The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 February 1908

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    16 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1908. NO. 6,227
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    158 1 The n -w Government Liceourg Bill i telegraphed with mii'-h detail. Page 7. The trade f the C lony for the y iir 190 7 shows a slight iccreas-e over that of 1996 Pc*ee 6. The opium qupstii n is a jaiu to the f<-'e m the
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    A LEAP IN THE DARK.
    768 1 "Do you H}). >va of old customs. If H irrison r" atkei little Miss Kitty. Miss K'ttv, hi r mother, L9onora, aid I weir at l).u v L ne pantomiu c. Such hs 1 <j.i* ried. Leap Yeur v -tonis," sa.;d Miss Kit: j 1
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      145 1 j CONTINENTAL I TRADEI: ,:^£J^JJ ijMARK Hlglfl K'impers Co. Kuala Lumpur Federated Enginee o DAHL'S nil i i imfl 111/ SOLD EVERYWHERE. GOSLING Co. WINES SPIRITS, etc. BOTTLI DOZ. Dawson's Perfection Whisky 1-20 14 Special -4O 6 Extra Special l-'o Brandy IT Year-Old 40 b Port Wines- 6O cts, 75
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      158 1 F* i ZS> i f PO CD Co POPULAR WANTS. (Wanted To Let For Sale Notices etc., up to 30 words m length will be accepted for this column at One Dollar for three insertions. Cash with Advertisement.) AYAB WANTED In European family, Javanese preferred, good wages. Address l Pets
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      329 1 Entertainments. allhambra CINEMATOGRAPH BEACH ROAD TO-NIGHT'S PROGRAMME. Ist Show 7.30 p.m.— 9 p.m. 1. The cabman's delusion 2. For a flower 3. Lucky heiress 4. From Earth to Moon 5. The Troubador 6. Beware! my husband comes 7. Poor old couple 8. Magic Roses 9. Making love to the coalman's
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      259 1 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. Tbongwa for Penang and Madras on March sth, Bharata for Penang and Rangoon same day Oranje for Europe this morning Page 11. Amah disengaged Page 1. Auction Sales, Powell ft Co. Chinese ware Coghlan ft Co. household furniture, and Chinese porcelain Page 5. New Programme for the Alhambra
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      183 1 MAIL TABLE. Per N. D. L. leaves Mar 2, due London Mar 25. Per P A O leaves to-d.iy, doe Hongkorg Mar 4, Shanghai Mar 7, Yokohama Mar 12. Intermediate and local mails will be found m list below To-day. For Per Close Rhio Indragiri Laorsna Pit 7am Hongkong fro.
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    A PRANK OF PAN'S.
    1092 3 In the naked d-ae-t that *tr*t*W] to the hori/m aadfir below it, beyoui tae a. ant .\t:i m th it belted the town, the sun, with the help of thrice heated sand and stone ted mocking mirages. Ie painted pictures rftj towns, wide field and forest,
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    THE KING'S DIAMOND.
    315 3 Cutting to go on NIOHT and Day POB a Year. Amsterdam, Jan. 27. The Culliuan diamond, the Transvaal's present to the King, which left Scotland Yard on Thursday, remained m a secret place all night, and was sent from London on Friday, reached Amsterdam on Saturday evenir.g,
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    LONDON RUBBER SHARE MARKET.
    281 3 j Mr. H. V. E. Longworthy, 9. Mincing-lane. I E. C. reports uuder date the 2:! rd ult I Rubber shares have been depressed owing < to offering of a few lines ov a quiet market. < No selling by holders of shares m Mincing-lane l
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    THE PLANTING OF RUBBER.
    237 3 Shouijj Rubmb-Plahtihg hot stop for A YKAR OR TWO There was a time not many years ago, whe-n the general cry was that the tea-plant-ing was m danger of being overdone, that production had cut- stripped consumption and that planters should hold their hands both m
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    THE INDIAN AS COLONIST.
    609 3 His Record m British Guiana. The present controv. rsy regarding the Indian m the Transvaal suggests the inquiry What is hie record m other colonies f ProbaHy no dependency of the Empire has had a wider experience of this class of immigrant than Bri ish Guiana
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    ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER.
