The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 31 May 1912

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, FRIDAY MAY 31 1912. NO. 7,535
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  • 186 1 Fraser's share circular on page 7. General Booth is threatened with blindness Page 7. Reports of the. fall of Fez are contradicated Page 7. Roosevelt has scored a sweeping victory m New Jersey Page 7. The report of Telok Anson Ruhher Company appears on page 12. The
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  • 114 1 Notice re harbour motor service Page 2. Estate clerk wanted for Johore Page For sale: English bath and toilet fittings Page 5. To let furnished, Cassala. Tanglin Hill Page it. Wanted immediately junior shorthand typist Page ">. Regulations re trafik* at Government house on Monday night Page 2.
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  • 1027 1 Celia says it is our yellow field, not mine. Hut surely it belongs solely to inc. I found it Jirfd, and Delia would never have j known then, was a COWtUf Meld so near to us if 1 had not iold her about it. Tbe buks know
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 358 1 I i i BEACH ROAD NEW PICTURES AND NEW SURPRISES K£_v__£ AnRACTIONS TO-NIGHT 93 OVERTURE BY THE ALHAKBR* ORCHESTRA. THEPALACE OF FOHTAIHEBLEAU Au nod. HEW HUMBER OFPATHES AH.HATED GAZETTE lent Pathe Film depicting a specially m- s9th edition. n/V!!t U i^.^W^ WH °V he 1^ d *->^ THE -TITANIC" DISASTER.
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    • 252 1 !lf M MM VC HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH, X I NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. U EXTRAORDINARILY INTERESTING FILMS THE "TITANIC" DISASTER. DEPICTING THIS TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE IN 18 SCENES. ALSO THE X GAUMONT GRAPHIC No. 18 J X RECEIVED YESTERDAY. jj j YOU WANT PICTURES I that will amuse you and win your
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    • 161 1 Victoria Theatre' BOOKING NOW OPEN IN ENGLISHMAN Ist Sc 3rd JUNE. AN ENTIRELY NEW ORIGINAL MELODRAMA WRITTEN and PRODUCED BY ERNEST BARRY ASSISTED BY LOCAL AMATEURS Prices of Admission $2, $1 and 50 cents. tIOBINSON PIANO COMPANY May 23 *-*V25.:t0.31,1.*i 4-6 ALEXANDRA HALL NORTH BRIDGE ROAD, THE ONLY PLACE TO
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 144 1 THE WEEK. Friday 31st. High Water— ll-3 a.m., 1014 p.m. Full Moon. Sandycroft Meeting, noon. Legislative Council, 2-3u |>m. Municipal Commission. I JO pm. P. A O. Outward Mail due. Hockey S.C.C. II v Telegraphs. Penang v State of Johore. Football at Johore. S.V.C. Corps Parade, 5.15 pm. Saturday June
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  • 255 2 Probably m no country m the world is there such nn effective aud extensive system of secret societies as obtains m Chiua. The recent upheaval gave birth to a great many, with imposing titles, and some of these as well as others of a similar nature have spread
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  • 247 2 The story published m New Nork is pure conjecture that when next Septem ber Vincent Astor comes of age he will inherit four-fifths of the estate left by his father, Colonel Astor. The value of the estate is estimated between fifteen and sixteen million sterling. The remaining
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  • 209 2 A series of distinctive postage stamps hat* beeu provided for use m the native State of Kedah on the border of Siam la Malay Peninsula, transferred to Great Britain under the Anglo Siamese Treaty of March 10, 1909. The design represents a palm leaf fan, this
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 470 2 Ithe latest thing IS THE ENCORE GRAMOPHONE RECORDS 4 different selections on one record $7-25 EACH. ROBINSON PIANO CO., LTD. NOTICES RILEY, NARGREAVES Co., Ltd. Notice is hereby given that tho Works and Offices of this Company will be closed on Ist aud 3rd June for the purpose of Stock
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    • 755 2 NOTICES auUmmUEUanuUEEUE an aaammmaamamm waa THE SINGAPORE MARINE MOTOR SERVICE, LTD., To inaugurate a regular Service between JOHNSTON'S PIER AND TANJONG KATONG, a Launch will commence running on lit JUNE and will leave Johnston's Tier daily at h-1. a. m. and 5 p. m. Sea View Jetty daily at 841
