The Straits Budget, 4 February 1904
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section86 1904-02-04 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” Established over Half a Century. Cable Address: Times, Singapore. Straits Budget, 40 Cents. Straits Times 15 cents. VOL. LVIIT. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1904. No. 4198 Thk “STRAITS TIMES” circulates j,\k«ely is Singapore and Penang XH.MGHOUT ALL THE PROTECTED86 words
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The Straits Budget. THURSDAY, 4TH FEBRUARY.
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Article33 1904-02-04 1 Kpi.in.— At Endsleigh, on the 30th January, the wif»* of E. F. H. Kdlin, of a son. Hooper. —On the 22nd January, at Hongrig, the wife of J. Hooper, of a son.33 words
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Article102 1904-02-04 1 Hornby —Crown. —On the 20th January* at Hongkong, Mary GERTRUDE, youngest •laughter of T. L. Crown, Kipon, Yorks, to r hum \s, ehlest 'son of Richard Hornby, \-t«m Park, Northwieh, Cheshi e. lit rrknbacit—Stevenson. Ati Penang on January 25th, AUGUST 11UTTKN BACH, to i.ara Trevyly'AN, thinl daughter of the102 words
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Article249 1904-02-04 1 Leading Articles.' Mcamer Deal. Herman Colonies. 1 he Crisis. Tiger Hunt. Police Courts. A Miserable End. Siberian Railway. A Victoria Memorial K a Hang Water Works. Cp North. Crown Agents. Nc s Telegraphy. I'l lint and Education. 1-0 AL. Market Quotations. Hupping News. 1' '<enger List, lo.ice249 words
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Article619 1904-02-04 1 Singapore, 4th February', 1904. PRODUCE. Gambler 11.37$ do (Cube No. 1) unpicked 16.50" Copra Ban 8 35 do Pontlauafc 7.60 Pepper, Black seller* 30.75 do White, (6%) 48.87$ Sago Flour Sarawak 4.30 do Brunei No. 4.20 Pearl Sago 5.60 Coffee, Bali, 15% basis 24 50 Coffee, Palembang, 20% b**.-...619 words
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Article267 1904-02-04 1 The Straits Budget this week, will be despatched by the P. O. s.s. Bengal. The Budget next week, will be mailed by the B. I. 8. s. Zamania. The M. M. mail for Europe by the Polynesien closed on Monday. The mail from Europe by the267 words
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1404 1904-02-04 1 Penang Race Course 26 th Jan. The first day’s races were run on a very heavy course, owing to the rain which had fallen earner in the day. This was the wettest meeting experienced at Penang for many years, and consequently there were great1,404 words
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Advertisement92 1904-02-04 1 Th f post free price of the Straits Times f:;i a year. The post free price of the Straits Budget is $20 a year. It i- not necessary to subscribe for a year. TV subscriptions for shorter periods are at the same proportionate rate of price as for a v**ar.92 words
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Obituary89 1904-02-04 1 I EATHS. v i u v —At 5 Dublin Road, the beloved -mi *>t Mr. and Mrs. Ed. M. NATHAN, at 'unday night, 24th January, aged 5$ months. laii. i an l India papers please copy. Wijngaarden. —At Batavia, in the l ikini Hospital, on the 25th January, Anna, th»*89 words
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Article1257 1904-02-04 2 London 27 th Jan The Daily News states that, as the result of the prolonged meetings of the Cabinet, the resignations of the Marquis of Lansdowne (Foreign Secretary), Lord Londonderry (President of the Council), and Mr. Gerald Balfour (President of the Board of Trade) are imminent. resignations are1,257 words
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LEADING ARTICLES.
