The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 11 July 1907

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  • 20 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION, THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1907. No. 1 ,04 i
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  • 345 1 1 Army I i.i h Afri :i;;irv 2 I, i xi 1., i; I- ,i iti.o. w y! n lad C 'I'll :j ill 1 il: h 'l i 'i: V :m .1 I Court l>eeu m uona 12 „.> i/ 19 1 taragi an 1 I.' j 13
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  • 49 1 Domestic Occnrrences. Births. 'Jn Ju:;e2i, 1907. at Ti*r.t*in, the wife of W. MOSTON Andrew, Chinese Lostoma Service Of H 808. On 25th Joae, at Shanghai, the wife of Phil. V. Davies— a daughter. Nathan. On Juiy 5, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed. N. Nathan, at Tanjor^ Katonj; a soc.
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  • 69 1 (CoBUCTBD vv to July 10 I Ba,nk 4 m/s 8/*A demand t/H Pi-irate credits la/i 2/4 T 9 credits 6in 8 &/4H Fkak o«, demand Beak... 294} Gbbk ant, demand 239£ India, T. T, 174 Hongkong, demand 6%dis Yokohama, dexna-cd Ho Java, demand 140 Bangkok, dsmtuid 63} Sovereigns, Back
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  • 124 1 July 10 Tin M.liJ Gambier 6.£0 fcambier Cube No. 1 10.35 GambierCnbeNo. 2 950 Pepper Black(ordin.S'pore) 18.00 Pepper, White (fair L.W. p.e buytrs 14.75 Nntmega (110 to the lb.) X.M Nntmega (30 to the lb.) 33 50 Mace (Banda) 64.00 Cloves (Amboina) *7.00 Liberian Coffee 23.00 Tapioca, 6iaail pearl
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  • 1138 1 The Cult of Patriotism July 5. .y .v.» p,-,.^ t"'f> Pi opi^N right maintain, l ...j ttv i- :!•!•>",-.. „r-.; unbribed bfffiu\ < -r patriot Truth hit gkyioua precepts <lraw. ii .'^f<: to ivcii^io;., Loyalty and I.aw. We alluded yesterday to the five imperially conceived speech undo by Sir Wilfrid
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  • 136 1 So far as we can appreciate the tread of the enormous volume of comment that continues to be directed at The Territorial and Reserve Forces Bill which the Lords have been treating with a leniency and an apparent desire to facilitate its passage that might
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 38 1 Palmerston House, Ross, Herefordshire, England. HIGH CLASS SCHOOL For Girls, Prep%ratory department for little boys. For particulars apply to Manager Singapore Free Press. References D. Y. Perkins, Esq., Solicitor, Singapore. Dr. D. Cooper, Ipoh, Sepang. Jane 3 8
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    • 19 1 Rigaud's Bocool Extract is an extra reproduction of this sweet yet powerful Indiai perfume and is very popular. 21
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 118 1 ANJER SHIPPING REPORT. ompiled for the Singapore Free Press.) Dttt of passiu^ Anjer; Nationality and description of vessel Captain's name. Where and when sailed Destination. June It Bjrneo, A.H. str Landie from Brttavia. June 22. Fyrrhus, Dut str; Barend; Amsterdam, May 3 for Batavia. Jur e 22. Hessen, Ger str
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    • 250 1 THE WEEK. Tiw ia*l Mail arhred on Friday by the I*. A D.ihi with datei to JuneU. The Homeward Mail was taken by the X. I> L. Moon on Tuesday -md this weekly £oes by the B. I. Taroba to-day. Tn Couoeil on Friday tiie New Courts Dill and Civil
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  • 241 2 FIRST DAY. {F**m cur WM t -HtMlf.) Kuala Lumpur July Thk Maiden Plate. Distance R. C.) 1 Recompense 2 Benevolence 3 Rose Bloom Won by half a leugtli, five separating second and third. Time lni. oSs. Dividend m The Plasters Ctp (Distance I', mile.) 1 Qaorroboloog 2 Diwo
