The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 10 August 1904

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    20 81 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES WEDNESDAY. AUGU ST 10, 1 904 No 889
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    CONTENTS.
    379 81 The Liaoyang Valley Campaign, si The tfegapatam Hail Tenders, s^ The Progress of the Campaign, sj Kuropatkin's Retirement, 82 ri_ Umam at Last 83 A on Arthur Rumour, s:{ The Fate of the Port Arthur Fleet, The Petersburg/ 1 gg Police .nd Couui News. Theft at Raffle. Hotel Raid
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      Marriage
      40 81 At Bt Peter's Church, Hongkong (June _!8), by Rev. J. France, M. A., Arthur Fraser, _iief Officer s.s. M Zafiro," son of John Fraser, of Shetland blends, Scotland, to Fanny Maude Hewitt, daughter of Richard Hewitt of Birmingham, England.
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      Death
      21 81 SNi:vD-Kv\\Kßsi.Kv.--()n I lth July at W imbledon very suddenly, Charles Walter s -N'kvi)-Kvxxekslkv C.M.O. Civil Service Straits Settlements. Age -~4.
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    The Liaoyang Valley Campaign.
    813 81 H< ___.11 Ihe Pre*, the People 'a ripht n, by influence and unbrtbrd by gain: v 1 ntr^ot Truth h_r ploriou* nrrrrptt Jr_\v 1 tc. Ke ickm, Lornltv ai d nu Aug 3. It will be remembered that the other day we described KußOKl's army as
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    After the War.
    590 81 In another column Mr George Lynch, who is representing the u Daily Chronicle" a* Tokio, gives a general estimate of what he conceives to be the nature of the peace settlement that is to follow the war assuming of course, that the war will continue that normal
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      148 81 NOBEL'S Explosives Go, Ltd GLASGOW Manufacturers of Gelignite, (relatine Dynamite, Blasting (relatine Detonators, ALL KlXOrt OF Safety Fuses ANJi Electric Blasting Apparatus The above Explosives, being a,il manufactured in Oreal Britain, die made to pass the Li^rL standard of safety and purity tests imposed by Um British Government, and are
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  • Page 81 Miscellaneous
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      235 81 THE WEEK. mi 1 the last mail from home arrived bt the P. and <>. "Coromandel* 1 on Saturday bringing dates up tovJulv 15. The Homeward mail was taken tW the N I> L U P. K. Luitpold" and this weekly goes by the P>. 1. Zaida/ 1 also toDuring
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    Price's Laugh.
    209 82 Mr \V. J. Price, M.P. for Norfolk and a Ktdical. is doing astounding execution with u laugh which he has just introduced into scientific debate- in the House of Commons. It is used Against Ministers, and notably againsl the Premier. Ensconced oo a badbench, behind the rear-rank Radicals,
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    The Harbour Scheme.
    1102 82 _llf The Harbour Improvement Scheme is again brought to public notice by the issue of a Memorandum b\ a member of the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, which we print iu full in another part o\' this issue. A sufficiency of copies of this report have
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    The Negapatam Mail Tenders.
    395 82 In the Straits "Government Gazette of June _4 and July 1 of this year appears a notice calling for tenders for a fortnightly mail and immigration service between Madras and Negapatam, and Singapore via Penang; in each direction, connecting with the London- Bombay mail service. The
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    The Progress of the Campaign.
    580 82 It is with an inexorable determination throughout the area of the land campaign that the Japanese armies are pursuing their aims. These are two at present one local, the reduction of Port Arthur, the other general and strategical, the rounding up of Kcropatkin's main army,
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    Hongkong's Future.
    763 82 Aug 5. "The Future of Hongkong," which is the subject ef a reference quoted to-day from the Pall Mall Gazette," will depend very much upon the action taken by the new Governor in regard to various important matters that it will be his duty to decide and carrv
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    Kuropatkin's Retirement.
    413 82 All the evidence now available tends to show that the Russian Commander-in-chief, Kuropatkin, has abandoned all hope of withstanding the Japanese advance. More than that, he is more seriously concerned in th. extrication of his retreating army from tlie perils of the flank movement now being driven home
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    The Torpedoed "Hipsang."
    274 83 I he sinking oi tbe s. s. Hipsang off the aesl coast of the Kwantung Peninsula* by a i >rpedo discharged from a Russian destroyer appears to be about the most wanton bit of barbarism the Russians has yet displayed against neutral shipping. The vessel was signalled
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    The Liaoyang Valley Battles.
    527 83 Those who compare the portions of tbe Japanese Consular report referring to the two simultaneous battles east <>t' Liaoyang fought by Kuaoici'B army on the olst with the references in Reuter derived from Russian reports, will lealise (he importance of these engagements. 1» was the Sihoyen
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    Lhassa at Last.
