The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 April 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, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1909. NO. 6,585
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    THE DAYS NEWS.
    150 1 The deposition of Abdul Hamed, yesterday, Sultan of Turkey and Commander of tbe Faithful, has been accomplished. X smet." He only desired safety for himself and his family— Page 5. Mehmed V. is the new Sultan, who is only two yeirs younger than his brother, and c
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    SOCRATES IN SINGAPORE.
    1008 1 c people of the Great w i.. b Q icen, i »ra, c to Singapoie: 1 ut the Giea 1 nn was i fit And the;, said, "This it-laud has been lifted out of the d< I i i 1 for us not m tM |i behind
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      182 1 KATZ BROS., Ltd. A* FRESH STOGK OF COWPAMA GENERAL BRAND. Lordres m boxes of 100 $1 95 per box Regalia A. Lopez 50 300 Perfpctos 25 1.50 Reina Victoria 50 250 Reina Victoria N. P. U 100 550 Etc., Etc. PRICE LIST FREE ON APPLICATION. Also SIMON ARZT'S 170 P
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      99 1 Entertainments. 7 Qfl anrf Q M n m I iUU UllU UiUU fJiiili L, F. WILLIS, Manager. af A jL Jt, Ik jWI Wl^ \j EL A CINEMATOGRAPH, 3 BEACH ROAD. of Programme TWICE WEEKLY. TO.yiPHT and Every Night. i 7 on n on iv muni d j /-dU&U-dU. ONE
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      225 1 Entertainments. VICTORIA THEATRE Sole Lessee Director HUGH J. WARD. Business Manager ALBERT GOLDIE. Commencing Monday, May 3rd, For SIX NIGHTS ONLY HUGH J. WARD'S London Comedy Co., INCLUDING Miss GRACE PALOTTA. THE FUN LIST. Monday, May 3rd: "When knights Were Bald" Tuesday, May 4th:— "The New Clown" Wednesday, May sth:
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      62 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Hamburg Amerika and Pacific Mail new time tables Page 6. British North Borneo farm tenders called for Page 2. Messrs Robinson Co ready for the wants of gentlemen for the Races Page 5. Fresh announcement re the General Outfitting Sale— Page 2. Nutricia milk, Holland Trading Co Page
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      374 1 THE WEEK. Thursday, 29th ffigh Water.— 4.ss a., 7.46 p B I Mail Homeward closes 3 p S.V.I. Cotnpany Extended Order Drill. Lodge St Micha3l, regular, 9 p Friday, 30th Hi£h Water.— 6.33 a., 8.28 p N.D.L. Mail Outward due. Municipal Commission. 2.30 p S.Y.A. Gun Laying Competition. S R
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    SYNTHETIC RUBBER.
    247 2 B ibber Com waose mmm meeting vu beld on M trek 24. ia ad i bit the experiments uiv havd BOt bflW MMJ- J fj I MOl manufacture h Li been fullj tried, but do ruiiber Ih n prod I i.i" indie ited w.ts !)t>.- i i-'.^vt-rsiou ot
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    NOTES FROM KELANTAN.
    240 2 April 22ad, 1909. -V QrsJuuß, His Siamese liajesty*B .ml Skdvtser ai Keiantan, intenda leaving for Bangkok very sb >r t ly and it is Mome his previous ip- .utment there. A deal of talk and ooßjeetme ia g ng the rounds regarding •.he futara British Etesident to
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      140 2 A STUBBORN FOE. To conquer a.v tlwtintln enemy rt.iaires }>v\ >4iBtency aud perseverance. It is the mum *r.h Hheumati>in. the dread foe of mankind. Aiiich ranks lomß -t in -tubboruness. To -radicate it from Urn -ystem. you must use right weapon. Little's Oriental Balm h only remedy that OAa overpower
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      1070 2 j Tenders for Revenue Farms, Tenders are invited for the Iea3e of Revenue Farms in the State of North Borneo from the 1st January, UKO, as set out hereunder. REVENUE FARMS IN THE STATE OF NORTH BORNEO. 1. In making arrangements for the leading of the Farms for the next
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      612 2 General Outfitting Sak No. 12, Stamford Rd., (Meth. Publishing Room.) Mr. John Strut of Hamburg, General Exporter, and LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S OITFITTER wishes to introduce to the East his gools. A Representative pissing through wilh a LARGE COLLECTION OF THE LATENT CREATIONS is ready to sell a limited quantity o?
