The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 11 January 1905

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    Masthead
    19 17 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. No 911 T HIRD SERIES WEDNESDAY, JANUARY il, 1905
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      Births.
      97 17 < >n the JHh inst at M Rosel.ank'". Mount Eiizabeth, the wife of G. BCHUBBL, of a son. On Dec., 1« at H. B. M. Consulate Bwatow t wii»> ol Bobbbt Willis, of daaghter. On Dec., k 2 r > ai :I7», Kian-se Road, BhsAghai, the wife of W.
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      Marriages.
      72 17 r»n kkam-Pekkett. On Dec Bth, 1904, m London, Charles Edwin (Vkram to Elsie Pbibitt. On Dec, 21 at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, by the Rev. A. J. Walker, M.A. Gillespie Ei»waki)s to Maroakkt Hume, both of Shanghai. On the 30th November, si the residence of P. .1. Stolt'ers, Es«i.,
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    • Obituary
      Deaths.
      116 17 On Deceniber 7th, at Laneside House, (iomersall, Fuedeiu* Hknry Stkkle Kindbk. aged 5 noiiths, the beloved son of Frei>kbic Thomas and Eimth E. Kindek. On December 2.'>, at the Isolation Hospital, Shanghai, M inn IE A. Seldon, aged 27 years. On Decemlter 2S. at S2, Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai,
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    Port Arthur and After. Jan. 5.
    752 17 ilf -.i the Tress t):r IVople's right ■i*inl» UfMtMd by influence and unbribed by gaia; '•'<• patriot Truth her glorious precepts draw, '.-ml to Rrliaion. Loyalty and Law. In the wire references to Gen Stoessel's despatches to the Tsar and m statements by various
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    A Useful Harbour Lead.
    352 17 Jau. 6, We should be sorry to think that the truncated appearance of the Victoria Hall Tower is due to any uninformed con-ideration for the complete visibility of the Fort Canning harbour light. Everybody who knows the A B C of navigation, knows the immense value
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    Undiscriminating "Butter."
    717 17 Undiscriminating Butter." We fauev that Lord SILBOBWE, m his Wolverhampton speech ou the war, felt bound as a matter of official etiquette to bestow an equal share of platitudinous commendation on the two belligerent armies. He contrives to place his audience iv the position of the proverbial creature that was
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    • Advertisement
      Page 17 Advertisements Column 1
      361 17 CONTENTS. I iting Butter. 17 RnssiaO Battleship, IS Denial, 18 u t st- eosal, Is A.g itIOII m Kussia, 18 Intelligence Appointment, 18 uidron of Crocks, 1# w Sit lation, W y me Ordinance, 19 Farm Ci "8 Again, 27 ...21 (j C, 86 S] orts, -J> Dannian, 27 p
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    • Advertisement
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      102 17 Fraser and Cumming. Offices i 7c Battery Road. Sawmills Johore Bharu. Brick Works i Balestier. Timber Merchants PRIME HARD-WOOD, cut by our own men m the best districts, and steam sawn to any size. WORKED TIMBERS, Flooring Boards accui ately planed, tongued and grooved by the best machinery, under the
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      221 17 THE WEEK. The outward mail of l>er 1 1> arrived by the I*. A. 0. Simla oil Sunday morniug the mail of Dec lt> comes by theZietea on Friday and that of Dec 23rd is due by the Polvnesien on Jan 10. This homeward mail goes by the Zamania to-day,
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    Alleged Loss of a Russian Battleship.
    738 18 Jan. 7. 1 1 the newt proves true, a grave disaster has befallen the Baltic Anna la. Apparently either m tearing Aiit*>ii _cil Bay, <»r m its approach to Diego Soarez, the flagship of Admiral Rozhdikst\knsky"s battleship squadron, the Kuiaz Suvaroft", Ls reported t->
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    An Official Denial.
    315 18 Just about noon. Renter furnishes a telegram stating that M the loss of the Kaiaz Suvarolf is absolutely denied at St Petersburg." Were it not for the llussi;ui official habi^ ot' concealment and denial of ever /thing lik*» a reverse m war we should of course promptly
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    The Truth about Stoessel.
    398 18 Aimwiiently Gen. Stoksski, is n<>i quite so much of a hero as the outside world has given him credit for. There is apparently to be an enquiry and a court martial over the aiTiir of the surrender at Port Arthur Anfl that among other things, will
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    Thh Reform Agitation in Russia.
    668 18 Jan <». It would be idle to attempt to minimise the meaning ol the telegrams to-day referring to the wide-spread political agitation m Russia. Although it is the war and Russian misfortunes m the war thai have precipitated this agitation at the moment, vet it
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    A Naval Intelligence Appointment.
