The Straits Times, 27 June 1907

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.378 SINGAPORE. THURSDAY. JUNE 27. 1907. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      611 1 firfAND" HOTEL DE LEUROPE. SINOAI'OHE. Magnifloeotly Fnrn'-i. With Elepint Himplicity. Prom "The Autocar," March J). 1907: Hill Climbing Honours Won by private owners of DE DION BOUTON CARS. HILL CLIMB OF THE VICTORIA AUTOMOBILE CLUB. TRANBVAAL A.C. HILL CLIMB. I DE DION First j )R 1) i ON Single Cylinder
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      81 1 GRAND HOTEL DE LEUROPE. sin(;\p(h:f.. M.'M l;\ l\ C:i\MKI, I •MM .-wlr.int isf.nl M«»Mj c.n.1.i.-i^t.' Ml MtMariM. NOTICE. 1. Mir uu.l.-rs^iu-d. lu'ivl.y give notice tl.a: my wife c-. longer under my protection, an.) Uihl fioii. tins date I do not hall -ix .iir-ilili- f..i debt! nm> incur. A. H. \INDAR(;oN.
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    CURRENT LITERATURE.
    961 2 As Others See Is. Tb C'nwMn MMn Qmm. Bj HaiM I lain l Lswlmi: \mtm. i.'is. nit \\<- .iit.'ii si, v hard thinys alxuit th« Turk. It is new to tind the Turk replying forcibly ,in an Kn^lish baafc, "The Crettreiit vrrmii the r.ws is vipMM atUcl.. fi.mi
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    Welcoming Church Bells.
    65 2 Curious scene* occurred at the village of St. Kfcvcrne (Cornwall) on the arrival of a new peal of bells- for the parish church. A large procession of villagers, headed hv the Imbl band, marched out to meet tinbells, which were drawu by horses ou four way"'"*- Men,
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      177 2 Dee's Concentrated Disinfectant. The most economical effective Of all Dealers. Importers The Borneo Co., Ltd* H. ABRAMS, HORSE REPOSITORY OMBtRD ltOAl). Xv "FbctNMtaa .12 Hafaaa, Cobtt and I'onicH in first cUs^ onlor. Over 1(K) UatßM i>f all iloscriptionH and jirii i s on liaml Im >ul<- at lha lowest ponsihit-
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      96 2 ALBERT L. A. DALCY Undertaker ft Tomb-Builder 150 Middle Hood. Sole Agent for Messrs. Dottridge Brothers, Ltd., Loudim, i 218H Teltiphone No. 019. LIQUID FUEL BUNKERS. Fresh Water Island (PULO BUXOM) Oppiwitc W.-wk-rn Kutrancr to Xi |i|» 1 Harbour 30/--(THIRTY SHILLINGS) PER TON F. 0. B. IN BUNKERS. RATE OF
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      134 2 i^SS^i to "i ba i t ßa J j^{/y*j§jj^ ijL-y provision I L ""^Q^^^^^^S^ A DEALERS. V^V^ PATENT SOSTENENTE^/J PIANOS Built Expressly for this Climate and Guaranteed for FIVE Years. $450 FREE TUNINO FOR ONC YEAR The ROBINSON PIANO CO., Ltd. FERMENT Lacto-Bacilline Ih ilif rudii-nl remedy (or DYSENTERY hiul
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      392 2 PHOSFERINE 5 Tha G re«t»«i of all Tonic. 5 9 ft AOIAT CM HEALTH. B hro»rt«oc. —A^»m a hnm, Ltated, f f U b«iM initial. L*o4aa. B.C f inmtumiiiaanmial LACE STORE: .TiiHt nciniil: New coUectioo of SILK r^ACES (WHITE, RLACK and PARIS COLOUR), and MUSLIN EMBROIDERIES. A fino lot of
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    NAVAL AND MILITARY.
    833 3 The Leave Question. With regard I* the Siti fiaMw, atom a burning out; with Miicja.-k.-ts ami stokers, it w»K not fail that than ihnalil Im' pr.icti.ally fr.-e bjftve for all men in barracks, while Hhm on ships in tlic- i>ort lia.l their leave more or iess restricted.
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    Causes of Dumping.
    134 3 The Peking ami Tientsin Times, discusKiii^tlieMiK^'stimi tliatirksorae sauiterylaws Imve rauscil the dumping epidemic there. Hays:— That it ia uot altogether the fault of tin- foreign authorities in proved, however, by the fact that precisely the same thing has Ixm taking place in Tientsin City this Bpring, during
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      631 3 A A A No. 23 High Street. r? HIGH-CLASS JAPANESE CURIOS hwk vow m m v mm mmman nr (iAHI>KN rtJOmUM RAXM andl'OTfi, TJ:X BR| CIOISONM and BATWMA WAHKb. LACQUEIIKI) ALBUMS an.i (VBlN)is' SILK KAKIMOXOS, LADIEB' lIAXD BAGS, ORNAMENT \l SCREENS and SUNDRY ..Mii-r FANCY AIiTICI.ES fri INSPECTION INVITED. PRICES
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      214 3 J. MOTION CO. Watchmakers. Jewellers. Opticians. REPAIRS PROMPTLY EXECUTED Alexandra Brickworks Co., Ltd. BRICKS FIREBRICKS. Souud wtll nhiiped and bard burnt bricks oan be mpiiied at f 1 50 par Lakaa at the Firebricks $60 per thousand. I Fireclay 130 i»r ton. Any shaped bricks oan b» made to order
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    LETTERS SENT BY ELECTRICITY.
    336 4 Automatic Delivery of Mails in Flats. The lat«st iinpruveiui-ni to be installed in the big city apartment house is an automatic mail delivery s\ stein. The apparatus is .i ithorised hy the rosim.istt r (ieneral, aud is taken under the rustoily of the w.n.rn <n. nt.
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    A Legal Puzzle.
    301 4 I'll, hu, ■.•lt.iinty ot tlu. law and the proverbial ill -fortune of tile eonnti -yiir.n when tie n< ts iisvuhed in legal prn.-.-e.liu^ are alike illustrated in a easo which Nroltisii t.m.iLis have ana ■nttoMag with tatacatt during its pragma* through the mutfe vej-etahle in. ■ivliaiu ordered
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    The Crime of Lese-majeste.
    222 4 The li.-rliu .i t v|Hiiui arfaa Ims just ben mi need Ui inn. montlm' iiii]>i imminent fat pttttiag "'it his tottgne at the Kaiser as his Majesty KM diking past is a deep dye. l liininal compared with many of his fellowviriims of tli<- aw against
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    802 4 \anii; part, pnUUt dad g <trr!cal, mill limiir ut .1(1' ill-. STKAMKKS AlciuotiK. China. July 21 Mansfield Ambria, Hamburg. June 30; Be hn Meyer Aragonia. Hongkong, June 24; Behn Meyer Arcadia, Colombo, July 19 P. O. Coy Astyanax, Liverpool, July 6; Mansfield Austria. Trie-te, July 8; Rautenberg Anstralien,
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    Has Filed 50,000 Saws.