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    • 758 2 IN THE MATTER OF THE INVENTIONS ORDINANCE 1871 AND IN THE MATTER OF EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGES NOS. 180 186. i f Notice is hereby given that Exclusive Privilege! for the manu- fecture and sale m the Straits Settlements of latex spouts, of which the above are representations, have been transferred by
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    • 563 2 THE Singapore Free Press -</\\*mr* MORNING DAILY To Our Readers. The Singapore Free Press ls s Hcrat_M Daily, and is on sale at depots, from an hour each morning (Sundays excepted). r_.J price Ten Gents a copy. Subscribers' copies will he deliverei tllm. private reeideuoes, (or to w d offices
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  • 1765 3 ;/-><*»' our oivn ..//c_/>t'n_^«.j Cfl I PK >N ATH I.KTKh. Loudon, May Another champion has been added to the list of walkers, the 7 miles event at the Amateur Athletic Association meeting having gone to S newcomer m R. Bridge of Chorley. The winner is a postman, so
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  • 89 3 According to the new Biblical theories of Sir William Willcocks, the well known engineer, the original site of the Garden of Eden may be located at Hawlah a lovely and flourishing oasis iv the delta of the Euphrates, about two hundred miles north-west o/ the city of
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  • 745 3 The "Pioneer" has an article which mentions the P. aud O. Company's dis claimer of any inteution to enter into combination withothershipping compauies. and suggests that the idea must have arisen through the necessity to face competi tiou, one phase of which is the shipping
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  • 258 3 Agonising Bladder Disorders. Mr. James Moss resides at 65, Brace Btreet, Walsall, England, and is highly respected. Speaking of his terrible suffering from stone m the kidney— one of the most agonising of all diseases he says: "I have passed three stones as large as good
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 933 3 t^SS^ C\ Rl R $P^ By Appointment to VA* t L «Sei@l» H.M. THE KING I MIDLOTHIAN W ROLLED OATf** -4 c/ean, fempfin* food, giving stamina-unrivalled for Breakfast. y*^ A ENTB F R LEA PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE .*T B^ ST PREPARATION Ot N i iiii s iip^sj w 44 Hem
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    • 280 3 SIMON ARZT. This name is recognised by all the Crowned Heads of Europe and the smokers ln all civilised countries as the purveyor of Egyptian Cigarettes, so Fragrant and Delightful. h ——b Prices 70 P $1.50 per 100 KING EDWARD $3.00 Sole Agents C. G. HIBBERT Co., Ltd., KLANG. I
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  • 695 4 Signor Marconi is now m the l" nited States, nud will face to tbe full the result of his own achieve ment m life saving as it worked ont. m the case of the 4 Titanic a gigantic triumph of human skill. Mr. Marconi told an
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  • 235 4 The Titanic disaster is a potential loss to the Navy of a formidable, character, since she would certainly have been commandeered by the Admiralty for auxiliary fleet purposes m case of war. She was m vessel which would have carried three or .four regiments and their
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  • 516 4 i Kai im pong. May 16 Til>etaus here have information that nearly al! the local chiefs on the Chinese border have signed an agreement to oppose any Chinese advances from the east. Hostilities at Lhasa continue. Calcutta, May 18 A special Chinese correspondent of the Statesman sends from Kalimpong
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  • 223 4 Peking, May 21. Hung Mi Ling, the Financial Minister, has announced tho results of the negotiation between the representatives. A nnmher of press correspondents have had au interview with Hung Hi Ling and Tang Shao Vi on the subject of foreign loans, hut are stated to have, heen
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  • 93 4 AU_K3_E hOflt Ot tl Lacks Bombay, May 2 let. The silver corner m Bombay has ended. The silver group was formed iv 1910. Thirty persons were concerned m it and Rs. 110,000,000 were invested m silver. The selling out was completed sixteen days ago. The operators claim