    287 18 Capts P. Peacock, r m. a., <; aud J. G rover, r. m. i.. i., nave been apt. as Intelligence Officers at Colombo, Hong and Singapore respectively. Capf Gh verwk arrived by the mail was recently H.M.B. Formidable. This officer was iu.ll distinguished m his examination
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    A Squadron of Crocks.
    362 18 Jan. I<> It is hardlj possible to take quite m rious the telegraphed statement thit Russia posi's to send out at the end of thi^ m or the beginning of February another >wy\•.••mentary squadron to join Admiral Roshdies vkxskv. There is a list of these ships
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    The War Situation.
    548 18 The neatest comment on the whole nay.i at ion omnprUed m the lliltu- Bad M l v ir, tlu* J.ipuiu'st' sc uts in eqtiaU»riai WAn tfM ■qnadroQitiag near rt.ruios.i.MiuM"' tlei't m lUp^Ott, i-J U) l».^ t\>HU«l tft« •tatenient that M J«pan tow <lt«i«l*l Port Arlh-ur ifjt«> naval
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    The Morphine Ordinance.
    896 19 Sheading A Queer Settlement the ■■'•1 Druggist" of Dec. 10th say* thai lUrpbine Ordinance which hae been incidentally travesties the thnetle "chemist ami druggist.' 1 It, •"it these columns (says the thf Ordinance originated ia 'i" "tli.ial opium farmer (a iVil 'n i finding thai be is
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    155 19 Listen to a tale of woe from IJ. N. Borneo. Poonasawmy. a K lint< overseer, on the Railway, at the 27 j mile, ]j;i.J a luck? escape a monib Ago. His sister-in-law, by name Leah, a Bcsaian worn a i). L?*t\e him a. good «>unce of t^l.iss finely ground i:i
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    THE WAR.
    978 19 The Baltic Squadron. A Japanese paper jalleges that the reports of the Baltic Squadron having abandoned its eastward voyage may be credited, as the diplomatic remonstrances addressed to certain Powers In Japan have so greatly complicated the question of coaling as to render the prosecution of the voyage
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    THE ASSIZES.
    959 19 Before the Chief Justice. Amat bin Jafar was yesterday convicted of house trespass m order to commit theft, and theft m a dwelling house. He had eight previous convictions and was sentenced to five year's rigorous imprisonment. Lin Kit Seng was charged with counterfeiting. He was arrested by
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    THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1905.
    842 20 Miss Daisy Leiter was quietly married to the Earl of Suffock at Washington on Dec 26th. It has been decided to withdraw to India one of the native Infantry regiments at Hongkong without relief. The annual North Borneo dinner was held m the Hotel Cecil on
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  • Correspondence.
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      Those Handsome Gates.
      49 20 To the Editor. Dear Sir, It is probably not generally known that the two pairs of handsome iron gates to the Governor's entrance to the Council Chamber, referred to m your issue of yesterday, are duplicates of the gates m front of Buckingham Palace. N. T.
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    SUICIDE OX H. M.S. WHITING.
    138 20 The Lieutenant-Commander Takes His Life. A sad tragedy occurred on board the torpedo boat destroyer Whitiut* on the morning of Dec 90 wlieu it was discovered that Lieutenant Commander Jellicoe, the officer commanding the vessel, had committed suicide. The tragedy was discovered shortly before 9
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    THE POSTAL GUIDE.
    115 20 This useful hardy annual for 1905 bears m its increased bulk the mirk of the progress made m facilities for the transmission to all parts of the world of articles by |<os'. Published with and by the authority of the Postmaster General it is tneofficialguide 'jook m
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    THE LAND SPORTS.
    69 20 The Committee of the New Year Land Sports determined last evening to bold the postponed sports on the Race Course on Saturday next unless there is so much rain before that time as to render the ground unusable. Noiit'i' will given m Saturday's paper if tho Sports
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    THK RUSSIAN TRIBUTE TO THE JAPANESE.
    255 20 The opinion of a colonel of a Co»savli 'v^-.-inent <>v the tiixhtiu^ qualities of t!.' j .1 ipauese army is reported by the Nice correspoutleui 4 the Journal" who has visite<l him a1 the l»\:^--sian convalescent home there. Colonel Zodofr uk« bine, who was
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    224 20 The marriage of Mist Hana Aoki, daughter of Viscount Aoki, Privy Councillor, t.» Couui Hatzfeldt, attache to the German Legation, was solemnized m the Rom m C it h >lie < !hurch, Tsukiji, Tokio, on December 19. Orders have been plicei at d't'c'v l.v the Norddeutscher Lloyd for llie Imildiug
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    THE STRAITS ASSOCIATION.
    1687 20 The Singapore Harbour Improvement Scheme. A meeting of the Straits Settlements Association was held at 120, Fenchurch-street, on Ist ult. Mr W. Adamson, C. M. G\, presided, and the following gentlemen were present Messrs P. \V. Auchincloss, S. (lilfillan, M. Behr. "Dr Brown, J. Graham, Junr.. J.
