The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 26 July 1906

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  • 18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1906. No. 99!
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  • Domestic Occurrences
    • 74 1 Mitchell.— At Poatiuiak, oa«the t!i iost., Ihe wife of Mr. Hckbsbi Mitchell, of the MeUwei Dredging Co., of u daughter. Howiw^.—On theiethJnlj, a< Prye River Dock, the wife oi John G. Howdkn, of a daughter. Lo d -On the 24th July, at 7- xTh «nj i iv tad, the
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    • 126 1 S I IX-fV« .—On th« --M June, at tbe of Saint tfartin-in-tbe-F Is, Ti falgar bj the EUverend Hami I .1 II- ROW GrOXDOU ShKWAM to DOROTHI KATK Wood, only daughter of Mrs. Luca of6i,Asl •'■'•■•i- S.W. Br*Dox-Ai obp. On the 25th June, by the A H> -,1. v.t
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    • 27 1 ral Hospital, Sio^ipore, a 9 n.m. jr, A'THu: Richard \>\ igm, of En England Aged 41. Funeral i l 4.30 p.m. I ly. Some papers please copy.
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  • 574 1 As will be presently announced the Com- mittee of the Straits Settlements Association i (Singapore Branch) will cal! a Public Meeting to hf held before the close of this month. i The object of the meeting is one of the deepest J concern to
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  • Article, Illustration
    28 1 lit" lhall the Vtc^ the People's rifcht maintain, vl by influent an unbribed by gain; patriot Truth her giorioui precept* draw. i t<- Relision a I.^vaitv and Law.
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  • 536 1 Whatever may he the apj-etie of the statiscian and statesman for fact-, the avera^r reader will stand appalled at t lie 6gHM and facts set forth in the annual report fur 1905 of the BenI dent General of the Federated Malay States, Sir William Taylor, k.c m
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  • 338 1 We print to-day, precis of a private memorandum which lias beendraWD up to explain to the public the n lent fiain<-i.i! p O si: on of the Colony. We would earnestly invite tie public to road this care; ally r 1 1 givf it all the business
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 92 1 CONTKNTS. P itioo 49 19 IB HI ."v. 50 50 51 > Rt H •>: 61 '■■J 1 1' I- ."■I g s>s 1 I SM j ■•I N HO i'r. v. ►i-kly i t tin- i to 1 1 MIB i X oi f SD TO THE M\ 81
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    • 99 1 uropean AgencyINDENTS promptlj erecnted at lowest cash dricea for all Kinds of Bi-itish and Continental I .1 indading: Boots, Sh«">e.s and Leather, 1 teuucali Bud Druggists' Smdries. China, Eaithenware and Gl issware, Drapei*j, Millinery and Piece Goods, Fancy Geods, Perfumery and Stationery, Hardware an 1 Maehinery, Photographio and Optical Goods,
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 272 1 THE WEEK. wail lVt>:>i home arrived t l 11. Friedrieh 1., ning H July ibe 1 wiih ptoJuue29 arriTed on Thursday last. v! I. Seydlitz took u homeward mail •1. 1) .;ii i thi: weekly goej L U. L P tta. His Kighße&j the Sultan of Jobore arrived from home
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  • 568 2 A most important point about the new and uncomfortable situation in which the Colony has suddenly found itself eutangled as a result of the Arbitration award, is that it was entirely unexpected by the Colonial Office so far as the amount was concerned.
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  • 187 2 Sir Henry McCallum and the Natal Government are still being nagged at by the Radicals in the Hous« mho do not scruple to talk of atrocities in connection with the compaign against the dangerous tribal revolt in that Colony. One of the most astounding demands made
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  • 357 2 That the late Mr Beit should devote by bequest a portion of his great weal Mi to the furtherance of the grand railway schemes of Cecil Rhodes seems to be a thoroughly excellent and appropriate endeavour to benelit regions of South Africa whose advancement both
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  • 323 2 The Duma ami tho Autocracy, now apparently oil the edge of a decisive struggle, present much the aspect of an organised Hackeusachuiidt and Madrali fernting aud dodging before getting a grip on each other. The wires tell us of a sensational rumour that it* the
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  • 249 2 Even in spite of the sordid horrors of the Chicago revelations, at least one gentleman connected perhaps indirectly with the canning industry but certainly acting as its champion in the U. S. House of Representatives, displays no little humour in his defence of his friends. He ha* effected
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  • 615 2 THE Parliamentray CONGRESS. July 28. To-day, July 2ord, is the day when there assembles in London what is called various) v the M lnternational Political Union" or the Inter- Parliamentary Congress. ",lt is, we note, fourteen years since this body last met iu London and in the interim it has
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  • 154 2 Thk Kiu^'ti Prize w a> 1 afternoon and the fortu^J of the chief honours „f t^>V meeting of 1900 .C W ■!'?> N Middlesex. Tbi. e,oe||e Ut gmtulated on l«i D g n fiD f seculive ve. lr 8, for i a tbe "Three Hundred .t;; Itakiugtith
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  • 760 2 The "Man on the Spot." Julv 24. The man on the spot has \mm Mfc evidence Uldtf, particularly the j, Radical ministers. First of all ti lev l» ,r, flouting the man on the spot. and Sir Frem i Lugard in Nigeria and Sir Henri in Natal were the earliest
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  • 389 3 Um Liquors Bill against 1 hfl pfßMliri to the Ldgilla V i 1 iv, is u'"> fannshop i lereio the Superintendent is emiSW >-us»*s for th»* sale bv Ml itt"l spirit* an>f todhjsderstaßd, is that hitherto t'arm■••ti allowed to sell European and liquors, whereas imtler t: they
