The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 1 June 1904

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337 352 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly)
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    Masthead
    18 337 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTLE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1. I'/V No, 879.
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    CONTENTS.
    255 337 M lay St. T ;;:^7 M I. L of Nanshan, :$;;:> 339 Yarn. Q39 339 345 348 Blangah Land ('as.'. 349 Votes, 340 345 C. Medal V 345 ring Meeting, 346 347 M teh, xw !Vlemorial, 340 Circus, 340,342,345 Office, :;i 1 Hotel de [/Europe, 344 Tl." Barque 'ontest,"
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  • Domestic Occurrences
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      Births
      53 337 On the 25th instant, at Kenihrorth, Barker Road, the wife of .J. L. Van Houtbw of a mm. Hi uk. On Kay 26th, at Appenheim on Bhine, the wife of O. Hube, of a ion. On29th instant, at Ft. Canning Road, tl wife of Dr.Gilbkri X Brooks, Port Health
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    • Obituary
      Death
      41 337 Gorb-Bootii On "»tl, M iy, .>oi, at It, Bubbling Well-rd, Beanghai, Edmund Henry QobcBoorH, third smrviving son of the late Henry Grore- Booth, 2nd son of Sir Robert Newcomen Gore-Booth, 3rd Baronet, of Lissadell Co. Shgo. Ireland, aged 58 years.
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    PRODUCE.
    134 337 .May 31., Tin 74.- )U Gain bier >M tj :VlO do. Ottba No. 1 J5. do. do. No. 2 1 I Popper Black (ordinary Spore n 28*5 do. White, (Fair L. W. 5 p.o 4;> Nutmegs 110 to the ft.) |3, do. 80 to the 3b. !»n Mace (Banda)
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    The Federated Malay States.
    605 337 Here thai] the Press thf Ppop!<?"<= right maintain, UflAWed by influence and unbribed by gain; Ht-re patriot Truth h« lorious precept^ draw, (fed fo Religion, oyalty arid Law. May 26. The annual report >f Mr W. 11. Tbbacheb, c m Resident General of the Federated Malay
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    Perils of Stray Mines.
    918 337 Regarding the dangerous presence of wand rin_' mine* m the Fellow Sen, it may l>e remembered that over a month igo it was notified that the Japanese navigation companies appreci ited the risks so fully that they cancelled their usual sailings into the Gulf of Pechili
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  • Page 337 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 337 Advertisements Column 1
      27 337 An Anecdotal <v 1 < j Singapore, I lemont <>:» Pelmi < tolonia] Olfiou i 18*17, \d IllttstraHoas, > m Burton Buckley, ■••> covert, *8.50. N LITTLE I Ck>., Ltd. ILSH, Ltd.
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    • Advertisement
      Page 337 Advertisements Column 2
      20 337 NOW READY The Singapore and Straits DIRECTORY for 1904. Price 57.50 per copy; $8.00 PostJFree. nwtmmii FRASER and NEAVE. Limited
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  • Page 337 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 337 Miscellaneous Column 1
      309 337 Thelasi mail from Home arrived 1 v trie P O liallaarat on Saturday with dales up to May h\ The Homeward mail was taken by the X I» L Uayeru" ou Monday, and this weekly goes to-day by the B I M Zamania." There have been several important actions fought
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    War News.
    716 338 May 27. •j HK c ],j I I -da\ m the war telegr^ us I'"' i! H« Ul regard to Qen. Kn telegrim about t!u» iea!va i &th under G< a Kuboki, its c is that o jo, and a> he allu •"••> l>; in..\. v ii to
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    The Baltic Armada
    662 338 Evidence is a--; -iii mi means to car of design of *»'i»din.r i to 1 'ar Bast. The dis Yoshino have lou and painful m i Is to battleships ever} riT- r is i»i ;i made t<> the whole I ►diuo" class by sonic time m Ju
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    The "Honourable" M. L. C.
    356 338 The "Honourable M. L. C. Ojl'k Colonial legislators will noto with som* inters that a very special honour has l*»en paid by His Majesty to the original memben of the first Australian Common wealth Parliament Mr Deakin, the retiring (federal I'reinior. lias received an intimation thai (he Kiii^r has decided
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    The Opium Farms.
    525 338 re is much speculation among those interested m the opium trade and m the opium farms, ih to the }>r. sent position <>i" affairs. S qc< so much of our revenue is derived from i: 'arms the prosperity of the financial eon- 1 Li of the Colony
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    A Brilliant Victory.
    332 338 Jap >:>.■■- ball le U t app i m iL" 1 I> from m ili junction, rou thwart] to egraui,) au range vi the jiiiu-t Lou nn I t.- u*er ever be i the i> tended to c«»for to m idea, I i 1 n.;i vl 1
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    The Moral Effect of Nanshan.
    229 339 the II th it baa de«i all costs to capture Port A Ball i Beet baa a chance of 1 p East. The Japanese are i) i tir ;m<l we believe them i<> think i much of c tnserring o is a nation ;»>••• nol
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    Cherishing A Grudge.
    613 339 Max 31 .ill n li.it difficulty r an. l ..id aniinositv tends to Benl imeut w hen its real or nda Imve been removed. Dis•French Convention m dv i [uin" n \n riter <>f thai ■iit exhibits himself as nd will n«>t He iti ikes t hi-
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    A Vain Hope.
