The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 2 May 1908

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    16 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1908. NO. 6,280
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    169 1 The death has occurred < i the Bister od the Resident General, and Bil W. T..yl< leaves for home. Special wire. (P^ge 6) The German Budget Committee has stated that they must borron fiftj dlions sterling, m the bexl rive years Ear d< It is also wired
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    SCENT AND SENTIMENT.
    837 1 1 Some yeirs ago mbilei i little atap-ccvared bungalow m the Sti Settlements, it stamd j n the slapa of our bug-; iai bed Chinese ight one day from the baza ra fruit wherewith to tempt n, The sun v. hot !and and the pun'c. h-pul]< p
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      283 1 w ll I ffl Eh&^^ 50 years m the Straits. Boudoir. Concert Grand. Grand P Upright Grand Pianola A iUJ ft O c est and t^ le Cheapest m the SHOW ROOMS. 375 Victoria Street. _A FRANKEL Co., Sub-Agents. T II E Federal Life Assurance Co. Established 1882. Capital Assets
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      121 1 Entertainments. ALHAMBRA TO-NSGHT. Huge Success. THE *Up*to=Date Play House m the East. MORAL INSTRUCTIVE AMUSING SCIENTIFIC. TWICE NIGHTLY, 7.30 and 9.30 p.m. L. I WlLLlS,— Manager. APARTMENTS. Rooms with board for bachelors and married couple, Tennis Court. Terms Moderate. Apply to Mrs. ORRE, 7, Oxley Rise. Oct 14 tts "DE
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      245 1 Entertainments. THE HIPPODROME CINEMATOGRAPH To-Night and To-morrow Night PROGRAMME OF 25 NEW FILMS. THE HIPPODROME CHILDREN'S CONCERT. VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL Friday, May Bth, 5-30 p.m. Heads of Schools and Parents please note. SINGAPORE TOWN BAND. 47, WATERLOO STPwEET. Brass and String; or String Band Only. Now open for engagements. Music
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      104 1 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. Sailing, B. I. Teesta. on Monday, for India. Page 11. Tenders sought by (iovernment for I ing works. Page 2. The Federal Life Assurance Co. and its advantages. A. H. Fair, the General Manager for A.sia. Page 1. Wanted Chinese storekeeper, also a nurse or amah. Page •">.
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      307 1 THE WEEK. Saturday, 2nd ffigb Water.— ll.4B a, 11.31 p B I Mail Outward due. 5. R. A. Meeting, Ladies Competition and At Home." Cricket. S.C.C. v. Garrison. Sunday, 3rd High Water: I .27 x. 2nd after Easter. Swimming Club, Plate Diving Competition. Swim. Club launches 9, 10, 11, 2.30
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    567 2 The patios fa ku succeeded m spa-dag two arrests ia eoaaeel >n with tbe murder ol Oh nese carter .1 r Bukit Timah Hrn I The wd ol a ruptured spleen. A Chinese rooth m&* riding ;i bicyc J sg B Road on Thursday when he m h .wing gharry.
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      526 2 \k BMSIER 15 H.P. DOUBLE PHAETON I HAS ARRIVED. I Long chassis, Model 1908, 4 cylinders with all the latest Brasier Patents. Reliable Strong— Unwastable Beautiful and Fashionable Body of the highest comfort with side entrance and the new patent sliding seats Grande (Barosserie de Luxe (KING OF BELGIUM STYLE.)
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      373 2 advertisements. NOTIGES. NOTICE. Mr. Andrew Agnew being no longer m our employment, we herewith notify that the Power of Attorney for our Firm held by him is cancelled as from this date 80th April. 80th April 190& SYME COY, May 1 c 4 5 ESHARAT KHAN Co., TURF COMMISSION AGENT.
