The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 20 June 1908
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Title Section16 1908-06-20 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1908. NO. 6,32216 words
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Article100 1908-06-20 1 Mr Taft has been unanimous];.- vc minated as candidate for tie Presidency .tt the llepubl ican Convention (Page 7 The V. and 0. mail Himalaya ii at port Said, aud will be detained iherp several days for repairs to a steam pipe. (Page 7.) Municipal Commission met100 words
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Article858 1908-06-20 1 If wa had the same colour iS the e Chinese the presentation of a bliit would ba deemed an ill-omen, for btl colour is BEeJ as the secondary colour of mourning. A red ribbon would be appropriate in their case. Westerners have how< got into the habit of858 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement370 1908-06-20 1 DALLANS AUSTRALIAN HORSE REPOSITORY ™Z FOR SALE Address Glencoe, Keppel Harbour Dock. IWONnAY OONT} "DE SUMATRA POST" ABM V*^ I m Bm*r M\ 1 £m& 11 daily published at ME DAN -DELI PAIRS COBS STEPPERS: s^^-ra: XF*%& *\**4 R>f^^« FOR SALE. F CI3L6SI rinVPr^ lH \VoU-built gig with rubber-tyred wheels.370 words
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Advertisement104 1908-06-20 1 TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS. S.G.C. spring cup to be played for June 20 and 21st— Page 2. Bankruptcy notice re Chop Sun Lee Yun Pago 2. Adelphi Hotel guest nights Page 6. Auction sales by Coghlan Co., of steel cuttings and scrap iron, and by Powell Co., of town properties and freehold104 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous333 1908-06-20 1 THE WEEK. Saturday, 20th i High Water. 1.42 a 3.50 p S. V A. Week-end-Camp, Pasir Paijjang, 3 30 p C. E. Z. M. S. Fancy Sale, Vic. M'rial Hall. Athletic Sports, Baffles Institution. SO Cricket. S.C.C. v. Golf Club. Ist after Trinity. S V 1. Glass Firing, 7.3 ">333 words
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Article531 1908-06-20 2 LSI a T>t SINKSS \y. > mail left the Bobber ShareMar verv a t lin DghoUt the wet!;, t•. km b obtaii ei of late for raw rubber in ofincirg L>.v.-* helping to be investment buyngwluch bas been a feature Ethe Share Market I I little531 words
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Article38 1908-06-20 2 Tue value of silence as a factor ir» healing be over-estimated, and, apart from considerations of health, it is a well-known truism that the one who talks the least usually accomplishes the most. Health Record."38 words
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Article573 1908-06-20 2 Athletic Sports The annual athletic sports of the Hongkong and Shanghai P>ank were held on Saturday afternoon, 23rd May, on the Bank's ground at New Beekeuhani. The tine weather was doubtless responsible for a large gathering of spectators, including Sir Thos. and Lady Jackson, Mr and573 words
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417 1908-06-20 2 It is understo < 1 that a considerable porfcion of the machinery for tie Singapore branch brewery of the above concern has already arrived, aad is being installed at the premises adjoining Fraser and Neave's soda watT factory at T.mjong Pa gar. It is probable417 words
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Article28 1908-06-20 2 It is an incontestable fact that slovenly taring of Church music is the rule and not the except i< »n in thousands of our f.hnr^ oa28 words
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Page 2 Advertisements
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Advertisement511 1908-06-20 2 advertisements. TO LET. TO LET Office at 49, Robinson Road, Ist and 2nd Floors. Entry Ist July. Apply to— R. SASSOON, 1 D 1 Almeida St. June 18 u.c. TO LET. Compound House No. 1 Oxley Rise. Apply to— MEYER BROS. May 22 u.c. TO LET From Ist August No.511 words
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Advertisement440 1908-06-20 2 B&vertisements. TO LET. OFFICES TO LET. Raffles Square, over The Robinson Piano Co's., premises. Apply ROBINSON PIANO Co., Ltd. Oct. 2 TO LET No. 10 Tiverton Lane off Kiliiney Road. Apply to B. N. ELIAS, 6, Malacea Street. Aug 7 7.7 PARKSTONE: Nassim Roai. To Let, Unfurnished. 3 Bed Roorns,440 words
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Advertisement506 1908-06-20 2 Hbvcrti£?cmcnt6. NOTIQES. MADAME^FAMBDN, LADY DENTIST High Class Work Moderate Pkice. No. 215, Orchard Road. Nov 21 u.c Church of England Zenana Missionary Scciety. CHINESE GIELS' SCHOOL. Sale of Work in the Victoria Memorial Hall Friday June 19 4to &S0 p.m. Saturday June 80 10 a.m. to 12.30 Kindly help in506 words
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Advertisement435 1908-06-20 2 HJwcrtlscmcnu. BANKS. Hongkong kShangha] Ban] Corpora:. Pait.-up Oap.ta: ling Eteeerre I '0,000) FKhwr IT nww n Re-krvb Liability N Pi ii ii mm KT Ol D.'RaCTOKS. Hon. ?tlr. IIKNriT CEAJfcJSAfc B.CkM 1 !>EPrTT Cha: Marrett, Bpq C. R. Li>',makn C. S. (iUBBAT, Esq. Ota i Hoy row, j MAN->--3£E; Shanghai.435 words
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Miscellaneous73 1908-06-20 2 Sunday Church Services. St. ixßiiw's F. Sunday after Trinity. 7 am M .-.!;> Uvum 242). 7.4") m Hofy Communion v'hor:- Sarvice i 553, 312, 9.15 am Holy Communion 'Plain), Hymns 21 an! 324, 34" pm Sun-lav -■..-<•. m Bi 5.3U pm Evensong^:; :<•:.(::. !v>ans29o, 12, E S 11 15 am73 words
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Article688 1908-06-20 3 China Mutual Life the v o f comxn tlie I growth of tllH >nd. ears endiDg For Second 5 years ending March 1908 5.928,036.00 in For. For vears ending March 190.3 70,666.67 Bel 5 i March I 88,593,000.00 I ending 31st March 1758,066.67 Prkmium I: For yeax688 words
