The Straits Times, 30 March 1903

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times NO. 31.0Q2. SINGAPORE. MONDAY. MARCH 30. 1903. PRICE 15 CENTS
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    • 735 1 NOTICES^ 3fc Sinus. ADVERTISING RATES. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. [per inch, minimi meanure.l Flnt Insertion $1 20 cent* Second ami third innertioD»each 60 cents Fourth, fift.li, and xixth 40 cent* Seventh to rijiliirrnt !i 24 cents Nineteenth sulwequent,, 18 cente Per week of nix day*, to be changed daily if required
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    • 680 1 NOTICES. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. rpENDERS will be received at the X ColoDial Secretary's Office up to noon on the 81st instant for tbe lease of four godowng or sheds situated on Crown Land at Tarjjong Pagar. l.aase to be for a term of one year. Further particular and permit to inspect
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    • 399 1 NOTICES. Supplied to Ihe State Hospitals of the Federated Malay States. i|r^=P3 "SLEDGE" BRAND. W^ A tyM STERILIZED MILK ■f/^^Bfejl?\^|f /^^Bfejl?\^| ABSOLUTELY PURE IL ■^SSP^^fl Invaluable in the House, SICKNESS OR HEALTH. Don't be put olil See that you get what you ask lor* "Sledge" Brand. THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE.
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    • 322 1 John Little Co., Ltd. Gash Clearance gale if Exceptional Bargains will be offered IN THE DRAPERY, HARDWARE, CROCKERY, FURNITURE, AND MEN'S DEPARTMENTS. FOR 15 DAYS ONLY. Commencing, Monday, 6tf) Jlpril, 19C3. :o: Calicoes. Hats and Gaps. Horrockses A^ 1. make 12 yards for A jne of native made unhlpnched «z«
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    • 524 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. LOST— An Irish terrii r bitrb, about four months old, near tbe Have Course. A reward will be given. C. R. BARKSHIRE, 1-4 Hillside, Sophia Road NOTICE. A sale of clothing will b<- held by the Church Work Association at the Sailors' Home, on Saturday, April 4th at
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  • 494 2 Thi Boer irreconcilables who refuse to take the oath of allegiance in Ceylon are still expected in Java. The Government will give them land for cultivation, and subscriptions have been raised at Batavia for their benefit The pro- Boer feeling is, for all that, very lukewarm there
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  • 114 2 A Russian doctor, chief of the milttary hospitals of St. Petersburg, has made a discovery which, he claims, will eliminate many of the risks incident to the use of chloroform in surgical operations. He has arrived at the conclusion that blue light possesses the properties of killing pain.
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  • 213 2 A report from Rome that a group of English, Italian, and Brazilian capitalists are busily engaged iniorming a trust to corner Brazilian coil'ee is ridiculed in Mincing Lane. But for how long was the question put by several leading firms of brokers and merchants to the representative
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  • 71 2 The Daily Chronicle believes that the Government, after its Irish Land Purchase Bill has been disposed of by Parliament, will introduce a bill for establishing a Roman Catholic University in Ireland, also such a measure of self-government for Ireland as would be called Home Rule if the Liberals introduced it.