    183 339 An [ndo-China paper after giving a detailed account the Haiti** llee< now being prepared for its außHh to the Par East, winds up l>v asking: Will the Japanese admirals risk accepting a battle on tin- hi^-li Beas when thov behold this fleet, winch the two squadrons of
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    A MuKden Yarn.
    158 339 Touching the quaint statement thai Cossacks v 1' Ki'kokiV nlt and thai his advance is thereby delayed we must note thai !'<-ii 4 correspondent a? Mukden is m i>,> ».,>^|tioii i<> ii<- iD'j-. than telegraph exactli wha< the Russian staff choo» say to him. Had t lie
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    To N. E. Korea.
    452 339 Theei is a brief item m today's special I telegram via Hongkong that nay imply the j begim ing of an important movement. \\V are told ir is reported that number of Jaj DeM transports are landing troop* m theaorth- 1- Korea. X,. > a p
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    YEHONALA'S PHIZ.
    275 339 Owing t.> tho porsiiasione > t the urifo of ;i cetaia Foreign Minister the Empress Dowager has allowed herself to K<> photographed l>y a Japanese photographer. The arguineu Ivanctxl by the Bfinister*! wife wrert? that photos of ail the mien of Europe ;:nd Anierion were *ol«l and puroluued
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    107 339 The death of If r John Daviee of the Labuan Coal Co. t>u Apni-294l ■■■•un.-.l while taking Borne machiuen down N 9 shaft. "f< ap- j pears that Mr D rie loosened the \«>\i> of a wroedeu »h icttire »w of the passage "t" the macliin< n ai I Dot
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    A LUCKY RECOVERY.
    131 339 This morning before Mr Beth a Javanese hack gharrj svoe named Kastiim was charged with criminal breach <>f tn is a carrier m jfespeci to ***** worth of jewellery, flsoo n cash, and i coat ralued at il t},<- pn»pert y of Mrs Kellerink. appears that this
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    194 339 LEAGUE F OOTBALL. I i 62hd Co. T }:> v st »*v aing od the Old J :l ii ;tors. Each 8i v we :j hof the -M C.A. i mi.llv pic! t 1 two were T irted V M C.A. defending the v] entirely m thi ir fay vi
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    SERIOUS FLOATIING DANGERS.
    269 339 In view of the fact thai there seem to oxi.^t many dangers, m alleged, of flowing contact mined m the region of V bill Gulf, Korea Bay and ih<> aorthern part of the Yellow Sea. it will beoou r ou v■u m bow to id diaaster to
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    COOLIES FOR THE HAND
    252 339 COOLIES FOR THE HAND s :;j i Not ro Call at Singapore. Enquiri made 1 11 tbe Agent of the steamers "Tweedakj" and "Swanley," chart* ered u> convex the tehea <»i' Chinese oooliea to 8 >uth Afric:, o\\ -it fche Eact that the vessels will not call p re, but
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    82 339 With i. v ird to the delay m the d< tin- French m iil J'r m Man st »'»L ■of i ".i officers, it should that the iv urm ti n contaii i-i „t May 20 was official iwd correct, tiz t I Yarra left <>n May 18 aud is
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    THURSDAY, MAY 26. 1904.
    616 340 A life of Queen Victoria m Malay has I**n written bj a Malay Official of Jobore. Ii is expected thai Mewn Kelly A Walsh will prut and publish the brochure. A Chinese shop-keeper for having b false .lacliin_ r waa yesterday fined S l"> and c
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    THE WAR
    392 340 Russia's Plans What is stated to l>e exceptionally reliable information regarding the Russian military plans confirms the repeated announcements that these plans will not mature until late m the summer. They are of far greater magnitude than is generally believed abroad, says a dispatch, and take into account
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    PERAK NEWS.
    158 340 IFI "m t In 1 :ak Pi i We understand 11. E, the High Commissioner will visii the Chinese settlement atStia- >».!". on his w,i\ from IV: iu\» t<> Selar^or -m ihe earlj ■of A-iign H R. will Ikj iti j'.'ii.;;:^ lie t moej i I Flllv. I
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    "LEAVES FROM THE SCRAPBOOK OF A SCOTTISH EXILE."
    280 340 "LEAVES FROM THE SCRAPBOOK OF A SCOTTISH EXILE." In.hr lh<> above title Mr Vr;>n\; Adam, i v. o.s vs a Scot who I-* at present >l far awa frae B*»nuio Scotlind" m the remote regions of Tougkalr, V\ .•>> S am, has issued, (through M.'ssis W. mu\ A. I\. Jolinsti)!!,
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    71 340 !i M. S. Veatal played h cricket uiatli u^.ii ts*i Bangkok receuHy and got lieaten i,. 19 runs, the score* being Bangkok 51, U W« nl* 1 For tli.. sjil>rs Commander Farnuhnr mttde 1 <( and t.,,!. <j x p icketa. r l)w Dutch cruuer Gel<]erlan<l M lumj Uh*q undoeked
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    ATHLETIC NOTES.
    1298 340 From a point of view of sport the Swimming Club carnival on Saturday last was almost as much of a success as it was from the point <>t" view fan enjoyable afternoon's entertainment. There were, however, two hitches which we fan ii >t help thinking ini^ht have l>een
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    A "GOMES" MEMORIAL.