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      677 2 2to\>ertisemcntoNOTIGES. NOTICE TO SHIPS CAPTAINS. Fraser and Neave Ltd. deliver Aerated Waters, m quantities of not less than six dozen, free on board ship m the Roads or at the Wharf. A competent man delivers the waters and grants receipts for empty bottles. Books of stamped Order PostCards for ordering
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      566 2 Hbvcrtiacmcntx,. NOTIGES. MADAME FAMBON, LADY DENTIST. High Class Work Moderate Price. No. 215, Orchard Road. Nov 21 v.c JAVANESE COOLIES. Suitable for Rubber* Sc other estates. guaranteed to be sin,_rkehs. are supplied on very favorable terms by MORAUX Co. Apl 2 IJ MINING. G. EL Home, Consulting Mining Engineer Etaffiee
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      584 2 Btoerttecmctu. BANKS. Hongkong Shanghai Baniing Corporation. Paid-up Capital 1 1 .'..000.000 Rhseevb Fund SterLine Reserve $15, 00' Silver Reserve 'W0 RESEKVK LIABILITT OF PnoPEißToas 1 1 .-...000,000 Court of Directors. Hon. Mr. Hknbt EsssnSK, vkajrkax. B. Qonai Esq.— Dan mam. B. Q. BAaantT, Es«w. jC.K. 1 es :_>.v K (JUKTAV
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      118 2 Sunday Church Services. ANL'KKw's Cathei^kal. 2nd Sunday after Easter. 7 am Matms and Litany. Hymn 270. \'i am Holy Communion (Choral Hymns ■V' 4, 000. 589, and 261. 9IS am H ly Communion (Plain). Hymns 224, 197. 3.4-e pm Sundy School. I 8i;..- Classes (Adults). 5.3') pm _henu_ig& Sermon. Hjnu_a49B
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    SIR ROBERT HART.
    275 3 A.UDIKNCE. 5> Rofct lin-., Inspector-Genera] of Cos w'rm i m a alienee by Their and Empress Dowager. on the Mth of laat month. Tb. some thai took place waa a splendid tie on Their Majesties, influenced benign batention lo _fa m all the I»b»b_J -Ea ii- ;d
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    BALKAN QUESTION.
    383 3 _fo R After ny. 3. Tl >St Pel irq correspond nt of The I has been prov: a ttitude tow, .the Russian attit state that this is ti. ssian Foreign I I ad still are, other i s of Russian official opinion, wh do not alw.. I those
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    THE PRIEST AND THE GOLF BALL THIEF.
    270 3 THE PRIEST AND THE GOLF BALL THIEF. A Btess \.vi) Righteous Betbibution. A remarkable golfer is the Rev. Father Dillon, of Xjrth Manchester. There is nothing small about him he is over six feet m height, and his heart is as big m proportion. H> his made wonderful strides iv
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    THE PHILIPPINES.
    564 3 How happy we could be m this wjrld were it not for the politic il sensation-mongers. N r w as the universe more m need of peace; never have tha ratare of the Great Powers b;en less ambitious to draw their swords and still there e always a
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    EARLY ANGLO-INDIA.
    587 3 The diaj y, odi mdi id i g of Lad;, E S Georg< N Governoi Commandei 'fitly unearthed by a horn, i I de--0 Indian wa- m v acy. I often cog enough. For instance, fa -of a charming Mi-- I nut from home to be married to
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      38 3 _\m i_m Ba Th no medicine man: ii can be found m mare hor. Chamberlain's Colic, >lera and Diarrlioea bs to general use for over thir: lea ntery bau fc Bfel I ha I I and ci :ia___i_____
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      69 3 \_fsk_Tl Jb E|A These tiny 1 -ff^-CT-M-M-M Capsules HEfl Hi superior V Wl V_IH link mW to Copaiba, C l^ltffi-h ii JK_r Cubebs, and V C BfiP^~ Injections cure C 1 the s_ me diseases as these drugs C I m forty-eight hours without C inconvenience. C I Hach Capsule
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      729 3 THE DANGER OF DAMP CLOTHES. Sciatica Victim Cubed in sum After Suffering Agonies for Fifteen Years By DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS. It was through getting wet and keeping on my damp clothes that I first contracted Sciatica,"' said Mr. Charles Cowan of New Road, Bangkok, Siam, and I have paid
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      481 3 THERE ARE NO Exorbitant Profits. FOR ANYBODY ON i*XT4FT PITRT IP JL eL JL J. w* JL_# JL«#JL V r"l-^i GET THE RED X^SEAU raEceoiDsaiinp At S'Jf KJKD TO p|HOUSEOFCOMH»S T.l^liPPf'F ;^^s of the High qualities of at the lowest possible prices. "Red Seal" retails at 9.50 per case. "Black
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      122 3 ae Back. This ailm 5 rheumatism of the mm 1 may bt 1 applying Chamberlain's Pain Bainthree times a day and rabbin .rously a1 i ipplication. not dier bind on a -lightly dampened with m, and quick relief is almost sure to lollow. For sale by all THE "CEYLOJN OBSERVE!