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  • 810 2 A Visit to the Forbidden City. The January OtrmkiU contains an account (by Mr. Archibald (Jol<iuhoun) of the various attempts, successful and otherwise, which haw been made to penetrate to the city of Grand Lama. It seems to be the general belief that the feat has always proved
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  • 82 2 Kk< knti.y the Wttkt) s 'o/s»Mrt invited correspondence from young men to show why marriage was going out of fashion. The young men were not, nlow to give reasons, and these reasons were not complimentary to the ladies Then our contemporary gave the ladies an opportunity to reply, and the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 409 2 NOTICES. MAINTAINS THE HIGHEST REPUTATION EVERYWHERE. Fortify the System against Disease with PURE LUQOO. "IHb"3ESr S£CURITY FOR HfcALTM." Lo^NoL O* FLUID EXTRACT OF RED JAMAICA i cas 11.1 1 ■MsJFaii *J J ug J| t- MS |Hlg .me 1829. >' r r*,ff t| ffffXLMMTlwlMjl SL^S TORPID J .VER, DEBILITY, ERUPIIUkS,
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    • 498 2 NOTICES, A STANDARD^ pOLICY. OF £500 BTO. Payable at Age 66 or at Death, if previous Costs at the Bate of Per quarter. Age. £4 10 0 if commenced at 26 £6 14 11 if commenced at 86 £9 1 10 if commenced at 40 For Rates for other Ages,
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    • 383 2 NOTICES. mjOKWICH UNION FIBS INSURANCE N SOCIETY OF NORWICH AND LONDON. Established 1707. FOR FIRE INSURANCE ONLT Amount brand JM6,OOO£OO LcsMapaid. A 11,800,000. Premium iaoome 4 906,000. Inanrmnoa effected on almost eTery description property at current rates of premium Bisks fob 10 dats abb how aooipt id at 4 obht
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    • 105 2 '■Hi PREVKNT CKOUP, beici" in time. I Ihe first symptom is liour-cni-x- this is soon followed by a peculiar roujjli cough, which is easily recognised and will never l>e forgotten by one who has heard it. The time to iirt is when the child first Incomes hoarse. If Chamberlain* Cough
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  • 656 3 An Extraordinary Story. A claim now before the State Department of the United States has revealed a remarkable story, which reads like a fairy tale of an American sailor who became king of a cannibal island. This man has beeu known as King O'Keefe of Yap,
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  • 182 3 I'tr P. Jk O. s.s Htn,n!,i:n ronnwtinn with tbe steamer uromuuiiil at Colombo from l.omlon Ifarah due r >th April— Mr. J. B. Warder, Mr. Ko*ie. Mr Bishop. In I. *(i us. MnldKU from London M;m h 7. due li th April— Major, Mrs and
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  • 177 3 Some two and-a-half years ago the Pope was beiDg interviewed by a young French journalist, who was asked if he was a member of the Church of Rome. No," replied the journalist. "Then,"' asked the Pope, "what has brought you to Rome f For a
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  • 916 3 P. O. April!.— Vm Malta: Mrs. K. V. Carey ami tv.u children. Master ami Ua Wat*. Mr. an.l Mrs. E. C. Lane, Mr. K. A. Stevens, Mr. .1. (i. Mactaggart, Mr. and Mrs. Benjatield child and infant, Miss Beniatield, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Dent, Admiral Sir
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 129 3 Diarrhoea DIAKKHCKA, in its first stages, can b« cured by a lew doses of that pleasant. r> liable, and effectual meilieine Chamberlain's Colic ami l)iarrti<i-a Keiuedy. In many instances one nose is sufficient, but M a rule thiie or four doses are necessary. It is a Rood thing to keep
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    • 21 3 Shipping advertisements, with dates of Bailing etc., will be found on page 7. General shipping news is printed on page 8.
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    • 633 3 BANKS. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL 110,000 .001 RESERVE FUNL. Sterling Reserve..tiO,ooo,ooo\ Silver Reserve....! 6,600,000/ 116 6n0 uuu RESERVE LIABILITY OF i rH inoott PROPRIKTORfI J *****00 C Court or Directors. A- J. Raymond, Esq.— Chairman. E. H. ToMKiMa, Eii) —Deputy Chairman. G. IiALLiM.H, E»q. D. M. Moses,
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    • 627 3 NOTICES. WANTED, for Pahang. storekeeper with experience in handling mining stores. Apply to v.c. PATERBON. SIMONS 4 CO. WANTED. A Chinese cashier who is quick at figures J\. small security required. Reply io writing to T. W. c/o Strati* Time* a.c wanted" A building overseer one who can trace preferred.
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    • 631 3 NOTICES. Messrs. H. L. Coghlan V Co. HAVE BEEN APPODXTOD SUB-AGENTS OP THK Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada. BOUBTEAD 4 CO., General Agents, a.c. StraiU Settlement*. SHIP'S SAILING BOAT FOR SALE. (Built of Pine). LENGTH 27 feet, beam 7 feet I inches, sails, mast and oars complete. H. L.
