The Straits Budget, 15 May 1902

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1 16 The Straits Budget
  • 115 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” The Straits Times is widely read throughout Asia generally. It circulates in Singapore and Penang, throughout all the Protected States of the Malay Peninsula, in Siam, Borneo, the Netherlands Indies, the Philippines, and French Indo-China. ijrABLieHED over Half A
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  • 206 1 jAIMV* AUICLKS. A Crying Nuisance. Aumnal S<* mpson. .Municipal Water. In** Main of xo-day. Ihe Cemetery Problem. Nan; 1 rade. /tfain* in >iam. Chinese Cemeteries, lolei.uic < >ulbur»lb. OCil Market Quotations, News. P*?~eigHi last. Police News, lhe Assizes. Wv’Eg Club, football.
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  • 637 1 General. £10; all pd. Mortgage Co., Ord. 3 to 4 £1 all pa. do (Founders*!— Stkt. (£lOO deb. stock 85 to 90 £1 ;-/19 pd. Pahang Kahang 1/6 to 2/ £1; all pd. Pahang Corp 7/6 to 12/6 all pd. do Pref 1§ to U (£1 all pd.) Straits
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  • 293 1 The mail fur Europe, this week, leaves by the P. &O. s. s. Coromandel The mail tor Euiope, next week, leaves by the B. 1. route on Wednesday. The M.M. mail for Europe by the s.s. Indm closed on Saturday. The mail truin Europe by the
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  • Special Telegram.
    • 54 1 Hongkong, May 1 2th. The Chinese community here gave a complimentary banquet to Sir Thomas Jackson on Saturday night, on the occasion of his relinquishing the Chief Managership of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. The Company, which included MajorGeneral Gascoigne, the Officer Administering
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    • 57 1 ENTERTAINED BY COMRADES. The members of the Hongkong Volunteer Contingent for the Coronation were given a complimentary dinner on Saturday by the other members of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps. The Contingent leaves for home by the Empress boat on Wednesday. HEAVY RAINS AT HONOKONQ. Very heavy rains have
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  • REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
    • 31 1 London 7th May. Sir Henry Fowler has issued a manifesto in which he makes known his adherence to Lord Roseoery’s policy as regards the War and Home Rule*
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    • 23 1 The Times understands that Sir Michael Hicks-Beach has definitely abandoned the cheque rebate proposal (mentioned in the message dated 29th April.)
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    • 18 1 Martial law has been proclaimed in five districts in the province of Poltava, Russia.
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    • 56 1 FACING THE ADMIRALTY. Lord Charles Beresford says that he alone is responsible for the publication ot his letter criticising the condition of the Mediterranean fleet. Lord Charles Beresford further says that he is prepared to submit, to any punishment which may be meted out to him for
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    • 9 1 hater. Queen YVilhelmina’s condition is satisfactory.
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    • 227 1 Bret Harte is dead. [Francis Bret Harie, was born at Albany, New York, Aug. 25, 1839. He went to California in 1864, and was successively a miner, school-teacher, express messenger, printer, and finally editor of a newspaper. In 1864 he was appointed Secretary of the United
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    • 51 1 Colonel Colenbrander has resumed operations against the Boers under Commandant Beyers. General Ian Hamilton has cleared a considerable area of territory to the west of Klerksdorp. BOER DEFEAT. The British have captured Steinkop, a strong Boer position, with fourteen casualties. The Boer losses in the engagement were
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    • 61 1 London 8 Ik May. The situation of Queen Wilhelmina is believed to be graver than appear in the bulletins. The telegrams des patched from the Palace are kept secret. It is stated that weakness prevented the Queen from taking nourishment since Saturday. DOCTORS CONSULT. Doctors are ceaselessly
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    • 46 1 HOPEFUL OUTLOOK. c me Prospects are regarded as hopeful* <* n( j Pretoria. tY> The Boer delegates who are visiting the commandos meet with considerable success in securing the consent of the Burghers to a policy of Suirender. The irreconcilables are chiefly Delarey’a men.
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    • 39 1 Later. Lord Kitchener reports that ten Boers were killed and 208 captured in a southward drive against the Kroon-stad-Lindley line. Among the prisoners w«re some of the most irreconciJable Boers in the Orange River Colony.
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    • 122 1 NO DRAWING-BACK. Lord Salisbury, in addressing a gathering of the Primrose League, sp oke oi the negotiations going on with the Boer delegates. Lord Salisbury expressed a desire to remove the misapprehension that the Government was showing a willingness to retreat from its former position. He
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    • 46 1 London 9 th May. Count Goluchowski the Austro-Hun-garian Minister for Foreign Aflairs, announces that the Triple Alliance has been renewed. The Triple Alliance will continue to pursue peaceful aims, to which the Dual Alliance will form a highly valued complement.
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    • 42 1 Baron Hayashi, the Japanese Minister in London, was present at a banquet pven by the Newsvendors’ Institution. The Baron delivered a speech in which he dwelt upon the progress made by the Japanese newspaper press within tue last thirty years.
