The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 10 June 1908

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    16 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1908. NO. 6,313
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    129 1 The Court of Appeal opened yesterday, the first cisc heard being a bankruptcy appeal P^ge 8. Strained relations exi.-t between Montenegro and Servh and the latter exje apology—Page 5. The American battleships Maine ar.d Alabama have left S<m F. U r Honolulu, Manila pud Suez Page 5.
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    THE BEACHCOMBER.
    944 1 Sheltered under the enormous roots of a giant coconut palm, th.it had baen torn up by the hurricane of the week before, and now lay btretebed on the ground, he lav half his bare feet co. 1 d by the era of the incoming tide, that iv soothing
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      202 1 Boudoir, Concert Grand, Grand Upright Grand Pianola \I A f% O le' le est ancs Cheapest m the SHOW ROOMS, 375 Victoria Street. A. FRANKEL Co., Sub-Agents. P'^'T! B^^ THE HOST DESIRABLE CAR. CONSISTENT RELIABILITY, LOW COSt OF UPKEEP, SILENT RUNNING, GET A SI IT^ T\ 17* ff *%F I
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      325 1 np//H only banned Milk m which the Full Flavour of fresh @ow's Milk is retained. MOST FLATTERING TESTIMONIALS FROM MEDICAL MEN To be had from the Dispensaries and Retail Dealers. Entertainments. Entertainments. ciNEMA TOGRAPH BEACH ROAD. Entire Change PROGRAMME Nightly, From To-Night, ONLY PATHE FRERES FILMS, L. I". WlLLlS,— Manager.
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      96 1 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. Robinson Co. have a new sliipni< ladies and children's shoes Page 5. Coghlan ,*c Co. sell valuable town properties on the 29th Page 3. Wanteds European assistant apothecary and two smart Chinese salesmen Page 2. To lets Parkstone, unfurnished Rooms at St. Thomas Walk and at the Grove—
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      342 1 THE WEEK. Wednesday, 10th High Water:— 6.43 a, 7.28 p Thursday, lltb High Water. 7.57 a., B.il p. 8.1. Mail Homeward close?, 3 p N.D.L. Mail Outward due. S.V.I. Musketry Drill, 5.15 p Friday, 12th Bigh Water.— B.ss a., 8.49 p S.V A. D B.F. Gur Laying 5.30 p S.R.E.
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    A SINGAPORE BETTING YARN.
    670 2 the Sp r\\: orresponrcUtea m a tun, an Qt 1 said to Ha t The good people of I lockapore 'to .us title) are iave bt^n To ring on is anathema, w I c. How 1. iago i took th .t ancient it you cannot lose"
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    THE OLDEST OF TEMPLES.
    52 2 mple m the world I g :vd by explorers exca\ kßismya, entral Babylonia. the walla of a towel o uncovered, the summit was ck ued. and inscription discovered upon the sur- a brick stamped with the name of !!Jii? Alittle lower appeared Na an P* 1
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      1253 2 THE SUBSCRIPTION LIST WILL OPEN ON MONDAY, THE 15th DAY OF JUNE, ■j 908, AND CLOSE ON OR BEFORE THURSDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF JUNE, UOB. WHITEAWAY, LAiOLAW COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated under the Companies Acts, 1562 to 1900). Capital £600,000. DIVIDED INTO 400,000 six percent, cumulative preference shares of £l
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      690 2 The difference between the purchase pric« and the amount of capital to be issued and paid up m cash will provide the Company with .£60,000 available as working capital and towards the cost of rebuilding the Calcutta premises. No Founders' Shares will be issued, none of the capital of the
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      346 2 H&verttacntenta. APARTMENTS. Vacant from Lsth June. Rooms single and double with board. Tennis and stabling. Si Thomas Walk. June 10 1 L 6 WANTED. EUROPEAN ASSISTANT. Wanted smart active man as Doorkeeper. Apply to— John Little Co.. Ltd., Jane 10 13.6 WAFTED AT ONCE Two smart Chinese Salesmen. ply John
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      436 2 Btterttsententt* INSURANQES. Commercial Union Assurance Co Ltd. Fire, L. ;ie, Accident, Guaran A> SETS exceed S 'AII.MILLIONS STERLING. W. A. SDCB Manager ft I'ndcrw; Eastern Branch, Singaporr. lUj New Zealand Insurance Co. Ltd. rOUt AND .MARINE. Subscribed Capital A Paid vcp Capital and 1-teservet j. i]qqq' Fire and Mac at
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    TURKEY AND PERSIA.
