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The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly)
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Title Section18 1906-06-07 17 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1906. No. 98418 words
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Article, Illustration655 1906-06-07 17 IfOS shall ll_<? Press the Peop'.eV right a i.nU.n, L'nawr. by inHuenc* and unbribe. by gain; Wire, patriot Truth her glorious precepts draw, t '.e.'_-T'd to Religion. Loyalty and Law. y?__» As Reuter informed us, the royal marriage ai Madrid takes place to-day, May 31st,655 words
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Article336 1906-06-07 17 Hi M.uriage 353 DM Stranding of the Montagu 353 fke Bon. b I annga sl Mad-id 353 The Anti-Opiuin Bssolntion 354 h I)..\:tt 354 of Till 354 Splf- possession at Madrid 354 -in the Straits 354 1 Problem in Russia 354 lha late Mr Hudson 354 Ifl annsla 355336 words
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Domestic Occurrences.
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Article41 1906-06-07 17 On 29th May. at Kuala Lumpur, the wife of R. G. Watson, Commissioner ot Lands and j Surveys, F.M.S., of a daughter. On Sunday, June 3rd, at "Hillside," Singaj pore, th* wife of C. E. F. Sanderson, of a daughter.41 words
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Article97 1906-06-07 17 I Hipuell-Moens.— On May 2, at Belgrano, Buenos Aires, before the Registro Civil, Humphrey Hai.lam Hipwbll. of Wavertree, Liverpool, to Gertrude Hermine Isebree Moexs, daughter of the lat* Dr. A. Isehree Moens. Goes, Holland. On the ISth May. at Shanghai, James Ran dale Anding, eldest -on of late Surgeon97 words
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Article31 1906-06-07 17 Watson. On May 21st. at Bellevue, Kandy, in her 7»lth year, Emily Laughlix. widow of j the late Lieut. -Colonel Albert Watson, of the ■S3id, 58th, and Ceylon Rifle Regiments.31 words
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Article481 1906-06-07 17 Tlie B, I. Thoogwa on Saturday aud the If. M. Tourane on Monday arrived with Euro- pane mails of May llili and 12th. Homeward I advices go to-day by the P. A O. Oceana. At Friday's meeting oi' the Legislative Counj eii the Juvenile Offenders Reception Bill passed481 words
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Article262 1906-06-07 17 That is a had business announced ie to«d s telegrams, tbe stranding of one of tlie finest firat-elaaa baltle-h*p3 ia the British navy, the i Montagn, oi ***** tons. U«vw il i.l^>p'M'H i aui u.e.isily where i. a#t rueatijacl, hu* that the position of the262 words
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533 1906-06-07 17 The Both Outrage at Madrid. June 1 li is difficult to express the horror which 1 the news from Madrid must inspire in t'ne heart 1 of everyone (who reads of the fool attempt to assassinate the King and Queen of Spain o* t heir wedding morning. At such a533 words
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Page 17 Advertisements
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Advertisement62 1906-06-07 17 CffrJU DAYS' FREE TRIAL -W- f Hc« refunded" _JV*£s /fa *l\i r > Jl fc, wa* lilll to '•Bill M ,I I'unlop J rjy«l lr>t«rt«:- Ltvir Rim J I T'lrfira l>. "5T k < daud Delivered Free I* i _T5 a rt I V ?H0 s '-oond-tiand CycleV £tt*£2.W K62 words
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Advertisement29 1906-06-07 17 DYSENTERY AND DIARRHOEA. BROWNS SPECIFIC. Tu I had ;it tba Singapore Diapax&iar, or j cf Mi* Baoww, Graaadale, Rive: Valley Boad, j > illg.»|K>lo. 1 Apl 23 mwf 2810 I29 words
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Article1214 1906-06-07 18 I Is regard to the apinm trade, or aa the usual faddist type of mind loves to call it, the opium traffic, that has been made the subject of one of those resounding resolutions thc House of Commons so often sees introduced by the sort ef1,214 words
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Article161 1906-06-07 18 We commend to the attention of all who keep an observant eye on the fortunes of tin mining in the Straits the suggestions and ob- j servations of Mr Wakxefokd Lock, so well- Inaown as associated for a time with the j management of Raub Gold161 words
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389 1906-06-07 18 Royal Selp- possession at Madrid. June 2. The result of the bomb outrage iu Madrid vhich ao terribly imperilled the lives of King \lfonso and Queen Ena within an hour tfter their marriage ceremony was completed, urns out to have beeu a more destructive jxplo.sion than at tirst appeared. The389 words
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427 1906-06-07 18 Me E. W. Birch, Resident of Perak, writes I a letter to the Editor to which we invite the attention of the Committee of the Singapore Cricket Club, the Singapore Recreation Club I and those of the various periodical Regimental Sports. Mr Birch has427 words
