonia while she was at the wharf here, on Friday, died at the hospital, this morning. A coroner s inquest was held and a verdiot of accidental death returned.
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    38 6 After an absence from England of nearly twerty years the 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment has arrived home. Only nine of those who sailed for India in 1889 returned, Lieut-Col. Hadlow, now in command, being one of tbe number.
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    45 6 The mail train from Kuala Lumpur to Ipoh, on March 25, was the heaviest passenger train ever pulled by one engine on tbe F. M. S Railway. It consisted of no less than nine of the latest bogie carriages. It, however, arrived, punctually to time.
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    53 6 The new Yalu River Bridge is to be 82 feet high in the centre so that steamers may pass under it, and 8,182 feet long. It is estimated to cost 18,400,000 and is expected to be completed in about three years' time. Work will be started as soon as tbe
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    49 6 A provincial milkman at home has been fined forty shillings and costs for shouting while selling his milk. We believe that in many oases the din created by the milkman is, if tbe truth were known, an attempt to drown the noise caused by the chattering of tbe microbes.
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    43 6 In the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd at 7 a.m. tomorrow Mgr. Barillon will perform a pontifical requiem high mass for the most Revd. Joseph Adolphe Gaudy, Archbishop of Pondichery and Metropolitan of Singapore, whose death has just been announced in a telegram.
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    56 6 The Chinese Board of Posts and Communications have decided to plant trees on either side of all railways in China, and intend sending experts to Japan, to purchase young trees of different kinds. Their idea is that, in future when tha trees have matured, tbe timber can be used instead
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    54 6 Brigands harass the country along the Franco S-ameee frontier between Battambong and Chantaboon. A band said to have its headquarters on Siamese territory attacked a French outpost about tbe middle of this month. An officer, Lieut. Tbimonier, was killed, and a Sergeant was wounded. The brigands had several killed and
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    63 6 News from Deli tells of planters there being hopeful of better times in tbe tobacco market where lately unprofitable prices have ruled. Telegrams from Holland advise that this year's first consignment of leaf fetched prices far above the valuations the difference sometimes reach 100 percent. Planters feel highly pleased with
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    72 6 Mr. J. Hook, a Municipal sanitary inspector, was removing from his former residence at 102 Waterloo Street, on Saturday, and a well-known Eurasian named William Barry was watching the proceedings. Eventually Mr. Hook missed a band camera valued at •8, and as Barry had left, caused his arrest on a
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    85 6 A. J. Monteiro, a clurk in the employ of a local firm of advocates and solicitors, was before the second magistrate, this morning, on charges of cheating an employee of the insane asylum named Drepal by pretending that 137 ma required to issue execution and garnishment, and of committing criminal
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    379 6 Mr. R. D. Pringle, secretary of the V.M.C.A., rotarned, thin morning, from Kuala Lumpur Mr. H. P. Payne Gattway was a passenger from Batavia by the Dutch steamer Ruinpbius, this morning. Mr. H. Lupton, assistant superintendent oi works, Singapore, will act as superintendent of works and surveys,
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    Another Brewery for Singapore.
    47 6 Senor Don Antonio Brias y Roxas, a rcprc sentative of the San Miguel Brewery at Manila, arrived yesterday morning, by the Isla de Luzon, with a view of introducing Mm products of bis brewery in the Straits Settlements and the V. M. S.
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    The Djambi Moved.
    112 6 The Dutch steamer Djambi, which has boon lying on the bottom alongside the East Wharf over since she was cut down by the French mail steamer iv January, was successfully raised on Saturday afternoon and towed around into the lagoon, where the bones of several smaller craft
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    Saigon Pleased with Singapore.
    135 6 The extradition of a Chinese bankrupt from Singapore at the request of the authorities at Saigon, has aroused, great satisfaction in commercial circles there. The Opinion, a newspaper at Saigou, points out that this k tbe first time that the Singapore Government has surrendered a bankrupt
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    Mr. Carruthers' Ducking.