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  • 571 2 Chinese CoSTRACTOB and His Contract. An action was eomueneeil m the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon before the Chief Justice, Sir \V. Hyndman Jones, by B Chinese contractor agiinst the Oriental Telephone Company 1 td. m respect of the laying of c;ible and duels. There was :i counter
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  • 2379 2 (RetUer'M Ayency (By Submarine Telegraph; Received July 4, a.m. Kaid Maclean, the Cominander-in-Chief of the Moorish forces, who has been negociating with the brigand Raisuli regarding his pardon, has been himself captured by Raisuli who exacts his own terms for his ransom and a pardon. Germany emphatically denies offering
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  • 1773 3 JiKI'OHT. A. liii\ I' •'i lo report that we have id red bo* Ell 11m I'» ),nical Colic has objects f«»r which it wasestahlisb- M they come within the Commit tad Buryat l»i»M\ I I r 'Jm i {.<;-»• of ;vi:x'«l iii UmgjmofM ing to the PttaMc
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  • 149 3 S^uJh Africa aud Japan met at the Crystal Palace on 11th ult and Japan was defeated igDouiinkui3lv. Japan was represented by one of the o"<)0 Japanese sailors who travelled to London from Chatham to visit various places of interest, aud South Africa by an able hod i«d ostrich. CoDfning visitors
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  • 509 3 The hearing of the action for libel brought by Joseph Khsfifa r'{ lfftkastr, Jewish trader ■gainst Motes Eli as another Jew, of Singapore, for d>.mi£6s for libel and slander, ended yesterday iv the Supr<-m^ Court, befoi** the Chief Justice Sir \Y. Hyndmaa Jones, after being throe
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  • 196 3 The monthly medal for July was played on Saturday (3th inst, and resulted m a tie Ixitween H. C. Ehrenfels and Kirkwood. The followiug is the result of the first Round of the Vade Cup competition, completed July 6. A Reid beat J. W. Thomson by i
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  • 95 3 Tbe July medal uas played for on Saturday the <^h and was won by Cjpt. Maddocks. Scores as follows W. E. Maddocks... 41 17 88 12 76 Hon. VV. Evans 44 42 80 6 80 F Robinson Ml 6] 107 24 83 Mra. Evans 6* SI 126
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  • 106 3 Chief Inspector Crompton has retired from the service after nineteen years service m Selangor. Prior to joining the Selangor Police Force, Mr. Crompton lerved eight years m the Army where he rose to the rank of Colour Sergeant. It was while his regiment was m Singapore that
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  • 1575 3 An enquiry Into th^ subject of what the various classes of acoMiinuLit y re. k^, wodM provide m;-.uv fctirprises to tb«>se hjjj are accustomed lo t hi* k that «>».: v f-ii'«-dttd people raid •/<»••■! i 1 Its, and thai I nowli ,»r' chiefly
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  • 613 4 The Government Gazette for July sth last is a very bulky production, containing, -inter alia as the lawyers would say, the proposed Civil Procedure Bill. This Bill comprises 01 chapters, 1345 sections and four more or less lengthy schedules and is the result of an inametse
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  • 1192 4 All will admire the infinite tact of His Majesty the Kura m his reply to the address of welcome preseuted to him on his arrival nt Holy head on his promised visit to 1 reiand. Not the slightest allusion was made to the disturbed stato
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  • 113 4 lii a sale of old manuscripts at New York a ha If- page devoted to inculcating the principles of morality signed m 568 by Pope Pius V. fetched Us, while a letter from Rudyard Kipling regarding heroism m daily life brought £2 43. Alleged autograph signatures of Queen Victoria were
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  • Correspondence.
