The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 19 June 1908

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    16 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1908. NO. 6,321
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    146 1 A great demonstration of popular appreciation of Roosevelt toot place at the Convention. Taft baa secured 700 seats out of 980. (Page 5 Our special correspondent at Horgkong states that a return has been laid on 'ht^ Legislative Council table there shovuug that only 2 per cent,
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    WHERE GRANITE GROWS.
    1631 1 The variety M the Malays have it. found in Singapore is of grey inclining to j ;Ui ,l very dazzling it is wheti \sorked I building or road mutiag purposes. G; of course, does not urow. Stalagmites ai.d stalactites are the only forms of rock that increase
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      493 1 THE FEDERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY Head Office, Hamilton, Canada. Capital and Assets, $3,870,472 (gold) Paid Policyholders, 1907, 287,268 Total Insurance in Force 19,000,000 Policies Indisputable after One Year from Accumulation Policies. issue. Compound Investment Policies. The Most Desirable Policy Contracts. Guaranteed Income Bonds. Presid- I Managing Director. General Manager for
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      145 1 SHORTHAND TYPEWRITING Promptly executed. Absolute secrecy guaranteed. Mrs. E. F. HOWELL, Cavenagh Bridge Buildings, Rallies Hotel. tlPtntp-KlntD Annual publicaiion. THE SINGAPORE AND STRAITS DIRECTORY for 1908. 911 pp. Royal Bvo., Cloth f Price $7-5O per copy; $8-00 Post Free. Publishers FRASER AND NEAVE, LIMITED. To be had from all Booksellers
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      247 1 POPULAR WANTS. (Wanted; To Let; For Sale; Notices; etc., np to 30 words in length will be accepted for this column at One Dollar for three insertions. Cash with Advertisement.) PIANO FOR SALE In good condition. Address GLENCOE, Keppel Harbour Dock.! WANTED A European youth of a good Education for
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      110 1 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. Piano for sale Page 1. Board and residence Page 3. Mr. P. K. Knyvett ceases to bold Vacuum Oil Co's power of attorney Page 2. S. P. K. M. Soruasundaram Chetty has purchased the Katiles press Page 2. Bankruptcy notice in re Lim Loon, alias Dim Eug Siew
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      145 1 Entertainments. ALHAMBRA CINEMATOGRAPH, BEACH ROAD. Pathe Freres' Beautiful Pictures. TO-NIGHT'S PROGRAMME. Ist Show 7.30—9 p.m. 1. The Plank 2. By cycle robber 3. The mines and forge at Decazeville 4. In Brazil. The Pera-Chicada Falls 5. Maniac Juggler 0. Music and Poetry 7. Smelling of a police dog 8. The
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      356 1 THE WEEK. Friday, 19th High Water.— o.4!' a., 2.27 p P O Mail Outward due. Municipal Commission, 2.3° p j Hockey, S.C.C. (2) v. D. Co. C. E. Z. M. S. Fancy Sale, Vic. M'rial Hall, f S.R.E. (V) Military Engineering, 5.15 p 1 Saturday, 20th High Water.— l.42 a,
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    IMMIGRATION PROPOSALS.
    346 2 A letter has been sent by the Immigration League oi Australasia to the Permiers' Conference making the following suggestion 1. That the system now existent in Queensland, New South Wales, and Western Australia, by which persons in Australia are allowed to nominate relatives in other countries for assis'el
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    THE BRITISH OFFICER.
    490 2 Mr David Fraser, wfoose toiur through Western Asia, was published in the" Times of ludia," gives.-, cisu.tl estimate of the British ilicer, with which we cordiallj agree Be writes My lonely journey along Asia Minor wad to l»e pleasantlj interrupted ;;fc Atiun-Knra--11;--ir AtiuQ is Turkish for opium,
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    SAD ECHO OF THE BATTLE OF TSUSHIMA.
