Eastern Daily Mail and Straits Morning Advertiser, 7 March 1907

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  • 19 1 Eastern Daily Mail AND STRAITS MORNING ADVERTISER. No. 454 VOL. HI. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1907. PRICE 5 CENTS
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  • 508 1 AN APPRECIATION. The Editor of The Raiujoon Times has received a lengthy appreciation of the late Colonel Olcott, whose death we reported last week. It is from the pen of the famous authoress Annie Besant, who is now m India. The writer states, inter alia Colonel
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  • 396 1 Some large tees, says the British Medical Journal, have lately fallen to the lot of doctors. It is stated that an American practitioner who ministered at the death-bed of a millionaire sent into the executors a little bill of ,£5,000 for a week's attendance without any special
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  • 25 1 Mr Koo Cnoo Choon, the tin magnate of the Nr.tivc States, is on a visit to his fatherland and will return to Pcrak m April
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  • 660 1 JEFFRIES v. SQUIRES, AUSTRALIAN. Feb. 10th Unless somebody backs down m the next forty-eight hours a fight for the heavy-weight championship of the world will be arranged between J. Jeffries and Bill Squires of Australia, with Rhyolite, for a purse of $30,000. According to the latest
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  • 199 1 The matrimonial record ot~ 1900 is ol singular interest and importance. Au English girl made the match of the year, and the circumstances surrounding the bridal of Princess Kna of Battenberg to King Alfonso of Spain arc likely to be remembered as long as history endures. Miss
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  • 87 1 The Amir visited the workshop! o\ Messrs. Hum «.V CO., and placed a number of orders With the firm, the largest being for a suspension bridge to be constructed at Jellalabad which will be one of the wonders of tincountry and one of the largest bridges
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 289 1 c paper DC P<*P |C DC Best ocrtisM liuifl m traits. X" BOOTS! Howarth Erskine a-t I Et>£iijeers apd contractors. ITTIF'S I ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS. Telephone 28. Telegrams ERSKCNE." please Take Note! B( ?9 T^ a d t^ hoes T JEamps for 3t/L ri ALL WiiiAxio js4v_ r I LIS wear
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    • 11 1 Ule Guarantee me largest Circulation of anp Paper m Singapore. 9
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  • 377 2 The Eastern Daily Mail. PRICE 5 CENTS. THURSDAY 7th MARCH. OPEN BATHING. Several indignant correspondents have ever and anon called attention m these columns to the open bathing practised by naked Chinese and Indians alike at the wells at foot of Fort Canning m full view of the public. It
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  • 361 2 There was recently quite a flutter among the owners of occupants of that class of shops known as Farm Spirit Shops. They are socalled because hitherto they obtained their licences direct from the Spirit Farmer. This system has not worked well and it has been decided that
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  • 731 2 The Financial Agent m London ot the Russian Government is instructed by the Minister of Finance to announce that the actual deficit for this year will not exceed 1 50 million roubles. No foreign loan is contemplated during 1907 by the Ministry of Finance. The present French rulers are placing
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  • 77 2 A meeting will be held at the Singapore Indian Christian Association Room, Anglo-Tamil School, Seranggong Road, on Saturday, the 9th, at 8 p.m., when the President Mr. H. Rickard will give an evening of Recitations and Readings. Mr. I ames of the Royal West Kent Regiment
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  • 123 2 '"8 postcard r», ?V*M I 7 CIU lessons t I iii^trurtioiw- 3 U^3 by"sT?r w S« I yacht, called ■ru t !j«J MiW from BoSJSBi. do their duties a J I the chests of lC a o I ran, I Others,' because I I account ol I a brow:
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  • 79 2 cheth n P. M N plaintir s not< v being a g< day at 4-15 p.m. Chief Just giving judgUM opinion A his evidence m ner. and it app< man of hi- posi! risk hi> all claimed by pUini His LOl length with the c. objection- had
