The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 May 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, MAY 14, 1909. NO. 6,598
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    THE DAYS NEWS.
    151 1 The Commons are busy over BudgM Resolutions. Lind t. x hns been cairied by means of the closuie and the discussion ol income tax at a late hour w-s only abandoned owing to sti ong opposition P«ge 5. The second day's racing is reported on page 8.
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    DAWN.
    833 1 brilliant moon -hone, easting shadows as hard and li the uoouday sun and bathing the world m a 8 oi of white Light ULitnit I nn and incomparable io c'arity a light ting the purity of nature and c tiling an of thit iobe of spleuiour whose folds crept
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      366 1 (r-\ NATIONAL SUCCESS" 1 ski; motor PAPERS. I li siLt T SIDDELEY AuTocAßs ij I CABS Ql ..lit.. I QIFE A D 8 T l\r T tss im THEMSEIVFS fi I VXCKERS SONS and MAXIM LTD., are responsible fcr I the BatmaL g THE S.S. F.M.S. 1 CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS.!
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      113 1 I Entertainments* VICTORIA THEATRE Merry Little Maids OPERA COMPANY. The Side* Splitting Musical Farce: FRI. "GENTLEMAN JOE" It* I From tbe Prince of Wales' Theatre. London, "THE GAY GCREONS. BUN. "THE MERRY WIDOW "jj From Daly's Theatre London. Particulars of other performances to follow. Prices: $3, $2, $1. Box Plan
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      141 1 Entertainments* __B_-*_-riu. a. i «i_h __ii^nc_vvso___ut______Cl-J To-Night! To-Night!:! L. F. WILLIS. Manager. CINEMATOGRAPH, TO-NiGi-T 9-30. CUPID'S FOUR DARTS. Y3U MUST NOT PLAY WITH MY String Orchestra, Cool House. K. HARIMA, Sole Proprietor. FAMOUS WAYANG KASSIM. The Indra Zanibar Royal Theatrical Co. of Sing-apore. To-Night To-Night AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, ALADDIN
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      60 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Cross-st is to be closed to traffic for repairs from the 17th Page 2. Government call for tenders for new kitchens at Tanjong Kling Police Station Page 2. Programme of plays to come by the Bandmann Co. on page 1. The Alhambra an entire change of programme Page
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      317 1 N.D.L. Mail Outward due. Municipal Commission, 2.30 p Chinese Prayer Mtg., T. Pagar Church 7 30 p S.Y.A. Laying Competition <& Loading Drill. Bandmann Opera Company. S.Y A. Battery Dull P.R.F. S.R.E. (V) Lecture on Electric Light, 5.15 p S.R.E. (V) Recruits Drill, 5.15 p S.Y.I. Company Extended Order Drill.
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    WEDDING AT TAIPING.
    104 2 i riding slebrated a All S.< 1* X B Pinborn united ____J I I. 1) II BJ W B ikle, B A tad Mrs Buckle of Brsaauak H Rowburr.. A I I 8 Iff O. Su:* m B iai m, Assist mi <'..•*■ R-v-i. B ureh, which
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    THE HAPPY JOURNALIST.
    95 2 i ba] try is his lot Who, raised above bis kind, feUow creaton I working m his mind, .how them where Delight, d*s: Or safet] jm ty had. Thrice happy be whose part I* is to to .eh, to lead, U most be praised m Art, Ani
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    COUNTERFEIT COIN
    303 2 Big Haul P- < P A successful raid was made by Detective Ins* -needy und some detectives at 1 .4h Green L me, near Bukit Gambier, Penang, during the early hours of Saturday ag. The house ir. _n athip bui'ding witli a front and a back door. Tbe
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    BIG BRITISH CONTRACT.
