The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 1 February 1906

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  • 19 65 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THI RD SERIES THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1906. No. 966
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 64 65 Rushtok, On the 28th mat., at "Betchworth," Emerald Hill Road, the wife or G. D. Rtshtox, of a a n. SpriGGS-ReDFERX. On Saturday January, iTth a t .St. Andrew's Cathedral t-y the Revd, H.lzard, Colonial- Chaplun, Alfsed Ernest, son of the late T. W S^riegs Esq, Manager of Grant
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    • 180 65 Hartford Mai Irtbur— December 28 tb, St. Margaret's, Westminster, by the Rev. 11. W. Tamer, Red ir of Sutton, Surrey, assisted by the Bey. L. Garnett, Etc tor of Chris'leton, Cheshire, Hr.;n [rviso St. John Hartford, 1 at I 'heahire Regiment, only 3 >n f the late Major Irving
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  • 919 65 I j Has .-hall the Press the People* right maintain, Unawed by Influence and unbtibed by gain; l'c.v patriot Truth !ier g'ori oufl recepts draw, ***ed ts Reliidon, Loyalty and Law. January 24. Under date Dec 26th, it is stated that "the i President of the
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  • 376 65 The public of the Straits wil m crested to learn, through a courteous comm sat m from the Colonial Secretari.it, that the new Colonial Secretary, m succession to Mr r. G. Pan MET, retired, is Capt. Arthub Hexd BBON Young c. m. 0., Chief Secretary to
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  • 83 65 S ipp iv Regu- 85 try t>5 t35 »Ji; 86 L mr t>r» 'ill Training 8ti 86 i i i 70,73,78 < O I 1 7 ■:i 71 71 K7 i i. »;7 i 68 Pass-i i eten 89 sen 71 71 -> 72,74 I 7:5 j :t 68
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  • 403 65 January 26. By German mail to-day there fttsses Lrough on the way to his native land, v Japanese Statesman, Baron Suyematsu, of whom it may be truly said that v he has deserved well of his country.'' It was just anterior t the actual outbreak of the war
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  • Page 65 Advertisements
    • 67 65 MARTIN'S PI fJLS a Franch Ramad* for all Irrefularltlea *jfcec**n 1, of l.edic* alweya keep a box of ilsrtfD a Pills lo the bccae.M Skat ca the flr*t *««n of Irreffolarit* of the Bystem a tin,*!j- doet Mi be ediiiiii'ktareU. Thoaa who o-e them recommend them, beaea r eoornous *ele.
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  • Page 65 Miscellaneous
    • 391 65 THE WEEK. The B, 1. Teesta and the M. M. Tourane arrived respectively on Saturday and Monday with European mails of January sth. The homeward advices are taken by the P, A. <>. Oceana to-day. His Majesty Kiiiu Christian oi Denmark died on Tuesday at o.4<> pm. His age was
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  • 156 66 To-day we print the first of a aeries of London letters from one who is likely to know a good deal of the inner working of social and political affairs at home, and is not unfamiliar with life and matters m the Far Fast. We can only say
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  • 346 66 As far as reported up to this d.iy at noon the elections had resulted as follows Liberals 315 Labour 38 Nationalists i Unionists 1 !o 569 As the whole House includes 670 members this leaves 10] still to be accounted for. The Nationalists have so neaih polled I
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  • 670 66 January 89. When that remarkable, not to say expensive, tribunal that considered the matter of the valuation of theTanjoug Pagar Dock Company's property aud interests rose from its labours m Singapore, everybody here was led to expect that by the middle of December, at latest, the
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  • 133 66 A Singapore friend now at home sends to the Editor a copj of the Western Morning News" (Plymouth) of January 4th iv which is printed a letter containing a proposal of the most delicious audacity. The proposal is to the effect that a Straits man,
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  • 198 66 Sir. —I notice by the placards that a gentleman who is a large employer of Chinese labour m the Straits Settlements (I refer to Mr C. V. Thomas) is to speak at Redruth on Thursday for the Radical candidate. Mr Dunn. Will he take for his subject Chinese labour r
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  • 151 66 With the exception of only nine returns to come m yet, the home elections up to Sat unlay night were practically complete, and the completion of the new House of Commons duly declared. When on Thursday's pollings there were still 101 seats to be decided
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  • 295 66 January do. Bi the sudden yet peaceful death yesterday afternoon of the venerable King CHRISTIAN of Denmark, the most of tlie Royal families of Europe have suffered a deep personal bereavement. Not least our own Royal family, for our great ly loved Queen A i.exan
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  • 314 66 There is no question that the announcement of Government yesterday has relieved tlie business atmosphere enormously For days trade had been stagnant and the usual business done by European houses at Chinese New Year has fallen off to a perfectly abnormal extent. People breathe more freely to-day.
