The Straits Times, 28 June 1907

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.379 SINGAPORE. FRIDAY. JUNE 28. 1907. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      268 1 GRAND HOTEL DE L EUROPE SINGAPOHK. Maguificcitly Furuiitbed With Elegant Simplicity. From "The Autocar," March 1907: 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 DE DION First I DE DIOX First Siugle Cylinder Cars
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      145 1 HOTELS. CALEDONIAN HOTEL 77. Brasi Basah Road, SingaporeThe Brightest and Healthiest Retort in the City. Hotel Porter in uniform meets all SoaU and Trains. HOTEL WISSE WtLTBTRinm. Batatu. Established in 1836. Renovated up to date. Splendid situation in the Fashionable Centre. Opposite the Palace of Oovernor-Oeneral and Club, and in
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      261 1 ROBINSON Company. At- THE VERTICAL FEED SEWING MACHINE. i AUTOMATIC LIFT DROP HEAD. FOOT OR HMD. L^jb^jfeAarTl The Vertical Feed T Hand Sewing Machine "^^H^^b i i\i I'li'Ti: v\ it 1 1 co\ i:i< It will sew over uneven surfaces as well as plain. It will sew a curved piece
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      20 1 GRAND 'HOTEL D£ L EUROPE. SINGAPOHK. Moi.nv i\ Cwim n,>x offering »\erv i.i> MM ■■■<• in. l rif.«—il> ii.liiii.. lie-ilth.uiil i-..mfi>rt.
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    DRESS AND FASHION.
    932 2 The Well- Dressed Woman. The woman Im atlei U a* (bayla* aMhaa has no nntiii.il yift in tli.u din .in.ii. lU n.it enouf>li linmilitv t.. lmrn. Suoli ih tin plul osophv of -Tli. WaaUßßßaai Waawa," an eminently pia.ti.nl. lirinhtlv w.itt.n, at.. l thoroii^lily iatftViatlßJ littl«- w.irk on
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      316 2 EAGLE CEMENT *Jor aU Jiigb-Qlass Work On tde Jbist of tde (Brown Jigents for tde Colonies. Importers The Borneo Co., Ltd. CRUSHED FOOD. TRY I* AND YOU WILL BE SATISFIED I. R. BELILIOS begs inform the public that bie Factor) for preparing Crushed Food at No. 1. Belilios Road, i*
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      207 2 »j"sV^am^ *^^™^^i--^s.aaw*^ aac» j^USSELLS j r V-^^^^^, A pK j PROVISION I L J DEALERS. Flf 1 VV'' XerAlH »V^ PATENT SOSTENENTE^ #J PIANOS Built Expressly for this Climate and Guaranteed for FIVE Years. $450 free Tuaiae for one vcaa. The ROBINSON PIANO C0., -Ltd. LOHENGRIN PIANOS (COTTAGE MODEL) I
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      663 2 AWFUL SUFFERING OF LITM Bad Sores Spread All Over His He^Grew Worse Under Doctor's Care —Cuticura Effects Perfect Cure, Bringing Relief with First Set FATHER RECOMMENDS CUTICURA TO EVERY ONE Wlxri my little boy was about four rewra old (he is now about six and a naif yean.) a spot
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      34 2 LAXATINE, the Ideal Purgative, rocum inenile Iby the be,t medical authorities Kaay to lake and certain in results. To be had of Wl chcmisH. Wholesale from The I'harmacy, Batteiv 11' d. Singapore. 1356 W
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    WIT AND HUMOUR.
    893 3 Somewhere Near the Truth. Little OM (tolling of thr Garden of Kdi-u): Yi'h, liniiiiiiiy. Adam and Eve lived very happily tin-re, till tliu Kvil Oik- came in the form of n servant. Short Run. Bmm castles in tin h.iir is a mere man's iliM-rijitiou of the new
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      407 3 Chub Vs Safes. SOLE AGENTS: HUTTENBACH BROS. CO. Ismail Raheem, DIAMOND MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURING JEWELLERS. 82-1, 82-2eBRAS c -BASAH ROAD. SINGAPORE. (NEXT TO RAFFLES HOTEL). •Mi CREPES CREPES ll^^O^^^ V^^S^ 5^ CREPES •Nw Stocked in \axvp Asttortnifnt I*.1 x^^J^^Yantato A Co., J Nigh Street. Why Suffer with Prickly Heat MAYNARD'S
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      250 3 Wines Wines Genuiao table claret at 475 per d. Vermouth of Tnrin 1.20P- litre hot. Moocal of Syracuse, an invigorating wine mostly recommended for weak people aud ladii at II .00 P* 1 quart, ('hianti Wine, Bracchettc (a delicious red sparkling wine), Freisa, Fernet Bitters highly recommended, Byrnps, Assorted macaroni
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    THE SOIL OF WIT.
    672 4 Famous Retorts Characterised by Brevity. llrevity ban been Urn marked oharactcr-i-tic of many happy retort*. What i-oulil 1* ianm mnhinn. awim ipia*hj witty, tbav the tvplv iittriliiit.il tn Th lit Annul M an a*ja*> sidii wiicn ititain iiiiuniiius panaaaga, ill anil in great |>«iii. -aiil t
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      129 4 B*l*B^B^B*l*B^B^B*l*B^B^B*Bi \'\l MMMlaj '••7 Lx>nged=for Relief from the agony of a terrible head--1 ache might be within easy reach i of every sufferer if she but knew it. Those shooting pains that i almost drive one wild can be instantly allayed, and PM and sleep so urgently needed will .ion
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      719 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. &O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London Through Bills it Lading issued for Chin* Coast, Persian Golf, Continental, and American Port*. Steamer* will leave Singapore on or ab in: MAIL LINE. Outtrard {for China). Delhi July
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      1136 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HANDEL AND BCHEEPYAART HUNT" BAWMER.""Si i BANDJERMASIN The Steamers of this company maintain a regular service between:— Singapore, Bawean, S mrabaya, Bandjerma*in, Polo Laut. Balik Papan, Koetei, with transhipment at Bandjermaain for Sampit, Mandawai, Koemai, Kotta Waringin, Djelai, Marabahan, Marakaaarie*, Negara and Bebirik. The steamers have good aooomodation
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      781 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD Imperial German Mail Line. The fast and well known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from BremeuHambnrg ria Rotterdam, Antwerp, Sonthamu ton, Gibraltar, Qenoa, Naplea, (connection Marseille*, Naples, Alexandria, and vioe versa) For Said, Snei, Aden, Colombo, I'-nin;, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki, vil Kobe to
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      434 4 ».>HIII RF.MIDY m« roraeK COLlr~ < T.IROAT* Owbr idyc-s V/ LUNG tonic y,. I VTOICBED HY HANI! I II |.i MoKU PHOSFERINE a Tha Great -vt of all Tonlaa. 2 I RAOU EM HEALTH. j Pra*fi*ttn hl.im a PWmos, Laaiiai, T La Bail* Sauna*. Ludca, B.C. I Books Just Received.
