The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 30 August 1906

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    18 129 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. ;RD SERIES THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1906. No. 996
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    CONTENTS.
    50 129 ISO IS I ISI ISI IS] I IS] ISI las I*2 i 133 I 141 U] 133 132 132 I3H 1 ll 139 133 134 :•■> I 1 13 133 ;:<:> 85 136 i ...143 '•'•7 137 1 11 13% 183 139 Chi !:>:♦ 1. 1 I 136 137
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      Birth.
      23 129 Martin. At Bhutan Mati, Singapore, on !7th August the wife of Major L B. Martin. y. I. M. c. of a son.
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      Marriages.
      106 129 C.vlder MACKIE. At Rubislaw Parish Church, on the Ist August, bv the Kev. Robert Thomson, M.A., minister oi' Rubislaw Pariah, Aberdeen, assisted by the Rev. VY.M. Wilson, PeUokshields, Glasgow, the Rev. John Caider, m.a., minister of St Leonard's Parish, Edinburgh, to Effie, youngest daughter of Mr. D. I). HAGUE,
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    • Obituary
      Death
      17 129 At the Genera! Hospital, on Aug. 23rd, CHARLE9 E. KeTWOBTR, Superintendent Municipal Filterbeds, and Sergeant S.V.A.
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    The "Dreadnought" and Naval Retrenchment
    1027 129 I .j bl intai i. i I I pun :i Tr u,. ;,iii; precept a tin i I y and I aw. Aug 24. [t is gratifying to learn thai If.] M.S. Dreadnought i> t«> be actually ready for sea a week hence. It seems
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    Harbour Works.
    380 129 Aug 25. The answers given by the Colonial Secretary to Mr Shelfokd's questions in the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon giw us the first indication of the Government policy in connection with the loans and works shortly to be undertaken. The answers are instructive, both in what the v
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  • Page 129 Advertisements
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      186 129 si v.> >re Free Pre Eui th Str it-i 1 to ».'nd to a: .'T atessMf and date x i I pi--- •will tht*n 1 S at Tarkma Sorti <>f ctlh pj detailed inforv" y>iy of Lisl posted t" tasw ■1 ENGLANIJ THE FA 8 BABT •.31 1 tea (Pi
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  • Page 129 Miscellaneous
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      455 129 THE WEEK. i outward mail ol Aug. 3rd was brought !•> the B, 1. f n ►ngw;i on Saturday. A supplementary mail was brought bv the 14 11. Salazie un Monday. This mail for »pe leaves by the P. and U. Delhi this ereuing, the outward mail of Aug. 10th
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    Tairen a Free Port.
    973 130 Ai*LEGarioNB were made ttoiue time ago that Japan was using the power given to ber Lv lier military presence in Southern Manchuria to Chech British and other foreign trail', especial.? at Krakow, t l»o chief sea port in ihe Gulf of Pecliili. A consular enquiry was
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    The Time Factor in Harbour Works.
    709 130 Aug 27. It is very likely that the feature in the Colonial Secretary's reply to Mr. Su i:i, ford's series of questiou6 as to harbour works that will most impress the public imagination is not the relative cost of the various works, but the
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    The Advance of Tariff Reform.
    744 130 There are constant indications that the cause of fiscal reform is meeting making steady progress iu Britain, which now seems to l>e in that respo.M the only really I>^nighted part i^i the Empire. Iu the way of big events one of the two occasions that
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    Wyndham Dunstan Prediction.
    675 130 Wyndham Dunstan Predic tion. V Rubber planters in fa v I would do wall to beep their sett] I IV. b mot yndh I sat scieatiic msa I Institute, sad is a practical I [atioa to techno! ►gie I within Britain, pert, tps the I thority. \Yhe U the mail
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    China and Opium.
    744 131 Chi na and Op ium. on sdi i c 1 1 om the I s t tie ik suit of fe ITS Pal ne-r. the < lovernor of igainst the con•v. it 'a the export 1. by a mending the >[•; um Farm the fo laea, Exi r dated event
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    Dr. Reich on "Heroes."
    184 131 l'r Reich win* Ins been modernising Plato's phih Bophical dicta for the benefit of fashionable audiences in L tudou, who have joined freely in the discussion, speaks thu. about Heroes/' Says Dr Reich, M they are men who bare been loved by their mothers, kissed by
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    Liberalism v. Labour.
    962 131 Aug 29. That is certainly a strange bit of news Renter gives us to-uay as t» the relations between the Liberal party and the Labour, teaie the Master of Kliuank, who ought to know what he is talkiug about as the Scottish Liberal whip. The Master of
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    The Canton Anti Opium Demonstration.