    405 3 T: c St. Peter.- 5 nrg I respondent of Urn I wrote era M y 9 I learn that exceedingly vn MWa regard I .lesitm: I Persia has batß twnived; m informed that the "d from i 'Yu-':i\l I he. The aggreaaiTe action t I T Urn
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    EIGHTY YEARS A SOLDIER.
    206 3 S( -burg correspondent of the MQ i A::.ong the objt id ich the Czar was enabled to exhibit to the royal and d: I guts] stc mbled a: c trakoe Selo for the S Iding was one that must v ba without a parallel. This was
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    WEIGHT INCREASED TO 20 STONE.
    314 3 Green, A comb. York, England. Pear S -I thought how much I should like to write and lell you what great benefit my daughter lived from taking your Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. For 3or 4 years she had been attended by different docand yet had
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      378 3 flc'Vcrtisemcnts. C the same diseases as these drugs C i m forty-eight hours without C C inconvenience. ->. C C Kaeh Capsule bears the name (ililDY) for diseases of the chest. i Of Hypo-Phosphite gf Lime. Prescribed m France for the last JO years It retains its reputation for Consumption,
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      563 3 tHDverttsements. TO LET. PARKSTONE: Nassim Roai. To Let, Unfurnished. 3 Bed Rooms, etc. Tennis Lawn. Apply to DUNMAN Co. June 10 mwf r.c TO LET No. 28 Raffles Place from Ist of April. At preseut occupied by the Methodist Publishing house. Apply Meyer Bros. Mar 3 TO LET s Large
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      626 3 Hfcverttsemcnts, AU&TIQN*. SALVAGE. Sea-damaged Cargo Ex s. s. Ponlianak AUCTION SALE AT 17, KENG CHEOW STREET, Friday, 12th June, at 11 a.m. 2 Cases Solidified oil. 1 Copper Pipe, 8 Rolls shafting, 84 bags sand. 92 bars Ilex and Oct Steel. ")4 bars Round Cast Steel. :>D gas pipes. 34
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      330 3 THERE ARE NO I FOR ANYBODY ON I H f i ,-A« PR WCt o^Vl^^V "Red Seal" and I 44 Dl 1 /3k \JLF%* m 11 at the lowest possible prices. I "Red Seal" retails at 9.50 per case. I "Black White" at $12.50 I of all dealers. I WHOLESALE
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      148 3 MORTGAGEES SALE "P $Q.ooo y Valuable Chinese Furniture etc. TO BE HKLL) AT No. 02 2 NEIL ROAD Saturday, 13th June, at 2 p. Comprising iron double and single h< J i. ebony dhmwtog room suite inlaid with le, carved and gilt all Screens, Sideboards. Malacca arm elm. wood lounging
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    The Singapore Free Press. Wednesday, June 10, 1908.
    1919 4 The Singapore Free Press. Wednesday, June 10, 1908. I Here ..hal' t'i» ?,e«; the People's ri-V ruaintuln, 17 h« influence and unliriiied by gain: H-rf na»ri.->{ 'i rutli h~* ?''>-i .v-< precepts draw. PleH.^td to Loyalty and law. The short telegram stating that the Viceroy's Council his passed a Press
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    639 4 Chinaman has committed suicide m bj :f. Gold hairpins have been stolen from a house at anal X P. C. Hunter is to wrestle Ban Hur at Riffles Hotel tonight. There h bilitj of their meeting with the gloves later. output of the Siphu Tin Co. Ltd-* for the mouth
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      383 4 A SPECIAL OFFER. I I THE STRAITS BILLIARD TABLE j 1 BY I BURROUGHES WATTS' I I complete with Cues, Balls, Rests Marking B?ari Etc Mow on View at our Furniture Showrooms. SOLE AGENTS I 9 C 7 1 LIMITED. I I j^j^^MFgßi^ia^—^T?- 1A JL AIJ<< I Ilimillll ■Til"" ■-rx*j-xrKv*xtt'jr-sxw
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      335 4 RUSKIN, EMERSON AND DERRICK Agree that Price is Governed by Quality. Those things called dear are, when justly istimated. the cheapest; they are attended vith much le3S profit to the artist than those vhich everybody calls cheap. All works of must bear a price m proportion to the (kill, taste,
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    CANTON STEAMER WRECKED.
    98 5 {From our h 255 p.m. Hong\ n Riter Steamer has been m v night, soon after her departure from HoD^kon^ she struck on a rock m a rair. on the route to Canton, .nk rap It is reported that 8 .cese are drowsed. The Pow.in is 2338
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    KING AND TSAR.