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    • 669 3 SHIPPING INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR PENAN3 AND CALCUTTA. THE Company's steamer LAIBANti 8,460 tons. Captain Courtney, having left Hongkong on the 21st inst. may be expected la arrive here on or about the Slst idem and will have prompt despatch for the above ports For freight or
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  • 64 4 Hudson.— On the 14th March, at Ningpo. the wife of krkd losepii Hudson, a«ed M yeara. Tkkriiii.k.— OntheUtli March, at Shanghai. Isaiiki. Francisca Tbkkiih. a^ed .14 years. Knuiht. i)n the -Mth Miirch.at Hongkong. Captain K. M. Knkjht. American bar<|iie lliillt.sHooil, a^eil BH years. D'Vaz.— On the --fun instant, at
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  • 295 4 The Straits Times. PRIC E 15 CENTS. MONDAY, 30th MARCH Reuter brings word to-day of an important achievement in south polar exploration. Sir James Ross, over sixty years ago, reached lat. 78° M S. by sea. Huge walls of ice barred further progress. An attempt to beat this record was
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  • 239 4 The report on the working of the Currency Note Issue department here in 1902 shows that the number of notes in circulation at the end of last year, as compared with the preceding year, had risen from 1,197,980 to 1,805,708. and the face value from 89,476,900 to 114,303,440, while the
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  • 304 4 Mr. William Kkrshaw, an Australian mining expert, who has been superintending the setting-up of hydraulicing machinery in Netherlands Borneo for a local gold mining venture, styled the Alluvia Mine Company, speaks highly of the results obtained. He says that the last returns show a profit on the concern of one
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  • 143 4 Singapore is not alone in its projected Electric Tramway as a line is to be laid in Hongkong early next month. It will run from Praya West to Shaukiwan. In the first instance 2H cars will constitute the complement, ten being for European passengers, and the remainder for natives The
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  • 34 4 Mr Hood Trka.her, C.M«i, Mr. Egerton, C M.G., and Lieut. -Colonel Walker, of the Malay States Guides, leave by the Meran to-morrow to invest the Sultan of Pabang with the order of the K.C.M.G.
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  • 11 4 Reading matter will be found o n pages 2 and 3.
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  • 7 4 To-day's 4 ms. bank rate is 1/B
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  • 14 4 The homeward mail by the Malta closes at 7 a. m. on Friday. m-
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  • 16 4 Mk Sksvt, late of the K M S. Civil Service, is to be married next month.
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  • 17 4 The Town and Volunteer Band will play on the Peoples' Park to-morrow afternoon from 5t06 weather permitting.
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  • 20 4 Tsj i Frenchmen were arrested shortly :«tt«-r noon to-day while they were t.aknu a photograph uf the Singapore Club. m
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  • 19 4 On Saturday nigut the detectives arres'.- i iwo Javanese in Thompson Koad with house-breaking tools in liieir D jsse-.iion.
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  • 26 4 Thk P. tfc O. homeward mail steamer Malta left Hongkong at 1 p.m. on Saturday last and is expected to arrive here at daylight on Thr.sday.
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  • 24 4 The monthly sewing meeting of the Church Work Association will be held at th Raffles Girls' School on Wednesday April Ist at 4 p.m.
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  • 21 4 The quarterly meeting of the (tiurch Work Association will be held at Mrs. Frizell's house, Cairn Hill, on the xth instant.
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  • 27 4 Mi: M Rodkssb, Sheriff of Singapore, leaves for home this evening by tbe French mail steamer Ernest Simons. Mr. Rodesse has leave of absence for nine months.
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  • 30 4 Thk outward P. and O. mail steamer Coromandel left Colombo at 3 a.m. on Sunday, 29th instant, and may be expected to arrive here on Saturday morning, the 4th April.
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  • 36 4 At H ingkong it is an admitted fact that there seems to be a class of Chinese there who think it is of no use holding it public otlice if they were not to accept bribes.
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  • 28 4 It is reported that the Railway Department at Kuala Lumpur propose erecting a large hotel on piece of vacant ground on the Damansara Road, opposite the Railway Station.
