The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 4 May 1912

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    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, SATURDAY MAY 4 1912. NO. 7,513
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    182 1 On page 7> of this issue will he found a detailed description of Messrs Katz Bros, magnificent new godown. where the directors and staff will he "At Home" to day from noon. J. (1. Boyd was cross-examined at length in the Hankruptcy Court yesterday Page 12. .The
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    MONEYLENDING.
    1017 1  - MONEY LENDING. BOOM Governments have tried to art as benevolent money leildsn with varying degree* of success, iik witness the French and other pawabcokillg s>Btems. but taken on the whole it may perhaps be atlirmed that the State has no; proved to bo either a very eilicient, or wry ecouornic.
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      340 1 2 TRIp LE ATTRACTION w J TO-NIGHT! FIRST ATTRACTION TO RIGHT! 5> o 54 lu l7 Q 5: <J NEW SUBJECTS O 22 g SECOND ATTRACTION SB NEW SUBJECTS t> THIRD ATTRACTION io.:«» 11 >, HARRY THE QUEALYSNELUE Al STKAMAS I AVOrUHK MISICAL SKETCH ARTISTKS IN THEIB ONE ACT ORIGINAL
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      210 1 X HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH, U NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. A GRAND SELECTION OF PICTURES IN TO-NIGHT'S PROGRAMME I! String of Pearls, 1.000 feet, Biogr&ffe. Showing that their J X only valttfi is to satisfy vanity. I Englishman and the Girl, 1,000 feet Biogtnffh. j Muggsy Becomes a Hero, son fe#t Bipgraph.
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      252 1 TO-NIGHT IS A GRAND MOONLIGHT NIGHT Saturday, 4th May, 1912. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE PRINCESS IN THE MOON If you haven't come to the ALEXANDRA HALL NORTH BRIDGE ROAD Art THE STRAITS OPERA Co. In Staging The Moon Princess. V'ic »> ill be able to see the real Princess
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      153 1 So^ap'9 HDvcrti^cmcnte. I'owrll's rojninder re to day's furniture sale I'age 2. Preliminary notice rt» mim i* t KmerUd Hill, and sale of tools, etc -Page 2. Last uight of IX. (i. Knowles at the Vir lor i a Theatre l'a^r 1 (ialH jMTforrrianees at tlu- TIM-atre Uoyal and Alcxaiuiru Hall
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      112 1 THE WEEK. Saturday 4th. High Water— o-25 a.m.. 11-36 p.m. Reception at hat Bros. noon. Cricket Merchants v Teh graphs B.C.C. Jimah Meeting, noon. Sunday sth. High Water— l-8 a.m. 4th Sunday after Easter. S.V.A. Drill. FortSiloso. launch .s am. Monday 6th. High Water— o-5 a.m., 1- *5 p.m. N.
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    A VERY MERRY WIDOW.
    218 2 Escapade in a Men's Club. The conservative and aristocratic Norwalk Club at South Norwalk, Connecticut, the headquarters of the New England gentry, is dismembered and faction -torn as the result of the escapade of Mrs. Laura Allen, the twenty-year-old widow of Elijah Marshall Allen, a millionaire
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    ST. LUKE'S, TELUK ANSON.