    390 3 A London contemporary writes A strange tiling is about to happen. Wio who send D -ionaries to the uttermost ends of the tart; I convert the heathen m about; >c a \i-.t from a> nuMtoner a Boddhist ry, who is a Boropeaa m fall orders
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      2 3 Sound Advice.
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      739 3 YOUR WHITE FACE IN THE "7|\^b GLASS, A i^d§r^\ anemic !|||||sff f SHOWS ~^J^fi YOUR NEED OF BLOOD. Pale Girlh Are Made Rosy, Weak Girls Are Made Strong, by DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS Read the Case of this Girl m Burma. Anamia weak watery blood ig a dangerous ailment. When
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      153 3 &uc «fe V^ fiafl E— FOR ALL HIGH-CLASS WORK. THE CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES. IMPORTERS, I The Borneo Co., Ltd. I^' A good example is set by those who If^^r^^^^k e^ £v^ en -b' rea!llze both the personal satisfaction i /j^and the hygienic importance of brushing their tee'.h P^^^P^eisL^^
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    THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN CONVENTION.
    541 4 In the Hoi '^c of Commons. London, Feb 17. In the House of Commons, this evening, Earl Percy moved that the Anglo- Russian Convention, while involving material sacrifices, ■131 left room for international misunderstandings He criticise 1 the details on the lines of the debate m the
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    A TORPEDO BATTLESHIP.
    274 4 r > i sat '•■•n -<~>rae preliminary discussion m the United States N.ivy Department, proj I i d mcc of this realisation of the t .i "torpedo battleship," which appears to be th-- n that mutft sojner or later be I the design of the biggest warvessels,
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    21 4 _ye hundred cases of typhoid few 1 December Dr. A W. Hill, who was especially «tt-P-tKeVo^itabdiu^ this epidemi^ r l^undant testimony
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    THE PORTUGUESE MURDERS
    1083 4 Graphic Descriptions of 1 Terrible Fight. (From Australian papers.) London, February 3rd. A silent crowd watched the Royalties alight from the Tagns ferry-boat. The demeanour of the spectators displayed a certain air of distrust and fear, although a girl presented Q leen Amelia with a bouquet. The
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      421 4 > #> < Passengers for the Straits. PerP O Marmora, due Feb 23.— Mr A. R. Margin, Mr and Mrs T. Winfield, Mr E. P. Niquet, Mr W. Mountain, Mr Aber crombie, Mr B. W. Bokenham, Mr L. J. Gooding Mr C. V Miles Mr and Mrs Carver, Miss Curver,
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      713 4 vessels kxpkch-ij. STEAMERS. Giving port of departure, arui vhe T aaanaj date due liere, arid name of Agt Airlie, Sydney, April 24 Booafa Achilles, Liverpool, Mar 25 Mansfield Agamemnon, China, Mar IS Man field Aleinous, Liverpool. A] 4 A'icante, Manila, Mar 21 Bar Qj Arcadia. Colombo, May v P Armand
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    HOW GIRLS CAN PROPOSE.
    492 5 The Proposal Direct. Jill J.ick Ja< k Yes, Jill. Jill Do you know what I want to say JACI Yes, Jill— at least, not exactly, Jil Ji:i. El is something you want to say t Jack Is it, JUlr I can't believe it. I wis I
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    THE NAUGHTY MR GILBERT.
    154 5 S, Gilbert was on 2nd iust enter- L'o::ipli::i- ntary dinner at the Savoy Hotel. Lord Onsiow presided, and I -upported by BMBJ prominent repre- n I lilerature ;ii:i the drama. The man a sir WlUkm had wri: clean, and imbued RngKafi gi Bilemen (cheers) though i:
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    90 5 Tester*] Urn Supreme Cotiit, Mr sher and Mr Justin Sarcome Smith (m the L gialfttfre Council chamber) I a NB&U GNHI There wis only tsm IBd DOtbinSfOl any interest Mi Justice Ffehet bad tinisLevl l adjournment have receiv.-l from the General Depot iColiiiin Street) the iaa >ry La Xema Dd
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    STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
    1036 5 Singapore. The corre^-pocdeiit of "To '1 im.'. a Singapoje forwards quite a cbeertui le**e "a^tle prospects of the ooloiy. In it b* Considei ing the aft'tirs c f this colony froa I ah points of view, an impartial critic ctr hardy do otherwise than assert that the future
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    STRAITS V. CEYLON!