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  • 944 3 Company Capital and Planting. July 25. "y M'lil, in quoting a Government Ifcl principle of its land policy seme useful comments that go to *»H not do for Government to take iU own statements too literally, but it mu>t di>cnininateaud modify these to suit circumstances. From the Resident's auuual report
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  • 91 3 The Malay Mail with its issue of July 21 publishes a full, and presumably coirect, list of rubier interests at present in being in the F. M. S. The list shows 51 public companies and 26* private estates. The noiuiual capital of the Companies totals roughly about seventeeu million dollars,
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  • 1365 3 The half yearly statement of the Singapore Sporting Club issued to inenil>ers, gives indications of the past six mouths having been profits We. The general receipts totalled nearly twenty five thousand dollars, and considering that during the whole of 1905 the general receipts osily came to about forty
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  • 214 3 Cheating in Respect to HOjOOO. A few dajl ai, r o two Chinese babas were arrested ou the iilieiratioii of having cheated a Cliettv named Supramanian to the tune of $9»100 by declaring that the first act-used had attained his majority when they applied ior the
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  • 185 3 Padre Walker a Victim The Police report that burglars visited Cava-uagh-rd last night and entered two houses there. The first house visited was The Mau.se, the residence of the Revd S. S. Walker, but the burglars were unable to find anything of very great value in the
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  • 132 3 WARREN SHIELD FOOTBALL COMPETITION. The preparations for the Warren Shield Football Competition have been completed and in all thirteen teams have been entered, these beiftg the Singapore Volunteer Artillery, the two Companies of the R.G.A. the R.E. and the Shift and Departments with eight Companies of the Sherwood*, amongst the
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  • 78 3 For the eye of Mr, W. A. Cuscaden (ami bit son the Ro*ger player) Sir A. Bruce, Assistant Commissioner nf Police, at a Cup presentation to the Greenwich Division team, expected some, surprise that tl»»j I numbers should have taken up the Asaoei.ti. n game in preference to Rugby, as
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  • 455 4 Before Mr Michell a Bengali milkman was fined $30 for selling milk which contained 44 per cent of added water Mr Column as reported yesterday gave judg ment in the case iu which a Police corporal and a chintiu-_r, were chanted with extorting 5 32 from
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  • 413 4 The steamer Abbotsford, which went down on the Kemaman B.ir through running on the wreck of the old Sri Penaug which lies there, aud was subsequently purchased by Captain' Saape and Mr. Lvon* for 82,000 and raised and brought to Singapore, leaves for Poutiiinak aud S imbas to-day under charter
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  • 287 4 The following is a carefully considered estimate of tlie loan expenditure already incurred or contemplated Expropriation of Tanjong Pagar $80,000,600 or rouudiy £3,800,000 Inner Harbour Behemf Singapore Jt lfoo0 t OOO Tattjong Pagar Improvements ;»nd Developments X 1,800,000 Singapore River Improvement! 500,000 Peaaag Harbour 200,000 Total
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  • 199 4 The Bench Court yesterday afternoon coucloded the final stage of the case, iu which three Chinaman rere charged with assault. The tacts of the c;»se were that tlie three Accused were pig-rearers out at Railing Fading and they are alleged to owe another man a considerable
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  • 146 4 Commander Charles Tibbits of H. M. S. Challenger reported to the Police that vesterday when the cruiser was coaling at Tanjoug Pagar, he left his bicycle on the wharf near the ship and shortly after discovered th.it it had vanished. The matter was placed in the
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  • 120 4 On Tuesday a Chinaman was charged at the Police Court with having absconded from Singapore in last December to avoid a receiving order being made against him thus civoidiug examination under the* Bankruptcy Ordinance and defeatiug and delaying legal proceedings. Mr C. J. Saunders, Official Assignee, said the accused
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  • 73 4 In connection with our special wire on July 10 the following additional particulars of the collision between the Alacrity and a merchant steamer are given. A collision has occurred between H. M. S. Alacrity and s.s. Chinkiang off the North-East Promontory. The accident took place on Friday last iu a
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  • 591 4 Responsiple for Tenant's Doin< Counsel's Caustic Remarks. 3 Before Mr Michell yesterday Mr F. M. Elliot mentioned certain cases in winch several laudlords and house owners had been summoned j by the Gambling Suppression Department for, in the words of the charge, M permitting bling on their
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  • 272 4 Y^ter.l .y. before Messrs Michell and Nathan sitting as a Beuch Court, John ifatheeoß, carpenter of Ihes.s Fallodon Hall, was charged with causing grievou hurt to a Kling dubash ?»uJ mischief by breaking the lock-up at Keppel Harbour Staf i"ii. Accused pleaded guilty ou l>oth charges. Jellaj,
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  • 106 4 There is surely a slip here. A Colombo paper says The next visit of the Bandinann Opera Co. to Colombo will take place about the end of August. In a letter to the manager of the G. O. H. with whom he is making arrangements for the forthcoming xisit, Mr.
