The Straits Times, 8 September 1905

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    15 1 The Straits Times. NO. 21.833 THE STRAITS TIMES. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 1905. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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    SINGULAR ACCIDENT TO A CRICKETER.
    588 1 Thai well-known young sporuuwn I ,1 aeratae, I Ceylon Oovammeni Berviee, net with siigu l;i; accident 111 tile cricket field >"iii<. ,ui,| the incident and Us. v related by bimaelf 111:1k!. an iutereating story. 'Whilst playing cricket one day ilm iv. the year 18H9, «yi
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    VESSELS AT TANJONG PAGAR.
    72 1 Wharves at Which Different Ships are Berthed To-day. East \Vhaiw:— Nil. Victoria Graving Dock Cecilia. Ai.iikiit Gr..v vino Dock Hong Moh. Section No. 1 Wray Castle. Van den Hosch, Lightning, llantani, Ke<tang. Carlyle. Okhla. 3 Silesia. 4 lukum. 5 Diomed, Tolv. 6 Manaton. Borxkii Wharf:— 7
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    98 1 Mk. Mn.H Watt, who tiyurcil prominently soine time auo in the Divorce Court, at London, wan charged at the Marlhoronnh-Htreet Police Court on the 17th August with attempting to procure tin wrvices of a man to murder his divorced wife. Hi' was leinamlexl. hail being allowed. The man to whom
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    N.D.L. PASSENGERS.
    195 1 Arrived. The German mail Htciiinci BafOTM arriviil yesterday afternoon with IS] passengers, of whom 6S disembarked at Siii(ja|x>re: Among these were From Rotterdam. Mr. H. Foeringer. From Antwerp. Mr. F. K. Schwadi-r Mr. H. de (iraaff. From Southampton. Mr. Mom L. Vam. Mr. C. C. Thompson. Mr. Norman
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      231 1 NOTICES. NOTICES. StKI'LI'S soil in l.i- t:iken from excavation inDFnU 4% If I flTT'fl Of pipe line in Orchard H'.ad l*tween C:ivena«h |llV|iUll Ml I 111 I X "'CHEST Ko«,l and Cairn Hill ltoad. llUOfcrn IjILLU I I O pomiue award. <..<.kntai.tk..l lmi<.ni. i "ORAND PRIX," PARIS, 1900. Mk M^g
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      135 1 DAY BY DAY. Friday, Bth September. High Water. 5-0 p.m. S.C.C. Tennis Tournament. Saturday, Qth September. High Water. 7-24 a.m. 6-34 p.m. B. I. outward mail clue. Raffle* Hotel Special Dinner. QoU CliainpiniiKliipl. sec. Cries*. Hotel de I'Kurope. Special Tiffin. Sunday, loth September. HUB Water. H-40 a.m. H-0 p.m. IMa
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    MR. OLIVER BAINBRIDGE.
    406 2 Interviewed at Hongkong. Mr. Oliver Bainbridge, the celebrated author and explorer, just been interviewed by a Hongkong "Daily Prc-ss" reporter. Mr. Bainbridge lett afterwards for Shanghai, and from thonce he will travel into the interior of the province of Hunan, where ho is anxious to sec nil
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    TRAMP TO THIBET.
    439 2 British Consul Turned Back. A diary of travel in the Far East appears in the form of a White Paper issued to Parliament. The- traveller writes of his experiences with a lively sense of their romantic natuie and with distinct I'terary skill. His interesting volume, which consists
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    MERGUI.
    751 3 Its Mineral Resources. The tin milling industry of Matgaij despit<' its relatively poor position as a revenue producing laitor, merits, says Mi Beott Cranston, in the 'Rangoon Gazette." more than (Kissing attention, and in ini]xirtaiiee easily ranks first, for without the stimulus i_'iven !•> agru-ul-tan and other industries by
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    PANAMA CANAL.