    98 4 T.J.Uoodwinof Ohio avenue, Kansas City, I. S. declares that in the last twenty years he has filed 50,000 saws and walked 69,000 miles. While accomplishing this, he says, he has carried with him the burden of a saw vise with a scat attachment, a contrivance which
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    Strange Coincidence in Deaths.
    96 4 A strangely pathetic tragedy has beeu revealed by the death of a man in the casual ward of the Tonbridge workhouse. The man arrived there in the prosecution of his search for bin wife, from whom he separated many years ago, and he died through breaking
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      94 4 AN OLD MAXIM APPLIED TO A MODERN REMEDY. Kveryone speaks of the feast as he tiuds it. is a maxim of the Portuguese. Judging by the letters received from people all over the couutry, praising Chamberlain* Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Iterncdy. it is evident this remedy has beeu found satisfactory.
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      698 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. &0. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Penan*, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Port*, Plymouth and London Through Bills of Lading issued for Chiui. Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental, and American Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore on or abont MAIL LINE. Oulvard {for China). Delhi July 6
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      694 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HANDEL AND BCHEEPVAART MY. "BANDJER." BANDJERMABIN. The Steamer* of this company maintain a regular servioe between:— Singapore, Bawean, Sourabaya. BandjermasinT Polo Laut. Balik Papan, Koetei, wi*H transhipment at Bandjermasin for Sampit Mandawai, Koemai, Kot«a Waringin, Djelai, Marabahan, Marakaeariea, Negara and Bebirik. The steamers have good aooomodation for flrsi
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      397 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LIHIE. HAMBURG. The steamers of thia Company maintain a regular service between Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and the Strait*, China, and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhaven direct, calling at Penang and Colombo. The arrivals
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      789 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. NTdTL. NORODEUTSCHER LLOYD Imperial German Mail Llna. The fait and well known mail steamers of thil Company tail fortnightly from Bremen Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southamp ton, Gibraltar, Oenoa, Naples, (oonnection Marseille*, Naples, Alexandria, and vioe versa) For Said, Bnez, Aden, Colombo, Pensut;, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki, ml
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    SHIPPING IN PORT.
    1237 5 I si., Kiln- iMadiaf HMfaUMriM KMnrlaUow sn .i..- 1. -ir. <twMr: -hi,,; l«, hmqw; «<-tiiM.n^r; Vet. V.i Wit; < m. Cndmr; I. ln i boat; r." 1.. n «-1.,; 11,,. ||..r,..-,...«..r: Brit. Urti-ti I X, I nilttl v. i,., l--e,,.|,- r irrlu'in: Iliil. Mutch: IUI. ll.ih. n
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    Clearances.
    59 5 .I*l.' -.'G A. Apoar, lirit sir. Penang, CalrutU ADtilOi'huii, Brit sir, Tacoma Solva, Nor str, Bangkok Brouwer, Dut str, Djainbl Knpnrthala. Hrit str, P. Swetteuham, Peuang KUangor, Brit str, 'I'eluk Anson \ia ports 27 BoruHsia. Ger transport, Hamburg via ports Hong Bee. Brit Kir, Penang Bharata, Brit str, IVnang.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE
    113 5 From Europe By the I!. I. s.s. Thon^ws, due on June H, From Cbina— By the M. M. a.». Au»tr»lim, due od Juh I. Loft Singapore Due id London Arrived Muy 21 P. A O. June 16 Junr 17 May 27 N. I). L. .lime 19 June
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    99 5 Wharves at which Vessel.* are Berthed To-day. TSHJONO PSGAR East Whakf Bashin— Cheang Chew. Bast Wham Section I— De Klerk. Skct. 1 (Shkkrs Wharf):— ttrifiht. Section No. 2— Bharata. B—Bombay8 Bombay Mam. a 4— Hong Wan 1. (l B—Paroo.8 Paroo. B—Diomed,8 Diomed, Ping
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    20 5 What good would it do if we .found the North Pole? We could hold an exposition there 100 years later.
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    Mail Steamer Movements
    41 5 Ociwarii B. I. Mail. The B. I. contract packet steamer Thongwa, with the London mail* of the 7th instaLt. left Negapalam, on the '_':ird instant, and may be expected to arrive bore on Saturday morning, the 29th instant.
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    30 5 Flirtation, my dear sir, is a past art; it needs fragrance, perfect manners, a touch of romance, a knowledge of the cap and bells. And these things are dead. Sketch.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    81 5 tor Per Si inner Tiihi To-morrow Bandjermansiii, <'tc. >'.</,« 7 a.m. R'baya. MnvHxsar, fir. Ihhl.rl; 7 a.m. Bangkok Deli p.m. H'koiiK. Amo\. Swatow Urns Warn I 2 p.m. Teluk Aniuu via port» tam/ln p.m. Pi-Dang and Deli llrl.i- 3 p.m. Satcriiav. Snudakan ia portx Hand 10 a.m. K.
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    Cost of a London Dandy.
    222 5 The London Kxpress devoted a column to an analysis of the cost of Urn clothing aud dororationx of a fashionable man jmlmj tlxLondou season. The personage in iiuesu.in. who is the equivalent of the dandy of past generations, is described as the tmh counterpart of
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    EDISON'S METHODS AND PERSISTENCE.
    278 5 Searching in China for Soap Bases. Mi. (i. „rge f, Stratton makes an interest ing :elerenee to Kdisou in an article iv tlir ■Mfiag Maga/im- loi June. The most strikiii" instance, not only of the great in reiitor s |Misi-.i,.|icc but also of his systematic uetliixls.
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    The Edward Cross.
