The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 19 March 1909

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    16 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1909. NO. 6,552
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    145 1 The position of matters re the Navy is fully set forth m the telegrams and leader on pa^e 4 and 5. The country is united m its determination not to let efficiency slip for economy. Sir Jjhn Anderson has bsid the honour of lunchiug with the Pjinceof
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    A LITERARY TONIC.
    879 1 Are we m need oi a literary td al tonic? The query has j lore now m the minds of many people, who view with some concern if not a little amused tolerance, the amount of pu rJ« rubbish which is foisted upon a tired public nowa.Uys.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      365 1 KATZ BROTHERS, LTD. (a Br^^ m B m. BBS 9/ m B Bm. Mrm B IWT Bf BB B B B B m B B B/ B 3 B *rB B W^ M*^^ WS: I^^ *E% 1^ J^P Jl jLijf J^V* A^k, A I Riley, Hargreaves (Ib Co M Lt>d.
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      240 1 En tertainments. HARIMA HALL GRAND CINEMATOGRAPH, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. To-Night! To-Night!! NEW PROGRAMME, SHERLOCK HOLMES. NURNBERG. MESSINA EARTHQUAKE. BABY'S PLAYMATE. CATCHING A TARTAR. MARATHON RACE. GAMEKEEPERS BRIDE. aero i*, axe flights. CHIN/ OF PRESENT DAY. PROVIDENCE OF CHANCE. K. HARIMA, Sole Proprietor. A LH AM BRA GRAND TRIPLE BILL I.
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      112 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Announcement of the important Mortgage and Trust Co— Page 1. Gaiety and Harima Hall CinematographsPage 1. On the berth, Minilya and Laisang Page 7. Robinson and Co. for velvet pile carpets and tapestry Page 5. Auction sales, Powells Mr Coulcher's furniture furniture at Oxley-rd, salvage from Djambi; War
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      309 1 THE WEEK. Higb Water. 7.56 a., 9.52 p Legislative Council, 2.30 p Sacred Conceit, Presbyterian Chutch, 9 p High Water.— 9.3 a., 10.26 p N\D.L. Mail Outward due. Mr Wenyon's Recital, 9 p Sunday, 21st Sigh Water:— 9.17 a, 10.56 p 4th m Lent. S. R. A Monthly Shoot, 2.30
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    THE FALL IN EXCHANGE IN SIAM.
    200 2 THE FALL IN EXCHANGE IN SI AM. ..'•> iiv llttO ttn l'inanciil advisei sai id not i 1 fche Wl I hange value of the t. d announc 1 by some of Urn I l >- aii (luJ not expert any f irtll.T drop. The Hanks can always purchase statliag
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    STIMULANTS TO LITERARY WORK.
    407 2 1 not been left to the late M dfl .v;:- the literary interview, which now wLethei MISS Corelli lik- I lumps of su^ar m i. r I and ■what sort of underclothing is worn by Mr W. W. Jacobs when visitiuti his bargees, the journalists of
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    168 2 l ito show those of our friends who al> up to the third s'orev i f fcbifl I I i sence of a Hit w aMrelj delicate ssideraJ »©ux part for their health* Tnbe raflwaja, besides bearing] v swiftly t > your destination, keep yon irann m v inter, 000
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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      990 2 NOTH2ES. Telephone 119. Established 184 0 M. SALOMON SON, Dubashes, Ship Chandlers and Navy Contractors, General Store and Fresh Provision Suppliers. Office: No. 8, Raffles Place, Singapore. Feb 25 25.2 SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB. The Eighteenth Annual General Meeting will bs held at the Club House, on Friday, 19th March, 19C9,
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      411 2 NOTIGES. NOTICE. HOWARTH ERSKINE LIMITED. The transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 18th to the 26th instant inclusive. By Order of the Board, V. V. LEMBERGER, Secretary. Mar 15 27.3 REMiNDER. BATAM BRICK WORKS OFFICE 135, PRINSEP STREET. We are now able to receive orders or
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      489 2 INSURANGES. FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. Established 1882. Capital and Assets exceed 4,000,000 Gold Dollars. J. H. EVANS, Manager, South Eastern Asia. The Borneo Co., Geaneal Agents. Mar 1_ 1.6 NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE CO., LTD. FIRE AND MAEIXE. VA«6-TSZE INSURANCE ASSOC. LTD. MAEINE. mv FifiE INSURANCE CO., LTD. FIRE.