    170 3 (iiiKM nitiic-t is now iM'iny taken in WaahtaglH in the new plan M Hrn (anal ('.Miiniwsiiin f >i- tlir iiii|ilciviiiint of lalK)iir lit I'ajianiH. in .■.mnrition with which '-'.inni CliiiiiM'. MOO .Ih|iuiics<'. ami 2.1MK1 Italians aii' MBajM& Imml undesirable the Chinese workman may b* in the I'nitcd Stati
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 15 CENTS. FRIDAY, 8th SEPTEMBER.
    1729 4 The Straits Times. PRICE 15 CENTS. FRIDAY, 8th SEPTEMBER. So.mk controversy has been aroused by theletter from Less Freedom which was published in our correspondence columns on Wednesday. The letter, it may be stated, liad Uen withheld from publication for some days but on mature consideration (kn seemed no reason
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    402 4 Thk Sr.inlhr left Hrn wharf vist<ida\ afternoon and anchored iv tin- NM Thk B. I. s.s. liilmni haabaaa anaahad oa the Alynada reef off the Hnriiia coast. Thk Wlliton arrived this nun niiig from the Natnnas. One of the laaean of the ship died suddenly. Mr. <;. a. lk Dan,
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  • Special Telegram to the "Straits Times."
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      MORE RIOTS IN TOKYO.
      62 4 PAPERS URGE THAT TREAT BE NOT RATIFIED. One Journal Suppressed. Hm,,jk,ni -sil, Sr,,l. The Tokyo BBpan arc ur«iny that the pri>iH)s.-(l I'cacc Treaty sh.inlil not lie ratititxl. The riot" have been reiu'witl. .mil Hrn < itv is in a partial state of si(-;c. Kre<|iient collisions are
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  • Special German Telegrams.
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      OUTCOME OF PEACE.
      56 4 A Tribute to Japan's Independence. )1,,1:,i. :tii N. t ,l, „,1,,r. The JCotMadka Mtttimg, in aa article, on the p<-ace treaty. |ioints oat the totally inili|Hii<lint iHisiti.m in which .lapan stain Is as a result of the conclusion m pMOt, unl IMiys honour to the wialoaa at
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      APPREHENSIONS FOR KIAUTSCHOU.
      42 4 Sortlr of till' (irIIMIU niuspajiils .'n gi vinatai |Wii]on to apprehenmona M*to tin effect "f the peace treat} "ii "Miniany's |K)sition at Kiautsilioii but llif liovirniiu'iit ilisinissis tlusr ;ip|pnln ii-ions as unworthy anil lontinuc's to niiinifist eaaMaBOC in •laiian.
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      FRANCE AND MOROCCO.
      17 4 Tin -iv is an improvement in tlic (Hajp it. Mm I Kraiu-i mu\ Moroero.
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      CZAR DISMISSES NAVAL OFFICERS.
      52 4 The Czar has issued a Manifest., dischaii; ing from the Russian Navy Admiral Nielw. gatotf. ami the Captains nf the *attlnaMpci Mcl,,;. Admirml Iwmiw and Athmital .i/inrrin. A number of other orlieeis who took p.irt ill the battle of Tsushima are to Im tried i, v
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      PEACE TERMS.
      30 4 St. Petersburg Denies Secret Clause Report. London, 7th Btpttmbtr. It is authoritatively stated at St. lVt,-rs lviii; that tlicrr is BO secret .trram;iinint whaU'Vcr iMtwicn Kussi.i ami .)a|p.in.
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      CZAR'S LATEST UKASE.
      40 4 CZAR 'S LATEST UKASE. Dismisses Niebogatoff and Battleship Captains. The Czar, by ukase, dismisses and degrades Admiral \icl>ogat,.tt. and the Captains of the battleships i Si-niiirhi. and Aprmmm, These Captains ale liable to punishment under the Naval I'enai I .1.
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      Other Officers to be tried.