    • 833 4 To Thf; Eiukm.. Dear Sir, —The Shipping at Singapore being at the present time severely nstrirt^i by steamers calling at S.iban«r for bunkei-i Cl r purpose instead of, as former! 7, at Sin^pore, I think it is high time for tiie Mtfco* rities concerned to take
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    • 94 4 The semi. final game iv the Warren ShielJ Football competition was played on the SRC ground last evening, between H C<> of the West Kents and 78 Co KG A. Thenwas a large crowd of hpectatoru, many of tb» natives apparently thinking it was a Cup Tie. Mr McCubbiu was
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  • 810 5 A Bttfel > r s' Bill be held ll Sereni- m .I«:ly 19th. X Luapor m about to lorn a. Chain it.:' if.} i i-nlt^r of ]«r»'liL^ itteakled tIM iiii'ii! meeting. v «hu^^r is to be fc»iveri T Mm 17th to Mr. F. Bt i. I
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  • 188 5 Three Hokiens named Tan C4ec. Lim Oh and Vu Kiah were charged with h-iusebreak-ing before Messrs. Michell and IJiin at the Beneb Conrl jeetcrdaj afternoon. lospeot«»r N ..j.tii prosecuted ac'l Mr Radra appeared f«»r Hio defence. On the L 6 it of Jane, a few minutes
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  • 189 5 A youog Chinese baba named Tan Ah Kong, employed as au issi^taut salesman at Messrs John Little and Company's premises, was arraigned before Mr Colman. the third magistrate, yesterday on an allegation of (heft as a servant m respect of a Panama liat and six d«
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  • 153 5 A TERRIBLE SCENE. Letters received at Vienna from Lemberjj; give particulars of a terrible disaster that has occurred at the oiltieMs of Borystaff, iuGalicia A thunderstorm was raging, and the electric fluid struck eleven of the naphtha wells. In an instant huge sheets of flame
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  • 100 5 A Kling coolie employed by Messrs Riley Hargreaves and Company met with a terrible death on Tuesday afternoon. A traction engine belonging to the firm was drawing a number of trucks along the Thompson Road when one of the coolies, a Kling, fell while endeavouriug to climb
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  • 103 5 The Governor Gene al of Indo China has transmitted very satisfactory news to the French Colonial Office regardir*^ the receipts from Customs and taxes. They amounted m April to S .',BtJ< .000, surpassing the buiget estimates »>y $650,000, and the corresponding receipts of 19"6 by $B*o,ooo. The total
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  • 87 5 On Wednesday a Chinese coolie who had previous convictions was sent to jail for twelve months for attempted house breaking. Yesterday he appeared before the third magistrate, Mr Colman, charged with being m possession of $42 and 8t cents for which he could not
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  • 811 5 Mr Justice Fisher sat yesterday •.«> deal with bankruptcy matters. Ke Oog Kirn T«i. Mr Khowlhs for j«- itioter, P. U.S. X Aodi&ppa Chetty. Ja this cam the debt wu *2.'«*:J monej lent and interest <:ud the act ot bankruptcy w,«B leaving !,is house and shop with intent t<»
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  • 107 5 About noon ou Wednesday aii affray took place on the Thompson Road between a number of Hylams and Teochews. A HyUm funeral was taking place and a dispute arose as to who should carry the coffin. The corpse was thrown down and a battle royal raged,
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  • 521 5 INTERESTING LECTURE AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. A very iuterestirg lecture on Palestine Exploration was jjiveu tt the Presbyterian Church last night by ProftMOT Alexander Macalister, i>, f.rm. His Excellency Sir J jhu Anderson presided and there was a large attendance. Amongst those present wtrr Hon. J>r. Galloway, the
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  • 333 5 The much-talked-of June settlement has passed of smoothly without any excitement whatever, but the market has Iwen dull, and there is only a moderate business doin^. At the same time, the position look>. more cheerfu!, but buyers lately have received such a succession of shocks, that even
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  • 62 5 Ten Chiueae (Gohs) were charged before Mr. Green, tbe Second Magistrate, on Saturday with rioting. This case is m connection with the recent affray on the s.a. Pin Seng m tbe harbour when one man was killed. Inspector Doolev asked for a post pou went as the Deputy Public Prosecutor
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  • 564 6 Omens ok the Garrison vs. B. Team West Kents. This, the first game m the Cup competition was played last evening on the Esplanade before a good attendance m fine weather. Unfortunately considerable confusi hi was caused to the players frcm the fact that the ground was
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  • 180 6 Bids ros Launches. The bidding en the construction of the quartermaster" s Ifciiuches which were opened on June lt> was <juite brisk, especially by Manila tirms The chief quartermaster advertised for bid* for the construction of five launches, eight lorchas, eight boilers and one
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  • 97 6 TVo small Malay boys named Yakob and Puteh were placed m the dock before Mr. Green, the second magistrate, yesterday, on an allegation of having destroyed the trolly of tram No. 18. Inspector Harfleef of the Tramway Company, informed Mr. Green that one of the youths was
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  • 19 6 The body of a Chinaman was picked up iv the sea near the Master Attendant's pier on Sunday morning.
