The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 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, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1909. NO. 6,607
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    124 1 Empi.e l>ay was generally obseived m Singapore yesterday, the schools Bait-ting the Hag m the morning. A telegram .eceived late list evening shows that general celebrations have b.en held m Britain— Page 5. Russia is said to be concerned uith tbe position m Persia, which is alleged
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    THE POLITE LETTER WRITER.
    1054 1 One of the po] -amenta of the lays when lad es wore Spencers, if our memory serves us, was a facility for writing ia an acoei iat_ I Italian hand an excellent letter. It was considered a sign manual )f a young lady's accomplishments she should
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      319 1 KATZ BROS., Ltd. THE ORIGINAL BURNER Am^tmimm*_ Hf^^iitiß M____ mm 9m I J~, «2___ mmm _____________Mr ■«nu_Ba_l^gHßHM l B Haa^ aHMHa ,ni —MLimi eavy well-made b giving an intense white light. 'Honec brarni ordinary Kerosene oil, and gives a light :o about 100 candle power. With screw or socket fitting,
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      163 1 Entertainments. ALHAMBRA LA TOSCA LA TOSCA L 4 LA TOSCA. JY LA TOSCA j_3L LA TOSCA O TO-NIGHT. O fe LA TOSCA fe P LA TOSCA C] V LA TOSCA V A LA TOSCA J_Y A DRAMA BY VIGTORIEN SARDOU. OF THE ACADEMIE FRANCAISE LA TOSCA LA TOSCA L ~T
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      254 1 S. MOUTRIE CO., LIMITED. ESTABLISHED 1875. SINGAPORE, HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, TIENTSIN AND LONDON. NEW PIANOS ONHIREFROM JL PER MONTH TUNING REGULAR ATTENTION INCLUSIVE. These celebrated instruments embody the essence of 35 years experience of this climate and what is necessary to enable a PIANO to stand any extreme." INSPECTION INVITED. S.
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      91 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. M. M. and Pacific Mail new time tables Page 6. Prices wanted of beads Page 4. Motor driver for launch wanted Page 3. Rembrandt on the Berth Page 7. Notice re the Penang Agri-horticultural Show Page 2. X. V. K. Time table page 0. And Coghlan's list ot
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      388 1 THE WEEK. Tuesday, 25th High Water.— l.l 2 a., 3.12 p Rev. F.B Meyer, Presby. Church. Opsn, 5.1 5p Victoria Theatre. Men only, 8.45 p S.V A. Recruits Drill A D.R.F. S R.E. (V) Electric Light, Pulo Brani, 8.30 p S.R.E. (V) Recruits Drill, 5.15 p S.V.I. Company Extended Order
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    ARE WE "FOOD-DRUNK"?
    426 2 ARE WE "FOOD-DRUNK Hu A- price of bread i- a v. ry i millions I our people. H is lias already how we may halve our food bills and our mental au i physical effic vui Igain nw ieaaurc b om hfo. It -a iym m to prove thai aathoritir-.
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    AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY IN SIAM.
    259 2 AGRICULTURAL MACHI NERY IN SIAM. H. M Vi *..\.ns".; a: Bangkok (Mr W. N. reports Urn iltural machinery ::i Enaas km n mi been employed almost v by I feigners m a hitherto undevc pod part orally, and say. that it bai not jet been ■town that it could with
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      40 2 The good practitioner it. he who can temper a ercy with justice m the matter of payment. >t urging the poor and those who have >.*llen on evil days, nor, if need be, exacting ny payment at all. Medical Magazine.
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      388 2 GOVERNMENT NOTICE. Applications will be received at the Master Attendant's Office up to the 31st M*y for the post of L'sher and Malay Interpreter at She Marine Magistrate's Court, Singapore. Salary 1600 p. a. with annual increments of $120 up to a maximum of 5930 p. a. Applicants must hay.
