Eastern Daily Mail and Straits Morning Advertiser, 19 June 1907

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    19 1 Eastern Daily Mail AND STRAITS MORNING ADVERTISER. No. 541 VOL. m. SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19. 1907. PRICE 5 CENTS
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    WEST HAM SENTENCES.
    433 1 WEST HAM SENTENCES. ALL THE ACCUSED EXCEI'I ONE FOUND GUILTY AND HEAVILY PUNISHED. All the ten West Ham Guardians and officials accused of accepting bribes in connexion with the awarding of contracts and with entering into fraudulent arrangements with contractors for their own benefit have been found guilty and severely
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    BURIED AT SEA.
    305 1 PENALTY OF TRAVEL WITH EMIGRANTS. Claim. One of the disadvantages of travelling by an ocean liner carrying Italian emigrants is illustrated by the predicament of Dr. Chalmers Prentice, of Chicago, who is suing the North German Lloyd Shipping Company for damages for burying his wife at sea,
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    THE WHISKER WAR.
    515 1 A new Jersey senator has introduced a bill for the taxation of whiskers. The scheme is thoroughly scientific in its graduation and differentiation. While ordinary whiskers would escape with a tax of five dollars, the top of the i scale is reached with the fifty dollars imposed
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    BURNS-O'BRIEN MATCH.
    304 1 A SUSPICIOUS CONTEST. A detailed account of the twenty rounds contest between Tommy Burns and Jack O'Brien at Los Angeles, on May 7, for a 30,000 dol., purse is now to be gathered from the American papers. Previous to the fight beginning all were declared off by the
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    THE JAPANESE AND THE TSAR.
    107 1 The members of the Japanese Mis sion which arrived at St. Petersburg by the Tnms-Sibefian route on their way to The Hague have been invited to Tsarskoe Selo for presentation to the Emperor. The chief of the Japanese Mission, M. Tsuzucki, who has already been
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      139 1 00 0> 1 tTt'" 1 MAPflfti woo Diet^ion ??t ngelics! 1 Spring :*z lhe Noccra water is an t ir pM i-xccllcnt drinking-water it |A II digestive, easily assimilated t*j& and very usetul in cases ?§?i o! catarrh in the uriaa organ, j *W. CAN I ILRI. i J| COOD
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      10 1 ttle 6uarantee tDe largest Circulation of anp paper in Singapore.
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    The Eastern Daily Mail. PRICE 5 CENTS. WEDNESDAY. 19th June. A WISE AND JUST ACT.
    1166 2 The Eastern Daily Mail. PRICE 5 CENTS. WEDNESDAY. 19th June. A WISE AND JUST ACT. In withholding his assent to the Punjab Colonisation Act Lord Minto, the Viceroy of India has taken a very wise and just course. This Colonisation Act which some persons were anxious to rush with a
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    549 2 During a lieavv storm a: Chaubattia on the 20th May, Rifleman McCarthy of ••A" Company, Rifle Brigade, who was on n ;;ht operations, w-.s struck by lightning and expired almost immediately. Thi; many friends of Mrs. Moore, the matron of the Anglo-Chinese Boarding School, will regret to learn that she
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    NEW BANGKOK STEAMER.
    21 2 for the R v composite screw ZmS dtl V'3 "et, depth ■gjß. and the boSSCafd > cpar I ,eP,rheffl
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    LAWYER'S DUTY TO WITNESS
    228 2 At the convocation 1 ©(Madras in March, ,j W. Hughes Mallet offered fcfc excellent advice to Graduate* When engaged in ATS of a ca^e you are r. the duty owing to a forget that ti, witnesses also Ra 'lance ot'a ui::.. La« often agai;>- J tioh,
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    THE NEXT VISIT OF ENGLISH CRICKETERS TO AUSTRALIA
    95 2 1 he lioard oM cricket, which met in *JJ night ago, drew up a gP to vi>il AuMrali:.- Ibtpg wnttotheMa.ylebo« approval, the fc I follows: i crtii. ffovembei 9,**"* 13 at Adelaide November ij Melbourne- November n, Wales, at Sydnej Novembi Brisbane.