    146 2 London, June 5. A Brazilian training- vessel h.is discovered twenty castaways upon a desert island, in the Pa -.:i kr. maa Wake Island. These people are supposed to be Russian survivors who escaped from the naval battle of Tsushima "S.C.M.P." W ike bland
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      6 2 A Medicine that Will Cure Chronic
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      503 2 Hbvcrtteements. TO LET. TO LET Office at 49, Robinson Road Ist and 2nd Floors. Entry Ist July. Apply to— R. SASSOON, 1 D'Almeida St. June 18 u.c. TO LET House No. 5 Mount Sophia with a good view of the sea and tbe island. Enquire from Mrs Masuda Rahamim at
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      458 2 H&vertisernenta. TO LET. OFFICES TO LET. Raffles Square, over The Robinson Piano Co's., premises. Apply ROBINSON PIANO Co., lifed. Oct 2 TO LET No. 10 Tiverton Lane off Killiney Road. Apply to B. N. ELIAS, 5, Malacca Street. Aug 7 7.7 OFFICE OK GODOWN TO BE LET. Ground floor of
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      514 2 H&vcrtificmcnts. NOTIQES. MADAMEIFAMBON, LADY DENTIST High Class \York Moderate Prick. No. 215, Orchard Road. Nov 21 u.c Church of England Zenana Missionary Scciety. CHINESE GIRLS' SCHOOL. Sale of Work in the Victoria Memorial Hall Friday .line 18 4to 6.30 p.m. Saturday June 20 10 a.m. to 15UW Kindly help in
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      466 2 H£\>crtt3cmcnt;,. BANKS. Hongkong Shanghai Ban* Corporation. Paid-up (UITOU «...515.*****0 Reservi Fund Stsrluu? Reserve S 100) t-Q Siiver Reserve 1 3,500,000 j *^> 0 00,000 Rxservh LiAßiLirv H Pkopkiitoes ji m OOUET Oil DIk«CTOEB. H<>n. Mr. Bbkbt Kbswiok.— Chairhajs K. <ion-/., Esq.— Deputy «'haieman. B '<. ].AHi-.y Ksg. jC. *iakk Eaa
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    SIR HENRY McCALLUM AND AN OLD SINGAPORE P. W. D. CONTRACTOR.
    694 3 SIR HENRY McCALLUM AND AN OLD SINGAPORE P. W. D. CONTRACTOR. vvr .f <.tTa i 0OITC8« ideat writes ob i■ h June: Moolai is one of the ii spa G taut villages a M Iff M N. Sinnappoo, His Excellen y"s o'.d nd valued contractor at years ago, read tb&t
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    AN ARCTIC DERELICT.
    167 3 Gfavi ia !>een received of the disc whalers cf the 1 e^plorir^, H. S s»*or. For over fifty- fire years this old man of- war has .bI M Bay, Behring 3irß beH M f < ttwn Cap .hip in ISoi. Ei ■troog testiaiony to the way the
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      921 3 Penang Turf Club. AUTUMN MEETING, 1908. Tuesday, the 28th, Thursday, the 30th July, Saturday, the 1st Aug 1908. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, S8tk July, was. 1. The Maiden Plate. Value >500. A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight a3 per scale reduced 14 lbs. All horses imported into the Straits or F.
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      440 3 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 ani no third prze will be awarded uni >s there are seven such starters. In calculating the advertised value of any race the vaLe of
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      597 3 advertisements. AUGTIONS. AUCTION SALE OF Veluebie Teak Household Furniture (§bc. THE PROPERTY OF R. H. FORBES ESQ. At No. 5-2 Devonshire Road. On Saturday, 27th June, at 2:30 p. m. Handsome teak solid ornament stand carved massive teak sideboard with mirror panels teak dinner wagon a set of six teak
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      311 3 IS The Ideal Rcofing for this Climate. I Vermin* proof. THE THICKEST QUALITY (3PLY) CAN BE SUPPLIED AT $12 per roll of 216 square feet complete with caps, nails and cement for fixing. AGENTS Singapore. SPECIAL FEATURE A CHEAP ADVERTISEMENT J" POPULAR WANTS." ,ycn have a House to Let, Rooms
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      Births.