    189 6 The Times of Ceylon in a reoent intuit; says When Mr. and Mrs. Carruthers and Mr. Kelway B&mber started to motor to Peradcniya last Sunday afternoon, they bad got some distanoe when a sudden deluge of rain came on. Mr. Bamber's car is an open one, and
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      94 6 PURE CEYLON "T.A.J." Teas. THE BEST PROCURABLE. THOMPSON THOMAS COMPANY. NEW STUDIO. house to be let. Compound House, No. IS7, Middle Road, m H^H? S f H^2 OR APH H s' with stabling, etc. Very oomfortable. Rent 684, H.U Stree^off SUmford Road. moderate medute^ or from Aprj) h Prioe list
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      243 6 ALHAMBRA To-Night. ENTIRE CHANGE. THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR. WILBUR WRIGHT, The Bird Man, giving demonstrations before the BRITISH WAR OFFICE. 2 hours' flight and rises 300 tent from the ground— WRIGHT winning tbe SARTHE AERO-CLUB prise and the MICHELIN Cop. 65 MILES IN THE AIR. Passing over a line
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    EASTERN EUROPE.
    398 7 GRAVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITUATION. Germany Humbles Russia Her Object to Destroy the Triple Entente. Passionate Comments in the Press. [Rioter's Tilioram] Xondon. March 27. The Times says that by forcing Russia to assent to tho Austrian annexation of Bosnia and Herzegorins without consulting the Powers, Goruiany has
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    Smuggling Opium.
    69 7 GRAVE SUSPICIONS ARISE AT MALTA. Army Officers Implicated. Rioter's Tilboram] London, March 29. Reutor learns from Malta that an inquiry will be opened there after the return of the Duke of Connaught into the system of smuggling opium and hashish from Austira via Malta into Egypt as military
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    JAPAN'S PRESENT TO FRANCE.
    45 7 Rsut.es Tiliorams) London, March 28. The Japanese Ambassador at Paris, Baron Kunno, baa presented to President Fallieres a collection of laquered boxes on behalf of the Emperor of Japan, in appreciation of the attentions courteously' paid by France to Prince Xasiuioto.
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    The Mere Male Worm.
    104 7 After an inspection of this year's up to date male fashions, in London, a London paper remarks, with regard to the startling change in male taste, as reflected in blinding neckwear and socks, it is evident that quiet people will have to walk abroad in neutraltinted
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    DARING GANG ROBBERY.
    318 7 Gambling Farm Held- lip by Coolies at Chemor. For some time past Kinta has been particularly free from crime, says the Times of Malaya, of March X, but apparently our bad characters were lying row and waiting to bring off a coup. a»l such a coup they
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    fashionable wedding.
    484 7 Marriage of Mr. E. D. Hewan and Miss L. Darbishire. I A fashionable and very largely atteuded wedding was solemnised, on Saturday afternoon, at the Presbyterian Church, Stamford Road, when Mr. Elliott Dunville Hewan, son of the late Dr. A. Hewan, of London, and a partner of Houstead
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    TERRIBLE ADVENTURE.
    217 7 Lady's Twenty Minutes Ordeal in a Collision at Sea. Mrs. Jemima S. Dingle, the wife of a retired sea captain, was yesterday awarded £650 damages in the London Sheriff's Court, in an action against Messrs. Elder and Fyffe, Limited, for personal injuries received at the time of the
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    25 7 Mr. Bk. Reutens, wbo live in St. Michael's Road, hw reported to the polioe the lose of seventeen shirts and a hat, valued at #54.
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    Empire Movement.
    421 7 LORD MEATH'S ADDRESS TO SCHOLARS. His Four Watchwords. The Earl of Meath addressed nearly 1,500 boys of Raffles Institution and the AngloChinese School at the Raffles Institution, {his morning. Mr. J. B. Elcum, Director of Education, introduced Lord Meath in a few well-chosen words saying tbat they all
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    M. FALLIERES' ASSAILANT.
