The Straits Times, 16 August 1907

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 22.420 SINGAPORE. FRIDAY. AUGUST 16. 1907. PRICE 10 CENTS
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      307 1 tOMTW WHAT 18 ROSBACH JUST ARRIVED. ONE 7 HP TWO-CYLINDER PllCe Werner Car, 1907 MODEL. WITH HOOD, M W I II I SPIDER SEATS, FOUR COM N Clr BBBi B 8881 \J \J PLETE EXTRA TYRES, MAG- I S££££° Complete. C. DUPIRE CO., Sole Agents. KATZ BROS. LTD. A Fine
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      162 1 ROBINSON CO. COMPLETE Athletic Outfitters. New Deliveries I j* "DOHERTY" Tennis Racquets. "SPALDING" Tenflls Racquets. All SPECIALLY Strung for the TROPICS. ROBINSON CO. r AlS pwT TTfypTpX WMMgM HOTEI AJJUiLirHI ±lUlJ!ilj, rrnr w«n»i r itiji, FOR j The Brightest and Healthiest Resort in Comfort Luxury Cleanliness J^, I>ort iQ lini!tri
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      8 1 THE mbING TABUNj H.M. The King. L J
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    DRESS AND FASHION.
    889 2 The Popularity of the Redingote. The redingote, with roundel fronts, is unite the most |K>pular garment of the year, and especially i* it popular in taffetas, writes a lady corresjiondent in Paris. Silk coots with linen and lingerie frocl>< seem just a Ml hit out of place,
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      364 2 13 nm us Have Been Sold in Singapore. 0116UC6 when running, Simplicity, Reliability, Durability, and SMALL COST of UPKEEP, £f fA E combined to place these Cars iv the very first rank. m m Itead accounts in the Homo Papers as to what the HUMMEM actually did at the recent
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      267 2 TO BE OBTAINED FROM ALL STORE-KEEPERS. H BOTTtTrLrW M BOTTEirLT M jk »«anp M n*m> m J FUSSELLS ra "GREEN |U||| 1/ W V/ BUTTERFLY" IVIILfV W ■l Siniielinu'K children and others who would benefit by a KB milk diet have trouble in digesting milk, owing to it* vft curdling
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      732 2 SKIN AND SCALP DISORDERS_CURED Man Was Rapidly Losing Hair— Another Member of Family Suffered with Eczema of the Hands for Ten Years— Both Happy to TESTIFY TO EFFICACY OF CUTICURA REMEDIES "I haye grrit pleasure In pivlns particular* of two complete cure: <\ nved from the use of the Cuiieura
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      107 2 RELIABLE REMEDY FOR DYSENTERY DIARRHOEA. As the season is at hand when dtwifcoN and dysentery arc prevalent, a n-lial.l. remedy should always be kept in the house f ■> immediate use. The success of i'liuiulx i lain's Colic. Cholera aiidU>iiiri'liiHH liHßedy in the treatment of Mkel tioul.l,-. bt brought it
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    KING AND KAISER.
    502 3 ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION OF KING EDWARD. After- Dinner Speeches. KAISER'S APPROACHING VISIT TO ENGLAND. Meeting of Monarehs a Sign of Peace. UKI'TKK's 'I'KLhi.ll.H London. August 11. A huge crowd had asKemble<l al Cassel, and lieereil Kiug I. d ward upon his arrival. There w as a scene of
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    MOROCCO.
    93 3 Kaid Maclean's Life in Danger, i Kbitkk's Tklkukam l.'.iiduu. August 16. lutunatex] over tin bombardment of Casa ijiiti. the Khuiass tribismen threaten to eviugi t... 1.,-iu- upon Kaid Maclean. uoui Haifculi n> protecting!>»K OsTAMATIseHI LIoVK TKLKciUAM lierliu. August 1.1. Tin French Oovcruiuent has given to tli< v .luan ol
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    HOUSE OF LORDS HAS AN ALL-NIGHT SITTING.
