The Straits Times, 2 June 1907

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.372 SINGAPORE. THURSDAY. JUNE 20. 1907. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 233 1 GRAND HOTEL DE L'EUROPE. SlN'i :i M»K»' tut 11 With Klefro icity. From "The Autocar," March 9, l«.K>7 Hill Climbing Honours Won by private owners of DE DION BOUTON CARS. HILL CLIMB OF THE VICTORIA AUTOMOBILE CLUB. TRANSVAAL A.C. HILL CLIMB. i ME DION Kii-t MDIOR First Ollialll Cllhrikll fV
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    • 83 1 HOTEL*. CALEDONIAN HOTEL 77 < Braat Bosah Road, SingaporeThe Brightest and Healthiest Resort in the City. Hotel Porter in uniform meets all 6oat« and Trains. HOTEL WISSE WILTXTBEDXM. BITAYIA. Established in 1836. Renovated np to date. Splendid situation in the Fashionable Centre. Opposite the Palace ol Governor Geueral and Club,
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    • 271 1 ROBINSON Company. Guns and Ammunition. ALL ©UR GUNS ARE MADE IN ENGLAND. Wj; mCAWI HAVE A bIW SELECTION OF GINS IN STOCK. Of \.\RIOI s WEIGHTS AND IIEND OF STOCK, SO THAT WE ARE ENABLE TO FIT ALMOST ANY SI'OItTSM AN. We would particularly call attention to our No. 2
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    • 85 1 FOIt THK FIBST TDOE IN SING.U'OKI THE PARSI ALFRED THEATRICAL COMPANY OF BOMBAY Wil! perform for a siort mm unh. in their special')' M(W Bfae«mi Thettn at BEACH ROAD! TO-NIGHT" "Raja Gopichand" I'RICKS W ADMISSION Cushion Sofa J S i: if* V, •>0 xkxaxa. Cushiim Sofa I Sat. I.M Hn*
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    • 62 1 GRAND HOTEL DE L EUROPE. SIN(.\I'()KK. Mmb ix Ohbtm us•statagssatra* no(-e««il\ ..Till kMMI '>ul,-,.mf(.rl. PHOSFERINE Th« Greatest of all Tonic*. 5 I RADIATE* HEALTH J| PirositelMi ktktm Partout, Umliad, Z L* b«U« Swnc*. Laodoo, h.C. —■•M———— l TROPICAL Motor Tyres HORBE C (^^Uj BRAND Always in Stock. KUMPERS CO.. siNGAioitK
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  • 946 2 Admiralty Surveys. Tin' io|x>rt on AilmiiHlty lI'J» MM Mb* war 11**5 I>\ Mm liytln^rnpli, i- hns Ixvn isMi.il as Parliamentary MBJNf. Tin. hydro^raph. i in his Heart m the w.nl. MM ifuriiKtl in MB) <\:iiiiiiinti.)ii .iml rliartinn of tlir sea* mill nHsts in v«rioii> parti of tbc
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 117 2 GARRETTS PORTABLE ENGINES. M RiT^Si^ii!!? JaBWaBBBJa^EaBBB^WMaIftBB^^B^S^^BwiMMBOB^BBBa^B^B^BaA^Be^^BMa^BBBBBBBBBaM^BMB^BBBfcSffBBM!! '^aWiif^^^^ m^^^Zt fyJ^ "*33bSß^» aa^a^SßaSLcS^^lar^^ ,^»f MiiM^TIt^^MtHBiTaBMHBwSSaMaMHTrfcaTffWBBBM^BMir 'xBL PATENT FIRE BOX, emlnB WOOD FUEL ARE MOST EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL OYEB FIFTY IS Ist: IX THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES. IMPORTERS: rw>i W\ _O i. J Ihe Borneo L<o Ltd., sinoapore Alexandra Brickworks Co., Ltd. BRICKS
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    • 127 2 Jbevy Jiermanos DUPLEX "ODEON" T IK .f,!!,« H (E RECORDS. TWO records for the PRICE of ONE. CAN BK PLAXSB ON ANY Talking Machine or Gramophone. v LM VSST om LEVY HERMANOS. ALBERT L. A. DALEY Undertaker Tomb Builder 150 Middle Hoalt. Sole Ageut for Jli^rv Duttridge Bi'otberD, Ltd.. Londuu,
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    • 160 2 H. ABRAMS, HORSE REPOSITORY OIUHARI) lUMD .Juht laaaai Ex. Kbrluuatus .'l2 Hoimos, I Cobs him! Ponies in Grat-claw order. lOjrer WO HomcN ut nil dexcriptiouH aud prices on hand for s«le at the lowest possible prices. Harness. Saddlery and ali Stable requisite* in lar^e variety, rm ntiy nrriv.il, ..I the
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    • 137 2 McAlistcr Co Ltd. SOLE AGENTS Messrs. Irvine Co.'s FAMOUS Australian Wines Brandies. CLASH HOCK CUAHLIH BUKGITNDY PORT SHERRY McALISTER CO., LIMITED. «>^^ PATENT SOSTENENTE^^ni PIANOS Built Expressly for this Climate and Guaranteed for FIVE Years. $450 mcc tumiho for one tcaii. The ROBINSON PIANO CO., Ltd FERMENT Lacto-Bacilline Ih the
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  • 1016 3 Gossip From Arcady. a Cammr-MM Gmmmolb: I— ?im from! the Kiiiry of an I,llc Yeai. Ky S.L. Ben siiHHii. London William UmMM. J |7h. 6d. net). The love of a i-oimtn life must Hiively bo l >pii the increase since ko many gossipy l»ookh on llio subject come
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    • 551 3 DREADFUL ECZEMA OP LITTLI BOY Hands Had to Be Tied to Preveht Scratching— No Rest With Him Night or Day— Head and Face a Raw Mass Curls Cut Off. A DOUBLE CURE BY CUTICURA REMEDIES "My little boy »hs affected with ecrema about the head and face. He had it
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    • 1105 3 Ismail Raheem, DIAMOND MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURING JEWELLERS. 82-1. 82-2 BRAS BASAH ROAD. SINGAPORE. (NEXT TO RAFFLES HOTEL). Mo. 23 High Street. r flS HIGH-CLASS JAPANESE CURIOS ■ATI NOW M tm A NKW sHII'Mt.VT Of OAJUHKI rUMVKM stands mi pots, it. a skis, ;i,oismxxj: •ml SATSIMA WARKB. LAOtjUKUCD AMIt'MS and CABIBETH
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  • 482 4 Modern Oriental Rulers who Enjoy Polo and Horse Racing. A •.mall percentane of native princes, like IV; Uli Sinoli and tin- Maharajah of KticliIMiar, hMV Ihiictit'-'l tnm their intercourne with Kii^lislinicn. Tli«.y recognize the folly ol buying banai a:id carriages for which they bar* no ne, and
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  • 299 4 ADELPHI HOTEL. lit i;. i iiimberliu Mr W MiicJ.li.-ii Mr. l. YViisii Mr \V Campbell Omau ilr \v. G. Bakac Mr .iii.l Mrs Better— l Mr (J Kica Mr W Obtrmuller .til- S .litberb Mr I, I) K.i.>:kjr Mr A Mm van Honsem Mr E Malwr Tj/.r Mr
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  • 258 4 Caste- Marks on Women. Tin oante-MMdn warn by wmb ait i-outim d to the forehead anil H6| says a writer oil caste -marks in Southern India in llu Madras Mail, more uniform than those affected l>y 0M men. 'I'll.' orthodox mark invariably W ou —Kguma hiii l ceremonial occasions is
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  • 814 4 Sanu; port, probable dati> of frivol, and name of Agnits. Steamers. Airlie, Sydney. .Tune 84 Hunt. I Alciuous. (MM, •Inly 21 Maii«ri>U Amhria, Hamburg, June 29 Behn Mey<r Antilochus. Liverpool, June 26 MaiwtieM Aragonia. Hongkong, July Be'i:» Meyer Arcadia, Colombo, July 19 1' *O. Coy Astyauax. Liverpool, July
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  • 168 4 N'i\\ that a oomidentbk fine in wheat lias taken p'.nee. and a eoiwiuont advance in the pii< t bread is ;iu:icipated, tho Qlaagow Xews notes that eighty years ago the ~tHtt of life coit exactly il"i>)!^ the price pni'l it present. In MM a 41b. lonl
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  • 71 4 If Mr, Hayes Fixhfrr will second my aiui'Dtliueut, Mr Bray awl kl a. moating "f the L.C.C., 1 will walk iewa the Strand with him 011 Ktnpiro Day, arm in arm, hiu^.n^ tin KatioMU Ant'.iora, wuxiug I'nion Jacks. aud tickling the (aces of paamafl f-maW with peacock's f.:atli>:rs. Mr. lUm
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 698 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. 1 RlTa STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, I \ustralia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London Through Bills rf Lading iaroed for Cbin Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental, and Jnuriw Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or aboa. MAIL LINE. Outvard (for China). China June