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  • 250 6 Saturday, July 6, 1907. AMOK AT TANJONG PAGAR. KLING COOLIE ARMED WITH AN IRON BAR. A Kling coolie employed at Tanjoug Pagar suddenly ran aiaok m his house at Ansou Road on Thursday afternoon. The man seized a heavy bar of iron and attacked two countrymen of his who were
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  • 187 6 Two Malays Attacked Oh the Taxjovg Oi.vk Estate. News baa reached Singapore of a Ifal&j coolie being carried oil" by ;i tiger on a rubber estate at Tanjon^ Olak h\ Muar. It appears that last Saturday afternoon a Malay coolie employed on the estate went to bathe
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  • 161 6 Mr. A. McNeil, of Syme and Company, prosecuted his Hylain boy betore Mr. Green, the second magistrate, yesterday on a charge of theft of S4. Mr. McNeil told his worship that on Tuesday night he missed .Sl-5 from the pocket of hii coat. He was
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  • 157 6 Two Malays named Dras and Vacob and a Mrs. Peterson were arraigned before Mr. Grfeo, the second nagittrtte, yesterday on a.n allegation of cheating a Palenibiug Malay out or ISO guilders aud a oue dollar note. Mr. R. St. J. Brad dell prosecuted, and Mr. Rudra appeared for
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  • 53 6 Two Bengali milkmen were charged before Mr. Michell at the Senior Magistrate's Court yesterday for offering watered milk for sale. Chief Sanitary Inspector May hew said the samples taken contained 13 and 22?. of added water. The men were first offenders. They were fined Si s and
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  • 948 6 Quicqvid agunt homines nostri erf farrago libelli. Juvenal. As the most infructuous Parliamentary session m history is drawing to a dishonoured close, the Topicist surveys with i egret and shame the needless and mischievous waste of time. The Opposition cannot with decency be charged with obstruction
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  • 363 6 The Opera Company did arrive on Efcarsday night, but too late to perform, a> th~ Sangola did not get m till dusk, [a th^;stead the Comedy Coinp.ixiy |Mt performance of "Mrs QkMlM|{e** NackUcd" a hie considering that practical !y no fcoltot w, t given of the performance
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  • 322 6 Dutch Club vs. V. MCA. A I»raw. The second of th- ties tor the Cup wta pliyed on the S. It. C. ground Utl night and ended m a draw, iit-i: her side scorii^. although each g>ai iutd it© uurrow «-?v- 4 pev la leed but, for the
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  • 62 6 The Kelantau Exploration Syudicate habeen registered with a capital of l'l<Kooo m Xl shares. An agreement has beeu niad< with M. C. Stoltz. There is no initial publi» issue. First directors (not less than three n<>i more than seven' L. /olluer, Wickett, Gilbert, and N. C. Stolte. Qualification.
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  • 67 6 A conversazione fur ladies and |*enUeui*--»> interested m the Straits Settlements and tb« Federated Malay States, and their friend^ was to be held under the auspices of this Atsociation, m the Alexandra Rooms of theTro cadero Restaurant, Piccadilly Circus, on Tutday, July 2, at 9 pm. Dinner
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  • 2441 7 OftMVABI Mkktix J'RihAt, July ">. ♦t Xx MOaBOJ tl S oOfl rn»r Sir John ASMMMS), X.C .M ij T. Parrot, O.C.T. 1 S-c-r«-Mry 'apt. A.H. Vainer. ri.»- .V»- m- v-«t. :m. w. J. Napi.;r. :t. lu-litor-'J»?n<»r.il VT. Bryant th«- A. r. Cl. i": uivr.T. AntTwnU/. Id Col. Kagfaeer
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  • 186 7 There are still a good many here who remember that tine officer, Capt. Jasper Mayne, of the luniskilling Fusiliers, who remained on after his regiment left as A. D. C to H. E. Sir Frederick Weld, becoming the Governor's son-iii-law soon afterwards. Cip\ Jxsp^r Miyae is now
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  • 201 7 The Edinburgh correspondent of the China Mai! says The Rev. Dr. John Gillespie of Mousewald has been elected to the coveted oftice of one of th* clerks at the table of the General Assembly. He tells, many 6tories of oth^r people, many stories are told
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  • 857 7 An ordinary meeting <»f the Municipal Commissioners was hel<l yesterday afternoon m the Municipal Board room. Mr. K. G. Broad rick, the President, occupied tii^ chair and there iw< a!s > present. J)r. Murray Robertson and Messrs. A J. Watkius, A. W. Bailej, Oog Teck Lim, Graham Patersoa,
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  • 490 8 Malay States Guides v. Shahghai Polite. On the S8(li ult. a team of Malay States (iuides fired at Taiping m a match against the Shanghai Police, the motive of the match >>emir doubtless found m the recent transfer of Captain iUrrett from the Guides to Shanghai. The M. 3.