    150 340 A GOMES" MEMORIAL. A inov« j niPiit is i >\ m n Andrew's Mission it, »r i w.i ii .t memori il brass ther* 1 and m •li-.d. m» rect»rd t i'.iitl)!'!i! inissiou of t v \V |i. (l ;1 i; I. w -l ke veara m Borneo am] then
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    HARMSTON'S CIRCUS.
    157 340 Me LUL] rV i: I) XI. A N A-r 'rowd turned up a\ Ha < 'ircua l.iMi night, the < I fight r■il-I by tin I tweeu i< 1. M sAuliffe md t D $1,000 > I/.--. A special turns w,i- gone through fri m wit limit i
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    47 340 An A.mociation bu t»n »i t"h«« recovejrr b\ J ipan Th« pupili N r»t the I, H I granted l» \(.-a .«v N Principal irlien v I"? bui buoceetlf iin J\l»' tt n >liip. Cl;ir!v.« .> X| fl Singapore Liven Si N J m for l.:.\> aji.l tlu'ii
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    FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1904.
    277 341 v. X Mr. "Satsuma M uru" pawed a r ioine about i<> mitei m Tsushima lilt. U y\ •si.iv-" will arrive here on June 5 hip, m }>I.h»' of tli*- Talbot on relief by tbe Iplii- ork kg a >url y< i i I I 11
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    SHANGHAI RIVER TRAGEDY.
    141 341 ein tli tunals >f Shanghai to light 01 13 1 ben it I t i, a j ,pi kofi ii board rlie V dialer dismantled Ijour"' an 1 surroun *»»hei Captain ■>'• li« v ;t were lil(^ ll;!( .vi by axe ill m s !ninlitorallv'chofiped to pieces.
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    THE REBELLION IN KWANGSI.
    183 341 Dig] ;I from a reliable squrce pi Kwatigai pi evince, VAi then making m the near Future i .beUion m ten time more for- tlian ai j ding on since the Hi i mi n the teginning of I century. Governor Ko of Ks,», -i Ijr
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    THE COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE.
    89 341 THE COM MISSION ON INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE. Pr VV. nks, who has 1 een m China f or H e interests of the Couiinis. *iou on lut«mational Exchange, and who was ..milv m Hongkong, returned to thai port after isil toPeking where he presented to the Imperial G ►vernment the results
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    80 341 Th,. |> ,u.,1:.t Brand Ducbesa Pauline of Saxe-Weimar died -i' apoplexy m a railwaj tf.iin whilst travelling m Italy. The British collier Femdene/; arriv.l here veaterdav from Kuchinotzu with 5,400 tons of c^l clmsigned to the M. B. K. Co. CapUin Fisher reports having found b itpwaway on board. I,
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    THE WAR SITUATION.
    129 341 i From Our < >wn Correspondent > Chefoo, April 26. Notwithstanding the continued grumble ol war correspondents, and other* m these parts, ,i> to the paucity of sad the delayed commencemeni of active hostilities on land between the Annies I Russia and Japan, i 1 really cannot
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    THE WAR.
    765 341 Oil the 15th iust, Admiral Alexeieff Usue«l a proclamation inviting convicts m the penal settlement of Saghalieu t.. volunteer for sorviee with the Russian army, promising them redaction m their sentences and offering ft <]"tn of residence. Tn consequence of this proclamation, 454 Russian prisoners have left, and
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    HOUSES FOR EUROPEANS IN BOMBAY.
    61 341 HOUSES FOR EUROPEANS IN BOMBAY. A Till lull than 1 dun II v hi I ban »re them m mere Boml run a t, coukl «;<> withoul Euro] l until the latt« r make an eft'oi tin lh< ir oU iofliK I atei priso, it w< le to call v]
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    SULU MENGAMOK.
    495 341 From our Special Correspondent.) Jolo, Sulo, I' I A.pril 16 The Orang Sulu has a for sou thin« which is similar I running amok throughout Malaya, y it has a >me A native who start. out to ••MHi for hiras If this Buorl sut to paradige is called
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    BRITISH ARTILLERY.
    189 341 In the debate on the Army Esl tei on the 13th alt. Mr Arnold-Forster, answering rarioua rj tions raised, said no money was being spent 01 the continued manufacture of [5-pounder g ma of an existing type. The W; Offic? aware of what waa Iteing done m I
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    PLEAGUE IN FOWLS.
    161 342 >ng Goi p 1 I i 121 fowla i > luri 1 1 \s 1 M< ys, i i or I but m 1 1 -r h aution I to i lie bility ii the v <</•/'■■ The ;■< »ii— iii of f o ize, pre- >
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    GENERAL AND SEPOY.
    133 342 GENERAL AND SEPOY. A DmAMATIC IN'II>KNT. The "Du-h M.«il" states that while sepo* of the 65Ui Carnatic Light [nfantry was under arreti m the Residency guard room at Eydera- bad he <-n\\ snatched up rifle and a bandolier ful! f cartridges, shot the native officer on duty, .ud ran out
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    HARMSTON'S CIRCUS.
    96 342 A!\.' popular, tl Race Week adds to tho laurels of H*rtnston'»- \V« to more than n n vv p ro i up f lances. 1 il hi Brians. 4 Kss'wgtotk, the I Iv.m] a handsome ieful and ornau b I gm i>nipaai<»n v both comins ia for ap^s>]
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    EASTERN EXTENSION TEL, CO.
