The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 28 August 1906

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    16 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1906. NO, 5763.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    996 1 bomb raploaioa at M.Stoly pin's villa has cauaad t!j<» <i>».*.tli of thirty j)^.>p!t> iucliidiag niynv <;.»nrt OaViala, aad bat ra*iilf»«<l m Btvara injuries to thin v -ihree otban paiffl 5 Afiura m Kuaaiaara La a ■bockiag stata, Tba aauli m ml)lverl daily iatbatfaiaa, Bad banks an<l factories
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    SOME CRICKET RECOLLECTIONS.
    175 1 SOME CRICKET RECOLLECTIONS a judge's associate m Sydney, who taiiultt the cricketiuj? world luivr to diapflM w'^ 1 a longstop. and t«> stand over tlie wicket before the expresses of Bpoffortft, whom the English Press descri»>ed as the deuum bowler. It woull 1* grudtfiag to tletv that to Australia Eutflish
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      276 1 John Little G° L^ SOLE AGENTS FOR J. W. BENSON'S matches and Clocks. •'«>!• ovtf 100 yewn tlir name ot .1. w Bcn^un for i!u Ik-^i l.(»!it!on-nui(lr vvatcht's has -.toovt nneqiiallcdi therefore. whatevtM* ;klc of watch is i*equiivd. accuracy am! tlurability and strenfflli t;in always be itli-d uj>on. As Asent*.
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      480 1 POPULAR WANTS. SV:<nt»*«\ To Let; For S;il« Notions etc. up i-» :'»<> wui'ls m ieu^'th «ili bt ac<-Hpt«'<l for tltis colnmn at O f j« Dollar for tliroe ins* 1 t ions*. Cash with Adv^i^isement. TO LET No. ifflTriH—la Road. Tennis &c. Apply Lao kwnsew at Paterson Simons &('<>. j
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      296 1 tlOVCiiii?ClliCllli>. HOTELS. HOTEL deI'EUROPE IN HONOR OF TKE BIRTHDAY OF Queen Wilhelmina A BIRTHDAY DINNER Will be served on Friday next the 31st inst., at 7.30 p.m. Auntriaa si ring Orchentm will play a Hpeeial selection of Xusie during i^ after dinner. IN HONOUR OF THE BIRTHDAY i if H.M.
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      442 1 THE WEBK. TIJKSIHY, "i^di High ffatar t.-_»l a.. 4.3 p rii^t \v^t«, t :>:22 \> Thci<uay. :?«)tli Hiffh w.-tt'-j-:— 7.M a.. fwM p P O Mai) Hoj)ie«ar.-l r-l<>-ie>^. p Aijibui !u<- Claa*, V.irC'A.. 5.1S p S.V.A. Rifle Cub A. Mtg., Drill Hail. 5.1 5 p Plii'i.. »/;:<• Orchestra practice, f.:»<>
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    COMING CHANGES.
    862 2 Under the ftlwvw heading we find the loDoflriMJ editorial m the «</ M>' l "j <: Amidst purely loral ftfftirn and the in»»-r eets of ■fOTt ur..l <t! :.-ti«-. M wel! Uw ir.ituv.l piv-occup:Uuu of 'i>i:.«l KVuUnC'l I»J tli" Agri-horticuiturul Shov. »it BiwUfOW «nd «>y the move serious
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    THE CEYLON PEARL FISHERIES.
    957 2 Attention has recently been called iv Parliament to the pearl fisheries of Ceylou. Some account, therefore, of the conditions I'nder which this industry is plied may not l>e without interest. The fisheries of Ceylon have for many veurs been can ied on under State supervision. The
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      514 2 HDvertteemcnte. AUGTIONS. AUTCION SALE OF 24 Polished Marble Table Tops. kSIZE 3 ft. 6 m. IN DIAMETER. BE HELD AT POWELL Co'S SALEROOM. Thnnnhiy. 30th Au<ju*t. at 11 a.m. POWELL Co. Auctioneers. MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF PONY AND CARRIAGE. The undersigned has received instructions TO SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION. At N«».
