The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 14 March 1907

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161 176 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly)
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    Masthead
    18 161 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1907. No. 1,024
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    CONTENTS.
    68 161 lit in < i »>1 on Imped IC i lrtj !n«li;'... 163 1 l»i:i I yi tion 163 C •IMbi'V16i Gofwiltia I i I TV |t] t Muraer Itso !»>'.» 171 171 105 Itio 1 I*W Icnl 106 > .166 '•y 170 -i 17. '7• 7t .^•i i !ul>
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      Births.
      52 161 SARGEAUNT. On 13th February, 1907, at Kildare, Broadstonenurk, Inverness, the wife of Captain A. F. SABGKAUNT, F!oyal Engineers, of a daughter. On the Hrd Bfarch. at Kuala Lumpur, the wife of Norman Dalrymple, of a son. Hainer.-O. the Sth March at Lady Hill the wife of U. Hafncr of
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      Deaths.
      68 161 Mot-trie. Iha Feb. 23, 1007, at the General Hospital, Shanghai, Sydknham Moutrik, :igcl ~/2 years. BntD. —At Kowshera, Punjaub, India, on the Bth Febmary, the result of a slight operation, Cecil GODFREY Bird, Lieutenant Indian Army. .*>th Sikhs, Frontier Force, late Royal Marine Light Infantry and formerly serving on
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    The Reform Movement In China.
    801 161 fl O.i: Prc9« the P iopie's right mntntaii\ Uim« by infltiem e and nnbribed by ftin ij er o iy rri Trutb I r gioiioiM precepts draw. Fledged to Religion, Loyalty snd Law. Afar. 8. Ever; body in the Far East must from time to
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    118 161 Tbe Afifriborticultural Show will be held tins year at Kuala Kangsar, early in August. It i> to be strictly limited to matters of purely agricultural interest and local industries, excluding all riding competitions, the exhibition of jewellers wares, and other side shows of the. same character. $2000 has been promised
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    Sir George Clarke on Imperial Cooperation.
    1204 161 Sir G eorge Clarke on Imperial Cooperation. Mar. 0. The nearer the Colonial Conference approaches tbe less we hear of the brave words of British Ministers who were to withhold this subject and bar out that topic from the discussions of tbe assembled Colonial Ministers. All J.hat arbitrary side and
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  • Page 161 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 161 Advertisements Column 1
      166 161 to th* Str its 1 to send 1 i atoei mml «liti«" frill th»'ii bs bag detailed laforI |TC i 00] t posted to them BSOI > TO THE FAB BABI re,MalajS P* -i— .r Sembilaa and l> moo, L;--i irsPArcßS. ..ii. l. r r. kTraira. \J. \*'l OS, Id.
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    • Advertisement
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      203 161 THE "CEYLON UUyEILVEK' 1 (Established in Colombo 1834) Circulates throughout the isbndot' Ceylon and in Southern India. Its Overland Edition eirovUrtes extdnsirely in Great Britain and Ireland, hs. ireU as amongift persons interest' c-.i in Oeykai i i other i<iut^ of tiie worlJ. Ceylon Observer (Dafly). Annual subscription, including postage
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  • Page 161 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      224 161 THE WEEK. Europe maild <-t" IVh. 16th arrived by ihe i>. L Tenta «'n Saturday. The outward t">jni Poljnesieo which win delajed at Said, will net arrive til! Saturday. This homeward mail is taken i-v ihe Delta leaving to-day. The Legisl t :> Council is called for next c, when
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    Mr. Churchill on the Lords.
    840 162 Mar. 11. Am* i i.v b Constitution-monfiers. Mr. i s ihstoh Churchill is the latest accession j to their number—are busy with their several plans for M mending," on paper, the House j of Lords. It is left for Ministers spending week-ends in the Provinces,
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    A Pasteur Intitute in Southern India.
    684 162 i We bare been asked t.> call attention tj J the following circular toliciting eontiibuj tiona towards tlie funds of the Pasteur Institute <>f Boutbera L ?i ;1 i. Oooaoor, in the Nilgiris The Pasteur Institute of Southern India I has been established a<:
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    Lord Newtown on the Lords.
    1076 162 liar. 12 proportion v. .ii i;-l ii] t.> r* tl,. all the topi. -s which the present f l> verm proposes t\» thrust upon the cmgider I of the House of Commons, I t f constitution of the House of L it leant HM modification
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    The North Tyrone Election.
    333 163 I II v. \:r of the torture of Tan- Korifa fyrone election, so »as of the defeated If r. Dnu» Hbvby, K. C. He the gMMnra] election lust ye;tr i Ic r:t, Serjt W. B. "•i». K. t)\ Um remarkably close poll 8,957, .1 sni;iil .hffereuce
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    Chambers of Commerce and Commercial Morality.
    707 163 liar. 13. A correspondent who signs himself M lle-lievt-1" in a letter published yesterday morning how far it. was writ ironical most be left to th» penetration of our readera to discover traverses, or professes to traverse, a previous letter from "Fair Trade" >vh.»
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    The Indian Railways and the Government.