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      522 2 NOTIQES. SINGAPORE "SPORTING CLUB. NOTICE. Ladies attending the Races on May lltb. 13th and 15th, are reminded that admission to the Grand Stand and Lawn will be by Ticket oniy. Ladies' Tickets are obtained through members of the S.S.C Free but they must bear the name of the bearer, and
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      570 2 BANKS. International Banking Corporation. CAPITAL and SURPLUS GOLD $6,500,000. Head Ofctcb OO Wall Street. New York. j London Office Threadne<<dU House, I i:ishopsgate Street Within. London EC. London' Bankers: National JVo\incia! Dank of England Ltd. General Foreign Easiness Transacted. DEPOSIT-. CURRENT Deposit Accounts opened and Interest allowed on the daily
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      366 2 INSURnNGES. FEDERAL LIFIT Assurance Company of Conada. EKTAJLISHHIi ltd Capital and Assets exceed 4,000,000 Gold Dollars. J. H. EVANS .Manager, South Eastern A»\n T:t IiOKKEO 0 General Ag< Mar 1 j NEW ZEALAND INSURANT CO,, I FIRE AffD MARINE Um-Jm INSURANCE ASSOC, LTfl. MARINE. CHINA FiRE INSURANCE CO. LTD. 1
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    THE LANGAT RIVER RUBBER COMPANY.
    219 3 THE LANG AT RIVER RUBBER COMPANY. j-'neri' m^etinsj c t the bQrt li Rivet (Selaagot fi !.y. Ltd «t the oJBom of Messrs 1 Btown I Colombo, the agents v NJr H< pre mbl wen Messrs p I,• B I >ii id W. Hoar Mr D. Scf ipwseated tl sgnfta
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    SCARCITY OF SOVEREIGNS IN CEYLON.
    96 3 M ention to th» i y not \>e nera of keep ;i certain reserve, and of that reserve bus to trucunt required to be imported, importation. mission•ound to sell their securi- reserve I that the Treasury »nry has always b sovereigns as far as t
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    STEAMER AGROUND IN THE HUGHLI.
    125 3 m :i-L!oyd liner second i happened to the TOtel after rip to Trieste and London. which, unfortunately. c;ius- tba third steward, ajomg llarae, occurred >und at o tbe is S nek aun m <{uesoard Life balt« were be failt I I them lower a boat
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      563 3 WANTED. Wanted Immediately for British Kor.h Borneo. Court Clerk. Must be able to read and writ* Chinese. Salary SiO per month. Apply id writing to 91 THBIE vv Co.. Ltd. Agents— British Nohth Borneo Co. j Apl 29 tts n.e. WANTED FOR BRITISH NORTH BDRNEO. CHINESE INTERPRETER for Sandakan Court.
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      880 3 AUeTIONS. AUCTION SALE OF Unserviceable Materials AT THE MUNICIPAL STORE RIVER VALLEY ROAD On Friday, 7th May. at 2 p.m. (By order of the .Municipal EngrrcerJ Comprising A Wolselky Motor Car; petrol engine for motor launch scrap iron, 1 scrapers, pickaxes, changkols. rakes, wheels and axles, buckets, chains, wagon-body &c.,
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      93 3 USE "EAGLE" CEMENT. f^r^J lßmA^K^A FOR HIGH CLASS WORK, BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED, Contractors to Government. "GENASCO" TROPICAL ROOFING 2 Ply $10 per roll of 2 1 6 square feel, complete with Nails, Caps and cement for fixing. Sf.ctional Illustration' or f 1 GENASCO SMOOTH SUHFACL R£\LJY ROOFING f* '-Jt "Genasco"
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    The Singapore Free Press. Thursday, April 29, 1909.