      29 4 On June 1, 1008, at Shanghai, the wife of WM. Taylor, a son. On Juno 3. 11»OH. at Shanghai, to Mr. and ilrs. W. F. Tvlek. a son.
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      Marriage.
      29 4 On Jane 1, ISO*, at Sbangll&i, ETHEL Maude, youngest daughter of the late Augustus White, to Gordon Stuart Valentine, second sou of the lato If. S. Bid well.
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    The Singapore Free Press. Friday, June 19, 1908.
    2403 4 The Singapore Free Press. Friday, June 19, 1908. H P b the People's ri^ht maintain, wed Sv influence and unbril>eil \>y gain; FJere patriot i ruth h~* g'lonous precepts draw. PleH^cd to Religion, Loyalty and I_iw. A telegram to the Singapore Free Press from Hongkong yesterday states that on that
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      482 4 FOR ONE WEEK ONLY. WE ARE HOLDING A GREAT 0 k i C GLEARANGE OHLL OF Monday, June 15th, to June 20th. ENORMOUSLY REDUCED PRICES TO REDUCE A HEAVY STOCK PREViOUSTO June 30th Stock Taking. JOHN LITTLE COMPANY, LTD. R A C LONG DISTANCE 2 Mr HENRY STURMEY. COMRELIABILITY TRIAL.
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      375 4 RUSKIN, EMERSON AND DERRICK Agree that Price is Governed by Quality. I Those things called dear are, when justly estimated, the cheapest; they are attended with much less profit to the artist than those which everybody calls cheap. All works of Art must bear a price in proportion to the
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    NOT A FINAL SCHEME.
    115 5 MR. ASQUITH PENSIONS. A Guillotine Resolution. jraph. Renter'?.) Eta June 1-th. 9 50 rn. Mr A- litb, ia speech closing the lebate on the >ld Age Pensions Kill, said he had no dool I th -he resources of the country would be equal to the demand
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    DISTINGUISHED PARSEE'S DEATH.
    51 5 Received June 18th, 10 a.m. The death is announced of Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy. Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy was mealed Baronet in I^ T. Be wis the head of the -ee community, and member of the BomM micipal CorporarJon, JTnaHce ol the the Bombay University. He was born a
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    AN ALARM OF FIRE.
    131 5 Fire Brigade received a call to a fire be Hotel de l'Europe yesterday morning, but it proved to be a false alarm. A: it] while kmm pitefa mu being fwa >n the roof promenade of the i pot boiled over and taught tire. The pitch ftured
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    A COMPLAINT FROM THE BAR.
    339 5 Mr laimt complained to Mr rreen, senior trate, festerday, of the tilths Mdition i the staircase at the Police Court. Mi <ruin f said thai some time ago a Sikh Police Constable was pal on duty at t. itairs to prevent '.e from spitting. N
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    OPIUM SMOKING IN CHINA.
    80 5 An Astonishing Official Return. Only Two Per Cent Chinese Population Smoke Opium. {From our o:cn Correspondent^ Hongkong, June 18th, 1.46 ptu. Mr C. dementi, Clerk of the Councils in the Hongkong Government, has laid on the table of the Legislative Council an official return which shows
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    POSSESSION OF FIGHTING STICKS.
    82 5 Two Chinamen were charged before Mr Green, the second magistrate, yesterdav. with being armed with dangerous weapons The accused were arrested in Tan Qaee Lan Street some nights ago and about a hundred fighting sticks were seize i in a gharry by the police. Mr Moat
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    SALE OF PROPERTIES.
    144 5 The following properties weie sold at Mews Fernandez Co'a Sale Rocm in D'Almeida-st on Wednesday at "2 oO pin Twenty freehold building allotments off Gaylang-rd, total area 40,000 sq ft bought M. Savan Chetty for $600. Freehold laud and house No. '29 off Campos-: Jara-rd, area 6567
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    THE YUNNAN REVOLT.
