The Straits Budget, 12 May 1904
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Title Section90 1904-05-12 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE Olji THE “STRAITS TIMES.” tr\ A HUSHED OVEK HALF A CENTUKY Cable Address: Tims, Singapore. HTBAiTa Budget, 40 Certs. Straits Times 15 cents VOL. LVIII. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY C 2, 1904. No. 4212 ‘STRAITS TIMES” circulates law* ely in Singapore and Penang throughout90 words
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The Straits Budget. THURSDAY, 12TH MAY.
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Article50 1904-05-12 1 Kt.r.i: .o. -Dl the Gth March, at Scramble Hou-**,” Sandakan, the wife of P. Rrf.1T AG, •>fa 'laughter. Kino.—On the *Jsth April, at Kowloon, the W. King, of a son. Kovkrts N.— On the 10th May, at 38 i Road, the wife ot ALEXANDER {*< to i of a50 words
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Article250 1904-05-12 1 I.iyt«*v —Baker. —Ou the 30th April, at i.'hri-t ('hue.h Malacca, by the Hev. II. C. Hard, I'olonial Chaplain, Harry, eldest son of HaETa Lupton, M.R C s., Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, to Florence Mary, (Ruby) ••.'i!. daughter c»f the late*.John Baker, Ks</., I’enang. 11 i.i.—Baron. -On the Gth April, At Yokohan.j.250 words
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Article281 1904-05-12 1 Li Akticles. ,rr "-!^’.rn^r-. A u *ar. W ar. f rM :tt ‘1 th»‘ Pope. lr U,,, iikl iwibtin/. u H l M. I’roulW J* (Juotatiotkg. 1 |'**44 Ncwg, I.Ut. a l<> W* 1 Memoriet. r niD K to Bakers. North Boat Quay. Hiogtp re Football League.281 words
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Article297 1904-05-12 1 The Straits budget this week, is despatched by the P. &0. 8. s. Malta. the Budget next week, will be mailed by the B. I. 8. s. Zaida. The M. M. mail tor Europe by the Annum closed on Monday. The German mail from Europe by297 words
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Article616 1904-05-12 1 Singapore, I*th Mat, 1904. f»*MUGE. 1 (iamhie: f ft SO do (Cube No. unpicked 1E.00 Copra Baa 8 00 do Pontlana! 7 60 Pepper, Black 27.75 do White, (5%) 42 50 Sago Flour Sarawak 3.824 do Brunei No. > 3 10 Pearl Sago 5 154 Coffee, Ball, 15% haste616 words
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LEADING ARTICLES.
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Article940 1904-05-12 1 (Straits Times 4 th May.) An Ex-Govkrnment Clerk/’ whose letter we publish in anotner column 6ets forth the relative advantages and disadvantages of a local commercial career, and emplryment in the Straits Governraert Service, respectively, as judged from the standpoint of the Straits Baba. In view of the(Straits Times, 4th May.) - 940 words
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Article592 1904-05-12 1 [Strait* fiYtiet*, 5th .\tay Reuter's telegrams to-day draw far more ghastly picture of the slaughter of the Russians at the Yalu battle than could have been imagined I'rooi the facts and figures submitted ir the report of General Kuroki. Either the Japanese Commander is a great »ptimiet -which[Strait* fiYtiet*, 5th .\tay) - 592 words
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Article915 1904-05-12 2 J [Strait* Times btk May.) AoeoRWno to a paragraph that fiatT recently beau going the rounds of the home ptoers:—“ Mr. James Wickett, of Rrdruth, who his visited the Malay States, ani is officially connected with various illuvial tin mines there, gives it as his opinion that veryJ[Strait* Times, btk May.) - 915 words
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Article1337 1904-05-12 2 (Straits Times, 7 lh May.) The Russian position iu Manchuria, and especially in the Liaotung Peninsula, seems now so parlous that it may be regarded as one of peri). It is almost evident that Port Arthur is helplessly invested by sea and land, and, if that be so,(Straits Times, 7lh May.) - 1,337 words
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Article548 1904-05-12 2 (Straits Times 9th May Comment on the war despatches to- j day seems almost superfluous save j that one might proffer the opinion I that the mobilisation cf the Kharkoff and Moscow Army Corps, for the purpose of strengthening the Manchuria held force, does not seem premature(Straits Times, 9th May ) - 548 words
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Article525 1904-05-12 2 (Straits Times 9 tk May.) A ['he trumph of the Galilei-* ln« lasted for twenty centuries: ir i* r «.vv his turn to die. The mysterious v ?i. which once on the mountains of Frir.N announced the death of Pan. •»> announces the end ol that(Straits Times, 9tk May.) - 525 words
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Article790 1904-05-12 3 strait* 7 \mes 10 th May.) irIAl ii.iwelt is one thing—tiie ;r ot officialdom require it—but auch naivetS to endanger for "oment the professional standing ,tation of an innocent man, r i, e he a Government employee jurneyinan tinker, is a rank in* an act unworthy of astrait* 7\mes% 10th May.) - 790 words
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Article807 1904-05-12 3 (Straits Times 10 th May.) Is view of the fact that some people in this part of the world seem to think that the Russians are idolators because they reverence ikons or holy images, the following explanation of what the team ikon really signifies, as set forth in(Straits Times, 10th May.) - 807 words
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Article1484 1904-05-12 3 (Straits 'Times, \\lk Miy) Mr. Henry M. Stanley, whose death is reported by Reuter to-day, has enjoyed a career which, for romance, discovery and adventure, stands almost unique in the annals of the 19th Century. The distinguished explorer, though popularly regarded as an American by birth, was(Straits 'Times, \\lk Miy) - 1,484 words
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Article2686 1904-05-12 3 (Straits Times 11/A May.) Some months ago, attention was called in our columns to an inquiry conducted by a high law officer, under instructions from the Netherlands India Government, into alleged creel treatment of Chinese and Javanese coolies by planters in Deli. The stir was raised by one(Straits Times, 11/A May.) - 2,686 words
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Advertisement88 1904-05-12 1 Iftt- post free price of the Straits Times |S; year. The post free price 0 f \straits Budget is £20 a year. It not necessary to subscribe for a year. Tne-inscriptions* for shorter periods are the same proportionate rate of price as for h year. Ti e Stunts Budget can88 words
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Obituary233 1904-05-12 1 DEATHS. f n J. < )n the 3“th A]»ril, at the General 0 |»i r ;tl, Siuj-apore, of enteric fever, Mary ‘,'j‘ K i, u »te of Captain C. I*. BLUNT, R.A., o M iu H 1<M ujCcer. Straits Settlements. i the 3rd May, at Samarmda "t-- ha-t lioineo, Theoooke233 words
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Article164 1904-05-12 4 Mr. Ali-x. Johnston of the West Australian arrived from Australia via Ci/lm on the s.s. O'deahurg to-day en route for the seat of war. He proceeds to-night. A small bank at S»urabaya has been swindled out of 20 0 0 guilders by some sharpers who got that164 words
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Article121 1904-05-12 4 ihe section of North Boat Quay lyinz between Hill Street and North Bri»i**e R iad is occupied by rice traders’ gudowns and the place from an eariy uour till dusk is one of the busiest in the town. It is ever crowded with carts conveying grain to121 words
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Article322 1904-05-12 4 A disreputable looking Chinaman and a boy were, a few days ago, found in possession of a number of screw nuts belonging to the T. P. Dock Coy. Yeserday afternoon they were before Mr. Michell, charged with fraudulent possession. The boy said that the man had given him322 words
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Article87 1904-05-12 4 This morning, Insp: Ambrose had three Chinese before Mr. Beatty for importing about 900 Mexican dollars into the Colony in contravention of an order of H. E. the Governor made under section 6 of Ordinance XXIV of 1903. These men and the money were arrested yesterday morning87 words
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Article306 1904-05-12 4 P. O. Pei Palawan 8tb May :—Mr*. DunltM» Mr. Vylenbury, Madam Mazet, Miss Mazet, Miss Hodge, Mrs. BLck and children, Mrs. 'ook, child, infant, Mr. and Mrs. Barnet ind family, Mr. and Mrs. McKenzie, Mrs Kinder, and Miss Bush, Master Angus, Mr. Vic lklejohn. Per Malta 13th306 words
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Article606 1904-05-12 4 Nondescripts at Tanni. I The results or a ,t W( .J. r I matches were as f ll 0 9 beat Rangers 8-0 p! Y.MC-A. 3-1. Band and i, *9 Nondescripts 2-0. rurr -9 Record Ooal Scoring 1 The Rangers were only aH. I 7 men on606 words
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Article81 1904-05-12 4 At the Singapore As&izea I the Chief Justice (Sir Lionel Co?.: I siding —two cases were dealt wltf ft Chinaman named Tan Tua 4 *ft found guilty of housebreaking ar,a I sentenced to five years rigorou> ft scnment. Yap Guan was found e 1 using a forged document81 words
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Article145 1904-05-12 4 In January 1901, a Chin un-3. ...B ding to his own statement. jt I himself to be induced > I patriot who said be v.a** a ft Holder in the Opium Farm. in his hands $3,200 where'* 1 J purchase for him a $4,000 the simple man,145 words
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Correspondence.
