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

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    17 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1908. NO. 6,31 1
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    169 1 Per the Singapore Bishopric Fund $8< has been promised or subscribed Pagi The case of Mr Montagu Hirria to r<v his costs from a J^7 ii reported < n papo 8. A ptosejution under the Poisons O dinanoe is reported on p'te 6. Toe meeting betv.e n
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    THE RIVER.
    932 1 i ftcu wished that I bad clear For life six hundred pounds year. A bandsoUH to lodge a friend, A river at my garden's end. Surely DeiA Swift pl.ices the river at *co low a place io tfa bla thin;; Had he loogel f >r the raguUr ir=
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      245 1 AS a guarantee of the purity and quality of this well known brand of Milk, attention is called to the following analysis by the Government Analyst "THE SAMPLE CONTAINS IN ico PARTS. Solid Residue 12.51 Fa 3.U0 Aon Fatty Solids 9.// Milk Sugar U. 60 Ash 0.77 Sp. Gr. at
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      167 1 POPULAR WANTS. Grove Hotel and Sanatorium, Taujong Katong. Double and single rooms, bathrooms attached. Private verandahs to each room. Lessons m English by a young English lady. Apply to E. 11. c o Free Press." WANTED TO PURCHASE. Light rubber tyred palanquin for Cob. Lll. L. COGHLAX Co.. Liceused Auctioneers
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      235 1 Entertainm en ts. CINEMATOGRAPH 1 BEACH ROAD. Entire Change OF PROGRAMME Nightly. PATHE FRiRES' BEAUTIFUL PJCTUEES. TO-NIGHT RAFFLES HALL ANOTHER WRESTLING OONTEST AND Full complete Performance by Little Bessie Little Bessie AND Edisons Pictures. SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY THAT PHYSICAL MARVEL BEN HUR SEE HIM AND MARVEL AT HIS Amazing Development.
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      79 1 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. John Little Co. for substantial Englishmade harness Page 4. Coghlan's mortgagees sale of land Page 3. Isla de Panay for Colombo and EuropePage 7. Bankruptcy notice re Song Kee Chuan Page 2. Auction sale of furniture by Fernandez Page Notice re China Traders shares lost Page 2. Stock
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      370 1 THE WEEK, Thursda y lltu Sigh Water.— 7.s7 a., 8.11 p. 8.1. Mail Homeward close.?, 3 p N.D.L Mail Outward due. S.V I. Musketry Drill, 5.15 p Friday, 12th High Water.— B. lb a., 8.49 p Municipal Commission, 2.3 S.Y.A. D R.F. Gun Laying 5.30 p S.R.E. (V) Military Engineering,
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    AN EXTRAORDINARY COINCIDENCE.
    111 2 Kilph Payne-Gait *ej X :i the Gfoti I instate i." the itorj i I ■■extraordinary g Ifingooineid nee. "When p'.j\ 9»r Han ite, rt thaeago** 1 he mritea, 4 naj opponent, ■n «ked over a lark re, whicb then flattered about mi the ground at from fifty
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    AN AMAZING FEAT.
    119 2 who is a Brahmin of the B, a w iter m the For foui teen ye^rs be fche priests of the B M of Central India the necessary ed In t•> become a yogn. as a y mus: liable ol laking the fo ly-eighl <\res of the
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    THE SNAKE AND UMBRELLA.
    122 2 Here is a snake story bj Dr. Emil Reich tataa from Ihe PhUaddphia Record "A iii-in look a nap m the woods, laying his urn rock beside birn. After a wh;!e nto r B, and the m v ftiroke He wataU He tool h Idol his
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    NATIONAL MILITARY TRAINING.
    124 2 The text is published of a bill introduced HdOM oi Commons by Captain Kiu- to authorise national military training m Ihe Territorial Force. The object of the b.V. to amenvl the rial and Reserve Forces Act. 1997, and to authorise national military training m the Territorial Force.
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    AN INTERNATIONAL BISLEY.