    131 2 The contract for the building of the new which has been given by the -'rnnaent to Messrs. Tickers, Sons Maxim, will va Sparish pany of which the British firm are niein- T_M m k will occupy at least five years, i tbe contiact price amounts m round
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      56 2 A Bargain. When yo i can say. from _tS to 60 pot cent on any art; !r, yon bsTS bargain. When \cu buy .t bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Jen aud Diarrhoea Iv mv ly at the regular i Tier. j*m vi!. probably say«- s.vt-ral Bmoo its ost m facta bills
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      432 2 0» If .'i man is ns fe} lows musi be /fiffi''--/ ahout ten i cuts C \y IMM !lt Ii( grow v*'u jr:^ ti SardSY s a pari 11a gives Sg new life, b1 rength, mjm%§ Vl lk" t!l« Ml" f.-. llikeb 9again. [mproves tb bite, aids the ner\ i
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      872 2 NOTICES. j MUNICIPAL NOTICE. N.i.ic* i. hereby given that m ord.r to I carry oot repairs, Cross Street, between China Street and South Bridge Road, will be closed to traffic on and after Mondiy, the 1 7 th instant, until the work is completed. By order, J. POLGLASE, Mooicipal Secretary.
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      700 2 NOTIGES. NOTICE. Notia i. hereby given that all B >ads with m Government House Domain wiil be closed to the public from 1 p m. to 9 p m. on > of the following dated natutiy May llth, IStfa and l-.th. C. G. MW, Superintendent of Work-- a Surveys. May
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      386 2 INSURANGES. FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. ___R-__uus___ra 188-L Capital and Assets exceed 4,000,000 Gold Dollars. J. H. EVANS, Manager, South Eastern A?\a Thk BOBMM Ccj.. rai Agi Mar 1 1 I NEW ZEALANO INSURANCE CO,, LTD, FIRE ANI) MARINE. YAH6-TSZE INSURANCE ASSOC. LTD. MARINE. CHINA F.RE iNSURANCE CO.. LTO.
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      379 2 BANKS. International Banking Corporation. CAPITAL and SURPLUS GOLD $6,500,000, -60 Wai London Office TLreadnw-di. tepqp-tt Btßsot f London Bankers Nati -eu, rovia____ Bank General Foreign Basmess DEI Curkext j Interest allowed on I rate of 2 t annunj. Deposits received for B which can be ascertained on a; D. I
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    WIRELESS BATTLES.
    104 3 the well kaofwa nrieaa frank Ij 1] rmiat on. n ly two whys m whi. nteat 1 ba Urn tha U drips _r:ve op and <i to 1' .vers. The pt natio: tor-newer, M why Ger- on hu. m ot: 1 ...-al dify 1 built pro why even
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    HOW WELSHMEN WERE TRAINED.
    98 3 HOW WELSHMEN WERE TRAINED. II i down of fit him for i-ue o his 14th i im to tbe chief of omb a rs. aia ls b _>. m return. enough out t this •mruon a, like th- years ;_e him a worthy rat to p and thrash the to
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    A CURIOUS CEREMONY.
    63 3 is devc* i London ak I I I Friday morning k* part of Mexico v> il grotesque effigies bought by per■th sexes. The city on ;or roed into j pei stretch across the < house. I Jndaa tilled I ler. Tl. I m I I *a_m irsing
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      539 3 THE Singapore Free Press. Morning Daily. To Our Readers T*» Sm_-ipore Free Pr-. is now Morning Daily, md ia on tale at depot* from aa earl; each moraing (Snndaji ipfced). Caal Ten Cents a oop-j Subscribers'* pica will be delivered a* t-tteDcea, (or town offi c^ if pref rred) by
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      483 3 AUGTIONS. A U CTION SALE OF Valuable Teak Anglo-Chinese Furniture Scat No. 71-2, THOMSON ROAD. On Saturday, 22nd May, at 2*30 p. m. Beautifully carted and polished drawing room cabinets with mirror panels carved ;ind polished t<ak round table with marble top; polished teak and rattan standard and arm (hails;
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      475 3 AUCTION SALE OF Teak Household Furniture, Nants &c, THE PROPERTY OF MISS (iOMES AT No. 1 c, DEVONSHIRE ROAD On Eatnriay, 22nd May, at 2 p.m. Comprising .-—Marble top table on teak stand, sideboard fitted marble top, bentwood standard chairs, teak and rattan setters, polished sideboard, and dinner waggons, teak
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      312 3 White Ants Teredos, Dry Rot, I Decay m Timber 1 The ONLY SAFEGUARD I has been on its trial m large quantities for the past 10 years m the Straits Settlements, and proved all that is Six pieces of deal were partly coated with Jodelite and buried m a Singapore
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      Birth.