    167 2 The Church of St. Luke the Kvaugelist, Taluk Anson, was consecrated by the Kt. Kev. the Bishop of Singapore on Friday last, at ."».];"> p.m. The service was diguitied and impressive. Mr. Kingston, the organist, assisted by an elVicient choir. rendered the musical part of the
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      270 2 SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES. 1 ST. ANDREW S CATHEDRAL. 1 Fourth Sunday After Easier. sth May 19V2. 7-30 a.m. Litam I 7to a.m. Holy Communion. (Choral) and I Sermon, Hymns 316, 3*23 A 207. I 91>a.m. Matins Holy Communion (P)ain>. I f>M p.m. Bimosl A Sermon, Hymns 45^, tune 261. 290
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      166 2 FINE ENGLISH and GERMAN PIANOS FROM $350 SPECIALLY PREPARED FOR SINGAPORE CLIMATE. ROBINSON PIANO CO.. LTD. A.W.Tully IS NOW DOING BUSINESS OB TJIK SINGAPORE RACES MAY 7, 9, 11. Trebles 2, 3, 5 and 2, 3, 6 Doubles any two Races. STRAIGHT OUT ALL EVENTS AN'I) COMBINATIONS. FOK PRICKS APPLY
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      226 2 SINGAPORE RACES. MAY 7, 9 11. MA Pn\lf All Are now Executing Oi Ulffflllli Commissions on the F. LANDER, above Meetin& Please Note Address SON LEVY, 29-1, Rales Place, (FIRST FLOOR.) BUy A I 1 Below "FREE PRESS. 1 WWfl 111 Telephonk 1201. Jas. CHRISTIE, PREMIER TURF ACCOUNTANT, SINGAPORE. ATTENDS
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      88 2 Run MA Y 7, 9, 11th. STRAIGHT OUT ON ALL EVENTS. DOUBLES ANY TWO RACES. TREBLES RACES 2, 3, 5 6. SPECIALITY: COMBINATIONS MIXED PLACING. For Particulars apply 29-1, Raffles Place, (FIRST FLOOR), Below Free Press." Tklkphonk No. 1201. Apr 24 12-r, SERVANTS' AGENCY OFFICE. No. 79, Tank Road, Book
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      569 2 AUCTIONS. REMINDER. This Day, Saturday, at 2-30 p.m. AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE TEAK HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, PLANTS Ac. The Property of Major I<\ W. Lumsden at M Biarritz," Oran.i; (;r.jvf. KoalTolished teak octagonal table: handsome rattan and straw itdM wov*n t*Lhm »«i tables: teak writing tables Ac. A very handsomely carved
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      430 2 NOTICE. AUCTION SALE OF UNREDEEMED PLEDGES I'KOM I'AWNHHOIS On Tuesday, 7th May, at 10 a. m. at the Auction Mart 77 Riverside, in Malacca. Chops Ban Hong, Eng Hin Chec Hin and Lian Hin Tong. The pledgee will o»- on \iew at tJi< M.irf two days ith and r.tli May
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    LESSONS OF TITANIC DISASTER.
    703 3 joftirioN of Hongkong Shipping Fibub. A representative of the Morning Post made inquiries of several of the leaiimg ■hipping houses In Hongkong us to whether anj IOBBS are to he takeu ou their boat! fOI »Ih> further safe guarding of the lire* oi i> UJSengefß, la
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    TO STERILISE WATER.
    194 3 'Jin u.'ricnn Docton in the Philippines leea nonAdani that the ultrav'<jlK rmyi n.:.y be utilised for the steriliot water for drinking purposes in let Experiments have been conHIQSS hues for some time, and KtWtigaton report that they have de■OßStratod that amoebae are killed in Jlt ti\ exposing
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    ALLEGED SHIPPING TRUST.
    450 3 Ami-.uk an Phoski ition New York. April 1-T. The Federal Government's campaigu against ■araral of the big companies cartying freight between the Tinted States and the Far East by wax of the Sue/ Canal is regarded by shipping men as stretching the Sherman Anti -Trust Law to
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    NEW OILFIELD.
    269 3 lMs< «>\ EBT CN J A l W News has reached Kugland of an im portant discovery of petroleum in Papua. The tiud is at Kiri. on the Valala Hiver, among low hills with a cla>ey formation. Here a series of minute craters was di> cove-red at intervals
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    WHO IS THE HAPPY MAN?
    148 3 The happy man I found him in the train a crowded train ---milking for Whitstable. Ho had R.CI.A. on his shoulder, which was khaki, and a very large bottle of beer under his arm beer drawn from the tap and decanted. He looked around, offered
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    SPANISH PRISONER FRAUD.
    311 3 A Dramatic si hthim;. Madrid, March In spite of repeated warnings i»»u««] by the police authorities the international swindlers working what is knovru as the "Spanish prisoner- fraud, continue their ingenious activity, sometimes meet ing with success, hut on other occasions, as the latest instaiic* shows, having
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    HELD AT BAY BY A PYTHON.
    301 3 Scum at c'uiiti.n^ Foemei Resident k. Inmates of No. :W. Hilldrop crescent, which has such gruesome asf-oeiations. 1j:i had iiii experience at once exciting and dang*- roiis. The pcWMfl occupiei Mr. Sandy McNab. the Scottish comedian, has lately returned from South Africa, and it
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    READING RECUMBENT.
    305 3 To those addicted to the practice of reading in bed, the remarks of CM- Carl Seiler will be. of interest. He whites that there is no valid reason to be urged against usin^ the eyes in 1 proper manner in a recumbent position: suoh use is the least
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      10 3 w2£?£! ackin e Cou«* at Night, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.