    160 5 111 the June number the Worlds Work makes the interesting suggestion that, at the time of the meeting of tin- second Peace Con teronce at the Hague, and as a fitting me moiial of the reign of a great |«a< einakcr. a medal to 1m- known as
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      402 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. INDOCHINA STEAM NAY.CO..LTD. Tin m, •Miner* of this Company maintain a PMt«tH between Calcutta, Straits and mi,, taking flMgi M thmngh Bills ■>' for Canton. .Swatnw. A*Mf, ribaughai, era on the Calcutta, Strait* miml Hongkong Kun Tone Commander "Ku.-ivi" 4,8U5 U I). Brmii.ii Noivjvi 4,03-i I*. H. hill
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      496 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. Ocean Steam Ship Co., Ltd. CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. The Companies' Bteamem are despatched from Liverpool outwards for tb« Htraita, f'bina %nd Japao every wrek, and fro>n Japan home ward* fur Loudon, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight and fir Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool monthly. One outward steamer every
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      499 5 I STEAMER SAILINGS. OMBIKED SERVICE OF THE OCEAN S. S. COY.. LTD.. Trffe WEST AUSTRALIAN S. N. CO.. LTD. RKTWKIN IKI.MIMI.i; I'l Xl II AORTII v i> r t.Mimin PORTS JAVA imi si \i. ioi;i Regular Fortnightly sailings between Siii^h. nor.- anil Western Australia, calling M'*J«va (a» inducement offer*), Derby,
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      378 5 i STEAMER SAILINGS. cnnr Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Line. $HK NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO KIPoPE VIA CHINA. JAPAN, CANADA mi tinUNITED STATES. Route from Honukon»<. via Shanghai, Nagasaki, Inlar.l Sea of Jappnh Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria »nd Vancouver. R.M.S. "Emphehk or Imtma" Twin-screw steaR.M.S. "Emprehk cr jArAN" r mers
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      293 5 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. June 23.- At "Hollandia." No. 4 Moid Road. viliialile teak household furniture, plants Ac. at M M p m. -".I At No. 4 I.loyd Koad. an excellent I. .Ned Cottage Piano. Jnlv I—At1 At Sale room, unredeemed pledges, at 10 a.m. At Sale room, laud
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      54 5 WEATHER REPORT. Kamlang Krrbau Hospital, Ju»f J6,_J9o£ 9 a. m. St. is. 9 p. u.IRzitAMU!. Bar. 32 29.893 29.810 29.806 Temp 88.2 85.6 80.0 < g Wet Bulb Ther 77.2 78.6 77.8 DirofWind.. calm n.s.w went 1 9 Max. Temp 87.8 Mm 75.0 1 Max. in Sun 130.0 Terr rad.
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      152 5 Singapore Tide Table. (KRrtll JtISK 27 TO JIXV 3.) HIGH WATKB. j LOW WATER j Timt H'ght Time H'gbt Jink j hra. mm. ft ins. hrs mm. ft inn. Thcbsi.*y27 J 1152 m 8.9 5.18 m 1 0.0 lHc«s!>AY«t 11.9 a 10.0 5.31 a 0.2 FarnAT 28 I 37 m
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      30 5 WEATHER TELEORAM. Hougkoug, Jnue 27. 10 p.m. Barometer 29.61 Direction ef Wind EN E Forotfof Wind 2 Max. Temp in Shad* .81 Manila. 757 S. b> \V. :i J8 »fl
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      146 5 DAY BY DAY Thursday, June 27. High Water. 119 p.m. 8. C. C. Lawn fowling. Philharmonic Orchestra. H M K.x.thall. S. C. C. v. R. O. A. Football Asscn. Meeting. 6Ma Pai>ee Theatre. 9. Friday, June 28. High Water. 037 and 11 53 a.m. Municipal Commission. 2-30. Hmkey. S. C.
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    DEATH.
    30 6 Liitli:. On June 26. at No. H Cavuuagh Road, Singapore, Robert Little, late Principal Anglo-Cbiucse Free School. Aged ->3 years. lutcriiiunl at Ml p.m. to-day. English papers please copy.
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. THURSDAY, JUNE 27.
    983 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. THURSDAY, JUNE 27. Wil.tlllM' till' Cllillt'M' AN- lc Ik- illilllittl'li or ii' it in an ui(iiality with Knropoaiis ia likely t'i Iki dim. .i burning topic al the near future in Netherlands Juiiiit. Munv mt in lli mi i-i i-i'il interest <lisplaycil by llie
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    124 6 A few days since we directed attention to what must have been ar oversight on the part of the management of the Singapore and Kranji Railway iv permitting the up and down trains to meet at Newton at 6.28 p.m. on SiAdays, thus risking grave accidents to passengers alighting from
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    15 6 it is reported on good authority that Japan will shortly be represented diplomatically at Constantinople.
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    24 6 Three men were killed at Bombay on the 3rd inst. while engaged in repairing a storm water drain. They were overcome by sewer gas-
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    29 6 The Chinaman, who ran amok in China Street after stealing a couple of krises from the house of a European in Orchard Road, has succumbed to his self-inflicted injuries.
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    46 6 Tho Gorman Imperial authorities have decided to Ktrangtnen the daCences of Eiaoohau, and an artillery depot and aim a mining dapct b*v*" been formed tbsxe. as frost ipnl 1, for Mrviea ia Vttt Ffdt«ctorat«. All telegrams published in thin ihxiic aiv protected hy the Copyright Ordinance.
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    17 6 .\iiiuu« yesterday's shipping arrivals was the Sarawak Government steamer Kaka, which left Sarawak on the '24th instant.
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    22 6 The financial statement of the China Mutual Life Insurance Company, Liiniteu, as at March U, 1'.>07, is advertised to-day on P»g« M
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    27 6 The total cost to date of what was know v as the North London Whisky Case" to the Isliugtou Borough Council is annoiiucod as iT2,448 9s. .kI.
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    25 6 Seventy-seven vessels entered the floating dock at Kobe in twelve months ending July last. Sixty-six have entered since then, the dock being practically always eiuplojed.
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    30 6 Au auxiliary of the India Sunday School Union has boen organised iv Singapore, the following constituting the committee Miss Gage-Brown, Keys. .1. A. Gray. W. Ahliilowii and W. T. Cherry.
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    33 6 Ou Juue 11, the Peking (iovernment ordered the Governor, ot the provinces to dismiss at once all the officials under them who have not obeyed the Imperial decree. forbidding them to smoke opium.
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    36 6 Ilitaiu bin Suleiman, a tain by employed by Messrs. Kibeiro and Co.. was sentenced to throe months' rigorous imprisonment, by the Third Magistrate, yesterday afternoon, for the theft of a box of pens frotu his employers.
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    43 6 The Salvation Army has established a Labour ISurcau at Batavia. A register is kept of all who seek employment at the Bureau. Information as to their antecedents is obtained from their last employers, before ihc Bureau makes any more to find them work.
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    43 6 The monthly missionary luoeting will lake place at the Prinscp Street Church on Monday, at h p.m.. wlia Bishop Oldliam is exSlcUkl to give an ttddreos. In eahe the ishop caunot bo present, tho J{uv. A. .1. Ann i will take his place.
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    47 6 There MM three fresh cases ut plague in Calcutta*un the :frd inst., and eighteen deaths. The total number ot deaths during the week ended Juue 1 was 559, as against 621 in the previous week. Fifty-two deaths took place from cholera. l;sl from plague, and from small-pox.