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Article425 1906-06-07 18 One of Tolstoy's recent works 44 A Great Iniquity** is aimed at showing that tlie land question has leached ench a state of ripeness as fifty years ago was reached hy the i|uesiiou of serfdom. He Baya thai the removal >!' the j sin of425 words
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Article114 1906-06-07 18 The sad aud sudden death of Ur 11. 11. Hudson, Sulicitor-Qeoeral, IVnang, ss i>ei 1 hy telegram from our correspondent, reca tlie death, under rery similar ei renin < lain***, t ths lite Dr. J. A Dl Vo >. I Uusub i i for the Netherlands,114 words
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Article149 1906-06-07 18 The Chicago Scandals. June 6. Thb intense interest, not 0 tion, aroused in tho Cnited a J; Nkjll's gruesome revo] At j n aecreU of the meatpacking i a j point fc^Jj H. J. M. Ellis of Singapore, ehamml ina special article from with what is perhaps the top fin,149 words
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Article392 1906-06-07 18 A Singaporean now aaasaonl n] the Editor 6ome account of ihecotKr theatres there. Thi:. entirely mma advice so of teu given in thh the unfortunate decision 1 Hall into a theatre, cheek h\ Victoria Hall. The "convert implies the complete eeetracti Hall to its foundations, a souiet392 words
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Article43 1906-06-07 18 Tba GipUiai Cup 1 tli. \V!.it>u:it.i i t!.'- fott»vi«f H ret ■::!>»«]. H ft. T. M4 ii s. if .">.\"-"i H \V. Tr;""'l H .5 k I,"n:" Ii T-Mi I w. w i' \V. Kin- I H .T V. i brii43 words
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Article1116 1906-06-07 19 xI) MU WEILL* SWEEP- s {Si% CONDEMNATION. rtfiWSOF AN AMERICAN Dinanpore Pros Press.") >f the sweeping crmdomna- erican Labour Ooaamis- j ed meat industry, m mi tho Str lit- 1 piO! ision- ETO SO much e past «pi.t iter of a century .hiv building up1,116 words
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Article345 1906-06-07 19 AGRI HORTICULTURAL SHOW. Tho prize-list of the third joint annual Agrihorticultural show of Ihe Straits Settlements and P. M. S to be held on Rafflea Reclain nion ou Aug l'i. 17 and 18 has now been issued. Copies are being widely distributed, and any n n desinoi* of buving one345 words
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Article1330 1906-06-07 19 It is a pleasure to find, not only that our remarks in this column recently on the subject of the Athletic meeting at Ipoh, have been received with satisfaction in the quarters most concerned, but also that the one feature about the proposed meeting which appeared to be1,330 words
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Article789 1906-06-07 19 Following are extracts from an account contributed to the "Japan Chronicle'' by Mr Herbert G. Ponting, F. R. G. S I was a p taaenger 1 y the N. D. ste. oner Roon which left Nagasaki at.G. 1 5 sou. on Wednesday. Shortly789 words
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Article55 1906-06-07 19 The following properties weredisj lof b\ d si P< well I C 's m er m i !anV 1 er \l2 po i tl Uing o. i! ij 100. Twenty fn <-ii ments o Gral mg rd, i i v im Pillai oen Kai on-r M K.55 words
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Article851 1906-06-07 20 The Sandakan Recreation Club has been <i i .solved. Ilis Excellency Governor Goerita of British North Borneo has l>eeu presented with an address and handsome pair of biuoculars by the inhabitants of Labuan. Ofa lengthy list of bankruptcy matters l*fore Mr Justice Fisher in the Supreme851 words
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Article925 1906-06-07 20 {From our gam Correspondent.) Tokio, May 10th. The Siamese Prince, upon his return from Nikko, has been housed in the Shiba Detached Palace, as au Imperial guest. Ou Saturday last His Boyal Highness Lieut. -General Prince Nakornchaisi inspected the Yokosuka Admiraltv. Ou Monday he was received in925 words
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Article185 1906-06-07 20 Occultism amongst Malayan Iribes. To thk Kditor. Sir, Can any readers of your widely circulated' paper give any information respecting the Berbalays, (inhabitants of the Island of Sulu, on the North East Coast of Borneo) or I refer me to any works containing an account of these interesting people185 words
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Article818 1906-06-07 20 The warnings repeatedly given of the spirit of j unrest among the natives throughout South Africa are amply justified by the latest news. It is not that Bambaata's action in itself is serious, bnt that with a restless spirit all over the suh-continent, and mysterious818 words