    479 131 Further particulars of the Anti-Opium demonstration at Canton, of which we had some particulars from Reuter, are down bv the mail from Hongkong. The movement calls for some little consideration, because of the unusual features of the case. The procession was composed of students from
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    Meddlesome M. P's.
    699 131 Aug 30. In a journal called the 4 Christian Eudeavour Times" we Snd an indication as to the source of the new interest being taken by Lord Elgin in the gambling regulations, or restrictions as they really are, in tinFederated Malay States, ft sppeari that a g-utleman
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    Liberals and Labourites.
    897 132 In addition to the possibilities of an open breaeh between the Liberal. and Labourites, as touched upon vesterday in these columns, there are other important points of policy »>u which the Labour party are bent on driving the Government further and faster than they care at present
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    PERAK ART CLUB.
    139 132 This exhibition was opened in King Edward VI Is Bchool at Taipeng <m Aug. 24. The critic of the M Perak Pioneer*' says the pictures were unequal. Mr. Jackson took the prize for the best collection in the F. M. S and Mrs Nutt for the best
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    CHICAGO BANK ROBBERY.
    157 132 A San Francisco cable message of Aug. 7, says the Milwaukee Avenue Bank at Chicago Was broken iuto by a gang of desperadoes, who. having overpowered the force of pight watchmen that is always on the premises, found their way down into the vaults where they succeeded
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    FRIDAY, AUG. 24, 1906.
    884 132 A Malay lad, who had eliml»ed a coconut tree at Pasir Paujang to pluck some nuts on Wedi>«^day, fell and was killed. Sir Donald Carrie and Mr. Audrew* Carnegie have each promised £0,000 to liquidate the debt on the Students' Union Buildings in connect on with
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    APPEAL DECISIONS.
    627 132 The Rodrigues Convict;., A PtJLSOB Qmmm M, !(r K Yesterday his lordship Mr .1 delivered bis decision in the Rodngues against his tenee to eight months iu th, upon three charges „f ,1...,. ot jewel le*v and a violin. Mr L. K. Onus*, had j,,, pellaut. At the
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    "KEOH LOOIE LAH."
    94 132 On Sunday I tMiukn pjjl^r u>_ in Cross-M to g» lo K there, BB N the pmctioeoftl^ do.n Hie -fcafts uA *m*»M He was indu-i loconl but wheu getting into In* Ins own kind he s«ain oViusn.^ Thebuv BJBWasJ mm BBS*. and on this the BBS** brought,
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    THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE.
    912 133 \Vki.< omk uom m Bab. IT afl the Supreme Court yesterday -nin' was crowded bv all ok' the coil usel :n Singapore, who could possioly hen the recently appointed Mr Hyudmau Jones took his Mi im exalted capacity, for i ii.*- Theie m a treble row
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    THE LATE Sgt. KEYWORTH S. V. A.
    467 133 THE LATE Sgt. KEYWORTH S. V. A. Impressive Funeral. It is with the deepest regret we have to record the death of Mr Chas. Keyworth, Superintendent of Filters and one of the Senior Serjeants iu the Siagapore Volunteer Artillery, which occurred at 1 o'clockyesterday m»>rning. Sergeant Keyworth had been suffering
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    FOOTBALL, S.C.C. vs. R.A.
    193 133 The Club met the Blakan Mali team last evening on the plain before a fair attendance of spectators. The ground was iu good condition, and as there was no sun conditions were favourable. The Club started and for a time each attack had its turn, but
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    STRAPPING SONS OF EMPIRE.
    99 133 The Canadian "Argonaut'' eight that came over to Henley attracted great attention on account of their grand appearance, the crew are fine specimens of Canadian phvsical manhood, as the following table shows A This gives an average of almost 6ft. 2 4 inches. Veritable sons of
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      Selecting a Team.
      144 133 To The Editok. Sir,- -A Cricket Match has receutly been played in Singapore l>etween teams representing the Colony and the F. M. S. respectively. There appears to have been some difficulty in getting Penaug men to come down, for I note that the Colony team included 10
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    AN IMPERIAL WILL.
    338 133 Ma. Ai.fkkd Beit's oreat Gifts. The will of Mr. Alfred Beit is a document remarkable alike lor the importance of the beqiiHsts to public and Imperial objects and the character and scope of its provisions. The total bequests in actual cash amount to nearly C 2.000.000, while
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    HOOLIGANISM RAMPANT.
    118 133 Street robberies have become very common of late, gangs of hooligans attacking peaceable pedestrians aud maltreating and robbing them. A Chinaman reports being held up iu Tan Quee San-st. on Wednesday night and robbed, whilst a Hailam boy employed by Mrs. Willoek was treated in a similar manner
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    THE CEYLON GARRISON.
