The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 May 1907

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    Masthead
    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1907. NO. 5,990.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    104 1 liicn wires refer lo th»- praaptd f& tivi Weir in Persia l'utje 7 The uureet mj lu<ii.t is gnNnßg— 7 Sir F. [dKpvd, Hoiiyk-uif's i.» (Jov r nor, lia> \x-fi entert«iD^cl l>v the Chin Associal ion I \i*.:e 7. Eapire Dfc» ni celebrated lo«i!lv w» teroay. 'i
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    THE JUNGLE.
    828 1 Ft- till*- nirtx !h> sugrp ve of the. can Md Nivt h u but let me *iv ri|?!i( MMfif that I* t, tioii.iD^ U> J.> that MttMMMM Mi!.j-,-t. ]i ,l > ;i |v with th* j m.le real tr,.f.,,i lU t:v' tj :iud tli impreamuie «Im hjlt a
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      254 1 3O MILNERS' SAFES >f^ SALE AND I— l O IN THE Jn^^^^J"»SWP^x^^V^^HW THIEVES. WORLD, mfm. f(^ Vl *^l Xh j^^^ jm T ,~^^H L^^n i j 1/ Bf fl BPBV »™r^ '^'j Mi'ner* l^r^^t. .^^fl I— o saf«> Co -^I^^^B 6afes I ll^^^^^^^^ sizes and qualities r~, most of the
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      375 1 TANJONG PAGAR BOARD. 1 WANTED 5,000 Chmgai Sleepers, G Iset S iiicho'- z t! inches sawn die Mjuarc. The las f consignment to be delivered within 4 ru >ntHH. By order of the Hoard W. O. NIVF.N, Secretary. The TaDjong I'apar Dock Board. Singapore. iHh May, I^o7. May 24 uc
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      382 1 Entertainments. HARMSTON'S GRAND CIRCUS. AND Royal Menagerie of Wild Animals Grand Opening Night. To-Night I To-Night AT 9.15 SHARP. Saturday, May 25th. Our all Star Company of London and Continental Artistes. 40 IN NUMBER 40 (HEADED BY) THE GREAT FRANTZ TROUPE. of Acrobat* 7 in Number. ENCORED 5 TIMES NIGHTLY.
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      119 1 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. Harmston'd opens to-ni^ht with a tine pro gramme Pa^e 1. Coajnaam'a auctiansale^ at White Hou'e Dalvey road, on June 1, ani at Lyndhurst Mount Elizabsth tvday Pages 5 and 1. j Chinese clerk wanted for electrical store•Pa*e 11. Mrs. Howell's shorthand and typewritine notice -Page 2. The virtues
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      369 1 THE WEEK. Satlauat, 2. r >th S%b Water:— B44 a^Mf Criekee, aTevehiati r R^s f 2 p Hockey, S.C C v RE. at Pulau Bruni. Banaateai'a Cfavoa H*m<.h-r>l p Scxi>av, 26tb i KitrL Waters— 9M i^S p •■■'.tv atOVSAf, 27tb Hicb Water i lo 21 a^ ltf p Xi■« L
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    A YEAR IN THE POST OFFICE.
    780 2 The Tklkphonk Owl aud thi Pictubb postcakd. There is much that is interesting in the anuuil report on the Postal and Telegraph Department of tlw Straits for li^ aubrarted this jear by Mr W.O.M the Acting Postmaster General. At the outset there is a
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    CLERICAL ANECDOTES.
    1038 2 SOME GOOD STOBflfiS AND «PERIENCES. rof refers, including iu tny clergymen from all over the country, have entered the Clerical Anecdotes competition, of the Church Family Newspaper." The first prize goes to the Rev G. Emery, Re-tor of Penmaer, 5.0., Glamorgan, for th^ following: At a village church
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    Sprained Ankle, Stiff Neck. Lame Shoulder.
    44 2 These are three common ailments for whicV t Chamberlain's Pain Bairn is especially valuable. If promptly applied it will save you a time, money and Buffering when troubled with any one of these ailments. Sold by all dealers.
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      668 2 Bfcvcrtteements. jit Almost immediately Jk after taking Ayer's /ut Sarsaparilla you begin \S^tL to feel its cleansing, ISb?. strengthening, and purifying power. •You feel that jour depression is passing away; your braiu oleua up; things look brighter; sleep is refreshing; the ner\es act better; aud new lifeand vigor hog in
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      609 2 Bc-vertiecmcnts. iwKfci notice Is hereby given that the undersigned will not, from this oate forward, be responsible for any debts contracted in Singapore by Mrs. Moser. F. W. MOSER. May 23 26.5 ESHAHAT KHAN Co. Cheapest and best Book Binder, Printer, and Account Book Ruler. All orders executed promptly. Cow's
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      544 2 Commercial Union Assurance Co,, Ltd, FIRE. MARINE, ACCIDENT, GUARANTEE. Funds Exceed £12,000,000. W. A. SIMS, Manager, Eastern Branch. Ang 29 Royal Insurance Company. Fire Life Total Imybstbu Fukds J89.722.885. THE LARGEST FIRE OFFJCE IN THE WORLD. BOUSTEAD k Co.-Afcents. The London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Co. Capital jC2,127,500. Paid-up Capital
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      657 2 Bfct>crttoCmcnts. fj Sajvks. Hongkong Shanghai Bank^ Corporation. Paiu-up Capital t> (ii I R«s«ev B Fund:- M Sterling Reservo 110.^0.000 Silver Rewrve... f 11. 000,0*^0 j •-»>« I Rbseevk Liability vv Peopeibtoiw U*mA COUET OF DIEBCTuEs. G. H. MBDHrawr, Esq.— Chaiu* A v Hon. Mr. W. J. Gebspov.— Dbpftt t L.