    289 83 Aug 8. It is a very good thing that Lord Ccrzon ifl at home just now to advise the Government as the Tibet affair develops. The situation created by the Buddhist M Vatican," it might be styled, at Lhassa had became intolerable. Hatters that hud to be
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    A Pobt Arthur Rumour.
    743 83 To-DAY it is announced that in Japan, at Nagasaki, it is reported that Port Arthur has been captured. Pending later confirmation, it is not at all improbable that this mav be true, bin. attributing to the Japanese General Commanding, some measured design not to obtain his
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    The Fate of the Port Arthur Fleet.
    509 83 [f Port Arthur has fallen, or when Port Arthur shall have fallen, what is to be the fate of the Russian fleet r Surely it would not be held in to tbe last moment to look to nothing else save its own self-destruction.
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    THE 'Petersburg."
    128 83 THE Petersburg." It is a bit of a problem to know what the Petersburg," now, we suppose, a cruiser, is doiug travelling eastwards from Aden. She is presumably full of coal as cargo, and therefore for a very long time will be independent of coaling ports. Can it be that
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    THK F. M. S. AGRI-HORTICULTURAL SHOW.
    905 83 THK F. M. S. AGRI-HORTICUL-TURAL SHOW. The opening of the first Agri-Horticultural Show at Kuala Lumpor on Friday was a great success, as it deserved to l»e, considering th* amouut of work lhat has expended on it. As a social fun tion the tine weather and large attendance made it
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    55 83 The report af the finance Depattnn t' Siam says that between April and Octol coin received in exchange for notes av« I Tcs 427. "»<*>. There was a temporary i during the time v. hen forgeries were fo. be circulating but generally the notes wer 1 up. The forgeries registered
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    EDUCATION FOR BUSINESS OR FOR CULTURE.
    3052 84  -  Sir Swire Smith Bv {Author of" Educational Coviparixonx" _</. I think it will be conceded that patriotism can take no higher form in any country than in making the most adequate provision for the training of its rising generation. Whatever material or physical advantages
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    75 84 Artificial sponge culture is approaching the commercial stage in Florida. Perth, W.A., is also making a bid for the market for sponges, which grow readily and in good quality a few miles from Fremantle. Mr P. K. Nainbyar, a graduate of Cambridge, and a barrister ol the Inner Temple, has
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    GETTING HO VIE WITH THE BAYONET.
    466 84 What the Japanese War Teach, j Those who follow closely the description of the fighting in Manchuria cannot fail to 1^ struck by the reference to the use of the bavonet, a weapon which some wiseacres pronounced obsolete while the Boer war was proceeding
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    CHINESE LABOUR ON THE RAND AND THE OPPOSITION.
    572 84 CHINESE LABOUR ON THE RAND AND THE OPPOSITION. The following is an extract from a letter of a correspondent of the 8. C. .Morning Post,' who accompanied the first batch of Chinese coolies to South Africa in the a a Tweedale." The first batch were soon put to work, Se
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    THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1904.
    809 85 Captain Bunch* of the ss. Bangkok from p.oigkok this morning reports squallv weather the voyage. i a engagement is announced of Miss Daisy M .Midiy. eldest daughter of Mr A. Mchv. late of Kaub, to Mr Jas: Matthew tfessri Bowarth, Brskine 4 Co. Vesterday in the
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
    82 85 The men's monthly silver medal for Julv was played for last Saturday, vDr Barrack and Mr Hewan tieug for first place. Scores Messrs Bailey. Burgess and Seth plave< 1 but returned no scores. Ijr Barrack 40 44 scr 84 K. D. Hcuan 44 47 4 sut
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    ANOTHER CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.
    78 85 About I*2 o'clock last night as the carriages were driving away from the Catholic Club Fancy Bazaar, a horse attached to a phaeton took fright and breaking way dashed up Orchard-rd y_d collided with a rikisha containing Messrs Ridgeway and Scott. The rikisha was smashed to pieces
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    TWO TOWKAYS SQUABBLE.
    99 85 The third Magistrate has for the past few days 1 .en busy going into a case of much interest to two Chinese towkays. Lee Soon Keng prosecuted Tan Seng Watt for using criminal force, and then* was a cross-summons the defendant who alleged that he had been
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    THEFT AT RAFFLES HOTEL.
    434 85 Tn i 0 n ß m i i st k k i > B< >v. Yesterday afternoon before the Bench Court Tan Ah Bog, a room boy at Rattles Hotel was charged with the theft of a cash box contaftiings undry jewellery ami money belonging to
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    A SE RET SOCIETY IN HONGKONG.
    154 85 A SE RET SOCIETY IN HONGKONG. A Hongkong paper says -Last wee% was productive of one of the most sensational Triad cases that the police have unearthed for several years. Comment is sometimes heard on the fact that the authorities are so much down upon Triads, who are a kind
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    47 85 The hull of the nian-d w_r "Bay*, t two torpedo-boats will be sold at Bai;s »n August 27. The British st -amor M Ashley from Nagasaki this morjnn: brought 2,9 00 tons of coal, and the *'J. W. Tavlor from Mur ran bought 3,100 tons of cod.