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Article338 1906-06-07 20 i^, Madrid is greatly excited over tl lettes of the future Queen -v. lf «atoi being made by Spanish drrJE -i* capital city. A firm the head of whs entrusted with the product dress. Senor L.Heree hm sign to the King of Spain, who U338 words
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290 1906-06-07 20 THE RUBB ER ESTATES OF JOHORE. LTD. Tho statutory meeting oi tL _j he d at ta<- --tli Mof the I Commerce 00 10th of M _irl ham (chairmaa pn i_. The Chairmaa, in th ment, m«d the ea| ital of the. fully sub cribed, and th shares .d been290 words
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Article289 1906-06-07 21 .r« ixo nis Plimsoll Mark. j; D .rr yesterday Awaug •ba b sl sh inser Kian *ith overloading his vessel 6 4ofOrdloof 1887 1 fl 1 lit de, o. p. r oeasdocted the M. M. Elliot was for the i ■roaacuiio" tZrt.-i..] Wi.' eior Boarding Officer, ied289 words
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Article113 1906-06-07 21 THE P. O. Co. ISSKKGJUE ..tKV li a nieii,tQ ,f travelling public nd Oriental Steam Navigation two -teamers direct to I i md B de.ring ,Jme\ t^e s.s. > mails on the 16th June, rithont transhipment and thc '•■l'fiii jht Liter also proceeds M one of the largest i- we113 words
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Article224 1906-06-07 21 r>u_ Neueste Naehrichten," a **sp ashed bv the Qermana of KiaoBtaanathe following not ideation from tai -i the province Shantung: ••rms which desire to establish RTouhl do well to secure the ling laud as soon as possiKicenl f.r a few very large plots in hloefc no more224 words
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Article852 1906-06-07 21 FRIDAY, J UNE 1, 1906. Iu the Court of Request* vesterdav ludqment waa given in favour of the defendant m the inilkcase already reported in these columns. t j Uwusg to the accident to the Koon aud her i bamg docked at Nagasaki for repairs, it is feared there will852 words
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Article102 1906-06-07 21 A ConniKATKMi o» Pi orEHTins. j The capital of tlie Company formed to acquire Kent, Uganda, Wardieburn, Bstspkdale, Klang j Gate, and the Mount rotates— tn which may be j added three otheramall places iu Klang— consists j of £I*o.o*o, of which 61 15,000 i* being102 words
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Article481 1906-06-07 21 5 10 aimu *l general meeting was held in the Iow"n Hall last evening idlst May; Mr XV. G. St. Clair, -President, in the chair. Among those present were—Messrs 0. B. Buckiev, Waddell, Lunradi, Valois, Wack, Knight &C. The present committee was re-elected on motion of Mr481 words
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Article192 1906-06-07 21 'The Bengali alleged io have stolen a parrot, which was a "fluent" Bengali linguist, from a countrywoman, was brought before Mr Scott yesterday afternoon. Sergeant Brereton asked ihe Magistrate to allow him a short postponement to enable him io liud the bird but the Magistrate192 words
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Article285 1906-06-07 21 Yesterday afternoon before Mr Scott a Chinaman was charged with dishonestly retaining stolen property. The facts of the case were thai on May lo the residence of Mr Buxton iuNiven-rd was entered by a burglar who stole some clothing, a clock, aud about a dosentinsof milk.285 words
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Article563 1906-06-07 21 The PcxisranrT of Ham. I see no reason to interfere either with tha^ conviction on with tbe aaateame on the first charge or tie second charge I think tiie .mnvictiou was wrong. Mr Justiee Fisher thu* delivered his lecision upou the appeal brought on behalf ef Marimutu. the563 words
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Article281 1906-06-07 21 Mr Justice Fisher yesterday afternoon wan engaged in the Supreme Court upou the examination of Chinese bankr pi a. lu one case, that ofa storekeeper, debtor, whose liabilities Were about $20,000, stated that ho had lately heeureraployed "as arubberope:*"' to report upon a Malacca a.n •om, but281 words
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Article140 1906-06-07 21 FOOTBA LL. .s. C. C. v. Or. c> ttesawoone. Tlm Club played Gr. C mpany of the Bhnrwoods atsocesron the B^planado yesterday ami a line game resulted. <>. Company has <*ne of best teams* in the regii aui and tha S. C. O. fielded a fairly good efev 33 fo?140 words
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Article1221 1906-06-07 22 HERE AND IN AUSTRALIA. A Comparison bi Mn Warneiord Lock. (Special to the Singapore Free Press." Mr Warneford Lock, who has just returned from a trip to Australia and Tasmania, was induced by a representative of this paper to express his views on the subject of tin1,221 words
