The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 12 November 1908

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305 320 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly)
  • 18 305 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1908. No, 1111
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  • 261 305 ■■turret \~< > t t i > i >-a Canal 9Q5 The Currency Kufea bm r> A Sew tVril lo Pmee 805 Pattai Trade IV MMOtl :*()♦> An Austrian HhuM It 8•» A New Diva ini'iiLji.t Bv6 The Attennt on Sir Andrew Fraser 807 >ir Arthur ToVBg 3u7 Bh
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  • 127 305 Nov 11. Tin $71.25 Gambier buyers 8.37 G&nibier Cnbe No. 1 12.40 Gambler Chibe No. 2 H > Pepper Black (crd'n. Spore) 10.50 Pepper, White (fair L.W. 5 p c buyers 16.571 Nutmegs (110 to the Ik)- I s 00 Nutmegs (80 to the IV) 20.00 Mace (Banda) rom
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 25 305 On Friday. 6th November, at No. 96, Waterloo Street the wife Mr. Conrad H. Clarke of a son. Penang and F.M.S. papers please copy.
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    • 93 305 Chan Koon Chiang. Of 1;)7 Jonker Street Malacca on the 4th of November 1998, age 43, elder and only brother of Chan Koon Chen;;. .1. P. Clarice. At his residence Halesmith, Bnkit Timah Koad, Nov. 9, suddenly, Francis John Richard Clarke, aged o"> years. Funeral 4 p.m. to day
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  • 65 305 (Corrected up to Xov 11.) Bank 4 m. 5 norn Priyaie credit! 3 m/l */^tV credit! 6m 1 M 2/4j demand JB3.nk.^ 2^1 1» G-k&many, demand 236 4 Indi\, T. T, I^4| Honoeong, demand 24|% Yoeohayca, demand norn 113| Java, demand 189J Bangkok, demand 67 SoTß&aioHS.Bankßvyißg $8 54 Bank
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  • 1727 305 Here shaP llw Pre« the People's r'cVit mruritaiiv Uiiawed V»v influence and mbribed Vy cnin Here patriot Tmtfa ber precept-; c.raw. t,> llelipior,, Loyalty and IjMT. Nov. (i. From another sourca than \l ?uter we learn that the Corporation of Glasgow have decided to ask the
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  • Page 305 Advertisements
    • 153 305 SwbterilMn to the "Singapore Wne PrtM" y returning from Europe to the Straits I the >'iail Hb«B, .ire invited t-> Mad to IUMi the name of th^ii itww and data of arrival m Simrai" >i>*. Copies will tht'M be maik-1 to nu't-t tli»in at taikiw pcrtl ot call. Swbscribcn m
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    • 56 305 An Anecdotal History OF OLD TIMES In Singapore, from the Foundation of the Settlement on Felr ruary 6th, 1819, to the Transfer to the Colonial Office on April Ist 1867, with 20 Portraits Maps and Illustration!. BT CHARLES BURTON BUCKLEY, m two volumes, m paper cover $8.50. JONN LITTLE Co.,
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  • Page 305 Miscellaneous
    • 278 305 THE WEEK. The last mail fiom home arrived by the P, O. Oeeana on Friday with dates up to October 16. A homeward mail was taken by the X.l>.L. Fr. Alice on Monday and tins weekly gv>es by the Teesta, to-day. The Xovenber Assizes opened on Tuesday the list mcludiut?