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      615 2 LEONG CHEONG& Co. f*''%g TAILORS P Leong Cheong Co. 61, High Street. 1 NOTIGES. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the Registration and Licensing of dogs within the Municipality of the Town of Singapore for the year beginning June lst. 1909. and ending May 31st, 1910, will commence on
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      426 2 NOTWES. NOTICE. Agri-Horticultural Exhibition. PENANG, 1909. Intending Exhibitors m the Trade Section are requested to send m tbeir applications for space as soon as possible, a small charge per Scruare Foot will be made to cover the coat of erecting the building. Exhibitors m the competitive Classes are informed that
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      573 2 INSURANCES. FEDERAL LIFE Assurance Company of Canada. E .TABLIHRLD lfc>_A Capita! and Assets exceed 4,000,000 Gold Dollars. J. H. EVANS, Manager, South Eastern A»ia. Phe Borneo Co., General Agents. Mar 1 Li KEW ZEALAND II«SURAKCE CO., LTO. FIEE AIFD MARINE. YANG-TSZE INSURANCE ASSOC. LTO. MAEINE. CHINA FiRE INSURANCE CO., LTO.
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      518 2 BANKS. International Banking Corporation. CAPITAL and SURPLUS GOLD $6,500,000. D Offici: 6O Wah Yquk, London Oi wum -Thru \*..< B .oa©, Bishops). q, Lond< London Bankers National Proving ink of England Ltd. Genera] Foreign Business Transacted. DEPOSITS. Current Deposit Accounts opened aad allowed on ti balanoc;im, o^'T*- no I for
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    PARA RUBBER IN INDIA.
    143 3 .c engagt i m robber planting will be interested, writes thc Englishman, to learn t_ State, m Southern India, is .-•> v few thousand acres of is b« en r. posted upon as j adapted for the cultivation f rubl Para rubber H \ea bra<,iliensi>>; al-
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    THE RISE IN WHEAT.
    77 3 -ing price ol wheal id Urn I Urn world's producers m the nresi ia i >ns year may attain arec ag forward o are holding on ior v. rts from Karachi kl may posand one and a half which was to year of the big wht
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    MINISTRY OF JUSTICE.
    71 3 young now on i join the Ministry of Jostice ten and one is a solipreviously engaged under thi. kno^n, there i. Three Freneh-n_-B n a few days to join ime scheme. D ml iti. :e Code Commission, rs five members. One of I Professor of I. 1
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    HIGHLAND CHIEFTAIN'S DEATH.
    55 3 HIGHLAND CHIEFTAIN'S DEATH. taken Murdoch Chief cf MaeLean, at .deftain was bora uue into possession of _M death of his father. fidio pissed through and en eth Dragoon (ioarA nif to the rank of captain after ..He I VI m the Franco-Prus- present at the battimd Thioa n his estate,
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    CURIOUS NAME FOR FLORINS.
    86 3 org the Royal Photographic v on the natives of S Mn Minna Keenr*. i-k population of wa the florin is universally known as tbe ppeared that m the old the natives were paid v halfI ..iy unknown a Scotch corrro t.>r paid his kinen m Sanaa
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    27 3 the guard room, having Baater Kve, was deprived of his I his tunic unfast< _M I v> usual. ou've no replied Urn pMaai l>o rUm oolaael i
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    GET RELIEF QUICKLY
    94 3 I ankle,a p tBMd wrist. I strained p .hat dt-iuand relief And tha: \m% why thousands bie to tl. ssm hlwaja keep Baha olom at fc*n_. absolutely nothing equal to it for Urn tortur. and wrenched, i musculo- putting Nature m ;ion t< d inembtr to per•tst
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      473 3 COW -m £*••*>*. Asthma Bronchiii. »<%— M LoD "oubies q.ickly u_red b>^ I BALSAM X OF 1 I ANISEED J AtsS3^*s^m M Singapore Cold Storage Co, Ltd. Near Entrance to Borneo Wharf. Telephone 1028. Sea stocks of ail kinds of Frozen Moate etc., can be delivered to shipping at tbe
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      747 3 AUCTIONS. AUCTION SALE Rare Old Japanese Curios At Messrs. H. L. Coghlan and Co.'s Salerooms. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday lst, 3rd sth June, at 10-3 O a.m., each day. Comprising Old and New Kinkossan Sats_ma Vases, Bowls, Plates, Incense Burners and Tea sets, Gold Wire Cloisonne Boxes and Vases, Rare 01
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      156 3 TOWN PROPERTY AUCTION, At Messrs. H. L Coghlan Go's Salerooms On Monday. 7tk June, at 2-30 p.m. No. 9, SOLOMON STREET, Area 2,720 square feet, held under Statutory Grant. Quit Eent $13. Aitken and Ong Siang, Solicitors. H. L. CCGHIAN Co., Auctioneers. May 24 8.6 AUCTION SALE OF THE FREEHOLD
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      514 3 CARRETT'S Portable Engines. **t mm *Jr^ jf -*t^*- Fitted with patent economical Fire-box for burning wood fuel. OVER 50 IX USE IN THE F. IL BL 10, 12 <£ m HP. m stock. IMPORTERS, BORNEO CO., LTD. BOILERS!! Where "D. M." BOILER COMPOSITION is used A little "D*M/* introduced into
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      Birth.
