The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 22 May 1908

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    15 1 THE Singapore Free Press MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1908. NO. 6,297
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    150 1 Sir Edward Grey said the objects of the Anglo-Jipnese Agreements were firmer than ever. (Page 5. J The Education BiT_ second reading has pissed. A late wire rcp>rts that EUlfour Las attacked the Bill. (Page The King and Tsar will meet at Keval on June 9.h. (P_ge
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    HOUSE TO LET.
    1288 1 The drip from I dden lichens, that elm.L i oken eaves, Tht lUm f -ngus. tin. odour of deadened U stb_ Make heav\ thled falls around On the blossoms' languid King ground. I There are few towns oi any size to speak do not possess at least
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      232 1 |"""""""""""^The Heart of the Carf ITHE WORK FULFIL! ML amammJßj BY THE EN MOTOR 1 -^HHn_B^^^Pl--HfllHP r MMILAR Tn THAT OF THE BEAR! IN THE H I MACHINE. EVERYTHING DEPENDS STRENGTH and SOUNDNESS FO SE AI.FITF.s SIDDELEYS. I v ARROL- JOHNSTON I S Gent rat Engine Works. B M II
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      362 1 A FEW NIGHTS MORE o°c0 c HURRY UP The Japanese Magic and Comedy Company. (12 LADY GENT. ARTISTS.) AT HARIIvIA HALL 362, North BRIDGE ROAD, (Back of Raffles Hotel Tram line) HUGE SUCCESS CROWDED NIGHTLY "THE LIVING DEVILS" GRAND QHANGB TO-NIGHT. Prof. Kikugoro's intrepid vanishing act into a tank of
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      49 1 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. Wanted, European engineer Pap Wanted situation as surveyor, F.M.S. or B. X Borneo Page The All lambra: Deave's Marionettes— Page 1 To let. compound house— Page 7. Browns specific for dysentery diarrhoea Page 2. Mortgagee's sales by Powell k Co.. of residential property and land— Page S.
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      96 1 WEATHER REPORT. Date Ba: Wind Temp Hum Sky Rain May 20. E'kong-P. £9 88 El 81 b Manila 4p. 759 SSEO 30 25 o May 21. H'kong 10a. 29 96 ESEI 81 c Manila 10 a. 760 ESE2 32 25 c 20 I Kandang Kerbau Hospital, May 20, 190S 9
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      367 1 THE WEEK. Friday, 22nd High Water.— l..2 a., 3.48 p P 0 Mail Homeward closes 6 a Legislative Coun.il, 2.30 p Municipal Commission, 2. 3D p S.V.A. Lecture. 5.30 p Saturday, 23rd High Water. 45 a.V6 p Lodge St. George, 8.45 p Schools Celebrate Victoria Day. Cricket S.C.C. II v.
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    THE ADJUTANT AND THE CAPTAIN.
    234 2 Says the "United Service Gazette": Perhaps one of the best regimental papers m the Service, if we may be permitted to say so. is the St. George's Gazette," the ve-y interesting journal published by the Fighting Fifth." There is always to be found iv it
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    PEARL OYSTER FARMING.
    187 2 In the Bay of Ago, -hi pan. a curious sort of farming is carried on. This is the more or lees artificial production of pearls. The farm is divided into two parts, one for the young oysters up to three years, and the other for >lder shells.
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    A TYPHOON MEMORIAL AT HONGKONG.