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  • 30 4 Mr. W. Fox has arrived at Penang from Singapore to take up the duties of Superintendent, Botanic Gardens and Forests, Penang, vice Mr. Curtis, who has gone on leave. m
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  • 26 4 Thk MM. s.s. Ernett Simon*, Captain Dupuy Tromy, with the homeward mail will be despatched for Colombo, Bombay, Aden, Suez and Marseilles to-day at 4.30 p.m.
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  • 36 4 It is reported that an imposing pile of railway buildings is to be erected at Weld's Quay, Penung, to provide for the needs of the northern terminus of the proposed through line from Penang to Singapore.
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  • 33 4 The F. M. S. yacht Meran arrived from Port Swettenham this morning with Mr. Treacher, the ResidentGeneral, Col. R. S. Walker, and Messrs. W. Egerton, O. Marks, and A. P. Cropley on board.
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  • 39 4 To-morbow evening, a friendly football match between a team of the European Police Force, viz ex-members of the Royal Irish Constabulary vs. the rest of the Force, will be played on the Old Jail Site. Kick-off at 5 o'clock.
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  • 53 4 Thk officers of the P. C. A. Dept. are active. On Friday Sons Kee Chuan was fined by Mr. Wilson &'<s for working a partly paralyzed horse. Two other men were fined $10 and $15 respectfully. To-day, Mr. Marriott fined two men $5 each and a third $15 for what
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  • 49 4 Three inmates of a house in Sungei Besi (Selangor) died suddenly the other day, and since then another one, who came to Kuala Lumpur, has passed away. It was at first thought that plague had again broken out, but says the Malay Mail, investigation has not confirmed the idea.
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  • 54 4 The output of the Redjang Lebong (iold Mine for the month cf Fedruary was valued at 143,400 guidlders. Tbe Company lias a debt in Europe of 163,500 guilders against which it has to receive the value of December output :(4,00u guilders. January 146,600, guilders and February 143,400 guilders., or a
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  • 62 4 One of the biggest robberies of modern times has been committed upon the treasury of the republic of Mexico. The accountants have so far discovered a shortage of over a half million dollars (gold) and there is probability that the bottom of the robbery has not yet been reached. The
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  • 54 4 Mr. P. N. H. Jones, Civil Engineer, has been appointed Assistant Director of Public Works for Hongkong. Mr. Jones is at present employed in Trindad, where extensive harbour improvements, waterworks and sewage operations are in course of construction under the advice of Mr. Osbert Chadwick, one of the Consulting Engineers
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  • 61 4 Cbinksk house- pain tere at Hongkong have been on strike owing to certain of their demands not being entertained by their employers. This strike has caused many building contractors a great deal of inconvenience, insomuch as they are unable to execute the painting of newlyerected houses. '"In* painters form a
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  • 94 4 Thk floating drydock ordered by the US Navy Department some time ago for use in Manila Bay is now nearly completed and will be sent out at an early date. The building of the drydock was done by the Newport New Shipbuilding Company and the dock is said to he
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  • 79 4 There are now about BjOM American negroes in the Philippine islands. They are scattered throughout the provinces, and are considered very undesirable residents. Many of them are known to be with the bands of highwaymen who are causing trouble in the provinces adjacent to Manila. Others* are living in the
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  • 121 4 On Saturday, Inspector Connor brought up the proprietor of a pawnshop in Selegie Road on a charge of taking in pledges without making due inquiry. This was a side issue of the dhobie Sukulingam's case. No less than forty-two pawntickets were founu iii Sukulingam's possession. Of these, seventeen were from
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  • 113 4 Thk following Negri Sombilan notifications have juu been gazetted:— Mr. E. Sweney, district surveyor, to act as superintendent of revenue surveys, trice Mr. A. Lansdell on leave. Mr. F. J. Weld, collector of land revenue, Seremban, reported his return from leave of absence on Ist March, and resumed the duties
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  • Reuter's Telegrams.
    • 33 4 CmmlM) 2S(h March. Sledge parties from the South Pole exploration ship l)i*wer>j reached the parallel of M degrees 17 minutes and not 80 degrees, as had been erroneously stated telegraphically.
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    • 41 4 The Duke of Connaught has been officially received at Portsmouth and also at the Victoria Railway Station, where the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duchess of Connaught, the princesses -her daughters and the Headquarters Stall' were present.