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      652 2 Hfcpertisemcnts. 7WQTIONS. iMOKTiiAGKHTS SALK Tuesday, *2^/// Amjn*t, «if -.30 Seventy freehold allotments off Telok Kerau E Singapore, 134,330 sq. ft., part of POWELL Co., Auctioneers. MOKTUAUEE'S SALE Tveaaay, 28M Amjutt. 280 }><». Twenty freehold allotments off Gaylang Road, Singapore, about 34 miles from town, 55,815 square feet, part of grant
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      549 2 advertisements. INSURTUSieES. Koyal Insurance Company. Fire Life Total Ixvkwtjcd Fiwps i!».72i>^"> THE LARGEST FIBS OFFI i: IN THE WORLD. BOVVnAB a »••>. k%mU The London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Co. !'\.in-i v vi ual £'212.~~> I,'KSKKVK Fl'Nl» fljOTljM BOUtYBAD a i'<-. A^'ut-. Norwich In ion Fire Insurance Society of Norwich
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      482 2 Bbvertiecmcnte. BANKS. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. pAio-if Capita] >;,,, Sterling Reserve i19,000,0f0 I Silver Reserve !*.">o",' ll "> v Rkskuve Liability o» Pi»nmnM ?|i COL'IiT <'F Dli.K. A. Ha- -i. I-!- iii a 11. Mki'H'k-!. Eaq ]> f K. Ctom, Km, I Boa. Mr. w. .1. <i i rwn l:
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    Domestic Occurrences.
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    Marriage.
    49 4 At the Cathedral, Singapore, on Monday August 27th 1906, by the Rev. H. C. Izard. Colonial Chaplain, William Tait Bowie, of the Duff Development Co., Kelantan, son of the late Andrew Ferguson Bowie of Edinburgh to Agnes, eldest daughter of D. F. de l'Hoste Ranking. LL.D.. of London.
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    The Singapore Free Press.
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    TUESDAY, AUG. 28, 1906.
    2778 4 tTe-t- bhall the Presi the People's right maintain, Unawcd by influence and unbribed by gain Here patriot Truth her glorious precepfe draw. Pledged to Retigio:., Loymhy and Law. Rubber planters m the Straitß and Ceylon would do wiß to keep tbeir weather eve on Praftwor WjmUhml
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      421 4 Caldbeck Macgregor Co. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. ALE, BEER, AND STOUT IMPORTERS. IN ALL THE LATEST NOVELTIES IN STOCK IN OUR I i i Tailoring Department RAIN COATS N^ s *wr P*ts»^ New j v olounngs, Rainproof, Poroos, Htalthy. i I seful as Waterproof. Handy a as SUITINGS ••Sjii.on 1
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      242 4 t Drs. KEW BROTHERS I i DENTAL SURGEONS, J No. l\ Battery Koad I Chartered Bank Buildings. I y i G. R. LAMBERT <fr Co. PHOTOGRAPHERS i EsT.U>LISHEI> 1875. The oldest and best reputed firm m the j Colony. We work with all known processes. Large I Collection oi* Specimens
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    RUSSIAN OUTRAGE
    54 5 AT M. Stolypine's Villa. List of Casualties. 0 Received August '27 10.-^ am. mil of the b'Mib explosion at the Prenuera' hoae»,the teleiof dead fouad :oW thirtj including General [mperialCoaaeillor KvaataaT. the CbaaUierhuaa Voronin aad Daridoff, tbeColooel <>f Qtendanaerie Federoff, Prince |je, four Uuliee, t pro children, aad
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    The Perpetrators.
    88 5 thai four m, t« «'t' ised ia iniliiary u:\itonn-. and drove up ifl risiton «cd. I the adaiMion which ud iv the si niggle irith 1 .t Terprw ■tore!? whicii w.»> coaomied m hia I ctsof the Explosion. '".i» with terrific force. ..-tn>'. dm on the gi uu'l
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    BURGLARS AT ST THOMAS' WALK.
    80 5 BURGLARS AT ST THOMAS' WALK. Th g\ try baying e- I reetordai 1 r an M -'-ntUiiiUu m 1 lar, who Chinjunan, helping him?!f to ;*'Dtleman had i Ij ared two tbota, have imMed, a\ the awal t the mid nil I b adjoin- Ur H. Hulaon, a«d eaae :>:nl
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    BANISHMENT NO TERROR.