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      556 3 M '< m t' nn: the king. yjjor making really II delicious >ouj)s, II entrees, meat jellies, aspH-. gravies, and for irrvahd cookery, LEMCO is indispensabJe. The fact that many eminent chefi constantly use LEMCO M convincing evidence on the point. Gu-iranteod absolutely pur.M on. «>ntr.. u-,i beet. Keeps its
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    THE PRINCE IN PARIS.
    386 4 Hlfl First OLIMMB Of thk Fhi.nch \iniY, Paris. Tuesday, April 2. The PftAQfl of W.des, accompanied by the young Count de Broteuil, eldest son of the Marquis de Breteuil. and by Mr. Hansell, his tutor, drove to Auteuil this afternoon to see the arrival of the
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    PEKIN TO PARIS BY AIR.
    367 4 7,5(10 Miles Akropiaxe R\ck Across two continents. Piris, April 3. Great enthusiasm has been aroused in French sporting circles by the announcement that the Matin intends to organise an air race from Pekin to Paris. This will be the greatest aerial contest yet attempted, and
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    PARIS TO PEKING IN TEN DAYS.
    272 4 According to statistics just published. the Truus Si l>«ri tin Railway is coining into remarkable favor with travellers to and from tbe I'ar Kast. owing %o thn great saving in time resulting from tbe use of this overland route to China and .Japjiu. During
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    MR TONG SEOW CHUN.
    201 4 A party of about forty member! of the Chinese Merchants' Club, Kuog, boarded the s.s. Lanka" at Port Bwetteahjiaii to pay their respects to llr long Seow (.'him j»nd invite him to Klang. Mr Tong Seow Chun very cordially and readi ly accepted the invitation and
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    AGES OF ANIMALS.
    277 4 Indoubtedly the longest-lived animal on earth is the whale, its span of existence being estimated by Cuvier at 1,000 year*. So wiites Mr Kmmett Campbell Hall in Our Dumb Animals. The next largest animal, the elephant, will, under favour able conditions, live 100 years. When Alexandor the
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    CUSTOM HOUSE HUMOURS.
    254 4 When the (ierman tariff* wore under discussion in the Keichstag Herr Hotel suggested that foreign orders conferred on Germans should he treated as children's toys and taxed as smb. The Socialist leader coul rived to score doubly, for he worked oiT his little joke and irritated the
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      141 4 VJj l^x' >^hB that benefitM* WOLFE'S £r k *jsr^ Schnapps. A Refreshing and Kxhilarating Drink and valuable Medicinal l»evera^e in all cases of Malaria, (travel, 1 us. >mma. K u lney Troubles, Stone in Bladder, Urninary A Sections Colic, Debility, Stomachic Trouble*; IDi.irrhua fifC A gWss of Wolfe's Schnapps before
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      479 4 Ttl C^ tl vs^ 'jA he Sknm f<£&\ when rough, tender or inflamed, needs the Vl B exquisite relief and V>/ comfort produced by "'Hazeline' Snow" (Trade Mark> i A toilet preparation of inimitable elegance with delightfully soothing and beautifying properties. It is indispensable to ladies for the preservation and
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    RAFFLES PLACE ARCHITECTURE.
    1935 5 BtKKKRfI Kat/ linos. \i:\\ Premises. Although the SJV lias rested on Um most j/n tut Mttistic adornment to Rallies Square f,,r -v)iiic Will now. and some parts of the interior lmve been used for business ■mpOJCM for similar period, the formal opening his been delayed until to
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      912 5 Contractors. The following were the principal conliacton: Koh Soon,— (Stoats! Contacitm- hornn.ii Long Ltd. of Middlesboronb, Hiul Howartb BtakiUfl Ltd., (Steelwork.' Expanded Masai Co.. Gulhrie and Co.. (for the Steel Re-inforceinent.) Paterson Simons and Co. (Malthoid water-proofing and Gtattars) Gardiner Sou and Co. of Bristol (Wrought Ironwork and (uttes.) Riley
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      810 5 NOTICES TRADE MARJC REGISTRATION. LACRE Notice is hereby given that tlu above Trade Mark has been duly Retfi*tered iu Great Bri tain and the Straits Settlements as the Sole Property of the Lacre Motor Car Co., Ltd.. of 78, York id., Kings Cross, London, England, Manufact urers, in respect of
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      296 5 ISARKING FELT I FOR H BOOFS I USED UNDER ROOFING SLATES OF ALL I KINDS, TILES, CORRUGATED IRON Etc., AS A I SURE PRECAUTION AGAINST LEAKAGE I ISHARPE, ROSS AND Co., L TO 1 SINGAPORE. H WIKTORIN LAMPS NOW IN STOCK. 100 C. P. Lamp, $13-50. 100 C. l\ Drawing
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      378 5 FOB SALE FOR SALE A tul>l>«i tyred Laundalrtir in tplmdid 1 order. Horse. Harness complete. Apply Dr. BLACK. '"righton. Taugliu. Max l m R. MORTON, HORSE REPOSITORY. 193. Orchard Rd. Tel. No. 830. FRESH HORSES by every boat from Auatralia for sale. VICTORIA A GHAUKY turnouts for private i hire
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    Domestic Occurrences. BIRTHS.
