The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 11 March 1908

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    16 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEX CENTS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1908. NO. 6,236
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    195 1 A Lt9 important te'egram from Morocco gives the Fremh a victory ewer tie tribesmen, ei'ed by Muley Hafil's f>rcts. <■ fiiht lasted tbi t-^en boars but the F/encb lcs* was tr'fliag Page 7. Au important shipping action vuom< meueed a^aiLst t lie Mister Attendant, Singapore, before Mr
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    THE HEART OF ENGLAND.
    1732 1 All Mdliud ■.en claim ta t Coventry is the hart; .f t pitch on a until village midway bttwpen the city gf thi Three spin rod Bimi gti am 1 1 the ri the village of Meriden, mm ved li.-rge E'ijt, who drew on the sceu<
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      361 1 am »tft Haffi HE SOLD EVERYWHERE. wti jvts. Wanted by European, '27 years, a billet any capacity. Six years mining experience m Australia. Sober, steady and thoroughly re" liable. Small salary. Apply ÜBGENT c/o Free Press." FOR A HORSE COB OR PONY. Morton, next Hotel de la Paix. A LARGE
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      193 1 Entertainments. CINEMATOGRAPH BEACH ROAD Entire Qhan£e of Programme. ALL NEW FILMS. NORTHERN VENICE Elixir of Strength The Incendiary Foreman The Game of Chews A New Way of Travelling A Cruel Joke The Frog An l'p-to-date Removal An Unlucky Old Flirt The Pirates. ONLY PATHE FKEKES' FILMS. L. F. WILLIS, Manager.
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      99 1 *~+~c TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. The Cinematographs are ottering counter attractions. The Alhambra ha- all new Slim the Hippodrome gives the children a treat and places the world before visitors Page 1. Over the Robinson Piano Co. is a fine collection of high class pictures Page 6. Wanted a lorry motor driver
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      147 1 THE WEEK. Wednesday, 11th High Water 3 4 1 1 a., 6.7 p Thursday, 12th High Water. 4.57 a., 7.53 p. P Mail Homeward due. Singapore Nursing Association, 10 a S.V.I. Semaphore Recruits Musketry, 5.15 p Lodge Zetland Regular, 8.30 p Friday. 13th High Water.— B.2l a., 9.8 p Chamber
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      758 2 Singapore Sporting Club. THE SPRING RACE MEETING WILL BF HELD ON Tuesday the 12th, Thursday the 14th and Saturday the 16th May, 1908. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, Ifth May, 1903. 1. The Maiden Plate. Value $500. A. Race f» Maiden Horses. Weight 9st. Ex-Or flits allowed 71b. Entrance, $20, Distance, Race
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      711 2 7. The Griffin Consolation. Value $300, and— provide 1 there are five 3tarters the property of dff-irent owners— sso to the Second Horse. A Handicap for all Griffins that have run at the Meeting, and not won. Distance, Race Course. 8, The Ex-Griffin Consolation. Value $300. A Handicap for all
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      526 2 advertisements. NOTIGES. MADAME FAMBON, LADY DENTIST. High Class Work Moderate Pbicb. No. 215, Orchard Road. Nov 21 v.c SHORTHAND TYPEWRITING Promptly executed. Absolute secrecy guaranteed. Mrs. E. F. HOWELL, Cavenagh Bridge Buildings, Raffles Hotel. STEAM LAUNCH -MAX." Suitable for pleasure cruises carries 50 passengers, speed 1 1 knots, can be
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      514 2 S&vertieementa* INSURANGES. SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE CO., Ltd. FIRE Insurances effected on Buildings, Rente and Merchandise of every description. MARINE Insurances accepted to all parts of the world at lowest rates. LOCAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS. L. Enqil, Esq., Chairman. The Hon. Tan Jiak Kirn. Lim Ho Fuah, Esq., Lee Choon <ii
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      473 2 Hbvcrtiscmcn^j. BAXKS. Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHAR TER Paid up Capital m 60,000 shares of £20 each £1,200.000 Reserve Fund £1,475,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £1,200.000 f Bank or B*<h ani> TiAxrirT?T3QJ National Bank OF& on MiNK£Rb l The London Chy am. I land
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    A WRECK FROM THE CHINA SEA.
    1167 3 A WRECK FROM THE CHINA SEA. T;:e CfcfMM 'I art^r of Ca'eutti* is not a pi-*-*. .i:it pl.tr» I: wjuld harily be an ex- az^eratuu to 3ay that it is the least pleasant c f th°; many nnpleasing and ur savory localities that 'eperbrmd ibfl metropolis. The sounds and stenches
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    OPIUM IN SIAM.
    663 3 Farming System BEKSWED. We understand that under the Opium Department m Bangkok, of which 11. H. Molq Chao Piya has been given sole control, the system of Farms has again been resorted to. In the report of the Financial Adviser on the Budget (*****)8) reference was made
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    IN THE SUPREME COURT PERAK.