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  • 328 4 ALLEGED PERJURY IN THE SUPREME COURT. au.) Natl.au, B i«i n Aliinat. one „f "J K Mol.amme.la,, I. lv r( -.hhavi,,,, o.uri. i"'.r"v lu Mr j: w. Bn4fan Kuril J rfwil l meda:, Dm. Uw^ tlta cms. A«mmJ A<mu«l .1,,,,,,] sl m OtWwitMWM v By Mr Ilanis: He lVa (mml
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  • 314 4 The two Borneo newspapers t«» liun mail the British North RmtO lithe Borneo (official) Ga/ette MtaM I interesting items. The former prints a letter fimi I pondeut, who enquires why the p.i}» recorded the death of H. H. Ihe Bi Brunei. The Editor promises It .l.t.cn f matter
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  • 527 5 M tsVfi must send you rather 10-.mut ef a sliort but delightful have just had. Singapore as vou c harming, still ;t total change not climate, comes as a welcome i the monotony of DM, bo you can deKght when a trip to Kuchinpr, Sir.iw.ik was
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  • 225 5 ■g iiwpatch reports that the young K Morler, who disappeared while the interior of China, some months red OH the borders of Mongolia north of Peking on Sept. 2, by a ivutu:>r stvliug himself Viscomte r. with whom he was travelling. 11l will be u'l;*] to hear that in about
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  • 669 5 The Hon Charles Hedley Strutt, presiding at the meeting of the New London Borneo Tobacco Company June 21, said that although the crop of 19«»4 was the largest ever produced the prolonged drought while it was growing proved disastrous to its quality. Whatever could be
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  • 128 5 Before the Bench Cour* 1 a Chinese carpenter charged B fellow workman with causing hurt to hint. The story for the prosecution was that the two men were working together and the accused was lazy and did not. do his fair share of the work. Complainant
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  • 173 5 The P&O Suiula, which came in last week, ran into a very bad storm near Socotra auri one of her starb>anl boats was much damaged. The Aratoon Apcar, which also arrived here last week, had her stwn damaged by the bows of auother steamer, while dropping down stern foremost from
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  • 580 5 The H.M.S. Yacht Meran is expected here tc-morrow with Mr Hyndman Jones, Acting Judicial Commissioner, F. M. States. Captain Stockley, A. D. C, paid visits on behalf of theGovernor to the cruisersChallenger and Argonaut this morning. H. E. the Governor aud party go out in the
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  • 888 5 44 Why good men won't stay here is the large labor title of one of the Manila papers, the^subsidiary question being Why employees quit Government Service P A simple answer suggests itself to better themselves. Therefore those who choose that course have no right to go about growling at how
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  • 132 5 RECREATION This morning before Mr Colman, Inspector Gallagher asked to be allowed to withdraw a gambling case against a dozen rikisha coolies. Inspector Gallagher said his grounds for asking for the discharge of the coolies were because they were ouly playing on a small scale. At present the informers were
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  • 96 5 The ss. Goldtnouth, belonging to the Shell Line, has just arrived at Rotterdam, after steaming from Singapore, by the route round the Cape of Good Hope, a distance of 11,791 miles, in fifty-two days, without once stopping the engines or checking the generation of steam in the
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  • 389 6 Hie most serene earthquake shock that Las 1 -:i recorded in the British Isles for mamyears was experienced on 271h June in Wales the West of England. Great alarm was i by the disturbance, especially in South U ales, where its < ffecta were most sharply ana
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  • 557 6 OIL FIRE AT PULAU SAMBO E Three Coolies Die From Their Injuries. We are sorry to hear that a somewhat serious fire has occurred at Pulau Sainboe, a Dutch Island across the Harbour, the depot of the Deutsche Asiatische Petroleum Co. Detaik are extremal j meagre, none at all being
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  • 46 6 J«>kvo Municipality Las abam] uhk! the ial reception u> theßritislj soi •Iron, which was expects at sTokohmia on the «th instant^ ai it has been privat. i, earne< BritMh Ambassador tW A S tfere .iisinclined to receive ii Jl]l '^otbein^ ni( age,lon:,M, fnciul mis si or.
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  • Correspondence.