    221 2 a. out a Dozen Teams to Comi ■i:ts. I hM ofl Ihe brawll 1111 oi >port organized by British O'.ympic ftlMloCi»tkni is that of aad pistol shooting. The compctitiuus are to b<: held at Bisley on July 9, It) and 11. I befort' the ordinary national natfihm
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      897 2 Penang Turf Club. AUTUMN MEETING, 1908. Tuesday, the 28th, Thursday, the 30th July, Saturday, the Ist Aug 1908. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 98th July, 1908. I. The Maiden PJate. Value $5109, A Race fjr Maiden Horses. Weight as per scale reduced 14 Ib 3. All horses imported iato the Straits or
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      559 2 Secretary, Penang Turf Club, Downing Street, Penang. No second prize will be awarded unless there be at least 5 starters the property of different owners and no third prize will be awarded unless there are seven such starters. In calculating the advertised value of any race the value of any
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      539 2 Hfc\>erttoemento. NOTIGES. SHORTHAND TYPEWRITING Promptly executed. Absolute secrecy guaranteed. Mrs. E. F. HOWELL, Cavenagh Bridge Buildings, Ptaffles Hotel. NOTICE. I hereby give notice that the Power of Attorney given by me to Lee Siew Choon was cancelled by me on tl:e 28th May ult. and the said Lee Siew Choon
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      412 2 Bt>vertiscmcnt9. NOTICES. MADAME FAMBON, LADY DENTIST High Class Work Moderate Fun, No. 215, Orchard Road. Nov 21 v.c JAVANESE COOLIES. Suitable for Rubber other estates, guaranteed to be hingkehs, are supplied on very favorable terms by MORAUX Co. Apl 2 Ships Agency late J. Daendefs Co., Ltd. I herewith hep.
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      546 2 Hongkong Shanghai Bankim? CorporafioiL Paid-up Capital .000,000 Resrrvi Fund Sterling Reserve 1 1 5,000,000 €O Silver Reserve I 3,500,000 2h 5( W,000 Reseevi Liability of Propeiitors $15,000,000 Court of Directors. Hon. Mr. Hinkt Kbswior. mak. K. <i<>KTz, Esq Deputy Chairman. E.G. Barketi, Kswr I I i- n 'makm, Eeq ay
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    QUARANTINE.
    243 3 HO SINGAPORE KEi.ri. \TIONS. Bring tfl tti" r>-->!y to the lever from < I :.:;ieiit pull ished m the ia<L minutes of ihc Chamber oi aerce at Hongkong. ral Chambei ot Commerce, H Dgkoag, 30th May. 1908. Mv c immittoc have now carefully your leit r of Tth insr,ant
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    INDOCHINA SECRET SOCIETIES.
    251 3 B 3SXI 5 P» A- IE st i mm iff. .1 a fia] it of the rr?ei at a Tonkin, upon which a police :ked that the cri: nis kl -.york torious Triad So I i!d be very bard 1 brace k 1 g nlty 1 to
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      97 3 The NEW FRENCH REMLD'r THSRAPION Nc.l THERAPION N0. 2 i t«K> miicl THERAPIONNO.3- ■vi-JFRAPION i Sold by Maynard 4 Co, Ltd. Singapore, m the Estate :t Chea Keow, Deceased. A fIOH BALI kBI*E TOWN PKOTKIITIKS. Coibhi and > 's Bakvodos Monday, 29th June, at 2 30 p m. Middle Read.
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      611 3 tffcvertisemcnts. WANTED. WANTED AT ONC3 Two smart Chinese Salesmen. Apply m Person to John Little kt Co.. Ltd. June 10 uc WANTED TO PURCHASE. Several strong Lighters or Barges of from ISO to 100 tons capacity and cne or two i smaller Boats or Pontoons suitable for HarI bour Construction
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      644 3 advertisements. AUCTIONS. MORTGAGEE'S SALE Monday, 15th June, at 2.30 y.m. All that piece of Land situate m the District of Toah Pyoh, being Lot 2 part of Grant No. 5. Area 75,633 square feet together w T ith the Compound House erected thereon known as 94, Thompson Road. H. L.