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Article507 1904-02-04 2 (Straits Times 27th January.) When the Nordeutscher Lloyd recently put an end to the freight war between China ports and Bangkok, by absorbing the Rickmer’s liners on that run, the company made another powerful extension to its already magnificent connection in these waters. That the purchase of the(Straits Times, 27th January.) - 507 words
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Article1232 1904-02-04 2 (Strait* Time*, 28 th January When the Kaiser William celebrated his forty-fifth birthday yesterday, he was able to congratulate himself and his people on the fact that the German flag to-day waves over a million more square miles of territory than it did just twenty years ago. Since(Strait* Time*, 28th January ) - 1,232 words
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Article604 1904-02-04 3 Straits Times 28 th January.) The crisis up north seems .certain to come to a head in a lew days. The Japanese are tired of Russian doubledealing and delays, and accordingly Bussia will have now to make up her mind. The Tsar is known to be m favour(Straits Times, 28th January.) - 604 words
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Article796 1904-02-04 3 (Straits Times, 29th January We feel called upon to explain that absolute precision in the matter of minutes of time, names, shots fired, etc., is practically impossible in a description of that rare but popular entertainment—a tiger hunt in Singapore. Yesterday we humbly strove to outline the(Straits Times, 29th January ) - 796 words
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Article592 1904-02-04 3 Straita Times 29 th Janwiry.) One of the most laudable traits in the character of the British Colonial Civil Servant is the stoic resignation with which he accepts whatever impossible duties may be thrown upon him by superior officials. These latter often see C. M. G’s and(Straita Times, 29th Janwiry.) - 592 words
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Article698 1904-02-04 3 (Straits Times t 29th January.) Residents in Singapore may remember the visit which an American adventurer passing under the name of J. Coleman Drayton paid to this Colony some years ago. He was a plausible rogue, ornate and grandiose in his speech, condescending and imperial in his manners,(Straits Timest 29th January.) - 698 words
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Article684 1904-02-04 3 (Straits Timet 30 th January.) Fnq*i the report of the proceedings at yesterday’s meeting of the Municipal Commission, we learn that the authorities in charge of the Kallang Water Works extension have apparently been unable to find an engineer to take charge of the work whom they(Straits Timet, 30th January.) - 684 words
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Article1477 1904-02-04 3 (Straits Times Ist February.) Chiengmai, as many people in thi* part of the world are aware, if* a remote town in a remote district of northwestern Siam, to the south of those wild Shan States on our Burma borders that are unrestful but British withal. Its prodiifcts(Straits Times, Ist February.) - 1,477 words
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Article569 1904-02-04 4 (Straits Times 1st February.) Reuter's portentous announcement from St. Petersburg, to the effect that the ordinary traffic over the Siberian Railway is to be stopped from to-morrow, in order to leave theline open for military purposes, lends peculiar interest to an account of a recent trip over the(Straits Times, 1st February.) - 569 words
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Article777 1904-02-04 4 (Straits Times 2nd February.) The new Japanese cruiser which has arrived to-day is no harbinger of peace. Apart from its advent, however, and the announcement that General Kouropatkin will command the Russian land forces in the event of war, the situation is practically the same now as it(Straits Times, 2nd February.) - 777 words
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Article758 1904-02-04 4 (Straits Timely 2nd February So far we have received no information of any kind, with regard to a query propounded to Government some weeks ago, in respect of the commissions charged by, and paid to persons at home for Government billets in the Straits Settlements. We quoted the(Straits Timely 2nd February ) - 758 words
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Article614 1904-02-04 4 (Straits Times 3 rd February.) In view of the interesting trend of current events, and the extravagant cost of telegraphic communication between the Straits and the outer world, the public in these Settlements is naturally dissatisfied with meagreness of the news service which papers in this part of(Straits Times, 3rd February.) - 614 words
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Article2874 1904-02-04 5 (Straits Times 3rd February.) A Sufferer,” whose caligraphy is and whose plaint seems just, r whose English clearly indicates :!l at he lias been educated (probably ri der Government auspices) in this r rocressive British Colony, writes a letter on the subject of blocking the -.foot ways.(Straits Times, 3rd February.) - 2,874 words
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Article518 1904-02-04 5 New Straits Settlements 3 cent stamps have been issued. They are mauve-coloured. It is rumoured that Mr. Ho Yang Peng, the Chinese Postmaster of Singapore, will retire shortly. The British chartered transport Dilivara left for Southampton at 9 o’clock this morning, with a number of troops from518 words
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Article75 1904-02-04 5 The ventures just startd at London include the Bukit Rajah Rubber Co. f Ltd.—registered December 3rd, with a capital of .£70,000, in £1 shares, to acquire the estates in the district of Klang, Selangor, Straits Settlements, known as Bukit Rajah, Sungei Binjai, New Eskdale, Delabole, and Bukit Duku,75 words
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Article152 1904-02-04 5 With two wickets down for 150, the Englishmen continued their innings on the 20th. The weather was beautifully fine, and the wicket was in excellent condition. Warner, who batted steadily the day before and retired, not out, with his total at 79, failed to add another run152 words
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Article413 1904-02-04 6 This morning, S. P. C. 234 arrested t*o Chinese at Coilyer Quay with 240 Sigeons crowded into two baskets. light of the birds were dead. The men when before Mr. Seth pleaded guilty to a charge of cruelty. The birds were intended for a Chinese dealer in Market413 words
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Article301 1904-02-04 6 The rain which commenced on Saturday has kept up steadily and this makes the fifth day of continual downpour. Nearly all last night the rain continued to fall in torrents. The laterite roads are in a very bad state. The lower part of Chinatown is flooded, as301 words