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    54 6 Great havoc has been done by lucu»tx to the melon crop iv the district uf Lahore. The pests have destroyed the crop totally, and denuded all trees of their foliage and much of their bark. The villages are in a sad flight, as ploughing and work iv the fields has
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    57 6 On Wednesday, July 10, the tiriitday of the sixth Chinese Moon, the local Chinese will celebrate the anniversary of the found aiou of the Anti-Opium Society. The celebration will lake place iv the ChiucHc Chamber of Commerce, and Dr. Lim Boon Kcng and Ho Yee Chung will deliver speeches. The
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    61 6 Mr. Bell, Director o' '"ffblic Instruction at Calcutta, lias, it is understood, addressed circulars to Heads of the Colleges, enquiring if there is any Literary Tnion or Debating Club in the Colleges, aud, if so, what sort of subjects arc discussed there. The object of the circular is to place
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    49 6 The Amir of Afghanistan's tour iv Kandahar has been followed by dramatic incidents. The Governor of the Province. Sirdcr Mahomed Osman Khan, ha.s boen dismissed suddenly for bribery and corruption, particularly for the mismanagement of the customs. Sardar lnayatulla, tbe Amir's eldest son. has been appointed Governor ju succession.
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    66 6 Owiu^ to tin! vagaries ot tin- instil autlio rities in Singapore. sa\s the l'iuaug Gazette, tin mails that ate usually 'It-spatclitil on Saturday* for Pcuiiuy by the steamer* Pcrak M\<\ I'm Seng, were scut, ou Saturday last by the steamer Capii. Inconsequence, the lutler vessel was. on arrival at I'euang.
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    63 6 We i-cgrut tliat. iv our yestflrday's issue, a slip should have crept into the paragraph respecting the decision of tho Bench Court in the Borneo Company's rice case. Tbe lines it was not until 3 or I p.m., that Mr. Michell accompanied by Mr. Bain, entered tho Court," should have
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    61 6 Tiie Finance Department of China has recommended that Viceroy Shum Chun linen's request for permission to borrow a foreign loan of 910,000,000 be granted. This loan will be repaid in twenty years time. It is also announced that the Railway Company of Szeohuan province has signed the agreement with tbe
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    88 6 Apropos of live snakes in the local museum, we may recall that Louis Agassi*, the centenary whose birth was celebrated last month, had the typical naturalist's habit of making his house a museum of living specimens. When his wife once shrieked from her dressing-room at bedtime, cm finding an active
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    92 6 LBcho de Chine, commenting on the depreciation of silver, cites the case of the Hongkong Star Ferry Company, which, though not a big enterprise, lost last year 19,866 through tbe depreciated coinage. This journal advises the people of Hongkong to follow the example of the Philippines. Though the Americans have
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    Social and Personal.
    867 6 Mr. liakei has l>ei:u appoiutud coutliiclo r of the Kuala Lumpur Choral Society. Mr. Herbert Wright has beep awarded the Society of first silver medal for his recent lecture on rubber cultivation. Surgeon-General Boiuford. 1. M.5., m aisW at the annual dinner of the Indian Medie.<l Service,
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      145 6 Teplitz i Bohemian Natural -f Mineral Water. A Certain Remedy for: NKKVOts DVSPKPSIA. CHMONIC BXCKHBIVK sKt ItKTION Ml" UTHIA \NI> ALULMKN. lUIKIMATIS.M OK TJIK JOINTS MISt UW. JAixcg well witH all mmmmmmm spirits and wines. W Caldbeck McGregor ft Co. Dont think of First Cost only. What about Maintenance BUSINESS.
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      168 6 ASSISTANT WANTED. Wanted an fttsmstaut for the P.W.D. mutt b« thoroughly experienced in road comttrnctinn, and able to survey and level accurately. Salary •150 per menaeu and allowances. Apply State Engineer, Alor Star, Kedah. 1859 Wilson Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS. Our Productions are of Die highest po««ible AKTIKTIC A TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE
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    RUSSIAN OUTRAGE.
    308 7 TERRORISTS' TERRIBLE ACT AT TIFLIS. Many People Killed and Injured. Rhetrr's Telegram! London, June 'Mi. Al Tiflis. in Caucasia, ten bombs were thrown in the centre of the town, and exploded with appalling forceMany persons were killed or injured, am an immense amount of damage was done to
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    BRITAIN AND JAPAN.
    74 7 Prince Fushimi's Farewell to the Canadians. [Kkutkk's Tki.k.i.uavi. l.oifl.iiT .in in 2(i. Prince Kiishimi sailed from Victoria, British Columbia, by the cruiser Monmouth. yesterday. In a message to the Dominion Government, he said he was much impressed by the enthusiasm displayed at his reception in Canada. Hnd
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    HONORARY DEGREES
    70 7 Prince, Politicians. Soldier and Writers Honoured. itKiTKit's Tmmua I .1 Union, .luue Mb Degrees iv honoris causa have been conferred u|KM I'liucc \lthnl of t'ounaught. Sir Henry Campbell iKiunerinan. Lord Loreburu (Lord High t'haneollon. the Right lion. James W. l,u\vther 1 Speaker the House •f Commousi. Field-Marshal Sir
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    FOR SERVICES RENDERED.
    59 7 The Country's dranl to Lord Cmmer Kma'a Tmmu* London, .luue M. It 1- uudei stood that the Government will propose shortly a grant of C.'rfMMin for Lord I Cronicr, in recognition of his services in ■rot The delay in the anuouueemeut has been due t.. the -jtatc
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    THE SPANISH AGREEMENTS.
    105 7 IREOrBRS TCLBUBAKJ London, June 26. It is pointed out that the Anglo- Spanish •nd Franco-Spanish agreements have a wider scope than was supposed. The guarantee apparently covers the status quo of the whole of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic washing the shores of Kurope I and Africa.
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    PREMIER'S WELCOME HOME
    35 7 V 1.L1.-.I ..v| London. June M The Hon. Alfred Deakin. Premier of the Australian Comuionwoahb. has arrived at Vdbourne. Me was aocirded a great popular ovation n|oß returning from thu Colonial Conference.
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    ACCIDENT ON THE NILE.
    345 7 Chinaman Given Judgment Against P. 0. Company. Alls I'oh aud a number of oilier coolies were loading a cargo of bran from a twakow into the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Nile, on April 17, when fifteen heavy bags fell upon him. As a result, his
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    OPENING OF HAINAN ISLAND.
    220 7 Canton Viceroy Formulating Further Demands. According to the North China Daily News, the reappointuieut of Viceroy Shnm to the Two Hwang came quite unexpectedly to him, ami it was the last thing he desired; hence we sec his Excellency at his old game aguin in formulating
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    ATLANTIC RATE CUTTING.
    136 7 Cunard Reduce Steerage Passage to £3. The Cnuard Steamship Company have decided to cut rates in the eastward passage from New York to Naples as far as they apply to the steerage, from X. r >-16 to MB. It is expected that this reduction will be eoutiuuud
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    Mining Rights in Sumatra.
    105 7 The Netherlands India Government seem to be possessed with a fad for the nationalisation of mines. The Redjang Lebong Company has proved that payable gold mines are to be found in the Bencoolen district (South Sumatra). Other companies are at work to prospect the land of
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    Proposed Association of Rubber Growers.