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    • 72 1 THE M. M. IN IT. Later. A Company bearing the name of the Compagnie Estasiatique Fr&ncaiae* has been formed at Paris. The aim of the Company it to establish a new steamship line in the Far East with a capital of tea millions of franca. H ilf
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    • 73 2 HUMANE MILITARY METHODS. The Secretary of State for War at Washington has informed the United States Senate that he approves of General Smith’s methods [to put down in the Philippine island of Sato ir] is being humane and effective 'l\e Secretary of State also affirmed that no order
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    • 54 2 London 10 th May. It is officially announced that a syn•cate has been formed by Mr. Pierpont >rgm, and has been registered in the ited States. SYNDICATED LINES. The syndicate has purchased the White Star, Dominion, American Atlantic Transport, and Leyland lines, and has a capital
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    • 61 2 All orders for new steamers and for repairs requiring to be executed in Britain will be placed solely with Messrs. Harland and Wolff of Belfast. Messrs. Harland and Wolff have engaged to build steamers for the Trust only, though it is also stipulated that there is nothing to
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    • 7 2 Queen Wilhelmina has recovered.
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    • 17 2 The Education Bill has been read in the House of Commons for the second time.
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    • 85 2 Later. A volcano has burst out in Martinique (a French island in the West Indies) and has destroyed the town of Saint Pierre. The commander of the French cruiser Suchel reports that an immense mass of lire fell into the town and harbour on the
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    • 13 2 Volcanoes are active in the islands of Dominica and St. Vincent.
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    • 11 2 There have been earthquakes in Spain and Southern France.
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    • 120 2 London, 11 th May. A serious volcanic eruption is re* ported from St. Vincent, in the West ladies, the inhabitants of which are now fleeing. The Governor of Barbados cables that reports resembling those of artillery
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    • 74 2 The Story of Eyewitnesses. It is now estimated that 40,000 persons perished in the volcanic outburst in Martinique. Eye-witnesses say that a volcano suddenly exploded amid a tempest of steam and mud. Torrents of mud poured into the town of 8t. Pierre. This was immediately
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    • 115 2 Ijondon 12 th May. The United States Senate has voted the sum of one hundred thousand dollars (gold) for the relief of the sufferers from the volcanic outburst at Martinique. AT ST. PIERRE. 5,000 refugees are gathered on the hills around St. Pierre. They are being gradually removed.
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    • 40 2 Later. The Australian cricket eleven heat the Notts team by an innings and jur runs. The match with the London County team has been abandoned owing to rain.
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    • 41 2 London, 13 tk May. Despatches from St. Thomas express belief that 500 persons perished in the volcanic outburst at St. Vincent. It is reported that Fort De France, a commercial town in Martinique, is in danger.
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    • 50 2 Later. A Liberal has been elected for Bury in place of Mr. G. T. Kenyon (C) who had resigned his seat. [Mr. George Toulmin was mentioned in the latest mail papers as the probable Liberal (candidate. The Unionist candidate was Mr. Harry Lawson, son of Sir Edward Lawson.]
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    • 13 2 Sir Michael Hicks-Beach has with drawn the cheque stamp duty.
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    • 33 2 The northern side of St. Vincent is ablaze, and is unapproachable. The whole face of Martinique is constantly changing.. Some of the rivers are drying up. Others are overflowing their banks.
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    • 107 2 London 14 th May. The United States Congress has voted 5200,000 for the relief of the sufferers from the volcanic outburst. A visit was paid to the ruins of St. Pierre on Sunday last.
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    • 104 2 Later. The latest unofficial report from St Vincent shows that 1,600 persons perished there. ST. PIERRE SURVIVORS. Of the sole survivors from St. Pierre i[30 in number) rescued by the man-of-war ducket eighteen died, and eight others are dying. Some houses in the outskirts of St.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 80 1 cp price of the Straits Times V ;ir or th/-. The post free price ’>; sliudyet is $2O a year, or 40/necessary to subscribe for a year. ,;J vriptions for shorter periods are -Viine 1 proportionate rate of price as i\ war. L.S ’"•'< Hudyet can be sent to meet
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  • 37 1 DEATH.* k mi 7 -On the li'th inst. at Frankfort n’u-t Llojd Koad, of typhoid fever, the Noungest daughter of Mr. A. i. ;z, aged 14 years. ADMIRAL SAMPSON .DEAD. Admiral Sampson of Santiago fame is dead.
