The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 4 June 1909

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    17 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1909. NO. o,(H n
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    THE DAYS NEWS.
    96 1 ipan has explained her position with rv;_'rird to the Fakumen railway Page 5. The bill for the union of South Africa will shortly be passed P.ijre r >. The Tsar is to meet the Kiuter in a few days time Page 5. The famous Holbein picture is
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    TRUTH IN FICTION.
    740 1 M-ive jou ever noticed m the cour- ur reading expeiie; w often the author tiiokd us with a J real warps of character in his heroes and ben iaes, warps which make one mm whether they are mereh tbo ill trade, r reflections of tha actudity. To
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      603 1 Entertainments. TO-NIGHT Professor Ramamurti (THE INDIAN SANDOW) Supported by a Marvellously Select Troupe of Artist* 3, Acrobats, Clowns and Wrestlers. LOCATION BEACH ROAD. Next to Alhambra. Grand Opening Night TO-NIGHT. PROFESSOR RAHAMURTI Stops dead a 12 H.P. Motor Car without buttress or hold. A marvellous and unparalleled performance. A prodigious
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      224 1 Entertainments. ALHAMBRA TO-NIGHT. CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. NEW PICTURES This Parcel is a Nuisance CHINESE PASTIMES Comic Scene by Adrien Vely "The Dinner of January 9th" "LA TOSCA" (The mot realistic u tr.re ever produced.) THE MOTOR BOAT RACES AT MONACO. 1909. Transformation of a Cigar-end. JACOBS IDEA (A really clever
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      80 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Notice by Madame Diet/ Page 1. Sale of bullocks and cart Page S. The K. P. M. latest sailing list— Page 7. Highclass furniture sale on June 12 Page 3. Wayang Kassixn to-nigbt, Af tab sri Ban sen —Page 1. Sale of unredeemed pledges at Malacca Page 2.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      420 1 THE WEEK. Friday, 4th High Water.— lo.67 a., I<\23 p P O Mail Outward due. Full Moor, 8.25 a S.V.A. Recruits Drill, Battery Di ill D.R F. Mark Lodge, 8.45 p The Siqn of the Ciosp," Bandmann Co. 9 p Indian Sandow, 9.15 p Saturday, s th Hicrh Water.— ll.34
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    MR. LAMBERT'S WITTICISMS.
    187 2 In Um ntortali oi propaganda the news- 1 papers lad fciaM to continna theii gibes M British nation treinbliug before the awfa] ape 1 kre of Qeraaaa onsliu^ht. Las! irsday level il organi here published id Inadod tjps aa extract from a speech deI rod by Mr
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    HUMOURS OF INSURANCE.
    156 2 The way in which application forma for iusurau a« Uled H U Abb more amusiug than enlightening British Medical Journal" shows in the foOowiag excellent on of exaiuj Mother died in infancy. 1 feeling wtll. and Um I morning woke up dead. kdd at the aye of
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    FROZEN MUTTON CONDEMNED.
    461 2 r. Collingridge, medical officer of health latent) En his report for April I uraoand ColoA oon>;^niUL-nt of 1.-"" ~lu ep from a rm to Liverpool mi Bold to a dt\. Am oeutral market-, Th< owner, on cxaa. whi n stared at Smiihfiekl, o attention of Mr. Terrett.
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      633 2 prettygood <f^K lyx traveling Ji^ V"^ I compan- 'Xa^f "'I tie with jk t yon when you -> away «^J W>jy from home. It may savo you s long illness. Anl if Ifoa are not goi tgaway, keep it with jrou, always, in the house, Ot a OC4 U CI
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      699 2 NOTIGES. NOTICE Is hereby g'ven that the Power of Attorney granted by Song Guat Neo to Song Koe Chuan on the l;Jth May, 1907 authorising him to manage her landed property within the Colony of the Straits Settlements has been cancelled by a Deed of Revocation dated the 2nd day
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      519 2 NOTIGES. NOTICE. Auction Sale of Unredeemed Pledges from I Pawnshops on Monday, 7th June, 1903, at No. 63, New Market in Malacca, Chops Eng Hin, Chee Hin, Ban Hong and Seng Joo. !The Pledges will be on view at the Central Station two days prior to day of sale. TEOH
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      573 2 BANKS. International Banking Corporation. CAPITAL and SURPLUS GOLD $6,500,000. Head Office 6O Wall Sfeeet, N'kw York. I London Office Threadnet-dle House, Lishopsgatc Strot-t Witibia, London EC London BAMKBBfI National Provincial j Bauk of England Ltd. General Foreign Basiness Transacted, DEPOSITS. Current Deposit Accounts opened and Interest allowed on the daily
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      449 2 MANUFACTURERS LIFIE INSURANCE CO Off C N'AJ Wm i It hM to day Bon b >nem iu f oroe any o4btt flinadim Lift Company ever l at the same ULNCI 696.940,035 7] BBCI Ml I i.Policyhoiders $20^334^03 57 i s. >TN istorn At i., Ltd. <<< ueral Agents. Singapore A
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    WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
    224 3 >- tg] if h v mt gei ndtatd to the Af" There wert? ibvi M ret* in for tins, a moog th- IMpWHeiaXMta in connection wi ncreaeed BOmfori oi •-I■■ oa th*4 ec ean. la the sec the network of -r tide of the tic naaj be >
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    COLOUR-BLINDNESS.
