The Straits Times, 7 May 1909

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    13 1 The Straits Times NO. 22.953 SINGAPORE. FRIDAY. MAY 7. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      85 1 FOR THE RACES 4 BEAUTIFUL SELECTION OF THE VERY LATEST SHAPES IN Ladies' Trimmed Hats. JUST ARRIVED. FINE MODELS. Races I Races I KATZ BROTHERS, Ltd. Raffles liH Hotel. Special Dinner SATURDAY. MAY 8. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors. HARIMA HALL Cinematograph, North Bridge Road. To- Night! To-Nlght! NEW PICTURES. Films on
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      122 1 CHARLES -4L, HEIDSIECK'S frftf^ White Seal ijSfc? Champagne. jf^ B»LE AOKNTB h Behn, Mayer AOo Ld. Afj^k Singapore arid Penang. DEPOT. El^^B Singapore, JOHI LITTLB t.., LM L^^J W.J. GARCIA. SO, BRAS BASAH ROAD, Piano, Organ And Music Dealer. Sole Agent for CHAPPEL and BROADWOOD Pianos. Piano, Organ and Violin
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      197 1 [Victoria Theatre. HUGH J. WARD'S Jbondon Qomedy (So. INCLUDING Miss Grace Palotta. FOR TWO NIGHTS ONLY. TO-NIGHT, The greatest of all Farcical Comedies The Man from Mexico the funniest piece of the season, SPARKLING MUSICAL NUMBERS and DANCING NOVELTIES. Don't miss THE SPANISH DANCE by MISS GRACE PALOTTA and MR.
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      332 1 sBinoeulars &ield glasses OF EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH-POWER AND CLEAR DEFINITION. LpWtt Jm 9 L_ 2? \5Wm YfW tf^kfr^ c^^O H^jmß^LH^^^^^^^^EMMßPWJMy The Power and Field of a Telescope iOB L» ~^TT mm n t conjpass of an Opera Glass. "^S ■--J^^t— ,-«^s»vSfc 9^^m Erweirerter LLI» m^m^T 5,.... OBJtKTIV-ASSTANO V W "ZEIBB FIELD
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    DRESS AND FASHION.
    1092 2 dainty designs in wraps, gowns; and kimonos. School For Scandal Costumes. Loose wraps and tea gowns were never so pretty or so daintily designed as they are this season, writes a correspondent. They appeal especially because so many light and clinging materials are in use, with so
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      233 2 WHITE ANTS. TEREDOS. DRY ROT. DECAY IN TIMBER. JODELITE The Only Safeguard has been on its trial in large quantities for the past ten years in the Straits Settlements and proved all that is claimed for it. The six pieces of deal illustrated below were partly coated with Jodelite and
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      196 2 BATAM BRICK WORKS. a large Rtock of Brickn always on hand. D. J. yah WYNQAAKDEN, 18, Boat Quay, Tklkphom No. 439. S..le Agent. 65fl The Straits Times, AND The Straits Budget. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Payable la Advance. Daily iasoe pec year 180.00 do per quarter 7.60 do per month 2.60 do
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      317 2 TO END THE TORMENT OF PILES. Nothing is more tormenting than piles. They mako work almost impossible. It is agonising to move or sit down. Piles are dangerous, too, because if neglected they often lead to fistula. If you have piles- itching, bleeding or protruding— the earlier you begin with
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      3 2 Steams' Wine 1
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      221 2 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. CIVIL, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL GENINEERS, IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, Boiler Makers, Bridge Builders and General Contractors. SOLE -A.O-E3STTS IFOIR, Worthington Pump Co.'s Patent Pumps Pulsometer Engineering Oo.'s Pulsometer Pumps Robey and Co.'s Portable Engines and Machinery Richard Hornsby and Son's Oil and Gas Plants Waygood's Lifts and
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    NAVAL AND MILITARY.
    1059 3 HOSTILE RAIDS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. Aerial Vessels in Navy Estimates. At the Royal United Service Institution the other day, Col. H. W. Pearse, D S. 0., assistant director quartermaster-general's dept., read a paper entitled The French raid in Ireland, 1798, and short sketches of other attempts
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      474 3 Milkmaid ■Jft'lS roi pENSED.***]! MILKMAID Trade Mark JjFj TMADC MARK. Largest Sale in the World The United Asbestos Oriental Agency, Ld 80LE ABENTB FOR THE UNITED ASBESTOS CO LTD. This company has held, and Btill holds, a prominent place in adapting asbestos goods to tbe ever varying requirements of engineers.
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      144 3 Persian Nerve Essence Uafamotu tr.atm.ni for natrons liability. dMOUudbm, impaired ilinMtion, weak memory, ovorwork and all mental an.l pbytical •xh&u.tion, Pomian Narva Kwane* clears the brain, HtrenKthenn the circulation and imparta a magnetic rigour to the whole being. All drain, and loam are permanently ■topped. The preparation comes In a
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      512 3 BHE KNEW THEY WERE GOOD FOR ACHING BACKS. A Malay States Mimimo Enoinbbb, Si-kkkh-ino With Cbubl Back Pains, Malaria, And Other Ailments, Takes His Wife's Advice And Finds Complete Cure In DR. WILLIAMS PINK PILLS. Most women know from painful experience what back-pain is. Many women too also from experience
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      33 3 A CURE FOR BOWEL TROUBLE. No matter how severe an attack of diarrhoea may be, Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrbona Remedy never (ailas to give relief. For aale by all Dispensaries and dealers.