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  • 422 2 (Strait* Times Bth May Enquiries into the circumxtances concerning the removal of night-soil nuisance elicit no comforting assurances as to its early abatement. As a matter of fact the present system has attractions in the matter of economy which seem to entirely out-weigh, from an administrative point
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  • 422 2 (Straits Times Stk ATa*/.) Admiral Sampson, so to-day’s Reuter message runs, is dead—killed so to speak by the Schley court of inquiry. Sampson was a captain, and Schley a commodore in the American Navy at the opening of the Spanish wai. On tin recommendation of the Navy Department,
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  • 411 2 (Straits Times, 9th May.) Some interesting figures on the con sumption of Municipal water are given in the Municipal Administration Report for last year. During the period under review, the consumption was 1,575,916,000, gals. This means a daily average of 4,317,575 gals and/ taking the population at 225,000,
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  • 817 2 (Straits Times 10 th May.) “Siam in the Twentieth Century*! is the title of a very attractive aad charmingly illustrated volume taar arrived by this morning’s mail, I which is ambitious enough to carry the I >pinions of its author through I >ages of well printed
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  • 607 3 (Straits limes Y2tk May.) I Ihk Municipal Commissioners, as I announced at their meeting on Friday lla.'\ have decided to acquire some land If;? d new Christian Cemetery. They IH-iii to have arrived at this conclusion I n the strength of a joint report signed I cy
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  • 515 3 (Straits Times 12 th May.) A Report of material interest to Singaporeans has just been published at Bangkok. It shows the approximate value of the importations thither from this port and the countries of origin of the goods thus imported. The Report, we are informed, was prepared under
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  • 613 3 (Straits Times 12th May.) With regard to the comments anent the administrative methods of Siam and the necessity that exists for it to put its own house in order before tampering with the Malays of the Peninsula, we take the following from the Siam Free Press that
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  • 721 3 (Straits Times 13 th May.) Now that the Municipal Commissioners have taken up the matter of a new Christian cemetery, they might fittingly and profitably withal, devote some attention to the subject of the Chinese cemeteries that flourish among and around us. We have at any rate three
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  • 3798 3 (Straits Times 14th May.) No quarter of the globe, no period of history, can be pointed to as immune from seismic disturbances. In modern times, however, there have been few if any disasters to equal in horror the awful visitation in the West Indies we have been reading
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  • 642 4 'r™ D 1,vm .The Dallas Company after ful season at Penang has left The calendar at the Pen**, which opened yesterday ;*,**>** murder case. y The German mail steamer u left Port Said on Monday J!'"*'*'! outward bound. ai ternoo 8 Thr shar-hoMeis jj,* n China and
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  • 790 5 B 7tk May. i I YOVS has been recently in ■“'"‘superintending the embarka- Bl u K tin* Sultan of Perak’s body- "> H oUt of fourteen mounted .ioinallv selected from the r ':r.rd in Kuala Kangsar for ■un- f ut ff. K. the Governor H- T‘
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  • 1266 5 Tuesday, 6th May. PRE8ENT. His Excellency Sir Frank Athelstanr SWETTENHAM, K.C.M.O., (GOVERNOR). Hon. W. T. Taylor c.m.q., (Colonial Secretary). Hon. \V R. Collyer (Attorney-General). Hon. F. S. B. Gaffney (Acting Colonial Engineer). Hon. F. G. Penney (Colonial Treasurer). Hon. J. M. Allinson. Hon. W J. Napier. Hon. G.
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  • 67 5 The Voyage to Colombo. We understand that the P O s. s. Ceylon with the Straits Volunteer coronation contingent on board arrived safely at Colombo on Saturday last. A private wire despatched when the Ceylon arrived states that the voyage between Penang and Colombo was most enjoyable. The
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  • 225 5 Thr first heat in the scratch four races was rowed off’ yesterday evening hetween A. Robertson’s crew and one 8t r oked by Darbishire. Apart from a slight swell the conditions were all that could be desired. Mr. Flower got the boats away well from the starting
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  • 289 5 Lipis, 28th April. There was a great commotion in Lipis at about 10 the other night, when people began rushing from town along the trunk road, saying that the gaol was on fire. It turned out, however, to be a Chinese squatter’s hut, adjoining the gaol and situated
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  • 340 5 The King’s birthday, this year, will be kept on the 30th May at home stations, and on the 10th November at foreign stations. The Governor has assumed the office of High Commissioner for the F. M. S. and British North Borneo. The Hon. \V. R. Collyer is member
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  • 176 5 399 B. C. —Socrates drinks the fatal hemlock. His last words expressed a confident conviction that death is hut a passing from an imperfect to a perfect state. 721 A. D —Died St. John of Beverly, who was believed to have performed great miracles and wonderful
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  • 160 5 The Perak Golf Club, of which Mr. A. B. Stephens is Secretary, have arranged a series of matches to be played at Taiping at Whitsuntide. The details are as follows Saturday, 17th May—Fearsome Handicap Medal play—!B holes. Draw for partner,—ontries elo«*e J6th instant 7.30 p.m. Prize uiven by
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  • 187 5 The following is an abstract from he Jelehu Mine Manager’s Report for April Main Shaft No. 2 Lode EThe ode has broken up in the 110' level. f A rise is being put in to the level above to see if the block is payable. The reef
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  • 457 5 Commenting on the climate in the Philippine Islands, F. Peter Dunne’s Mr. Dooley says: Th’ climate is simply hivenly. No other wurrud describes it. A white man who goes there seldom rayturnes unless th’ bereaved fam’ly insists. It is jus’ right. In winter enough
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  • 560 6 Gan; Robbers Heavily Sentenced. Making it Hot for Them It is satisfactory to be able to report that there seems to be a disposition on the part of the judicial bench to deal out really heavy sentences to robbers in Singapore. At the Assizes, yesterday, Mr. Justice Hyndrnan-Jones