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  • 769 306 Nov. 7. In the present condition of Europe it is at least something to be reasonably thankful for that the position is no worse, if it is not perceptibly better, than it was twenty-fcur hours ago. Ever sinc 9 the surprise of the Kaiser's published
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  • 217 306 The proposed legislation on tho Currency Note Issue which is to come before the Legislative Council this afternoon has had a disquieting effect already m financial circles, and, from what we c-iu hear, the obnoxicui clause which will permit gold to be received m London againtt
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  • 661 306 Nov. 9. Business men will mark with satisfaction m to-day's telegvani3 the distinct indications of a healthy tone ia American finance, sprung of that conti lence re^ul'iog from the President it! election, and the feeling that now the political uncertainties that checked business are cleared away, there
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  • 453 306 Although there ia no apparent alteration of tha situation iv Europe, one incident has occurred tint could only hava been suggested by 'tome djmon of mischief. We are told that some Austrian monitors, or armoured river gunboats, had been ordered to carry out gun practice on the
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  • 512 306 Although it is OMmUMt to >\)C.i. new type of battleship as the "D nought it is as well to rememl x tb it we have already three distinct classes vithia that type. And even iv eaoh cL>are ilight variations i-i the Wty of imp:\ Ra» ruent although
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  • 692 307 Nov. 10. Not for the first time has Sir Andrew Fraser had his life attempted, but never has he been so near losing it as through the endeavour of a young Bengali to assassinate him oq the occasion of a public lecture at which
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  • 284 307 It does not seem very long since we had the pleasure of translating a laudatory article from "Phone tes Kxprou" (The Voice of Cyprus) of the 10th February 1900, announcing the appointment of Captain Young to the Colonial Secretaryship of the Straits Settlements. That article was practically
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  • 175 307 The honour of knighthood bestowed on the hoa'ble Archibald Fitzgerald L:iw. chief judicial commissioner of the Federated Malay States, is one which will ba heard here wi:h gratification. Sir A. P, Law saw fourteen years service m Cyprus, the later years as Qnee&'l Advocate. He came
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  • 1136 307 Nov. 11. It is the more experienced observers of international relations who will feel most impressed by the significant telegram that appears m this issue m connection with the attitude of Germany towards France. <)n Saturday it was our duty to invite attention to the relatiors between
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  • 547 307 Nov. 12. It will be with immense relief that all Europe would learn, that after the German Foreign Office had gone to the very verge of bearable pressure upon France m the person of M. Cam box, Prince von Btelow, to whom Herr Km»erleix Waechter reported
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  • 1370 307 Whether it be m the affair of a|policy of depredation, as m the case of the robbing of henroosts that has set itself up m Mr Lloyd George's mind as the ideal line for a Chancellor of the Echequer to take, or m the matter of a
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  • Correspondence.
    • 263 308 To the Editor, Sir, I looked m vain m your today's issue for a reply to the letter by* "Telescope" under the above heading iv yours of 10; h. As a sympathetic and appreciative i'ol--1 >\wr of the campaign which vqu hare recently conducted against the
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  • 142 308 To the Editor, Sir, Judging from rewspaper reports, gross dishonesty among Chnyse servant i is ver/ prevalent, and the writer of the article m jour first page to-diy seems to indicate it M universal. AsaveYyold resident I should like to say that {hit is not
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  • 1063 308 The final for the Association Shield last evening turned out a draw. It was perhaps the most gruelling game either side have played for a very long time, and the score very fairly represents the play, for granted the Kents' goal was due to a misunderstanding on the
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  • 148 308 The following is the bilance sheet, up to Mar. 31, 1908, which was presented at the liquidation meeting on Friday last. Capital and Liahilitii:>. 600 shares of $100, fully paid. 160.000 Malacca agent 74.33 60,074.3:; Pkopf.rty And Asskts. Properties $3 ."5, 708.01 Buildings L£*Mf Machinery, plant and
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  • 85 308 The following is the result of the Cmi insr operations at Kuib for the f»"jr wending 7th instant B B >s. S'one Crashtd 0,-*»' 0 toi>. <i >ld obtained IMlftf. Average per ton 5 21 dwt. Bikii Ma i.Ac- Stone crushed 1,866 tons. Gold obtained li»4- ounces. Afwife per
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  • 16 308 The output nf the Bipiai Tin Co. lot tl month was 7h Picnla. -m
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  • 17 308 The harv^>T «.n Bal^ownie E*Utc I p tober was 2,8681b*. t- i td dry ml
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  • 243 308 The death took place m L wd« OtOdt 1 of the Rev. Thomas Qailwiifhi S nytn, I) l> LL D ;it the age of 68. la his early he became a < J overnment Chaplain m U and passed through the Indian tftttiujr,
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  • 96 308 Mr T. P. O'Connor, who itarti his sixties, is uoi<]ue m one respect. \i* is the only person m the British L-les, or indeed i i the world at lar^e to whom a surname is a matter of no consequence whatever. He could drop it without suffering the slightest loss
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  • 832 309 Yuan Shi-kii strongly recommends His Altijeitj the Emperor of China to seek the advice of European medical practitioners regarding his continued illness. From N O y, 30th the old Straits dollars and half dollars will cease to be legal tender m Sarawak. Officers are requested to
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  • 583 309 Boyes Sentenced to Nine Months' Imprisonment. J. A. Boyes, until recently an assistant m the firm of Messrs Fertile and Company, pleaded guilty before Mr Howard m the District Court, yesterday, to three charges of criminal breach of trust m respect of $14,000. F Mr R.