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      302 2 JOHN liITTUE CO. liTD. SIITC3-APORE. Siuan Fountain Pens. AD^TOBB THE PERFECTED PRODUCT S^p OF PEN REVOLUTION. VPGCn VC3A9 STYLUS TO RKED. 09 X2®W§b E>aY REED TO QUILL C3DD A (?EB° QUILL TO STEEL. -OBagWA sr :i :l TO GOII) C^AM FOUNTAIN WW^™ P6N? GOLD TO THE SWAN. PLAIN HOLDER, GOLD
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      354 2 'APPLES "STONE PIPPINS" 1* 65 Gents per dozen. 75 dozen. AeeoßoiNG to size. 0 THOMPSON, THOMAS CO. THE AUSTRALIAN STORES, SUfcTG-^IFOIE^IE SPIRIT SP 'R'T I (MERCHANTS. WERCHfINTS. Caldbeck Stlaegregor Co. I NOTICE.— From this date the SINGAPORE HOTEL, situated in North Bridge Road No. 620-3. near Adelphi Hotel, will be"
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      192 2 ARMY CONTRACTS. Tenders will be received at the office of the Officer Commanding Army Service Corps, Pearls Mill up to 10 o clock a.m. on the 24th June 190; for supply of the undermentioned to the Troops quartered at Singapore: (a) For Washing Barrack and Hospital linen and Bedding and
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    80 3 i, V v t ih< ther I ,(,evare I. Burton i oresi^n 1 >" t .(tical I ssss 5 J g it provn yr eerm s tinned run- ts od\ which, n harmle^„ection th, score to tury lh ire -.me per I I I I I typhoid I I
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    THE POLICE INSPECTOR AND THE MOUSE.
    12 3 THE POLICE INSPECTOR AND THE MOUSE. I I I I 'IS headed
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      1140 3 I TRfIDES, PHOFESSIOttS'& AGENCIES. ■U.ICJ IUMOH I HORSE AWD~^ SEBEMEHI CYCLE CO. Uassica^O^rat^al.Dance^and bongs QATTir FOOD 88-90 I'dlll Street. BY CELBRATED. X^FI fcw*— fc^ Englisli, French, Italian German Composers. A Large selection of all the Latest Music Horses get a fine coat by partaking of Received by Every Mail. this
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      989 3 t SHIPPING NEWS. 1 VESSELS IN PORT. t Where len-of-War. Fiag and Ton* Master Arrived. From For When Lying l\S. tra. 1870 Arnold Jan 12 Manila Manila U Roads Sine F. M.S. yet 48 Nacodah Feb 5 P. Swettenham PSwetham U K. H. Siam. Gbt. 550 Dery June 16 Penang
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      344 3 <embra:uit. Amsterdam. July 5; delicandia, Hamburg, June 29 B Meyer sado Mai u. Loodoo, June 19 P bimons MUttiki M:\ru. Londoo, Aug.- I Simon- salazie, Mai >eiUes, luly 15 M M nines Saxonia, Hamburg, July 8; B Meyer Scharnhoi-t, Hkong, June 23; Behn Meyer Segovia, Hongkong, June 22 Behn Meyer
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      408 3 Mail Steamer Movements HoMtWARD P. O. Mail The P, and O. liomeward mail steamer Malta left Hongkong at i p.m. on Saturday, and is due here at 6 a.m., on Thursday, the 20th instant. Outward P. O. Mail. The mail steamer China left Colombo, at 5 p.m., on Saturday, ai
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Franco-Spanish Treaty.
      103 4 By Submarine Telegraph Reuters RECIPROCAL GUARANTEES. London, June 18, 2.40 p.m. M. Pichon, French Foreign Minister, in the course of an interview, states that the Franco Spanish treaty is the natural sequel of previous agreements regarding Morocco and the Far East, France wishing to guarantee her possessions in
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    Sleeping Sickness.
    51 4 CONFERENCE OF AFRICAN REPRESENTATIVES. London, June 18, 2.40 p.m. A conference of representatives from the British Colonies and Protectorates in Africa, convened by the Colonial Office, met in London to-day to discuss international measures to deal with sleeping sickness. Germany, France, Portugal, the Sudan and the Congo were
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    The Mikado Restrictions Withdrawn.