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  • 209 6 Appointments. Mk. A. T. Dew, Acting District Magistrate, Lower Perak, to act as Harbour Master, in addition to his own duties. Mr. Cecil Pearse, Warden of Mines, 8outh, to be Warden of Mines, Perak. Mr. P. A. F. David, Assistant District Magistrate and Treasurer, Kuala Kangsar. to act as
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  • 466 6 S. C. C. v. 50th Co. R.A. The above teams met last evening on the Esplanade, before a lair crowd of spectators. After a hard tussle, the Club won by 2 goals to 1, although a draw should have been the result had the R A. only taken advantage
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  • 1692 6  -  (By Hugh Clifford.) The gentlemen of England who sit at home in ease have often enough only the feeblest conception of the violences of which Nature is capable. They know a fog when it grips their throttles, and plume themselves on the unique perfection of its blinding, blackening,
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  • 360 6 The Vienna correspondent of the Standard writes :—According to reports from Paris, much interest is taken, in French Colonial, circles, in what the Japanese are alleged to be doing, on their own account and on England’s behalf, in Hiam. Their proceedings, it is said, have been
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  • 628 6 Mb. and Mrs China by the A'amoku-a Fbou 10 a.m. yesterdav morning, 13 cases of chni 1,11 H, were reported to the poli^"*’ Karumi left Cofombrthi^ 1 is expected here on the Hth 0^^ It is understood ther* Marine Court of Inquiry ?nt k wreck of the
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  • 89 7 The present regulations. ,1 0 f discontent has been l to the regulation that no U engaged in retail trade T U,.gen ted at Court. In the w f 1 it i 3 difficult to fix the p emits of the en<iing of whole C,8 *«d“be beginning
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  • 106 7 r l lf >1 r. Wat lien arrested B /H i.-krk in the employ of N and N*ave Coy., on a hrnined on information laid r Vir M. Kean, the secretary of the the alleeation of criminal !”.h°of trust of $39.31 on the 9th of aL
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  • 206 7 ft. dll example of what an English ft sra an will do, no apology is nece*ft>, r reproducing the following letter ft- [he Pink i n ft:, Editor of the Sporting Times' ft the military races here, in the Ed Military Handicap Steeplechase, fttain Harman, riding his own horse,
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  • 371 7 »e writing, our last notes, training on steadily and there is prac-J-ly nothing new to relate, foere was very little galloping, fond short sprints, done this morn- evidently the horses were in? -.ived for Saturday. Ie noticed Snoozer, Peerbux up, do a 1 mile and a half gallop
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  • 308 7 More Heavy Sentences. Chin Swee came before the Chief Justice at the Assizes yesterday afternoon, on charges of lurking house trespass after preparation for causing hurt, and of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to three persons. This man, who is a powerfully built Chinaman, was caught “lurking” in 154
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  • 515 7 Liquidation Agreed On. The seventh annual meeting of this company was held at the Cannonstreet Hotel on the 8th April, W. Keswick, M. P., presiding. According to the report the net result of the year’s working was a loss of £2,275. In moving the adoption
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  • 907 7 Why not an Imperial British Zollverein Communicated There appears in the April number of the Contemporary Review an instructive and well-written article by Dr. E. J Dillon, entitled, “Thecommercial needs of the Empire,” well worth careful perusal by all who are in any degree interested in either
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  • 127 7 1266—80rn Dante. 1668—Born Le Sage, French novelist, author of Gil Bias.” 1705—0 n this day Robert Do we gave £5O to the vicar and churchwardens of St. Sepulchre, Newgate, to the end that they should cause a bell to be tolled and a serious exhortation to
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  • 555 7 HOME. The following rewards and promotions have been gazetted:—To receive the Distinguished Service Order: Major Phillips, for services in Somaliland: Major Petrie and Major Georges, for services in Uganda; Captain Godfrey, I Indian Staff Corps, for services in I Ashanti: Major Sparkes promoted Colonel for Services in Bahr-el-Ghazel;
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  • 323 7 The revenue from water, says the municipal administration report, was $379,528 in 1901 against $334,544 in 1900. The outlay on maintenance and extension was $206,880 against over $1z3,000 in 1900. The water delivered was 1,575,916,000 gallons against 1,472,782,000 in 1900. The scarcity of water between September and December
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  • 513 7 History of the Home. Mr. C. Stringer, Honorary Treasurer of St. Mary’s College, signs on behalf of the Trustees a report which has been circulated giving a short history of the circumstances which led to the formation of St. Mary’s College for Girls, Hill Street, and
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  • 882 8 Bombay bears the reputation cf being <? e of the cheapest ports of the world to shippers. The port of Meulaboh (Acheen) is notified to be inlected owing to cholera breaking out there. The building for the Chartered Bank in Ipoh is near completion. It will supply
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  • 130 8 Messrs. Riley Hargreaves Co.’s tender for the construction of a new Colonial steamer to replace the Sea Belle has been accepted, and the firm will make a start with the work as soon as practicable. The new steamer will be 197 feet long over all,
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  • 148 8 Last night and the night before, burglars visited the premises of the Tanglin Club. A 3 Yale lock and the latch w T ere wrenched and forced with crowbars. All the padlocks had been tampered with on Wednesday night, but the would-be burglars failed to
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  • 300 8 A Thief is Disturbed and Bolts. One thief at least has not been greatly awed by the stiff sentences recently imposed upon burglars, at the Assizes. This man attempted to effect an entrance into a house on the top of Mount Wallich, early yesterday morning,
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  • Correspondence.