    388 163 The Indian Railways and the Government. It may not be quite apparent at tirst what is the bearing of the deputation from the Board of Indian Railways to the Secretary of State for India on the matter of a shortage of railway rolling stock. But when we remember that a
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    An Opium Cartoon.
    204 163 In regard to the recent Opium restriction E lict issued '•■> the Chinese Gfr wernment a very telliag cirtoon Im3 been lately issued by the /Im.-,'. m nier, a Dutch weekly. The sumo is also reproduced in B.ttavia by a Chinese-Malay journal, Lampiran Perniagaan. It represents a
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    Local Experience and Local History.
    1219 163 Mar. 14. It is one of the natural disabilities inseparable from the existence of such a British tropical dependency as 1 1 at of the Straits Settlements that a noini aratively short cvcle of years sees a couplets renewal of the European community resident therein.
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    The Small Dollar and the Native Public.
    497 164 The Small Dollar and the Native Public. Although the Dative trader (who i< fairly v-. i ksted in su >. matters) and the Dative employee (who is much less intelligent) stro j well inured to currency changes, thi i i issue of the smaller silver dollar r, -*ib!y cause a
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    GREAT RICHES.
    980 164 The facination of figure* is great. When I those figures represent money or wealth Ihe terms be it noted are not. synonvmoui —the glamour become irresistible. Talking of million has such a comforting sound: it is so close to the inconceivable. A million pounds not only possesses that
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    ON THE CARS.
    948 164 Was it Mark Twain or Bret rte «rho wrote that catching rhyme on the duties c<[ the car conductor, "Punch brothers, Punch with care. Punch il i:» the prea i t the passongairc, A blue irip slip for an eight cent fare, A pink trip slip for
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    THE COLONIAL CONFERENCE.
    594 164 Kb. Cm w inun'i }v v. The. J.inii.irr I Reei to contains ai *tiag •abject of Imperial t/nity an-i Conferer The writer point* <>;;t of the li:';- -J 1 body p »litic th ir i iewi u( cmdittoo of ti >•• I the United Kin >■ «tcs
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    Friday, March 8, 1907.
    588 165 f.iin lioon Kcnfj fcill be IffcTflßf for ,j ('it end ol the in •!!■!> u^J exacts •.;><-■.?: >ix mouths. ii. Vi.^'V, who hut been) acting as district Officer at Klantr, Ims f .^tfi A>s'ntant PioSector off Chi- j r Xftrii Seinl ilau, in place Mr. J.
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    THE CASE OF COLLINS.
    101 165 I l»in>, wlm wm reported in our serial T'i.tv having been released, ;is u spy. before the High Courts vears aijo. For many ir^ be bai mumm to military iWwif ill i i<>"U*«! upon as a servant of the •••ii.t-nt. When his house was searched j
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    THE RING AND THE FREIGHT.
    896 165 i DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. HAVE FREIGHTS BEENBBDUCED? The question of ft eights raised bj our extractiroiua '*Pinang Gazette" leader the other dav, when it was said that freights had been lowered through Mr. Shelford's intervention and a correspondent wrote statini/ that freights were the same
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    A SELANGOR MURDER CASE.
    109 165 Before the acting Chief Judicial ComHUJSMMWr Helfield, with Messrs. Raukilor and Christie as Assessors, two Javanese named Cader and Mfthotttt were arraigned for the murder of n Javanese inaudor, at Carey's island, on the nighl of Hth January, at 10 pm. The Dtjjpntj Public Prosecutor prosecuted
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    Saturday, March 9, 1907.
    812 165 The Hamburg- A mer ika Li n io his ordered frotj Measr* Harks*] Wolff A; Co. a steamer v. liich will be the largest in the world. By the N. D. L Zieteu today, there arrived Mr 11. St. George Moore who comes out for Sir
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    PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
    353 165 Sacred CoscfiXT. A xery enjoyable conceit was held in lite Piesbyteriau Church last night, having been organised by Mr Adamson and the choir of the Kirk to obtain funds for the purchase of new hymu Ik>ol|S, music for tlichoir and to uudertake certain repairs to the organ which
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    THE WORLD'S STUDENT CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
    115 165 The following Indian subjects atrived here on Saturday bv s.s. Bkarmta Re? RC. Sircar, M. A., Secretary, Y.M.C. A., Calcutta; Miss Lilavati Siu^h. M.A Vic»^ Principal, Isabella-Thobum College, Lucknow Mr. K. Sitajuddin, 8.A., Professor of Philosophy, Forman Christian Csollege, Lahore Mr. N. J. Dose, M.
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    BALGOWNIE RUBBER ESTATES.
    22 165 The production of rubber ou the above Estate for February was 1,55(5 lbs. rubber (dry), exclusive of bark rubber.
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    ROYAL JOHORE TIN MINE.
    34 165 The total amount of tin ore exported by the tributors on tie lauds «»f the Koy.t! Jobore Tin Mining Cov, Ltd. for tbe mouth of February was 89] bags-Pis. 295.
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    TRONOH MINES.