    149 7 London, .linn- 14. A movement his been started under the JPf" of W Kntherford, Mr. Lampard Mr. Sliand and others to form a Kubber Growers' Associatfcn. to watch the interests ■if plautation rubber producers. It will work in cooperation with the London t harnber of
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    Churchill Chides.
    123 7 UNDER SECRETARY'S ATTACK UPON THE LORDS. Severe Indictment of Upper House. Rkutrk's Tblboranl London, June 26. The House of Commons continued the debate on the Governments House of Lords resolution. The Labourite and Nationalist Members supported an amendment urging the complete abolition of the I'pper Chamber. Mr. Wms'on
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    ANTI-DYNASTIC REVOLT.
    197 7 ANTI- DYNASTIC REVOLT. Spread of the Movement to Hunan. Litest papers to hand from Hougkon^' state, that, according to a native rc.|x>rt. over oue thousand of the Weichow rebels met and defeated three companies ot' Impel 1.11 troops at a place called A Po Kai at the fool of the
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    Chinese Court Scandal.
    103 7 Cherclie/. la femme! It transpires that a woman is at the bottom of a bribery scandal at Peking. A singing girl originally mentioned things to her parents, and the parents passed them on. Prince Chiug and others were impeached, but the Prince having been found not guilty,
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    Indo Ceylou Communications.
    112 7 .Mr. Smuaton, in the House of Commons, asked whether the scheme of the Ceylon railway from Aresawala to Ratnapura and a survey of a line to Manaar to connect with India had been sanctioned, and whether Government was aware that the Ratnapura extension was urgently needed in
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    The Sunday in America.
    179 7 The Key. Thomas Ij»w, of the Free Church Couucil, who has just returned from a visit to the Inited States, tills in the Free Church Chronicle that one of the things that depressed him on his tour was the Americas Sabbath I spent (he says) one
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    Sad End of a Great Inventor.
    152 7 James liartlett Hammond, inventor of the Hammond typewriter and president and practical owner of the Hammond Typewriter Company, was committed to Bellevue, New York, for examination as to bis sanity. According to the China Critic, Tientsin, Thomas F. Hammond, the millionaire's brother, declared he
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    20 7 Dr. KieM-Cook, Medical Officer oi Calcutta, holds that early marriages are responsible fox the increase of infantile mortality in Calcutta.
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    Reform in China.
    353 7 LEADER OF THE MOVEMENT IN SINGAPORE. Ignores Idea of Protection. Then; arrived by the Arratoun Apcar from Hongkong, yesterday, Tang Chu-yew, a lead i n j; Chinese reformer, for wlioiu Chowfu, the Viceroy of Canton, sometime ago offered a reward of a hundred thousand dollars. Tang, who
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    BANKRUPTCY COURT.
    225 7 Applications Postponed in View of Possible Settlement. The Chief Justice was engaged till after oue o'clock to-day with summons in chambers. Then he opened the regular wecklv session of the Bankruptcy Court, which is being continued this afternoon. Mr. Niblett secured a postpoueueut of the application for a
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    Death of a Schoolmaster.
    65 7 We are sorry to record the death of Mr. Robert Little, who for the past sixteen years has boeu the Principal of tin \nglo Chinese Free School. Singapore, which look place at his] residence. No. H Ca venagh road, yesterday. He was well-known in the Colony.
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    London Rubber Market.
    59 7 London. June 14. The rubber market is steadier. The quotation for fane hard Para is 4s. 7d. As regarc's plantation rubber, there is a good demand for sheets and biscuits, but the price of block rubber is lower.. The Pelniadulla Rubber Company pays four per cent., for
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    Longevity in Somerset.
    202 7 Now that Somersetshire is claiming to possess the oldest woman in England, in the person of Mrs. Honor Coleman, of Cleve, who is. asserted to be in her 107 th year, having been boyi at Yatton in February, IHOI, it is to be noted that that the
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    29 7 It ie stated, bays the Times of Malaya, that a Dutch Syndicate has acquired a firltclm» tin vise in Kiota District, »nd m«y ha expected to commence operations ihortly
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    PAHANG STATE COUNCIL.
    451 7 New Enactments Introduced: Old Ones Amended. (Fbom Oub Own Cokbem..sdknti. Lipis. June 24. Mr. Cecil Wray, British HesicJeat. I'almuu returned to Lipis, last Saturday, after an absence of nearly six week!) from HeadcjuarWhile at I'ekan, the Resident beld a meet ing of the State Council, which was
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    ALLEGED PERJURY.
    303 7 Fresh Evidence to be Called by Mohamed. Mr. It. P. de Silva* of High Street, sued M. C. S. Mohamed in the Supreme Court foj the value of two rings, worth 1.2M0. which, he alleged, Mohamed had taken to sell and had not since accounted for. In the
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    Gaming Dens in Melbourne.
    112 7 After exhausting every other means of suppressing the gaming houses in the Chinese quarter in Melbourne, the police have resorted to .what is called tho quarantine section of the Lotteries, Gaming, and Betting Act, which permits the declaration of such places as gaming bouses, and makes
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    Lord Granville Gordon Dies at Sea.
    150 7 Lord Granville Gordon died on board of the German mail steamer I'rin/ Ludwig, which arrived from Europe this morning. A iiH".mi[;i> announcing the dowh wan received from Aden, and it was thought probable that the death took place- in the Red Sea where abnormal
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    ENGLISH CRICKET.
    275 7 LARGE MAJORITY OF DRAWN MATCHES. Yorkshire Beats Somerset. [Hrotrr'h Trlkorax' London, -I.hu JH Iv the County Championship. Yorkshire, at Leeds, defeated Somerset by an innings and 15 runs. The matches between Notts and Lauca shire at Nottingham, Kssex and Middlesex at Leytou. Susse* anrf Warwickshire at Brigh ton,
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    SURRENDER OF A FRENCH AGITATOR.
    57 7 'RKUTKK's 1 KI.KoKAM l<ondou. June M» M.irccliou Albert, the priucipal leader 111 the wiuc growers' agitation iv the South ot France, has surrendered himself to tin authorities at Moutpellier. I Die Ostasiatischr Lloyd Tklki.ram Berliu. June. H>. The disaffected Seventieth Infantry Kugi ment of the
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    LAUNCH OF A BRITISH CRUISER.
    81 7 IRbutrr's Telrukam London, June 2h. The new British cruiser Inflexible has been* launched at Clydebank. I'he Inflexible, Invincible add Indomitable are first-class cruisers, provided for by the naval estimates of 1905-06. They were built simultaneously at Clydebank. F.lswick aud iova.ii respectively. These new cruisers are
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    ANTI-MILITARISM IN PARIS.
    40 7 'D*R OSTASIATKRR LLOYD Tf.LE(>HAM| Berlin, June 26 In a case before the Court at Paris in which the accused were charged with utter ing anti-military sentiments, the |ury returned a verdict ot acquitta^ for all of them.