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    816 5 A (i/»., /tort, frohahlr dot, <>t nrriral, ami nnwi- nf AfOtt*. STEAMERS. Alcioous, China. July 31 Mansfield Amlina, Hamburg, June 30; Behn Meyer Aragonia. Hongkong, Junr- 2* B«hn Meyor Arcadia, Colombo, Jnly 19 P. A O. Coy" Astyauax, Liverpool, July 6; Macsfleld' Austria. Trieste, July H; Rautenb»rg Australian,
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    Clearances.
    43 5 Juno 27 Peter liickmers, Ger s'nh, Saigon 1-Uok. Aiisi str, Bombay Heirstad. Nor str, Bangkok U. (i. Mover, Dut str, Muntok. Palemhang M Prin* Ludwig, Ger str, Japau via ports aU^ er Ca r" 90 Dllt Baudjermassin De Klerk, Dm str, Batavin
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    48 5 Ti«tH»u> on Fort Canning and Mount haber drop daily at 1 p in Singapore standard time corresponding to 6 a.m Greenwich mean lime. The time gun is flr*d at 12 o'clock noon, indicating Singapore standard time, on every day excepting Sunday, when it is fired at one o'clock
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    HOTEL VISITORS.
    276 5 ADELPHI HOTEL. Mr O. E. Chamberlin Mr E Maber Tozer Mr J. Wilson Mr B Travers Mr W. O. Baker Mr W O E Brill Mr O. Rice Mr N E Bath Mr Smithers Mr K Schadd Mr B. L. Williams Mr II A S Thompson Capt A
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    35 5 The test of every man's quality hit attitude towards failure and misery, either in himself or others, whether he fights it, exploits it, or sinks under it.— M. P. Will' cocks, in The Wingless Victory.
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    Singapore Tide Table.
    147 5 (Fkom Jink 28 to July 4.) The above is Singapore Standard Time; to obtain Mean Time, subtract six minutes from the time given in the tables. The oppgr and lower lines in the above table denote morning and afternoon respectively HIGH W ITER.J LOW WATER Time Juki;
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    Mail Steamer Movements.
    72 5 Octwaud B. I. Mail. The B. I. contract packet steamer Thongwa, with the T.i mi h.n mails of the 7th initaDt, left Negapatam, on the 23rd instant, and may be expected to arrive here on Saturday morning, the 29th instant. OiTwmi) Fbkxch Mail. The M.M. company's steamer
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    85 5 for Per Steamer Time To-morrow Kmi.iii km; in portx Wi.in 10 a.m. K. hliain. Kuatitan Pontianak 11 p.m. P. Suetteuliam, Penang Ptrak 1 p.m. Kalian-.:. Aij.'li, I'.i.lann 'I.U.Jacob Ip.m. P. KwettoDham, PeoaDg rtn Seng 1 p.m. Muar v.Wr<in 2 p.m. Bangkok \ia ports lioribat 2 p.m. (Colombo and
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    98 5 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To-day. TANJOHB r«O*K Eaht Whaiuj Hahsik— Che&pg Chew. Kaht Wharf Section I— Nil.' Skct. 1 (Sheikh Wharf):— Wright. Section No. -i— Ail lie, Nam Yung. B—Kombay8 Kombay Maru. 4— Hong Wan I. B— Paroo. 6 Diotned, Korat
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE
    104 5 From Rcßort— By the B. I. s.s. Thougwa, doe on June 29. From China— By the M. M. s.s. Australien, due on July 1. ..oft Singapore Due id Lon.lon Arrireri liny S4 P. *O. Juno 16 June 17 il»y 87 N. I). L. June 19 June 21
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    SHIPPING IN PORT.
    1111 5 |-\iik:i till, ho.t liti K tli«f..|l..«iiiK .-ihhre.iati.mil «r» »l«inier: »h iHb; l«i. haruue *h r««. V:i.-ht; ru. DlSw! <i l»t -dun i.^hl,.; ii Uonf-Mrar: Brit. li.itel.-i 1-r.n.h; tier <...m,iii:l>,,t iL.trl.: It.. I 1t.1i.,,, 5,,,,, 5|,.,,, W ESff.'W 1 K '-I'M n,r.K,,,r: rCt£33 llr.nii: I. R. I .nj.,i,
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      46 5 A MEDICINE THAT WILL CURE CHRONIC DIARRHOEA. Chamberlain* folio, (.'holt ra ami Diarrhoea Hcmedy in the most successful medicine in the world for bowel couiplaiuts, and is the only remedy that will cure chronic diarrhoea. Every bottle is warranted. For ■ale by all clUppnytaruN and dealers.
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      358 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. N.Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. LTD. A regular FORTNIGHTLY service is main- Wined between Japan and Kurope by the following NEW TWIN.SCREW STEAMERS, I Under Hail Contract with the Imperial Japansue Government, specially desigued for the Company's European Service, lighted throughrat by Klectrictity, provided with excellent tcoommodation for
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      494 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. Ocean Steam Ship Co., Ltd AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. Th» Companies' steamers are despatched From Liverpool outwards for the Mrnitn. China mil JapaD eviiry week, and from Japan home rards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp jverv fortnight and f< r Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool monthly. One outward
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      568 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. BURNS PHILP LINE. SINGAPORE TO "JAVA PORTS, PO"T DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND. •QUKENSLAND PORTS, AND SYDNEY ALSO TAKING CARGO FOR BRITISH NEW GUINEA, NEW BRITAIN AND NEW ZEALAND PORTS. As inducement offers. A regular monthly service to above port* is maintained by the British Steamers AIM, IK 2,338 tons.