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    THE PRINCE OF WALES
    830 4 [Al. K;oht3 Kesebved.J BT "INDEX It Is not teey to ia what proportion Facilities which tha King exhibit- fot lUaiag the persons oJ illu-t: >US princes, and .oc harmonisiiig the Interests of many due respectively to environment ■ai .anient. The brilliant marriages which bave been made
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      455 4 HIS "AMOR LAI RLE." L ia an roes secret that for the Prince of "W'.iL- the British Empire contains all that !v interest, him and makes for his enjoyment; thai he regards with some im- ence the incessant continental flittingsin ol pleasure to which BO many of his compatriots are
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      618 4 ffi&s j rj^^How are You? SB i/J^Sa Hall's y Are y° u we^- Q uite BHJ fd we r is there not some- I {-O*^- thing wrong r borne slight Wine. weakness; a feeling of m P^ tolerable lassitude or an ?_i/^ occasional attack of some mii A^jß seemingly unimportant
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      546 4 THE Singapore Free Press. Morning Daily. To Our Readers. The Singapore Free Press is no*w a Morning Daily, and is on sale at depots, from an early hour each morning (Sundayt excepted). Cash price Ten Cents a copy Subscribers' copies will be delivered a: their private residences, (or town offices
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      550 4 VESSELS FXPECIEL STEAM i^HS. Giving port of departmre, end hen I wn. dels dm* I Ag* at*. Achillea, Chii Almnoua, China. Maj 2S M Andalusia. Hamburg, Mi ->ehn Me^ Arcadia, Oolomb H Australien, May l v M AI. Ay thia Hay i Borneo I Amir;.. Dupi JOB M •••> M
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    PETROLEUM ORDINANCE.
    281 5 PPBCIAI MEETING OF THF [JNICIPAI COMMISSI* »NER3 -i ll the Manic pa] Com- ve '"> m vesteM v ifterittt dt •_e v P ttrokain ►ftbn d■. li c n wi:, Mr J. PolgLtte, ocenpie 1 tue were also present Dr -rs A \v Bailey, C. I. Carrer ata,
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    THE DARUL ADAB CLUB.
    236 5 B extraordinary meeting \\i- held list night m the Club hoi:- pre. bd Er Noor Mohamed Hashim .0 rganiae am og ie local iubs for tbe G farm -Club's irl tha I Uuable pr^'- -v the Mr E. E. i tba 1 S ogapcr. should meet-ree
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    OUR RAILWAY.
    53 5 I -r trjft: a •>1 miles an I th* n pta un I i 0 increase of w t 3 ewr. Passengers and goods showed The working expens€^ m* ra than m ns year, to increased n. A fibular es 1 \y tn r* per train mile being
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    35 5 roths' ri afternoon for fra possession brge I valued vt $2 ibe a wnsed had five uvictioi:- oat him. B Go**, Enspeel m J rived fi ultimo for the purpose V_L a J X-. \*r
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      480 5 Hbvcrtiscmcnts. WANTED. WANTED. A:: experienced Chinese proluce Storekeeper apply to A. B. c o Free Press." May v.c NURSE OR AMAH Wanted a good Nurse or Amah to proceed to Borneo. Apply to Mrs. Gaunt. 3 Nassim Xl id Singapore. May S B.fi GOVERNMENT NOTICE. WANTED A careful and competent
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      565 5 a&vcrtisemcnts. AUCTION*. MORTGAGEE S SALE Wednesday, 6th May at 2-30 pm. 1. 99 years leasehold and houses known as No. 27 and 29 Muar Koad. area 2,140 Bq. ft. 2. 99 years leasehold land situate at Somerset Koad. total area 10.620 Bq. ft. G. A. FERNANDEZ Co., Auctioneers, Surveyors, etc.
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      529 5 advertisements. AUQTIONS. AUCTION SALE OF War Department Stores. TO RE HELD AT THE ORDNANCE DEPOT, PULO BRANI, On Friday, Bth May, 1908, at 2 p.m. Tents, leather accoutreraents. brushes. cordage, baths, metal of all kinds, oil, blankets and other bedding. Military clothing. &c., Also two old boilers. POWELL Co Aucticneers.