    • 355 6 To THE B.DXTOK. Dear Sir, Through the medium of your valued paper, I should like to draw the attentiou of shareholders in M Pahang Kahau^'' to ceitaiu extracts from home papers which have appeared in local papers. From what lean understand it seems that. Iwo oilier companies are
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    • 425 6 THE MOLDAVIA." The I'. and t>. mail steamer Moldavia was n<»t signalled till .V:>o o' clock yesterday evening; ami at t'»-l<> pm. themnil gun was fired from Fort Canning. The Moldavia did not however come into the Port but anchored off Pasir Panjang aud was not brought into the Harbour
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    • 178 6 RETURNED TRANSVAAL COOLIES. Keep Hongkong Police Occupied. If the Hongkong police wore asked to give. the coolies who have returned from the South African gold mines a character it would probably be a bad one. Naturally amongst the thousands of coolies who were taken to the mines I here were
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  • 1495 6 VIII. Singapore, thl Gateway of the Pacific. Singapore is the gateway intj the Pacific ir Ocean but it is mOie tLun this. It is the l strategical pivot round which radiate the three divisions of the Eastern fleet the E.^.t Indian, e the China, and the Australia
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  • 639 7 Esi \tk Claimant Fails. ,i»n in the claim bv the Malav i againel hst three stepsons (who t«» a share in the Singapore t her late kusbaad, Hadji Samat of \|r Justice Law yesterday afternoon verv interesting judicial opi- he expressed Ilia convic- itatesaents said to have
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  • 78 7 installation meeting of Lotlge Gate, was held last tffltttiag at i Hull W. Bro. F.M. Elliot, I>. D. G. Bra. A. Fowler was installed Uh otlm officers of the Lodge I M .P;T.M. Wright. S W.; 1 W W.Allen, Chaplain \V. H. rtl Tum .J. C. Pattisou, Secretary i>
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  • 561 7 Shbkwo >m I>efeat S. K. C. The Sherwood Foresters and the S. K. C. met in their Cup fixture on the Esplanade vesterdav evening aud the Recreation Club men. losing the tost, had to face a verv strong sun. At the kick oil the soldiers got the
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  • 244 7 Before the Bench Court yesterday three Chinamen, one of whom is a Police detective, were charged with attempted robbery. The ston for the prosecution was that the head ccolie of a Chinese firm was sent to collect a bill for $100 and then told to take
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  • 205 7 The Sultan of Perak lias issued in Malay a proclamation of which the following is translation GOVERNMENT OF PERAK. Advice rjtOM His Highness the Sultan m* Perak to all Persons in the State ov Pkrak. It is hereby proclaimed that in the opinion of the British
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  • 531 7 The buoy ou the Frederik Hettdrik Shoal has been replaced. Do you know the device of King Sisowath P 44 Honi soil qui inal y danse."— Le Figaro." The I. G. P. goes to Malacca shortly to open the depot for Police recruits there. H. M.
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  • 357 7 A correspondent writes: "I have been making enquiries amongst the Chinese in the SeraDggong and Ponggol districts as to whether they intend lending exhibits to the forthcoming Agri-Horticultural Show and so far have not met a single individual who knows that a show is to be held. Surely the Committee
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  • 843 7 The seventh annual dinner of the Corona Club took place at the Hotel Cecil under the presidency of Lord Elgin, Secretary of State tor the Colonies. Among those present were Sir K. Biddulph, Sir M. Ommauney, Sir P. Jackson, Sir A. Birch, Sir A.
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  • 194 7 A Chinaman named Lok Chew Seng living at No. 1 Mandala, -rd, reports to the Police that at l-oO this morning his house was held up by a gang of a doz^n Chinese, believed to be Cantonese, who h; d blackened faces and were armed
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  • 35 7 Evidence in the perjury case against Hadji Ahmat was taken yesterday by the Bench Court. The evidence was similar to that given in the Mohammedan Divorce Case at the Assizes out of which it arises.