    183 3 Administration Suit No 12 08 In the Goods of A. B. Stephens deceased. Notice is hereby given that all creditors and persons having any claims or demands upon or against the Estate of Arthur Bligh Stephens late of Taiping m the Federated Malay State of
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    "SIMPLE LIFE" 2,000 YEARS AGO.
    523 3 "SIMPLE LIFE 2,000 YEARS AGO. Hitman Doct ksnti Fuum E;vft At Queens College t -day. says an Oxford ?orre+ ponder; t, Isiw Dr. B P. lireofell, who ias just return^ d from Egypt, and he gave Be details of the wondeiful papyri, which, tfith Dr. Himt, he rrcently discovered m
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    Japan Coals. THE Mitsui Bussan Kaisha.
    137 3 Japan Coals. THE Mitsui Bussan Kaisha. (MITSUI &CO.) Head Office: No. 1, SURUGA-CHO TOKIO. London Branch: 34, Lime Street, E.C. Singapore Branch 2, Finlayson Green, OTHER BRANCHES;— New York, San Francisco, Hamburg, liombay, Bottmbtfb^ Manila, Hongkong, Amoy, EHmb^ml, foe, Tientsin, HtWtihMMg Port A:~ Seoul, Chemulpo, Yokohama, Yoko?uka, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe,
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      224 3 A COUGH STORY. A man bad a cough —it was a young one, only a tickle m the throat, it bothered him every morning. He bought a package of OOUgfa drop 3, and he coughed forenoons. His wife fixed up several receipts —he coughed m the afternoon, too. His neighbors
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      353 3 advertisements. "i\. ovvr ~A) y-v:, I h: .v al-.v;;yj kept Ayer'aChe-17 PectOitfi m the hoose. My father often fcdd n- that it saved my life whan I wss very young." In thousands W*^j? Cherry Pectoral I v *^i I s a household v&gr V T\ A b 4Ht 4)A^k b
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      511 3 THERE ARE NO Exorbitant Profits. FOR ANYBODY ON BUCHANAN'S B HV nidr\!CO s |Hv THE PUBLIC Ka Fill I RFNFFIT ■■■I 1 ULL DLllLi 1 1 of the High qualities of "Red Seal" and P "Black <& White" the lowest possible prices. "Red Seal" retails at 9.50 per case. "Black
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      41 3 GODOWNS TO LET Nos. i, S and 6 Palmer Godowns, Area 18,890 sq. ft. Immediate entry. Nos. 7, 8 9 Merbau Road, Near Pulau Saigon Bridge. Ground area 12,500 sq. ft., 2 floors. Will be let separately if desired. Immediate entry.
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    GROWTH OF JAPANESE SEA POWER.
    574 4 For mir.y years it has been a ecu teous wont of the foreign sailor to laugh at our mercantile marine as an old ladi V home for v.l ITOCM the period after the Chinese war persuided the uncompliment u-y sobriquet to retire into the grave
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    STRONG ROOMS.
    366 4 A bunded years ago the Bank of Bng I kepi iv «*h and ***** itie m great oak box sir m. From this the strong- room 00 itmcted ol armour-], late has 1 lv.illy evolved. It a ru:>b over.- v; the guards and w lieh lak of England
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    44 4 Rheumatism Can be Cured. T^ re is no ffinotmj which ufiiefa more tortare than rheumatism and there is probably no manaa f I which such a varied and u«e- lot ol rcu.e lies have been suggested. To a .ir that ',r U^ t ,i
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    JAPAN IN MANCHURIA.
    501 4 For practical purposes, say the N.C.D. News m a leading article, and ignoring the strategical aspects of the case, the immediate question appears to be, will the HsinmintunFakumen line injuriously affect traffic on the South Manchurian Railway that h to say, will it take from that Railway
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    POSSIBILITIES OF THE DRUM.
    315 4 Lecturing on the kettle drum, with special reference to its use m church music with the organ, Mr Guvdon Cleather suggested, m the presence of a musical audience, at the Royal College of Organists, Kensington-gore, on Saturday, that tha tjmpani player Bhou'd ra -ive moe attention
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    BUILDING A NATION.
    119 4 To the superficial observer the doings of the eight Parliaments of Australia may appear bit commonplac?, but iv reality they are laying foundations for a great nation m a way without pandit m history. A White Australia m the sense of a true standard of living for
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    17 4 "Wounds, Bruises and Burns. By applying an antiseptic dressing to wounds, bruises, burns and like injuries be-
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    761 4 STEAMIiIKS. Giving port of departure, and (where Known) date due here and name of Agents. Achilles, Liverpod, Mar 25 Mansfield. Agamemnon, Chi^a, ilar 15 Mansfield. Airlie, Sydney, April 24 Boustead. Ajax, China Apl 11 W. Mansfield. AlcinouB, Liverpool, Apl 4 Mansfield. Alicante, Manila, Mar 2 I Barlow Co.