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      99 2 Sunday Church Services. -t Andeiw's Oathkdkal. Trinity Sunday. 7 ojl Matins and Litany. 7.46 Mi Holy Communion -Choral.. 4 pm Children'* Service. 5.30 pm. Evenaong and Sermon. Preacher: R«»v KichaiJ Richards uf tsx. Peter's Stamf r J-ri. Offertory on behalf of St Peter's Mission. St. Mattkbw'4, Sbpot Links. 11.15 am
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    IMAGINATIVE RAMBLES.
    1371 3 BY THE TOPICIST. Tis some little tune since we have madej m >f Priniv Hou?»«iia'« curj^et, s nmi t<*:h-uaat. iud, to tell the tiutb, <ur MMM idv^nture with it w^a inadvertent on our it chanced one morning that the 'L-pHst. after his matutinal tub, donned his dressing-gown, and
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    SINGAPORE FOUNDRY Limited.
    236 3 CIVIL, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL EN6INEERS. Iron and Brass Founders. Iron Copper Smiths. Ship A Brid!»e Builders General Contnwtoi>. MOHAMBD StJLTAK AND TAiI^ENIo RoACb. SINQAPCKB. Telephone No. oi I*.1 T«jleifn»phic Aadrees BoakHkaok Codes used A. EC. (4th and sft Eu^lcn^ Maofcineries of all description ar~ Vcpl i 1
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    RECOMMENDED AT ROME.
    626 3 PROVED AT PCKIVG. DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS. Successfully Stand Severe Test In The China Mission Field. When the late Dr. Lapponi, the renowned physician to the Vatican at Rome, wrote hie famous testimony of praise to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Paic People, a document which since
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      609 3 Japan Coals. THE Mitsui Bussan Kaisha. I (MITSUI CO.) 1 Head Ofllce: No. L SURDGA-CHO i I TOKIO. 1 London Branch: 34, Lime Street, E.C. 1 Singapore Branch: 2, Flnlayson Green. OTHER BRANCHES:— New York, San I j Francisco, Hamburg, Bombay, Soarabaia, Manila, Hongkong, Amoy, Shanghai, Che- 1 foo, Tientsin,
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      202 3 THE "EMPIRE" 40,000 in use. rTMtEmHRETYKfOHTERi V¥CT Asll!z^^ iL^^^Kq This Machine has been supplied to The Postmaster General- The Govt. Printing OfficesColonial Treasurer. Colonial Secretary. Survey Department- Govt. Veterinary Surgeon-P-C-M.O- General Hospital Court of Requests. Land Office- Audit OfficeMaster Attendant- Raffles Institution. j Singapore Kranji Railways Resident Councillor, Malacca Survey
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    LAUGHING AT GHOSTS.
    1340 4 MANY AMAZING TALES IN ARCHDEACON'S LIBEL CASE. A FLOATING B«>OK Dr Altted Rnuell \V»iba»tbe w| author of ih- Malai Archipe -i-^o «>ne o: the oide^' suud.U'l w» rk.^ on this part of caso r«c»-otK in L >ndo?i. The evidfUiV was ;iifliMi!', f ar.i interesting ana we: the
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    Passengers for the Straits.
    313 4 Per NederUt d Koni) gin Regentes, du«) May 25.— Mr F>. J Moil, Mr W v A n Ree, Mr .7. C Ti«s»V-. Mr A. S. Zylker. Mr J. G Meilink. Per P 0 Syria, due May 3« M: F B Iv-n 3 Mr T. Howard,
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    804 4 STEAMERS. Giving port of departure, and (where known'' date due here, and name of Agents. Airlie, Sydney, June 94 Bousteal. Ajax, China, June 9 Mansfield. Antilochus, Liverpool, June 26 Mansfield Arcadia, Colombo, July H ;PiO. Astyanax. L'pool, July 5 Man.-field Australien, Saigon, July 1 M M. Ayuthia, Bombay,
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      31 4 SIAM IN THE MALAY PENINSULA A Short Account of the positior of Siam in the States of Keiantan, Patani Legeh and Sai Rc-prin from the Singapore Fret Prew." Price 50 cents.