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1236 1904-05-12 5 y 0 t h. Editor of the Straits Times/' is a matter of great impor- V to parents of small means and oge who have no property to leave to .T e ir sons, to consider what they should with their children who are1,236 words
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Article206 1904-05-12 5 To the Editor of the t: Straits Times.” Sir,— With Btat€ Hon’ble thecfc.Vi 11 Secretary, reported in your March sth, concerning my service as’ clerk and shroff in the Post Office Saving’s Bank, I beg to inform you that my said services were not dispensed206 words
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Article175 1904-05-12 5 In yesterday's issue it was noticed in a paragraph under Police News that a number of bakers, biscuit and cake makers were to be interviewed by Mr Michell. The hearing of the cases fully justified the interview and showed that this class of purveyors needs close watching.175 words
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Article47 1904-05-12 5 The following passengers arrived here by the German mail steamer Oldenburg to-day. From Genoa—Mr. and Mrs. H. Helnnch, Capt. H. Steermer, Mr. W. Kohn, Mr. W. Woi-track, Mr. M. Gro'»s. From Colombo—Mr. E. Bauer, Mr. A. E. Allen, Mr. 8. Jones. From Penang— Mr. Joseph.47 words
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Article2181 1904-05-12 5 The Story of the huinuin." From out Special (Jorrc9j»'Vtl*ni Chef,o, 9th ’April. The difficulties between the Press and the Belligerents have been acute for some time, but they have now led to the outbreak of hostilities, and the belligerent have attacked the pressmen, made some2,181 words
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Article1906 1904-05-12 5 Singapore Boating in 1864. From a Correspondent) Aidc are aoLxe mings mat e\ery man thinks he can do without instruction. Boating is one of those things. Playing the piano is not, though the »iory rung that an Irishman—was lie not a canny Scot ?—on being asked whether1,906 words
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Article302 1904-05-12 6 Thk report of the administration of this department for the past year has Deen published. The total strength of the force on the last day of the year aggregated 2,196 including 40 officers and BIS non-commis-sioned officers. This was however 38 3elow the sanctioned302 words
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Article63 1904-05-12 6 This morning the oil steamer Volute vas still anchored ofi Sultan Shoal, •'lie tugs Sunda and Mercury were Jnngside. It is understood *hat the ire, which is believed to have originated in the bunkers, was extinguished esterday. After discharging her cargo »f oil at Pulo63 words
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2078 1904-05-12 6 (Commercial Intelligence March 16.) The recent debate in the House of Lords has brought the office of the Crown Agents for the Colonies into considerable prominence, and incidentally brought to light the fact that the functions of the Crown Agents were shrouded in a(Commercial Intelligence, March 16.) - 2,078 words
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1692 1904-05-12 6 (From the Times. A circular despatch of the Secretary State, recently published a? a Parham*tary paper and reproduced in Thf Ttmt calls attention to a subject of muc h importance connected with the c**mnjerti» and financial business and Jeveiopmew' of the Crown Colonies and(From the “ Times. ) - 1,692 words
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Article294 1904-05-12 7 Secret societies gave very little trouble in the F. M. S. during la*t year. A considerable amount of information was gleaned by the Deputy Com mis sioner, Perak, with regard to the White and Red Flag Societies. The following is an extract from his report294 words
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Article296 1904-05-12 7 A Tale Of Failure. A brief history of the Kuala Lumpur Waterworks, given by the Malay Mail, shows that in the thirteen years since the work was started the sura of 3 676,853 has been spent, to say nothing of the cost in repairs, renewals, alterations,296 words
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Article386 1904-05-12 7 We hear that the damage done to the s.s. Volute by the fire in her bunkers has been estimated at £16,000. Liberian coffee does not go down with brokers at London. They find it too strong and with no quality to 8 peak of. His Excellency Sir386 words
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Article78 1904-05-12 7 The Hyiem Street C ase. The gang robbery case which commenced at Singapore Assizes yesterday morning was unfinished when the Court rose in the afternoon. It had been intended that the Hylam Street case, in which Joseph Maurice Somers is charged with the murder of a German, should78 words
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Article282 1904-05-12 7 Hongkong to Singapore. The following regarding the prohibi' tion of coolie immigration at Singapore is from the report of the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce for last year which ha9 just been published The Committee of the Singapore Chamber wrote in June last explaining the reasons which had282 words
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Article514 1904-05-12 7 The Charon was undocked at Tanjou*' Pagar on the forenoon of the 3rd inst. The Tringgarni which arrived from B. X. Borneo on the 2nd instant, landed about 30U tons tobacco. The Schuylkill cleared on the 2nd with her cargo of oil for Manila. The Knight Errant with514 words
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Article146 1904-05-12 7 Yesterday, a soi-disant Eurasian call- ing himself Ho de Souza was arrested for the theft of fourteen pairs of spectacles value $35 at the British Dispensary North Bridge Road. He resorted to many dodges to escape the vigilance of 8ergt. Connor while going round to fix his146 words
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Article512 1904-05-12 7 The Palawan has an Experience in the China Sea. Captain J. D. Andrews of the P. O. liner Palauan which arrived here from Hongkong yesterday reports having encountered an extraordinary cyclone in the China Sea. Luckily his ship suffered no damage, but the incident was most interesting from512 words
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Article167 1904-05-12 7 Mr. L. Jackson, the F. M. »S. Judicial Commissioner, in his report for 1903, shows that the principal work of the year consisted in trying persons charged with murder. Altogether 32 persons were tried for murder—fourteen at Kuala Lumpur, eleven at Taiping, two at167 words
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Article141 1904-05-12 7 On the 19th ult. Abdullah, a Malay, magician was arrested for cheating Haji Drus. This man had lost property to the value of $l5O. Abdullah led him to believe that he was able to recover losses of this kind, and he swallowed the bait. As a preliminary141 words
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Article1047 1904-05-12 8 A novel form of smoking concert, for modern Seremban, was held at the Seremban Club, on Saturday, the COtu of April. This concert was originally intended to have been got up to celebrate St. George’e Day, but the time that elapsed between the 1 idea and the day1,047 words
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Article474 1904-05-12 8 Monday, May '2nd The wedding of Mr. Harry Lupton and Miss Florence Mary (Ruby) Baker was celebrated at Christ Church* on Saturday afternoon Miss Nellie Howell was the one bridesmaid and Mr. Codrington acted as bestman. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. H. C. Izard. Nearly all474 words
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Article120 1904-05-12 8 Yesterday afternoon, a pony in a hackney carriage standing at Collyer Quay took fright while the syce was absent. It made a dash along the road, smashed two private rikishas and damaged a hackney carriage to the extent of $B. This morning, the syce was before Mr. Seth120 words
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Article1086 1904-05-12 8 The Wreck of the “Scotia.” A Marine Court of Enquiry was held at the Master Attendant’s office this morning to enquire into the loss of the Telegraph steamer Scotia which was wrecked on a reef near the entrance to the harbour of Guam while on a1,086 words
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Article348 1904-05-12 8 Lively Meeting. The annual general meeting of the Selangor Club took place on Saturday evening, eighty members being present. Mr. Campbell, the Resident, was in the chair. The balance sheet and estimates were severely criticized The system of farming out the bar and paying the “boys” wages was348 words
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Article462 1904-05-12 8 Yesterday the British steamer Courtfield arrived from Barry with 6 500 tons f co .1 for the north. It understood that H.M. S. Talbot, which has been outside cruising tor some time, has left for Penang. The British steamer Hydra arrived yesterday from Rangoon with a full462 words
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Article113 1904-05-12 8 We regret to learn that a teles has been received by the Netheri Gutta Pcrcha Co. here informing h of the death of Mr. Theodore Ik the agent of the Company at Cote the east of Borneo. The ceased gentleman was only abou: years of113 words
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Article115 1904-05-12 8 Y'esterday afternoon, Y'ong Let prosecuted ny Sergt. Taylor h: Mr. Howard for striking a fellow* man on the right eye with a brick. Soon Tee, an unfortunate Lui. driver at Ho Yang Peng 6 brickfit did not move smartly enough therefore he has almost lost the si115 words
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Article123 1904-05-12 8 Heavy Sentence for Gang Kcbbc At the Assizes yesterday afterc: the case in which five CiiinameL charged with gang robbery in ji. 8 lop in South Bridge 1 tnreatening the occupants with fo? was concluded before the ts Justice, Sir Lionel Cox The returned a unanimous verdict o:123 words
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Article122 1904-05-12 8 In last Tuesday’s issue there a Police Court report headed W lei Cases/’ It was shown Doilah was charge i 'y* r 1 c of a buffalo, (ii) with k*' within Municipal limits wi permission of the Municipal l *''JM sioners. On the first charge 9 fined122 words