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    • 713 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HANDEL AND SCHEEPVAART MY. "BANNER." BANDJERMABIN. The Steamers of tbia company maintain a regular service between: Singapore, Bawean, Soorabaya, Bandjermasin, Palo Laat, Balik Papan, Koetei, with transhipment at Bandjermasin for Sampit, Maudawai, Koemai, Kotta Waringin, Djelai, Marabahan, Mb £tasaries, Negara and Bebirik. Tho steamers have good acoomodation for
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    • 417 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINIE. HAMBURG. The steamers (I tbil Company mucitin a regnUr service between Hambarg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Straita, China, and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hambarg and onoe a month (or Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and Colombo. The arrival!
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    • 780 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N. D. L. NOROOEUTSCHER LLOVO imperial Qarmsn Mail Lin:. The fast and wall koowu mail •v. nf thii Company sail fortnightly from Bre-n^i-Hamborg ria Rotterdam, Antwerp, Sonlhvn(i ton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (ooni ■•.ion Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vie: *Maa| Per Baid, Saez, Aden, Colombo, l':n-i Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai,
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  • 1319 5 Under thin beadiug tbe following ahbreviali .iiB are uaed atr. ateamer sh. <ihip bq. li»rqu<- sob. Bohoooar Toi. Yacht Cm. < 'ruiwr O'bt.— Onaboat Tor.— Torpedo H.p. Hone-power; Brit. Rnttab U.R.— Uuiied Btatea Fch. French O«r. Oemwo i Dot.- Dutch lul.— ltalian Span.— Spanish I Har. Sarawak;
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  • 71 5 June 18 Wray Castle, Brit str, Mauila Tudor Prince, Brit »tr, Hongkong Simoon, Brit Rtr, Calcutta 19 Htentor, Brit Rtr, Japan via ports Glenavon, Brit str, Rangoon (in ballaxt) Benlarig, Brit str, Japan via porta Helios, Nor str, Bombay Pontianak, Brit str, Kuautan via ports Kapurthala, Brit str, P.
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  • 31 5 From Edbopi— By the P. O. Chin*, dueoo June 21. From China By the N. L. s.s. Srliarn. horal. due on June 21. rime table or haiui ddi.
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  • 92 5 Wharves at which Vessel* are Berthed To-day. TAHjoaa mvi. Ka*t Wbakt Babsin— Kimongan, Cbeang Chew. East Whabt Section I—Lightning,1 Lightning, Glenogle. Sect. 1 (Sheers Wharf):— Wright. Section No. 3 Teesta, Lindula. S Bado Maru. i— Battenball. 6— Nil. ft— Nil. 7— Nil. 8-farlylp,
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  • 113 5 Oi-twakp P. A O. Mail. The mail steamer China left Penang at 8 p.m., yesterday, and may be expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. to-morrow. The China will anchor in the Roads. Outward Drtra Mail The Nederland mail steamer Oran je arrived at Sabang at 1
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  • 96 5 tor Per Steamer Tin TO-MOKROW Baugkuk Ban 11. I.iong 7 a.m. Bangkok Singapore 11 a.m. Batavia Orai.je 2 pm. Kelantan via ports Ban Yong Seng 3 p.m. Teluk Anson via port* Sappho 3 p.m. Christmas Inland Ulandtr 4 p.m. Hourabaya via porte Van Sicoll 4 pm. Satubdat. Baiuijormaiwin,
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  • 22 5 Expositions are never finished when they are opened. I guess the button they, press must be in the middle of the back.
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  • 254 5 Buried Gold Found by Farmer Claimed by the Duchy. Mr. Da Castio (ilubb. C'i>roner, hold an in ijurst lit Lisk.urd Guildhall the other dayou thirty-one goltl coins, found buried in Tremhrazti farm yard MM the town. The OmW il that no Himilar inquiry hsd MM Ml in
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  • 228 5 The anecdote* associated with the name of li>ii d Young aic legion. Appearing one day ;it tlif door of the .Justiciary Court, whoro a ease was proceeding, Lord Young was about to enter, wheu he foui.d his way barred by a policeman on duty. -Do \.>u
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  • 137 5 Colonel Mathias, Gordon Highlander*, who served in the Soudan operations, in th« C'hitral campaign, including the storming of the Malakand Pass, the Tirah campaign, in which he led the assault at Dargai, retire* this week under the age regulations. Colonel Mathias, it may bo recalled, was the
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  • 76 5 It seems that the grand jury at San Francisco found true bills on 88 charges <■' bribery- Those indicted include Kugune Schmitz, the Labour Major j Abo Knot, a local boss; Patrick Culhoun, John Calhoun i president of the United KaiUays of San FrancißCol, John Kord and William Abbott (the
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 385 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. INDOCHINA STEAM NAY.CO..LTD. Thk steamers of Una Company maintain > 6ttntm h.l«i-.-n Calcutta, Strait* and ng, taking cargo M through Bill* o For Cantou, Swatnw, Aniov, Shanghai, Tientsin, Newcuwaiig. Yangtmsr i'orw, i. -I ipan, the Philippim s. *c., Ac. HMMI oa the Calcutta, Strait* and HonKkonK Run Tone
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    • 521 5 STEAMER SAILINGS, I Ocean Steam Ship Co., Ltd. and CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO.. LTD. a The Companies' steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, Chin* and Japao every wnek, and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight and f< r Oenoa, Marseilles and Liverpool
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    • 476 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. COMBINED SERVICE OF THE OCEAN S. 8. COY.. LTD.. THE WEBT AUSTRALIAN 8. N. CO.. LTD. HETWRCN H.r.il twi t: (PERTH) .\ORTH WEST l,'sfl:tllt\ PORTS. JAVA AND SINGAPORE Regular Fortnightly sailings between Sings pore and Western Australia, calling at Java (ax inducement ofFers), Derby, King's Sound, (Port for
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    • 649 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. C/. r R. Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Line. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY To ICI' POPE CHINA, JAPAN, CANADA an.) the UNITED STATK.->. Route from Hongkong, via Shanghai, Nagasaki (Inland Sea of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama. Victoria and Vancouver, R.M.S. a |Mßitf||n' I Twin- screw -t.-a R.M.H. "Emmifss
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 111 5 Singapore Tide Table. (FaoM June 24 to Jcke 20.) HIGH WATER.!! LOW WATER Time |TTgFtj~~Time H'ght JpifE brt. mio )ft ins. ;hr« mm. ft inn. ts: JSj 11 l 4 Sitphmtm!, l 79 m 7.3 0 56m 8.6 Srxwv 23 B_lBm8 18m 85 J7 B 8 Mnmi M |j 9.21
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    • 26 5 WEATHER TELEORAM. Hongkong, June 2). 10 a.m. Barometer 29 72 Direction rf Wiud boutli. ForoeofWinJ 1 Max. Temp in Rharir 86 Manila, 7.VJ W.S.W. S 'it
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    • 138 5 DAY BY DAY. Thursday, June 20. High Water. 541 p.m. Court of Appeal. Bowling Tournament. P. 0. homeward mail due. Friday, June 21. High Water. 3-11 a.m. 6-39 p.m. P. A-. O. ontward mail due. C.E Z.M.S. Chinese Girls 1 Schocl Sale. Legislative Council. 2-30. Court of Appeal. Bowling Tournament.