      21 4 Daley. At 43, Prinsep street, Singapore on the 22nd inst., the wife of Albert L. A. Daley of a daughter.
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    The Singapore Free Press Tuesday, May 25, 1909.
    1635 4 The Singapore Free Press Tuesday, May 25, 1909. Here shall tA- Pres. die People's ight maintain, U' awed by influence an., unbriberi by gain Here patriot Truth bf. glortou precept I Pledged to Religion Loyelty d \am We are afraid that the scareinougeis at home are bringing British prestige to
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    432 4 ra will be a meeting of the Church Work Association this (Tuesday) morning at the Parsonage aLO o'clock. Toe Australians have beaten Notts and Northampton scrambled into a draw with Essex and lost to Surrey. We hear that Commander C. A. Radeliffe' r. _J H Bl eater Attend int, Singapore,
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    HONGKONG UNIVERSITY.
    17 4 Magnificent D n. Hongkong, Me^t-rt. But have made a donation to the Hongkong Dnivertitj Sebeo
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    REUTER'S LATEST.
    246 4 The S BMTOIBOd rw Heuter's latest pu daj Tht Bnb i o tDQ An are U as follows. "8 iixty j tiati i. p ith four with pink the tubicoiae fai: Nitmm-h BM Dit were a c.Sj. an mts it might be to tbe extraordinary t hii2<_'> people
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    THE MAORI KING.
    301 4 The Shanghai Mercery K.Maori King, which Reott be Privy Council has allowed to goto apj great interest locally. It fl H. B. M.'s Supreme Court m January 1 when Sir Havilland de Saus to condemn the ship or forfeiture on ci- of two grounds, namely, viola; *o
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    NEW SULTAN OF TURKEY.
    60 4 II oi Isiatii bet -'_n t.he oaniea Sa Hah i where m India since the past [mo name of I .^ed Sultan the FriAmj preyen much anxiety ifOTJ I of the new I ould be bon eqats. laij.oitant correspondence taaaa H. E D lal Bey, Turfcid
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      250 4 WHISKIES SCOTCH lj Dews o'the Glen Perfection (0. J. Mc The Old Brigade Callum's) Very Old Highland Polo Brand (T. P. Griffin Blend Sl Co's) Robert Macdonald Extra Special Finest Club Whisky Liqueur (Chop Rajah) Monarch o'the Glen Club Bharu Rare Old Blend O. D. S. V. O, S. (Choice
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      62 4 TROPICAL IVIOOEL BY Bechstein Brinsmead Ronisch Werner. Represent the highest state of PERFECTION m Tropical PIANOFORTE CONSTRUCTION NEW MODELS. JUST RECEIVED. INSPECTION INVITED. **********mmmmumm*M-*mmnum TBE ROBINSON PIANO C0 f LIMITED. THE WAVERLEY HOTEL 59, HILL STREET. Has been Newly Furnished and Thoroughly renovated and will be opened under New Management
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      172 4 THE "MANSION" Entrance Oxley Rise and River Valley Road. 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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      24 4 Relief from Rheumatic Pains. Th* great pain relieving power of Cham berlain's Pain Balm is clearly shown m cases of sciatica and inliammatory rhcumat;
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    VICTORIA DAY.