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    "ARTFUL CHINAMAN."
    216 4 The English newt}- iper man tlwayi to fi.<l some hing fcntottiahiog m Ibe "art, fulaets"" of the Chin Limn. So different, you know, fr .m his confrere m the Strtttr, Whose education m that respec has pr ed much further. This if from a I BaVgaj paper. A
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    Passengers for the Straits.
    395 4 Per P| O Malta, im Hai 13 C. S. Boi HrJ Cbam| n§j« Mi I D.ivies, ilr A Kh-lund. Mi B W. Bockenham, Mr A N BagnaU, Hi F Gilliat, Hi A. H. Rmn.tll, Mr F. J. Hei?; ifiel-3. Misses B irnall, Mi F. H. Beck
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      728 4 Hackenschmidt's Great Rival. Stamina and Mtjscic iMwr }ie forniMnWe young wrestiin^ W^ir champion who has issued a challenge k?^ to Hatkenschmidt, ie authoritatively stated 10 be the most dangerous rival who has ever come forward to dispute the supremacy of ihe redoubtable Russian. Constant c Maria is the very personification
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      30 4 An Anecdotal History OF OLD TIMES In Singapore, from the Foundation of the Settlement on Feb ruary 6th, 1819, to the Transfer to the Colonial Offioe on ADril Ist 1867.
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      143 4 SELF CURE NO FICTIONS MARVEL UPON MARVEL' NO SUFFERER NEED NOW DESPAIR, but v th-' deep < I and economically cure h'n: „:;uw THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY THERAPION, ationhasL. tin this de> partoient beea restored to h< aith bi years pre\*iously had I „ut a THERAPION No. 1 A sovereign
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    MANILA'S RECENT CARNIVAL.
    314 5 A City oi Mkhkiment. cf^b! xr° Wl iD the secoid day at the foppodrome on Feb. 28. Theie w a pr- w,>n m.Kle for tea thcus.iu.l swctit -r« W" II mIS anted that at le. s- half tl- L 'j ■S more were j adhered about the
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    PROTRACTED SERVICE.
    211 5 I S. FlißXl PO Vi^.t Chinese Ports. Tlm OnblenewahAnieriean baa received the I vh from Washington sent by V rl Herald f the i formation ol mm Orient. U wmtaipa es sive neA-s of great isap rt which sffaots the situation m the Pat East to oossiderahle ftp*
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    THE ZAKKA KHEL EXPEDITION.
    387 5 MODERN METHODS Of FIGHTING. E< I Dl TAILS, Walai, r'- 25.— Today heing a day cf complete res:, it is possible to en ai ge OB lain rignificint aape ta oi the recent aotions it China, Si bi and Halwai We are fighting the most daring
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    THE REDUCTION OF ARMAMENTS MOTION.
    637 5 MR ASgUITR'S AMENDMENT. Motion Dkkeatkd. Londor, March 3. In the House of Commons last night, Mr J. A. Murray Macdona d m moving his re solution regarding the reduction m armaments and Sir John Brunner m seconding it, dwelt upon the baseleBsness of suspicions with
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    THE LICENSING QUESTION.
    204 5 In the opinion cf the Nation, "no serious student of the licensing question will deny that the task of legislating upon it is or-e of much complexity, or that it is attended by grave difficulties. But neither the inherent difficulties of the subject ror the outcry which
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    112 5 The <ltvt 1 .^pment of the manganese industry m the Central Provinces has been very rapid, and with greater rai'.w iy f;i •ilities even better results would have beenobtakei. The Balaghat district has been part iculirly prosperous, and the local "Gaiettaer," justissuad, givefl BOrne interesting particulars of the exports of
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    WEIGHT INCREASED TO 20 STONE.
    401 5 Victoria House, The Green, Acomb, York, England. Dear Sirs :—I thorght how much I should like to write and tell you what great benefit my daughter has derived from taking your Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. For 3or 4 years she had been attended by different
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      278 5 WANTED. WANTED AT ONCE. A Motor Lorry Driver (Native) One who can read and write a little English preferred. Apply at the Factory of FRSAER .v NEAVE LIMITED., Siak Street, Anson Road. Mar 11 15.8 CASHIER WANTED AT ONCE. Salary |50 a month. Apply to the Municipal Secretary, Singapore. Mar
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      466 5 advertisements. mi (BT IONS. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. Tangiin Auction Sale of Furniture, THE PROPERTY OF P. T. EVATT ESQ At Eskbank Cottage, Tanglin Roal Saturday, 28th March, at 2 p.m. H. L. COGHLAN k Co., Licensed Auctioneer Surveyors. Mar 11 22.3 mi SPECII^OrSIAHESE^D MALAYAN ART. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. IN THE ESTATE OF
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      323 5 AUCTION SALE Ox^ A Superb Collection of Damascene Works of Art Comprising a portion of Me. 0. Komai's wili.l.m wn HOCK. NOW ON VIEW AT Messrs. H. L. Coghlan and Co.'s Saleroom WHICH WILL BE SOLD l\ AICTION On Friday and Saturday, 13th and lUth March, at 10*30 a.m. each
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      68 5 The Soap f or You m Tropical Climates should be Cal vert's Prickly-heat Soap, Because, as the name implicit has been ion as a preventive of pra or other skin lrntaW It is M antiseptic soap (10 Cfjntdl Carbolic), daintily perrtfined and most soothing and refreHtmg for regular bath and
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    Domestic Occurrences. Marriage.