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    HONGKONG STEAMER OVERDUE.
    191 20 HONGKONG STEAM ER OVERDUE. (►n thi M\m i. a Bun. Grave iVars arc being entertained regs the safety of the steamship Legazpi, wrli now six days overdue <m the run froui H kong to Manila. The Legazpi is an A owned vessel of 600 torn register, anil to the tirin
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    58 20 AmoDgst the DMwi Doted player* of whom M A. P. gives ;i li>t, men tin i of MMM fourteen, we set* Ihe name i>i Winfieia-Bonser bdttded. li hvphttu when he was m Singapore, bul sume that weakness has Iteea coutract< his sei'oud marriage). Well, ;is t!i-» inemlH»r his wliist-plavii:^ ln'.«'.
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    LICENSING JUSTICES.
    258 21 meeting of the Hoard of Licensing Justii m the Magistrate'! Court yetter- th< re being pn i >n1 lff< »sn E if. W\ Vade, W. i md 'I' S Tho ason. iel Police Officer, Mr the < and Spirit b*r of a» plicanta v il ii jn -r
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    GENERAL NOGI AND HIS SONS.
    68 21 I n. The tt; the ill HilL Wlvn death ach^d tb^ olding of .iiv funeral ::it unli se li d \'<>:t a >mbined MBB. The ••li.-ii ya i feeling young b Hill .How the occupation found ,1 b ore tl f i j Nogi, Eind
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    ATHLETIC NOTES.
    1508 21 Although the Sea and Land Sports for New Wr's I> (l y hardly come under the heading o£ Athletics, they are sport m a good sense. This witb fall knowledge that the natives who take part m them relish the next .lay's visit to the honorary treasurer with
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    PESCADORES UNSAFE FOR SHIPPING.
    290 21 (Manila Cdblenew* Service) San Francisco, i>uth December. Japan has notified the State department at Washington ih.a American shipping must keep at least, twenty miles away from the Pescadores Islands, off the weal coasi of Formosa. The limit includes the Pescadores Strait between the islands m question
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    106 21 At Shanghai, it appears, gas is a much cheaper illuininani than electricity. A correspondent of a con&mporary say's thai lie is payingjust twice as much for li#hl since he bad the electric Bystem put m. He has to pi bulf ;i tael monthly <or !>i>v <.} iho meter whereas his
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    FRIDAY, JAN. 6, 1005.
    1423 21 ril T¥ first ni X ]lt the Iroqnoii Theatre m Chicago m re-opened, aiV r the frightful holocaust of a year ago, it was packed. v £i«mt-Geuer i Tsuchiyk and Majo Q teral Hakamura, v seriously wo I m Iheattack on Metre HUI, are pr favourably.
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    AUSTRALIA'S MAIL SERVICE.
    158 22 Thi I. A O. Cn's Attitude. Sir Thomas Sutherland, Chairman oi directors of the P. A 0. Co, Raid a1 a meeting of shareholders.of the companj held on Dec 13, thai owing to the attitude of the Commonwealth, the directors might hare to consider the expediency of
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    WRECK OF ss. WORKFIELD.
    464 22 The British steamer Work field, Capt Broad-, head, was wrecked off the Cape of Good Hope, Swatow, on Dec 24, and her crew have now arrived at Hongkong. The Workfield, which was practically a new bout, having been launched only three years ago, left Cardiff, on
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    SHIPLOAD OF SCHOOL BOYS.
    501 22 Coming to Si n< a.fore. liroal Britain has been visited by a ship i In 1 oung America,*' which repress an educational pxperimeut on purl of i I tiited Stat**s of consid**riiblo uovoltv In i^ouug Am Tici Sii^letl from Newport I beginuiiig of October, with 25<J
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    66 22 The ii:iti>li steamer Powderhani, Capl Toms, arriwri ;il Colombo «>:: Dec 20, witli ;t cargo of coal from Birry, for .Hongkong. The pilot iimkLj tlie rt>llowiug remark m tli<* shipping report; Ail tho iofonniilion tin* captain would me regarding liis c;irgo was thai h< i bad about 1,000 tons on
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    SUGAR AND PARTY POLITICS.
    366 22 When a famine occurs m India Sir William We«lderburn and his co-faddists blame the Government. In like manner when a drought has affected the continental beet-crop, the opposition is laying that the riso m the price 01 sugar is all the fault of tin* wicked government.
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    MR M. W. PETT.
    522 22 i ha <l parture for Singapore, our new Fire Superintendent, Mr M. VV. Petl was the brio a1 Exeter, where his her is uperinl ndeut. The Devon and rere desirous of showing Mr M. b ;ted him and lmw 3 mi well m the City of
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    CAPTAIN ROST'S LEPROSY CURE.
