The Straits Times, 5 August 1909

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 23.030 SINGAPORE. THURSDAY. AUGUST 5. 1809. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      275 1 KATZ BROTHERS, Ltd. Fresß Stock OF "DE YONGE AMERICAN DUTCH CIGARS AT Reduced Prices. QUEEN CIGARS in boxes of 50 $2.25 FAVORITAS 1.75 Also Fresh Stock of LEOPOLD ENGELHARDT S EGYPTIAN CIGARETTEB. SAIS in tins of 100 $1.20 FARIDA 1.30 DAIHITAS 1.70 JV*ENA in tins of 50 and too 1.70
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      115 1 SINGAPORE COLO BTORAGE CO.. LIMITED. NOTICE. NOTICE IS HEREIJV GIVEN, that the Transfer Register will be closed from Tues- day, July 27, to Monday, August 9, 1909, both days inclusive. By Order of the Directors, H. G. HODDER, 1468 Secretary. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. 3HRIBTIAN CEMETERY. BUKIT TIMAH ROAD. The Municipal Comuiissioners
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      120 1 'Medical Reserve' (LIQUEUR) A Delicate Old Cognac. i kkl o IfWtl >■ Pjjl 30 2 r W>MtROCtE»C 3(t»n H|i Per Bottle q>^a*£9 Duty Paid. ART NEEDLEWORK AND FLOWER DEPOT 917. Orchard Road ARRANGED FLORAL BASKETS, BOUQUETS, SHOWERS, ETC. We ddiog Orders receive tpecial attention Many Local Testimonials. Pricks Moperatk. Cnt
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      298 1 Wedding Presents AT ROBINSON CO. in Polished Solid Oak B&MK E^^ (.bmt, SI CONSISTING OF 106 PIECES. Also f oice Sterling -Silver Gcods A "">'-'"■ iffi WEDDING Cantonese Silver Ware presents H. ABRAMS. New shipment of horses due to arrive Thursday, Jane 24. A specially selected lot of high-class horses,
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      144 1 New Arrivals. The last vintage having been very superior in quality, we are in a position to supply our clients with a very good table claret a»4.75 per dozen quarts, duty frje. We have also received "Anti Spumante," a delicious sparkling wine, Genuine Vermouth of Turin, Fornet Branca, the best
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      71 1 THE GROVE HOTEL AND SANATORIUM. j BUILT ON THE POINT OF TA WONG KATONG. Kooiuk, en suit or singlo, with private verandah (and bathroom). English Food, Good Wines, Sea Bathing, Tennis Court. Special Dinners and Tiffins catered for. Invalids, diet a speciality. 423 Telephone 110. NOTICE It is hereby notified
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    Channel Collision.
    579 2 MISHAP TO NEW ZEALAND LINER OFF DINGLINESS. Towed into Dover A thrill of excitement was caused it Dover nn July 4, on the report being received that a large liner bad been in collision in the Channel and was extensively damaged. Subsequently, it was learned that it was
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    WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY IN CHINA.
    275 2 Installation at Shanghai Ordered to be Removed. We regret (o learn, says the Shanghai Mercury, that the Palace Hotel directors have received imperative orders from Sir John Jordan, the ilriti.-li Minister at Peking, to romove the wireless telegraph iuntallaiiou at the Palace Hotel. Shoitly alter the
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    54 2 O woodman spare that tree, might well be echoed aod re-echoed in Taipiug at the present tim*-, remarks the Perak Pioneer. There would appear to be a sad want, with ihe powers that be, tf an eye for what is artistic and tasteful, and, above all, with special reference to
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      405 2 WHITE ANTS, TEREDOS, DRY ROT, DECAY IN TIMBER. JODELITE The Only Safeguard has been on its trial in large quantities for the past ten years in the Straits Settlements and proved all that is claimed for it. The six pieces of deal illustrated below were partly coated with Jodelite and
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      59 2 PROPER TREATMENT FOR DYSENTERY ANO DIARRHOfA. The great mortality from dysentery and diarrhoea is due to a lack of proper treatment at tbe first stages of the disease. Chamberlain's Coli-, Cholera and Diarrhtoa Remedy is r lidhl and i ffective medicine, and when given in reasonable time will prevent any
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      333 2 i Ismail and Raheem ARE VOW SHOWING A LAUGH VARIETY OF EARLY inspection Diamond Jpwpilprv RESPECTFULLY 1/K«HIUIIU UCWdlCijf SOLICITED. LOOSE DIAMONDS ANO OTHER PRECIOUS STONES. CO Prevention Oj true than In regard to bodily health. What nay at <lr»t b« but a flight ailment may, II allowed to go unchecked,
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      174 2 The Straits Times, 4MB The Straits Budget. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Payable in Advance. Daily iwne. per year 180.00 do per quarter 7.60 do per month 2.60 do per copy 10 Weekly inane pel year 12*00 do per quarter 8.00 do per copy 30 When sent by post, there in added for
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    Midland Pit Boys' Riots.