    61 6 Domestic Occurrences. Marriage. Everitt— Gii^SON. On the Bth Feb., at St. Pauls' Church, Wimbledon-park, by the Key. T. W. Downing, Vicar of Kno-^le, Warwickshire, assisted by the Rev. 11. Dauu, Curate of St. Paul's, Major Sydney G. Everitt (late Royal Welch Fusilier) of Knowie Hall, Warwickshire, to Mary, only daughter
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    The Singapore Pree press. Wednesday, Mar. 11, 1908.
    2650 6 The Singapore Pree press. Wednesday, Mar. 11, 1908. Here shaP tV Press the People's rich*: maintain, Unawi d h i fluence and unbribed by cain: Here patriot 'i ruth h"' f'o-ious precepts draw. Pledged to Religion, Loyalty and Law, One feature iv the telegrams to-day touches upon a slate of
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    99 6 Privilege h absence on wrh ra from the 2* or date of de- ure, to tl 1 to Captain F. I). [a. fautry, to procead I :.a. assiM iai bnnch (1 the Um§ j. M.• i. n il Hoc i>r a carbuncle, which was successfully operated on I y I)r
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      231 6 I JOHN LITTLE CO. I™ ij m Our lone* experience (extending over 60 W years) as Wine and Spirit Merchants m SingaH pore, has enabled us to obtain the control of the products of the Best Known Producers to Connoisseurs of Wholesome and Palatable j IK J PjMMEEY&GiENO'S CHAMPAGNE j
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      98 6 I EYE-SIGHT. I wish to caution everyone with DEFECTIVE VISION against wearing Spectacles or Eyeglass a which have not been adapted aftez careful Sight Testing, to the requirettts of their eyes. There are many complicated defects of vision which ordinary Spectacles will not relieve and many have their sight permanently
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      301 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 l'Europe. IW IMITED I 9 ARGEST
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    MOORS DEFEATED.
    52 7 (B? Submarine Telegraph— Reuters.) FRENCH VICTORY. A Thirteen Hours Fight. Kt-ctived at 6 46 pin. Oeuoial D.iimJe with two columns at--.ukr'l the Moorish Tribesmen, who were pqpfortad bj Malay Hafi fa force, lafllctiog jrear losses upon them. The j' I m thirteen to m but the French Itiee
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    WEAVING DISPUTE,
    26 7 Stoppage Threatened. The 1 lition m the Li: tahire weaving re is critical. V' il 70,000 r 31 on next Toeadaj 1 18 th
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    SCOTT INCIDENT.
    59 7 Re dyed 10 50 am > f, Ci^ilLord ci the plying m th Booae ol Com- Peg v l:l: the r cent incideLt be ween Admiral Lord Charles BaresI ffir IV :---y 3 »tt, -tated tha* Is of the A lm rilty had directed the Ct>mmander-in-Chief (I, r!
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    468 7 > < Mr J Standen rfl i a Buigi k resi m m m ngapore." ys have been arrested at Pnlan moving timber from Crown lands wi-hout a license. Tha first I v>be also charged with koosebreaking I v night Asj employed I Dalvey I -c tl.a- m -,'ued at
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    JAPAN
    95 7 (By Submarine Telegraph.— Reuters.) AND HER ENEMIES. "Telegraph" Supports. The Daily Telegraph m a lead-* strongly support* Jipan over the Tatm :\liru" question. It says that the Japanese are not any longer receiving fair pay, and strongly candemos what it describes as the "erabb'ns of Jtpan ci.^r going od,
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    THE LETTER.
    105 7 Rosebery's Dictum. Rec. at '2 36 p m. Lord LaEs3owii\ ia the House of lords, supported the non-publication of the Kaiser's letter. There is a general disposition to regard the incident as cloEel L:rl Rjsebery denounce! as insane inferences from an impulsive piece of banter. They placed us
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    COLLIERY ACCIDENT.
    53 7 King Concerned. Received March 10, 10.40 am. Five hundred men are working for the rescue of entombed miners at Hamstead Colliery, Birmingham. There is a fire raging m the mine. The King, who is at present at Biarritz, has telegraphed tint he is deeply concerned, and has asked
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    STOESSEL'S SENTENCE.
