The Straits Times, 19 December 1900

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    14 1 The Straits Times EST. OVER A CENTURY SINGAPORE WEDISESDAY. DECEMBER 19. 1900. No. 20,320.
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      887 1 SOTICER. IOUMfANY, U atll Kl> Ttan UH l.if« Awuraoo. a Vir. laraniv BodMT. tt v aasor^no rv>raji«nj (Fire). l.iff> AMnraDPA Booiwty rs- Chiaa Mutual M«u> HaTi«ataosi Compaaj. .V> To«a*Bli*ai Lagw Ooapaay. rJrdZrtt^Zlt J THB^^SbWTO^DObIPANY. LIMITED kfeU STEAMSnir COMPANIES. J Orri<Tt,TiL«c.BArii r>T««rr. fa WHABVI».K«rP«LHA»IIOnE. KUI N.\V|ii\rinN OIMPANY. I+TBAMIIUI n>» CHI»A, JAPA»,
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      802 1 STEAMSHm_COMPANIES. ¥"OMNKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPHJ I'nder contract with the Netherlands India Government. Aaent, al Stnaapore: Bmr AonrcT, late J. Daehuels A Co., %-S, Colltee <Jo*t. The undermentioned dates are only approximate. Steamer rroni fcTpiclia "v\ ill t>e lle.pau-i.efl i for On Sprrlman gatyjEJa, 1 17. Batavia, Samarang. Sourauaya, Padang. DecM. ■d.Vajirunhi..
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      584 1 OCKAN BTEAM BHIP COMPANY AND NKPERLANDsCHK BTOOMVAART MAAT9CHAPPU OCEAAN. TOKt. TOKS. Achilla 7011 M'irmidon 2U70 Aqw Ml xitt-n- s;m Ajiai "i" 1 Orate, 4KSB 4 ailBMBl W-IS Patroelu* 5 09 Ai**"" IM IU/jiVw -MIS 6MI P'inm 2X4.1 lakha, *'Vi lYnnrlheu, oS7(l Ombbm -*«i Pvrrku, 36.'1 liarditnu, 4H.U khipeu, 3066 XkmmHn
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      334 1 NOTICES, si 1 ANDKtiVVct imr.-r.. 4 CHURCH of England Boarding House A for European and Euraaian boys who desire to attend the school* of the place, under the care of tbe Rer. D. Holland stul. ln to whom application* can be tent, or to the honorary secretary, 6 a Mount
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      405 1 a\OTICE& J. MOTION CO W ATCHM AKKKS. JEWKLLKRS. OPTICIANS. REPAIRS PROMPTLY EXECUTED. LTNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PARLS. Established 1828. RESERVES AND TOTAL GUARANTEES £1,000,000. 'IMIK undersigned, agents for .he above 1 company, are prepareil to accept fire risks for long or shaß periods at current rate*. CASH SKTM.E.MKNTB promptly
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      698 1 BANKS. lIONGKOKG AND nHANGHAI Jl BANKING CORPORATION. PAID- lIP CAPITAL «10ial0J)n0. BiSERVE FUNDfcrlingß«erve.slO.CKO,Otr-|| JO no IOO Silver Reserve... 2, 00,000/ J UW)tlW RESERVE LIABILITi' OF I lnn nnnnn PBOPRIETOBB. }-|10iXft0a0 Cor»T of Dirsotoei N. A. ana*. X., -i'i.iuo B. smfwih Itoq DsFirrr CHainmi. om, Esv Thi Hoi R M. Gbat
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      434 1 NOTICES tMpiOL&STEEIa j^MT»|WaW p| M HwwXy Dm- an li I —maHtt—. t^v«fM4 «f BMWr *Mi«. r*m»rt*j*l. v< B 4* Sold ty tl"«>i»r< Dlipwiln< O»., LM, R>m.» Pl.c. llntipon MARTIN, 1i... 1.. SO< TMAMPTOM. FMILANOI THE ALEXANDER BRICKWORKS Co. Ltd. ARE NOW PRF.PARED TO SUPPLY BKICKS, FIRK BRICKS, A FIRE CLAY.
