The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 5 August 1909

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    18 81 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1909. No 1,149
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    CONTENTS.
    240 81 LIADBRS. Chint'de Abr»»ad h 1 Floating Straws si Our Exchani^- ,H2 The Railway Loan to Sh.ru S2 Tha Malay Peninsula S2 Secret Socirti s S2 PuMic Works m th»- F M S NL' The Call t3 Anns 82 Tin Fi.-liut 82 |WII AND MeETINUS. FrastT aud Go's Circular M
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    135 81 to the "bintrHpore Free Press" wtfkly returuiiiu' trom Kurope to the Sti-iil-: h\ «ny t tli»- mail lines, -ire invited t«» -^enil t<the |UH«I the name of tlieii un<\ date of anh.ii m Singapore. Copied will then l»e mailed |q wtM/k theui at laiklW p-^rts ol onll. Subscribers m Europe
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      Birth.
      28 81 Stewart. On 26th instant, the wife of A. M. Stewart f. 0. s. f of the Red House. Ballintuim, Perthshire, and Penang, S. S., of a son.
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      Marriage.
      53 81 At St. Andrew's Cathedral on July olsfc, Hekbert Meredith, third sou of the late William Cantrell, Engineer m chief, Ceylon P. W. 1). and Mrs. Cantrell of Bedford, to Aileen Marie, elder daughter of E. A. Gardiner, Chief Police Officer, Singapore, and Mrs. Gardiner. Ceremony performed by the Key.
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    EXCHANGE.
    74 81 (COBBSCTBD UP TO Aug. 4 l>ink 4 m s 2 T demaLtl 2 4 ,'jPrivate crfdits Bin s 2/4 T a credits t> m s 2 4. 1 France, demand Bank... 294 Germany, demand H'oSIndia, T. T 175} Hoxcucobg, demand £4|%dis Yokohama, demand noni. lloj Java, demand 139£ Bangkok'
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    PRODUCE.
    143 81 Aug. 4 Tn* N7.60 (hammer M bujers 9.1*0 Garcbxer Cube No. i 18 60 GarcbierOnbeNo. 2 12.10 Popper Black (or** a. 8'w«; 1160 Pepier,Wh.it« (fti? 13.^0 Nutmeg (110 to tlt» Uk)«i 16.C0 Nutmegs (<0 to th* Ik) M 22.C0 M&co (B&nda) norn Olovaa (AmWinA) 24 73 Libarian Cofiea 14
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    Chinese Abroad. July 30.
    938 81 It is of course impossible to avoid making comparisons between the methods adopted m neighbouring Colonies, tvich m a way confronted with the same problem, and each attempting to solve it according to his lights and temperament. In the Orient there are the British, the French
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    Floating Straws.
    315 81 Two little matters iv ywtarday'l should greitly interest those who balievf* that straws *h>w which way the win d bl. w*. Iv replying to a toist «t the inaugural biLquot of the Jipin Exhibition on which, by the way there his bion a irickdJ Kvishiug of the Straits
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  • Page 81 Advertisements
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      131 81 J. d'A. PEREIRA, (F. R. H. S. LONDON) Horticulturist Florist. COLLECTOR AND EXPO3TEE OF ORCHIDS AND RARE PLANTS. Diploma and gold medal from the Late King of Denmark. By Special Appointment to His Majesty the King of Siam, H. H. the Sultan of Johore and H. H. the Sultan of
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      59 81 MARTINS jftafeTSdlSil PI LLS p. French Rem«dy fcr Mil IrratfularUiev. rkMS*a4>4 t*-i” k« p bwi of Va.r*.iV«; I'il'r. AtMa tM h>us:. M t^-"t of. (uc- r»m tfrr. ci aci Irv«';-Lir.ty af :-.<• SjfJMfl a time y d ■■>*.• i!^v i* ••Biini-cerrf Tkuse wha -JSt imn IMOW tt OMB. MBM tM*
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  • Page 81 Miscellaneous
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      175 81 THE WEEK. The last mail from honi9 arrived by the I*. »V O. Caledonia on Friday with dates to July 9. A homeward mail was taken on Monday by the N. D. L. Kieiat aud this weekly gots by the Teesta to-day. Rubber company outputs for July, and cablegrams regarding
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    Our Exchange. July 31.
    841 82 Our Exchange. July 31. There were some people who fondly imagined, when the Siraits Government ordered that Sixty dollars shall ba equal to £7 that most, if not all of our currency troubles were over. There wa9 to ba no more worry about the rate of exchange there would be
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    The Railway Loan To Siam. Aug 3.
    938 82 The Railway Loan To Si am. Aug 3. With the publication of the agreement between the Government of the Federated Malay Stites and the Siamese Riilway Department for a loin of four million pounds, we have at last something definite about the schemes attached to the Treaty. Before approaching a
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    The Malay Peninsula. Aug 4.
    966 82 The Malay Peninsula. Aug 4. Probably the name "Malay Peninsula" will last as long forward as it has backward m tiir>e. If the name is thought about at all, it will insist on a recognition that the Malay race was the owner and possessor of the land when the conqueriug
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    Secret Societies.