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637 1908-06-20 3 GIFT FROM RUSSIA TO JAPANESE SOLDIEH'S PAUEXTS. tt ia hardly necessary to recall that en May 23rd, 1904, wiui the Basso Japanese war was at lts i;> -i^it, one of the most sanguinary waa fought in the neighbourhood of Mukden. It was at this637 words
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Article237 1908-06-20 3 Paris May 21. A delightful episode is reported from Strasbnrg. Among the students attending the lectures delivered by Frof. Sartoriua is Prince iam, the German Emj eroi's third and he is accompained by bis orderly officer, both of them being in mufti when in the lecture237 words
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43 1908-06-20 3 An Oil Maxim Applied to a Modem Remedy. Everyone t the feast as he finds is a maxim of the Portuguese. Judging by the Utters received from people all over tlu- country, praising Chamberlain's Colic i ™.~t~~~ o«/j niorrVin*»ft "Rprripdv. it is evident43 words
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Article532 1908-06-20 3 An account of a journey from J.ipan to Eugiand via the .■Siitdrian route is published iu the '"Pioneer" and the following passages from that have a bearing up.m the future policy of Russia as regards her aims in the Far East One is struck by532 words
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Article264 1908-06-20 3 irruta d rarely the Herr Bendix. a direct daaoM M-nde]s-sobn. who has DOOM to the eon every baiidb tic either to some note in Basic or oon Perhaps we should say ;uiti pathetic, for I Bendix declares tLat you have only to sound the right note264 words
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Article335 1908-06-20 3 In connection with the winter training of officers in the Southern Command, the G Staff were required to write an essay on a text invented by General Sir lan Hamilton to draw forth discussion. T<.e tact was; "After the Franco-German War of IB7tf it w.335 words
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Article206 1908-06-20 3 Buyers of kauri gum, it u reported from Brisbane, h:r surprised to learn that Mr Cheng Yet-ching, a Chinese of Shanghai, has acquired in the French island of New Caledonia the entire deposit of kauri gum, which is tli^ only one known to exist outf^ew Zealand. For years206 words
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Article65 1908-06-20 3 The Lurried me< I at to modern commercial life interfere in more w, one with hygienic living. The urban resident who bolts bis breakfast and hurries off to his indoor business or j n deprives himself of one of the mod ii elements m the maintenance65 words
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Page 3 Advertisements
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Advertisement361 1908-06-20 3 SHANGHAI HOTEL MANAGER'S WIFE. Cured or Anaemia k Heart Palpitations BY DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS. I am very pleased to certify that my wife, having been suffering from Anaemia and Palpitation of the Heart for several months, was thoroughly cured by taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People," writes361 words
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Advertisement605 1908-06-20 3 There is no Work Possible on the Most Expensive Machine which cannot he Performed on Ithe Empire typewriter 1 \[£s E?_pL3^*fT>r *n!lJ&S*i^f/ 3~y r r jgQ'— **^jftfi3B'T > **^i '^&'^'~Tsr” *_y^TJE__t_____r^fc" ~."^r"-— _h__i______J jjaP J^wi JW f g L^gS It is guaranteed to outlast the highest It is without clumsiness605 words
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565 1908-06-20 4 Tueprir.er; ti ;irti •> iu t'r>e World's Work" for May MHpOB l"'.n^s Germ my .an Teach IV by Mr. Robert H. Sehanfflar. Is Thi Cm A German city m imifoTin, yet not monotonous tl. the first ttaii j strikes the A l I565 words
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Article173 1908-06-20 4 3 B to Young Prince's :o hover over the posterity of Priuee Albrecbt of Prussia, the toother cf tbe Emperor Willi son some time since sacrificed his I i Florence to liv H-. von Rogau, the life of a sample gentleman. The attachment of his second son. Prince173 words
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Article375 1908-06-20 4 JUDGE REBUKES PATRIOPHOBES. Quelling Revolution with Honey. The Patriophobes of the type of Messrs. Keir Hardie, Byles, Lupton, Co., received a scathing rebuke from Mr Justice Darling in the course of a Law Courts case- People at home take a great responsibility when they interfere with the organised ligitimate government375 words
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Article385 1908-06-20 4 THE DAILY LIBEL." N«ws] Which Will Live ox Tboubi e. The freakiest of newspapers is in contemplation. It will have a supreme contempt for the law of libel, and will Bay j lai whit it thinks in auy way which seeuis best to it. The intention is to furnish the385 words
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Article167 1908-06-20 4 According to telegrams published by the "Asahi" and the "Mainichi Deinpo," the I nited States Secretary of War, speaking at Chicago on his way back from Panama, announced the conviction of the United States Government that the h st way to put an end to the baseless167 words
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Article431 1908-06-20 4 The question of the influence of the position of the body on mental activity has a certain amount of theoretical and practical interest. The condition of cerebral circulation, the blood pressure, the cardiac rhythm all these are found to vary according to the vertical or horizontal posture431 words