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      828 1 OH>r to Rr>nin<l the Ttnnry Many thousands l.aye Saea rastorad to health and hupinaeu by tbn mt of I'hsraherlaiais Cough Remedy If sflilt.-d with any throat or lung trouble, giv* 11 a trial for it is certain to prove brnrfVHal. Coughs that have re*i*trd hll oth*r '>eaiment fory^am have yielded
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    The Straits Times. WEDNESDAY, 19th DEC, 1800. MISGUIDED CLEMENCY.
    1288 2 The Straits Times. WEDNESDAY, 19th DEC., 1900. MISGUIDED CLEMENCY. No doubt explanations will follow sooner or later; but, as matters now stand in South Africa, the world at large must nurse the impression that somebody is blundering. Nominally, we have annexed the two republics, and are endeavoring to police them
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    474 2 y rum a local point of view, entirely the most interesting item in to-day's despatches is the announcement that the Duke and Duchess of York will call at Singapore wjen on their way to Australia in April next. It is now nearly eighteen years since English royalty last visited here.
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    431 2 The Board of Directors of the Jelebu Mining and Trading Company met yesterday, and appointed the following gentlemen as Directors of the Company. Mr. Arthur Barker, (Chairman) Mr. J. E. Romenij and Mr. Ezra Nathan. The former Directors had resigned their seats on the Bourd. According to two notices appearing
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    299 2 Sons time ago we noted that the then newly-issued dress regulations for the British Army contained patterns ot nearly eighty different species of gold lace, prescribed as "trimmings" for the uniforms of officers in tbe various branches of the service. The absurdity and extravagance of the matter attracted widespread criticism
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    11 2 To-i>*v s 4 in s bank rate is 'J 1 ft.
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    13 2 I'Kiiiu >., exchange, and share price, md the mail list, are on page 4
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    17 2 Mk Jan,.-, of Syed Alwee Uoad, status that two turkeys belonging to him were stolen last night.
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    18 2 Mu. r. P. Bairold, of the Bank of China and Japun, leaves Singapore for Hongkong probably next Siturd,i\
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    20 2 An Amt-iican steamer, looking like a gunboat, pasted through the port from ea-t to west at 7 o'clock this moruing.
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    20 2 1 hi-. Methodist Girls' School Christmas tree entertainment is expected to come. orT on Friday next in the school building
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    26 2 Mk. (ireville. the British Mini*t«r at Bangkok, has been appointed to a post in sfazioo, which he will take up at the end of this year.
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    26 2 Thk meeting ol" the Licensing Justices or the Krst quarter of 19U1 is advertised o be held at the Central Station on the Ird January next.
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    21 2 VtitTtliDAV. Mr de Kougemnnt assumed charge ol the duties of fourth magistrate, vice Mr. Sells, who has gore on short leave.
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    24 2 Mk. U Webster, acting general manager of the K V. A. and C. Telegraph Co. has left for Kurope by the Koaig A Iherl.
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    22 2 Two hundred and twenty-four death? were registered at Singapore during the week ending on Saturday last. The ratio per thousand was 48.6H
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    29 2 A C'Hi.tisE clerk employed at the P. O. Office reports that jewellery to the value of W-'i? was stolen from his house last night. His Hylam boy is missing
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    28 2 A Chinksk doctor named Koh Keng (juan accuses three Hokiens, whom he does not know hut can identify, of assaulting and robbing him .if a watch and chain.
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    26 2 The Russian torpedo-destroyers Shol and Kasatka, on the way from Kiel to Eastern Asia via Brest, put into Cuxhaveu (port of Hamburg) to await better weather.
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    34 2 On Monday night a> Chinaman upset a lamp iv an opium house in Oarden Street and set fire to his clothes. He was badly burnt about the body and has been sent to hospital
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    34 2 A CiiKidTMAs tree entertainment, for the benefit of children between the ages of :i and 12 years, will b« given at 730 P 111 on Saturday, the 29th IV.-emb.-r, in the St Joseph's Institution.