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  • 57 6 trtWCl. O« June <j, at the (Imml lluspilul, -iliaughai, Dr. .lolin Anthony Lyuch, lute of l liinkiaug. u^jeii 47 years. Bonntou. At Kiirunegala, Cevlou, ou -Juiil' 7, lldwin -laints Kotlrigo. of the C.G.H.. aged 2:1 year-. s< ui.tMhi k'.i.k. -On ludc on her mar home, Suzanne meu Ilrtmat). the
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  • 317 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. THURSDAY, JUNE 20. W, IN .e-!-«.i la I. mind HWMI MJi tliilt .ImiiiL; the current iii.iiith M du-^s an In ii.i, -.Lot. in tinle i- u> »i\; Uma MM in ..p|Hi. tuniu to MM UwfrWMaM which •.\pired :il Iho mhl ul Miiy. <>n anil
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  • 413 6 Auiuuk the working classes iv Eugl&ud. the teudcucy is to reduce the hours of Übour to tin' vanishing point. The MM tendency is uol unknown in Singapore, but. to i. credit be it said, the average man of busijew here, be he tuaa besitr or merely a humble assistant, would
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  • 473 6 Thoxe who kuow the Ghinosu will havo learueil with regiet from our Special Telegram yesterday that the I'uitod States Oiovcrnuient has decided, subject to the approval of Congress, to cancel the indemnity agreed to be paid by China in respect of the loss of American life and property in the
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  • 26 6 A Chinaman was fined »150 by the Second Magßtrate en Tneoday for imparting chandu to the rajae of §24, from Kuala Lumpur in I a Filler*.
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  • 19 6 There are 1 12 toll- of dyuiiinilc for Tourane on the French MMMI <>ilbcrt. 'which arrived from Marseilles. yesUrday.
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  • 23 6 The liuu Fo Soon started to low launch to Poutiauak, yesterday, but was compelled to put back as the launch sprang a leak.
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  • 29 6 While pulling his ricksha aloui; the street at Saigon, the other day. a coolie mlmm! on a live electric wire and was electrocuted. His fare esca|ied with a fright.
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  • 29 6 It is i' |)oiti.d that Vieeioy Sliuni lihs de •ided to suppress gambling iv the TwoKwnug I'rowuces. If he sueeei'ds in doin^ this lothinij to him should be impoHsible.
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  • 27 6 The London Tribuue. stairs that the Ship pint; Federation i- proinotiug an international combination of shipping iutorest tor the pur ]ki-i of li^htiui; tlie MMM tr;ule unions.
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  • 36 6 The rale of the mililary dollar lor the i|iiarter couiiucuciu^ .***** j. will be Js. M. for all payments llad iv MMMag wuieh ha\e M uiwle ill Hi.nykoii" .111. 1 on the China St. lit. HI.
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  • 36 6 It is niidi r-itood that the damage siis tamed to the Niinini in the. collisiou oft the MMMMi Ceylou, with tin: sieatu. i Sauctoria, as recorded in our column-, lia^ MM estinmU:d at less than jtfOU
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  • 34 6 The last of a series of articles on Motor-in-j, in Malaya," s|iecially written for the Straits Times by Mrs. I lare. ap)<cars ou pace elc.cn today. The lir-t twoarticli^ip[iearfd on Tin -ilhv Mid Weduesilay.
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  • 34 6 The Epworth LmJPM social will Vie held at the DMMBMM tonight, instead of at the MethtKlist Cirls' School. Short Street, as jt lirst announce I, because ol the repairs now pioeefdin^; at the school.
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  • 30 6 On June 12. the Norddeutscher Lloyd MMMI C hoising was floated successfully in the .Sulphur Channel, at Hongkong, by the Dauibii salvage slcauier Protectoi. aud repan- will be commenced folthwitli.
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  • 45 6 I'M Koyal Dutch Petroleum Company has just ihstnlmt'.tl diviJ'jud of I'd per cent. It will no longer publish output figures, ou the ground that, owing to the great value of the by-products, they uo longer give a good idea of the progress of the enterprise.
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  • 44 6 The I aily Mail liv called attention ti> certain defects in the amiuunitiuu uuod for the Mark 0 Woolwich ride. Many i.cci.leuts have resulted at tiie butts from its use, which has a tendency to explode prematurely, aud large quantities have been withdraw v.
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  • 47 6 The great bell Savoyurde. which was subscribed by the people of Savoy, a province in the south vast of 1 ranee, for the Church of the Sacred Heart at Moutiuartre, a suburb of Paris, has boeu irretrievably cracked by vandals. The bell costs several thousands of pounds.
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  • 46 6 Captain Haiusworth of the Olciitalloch, which arrived from Peuaug, yesterday, report tiiat a [KUsseuger died from phliiisis ou the Uiyage down, and that the MMM Albert Kickuicrs was sighted at 0 p.m. mi the IMM inst.. oti I'areelar Hill. The banjue «as luiund K. S. K.
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  • 48 6 Mr. C. 11. DmMj p .o-iecutiug MJMt fur tlie Spirit Farmer, proceeded against a spiritshop kec|ier yesterday, for having in his possession a cask of brandy for which he had not paid duty to the present Farmer. Au adjournment of the case was granted till the 20th instant.
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  • 53 6 A deck pasneuger on the steamer Cileuogle died this uiorniug. She had come from Aiuuy to meet h< r son at I'tuaug and. on arrival at Siugaport she revived information that her sou was dead. As she was already in a feeble state of health, she expired almost imiiiedintcly after
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  • 58 6 Tile iuilian Keli\ Uoiioni. alias Smith, has gut .-evin years' imprisonment lot liiirgiary last February at the re-ideiieeof Mr. ('haiks •I. Wertheiiuer. in I 'ail. lane, when pictures aud iv tides of vcrtue \alueil at AMyNU were ,-toli ii. iuau Sauti 'resccntu, a dealer in auUi|iu ha- got tivt years
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  • 49 6 The e.\|K!ditioii to reach the MMI clad mountain- of lHitch New Guinea arrival at East liav, the jmmml starting |<oiut, about the middle of last month. Preparations for ascending a large rivi r there were luade, aud thr neighbouring country wan reconnoitred. The natives showed uo signs of hostility.
