The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 August 1908

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    16 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1908. NO. 6,371
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    171 1 Another negro has been lynched m Illinois Page 5. An appeal against a summary fine for aer jury has been dismissed. Page 8. A horse warranty case was decided m the District Court yesterday. Page 5. The new N. Y. K. liner Kamo Mara arrived here yesterday.
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    "FARES, PLEASE."
    980 1 Iv the last three years, since the Singa poie Tramways have been fully runm: this must have been said several million times to nil bon it is a i. Yet they know what it means. st, when the Collector goes up to them with Imndle of tickets they
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      296 1 TATTERSALL'S Monster Consultations k GEORGE ADAMS, HOBART, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA. ED 25 YEARS. m\ m warn ait sm» an n On all Sweeps on races run after ID I AM Mill IPL January lst. 1905, the TasmaJ«l 11 ill 111 nian Government Stamp Tax will WlftirTlll IIU I IULI be 2d.
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      60 1 STRAITS CYCLE MOTOR Co., Ltd. E/5, BATTERY ROAD. DEPOT AND SOLE AGENTS FOR ALPHA BRAND Motor Oils. Gylinder, Tlir Qooled. WAYANG KASSIM." THE INDRA-ZANIBAR ROYAL THEATRICAL Co. NEW THEATRE ROYAL, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. FOR A FEW NIGHTS MORE ONLY. TO-NIGHT I TO-NIGHT ll SPECIAL THANKSGIVING PERFORMANCE AND S. KASSIM, Sole
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      120 1 Entertainmen ts. To-Night I To-Night ll ALL NEW PICTURES. ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. The Secret of the Iron Mask. The Blue Bird. THE INVENTION OF MR. CURIOUS. From Cairo to the Pyramids. A Bailiff 8 Adventures. A POOR BLIND WOMAN. THE AFFAIRE' DREYFUS. (by general requi TRANSFER OF THE REMAINS
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      82 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Eley's cartridges Page 2. Smoked salmon at M. Bolter's Page 1 Blickensderfer typewriter for sale Page 4. Lacquer Ware at John Littles' Page 4. Special performance at the Wayang Kassim to-night Page 1. Notice re Licensing Justices meeting Page 3. Sailing. N.DI, P.E. Freidrich Aug. 21 for China
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      165 1 NDL Homeward Mail close 4 p. SVI Musketry for No 1 Coy., 5.15 p 3.C.C. Tennis. Royal Asiatic Soc. Mtg., Rafflss Museum, 5 p S.R.E. Military Engineering 5.15 p The M M leaves Aug 24, due London! Sept 17. The N D L leaves Ang 21. due Hongkong Aug 25,
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    CHAMPLAIN.
    598 2 HONOURS ITS FOUNDER. The Don De Dieu. Thousands poured into Quebec from the surrounding couatry to get a glimpse of the Prince oi Old habitants, who cultivate small farms still after the faahion of ancient France, and had not been m Qußbec me maDy miles, and brought their i
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    INDIAN STEEL.
    182 2 many industries which once j 1 m India, now lost to her, is the j manufacture of steel. A writer m a n Industrial India, whose initials mdi- j I cently retired member of the Geologi- j eal Survey with undoubted authority to speak on the subject, looks
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      392 2 JOHN LITTLE Co, Ltd.| M :r ilSf Amp COOD ''^*MJs r 'JS- %j>***qk *r> *\i Jim ''tX jLktaaW A A %J^» S I I J^-J^/^^^^/aT ■J J_¥ i j4m^r^ M^-^ V'j* r '^^__l___s_______f v \_s a I S j__ltt-_i ~i j i iTtT-T _rßr I'*^1 JLW^" -a. A.A IV^ J.
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      68 2 YOLR TKT _^Sfi^v FOR snLE > ffiuj[jpr M FRESH BEEF. YOUR HEALTH, *M %9Vt4Tj Now being sold) of fiood s^ty. at ie cts. a pound at 7, Rochore Koad. Keep your teeth m condition by consulting July 23 24.8 NC POO CHOW .«w rww vnutt two complete turnouts for sale
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      435 2 advertisements, INSURANGES. MOTOR-CAR INSURANCE. Premiums 3, 1 and 5% per annum according to nature of risk. For foil particulars apply to The Borneo Company Ltd. July 29 29.8 NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE CO., LTD. FIRE AND MARINE. YANG-TSZE INSURANCE ASSOC. LTD. MARINE. CHINA FiRE INSURANCE CO., LTD. FIRE. Fire and Marine
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      561 2 B^crtiscmenL. BANKS. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. Paid-up Capital _..?i ,000,000 Reseevb Fund: Sterling Reserve $15,000,000} Silver Reserve N 1,000 28 5<W »000 Resexvi Liability of Proprietors $15,000,000 Court of Dj.-hctors. E. Shullikc, Esq. Chaie____vm Hon. Mr. W. J. Gresson —Deputy Chairman** E. G. Barrett, 1. W. Helms. I bIiCIJKRSBK, Esq
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    WIRE NEWS.