    1198 3 MANY COLLIERIES ATTACKED IN STAFFORDSHIRE. Police Charges. Unprecedented scenes were witnessed throughout the North Staffordshire coalfield yesterday, says a home paper of July 9, in connection with the dispute which has arisen consequent npon the coming into operation of the Eight Hours Act. There are several
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    BURIED CITIES.
    680 3 Historic Ruins Unearthed in Great Britain. Tin Society of Antiquarians, which, during I the 200 yearn of it-, existence, has unearthed i many historic ruins in Great Britain, intends shortly to extend its efforts in the neighbourhoods of Stlisbury and St. Albaux, where the remains of the ancient
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    Electricity in the East.
    90 3 The success of electrical enterprise in lighting and traction in cities of the Far East is reported to the department of commerce at Washington by various consuls. A German firm recently secured contracts for the erection of electric lighting plant in several Chinese cities. Damascus has
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      843 3 Howarth Erskine, Ltd. CIVIL. MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL GENINEERS, IRON BRASS FOUNDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRIDGE BUILDERS GENERAL CONTRACTORS. SOLE FOR/ Worthington Pump Co.'s Patent Pumps Pulsometer Engineering Co.'s Pulsometer Pumps Robey and Co.'s Portable Engines and Machinery Richard Hornsby and Son's Oil and Gas Plants Waygood's Lifts and Hoists Robert Roger and
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      52 3 CHAMBERLAIN? COU6H REMEDY. This is medicine of great worth and merit. Try it when you have a cough or cold and yon are certain to be pleased with the quick relief which it affords. It is pleasant to take and can always be depended npon. For sale by all Dispensaries
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      231 3 C^ TAe Cocoa of the Old Country fl^Af fjjtfy/'^' As a recuperative after physical -^Fl^Vt /p '//ft. Jr f ox mental strain. Cadbury's Cocoa /A IteePiL. P&E ias no f iU ts delicious flavour XaLfIBRBSSI iHMbS^MMr "lake* >' unquestionably the most palat- lM \X~&3tSF *k' e ■ood-bevcr>ipr, while its nourishing
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      654 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. p. 6. STEAM NAVIGATION GO. For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Po-tt, Plymouth and London. Through Hills of Ladt-g issued for Chin* Ooast, Per. tan Gulf, Continental, and Amenoao Ports. Steamers will laave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. Outward (for China) Devanba Aug
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      673 4 STEAMERS SAILING. OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL BTEAM NAY. CB, LTD. The Companies' steamers are despaohed from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, Ohina and Japan every week and from Japan homewards for London, Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and for Marseilles, Havre
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      602 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. INDOCHINA STEAM NAY. CO.. LTD. Tbb steamers of this Company maintain s reenlar direct servio* between Calcutta. Strsttr, Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan, taking cargo, on througn Bills of Lading for Canton, Swatow Amoy, Chefoo. Tientsin, Newchwanq. Yangt«Et Port*, Formosa, the Philippines, A >„ Ac Bteamen Tons Commander Kdtbans
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      322 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. C. P. R. Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Royal Mail Steamship Lin* THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TO EDBOPB VIA OHINA JAPAN, OAR ADA aad lbs UNITED STATES. lioute from Hongkong, via Shanghai, Nagasaki (Inland Sea of Japan), Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria and Vancouver, K.M.B. Ehpebkb or Ihoia lTwin-sorew steaR.M.B. -Ennsssor Jatab"
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      674 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE. HAMBURG. The (teamen of this Company maintain a regular aervioe between Hamburg, Bremen Antwerp, and Rotterdam, and ths Straits. China and Japan. Homewards, they are despatched fortnightly for Havre and Hamburg and once a month for Bremerhaven direct, oalllng at Ponang and Colombo. Taking cargo
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      763 4 STEAMER BAILHIM. N. D. L. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE The fast and well-known mail steamer* oi this Company sail fortnighly from Bremen, Hamburg, via Rotterdam, Antwerp. Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (oonneattoa Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vioe vans) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong Shanghai, Nagasaki
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    DAILY TIME TABLE.