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  • 207 309 Family S^uabijle Aired m District Court. B. Lincoln was sued by his mother, Mrs Elizv Lincoln, for $95, before Mr Howard m the district Court, yesterday afternoon. There was also a claim against the daughter-in-law, but she was not present m Court. Pliintiff said her son owed
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  • 82 309 Chinese long sentence prisoner named Sin Ton Moh stabbed another Chinese prisoner, an eight years' man, m the Criminal Prison on Wednesday. The men were engaged m cleaning rattans at the time and the assailant used one of the knives served out by the authorities. The injured
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  • 173 309 Dispute between Bandmaster and Tuner. Joseph Trinidad, a Filipino bandmaster of Waterloo Street, sued F. W. Coelho, a piano tuner, before Mr Howard m the District Court, yesterday afternoon, for the return of his piano valued at SI SO or for $120 paid m instalments for
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  • 169 309 Chinaman who Disapproves of Coining, Gives Information to Police. Further evidence was heard before Mr Maurice Thunder, third magistrate, yesterday, m the cas3 m which Lew Ah Tek and Chin Sim were charged with coining and being m possession of apparatus for the use of counterfeiting at
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  • 190 309 At the annual general meeting of the members of the Society held yesterday afternoon at the Victoria Memorial Hall, there were present Mr W. Of. St. Clair, President, Mr A. Knigbt, Vice-president, Mr Whitefield, Secretary, Mr W. Duoman, Mr Harding, Mr E. A. Brown, Mr A. P.
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  • 215 309 FRASER CO.'S SHARE CIRCULAR. Our Market is stili quiet with very little busiuess passing, but the general opinion is that an all round improvement should be felt now that the American election is over. Mining. Shares have hardened slightly m a good many instances but investors are disinclined to come
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  • 67 309 For the month of October 1908.— Kuantan Tin Mining Co. Ltd., 90. 75 pik. Belat Tin Mining Co. Ltd., 556.66 pik. Gopeng Tin Mining Co. 665 pikuls New Gopeng 205 Kainbutan 120 Kinta Tin Mines 425 The total quantity of tin ore exported by the tributors on the
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  • Correspondence.
    • 137 309 To the Editor, Sir, —A red motor car hailing from the direction of Thompson or Bukit Timah Roid carries a siren, though perhaps m appearance a horu, which gives a most unearthly howl. I wonder if you or any of your readers have already noticed
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  • 439 309 "The Basis of PhOc,RE9B." There are many m the rubber world who have hitherto been mainly guided by some particular authority credited with a special knowledge of rubber they have believed that "authority was the soundest basis of belief," and some few have not thought it essential
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  • 398 309 It may not be realised that such is the solicitude of the Government of India for the welfareof the native, that m many branches of the Government service it is a positive disability to be of British parentage. It if the native who is preferred when there is a question
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  • 624 310 The Diily Miil states that the Lancashire cotton strike has rendered 400,000 persons idle, and has already caused a loss of £3,500,000. Vice Admiral Sir Wilmot Hawkes. X c.b X c.v.0., (who was well known here when he commanded H.M.S. Mercury) is promoted to bo Admiral.
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  • 19 310 Messrs Guthrie ami Co. inform v* that the October output for the above estate was 24.(00 lbs.
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  • 125 310 LAB ULAN, BRUNEI AND SARAWAK. These places have been itambliog Mocks to the editors of the Colonial Office List says the Editor of the Colonial Office Journal for Oetobar. Labnan, however, is now safe y anchored to the Straits, having baen incorporated with them last year and Bruuei, whosa internal
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  • 1877 310 THE SALT LOSES ITS SAVOUR. A SEKIO-COMEDY. A meeting of the shareholders of Tunggal Tin was called for 2.30 pm yesteidiy. At that hour there were two persona present business m commenced at 2.45, Mr W. Dunman m the chair, others present being Messrs L. J. Chater,
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  • Correspondence.
    • 922 310 To the Editor. Sir, —I am not a broker (Gbry be), but it strikes me as rather desirable that soma ooticd should bd taken of the remarks passed on the brokers of Singapore m connection with the recent ciso. We are acjustoined to have the brokers held
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  • 146 310 Postcards have ljimv use«, hot they h .ye not yet b?eu admitted into the Brttulj ph»rniic^p.v.a as part of the physiciau's pauojiv agaicsr unease. The way to their use ia this le^pect, however, has hmm ikovi the pli\6ic::tus iv fay Yojk. whero, ia Kqoeaoi of the streuuous lite, the M»t
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  • 730 311 Special Meeting, Friday, Nov. 6. Prksknt: U Excellency the Governor Sir John Anderson. His Ex3ellen:y Major-Gen. T. Perrott, 0.8., O.C T ln llon bl the Act. Attorney-General W, G. Maxwell, the Treasurer J. O. Anthonlsz. the C >L Engineer A. Murray. W. D. Harm's. Tan J.ak Kirn. John
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  • 133 311 Ex -Host; kong Players on THE course. The annual contest for the golf championship of Japan was held this year m Yokohama, takirg place on the l*th at the Negishi Links, I Ml year it was held at Kobe, when Mr A. B. Lewson, formerly of
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  • 21 311 The output of dry rubber from Linadron Estate for the month of October was 18,041 lbs. Total to date 147,548 lbs.