    342 3 1 fl The Airs Disastzk. Count Zeppelin has sent a Boost tnt! Asiatic telegram to the E*. A'illiarn. m which i viser for his w____l_b_tgi_4 ss to build another afcrshiß lot him im media; The I I iftioaa] donation-, for Count Zeppelin have already re I ,-h. .d
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    NAPHTHA EXPLOSION AT KOH-SI-CHANG.
    219 3 LORCHA AND FlYi LOST. A has occurred at Xc: Clea: persons have lost their rv ha ani 3,000 cases of naphtha been bitruiL while other persons have Injured. epparentiy similar to one which oc I some two years ago which inhered, led to an arbitration case
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    ALLEGED MURDER IN SHANGHAI.
    64 3 A B: I ect. T. J. <or A. 31 reason, ineer. wa *d on Aug. 10 and broug. I c Shanghai Court on ha ving murdered a rick--tevenson had i -haw coolie m a creek on iy. tiding m a vm near the creek when the
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    SMILING BY OATH.
    91 3 An Club has been formed at J S A whose members have resolved to wage war against all forms of peerless and ill humour. Its motto eoi oft: >c.rd smile." Every candidate on admission takes the following oath I undertake to do ail m my power to
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      18 3 B ■-!.■■■■_< Pains Relieved. The quick relief from rheumatic pains afforded by Chamberla D Balm has -i r __i2f...
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      967 3 B^crtisemcnts. AUQTIONs. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE Very Valuable Household furniture Full size billiard table. Choice plants including rare orchids. The property of Mrs. G. P. Nicholson at WESTMORE, No. 91, THOMPSON ROAD. Saturday. 29th August. H. L. COGHLAN CoLicensed Auctioneers and Surveyors. Ang 15 22.8 AUCTION SALE OF Manufacturers'
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      631 3 Hfcvertteemcnts. NOTIGES. MADAME FAMBON, LADY DENTIST High Class Work Moderate Price. No. 215, Orchard Road. Nov 21 u.e "■M_-HMM-B^l_Hß_____B_HHH-____H_MHaH___H_B___a______-B_M-B-__~B SHORTHAND TYPEWRITING Promptly executed. Absolute secrecy guaranteed. Mrs. E. F. HOWELL, Cavenagh Bridge Buildings, k Raffles Hotel. ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS. The Half Yearly General Meeting of the Association will be held
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      593 3 DR,NK TANSAN! The purest and most palatable TABLE WATER The difference m cost between Tansan Manufactured Waters is not great whereas the beneficial properties of the former as a beverage m the Tropics cannot be overestimated, SOLE IMPORTERS, Borneo Company, Ltd., (Buhner's best Herefordshire) Guaranteed pure Juice only of finest
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    Domestic Occurrences. Marriage.
    48 4 Domestic Occurrences. Marriage. Bbctwn-Maclean. On August 12, at St. George's Church, Penang, by the Rev. Frank VV. Haines, Colonial Chaplain, Alfred Vanhouse Brown, of the Federated Malay States Civil Service, to Margaret Helen, youngest daughter of the late Rev. J. 11. Maclean, some time Rector of Chilfrome, Dor-
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    The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday, Aug 18, 1908.
    1840 4 The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday, Aug 18, 1908. intain, Ordinary readers of newspapers may not always realise the burden of responsibility that rests upon those whose duty it is to do what lies m their power to assist the public, from what resources of information and experience of affairs are
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    CHURCHILL DEPLORES WAR.
    153 4 BUT GOVERNMENT PREPARES. Significant Naval Fund. (By Submarine Telegraph Reuters.) Ree. Aug. 17, 12 lO] Mr Churchill speaking at plored that persons were speculate belief that an Anglo-German w, Such a war would be a wick. crime. There was i to fight We were told that the
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    A RISING AMBASSADOR.