    455 2 A: n of the good feeling which exist- m tpolitaa oommnnity the "Hongkong Daily P-ses**] is the obelisk .to the mem ry of the fits nes belong sg to the French torpedo tl Fron lost their lives when the vessel was (Tracked m the imsnoiihlo
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      263 2 WANTED. WANTED European Engineer to take charge oi boilers machinery. Apply with copies of testi nionials to C. T. S. c o Free Press May 26.5 WANTED Situation as Snrv< yor m the F. M. S. or British North Borneo. Advertiser has six years experience, guarantees accurate B_r~< ya and
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      616 2 HDvcrttaements. NOTWES. DYSENTERY AND DIARRHOEA. BROWN'S SPECIFIC. To be had at the Singapore Dispensary and of Miss Brown. Crassdale, River Valley Road. Singapore. May 22 mwf 23.11 NOTICE Is hereby given that Mr. J. Christie is no longer m my employ and is no longer authorised to make payments or
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      591 2 Hfcv>ertiocmcnto. NOTWES. NOTICE. THE EXCHANGE BANKS WILL BE CLOSE 1) ON Monday, 25th May, VICTORIA DAY. NOTICE. Take notice that the Power of Attorney dated 25th October 1907 from Nai Nieng Pisam to Koh Chwee Chiang appointing him Manager of Chop Hong Lee Chan of No. 68 Boat Quay, Singapore
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      514 2 H.v-ertieemcnt_. NOTWES. MADAME FAMBON, LADY DENTIST High Ci.ass Work Moderate Pkjce. No. 215, Orc'ruird R<>ad. Xov 21 v.c NOTICE. Persons having any claims against the Estate of the late Dr. C. Ran nested to forward -hen forthwith fco th; onde-signed. D. K. McDO¥ ELL, Principal Civil .Medical Officer'^ Office. Singapore,
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      550 2 F^vcrti*ocmcnt£. BANKS. Hongkong Shanghai Bar-bn^ Corporation. Paid-up Capital., r, ,000,000 Re servs Fund Sterling Reserve $10,000,00< Sliver Resorra *5*,000 t OOO RbSERVB LIABILITT OP Propeistoes i f 000,0(j0 Court of Directors. Hon. Mr. Bbnet Ekkwick. Chairmah. ii I \om Eeq r__-, E. G. I.ARRK-! Wm% ICI Ll ._*nn, Esq. la\
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    RISINGS IN ANNAM.
    423 3 i Cuss i Hokgkoiw Bake 4 the COURM I u'HaiI inder da*l April, describing the fat has taken place at tween Hanoi aad Tourit the movement, which is well conducted and organised, is evidently not the work of a discontented •ical party. ate it is certain that
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      262 3 AUCTIONS. MORTGAGEES SALE OF Valuable Household Furniture. THI- TO SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION i ::kd -iltan Sai day, J May, at 2 pm. Household furniture viz Hanging Lamps, Mirrors. Clocks. Picture^. Vases. Sideboatds Sid Dining table. Iron bedsteads, -.wood chair>. Sffa ba tines* suite, etc. c: R 9 Catalogues will
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      644 3 Rfcvcrtiscments. AUCTIONS. MORTGAGEE'S SALE. Tuesday. 26th May, at 2.30 p.m. Land and house No. si Palembang Road. Singapore, 2,490 feet, leasehold for 99 years from H43, quit rent 12. POWELL Co.. Auctioneers. May 22 27.5 MORTGAGEE S SALE OF The Valuable Freehold Residential Property Known as "SANS SOUCI." River Valley
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      567 3 advertisements. AU&TION*. AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Teak and Nadun Wood Household Furniture Etc. THK PROPERTY OF THE REV. J. ANDREW SMITH. TO PE HELD AT "ELPIS" NO. 157. MIDDLE ROAD. Saturday, 30th May, 1908, at 2 p. m. Comprising iron single bedsteads with tubular posts, Teak wardrobe with full length
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      592 3 advertisement;). AUCTIONS. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. TWO IMPORTANT FURNITURE AUCTIONS IN TANGLIN. SATURDAY. 23rd MAY. Valuable Furniture and Curios at Balaclava. Dalvey Road, tbe property of J. E. Romenij Esq. SATURDAY, 30th MAY. Valuable Furniture and specially good plants at Orange Grove, Tanglin. the property of Mrs. Howard Newton. H. L. COGHLAN
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      349 3 HOUSE PROPERTY 1 ENHANCED' IN VALUE if it is known that the Wood-work has been treated with __i m ___Hfr i: —MB- __r The results of 20 years' tests m the Tropics have proved that this Preservative is an ABSOLUTE SAFEGUARD against the attack of WHITE ANTS, DEY ROT, TEREDO
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      138 3 AUQTIONS. AUCTION SALE OF SGR7\P IROaX. TO BE HELD AT Messrs. Riley, hargreaves Co's SHIP-BUII DING LED AT Tanjon<. Et-fl Fridi POWELL <_: Co. Auction^ Ma;. AUCTION SALE OF DIVING GEAR Etc. At Powell Co's Sale room Friday, U at 11 a. POWELL A Co Aucticneers. May 18 AUCTION SALE
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      Births.