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      1112 4 Mim^ Dr. LALOR'S j PHOSPHODYNE HAS THE LARGEST SALE OP ANY PHOSPHORIC MEDICINE IN THE WORLD. P«r forty years kM «aiaui«e4 ta M9^. lu eaerrna* efectt an skews hxtm ta* «»rld-widp reputatioa aa the Beet aa4 BVV tutdaraf iuai»iiaittr»ii*B i R««»r«.» inly safe reUabU Phosphoric Cure f«r TC^J lacnaat el
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      438 4 THE Singapore Free Press. Morning Daily. To Our Readers. The SiniTdp-'re Frr-*- Pree* j* noP tforuini; ])..;]y, u.ud i^ nale at <i rum an early hour each un-rnin^ (Sucil n excepled). Cash prio JVn C-ents a Subscribers' copies wi] lie del heir private reside:;. t townuit;.. if preferred \>\ t^v^n
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    BY THE MAIL.
    996 5 N'KWS Or INTEUF.SL Witter »"tiW api<e»r to l*> bj nt> >'^ns „m jet .u I u'lanri. Snow .ind bails -rms «>«re reports^ from various parts ot the .untrr. aud coll eastelv and uortb „u»terl> wimU wert iming experieiicrtl. abnormal conditions have been ex- 1 in certain of
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    SCIENTIFIC INSTRUCTION.
    64 5 Bb ••*ny witl; .i yonnu' inly, a veaaWavM j BM ■tloaafl thut lie had failed to keep a>'roa«t of the svientitk' -idv»nc-e ot tho at;e. For instance,' he said, I don't know at all how tL^ incandescent e'ectiic li«ht is produced C>h, it's very simple,*' said the lady.
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    EAST v. WEST.
    86 5 Wataever tlie wbite iueu are grv.u iu ..n Eastern Ktaai comparative t «rpor t tils upon -j.irants. Mi it.ny d.-tiutti »n. j;o litio 1 distiartkm. even social dieriaction, !>eein to l« anaaferi I inm the cati^fb of ntry t aliens. That ohano< <i u, Um Ii B
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      319 5 Lame Back 'aitual'.: eSßaod by rheumatism of the muscles ani'niay bt cured by applying Cnii.mbcriain'B Pain Balm two or three times a day and rubbing the parts vigorously I n application. If thi* doe3 rot afTo^ relief bina on a piece of flannel *lighth cianrxntd with Pain Balm, ar.d quick
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      665 5 Htoertt6emento. AUeTIONS. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KHOO CHENG TEONG. DECEASED. AUCTION SALE OF Valuable 999 Tears Leasehold Riverside Property, KNOWN AS No. 17, BOAT QUAY, AREA 2,245 SQ. FEET, AT Messrs. B L. COGHLAN Co's MART, On Monday. 10th June, at 2 30 p.m. H.
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      715 5 BJwertfsements. AUCTIONS. AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Household Furniture &c. TO BE HELD AT NO. 141 PRINSEP STREET, Saturday, 25th May, 1907, at 2 p m. (The Sale will include a Cottage Piano by Y. Yenfeld). G. A. FERNANDEZ Co., Auctioneers. May 16 26.5 TANGLIN AUCTION SALE. at No. 3 Government
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      352 5 AUCTION SALE OF I Superior High Grade Teak Furniture Etc. and a choice collection of well grown Plants (belonging to the estate of the late F. D. Mactaggart) AT ".WHITE HOUSE H DALVEY ROAD. On Saturday Ist June 1907, at 1 p.m. indodiag POLISHED CAEVED TEAK SIDEBOARD SOLID TEAX DINNER
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    Domestic Occurrences. Birth.
    19 6 Domestic Occurrences. Birth. On &ih imt. at Hoilycroft, Stevens Roa^, the wife of Mbrvillb Edward PiUmfton, of a daughter
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    The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, May 25, 1907.
    2297 6 The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, May 25, 1907. Here ir.»' tbe Press t'-.e s rifb: m^atala, Uniwed by influence ind aobn>>ed by rain Here patriot Truth her jrloHou^ precepts dfmw. Pladged to Keligioc, l^cya';y w.J Law. We observe that a telegram in the Time§ from its Siog-ipore correspondent, wiring on
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    467 6 A lisi of the UDdiscl:A.rged binkrup- i? pub!ishe<l in the current iaMOoftheG Hem m^nt (.Jazett Mr F. H. Mualiston is m^n* i<.d^l a- a. pr>bable b<>tii >r bMtMf; WftM bowline for the Cambridge Uuivtrsitv elo^n. lb^ double q ouL'h' to help his pio« oect-. Sir Pvodoriok and Lady Luearc t.ken
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      378 6 FRESH SHIPMENT JUST LANDED Tansan Ginger Ale A NATURAL TONIC TABLE WATER. BOTTLXD AT TAXAKADZUKA, JAPAN.) Caldbcck Macgregor Co., Sole Agents. POMMERY GRENO HI -When the BPI K**A RFsT K&*\ ill asked for/* SOLE AGENTS I|^F LIMITED. |^F A PARTICULARLY ATTRACTIVE TANGLIN ~m AUCTION. Hish*Grade Household Furniture. The Property of
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      248 6 Dr. A. G. BUTLER, L.D.S., R.C.S.E. i DENTAL SURGEON. J 6, Battery Road. TO THOSE HOMEWARD BOUND James Campbell <Bfe Co., Court, Naval Military Tailors 59, Conduit Strut, LONDON, W. MR. H. G. DISS. Mar 30 ws 2p uc. TO LET. "WHITE HOUSE," Dalvoy Road. Immediate entry. Apply to FRASER
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    HONGKONG'S GOVERNOR BANQUETED.