    231 4 Sir Fairfax Cartw. been appointed Ami ::na. Fairfax Leightor. Resident Minister at Munich sin. has served m variou I ments since 1887, including Berlin, Madrid, Vienna and Rome The ICalaj I I The latest recruit is a Sultan of Pera. cd. The Colman 1 are on -new
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      172 4 MILWAUKEE i B^__W-3-^r»lg-MM_aW____L _P A I nDE-Plf M APr'DIT^AO 9 Pf\\ vALiIDHLfi lfiALui\ijij\lli LII. I -o rt -T-MI-. ._.■■>.• i. i j_a_. FOH TWO WEEKS ONLY!-^f ~^w '_.-r r-r -r-r- -w-w •wm' m-m m-m- -r~r m-m- ww ww ww tr-r V AA -\A AA AA AA AA AA AA AA
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      311 4 2 STUDIOS 2 1 Adapted to the Morning 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 possess m a high degree all the
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    AMERICA'S RACE WAR.
    75 5 ANOTHER LYNCHING. aid for Negroes. Submarine Telegraph— Renter's.] Ree. Aug. 17, 6.42 p.m. Springfield, Illinois, an aged and m wu negro has been lynched. He was bar.. 0 Siturday night. The position of the negroes is pitiable. thousand five hundred troops are patrolling the district. dry s.j-uidrons
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    SEAL POACHERS.
    44 5 Japanese Captured. From Washington it is reported, that tlia ment of Justice has been advised hat the Japanese ships Hinser-maru and nam have be>n captured m theßehr- 1 hive been charged v each i The crews numi Q ba t iken to
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    A HORSE CASE.
    239 5 A case of seme inte s begun ou Friday week m the District Court beti r A. o and the hon'ble John :i. The plaintiff claimed §350 the a horse sold to him by the defen proved to be lame. Mr Gaunt repr^ Mr Franz an, and
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    SELF PROTECTION IN THE F. M. S.
    112 5 SELF PROTECTION IN THE F. M. S. nurder of Dr. Birrack murder of Mr Maclean. expresses the eonviciinstances may demand OS. It says It is to be hoped that the of the ,->dy will not be thrown a 1 ri out he: rry ing v. and under ordin -he is
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    HALES TOURS.
    57 5 Bo of the v ia Ai I for 6in__,pipori;eys oi the refresh iree. exp hrough Stockh a trip on the River eed one with bewil while d m a "Hales" Pull- are very absorbing indeed. There oi the" world to be seen inside than there is m travelling
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    NEW TURKEY.
    108 5 UNPRECEDENTED DISGORGE. The Programme. (By Submarine Telegraph.— Reuters.) Ree. Aug 17th, 10.46 am. R i Pasha, the ex-minister of war, has refunded over -£200,000 amassed while he was m office. He has been permitted to return home. It is hope! that other officials who are imprisoned will do
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    BAD NEWS FROM THE EAST.
    61 5 Reactionary Provinces. 1 fee. Aug. 17, 3 20 pm. Disquieting news from Mosoul* and Diarbekir, is that a fanatical party is refusing to recognise the new regime of Turkey. The Vali of Diarbekir is siding with the Diarbekir and Mcsoul are provinces m Minor near
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    COFFIN SHIPS.
    61 5 Sunk by Gamblers' Orders. I7tb, 12.10 pm. Mr Winston Churchill is urgently convena conference of shipowners and underwriters, to consider measures for suppressing ritimate gambling iv ships under the policy proof of interest insurance system, whereby persons totally uninterested m the ships practically bet that the ships will
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    POOR RAILWAY RETURNS.
    22 5 Tli3 Biitish Railway returns for the six months ended June show a decrease of _81,188.000 m the net revenue.
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    FIRE ON A PLANTATION.
    124 5 A young Chin rman named Tok Bok Seng appeared before Mr Green, the second matte, yesterday afternoon, on charges of trespass into a pineapple plantation at Yeo Chu Kang, and mischief by settiug tire to a tree. Mr Knowh s represented the accused. A Chiron mandore
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    A DISHONEST COOK.