      21 4 Other officers, including Umm of the On I. will be tried on their ret.irn to Uiissi,,
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      MOROCCO CLIMBS DOWN.
      28 4 Public Apology to France. 1., m1,,,,. 9tk fljlfcliftlj. Morocco has acceded to all the demands made by France and public iy apologiM* tar her error.
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      THE CAUCASUS FERMENT.
      46 4 Hundreds Killed Wounded. The situation in the Caucasus Imcoiiks continually more alarming. Hundreds have Im.vii shot by Raaalaa Infantry and Artillery. At Halakhauv. ii"iir llakn. a thousand people were killed and wounded during .1 desperate attack on the military < amp 'ml provision depots.
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      British Ambassador Demands Protection.
      47 4 Sir Charles Hardingc. llritish AjdlmM sador at St. Petersburg, has sent an urgent note to Count I.ainsdorff in connection with these distuihanics. and has alao telegraphed t<> the Viceroy of the I amasiis reipiesiini; that protection U> afforded to Hritish Hvom and pro)X'rty.
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      TOKYO RIOTS CEASE.
      46 4 2 Killed -500 Wounded. 1.0n,1;n. ;n, Bqpttmktr. Heiiter's Tokyo corre.s|>ondiiit says that tile rioting there ceased at midnight on Tuesd.i\. It is Bstimated Chat among the rioters there were two killed and .'>m wounded. The police stations were destroy. l dniinj the night.
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      RUSSIANS DEFEATED IN SHARP ENGAGEMENTS.
      30 4 Neuter's corres|>oii(leut at Tokyo wpurtx that the Japanese defeated tin- Kiistiatis in a series of sharp engagements in noiji eastern Korea on the Ist September.
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      SAGHALIEN REMNANTS CRUSHED
      23 4 The remnants of the iiiissiau troops ,i( Saghalien were crushed on the MHfa Augnal at Naibiiti. uu the West Com(,
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  • Correspondence.
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      "LESS FREEDOM" ANSWERS CRITICS.
      951 5 LESS FREEDOM ANSWERS CRITICS. r»thtK4Utrct ih, mntm Ttmm Uui Sik. I am very sorry to have brought down upon your innocent head such mighty outp -iviugs of wrath from Mr. Charles Kin in. whom I beg lea.T to assure that raj < litieisiu of the cheeky native was urtlii to
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      THE CHINESE DEMANDS.
      406 5 Ku thr h:<lit,.r 01 Ihr Sf,,,i/» 7i,,<,»." Sn:. i'ardon my pr.suinption in differing lroin (me of \diir MMMMSd <i|>inions on the < 'ditorial |W»i;< ..I M papgt v< sUnhiy. Till' liiiiiumls niacli- 1 1 jm >i. th,. lnJUil Stairs liy tin < Foreign (Mka Hoard of IVking
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    S. C. C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    346 5 Thk tennis tournament of the S. C. C. o(<ened on the Esplanade yesterday afteraoon. the ground being in excellent trim, the sky overcast, and the atmosphere cool and conducive to an energetic display in the round dozen and a half of matches which were set
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    Ties for To-day.
    219 5 B. MMUkj A G Bolingbroke C Ciiiira<li W J HmUm v Capt Jones A L Chittenden T (i Sett G A Chancy v M l'[>cott FO K Brown A K Ba<ldeley Lieut Clarke v \V S Barrett Sim. us. K M Davidson v J..1111 J I.loyd K
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    Ties for Monday.
    231 5 A. SIN'.I.HS. G G Setli 1 v X E Kent— l B. HW J E Tvler «crvRT Reid— l A C Mergler ucr v F M Curcies 1 1' J Sproule acr v O P Griffith Jones scr I .1 1 1 W Becke rv M H
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    A BIG BANKRUPTCY.