    145 133 Major Bullurd, c.5.0., Ceylon, writes as follows to the Ceylon Observer The attdfl-ion of the Hon. the BrigadierGeneral has just been drawn to an article in the "Times of Ceylon of August 10th, in which it is stated that the Times of Ceyloi H has given the
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    HARBOUR NOTES.
    731 133 Mr Justice Law left for Port Swettenham iu the Meran yesterday The Police who went to Pule Betam 00 Wednesday to look f< r the men believed lc» have been concerned iu a recent piracy oft the Island, have not yet got back, They went in the steam
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    WOMEN EVER.
    118 133 Yesterday before Mr Michell two elderly Eurasians charged each other on cross-sum-monses with assault. One man got such severe thrashing that he had to spend a week in hospital, and from the evidence it appeared that their wives they being neighbours were responsible for all the trouble. Mr
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    31 133 By the British India mail steamer Palamcotta yesterday evening Mr. J. W. Scott of the E" E. Tel.Co. left for India on a holiday. Mr. Scott will be awav four month?
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    SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1906.
    832 134 By the Prill Heiurieh yesterday morning Sved Omar bin Mohainel Alsagoff returned to Singapore from his lour 10 Europe :tnl Arabia. Mr B. G. Watson, F. ML S. Commissioner .»f Lands and Surveys, returned from Kuiutau yesterday morning to Singapore, aud goat on to Kuala Lumpur
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    AN UNLAWFUL SOCIETY.
    621 134 Yesterday morning Mr Bailey of the Chinese Protectorate brought seven Chinese !>efore Mr Cohnan on- a cha#<re of being members of an unlawful society. Three of the accused were convicted prisoners and were brought to Court in prison garb. Mr K. St J. Brad dell said he
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    THE P. AND O. TONNAGE.
    139 134 Tn reference to a remark made by Mr. Lewis, P. and O. agent at the receptiou on board the P. and 0. s.s. Moldavia last week, to the effect that, if all Straits people took the Governor's advice and travelled by P. aud O. the
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    THE INTERPORT SHIELD.
    138 134 Hongkong, says the "China Mail," is now within measureable distance of the 8500 required to provide a shield for Interport Rifle Bhootittg. Shanghai's contribution lias already beaa subscribed, but Singapore's is still wanting. This morning (17th) Mr W. H. Treuchard Davis forwarded us 8200 collected from the
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    "CAGGY."
    831 134 CAGGY." Xo dictionary that I have come aerobe, slang or classical, gives the word 4t caggy pronouueed kaggi, with the g hard). Yet in boyhood ii ran from lip to ear as frequently as any other term of reproach or distinction. Of late years caggy," or caghanded has been replaced
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    THE LOVE STORY OF A SINGAPORE MILLIONAIRE.
    347 134 The China Mail raprodi amusing article'. T-) Usetlie Mll-arislM :l,a' meet the necessity, Mr. <;. -i tacribed u s,, c h "'.J 1 beea"pullia* the le*" h _V»w/v most happily an.! paper, Mrchiaaju itaio a great u miliar of icwa lieMulh dated iron
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    INDIAN AND FISCAL PREFERENCE.
    221 134 INDIAN AND FISCA L PREFERENCE. The Congress el GaaaAtn of C am oi the Empire has l>een discussing <juestion al preferential iiadeaul it will I*observed also that oue Indian >[<< pointed out tint ludian opm not uuauiuiouslv hostile to a chaui. r e. In deed it would ha foolish iu
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    AGRI-HORTICULTURAL SHOW.
    65 134 It is notitieJ niHDsue, qdiriestliat the prizes a wardei't Horticultural Show will be s u ners as soon as possible, but take some time as th* list i>: nud will taka cioaaid-iaW- out. The engrav.mr .■■unrig "q tU <I,i >!,,m:ls ,t, sometime, winners ol a l»n/« dollars in
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    18 134 The population ot N>" the end of June for the M^ increase of 9.440. l%a aum»*« M 1,M4,2i0.
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1579 135 my MEtnv,. reit-AT, -.".th Ana. I'KSSfIXT i. n. ti teeaor Sir John Aaaaseea „!l»n« v th»- <ien**ral < >flßc»r Coin man ding v .j -< "*u*»ntl K. Inigo Janes, .v.o., c. Be lean y Cmmt. A. II. Yonag, tli»' Act. \ttom» •>•-«■ Jenl. .1. K. lnnes. t Csh
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    772 135 'Ordinary llkbtibo, Fridav Alo _!-_tu. An ordinary meeting of the above Board I was held yesterday afternoon and there were present l*esides the President. Mr E. G. Broadrick, Messrs \V. Macbean, Murray Robertson, J. W. B. Maclareu, Cheng Keug j Lee, A. W. Badey. C. McArthur. Rowland Allen
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    SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB.