    1112 5 fYr-pKTITION F^K ToOLIP LABOUR. RXW I>fMI«.K.xTIO^ ,-CHKME AM) CHK \FHB RITE. While people m Ceylon have bean talking about labour, and various schemes have beer bandi -U about between sub- Committees and general meetings of the Planters' Association, the F.M.S. have got their scheme ready, and are
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      508 5 HcA'crtisementß. TO LET. TO LET. A newly built bungalow No. 795 East Coat Road sth mile stone near Telok Kurau. Appl; Ali Ambar 16 Arab Street. Feb 28 uc TO BE LET. Dalydene Killiney Road. For particulars apply to TOMLINSON LERMIT, 1, Raffles Quay. Feb 28 7.3 TO BE LET.
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      488 5 HJnpertt3emcnt& TO LET. To Let No. 10 and 11 Devonshire Road ,t Apply to B. N. Elias, 5 Malacca Street y A "g7 7.3 TO LET ••Dimboola" Orange Grove Road. From the Ist December 1907. Rent $100 a month Apply to Messrs Donaldson Burkinshaw, Singapore. Oct 2 tta uc 7WQTIONS.
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      674 5 Bt>\>ertisemento, AUCTIONS. AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Household Furniture Etc., TO BE HELD AT No. 8, QUEEN STREET. SINGAPOJ;};. Saturday 7th March at 1.80 p.m. Comprising iron Bingle bedsteads, seriali aliiieirah with full length mirror, chest of drawers, dressing tahie with mirror attached, Leak folding card table, ahn.nalis. bentwood and rattan
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      Marriage.
      49 6 Kleinmann-Schbbbder. On Wednesday the 20tli of February at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd Singapore, by the Kevd. EL Rivet, John Bbhb Kleinmann the second son of the late Joseph Kleinmann to ROSALIE Mildrkd the secoud daughter of James Leonard Schtorder. (Penan}, 1 and Ceylon papers please copy.)
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      Death.
      25 6 On Tuesday, the 18th instant, at Nos. 10 mil 1 1 Latter Street, Rangoon Lira Poh N'yew. the beloved mother of Tan Choung Yean.
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    The Singapore Free Press Saturday, Feb. 29, 1908.
    1914 6 The Singapore Free Press Saturday, Feb. 29, 1908. 'h T P nebt maintain, epts traw. It is a sign of the community of sentiment unongst the entire Moslem world that the ae-xs of the death of MustaphaKamel, the vridely recognised leader of the Nationalist movement m Egypt, was received by
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    TRADE OF THE COLONY.
    215 6 A Crumb of Comfort. A short lime ago we published the Trade Statistics of the Colony for the I nutk quarter of 1907, which showed i ling o f| compared with the similar period i i before of 9] per cent, this being v.-rv due to
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    COALING AND OILING
    436 6 A o r;p-]« >n l<-at not uniateres f 9] m S ping ail EM I on wit] remark > m oar lea ler >■< jretterday to them, bat at I bfl NUB »ut that a DUttlC wh. Btm &fl lh tad p. rt'i bftteraata mu /n mors
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    97 6 Sinoe bba oooairw I the first case of Mil) Panaag ob N aave I cases sus} proved. l-.'h is aniioir.: Sub <' i indjong Bringin Esl Ekimat I i tha G iMtta, Mi authorised to file patent to npai -ure pwnoui itoi m, ii, Dr (Ja I. .n Tuck v^
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      350 6 i^__ i— RECEIVED DIRECT FROM CUBA. HAVANAJIGARS. 4 Rothschilds Elegantes (Bock Co.) Alicias Finos (Bock Co.) Regalia de la Reina Fina (H. de Cabanas.) Regalia Especial (H. de Cabanas.) Londres Fino Superior extra (Henry Clay) Regalitos (Antonio Lopez.) Orfeos (Manuel Moreno Co.) ALL IN BOXES OF 25 GIGARS. Oaldbeck MacGregor
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      243 6 Wilson Co. PHOTOGRAPHERS. THE LEADING AND ONLY HIGH-CLASS STUDIO IN THE COLONY. Our Photographs are of the highest Artistic and Technica Excellence, and are admitted to be Incomparably the Best m the Far East. No Satisfaction, No Payment. Orchard Road and at Hotel de I' Europe. WHY JG.R. Lambert Co.