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Article85 1904-02-04 6 Mr. Wilkinson, the Federal Inspector of Schools, has, it is reported, recommended to the Resident-General that the classes for the local junior i and senior Cambridge examinations in the Central School at Taiping he abolished, on the ground that there are few pupils in them, he being85 words
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Article307 1904-02-04 6 fH'nang Gazelle. Mb. and Mrs. Treacher, Mr. and Mrs Caulfeild, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Spooner, Mr. and Mrs. Hubback, Mrs. Travers, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. B. Shaw, Mrs. Tranchell. Mrs, H R. Shaw and Mr. Ingall, are amoDg Kuala Lumpurites about to go Home It is believedfH'nang Gazelle. - 307 words
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Article437 1904-02-04 6 The N. D. L. to Purchase a Borneo Steamship Line. Labuan 20 th Jan. It is definitely stated here that a rumour current for two weeks past is perfectly correct in substance, and that the North German Lloyd Steamship Company has purchased the Sabah Steamship Company, of437 words
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Article1048 1904-02-04 6 {From Exchanges.) Chinese Immigration. The Hon. Alfred Deakin, Prime Minister of the Australian Commonwealth, after consultation with Mr. Richard Seddon, Prime Minister of New Zealand, ha* despatched cable to the Transvaal Government as follows: —“Australia, utter years of experience of Chinese labour, is convinced that the prohibition of1,048 words
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Article718 1904-02-04 6 (From Exchanges). The currency change in the Bfcraits Settlements has wrought confusion on the £ast coast of Bumatra especially in Deli. There, Straits dollars form the ordinary circulating medium, in place of the current coin of Netherlands India. Old Straits and .Mexican dollars, which cannot be imported718 words
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Article98 1904-02-04 6 The Heawood Syndicate, Limited, was registered in London on December 14. Capital £2,250 in£i shares. Object, to acquire any mines, mining, water or other rights, privileges, and concessions, in Sungei Siput, Perak, Straits Settlements, or elsewhere in Asia, and to carry on the bueiifess of miners, explorers,98 words
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Article399 1904-02-04 6 Diiifiri to Prospectors. Thb Maitila Times warns goldseekers in the Philippines against the danger of venturing too far beyond army posts and the settled country. river with its manifold tributaries flowing from unprospected mountains possesses a charm that few seekers after the precious metal can resist, even at399 words
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Article87 1904-02-04 6 .Says the Kol>e Chronicle —There is a boom in Singapore pineapples just now. the demand having increased so greatly of late that it far exceeds the supply, and growers and shippers are unable to fill their orders. The next thing we shall hear will probably be that some87 words
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Article293 1904-02-04 6 For Singapore. Per P. <fc O. s. s. Australia connecting with the steamer Ballaarat at Colombo, from London Jan. 8, due 7th Feb.—Mr. and Mrs. Leresche,' Mr. ani Mrs M .'Arthur, Mr Q. Sellar, Mr. and Mrs. Warrack Mr. N. Dalrymole, Mr. E. C Morrison, Major J.293 words
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605 1904-02-04 7 I (China Mail.) K we still comes to hand, of the fate those who were on the Benjamin s vi//, which was dismasted in a •vrhoon and abandoned off the island f Hotel Tobago on October otb last. A in:i ne«e seaman named Aoki,605 words
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Article273 1904-02-04 7 > ekeni>ah, a mining town of great H 'uporrance at one time, is at its worst present, there being more than one- inJ of the brick buildings tenantless. B r ‘f this the landlords are holding prices Several mining engines are B ;1D r idle and as land273 words
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Article311 1904-02-04 7 The M. M. s s. Austr alien left Colombo at 5 p.m. on the 27th inst., and is due here on Monday at about 9 a.m. Mr. Alleyns Ireland’s stay in Hongkong is said to be likely to be lengthy, as it is understood that he is311 words
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Article224 1904-02-04 7 A Chinaman was yesterday seen at Collyer Quay holding a chicken with its wings twisted. A European caused the man to be arrested, and this morning he was sentenced to a month’s imprisonment without the option of a fine. The action of the gentleman in question is highly224 words
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Article203 1904-02-04 7 Requiem Service in Singapore. A requiem mass for the repose of.the soul of the late Bishop Fee was celebrated in the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd this morning, in presence of a large congregation. Being the official service, it was attended by representatives from all the203 words
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1360 1904-02-04 7 Blue Terror in Rochore District. The Animal Shot to Bits in a Coolie’s humble Cot. j Singapore enjoyed all the excitement and risk incidental upon the visitation i of a large loose tiger, at an early hour i this morning. From 51,360 words
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Article215 1904-02-04 7 There were the beginnings of a big blaze in Merbau Road yesterday afternoon, but promptitude and plenty of water averted anything serious in the way of a conflagration. Soon after four o’clock, an alarm of fire was raised at the works of Howartb Erskine Limited, the215 words
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Article144 1904-02-04 7 The Natuna and Flevo have been docked at Tanjong Pagar. The Dragoman has arrived with a cargo of about 5,000 tons of coal from Japan. Three other colliers are dne from Japan within the next few days viz Min, Alderney and Beatrice The Norman Isles has arrived with144 words
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Article648 1904-02-04 7 Successful Trial Trip Yesterday. The new steamer Sri Muar which was launched at Keppel Harbour on November 21st last, went for a trial trip yesterday afternoon. The Sri Muar was specially constructed at Keppel Harbour for Soon Keck, Ltd., and is to be placed on the run648 words
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Article189 1904-02-04 7 The phenomenal downpour of rain just experienced caused much inconvenience to the residents in Buffalo Road yesterday.. In the morning it was found that the road from end to end had all the appearance of a rushing river a foot deep. This was caused by the overflow of189 words