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913 1904-05-12 9 Court Crowded with Interested Spectators. < if ‘H Mai: kick Somers, musical director of the Kanny Stanley Opera C( rflDbn y, was an signed ».n a charge ot Sr by oatii’nd the death of Frederick Warshurg, a German, before *j r913 words
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Article413 1904-05-12 9 Mr. W. P. Waddell Elected to the Legislative Council. A special general meeting of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce was held in the Exchange yesterday afternoon for the purpose of ascertaining the result of the vote on the motion proposed by Mr. VV. H. Shelford and seconded413 words
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Article263 1904-05-12 9 The Poeloe Miang was drv-docked at Keppel Harbour on the 3rd instant, and the Murcx on th“ 4i-h ide u at the same place. The De KDrk on undi»cked at Tanjonp t*atrar on the foienoon of the 3rd was shifted io the Borneo whart t-ectiou where she loaded263 words
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Article46 1904-05-12 9 Tufke is apparently a new lot o' counterfeit dollars in circulation, BritUl *nd Straus. These dollars are aim or* perfect in design, ring, and weight, bin to the touch they are easily dietin flushed by their soapiness, due probably to the quicksilver used.46 words
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Article750 1904-05-12 9 Mr L. C. Brown, the Inspector of Coco nut trees in the F.M.8., has sent in hi. report for 19u3—a record of hard worn and steady tra\el. Mr. Brown thus concludes his report. 1 find from the experience 1 have Lad here that the750 words
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Article157 1904-05-12 9 A Contributor to the Vinattg G izette is responsible for the following anecdote. Who has not been annoved at the telephone by Say* Tuan “s»apa itu lagi and again 4 Vaya Tuan When the telephone was first put up by the la»e -hiltan connecting the I*t»na157 words
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Article466 1904-05-12 9 Thk Bulletin of the Imperial Institute 1 Vol. II, No. 1) contains some in teres- j iig particulars concerning “gutta- j •erehas iroin the Straits Settlements/’ These samples of gutta-perchas were j forwarded trom Penang for the purpose »f ascertaining their chemical composi- i tion and commercial value.466 words
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Article213 1904-05-12 9 pH Secretary of the Ipoh Club. —Malay Mail. Various improvements have of late been made at the R ice-course at Kuala Lumpur. The drain all round the Course has been deepened and a nsw uitiet drain put in. lu addition to these, three rubble drains havepH Secretary of the Ipoh Club.—Malay Mail. - 213 words
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Article157 1904-05-12 9 Yeftekday afternoon, a boy and five men, all Chinese, were placed before Mr. Howard, the boy fur the theft of $2O t, some rings, bracelets, and hair ornaments, the property of hie mother; »he five men lor abetment. Mr Song Ong Hang appeared lor four of the157 words
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Article1019 1904-05-12 9 TREMENDOUS GATHERING AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE LAST NIGHT. Government House wore its gayest aspect last night, when His Excellency Sir John Anderson, Governor of the Sirai's Settlements, gave his first “At Home" to the people of Singapore, bucb so occasion was not to be neglected by1,019 words
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Article213 1904-05-12 10 flaji Mahomed S i rat was yesterday arrested by Insp. Tyrrell on the allegation of forging on the 15th October last, a mortgage for $3OO purporting to be signed by Sam bin Haji Abdulrahim in favour of Lena Muna Murugapa chitty. The man was placed before Mr. Howard213 words
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Article427 1904-05-12 10 cOth April. 1 laet about o 0 people consisting of the State Commissioner, the heads of sll the Government Departments anda r ew Chinese, Arab, and Kling merchants weie invited by Mr. W. A. Leach, the Railway Traffic Manager, to a railway tiip to Parit Tamil, the occasion427 words
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Article853 1904-05-12 10 It is not generally known that Aaron, the High Priest of the Jews, was a Scotsman! He must have been however, for we read in Exodus XXVIII. 40, that “they made him a bonnet and put it on him.” Whether it was a Balmoral or a Glengarry or853 words
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832 1904-05-12 10 {Commercial Intelligence 0 Apr*l.) The investigation into the working of I the Crown Agents’ department wtucb is being undertaken in the face of some difficulties by several Members of Parlia- f j ment has been interrupted by the Easter recess, but, as we were{Commercial Intelligence 0 Apr*l.) - 832 words
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Article142 1904-05-12 10 It is reported that the negotiations for importing a number of Griffins for members of the Selangor Turf Club have fallen through. A widow, of an Indian Mutiny veteran At axwinster has just received her busbnad s i-hare of the Delhi piize-money 1 587 A subscription list142 words
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Article127 1904-05-12 10 Last rvcrht, Professor Leopold gave an entertainment to a crowded audience at Tanglin. The performance was of a variety character and gave \rr merge Siti&factinn. It opened with a vaudeville. A. W. Kurraan then sang comic *nngs and was loudly encored. Miss Dora Gray sang Close vour127 words
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Article141 1904-05-12 10 Four miserable specimens of Chinese humanity were before Mr. Howard, yesterday afternoon, charged with possession and administration of morphia by injection in a house iu Victoria Street. Evidence was given showing that one of the defendants was caught in the act of bolding a hypodermic* syringe in one141 words
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Article342 1904-05-12 10 Lipis, 2nd May. The Resident-General, Mr. W. Hood Treacher, c M g accompanied by Mr. F J. B Dykes, the Senior Warden of Mines, came into Lipis by special motor-car on the 27th April, and was driven up to the Residency where a guard of honour of Sikh342 words
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Article1220 1904-05-12 10 Friday, May, 6th. PRE8EKT. Bis Excellency the Governor, Sir Anderson, k.c.m.g. Johr Hon. F. G. Penney (Colonial Treaanrer) Hon. E C. H. Hill (Auditor-General) Hon. A. Murray, C.E., m.i.c*. <r„| 0nU Engineer). Hon. G S. Murray. Hon. Tan Jiak Kim. ABSENT. H. E. (Jeneral Sir A. It. F1,220 words
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Article98 1904-05-12 11 jl jiidree for a boundary stone in ■xgapore is now one dollar. At ■=wnc and Malacca it is 84 cents. Mr J C Hermansen acts as consul W’ Denmark at Singapore during the Bkenre of Mr S. God. Mr R Hemtze is in charge of the Kcniulatee of98 words
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190 1904-05-12 11 H‘Bt Honorary Secretary of the raider* and Prisoners’ Aid Fund"’ ■®aowledpt> with thanks the following received:— K;.r,? ir 1 J .°f ln Anderson, k.c.m.g. $3000 T l\»ylor, o.h.g 20/T I h C. Hiil 25 00 I,-/-, IV w lri ;K Lfc( l- ..26.00 K E,,190 words
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Article919 1904-05-12 11 Tub usual fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held at the Municipal Office yesterday afternoon Dr. W. R C. Middleton, Deputy 1 resident, presided and there were aiw, presentMessrs. D K. Somerville A B »rker, Lee Choon Guan, Choa Gianr Tnye, C. J Saunders, Dr. Murray Robertson,919 words
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Article1169 1904-05-12 11 THE DEFENCE. The Hylam S.reet tragedy occupied the uhiet Justice, sitting at the Assizes, the full day yesterday. The greater part of the sitting was taken up with the evidence for the prosecution, which concluded at 3 45 p in. Mr. R tine prop jsed that1,169 words
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Article3341 1904-05-12 11 (By larahand and U'd Von.) We were glad to read the very sensible I letter on “Racing in the Straits,” written by “Dawn,” in the Straits Echo and as we laid the paper down we regretted that so few people in our small part of the world held3,341 words
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Article462 1904-05-12 12 The German steamer Singora arrived from Bangkok yesterday with a cargo of rice Mr. D. Beatty arrived from Christmas Island in the as. Inlander this morning. A Chinese deck passenger died from heart disease on the 1m Seyne on Saturday and was buried at sea. The P.462 words
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Article71 1904-05-12 12 Capt Wilson oi s.s. FUvo which arrived here on Saturday afternoon f rom Kuantan, reports that while crossing the bar at Tahak on the •nornine of Saturday, April 30tb, the -hip grounded in about seven feet of '•ater. On May 3rd she was successnlly floated and71 words
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Article623 1904-05-12 12 Skey-Abrams. Ore of the prettiest weddings which have been seen in Singapore for sometime was celebrated at St Andrew's Cathedral on Saturday afternoon when Mr. Wilfred Noel Skey was united in matrimony to Miss Maude Constance Abrams, daughter of Mr. H. Abrams, Singapore. The Cathedral had been beautifully623 words
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Article147 1904-05-12 12 It is notified that Government intends to resume specified pieces of land lor making a road from Tai ji.ng Katonc to Gavlang Hoad. The cultivation of tapioca and gambier on lands in Malacia held unoer customary tenure is now forbidden except under specified conditions. Over two acres of147 words
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Article648 1904-05-12 12 Description of the Closinr Scbu. I Court. The trial of Joseph Maurice i on the capital charge of raur j sr i concluded on Saturday at the Si r g Assizes. Not for a very conaXM time ha a °y trl *l in Singapore eiiciS so much648 words