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    FRENCH COURTS-MARTIAL.
    28 7 [Dkb Ostasiatischr Lloyd Trlf.ckam Berlin, June Hi Tic debate iv the French Chamber of Deputies on the Bill to abolish Courts uior tial has been adjourned.
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    Tamil Youth in Trouble.
    170 7 horaisamy. a Tamil youth, pleaded guilty, this morning, in the Second Magistrate's Court, to the theft of 11 cash box from Mrs. F. Diet/, at No. 10. Dhoby .hatit, on but Saturday night. The box contained a number of documents, two Knglish sovereign*. 100 francs in
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    Division of the Diocese
    62 7 The following Hiitmrriptions have received in Penaog, according to the I'inanu, Gazette, toward*- the Singapore Hishopric Ntm K. V Blaud I4SUI %4'P* rE W. I'rusgravt iki Justice Tbomton n St Qeorges Tamil Minion ;lwo«iation 150 Mr. Cecil Gpione^) 2.V1 Mr. Kfbert I'oung 250 j Mr, W.
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      Notes in General.
      24 8 win from London, dat.'d .liiiii- IS, states that Reew tHM iMH.Ir >>r«aK 0< IHJ«»I ualnMied l«\ mi-mis..! 1 1 ;iii<-lioi 'stroke.
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      24 8 I'll, kiagby f.kitball match wlncli was to have been pl.iy.'l v< -stei-day, b«t««M tli.MiliUry aud the S.C.C.. has Ix-eu [H.stponed lill W.-dmsilay vi \t.
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      Lawn Tennis.
      112 8 V.M.C.A. r<'urnament. There are nolj two BloMtfal to l»- plajcl of in B class singles of the V.M.C.A. toUW tournament. Y. ~l.r.lay. Van Ctiyleubnrg U U L '|H,rU-. 6 I' 1. .mi l has yet to play llie wiuner of the «ainc MINM Mepliam and K.tvio. S.C.K.C. Tournament.
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      Lawn Bowls.
      147 8 5.C.C. Tournament. Yestt -rday's NMtti in ill.; S.C.C. lH>wling toiirimui.iit. and the fortliciirning events are as follow \KSTKKI)AYS TIKS ONI P.MKS. A. 0. Uoxfa ■i"d B. Kinscy. scratch, beat W. Cimwfucil :md A. K. Passmore. rec. t, Site IS. THK CIIAJII'IONSIHP. .1. MeKi ii/ii b. a; S. Sowdou,
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      Shooting.
      263 8 Penang Volunteers. The wiiin. .if tlic |iriii('i|)al competition* 111-Id iluriny tlit' year, in connection \fltli tin Henatii; Volunteers, and to wliom Urn prizes were <>n Saturday were: Commandant's t'li:illru<;.- Cup 1. S.-ry.-au Soutliain. -1. Private l>uxbnry. These twi volunti-ii^ .ilku iibuiiml first hdil HOMM ri'spcctivi-ly in the- Championship ('lialli-D(»r
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    COLOSSAL FORGERY
    219 8 Evil Society Circulates Millions of False Banknotes. It behoves nil persons to keep a sharp lookout lest they should become the victims of counterfeiters, who are evidently doin^ a hie business in various oountries of Eastern Asia. Aeeordin>> to the Echo de Chine, the existence of a large
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    THE SINGAPORE SHOW.
    658 8 Flagrant Example of Financial Incompetence. It tin- MM or persons who are lo Maw the running of tlio forthcoming -show at K.utU Kangsiir desire a first-clas* object lesson in how not to do it, let him «r them il.Uin the balance sheet of the Agri-Horti i-ultural Show
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    Tin Export Decrease; Duty Increase.
    173 8 The statemeut of weight of block tin and tin ore exported from the F.M.S. during the months of .January to May. 1907. and of duty collected thereon, as compared witli the corresponding period of the previous year, shows that from I'erak 1784& US mVuls. hearing
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    Machinery Installation at Pulo Batam.
    236 8 Machinery Installation at Pulo Batam. It may be of iuterest to those coucerned to know that Messrs. Kiley Hargreaves aud Co.. Ltd., Jiave just completed the erection at l'ulo I'.atain. for Kaja Alie of Singapore, of one of the latest and most modern plants for the production ot finished pressed
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    ENLIGHTENING AN EMPIRE.
    462 8 Missionary Workers and Their Toils in Singapore. New China i- springing int.) being, reform j Imrrirs alter reform, mm. notwithstanding unrest and tlisciiuU ut. hopeful signs pro- j dominate. Hut the future of the country is in the balanc--. H the people are to be raised from
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    SINGAPORE SHARE MARKET.
    454 8 The following is the report of the dUkM market, issued M Messrs. L Uhani ami l for the week ending Wednesday. June 2« The Share Market lias own far from happy during the week, and prices in inaiiv stocks enutiiiiie to decline. owing piincijially to a renewal
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    Rubber Export from I M.S.
    55 8 The following statement shows the quantity of cultivated rubber exported from the Federated Malay States during the year Kx|K>rte<l Pro- export during vionsly. (luring May. the year. Ibft. lbs. lbf>. IVrak MJOI 71,858 80,854 «3,7*7 3«i9,784 4H3,0il S'egri Sombilau 86,095 VM.H.i 172.369 Paliang nil nil
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  • Correspondence.
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      Snakes in the Museum.
      125 8 To the Kditor of tlie Straits Times. Singapore, .1 m- 27^ Sir. When I read M paragraph about a i live rattlesnake in the Museum. 1 thought you had been misinformed. I was pleased to see this assumption confirmed by K. H. in last night's iranc.
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    DUPED BY A DANCER.
    542 8 Extradition of European Sought from the Straits. Au application from the polio- was granted by the Walters Magistrate ut Han•jiM.ii. mi June IS, for an extradition warrant for the apprehension of Koberty-. supposed to be in Singapore or Penang. Koberty, who was formerly a preventive officer
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      288 8 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. MONEY TO LEND. t-iO.OOO lo $100,000 to lend upon Mortgage o( first-class properties in Singapore Town. Apply in writing to "Y. c/o Sti-aits Times. 1362 FURNITURE FOR SALE. The Furniture omplete) in Europeau House is for sale as it stands. Everything new lonrent. '•PAOB." co straits Times. DM
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      411 8 Jodn Js>ittle (80., tetd. J* If FULL STOCKS OF ENGLISH-MADE HARNESS AND gaddlery s STABLE REQUISITES OF ALL KINDS. li. p.i,is in li.iiu.ss an.) Soldiery carried out l.y .mi HI workmen, uu.l. i I. NMfMM siijhi vision. THE CHINA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. LIMITED. SHANGHAI KINAM'UL STATEUKNT \-s AT M
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      PRODUCE.