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    • 16 4 The Empress of Germany's fraci r. injury is simple with no complications resulting.
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    • 53 4 Colonel Morland's column left Kutxi for Sokoto on the 16th February. It has had several skirmishes with tlj« enemy. Marches though waterless tracts of land, and the coldness of the nights caused much sickness among the troops. The Emir oi X. inn's troops have surrendered to General I
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    • 48 4 Sir Hector Macdonald's body left Paris last night. An influential committee is forming for the purpose of honouring his memory, and of investigating the charges against him. These charges are discredited in Scotland. In the Inter- University sports, I'.imbridge won eight events, and >xford two.
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    • 27 4 Lamina, Marrli. A violent cyclone has swept over Madagascar, and Ins ravaged the coast towns. Houses and shops were swept away by the storm.
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    • 34 4 The remains of Sir Hector Macdonald have reached King's Cross liulway Station. Several members of the family and friends of the deceased travel to-night with the body in the Scotch express.
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    • 45 4 Strikers in the Government iron works at Spatons in Russia demanded the release of three of their comrades who had been arrested. The strikers mobbed the Governor of the Province. The troops tired upon the strikers, killing twenty-eight and wounding fifty uf them.
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    • 38 4 Croquet Tournament. TlfcS KOR TO-DAY. Hn. Kv.in- mi Mi I'.t.init pita, Mm ami Mi. (bit. TIcS KUK TO-M"BKOW. (KINAL.) Mi" S.il/imuin .in.l Mr. I*l aSM I Mr-. NM iui'i .Mr. ran or Mn. Braa* tad Mr. I'nu-liiu.
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    • 160 4 Mk. \V. E. I' OsuVßj the very popui.i. Chief Police Ollicer, is to be married ou Thursday next to Miss Ella Morrison who came out from home by the German mail steamer Kiiiiitsrhou. The invitations are out and the wedding ceremony will take place in St. Andrew's Cathedral.
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  • 155 4 Playing against Mr. Tyte at the I, .ike Club, Kuala Lumpur, the other day Roberts started with a break of 104 He had given his opponent a start oi 6<K) in a game of 800. He ran out witn a break of 186 unfinished and by request continued it piling
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  • 39 4 Mr. O. E. Olarovsky, the Russian Minister to Bangkok, arrived from Europe by the French mail to-day and ia staying at Raffles Hotel. He will remain in tbe Siamese capital for some months and then expects a better appointment.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 391 4 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS^ AT THE Australian <A> Store.. VJP HIGHLAND BRAND EVAPORATED CREAM. B *s V //'JRAOE im /MARK-\lB mots John Little Co., Ltd Singapore. FOR B4LE, Hover bicycle, free wheel, very little u«ed, owner leiving Colony. Apply to F w. Spencer, O^ley Road, or Telegraph Co. :j"-3 "White Horse Cellar"
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    • 181 4 G. R. Lambert Co. Photographers ormn: Qreaham House (Battery Bond.) —on Weekdays only 8 &.m.— 6 pan. Orchard on We M »y« 8 P-m. on Sundays. 8 s>m. noon. Large Stock of Photographic materials. Monthly sapplies from Europe, reliable printing papers, chemical mounts, Eastman films, Wratten-Wrai a wright's Ilford and
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  • 473 5 ARRIVED BY THE DILWARRA THIS MORNINd. This British transport Dilmmrr* (No. 2tl, Commander A. W. Mann, arrived this morning from Southampton ria Capetown and Colombo and went alongside Section l.Tanjong Pagar Wharf about 7.:<C this morning and the Ist Battalion Manchester Regiment, shortly afterwards landed and proceeded toTanglin.