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  • 257 8 We (Thuei of Malaya) greatly regret to announce the death, last Saturday, of Mr Fraucis Light, great grand sou of Captain Francis Light, the Founder of IVnang, Deceased, who was the last male descendant of the illustrious pioneer, succumbed to an attack of diarrhoa, after
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  • 206 8 Grovek Whittixg. Yet another pretty wedding took place on that miuh-favoured day June 1. Holy Trinity Church. Weyinouth. was the scene of the nuptial ceremony between Capt. J. Grover R. M. L. 1., son of the late Rev. J. Grover, and Miss Theodora Violet Whitting, daughter of the late
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  • 1235 8 The situation m China to day affords good occasion for watchfulness, but none for acute alarm. The rebellion iti the Southern Provinces, which has now reached so serious a stage, is only one of several symptoms of grave disturbances that have mads their appearance
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  • 667 8 The section of tha Paris pre^s devoted to colonial interests is reuewing the question of the fixation of the dollar m Indo-Chiua. We (L'Avenir dv Tonkin^ ish briefly to show the difficulties which mufet be faced m the attempt to 'solve this knotty problem. Can
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  • 11 8 Sir Henry McOallum was due m England on the 29th June.
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  • 944 8 At this time <f yeirone he.»* dU( more of Society tmmt •n* than ot I 'at notary doings, unites there happens to 1.- alj thing very thrilling going on m the tw Houses that however is not the cam- 4 this moment. The Prime Minister m,vuspeech of
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  • 1728 9 M T. O M iroini: I > P»-rik as ,St lit- hugiut er. Tlm King, as announced m the "Gazette,' baf ipproved of the West Indian Battalion Royal Garrison Artillery being disbanded. Hi> Excellency the Governor aud party *>-ut tor a trip iv the S-st Mew
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  • 443 9 "THE PRIVATE SECRETARY." The Bandmann GVmedy Company and the Opera organisation also controlled by Mr. Maurice lUndmanu, appear to te very frequently m trouble m transit, and as at home people sometimes miss their train or find that which they ill tugbt their train runs somewhere els*
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  • 397 9 The loth annual meeting was held June 4 at Salisbury- house. The Hon. C. H. Stiutt, who presided, said that this was an important year m the company's history. For the first time the deferred shares ranked as ordinary shares and the founders' shares came
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  • 66 9 Mr. John Lamb, of Beitam Estate, Porvince Wellesley, has been appointed organizing officer for Penang and Proviuce Wellesley, for the Legion of Frontiersmen. The man is fiist the wage-earner, the woman fiist the mother, and on these two laws hang all, or neatly all, the inequalities which women suffragists are
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  • 306 9 Meechwts v. ttjhBBMOS. Played 011 me a. C. C. (iron J i a Sh* nrday, iv the Tournament. Merchants. H. A. ICason c and b Dresser B. L. Williams b. Graham So H. W. Joynson c Whitty b Dreiser H. W. Sjou c Haidy b Graham 2:] M. B.