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Article761 1904-02-04 8 Sing&f ore Output in 1903. The shipbuilding and engineering supplement rf the Glasgow Herald, gives a very complete and instructive record of the shipbuilding of the world during 1903. Under the heading Colonial Shipbuilding there are the following comments Although Canada does not as yet produce very many761 words
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Article1316 1904-02-04 8 F. Enteric - (By F. Enteric.) AMEkicA has been described as a land flowing with ink and money. In the golden Chersonese on the contrary, outside the three old Settlements, it is doubtful if there are a dozen native authors, be it but of a letter to the vernacular press1,316 words
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Article451 1904-02-04 8 The Captain and the Junk. The other day, a Saigon paper stated that the master of the British steamer Telemackus had refused to help a French customs officer named Lafont who was drifting about on a junk which was afterwards cast away cn the coast. The master of451 words
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Article315 1904-02-04 8 (By A Lady Correspondent.) Qrxndelwald 31 st Dec. I have already been here a month, and there is so much going on that it is difficult to find time to give an account of each day’s doings. Grindelwald was under deep snow earlier than usual this winter. In315 words
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Article372 1904-02-04 8 Besides an Inspector of Steam Boilers and his assistant, provision is made for two Chinese Inspectors of Boilers for Selangor. The Negri Sembilan Government has subsidised the Straits Steamship Company’s boats for the conveyance of mails and passengers. During the present snipe season in Perak, which is372 words
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Article69 1904-02-04 8 For some time past a Commission has been taking evidence in Penang on the question of the disposal and proper administration of certain Mohammedan charities which have failed hitherto to fulfil the conditions on which they were originated. The Pinang Gazette understands that the labours of the69 words
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Article112 1904-02-04 8 In the early hours of this morning the native police Sergt. Major 0 f Rochore district came across a coolie in Gaylang Road who was bleeding profusely from a wound in the region of the heart The coolie said that at 2 a.m. a Malay man and112 words
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Article126 1904-02-04 8 Missing: Boat Picked up. Capt. Braat of the Dutch steamer Chow Phya which arrived here this morning reports that he picked up a boat on the N. E. coast of Singora containing Mr. Millard, the second officer, the purser, and six of the crew of the B. I.126 words
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Article173 1904-02-04 8 Reference was recently made— says the Home .and Colonial Mail (25th December)-to certain points which interfered with the satisfactory working of the Colonial Civil Service. The authorities seem to think there is room for improvement, for Mr. Dale, a Downing Street official, has been detailed on173 words
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Article381 1904-02-04 8 Yesterday, Teo Wah Poh, a servant in the employ of Capt. Baker, Adjutant S.V.C., was brought before Mr. Peacock on remand and charged (i) with erimma. breach of trust in respect of $3 (ii) witi leaving service without giving the usua. notice. On the first charge the mat381 words
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Article2696 1904-02-04 9 The final of the Warren Shield was played last Thursday on the Recreation Ground between H. Co. Manchesters and 62nd Co, R.G.A. There was a good number of enthusiastic spectators, mostly supporters of the teams, the public being again left in the dark as to when and where2,696 words
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Article231 1904-02-04 9 Lipis 23rd Jan. The 1904 flood has subsided after lasting a week. It has not come up in magnitude to the inundations of *****897 which lasted for nearly a month. The motor car from Raub has resumed the service to Lipis after a stoppage of but a couple231 words
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Article263 1904-02-04 9 This existence of the Seremban railway has greatly reduced the traffic along the road from Kajang. This road is admirably kept up within the Kajang district. From Semenyih to Bernanang it is fair hut from the latter place to Setul (in Negri Sembilan) it is bad263 words
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Article104 1904-02-04 9 Thk Natuna and Flcvo were undocked at Tanjong Pagar yesterday afternoon, and the Sambas and Karat docked in their room in the Albert Dock. The Norman Isles with a cargo of about 5,000 tons Cardiff coals was accommodated at Tanjong Pagar yesterday afternoon and the Dragoman with about104 words
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Article105 1904-02-04 9 I The Pinang Gazette says that Captain I McIntyre, the harbour master at Penang, went to Pulo Way with the object of taking notes of the new wharves at Sabang and the methods employed in working them. He also went with the idea of obtaining I some information105 words
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Article102 1904-02-04 9 At the recently held general meeting of the Taiping Branch of the Perak Rifle Association a very satisfactory state of affairs was disclosed. Colonel Walker presided. During* the course of the meeting it was stated that branches had been opened at Ipoh and Tapah, while a range102 words
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Article268 1904-02-04 9 There were heavv rains and floods at Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. The Selangor Turf Club is obtaining a batch of $700 griffins through Wool for the next meeting. One hundred and fifty-two deaths were registered at Singapore during the week ending on the 23rd January. The ratio268 words
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70 1904-02-04 9 Bombay 20th Jan. A telegram from Bombay dated 20th inst. states that on 19th Jan. SJr Benham, manager of Warren Circus, was bitten by a Bengal tiger on the hand and had a finger taken off. The same day Zernoni, the70 words
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Article233 1904-02-04 9 Tl!K following passenger* arrived here yesterday afternoon by the German mail steamer Srydlitz. From Bremen— Lieut. K. Haas, Lieut. J. Samuelson, Lient. C. Holt, Mr. Hart wig Jensen. From Rotterdam— Mr. W. M. Hoeffeltnann. From Antwerp— Mr. L. A. Pennock. From Southampton— Prince Duleep Singh, Mr.233 words
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Correspondence.