    132 82 The fact tb*t the Societies < >rdinance v now before the Council of the Colony, while there has been a remarkable ciee of daring on the pirt of a Chinese Society m Kuala Lumpar, gives point to the observations of the hon'ble \V. D Barnes m bis report
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    Public Works in The F.M.S.
    168 82 The Public Works Dapt. of the F. M. fc 6pent nearly eight million dollars on Public Works, the cost of supervision being 5.2 per cant of the total expenditure Here is a timely quotation from a French writer on French Colonies. Examine the budgets nine
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    The Call to Arms. Aug 5.
    946 83 The Call to Arms. Aug 5. Few men or women are so constituted as to be indifferent to the appreciation or disapprobation of their fallows, and writers are very rarely to be found among those few. Observe that the debt table ground of whether journalism is or is not literature
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    Tin Product.
    336 83 A curious thing about tha F. M. S. tia output is that although tiu has been lower m 1908 than m the preceding year, the quantity turned out is greater, while the number of coolies employed is less. It is suggested that the coolies have been taken off
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    INTERPORT CRICKET.
    324 83 ButOAFOmi to Visit Hohgk*sG. It is with considerable satisfaction that we are able to state that theinterport cricket matches will this year be revived, though it is perhaps wrong to speak of reviv.il, sin?e the Ust match w<is played m 1904. Inthityeara Straits' team weut away to Hongkong
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    106 83 M*als play a large part m most of Meredith's novel?, and two of his characters— Master Gammon, who never left the table until "I feels my buttons," and Andrew Hefner, who could eat hog a solid bower" —might safely ba baeke 1 ia an citing match agftinet any of Diekens's
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    THE VISIONARY.
    841 83 Abmat has been underneath the great shadow and seen the spirits beckonirg from the Door of the Earth," said the old Seyd, glancing at a young man seated on a bowlder near the sea shore at Bud oh, whose weakly appearance denoted a slow recovery from a long
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    A WISP OF SMOKE.
    1011 83 The Fortunate Lady, I decided to call l\er that after two ul successful attempt* to catch her name one of which incidentally made me attribute the wedding of her to a. most estimable gentleman who is already very much married, and thereby to cause subject for
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    AGRICULTURE IN THE F. M. S.
    1661 84 An Interesting Report. The report on Agriculture m the F. M. S. is signel by Mr J. B. Carrutherp, although that gentleman, has now left the service. It is a document Uul bh mid be carefully read by all actively connected with rubier, as
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    BUDGET ECONOMIES.- I.
    195 84 His Grrce, vvho is sleepily grumbling, Comes down m the morning at 4, In dishabille, uigrilj fnmbUog To open the scullery door Then, seizing a boxful of brushes. And calling the Government brutes, Proceeds, with a broadside of blushes To polish his boots. A wash at the
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    36 84 Motor cir No. 108, belonging to the Sea View Hotel, knocked over a Chinaman with such violence that the injured man had to be removed to the hospital. Proceedings are to be taken against the chauffeur.
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    JAVA NOTES.
    918 84 {From our own Correspondents July 22. Mr 0. R. Bus, agent of the Export My van Leeuven and Co., will resign m September. Mr J. M. Rxlenberg, their S^erabaya agent, will succeed him, whild Mr P. Herblot", first emploje of this firm at Bitavia, will take up the
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    SHIPPING IN JAPAN.
    568 84 Trade iv tbe East, and shipping m parti cular, were exceedingly bad when I pa**^ over the ground m March and April of this year. la Hongkong I heard that most of the time-chartered boats which had hitherto been engaged m the China coasting trade had t**n
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    THE WAVING OF FLAGS.
    443 84 Mr Haldacc. wheii asked m tho Hocse ot Commons by Mr W. Ashley whether he would sanction the flying of the I'nion Jack from War Ofiice buildings on Empire Day, replied that the Kmpire was uot held together by the waving of tiags. On June 21st
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    Friday, July 30, 1909.
    525 85 During the Independence Day celebrations m the United States 60 parsons were billed and 500 others were injured. Many of the casualties were caused by the explosion of giant crackers. The mortality returns for Singapore for the week ended July 24'h show 204 deaths, a ratio
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    AGRICULTURAL BULLETINS.
    160 85 From the Department of Agriculture, F.M.S. we ackuowledge receipt of Njs 3.4 acd sof the Bulletins, dealing with white ants and rubber trees, a lepidopterous ptst ofcocoLu's, and the extermination of rats m rice fields. Each of them is a very useful little publication and each might save
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    TO THE AGRI-HORTY.
    166 85 Hrn h a chance for the venturesome. Tie F If. S. Railways issue cheap return tickets from all stations to Penan*;, available on Aiuujt 7ih aad Bth, returiJne: on 10 b, 11 rb, or 12 h. From Jjhore Bham the return fare is 928 59 first class
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    SANDAKAN NOTES.
    873 85 {From our oirn Correspondent.) Annual Races. The annual Race Meeting of the North Borneo Turf Club was held here on the 20th instant, and was most successful, barring the fact that S indakau had the hardest of luck m the results. Of the nine races Sandakan only managed
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    31 85 Mr Arthur Tewdyr DiTies Bernogton late Senior Judicial Commissioner, Federated Malay States, w^o died at Brisbane, Queensland, on Feb. 18. agtd 58, left estate valued at jgljQSl gross, with net personalty
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    FRASER & CO'S SHARE CIRCULAR.