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  • 610 66 The General and Civil Military Training. Jauuarv 31 It is pleasant to hear thai H J \i General Inigo Jone- is gieatly iv the question of military training subjects here, to what ssftsi acquired from membership of t},.. Corps. And particularly, 11 j; meiag that the youths of I 1.
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  • 186 66 An old Singaporean, now o sends he the Editor a letter on UV local memorial to Admiral Sir Harsi al He is not aware, however, that tl..- I the Town Hall, a full leugth j -Little Admiral." Aud the n.. a Harbour was given to tlie V
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  • 338 67 that the difficulty I I en the Ifunicipsv i; |th <eh er, will not have the \ki d Coos from reporting on the i q C ilcutta Ei i**\lthe 11' rwill learn with plena ire pal mmisaioners have i a of tie' Calcutta special meeting the pur]
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  • 35 67 Bilj Passed rokio.Jan. 19.— The B se the a iu6 Ill 1 United StAtea m on. 1 dutj. On I the i Sliaipe \<\ Macor pro Wiag i S. C. M. Post
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  • Correspondence.
    • 485 67 To TilE EniTOR. Sir. —While apologising for taking up valuable space m your columns, I should like to make a few remarks on a letter appearing m the Straits Times of Monday's date, signed by Ex-Volunteer.'' In my humble opinion it is no use mincing matters iv replyiug
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    • 369 67 Cunnnncr ami Stekmno Salaries. Co ii Kditor. »r, —The Singapore Free /'/ess of -3rd Jan- a cy Contains a letter signed M A.X" and headI el "Mr Huttenbach and Government Servants" which letter adversely criticises a question asked at last Meeting of Council re Compensation. In that letter the question
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  • 81 67 u Lef nic b c some of your Macs kid gloves, lady to a shopman. "These are not the tyl are they she asked, when the gloves luced. Yes, nmdaui," replied the i :n sre bare had them m stock only two ••I didn't think they v.. re. because the
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  • 1330 67 BISHOP HOSE ON SOCIALISTS, Mr. Collyer's Motto Play the Game." There was a large gathering of meinl>ers of the V. M. C. A. and their friends m the Institution premise* at Zetland House last evening, to bid an official farewell to the Hon W. R
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  • 170 67 A Kling youth was before Mr Bryant yesterday morning for selling adulterated milk. He said he did not know it was adulterated as he bought, it from a Bengali. In reply to a question by Mr Bryan 4 Chief Inspector Mayhew said that the badges for the unlksellers
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  • 104 67 The January medal and the gold medal for 1905 were played for on Saturday last. Scores J.E.Nathan 47 44 15 7tj J. Humphreys 41 80 scr 77 C. V. Miles 37 4<> 3 80 J. W. Barrack 42 43 scr 85 J. H. D. Jones 44
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  • 187 67 Gaunt- Honamon. The wedding was solemnised at B. Ho am, on the 2:2 nd Jan., at St. An hews, Fort, Colombo, of Mr. Lancelot T. Gaunt, Barrister- at-Law, of Messrs Allen and Gled'nll, Singapore, and of Melbourne, Australia, youngest son of the late Judge Gaunt of Victoria,
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  • 99 67 At Powell Co's saleroom, yesterday, the life interest of Cheang Jim Khean (age *22) m the income of G houses at Cheang Hong Lim Market Street, aud of 5 houses at Cheang Jim Chuan Street was purchased by S. P. P. L. Palaniappa Cbetty for 81,300.
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  • 135 67 On Wednesday evening many of the Armeniaa community of Singapore were present at the Rafdes Hotel at the diner d'adieu given all Martvns Sokes, head of the firm of Messrs Sukies Brothers, aud founder of the baffles Hotel m S ngapore, the E istern and ient tl Hotel iv P*
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  • 719 68 H. M 8 Flora left for the north this morning at eight o'clock. The s* Farfalla has been sold by Mr Musso, of Messrs Gaggino A Co, to a Chinaman. A Chinese coppersmith fell into the dry dock *t Keppel Harbour yesterday afternoon and -severely hurt
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  • 184 68 How to Force The Uhwilung to Swim. Swimming is essential to all ranks of the Navy, and those who are unable to swim are instructed at every possible opportimitv. Recently, on board a certain battleship' of the Mediterranean Fleet, three men showed an antipathy to entering the water.