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      890 3 The Federal Life Assurance company, or Canada. TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL STATEMENT. A I Figures In Gold Dollar*. The twenty seventh annual meeting of the shareholders of the Federal Life A woranee Company of Canada was held at the Company's Home Office in Hamilton Tuesday 1 16 th February. 1909, at 2
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      735 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Penant. Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Porta, Plymouth and London Through Bills of litjtlag issnel for China Coatt Periiau Oulf, C itinents.l, ani Amerioau Port". Steamers will liave Sis J.ip >re on or aaOttV MAIL LINE. Outward (for China)
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      620 4 STEAMERS SAILINGOCEAN STEAM BHIP CO., LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAK NAY. CO. LTD. The Companies' steamers 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 for Marseilles, Havre and
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      614 4 STEAMER BAILINBB. APCAR LINE OF BTEAMERB. Tbb andermenttOLed mail steamert of tht above Line maintain 'egnlar servioa between Caloutta and Japan, calling at Penang, Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai m route FLEET. Tons Commander 1. ."Jaiab" 8,800 J. G. Ouron a.t. Gbboobt Amab 4,800 8. H. Bblsob s.a. Abbatoos AroAt" 4,500
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      288 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. C. PR Canadian Paoiflo Railway Company's Royal Mail Staamshlp Lino. THK NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO EUROPE VIA CHINA JAPAN. CANADA and ib UNITED KTATEP. Route from Hongkong, via ohanobal, Nagasaki, (Inland Sea of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria and Vancouver, R.M.B. "Emfuss o» Ibdu" 1 Twin sorav» staaR.M.B. "Emusa or
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      632 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBUR6. The steamers of this Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and tht Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and onoe a month for Bremerhaven direot, calling it Penang and Colombo. Taking cargo
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      802 4 BTEAMER BAH.W.B. N. D. L. NORDOEUTSCHER LLOYD. Imperial (lerman Mail Line. The fast and well known mail steamers ol this Company Bail fortnighty from Bremen, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp. Southamp ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (oonneotioo Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice vena) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong Shanghai,
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    CONSTANTINOPLE.
    618 5 Eloquent Preacher Writes His Impressions. The Rev. F. B. Meyer, who will sboril) arrive in Singapore, contributes an interest ing article, to the British Weekly of April U He say« I v. 1 it*' at the windows of Robert College, one of the noblest missionary colleges in tin world,
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    Judge's Suggestion for the Banks.
    131 5 During the hearing of a bill of exchange case in the Supreme Court, at Hongkong, on April 2-*. tlio Chief Justice made a suggestion, which lie hoped the luca banks would take into consideration. He observed that in view of tbe number of bills of
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    Mails Close.
    130 5 Foil Fbr Stsahm 1 i hi To houow Babanß, Colombo, Genoa K. WilUm 111 noon Bangkok t'rtya noon Muutok and Palembang O. Q. ileijtr noon P. Bwettenham, Penang Pin Seng Ip.m. P. Bwettenham. Penang Ipoh Ip.m. Muutok aud Palembang Japara 3 p.m. Mu«r and Malacca Sri Muar i
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    AN AGITATOR ARRESTED.
    365 5 Sedition Among Pepper-Growers in Cambodia. I sensational arrest was made at Saigon pril 22, when the police laid bands on a iese agitator a big fellow in balk an ax in influence on tbe charge of having a band in the pepper-growers' insnrrecat Kampot in Cambodia. He
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    OUTWARD BOUND.
    260 5 List of Passengers Comiog to Singapore. Per P. and O. steamer Mooltau, connecting with the Oceana at Colombo, due May 7. —Rev. W. H. Williams, Mr. L. Levis, Mr. C. W. Bernard. Per P. and O. steamer Namur, due May 16. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Smith. Mr.
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    Vessels at Taojong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    90 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To- Day. TANJONQ PAQAR Bast Wbabt Bisn— Banka. Bast W. Bbotior 1- Kum Sang. Sacnoii No. 1 (SHUSH Wbimi- Nil. Saonoa 3— Tringgann, Bingo Mara. B—Rembrandt.8 Rembrandt. a 4— Nil. a— Nil. 6— Charon, Antilochns. 7— Singora.
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    SHIPPING IN PORT
    1008 5 Under this howling the following abbreviations are used str.— steamer in.— ship bq. barque ;ach. aohooiier Tot. Yacht; Cru. -Cruiser. G'bt.— Gunboat Tor.— Torpedo H.p. Horse-power Brit. British U.S. United States Fob..— Frenoh Ger.— German Dot.— Dutch Ital.— ltalian Span.— Spanish Sar.— Sarawak G.o.— General- aargo; djj
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    Mails to Arrive.
    116 5 From Eurpoe By the N.D.D. steamer Lnetzow, due May 15. B I. ttsamer Taroba, dne May 18. MM. steamer Sydney, dne May 17. From China N.D.L. steamer Barlow, due May 9. M. M. steamer Tonkin, due May 17. Mar 19 N.D L. April 1 B. I. April
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    Clearances.
    87 5 May 6 Janet Nieotl, Brit str, P. Swettenham vis ports C Hook Kiar, Dut str, Ragao Dardanus, B> it str. Port Swettenham via ports Frankdale, Brit str, Shanghai and Japan Karon loner alel Brit str, B*i(OD* Ban Liong, Dot str. Cotie via port* Hainam, Brit str, Muar and m»i«jv^
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    Finance & Commerce,
    243 5 Finance Commerce, EXCHANGE. Sinoapom, Mat 7, 1908. On London— Bank 4 m/a 2/4} Demand 2/8J Private 0 m/a 2/4| do 8 m/a 2/4J On Germany— Bank d/d 287 Private 8 m/a 241 do 0 m/a 248 On Fra.u-e- Bank d/d 292 Private 8 m/a 296 do 0 m/a 299 On
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      DEBENTURES.
      52 5 Howarth Erskine 6% 600,000 1% prem. Riley, Hargreaves 6% 284,000 1% prem. Spore Electric Tr»> iways Co., Ltd. 6% 860,000 nominal Straits Engineering Syndicate, Ltd. 6% 46,000 par. Singapore Municipal 6% 400,000 30%pjion 6% 1,878,000 7% prem. 4f% 1,600,000 B%prem. 4% 602,900 8 disc Tanjont Pagar Dock Board 6%
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      MINING.