    395 85 FRASER CO'S SHARE CIRCULAR. Rubber continues to advance steadily m price, and the shares are m consequence now reaching levels that the most sanguine hardly anticipated a short time back, with the result that most available money is being invested m stocks which besides giving promise of handsome returns, are
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    TANJONG PAGAR BOARD PROSECUTION.
    195 85 Bkeaoh of Tbubt Yesterdiv, the investigation info the charge brought by Supt. Howard, Tanjong Pagar Dock Policy against a Chinaman named Nai Li and S. Lister m an for alleged for breach of trust as servants and m the case of the second defendant, of abetment
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    FOOTBALL.
    133 85 2nd XI SC.C. v S B C The second eleven of the Club !a3t night, reinforced by one or two first eleven men, played the Recreation Club on a ground that had lost lit'.le of its tire from the previous night's shower. The S. C. C. did most of
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    HUMMING OF TELEGRAPH WIRES.
    113 85 The familiar humming of telegraph wires is a phenomenon that has not yet been satisfactorily explained. It is not merely caused by wind, for it is heard ia perfect calm. It seems probable that the sound is due to changes m temperature, by which the wires
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    PENANG RACES.
    251 85 {From our (Tu.>n Correspondent^ Penang July 29. The weather was fine for the sesond d»tj'a racing and the attendance was bntter. R tin thieiteued but did not fall, but the goirg was soft. Gkiffin Handicap (Six furlongs). Crieffite97, 1; Dime Marion 8.12, 2; Bitu Kawan 97, 3. Won
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    PERAK TURF CLUB.
    629 85 No Meeting This Year. {From our otc'M d»rrespoMd£Mi& Kuala Lumper. The Perak Tu-f Club Committee have decided not to hold a mating this y^ar. Mr A. de Mullo, 4>h Magistrate, is about to leave for Penang to take up the dut:e* of. oid magistrate m that Settlement.
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    Saturday, July 31, 1909.
    533 86 SiyB the Straits Echo Within the last four d tvs no less than 70,000 b*gs of lice arrived here from Rangoon. o>ving to the large quantity of this and other cargo there is, we understand, a difficulty about getting lighters for the work. Tbe London Gazette
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    QUEEN STREET AFFRAY.
    216 86 Oi the 10 h of June, Qaeen Sreet was the scene of an affr.ty whici culminated m an assault on the police. Six Chinese were arrosted and they have been before Mr Green to aff>rd what explanation they could. Yesterday, they were afforded another opportunity. Mr Y.trborough
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    THE GAZETTE.
    129 86 Aaceaded rules under the Prisons' Ordinance are published m the GiZitte. Mr W. S Gibson is appointed to act as *ocond assistant Protector of Chinese m Singapore. Mr F. E. Harmer is appointed an Assistant Superintendant of Police. Mr I. P. Masters M. B. is appointed a medical
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    995 86 Quicvuid ay nut homines nostri esl farrago libeUi. Juvenal. The Topicist has often had reason to complain of his inside, which gives him more trouble than it is worth. He is therefore greatly interested m the theory of Professor Metcbnki ff, of the Pasteur Institute, that
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    NEGRI SEMBILAN IN 1908.
    958 86 Resident's Report. From the Negri Sembilan administration report for the year 1908 we make the following extracts Revenue and Expenditure. The revenue collected during the ye*r amnuntod to 81,807,533 a sum less by $458,071 than the collections for the previous year and less by 8239,150 than
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    THE PIRACY CASE.
    556 86 At the Suprems C.uirt, yesterday, a full CMirt OMMlttiag of ths Chief Justice, Sir William Hyndm-m J;>ues, and Justices Laslie Thoruton and T. S-rcouibe Smith sat to hear argumeut M to the power of the Court to pxss seu'auce of dsath ou the thr*e Hokiens convicted by
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    RUBBER CREEPERS.
    162 86 There is a danger that some if the rubber plantations m tbe Federated Malay States may becotn«\ like maoy tea estates m Ceylon, over-run with creepers that is, with articled pupils whose premiums are accepted without much regard to their prospect of future employment. A correspondent at K.nia
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1067 87 Ordinary Meeting Friday, July 30. PRXSBNT: Hi 3 Excellency the Governor Sir John Anderson I\e> Hon*ble the Col. Secretary Capt Wung. n the Col. Treasurer J. O. Anthonisz. the Attorney-General "W. J. Napier. B. C. Ellis. Tan Jiak Kirn v T.S. Baker. C. Mo Arthur. ABSXNT His Excellency
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    KAMUNING.
    403 87 Mt r 8 Guthrie and Co Agents of Linggi, a:; n uuce that registered Linggi shirehoklers receive not less than one third of their L nggi holding?, m Kamuning, and nonshareholders approximately one-tenth of their application. The fi'tn also Bends a complete prospect U3 of the litest off-shoot of
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    ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL.