    90 5 A Hylam employed for two days as a c by Yir. S. J. Judah, of Xiveu Koad, was before Air. Colman, third magistrate, yesterlay, on a charge of criminal breach of trust m respect of $2-50. The complainant said he give the accused the ui.>uey :end did
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    81 5 The match played m the League was that on the Reclamation ground last night, between the West Kents I and the V.M.C A. It was not a very insgame and the Tanglin men won by to nil one m the first half, a penalty goal and another m
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    LOAN OR BANKRUPTCY?
    1225 5 We have admitted from the first that Mr Asquith's Budget marked an epoch for evil and placed his successor at the Treasury between the alternatives of abandoning social legislation or resorting to Socialistic finance. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has been strenuously pressed to seek a solution
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    THE ALHAMBRA.
    158 5 Even cinematograph operators may fall a little short of being perfect. In some shows of the kind one not infrequently finds that pictures are whizzed through too quickly, with the result that people are made to hurry along streets at a pace both undignified and inelegant, while soldiers
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    568 5 A Malay woman m Selangor recently gave birth to triplets— boys and a girl. The contingent of the Malay States Guides taking part, m the manoeuvres is encamped upon the Parade Ground, Tanglin. The "Illustrated Western Weekly News" contains a photograph, of the wedding of Superintendent M, W. Pett of
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      73 5 A Reliable Remedy for Dysentery acd Diarrhoea. season is at band when diarrhoea and dysentery are prevalent, a reliable remedy should always be kept m the house for imliateuse. The success of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy m tbe ment of bowel trouble, has brought it into almost universal
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      91 5 S RQBTnson CO. 8 l ,^^M---"™r____»_________B -rtfSj [THE GILLETTE E9 SA RAZOR. :l Made of Solid Metal, Triple Silver Plated. In silk lined leather •_________>, VlP*\ T **c* o r <r A I ((ii t- W Extra Blades m packets oi IO SI. 25. Bgs jr~ mml^ m f a
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    MARKET PRICE LIST.
    313 6 Singapore, 17th August, 1908. BsasM, Usafl per catty 5 French do per lb. 16 Bad 9tsn_ cc, 18 per oatly 2 oo Sprouts do. I do. IS Brinjals do. Cabba-e Batavia EQ. 16 do., Cl do. nil Salted do. 6 Carrots, Imported do. 18 do., Singapore do.
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      164 6 APARTMENTS. PAYING 'JESTS Lady living at Tanglin can receive go .carried couples, or three bachelors. Excellent accommodation. I S c o SingaI Free Pw Rooms with board for bachelors and married couple, Tennis Court. Terms Moderate. Apply to Mrs. OR RE, 7, Oxley Rise. Oct 14 tts ERITISH INDIA STEAIH
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      476 6 _U.vcrtisemcnts. SHIPPING. RYX JAPAN RAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. V j\** A regular FOBTNIGHTLT Service is maintained between Japan and Europe by the rwing NEW TWIN SCREW STEAMERS. UhTißt Mail Cont*acts with ths Impsp-ial Japanese Govep.nmbnt. Specially designed for the Company's European Service, lighted throughout by Electricity, provided with excellent accommodation
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      599 6 advertisements. SHIPPING. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. For China, Japan. Penang, Ceylon. Australia. India. Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Throngh 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 Devanha Aug.
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      635 6 advertisements. 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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      577 6 Ht-verttscments. SHIPPING. HAMBURG AMERIKA UNE, HAMBURG. I The steamers of this Company maintain a re^clar 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 montb for Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and Colombo. Taking
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      411 6 tftvertteementa SHIPPING. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE The fftst *nd well-known mail gtea... this Company I rtn^htly from 1, Hamburg via Bott-Vd*-*, A ntwerp, SouGibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Ma: Naples, Alexandria and vioe versa) Per Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore kong, Shanghai, Nagasaki A Kobe to Yokohairand back.
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    TRONOH MINES.
    644 7 The fc i Bm Sapor! of the Directors fast annual meeting at the _>n Street Betel, London, on July 80, The Wi Nl the pleasure to present to th -..ir, holders the Accounts of the Company—Profit and Le .ne and Balance Sheet for the period irom the date
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    EXCHANGE.
    76 7 (Corrected up to Aug 17.) Bank -4 m/s w 2/4 demand 2/3|f Private credita 3 m/s w 2/4 credits 6 m/s 2/4 T 7^ Fkakoh, demand Bank. 291 Gu-tMANT, demand w 237 India, T.T, 175* Honokonc4, demand w w 23% Yokohama, demand 113} Java, demand 139| Bangkok, demand M
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    PRODUCE.