    191 7 HONGKONG'S GOVERNOR BANQUETED. LUGARD*S VIEWS ON GOVERNMENT AND COMMERCE. The Effects of Competition. (By Submarine Ttlegraph Renter's.) Rec. May 24, 4 30 pra. The China Association gave a banquet ijjjt night to Sir Frederick Lugard the new O)v^raor of Hongkong. Mr C. S. Gundry presided, and Sir Frelerick who received
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    SOCIAL WORKER KNIGHTED
    122 7 K*jc<j vel at 12 "2t> pm., Mav K:ns has received and ha« unexpeet•^lij kni^bte-i Mr John Kirk, the rvL.rv I i.','^l S b.'o! Uni>n. Mr John Kirk, who his just been kcgh*--1 by the Kinir ia a Leicestershire man and »>♦ si> veirs of ai»e. At th«
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    HECTOR MACDONALD'S MEMORIAL.
    36 7 Fboiwands from alt partet oi the Highlands itt^oded the .uaucuratioa of the Hector Macdonald national memorial at Din^wall. There wia brief religious serrioe and .•off-pip** laments. The MirqnL-t ofTtafl M :aauj?i;rated -'t* memorial.
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    RAND AND GOLD.
    56 7 Troops and Shares. Kec. May 24, 1 2 pm. in view wi the stiike situation on the bLabd Imperial tro-.p* have been despatched -•> Jt^anbectbuiv from Pretoria. The Kand -trike is affeotinc the South \tr»can bank nhan-s. Aqv »to\ pa^« of the regular supply of will seriously
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    253 7 This popular Show opens to-night at the Bfttcb-rd site, tn>x plau being it the Robin■M Piano Co. Th« pro^raium** commences it 15 and includes John Welbv Cooke, •be Frm* Troupe, Diavolo looping the loop, <tnd other old favourites. lo <pite of the Lord Chamiierlain's decision The "Mikado" was performed at
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    TROUBLE IN PERSIA.
    69 7 Anti-Dynastic Movement. (Bj Submarine Telegraph— Reuter's). A r-ele^ram to St. Petersburg from Tehf ran say» that the attempts to deprive the Armenians and Parseesof t)ie franchise has led to protests from all cities accomp inied by t heats of emiaration. An antidynastic proclamation is appearing at Teheran,
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    AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.
    35 7 Bureaucracy throws Down the Gage. Rec. May 24 7.5 pm. M. Sioiypiu iu the Russian Donui.t detiuifcely declinei to consider any scheme for the expropriation of lan'l on behalf of the peasants.
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    Indian Unrest Growing.
    18 7 lhe oioturbau--.es iu India mentioued on May 19 (at Lahore and elsewhere) are becoming worse. >
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    DEAR BREAD.
    40 7 Prospective Famine Certain Rise. Owui»* to :reah reports ol damage to tne crops in Russia, Rumania America, the ni»e in tie d*"^ of breai H beconin.' general. It i»ppe»n; «erta.L v twill re*cr ;d for the quarter loat. >
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    HELP FOR KILBURN.
    27 7 From Adyn the cruiser Perseus has gone to the awistanee of ;he steamer K.lburn. (The Kilburn went ashore a.t Kamiran. in Western Arabia > K
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    DISTRESSED WINE GROVERS.
    50 7 Government Help. The French Government 'ieciie u> offer financial reuef meaBire« to the 'li^tre^fced wiue growers in the South. It also introduces t Bill taxing heavily the sugar u*ed in the adulteration oi wines, and secures the closing of the prem.ses of wine merchant* selling adulterated wined.
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    THE STRAITS LOAN.
    334 7 The view we took that the telefjram about the Straits Loan being reallv of au unfavourable character, and that this was due to the lack of ooniilence in. the Crown Assents, resulting in the underwriters beinp left with huge block of stock on their hands, has been
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    58 7 It is |uite safe to assert that 200 Radial recruiuof the Upper House would do as so many of their Liberal and Radical preoedesso'ra have done. Freed from the compulsion of the|constitutencie9, the temptation to humor them they would presently be educated into the very yiews that the great majority
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    825 7 Qni-<]uid ay u id htnninea nottri eat farrago libtlli. Juvenal The Rev. R. J. Campbell must be highly flattered that his new doctrine has received the august approval of that eminent Theologian, Mr Robert Blatcbford, now that he has been basely deserted by Honest John Clifford
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    134 7 Concern ing the pronunciation of girl," it is to be feared that only very careful English people fail to rhyme it with pe trl nowaday? The song of a lew years back My dear Kitle girlie girlie, with hair bo uice and vsurly, and every morning early bbows the custom
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    LETTERS TO AN EXILE.