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  • 153 9 From the Acting Consul lor Japan we have received the 7th annual Financial md Economic Annual of Japan, issued with the compliments of Mr. Y. Sakatami, the Minister of Finance. It is bulkier than its predecessors and contains more information, with the growth of the country. It is
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  • 82 9 Successful Examination m "First Aii>" The following Darned ladies Lave be^u successful m obtaining certificates of proficiency m First Aid M to the iojured Mfsdames Keiler, Cole, Sanderson, Van Kuvlenburg. Misses L. He*«enauer. J. Zehnder, Wobitcr, Lcmoo, H. Z^hnder. The lectures have I <*»n i/iven l#y
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  • 137 9 > < Birnard's Tiu Statistics for May slow 5,190 tons shipped from the straits m Loudon, America and the Continent 425 from Australia Banca 11^3; Billiton IK3. Total supply Jm. -May 31,421* tons. A computed consumption for 4 month* 1 7,0"»0 tons, leaves a margin of 2.4H1 tons. News of
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  • 847 10 Sik Clni'leMacDonaM, British Ambassador to Tokio, arrived at Vladivostok «>a 24th oltimo en mate to Tokio. A chiotiitgi <•'•' revenue officer, has l>een ir.v>it-.l *»n charges of cheating, voluutarily causing hail and aasaoHiag a public servant. The Imperial Chines^ Post Office, according to L Echo de
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  • 733 10 The annua 1 report of the K^si.]eii r General is contained m a supplement to tin SeUu^or Q-izHte. It is tuli of facts and figure?, from which we extract a few. Ucvenuc for 1906. $21.-22;',.\-;:> (Colony 9^ million) Expenditure. 118,899,425 I Bi > Toial Surplus Assets
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  • 168 10 Six years ago we published a critique of the Fieratno!»Cd, a well known newspaper of Florence on Captain Giovanni Ga»gino's first edition of his baok entitled II Mio Tesoro. We \j.ie\y acknowledged the receipt of the second edition vhich has been well received by the press
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  • 30 10 The teuder of Messrs. Howarth Erskine and Compauy has been accepted for the enlargement of the Clyde Terrace market iZ?Z der waB: iron w °rk, and *00,750 for the erection.
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  • 1215 10 THE BOAT QUAY PROPERTY CASE. A Decision Reveksed. An appeal m which a Chiupse plaintiff kuew of t forged ooufyiPOß a.nd took do action within a reafcou»l>!e t;mc, wbi.Mi prevented him from raataertuugiiii claim a^ams? the individa%l who forge j i\ an! others, was again l^fore Iha
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  • 649 10 Ali.k«;ki> Mistaken Idknjim. A conviction npvtn alleged MMtefal i \tm> iitv was put bmi« Mr Justie Fisher > teraaj by Mr Rjwland Alien, iv the apj*-.ii ot Njunnseev-avam. who had l>ten convicted by Mr Green and lined £56 or a m.utbs imprisonment, uu the complaint of Mariinutu,
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  • 48 10 The Et. Hon. Sir Claude MacDjnald. (His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Tokyo) was received m audienoe by His Majesty at Buckingham Palace on Bth June and took leave prior to his departure for Japan. Sir Claude lei London on JUh for Moscow, en nmt*' to Japan.