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Article184 1904-05-12 12 Last week, Chief Det: I°*? Perrett prosecuted a Chinese y oU 2 named Long Kim Boon for thett, a* servant, of nine bottles of port wine, property of Messrs. Lartwig and to the 20th ult. Otto Muhlenbein of Hart* and Co. said the defendant was a w184 words
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2648 1904-05-12 13 • m* ii'slat'i - 9 > t. m* ii'slat'i, Author of I/*'-- 1'vhnization, itv > i he >trahs Settlements. -unit.'* r-cttlementH consist oi the oi Singapore and Penang, Pro Wellesley, and Malacca, together i i*• w small islands of no present rtance; and the colony owes its un‘3‘1,,,,une2,648 words
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1435 1904-05-12 13 To the Editor of the titrait* Time*.” Sir, Having had a great deal of practical experience as a clerk in various offices in both services (Government and Mercantile), I i.atter myself that I am not altogether incompetent to judge as to which is the1,435 words
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Article306 1904-05-12 13 A Tall Order lor one Man. A CoRKEfilH 'NDKNT wrues »Sino*.* Chief Detective Inspector Ptrieti joined the Straits Police Force, he hns been variously engaged in orvanizuig the Criminal Investigation Dt.j art,/itnt; making the acquaintance of all tins bad characters in Singapore; pacing attention to banishment cases306 words
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Article508 1904-05-12 14 Wk regret to announce the xleath, which occurred on Saturday, of Captain Aadre* 8 her we! I Bask, v President of Merchant Service Guild, W»rt a wall-known figure in local seafaring circles. Captain Busk seemed in 'the of health a week ago, but on Tnesd.iy last508 words
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Article225 1904-05-12 14 Another Murder Tr'al. At the Singapore Arises to-day—be-fc;t the Chief Justice, Bir Lionel Cox—a Chinaman was brought up on a charge of having murdered a woman .named Lam Ah Hiap, the wife of Yussoh, on the 14th of February last. The story has already been given in detail225 words
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Article72 1904-05-12 14 Thb l\nan Q Q„ z .tte understand? r!r\,u- reroe t 0 the demand’ w* Chinese to emigrate to the that the fitr*its Governtaunt is considerably exercised over the pijjpecfc of a dr«in being put aiywtmt is even now n far f om adequate sufqdy o' labour for72 words
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107 1904-05-12 14 Chartered Bank Manager Sued. It may he remembered that Chin Hok Chong, who w is a clerk in the Chartered Bank, at Bangkok, was charged a little time ago with having forged and uttered a cheque for 12,000 ticals In the name of Phya Riddlii,107 words
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Article103 1904-05-12 14 The Snlfordia nflcr patting out her cargo of coals at the wlia-'f. left f r the roads oo the otb instant. Toe Gkhla com leted discharging her cargo of coals last night and left this morning. The Sarawak Government yacht Zahora on being undocked at Tartjong Pagar on103 words
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Article155 1904-05-12 14 The result c f t* e competition for the Monthly Medal, played for on Saturday last, was a* billows J. H. D. Jones 47 45 8 84 W. VI. Sime 44 42- 2 84 Sir K. F. Dm-ward 49 47—11 85 h. Scoular 48 51 —14 85155 words
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Article411 1904-05-12 14 Mr A. Combes has been appointed Chief, Surveyor in charge of the proposed railway extension through Johore The many friends of Count d’Abbans in this part of the world will be interested to learn that he is now Consul for France at Dantzig. The F.M.S. yacht Esmemlda411 words
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Article77 1904-05-12 14 Yesterday, 4h, European appeared before Mr. Michell in the Summons Court in response to a citation issued at the instance of a Chinaman, to explain why he had used criminal force towards him or, in other words, punched the Chinaman. After hearing the complainant, and defendant’s counsel77 words
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Article91 1904-05-12 14 This popular establishment is showing unmistakeable signs of its new management; and, though the Syndicate has not yet commenced building operations, the inner man appreciates the change that comes of a new and experienced European chef. A tiffin at the Europe, with cool "fass r beer on91 words
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Article129 1904-05-12 14 On Sunday night a European seaman engaged a 'rikisha to take him to Johnston’s Pier, lie went to sleep and was aroused by feeling the puller’s hands about his. neck trying to remove a chain. He told the man to go on. When they reached Tanjong Pagar129 words
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Article257 1904-05-12 14 With the approval of the Education Department of the Straits Settlements, Mr. C. M. Phillips, Headmaster, Raffles School, has published A Text-bogk of the Malay Peninsula. It combines within itself all the advantages of a history geography and commercial intelligencer of Malaya. The hard facts which the257 words
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Article257 1904-05-12 14 Mr Hox e Succumbs to Burns Receiver through a Lam* Accident. We regret to learn that Mr. C. K. Hoxie, the, young American resident who was seriously burned by the explosion of a lamp bn April 26th*, siiocunibed to his injuries at the General Hospital yesterday afternoon. Mr.Hoxie257 words
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Article849 1904-05-12 14 Being the Bpiiotffc «f Padre and a Soldier. A WfeLL known Roman Catholic •lergyman went out for a stroll on •Saturday evenir g at about 7-30 o’clock, and was ahgotled between his metliiatlons and bm post-prandial cigar, when an utiti&u d spectacle dissipated his reveries. Under the fitful849 words
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Article706 1904-05-12 14 Wat Ah Thye was on Fridav d{ noon before the Bencn Court charge of buying a Chinese n >| r> January last, for immoral purpoU-' ll short time ago, the girl made A plaint to Mr. Barnes, Asst of Chinese. The accused i :i j lrr admitted all706 words
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Article153 1904-05-12 14 iHE Water Department Jjaw o mer.ced pumping water into the Hill reservoir, hut 33 the avdlabk* pumping apparatus is insiitti«'’* tt t work this and M«*unt. Sophia re?erv< Mr at, the same time, Pearl’* Hill can attended to a* night cnlv. and even then only if watfr153 words
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Article154 1904-05-12 15 I Alleged Fabrication of False I Evidence afternoon, Mr. Hose, the B r 7jvV’ibliC Prosecutor, referring to W of attempting to fabri-. B* ’’j 'jl e evidence brought again9t and that of otiering an B 1 i -rraiitieation brought against Eu- \]j -niii he s154 words
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Article194 1904-05-12 15 farin' the small hours of the 1st inst., tr o? of the Marine Police under 1 Tvab bin Lama were going round B b»a’t Alien they approached a boat BU TW0 men in it. Thin boat was to stop, but the occupants declinB and tried to get194 words
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Article407 1904-05-12 15 I Accus d Sentenced to Death. I Ihe trial of Lim Fah on the charge Hr murdering a Chinese woman nine Hailes from Singapore city was con■imvd at the Assizes to-day, before the Bhief Justice, Sir Lionel Cox. At the outset, his Lord-hip remarked Bia: much rested407 words
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Article498 1904-05-12 15 The Italian cruiser Vettor Pisani left homeward bound yesterday afternoon. Thk Deli liailway Company hag just distributed a dividend of ten per cent for 1903 The German transport Silri» s vrith troops on board, left for WUhelmsbaren ibis forenoon This morning three Chinamen were arrested on board498 words
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Article86 1904-05-12 15 Chua Chu Kang Murder. Before the Chi* f Jos’ice, Sir Lionel Cox, and a special jury, How Soon Peng and Tan Soo Chung were tried to-day on a charge of murdering a woman in the Chua Chu King district. Full details of the charge have already been published86 words
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Article91 1904-05-12 15 To the Editor of the Strait* Time —Atn.ut a year ago Government voted a sum of money for a new lighthouse on the one fathom bank, Straits of Malacca, to replace the present old light which i 3 noi of much use to shipmasters, but the old lighthouse91 words
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Article469 1904-05-12 15 The Deli Courant of the 6th instant contain** an account of Sabang in Pulo Way Ironi the pen of a recent visitor He describes Sabang as showing ever) sign of improvement. At the date ol his visit, there were eighteen vessel* in port. Progress was manifest on all469 words
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Article330 1904-05-12 15 The Arnctrci left Hongkong on the tith inst., and is due on tne lull with cirgo. The Sueoia on arrival from Hongkong last wtek discharged i»lo lighters her Hongkong c«rge and mutches from Japan. The»>e were afterwardn bent to the Borneo wharf to be warehoused l ending delivery330 words
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Article1150 1904-05-12 15 The results of'the 'League Matches since last week are as follows: —S.V.I. drew with Y. M. C. A. O-O; 62 Co. beat Rovers 2-1. Raffles beat Rangers 1-0; Band and Drums drew B. Mate O. O. A Stern but Bloodless Fight* The first League match yet played1,150 words
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Article153 1904-05-12 15 On the evening of the 3lst Marco Mr. Ankerschmidt of 6 Malacca Street was approaching Cavenagh Bridge on a dog-cart from the Post Office side Sergt. Thrale made a. sign for him to fall in with the procession He obeyed, but after passing the police officer, he broke153 words
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Article398 1904-05-12 15 Few and f ir between are the oppoit unities of heating Italian opera in Singapore, and it is well that when the chance comes the artists should receive such a reception as may induce them to return. Last night the principal artists of the Balz* fiore398 words
