The Straits Times, 30 May 1906

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times VO. 22.050 THE STRAITS TIMES. WEDNESDAY. MAY 30. 1906. PRIC
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 940 1 NOTICES j PEAO THIS AND BE CONVINCED!!! Extract of a letter received from the gentleman who bought our last 8 H. P. "DE DION CAR" 3rd May L 906. "I am glad to tell you the car is ramung splendidly, in fact I have run abont 600 miles in the
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    • 203 1 NOTICES. Robinson Co. Just received a large shipment of GRAMOPHONES RECORDS. RECORDS do 12 mch) High class Music just been produced Sung at Covent Garden elsewhere by the following notable Singers. Madame Melba RED LABELS. Madame Marcella Sembrich Sig Comm. Francisco Tamaguo. Celestina Bouiusegna Fernando dv Lucia Gemma Bellincioni ANCONA
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    • 82 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. LOST. On May 24th. fn mi I") Mount Elizabeth, fox terrier <lnf>. Municipal number 1592. Reward given. 2474 J^rtie Ipully. "TTI~ Begs to announce that he has opened his book on the Kuala Lumpur Meeting. Double Events: Planters' Cup and Horse Handicap. Double Events i Planters' Cup and
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    • 372 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICc. The Exchange Banks will U <-lohe<l on Monduv 4 h June. Whit Jl.iiu'av. 2479 Iv the matter ..f The 1(,.ynl Johore Tin Mining Compan) Limited and Heducerl. And in the mHtt.r of tlir Companies Ordinance, IHAt. Notice in hereby giveu that a Petition for con tirmiug a
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  • 837 2 The Inspectorate-General. Under the above heading the "North China Daily New." ot May 11, writes editorially as follows: The Imperial Edict appointing special High Commissioners tor the Mantime Customs has come as a IMI/tim in its present form, although for a long time past it has been an
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  • 55 2 Japan via ports, '/.irten, due 11*4 Kb] Ililm Meyer. Fremautle via ports. < hanm. cm 10th June. Man .field. East Coast ports. Hun What! Hiii, alternate, Saturdays and Wednesday*. Penang via ports, Kittni <-\erv Wednesday, B nittwl Port Swettenham via portii Ptnattp ta Thursdays, and Malacca
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 241 2 V CYCLES. "Imperial" $57.00 "Standard" $80.00 "First Grade" $115.00 Beeston $140.00 IMPORTERS Borneo Co., Ltd. TUCK'S HAIR AND LEATHER BELTING. IMPORTERS Borneo Co, Ltd. H. ABRAMS, y§se Horse Repository, ORCHARD ROAO. HaH just lauded Ex. S.S. Darius" thirty very select Horse*. Cobs and l'ouics, in n class condition. This in
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    • 402 2 PHOSFERINE Th. Greatest of all Tonic* J| RADIATES HEALTH. J Pkjatfcton Ashtoa A Pinons, Limited, J. 17, Famngdoa Raul, London. E. C. J CRUSHED FOOD. TRY IT AND YOU WILL BE SATISFIED I. R. BELILIOS begs to inform the public that his Factory fo- preparing Crushed Food, at No. 1,
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    • 250 2 SOUTH INDIA LABOUR AND OENERAL SUPPLY AOBNCY Correvpondence invited I>\ Mnniyam and Son-. Merchant* and Agents, Tncliiiiopoly South India. 2330 ALEXANDHA BRICKWORKS Co., Limited. BRICKS FIREBRICKS. Sound well shaped and hard burnt bricks can be supplied at $1 50 per Lak.a at the Works. Firebrick. S6O per thousand Fireclay $30
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    • 114 2 .THE COCOA' -OF THE OLD COUNTRY' r^Bßß'^^^A Absolutely fbre i^ (OCOA It is tKc purest and most economical cocoa ii\ use. It's nicest too. 0 7HEIANCEI says "Caa 'burys is theStandardcf highest purify' MAYNARD'S PRICKLY-HEAT LOTION. A CERTIAN CURE INSTANT RELIEF PRICE 50 CENTS PER BOTTLE. SOLD ONLY BY Maynard
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  • 344 3 Nine Escaped Prisoners Five prisoners, who escaped from New Caledonia, arrived in Sydney on April "Jo by the steamer Prinr Waldeinar, from Gemini New Guinea, and will be kept in custody pending extradition piocccd'iigs. They have had about 14 months of freedom, and have pas»:d through some
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  • 349 3 Methods for Destroying Lalang Krdah. one of the native Siamese States in th« Malay Peninsula, offers m the opinion of the Coy 1 i Mscrv.r favourable prospects to the rubber planter and already one or two Englishmen have started plan.ations there. Xo trees are yet old
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  • 184 3 A i-orics|M)H(lriit writing to the Maliiy Mail notes that, t he other <l«v Mr. Cater shot a fine kainbin grim (kamli.m ut ;i u "J at Parking Rcngas. lie brought the licid into Taiping in the i vening, and crand much wfft*nmnt at the New Club amongst
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 478 3 "Best" Incandescent Gasoline Lamps. MAKE BURN GIVE A BRILLIANT THEIR OWN GAS. WHITE LIGHT. LAMPS SUITABLE t^^_ STREET OTHER FOR FORMS OF PRIVATE HOUSES. *W^Jfs\*l£ OUT-DOOR LAMPS. Sole Jigents. --HUTTENBACH BROS. CO. YAMATO Co. Dealers in Japanese High Class Curios 41, HIGH STREET. Have ju<t received ex s.s "Pekin" very