    45 6 Domestic Occurrences. BIRTHS. At Mm Nuisinj* Home, Bt. Thomas Walk on May Mb, Mrs. Dermont Bimmonds, wife of Captain Simmonds of the T. 8. "Patrol" of a son. Bkn.jafiim.d.— <)n May 2, at GarKton, Oilstead Hoatl. to Mr. a Mrs. E. N. Benjatield, a daughter.
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    The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, 4, 1912.
    1937 6 The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, 4, 1912. n- aha! tr* Pre«v t>.»> ?>.,p!«» right maiaula. L Mw^tl mflitenc* anr? r;.J>rir»e*i &f gain; Mn^ j jt»i, Tmtb b*". gttaMl |>-e«Fti draw. Pledfir.^ ir> K'# liijioo. 1- .ta!< v «nd Law. Chete are privileges attaching to more or less tompMßary exile from
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    TERRIBLE AMOK.
    135 6 WOMEN ATTACKED WITH AN AXE. IVnan^. Ma\ A. A Tamil named Vecrasami, after attendinga religious celebration :il Sungei liakap, Province Wellesley, on Mm night of the Ist inst.. returned to his house at Xebong Tebal iu which plao*^ his wife, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, wife's aunt and child were staying.
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    AT GARDAFUI.
    90 6 Proposed Lighthouse. Impkiual Xews Service. T>oudon, via Durban. Sir Kdward Orey, in the House of Commons, in reply to Mr P. A. Molt no, said the negociations with Italy regarding the erection of a lighthouso at Cape (Jardafui had beeu discontinued in ]^H>H owing to difficulties raised in
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    MR STEAD'S LAST WRITTEN WORD.
    546 6 In the Review of Reviews,*' r«terrinj£ I to a great movoment in America for the union of the evangelical Churches, Mr. Stead writes on the last page of bin edii torial suinmary of the Progress of th** World" as follows: The committee has been kind
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      245 6 Macgregor's Y.O.S. SCOTCH WHISKY. AS SUPPLIED TO THK HOUSE OF LORDS, B. M.'s. TREASURY, HOUSE OF COMMONS, H. B. M.S. NAVY ARMY, HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, OTTAWA, FOREI6N LEGATIONS, Ac SUPPLIED BY: MACGREGOR, CALDBECK Co, L'don Glasgow, CALDBECK, MACGREGOR Co., HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, TIENTSIN, K. LUMPUR SINGAPORE. I John Little Co, Ld.
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      109 6 AT HOME. u p Messrs. Ka4z Brothers. Limited b Will he v .1/ Home H u on Saturday* 4th }ffft/, 7.9 2, from c tit noon to 2 i*.ni. t to celebrate the completion of their E NfW Premises. t Buffet and Btuid. *-7.i. Ha (Ties Place, fi Sin flo
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    THE HOME RULE BILL.
    420 7 m BALFOUR: SIR EDWARD GREY. Masters of Debate. fmnmiAK Nswi Service. I^ondon, via Durban Mi. K.tlfour said that the restrictions of i lie Home Rule Bill, though necessary, w«?re absolutely inconsistent with the contention that the Bill gave Irishmen an opportunity of developing their own .-•tTairs
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS.