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    30 2 Tim Captain of the Inaba Uaru, which arrived from Yokohama this morning, reports having met an unusually strong northeast monsoon with heavy seas from (iap Rock to 4' south latitude
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    35 2 Tbi principal dignitanry tinder the Grand Lama, of Thibot, who bean the title of Dalai Lama, is shortly expected to visit Ceylon on his way to Siain whither be is bound on a special mission.
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    30 2 Commandant Viijoin, wuo was captured recently, admits that Boers who have sworn neutrality are rejoining the commando*! largely. H« says the Boers regard the neutrality oath as a huge joke.
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    22 2 It is asserted that the Uoverumeni of India makes a profit of :,2 to -VI pe'. cent, in coining silver into rupees.
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    21 2 Tiik opening of the railway fronii Bangkok to Korat by the King of Siam I has been postponed to Friday next
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    37 2 Mk Samuel, of the Shell Lino o steamers, at the launching of a new shell tank slea.uer MOsatfy. protected against the supineness of the British Government in the matter of Mritish j trade in the Far tiast.
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    53 2 Thkrs will be a game of Socker to-morrow evening between the 8. C. C. t and a team from H. M S llramblr,* when a good game is expected. The S. C. team are A. Robertson, Simpson, Trotter, SechecliHye, Harris, 1 W. Kubertson, Wishart, Napier, Withers, i Penny, and A
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    50 2 CALUinARs have been received from Messrs. Crane Bros., uud Messrs. Sandi lands Kutu-ry and Co. as agents for the Northern Fire and Life Assurance Co Kumpers and Co. and Helm Meyer and 1 Co. send liku reminders from, rasper- I tively, the Manchester Assurance Co and trie U.iyal Exchange Assurance.
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    62 2 Ovt.R 2.0U0 troops are now on their way from America to the Philippine Islands. The first hatch of 1 ,000 troops was due at Colombo in the transport j Jlu/oM about the 13th January and are j under the command of Colonel Jacob Kline, and the other 1,000 under Colonel
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    56 2 Thk Russian Government has ordered all cruisers belonging to the Volunteer Fleet to resume their commercial functions excepting three, which remain > attached to the Russian Pac"ir Squadron. Kleven Volunteer cruisers, 1 therefore, will recommence commercial j voyages. These are now stationed, five j at Odessa, four «n route from
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    117 2 It is stated in naval circles at Portsmouth that Admiral Lord Waltei Kerr, at present First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, is likely to succeed Vice t Admiral Sir K. H. Seymour in command of the China Station, and colour is lent to this rumour by the fact that 1...r<l
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    113 2 What's in a name At Taku twu British destroyers, Fame and Wkttmg, captured four Chinese destroyers One each waa given to France, Germanr I and Ruiuia. These have now bt-m re-named. The French on.- is called Taku -"in honour of a glorious epoch in the Fiencli Marine" The Kuasmn one
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      470 2 NOTICES. NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVES COMPANY LD. ULAMOOW. Maiafwtnn-r. of Dynamite, Gelignite, GklaUne D/uamite, ijiasting Oalatine, DetouaUii's, Sdtety Fuses. Elecirie Blasting Apparatus. The n'wtv K*pl<mivv, Uimg all MM ftJwwi in (front Ilritnm, tin ,<\-"*r If pan the high ttandam" of tafrty nrut ■writy tfttt impomi hy the MM Qovernmmt, a/uinrr, ihcvyoi'* (i<nr'W
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      680 2 LATEST ADVERTISEMENT^ A.G CEPT XMAS INVITATIONS, But do not forget to return such courtesies and invite your hosts and others, on NEW YEAR'S EVE, TO RAFFLES HOTEL CRITERION DINNER. DANCING after dinner. I.ADIKS ANI> (JKNTLKMK.N Do you want an auspicious opening for a lili aj mi |»l«*|isjuin Itnl f If
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      776 2 UTEST ADVERTISEMENTS. EUROPEAN BOOKKEEPER. WANTED at once by a mercantile firm only first class men need apply Keply with full particulars (in confldruce) to K. Y. Z.. c/o Alrmlf Timtt. 19/12 rBK LET, Clyde Villa, Grange Koad, from I m January. U.C. Apply to W. C/O Strait* 7 !>.,».• 'TK>
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      91 2 MBS lamdec tor ta* iwam nmm .»™id hi ntta o* oa. aid. of U. mm 0017 By tfc. Mtlwt oc tkat oooditio*. mm, TTs. B. an r.i«ud taM aaiat otharwtaa W inbliabad. All ilnrtaa! oootneto an nbi*ot to tk* oondl. turn tkat tk* stanat*r maj lean tk* adrartiawiiaat o*t of
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      THE CHINA WAR .