      275 5 g I Shams •j Paid Um- > I ISBOID Company QuotaI tion« Lait DITIMWD $800,000 10 •800,000 10 1600,000 10 10 10 10 7,600 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. Bruang, Ltd. Braaeh Hydraulic T. M. Co., Ltd.(l) Doff Development Co., Ltd. Kanaboi, Ltd. ...I Kinta Tin Mines, Ltd. Kledang
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      RUBBER.
      400 5 £160,000 1200.000 £30.000 £80,000 1 1 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 17/6 10 io/.; 17/6| 10 12/6 1 10/. 18/ 10/--7,400 6.360 10,000 6,000 An^lo Malay Robber Co., Ltd. contributory Balgownie Rubber
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      GENERAL.
      256 5 (a) 6% debentures.— (b) subscribed by employees.— (c) part paid share*. Bohusbs.— and bonus 2i per cent for year ended 81/12/08.— t and 6/bonua.— J and 6% bonus for half year ended 80/9/08. Basura. Figures after names of companies indicate that they hold reserves a* follows i (1) 126,000,
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      112 5 Mr. H. Melvill Simons, of Messrs. Pateraon. Simons and Co., Ltd., bas joined tbe board of the Duff Development Co. Tbe homeward German mail steamer Bnelow having left Hongkong, at noon on tbe .Mb iuUanl and msy be expected to arrive here on Sunday aftarnoon, tht> 9th instant. RELIEF FROM
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      82 5 A BARGAIN. Wben you can save from 26 to SO per cent, on any article, you have a bargain. When you buy a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera ana Diarrhoea Remedy at the regu lar price, you will probable save several times its cost in doctor's bills before tbe summer
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      71 5 CLEARANCE SALE! Positively the Last Day To-morrow. A BMALL BUT CHOICE SELECTION OF MUSLINS, LACE COATS. TRAYS, SILKS, LADIES' BAGS, CIGAR CIGARETTE WHITE 4 COLOURED CORSETS, CASES, hIiKSS GOODS, HATS, PURSES. LACES. NECKTIES, HANDBAGS, COLLARS, WALKING STICKS, SUIT CASES, BOAS FANS, RIDING WHIPS, VASES, PARASOLS, UMBRELLAS, CRUET STANDS, TRIMMINGS, CLOCKS,
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      98 5 AUCTION SALES Powell and Co. May B.— At Hotel de l'Europe Buildings, H, High Street, oil paintings, at 10 80. May 12. At saleroom, a Cinematograph Machine and accessories at 11. May 7. At saleroom, unserviceable polioe stores, etc, at 11. May 14.— At the Public Works Department Store, Kandang
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      29 5 WBATHER TELEORAM Hongkong. May 7, K a.m. Baroma»sr 19 66 Direction of Wind South Faroe of Wind 1 Max. Tamp to <<bad* 91 Manila, 758 calm 0 SS tS
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      131 5 DAY BY DAY. Friday, May 7." High Water, 11.24 p m. P. and O. outward mail due. Ward Comedy Co., 0. Alhambra Cinematogfapn". Harima Cinematograph. Marlborough Cinematograph. Saturday, May 8. High Water, 0.21 p.m., 11.52 p.m. S. R. E. (V.) Shoot, Balestier, 2.80. Ward Comedy Co., 9. Sunday, May 9.
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. FRIDAY, MAY 7. BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN.
    1180 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. FRIDAY, MAY 7. BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN. We have received several books about .1 apan recently, bat most of them appear to have been written for the purpose of pergoading globe trotters that there is a land of pure delight, away out across the China
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    21 6 The Sea Mew returned from the scene of the piracy, yesterday afternoon, with additional evidence that it was in Johore waters.
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    35 6 k wiM elephant was ran over the other day in the catting between Laogting and Hatfkhaii om the bill section of the Assam-Bengal railway. The engine waja capeisad and trafu was stopped for 34 boor*.
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    13 6 The Kbyber Pass ni opened to traSc daring (he last week of April.
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    20 6 It is proposed by the Chinese government to pat the treaty ports each under the control of a responsible official.
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    22 6 A recommendation has gone homo from the Government of India for the appointment of a fifteenth judge to the Calcutta high court.
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    25 6 A Bubo ore worker named Mahadi, while digging, probably for antimony, at Kladi, in Upper Sarawak, found a nugget of gold weighing about TO amas.
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    34 6 The first autobus to ply in the streets of Saigon began to ran on April 25. It was made at a local motor car factory. The novelty of the vehicle drew crowds of passengers.
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    37 6 A European who had been visiting the steamer Pin Seng at Penang, fell off the pontoon at Victoria Pier, and seemed likely to drown bat for a Malay who saw him fall in and dived after him.
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    29 6 Roughly speaking the Government of India has estimated that expenditure on famine, including gratuitous relief and famine works, might cost them about 38 lakhs until the end of September.
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    33 6 The underwriters have capitulated and are paying Capt. Valentine Webster the amount of the insurance churned on his yacht, the Ceylon, with interest to the end of April. The claim was for 412,000.
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    36 6 Liong Chat was convicted at the district court, yesterday, of housebreaking, on the night of May 4, at 25 Upper Nankin Street, the residence of Lug Boon Keng, and was sentenced to nine months' rigorous imprisonment.
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    39 6 In the House of Commons, Colonel Seely said that Lord Crrwe was communicating with the Governc A Ceylon as to the best means of surmounting the difficulty connected with the regulation of the supply of opium to native doctors.
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    41 6 The first, second, and third divisions of the home fleet and the Atlantic fleet, numbering 68 battleships and crusiers, will be reviewed at Spithead on June 10, in honour of the visit of the colonial journalists attending the Imperial Press Conference.
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    45 6 The reported disarmament of certair batteries of Gibraltar is only what has been carried out within recent years at Hongkong and Singapore and other naval bases, the removal of obsolete guns and their replacement by up-to-date guns of much more powerful effect and longer range.