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      159 5 FOR PROTECTION OF IRON AND STEEL. IX THE USE -v3B_Ec2s.- > j I ■v's^jfo-'-'' Jsi_i_fiSk_ni--K S" DEATH TO RUST" No oxidation i-- possible Qan be supplied m Dark, Chocolate and Black. IMPORTERS The Borneo Qompany, Limited. lidfipk Perfection m ag f egyptmn electees. f 7 A LUXURY TO IHE IM
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    The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, May 2, 1908.
    1893 6 The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, May 2, 1908. rh" Pres* trie People's richt maintain, U au, 1 hv influence and tmbribed by gain; rui'i, ii r ptonous precepts (*.raw. to 11. ligion, Loyalty and I.aw. One feature m the telegrams that calls for some notice is the strange admission made
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  • DEATH OF MISSTAYLOR
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      Resident General's Bereavement.
      55 6 ecru T) {From >nt.) Kuala Li; poi pm. Theß.si ■■■,♦<;. .r William'] has received a telegrani i i matin that his sister, ICiss Tayl <r, nly of syncope at Cobham. Sum The inteiiigence of Sir William's bereavement, recei\ jd locally was a i >ck. Sir William lea*,
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      THE LATE MISS TAYLOR.
      189 6 It will bi with the deepest ref 'hat very many m Singapore and m tiie Federated Mala; States will 09 I special telegram from Kuala Lum]' r, of Miss Tiylor, the sister of the Res Oeneral, Sir W event oocurred ifl C.bhau-, m Bu here ICrs
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    RIFLE SHOOTING,
    230 6 THK BROMHI ID KAI 1 HI WS SHIELD. The follow og were the scores made the Pens g Volunteer Corps ition for the Brom Matthews Shield J.G. Allen 23 21 f\ Sergt G. B. F. Southam Sergt H. A. Neu br omier 33 H Sergt W. Hunt H.
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    THE GAZETTE.
    37 6 The folios nts are i: Ux mgaad Dis Pu M, ■i i B• tr of the Supreme Court i Mr .1 i »wee Brui A I Pilot Bo* IT. P. D Thei. jinnee r»u;_.f 7.,.t;-_,
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      275 6 Caldbeck, Macgregor Co's 1 r <ftXSPEc/rf > EXTRA SPECIAL ,*-#-< LIQUEUR WHSSKY. known as CALDBECKMACGRECOR&C? I Vmmimiimim i srnAiTs mumm±/ k ;f& Ort Q r| 8 JS H Obtainable ft/».««f*»u___->./«_*_ir«./rt i i wiumomtmnac I tocHituaaamae -i/W V_r._r/«>**»-i- „/-.j_/t._ t Everywiiere, IN VIEW OF THE !WE ARE NOW MAKING k. ji
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      293 6 POX-TRAiTS, GROUPS aad ENLARGEMENTS. Of the Very Highest Stanford of Artistic and Technical Excellence, the production of acknowledged leaders m the profession, possessing the highest skill and superior experience, anl working m the largest and most completely equipped and up-to-iate Studio of any m the Far East We always welcome
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    THE LIBERAL PARTY.
    150 7 -SECRET OF ITS VITALITY." Education and Licensing (By Submarine Telegiaph— Reuter's.) Rec. 330 p.m. at i meeting ol the Liberal Party the nr, Ms A- a th, said the secret o! the vita: P»ty wai its constant and v nee programme hal n.»: been propoun le i.
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    AN IMPERIAL JAPANESE WEDDING.
    57 7 (F> i ii j. May 1 Tl. Met jiter of tiie Emperor of Jat. married Prince Tak- iterds The Princess Masabo Tsunenomiya is the rer of the Empercr cf Jipan She was born at Tokio on S> pt 3 I 1888 His Highness Pric true noble
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    MOHMANDS SEEK SETTLEMENT.
    21 7 3.30 *.'m. A Mohmand delegati n en route to Peshawur m order tone.- I ite t.r a settlement.
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    REBELLION IN YUNNAN.
    284 7 minunicated to Itl ta telegram red April 30th m Singapore states that .n revolution try t rees ia the province '.man had attacked and captured (on 'he itj i w, i strongly torti: i I wn close to the Tonkiu frontier, and just opposite to the Free
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    72 7 i 3 the dentistry oi the humbler I modern China is disclosed by John wan m .be North .Daily News. it clas on -c "doctor's t -i&a sm ■■.-•ap Ol IB teeth. A n P to the -.nt.dbe repl, I opening his m 'th to the teal It was seen
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    A BIG DEFICIT.