    830 135 The annual general meeting of the above Club was held in the Tangliu Club last evening when there was onlv a small attendance present due to the wet weather. The President, the Hon. EL Fort iu nioviug the adoption of the report and passing of accounts (which
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    UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY.
    82 135 The tenth ordinary geueral meeting of this company was held at Hongkong on Aug The statement of accounts shovel that the balance at profit and loss after writing off depreciation was $13,072. Of this $3,000 went to reserve, a fifteen per cent dividend absorbed $5,940, a
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    868 136 Qnicmmid mmnni homines nosiri ed farrago libetli Jtn-ENAi.. They have a curious amy of producing obituary notices in West Africa. The "Gold Coast Leader'' is responsible for these two •One ol the most pathetic incidents which closed the week was the sudden death of Madam Yarwah,
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    61 136 > n> < In tbe small hours of yesterday morning two detectives on rounds in Market-st saw two Chinamen go up to a house in the street, aud break into it by lifting the door oft' its binges. The detectives then came forward to arrest the burglars but one managed
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    MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1906.
    759 136 The U. S. S. Glacier left westward yesterday morning. M Herrings 22 a penny This was the pheuomenallv low price pail "for them at Yarmouth. A Freuch man of war passed the port on Saturday afternoon, from east to west, homeward bound. Feuang has collected .s4o")
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    THE HOGAN CASE.
    1265 136 Interesting Evin_hfCß on Machinery Valuation. On Saturday further evidence was taken by Mr Colmau in tbe preliminary enquiry into tbe charges against Mr H. C. Hogan and Mr J. B. Robertson. Mr P. J. Sproule, the Deputy Public Prosecutor, conducted the prosecution. Mr W. A. N. Battenberg
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    THE SINGAPORE RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
    471 136 N. \l A Medal and Prlsiukn The S. R. A. Rifle meet i ni,' \va> oni i on Stturdav snd Sanday, Lbs eemti tested l>ein^ lbe N. A Kb* .Vi (euratcb noent) snd tlie Presidents handicap event.) About ti ft cmip turned ent for ihetwo aVaats
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    OUR LONDON LETTER.
    700 137 London. 3rd August. j express my great regret that my .^pmden e has been so erratic recently, i.U one cann>t do more than live I. mdtm reason everything in 4 work or jbligation goes to the I h.tve been away e> -ry week-end for m months, andbetweea
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    ENGLISHMAN'S WIN IN PARIS.
    70 137 ENGLISHMAN'S WIN IN PARIS. ■».\k\is Makes a Rkcokd. •Jarvis made a tine record in the Puis swimming race, on July 2*J goin's recent feat by 1 4m in., his the seven and a half mile course QSMPS 4Jmin. :Jsec. Ooms, the Dutch- > md, lOmin. after Jarvis. Mile. Bnsnsl was
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      The Legion of Frontiersmen.
      756 137 To the Editor, n i :~,J n auswer to M Imiuirer,'' M Crowu Colonist, H and others desirous ot knowing what has been and is being done in Singapore in connection with the above Legion, would you kindlj insert these few facts During the latter half
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    A GOOD MAN.
    173 137 Uu Bnndar evening a Obinamaa named Chan Ah Sin was peacefully passing through Upper Hokieu-st, when another Chinaman stole up behind him and snatched away his watch and chain. The owner of the watch and a friend pursued the thief, and ou his finding he was being
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    THE CRICET TOURNAMENT.
    326 137 Merchants vs. Law Civil Service Merchants. R. T. Reid l.h.w. b. Nicholas U EL A. Jlason run out ti Griffith Jones c Tai ma b Braddell 4 A. G. Bolingbroke <• Green b Nicholas 18 P. C. Turnbnll e Sproule b Nicholas 19 K. Miller c Sproule
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    LAND SALE.
    143 137 At Messrs IL L. Coghlan and Cos mart yesterday afternoon t here were sold the following properties. Leasehold Property 'Jo and 'Jo Garden St, Shaik Alkuff $5,500; Freehold House and Land, Confederate Estate-rd, Shaik Bagaree $1,500 Freehold Land Thomsonrd 8,900 sq. ft, P. A. P. Palaniappa Chitty SHOO;
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    THE SUPREME COURT.
    259 137 A claim brought bj Eladjee Sulaymajee Kakim against one TokoMy (described bv counsel for plaintiff in the course of the bearing as "an associate of convicts by day and a watchman bv night") for the recoverv <>t" possession of six plots of land, resulted in a verdict
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    TUESDAY, AUG. 28, 1906.
    826 137 Ranb gold mine shares are quoted at $6j bsyers in Potts weekly share repoit. Mr AY. G. Maxwell, who arrival in Penang ou Tuesday from Home alter leave of I absence, has assumed the duties of Solicitor* i General, Penang. Mr A. (jr. Edmonds is coming
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    BURGLARS AT ST THOMAS' WALK.