    325 7 tgeuts Sharpe, Koss and Co. hinipul l,0:»7 lbs. Agents Evatt and Co. l..">;J7 lbs: Total 'uonths 7,199 lbs. Malacca: 135,000 lbs. •-•'iiir, Sirue l);irhy and Co. ftftOh l«l.0(»0 lhg. l.iuiany It.gQfl lbs. RMmi IS,OOO lbs. igentt Houstead and Co. Him (Malacca) 8.J26 lbs. Nordanal '.Johorel ii.H]*-,
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    DANGEROUS DARDANELLES
    58 7 TUG BLOWN UP. Recter'b Service. London, via Bombay. Renter's correspondent at Constantinople states that a log inspecting buoys in the Dardanelles fouled a mine and was blowu to atoms. Four officers, twelve soldiers and the crew were drowned. The mishap has caused a profound impression and subscriptions have
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    The "Texas" Disaster.
    236 7 Reuteb'f Service. London, via Bombay. A telegram from Constantinople states that the Vali of Smyrna repoits that the battery tired two blank charges warning the Texas" from deviating from the course. The vessel took no heed and consequently seven shells were fired dropping around the Texas," which
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    DIRIGIBLES IN WAR.
    36 7 Reutfr's Service. London, via Bombay. Renter'*; corres|>oudeut at Rome t»'i» i graphs that dirigible* made a recouuaisance over the Turkish camps at \7.i/ia. Suaoi and Benaden and dropptnl forty botn»« wiih terrible effect.
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    CANADA AND U. S.
    77 7 Another Sensation. hfVHKLAI News Servick. I»ti(1od, via Durban The papers deny that Mr Bryce, who juet started on a holiday to Australia, bay be»m recalled to Washington. They st:it«' that his leave was arranged loug before the publication of the old letter from Taft to Roosevelt
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    THE THOUSAND GUINEAS.
    68 7 Impkrial News Service. London, via Durban TIM probables for the One Thousand •iuineos are Lolctte <Karl> Sourabaya (Walter (iriggs l Gay Laura <Clarkh silrsiji < Martin) Belle Isle »H. Jones': Siguorella. 'Drown': I'olkerris <F. Wootton 1 Kufrosina (Hingis'; Miss Spearmint <F. Templeman> The Tylt <ltickah>>: Billiard Coo
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    P.& O. IN DISFAVOUR.
    30 7 P. O. IN DISFAVOUR. Lmpkkial Xkws Service. London, via Durban Tbe J*. and (>. shares have fallen from 40."> to ;&40 on the Company's statement disposing of amalgamation and other rumours.
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    DEVELOPING NYASA.
    30 7 Commencing with the fiuelph, the Union Castle and KaM African steamers will call at Porto Amelia. It is hoped that this will assist in the development of Nyasaland.
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    VEDRINNES BETTER.
    22 7 IIIPEKIAL .NKWS SERVICK. London, via Durban Vedrinnes, the aviator, has now a chance o'. recovery. At intervals he i« ronsi'ious.
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    BRITISH AEROPLANES.
    36 7 Knitter's Skrvicb. London, via Bombay. Tbe "Daily Mnil" hays Oie British Government have authorised the purchase of sixty aeroplanes and will order one hundred more immediately. Sufficient Army an<l Navy airmen are being trained.
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    SHIPPING WORLD.
    61 7 ROYAL MAIL EXPANSION. Imperial Xews Service. London. May 3. The Royal Mail Steamship Co. offers 90o,(>00 ordinary stock at a price of 110, the capital required for the construction of new steamers and general development. It is anticipated that the opening of the Panama Canal will afford an
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    TITANIC ENQUIRY.
    121 7 The Opening In London. Imperial Xews Service. London, via Durban The Titanic inquiry in Londou has beeu opened in the London Scottish Drill Hall, Westminster. There are engaged sixty counsel, many of the most eminent in eluding Sir Rufus Isaacs and Sir John Simon for the Hoard of
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    IN PARLIAMENT.
    28 7 More for the Labourites. Imperial News Service. London, via Durban. Mr Asquith has announced that a bill reversing the Osborne judgment would be introduced before Whitsuntide.
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    Good for B. E. A.
    47 7 Mr Harcourt announced that he found it possible to substantially improve the pay of certain departments of British Kast Africa, including the administrative stalT, ou the estimates for the current year. He was unnble to give details as some mailer* were outstanding.
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    THE COLONIAL CIVIL SERVICE.
    464 7 Our reader* will remember that a *hort time hack the question of the appoint' merits to Colonial <ioveruorships from outside the Colonial Service was raised iu th£' House of Commons. A correspondent in The Times again takes up the subject. Bm refers especially to the recent
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    A FAMILY DISPUTE.