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Article234 1908-06-20 4 The Bishop of Birmingham is a prelate with many admirable qualities but discretion is not one of them. He is known for his verbal gaucheries. But he has never perpetrated a more wanton and unjustifiable insult than when he said that the unrest in India is due234 words
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Article220 1908-06-20 4 From the days of Quentin Durward down to those of Kaid Maclean of Mor< ceo the high rauks of the services of foreign nations have almost always had a representative of Scotland amongst them. Here is a historic case In the year 170- the Russians220 words
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Article86 1908-06-20 4 Though trees may stand on private land, their influence on the health of tho3e around, apart from their nsthetic value, really makes them public property. And that influence is unquestionable. It is not coniined to pinewoods, which, by their aromatic exhalations, reduce the numbers of the86 words
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Article354 1908-06-20 4 D Bfvoi MOKfl Express Correspond* New York. Tuesday. May 12. 'j "I,. Chicago "Sunday 1 i Herald publishes a startling story' from i correspondent concerning the antediluvian monster of the Artie Circle, the kt saura-. The alive. BOCgee Dupuy. a known Paris Jer. a San354 words
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Page 4 Advertisements
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Advertisement662 1908-06-20 4 A MATRON of the Y.W.C.A. HOME 1* y Neuritis, Lassitude, Neuralgia Almost everyone has known that feeling of relief and thankfulness when they have iound someone who could be 'depended upon 1 without doubt or disappointment, whose word can be accepted unquestionably well that is what the writers of these662 words
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Advertisement187 1908-06-20 4 13 ITS A BAD SIGN when that obst g Cough which will There is no cough at any s old or young, but what ru A cough soon wn tion, soon makes i a very dang dly notice a cough. The v cure I Little's Oriental Balm. Rub it well187 words
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Article1711 1908-06-20 5 I'noxampl- story ol public con- ned %i Queen's Mali on >:h when both Lady Bam roft and m imp aof whose sixti car of resident-. l.n^'uui the et:ttaiamtnt had been organ i- i An eminent Japan* MUM is given Kroita. professor of the Tokyo Imperial I'niversity, I U>1,711 words
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Advertisement331 1908-06-20 5 Hfcvcrtiscmcnts. WANTED. ENGINEER WANTED. Messrs Howarth Erskine Limited require the services of an Engineer who must be a competent draughtsman. Apply to the Works by letter only, stating qualifications. June 18 25.6 ASSISTANT WANTED. Wanted immediately an Assistant for a Kubber Estate in Kelantan. Must speak Malay tiuently. Apply with331 words
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Advertisement578 1908-06-20 5 advertisements. 7HJQTIONS. AUCTION SALE OF Steei Cuttings Scrap Iron. At Messrs Howarth Erskine Premises, Mirbau Rd. Tuesday, 28rd June, at i.BO m H. L. COGHLAN Co Licensed Auctioneers and Surveyors. June 20 24.6 MORTGAGEES SATE OF 999 ears' Town Propert/es Freehold Land NEAR COBONATION ROAD, OFF El KIT TIMAH ROAD.578 words
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Advertisement514 1908-06-20 5 H&vcta«ctncins. AUCTION*. AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Teak Household Furniture (She. T HE PROPERTY OF R. H. FORBES E^Q. At No. ,"2 In .ad. On Saturday. J?th J.JO 1 1. tn. li andsome teak solid ornament stand carved uassive b board with ruin eak dinner wagon a set of an dining514 words
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Miscellaneous813 1908-06-20 5 VESSELS EXPECTED, STEAMERS. Giving port of departure, and {where known,/ date due here, and name of Agents, Aii lie, Sydney, June 2;- Boustea-.i. Ajax, L'pool, July 29 Mansfield. Alicante, Barcelona, June Barlow Co. Antung, Hamburg, Juiy 16 Behn Meyer. Arcadia, Hongkong, July 2 P O. Anonia, Colombo, July 18 E.813 words
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Article22 1908-06-20 6 Vocng —Down. —May 2.">, at Blackpyl, Glamorgan, Allan, son of late J. Stow Young, formerly of Penang, to Hilda Annie Down.22 words
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Article66 1908-06-20 6 A.t Xo. 87 Prinsep Street, ou the 19th inst., Miss Amy Amelia Bodestyne, the eldest daughter of the late Benjamin Bodestyne. aged 29 years deeply regretted. The interment took place this morning at liidadari. Manila and Bangkok papers, please copy. FOBBES.—May 21, at Boston. U. S. A., Francis Black66 words
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Article, Illustration2157 1908-06-20 6 The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, June 20, 1908. Here shrill the P;css tlie People's ricrht maintain, U*:awed bv influence anu unbribed by frn.in; Here patriot Truth h~r jriorioi:'; precepts draw. Pledged to Religion, Loyalty and I.aw, When about the end of 1885 and the hpoinninc if 1888 it w;is mmoiirfid2,157 words
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Advertisement181 1908-06-20 6 ALOBECK, MACGREGOR CO'S Wk, SPECIAL v LIQUEUR WHISKY. KNOWN AS CALDBECKMACGRECOR &C^ CHINA. HCM6-KC<O. JAPAN i. STRAITS a£TTlr WSNTS^/ fa |j nil IALI" bnUt ifAiJAn J Obtainable Everywhere. WE ARE HOLDING A Ar i Monday, June !sth to June 20th. ENORMOUSLY REDUCED PRICES TO REDUCE A HEAVY STOCK PREViOUSTOI June181 words