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  • 59 2 Behanzin, t) who was deposed b] cause of his ml 11 unfortunate pen pneumonia. Tl said to have been peculiar nu\ nemerous wives medicine pi master, if it con case tl but it" they disliked il away. The French d had only a devoted nu away
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  • 184 2 111. M written :i one To the E nun Sir, In i "Justice" verj perl should appeal I with am: inclined to why m S nganoi wai why should tl ed to make at inexplicable I to the Sin^ai b w.at shown I public rights 1 <)t. To the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 294 2 H.SCHAEFER Co. Ulc bed to inform our customers that the A^^^^ Ulcll known OKI BIPJB «f^iT^ the Ist Mpril, 1907 at 5(3.25, per case of 1 2 Dottles. RETAIL OF ALL DEALERS. 3£,Sehaefer &Co. SOLE IMPORTERS. 7.30 P.M. TO-NIGHT 9-30 P.M. "Jubilee Hull.' K©y«ll The iP Royal V////rx. THE CITY
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    • 370 2 CHOICE LINES <i< CONFECTIONERY. CHOCOLATES, BONBONS, CREAMS, GINGER, ALMONDS IN lb. AND i lb. TINS OR LOOSE. Milk Chocolate m Cakes, Blocks or Packets Assorted Chocolate m Very Fancy Boxes Fruit Drops, Almond Rock, Everton Coffee etc. etc. AT REDUCED PRICES. FRESH FRUIT. Messina Oranges per do/. 30 &40 Choice
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    • 100 2 WANTED. A derk and collector, must know town well, and must find security $500.00. Salary to commence with $30 per mensem. Apply E. K. c/o E. D. M. WANTED, A second-hand Smith Premier Typewriter No. 4. Good price for good machine. VELA VAN Co., 95, Robinson Road. NOTICE Notice is
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 97 2 COMING EVENTS. To day, 7tb High Water 2-48 a., 3-4'J p. Assizes. B I. Homeward Mail closes 3p. S V. C. Fencing Class, Drill Hall, 0.30 p. Phil. Orchestra pract, Vie. M'rial Hall, 8-30 p. Concert, Presbyterian Church. <J p. S. C C. Tennis. Tomorrow Btb High Water 3"35 a-
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  • 75 3 I I I I I I I I I L i L I I L i I jl I I I k I r k I I I t I F M t> rfice. I -c ie 1 lar the md val he L tn< i'hc lc bu:c ist
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  • 20 3 I the the SeaI 1 iheopi" I I adcquatc--1 bmlt I ,v, 11 have I nc battle I r
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  • 53 3 London, Mai 4, 2.25 p.m. 1 he Five I'er Cent. Loan which Japan i- issuing to enable her to convert her two six percent, loant will beissued ik xt week at u<>\. Ihe total amount ot ihc loan is .000,000 sterling. Half will be floated m London, and
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  • 139 3 Ihe St. Petersburg correspondent to the limrs writes as follows Hie exigencies of famine relief call for a loan of 50,000,000 roubles (jCSr Do, 000), which the Government proposes to raise by the issue of internal Rentes. According to an official statemot, the quantity of grain required
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  • 57 3 J mom who pay a visit to the Wayang Kassim to-night may reckon on rving a real good treat, for a sensational play will be staged, entitled "The False Accused." Moreover Mr. Kassim's bevy of beauty are going out of their way to-night to excel themselves m their different turns
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  • 11 3 S0F JHE -DAKOTA sir'"- Rmiuts Aftacy wires (By submarine Telegraph.)
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  • 81 3 DRASTIC REFORMS SANCTIONED BY THE SULTAN. London, March. 6, 2.25 p.m. Rotter's correspondent at Constantinople announces that the Porte has roved of, and the Sultan sanctioned, drastic reforms m the administration of the Customs, as stipulated for b}- the British Ambassrdor as a preliminary lo a three percent,
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  • 74 3 MR. WINS I<)N CHURCHILL'S DELIVERANCE. London, March v, 2.25 p.m. ying m the House of Commons to Mr. Arthur Acland Allen, the Liberal M. P for ChristchUtTh, Mr. Winston 1 lill, I'iuler Secretary of State for s, <tated that Lord Elgin Colonial Secretary) had informed
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  • 27 3 U .S. Shipping Bill. 5T BY FILIBUSTERING TACTICS. Jon, March 6, p.m. The United Suites Congress is adourned. The >tv,ppi:ig Subsidy Bill wa» lost >y filibustering tactics.