    171 7 Sentence of Waiter for Christmas Day Insult. The ex- waiter Mathis, who assaulted M. Fallieres on Christmas Day while he was taking his morning stroll, has made his appearance before the Correctional Court in Paris. The accused man's lawyer objected to the jurisdiction of the court, and
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    OWNERSHIP OF PRATAS ISLAND.
    199 7 Communication from the Japanese Government. The Japanese government has announced that as China claims the Pratas Island, she should furnish proof of ownership. Further, she should take steps to protect Japanese citizens resident there. The Japanese minister at Peking has been iostruoted to endeavour to arrive
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    Chinese in Java.
    54 7 The Chinese Minister in Holland has sent a telegraphic reply to the Waiwupu advising that the Dutch Government is endeavouring to compel the naturalisation of Chinese residing in Java aa Dutch subjects on the ground that the matter is one entirely within the competence of the Governor-General
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    Formosa's Sugar Subsidy.
    59 7 It baa been decided that the introduction in the Imperial Japanese Diet of the proposed bill for the provision of government subsidies to the sugar manufacturing concerns in Formosa be deferred until the beginning of next year's session, when it will be introduced in the additional budget
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    Stabbed in Prison.
    994 7 LIFE PRISONER CHARGED AT THE ASSIZES. Sidelights on Life in Gaol. At the Assizes, this morning, before Mr. Justice Seroombe Smith and a special jury, of which Mr. K. Stevens was foreman, Lang Bun Kuang, a convict undergoing a life (sentence in the Singapore Criminal Prison, claimed
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    61 7 An interesting and possibly somewhat sensational case is expected to come on for hearing in H.B.M.'s police court, Shanghai. A well-known company doing business in Shanghai has been served with a summons, and the question which will come into issue is as to whether cigarettes manufactured in Shanghai can be
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    THE SAUCY SUFFRAGETTE.
    304 7 Pirates of Pulo Brani Again Make Merry. So long as militant suffragettes conduct themselves as they did outside of the Saucy Suffragette, on Saturday evening, mere male worms need not entertain any misgivings that licensing reform will deprive the lit. Hon. Mr. Allpain of his privilege to
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    DINUZULU FOUND GUILTY.
    256 7 1 Sentenced to Four Years' Gaol and a Fine. Dinujulu has been found guilty, in Natal, of harbouriug nl els and members of Bainbaata's family. He has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment and fined £100. The court ordered that the sentence of imprisonment should take effect
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    FLIGHT TO DEATH.
    118 7 Wild Birds Dash Against Lighthouse Tower. A singular story of a number of wild birds being lured to their doom by the beacon flare of a lighthouse comes from the rockbound coast of North Pembrokeshire. The other night the keepers of Strumble Head Lighthouse were startled in
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    Presentation to Mrs. Gosling.
    116 7 To mark their appreciation of the trouble taken and the kindness shown by Mrs. Gosling in their training for the annual Christmas plays, the children of the Singapore Catholic Club presented her with an address and a purse of sovereigns after high mass, yesterday, at the
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    Snrnga to Hongkong.
    188 7 The British freighter Suruga has bailed from Manila for Hongkong where she will undergo repairs to her bull. The Suruga ran into the breakwater in Manila harbour in the early morning where there was a dense fog over the bay and made a large hole in her
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    THE BRITISH NAVY.
    77 7 KING'S WARM THANKS TO NEW ZEALAND. Australia Raising Subscriptions. IRiOTii's TiiMui.| London, March 28. The Lord Mayor of Sydney has appealed for a fund of a quarter of a million sterling to assist in providing a Dreadnought as a gift to the Mother Country. London, March 29.
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    London Rubber Report.
    59 7 PRICES CURRENT FOR MALAYA PLANTATION. Some Share Quotations. i From Ouk Corrksponuent.) London, via Penang, March 27. Tho demand for all descriptions of rubber is quiet. Seventy-two tons of Malayan Plantation rubber fetched an avorago price of ~> per pound. Hummock shares are at 1/6 premium Asiatics
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    THE BUDGET.