    336 5 Says the China Mail A gentlem la who has just arrived in the Colony from the scenes of the revolt in Yuunao. bearing as a trophy a banner of the rebels, >p€aks in high terms of the physical character of the forces operating against authority iu China.
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    INDIAN RAILWAYS.
    116 5 Allahabad, June 5, A special London cable to the Pioneer Bays that the India < >tlico Railways Committee recommends in addition to the annual tixed Bum of \2\ million, of which 7\ should be raised in England, should be met by trans* ferring some lines to Companies raising
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    POPULAR ROOSEVELT.
    68 5 CHICAGO DEMONSTRATION. (By Submarine Telegraph Reuter's.) Received June 18th 2.45 pm. At the Chicago Convention a speech of Senator Lodge, the permanent chairman, eulogising Roosevelt, evoked a remarkable demonstration lasting for 45 minutes. Sanator Lodge's impressive declaration that Roosevelt's resolution was not to aocept the Presidency again reduced
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    THE TONGKING FRONTIER.
    39 5 More Trouble. A Paris telegram from Saigon states that two strong bands of so called reformers have crossed the frontier in the Liokari District and are levying contributions. A force has baen seat to disperse them.
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    AN APPEAL TO THE SWORD.
    52 5 The Times correspondent at Teheran says that the Shab, replying to a Parliamentary deputation, delivered a forcible speech in which he slid his ancestors h;id won the throne by the sword, and he is not prepared to 1 >se his inheritance without an appeal to
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    THE NEW HONGKONG COURTS.
    189 5 THE NEW HONGKONG COURTS. The Builder of Mtv '2id contains a section, pldii, and elavatiou of the design for the new Liw Courts at Hongkong, to bs erected as a part of a group of new public buil lings upon a portion of land reclaimed from the Harbour by the
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    THE "YUGANTAR" DEFIANT.
    394 5 Calcutta, June 6, The Yugautar which appears invariably on Saturday suddenly appeared yesterday morning. Thousands of copies had been struck on Thursday during the day and night before the police got wind of it. and before it had risen to the phenomenal value of a rupee a
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    JUDICIAL REFORMS IN BURMA.
    48 5 Owing to the congestion of work on the Original side of the Chief Court, a proposal has been submitted to the Local Government for the establishment of a new Town Court. with three judges having jurisdiction extending to about three thousand rupees also juris-
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    CUP TIE.
    976 5 West Kents Beat Club. For the first match of the Cup Ties of 1908, played on the Esplanade last night, it was a little unfortunate for the sustained interest of the competition that two of the strongest teams should have been drawn together. But so it fell that
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      146 5 ROBINSON CO. 0 NOW ON SHOW. Lace Robes l^i# Embroidered J ,>j Muslin Jm IT i3 IN THE INTEREST OF EVERY BUSINESS MAN I TO CALL AND SEE I LETTER COPIERS. I DUPLICATING MACHINES. I STEEL FILING CABINETS. I AND STEEL OFFICE FURNITURE. I ViSl r ORS /RE WELCOME WHETHER
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    SIR JOSEPH BAMPFYLDE FULLER ON INDIA.