    65 5 BY TRAIN TO REYAL. Precautions for Tsar's Safe: The periil yachts have arrived tisea Aim iv, w M ••ut of th 3 Cjud aisUky, the Foreign Minister, and Admiral Dikoff, the Minister of Marine, on it the Tiar and Tsari'/i have altered their p' 1 are proceeding
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    SERVIA AND MONTENEGRO.
    39 5 Strained Relations." Rec. 10 20 am. The Servian Minister has left Cettinje, it ii > that the relations (with Mantenegi were not broken jiY, though they were of the most strained nature, and Servia expects an apology.
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    SCAN BATTLESHIP MOVEMENTS.
    42 5 SCAN BATTLESHIP MOVEMENTS. American battleships Maine and >ama have left San Francisco for Honolulu, Manila and Suez. Mr Garlield, Sdcre: t: of thfl Laterior, is 3a board the Miia9. and is going to Honolulu, to invest!^ Ue the immigration problem m Ii
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    MURDEROUS ATTACK
    274 5 s Mk M. A. I>£ SILVA. -hortly alter nc<>n, 9 stabbicu p which is Kkelj I r« serious took r>kce at N 85] 1 '.encooltu Street, the residence of Mr M. A L>-' Silva. A Oeylonese earned ApoOMBgo; WSJ living with him m the istant. For some reason
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    ALTERATION OF DATE.
    37 5 The C E M 8 Cbiaeee S boo! Hall wiUi i e l9th and 2oth instead 27ti Th iewhotow the 26th are asked to a:.- i i r the 19th. (By Submarine Telegraph. Reuter's.)
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    BOMBS IN INDIA.
    52 5 Rec. p.m. At Simla the Council has passed the Press and Explosives B.lls. Earl Minto, tha Viceroy, denounced the despicable endeavours m certain quarters to further the belief that tha recent assassination and outrages were the effort of a downtrodden people straggling to rid themselves from the
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    WARREN CHALLENGE SHIELD.
    657 5 The find c< uipetitioa for this year's honours took place at the Kuala Luinpor Bangs on Monday the 8th instant The .3 taking part werethe M. S. Guides 'Co; the M.S. Volunteer Rifles; the -i Ii.lintrv "B" Co; the B W. K. E C>; the RE, and
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    168 5 M Hewett, daughter of Sir John Hewett, fa fed 1 narrow escape from drowning while on the Like at N.iiii Tal, through her yacht capsizing. She was rescued by Lieutenant Cole and is luckily n«»ae the worse for the accident. A special meeting of the Municipal Commissioners will be held
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    "THE MERRY WIDOW."
    919 5 "The Merry Widow" descended upon Singapore last evening, but Sjnia of the M.usovian wealth and delightful ways, was m a hurry those steamer counections ami has W&ltZdd herself away agiin, the while many of those composing last night's large audience at the Teutonia Club are probably recovering
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    44 5 Special arrangements are being made for the wrestling contest tonight between Bert Hunter of the Singap>;*' Police and Ben Hun at the Riffles Hotal Concert Hall. The contest will take place after the complete show. One price, two dollars. Soldiers m uniform half price.
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    ATHLETIC NOTES.
    1006 5 Cricket is looking up with two whole day matches so closely together. The attendance of spectators is not Urge, and some of those who L, r i> consider there is not quite enouu'b keen rivalry aid punctiliousness. For instance a captain ought to feel, and make the man
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      997 5 ROBINSON&Co. NEW SHIPMENT OF LADIES' CHILDREN'S SHOES. No 50. Stout Walking Shoe. ™^^T Black or Brown Stout Glace Kid, No. 4901. Fine Glace Kid Shoe, strap shoe, leather heels, extra Twin straps, i Liu Louis h. strong soles, excellent snap-. smart pouted shape, trimmed jet but Piice -5.25 per pair.
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    WIRE NEWS.
    468 6 j Via Hongkong TIENi-IX-CHINKIANG RAILWAY. Pfkiu-. Ist June. Chan baa ippoirtod Board oi devoa men :it ot the Tient.-in Chinkiani^ I tV. Both the British and th- Cu-n::an financiers interested m the undertaking arc tHiwiltinfifitl with China's action. They have mind objections to the appoint UU'Dt. The htutsch
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    £2 A LIFE.
    45 6 I:, his report on the municipal milk depot. i>r. i medical officer of health for Laml .ted that the loss on the depot during the year had been £206, but thai quite 100 babies' lives had been saved by means of it.