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    • 482 3 Jodn Jbittle ®0., Jbtd. RAZORS. SCISSORS. POCKET KMIVES. made in sheftul.l JB^^i^-^O>^^ lnZ,yin« T1,.- Tajam expressl) for n~. mu^ '^rp^mS^^^lw^*^^^ l v t p m tin il! <i I)ut JM ■^^^■■fVa^B^MBS^S aw w il s s "l'l M)lt ll t; 7 5 cts. ijm HBJB^S l!Htish »"-<"-ti y."Tlie Taiara" is
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  • 48 4 Tim Ob tlie2Hth Kw, m ins twidanei iv Itzehoe hear Hamburg, (uplniu .lacob lens (or 2-1 years Master mariner in the Khsi. Pkxton.— On Miiy Hrtb. Ht the Intcrnationhl Hospital, Kobe. Samuel S. Paxton. a Native of Glasgow. Scotland. Assistant Suix-rintending Kngineer of the Nippon Yuwn KaufeaV
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  • 1613 4 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS WEDNESDAY. 30th MAY. I ntil comparatively recently, the atmosphere of Singapore lias been the ntnm-pln'ir ill tin- same •\Lclliiit .|ii;'.lities ase\|ierieneed in Mm siirroiindiiij; districts. s»a. and land. The Kuropeans who lived in Singapore felt no unpleasantness, and tho.se who dwelt in the uoiglilioiirhood
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  • 11 4 H. M. S. Man men th coaled at Tanjong Pagar to-day.
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  • 8 4 The Strait* Budget will.be published to morrow morning.
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  • 11 4 Thk Calypso arrived this morning from Deli with Professor Krixtna's circus.
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  • 23 4 The <in man mail steamer Sejfilitt left Port Said on tie 2Hth instant outward bound. She is due here on the I.lth June.
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  • 26 4 Thk German mail steamer it- n having left Penaug on the :totli instant at a.m. may be expected to arrive here, to-morrow at about 11 a.m.
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  • 24 4 Thk Xorddeutscher Uoyd steamship Boom, which went ashoie off Mutsu-Jiima. and was re-floated, has piocecdcd to Nagasaki where she was being docked for repairs.
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  • 33 4 Thi: s.s. Bniil, which arrived from Bangkok this morning, picked up three Siamese fishermen at sea. The men had lieen blown out to sea in their knl-h and were iv an exhausted condition.
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  • 41 4 Wk learn that C. Biew Kang paid tbe iv stalmentof the balance >f MJH due from him to A.N. P. N. M. Siipramauian Chetty. ami thereby complied with the order of the Com', with the result that he was not detained.
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  • 50 4 Wk have been courteously informed by the American Consul that the rate of passage made by the floating dock Dewtf in fair weather is 105 miles a day. aud that the dock when last heard of. on the 4th instant. was at Suez, after a sate negotiation of the Canal.
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  • 47 4 Thk Master of the P. O. InwWn, which arrived from Penang on Saturday usorning. reports having passed a conical buoy adrift on thw 24th of May about .10 miles North West of One Fathom Bank Lighthouse. It had apparently been in the water tor a long time.
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  • 45 4 In k Krian correspondent of the I'tonn r writes: A landholder in occupation of a town lot for the past ten years is still without a grant. The snail-like movement of the machinery in the Laud Office nnmt be of a very pronounced type indeed.
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  • 39 4 Tiik Emperor William, in conversing with the Chinese Commissioners, recommends China to organise a powerful army, aud, in doing so, to avoid imitating the military institutions of other countries. This is consi dered as an nnmistakable reference to Japan.
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  • 45 4 It is announced that a marriage has bevu arranged between Everard A. Weld, second sou of the late Sir Frederick A. Weld, of Chideock Manor, Dorset, and Constance. second daughter of late Mr. Philip Dillon and of Mrs. Dillon, of Leefield Station, Maryborough, New Zealand.
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  • 53 4 It is announced that France Lax cuuie to an understanding with China with regard to her garrison in South China. She agrees to withdraw her trooji* from Liuchow conditionally. French troops will be withdrawn if China allows her, an a quid pro quo, the right to construct a railway from
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  • 43 4 All old residents in the Bast will hear with regret that Mr. John Walter has resigned his seat on the London Committee of the Hongkong and Shanghai Hanking Corporation. He severs a aoMMottoa with the Bank that has existed for nearly forty years.
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  • 48 4 Mr. Fkkil Wickutt has MNM in floating in Cornwall Mr. Foo Choo Choon's mining property at Klodang, Kiuta. Tne amount of the capital has not yet transpirod. but the Directors are Mexsrs. Wickott, Foo Choo Cuoon, S. M. Abbott. C. V. Thomas. T. W. Field and W. Rich.