    940 7 London, May l!K>7. Deahkst Exile. London is full of out- landers of one kind or another, not only the usual crowd of foreigners and Americans who come with 1 the sw&llows, but the Colouial Premiers and 1 their followers are in our midst. And last week
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    SINGAPORE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
    122 7 The first Musical Evening of the season will be held, by permission of the Teutouia Club Committee, in the Teutonic Cub this evening. The public will not be admitted, as the occasion ii of a private character, only members of the Society and their guetts being eligible
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      295 7 ROBINSON Co. LADIES PROMENADE, DRESS AND DANCING SHOES. STOUT WALKING SHOE, Finest Qua- lr y Black and Brown Glace Kid, lacW WALKING SHOE, Brown and Black liking shoe, extra strong soles, leather Glace Kid, one strap shoe, e\tra stout els straight toe cap, perfect fittine xoles, leather beHs, medium tow,
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    ME. HALDANE'S ABMY SCHEME.
    1119 8 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM. The War Office ha a isoued over Mr H»l--<iane'd initials a memorandum dealing with certain aspects of the Territorial and Reserve Bill, and the extent to which our military organisation is likely to be affected If it s provisions." prepared, as the Secretary for
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    147 8 > < The i.t-.v efBBTC embossed Waklfei have been a great success (in India), and the Post (Office ha-? arranged to meet all demands. There will eleo soe-n be supply available ot' a new commercial size of emlossed envelopes for the special bejejett of I "lginess men, and to meet
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      289 8 FOR SALE. FOR SALE Four seated, rubber tyred Victoria with J quiet useful horse. Everything in good order. Appl/ C. Free Press Office. May :3 30 I 'EMPTY HOGSHEADS" (54 gallons) For sale about 100 to 150 monthly. Apply to "B" c'o Singapore Free Press. Jan 17 u.c FOR SALE
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      556 8 Bt)vertiocmento. SHIPPING. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. i A regular FORTNIGHTLY Service is j maintained between Japan and Europe by the following NEW TWIN SCREW STEA- MERS. r.vi.KR Mail Contracts with thi Impkeial Japanesh Government. 1 Specially designed for the Company's Euro- 8 pean Service, lighted throughout by Electricity, e
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      693 8 advertisements. SHIPPING. P. O. BTEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. For China Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London, Through Bills of Tia/Hng issued for China /oast, Persian Gulf, Continental and Ameri- an Ports. iteamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. Outward (for China) HalU May
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      772 8 Bbvcrtfaemcnta. SHIPPING. Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen. COAST LINES. Steamers of the Coast Fleet* tohs reg. tons reg. Petchaburi 2191 Devawongs* 1648 Sorneo 2K 0 Paklat 1657 Kohaichaag 2040 Anghin 1657 Kajah 202S Locksun Hk'-T Pituanulok 2019 Choising 1667 Bangkok 192u Pongtong 1657 j Liajaburi 1904 Samsen 1667 I Korat 1900 Loo
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      439 8 Bfcwcrtiscnicnts. SHIPPING. ox Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE The fast and well-known mail steamy of this Company sail fortnightly from Hr*man Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Soutbanptot Gibraltar, Genoa, Napier, (connection Hkr»,.ila, Naples, Alexandria and vice versa) Port s^ Suez, Aden, Coloml>o, Penang, Singap kong. Shanghai, Nagasaki Kobe to
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    MR HERBEBT WRIGHT ON PLANTATION RUBBER.
    559 9 ,1 Herbert Wright, who is editor of the I liuiUt H'ibber Journal, delivered a lecture >u rejently -»u Rubber. This pa*»- lrr.ible int^res* to pl&uters PI.ASTAT.ON RUHBEK SUPI'LIK*. \fier aoooe remarks on the history of the .bin r iudu>u n> Ceylou, Malaya and India,
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    EARLY COACHING AND SUCCESS.
    1510 9  - EARLY COACHING AND SUCCESS. A. 0. MACLARKN [All Riqhts Keskkved.j BV Ml t*'> ikj»-, mid B, )>>t)i ivrr mi to tfmt plajen. A, i »>** bv>,v who kmt Imm ronrked •nrlv b.v :r I mm, will ».»:inir«» < oiiMcWiiblv irli-r tlinii t!>- lx>v <>r m-nf. who Imm i I t<>
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      110 9 An American Remedy. There is probably no medi'ine manufactured that can be found in more homes in thf United States than Chamberian's Cone, fhotera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It has been m general use for over thirty years and each ■»occ««BTve epidemic of diarrhoea and dysentery daring this time has tested
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      86 9 A Good Suggestion. Mr. C. B. Wainwright of Lemon City, Fla., j U. S. A., has written the manufacturers that I much better results are obtained from th« use of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in cases of pains in the stomach, colic and cholera morbus by taking it
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      455 9 I Riley Hargreaves Co., I fIiSOLB AGENTS FOR— J« I CQCHRAN'S BOILERS. I A e^lA^ SUPPLY EX STOCK— \i J< J< m< Sizes 4 feet diam. by 9 feet high and 5 feet diam. by 10ft. 9in. high. J< With Board of Trade Certificate for 100 lbs. pressure. »■< I
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    WHEN COAL IS EXHAUSTED.