    131 7 German Budget Committee's Admission. (By Submarine Telegraph. "Reuter's.) Kec. 4 15 p.m. In the course of the Budget consideration m Committee m the Reichstag the Government representatives admitted that even without fresh expenditure they must borrow £50,000,000 sterling m the next five years to cover deficits. The
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    INDIAN IMMIGRATION.
    614 7 Annual Report Eeveals Record Number. Indian immigration to the Straits is in--ing. and m the annul report on Indian immigration for last year prep tred by Mr L. H. Clayton, Superintendent of Immigrants, which was laid on the table at yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Council, Si it
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    CRUISER BLOWN UP.
    216 7 JAPANESE VESSEL A TOTAL LOSS. Many Lives Lost. By Submarine Telegraph Reuters.] Received at 10.25 am. Reuter's correspondent at Tokio states that the Japiuese training cruiser Matsushima has been sunk near the Pescadores through an explosion m the stock magazine. 141 have been saved, but the majority
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    GERMANY.
    35 7 In Accord with Italy. Received May Ist, 10.12 am. Prince Buelow and Siguor Giolitti yesterday had a discussion on the subject of German and Italian interests and found that they weie m complete agreement.
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    INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DISEASES.
    360 7 CHINESE DOCTOR AND THE DIFFERENCE. Yeow QweNah appeare 1 before iMr Colman, third magistrate, yes erday afternoon on three different charges, giving false information to a public servant. Inspector May hew, (2) failing to report a case of bubonic plague (3) committing a negligent act likely
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    BANKRUPTCIES.
    45 7 Before Mr Justice Sercornle Smith. In the case of the Singapore Lighterage Co. a receiving order was made but not an adjudication. Adjournments m view of compositions were made iv a number of cases. *it her matters mentioned were of no particular public interest.
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    LEDBURY RUBBER CO., LTD.
    30 7 The annual meeting was held yesterday at 11.30, but was not open to the Press. The directors' report was published m cur issue of April 2<
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    958 7 Quicquid agunt homines noslri est farrago Übelli. Juvenal. This column appeared last Saturday three or fourhours before the thoroughly ainusing but not unhoped-for news arrived that Mr Winston Churchill had been rejected by his old supporters at Manchester, who seemed to enjoy themselves mightily as they
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      154 7 ROBTOSOn CO. JUST UNPACKED STYLISH EXGLUSIVE MODELS IN' TRIMMED MILLINERY FROM LONDON <£ PARIS. ALSO A VERY LARGE ASSORTMENT OF DRESS MATERIALS. I OMPRIBING Filet Voiles, Plain, Embroidere 1 and Stripe Ninon Voiles. Eoliennes. Crepe de Chines, French Muslins. Bordered Cotton Voii.s. Bordered Voile Robes, Lace Robes, Embroidered Lawn Robes
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    £25.000,000 IN NEW WORKS.
    213 8 Vast Evraci oi Obi Pnora noxnsT Measure. I'VILNIS A Already Mr Lloyd- George's new Paten!* Ad bas secured the in*fsstment oi 625,000,000 lot the mannfactnre m Eng« land oi articles previously made abroad." This remarkable statement was made yesterday by Xi Alfred Jones at a meeting
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    GRAND NATIONAL WON BY A TRAP HORSE.
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    "THE SINK ACROSS THE SEA."
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      693 8 -H&vertisemcnts, SHIPPING. OCEAN STEAM SHIP Co. Ltd. AND China Mutual Steam Nay. Co. Ltd. The Companies' steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China and Japan every week, and fn tm Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and AntAverp every fortnight, and for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool monthly. One
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      613 8 Eftvertiscmcnts. 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 n Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental and Ameri5 can Ports. s Steamers will leave Singapore on or aboat j MAIL LINES. s Outward
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      526 8 F advertisements. SHIPPING. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE, HAMBURG. The steamers of this Company maintain a regular service between Jiambu.u. Branson, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Strait-. China and .Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fori? for Havre and Hamburg and oner a month foi Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and Taking cargo
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      343 8 H&v>crtiscmcnt5. SHIPPING. NDT 1 mJ* Mut* Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen INPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE The fast and weil-kn^^n xnai' this Company Bail fort: -men Hamburg via Rotterd&m Antwerp Gibraltar, (renoa, Naples, (connect Naples, Alexandria and vice versa) J r a% Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Sin^-kj. B i kong, Shanghai, Nagasaki A
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    SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
    551 9 An Insect B -dy— A ie— 1 »ts— Toxin c: BfWs- a Measure for bed factoi •i. M. 1; found that inery bell air aud ibbed with -—may become highly chai -4 n iy give off spar.. I m an with com> serious explosion. A nn over a
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    SIX-MILE-PER-SECOND GUN.