    243 5 Bkfokk Mr. Justice Leslie Thornton in the Supreme Court yesterday the adjourned examination in bankruptcy of Khoo Lyn Tliuct. of Chop Khoo Chin Hin. rice mill ownors, was continued. The chop failed for $800,000. It was run by bankrupt and lv's sister-in-law, Lim Tan Neo. The female
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    L. L. T. C. TOURNAMENT.
    262 5 Distribution of Prizes. Thk tournament of the Ladies' Lawn Tennis Club, which has been in progress for some weeks past, was brought to a conclusion yesterday afternoon, when the final of the Championship Doubles was decided. At the conclusion of play, the presentation of prizes
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    THE ASSIZES.
    61 5 At tlie Assizes this morning, before Chief Justice Sir Lionel Cox and a jury, the trial was continued of Tion Kirn Seng and Chong Chip Cheng on a charge of breaking into Mr. Coelho's shop at 4 Stamford Road, ami stealing a number of musical instrument, etc. The
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    THE SWIMMING CLUB.
    56 5 Thk launch Lungkat will leave Johnston's Pier for the Swimming Club Bungalow on Sunday morning at 8, 9. 10.30, 11.80, 2.15, and 3.30, returning from the Club at 8.80, 10. 11. 12.15. 3 and B, There will he a 100 years B. class race soon after the
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    THEFT BY A BOY.
    64 5 Mk. bwa Asi-KRLAOH, engineer on the Dutch s. s. Siiliilmilji. reports to the Police that he hung up his coat containing 1150 in notes in his cabin, and on returning a few minutes later he discovered that the c*at was missing. He called for his boy,
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    THE FRENCH MAIL.
    37 5 Thk MessagerieH Maritimes s.s. i 'uledouien was due to arrive here on Monday next, but owiny to a breakdown in the Suez Canal »he is not now expected till Wednesday morning at the earlieat.
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    91 5 On tlie afternoon of the sth ult.. Ah Soo and Chin Ah Tan quarrelled at the junction of Neil and New Bridge Road*. It is alleged 1 1 uit both Im< I knives and both were wounded, the former slightly, the latter seriously. Chin Ah Tan lingered in hospital till
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    THE MURDER OF PTE. SHORT.
    227 5 A Baseless Story. With regard to an account which appeared in a local paper yesterday concerning the murder of Private J. Short of A. Co., Sherwood Foresters, we are informed by the Police authorities that there is no truth in any part of the story,
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    BIG CHINESE FESTIVAL.
    149 5 The "Wangkang" at Malacca. The Chines,, festival known as IPiMfiwK, which is only observed at periods of about ten or twelve years, commences to-day at Malacca, whither a large number of Singapore Chinese have gone to participate in the rites and ceremonies. The opening of the festival
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    423 5 This morning. Mr. G. Kiliani. Consul-Gene-ral for Germany, paid a formal visit to Captain Korvetten of H. I. G. M. Steadier, cruiser, and was received with the customary salute. The Tanglin murder case, the only capital charge on the Assizes list, will be taken on Tuesday before the Chief Justice.
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    113 5 Thk Hongkong Telegraph states that the cause of the Auioy trouble, was the unnecessarily severe action oftheCnstoms' officials in dealing with the imports to and exports from Amoy, over-strict examinations of export cargoes frequently causing such delays that the steamers for which they were booked have had to sail without
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    SHIP TRUST'S LARGE LOSSES.
    785 6 We take the following report from an American contemporary The International Mercantile Marine Company, otherwise known as the Ship Trust, one of the giant corporations organised by J. Kerpont Morgan, confessed in its annual report' to a loss of $2,999,895, gold, for the year ending December
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    95 6 The Time* of Ceylon states that, in keeping with the general scheme for the increase of salaries paid to the members of the Civil Service, there a proportionate increase has been decided npon in the salaries of the Judges of the Snpreme Court of Ceylon. At present the Chief Justice
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      1067 6 NOTICES. SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB. PROORAMME FOR i'HE AUTUMN KACE MEEIINO. 1905. October 17th, 19th and 2 1st. FIRST DAY, Tuesday, October 17th I.— THE MAIDEN PLATE.— VaIue WOO. A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight 9st. 31b. Entrance *20. Distance, R.C. 2.— THE LAWN STAKES.— VaIue WOO. A Handicap from lOst.