    134 7 Aug 17. *rin $67.25 3-ambier w buyers 7.62:1 3ambier Cube No. 1 M 11.75 3-ambier Cube No. 2 10.00 Pepper Black (ord"n. Spore) buyers 10.90 Pepper, Whits (fair L. W. 6p c buyers 1 7.00 STutruegs (110 to the 1b.).., 19.00 Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) 21.00 -lace (Banda)
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    SHARES.
    737 7 Capful Capital Issue Fsid Issaed paid up Valat up Company. Quotation $300,000 300,000 10 io Belat Tin Mining Co. Ltd 675 $300,000 225.000 10 10 Bruang Limited 600 $600,000 600.0C0 10 10 Bruseb Hvdrauic Tin M. Co. Ltd U £400.000 350,000 1 1 Duff Deveiopmen- Ltd £'60,000 60,000 I
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      610 7 KSvertisemen... TO LET. TO LET Xo. 10 and 12 Mount Elizabeth, 18b ilkie Road, and nine new houses Adis Hoad. Apply to Loh Lam, 601. Xorth Bridge Koad. July 2 2.9 TO LET No. 10 Tiverton Lane off Killiney Road. Apply to B. N. ELIAS, 6, Malacca Street. Aug 7
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      517 7 Advertisements. On the Berth. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD For Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan Ports The Imperial German Mail Steamer PRINZ EITEL FRIEDRICH 8,865 Tons, Captain Malchow, having left Colombo on Saturday the loth inst., at 5 p.m. may be expected to arrive here on Friday morning the 21st idem eu route for
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      311 7 WANTED. EMPLOYMENT. Englishman. 23 years of age, who has served 3 years with Mechanical Engineering inn. and has nine months local experience Divil Engineering work and speaks Malay, lesires employment. Address D.M. c o Singapore Free Press." Aug 18 25.8 European seeks employment as Office Assis;ant (Bazaar and Indent work),
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      267 7 THE YOKOHAMA BOOK CO., LTD. No. 1 DOCK. I No 1 DOCK Length Inside 514 ft. Length inside 375 ft. Width of entrance, top 95 ft., bott Width of entrance, top 60.5 ft. bott. 75 ft. 45.8 ft. Water on blocks 27.5 ft. Water on blocks 20.5 ft. Time to
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    NEW JAPANESE SHIP.
    47 8 The fine new Japanese mail steamer mo Mam oi q Yusen Kaisha line, arr. terday i. from Japan on her maiden a nmgnitieen* We are as lhat launches will have Johnston's Pier to-day at 1230 and rom V ln onv 3 invited to the
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    67 8 flham-eT .returned a a every possibility ot proceeding this year t<> Shangh hat. The Waiwupu has granted a licence to a .m American engineer to prospect for :.ear Am Alice Fletcher haa beea appointed am in the Perak Medical Sorvice, and is expected shortly from England. Mr Sutherland, an estate
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    PERJURY IN POLICE COURT.
    365 8 v I RIGHT DI APPEAL AGAINST MMAKY FINE. lv the Bumrejßfl Court yesterday, refer euce was made to the case m which a mat named Solomon Elias Solomon had appeals ,i_:__..- the decision ot a magistrate m tin P lice Court of Penang on June 17th,
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    A CORPSE IN COURT.
    179 8 Body. corpse i .Chinese infant was one of the exhibits before Mr nan, m the third police lay. A se woman nau Ah barged with dumping the body of an infant m Smith Se who apt r the prosecution, informed I roner wished him to ly.
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    SANDAKAN NOTES.
    372 8 {From our awn Correspondent.,) We have some good news to report at last m regard to the native trouble round about Faitan. The Punitive Expedition managed to get into touch with Musah's Camp, and surprise it. Kalakau, Musah's right hand man, was killed outiight, with three or four
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    UNDESIRABLE ALIENS.
    196 8 At the instance of the Director of Botanic Gardens, Mr. H. X. Ridley ma., fl s., a Bill is ta be introduced m the Legislative Council, "to prevent the introduction into the Colony uf pests and insects destructive to trees, plants, and cro| 3." 1' is laid down
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    THEATRES IN THE COLONEY.
    144 8 THEATRES IN THE COLONEY. Ihe Straits Settlements can now boast of the establishment of quite a considerable number of theatres. The steady increase m the number m recent time> has led to an extension of legislation affecting these places of amusement. Among the Bills to be introduced iv the Legislative
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    F. M. S. RUBBER.