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    55 6 On April 22, while a crowd of Indians was gathered at a bridge at BaramuUa, on the Jhelum, in India, to witness some dredging, the bridge collapsed and hundreds were precipitated into the river. Six are known to have been drowned, and it is feared that many others, now missing,
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    69 6 There was a mysterious affair at Tanjong Rhu, last night, which is now being investigated by the police. A man named Tan Boon Kiat was approached from behind, as he was taking an evening stroll, and was dealt a very heavy blow on the head with some blunt instrument. He
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    68 6 It has been ascertained that a passenger by the Mattra from Rangoon, who was knocked into the sea at Penang during a sudden squall last Sunday while transhipping from a tongkang to the launch Norati at Pulau Jerejak and whose body has not yet been recovered, was a private of
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    84 6 The local five-oent stamp is now appearing in a dirty orange colour. When the order came to make all the British and colonial stamps of a penny, or its equivalent value, of the uniform imperial red, the colours of the four-cent and the three-cent stamps were interchanged. This made the
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    84 6 Ho Chiap Hin, proprietor of Chop Ho Swee Chiang, Wl North Bridge Road, was fined $100 at the district court, yesterday, for possession, for trade, of tea bearing the false trade mark Giam Chuan. The prosecutor was Wee Moh Chee, proprietor of Chop Tong Hin of 59 Market Street, who
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    108 6 An elderly Bengali woman showed considerable pluck at the stand-pipe near the junction of Belilios and Seranggoon roads, roar Tamils were having a little run at her expense. She wished to fill her pails, bat the men repeatedly pushed them away and placed their own water receptacles under the-tap. She
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    136 6 In the case, at Koala Lumpur, in which the State of Selangor claimed two years' arrears of rent from Dr. Watson for quarters occupied by him at. Klang, and in which Dr. Watson had a counterclaim against the State of Selangor for one month's half-nay. Sir A. F. O. Law
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    419 6 Mr. R. H. A. Day has succeeded Sir Peroy Cunynghame Bart, as resident of Sarawak. Mr. (i. M. (.iifford beoomea a cadet in tbu Sarawak Government service. Sir Robert Hart will return to Cbioa about July, says a wire from Peking. Mr. J. H. Brodie is acting
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    German Cruiser Expected.
    73 6 The German cruiser Scharnhorst, from Kiel, arrived in Colombo on April 39. She is a four-funnelled vessel of 9,821 tons gross, carrying 82 guns, commanded by Capt. Lee Maags. On arrival she exchanged salutes with the shore battery and was to sail for China after About a
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    Singapore Health Statistics.
    96 6 The report of Dr. W. Gihnoro Ellis, the Registrar of Births and Deaths, shows that during tbu week ended May 1, 192 deaths were registered in Singapore, equal to a death-rate of 35.97 per thousand of the estimated population. Malarial fever claimed 27 deaths, bronchitis 12, phthisis
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    Visitor from the Heavens.
    129 6 A very brilliant meteor came into our atmosphere on Wednesday night, shortly before eleven o'clock, describing half a great circle from the horizon off Siglep to the neighbourhood of Bukit Timah, where it appeared to have become entirely consumed. When first seen, it was an enormous
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    Rubber Boom in the Straits.
    164 6 A gentleman pawing through Colombo on bis way home from the F. M. S. brings information of a regular boom there in rubber shares consequent on the condition of^tlie rubber market, ways the Time* of Ceylon of April 28. We are told of forward purchases
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      122 6 ALHAMBRA Pathe Preres' Films, THE BEBT IN THE WORLD This New Programme To- Night.' 1. The INVISIBLE THIEF, Screamingly fanny. 2. Some of BOSTOCK'S Dangerous ANIMALS. Darii'g operation on an ARIZONA RATTLE-SNAKE, extracting the POISONOUS FANGS. 8. THE INTERVIEW. 4. In Zambesia South Africa. 5. A CASE OF ARSON. 6.
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    ENGLAND AND AIRSHIPS
    66 7 COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ADVISE GOVERNMENT. Admiralty and War Office Building Balloons. |RIDTIE'S TILIORAMI London, May 6. Mr. Asquitb speaking in the House of Commons said that a committee of the highest aerial experts bad been appointed to advise the Government, and a special aeronautic department was being
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    Airtripping.
    34 7 ZEPPELIN COMPANY'S NOVEL ENTERPRISE. Regular Balloon Service Established. [RIUTH'S TILIGRAMI London, May 6. The Zeppelin Airship Company bas arranged a regular service between Lucerne and Fredriohshafen. and also two trips daily round Lucerne.
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    THE BUDGET DEBATE.
    79 7 Irish Oppose the Gevernment on Closure Motion. |Hbdtbr's Tbliukam] London, May 6. The House of Commons has passed the tea resolution by 382 to 179, after closure bad been voted on a motion by Mr. Lloyd-George which was carried by 308 to 201. There were Opposition and
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    HOLBEIN'S GREAT PICTURE.
    52 7 Government Offers Ten Thousand Pounds. [Rsotbbs Tblboraii] London, May 0. The Government announces that if a public subscription is opened to acquire for the nation tbe Holbein portrait of the Duchess of Milan, sold by the Duke of Norfolk to the Calnaghis for £60,000. the Exchequer will
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    ROYAL MEETINGS.
    27 7 I Urn-Tun's Tslsueam] London. May 6. The Czar meets I'ivsident Kallieres at Brest in Juno. The Kaiser tuoets Kins; Euianuel at Rrindisi on May 15.
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    THE ROYAL BABY.
    16 7 [Raima's Tblboraml London. May 6. i^ueen Wilhelmina is uursing the baby princess herself-
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    GERMANY AND AMERICA.
    55 7 An Ambassador on the Influence of Friendship. [Use Ostmutibobi Llotd TsißoaA«| Berlin, May 6Ambassador Bernsuorff, speaking at the national peace conference held at Chicago, referred to the good relations that exist between Germany and the United States, which, he thought, tended greatly to promote tbe world's progress
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    TROUBLE IN A GERMAN COLONY.