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Article278 1906-06-07 22 THB LONDON CHRONOGRAPH SHOW. Tbe Loudon Chronograph Show uow open i ou the Beach-rd Reclamation is beyond doubt the best animated picture exhibition of its kind that has ever visited Singapore. The large show tent is lighted with electricity and coded by fans and is arranged with a view to278 words
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Article231 1906-06-07 22 It will be remembered that some weeks ago there was a collision between a tram and a gharry on Selegie-rd, the gharry coming out second best and thc syce and fare being arrested and fined. There was a sequel to the ab tir in the231 words
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Article193 1906-06-07 22 A QUAINT EARTHQUAKE CREED. "An ludiau writes to the S.C. Morning; Post as the result of a discussion on the M causes of earthquakes,* 1 to say: It will be interesting to know that a Ifahoi medan in India named Mine Gholam Alumni of I KadidU in Punjab, who alleges193 words
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844 1906-06-07 22 Mr. H. A. Wickham Condemns DrasticMethods. This is from an interview with Mr H. Wickham in a Colombo paper Mr Wickham was greatly surprised at what he called the M drastic and barbarous tapping now done on Ceylon plantations. It may be all right,844 words
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Article139 1906-06-07 22 Tho "Morning Leader*' thus notices the inadequacy of the world's tin production to cope with thc glowing demand In the words of the M Iron Age," tin is Incoming a precious metal. Consumption ha. reached about 90,000 tons a year, and the worlds best supplies come from the139 words
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Article731 1906-06-07 22 L London Rubber Broke* p rmm. (7W, 0 f r.,;, Mr A. O. Devitt returned t r< Kintuok, on S ,tu,.l ay oloi spent nearly a month ia tU u. i mg to a representative rf th la Z? started at Singapore and went ri j731 words
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Article1502 1906-06-07 23 I'. .i ha ia. Evna, London, May -1,1 90*;. itioD football season was oue interest, the visit of the New „2 i big impetus to the Rughv was maoh mmood and the tour of \t Autumn should eonI work. i ,1 expectations, the final of [sa -:on1,502 words
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Article135 1906-06-07 23 Whal is the attraction lhal noisome over drains and tlie coping stei.es of bridges the same, have for agahs and am the, what time their puling Anglo-Malayan charges -tender rears a-v supposed lo be eating the fresh i morning airy Oo along Northam, Perak, or Anson Bonds and135 words
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Article1067 1906-06-07 23 Loudon, April 1906. Deare.st Exile. It was snowing early this morniDg too bad. as May is nearly here, but I have longed too often, in steamy Colombo, to see i^nd feel a snow flake, to mind them now, even if they are a little out-of-date. Dodo1,067 words
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Article1015 1906-06-07 23 A Mohammedan scholar has written a bio- graphy of the Prophet Mohammed. Washington living's Life ofthe Prophet is charming literature, with all of the graces of composition that were the endowment of Macaulav and Froude. Carl) les essay has brought out the heroic side of the1,015 words
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Article685 1906-06-07 24 London, April It'th. Dearest Exile. It is Primrose day. so of course I went to Westminster to see* how Lord Beaconsfield looked. He had more wreaths than ever, green garlands rounds his pedestal, primroses aud i violets at hi I feet, and over his head a685 words
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Article371 1906-06-07 24 I The prevailing scarecrow in some ol the Philippine papers is the Japanese peril. It i prol ably accounts for the tone of the appended. Irom the Cablenev, s of May 16.— Some sensational statements were made before the House i Naval Committee by Admiral371 words
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Article435 1906-06-07 24 It's no good saying Well, they're making a mess of it! Their worst enemies could'nt wish for better. It's no good saying, "They'll split up soon they're quarrelling already among themselves. They lnvethe majority, they are bent on mischief, and mischief they'll do. They are beggars ou horseback,435 words
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Article514 1906-06-07 24 A Rapidly Made Railway. The importance of the line which bas jusl been opened from Tort Soudan to Berber is enormous. It is the first serious attempt al developing the commerce of the Soudan. The idea dates back to the time of Ismail Pasha, who514 words