    112 3 navigation at ai_;nt urns obat upon the .ish the ■iv, it 13 a xde that .ntile marine shall their colour 'ing the nut these ccurred iu ■r, who red to ot I B 1 mattj who invited the candidate I two other examint rs. refused to pass him, one
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    LIBEL ACTION IN JAPAN.
    81 3 The action f Mi W. T. < oner tha proprietors and the resulted ia a judgment to I ..iiDtiff for The ■0 ordered to publish an M out of an article reproia newspaper. The \m extended over several :Lt>;e ina the fcrri^n comin t'Jip.iii. bia irritings
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    ASIATICS ON BRITISH SHIPS.
    115 3 Mr. Huveluck Wilson lafesd the Pn I .Je a serii-s of i'i a>* 'h at sea oa JavMU -•Jinption f m Am&M M wmed Ah Fook, whilst Wliilfl uu ateamer iiullmcutb. I L odon. Ohurchiil Ah Pook, ii usiimp un °1 from 3qci Io Colombo. I
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      10 3 Pair, in the Stomach lH ii- as will a> disagree
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      487 3 Japan Coals. THE Mitsui Bussan Kaisha. (MITSUI Co.) 1 Head Office: No. I, SURUGA CHO TOKIO. I London Branch 34, Lime Street, EC I Singapore Branch 2, Flnlayson Green, OTHER BRANCHES:— Sac Franciscc, Portland, New York, Hamburg, Bombay, Cal- itta, Rangoon, BonraUya, Manila, Sydney Bangkok, Saigon, Hongkong, Canton. Ajnoy, Fooohow,
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      693 3 AUCTIONS. Saturday, 12th June, at 2 p.m. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE j OF [high grade teak furniture, pianoforte plants, The property of W. E, Sharp, Esq., who is proceeding to Europe. Tit Selboume Villa, Mo. 36, Gairnhill Road. Oompri«ng a BBILLIANT TONED COTTAGE PIANOFORTE IN TEAK CASK BY 'ii. RAWIB." Very
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      204 3 MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF One Bullock Cart Registered No. 1784 of 1908 and two Indian Bullocks. To be held at No. 845, Serangoon Road, Monday. June 7th, at 4.43 P.M. N. KAHUSAMY PILLAY CO. Licensed Auctioneers, 60, Serangoon Road. June 1 B,f> MORTGAGEES SALE Tuesday. Bth June at 2.30 p.m. 1.
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      520 3 CARRETT'S Portable Engines. W —^s? Fitted with patent economical Fire-hox for burning wood fuel. OVER 50 IN USE IN THE I. M. 8. 10, 12 m HP. in stock. IMPORTERS, > K N Where "D. M." BOILER COMPOSITION is used A little "DJ! ff introduced into a boiler with the
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      Birth.
      32 4 <>n May 15, 1909, at Hupeb, to Rev. and Mrs. P. T. DBMPSBY, a son. At Glendale, Keppel Harbour, Singapore, on June 3rd, the wife of D. BfUNRO, of a son.
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      Death.
      15 4 On May 20, 1933, at Shanghai, ARTHUR Edwin Charlton, Consulting Engineer, aged 34 years.
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    The Singapore Free Press
    1022 4 re shall t'ie Press the People's I" awed hy influence and unbribei Truth iv. fUrnou precepl j f. >yalt] a Friday, June 4, 1909. Mush has baou doae, said and written about the improveuieat of plantation rubber with regard to the coagulation of the latex Much
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    1122 4 Iu yesterday's it issue was reported that a Chinese trader living in Hong Lim Street had sent his clerk to cash a cheque for $16 land the man did not return. The police arrested him on Wednesday night. In South Bridge R:>ad, yesterday, a sinkeh in charge of a rikisha
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    REV. F. B. MEYER'S FAREWELL.