    24 165 The output for the month of February, at the above mines was as follows.— Dressed Tin-ore produced Picul& 17/.M Approximate value $97,000.
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    SERENDAH HYDRAULIC TIN MINING COY LTD.
    40 165 Messrs Jaeger A Co. inform ns that according to a wire received, the Directorhave declared an interim Dividend of 121% payable 20 ih March. Transfer books will be closed from l'Jih to 19th Hard). > <
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    PUSING LAMA.
    25 165 The output fioin this mine for the mouth of February wis 900 p'culs of tin ore produced of an appioxiuiate value of |51j0tO.
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    PERAK TIN MINES.
    31 165 The export of tin from Barak for February 1907, according to advance ligure> liable to correction was Tin 10,008 pikuls, <;f» kaiits. Tin ore 28^93 ft] Duty $449,087.88. > «+> <
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    23 165 Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Waddell are Ixoked to come out to Singapore by the mai! Mongolia leaving Marseilles on Api il L.
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1192 166 Qvnquid aginit homines Mtfri e*t fui-iuujo fioelli. Juvenal. No, we cannot say it was either dignified «»r prul^nt. It reads like the wild'y enthusiastic speech of a lladical eandidate in England after narrowly winning a victory at tlie poll! 3 when he spreads btMSelf as if
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    THE "BATAVIER."
    551 166 A< reported iu yesterday*! paper, ihe loc.il Chiueae-owned steamer ]>.itaviv*r came in on T'lins.liv night from the Etst Const with lier ru Ider lashed up with chains, the vessels having sustained damage in crossing t lie Kuantau Bar. No report wai made at first in flu* Shipping Office
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    THE PATANI CONCESSIONS.
    102 166 .Ml-. J. I). Saunders left on Saturday ufternoon by the steamer "Boribat" for Patani, where lie his important concessions from the Siamese Government. Mr. Saundere coes up to make oerfain arrangements 1 hat require bia person.il presence ano action, ft is understood thai a syndicate of exceptionally
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  • Correspondence.
    • Letter
      Eastern Conference and Trade of the Settlement.
      589 166 Eastern Conference and Trade of the Settlement. To the Editor, Sir, —The Penang view of the Caaiani Conference as quoted in your issue of «'»th iust. is interesting. I have not read the leader in the Pimtutg Ghu&Uc, but the comments ou Hie same so ftr as they refer to
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    AT THE SAILORS' HOME.
    269 166 LI'IKKAKY AND BOCIAL EtBVIVO Last Night. The Women's Christian Temperance L niou ijpive a very successful literary, musical and social eri ni!'_r at the Sailors' Home hist ui^rhv. Miss Sophie Blackmore presided and laid that the programme bad been arranged iu the temperance cause, a cause
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    A MURDER IN LIM ENG BEE LANE.
    817 166 A MURDER IN LIM ENG BEE LANE. THREE ACCUSED IN Till, DOCS Insufficient Evidence. The Lira Eng I>ee Liue mm§m ija^ed the attention of a special inrv Assizes yesterday, before Mr. Ju*u,-.- I Mr Allen being the foreman. Three men of the labouring type, Ijeoag Sw<^ All See, and Chew
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    DETERMINED SUICIDE IN SINGAPORE.
    1846 167 LOOKED THEOUGH THE MIRROR AND SHOT HIMSELT. g Qf THE DIKECTOB OF THK SOBEL KXPLOBITE CO. ag iragedy occur red in one of the aotesi yesterday afternoon. It was i 'h.}f ;i Oetsaaa, who only arrived -;iU»ut a fortuighc ago, ;i gentle- b stated iss millionaire,
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    NEW LEGISLATION.
    438 167 A "Bill entitled an Ordinance to regulate the employment of Netherlands Indian Labourers in the Colony is published in the Gazette. The Attorney General's statement of objects aud reasons reads. A considerable number of Javanese labourers are at present employed in the Colony on plantations and elsewhere under
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    CROCODILES AT PORT SWETTENHAM.
    200 167 About 7 30pm. 00 the evening of Mar. 2an exciting incident occurred at Port Swettenluiin. A Tamil bullock-owner named Kala Siiujh, of Ptjtaling and Salak, had landed two bullocks by lh« s.s. Sappho from Singapore. He went to wash them in a small stream near the
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    FUNERAL OF MR. H. J. A. CROWE.
    142 167 FUNERAL OF MR. H. J. A. CROWE. On Tuesday evening, at .5-30, the funeral Bortege of Mr. If. J. A. Crowe was met at the g»te of the ccmetry, io Western Boad bv a Urge number of mourners, friends and siiboidiuates of the deceased. The heane was borne bv Messrs.
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    Monday, March 11, 1907.
    719 167 The B. I. steamer "Kibeogbl*" is ashore in the Rangoon liver. I.OUO psugeuger» huva been taken off in lighters. Captain W. E. Loug has rescued his commission in the Malay States Guides in order to take up au apftoilitMßt iu the Cyprus Police. It is rumoured
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    THE LATE MR. JOHN FRASER
    56 167 Mail papers contain the übi.uary aotiee of the late Mr. John Fraser as I^L>w Fraser.— On the Hth Feb., at Parkside. Upper Hale, Farnhani, Surrey, John Fraser, fornerlf of Singapore, in his Mxty-fouith year. Funeral at St. Mark's. Upper Hile, (M Sal unlay, at 3.15.