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  • 947 11 Ij > ••i. .^iue o\ aa* i x been il *ft£.tf*, Uml :.e of '-.I most L hi*? characteristics oi Asia is the c »u--*.i. wDge which i 3 going on. You hear people say that the existence of a gene- uof men here is only about ten yeirs,
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  • 878 11 The news that the Kia^ of Italy ha> «>u the occasion of the centenary of the birth of (jari bald i granted political amnesties to state offenders, recalls to the mind the career of one of the remarkable soldiers of fortune of modern times. Garibaldi was born on July
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  • 1393 11 A of the Straits is not more than ten years. When therefore there cam* into my h.mda the minute book of a Society of which the last recorded iniuutes are March 11th 1897, and they have never beeu confirmed, I felt here was a chapter of ancient history,
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  • 930 11 After two or three centuries, wh xt doef it matter r When Lord Rosebery t^nke at the uuveiiing cf the Rhodes memorial it Oxford University he quoted a oosfmatMNi he had with the great Empire servant. t which this sentence is the end. I have given my
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  • 547 12 Wisdom m Waitihg ix Poub Acts. There was a^ain oulv a small audience at the Ttutoma Club h»1 nij^ht wheu the I>mdmanu Comedy Company staged the late Oacar WilbVl fumus pliy Ltdy Wiaderineie's Kan." Their repertoire is bj 1 o means a small one and the inclusion
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  • 450 12 RGAvsSRC. This gaino was played on the S C C ground list tveiiio^ before a very lir^e crowd. There was no gun or wind and the turf was m excellent order. The SRC had a rather disor*jaui*ed t>am, bat the X A played a.h->ut as i^ood uq
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  • 371 12 Kelantan Exploitation. The Kelautau Exploration Syndicate has beeu registered with a capital of £10,0< 0 m £l shares. An agreement has been made with M C. Stoltz. There is no initial public issue. First directors (not less than three nor uioie than seven), L. Zjllner, J. Gilbert,
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  • 62 12 The breakdown of all social class distinctions has given rise to an undesirable plutocracy, but it also has given scope for laudable ambition, and the new catechism teaches a boy to do his duty m that state of life which is about six steps higher than the
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  • 728 12 SCJGGKSTIOS Ah A WAY OK KSEttKO Off Old A<;r.. I> it possible, when one approaches t' allotted sj.an of three score years and ten, to avoid, by ■gggeation, wire limbing to what i> generally accepted as senile <leca> For some time past th<; matter Ij?s been
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  • 280 12 Mercantile Bank and Chetty. The Mercantile Bank of India receutly sued A. R. It 11. Chetty for d images for the nou performance of a contract m respect of the supply of Shanghai taels. Judgment vai delivered m the case, iv the Supreme Court
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  • 864 12 (ie;i<!;i! ■>.:•: m's report for 4 uka t Ui2 I line l.V.h. I' I IT. The HUM BM i- ir« <<i pfoepectiag work ihoti i a total for the \H'\i-"\ < I kf uad< up ot lO2| U. -inking, ;:> dm 2:!f> ft. sßMKaitißg, v
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  • 696 13 Wednesday, July 10, 1907 THE ASSIZES. 1 J ill Assizes opened yesterday morni :3 Mr Justice Fisher. Tbecalendar .t ht-tvv one and contains three charges of murder including that against Drummer Sandweli of the West Kent* f«»r the murder offCoponJ Hurly. The charge against the Artilleryman Quinnell for the attempted
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  • 55 13 The case iv which a young Straits-born Chinaman named Tan Ah Kang, employed lm au assistant Bale»mu.u atJJohn Little and it's, was charged with the theft of a ftuMUM hit and several brass buttons, was eandnwasi yesterday. The accused was lantenead lo threj uuuth*' imprisonment. Mi.
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  • 41 13 During week ending July l> there were -«j1- deaths locally giving a mortality rate of 51-87. of those *»0 died from malarial ferer, U\ from phthisis and 30 from beri beri. There was one case of plague and one of choUra.