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      261 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. C P. R. Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Line. THE NATIONAL HIOIIWAT TO EUROPE VIA CHINA, JAPAN. CANADA and ihe UNITED STATES. Route from Hongkong, via 8hanghai, Nagasaki, (lulau.l Be* of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama. Victoria and Vancouver, R.M.S. -Evpkxkn (if Is-ntA" Twin-screw steaR.M.H. Kmprkhh cr Japan
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      29 5 WEATHER TELEGRAM. Hongkong, June 28, 10 p.m. Barometer 29.74 Direction cf Wind West Force of Wind 1 Max. Temp in Shade 84 Manila. 759 S. S.E. o 31 25
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      207 5 DAY BY DAY Friday, June 28. High Water. 11 53 a.m. Hockey. 8. C.C. v. B. Co. R.W.K. S. C. C. Lawn B wling. Paraee Theatre. 9. Saturday, June 29. High Water. 123 p.m. B. I. outward mail due. S. V. A. Shoot. Cricket. V.M.C A. v. 8 C.C. Sunday,
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    DEATH.
    32 6 l.mi.i -On June 26. at No. Cavcnagh Road, Sin^.ip ul Robert Little, late Principal Anglo Chinese Free School. Aged 'it years. Intention lat I to p.m. to-day. English papers please copy.
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. FRIDAY, JUNE 28.
    1462 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. FRIDAY, JUNE 28. While Singapore, with its death-rate -IS per 1000, deliberates on the policy to pur. sue in order to improve the sauitary condition ot the town, Hongkong's legislators seek impulsively to commit the Government to an expensive scheme to reduce its deathrate
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    11 6 All telegrams published in this issue areprotected by the Copyright Ordinance.
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    14 6 A new edition of the Methodist Catechism iv Romanised Malay has just been published.
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    19 6 The It.l. mail steamer left Peuaug at 7 p.m. yesterday, and is due here to-morrow morn ing at daylight.
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    23 6 The monthly sewing meeting of the Church Work Association will be held at the Parson age, on Wednesday, .Inly at 1 .'SO p.m.
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    21 6 A coolie passenger ou the- (teriuau stvHiuer Shantung, which arrived from Boclelcug. yesterday, died at sea, on Tuesday, from geueral debility.
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    20 6 In eoiiucction with the insolvency of As hutlmot and Company, twenty-three witnesses in Knglaud are to be examined on commission.
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    24 6 It is interesting to note that our IslsanM from Hongkong to-day was des patched at MM a.m. and received in Singapore at 9-46 a.m.
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    26 6 There are 240 tons of rilled shells, fuses and primes on the P. aud <>. steamer Nubia, whieli arrived, this morning, from Yokohama en route to Kngland.
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    29 6 It is said that under the orders of the Indian Government, the Detective Department at Calcutta has arranged to have shorthand notes taken ot speeches deliveied at political meetings.
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    32 6 At the last monthly meeting of the Committee of the Ceylon Fishing Club, among other business it was resolved to import for next season 20,000 brown trout aud 20,000 rainbow trout ovu.
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    39 6 The Chief Justice aud Mr. Justice Fisher conferred with the members of the local Bar at 10.30 this morning, to arrange the general cause list for July. The list is of about the same length as that of June.
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    32 6 The funeral of Mr. Robert Little, late Principal of the Auglo-Chiuese Free School, took place at the Christian Cemetery, Bukit Titnah Itoad. yesterday afternoon, the Rev. .1. A. Gray. M. A., officiating.
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    33 6 By passing over the coal uicrchauts, and obt lining the supply direct from the col lieries. the London Metropolitan Asylums Board claims to have saved close u|ion .£9,000 in the past four years.
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    35 6 Having concluded the Malacca Assi/es, Mr. Justice Fisher sat to-day as usual, iv the Supreme Court. He had several small causes of no geueral interest uefore him. The Chief Justice was engaged with similar cases.
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    39 6 The Peking Government has received information that the Government of Chili iv South America is trying to recruit Chinese coolies. The result is that the Viceroys throughout China have been directed to prevent the underhand recruitment of such labourers.
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    48 6 Thi.' lecture by Bishop Oldham on AngloSaxon World Influence will Ix; given on Tuesday night ue\t, at N..H), at the Colcman Street M. E. Church, instead of ou Thursday night, as at first announced, to avoid^possiblc conflict with the lecture of Professor Mac Alister at the Presbyterian Church.
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    57 6 Aiuoiig recent arrivals at Peking is an English lady of high rauk, who intends to study the educational systems of China It is her intention to inspect all the girls schools iv the Km pi re This lady has asked the British Minister at Peking to procure for her the
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    52 6 The strength of superstition among the Chinese has been instanced strikingly in the province of Kiang-su, where the taotai of a certain city issued a proclamation, forbidding the people to slaughter oxen or to sell them to foreigners for slaughtering purposes. He remarks pointedly that oxen should be reserved for
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    52 6 It is decided definitely that Professor McAlister will deliver his lecture on Palestine Exploration," at the Presbyterian Church on Thursday, July 4, at 9 p.m. His Excellency tlic Governor will preside. Solos will be rendered by Messrs. Proctor and Dennis. A collection will be taken in aid of the English
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    56 6 The Rev. Dr. John Clifford, in a letter to the newspapers with regard to the Government's abandonment of the Passive Kesis ten' Relief Bill, declares that the Passive Resisters must rally their forces and create a great anti-clerical party. More men must go to prison, adds Dr. Clifford, and more
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    55 6 The British India steamer Kistna is expected back in Singapore on Monday to take up her former run between Singapore and Penang, via Port Swcttenham, on Wednesday. The steamer Kapurthula will return to Calcutta. We understand that the Kistna has been renovated thoroughly and fitted with the latest improvements, so
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    67 6 lt appears from a New York telegram of May 29 to the Japan Advertiser that the Bishop of Lincoln, in an address to the London missionaries, caused a sensation by the statement that neither China nor Japan could be converted to Christianity. The Bishop of Lincoln is the Right Reverend
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    Social and Personal.