      88 9 '•uibiiT 6.JJ-, do (Cube No. It unpicked 10.85 -"opra Bali M g.jo do Pontianak ;».i5 Pepper, Bhick 17.60 do White 5% buyers 24.62$ Satfo Flour Sarawak :).o-.'j do lir'ux-i No. 1 2.97^ Pearl Saj;o 4.05 Coffee Bali, 15% IaOO Coffee. PalembanK. 2CV, basis 22.80 Coffee. Liberian No. 1 2;|.00
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      EXCHANGE.
      127 9 On London Bank 4 m/s 2/4$ Demaud 2/4 Private 6 m/s 2/4£ do 3 m/s 2/4 ■On Qennnny— Bank d/d 2..'!9J Private 3 m/s 2.46 do 6 m/s 2.48 Or. hrn nee— Bank d,d 2.94 Private 3 m/s 3.034 do 6 m/s 3.06 On India— Bank T. T. 174}
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      MINING.
      305 9 Date of formaion Capital Subscribed Number of Snares I Issue Valos Paid j up to Reserve Company yconnowa I I I 1903 1901 1903 1907 1906 1905 1906 1906 1906 1904 1908 •300,000 HOO.OOO 1600,000 MOO.OOO £400.000 £880,000 $400,000 1375,000 i £60,000 £60,000 £100,006 £90,000 »150,000 »99,000 £120,000 £120,000
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      RUBBER.
      324 9 1905 £150,000 £104, 937. H 46,500 I 1 I 93,600 1 I 1,700 I •10 I 8.800 10 9,400 uniMD«d f 7,000 1 I 11,000 i 70,000 10 8,000 uni««u»<i 70,000 l 9,000 ooiMaedf 12,600 10 6,000 l I 1 8,000 l 1 •IS 8 Anglo Malay Robber Co.,
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      GENERAL.
      226 9 1894 £5.377.10.0 1898 $225,000 I £4,648.15.0 •338,000 7,636 ISM 4,600 •00 ia/e 80 814.11.9 112,500 10,000 000 a) 11,000,000 260,0006 J Bells Asbestos Eastern Age Dcv, Ltd Fraser A Neave, Ltd. •7.00 141.50 1865 110,000,000 •10,000,000 80,000 1123 I I 6,000 JIOO I 4,000 $100 3,400 10 f 8,000
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      DEBENTURES.
      23 9 Howarth Ermkiue, Ltd. 6% tMDOOO Biley HarsrMve., Ltd. 6% iS'So It £Z 1.878,000 B%prem. WongPa^WccLtd. g H "g^? likr^ s 1,050,000 f»r
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    HOTEL VISITORS.
    268 9 ADELPHI HOTEL Mr G. E. t'bamberliu Mr B Mab* i Mr J. Wilaon Mr It I MrW.O. Baker Mr W I. Brill MrO. Rice M.- N 1. I Mr Smithera Mi K Ballad i MrB. L. Williams Mr HAHTh Capt li Mrs 8hopherd Mi II M -,>,; v
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    40 9 'rte I uionist l'arty art- ti..- jh/, peoyl« 'o .i-s.il llif punul privilc^;. i bra plint; jn the British fla«. At tlie VM*> k_ lub •):.n, J .j- 1, iv the Albert Hall, a Cv: I rs a carpet Tribune.
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    Town Without a Post Office.
    93 9 While in Scotland last autumn I. mf» B on. s|K)ndcnt. arrived at Maxwelltown. Kirk, udbri^htsl.ir.-. and uantiny a stamp for picture post card I inquired for the peal .iUii i. huitoinv-.,irprise I was informed the town h id mithcr Beat nor telegraph office. InvcstiMutioii revealed
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    Prizes for Tanned Faces.
    107 9 With the object of cue. l iira(<iii» -Jie pupils .•I the I'ainham (nannuar School to s|>eud tlicir recent holiday in the oaaa air .is much M aoaaMa. the u.\. s. PrieaMey, the headinastci. offered a pi i/.c to the lxiy who returnrd to school with the
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    Fire Burning One Hundred Years.
    120 9 I in Chagaou lan, Owmetkmtkj, is relic "t the old loachin^ day*, but it is now fumed km its rti. whii-h lias never been nut for mor.than XXI y.'a s an.) ovei which (,'irdle ako arc bakcil. Tin's lm«c lire is kt |>t outiinially burning
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    Vancouver Route an Alternative to Suez.
    222 9 U thr Imperial Conference Baupaiiem wen exchanged batwaea the Australian. N'.xv Zealand, and Canadian statesmen. The VIMMUIOI route as an alternative to tin.- Sue/ mm dfaooMedin ail its phaaea,aad its adop. tiou iiiro.l with »ieat hn bytiieyentlemen from Ottawa. Oa Mi. DeaHa'a ratam to
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      20 9 RILEY, HARGREAVES Co., Ltd. Civil Engineers. No. 3 BATTERY ROAD. TELEPHONE No. 362. General Construction Work ESTIMATES AND PLANS SUBMITTED.
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      414 9 iwl^j CONTAINS ■M. UNSWEETENED S The Richest Milk on the Market. ASK FOX (4 ¥lp^^f^ Tap INSURANCE Companies NOKTH BKITJSH AM) MEHi ANTILE INSCHAVCE CO. Subscribe"! f'apital £2,7">0.000 Revenue £-2,061 .01J-19 8 The undersigned an preparwl aooept Fire Risk; at cm rent NNM «;!>-' behn, mmtwm a <.-.>.. Ltd. THE
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      262 9 MACDKIiI Hi; im INSIHANCE O. ■i i vmm A. i>. lxii.) Tile undersigned, agents for the ab< At puiy, are prepared to accept Fire Ri-k» at carrent rates. «91 BEHN. Mi:VKI; a Co., ML HOBWIOH inion mm :n-i i;\- SOCIETY OF NORWICH a UNtDQN. Established 179;. IOK FIRE INSntAN'E ONLY.
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    STUDY OF TROPICAL DISEASES.
    578 10 New Medical Society Inaugurated in London. At a meeting of medical men, biologists, and others interested in tropical diseases, which was hel<^ in London, the Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene was duly roiiHtitutcil i.;iws for the government and administration of the Society were, at the
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    The Opium Habit in North Formosa.
    118 10 Mr. A. M. Chalmers, the British Consul in North Formosa, states in his latest report to the Foreign Office that the number of opium smokers in his district appears to be slightly decreasing, there having been l&l.ftAO at the end of 1900, against 131,272
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    A Professional Income of £160,000.
    98 10 The largest professional income in the world, according to the Chicago Tribune, is th.it of Mr. John Hays Hammond, which is no less than $H(H),00()a year. Larger sums arc made by investments or speculation, but no other man receives so much for personal services. Mr.
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    SEPTUAGENARIAN PARSEE TRAVELLER.