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  • 827 311 Ordinary Meeting, Friday Nov. 6. Present Mr J. Poiglasa (Deputy President) Messrs A. W. Bailey, Win. Macbean, Cheng Keng Lee, A. J. W. Watkins, H. L. Coghlan, Oug Tek Lim, C. I. Carver, Dr. P. Fowlie, also R. Pdirce (Enginear) and F. J. Ben j afield (Acting Secretary).
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  • 313 311 A special meeting was thea held to resume consideration of the Budget for 1909. Some discussion occurred CDncemiag the expenses m connection with the registration of deaths. Dr Fowlie did not see why the Commissioners should pay a single cent when they had no control or concern
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  • 222 311 He.\.kin«; of Charge A<jaix^t Chakles SesuXE IS PuSTruNED FOR TEH I>AYS. Iti the First Magistrate*! C:«urt yesterday the hearing was to have been commenced of the ciso m which Charles Sesune, au Italian, is charged with criminal breach of trust as servant, of two sums $1,000 ami $1,300
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  • 194 311 Fikst Bound ix the Scott-Russell Fours. The first race m the Sjott-Russell fours competition of the Bowing Club took place last evening between boats stroked by lUrbishire iiid Wald respectively. Tlio sea was calm and the course was clear and Mr Emerson the boats away nicely from Taojong
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  • 84 311 The will of Mr William JacksoD, of Ballinger, Bucks, and formerly of the Mercantile Bink of India, Ltd., his been proved at £20X>27. It is not often the name of a Singapore man heads the lift of Recent Wills but that of Oct 14th shows M Robert Jamie, of Sirangoon
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  • 345 311 Report of the work done on Mines during the month of October 1908. Block 11. Suxgei Gamhakg. Three contractors have been engaged working up the valley from the Southern Boundary and the karang obtained was of the usual quality. The bottom has risen very
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  • 256 311 Thi« is not the real title of the book, the author calis it A mysterious adduction. This is one of Greening's colonial library, and the writer is Mr G. S. Goodman who is not unknown to Ctyion and some Btaufce residents. The Story, as the author
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  • 232 311 Monopolies aud restrictions have ever entailed enormous expense m the matter of surveillance. The I". S. authorities have already had practical experience of this m the Philippines, but the cost of their Chinese immigration surveillance department gives promise of augmentation by reason of the fact that the wily
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  • 87 311 The Sungei Pinacg Bridge m Penang was tested with three ten-ton steam rollers, 12 carts fully loaded with stone, and 200 people. "It stcod this test and is not likely be more severely tried m ordinary use." This method of testing has a decided element of sport m it. If
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  • 996 312 PERMISSION TO GO TO INDIA. In the Binkruptcy Court, yesterday, before Mr Justice Ssrcombe- Smith, Mr C. Emerson mentioned the case of K. P. V. R. K. K. Kurpen Chetty who had applied for leave to go to India for six months to attend the marriage of his
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  • 412 312 Last night at the Teutonii Club there was an enthusiastic musical audience desirous of hearing that talented violin-player, Miss Anna S-haefer, and the amatturs who had kindly come forward to assist m making up the varied programme which was list night presented. Among those present were the hon'ble
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  • 234 312 It appears that widows are now unfashionable, and that after having enjoyed mury years of supremacy, they are at last finding their chances of re-marriage declining. Thirty years ago the widow was extremely popular among marrying men, and carried all before her, l>ut since the late seventies the
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  • 133 312 Report of the work done on leases during the month of October, 1908. Sung hi Qambaho. The whole of the work is now being done on the tribute system. The tributer working the hill recently worked by the puddier is ground-sluicing same and brought m
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  • 1205 312 Quicavid agunt homines nostri esi farrago libelli. Juvenal. The Topic of the Week par excellence is already the Topic of Three Weeks (no connection m this allusion with Mrs Eleanor Glyn). And is like to continue until the European situation is c tided m one way
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  • 374 312 VOLUNTEERS AMMUNITION. Some time ago, 1 well-known member 1 European OMMMNUtj unjed that theGv veriiment should give extra tree ammnnition up to 100 rcucds per man per annum) to thf Volunteers. We (Ceylon Observer i thought, it would be well to take export advice anl Colonel Gordon Reeves Las ban
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  • 141 312 Annual Mkitin The following are the results of the tirst two days shooting.- Turn S. V. A. Cri'. Handicap open I members, sev^n shots aud a sijbter at '200, 500. aud «*,OO yd*. Scout May hew. 8V A 9 97$ Sergt. Cuthbert, S.V A., H
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  • 75 312 Shepherd's plantation, three mles from Iligan, Mindanao, was on the Ntfc iiibt, tie seeue of an|attack by a Moro band led by the notorious Dato Ami Gunrialun^ar. which resulted m the killing of ten Fdipt* i. one of whom was the superintendent of the place, and the wounding of four