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  • 80 13 A Calcutta telegram of July 1 makes the tunouuce»neut that Miss Fanny Stanley i Mrs Phillips died on Sunday morning at 'he Calcutta General Hospital. She was the terond daughter of Harry Stanley, of the Stanley Opera Coin puny which toured aud was known all over India. It is a
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  • 1042 13 U il perhaps a little late m the day now ti..i» the bowfm^ tourn;ji»:ei.t is nearly ovei to vi k** ieference to the extraordinary strides m popularity the game has made m the large towns at homp. and especially m London of late. There has been a perfect
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  • 315 13 The 1» i] Imann Uouiedj Company presented N;ob», all smiled la- 1 evening at the Teutouia Club as the iouith of the~r plays during their sUy here. At the rise of the curtain there were less than fifty people m the hail and the actora
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  • 460 13 SCC vs A team West Kent* There was the largest crowd so far to see this game last evening. Conditions were a^aiti excelled, the turf Ix ing m splendid oiJor and no §un or wind. The Club put iv three substitutes forward at tiie but moment, Broekwell,
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  • 202 13 TO Till: KDITOK OF THE ASIAN" Sir, I shall be glad to know how the C. T. C. deals with bets on a horse that is weighed out but doss not start, and what are the English and Australian rues on the poiLt. Two Australian friends the
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  • 493 13 Drugged and i obbei> m Siyoafoss. An elderly Mi! Tv named N i nr*i made a strange report at the K±cdaug Kerbaa Police Station on Sunldy ni/ht. The iqilu said he was sixty years of age und had just come to Singapore from Amboyna and was on
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  • 1426 13 Those here who take note of match iifl* shooting will be interested to learn that Mr T. Caldwell, of Belfast, shooting on June 12 at the Scottish Eight meeting with Kyuoch axite match cartridges with Spitze bullets, established a world's record by making 22'> points
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  • 1691 14 Every friend of the [Tutted State- and of Japan cannot but feel tint the prospect of a contiuuauce of friendly feeling batweoo these nations is not m any fraj pruinoied by 1 he obviously gratuitous declaration with which President Roosevblt is to-day aeeroditod. I*
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  • 357 14 The last word has by uo means been said on the subject of technical education, and we commend to the Hon'ble John Turner aud the AUorney General, (who are l»oth known to take a keen iulerest m educational matters, the former pirticularly m technical education) the
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  • 1337 14 The North China Herald brings a peculiarly apposite commentary to our recent remarks regarding the compensation which the Straits m equity is entitled to expect should the action of the anti-opium agitators at home end m the prohibition of the u§e of opium here,
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  • 1395 15 Federation in South Africa. July 8. As the natural logical development that must sooner or later be entailed by the granting of self government to the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies, the question of the federation of the South African States has been now strongly recommended by the High Commissioner,
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  • 659 15 The Military Contribution and Military Lands. July 9. Thlee is a side issue m regard to what might be called the 2| per cent appendix tv tbe Military Contribution that has arisen between the Straits Government, and the Colonial Office, and presents aspects thai should command careful attention here. These
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    • 100 16 Hongkong Jolj A i «'\:e:i »ifa aatidjii t-tic eoQspiracy h *.s lj -u 1 i*co wed iu th j regioj of the V ll:.:t.-/.- valley. M;i'.iv arrests h .ive been mil" in emn>v1 i«»u with it. Ruiu'ui', the Governor of Annul, haa boon inurdt*red. Whilst his assassin was
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  • 530 16 C«pti*i C*pit*l Issue P*td iJsaed paid op V*!ac ap Comp^n*. ttuoUtlce, $300,000 300,000 10 10 Belat Tin M. Co. Ltd 13. $300,000 225,000 10 10 Bruang Limited 9.25 $600,000 600,0C0 10 10 Brusah Hydraulic Tin M. Co. Ltd 17 00 £400,000 350,000 £1 £1 Duff Development Co. Ltd 2.6<>
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 471 16 PASSENGERS. Per P O Devar.ha: From Hongkong. Mr J. K. Smith. Miss Kasten 51r R. H. Smith, the Bjndmami Opera Co Mr F. H. Paatjcrasa. Par C'>akr:ibhoues Mrs Franck. Per R*j*h of Sarawak: Messrs Mitchell mad Bell. pHr<\nl>le: Rev. L. Burghoffer and Mr C, R Oadeliaaaad Ri hardson. P r
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    • 659 16 CLEARANCES July 4. Bingo Mara, Jan str, b'omiier, for Hongkong and Japan. Mojmie. Bi it t>t**, Miltench, foi Hongkong and ■>harghai. EUmbrtadt, D <.t ftr, Hubert, for Batavia. Sh;in<uug, Gee. str., Lfctmaon, for lienado vi.\ porta. \\>,a^ Bee, Brit, str, Peters, for Hongkong, Auioj and Bwatow. Tnongwa. Brit str, Herrington
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    • 620 16 VESSELS IN PORT. JV-sc-oi-Wxr Flag and Tons Commanders Arrived From Por De Ruytor Dut. «^ru. i< 00 Bw«an June '1% Sourabaya Dbasri Wright Am tra., 3^4 Hamilton May 17 MaxiJa I>o«^k Sea Bsik PJL& Tackt 4S A.imat Mr p Swet for Sea Haw Col. Yacht rOO Murpby July s P.
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