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  • 53 6 A great slaughter of elephant!, is iei>ortt.d from Pultun bang, in South Sumatra. The oountry people thcro, the other day, managed to drive forty-three elephants to tho top of a mountain, where retreat wan out off by a deep ravine. Thirty-one elephants were killed and twelve taken alive, of which
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  • 54 6 Several City financiers consider tho depression in Consols is due to natural causes aud to special circumstances, states a London wire of June 1. Mr. Alban Uibbs, a partner in Antony Gibbs and Sons, thinks tLe old quotations for Consols unlikely to be repeatea. inasmuch as fresh securities arc nowopen
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  • 54 6 Mr. I \V. Htaly, an .ithleU' and physical tutor, of Melbourne. Australia, Inix MM* taken au attempt to low et the World s mmm* for continuous Pianoforte-playing, which is now held by Mr. K. Bird, of London. Mr. Hoaly will endeavour to play, for fifty hours continuously in the window
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  • 69 6 In connection with the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the Hamburg-American Steamship Line, the German nowspapers emphasise the fact that the company far surpasses in the extent of its operations aud the number of its tonnage and ships all its British rivals. They claim that its ships arc now
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  • 14 6 The Sulian if P» rak celebrated hin birtd i'ay. \i'st< rday.
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  • 14 6 Mr. llHruM laji^li Keunett In- U.ii upjmiutid Assistant Engineer, I'uldie W ,rK l)v|mrtiiicnt. VMmmßi
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  • 18 6 Mr. K. L. .loves-Parry. ArmsUul Coin mission of Police, .M.S.. has Ik.-i.ii gmMri fourteen months' leave of atmcMß.
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  • 20 6 lliirin^ the IMW on liaivc ol Mi|n C. H. HariuKtou.Captaiu H. Stanley Bond appoint) il Acting < oiumaudaut (it SaiiiU'i in.
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  • 26 6 Mr. L MM Mayuard his MM* MmM, with apjiroval of the C.oveniiuent. to h CollSlll of the I'niUil SUlle- ol Ann m :i :it Sand ikau.
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  • 25 6 -Mi. K itauo. Utr Hin ct<n 'n in ral ol Onlokio l;iei Kxehuii^e. lijis t:ommitti d hiini kiri isuicidi owinj; to los-e HMMI l.\ s|ioculati<>ii.
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  • 25 6 The le.i\e ol MMI ol Mi S. I, lloljoii. Assistant Superiuteudi-nl of I'o-ts .m.l li l»^ra|ihs, s. lan^or. Ne^ri UtrMMUa and I'ah.iii;'. ha> lieen cxtcndiil
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  • 30 6 His E:\eelleuey the Uoveruor ha^piuiuiMd to occupy the chair at tlie lecture to be ",iven at the Presbyteriau Church, ou July 'lor I. by Professor MmAMMT, M Mmm K\ ploratiou.
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  • 36 6 The l.'cv Alexander Stewart. M.A.. wlio was unli.cti 'I recently as Moderator of the (■eneral Assemhly ol the Presbyteriau Church of Victoria, hi a native of Scotland, and a graduate of tin I niveisity of UIMJMT.
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  • 43 6 Tile death i- .uiiioiiueed from Kmiioiilli. Devoushire, ol .Mrs I. .icy Smith, widow ol the late MV. s.unsiel -I. >nntli, tormeriy ol Canton, and MMM "t Mr. T. Sercon Siuith, tile UewlyappoluU: I I'ui-ut .1 il^ .i Supremi- Court, oi Mm Struts .s.-ttlcuicn;
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  • 59 6 The i'riuccss Koyal Ml impio\ed in health during the last few ni'iiiths. although her Koyal Highness is still f.ir from Im mg stroug. The Duke of File has hired a steam yacht iv which the Princess t loyal aud the Duke, with the ImMMM Ale.saiulra .<<■•! Maud, were to cruise
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  • 88 6 Mr. J. P. CM Uc-/.a. whuse il.'.itli i- i iioiiuccu at Huugkoug. was the last siirvr of the forty Portuguese heroes in the memo rable Pissalcad ictory. lie refided "i Hongkong for over M years, wa- fur uiauy years a .lireetor of the Hongkong Hotel Com pany, L.d.. ami was
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  • 11 6 The Simo .lava Rubber Company ham I rtoHted in succeHsfully London.
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  • 16 6 Swiue level' having cc asoil in Dm Kn.m District, the quarantine restriction-, urnIn i ii removed.
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  • 20 6 The south west inou-oon ha- bioken at Colombo, and vessels are not permitted Ui enter or leave |xirt at night.
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  • 24 6 Mr. It. F. Crossmau. who was iliaigul at l'eiiaug with diiving a motor car recklt ssly, was found guilty and Hiu.tl In anl < o-l-.
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  • 26 6 An i uaelmeut has Ix en adopted by Ills Highness the Sultan of I'ahaug in Council for the regulation of the pulilic liilliard saloonin that State.
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  • 25 6 Au old olUudei. a ricksha pnllti M yesterday, w ntcncetl to six mouth s rigurou lmpi'isoninent. In ihi Second Mngistrali ItN ■bMOiirdillll willi his riekslia.
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  • 22 6 The Koiit '^uay |iro|Hrt_\ Mwl "a concluded lieture tip Court n \p|Hjal ycfctcrda> ifteruoori TWr LsnMrifi roscr\i .1 tin ii i-i-ji n
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  • 23 6 Hubert Diuutun Co.. MJMjBMM* -< dealers in the liio 'l'into iSpaiui MJH mur kct, have been (mj-I. d difiiulti-r-. at tin London Stock RxOMMJC
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  • 25 6 Mr. Churchill stated in tin i uions ou May 29 that the vote of i.o,L". in connection wilh the Colonial < Vnferem had beon somewhat exceeded.
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  • 30 6 At the I'olice Court, this morning, I'uh Tit was sent to prison for three months' hard labour for stealing a kettle and cooking put from the house of Inspector Wilson.
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  • 31 6 The Nippon Yuscn kaisha vessel Kokura Maru, running between Yokohama ami Shanghai, went uihore on the iii'jhl ul .lum Vi, while traversing the Inland Sea. Tlio passengers aud crew are safe.
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  • 33 6 Mr. Hayes Marriott. Collector ul Uiu'l Revenue. MMM a Chinaman bclorc th< Seeoud Magistrate, this morning, lor re moving half a tou of sii'id I'rom lumn 1.vi.l lit Woodland-. Tin accused \va- liniil
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  • 49 6 The Ctiiuamau. witu n t liini-.1l up n mili, a chopper, in China Stn-ot josU-i.l.iy, was still alive, this morniug. If hn survives, hui it is not expected that he wiil, he will probably be b.'ought before the magistrate with being found on enclosed prcinisos And with attempted si'icide.