    • 289 8 To the Editor of the “Straits Times." Sir, —In your issue of the 2nd inst., a corre-pondent deals with the subject of jerry-building. What he say& is quite correct, only he seems to have seen but a very small part of the patching up of, and the increasing of
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  • 373 8 Twelfth List. Brought forward 106,874 Messrs. Howarth Erskine Ltd. 6UU J. J. Macbean, K«q. (1st iustal.) 25 A. E. Benzie, Esq. 100 F. 1 olloek. Esq. 60 G. E. V. Thomas, Esq 25 Employees, Howarth Erskine Ltd. 146 E. (’rani 2 F. W. 8. 5 D. A.
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  • 993 8 THE MOKGANISING BTKOKE. There are unmistakable symptoms of crowing uneasiness on the part of the general public concerning the shipping combine. The Times raises objections of a sentimental, rather than a practical, nature. The Daily Telegraph says that the agreement is without secret clauses and automatically ceases to
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  • 1270 8 Mb. F. W. Eddy an a lately paid us a visit tn eric the Brisbane Courier of how, from his pofnt of? >th stand in Johore:- fv,ew Q Misfit in Governm* Contrasts of colonial a impulse can find no J5? illustration than j« gapore and b S
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  • 152 9 This day witnessed one of the most _■i'» »Minary robberies ever recorded. Col. Blood formed the design of stealing r< i W Q .j ewe Hll< l w ith two companions in seizing the crown and orb, but Vf re w re>>ted from them. On the
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  • 136 9 i T list Miu. r^r> Bt ort^er ever placed with or* r r l lB hi Dockyard, Nagasaki, by a. f an J sa y® Hie Nagasaki Press, K a ;-i a 4 ro,n Hie Nippon Yusen aepr Want f° ur large steamers •I'm, tonnage, in fact,
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  • 1049 9 (t I'cmi (i bpcci'it Curft'H'pt/vdeiuV). P. (jc 0. Ceylon I*/ May. We had a very pleasant voyage from Singapore to Penang, the Ceylon arriving at Penang at 1.30 on Monday morning. The vessel anchored just off the fort and shortly after 6 o’clock every man was ashore,
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  • 92 9 Saibu Marican, who was yesterday charged with house-breaking and theft, was discharged. Veerasamy got seven years for theft in a dwelling. It is an interesting fact to record that, at the present Assizes, eight prisoners have been sentenced to one lundred and eight and a half years’ imprisonment.
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  • 542 9 Discouraging accounts continue to be received from Merauke, the new Settlement in Dutch New Guinea. Fever and beri-beri rage among both the garrison and the settlers. Good water is very scarce. The main dependence is on condensed and distilled water. Mosquitoes are a Ireadful plague, the more so
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  • 1094 9 Mb. F. H. Grant has left by the Ger- man mail lor Yokohama. H. the Governor left for Changi this afternoon in the Sea Belle. Shark, produce, and exchange quotations will be found on page 1. The Hon. C. Stringer arrived from Penang this morning by the
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  • 125 9 The Jijx has an article reviewing the returns of the foreign trade of the Empire for last year, published by the Revenue Bureau in the Finance Department. Our Tokyo contemporary regards the result as satisfactory in the main. The excess of imports over exports was
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  • 210 9 On scanning the yearly reports of the Meteorological Society one i 3 struck by the great difference in the rainfall in different parts of the United Kingdom. The driest part of the whole kingdom is the district stretching from the Humber to Cambridge, over which district
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  • 1581 10 A meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held yesterday afternoon, the President, Mr. Anthonisz, in the chair. There were also present Messrs Maelaren, Chope, Barker, Jago, Moses, Cuscaden, with the Secretary, Mr. Polglase; and the Engineer, Mr. Peirce. President’s Statement. The President said the financial statement showed a
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  • 777 10 A Letter from Singapore. The following letter signed* 44 Hadji Gregoro,” and under date of Singapore March 9th, appeared in the The Times of the 9th ult:— Sir, —The London mail of February 14 has just arrived here with the recent debates on the Japan Treaty and on Wei-hai-wei.