    178 138 BURGLARS AT ST THOMAS' WALK. The Police report a burglary haviug occurred in the small hours of yesterday morning at St Thomas' Walk. It appears that Mr Harvey, one of the gentleman in the house, awoke and saw a burglar, who appeared to be a Chinaman, helping himself to his
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    A YARN THAT FAILED.
    164 138 Early on Sunday morning tbe watchman at a godown in Stauley-st, who as usual had been asleep, awoke and found the hackdoor of the gcdown open and four Chinamen in the act ol removing a bale of yarn. Thev calmly told the watchman that the store-keeper
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    BANISHMENT NO TERROR.
    188 138 On Saturday afternoon Detective Xo. 22 was strolling through Club-et. keeping his eyesopeu for cases when he espied a Chinaman carrying four old buckets aud a piece of zinc. On the detective approaching the man he threw down what he was carrying and ran into an opium
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    A SUBSTITUTE FOR CELLULOID.
    132 138 A young Bohemian chemist at Gabion/ the great Austrian glass manufacturing centre, is reported to have discovered a perfect substitute for celluloid, much cheaper and without any of its dangerous properties. The new substance is very elastic, entirely non-in-flammable, and an excellent material for working.in. By
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    THE RUSSIAN TERROR.
    217 138 The outrage which was perpetrated at Mr Stoly pin's country villa, is paralleled only by the famous attempted assassination in the Winter Palace iu St Petersburg, on the night of Feb 17, ls^O. On that occasion the plot had been hatched to kill the Tsar Alexander the
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    AN UNLAWFUL SOCIETY.
    766 138 The m Hock Ghee Kohs." Yesterday afternoon before Mr Col man, the case agaiust the seven Hokiens charged with beiug members of au •unlawful society called the Hock Ghee Kohor Hall of Happiness aud Paradise Societv" was continued. Mr A. r Hiiley, Assistant Protector of Chinese, ptoeecuted,
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    JAPANESE DIPLOMATIC CHANGES.
    97 138 It is reported that Mr Uchida, formerly Japanese Minister in Peking, will be appointed to represent his country in Austria; that Mr Inagaki Manjiro. hitherto Minister in Siam, will be sent to the Court at Madrid, and that Mr Sato Aimaro, Minister unattached, will go to Holland.
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    LEASES TO FOREIGNERS IN PEKING.
    60 138 A Peking telegram states thai, the Chinese authorities concerned, have privately given instructions that the inhabitants of the Capital are not in future to lease any land or buildings to foreigners. The message adds that steps are being taken to enforce these instructions, and that
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    THE AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN
    298 138 It is somewhat distressing la these days of modern rush, fc> find that the latest issue of the Agricultural Bulletin which the Government Printing Office and the Editors can produce, is that for the month of Ma v. Yet this is the last number to hand, and
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    THE RIVAL LIGHTS.
    324 138 It appears that the art oi artificial lightiug is now much in the mme position as the art of making projectiles and armour plate. There is a constant strain of rivj.lrv between the two systems of illumination and any improvement on the one side i.- ai once,
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    THE KOLAH GOLDFIELDS.
    76 138 Bowbikopet, Bth August. The several mines on the Kolar Gold fields despatched their second instalment ot July's output of gold to-dav. valued at Rs 16,65,120, to Bombay for shipmeut to London. The, Mvsore Mine contributed in value Rs. 6,59,325 aud the Champion Reef Rs. 4^52,070. With the
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    MODEKN TIN MINING METHODS IN MALAY STATES.
    209 138 MODEKN TIN MINING METHODS IN MALAY STATES. Tin mining in the Malay State* ii apparently on the eve of a transformation. So long ns there were alluvial deposits of tin in abundance, the crude methods of the Chinese were very successful; but now a change is coming over the situa
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    JOTTINGS FROM BERLIN
    825 138 This isthe Mint i'w 1 1 course you kuow Bottling a U,„t must explain. The first of A day ou which the L _w „iilvv,v bio play, to put a stop vagabondage' as a Muster m J" sandy put it a few mouths a-, discreetly also, and
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    THE CEYLON PEARL FISHERIES.
    712 139 has recently I>een called in m i to the pearl fisheries of Ceylon. therefore, of the conditions lich tins industry is plied nmy interest. oi 4 "evlou bare for many tarried on under State supertin i mb for fishing is la ief, and !sta nol longer
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    CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT FOR CHINA.
    1093 139 A- •<• nding to a statement emanating from Peking the Travelling Commissioners have j already pr<>-ented I memorial to the Emperor and the Empress- Dowager roooainiondina tho adaption of the Japanese constitution as most suited to the special conditions obtaining in j China. Constitutional government is
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    THF ABANDONED POLAR EXPEDITION.