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      295 6 Whooping Cough. This is a v- ry dangerous disease unless properly treated. SI that there are more deaths from it than from scarlet All danger may be avoided, however, g Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It liquities the tough mucus, making it easier to ctoratf. keeps the cough loose, and makes coughing
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      474 6 M) <ii^\ Wealth of hair is wealth indeed cs P c v ik )\l\ cially to a \vo\'k» J ?Ji' man. If your hair falls out, is too thin, or is losjO^( iugits color, use It will remove all dandruff, and will give you thick, long, lossy, and beautiful hair.
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      639 6 H&vertiscmcnts. 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 Porta. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. Outward (for China) 1908 Devanha June
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      695 6 H&vertiscmcnts. 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 from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight, and for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool monthly. One outward
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      618 6 flbverttscments. SHIPPING. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE, HAMBURG. The steamers of this Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, BrattflO, Antwerp, and Kotterdam, and the Straits, China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havn ;md Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and Colombo. Taking cargo
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      444 6 flsvcrti9cmcnts. >^ SHIPPING. I 1 l JL/« JL#t Norddeutscher Lloyd, BremeL IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE The fast and well-known mail steamers of thiß Company eail fortnightly from inetaen, Hamburg ria KottercUuQ, Antwerp. Boat tuuttpton Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connectn ies, Naples, Alexandria ana vioe versa) Port Said Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang
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    "YELLOW PERIL" ON BRITISH SHIPS.
    826 7 The Danger oi Chotsi Amckwdwm v. N mti G Poll Lakei my view of the gnd bmmmb m •':■••> employment oi Chinese raonl oard home-go og British He writes Fkvm a Xv;:. COWUBPOJ It i n, md r I -i of all partM that we
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    EXCHANGE.
    76 7 (Corrected up to June 9.) Bank 4 m/s 2/4^ demand M M 23 Private credits 3 m/s M M 2/4 1 credits 6 m/s 2/4 Feancb, demand Bank. M 291 J Q-brmant. demand 2?>'l India, T. T, 175 Hongkong, demand M 22% I Yokohama, demand lloi Java, demand 139}
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    PRODUCE.
    133 7 June 0. *rin buyers $34.15 Gambier 7.25 Qambier Ouht No. 1 10 7" G-ambior Cuba No. 2 9.50 Pepperßlaok (ord"n. Spore) buyers 11.25 Pepper. White (fail L.W. 5 p.«.) 19.< X I Nutmegs (110 to tlie ib.).., 7.00 Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) 19.00 Mace (Banda) norn Cloves (Am!
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    SHARES.
    724 7 SH A RES. C*ptUl Capital Issae Paid r v Issued paldapVala. ap Company. (toftfttfoaa $300,000 3<">0.000 10 10 Belat Tin Mining Co. Ltd $300,000 225.000 10 10 Bruang Limited 1000,000 600.0C0 10 10 Braaah Hjfcranhc Tin M. Co. Ltd 11.50 £400.000 350,000 1 1 Dofl Development Co. Ltd 60,000 60,000
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      39 7 An Oil Maxim Applied to a Modem Remedy. ne speaks of the fea>t as he finds lX imof the Portuguese. Judging [ved from people all over the country, praising < am s Colic era and .^vuien. i, 1 satisfattcry. It
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      773 7 Bfcverti9ement& On the Berth. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD For Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan Ports. The Imperial German Mail Steamer "GOEBEN" 8,792 Tons, Captain Wilhelmi, having left Colombo on Saturday the 6th inst., at 10 a.m. may be expected to arrive here on Thursday afternoon the 11th idem. She will probably leave the
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      63 7 HOTEL de la PAIX, SINGAPORE. This Old Established House having been thoroughly Repaired and Renovated is NOW REOPENED. Good Accommodation for Boarders Passengers. A Speciality s made of the Table, and only Wines, &c, of the best Quality are supplied. Terms Moderate. Runnebs meet 9TEAMEK F i v "7 -o
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    THE COURT OF APPEAL.
    881 8 OPENING YESTERDAY, Ax In I B BRTJIfI PoJOfT In Bank l- I Law The on Court 4 .U peal for the Colony j <.<[•-> ne I joaterday, m the Supreme Court. Tnree JudgM Ntt on the bench on Blr Ju>ice Bore mfce S side of the
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    LAWLESS CHINESE.
    179 8 Sis young Keh Chinamen appeared before Mr (rif.'n. m the second court, yesterday, two for being m possession of dangerous weapons and the others to show cause why they should not ba bound over to keep the peice. Inspector Connor prosecuted. A Klin:.: Lrliarrv syce said two of
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    RASH ACT ON A TRAM.