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      518 2 BANKS. International Banking Corporation. CAPITAL and SURPLUS GOLD $6,500, C00 Head Office.— €o Wall Street Ni MM Office TLrea se, JHb |.> Within, London London Bankers .—National Provincial Bank of England Ltd. General Foreign Business Traniacted. DEPOSITS. Current Deposit Accounts opened and Interest allowed on the daily balances at the
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    THE NEW TREATY.
    451 3 HB PAOEI [NFBRVIEWED. ED i; BftTlßfi Blf B. Ftg*l wag Si mi i ):»-r\vr an( l hrkl ia conversation on the I gnat! to-day, we havft had the official communication from the Siame-e auth< li aa«yo« nothing to say a i i iUa Britiaa fcyjoa will under^
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      45 3 E AUCTION SALE. Wednesday, 24th March, at 11 a.m. CASKS TABLE CLARET hi Hood c mdHi n. POWELL Co Auctioneers. 35 J AUCTION SALE OF Found Property and Unserviceable Railway Stoics. At Thi RAIL* H BffOBB, POLAV Saic.ON A *»_lj < f\^\ v j ex n/\
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      629 3 ZWQTIONS. auction sale of Household Furniture &c. at No. 815, SIEBANGOON ROAD. On Saturday, 27th March, at 2-30 p.m. A toned mrttntfi piano by H. Coelho; rattan chairs acd loonget t»?ak rocking chairs poKabed (lining table bentwood standard chain crockery glassware &c. Iron bedsteads; dressing tables with mirror attached Ac.
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      797 3 UNDER NEW PROPRIETORSHIP. ADELPHI HOTEL. E g£?-) Select fireproof residential and transit Hotel, commanding the most peaceful and attractive outlook m Singapore facing the Cathed ral and adjoining tbe Esplanade. NOTABLE CLEANLINESS. sjPpAaTTTTPQ ANGLO-FRE*Cff COOKING. fcJf.LClAJLl.lljbib THE BEST WINES. 1 The highest class accommodation at moderate prices. Specially attractive rates
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      504 3 USE CEMENT. FOR H!GH CLASS WORK, BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED, Contractors to Government. 2 Ply $10 per roll of 216 square feet, i 3 $12 complete with Nails, Capsjind cement for fixing. Sectional Illustration ok *^t -ce>:asco smooth subface ready boofnq ftM& Genasco" is prepared for is cheap, neat and easily
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      Birth.
      25 4 THUBSBY. On Sunday, the 7th Feb., at Mar^ol House, Much Wenlock, the wife of Captain Cecil F. Thursby, R.N., H.M.S. Swiftsure, of a son.
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    The Singapore Free Press. Friday, Mar. 19, 1909.
    2662 4 The Singapore Free Press. Friday, Mar. 19, 1909. Here shall the Press the People's right maintain, U'lawed by influence and unbribed by gain; Here patriot Truth h?r sriorious precepts diaw. Pledged to Religion, Loyalty and I-aw. One of tha items most desarviag of attention m the last mail's budget is
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      259 4 $2 Ass $2 yr £m jf\\\ *r Am WEEK. J|g2,WEEK. AND YOU OWN 6 MODELS FROM $25. THE ROBINSON PIANO Co, Ltd. Lv i«»wi g I s n g*+ are now showing a 1 I a Bess* choice collection of KELLY and WALSH, Ltd. FASHIONABLE STATIONERY SAN REMO. A I
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      119 4 NEW STUDIO High Class Photographers, LEE BROTHERS, 58-4, Hill Street, Singapore. (off Stamford Road.) Price list on Application. Dec 16 16.12 THE Pirates of Penzance. 10 Scenes taken at the Stage and I A big group of all the Actors Photo- 3 graphed by us can be obtained for I
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    NAVAL ESTIMATES.