    57 22 Si CCEBSFUL 1 i:si LTB. leprosy iiijeetion treat meni coutimu '> attract attention. A paper m the •Ln lido Medical (iazette. published m Cal«:.r.-~ liat unl of 120 oases m which lieeu *r;-'«i i»i Burma fourteen have ix^n rli^jhxr^eJ us and twenty li;iv«« iinprov♦••l *«i m
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    THE 1ST BUFFS EAST KENT.
    123 22 This regiment which armed home ia h ber has \x>en on foreign service for the p yean. The regiment left England m Malta, and later served m the Stra ments au.l India, participating m the Campaign. Bubaeaoentlv the bat stationed at Poona, and aboul 1-
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    A SPIRIT FARM CASE.
    73 22 I .i Sen rl ig this ni Mr i j i Mr Jeu peared Montagu Han is J .D'- tbe de < wil bml i d principal wil n for evidenca i i duck a nd a i ug l|ouse cross ex iini >1 Montagu Harris.
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    THE AMERICAN HUMBERT CASE.
    121 22 THE AMERICAN HUMBERT CASE. London, Dec L3.— The Kew V ■t Mrs Jhodwi si v. bo bas h wforgery aul uttering, i' and w number «>l H ,il m to a bs< t< j with young siuj» circumstances, *nd then levied blucktnai them r v-'i ]i\ com Li with 1
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    BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.
    336 22 <>n I>< 6 Sir Charles J lie annua .<•• .!i 1 > rneo dinner, h< I Hot* < Jecil. Among i and Mount li«»\ al, his E <". Jen, biu iter L Admiral the 1 [on t: ir E W !l. Treaclier, Mr \V C. Cowie i
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    THE YARN OF THE "ESSEX" WHALER.
    2958 23  - THE YARN OF THE "ESSEX" WHALER. Cyrus- Town send Brady I i disasters there is none more m cause or more appalling m the loss of the whale-ship Esse^" was a veU-found Ired and thirty-eight tons, wras ber c ipt kin, with M ktes. six of ber wei 2 Th
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    LI HUNG-CHANG AND MANCHURIA.
    663 23 All the high Chinese officials know very well that the man who told Chi > RRussiaa a sale which was fortunately not < pleted, owing to the patriotic oppositi i i the Tangtzse and Southern Viceroys— was the t -man whom his foreign flatterers described as
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    21 23 Rang Vu-wei, the Chinese Reformer, haa arrived at Victoria (B. C where he wil accorded ;t reception hy the Chinese residents.
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    THE STORY OF THE CALCHAS.
    769 24 The 9 < ><•<•.) m Steamship "Calcba** 1 Capt. Hanuali, being now iv port, the following details of her capture will prove of interest. The cap mm i! *nd ageuts could not any statement for publication, but the S. P. Morninj Post i privi diaries
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    HOW TO RULE THE FILIPINOS.
    634 24 ORD. •i •l- q roni dard i i I] o PUil i p i 1 0 r 1 1 iSv? ii- i t oew mib i r of I lie X i r M On ll to tk with sou re those of ihe 1)<
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    14 24 'l^ie Lf'viathau arrived at Colombo <>n Dec '2*>. <in<l s,iil«'<l next evening for Malta.
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    "THE LIVING DUPLICATE."
    996 24 "Jim dear— l rather like it!" "Only four rupees, Sahib! very good thing, good brass work, Sahib." Jim Stone and Marjory Blair were engaged after three months of M heaven," Jim was returning to his regiuient on the morrow, and he and Marjory were out 1 for
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    RUSSIAN SHIP BUILDING ORDERS.
    259 24 A Frk\< ii Vn;v The following is a translation of eu by M. Robed Pitoval, m khe" E i et de La Met illurgie Russians .ilnsuly placed, and v to give out, .orders for cruisers, b ti and iorpedo-lioats, to replace those h< »t t«»m or
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    CHINA'S ARMY AND NAVY.
    145 24 CHINA'S ARMY AND NA VY. AS< i The Peking i orn *p >nd ml t {<■: M r.'->t rl i i iin hy t( '.'.:r :i-/'i hi w Ije i Up. 1 it'll i ">..i!'iui- s; m < i D part men! nd i '> ih, Li:J^kia»^, an I Hul
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    BRITAIN'S RACE FOR THE WORLD'S COMMERCE.
    1277 25  -  Sir Swire Smith All Rights I N'MTved. Bi defined m an v inge I !i individual! or nations. surplus thai it can Some -v '•> nature m ith 1 much i\ Burpiui of Bul ire i 1 ibute I m irer b is i
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    THE PADRE IN SCOTLAND.
    1249 25 No. CL The Pek pl (Continued ii Lrst 1< tter on •he Penl I mds, i noted nn it surpri that 1 i ibui U either know my ►u1 i ':n <>>• are to be seen ou tl I uthen ►pea. Thousands of Edinhurghers innwthe .Mj>-.
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    THE GAME OF SINGLE POOL.