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Article365 1904-02-04 10 To the Editor of the Straits Time*.'* Sir, —In thanking you for the v*»ry kiui motives* which prompted you to notice my pluck in such eulogistic terms, in your issue of the 28th inst., I now hep to request the favor of your inserting the f blowing365 words
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Article297 1904-02-04 10 A Bright Outlook. A Manila contemporary gives an account of the experiences in Siam of Mr. C. G. Edwardes, of the Manila-Siam Mining Company, who is now in Manila after a year’s soj >urn at the plant of the company in Siam. Mr Edwardes it297 words
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125 1904-02-04 10 Mr. S. M. Farik to«be district officer, Province Clarke from December 23rd. Mr. R.G L. Horton to be district officer, South Keppel and superintendent of immigration, West Coast from January 1 st. Mr. F. W. Fraser to be acting Resident of the Interior from January 1st.125 words
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Article797 1904-02-04 10 The Crisis. The Daily Telegraph's correspondent at St. Petersburg *ay» that a recent Memorandum from Admiral Alexeietf, received at St. Petersburg, atrongly urged a temporary settlement by means of diplomacy, arguing that Russia s geographical position and military strength must, in the course of time, secure the status797 words
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Article179 1904-02-04 10 T>ie Shirley after putting out a portion of her cargo of coals, was shifted to the wharf of the Smelting Works at Polo Brani to discharge the remainder. The Ayr in daily due to arrive from Rangoon and is expected to coal here. The Thyra should also .arrive179 words
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Article1299 1904-02-04 10 Thk Singapore Municipal Commission met in the Municipal Buildings yesterday afternoon —Dr. Middleton, Deputy President, in the chair. The members present were Dr. Murray Robertson, Messrs. F. S Pooles, Rowland Allen, A. J. W. Watkins. A. Barker, C. J. Saunders, and Choa Guan Thye, and Messrs. J Polglase,1,299 words
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Article185 1904-02-04 10 A Javanese named Jayyoh, who said he was Mr. Braddell’s gardener, was sentenced to three months’ rigorous imprisonment for attempting to break into No. 16-1 Prinsep Street. For intimidation and attempting to extort money a Chinaman has been sentenced to twelve months. Two others got three months each.185 words
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Article319 1904-02-04 10 Horrors at Redjang Lebong Mine. An overseer at the Redjang Lebong Mine, Langguto by name, has just been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment at Batavia on a charge of ill-treating labourers at the mine. In this instance death resulted from the ill-treatment The evidence showed that lazy319 words
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Article348 1904-02-04 10 The various gangs of robbers that are roaming over different parts of Kinta have, in addition to the usual precaution of blackening faces, adopted the plan of tying up and blindfolding their victims. On the 13th inst., a band of five entered the house of a348 words
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Article133 1904-02-04 10 Capt. Garland master of the British India steamer Okhla explains, m reference to a paragraph published yesterday, that the boat’s crew from the Okhla were not actually picked up by the Chow Fhya off Singora, but that they themselves pulled to the ship They were naturally133 words
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Article362 1904-02-04 11 W 25th Jan. m k other Jay a Chinese water-carrier I jn a desperate hurry to supply somewhere iu town, so much so V u cidentally came in contact :i Chinawoman cn the road. A «*t the woman, taking offence at the carrier a thrashing. The ri attracted362 words
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Article267 1904-02-04 11 Mu. J. Hukkinshaw is returning to M»re from home this month. Tiff, D *li B ice Club have altered the ig* of their meeting to the 28th and i di M m h and Ist April. 4 i \< Kin audience witnessed the i dorm ti; re267 words
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Article71 1904-02-04 11 Hi n<; to the fall of a bridge eleven m A 11 'i tit miles from Singapore traffic ‘railway has been temporarily The bridge fell at "lo- k this afternoon, the collapse due it is thought to the B; u y rains of the past week. „'.-rs71 words
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Article97 1904-02-04 11 k iii-tty community in Singapore I their festival of Taipusam w ith great rejoicings. The u i is une of the notable events in Miaious calendar of the chetties, t 'd'»n this occasion many years W! lJl<i r >d Siva appeared to his s In imn lan form. In97 words
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Article184 1904-02-04 11 To the Editor of the “Straits Times Dear Sir, —Can you tell me what is the precise meaning of the mail signal which, when flying from the flag staff on the top of Fort Canning, seems to announce that a mail is coming in This184 words