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    FEWER PUBS.
    219 7 (Bj Submarine Telegraph— Renter's.) New Licensing Bill. STRINGENT RULES. How Received. Baceived at 4 2-"» pm. Mr A- -i;tu has introduced the proposed easng B9L [t provides for the ptogfslia reduction BSMSi far the next fourteen year?, inving the extinction o! 80,000 licenses. r r -visions are also
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    TEST CRICKET.
    14 7 Received at 10-4-"> a.rx Australia has won the tilth Test match by
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    PREMIER'S PROGRESS.
    14 7 EEsBUTJ Canii-b-eli- lUanerman is improvicj u-v.»rtheless Conservative pipers resign af'er E ister.
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    SMASHED !
    38 7 SMASHED KFate of Zakka Khels. Kheis fa \m been c on] tel rj >mashed. with tiifliiu British loss. G H» W tw > dajS 1 I rOUStice to enable the '1 best" |ersu%de tie T-. Ua\ rsnts to submit.
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    216 7 ■V. E. Nash oi the Monic*p*lity is > with an inaction of •be eyi s An unoc new doom at I'.i'vtv ..is been eirer- 1 IB I property valued i In spite fillip to Malacca Territory b g I »U nicipal revenue og ff ia 1907, due to r he
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    THE OPIUM QUESTION.
    484 7 (By Submarine Telegraph. Reuter's.) RESTRICTION OF PERSIAN AND TURKISH IMPORTS. Received Feb 28, at 10 26 a.m. A Whte-b)ok his been issued on the opium question txlecding from Sept. '20th, 1906, to Feb. 11th, 1908. In a letter from the India Orfi:e to the Foreign Office dated
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    POLAND'S FATE.
    20 7 The Prussian Diet hag ad< pted the Polish Expropriation Bill as framed by Government, rejecting theC ►mmittee*a amendment.
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    PARLIAMENT.
    37 7 h'.' jived at 7.15 pm. The House of Commons has passed the third reading of the Scotch Land Values Bill, which the Premier announced Government was going to re-introduce, to send up again lo the Lords.
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    211 7 A Kiln l: haa been arrested for ste-ilicg toolfl trom the Kalian g works. A ?erj violent Chinese lunatic who was ftmsted by the p«. lice on Thursday at Johnston's Pier was found dead m his cell yesterday morning. Air H Pitipatrick, a member of Parliament and Justice of the
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1373 7 Quicquid agunt homines nostri est farrago libelli. Juvenal. There is an old French adage that says "Robe re/ait moult homme," and there is ano'he? rather better known Latin proverb that declares Cucullus tion facit nicnachum." Lord do Morlev is by this time I convince 1 of
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    THE LATE DR. DE TUNZELMANN.
    479 7 In a copy of Le Salut," a St. Malo biweekly newspaper, sent to us by a friend, we find an accurate and detailed leference lo the unfortunate death, by I, is own h.tnd, of Dr. E W. de Tuozelmano, who was so long identified with
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    L. L. T. C.
    34 7 The last match of the Tournament was played last evening, when Mrs Murray and Mr Green beat Mrs and Mr Gaunt m the Championship l\tirs by 6 2, G 3.
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      40 7 King of All Cough Medicines. Mr E 0. Case, a mail carrier of Canton Center Connecticut. U.S.A., who has been m the United: States Service for about sixteen mh mn w^' have trietl many coug i^dicine; tor croup, but a^erlamsC^h
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      312 7 ROBINSON COMPANY. MADAME TETRAZZINI. 1 S I PRDHA DONNA WS,- *H2kt RECORDS J^^H This Famous Singer. fo can now be heard fc-i H ROBINSON GO'S. KHrT "^Tii buy inf erior milk '-/hen you can get fjj& UNSWEETENED A I the best Qtt||B price? P#f SLEDGE (W« ES eT^MM guaranteed I
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    ANOTHER MURDER CHARGE.