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Advertisement359 1908-06-20 6 2 STUDIOS 2 1 Adapted to the Morning and 1 to the Afternoon Light. They are the Largest, Coolest and best Equipped Studios in the Colony, and are situated in the most picturesque part of the town, adjoining Government House Domain. Moreover, we possess in a high degree all the359 words
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Article149 1908-06-20 7 REPUBLICAN PLANKS. (By Submarine Telegraph.— Reuter's.) The Republican Con\ nation has adopted in containing every plank favoured by 1 and Roosevelt. L'^ceiwd June l'.'th, '2. 2«' p, m \l -pubhcia Coorention at Chi igo kas I Mr W H T.ift as candidate for the Presidency by 70S149 words
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Article466 1908-06-20 7 IB€ 1 9 9 30 a.m. Mu. ia bean procla .etuan. :ld had a Barrow escape drowning iu the Campong Java-rd creek, terdaj evening. The Marine Court of Enquiry into the um in the Lant Stra was postponed till this moon. Laj Woag was committed by Mr466 words
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Article70 1908-06-20 7 Himalaya Detained at Port Said. (By Submarine Telegraph Reuter's.) Rec. 6.40 p.m. The P. and 0. mail steamer Himalaya, which arrived at Port Said on Tuesday, is detained there for the repairing of a broken ste;unpipe. This will take some days. The Himalaya left London on June sth,70 words
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Article38 1908-06-20 7 Renter's Agency le.irns that the details of the Anglo-Russian proposals as regards Macedonia ha\e been practically settled. As soon as the agreement is definite the two Q wenunenta will seek the adhesion of the other Powers.38 words
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Article15 1908-06-20 7 Turkey has decided to withdraw her troops from Sainos, except one battalion.15 words
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Article38 1908-06-20 7 THE DIAMOND SECRET." Received June 19th, 9 35 a.m. The Frenchman Lemoine, who swindled 3il Julius Werner out of i:t;O,COO on pretence of making diamonds, has absconded. His secret formula his been unsealed and pr.\es to be nonsensical.38 words
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Article144 1908-06-20 7 A very prettj wedding was solemnised Bfening when Mr Rudolf Schmidt, of Messrs Maclain Watson and Company of Batavia was married to Miss Louisa Haderup, daughter of the late Mr Ernst ILiJerup ol Singapore. The ceremony took place at Burnbjnk," Patsrson Road, the lecca of Dr and144 words
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105 1908-06-20 7 NEW REAR-ADMIRAL OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET. r is officially announced that Rear A Imiral William Blake Fisher has been selected to succeed Rear* Admiral Sir John Bhworth Jellicoe as Bear-Admiral in the Atlantic Fleet. Rear Admiral Fisher entered the navy in 1- la 1885 lie commanded the punitive expedition in105 words
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Article103 1908-06-20 7 A London daily newspaper that ought to have known better says Bhiksliu Anandi Heteyya (n Bfacgregor), the monk who has come to England to teach this country the tsnets of Buddhism, attracted a large audience to the Kensington Town Hall, where he delivered a lecture yesterday. The gentleman103 words
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Article85 1908-06-20 7 I >u Sunday afternoon last, June 7th, Mr Edward Noble, late chief engineer of the NV.lv. Kiu-ui'vt Mini. died on board the Hitachi M tru, bstween Penang aud Colombo. Mr Noble was being invalided home He succumbed to softening of the brain and paralysis.85 words
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Article43 1908-06-20 7 News has been received of the murder of Gob Tat Tui by a Chinese fruit seller at the Gambling Farm at Bitu Pahat. The deceased man la a brother of Goh Tat Peng r*f Sinaanore. an owner of small coasting43 words
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Article1005 1908-06-20 7 Quicquid aijunt homines nostri est farrago libeUi. Juvenal. Whether it was altogether duo to the Kaiser's letter, (which, according to a French version, commended Lord E slier Lo limit his energies to the supervision of les Hi ux cTaisance of Windsor Castle), or whether other causes1,005 words
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Article223 1908-06-20 7 SOME RECENT ADDITIONS A curious crab has just been presented to the Museum by Mr C. H.Clarke, Inspector of Markets. Its name is Qoniosoma cruciferum. The first name refers to the shape of the body which is drawn out into an angle at cither side, and the second223 words
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Article207 1908-06-20 7 Six Cmtimese women ••graced"' the deck in Mr Column's court, yesterday afternoon, on charges of assisting in carrying on a Chap Ji Ki lottery, being occupiers of a oommon gaming house, and playing in a common gaming house at 35, Banda Street. M r Hensoc, police207 words
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Article403 1908-06-20 7 The annual report of the Ban qua de rindo-Chine for 1907 states that the position in the whole of Indo-China and Cochinchina has sensibly improved in the course of the year. After two successive bad crops, the retunss of the year 1907 have been m< st403 words
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Advertisement178 1908-06-20 7 ROBINSON CO. NOW ON SHOW. Lace Robes W^Jk AND W Embroidered liliiUiiii y- T\ 1 1(1 Robinson Co. < a I FOR COPYING YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. 5 f BRUSHES Mmmm T mmmmmm i j WET RAGS ft£&/tk I*?/\ ROLLERS r.Ar^^^mg^ ml i DAMPING BATHS '^^^^ss^^i^f^ IIU SMUTTY CARBONS I NO WATER178 words