    871 139 i How IT WAS TO HAVE BCEK MADB. Now that as seen by Renter's telegrams the Wellman expedition by airship to the Pole has been abandoned, it wi 1 be of interest to read what were Mr Wellm tn's plans and hopes for this great effort
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    CORNISH TIN MINING.
    495 139 But for the uncertainty that has existed during the last couple of months as to the course of the tin market, it is highly probable that a far larger Lumber of new Cornish mining < ompanies would knee bean brought out t an has been the case.
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    BURMA OFFICERS STRANGE DILEMMA.
    209 139 A Meiktila correspondent writes to a Rangoon paper: Dobaon who held a temporary job in a remote corner of Burma, baring fallen desperately ill applied for leave, and in the sarr,e week Robson, a permanant hand who worked a few miles away, was accidentally drowned. There
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    STRAITS AND MALAY STATES PLANTATION RUBBER REPORT.
    223 139 STRAITS AND MALAY STATES PLANTATION RUBBER REPORT. Messrs Lewis and Pkai. August Srd 1906. S. P. 1 b:»g scrap bought in W. P. M. 5 cases amber biscuits 5 8 i 1 crepe chip 2 S. P. sheet mixed colors I ought in T. S. C. R. 1 darkish crepe
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    SOME CRICKET RECOLLECTIONS.
    968 140 SOME CRICKET RECOLLECTIONS. The news that Mr K. S. Banji tainbji will take an Indian team of cricketers to England next summer will be gratifying to all lovers of the great national games. National games there have been in plenty they have lived their day and given plane to others,
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    COMING CHANGES.
    326 140 Under the abort heading we find the follow ng editorial in the Times of Malay Amidst purely local affaire and the interests of sport and athletics, as well as the naturil pre-oeeupation of mind aroused by the Agri-horticultural Show at Singapore, and by t lao more serious matter*
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    WOMEN'S FRIENDSHIPS.
    542 140 Among the virtues which the modesty of men has been pleased to claim as their peculiar property is friendship. Women,' 1 it has l)een writen, 'are never friends," and you find that firmly planted among the small stock of ideas by aid of which the ordinary man lives
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    A SAINT OF REPUTE.
    827 140 Somewhat hidden away, though plain enough to see for all those who have once found it, there stands in Milan Cathedral, on the right of the steps leading up to the great Chancel aud almost concealed from view by one of the glorious marble pillars which
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    222 140 Croquet and Tennis Tournament Lady Evki.yn Yoi v.. Dsntntwi thk Pfcoan There was an uuusuallv bnm ladies and ireutleiuen at Tennis Club yesterday afternoon winners of the chainpio L >hip s tournament, Mrs Murrav and gVTj defeated Mrs Salzmann and Mi I after a very attractive
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    CEYLON AGRI-HORTICULTURAL SHOW.
    264 140 CEYLON AGRI-HORTICUL-TURAL SHOW. Bono St ati si i« For eoiuparison's saws awns I of the recent Ceylon Afri horticah will be found of interest be the mittees of th^ Singapore shew: For the CVylon Agri-lb. it:last week, nearly 1. ."tOo free tioketa issued to subscribers, exhibitors In addition to these
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    GOOSE CASE.
    197 140 Result: |&tt on a Momh. Before Mr Green yesterday afters Chinaman was charged with the thett i goose, and the story told bv tlie SO the bird was that he was just arnvin.' his house in I/ivender-st, he l«eing a poultl^ rearer, when he saw accused come it
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    45 140 We have received from Me>*i> H Ellis and Companv tins of Borden- 1 *erl*>« Cream. This cream goes jasnjjy no* mjm and coffee or eoda or plain water It h» ▼o£ue at the |Agri-Horticultura. bhow. cheap aad of excellent quality aud can obtained everv where
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    WEDNESDAY, AUG. 29, 1906.
    443 141 W EDN ESDAY, AUG. 29, 1906. Exti nor din urv has l>ecu issued BUI* which -ere read a first meeting ol CnssneiL ||on<'kong Hank bus acquired at for a building which is >n ••IniMi in the employ of B ti i Hongkong has been hud labour for M> •M the
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    "NOT A GOOD MAN.
    142 141 afternoon before the Ranch kusasana who when charged belli I asaa with being in fraudulent three sine backets, begged to t hiua. but was scut back Bench Court, appeared before this He eosnntaeently pleaded guilty it forward the nqnest to be h ua. In support oi
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    ATHLETIC NOTES.
    1064 141 The attendance at Ihotmeetinf of tbe Singapore Cricket Cluu was not iu any sense of the word oneooiaging. True it was a wot ui^ht, but even then, out of nix hundred odd aaesnbora one would have thought that more than a hue thirty or so could have turned
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    JEWEL DEALERS' DISPUTE.