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  • 393 68 The usual fortnightly meeting of this Board was held m the Municipal Offices yesterday afternoon, instead of on Friday owing to the Chinese New Year celebrations. Mr J. Polglase, Deputy President was m the Chair and there were also present Messrs Ching Keng Lee, A. \V. Bailey, W.
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  • 462 68 The Straits Times Annual, a copy of which has reached us, may with truth be described as all that its publishers, the Straits Times Press, Ltd, claimed for it. The Annual would have been issued m Singapore earlier but for an unfortunate fire which destroyed the
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  • 60 68 The British steamer V ncouver arrived here from Hamburg yesterday afternoon with 931 Japanese soldiers aboard —men who were taken prisoner by Russia m the war and who are being repatriated. Many of the men are wounded and maimed. The Vancouver was to leave for Kobe to-day but owing to
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  • 1389 68 There are probably a good many footballers here who have at one time or another played for or against, the men of the second Battalion of the Sherwoods. This Battalion is at present stationed at Aldershot and has been doing well m army football at home, and it
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  • 318 68 SINGING AND VOICE PRODUCTION. From Mrs A unit E. White, Singapore, and nov» of Kuali Lumpor, I \J > we have received a copy of a m entitled Prnctacal Lesaons m Singing and V Production." The authoress was pupil of the well-known English soprano, M Anna Williams, and is also
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  • 182 68 Ch.vkoki. ar n Ii i 1 Ettsope bin Mobs m mod, the one sye II who was scut to prison for eigbl a Week for stealing a spver sonii- clothing from the residcii..' lHi A-or. Manager of the I I beforn Mr Colman this tnim theft
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  • 968 69 TIIK new vi:ak 1 CELEBRATIONS. ,1.,. tii- dlj "t Chin M New uatidpsAkm, to all our I fortune and happiest oing of a. fresh year The Chinese N- w ear md wide reachreligi us holi lay the c of the details j Str: ictly 'V; .ia who
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  • 250 69 The Bystander, which is a popular and capitally illustrated weekly, has this concerning EL It. t lie Ranee of Sarawak < loe of the most charming and fascinating Tsonalities m twentieth-century Society is Lady Brooke, ihe Ranee of Sarawak. A sister of yi:\ Harry de Windt,
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  • 115 69 alleged that the Xalu is to be spanned an iron bridge for the purpose of carrylie railway which will join Wiju and r, ihus bringing Pusan into direct com- niiinioiition by rail with Mukden. When this finished, and when the Antung-Muk-leu road i* converted into
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  • 88 69 1 Mm. mm Lt. Col Wnittall, 95th Russell's Infantry, ,eeed to Penang on Thursday next to the Penang Volunteers. Colombo paper of the 10th says: —Mr Singapore, son of the late Judge GUuni of Melbourne, whose marriage takes am <' dombo shortly with Miss Morrison, Mr Xormau Morrison, head, of
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  • 302 69 Iv connection with the Chinese New year, j extra pig slaughtering began at 7 m the evening of the 23rd aud continued, for ten hours. At Pulau Saigon 7% were killed and at Jalan Besar obO. A private letter to Shanghai from Peking states that Prince
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  • 514 69 Babos Suyematsu and Minister Chang Tbh Veh. The German mail steamer Zieten, which ar- j rived here this morning outward bound, has a number of distinguished passengers on board I these including Baron Suyematsu of Japan and Minister Chang Teh Veh of China. Accompa- living
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  • 97 69 Chinese Woman Killed. On Wednesday night house No 14 Upper iiibew-st collapsed and a Cantonese woman killed ivhilst tlieothi r occupants were more or 1 -s injured. The lack part of the house was the first to give way and then, before the upants could seek
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  • 1024 69 The Story of a Mislaid Identity. Give it a rainy day, aud Dockland is m its element. The picture shows liest m a black frame. A native East-euder when away from his 'dum streets —and lie keeps away as long as I —ible —always feels homesick
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  • 39 69 Notificati m baa bet n reo ived tl rave has capsized and 1 come derelict 18-i East by North of Point Pedru m It 4 lu.le North long. Hd 17 E:si. The C«>lombo aut lorities woe. shipmasters ace irdiugly.