      18 4 M \< Ci.nn*. At Uutterworth, on 9th inst.,! the wife of G. 1). N. MacCunn, of a son.
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      Marriage.
      51 4 On Monday, .May 10th, at All Saintsdhntfcfa, Taiping, Perak, by li« v. F. B. Pin, horn. Georgia, only daughter of Lieut. Colonel Dudley N. Buckle, late R. A., and Mrs. Bockle of Breamiah House, Rowburn, Alnwick, Northumberland, to C. Sortees, second aon of C. T. Robinson, Eg., J. Hunstanton,
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      Deaths.
      37 4 April 23, 1009, at Shanghai, Norman I \N E*OBD, of Sydney, Australia, and of the 1. If. Customs. Nanking, aged 23 years. On April 29, 1909, at Shanghai, Captain LES DEB S. WILSON, aged GO years.
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    The Singapore Free Press Friday, May 14, 1909.
    1989 4 The Singapore Free Press Friday, May 14, 1909. re shall the Press the People's nghl U' awed by influence and unbrib.' Kere patriot Truth lv p-tonou! precept lion, Loyalty and Two of the sharpest thorns besetting the roses of international diplomacy and politics, are the difficulties created by missionaries and
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    205 4 > < A German woman was, ye~ lined for assaulting a Chinese porridge seller. Mr. W. hill, who has been the United States Minister at Peking since 1905, has been promoted to St. Petersburg. Almost all the leading papers m T devote a column or more to the the daughter
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    HONGKONG AFFAIRS.
    47 4 INTON-KOWL KA lft li i-.xcellency B ernor, speaking m the 1 to-day, stated tha 1 with the Chinese G .verno Minister regarding a wirel .eg on typhoons m that disti ."-etted that the B But the lm. and he bop. J it would bfl ear.
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    241 4 It has been definite: China 11 nder the nese Mini sti The f ur men further adj >vi acce .led to ti the re sui iv the troubled dii man m the A. X ircher n BBBHIIOQI, Calling why he bo Sin 1 to which a I applied. Mr. i
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      149 4 "chance unused Pianol YOU"- FOR AN AUTO-PIANO ..the.. ORDINARY PIANO PI ANOS EVERYONE W^^^^^^^S Taken m Excnange PLAY. IJP^^ Full Value. We shall be pleased to demonstrate the AUTO-PIANO to you. KINDLY CALL AND HEAR IT THE ROBINSON PIANO 00, Ltd. H "3j________r-*P* a-fc^B. ."'__<_| __i_- *M*%. __X -a_____M HI
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      15 4 Don't Put It Off D I I allow t 1 without Chamberlao B may 'I
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    BUDGET DEBATES.
    46 5 Use of the Closure. La Tax and Income B ibmanns Telegraph. Peuter's) 'ed tluvotes ip m tie fignroi tted l ut it numeral wt i f threB hur. BB iv a heated s;. ire, which a t p.m. n. M on such -ntly ad
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    THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONVENTION.
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    THE TRIPLICE.
    10 5 peroi and t tn the yach ■'■■rio Em-
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    NEW FOUNDLAND'S POLITICS.
    15 5 NEW FOUNDLAND'S POLITICS. Premier of I m the new as resulted m a tie be-
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    185 5 r r fruit a p >rted be con rested. tbe jewellery oeow Teong's resifound. The 1 round te was beinir tnken from X tbe v when bend, it got out of ■a the bank, crushing ttion Colman cc whistle. ion with the man's ents, tl urge of the case •ence
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    THE PARIS STRIKE.
    89 5 A Bit of a Frost. (By Sui. min ne Telegraph.— Renter's) rhe Pans strike U hanging fire. i toftrter of the postal and telegraph employees hive itruck work, and the services are proceeding normally. The telephone service is uninterrupted. B ceived Mij P; b, J 51 pm.