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522 1908-06-20 8 In the report for the half-year ended on March 31. the usual particulars of the fleet are set forth. The tonnage stands at 416,^91 tons. Several cf the company's cargo steam- ers are laid up at present, owing to lack cf em ploy inent.522 words
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Article141 1908-06-20 8 At the age of i Mn JfonncntViw baa died at DowadaJe, Lincoißaliire. She was a hiu\l iiu.i I berlife, ;iud regukulj attti. lad ing two miles nMJbty. She worked in the ij a vest ..ist summer. At a meeting of the Nottingham Guardians one cf the141 words
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Article110 1908-06-20 8 T!:l Kuipt m Mt uelik has become an arvas aro ■xy, says I>er Montag. tin merciaa;, friabn^ to t-xtiiid his bu.-h; .s-ed to liian capital by motor. He arrived Dijbouti with some aftex excHm^ adventores, reached Adis Ababi with his machine. T;.< Negus, who up to this110 words
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Advertisement39 1908-06-20 8 Austrian Lloyd Steam Navigation Co* The follov. 5 arc t! lateson which the Co's Steamers ma to arrive and from here OUTWARD EMM Arrives sia s.s. Torwai Bth A sth Sepiembei t-..-M£V7AKL» IDOB Sails TtbJuly August p. Ite the39 words
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Advertisement530 1908-06-20 8 advertisements. SHIPPING. N.Y.K. JAPAN BAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. A regular FORTNIGHTLY Sarrice ia maintained between Japan and Europe by tho following NEW TWIN SCREW STEAMERS. Unde* Mail Contracts with thh Imperial Japaness Government. Specially designed for the Company'B European Service, lighted throughout by Electricity, provided with excellent accommodation for First530 words
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Advertisement621 1908-06-20 8 H&verttsements. 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 Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. Outward (for China) 1908 -Marmora July621 words
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Advertisement645 1908-06-20 8 a&verttseiuents. SHIPPING OCEAN STEAM SKIP 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 outward645 words
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Advertisement604 1908-06-20 8 H&vertisementa. SHIPPING. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE, HAMBURG. *t The steamer? 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 Benajßg and Colombo. Taking604 words
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Advertisement526 1908-06-20 8 a^crtiscmcnts. SHIPPING. Norddeutscher Lloyd, BremeL IMPEKIAL GERMAN MAIL LIKE The fast and well-known mail steamer this Company sail fortnightly from J;rHmen Hamburg Tia Rotterdam, Antwerp, Soathampton Gibraltar, (jenoa, EfeplM, (connect! >n KmhoUm, Naples, Alexandria and vice vftrsa) Port Suez., Aden, Colombo, Penang, Riltyyow, Hongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki A Eube tu V526 words
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Article299 1908-06-20 9 Eputation and (JmtSSI a India. Sir Thomas Raleigh presided recently at i lecture delivered by Mr A G. Fraser in Sing*! College, London, on Indian Eduea- m Unres\" He aocpl lined that ;he lecturer, a son of Sr Andrew Fraser, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, is principal299 words
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Article270 1908-06-20 9 •rn Australia hi overtaken by tpesj rrom the Eastern States, nuisance has become so bad I lepu!>a from the Pastorali>,:^' A-- :i >:i ;ted upon the Premier to ask for Govern It was at one time thought it rabbits would be unable to cross the great270 words
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Article226 1908-06-20 9 P Chief Sk i v PiGn dk-Shoi -fore the opening of the British Eihibition a London paper Efarer before in London has such a of 3ide-show3 been gathered to*r as will be provided for pleasure seekers BtitL-h Exhibition at Shepherd's Bj 16 time the exhibition opens, somethir._ ;12226 words
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Article490 1908-06-20 9 A sensation was caused in Rotten Row on Saturday morning, May 10. by the appearance of a lady ruling a line Russian grey horse with a white mane and long white tail. It was the lady's div.-s which created the sensation. She was wearing what is490 words
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Article245 1908-06-20 9 An amusing turn was given to an action for divorce brought in the New York Supreme Coir. b. Edith Aiuslee Brewer agaiust Mr. William S. Brewer, a merchant. Private •lotectives described how they traced Mr. Brewer one night to the Astor House Hotel, nim245 words
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Article169 1908-06-20 9 A clock with but a single wheel is desc ibed in Work.' It was constructed by a Los A: .relos clockmaker, and its single wheel is more correctly described a? a perforated disc, h is kept under rotary teusion by two weights. In place of a pendulum169 words
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Article95 1908-06-20 9 Tne Oldest tree in the world is to be found in the Wfl ol Cos, on the coast of Asia Minor. U i/ a pbftane under the shade of winch Hippocrates the father of medicine, lectured to his pupils. Now, as the tree at that tune95 words