    174 87 Tha Trustees are carefully considering, with the contractors, Messzs Siemens Bros Dtnaao Work.*, Ltd., the arrangements of the Cathedral as regards the fana. The lighting appears to give perfect satisfaclion the tfftct of the high-pres-siire Tantalums being pleasing and brilliant. There are about ciuety «>2 cp. lights
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    72 87 At the general meeting of the Net! erlands India Tiding B.ink a dividend of 10 per cent, was declared, and an amount of fiIOOOO was carried to the pension and maiutecaucefuni. The report states that banking business, both m Holland and Java, was satisfactory, but more profit would have been
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    ROUND ABOUT THE TOWN.
    978 87 [The Esplanade Scandal Fart Canning Improvements— ldle Yumg Men Malay Police Uniform Ladies* Lawn Tennis Club Y.M.CA. New Building— The Bishop's House Tree Cutting, j The condition of the Esplanade oa Sundays and public holidays is a diegraca to Singapore. The Muuicipal Commissioners pass resolutions and
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    BUSINESS HOURS.
    384 87 A Correspondent of the South China Morning Post discuss* s a recent case ia Singapore when tbe question of Sunday Labjur was brought up, aud endorses tbe view that stimulated hours should be put m agreements. Then he goes on to say. What is a working day m
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    THE CARE OF MILK.
    205 87 Mr James Walker, manager of the Dfcfcy Farm, Hongkong has issued a capital pamphlet concerning the care of milk m tbe hou*e. He insists that milk should be taken into khfl bouse immediately after delivery, for tbe sun should never be allowed to shine on a
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    305 87 A marriage has been arranged bttPSta Dr. John W'tlk'sley Simon, second ±ou of lbs late M. F. Simon, M D C.M.G., and CtMistanea St. L. Simon, fotararW of Singapore, Straits 9dttk9MttU, i&d Helen Marj, daughter of tho Ute Herbert A. teHfc, t Tbe Mount, Chepaitow. Neither doctois nor Christian ■ciotttitti
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    BACHELORS.
    1004 88 Having recently given vent to our opinion on the subject of spinsters, we will now approach the unmarried members of the opposite s?x. And this we do with a certain amount of diffiderce, being well aware that by doing so, wo are practically plunging hwadlong into a nest of
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    THE PASSER THROUGH.
    932 88 "I came, I saw, I wrote." This is the motto of nearly evary parson who calls at Singapore m the process of encompassing the earth with a round-the-world -ticket. We sea them m their quaint garments and Port Said topis toiling along m the sun, or beicg
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    THE ARMADA.
    1230 88 To day is the anniversary of one of the greatest events m the history of the Eoglish Navy, namely the day on which the Spanish Armala was scattered to the four winds of heaveD, worsted by a fl*et of vessels which to use modern comparison, would be like
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    HINTS TO DIRECTORS.
    1257 88 In J ipin they have a uas'y ll* tie *ay of putting hindrances iv the path if the Dim. tor anxi< us to ui;<ke a profi al ie aud tasr living. They don't a. low oLe Director to be on the direction of ir.ore than three Companies
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    202 89 A ma 4 cb has been arranged to be played >^ M<m&%Jt The President's v. The Captiiu's t-c.m, Singles m the morning and Fouracraes m the afternoon. Tiffin Twil be aervtd iv the Club House. The following are the sides. IV P, Fowlie vs. F. Ferguson. J.
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    LLOYD'S SHIPBUILDING RETURNS.
    144 89 Tron: trie Returns compiled by Lloyd's I rof Shipping, it appears that, excluding w.irship?, there were SM vessels of 745.7i.»5 tons gross under construction m the 'cited Kingdom at the close of the iparter ■M :<-ih June, 1909. The tonnage now under construction is 166,000 tons less
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    SINGAPORE GRIFFINS.
    115 89 The Griffins for the next meeting have airing 1 by Carrie's steamer, the Gracchus, .t;id out of the thirty have baen landed m tut class condition. Yesterday being a holiday, a good many sportsmen diopped Mto Abrams, to have a look at the new mmr*, and the general
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    28 89 Mr and Mrs L. P. Ebden and Mrs icaarias leave Genoa on Oct. 21st by the N. D. L. as. Prinz Ludwig on their return ♦o the Straits.
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    Tuesday, August 3,1909.
    473 89 Tuesday, August 3, 1909. Owini? to the drought there has been practically no fruit m Malacca this July. Some two or three weeks ago resort was had to prayers and ceremonies m the Malay kampongs. Mr E. A. Leggatt, of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co who has for the past
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    MALARIA.
    436 89 There is do denying the fact that malaria is a terrible enemy because, whilst ether diseases kill a great percentage of tbeir victims, malaria not only kills many but keeps on incapacitating those it does not kill. Many methods of dealing with the causation of malaria are continually suggested,
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    ANGLO-SIAMESE TREATY.
    793 89 THE RAILWAY LOAN. Terms of the Agreement. The Selangor Government Gazette contains the following AGREEMENT. This Agreement, made this tenth day of March, 1909, between the Government of the Federated Malay States (hereinafter called the lender") and the Railway Department of the Kingdom of Siatn (hereinafter called the
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    DEATH ON THE CRAIGHALL.
    62 89 Flags were flying at half mast yesterday on the steamer Craighall, out of respect to the chief engineer, Mr David Boyd, who died m the Singapore Hospital yesterday morning. Deceased had been suffering from stomach troubles for some time past when fatal complications set m. Mr
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    26 89 It is tail that a well-known Bink is shortly opening iD Malacca. The former Bank premises might still be available. Malacca could we) come the convenience.