    53 7 Japanese Leader and Ship's Crew Murdered. [Das ORasiAtuon Liotd Tsumum] Berlin, May 6. The Japanese leader and the workmen of a recruiting (1) ship at Admiralty Island (a German possession in the Bismarck Archipelago, Pacific Ocean) have been murdered by natives. Tbe Governor is Bending
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    TURKEY AND ITS SULTAN.
    39 7 |Dsr OsTASUTOOM Lloyd Tslb»iam| Berlin, May 6. The new Grand Vizier of Turkey, Hilmi Pasha has informed the Parliament that Sultan Mohammed will take tbe oath of fidelity to tbe constitution at an early date.
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    ALLEGED FORGERY.
    34 7 (FaoM Ocr Own Coausroimnrr.) Penang, May 8. Joseph Smith, a well-known Eurasian, has been committed for trial at tbe Assizes on a ebarg* of forging documents relating to laid is Proviso* Wallsslay.
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    MUST BE PUT DOWN.
    319 7 Ten Years' Imprisonment for Gang Robbers. Yours is a very grave offence. You with others went to this house armed with knives, and there is little doubt that if the occupants had resisted, you would have used those knives. This sort of thing must be put
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    MALAY POLICE IN TROUBLE.
    299 7 Serious Allegations by Javanese Boatmen. The second magistrate was engaged for the greater portion of tbe day, yesterday, with an interesting case in which twelve Javanese boatmen were the complainants and five Malay police in the employ of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Board were the accused.
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    PERTILE AND CO.
    479 7 Further Examination in Bankruptcy Jurisdiction. The public examination of Mr. Scbiff mann, in the bankruptcy of Pertile and Co. wan continued by Mr. Beatty, acting official assignee, in the Bankruptcy Court this morning before Mr. Justice Seroombe Smith. Mr. Schiff tuau said that when he returned from
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    Milk Supply.
    416 7 A PICTURE FROM BOMBAY OF INTEREST TO SINGAPORE. Suggestions for Reform Capt. Liston, I. M. S., lecturing, the other day, on some defects in tbe Bombay milk supply said an average sample of Bombay milk contained more than ten times as many living bacteria as are be found
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    FLOGGING CONVICTS.
    245 7 Insubordination and Assault on Warders. A convict named Harry Joyce, who is serving a sentence of penal servitude at Princetown convict prison, was oharged with wounding Warder S. B. Curry with intent to murder him. Curry stated that, on March 10, he was in charge of a party
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    A LUCKNOW SENSATION.
    149 7 Supposed Grudge Against A Mutiny Veteran. The model room at the Luoknow Rosidency waa recently burgled at night of arms kept as Mutiny relics. Two bayonets, two swords, and a huge brass jingal, recovered from a well at Innes Post last autumn, were stolen also a table
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    Mail Steamer in Collision.
    101 7 The H. M. S. Ortona. homeward bound from Australia, collided with the small steamer Tryst, 20 miles south of the Eddy stone lighthouse, in the English Channel on the night of April 10. Tbe Tryst struck the Ortona amidships on the port side and twistedthe mail
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    Alleged Jewel Thief Arrested.
    73 7 On April 26, Mr. ThornhiU, the chief presidency magistrate, Calcutta, received a telegram, from Mr. F. Oorst, His Majesty's agent and consul at Cairo, in which he was informed that Tiretaoo had been arrested and landed at Sues on a provisional warrant of the con-sul-general at
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    South Pole Expedition.
    503 7 WHY LIEUT. SHACKLETON FAILED IN HIS MISSION. Expedition Upsets Theories. Professor David moves about bin old haunts at Sydney University like a man in a dream, says an Australian contemporary. Speaking of bis experiences, he said that during the five months of winter darkness, all the days
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    CARTERS ON STRIKE.
    273 7 Mines Flooded and Tin Transport Stationary. There it* a strike of bullock cart drivers and it is causing great inconvenience to miners who have to get up supplies of foodstuffs and fuel for the mines, says In Tinland (Kuala Lumpur) of 3rd instant. The strike has lasted
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    The Bankruptcy Court.
    115 7 Before Mr. Justice Seroombe Smith, in the Bankruptcy Court, to-day, the matter of Lim Leng Kiam was allowed to stand over for a fortnight, it being understood that bankrupt hopes to settle with his creditors in that time. In the case of Chop Lim Heng, an order
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    The Secret Sign.
    149 7 In the course of the trial of the Pudu murder case, at Koala Lumpur, the accused used the expression Mah Ngee Fook with regard to the deceased. Some gruesome information was then elicited on the point when Sersl Lye Choon was re-examined. He explained that it is
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    THE TALK OF THE TOWN.
    639 7 Another Merry Performance at the Theatre. Having a mission to make people laugh, there i B little donbt that The Talk of the Town will go down to Singapore posterity as a piece that amply fulfilled its mission. Otherwise, it might be remembered as pure
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    UNION JACK TRAMPLED ON.
    157 7 Extraordinary Scenes at New Zealand Dreadnought Meeting. Some extraordinary soenes occurred at Christchurch where a meeting was held by the Navy League to discuss the action of the Cabinet in offering a Dreadnought to the Empire. About 4,000 persons were present, but from the beginning it
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    Coolie's Indigestible Chow.
    173 7 The Shanghai Mercury states that a natural phenomenon, something after the style of a human ostrich, has just oome under the notice of the Shanghai police. Tbe other day a coolie was run in by a policeman under the impression that he was off his head, for
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    No Cheap Deferred Telegrams.
    62 7 With reference to the question recently asked in Parliament by Sir Edward Sassoon as to the establishment of a class of oheap deferred telegrams between England and India it is understood that the boards of control of the cable companies have since been ooncnlted and that
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    INDIAN BOMB MAKERS.
    231 7 CONCLUSION OF THE ALIPORE TRIALS. Death Sentences Passed on Outragt Mongers. Raima's TiuwuiiJ Bombay, May 7. The trial has taken plaoe at AUpotv of thirty six natives who were arrested in connection with the discovery of bombs at Calcutta in May 1906. Two have been sentenced to
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    South African Union.