    62 3 I.' tkb'k T •>!>■. i:a» London. August 1«> VfU-r a:: a.l uight sitting, tin House ot L,iJ- a'ijouiueil the .li-cu.si.jo ..I t I i Uil) uutil tin Lngl.sh Small H'jldiugt tiili Uiu v. cv bioat'lit up when it is l p.»odt :i rr>->rat<-
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    COCONUT CULTIVATION.
    451 3 4> Encoeragemeit Waited from Government. His K\eell. nev -is doubtless well aware that, in the opinion of many people, the practical eiK-oiintgeiiieiit of »K»nut cultivation has suffered by two things the proHprctivc large riihuer dividends. H nd Uir high quit relit. Thus remarks the Malay Mail, in ihawiug
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    A Missing Bankrupt.
    101 3 Iv the bankruptcy Court, yestcrdav. Mr. 1.. S. C. uvcr mentioned tV case "of M. lit iii-asamv I'ilUy and Co. Last week, the LVmH gianUsl an onU-r for the service of i bauKnip'ev i» tition iv Kuala Lumpur, but >vord had been received from there that 1;
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    Ship's Captain Sued.
    170 3 I. in V«k Kevv. formerly steward of the I -i m i I'elayo. is suing Captaiu Lorcock of tli.it stcauicr. before the Chief Justice this lftiruoou. for 114.7-".. the alleged value of 1 certain stores which were left onboard hy 1 ii ni when he left the
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    Wanted His Money Back.
    210 3 A young Indian Mohauiuiodau woman prosecuted two men of a similar class before the Senior Magistrate, yesterday aturuoou. alluding wrongful cuufiuemeiit anil assault ag iiust tin- first, aud abetment against the j seionil. She slatvd she was inveigled into j a marriage with the firt>t accused,
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    Opium Traffic.
    137 3 ITS SUPPRESSION IN MALAYA FORESHIDOWED. Crown Colonies waist also Adopt the New Policy. <Kkom On: Own Cokkkspomiknt.i London, August 15. 2.20 p.m. Mr. Winston Chun hill. I'nder Secretary of State for the Colonies, replying to Dr. K. M. Connolly, of Ipoh, and other anti opiumists, says that the
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    NEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    334 3 Matters for Consideration in Selangor. The Sclaugor Chamber of Commerce has now ln-iu formed definitely, lind a committee has U-eu elected for the year ending March :'.l. next. This committee- was appointed at a meetiog held at the office of the Straits Trailing Company, at Kuala
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    Cholera Abating.
    38 3 The cholera outbreak is abating with the arrival of the rain. Only two suspects were found this morning. The authorities expect a complete cessation of the epidemic if the rain continues for two or three days.
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    Singapore Health Returns.
    117 3 j The health statistics for the week ended August 10 show that there were :i'2H deaths in I Siiigai«>rc— 254 males and 74 females. (>f this uumlicr 2<M were Chinese, and 38 Malays. l-'our Kurasians died, and one I Kurujieaii. Seventy deaths were due u> malarial fever,
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    Java-Japan Sugar Trade.
    163 3 The Dutch Minister in lapan has been i Uiakiug inquiries into the prospects of Java su^ar in the market there, aud what chances I there were of Formosa sugar becoming a formidable competitor. He ascertained that H will probably be ten years before Formosa I sagar will
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    Arbuthnot's Industrials.
    88 3 In tlw Madras High Court on August 0, Mr. .lustice Snhi amania Ayer passed orders disallowing Mm application for a |>ostj>oncii)ciit of the sale of Arbuthnot's Industrials on the ground 1 1 iiit l ln- management during the last s months bad resulted ill a loss of 3
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    Russia and Japan.
    154 3 THE RATIFICATION OF THE NEW AGREEMENT. Details of tbe Arrangements Between tbe Powers. [Oak Ostasiatisohk Lloyu TbmojumJ Berlin, August IS. The St. Petersburg Gazette publishes the Russo Japanese Convention which was signed there on July 80. The first article of the Convention may b» summarised as recognising
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    DEATH OF JOACHIM.
    330 3 Irkutsk's Tilbgrax| Bombay, August 16. The death is announced of Josef Joachim, the celebrated Hungarian violinist. Joachim, was l«orn of Jewish parents in Hungary iv IKII. Ho studied music at Vienna, and also had tuition from Mendelssohn. He appeared at London from IHii, until a few months
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    Libel Action's Heavy Costs.