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    SIR R. HART TO RETURN.
    29 5 Pec. Maj 1 1,9 50 a.m. The Times states that Sir Robert Bart intends to return to China almost immediately, if his health permits.
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    OXFORD AND JAPANESE.
    14 5 A lectureship for teaching Japanese is being en tOxl rd nversity.
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    NEW BISHOP OF HONAN.
    18 5 The Archbishop of Canterbury has appointed Aichdeacon Banis.er to the new Bishopric of Honan.
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    TANJONG PAGAE DOCK CASE.
    161 5 TANJONG PAGAE DOCK CASE. Al Hok Kirn was prosecutMr. Howard, Superintendent, Tanjong D ck 1\ lice, for thei*t us a clerk. Mr. Yarborough appeared for the defendant. An elaborate explanation of the case was I Mr. C. P. Green by the prosecutor. Evidence was elicited that ov a day about
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    THE JOHORE PIRACY.
    168 5 The E-Bcnsi Arrests m Pen In the Police Court, on Saturday, before M A. V. Brown, two Chinamen were charged on remand with being concerned m the piracy of a junk and the murder of seven of her crew m Johore waters on Good Friday. One of
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    JAVA NEWS.
    275 5 {F> respondentia It is rumoured that 11. E. the GovernorGeneral has sent m his resignation, owing it is said to difference of opinion between himself and the Commander-in-Chief of the Army iv the ladies. As the GovernorGeneral was seat here at the express wish of the Queen, and
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    REV. F. B. MEYER'S VISIT.
    588 5 Wo are asked to publish the following The Bar. F. B Meyer is the accredited representative of what is now recognised as one of the great spiritual foi ces of Great Britain, viz the Keswick Convention. Some 35 years hare gone by since a comparatively
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    WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
    355 5 Post Office Experiments. Interesting experiments m wireless telegraphy over short distances with low power plant, have recently been conducted by the Post Office authorities with a view to extensions of the system m places where the heavy expense of a cable is not justified. Among the numberless islands,
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    27 5 In Singai*. Malay, we read, the time is tolc by placing two bottles neck to neck. Sand if put into one of them. This pours itself int<
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    FRASER & CO.'S SHARE CIRCULAR.
    269 5 FRASER CO.'S SHARE CIRCULAR. Although it. is Baca Week our market has been extremely active, and a considerable business has been transacted m Rubbers, which m all instances have advanced still further since last advices. Mining.— Newa came down from Raub early m the week, that the lode bid been
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    TO CORRESPONDENTS.
    67 5 Militaris must give his name before we can publish his complaint. Z writes complaining of a few youths on cycles forming a body-guard to a certain j carriage, thus occupying more than a due share of the road and endangering traffic. One of them ran into a European
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    THE BANDMANN CO.
    354 5 VERONIQUE." It was a happy au-lience that assembled iv the Victoria Theatre last night to witness the production of Veronique by Mr Maurice E I.andmann's Merry Little Maids Comic Opera Company. His Highness the Sultau of Johore was present. The piece staged was a comic opera m
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    THE LAND OF THE PRODUCER.
    192 5 Free Traders are welcome to all the morals they can extract from the process of revising the American tariff and from the doubts that are expressed as to whether the schedules m their final state will afford "any material reduction m the cost of living."
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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      30 5 r Relief from Rheumatic Pains pain relieving power of Cham m Balm is dearly sbown m cases >ej and inflammatory rhfuruat.Mn. h are extremely painful, but one imimei. relief and
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      247 5 ROBINSON &Co. BEST ENGLISH MADE ,y ""*_2_l_p FiMfiiii-LOO /lT\-&< SADDLERY \Wk I Gent's Riding Saddles md Bridies, best HogH skin Saddles with Knee Rolls, Straight H.nd, I 17 by 10 inch Beat complete with Gir' %N?' Nickel Plated, open bottom Swaged Ride Stir--1 P^S?^" rups, Bridie and Double Reins. M
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    LATE WIRE NEWS.