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  • 293 70 Chinese Attack the Police. One of the Mob Shot Dead. Ln so far as the police records are concerned Wednesday night and Thursday m the Chinese New Year festivities passed oft very quietly, with one rather alarming exception, which is of a serious nature. Last night
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  • 531 70 The South African correspondent of the ijesbe writes as follows upon the question, which has been the subject of such wholesale misrepresentation at home, for party ends The underlying difficulty, m the way the Chinese labour question is but before the British public, is that
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  • 101 70 December l*th, by Harrison and Davies, 30, Bedford Row, \V. C. Capital, ■£10.000, m ±:1 shares. Objects: To seek for and secure openings for the employment of capital m the Federated Malay States and elsewhere, and to carry on the bnainesa of wholesale and retail
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  • Correspondence.
    • 288 70 To the Kditor Si r< —Singaporeans may be interested to learn of a somewhat extraordinary incident of the vovage of the P. and O. ss. Nubia from Penang hither. Early yesterday morning we lighted the German mail steamer Zieten on the horizon, astern, to
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  • 233 70 I FORMED IN CbHILON. THE KUALA-SELANOOR RAMBONG RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITED. The Kuala-Selangor Ramboug Rubber Company, Limited, is tho latest rubber concern formed m Ceylon to engage m rubber cultivation m the F. M. S. The shareholders are all Colombo people Messrs V. A. Julius, F. XV.
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  • 274 70 Tercentenary of the British Rule. The tercentenary of the occupation of the island of Barbados by Englishmen, who landed from the Olive Blossom some t me about July, 1605, was celebrated on Nov. 30. says Renter, and the day was proclaimed a public holiday. In the
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  • 115 70 Registered December 18th, by Braby and j Macdonald, Dacre House, Arundel Street, j Strand, W. O. Capital, £25,000, m £1 shares, s Objects To acquire laud m the Federated Malay States and elsewhere, and to can v ou the business of planters, growers, refiuers and sellers
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  • 1327 70 Candidates Returned. From the Colombo papers to hand we have extracted the names of all the candidates returned up to the evening of January 19. Liberals. Sir Christopher Furness, Liberal, Hartlepool IF. W. Chance. Carlisle B. Jones, Swansea D. F. Goddard and F. T. Cobbold, Ipswich; Maddison.
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  • 265 70 BoM Striking Facts. The aeesani volume of th*' rerifl C sion's Report on the Textile Trades, d^ilir.;. with the gvent Yorkshire indu.-try of th leu trade, it is an ex-parte-' ntt\ bat! facts which it gives are for the I beyond dispute and strikingly lUffarl W Chamberlain's
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  • 1007 71 -V Christmas trip to Burma deserves to be knows With ordinary luck Mandalay dud m a few days. The change of peens are alone well worth the bilst the coat of, my, a. three weeks' emery m< >de>ate— between three and ti Il the traveller han-
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  • 460 71 An Excursion AsHOBS. A representative of the M Singapore Free Press' paid a visit to the Vancouver yes- j terday. She is lying at Taujong Pagar and is I a big four-masted, roomy and comfortable vessel. As already stated there are over 900 soldiers aboard and
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  • 89 71 It is reported, says the "Sin Wan-pao," that the Chinese Government is seriously considering the question of the issue of national bonds valued at 8400 each, bearing interest at 5 per cent, per annum. The money thus realised will lie devoted to the construction of railways. This
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  • 55 71 Alarmist Rumours at Saloon On the 18th of January rumours were cur- j rent m Saigon of dangerous tension between France and Germany. In order to allay the rumours Le Courrier Saigounais interviewed both the General Secretary and Admiral Marolles. who each emphatically denied there was the
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  • 49 71 Mr John Cuthbertson (formerly head of Boustead and Co. here) and Mr A. P. Adams (Mansfield and Co), come out next week by the same steamer as Priuce Arthur of Connaught. So also does Mr R W. Braddell. Prince and Princess Victor Dhuleep Singh come as far as Penang.