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 310 4 ijplif Strong jfli In Body, Brain and Nerve ;.'j TAKE ss:? 4 VA N A '*""> Tonic Wine i I You vvill soon feel like a i I m M i j new being, with a healthy appetite, buoyant spirits, a J I cool head, steady nerves and i fresh
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    • 586 4 A Vigorous Elderly Lady 1/M-y yy^4" 1 Age Weakness, Sleeplessness, Sciatica It has been life to me for more than ten veir-y says Mis- Ma on m acknowledging how completely Phostei give- her the vigour .tnd stren^ih to overcome the feebleness an J infirmities of 70 > ear. s ut
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  • 996 5 BRITISH FLAG -AMERICAN OWNERS. Pt v OP tßn Ti Tv\:. In view ol the Inquiry nnn proceeding before the Wreck Commission into the Titanic" catastrophe, and of the pecuniary issues depending on that Inquiry, the ownership Of the vessel is a matter of greet moment. The position of Ihe White
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  • 543 5 i lUTICIBED BFCACSK HF DID NOT STAY ON TMK SHIP. H\l.l> \\oi.l»s. i New York, Sunday, April 2s. Rear- Admiral Malum, t he great authority Ott naval matters, has written a letter to Ihe New York Kvening Post." attacking Mr. Bruce Ismay, of the
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  • 199 5 I nder the above tiile a fascinating little booklet has just been issued by Burroughs Wellcome A Co. containing much useful information on the art and even upon the science of the camera. The folly of doing one's photography vicariously is insisted upon and the simple
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 488 5 Long, Heavy Hair? Then treat your hair well. See th^t it is properly fed. Growth cl every kind demands proper food. Starved hair splits at the ends, turns prematurely gray, keeps short and dry. Then f<*-_*d your hair. Feed it with proper food, a regular hair-food. Feed it with Ayer's
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    • 400 5 APARTMENTS. TO BE LET FURNISHED ••CASSALA" Tanglin Hill. Went M2--i *K<r mon tb. H. L. COGHLAN Co., Agwta. May 31 Y. M. C. A. HOUSE. WITH OR WITHOUT BOARD Furnished Besidental quarters. Each room has its own bathroom, electric lighting, reading and hilliard rooms available. Apply, THE GENERAL SECRETARY. May
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    • 393 5 \INERTOL/ PAINT ANTICORROSIVE Exhaustive trials have proved it to be the best protection for iron constructional work against rust. Sea water has no effect whatever on iron and steel coated with Inertol. WATERPROOF Concrete and cement surfaces are rendered impermeable. Most suitable for reservoirs water-tanks etc. Write fm- lUuetruted Booklet
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  • 1036 6 The Singapore Free Press. Friday, May 31, 1912. In these latter days of chronic law les ness, at the best indiscipline, amongs the hand-working classes there seenu reason enough for the public to forn gloomy views for the future. We speal of the hand-working classes, for tin working classes ought
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  • 1108 6 Thieves have broken iuto a Malay school at ltt'2, Java Road, and have stolen a clock valued at %.">. 1 The Monthly Missionary Meeting will be held m Prins Street Church on Monday 1 next at 8 p.m. when the Bey. W. Raticiman. B. 1)., will give a lantern lecture
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  • MALAYA'S TELEPHONES ALL WRONG.
    • 72 6 .Front nut mamu '.t.rt Uulm\ The Federal Council meets at Kualn Kangsar on July 16th and following dayi. The ne* Federal Host House ai Kuah. Kangsar is vow practical I y ready. The Sultan of I'erak will shortly pa> :in official vis.it to I poll m compan v
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    • 61 6 lf o,t*l**o Penang, May Mth The proposal of the hou hie \V. <; Michell, acting Resident Councillor of Penang. to start a Polo Club hns been warmly taken up. and a ground is beieg laid out at Sepoy Lines. Mr. Johanna, who went ;o Bnopi connection with the
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    • 198 6 Monday next, dune :trd. the I7rh versary of the birthday ot His N^eotj King George V, will be a somewhat atrer uous day for Siugapore. It is a public and bank holiday, and pnblic othces will be closed, with very fee exceptions us to the working offices.