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Article250 1908-06-20 9 In the current Sphere there is a comment by Y.Y.V. on a statement that the members of orchestras are the most successful exponents of the art of seeing without looking. Xo one cm ever detect a single instrumentalist giving the conductor's baton even the tail250 words
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Article181 1908-06-20 9 We hear from England that the young Indian students' resident in London had issued notices for holding a meeting to commemorate the martyrs of 1857, that is, the Nana Sahib, Tantia Topi, the last Kin-.: of Delhi ard other such persons. Under the English law there181 words
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169 1908-06-20 9 A Tour of 50,000 Miles. Mr. Charles J. Glidden. the American motorist, who is touring through all the countries in the world in setting up a motoring record of ">O,OOO miles, has just reached London. Discussing the more recent part of his tour169 words
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91 1908-06-20 9 A Reply To Cardinal Logue. Melbourne, May 15. In reply to a question in the Commonwealth House of Representatives to-day on the subject of a statement which Cardinal Logue, the Primate of Ireland, is reported to have made in America, to the effect that thereReuter - 91 words
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Article208 1908-06-20 9 Xepaul is supposed to bMi ti BM lime Wen a gigantic lake, lad appearances certainly bltt out this traditi it that 1! Las Wn dry l.iud for inmy hundreds of year.- it- < dent Iron, the fact thai MMM of tfct I cient Sanskrit MUNMOriptl haitt b*BH discovered there,208 words
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Article189 1908-06-20 9 WIVES who b I [BH HUSBAN nna. May 16. Professor Carl von Noorden. on. of u greatest medical exp 1 1 in Europe, hfti /m ed an emphatic protest against wives wb overfeed their hosban Addressing a number of prominent scientists on toe subject of Food189 words
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Article157 1908-06-20 9 Chance for Militia i kks. Melbourne, May 9th It lias been decided by the Minister tor Defence that in fal M exchange between Iridia and Australia i not be confined to officers in the permanent forces. This year four tui'itia office! be sent t t India.157 words
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Article149 1908-06-20 9 Led by the Ear. "'Jacob." the monster elephant who be one of the inhabitants of the Ceylon villas Franco-] iritisb Exhibition, has arrived in London by steamer from Boulogne, having travelled from Nice. Jacob did not like the journey. At Boulogne be was got on board with149 words
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Article114 1908-06-20 9 LORD METEUEN AND GENERAL DE WET. ood Story. Bloomfontein, May L3 At a recent social gathering at the house- of Mr Botha, the Mayor of Bloemfontein. Lord Pfothw and A De Wet were casually introdu. one another. Lord Ifethnen is rhave said to the General, 1 am glad 1 on114 words
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Advertisement223 1908-06-20 9 A COUGH STORY. A man had a cough— it was a young one, only a tickle in the throat, it bothered him every morning. He bought a package of cough drops, and he coughed forenoons. His wife fixed up several receipts he coughed in the afternoon, too. His neighbors all223 words
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Advertisement396 1908-06-20 9 r^ 1} USSCiI S^^l (BUTTERFLY BRAND) Any lady, in this district, who gees to a Fancy Dress Ball as "Fusseffs Milk" or "Butterfly Brand," stands a good chance of winning a Gold, Silver, or Gun Metal Watch, by sending her photograph of the Costume, with description on the back, to396 words
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Advertisement26 1908-06-20 9 Whooping Cough. This is a very properly treated. Stal low thai are more deaths from it than from scarlet fever. All danger may be avoided, however,26 words
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Article490 1908-06-20 10 Russia Once the Fuiknd Now thk Enemy. Sav3 the Pioneer It ii melancholy faet that twelve persons should hive been executed at St. Petersburg and a number of ot^ers condemned to death within Hm bbbl hfw days, tat it is not easy to see what connection490 words
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Article265 1908-06-20 10 penal d the Mikado cin confer on any for- i ea awarded t^ Mr Henry Clews, ■•ell-known Aaieriean 1 .inker and author. Ml C3i lays the New Yoik correspond en: of the Telegraph,'' first came in touch wit:. JapttM B iuen and ;it!"air3 in 1874. Iu y- panese265 words
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Article88 1908-06-20 10 ho spoke at a meeting one Constitutional Asso udoiiment of Free Trade. 'I: w > 1 .i m he said, it' you were to con?ii»'r that 1 am opposed in the fiscal system of this -ave always tried to make it clear ttat prepared for a88 words
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Article497 1908-06-20 10 A. A. Lilley, the well-known bat and wicketkeeper, in the course of au article on Winning a Match,'' has this reference to the part that fielding may play in winning a match A very important factor in winning matches is keenness, and good fielding, A497 words
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Article284 1908-06-20 10 The following appears in the Egj] ra The following telegram has been sent I y the Imperial Chancellery to all the viluy-'t- A already announced in the newspapers of the capital the Hedjaz railway wili by the grace of God, reach the town of Medina in the284 words