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  • 68 4 A Swvnska correspondent t<> the Cotmm l'o*t states that between 50 and (Ml tinplaU mills stopped in South Wales on Ist in«t. iv consequence of the depression of trade and slackness of demand, caused chiefly by the Russian disturbances and the high price of tin. In most of the cases
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  • 67 4 Thk Tiiiwi, says a wire to the Bangkok pa|H-rs, has highly flattering article* on the progress of Siam and discusses the questi of extra-territorial right for Burmese and Shans. It admits that Siam has done a good deal to raise its standard of >ustice, but contends that, until further informs
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  • 83 4 The first of the NaJMM Ynscn Kaisha steamers that are to be place. l on the Hong kong Bangkok run is expected at the latter port very shortly. The Hnmjlcnl, Km hears that the great merchant rinn of Japan, the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, is shortly to o|)en a branch in
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  • 95 4 Thk Bmm Observer says that Messrs. Howarth Krskine. Ltd., MB greatly extending their premises in Bangkok csjiocially as regards their foundry, which looks as if it would soon become the biggest in the l-'ai East. They have jnst now an enormous lot of work on hand there, and are putting
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  • 92 4 Thk directors of tbe London and India Docks Company and Millwall Dock Company give notice that, as from the .'tilth of A mil. a revised schedule of rates on soft wood (deals, balteus. boards, floated timber Act will lie in fon c. The new rates are 2.1 per ceut. below
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  • 106 4 A XXi ext typhoon has wrought such havoc in the hemp districts of the Philippines that a short crop of that staple is oxpaotod. The shortage is likely to be 200,000 piculs. On the bi>sis of a valuation of from 17 to 20 dollars i gold i per picul this
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  • 103 4 All* Japanese fire insurance coinpauy has lieen formed in Tokyo on a co operative basis. The terms are that .1 jwr cent, of the net profits having been set aside as the legal reserve, and 10 p< r cent, as rewards to officers, a dividend of 6 ]>er ccut. will
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  • 113 4 A tin exi>crt iv Cornwall has received a letter from his brother, wlm is surveying some tin mines iv South Africa. I'lie letter states that most of the mines the writer has inspected will not be worth developing, and that only two mines arc at all likely to yield a
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  • 107 4 PkxaXi; has a Town Band which is in ilanger of breaking up and ilismiss.il (ran lack of funds for upkeep. It wax kept up by public subscriptions and a Municipal subsidy. The Municipality has been asked to take the Band wholly over and keep it up at Municipal expense. On
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  • 183 4 In the British Court for siam. about a week ago, before his Honour Assistant .ludge Vincent, an action was commenced between John Anderson of Singapore, as administrator of the estate of Margaret Auderson deceased, plaintiff, against IsalielU Lily Davidson, Arthur Frege, John M. Dun lop, and John MeK wen. as
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  • Special German Telegrams
    • 32 4 Btrlin, th Mft The Iteichstag has adjourned to th. Mm November next. It is still not decided whether i'rillce Hohenlohe shall remain IapOWOTM DfawtOt of the Colonial omm or not.
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    • 18 4 In the new Italian Ministry. Signor (iiolitti is Premier aud Signor Tittoni. Minister In Foraign Affairs.
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    • 11 4 There is a ministerial ci isi* in Austria
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    • 22 4 The fIJMI ie|»uts that Sir Heiny Campbell-BanneriuHn is about to resign office on account of his wiles illness.
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    • 26 4 The llclai r (a Paris nempoaor) calls M. Iswolski. i the Russian Foreign Minister!, tinman for bringing ulniiii ,vi Anglo BoMatt -entente."
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    • 28 4 The Bagdad railway question ha< not reached ail aclltc stage. It is not yet decided w hither or not t«> build it through the Taurus mountains.
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    • 25 4 Ixjrd Kitzmauriee stated in the House of Lords that Britain ami Russia were 00 OfMC ating in settling the Tnrico-KMWJM flOWaitil question.
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    • 23 4 The Itussiau GoTommest has no iateo tion of dis-olvin._; the Duma. There have boOM Ixuuli outrage, ;it Sevasto|H.| and Titi.s.
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    • 20 4 The naval Powers will send warship- to attend the opening it 'the h,ti hour al V.una i Bulgaria).
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  • Reuter Telegrams.
    • 30 4 lie, l. Bingaporrt9tk iiag. DcVil. hi/ BtmttrSJOpjm. The Duma, yesteni.iy. uith disregard ol the (iiiveiiimeiit's declaration, contiutnd to discuss measures for tbe betterment of tin people.
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    • 31 4 The House of Commons halve adopted the Ist Clause of the Kdncation Bill by :it>.-| rotw in favour of it to 1(12 voles against it.
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    • 56 4 Another st<,i my sittin.: «.is ÜBarienced Vest, rd'iy in tin Reichstag, owing to ade elanition by (lovcrnment that the decision torediiiv tbe number o! troops in Dainara laud was a miittei for tin Kaiser only, and also owing to the revelation th.it the Kaiser had already
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    • 57 4 ln\ieu ot arresting the physical decline ot the iMipulation and instilling new lio|xamong bU laliourers „iLriiultural Mi. Krvce has introduced a liill in the House vi Commons. tllUlllriliag a loan of M^OOyMO to rovide 2.V1N111 cottages for labourers in Inland, and de\otiug t.10.0011 annually. derivabV
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    • 53 4 :ii SiMMJMrv SOtk M'nj. h,lil. 1,,, Btuttr IOJOa.m. Sir BdWMd drey said ill the Hoik. ,t ('(Humous that China has promised to reaffirm, as was the case formerly, the priii ciple that the administration of the Chinese Imperial .Maritime Customs should continue as it is
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    • 36 4 The House of Commons, sitting iv ('.mimittee, agreed to set the tea duty at rive pence, after rejecting by 270 to 17.1 .in amendment to reduce tl c duty to lour MM*
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    • 30 4 There is BKft excitement throughout the I'nited States owing to revelations made by Mr. Neill, a Labour Commissioner. He inspected the meal packing lions. at Chicago.