    117 3 Although the Lever v. Daily Mail libel suit terminated early ou the third day of the trial, the costs will be exceedingly heavy. It is uuderstood that Mr Edward Carson. K.C., and Mr. Kufas Isaacs. K.C., the leading counsel for the plaintiffs and the defendants resjiectively.
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    Hostile Achinese.
    130 3 News from Acheen details frequent petty encounters between the forces of tbe Government and the hostile Achinese. Sometimes tbe Achinese manage to strike a telling blow. For instance, on August 1, at Tapa Tnan, in a distant district, a band of the enemy scored a success. A detachment
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    American Manoeuvres in the Pacific.
    81 3 A special telegram to the Manila Times, dated from Honolulu on August .">. says that the Marine-- stationed there on the sit*' of the new laud fortifications have been moved from their barracks and put under canvas, in order to make room for coal which
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    THE METAL TRADE.
    391 3 Berlin Exchange and tbe Market for Zinc Whilst there exist for the iron trade in Great Britain three exchanges which rule prices, viz., London. Middlesrorouah, and Glasgow, tbe other four bane metals, zinc, lead, copper, and tin, are quoted onlj on the London exchange. This makes it
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    ANOTHER CLAN FIGHT.
    151 3 The Peaceful Nature of Married Men. The latest cliui tight was uot between tic (iohs and the Lims but the Chuas and the Lus. Before the Seuior Magistrate, yesterday afternoon, a Chua prosecuted three Lus on a charge of assault, claiming that they entered his sampan and
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    Japanese Cruisers in Spain.
    91 3 Probably for the lirst time in history •la|>anesc cruisers are paying an official visit to Spain. The cruisers are the Tsukuba aud Chitose and the officer commanding -in-chief is Admiral ljuin. At San Sebastian on August o, a luncheon was given on board the Chitose ut
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    Hongkong Dock Company.
    134 3 The rejiorl uf the board of directors of the Hongkong aud Whauipoa Dock Compauy, I limited, to Uie ordinary half-yearly meeting ef shareholders, to be held at Hongkong ou Monday next, shows that the net profit for the si\ months, after paying interest due and all charges,
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    Left-Handed Soldiers.
    179 3 Left -Handed Soldiers. Major-General lVrrott. C.li.. Commanding Troojis. Straits Settlements. publiHlK's the follow in« in Mm local Military IKstru-l Orders I am commanded \i\ ilic Army Council U> iuvittt your attention t<i the incicasiny prevalence i»f l.fi linnclcd shouting mmmj Mm rank iiikl til- 1 "< the army, ami to
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    HONGKONG MYSTERY.
    591 3 MAN ARRESTED AT CHEFOO ON SUSPICION. Desperate Struggle. ESCAPE FROM CONSULAR GAOL. Now a Prisoner on American Craiser. iKkom Our Own ONHnmif.) Hongkong. August 18, ».4. r am. The dastardly murder of a Kuro|ieau woman here has absorbed public interest throughout the week. All passenger steamers along the
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    ANOTHER INCONVENIENT RAID.
    37 3 'I!kutkk'» Tklk'.iiam. London. August M, The famous Hottentot chief Moreuga, with four hundred followers, has evaded the <-ape police and eutered German teiritory. The news has beeu received with MMHI at the Colonial Office.
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    THE SITUATION IN BELFAST.
    47 3 Kkctkks Tit leu ham, London. August 16. It i- r<'j>'irU<l from ltd fast that on Tues day supplies of vascliue were served out to the troops as an antidote to vitriol, of which the rioters weie said to have twenty five gallon s.
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    A POPULAR BILL MAKES PROGRESS.
    29 3 KKUTKK's Tklki>i:am London. August Hi. The House of Commons has read for U third time the Kill legalising Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister.
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    KING OF SIAM IN PARIS.
    21 3 |Dkk OsTASIAiI.st UK LLokb Tklv.i.l.v--! Berlin, August 10. The King of Siam is now in Paris.