    25 7 (From Oik Corriseonuknt.) London, via I'enang, March 27. The Budget is expected to be laid before the House of Commons on April 22.
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    LABOUR IN FRANCE.
    48 7 (Die OsTisuTiscai Lloyd Tileobaml Berlin, March 27. The utmost anxiety prevails in France in consequence of various development of the labour movement. A general strike is feared Berlin, March 28. It is now hoped that the measures taken will prevent a geueral strike in Franoe.
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    PERSIAN REVOLT.
    29 7 I Per OnTASUTiftcai Llotd Tbliurah! Berlin, March 2H. Anxiety is increasing in Porsia, where the conflict between the Shah's and the Rebel*)' forces is still going on.
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    ANOTHER GANG ROBBERY.
    40 7 Armed Ruffians Enter Shop at Tanjong Kurim. (FSOM OCR OWN' CoHßKsl'oMlENl Ipoh, March 29. Early this morning a number of gang robbers armed with revolvers and knives broke into a shop at Tanjong Kurim and stole $600.
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    KEDAU RUBBER PLANTATIONS.
    179 7 Probable Forerunner of Similar Concerns. Further details of this venture appear in the Pinang Gazette, of March 26, as follows The Kedah Rubber Plantations Co., Limited, which is said to be the first limited liability company floated to commence agricultural operations in Kedah, wan registered in Penang
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    Last Performance.
    197 7 The talented company of Chinese Amateur actors gave positively their last performance in Singapore, on Saturday night, at the Theatre Royal in North Bridge Road. As is generally known, the districts in the pro vinoe of Kuangtung have recently been flooded and as a result much distress prevails.
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      212 8 Mr. (i. C. Irving has taken over the dntiet of lion. secretary of tlie Sandakan Lawn Tcuuim Club. The first meeting under the auspicies of the liouuknnt: Gymkhana Club is to be held at Happy Valley ou Saturday, April 24. Iv the presenceof an immense crowd, including
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      Rifle Shooting.
      27 8 Singapore Ladies' Rifle Club. The April shoot for the Walker Cup will take place at Ballestier Road range uext Thursday, April 1, at 4 80.
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      Association Football.
      64 8 Warders v. A. Co., Middlesex Kegt. A second eleven of A. Co., 3rd Middlesex played the Warders at Sepoy Lines, on Saturday. The Warders were first to score but A. Co., soon equalised. After half time, the -Idiers were practically masters of the situition, scoring four more goals.
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      Golf.
      101 8 Sepoy Lines Oolf Club. Men's March Modal. Played 27 til and 28th. Sir Arthur Young 39 43 82—10 —72 0. Emerson 45 48 9.. 20 78 C. A. Leggatt 40 51 91—14 77 E. L. Talma 44 40 84— 6 78 J. H. D. Jones 44 44 88—10 78
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      S. C. C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
      218 8 The following ties will be played on Tuesday Pkofkssion Pairs. Mcr. VI. Robertson and Mayso'n v. Mer. IV. Dann and Bush. Mer. X.— O'Connor and Day v. Mer. VIII. Darbishire and Craig. Mer. 111. Howe and Sal/manii v. Banks 1. linyd and Linton. A DOUBLHB.
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    Raub Gold Mining Co.
    51 8 Following is the result of crushing operations at Raub for the four weeks ended March '11 Bukit Koman. Stone crushed, 8,765 tons, gold obtained, 962 ounces, average per ton, S dwts.B grains:— Bukit Malacca. Stone crushed 2,886 tons, gold obtained, 105 ounces, average per ton, 21
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    191 8 Dr. Sver. Hedin, who recently returned from an expedition to Tibet, lectured before the Geographical Society in London on his discovery of a series of ranges of mountains beyond tbe Himalaya range in whicb the Gauges and tbe Brahmaputra rivers have their origin. He had named this series tbe Trans-Himalaya,
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    RUGBY DISPUTE ENDED.