    35 7 Thesenten:e of death upon General Stocssel for the surrender of Port Arthur has been commuted, as resomuaencled by the Court Martial, to ten years m a fortress m consideration of his personal bravery.
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    STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
    74 7 During the ra n storm on Monday evening, igali and four buffaloes were tilled by ii^htning neir tin mi'e Scrangoon R The Bengali was milting oue of the buffaloes when the lightning struck the sb-l. The man and four buff&lces were iv a line and ere killed
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    SIPIAU TIN CO., LTD.
    14 7 The output for the mouth of February is Pels. 11".'
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    SALE OF PROPERTIES.
    133 7 The following Singapore properties were ei-poiel of by auction at Powell Co's S-ile-rocm yesterday afternoon. The pie-nisee known as Noa 1 I to "20 Teluk A} t Street, Singapore town, total area 21,301 square fett. 17,948 feet for 999 jews, an I:; f«»t with 18 years to
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    32 7 Mrs Haimovitch, of 2b Lloyd Road charged her flylam cook before Mr Green, second magistrate, yesterday, with criminal breach of trust m respect of 81.80 and with leaving her seivice without giving
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    OUR RUBBER WIRE.
    22 7 {Frovi our own Correspondent.') Penang, March 10th. The harvest of the Linggi Plantations Ltd, was 18,000 lb for February.
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    Correspondence.
    124 7 Government Business. Si", I beg most respectful' y to bring to your entice that I have been twice to the line office during this month to pay my Quit-rent bill to the cishier there but I fiud I have been unable to pay the monsy owing to the greit
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    RUSSEL OF THE "SCOTSMAN."
    451 7 Speafcing of the death of Mr J. C. Murray, a former Ceylon plinter, m England, the wther of the Lvj<l >v letter m th 3 Ceylon Observer says Some of his relatives m Edinburgh, of which city he was a native, were well known townsfolk, notably
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    SOCIALISM IN NEW ZEALAND.
    163 7 The Premier, speaking at Auckland, strongly combated revolutionary Socialism. He declared that the Government party neither desiied nor expected the support of the Socialists, but preferred a policy legitimately enabling all classes to build up, not to destroy. The Premier want on to state that the
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    110 7 The council of t'le National K:fie association have under thoirconsideration a scheme for organising ex-Volunteers into a separate force as a reserve for tin new Territorial \rmy. A dead Chinaman was found hanging to a tree near the 7| mile on the Yeo Chu Kang Road yesterday. The body had
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    ATHLETIC NOTES.
    957 7 Many changes were made m the cffhials of the Swimming Club at the annual meeting held last week, at which a satisfactory state of things was circles :d, both from a ficaucial and a sporting point of view. The Club's President, Mr T. de M. BraddelJ, was owing
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    19 7 The Japanese Naval Department on Feb. 21 received the following telegram While 'U,,^/-. f^,irr/-./1\ of A via L-0.-ECfin rirt
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      425 7 ROBinson $i co. FRENGH FIRE PROOF EARTHENWARE. BEST FOR COOKING. FOR USE IN OVEN OR ON OPEN RANGE. FLAVOUR OF VIANDS RETAINED. CLEANLINESS ASSURED. r^**-^f —---.a >^ ENTREE DISH. MILK J1 0. .)VAA.\ 111 I'LD. HOT WATER PLATE. COFFEE POT. UL Tea Pots, Butter Dishes. Meat Dishes, Tea Cups <&
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    ON THE INDIAN FRONTIER.
    768 8 Mr Qaoty Qaaecgea in the Daily Mail in the eooras of an article on the late Zikki Shell spoilt ion makes s^ me general remarks cm our Indian frontier policy. He writes Picture a gorge a mile wide, in its centre a shallow, muddy torrent, 40ft,
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    UNTRUTHFUL TESTIMONY.
    173 8 UNTRUTHFUL TESTIMONY. Jm a Says thi i B is Shai i h_ i Hajomrrx of Wrrwnsses. xith solemnly taken by witn sses to t-'.i the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth," is very lig .-iy regarded J to Judge E Ig v. h e strong
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      488 8 advertisements. On the Berth. BRITISH INDIA S. N. Co. Ltd. FOR PENANG, RANGOON CALCUTTA, The Company's Steamer PUTIALA 2,998 tons, J. Reddock, Commander, will be despatched for the above ports on Saturday the 14th instant at 5 p.m. She has excellent accommodation for first and second Class Passengers. For freight
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      647 8 S&vertteement& SHIPPING. OCEAN STEAM SHIP Co. Ltd. AND China Mutual Steam Nay. Co. Ltd. The Compari- s' steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China and Japan every week, and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight, and for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool monthly. One
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      524 8 B&vertt*ement& SHIPPING P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPAJSY. 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 Malta Mar
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      735 8 H&vertteemcnts. SHIPPING. Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen. COAST LIKES, i Steamers cf the Coast Fleet. tons reg. tows r«g. Petchabuii 2191 Chow Fa 1643 Borneo HOO Devawongse 1646 Kohsichang 2040 Faklat 1667 Rajah 2028 Anghin 1857 Pitsanulok 2019 Lockeun 1657 Bangkok 1920 Choising 1667 Rajaburi 1904 Pongtong 1657 Korat 1900 Samaen 1667
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      545 8 H&vcrtiscmciU6. SHIPPING. 11 i/* JLr« Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE The fast and well-known mail steamer this Company eaii fortnightly from ftrtmaa Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamj Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marae Naples, Alexandria and WtOt versa) Port E Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Bongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki Kobe
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    THE ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE.