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    • 22 4 Duiag the inspection he discovered hoirihli- malpractices, including the convei sion of putrefying animal miittei nil" c uined incuts.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 258 4 THE LONDON CBRONO&RAFH. Show Direct from the EMPIRE (Leicester Sqoan) Loodon. o -?iig6t!TDo-?lig6t!! Location- Beach Road. Electric Lights fans Latest ,V MMmH]| s<le te 1 lilllls Shown only Hamilton Co., I'roprirtan. •-M7H Amateur Dramatic Performance "H. E ThE GOVERNOR. 1 Serxic- ni^lit on WMMMf, N»> SOth. I'mler the MIMMM of
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    • 255 4 LATEST ADVERTISMENTS. i HOGAN Co. Ltd. ■In Liquidation i Al (TION SALK (»F A STEAM LAUNCH and a Ton kang To Ik- held at Hogan Co.'s Wharf Robertson Quay Satnnlai/. !nd -lutic. at UJO a.m. Powell Co 2483 Amli,mfcrs. AUCTION SALE CHINESE CARVED EBONY AND TEAK HOI'SEHOLD FTIRNITIRE At No.
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    • 61 4 IMK Lonilou Stock BaMMMJi C'ominittet »ppoinU'd Weilnesiliiy. May 10, H|>e<:ial Sett linn '>&>' for the iiDclennentioiied seenritii s Malat-ca Kiibbt'r Plantation, l.imiteil MJOO, Soven-and-a- Half per cent I'artieiput illy Cninnlntive I'referenee Shares of ill each fully i«id. Nob. 1 Uiy.').(KK). Hiiljlmt Kstat. s ol .I'ohore, Ltd. 1 l&jOOO Sln.ies ot
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  • "Renter's Telegrams.
    • 273 5 1(..\1. mmrnmm MM May. 1i.r.1. Itntt' r o;> p.m. deputation boat both Houses of the Canal have pretested addresses to the I'rnccs- Kn.i. Than bMnaaai contain fervent pr.ij. i M,r future happiness. Thaoonaapo'iil mof the pmm4mri in St. Petersburg six ihal tin- Commission of inquiry into th s mender
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  • 250 5 A Question of Proprietorship. A i i BjnMßVrr -hop at :«ih TanjoiiK I'a^ar Ri«d was wi/.e<l last weak lot I small debt due to Mohammed Shereet Sahib by Mootu Marii an. aaaiaaajtol that seizure Mohammed Gunny, the elder brother of Mootu Mali. an.apiH-ared befon Mr. Howard
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  • 282 5 Mis,. Tin lion »as ,i shopkeeper in Bottt I'asoh. UhOßg Qnai kept house for hi n. She had baaa with him I couple of months •Alien on the 14th ultimo they quarrelled ovei the in -taking- ol the shop. He slapped 1,, i. aaji in nt
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  • 83 5 Thi.ki has apparently beBB a humble cast of "ragging at Pondicheirv quite out hcroding anything the lireuadicr* did U l.unl Douro. or the lu-li Dicns" fa Se. -olid Lieutenant I larl. Kennedy. M. l.< Main one n ads. was iaajßjai out of hii carriage, dnested of his i aim' nt.
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  • 1051 5 IXKI.tKM K OP HI I'KKSS as Ban BY Mk. HvrrKNßlßd. Befobk Mr. Jmtice Fisher yesterday in the Supreme Court. Arjan Singh, the Sikh constable, who got into trouble at St. John's Island, some weeks ago, appealed against his conviction in the Police Court on a charge of
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  • 131 5 c Thk following are recent K. M. S. appoint. in. -ills Mr. H. K. Swau to be 2ml Assistant District Officer. Kuala Kubu Mr. G. C. Koch to ha Assistant District Treasurer. Kuala c Lumpur: Mr. EL C Barnard to be Divisional Kngineer. North: Mi. D. .1. Highet to be
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  • 912 5 Three Sherwood Foresters Sent to Prison. On the 20th instant, Privates J. Oscroft and W. Hartfthorne and Drummer J. Christie, of the Sherwood Foresters, left Tanglin Barracks for a walk to Alexandra Road. They took a cut across country and in Buoua Vista Road they met
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  • 56 5 On Monday Next. Tuk Annual Sports of the Singapore Police will be held on Raffles Reclamation ou Monday, the 4th of June. There will a* a Menagerie race. o|xm to all members of the Navy, Army, and Singapore Volunteers. Competitors have to provide their own animals, which
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  • 146 5 Mi.. Huir lKvihs (Hackuey. N.i asked the Secretary of State for War* what progress had baaa made with the official history of the late South African war< when it was expected that any portion oi it would be issued ami what were the causes
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  • 1216 5 Sou! Twilight (a) This somewhat extraordinary story deals with the misplaced affections oi no less than five persons, four of whom are two ill-asHortud couples. The threads of their destinies become !iu)K-lrsslv entangled, and in this way. A rising young barrister, during his long engagement to