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      614 3 H&verttsements. MORTGAGEES LAND SALE Monday, 15th June, at 2.30 p.m. Two Louses Nos. 96 and 98, Telok Ayer S reet, Area 3,374 sq. ft. held under Statutory Land Grant, and 1 house No. 23, Duxton Road, Area 1,353 sq. ft. Freehold. For full particulars see Circulars. H. L. COGHLAN Co.,
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      572 3 FOR OF IRON AND STEEL. IX THE T T Q Vi ?"*T' """iliiiiP 5^ Resists the action ol Salts Specially Suitable for Prid- L gesi Piers and all Stan toral Ironwork. .^A^l "Siderosthen* iswhai Its I^l'X name implies: /\l V I "DEATH TO RUST" No oxidation la possible where "MdeioMhen
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    The Singapore Free press. Thursday, June 11, 1908.
    1895 4 The Singapore Free press. Thursday, June 11, 1908. pic's right maintain, 1 bribed by c:iin 11- -l-i precepts draw. a;i I .aw. Thai rdluabla naval book of reference Brass) \'s X tv.il Annul] has be?n ljng m coming, but it is none the less welcome that it ha 3 coma
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    485 4 A coolie has absconded with $13 32 from a Chinese shop at Cross Btreot Two report! of liousebreaki D g and are made from Macao and Fraeer Streets. Lieut X.I. Wbitty, 2nd B Kent f^3gt, was placed on the sick list on the (3th instant. The pobca h. we received
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    114 4 A Londoners were provided with a !uo yesterd-iy. when one hundred ne^ro sol-: ■Vest Afr i :neiit, who will trate West African life and busk waif..the Ro\. \.,v.. ii Military Tournament, marched barefooted through the itroeU I Waterloo to Mympia. When the train mad into W General Stopf^rd and Lord
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      252 4 Calobeck, Macgregor Cos r-^W!Z~\ SPECIAL "^/QIFVH^ known as CALDBECK.MACGRI COP r ijnui ft ny Ass m I Obtain ble I _f I I I— i ii» mi ii i^—w^ ii a .-^w^-->-^...i iiiiiiiuiwiwi ii ii ■wi ■nr-nnnni i r~ I f ri > N V i SUBSTANTIAL ENGLISH MADS HARNESS.
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      238 4 2 STUDIOS 2 I Adapted to the Mornim* and I to the Afternoon Light. They are the Largest, Coolest and best Equipped Studios m the Colony, and are situated m the most picturesque part of the town, adjoining Government House Domain. [Moreover, we pessess m a high degree all the
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    AT REVAL.
    44 5 j,» Suhin.ir-.ne Telegraph Reuters.) The Royal Meeting. a Imperial pirty mired at tad immediately proceeded on be t Stand ir r L-avi: icht they went ou board a yacht Victoria and Albert" to i m -<ian press [y welcomes I 1 1
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    Feating and Music.
    45 5 Received Jane 10th 6.15 p in. .nJUpo- v;as inch 1 the F i stiff ecavere I acqoet ia th g board i Jial toasts were excl I between the I jtor- were present at the 3 j, who listened I I lart
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    MATERIAL AND MORAL DAMAGE.
    48 5 h Claim Against China. a June un. French Cubire- has decided to cliita v I moral fctaek rty en the niii froi.- 1 to demand the recall auan. liar troops hive pill- i. jacking .;■..> X mgsi a is to be lemanded 'or this also.
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    343 5 B. Wallace, latterly man I the left jeate where he is ondertakicg m tin aiul m another commodity useful to Se!aogor. A ijce was before Mr. Colmao, yesterday, on a eh lations. A rikifi i p >liceman sail the *up bjhind the i. aba .bile te c 1 that it
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    MULAI HAFID AGAIN.
    20 5 (By Submarine Telegraph.— Reuter's.) Keceived June 10th 3.28 pra. Mulai Hafid his entered l\/. with much omp.
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    BATTLESHIP
    49 5 NARROW ESCAPE. Irresistible List. ship Itrasiatibb while exercising m the Channel had a narrow escape from capsizing. The sea valves refused to close and the water rushed m, causing the vessel to list > ie signalled for help and tugs standing by her and constantly pumping, coutio.led the water.