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  • 730 71 Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge has returned to London from the United States, whither he has been on the affairs of the Manila Railway Co. The new steamer Sarawak built for the Sarawak Government at Keppel Harbour underwent steam trials this forenoon. Dr Ford reports the loss
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  • 93 71 B.C.C. v Omcsna of the Garrison. On the Esplanade, upon a slippery turf, the officers, minus a custodiau during the whole of the game gave their opponeuts a good beating. At half time the scere was two all. In the second half however the M military men put I
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  • 231 71 To-day as the anniversary of the birth of His Majesty the Emperor William of Germany* who was born m 1859, the occasion was loyaliv marked by|the German community, and numerous flags were displayed m the town. A numerously attended reception was held at the German
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  • 402 71 Business DraiVG The Past Twelve Mo&Tfam. Messrs J. Russell tyrant and Co., m their review of the Rubber share market, say The past year, though a lean year m a. commercial sense, has neverthless introduced a new sphere of industry to the London share market. This, m
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  • 232 71 Ou the 4th of February last, Mr W. Bn sen, it.N.n Chief Officer, "Star of Australia," jumped overboard to the rescue of a man who was drowning m the sea at Napier, New Zealand. The circumstances were such as to greatly imperil Mr Brooke's owu life, and they
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  • 107 71 A paragraph from the M Financier says In connection with the contention set out recently m our news columns that the price of plantation rubber is not likely for some time to come to fall far lielow the present price namely, G's per lb about for the best
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  • 1096 72 Loudon, January 1, 1906. As this is New Year's Day I oil r the S.F.P. my best wishes, and the hope that 1906 will be, for the Journal and its readers, the best year on record. For the last three weeka society has been greatly exercised about
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  • 312 72 RUDYARD KIPLING AND THE P. O. Tl;e following rerses were penned bj Budyard Kipling on board the old P. 0. M Shan- j nan," once the clipper of the fleet. They are not generally known: p. o. topicju Says Aaron to Moses it beats me why you go A-skitiug o'er
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  • 217 72 Arouud a brief annouinpnieut which has just been cabled from New Zealand that on 28th ult. Harold Kcmpthorne was married to Mabel Clunies-Ross, of the Keeling-Cocos Islands, there can be woven (writes a correspondent to a home paper) one of tlie prettiest romances j
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  • 1139 72 Quicauid agnnt homines nostri est farrago IMS. JU V EN'AL. Unless "C.-B" and his bobbery pack" taker confrere, we thank thee for that phrase; are able mightily to take themselves for what they are not, two things must obsess their inmost souls. One, why it is
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  • 201 72 Th 1. I I annualt were held on t Clul nda <cie i ilm da was occupied v ii but m lit'- afterno n all the Club only ai ;i I-: i umber .i m And In v made I and a esult Ihe lii i
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  • 209 72 .e.iAia 3J After having of I to.»k- place on 2>. ii I I>i inst course was m < i I c >nditi< a, Im returned were much U low lali is wonby Mr 1 T. Boyd 1 of last rear's inedak also c medal which nby Mr
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  • 93 72 S V A. and the£ A "I l»oeu iv camp sin.-.- w being run en j:- —no boys allowe 1 and lis n <wn cooking. Quarte worth of the Maxima c- m d I miasm iit and i- aai I lo urn be as any Raffles has. tho
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  • 33 72 Mr L. Sahsovich and Mr T lb present at ivojs sf Lessmrd Ifesamtbil, orv, have arrived m Sing.ijH.ro aid i short !y open a branch sere. Th at ihe Ciuedoui «n Flob 1.