    1741 9 In Working and Its Meaning. Mr Angier, of the London and China Express, who must be nearing the end of fais lonj? and oj refill survey of things political, commercial and historical m the Far Bast discusses m tha latest number of his journal, m a just
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    RESERVED FOR THE KING'S ASSENT.
    227 9 RESERVED FOR THE KING'S ASSENT. Tkr Xurthfrn Territory (Australia) SURBENDIB Bill. The Northern Territory Surrender Bill, whkh has i .issed the South Australian Parliament, has been reserved fortbe King's Assent by Governor Sir George Le Hunte. A considerable time has elaps9d since a bill passed bj the Parliament of a
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    CULLINAN DIAMOND.
    328 9 Extraordinary PbicAUTioNS Takin to Guard the King's Great Jewel Amsterdam, Thursday. The Cullinan diamond, which originally weighed 3,u2 r carats, has been successfully cleft into thiee sections, the largest of which weighs about 1,00 J carats. When polished it will be p?ar-shaped. The stone is not quite free
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    WHO SENT THE PICK?
    112 9 Oar harbour trorki bive brought us civ 1 engineers and contractors' men galore They will aporeci^re this neat little thing: A New York [rishmav, who began his career m America at it root work, and who became a ricli contractor, died recentlj. Thn widow, who 6ince
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      353 9 Ifomeland lilt ye f|y'e round If n 3 U 1 1 NQ 10 3 y J JAMES WATSON Co., Ltd., DUNDEE. Agents, McALISTER Go., Singapore. 'kelly walsh' NEW PRODUCTION ARDATH SMOKING MIXTURE "SPECIAL" This Speciality is a hlend of rare Tobaccos which have been stored m Bond by us for
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      35 9 lUAi Ib Fraser and Neaves' Aerated Waters. THE "MANSION." Entrance, Oxley Rise River Valley Read This well known RntiWinlmwt il now under new Management and ha- been renovated. Situated on high ground it commands a
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      561 9 THE Singapore Free Press. Mori\ing Daily. To Our Readers. The Singapore Free Press is now a, Horning Daily, and is on sale at depot*, from a u early bour each morning (Sundays exoepted). Cash price Ten Cents a copy. Subscribers 1 will be delivered at their private residences, (or uwu
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    THE KING'S DEER FORESTS,
    1752 10 BT ANGUS HENDERSON {Author of Moor Notes," Keeper?' NoteV etc.). ia keen and practical interest m all the fckief sports and pastimes of the country is )6n outstanding trait m the King's character ***-a trait which certainly commends itseU t<> )|he great majority of his subjects,
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    GRAHAM WELLS, DECEASED.
    233 10 Any person having m his possession Policy No. 766 granted by the Positive Government Security Lit Assurance Company on the life of Graham Wells late of Singapore m the British Colony of the. Strait- Settlements. formerly employed at the Tanjong Pagar Dock Singapore and afterwards by Messrs.
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    MARKET PRICE LIST.
    344 10 T/ie prices quoted are generally thy»e cvrrttd nt Clyde Terrace Market. A markets there may be sma< ons. Singapore, 9th March, 19' ft. Beans, Long per catty do. French do 4 Bee f per lb. *8 Beef Steak do. JJ Bean Sprouts per catty f Bamboo Sprouts
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      3 10 Who :pmg Cougi.