    121 4 be seat* in C!hurch began thi \h\ 1 B. M< readn Dg thos< Bish< rr, KevII ij t Mr i\ iij.- Mr \4 n I '.,.<>' an<j otoers. Mr Mvr- n-ferreJ to i p he had received during mentioned t plea*> received in finding t
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    NEW BATTLESHIPS ORDERED.
    174 4 TL' djry have two of the four bittlesl. i for in the Navj E them and eugined by the 8 and Engineering Company Greenock, and tha other I building and Iron < arrow on-Tyue. The oi respectively The two eontnd able to lay the keel tfl week
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    DROWNING ACCIDENT.
    225 4 10 Bin i A sad drowning acci i occurred at a late hour on ports the Shanghai Xercai victim being i nius. About 10 p.m. on seaman George Frai. know as Don;, xnion on sampan. As the frail era: both men stood up on ready to step on
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      148 4 m Robinson Piano Co., Ltd. SPECIALISTS IN HIGH CLASS 4&1 flu BBhi^^^B c^tfc— _^^sH BY THE Leading Makers of the World. Bechstein, Brinsmead, Ronisch, Werner, Krauss Etc. The Rachals Auto-Piano. THE PIANO EVERYONE CAN PLAY. nl r-I .CATALOGUE OF TROPICAL MODEL PIANO3 AND I ERMB Ift OUE Hire Purchase System.
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      61 4 G. R. Lambert Co., I LIMITED. Established 181 1. The Premier only European 1 firm in Singapore. Agfa Amateur Articles I prepared and packed specially for the I tropics are of such quality aud offer such facilities that every amateur photograph. er will do his own developing and printing HIMSELF
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      84 4 Royal Cinematograph. Bukit Kim Cheng Hall. o Tanjong Pagar Ti. J (near Boustcad Institute.) j. To=Ni£htl To*Nl&htll ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. WORLD'S BEST FILMS WE SHOW THE HISTORIC, DKUIATIC, COMIC ASPECTS OF ALL SIDES OF LIFE. POPULAR PRICES. Doors open at 7-30. Carriages at 11-30. VICTORIA THEATRE. 2 Nights Only.
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  • UNITED SOUTH AFRICA.
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      THE UNION BILL.
      36 5 -ph B i tier's) ■ed th u the 1 1 v- rnmenl P >ning the I aion Conven 1 a before I r I to mak.- no v ept in the techno ph
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      STITUTION ADOPTED.
      13 5 red at 2.] il and be amen i U ii vision.
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      NATAL'S POSITION.
      30 5 in the debate on the conion pointed out that the concession of msvaal I rreck of the U rence. rar, refer? the .red that I even ii did
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      ROYAL MEETINGS
      33 5 In the Bait >a the in of Um i£is meats the Ti a \i the on June 1 7 iky a 1 to 3i Peteral :r ethe Kaiser the Tsar. mm
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      RUSSIA'S LATEST LOAN.
      15 5 rument have issued a j millio: ing, interest < nioet j in 1 >.
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      IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
      289 5 iearns thai M itched m ravita;>recce on Imp focca. ieol to the An> tl C mada, r I the Oranf i Colony. r ion, it is understoi I aot foi nference in the full sense of but for a subsidiary CoDfe r contemplated in tie first Col -I
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  • THE FAKUMEN RAILWAY
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      JAPAN FIRM.
      153 5 Brooks no Competitor. (By Subaurm? Telegraph.— Ihu'er'a) Received at 11 A'< a.m. rreepondent of the Times at Tokio has rf.'-.vri an explanation of the cause of the Japanese refusal to refer the Faknmeo Railway dispute to the Hague, which was prompted by the conviction that the stage I
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      AUSTRALIAN CABINET.
      19 5 K ceived at 11 35 am. II i Daakio has formed a coalition cabinet igainst the Labourites.
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      FAMOUS PICTURE SAVED.
      148 5 The famous Holbein picture of the hess of Milan has baen saved bj a single individual at the last moment contubuting the 114,000 still required to make p the amount. The picture of the M subtle and gracious figure with the wonderful h;inds had been ined to
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      DISTURBED PERAK.
      43 5 (from ou> own Correspondent^ Ipoh, June 3rd noon. Fiur Malay cattle dealers have been attacked by robbers just outside Ipoh. They vere shot at and hackel with parangs. The robbers stole $1,200. The pjlico have arrested one pars 3n on tuspicion.