    28 4 London, June 18, 2.40 p.m. The Lord Chamberlain's prohibition of the performance of Gilbert an<i Sullivan's comic opera The Mikado has been withdrawn, unconditionally.
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    Viscount Aoki Recalled.
    26 4 London, June iS, 2.25 p.m. A pi ivate telegram from Washington confirms the statement that Viscount Aoki, the Japanese Ambassador, has been recalled.
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    Winegrowers' Agitation.
    32 4 London, June 18, 3.50 p.m II Sarrant, the French Under Secre- I tary of State has resigned. He disapproves the policy of the Government with reference to the winegrowers' agitation.
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    Franco-Japanese Agreement.
    43 4 London, June iS, 3.50 p.m. M. Fichon, French Foreign Minister read out in the Chamber the text of the Franco-Japanese Treaty which was cheered. He dwelt essentially on the pacific nature and congratulated Japan on its inclusion among the Great Powers.
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    Duma Deputies Arrested.
    44 4 1 London, June 18, 240 p m. Ihe dissolution of the Duma has been received hitherto calmly throughout the country. Nine Deputies out of the sixteen whose arrest If. Stolypin demanded from the Duma, have been arrested, including the leader Ozol.
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    Arrest of a Strike Leader.
    56 4 London, June 18, 2.25 p.m. A telegram from the Transvaal reports the arrest of a strike leader, who has been charged with inciting the strikers to acts of violence. He is alleged to have said to the strikers "If the workers won't join you, remember
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    Franco-British Colonial Congress.
    33 4 Franco- British Colonial Congress. London, Ji*ne 18, 2.40 p.m. A Franco-British Colonial Congress has been opened in Paris, with the object of extending the entente coadiale i in the Colonies of both nations.
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    Burst of Monsoon in India.
    22 4 London, June 18 2.25 p.m Tlm Monsoon has burst in India. Prospects are reported to be good.
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    Mr. Haldane's Army Bill.
    79 4 Mr. Haldane' s Army Bill. GIVES SATISFACTION ALL L ROUND. London, June 18, 6.38 p.m. During the debate on the Army Bill Mr. Haldane indicated the important modification whereby 101 of 124 existing Militia Battalions were to be attachto the Regular Army instead of to the Second line while the
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    175 4 Prince Fushimi of Japan paid a visit to Barrow in- Furness on 21st May and inspected the great works of v ickers, Sons, and Maxim. The Prince travelled by special train from Scotland and was received at the yard by the chairman and director*, of Yickers, Sons, and Maxim and
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    THE COURT OF APPEAL
    361 4 Tin Boat Quay Cask. Yesterday, Mr. Justice Thornton and Mr. Justice Fisher continued to hear appeals from decisions of the Chief Justice. The first was in the following cause Tan See Cheun and Tin Chin vs. Ong Eng Jin, Kavana Cheena Tana Vayna Ravena Mana and
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    CHINESE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
    61 4 The next Meeting of the above Association will be held in the New Hall, Frinsep Street Church, on Friday, the 21st June, 1907, at 8 p.m., when the Mr. Cheang Koh Tuan will move That the time has come when th*» Chinese Marriage Customs should be reformed
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    WHERE IS A MOTOR-CAR TO BE LEFT?
    88 4 A MOTORIST FINED. Mr. \V. E. Mitchell of Messrs. Darley Butler Co., Colombo, was charged before the Municipal Magistrate with letting his motor-car remain on the road in Church-street, Fort, on the 17th instant for over an hour and thus causing an obstruction
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    THE RAJAH OF STENGAHPOUR.
    104 4 For "The Rajah of Stengahpour," July 23rd and 27th, Teutonia Club, Tickets at $2 are now ready, and in addition to niam ladies who have kindly consented to sell tickets they can be obtained from the following Hotels and Clubs who have kindly allowed tickets to
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    HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SIAM'S HEALTH.