    217 5 FIXIUKES. Thursday, August 5. Hi*'. »alui, 1.10 put. B. 1. homeward mail closes, 8. N. t». L. outward mail due. Governor arrives at PenaLg. Alnambra Cinemawgrapb. Harima CineiuatograpU. Marlborongh Cinematograph. 1.. L. T. C. Tournament. S. C. C. Bowling Tournament. Friday, August 6. High Water, 0.44 a.m.,
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    131 5 To-Day. K^'Peoang and Madras, taking mails for Europe, etc. via liombay Teeila 8 pm Mul»<-e», P DickBOD, and P. Hwcttenham Poh Ann 3 pm Ponang and Deli Hebe 3 pm Malacca Uoog Lee 3 pm K. Pahang. PeVao, KniiDtao, TriofK'ann. Kelantan ami Patani huby 3pm Batav ia.
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    Mail Steamer Movements.
    69 5 The outward German Packet Buelow left Colombo at 1 a.m. on Saturday, the <)lst ultimo, and may be expected to arrive here at noon on Tursday, the oth instant. Tho B. 1. Contract Packet Taroba, with the London mails of the 16th ultimo, left Nogapatam at 10
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    61 5 Left Singapore E uly 8 B. I. tilv 12 M. M. uly 16 P. *O. I aly 11 ND.L. aly 31 B. I. 'aly 28 M. H. aly 30 P. AO. Lag 8 N.D.L. Dae in Londoi Jnly 81 ALg S Al« 7 \un IS Aug 11
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
    249 5 Latest Arrivals. Boribat, Siam. >tr. 852 tons, Capt Jeasen, August 5. From Bangkok, Jnly 28. G.o. and 14 dp. East Asiatic Coy. For Bangkok, August 7— Kda. Catherine Spear, Brit. str. 1780 torn, Captain Williams, August 4. From Hongkong, July B. Gc. and 63 > d.p. Patereon Bimoni
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    44 5 Time-balls on Fort Canning and Monnt Faber drop daily at 1 p.m., Singapore standard time corresponding to 6am Greenwich meantime. The time-gun is fired at 12 o'clock noon, indicating Singapore ftandjatd time on avery day ijmpUng bosday, whea it is fired at one o'clock
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    Vessels at Tanjong Pagar and Keppel Harbour.
    86 5 Wharves at which Vessel* are Berthed To-I Jay TANJONO PAGAR Eiirr Whab* Baoth—Hou^Heo, Tancarvillc. Eaht W. Beotion I Ksl mo, Cra^ball Section No. I (Bheewi Whahpi Yes.an Maru. Bectioh n —Tceeta, Cambyses. I-Nil. Vi n S- Ipob. 6 —M\rmiduu, Patroc'iiH. 7—Nil. m B—Patani.
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    LOCAL PASSENGER LISTS.
    223 5 Coming to Singapore. Per P. and O. steamer Borneo, due August 6.— Sergt. M. McNamara, Mr. M. C. Scarbrough, Mr. J. S. Welster, Capt. C. N. Ewart, Insp. and Mrs. Lucas, Mr. G. C. Shortridge. Per German mail sto*mer Buelow, due Aug 7. Mr. Stewart, Mr. J
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    Arrivals.
    61 5 Per steamer I poll, August 5. from Penang Mr. and Mrs. Duval. Messrs. Kiman, Porcber and Bryans; from Port Swettenliaui Inspector WoodrolYo, Mr. and Mrs. Dakeyne, Mr. and Mrs. E. N. T. Cummins aud Mr. R. Thompson. Per steamer Lady Weld, Angtist .">. from Malacca Hon'blc J. O. Aothoni*/,
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    News Items.
    104 5 From Hongkong, 685 passengers arrived yesterday, by tho Catherine A pear. From Iloihow, l.lhit pasoengers arrived, yesterday, by the N. I). L. steamer Pbranang. A cargo of rico arrived from Saigon, this morning, by the British Bteaiuer Myrmidon, which leaves to day for Liverpool. The Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.'s
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    55 5 Opium-smoking has practically disappeared from tbe scheme of things social in China, observes the Shanghai Times it is coming to be looked upon as something disreputable and when once this view of the custom obtains general acceptance throughout the country, the complete abolition oi the vice oan only be a
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY.
    665 5 Many New Volume Ready for Issue on Friday. The following now bo^ks will be ready for issue on Friday, August 6. Begbie, Harold, The Cage S 10,197 Beiloc, H., A Change in the Cabinet S 10,198 Urr-therton, K. H., An Honest Mm S 10,199 Conyers, Dorothea. The Conversion
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    Finance & Commerce.
    241 5 Finance Commerce. b\CHA!SGE. Singapore, Awcn t, 1909. On London Bank 4 m/s 9/4) Demand 2/4 a j Private 8 m/s 2/4& do 8 m/s 2/4 On Germany Bank d/d 288^ Private 8 m/s 240} do 6 m/s 24'4 On France Bank d/d 294 Private 8 m/s 296) do 6 ni/s
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
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      DEBENTURES.