    674 8 CHINAMAN BILLED AT SHEIKH MADARSAH LANE. Contradictory Statements. Three Chinese named Chua Lim, Ku Chow and Li Tim were before Mr Green, second magistrate, yesterday, for preliminary enquiry into a, charge of murder by causin? the .Uith of a countryman of theirs named Chan Mih Choon. The
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    PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S DAUGHTERS.
    269 8 Although tbe coming-out reception of Miss Btbel Roosevelt, Ibe daughter of tbe American President, will not be accompanied by the eeBSBDOErjl and ostentation which marked the debut 4 BUBS Alice hoosevclt Mrs Longworth). ye: the appearance of the new debutants at Washington will be one of the
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    Sprains.
    16 8 be cared very quickly byapI^CWberUai'sPair Halm to them JWed parts every boar, and rubbing vigorous-
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      610 8 fl&vertisemcnts. SHIPPING. OCISAIN t STEAM SHIP Co. Ltd. AND China Mutual Steam Nay, Co. Ltd. The Compani s* steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China and Japau every week, and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight, and for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool monthly.
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      493 8 Bt>vertlsemento. SHIPPING. WYX JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., ltd. A regular FORTNIGHTLY Service is maintained between Japan and Europe by the following NEW TWIN SCREW STEAMERS. Undh* Mail Contracts with the Imperial Japanese Government. Specially designed for the Company's European Service, lighted throughout by Electricity, provided with excellent accommodation for First
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      536 8 Bfcvert ieen\entB. SHIPPING P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. For China Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. Outward (for China) 1908 Marmora
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      742 8 Bbvertiaementß. SHIPPING. Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen. COAST LIKES. steamen of the Coast Fleet. TONS M£ TONS reg. Petohabuii 2191 Chow Fa 1643 Borneo 21uU Devswongu* 1646 KohsichanK 2040 Paklat 1657 Rajah 302S Anghia 1657 Pitsanulok 1018 Loekaun 1657 Bangkok 1920 Choking 1657 Rajaburi 1904 Poagtong 1657 Korat 1900 Samsen 1657 Chienginai
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      623 8 H&vcrtiscmcins. StfiPPiNG. NTT Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremei nrPERIAL GERMAK MAIL LIKE The fast and well-known mail steam, this Company aail fortnightly from htvaieHamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Bovthampt o Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Mars Naples, Alexandria and vice versa) Port s,* Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Houcn kong, Shanghai, Nagasaki k K
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    MORE CLAIRVOYANT PROPHECIES.
    719 9 London Consults the Oracles. London also consults the oraclec m the X-'w Year, although not to so great an extent. Ips (write* an occasional correspondent) as tli.it recorded by the Paris co-respondent •Pa.. Mall Gazette." The West■l lirvoyants and palmists have, however, ,|iiite a fashionable elientMe, and
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    ANCIENT GREEK DOCUMENTS.
    168 9 Dr. B P. Qm to agatherrfltada i Kißg T l College on recent »id that .la all 3-:- |m iitt won n I tiou when I j A n st them were i: g« invitations to -r, and weekly hills ;:i one h h»g« I «n*Hj of
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    THE LONDON PAGEANT.
    403 9 Twenty-two Scenes to be Presented. The official list of scenes for the great London Pageant to be held next July is as follows 1- Scene m Prehistoric London Roman London Entry of Emperor Claudius the first Sea Kirg Carausius Ba crifice to Diana. 3- Saxon London Installation
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    THE WORLD'S COAL.
    476 9 A leading German industrial review pub lishes the following interesting statistics regarding the coal fields which remain to be worked and which are kuowu now to exist. In Europe, ;Germany heads the list with 280 milliard tons of coal still unvrorked then come Great Britain and Ireland
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    ENGLAND'S WORK IN INDIA.