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  • 61 6 Haj ii, au Indian servant employed by ilu Ki'V. J. A. Andrew Smith, was before tin Second Magistrate, yesterday iiinriiiiii>, on a charge of stealing jewellory, valued at 81 50 belonging to Mrs. Smith. The ovidun*. showed that he kit without yuiuy noti^ and the jowell-.ry da-ippearud ou tUo -.a*
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    • 159 6 Qaldbeek. frlaegregor (80. SOLE AGENTS for F. QUESLBB >v CO LIIAMrAI.NK I".. IRKOY A CO CHAMI'AOXK LANSON I'BKK ET FILS CiiAMPAONU UIFAIT FILS 00 CHAMPA(iNK BOLLINOEK CHAMPACVK KUPPKBB I'ILSEXKu IIKF.i: BUBNKTTS <iIX a ORANOR KFRNETTS BITTBRH HILLS UNDBKWOOD GINS SAINT KAPHAEI WIM JOHN .lEFFKEY A CO 151LK IIKKIi HBO Yul
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    • 312 6 Wilson cot PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIBTS. Onr I'r.i.l c -ii ins are if tliu highest possible AUTISIH a I'KCMMCAL UXCKLLENCE and arc kuowu tlnuUfjliout tlie Kant aa INCOMPARABLY THE BEST. In PMtagMjA?! i»- "I anylhiug elae, •'The Best is the Cheapest." WHEN ON LEAVE Kiip iv tow:!i with tho Cjlouy nud 't.<
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    • 12 6 AU telegrams published in thia issue are protected by the Copyright Ordinance.
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  • 441 7 PARLIAMENT SUPPORTS THE MINISTRY. Ringing the Tocsin. TROOPS TRANSPORTED THROUGH TOULOUSE. Leaders of Agitation Arrested. Kutkr's Tklkgkam l-oudou. -In ii< 19. M. li-iiii in c an. *pi.iking in the <'haujb< r of TVpntiV:. announced thai tin; time had MM to assert the MMBMMMJT "f the law in
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  • 70 7 jHmmr lu.r.iiiM l-illdoli -lull': 10, I'iL.ideiii Koosevill rHcomuicuds to the I int. I BUIm C.Mi(.'res» that (lima should be released from tlu [laymcut of the indemnity arrauged aftor the suppression of the Boxer uprising, excopt iv respect of the •11,000,000 actually expended by thu
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  • 42 7 Da Osr.VSIATIsCHr. UMi TtLtuKAM Berlin, June 19. A newspaper iv Vicuna makes tho announcement that 11. M. Kin- Edward has invited the Kaiser to visit him iv London. The Kaiser is reported U. have MMfM the invitation
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  • 54 7 Dun OMmIAMMB L 1....1 TkLhuKAlii Berlin. June 19. The Cologne Gazette says that Germany's unconditional approval of the new FrancoJapaucsr Treaty followed upoD explanations by France and Japan about thoir policy towards China. jbc'ie exn!tn.itiog«s arc in accordance with the Auglc 'jcimia dgrecmeot about China which
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  • 434 7 Sixteen Applications for Licenses Refused. The Licensing iistic ujet. yesterday afternoon, to consider the applications for new licenses, renewals, transfers, and if. inovals for public houses. The board eouhinted of (.'ominuudcr l;,ul< lilt. l»r. Mirldletou aud Messrs. Miehell, Bailey. TTwilln. Galia^au. <ireig. and Hooper. Caption UtMV ap|>eared Of
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  • 62 7 Ihe Nedf-hud mail steuuer Oi'aujc left Siiboug on the I'.lth iust.. aud may be uxpaoM to arrive here o:i the 21st iust., .it daylight. She will sail for K.tUvia the MMM day. at t p.m. The next outward N'edi. rUnd mail steaiuer llojnlivaut left Sue/, ou the
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  • 87 7 lv the libel suit of Inspector Hem Chuuder l.ahiri v. the Indian Daily News, vow being heard at the High Court by Mr. Justice Chitty. the plaintiff under cro-isexamiuation by Mr. .lackson, barrister, made au ai-touud-iug admission ou June 6. The case is v civil
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  • 102 7 At the. iusUmcc of v Chinese gentlemau, said to Ik a brother of oue of the Magistrates, a shopkeeper was charged at the Mixed Court, Shanghai, with selling I cake unfit for human consumption. The cake was produced iv Court, and contained quite an entomological
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  • 137 7 V hatchway coolie ou the steuiiiei Malacca pioscciil. .1 tin chinchew of the steamer, this luorniiiL:. km striking him on the head with a stick. Tho trouble, he said, arose from the fact that all the coolies hud stopped work to take a driuk. as they
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  • 159 7 Nippon Yu sen Kaisha Profits. From the ie|hirt presented at the half veaiiv- tueeliiiu til tlu-Nip|H>n Yusen Kaisha beU in Tokfci ..ii Jta\ •>s. it appear, that the RNM profit, of the Company Mt that |>cr]od mmuM toJtmTMlUjfn, out of which there had brca paid: bepreciatioii of tin Coiupauys nWt
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  • 53 7 INTERN VTIONAL PRIZE COURT PROPOSED. [Kkutku'b Tklkuhax London, June Hi At the sitting of the Hague Conference, the < m i man delegate proposed the establish, ment of au International Pri/e Tribunal to settle difficulties arising out of the judgments of local Prize Courts. Germany and tie luited
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  • 224 7 Dutch Efforts to Reform Deli Currency Laws. Itumour is lm»y concerning the reason why Mr V rel r li lc r "'»"-r MiuisUr for the Colonies in II iliaud, has come out again to this part of Ifc world. Some say that his visit has liccn bronchi
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  • 253 7 Doctor's last Chance to Explain his Behaviour. The case iv which the Indo Chin i Stc.jiu Navigation Coy., Ltd., are suing Dr. T. Lancelot Wyudham at Hongkong, for 91,000 for breach ot'agrcemeut was mcutioucd again ou Juuc 14. Mr. O. I). Thomson, who appeared for defendant
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  • 382 7 The following is the report of the share market, issued by .Messrs. Latham aud Co., of Grcslißiu House, for the week endint! .lune VJ: The market throughout the week lias becu irregular, aud, though at times business has boon active, prices have declined in the majority of
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  • 374 7 appeal against decision of The chief justice. Sine.se Interpreter's Evidence. lie Appeal Court, this morning, tliu wax heard of Km Hong Tyc, Wee Su ml Urn Keow Siouy in llic matter of itration between tliem aud Yap Kong Mr. C. I. Carver appeared for the aud Mr. E.