    707 7 Allegations Against Prosecution. The charge against J. Brisk of criminal intimidation against B. Eraanuel was resumed in the first court before Mr Firmstone yesterday. Brisk was also called upon to show cause why he should not be bound over to keep the peace for using criminal force.
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    191 7 Detention Barrack Visitor and Field Officer for ensuing week. Capt S. Huteheson. Srd Miiihinans. The Guard at (Jovernment 1 louse found by 2nd Bn. The Hurts will mount at 7. .'50 n.ni. morning. Those interested are hereby reminded that the meeting place lor riders will be outside the Teutonia Club
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      194 7 ROBINSON Col SPECIAL DISPLAY CORRECT EXCLUSIVE STYLES IN Trimmed Millinery LATEST PARISIAN MODELS. ROBINSON Co "YIYELLA" FOR SNIRTS, BLCISES, k**lje sliipinont just received of Nightdresses, ;111 llu I;ltPst pattern* Also x fOR BOATING, GENTLEMEN'S li^ l)ter weave of this famous SHOOTING SHIRTS, material called Tr; pical Viyella" CYCLING, PYJAMAS AND
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      505 8 WANTED WANTED Two experienced Chinese Dispensers. ApJtUoanto with knowledge of reading and writing Chinese characten preferred. Entry June or .Tuly. Apply to MEDICAL HALL. Ma\ 4 uc CHINESE CLERK WANTED To take charge Of Hooks of two Tin Mines in the Kuantau I>istrici. Must sjM-ak Malay knowledge oi Cautonc^o an
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      623 8 SHIPPING 1 BRITISH INDIA S. N. Co., Ltd For. Penang, Madras and Negapatam The Company's Steameu "TARA" 6,:i'22 tons. J. R. O'Sullivan. Comniander, will be despatched for the above ports on Thursday, the !)th instant, at 5 p. m. She has excellent accommodation for thst and second clash passengers. Terms
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      737 8 SHIPPING STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPY (Steamship Company) 11 NEDERLAND." Fortnightly Mail Service between Java and Amsterdam, via Singapore, Sabang, Colombo, Port Said, Genoa, Algiers, Tangier Lisbon and Southampton. Steamers are due on or about the undermentioned dates tWJTWABP. J K. Willem 111. May 3 Zoning^ d .Ned. May 4 P. Juliana May
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      610 8 SHIPPING N. Y K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. EUROPEAN LINE. A Fortnightly service is maintained between Yokohama via ]>oits to Marseilles, London and Antwerp, under mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twinscrew Steamers maintaining this service have been specially designed and constiucted, and are fitted with
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      617 8 SHIPPING Hamburg America Line, Hamburg Deutsche Oampfschif f-fahrts Ges, "Hansa" Bremen. COMBINED SERVICE. The steamers of these Companies maintain a regular service between llniubiin!, 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,
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      655 8 SHIPPING p. o7 STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY j For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, j Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading issued for Chin?. Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental and American Ports. Steamers will leave Magapore on or aboat MAIL LINES. itn Outward (for China) Delta
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      826 9 SHIPPING. Toyo Kisen Kaisha (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) AND Western Pacific Railway Co. The New Route Via China, Japan, Honolulu and San Francisco to all points in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Farope. (Wiatii^ tbc New 21.000 Ton Triple Screw Turbine Liners RHINYO MARU H TENYO >^RI and CHIYO
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      597 9 SHIPPING. N.D.L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. The fast and well-known mail steamers ol this Comiwny sail fortnightly from Bremen, Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connecting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria aud vice veraa) Port Haid, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tsingtan, Nagasaki and Kobe
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      950 9 BANKS CHARTERED BANK of India Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. PAID UP CAPITAL £ltW >.W RESERVE FUND £I|MO|oofl Reserve Liability of Proprietors... £1,200,00C HEAD OFFICE 38, BIBHOPBOATE, LONDON, E. C. AGKNCIJIB AND BRANCHES: Amritsar Hongkong PeDan g Bangkok Hoiio Puke t Batavia i }K >h Rangoon Bombay Karachi
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      520 9 INSURANCE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE Co., Ltd. Head Office WINCHESTER HOUSE, SINGAPORE. Nominal Capital $*****0 I Paid ri« CAPITAL $,35,410 I Insurances in force over S5 000,000 Annual premium Income over 400,000 Board of Directors: O, A. Derrick. Esy C'lmirujau. A. H. Fair, Eny.. Managing Director, Peter Fowlie. m.b. cm.,
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    EFFECT OF DOLLAR-HUNTING.