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819 1906-06-07 24 At the request of the Italian Government. the Congress of the International Postal Union, held this year in Koine, was twice twice postponed. This has had the agreeable result that the permanent office of the International Fnion in Berne has been allowed so much819 words
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Article149 1906-06-07 24 The Police report a serious gang robbery at Bukit Timab in the small hours of this morn- ing. It appears that at 3am a gang of twelve j Kehs armed with clulo and carrying torches j entered a house in a plantation between the 7th149 words
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Article222 1906-06-07 24 San Fuanvisco (>UM It is rumoured that :i ifj will shortly enter Into p-^ tic Mail Steamship Co new line will be eontroV pany, and will nm in '"^C<*; railway o < ned by ti.: (ireat Western. It is it is almost acertaintv. new line of222 words
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Article210 1906-06-07 24 This morning before Ifi Colw io ii i Court. Mr Wyllie.A.S. P. had three Chii up on a charge of runomg i lottery. Theneo had stomal kinds of I igatelle method of gambling had to roll a |mmti el matbk nail studded face of tl n muttered. pocSeta210 words
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Article226 1906-06-07 24 THE L ATE MR H. M. BEVIS. Bun mi jn Bj A London paper git tk J nu! death of Mr Bm k uumb Ifanagerof the Hough ag at Shanghai Mr Herbert Maur: year ago from Chim. when Bsansger. and settled in a house iu S gardens. Victoria-st. li I,226 words
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Article443 1906-06-07 25 *^^^inlavson has been appointed h7 [»r" itate Pathologist, Singapore. Pionssr" hai it that Mr Bariisei msr, goes on -hort lesruhof health. Ite Past Offios Ordinance j 33ian British Postal Orpto2 6 6 centa np to 10/6; sol •<■•-: ju. •dia met with bad weather I Colombo443 words
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Article972 1906-06-07 25 Feiday, Irt June, 190€. PfcKS.NT His Excellency the Officer Administering the Govern IT u »ent (Sir William Tavlr. ix.c.M.o.i na Hon Me the Acting Colonial Secretary (B.L.BBeckman.l tho Act. Sttaaney^QanL (J. Ii Ernes.) tlie Act. Col. Triasmst J.O. Anthonisz) tiie Act. Auditor-General A T.Ih cant.) tl'" Col Engineer972 words
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Article1226 1906-06-07 25 Quicquid agvnt homines nostri est farrago libelh I Juvenal. From disasters and cataclysms like those of Vesuvius and San Francisco the world turns to hang with horror and loathing on the abominable outrage that some malevolent Auarehist perpetrated at Madrid last Thursday. For many months, with1,226 words
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Article798 1906-06-07 25 First Annual Dinner at Gk.-nu Hotel. Speech by Sa ,>ohn Anoersost. The first annual dinner of the Federated Malay Slates re.idem and their friends in Loudon was held at the Urand Hotel, Trafalgar Square, on Friday. M y 4th. Mr F. Douglas Osborne presided,798 words
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Article1668 1906-06-07 26 Present Mr rJ. G. Broadrick, President. Messrs Wm Macbean, Cheng Keng Lee, Dr Murray Kobertsou, 11. L. Coghlan, A. Bailey. Rowland Allen and C. McArthur. Mr K Peirce, Eugineer, and Mr J. Polglase. 8 -cretary, were also present. Minutes. The minutes of the ordinary meeting of May is1,668 words
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Article258 1906-06-07 26 The important combination of the Cunard, 1* and O, Orient and Pacific Mail briefly mentioned in Reuter the other day is foreshadowed to some extent in these remarks of the Chairman at the general meet ing of the Orient Co A consideration of these accounts again258 words
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Article310 1906-06-07 26 timet excitement has been. caused tlnoughout America, owing to the revelations af Mr Neill, tne LaboUS Commissioner, who inspected the meat packi in" houses at Chicago, and discovered horrible malI practices, including th* conversion of putrefying matter into canned meats. I Mggdem tctegrmm. 1 Havinglived in the East310 words
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Article425 1906-06-07 26 A special to the Times of Ceylou dated May 2'J* says that the prospectus of ths Jugra Land and* Ruhber Estates had been issued and that the Company would go to allotment on £80,000, which amount had been underwritten. The T. of C. says. This is the biggest425 words
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Article208 1906-06-07 26 It will be remembered that BOtne ton da ago two long-sentence prisoners managed to make their escape from the Criminal Prison and mysteriously disappeared, and Dpto the pro* seut it has uot been discovered how thev made their escape. The very night however two men broke into208 words