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  • 286 7 A Special Gaol for Youthful Prisoners. The annual report of the Prison Adiuiuis nation in Iliirmafor last year states that the unmix r of persons in confinement on December. .(I. 1000. was 14.129, as compared with 1::,228 at the close of the previous year. The total accommodation
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  • 123 7 It vow appears that a wirelcsh telegraph message received from the Scillv Islands, ri|K,rtin- that Lieutenants t'aiilhcld and I. cake, of tin- Royal Kuyinoers. were safe, was misreml. The ethegram uicntioucd merely that the hallooii was safe, and this was misread Ball'wuists safe. The log kept
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  • 201 7 The following id an extract from a private lettor received from San Francisco by the mail which arrived recently at Shanghai by the P. M. steamer Siberia. We are having terrible times in San FranciMco juirt at present with the labour troubles. The car men
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  • 105 7 The widow of Mr. Richard Cadbury the well-known chocolate manufacturer of Birmingham, has been killed by falling downstairs on the liner Empress of India, while ou a voyage from Yokohama to Vancouver. Mrs. Cadbury, wU was accompanied by her daughter, had been on a visit to
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  • 126 7 I. im < henj; Up sued Messrs Itiley Ihir greaves and Company, Limited, iv the Court of Requests, this morning, for 9.14.42 as wages as clerk for twenty five days at 9:to a mouth, aud for a month's wa^es in lieu of notice of dismissal. Judgment whs
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  • 192 7 Speaking at the Legislatire Couucil, on the first reading of an atucuding ordinance to the I'ublic Health and Buildings Bill, of 19tM, His Excellency Mr. F. H. May, the Officer Administering the Hongkong Government, said the bill before the Council was an earnest of the
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  • 62 7 Taotai Wu has received a telegraphic despatch from the Viceroy urging the iuimodiate settlement of Jardine, Mathcbon and Co.'s foreshore ca.se at Wucbow. In reply, be states that the case is entirely in the hands of Taotai Ho and lie is ucable to arrive
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  • 49 7 CROWDS DISPERSED BY ARMED POLICE. Two Persons Killed: Many Wounded [Rkutkr's Tk.lkiikam London. Juue W Serious demonstrations took place iv Lisbon yesterday against the Prime Minis ter's connection with the present absolutist regime. The police dispersed the crowd, killiug two pei sons and wounding many others.
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  • 58 7 RESULT OF THE ASCOT HUNT CUP. Ukl-tkk's IhMMI Londoii.-liiiii M. The following was the result of the r«.-, for the Ascot4funtCup Mr. W. I!. Pure-toy's Lallv Mr. K. Alexanders Ando'vcr -J Mr. George Fader's Malua There were twenty-four starters. The betting ou the three placed horses was Lally, 100 fco(i:
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  • 159 7 ;Rki-tkic's Tklki.kam. London, Juue I l The Ascot Gold Cup was stolen during the racing at Ascot. The attention of the constable aud assistant in charge of the trophy was diverted, nod the Cup carried off. The gold cup, valued at .VK) sovereigns, is usually a
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  • 35 7 ICkutkk's Tkj i....i: in London, June I.. Mr. Chaiubcrlaiu c unc to London yoster day. It is rumoured in the Lobby of the House of Commons that he has had another stroke.
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  • 45 7 I >XX < )s I AsIATRHK LIOYD TkLKOKAX Berliu, June 10. Prince von Buelow will go to Kiel to confer with the Kaiser on certain pressing home and foreign questions, before H. I. M proceeds on his usual holiday trip to Northern Europe.
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  • 215 7 In the Itritislt North Borneo Official da/cttc. Mr. A. W. Koutledge, District Magistrate, iv his annual report on the district Magistrate's Court, states that there has been a decrease of n nuns crime during the past year at Sandakau. owing to thu fact that
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  • 80 7 Madras, June 12. Due imudieil and forty nix men, four uativi oUicer.s, and two British officers of the 98th Caruatics left by special last night lor Kajahmuudry, in cons«(|iience of au ap|>rehende<l riot there. I. iti i A further detachim-nt of ."Ml men Ml IfadfM
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  • 58 7 Uajauiahi tidri is also called Hajuliiimii.ii v It is a town in the Oodkvari district, 3«0 miles north cast of Madras and 30 miles froiu the »ea. It has a college, several schools, and two prisons, in the largest of which are upwards of 1,000 convicts. There has been no
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 495 7 KINTA ASSOCIATION, LTD. Directors' Report J for Presentation to Shareholders. Tut following is the. report of the directors of the Kiuta Association Limited, which will bu presented to the shareholders at tin: sixteenth ordinary general meeting, to be hold at '.'"".-hester House od June 28:Oentlenjcn, -^our Directors beg to submit
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    • 28 7 The experimental passage oi the Shimonosek* Straits was -ucceuttfully negotiated by the Japanese men-of-war. Kachin:--'lB4OOtocs drawir,; :<Hft Katon i1g.900 toci drawing -;Tit.; aud Iwat* (9,760 tons, draAin^ J44ft.).
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 251 8 The driiMti of Orbv ill the CulentU Turf Club Sweep is third officer at the 11. 1. steamer Colaba. the value of the MM* Ih-ipk NMM .-..'Ml.ttXl. Pollard anil Ward defeated Sharp and Donst (Victoria) in the op«u doubles lawn t.-nni-i championship at Surbiton Surrey, by three
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    • 189 8 Warren Shield Competition. Teams representing the 80th Co., R.U.A., and B Co., West Knnts met in the Warren Shield competition on tin- S.U.C. portion of tho Esplanade, yesterday, and a good, though one (tided, game was the result. Tho infantry rushed up at the start, but were aent
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    • 214 8 The (Ihiuc Instinct. Mr. Clareuoe S. Howe.ll in contributing 1° the 'hiss Amateur a series of articles on What to do iv the Optmiug." In the first of these lih expresses the opinion that a good cheHs-player must have the "ganui instinct." By this term he means ability to
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    • 211 8 5.C.C. Tournament. Yesterday's results in the S.C.C. Oowliug Tournament, and the forthcoming events are as follow YKSTEUDAYS TIES. Opes Pairs. G. W. Crawford and R. Myraru boat ,1. (1. Barclay and II E. Kichards, 21 to t. Doubles. W. O. Bowman aud J. I). Ryan, rcc. 5, beat
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    • 83 8 Uuod Shooting in Burma. Sergeant Instructor Howe, of tl.e Burma Railway Volunteers, made a fine score in the recent competition for tho gold medal presented to India by the Army Rifle Associa tion, which he lias won with IHI out of a possible 140. The distances were ti"o, 800,
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    • 249 8 S.R.C. Tournament. Id tho S.K.C. tennis tournament, yostcrday, Coehlo beat de Souza, 6—o, 6—2, in tho single handicap, mid (tomes and Andrews t>oat Valberg and Mowe, 5- 6. 6-f>. 6-2. in tbe mixed doubles. L.L.T.C. Tournament. An American tournaiiibut wan played at the Ladies' Lawn Tennis Club on
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  • 252 8 Straits Horses among the Winners. Tho following are the wiuuris at the Bat* I via Uace Meeting on the Bth and 9th iust. First Day. Gcxlvh l'rize Dalmina. 1, Blackbird, t, St. Cyr, :i. Totalisator 9 guilders. Lucky Boy fell aud broke its back. Two jockeys also fell
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  • 221 8 Russian Grand Dukes Prevented From Going to Opera. IVtroff, the injured Russian Anarchist, has refused the French police any information as to his antecedents or as to the member* of the revolutionary circle who cooperated in his bomb factory. Id view of later information the police think
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  • 47 8 Ton balloonH competed in the contest for the Harbord Cup, from Loudou to Goring, in West Sussex, a distance about 00 miles. During the journey the balloons passed through a thunderstorm. .Some were "steered with such accuracy that they dropped within a few yards of their destination.