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    ATHLETIC NOTES.
    1506 85 The shooting in the Singapore Bisley has gone on without a hitch, and the merest observer will have noted a considerable improvement over last year. In the Governor's Cup, corresponding to the King's Prize at Home, the three stages have l)een completed since last writing, and the winner
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    FOREIGN COMMENT ON THE OCCUPATION OF MOTIENLING.
    362 85 FOREIGN COMMENT ON THE OCCUPATION OF MOTIENLING. The Japan Times translates from the Chugai £hog}o an interesting comment of a foreign t fficer, now in Tokyo, on the recent Japanese occupation < f Motienling. The latter, he states, is* only 38 miles to the BOnth-esst of Liaoyang and as the
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    118 85 The steamer "Banka" from the Natunas yesterday {..wed in a native schooner from Maras. By the IV I. steamer Zaida this morning th^re arrived from Penang sixty long-sentence prisoners who have been transferred to the Singapore gaol. A Correspondent from Malacca tells us that living is not altogether cheap of
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR.
    3937 86 Memorandum by a Member of the Committee j of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce < n the proposed Singapore Harbour Improvement Scheme. The object of this Memorandum is 1 To give expression to the strong conviction which exists among a large number of business men of long local
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    AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
    139 86 AUST RALIAN NEWS. When the newsarrived that MrC. Rol in*«»«. Chief Judicial (^cerofllritishNewOuus .hot himself, il eras thought possible •he cona.iss.ou of en piiry into the I bo; sffair weald las cancelled. I P lie end of .lune. however, no instn Ih<l 1 n received mi this point an Commission
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    15 86 Bangkok has now a .uIU roustitutfd ball club and fhe tirsfiu.o!. wai p»J Saturday last.
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    FIRDAY, AUGUST 5, 1904.
    1762 87 FIR DAY, AUGUST 5, 1904. I I ut ward Dutch mail steamer hs. Kon- n M Wilhelmina is due this afternoon at 6 ./dock. The homeward ss. "Koning Willem I" trill sail to-morrow at 5 pm. e Straits Chinese Recreation club invited earn from the "Sarine" to play them at
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    HONGKONG'S FUTURE.
    718 87 For something over fifty years the British colony of Hongkong has "held the undisputed position of sole ocean seaport to the provinces of Southern China, which includes Canton, with all the hinterland tapped by that great city. With this arrangement Britons the world over are consequently familiarised, and
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    RAID ON A COUNTERFEITER'S DEN.
    220 87 RAID ON A COUNTERFEITER'S DEN. Shortly after midnight last night Detective Inspector Branegan with Sergeant Kelleher and a party of constables raided a hut in the jungle three miles off the public road at Tiong Bahru. The hut was surrounded amid a drenching shower of rain, and the police bamd
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    32 87 Captain Rod way of the British steamer "Pak Ling," which arrived here this morning from London, reports that on July 15 when at Suez he saw H. M. S. "Terrible"' anchored there.
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    A KIDNAPPING CASE.
    692 87 European Babt Stolen. Yesterday afternoon before the Bench Court a Bengali named Neemal was charged with kidnapping the two year old son of Mr Seed. Mr Farrer. Deputy Public Prosecutor, conducted the case for the Crown and the not used was without counsel. The accused pleaded not
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY.
    222 87 The following Books will be ready foi* issue on Saturday. Ainsworth, W. H.. Tl. Tower of London. Bra don, BL 8., A last. Eden. Churchill, Winston. The Crossing. Cleave. Lucas. The Fool- Killer. Cross. Victoria, To- Morrow Deeping, Warwick. U ther and Igraine For man. J. M The
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    RAUB.
    925 88 Gen. Manager's Report for the month ending July 16.— The mine measurements, and assay results of prospecting work, prepared by the mine manager, show a total of 280 ft. for the period (4 weeks) under review, made up of 152 ft driving, and 128ft. crosscutting, as against a total
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    THE DEFAMATION CASE.
    90 88 The case in which Inspector Harfleet prosecutes six Chiuesefor defaming him bv ing he was the recipient of bribes from them, came on l___ore Mr Caiman this morning. The defendants went into the witness box one afler the other and produced books with entries stated to be
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    DOLLAR CONVERSION.
    111 88 No Mori-: Mexicans ani> St&aits. With all the precaution to safeguard puiili and private interests, which have marked the various steps in the furtherance of its Currency policy, the F. M. S. Government has notified that it will no longer issue and M. ican Dollars and only disburse
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    THE S.R.C. PAVILION FUND.