    256 25 Lv commencing aße i m "The World of Billiards on sii Mr S. A. Mussabini says that if i r offspring of tJic billiard table has !;il'. a i I limes, tbi ■•■ra -v i i mi QisLincI -n. the was when K>d on the
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    UNPAID JUSTICES' JUSTICE.
    50 25 Hi- Worship (t<> grocer who hat b en, /,',/< Ihi icily for aduileratum): "An* qow, uij man, t :k»- «i bit of advice horn one wlio his !>•• v m the trade over forty years without a single conviction Keep strictly within the four eornen of tl.e
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    SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1905.
    861 26 The Manager of the Belat Jin Mining 00., reports 800 pikuls of tin ore as the output from the mines for November 1904. Miss Murkena and Miss Merrylees, the accomplished musicians of the London Ladies Trio, c.i me down from Hongkong by the Beng I jresterdaj
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1099 26 Quicquid agunt homines nostrl est farrago libelli. Juvenal. Since last the Topieist addressed his kindly readers, and just after the Old Year had turned his back upon us, the Topic of the Year was proclaimed to au expectant world. It i.s true that the Great belong*
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    ANGLO-AMERICAN RELATIONS.
    134 26 ANGLO-AM ERICAN RELATIONS. "Times'' Correspondent.) New York, Dec 8. The reported intention of the British Admiralty I<> withdraw most of its warships from American stations is described as a unique eomplimeni to this country. As a proof of the good understanding between England ami the United S ates it is
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    AQTATICS.
    398 26 The rowing race for men-of-war's l>» »;ii s which .should have been held at the Regatta on Monday, but »vas postponed 011 account of 1 >;nl weather conditions, was rowed oil" yesterday. There waa a strong wind and sufficient sea to make rowing unpleasant for any craft except sea-going
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    THEFT BY A "BOY."
    75 26 THEFT BY A BOY." The police yesterday received information 1 bat Mr wrighi of Mansfield Co had been robbed of $178. Mr Wright who had been out, returned home to iiii<l thai the money had been stolen t'ivm Ins room. Hi* Hylam "boy' had also disappeared, and the police have
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    BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP OF INDIA.
    62 26 BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP OF INDIA. Calcutta, December 27. Last night the boxing championship of [ndia, with a side bet of RlO,OOO, was decided at the Rink. There was an enormous crowd to see tli<' match. Sergeant Smith won (Msilv, the refaree Btopping the fight m the second round, as 81 Clair
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    CHEAP TELEGRAMS IN INDIA ENORMOUS INCREASE OF TRAFFIC.
    131 26 Calcutta, Dec 22nd.— The following interesting memo has !k<>u received from the Telegraph Department The introduction of "he four-anna telegram !i;i>: occasioned aii enormous increase m ih<number <!' messages and a corresponding increate iv wires has been necessitated. This year the Telegraph
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    CRICKET IN 1905.
    88 26 The following fixtarei irere confirmed at tha meetiu«, f of County Seonstariei ;«t L ntU 1 Test matches England v A.ustraliaofl m,, '2 .K at Nottingham June 5, at Lord 1 j u |y m Yorkshire; July 24, at Man [uinilf 14. at the Oval. July (>,
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    SEPOY LINKS GOLF CLUB.
    37 26 Tii folio i ih nn 7. B. i). Hewan B 8 P. lie si pi, s 2 P. i> W. (i. E !<J \V. P. Waddell > 1 pllM 2 11. D. Jon< V>
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    EXTRADITION CASE.
    61 26 Av'in an lllt brouj ing a< the i tlu Dutch on a cliarge <»t' havi i I KKJ nruil Mr Montagu Han cused and after evidence o i am! arrest li id been pis uoutended i whilsi .-<> was unsatisfactory, th i of possession was non-existent. The Court
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    SELANGOR NOTES.
    171 26 Malay Mail.") l H. M. Harri >n has '■>:•, ed Dig•.ii, Riiub, vice Mr i Scow, res igned. Mir A Elubback baa just passed the mI examination <>i ih« 1; Br '< ish Architect 8, a; i tnembei *'i' that body, wiih ti;<> righl ■!>■ the letters A.
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    435 26 This of course <!i<l not happ q a1 anj Singa* pore Kel»l day [rate Colonel (a1 manoeuvres, to subaltern, who baa made a mistake): nes, rouaro a durned i<><i. sir!" Subaltern (reseating): "Excuse me, sir, F am i a durned 'fool. 1 Colonel: "Well, sir, then \>u re i actor."
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    "RUSSIAN SCANDAL."
    100 27 RUSSIAN SCANDAL." A PMTTY S*«»ry. fhfl Petersburg correspondent of tlie •I,okalanzeiger" telegraphs that: man named Gunsburg, who wh coinmis,.,,i),.l l.\ tbe Russian Admiralty to supply the p i!i<-li<-t with <-<>als and otlier necessaries, dtoSI Petersburg. He states that 1: r rai known 1 1 1« t-*? would be war the
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    UNMANNED INDIA-RUBBER BALLOONS.