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Advertisement101 1904-05-12 15 LAND SALE. The following properties were disposed of by auction at Powell k Co/s saleroom yesterday: Leasehold land k shophouses thereon known as Noe. 30-3 k 30-4 Almeida Street, area 1,917 sq. ft.,, held under d’Almeida’s Leases /or 200 years, quit rent $4, bought by Lee Sian Yeok for $8,000,101 words
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554 1904-05-12 16 ENGLISH SOLDIERS ITALIAN SEAMEN. YK8TKBDAY, three Europeans, Privates i. Curran, P. McCarry and W. Peek of {he Manchester Regiment were befjre the Bench Court on the allegation of bavir g on the evening of the inst. robbed a peaman named Leonardo> L*va <rf the Italian warship VeiU*r l\sam of the554 words
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Article386 1904-05-12 16 Arrivals. Thk following passengers arrived per s. s. La Seyne, onthe8ih May. From Batavia—Mr. and Mia. H. Lamberg, Mr. A. Stoop, Mr. and ftlra. Verms, and three children, Mr. and Mrs. G. Gueland and two daughters, Mr. Paillot, Mrs. A. Polderntan, Mr. C. E. Evans, Mr. W.386 words
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Article826 1904-05-12 16 The General Manager’s Report for the month ending on the 23rd April runs as follows: The mine measurements, and assay results of prospecting work, prepared h> the mine manager, show a total of 295 ft for the period (4 weeks) under review, made up of 8826 words
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Article1747 1904-05-12 16 The following article has been contributed to the Field by Mr. H. H. Ilipwell. Ajer Buaia Bernang (teach a crocodile. to swim) is a favourite Malay retort, but* only those who have seen the wily’ saurian whirl off a mud bank into deep water, splashing1,747 words
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Article97 1904-05-12 16 Prevention in the F. M. S. Tre State Councils of Perak and have j'iet passed a much needed “Preven'ion of Cruelty tr mimsls Enactment/’ the principal '>p<»rative section of which run* time ‘Every person who shall cruelly heat •II treat, torture, overdrive or overload, or cau«e or97 words
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Article663 1904-05-12 16 War Rejoicings. I (From ti i.'orrespOftfeHi i I That patriotism and loyalty u* I important part in the every-day ft. 4 the Chinese of Kuala Lumpur has f.l amply proved recently. After tk<break of hostilities between R Japan when some of the J captured and killed,663 words
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Article110 1904-05-12 16 The case in which a retire i ge! miner named I.iew Kim K'j ff 3 that he was caj »led out r j men named Chin Boon Lurnc o rf ct Kai Lim aas aga»n 1 efore Court yesterday afternoon. -ons who appeared for t Liang took110 words
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324 1904-05-12 17 Hifth List of Subscribers, amounts previously acknowledged 3,097.70 Mr. end Mrs W. H. Williamb. Armstrong 50.00 g iiendry 50.00 T Qawthorne 5U.00 K .Suphen 30.00 Anthony 25.00 A Coenen 25.00 K buttery 25.00 t) kon 2o.00 K c*. Co 25.00 Capol 25.00 ;p.,324 words
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Article37 1904-05-12 17 •l'*!'. neux, the Hon. Becre- 'Vtnkhana Club, kindly the Committee of the > afternoon and the presented, accepted and —the Balance remaining 1 iyvnklianas was s3o6jf[s f lodged in the H. and K. it r a37 words
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Article109 1904-05-12 17 or Singapore. > Hr>t nmia, connecting liallaurat at Colombo, c v JVl April 15, due 15th May—Mr. W. Bnilcy. Mr. H. Young, V K r»ullay, W. Taylor, L. W. Odell Mra. Cuacaden. Macedonia, connecting ifV r Chusan at Colombo, if ‘jy. due 27th May A; i:s Hicbct,109 words
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Special Telegram to the “Straits Times.”
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Article71 1904-05-12 17 Bndt Mav 1 he Russians have been disastrously i.r Chulien-cheng, opposite W iju They stampeded to tcrty miles distant, the same day. Two Russian generals were killed Twenty pieces of cannon were captured by the Japanese. 1 he Japanese forced the passage of the river aided by71 words
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Article61 1904-05-12 17 Tokyo, sth May 11.50 am. Nine steamers have been sunk at Fort Arthur and the entrance is reported to be completely sealed. Shanghai, jtk May Chefoo reports that the Japanese made another attempt to block Fort Arthur on the 3rd inst.. The attempt was a failure, eight61 words
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Article19 1904-05-12 17 The rumour that the Japanese landed at New-chwang on the morning of the 3rd inst., is not confirmed.19 words
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Article182 1904-05-12 17 London sth May. A Faris telegram of May 4th state? that General Kuropatkin, in his official report, gives the following explanation regarding the Russian reverse on the Yalu: During the engagement the Japanese directed their principal effort* against the Russian loft wing which was composed of only182 words
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Article76 1904-05-12 17 'lokyo 6th May, 2 15 pm it is officially stated that a uetacl meat of tlie army is being successtulh landed on the Liao'ung Peninsula. The enemy has offered no resistance. The fleet is co-operating. Shanghai 6<h May, 5 25 p in A Chefoo despatch reports »hat76 words
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Article17 1904-05-12 17 Tokyo 8th May 5 25 p.m. Feng-huang-cheng has been occu pied by the Japanese*17 words
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Article23 1904-05-12 17 Shanghai 7f& May 5.32 p.^rr. A Chefoo telegram reports that the Japanese landed at Talienwan and occupied Dalny yesterday (Friday).23 words
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Article56 1904-05-12 17 Tokyo, 7lh Muy, 4 65 pm. It is officially reported that Port Arthur is practically sealed. Many lives have been lost. Admiral Togo surmises that only the smallest vessels can now leave the harbour. Tewing 10 th May. Mr. J.M.B. Vermont, c.m.g., died here to-day. He had56 words
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Article53 1904-05-12 17 Penang 11th M ay. Mr. Vermont’s death was caused by a carbuncle cn the back of the neck. His funeral was held here this afternoon and was largely attended. The Government officials were present, and numbers of people of all ranks, creeds, and races53 words
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Article58 1904-05-12 17 A committee, composed of representatives of the chief Government offices has been appointed to consider what subsidy is likely to be required f»r th") British steamship service to East Africa. The question of what contributions the British possessions interested in the steamship service should makt towards the58 words
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Article35 1904-05-12 17 In replying to the complaint made by the Porte that Turkey was not con suited with recur*-, to the Anglo-French agreement, Britain declares that Turkeye right to the suzerainty over Kgypt remains unaffected.35 words
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Article66 1904-05-12 17 An official despatch from Tokyo reports that the Russians fought bravely to the la9t, during the Japanese pursuit of the Russians cn the Ist in8 300 additional casualties were added t j the Japanese losses. The prisoners, u ho number 30 officers ancl 300 men, state that General66 words
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Article32 1904-05-12 17 Telegrams from Port Arthur received at St. Petersburg describe a fresh attempt to block the harbour yesterday -vening. It is asserted that eight hulks have been sunk.32 words
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12 1904-05-12 17 iwo Japanese torpedo boats were badly damaged.12 words
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Article45 1904-05-12 17 It is generally believed that the Japanese will utilise the favourable impression produced by the victory ol the Yalu to issue an external loan. Strong rumours are current in London and Paris that such an idea is likely to oc carried icto effect.45 words
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Article20 1904-05-12 17 Renters Tokyo correspondent wires that the Russian gunners destroyed the breaches of their guns before surrendering.20 words
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Article47 1904-05-12 17 Reuter’s correspondent at Tokyo states that the greatest demonstration v-li' l: ha- been witnessed since tie outbreak ci the war took place when news of the Japanese victory at the Yalu was received. Thousands paraued celebra ng the victory, and flags fluttered from every buiyieg..,.47 words
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Article31 1904-05-12 17 Mr. Brodrick stated thit the cost of •he Seistan Boundary Commission is estimated at Xd.UOO sterling p p r month, which expense would devolve upon the Indian Revenue.31 words
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Article38 1904-05-12 17 London 5 th May, The Daily Chronicle Cht-foo correspondent v\ires that tee Japanese landed tro »pa at Yinkow on Sunday, and *tta« ked and took Newchwang on Mondiy evening. The Russians retreated to protect die railway.38 words
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Article26 1904-05-12 17 No news of the fighting on the Yalu .vas published at Petersburg until late on Tuesday night when General Kuropatkin’s despatches weie issued.26 words
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Article124 1904-05-12 17 Later. The result of the Chester Cup was as follows Sandbo I Mark Time a Throwaway j [Sandboy is by Ravensbury, dam Sana blast. He ran in five events last year as a three-year old,getting third in His Majesty’s Plate, Sandown, in June the Royal Plate, Phocinx124 words
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Article34 1904-05-12 17 Keuter learns that the fighting (at Illig) mentioned in the despatches of the 27th April improved the position of the Mullah, the friendly Mijertains having failed to check him as anticipated.34 words
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Article35 1904-05-12 17 His power is by no means gone yet, a 8 he has still 1,500 rifles. The British troops are withdrawing to the coast, owing to the breakdown of the transport.35 words