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  • 1934 8 Ordinary Meeting Fjudaa'. July 20. i'RKHKNT Hid Excellency the Governor Sir John Anderson, K.C.M.O. The Hon'ble the Colonial Secretary (apt A. H. Young. the Act. CoL Treasurer J. O. Anthonisz. the Act. Attorney-* M'nl. J. K Innes. thi't'ol. Engineer A. Murray, c.e.,m. i.e. e. W, .1. Napier, d
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  • 87 8 Mr E. C. C. Howard has been appointed acting first magistrate, Penang, Mr C. F. J. Green, m-A\n% second magistrate, Singapore, and Mr II Scott acting commissioner of Court of Bequests. Mr I*. Nairn, living at GilsteacUrd, reports to the Police that jerterdaj his "boy" fell from a mangosteen tree
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  • 1375 8 Qaicqutd aynnt homines nostri tdfarrojo lib^h Juvenal. It is not difficult to have too much of a <;ood thing. That is just what this Colony lias just now! In those dear departed days when it had surpluses to piny with it never dreamt that a Wicked
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  • 69 8 Before Sir M y< living ii N•. M nei with doing 'ian inted ioua disease ipj living wish tliem BmaJ] pox. J-V -ti: put uu<ler ijuaratitiue, th t<» a public rikisli 1 an«l w v. bere else ben a >lice 1 and Arrested Lbotn. The iisii; t l
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  • 70 8 THE SINGAPORE RIFLE ASSOCIATION. Fob 'ili" m •••tinjf o\ \>-rv fllll O1 ;i UttOllg«4 to Singapor I isn 1 target is V. itrii*i tarr. Bal I .i Volunta 1 ■re en i( led 1 Tbii fo 9. Compel t .r the nu ben <>!.♦, .iu IV'- n tf price* willUk
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  • 214 9 ull r H»'in from Bangkok his !>r mgbl M for the l'K-al market. er L onbard has arrive! here from urgo of oo t!. j |in:n t'.irui reu the were >i.l"'V i k rece red li^r \_.i If, left for ••:u..Li t le p Kat j
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  • 481 9 A Lease oi Ho -in Lim Quay. His Lordship Mr Justice Law was engaged this morning i u bitting an important Chinese suit, which has already taken up a consich rable part of the Judge's time. Tli* parties are Phua Keucj T/e, ;;<lmiuUtTatiix oi Taa Chin Hwee,
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  • 327 9 ►sterda S ipei inteuilent t! m f •••v. Gra :t.p;- >n DepjUtmeiit v.i..!-- 1 N"o. Middle- rd and arrested f< nrteeti Ft J j i p gambling and about .It) in stakes were 1 Tl bt fore Af«■G »> u I i' n^ i••! j!>arcjed vif.h fi »na]
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  • 78 9 e are a tlia Ii who ti Lve the pleasure int ace of }-ic Justice Hynclmao md Mr Jm bice Law, will join wrJh us in Dgratulatin^ these gentlemen on their pro10J ,n graphic information received this nd courts >■ jle<lat < ur disp< sal il
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  • 75 9 i irbi e est iblish- steamship line b*\ teen Bangkok, and Chin.. port3. Detaila are not» bpi lent, settled, but the proposed line is i > Compagnie do3 Decks et Ippontnients angkn, which in i French firm. Thecomi tra i- on tli i Peiho rivei*,
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  • 773 9 VISIT TO SELANGOR. Hil Excellency resumed bis tour through the Federated Malay States, tearing Singapore t Sel.iugor on Friday last at 5 30 pm in the "Sea rjew," after the sitting of the Legislative Cj uncil. His Excellency wai attended by bii suite and was accompanied bj
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  • 217 9 Aa appreciative .V ueJ to the adcl rr ±\ey oi\ 'E isybody Oxygen at the V. i. C. V- roo as >n Saturday uigh Ho bad in i !e elaborate preparations for the entertainment, for a formidable array of jhemical apparatus greeted the members of the Ass eiation and (heir
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  • 999 9 From the report of Mr A Btsuut* Registrar Imports and Exports, we extract the following paragraphs as being of most importance. There is eorne difficulty in giving any decisive verdict on the trade of 190S. 2. Wh le the overturn hi Textiles Irs been larger, it if
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  • 1046 10 c* '»'i* p'ktat ««r revolution? Wk.vi.thv Kksidknts Lkavim; Moscow. BT KAKL BLIND. V: !eut Btormi are brewing IB Russia from opposite direction in the autocratic as well as in tlie Constitutional and revolutionary quarter. From a trustworthy source, I learn tn:i f oil June 16 there was a
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  • 351 10 A writer in the North Borneo Herald gives the following interesting account of the method! of Filipino player*. •*To those unaccustomed to t he ways of Filipiii »e, the performance oi" these men must seem short of marvellous. Warned to attend, say at the Club, they stroll in
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  • 218 10 There w i«» eight competitors who entered for the Championship which was played for during Juiie and July over tlie links of the 3 gapore U,»H" Ciub In the first round Mrs. Saunders beat Mrs. 11. Nicholson by ono up. Mrs. Lovell be.it Mrs. E
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  • 126 10 A parly of Russians atTigil, Kamskchatka, murdered 10 of the crew of a Japauese schooner and retained eight survivors aa slaves, whom they maltreated and almost starred to death, states .1 recent Londoo wire. Amongst the officers who attended the recent Stan College Dinnoriu London were the following who have