    399 10 A National DAHOBB. New York, April 2. Mr William Muldoou, America's fore most physical cultmist, to whom Presi dents. Cabinet Minsters, and even nerve specialists, like the eminent Df Weir Mit{•hell, our greatest authority on nemas thenia, have resorted for treatment, and invariably with tbe most satisfactory
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    GOLF PROBLEM.
    407 10 Mi Horace Hutchison MflilM: A harming instance of tbe ingenuous ni-R? of the feminine nature was narrate! to me this week l»v one who saw the Iking happen. A bogey competition was going on, and MM competitor's ball hit the cad die of tbe other lady." "Ah," said
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    PRIMITIVE BATHROOMS.
    120 10 Aden is 1 primitive plac*. Drinking and bathing water is drawn from tlw sea, condensed, and delivered to residents in Wilsons at one-half rent a gallon. There is no plumbing, and modern bath room fitting* are conspicuous bf their absence. Wash tubs are used for bathing purposes, and
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      892 10 Mq m\l I I IN ALL AND SIZES USED. N| lr^^ll fe-31 I EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG GLASS |*J Hrl 11 I Rccuratclv made. I IV '■■HI E^- I securely packed for safety in transit. I ll'l^ I ■J^ll ALEXANDER CO. Estbd. 184S. I Irl.'i a^- '*3 111 lAL> 85 GRACECHURCH STREET.
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      565 10 EXHAUSTED Every Time You Go Upstairs Tis.then you suffer acute palpitation of the heart, dizziness, faintness, and throbbing in the head the exertion leave* you breathless and trembling, which indicates that your blood is defective. If these warnings are neglected, i worse disorders will follow. Do you pass this staircase
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      370 10 PROPERTY INVESTMENTS. THIS IS TO REMIND YOU that Investments in real estate in Singapore have frequent! yielded large profits; they are selected by people of an enter prising spirit gifted with an intelligent appreciation of th present and future great value and importance of a healthattractive, and splendidly situated colonial
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    SHARES.
    1276 12 RUBBER STERLING COMPANIES. U ,/L o a A1D LABTDIV. BUYERS. SMLLBRB. 85.000 2s 2s Allagar 10% 3 0 3 5 150,000 2h 2s Anglo-Malay 70% 16 11 17 n 50,000 2s 2s Batang Malaka 2 7 210 30,000 1 1 Bata Caves 140% £12 10 0 13 15 0
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    EXCHANGE.
    66 12 (Corrected up to May Bauk 4 m 24 9-82 demand 9m 2 -4 ;t-32 Private credits 3 m/t 2-4 71 ft n credits 6mi 2-4^' France demand Bank 294 Germany, demand 288l India, T. T. 174^ Hongkong, demand 13; Yokohama, demand 114^ Java, demand 140^ Bangkok, demand g|} Sovereigns.
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    PRODUCE.
    138 12 Tin 1 2 tons sold 104. J0 Gambier buyers 10.00 Gambier Cube So. l 15 76 Gambier Cube No. 2 nom Pepper Black ordin. Spore buyers 21.25 Pepper, (White fair) feym 81.00 Nutmegs (110 to the lb.) nom Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) nom Mace (Banda) l ls Cloves
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      85 12 THE BRI-CAL Decimal Adding Machine Will keep books or accounts of any sort accurately in one-sixth the time taken by ordinary methods. To add to 100.000 Price $3Q do 1.000.000 $40 In the Office it lightens the work of tile clerks. To Accountants it is indispensable for dissecting accounts and
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      108 12 De KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ TTNDER CONTRACT WITH THIi NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENT. Agents at Singapore, The Shipsagency, Ltd, 2-3, Collyer Quay The undermentioned date* of departure are only approximate. Vauentvs Moeara-Saba. Simpang aud D.jaiubi ...May 4 v HO(.K\r>Oßi'Benf'kaliB. Panch, Tamtjoeng-Loidong, Asuban A Belawan-Dolt May 4 RlMl'Ulls IVlawau Deli w Kofmm Prigi-Radja,
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      861 12 VESSELS IN PORT. Flag and Tons Commanders Arrived From For Ween Zahora Sar ych 95 YnrwluL iq a ■si i \atrn*a Ulf fl .-nn r \andak29-4 s. Cousul I ucertain Astraea H.M.S. 4000 Leatham H'kou*, 2., S.X.O. Kn-lur.d 4 Steamers Nat. Tonnage Master From Consignee* "Vor Achilles Brit 44*4 Thompson
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      214 12 j SHIPS AT T. PAGAR& KEPPEL HAR. East Wharf (Basin)— Nil East Wharf Sec. I Tfoi^l Sheers Wharf —Go i<l Maiu Wharf Sec. 1 -Dunera. Ischia tt 3 Li^htniog n A. Apt ar m s—lnlander5 Inlander m 6 NurnfiiUK NtwDock Sec. 7-(Under construction.) West Wharf Sec. 8-( ai l\ !e
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1034 13 Quicquid agunt taomine* nostri est far ago li belli. Juvknal What tlie telegraph cable has done for the 6pread of news throughout the world ahead of mail communication, can best be understood by the fact that here on the other side of the world from the
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    BANKRUPTCY.