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      141 3 French War Balloons. Tl» I', lit Tail-leu M that the Kicueli liiidueltVrtumis-ion has<Uvided«iuiii«-roa«iiiie 111. credits iK-.-ehsary for the construction ot i nawsial'lc war 1m1100n,,. It is the ish of the Commission to prowdc j each ot the fortifications in the East with a I svotititu; balloon on the I'alric system,
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      45 3 A forward movement is being initiated by tbe Coventry education authority to induce young people to attend the evening eontinuafaxk sciioon}. A young cyclibt. namfed Browu wat> committed at Knarefrooroagh f"r tnal for tb» all««4 man Jaughtt r of a pedestrian with wh»ra he collided.
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      64 3 His Kxccllcucy the Governor, Sir. John Anderson, K.C.M.<i.,is expected to he. present at a Garden l'arty at Carcosa, X.M.S., to day. To-morrow, he will iuspectthe new Volunteer Camp aud Ititl, ltau*;e aud Museum at Kuala Lumpur, and, afterwards, will rrictcd by ■u.itxr car over the uew (iaan Scrupab Koid to
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    Kuala Kangsar Show.
    1801 4 WINNERS OF PRIZES IN VARIOUS COMPETITIONS. iKiii'M On: Own OHbVRMBMbOT.I Kuala Kangsai, August 11. The Kualn Kangwti Ann Horticultural Miow. wliifh wat annVni la*t Friday, is now a matter of history. The judging was rouipk-W-d on the tintt .lay. but it wa« not until Sunday that parti.ulars
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    WARREN SHIELD COMPETITION.
    343 4 Poor Exhibition of Football on the Esplanade. The ivi.layrd semi lin»l tie in the Warren Shield Football Coni petition between the H. Co. Koyal West Kent Regiment and the 78th Co. Koyal Harrison Artillery took place on the S.lt.C. portion of the Ksplanade last evening, and a
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    Singapore Share Circular.
    479 4 I The following is Messrs. Fraser and Com. pany's weekly share circular Singapore, August 15. Attention has again turned to Industrials. and. notwithstanding the many rumours of Howarth Erskines being on offer at low rates, I there have been strong buyers at <juotation i for ready and
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      103 4 The Stewards of the Ceylon Turf Club have id opted the Singapore pari rmitnel rules. The next monthly shoot, in connection with the S.V.A. Rifle Cluh, will take place to-morrow at p.m. A jockey named Fisher, has been suspended for the iwiainder of the present meet, in Colombo, for inconipetency
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      Swimming.
      42 4 Swimming Club Launch. The Steam Launch Argo will leave Johnston's Pier for the Club Bungalow, on Sunday, at 6.45, 7.45. and 10 a.m.. 2.80 and 8.80 p.m., returning at 7. in, and H.l. r > a.m., 12 noon, 8, and 5 p.m.
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      Pigeon Snooting.
      109 4 Wlngard Challenge Cup. Foochow have won the Wingard Challenge Cup offered for clay pigeon shooting. Seven teams entered this year, and each team was allowed live guns, with forty birdn to each gun. The Singapore team, which fired on Monday at the Clay Pigeon Shooting Range at Government
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      Lawn Tennis.
      147 4 I Ladies' Lawn Tennis Club. 1 The result of yesterday's play in the Ladies' j Lawn Tennis Club's tennis tournament was :as follows Ladies' IK.i blks. i Mrs. Salzmann and Miss Abrams beat Mrs. I Saunders and Mrs. Murray. 6—2, 6 S. Lal>lK>' SIMiLKS. Miss Gibson beat Mrs.
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      TAIPING RACES.
      322 4 Result of the Second Day's Events. IKhom Oi-k Own Cokbkspomikst.) Taipiog, August 1-', 9.f> p.m. The weather was delightful at Taiping to-day, when the second day's races took place. The track was in splendid condition. There was a large attendance. Following are the winners of six events: A
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      646 4 John Little Co., Ltd, I^Mmi^^ "WINCHESTER" ||||||||||l TENNIS RACKET. ane Handle, Central Strung Best Black Tropical Gut. ymr $12 eac h. B ALL OTHER LEADING MAKES STOCKED. I TENNIS REQUISITES. Ayres' "Championsliip Tennis B;ill«. Tennis N<ts and Posts. H H Tennis Court Markers. yfl Net Adjusters. fIH Presses, etc. STEAM
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    SHIPPING IN PORT.