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    DANUBE-ADRIATIC RAILWAY.
    40 5 No British Capital. A draft scheme for the Danube-Adriatic y has bceu signed at Paris. A financial group tarnishes 45 cent of ihe capital required, and ;n m group provi per cent. is been supplied from British finan-
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    A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR.
    53 5 Motor Record at Brooklands. Iv the World"- Motor Car Championship m tha racing trac Brooklandg over a ;ourse of 27 tf. Nazuro, who was !dga f a Napier cir. The average speed throughout was 94f aailea an hour, and the maxitnuin speed even reached 1111
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    THE CINGALESE MURDER.
    71 5 Mi M A. de Silva, a Municipal contractor, who is b1 ibbed bj a Cingalese nnued Appu Senyo on Tuesday, died at the Gens Hospital, yesterday morning, after an :>pera:bu had been performed. The reason ;>f the attack is not known. Inspector < >xley brought the accused
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    DIPLOMAT AND A TINTACK.
    141 5 s York, Tuesday May 12. Mrs Nicholas Longworth (Miss Alice Roosevelt), according to an uncontradi story published m the American Press, has greal lalised the Diplomatic Corps at -iiington by her idea of what constitutes a practical joke. a >go she was sitting m the gallery
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    199 5 Eleven cases of pla gue are 1 epc rted t< i have occurred m Bangkok m M U ni of the Subordinate Civil Service ml] play the BA.T. A West Kents, this at association on the X c'amation gruind. Savsa HoDtrkoce paper The boom m Hongkong and Shanghai Bank shares
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    THE APPEAL COURT.
    196 5 Argument m the tankruptcy appeal casf having ended, judgment waa reserved h\ their lordships Justices Fisher, Sereouibi Smith and Braddell. Estate of Tax Ton*; Watt. The next appeal cunmeaced was m the matter of the estate of Tan T>ng Watt, deceased. Plaintiffs were Tan Ecg Wan, an
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    LINGGI PLANTATIONS LTD.
    113 5 Messrs Gathrieand Co. yesterday received a cable frcm the Secretaries of the above Company as follows meeting cf the shareholders of Linggi PlantatioEa L'd. held to-day (!> h inst) the report and accounts pr< .< dby the Directors for the year ending December olst IVO7 were unanimously
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    WRESTLING.
    354 5 The Raffias Music Hall list night, m addition to the usual performance of Elison's pictures, Ben Hur and his physical development, and Little Beisie, had an unusual item for Singapore, a wrestling bout. It came las: on the programme and it w half past eleven before the combatants faced
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    THE SWIMMING CLUB.
    47 5 Od [Sunday next, 14tlii cst, theie will be a Team Race after the arrival of the 10 o' clockj Uuncb, Club v. R K. The following will the Club: Wald, fifcKenzie, R. L Cuscadeo, N. H. D. Cuscadeb, Rtckett, Dr. Black, Brockwell and Butler.
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    165 5 Prompt" v to date comes the June No. of the Agricultural Bulletin. Among the matiris dealt with are The Cultivation of Pepppr m Sarawak" by Mr John Hewitt; Patchouli and the Agricultural Exhibition at Medan, Dali. The bulk of the number is taken ud with report sof the various Planters'
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    SINGAPORE BISHOPRIC ENDOWMENT FUND.
    411 5 FIFTH LIST OF DONATIONS. The Colonial Chaplain is very anxious to receive all the replies to his appeal ia behalt of Singapore Bishopric Eado^tuent Fund by the end of this week as he ha 3 promised to cable home to the Archbishop ou Monday the total
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    LIVERPOOL'S BAD TRADE.