    250 6 Mr. Cauagaratuaiu. Crown Proctor, at Trincomalie, died on June l.i after a brief illness. Mr. Justice Fisher, Mr. Kowland Allen, and Mr. Sal/maun returned from Malacca by the Sea Mew. this morning. Mr. I' M. Clmp.ird continues to improve. and it is hoped that he will lie
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    42 6 The Union Iron Works, ol San Fraucise >. have been unable to liuish tin- armourid cruiser California, owing t i the labour troubles there, aud, as a result, the UniUd States Navy Department has dueiled to offer no more work to California yards.
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    61 6 During the visit of the Priuce of Wales to Seringapatam a suggestion was made by the Prince that, at the spot where the English soldiers fell in the last Mysore War, a niouu incut mi^it be erected in memory of them. The (iovernmcut of Mysore have now decided to cany
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    66 6 The Couucilof Legal Education iv Kuglaud has notified its decision to substitute an e\ aiuinatiou iv Hindu aud Mohainmedau Uiv and Roman Dutch law for the examination on English real aud personal property law iv the case of such students as desire to avail themselves of this alternative. It is
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    80 6 The feature of the Londou rublxr share market, in the week ended May 111, was the rush after Sumatra !'.ir.< shares. These advanced from 7 6 pre mi i ii t to double that figure, and were talked up to i'l premium iv tin i. ili.iti future. A correspondent heard
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    77 6 The question of starting a pineapple plantation in 'i'irur. Madras Presidency, which is well known for its indigenous growth of pineapples is being discussed and during the season several large cousigiuents of the fruit are exported to distant places iv the Presidency. The I'resideut of the Madras Agricultural Society has
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    90 6 Air. O'Mara. the detective who has 1i.i.l charge of the extensive investigations under taken iv the interest of Harry Thaw, saileil for Europe ou May SI, on board the White Star liner Cediie. It is supposed that he K iv starch of fresh evidence. The expenses of the <l fence
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    90 6 Amateurs participating iv the I:, j >•) Stengalipour may be interested to learn thai Sir Squire Kaucroft, an inveterate practical i'oker, always took iv good part a joke against limsclf. A piece was being rehearsed, and several of bis friends prophesied that the last act would mean failure. He said
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    85 6 I udo- China rives a brisk trade in plants which are useful for medical, pharmaceutical and industrial purposes. This business brings large sums of money to both Europeans and natives. Cultivation improves the plants, but they, for the most part, grow wild. Very large quantities of them are exported to
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    134 6 Mr. Fred .1. Johuxtou-Smith has prepaid a handsome poetical souvenir of the visit uf the Colonial Premiers to England. Hrinte.l in colours, the covor M this souvenir contains a picture of His Majesty King Edward, and the frontispiece is a well •conci'iveil arrangement of flags, live iv nnrnber repre senting
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      217 6 vJ rV iV 1 d Need it. An Unfcrtncntcd Wine, t bom, iius Free from Alcohol. IVr dozen .V:CI <ssvS> Pri c;is. of do/ens. lo.iMt A pftlNK KOK THE TABLE. A THIIisT QUENCHES FOX Till SICK Itoo.M. THK ATHLETKS KEFKESHEK. 0000 ALIKE KOK OLD AND YOLNCi. AN IDKAL STREN(iTHKXIN(i HETEBAOK.
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      161 6 Wilson co PHOTOGRAPHIC AhTISTS. Oar l'roductionu are of tlic highest possible ARTISTIC TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE and are kuown throughout the East as "INCOMPARABLY THE BEST. In Photography, a» in anything else, "The Best is the Cheapest." Singapore Philharmonic Society. POPULAR ORCHESTRAL CONCERT. Tin On hestra of the I'liilliiiiinoiiie So, i,ty will
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    BIRTHDAY HONOURS.
    464 7 KNIGHTHOOD FOR THE AUTHOR OF THE MIKADO. Decoration for the Tungku Besar of Pahang. Ukciku s Tki.k«.i:.\m. London. June 27. Kiug's birthday honours are ga/.etted. ami iuchul. knighthood to Mr. William Schwcnck Gilbert, author of the libretto of Tin Mikado and other comic operas. Mr. Alexander Hosic. the
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    TERRITORIAL FORCES BILL.
    118 7 Compulsory Service Advocated by Lord Milner. Mki'tkk's Tu.k<;kam L'tndon. .1 me 2ti. The lloi.e o r I, nils has tea I a sccoud time, unanimously, the Territorial Forces Bill. Later. In the course of the dibate in the House of lairds mi the second reading of the
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    EVICTIONS IN IRELAND
    64 7 Government Measure to Reinstate Tenants. brai'i Ttiwii London, Juut 28. Mr. Bind!. ChLt Secretary for Ireland, introduced the Evicted Tenants Bill, which has beeu read a first time by the House of Commons. The Bill empowers tin Kstates Commimiouers to acquire laud compulsorily for the reinstatement of
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    DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S ILLNESS.
    47 7 ■HIM'! TKLF.iK.VM. London, June 27. Daily bulletins are being issued with regard to the couditiou of the Duke of Devonshire, who became ill suddenly at Ascot on June 22. The bulletins are reserved in character, but state that the Duke is improving slightly.
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    STRANDED CRUISER RE-FLOATED
    40 7 iHhtm!'* Tiimui •■> -l.im JThi- British 01 v v Ivranjus. which went ashore ou a ictt mar Couktuwu. on the Queensland boml, mUk owtyfag Lord NflrthcOte the Governor lieneraJ ami party, hy been refloated. Tha Fyramii!) nut damaged
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    DISPUTE ABOUT FURNITURE.