    642 6 Notable Letter in -The Times." London, June <>th. The Times of to-day prints over a column Utter from Sir Joseph Bampfylde Fuller, in v l;;ch he declares the Government has failed to maintain order in India. "My friends in India, both EcV.isi; and Indian
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      116 6 Wboopuag Cough. is a very daagco a unless properly treated. Stl s sliow that there are more deaths from it than from scarlet fever. All danger may be avoided, hon i Chamberlain's Cough Etomedy. It liquities the Lougb mac in idig il easiei to expec: eps the cough loose, and
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      496 6 Weak and Exhausted -Almost Ready to Surrender and Cease Fighting the Battle of Life. If your blood circulates /IP??vN poorly and your /^^SO^^n nerves are weak; if you fa \t>-\ are despondent afry l;' V^V» and discouraged, r^wtfw with stomach out j l^/iW[ of order, and have \mf., %j indigestion,
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      620 6 Sbvertisemcnta. SHIPPING. P O STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. For Chins, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London* Tkrough BUIb of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports. Steamers will Isave Singapore oa or aboot MAIL LINES. Outward {for China) 1908 Devanha June
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      643 6 atwerttsemente. SHIPPING OCEAS STEAM SHIP Co. Ltd. AND China Mutual Steam Nav. 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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      561 6 advertisements. SHIPPING. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE, HAMBURG. <L »_<— The steamers of this Company maintain a regolar service between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Strait-. China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and I amburg and once a month for Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and
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      488 6 SHIPPING. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GEKMAU MAIL LINL The fast Knd well -known mail ttaMMi this CoiDpany sail fortnightly from I Hamburg via Uotterdsun, Antwerp, Botrf ban Gibraltar, Gnnoa, Njiplefc, (c:»nns-ction Mm Naples, Alexandria and vict- versa) Suez, Aden, Colombo, Fenang. BiOMpi n kong, Shangnai, Nagasaki A Kobi H fol
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    FALL IN METALS.
    420 7 pirt of the world h;is been badlj i>y the fall in the price of tin. The EmbOOI Brakes Hill Co. had to listen to a Ekma&iti annual meeting, when Ck iiruian said A t»reat change had come over the fortunes p.tr.y BMM tbey last met. Tweive ■gfl
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    FOOD TAXES INCREASED.
    244 7 How Fee? L u>l D Finds ma -,'e. M Traa i believe that Liberal I lover ni;. >lish food taxes, and I d are in fact being ivluced, n rested ko know on Ihe authority S DO, who Wid a paper before Ki\ a. 31 I S
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    TRADE DEPRESSION.
    168 7 acting low price el tin is making felt in every qu I ilmost ev t y and form. The merchanti i men all seem to be having a >o mild attack of the so-called sleeping I speculation is life as to I I thargy will last. On every
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    Do Not Neglect the Children.
    29 7 mm ol the yeai the firs* un natural looseness of h; iUid have JMWiffiatu m- lht' th! ug that can be Chamberlain s Colic,
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    THE ANNAM REBELS.
    1049 7 Still Unsubdued. Nhatrang, May 28. The native disturbances of C<Juinhone are now getting nearer home. Yesterday evening an officer of the native Constabalary arrived from the Deoka, the pass in the mountains which divide that province from our own. This range of mountains which acts as a
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    EXCHANGE.
    77 7 (Corrected up to Juns 18.) Bank 4 m/s 2/4, x 0- demand M .<* 2/3£ Private credits 3 m/s w 2/4 v-\ credits 6 m/a 2/4 1 Feanch, dexnand Bant.^ 291 GiRiiANT, d6raand w 2G6| [ndia, T. T, w 175 Hongkong, demand 20°o Yokohama, demand 113 J Java, demand
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    PRODUCE.
    131 7 June 18 *rin $64.12'Gambior buyers 7.10 Gambier Cube No. 1 11.00 Ganibior Cube No. 2 w 9.50 Pepper Black (ord'u. S'poro) 11.15 Pepper, White (fairL.W, 5 p.e.) 18.60 Nutmega (110 to the lb.).- 1 7.50 Nutmegs (80 to the ib,) M %m9 19 50 Mace (Banda) nom Gloves (Ambcina)
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    SHARES.