    596 9 Madras, sth February. Sir Arthur Lawley at Masulipatam delivered an able speech m reply to the Municipal address, m the course of which he made the following eloquent reference to England's work m India You have alluded, Sir. m your address to the traditions of the
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      23 9 A Jamaican Lady Speaks Highly of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Kn Michael Hart, wile of the mperintend, -n't of Cart Servic^at Kingston. Jam aic^
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      332 9 t V MOW B*^ SB 4kvs>t ll H p Celebrated Oilmen's Stores jjSg ml hH Agents for LEA PERRIN'S WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE IH^ HUP Crossc Blackwell, Ltd. Hall's Coca Wine viji^Sy Would you like to say pgjS? goodbye to that intolerable lassitude that unfits you for '<§35%& labour and robs you
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      696 9 KHNG JIT KWANG CHOP SU NGUAN, Wholesale Retail Dealer. NO. 170-4. ORCHARD ROAD. (NEXT DOOR TO YONG LEE SENG Co.) HAS NOW ON HAND FRESH STOCKS OF SWATOW DRAWN THREAD WORK, GRASS-CLOTHS, CHINESE SILKS AND PEWTERWARE, SARONGS, LADIES' BONNETS AND GENERAL CURIOS. PRICES Moderate! INSPECTION WELCOMED!! (SINGAPORE FREE PRESS ALSO
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      184 9 Japan Coals. THE Mitsui Bussan Kaisha. (MITSUI &CO.) Head Office; No. 1, SURUGA-CHO TOKIO. London Branch: 34, Lime Street, E.C. Singapore Brrnch 2. Flnlayson Green. OTHER BRAN: 'HE^— New York, San Francifloo, Hamburg, Bombay, Bovrabaiaj y, "i!a, Songkon^, Amoy, Bhaagl ftS, Chefoo, Tientsir- Xes-chwang, Pert Artbn*-, Saovl, bemulpo, Y"oLobair.H, Yckosuk*,
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    BY THE WAY.
    963 10 One result of the Limerick craze is that ■women, who U3ed to be satisfied with the last word, now want the last line. Heard over the telephone H Send me up two bags of oats and a bale of hay." Voice i All right, sir who is
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    LADY R. CHURCHILL'S ANECDOTES.
    1089 10 Curious Sidelihts. Remarkably interesting personalia of the early political lives of men who hold today eminent positions are supplied m the fourth instalment, published m the M Century Maga zinc of the reminiscences of Lady Randol; h Churchill (now Mrs George Corn wallis- West). The following
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    RIOT AT TOKYO.
    143 10 Increased Taxation Resented. At noon on February 11, some Socialists delivered speeches m Hibiya Park, Tokyo, against the increase of taxation. As their intentions had been previously reported, about l,00l) roughs had assembled m the Park at the time and applauded the speakers. Eventually the police ordered
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      15 10 Rheumatic Pains Quickly ReUeved. r;oi ltin^ Pain^ characteristic of NOntHD and sciatK-a are uuicklv r<A\^<,i
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      505 10 A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY. This is the age of research and experiment, when all nature, so to speak,isnmsackedoy the scientific for the comfort and happiness of man Science ha:i indeed ir.ade uiant strides during- the past ctitury,. and among the— by no means !ea-.t important— discoveries m medicine comes that of
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      595 10 Travellers the world over provided with LEMCO are equipped for all emergencies m the food lne. In addition to its unique food value it is compact, will keep for any length of time, l__.._ and is a most valuable medical comfort. fc~ Yhe original ar.d only g-enuinc Liebig Cimpany't Extract.
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      527 10 THE Singapore Free Press. Morning Daily. To Our Readers The Singapore Free Press is now Morning Daily, and is on ssis it depot** from an early hour each murmur (Sundays excepted). Cash price Ten Oents a cop» Subscribers' copies will be dei.v-redat their private residences, (or towaoffioßso godowns if preferred)
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    A GERMAN SHIPPING COMBINE.
    356 11 Bambui American and Norddkltscher Lloyd. SoBM time ago the Shipping Gazette MMd particulars of a combine between the Hamburg American and the X.D.L. lines rating German Eastern trade and to-day T. ofl Ceylon have received a cr-ni- horn Messrs Vulkart Bros., the local agtate, or the
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    THE EMPIRE MOVEMENT.
    280 11 sa thi Kar;. oi Heath r:\!.ox. The Earl or vi-i*. i Kingswood ColKandy. on the 19th E Earl, who ceompanied by Mr B. H. Vauder wail. •of sche Ba] I by a guardof honour of the I Cadi ka. The Priucipal, b I \.\e Karl of M-
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    IRANS-PACIFIC TURBINEKS.