    74 5 Great Doioga at Home. Victoria Memorial (By Submann? Telegi afih Ben lei *i] pni M.v 2 1 h. In celebration of Empire 1 1 1* there were intfand San lav Church Parades of the Territorial- .j. sermons m 624 md four millions teholara from hi igh ml Bmpii
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    STRENUOUS MINISTER.
    52 5 Hammond for Peking. .1 says that the mm.- rinancier, Hayes Hammond' i.tenced to death m connection a Raid, has been offered the poi r of the United States is to secure a good busi- m with a view to the international I, m which has not hitherto had
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    THE PERSIAN TROUBLES.
    38 5 CONCERN IN RUSSIA. org press is somewhat D action m Persia. remarks I neral /.red ia the name of Russia at I throughout Pew h dwells on the delicate AagloDg from the con--0 of Tabriz.
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    More Troops Needed.
    32 5 voe Yremya a the case of the siege of a i Bfl t" Peking, insists on the imof a strong force of cavalry from lUku via Eazeli and the
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    AMERICAS NAVY.
    25 5 -hington the Secretary to the i! Department announces an ise m the fleet m the years I. 'lo-11*11 s and five torpedo boats.
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    COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING.
    208 5 ILoi LL. ng is a reference to the Bill >1 into the House of Lords on Fri- m a position to state that rill, within the next two or A.rodace m the House of Lords nt m the Territorial uipulsory. The measure is now being i by
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    4 5 ri'lienderian- for April was
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    BRITAIN AND GERMANY.
    75 5 CIVIC FESTIVITIES. A Well Deserved Reproach. (Bj Submarine Telegraph.— Reuters) The Burgomaster, the Vice Burgomastei ani thirty-three members .of the Berlin Corp »r aii on have arrived as guests of the City ol I. 'mlon. Elab >r t'-i festivities are being arranged. The German press iv discussing
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    CASABLANCA.
    42 5 A Satisfactory Conclusion. 1' is understood that the Casablanca r has ended m the expression of mutual rag U The N u-ddeutsche Allegemeine Zaituog declaim that an unpleasant it ci dent has _M en closed m a dignified and satisfactory manner.
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    REV. F. B. MEYER'S MISSION.
    556 5 Attention -called to two lectures to men a ranged for Tuesday and Thursday m the Victoria Th itre, at 845 pm. These lectures are intended to assist young men m their fight for character, and are the fruit of Mr Mejer'a long and intimate experience
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    136 5 I me would have thought it unnecessary fer a physician at the Nursing Conference to remark on the desirability of nurses being attractive. Other things being equal, we quite agree. The patient who is indifferent to the physic he takes, or the hand that gives it, is not on the
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    EMPIRE DAY.
    356 5 A GENERAL HOLIDAY. Empire Day was celebrated as a public holiday m Singapore yesterday. Nearly all the firms were closed, vessels iv the harbour decorated and fl igs were exhibited on the different houses m town. In all Government departments, the day was set aside for holiday making,
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    At Raffles Girls School.
    1004 5 A delightful little entertainment was given at their school by the pupils of the Girls Section. There was a very large attendance of relatives and friends, and when the Cadets and Soouts swarmed m, there was scarcely standing room. The soldier boys occupied window ledges and
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    Empire Day Shooting.
    121 5 "The Diily Mail" Empire Div Competition took place at Bileslier Rifle Range yesterday afternoon. The team made a very creditable score considering the bad changeable wind that blew all through the competition. The scores were: L euts. C. D. Drew and J. Dixon of the 3rd Middlesex
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    BOYS WHO FLY.