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Article626 1906-06-07 26 I How The Celestial Emm r In Japan' i When the doom of I. Far East was being kmdfe, in Manchuria, M. Ussar tIJ sentative of Muscovite fided to a friend of Zl success of Japan would 1... ,H China, the overthrow and the destruction626 words
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Article39 1906-06-07 26 After turbine Pre. en Btampl M manv. tl.e steam turbtoe I pOMt I llvblfl t' motive, i tbrongh tl a turbiii ted of m rim- i boil H n to the t! nw* tm pipe noz/39 words
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Article2280 1906-06-07 27 Fkask T. Bcllen < 4•♦ Thr ('mine of the Cachalot," <tv). i A r r>r raw i .ur, iieais R_s»ev_t>.,« i .here is little difficulty in j fruitful a topic M the above, j that in the brief >pace at my t u a propose to2,280 words
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Article248 1906-06-07 27 Paticular. are published in some American engineering contemporaries of a scheme having for its object, the construction of an electric mono-rail system between Brooklyn and Coney Island, and it is proposed to do the journey at a speed of 110 miles per hour. From details to248 words
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Article226 1906-06-07 27 Most sailors carry n sheath-knife, and no fisherman is without i ne when a trawler goes to sea. But it is only just beginning to be recognised what risk to shipping may be involved in the practice. It appears that knives of a highlymagnetised kind are nowadays226 words
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Article296 1906-06-07 27 A new method oi electrical welding rail joints j is now beiug employed in Germany, and has been adopted on several rabvays. There are three kinds of welded joints which have come into general use in this country and abroad, namely, the Falh, or east-welded joint;296 words
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Article587 1906-06-07 27 Rise of the Nippon Ycsen Kai sua In an article on the rise of the N. Y. K. lin* The Syren and Shipping considers the advance Japan has made as a maritime nation is graphically exemplified by the story of this the largest steamship c nceru iu587 words
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Article303 1906-06-07 27 PROSPERITY THROUGH THE CHINESE. SI'RIKING FACTS FOR BRITISH WOUKMI*. The Johannesburg Chamber of Trade haa adopted the bold course of sending an open letter to British workmen (bound in a yellow cover) giving in brief and striking form a series of interesting figures regarding Chinese labour iu the Transvaal gold303 words
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Article166 1906-06-07 28 I Says the Pioneer The delays in telegrams between Europe and India are becoming nine frequent, Reuter's service of news being specially affected. This shows that the traffic is steadily increasing ia response to the reduction in the tariff, aud that the cables are unequal to carrying166 words
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Article336 1906-06-07 28 ITheie New Kole in* Battle. In the April number of the u R.E. Journal,' Colonel Hickson gives us a very interesting paper on a most important subject what may be called the new role ol the Koyal Engineers on th© field of battle. I is quite a new336 words
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Article484 1906-06-07 28 IDsa.tic RtTI.SS. The Army Ce.. eii ba' uol yet relaxed their efforts to eliminate extras igance in tbe conduct of officers 1 messes iu the Arm'., and some drastic rules ou tbe subject have ju>t been framed aud will ehorth 1 issued. Commanding officers are t<>484 words
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Article834 1906-06-07 28 Mr A Stewart, registrar of imports and exporis, has been io Penang ou a four of iuspec- i tion. The Perak Turf Club's annual race meeting has been provisionally fixed for the 23rd, 25th and 27th August. H. H the Sultan of Perak has contributed $1,000834 words
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Article254 1906-06-07 28 The auu:al inspection of the Singapore Volunteer Infantrv rapeued ou Saturday afteri noon. The men fell in at the Bras Bassah-rd Drill Hall at 4 o'clock aud with the cadets and cadet drum aud fife band marched to the Raffles Reclamation Ground where they wore drawn254 words
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Article760 1906-06-07 28 Deh.-NB Greater than thb Supply. (From P. M.G. Special Representative.) Tin has become to-day (May 11) a metid iu which widespread interest is being taken. Its price is approaching L'2oo a ton whereas a year ago it wa? r j inore than l'i 38, and it760 words