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  • 1564 10 TUESDAY, 30th MAY. Fibst Hack. THE GOVERNOR’S CUP.-A Cap presented by H.E. Sir F. A. Swettenbam, k. c. m.g m with $200 added money.— A Race for Maiden Horses and horses that have run as Roadsters, Subscription Griffins, and in Races confined to horses imported as Subscription Griffins—Weight
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  • 108 11 1!i( V' 1 administration in Siam e, fi i i y 8 Eulian Engineering eanse of the small reiwhich lU t 0 th® State. It is the way »y are iven The railitf lQ nf H adhere to the vicious r ‘*i in >nvate Anders, which are
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  • 151 11 His Excellency the Governor returned from Changi last night by the Sea Belle. The latest news by mail is that Mr. Hugh Clifford, C.M.G. has much recovered in health. The Russian transport Yoronej has arrived from Vladivostock and is expected to sail for Odessa this afternoon. Prayers
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  • 619 11 Major Waller’s Case. Major Waller of the U. S. Marines has been acquitted of the charge of murdering eleven natives of Basey in Samar island who were shot under his orders. Military men at Manila are now discussing the probable effect of this verdict of the general
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  • 875 11 Latest Notes From The Race Course. Taking them all round the entries are most satisfactory and the meeting should be a record one in the matter of sport, especially as manifest improvements have b9en introduced into the programme. Governor's Cup. —Felspar is a well bred bay gelding
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  • 1657 11 London 18 th April. The last will and testament of Cecil Rhodes, the Peace Negotiations at Pretoria, the Budget, and the publication of the 8pion Kop Despatches have successively claimed universal attention and world-wide interest. The main features of Mr. Rhodes’s will have no doubt been
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  • 721 12 (By a Correspondent), <5c 0. Ceylon in ths Indian Ocean. My last budget from Penang, I hope, reached you in safety. We ail went ashore early and separated in various quarters. Penang gave their Contingent an enthusiastic God-speed at 5 p.m. but most of them returned to
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  • 1309 12 My humblest apologies, Mr. Editor, for suppressing the subjoined letter last week. The suppression, or I should say, the omission, was purely unintentional. Here it is for you Labuan, 19th April, 1902. Dear Sir, 1 Cains,” who writes your Ry i ho Way notes, devotes his attention.
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  • 60 12 Mb. <fc Mrs. Henry Dallas and Company arrived this morning from a short visit to Penang and Deli, where they have been received with open arms and full houses. The Company intends to play at the Town Hall for a few nights prior to their departure for
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  • 42 12 Handicaps. Lawn Stakes Glencoe 10.7, Beaumont 10.7, Lyon 10.5, Duhallow 10.2, Beauxite 10, Perak 9.10, Scots-Guard 9 7, Banjo 9.2, Yorkshire 8.10, Deadlight 8 7. Grand Stand Cup —Highlander 10, Coutadina 9.7, Bobs 9.3, Orpheus 9, Victoriatus 8.12, Yorkshire 8.7.
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  • 96 12 Left yesterday by the Lulus For London, Mrs. M E. Meyer and daughter, Mr. VV. A. Keay, Mr. Williams. For Marseilles, Mr. L H. Richy, Mr. <fe Mrs. Sam Joaquim, Mr. M. Bonnefond, Mr. Guillet, Mr. Mrs R. Avdry, Mrs. Bloch and child, Mr. Carlos Weill, Mr.
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  • 208 12 A long and distinguished military career comes to an end with the death of General William Charles Forrest, C. 8., Hon. Colonel of the 11th (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars, who passed away at the venerable age of eightythree. He served with the 4th Royal Irish Dragoons in
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  • 718 12 The Times of India s Aden correspondent reports that the coasts of the Red Sea, on both sides, are unsafe owing to pirates, headed by the well-known ringleader Ahmed Gobaish. Two vessels, with 25,000 dollars worth of goods and 25 men, going from Hodeida to Kunfodah, were boarded
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  • 263 12 Is its Military to Discontinued? In connection with th.jance or restriction of th. d “cot. in the Array w. ..KS discussions, more or liT l,h «i will be the order at hoi time to come. 1116 for The kilt, in a sense, is of an old saga
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  • 449 12 A terrible explosion took place:: April 14, during gun practice off fe Irish coast, on board the battlesh; Mars. Lieuts. J. H. S. Bourne and I C. Miller and nine men were killed, or* able seaman was severely injured, anc one midshipman and five men m
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  • 1617 13 J"a C, Sakwak has been appjin.'dThird at Sr > Ml 1 MiKfWUHtK leav»s SelanM tie M. hcca to-morrow after- 1 noon Tasrateof maintenance at the ReforIwry. S'nK 8 P° re has been filed at Sf a nior.'h- t PafgkaiNT,!I.eActingD.A.A.G. 1 ,n Lib duties are performed by gflM-
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  • 37 13 1717 —Born Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria. 1839 Died Cardinal Fesch, uncle of Napoleon Bonaparte. 1840— Earl Stanhope’s motion against the opium trade negatived in Honse of Lords. 1874—Tsar Alexander 11. visits England.