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Article243 1904-02-04 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times.” Sir, I have no desire to he drawn into the “Tiger Hunt” dispute. Mr Darco Arianna’s bravatura letter, however, calls for a few remarks from me. To me it appears that his words are braver than his deeds. If he243 words
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Article192 1904-02-04 11 To ttie Editor of the Straits Time*'' Sir, —I have been enthralled with interest in your own account of the recent Tiger Hunt in Singapore, as well as the autobiographical experiences of those gentlemen who could refer to the episodes of the chase as matters quorum192 words
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Article183 1904-02-04 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —May I request you not to insert any more articles in tfie Straits Times of a nature similar to the problem in Bridge which your correspondent “The Pagan sent you under date of the 24th ult. It is183 words
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Article1173 1904-02-04 11 (From Exchanges). The Tzar and Peace. Viceroy Alexeietf has declared that it is the Tzar's will that ho exert every possible and honorable effort to preserve peace in the Far East. Advices from St. Petersburg are that the Powers urge Japan to maintain the same policy it insisted1,173 words
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Article502 1904-02-04 11 THE STEPHAN’S” TRIAL TRIP. The Fastest Local Boat. The trial trip of the Stephan, belonging to Towkay Loke Yew, took place on Saturday afternoon and proved extremely enjoyable. The vessel formerly belonged to the Governor of German New Guinea and was used for yachting excursions. Recently it was purchased by502 words
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Article107 1904-02-04 11 This morning Mr. Peaoock lined a Chinaman $25 for exposing for sale some pork which was extremely high.” Another Chinaman was fined 525 for bringing thirty-six unstamped letters into the Colony from Klang. They were addressed to places in China. Mutusami has been sent to prison 'or two107 words
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Article120 1904-02-04 11 About noon on Saturday, smoke was noticed to be issuing from No. 16 Arab Street. The premises are used as a shop by some Jewish residents and had been closed since Friday evening, Saturday being the Jewish holiday. The neighbours, Mahoinmedans, were the first to discover the120 words
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Article1297 1904-02-04 11 Some Notes on the Personnel of the Russian and Japanese Forces. It has been asserted by superficial critics that, although the Japanese warrior fought successfully against I China, the tables would be turned if I he were called upon to face an Euro- pean antagonist such as1,297 words
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Article141 1904-02-04 12 In celebration of the chingay festival, the various Chinese clans marched in procession through the streets of Singapore to-day. A great deal of bustle and hubbub was caused by the parade but considering the numbers engaged in the festival the noise was comparatively slight. There were *o141 words
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Article226 1904-02-04 12 Arriy t ki> yeHterday by La Scync, from Batavia: —Mrs. Tillier, Mr. de Knoblok, Mr, J. Condurier, Mr. and Mrs. Diez, Mrs. Laroche, Mr. Real, Mr. Thio-Tjee-Giok, Mrs. E. Judah, Mr. J. L. M. Sarkies, Sir. and Mme. \V. Bedier de Praire, Mr. V. Durand. Arrived to-day226 words
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Article284 1904-02-04 12 Wbather permitting the Band of the Manchester Regiment will play at the Botanical Garden 8 to-night, commencing at 9 o’clock. Splendid fetes Eire being prepared at Mcji and Tokio in honour of the crews of the two new Japanese cruisers Nvsshin and Kasuga. Mr. F. F. Nonis284 words
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Article80 1904-02-04 12 Arrived by the Australien, yesterday. From Marseilles —H. H. The Raja Muda of Sarawak, Messrs. E. W. Laporfce, Starey, Nardon, Dulac, Abdul-Aziz-EtFendi, Mr. and Mrs. Wurfbain, Mr. and Mrs. L A. van Litli, Mr. and Mrs. Burville-Urasset, Mr. Schi.it/. From Colombo —Mr. Maw and Mr. 43ilva. Left80 words
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Article105 1904-02-04 12 The competition for the silver cup presented by Capt. Peirce to be shot for by the winners of the monthly handicap 1903, took place on Saturday* on the •Balestier Range under very unfavourable conditions. The result was in doubt till practically the last shot, the prize eventually going105 words
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Article119 1904-02-04 12 It is understood that the Convent property at Kuala Lumpur suffered considerably from floods. It will be remembered that the previous gre.it inundation caused a largo amount of damage there. The other day a Chinaman at Seremban was sentenced to seven days’ rigorous imprisonment for absconding119 words
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Article197 1904-02-04 12 Bridge has Canted out of its Place. The breakdown on the Singapore* Kranji Railway reported yesterday is of a more serious nature than was at first believed. The engineer noticed that the rails at the bridge at the 11] mile were out of pdsition—spreading or twisted —and197 words