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Article322 1906-06-07 28 An Athi.f.tj- LMTCn pm i n a d r i- no i o i u; rnrron. Dear Sin,- 1 m notice, winch apfamid in fg p lp efforts which a Committee of p, making to establish an anu, ing at Ipoh. Ou behalf of that Committee I say that322 words
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Article229 1906-06-07 28 The Auuual v >! t..« 1' Force were held on th. Ruffle* £T und yesterday. commencing il 10 ar The programme shooed tvmty 4 I but owing to thc paucity afeasma European contingent in. evasti I r I panns were psr} poorly eaniertei ai altogether. 'Ji.*- native contingents.229 words
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Article124 1906-06-07 28 STRAITS COM PANIES The raped el Has PStaKi B I*os states that __!'»0 acrthe are i BSafer rnld-r. Ti d ae.piired a farther Id .»n the hash <»f II par J the total aaaa af thecal i »b»z. vhich «W| acseo ai Hm »h?|imraita ai whhh read-md l.' parlb. Theaxer124 words
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Article144 1906-06-07 29 DETAILS OF THE ROON DISASTER. where to b3 accurate, the j lUl l" reeeotlv weut ashore, lies a con- j V i; bv I. from Shimo- rted that a dense me, and. as the island is course nauallj followed rasaki to Shimonoseki, it 1 U _L ~4 be vessel waa144 words
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Article237 1906-06-07 29 i SiiarPAnn EMOLara. t that t\\<» Chinese longtheir escape from the under rather mysterious cir- I m ids their escape .1 early the next momi\ i by a Police patrol j rgling ;i house in Chancery escaping after a des- man arrested waa pri- I the Prison237 words
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Article194 1906-06-07 29 e to ro ord tbe death of Mr. lie \> as oue of the old i Few remain, and a i and w I h name of Nota- IB_ iro join the tii m ■> md i Jo., ia which be betiaae, ind retired from194 words
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Article194 1906-06-07 29 Belore Commissioner Howard recentlv in the Court of Requests, Hadji Mohammed, a a pilgrim broker living at No 11, Kelantan-rd, brought an action against a Chinese pilgrim bmker named Neo Boon Whatt for $6$ damages alleged to have been* sustained bv the former through a breach of194 words
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Article187 1906-06-07 29 Juki Monthly Medal. This competition was played on Saturday June 2 and Suuday June 3 and resulted in a \viu for Mr Coollie with scores of 40 and 4* on a handicap of 14. Mr Everitt put in a nett score of 7m and his efforts of187 words
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Article551 1906-06-07 29 The total amount of tiu are exported bi the tributors ou the lands of the Koyal Johore Tin Mining Coy, Ltd., during the month of "May was pis. 2-56.—- 841 bags. The German steamer Samsen arrived here yesterday from Swatow with 820 coolies. Que man died on551 words
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Article557 1906-06-07 29 When the French mail, the ss. Cob'donien came in from China on Monday, she was observed to have the Union Jack flying at the main. This was a delicate compliment to H. E. Major General Inigo Jones, commanding the Straits, who was a passenger on board557 words
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Article136 1906-06-07 29 Electrical current, constantly traverse the earth in a general but varying direction from northwest to southeast, at an angle of about seventy degrees with the geographical meridian. A Belgian astronomer, M. Guarini, contends that these currents are due to the action of the sun und the earth with136 words
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Article137 1906-06-07 29 Sued Upos a Promissory Note. In the Supreme Court yesterday, before .Mr .lust ice Law, an action was brought by the attorney of Bamsamy Chetty to recover $10,000 from the defendant Tan JiakSu, a half brother of Mr Tan Jiak Kim, a member of the Legislative Council.137 words
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61 1906-06-07 29 On the Esplanade last evening, the ciub won eood game by three iries to nil. I>r. Ula Lii n and A. M.Hogg scored thei i; Nathan <!•.:■ c) and Mcll raith fail 1 .nvert Nathan howevcrwas wvy unlu I one occasion, a well61 words
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Article1095 1906-06-07 29 The Rev. P. N. Hunter, Chaplain to the Troops. Singapore, gave an exceedingly interesting address at the Princep-st. Church on Monday night on his experiences with the troops in South Africa. He stated that he had had some trouble in getting permission to go,1,095 words
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Article313 1906-06-07 30 Keltens d'Almeida. On Monday morning at the Cathedral of the Oood Shepherd Grace Darling, second daughter ol Mr and Mrs P. A. Reutens. was married to Mr Vincent F. d'Almeida, the ceremony being performed by the Reverend Father Rivet. After the service. Mr and Mrs d'Almeida with a313 words