    466 10 The (lo.Hsible future exhaustion of our coal supplies, as indicated by various commissions on the subject, has leii to the search for ether sources of a supply of power. One of the -i promising of the*e seemed to be the utilisation of the ~ise and fall
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    THE SWETTENHAMS.
    231 10 \>\d\ Swetu-i •a the m«j>t talked it MM I tkt I r. -a\> :b« Tkr -n e.irau. ••piL: 'U« m Ji: MOB fcw her ii*rtians in bejali' -t -.r?er:ug buiaac pro-consul s wife 's .*er A j*lat: i. f Kib» IwtaaikHaD, Stafford .re. wh-: cxrrie? ,»u the old
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    PERSEVERANCE IN MATRIMONY
    196 10 France* l.arfy WaWejjnut; and !ier fo ir marri age*. She. lias more than ono rival ;»t the monimt in the to make ;i ui.itri moni*2 rw rd. Lady Mariou Weller, wbose father fU th. thir Mi»rn>:is of Kl\ tour times bride Her first marriage place exactlv forty
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    A CHINESE REFORMED.
    542 10 V.MKRK AN I'.U'ER ON K\M. Yl WU. Kiir.u Yu Wei. president of tlie Chinese Het..riii Association, has done much in the list nine years to modernize the ]>c>litical aud commercial organizations of the Chinese Empire. His influence is especially remarkable, notes aud New York Sun. because for
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    THE ORIENT LINE.
    318 10 IMPOKTANT CHANGE IN TUK M^THALIAN SERVICE. IS^NN <• o M.S. Or: HI ti l .1 u-ii- i -ays the "I\ rth pap -\i i 1 26th, of impending important I I :.t i.'i.yal I ali;>. Tits* <haD«e- are Ml ml t.~i wiling I übi:<\ i.i.; •■•.•:<•« r
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    A MILLIONAIRE IN TROUBLE.
    93 10 A correspondent write* to :i Tokyo verna. iv.litr paper tiist Mr Hiranuum, the wellknown millionaire of Yokohama, is in great tror.i.le. It was discovered that his adopted sou. Mr Yenjiro. who had committed suicide I ut Yabakei MM time aijo, had ismied bills to the amount
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    A STEEL BUBBLE.
    516 10 Raising a Ship by Compkesskd Aik. To turn a 1 -,000-ten steamship into a huge steel babble by pumping 1 her full of compressed air )8, tajr the "Scientific American," a recent engineering 1 feat. Tbe steamship Bavarian, of the Allan Line, ran on Wje Rock, tbirty-eight
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    DRAINAGE OF COMMON ROADS.
    293 10 l;» .«r:.iv :ii,ain to the report by EtoolMMC I Ira. Baker, the Engine* -riiix, Xfa&M qwrtf the following useful ;>asB«j;r The ::iost iui portent work in maintaining an tui th road is to Let p the surface ?n ootii, so that the rain\vat» will How quickly
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    THE SMUGGLER'S HEARSE IN PARIS.
    118 10 I bumble iunera], consisting of I oae-ftttni ee. escorted '<y an 'mdertaker in a swaltail coat and a tall alazed hat. ;<ppeaxed re one cf the of Paris or. I hursday, k a '"Daily Mail" rorresp nde.nt. The '.itoins men were aix>»t to l^t it
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    THREATENED ANTWERP.
    116 10 There now prevails at Antweip a condition of things which suggests a question us to whether Antwerp is destined to become the mere Cheater of Belgium, while one of the now rustic villages nearer the mm becomes its Liverpool. The silting up the channel of the Scheldt with
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    AUSTRALIAN FODDER FOR THE EAST.
    161 10 Tn the course of a report furnished to the Minister for Mines and Agriculture regarding the trade of the Straits Settlements, Mr Suttor, Commercial Agent for New South Wales ia the East, points out that of total imports cf horse fodder to the value of
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    THE QUEEN'S HOBBIES.
    115 10 Queen Ale vain !ra is probably the keenest ya< htswom.m iu (Iroat ISritain, »a>s the Bystander." She is never so well or so happy as on hoard the Koyal yacht, perhaps because, iu a yachtiug skirt, a foot or so off the ground, and a reefer coat,
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      117 10 I Don't^iveinj I When you give in I in a fight with tropical I disease, you throw away I your chances of life. I The struggle is an I unequal one but the I man who takes I Hall's Coca Wine I knov.-; that he has an un- I equalled
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      393 10 USE ONLY ami USE ALWAYS fl^T B 'HPfMPP^P I WDP9I most f 'L|^|^l^lj^njV REFRESHING. A Luxurious Perfume Far t f £f crior |N Health^ German Kinds A NECESSARY |^HHpHBTVBMB^^^ RESTORATIVE I V^tV^VAvSTI IN SICKNESS. J^t. XT^I ATHLETES SELF-COXTROL E\en the most famous athletes confess to evperim jp^ encing a slight
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    THE ORIGIN OF RADIUM.