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    "AN ADMITTED FORGERY."
    1074 168 AN ADMITTED FORGERY." PLAINTIFF WHO PASSIVELY STOOD BT. AND LOST HIS CASE. The South Boat Quay actiou Las ended in a verdict for defendants, despite their admittance of a forged assignment. The plaintiffs were Tan See Cheun and Tm Chin Kiat, administrator Tan Soon Ee, and they had sued Ong
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    CEYLON CRICKETER DEAD.
    278 168 There are not a few former Ceylon 1 cricketers in the Colony aud F. M. S., who will hear with regret of the death of a most promising young M Ceylou Colt," Mr C. E. Perera. A Colombo paper prints this appreciative paragraph in au obituary notice:
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    SINGAPORE ROWING CLUB.
    290 168 The Ho©. Secretary of the Singapore Rowing Club hai circulated the following appeal to members and others interested At the Annual General Meeting of the j above Club held at the Boat House on Fe- braarj 7th, !<»• -7, the following resolution was carried by a large
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    A FIRE CALL.
    115 168 Shortly before midnight on Saturday night the brigade received a call to a fire in Tan Quee Liangst and the motor with the two horsed steamers went with all speed to the scene of the alleged outbreak. On arrival however they found they were only re quired
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    SWIMMING.
    52 168 The 440 yards Handicap was decided on Sunday morning at the Swimming Club, when about 18 swam and 12 finished. The wiiiuer was Franklin 15 heci start, Black seretcl being second an«l Baddeley 40 sees. third no time was taken. There was a fairlv strong tide in favour of
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    CHINESE FAMINE.
    77 168 Shanghai. Mkrch 1. Serious riotf have taken place in the famine-striken districts of Taoyu.mhsieu, where the population, starving for want of food, have plundered the Government riceboats. After this the whole district was plundered. Suehowfu is fall of pillaging hands, who are robbing in all directions" Troops are
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    INDIAN "COOLIE LABOUR" IN THE COLONIES.
    803 168 INDIAN COOLIE LABOUR" IN THE COLONIES. INTERESTING PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. In March last Mr Herbert Nield, the successor of Lord George Hamilton as Conservative member for the E*liug Division of Middlesex, mo veil id the House of Commons for a return showing (a) the names of the various Colonies or British
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    A TRANSPORT'S FREIGHT.
    44 168 Karachi, 12th February. The hired transport Dongola arrived here this morning and was lathed alongside the Erskiuewharf. Th^reare 18 intended brides on board. All of them are to be married to-day, one batch in the forenoon and another in the evening.
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    ULU RANTHU RUBBER EST. CO., LTD.
    454 168 ULU RANTHU RUBBER EST. CO. LTD. The statutory meeting of theabov, paiiy was held at the register**! o fti. Grace-church street, E. C, on Tuc-sda j sth. The directors present were. Mr. K.S. <;pm;son Qm tkm shafcj an.i C. Oswald. In moviug the adoption report, the Chairman made the follow!
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    £30,000,000 ANNUALLY FROM RUBBER.
    229 168 £30,000,000 ANNUALLY FROM RUBBER. New Umm M I«i j>j.i:ft Payin«; oi Sthkets A\' Some idea of the enormous ml »r«ii in^ demuid for reJbeer bf J»rr. I Meal, motor, and ether in.] ■.ist.r.'es it from the fict that th*> total for 19- »j amount?<l to about 75 f OOfl b
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    COMMODORE R. H. STOKES.
    170 168 lain IMI.S Stok< >. 1 .r- I a commodore of the ■< m <!■ charge of the naval yard at he will hoist bis bio.id peuri.irit in <\ on the "Taniar," pooeiviag ship. Commodore W. 11. P. Hughe 4 I naxt. Tlic Mi MOMBO&m service in
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    Tuesday, March 12, 1907.
    709 169 Xetrotiationa 111 connection with Manchuria have boen resumed at Peking by M. Pokotilow, tbe Kussian Minister, and H. E. Tan.* Sh.w-yi. The A*ihi declares that Sir U >bert Hart return to China but that interested parties are spreading contradict >ry fabricari »ua. H. Kane of tlie
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    SUPREME COURT.
    219 169 Before the Chief Justice, Sir W. H. Hyndman Joni>. Partnerships Accounts. I.im Sian Keng vs Wee Bin and Co. This was f>r an order for an account to \>e taken of the alleged shareholding of Oug Yew Ch«-v»iig deceased in the firm. Mr Emerson was for defendant, Mr
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    ASSIZES.
    469 169 Before Mr Justice Fisher yesterday. A Fobgui Che^ui:. Two Tamils, Gurasaiuy and Yellasaujy were charged, the tirst with forgery and Oatßg as geuuiue a forged document, both with forserf aud both with usiDixascremiine a forged document. Mr Sproule D. P. P. prosecuted. Prisoner GtafUsamj pleaded guilty to all charges.