      80 5 We regret that a corrected list of Stock and Share prices has not been delivored to us in time for publication to-day. It will appear as usual to morrow. Howarth Erskine 6% 600,000 1% prem Riley, Hargreaves 6% 284,000 1% prem. Spore Electric Tramways Co., Ltd. 6% BFO.OOO nominal
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    SMUGGLERS IN GAY UNIFORM.
    388 5 Ingenious Foreigner Hoodwinks Customs Officers. A military commission, under the charge of Major General Penton, R. A., is carrying out an inquiry at Cairo into the recent discovery of hashish in military storos, and investigations are also still being pursued in tho case of the consignment
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    A WORD IN SEASON.
    218 5 Ancient Greek Writers and Women's Sphere. A Buisian in Odessa who takes a T«ry kean interest In the Suffragist movement in Kngland, has made a regrettably futile endeavour to find among the obiter dicta of the anoient Greek writers and philosopher* something of approval and encouragement
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    DASH FOR LIBERTY.
    449 5 Russian Conv'cts' Exciting Attempts to Escape. Full particulars havo been received from Vilna of the desperate attempt at escape made a few weeks ago by a number of convicts interned in the Government prison. One of the warders entered the cell in which four prisoners wero confined.
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      143 5 AUCTION SALES Powell and Co. Aug 6. At saleroom, unredeemed pledgee, at 10. Auk T At Sea View, No. 141, Tanjong Katong, furniture, etc at noon. Aug 10. At sal- room, valuable freehold properties, No. 15, Burmah Road, etc., at 2.80. Aug 14. At No. 7, Mount Sophia, household funiture,
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      108 5 GABRICK COARSE-CUT. t^MMsssF^ ''it'"' -^*^^fc OBTAINABLE AT Messrs. John Little Co., Ltd., Robinson Co. BONEO STEEL 1 Letter Filing System. THE SYSTEM that you have got to use sooner or Uter. YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO L'SE any other. I WHY NOT DO IT NOW? It means that your 1 Tamby,
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      98 5 WEATHER REPORT. Kandang Ktrbau Botpital, Aug. 3, 1900. 9 a. K. > r. a. W r. iUurliJ.. Bar. 83 Fab 39 941 29 844 29.- 62 Temp 7«.0 81 S 78 S nil. WetßalbTher If. l 78 0 76 0 Dir of Wind oalm calm oalm Mat. Temp 82." Mm
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      104 5 Singapore Tide Tablt. (P»o« Acouit S to Acotsr 11.) HIOH WATER. LOW WATER Time "H'ght "Time H'Rht August bra, mm. ft ip. brs.rain. ft. Ins. iBoaaDAT o 6.B»pm 3.6 ?mhat B 0.44 am 10 7.19 am l.t Fbtoat 0 j lt6pa M 724 pin 3 I- 7i( U.6aru'lo.l «.oam' l»
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    The Straits Times. THURSDAY. AUGUST 5. COURTING SCHOOLROOMS..
    1250 6 The Straits Times. THURSDAY. AUGUST 5. COURTING SCHOOLROOMS.. We read the othar day that a new subject had been included in the curriculum of the girls' secondary schools in Japan. With sublime directness it is described in the simple, all comprehending term of Courtship and is defined as a course
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    13 6 An entire change of prog-ammo (or to ni^lit at tne Albaoibra ia advertised.
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    16 6 The woman who was so badly stabbed in Cashin Street, last week, has died in hospital.
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    17 6 It is notified that the port of Bangkok i* declared infected owing to the existence of P'««ue.
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    19 6 The Post Office Telegraph Department h prepared to receive dupoiila »*aiust winch the cost of telegrams may be debited.
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    23 6 The shipping and import and export offices will be open for oue hour frum 10 to 11 a.m.— ou Mouday, the- 9.h instant.
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    27 6 Messrs. F. W. Barker and Co. inform us that the output ot clean ore from Slink South Mine tor the mouth of July was 350 pic ills.
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    24 6 In hononr of the Coronation of their Majesties the King and Queen, the Exchange Bauks will be closed un Mouday ut.it, the Uth instant.
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    58 6 Motor car 108 which knocked a Chinaman down on Tuesday, is not tliu property -t the Sea View hotel as stated in a paragraph appearing in our columns yesterday. There will be a theatrical performance at the Chiuese Volunteer Club to-morrow night beginning at 9.15. Tickets may be obtained at
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    27 6 At the meeting of the Legislative Council tomorrow, the Final Supply bill aud ih> Land Improvement Ordinance Ainendmeul till will be introduced aud itad a first time.