    730 8 Reason for the Scottish Demand Explained. The following letter has bo«n sent to tbe English Union's secretary by Mr. Smith, tbe secretary of the Scottish Union Dear Marriott, I have received yours ot the 25th inst., and it is a matter of great regret to my committee
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    Monkey's Practical Pranks.
    193 8 Early this morning a cry of fire was raised from tbe third storey of 7 Duxton Hill. The lodgers on the second storey and floor soon (•Htneretl their belongings and were escaping, although there was no sign of any fire. When in the street, seeing that no
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    Upton's Latest.
    116 8 Lipton's new restaurant in Oxford st., is a fine, spacious building situated in the busiest quarter of the West-end. Everything in the new building is novel from the turbaned Cingalee who gravely opens the door to the smallest detail of the appointments. There are four floors, with accommodation
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    80 8 Some time ago counterfeiters succeeded in putting into circulation, at Saigon, clever ltuitatationa of 15 notes issued by the Bank of Indo-China. The bank has now TsHued a fresh set of notes of that value so designed and coloured as to defy counterfeiting. The old notes will be recalled and
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    H. M. S. Malaya.
    642 8 CAN THE STATES AFFORD TO SUPPLY A DREADNOUGHT? Patriotic but Unpractical Suggestion. Commenting on a suggestion propounded recently by the Malay Mail that some of the leading residents of c'ifferent nationalities should approach the F. M. S. Government with a proposal to make a gift of
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    MOTOR CHASE ON STAGE.
    332 8 Nile a Minute Sensation at the Hippodrome. There have been many attractive entertainments at the Hippodrome of recent years, but there has been nothing so exciting, so thrilling, so dramatis as The Motor Chase, a playlet produced by Mr. Frank l'arker, wbioh lea the excited audience
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    Liverpool's Hullo to London.
    57 8 Since 1897 Liverpool's telephone trunk lines have increased in number from twentyseven to 202. Tbeie are now fourteen lines to London, and two more in the coarse of construction at a cost of X' lo.ooo each. Liverpool to London calls in 1897 numbered a thousand a
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    44 8 Soundings taken in the Straits of Messina and in the ports of Messiua and Keggio di Calabria show that no alteration in tbe surface of the bottom of the sea in those parts or in tbe coast line wan caused by tbe recent earthquakes.
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      The Italian Earthquake.
      137 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I once again take the liberty oj presuming on your courtesy and asking for space in the valuable columns of your paper to convey my sincerest thanks to all who kindly contributed towards to Italian Earthquake Fund, closed with
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    MOSQUITO EXTERMINATION.
    176 8 The Success of a Campaign in Lahore. Colonel Barrow, P.M.0., Lahore Division, writes to controvert the statements made by Major James at the Bombay Medical Congress to the effect that the long campaign of mosquito destruction in the Lahore Cantonment, involviug the stopping of all Canal Irrigation, had
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    CONGO ATROCITIES.
    390 8 English Reformers] Receive Warm Support in Paris. Mr. E. D. Morel, secretary of the Congo Reform Association, delivered an address recently at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Socialcs, Paris, on tbe annexation of the Cougo and the rights of the natives. This is the first time that Mr.
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    Relics from Messina.
    130 8 Mr. H. S. de Souhami, a New York art dealer, was expected to visit Messina this month, with the object of excavating the ruins of the devastated city and unearthing pictures, statuary, and other valuable relics lost in the recent disaster. Mr. de Souhami is said to
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    World's Coaling Record.
    67 8 A smart naval ooaling' feat whicb, it is understood, establishes a world's record, was accomplished at Portsmouth, last month, by means of electrically driven Temperley transporters. The battleship King Edward VII. the flagship of the Channel fleet, took on board, from a floating depot, 1,451 tons in
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    TABLES TURNED.
    301 8 Domestic Servants Find a Dearth of Mistresses. It in strange to hear that domestic servants are now crying oat at the dearth of mistrestles. Formorly the one topic of the household was the lack of servants bat the case vow seems somewhat altered. The secretary of the Metropolitan
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    Local Shipping News.