    67 5 THE GERMAN MENACE. Party Quarrefa Dropped. Subma-m* TeUvraph. Renter's) Hai 1 -*'h, 11 am. iptlmt mdi bat .a shipyards have been working government rabsid- ./e per cent m excess of the estimate^ That journal declares thit the House of us wiii be denounced for the GoverniUbobj and procrastination.
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    NO ECONOMY.
    150 5 A I PED PARLIAMENT. More Dreadnoughts. poaail rate the imprest Britain by the estimates cjuple-1 with .uuouncement that Germ i air* irteeii slips for building it three more are I is bein^ nude m ga aud other ti'tings. The <ed all oppoB to the increase ia the navy.
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    THROUGH LAND TELEGRAPHS.
    298 5 appear to be ike money. irk by seeing an announcele land telegraph lines are now for G rernment messages between od the 1 ug duri;n hours and will ba opened to the te. It might have been that considering the period since actually through, time L.- been
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    KING AND AERO.
    35 5 (Iv Submarine Telegraph. Beater's) \i 'oeived at t">. P) p.m. His II ijestj the King has arrived at Pau and baa witnessed the fights of Mr Wright, the American, m his aeroplane.
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    SIR JOHN ANDERSON.
    27 5 In Good Company. John Anderson, Governor of the Straits S-ttlements, has been entertained at lunch bj H. K. H. t_h e Prince of Wales.
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    THE U. S. TARIFF.
    95 5 Cheapening Necessaries, Mar. 18, 11 -Jam. The tariff revision bill introduced into the United States Congress has been referred to a committee. It makes various increases m the revenue from luxuries, for the purpose of moving reductions m clothes and tc<»ls. The difference between the minimum
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    Philippine Free Trade.
    13 5 The bill provides for reciprocal free trade with the Philippines.
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    PARIS POSTAL STRIKE.
    17 5 Three million letters and a hundred thousand telegrams are now lying undelivered m Paris.
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    JAPANESE LADY HONOURED.
    26 5 JAPANESE LADY HONOURED. M it. 18, 4.35 pm. Her Majesty the Qjaen has received M idame Kato, the wife of the new Japanese Ambassador to England.
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    Death of Earl Egerton.
    349 5 The death is announced of Earl Egerton of Tatton. [Egerton, Ist Earl (cr. 1897), Wilbraham Egerton Viscount Salford (cr. 1897) 2nd Baron Egerton of Tatton (cr. 1850) Lord Lieut of Cheshire, 1 90 D- 1805 Chancellor of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of
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    TO-NIGHT'S CONCERT.
    71 5 Readers are reminded of the sacred concert which will be given m the Presbyterian Church this evening. During the organ solos the lights will be turned out, the music in-uit? listened to m the darkness. Admission is by programme, which, at one dollar, can be obtained at John
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    PERAK TIN.
    97 5 Cause of the Shortage. Fewer Coolies. (From Our Oi<-n Correspondent.) Ipoh, Mar. 18, 11.50 am. The Times of Malaya learns on the best authority that the decrease! output of tin trom Perak is due to the great decrease m the number of coolies employed m the mines. At
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    FRASER & CO.'S CIRCULAR.
    395 5 FRASER CO.'S CIRCULAR. Rubbers m most instances are still inclined to harden, the general public exhibit ing more interest m most of the larger concerns The other sections remain quiet, with very little business to rep >rt. Mining. The lower priced shares have seen most of the business that his
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    SINGAPORE FRUIT.
    385 5 The Indian Daily Telegraph has this reference to Singapore fruit A Calcutta journal stated recently that the Calcutta market is plentifully supplied with fresh fruit from Singapore, which has a large share m contributing to Calcutta's imports of fruits and added The mangosteens which cotne from Singapore are
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    PENANG FORESHORE CASE.
    240 5 PENANG FORESHORE CASE. BOUSTE AD'S PETITION DISMISSED. A special telegram received yesterday from our Correspondent at Penang states that the petition of Messrs Bjustead Go with reference to their foreshore rights on Weld Quay has been dismissed with costs. The cisc cime on for hearing before Mr Justice Braddell on
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    Correspondence.