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    • 265 6 Tbe following students have puss-*! their Final Kism.aetioa (L. Ms. > ge Audo ff. Naganathar; Teap Veo* chin. a. Uisgraham. Fourth .ear Subjects Pethokgy, Forensic Medicine and Hygiene, li. I. Samuel c. Chelliah C. Katl fe Third Year BubjeeU: Materia Mc and Parmacy Low Chen Boag ;ii»l
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 352 6 SUMMER MODELS 1912 FAMOUS FAMOUB ROYAL Ik ROYAL WORCESTER WORCESTER W* t- ____P_f*-* KID FITTING Jf K,D F,TT,NG CORSETS WW' CORBETS JUST UNPACKED llfftf JUST UNPACKED JOHN LITTLE C Lt* AdelphigtlfeHotel. NIGHTLY. A GRAND CONCERT BY THE WORLD-RENOWNED Berggrun Quartet From 7-30 to 11 p.m., Nightly, except Sundays. EVERY SATURDAY:
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    • 53 6 BILLIARDS. THE ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN CUSHION. (Alcock's Patent with Improvements oe John Roberts, Retired World's Champion absolutely THE BEST CUSHION TO DATE FOR ANY CLIMATE. JOHN ROBERTS, 1910. only obtainable from John Roberts, Londoi REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE EAST C. N. LUMB address P. O. Box 41, Penang. show room Raffles Hotel, Penang.
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  • TRANSPORT STRIKE.
    • 105 7 I Imperial News Service. London, via Durban, i m Shipowners federation has written to Mr Buxton decliuing to attend the conference proposed for tomorrow and declari_n| that they yave loyally acted up to the sgraoeseat of last August which the men have broken by the present strike.
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    • 48 7 PRecter's Service, London. Muy *>\). 't beat Gloueeatet at Taunton rickets, kshire beat Worcestershire at by IH9 runs. its beat Leicestershire at Norby nine wickets, laved Kent at Southampton and was drawu. eat Derbyshire at Leyton by an id 27 runs, at Surrey at Nottingham by nine
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    • 76 7 Reuter^ Service. I London, via Bombsv I «h Koosevelt has hud the most sweep I mr \ietory m the campaign hy the New I leeeey returns, which indicate that he has I won all 38 Republican delegates. I The return! of New .lcrsey end the 1 penonal campaign
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    • 147 7 I Despite th.- comparatively short notice, eai a f;iir audience at the Teutonia Club last evening for Maestro Mario Pari* pianoforte recital. The artiste, had only arrived from Deli, where, uh elsewhere, m the Netherlands Indie*, he had had au excellent reception, at halfpast six m the
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    • 137 7 I Chinamen named Lee Ah Tye apd before Mr. Arthur, third magistrate, ley, ov a charge of being m posses- 0 of illicit chandu. Mr. Howard, of the Monopolies ITSBSirt *id he would withdraw the charge ■jj the Govern B_ee t Analyst had certified bete wen no opium
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  • 198 7 THE TIMES IDEAS. Not a Time for Pessimism. Imperial News Service. London, via Durban The Times m a special article points out that the British naval changes m the Mediterranean do not constitute the abandonment of the Mediterranean now or m the future. It prints extracts from Mr
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  • 120 7 Reports Greatly Exaggerated." Recteb's Service. London. May A Malta message says Lord Kitchener arrived there after Mr Acquit- aud Mr. Churchill. London, vis Bombs?. Keuter is informed that reports attributing aa international and political character to the meeting of Lord Kitchener, Mr Aequitk and Mr Churchill are
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  • 96 7 Imperial News Service. I-ondon, via Durban There were rumours yesterday of a wholesale massacre of Kuropeans at Fes, but this was dispelled hy a massage from General Lyautey stating that on Mon day ami the following night the Berbers returned to the walls of Ke/. iucessantly tiring,
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  • 83 7 London, via Durban At a banquet at Ottawa Sir Wilfrid Laurier said he should never retire from public life. Referring to the famous Taft letter he said "l say under Heaven I am satisfied we were right. Taft did not know the Canadians when he harbour ed
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  • 25 7 RkitkbY Service. London. May Ju. Renter says it le now known officially that Miss Malecka's sentence does not involve transportation to Siberia.