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1609 1904-02-04 12 JAPAN'S LATEST ACQUISITION IN WARSHIPS. ARRIVAL OF THE NISSHIN.” Captain Lea Interviewed. The new Japanese cruiser Nisshin, which was purchased at Genoa from the Argentine Government, arrived at Singapore this forenoon. The greatest interest has been manifested in the voyage of this vessel, along with her consort the Kasuga mainly1,609 words
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Article798 1904-02-04 12 As in England, when afflicted rheumatism, skin diseases, and oth* 11 the many ailments that flesh U h* one hurries off to take the watSl 1 Harrogate, Cheltenham, or wj 1 Spa, so in the Malay States theS? white man, thanks to the forethoui* the Government798 words
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Article1030 1904-02-04 13 Home. Mr. Arnold- Forster, speaking at Liverpool, ii<i that out of the ten millions voted to remedy the inadequacy of stores, 1,869 guns and stores for three Array Corps, with six month-’ reserve, had heen provided. He was convinced that the War Office Committees recommendations would he the1,030 words
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Article125 1904-02-04 13 To the Editor of the Straits Times n Dear Sir, I am glad to see that some one has taken up the cudgels in defence of Government billets being given to British subjects, but we have no need to go to the F.M.S. for examples. It is only125 words
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Article78 1904-02-04 13 To the Editor of the Straits Times. 11 Dear Sir, —The following particulars of Straits-grown Para Rubber, sold at public sale here to-day, may interest your readers Mark. Pkgs. Description. Price. MA) Fine Biscuits') JC j 7 rather dark j 4 6 lb 1 Inferior do. 4/4 178 words
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Article45 1904-02-04 13 For theft of property valued at 590 a Chinaman who had two previous convictions has been sent to prison for six months. Six months were awarded to Tan Yong Pang who was found hiding under a bed at No. 7 Teluk Ayer Street.45 words
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Article416 1904-02-04 13 The cost of providing Taiping with electric light is reported to have been estimated at £20,000. Mr. W. Hitchcock, of the Ceylon Survey Department, has been appointed a second grade surveyor under the Straits Government. Sergt. A. W. Kino, of the Gambling Suppression Dept., leaves for Penang416 words
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Article48 1904-02-04 13 Traffic to be resumed to-morrow. The work of repairing the bridge at the 11 i mile on the Railway is proceeding apace, and a temporary structure has already been so far advanced that it was announced to-day that through traffic will be resumed to-morrow morning.48 words
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Article78 1904-02-04 13 In addition to the British warships now on the way out, and about to be despatched to China, there is coming cut very shortly the sloop Clio,” of 1,070 tons displacement, for service on this station. The Clio” is quite a new vessel, having just been78 words
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Article63 1904-02-04 13 The SamttaB after docking and repairs at Tanjong Pagar, left the Dock Company’s hands yesterday. The Ban Voh Quan has been drydocked at Keppel Harbour. The wharf plan this morning showed 23 vessels alongside the wharvers at Tanjong Pagor and three in dock, while Keppel Harbour Section showed63 words
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Article91 1904-02-04 13 Ten Chinese of the Keh tribe broke into Ulu Johann, a mining camp, on the morning of the, 24th ult. and tied up six of the coolies. One of the coolies, however, escaped and called out for assistance. The coolies in the next camp chased the91 words
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Article187 1904-02-04 13 In 1898,.the Hongkong and Shanghai, Chartered and Spanish Banks at Manila requested the American Government to again permit the importation of Mexican Dollars, which was then prohibited. It is now stated that Mr. H. D. C. Jones, Manager in Manila of the Hongkong and' Shanghai Bank, during187 words
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Article294 1904-02-04 13 This morning, Ong Mah Poh was before Mr. Michefl in response to a summons issued at the instance of Insp Brace for infringing section 289 of the Penal Code by neglecting to take such order with a wild beast as should prevent danger to the294 words
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1149 1904-02-04 13 Congratulations from Kobe to Officers. Amid sheets of rain the Japanese cruiser Kasuga arrived at Singapore from Genoa yesterday ter noon, and anchored in the Roads near her consort the Xisshin. The Kaluga* showed few of the signs of hard weather that characterised the sister1,149 words
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Article139 1904-02-04 13 Under the Rontgen Rays. The occasional appearance of Lord Kitchener in public is a good sign that everything is going well with him, and that complete recovery from the effect of hie accident at Simla is now a question of a few weeks only, says the Calcutta correspondent139 words
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Article229 1904-02-04 13 .—Malay Mail. A correspondent at Kuang writes that a tiger entered a hut there the other evening and hit a Chinaman’s If g as he was lying asleep, and on the 28'U January the brute revisited the see) e and carried the unfortunate man off. His body was.—Malay Mail. - 229 words