    227 342 T gross receipts of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company for the half-year ended Dec 31 last hare amounted to fJt> -Vl'M*. against i-< 17. '>'>'.'• m 1902. The working expenses, including £33,400 for maintenance <>f cables, absorb £142,419, against £121,869 for the cor. ponding period of
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    THE DUFF DEVELOPMENT CO.
    198 342 The Duir Development Company haa issued hi pamphlet form th<> managing director's report on the work dono on the company's property m ECelantan between Fel>niary J*7. \\><r3 iin <\ Febrnarv 20, l»04. He states:— T\w history of the work is a record of const mt progress
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    THE MILITARY POSITION.
    2108 342 i Mi titan Cones. The Times.') War sometimes forgives criminals, but it never forgives dreamers, It was staled m these columns that Port Arthur contained, for the Russian fleet, whal Bietz contained for the army <>i Bazaine, the fatal germs ol strategic death. The germs have fructified
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    THE WAR
    99 342 I By the Mail. The Chemulpo correspond Y«M-k H<T;il<i says thai cultiefl to contend ith, menf of the Japanese ai v.i'd 100,000 horses, and some ,i xjmplished i; !i far I than atl La 1 an E The Nin-d ing P tlir territory u< I 5 foraging parties
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    KIPLING'S WITTICISMS.
    223 342 A Boom m This should ere I Town, April 1_ annu <li:iM-T Auto I;. 'Li m Hotel, Cape Town, last n Kipling replied to the t- i mobile Club of Great B He said be con' I q O bis b -riM a and an :it I >rtain
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    THE CROWN AGENTS AND JOHORE.
    176 342 A circular has just ■>. lssui l.v tin Agents' Department, pointing oui t] ii J future the provi* i 11,. dil ioi a of contract app tender will be more rigidh enforc the sealed pattern itsetf is of indifl wor\ nmnship, this fad shall not
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    16 342 Hi- pilgrim hteami r here from Jeddah yesterd on board. Po r'. iths tht ro\ age.
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    SINGAPORE IN THE EIGHTIES.
    71 343 •ri ;',lii..r devoted the principal ■pace m the third week of Maj 1885 to the Civil Service m respeci to of justice. H<- complained bad, ;ii the "expense v priconerfl g v- -)iirt<"l <>1T I o .i more c ein ►lument a offeree] ii i S1
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    CHINA'S ENORMOUS OIL IMPORTS.
    34 343 CHINA'S ENORMOUS OIL IMPORTS. v Prenc i, company (the Socictc Fram i- ci torn g=| eignoil ioug ti; por us B v; 1 ■■<■> [89 »1,1K607 V orev. i tolouists duel, own i „,.-.,,!!> v ,-etx.rF,
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    THE NEW SERVICE RIFLE.
    108 343 VDAPTABLI kmk Cavai.ky, Inkantky UTD MI. The m-w service riilei intended for the rearmament of the naval and military [on** of the Empire are, we In it, being bwied Jo the home caralry regiments this month, special telegram elaewhere announce* tnei earii arrival m India as
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    THE PHILIPPINES AND SHIPPING REGULATIONS.
    200 343 TLe Manila Cablenews. commenting on the following special telegram from Washington— William H. Taft, Secretory of \N ar, has made a ruling to the effect that the neu shipping bill doe* not apply to the Philippine government: the ruling was made m a specific case,
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    A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE.
    61 343 ihijio ::,>-i,.,, paper of April 1 E the fuH-rigged ship h.:,.,,,;. I.!, 1 the ~mark- from Singapore I Boston. The paper says. 1 jj thi Manuel Uw» arrivwl here tucsrfav, lunate enough to common =,1.-1 .it the l! '■>'"' bstantiaUj u» full t^unl LTuudte The Llaauuaw ana
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    THE TREASURE OF CEYLON.
    129 343 n wi ii be rememlKjred thai gome time m tue beginning of thisye*r Mr Hieolta toed uaitor of Hongkong was leut to th« Governnil of Ceylon. -I-- 10 „n 1. l 8 Auditor General of the I -luna. :,,nhi, has create a good deal o among
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    AMERICANS AT HOME.
    251 343 The report of the Moselj Commission contains some^drerfing amongst th^ I c i;..«i.'> isinclinecl to think ttaaunire £al hurry seen m America is i..j.m...:.. ..-..,-v engaging to we everybody i much alive: ta scholars, r < !i „u|,.!s At Srsl blush it feel Iveweso1 vewesom t nvhat.«lowand«k«|.yal
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    A FRONTIER EPISODE.
    12 343 v, .•,,.....•.•*!■<" wtl arrest of an .lvnaiuite outrage at prisoners.
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    32 343 V.^,r,Uv before Mr M. 1,'.---\J£lt a traction engine w V ».y p c Brateton for a»in« aUxsomotive m i,,. puUie thorougfanw wbidi a.)M not eltect',l'il,' „msume it* awn ■main rhe was'fined SlO
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    RUSSIAN ARMY.
    418 343 r .Globe" Military w g introduced m >"',,,;,.. from th mmem-em-m i r )h f, f r.v;: i: !Iv tbe c is three yeai Ivi' I l--1 V I by < 1 V of two r ll .mil and I when ecially Beloved and train. Im 5 lov:
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    SATURDAY. MAY 28, 1004.