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  • 37 7 The King inspected tlic Chelsea pen sioners yesterday the first reriew of a reigning sovereign since Isn;,. He visited the house of Sir George White, who was. however, too ill to receive him.
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  • 27 7 London* via Dnrbea The P. and O. Co have ordered two steamers of the Ballarat Class for the Australian service via the Cape.
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  • 33 7 IMPEIIAL News Service. London* v rt Ihirban His Majesty the King has approved of the appointment of Admiral Poe as his lirst naval aide de camp In succession to Admiral Beaumont.
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  • 29 7 Rei rntat Service. Londou, May 30. The infl.immat.ion m General Booths eye has spread so seriously that it jeoperdieee his sight. His general condition is good.
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  • Correspondence.
    • 1540 7 TO THK KIMToR, Sir. You have. I notice from to-day's paper, re opened the question of the erection of a suitable public Hall for I Siugapore, a matter which has often been dwelt upon ia your columns. It seems to me that the present is a
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    • 354 7 Kterliag Babheri have again declined i and the narket closes weak, witli rery little enquiry. The cheaper local shares have however claimed S fair amount of attention round current quotations. Tin shares are quiet with the exception of Middletons. which have heen m good demand. Industrials remain
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 304 7 ROBINSON Co. FRESH SHIPMENT OF FULLER'S Orange Cakes, Ginger Cakes, Fruit Cakes, Chocolate Cakes, Creams, Caramels, Chocolates and Sweets. ROBINSON Co. BILLIARD TABLES. MINIATURE BILLIARD TABLES. For using on a Dining Table. a W m -^-***uC^ SPECIFICATION Solid Mahogany Cushion Rails Slate bed, superior low, fast Ind a-Rubber Cushions; Superfine
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  • 432 8 The prices quoted are generally those current at Clyde Terrace Market. At the other markets there may be small variations. Singapore, May 2«th. 1912. I Beaus, I.ou^ per catty W I do. Fvinch do 16 Beef pc* Ib. IB Beefsteak do- tt| Bean Sprouts per catty 2£
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 149 8 DYSENTERY DIARRHOEA BROWN'S SPECIFIC. To be had at the Singapore Dispensary, and of MISS BROWN, Grassdale, River Valley Road, Singapore, Do tts i3-e ASK FOR A. S. Israel's ludian Condinents. The best m the Market. Lime, Mangoe, Roumania, Prawn, Salt Fish and Tamarind, Fish Pickles. Curry Powder, Vindali Powder, Chilly
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    • 770 8 SHIPPING. i OCEAN STEAM SHIP Co. Ltd FOX j Sourabaya, Derby, Broome, Port Hedland, Cossack, Ashburton, Carnarvon, Geraldton i and Fremantle Thf. Company's Stkamer CHARON 2.0H2 tons. Captain 11. J. Delgleish is intended to sail for the above ports on Tueselav the Ith June, 1912. For Freight or Passage apply
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    • 584 8 SHIPPING 3CEAN S.S. Co., ltd AND 3HINA MUTUAL S. N. Co., Ltd The Companies' steamers are despatched rom Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China tnd Japan every week, and from Japan homevards for Loudon, Amsterdam and Antwerp ivery fortnight for Genoa, Marseilles and jiverpool anel for Marseilles, Havre and Liverxk>l
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    • 538 8 SHIPPING *~~B~M~— m m .mat _______________8888 j N. D.L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL j LINE. The fast and well-known mail steamers ol this Company sail fortnightly from Bremen Hamburg via Rotterdam, Autwerp, Southamp ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (conne-cting Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice versa! Port Said, Suez, Aaen,
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    • 581 8 SHIPPING P. &67 STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylor Australia, India, Aden, Egypt. Mediterranean Ports, Plymout.^ and London. Through Bills of Lading Issued foi c_*io Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental and Americar Ports. Steamers will leave Singai»ore on or al MAIL LINES, mi OUTWARD (FOR C'UNA) Arcadia May 31
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 894 9 SHIPP ING. Toyo Kiseri Kaisha (ORIENTAL S. S. Co.) AND Western Pacific Railway Co. The New Route Via .China. Japan. Honolulu and San Francisco to all points m the United States. Canada. Mexico and Europe. D d a., mode™ CoDvenlenSs ind lu^lZl'lSc^ilT E<lu,pped wlth Wlre,e Telegraph TIME TABLE FROM HONGKONG.