    170 27 a lul Leal S i>r L. I jical Sei rice, m [taly with i tg pho ogr ed, »'i' I i i lieir fight m c i ni >. I for t »na lit i< ;il >i;iii«>n ii > ::<• graphical m mountains and ons used re
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    165 27 H"\v iderable is the industry of shipbuilding m Singapore is shown l>v a Little book "•'I by Messrs Biley Hargreaves Co, showing the sols buill by that linn, who have their ship-yard Tanjong Bhu, with a B *ip and a full staff of Europeans m each k) "i Ue book
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    MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1905.
    812 27 H.M.S. Rosario was paid off and passed into the reserve at Hongkong on Dec -ft On Wednesday morning last a fire broke out m the private bouse of Mr C. W. Parr, Teluk Anson, no great damage was done. Towkav Loke Yew has again obtained the
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    THE CHRISTMAS MASQUE.
    249 27 A pretty entertainment was given at the Towh Hall on Saturday night (7th) m aid of the funds for the erection of a new building for St. Mary's House. There was a fair attendance which ought to have been larger considering the very real excellence of the
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    SUPREME COURT.
    138 27 A special jury is called for to-morrow ai the Crimiual Assizes to try whal is known as the "military cheating case." Mr. Gh I". Raine appears for the accused, P. X dengues. Mr Justice Leslie Thornton will don the crimson robe for the remainder of the Assizes, one
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    BERSAWAH GOLD MINING Co.
    69 27 The result of work, for Dec 1904, at the Beraawah <foM ]Nlin.* La reported by the Secretary as followi Si oin* crashed 1 70 tons gold obtained 65 oz 7 dwt.; average per ton 7.7 dwt. Owing to heavy water having been struck m \\ic mine,
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    POLICE NEWS.
    149 27 On Saturday list three Javanese and a Bugs*is were charged with having burglariously entered a house at the fourth mile .<ron*\ Bukit Timah-rd, on Saturday night, and stolen therefrom a number »>i" miscellaneous articles, consisting chiefly of Btores, ■.•i;_v. 3 and cooking utensils. The premises where the burglary
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    299 27 The two headmen of Tambun, British North Borneo, had a long-standing dispute about a jewel from ;i dragon's head. One bought ii from the other for $85 but did not observe the usual caveat emptor. When he found it was the glass stopper of ;i sola water bottle the tr<»\i
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    "T. OF M." INTERVIEWS.
    900 27 Interesting Chat with Mr \Y. Dhnman. HIS VIEWS ON THE x.MAS CRICKET. In spite of defeats we found the redoubtable Duuman of Singapore smiling as blandly as the proverbial heathen Chinee. He was m i^ay spirits and consented to be impaled upon the pencil of the
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    A NEW RUBBER CO.
    127 27 A DISTJ n«.uished Director. So 5745 The Sungei Way (Selangor) Robber Company (Limited), 44 West George Street, Glasgow; capital 660,000 m 11 shares; to adopt an agreement with the Selangor Rubber Company (Limited), and to carry on m the Straits Settlement or elsewhere the business of
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      78 27 X RAILWAY. n i.A li\ KPOB. M.S. ft x t, to come ig an u| exp jerviee n ill 1 1 in 1 t ible 7 am. 7.34 8.35 io.i: I l 1 5 12.51 am. ii 1 J-J im Ifc ihu pur I impur, nn X i.i Lutnpur liaa
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    THE P. AND O. STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.
    1352 28 Sir Thomas Sutherland, m.i\, the chairman of the P. and O. Steani Navigation Company, delivered an inU resting address at the sixtyfourili annual meeting, which was held m the afloat of the company, Leadenhall Street on Dec 1^». Th<i result of the year's
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    NEW YEAR SPORTS.
    543 28 For the discomforts experienced *m tlie attempts to any through the sea and bund Bporti on Monday last, the clerk of the weather on Saturday made ample amends. Sunshine and cloud, a pleasant breeze and no ram mark^ the afternoon. The ground was rather rough a> a
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    194 28 The body of a Chinaman was found on El^in Bridge thii morning, and yesterday the body of a full grown Chinaman was found washed up •n the Beach-rd reclamation. Four gentlemen wont out to dine. They were Arthur Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, L<>rd Charles Beresford, an 1 the Japmese .Minister. Mr
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    RICE.
    1193 28 Rice has been not inaptly described as the Proteus of the kitchen, and m the thousand and one disguises which it can assume at the shortest notice may be found a sufficient justification for the epithet. It is doubtful, indeed, whether any other natural product all the world over
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    THE WAR.