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Article276 1908-06-20 10 I TRAMETHYLTHIONLNi: Ih MIIOCHLOKIDE. The story of Low the resources of science were used to trap a thief vras told yesterday at the Thames Police Court, when Minna < ii Lives, a nurse at the London Hospital, was charged with stealing a purse containing 2-"»s.276 words
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Article292 1908-06-20 10 Singapore, 15th June, 1 Beans. Long per catty do Beef lb. Beef Si do. j Bean B l l( catty Bamboo Bprovti do. Bia< do. Briii. do. OaHmgft. Batevfa do. do., China do. do., Salted do. CaiTots. Imported do. d'K. Singapore do. Capons do. i each Celery292 words
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Article396 1908-06-20 10 Wu Ting Fang's re-appointraent as Minister ;it Washington seems to have excited the fancy of all the spring poets ia the States. Listen to Collier's Weekly'': From the land of joss pavilions, Where the poppy-smoking millions Sit in flit -eyed contemplation of their little dudgy gods, Where396 words
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Article192 1908-06-20 10 At this time of discussion over the spclm tion of Niagara falls the determination of its age will interest many," says the Washington correspondent of the New York Evening Post. This subject has been folly investigated by Dr. J. W, Spencer in his report for the192 words
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Article86 1908-06-20 10 Th(re is a genual agreement that Mr John Burns is the l&nio duck of the Ministry, Bays Mr I*. Wilson, M. P., iu an article in the May Albany .Review cm The New Government aud its Policy," and the reason is that his faculties86 words
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Article180 1908-06-20 10 A N. u for! L-tter" iu an ex on tains this curious It would seem as if Ntrgerj im while the adm drugs and foods still i> Dr. Flexurof the Rockefeller l->: before the American Advancement of Sommm that the transplantation of a section of an accomplished fact.180 words
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Advertisement522 1908-06-20 10 iy^rffiwß^^^Sj E^^3E?^?3( »w!!-tfj8»y33^. Hfl^^S^^^oßs !^9I 8 H Wm IB Agents f r LEA PERREN S WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE BflF Crossc Blackwell, Ltd. ASK FOR: Van Straalen, Monsieur Erkelens' OLD WHITE PORTWINE at 91-75 per bottle, OLD REO PORTWINE at 91.95 per bottle. PALE SHERRY DRY at s lUs per bottle SHERRY522 words
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850 1908-06-20 11 ANTWERP AND THE GRANDE COUPURE." f J I Bl r.NT on xhi Port. Amorifagl HMnl-Gtnaral, Sir Cacil Her:- I ptadiUura on the port of Ant II u:io' uted to a total of „f which sum £4,320,009 was expended on river qoMjmmmd 64,608,000 Dn docks. The estimated future expenditure according to850 words
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Article253 1908-06-20 11 SCIATICA DROPSY CURED. Mrs. Ann E. Freeman, of 68, Lynedoch Street, Hoxton, London, England, wrote "Dear Sir: Doan's Backache Kidney Pills have worked wonders with me. I had rheu matic fever eight years ago, and it left me with kidney trouble. There was sciatica, in the left side, and the253 words
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Article134 1908-06-20 11 June 19 •En buyers $64.12 Gambier buyers 7.10 Gambler Oubo No. I 11.00 Gambier Cube No. 2 M 9.50 Pepper Black (ord'u. S'pore) 1 1 1 2 i Pepper, White (fair L.W. 5 p.e.) 18.50 Nutmega (110 to the lb.).~ 1 7.50 Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) 19 50134 words
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112 1908-06-20 11 In the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements Settlement of Singapore. Suit No. 846 of 1908. Between The Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, Plaintiffs, and Syed Abdulrahman bin Mossin Aljoffree, Defendant. Notice is hereby given that a Writ of Summons entituled in the above matter has been issued and that a copy112 words
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Article74 1908-06-20 11 (Corrected ur to June 19.) Bank 4 m/s 2/4^ demand M 2/8J Private creditg 3 in/s 2/4,\ credits 6 m/s M 2/4-| Psanci, demand Bank 291 G-bemant, demand 286| [»dia, T. T, 1 75 Hongkong, demand 20} Yokohama, demand 113 Java, demand 139| Bangkok, demand M 66 -JSovE£»ra"8, Bank74 words
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Article705 1908-06-20 11 MINKS. Capital Capital Issaa Paid Issaed pJdapValat «p Company. Qu.Utfo. $300,000 300,000 10 10 Belat Tin Milling Co. Ltd 5. $300,000 225,000 10 10 Bruang Limited $600,000 60<),0CO 10 10 Bruseb Hydraulic Tin M. o Ltd 1150 £400.000 350,000 1 1 Duff Development Ob, Ltd I. 60,000 60,000 1705 words
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Advertisement335 1908-06-20 11 Singapore Cold Storage Co, Ltd Near Entrance to Borneo Wharf, Telephone IC2G. Sea stocks of all kinds of Frozen Meats. etc., can be delivered to shipping at the Wharves, or in the Singapore Roads on short noace. IF THAWED DAILY SUPPLIES are required, orders for same must be telephoned to335 words
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Advertisement292 1908-06-20 11 s.s. "KISTNA" FORPORTSWETTENH4M 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 18 25.6 NEW SERVICE BETWEEN SINGAPORE, MUAR AND MALACCA. The s.s. Lady292 words
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Advertisement144 1908-06-20 11 B. LUKWEL'S umverso rirADC LA CORONA VIU/11VJ. THE "CEYLON OBSERVER' (Established In Colombo 1834) Circulates throughout the island of Ceylor rf.ydin Southern India. Its Overland Edition circulates extensively in Great Britain and Ireland, u trail as amongst persons interested in Ceylon resident in other parts of the world. Ceylon Observer144 words