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  • 159 10 Professor Simpson, who must by now be gjreatly exoicised in mind over the non-ventila-tion of acres of Chinese block-houses in the elder parti of the town, will endorse the views of a brother Professor on that subject. Professor MucHardy, senior consultant at the Royal Eve Hospital, London, and a specialist
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  • 1713 10 (From Ovr Special Correspond New Running Records. London, June 15. In Lieut Wyndhafl Halkswell, of the Highland Light Infantry, we possess an athlete who deserves to rank with such giants of the pastas H. C. L. Tindall and E. C. Bredin. Halkwell is the quarter-mile champion of
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  • 91 10 SUNGEI BULOH RUBBER COMPANY, LTD MgMMI June 20th, ly J""- Hi 150, Le^denhall Street, EC o** in *l shares. Objects To H all or part of certain agricultural land. 4 ing about l,2u<> acres, in Selanj h( Malay States, known as the Sun^ei which leases were recently granted i to
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  • 280 11 solace their wearied mini- ry ]-'i.y at 1) ••->->•■, the astronomer's :}i.r- icaiiK*, which wh<ettes mIH th»*yr inin'N, an*i hwtl no -.-l-;i.n." -li«»uM !>•• a«Mi i 1- Press." hri i tl er 1 Mattel 4 < Stab i' kd :v 7|. ii t ?i»- Town ll. ill,
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  • 528 11 SINGAPORE RIVER IMPROVEMENT. The Rights of m ►.>.«. i Pinang Graizette/' couiuieuting on the I ropo3a] to make land owueiti oil the banks of i.h« Singapore Ri?er liabk to oue per cent on the coat oK d^epeuiug and itnproviug the river, iy s It maj be that the Govemment baa
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  • 232 11 A Bangi >i 7" tesot l\ 10th says .1 St. Aldwyn he was Sir Michael Hicka Beach, otherwise i Michael," rheu he was in Siug ia le&ll very khsdlj wish the sliareh ld< tl Tanjong r Dock. Ho was umpire in tha arbitra- tint, aud it
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  • 53 11 Another sensational Chettj ease ia shortly i. Us bear lin the Pali mrt Th<» caje is ia v. hi.-;, two well-kn a Chinese babe* are rged with cheating aCheti il of $10,000. ledht I n fornw i rged before BlrColuiau and the bearing led for the 24th. Bail v t-
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  • 117 11 The Popular Man CoMPSnnox. To the Editok. Sir,— l have read Mr. Harrop'l letter publish•d iu i your paper re the Eastern Daily Mail's "opamr Man Competition. It is nonsense to t 1 T an Vthin H aiDsf the P° Wi °g- vv the r .M.S. were allowed 10
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  • 278 11 We ail know the Straits Setiletnenti dinner held annually Therein also a new federated Malay States Dinner, which might with advanUija coalesce with the < -ler fixture Hub what our readen <Jo not so well know is that an important element in our community, the German, hcis an
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  • 342 11 Discussing the matter of raiding the loan? the Colony now requires the .< <"■ proceeds to remark: Whether the loan or loans obtained n favourable terms and .t f i >ouable i*ate interest will depend very n. ich upon wl ich < t' the two
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  • 246 11 K.-l OF CLI B V. UrUTEI &Ei ICES. On the Esplanade ou Saturday the Rest plavecl sound game ind reached the useful total of 17<>, the ehief features ot t;e side's batting being Haunaf i\V 60 aud Cant r ell score of 51. Against ti is the
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  • 111 11 Messrs 11. L. Co«hl m•• Co •< 1 < ua n >■; attractive pamphlet of the U-oses (Syndicate) Estate, Bukit Tiinab I, i which they are the Mts. The letter-presa point out that now is a favourable time to 1 ly land and bold for the 1 isi vvliieh must
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  • 377 11 Kamik (Kheaj. a piovnnrG [kdustrt. To rat KniTORDear Sir, I have alreftdv ailed row ;.t--tentioo to the posiibilitiet of ELiinte (HI- Cultivation. Theie u ;i va.->t opening tot A i:: your Colonies. The Royal Horticultural Society, I am' pleased to say, is advocating i*> i ploitafi b< j have
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  • 570 11 las> ;.v Widow a.xd Si: .jl. The second estate claim within a fort nig reached its final stage* yesterday afterno-ji in the Supreme Court before Mr Justice Liar. Mr Niinsou on the evidence being c i s;ii*l the on!v issue vfiis the issu in tin pn i
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  • 2395 12 TlUkh T. IiULLEN {AmAof ai Tkt Crttin "(Vie Caehald*' d<.) G down lo the Sea what a world of ■oaaantki in'oivst uflfoldi itself to t lie active •aautginati *n iu tin utterance <f thofre fiv.M'uj'V iroids. Tlu'v iaU»> us back to the
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  • 719 12 Formidable Addi;ion>. Tokyo newspapers contain some interesting particular! about the Nuva.l Department's pr gramme for maintaining the itrengtli of the Nay v. The ihipt added to the Fleet daring the im- mediate pattor on the verge of being added are The"Aki" Battleship. u Kutsuina" do Ku:'im:i Armoured
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  • 736 12 <)uake atu,iv-A Ufa, Stomach-TV K1u,,l U* The colours of ve P ,ta, i, )U strou-Miuli-1.tah.1ar..,! i, other c.u.lit.i.,ns -su.-i. M attempt to clour cals aJ,V.I k> t1,.. Henry Kraeuuiei. \i, luiil "•hue eaiutwa win,,,.] SlllplntH. ftIMMMM >ulpl MnutiM. t:,.. ■n^r:;:;;;:;:;:;:. for»«l conclusions that eartb, rok M ioe.««iadepeu<]< ir.
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  • 20 12 The Mine Manager at K^b J^jin* following outturn for the r 8 tfotf 14th instant. Stone Crushed •>,*>' obtained 851 ozs.