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      496 6 NOTICES. The Race Course will be officially open for training on Saturday, 26th August Entries close at noon on Saturday, 7th October, 1905 Entry forms may be had at the Rare Coun-e, at the Singapore Cinb. at Messrs. John Little ACo., or on application to the Secretaries at any oi
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    FRANCE AND THE CONFERENCE.
    1433 7 The Opinion of an Ex- Minister. The Paris correspondent of "Commercial Intelligence" thus writes under date 6th Aug: "The German have played us a very dirty trick!" Such is the general opinion in France over the concession to construct a quay and large warehouses at Tangiers
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    PROGRESS IN SIAMESE MALAYA.
    238 7 Accounts reach the "Siam Free Press" from the Malay Peninsula thai the territory which includes Siam's dependencies promises to prove the real El Dorado of the future in that region. Prospectors are everywhere busy with a viaw to mining, planting and other industrial nlnw which are
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    106 7 BWotrio tramways and electric lighting of cities in England are now olten under municipal management and seem to pay well. The balance sheet of the Portsmouth Corporation Electric Tramways for the year ended March last :.hi;ws the tot.il receipts to be £100,973, tl:e gross profit £56,807, equivalent to 3 per
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    F. M. S. NOTES.
    321 8 I ii raaa ont at the aftj mileaol the new road troin Bentong ko the Negri Bomhflaa Ih lary are. BO Hh aM«f Kml IBUOVta, no w completed so far as the earthwork is c'liceined. while three miles have Imcii mi tailed. It is n |Kirted
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    PENANG HILL RAILWAY.
    224 8 A I tin recent meeting of the I'euani; hill Kajlway at which it was decided to raise more muni v the Chairman 'Mr. .1. Brom bead Matthcwsisutcdtliatlie baiaidnaaad ll Miuiii'-ut as ribalds assisting the i i 11 1 I\.1 So reply had vet Urn lecciwd. an ll
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    RUBBER UNDER WATER.
    171 8 A itNUUMFOMMUn liti sln the Ctjfhm A great dial has Imi n written ili,. it win re I'ara ItabU-i will and will not IQ 'W.and it has on s<veral occasions Imcii atated that it will not gnm ea toaadated land in this part of the world. It
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    F. M. S. APPOINTMENTS.
    127 8 THK iolii.wingap|>oiiitiiieiitsareyazctUil: Dr. M. .1. Wnatt, staU' Surgeon. I'erak. to ii present the < ioM I ninent of the K. M. S. on tl>e Council ol the Straits and the Padan ted Malay Stat.s (i,.M ininent Meilieal Scli.k.l. Cantaia W. B. Long's ap|K.intmeiit aa Field (>flii
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    104 8 Sikh i emit of the liNith lla/ara liegi. Nt Ini.iiiic frantic at llonilmy almut the ■j.'>th August, aad aaananM be »aa put to piinisliiiu ut drill. Havina poaaeaaed liimselt of ball .UMii.iinitii.il he broke from the ranks wliili ..n Baneta, and. after luiiiiing a short ilisUnce. tuiiicd and tiled into
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    AN ALIEN PREFERRED.
    286 8 A i.ickat ma\ business (xople in the Kast ha\e. says tin Tokyo correspondent of the China MmL, often alleged that the interests of the British are not as a rule looked after by the yentleiiien sent out here b\ tin Korcinn OlVuc as arc those of the
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    CHINESE PHILIPPINE MISSION.
    207 8 Minister Kockhill at Peking has notified the immigration authorities of the Philippines tha, I commercial conmiissiou consisting of a party of twelve headed by the senior secretary of the Chinese imperinl board of commerce Wang Ching-mu, is on its way to Manila. The party is expected during
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    A RIVER OF FIRE.