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  • 578 313 Malacca Assizes will open on Dec 29th Tuesday, instead of Monday 28th. In the Malacca Cadet Corps Hon. Sec. Lieut. M. Mackenzie is promoted to be hon. lieut. Mr R Scott is appointed deputy president -Malacca Mumcipa.iiy. Mr H. N. Ridlev is appointed to be a
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  • 177 313 "Foreign Offender" Case. lv the First Magistrate's Court on Satu--day a German named Brackenhoeft \v;,> bnught up under the newly passed Foreign Offenders' Ordinance foi enquiry as to whether he should be ordered to be detained m the custody of the lccil police till such time as
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  • Correspondence.
    • 162 313 To the Editor. Dear Si-,— lt is really disgraceful to see how our beautiful Esplanade is alnndoned to Chinese of the coolie class. Yesterday afternoon (the King's Birthday), I drove down with a lady and stopped on the sea front. The front was absolutely crowded with some
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    • 231 313 Sir, Having regard to certain secret rebates that are so prejudiciil to the trade of this place, I was interested to observe yesterday that a steamer m the Roadi flying the well known Hig of Alfred Holt "and Company, a firm on which rests the well
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    • 279 313 When Sir Charles Warren left the command of th*» Straits he presented hands, me silver shields f<>r compttitions iv football, shooting, cricket, and tug of war. The i'>uifs's aie princip«lly m litarv, tnder the dhec ion of the Garrison Sports Committee, but uuits of Volunteeis are permitted
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  • 101 313 The competition for November medal was played for on Saturday and Sunday Nov. 7 and Bth and result -d in a win for Mr D. W. Reid who returned nett score of 79. The links were very wet and the greeLS d i 111 cult. D. W.
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  • 72 313 In a choppy sea yesterday the team relay race was swum off. The tide was very s'rong and those who had the course from the diving stage to the pontoon had a hard task. In the mult, a dead heat was declared between G. Wald's Team and
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  • 40 313 Tan Hen* Lim has been arrested on a charge of causing the death of Yo Hud Seng m July 1907. A lighted lamp was thrown at Yo* Hun Seng, and he died from his injuries.
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  • Correspondence.
    • 727 313 To the Editor, Dear Sir, H E. the Governor's remarks m the Council were very much to the point when, referring to the Shipping Confeience, he stated that the importance and the novelty of the steps they were urging the Government to take, was scarcely realised by members."
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    • 95 313 To the Editor, Sir, Your amusing turnover about the above performance reminds me of a similir show c;iven m Kuala Lumpur some years ago. On that occision poor Desdeinona, before being smothered, was allowed t> plead her case for at least twenty minutes to the then popular
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  • 64 313 A double tragedy occurred at a house No. 12, Sigo Street, on Friday. The house is tenanted by a Chinaman named Yip Ah Chwe^, who reports to the police that he found his wife and daughter lying dead. The elder woman appeared to have committed suicide by hanging
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  • 849 313 The visitor to the Cocos Keeling Islands this year was Captain F. E. C. Ryan cf H.MS. Astraea. Captain 11/ an gives C3rdial expression to the hospitality experienced by himself and his ship on their visit. There is not a great deal of general interest ia the
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  • 144 313 The right to collect edible birdnests on the islands situated off the mainland on the W!| st Coast of the Gulf of Siam is farmed by the Siamese Government. These birdnests are considered a great delicacy m China and different kinds of dishes are made from them
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  • 836 314 Tuesday, Nov 10, 1908. The Emparor of China is suffering from a sore l^g and cannot walk wiihout being supported. We learn that it is now certain that the Selangor CLub debenture issua will be fully subscribed.— (M. 31 Raja Abiul Azz, son of tkelatoßiji Muda ».f Perak, is now
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  • 1369 314 A Serious Outbreak. Hongkong pipers to hand give details of the riots there some days ago. Ie appears they arose from a conflict between Chinese who have bean upholding the Japanese boycott and others who have not. There seems to have been a lot of excitement, looting
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  • 274 314 KXBRIED ANI> SIN'iLE. This was played on the Esplanade yesterday and retultei m aa mnj win for the bachelors. Blackay, with four wickets for live rims, made short work of the tail of the married side. W. \V. RoboMOa was most successful m bowling on the other bile, three
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  • 44 314 Pusnra Lama:— s42 piculs, and 565 piculs won by the tnbutors. Pusihg Bharu :>t3o piculs. Siputeh 125 piculs. The previous outputs for the two latter mines were as follows Fusing Bharu September 111 piculs. Siputeh August 70 piculs September 70 piculs.