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Article13 1904-05-12 17 Japanese cavalry have been sighted to the south-east of Feng-huang-cheng.13 words
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Article64 1904-05-12 17 London 5th May. A despatch received at 8t. Peters- bure from General Kashtalensky disposes of the statement that he dead. He reports that the Eleventh Regiment held its ground fi>r two hours, and finally cut its way through the enemy* line?, with the cofburs. The regiment lost its64 words
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Article25 1904-05-12 17 Reuter’s Tokyo correspondent wires that the reported successful blocking of Port Arthur led to a great populai demonstration in Tokyr yesterday.25 words
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Article35 1904-05-12 17 The Tokyo correspondent of the Daily Telegraph wires that the transport steamship carrying the foreign military attaches, including Sir lan Hamilton, struck a roek.and that the attaches were transferred to another steamer.35 words
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Article42 1904-05-12 17 The British Cotton-Growing Association has decided to apply lor a Royal Charter. The capital of the concern is to be X6G0, 000 in r>00 shares of XI, 000 each and there are to be no profits for the first seven years.42 words
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28 1904-05-12 17 Later Reuter h correspondent at St. Petersburg states that the Japanese iieei appeared behind the Liaotishan Promontory at Port Art! ur to-day.28 words
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Article35 1904-05-12 17 Japanese transports with troops have arrived at Pitpewo wPh the object of landing. [Pit-se-wo, or Pit-su-woh, is on the south coast ot the Liaotung Peninsula about 100 miles east of Port Arthur.]35 words
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Article31 1904-05-12 17 Viceroy Alexeieff. by Imperial Ukase, has left to rejoin the active army, and the command of the fleet at Port Arthur has been temporarily entrusted to Admiral Viteert31 words
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Article27 1904-05-12 17 Reuter’s correspondent at Tokyo wires that General Kuroki reports that a careful search of last Sunday’s battlefield revealed £OO additional dead and wounded Russians27 words
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40 1904-05-12 17 Louden, sth M‘l;; The motion or Seely tc adi jurn the House of Com mens or the ground of the ill-treatment of natives on the Rand, was negatived by a vote of 213 to 150.40 words
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Article43 1904-05-12 17 The special correspondent of ;he D< 1 ly Chronicle at Shan-hai-kwan wires •nat much uneasiness prevails there owing to the fact that Russia intends to despatch troops to the neighborhood of Shan-hai-kwan, in order to get behind the Japanese approaching Newchwang43 words
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19 1904-05-12 17 The Chinese are strengthening their garrisons and moving 40,000 troops nearer to the Great Wall.19 words
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Article67 1904-05-12 17 London 8th May Reuter's correspondent at St Petersburg wires that General Pftug reports that the Japanese landed at Pitsewo, from sixty transports, on May 6th. They also landed at Capo Terminal (Kinchau) under the guns of their warships. The Russian poets retired. Ten thousand Japanese had landed67 words
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Article21 1904-05-12 17 A train crowded with sick from Port Arthur was fired upon by the Japanese, and had a narrow escape.21 words
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Article34 1904-05-12 17 Later. The Pojfc sent France a formal protest couched in strong language against the bead of a Catholic State visiting the Quifinal. France replied refusing absolutely to entertain the protest.34 words
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Article55 1904-05-12 17 London 7th May. Reuter’s Tokyo correspondent wires: Admiral Hosoya reports that the Japanese warships and transports arrived at Liactur g. The bluejackets landed and seized the lulls without firing a shot. Meanwhile the gunboats shelled the%nemy who were a few of the Seventh Division of the Second Army55 words
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Article90 1904-05-12 17 The same correspondent states: General Kuroki reports that during the panic of the Tuvian retreat on Sunday, a large body of Russians mistook a smaller body of their comrades for Japanese, and killed or wounded 180 of their own men. An officer who participated in the defeat90 words
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Article36 1904-05-12 17 Colonel Swayne, the Consul-General at Somaliland, whe is now in London, returns to Berbera forthwith, with <ull civii and military power. General Egerton with 4,000 troops will leave as soon as transport is available.36 words
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Article36 1904-05-12 17 The betting on the Great Jubilee Stakes is as follows Aiglon 13 te 2 Deaa Swift 13 a Te ropiest ore 7 1 General Croaje 8 1 Fermoyle 10 1 Cerisler ioe 836 words
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Article459 1904-05-12 17 8th May. It is believed that mailer vessels can leave Port Arthur. Admiral Togo U watching vigil.»ntly to protect his transports. It is expected that the Japanese will march to Talienwan at once, and establish their base there. They seemingly landed on both sides of the Peninsula. General459 words
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Article40 1904-05-12 17 London 'Jlh May. Reuter’s correspondent at Neachvrang states that the Russians are preparing to evacuate that port. Troops are leaving Newchwang all day. Every gun available is being taken away in railway trains. The forts are dismantled.40 words
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Article16 1904-05-12 18 Thn Ku***ia i ne il Staff ha& left Uaoyang f- r \luk»'en.16 words
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Article46 1904-05-12 18 j|cc'»r«iir»2 ‘vices from St Peter? Duty. (General Kuropatkin c mfirm- the news of oc up*ti«»n of Feng-huang Cbens bv the Japare^e. Tbe Japan*-ne advanced thither in two *<*lom fc from the Yalu (7 '-.era 1 Kuropatkin d-»e« not mention cM> iiehtine on the occasion46 words
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Article45 1904-05-12 18 The Dad iW'S i- < f opinion tha» th« fighr on the Yd.u seems to have decided the question a* to who should be it possession of Sou* hern Manchuria Ru-sia is thus ra*idly reaping the ffffccts <-f her p licy f imperialism.45 words
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Article30 1904-05-12 18 London, 10 th May. Reuter’s correspondent at St. Petersburg spates that AU xeieff has removed his head quarters to Harbin Kuropai kin for the present remains at l.iaoya*30 words
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Article26 1904-05-12 18 Tlie First Am y Corp 3 lias been undergoing elaborate manoeuvres at Aiders4o,ooo men participating. Tha King and the Duke of Con-ntu-'iit weie prc>ent.26 words
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Article32 1904-05-12 18 W rimers Team played the Rest of England at Lords. Warner’s Team compiled a 9core of dOO, of which Tvldesley contributed 76 The Rest of England are 27 for two wickets.32 words
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Article28 1904-05-12 18 An oiiiciil despatch stales that the total l**-e.-; of the Japanese on the Yalu were —30 officers and 870 men killed and c.«»undel28 words
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Article25 1904-05-12 18 Reports from various sources state i u »t dysentery, small pox, and typhus ;.»*e raging among the Russians in M mchuria.25 words
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Article23 1904-05-12 18 Henry M. .Stanley, the explorer, is critically ill. He is suffering from pleurisy. Later. Stanley, the explorer, is dead.23 words
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Article38 1904-05-12 18 The United States and Britain are consider ng the propriety of despatching gunboats to Newchwang, to protect the people against bandits who are giving much trouble, and who have already destroyed a culvert on the railway.38 words
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Article33 1904-05-12 18 20;000 Japanese officers and men volunteered as forlorn hope in the operations f >r blocking Port Arthur 169 actually took part in the attempt, of whom 36 were saved.33 words
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Article20 1904-05-12 18 The R ussian Government has issued a ukise calling out large bodies of reservists in western Russia.20 words
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Article43 1904-05-12 18 Military criiies in England deprecate over hasty conclus ons based upon the success of the J ipanose operations so far They emphasize the fact that battles mainly decide the fate of campaigns, and,! hey aj prove General Kuropatkin’s policy of withdrawal.43 words
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Article35 1904-05-12 18 An attemi t his bet n discovered to destroy the *rsenal at Kronstadt. Shaving.- be-spr nk ed with petroleum were di.-c voted igmied in a building where hi high explosive were stored.35 words
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Article61 1904-05-12 18 Reu’tr's Shanhaikwan correspondent reports that the Ist Japanese Army Corps overtook the retreating Russians twenty miles south of Liaoyang yestera seii.ous engagement ensued, Irie Japanese guns were dragged up apfferently insurmountable hills. A Japanese D vision is approaching, Ntfifchwarg where there are only a* halfdful nt Hussions61 words
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Article40 1904-05-12 18 The magistrate has contented to bail, at each, the company promotcr& llouiey and Liwson (who was sub* •equently arrested) Roth aie primarily charged with attempting to defraud Alfred Paine in connection wit h a share transaction.40 words
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Article44 1904-05-12 18 London, 3rd May No official announcement was issuer at St. Petersburg yes ei day ngardinj. th« outcome ot ihe battle at the Yalu Bbt-alarming rumours were put int• circulation of lull retreat of tht Russians and of the loss of guns.44 words