    149 8 (•kkat excitement was caused in Hankow i central China I by a larye tire in the rarlv hours of the 16th August. The firemen win surprised to see the river close t.. Heaara. Jaidine, Matheson .v Co.'s hulk. Imrst into a sheet of tlaine with floating
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    205 8 Thk lltniiikvk Timm hears that there are at prcsint a h<xhl many caws of heri-lieri aiiion^ the nun in the barracks there. 'I'liis lias cmi a, in Meant years, to be a veiy prevak nt Hbmm there. Less than twenty yeans MB it "as practically unknown in Buajhnk now it
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    DIAMOND INDUSTRY.
    402 8 Great Britain's Prospects Tii diamond trade is one of the most important, as it is one of the richest trades in Belgium, where it was first established in 147j. In that year the great art of diamond polishing was invented by Louis de Berquem, and in the following
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    ECONOMIC INQUIRY.
    100 8 I'rokkssiii: SKLiciMASN. iif < 'uluinhiii Iniversity. I". S.. who is shortly visiting tin Kast t may pay a visit to the Federated Malay States. He intends visiting different parts of the Far Kast with a view to studying the economic side of Colonial Administration. just ;is I'rofessor .Jenks
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    44 8 By mistake it wax stated in yesterday's issue that Mr. Sproule appared along with the Attorney-General at the Assizes in the case in which one Cheng Yip was charged with manslaughter. It was HE, Harris who acted along with the Attoniev(ieneial for the Crown.
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    53 8 N0.:,. V,.1. I. of Tk» Fmr Em* has just come to hand from Shanghai. It is well got up ami very fully illustrated. There are articles on Chinese Ktiquette." The Bells of Mokanshan." ••Twenty-four KxampU-s of Filial I'iety" (traiislated from the Chinese), and an interesting account of a trip up
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    FINANCE & COMMERCE.
    12 8 FINANCE COMMERCE. Mk Sr/.trmiur. 1900. Tanjoiifj I'aKars wan transacted to-day at $410.
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    PRODUCE.
    92 8 lambier buyers 8.60 do (Cube No. 1) unpicked 12.00 Nipra Bali 7.45 do Pontianak 7.07J ■epper, Black buyem 97.50 do White, 5% buyer* 87.75 •go Flour Sarawak 3.05 do Brunei No. 1 3.02} 'earl Sago 5.40 loffee Bali. 15" o basis ..,,22.00 !offee, Palembang, 20% basis 25.00 •ntti-f. Liberian
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    EXCHAN6E.
    261 8 (Mercantile Bank. I On London— Bank 4 m/s 2/lg Demand 2/1 A Private 6 m/s 2/ltt do 3m/s 1 Oh Germany— Bank d/d 2.17 Private 3 m/s 2.19 do 0 in 2.21 On F ram-r— Bank d/d 2.66} Private 3 m/s 2.71* do 6 m/s 2.74$ Oh India— Bank
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    SHIPPING.
    289 8 Arrivals since Noon of Yesterday. TRADINO VESSELS. &c. Atiilmti. Ger. str. 161 tons. Capt Paters, Mtli Sept. From Deli. sth Sept. G.c, and 16 d.p. Behu Meyer Co. For Asahan, IT— W. Auntriu, Aust. »tr. 4.879 tons. Capt C'ollidani. 7th Sept. From Hongkong. Ist Sept. G.c. aud 444 d.p.