    904 7 Motion of Official Assignee Refused in Bankruptcy Court. Four weeks ago. the Official Assignee applied to Mr. Justice Fisher, at the BankB Court, for uu older turning over to B furniture of the Kecic/ation Hotel, l>. 11. lit of the creditors of Mr. .l. V. de no.
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    Java Sugar Crop Prospects.
    71 7 Both iv West iud East Java, the sugar crop promises to be unusually heavy On most estates, the juice is about two per cent richer than was the case last year. To make the most of it, the mills are working overtime, so that a large
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    Silver Wedding.
    89 7 Mr. aud Mrs. E. Johannes, of Oxloy Itixe yesterday celebrated their silver wedding! lo mark the occasion, a dunce took place at the residence, to which over a hundred friends were invited. The hall and ball room wert tastefully decorated by Mrs. Aptruot and the band of the
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    Hague Conference.
    493 7 BRITAIN AND CONTRABAND AT SEA. Permanent International Court. Kkctkks Tklkukam London, June 27. The I i lisli delegates to the Hague Con ferenoe have submitted a pro)>osal to abolish contraband at Hea. The right to visit will then be exercised merely to establish the neutral character of merchant
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    East Asiatic Company Sued.
    185 7 The Chief Justice this luorniug .>ave jiidgmeut in the cane iv which two Chinese Chops. Peng Kec and Wall Kee, sued the Kast Asiatic Company, Limited, for turn K7 damages for alleged nondelivery of a bag of specie sent from Singora by uue of the defendants'
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    Death of Hospital Dresser.
    72 7 Mr. Edward Thcscira. a dresser at the Tan Took Seng Hospital, died, yesterday morning, at the dressers' quartern there from the effects of a carbuncle. The interment took place this morning at the Catholic Cemetery Hukit Timali Road. Deceased had been a dresser in the Government
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    Expenditure Over-Balanced Receipts.
    115 7 Expenditure Over- Balanced Receipts. Abdul Mohee-n,a bankrupt laud ami house broker, was exauiiued publicly in the Bankruptcy Court, yesterday afternoon. He said that he bogau business without auy capital He had no office and kept no books The rSL";" mad iv aD y y« r "a. from IJP? 8 000
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    German and Japanese.
    223 7 TELEGRAM FROM THE KAISER TO THE MIKADO. Kaiser's Reception of the French Pressmen. L>BR OSTASIATISCHB LLOYD Im.l-..l:vm Reilin. June 27 The Kaiser has telegraphed to the Em peror of Japan a message of the uio-tt sincere thanks for H. I. M. despatching a squadron to Kiel. The
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    A JOHORE CURIOSITY.
    375 7 Remarkable Growth of a Para Rubber Tree. In the May issue of the Agricultural Builetiu of the Straits and Federated Malay States, Mr. 11. K. Kidlcy. director of th Botanic (iardeus, Straits Settlements draws attention to an iuterestiug coiuiuuuicatiou received from Mr. Lc Doux. of Nelson Hubber
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    Misfortune to Harmston's Circus
    69 7 On Harmstou's Circus arriviug at Sourabaya, the paraphernalia was discharged so carelessly from the Royal Packet Company's steamer Daendels that a large piece of the loop that Diavolo loops fell into the sea and sank beyond recovery. Carpenters were called in to repair the loss. The
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    Singapore Philharmonic Society.
    100 7 By kiud permission of the Committee of the Teutonia Club a popular orchestral concert will be given by the Philharmonic Orchestra in the Hall of the Club on the evening of Saturday. July 17, at 9 p.m. Members of the Society free, on giviug nauitts at the
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    The Bandmann Opera Company.
    126 7 We have received intimation from the Robinson Piano Company that Mr. Maurice dandmann has cabled to the effect that the Opera Company will not be able to carry out their programme in Singapore as at present arranged, a* it is not expected that they will arrive
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    FATAL QUARREL.
    167 7 Chinaman Charged with Murder in Singapore River. ,1 S!i Ul Ul ail^ Llm Oook l>iu **m before the Second Magistrate, this morning for a preliminary enquiry iuto a charge of the murder of a man. named Low L,,i a tongkang near the Marine Poh^ Station ou the night
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    ARSENIC POISONING.
    258 7 Narrow Escape of a European Family. Hut for prompt measures having been Ukcc a terrible tragedy might have beeu enacted on Jiiue 7at 11, (awnpore lioad, Allahabad, the residence of Mr. B. Dukofl Uordon.late of the Indian Kducation Depart nicnt. the whole family being poisoned by arsenic supiKWod
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    Manager's Evidence Wanted
    106 7 The Official Assignee yesterday afternoon asked the Chief Justice to adjudge asa bankrupt a man, who had been in Bombay for some years, but was stutti) by Aliboi Adamjee to bo his partuer in the business of A. (i. 11....,, ,v ,v Co. His Lord-ihip refused, as
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    F.M.S. Porter's Narrow Escape.
    193 7 Wli.it might have terminated in I fatal railway incident is reported from the Teinoh Station. A certain porter, fays the Pcrak Pioneer, imbued with all the euorgy and /.cal that permeate the great hulk of this branch of the public service, found hiiuself inside a carriage
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    Wedding at Kandy
    197 7 A pretty but quiet wedding was solemnised at Colombo, on June IT, at St. Michael's and All Angels.' Polwatta, wheu Mr. Kdward Cyril Lambert Sproulc, Proctor, District Court, Kandy, (fourth son of the veteran lawyer of Kandy, Mr. J. H. Sproulei was married to Miss Minnie Treberue
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    44 7 The man is first the wagt-carntr. the woman first the mother, and on tlicic two laws bang all, or nearly all. the int-juahties. which women suffragists are so copbdent t diminishing by means of women's > :tes. r.a v Mrs. Simon, in the Monthly Reuew
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    SANITARY REFORM.
    461 7 THE PROPOSAL OF A HONGKONG LEGISLATOR. A Committee on the Cubicle System. (Ki:i,m Oil; Ov\n OiIWNMn Hongkong, .liinc 2N. hi..", a.m. U h meeting ..I the UgUtffca ««,,ncil enlerday afternoon, the Honourable Dr. Kai, C.M(i., Senior I nofficial Member, roposed a sweeping n form for the improve lit
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    DEPRESSION IN JOHANNESBURG.