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    MALACCA GOLF CLUB.
    145 169 Play for the March medal took place on Saturday tie r »th. Tbe scoring was as follows Mis- Robinson SI 61 162 85 77 W. Maddocki 18 51 99 20 70 H.W. Firmstone 44 42 86 5 8 Mrs. Koek 78 68 Ul </.O 81 M. Hellier
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    26 169 The ringleide-s of the rice riots at Taoyuanhsieu hive been arrested by the troop.? sent forward tj suppress the trouble, and have been ssnt^nced to decapitation.
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    "A VENOMOUS PROSECUTION."
    460 169 COSTS AGAINST THE FARMER ASKED FOR. Yesterday afternoon before Mr Green the case in which DrGooMtilleke stood charged with being in possession of morphia exceeding five grains without a permit from the P. C. M. O. was proceeded with. Sergeant Thrale prosecuted for the Crown and Mr
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    IMPORTANT TRADE MARK CASE.
    250 169 BUNTLKT AND PaLMKe's BIBCCITB f Mr. Frank Elmore, tbe traYelling representative of Messrs. Huntley and Palmer, biscuit makers of Rm fling, England, appeared l)cfore the First Magistrate on Saturday and laid information to the following effect. Mr. Elmore said be was travelling in the intereata of
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    WEST RIVER MINING.
    59 169 FiJEscu Scsniro Cos< kbbiovs. Peking, March 2. The French Minister has approached the "Wai-wu-pu with a demand for mining concessions ilong the Wetl JJiver. The Minister asks for the concessions to be granted to Frenchmen in co-operation with Chinese merchants according to an old agreement. The Wai-wu-pu
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    61 169 A European quartermaster of the BrecoDslnre wus anerted iu Hongkong trying to dispose oi a bail of opium. The ship wy searched, when f<»ur other bills were found iu his room. It was discovered that the opium had been broached from a case ship-, ped at Singapore to Shewan Tomea
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    268 169 The report of the Committee for the year ended 313t Deo 19u6, says. The financial position of the Club continues to steadily improve, the balance of assets over liabilities at Dec 31st, 1006, being $4,621.47 as against *2,950.53 at DteSl*, I!H>5, and $2tiJB 9k Dec 31st, 1003.
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    FRASER AND NEAVE, Ltd.
    421 169 The Directors' ninth annual report to 1»e presented at the meeting on Karen 1(* is. Singapore, iJth March, 1907. Your Directors have the honour to sulinit the following audited statement of accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1906, being the ninth year of the Company's
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    THE CHINA MERCHANTS.
    185 169 A Fi'rHT FOR COVTROI* (China lilail S-?ni<-e.) Shanghai, Fe!#. 2S. A mooting of thaneho dors in the China Merchant! Steam Navigation Company waa held here fco-day, at wl)i>- i some two li tavdred tharon ridei were present* representing over twenty tj khan The object of ing wai
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  • Correspondence.
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      Eastern Conference and Trade of the Settlement.
      342 170 T<> THE KDITOK, Sir, I somewint regret having delayed adding a short letter ou the above in connection with tliat of Fair Trade cu Saturday la^t. Fair Trade says "It is not sufficientiv recognized by many people that a Chamber of Commerce and
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    "THE DAKOTA" ASHORE.
    211 170 THE DAKOTA ASHORE. Some further particulars of the Btranding of the s.s. u Dakota apreu in tbes>t> details from Hongkongpa pen to hand yesterdaj Tokyo. March 4th. The Gre.it Horthern Steamship Company's Dakota stranded last iJgiit outside Tokvo Bay. A \e«sel has been despatched to rescue the paseengen. I ater.
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    THE PINEAPPLE INDUSTRY.
    235 170 With reference t<» the mild excitement which appears t»» h»- agitating the pineapple world, the following information representing one side <>f the question basbeen placed before us for publication. The principal object of the Association is to improve the quality <>f pineapples, thereby naturally stimulating the demand.
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    THE WRECK OF THE LARCHMONT.
    964 170 Nineteen Survivors. Ghastly Storiks. One of the saddest thing! iu the mail papers is the account of the wreck of the steamer Larehmont on the New England coast, U. S., after a collision with a coal laden barque. The exact number of victims will probably
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    THE LATE MR. CHARLES E. St. GEO. CAULFIELD.
    431 170 The following details of the earlier career inCeylou of the late Mr. C. E. St G. Caulfield are given in the fimes tf Ceylon from its Ganipola correspondent The notice in tlu; Times of Ceylon of the 26tli instant of the death
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    THE AMIR'S VISIT TO INDIA.
    266 170 Lasting Advantages Secured. After many postponements, and extending his Bombay programme from lour days to fourteen, the Amir left Bombay for Karachi by sea. This may practically be said to be theyend of his visit, as the remainder of the tour will be almost private.
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    POLICE NEWS.