      45 2 THE CHINA WAR LMLLYOIG WITH TIIK NEGOTIATIONS. H.mjkong, D*r IBM Aii Kdict dated the 12th inst. appoints Sheng and Tm I— jl (the new Couf servative Governor of Chekiang) J arrango with the Osasji concerned for the settlement of lurtin in regard > the Chu-choti massacre
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      AN ANTI-FOREIGN.
      21 2 AN ANTI- FOREIGN. GOVERNOR APfIMifRUJ Notwithstanding the protests of tbw Allies, the new ant;- foreign Governor of Kiang-su-Sungchon takes office immediately
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      DUKE OF YORK TO VISIT SINGAPORE.
      23 2 l.oHdon, Dtr \9th. The Duke and Duchess of York wifi visit Singapore on tlieir way to Australia.
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      BOERS INVADE CAPE COLONY.
      35 2 A Buer force In- mitored CapeColony, after crossing tlio Orange Kiveii These Boen encountered detach ments of the. Cape Mounted Rifles and Brabant's Horce, who retired beforl them with some loss.
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      LOOT SEIZED AT MARSEILLES.
      52 2 Forty cases of loot which had beei| collected by General Frey, who cum manded the French section of the Peking Relief Force, have been seized at Marseilles by order of the French Oovernment, »n the ground that thu lout cannot be considered as a prize. taken
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      THE "GNEISENAU."
      16 2 One hundred and thirty-six person.n«re drowned in the foundering of the Mm al Malaga
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      AMERICAN ACTION.
      49 2 AMERICAN ACTION Mr. Hay, the United States Secrolarrj of State, has cabled fresh instructions to Mr. Conger, the American Minister at Peking. These instruction* am' expected to remove obstacles, and tot render it probable t'iat all lii-- Foreign^ Ministers there will sign a Coll.-i-tivc' Note to the Chinese Government.
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    37 3 I iv mornins, a ChinrW »irl airw l seven mv gathering flowers in iixl.'V Road wh. n I tiylam snatchtd from In r three gold earrings, one set with diamonds, valued at WUt, and ma le ot!
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    37 3 A rßoiiwAi. is on foot among the membeis of the Singapore Catholic dtib to fi*a .■> concert at the Town Hall on Friday, the •-'Rth instant, to which members and their families will be admitted at half price
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    36 3 M employed at Krasei and N-ave's was working thereon the 14th when a bottle of sulphuric acid burst and burned him badly The unfortu nate man was taken to hospital where he died on Monday night
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    37 3 A Hokikn clerk named Tan Hoh Swee, employed at 8 Robinson Road, reports to the police that, on Monday morning, a lot of cambric valued at •261 70 was stolen from the shop during the storekeeper's absence
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    49 3 II M S KfßSf, Lieut and Commander J>hn F K Green, arrived from Hongkong this morning and went into the roads. The I'igMy is a first rlass screw gunboat, carries B guns, and is of 7U tons She has a crew of 7."> men and is of 1,200 horsepower.