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Article37 1904-05-12 18 The fin»i detachment ot the Si. Petersburg Volunteers —one hundred and si\t/ strong, raised from all classes ui -ociety —started for the front yesterdat The departure was attended b\ immense crowds who showed frantic enthusiasm.37 words
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Article64 1904-05-12 18 London t May The Japanese victory on to*- Yalu is -xtolltd alike in England and on th* Continental being a great feat of arm-, md of incalculable moral effect; though the German and French paper? intend that the Russian force on the Y tlu was small, the %nd64 words
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Article39 1904-05-12 18 The Socialist organs at Berlin afliirn hat the great G.-rman shipyards are lidding, at extra pressure, destroyers and torpedoes for Russia These are exported in sections to Libau, in order to conceal the breach of neutrality.39 words
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Article56 1904-05-12 18 I ondou, offt May. Gener rl Kuropatkin’s despatch des* •ribing the battle on the Yalu refers to t ie extraordinary vigor of the Japanese a lilltrv attack. The Rus-ian losses were very gif at ilieir exact extent not yet being known. The Eleventh Regiment lost tlnee colonels; the56 words
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Article36 1904-05-12 18 Eight hundred wounded are in hospital at Feng-huang-cheng. Twenty-eight guns were abandoned, the majority of the men and horses being killed. According to participants in the battle, at least 3,000 or 4,000 were killed.36 words
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Article30 1904-05-12 18 General Kuropatkin’s report also states that the transport of the wounded t» Feng-hu ing-cheng, by Chinese hearers, was most difficult Many arrived on foot assisted by their comrades.30 words
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Article45 1904-05-12 18 Later. Negotiations are approaching a conclusion with several financial houses in London for the issue o! a Japanese 6 per cent, loan of £5, (300,000, to be issued at 93. The security is to he a first charge on the Japanese Customs.45 words
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Article63 1904-05-12 18 The Russian gunboat Krabri Knzarski?) fired a blank shot across* lue bows of, and stopped the P. O. express steamer Osiris nine hours oil Lr.ndisi. After two hour’s detention during which the mails weresorted, the Russians demanded the Japanese mails but the latter, being at the63 words
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Article43 1904-05-12 18 Reuter’s correspondent at St. Petersburg states that Admiral Altxeitff, who personally directed the defence, reports that the attempt to block Port Arthur on Monday was repelled. The fireships were armed with Hotchkiss guns and main amed a hot fire.43 words
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Article33 1904-05-12 18 When the ships were sunk the crews took to the boaiß. The majority were killed by the ilussian fire, The Russians subsequently saved thirty Japanese who were clinging to a reckage.33 words
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Article23 1904-05-12 18 Reutei’a Tokyo correspondent states hat the attempts to block Port Arthur on Monday evening are believed to rave been successful.23 words
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Article103 1904-05-12 18 London, oth May. At the dinner given by the Japan Society in London, Viscount Ha>ashi presided. In the course if a speech, Baron Suyemalsu declared that the Japanese would never surrender before the 1 loud of the nation had been exhausted. Many thought, he added, that Japan103 words
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Article31 1904-05-12 18 London 6th May .The J-ipaneae Loan is to be fm 10,000,000, of which amount £5,000 OoO .re t o be issued in Loudon and £5,LOOM 0 iu New York.31 words
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Article39 1904-05-12 18 Lord Lausdowne, replying to Earl spencer, confessed tha» the progress i be relorms in the Balkans was die ppointing,and that if it was not acceleated, we might yet be confronted will i situation of the gravest anxiety.39 words
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Article20 1904-05-12 18 London 6th May. General Kuropatkin has asked the R-*d (toss Society for two thousand more beds for military hospitals.20 words
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Article29 1904-05-12 18 London, 7 th May. The J ipanese have landed at Kinchau, forty miles from Port Arthur Consequently the railway is closed and the investment kib began.29 words
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Article70 1904-05-12 18 Mr. Btlfiur, addressing lie Primrose League annual meet mg, dwelt upon the dtficulty of inducing the Porte to effect reforms, and declared that the G *v*-rn nent would not allow themselves to be m ide the cat-paw of t he revolutionary s, a ho would rather70 words
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Article49 1904-05-12 18 He also referred to the enormous va'ue of the Anglo-French agreement, which he believed to he permanent. What might at firsd, seem to he a hasty diplomatic construction, would become a solidified bulwark against the invading tide of war, resisting all changes and chances besetting international arrangements.49 words
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Article38 1904-05-12 18 London, 8th May. Though it is nut officially admitted at St. Petersburg that Port Arthur is isolated and the harbor sealed, Admiral Alexeieff and the Grand Duke Boris left hurriedly to escape being cut off there.38 words
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Article22 1904-05-12 18 The smallest passible force has been M’t as a guriison to Port Arthur, which is provisioned for one year.22 words
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Article27 1904-05-12 18 i'iie Daily Mail states that 800 Thibetans attacked the Mission at on May oth, and were repulsed., with heavy lo»^. Two British sepoys were wounded27 words
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Article48 1904-05-12 18 London 9th May. A company of Gurkhas and a company of Sikhs were attacked by 1,500 Thibetans on the 6th instant below the Karo pass. The fight lasted six hours. The British had twenty-five casualties. Captain Beihune was killed. The enemy fled, losing two hundred men.48 words
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Article33 1904-05-12 18 Russia has ordered the mobilisation of the Army Corps stationed at Moscow, and OharkofT, as well as that of other troops in order to strengthen the army in Manchuria.33 words
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Article29 1904-05-12 18 London, ijlh May It is officially reported that the Kussian casualties in the Yalu tights were: 70 officers and 2324 men killed and wounded.29 words
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Article82 1904-05-12 18 flie Daily Telegraph say 3 that the eompaign has been conducted with a brilliance almost unparalleled in war. Japan’s success has been due to tht consumina e combination of the naval and military forces in action, which even Knuland has never rivalled. The Japanese successes during the last82 words
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Article57 1904-05-12 18 Lanion, 9th May. There is a universal chorus of eulogy over the masterly strategy of the Japanese, combined as it was with the swilt and unilinching execution of the plans decided upon. Even the German press, which hitherto had been most reserved in expressing an opinion on the57 words
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Article41 1904-05-12 18 The Jripanooo Joan which wa9 expected to be issued last evening was quoted on ‘Saturday at 2j per cent, premium, and rose yesteroay to thr< e per cent premium. The unqualified success of the loan is now assured.41 words
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Article107 1904-05-12 18 In the Reichstag, Herr Behel, the Socialist attacked »he German Government for their pro-Russian attitude in the war. H**rr Benel declared that the Kaiser, in sending a tel*gram to ti e Tsar, expressing sympathy on the occasion <*l he Peiropovlxfrk disaster, in no wise reflect ed107 words
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Article38 1904-05-12 18 The J ipanese ‘*uco» j sse < caused a frying of apprehension in Russia The Russian General S’aff declare tha f the latest development* in Man* churia are the sure signs of a long ana bitter war.38 words
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Article28 1904-05-12 18 Ijondof, 10th Mny. Reuter’s Shanhaikwan correspondent wires that the evacuation of Newchwang c »n* inues The Russians promised to leave a rear-guard to prevent pillage.28 words
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Article13 1904-05-12 18 The Russian* are commandeering eat tie, and thereby causing great indignation*13 words
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Article40 1904-05-12 18 A .Japanese telegram received at Shanghai states that the lartai General refuses to obey the Russian ,rder that all Chinese must leave Mukden, and lie has decided to remain his post until ‘lie last moment40 words
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Article29 1904-05-12 18 Itder. London, 11 th Mny A telegram from Admiral Aiexcitff u) Lite Tsar states that railway communication with Port Arthur was restored on Monday night.29 words
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Article157 1904-05-12 18 Baron Suyemitsu, the Japanese statesman, now in England, has been interviewed on behalf of Reuter s agency The Baron declared that JapanV first and chief aim was to push back Russia as far as possible. Japan will never allow Russia to have the least political and territorial hold157 words
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Article26 1904-05-12 18 The Japanese loan of five millions sterling was fully underwritten at New York at 93]. It is quoted at three per cent premium.26 words
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TOKYO OFFICIAL TELEGRAMS.