    48 7 Depreciation of Land and House Property. [Kkltbr's Tkleueanj London. June JH. There is great depression iv Johauuesbur^; which is aggravated by the forthcoming repatriation of the ('hiucsc. The mining ajid other houses arc retreuch ing, aud land and house pr<i|N:rly km suffered a further depreciation.
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    GOVERNMENT AND THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
    60 7 I Kbutrr's Tkleoram i London, luue 27. In the House of Commons, Sir Henry Campbell- Bannerumu's resolution regarding the House of Lords was adopted by 442 votes to 147, after an amendment, which had beeu submitted by the Labour party, urging the abolition of
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    GRANT TO LORD CROMER.
    33 7 UKtIKKS TKLKI.KAM London, Juue 27. Sir Edward Grey (Foreign Minister) stated in the House of Commons that the Government had decided to make a special grant to Lord Cromer.
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    NEW MILITARY DECORATION.
    25 7 IKkutkr's Tklkc.kwi London, Juue 28. The Kiug has created a new Indian mill tary decoration, entitled the Indian Distiii 'guislied Service .Medal
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    THE FRENCH AGITATION.
    30 7 I)KR Ostasiath UK LloYI) TuLKIiKAMj Berlin, June 27. M. Albert, the loader of the agitation among the French wine-growers, lias deli vcrcd himself up to the authorities.
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    Glastonbury Abbey Sold.
    71 7 The historical and world famous (ilaslon bury Abbey, in Somersetshire, has been sold for £30,000. Glastuubury Abbey according to tradition, was fouudtd iv m i I. by Joseph of Arimathea. The most interesting remains are the Abbey Churcli. with St .Joseph C hamJ, at Mary b Cliapel.
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      Notes in General
      123 8 Jin i '..iiiiiiughtV Light weight Champion, Lance Corpoml McMauus. died suddenly 0< heart failnie a\ Poona, ou June 12. Only leceiitly he fonylit Corporal Richardson. Rtml Scots, to i finish in a 15 round contest MM "us beaten uv a uarrow margin. The Sir Hiud annual open
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      Swimming.
      36 8 .Sunday's launch. The Ar»o will U nve Johnston's Pier for the Swimming Club Bungalow on Sunday next at 10, and 11 a.m.. 1 :«> and S.M> p.m., ivturniug at '.).:!!> and lOIM, 12.15. 3 and I p.m.
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      Chess.
      67 8 i Kteiul Championship. The latest score to hand in this championship is :is follows:— Tarrasch 7, Schlochter 6, Jaaowaky Mantel -li. Burn 4. Tschi gorin :l. In the Mast<-rs' Touruninent. Niemz.owitseh leads wttk H>,. the other leading scores hcim; Swio'.c rsl.i and Xieses H, Salwe T., Berusstein. roru-Hcs, John.
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      Association Football.
      109 8 S.C.C. v. Both Co. R.O.A. 'l'hr iiiatoh. between the S.C.C. and the MOth Company. X.d.A.. was contested kienly vesterda>. in" the presence of a large crowd of people. The S.C.C. a-siimed the aggres sivo soon utter the eoiiiinene^meut of the game, and, alter about live minutes' play. Fulcher
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      Lawn Bowls.
      117 8 5.C.C. Tournament. Yesterday's lesultt in the S.C.C. bowling tournament, and the forthcoming events are as follow YESTERDAY'S TIKS 111 CHVMI'IiiNsHIP. H. Scouiiirbeat K. W. Lyall, 21 to U. Q P(i"h heat K. A. lirown, 21 to IC. U. ThoimpW heat IJ. A. Biddulph, 21 to 20. DamuH. \V.
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      Shooting.
      176 8 IVrak kifle Association. In connection with the Ipoh branch of the IVrak Kirte Association, there was a very satisfactory muster of members on the H.inge, on Sunday morning last, but, with the exception i">f Mr. J. M. Chill, who shot very xteadily throughout, uothiug noteworthy was registered. The next
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      Lawn Tennis.
      179 8 Police v. Warders. In the tennis tournament between tho police and the warders, tin- third event was decided in favour of the latter, Littledyke mil Stanley, their representatives, beating Pearce and 'Me Loan, 0- -0. 5.R.C. Tournament. Yesterday, the single handicap was finished in the S.K.C. tennis tournament,
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      Billiards.
      204 8 lireaks Prodijfious. Referring to the remarkable break, re- I I corded in this column yesterday, tho Times I of Ceylon says An unfinished break of 118,000 should bring the curtain down speedily ou "anchor," -cradle," ••pendulum," and all other strokes at billiards which are fast reducing the ex hibition
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      The Turf.
      124 8 Klanjt (lymkhana Club. The following arc the entries for the meeting at Klang on Saturday, July 8: Hack I. Old Hat St. Mungo Tho Dairymaid Pahit Evening Stat Bumbln Puppy (linger Trixio It uk 11. Valeric The Sweep Morning (ilor> Felicia Starlight Cracker Anopheles Mainspring Kul 111. Strawberry
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      ASSOCIATION CUP TIE.
      205 8 I I M Draw for the First Round of Competition. A meeting took plan in the S.C.C. pavilion, l.i-i evening, of the Committee, of the Association Cup tor the purpose of arranging matches in the tirst round of tho competition. Mr. IS- Scoular presided over a representative
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    F.M.S. Tin Mines.
    154 8 The following are thj monthly returns of output at the various mine* iv the F.M.S. as compiled by the Times of Malaya Tne February output was lower than usual from many mines, owing to the Chinese New Year holidays, and to the fact that it is the
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    Political Pamphleteering in Java
    111 8 A singular political pamphlet by a writer, who signs himself Indicus," has reached M from Java. It ia a reply on behalf of Radicals there, to the Liberal Democratic party in Holland, who have appealed for support to the public in Java. Indicus reproaches the Liberal
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    WATCHMAN'S TERRIBLE FATE.