    1171 4 The Singapore Free Press. Thursday, April 29, 1909. Here shall tlie Press the People*, right -najnfa.»o L awed by influence am! unbriber uy g.nn if- patriot Truth h-<- pkinou! precept I Pledged to Relijnon [..>yalty and I a The situation m Turkey may b 3 considered yesterday to have reached
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    594 4 Thieves have visited the quarters occupied by a syce employed by Captain M ickie and stolen an umbrella aod $6 ia cash. A rikisha valued at 875 has been stolen from a Chinaman's house at Oullum Street. The Middlesex Regiment will me^l the S.C C. at soccir this evening on
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    SHEIK-UL ISLAM
    467 4 11. n> h v interest^ B r C. X Bturi ni'i Ben bool cv Kevoluti >n bturiag m thi of thii imp irtun! I tt-est inn Tbf or (JrdD.i Mufti represents tfca Sultan m all i., spiritual ittd i> thfl head of I profeMioul theolog v h.-\ which
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    158 4 > The Emperor of Jipan bis gratitude for tli Prince Nashimoto of .lip which the latter has speut a. pieties his anlitiry trdiuiiv JapanefeH Aj&basiador io the President <>f the tion of gold lacqu h his M it the Japauese A the boxes t ♦-<] very much i n. The
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      359 4 SHERRIES. Palma Black Seal. Pale Dry Blue Manzanilla White Montilla Black Pale Fino Blue Pale Gold Dark Yellow Amontillado Brown Manzanilla (Mark S. C.) White Manzanilla (Pale Dry Supr.) Yellow Vino de Pasto Blue Amontillado (Very Supr.) Red Also lower grades for Cooking purposes. CHOICE OLD DINNER SHERRIES. Oloroso Yellow
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      157 4 THE "MANSION" Entrance Oxley Rise and River Valley Roal A BOARDING HOUSE WITH 25 Comfortable and well appointed Rooms. The Dining and Drawing Rooms are spacious and well furnished, the latter commanding a view of the Town and Harbour. Situated on high ground and apart from noisy thoroughfares and insanitary
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    NEW PADISHAH.
    69 5 with Acclamation^ (By Subinanne« Teleu'raph. Beater's) K?c:. 1 1 i' 11 proclaimed I V^ 9WO\ -the Constitution at the War >: r The ceremony was of the esnve The nev i OMd I v people. I." cawed at 6 'f m. The new Sultan, His I limed receivii
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      Denounced by Grand Mufti.
      26 5 i' CBlTe^ k( :a. referring ;.n Abdul Hamdi's tamperings I Bgfl m shedding tlie ewito, eted m the h!y with cr rone
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      "KISMET."
      26 5 t .Sultan, reot deputation, it he expected deposition. It was He he lives of i -j spared and ye m the Chirat:h m l> born.
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      DEPOSED.
      82 5 ABDUL HAMID'3 FATE. Elected. mentoi tctionaries. i\ .JO a.m. aople ai ssion ituent a sal -ms was >hed been appointu of Tv: E April 28, 1"? >am. v Mehmsd ReI thai Abdul Hamit) has era reim ss the Bosphorus, harem has been removed to various irtial are sitting at
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    A NEW SIAM DIRECTORY.
    85 5 hive received from the Siam Obser--8 a copj new Siam •MrH. G. Whilst pre- that there wou r to be hardly suceaed m I l. y when the Bangkok Times' parativ heartily s.?e the editor and k hers eoncern.e enterprise. The appearance of the veelleot and
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    TOMS EXAMINATION.
    70 5 oai MMBget is thanked d this aal but it is too r insertion. He takes exception to ption m previous letters that the gageil 1 re likely to contain Boropeai says iutppeas to know niiny natives who ato the Colony without being taken 1 >pot or had their
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    TELEPHONE CUT-OFF.
    61 5 an iron spike beio^r driven mi I Ale M i ->phone Go p:e--h to moor a boat to. nueou -ns the Exchange have \>eeu. damaged, bscribers west of Fiokhytoa 'irten unable to use their telephones. The cable nfairan were al roil all last tnd it is b-.p^i that
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    NAVAL POLICY.
    127 5 ACCELERATING THE PROGRAMME. New Dock fur the Humber. The Enquiry. (Bj Submariao Telegraph. tteuter's) Tbfl British Cabinet has COOBantecl to s'f^ps beiog taken at Portsmouth to expedite the launch of the Dreadnought Neptune, ■O as to allow of the laying down of the ship mi. *38Or several weeks
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    AUSTRALIA TAKES TO BALLOONING.
    14 5 Tli9 Commonwealth has ordered six dirigible balioons and six aeroplanes.
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    ARMED ROBBERS IN IPOH.
    31 5 {From our vwn Correspondent^ Ipoh, April 28. nday four Cantouese armadsjvith revolvers and knives enterel a Chinese temple at Tronoh and robbed the priests of neark $100.
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    FIRE AT RAUB.
    33 5 {JFrom our own Kuala Lumpur, April, 28 Seventeen houses have been burned down at Baob, one of which was inhibited bj a Towkay there. The loss is estimated at §15,000.
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    COMPLAINT FROM MACAO.