    114 88 At a committee meeting oi the Singapore Recreation Club last evening, Mr Stanley Zehnder was appointed Hon. Sec. in connection with the building of the new pavilion. The receipt of subscriptions goes on slowly, and the. committee notify members that owing to the numerous duties of
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    ACTIVITY OF THE BRITISH SQUADRON ON THK CHINA STATION.
    160 88 ACTIVITY OF THE BRITISH SQUADRON ON THK CHINA STATION. A SrnoNOKB Policy iu Regard to Chinese A nains. A Shanghai telegram to the u Jii i," dated the 13 June, states that the gre.it activilv of the British squadron on the China Station is attract ing universal attention, the activity
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    THE PUNJOM MINING CO., LTD.
    93 88 Company ro BI Wound o>. An extraordinary general meeting oi shareholders in the Punjom Mining Co. Ltd. was held at Hongkong on July 28, Mr I_. C. W il cox was in the chair. The chairman proposed thai 'the Company be wound up voluntarily and
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    A BAND FOR THE VATICAN.
    227 88 Rome, Monday. The Pope is of the opinion that life is not worth living without music, and shows that he is determined to have it whenever there is an opportunity. Now he lias ordered the Gendarmes to make an experiment in the way oi a
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    PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA.
    54 88 .The Orchestra of the Philharmonic Society Will resume its practices on T'hnrsdav next tilth inst) when some important iuu*ie wdl be submitted for practice. Fuil attendance of Rtring* requested. The Orchestra will also play a* the t'hildreu* Concert on the following afternoon (Friday l_.fli.) AllfmemWrs to be present
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    WHERE THE WAR RAGES.
    1464 88 The M Daily Chronicle'* has a readable review of what appears to be a most useful and well-written book on the situation in the Far East. It is entitled 4i Manchu and Muscovite," written by Mr B. L. Putnam YVeale, and is published by Maemillan. Some
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    THE REAL SIR JOHN.
    536 88 A Peep into tue Mental [nside oi Oi k AN I.MAOINAKY INTEIVIEW It was after a big, ceremonial, ultra-indige*. tible banquet, and the last Inflated official au. loquacious layman had tripped over the doormat. Sir John was alone at last. He l< on to the verandah,
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    WAR NOTES.
    1611 89 The Baltic Fleet. A St I etersburg Correspondent states that the Baltic squadron is uow r.adv for sea _d.ui.al Rosiest vensky ig said to strongly favour the Arctic route, aud he estimates that he could bring the squadron to the scene of hostilities in 4_ or 4.. days.
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    A STIRRING EPISODE IN BRITISH ADVENTURE.
    267 89 A STIRRING EPISODE IN BRITISH ADVENTURE. I. ferring to« the recent marriage of the Raja Muda of Sarawak- a home paper (June 28) has this reference to the story of the famous iirst Raja Brooke A marriage which takes place in London to-day recalls one oi the strangest and most
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    51 89 10, Blaithrovd .Sou tho a rani. Halifax. Eng. In Dec, l8!t_, I was cured of piles by Doani ointment. I want to say now -20 months after that this cure has been permanent, and that 1 have had no return oi the ehl complaint. (Sifjnedv Matthew Farrar, (Of all chemists.
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    A BATCH OF NOVELS.
    592 89 A Co_Bummat_ Scoundrkl, _luy Boothby Bells Tndian and Colonial Library. J The works only of the Consummate Scoundrel appear in this latest sensational novel of Guv Boothby, who now turns out so many books that the high level of "Dr Nikola*" cannot be maintained. There is
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    CANADA AND PREFERENCE.
    350 89 Mr Fielding's Budget Speech in the Canadian House of Commons will be read with interest and satisfaction by Tariff Reformers in the British Empire. It will be remembered that the principle of preferential duties was carried in the Dominion Parliament some years ago by a unanimous vote,
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    32 89 Apioline Chapoteaut is superior to steel drops of penny royal ami is a safe remedy for ladies. Recoin mended to remove pain r obstrnction and tiie Irregulariti peculiar to the ses. 9
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    GEN. LYTTELTON ON THE FUTURE OF THE ARMY.
    684 89 On July 7 Lieut. -Gen. Sir Neville Lyttelton. the senior member of the A my Council, in responding for the Army at the South African dinner, made a remarkable prom ucement. He said The Britis Army is again in the melting-pot. I
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    A LESSON OF THE WAR.
    384 89 British Battles hi. s. Under the heading, The New British Battleships a Lesson of the IV a.'' the "Japan Times says It is stated that the two British Battleships of the new Lord .Olson das-, which are to be laid down during the current year,
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    SINGAPORE IN THE EIGHTIES.
    557 90 They were dull times in Singapore at the beginning of August 1885, and a scarcity of news doubtless drove the Editor to comment anew on the gambling question. Several letters had been inserted some urging control, others abolishment and instances were cited from Nice, Monte Carlo,
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    BOY IN THE PULPIT.