    233 141 Alleged Cheating Yesterday afternoon before Mr. Green, Navena Mohamed Naina Mariean charged a mau named All with cheating by indue iu;4 him to deliver over to him ten I<>»se rubies valued at $204, one emerald lin^ valued a' $150 and a rubv ring valued at $60. Tbe
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    ARMED GANG ROBBERS.
    308 141 Chinaman GrAOGEO ano Bound. Yesterday Mr. dolman \\a* occupied in bearing the bi*j gang robbery case, in which a Cbinaman was hound and gagged in his house iu South bridge* rd. by u gang of 1 masked aud armed robbers. The prosecutor's story was thai he was
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    THE TERROR IN RUSSIA.
    290 141 i The present situation in Russia rivals i tbe terrible period at the end of 1905. j There is needed only that universal strike of railway and other employees in public works, to reduce the Government to that state of submission which gave to the nation
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    46 141 Far* removed, by S<>o— £7, from such sordid considerations, we can read the appended from a Hongkong paper with equanimity. "The dollar is still in the ascendant. It was quoted yesterday (Aug. 20) at 2s. 1 11-lt'd. Strange that the "sterling" man j is silent." I
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      Native Holdings
      195 141 Adjoining Koad^ in Ski.angor. To THB Editor Sir, I am directed I > invite .attention t«> your correspondent's remarks osi the subject of Native holdings with road frontage iu the Kuala Selangor and Klaog Districts of Selan^or. p;ibli>!iH<! in your issue of the -7th >f July ultimo, in
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      Native Holdings.
      280 141 During former yean, when European agricultural enterprise was in a state of uncertainty or staguation, t he GoFemment was anxious to d<> ;iil in its power to encourage I be settlement <>f native cultivators, and to place such facilities as irere then available at their disposal. This encouragement
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    SALE OF PROPERTIES.
    100 141 SALE OF PROPERT IES. T e following properties prere disposed of at Powell and Company's sa'e-rooin yesterday afternoon. Leasehold land situate at Keppel Harbour and Keppel Road, between Jardine*s Wharf, and the property known ;is St. James, stm .'»»>. 75*3 sqnre feet being ptrt of Government lease 1,588 for 999
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    THE SUPREME COURT.
    85 141 Probate of tbe will of tbe late John Lowell whose death occurred recently in the Gulf of Aden, was yesterday granted to Messrs James Aiiken and Song Ong Si an;/, on ihe application of Mr. Aiiken to Mr Justice Fisher. Counsel and Henry Antonio Crane gave formal
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    QUICK WORK.
    139 141 On the 21 st instant a Chinaman named Leo Neo left his house in Victoria-st to go as far as a standpipe to fetch water. Daring his short absence a man named Ah Meug slipped in, and annexed Leo Neo's best suit. With these he ma le off
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    THURSDAY, AUGUST 30. 1906.
    809 142 To advertise the Bats vier Line of steamers, a party of six Dutch Leys, io national costuose, are at present in Loudon distributing the company's time-tables. An Act of Commission of the Philippines prohibits the importation, possession or sale <>f lottery tickets under a penalty of
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    EVERYDAY THEFTS.
    1053 142 In descanting on the virtues and iailiuu r s of His Majesty's Jolly, who is soldier and ani'or too, Rudyard Kipling i,vrote "A'e are all of us liars ami most of us thieves,' a statement which on analysis will be found to l»e grievously true, wheu it conies
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    PSEUDO-MAHARAJAH OF JODHPORE.
    226 142 An Audacious Daaasuro-BoT. The facta of a case brought up at the Bombay Police Court on the 7th inst revealed a most audacious attempt by theMaharaiah of Jodhpore's drcasiag-boy al iannersonatiu;_j the Maharajah and receiving all honours due to the Batbore. The peeodoMabarajah arrived at Baroda on
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    THE SINGAPORE HUNT CLUB.
    172 142 The members of the Singapore Hutu Club had another ven enjoyable ride cui Sunday last. A large number turned up at the meet and punctually at a field of about Lweuty smi-i;.,! from the niain entrance to tbe Gardens under the lead ol Mr. Holintrbroke. The
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    SUNGEI KAPAR RUBBER Co.
    186 142 SUNGEI KAPAR RUB BER Co. Registered July 27th, !>y J. and F. An s<.ai. 48, Castle Street, Edinburgh. Capital, tl h ,<!« 0, in C shares. Objects: T > acquire any rubber or other plantations, land?., building! or other heritages in the Straits .v»-ttl<--ments or elsewhere, snd in particular to
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    SUNGBL UJONG RAILWAY COMPANY.