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  • 299 5 S. C. C. 2nd XI v. The Dutch Club. Taja I'uteh Football Club made their second appearance iv public ye-t< nlay when they met the second team of the S. C. C. at soccer on the Esplanade. The gann -tarted iv a slight drizzle, which toon paawd off. with
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  • 242 5 S C.C. v. H M. 5. Monmouth While their confreres were eu«ancd in BMOar on the. other part oi the Ksplanadc others of the S.S.C. played a Hockey maUli on the S.R.C. (•round with a team from H.M.S. MommotUk «iive and take play prevailed for some time from the
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  • 55 5 Hk wiisa new arrival in I'crak and his knowledge of Malay had aot kept pace with I is eagerness to learn, and use the lajaeaaga, On rinding his whisky and sutlatoo warm I'm his taste, he told the boj to bring BOOM "lint" (iajali. K veil the well tiained Celestial
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  • 223 5 (.'.utvin i>. ahkhs. the Director ol Forestry in the Philippines, has bra a report us rabbet and gatta-perd He points nut that, in tii, I'liilippii,.-. soil, climate, ami other cnn.liti.ius ate tavoi able to rnliht-r aad gatta-peroha in ccimiii parts of these Islands. T| M Qon
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  • 89 5 'Ini- tiaile in .lry goods.' Major OVmiutll writes, e— owlag Am Koffdoeaa district al tho Siulmi. will not ineneat until ■fllMUil lemaiid is created for rtriHnod Dttnofaclnn n by the advance of tin- nalln idea of the necessities of lif,.. tlicii power of purchasing Wag still far greater
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  • 68 5 Yesterday's Play. DIII'HLKS. H. Lm and .1. A. (iixt/.n: scr. lx-at H. B—dlWOrth and M. K. Watt pi B, B B. Class BOMUa, C. I-"*; >icl^' iwat w. K. Laaorte, 7-'>. f>-2. To-day. Dun "ill uo play toilii}. Tie for To-morrow. DoUBLKS. Doiil hikl
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 177 5 SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE COMPANY LIMITED, HOHNKO WHARF. TELEPHONE 1010 The Company stocks all kinds of Australian frozen meats, keg Beef, Pickled Pork. Tinned Meats, Fresh Butter, Frozen Tinned Fresh Butter, Poultry, and Frozen Sundries. Shipments come direct from the O. M. K. and A. Co,, Ltd.. Brisbane. Shipping supplied without
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    • 117 5 SINOAPORR PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY Tin- Annual Ooaanl Meeting will be held in the Town Hall ou Thunxlav, May :Unt, it V l5 .l.m. JKntrauee by Hide door from Court Koadl. urn WARMNO. Legal proceedings will be taken agaiu»: any. one found selling PURIFIER other than JEYE'SaH JEYE'S PURIFIER. The public are
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  • 420 6 Here it a little romantic history. Forty years ago Ah Fong grew tired of vegetating in Canton. Tie heard of possibilities in Honolulu, so bidding goodbye to the smells of the Southern Capital he set sail for the brighter clime of the lone Pacific isle, and there
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  • 344 6 This question has been under discussion for some long time and correspondence between London and Liverpool has resulted, we are glad to say, in an arrangement having been come to by all the largest importers, merchants dealers, brokers of Para, Peruvian, Bolivian and African rubbers, that the
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  • 154 6 Dowi« has returned to Zion City, Chicago, after a lengthy absence in Mexico, ftnd was welcomed by a smallminority of his flock. He has been reconciled to his wife and son, who recently made grave charge against liim as to his polygamous teachings. Pastor Wilbur Glenn Voliva,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 595 6 WANTED REQUIRED in an office at once, a good typewriter Yost. Apply E. T. c/o Strain Times. Mas WANTED. Six moi Compositors by the "Straits 1 mi. s I'ros-. I.UI. Apply with testimonials Strain Time Office, Cecil Street, Singapore. Experienced BOOK-KEEPER (European) who understands Double Entry, and is conversant with
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    • 552 6 TO BE LET. TO BE LET. small first floor offices facing Cavenat!b Bridge Boad and Flint Street. Apjly to Guthrie it Co. Ltd., Agents. n.o TO LET from the Ist April, bonae No, 109 Kiver Valley Road, Kent 185. Apply to L. 1), c/o Strain Time*. v 1966 TO LET,
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    • 750 6 TO BE LET. TO BE LET. 49 Spottiswoode Park, a large European residence with big compound and tennis court. Apply to CHOP SOON BEE, I 2308 8, Ccci 1 Street. TO BE LET. Light and convenient offices and sample rooms, etc., on first floor above Robinson Piano Co., Raffles Place.