    531 344 This mon ag before Ifr Beth the Chinese cook oo the "Charterhouse" iru fincl 1 for being m possession <>f contraband A. Chinaman living m Efavelock-rd reports to the P that la>t night his house r•tered and property t<> the value 1 found by Police _;-)'i
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1261 344 Quiequid agutU komine* wmtriett farrago ISbeUi. JCVKXAI.. TheTopicisi ironden for how many years if l«-tt t«. th.'inselws, Japan and Russia would keep pegging awaj at that oldest of all games tliH game of way. Certes, it is to be a Topic <->f the Week, for an
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    DUTCH WARSHIPS.
    52 344 Hie Dutch cruiser Koningin Regentes arrived here tins morning from Sabane and after saluting the port anchored m the Roads ™?J" vessel ton 8 displacementi < >lM>ll<> Power, eighteen guns, andacrew of •>-<'. an.l her arrival hern brings the Dutch warships m porl up to three, a number
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    THE LATEST PIKE APPLIANCE.
    98 344 Vhe -iv.it English biscuit works of Messrs Huhtley A Palmer a1 Reading Berkshire nave jus* been provided with the invent tion m tir, extinguishing appaj T applicant m a self propelling fire by petrol engines „i si x t v horse p* with pumps delivering 600
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    THE GAZETTE.
    47 344 Mr 8. Gibson is appointed acting disllil'{ officer at Christmas [sland. The appointmeni makes Mr Gibson tlie holder ofnolesa than eight offices Mr Beattj is appointed acting second magistrate Singapore. During the firs: quarter of 1904, 1,173 births were registered m Singapore and 2,220 deaths.
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    THE POST OFFICE.
    276 344 The annual report on the \\»i Office for 1903 shows an increase of 18 per cent m number of articles dealt with, that number amounting to 13,017,359 received and despatched. In addition 670 tuns „f foreign transit mails wrere dealt with, the loss being o>lll|!^"l k' one
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    THE HOTEL DE L'EUROPE.
    65 344 on Saturday ni-],t i',,,,,, r building iookJ% r h < Mgements w air of b, w ««< rowdsofj l"»--and the cheerful pretty lantori U P Til.- Clli.siu.. U.i, |*g I <•'"■ ta many, and th, n being large I, over 200 everyone joined m p, and
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    LITERARY NOTES
    409 344 T. i, Unwin A Bash "">«»»•") Of tl .to ("Rolfß Pi >!■■ brali i humourous v.-. I; and No ft-oman u-l, has bush (with Praed) ha, balf the dwell n A,, ti lian ■•«v BiDie, toobi mm elsewhen "Tussock Land" by Arthm '8 a colonial n ov«t by
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    MONDAY. MAY 30, 1904.
    337 345 of the crew of the m. M Clitui h*Te I for refusing duty. 1! M Vestal" left Lhe Etoads this awaj Eastward. •"J this morning mail. homeCom ttl •liM 'I'W,-,. V. i, rtcei licide i captain I !l lea Mr h fin 1 X iplfr»s, the
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    CRICKET.
    42 345 A in.it. I, ma played oatbeS C. C ground w^themo.t.iioce»fu] B .i l)hll Lm V u -^!'i HII< V lit ni>t and Bimmona each tookf< h u *J v continued and the V M x made 73 m their second innings.
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    THE HENRY DALLAS COMPANY
    28 345 v, The con bad tour up Qon played .1. -I. fl -111 tb«3 mi n the Gi rties the R Piano the i work
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    HARMSTON'S CIRCUS.
    91 345 Cm us g i on -I, and the throu and much Keen int. rest ken m !l fition, 1 enial "Bob" he v,- pper," P. Dweu Aft« r sixth round Arc) mpi ill's then iri i inhilud. ten bi i the heiglil i I fl 5 m. The
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    A FOOLISH JOKE.
    176 345 A.l 9. clock hist uighi fi< watchman ai the L'eutonia Club came rui ail to Orchurd-rd Police Station, and said that a Eurasian clerk named Louis l>V.o*:> v employed a.l the Club had committed suicide. Inspector rlicke) -.i once hastened > the i lub and there found
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    TIN.
    263 345 Loud* Mi. 171 !i A pril, Tiu-p] i<-v.-r\ busy, aiui many oi them have •v>v»-iv<l tlie-tr it- j nncjjH-iii s for .:1! Mai some of them light i;|> til) July; on the other haD<l, <\>ntinenta! consumers will only buj i ;:i<i mouth. Deliveries both i:< London ;...'i Holland continue
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    90 345 The German mail steamer Bavern" which arrived this morning 1 1- »m Hongkong I l«»;inl Hia Excellence Yang the w"\ ;![>- pointed Minister [fettklent <»f China m Aus-tria-Hungary. He is h Taotai kiang province ainl a brother of the Chin* Ambassador to Japan He goe to H E W'u f
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    THE WAR.
    705 345 Thi V.vi.i; Rivkh Pioht chef < I-y 3.— The recent victory oftfa Japanese, while due m part to superior num. bera, was more nearly rictory „f tactic strategy. They outfought and outgeners I the Russians, driviug them from p which might easily have been held. The c ture
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
    50 345 mon "a uionthh modal ;1 I <; for lasi Satnrd \y, j wo i bj Drill il l 7 1 The t- i i 77 1 ;< Rir A 1,7 7 ,sii n i.. s7 v J bertg< n ;>(•, io :< i N hod [>!aved
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    27 345 The French transport "Caobang" arrived bere from Saigon tliis morning with i soldiers n !>..;u-«l and 210 civilian pass rs. Bbc continues her voyage to Marseilles to-da^
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    MAIL NOTES.