    282 90 r L.\l> OV TUU WHO HAS PRKACHKO This is, indeed, the age of prodigies. Last night, in a large tent, which has been erected near Holloway Station, Lonnie L. Dennis, the American boy preacher, aged ten, held the close attention of an audience of 3.000 persons.
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    PAHANG CORPORATION.
    67 90 The returns trom the Pahang Corporation's Mines for the month of June, were as follows Sungei Lembing, tons of stone crushed 2-500. Oxide of tin produced 47 ions: with 50 heads of stamps running for 28 davs. Working expenses $28,250. Pahang Kabang, tons of stoue crushed 1,260; oxide
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    ORE FINDING BY ELECTRICITY.
    623 90 An illustrated report of the electrical ore finding demonstration recently given at the Westminster Palace Hotel, appears in the current issue of Page's Magazine." The writer remarks that during his series of magnificent experiments some twenty years ago, Sir William Preece energised the earth with an
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    WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
    84 90 Kcssian' Station Nkak Chefoo. Shanghai, July 22 —The Kussians are erecting a system of wireless telegraphy five miles to the south-east of Chefoo. One pole, 130 feet high, is partially erected on the top of a hill that is 300 feet in height. Fifty eoolies are working under
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    LAND SALES.
    253 90 The following properties were disposed of by auction at Powell Co's saleroom yesterday afternoon Freehold land and shophouses 73 and 74 Serangoon*Koad are i each 1,(>00 s.j ft. Bought by Paliandi Pillay for 55,800 and $5200. Freehold land and shophouses 82 and 83 Serangoon Koad, area each 1,440
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    PROTECTION OF COMMERCE IN WAR.
    955 90 PROTECTION OF COMMERCE IN WAR. At the Royal United Service Institution, on 2. th ult, Commander W. C. Crutchley, r. n. r., read a paper on Protection of Commerce in War, frith special reference to the Cape Route." Colonel Sir H. M. Hozier presided. Commander Crutchley, in the course of
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    80 90 Chan. ;e of Water often brings on diarrhoea. For this reason many experienced travellers carry a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with them to be used in case Of an emergency. This preparation has- no equal as a cure' for bowel complaints. It cannot be obtained while
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    BRITAIN'S LOST PROVINCES.
    494 90 Lands that wk Havk Won ANl> >S| A writer in the Empire Review M points mm that the lands that Britain has lost, relinqnUh I ed, or wilfully missed are probably BSJpeat a j those we still own. Many old titles indicating 1 over- lords hip have
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    PARISIANS AND PORT ARTHUR.
    352 90 Iu a Paris better in the Hongkong Dailv Press this passage appears That most dramatic military event of modem times, the fall of Port Arthur, considered imminent by everyone here, is expected momentarily with breathless interest. Not even a miracle could save its capture the incessant
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    THE FINANCIAL AGE.
    84 90 WhATAbSOBJK. UXIVEKBAL A OAI The* Doctor, say- "Truth/' who mr pulse asks, as be waits, watch in band, w liether Kaffirs vs 1 1 1 rise; tiie Solicitor int our account of a difficulty, t.> to his broker to buy or sell stock the paiuter at bi_
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    SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1904.
    816 91 Tuesday being a public holiday the shipping offices will l>. closed. I Col Butcher, a. o. v.. is about to proceed to I India and will be stationed at Harrackriure General Sir Charles Warren, K E, has l>een -ranted the reward for distinguished and merb torious
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1953 91 Qmic*pUd atjnut homing noxlri est j a i-i j;L e ir JcVKSAi All we hear of the war indicates uothi_. hut coining disaster lor Kus__ia. The strangling of Port Arthur proceeds, with the unbelting movement of the screw of the </_..'"• Away afield in the north
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    THE S. C. C. ANNUAL MEETING.
    652 91 Last evening' the annual general meeting of the Singapore Cricket Club was held in the upper room at tbeTownHallMr E.G. Broadric presided, but there was unfortuuatmy only a small attendance of members, the football match between the 8. V. A. .aid the 64th Company
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    CATHOLIC CLUB.
    181 91 The annual general meeting of the Singapore Catholic Club was held last flight when about 4o members attended, the President, Ilev 11. Rivet, being in the chair. fhe Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, dwelt briefly upon the satisfactory working of tbe Club during
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    80 91 Tin. Treasurer of the Children's Concert Fund acknowledges the receipt ofsl') from M Ca-lebs. 1 This morning Mr Nunn fined a Chinaman $200 or in default _i\ months rigorous for for bringing 48 unstamped letters into the Colony, £50 of the tine', it' realised, will go to the informer. The
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    PRIZE FIGHTER IN COURT.
    927 92 Yesterday afternoon C. C. St Clair was charged with cheating Mr H. Abrams in respect to the sum of $90 odd the hiie of a horse and dogcart. Mr G. E. Raine prosecuted and Mr R. ne Lowell defended. Mr Raine asked the Com. to be
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    THE LATE MR C. W. S. KYNNERBLEY.