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  • 330 5 To-MOMow (Tuesday) the AHelphi Hotel at Singapore will change hands. 1 lit- whole of the property has been purchased I y Messrs Sarkies, Johannes mil i'u cit Malacca BtrMl tor a hand■Omm ran. We understand that it is thn intention of the new proprietors to
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  • 403 5 The annual meeting of the shareholders in this Company was held to-day, at noon, at No. 6, Collyer Quay, for the purpose of dealing with the directors' report and accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1902. There were present Mr. W. P. Waddell (Chairman)
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  • 216 5 Marconi's next venture in wireless telegraphy will, it is said, be the linkingup of India and Australia, Ceylon presumably being taken as the startingpoint on this side. This news is based simply on a reported remark of the great inventor himself, and nothing definite regarding the scheme has
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  • 128 5 Kapok —is the product of one of the trees belonging to t!ie order StereuUmttm, the silk cotton order, allied with H.ilvaci-o to which the ordinary cotton-yielding shrub .belongs. It is almost certain that superior quality of piece goods could be manufactured from this class of cotton, equal
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  • 114 5 On Saturday last a new steel screw steamer, built to the order of Messrs. Koe (Juan and Co., of Penang, was launched at the shipbuilding-yard of Messrs. Riley Hargreaves and Co., Ltd., at Tanjong Rhu. The vessel which has been constructed to Class 90 A.I, in Lloyd's
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  • 262 5 MR. HUTTEN BACH'S WHISKY. A i l'uar case of theft in connection with whisky came before Mr. Howard at the Police Court, Penang, on the 24th March. Mr. Huttenbach's butler, Ah Wun by name, was charged with the criminal misappropriation of four bottles of whisky and another Chinaman was charged
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  • 179 5 The tin and tin-ore export from the Federated Malay States during 190? amounted to 79QJBtn piculs.as against an output of 785,247 piculs in 1901, being a decrease of 4,876 piculs. There has been an increased production of MyBM piculs in Perak, and of 775 in Pahang; while
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  • 229 5 Vulcanising Wood. As theresult of experiments, a method of so treating timber ao a; to secure even from soft wood a largely increased toughness and hardness is reported to have been invented by Mr. Powell, a Liverpool merchant. The treatment to which the timber is
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  • 636 5 SmoAPomr, sot 11 March, 1908. PRODUCE. Gambler bnyers f 15. 55 Copra Ball 8.80 do Pontianak 8.30 Pepper, Black imvers 34.00 do White, (8%) 58.50 Sago Floor Sarawak 5.10 do Brunei No. 1 4.85 Pearl Sngo 0.40 Coffee, Bali, 15% haul* 21.50 Coffee, Palembane, 20% basis.- 31.00 Coffee, Liberian
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 95 5 Baby's Cough Must Never Linger NOTHING is more distressing- than to see 1 hulples* littln infant suffering with a cough, an 1 to be fearful of using a remedy which may contain some harmful ingrt-dienl. The makers of Chamberlain's Cougli Reniedv positively guarantee that 1 his preparation does not contain
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    • 27 5 CHILDREN BEG FOR IT. Stbarhs' Wine makes them bright, and rosy-cheeked, and at this season of the year it is the ideal Nutrient Tonic for the young.
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    • 171 5 Bestreference Coughs cured by it Jayne's Expectorant. The Singapore Dispensary, Sole Agents for the Straits Settlements. Story of a Slave. To be bound hand and foot for years by the chains of disease is the worst form of slavery. Mr. W. Knowles, Tragant Street, Bath, Eng. says About five years
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    • 912 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Ac., The property of C. T Wathen, Esq., At his quarters, Sepoy Lines. Monday, 6th April 1903, al $.30 p.m. A carved ebony drawing room cabinet inlaid with mother-of-pearl upholstered rattan drawing room suite, teak bookcase, teak occasional tables, writing tables, rattan fancy chairs,