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    PRINCESS JULIANA.
    206 5 In giving the infant Dutch princess Juliana as her tirst name the memory of a splendid woman is perpetuated. Juliana Conntess of Stolberg was the mother of William the Silent and his four brothers, who put their religion and their country before everything else, aud made great sacrifices
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    A SIMPLE TEST FOR MILK.
    202 5 The "Scientific American" describes a simple method of testing the quality of milk which should prove useful. It is so simple that it an be tried by anyone, and requires no costly OV complicated apparatus. The sample to be tested is first thoroughly stirred so
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    TIN AND RUBBER.
    269 5 8 i i.ak South. Tho following Information is f )r\vardc-< :b? the General Manager From the Ist oi May to 17'.h of May, the n achinery workec derelopiog a new position for the'pontooE plant. Tne p >utoon was moved to its new position, and Btirted work there,
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    BAND IN THE BOTANICAL GARDENS.
    118 5 I'V kind permission of Lt. Col. Glover D. S. 0. and Officers, the Band of the 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt. will perform the following programme of music in the Gar- dens on Monday next commencing at 9 p.m. Processional March Edina Hume Valae "Venus on
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    WORDS MERELY.
    285 5 Most of the concern which correspondents of the Mail have been expressing about the use of new-fangled w rds is quite unnecessary. That sort of alarm has been a persistent phenomenon except, probably, in the twelfth century, when the modern English dictionary has been objected to in its
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    SOLDIER'S BABY.
    137 5 When he was retnrning from active service a sergeant in the sth Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment had the misfortune to lose bis wife. She died on bo:<rd ship, leaving him with their only child. Arriving in England, he took the baby to friend at Hounslow, and had
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    BANDMANN COMPANY.
    384 5 I The Baadmann Company have returned o Singapore for a short season of three lights and last evening presented the powerul drama of Pete, the las', stage arrantreaent of Hall Caine's "The Manxman." There was a fairly good audience, of the 1 iss that the more S9rious drama
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    RAMAMURTI CIRCUS.
    390 5 Indian Circuses we have bad before, and very good performancgs they give. Pro- fessor Ramamurti's opened on the Beach-rd I ground last night with a strong companv and gave a successful entertainment, well attended. The feature of the show, of course is the Strong Man hirnself, and among
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    GERMANY AND WAR FOODS.
    109 5 Chicago. German officers representing the Army and Navy Departments have arrived from Berlin in order to inspect and report on the packing of Army foods at the stockyards, in anticipation of a proposed new tariff arrangement between Germany and tha United State?. I The Army officers
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      33 5 An American Newspaper Man Recommends a Weii Known Remedy. Wing .ditorial ap 1 m Missouri, r. s. a., "Tbe edilot km in by personal ex- > f J en< MA .-lain "s Colic. Cholera
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      40 5 Colic and Diarrheoa Cured. After an hour's suffering from cramp colic or diarrhoea, the best remedy obtainable can not give relief too quickly. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is the Viocf. in<->rlirinf> in itjp. fnr t,}u>fip ilia. Tt, alwava
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      269 5 fj" Domino" Tennis Racket SPECIAL BLACK GUT, AND IPEdALUT SUITABLE FOR TROPICAL (LI I! AXES. EVERY RACKET STRING BY THE SAME MH ii THE MOST PERFECT AND TIGHTEST STRUNG RACKET JIJ WEIGHTS, 13, 13 OZ. Sole Agents in the Straits I (I and the F.M.S. IT H E I TYPEWRITER
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    THE HOUSE OF ORANGE.
    933 6 la no oth"- land is there a more patriotic prids in the D by th.m in the Nether* j Undrf. The H v f -ho people's j choice, and William the Silent waa not merely a put- Ipt in the i -tingsjl-a with Spain, .rtyr lo
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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      537 6 SHIPPING. Apcar Line. The undermentioned mail steamers of the above company maintain a regular service between Calcutta and Japan calling at Penang, Singapore, Hongkong Shanghai en route, FLEET. Tons. Commander. s.s. Japan 6.300 .1. G. Oiift-nt, s.s. Oiegory Apcar 4.606 S. 11. Kelson. Arratocn Ancar 4,510 A. Stewart. s.s. Lightning
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      1204 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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      682 6 SHIPPING. Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen. OO AST LINES. Steamer* of the Coast Fleet. TOKS Tfig. TCK« r*£. Petckaburi 2191 Chow Fa 16*3 Borneo 2 IX Derawoag** 16-16 Kohaiciiang 2040 Pailat 1667 Eaiah 3023 Anghia 1669 Piteanulok 2019 Lociren 18.">7 Bangkok UOO Chcuing 1667 Rajaburi 1904 Poagtong 1667 Kor&t 1900 Saxocec 1667
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      509 6 SHIPPING. OCEAN STEAM SHIP Co. Ltd A N 1) China Mutual Steam Nav. Co, 1 The 0 mpar.i"?' ?t-«*&iimr> aro despatched from. Uwtpool irai I inaand; mq| wt^^ ra Japar, for London, An. I I I -eip ever I rcnoft. Mai and 1. teamer every 2b day? m and Tacoma
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    EXCHANGE.