    153 5 Detectirc No. '21 üb-et keepiug bia •i! be espied China- I -ir -.1,1 bucket's and ft piece] tbfl deiectjve approaching the row down wbsl li.« was < arryinu -'i» istO an opium sl J( .f,. He "was -?.<i.aud MJd that h»- found i) m enptj boUM wben
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    A YARN THAT FAILED.
    145 5 "■ly on SimdftJ MnUßg the watchman n m fxaalqr.it, who as usual 1 tafeept aw,,ke and found the back the godowa «»pen and four Chiua- n t|,,. dr of rem.-viuir a bale if yarn. ll '*\v<almly told the watchman that' the ••••••per liad ordered them t».
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    A STATE OF ANARCHY.
    75 5 Himdrt-ds of thousands of rouble* are fttolen daily from trains bmkfe and facrones throughout Kllssia. Tlih mtiil bag lroiu Hrivan readied St Petersburg with the seals uncut but filled •riti packets of lead. l&O.OOO roubles hariag beeu extracts Twenty-seven persons have been Arrested iv connection with
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    Another General Assassinated.
    61 5 Bee. ::..'»0 m. General Minn, the Commander of t lie* SMiitn.iVskv RvgMMttt, Who VM cue ol the most promiuent efl sen ooaoeraed m sup--1 i >-incr the riots at HoaDOW m l>e«»jiuber, was assassinnted at the Betorhof Kiilwa; Station last evenu>_' bj girl, who Ured tour ihotl
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    THE RUSSIAN' TERROR.
    220 5 The outrage which Ml jerpt-' rth-l at Mr Btolypia'i couuJrv rilfe, !e«i (•n!v by the faavoai attempted Moaatination iv the Winter Palace m Si lVfcr.>l»uru'. on the ui^'ht of IVb 17, 1880. O« that oo liaa the \<i>t h;i<l bMabatdMdto kill tV r l Alexander t lv«
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    THE AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN.
    299 5 It is .sotnewh.it difctre>siu}_' u these dayi ••f modern rush, to find that the tateoi issu»of the Airricultural BolWtia vbiefa the <Toveruineut Printiu^: Office and the Editors can produce, is that for the mouth of M iv Yet this is the last niinilxr to hand, aud one
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    A GOOD MAN.
    194 5 On Sunday evening a Cninaman named Chan Ah Sin was peacefully passing through I'pner Hokie.n-st, when auothfr Cliiuamau stole up .behiud him and snatched iivrny his watch ami chain. The owner of the watch aud a friend pursued t lie thief, and on his finding he was
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    CUBAN REBELLION.
    39 5 Insurgent Cause Prospering. It is reported from Havana that the Government artillery hug reoccupied ban Juan Martin without .opposition. The insurgent euMt is grovtag raptdlT and the situation is greatly interfering with IIM commerce of the island.
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    Battle Imminent.
    26 5 A buttle is imminent near J'inar del Kio, lie insurgents having captured a village near HiiViiint, ln«m which, bowaw, ihev •a» iv m -uttered.
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    Earthquake in Australia.
    18 5 Bewirad August "27th noon. Slight > 1 lucks of earthquake haw l>eeu felt at Dathurst, Australia.
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    The King's Minister.
    19 5 Ifr Halijane has beak suiutnoiM'd to atarieabad a> the Minister m attendance ui>«»:i II i> Majtetjr
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    Clemency of the Kaiser.
    14 5 The Kaiser has pardoned all pertOM ooarieted »<f Ks»- majeste.
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    Buried Alive at Santiago.
    58 5 liivin_' iiit'ti and women have bMB extvi- I from BaatiagO after beins.' buried tive days iv the uin>. A portion of the cemetery fell dowa a hill and the ci>flins were asaooad. Th» autliorities proposed to o-v.-r them with liisie but the priests objected. Tlu-re has
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    Mr. Bromhead Mathews.
    30 5 noang, Aug. '27. Seed. 19 o'clock. It m reyortod tlr.it Mr Bromhead M I thewi has Wf.i offered tli*- vacani jndgeship, Lmt the raporl i» not ounn..