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      11 10 M. BOLTER JUST ARRIVED A FRESH CONSIGNMENT OF Macaroni Spaghetti Vermicelli
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      469 10 |Pr A good example I is set by those who I* regularly use i BPs|k Carbolic Tooth Powder I SY||F^&m\fc They evidently realize both the personal satisfaction XL. i 'JH«\k (t^ an<^ l^ c en^ c importance of brushing their teeth P^P*Sl!Kljfc3 t0 remove l^ c OO(^ panicles, etc., which
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      447 10 Nederlandsch Indische Handelsbank. NETHERLANDS INDIA COMMERCIAL BANK. Established 1863. Paid-up Capital fl. 10,000,000 (about JBBSB.OQQ, RisnTi Fund fl. 2,112,000 (about .£175,000) Head Office Amsterdam. Head Agency Batavia. Branches The Hagne, Sonrabaya, Se marang, Indramayoe, Bandoeng, Wetevredet and Hongkong. Corebspondents Macassar, Cheribon Tegal, Pecalongan, Padang, Medan, Pontia nak, Penang, Shanghai, Jeddah,
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      166 10 SINGAPORE FOUNDRY LIMITED. CIVIL MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS MOHAMED SULTAN AND TEHPENIS ROAD. SINGAPORE, Have m hand ready for sale both new and second hand Steam Engines and Boilers and fittings. Centrifugal pumps and pipes. Steam and Donkey Pumps, Saw Mill machineries. Rice machineries, Sago machineries, Tapioca machineries Off a!!
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    THE NESTORIAN TABLET.
    1574 11 Thk K\rL"ii> 01 Mk Frits von Holm All who have ever taken any iaterest m the subject of the traces m China of ancient associations with the eirliest forms ol Christianity, will like to read the following, from the Shinghai Times of Feb. 26th, 'lest r bing
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    SUN YET-SEN.
    517 11 A few years ago Dr. Sun Vet- sen wa3 treated as rather a joke, and even now the frequent cries he is here," he is there contribute to a sense of incredulity which mitigates against his being taken seriously. Yet from the day of \as arbitrary arrest m
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    EXCHANGE.
    71 11 (CoamaoTßD m» to March. 10.) Bank 4 m/s 2/4| demand 2/3 ft Private credits 3 m/s 2/4 T s T credit* 6 m/s 2/4 I Fbancb, demand Bank... M 291 GaasrANT, demand 237 Lndia,T. T, 173| Hongkong, demand 17i Yokohama, demand 114 Java, demand 139| Bangkok, demand 66^ 3ov__.a__.iGNs,
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    PRODUCE.
    129 11 March 10 Tin m_ $66.75 Gambier buyers 6 80 Gambier Oube No. 1 10.30 Gambier Oube No. 2 t 9.00 Pepper Black (ord' n. Spore) 13 30 Pepper, White (fair L.W. 5 p.e. buyers 21.25 Nutmegs (110 to the 1b.).„ 22.50 Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) 24.50 Mace (Banda)
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    SHARES.
    778 11 Capital CaplUl issue Paid Issued paid op Vain* np Company. Qu.tarioas $300,000 300,000 10 10 Belat Tin Mining Co. Ltd $300,000 225.000 10 10 Bruang Limited 750 $600,000 600,000 10 10 Bruseh Hydraulic Tin M. Co Ltd 14.0 £400,000 350,000 1 1 Duff Development Co. Ltd 2°5 £60,000 60.000
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      486 11 HJ>v>ertisemento. TO LET. TO LET House No. 11 St. Michaels Road off Sirangoon Road. Apply on the premises. Singapore 10th March 1908. Mar 11 v.c TO LET FURNISHED. Balmeg at Pasir Panjaug. For further particulars, apply to D. Turner, British Dispensary. Mar 5 v.c TO LET Large Office. Ist floor
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      304 11 FOR STILE, FOB, SALE One Albion Motor Car, 16-20 H. P. Newly refitted and m tirst class order. Expert inspection invited. Apply to— D. TURN EH, -1, Battery Rd. Mar 10 v.c STRAITS CYCLE MOTOR Coy. FOR SALE 1 B\ HP Ariel Forecar, belt drive Air cooled Lamps. Pump Tools,
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      177 11 HAMBURQ-AMERIKA LINE. PASSENGER SERVICE. By the new steamers Rrenania," Habbburo," Hohenstacfen." 11 SCandia and Silesia. Tbe gtamea are specially built for the tropics have luxurious Passenger accommodation. Mi Cabins ■mMlatiipa. throughout by electricity, cabine fitted vriiii fans. Doctor and St-ewardenßOh Laundry on board. Return tickets issued at reduced rates, available
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    AN IMPORTANT SHIPPING ACTION.
    1218 12 STEAMKR'S CERTIFICATE CANCELLED. Mastkr Attendant Sued. la the Council Chamber yesterday before Justice Scrcoinbe Smith, an action of great jntcrrjnt and importance to owners of coasting steamets, was begun, m which Koe (jiai', of Penan^r, sue Captain Kidclift'e, "thn ister Attendant, of Singapore, v on a
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    ALLEGED HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
    203 12 As Inconsistkni S A young Ccntonese v.as before a Beech Court consisting of Messrs Howard and 1 ;on, yest< relay aftern< oa, on a charge of rebbery. A Hok'ea said that at 9 pm. on Febrna 12 he ts walking along Upper Hokien-st, on his way home
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    A STRANGE STORY.