    647 6 ftuAH(.wta l B__ji_na Hay H M S BST-g y at v. gi itiK .t«d tbe Channel, feat een madf. post*:* igfc I !SM ol Hrn Con*- .cheme. '1 b simnm I ls found to 1 f p i which baa bsi by dredging the W n i
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      552 6 SHIPPING. Apcar Line. i■ i The undermentioned mail steamers of the above company maintain a regular service between Calcutta and Japan calling at Penang, Singapcre, Hongkong Shanghai en route. FLEET. Tons. Commander, s.s. Japan 6,300 J. G. Olifent. h.s. Gregory Apcar 4,606 S. H. Belson. SS. Arratwon Apcar 4,510 A.
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      659 6 SHIPPING. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremei IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE' The fast and well-known mail steamers 0 this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marseilles Naples, Alexandria and vice ver&a) Port Said Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hong kong, Shanghai, Nagasaki Kobe to Yokohama
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      1296 6 SHIPPING. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE, HAMBURG. > V. Tho steamers of this Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg. Bn men Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and tbe Straits China and Japan. Homewards, tbey are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and ODce a month for Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and Colombo.
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      438 6 SHIPPING. I GCE_Ji STEAM BED Co. Ltd I China Mutual BtN_B Nay. Cr The Companies' eteamers arf» d Liverpool outwards I every week, and from J» :.don, Amsterdam and Ant' night; for Genoa, Marseilles and Liv. for Ma and Li Gne outward steamer e\ Vancouver, Seattle and Tacoma a Through
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    WONDERS OF GEOLOGY.
    268 7 r*r hl leap--f ten Dr J W. Clark, {ical Survey, says j (il ry,' Ibis thick lithe i. trausnendi ocdinairy tis Litli mmht re, induding ■es m tayi TriDuix E i übic mile of average rock would rater, only one tworolumeof tbe Id be sufficient > oi
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    13 7 Vila. American Remedy. Hanrahan, a prominent drugursl bate sold and recommendedy and one
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    SHARES.
    962 7 MINES. Capita! Capital Issa« Paid r Issaed paid op Vai« up Company. Qootatto* 1300,000 300,000 10 10 Bel&t Tin Mining Co. Ltd 775 $300,000 225,000 10 10 Bruanjj Limited 656 $600,000 600,000 10 10 Bruseh Hydraulic Tin M. 00. Ltd 750 i -5 00,000 44i,7GH 1 1 Dvl Development
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    EXCHANGE.
    64 7 (Corrected up to May 13.) ri&nk 4 m/g 2 4-L i««a___l I 3£ Prirate credits 3t.i credits 6 m's B/4 Fa-urea, demand Bank^, 292 Gismaxt, demand 237 tNmA, T. T, 174 rJcH«KOK«, <?amarid %dis. Yokohama, demand nom. 1 I Java, demand Bangkok' demand C 54 ink Buying $S Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    134 7 Vi*-* $67 !j; Qaa bte buyers f).(0 Gambier Cube No. I m Gambier No. 2 Pepper Bl_*ck (ord'n. Spore) 11.12' Pepper, White (fair bajan 17.5 a* Nntmegs (110 10 tht ik 16.50 Nutmegs (80 to tha la.) m 22.50 Mice Baals m QbfH Amboina j Liberian Ooffne Bsfioca, f?
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      55 7 iffiee on the first floor The mY, LED. Lloyd Read. 6 roomed h* ...les m a. to ADIS EKIEL, ad Road, MB New Bain fatty, Nos. 7, 8a A PP EBNANDEZ A Co., OFFICES TO BE LET avenagh Bn ig v Buildings, facing GeneApply to Guthrie Co., Ltd. [FFICE AND
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      588 7 TO LET. TO LET "Compound House No. 20, Spottiswoode Park Apply t Oag Teh Lim, No. 20, High Str< Mh V n 28.5 TANJONG PAGAR DOCK BOARD. TO LET Ground ano I rat floor offices and godown at No. 6. Collyei Quay. For further particulars apply to W. G. NIVEN.