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  • 242 73 ird mail steamer Dongola yesterday, and is expect1,. 1V on Si'urday m arnmg. i rrived here from i Q|2 1; v 1 b mnd s on 1 •<i* h m aing a dietachment BBS down to act as anaught do- c hear, -going 1 inisi will
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  • 158 73 v I V' r the Hamburg iv hi bis f wiom for the g oat its oAcial \r il i: si for 1005. The I r sperons one for and the Ham- dly xcepthm, development. -f the ships have iueict sed, i i noticeahl iml t i the
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  • 591 73 Thi Inquest. Yesterday morning Mr \lex. Gentle, the Coroner, and a special jury, comprising Messrs R. Scoular, H. J. White, E. Wallace, Tan 800 Liat, and Seah Eng Tong, went to Chau-chu-kang to hold an inquest on the death of the Chinaman shot by the Police there
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  • 215 73 An interesting wedding was solemnised at St. Andrews Cathedral, on Saturday, the contracting parties being Miss Laura Redfern, of Blundellsands, Liverpool, and Mr A. E. Spriggs, Superintendent of theE. E A. < 1 Telegraph Co. m Sine- ipore, son of the late Mr T. W. Spriggs,
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  • 212 73 li is understood that ihe Sarawak Revenue Farms for 1906 have been given to Mr Khoo Hun Yang also the monopoly of supplying opium to the new territcry of La was. Mr Khoo Hun fang m conjunction with Mr Chee Swee Ileng is also the
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  • 1925 73 An appreciative criticism of Baron Suyeniatsu's latest book (which has not vet come to hand) appears m the Pall Mall Gazette." A perusal of this with the selected quotations, will give our readers some idea of the literary style of the Japanese Statesman, whose valuable
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  • 222 73 POTTS JAPANESE SHARE REPORT. Yokohama, 10th Jaur...:\. Local Stocks.- -There has been a much tinner tone m the market and a fair general business has been transacted. Club Hotels are enquired for at V. 55. Grand Hotel- are m strong demand at Y. 225. Helms remain at Y. 77.. with
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  • 20 73 \Ye are informed that a German gmtWasi n had a serious fall from a horse m Tbomson-rd t: is morning.
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  • 441 74 Chinese General Store Gutted. In the small hours of this morning it wa 8 discovered that a Chinese general store. "Chop" Lim Ec Chiang, m South Canal-rd opposite the Central Police Station was on fire. The alarm was at once given the Fire Brigade under Superintendent
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  • 363 74 The volunteer camp at Tanjong Katong was struck yesterday afternoon and the man march ed back t» town through the rain. The men were encamped on a bi 1 >f open ground jus; above the Grove Hotel and the whole camp was conducted on strictly nervice lines
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  • 72 74 It is stated m Town that the first BuY t Asahan rubber enterprise has been reform 3 1. We further hear that the list was said to hie been open m London for a few hours, aid 1 was three times over-subscribed. With att mtiou centring now rather
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  • 1040 74 AMERICA AND THE PHILIPPINES. The Japanese Example m Formosa. In connection with the recent wire of Reuter reporting that America decided to treat with Japan for the sale of the Philippine islands, the Times of India has some interesting remarks on the subject. The paper says Placing on one side
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  • 1205 74 A Forthcoming Ixhibition. Further proof, if such indeed is required, of j the importance which the rubber growing indusI try assumed m Ceylon, is furnished by the anI noimeement that towards the end of April j next the Government propose to hold a rubber exhibition m the
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  • 361 74 THE UNPROTECTED BRITISH MERCHANT. The British aasareasssl abroad, i reduced to the uncomfortable j anptotsrtad female. We bat tl of the Piuaag Qui Ue, hardly know which to I The British merchant abroad, tlie aoi female, or our eosrhmaponry ,:h Of course, there lea sea to be I counts, but
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  • 185 74 I Perhaps the most interesting"! I I made m the Legislative Coun ala the Bill for the Registration sf P i sa\s the Panamj Gainstta" ml Hem. John Anderson. His rout character of the opposition to the I much to the point as to call forth I made more m
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  • 22 74 The, imperial QUwnsmi mail sice, a j /ess Alice" passed »a S.il j amrd bound. Bum is do- hearse] l? nth IVtaronr*.