    337 5 Several public schools are likely during the summer to follow the example of the United Services College, Windsor, to have a special laboratory fcr the study of aerial dynamics and the principles of heavier-than-air-machines, and teach their boys aeronautics. I have been m communication with several headmasters
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    67 5 A man has invented a chair that can be adjusted to eight hundred different positionsIt is designed for a small boy to sit m when he goes to church. A Chicago merchant was asleep m his house recently, when he was awakened by his cat peratching his hands. It was
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      35 5 Dont Put It Off. allow tv..!::yf I ur< to elapse 'out Chamt, r:._:n Cotie, Cholera and Remedy m ycur home. True, yon Bead it within that time, but it is than any doctor's orescriDtion and
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      358 5 ROBINSON Co. THERMOS f JBL PATENT FLASKS. ifcS Invaluable to "TrereUcrs" __..._:.iabl. to Sportsmen' J^f^TSL. Invaluable to Bxcorsiaiiigts." (m !Jfc\ HOT BEVERAGES will remain hot for 24 hours |3ter ~~m\\ without any application or any precautions against < COLD DRINKS will remain cold for da Pint Size £8.50. Quart Size
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    LEWIS AND PEAT'S RUBBER REPORT.
    369 6 Ti -ving lots. compri>;ng about 111 on^ 18 t ns Ceylon, .ver-. offend a t a follows April 10. an \nd Malai ca.ic- p' 1 b Si::ri'.r» 5S D. IT 'nought ia i K. I- si* 1 DHimn 7 cr I 6 i 5 AgOX
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      147 6 Austrian Lloyd Steam Navigation Co. Trie 101 l Ming ar the dates on which the Coy's St* an i> ba Bipectad to arrive and sail f■ OUTWARD i_H»y Arrives S-S- 6ch June HOMEWABD 1909 Sails China June *Via Bombay. All tl Steamers to Trieste call at Penacg m\ mm. mm**,
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      531 6 SHIPPING. NTOq JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. Two regular services are maintained between JAPAN and EUROPE by the Company's well-known TWIN-SCREW STEAMERS, under Mail Contract with the Imperial Japanese Government, specially designed for the Company's European Service, lighted throughout I y Electricity, provided with excellent .< ecumiodation for Fiist and
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      668 6 SHIPPING. JL 1 mJ JLr Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremei IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE 1 The fast and well-known mail steamers o this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen Hamburg Via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marseilles Naples, Alexandria and vice versa) Port Said Sues, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hong kong,
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      1264 6 SHIPPING. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE, HAMBURG. x^ 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 j ior Havre and Hamburg and once a mon__. for Bremer] iaven direct, calling at Penang and I
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      527 6 SHIPPING. OCEAN STEAM SHIP (X Ltd, A H D China Mutual Steam Nay. Co. L/ Th* C tm panics' su*... i*spatched fmrr Uvacpool oatwaidi foi t 1 Straits, China anc Japan every Japan homeward; for London, Amsterdam and Af fonoa KaraeiDa- and Livatp LiverpOne witward itaaaaai pa Vf-ncouvt.r, Seattle and
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    SHARES.
    971 7 Capital Capiui Issot Paid r#i¥W n *.1 Issued p*!d op V«io« op Company. Qaoi*t!os $300,000 300,000 10 10 Belat Tin Mining Go. U4 800 $300,000 225,000 10 10 Braang Limited 7.00 $600,000 600,000 10 10 Braseh Hydraulic Tin M. Co. Ltf 7.50 500,000 444, 76y 1 1 Dull Development
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    VESSELS IN PORT.
    419 7 Man-of-war Flap; and Tom? Commanders Arrived hot Td« Hai Yung Oh. cm. 2950 Lin May 12 Bonrabaya Deli Thalang SiamYachtllO Kyeldabl May 21 Penanae <im Dut 625 Rooaendaa] May 94 Muntok Sea Mew Col. Yacht 500 Ooaeman I fi M.-.i«.- -a iD SihiD F late Tons Mapter
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    LATEST ARRIVALS.
    200 7 Kintuck Brit 2996 Paddle y 22 Amoy Mansfbdd London 7 Oanabrnok Ger 2645 Rec* May 23 Batavia Behn Meyer Uncertain Swaerdecroon Dut 901 Tausent M ay 23 Ban'massin Ships Agency B'massi: Derlliinger Ger 5211 Meiners May 23 Hongkong Behi -24 Beli Ger 726 Hubner May 24 Bangkok Behn^.V(
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    EXCHANGE.