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    • 791 9 SHIPPING Pacific Mail S.S. Co. U S MAIL LINE VIA INLAND SEA OF JAPAN AND HONOLULU Semi-Tropical Route Only line taking the warm SOUTHERN ROUTE across the Pacific via HONOLULU, OAHU, on the most fertile and beautiful island of the Pacific. Through Passage Tickets granted to England, France and Germany
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    • 548 9 BANKS CHARTERED BANK of India Australia and China.! INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. PAID UP CAPITAL £1,200,000 RESERVE FUND £1,850,000 Reierve Liability of Proprietors... £1,200,000 HEAD OFFICE: 38, BIBHOPSOATE, LONDON, E. 0. AGENCIES AND BRANCHES: Amritsar Hongkong Penanc Bangkok Iloilo Puket Batavia ipoh Rangoon Bombay Karachi Saigon Calcutta Klang Seremban Canton
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    • 774 9 INSURANCE mmmm^eEmUEmmmUEEEEEEUU CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, Ld. Hongkong. Capital Subscribed |2,500,000,00 C Amount Paid-up a 500 000 OCX Reserve Fund ji.eoo.OOO.OOf Marine Risks at Current Rates, Boustead Co., Agents LONDON LANCASHIRE Fire Insurance Co. Capital ah rww I Paid-up Capital Z iSPE RESERVE FUND £1,9^4 Boustead 6 Co., Agents. Royal Insurance
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  • 576 10 Tin: Kah v-.ni BtsHiia: L;m VX IMI'DIM'ANT Sill IMI.. Bombay, Ma\ Koh. Tbe new railway bring constructed from Karachi along the Mekran nnd Persian rousts to Bushire. writes the Karachi correspondent of tb»> Advocate of India, is a step of the utmost importance to Karachi, and to
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  • 142 10 IMPORTANT Agki.cmknt with Mabcoici Company. Sir Kdwin Cornwall asked the Postmaster Geueral if he was prepared to arrange for the public use ol the Marconi wireless system between this couutry and America f Mr Samuel said on the .-ipplication of the Hereon! Company he had arranged for
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  • 138 10 subtle humour as a rule does not go down m the House so well as an obvious joke of the Tony Lumpkin sort, says the London correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian," who, m connection with the Speaker's pun on Mr Shorti's name, is reminded of
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  • 516 10 Kvot.rnoN 06 BOAT-81 -lI.OINIi. j Science aud romance play equally important parts m the development of boatbuilding. Just when boats were first used, historians do uot know, but they do know that the Figyptians aud, m all probability, the Rahylonians used crudely-made craft. At the Philadelphia Commercial
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  • 203 10 A mystei ions sealed packet I -ft I y the late Mr John Kdward Arthur Mutii\ Scott, who was v trustee of the Wall 1 <> collec tion and the National Gallery. i I the SUbjeel of sm application befo-* i Mr. Justice Margrave Donne on
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  • 201 10 Speaking after the Chairman, Mr (i. ci. Anderson, at the meeting of the Consol idat ed Malay Company this week, Mr J. L, Shand referred to the over present sicklies*. on many ot the rubber plantations m Malaya, and the difficulty and expense ol coping with it.