    707 10 Interesting l.ady Visitor to the Far East. The fullness uf years Unit bring-, grey haii^ and wisdom, plus v broad intelligence and unflagging amiability moke a woman a very i|iu-en sometimes, though her dominion bo but the hearts of friends. Such a MM, says the Hongkong Daily
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    Only a Coat.
    177 10 Thomas Griffin, aged '1">, an ex-soldier of the Scottish Borderers, who fought in South Africa, has been agreeably surprised by an intimation through a London firm of Kolicitors that a Boer lady intends to reward his kindness to her by Rending him between £800 and £400. Griffin
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    61 10 The British tourint MM to have a strange reputation in Switzerland, it wo may judge from tlie fact that a hotel there is recommended lin its advertisements) un tin- gN iml tlmt it is only a huudred nn-tres from a t police-station, and hat un English bar so attractive that
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      75 10 DO NOT NEGLECT THE CHILDREN. At this MM of the yoar the first unnatural MSMM of n child's bowels should have iMMMMMi attention. The best thing that can i» given is Chaniherl.iiu's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Keimdy followed by castor oil as directed with eacli bottle of tile reineilv. This
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      552 10 BANKING COMPANIES. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. paid-up Capital 1j10,000,00v reserve fund Sterling Reservt $10,000,000) M l 000 000 Silver Reserr. 111, 000,000 000 000 R:serve Liability of Proprietors t10.000,000 COURT OP DIRECTORS. G. H. Medhurst, Esq.— Chairman. Hon. Mr. Henry Keawick.— Deputy Chairman. A. Fuchs, Esq. A. J. Raymond,
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      502 10 BANKING COMPANIES. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Capital 2800,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £800,000 Reserve Fund £1.073,000 BANKERS. Banji ol England. National Bank of Scotland. The London City A Midland Bank, Ltd. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Current Accounts are opened and interest allowed at 1 per
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      405 10 SALES BY AUCTION. 544 LOT 6. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE OK VALUABLE TEAK HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, A GOOD COLLECTION OF WEL I. GROWN PLANTS, *c. The Property of JAME3KELLAR, ES^., To 1.- held at HOLLANDIA," No. 4 LLOYD ROAD. On Saturday, June 29, al 12.30 ELABORATELY CARVED AND POLI SHED TEAK DRAWING
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      597 10 SALES BY AUCTION. COTTAGE PIANO FOR SALE. AN EXCELLENT TONED COTTAGE PIANO BY F. L. NEIMAN. nAMBUIUJ, WIf.LBK INCLUDED IN THE SALE OF HOC JEHOLD FURNITURE, TO BK HELD AT NO. 4 LLOYD ROAD, On Saturday, June ML Now on view. Powell Co 1331 Auctioneers. AUCTION SALE OK SCRAP IRON,
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    2128 11 INTERESTING NOTES AND NEWS FOR MOTOR MEN. Tho contractors of the new Kailang Kestr. voir have purchased a 7 h.p. Star motor car. lu<|iiiri«s at the chief huUU of Iwmdon as to the Sunday occupations of their quests brought the iuformatioo that they all go motoring. '1 his admirably
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      191 11 MOTOR CARS Now in Stock. One Rover Car 6 H.l'. TWO SKATKO. SI'KCIAL FINISH. PRICE $1,600. WITH HOOD. LAMPS, ETC.. COMPLETE. Capt. Lord HERBERT SCOTT, D.5.0., wriu.of HmmOmm: ..Ak" 1 i££ '.'M^ 0 kllow how we "«tisfie.l 1 alll uithUie 6 h.p. i Special Itover Cnr. 1 consider it wonderf.il
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      130 11 Tfje HUMBERS Again WON THE HEAVY TOURING CAR RACE. ■m ai-oounts in the Home Paper-.. -o .U.KXTS: Borneo Company, Ltd. 1234 THE SAILORS' REST, 26. HIGH STREET. SINGAPORE. The above establishment is for sale. As Mr. H-dgway is desirous of going to Europe to have his ■tight restored, the whole-
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      47 11 A MEDICINE THAT WILL CURE CHRONIC DIARRHOEA. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea lit'iui it y iH the most successful medicine in the world fur bowel complaiuts, and is the only remedy that will care chronic diarrhoea. Ever}- bottle is warranted. For sale by all dispensaries an*l dealers.
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      419 11 Local Motor Oar Agencies. WE, CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS. ZTTZZ ng M, the boann,. ,arf»ce 8 of tbe I I I ■MtTl No L owot-r wwl V w fcr r* tro. winch expended in unnecesnarily wearing orfMei wllll; h co-t much Ln^y wrepiac. Iliatjg one reason why jou should get an
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      628 12 Scale of Charges. PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS.— MisceIIaneous Wants of Every Description, Houses, Land, etc., to let, are inserted at the following raten One Insertion I 1.20 per inch. Two 800 Three J.BO Six «•*> Nine 6.4 m Twelve 7.90 Twenty-five 10.00 (Each subeequent month *.'> per inch.) The above rate is
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      553 12 Miscellaneous WANTS. Km- :-Four Lion, <>n» <t twotnwtion«. By the inch, we Seal« of Charge*. LEBBONB IN FENCING Private, or to classes, by Fencing Master. Special terms to school boys. Apply "FOIL." c/o Straits Times, LESSONS IN FRENCH. AC. Private lessons given in French and German by a thoroughly experienced
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      625 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD. RiTEs:— Four Lines, on* or two insertions, Jl.n" By th« inch, m Seal* of Chargst. COMPOUND HOUSE TO RE LET. No. 38 Sophia Road. Apply to 18-2 Priniep Street cBll TOUT. Hollandia, No. 4, Lloyd Road entry from July 15. Apply to Hammer, c/o 6
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      495 12 ARTICLES FOR SALE. Bates Foor LinM, on* or two InMrtiom, |1.00 By th« Inch, M* Seal* of ChargM. FOR BALE. RUBBER EBTATE. 800 acres in Malacca, also Rubber Stamps. Apply C," c/o Straits Times, c 103 RUBBER SEEDS FOR SALE. Robber Seeds {or Sale. Apply the Manager, Malacca Robber Plantations,
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      768 12 Miscellaneous NOTICES. R*tk< l«t Month, tin per inch. Miixeqtient month«, $.'>. For -liorter p»ru»l» -*c si-.tle of ChiirgCK. THE KINTA ASSOCIATION. LTD. Notice is herein given that the Transfer Books of the above Association will be cloned from the Jaue 22. to the June 29 inclum\ c. W LOWTHBR KEMP.
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      719 12 Miscellaneous NOTICES. IMII-M Mi li, »l» par in.li. Niil.-wiuant month*. S-. 1 -horttr peri.»l> cc iMh NOTICE. 1 hereby beg to inform the p.ihlir g4 muji pore that from thi- day. the ami of .lane, 1907, I. sli»rpire, have taken ovur the Mafeking Bar and Il.tel. No. 34 North Mip
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