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    THE SUPREME COURT.
    264 5 A claim bfwnghi bj Hadjee BnlaTa»Jec Kiikim ;ty;tiu>t nnn Tokobrtj (<Vm iilnd In counsel lot f >i<. iut iff iv tliM eoaiw of th» bfrieg ;«< nil Nouciate of eusTiota bj daj ii'i-J watchman l»v jiiLrht lortbeK cowry of possession t .f six pl..ts of J recalled
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    LAND SALE.
    175 5 At Mum H. L. Coghlun :iud (Jo's, mart yesterday afternoon there were sold the following properties. Leasehold Property ',I'j aud ot> Garden St, Shaik Alkuff S&JMtt; Freehold Hmne and Land, Confederate Estate-rd, Shaik Bagaree 1,500 Freehold Land Thomsonrd B,iKX> «q. ft. P. A. P. Palaniappa Chitty $800; Freehold
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    JOTTINGS FROM BERLIN.
    1049 5 Aug. Ist, ]9(X'>. This is the fat .tl first of August, but of i'o nr.se you know nothing about it, »•> 1 must explain. The first of August i* »!ie day on which the iib\v railway tax c««n»en into play, to put a Mop to the iail\v;iv
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      297 5 ROBINSON Co. PRELIMINARY NOTICE Annual Cash Clearance SALE WILL COMMENCE Monday, Sept. 3rd AND CONTINUE DAILY THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. HIGH CLASS and VALUABLE STOCKS. Substantially Reduced. ROBINSON COMPANY. Ji I KAVtHd 2>UNws 7, D'ALMEIDA STREET, having I en appointed SOLK AGENTS FOR THii Genera! Electric Co., Ltd. OF ENGLAND In
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    THF ABANDONED POLAR EXPEDITION.
    746 6 HOW IT WAS TO HAVE BKKN MADE. Now that as seen by Reuter's telegrams the Well man expedition by airship to the Pole has been abandoned.it wi'l be <»f interest to read what were Mr Wellinau's plan* and hopes for this great effort to achieve the
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    MODERN TIN MINING METHODS IN MALAY STATES.
    208 6 MODERN TIN MINING METHODS IN MALAY STATES. Tin miuing m the Malay States is apparently on the eve of a transformation. So long ;m there were alluvial deposits of tin m al»un<lanc«. the crude methods of the Chinese were very Hoccessful; l>at now a change is comiug over the «itua»ion.
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    CORNISH TIN MINING.
    492 6 But for the uncertainty that his existed during the last couple vi" months as to the Nm of the tin market, it is highly probable that a far larger Lumber of new Cornish mining companies would have been brought out t»an has been the case. When some
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    BLUMA OFFICER'S STRANGE DILEMMA.
    390 6 BLUM A OFFICER'S STRANGE DILEMMA. A Meiktila correspondent writes to a Rangoon paper: Do'jsou who held a temporary ji'li m a remote corner of Burma, having fallen desperately ill applied fur l*»uve, and m the same week RoWson, a ■••rmanant h.tnd wh > worked a few miles Hway, wan accidentally
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    Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes de France.
    149 6 Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes de France. Telegraphic Address. -MESSAGERIE. The mail steamers will leave Singapore on or about the undermentioned dates. OUTWARD. |HOMEWARD. Salazie Aug 27 Ernest Binionß Aug 27 Oot'anien Sept iO Cak'doaien Sept 10 Tourane Sept 24 Polynesieu Sept 24 Tonkiu Oct 8 Salazie Oct 8 Thn Batavia
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      39 6 Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Kemedy. This is a perfect I j reliable medicine for bowel coniplaiotß, ami one that has never been known to fail even m the most aevere and Janeiro v* <;ikhv For sale all Dealer*.