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    • 789 5 AUCTION SALES. BALE OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Ac. The property of the late Inchi Katija. At No. 20, Ah Hood Road, off Ballestier Road. Tuetdtiy, 41*t March, !90.i, at 9JO p.wi. A BRILLIANT TONED COTIAGB PIANO by lIUKK, HANOVER, 'nearly new); rattan upholstered drawing room suite, b-Mit vood and rattan
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 187 5 DAY BY DAY. Mo.iday, 30th March. Blgh Water. 11. 96 p.m. ■awtasMsiaa Haw Van. S.V.A. •-'.■> (iun Drill x. S.V.R. Maxim Drill and Signalling. 5.15. S.V.I. Recrnits and Co. Drill. 5.15. Kalian Opera. Town Hall. 9. iiyaiii; Kaxsini. North Bridge Roiul. 9. Wayanj? I'uni. North Bridge Road. 9. Tuesday, 31st
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 497 6 NOTICES. Vot Pulsometei> Requires no tf—Wk Thousands in use HKjl I j satisfaction. pump m j vR ALMOST §i K |^B M f^> wL Oil, Packing, No moving parts _a^aL_ *j3F Lm. ft or leathers. to get out ea—Hß of order. J J^^^tk WORK STbAMPUMP. on a Chain. particulars •Jm
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    • 316 6 NOTICES. B^a^^Bß^^jia^BWL/ .-tc^al Refined society «ppreci«te» something distinctive, rare, a suggestion of fine lingerie, fragrant with iris, amber and dry rose leaves. ISI FOR ODB LATEST FWOES. RIBAUD'S LISERIS Extract RIBAUD'S LOUIS XIII RIBAUD'S ALTESSE RIBAUD'S WHITE VIOLET RIBAUD'S SOSIA V. HICIDD. S, n> Vm«s«. Mill jTmotion &^co^ WATCHMAKERS, J
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    • 1285 6 NOTICES. The thttmjHm Lvi if ill I open on Tlturttlay the i'ti/A Mm;-!,, I.m::, „„</ will do* on or liefore the b;!.*r>ril,\9o:i, for Singapore, ti i.<l M Wl, Apr, l, IHi elsewhere. Dunearn House, Limited. CAPITAL $350,000, DIVIDED INTO 3,500 SHARES OF $100 EACH. Payable as follows >25 on Application,
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 706 7 The Borneo Company, Ltd. 'pilK Standard Life Aararaaoa. X Norwich Union Fire Inaumnos Bo<aetv. Atlas Assurance Company (Fire). I'he Kquitoble Life Anmranoß Socii ty. The Chin* Mutual Steam Navigation Company ii- Tottenham Lager Beer Company. /or particulars of U.«»e Companjea, see tta •nil advertisement of THE BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED. Agents.
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    • 804 7 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij. 1 nder contract with the Netherlands India Government. vis at Singapore: Ship Aoisct, laib J. Dabndilb A Co., 2-8, Colltzb Quit. The undermentioned dates are only approximate. steamer From Expected Will be Despatched for On Sarie Borneo Bagan 22 Samarang and Cheribon 2tf Brouuer Deli
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    • 586 7 Austrian Lloyd's Steam Navigation Company. Uhdbk Mail Contract with thb Austrian Government. Tne following are the dates on which the Company's steamer* may be expected to arrive and sail from hero: Oittward. Homeward. IUO3. I 1!*)3 'China April 6|+Vi>j>on April 7 \Melpoi<f>w April 11 I 'E.F. Ferdinand Ap1.27 J.tf'ina Valeric
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    • 613 7 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES Compagnie Des Messagerlea Maritime* De France. TtLMRAPHIO ADDEIBS: MEBBAQIBIBS, BIHOAPOES. The -nail steamers will leave Singapore on or aooat the undermentioned dates. OnTWABD HOKBWASD. Dates. Dates. 1908 1908 Tonkin Mar. 15 Annnm Mar 16 Y.i mi Mar. 30 E. Simon* Mar SO Caledonien Apr. 12 Sydney Apr 13
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    • 545 7 INSURANCE CO.'S nARTON INSURANCE OFFICE \j LIMITED. Capital Subscribed |2,M*,v»o. Amount paid op 600,000. Reserve fond 1,110.000. Head Oifin, Hohoiows. rhe undersigned, having bean appointed Agents of the abovo Company, are prepared to aooept Marine Bisks at current rates. BOUSTEAD t Co., Agents. "royal insurance coy~ FIRE LIFE TOTAL INVESTED
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    • 805 7 NOTICES. MARTIN'S *APIOL &STEEI Ladies.} Pf LLS A Pr«noh RmM^V for all !rrc*;ularUt« a n laifc if L«dlM katpi box of Marltn > >mi»,h ih« hou**- a<> ihnt mUi flrmt mi da of any Irrcwularlt) th,. ty^mm Uawl] lUittr mt» T be a-1 m 1 n ias*r«d Tboac who n**>
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