    35 11 g ra BSTBBPBIBI ThenewT.K.K. li: I !n*ct our. w Weiinc!*.-. i .ipper Appoint- Man, b«ped .eifie to d liners completing In-' .m tur ttu- PJS the other being I > ll! 3 I SZitraS
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    APPARENTLY INCURABLE
    319 11 Saved by Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. Mr. Edward Green, Mildmay Park, Wesleyan Church, London, England, wrote: 'Dear Sirs After what I have been through, I can feel for everyone who sutlers from kidney complaint. Your medicine has made me feel quite another man, acd I am able to
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    EXCHANGE.
    75 11 (Cokibotbd up to Feb. 28 Bank 4 m/s M $/4§ demand 2/S{-£ Private credits 3 in/s 2/4 T 5 g credits 6 m/s 2/4£ France, demand Bant... 291 &b*many, demand 237 India, T. T 173| Hongkong, demand I S Yokohama, demand 1 14 Java, demand 1 39| Bangkok, demand
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    PRODUCE.
    125 11 February 28 Tin $64.75 Gambier buyers 6 90 Gambier Cube No. 1 buyers 10.37 Gambier Cube No. 2 9.25 Pepper Black (ord'u. Spore) buyers 13.25 Pepper, White (fairL.W. 5 p.o. buyers 21.25 Nutmegs (110 to the lb.) 23 50 Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) 25 50 Mace (Banda) nom
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    SHARES.
    781 11 £*****0 104 937 J 1 Anglo Malay Rubber 00. £3.7.6 R5140,000 RslOO.ooo 100 100 Asiatic Ruii-er and Prod. Co. K> 115 $200,000 105,000* U, 10 Balgownie Rubber Estate bid ooa aaa 11 1 1- Batn Ovm Robber Coy. Ltd. 65. A 30,000 11,128 ?6 £426 £70,000 70,000 I £1
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      291 11 WANTED. WANTED LARGE IMPORT GODOWN, oiK with large offices attached preferred, from Ist Sepl next. Apply RAUTENBERQ, SCHMIDT ft Co. Feb 30 v.c APARTMENTS. Rooms with board for bachelors and married couple, Tennis Court. Terms Moderate. Apply to Mrs. ORRE, 7, Oxley Rise. Oct 14 tts FOR SALE. COLLARD COLLARD
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      521 11 advertisements. On the Berth. STOOMVAART ftiAATSCHAPPIJ NEDERLAND. Steamship Company "NEDERLAND' The Company's Mail Steamer s.s. "ORANJE" left Batavia on the 27th instant, and is expected to arrive here on Saturday, morning 29th February 1908. She will sail for Sabang, Suez, Port-Said, Genoa and Amsterdam on same date at 3 p.m.
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      238 11 Singapore Cold Storage Co, Ltd. Near Entrance to Borneo Wharf, Telephone 1026. Sea stocks of all kinds of Frozen Meats, etc., can be delivered to shipping at the Wharves, or m the Singapore Roads on short notice. IF THAWED DAILY SUPPLIES are required, orders for same must be telephoned to
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      207 11 I HAMBURG-AM RIKA LINE. j 3 PASSENGER SERVICE. By the new steamers Rhenan^," Habbbuko," Hohenhtadfen," an« 11 Scandia' and Silesia." The steamers are ppecially built for the tropics have lnxnrions Passenger accommcdation. First-class Cabins amidships, li^: throughout by electricity, cabin?? fitted with fans. Doctor and Stewardesses carried, Laundry on hoard.
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    1174 12 Ordinary Meeting. Friday, Feb 88. Present -.—Mr E. G Broadrick (Presideut) Dr P. Fowiie and Messrs A. W. Bailey, Wm. Macloan, K. A. Stevens, Cheng Keng L?t'. >ag Teck Lm, H. I/Cosrhlan, als\ J. Polglase (Secretary), K. Peirce (Engineer Tin minutes of the last meeting held on February
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    SCC TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    102 12 QUALIFYING ROUNDS. YESTERDAY'S PLAY. D SINGLKS Boot! beat E Segboer, 6—3, 6—o. G. Vermeij beat Coebran, 7 5, 6 l. Proctor beat L me, 7 5, ti 4. TO DAY'S PLAY. D SINOLXS A. M. Thompson v E. C. Morrison. Scott v Vermeij. MONDAY'S PLAY. D SIX'.I.K.