    216 5 TANJONG KATONG. To The Editor, Sir, I occasionally correspond with an old Singapore friend of mine, who is now settled m England. I sent him recently a local picture post-card shewing a view of Tanjong Katong. In acknowledging its receipt, ho enquires what tli3 word Katong means. Txnjong I
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    FLOGGED TO DEATH.
    242 5 Serious Charge Against Mining Tow kay. Oa December 2nd last, a Cantonese coolie employed on a tin mine balonging to Towfcay Loke Yew at Sungei Garnbiug, near BAni, ia Pahaog, made bis way to the police station m Kuantan and made a very serious charge against the
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    ROMANCE OF A TOBACCO PACKET.
    103 5 Mr and Mrs John Worth ington have been married as (he result of the finding of a slip of paper with a name and address m a package of tobacco. Mr Worth ington was born m Liverpool. The name and address discovered by Mr Worthin^ton
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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      210 5 ROBINSON Co. I NEW SHIPMENT VELVET PILE CARPET SQUARES. VELVET PILE RUGS. TAPESTRY CARPET SQUARES. S Oi tm Cm 3 I Insist of having RONEO goods and RONEO only, such as B *Z doi Pi so you save the middleman <* profit and have the advantage oi purchasing from the
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    THE OPIUM COMMISSION.
    642 6 Ai>r»!;K>> Sik A HOOK. CorritpQneV i Shanghai, Pehi 1 l A'. i ltd el the internatk» J As have now be< a presented except thoae of Canada, Italy, and Russia. On Friday Sir A.-i,n'!-r H-;- •■akln^ 0B behalf of tbe Hr-.t:- Ration, leikwed Urn memoran.: previous Monday
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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      712 6 SHIPPING. Apcar Line. The undermentioned mail steamers of the above company maintain a regular service between Calcutta and Japan calling at Pcnang, Singapore, Hongkong Shanghai en route. FLEKT. Tons. Commander. B.s. Japan 6.:i00 J. G. Olifeni a.s. Gregory Apcar 4,606 S. H. Bulson. iA Arratoon Ai>oar 4,510 A. Stewart. ba
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      689 6 SHIPPING. P O STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia) India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London, Through Billa of Lading issued foT China Coast, Fersi&n Gulf, Continental and American Ports. Steamers will luvt Singapore oa ox about MAIL LINES. Outward {for China) Devanha Mar. 26 Delbi
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      578 6 SHIPPING HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE, HAMBURG. The steamers 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 Penang and Colombo. Taking cargo at
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      692 6 SHIPPING. N. D. L. SINGAPORE, GERMAN MW GUINEA. ss. SANDAKAN will leave for Batavia. Samarang, Soerabaya, Macassar, Amboiua, Banda, Berlinhafen, Potsdainhaft 11. Stephansport, Finschhai< n Simpaonhafen and vice versa on April '2nd m connection with the German Mail ss. Buelow and after this date regularly every eight weeks always connecting
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      566 6 SHIPPING. .'Norddentscher Llojd. BreoMO IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE The fast and wall-known mn this Company sail fortnightly tr v j HambuTfT via RritterdHin Alltwer] tScut i Gibralt*r. Genoa, N»j (conn Naples, A iezkndria ana rioe vt>rt») Perl Sh Suez, Aden, CoiomK,, l'Mn*r.g, KBgaf 1 kong, Sharghai, > it^taki A Kolk-
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    RUBBER IN THE OLD DAYS.
    720 7 v Vkaks AIn Superinton-l-'nt of the B t,i- MnkTtp"'.-. „t th" re. pest of the Colonial GtovaiMMtttt I PWtMI m Dfl into the origin of Malay guttas bbers, and these «i i m a report, as the matter was im it Ibal comely remote period
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    EXCHANGE.
    72 7 (COBRKCTBD UP TO Mar 1* I Bank4m/B 2/4^ demand 2/3? Prirate credit* 3 m/i 2/4 credits 6 m/a 2/4 1 F"rajtc», demand Bank»«« M 292 G IIMAHT, demand M 237 India, T. T, 174^ FTowokoh*, demand 24i%dis. Yokohama, demand nom. 118| Java, demand 139| Bangkok 1 demand 65i Sovereigns,
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    PRODUCE.