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  • 61 314 A very pretty wedding was celebrated at St. John's Cathedral Hongkong on Get. 31, when Mr G. H. VVakeman, Official Receiver', was married to Miss Winifred Kinsey-Mor-gan, who recently arrived from England. The bride was given away by Mr J. Scott Harston, at whose house a reception was subsequently held.
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  • 282 314 Oa Saturday evening thanks to the enterprise of the management of the Adeiphi Hotel people we?e given one more opportunity of hearing m public the fine band of os the West Kents. This was the last performinc* but one (the next being a private one) the band
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  • 98 314 The Chibrse Weekly BntlftlWM ent Club locited at Club-street, Singapore, celebrated its anniversary on Sdturdav niirht by an "at home," at which many Europeans were present. The guests were received by the lneuibt-rs of the committee including leading representatives of the Chinese community, ;iud entertained with
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  • 194 314 The Uritish Chamber cf Commerce of Turkey m the latest issue of its quarterly trade journal refers to the outloook for British trade iv that country under the new political n'gime, aud often some practical suggestions. For one thing it recommends to the British a more
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  • 94 314 It appears, says Renter's Paris correspondent, that Senor Sarasate died a millionaire/* according to French and Spanish computation. The details of his will show that he left an estate amount u.^ to three million francs (£120,00* He leaves to each <f his sisters £$0,4 00, and the Paris
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  • 96 314 Mr Guy has been making another attempt to destroy the monkey that has been causing all the trouble. Tins time, accompanied by three Europeans and five Dyaks, be ransacked the jungle from «l am.to(i p m. The result was the following bag 2 monkeys. 1 porcupine
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  • 95 314 The Resident of Perak who visited Selama early this week, had, owing to 1001 l to take to rafts and boats to leach the Dato-Muntri's domain. (P. p.) Taiping keeps up its reputation of being* a wet place, for 22.25 inches of rain fell there last month. During one period
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  • 312 315 YESTERDAY'S CELEBRATIONS. Yesterday was celebrated as a holiday m honour of His Majesty the King, bcally. lne Government offices and banks, and also a number of commercial firms clcsad, either for the half or vhole day. The wet weather put BftMllmg *f a damper on some of
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  • 716 315 Tie ire t'ler has been so wet ;nd anstt'.led of Lite tb it there were main <-<>ul)*s at out what s >rt of a morning we should have for the Dirtli .lav Parade. Acd at an i early hour the contiuuous livivv ra n BCCmed to decids
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  • 2687 315 The customary ball which closes the rejoicings here marking the birthday of His Majesty, was held at Government House last evening and was very largely attended. The arrangements made for the comfort of guests showed the careful consideration for ail wants which is characteristic of these ball.?,
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  • 222 315 The Pir:.in^ (^.izette his tha EoHowing feranoe to the dMtli of Sir E Law recently One cf the few men who could claim to !;3 absolute masteis of the intricacies of tii. bai died m tne person of £ir Edward I Gerald Liw, a brother
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  • 262 315 Tl'9 death i ccur <>\ yesterday at bit born* of Mr CUrke the feunitr «>t th> basiaeti wellknown as Clarke's Livery stable s. Djo*etd had Lcen out to s^e tha Birthday Parade expired sullenly toon after returning. The funeral is this aite:iu<>:i. An d-jve.i of Shanghai liflici played ft mate'
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  • 1166 316 There is nothing like having the courage of ycur convictions (even if they are previous convictions, says the humorist). The energetic and pains-taking translator and playwright attached to the Wayang Kassi m sees possibilities m Othello" that have escaped the attention of the gloom-lov-ing Englishman who takes
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  • 774 316 Was it B irinsr GouKl or Quiller Coucli who wrote of old fires and profitable ghosts," one of the most quivntly taking titles which have appeared within recent veirs. It matters little, because after all the tale 's the thing, and this collection of short stories contained some most
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  • 1068 316 Good or bad m its effect on modern humanity, the fact of the universality of travelling about has to be accepted. Wanderlust is too common a disease for it to b 3 ignored, whether the manifestations result m walking tours, motoring, railway trips, or tours round the
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  • 778 316 On tie Pedestal Tie Plain i Now. I tell you straight I'm absolutely sick of it Here lam standing on this 6toneheap, fixed m the 6ame p)sition, night and day, week-day ani Sunday, week m week out from morn till Light, unable to do anything but