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    WEDDING.
    373 89 Can trell-Q ardinek. Oa Siturday there took phce the wedding of Mr H. M. Cintrell and Miss Ailean Gardiner. The fact that the bride is a very popular and charming: young lady, the daughter of the Chief Police Officer, and that the bridegroom is an equally popular member of
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    SERANGOON RUBBER PLANTATIONS Ltd.
    557 89 FIRST GENERAL MEETIMG. A general meeting of the shareholders of the Seran^on Rubber Plan tai ions, Limited, was held at 10, Boat Quay, at noon on Saturday. This is the tiist Company registered that has an estate m Singapore. Mr Tan Chiy Y*n presided and there
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    THE TRANSFORMATION OF SIAM.
    1121 90 For half a century there has been existent m Siam a principle of extra-territorialism, according to which foreigners have been tried m their own country. By the latest treaty this has been changed, and henceforth British subjects are to be amenable to Siamese jurisdiction, the Siamese
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    CRICKET.
    500 90 Talma's eleven vs. Jansz's. Thia match was played on the SCO. end of the Esplanade vesteiday. The scores were as follows Jansz's XI. E. Galistan b Bevan 4 G. G. James c Ben 3 a field v Bevan 7 O. Scharenguivel b Parsons 4 R. R. Bullmore b Bevan
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    73 90 The Japanese Sugar Rtfiaicg Company appears to have encountered a fresh obstacle at the very outset of its resuscitated career. It has no money to pay its taxes. A sum of 70,000 yen became due on account of business tax and income tax on the Ist of June, but the
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    CIENTIFICS MISCELLANY.
    1144 90 The Electric Barometer Solid Fuel for Automobiles Steel Strengthened by Magnetism Nature's Planting Coast Surveys Still Incomplete A Pedestrian Motor Porosity of Solids Sounds Heard by Touch. In the novel barometer of P. B. Goldschmidt, as described to the Royal Medical Society of Brussels, the readings are taken
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    POLICE SPORTS.
    679 90 A SiiCEstsFUL Day The annual sports of the Singapore PUm were held on the Raffles lecl&xnutica ground yesterday. The first event took place at ten m the morning. There *as an interval between 1 and o pm. Although rain threatened m the afternoon, it foitu nately held over,
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    60 90 Mr A. W. Stur^ets has taken NY tie management of the Ipoh AerHted W*&* Factory of Messrs Fruser aud IhM twom Mr A. Wall, who has been traL4errtd o Singapore. The Kuesian Minister m Peking app!inl for Russian tea merchants m Hankow to I* allowed to participate m the China
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    A CASE THAT FAILED.
    1315 91 (.Ikiminal Intimidation Falls Through. Saturday morning drew an unusual gathering of the medical faculty to the S-»cior Magistrate's Court, the occasion being the hearing of a complaint alleged by Dr McDowell, the P. C. M. O. against the well known loc il practitioner Dr Goonetiliike, to
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    S. C. C. TOURNAMENT.
    380 91 Civil Skrvice AMD Law Win. Oa Saturday the final tie of the Tournament was played and C. S. and Law beat Mercbante pretty easily. When the latter had finished 149 was up on tbe hoard, Gregson hiving knocked up 38 and N. B. Bath 80. Six
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
    82 91 The result *of the second round of tbe President's Prize for 1909 is as follows: K. F. Binnie beat D. Noble 4 up A 3 A. B. Cameron beat W. R. Taylor 8 up 6 K. O. Swan beat J. R. Murray 2up 1 G. A. Cuaney
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    95 91 It is proposed to build a Gaol to hold 150 prisoners at a granite quarry at Pa-pan m Kinta. The Kinta district is much m need of good granite metal and the prisoners are the best people to employ m providing it. On Siturday night a concert and sketches wore
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    THE JOHORE PIRACY.
    252 91 DE4TH SENTENCE ALTERED. Accused Prefer to Hano. The Chief Justice, Sir William H. Hjndman Jones, and Justices Laslie Thornton and T S2rcom.be Smith, sitting as a full caurt, heard further argument on Saturday as to the power of the Court to sentence the three convicted pirates to
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    PENANG RACES.
    385 91 THIRD DAY. {JFrom tin 01 h Otrrtspondemi^s Penaug, Aug. Ist. The weather was tiae for the third day of the Penang Meeting, warm but with a pleasant bretzi. The attendance was a tritie better than on Thursday, when there were but few present. The results of the Rices
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    STRAITS ECHOES.
    176 91 Nobody seems to have thought of Houyhnhnm "as a good name for a griffin. Pronounced whin im," it is the name given by Swift to the horse that had reason, and ruled the human Yahoo. H. E. the Governor wou!d find it more convenient to travel to Kedah
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    BEAUTIFUL BARCELONA.