    247 8 A cargo of rice arrived from Bangkok, yesterday, by the Norwegian steamer lit im From Kuchinotsu, a cargo of 5,110 tons of coal arrived, yesterday, by the German steamer Sophie Kickmers, consigned to Messrs. Adainson, Gilfillan and Co. Nearly eleven hundred passengers arrived from China, yesterday, by
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    23 8 The Green Island Cement Co., Ltd., of Hongkong, pays a final dividend ot 60 cents per share for the year ended December 81.
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      436 8 $100 CASH FOR A "BRINSMEAD" and 18 payments of $22 each. THE ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY, LD. LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. CUTTER WANTEO. Wanted, an experienced Eurasian Cuttr r in a Tailoring Department at Kuala Lumpur. Apply by letter with oopies of testimonials to a.X.C, c/o Barker and Keng C'huau, No. 15, Battery
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      205 8 DAY BY DAY. Monday, March 39. High Water, 5.10 p m. Chamber of Commerce, 2.30 p.m. S. C. R C. Annual Meeting, 5.80. S. V. A. Maxims Battery Drill. Pirates of Pulo Brani, 9. Alhambra Cinematograph. Harima Cinematograph. Marlborough Cinematograph. Tuesday, March 30. High Water, 8.46 a.m., 7.10 p. m.
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    Dooley on Dhrink.
    1047 9 FAR-FAMED IRISHMAN IN THE MALAY STATES. Deadly? Blow at Pahang's Whisky Trade The following extract is reproduced from the Malay Mail with apologies to Mr. F P. Dunne i found llcnnussy and Mc« iuinness at the bar as I went in. Wharebavo ye been I says Htnnessy.
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    822 9 Name, port, probable date of arrival, and name of Agents. STBAMBRS. iirlle. Sydney, Apl Boustead Ambria, Hongkong. Apl 27 Behn Mayer Anambe, Port Said, Apl 3 Huttenbacb Bros Asasye, Colombo, Apl 9 P. A O. Coy Ayathia, Bangkok, Apl Borneo Coy Aartria, China, May 8 Raatenberg Sohmldl Amiral
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    Mails to Arrive.
    141 9 Prom Eurpoe By the N. DL. steamer Bnelow, doe April 3, B. I. steamer Taroba, doe April 8. M.M. uteamer Nera, due April S. From China M M. steamer Tonkin, dhe April 8. Timb-Balu on Fort Canning and Mount Faber drop daily at 13 noon, Singapore standard
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      59 9 NO CAUSE TO WORRY. With METHYLOIDS a rapid and eftective cure can be obtained in cases of catarrhal affections of the urinary tract. Far superior to injections, as they cause no pain or stricture, and more effective than santal or copaiba. They relieve the pain and ease your mind. In
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      484 9 INSURANCE Cmiphhies. CANTON INSURANCE OFFIUK LIMITED. Capital Subscribed.... M.800.00C Amoanl paid op (00,000 ItoMrre fond 1.M0.000 Hue Omoi, Homiiom. The nnderstgned, hsrlng baaD tppolnted tgents of the boots Company, an prepared tc tooept Marine Risks at ocrrent rate*. BOUBTKAD A Oo.,— Agmu. UNION FIRE INSURANCE OOMPAMY OF PARIS UTABUsam 18J8
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      39 9 THE FRUIT BEABON. This season always brings on more or less diarrhoea which is promptly checked by Chamberlain's Colio, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Get a bottle and be prepared for sudden attacks. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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      501 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. COMPAGNIE DEB MEBBABERIEB MARITIMEBJE FRANCE. Tscauumo ftmiß— Mmihi BnwA*o*»' (mail •teaman will leave Singapore oa or Urn xmtn rwHosua fkm o ff f wtit iriifiu 1908 1909 Ernest Simnos' Mar 13 Tonrane Mar 22 Tonkin April S Nera April 8 Sydney April 19 Caledonian April 19 Polynesian May
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      451 9 STEAMER BAILIH6S. N.Y.K. rMAIL BTEAMBHIP CO.LTD. Two regular services are maintained between JAPAN and EUROPE by the Company's well-known TWIN-SCKEW SjTEAMERS, nnder Mail Contract with the Imperial Japanese Government, npooially ilmigned for the Company's Enropean Service, lighted throughout by Electricity, provided with excellent accommodation for First and Second Class Passengers,
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      504 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. INDOCHINA STEAM NAY. CO.. LTD. Tv steamers of Ibii Company maintain a regular direct servioe between Caloatta, Straits, Hong.Vong, Shanghai and Japan, taking oargo on through Billi of Lading for Canton, Bwatow, Amoy. Cbefoo, Tientsin, Newcbwang, Yangtere Portf, Formosa, the Philippines. Ac-.. Ac. gleaner* Tom Commander Kcts.mo 4,898
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    SCIENCE NOTES.