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Article381 1904-02-04 13 Annual Exhibition. Ev*n the artistic temperament must have received a-eold-douche yesterday, when the annual exhibition of the Singapore Art Club, which was held at Government House through the kindness and hospitality ot Miss Taylor, was practically spoiled by the incessant and heavy rain which fell in the381 words
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Article445 1904-02-04 14 To the Editor of the Straits Timet." Sib, It is hard to account for A Cmistian Dummy’s fruitless attempt to solve the Bridge problem after such an tinconscious length of time trying. As to the genuineness of the problem there is no question. It strikes one that445 words
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Article205 1904-02-04 14 It is understood that H.M.S. Blenheim leaves for Hongkong oil Sunday, after receiving the P. and O mail. Her relief here will be the Eclipse which left Hongkong on Friday last and will probably be here to-morrow or Friday. The Eclipse is a second class cruiser of 5,600205 words
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Article128 1904-02-04 14 Two circuses—Harmstcn’s and Warren’s—arrived in Bombay and fitted up their plant on the Maidan. Warren’s troupe opened with a crowded house on the 19th Jan. Harmston’s from Calcutta was to open afterwards. The Municipality, however, served them with notices to quit at once, the materials of the128 words
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Article1214 1904-02-04 14 Co m mercial Possibilities of a Waste Product. An important paper dealing with the possible commercial uses of the seeds of the Para rubber tree, has been sent out by the Colonial Office. The report, to which reference has bee? made in a leading article in1,214 words
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Article231 1904-02-04 14 Disappointment at Hongkong. The following letter has been published at Hongkong:— Colonial Secretary’s Office, HongkongJ 23rd January, 1904. Sir, —I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of tbe petition addressed bcertain ladies of the Colony to the Cfficei Administering the Governmeit on the subject of the registration231 words
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Article177 1904-02-04 14 Towed into Perim. The beaching of the Chargeurs Reunis steamer Amiral Gueydon,” bound from Havre for Colombo and Saigon, on the Arabian coast, will be fresh in the minds of the public. She was bringing out locomotives and iron material for the new railway in Tonquin, besides177 words
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Article435 1904-02-04 14 Young Chinaman Show# How. •Many people find it a difficult matter to write letters. They sit down fully determined to finish the task in a few minutes, and then discover that they cannot even make a beginning. The thing is to first decide what435 words
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Article168 1904-02-04 14 Uader this heading ths follswiug abbreviation are awed:—sir.—stsaiuer; «b.—ship; bq.— barqus; »«h.—aehoonjer Ycl.—Yacht; Cru.— Crnisar; Gbt.—Gunboat; Tor.—Torpedo; H.p. Horne-powor Bril.—British U. S.—United States; Foh.—French; Gor.—Geriaas; Dal.— Dutch G.c.—Goaeral-cargo d.p. —deck passtager; U.—Uacortaia T. P. W. —Taajong Pagar Wharf T.P.D.—Taajong Pager Dock B. W.— Borneo Wharf "K.H—Keppel Harbour168 words
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Article890 1904-02-04 14 Arrtrals since Noon of Yesterday. Amherst, Brit. str. 135 tons, C/tpt Hunter 3rd Feb. From Teftik Anson, 1st Feb. G c. and 50 d.p. Wee Bin A Co. For T. Anson 5th -Rds. Brunhilde, Ger. str. 872 tons, Capt Selek, 2nd Feb. From Moji, 21st Jan. Coal.890 words
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Article737 1904-02-04 14 Name, part probable date of arm and name o f agents. Htbambks. Agamemnon, Liverpool, Feb 10; Mansfield Alboin, Bombay, Feb; Borneo Coy. Alesia, Hongkong, Feb 12; Behn Meytr Alting, Sourabaya, Feb 26; Daendelw Annam, Colombo, Mar 28; M. Maritimes Armaod Behic, Colombo, Feb 29: M. M Australien, Saigon,737 words
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Article157 1904-02-04 16 PASSED SUN DA STRAITS OR ARRIVED FOR ORDERS Fl G 4~i 1 |DaTB OF! DE8TIN- R«Dat* Rig Ship’s Nam*, j Captain. Sailing. Fromwher* ation. mabbb j Jan 14’Brit s.e. Urlana Allen Vov 27 London Batavia #f 14 Dut s.s. Malang Klein Nov 27' Rotterdam t Batavia i/jDut s.s. Bogor157 words
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Article1530 1904-02-04 16 m i r LAO t- xssbl’s Name i A 1 Tons j Captain From Sailed Consignee* L Jan' I 25 Lai Sang Brit str. 2225 i Tadd 'Hongkong Jan 20jBoustead and Co. 25 Atnbria Ger 8tr. 3*88 Duckstein Hongkong Jan 19 Behn Meyer A CO. 25 Hudson Brit str1,530 words
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Article1042 1904-02-04 16 J. I Date. .Vessel’s Name. Flag <fe Kio. Tohs. Destiiiatiox. I 1 Jan 27 i Ban Liong Dut str. 276 Cotie via ports 27 Bui Hang j Brit str. 1778 Hongkong 27 Ban Seng Qnan str. 498 Bangkok 27 Omapere Fort Bwettenhara and 27 Singapore *tr. 748 Bangkok 271,042 words
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