    314 9 BxPttTsScirnaa. anou. New Wkapon*. rat numb sr of the 0 .item? orary Review" s an article. Can Science Abolish War?*' hy Co>oael .Maud,., a w«U. ■nown military writer, m which the state ment is made that an inventor, .Mr Simpson, bas devised a new and marrelloua electrical weapon.
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    TO PREVENT SEA-SICKNESS.
    617 9 Value of the Gyroscope. A paper of the utmost interest to an everincreasing class the travelling public was lai Royal Society of Arts, for it deall with the important question of preventing ships from rolling, aud, consequently, the prevention of sea-sickn< ss. The paper was read by
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    NEW GUN TO PREVENT WAR
    732 9 2.000.. ;>:. XO X it. USD NO S ten iv a loft m a Beclu is a gi.: _i. bull an hour. which, U -t: war. is not fired b\ powder, mai smoke, no flash, no smell. cc is no recoil, the gun a* cd.
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      3 9 DYSENTERY AND DIARRHOEA.
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    SMITH MINOR.
    488 10 fa nwien y S .ita Minor j ■oa b I graM j iy. Here are some gems I i add to the collection. Tie- Latin, i dared into Eng ish, was 44 There are nine Muses, three Furies and Months," i fair y simple and straightitab all oonscienoe.
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    EISHOP ON LONG LIFE
    226 10 A >p Fallows, of Chicago, who has lately himself more to hygiene than to e\ cop :es a declaration stating that we can most of us live tv I_' I j m old if we live wisely, and that men and women should be m their
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    THE JAPANESE BOYCOTT.
    632 10 Chicago Chinese Pabticutating. A telegram has been received m Canton which states that considerable enthusiasm was evinced by the Chinese m Chicago on receipt of information of the boycott movement la^olutions have been drawn up by the Chinese societies m which the colony iv San Francisco and
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    ACCORDING TO THE PLACARDS.
    195 10 The young man with the feeble moustache and the slight scoop m his shoulders stood I ing at the placards which adorned the walls to either side of what proclaimed itself as Professor Strougarm's School of PhyCulture and Academy of Self -Defence He saw the picture
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    LEGAL "BULL."
    79 10 Entirely worthy of tl c son of Ireland who perpetrated it waa a 11 which was heard m a Chancery case recently. A point had just been decided against a .junior," the sun of a well-known Irish King's counsel. Proceeding, he addressed the judge m this wise.: And
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    LITTLEST MEN ON EARTH
    210 10 Nbosito- n R.\< i No Linger may the %SoAes ok Ay claim to being tie- _ople on eattfa [nvesti. by Professor I pologtal o. the Vi. among the S Pampaags tend to sho I taller, than his tt, the dark continent The goon NMord irith this
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    STONE IN THE KIDNEY AND BLADDER.
    232 10 Delirious with Pi 13 Hor Bboam with tm. nearly t Mr. Ernest Duel Xortl Llverston. England Kidney Pills cured me ot trouble m other words the cure was per and often fo of backache, but took little notice of it. i one day as
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      406 10 Ayer's Sarsaparilla flakes Good BBood Trick your skin j- <<«^SSwJ ws »a_ h with a needle. vC^V^^i^'':, You will see iS^^ffl^iil that it is AWW^ JJ;^W. k blood, l^r 5M1.8H Butwhat M /<^W_m blood? -'^%^i I Rich and! c IMm waratO 4 V M.g^i r tin and j^_Tn. Vj imrure?
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      382 10 REALLY PURE Jlll^l r FUSS ELL B i THICK CREAM (GOLDEN BUTTERFLY BRAND) Is taken only from the richest meadowland milk, and you get it m just that pure, rich state, scienR tifically packed m tins only, without any sugar or chemical. It will keep fresh anywhere and for I
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      21 10 /POWELUVV [Balsam Amsscd\ /COUGHS I Fcr CMDS ASTHMA SROMCMJTFr/ J&. *t for Cl- ;cnr. Vf^ANiiE^ J Wm ftTJALITY GVARAXTEED. STUHR'S GENUINE
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    TELUK BLANGA MURDER.