    205 12 Mkrchaxt Sues Solicitoh. TII9 orideaoe m the nther curious action brought by A. C. Moses against W. C. ■r, a solicitor of the Court, was concluded yesterday m the Supreme Court before Mr Justice Fisher. The amount sued for is $1878 balance alleged to be due to
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    BREAKING THE SEAL.
    94 12 Messrs B ward and Gibson, sitting a* a Bench Court, yesterday afternoon, heard the charge of removing property from a house m B->ach-rd under seizure by the bailiff brought against two Chinamen. In--1 jtor Connor of B >chore station prosecuted. A Cling w:t f cbuim said that
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    SCC TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    466 12 YESTERDAY'S PLIY. Championship. P. C. Turnbull beat O. T. Lowe. 6—3, 6—3 T. G. Treadgold beat A. H. Withers, scrd. B Singles. Capt Fraser owe 15.2 beat Crutwell, 4 6—3, 6-2. F. W. Lyall 1 beat Lt O. Y. Hibbert, scr w.o. Capt Young 15 beat E.
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    POLICEMAN CHARGED.
    155 12 Mr Colmac, the third magistrate, was bu-\ yesterday m enquiring into the charges of extortion brought against a Kliug P.O. and a young Chinaman. They weic alleged to have demanded S2 each from the keeper of an opium shop. The Chinese accused said hi was walking along Lim
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    POLICE SERGEANT BURGLED.
    51 12 The memlcs of the burgling fraternity have now turned their attention to the police. During Monday night or m the small hours of yesterday morning, the quarters at Pearl's Hill, of Detective Sergeant Kedrup of the Ciiminal Investigation Department, were entered and property valued at $150 was
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    431 12 Capt Taylor of the Aochises reports that eight pilgrims died on board during her voyage from Jeddah to Penang. Five Luadred pilgrims landed at Penang. The Suevia which passed through yesterday has 28 tons of shells for Tsingtau, with 360 packages of explosives. At the extraordinary general meeting
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    CLEARANCES.
    157 12 Mar 9. Lady Weld, Dut. str., Remmers, for Pontianak. Mar 10. Kucliing, Sar. str., Waddell, for Sarawak. Singapore, Brit, str., Robinson, for Bangkok. Islander, Brit str., Wright, for Christmas Is. Omapere, Brit, str., Lyons, forPt. Swettenham and Penang. Poh Ann, Brit, str., Robertson, for Port Swettenham via ports. Reichenbach,
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    VESSELS AT TANJONG PAGAR AND KEPPEL HARBOUR.
    87 12 Wliarves and Docks at which different vessels were berthed yesterday. East Wharf Basin- Giang Seng. East Wharf Sec. 1 G. Apcar, Kaifuku Maru, Java. Section 1 Sheers Wharf— Nil. Section 2 Nord. 3 -Nil. 4 -Nil. s—Calypso,5 Calypso, Anchises. 6 -Kill) ide. 7—
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    Next Mails Due.
    68 12 From Europe.— Per P& O Malta, on Friday next, with mails of Feb 21. From China.— Per PiO Delta, on Thursday next. Mails already despatched for London Left Due Arrived P& O Jan SI Feb 22 Feb 22 XD L Feb 3 Feb 26 Feb ~7 BI
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    VESSELS IN PORT.
    367 12 Men-of-war Flag and Tons Commanders Arrived From For Whan Sea Mew 001. Yacht 500 Murphy Fob t* P. Swettenham Uncertain Ship Flag Tons Master Arrived From Consignee For When Ban Poh Guan Brit 576 Smith Mar 8 Macassar Wee Bin B'faaga 12 Benwrackie Brit 2535 Findlay Feb
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    LATEST ARRIVALS.
    164 12 Emelie Dut 80 Mohamed Mar 9 Rhio Hoe Bee R i.o 10 G. Apcar Brit 2961 Belson Mar Hongkong P Bin. Peaang 10 Teenkai Brit 3210 Stewart Mar 0 Manila Man (field Maneillee 10 Chow Tai Ger 1115 Nollermann Mer 9 Swatow Behn MejOl Bangkok Betsy Dnt 107
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      287 12 DE KONINKUJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. UXDWm CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVE I Agents at Singapore, Ship Agency, late J. Daendels Co 2-3. Collyer Quay THE UNDERMENTIONED DATE.< uF DEPARTURE ARE ONLY APPROXIMATE. s.s. BBOUWBH Mocara-Saba, Sinipang and Djambi Mar. II ssDECarpentiei; Tandjong-Pandan (Billiton) and 1; eat to Java-Coast, Samarang, Sourabaja.
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      74 12 WEATHER REPORT, Date Bar Wind Temp Hum Sky Rain liar 9. H'kong 4 p 30.11 Nl 55 o Manila 4 p 758 NEI 30 23 c Mar 10. H'kong 10 a 30.28 WNWI 51 o Vlanila 10 a 7i 1 XXE2 27 22 o Kandang Kerbau Hospital, Mar. 9, 1908.
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