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  • 622 13 jiier Germanieng has arrived here t>tK\ X 8. If with a aalga of t For foreign education is spreading l1 isses \n Peking. MT Kurumi" i I4. (|l( > *on^ j 1 n»'\t month at Yokosuka. :i railway was formally taken lit 11 the 2JHh lilt.,
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  • 882 13 Chinese Lady'h Claim Tin: Temptation O* Pun Lii'. The claim by Phua Ken- T/e against Ta» Beng 1 huau tad Sainaswndium f'hetiy to set asi^ an a%si^umeut of rants, was proceeded w:tu m the Supreme Court yesterday iifternoou ov .Mr Justus Law. Bama*undnim Chatty, Uw second defendant,
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  • 95 13 Messrs. M. 8. E. Angullia Co. of Singapore it is said have just bought from Messrs. JBehn Meyer <H Co. Limited the German steamers Faknam and Tanylin owned by the Norddeur sober Lloyd of Bremen and at present running between Singapore and Bangkok. Nine or ten good entries have been
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  • 1063 13 We continue the analysis of this extremely bulky report, which was partly noticed yesterday. Jt was necessary to considerably curtail Credit* towards the eloee. 36. The value of manufactured Metals imported into the Colony records nearly 9 2 million dollns-s, a decrease cf I million, or
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  • 741 13 CoeiouB Official Order to the Rand Chinese. Mr. Chvtrcbiil, in reply to a question by Mia MarLarne.-s in the House of Commons recently. said the Secretly of State had received the fol- lowing telegram from Lord Seihorne, dated June 23:— I "The terms of bis Majesty's Government* off*
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  • 82 13 Shanghai. July 16th. The opening of the. Shuiighai-Wiisieh half of the Nanking Railway took place today. Special trains conveyed T<»<> Chine -e :tnd foreign guests to 8000 how, where they were entertained to tiffin. Taotai Chung Muu-ye-.v, on behalf of Tang Shao-yi, declared the railway open. Congratulatory speeches
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  • 97 13 Tbe !Manch«Bter City Council hare decided to have ail new 6treet6 of a certain width planted with trees. There is no particular intelligence in this. But when it comes to the uprooting of a shrubbery in the right place Singapore can give Manchester no end of points. Stagnation in the
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  • 1146 14 Malw States Output— Modeiin Estimates (Financier's Ceylon Correspondent Considerable progress lias been made during the tot three or four yearn in the cultivation and munufactm ing of the raw rubber on the plantation, but moat rapid and moat advantageous to the planter and the investor lun
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  • 231 14 (Our own Correspondent.) July I J-. BaUi Puteh Estate, Kin:;batan^an River, have lost 5,000 tobacco trees through floods, following on exceedingly heavy rains. News bas come in by a gobong on the 3rd ins!-. that a Chinaman bad been murdered ou Libarven Island, near here, pet haps 30
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  • 186 14 (.'apt. Elliot, 5.V.1., who took liiTiisrU' such ;i creditable place aa 10th in the Kind's Prize last \<»ar at Bisley, sen«ls a few noies on bis friend C:ij)t >a\ ies the w inner The winner of the King's Prize this year Captain R, P, Da vies is
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  • 176 14 A Chinaman, who was before Mr. Green yesterday, thought he eight as well make a good story whilst about it. He was charged with stealing a watch from a house in Victoriast. to which he had made a midnight visit aud to explain his presence there said
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  • 108 14 Julius Brown, son of a former Governor of Georgia, gave a remarkable freak dinner party at Atlanta in celebration of his fiftyeighth birthday. On the table was a black velvet cloth, and the menu card* were black. There was a skull a*, the hide of each plate.
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  • 92 14 Mr Justice Buckley on June 25 sanctioned an application on behalf of Messrs Vickers. Sons, and Maxim confirming an alteration in the memo* randum of association by which the company could guarantee the payment of certain dividends by any company or corporation with which it was
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  • 35 14 i Commander Armstrong and Dr Dunda& late of H.M.S. Challenger, left yesterday afternoon by the Sappho for Port Swettenham for a shaft tour in the Native States, prior to joining the homeward mail at Penang.
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  • 486 14 The bodv of a Chinaumi was found iu the sea off Johnstou's Piur this moruiug. A Volunteer M>?or Corps is beiug formed in ludja, with O/di aud car sections. TheKevd.M.C Iriuuiondaia, a director .tlie Komau Catholic College of Pulo Tikuf, Peuaug, is at present oil a
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  • 311 14 The following properties were disposed of bv auction at Powell Go's salero >m yesterday afternoon Shop-house No. 23 High-st, Singapore, 1,751 square feet, quit rent $1.50. Ong Teck Litn $14,000. Monthly rent $80. Shop-house No. 24 High-st, Singapore, 1,721 square feet, quit reut 31.50. Oug| Teck Liui
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  • 580 14 bmetM thk c A 7A: Kuala Lumpur, J,,i v At ,> 3O pm. to-dav ,K y attended by his suit; and a <v Kesideut Genera! au-ltU,^, 1 v^tedtbeuewSeU^orM,,;:; were met ana shown (>VHr t| State Engineer. Mr Elf r? lin K Curator of the Museum ft,
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  • 203 14 Mr Tan Kheam Hock, uu.-of tlio nuin and partners ia the Opium and Spirit who has been iway to Penanji <»n busing back by the Kistna this morninir. The representatives of the fiMMff J lines in Yokohama pr.-N*MiU-<l Mr H superinteudeut of harbour police, witli 8 the Enovclopa-lia Britauuic;.. M
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  • 188 15 WuriNO for Work. ChanChoon Hin v. Thomas Charles \va3 called on for hearing in the Supirl this morning bsCeM Mr Justice A. \!r Hanson wa« for plaintiff and Mr Jiffdiet but eesjnns] first named MmstH i» pivdi.'.unent, neither the ff pa*! his sisln genes being iu Court.