    758 7 MINES. Cap!t*l C*plUl Issue Paid laaued paid ap V*Ia« ap Company. Qu tatfoa $300,000 300,000 10 10 Belat Tin Mining Co. Ltd 5 $300,000 225,000 10 10 Bruang Limited 5" $600,000 600,0C0 10 10 Brueeb Hydraulic Tin M. Co Ltd 1150 £400,000 350,000 1 Duff Development Co. Ltd £60,000
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      1041 7 Selangor Turf Club. PROGRAMME. July 7th, 9th and 1 lth 1908. FIRST DAY. 1. Maiden Plate.— Value S400. A Race for Maiden horses. Weight 9 stone, Exgriilins allowed 7 lb. Entrance $20. Distance R.C. 2. A H^rse Handicap.— Value $500. $60 to ?nd horse provided there are 5 starters the
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      386 7 s.s. "KISTNA" FOR PORT SWETTENH4M PENANG, The above steamer will be detained here for docking and boiler cleaning, and will not take the sailing of the 24th instant. She will resume her usual sailings on Wednesday the Ist proximo. June IS 25. G NEW SERVICE BETWEEN SINGAPORE, MUAR AND MALACCA.
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      296 7 FOR SALE. lADini INPI FOR SALE. r-.J&b Well-built gig with rubber tyred wheels. /~£^W^§ (CMAPOTEAUT) §7.1 or offers. Apply "M. H." c o "Free Press." 7>^ A May 29 mwf. u.c SI v Ml STABLE BEDDING. '^S^V Lemon Grass. A cart load of 25 Bundles iJr/ *y delivered to any
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    COURT OF APPEAL.
    438 8 PROMISSORY NOTE CASE The Court of Appeal consisting of Justices Fisher, Braddell and Sercombe Smith veaterdav continued the hearing of the case Ne'harUnds Trading Society v. Yeo t Cheng Hoe, Lim Cboo Keng and others t (apf>ellants). t For the appellants Mr Greenfield; for the i N.
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    THE U.S. FLEET TO OMIT HONGKONG.
    192 8 1 bQ tn r I Smigk ing, Sir Lugard at me last neatiag of begialatire Couucil menticued the final decision that the US Baal would not riait 1! ngkong although at i ....»u to thai Beet had been aeoti ted Ummgh the [mperia] GK>Ternment.
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    FRASER AND CO'S SHARE CIRCULAR.
    194 8 Buyers of Industrials and Mining Shares Lave been more in evidence during the past <v. for present rates an r.ith* r i-nticing to kOart willing to hold for a rise r. gardless of immediate market fl ;ctuation~ MUUM 1: h- owing to adverse reports .arge
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    WIRE NEWS.
    507 8 (Via Hongkong Thm Opium Crusade. Peking, June 10. Lian- Tun Yin, of the Waiwupu, has asked bo be allowed to resign owing to his inability to give up the opium smoking habit within the stipulated time. He was not allowed to resign but an extension of time has
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    S.C.R.C. LAWN TENNIS.
    143 8 S. C. R. C. LAWN TENNIS. RESULT OF YESTERDAY'S PLAY. Championship. Seow Fob Leng, vs Lee Cbim Tuan 6 t, t— 6, '2—2 (unfinished). A Singles. Kiong Chin Eng, owe 4 vs Song Ong Joo, rec 3. 6—:5. I—6,1 6, 3 l (unfinished). TO-DAY'S TIES. Seow Poh Leng, vs Lee
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    THE BOYCOTT.
    85 8 Australian Merchant's Views Mr Pleasance, the ex-Loid Mayor of Melbourne, who lias just returned fiom a tour through the East, states an Australian paper, says that the commercial boycott of all things Japanese instituted throughout China, M being carried out with such unswerving bitterness :>nd completeness that it
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    PURDAH AT A DISCOUNT.
    487 8 A Pan- Bengal Ladies' Congress is, it is said, to be held in Calcutta in November. The Suffragists' programme of Parliamentary franchise is nothing to the revolutionary schemes of their Bengali sisters, who demand the abolition of the purdah, remarriage of widows, better female education, and
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    HARD LINES.
    60 8 a Chinaman, was before Mr Howard in the District Court, yesterday, for importing thirty-two old British dollars into the Color. v. The accused said ha was a tin-mining clerk from Kemaman and was taking the money home to China with him. He was onlv passing through Singapore. He
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    A RUPTURED SPLEEN.