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  • 107 13 At the meeting of the above Club on Saturday 3rd inst., some very bad shooting was witnessed. The trophy, a silver cigarette box, was won with 9 kills out of a possible 14, by Mr. C. Langley Johnson, Secretary of the Club. Mr. G E. Llewelyn, who
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  • 116 13 The annual meeting of the Mercantile Bank of India was held on April 15th at Winchester House. Sir Alex. Wilson presided, and moved the adoption of the report, which stated that for the year ended Dec. 31st the net profits amounted to 49,985/., out of which the directors,
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  • 199 13 The following passengers were booked for Singapore up to the 16tli April by the Hamburg due here on 23rd May —From Southampton.— H. 11. the Sultan of Johore and suite, Mr. James Campbell Kerr, Private Secretary to H. H. the Sultan of Johore, Mrs. Kerr, Me.
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  • 157 13 This morning, Hoo Cheng Keng, a salesman in the employ of Messrs. J. Little and Coy. was arraigned before Mr. Marriott on an allegation of criminal breach of trust in respect of $4, the property of the firm. Mr. R. Scoular, an assistant in the firm, g*ve
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  • 1663 13 General Meeting:. At the request of the local manager of the bank, we publish the following full report of tbe forty-eighth ordinary general meeting of this bank which took place on the 16th April at the Cannon Street Hotel, Mr. J. Howard Gwyther being in the chair. Mr.
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  • 1050 14 (Copy of a r*iv te Tetter from one of the Men.) P, and O i.eyloni Colombo. Deak I last wrote from Penang and now I will tell you how we “did” Colombo. We were mostly seasick from Penang hut we got well in a day or two, and
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  • 400 14 This play which is to be introduced to the Singapore public tomorrow night created a great sensation when tirst produeed in London by MiB Leslie Carter, an American actress, who was, till then comparatively unknown but who, through il Zaza at once sprang into prominence. The plot of Zaza
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  • 226 14 In a communication from Singapore to the Manila 'lim‘B, the writer seeks to make out that certain German firms here are helping to keep alive the insurrection in the Philippines. He says that this is done by firms who take advantage of the inattention of custom
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  • 1125 14 Land in the vicinity of Port Swettenham is said to sell at about#$l,000 an acre. The revenue of Hongkong in 1901 was $4,111,722. The outlay was *4,111,7*2. The Rev. S. S. Walker and Mrs. Walker have arrived from home by the Sado Mam. From 10 a. m.
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  • 347 14 This morning, B. V. N. D’Silva, a clerk in the employ of Messrs Fraser. Neave Co., was arraigned before Mr Beatty for enquiry into an allegation ol criminal breach of trust made agains him by his employers, of having usee 4404.78 of their money on the
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  • 29 14 lHBe_H oni Gabriel Daniel v > —Born Robert Owen and »ocial reformer. I 1814—Napoleon landed at Fn 1861—On thin day Adeli^pL bull SPPcarance in Lo„,|„ n
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  • 76 14 The following i s an letter received by the Siuia,!*? M pany Ltd giving Ap i| U output of clean ure fur At.r, M to Trading Company, Wa p,.;** H for whicti we received >Sl5k«- H actual working eluded, was $*394 88. us a profit ui *4;.'(>3
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  • 280 14 The list of oth.-rs has been I re-arranged and i b now scheme of increments. Anadi<,*l between 10 tu 15 per cent. the salaries of the officers i n ordinate service. Nine new ments have been made, important of which is that 0 f i\J Architectural Assistant at
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  • 385 14 S. C. C. v. R. A. Mati.) On the Esplanade last evening the S. C. C. met a team of the R. A. from Blakan Mati. A large crowd lined the ropes and an interesting display of the f ame, was shewn by both sides, tbt Club eventually winning
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  • Correspondence.