    260 170 Uu Sunday night some Malays living it Gaylang beard <in uproar in their fowlhouse, and an investigation showed a good sized pytbou bad found its way in and was devouring the newly-hatched chickens under a hen. The plucky hen was endeavouring to defend her chickens and wai [Hitting
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    JOTTINGS FROM BERLIN.
    849 170 v the Singapore lie. Mrm The first < loctious arc over and th< e* leaders of Parties breathe a^ain Mo». too. for rath<re.ontrar\ to all c\|>ectatioD- t!,, Governmental majority, coini>osed thii of National I-Hh rak and C»,ns«-rvat:\ come out at the top of the tree and l!
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    TWO EX-GUNNERS, S. V A.
    78 170 We haw h post-canl from ti»«- fainoii Tan nan Splits at rakaril/'iLa n- r R Japau It Mfigßed b} t ivo lurmt'i iitrufooter members *»f the tii >t S. "Socl team, C. H. Lightf** ;unl <»•<•. A W The canl bears lhi> .lu-t j*tmi;« .1
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    DREADNOUGHTS CRUISE.
    234 171 Rk< okd Atlantic Voyage. ;ir»» informed l-j the Admiralty (gays T'lcjrojw) that a telegram has received froin the "Dreadnought* 1 re- 114 tit it she maintained a*peed of over •i knots from <ul»ialtar to Trinidad, •hit the propeDfattJ machinery is in excellent .■nJition, and that Mm ship could
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    THE LATE SIR W. H. RUSSELL AND THE ROLE OF WAR CORRESPONDENT.
    362 171 THE LATE SIR W. H. RUSSELL AND THE ROLE OF WAR CORRESPONDENT. Hoi iv-1 Ranaell had the honour S( imaaodiato and si He ereete 1 the office of a r I rewpoairtenl into an established at once affirmed and stereo- I KspOMlbilttj to public the part of tiiuso who controlled
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    100 171 i struck Taiptng en •lit :I p m. and Dementi wt-iv ih» int. oot, <>r the home* 1 rated t Pioneer, A n »cci- QDexo < i <l:v roporistati n, when t lie d down It wma i "_l! leu baiidiiig -i). thai tlie ;i lime h» 11 no importAs
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    THE BOOMERANG.
    563 171 11l his now book M Xativ«s of Australia.' .Air. X. W. Thomas «»ives a compressed but i lucid account of the probable origin of the Australian tribes, their appearance, their customs, and their beliefs all based upon authorities of Depute, aud all of general as \\ell as scirntific
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    UP TO THE NINES.
    269 171 M. te Bargy seema to have had m Hnccesa fun in this country ;i> regards dress. With «>ue accord the Press of London has admitted j that, like the gentleman in tlii- song, lie h;is "i<ot 'em on." A writer in a lady's paper refers to
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    INSURANCE GOLF CADDIES.
    274 171 The Workmen's Compensation Act, which eonips ino operation on July Ist, will render it necessary, Bays the News of ike World t for nwsJ" clubs to insure t-ieir profesaiODali and club servants, including the caddie masters and ground men. Jt may also be i eceasary to insure
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  • OVER THE CHESS-BOARD.
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      Problem No 6.
      21 171 By E. N. Frankenstein. White to play and mate in twj move*. Black (5 pieces). White (5 pieces).
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      Game No 2446.
      252 171 2446. An interesting game played at the City of London Club in a London League match. Athenaeum v. Battersea. Kino's Knight Opening. White— Black— W. A. Simkins. H. W. Piercy. 1 P-K4 P-K4 13 Q.Q2 P-Qi--2Kt-KB3 Kt-QBd 14 P-K5 QQ3 H-K2 (a) B-1U 15 Kt K'2 B-JB4
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      CHESS NOTES.
      393 171 The lou'j: expected championship match between Dr Lasker and Air F. J. Ifarshall was started in New York on Jan. "26th. The contest is to ba the first to win eight games, draws not to count The winner is to receive a purse of £200, which has been
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    THE TWO EMPERORS.
    189 171 Then arc a number of ■nrosDici in l>i.->hoi> Wilkinson's interesting volume Twenty Years of Continental Work anil Travel just out. Dr. Wilkinson who fur tweuty years travelled up and down North and (Yntral Europe, met many persons oi note. One story that he tells, on the authority
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    RUBBER REPORT.
    333 171 t LEWIS AND PEAT. Straits and Malay States 1 5th February, li">7. r y i 2 cases Paiisli crepe •> 4| 5 cases Mottled cr£pe 5 l 4 cases Dark crepe 5 1 1 cases Brown chip crepe 5 '1 Jeboiig Teases Laju;o darkish sheets :> B| ">
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    HOW DID HE KNOW?
    159 171 In tbe stilly hours of Sunday night a detective constable on r randi at Boat Quay saw a Chinaman prowling about suspiciously. The constable stopped him an»l found he had a handy little jemmy in his possession. He was there pon trrested and f-esterdai was charged
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    83 171 The Committees of the various [ndian Chambers of Commerce are generally iii favour of the proposal, which has been referred to them by the Committee of the Bengal Chamber, for the formation >t an l£ael India. Committee in London, subject, of course, to discussion as to its constitution, rules and
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    ON CONTOUR.