    236 11 ACCUSED COMMTTIED To THE ASSIZES A Qi tone** named Moh Ah Yeh was! re Mr Oreen, the Second Magistrate,! lay, for preliminary enquiry into ai rge of murder brought against him. Meeting Dapnty Public Prosecutor _p- -ar-d for tb.e Crown. Mr Brooke, -he issistanl Government I Analyst,
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    A CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.
    73 11 i horse dr- an _*c belonging i iv was frightened by e_ r car m Teluk Blangah Roa pesterdaj and bolted. I*: broke sway from the car- ped with the shafts into town where it was stopped near the Central Police o oi. In ita ms 1
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    THE KING AND QUEEN ALEXANDRA PREFER SIMPLICITY.
    330 11 London, March S3 -The King has I former State CoB which m* r'ormul and shall no longer bs included m the MM ft'a .onts. Any ;>one- be held dinner Bg P His Majesty intends to give after he returns from Biar:: D fring
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    HYDRAULIC POWER.
    172 11 ia between hydraulic and electric power, now frequently stated that elec: and cheaper for such machines as an a tor which hydraulic power fa hitherto been oon>idered the most fcahle. Such a claim on behalf of electricity is much ioo geil substantiaare is, m fact, always a M
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    COST OF PRODUCING RUBBUR.
    874 11 MR AY. W. BAILEY SAYS A SHILLING." Pi.en:v oi Lajbous is thk Straits. Rubber should ba produced at a cost of between tenpenee and a shilling lb." said Mr W. W. B;.iley. the well-known F. M. S. planter and Visiting Agent, to a representative of the
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    THE RANGOON OIL COMPANY.
    46 11 Rmgoou, April 18th. The Rangoon I >il Company m -de a profit of Ed'; lakbs m the half-year ended iv March. After ampl^ appropriation for depreciation aud ne w field equipment, sufficient remains for a 50 per 1 dividend, which is recommended.
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    CHILDREN FOR MONKEYS.
    48 11 lence has been given by the police that children are frequently hired m order that they may be taken out with organs, that the usual rate of payment for them is sixpence a day and that they have practically supplanted monkeys for the purpose. Lanest.
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    THE AVERAGE MAN.
    52 11 To --rage man is to be truly great. It is to enter into the thoughts of millions of fellow-men, to share all the common, the elemental instincts. To be commonplace is to be, if one o booses to open his mouth, the voice of the multitude.—** New
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    8 11 The life of a Cabinet Minister," said Mr
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    EXCHANGE.
    75 11 (Corrected up to May. 1.) Bank 4 m/s 2/4 demand 2/S| Private credits 3 m/a 2/4 i 2 credits 6 m/s 2/4; Fi-ancb, demand Bank... 291 Gtbemant, demand 236 1 India, T.T 1744 Hongkong, demand 22;% Yokohama, demand w lld; Java, demand 139£ Bangkok, demand w 64 j Sovereigns,
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    PRODUCE.
    130 11 May 1 rin $71.62| 3ambier 6.92 i jambier Cub© No. 1 10 50 jrainbier Cube No. 2 w 9.50 Pepper Black (ord'n. Spore) 11.12 I Pepper, White (fair L.W. 5 p.e.) 19.00" Sutmega (110 to the 1b.)... 20.< 0 Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) 22.00 Mace (Banda) >•. norn
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    SHARES.
    736 11 Capital Capital Issue Paid Issued paid up Value op Company. Quotation* $300,000 300,000 1" la Be!at Tin Mining Co. Ltd 7 $300,000 225,000 10 10 Braaag Limited $600,000 60<>,0C0 10 10 Braaah Hydraulic Tir M. Co. Ltd II £400,000 350,000 1 1 Duff Development Co. Ltd €60.000 60,000 1
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      598 11 NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. CHEAP RETURN TICKETS TO COLOMBO On and after April Ist, SPECIAL CHEAP RETURN TICKETS TO COLOMBO and BACK available for THREE MONTHS from date of departure to that of arrival on return will be issued at the following rates From Singapore 18. 14. O. Ist Saloon 18. 4.
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      325 11 TO LET. TO LET. A bungalow, close to the town No. 94 Emerald Mill Road, lately occupied by Capt. Rushton. For particulars. Apply to B. P. dc Silva, 62 3 High Street, Singapore. Apl 30 7.5 TO BE LET UNFURNISHED. Nicely situated European Residence, m Chancery Lane, known as Didsbuiy.