    931 91 The late terrible riots m one of Spain** fairest cities, recalls to mind a visit to Barcelona a year or two ago and the impressions it made on me. Napoleon once said Take Barcelona and it's an easy matter to take Spain." Everything however, m the taking line
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    843 92 The B. I. S. N. Co.'s mail-steamer, Teesta, from Madras, Negapatam and other Indian ports, arrived on Saturday morning, bringing n moderate number of deck coolies, a large general cargo and draught cattle. Some excitement was caused when the cattle were being unshipped, one wild animal breaking away
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    63 92 mi i That the influence of the Chinese Press is increasing seems assured for Chinese reports state that the Regent himself peruses many newspapers every day and trusts by being so to post himself up m matters regarding the Empire acd to make up for the scanty information that is
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    BOTANICAL FACTS FOR RUBBER PLANTERS.
    1207 92 Guns, Resins, Saps, and Exudations. Recent discussions m the Ceylon press on the beet methods of tapping Para rubber have revealed so many remarkable misunderstandings of the actual way m which a rubber tree grows and get its living, that it appears as if the
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    EDUCATION IN CHINA.
    256 92 The Union University (started by the Friends' Mission) at Chentu has established itself outside the south gate. They have purchased some SOC acres of land, and are beginning to put up fine buildings. They recently bad a deputation from the Chicago University, and they are hoping to
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    DUST IN CALCUTTA.
    239 92 Difficulties of Laving It. Calcutta, July 19th. Mr MacCabe, Chief Engineer of the Corporation, reports strongly on tbe laying of Calcutta roads with asphalte macadam to end most of the bad dust nuisance and reduce the discomfort and expense of the present method of road repair and
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    THE DISAPPEARING GONDOLA.
    237 92 The threatened disappearance of the gondola from the waterways of Venice will be the most serious loss that beautiful city has sustained. The Campanile of St. Mark fell, and is being replaced old churches are m a daDgerous condition, but they are being repaired but such glories
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    COLONIAL LITERARY NOTES.
    427 92 A new volume m Unwiii Colonial 1 brary is The Pools of Silence," by Mr f| de Vere Stacpoole, the author of that beau tiful Pacific romance, The Blue Laeoon With The Pools of Silence," Mr Stacpoole completes a trilogy of remarkable hooka dealing with the tropics
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    A YOUNG MAN'S WAR.
    253 92 brrmuvj Statistics oj the Avpk Civil Wak. Many persons wonder that there ;»»e altnost half a million surviving soldiers of the Amencan Civil War, consideiing that it Xi forty eight years since it began and forty fjur sine* it ended. The reason, says the "Pbilao*^ 1-.
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    A TRAGIC POSSESSION.
    195 92 The pc&session of the Hope diamond T Times remaiks) is the 6tory of a loc^ sen- of tragedies murder, suicide, madness, .in>\ various other misfortunes. The first reov.i. I Western owner was the travel Jei acquired une fortune immense. d;iL-> commerce des diamants," Jean Baj Ta vernier,
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    42 92 It is stated that the Prince Regent tends to increase on a liberal scale* salary and allowances to officials m Empire and to enforce serere punisbrcei for bribery. Any official accepting brit**» of over Tis. 10 J will be puniek»l with dtcapitation.
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    Wednesday, Aug. 4,1909.
    686 93 Wednesday, Aug. 4, 1909. Mr Justice Sercombe Smith has gone to Malacca for the Assizes. The Krian Irrigation Ssheme has justified itself, for there are 55,4^7 acres of land under padi, while an extension to sugar Urd* m the south is also hopeful. It is considered an indication of the
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    RUBBER OUTPUTS.
    168 93 The output of dry rubber from the I >r«kn.il Eltata of the Slcgipore and n Rubber Co., Ltd., for the month of «m 4,900 lbs. makiug a total for the I -rrent year of 1t.,774 lbs. LANADRON ESTATES. I ':ie Manager reports rubber crop har- "1 during month
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    ATHLETIC NOTES.
    1309 93 In view of the extraordinary outbursts of wild exaggeration which have emanated from P«mang over the past race meeting, ona approaches the subject with some diffidence, due largely to the fact that an attempt to ask for reasonable criticism and considered statement, may be twisted into an attempt
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    ALBANIANS AND TURKS.
    231 93 One of the great puz/le3 at the piesent moment m Turkey is the att tude of the Albanians towards the new order of things. The tribesmen are well-disposed towards the Empire, but they look on the Young Turks with considerable suspicion, as men who are desirous of
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    KING'S POLICE MEDAL.
    227 93 Asked once what he considered the two finest things he Lad eeen m Engl md, an American visitor replied promptly, M Windsor Castle and the London policeman." And everybody will read with genuine pleasure thit tha King has appioved of tha establishment of a medal to be
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    PERAK RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
    195 93 PERAK RIFL E ASSOCIATION. la beautiful weather the P. R. A. opened its 1009 meeting on July 3L About 45 competitors put m an appearance for the two events to be contested. The conditions and arrangements left nothing to be desired, and the entries compare favourably with those of last
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    JAVA NOTES.
    535 93 Bitavia, July 30. Some of your readers way remember Professor C. A I. Brackenhoeft, who passed through Singapore some months ago, on his way to Tientsin. He appealed against sentesca of imprisonment there and after some delay the court has ordered his release on the ground tint he
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    REGIMENTAL LEAGUE COMPETITION.
    178 93 C Coy. v "P." The above teams met at Tanglin last eveaiu£ before a fair ctowd of spectators. After about twenty minutes play Maxstead opened the score for F with a very stiff shot. Play ruled very ev<^n and "F crossed over with a goal ahead. In
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    LINGGI PLANTATIONS, Ltd.