    163 28 Gcon< T^ i]l(W standard oi J Lll the huip re m on way. bays Mr M« ckenzie ia the D can run a Rreat war cheaper I r >v on ej.rtli. Tl servant m bis dealm i th< nation a II I; '<»■ ib ,r,, m the m
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    THE ARMIES OF KUROPATKIN AND OYAMA.
    419 28 [NADEQUAC* O] THE SIBEBIAM Kai,.u.v. The X. C. Herald," writing under da* oi P-- thus descril condition of the opposing armies employing Fabian tactics near Muk l< n The armies of General Kuro P»tkin uvA Fia] (n;;i:;;, are stiJJ codfronting each other south of
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    137 28 A case of houaebreaking is report d Prom Ko6wisou-rd. The t!ii yes broke into llh i;rMins.s occupied by n dealer named La?i and Buc!co.iel m decamping with son c jewellen and ln>Ji linen. Two young men >m-t, and game -i pi og was proposed. Quo did not md *a i
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    TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1905.
    1559 29 The ss. Cydonia, wliich had been for five Jays on Blenheim Shoal, left here for Shanghai yesterday Hie Transport Clive with relief troops from Bombaf arrived here at Ipm to-day. She i« lying at the New Harlmtir AVharf. For tailing to report a case of small-pox
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    PEACE RUMOURS
    154 29 Tin M Patrie," m a telegram from London, announces that Pricce Karl of Hohenzollem was "barged by the German Eoiperor with a mission to the Emperor of Japan and General Kuropatkin, and adds that the comparative trantjuility on the Sha-ho for the last month may perhaps be attributed
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    THE SPORT OF KINGS.
    1010 29 Some Stray Notes. (By Belmont.) So Mr "Tim" Bailey has disposed of most of his horses, and, as far as I can think, his racing interests must be now almost confined to his share m Sandy, Bara and Starlight. The latter is a good horse and
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    THE MANCHESTER REGIMENT.
    156 29 The Manchester Regiment reached Madras m the Avoca on Monday the 19th December, after two or three days of very bad weather m the Bay of Bengal. This was supposed to \>e due to a cyclone that had occurred further south. Both Monday and Tuesday were pouring
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    MAIL NEWS.
    882 29 Renpej'ting the Mexic m cm- eney schem-i aa explained by Senor Limantour, the FintuicMinister, although the Bill give* power to alter die design of the Mexican dollar, if considered desirable, this course will not be adopted at th<* start, as the (jovenrnent do not fear contraband importation of
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    ENGLAND'S PLACE IN THE EMPIRE.
    2701 30  -  ARNOLD WHITE [All Rights Reserved.]* BURDENS WE BE\R FOR UNTAXED COLONISTS. BY I- Kigiand fairly treated by the rest of the Empire r Oni itt ing fractions England defrays 7^ per cent, of Imperial expenditure, Scotland 10 per cent, and Ireland 2 per cent. The
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    EXIT THE DIPLOMATIC MOUSTACHE.
    238 30 The v Daily Graphic says Mlf we may believe a writer m a French contemporary, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has issued an edict forbidding the personel of the Quai dO r .say to wear moustaches. The prohibition does not extend to the diplomatic body, and
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    219 30 The following are the handicaps for the Club Handicap and Paddock Cup, Races '> and H o f the First Day's Races. 5. The Club ll>— iiiii Value *5,(X>O. A Handi. ;ip fur all Horiei t1... second to reeei c j>7.jO an i the third $250 <»,it
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    POLLAK-VIRAG HIGH-SPEED TELEGRAPH.
    639 30 POLL AK- VI RAG HIGH-SPEED TELEGRAPH. A demonstration was ghcn recently at the Carlton Hotel, m the presence of the Au>tioEfungarinn Ambassador, of th-^ Pollak-Virag highspeed writing telegraph, which reproduces messages transmitted by it m a sort of italir script. It use* two live wires and an earth return, and.
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    47 30 The Perak Rifle Awtci&tiou number* 146, 61 at Taipeug, al Fpob and 27 at Tij-;ili. 01 t!i<« 110 Meoibera trim completed l'.«r! I «>t the Miuketr^i coane, 100 qualified. The Maxim gun ha* now b.M.n teot dowo to TeluK AnMB« where there is no T+ngß at present.
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    THE REMNANTS OF THE RUSSIAN FLEET.
    231 31 These telegrams from the North refer to the fa* inrvivißff items of the once powerful Port \rilmr squadron Shanghai J«B 2. Four Russian torpedoboal dest royers arrived at Chefoo this morning from Pott Arthur. It is believed these form whole of the Ruasiaji fleet
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    NEWS FROM PEKING.
    178 31 reported that Ku sian troops have eomenced an aggressive movement m BfongoUa, and thai they have been robbing the inhabitants their hordes, sheep, and grain, etc. The ..•tting worM and worse dnily. The mounted brig«inda frequently ooom m ooataet with these Russian marauders, and bloodj con- r.-
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    THE POSITION ON THE SHAHO.