      57 4 At si' Serangoon Road, on May 21st, tht wife of Capt 11. Lyons of a daughter. Cm the 6th instant, at Nagasaki. Japan, thr wife of W. li. MCCALLUM, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation of a daughter. Rat/..— On May 8, at No. lf>4. Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai, the
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      Marriages.
      36 4 Donald -Wilson.— April 29, at Seaforth, J. Donald, m. d.. Penang, to Hllkn Bu:how Wilson. Hutton Williams— BRENT.— On the 25th April, at All Saints' Cburch. (pper Norwood. William HuttonWilliams to VIOLET Wool)} all Bkknt.
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      Deaths.
      54 4 Scott.— April 26, at Hainpstead, w illiam RAMBAI SOOTT, late of Singapore, aged 70. DIET/.— At 211 Bencoolen Street. Antoine Diet/, aged 3"> years. Lake.— At the Matilda Hospital. Hongkong, on May LB, the wile of Mr. John Lake. MORGAN. -On May 7. at Ste. Marie Hospital. Shanghai. GBOBGINi
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    The Singapore Free Press.
    30 4 Here »hafl the ..pie's rißht maintain, awed !i\ infiiif-nce and unbribed by gain: f ruth h~- plonous precepts draw. c ed to Religion, Loyalty and Law.
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    Friday, May 22, 1908.
    1859 4 It must be taken as a sign of the times when we see that the stern logic of facts has driven the present Free Import Government to place an import duty on foreign goods and that too <>n what might be consider el as a raw
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    THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH SIAM.
    699 4 THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH SIAM. lv oonne< l oa wil h I beei not yet concluded ana o which n«> official statement ha- wgl wmmM L and C. Kx press mai referent the pending treaty The last mail from the <-ils us that tiie negotiations between the British and Siamese Government-
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      391 4 |G. GEORGACOPULO'S EGYPTIAN CIGARETTES. I GLEOPATRA M GOLD TIPPED No. 1 3 ZMaXaVUM B FELLAH 1 MESA STRAUSS SOLE AGENTS I JOHN UHLE CO., LTD.j THE YOKOHAMA DOCK CO., LTD. No. 1 DOCK No. 2 DOCK. Ler._r:h Inside 514 ft. Length inside .'-J75 ft. Width ot entrance, top 95 tt
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      179 4 Best Lighted STUDIOS In the East. LIGHT, that is the proper kind of light, plays the most important part m the production of perfect Photographic Portraiture and we must confess that no small measure of the success of our portraits is due to the ideal LIGHTING ARRANGEMENTS of our Studios,
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  • ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE.
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      EDUCATION COMPROMISE.
      61 5 EDUCATION COMPROMISE. Balfour's Attack. B t Commons has read a second lucation Bill by 7<' rotes to The minority consisted of Unionists and •i a_-tiat- EX 7.15 pm. ne House of Commons, Mr Balfour the education measure, though here was nothing to definitely ex a compromise. Mr Asquith, the Premier
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      CRETAN TROOPS.
      32 5 The Porte i- uding out ••ireular to the were, eapieeeing its apprehension of the r he withdrawal of the international from Crete and pointing ont that serious consequences may result.
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    CONSOLIDATED MALAY COMPANY.
    47 5 Received Maj 21, 1 35 p.m. London. May 21 ivia Penang). Para rubber is quieter after a sharp rise. 1 eiaotidsted Malay Company pay- a dmdndof ten percent and eurriea forward £514. The i I are also i_suin_; 7,000 bases re-nine, of 1 > m <
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    ATTACK ON A EUROPEAN.
    271 5 HEBE SHOEMAKERS FINED. Two Cantonese shoe-makers of Ooieesan re Mr Thunder, the fourth j.strate, yeatesday, oa t charge of voluu- url i Mr S. \V. Wolfe. There was a cireea roeeoi agiinst Mr We Mr S. W Wolfe, manager of the 1»r WilOompeny, said that about
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    GROVE ESTATE CASE.