    70 7 CRITICAL STAGE REACHED AT BLOEMFONTEIN. Friction Over Cape Amendments. [Rsotsb's Tblboraii. l London, May 6. The South African Conventioa, which is sitting at Bloemfontein, has reached a critical stage in the discussions. The matters under consideration are the Cape amendments, which demand that both the British and
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    FRENCH MILITARY SUPPLIES.
    27 7 [Dss OrtASUTUOBB Llotd Tslsssaji] Berlin, May 6. The French Government has ordered a prosecution of the Crou/ot company on account of certain articles supplied.
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    [RUSSIAN RECRUITS.
    21 7 [Das Ostasiatisohb Llotd Tblsssawl Berlin, May 6. The Russian recruiting contingent, which has just been made up, numbers 4.56,685.
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    VENEZUELA WITHOUT CASTRO
    27 7 Dss Ostasiatucib. Llotd Tilmbax] Berlin, May 6. Venezuela, since the change of Government which followed tbe departure of President Castro, has been absolutely quiet.
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    WHEAT CORNER REVIVES.
    42 7 Patten Resumes on Rumours of Short Crops. [Rsdtbe's Tbliukam.. London, May 7. There is renewed activity in wheat bay. ing at Chicago, due to reports of shortage of crops in Kansas. A fresh campaign his been started by Patton.
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    CORNERING WHEAT.
    295 7 Tremendous Profits made by American Syndicate. The Chicago correspondent of the Daily Chronicle wrote on April 11:—Mr.8 Mr. Patten, the Wheat King, is still on top, and control* the wheat market, and at present there is no sign of his failing to keep bis grip on the market.
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      103 8 Mr. J. C. Leigbton, formerly of Dundee and lately of tbe Bengal Civil Service, has dief at Calcutta as a result of a oricket accident which occurred some months ago. The Rteaoi launch Argo will leave Johnston's Pier for tbe Club Bungalow on Sunday at 9, 10
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      Rifle Shooting.
      108 8 The Walker Cup. Shooting at Balestier range, yesterday afternoon, in the May competition for the Walker cup, the Singapore Ladies' Rifle Association made the following scores Miss Ounn 35 Lady Evelyn Young 82 Miss M.Lloyd 81 Miss K Lloyd 81 Mrs L' ariuunt 80 Miss J. Ounn 80
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      Association Football.
      302 8 8. C. C. v. Band and Drums, Middlesex A team representing tbe Band and Drums of Hit) brd Middlesex Regiment played the first eleven of tbe S. C. C, yesterday. The game waa fairly fast, though not as good as had been expected. The S. C. C. were
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    BOAT-RACE DEBACLE.
    278 8 Scheme of Enterprising Pressman Frustrated. One of tbe moat enjoyable places from wbicb to witness the boat-race ia from the deck of the Press boat that follows in tbe rear of tbe crews, says M. A. P. A few years ago there was a most amusing incident on
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    Protest Against Surveillance.
    172 8 Sukamcn Mitter, son of Kristo Kumar Mitter, one of tbe deportees, writes to tbe Bengalee to day sajing that their house is fating watched One day a bearded gentle man, aged forty, came to dine with us, Haying that somebody had invited him to dinner. We persuaded
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    SUICIDES ON A LINER.
    535 8 Extraordinary Behaviour of two Lady Passengers. Passengers by the Cunard liner Luoania, on their arrival at Liverpool, on April 18, from New York, told a startling story of the suicide of two lady pas«eogers daring the voyage. Tho liner left New York, and in tbe second
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    THE PLOT THAT FAILED.
    439 8 Singular Penalties on Conspirators I at Saigon. Official decrees dated Saigon, April 19 and 22, brought the sensational treason plot case to a lame conclusion. The decrees, as pub Imbed in Saigon papers, admit that, nnder tbo guiue oi a trading enterprise, a gang of gitetors
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    Exploiting in Manchuria.
    78 8 His Exoellenoy Chin Chin Shang, (loverDor of Kii in, Manchuria, bas been called upon by three prominent Hongkong merchants Cheung Samwu, Yu Yuk chi, and Ng WinK-ynng who, in answer to His Excellency's invitation to undertake to exploit the province named, have expressly left Hongkong to consult
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      Chap Ji Kee.
      299 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Many will regret that Courts of Appeal do not always npbold sentences of imprisonment imposed upon men and women who manage Chap Ji Kee gambling dens in Singapore. It is very well-known the ruin this kind of gambling brings
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    Commercial Education.
    101 8 Although the Penang Chamber of Commerce has decided not to hold any more commercial examinations, at any rate for the present, the Pinang Gazette bas reason to believe that tbe local educational authorities are keeping the subject in view. It is, of courr*, in the interests both of
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    Singapore Gymkhana Meeting.
    72 8 The committee of the gymkhana meeting held at the racecourse on February 18, assembled at tbe 8. C. C. last evening under the presidency of Sir Arthur Young when tbe accounts were presented and shewed a credit balance of 1176.29. These were passed and it was decided
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    Mutiny in a French Prison.
    80 8 Taking advantage of the Easter holidays the convicts in the GaiUon Prison (48 miles from Paris), where desperate refractory criminals are confined, seized the gaol on April 12, and forced the warders, under a threat to wreck the prison, to serve them with soup, wine
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    Local Shipping News.
    68 8 A cargo of tin ore arrived from Singkep, yesterday, by tbe Sultan van Lingga. The Norwegian steamer Braid, which arrived this morning, brought a hundred bullocks from Bangkok and Telubin. A cargo of coal arrived, this morning, from Kuchinotso by the German steamer Sophie Kickmers, consigned to
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    THE UNREST IN EGYPT.
    342 8 Firm Measures Needed to Put Down Lawlessness. It is cle> r t.it serious trouble will occur in Egypt unless tin; administration acts with firmness, says tbe Cairo correspondent of tho Standard. For some time things have been going from bad to worse. The native press pursued
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    AIRSHIPS IN COLLISION.