    1077 5 1 m.i Hthi. h*. .li.,t ttMfu||..»inf iMimhtlMM ••■i«»t. I li i..i.» »h.ri TPli^Tmißb. Mr.ni T. E. TKnj ul< «h«. Kd.. 1,.,^. Wb.r. no "liLr^.L".! •"•"•lit i« B«"»r.llj Men -of- War, etc. flora, H M f. .-..ml rru. 1..H60 too*. .100 rraw. 10 «uns. 9< 00 h.n Capt
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    POST SUNLIGHT.
    328 5 Under tbe Rile of tbe Soap Kin*. The advantage* of living under the rulp of .i U'lirvolcnt autocrat who nlx.li.-lits .slums and guarantors every family siiflnient Louw room is proved by the fact that at l'ort Sun light, the Garden City rreattil by Mr. W. H. Lever on
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    Junks beat the Railroad.
    154 5 Matters arc going from bad to »or«^ in connection with the Kaxt- Siberian Railway. This is due mainly to the lack of money the chief ofticialH receive tlieir salaries very ir regularly thus they are driven to commit various kinds of embezzlement iv order to get
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    Sugar in Lincoln.
    140 5 In pursuit of their policy of aiding tl»> foreifitier at the expense of tht> Hiitish pro ducer, the (iovernment have stifled tht pro je<-t for pioduoint; beet sugar in the county of Lincoln. It need hardly !>.■ said that, had the pro* jeot sueceed«l, it would have
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    The New Judgeship.
    145 5 Should Lord Culniiaj* Im api>oiiiu<l the additional }aaj>< Ml runiour.d, W will Inthe first IVer of tin- lU-hliii to ba .livaKil from the Bar to the l!iiu;h for a v.-iy lonu titiM', if indred ten lias *M an inntam-f the kind before. Ufa appointment. t«o. would be
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    Sixty Miles an Hour at Sea.
    137 5 The mile-a-niinutc npeod which Mr. I*, t', Hewitt, an Auuiricau iuventor, professes to be able to reach with his gliriiiiK-boat, was recognised as l ot only possible but probable long before Mr. Hewitt designed his revolutionary craft. It i» a good many years since
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      577 5 BTEAIEH MIUWB. n.ytk JAPAN MAJL STEAMSHIP CO. LTD A regular FORTNIGHTLY service is maintained between Japan and Europe by the following NEW TWIN.SCREW STEAMERS. Under Mail Contract with the Imperial Japanese Government, specially designed for the Company. Kuropean Service, lighted through 'tut by Electricity, provided with excellent accommodation tor First
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      694 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. Ocean Steam Ship Co., Ltd. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO. LTD. The Cooipanie.' steamers are despatched from Liverpool ontwuds for the Straits, China and Japan every woek, and from Japan home ward* for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight aud fcr Oenoa. Marseille, and Liverpool monthly. One
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      738 5 STEAMER BAIUHGB. BRITISH HUM BTEAM MUMTIOn COIWMNY. UHMTED. TO PENANO, BANGOON CALCUTTA °t tbe Comp,ny*B steamer* is intended to leave Tanjong Pagar Wharf every weak. Passengers and Cargo booked by the above steamer* at through rates to all ports in India and Ceylon. also to East African Ports, Mauri tins
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    DEATH.
    25 6 La«._ On August i. at Yaugt»/.o ilk Shanghai, Alexander John, eldest son of the late Alexander Law and Mrs. John Prentice, aged 31 years.
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. FRIDAY. AUGUST 16.
    654 6 The Straits Times. PRICE 10 CENTS. FRIDAY. AUGUST 16. The meeting of the King and the Kaiser >s more than a meeting of monarch s. It is a meeting of kinsmen, who, for some reason unknown to the world in general, have been estranged for the past few years it
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    722 6 discussions or debates iv representative bodies throughout the British Empire are governed by the rules or custom laid down in May's Parliamentary Practice. One oi these rules is that no speech may be read by a member, and we ourselves have seen a member of a Legislative Council brought to
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    19 6 It is stated at home that the poor results of the Channel Fleet's shooting were due to bad gun-sights.