    419 8 Dastardly Crime at a Transport Shed. On the moruiug of .luni; 14 when a coolie n( the Iva estate, ia Ceylon, wa* going into liadulla. lie saw the transport shed of this I ustate, thatched with straw, on tire. The transport died is built by the side
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    £10,000 Love Bequest.
    179 8 The facts of the roraautic story of the i good fortnue of a Bristol lady, who has been left a legacy of the value of about jCKI.imiO by a distant admirer, are furnished in the will of Mr. F.dward itarrawav Cope -Proctor, i of Til. Pembroke. road,
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    Singapore Share Circular.
    428 8 The following is the weekly nhare circular of Messrs. F raser and Co Singapore, Juut J7 The Keport and Accounts of the Strait* Trading Company have given general satisfaction, and a good business has beeu done for both ttpot in »1 forward dc livery. Montion having b*M
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    71 8 Judging by the China Critic there are tit-bit items for reporters even in quiet TiiMitiiii. Here is one printed in the issue of June 6 Humour hath it that two love-sick local swains had a rough and tumble the other night, all about the favours of a pretty little performer
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    FIRE ON LINER.
    147 8 New York Strikers Suspected of Foul Play. A fire, which was discovered at Xew York early on the morning of June 4. on the White Mm liner Oceanic, nearly result^ iv the destruction of t 1 it fine vessel. It is stated that the pin master, at
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    The Anti-Tea Duty League.
    101 8 London, June 14. The Auti-Tea Duty League are resuming work vigorously. An autnmn campaign is being organised. .£2,000 are to be asked from j Ceylon and India. The change has been j occasioned by Sir Roper Lethbridge nnd Mr. j Verner being keen on the League
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    Foot and Mouth Disease in Pahang. '
    106 8 Foot and Mouth Disease in Pahang. Our Lipis correspondent writes, under datei .luue 24, as follows: Foot-and-mouth disease lias broken out in l/lti Pahang, the total number o( cattle j affected up to the preseat time being over 1.10. The disease, which is. in most ranes, H mild type, appears
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      229 8 Mn Mttle @0., Jstd. FULL STOCKS OF ENGLISH-MADE HARNESS AND gaddlery s STABLE REQUISITES CF ALL KINDS. li. |:;i rs Hmness and Sfl.lilleiy cnnicl out \>y MM '«n w.nkuieu. i.ndei ilmopi an supervision. A Soap for the mos. delicate complexion. fiotel No 77 BRAS BASAH ROAD. The (irent Vienna LaoVs
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    COMMERCIAL
    222 9 Sinoaporr, ha 27, 1907 PRODUCE. nimbler g JL?sr** h z is do Ponlian.ik j- >e PP er ck lm y''' s 17.70 do White 5% buyers a 4 62J »a«o Flour Sarawak JJ :J (M do Brunei No. 1 -/oti Pearl Sago JJ Coffee Bali, 15% laoo coffee. Palembanx.
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    Indian Tobacco.
    207 9 Accoulinj. to the lu.lian Trade .Journal Hi. ti.uie in Indian tobacco, liuiuanufacturetl tad ,uaiicifaot>n.«l. is ieeliag v.ry severely, both at Home au.t abroad, the competition at Uaariaaa etjanatae tadsfajuaaj Euro. paaa manufacture.. In 19O»JO7 the .wporU ol miiuanufactiired tobacco Ki-ew by per cent, iv .juantity, as compared with
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    Parsons as Cricketers
    175 9 ITjere au many .1.-i-vm.:!! who QU (l< lonyhtv deed* with bat an. l ball; but the inMllllUU of a lnl.'hlown prrbt'iidary in cuunty mat.h,.. PWHWthta^ „,.it.- exoMti..na!. >] t 1 OOOlltj whi.li. weuu.Wirtaaalktoba (km h mnd En the penoa oi PrehaMbrj A. P. Wi.Uhai,,. vicai of Maatock,
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    Loulette.
    106 9 The Mie Ma iUm on wot hair. Laalatte; It kisses that hair for me Sweet tMm !,v irahrooaw leeaad Uh, happy the sun an.l the Ma ti» "'"ti'-ky.iu,.iUi 11>( IVt NL(mlt v It -.-.•> what I rannotano; V "1'!,.,1,'n, l>1 1 1 UnK)u >»'»■ lips. Tt»OM lip. that WON
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      MINING.
      312 9 Date of forma- Capital Subscribed ion Number H of Shares T lan. Valos r Pud |O pto 1 Reserve Company QconnoM 1903 »300,000 tJOO.OOO 1901 MOO.OOO MOO.OOO 1903 £400,000 £850,000 1907 I 1400,000 1375,000 £60,000 £60,000 1906 £100,000 £90,000 80,000 60,000 350,000 37,5000 --'TTWI 60,000 90,000 lo.uo.) uniamtd 15,000
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      RUBBER.
      333 9 1905 £150,000 j £104,987.U 1905 t »300,000 187,400 1904 £30,000 j £11,13« 1905 700,000 1610,000 1903 £70,000 £7OiOOO 1906 1150,000 i »135,000 1904 £13,000 £10,500 1905 £75,000 £55,000 l»06 £810,000 £337,788.15 0 46.500 I 93,500 1 I 1,700 10 8,800 •10 9,500 unlMued f 7,000 l I 11,000 i
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      GENERAL.
      238 9 1894 i £5,377.10.0*4,648.15.0 1898 $235,000 j $225,000 1865 110,000,000 110,000,000 1901 ti. 400,000 j 12,^00,000 1896 »1, 000,000 j 11,000,000 :901 134,000 $34,000 1899 »875,000 I $875,000 1908 WOO.OOO j $240,000 1891 UO.OOO j $30,000 JSJ $900,000 I $800,000 1890 MOO.OO $481,000 i 7,638 4,600 80,000 f 18,000 I
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      DEBENTURES.