    189 4 The following is the Physicians' Certificate on His Majesty's health San Rerao May ist, 1907. Summoned to San Remo by His Majesty the King of Siam, the Doctors (Sir Patrick Manson of London and Geheimrat Professor Fleiner of Heidelberg) have not been able
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    RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
    117 4 TAMIL COOLIE CUT IN HALF. Four roolies from Mr. Loke Yew's Estate at Tanjong Malira went to sleep apparently under a railway bridge, one of them lying across the line. How any sober man could be so foo'ish as to go to sleep in this position is beyond
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    POLICE NEWS.
    1206 4 AN OLD MAN SENT TO PRISON. On Saturday last, Mr. A. N. Cornelius, the Honorary Secretary of the Singapore Catholic Funeral Association, appeared before Mr. VV. C. Michel], the Senior Magistrate, and laid information to the effect that A. C. Blankenheym, the Hony. Treasurer of the Association, did
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    LIGHTNING.
    241 4 The freakish nature of lightning was again demonstrated during the stormy weather which we have just experienced. Striking a house in the Isle of Wight, the current entered, we are told, by way of the chimney, and in its downward course splintered furniture, broke doors off their hinges, and
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    HAUNTED EMBASSY.
    187 4 The British Ambassador to Holland occupies a house at the Hague which is said to be haunted. The house is situated in a back street near the cathedral, and close to the market place. It was formerly occupied by the Spanish envoy, and the basements is supposed to
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    CHASED BY A HAMADRYAD.
    175 4 Various accounts have been given in the papers of last week of an adventure a Singapore lady had with a large snake while coming down the Taiping Hills. A letter has been received in Kuala Lanipur from thc lady's husband, the Rev. A. J. Amery, B.
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    CHARLES READE ELLEN TERRY.
    120 4 Ellen Terry, at the age of twenty, resolved to leave the stage, and went and stayed six yeans in the country. How she came back to it is told in Ellen Terry," by Christopher St. John just published by John Lane. Charles Reade, when hunting in
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    75 4 The following interesting advertisement appears in a Calcutta native paper Wanted Bengali Hindus, aged between is and 25 years, to be trained up as political missionaries; after sufficient competence each candidate be put in charge of some flourishing concern. Must have qualification above the Entrance standard and produce certificates of
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    TRAFFIC IN ARMS.
    384 4 Quetta, June r With reference to Reuter's London message of 27th May, regarding the traffic in arms on the Indian frontier, the following account of the seizure of arms and ammunition in Baluchistan is of special interest A short time back information was received by the Political
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    MILLIONAIRES AS HORSE LOVERS.
    165 4 Mr. Alfred Vanderbilt, whose magnificent horses, said to be worth at least j£60,000, will be one of the chief attractions at the forthcoming International Show, has many formidable rivals among his fellow-multi-millionaires in the passion for horseflesh. Mr. Winans owns at least 100 horses, which have
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    LADY'S 23,300 FEET CLIMB.
    105 4 NiRS. Bl LLOCK WORKMAN ESTABLISHES A RECORD. Mrs. Fanny Bullock Workman, who lias just returned from her fifth exploration expedition with her husband, Dr. Workman, has established a woman's record by climbing a Himalayan peak to the height of 23,300 ft. My first record was a
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    SELINSING RUBBER ESTATE.
    189 4 A RUPEE COMPANY. Messrs. W. F. Dew, C. J. Bay ley and G. Graham Clarke, the owners of Selinsing rubber estate, Ferak, are about to turn the property into a rupee company having its bead-quarters in Colombo. The estate consists of 1,461 acres, of which .00 acres
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    READE'S VIEW.