    87 93 Messrs. Guthrie and Co. inform us that the general manager, Linggi Plantation f, Ltd adv.ses that the tatal amount of dry rubber harvested on the whole of the Company's estates duiiog the past month wss 48,000 lbs. making the total for the seven months of this year
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    28 93 The Belfield bridge over the river at Klanjr is the largest road bridge m the Federated Malay States. It has four spans of 148 feet and cost $260,000.
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    POLICE COURTS.
    384 94 Dirty Premises. Eighty-one householders were before the Senior Magistrate yesterday who had received notices from the Municipality on account of having their premises m a filthy condition and for not removing night-soil etc. They were fined m sums ranging from S3 to $10. Others who had not complied
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    TANGLIN CLUB BOWLING.
    45 94 The July competition at theTanglin Club resulted as follows W. Lowther Kemp 768 00 S'lS S. Dunn <* H 160 801 H. Freeman 740 20 7i*»o J. Robertson 655 80 7:*5 E. A. Cleaver 170 697 F. E. Worsley Taylor 587 100 687
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    A HOCKEY MATCH.
    202 94 S.C.C. vs K.O.A. asi> E.E. There are apparently few hockey entlmsiasts m Singapore outside the regular playors. Quite an interesting match was played on the Esplanade last evening, but there was only a mere handful of spectators. The game was between an S.C.C. team and a combined
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    RAUB.
    171 94 The only lode mine now being worked m the Federated Malay States is that belonging to the Raub Australian Gold Mining CompanyThe following shows the figures of the tons crashed and gold obtained at the Raub Australion Gold Mine m Pahang during the year Tons crushed Oanccs. 1908 77,257
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      DELAYED WIRES.
      164 94 To the Editor, Dear Sir, Oa Saturday last I sent a telegram from Singapore to "Smith, Penang," backing Castro for $200. The telegram m question was received by the postal authorities about 1 20 pm but was not despatched until about 5 45 pm, owing to the authorities
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    DEATH AT TANGLIN.
    79 94 The death occuneJ early yesterday morning m the Military Hospital ot No. 904:5, Pte. T. Watkinson, Middlesex Regiment, from appendicitis and pneumonia. The deceased enlisted m the Kegiment m 1903 and has done service m South Africa and Hocgkong. Tbe funeral took place last evening at Bidadari
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    THE ASSIZES.
    76 94 Chetty's Clkrk Chabobd. At the Assize Court, yesterday, an Indian named Kana Sidam brain Pi I lay, a clerk m a chetty firm, was charged with wilfully, and with intent to defraud, omitting a particular payment from his books. Mr Campbell appeared for the Deputy Public Prosecutor and
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    ROYAL JOHORE TIN MINE.
    35 94 The total quantity of tin ore exported by the tributors on the land of the Royal Johore Tin Mining CV>., Ltd., during the month of July was 183 bags Pikuls ICO.
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    DEATH OF THE " SURREY POET."
    218 94 DEATH OF THE SURREY POET." Tbe death has taken place of Mr Craig, better known as the Surrey poet," and a general favourite at the Oval and most cf the other cricket and football grounds m tbe neighbourhood of London. Craig was a York shireman, but many years ago came
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    CHINESE CURRENCY.
    92 94 H. E. Sik Libog, Viceroy of tho Three Eastern Provinces, has applied to the Waiwupu for a snm cf five million dollars with which to open a Bank for the territory. The scheme is considered advisable m view of the existiug financial stringency. The Ministry of Finance has
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    114 94 The Shanghai A D.C produced four plays lust season and with tbe Yeomen oi the Guard netted a profit of $1526. Six Tears ago when they produced M lolanthe," the same ADC. lost $2,800. Seventeen hundred and ninety one miles of metalled road m the F.IVrS. atd 2io miles of
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    Thursday, Aug. 5, 1909.
    664 94 A Kling boy with a penchant for hammers stole 8 of those instruments from the Drill Hall and was arrested. An employee m the service of Levy Hernianos his been arrested on a criminal breach of trust amounting to $800. A well to do Chinese, Tarn
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    BAZAAR AT THE MEMORIAL HALL.
    192 94 BAZAAR AT THE MEMORIAL HALL. On Tuesday and yesterday ev^nir^ a pretty little bittA! was htld m the Victoiii Memorial Hull upttiiirs, iv aid of the Society of St. Viuceut de Paul, a Koman Catholic organization whidh does much useful work amongst the poor, and is sadly m need of
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    A MURDER CHARGE.'
    652 94 Strlu'Jle on a Dutoh V»>?h, Before the Chief Justice, Sir WiliLam H Hyndman Jones, and a special jury at thn Assizes yesterday, a Javanese "boy" named Termok, employed on board the Dutch steamer Van den Bosch, was arraigned nn a charge of murder. Mr Crabbe Watt appeared
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    BEAUTIFUL STAGE GOWNS.
    248 94 A drama of modern society is in* vita I dram* of beautiful gowns and His Borrc* ed Plumes," Mrs Cornwallis West's piny i the Hicks Theatre, fultllo th'u Mtmdtf admiruble fashion. Stateliness is the keycote of the lovelj fections worn fey Mrs Patrick Campbell of them partake
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    K. L TEMPLE FIGHT.