      34 9 Howarth Erekine, Ltd. 6* Riley Hargreave., Ltd. 6% I S22 > 2^ 3 P*«»" Singapore Municipal 6 1% 1,878,000 a^p?^ Tan jong Pagar Dock Co., Ltd. 6% 1^!? dit nominal s iZZ 3 na
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      12 9 Estimates Submitted. VESSELS Steamers, Launches, Stern Wheelers, etc. RILEY, HARGREAVES Co. LIMITED.
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      187 9 Waltham Watches EXACT AND DURABLE wl!£ Wa ',l ham Watch Company, at waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.A., is the oldest watch manufacturing establishment in America and the largest Ir«^T c W rld THe daily Product is 3,000 finished watch movements-all guaranteed. The UNIVERSAL DEODORISER. The only genuine and safe disinfectant in cases
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      393 9 WSUMHCEJfajKNKs. LANCASHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY NOW MERGED IN THE ROYAL INSURANCE CO FIRE <* LIFE INVESTED FUNDS £12,500,000 POWELL C0.,-., vmu ROYAL INSLIfAXCK OOMPAS FIRE AND LIFE. TOTAL INVESTED FUNDS EXCEED £12,000,000. I«I 1-tROfsT FIBK OFFICE THE WOKU BOUSTEAD it C 0.,-w u .nu. 9?^— £2,1*7,500 raid up Capital 212,750 Keaerve
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    LONDON NICKNAMES.
    487 10 Taxicabs, the Khakis, the Bakerloo, the Cri. and Jimmy's. The streets of Ijondon have been dotted lately with handsome new, red painted motor cabs, which ply for hire at the roducrd rate <>f eightpence a mile. They arc MM witli taximeters-und have promptly Wen railed ta\icahs." London has
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    Curiosities of Measurement.
    376 10 The standard yard prevail* throughout *iie United Kingdom, but the length of the Baglish. Scots. ;iiul Irish mile is different i" each. which is the more curious, seeing that the English nnd American miles are identical. Hut the OOOMioMj local variations in our English acre MM even
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      80 10 WHOOPING COUGH. This is a very dangerous disease unless properly treated. Statistics show that there arc more deaths from it than from scarlet lever. All danger may be avoided, however, by giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It liquifies the tough mucus, making it easier to expectorate, keeps the cough loose, and
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      992 10 IN A CONVENT SCHOOLRkvkrknu Mothkk Him ok Mandalw Tells How DR. WILLIAMS PINK PILLS CCM Tiik Childrkn Undik Hkr Chakt.k. Wk Always Havk Thksj On Hand In Cask Of Need. Tlio fact that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are a mc<licine par wffam for children is now recognised by parcnU of
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      597 10 BANKING COMPANIESHONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. paid-up Capital •10.000.00e RESERVE FOND Sterling Reserve »1 0,000,000 > 000 Silverßeserve 111,000,000) w R serve Liability ol Proprietors 110,000,000 COURT OP DIRECTORS. O. H. MedhurHt, Esq.— Chairman. Hon Mr. Henry Keawick.— Deputy Chairman. A. Kucha, Esq. A. J. Raymond, Esq. E. Goet.-., Esq.
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      542 10 BANKING COMPANIES. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Capital £800,000 Reeerve Liability of Proprietor* £800,000 Reserve Fond £1.073,000 BANKERS. Buk ol England. National Bank of Scotland. The London City A Midland Bank, Ltf. 6INOAPORE BRANCH. Current Accounts are opened and interest allowed at 1 per
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      404 10 SALES BY AUCTION. 544 LOTS. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE TKAK HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, A CiOOD -OLLECTION OF WEL, I. GROWN PLANTS, *c. The l'mperty of JAMEB KELLAU, ES< > To be beld at lIOLLANDIA,' No. 4 LLOYD ROAD. On Saturday, June H, at 15. 30 ELABORATELY CARVED AND POLIBHBD TEAK
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      597 10 SALES BY AUGTIOk:' COTTAGE PIANO FOR SALE. AN EXCBLLMT TONED COTTAOK IMA NO BY F. L. NEUMAN. HAMBURG. WILL BE EXCLUDED IN THE SALE OK HOI 4EHOLD Ki:i!SITrHK, TO BE HELD AT NO. I LI OYD ROAR On Saturday, /«n.- ML Now i>n view. Powell Co., UN Auctioneer*. AUCTION SALE
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    AUTOMOBILISM.
    189 11 INTERESTING NOTES AND NEWS FOR MOTOR MEN. Mr. T. Sarkie*. of ltaffle.s Hotel, has placed an order with Messrs. Guthric and Co.. Ltd.. for a 12- 14 h.p. four-cylinder Swift. The car is expected to arrive to-day. A < >ii respond,. nt recently, writing to the Times of Ceylon,
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    When Steering Becomes Second Nature.
    580 11 When Steering Becomes Second Nature. Although for the most part tli>- ionls of Singapore un.t well adapted to motoriiiy. tlicre arc both iv and out of the town many nasty corner-* and MMHk to 1.,' negotiated, which nudtr goal steering essential. Over many of the highways which lie farther away
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    Enemies of the Motorist.
    1206 11 The thanks of motorists is due to Mr. R. P. Houston. M.P., for his recent action in securing tho proseeuti*i and punishment of two miscreants who threw ston.s at his car while he was prooeeding along the Kinchleyroad, though a good many will be disposed to
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    9 11 Coutiibutiuus of motoring interest arc iiivui-il for this coliu.mii.
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      161 11 The HUMBERS Again WON THE HEAVY TOURING CAR RACE. See accountH in the Howe Papt-rs. AGKXTS; Borneo Company, Ltd. THE SAILORS' REST, 28. HIGH STREET. SINGAPORE The above establishment is for sale. As Mr. Kidgwav is desirous e>iug to Europe to have his restored, the whole of the will. Stock,
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      458 11 Local Motor Car Agencies. WE, CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS, >——mi real, J SSgX, Z2LX?^^XZ??SZZ PN MM HARM, m >„,., M.l. IM MR ,I >t t.,k ,nI. Ml M TrH» KM ÜBKFUL V T' .'.'"L f™* d6al tm T de el <'V^ I.v the M^M in expe.,.led in wearing awn,- the bean,,;,
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