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  • 636 8 Dutch Colonial Policy as an Example. Ket'erriug to the condition of trade in Netherlands India, the I'inang Gazette I r.imiU that for many years Acheen was I one of l'enaug's best markers. At one stage of the interuiiuable hostilit.es between the Datch Government and the Achincse
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  • 247 8 The protected American eruisors Denver and Clevelaud. en route to join the Asiatic squadron of the Pacific fleet, are now in the Mediterranean. The cruiseis Cleveland aud Denver, while j of tli<- same c.las>. ure representatives of types of iirotruU-d cruisers of two distinct periods
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  • 226 8 Iv his presidential address at the anniversary meeting of the Linuaean Society, in London, Professor Herdtnan spoke of the improvement of the Ceylon pearl fishery since 1902, and of sea fisheries in g ucral. After a reference to tho scientific methods adopted by some other countries,
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  • 414 8 Steady Influx of Immigrants Reported. lv his annual report on tin- Iminiyinii.m ami Piotoctorate I >epartment at Sandakan. i published in tlie B. N. B. Official* Jazctte, Mr. W. H. Penney, Protector of Chinese and Superintendent of Immigration i-.i British North Boruoo. state* that the year wan
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  • 331 8 How a Lord Mayor Carried Off Bill for £-2,400.000. Fioli li(;hi is thrown on Lho l'eru>./.i claim against tbe British Crown, in an interview which a representative of the Corrierc Delia Sera has had nith the Marquis Hidolfo I'eru/.zi .Medici, the sol.- dirrcl descendant of Arnolfo
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  • 169 8 A schemo for a new European Police for Colombo has been drawn up by the InspectorGeneral of Police, and submitted to the local Government. The scheme proposes to recruit eighty Inspectors, Sergeants, and constables in England to Uke the place of the present so-called European tirco
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  • 12 8 The Deli Railway Company has paid a dividend of ten per cent.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 66 8 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. ASSISTANT PLANTER WANTED. Wanted. Aaiistant Planter, European, for new Rubber Plantation iv Kelantan. Apply, giving full particulars of previous experience and stating salary required, to Paterson, Simons and Co.. Agents, Duff Development Co., Ltd. c 1314 OVERSEER WANTED FOR DUTCH WEST BORNEO. Eurasian Overseer for- Rubber ritpU tion.
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    • 385 8 JOHN LITTLE COMPANY. Ltd. "War Office 19 Miniature C4I.IHKI- 22 The Weapon Approvfd l»y Lord Roberts and tin- War Olllci- GmmbHlM a» lisa Ki-gulalUm Target Practio- H 11c. WONDERFULLY ACCURATE. MMI front sitfbt: the bark si^iit n sarfMl nudil .>f the n«« s|i,,i-t Nf i Isji ntle. Siylitttl st 2'>.
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    • 292 8 SITUATION WANTED. I .Situation wanted by a Hospital aaiataat, i anywhere, good references. Apply la ■ifl:- GERY." c 0 Straits Times. \J!Z CHINESE KRANI WANTED. j Wanted for a tank inatalla'ion, uear HsMk- pore, Chinese Krani f..r office work. Oo.«l i salary to competent man. Apply to "II.," elm Straits
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  • COMMERCIAL
    • 95 9 >hii, bur bayan 5 *i.7t» ■l(i Cube No. 1) mipi-krd lOM Copra Mali •.>.»!) do Pontian-ik '.I 2.1 IVppor. Black buyers 17.70 do White Imyurs 24. 50 Sa[»o Flour Sar.s-.v.tk :s.OO M Hrunei No. 1 2.97.J Poari Sago 4.1."> •coffoc Bali, 15°<, 20.00 Coffee, Paleuibansj, 20 ImsiM 22.50 Coffee,
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    • 131 9 SisiiU'OKK, Jtnm im. iy<)7. (in London— Bank 4 m/s 2/4. Detuaud 2/4;, Private 6ui 2/4$ Jo Bni s a/4' 4 On «.-rta-mij- Bank d/d 2.;!9j Private 3 ni/« 2.46 <lo 6 m,'« 2.48 On Jthmm— Bank d/d 2.84 Private 3 m/s txH\ do 6 m/s 8.06* On India— Bank
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  • 286 9 Russian Anarchist Injured by His Own Invention. Anothei Kussi;n- bomb fact..i\ BM haa. biouylit t<i li^lit ill I'ai \h by ono of itt> priacipal- blowing himself up with his c.wn f\|ili>MVe. iinicil Kussiaii anarchist. Named Ivan I'etrofl. as the r. suit of tin incautious hand than
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  • 267 9 1 Alr\iiinJr:i. was To I <•«• l> M Mo-sis. A. ami J.J inTflHtfOliH Tim ti,, .v. Tlir ya.ht. which is to I ii .1 mul iched li> haimim L.nii.. ,i. 0f AqgtU, i- ateel raawl of about 'J.lKNl tons ■luplnci'iiu-nt. 1,.V)0 i.li.|i.,an<l 17 knot* s|*v<l. Sin-
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  • 22 9 \gliiv-ti.;il trinity, 'tis tnn\ which, uwyfae, has m,t uucuirad t<> von. In tait.i ,v i; ii,ii relation. I'inli. i. .minim and hadaatfaa!
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  • Stocks and Shares.
    • 335 9 Date of forma- Capital Subscribed ion Number T 1 o f li«ne Paid Share. V lue |°P *> Reserve Company QcoTATiom 1803 $300,000 1.J00.000 1901 1600,000 1600,000 1903 £100,000 £850,000 1907 MOO.OOO 1375,000 £60,000 £60,000 1906 £100,000 £90,000 1905 1150,000 899,000 I 1906 £120,000 £120,000 1908 $450,000 »337,500 1906
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    • 341 9 1905 £180,000 £104,987.10 1905 $200,000 I 187,400 WM £30,000 I £11,186 1905 700,000 I 1610,000 1903 £70.000 1906 1150,000 I 1186,000 1904 £12,000 j £10,600 0 48,800 r i 1 93,500 1 ifM 1,700 $io •io I 8,800 110 M a,MM uniMMd f 7.«>0 l i I n.ono i
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    • 220 9 1894 £5,377.10.0 £4,648.15.0 KS9S 9325,000 9225,000 1865 '910,000,000 910,000,000 7,638 13/6 13/6 4,500 t 50 t 50 I 80,000 1125 1125 1 814.11.0 Bella Aabe*toa Eastern Agency, Ltd 118,500 Fraeer 4 Neave, Ltd. 10.000.000.1) 11.000,000 Hongkong and Shanghai Bank 390,0006 j 40,000 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. 97.00 141.50 855.00 170.00
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    • 30 9 Howurth Emkine, Ltd. 6% 1000,000 S% nrem Riley Hirgreaves, Ltd. 6% 883 000 3% creS Singapore Mamoipal 6% 400,000 aoVorem 1% 1,878,000 2%Drem. TanjongPagar-DockCcLtd. 8 J}*^ 01 1,060,000 p»r
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    • 21 9 RILEY, HAR6REAVES Co., Ltd. Civil Engineers. No. 3 BATTERY ROAD. TELEPHONE No. 362. v General Construction Work ESTIMATES AND PLANS SUBMITTED.