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Advertisement160 1908-06-20 11 SELF CURE NO FICTION I MARVEL UPON MARVEL' NO SUFFERER NEED NOW DESPAIR, but Without run- ;nto tin- deep ii I and econotn knowledff< THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY THERAPION, a complete n\o!ution has been wrought in thisde-Cartnu-nt ol medical Kience, whilst thou^.: sen restored to li. .iith and happiness wb)160 words
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Article814 1908-06-20 12 The regular general meeting of the Com- mi>s:.on was hell yesterday afternoon, there being present, the l>eputv President, Mr J. Polglase; Meesra A. W. Bailey, W. Macbean, C« W. I 'arbtshire, Pr Fowlie. Ong Tek I.im, C. 1. Carver, and Cheng Keng Lee, Mr F. J. BenjideKl. Secretary:814 words
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Article472 1908-06-20 12 A vote of $2,250 for a strip of land in front of 23 Raffles Place was agreed to, to improve the build iug line, subject to the sanction of the Governor in Council. Syed Alkoff is the owner, and the rate was the same at which he472 words
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Article455 1908-06-20 12 The following is Report of the Directors presented at the sixth annual meeting held r Cannon Street Hotel on Thuisdav, June kh, 1908. The Directors have the pleasure to present to the Shan-holders the Accounts of the Company Profit and Loss Account and Balance sheet for the455 words
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Letter233 1908-06-20 12 To The Editor, Sir, —The Municipal Commissioners yesterday discussed Mount Elizibeth Road, and its state of repair. This in itself is not exciting, but I desire, since the question of the conditiou of so-called private roads is of present interest to suggest that there are others of a233 words
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Article132 1908-06-20 12 A Promising Japan Experiment. The recent experimental run of cold storage cars between Shimonoseki and Osaka was successful, and in a day or two another trial will be made between Aomori and Tokyo. The long distance transportation of raw fish by rail has hitherto been impossible132 words
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Article140 1908-06-20 12 A match which excited much enthusiasm among the Malay Clubs was played last night on the Reclamation Ground, Fathol Karib meeting the Bushdiah for the second time. It had been arranged that if no score was made, or equal points, an extra three minutes was to be played.140 words
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Article149 1908-06-20 12 RESI'LT (>F YESTEIJ DAY'S PLAY Cham pionship. Seow Poh Leng, beats Lee Chim Tuan 6_4, 4—6, 6—4. A Singles. Kiong Chin Eng, owe 4 beats Song < >ng Joo, rec 3. t> 3, I—6,1 6, 7— 5. A Doubles. Tan Tiam Keat and Choo149 words
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Article91 1908-06-20 12 Owing to one of the lour oar boats having mat with an accident the four oar rac3s for the Scott Russell prizes cannot take place. While the boat is being repaired some double sculling races v> T i 1 1 be held. The following are the crews I>. Robertson91 words
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Article53 1908-06-20 12 To-day and to-morrow the Spring Cup" will be played for at the Race Course under the following conditions; 18 Holes Medal Play Handicap. The b?st JG Dett scores handed in will qualify for the Vade Cup which will be played for uudtr Match Conditions on dates to53 words
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Article125 1908-06-20 12 The homeward German Picket Prinz Heinrich left Hongkong at 11 a.m. yesterday, and m\y b9 excepted to arrive here on Tuesday morning, the 2ord instant. There seems considerable prospect tint the British Shire Line intends to compete against both tho North-German Lloyd and the Hamburg-American Lines in the125 words
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Article92 1908-06-20 12 June 19 Hild, Nor. str., Salvesen, for Colombo. Profit, Nor. str., Olseo, for Bangkok. Islander, Brit, str., Wright, for Christmas Is. Giang Seng, Dut. str., Aikken, for Samarang via ports. Sappho, Brit, str., Sanderson, for T. Anson via ports. Hebe, Brit, str., Andrews, for Penang and Deli. Lady Weld,92 words
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Advertisement13 1908-06-20 12 PIANOS Bought, Sold or Exchanged Pianos at $150 and Upwards by different^Makers Guaranteed13 words
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Advertisement216 1908-06-20 12 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Cndbb Contract with the Netherlands India flill— wii Agents at Singapore, Ships' Agency, late J Daendeis Co.. 2-3. Collyer THE UNDERMENTIONED DATE.- OF DEPARTURE ARE ONLY APPh oxiMATE. s.s. 'Laurens Pit'; Riouw. Penoeba. Bakong. I^rigi-Radia and Kengat June s.s. Mebkus" Siak. Pakan-Baroe, Bengkalis, Pan, Üboean h216 words
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Miscellaneous460 1908-06-20 12 VESSELS AT TANJONG PAGAR AND KEPPEL HARBOUR. Wharves and Docks at which different vessels vjere berthed yesterday. East Wharf Basin- Nil. Eust "Wharf Sec. 1 Glenogle. Section 1— Sheers Wharf— Nil. Section 2 Nuentung. 3— Nil. 4 -Nil. 5— Nil. 6— Clan Buchanan. Strathavon. 7 Alicante. 8— Nil. 9 -Nil.460 words
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Miscellaneous522 1908-06-20 12 VESSELS IN FORT. o Ship Flag Tons Master Arrived From Consignee Adana Brit 21 T8 Park .luce 11 Saigon J. M. Wood 1 Ban Whatt Hin Brit 195 Mojrell June I s Kuantan Strait* S3 Co. Kuan tan 2<> Bh.ii Fo Soon Dut 222 Odink June 1 8 Pontianak Thong522 words
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