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    • 613 6 R|LEY,HaR6REAVES& Co., Ltd. Electrical Engineers. HOUSE WIRING Estimates and Advice free. ELECTRIC FANS Crompton Punkah Fans, Table, Bracket and Ceiling Fans. MOTORS From B. H. P. upwards for small Machines, Pumps and all Purposes. DYNAMOS For light and Power, Private Plants, etc. ELECTRIC BELLS For House or Office. c. b
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  • 428 7 Messrs. L.F. Crist and H. R. Burrill, the two special agents of the Department of Commerce and Labour who have been spending some months in in vestigating trade conditions in taU On ent, arrived at San Francisco on the "Korea" on the Bth uk. and proceeded direct
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  • 215 7 On May. the 9th, at 9 p.m. the two newly completed houses of His Highness the Sultan of Selangor at Bukiv Chandan were lighted with electricity throughout. for>:he first time. Much credit, says the "Malay Mail." is due to atssm Howarth Erskino and Co.. Ltd., (or
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  • 131 7 Colonel Mansel. with a force sent mil to Zululand fir the |MipOM at rcc. D uaissance, pn^ceede*! on the t>th M:iv •n the direction of Oetwrayo'l Bnva The vanguard, whicli was d MCMXluig B precipitious hill in single file. V9J itcporately charged by "JUO Zulu :nul
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  • 101 7 Hiliousuebs is only another nanit: for clogged or sluggish liver caused by rich food, or by eating ton mtth men oc by taking too little sauitiss. It il ii 00Bb> mon complaint in this country. Imt can be quickly remedied by stimulalni!; theflow or bile, which softens the I that
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 500 7 Dan Macfarlane Co/s ROYAL V. 0. V. Jsiqueur Seoted XVbisky. (:o:) (ilil WN.UU.K KKOM Messrs. Yong Lee Seng Co. Ghee Soon Co. Ann Lock Co. Hong Seng Co. Hoon Keat Co. and all dealers. Wholesale from Syme Co. asiM Sole Jlgents. For Nervous ©Exhaustion /j^^^F CHtPOTEAUT'S HJ H Phosphoglycerate Tht
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    • 711 7 3mm l^H OILMEN s ST9RES I CfiOSSE I I PICI^* Hi Avm IH I JAMS, JELLIES, By Special AND 1^ POT^ EE E D AT Warrant H BLACKWELL, malt vinegar Purveyors to I I LTD I leaTperrins ■J J l^B Worcestershire H.M.The KING WKB sauce AUCTION SALES PR€LIMINARY NOTICE OF
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    • 588 7 NOTICES. NOTICE. The Sale by Auction of ALMA. BATTJ KAWAN and PRYE ESTATES sUnds postponed to a future date, of which due notice will be given KENNEDY CO.. Auctioneers A. A. ANTHONY 4 CO.. > Auctloneere VMM NOTICE We, the undersigned. Tung Kong Soon and Tung Wane Guan hereby give
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  • Correspondence.
    • 182 8 YV lulitnr of Ih gli w'h 7'/m<..." Sik, I note an "absurdity" taken, it is ■aid, from your paper and repMtad in the BritM Snrlh BoruM Herald ol ltitli instant. It is to the effect that there is difficulty in making remittance to Singapore which did !iot
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  • 268 8 h turns out that Fittfrmtto* bam OOM bonght for Mr. Apcar, as well as two other fa iraoa, M Mr. AjK-ar. who iiiilikt some owners Bevel cares to make a mystery of his doings, i-'iirU-ouslv sent the Jiinn a note in which 1 -iid ■B] yesterday's Australian
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  • 210 8 fix growing may of work iv the Hongkong Poai office MoaaaitnMd nine additional appointmonte dnzinfi the past year. 1 1 emails dealt with by tlu iHpartment I to ISSyBM hags aud packMa, as imi.tlll for the previous year uoU-s i.C. itormimg /'<•«'. JUtogolhec there „ii _'l pillar
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  • 228 8 Fu-trrmarilOtirt, April 19. 'hiis afternoon Sir Henry M Vallum, the 1.-villloi ii \icwed l.'oyst ill's Hois, „n the I OOBTW ftIMIIMJIIU the men. In said he to sec for himself how they had 1 fat active sen ice iindei tlie e\i- in ies of
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  • 126 8 pom :.,cipts for the half-year t<i I HI, amounted to I." 17.1 m), "against Ii'I.THM hi the coi responding half-year ol rhe working expeniaeo, including for maintenance uf cables. -■l.".V.'.>T. against Jjl.-.n.ici for the ciiespindiu- period ol lIMU. There is ;.n available balance of
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  • 999 8 The Resident's Travels. Thk Resident has returned to headjiiartcrs by river, after an absence ot seven necks. Starting from I.ipis. early in April, Mr. Wray went to Pekau by boat, calling at lemerloli on the way down. From Pekau, Kuantan was visited, nud then tlie mines at Blat,
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  • 1416 8 Robert Brough, the well-known Actor, died iv Sydney last week. For a year past he has been in indifferent health, and has made few appearances on the stage. He was the best stagemanager Australia has ever known, aud during the partnership of Krough and Boucicault the newest aud
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  • 100 8 In reply to a question asked un Ixl.ali uf Mr. MacVeagh (Down. S.i Mr. Morley (Moutmse Burglixi Raid Tin- total value of the opium exported from India in 1904-3 was 4T.ffM.MB. of which opium to tl.r value of fc.V>4l.l>4o was consigned direct to fasti in China. The net
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  • 64 8 A CLtßiiVM.il'> hat. a lady's hat and riot I in. t;. a bottle of medicine, aud another of fruit salts were found at Holyhead close to a precipice overlooking the sea between the North Stack and the breakwater. The police are investigating the affair. The man's
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  • 23 8 Arrived 30th May Pki; Hiir Leoii'j from Telok iIM S.- Major Careless, Mr. J. A. Kussell aud Mi. 1!. Weatherhead.