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      697 6 Hfcvertieemcnte. SHIPPING. I P. O. STEAM NAVIGATIOX COMPANY. For China Japan, Penang, 'Ceylon, I Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Ps»h Bills of Lading issued for China i ersian Gulf, 1 ontin>:ntal and Ameii- I s will leave Singapore on or about H«IL LINES. Otttfiinl i for
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      710 6 EHt>vertiecmcnto. SHIPPING. I Ptaher Lloyd Bremen. COAST LINES. :rs of the Coast Fleet. MM rej,'. WM i <•-,'. 2I«.»l I 'iik hit P€§7 •Jl 0 Aaghia K>o7 KohsifhaiiLr :Wi And. Iticknien J'»'T Rajah -IC's M. Ki.kiiKis H>i7 Ptaamlok »lt K. HdOßar i*>s7 Bangkok IMi Stiurien 16V7 Kajahuri MKM Loo te«k
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      632 6 aovcrtiscmcnts. SHIPPING. N. D. L Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremei'. IMPERIAL <;£RMAX MAIL LINE. Thi fast and well-known mail steamers «>f this Company *ail fortnightly from Bremen. Hunihur£ via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, (ribraltar, Genoa, Vaplfs, (e->nn<-oti«>n Marseille*, Naples. Alexandria an<l vieo NM) Port Said, Suez, A<len", C'oluiulx*. I'.n.iiiir, Singapore. HoMjkorn,', HMagfcai, Fngntnlri
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      553 6 Sftvcrtisctncnte. SHIPPING, WYX JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co Its. A Mgalv VOMKIGHTLI >.. maintained IWtWWW Japan anl EvomUi I following NEW TWIN SCREW STR*" MERS. 'Under Mail Comicn v. n H TUB IMPKBIAL JAFAVMI GOTSKI Specially d»*siijno.\ forth* Ooap m\ pean Serv'n'.e.lj^i)t'!'ltlji-.ii;^li.i:it provided with *?T<-el]*»nt aeeoau First «fc Se<-o'.)d Class p.is<-»»ns»"rs,
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      30 7 SIAM IX THE MALAY PENINSULA A Short Accountof the position of Siam m the States of Kelantan, Patairi Legeh and Sai. Re-prlnted from the Singapore Free Press.'* Price 50 cents.
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      403 7 HDvcrnscmenta. On the Berth. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. The intermediate staaaasT EUPHRATE 7,<XH) tons expected here on or about the 2Hth August, lias excelleut accommodation for passengers. Hates of Passage inouev. To London (jEFfe? Vor freight and passajjo '"ipply to C- TOURNAIHK. A#ent. Autr. 88 -JI'.H HAMBURG-AMERTKA-LINIE. Arabisch-Persischer Dienst. (Ai:ai;ian-Persian-Serviok.) A regular
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      743 7 a^vcrtiaementa. Shipping. Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company AND Toyo Kisen Kaisha (ORIBNTAI, SS CO.) VIA INLAND SEA OF JAPAN AND HONOLULU. SEMI-TROPICAL ROUTE. Only line taking the warm SOUTHKEN ROUTE aeroan the pjveific via HONOLULU. OAHU. ou tke most fertile and beantiffnl bland of the Pacific.
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      718 7 TO MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS, ~^f STUDENTS OTHERS. Auction Sale of Most Valuable Books. (the library of a Medical Practitioner) at Messrs h. l. COGHLAN ft co's MART TUESDAY, 28TH AUGUST, 1906, AT 2.30 P.M. Viable Me icial Works by the highest British and Continental Authorities, crpcciai Subjects by Eminent Professors, Well
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      532 7 HARBOUR NOTES. ft* lJong Wan L ™h'wh arrived 'acre fr lVua»gyt*ter.lav. brought 6;)'-i Chinese 'li t .< who are homeward bonud. vZg N;tin TOM mm Macassar jaatordaj j kiougfal coufiguiDent of swine for the; local artifc* I !'h,. mosquito stwimer K\\ is UMiig >me a»urti for a passenger licence. She
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      818 7 VESSELS K^PECTED. MEN-OF-WAR. Diadem, (Brit, cru.i. Hongkong. Duke of Edinburgh, (Brit, cm.), England soon K. Aujjustn, (Gor. cru.) Geruwny, shortly. Mutiny (Brit. g'bt. > Europe, bkortlr. Nut*], i Brit, cruiser). tiii<*lund, du»> stK»n. NioJ>f». aier. cru.) Germany, shoitly. STEAM EKS. Gtfrimf f4<ni „f, },j ttirturf, mud (sJ#SJX l;ntnn,, dutr dm*
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      683 7 VESSELS IN PORT. Men-of-Wir XU R and Tons Commanderi Arrived From For When Merun Fed yet 100 Alii Ang 21 P. Swettenham L'ncextuiii Z^edmf QoTt. Lig. 1»7 Ykema Aug 2Y Rhio Rhio -'s vessels Flaes&Tons Master- Arrived *rom Consignees For When J ll 1 BrfcUW Williams Aug 23 Sydney BouHtPHtl
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    AN UNLAWFUL SOCIETY.