    105 92 Tho "L.A C. Express gives these details of Mr Kvnnerslev's e.eath Mr Charles Walter Snevd-Kvunerslev.e M a I 2~ TS?*** llth msr Wimbledon. Mr Sneyd.Kynnerslcy, who onlv retiivd reeentlv trom the Straits ___rv.ee and had Eeeo home about two months, was .laving with
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    FIRST AID BY A LXDY.
    262 92 The lady members of St John's Ambulance Association, which used to be very active here in Mr E. H. Bell's time, will read the subjoined case with satisfaction At a conversazione in connection with the^ Bermomlsey Settlement last "night Mrs C^f__ Gomm, the wife of
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    A TRACTION ENGINE CASE.
    287 92 This morning before Mr Michell Ifjasers Ho wart h, Erakine A. C\>. were summoned bv the Police for failing to have their name on their traction engine and obstructing a public thoroughfare with their engine on the 17th instant. Colonel Penuefather eleposed that on July 14
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    MR HUGH CLIFFORD ON MR JOSEPH CONRAD.
    371 92 In The North American Review there is a striking article by Mr Hugh Clifford on "The Genius of Mr Joseph Vourad,"- from which the following is a quotation It was in lsi>4 that Mr Conrad was seised, suddenly aud inexplicably, by a desire
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    55 92 TW police played Littles at football on the Old Gaol Site yerterdai evening and a good game ended in a draw, one goal on either side l»eing scored. Amongst the guests invited to meet Princess Christian at dinner on 12th Julv at Londondeny House, the residence of .he Marquil ot
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    A SINGAPORE PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL.
    300 92 In the Judicial Con-* 1 1166 of the Priv J Council, judgement b« AS t** 511 g iv n in *he case ojHbe Official Assi-& nee in Bankruptcy v. Tan "Cheng Guan. 'n.nis was an appeal from a judgement of tne Supreme Court of the
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    WARRBN SHIELD FOOTBALL.
    362 92 S. V. A .',vs 6___B R. A. The S. V. A. met the 64th Company R. G. A. last night in the semi-final round of the above competition ou the S. C. C. Ground .and were again successful by the narrow margin e>f one ge>al to nil.
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    FIGHTING IN ACHIN.
    117 92 Women and hildren Kjlluo. \mste__lam, July -A telegram trom Batavia to the Nieuwe Rottordamsche Courant states that the commauder of the- exnedi tion to the North Achin (Dutch East Indies) telegraphs that he attacked Li kat em June 20 the enemy *e looses being 432 killed, including
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    MAKAROFF'S PROPHETIC LECTURE.
    332 92 MAKAROFF'S PROPHETIC LECTURE. It is interesting te> recall the' fact that on April _K 1894, or nearly ten years to the day before the sinking of the Petropavlovsk, tear-Admiral Makarotf delivered before a distinguished audience in St. Petersburg a lecture upon the submersibility of ironclads. The lecture deall with the
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    150 92 About twenty five members of the-- V.M CA. attended the first social outing of the Society on Saturday evening. The party left Johnstons Pier at five o'clock iu a launch kindly lent by Messrs Syme and Co. On arriving at Tanjong Katong the picknicker_ dise .nbarked ami some went for
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    THE PENANG RACES.
    609 93 He suits of the First Day. ilTeli -ram tothe" Singapore Free Press.") fhe Maiden Plate*. 1 Radium; 2 Grand < Irusader. Won by a length, third th hehiud. Time 1 min 56 sec. Totali- !-o First Griffin Race. 1 Nun Nicer; 2 Bartender. Won by a length,
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    TELEGRAMS.
    155 93 i In 'liina Papers.) lin, duly 27 By an order of Alexeieff, md Duke Boris V'ladimirowitach has ppointed principal officer for special —ions with General Kuropatkin. ti. July 29. Two assassins e .me'erne'd throwing of the l>oml> which killed If. I st Petersburg have been arrested. ctatore were killed.
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    MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1904.
    681 93 The Russian Government is u^awjded whether or not, in view of (_>e war, t*» hoTt..^ usual annual fair at Nijni-No\'^ore>d. It is stated that 15,000 Chinese- will be working on the mines at Johannesburg before September 30. The regular meeting of the Municipal CoinX mission takes
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    SINGAPORE GARRISON GOLF C.
    110 93 The following players returned cards in the Competition for the General's Cup (Ist round j. The eight first named gentlemen will plav off the 2nd round hy match play. K ft. Brudlierr) .»7 15 >s2 C. V. Mii»_ .v> s:{ B. T. i» ■''<! *.k> r,
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    A PROGRAMME FOR HONGKONG
    124 93 In connection with Sir Matthew Nathan's arrival at Hongkong the China Mail offers this agenda paper for the new Governor's consideration ..[J^p. .polony has waited long enough for effiof much*™ 1 of its street tra nic, for the removal to be done 1 1^ ***** for
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    WAR NOTES.