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  • 142 3 Egyptian Hostility to British Control. IPINION4 rHE THUNDERER-" London, March 6, j.j; p.m. Phe General Assembly ha^ es -lution demandmg* lull tentary institutions as soon as t '.c. In the dm c A-sembly urges vernment to extend the powers A the Legislative Council and A-sem-k, with a view to secure
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  • 58 3 PRINCE HENRY DECORATED BY PRINCE ALEXANDER OF TECK. l^ondon, Mar. 6, 2.25 p.rr. c Alexander of Tec*k, represen- g ward, co:: 'tr-red the Order ot the Bath to Prince Henry, consort of the Queen of the Netherlands. There np'c ceremony Wilhelmina "decorated Prince Alexander with
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  • 68 3 IHK STRANDING OF THE BATTLE-SHIP DOMINION. London, March >■, 2.2^ p.m. A naval courtmartial has been sitting to inquire into the stranding of the twin-mew battle-hip Dominion m the Gulfol St. Lawrence last year. The court severely reprimanded Captain Charles E. Kingsmill and Lieutenant Ba>il E. Noake, the
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  • 1557 3 veitl'rH ASSiZ C U u rt r Was continued M.sher ymOrni g beforeMr Justice ta Strait* Biggest CouNitßFtix Case. Vongju Ngi.Chin Tim Sau and Fam Chu were arraigned on two charges hist y of being m possession ot materials for counterfeiting current coins, and secondly of counter-feitinu r
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  • 280 3 Ihe following appears under the heading of occasional notes m the S/rat/s Ech>>. What an apalling amount of sickening uibbish is written m >o-called society papers now-a-day> lake any halt-dozen of these rags that come out every mail, and rind, alas ready purchaser- and readers all over the
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  • 314 3 Mr. Gleason. one of the lawyers for the defence of Mr. Thaw, m setting up the plea of insanity, declared that the prisoner jfcted without malice and m self-defence, and appealed to the jury to say that they would have done exactly the same thing m his
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  • 36 3 A lighted match thrown upon the ground and a leakage of petrol from the* tank of a motor carat Hay ward's Heath resulted m a blaze, causing damage to the vehicle to the amount of ,/".^oo.
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  • 105 3 Says an Australian paper The total g L VCn by Mr Jowards the spread of education m the believed »r, 1 Q*W<*>- is add?Hon 1 >r at he has ive a additional^6,ooo,ooo anonymously to educational funds. The New York r W n <tent of "The Times"
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 541 3 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. MORO PROVINCE. IN THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURT IN AND FOR THE CITY OF ZAMBOANGA. The Bank of Zamboanga, Plaintiff. l s Civil case no. S. A. Korzcki, Defendant. ORDER. The plaintiff m the above entitled cause having filed m this Court a
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    • 376 3 FRENCH CINEMATOGRAPH To-i>i§ljt To-i)i§l>t ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. WE WILL EXHIBIT THE BEST PICTURES FROM OUR LARGF AND VARIED STOCK OF FILMS. DON'T MISS THIS OCCASION YOU ARE SURE TO BE SATISFIED WITH OUR SHOW First Show 7.30 p.m. Second Show 9.30 p.m. Sitaiinee Bvery Saturday From 6 to 7
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  • 1079 4 (BY A BACHELOR.) 1 asked his wife to tea at the Club the other day he came, too, with her, ami sat it out while she discoursed at great length on the iniquities of her servants, the inelegancies ot other women's toilettes and the way their husbands
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  • 129 4 A Iokk) despatcli >tatcs that General Booth of the Salvation Army with some of the members of his staff will be received m audience by the Lmperor, immediately after his arrival m this country. The General i=> expected to reach Yokohama on April 16. The instruments the Salvation Army bandsmen
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  • 381 4 Singapore, 19th Feb. lye;. Bean-, Long per catty 5 do. French do. 1 2 Beef per Ib 18 Beet Steak do. -4 Bean Sprouts per catt\ 3 Bamboo Sprout- do. 4 Blnchan do. 16 Brinjals do. 4 Cabbage, Batavia do. nil do., China do. i 2 do.,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 607 4 TRADES, PROFESSIONS SINGAPORE GOSLING CO,, 5j j5 Robinson Road, (PASAK Lama.) Whisky, Brandy, Sherry, p ()rl at $1 bottle to $4 bottle duty I>a id. Cigars, Dutch, Manila, Hanomahs, and Brazilain from $2- 100 m tin boxes Egyptian Cigarettes Vafiadis. $1.25 per 100. Cigar and Cigarette Holders m Amber and
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    • 22 4 Dealers il federJ I R.W.wl I perakJ I HOOTII I I YtAr^l I YtTcl The laipmgl AHAcfl I Win I COMMERCIAL I^l
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 1169 4 SHIPPING NEWS. VESSELS IN PORT. lllen.ot.W.r. Flag and Ton. Com dT. Arrived From For When Where Lying McClellan Am. tra., 1870 Lothrop Jan 12 J? a iL fo^dockine Sea Belle F. M. S. Yacht 48 Ahmat Feb 5 Swet. Borneo Margarita Am. Yacht 721 Cushing reb 2 o Rangoon Borneo
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  • 784 5 Rid f RAin fill Ru l ""dcta.l- a,)i»carccl ¥0* of > ca c m JtaJJ th ;rd ultimo, ,rting to come t nee Va *J [He property to an rmc able tO of these tor the 1MOIC; 30, on \?fiiashop in F»sh c bap m this TllCi c
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  • 537 5 I his ca-c has proved to be the most itional case m the Far East since the celebrated Carew case but being a ■ing ca<e it has undoubtedly caused neater sensation. Andrew Lewis and Charle- Arthur Hill, the former a shipp ng clerk m the tirm of
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  • 13 5 Miv A. Cj. KbMOM»^, Editor of Uic Malay Mail, hab left for Europe.