    61 5 (Cnios Times Special.) MSao correspondent wires that the •ao-born people seeing the delimitation of the bonndary of Macao and the opening of tog Chow as a commercial port, have held a meeting anl jointly petitioned the Governor of Mtcao to memorialise the Portuguese Throne for the improvement
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    BORN IN THE COUNTRY.
    352 5 A constantly recurring headline m the Indian newspapers is The Problem of the Domiciled Community," the term being used to include both Eurasians and pure-blooded Europeans who have been born and brought up m India. This problem seems to be a really acute one, for the
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    42 5 The tinai of the tennis tournament was not held y-sterdav owing to the rain. MugUston will meet Muir to-day. The ML M. Company's steamer Polynesien left Colombo at 8 am. on Wednesday and may be expected here on Sunday about 4 pm.
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    KUANTAN TIN MINING CO.,
    550 5 0&DIHAB1 (Ikskual Mkktin<;. The fifth ordinary general meeting of the Kuantan Tia Mining Co, Ltd. was held at the Company's Registered Office yesterday at noor>. Mr. G. A. Derrick occupied the chair, and tlieie were present Messrs. H. Abrams, A. Raid, Dr. (U Vop, Lee Chooo
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    RILEY, HARGREAVES & CO.
    189 5 RILEY, HARGREAVES CO. Tlia 10th annuil ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of tha above Company, was held m the Registered Office of the Coinpauy. Xo. 5 Read Street, at 12 noon on Wednesday 28th April. Present. Messrs C. E. F. Sanderson (Chairman), M. E. PlumptoD, C. W. Darbishire. R
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    LADIES' TICKETS FOR THE RACES.
    48 5 Members are particularly requested that ladies' tickets should ba applied for at once. The practice of leaving this to the last day entails heavy work on the Secretary at a time of great pressure and may mean that some do not get tickets.
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    Y.M.C.A. LECTURES.
    52 5 A lecture on The adulterations of some of our more important Foods and Drinks,' with experiments to show how they are detected will be oriven l>v Mr A. G. Harrington. A I C, Ph.C, FC.S. (Municipal Health Department) on Wednesday, May sth, at b 45 pm. m the
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    40 5 1908 Gold Medal. Tho following" is the handicap and draw for 1908 Gold Medal to be played on Saturday May Ist J. Crabb Watt plus 3 v J. McKenzie 13. P. Fercußon sor v A TfaiA o
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    CHURCH WORK ASSOCIATION.
    514 5 The report of the Singapore branch of the above for I^oB shows that the register of members and associates has baen revised, names on the books of those who have left the Colony and others who have ceased to take interest iv the work, have been t
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    BAND IN THE BOTANICAL GARDENS.
    138 5 By kind permission of Lt.. Colonel Glover D. S. O. and Officars, the Bind of the 3rd Bxttalion D. C. O. Middlesex Kegiment will play m theGirdens on Monday commencing at 9 pm. The following is the programme March Sons of the Brave "....T. Bidgood
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    EAST AND WEST.
    159 5 Amongst the many striking and suggestive comments on Chinese civilisation which Sir Robert Hart let fall for the benefit of the Authors' Club, there is one eloquent reminder that we have still much to learn from those nations whom we are so eager to teach. Education m
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      31 5 Lame Shoulder. m a coniiaon lone „f muscular rhenwatiam. N", m:. rnal treatment is needed. O.au.btrUun 3 Pain Balm freely foar tows a lay and a quick cure i«s evT+air, ti,;,.
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      39 5 How to Cure a Cold. Be as careful as you can you will occasion ally take cold, and when you do, get a mcdi cine of known reliability, one that has an established reputation and that is certain tn
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      179 5 ROBINSON Co. Spring Race Meeting 1909, J~~^> GENTLEMEN'S TAILORS. Newest. "Tweeds" l '|k "Qheviots" fe| |JPt "Homespuns" %lL II "Fancy Gashmeres' 9 ['HI In one suit len tns n h r I f RAGING SILKS If iff IN ALL THE q Ji-IL REGISTERED COLOURS. Tk The Machine that has caused
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    S. V. C. ORDERS.