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    36 6 The fund opened by the Morning Post io June to preaeut the nation with the Debt dirigible balloon which can be purchased abroad has reached a total o( over £10,000. Mr. Waldorf Aglor has given £1,000.
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    38 6 The Kuala Lumpur Choral Society gave their second vocal aud instrumental concert on Saturday night at the Towu Hall to an audience, small indeed in numbers, but waking up amply in enthusiasm and generous applause tor this deficiency.
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    45 6 The trade io rubber between Assam and the A ka and DdffU hills and the Musshmi hills, which was once of importance, is now rapidly disappearing owing partly to the wasteful metbods of exploitation and partly to the fall in the prica of the commodity.
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    39 6 A huge convention hall, with a seating capacity of 45,000, is to be built in Chicago, says a correspondent, The building will be elliptical iv form, and with slight modification will be a reproduction of the Coliseum in Rome.
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    39 6 As a result of communications with the Imperial authorities the Commonwealth Oovernment will sh irtly introduce a Bill enabling the Commonwealth to seize and control in time of war or emergency the shore ends of ocean cables touching Australia.
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    44 6 The judge entrusted with the preparation of the case against the murderers of King Carlos of Portagtl and the Crown Prince has requested from the French O>veroment the extradition of two well known Portuguese personages at present resident in Paris, says the Central News.
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    56 6 A Vancouver newspaper says the report has been current in Japan that the larger steamers of the Nippon Yusen Kii-ha line are to be taken off thn Pacific run and put 00 the European line. It is understood, says the newspaper, that the Tango Maru and Sbinano Maru are the
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    70 6 Yesterday a'ternoon, a motor-car and tram car collided in South Bridge Road, a few yards from the Police Court. It is paid that the motor-car, without any occupants except the driver in it, was K°i»K behind a tram car and in trying to turn a corner, ahead of the tram-car,
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    64 6 In the host of a debate Congressman Johnson, of Indiana, called an Illiuois representative a jack is*. The expression was unparliamentary, and in retractation Johnson said, While I withdraw the unfortunate word, Mr. Sqeaker.l must insist that the gentleman from Illinois is oat of order. Ho\y am out of order?
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    72 6 There was another enjoyable entertainment provided at the Harima Hall, last evening, when Miss K»te Howarde and Mr. Glton Black again contributed to a capital programme. This evening there are to be complete changes and a laryo attendance should resnlt as both these ariiais are really smart in their respective
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    85 6 From East Java, comas news that the coffee crop there will be short this year, while to all appearances the crop next year will be a failnre. Supplies are >mall and prices are going up. There is much speculative rlemand for the article, says the Batavia Nieuws van den Dag,
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    95 6 In Perak three dangerous Chinese secret societies were dealt with last year. One known a<i The 800, alias Tsik Shin Toog Acquiring Merit Association, bad established itself in Kinta, in the neighbourhood of Ountong Beaar and Telok Kruin another had at various times called itself The Chinese Commercial School and
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    387 6 Mr. W. J. Rapier, D.C.L., and Mrs. Napier returned from Euantan by tho Hye Leong, yesterday. Mrs. Roosevelt, wife of tho ex President of the United States, has arrived at Gibraltar on the liner Cretic eu route to Italy. Mr E. W Birch, C. M. O British
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    Johore State Railway.
    44 6 The sum spent on the Johore State Railway last year am .untod to $2,934 657 T&, compared with S3 494. 53J 40 spent during 1907, m ikinsj l.'ie total expenditure to IVccmher 81, 1908. amount to 510,765,4J6.5j on 120 i miles.
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    Malacca Rubber Plantations, Ltd.
    56 6 The outturn of dry rubber from the Malacca R ibbor Plantations for July is 21.000 lbs. agiiust 4,780 lb->. for the corresponding mouth last year. The to'al production for the first seven months of this year was 106 500 Ib-i.. c >m t )ired with 19,310
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    Municipal Commissioners.
    62 6 At a meeting of the Municipal Commia-f-ionem tomorrow the Municipal analyst will submit a report on vinegar while Dr. Fowlie's uotice of motion re meetings in private will be considered. A representation will be made by the health officer regarding Kampong ICapur, and the Clyde Ten ace market
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    An Interesting Combination.
    100 6 The Java United Plantations (Md), which will shortly issue its pronpectu", will offer an ixceptional combination of interests, t-ive estatt son the Dirch island are to ho acquiwd, which are already plant, d with rubber, ciffee, and tobacco. At the presoot time, tobacco is the most important,
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    Rubber in Malaya.
    121 6 In l'is annual report, Mr. Carrnthfr", exdirector of agriculture, F. M. S ,H»ys. M iUya 1 ohm 88' s the fioefci climate io thn world for tlie rapid and healthy growth of Para rubbnr, and. since millions of acres huitable for this cultivation are still available, there
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    Mr. Carruthers and the Malay States.