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    DEPARTURES
    72 8 V«s»els Name, BanWM, DMB Oaaiapif Brit Btr. Sourahaya 6th Terrirr Hot -tr. Bangkok titli Mail. Wkkmit* Oac str. Bangkok titli SiUria str. Hamburg nth PntUtmv Nor str. Bangkok 7th I'liiiilmi Brit str. RaagDOß 7tli I'ttuii-H str. P. Sweltenham 7th Hmtg Wan str. Malacca 7th II ye /.r-..««» -tr. Teluk
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    MAILS CLOSE
    97 8 tnr Per Stnimrr Time To-Mobbow. Labuan, Ccbu. Manila i kitmg J/.ii 9 a.m. Penang.Saliann.PudanK Umku Vitjirmthi* 1 p.m. Paneli. Asalmn. reining. <«>f/i>i» 1 p.m. IndraKin liii</ Thye 1 [i.m. Peuann and Oofanbo I p.m. Penang via port* I'in Sfu-i 1 p.m. Penan^ and Raagooa Qttmafi 'J p.m. P.Swettenhani
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    132 8 From Kriioi'K— By the i!. 1. s.s. ilu Liiniirnra morning. From China 1U lln U. al a. a. A. I:, hi due OS 11th Sept. TIJIK TAlll.r Of MAILS 1,1 V I -t-it Singapore Due m Luiimihii luh vf-.tli N.D.1., hag. Hth i.'lv .'Ttli 11. 1. Auk.
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      106 8 K. A. J. CHOTIRMALL Co., JEWELLERS SILK MERCHANTS. No. 51, 52 High Street. Have ulwnvs in stock MW silks of every kind and description. Indian, Japanese, Persian carpets of different colours and sizes. Ready-made crepe and silk suits for gentlemen. Cotton and silk Japanese kimonos for ladies and gentlemen. Ivory
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      92 8 SOAP SOAP SUNLIGHT SOAP Price 40 cts. per box. CARNAVAL TOILET SOAP 40 TUSCAN CASTILLE SOAP 40 COAL TAR SOAP 50 PREMIER VINOLIA SOAP 60 PUMICE STONE SOAP 70 PEARS' GLYCERINE SOAP 90 FLORAL VINOLIA SOAP $1.00 CASHMERE BOUQUET SOAP,, $1.70 All these Soaps are put up in Boxes containing
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      108 8 WEATHER TELEGRAM. HONGKONG. 7im Sn II) a.m. Barometer MJM Diicrtion of Wind n. 1--..IVC of Wlll-l X Max. Temp in Shade M. MANILA. 7th NO. V.i I). M. M. WEATHER REPORT. Kiniihmii Ktrbnn Hmpital, hi I, Sr/rf., IMS. 9 A. M. I-. 11. '.I I-. 11. Jil MABKH. Bar. aa
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    NEW SOURCE OF RUBBER.
    1455 9 Blending the Article. Mr, Louis H. Ayme, the Unitec States Consul at Para, has furnished in an official report an interesting accounl of new sources of Amazon rubber It appears, says the "India Rubber World," from the documents which accompany the report of Mr. Consul Ayme,
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    72 9 No OtIIKII LIXIMKVT will llo:» I I cut or bruise so quickly as Cliimlierlain's Pain Palm. No other affords such prompt relief from rheumatic pains. No other is so valuable for deep seated pains like lame back and pains in the <-lu-st Give this liniment a tri.nl lad bMMM acquainted
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      843 9 NOTICES^ SCIATICA and KIDNEY DIBEABE. Patient Wheeled About in a BathChair for 3 Months. Specialist Declared Her Incurable. Mr. Henry Boxer, living at 38, W«t lake Road Rotberhithe, London, England, writes "Gentlemen, l feel I must write and thank you for the great good my wife is deriving from Doan's
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      450 9 HOWARTH ERSKINE, LIMITED. ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT. COMPLETE INSTALLATIONS FOR LIGHT AND POWER DYNAMOS, MOTORS, SWITCH BOARDS. Wires and Cables for all Purposes ARC LAMPS, OPEN AND ENCLOSED TYPES. British made Incandescent Lamps, Nernst Lamps and Parts, Artistic Electric light Fittings, Special Accessories for interior Wiring. CEILING FANS, WALL FANS, TABLE FANS.