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    21 6 Tho P. and O. steamer Manila left Loudon on July 20 with silver coin for Singapore to the value of 1:i,7.".0.
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    20 6 Mr. Justice Fisher, this morning, gave judgment for the plaintiff iv the case of Annamalay Chetty v. M. S. Ayer.
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    20 6 Fourteen thousand tons of kerosine arrived from Langkat, this morning, for Messrs. Kata Brothers by the British steamer Fuh Wo.
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    22 6 A cargo of rice arrived from Bangkok, yesterday, by the German steamer Pagniar. It is consigned to Messrs. Helm Meyer and Co.
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    25 6 The Taotui of Shanghai is negotiating with the higher authorities, with a view to having ilte Shanghai Mixed Court trouble referred to the Hague Conference.
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    30 6 A Chinese lad was sent to tho Reformatory for three years, this morning, for the thett of some coconuts in Yeo Chu Kang Road. He had no home nor friends.
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    27 6 Or. Keusett. formerly connected with the American Methodist Kpiscopal Mission in Singapore, is now engaged in the practice of medicine in A mcriua and is doing excellently.
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    28 6 China's representatives at the Hague Conference have raised the question of compensation for the damage done during the Shanghai Riots of 1905. ami ask whether China is responsible.
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    29 6 The annual cxaminatiou ou commercial subjects, under the auspices of tho Singapore Chamber of Commerce, is announced in our advertising columns, to take place ou September 9 and 10.
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    34 6 The N.D.L. steamer Shantung arrived, last night, from the Moluccas with U."> deck and five saloon passengers. Three of the deck passengers were suffering from beri beri. They have been sent to the hospital.
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    36 6 A Chinese coolie employed at Taujong Pagar was sentenced to two months' rigorous imprisonment, by the Second Magistrate. 'his morning, tor the theft of copper sheath ing which he ripped off the sides of a launch.
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    40 6 11. M.5. Flora, Captain 11. Grant Daltou iv comiuaud. arrived from Hongkong, yesterday, aud will return there from here. She is a vessel of 4,360 tons displacement, carries a crew of :;o and 10 guvs. aud has 0,000 horse power.
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    36 6 The Colombo Observer submits thai Mr. .John Anderson, in his rider to one oi the replies given by the Shipping Kings Committee of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, puts forward arguments that are difficult to answer.
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    44 6 Liberia*, the Roman Catholic or Friar organ in the Philippines, says that 7,000,000 Filipinos, through the ballots cast on election day, announced that they had no further use for the Americans, anil that the Yankees could now sail away with the first favourable breeze.
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    43 6 Navamauy Cuetty prosecuted Sabapatty Chetty before the Third Magistrate, yesterday afternoon, on a charge of using as genuine a forged document. Evidence was taken, the Court sitting till after dark, uucf tho further hearing of the case was then adjourned for a week.
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    48 6 The first Battalion Queeu's Own West Kent Kegiment, Dover, did exceptionally well at musketry this year, taking a figure of merit of no less than 188 with the new short rifle. The home battalion of the Hegiment will shortly despatch a draft to the 2nd battalion stationed here.
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    50 6 A newspaper editor at Batavia has just been fined fifty guilders for breach of the Press laws. The offence consisted in his refusing, contrary to law, to insert, in his paper, a signed letter which contained a contradiction of certain personal matter which had appeared in its columns shortly before.
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    45 6 The case of Hcng Bah Koon v. Chua Ah Soon and another, began two weeks ago before the Chief Justice, was concluded at noon to-day, judgment being given for the plaintiff with costs. Mr. Harris appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Parsons for tho defendants.