    149 6 Mr J. B Carrnther*, ex-director of Agriculture and Qivernm<nt Bo'anixt, F M. S., in his rrpoit for 13 8. nay* l Uke this opportunity of thanking my colleague* in the department, many plauterH and other* who have helped me in my work. I regret
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      77 6 Dow's Ports BHIPPED BY rAinncpif silva and cosens, CALUBtUK, OPORTO MAGGREGOR AND CO., "Dow" Brand c and by Royal Warrant of AppointSola Agents in meot PurveyorB ol Port wine to HIS MAJESTY KING EDWARD VII. a' WALKER'S White Label. PER CASE: $10.50. SOLE AGENTS: JOHN LITTLE CO.. LTD. THE MAKERS
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      146 6 ALHAMBRA Cinematograph; BEACH ROAD. ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME TO-NIGHT I L. SCHWARTZ, Manager PIANOS ON HIRE From I I I per month WE allow A Li^era l Diaoonnt off the price ot the lustrum it should the Ht t desire to parchase it, at any time daring the Hir rig.
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    RUSSIAN POLICY.
    95 7 INTERESTING INTERVIEWS WITH M. ISVOLSKY. British Friendship a Guarantee of Peace. Recter's Telwobamj London, August 4. M Isvolsky, Russian Foreign Minister, interviewed by a representative of tbe Daily Telegraph, at Cowes, said that the growing Anglo Russian friendship was one of the most powerful guarantees of European and
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    Spanish Revolt.
    79 7 MANY CONVENTS AND CHURCHES WRECKED. Thirty Thousand Revolutionaries. [Recteb's Telbobamj London, August 5. Communication with Barcelona has been restored. Authentic news shows that tbe revolution lasted five day, and ended when tbe Artillery intervened. Thirty-five convents and churches have been destroyed. The revolutionaries numbered thirty thousand. [Db« Ostasi
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    DR. LALCACA'S HEROISM.
    57 7 Government Considering Suitable Recognition. Rkltkk's TeleobamJ London, August 4. Mr. Buchanan, Under Secretary of State for lodia, replying to Mr. Keir H ii die in tho House of Commons, said the Government was considering how to mako fotno recognition of tho heroism of Dr. L ilcact in
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    CHINESE RAILWAYS.
    52 7 Ltnd Frauds and Corruption by a Director. [Relteb's Telegram! London, August 6. Tbe Times Poking correspondent says that Li to Shun, director of the German section of tho Tientsin -Pukan Railway, has been caehiored as the result of the discovery of land frauds and corruption in connection with
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    ROYAL DUKE'S RESIGNATION.
    28 7 [Rectbb's Teleobam] London, August 5. The Duke of Conntught'a resignation of the Presidency of the Officers Selection Board is causing mucli -alk in militaty circles.
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    THE CZAR'S TOUR.
    54 7 French President Explains Its Purpose. [Deb Ostasi.itischs Lloyd Teleobam] B> rlin, August 4. At tlio Ministerial Council, President Fallieres and M. Pichon gave a satisfactory explanation of the Czar's tonr, which, they explained, was undertaken for the purpose of establishing the E trope.au position more firmly in
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    GENERAL STRIKE IN SWEDEN.
    25 7 |D«R OsTASIATISCHE LLOYD TcLBOBAM] Berlin, August 81. A general strike is expected to take place in Sweden at an early date.
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    ROYAL AMENITIES.
    22 7 [Deb Ostasiaiiscbe Lloyd Telxbbam] Berlin August 4. King Edward has invited the King of Portugal to visit him in London.
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    MOROCCO.
    26 7 [Dt« OSTAMATISCBE LIXYD TeLBOBAMJ Berlin, August 4. Mulai Hand, Sultan of Morocco, has appointed offi .rials for the Riff district, through the mediation of Spain.
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    TURKO-BULGARUN ENTENTE.
    21 7 [Dm OsTASUTisim Lloyd Telegram. Berlin, August 4. A political entente cor Jiale between Turkey tad Bulgaria baa U*u prepared.
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    ALLEGED ATTEMPTED MURDER.
    331 7 Javanese Acquitted of Sericus Charge. Further evidence was taken in the ctae against Hadji Hassan, a Javanese, who was before the secoud magistrate, yesterday, for preliminary enquiry into an allegation of having attempted to murder a Sikh bullockcart driver named Tal Singh by stabbing him in the
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    CONSTABLES BRUTAL MURDER
    234 7 Sleeping Man and Child Almost Decapitated. The case in which one Ganga Singh constable attached to the central police station at Bareilly, was charge I with the murder of the late kotwal of Btreilly and his minor son, has just been concluded before the session judgo of
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    RUBBER IN NEGRI SEMBILAN.