    1160 10 APPROACHING REAPPEARANCE OF HALLEY'S COMET. Strange Spectacle in Ceylon. A leotard was delivered recently at the Town Hall, Kamly. by Mr. H. O. Barnard of Colombo, in connection with the Kandy Popular Lectures. The subject of the lecture was Halley 'a Comet, and the hall was crowded to
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    Marauders Off Coast of Borneo.
    117 10 The official report on Dutch South-east Borneo for January, which was not publisbed until Maroh, tells how a band of marauders from British North Borneo took refuge on an island off the coast. A body of armed police surrounded the house in which they had
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      618 10 BANKING COMPANIES. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BT ROYAL CHARTER. Paid up Capitol Id 60,000 Share! of IWiMh ..C1.500.000 Beserre Fund C 1,536,000, 536,000 BeserTe LiabHKj aj Proprietor! 41,100,000 BANKERS. Bank ot England. Rational Bank ol Sootlaad. Tk London City Midland Bank, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Onrrenl Aoooanta
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      605 10 BANKING COMPANIES. HONGKONG AND BHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. e aid-up capital •u.000.00c KEBEBVE FUND Bterllng Reserve 116,000,0001 |jg.-,)OOOC BUyer Reserve 114,530,000/ OJUWW Reserve Liability of Propriators •18,000,00 C COURT OP DIRECTORS Hoo. Mr. W. J. Greeaon, Chairman. H. E. Tomkios, Esq., Deputy Chairman. E.O. Barrett, Esq. IH. R. Lenzmann, Esq 9.
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      214 10 SALES BY AUCTION. MORTGAGEES SALE OF THE BRITISH STEAMER KABANG, As she now lies in Singapore Harbour, To be held at Powell and Co.'s Sale-room, On Tuesday, April 6, at 2.30 p.m. Length iei feet, breadth 28 feet, depth 12 feet. Gross tonnage 334.28. Registered tonnage 186.79. H.p. 84 nominal.
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      139 10 Children are the sunshine of the home. But what pangs of terror must assail the parent hearts when they see the little ones failing to thrive as children should. Steams' Wine is a splendid tonic for children. It soon brings back their health, and tastes so good they like it.
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      733 10 BJUE& B% AUCTION. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. Important Sale OF Valuable Teak Furniture, Etc., AT NO. 11. LLOYD ROAD. On Saturday, April 17. The sale will include a collection of VALUABLE ORCHID AND PALMS. Powell Co., u6OO Auctioneers. AUCTION SALE OF A LARGE QUANTITY OF NEW GOODS. ENGINEERS STOCK. TINNED PROVIS'ONS AND
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    AUTOMOBILISM.
    920 11 PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE TAKEN IN POLICE-TRAP CASE. Danger of Powerful Head Lamps. One of the best known police-traps on the Portsmouth road, says The Car, is that which has for a long time been worked in the neighbourhood of tbe railway bridge that crosses the riad between Godalming and Milford.
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    34 11 The Lord Chamberlain has refused his licence for the five minutes', burlesque of An Englishman's Home which Mr. IVlissier had arranged to produoe as one of bis new potted plays at the Apollo Theatre.