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  • 64 316 The importation of coco-nut palms and other palms from Ceylon is prohibited on account of the bleeding dUease existing m that Colony. The Throne has sanctioned the proposal of the Waiwupu that all officials appointed as Ministers to Foreign Courts shall be henceforth decorated with the Star of the Double
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  • 806 317 A Chinese hanged himself to a railing m Baach Road yesterday. r F St S. Caulfield, late Director of F.W.p., F.M.S., has gone on a visit to America. We are sorry to hear that Mr H.W. Buckland, age it of the P. Co., has been laid
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  • 863 317 THREE LIFE SENTENCES. Christmas Island Murder. The case 9 for trial at the Assizes, which opened m the Supreme Court, yesterday, b if ore the Chief Justice, Sir W. H. Hyndmau Jones, are eleven m number, including one of murder at Christmas Island, which is beiug added to
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  • 466 317 S. C. C. vs. WEST KEXTS I. The game to decide who is to hold this Shield was played cff last evening on the SC.C. ground. There was a very large attendauce and the match was probably the most exciting one that hr.s been played here for
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  • 112 317 MONKEY'S "FACE-FITT-INGS." "I was much interested to rrai a paragraph m vuur piper yesterday,* 1 writes a correspondent, Mm reference to a large m rnkey thai scorns to be in:; king trouble up at Kuala Lumpur. The la t sentence of the paragraph is particularly interesting: 'The monkey is described
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  • 113 317 The man behind the guns m;iv be interested t > leara that there is a very five specimen of ;i crocodile spend is g a short holiday at Katong at present-. The amiable mugger was seen at the Swimming Club on Monday, and yesterday could be descried sunning
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  • 145 317 This old time and respected Chinese resident of Singapore was the recipient of numerous congratulations from his fellowcountrymen nud European friends yesterday, the annrffreary tf his 71st birthday. The Towkay'l house m Devonshire- rd wa9 beautifully prepared for the at Home. The VtivA of tLo 99th
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  • 57 317 Mr Allen of Yercaud, inventor cf the Bloudin monorail, has applied for a patent for a road, river and monorail train on which only two wheels will suffice for three cars. It is claimed for the new train that it can negotiate hilly country by road and plains by rail,
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  • 741 317 As the monthly statements issued by a number of the leading rubber-producing plan tation companies operating m the Malay Peninsula have indicated to our readers, (says the Financier) a marked increase m the aggregate output of ihe commodity for this year, compared with that
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  • 213 317 Whatever maj be the complaints of some theatrical o inageri that Singapore is the Ljr.-ve lI" thowmeo, lfr S. Kissim can have little cause of oompUint, tor he altrajrt iramges to get good, and oiien crowded houses. Any of our roidun who wan* I see a novelty m
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  • 25 317 A heavy beam fell oq a Cantonese i n Hock Lam Street on Siturday and killed him. "White ants we c responsible for the fall.
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  • 785 318 The troop at Hawaii have been increased by two squadrons of cavalry. A British Society has bceu organized m TjkiD. Sir Claude Macdonald is President. Two acres of }aud within the town limits of Bandar Bharu have been sold for $120 40 at public auction. The
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  • 295 318 A Special Transporter. The British steamer Transporter, belonging to the Vickers Company of Barrow, arrived from Barrow on Tuesday evening with two submarines on board for the Japanese Government. The Transporter was specially constructed by the company to hold the submarines which are of the latest typ^,
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  • 216 318 The adjourned meeting of the Singapore Philharmonic Society was held last night *.t the Victoria Memorial Hall. Mr \V. G. S\ CUir presided, and there were present Messrs W. Doornail, F. Whitefield, J. Dawar, H. Adanisen, A. P. Ager, E. A. Brown, and W. A. Harding. A
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  • 208 318 The British transport Soudan arrived from Hongkong yesterday morning with military details from the North and went alongside the I*. and 0. wharf. A draft of about 1-50 N. C. Oj. and men of the second battalion the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment joined her here under
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  • 115 318 A few days ago, Police Sargeant Nicoll riided a Chinese hut at Bukit Timah Road and discovered twenty-four pounds of dynamite, two pounds of fuses and ten pounds of detonators hidden ucder the bed of a Chinaman. The officer seiz3d the explosives, and, yesterday, Yaw Choon
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  • 20 318 A Washington telegram of October 23, says that the night riders of Kentucky have hanged a judge of superior court.