    224 7 Exports Increase Remarkably in Six Years. In the course of his administration report on Negri Sembilan, for 1908, Mr. D. G. Campbell, the British Resident, says Applications for land from Europeans were less numerous than in 1907. The Ret back in tho rubber market during ti.at
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    A Shooting Accident.
    142 7 The Darj''eling correspondent of the Englishman writes: On July 22, a shooting accident occurred at Tindharia, a few stations down tbe line.. Mr. Ward and Capt. Whish were out bear shooting. A cbowkidar was put on the line of beat, given a gun and told to prevent
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    55 7 A Turin message to the Echo de Paris con. firms the statement that tlio Duke of tin Abruzzi penetrated to the region of eternal snows in the Himalaya. The expeditioi. readied point* beyond those arrived at b> previous expeditions, and the Duke of tin Abruzzi has, with guides, scaled tbe
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    Intel port Cricket.
    500 7 STRAITS AND F. M. S. TEAM GOING TO HONGKONG. Shanghai and Japan Competing. In our issue of yesterday we printed tbe following paragraph from tbe Hongkong Daily Press:— lt is being freely stated in lo;al sporting circles thet we are to have a cricket fortnight in November,
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    LADIES' LATEST FASHION.
    232 7 LADIES LATEST FASHION. Extravagant Allurements of the Foot. Rings on her fingers were part of the histories! attire of a celebrated lady who rode a white horse, and bells on her toes completed it. Sucti a costume seems, as oir Amorican friends would put it, tbe limit, both in exiguity
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    FOREIGNERS IN CHINA.
    307 7 Outcome of a Clash of Contending Interests. The American has recently published an interview which its London correspondent has had with Mr. James Hamilton Lewis, of Chicago, who is returning to New York, from a trip which be has made to tbe Far East. Mr. Lewis is
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    The Future of Rubber.
    1076 7 MVLAYA AS TIE WOl LD'S LARGEST PRODUCER. Optimistic Report by Mr. Carrx thers Mr. J. B. Carrotbers. who i« new in the West Indies where he accepted an appointment at Tiinidad, has issued his report on agriculture in the Federated Mkl.iv States d iriog 1908. It
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    HARBOUR TRAGEDY.
    362 7 Trial of Ship's Hoy on Charge of Murder, Further evidence was taken, yesterday, at tbe Assizes, in tbe case of Termok, a ship's boy employed on the D itch steamer Van den Bosch, who is charged with murdering a fireman on board the ship on June 7 while
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    THIEVES IN SINGAPORE.
    233 7 Batch of Cases -Reported to the Police. A Chinese woman was robbed of an eightdollar ring in Victoria Street, last night. The property, valued at 148. which was stolen from tbe residence of Mr. Leonard Pearce, in Dhoby Ghaut, on Sunday night, has been recovered in Sago
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    FATAL FOURTH OF JULY.
    185 7 American Millionaire Killed by Firework. Despite tbe fact that tho fourth of July celebrations this year have been the quietest on record, twenty one deaths and 348 cases of injury have been reported from all parts of tbe United States, although thousands cf parents refused to
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    The Malay States Guides.
    134 7 Five hundred and fifty-five natives of tbe Punjab presented themselves for enlistment in the Malay States Guides last year, against 447 io 19 >7, 411 in 1906, 453 in 1905. 5>2 in KM4. 350 io 1903, 504 in 1902 330 in 1901 and 356 in 1900.
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    Gold Fields of Sumatra.
    103 7 Among the investing public in Holland exception is being taken to the hindrances pit hy government in the way of mining in Netherlands India, especially in South Sumatra where rich (told fields are being developed. The government, for instance, does nothing towards opening np tho mining
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    PIGS FROM CHINA.
    66 7 FAVOURABLE REPORT BY LONDON SALESMAN. Good Future for the Trade. Tlel-irb's Tbleoram] London, August S. A London salesman, who examined Chines* pigs in a cold storage chamber, reported that the moat was in very good condition. Poultry and eggs were likewise good, and if the condition and
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    The Budget.
    77 7 POPULAR OPINION TURNING FAVOURABLE. Government Admittedly in Stronger Position. Rkutbk's Tklki.r.vm London, August 5. A fortnight's suspension of the Budget debate enabled members of tho Honse of Commons to test the feeling of tho constituencies thereanent. Tbe Radicals declare a popular up. heaval in favour of the Budget
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    RUBBER CROPS.
    28 7 [Fbom Ocb Own CouBEsroNPE.VT.j Kuala Lumpur, August 4. The July rubber crops of the Anglo Ma'ay Company are 42,29C1b5., Pataling 18,540, Asiatic Rubber and Produce 6,820.