    729 345 Judgment lias been rendered by the Court* I Grenoble m the matter of the trade mark of til*' famous liquenr Chartreuse arising <>ut of the expu of th»* monks by th»« Government. The Court declares, says the 'Matin/ that the Abbe Rej the congnegration of the Chartreuse I
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    61 345 Mail t to II Cl t 20 th m 1 I Stat< L the rv'i Vt Mr J. L. Ho|h% kte m parturient, Lin A \.i ,j \\\\v\'- huri h thia urtiea were M oldest th«* la I ra Mitchell, Sin^ajj Laidlaw Hope. 'I lie < „n Ed by Hie
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    SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB.
    1708 346 BPRING MEETING, L 904. Pimsi Day -Ttwdat Mat 24. Delightful weathei faroure«l the first da^ of the Spring Race meeting, a mode clou<lv>kv threatening for a tiin< rain which however did not o*jme preventinij tin h fr. .mi I- At> There w i ?"<-- quenoe (11< M
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    Second Day-Thursday, May 26.
    966 346 Wednesdays dismal weather evoked all aorta of l'oivl' dings for ;sterday*B racing, none of which were realised. Th stea Ij rain bad done no tnora than Blight! 1 I i the con se aup the (iff. The (1 i\ was charming, 1 cloud -flecked skies with
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    Third Day,- Saturday, May 28.
    1453 347 sine* the ou m« iuie ai 1! m Jt obliginph fallen, ime, and Ins fallen here Ims been iw mud itumn Throughout I he times would r to mar the pleasure h enjoyab] ing. The latter jel; to the fact th ac under 1 1
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    Houses Placed.
    203 347 iuuuwiu^ i. in nvu were gui piaceu. noaver, Financier, Jess, Vyking (4j f!<jv.>. Bayrum, Dendee, Etam, Joker, Mick, M. 0. Portfire, Sweet Erina, Scots Guard, Wan. la. Bmpreza (3) Shine, Abbess, Guinevere, Put. Etoyster, Sceptre, Tobias, Florida, Glad Tidings <J. Oregon and Mangold 1 1 JWXEKS PLA< Kl>
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    Jockeys Placed.
    161 347 The foil i ring were not placed. Mr rewaj, A. C ii. H, Martin I), Mr M «i reaves JUDOB and HaNDICAPPBB. B. H •att,— Time-Kjepbr. P. M.Eiliott, -Startk Capt Mol J l C. T. Wathen, Clvbks oi the 9 LLBB W. E. Hooper, A. BobertoonA Clbbk of
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    THE COTTON EXPERIMENTS IN THE NORTH.
    475 347 what i- Being Done. 0. J. Mcc, superindent of the new co rimental gardens i Iluppalama, has been at work for ab month now and is hopeful of the r of the work he has pon. The M [luppalama experi"u'n tion cov< acres of
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    219 347 Messrs Macmillau v v Co, have published a life of the late Sir William Flower, k < Director of the British Museum, !^i 1 Mr V. A. Flower of M «sra Swan and Maclaren, Singapore, and Cap! S. S, Flower, i \i Bangkok, now of iv.;;. j.t are two <»f
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    THE ASSIZES.
    548 348 Phe <i\N'- Bobbery The trial of the five Chinamen charged with _'iii'_( robbery io ;u> «»pir.iii shop was continued. After a long hearing the jury returned a verdict of guilty, Noa 1. 1 md -5 were sentenced to 15 years penal servitude, and Nos and 5 to ten
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    Circumstantial Evidence
    853 348 i Death S ee L»im Kali li.iv \u iiw U T. i i m- caso the pr 1 m m m L Soli J• I •i s to tow m to >ell |v 11 Wa d 1 1] i wa* l»is v[U i the dead l>n h mil,
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    THE WAR
    369 348 r < >; f Sebastopol states thai h l 1 i« ground thai Russia will lUllK aa effort ombiue her Black >. (fa vw!li |!)> 'enforcements now preparing m the 1 m l h th(l Japanese ai sea 1 two l 1 }<">>•- 1, be set aj liusi
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    108 348 T!i»- Quthri nl Co a M st L>h < And Tni X the Bench < I and f > Mr Arthur Davenport, lit,] pomt <»f nwin, under the tit Cl ft 'j io m ra t lie .1 D due Id 1 In- iin| I lldtH, it> \S«1I :i 1
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    TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1904.
    498 349 The B. I. steamer Sealda" from Bfoji this morning brought 7,429 tons of Japanese ■«»;il. Professor W. H tfunro, of the Brown Cniv.Tsitx r. s. hat arrived m Ceylon, >ry. !i" hai published several A.»rk< «'ti American bistoy, is engaged on a new edition of Pn
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    THE BARQUE "CONTEST."
    287 349 Succoured bi Capt Wjlsok it Kuan tan The "Kv\..." Cap! Wils-.n. which armed thii morning from the Bast Coaft reports t hut <>n Sunday wliil»» lying at Kuantan, a! 1 (> am. ;i Imm, rontaining fo r Chinese au<l a European m tv«<iu ;i md spoke the
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    TIN MINK RETURNS.