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    59 6 On August 7, the Calcutta police pin— ded to search the Sandhya newspaper office where the Jtigautar is vow printed. A band of Swadeshi volunteers opposed the police. An affray followed, and Inspectors Percy and Lahiri were somewhat injured. The ringleader of the volunteers was arrested, also the manager of
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    71 6 For many years, a pioneer natnod Van 1 )alfseu, lias been working on a small scale a manganese mine in Mid-Java. Succciw has bo far crowned his efforts that several capitalists in Europe have joined him. A oompany to work the mino has been formed, and concessions havo been secured
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    20 6 Tin: British steamer Caspian arrived, tin. morning, from Port Said with a full ear*! <>l salt to be discharged here.
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    65 6 Foo (Jui has been several times before In Second Magistrate ou a charge of mil* ing an agreement with thirteen immigrants, tv go to work outside the Colony,' other than before the Protector of Chinese or a Magi* trate. as prescribed by law. Mr. Gibson. the Assistant Protector of Chinese,
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    63 6 L'uder cxii-tiug trade conditions in .lava. the export of copra to Germany shows a steady increust. It is bought up mostly by oil factories on the Rhine, Kibe. Weser, ami Oder rivers to bo utilised iv the manufacture of vegetable fats. Exports say that Java copra is in demand in
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    66 6 The people uf Hongkong, says a footnote to a telegram ri«eived from Singapore l>y :i conitemporai y deplore thp disclosures rnadr with regard to Mm lioyal Went Kents. wli.. during then stay in that Colony beliaveil admirably. Tha l>auil especially, of which Drummer Sandwell was a member, was a feature
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    100 6 At tlio annual meeting <>( the I niU^l Asbestos Oriental Agency, Limited, iv Hong koni;, last week. Mr. (i. 11. MedlmrHt, llw Cliairmau, was glad to say this Mwdl of Uh woiUingof the Singapore branch is was satis factory. From tin; accounts of the company, it is learned that the
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    983 11 INTERESTING NOTES ANITNEWS FOR MOTOR MEN. The Automobile Club of Ceylon held an At Home and gymkhana, on Oalle Face during the recent festivities at Colombo. A I*aris wire, dated August 0, nays that a motor ear contest on an automobile raco track near Itordeaux resulted in seven deaths.
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      30 11 I.AXATINE. the Ideal Purgative, recommended by tbe best medical authoritieg Kaay to lake and certain in result*. To be had of all chemist-t. Wholesale from Tbe Pharmacy, Battery Real, Singapore.
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      642 12 Scale of Cbaroes. PKEPAII) AinERTIBEMENTS.-Miscel-laaeoas Wants of Every Description, Honws, Land, etc., to let, are inserted at the following til*-:— (Jne Insertion I 1.80 per inch. Two «.00 Three I.SO Six S-JO Mine l.« 0 Twehr 7.50 Twrnty five- 10.00 (Each subsequent month M per inoh.) The above rate is
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      481 12 ARTICLES FOR SALE. Kjtss :-Poar Uass, eas of two Isawtioas, 11.00 Bj tks lack, sss Seals of Ckarfas. FOR BALE. ROBBER EBTATE. 600 acres in Malacca, also Rubber Stumps. Apply C," e/o Straits Times, c 103 DOG-CART FOR BALE. One Calcutta Dog-Cart fnr Horse or Cob. No reasonable offer refused.
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      529 12 TO BE LETOR SOLD. tTM>-F»atLtoss.saesetwolaiirHsas,|lJO Bf Iks lack, see Seals at Ckatgsa. OFHCEftOOOOWNTOBELET. With immediate entry No. 7, Malacca Street. Apply to OCTHRIE CO., LTD. VI»M 6000WN8 TO BE LET. Premises Nos. 4 and 8. Flint Street, suitable for Shop or Oodown. Apply to GITHBIE CO.. Lti>. t-1709 HOUSE TO
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      444 12 royal pta«| SCOTCH WHISKY SYME CO., Sole Agents. DAWSON S SOOTS FOR Al-1- CLASSES. %Mb mmmmmb RtClSTlßtD^^.^' CMafllßa lor STYLE, COMFORT, and DURABILITY MME BENUINE WITHOUT OUR TRADE MARK STAMPED M THE 80LE& TO BE HAD OF ALL DEALERS. 23 LONDON WALL, LONDON, E.C MOTICE. Rooms airy and comfortab'e, with
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