    151 4 The part Miss. Terry played for Reade was Philippa Chester in "The Wandering Heir." At the end of the run of this place she did not leave his management, but went on tour in several of his plays. The tour was financially disastrous, but a suggestion from Ellen
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      206 4 F. CLARKE^ %07 < Queen Sty, 1 TELEPHONE ,N,, All kinds of Rubb Carriages for H j> FURNITURE REMOV|Ne SADDLE HORSES F OR Ul RIDING LESSONS GIVEN TO LADIES J sorts o//, om > food delivered^ of the Colony. F.d«ke4Ctf Bto^ 1 y^H^ "I HIGHLY /5V \^M RECOMMENDED l^l^f <-
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      1061 5 K^^dings of the Municipal Commist ofPr C 0 rdinapy Meeting held on Friday, Li« tan the 17th May, 1907. q(Pl „K«ent, I I* ,e,UnJ r^- runt :he table the Remarks -pplv -The depth <rf the t 4 th fit GaolSite and the fc^vitedtobc present KJr-rhe General Ma i "he the
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      908 5 anH r° h 3 ec Hoon Bm Collector aw r er; s i gned b y M l^ Ba ey and K A Sevens. Leases to Ang Seah lm of Clyde si*n?H e K a^ d Rochor Markets; ,*a£ *l Messrs A W B^>cy and K. Allen. J BuriafSds 1
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      937 5 tion of Stalls. Tables, or Shn«, k«.«i for the sale of food or goo^ "*SSSS streets and public pla?w whhin th Municipalitv P of .SiS^re £l?n passed an<f substituted for Rule, of SrgSS mkms with the consent of the Commissioned and subject to the provisions of to-By-Laws be set up
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      819 5 (50 Synagogue Street on both sides I for a distance of 7 feet from the drain. (53) Phillip Street on both sides fora distance of 7 feet from the drain. (53) South Boat Quay on both sides for a distance of 7 feet from the drain. (54) Lorong Telok on
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      1001 5 <4- Disbursements Recoverable The Revotes 516,660 are passed. On the motion of the President a line Miscellaneous Works $10,000 is added. In Special Services, Vote 15 (a), the President moves the increase to $10,000 of the amount entered for footpaths and pavements but after some discussion the motion is withdrawn
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      1030 5 The committee has, however, no object tion to the proposed amendment in so far as it relates to pipes for waste water from baths and sinks and the By-Law is amended to read as follows The waste pipe from every bathroom, sink or verandah in the upper store} s of
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      475 6 > GERVIS XAVIER CO., LIMITED. I SEBBMBAN. ■••■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■a* I COM PARC PRICES AND QUALITY OF ARTICLES BEFORE PORCHASINi ELSEWHERE PK POT. For Drugs, Chemicals, Crockery, Cutlery, Hosiery, Confec- X tionery, Perfumery, Stationery, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Col- T I lars, Ties, Spii its, Win'.s, Beers, Stouts, Lamps and Glass- A
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      671 6 N OTIGES. 'Penders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Oflice up to the ist August 1907, for the performance of the Postal Mail Coach Service, Singapore, for a period of 3 years from ist January, 1908. Particulars may be obtained on application at the General Post Office. Siugapore, 6th
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      775 6 BANKS. Honakong Shanghai Banking Corporation. PAID-UP CAPITAL $10,ou),000 RESERVE FUND Steriing Reserve $10,000,000 1 2 1 000 iXX) Silver Reserve $11,000,000 J Reserve Liability ot Proprietors $10,000,000 Court of Directors. G. H, MEOHURST, Esq. Chairman. Hon, Mr, W. J. Gresson— Deputy-Chairman. Bailech, Esq. d. M. Nissim Esq. E. Goetz, Esq,
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      626 6 "E. D. M. ADLETS. FOR SALE, WANTED, &C. A MUSICAL FARCE x ENTITLED THE RAJA OF STENGAHPORE" WILL BE PLAYED AT THE TEUTONIA CLUB (by kind permission of the Members) on July 2jrd and 27th at g p.m. In aid of THE SOLDIERS, AND SAILORS FAMILIES ASSOCIATION of which HIS
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      363 6 ;t3"*~ i FOR SALE. piCTURE post cards of Straits Settlements &c. —Koh Co., r PUCKS post cards and postage stamps— Koh Co., gCHOOL books and school requisites IVOH CO., 3 Rickshas i gharry. Cheap. Apply Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Co., Lid., Bras 'Bosah Ro*d 18-6-07 24-6-07. Australian 13-2 Hands Pony
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      211 6 1 Vear 3 Months 1 Yctr s »>«. Si """'lt? Ut -I dai| y 'nsert,on lj 1\ nch s 'nglc i i I lwo 'n^rtionsl^^ M^ r^Miii t i )orb^ N JB 1N Adv.\Xu. H F«r contract ,^'H tJSCmcnti tal Manager, H List of Depots v J t a stern
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