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    STEAMER'S CURIOUS MISHAP.
    165 7 Stranded During Fog and her Bows Point Skyward. A remarkable mishap occurred in a thick haze on the Tyne the other day. The London steamer Cheapside, which had just come out ol dry dock after extensive repairs, stranded on the slope of the river bank near the
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    Police Intelligence.
    441 7 A Chinese woman has been arrested on a charge of kidnapping a two months old Chinese child from 20 Albert Street. The case was mentioned to the second magistrate, this morning, and bail was fixed at 4200. She states that she took the child on account of money
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    Notes in General.
    271 8 In the crioket match at Klang on Monday, Highlands and Lowlands succeeded in defeating Bnkit Rajah. Ipoh played Selangor at golf on the lpoli links, on Monday, and won the singles by I <;aiue» to 1 and the doubles by I to 1 In our account of
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    Bowls.
    136 8 5. C. C. Tournament. Tbo results of yesterday's ties are as follow Single.— E. A. Brown owe .'I, v. O. W. Crawford rec. <i, 21-18. Championship.— T. C. Hay beat C M. van Cuylonburg, w. a Doubles. -R. Scoular and M. B. McKean owe 3, beat E. L. Talma
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    Cricket.
    176 8 True Sportsmanship. More cricket incidonts More trouble for umpires A conspicuous feature of the third Test match was the dismissal of Hobbs. Hobbs, thinking be was out hit wicket, began his walk to the pavilion. Somebody appealed. Not out, said the umpire. What followed is enrious. Two balls later
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    Lawn Tennis.
    227 8 L. L. T. C. Tournament. The following are the results of yesterday's ties: Mixed Doubles Handicap.— Mrs. Coombe and Mr. Dennys owe Nil beat Mrs. Muckland and Mr. Carpenter t, w. o. Miss J. (tunn and Mr. Sal/maun owe SO. 1 beat Mrs. Smith and Mr. Bromner scr.,
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    Polo.
    208 8 America v. England. Mr. T. W. Nickalls, who «.-.0r«.1 ayoil for I iiKumi in the great polo Test match feels very keenly the suggestion that the averwljriiiiiug victory of toe American team impii. -i a decadence of Great Britain in poloplaying. Our players are not worse than tlx-y were,
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    The Turf.
    520 8 Another View of Local Meetings. Dealing with the points raised iv connection with the recent l'unang race meeting, the Malay Mail says, inter alia For the lite of us, we cannot see any moral difference between betting with a bookmaker aud on the tote. There are differences in
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    A GREAT FIGHTER.
    310 8 The Death of General Marquis de Galliffet. General do < i illiff.it, who was seizud with paralysis about two weeks ago, had a relapse and died at Paris, on July 8. A bora fighter who fought for the shocr love of it, and also a grand seigneur
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    A FAMOUS CORPS.
    154 8 Relieving the Royal Dragoons at Lucknow. Orders have been issuod for the Bth King's llsyal Irish Hussars to luavo England about September 29 for Ilimbay en route to Lucknow, where it takes the p'aca of tho Ist Kayal Dragoon*. The »:h in a very xmart regiment coinmindvl
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    726 8 Prices Quoted in the Market This Morning. Singapore, otb August, 1909. Messrs. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Share Brokers, issue the following list of quotations this morning 1 10 Eastern Smelting Co. 17 pd 9.50 9.70 SO Praser and Neave Ld 145. 1 (7.50 10 Hotel van
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    Room For Millions.
    684 10 PROSPECTS FOR THE BRITISH SETTLER IN CANADA. Views of Opposition Leader. We have room for many millions. Mr. R. L. Borden, the stiong, vigorous Leader of the Opposition in Canada, was discussing at his hotel in London with a representative of the Pall Mall Gazette the question
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    217 10 Result of Navvy's Miraculous Escape. Soon after the recent accident, at Newport Docks, and before nows of it had filtered through to the townspeople the dock is nearly two miles away a navvy walked into the Waterloo Hotel, which faces the entrance to the Alexandra Docks. He
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    AUTOMOBILISM.
    1004 11 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. Municipal Motor Taxes It is not everyone who would start out on a tour covering over 2,01)0 miles on a brand new car, yet this is what Mr. E. A. de Pass did with his gear-box-less Sheffield Simplex. When tbe car was delivered
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    Pushed Overboard by the Devil.
    89 11 It removes the report of a drowning accident from tbe ordinary when tbe informant gravely tells tbe police that the man sup posed to be drowned from a sampan was poshed overboard by tbe devil. Such was the case at Yanmati, the other day, but
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