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Article158 1904-05-12 18 '/k Mu/. General Kuroki, adding to his previous report, and writing on the afternoon )f tht Ist inst. states that the Russian* dfered a stubborn resistance to oui pursuit We sustained 300 more casual! ies. I'he enemy fought bravely to the laG Finally, two companies of infantn -tral158 words
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Article65 1904-05-12 18 Rtceivtd 11 pm. Friday. Admiral Hosoya report* a* fallow*: The Seventh Detached Fleet, the Hohgkong maru and the Xppov-marv ariivtd at Liaotung at a.m. on Thursday 5ih May. .Some o* thw enemy’s sentinels were were seen on top of a hill adjoining the coast, and were driven65 words
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Article127 1904-05-12 18 As the ebh-ude prevent* o the boats reach ng the shore, they waded breast deep for 1,000 metre* (ah. n« l,l(>oyaidh) and gained the shore at 7 22 a.m. Immediately marching, tr ey e cbed the heiihts and hoisted 11re flag. Meanwhile the gunboits Akag Ohimn, and127 words
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Article30 1904-05-12 18 Received Frith? y M,<l niJ Ueneral Kuroki’t# rep >r\ day 3rd May siatrs Our mounted scou's, af.% hand-to-hand right ne»r Fti, i cheng. drove the Russian towards Feng-huang-cheng30 words
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Article49 1904-05-12 18 Chinese report that on s inst., about 2,000 Ru«si ported on a hill to the iv* buang-cheng fired upon comrades who were rt tie.ti* V ilu -mistaking the rn f, r r Asa result 110 were 70 killed. The rest tied in disord*;. 4 their commissariat carts.49 words
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Article46 1904-05-12 18 Tire officers as p.fioi > that the only bodies tha‘ retr- ord a* from Sunday’s battie wer- five and six infantiy battaii. t i., artillery companies. Two bundled additi; r.n killed and wounded have r een the field, and more are fordo n L46 words
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Article69 1904-05-12 18 Sth Mn,. Admiral Togo reports t:?n‘ Tvday, 3rd ir»«t. f the C.Ji.ih’.v«l F.»e* effected tlie third of the r. .f V k ing operations at Port Artur The gunboats Akagi and C'f, the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and ah Flotillas, and the 9th, loth u. i ]4O. Totpedo-boal69 words
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Article80 1904-05-12 18 The officer commanding V ordered the operation to do < ~pj»i but his order failed to reach l ie IT* leaders, and the eight steamers j.ro un their way, and dashed in'.-o the harbour dispite the enemy’s *earch-light, the fire of their forts, their ohseivaticr mines (electric)80 words
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Article97 1904-05-12 18 The entrance to the harbour is iww considered io be effectively blociici at lecst for cruisers and battle-hip* Three other steamers were c un!w before reaching the rncith d* harbour. (>ur tlotillas remained >r. the kh* until morning, and rescues halt toe crews of the sunken steamers. The97 words
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Article28 1904-05-12 18 General Kuroki rcpor** tfr;i ,T,r cavalry having dispersed ti e ens*n»ur infantry detachment *,i* ipi*d Feng-huang-ehengon May (frio Before evacuating the pla'-e enemy burnt their munition*:28 words
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Article45 1904-05-12 18 Fugitives from the enemy to come out from the a* 5 j cn.np and villages and surrender. Natives say that the u«n i Russian wounded who passed M r Feng-huang-cheng on litters 2nd inst. amounted to 80h. Their total casual" it-? exceed 3000.45 words
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49 1904-05-12 18 Our army that ha.> landed tung reports that a detachmei troops having repulsed a sn»a!' rhe enemy tn the 6 h inst Pulantien and destroyed the M and telegraph communicat or Arthur being thus cut of! by Itc J r; -ea.49 words
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Article154 1904-05-12 18 The Circus has c< me st la*-., opens to-night at Beach Bead ever resourceful “B»b” L ve tremendous work with co**lies. rer*, and what not has cot eventi 1 ship-shape and there remain- r.«*t hut the lighting of the K»tson l £ll *r] which should prove a vast154 words
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Article312 1904-05-12 19 I s P ay. (3rd May.) CLASS SINGLE. I v iher* beat Perkin*. 7-5, 8-6. n CL 'S3 OUBLK. —FINAL. > K ujil M.ietaggart v. Keenan and I,.;, uiiftni-heo. C. CLASH DOUBLE. I i I•rini'li'iw v. Cap?. Woodside <( 4 i| int, unfinished. Cll AMPIONSHIK I312 words
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SHIPPING.
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Article183 1904-05-12 19 I iibr thin lieading the following abhrevia* I i- <»:-->tr.—*ueamer; sh. ship; bq.— rV*; ;k —ehooner Y» t. —Yacht; Cru.— D.*n; -Gunboat; Tor.— Torpedo; H.p. I ISrit.—British U. S.—United Trli.— Krrrich; tier —German; Dut.— If *—(»eneral-c*irgo d.p.—deck pas* M v I 1 neeriain T. P. W.—Tanjong K183 words
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Article851 1904-05-12 19 I vince Nocn o! Yesterday. I y •■> <'-ap‘ Saeft u,t I com Batavia 8ih May I r Co For Marse lies, U f r l s *r 9 2 tons, Captain ft i! l v Lrotn tCalcutta. 3rd Alay Bhr\ j P Boustead A Co. For851 words
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Article732 1904-05-12 19 Name, port probable date oj arri > a ltd name of agent*. Steamers. Achilles, China, May 25; Mansfield. A. de Larrinaga, i arrv. May; Borneo Cov \ki'»court, Barry, May; Borneo Coy Airlie, Sy- ney Mav 23; Boustead \li>oin Bombay. June; Borneo Coy. Alciimus China, v *ay 29; Mansfield.732 words
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Article1635 1904-05-12 20 I r LAO j I Vespßl.'b Y (ML. dr ToNp O.PTtIN j FliOM SAILED COtfSICKfM. Kici. 1 1 Lai Sane i Brit strJ 2226 l*add Hong’-ong April 26 Rous lead and Co. !'a» Chiow j Jcr sir **6i Loewe Hoele eug Apt I 2 L CLd»n Meyer A Co.1,635 words
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Article1124 1904-05-12 20 Date. Vessel's Name. Flag A Bio Tons. Dkstinatiok I April 80 Sultan Brit str. 102 Muav and *r I May 2 Volute etr. 2699 Calcutta fl 2 Schuylkill i 8tr. 8844 Shanghai fl 2 Beyast Dut str. 817 Pslemh&ng 3 I>e Eeren* p tr. 700 Sourabaya via Hawe 4tl1,124 words
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Article105 1904-05-12 20 PASSED SUNDA STRAITS OR ARRIVED FOR ORDERS il i iDatk o» Date Big. Ship’s Name. Captain. 1.Sailing Fromwhekf atiov April29Dut 8 8. Solo ’EngelBmaiAtOar 14|Rotterdam 30 Brit a s. Isander Wright Hkpril ‘JSiSingapore Cbmtm. May 1 Brit 8.8. V. D. P. R. From West 1 Brit 8.8., 8. R.D.V.105 words
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