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  • 1935 75 (fro** Our 0>"» Correspondent.) London Dec 29. 05. Tare Tikf. leading critics and -Turfites" piaion that the value of the Derby rhat it is the most lmworld we ku»w, and many i the richest. True, money .koa race and some of our ten met m tall a
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  • 1131 75 A Lay Sermon for the Comvortaiile Classes. The breakfast room ia pleasant, with the red gold of the blazing fire and the pa'e gold of winter sunlight. The chairs, the floor, are warmly covered. Between the thick, heavy crimson curtains the canary sings m the sun,
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  • 442 75 Magnificent Reception. Calcutta, January [nth. Their*Boval Highness* s lauded at Rangoon •> rj O yesterday niorniug, and were received by the Lieut. -Governor. Afterwards they proceeded to a handsome panda!, where addresses of welcome were presented. The Prince, replying, referred to the heartiness of the
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  • 125 75 The follow ing properties were sold by auction at Powell k Cos. Saleroom yesterdai afternoon. Three building sites situate iv the district of Smibawang. Singapore, fronting Johore Straits about 21 mild from Kr .b.j total area 10.&21 Annual quit rent £4.70.' Bought by Ezra Nathan lor $2,600. Agricultural
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  • 2760 76 The Last Of the Brahmans. Ia those three peracni the one U<*l was shewn Bach tb>t is ssaee, each last,— not one alone, CM Siva, Vishnu, Brahma, ea<-h may be t ad, tl iob siring the Blessed Three. Ii en urn. (froasktfiea.) Oue
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  • 942 76 FRIEND OR FOE GERMAN DENIAL OF MANY DISQUIETING RUMOURS. The proverb Lie* are short-legged," ia no longer true m an age of telegraphs tnd Transatlantic cables. On the contrary, "Use are long-legged." Within a few hours they juiiip over the entire globe. Thej appear m hundreds of thousands of newspapers,
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  • 119 76 Sebviajt Atti Satisfi B G'o\ mutant nt i acruaaL ro assies The reaignati mof the Berviaa Foreign Aautfra has brought the < relations betwei a I > ea \'> pioaunence. H Ei that at. lot J rih asked the Italian Governm al I irunt Britain's wi I ham
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  • 41 76 ear I. Tai i sa with lli a > Biu 1 •i I barles Good i odi of the i 1'... r j lend M i .Sum! ii i i I ibe Dunloe ii isgii I I isamedia
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  • 154 77 rPAKLIAMENT'S RECORD SITTING. r ived by a recent Australian ill of the thf lays' and nights' lt? ing..f the Commonwealth House a-' -nsequent on the resentrl)Vtb e Opposition agmnst Mr Deakiu s at "StooesmHing. as Pari.a*ti t-tion is called m Australia, was d, u eten shape
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  • 333 77 IXB I ••MRA.STFO. l BRER COMPANIES. Phmtef writes to the M Globe re hit the right nail on the head uu the public to be very careful n newly-planted rubber estates of which no doubt iv the near m to be hWted into companies
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  • 125 77  -  Joss Chincsino je ss v the Ether blue, and bound :'<' m human ken, I've ever led, mister of nanny n i profligate —I've reigned, a rtine, e'er 1 would —on mounht, m deep ravine iea of the past I'm fixed at last. h idaily hung with baced l!
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  • GOVERNMENT'S CURRENCY RATE.
    • 92 77 (Ihj Telearaphj (From our aum Correspondent.) Penarg, 1.25 pm. The exchange fixture is a welcome relief to the mercantile community. The Hon. A. Huttenbach interviewed regarded it as a blessing, that the uncertainty m one direction was now over. An upward price had beeu fixed. It was desirable
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    • 1873 77 {From on r own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, 1.5, p.m. Opinion here upon the exchange is reserved owing to a telegram received stating that the Straits Government for the present pay sixty dollars for seveu sovereigns. The Dauk has not received further advice. Some Singapore Opinions. The
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  • 243 77 Proposed Nationalization Scheme. (S. C. M. Post Corr.) Tokio, Jan 22. Your correspondent learns that the Government proposes to introduce a Bill for the nationalization of all the railways, obtaining the necessary funds for this important scheme by means of a foreign loan. This action, I am informed,
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  • 458 77 The fourteenth session of the Malay Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church convened at Oldham Hall, Orchard Road, j yesterday morning at 9 o'clock, Bishop Oldham, D.D., presiding. In addition to the missionaries at work m Singapore, there were representatives from Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Java, Borneo,
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  • 201 77 The Annual General meeting of the Indira Lawn Tennis club took place yesterday. The statement of accounts shows a cash balance iv hand of ab mt $1400 after payment of all liabilities, ft was resolved to limit the memberships to 240 active measlier* and I