    497 11 The mystery of the origin of radium has nst reeeJred a new explanation. It oomes from Professor J. Joly, of Trinity College, Dublin. In his opinion, that wonderful aub- ton >••? in not one of the original constituents of the earth. It has come to us,
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    CURE FOE BOREDOM.
    32 11 divine s«»oret Isn't thai the ure f r loredom. e^*»n the discovery tbat •ju>«n tveici^i are iu>o*ely interesting, with an aatonis' irg an*l b^iutif u! variety of charaomr Wmin
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    CHICAGO'S BOAST.
    42 11 Wnile Chicago ia nit ijiven to boasting, as til the world knowa, ic as^rts without fear I f ?oot radiation th*t it can show mor* li inn majors in <aptirity the pret^nt time th^n .my c>; tt-> globe Ckica>jo Daily
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    OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.
    461 11 Many so-called women's complaints can be rrif-d to disorders of the liver, s om->ch a»d o« we)?. A woman's work is more or 'ess .sedentary does not get the fresh air, the exrrcise or the regular h >urs of rett that a man does, ao that
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    EXCHANGE.
    67 11 (COKBBCTBD UP TO Mav 23.) Bank 4 m/s 2/4| demand 2 4^ l s Private credits 3 m/s 2/4 credits 6 m/s 2/4Fbakcb, demand Bank 2P4 Gbbmaky, demand 23f? India, T. T 173 Hongkong, demand 6}% dig Yokohama, demand 115 Java, demand 141 Bangkok, demand 63^ Sovereigns, Bank Buying
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    PRODUCE.
    132 11 May 23 Tin 93. Gambier 6\»>o Gambier Cube No. 1 10.20 Gambier Cube No. 2 9.50 Pepper ßlack(ordin.S pore) 17.«J0 Pepper, White (fair L.W. 5p.c.) bay 15.50 Nutmegs (110 to the lb.) 25.00 Nutmegs (80 to the !b.) 38 00 Mace (Banda) 63.00 Cloves (Amboina> 42.00 Liberian Coffoe 21.50
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    SHARES.
    563 11 MINES. Capital Capital Issoe Paid Issued paid op Value op i-o«p*«T. $300,000 300,000 10 10 Beiat Tin M. 00. Ltf 18 50 $300,000 225,000 10 10 Bruang Limited 10 05 $600,000 600.0C0 10 10 Bruseh Hydranlic Tin M. Co. Ltd 18 75 £400,000 350,000 £1 £1 Duff Development Co.
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      525 11 Hdvatidcmcnte. TO LBT. TO LET A building juhl completed, situated at No 55 Robinoon Road, suitable for Office 01 Oodown. Apply to E. S. NATHAN, 13 Change Alley May 1 tts TO BE LET. The two pleasantly situated residences known as Kenu. worth. Barker Road and Brendademe, Barker Road. A
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      478 11 H&vertiscmcnte. WANTED. WANTED Smart Chinese Clerk to assist in Electrical r Store. Apply, Electric c/o "Free Press," May 25 28.5 On the Berth. I AUSTRIAN LLOYD'S STEAM NAVIGATION Co. For Hongkong. s.s. ISTOK having left Bombay on the 21st May is due to arrive here on the 3rd June and
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      445 11 SHIPPING. OCEAN STEAM SHIP Co.. Ltd. AND China Mutual Steam Nav. Co. Ltd. The Companies' eteamen are despatched from Li verpool outwards for the Straits, China and Japan every week, and from Japan homeward* fur London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight, and for Genoa, Marseilles, Liverpoo 1 monthly. One outward
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      448 11 HAMBURG AW£R!KA LINE. PASSENGER SERVICE. By the new steamer Bhenania," Habbpuko/' Hoheshtauffn and the Scandia and Silebia. The steamer? are «pt,cially built for the' .ni have luxurious Passenger accommodation. Fuvr < iana Cabins amidship u*^ throughout by electricity, cabins fitted with fans. Doctor and Stewardeeses carried" Laundry on board. Return
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    EMPIRE DAY.
    775 12 Yesterday was observed as a public holiday so far aa was compatible with the departure end arriTal of the English mails. The Courts were closed and the Backs. The Hag-stafF was decorated and the Union Jack tlown from public buildings. Many of the ships In harbour were decorated.
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    52 12 3iWa itoigki forward anuouiKvinen tha t Germany wi'.l ant take u n iHs(u,«iou on the subject of -ioi.Ut.ou „.r eflu. t im of armamepts has P^ K tQch P**°P le tter tblD 2 anc 'or haTiuc cleared the iir. and wade itiopo.i.ble for any one to J!*u" f **»^iectatiou- the
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    THE FIRE BRIGADE SPORTS.