    101 349 The total amount ot tiu ore exported by the tributon on tlie lauds of The Royal Johore Tiu Mining Coj Ltd, daring the month <>f M;iy. was 313 bag!, •'<pi.il to 235 |>i<-uls. The returni from toe Pahang Corporation*! Mines for the month <>f April were at
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    A CURE FOR LEPROSY.
    102 349 RKrOBTED !>■-.. >j;\ Bl CaPTAIS SoST. Rangoon, M.iv 16. Captain E. R. X I i. m. s., Resident Medical Officer, Rangoon <; il Hospital, and <; nmeni Bacteriol"u r i>t, has di ure for thai terrible disease, Leprosy. Be lias had, il is said, 29 •i
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    THE AMATEUR THEATRICALS,
    170 349 l;i>' eveniug the amateurs \\k<> aiv ]mitin«j; on the Rose of Auvergne* 1 and Ducli sa of Bay swat <r" lia<l a very successful <ln i ss r.--}i«Mr>;i) for t'i« i performances, which take plac i •«n Thursday, Saturday, and Monday, probably the 1 t-t appearauce i'<»r
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    A GOOD WORD FOR THE P.& O.
    218 349 Perfe4 ii Organised am» Managed.' 1 I had to choose between the different lines via the Suez < anal (-ays Mr T. V. S. Angler, the well-known Liverpool shipper, writing m Fair* play of v trip to the Southern Colonies) and. due \\fi'_'l»t
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    LAWLESSNESS IN B. N. BORNEO.
    321 349 Another correspondent writea from Borneo with reference to the account furnished u< <•!' tin* raiding of Kawang Railway Station on March ;>l. and too murder <>r" five persons. He :>r.s thiit vslu'ii the newi came m twenty poisons weru missing, and that therefore il was
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    MOUND FOR ST LOUIS.
    91 349 The magnificent new Pacific Mail Steamer 'Mongolia" will leave Hongkong on her maiden trip on Jose l'ith to that passengers from Singapore to the St Louis Exhibition will have to use all despatch as to which Tom D McKay will advide them. He is still ■Uying
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    THE N. Y. K. STEAMERS.
    217 349 BOMBAY SAILING To BE RBBI USD. by step the steamers of the Japanese Kippon Vusen Kaisha are resuming their usual runs. The coasting tervice of tl imere m Far Eastern waters has been resumed very recently, and has noi gof h <■;< to the conditions
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    TELUK BLANGAH LAND CASE.
    195 349 The Accused Discharged. Yesterday afternoon before Mr I>. Beat+.y the above case m which <;. d'Almeida, Eusope Mohamed bin Lebbaye, and Abdul Hamid, are charged with dishonestly inducinga Malay named Jeinahat, t» sign a deed conveying a certain piece of land ;ii Teluk Blangah, belonging to
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    BORNEO NOTES.
    429 349 (From our Correspondent. j There is no word yel of ;i new Governor for these jurts, but the consensus of opinion here is thai Mr E P. Gueritz, the present Acting Governor, will U» confirmed m the appointment m the course <>f the next month or two. Meantime
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    THE WAR.
    761 349 Japavmi Tobpbdors. It is stated by th** Vienna correspondent <»t a London newspaper that 81 Petersburg reports that Japanese Naval circles are highly dissatisfied with the ammunition and torpedo material purchased m America. It was du»* only to t\\<* inferiority <>}' the torpedoes am T Port Arthur thai
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    172 349 The '> > > Malay Status guides who are eomii down for the mobilisation will arrive a'> >ut the t»th and will U* encamped ;it. Tanglin. Mr E. Calder advertises the arrival of i shipineni <•!' horses, cobs and poniet Tlnv came bj the"Umta" and are -*»i<l to ai <»>.
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
    73 350 Tlk- y\*A% Moutblv Medal for Ladiss was Competed for on Monday, and resulted m tie between H*B Fowlie and Mrs Waddell. The till -<<.!•"» wen as follows. Mrs Wo r Hn Waddell s IS 13 Mre I, 51 B BO Bin Nich< laon <;s lfi .Mi
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    MISPLACED CONFIDENCE.
    96 350 < i ibe < Ihinese ov aer ongkn me of thi en >\ of his v» >>• imber from s man vi one of •1,,. i > i Singapore. >n the 29th b toi kang anchored m the i found it deserte I. He reported the matter to
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    SINO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE.
    201 350 Al>\ < A!: 1) BY VICBBOT Tm N A Canton telegram to the "N. C. l>- News* 1 il Vicero) Tsen Ch'un-hsuen, <•!' thai city, who, sii beginning of tin* preseni war betm »n Fapan and Russia, Im> liei-; Httedly i.: j Empress 1 > wag vr to
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    NEWS FROM PEKING.
    468 350 Oil X ATI. &OURCIB. It is reported that the Russian Minister haa afluenced certain of the palace eunuchs to lecretly report to him what transpires within the Palace between the Emperor and Empress Dowager and her Ministers Tlu>st> traitorous ennnehs rep< rl t.. the Russian Minister m
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    RUSSIA AND JAPAN.
    1273 350 The Quarterly Review contains a. remarkal»le article on the history of Russo-JapaneM-relations. It will attract attention not only for the freshness and detachment from tradition with which it surveya the recurd of Kussi.t'.s expansion m the Par Bast, l>ut for the Additional light which it throws upon
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    SINGAPORE v HONGKONG.