    68 7 (Corrected up to Bank4ni/g m .2 4; M cemaiid M Pr>:-it« flfeiditi S r«/8 r m BBtdlll Gin's wm 2/4| Fkakce ctrriitrd Btini^. w 292 Q ij.maht, 1 4rinar k u 287 [•^■ia. T. T. i| BOVCSOB^ derrand 22f^»dk. Yok<.;nm a> demand nom. 1 leMaad 139 k' demand 65|
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    PRODUCE.
    126 7 June 2. GmbMk 25 Gunbier Ou^ No. 1 Gam bier O«U No. 9 Pfcpper Bltck ordts. B 'port) Bappv, Wbit«jfiL:r buyers I^7s* Nutmeg '1 10 to tiit IV)^ UJEt Nutmegs '80 to tin I^.) H Olorcsf (iuaboiß*) .4 75 Liberiui Coffee 26 It Tapioca, nut!] petrl (fair Qtudity) nom
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    VESSELS AT TANJONG PAGAR AND KEPPEL HARBOUR.
    76 7 W iarves and Dttckf at W<<r/< ■iifferctd ve>t> It v?r> t East W\ u- Tanoarrills. East Whmti ii, Zw.M-nm. Section I— Sheers Wharfs Section 2 San^ da, liu|>eh. 3 Segura. r Paroo. 6 Hiadaroo, I*ata.ni T Nil. B—Teo8 Teo Pao, Tring^aiiii. I Jardiae'6
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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      455 7 TO LET. TO LET :U' Entry, Ground Floor of No. 11 i large rooms, 3 bath room^ and Apply .1, M il.acc Strei TO BE LIT. md bOOBi N incery B bathrooms with stabling utra.net' from Barker Road, rent vtry moderate. Apply NO. B| r.Ai.MOi IL Uovd, 0 2 n.c
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      565 7 TO LET. OFFICES TO BE LET In Cavenagh Bridga Buildings, facing Gene- rai Post Office. Apply to GCTHSiE CO., LTD. Jan 11 UiC OFFICE AHD GODOWN TO BE LET. With immediate Entry No. 7, Malacca Street. Apply to GUTHRIE Co., Ltd. Aaf? 14 Q. c TO LET. To Let, No.
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      246 7 No. 1 DOCK. No. 2 DOCK. Length inside 514 ft. Length inside 375 ft. Width of entrance, top 95 ft., bott Width of entrance, top 60.5 ft. faofit 75 ft. 45.8 ft. Water on blocks 27.5 ft. Water on blocks 20.5 ft. Time to pump out 4 hours. Time to
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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      988 7 SH ARES. MINES. CApttal Capita! Issoe Paid r Issued peid np Valwt op CorapAOF. QaoUtfci $300,000 300,000 10 10 Belat Tin Mining 00. 1M 600 $300,000 225,000 10 10 Bruang Limited 7.CG $600,000 600,0C0 10 10 Bruseh Hydraulic Tin M. 00. hti 750 £500,000 444 769 1 1 Duff Development
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      826 7 Man-of-war Plat? and Tons HIM From W h«a Konm ei n Regentes Dut. cru p inh:i Jmm 2 -ic. Sea Mew Col. Yacht|s'Jo Oolem.D May 24 M,!,, tun If- II g" life Hop&Jg Brit 1858 H., v J«i, Nord Bntl-^T Prynn M,v I. „v,,t K^a ißw* hna WaTan. Ger 624
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    THE INSUBSTANTIAL EARTH.
    726 8 T :ier of ?p-.ic* By Sir Oliver Lodgfc irptra N M not I: ..I ti r V lltford, th* mathematiciiD. 98 in hia mind*! eyy Mid fat that faculty, is harcllj more u: ind certainly lesa useful, t than the ability U) explain mathematical «oncept3 such M
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    THE FLAG LINK.