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  • 1754 318 (From Our Special Correspondetd The Turf. London. Oct. 16th. Recent legislation m New York is going to improve racing m England and we shall see many prominent American animals performing here next season. Two, m particular, likely to show their pace on th s side, are Sir
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  • 60 318 There is no prize offered for the successful deciphering of the subjoined Calcutta menu, but the translation is m this ffice m case anyone should care to try their hand at it. Soup. Salary Soup. Fis. Heel Fis Fry. Madish. Kussel Pups and Wormsil Mole. Joint. Boast Bostard.
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  • 865 319 The second instalment m Me Clare's Magazine" of General Kuropatkin'B aeecunt of the Russo-Japanese war, translated by Mr Ceorge Kennan, deals with Japan's strength m war." The moral strength of the Japanese, fien^ral Kurop :4 tkia says, we underestimated or entirely overlooked. Japanese soldiers, deeply conscious of
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  • 89 319 We umleistiD-1 that Mcwn Sukios Bothers propose to have M annexe to tae E *O Hotel, which wil be opened very ehorilv. The annexe wil! b* across the waj from "tli3 Hotel proper, the photographic studio of theh'e Mr A. Kaulfuss haTlßg I. en acquired for this special purpose, it
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  • 1995 319 (By Submarine Telegraph.) (Renter's Agency.) Received at 9.41 a.m., Nov. sth. The crisis with respect to the German Chancellorship is apparently over, the Bloc leaders net desiring a change owing to considerations of internal politics. The Reichstag has met with Prince Buelow and the Ministers absent. Interpellations as to
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  • 40 319 Product m Demand. Good Prices. London v'u Paoang Not 8 h. All Liuch of rubber are ir&atcri. Q c^epe fetcl.fs si. 61; oomznen «i rii 11 J. Priro^s for futur* I ire IC&reh 4i 1 Apr.! 4s 1.
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  • 24 319 Shsrei an responding hut slowly. AucrVMalajaa 1 1 16; 3 7/8 Qolden Hopee 1 Lhiggii 12i Bakit ilijiln 47/8; raUombrosus !os '.J.
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  • 94 319 {Union Times Specials.) Our Amoy Correspondent states that whilst trriviog. the Admiral of the United Stares' Flett couHnuallv received welcome tt le^raiij.^ frcin tbo different provinces m China. He vras pxoeediDgly gratified and telegraphed to tie President aix'Ut it. Another Amoy (eWgraai says that eight Men-of-war of the
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  • 151 319 (Compiled for tbe Singapore Free Press.") Date of passing Anjar; Nationality and description of vessel Captain's BUM Where and when sailed j Destination. Oct 22. Brit str. River Forth Bt/ce Melbourne Oct 5 Singapore. Dut str. Flores Potgtr Amsterdam, Sept T l>at;»via. Oct 23. Brit. str. [skater;
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  • Page 320 Miscellaneous
    • 811 320 PASSENGERS. P<.r Hebe Capt Inkster. P.r Benlomond Mrs and Mis 3 McKenzie. Passengers left per P& O Assaye For London via Marseilles— Mr F. Apus for Marseilles— Mr Arthur G. Marshall for Brindisi via Bombay Dr and Mrs R. A. Walker. Mr C. J. W.-lker for MelbourneMr C. J. Parnham
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    • 659 320 CLEARANCES. Nov 6. Redang, Siain. str., Voldeby for Bangkok via Brandon. Reynst, Dut. str., Boon, for Bawean. Valentyn, Dut. str., Brust, for Sambas. De Klerk, Dut. str., Schuitema, for Billiton and Batavia. Penang, Brit, str., Perry, for T. Anson via ports. Fuh Wo, Brit, str., Wright, for Langkat. Perlak, Dut.
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    • 453 320 VESSELS IN FORT. Men-of-war Flag and Tons Commanders Arrived From When For Waterwitch H M.S. Sur. 640 Lt. Douglas Oct 24- Spore Straits Sea Mew Col. Yacht 500 Coleman Oct 8 Malacca Uncertain ShiD Flajr Tons Master Arrived From Consignee For When Ban Hin Guan Brit 248 Hunter Nov 10
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