    92 5 Liverpool shipowners and merchants are experiencing a serious falling off m trade, and teveral old-established firms have recently found themselves m difficulties. The amounts passed through the Liverpool bankers' clearing house from the week ending April 18 to May 9, compared with those for the same period
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    160 5 Telegrams from X wargehengtze sla l e that Russia has handed back to China sixty villages along the Amur Eiver m the region of AiguD, which Russia occupied during the vu*-, m consequence of the remonstrances made by the commandant of Aigun. The new skirt that is receiving the attention
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      909 5 NEW SHIPMENT OF I LADIES' CHILDREN'S SHOES. 1 io 50. Stout Walking Shoe. ™f* ta ack or Brown Stout GJace Kid, No 4901 Glace Kid Siioe. •ap shoe, leather heels, extra Twin straps, light leather sol. s. ronj; soles, excellent shape. ut pointed shape, trimmed jet buc I Piice 55.25
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    SALE OF CHLORODYNE.
    913 6 CxAJtOI A;\in-i i Local Chemist. Mr B Struve, manager of the Medical Hail. 23, Batter? Road, was charged Ixsfore Mr Thunder m the First Magistrate's Court, Yesterday, with failing to keep a stock book and a daily register of ttftfl stocks and sales of a medicine containing
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      516 6 a&vcrtiecmcnte. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. A regular FORTNIGHTLY Service is maintained between Japan and Europe by the following NEW TWIN SCREW STEAMERS. Unde* Mail Contracts with the Imperial Japanese Government. Specially designed for the Company's European Service, lighted throughout by Electricity, provided with excellent accommodation for First Second Class
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      622 6 H&vertisementa SHIPPING. P O STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. For Chin?, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London, Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coaßt, Persian Gnlf Continental and American Ports. Steamers will le*ve Singapore on or afcoat MAIL LINES. Oviward {for China) 1908 Devanha June
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      720 6 H&vertlscmente. 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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      542 6 B6vertiocmcnto. SHIPPING. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE, HAMBURG. The steamers of this Coiupany Lnaintaiu a regolar service between Hamburg, lire men, Antwerp, and Kotterdaiu, and the Strait-. China aud Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penaag and Colombo. Taking
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      386 6 a&vcrtiecmcnts. SHIPPING. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Breme: IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE The fast and well-known mail steamers this Company sail fortnightly (roa ;u en. Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vie* v«rga) Pott Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penan g, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki A Kobe
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    VOLUNTEER ORDERS.
    316 7 E. C. Eliia Acting Commandan i Singapore, l>th June. S. V. A. y H Lieut A. A. Lerruit. N I O. Bombr E D. Butler. Parades, or. Tuesday l<>:h at 0.30 pin, DR F. an 1 G :n Laying. A week-end camp will take placo al Pa3ir Pdojang
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    SHARES.
    738 7 Capita! Capital Issae Paid Issaed paid ap Vala« op Company. Qu.Utloi,. ♦300,000 300,000 10 10 Belat Tin Mining Co. Ltd 5 $300,000 225,000 10 10 Brnang Looted g|| $600,000 600.0C0 10 10 Bruseh Hydraulic Tin M. Co. Ltd I £400,000 350,000 1 1 Dnff Development Co. Ltd il 60,000
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    FASHION SENSATION.
    416 7 v Gowns Cause a Distuk \n egoers ware provided with a sensation bj| bamp on S in day m the shape uf an exhibhi o b> four ladies of the latest Paris fashions. -s a lon^ -tandiug custom loi the great costumit French cap:: kOise tinrace meeting lot
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    An Oil Maxim Applied to a Modem Remedy.
    13 7 An Oil Maxim Applied to a Modem Remedy. Cholera Remedy, v v o..tL
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      468 7 IFVOT AI;E NOT SATISFIED WITH YOUR BEER GET A SUPPLY OF PHOENIX BEER. Once tried you will always stick to it. To be had of all dealers and m first class hotels. PILSENER m cases of US Quarts $13 per case, id. 96 Pints $16 LAGER US Quarts $12 id.
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      325 7 v9| j CBAPOTEAITS I I Wl PUOSPtfO-GLYCERATE I Sfecommendcd m Loss of Vitality znd Power? I v Nervous Debility, Neurasthenia, fuilN. Impotence, I nswuc-V Dyspepsia, Nervous Troubles m adults and children* Sold n CAPSULES, m SYRUP, er in WINE. CHAPOTEAI T PARIS FRANCE »IM' Ml 'Ml I SINGAPORE FOUNDRY LIMITED.