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  • 1696 78 THE EXCHANGE QUESTION SOLVED. FIXTY AT LAST. Government Decides on Twenty-eight Pence, A special meeting of the Legislative Council was held vesierday afternoon to pass an amended currency note ordinance, and generally to deal with matters of exchange. Considerable interest waa manifested m the business and m anticipation of a
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  • 236 78 M-. mm The District Orders contain a paragraph that Capt. P. Leveson Gower, Ist Sherwood Foresters, having arrived from England on the 26th inst, is taken on the strength of the command from that date. The man who burgled the Cadet's Bungalow at Government Hill has been arrested and most
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  • 626 78 Christian IX King of Denmark, fourth son of the late Duke William of Sehleswig-Hol-stein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg. was born April 8 1818 Before his accession to the crown tie was Inspector-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Danish Cavalry. The succession was vested m him by the protocol of
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  • 385 78 In the last of the 1905 issues of the illustrated quarterly k The East of Asia received from Shanghai, eleven writers contribute upon a variety of subjects. In an article upon T'ai Shan and the Tomb of Confucius, Chas. A. Stanley, junior, has much that is
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  • 1225 78 The Police Version oi THf The further hearing of the IDfJII death of the Chinese cart coolie w no dead at Chau-chu-kang on the ■isfegfV^l ary 25, was contiuued m the ,J* buildings yesterday aftern >n j,," v h*. Gentle, the Coroner. P. C. No. 43, I>,l-,h,
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  • 544 79 H Ci twford of the Dispenses g'ie on Saturday f>r Hongirned holiday. a from Mrs DeJUa and •vered, is not that l>i.!in lost some two years ago l J* i thai which waa reported Mnloal a week or so ago and eomprisI a aud chaia aud
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  • 360 79 The l:\i.i Yearly Report. The report of tlie Directors, to be submitted at the half yearly ordinary meeting <•!' the 1 members of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Coinpanv on February states. The undertaking of the Company having beeu transferred to Government m terms of the Tanjong Pagar Dock
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  • 141 79 At 9 dO last night a police constable on duty j near Tanjong Pagar Dock saw a Chinaman hammering at the hulk of a steam launch laid up m the boat shed. When the man saw the I constable he jumped into the sea and swam
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  • 2435 79 I m I (Renter's Agency j (By submarine cable.) RUSSIA QIIET. Jan. 28 4.30 pm. ihe auniversarv of Red Suudav passed quietly throughout Russia. The Moroccan Conference. The Morocco Conference has agreed to five j clauses dealing with the suppression of contraband arms. An Art Treasure. The purchase for
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  • SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    • 55 80 {From our own Correspondent.') Penang Jan 24, 11.55 am. The owners of Bssington have scratched him for all events at the Penang races. This confirms the rumonra that Essington ricked himself at Koala Lumpur. It was given not at first that this was only soreness but the
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    • 77 80 Reconstructed Dock Company at Shanghai. Hongkoug, dan 24,1.45. pm. \t a meeting if Parnham, Boyd aud company, the Shanghai docking company, held yesterday evening ls decided to reconstruct the company nder the title of the Shanghai Dock and Engineering c irapany limited." It is understood that the new directors will
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    • 16 80 The ratifications of the China Japan treaty were exchanged at Peking yesterday.
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    • 37 80 Penang Jan. In the Interstate cricket match between Penang and Perak, Penang made 158 and Perak 235. Barrett sc< red I'll and Mackenzie 7)7. Penang m their second innings made 193 Key worth making 77.
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    • 30 80 Perak Wins. Penang 3.25 pin, Jan 26. The Perak team m its 2n 1 innings made 117 for tive wickets. Perak wou the match by dye wick< ts.
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    • 34 80 Hongkong I m 29, 1.5 pm. The Russo-China negotiations over Manchuria, opeu on Feb 2 at Peking. China claims the repayment of five million taela share capital m tiie Eastern railway.
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    • 23 80 The mutineers al Vladivostock have armed themselves with artillery and machine guvs. General Mtstcheuko has been sent tosupresa the rising.
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  • Page 80 Miscellaneous
    • 522 80 Jan. 24.— Per Hye Le mg: Mr and Mi> Appa and family, aud Mr A. M. Gibb. Jan. 25.— Per Malacca Mr F. i*. Sheppert?, Mr R. Grey, Mr R, N.c. B ingle v, Mr J. A. McGregor, and Mrs S. Bruce. Jan. l'7. Per Teesta From India Dr and
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    • 1313 80 VESSELS IN PORT. O: Men-of-War Flag and Tons Commanders Arrived From For Esmeralda Fed. jet. 171 Long Dec 11 Port Swettenha,,, r n r Ger. ycht. 588 Moeller Jan 2, Colomlio Sea Mew Col. yet., 500 Murphy Jan 29 S. Shoal Agapantlws Brit 2866 Davies .Tan 27 Newcastle HuttenWh Asahan
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