    846 172 Since the davs when Ihe Immortal William made the Prince of Denmark utter the memorable words "Oh that this too, too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dew" probably aeons before then, mankind (including womankind) has considered with approval or disapproval variations in the
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    THE FINANCIALLY PERPLEXED.
    997 172 There is a condition in which most of us have found ourselves, a fortunate minority experiencing it very seldom and then by accident, a large, a very large majority of mankind just as seldom experiencing anything eUe. Many names are given to it the best known of
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    WHAT TO BUY.
    1076 172 The first thing that the traveller does ou getting to a new country is to buy things. If one could speak, iD these artificial days of auv instinct as primitive, the instinct of buying would l>e rightly so described. Given a coin of the smallest denomination, and
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    ONE POUND NOTES.
    987 172 Tbe Bi) k of BogUmd is m t1... most people Liobablv t Uat -j,, n presenting most nearly the wealth illl( t dit of the EritMi Empire, and v I the anniversary of an important m>l? the history of Patersou's great enterprise, may be of interest to
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    Wednesday, March 13, 1907.
    490 173 •ml t--r from f ,ie Lu:i IV bi unt» g I av of the Chin* Famine knowlnn^aMitjcmt of 9865.80 in- lo tlu* k*-id»*nt, Negri A football HMftch w.is played ■q the Esplanade between DimM and the S. R. C. ami win lot flu 4 fonMf by
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    SUPREME COURT.
    1517 173 IV the Cftief Justice, Sir W. Hyndman Jones, \»»terdav. A DmiGi DnoppiD. 1£ C. A. Letehmanan Chettv vs j Chenng Jim Hoe and another. For plaiutiff Mr. A. Fort and Mr. Parsons, for the defendant Mr. dearer (Drew and Napier). Mr. Cleaver said that his instructions now were
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    CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST.
    413 173 Wstmliv afternoon before Messrs Micbell and Ellis, Bitting as a Bench Com;, Samuel Especkermann, late clerk in the "Singapore Free Press" Office, was charged on three counts of cheating and alternatively three charges of criminal breach of trust in respect to monies belonging to the proprietors
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    ATHLETIC NOTES.
    1223 173 The practises of th < several crows who are to enter for the fortheosming r.««va the Scott Russell prizes continue vuih unabated vigour, and the competition looks likely to be a very fine show of racing for local oarsmen. There are crews out everyday of the week that
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    PUBLIC HOUSE LICENCES.
    420 174 Thkxi Polici PmosEcunoNs. Bel »re Mr. Green yesterday, three rather interesting o.ises pertaining to public houses eard. The <*tse^ wore brought by Inspector Hart, lu the first Mr. Thomas Serjeant was chained with keeping open a public house without alioeooe Mr. Gaunt irho appeared for the defendant
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    "DAKOTA" A TOTAL LOSS.
    118 174 BTRAJTGI STORY BY KYE WITNESS. T-kio, March sth. The s. Dakota i-i no-.v regarded as a total loss. The crew and thy mails huve been land. od. The captain of a Jap meso steamer following tiio Dakota laji that at the time she struck that afternoon
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    15 174 > < Ihrr P.einyslav the gifted violinist his comp'efed Ins Indian tour, and is now iu Colombo.
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    NEW S. C. C. PAVILION.
    112 174 To iiE Opened on Monday. Pb« new S. C. 0. pavilion has been cnu- for at least u couple of weeks now but the uate of entering ir, was delayed vtith **iow to opening it at Easter when the Cricket visitors would be here. Now,
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    Thursday, March 14, 1907.
    482 174 The death is announced at Lucerne of the geologist, Arthur Kitchener, brother of Lord Kitchener. Mr M. W. Pett goes to Penang to report on the Fire Briga<le there, by the next German mail. He will remain iu Penang about ten days. A Ceylon paper of
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    MINING NEWS.
    172 174 The output for February at the Jeher miuos is stated to have been 180 piculs. Daring the month the output of Perak tin was 84,002 piculs or two thousand piculs odd less than for January, but over six thousand piculs more than in February of 1905. The duty
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    JAPANESE CRUISERS ARRIVE.
    125 174 REAR ADMIBAL IJUIN. The Japanese cruisers Chitose aud Tsuku^>a arrived hero yesterday from Y«»kobama bound on a. eroiee to Europn. The? sail for Colombo ou Thursday. Both v«ese!s;iroto ooal here. The Tsukuba flies Iheflag of Rear Admiral Ijain. After a itaj io European waters the vessels cross
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    AN EXTRAORDINARY CHINESE CASE.