    784 8 Th* "Ho 7 Qhkk K<>hs." esterday a r ternoon lwfore Mr Ctolmat), the case against the seven Hokieus i b*rj,*d with being members of au ucl «.ful society called the Hock (Jhee Kohor Hall of Happiness an 1 Paradise Society was cont iii ue<l. Mr A W.
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    JAPANESE DIPLOMATIC CHANGES.
    98 8 It is reported that Mr Ucbida, formerly Japanese Minister m Peking, will be appointed to represent his country m Austria that Mr Inaijaki Manjiro. hitherto Minister m Biam. vrill be sent to the Court ;it Mudrid, and that Mr Sato Aimaro, Minister unattached, will go to Hoi
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    HOTEL DE L' EUROPE.
    53 8 Visitors and Kkniukkth. Capt. BhhJl, E. Sweeney, M'ihh Sw^dcv, Master Sweeties, O. (Mm, Mih. ,St. J«»h"u! Mlhllmpw, Mrs. Mubll^r^er, Miss MuhlWtjer. Mi«s Prank. Aliss Rietiuan Miss I'lil. J. Uhl, N. Adler. F. Mul.lhmrgtr, Mmh I»aish. J. N. Lyons, Miss Bra ill. >n. O. Chaytor. E. S*
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    THE MAILS.
    53 8 TIM P. i O. homeward uiail Delhi left Hou^'kontf ut 1 piu. on Saturday and due here at r > am. on Thursday the •Wth instant. Tho outward mail steamer I w.iiiha left Colombo at 6 pm. on Saturday and may be expected to amve here on Friday
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    Correspondence.
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    School Boy Punishments.
    156 8 T<» thk Editor Dkar Sib,— Passing the Catholic School at the <^ueeu-st-Middle-rd corner t bin afteruoou L saw a Chinese school boy at one ot the windows facing MiddlerJ holding on his head a slate ou which was written m fhalk Ia tn a fool. Surely this
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    STRAITS AND MALAY STATES PLANTATION RUBBER REPORT.
    226 8 STRAITS AND MALAY STATES PLANTATION RUBBER REPORT. Mksnrs Lkwis and Pk \t. August 3rd 1906. S. I*. I bai; MM bought in W. P. M. •"> ch.s»*b amber biscuit.* 5 8} 1 crepe chip 2 3 S. P. 2 sheet mixed colors bought in T. S. 0L R 1 darkish
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    A SUBSTITUTE FOR CELLULOID.
    456 8 A young Bolnnnan chemist at GaMon/, tb« i;r^at Austrian gl<*s* manufacturing centre, is reported to have discovered a j^rfect substitute for celluloid, much cheaper and without any of its danger.. us properties. The new .substance is very elastic, entirely non-in-flaimuaMe. ;ind au excellent material for working-in.
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    CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT FOR CHINA.
    1088 8 A.oo>irding to a statement emanating from Peking the Travelling Commissioners have already presented a memorial to the Emperor and the Empress-Dowager recommending the adoption of the Jap;me-e constitution as most suited to the special conditions obtaining m China. Constitutional government is undoubtedly m the air. The
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    EXCHANGE.
    71 8 (CORRECTED UP TO August '27.1 Hauk 4 ux s 'l/4\ <lclll:in<l 2/4 Private credits :"> m s 2/4, 7 a credit* ti ins 2/4 France, demand Bank... 293 <iKRMANY,«I« •lliall.l 239 Cndia, T. T 174 Hongkong, demand 7 «li«* Yokohama, demand 114^ Java, deu.aud 1*0; Bangkok, deinanl *7| Sovereigns,
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    THE RIVAL LIGHTS
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