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  • 498 10 Twenty-two feet of sleepy strength, m the form of a giant reticulated python, was unpacked m the reptile house of the London Zoological Garden recently and induced, not without some little trouble, to enter the glazed enclosure, where, we may hope, it will long be an interest to
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  • 340 10 The Morniug Post of May .'rd publishes a very interesting communication from its military correspondent on the subject ol our Oversea Garrisons which are almost without exception appreciably weaker than they were when Lord Haldane assumed charge of the War OAee. In South Africa there is a
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  • 1364 10 Ledhury 192.440 '20,447 ;-.i f>9» Leudu 4,615 97r, MU 1 Linsfgi 1,065,500 .jH.ooo |J, g i London Asiatic 345.93s 41. 920 Ik.-,' Lower Perak 9>8,415 1,410 1 Lunujt 11)33.270 8.94N 7 ,4 I Jfaj«M* I Malacca 1366,000 186,000 110 1 Maluku Pinda 10)16,866 6311 11 i Malakoff 65,984
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  • 72 10 I "> "We base used Cypridol capsules site j brilliant results far belter we may I we have obtained with protolodtieof nsiirwr) preparations. I We ill see that supplies pi t«- ;i!l ;'l ,v cians on the ships."' 1 1 J (Unsolicited) William T. JXKKIXS. >' j
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 83 10 1 Five hundred cases of typhoid fever were treated with glycogen during the December ij 19M epidemic Kn western Pennsylvania, and > Dr. A. *J. Hill, who was especially comI missioned to see tbat glycogen was suplied the I j public hospitals during this epidemic, received abundant testimony to its
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    • 502 10 HAIR TROUBLES. When v<»ung and careless we are apt lo pay little or no attention to our nair. to let it grow if it will, and even feel annoyed at lieing obliged to fake the trouble of combing it. It is only when as years advance we notice that our
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  • 1260 11 RUBBER STERLING COMPANIES. i Cap. IBBUR. Paid. Law Djv. Buyers. sellers. *5,000 2s 2s Allagar 8% 2 10 3 4 150,000 2s 2s Anglo-Malay 70% 14 6 15 9 50,000 2s 2s Batang Malaka 2 3 2 6 80,000 1 1 Batu Caves 140% £12 5 0 12 15
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  • 71 11 (Corrected dp to May :jo.) Bank 4 m/s 2-4 i demand 2-4 lin Private credits 8 m/| 2-4 13 82 credits 6 m 2-4 11-16 France demand Bank 294 Germany, demand 288* India, T. T. 174$ Hongkong, demand 13$ i Yokohama, demand H4i Java, demand wot Bangkok, demand 64
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  • 145 11 May 30. Tin 150 tons sold 101. 10 Gambier 10.00 1 Gambier Cube No. 1 15.76 j Gambier Cube No. 2 nom. I Pepper Black ordin. Spore 21.75 j Pepper, (White fair) 32. 7 C I Nutmegs (110 to the lb.) nom. j Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) nom.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 186 11 FOR ESTATE other BUILDINGS GENASCO" (Tropical) ROOFING Oenasco is the result of over 30 years Experience m the manufacture of Ready Hoofing. Its durability makes it the ine>st economical of any roofing on the s market. ONE OF THE STRONGEST POINTS m favour of (ienasco is the simple and easy
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    • 113 11 De KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENT. Agents at Singapore. The Shipsagency. Ltd, 2-3, Collyer Quay The undermentioned dates of departure are only approximate. van Noort Batavia, Semarang and Soerabaya M JANBBKN* Bawean, Soerabaya, Bandjermassin, Stagen, Kota Baroe, Samarinda Donggala and Balik-Papan M M mm -i