    69 8 L >w Ah Ifeno', a Cantonese, was fined $25 or one month's imprisonment by 31 r Howard in the 1 Court, yesterday, tor voluntarily causing hurt to < )ug Chew at 41, Sigo Street. This man died of a ruptured spleen. The accused admitted assiulting the decease!
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    THE CHANGI MURDER.
    87 8 A Hokian named Cbeo An^ was committed by Mr Green, the second magistrate, yesterday, for trial at the next Assizes on a charge of murder by causing the death of Poh Swee, a countryman of his at Changi. Tli} evidence for the prosecution showed that the deceased
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    AMOY AND THE OPIUM QUESTION.
    110 8 In accordance with the Settlement Land Regulations at Ainoy the Senior Consul (Dr Merz, Consul for Germany) is convening a ratepayers' meeting for the 15th inst. at which the following resolutions are to be submitted 1. That all Opium Smoking Shops and Houses be closed
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    An Oil Maxim Applied to a Modern Remedy.
    32 8 Everyone speaks of the feast as he finds it,' is a maxim of the Portuguese. Judging by the letters received from people all over
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    HONGKONG MARU ASHORE.
    173 8 On Blockhouse Island Shanghai, June I^. The Toyo Kishen Kaisha's steamer Hongkong Maru is ashore on Blockhouse Island. A typhoon prevailed last night. It is hoped to get the vessel off at high tide this afternocn. The steamer is undamaged. Two tugs have left here to render
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    THE ILL-FATED ss. POWAN.
    154 8 Up to the present 2( 0 persons bave besn accounted for, in the wreck of the Powan, out of a total of 227 including crew and passengers. The ss. San Cceung was about the first vessel near the ill-fated ship, and she picked up 117 of
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    92 8 The mail steamer Davanha left Penan g at 7 prn on Wednesday and mav be expected at Singapore at 8 am to-day (Friday) due P. i East Wharf about 10 30 am. A Chinese deck passenger died on board the Rajah of Sarawak on the last trip down.
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    134 8 June 18. Darius, Brit, str., Wilson, for Sydney via ports. Pntiala, Brit, str., Farqubarson, for Penang, Rangoon and Calcutta. Koning Willem, Dut. str., Potjer, for Batavia. Eniilie, Dut. str Mabmood, for Rbio. Gwalior, Brit, str., Raniuge, for Hongkong, Amoy, and Swatow. Soli'ond, Nor. str llassen, for Penang and Rangoon.
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      10 8 PIANOS Bought, Sold or Exchanged Pianos at Sl.sn Q^ tt,™~~j-
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      216 8 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Cndbb Contract with the Netherlands India Govbkkmevt Agents at Singapore, Ships" Agency, late J. Daendels Co., 2-3. Colijer Quay THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES OF DEPARTURE ARE ONLY APPROXIMATE. UU M DBEKBKNB" Bandjermasin, Stagen. Kota-Baroe. Sanjanu.i.i ,la. Boelongan, Tarakan, Balik-Papan ami j uue |g B.S. 'LaurensPit" Itiouw. lVnw
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      202 8 WEATHER REPORT. Date Bar Wind Temp Hum Sky Rain June 1 7. H'kong P. 29 "7 SSW4 S3 oq Manila I p. 757 ESEi 34 25 b June 18. E'kong 10a 29.83 SSW1 80 od Manila 10a, 758 ESEI 32 25 c Kandang Kerbau Hospital, June 17, 1908 9 a.m.
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      508 8 VESSELS IN PORT. O Ship Flag Tons Master Arrived From Consignee Adana Brit 2178 Park June 11 Sa yon J M Uwrpool Clan Buchanan Brit 3288 Darby June 12 Cardili Sjm I Co. .1 Clan Macintosh Brit 2575 Ifocking June 15 Amoy Yeo Chi| Mot. Uncertain de Eerens Dut 795
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