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    49 3 Thk other day, whMe the King of Man was worshipping in a temple at Bangkok, one ol the hy-standers snatched a gold necklace from a little girl The thief was brought up before the King there and then, and was sentenced to five years' hard labour, besides IMtMagMsf lashes
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    44 3 Thk Governor of Ceylon has received an invitation to he present at the approaching Australian CnmninnwenK h celebrations at Sydney. The Oovernor could not attend in person, and has deputed Mr C. P. Layard, the AttorneyGeneral of (Vvlon. to visit Australia as Ceylon's representative
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    54 3 The I'nited States battlsahip F.mlurl-ti nf lljm tons displaoement. of the I' S Nivv, is n«w on her way to the Philippines fit Colnmhn. The (TtwrWry, whirh is n superposed turret ship, i« firmed with 'J'2 eun«. four of which are 13 in., four 8 in and the rest .i
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    47 3 The broker in Hnneknne wlmliouclit in Tientsin from a rtussian ofnc-Pr the German order of the Black E«el» together with a letter in the Kaiser's own handwriting lor 53.000, both belonging to the Emperor Kwanc Ru, sold th« order and thn letter for MOfIOD to thefierman authorities
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    49 3 M Ph hon, the French Minister at I'ekinir, hns written to I'rince dune one of the peace negotiators there, demanding the withdrawal of Chinese troops from the frontiers of French Indo-China. M Pichon also demands that, in order to ward off complications, the Chinese Government should 'top importing arms.
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    66 3 Boan time ago arrannenvn'- SMM made for adding a supplementary volume to the Encyelnpstdia Britannica" It is now found that several mipplemrntary volumes are raooirad At least there are to be six volumes New biographies have to be added, and the enormous mass of' scientific dis•m. c Urn publication of
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    78 3 MfjaMt, T I. floalinil ami Co., of Battery Koad, have a choice Maori mant of cigarettes in stock, chief among them being the Kgyptian cigarettes of Th Vatiades. A oaaa of Manila imokaa," tliuronglilv matured and in prime condition, has just arrival. Th.liuu have a large assortment of cigars of
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    93 3 1 HI niimber of runners under Jockey Club rule« during the present season i,'"" l srbisi Urn numoers went up for the Osmaston .Nursery Plata at Derby on the 17th tilt At the end of the day 1,i»4 races had been decided, producing an aggregate of [ifitt runners, or an
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    106 3 liik sloop Ktpf'il was to be Uunche dfrom the building slip at Sheer■i kyard on December I The winch was laid down on lanuar* I last, in of 1,070 tons lisplaoam— t, drawiaf only 11 feet < inches of water, and is intended for •ervi.-e in Rhallow rivei- Si.. laaf.Hl
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    97 3 I'MIER tl«- hea'llll- Willis Who ttoviaad," fcefa n,,l,iy publishes the tullnwing amusing skit: Chamberlain, Rt ll, m Joaaph, P.C., MP. FUn- iry of State for Colonies: I daoatad I. >nd >n rniv.-rr.ity linhnnl Knliri-d Parliament 1»7« Inrentof ol the Sew Diplomacy. Author if Direct and Indirect a .Study in I'mtinction
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    147 3 Amumi tlie many stories mid )>y nur -..Idiprs at the front is tin; following, the hero of which— says a returned "Tommy is paaatod out in at least liall-a-di'.-i-ii ragbstat* lie was an Irishman, af doqim While storming a he ►inpl.d out as the target of a Imrlv B<ht on
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    LIFE IN THE DUTCH EAST INDIES.
    1971 3 A HOOK THAT HAS MAI)F. A SK.NSATIOX. (OaaNstassl) (JpmiEl h f*« Ssrsaai Tim I he ideal hope of a Eurasian girl in the Netherlands Indies, and also her paraats, is that she marries a pure Kuropean, and in Netherlands India many are. the Eurasian
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    WIRES VIA BANGKOK
    185 3 . (Joint von Buelon has explained in the Reichstag the Kaiser's rebuff to ex- President Kruger. He said the Emperor appreciated the sympathy for the ideal Boer, but ovations were useless to Mr Kruger, and would probably prove prejudicial to Germany, which lived on terms of friendship with
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    ARRANGEMENTS
    161 3 Wednesday, 19th Decembkk. High Water. '.'.■.■2 p.m. Thuebday, SOth December High Water. 8.46 a.m. 10.7 p.m. P. ix O. r j h l l ;i r< 1 m til dtl6. Municipal Assessment Appeals, S. VolunUwr Gymnasium 'Mas-, n V A Committee Mi-rting. Football. 8. 0 C r. Hmmblf. Feiday,
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    867 3 ACHEK.N Achbu is gradually ceasing to be a burden on the Netherlands India Treasury The Governor of the province is devising schemes for developing tbe industrial resources of the country which, it is said, only need countenance by the Government to hasten the day when Acbeen will pay
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    COUNCIL PAPER.