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    RIFLE SHOOTING.
    104 12 The M. 8. Guides fired m their match against the Ceylon Volunteers and made 949. (SiDgipore m the similar match the other ■I ty put up 962 The Guides' scores are. Sub. Baehan Singh 32 32 34 98 Sergt Sardai Khau 31 35 32 98 Seigt Thamaf Singh
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    WONDERFUL TIGER SHOOTING.
    68 12 Allahabad, February I.. A correspondent states that His Highness Xiwab Milnniel NasrulUh Khan Bahadur, heir-apparent of Bhopal, has just killed nine tigers m two days. In a single beat o( a jungle four tigers appeared and were >hot <iead m five minutes and on the second occasion
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    203 12 Yesterday morning before Mr Justice Sercouibe Smith ia the Council Chambers oa the motion of Mr L E. Giuat, Mr Frederick Sa'zaiann was adm.ttad as an advocate aud solicitor of the Supreme Court. Mr Gaunt asked his lordship to dispense with two years of M r S ilzm iuu's articles
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    LAST EVENING'S MAIL.
    712 12 The crew of the German steamer Ascan Woermann has arrived at SHamburg with a remarkable tale of black pirates on the west coast of Africa. The ship struck on a reef on the night of 9th Jan., off Grand Baffa, and rilled rapidly. The distress signals remained
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    BILKING A RIKISHA COOLIE.
    189 12 A yousg Eurasian answering to the name of P. E.A. D'Cotta alias Edward Sudsy ftliai C. Dias appeared before Mr Hooper, Hegisirir of Hackney Carriages and Jinrikisha^, on Thursday, charged with using criminal force and rtfusing to pay rikislia hire. A rikisha coolie stated that the
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    96 12 The Peking and Tientsin Times announces that t xpectint Taotai cf Canton Hsu has concluded a trip to Manili at d Singapore where he secured tbe promise of sufficient support from the Chinese merchants to establish m conjurc^ion with the Chinese merchants of Shanghai, a bank with a capital of
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    344 12 The Monmouth s due to-day. The Japanese cruisers Itsushima, Matsushima and Hashidate left for Penmg dayThe German steamer Vor warts arrived here yestcrdiy from Siigon with a cargo of rise and fish. The three ships of the Japanese Training Squadron, the fligship Itsukishima leading, left at 9 am.
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    CAPT. L. G. TUFNELL R.N. C.M.G.
    146 12 M my of Captain Tuf nell's old Singapore frieads will be intere3ted to read this from a mail paper The King has been graciously pleased to give directions for the following appointment to the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and St. George: To
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    43 12 Washington, February 19, Congress has made an appropriation coy-ring the salaries and other perquii>i*»s of the resident coinmissioue:s from the Philippine Islands. Tae cjmmissi)uers have b.^n seatel and accorded the lights and standing of de legates from other t3rrit)ries of the Unite! States.
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      227 12 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. L'ni>er Contract with the Netherlands India Government. Agents at Singapore. Ship Agency, late J. Daendels Co., 2-3. Coilyer Guay THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES OF DEPARTURE ARE ONLY APPROXIMATK .s.s. Laukenb Pit. Kiouw, Penotba. Bafcong, Prigi-Kadja and Kengat Feb. 29 s.s. BBOUWJBB Moeara Saba. Simpang and I'aiubi Mar.
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      257 12 PASSENGERS. Per Alicante Miss Maerory. Per Sultan Mr H. Sillingston, Mr E. S. Campbell, Mr and Mrs Jones and two children and Miss Walldron. Per Hainam Mrs Koek. > < Passengers Expected. List of passengers per s.s. Prinzess Alice expected to arrive here on the 6th proximo. Mr H. Vollmerhaus,
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      544 12 VESSELS IN PORT, Men-of-war Flag and Tons Commanders Arrived From For \y hpr Sea Mew (Jol. Tacht 500 Murphy Feb 23 P. Swettenham CnceLysistrata Am. ycht. 626 Bennett Feb 26 Pondicherry Un ertuin Qlatik Dut 468 Nix Feb 28 Bengkalia I) e Ship Flag Tons Master Arrived From Consignee For
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