    145 7 Mar 18. Tk* M $65.70 Gambier buyers 8.40 Gambier Oube No. 1 12 50 Grambier Cube No. 2 w norn 12.00 Pepper Black (ord'n. S'pcr*) "buyers 10.75 Pepper, White (fair buyers 18.00 Nutmegs (110 to the Ik.) 17.50 Nutmegs (80 to the Ik) 22 50 M&ce (Banda) mm wm
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    SHARES.
    694 7 SHARES £150,000 137,062.10 5 I Ani?1 M la y Rubber Co. 4 10.0 1 1 17/6 Do Do 47g £140,000 100,878 1 1 Asiatic Rubbor and Prod Oo 19/ $200,000 120,750* 10 10 Baigownia Rub*.- EoUu,. i,U f- 5§ 30.000 22,756 3 I Batu Oaves RubW (jo* L 4 H
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      65 7 APARTMENTS. le and double rooms with board at Barganny House, 7, Oxley Rise. Terms mote. n.c. Englishman employed on Dock Works quarters m ht.altliy BttxMr xion, with dinner tils occasionally, :o tram or railway preferred. Xo board tc£ houst J. J. co I'rir Prow 2J3.3 TO BE LEI .rnislu'd house
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      594 7 WANTED. Englishman 28 years of ago, seeks situation, (Xpert book keeper and accountant. Address: —BOX '1. c o Free Press. Mar 19 86.8 WANTED To boy for, immediate u^e old Tarpaulins or Boat Sails. Apply X c o '"Singapore Free Press." Mar lfl 2iT:5 WANTED. Qualified Bngineex for Tin Mine
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      598 7 TO LET. TO BE LET. No. 1, Dublin Road. A large house suitable for a boaiding establishment. For particulars apply to Messrs. Tomlinson Lkrmit, 1, RaiHes Quay, Mar 10 26. :i TO BE LET. Richmond Stevens Road. Rent furnished $60. Unfurnished $50. Chua Lam House near Cluny Road Station. Rent
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      347 7 On the Berth. INDO-CHINA S. N. CO., LTD. FOR HONGKONG. The Company's steamer LAISANG 3,4G0 tons, Captain Wheeler, is due here on Saturday 20th and will be despatched on Monday the 22nd instant, at 5 p.m. She has excellent accommodation for first class passengers, amidships, carrying a qualified European Surgeon,
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      249 7 I? «!f& UHSWEETENED buy inferior milk when you can pg| M W e^ O *H> thQ best at the same prico? I i^Jte^t SLEDGE I I%SE AbPS-MILK^ GUARANTEED \^y^=*^--> from b\\ germs r.nd added *'^^ZIZZ~~ZZ^~*^ preservatives. I THE YOKOHAMA DOCK CO., LTD. No. 1 DOCK. No 2 IKH'K. Length inside
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    GERMAN MAIL CASE.
    1120 8 *:,<"> 1 INK. FOR SaTOOGUNG. Cki n r Ri ukm kßLajraa.* 1 Taatuflsj nth Magiatrate, Mr I>* Mello, L't'-' hid judgment iv the case m whuh Captain 1' i. KB of the < r -rm iv ma>! steam* r I'r.r >sa Alice was chared with having illowe
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    158 8 Championship and Sweepstake. The following are the draws for the Singapore Golf Club Championship and Sweepstake, play for which will commence on Satnrdaj, March 20th first round to be completed by Sunday, March 28:h. H. V. W. Vade v J.C. Watt. Capt. Sir Arthur Young v C.
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    JAVA NOTES.
    136 8 {From our own Correspondent?) B Ltavia, 12 th Maich. The Social-democratic Labour Party has confirmed the exclusion of the Marxists by. a great majority. Sunday is the anniversary of the birth of Marx. Captain Tydeman, R.D.N., commander of the Heemskerk. comes here m command of the N.E.I war
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    A DAYLIGHT MURDER.