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  • 159 15 ROBBERY ON THE KING'S HIGHWAY. insr.mf an Ugp»\ Chinaman was UU;r-rd wlien he was held-up a m.in and two boys. The I him an.) ri»l»l>t^l him ok' all his Ul tIH I'i^'er of the two bojl t bundle of clothes he had mad r bit him whilst, he was on
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  • 135 15 it will l>e remembered, Mr "t 11m CbuMM Protectorate had three ■a before Mr SeoU for beiu<» members 1 s.Kietv and utter Mr Dudley H, wh > ui> for the defence, had explainnty w.is nt >t a dangerous one for the beoovolsßl purpose hospital for H lilams
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  • 73 15 1> pn e known as the Spring Cup was ou Saturday aud Sunday last. ni.tuy entries but few cards returni u proved an easy winner with I 78. H returned were N I- i inl.vson 7 4<j 7g, Hoßyway 10 46 4t> 82. KVritt 47 44 82.
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  • 157 15 h.is bestowed upon Baron Ko<Jrand Cordon of the Red Eajjle. "er Den of Mains from Antwerp riV^i here with a cargo of explosives for Court case in connection with the J* the Harbour has been further »H Wednesday next on the applir r lie defence. r h Julv the Nederlaud
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  • 776 15 (By submariue sslegrapti.) (Renter's Ajeacrj.) PARLIAMENT. WELSH EDUCATION. There was an exciting <V!j.ite in the House of Commons on clause 37 of the Education bill, which establislies a Welsh edncation authority to l»» stvle the Council for Wales. The Kt. Hod. Lloyd George intimated that in response to Unionist
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  • 1778 15 The agrariaa disturbances in Ptussia extend for two hundred versts in the Province of Veronezh. The land owners are fleeing. Admiral Skrydloff has been appointel to command the Black Sea, Squadron vice Admiral Cbukdin, dead. Murders of policemen are going on in the province iu-1 town
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  • 218 16 July Per Kabcm Messn Ar -l-U. Dawson, F. K. Jennings, Johnston, Mrs Fletcher. Julj 1 L— Per Pin Seng: tfr ana Mrs FJen-.ivi-L-s If n PU'ilv. Hr Jack WcAuKffe a d two children. Per Rajah ol Sawn tic M H. L. C ren an i Sage. J«lj2l. PerSoppli
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  • 123 16 S] oi] [for Vnj r Kati y in I descr pti :j Where j. V Ttt'jr I!. Bri h M Si >-. I bmroe, Dnt. bfcr., Van r v 11 Rotterdam. J»lj 12. Brilli > m Pi i, M ircli Tli< J. F. < Ihapin in '.ship
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  • 64 16 July, 25 I»hjv: 1 5 50 >0 SmMei M havers 7.10 la VaU t 3 no. 2 925 PtpV*. tonl ear S*j bny< 20 f"5 N 01--10. 80 to to i'-t- i -v- I B*7o „10 lo 1 1010 ii io. -^•"•>, 750 PJ4 8a1i... 860 1 rpmin, Beaati
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  • 777 16 :>iul: 4m a I uejuaail a/A Priiute credits L g Pkascs, demand Bank o<^ GsfciiAXT, demand... Sq? i !?fT.T, -»J I rtoifoKOKo, demanO iiofa- koKOHAiu. demand ili^ I JaVa. JouiiiDd ,Jf« SorKKwoNs,B*nlc By vini" J5e O LhaeouaC Suk at J*| <J L K a n 15 S July I*.
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  • 309 16 MINE Capital Capitol Issue PaiJ Issued F A!cI up Value P Company. i; >'.' *****4) |:l Lti $40/300 LO 10 5600,000 SoO.OOO 10 10 Bru B Tin I I 2a °,000 3AOIHNI j J0 Kaduna Uold M. <■„ Ll $100,000 UMI 10 10 i, o $150,000 99,000 10 10
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    • 393 16 VESSELS IN FORT. o PUcn-of-War Flag and Ton^ Commande-s Arrived From Malm O. akrkri Slant, yet., 2^oo Pnuligad JnlrS: r^ Menu Fed. yet, 100 Alii July t\ Ps Vessels Fla^s Tons Masters Arrived From i r Anglo Saxon Brit 2*7l Moore July If Yokohama A Till' Y Ambria Ger 3soo
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