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  • 716 5 Mining. Capital. Subscbed *«mber I fag«| Hid I R Qo Shares Value: up to I KeserVfc Company Quotations Present I J Pric. GOLD. 1900 $175,000 $140,000 I 3,500 'Sued $I i BersawahG M. Co. Ltd 1. 00 nominal 1000 £350,000 3 fSo 7 I!! Duff Devolopment Co..
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  • Commercial.
    • 154 5 Gambier buyers S 7.05 do Cube No. 1 i°- 6 Copra, Bali n "•*> do Pontianak >o-45 Pepper, Black (ordinary Singapore) 18.50 do White, Fair L. W. 5 per cent. 25.34 Sago Sarawak Flour *«99 do Brunei No. 1 2.99 Pearl Sago, small 5-4° Coffee, Bali 16 per cent.
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    • 124 5 London.— Bank j m s t)l 16 Private 3m t j 4 5/8 CM Germany. -Bank dd 2..j0 Private 3ms 4 <, I do 6ms J.4S! (>« France. Bank d(1 2.95 Private 3 tn 3 3.00 Oh India. Hank T. T. 174 Private 10 cJ s 171! On Hok^kong.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 399 5 f^ MONEY SAVEDT I IS I I MONEY EARNED. I I IF YOU INTEND TO SELL YOUR LAND AND HOUSE ft PROPERTIES, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE ETC. I B FIRST CONSULT A IG. A. Ferpai>dez&Co. I Auctioneers, No. 6 P Almeida Street. I WHOSE RATES ARE THE CHEAPEST, CHARGES AND 1 i
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  • 846 6 SEVERE WEATHER AT HOME AND ABROAD. I lib Kaisi:r and thi: Boy. I he cold weather continues, not only over the greater part of the British Isles, but m all parts of Lurope. On Sunday Iceland was four degrees above free/ ing point, while London was m the
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  • 565 6 MYSTERIOUS DISEASE GRIPS IRELAND AND SCOTLAND. There are no immediate signs of a diminution m the epidemic of cerebro-spinal meningitis, or spotted fever,"' m Belfast. There certainly was a lull but reports show that it is now as virulent as ever. Out of 60 cases notified, 30 have
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  • 215 6 A QUESTION OF PARENTAGE. It is quite time, says the Ceylon Okmwm 1 we authoritatively contradicted an extraordinary report which has lately become current m the United Kingdom and about which more than one reference has been made to us personally by old Ceylon
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 418 6 NOTICES, NOTICE. WEEKLY SAILINGS. The S. S. Pontianak (Captain Casey, sails from this Port every Monday at 2 p.m. for Quantan, Pahang. Good accommodation for passengers, special rates for cargo. Apply to The BORNEO Co., Ltd. Agents. MISCELLANEOUS, Ac. IWCUHE-fIOPfIY. FREE OF CHARGE to any sufferer from Asthma, Hay Fever
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    • 687 6 BANKS. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. PAID-UP CAPITAL $10,000,000 RESERVE .FUND Sterling Reserve $10,000,000 1 *m n^nn Silver Reserve $10,250,000 20 i60 0 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $10,000,000 Court of Directors. A Haupt, Esq— Chairman. Hon. C W. Dickson— Deputy-Chairman. E. Goetz, Esq. H. E. Tomlrins Esq. C. R. Lenzmann, D.
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    • 337 6 11 E. D. M." ADLETS. FO WANTED. Shorthand Tuition. By a professional Shorthand writer, For terms, etc., apply— PITMAN c/o E. D. M. Shorthand and Typewriting work undertaken. WANTED. Steamer of about 300 tons dead weight capacity. H. CROSKEY Co., <?, Malacca Street. PLANTER. With 17 years experience and excellent
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    • 395 6 B SALE, WANTED, &C. WANTED. WANTED. A Chinese Clerk for Shipping and General Office work. Apply to THE INTERNATIONALE CREDIET HANDELSVEREENIGING ROTTERDAM i U Almeida StreetWANTED. To buy one dozen Broom-flower plants. LIM CHENG LAW, Penang. WANTED. SHIPPING CLERK wanted at once. Knowledge of shipping routine essential. Apply:— FRASER NEAVE
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    • 259 6 JJJJMm FOR THE rji Smglc Copy Month 3 Months 6 Montis Year OUT -STAT lO| 1 1 Month 3 Months 6 Months 1 Year ADVERTISING R AT E S SMALL AOVERT|8 Efc "■"ill Wanted, To Let, J Notices, 4 CjAc *or 1 inch Single CoW above heading. daily in>mi.,n 3
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