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  • 66 8 Thk absonco of a Public Prosecutor for some time now in the busy centres of Batu Gajali. Ipoli. and Kmta fjenerally. wems to be causino a gnat deal of friction in inauy quarter*. r< marks tlit 7ihk«<,/ Mhliu/,i. and iutaiU a Kit of extra work ou others. It should lie
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  • 228 8 BanMaax, Mm Mvi. lswe. PRODUCE Gambier buyere 57.30 do (Cube No. ll anp<cked 10.7"; Copra Bali *.*0 do PoDtianak 7.95 Pepper. Black buyer- ....20.62$ do White. 5° IB^7J Sego Flour Sarawak 1W I do Brunei No. 1 2.6-1 Pearl Saffo 5.40 Coffee Bali. I". buyers H.SO Coffee. Palembanii. 30%
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 248 8 Hank I, Brit. str. 127 tons, (apt Stewart, 29th May. From Natima lolaud. 'JHtl.Mii>. Copra, ami 27 d.p. Te<> Hoe Lye. For Nutuna Island. ll a Km Urn, l. Nor. str. 845 tons. Capt Folkmaun. 30th May. From Bangkok. 2-ith May. B.C. Joo Seng Chan. For Bangkok.
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    • 241 8 FOR SINGAPORE Per P. A- AMM from London April 28. due 2nd June— Mr. H. Crittieii. Lieut. L. K. Leeson, Mr. Vouder PfordU-n. Mr. T. Muir.Mr. Harrißon. Mi»» L. Phillip-. Per P. Jt O. s. s llritanniu, (■uniiectint! with the steamer /Win at Colombo, from London May
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    • 84 8 Per .V. limKiiantau. Triuggann, ate, S'i.:i\;i hiiil Saiiiai-.inx Vktn Samf Hm.ih. Sim;..™ and Bangknl Bnrihui 11 a.ni Hiin«k..k a*oml 11 p.m. Bangkok lia.m Sabak ami l>jniiilur ll<oiii ll< I p. mi Hilhtc.ii.llataMa.it.. /.'.>..' Ipjß. Kalacea and Lings' iufcfßji ■"'<•■■ 2 p.m Kurope via ports AtarafH 3 p. in
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    • 125 8 Pna Eri.nPK— By the N. !>. 1., s. s. Zittn diii- on l-t Jan*. From China Ry If. M. s. CuMimie* due on Ith .lime. TIME UM M mails hcf. Loft Singapore Due in Loudon Arrived ltitli N. I>. L. May lltli Mm lOtli Apl. I9tii Hl.
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    • 81 8 Wharves at Which Different Ship* are Berthed To-day. Bam Wiivm -Nil. Vtrronu GiuMMi Don: Hunhhj AI.HUM UllvllM. DO I.: -.Illllft Niclllll. Si. mm Ni.. 1 Hakati Mum. Bharata. -J Kut Bang. Ameer. ;t Nil. 4 Stentor. Calypeo. tt Moyune. H. M. B. Muiimuutli. Borneo Whahf 7
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 113 8 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. June I At Siile-room. unredermwl pledges. HI H. lll. 4 At Bale-room, unredeemed pledge*. 10 a.m. 6 At Sale-room, unredeemed pledget*. IU a.m. H. L. Co K hlan and Co. June 2 At Sale room, u iire.lt ;-u-,;\ pledges 10 a.m. -.'—At No. 2-B Thumps..
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    • 92 8 K. A. J. CHOTIRMALL Co., JEWELLERS SILK MERCHANTS. Have just opened a fresh stock ot Indian, Chinese, and Japanese goodf ;.<-. silk kimonos, Maltese silk lace collars. Ladies' silk blouses. Japanese cotton crape kimonos. Persian and Indian oarpetl of all sizes, gold gem set-jewellery, silver ware etc. etc. Ladies and
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 183 8 DAY BY DAY. Wednesday, 30th May. High Water. t-M p.m. IVn-t uf Weeks of the Jews. LJ..T.C. broaaat ■louruament. Town Hand H. t>. Heaervoir. Ito r, Amnteur Dramatic Society Performance. S.V.A. Gun Drill, it. Wayang Kassim. 9. •i.MC.A. Tennis. Thursday, 31st May. High Water. 2-50 a.m. 4-38 a. 111 Moon.