    65 7 (Corrected up to W.y _2.) tank 4 in/s w 2-. demand Pnrate credits S m.'i credit 6m IM Fkaxcs, demand Bank_ Gismakt, demand India, 'I. T, Eokskoks, demand m 2 ,j, fe Yokohama, demand nom. 11 1 ava, demand 'Banokok' demand glf Sovereigns, Bank liming $8 Bank of England
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    PRODUCE.
    138 7 May 21 Fn.* $C; t Gambier ,„yere 2 It Gambier Go be No. 1 M Gam bis Oa ht Kau 9 Pepper Black (ords. c'port) 1 1 25 Pepper, White (fair I 18.25 Nutmeg* (110 to the V) Nutmege (89 to tht Ik.) w 29 SO Mice (Band*; norn
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      391 7 On the Berth. '■L'OIIVMRT MAATSCHAPPIJ NEDERLAND. Steamship Company 'NEDEHLAND. Service. Xiii Bna__-Bi I ÜBS kJi :T" -..i oa lb me, I* its am. for Sa* M P r bon and Amsterdam oa the s„n lane at 1 \(.FNCY. Ltd. v GI!PASH!A TRASATUITIM OF BARCELONA. KOK ILUILO nd MANILA Th 3
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      570 7 TO LET. TO PE LIT BRAEMAR. Gilstead Koad. near New ton Station. Apply A. F. G. c 6 Few Press." May 18 tts 6 TO BE LEI OR SOLD SEPARATELY, OR TOGETHER Four spacious European <i>downs, Noe. 3, 4, 6 k f>, Nanson Road, Robertson Quay, fllUaWliim through to Saiboo
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      77 7 fwfi_r«Trs >SB CHAPOTEALTS j jSf PBOSPHOGLYCERATE I jHf OF LIME I m il Loss of Vitality and Power, I v Nervous Debility, \v Neurasthenia, fitllN^ Impotence, I ihstruc-Nv Dyspepsia, TIOHS WITH r I each bottle \lnsornnta Nervous Troubles m adults and children. I f Sold w CAPSULES, m SYRUP, or
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      113 7 J. d'A. PEREIRA, (F. R. H. S. LONDON) Horticulturist Florist. COLLECTOR AND EXPORTER of ORCHIDS AND RARE PLANTS. Diploma and gold medal from the Late King of Denmark. By Special Appointment to His Majesty the King of Siam, H. H. the Sultan of Johore and H. H. the Saltan of
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      129 7 DE KOJ.INKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Undue Contract with thb Nbthkelands India UovaaNMKN-r Agents at Singapore, The Shipsagency, Limited, 2-3, Ccliyer Quay. THE UNDERMENTIONED DATEd OF DEPARTURE ARE ONLY APPROXIMATE. Brouwer Moeara Saba, Simpang, and Djambi May 21 van der Lyn... Singkawang and Pontianak van Riebeeck Batavia, avacoast, Samarang, Soerabaia, Macassar, Balik-Papan,
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      239 7 VESSELS AT TANJONG PAGAR AND KEPPEL HABBOUR. Wharves and Docks at which differ n,' vessels were 1.-rthed yederdoy. East Wharf Basin Banka. East Wbarf Sec I—Nam1 Nam Sang, Mazagon. Section I—Sheers1 Sheers Wbarf Glenfalloch. Section 2 Tara, Chiengmai. 3 Hokuto Maru. 4 Merapi. s—Miniiya.5 Miniiya. 6 Kintuck, Pdeus. 7 Capri.
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    CRICKET.
    415 8 There was some tall scoring m the SC G T G_.rrison match on the Esplanade jester- j cUy. h 7 orerabadows tbe other; doubb' and iuclud twelve, four x. The se >rea ure .AKKI.St'N- <;. B H bm nm r Ut 97 L I 3bfl M C May b
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    CHESS MATCH.
    80 8 Ai cements are m progress m Penang Fir ache-- i iteb between B ii md nons, under the auspices of the MUg Chess Club. Two teams cf seven a side are :y listed, and Mr Gorris, the H a. Bee wiU bs .r'a 1 to bear from others
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    HONGKONG'S C. A. RAILWAY.