    725 12 SMART AND INTERESTING WORK. The siwl.<l annual competition aud sports of the Sin^api>re Fire Brigade were held vesterdav afternoon on the Old Jail Site and were an unqualified success. The Sports were held under the l'atrouagfe of His Excellency the Governor and the Municipal Commissioners of
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    49 12 A Kingston (J imaiej,i;orre«poij<]((it atates that Sir Alexander S .vet ten hum, whose tern) cfidioeu-i Governor expire »»n JJrd inst., propose- j re>ide at Belie Vu*>, bi9 propertv in the uiountains. This is the first time that a Governor has decided to reside in the inland immediately after retirement.
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    34 12 Economy in the End A few doses of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will cure your cold and perhaps save a factor's bill later on. It always cures and cures quickly. For sale by all dealers.
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    THE BROMHEAD-MATTHEW'S SHIELD.
    267 12 THE BROMHEAD-MATTHE W'S SHIELD. Won by the Malay States Volunteers. Tbe firing of the various teams in the above competition has now been concluded and the trophy has. fallen to the Malay States Volunteer Rifles, who tied with the S. V.I. with a score of SM points, and who ha\e
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    CRICKET.
    332 12 V KIKKAN< VS. Tut. lit-' Voteraai met .1 teaui "The Il«->t ou tin--1 ■terda?, aad despite the Csot tin' taej rorj creditable display, they were bc.itei. bf their more, rnatbfu oppoo^nti on |rsl jfs)j»«ai For thlasrsCul W r ht. BdUa ;>n; Dslaj wen i 1 bAttinf* dwplajs, win!Carvsf «a-
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    INTERESTING PENANG WEDDING.
    236 12 ADAM— IOIQUE. An extremely iwtnrnting aud pretty military we.idi g m celebrated at Sl G 'org»-\» Church r»<e otlv when Ctptain Ht-rUr Wiiliauj Druis >n Alain, commanding Um Penaog detachment of th» Mtl«y S iiH'> Guidt-f, third h uoi the late Mr Johu L'lid I ij Adcisu
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    515 12 The babine Rickmers came in yesterday. She is from l'alembaui; and carries 880 tons of petroleum for Saigon. The Japanese training squadrou which was due to leave yesterday deferred its departure till to-day. In honour of Empire Day the staffs at the signal stations were hung with bunting
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    VESSELS AT TANJONG PAGAR AND KEPPEL HARBOUR.
    94 12 y ifi Hit T vt*tel* ore berthed yesterday. £**t »Viittrl iizz'M—- Dixgr.iiT, J. W Wendt A'.drtr.Ar*» P. Wh*-f Se/tion I Uaflals. S^-tion I—(Sheers1 (Sheers Wtmrt; AlcGlellaa. Seotioi 2— C A. car. 3— >i. C Ijrpf'Z J Lope-?. r Tr nj;ganii. ♦s—Abtofsftrd.5 Abtofsftrd. Xi'fntuug,
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    THE LATE MR. C. C. N. GLASS.
    150 12 We have a note tr»in the R v. (t M it'-ith, who \va< at the tim-« o F wri'ing -tiv- utjatthat fivourite "gowfhowf \\t>i liiuton, referriu},' to the late Crimov G -t^s. He siy^ I buppobH >iyu hcivo had full news by this
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    THE EMPRESS-DOWAGER OF CHINA.
    72 12 Those foreigners, who have recently been presented to the Dowager-Empress have generally remarked that Her Majesty is begi >- Ling to show more signs of her age than formerly. She is beginning to look frail, which, though a septuagenarian, she has not hitherto done, and the
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      271 12 DE KONINKUJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. TTSDE* CoKTKACr -VITH TBZ N^TEKRT-^VCS L'-LIV BOTIBnBR Agents ac Singapore, Ship Agency. Utc J. Dacndcls Cc, 2-3 Collfcr Qo» THB UKDiaKIOKBD L»AT«S ik« OKLT ttMOttll De Kerens BaweiJi Mav 21 Baw^an BtMptois, Wmdjm. Stagen. L Bahk Papan, Ma. Djawa, Sarr^nnda and Pa*BT wi'h transhipKent toS*»noe<la bampit,
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      23 12 > < WEATUE& REPORT. Datf- Utkr Wmd Teaip Hum j>kv B»il3 May 23 H'kong 4P.29 60 8» op Manila 4P. Ml BWWB >»1 7 b > <
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      537 12 VESSELS IN PORT. Wen-of-War PUe *nd Tons Commanders Arrired From For Vb. HasLidato Jap cru. 4227 Kaneo May 20 Honoiaiu IVb..,i Mateushima Jap cru. 4227 Bunzo May 20 Honolulu Itsukushiuia Jap cru. 4227 Matabacbiro May 20 Honolulu McClellan Am. tra., 1870 Lothrop Jan 12 Manila. Dock Wright Am. tra., 364
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