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      251 7 THE YOKOHAMA DOCK 00., LTO. No. 1 DOCK. I NO. 2 DOCK. Length Inside 514 ft. Length inside 375 ft. Width of entrance, top 95 ft., bott Width of entrance, top 80.5 ft. hou 75 It. 45.8 ft. Water on blocks 27.5 ft. Water on blocks 20.5 ft. lime to
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      104 7 DE KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. I snai i with raa Nanus uam i laasn Agents at singr.T.ore, The Shipsagency, Limited, 2-3, Collyer Quay THE UNDERMENTIONED DATES OF DEPARTURE ARE ONLY APPBOZIHATK. RUMPHIUS Batavia, Samarang and Soerabaia (passengers 0n1y)... wTZ Vav Outhoorn Batavia M jBaud Batavia, Java coast, Samarang, Soerabaia, Boeleleng, Macassar"
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      849 7 VESSELS UN POUT. Man-of-war Flap ani Tons r.ommanders Arr.ved From I wi«a HmYoag 0 h om 2950 L Maj s, I SHUO r lag Tons Master Arrived From Consignee Bwri Dat 2 ,i Bad Ma, B M Daei Boribat bum 352 J— on M.y 12 B i; Asiatic C rt
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      70 7 WEATHER REPORT. P_t> Bm tT-Bd Temp Hum Sky ILub 12. H'kong 4 p 2!* 90 E3 o Manila 4 p o M.y 13 H'kong 14 21 7 4 laani WNW! B Kandang Ksrhan Hospital, May 12, I A.M. |f M. |fM Barom. 32 Fe_h. 2!< -<7 2;* 783 U VMM
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    THE SPRING RACES.
    1766 8 SECOND DAY'S RESULTS. was unfortuaate from every point oi v.-* that rain fell again yesterday, though th-» -h --v. -r wis unt ot iiu; it, ion. It was a llficieuth heavy howe\ >r r <> mike a course akvad n > ifier, and m <_ >nss*<| uen
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    80 8 liv on earth Mr. A. Campbell and I f* <).ve__, Esq." m th« Singapore lottery !>o*'k f In these democratic days and on the democratic Turf theie is very little difference betw^n a pail starter and a paid secretary, so why make an invidious distinction Singapore's list of c tlieials
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    CRICKET.
    198 8 S RC. v V.M C A. The Reereatun Club scored an easy victory m this match yesterday. Scores. V. <;alistan b Passe 3 G. Bogaare c sub b dans/. 6 E Galistsn b Jansz 4 O. Scbarengoive] c Chill b Jansz 41 V. Van der Beck c van Guy.
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    MACAO OPIUM FARM SEIZED.
    358 8 Trade Depression Affects Business. Rather a startling denouement has taken place m connection with the negotiations that have been carried on between the Macao (rovemment and the opium farmer at that place. On Tuesday of last week under instructions from the Government at Lisbon, the Governor
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    PRESIDENTIAL PATRONAGE.
    315 8 Although Presidant Taft has enormous patronage m the way of Government offices to bestow, the Civil Service rules which have been steadily covering more of the Governmental positions account for many thousands of these posts, and a. present an enormous competitive examination is going on all over the
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    127 8 The M. M. Company's steamer "Sydney left Colombo at 2 p.m. on Wednesday and may be expected here en Monday about 6 a.m. The Imp German mail ste imer "Luetzow" having left Peaang on the 12th instaut at 6 p.m. may be expected to arrive here this morning.
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    SWIMMING CLUB.
    42 8 The steam launch Argo will leave Johnston's Pier for the Cub Bungalow on Sunday at 7, 9 aid 10 a.m., 2 30 and 3 30 pni, returning thence at 830 and 9.30 a.m., 1215, 3 and 5 30 p.m. m—
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    PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ON BOARD THE SCANDIA.
    362 8 We, my mother and I, shared a cabin on the right sida of the ship. We had taken passage m the Scandia at Singapore so as to have a quick run through to Yokohama. Like Brete Harte's "Society upon the Stanislau," nothing could le
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