    284 8 Tb*; writer ol Rambling N -tes m the China Mail _ajl 1 admin the heroic way m which Sir Fieflonub Logard tackled Urn subject of the railway estimates on Thursday. Hebe fgm ***sy were noi exhilarating, and before he had &HM with them I .piite ■greed
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    EASTERN SMELTING CO.
    234 8 The Directors' accounts of the fir_t year's working of the company show that the Del pr> _Ufl of the year after allowing for 20 per c_nt. depreciation on the property of the Ccmpany amount to $110,834 which the Ihre.ors propose to appropriate as follows -A final Dividend
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    SINGAPORE RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
    202 8 SINGAPORE RIFLE ASSOCIATION. The S. fi. A. Monthly Handicap toolplace on Sunday afternoon under rather unfavourable conditions caused by the rain and dull light. Tbere were about 30 competitors, and the following are the results The Macbean Cup was competed for at the same time, the condition> being one sighter
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    JAVA NEWS.
    308 8 {From our own Correspondent?) Batavia, May 20. The Medan Tobacco Co. pays a dividend of f ">O. The contract with the Netherland Trading v lor the sale of government tin has been approved. Harbour works at Semarang have been voted a first instalment of f_ 0,000 on the
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    BIG SIAMESE JEWEL ROBBERY.
    54 8 A daring robbery of a pearl necklace valued at £8,000 is being investigated by the Bangkok authorities. It appears that the necklace was despatched by the Diamond Merchant's Association, of London, to the Queen's Chamberlain. The package arrived here by -i_» i_ a Dali an/, waa
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    WIRE NEWS.
    517 8 (Fm Hongkong Hankow. Canton Railway. Puking, May 1 L The railway loan has been so arranged that m respect of the Canton-Hankow railway Tis. 3,000,000 will be borrowed from Britain, while for the Szechueu- Hankow railway Tls. 3.000,000 will be loaned by Germany. A Shanghai Sensation. Shanghai, May
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    SELANGOR TURF CLUB.
    85 8 Entries for the Gymkhana. Race 1. Carmen, Jack Homer, Tahib, Cigarette, Lady Jane. Medium. Race 2. Susan, Pikat y Dreamland, Lady Mary. Race 3. Carmen, Polly, Bumble Puppy, Irish Ivy The Monk. Race 4. Barcells, Jack Homer, Little Mab, Bob, Cigarette, Kitty, Mayboy, Death or <*.lory, Lady
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    THE ACCIDENT TO KIDD.
    74 8 Kidd was riding Marquis, when the latter usually a very quiet horse attempted to bolt ofl the track. Unfortunately m so doing he crushed his rider against the rails, the result being a compound fracture of the thigh. Kidd was taken as soon as possible to
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    THE EX-SULTAN AT BAY.
    569 8 Last Scene at the Pai,a« c. The special correspondent of the Daily Telegraph at Constantinople sends an impressive account of the scene at Yildiz Kiosk when the ex- Sultan Abdul Hamid was informed of his deposition. The details were obtained from Carasso Effendi, the deputy for
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    55 8 Tte U. S. S. Transport Kilpatrick left for New York yesterday afternoon. The captain of the Van Swoll reports that he passed a red buoy adrift cff Pulo Nongsa. Heavy gun practice will take place from Forts Siloso and Passir Panjang on May 25, 27, 20 and 31
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    LATEST ARRIVALS.
    17 8 Merapi, Dut. 1597 tons, Capt Uldali, from Pecalongan. Peleus, Brit. 4800, Capt Hannah, from Liverpool.
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    ANJER SHIPPING REPORT.
    149 8 (Compiled for the Singapore Free Press.") Date of passing Anjer Nationality and Description of vessel Captain's name Where and when sailed Destination. May 6. Brit str. Islander Wright Christmas Island Singapore. May 9. Dut. str. Pynbus; Barends Batavia, May 9 Amsterdam. May 9. Dut. str. Rhipeus Potger
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