    174 8 Fly Locked Together in Mid-air for Five Hours. An extraordinary collision in mid-air took place above tbe aviation ground at Linz in Austria. The Aichduke Joseph Ferdinand, who is an ardent aeronaut, was testing a new dirigible balloon, and in order to ascertain its speed and endurance
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      4 8 Zymole Tooth Paste .KSTiEtJSh
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      136 8 L CIGARETTES. OO cts. per E f Cn ew brands of Cigarettes have withstood the examination of the Medical ij U a rtlght tin of^U p ro f ess ion, but every test and investigation has proved that "STATE EXPRESS" are ft manufactured from the natural tobacco leaf only, and
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      174 8 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. THE BANKRUPTCY OKDINANCE, 1888. In thx SurasKi Cockt or the Stuits SrriLßKKim. SrrTLiKzirr or Sntoirou. In Bankruptcy. No. 88 cf 1999. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on a Patition filed the 21rd day of Maroh, 19*«, a Receiving Order against Chop Wan Kee of No. S, Circular Boad,
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      476 8 VICTORIA THEATRE. UMI JI ATTRACTION SIX KIOMTS ONLY Commencing: Friday, May 14. Maurice E. Bandmann presents for the First Time in Singapore Bandmann's Merry Little Maids COMIC OPERA COMPANY. 60 Artiste*, including Ballet of 24 FRIDAY, MAY 14. The Screamingly F jnny Musical concoction: ••The Dandy Doctor" The Dandy Doctor
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      386 8 FAMOUS WAYANG KASSIM. THE INDRA ZANIBAR ROYAL THEATRICAL CO. OF BINOAPOBK. At the THEATRE ROYAL, North Bridge Road. New Actors and Actresseß, Special Clown, Scenery up-to-date. To-Nlght NJAI SAMINAH. DON'T FORGET TO-MORROW NIGHT. Grand Presentation Night. By Special Request, GENOVIVA. PRICES OF ADMISSION: Reserved Seats 12.00 I 2nd Class 60
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      221 9 BECHSTEIN, BRINSMEAD, ROYAL Pianos. Monthly Terms. Bo4e Agent* I THE ROBINSON PIANO CO., LTD. SLEDGE MILK. Sweetened. Condensed. Preserved with all Its Cream. RETAIL PRICE: afr q f\ per case of 48 90.0w nominal 1 Ib. tins. Obtainable from ANN LOCK CO. GUAN CHIN HONO. CHENG A CO. YONG LBE
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      843 9 TENDERS for REVENUE FARMS. Tenders are invited for the lease of Revenue Farms in the State of North Borneo from the Ist January, 1910, as set out hereunder. REVENUE FARMS IN THE STATE OF NORTH BORNEO. 1. In making arrangements for the leasing of the Farms for the next Farm
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      694 9 (h) The Opium Farmer is responsible for seeing that Cbanda is not sold by retail at the Opium Farm or at the Opium Farm shops at prices higher those fixed by Government and named above (g). The Opium and Spirit Farmers may fix their own prices for supplying the Opium
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      517 9 THE ASSOCIATION OF DIAMOND MERCHANTS, Jewellers Silversmiths. Catalogue S.T./ ;<?oo E,fiti\ni, 6,n00 ftlmttrmHtut, Put Frm /EtufaluWV GRAND HOTEL BUILDINGS, TRAFALGAR SQUARE, V52Y«an.S LONDON, ENGLAND. STEAMER SAILINGS. N.Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. Twu regular services are maintained between JAPAN and EUROPE by the Company's well-known TWIN-SCRBW STEAMERS, nnder Mail Coi
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      437 9 STEAMER SAILINGS. CRT SPECIAL NOTICE. Ghargeure Reunis. FRENCH STEAMSHIP COMPANY. (ROUND THE WORLD LINE). The French Steamship Company CHAHGEI."RS REL'NIS beg to inform the public that their steamers of the Round-the- World Line will henceforth suppress calling at Vancouver and Puget Sound Ports. They will proceed from Yokohama DIKECT TO
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    Anglo-Siamese Treaty.
    572 10 FAVOURABLE CRITICISM FROM AMERICA. Not An Epoch la History. Thus the Now York Tribune of March 22 Neither the geography nor the commeroe nor yet the politics of the world will be revolutionised by the conclusion of the treaty between Great Britain and Siam, which has been under
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      607 10 BANKING COMPANIES. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. IHCOBPOBAT4D BY BOYAL CHARTER. Paid op Capital In 60,000 Shares of MOeaoh ..£1,100.000 BaserveFund 5MZ!'2£ B«eerv. Liability of Proprietor. «1 ,100,000 BANKERS. Beak ol England. National Bank of Booiland. TJ. London City a Midland Bank. Ltd. BINQAPORE BRANCH. Current Aooounts are
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      473 10 BANKING COMPANIES. HONGKONG AND BHAN6HAI BANKING CORPORATION. capital n5.000.000 IBSERVE FUND Sterling Beasrve 118,000,0001 eta SOO 000 SUveTrUerve •M,«O0.OOOf wo ieserve Liability of Proprietor! 118.000,000 COURT Ol* DIBBCTORS Hon. Mr. W. J. Qreeeon, Chairman. H. B. Tomklns, Bag., Deputy Chairman. E.G. Barrett, Bsq. 1. B. Lensmann, Bag. J. W. Bandow,
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      467 10 INSURANCE Companies. BOYAL ItfSURANCB COMPANY, LIMITED. FIRB AND LIFB. TOTAL FUNDS EXCEED £14.8*0,000 if I——1 naa omoa n in woeld. BOUBTKAD A 00.,— A/mu. OUARDIAN ABBTTBANOB COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON. Bnbeoribed Capital 41,000.000 Total Invested Fundi M.tSO.OOO Annual Inoome ,41,100,000 The undanigned, Agenta for the abort Oompany, are prepared to aooept
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      262 10 Solid Milk. Everybody knows hard water. Now, it seems, we are to learn what hard milk is. They have discovered a plan in Hamburg by which what the American gentlemancalled cow-juice oan be made into button, n dominoes, dice, chessmen, piano-keys, and a hostof other things. The milk is coverted
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      627 10 SALES BY AUCTION. MOON SALE or A RUBBERTYRBD DOGCART AND PONY, The property of a gentleman proceeding to Europe, AT "LINNBBRAE," OXLEY ROAD, Saturday, May 8, at 2.30 p.m. H. L. Coghlan Co., "10 Auctioneers. AUCTION SALE or A CINEMATOGRAPH MACHINE AND ACCESSORIES, At Powell and Co.'. Hale-room, On Wednetday,
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    AUTOMOBILISM.