    395 350 A Comparison. A recent visitor to Hongkong writes to the 14 Hongkong Daily Press" from Singapore as follows 1 was really glacl to shake Hongkong*! decomposed granite <>fi" my boots. The rich vegetation here as compared with your more-or-less green, though comparatively speaking mangy hillside, is really
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    COMMERCIAL.
    32 350 May 81. "Correspondents wishing to makeenquiriei on c >mpany or financial questions and matters, may do so by addressing letters to Finance," e/o this offl and >auio bImU hare hit km.
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    EXCHANGE.
    57 350 (COSBSOTKD UP TO Mas 31.) Bank -i m/s p demmna j.. Private credit* 3 n crediti 6 d ill France, demand 239 Germany, demand... l'U T [ndia,T.T 142] BONGKONG, (leuiaj: i (Ji a Tokobama demand Java, Remand 114, Bangkok, demand 59 BOTURUIOMU, $!o. l-o Bank of Ku^'iaod Bate ;>
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    JOHN ROBERTS.
    679 350 Under the heading Comments of a Cuei the M Bportin£ Chronicle" In- the following ••Two very \>\-x matches till the public eve just now —the D&wson-Stevenson and il [nman affairs. They ccupj ,1 n m the columns -1 woted to th rent events of this character i I
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    A NEW STEAM LAUNCH.
    89 350 0 Yesterday afternoon the cow launcli "Hygeia** which has been bu b Riley, Hargre wes I the I*, i partmom undei her trials. The !i i" i> fit1o«l with special a] ships ;m<l this apparatus u;i>: used <>n tli^ coolie Bteamer "Chow Tai" 13 witl greal
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      45 350 WE ITHKK MrT. Taken at X v H r I 32 Pa uperature 77 5 Wei 7- 77 V Div. ol Wi. 8 NN W May. Temp, v Mi)i. do. 7_!'- i M.iv. m fi ll* Terr. rod. Thor. Ruinfii.! m 2 1 houra nil
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    TELEGRAMS.
    2789 351 ><'> 1 ">• Agency.) Russia has notified Autwerp and hV>tts«xtaai ship-brokers that she wants thirty more large deliverable ai Libau at the end of Jud< m company the Baltic Fleet. SI ordered a hundred of the latest tehead torpedi v lllTi *h m the possesf mof Japan. 1 ud
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      162 351 ANJEU SHIPpTnG REPORT, 8p .illy i ompfled /irl be "Singapore Free Press D;it Nationality and .lescripti >n of ressel Captain's name; Where ;.'n4 when Destination. M;w Dn< ~< r, M- Udei j Ba< May 18 B May I s Dwt. itr., Tani ;Co [I B i Rfay J Am el
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    SHARES.
    316 352 *3 3 May 31. Capital, k5 MINES. w BeUt Tin |10 10 300,0005.} 104 10 Benawah Gold 0rd. 10 7i 7f>,000 10 15$ l>.> Def... 10 10 40.000 11 Bruseb 11. Tin 10 lv 000,000 84 84 GopengTin ...jCI wCI jCIOO.OOO l(;J 16$ JelebuMin. &T. hiliq. 5 6 300,000
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      575 352 THE "Singapore Free Press' MERCANTILE ADVERTISES Cabli Amm:»->- "Advertiser*' Singapore. TELEPHONE NO. 61. Publishci at No 30-3 Raffles Place, Singapore The leading English Newspaper m the Strait Settlements; Johore, the Federated Native States of Perak, Selangor, Sungei L r jon<r. Pahang, the Negri Sembilan British North Borneo; Sarawak. Netlierlands lndi<-.>.
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      32 352 IN TH MALAY 1 INSULA A Short Account of tJ >sition oi Slam m the Stafc Kelautaii, Patani L3geh and Sai' Re-prlnted from the! Free Press." Price 50 i nts, Deo I*3
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      586 352 FASSENGBKS AKKIVED. May '2t>. Per Zibtttghb i Lieut. Dyes, Mr R. W. Bortliwick. Mr J. Mackertoun, aud Mr Shaik Bagdur. May 26. PeT De Eerens Mr En^ Siak. Mr PlSSSmore, Mr Danielsen, Mr and Mrs Rowland Allen, Mr van Niererraart, and Mr An^ Swe<* Tjiang. M:iv J7. Per Glenfarg Mrs
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      957 352 VESSELS IN PORT. vt Pl >-of-War Flap and Tons Commanders Arrived From Vr, r J/^,., Talhoi H.M.B. f crnisers6ooßayley May 10 Petuuig [Jnoertahi Sea Belle Ooi yacht 500 Alnnat May 12 Malacca ftoada SdiMev Col yacht 395 Murphy Kar 16 Malacca .v Qclderland Dnt. cruiser 641 Kock May 16 Sahai
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      362 352 Charterhouse, Brit, str., Kinghorn, !<•»• Penang. Newton Hall. Brit, str., H tier, for Porl via Basaein f.o. Sui Sang, Brit. str.. foung, for Penang anCalcutta Mena, Dut. str., Eoosain, for Batu Pal I Banka, Brit, str., Backhouse, for Anainhas an. Natunas Is. Pin Seng, Brit, str., Davidson, for PoH Bwe<
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