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      460 11 ARGYLL CARS. just -A-mnrvErx SSI*E» p Argyll Model de Luxe. PAINTED- DARK GREEN, NICKEL PLATED MOUNTINGS, FITTED WITH HOOD, MAGNETO, WIND- SCREEN, LAMPS AND ACCESSORIES. Illustrated Catalogue and full particulars from SYME COMPANY, 8O a l o e EN t, DUNLOP ONLY BRITISH MADE Ullt jfoi QUALITY. 11/ MINI fIPQ
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      54 11 PNEUMONIA. This is one of the most dangerous, and often fatal, diseases. It always results from a cold or from an attack of the grip. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy quickly cures these diseases and counteracts any tendency towards pneumonia. It is made especially for these and similar ailments. For sale by
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      397 11 SIDDELBY AUTOCARS are the Most Reliable in the World. Tbey are Famous also for Higt) Efficiency, Comfort and Silonco, with Small Maintenance and Running Costs. Tbey are produced by a branch of the world -renowned firm of Vickers, Sons and Maxim, Limited. They are made in Eight Models, including the
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      10 11 Full Particulars from the Sola AGENTS i CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS.
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      173 11 THE STRAITS TIMES CAN BE OBTAINED AT THE Following Places IN SINGAPORE i Messrs. John Little k Co.. Ltd. Messrs. Kelly and Walsh, Ltd. Raffles Hotel, Beach Road. Messrs. Kirn k Co., Battery Road A Ameniaa Street. Messrs. Koh k Co., 90, Bras Basah Road. Adelphi Hotel. Hotel de l'Europe.
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      559 12 Scale of Charges. PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS.— MisceIIaneous Wants of Every Description, Houses, Land, etc., to let, are inserted at the following rates One Insertion 11.20 per inch. Two 2.00 Three 2.80 Six 5.20 Nine 6.40 Twelve 7.12 Twenty- five 10.00 Each subsequent month $5 per inch.) The above rate is based
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      415 12 Miscellaneous WANTS. BiTllf-fOM LiBM, OM«ltt I— WtIDM, fI.M Bf th« iMh, m Seala o« Ckatf«a. OFFICE WANTED. Spacious Office, with or without storage godown. Replies to C. c/o Straits Times 596 DREBBER WANTED. Wanted. Hospital Dresser. Apply with evidence of former employment to Drs. Fowlie and Black, 14, Battery Koad.
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      548 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. hnii-loiiUiHOHnlY IwHw I Br tk* ioeh. of Ois»is». OFFICE TO BE LET. Offioe on eeoond floor of. Mo. 7, Battery Road. Apply to Outhrie and Co., Ltd. 0 1878 OFFICE ft BODOWH TO BE LET. With Immediate entry No. 7, Malaeoa Blreel. Apply to GUTHRIE
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      503 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. Itn -Few Uaw, on or two Uxrtfoa SIM Bf th* laah. *M ml* of *•*■>■* HOUBE TO LET. Netherleigh, Napier Road, from April 1. Apply A.E.D., Mission House, Stamford Road. 316 HOUBE TO LET. No. 7, Si Thomas Walk, from April 1, 1908. Apply to
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      562 12 Miscellaneous NOTICES BiT» -lit Moath, (10 p*r iach. HibMqmt ■onthi. «6. For •hortar period. M I Seal* of Charge*. NOTICE. B. Pabaney, lately occupying No. 6, Malacca Street, has now removed to NO. 3, MALACCA STREET, in the adjoining buildings. 634 NOTICE. THE ROYAL JOHORE TIN MINING CO.. LTD. Notice
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      435 12 Miscellaneous NOTICEB HITO l»l Moath. (10 Bar lack. SabMqaut ■oatha,**. For ahortor arlodi nation!* (XChargw. THE SWIMMING CLUB. Notice is hereby given that the annual general meeting of members will be held on Tuesday, March 30 (by kind permission o Col. BroadricV. Commandant S. V. C.i, in tlu Drill Hall,
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