    276 31 The views of an officer about the position QtheShaho are published m a Japanese paper i Dec LB. He iayi that the enemy*! chief entration is a< Tasban Mid that most of :i".\l\ arriving troops an sent to Fushun. t v engagements arising out of
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    THE HONGKONG HARBOUR MURDERS.
    175 31 In the case of Eric Hoginann, Charles S .uith ii 1 VViUian X.i-<»m, who were ooatiofced ai the H Mekong Buprew« Court on December 23, and 'i^i: <i to <VitW for the mvrJer of Chau Yee, an woman, El is Bxcsllenty the Governor hts decided thai
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    PRACICAL EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES.
    204 31 The Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Department, is m receipt of a number of bulletins published by the Bureau of Educational Manila, which show that the system of public instruction introduced into the islands is eminently practical. One school that will have a profound influence
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    CHINESE HATRED FOR EUROPEANS.
    405 31 Times COBSMPOHDSKT.) Paris, Deo. 6. The Matin n publishes an aoconttt of a conversation which its special correspondent m the Far East, writing from Chifu. has had with Cheng Xi Tottg, well known some years ago m Continental society as a popular member of the Chinese
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    WHY HINDS ARE LONG LIVED.
    128 31 Birds aiv supposed to live nm.-h longer than mammal*. Possibly it is, among othor tiling. because they have beaks insteid of teeili. All carnivorous boasts become woak sad liable to starvation as their teeth drop out or bre:»k. Neither are the herbivorous animals m much
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    BREACH OF TRUST.
    210 31 Accused Given a Chance. Before tbe Bench Court yesterday one Haji Abu Hasan. trader, was charged with criminal breach of trust m respect of $800 which had been entrusted to him by a person m Batavtt for the purpose of purchasing a ticket to Jed«laJi for a
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      1822 31 A Russian naval officer at Chefoo said to Reuter's correspondent that the news that Gen. Stoessel was prepared to treat for surrender was received by the soldiers at Port Arthur with a sfnse of the utmost relief. For a month past severe wounds had been welcomed, because that
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      GENERAL.
      705 32 TLt* American report on the U S. Merchant Marine has been submitted to Congress. Its proposals include subsidies to new mail route- and the adoption of measures to stimulate the American carrying trade with South Africa and the Far East. The Daily Telegraph correspondent at Oair*' says that iv
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    135 32 SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. (Special to the "Singapore Free Press.") Hongkong, Jan 4, 3.46 pin, H.M.S. Andromeda left for Port Arthur this morning with additional medical officers and medical stores. Hongkong, Jan 9, 10.52 a.m. Stoessel and seven other Generals who have been paroled am proceeding home via Shanghai. The Russian vessels
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    JAPANESE CONSULAR TELEGRAM
    222 32 [By Godrtest of Me Takak*., H. L J. M Consul.] Received at 8.45 a.m. to-day. Our Port Arthur Army Reports Oitter is being maintained m the town. Its population consists of 10,000 civilians and 25,000 combatants, of whom 20,000 are sick and wounded. There are some provisions
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    SHARES.
    332 32 Jan. 10. oS'3& Capital. >» c MINES. I I BelatTin $10 10 300,00) 7.75 7.75 BersawahGold 0rd.... 10 7i 75,000 13.00 Do Def... 10 10 40,000 8 Bruseh H. Tin 10 10 600,000 3.50 Duff Development Co. XI XI X 400,000 12.5 Gopeng Tin ...XI XI £100,000 16 Kadana
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    EXCHANGE.
    62 32 (Corrected up to Jan. 10.) Bmk -i in<a i'llic deumuu 1/11 j Pr i rata credi U3n/i 1 1 1 J M credits (> m/s 2 Francb, demand 24(1 Germany, demand... £<H) India, T. T 145] Hon<ikono, dfe«n;iud I par. Yokohama doniau«] Dt>.^ Java, demaivl Il7; Bangkok, demand 59
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      531 32 VESSELS IN PORT. CLEARANCES. January 5. Jeserie, Brit, str., Shotton, for Shanghai. Merkus, Dut. str., Riet, for Sambas. G. G. Meyer, Dut. str., Vos, for Muntok and Palembang. Redang, Siamese str., Raun, for Bangkok via ports. Resident Schiff, Dut. str., Sudin, for Rhio. Spondilus, Brit str., Moses, for Dover f.*>.
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      545 32 January It. Rajah of Sarawak, Sar. str., Moxon, for Sarawak Giang Seng, Brit, str., Duulop, for Samarang via ports. St. Fillans, Brit, str., McPherson, for Manila. Swaerdecroon. Dat. str., Vegter, for Billiton. Sri Muar, Brit, str, Hudson, for Muar and Malacca. Ban Whatt Soon, Brit, str., Glenday, for TMuk Anson
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