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 702 9 Men-of-War. Monmrnilli. H. M. twin-screw, first-dans, armoured cruiger, 9,800 tons. 681 im, 14 goiM, 22.000 h.p. Captain J. A. Tuke. 19tli May. From Plvmoutb, l'-itli Apl. Senior Naval Officer. For Hongkong, IT.— Kds. Moomlime, 11. M. tag boat. Capt Mellar, 13th Apl. From Colombo, 4th Apl.— U.—
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    • 733 9 Smiif, port, pro/oiUe date ol arriml, ami imok of agenti. Steamers. nirina. Boaataag, -lulv 4 Kchn tlffm Xt. .ii. Hamburg, .lune Behn Mevi-i. Andalunia. Hongkonj;. July 19; Behn .M.v.j Arcadia. Hongkong, July I j P. A U. Atholl. London, July 9; Pateraon Kiiuoiis. I Austria, Trieste, July '.I
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    • 236 9 N I Number of Miarr Issue Paid V»luc lup to Company Buyeis Seller* Traniac Dm GOLO t IMM 10 i 10 BeraawabG. M. Co., Ltd !,s>MuDiwu«d. 4,000 t 10 I 10 (Deferred) iO.OOO 10 I 10 Kadnun G. M. lal. 10,000 10 I 10 il'ref.) 00,000 X, 1 X
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    • 140 9 100,000 1 ii 1 Duff Development Co., Ltd.. l> OUU uuliuuso 2,000 100 100 Federated Cugiueering Co., U.I. I.'iOO 50 Fraser Neave. Ltd. xi.ooo i 125 l&j Huugkouy and Shanghai Bauk -.i»ki 100 t 100 Uowarth Krakiue, Ltd. •.too 10 10 Mayuardd' Cc. LU. 0,000 100 100 liiley Uargreavm,
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    • 159 9 20,000 •10 I 6 Balgouuie Rubber KbUte Ltd. 70,000 »10 »10 B»tu Unjor Kubber Co., Ltd. »,UQO uuiMUad. 1 70,000 1 1 BukitKajab Kubber (Jo., Ltd. JH.-J.fi ».000umniMdi 1 £0.15 (coiUnb.|£;U7.6 6,000 \M I 1 Cicely Rubber EsUle £:i.O.U 6,000 i. 1 £015 s%Pref. ..M.15.0 l,WUuuiWlMd' 30,000 1 ii
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    • 48 9 Howarth EnUine, Ltd. 6% WOO.OUO 2^^ prem buyers Uiley. Uarw-reavus, Ltd. o% 2*1, 000 1% prem bu>er>. biu't'ttl;-"'' MuniuiiaJ 6% 400.00U J\ prem bu' er. 1.e7H.00'3 1% pr.in b i m t\ O'JO par. »ullcr», Ivnjoiit. f»k»r liork L.i.i JjO.OUU I*, l I. asj.il ßl par. buyer*
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  • 1006 9 (Minor Troubles on Sea and Land An interesting account of life oa I nu.-rcha.nt vessel engaged in ohc Wot African trade is given by Mr. Robert Goodwin. It is very tricky work, lie says, MvifM iug the rivers and creeks, for they are narrow, winding, and
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 601 9 BANKS. lonnkortß 6" Shanghai Banking Corporation. PAID I I'C.UMTAL »10,000,000 I'.-'.skkvi; FUND; r am i.miniiu si PsiaVrMsts »i 0,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. A. H;ui|.t. Baa. <'li»innan. 11.. m. C. \V. I lirkKon. --Deputy Chairman. <;, X D. M Nissim. Esq. C. It. 1..-i./iii:iini. N- A. Siebii, Esq. Q II M.-.lliiirst.
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    • 483 9 BANKS. Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. 1 Capital £800,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £800,000 Reserve Fund £975,000 1 BANKERS. Bank of England. National Bank of Scotland. The London City A Midland Bank, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Accounts are opened^ and interest allowed at 1
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    • 457 9 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. I' OCEAN STEAM SHIP Co., Ltd AND China Mutual Steam Nay. Co., Ltd. The Companies' steamers despatche< from Liverpool outwards (or the Straits, Cnini. and Japan every week, aud from Japan home wards for London every fortnight and fu Liverpool monthly. One outward steamei each month extends to
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  • 378 10 Have you ever hoard of thie cucujo.' It ftm are one of those unfortunates ad,, wnthr uniler the imposition of inordinate fas bills you will wish thai the |il.n-- wen- swarming with eucujoes, so that the tyrannical gas companies might In- urcmn vented. It is the
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  • 217 10 I'hv Oapaoha Ooloaiaie" .i I'nrit. iiewspsper, paUiawci TihtAin from v Aii~ti.ili.iii totter" ou German i-ojii-■MßbsJ v.\ji;ui-.i ii in t ho Pacific The acaentific orgaaiamtias! al the Nmil deatedier Llajrtk MtauniatntkMi, which iTlhlal it to rr.iji .i; all MSeoaa of the jreW the ni.ixniiiiin piufit wit ti tile
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 140 10 wßJnM^^^^^^nSal Truth Sfron ~»*^iiger Than Fiction 1 Blacß'tnith'* Kppvrienr* U'luion Bweet, Brifj... ■I .affrrcd lerriWy \Mih Rlu-u-mati in in my right arm. It ■fleeted rm to M»h in eneM th4t I tould only .~li(;lii!\ r.ii>c niv arm. lam a III.H 1.-miih ly prafnaioa nd, j- I li.i\>- !•> u*e i
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    • 753 10 STKAMSHIP COMPANIES. P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. Per China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon. Australia. India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Port*, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading issued for Chins Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental, aud Aincricat, Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about Mail Line. Oitlirard (for China). Hell,, 9 June
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    • 1220 10 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. Koninklljke Paketxaart Maatschappij. Under contract with the Nctherlnnrls India Government. Aijevtt al Singapore Hhii- Aokmv, ij»tk J. Daknm.iji 4 Co., 2-H Coi.lver Qcat. The undermentioned dates aro only approximate Steamer From Exp'ted Will be despatched for Kami Batavia Maj WlDataria, Java-Cnast. Samaranf-. Sonni liHvn, MacaxHar. Para-Pare. HalikPa|>»ii. Donggola,
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    • 796 10 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. N.D.L NOROOEUTSCHER LLOYD Imperial Herman Mall Ltnr The fast and well known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from BremenHamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southainp ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vico verna) Por Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penan;;, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki, anil Kobe
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    • 640 10 STKAMSHIP COMPANIi:s. N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co Ltd. A regular FIIIITSII I IITI. V BMTviee is inniii taincd hetvveen .)a|«n an. l Bonne '>> tinfollowing NEW TWIN SCREW STEAMEKS, In.ler Mini Contract, xx ■1 1 tlie I in|H-rial .Ir|mui ■at (iovei nniriit. apeciall) deaigiiocl for tinConi|niii\'s Bnroiieaii Bervioe,
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