    52 8 Tho rubber returns for the P.M. S. show the eiporta up to July 31_1 to be:— Juh Year P. rat 2 f g27 222 Se'angor 164,428 1,030,99 N. Sembilan 28,847 354 3< Totals 102 1,608,260 Increase over the similar period last year 626,965 lb. say 280
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    87 8 The Commander of the Chinese cruiser who captured the Tatsu Maru and was degraded as a punishment m complismce with the demands of Japan, has now been given a high promotion and placed m charge of the naval station not iar from Sunning. The trouble at Hoihow has not yet
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    L. L. T. C. TOURNAMENT.
    115 8 YESTERDAY'S PLAY. Ladies' Singles. Mrs Waddell. owe 15.3 beat Mrs Braddell, 15,1, ti— 2, 6—2. Mrs Gansloser. owe 15.2 beat Mrs Freer, scr 6 2, 6 l. Ladies' Doubles. Mrs McArthur and Mrs Mactaggart, 15.2 v Miss J. Gunn and Mrs G. C. Murray, owe
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    TO-DAY'S TIES.
    73 8 Ladies' Singles. Mrs Gansloser v Mrs Hartnell. Ladies' Doubles. Mrs Salzmann and Mrs Saunders, owe 15.2 v Miss SalXmann and Miss Gibson, 2. Mrs McArthur and Mrs Mactaggart, 15.2 v Miss J Gunn and Mrs G. C. Murray, owe 40, to finish. Mixed Doubles B. Class. Mrs and
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    S.C.C. LAWN TENNIS.
    185 8 YESTERDAY'S PLAY. Profession Pairs. Accts. I. Butler and Gallimore beat Shipping. Knight and Carpenter, 6— 1, 6 4. Mer. VIII. Millar and Somerville beat Mer. IX Cheek and Brandt, !>— 7, 6—2. Munpty. Fulcher and Marsh beat Mer. i\ Proctor and Phipps, 6—2, 6—2. Mer. XI. O'Connor
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    THE ELLIS SHIELD.
    156 8 The Ellis Shield, op?n to Section teams of the No. 2 (Chinese) Company of tho Singapore Volunteer Infantry, was fired for ou Sunday at the Balestier rifU range. The ranges were 200, 300, 400, 500 and 600 yards. Section 3, m charge of Col-Sergt. Tan Soo Bin,
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    THE FOOTBALL SHIELD.
    67 8 The following games have been arranged m this competition. Aug 18. S.R.C. vs Wi t Kents II Aug 21 West Kents II vs Warders and Engineers; Aug 26. E.G. A. vs West Kents I Aug 28. West Kents II vs 5 ALGA., Aug 28. S R.C. vs
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    110 8 A big python Mas killed on Sunday morning at Pulo Brani. It was first espied by some natives who took word to Messrs Lurcock and J. V. King. These gentlemen set out with a shot gun, a bowie knife and two stout hearts, and came up with the reptile in
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    136 8 A cargo of copra arrived by the British steamer Banka from Natunas yesterday. Yesterday the Dutch steamer Djambi arrived with a cargo of iron from P. Berandan. The Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company's steamer Nerite on her arrival here on Saturday from B. Papan. brought a cargo of benzine, It
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      13 8 Bowel Complaint m Children. summer months eh ildren arc of the bowels whipi.
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      450 8 PASSENGERS. Per Kinta Mr and Mrs A. J. W. Watkins. Mrs Wilkinson, Lieuts. I-eckie, McCallum, MacMillan, Capt. Graham, Sergt. Maj. Kennedy, Dr. Iwasubo, Messrs M. Goldenberg, Elcum, Ridley, H. E. Davidson, J. H. Evans, S. Fuehrmann, Tait, Guthrie, T. F. A. Pole, A. N. Harcourt, J. McClymont, T. H. Tedlie,
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      570 8 VESSELSIN PORT. Men-of-war Flag and Tons Commanders Arrived From When For Gen. Baqaedano Chili, train, ship 15<»0 Fontaine Aug 15 Manila Oakland Zahora Sar. Yacht 500 R. Brooke Aug 7 Sarawak Uncertain Sea Mew Col. Ya-cht 500 Coleman Aug 9 Batavia Untv Ship Flag Tons Master Arrived From Consignee For
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