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226 1906-06-07 30 P. gera arrived here by tiie N.D.L. Zieten. -From Hamburg: Mr V. Strauss. From Antneip: Dr Gruen, Miss Vemast, Mr d. May. Prom Southampton Mrs Aise and child, Mr .nd Mrs Hendersou, Messrs ff. Waters, E. Worihington,H. Allen, J.Bauch, S. Cocks. A. Atkin,226 words
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Article45 1906-06-07 30 June 15, Passengers expected to arrive hero .7 tho N.D.L. Seyd.it/. Mr Carl beege, Mr :i Baur, Mrs Fridy Baur, Mr K. Poortmann, If r and Mra F. Groves. Miss Hall. Mr Edward T.Bailey, Mr O. Hisgen. Mr Conrad Schmid, Mr G. Beennaaa.45 words
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Article71 1906-06-07 30 Spe< Uj 1 1 tnpiled for the Singapoie Free Presa/' Onto t 1 passing Anjer Nationality and des--1 ripUon of vessel Captain's name; Where and irhen sailed. Destination. tfay 25. Islander. Brit str; Wright Singapore, May 2 s Christmas Island. May 27. Malang. Dut str Klyn: Rotterdam,71 words
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Article106 1906-06-07 30 (June, 8.j Tin buyers S 88, Chunbiar buyers 7.30 do. Cabe No. 1 10.75 do. do. No. 2 9 00 ?9pp9r, Black (ordinary S'pors. buyers 20.75 do. White, (Fair L. W. t> p.c, -23.62 Nutmegs 110 to tlie I.) 33 dc. 80 to the ib. 53 tf^oe vBand*) 145.106 words
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Advertisement613 1906-06-07 30 gbbcrtigcmcnts> THE "Singapore Free Press" AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER Cable Address M Advertiser' Singapore. TELFPHONE NO. 61. Published at No 30-3 Raffles Place, Singapore The leading English Newspaper in the Strait Settlements Johore, the Federated Native States of Perak, Selangor, Sungei Ujong, Pahang, the Negri Sembilan British North Borneo Sarawak, Netherlands613 words
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Advertisement546 1906-06-07 30 THE LONDON DIRECTORY, CONTAINING over 2,000 pages of condensed j commercial matter, enables enterprising traders throughout the Empire to keep in close touch with the trade of the Motherland. Besides being a complete commercia. guide to London and its suburbs, the Directory contain lists of EXPORT MERCHANTS with the goods546 words
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Advertisement325 1906-06-07 30 OCEAN STEAM fjgn, China Mutual Bb The OosspatinTslssii Liverpoo' ontwa Japan every wrak, r-.J r". lor London every ferbi^ monthly. One s e-teuds In Taa ing cargo cn Pacific Pistes u The Con: r a-e ie-pitched fa A ■raj fortnight, lot Java j Throng* I ..-.pan, Malar Matt* Bkuoo pest325 words
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Article3593 1906-06-07 31 0, mm hnVgrsphO Ageneg.) iHK DANISH WBDDIHO. Ke.-. iv 1 May 80 5 pm. nodding contract has been the British Embassy sour of the Prince and Wales Thr Ministry Humours of Changes ptreng lumonai of Ministerial u is mentioned as being likely to 3 expected that Mr Winston w3,593 words
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Article261 1906-06-07 32 May 31.— Per Knehin*: Mrs Waddell. Mr and Mrs Rentena, Mr J. Allan. Per Amherst slessrs Benet aui Simons. Per Sri Muar Mr and Mrs Staples. June 1. —Per GlenfaUooh Mr W. H. Munro. Dr C. H. Kertz. Per Japan: For Singapore —Major J. R. Stansfeld, Lieut WJPF.261 words
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Article76 1906-06-07 32 (CofcMMSlM) cp TO Juno j'l Ban.: i m s 2;1, 7 ilqwuiiil -/4; bk^ Ptiiate credit* 3 ia/a sS/^A ;Ri! cvel>s .J w^ 8/4* u l Fm4XCK,d*e*nJ&4at 2D^J Jj* Germany, demand... 2»W M India, T. T. '74^ ij|j. j: Hongk'jno, iJdiu:iiiil 9\%4m \ju tU Yokoh.v.m (join.ui.l lit- 1 .rFS76 words
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Article791 1906-06-07 32 May 81. Haliotis. Dut str. M.-tin, for Sauga Sauga. Batavier, Brit. str.. Morris, for Kelantan via ports. Banka. Brit. str.. Rushton, for AnsmUSS and Natuna ls. Flevo. Brit, str., Hendry, for Kelantan via ports. El Kantara, Frch str., Lemonier, for Marseilles via ports. Boribat, Siam. str., Raon, for Bangkok.791 words
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Advertisement70 1906-06-07 32 A LITTLE DOWN. AND A LITTLE EACH MONTH B Until the Purchase is Completed— are the Terms upon which We are prepare! to Supply Ml Any Piano Stocked by us H WE OFFER YOU a large Variety of makes for Selection SUCH AS:- H Steinway, Bechstein, Colhird and Collard, Krauss,70 words
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Miscellaneous1075 1906-06-07 32 VESSELS IN PORT. W Vessels Flags Tons Masters Arrived From Con si?nees ML* Beechley Brit 2454 Forsyth May 'Newcastle Wm^ A K Ban Whatt Hin •Brit 195 Rawlingeon June I Mehmi BtrsitsQgr Hf Ban Hin Guan Brit 243 Hunter June t> Teluk Anson Fh> Wf Chakrabhongs Siam 352 Danholt June1,075 words
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