    794 13 Before the Chief Justice. Sir W. Hyndman Jones, yesterday. In re J. G. Boyd. Public Examination. In this case, Mr. (Jaunt said that he wished to crossexamine on behalf of the Shanghai Syndicate who were concerned with the negotiations for purchase of the Polo iJaiain Estate, and oi Mr.
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    PLAGUE IN A GHARRY.
    382 13 Dakgebous Act hv Two Indians. In the second court, yesterday morning, before Mr. Acton, two Indians, Abdul Kassim and Abu Bakar. were charged on four separate counts. I. on April 21 negligently committing ao act likely to spread a dangerous infectious disease by removing Abdul (iunny
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    INTER-SCHOOL FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
    258 13 INTER-SCHOOL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. Daring the past lew weeks the InterSchool Football League Competition was played on* between the three schools Anglo-Chinese School. Rafflef Institution, and St. Joseph's Institution. Each school hud to pl;»\ every other gchool twici' once at home and once away. The greatest enthusiasm was shown throughout lx>th
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    LADIES' LAWN TENNIS CLUB.
    149 13 LADIES LAWN TENNIS CLUB. RESULTS OF VESTERhAYS PLAY. CHAMI'IONSHII' PAIBH. Mrs Oansloser and Sir Green bent Mrs Cautrell and -Air Ota V f» Mixed 1>« •< blkh. Mis Sjil/iiiaun utid Lane heal Mrs Siuinders and Oannt 8— t 8 i. Ladies Dovbuw. MIS Uigg and AlissClunn beal Mrs Hartnell jnul
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    487 13 The quarantine restrictions against the port of Trenglgana on account of cholera are withdrawn. The P. and Q. Outward Intermediate ■learner Nore is due at Penang on Monday the 6th instant at 7 a.m. The Germau mail steamer Kleist having left Manilla yesterday at noon may be expected
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    EUROPEAN RESIDENCES ROBBED.
    207 13 No leu than four robberies from Euro Bean houses were reported to the police yesterday. Mr. Bramlofl of Room 4. Hotel Europe, reported that between April 10 and Mas ue U)s t a scarf pin valued at 1120. Mr M. C. Hartmann. a (ierman. living at «\:*n.
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    LATEST SHIPPING.
    58 13 Devanha. Brit 47Hf>, Rickey, 8-5, Bomhay, P. and Shanghai 4. Nam Sang, Brit *2">91. Lake, 3-5. H'Hong, Boustead. Penaug. Hong Bee, Brit 2036, Kinghorn, 3-. r >, Swatow, Ho Hong, Penang 4. A. Kamburoff, Russ 1681, Kreiitzsteen. ft-5, Vladi, Borneo Co., Rangoon. Tenpiaisan Maru, Jap 8358, Tsuji. B*s,
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      357 13 A GUARANTEED INCOME FOR LIFE. £100 a year for life on attaining age 50 or a single cash payment cf £1390-2-0 can be secured by a male age 25, for an annual navm*^ of £31-16-0, (other ages in proportion.) F f Quotations for Annuity for all kinds, at any age,
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      32 13 PASSENGERS. Fer Xam Sang Mrs. Ha/elfoot, Mr. W. J. Kemp, Mrs. Kllis, Mrs. Alexander and child, Mr. and Mrs. Quealy and child, Mr. and Mrs. la'ng Ltuu, Capt. Coombe, Cupt. I Barr.
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