    309 6 "By Lieu* Colo—l I O. Brcadtu-k, Commandant, S. V. C. Singapore, 26ih April S V A On!-iiy Offioei (oi taaaingweek —L:li H Stratt Orderly N C 0 Bomfe J. Wntson. Parades on Tuesday 4th Maj, Battery Dnl On ri-l.*y 7th May, S [iiad Drill. 1" !jf,
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      188 6 Hrn S:ck!v BemMß m Buina remedies known Ids diariliota ax complaint is Chamlie, Cholera and Diarrhoea X m :y, and every home should be supplied with it during the warm weather. Mr EL J. I>. H knison, proprietor of the Upper Burma ndalay. 1 Bvn 1 ice I tirst kned
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      478 6 SHIPPING. Austrian Lloyd Steam Navigation Co* Ihe following are tho dates on which the Coy's Ste&niers may be expected to arrive and sail iv>u\ here OUTWARD 1909 Arrives E. Ferdinand 6th M^y I s, l't-rnia 54h June HOMEWAKD 1909 Sails Austria Bib May s,.s. Chira Mh -'i mt 7m Bombay.
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      633 6 SHIPPING. NUT 111 mJ% JLft Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremei IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE The fast and well-known mail steamers o this Company tail fortnightly from Bremen Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marseilles Naples, Alexandria and vice versa) Port Said Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hong kong, Shanghai,
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      1266 6 SHIPPING. j HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE, HAMBURG. The steamers of this Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen \ntwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Strait-. Dhina and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly [or Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and Colombo. Taking cargo
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      507 6 SHIPPING. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY For China, Japan, Penang, Ceyloe Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and Londoc. Through Bilk of Lading iasned for Ghicn Ooast, Persian Guli, Continental and Amer oui Ports. Steamers will Slngaport oo or aboc' MAIL LINES. Ouivard (for Chii Ocoana Haj 7 \mm\
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    SHARES.
    914 7 MINES. C*p!t*l CaptUf Isaac Paid n l.suad paid ap Vala. ap Comp»n?. QaoUtiot $300,000 300,000 10 10 Belat Tin Mining 00. Ltd 6.15 $300,000 225,000 10 10 Uruang Limited 625 $600,000 600,000 10 10 Bruseh Hydraulic Tin M. 00. Ltd 750 £500,000 444 76.9 1 1 Dag Development 00.
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    EXCHANGE.
    68 7 (COEEECTED UP TO April L 1 Utah 2/4 demand 2S| Pnrale credit* 8m g M M i cred :,s 6m w M g/4j Fsakcs, dem&iid Kiuik.^ Giemakt. dtmaaJ 237 totA. r. t, i 74i HOK^KOKe, fIMMBi M 22; Yokohama, demand nom. 113| Java, demand Bajtgkoe 1 demand Q-SovEREi-ixs, lUnk
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    PRODUCE.
    116 7 April 28 E« m, buyers $67.37 Gam bier M M M G&rjbier Cubs Nc. 1 Oambier Cube No. 3 Uoo Pepper ßi&ck (ord'TL S'por*) Pepper, White <fsir Bfatmegi (110 to tit ifc.)~. Nnt^ejre fSO to tht Ik.) m 22 50 Mace B«jida) norn Clores iA_mbcin&; t# LtbariM Ooffc« 25
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      350 7 On the Berth. 'SHIRE" LINE NGKONG. SHANGHAI AWD JAPAN. vi;i tHSHIRE i lain Barrett, wi l b- despatchm Thur- I Urn IW 4 p.m. has excellent accommodation for saor passage apply to Da Cm. i ;omi I TIISATUITI6I OF BARCELONA. FOR ILOILO ud MANILA r? Mai -> i to arr
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      624 7 TO LET. TO LET.— No. 89-% Carenagh Road, 5 bedrooms, ftablin^, tennis Xc. Apply to Lao Ko m s. v. at Mobbtu. Pateraon Simons Co. Apj 29 2U.5G TO BE LET. M Cheriton Syed Ali lioad. 8 l.edrooms and bathrooms, Tennis. Ken: |50l Apply J. BENJA FIELD. Municipal Office. JTih
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      67 7 PROPRIETOR, J. CARAPIET. THE ADELPHI HOTEL. E fg b 3 d "The recognised place for the most recherche dinners m Singapore Vide Press. The Cuisine of this Hotel is now so well-known for its superiority that EVERY DAY it can claim to set before its Patrons a SPECIAL DINNER SPECIAL
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      108 7 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPij. Undbu Contract with thb Netherlands India GoviaNMiNT. Agents at Singapore, The SMpsagency, Limited, 2-3, Ccllyer Quay. THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES OF DEPARTURE ARE ONLY APPROXIMATE. LaurensPit... Riouw, Prigi-Radja and Kengat \nl 29 R\ iphius Batavia, Samarang and Bocrabaia (passengers 0n1y)... CAMPHUYS Batavia. Javacoast, Samarang, Macassar, Balik-Papan, Donggala.