    128 5 Dunnian, for the Grove Estate vs. i. .K>hn Anderson. Thi« tor damages for injury done rubber trees a* eg Bin by the r is al'.- ndant is responsible, wa. continue J Mr Justice Sercombe Smith yester'.r Ellis for the defence. Mr Carhe plainMr H. Km g re
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    CHINESE REFUGEES.
    858 5 WILL NOT BE SENT BACK TO CHINA. LEA DLL'S STATEMENT. Fifty-nine of the Chinese refugees who arrived from Baig< o on Monday ware marched into the Third Magistrate's Court, yesterday morning, by a strong escort of European anil native police. They walked two by two ~ery quietly and
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  • SHIPPING RINGS.
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      SIR THOMAS SUTHERLAND'S OPINION.
      106 5 (By Submarine Telegraph. Reuter's.) Received May 21st, 10 50 am. Sir Thomas Sutherland has been a witness before the Royal Commission <>n Shipping Rings. Sir Thomas declared that the public gained through the operation of the Eastern Conferences, The mail service of the P. and O.
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      KING AND TSAR.
      111 5 MEETING AT REVAL. Received, May 21st, at J'-IO a.m. Reuter's Agency learns that the meeting of the King and the Tsar will take place at Re vai. Ring Edward arrives on June Oth on board the Victoria and Albert, escorted by two ciuisers. It is pointed out
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    STRAITS HOTELS.
    317 5 An Ex-Ceylon Planter writing from Sumatra on May oth to the Times of Ceylon is very unfavourably impressed with local hotels as eomprred with those of Ceylon. He says I have had occasion within the last few weeks of visiting IVnang and Singapore, whoie I put up at
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    WIRE NEWS.
    187 5 The Wright Brothers' aroplane experiments are "being conducted with, the greatest secrecy. It is believed that the details of their fifteenmile fight out to sea exceed precise facts. Murder of an Italtan. A despatch from Constantinople states that the judicial enquiry into the murder of an Italian monk
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    A FAST MAIL.
    499 5 The gun announcing the arrival of the P. O. mail steamer Arcadia at Singapore went at 3 p. m. yesterday, thus fulfilling the expectation that the mails would be delivered from London m 20 days. The Arcadia brings mails which left London on Friday evening May Ist.
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    SHOT BY A POLICEMAN.
    128 5 Malay P. C. Xo. 63, lxader. -rderly to .Mr Savi, Assistant Superintendent of Police, took Mr Savi's pistol ou Wednesday night and proceeded I<> a house at Serangoon Road where he fired a shot at a Malay. The bullet missed tho Malay and struck a young
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    ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
    188 5 S. C. C. vs WEST KENTS. A large gathering assembled on the Esplanade last evening to witness the Association Football match played between the S. C. C. and a team from the Royal West Kent Regiment. As has been the custom of late, the Club team turned out
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    L.L.T.C. CROQUET TOURNAMENT.
    33 5 L.L.T.C. CROQUET TOURNAMENT. YESTERDAY'S PLAY. Mixed Doubi.; Mrs Gaunt and Mr J. Anderson be_T M E_eigwin and Capt Young. Championship. M. E. Sherwood vs. A. VV. Bailey, unfinished. TO-DAY'S PLAY, Mixed Double H'cap.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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      679 5 Robinson Co. NEW SHIPMENT OF AND LACE BLOUSES ROBINSON COMPANY. SINGAPORE AND KRANJI RAILWAY.^ From Ist April, 1908, and until further notice. TRAIN SERVICE FOR WEEK DAYS ONLY. UP TRAINS. 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9-10 11 12 13 14 15 16 am. am. am. am. am. am.
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    THE PERIL IN YUNNAN.
    723 6 T.» term KB estimate of the weight that m_y attach to the rising m Yunnan and the present success of the forces arrayed against Chinees Government there it is nee 'ful to pass m review such knowledge as is onditions that can be made to su'i>s<->rve
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    THE U. S. TRADE.