    169 8 Thje "at home held in connection wil t m Jigfirii Speak* Lnk Mr W. T Stead— 4ou3e proved a co\-.'v -ntertainicg. The L nk and its allied departments is practically i friendsl loneliness of bj iatrod i .g m mad women of congenial nature to each ot
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    WIRE NEWS.
    332 8 i Hbngfamj China hWD AJOKICA. Peking, 25th May. TIM Waiwupu md the Board of Education fa not arrived at an agreement concerning ti-j despatch of students to America and so the matter hai remamtjd in abeyance. Yesterday, the United States Minister inI whether students were going to be
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    IRISH LADY GOLF CHAMPION.
    181 8 Miss Ormsby Beats Miss Y. Hezlet. The Irish Ladies' Championship at Lahmeh resulted in a surprising victory for Miss Ornisby, co. Sligo, who, in the final round, Liss V. Hezlet by 4 up and 2 to play. ''n.sby had never previously done anything conspicuously good in
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    EXCITEMENT AT SANDAKAN.
    165 8 tie Sandakan was at fever heat of expectation, and the first question asked of any steamer arriving from the Philippines was Wkat new3 of Jakiri while rumours of raids and talk of maxims filled the air, a telegram was received by His Excellency from Lihad Datu, marked
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    THE BANGKOK CHESS CLUB.
    98 8 At the Annual General Meeting of the Bangkok Chess Club there were only five members p-esent. The chair was occupied Iv Mr P. Schwatza. After some discussion it was resolved that the Club cease to exist, the reasons being thai not sufficient interest in it was
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    FOUR TREES IN ONE.
    37 8 A horticultural curiosity is to be aeen in the garden of Gloucester Lodge, Poitsmouthroaci, Thames DittoD, Surrey, the resideace of Mr James Pacldiam, a member of the Snrbiton Urban Ifiatrict Council, in the
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    CRICKET.
    208 8 Yesterday being another holiday for a good j many, advantage was taken to play a cricket match on the Esplanade between a Committee XI and the Rest, the match being won by the Committee Eleven. The j feature of the game was the good bowling of Bath, Parsons and
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    MALAY FOOTBALL.
    163 8 Teams representing East and West oppesad one another last evening on Beach R id ground, where a crowd of 5,000 spectators had assembled to witness the matcb. Both sides appeared to be well matched. From tho Btarf play went evenly, but after a time East were given a
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    REGIMENTAL SHIELD COMPETITION.
    122 8 At TaDglin last night G Coy. lost two valuable points in the above league when they allowed D Coy. to beat them, after a very fast game, by two go^b to one. Neither side were at full strength, but this did not lower the standard of play.
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    THE SWIMMING CLUB.
    149 8 The third of the series of Jackson Millar Cup races, the 220 yards handicap, will be swum on Sunday, on the arrival of the 10 o'clock launch. The following are the handicaps. E. L. Cuqoaden scr G. AY kid 12; E. E. McKeEzie 14: P. Lloyd 16:
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    LADIES' SHOOTING.
    61 8 The followiEir are the results of the shoot of the Ladies' Rifle Club at Balestier yesterday. The first six count for Walker Cup. Mrs Axten 31 Miss M. Lloyd 30 Lady Evelyn Young 30 Miss K. Lloyd 30 Mrs Bowes 29 Miss Lloyd 29 Mrs Mauldon 28 Mrs
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
    22 8 The May monthly medal was played for on 29tb and 30th May and the following scores were returned.
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    STABBING CASE AT SEA
    118 8 During the last trip of the Ohakrabhongs up from Singapore and while the vessel was between Bandon and Liken, en the 24th irist., a Chinese fireman of the ship stabbed the engineer's co:k. It seems that there was a quarrel over some food, after which the
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    DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE
    325 8 The Coming Conference. The Earl of Crewe, Secretary of State for the Colonies, was the guest of the Liberal Colonial Club, at a dinner in the Trocadero Restaurant. The Earl of Durham presided. Lord Crewe, speaking of Imperial defence, hoped and believed that the results of
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      410 8 SHIPPING NOTES. The Imp. Gfirmaa Mail Steamer "Prinz Eitel Friedrich hdviug left Hongkong yesterday at 10 a.m. may be expected to arrive here on Monday at 2 pin, She will probably be despatched for Europe on the following day at 8 a.m. The Mail Steamer "Devanha" left IV nmg at
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