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      571 7 EXCHANGE. (Corrected up to June 10.) Bank 4 m/s M 2/4 v l^ demand 2/S| Private credits 3 m/s M 2/4 j credits 6 m/s w 2/4 Francb, demaud Baiik.w 291 GteiMANT, demand M 2c6| [ndia T. T, 175 Kongkox3, demand 22% Tokohama, demand 113^ Java, darnand M M 139j
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      290 7 No. 1 DOCK. No 1 DOCK. Length inside 514 ft. Length Inside 375 ft. AVidth of entrance, top 95 ft., bott Width of entrance, top 60.5 ft bott. 75 ft. 45.8 It Water on blocks 27.5 ft. Water on blocks 20.5 I Time to pump out 4 hours. Tmie to
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    MESSAGES FROM MACASSAR.
    1496 8 COUNSEL AND HIS FEE. A FK'.\ In IKUF.STIN'. PvSS.V.ES. An i'm was commenced yesterday m the S ipreme Court taforethe Acting Chief Justice, the Hon'ble A. F. G. Law, m which Ml MoategQ II mis is the plaintiff, and Ban! M-uahem and Joseph Khalifa, who ne ago
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    DERBY SWEEPSTAKES.
    335 8 AN ADVERSE OPINION. Foreign Cibculars. People who have not the gambling instinct, but wbo like an occasional innocent flutter m a sweepstake will be pained to hear that all sweepstakes are illegal. It does not matter whether the sweepstake ia drawn m a club, a public-house, or a
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    STEEL-STRUNG RACQUET.
    78 8 A racquet with steel strings is the newest thing for tennis players. Through the centre of the gut strings three Win B are strung. These, it is claimed by the inventor, add greatly to the power and resiliency of the racquet. Players who know the limited life of
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    RAUB G. M. CO.
    807 8 Genebal Manager's Report for 4 weeks ending 23rd May. The mine measurements and assay results of prospecting work show a total of 9()0 feet for the period (4 weeks) under review, made up of 12 feet sinking 163 feet driving, 3 18 feet crosscnttklg and 382
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    S. C. R. C. LAWN TENNIS.
    87 8 RESULT OF YESTERDAY'S PLAY. A Singles. Kiong C hin Eng, owe 4 beats Seali Cheng 100, rec I—6,1 6, 6 l, 6— i. B Singles. Song Chin Eng, scr beats Koh Peng Hoe, >we 7. 6 4, 7 5. Yeap Yeow Chin, owe 3
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    330 8 The French steamer Am. Litouche Yiaille arrived here yesterday from Dunkirk with a cargo of pDwder and dynamite. The homeward bound Spanish mail steamer Isla, de Panay left Manila yesterday mcrning and she is not expected here till Sunday afternoon. On hfr outward voyage there was an accident
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    PASSENGERS.
    55 8 Per Paroo Mr D. Miles, Mr S. C. Yeomans. Miss K. Logne, Mr E. Connell, Mr and Mrs Cassim, Mr E. Thomas. Per Sappho Mr and Mrs Miller, Messrs S. H. Best, V. A. Flower, G. A. Derrick, F. Ohander. Per Giang- Ann Mr D. R. Edwards. Per Nam
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      333 8 CLEARANCES. June 9. Betsy, Dut. str., Bojeng, for Bagan via ports. June I<\ Sithonia, Ger. str., Brehmer, for Hamburg via ports. Solva, Nor. str., Tellefsen, for Bangkok. Lightening, Brit, str., Gentles, for Penang and Calcutta. Perlak, Dut. str., B wart, for P. Soesoe. Buyo Mara, Jap. str., Filmer, for Aomari.
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      652 8 VESSELS IN PORT. Ship Flag Tons Master Arrived from Consignee Anghin Ger 100 l Kttmpet June 6 ftwatow n Meyer Jiangkok Antilochus Brit 5796 Kenny June 9 Bajy nsfield L'poolll Asdang Siam 405 Svarrer June I Bangk ngkok 18 Babalan Dut 359 Jansen June 9 P. Samboe Ami V>-\ Cb.
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