    151 6 An iuu resting report on the trade of the < i lot the year 190. by Mr. u;our Bel.. I British Commercial Ag m the Cnitei EM has just been publish I reign office. La- j i the output of tiee wa tons, or an increase
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      36 6 An American bably no medicine manufac- bt ;u d m more homes m mberlain's Colic. 1 T »edy. It has been 1 .^.overthiny years and each epidemic of diarrhoea andd ITovA me haa tt;sted mr and
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      459 6 H.vcrtisements. SHIPPING. Apear Line. The undermentioned mail steamers of the above company maintain a regular service between Calcutta and Japan calling at Penang, Singaprre, Hongkong Shanghai en route, FLEKT, Tons. Commander. s.s. Japan 6.300 J. G. Olifent. s.s. Gregory Apear 4.606 S. EL Belson. s.s. Arratoon Am ir 4,510 A.
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      599 6 H-vertisements. 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 oz about MAIL LINES. Outward {for China) 1908 Arcadia May
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      709 6 a&\>erti6cmcnto. SHIPPING OCEAN STEAM SHIF Co. Ltd. AND China Mutual Steam Nay. Co. Ltd. lhe Companies' steamers are dt-spatched 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 outward
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      601 6 advertisements. SHIPPING. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE, HAMBURG. •fcg -sj The steamers of this Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen. Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhaven direct. calling at Penang an i
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      344 6 advertisements. SHIPPING. ND L JL 1 m\\mJ JLrt Norddeutscher Lloyd. Bremc. INPEEIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE The fast and well-known mail .team,-- tt th.- Tompany eaii fortnightly fr Ha-oi? urg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, E GHbra-tar, Qenoa, Naples, (connection __„>-- Na] >:.--. Alexandria and vice versa) i J Suez,, Aden, Colombo, Penanf,
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    HONGKONG AND THE ANTIOPIUM RESOLUTION.
    1463 7 ngkong Daily Puss oi Mat, 11th tast-M so far as Hongkoug is led UD the poamble action that may follow the recent resolution of the H mac of kl to suppress opium M dens." This being a Crown Colony, we -..ike it that His Excellency
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    RUBBER-GROWING IN QUEENSLAND.
    445 7 optimistic estimvtes, with white Labour. Th. cultivation of Para rubber is beginning to assume some promise of advancement m North of (Queensland. A number of settlers are obtaining plants from the Kamerunga State Xursery, near Cairns, and -electing land tor the purpos.. Plaoee abound all along to
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    EXCHANGE.
    83 7 (Corrected up to May. 21.) Bank 4 m/s M 2/4 demand M 2/3.',* Private credits 3 m/s 2/4$ credits 6 m/s M 2/4$ Frahcb, demand Bank. 2*91.1 ijIaaMANT, demand M 236^ India, T. T, w lU\ Hono-kcng, demand w 22% Tokohama, demand 113^ Tav a, demand M w 139£
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    PRODUCE.
    131 7 May 21 *Tin M $67.37^ Gambier buyers 6.95 Gambier Cube No. 1 10.60 Gambier Cube No. 2 9.50 Pepper Black (ord'u. Spore) buyers 11.25 Pepper, White (fair L.W. p.c.) 19.25 Nutmegs (110 to the 1b.). 18.00 Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) 19.00 Mace (Banda) m« «m «m norn Cloves
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    SHARES.
    730 7 £150 000 104 937 *> l An^(, M^ay Rubber C-o. |JJj| (115/- Do Do 2 H .£140,000 100,375 £1 ±'l Asiatic Rubber and Prod, i |ft fi $200,000 105,000* 10 10 BfaUgowait Bnbbv E 8 tate Ltd. £30 000 15 HO i l Bk: Mli Ru) tier c °y
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      47 7 A Good Suggestion. v C. i:. Wainwright of Lemon City, Fla., U. s. A., haa written the manufacturers that much better results are obtained from the of Chamh* .lam's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy m cases of pains m the -tomacb, colic and cholera morbus by talcing
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      420 7 advertisements. sjMHfcpg^. medicine Ayer's SarsapaIffimlgr' ri] ht is! Good f<>r the m child, good for the par_P^.^*___L eut S OO( r tbe grandfe^__T'*^^~^_^ ,^^i-*_-M tiie one _J__y oi it m the "house. Sometime jjpr during the year sume member of the family will certainly need it. You can surely trust
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      376 7 TO LET. TO LET. Compound House No. 1 Oxiey Rise. Apply to— MEYER BROS. May 22 v.c. TO LET. A desirable family residenc- N i 83-2, Cavenagh Road, 5 bedrooms, tennis, stab lings Ac. apply Roon sew at Messrs. Paterson Simons ft Co. May 21 21.6 The large comfortable European
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      148 7 TO LET. TO LET No. 28 Raffles Place from Ist of April. At present occupied by the Methodist Publishing house. Apply Meyer Bros. Ifar 3 Large Office, Ist floor 3-3 Malacca Street, formerly occupied by Messrs. Arthur Barker ft Co. Apply to MEYER BROS. Mar 4 uc TO BE LET.