    144 8 A Chinese tram conductor was before Mr Green, the second magistrate, yesterday, on a charge of committing a rash act. A postponement till the 15th was granted at the request of the Tramway 1 mpany. c Inspector Connor said he was <juite on with tbe
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    A CHINESE OATH.
    131 8 Soiru- days ago, a Chinaman named Tan Tioh was arrested for being a wandei lunatic. It vi--i3 proved that he w:~ He alleged that Malay P. C. No. 363 robbed him of a sum of 840. A summons was issued againsr the P. C. and the case
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    THEFT IX A DWELLING.
    118 8 A silver watch and chain and a pencil were stolen from the residence of Mr M. C. it 3, Short Street on Friday last. TII3 chain and pencil werj subsequently foun m a pawnbroker's shop m North _-c Kmd, and a Kling youth was arrested for
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    ANOTHER REVOLVER STOLEN.
    42 8 ANOTHER REVOLVER STOLEN. A revolver at<l a w itch belonging to Mr Stanley Knocker have been stoleu from his 5, Tanglin Hill. A report has been made to tie pclic?. Thefts of revolvers from European dwellings have been rather ccuimon cf late. > <
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    155 8 Captain C. A. L. Graham, 24th Hazara Mountain Battery, at present stationed at N shera, has been selected for appointment as Commandant of tie Artillery Company of the Malay State Guide 3. Maj E.N. Davie, 99th Deccan Infantry is granted i ibined leave of absence from Ist July 1908, or
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    FOOTBALL.
    449 8 Regimes? Again Beat Club. Weather conditions couid not have been nore favourable than last night, when the ull strength of the Kegiment met a reconitructed Club team and beat them handsomely by two goals to nil. Or the changes n the Clvi, a sarious one was the necessity tor
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    S. C. R C. LAWN TENNIS.
    106 8 RESULT OF YiNTERDAY'S PLAY. A SINGLXS. Song Ong Joo, rec 3 beat Ong Teck Lim, owe 18. 5— 7, 7 5, 6 3. Lee Chim Tuan, scr beat Neo Ewe Kiang, rec 2. B—6, 6- S Scow Poh Leng, owe 3 beat Chee Toon
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
    96 8 The following scores were made m the Ladies Medal Competition for June played ju Monday. Miss C. Anderson, Mrs Bell, Miss Darbishire, Mrs Greane, Mrs Brooke Hunt, 31i> Yenning Thomas and Mrs Wilkinson also played but returned no cards. The winner's score constitutes a ladies record
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    LADIES LAWN TENNIS CLUB.
    57 8 Croquet Tournament. In the Mixed Double Handicap (Final) Mr and Mrs C. P. Green beat Mrs Saunders a,nd Mr M. E. Sherwood, by 11 points. In the Tics for To-day (Single Handijap) Mr Green scratches to Mr A. W. Bailey. For Thursday's play Mrs Saunders, receiving
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    81 8 An announcement on page 7 of this issue calls attention to an agency that should prove very useful to planters and others m the Straits, who desire to obtain coclies from Java. There are forty millions of people m Java, and though not a tenth of these are avail ible
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    35 8 The British steamer Kabicga on her irrival here yesterday from New York nrought 49,999 cases of kerosene oil for Foochow. Three Norwegian steamers arrived here yesterday from Bangkok with a cargo of < rice.
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    NEW DOCK CO. FOR BANGKOK.
    179 8 NEW DOCK CO. FOR BANGKOK. i We (Bangkok Times) learn that a dock and engineering company is being formed m Bangkok, by a number of high Siamese officials, and big Chinese merchants. The site pro- posed for the dock and the erection of the workshops and engineering plant is on
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      380 8 PASSENGERS. Per Hebe Mr Hissing Per Sumatra from Hongkong. Mr T. Knight. Per Thongwa Mr and Mrs Lissanevitch, Messrs R. H. Wilkinson, Van Den Berg, Kaidrie, Jacob. Per Asdung Dr Frankfurter, Mr Mingold, Mr B:andell. Per Penang Capt Oolhack', Mr F. Fox and S.Y I. Rifle Team. CLEARANCES. June Queen
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      787 8 VESSELS IN PORT. Ship Flag Tons Master Arrived From Consignee ingfaJn Ger 10<*l Kunipet Jum 6 Suatow Rahn M <-'}■»; Bangkok intenor Brit SS62 H;i/.H]and June 8 Liverpool Mansfield Sh.-.: Brouwer Dut 324 Boeibuis June 8 Djambie Daendels Djaiabti "'bristiania Ncr 9SO Olsen June 6 Katgoon Aik Chiong Rangoon L/orinthia
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