    55 95 Kuila Lumpor, July 29:h. Yap Hon Chin, the well-known Chinese Towkay, mine-owner and owner of race-hors-es, and the son of the old Cipitan China of S^lacgor, has been arrested m connection with the desperate fight at a temple out IVilu way, owing to tha discovery cf
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    LABUAN RESIDENCY.
    21 95 It U expected that Mr. Hirvey Chevalliar will be going to Lil.ii.in when Mr. J. F. O.van goes home.
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    BANGKOK EXTRADITION CASE.
    72 95 Penang, July 2^ h. Mr. C. J. Roberts, manager of the Bmg.>k branch of the Standard Oil Co. of N J^v Yark, who wa9 detained here m conuec- >a with allegations of fraud against him, WM before the District Cjurt this morning. The extradition proceedings being brought
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    MEDICAL RESIGNATION.
    21 95 Kuala Lumpor. July 30. Dr. J. L Niven, house surgeon of the riuropMn Hospital, has resigned the Government Service.
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    COMING CRICKET.
    80 95 Kmla Lumpur, Aug. 3. The following have been iavited to represent the Federated Malay States against the Colony at cricket next week at Penang. Bradbery (Captain) Cannon, Corbecta, Graham, Greenhil), Grenier, Hennessey, Maai*tensz, Mustard, McKenzia Pullein, Thompbw, and Martin reserve. The following selections have been made f ~>r
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    RUBBER SHARES.
    248 95 ifrom our <rvn Correspo/iilent.) Londou, via PenaDg. Shares are harder all round on the excellent prospects of the industry. Kuala Lumpor, July 30. la the Killinghill fetation local applivints get fifty per cent of their applications. J*boD» has concluded a contract for the *ita of their 1910 crop
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    TONGKAH TIN.
    19 95 Penang, August 3 The output of the Tongkih Harbour tin dredging company for July was 1,202 pikuls.
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    F. M. S. PRODUCE.
    84 95 THE TIN SITUATION. Penang Aug 4. The tin consumption m the United King--1 m m July totalled 1,400 tons, on the Continent 1,800 tons, and ia America 3,300 »ns. The visible supply on August was 20,381 '»as. Toe July consumption was practiially the <^me as that
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    MINE ACCIDENT IN PERAK.
    19 95 A hndBlip took place at Lihat Kiri Mine VMlercUy, by which eight Klings were tilled.
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    SALAK SOUTH.
    26 95 The output of clean ore from Salak South Mine for the month of July was 350 pikuls. (Messra P. W. Barker and Co. Secretaries.)
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    TELEGRAMS.
    2032 95 (By Submarine Telegraph. Reuter'a) {Renter's Agency.} Received, July 29th 10 37 am. Reuter learns that the strictures passed m Peking with reference to the American participation m the Chinese Railway Loan are not endorsed by financial interests m London. The ideas of intrigue are repudiated even as a bad
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    Passengers For the Straits.
    512 95 Per P. O Borneo, due Ang 6. Sergt. M. McNauiara, Mr M. C. Searbrough, Mr J. S. Webster, Capt. C. N. Ewart, Inspector and Mrs Lucas, Mr G. C. Shortridge. To Penang. —Mr E. Cauldwell, Mr F. H. Hawkins. Per X. D. L. Buelow, due Aug
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    SHARES.
    853 96 Capital C*piUl Isscst Paid Inotd paid op Va*e« ftp Corapaaj. $300,000 300,000 10 10 Be'-tt Tin Mining 00. Lc4 6 B $300,000 225.000 10 10 Brnang Limited $50 $600,000 600,0C0 10 10 Brunch Hydraauc Tin M. Oft, LU 800 £500,000 444,769 1 1 DafE Dovalopraent Go. Lbi 6on $400,000
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      687 96 CLEARANCES. July 28. Ayuthia, Brit, str., Curtis, for Bangkok. July 29. Saint Patrick, Brit, str Fartay, for Beaton and New York. Bandon, Dan. str., Thomsen, for Bangkok. Kuching, Sar. str., Ewart, for Sarawak. Fultala, Brit str., Kennedy, for Penang, Rangoon and Calcutta. Seneca, Brit, str., Grimes, for New York via
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      822 96 On Sang, Brit, str., Woolley, for Samarang. Kistna, Brit, str Learmont, for Port Swettenhaca and Penarg. Maftdol, Siam. str., Svarrer, for Bargkok via port 8. Unda, Brit, str Bonsfield, for Bangkok. Aug. 5. Priam, Brit, str., Lewis, for Hongkong, Shanghai and Hankow. Ban Fo Soon, Dut. str. Odink, for Pontianak.
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      319 96 VESSELS IN PORT. Flae and Tons Commanders Arrived From For w Waterwitch H.M.S. survey 630 Douglas July 23 P. Swettenham Uncertain*" Steamers FUuc Tons Master Arrived From Consignee for Wfc^ Brand Nor 1519 Evensen July 27 Penang Boustead SLanchl? Castor Brit 863 Pithie Aug 3 Samarang Katz Bros. Lanekat fi
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