    619 93 Tm Hkaw Rains. Unofficial reports received from the front describe the Russian Headquarter- 1 camps as quagmires, and express the gravest concern regarding the difficulties which General Kuropatkin would have to face in the event of a hasty retreat northward becoming unavoidable. A telegram from Liaoyang says As
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    THK VLADIVOSTOCK SQUADRON.
    62 93 The -Tsinan' HILD U.\ Messrs Buttertield and Swire State that the China Navigation Company's ss. "Tsinan" was stopped by the Russians outside Yokohama. Russian officers boareled her and made a search, afterwards allowing her to proceed on her voyage. The "Tsinan" is on the Australian run, and
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    30 93 Baffles Hotel musical elinner was attended bv between 400 and 500 guests on Saturdav mr CD m night. The menu was a choice one and the programme of music popular.
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    S. R. A.
    185 93 •ALL COMERS COMPETITION. Scores made on Saturday (above 50). 33 Competitors fired. 300 to i Toi. Pte R. <h' Silva S. V. 1 82 2«.» 61 Lt C. M. Phillips 8. V. 1 8 23 80 Mr p. Jaeger, Swiss R. A 32 2." S9 Truui J.
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    GENERAL NEWS.
    358 93 in the Canadian House 0 f Commons a proposal that the supreme command of the militia should be vested in the Governor ih Council was defeated by an overwhelming majority! The Bishops of the Church of England have decided to ascertain the views of the Colonird Church before
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    THE HUNGHUTZE.
    366 93 Before the war broke out, there were many predictions about the troub'e that the Hunghutze would be sure ro give the Kussians if the latter took the field. On the whole these forte ists have' hcen fulfilled, though not. perhaps, as signally as was anticipated. It is likely,
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    35 93 The Ceylon papers report from G; that the "Prinz Heinrich will have to go i Bombay to ho docked, the damage being right amidships, and a thousand tons of coal will have to be removed.
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    THE WATER QUESTION.
    1331 94 Meetixo of the Cosuuaaiov. A special meeting of the Municipal Commission was held on Saturday at noon te> consider a reply to lx_ semt to Government regarding tbe water scheme drawn up by Mr Pei ree, regarding Kallang and Seletar. Mr Broaelrick presided and there were also
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    HERR ALBERT FRIEDENTHAL.
    133 94 Mr J. H. Fiulayson, Secretary, writes from Brisbane on July 7 to say that Herr Albert Friedenthal, the wedl-known pianist, would leave there' next day for Batavia, after which he will visit Singapore', Hongkong, Shanghai, and Manila. Mr Fiulayson adds "He takes with him his own two
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    "COPYRIGHT IN INDIA."
    149 94 COPYRIGHT IN INDIA." t nder tbe above heading a letter appears in the British .Journal of Photograph v,* 1 from Mr l\ Skeeu, dated Colombo, Ma\ 80, 1904. The lot ter is as follows ln your issue oi May u* I notice an ineiuirv in vour column Answers tu correspondents
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    BISLEY RESULTS.
    307 94 (Up to July lo.) There' is a general increase' in the number of entries for nearly all the principal competitions at Bisley this year, and among those who have entered for them are volunteers from New Zeal ind, Natal, the Transvaal. Southern Rhodesia, ami Uganda. Canada, as usual,
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    91 94 Ih** (J. Ma /agon arrive' l herefrom Mop yesterday with 5,000 tons of coal. hurnglast night a Chinese house io *i',_ 11--j««lg Pagar -rd was entered bv burglars and prop, riy valued at Sit 0 Stolen. Tho burglars effected an entrance by cutting a hole in the door and unlftdtiiig
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    BERI-BERI.
    1039 94 *___I)lSE-_S_ WHICH THE CKIXSII .UK S^ Bai_foi_ro into South Avrua. By an Expert. The disease which threatens the Chines*- ce »e>llies on their way to the Transvaal mines is known in the Par East as beri-beri, and as kakke h_ Japan. The origin of the word is by some
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    THE PRICE OF PEACE.
    910 94  -  George Lynch Japan Does Ne_ T VV _m p on r OR MaNCUI KIA (Daily Chronicle War Correspond* It may appear premature at this to spe.-ulate on what will he the eo war, but I do not think it is p endeavour to direct public opinion
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    THE CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.
    838 95 1„, -Pkinz HEiNßiemV* Voyage. PoitYHCSinw'e" Breakdown. 1 M. mail Steamer ••Polynesien," which tlm mails and passengers e>f the mui steamer M Print Heinrich," owing f1,,. latter running on a rock shortly after Colombo on July _:-srd, arrived here j afternoon and was berthed at Borneo h
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    70 95 lusp German Mail steamer "Gneisenau C dombo on the* <;th inst ;«t 2a m, expected to arrive here on Thursday a in. Saturday evening while a cow and her sore being led along Btamford-rd by two ho <alf got away and trotted e>ff up The oon seeing her offspring disapbroke
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    THE TRANSVAAL AND THE CROWN AGENTS.