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      874 7 VESSELS IN PORT. O Man-of-war Fl&g and Tons Commanders Arrived From v .«n jea Belle P MB. TmU 400 Ahaal Apl SI Kui Uncertain Zaednif DatGortl97 Oenagha 24 .io bio Sea Mew Col. Yacht Son Mi;rpliy A{ Utim* PharM D-..t <;,u. Vonbt* Lpl 26 T. Priol DnoerUin Ato J-lai? lons
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    PLANTERS' ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA.
    782 8 I fctltgnpfeio report i I the meeting beW Qia s in*! iv bai ben ilrcadj published m ir c.)hin.n> W%wn indebted to tl» M. M for th»- itracts from the spa of the Chairman, M« It W. Harrison, Federal Council Federal Council fur t V.- will
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    GERMS OF DISEASE IN THE MOUTH.
    114 8 \i on'v i BO] WOO] wash out their mouths M m times daily with an antiseptic there would be fa? leas (HoOMO than there is c most disease germs are taken into Un :idthen<..' into the whole system, >•« ol the eel and .simplest
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    JAVA NEWS.
    593 8 [From out own < pojuitnf.y ttavia, April 'I'l. The price of the Bataria-Bnitenzdrg line has been fixed at fl 10,600,000 payable m ■i years. The contract with the Netherlands Trading Comj'inv, has, on the advice of Mr van Ddlden, (formerly a director of Messrs Keyrot and Vinjo.) been
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    POLICEMAN CHARGED.
    72 8 A young Malay policeman from Rochore was before Mr GreeD, the second magistrate, yesterday, on a charge of attempted extortion. Sergeant Dickson asked for a postponement as Inspector Frayne wished to make further enquiries. In thia case, ho said, tha accused arrested a man for riding a bicvele
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    ADMITTED FALSE REPORT.
    117 8 A Chinaman pleaded guilty before MiGreen, the second magistrate, yesterday, to making a false report of robbery. He said he owed the prosecutor one or two dollars. This man met him at the market while he was buying vegetables and demanded payment. Accused promised to pay later,
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    OF SUPREME IMPORTANCE.
    71 8 A case of supreme importance was heard 1 v Sii Hvndman Jones yesterday inoruirig. It was Gtreek to the press to the public ha 1 it been reported it would have been something more or less It was the story of a claim two claims, and something
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    68 8 SOO Pun Ting. Artist and Portrait Painter, Chalk Drawings, Oil Paintings and Water Colours, No. 29, Ist Floor, South Bridge Road, Singapore. Lessons Given m Drawing and Painting by a recognized teacher of ability. Fee $15 per month, $150 for complete course. The following 27 Pupils successfully passed examination last
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    FRENCH CRUISER ARRIVES.
    57 8 The French Cruiser Uruix arrived here last evening just before dusk and saluted the Port and received the usual return Balute. She is from S;iigon and bound to Batavia on the :)rd. Au armoured cruiser of 5,000 tons, frhe carries a crew of 400, with 28 guns.
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    A CHETTY CASE.
    64 8 Sidambram Pillay appeared before Mr Colman, third magistrate, yesterday, on a charge of criminal breach of trust m respect of a sum amounting to about Messrs Braddell and Campbell appeared for the prosecution. The accused whs represented by Messrs Parsons and Simpson. Evidence was given by Arunasalam
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    TRADE IN FLYING MACHINES.
    471 8 False Prophets at the Exhibition. Numerous orders for aeroplanes have been booked at the Aero Exhibition at Olympia. said Mr Harold Perrin, the secretary of the Aero Club. Most of the people who visited tin exhibition were genuinely interested, and did not go merely as sightseers.
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    THE "AMERICAN" LANGUAGE.
    264 8 xo i 'anger of serious divergence from English. Lord Winterton's statement the other day that t% the language spoken m the United States differs more widely every day from our own opens up a somewhat alarming prospect as to the ultimate fate of the mother tongue m
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    HUBBIES OUT OF IT.
    453 8 (A sidelight on went Postal ttrike m France.) Move on," said the policeman. "I can't," said the husband, "I am waiting for my wife." What is she doing r asked tin policeman. She is Jernonst rating," said the husband. What are the rights, according to the
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    IMPORTATION OF MORPHIA.
    226 8 Some time ago restrictions were placed by the Customs authorities on the amount of morphia which local chemists were allowed to import. These restrictions were designed to put a stop to what was considered to be the excessive amount of the drug then coming into the country.
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