    71 142 SUNGBL U JONG RAILWAY COMPANY. Issue on 4th July of a C546 Bd. per cent, seoond debenture, part of a BSVSSS created "at June, I s to becnw "€15,000, charged on the oompanj's undertaking and property, present and future, including uncalled capital, subject to £110,000 first mortgage debentures. Holders Mercantile
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    SEPOY LINKS GOLF CLUB.
    70 142 The result of the August Medal, played on Saturday 25th was as follows. C. Everett 46 41 10 77 M Rodesse 46 44 13 77 A. W Stiven 40 41 2 7i« E. E CoWau 57 39 16 80 Rev. S.S. Walker 15 I] 15 81
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    43 142 Sir John aud Lady Jordan left Euston on July 16* for Liverpool, where they joined the steamship "Empress of Ireland" for Canada en route for Peking. A number of officials from the Chinese Legation and some other friends saw them off at Euston.
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    THE HOGAX CASE.
    181 142 Pnoaa> trnoa Uaaau p itnessks Arhkk r Wi h The QaOB t i:ain>! M. M j, Kobnrtaun, Managing f>tre<-i >- M re>| actively of tbe I Koann and Company, for yeste»<l;i\ ifannaun 1,;.. 1 Counsel ami eofnmaanti at •_> pm. Waea tne Den enter aroae be amid
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    DEFINING BUILDING LAWS.
    181 142 I N'l lil.l POLIa I. < sterdai 1 u-rn. -t. Tonka? Ltn Soli Puali 1 I Mr Cru k of 1 erecting a a n IftOUl J.i <\ i>:- ii without lentioa to build t.. 1 1. [r N 1 1 1 daot, oi.-. pelled 1 V.,
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    FIRE AT ROCHORE.
    225 142 Pi 3fE APPLE V \< At 4 o*cloC Vo>?.<rd i Hi f Brigade received < .ili I and on arrival ia 1 a pineapple I 3 v lire ami the 11 unef i i i to the adjoin 1 iildii Altai new aaotor ti:»- nngiue bad to
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    51 142 An aloe iu the gttaairal o*l Nantes, which j* seveuK snafff bloomed for the first time, and Ai spike is two and a half \ard* h-mr Whether the pollen of that HoUU had the remarkable erotic enVts of thin the plav of His KMMMM* the I nor is not vat
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    THE GENTLE ART OF CROSS-EXAMINATION.
    712 143 T HE GENTLE ART OF CROSS-EXAMINATION. Fobs oi Tosnw. g iwaWing. Mj l^.irii»*«l lrieu'l i i ii ui her, an«J what. what itiag form of torture could the Ml i!i itudergo Tk« «|iierv wts :M»ip Mr Justice Kisii»-r Supreme Court, ami the irt jeu»'i\tliv >n:ile«l ;i mmi- '\"u>- ;rt tuuledfrequenthr
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    TELEGRAMS.
    2924 143 (Renter'g Agency.) Recairad Aug. 23, 11.:; am. lhe latent and most careful estimate of the Bumber of deaths which have occurred IU eonseijiui.v of the earthquake, places the figures at certainly •evexuJ thousands. Each i day there is fresh new.-, of towns i i and vulagea l)eJng destroyed. Naval
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    49 144 {Fro ur.i it Con ,r. it.) It is reported that Mr Bromhead Matthews has been offered the vacant judgeship, but the report is not confirmed. Tairen (Dalny) will be opened as free port on September the first. Foreign ships will trade free!) between Tai ren and Japan's open ports,
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      283 144 PASSENGERS ARRIVED. P er Coen Mr A Mrs Zerner and children, Messrs Z:iohariades, Weissgharf. Hong Keng Lam, Khoiin Lie Siap. Per Brouwer: Mr Mrs J F.W. Schweers. Mr Gd. Thomas, Mr Hadji Brahiui. Ang. 2-V-Per Thongwa: H. D. Stewart, Bornt. Kennedy, n.0.4. Per Manila Mrs H. Hilton, Siemund, j Major
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      724 144 Passengers for the Straits. Per P O Delta, due Sept 1— Mr A. Heggie, Mr A. Taylor, Mr W. Mackenzie. To Penang. Mr E. L. Bennett. Per P A: O Mongolia, due Bept IS.— Mr G. MiicBijif Jli-s C. Maofregor, Miss M. Nixon, Miss L. Whaley, Rev. A. J. Gray,
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      990 144 .VESSELS IN PORT. Vessels Flats Tons Master^ Arrived From Consign** Boribat Siaui3.VJ Raun JLag M Bangkok E Uiati, CkeaagCatW Brit 1213 Russell A«.j,'ll Sourabay;. U Hock Kian Dut P56 VderH;u-st Aag 2S BMMMg if Kr. M De Eereiis Dut 7J»5 Sniit Aag27 Soafakrya Da.-nd^ Glenturret Brit GO2G Webster lag SI
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