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    • 519 9 yyASSIAMULL ASSOMULL AND CO. LAKGEST INDIAN, iHIXESK AND .JAI'ANKSK SILK, JEWELLERY AND (.TRIO MERCHANTS. 1, 2, 3 4, HIGH STREET. (Also at The Grand Hotel d*> VEnmm). We have just received a large consignment of goods from India, China and Japan, comprising all sorts of Silks, ladies" and Gentlemen's Jewellery,
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  • 655 10 Exciting Search for Absconding Bank Manager. Walker is by no means an inappropriate cognomen for a Bank Manager who goon for a walk on a fine evening, and disappear* a-s if the earth bad suddenly swallowed him. Tlir police in almost every port, specially in tbo Kant
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  • 267 10 An American journal has burn printing "r^rw^Sn^ellWNrfeauUJowL to h *"R horseshoe. One of the contributorJTeiwpbrrttt- fetr»fa horseshoe came to be considered lucky. In Florence, he says, you will see a church called Or San Michcle. It was originally a stable, and there was a hayloft above. Every night
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  • 862 10 They talk about iimn boing a rational animal. gRawW Kw'lic at ».27 a.m., as he Miami a whisky mid m«1;i with one liand and with the otli»-r relieved Kvit of her cloak. Who do she nuked. awning, and throwing herself inUi a chair. Mi anil pMßHfkwm. Wherr
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  • 127 10 Happy is the golfer that hath his Uii; full of good clubs and balls. Take care of your weak clubs the other* will take care of themselves. Sufficient unto the game is each hole thereof. One round to-day is worth two on the morrow. Every caddie
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 74 10 DO NOT NEGLECT THE CHILDREN. At tins Hcason of the year tbe first unnatural loosencHs of a child'x bowels should havo immediate attention. The best thing that can ha nivi-n is Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera p.ud Diarrhoea Kimidy followed by castor oil ;is directed with each bottle of the remedy. This
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    • 551 10 BANKING COMPANIES.; HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. paid-up Capital »i0,000,00t RESERVE FUND Sterling Reßerve 110,000,000) «oi rwi nnn Silver Reserve 111.000.000j uuu ow Riaerve Liability of Proprietor! 110,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. O. 11. Mwlhurnt, Esq.— Chairman. Hon. Mr. W. J. Greaeon— Deputy Chairman. O. Balioch, Esq. C. K. Lenzmann, Ksq.
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    • 579 10 SALES BY AUCTION. MINING LEASE AND MINING MACHINERY FOR SALE PRIVATELY. Valuable Mining LeaM, Machinery itc. including two 13 n. p. Portable Engines and Boilers, one 10 h. p. Portable Engine and Boiler, one ten-stamp Battery and a large qnantity Mining tools and appurtenance*. For full particulars, apply to— Powell
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    • 451 10 SALES BY AUCTION. AUCTION SALE. THE BRITISH STEAMER ABHOTSFORD AS SHE NOW LIES IN SINGAPORE IIARBOUfi, To be held at Powell Co.'s Saleroom, On Friday, June 21, at 2.30 p.m. For particulars, see circu'ar. I Upset price •SO.OOO). Powell ff Co.. 1292 Auctioneers. POPULAR SUBURBAN BUILDING SITES. OVERLOOKING THOMPSON ROAD
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    • 582 10 INSURANCE Companies. MAGDEBURG FIRE INSCRANcK Ctt (Estahlikbki 1 A. I). 1814.) Tbe undersigned, agents for the above company, are prepared to accept Fire Risks at ourrent rate*. 691 HKIIN. MEYER A Co., Ltd. NOHTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO. Subscribed Capital £'2,750,000 Revenue i.-.'. 061, 014 19 s The undeniigned
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  • 1598 11 ADVENTUROUS TRIP OF TWO LIDIES IN r M.S. II WKITTKS (OR THK STKAITK TOM lIV Mhs. Dttfß.l The road MMN Kaitb and Kr.ala Lipis as the best wn lin<l yet traversed, which is ying h good deal, for all lia.i lit.-en good. ough at tinios Mi lux)
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  • 21 11 [TW* is the lust of a scries of tln-ee ani.les; the first and second articles ap|K ured on Tuesdnv and Wednesday.'
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  • 228 11 The recent formation of a company in London to exploit the various products of tin: plautain or lutnana may help to call attention to the Jaet that tho high commercial value of the plantain in India has still to he lccoKi ised. s.-»ys the Civil and Military
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    • 385 11 MOTOR CARS Mow in Stock. One Rover Car H.l'. TWO SKATKH. ■HBCIAL FINISH. PRICE $1,600. WITH HOOD. LAMPS. ETC.. COMPLETE. Capt. Lord HERBERT SCOTT, D.5.0., writes «J these Cars: "I should like you to know how well satis6«l 1 am with the "Bh.p. i SrxH-inl I Hover Car. I consider
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    • 94 11 AN OLD MAXIM APPLIED TO A MODERN REMEDY. Everyone speaks of the feast as he finds it," in a maxim of the Portuguese. Judging by the letters received from people all over the country, praising Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Kemcdy, it is evident this remedy has been found satisfactory.
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    • 587 11 Local Motor Car Agencies. WE, CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS, -»«~-i oeca«iou» been a*k,rl why H much im]K>rUocc should he placed on th<- r,OW PKTKOI. CONSUMPTION „f the ARHOL JOHN&TON when the pnee of petrol, KltUont!li mpidly advancing (at home) id jet reasonably low. The re»ll) important b.lmhuh^' of low contamption to
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 614 12 Scale of Charges. PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS.— MiaoaIIaneons Wants of Every Description, Houses, band, etc., to let, are inserted at the following rates: One Insertion I 1.20 per inch. Two 2.00 Three 2.80 Six 5.20 Nine 8.40 Twelve 7.20 Twenty five 10.00 (Each subsequent month *5 per inch.) The above rate is
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    • 528 12 Miscellaneous WANTS. Km l «:-K..ur Lines, one <.r t»cin»ertloll»,t>l.»o By the inrli, we Scale <■( ChargM. TYPIST WANTED. Wanted an experienced, careful and neat typist. Ai.plv to H.F..L.." e/0 Strait* Times. 1261 DRESSER WANTED. 0M dresser on «6O per mensem on a month to month engagement. Two Probationers on MMjMf
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    • 502 12 ARTICLES FOR SALE. Ratzs Foor Lint*, on* or two inMrtions, fI.OO By the inch, m Seal* of Ch&raw. FOR SALE. RUBBER EBTATE. 800 acreo-io Malacca, also Rubber Stamp*. Apply C." c/o Straits Times, c 103 RUBBER BEEDS FOR SALE. Rubber Seed- for Sale. Apply the Manager, Malacca Itabber Plantations, Malacca.
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    • 605 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD.! Rates:— Four LlnM, on* or two inMrtiou, fIJO Ky the Inch, Scale of Ctinr»«». COMPOUND HOUBE TO BE LET. No. 28 Sophia Ro«d. A, ply to 182 Priniep Street. HOUBE TO BE LET. Frankfurt Honse, No. 1 Lioyd Road. Apply within. 669 SHOPS AND OFFICES
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    • 708 12 Miscellaneous NOTICES. Rates :-l»t Month. »1» r*r inch, featwequent montlu, «.■>. For -dorter peri.«l« Niile of Char***. NOTICE. The Annual General Meeting of the mii^i pore Lusitanian Club will be held at the Cfab House, Waterloo Street, on Friday the 21 -t instant, at 7-30 p.m. ISOS NOTICE. The undersigued
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    • 629 12 Miscellaneous NOTICES. KiTi:»:-l*t Month, *1» p*r inch. >iil»#|.wiit montli", i»o. I r>li..rt<r ixrii-l-NOTICE AS TO CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS. TBB H1.1.V1 TIN MINING COMPANY, i.iMin:i>. NOTICE U IIi:itlB\ OIVBK that :lu S'inrt' Tran-fer Ko >ks of tin- Compani wil! b« Hosed from Saturday .lime M, U- TMb) .lnl> 2 both
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