    271 8 Execution at Bangkok. At Bangkok, on May 3rd, Xai Phon, aged 29, convicted of the murder of Mr M. J. Kaiser m Sapatuin Road, on the morning of May 18th 1908, was executed at daylight. The Siani Observer gives the following details of the crime: At about
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    Croup.
    36 8 The first symptom of this disease m hoarseWhen Chamberlain's Cough Keinedy is given as soon as the child becomes hoarse. tiu attack can always be averted. Even after the eroupy OOOgh has appeared, tlie attack
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    ABOUT THE TREATY.
    631 8 Bangkok Opinion. Several inquiries have been received as to ■what is the ordinary taxation that British subjects will have to pay when the Treaty comes into force. So far as we know, the only new taxes that will fall on the British Bangkok resident are a bouse
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    HUNTED DOWN.
    344 8 FUGITIVES FKOM JUSTICE FOR THREE YEARS Details of the murder of the Chief Excise Officer m the Hongkong New Territory m the year 1 10 6 a full account of which appeared at the time, will not yet have been forgotten by many. On February 2nd, 1906, Mr
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    Next Mails Due.
    92 8 From Europe. Per NDL Goeban, tomorrow, with mails of Feb 24. Per B. I. Tara, to-morrow, with mails of, Feb '20. From China. Per M. M. Tourane on Monday next. Mails already despatched for London. Left Deb Arrived If M Feb 9 Mar 4 Mar 6 P
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    124 8 From Bangkok yesterday the Terrier arrived with a cargo of teak. When the Dutch steamer Ruinphius was imving to the wharf yesterday, a deck passenger jumped or fell'overboard. He was picked up by the agent's liunch. The M. M. Company's steamer Ernest Simons left Colombo at midnight on
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    VESSELS AT TANJONG PAGAR AND KEPPEL HARBOUR.
    89 8 Wharves and Doclcs at which dif event vessels were berthed yesterday. Fast Wharf Basin- Xew Orleans, Hong Wan East Wharf Sec 1-Kum Sang. Section I— Sheers Wharf- Nil. Section 2 Patani, Seirstad. M 3— Nil. 4— Nil. i, s—Minilya.5 Minilya. f, 6— Prometheus,
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      21 8 W. J. GARCIA, 50, BBA.S BASAH ROAD. Piano, Organ and Music dealer. SOLE AGENT FOR GHAPPELL BROADWOOD PIANOS. MODELS IN STOCK
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      300 8 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAARf MAATSCHAPPIJ. tjNU«a CONTEACT WITH THB NkTHRRLANDP INDIA GOVERNMENT. Agents at Singapore, The Shipsagency, Limited, 2-3. Collyer Quay. THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES OF DEPARTURE ARE ONLY APPROXIMATE. deEerens... I Bandjormasin, Stagen, X pan, Samarinda,! I Noenoekan, Tarakan, Boclongan and Sampit Mar. Rumphius Batavia, Sarnarang, and Soerabaia i passengers only)
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      65 8 THE SWIMMING CLUB. The steam launch Argo will leave Johnstons Pier for the Club Bungalow on Sunday at 8, 9, and 10 a.m., 2 30 aiid 3 30 p.m., returning thence at 8 ;>0 and 9.30 a.m., 12 1">, 5 and 5 30 pm. übers are reminded that entries for
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      425 8 CLEARANCES. Mar 17. Merapi, Dut. str., Uldall, for Hongkong Amoy and Swatow. Mar 18. Titan, Brit, str Day, fo" Liverpool via ports. Trccas, Brit, str., Mills, for Balik Papan via ports. Tydeus, Brit, str., Campbell, for Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan. Laurens Pit, Dut. str Dencker, for Indragiri. Resident Schieif, Dut.
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      496 8 VESSELS IN PORT. O i ShiD Flas: Tons Master Arrived From ConnigDPo Wh«r As?ang Biam 405 Bvanw Mar 16 Bangkok E. A Co Baud Dnt 1689 Smit Mar US. nips Agencj Banri Mam Jap CSBB Yamanaka Mar- ll X icbmot/.u M 1^ I Uncertain Batavier But 215 Simpson Mar io
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