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      137 7 TO LET. TO LET A newly built bun out Road oth mile stone near Telok Kurau Aii Ambar 16 Art.: b2B nc TO BE LET. A Newly Erected Bungalow at the Sea View Hotel Compound. Apply to MEYER BR or at the S. V. Hotel. Ju U.C OFFICE OR GODOWN
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    LAST EVENINGS MAIL.
    1643 8 Madame Tettra/./ini has repeated her previous brilliant success. At the opening of the opera season she was recalled seven or eight time-. Mr J latace Jell's .judicial visit to the (>xlord Musk Hall was recalled, when he gave ment m the action brought by Mr Fred Karao
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    FRASER & CO'S SHARE CIRCULAR.
    230 8 FRASER CO'S SHARE CIRCULAR. The feature of the market has been the movement m Pahang ConBolidat< 'is which weakened considerably early m the week, but upon buying orders from London made a sharp recovery and now close steady at the advance with vary few shares offering. Duffs also have been
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    WHITE ANTS.
    918 8 LIFE— AND CASTE The May number of the Straits Agricultural Bulletin contains an important article by Mr H. E. Pratt on Termes G-estroi and other species of termites found on rubber estates m the F.M.S. The following geceral remarks will serve to show the extent to which the
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    Correspondence.
    59 8 Land Sales. To the Editor, Dear Sir, La your yesterday's issue 1 came across advertisements of two different auctioneers aEiiounciug their land sales to be held on the same day and at the same hour. This method it is feared wiil give to the interested public a good deal
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    101 8 The British steamer Hudson arrived here from Iloilo yesterday with a cargo of sugar. Capt Moxon of the Raja of Sarawak which arrived here yesterday reports that a small steamer was on shore m Diana Cave. The homeward German Packet P. E. Friedrich left Hongkong at noon on
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    THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN SOUTH CHINA.
    435 8 Position Desperate. Peking, May 12. The Peking Government has received urgent telegrams regarding the situation m Yunnan. The Governor of Yunnan states that Dr. Sun Yet Sen is attacking Nankai, when soldiers are few, and the place may fall at any moment The Governor
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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      37 8 HIRANO MINERAL WATER. fin cases of 4doz Pints, $4.25 Nett J|ji and 8 Dozen Splits, $6.00 (Si_jp» M e tt HIRAJSO 11 0 1 1 I BOLE AGENTS SJohn Little Co. LIMITED. I a-B-3_»»-_5-*i-a_*itt^ t I »ii-tii-i»MR-BR-_____-_--_-a-wnßß_____a
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      244 8 PASSENGERS. Per Nuen Tung Mr W. I'vatt, Mr and Mis Friedmann, Mr and Mrs Boyle, Mrs Reese and two children, Messrs A. Lofe, A Colleyshow, Boomkamp and Miss Berlandier. Per Carlyle Mr Kerr and Inspt Taylor. Per Hai Nam MrHunnwell. Per Perak Messrs Donan, 0. W. Hewgili, Courtenay, E. L.
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      698 8 VESSELS IN PORT. Ship Flag Tons Master Arrived From Consignee Breconshire Brit 3690 Tomlmson May 11 Kiu-hinot/.a Boust- I ROt-tain Blake Brit 2896 Hill May 18 Cardiff Admir.-. CTRoertain Ban Poh Guan Brit 576 Smith May 18 Macassar If M B M,.. Bangkok Ger 1237 Klimmet May 19 Bangkok Benn
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