    922 174 IMPERSONATING AN HEIR. Conflicting Statements. Before Mr. Justice Fisher yesterday. Sim Ah Tian vs Sim Ah Ch'iu. For the j plaintiff Mr. C Everitt, for the defendant Mr. E. Ftfiw IWynes. From the opening of counsel it appeared i that this was practically a case of
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    55 174 The Galnnif Re«,t;iurrtiit Billiard Tournament has ended in Mr A. P<**ira wiaaiag, Mr J. Smi h being ruuner-up. The liestaur* Hut presents a ajold medal, l>v Mnssrs dt--Bdva Co. to fcbe winnnr and the runner-up L^etb a Hilver me<lKl. The medals will be presented on Saturday when there is a
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  • Correspondence.
    • Letter
      Rowing on the Lagoon.
      232 174 To the Editor. Dear Sir,—With reference t t in the athletic notes of v ir i SP awaias; about th' assitabtlitj raced iii the Lagoon insi. ■.-i )t. The question lias beta thon an«l ir is .jiiite arefaehls thai i near future will Km IH<l Lhere.
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    LATHAMS SHARE REPORT.
    367 174 < foßshatn d Siu^;sp.»- >. Hud j• ll'.'j Market during tba erratic iu its aimmnU, tl the toon Wai ■•li-»»rful. u D Eair b'.isiues* has !»ee>' done. J] iave doused tn»: attention, bui h- li;ive beeu quiet \vi- i I tare, v.hile Rnbl m ibai I uniuterestiuL'.
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    64 174 As t ho itawr Sl»;..jjr (1.-it.> r Pnrn— Al) ilhmbsl H«»mluv on the 21st i'urtt. from J.-d.l.ih, tiiStandard w;i.s MM H\in<: froi:i tli.- S«»ivin It was lownl Hiat tin's Mioa«ed tl:» i i on »K»urd of Dr John Pollen, I CB, B the Plwiiial of tho Hnli-ii famita Ruciiitioii, who
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    TELEGRAMS.
    2498 175 Submarine Tolograpli L-. March 7th, 11.85 it. in. Japanese luau is for twentv- rtW :r -IX iui!!ions. re it 1 quarter to a half la n I t'n'in Tierlin tliut th»* Teheran )ms nnwlud r aa indemnity, l>ut the report territor? U whollv rioe estimates include i ii \v*i
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    461 175 ijrrom our trwn Correspondent*} Hongkong March 8. Collins confesses that he supported one hundred Peking officials iu the revolution, but be did L.ot personally instigate the plot The pates of Peking are now under strict watch. Hongkong, Hatch 11. A European police constable named Morrow has been murdered
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    PRODUCE.
    136 176 March 13. Tin bujera 95.12J Gambler bnjen 7.05 Gambler Cube No. J 10.50 Ghunbier Cube No. 2 9.50 Pepper Black (ordin. S'pore) 1 9.00 Pepper, White (fur L. V, T 5 p 26.90 Nutmegs (110 to the Ib 2«. Nutmegs (80 to the lb.) -10. Mace (Banda) tfo. Cioves
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    EXCHANGE.
    66 176 (Coaezctsd up ro Mar 13.) >.i 't m/s 2-4 demand 2/4J Pri?ate credits ni/a -I4\l M credits 6 ur< '2 l\l Prasob, demand Bank... .<, 295 ••ekmany. demand 240 India, T. T i73£ HovetONG, demand 5} %dii Tokohuca, demand 115 Fata, demand 541 Bangkok demand G'3s 'ovkremns, Bank Baying
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    SHARES.
    493 176 MINES. Capital Capital Issue P.iid Issued paid up Value up Company. IftKUtloa $300,000 300,000 1<» 10 Relut Tin It Co. Ltd If $135,000 1-10,000 10 10 iiersawuh U.,U M. Co. Ui I* W?»°°° W 10 Do Do 'Deferred) 1 n 3600,000 600,000 lo 10 Bran* HvdraftfieTfa JL Co. 1/
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      649 176 CLEARANCES. Mar 7. Janet Nicol], Brit, str., Hopkin3, for Bangkok. Betsy, Dut. str., Bojeng, for Bagan via port.s. Japan, Brit, str., Olifent, for Hongkong and Japan. Sabine Rickni^rs, Brit, str., Watson, for Palemhang. Tano.irviHe, Dut. Hulk, Mullsr, for Palenibsujg. Maehnon, Brit, str.. Long, for Amsterdam, London, and Antwerp. AmbsfW>, Brit.
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      440 176 Fook Sang, Brit str, Sawer, for Sourabaya. Sri Wongse, Dut, str., Uuns, for Muar and Malacca. 1 Betsy, Dut. str., Bojeng, for Bagan via ports. Selangor, Brit, str., Daly, for T. Anson via a ports. Ahergeldie, Brit str, Keith, for Caleutta. j Van Hogendorp, Dut str, Bouman, for j Djambie.
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      498 176 VESSELS IN PORT. mm. Mcn-of-War Flag and Tons Commanders Arrived From For h Cbitose Jap. cm. 4836 Yatnaya Mar 12 Yokohama Tsukuba Jap. OTBU 4545 Takenotusi Mar It Yokohama Otto McClellan Am. tra., 1870 Lothrop Jan VI Manila \y, Sea Belle F.M.S. Yacht 48 Ahmat F».h 5 P. Swet. f
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