    221 3 WIDOWS AND ORPHANS' FUND. <<>KKK-r'ivi>fcv r. regarding amendment of the Widows and Orphans' Pension I i ii' 1 Ordinance whs laid yesterday before the Legislative Council. The despatches range from three years ago The Secretary of State suggested amendment as early as August 1897, mainly fur tlie purpose
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    31 3 Taking th earth as a large marble one inch in diameter, the moon would be represented by a small pea 2|ft. away, and the sun by a Bft glo)-e 9«oft. atrmy
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    CHOLERA.
    51 3 Tin i. r were yesterday six cases of cholera and seven deaths. Total to date 201 cases,— l 74 deaths. Details: 10 Jalan Besar, 1 Wayang .Street, Tanjons Rhn, 8 M uar Roaa, one Chinese each; 70 Shaikh Madarvah Lane one Malay U Waterloo Street, one Eurasian (A. W.
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    THE CHINGAY.
    68 3 Ykstkhdav, I li" C.'hingay festival wunt off as usual. There were thousands of people out, and the gharries and 'rikishas did a roaring business. A sreat deal of money had been spent, and gorgeous banners, Rags, and other paraphernalia were much in evidence: The police arrangements were admirable.
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    DEFENCES OF COLOMBO.
    105 3 Tbe improved defences of Colombo are approaching completion, and, with the conclusion of the building of the two new batteries at the Rock House, Mutwal, and below the Pilot Tower in the Fort, and the mounting of the new breech-loading guns sent out recently from England, the
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    A NEW B.I.STEAMER
    118 3 A NEW B.I. STEAMER The steamer Tkhontr one of the new steamers of the British India Steam Navigation Company's fleet, which arrived here on Monday on her maiden trip from London, is to run on the London-Calcutta line engaging chiefly in cargo transport, for which purpose she was specially built.
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      767 3 VESSELS ADVERTISED I -All Hongkong, Chflvdra, due IMb Dec., Koustead Co. Pen .ii j an.l Bombay. «-.r,.i.(a, due iOtb Dec, Bebn Meyer A Co. Japan via port-, Preiaten, doe on 21st IVc, Kelm Meyer A Co. Fremantle via ports, Mkat, on 20th Pee.. \V ManshVld A Co. A Helpless Cripple
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      501 3 yOTICE& MUNICIPAL NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that the Assessment List ciuitainiug the annual valuation of, and amount of Assessment to be levied on, all houses and buildings situated within the, Muuicipality of Singapore for the year IHOI, is open to the inspection of Ratepayers at the Municipal Office, Esplanade,
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      1067 3 NOTICES >TOTICE is hereby given that the I business of Chop Chin Mob Hin Opium and Spirit Farms, Singapore, ceanes on Sist December. i<>oo, and tbat all claims against the said Farr-.s should be sent in before the Alh January, 1901, otherwise th v will be debarred. OPIUM AND SPIRIT
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      784 3 NOTICES. j KHY MING. mxrKTIONrR HMMOi WM. Ma. HI and W, Brats Baua l!<mt. < X MAS and kWw Year cakes are always on* hand, and an made of the l*sl quail y^ butter and other ingredients. Plum rakesi at A 6 cents per Ib., and t«J cents per Ib.l
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      89 3 WEATHER REPORT tastaaj hrrbau Uofilal. 181* Der. HOO. a i.m Sr.m Bp.m RrKtSEX. Bar. SO (lf« 8 Temu 84.0 87.7 78.0 W. B'l.T me 78.0 780 76.6 -o J Dir.ofWin KB. Calm. "Z^X Max. Temp. W.O S"sg Mm... ?.t Max. In »an 165.» cl% Terr rad Rainfall Nil X The
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