    • 169 15 FlitorofU* "Straits Time*.” to f«< ljke to enlist your t.‘ if of the Cadet Corps aW° rt on e or two movements on „eK r sn as to get these oo' tu r,1 1 t :too in number, into some f .mi for the Coronation Je 'TL-
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    • 360 15 y I' Utor of the Straits Times." j fje* a* parent apathy and indit.evinced hy the Chinese com l Jpv m neglecting to till the vacar. q |t Municipal Board cause Ih* V 1 i of Mr. Wee Theam Te in surprising since past V^r' n in- shown
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  • 1101 15 The other side of the story. )Khej»pondknt, signing himself sends us the flowing for pub- i ion. It is a refutation of the stricPassed by Mr. F. W. Eddy on re speaks for itself: hive to thank you for affording Jur rt ‘a lers an opportunity since who reun
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  • 333 15 Accused Sentenced to Death. At the Assizes this morning, Salleh bin Tasaxa was sentenced to the extreme penalty of the law for the murder of a Malay woman named Bedah at Pasir Panjang, on April 17th. Briefly, the facts were that the prisoner and the murdered woman
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 159 15 Uuder this hea ling the fallowing abbre/iations are used —str.—steamer sh.— ♦hip; bq.—barque; sch—schooner; Yet.— Vacht; Cru.—Cruiser; Gbt. —Gunboat; Ti r. —Torpedo; H p. -Horse-power; Brit.—Bniish; CJ. S.—United States; Fch.—French; ier.—German; Dut.—Dutch; Joh.—Johore; fee.,G.c.—General-cargo; d.p. -deck passenger U.—Uncertain T. P. W.—Tanjong PagarWharf; T.P.D—Tanjong Pagar Dock; B. W.—Borneo
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    • 966 15 Arrivals since Noon of Yesterday. Arnhem, Ger. st r. 161 tons, Capt Peter, 14th May. From Asahau, 11th May. Coffee sad 4 d.p. Behn Meyer A Co. For Asahan 17th—W Banka, Brit, str. 127 tons, Capt Backhouse 13th May. From Pahang, 12th May. G.c. and 46 d.p.
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    • 89 15 PASSEpriUNDA 8TKAJT8 UK AKKIVED Kl>K ORDERS. Date. F oVi Ship’s Name. Captain. Ekom wheel lilG. SAILING. ATION. MASK April a Brit s.s. Islander i 'Singapore 20;Ara Rh. Luzon Park Mar 30 Manila Newcastle 21 Dut s s.jBrins*Hendrik Turfboer j Amsterdam Batavia 21 Ital bq. Nonno Angelo Massa Samarang 21
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    • 1490 16 j I I h Namk A I'oi* i'-aitajw From i Sailed. Consignees. Rio I ii R. Sehiff Baroe Out str; 68 Nacodah Khio May «Kim Hoe B<*e 6 Tai Fa jGer str 1065 Menzel Hongkong Apl 3 Kong Sang Long 6 M»’ristow Brit str- *2268 l*r ut Hougkong Apl
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    • 984 16 Date. Vessel’s Name. Flag A Rig. Tons. Destination. 1 May 6 Tientsin PAOstr. i 2555 Hongkong and Shanghai 7 Nienhuys Dut str. 514 Bandjermassin 7 Ruby Brit str. 149 ManUik and Palembang 7 Freiburg Her str. 3971 Port 8aid f.o. 8 Giang Seng Brit str. 722 Samaraug via ports
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 370 15 LEA PERRINS* SAUCE. Purchasers are requested to see that every bottle bears, upon its RED LABEL, the signature in WHITE of Lea Perrins. None is the original and genuine Worcestershire without this. Persons infringing this label will be prosecuted. LEA PERRINS’ SAUCE. fimOtilf Medicine cf the una Registered </•. L/t'h
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 48 16 Gianelli Majno's Pure Natural Milk. Sterilized. The best and most wholesome. Absolutely free from all germs of disease and fermentation. The only reliable Milk for children and invalids. To be obtained from The Dispensary, and all the leading stores. Sole Importers: HUTTENBACH BROS. CO. m. w. f. 24/5
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    • 65 16 Ladies.) JPa LlLsSfe A Rumedy for all Irregularities. Super**! ng Bitter Apple, Pennyroyal, i rh a. k r Sold by Singapore Dispensing Co** ltdn Raffles Plaoe* Singapore* Propiletor i MARTIN. dhcmlet. SOUTHAMPTON. BNdUNS iS^S&xt DURABLE ARP ACCURATE *oo* The Keystone Watch Case Co. UTAeoene* imi PhUs4dphis. U. B. A. /fm
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    • 122 16 COMMON SENSE«*NUTBHELL A n*w medical work on the causes and roost scientific aud effectual mean* of self-cur# over discovered for nerrous and functional debility, waste of vitality, depression of spirits, Ac..with practical observations on marriage and foil direction* for removing certain disqualification# that destroy the happiness of wedded life. It
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    • 46 16 British Antifouling Composition and Paint Co., Ltd. Von Hoveling's proceBB. Manufacturers of quick drying Enamel Compositions for ship's bottoms The most effectual prevention against Corrosion and Fouling even in the most fouling waters for Steam and Sailing Ships. RAUTENBERG SCHMIDT A Co. Agents* Singapore. w.s. 90/9
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    • 787 16 SCHWEITZE^ ■is Best s fu COCOA. Th «newf^nch^ tr aoe IhU tu lawful in tbeCo I' urnuJ Ho^,ul/ b^ peau. and otuer# cioW,*, ail thTu ll a medicine of the kind, aud in rQ t ia v *u£ fmpmel «er)jO «h<»rtinu^3t-. HlrH the uruiaty l, 4*l. of which d >e*
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