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 934 11 VESSELS IN POKT. Flag and Tons Commanders Arrived From For When uw° ra v t l yCh 5 Nandak 2JM s Cucerta.n tt aterwitch H.M.S. ych 620 Reyne H'kong, 12-5 S.N.O. Uncertain Hai Chi Chi cru 4800 Ching Colombo, 30 5 Chi Consul Shai 9.V. SuUkirmemie —1797 Chessil Kobe, 25-5
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    • 267 11 WEATHER REPORT. V^T These Weather Telegrams are transmitted j hy courtesy of the E. E. Tel. Co. and contain I the observations made at Hongkong (HR.) 1 Observatory, and at Manila Ohservatory (MN.) j The data are dato and hour of dispatch the 1 Barometer reading (inches m HK., MilliI
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  • 717 12 The repoit of the directors of the above' to be presented at the meeting on June 10 say 6 the profit for the period to Dec. lil, I. til. amouuts to §91,1*1.48. which added' to the amount of M, 520.50 brought for-; ward from the previous year
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  • 52 12 The monthly medal (or May was won by Dr Fry. The following scores were returned Dc Fry 10 i:\ l:> 7 Lornie 1:; 4;; M 7 s W. (i. Bell IQ ;»1 is H2 H. W. Finnstone \.'> 4 7 7 m:j K. .1. Hallifax 4.',
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  • 65 12 Saturday. Johnston s Pier, 2.15 aud 3.15 p.m. Club Bungalow, 2.45 and 9.90 p.m Sunda v. Johnston's Pier, 9.10, and ll a.m.. 9.10 and 8.30 p.m. Club Bungalow, 9.90 ami 10.90 a.m. 12.15, 8 and 5.30 p.m. Mon da*. Johnston's Pier, 2.15 and 9.19 p.m. luh Bungalow,
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  • 1268 12 Al.l.K'-Kl' Fai.SK JUDOMMMTB. The case la which an ipoh towkiiv named Khoo Mah Lek was charged with using false documents m an enquiry before Mr. (Jottlieb, the Register was continued before Mr, H. W. Firmstone, district criminal .ludge, yesterday. Mr. H. D. Mundell was for the prosecution
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  • 432 12 TOBISI v 0-UHKBU. The chief justice. Sir William Hyndman .Jones, had before him m tho Supreme Court yesterday a claim for damages brought by Martin Alexander Tohin against Mr. K. A. Gardiner, assistant super intondent of police, Singapore, for alleged Criminal conversation with Mrs. Margaret Tohin, hit wife.
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  • 120 12 Penang's fourteen selected players arrived by Klang yesterday morning, witb mauy leading Mahomodans. There are now 89 Mahomedan Clubs m Ihe Penan** Association, a, id Penang is taking great I interest m the matches with selected j teams of tin- "state and Territories of Johore" at Johore Bharu
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  • 38 12 On the Esplanade last evening a fast 1 and exciting game of soccer was played between the S. C. C. and R. O. A. One goal was scored m each half, the game ending m a draw.
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  • 532 12 The Russian steamer "Kiev" discharges a cargo of .lapauese coals at the wharves. The Shipping and the Import and Kxport Unices will be open for one hour (from 10 a.m. to 1 1 a.m.) on Monday. The British India steamer Goalpar*. has been sold to British buyers m
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  • 41 12 Ardendearg. Brit. 'Jld;'.. OglWie, '>()■.". Saigon, Boustead. Bordeaux 90. Nadir. Brit. 204,1. Toms. 80*5, Calcutta, vdam. Gilf., Kobe Omapere. P.rit. .140, Lyons, .50 Pen ang. I-;. S. io., Penang 1. Van Noort, Dut. 1986, Winttniins, 80*5, Deli. Shipsagency. Batavia 81.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 223 12 PASSENGERS. Pei- Van Noort: Messrs. 11. CanereFrah lich. Tan Beng Tiat. Thoa Giang I. mi. Bbarada. CLEARANCES. [Nationality British if not specified.] May 30 Ayuthia, (ler, Freese. Paneh, Asahan. Peaaag I'esideut SchifT, Dut, Sudin, Hhio Hock Lee, Morris. Bagan via jiorts Hai Nam, Phillips, Muar A Malacca Selangor. Fawcus, P
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