    97 95 The (piestion of the Crown Agents was discussed in the Transvaal Legislative Council, and it was resolved that representations should be made to the Secretary e>f State for the Co. lonies with a view to allowing the Government to use its discretion in the
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    PRINCE UKHTOMSKY.
    264 95 Tni Russo-J viwnkse Conflict. 4 I am inclined to look upon the present Russo-Japanese war as merely the preliminary stage in a struggle that will* involve all the great powers of Europe. When the end conies, moat of the boundaries existing in Asia now will be found to
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    SINGAPORE IN THE EIGHTIES.
    555 95 The good old topic of the defences of the Port cropped up again in the issue of the paper for the fourth week of July, 1885. It was noted amongst other items that the Government had gone to China of all places in the' world for
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    A MANIAC FAMILY
    227 95 All medical men know that continuous in tensity of emotion brings a human being always nearer to the brink of insanity. This is perhaps as frerjuently exemplified in the case of religious excitement as in any other form of mental disturbance. And we suppose that applies in
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    A FLOATING CITY.
    524 95 (Caspar Whitney in July Outing. "j It is a strange, half-floating city, this Bangkok, overrun by pariah dogs anel crows. Oriental elespite its improvements, anel one of the most interesting cities in the Far East. Vet a sael city for the visiten* with mind apart from margins
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    IN THK EVENT OF ARMY MOBILISATION.
    83 95 IN THK EVENT OF ARMY MOBILISATION. War Office circulars are being at present extensively circulated throughout Ireland inquiring from any pensioners whether, in the event of a mobilisation of the army, they would be willing to serve in the home elefence. and requesting pensioners to send to the War Office
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    SHE DIED YESTERDAY.
    103 95 Here in a golfing yarn from the Land of Golf: Two worthy followers of the royal and antient game were in the habit of elaily playing together. In the course ol time one lost his wife, and, on hearing the sael news, his friend of the links
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      THE WAR.
      944 95 The Russians have evacuated Haieheng. lua despatch General Kuropatkin hope: the troops ha-* i1 retreated to the inaio position after heavy losses, will be able to maintain it against an enemy numerically superior. Viceroy Alexieff has gone to Harbin ami thence to Vladivostock. General Kuropatkin reports that the
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    GENERAL.
    378 96 Gloucestershire has boston Sus&ex by I_JO, Kent has beaten Esses by 22fr, Notts Surrey by two wickets, and the* <jjwn.es between Lancashire and Yorkshiro,_y___d Leicestershire and the» South AfrioiinsUrfve been left drawn. It ie stated a^/fvoshington that the United States are co^Yes pond ing with the Russian and other
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    643 96 SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. i Special to the Singapore Five Press.") Hongkong A itg 4. Fighting has been going on al Port Arthur •n Julv *2»o to 29. The Japanese have captured important positions, and taken 1,000 prisoners. There have been heavy losses on both sides. A Japanese gunboat sweeping off Tungkoilwan
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    JAPANESE CONSULAR TELEGRAM.
    366 96 By Courtesy off Mr Tanaka. H. I J. M. CoNsri.. Received at 10.40 p.m. on Wednesday. I The Totnoucheug attacking army rep .rts The attack- was commenced <>n July 8 on the eueuiv occupying strongly entrenched heights around Tomoucheng, fifteen miles to the southeutri of Haicheug. Fiocc
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    EXCHANGE.
    65 96 Bank 4 in'. IM 1 itiiuanu 1/11 j Pnvai^ e,r.ditN uir_ 11l 14 credits ri ml* Inf Franu'e, demand J4«; *lr _n _ttt_ duassnd,.- 1_,.» (nuia. T. T. 14.V H'»n..k. -o, ehnuand l\ dis YoKn_.\..iA demand .1 i. a Iwnaod |I 7 a w B.Nomo/, '.O._od oS -2 Sol
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    SHARES.
    296 96 j Au S- s oils* Capital, k i I Belat Tin $ld lu 800,000 Loj lu Bersawah Gold 0rd.... 10 7* 75,000 14] Do Def... 10 10 40,000 Brus^h H. Tin lo 10 600,000 31 Duff Development Co. £1 6400,000 Gopeng Tin ...£1 £100,000 Jelebu Min. &T. in liq.
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    PRODUCE.
    127 96 'August 6., Tm S 72 37 Grambier v do. Cabs No. 1 do. do. No. 2 1 1 Pepper, Black (ordinary S'pore' do. White. 'Fair L. \V. pe. 3. Nutmegs (110 to *ho Ih .J do. (SO to the th. i :«o Mace (H.ndaj 14.5 Cloves (AiulotnHi S3 Liberia!.
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