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      149 11 TO LET. TO LET FURNISHED. "Balmeg" at Pasir Panjang. For further particulars, apply to D. Turner, British 1 dispensary. Mar 5 v.c TO BE LET. The handsome, commodious, cool, wellbuilt and conveniently situated family n dence known as No. 9 LLOYD ROAD. Large dining-room with tesselated flooring. Spacious and lofty
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      121 11 TO LET. TO LET. A newly built bungalow No. Road sth mile stone near Telok -^pply AH Ambar 16 Arai b 28 uc TO BE LET. A N.-wlv Erected Bungalow at the Sea Vipw Hotel Compound. Apply to MEYEK BROS, or at the S. V. Hotel. July 4 u.r OFFICE
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    997 12 Fkh-an. Mai 1-:, 1907. Present 4is Exosl-6n y the G rretf-O. Sir John Anderson. tan ('apt. A.II. Xoung Hi Bxeellei M»] r-GenLT. Pfctiott, C.B. ii.- H a Att aey-CtanL W. I Ac: vn i:* r-Gen W.C, HJchell. Hrn TtS I mxc* V Bryant. Bngineex a. Mm r ty.
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    COLONIAL LITERARY NOTES.
    325 12 d Old Man's Darling" by Lucas Cleeve, is about to appear m Onwin's a ial Library. This story shows the resubs <>f marriasre ween youth and age. The scene is laid m I' aly, and the novel tells how a rich count marries a very young girl,
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    TO-DAY'S CRICKET.
    52 12 Tb.e following wiil represe r t the Cricket Club, versus the Garrison on the Esplanade to-day A W I .even, C. T. Costigan, 11. \V. Joynson, X. E. Kent, H. W. Noon, R. E. H. Olirer, H. W I rxhenbam, Mr Justice T. Ser Smith, E. L. Talma,
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    EDUCATION.
    880 12 Mr J B Elcum's annual report on education for 1907 was laid on the table of Council yesterday. Some of the particulars are: expenditure 1376,8-iO, revenue 845,463, due to increased school fee.. Grand total of pupils under the supervision of the department 18,883 boys 8336 aud girls 1750 m
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    45 12 The R. I. M. S. Dufferin left for Karachi yesterday. The M. M. Company's steam -3 r Armand Behic will leave Saigon at 7 am. on the 2nd inst. and may bt- expected here on Monday the 4'h at about 6 am. m
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    57 12 Enough has been said to prove that -we are slaves to circumstances over which we have only partial control. "VVe suffer from expensive tastes, and we have to pay for them, and as luxuries, even simple ones, are expensive, we have to pay through the nose. It is very sad,
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      221 12 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. ■B COMTBaOT WITH THE NkTHERLA Agents at Singapore. Ships' Agenc;;. iate J Daer.an.s Co.. 2-3 Oollye: Quay THE UNT.ERI.ENT.ONEI! CU-TH 01 i-EPARTURE ARE ONLY APPROX. V is VAN DEN BOSCH Batavia, Java-Coast. Samarang. Soerabaja. Mak onggala. Amoerang. Menado. Ternai Siaoe. Totak. Gorontalo and Tominibay J.B.MABTBUYCKBB Penang.
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      93 12 SWIMMING CLUB. To-morrow (S there will be a Team _'raph Co. v. Rest (6 a side oO yds) after the arrival of thn p) o'clock I nch. and after the Team Race there will be a Plate Diving C pel tion. The Team representing the Pest will consist of Mcl
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      649 12 PASSENGERS. Per Hainam Mr Duvelle. Per Ceylon Mr Egerton Eastwick, Dr. Irving Anderson. Passengers Outward. pi. 30.— Per N. D. L. Buelow: From Southampton. Mr and Mrs H. B. Loney, Mr and Mrs J. Norman Dick, Mr W. Bailey. Mr A. Barracloagfa, Mr Morton, Mr G. Harri?, Mr W Cooler,
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      504 12 VESSELS IN PORT. o Men-of-war Flag and Tons Commanders Arrive.. h rorn For Wber Waterwitch Brit 620 Dou. Apl 28 Songl p Svrett Mercedes Brit tra. 2925 McGregor A:". Su Hongfc Trincon Sea Mew Col. Yacht 5' mi < small Apl 22 PafcaBg Cncertai Ship Flag Tons Master Arrived From
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