    448 11 PROGRESS MADE IN MECHANICAL EXCELLENCE. Conversion of Coachmen. Whether it be d le to fear of the Antinoise Society or only to general progress in mechanical excellence, a noisy automobile is now looked upon as decidedly out of date. A coughing, rattling, jarring motor in the streets now provokes
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    679 11 Coachmen as Chauffeurs. Time was when motorists, new to the possession of motor-cars, who bad caused their ex-coaebmen to be trained more or less as drivers of motor-cars, were loud in their protestations that nothing coald be better than this practice. It saved the discomfort and regret incident to getting
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    CHINAMAN'S DEATH SENTENCE.
    181 11 Wilful Murder at a Boarding House in England. At Liverpool recently, before the Lord Chief Justice, See Lee, age 88, a Chinese sailor, was charged with the wilful murder of Yun Yap, a cook, on December 4, 1908. Mr. Rath bone, prosecuting, said that Yun Yap had
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      269 11 ARGYLL CARS. JUST AKRIVED. SatSS* ArgyU Model de Luxe. PAINTED DARK GREEN, NICKEL PLATED MOUNTINGB, FITTED WITH HDOD, MAGNETO, WIND SCREEN, LAMPS AND ACCESSORIES. Illustrated Catalogue and full particulars from SYME COMPANY, Scents. Something Like a pShawar"tocSc r uttaV. < ;!:!i,500 Calcutta to Bombay 1,688 Motor Tyre Test. 3 9
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      63 11 Artie Tully, TIN MINING AND COMMISSION AGENT, 33, Raffles Place, Over Robinson Piano Company, Has a 110,000 book opened on the forthooming Singapore May Meeting. Doable Events on the Two Griffin Race*. do. Races 8 and 4. do. 8 and 6, 4 and 5. Treble Events on Baoea 8, 4
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      3 11 Johnson's Baby Powder
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      471 11 |^B I \J^^^ of the world renowned firm of I I f^ f^^^ViCKERg, SONS AND MAXIM, LTD., J \^J^^ And provides the purchaser with a Guarantee of l^r Workmanship and Material which is Absolutely Unique. I No other car carries a warranty which can be compared to it. J I
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      131 11 CALMONS PNEUMATIC TYRES. UNEXCELLED FOR RELIABILITY AND DURABILITY. SOLE AGENTS: BEHN, MEYER CO., LIMITED, Singapore and Penang. O. H. WILLIS, TURF ACCOUNTANT. At present in Java but will be here for the orthooming meeting, May 11, 18, 15. 88, Raffle* Place. Tblbobams Straight Tklkpbonk 506. 416 J. DA. PEREIRA. HORTIGUr,TUKIBT
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      508 12 Scale of Charged. PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS.— MisoeIIaneous Wants of Every Description, Houses, Land, etc., to let, are inserted at the following rates One Insertion 91.20 per inch. Two 2.00 Three 2.80 Six 5.20 Nine 6.40 Twelve 7.12 Twenty- five 10.00 (Each subsequent month 95 per inch.) The above rate is based
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      460 12 Miscellaneous WANTS. ■UTUf-r«BT Ll***, o*. or two lasnMoaa, 11.00 If tts* taeh, bm Raal* of Chart u. TEACHERB WANTED. Experienced Teachers needed for Infant Class and First Standard. Apply. No. 12, Straits Times. 871 CLERK WANTED. Wanted for British North Borneo, Clerk for Resident's and Land Department, Jesselton. Salary 950
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      539 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. Bin —Fast Llaea, oat or two Imsertfoa ti.oo Br tha taeh, bm Mala at isii|li BUNGALOW TO LET. A fine bungalow. No. 18a, Mount Elizabeth Road, immediate eut.-y. Apply Gaggino Co. u691 HOUSES TO BE LET. Commodious terrace houses in Wilkie Road to be let.
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      582 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. g* ril t-fo.r LI»M, QM 01 Iw ll—MOBl, II KB Bf M" laeh. SojJ. of Oaoiiw, OFFIOE TO BE LET. Offioe on second floor of. No. 7, Battery Road. Apply to Guthrle and Co.. Ltd. 0 1878 OFFttE i OODOWN TO BE LET. With immediate
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      584 12 SINGAPORE RUBBER WORKS. Netherlands Gutta Percha Co., Ltd. Mctor-tyres retreaded at Moderate Prices. 41 kinds of India Kubber Articles, Sheets. VALVES, Rings, TYRES, HOSES (Suction, Steam, Hydraulic), (iardenhoses, Tubes. ENDLESS BELTS, FLOORTILES, MATTING. EBONITE and Hard Rubber Articles, Bicycle Tyres. Works Offices: PassirPanjang, Singapore. Sole Agents MESSRS. HOOGLANDT CO., SINGAPORE.
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      332 12 Miscellaneous NOTICES KaTB« lit Month, |10 per inch. Suhwqntir. month*. H. For shorter pcriuda a«i Heal* of Chargai. NOTICE. Artie Tally begs to inform the Sportiuj. 1 Public that be baa <vit!iorized Messrs. .1. Symonds and A. F. Mitchell to transact hh business till bis return f:om Java on May
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