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      141 9 Time Loiters Painfully for those who suffer from the tor- tares of neuralgia. The mdesenb- able pain and torment it inflicts I comes suddenly, and takes all the 1 sufferer's courage and leaves him I weak. Just as quickly will relief come to the aching parts if he will be
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    IN A TURKISH HAREM.
    1964 10 Englishwoman's Experiences In the New York World" Mrs. Faniiv Hinlloy, of Indianapolis, formerly of England, gives an interesting account of her experiences gained during a residence of about a year in the Turkish harem, in Constantinople, of his excelIrniv B«M Pasha llusny. The fact that she
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    KING OF QUACKS.
    484 10 The Czar's Heaven-sent Healer." The Paris correspondent of the "Morning Leader" writes as follows under date 7th Aug: The death of Philippe Laudard, the ex-butcher boy, of Lyons, at l'Arbresle, in the Rhone department, has passed almost unnoticed. It was while he was exercising the very material
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    "CASTILLOA ELASTICA."
    311 10 In the Dutch East Indies. Experimental planting of various rubber species has been carried on for some time by the forestry department in the Dutch East Indies, and particularly in Java. "De Indische Mercuur" contains a resume of ;he progress made, derived mainly from the latest annual report
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    SHIPPING.
    1239 10 SHIPPING IN PORT. Under this heading the following abbreviations are used str.- steamer sh. ship bq. barque sch. schooner Yet. Yacht Cm. —Cruiser; Gbt.— Gunboat Tor.— Torpedo H.p. Horse-power Brit. British U.S. United States Fch.— French Ger —German Dnt. Dutch G.c. General-cargo d.p. deck passenger U. Uncertain T. P.
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    719 10 Same, port, probable date of arrival, and name of agentt. Steamers. Achilles, China, Sept. 25 Mansfield. Agamemnon, China, Oct. 25 Mansfield. Alavia, Hongkong, Sept. 8; A. M. Essabhoy. Alninous, China, Oct. 15 Mansfield. Alicante. Barcelona. Sept. 14 Barlow. Alting, Bandjermassin, Oct. 1 Daeudels. Antenor, China, Oct. 1 Mansfield.
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    LIST OF PASSENGERS.
    150 10 FOR SINGAPORE Per P. 40. s. s. Hrltiiiniia connecting with the steam Chilian at Colombo, from London Augt. 18, due 18th Sept.— Mrs. Warren. Per P. 4 '_>. s. s. Sumlu from London Augt. 19, dne 19th Sept.— Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Michell, Mr. R. W.
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    MINING
    248 10 Number of Shares Issue Paid Value up to Company UM Buyers' Sellers Transac11..11H solo. 13,uuu I 10 17.50 Bersawab G. M. Co., Ltd ..I <i>u uU1...«d.!u U1 ...«d.! 4,000 I 10 10 (Deferred) 8.00 20,000 10 10 Kadaua G. M. Co., Ltd 10,000 lo h (Pref.) b,207 x 1
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    GENERAL.
    137 10 (Ml uuu ued 2,000 4,500 80,000 12,000 3,400 6,000 2,750 36,000 800 2,000 5,000 iotujoo I.IMV UUUWUtiI 37,000 Duff Development Co., Ltd.. ..I 8.00 8.60 100 50 125 100 10 100 t 100 > 10 50 100 9 100 9 100 50 > 125 »100 10 100 >100 10
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    RUBBER.
    74 10 70,000 1 1 Bukit Rajah eioou 1 41 Cicely Rubber EHUte «,000 1 1 S%Pre. """atCoOO 1 1 PaUling Rubber Co. 2,000 •100 1100 Ribu Planting Co. Ltd. 65U uulmuw 1,000 1100 »100 Sandy en >ft Rubber Cm. IS H1.1.-....1 SO.UOO 1 1 Belangor Rubber Co. Ltd. 150 9100
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    DEBENTURES.
    47 10 Mowarth Krskine, Ltd. 7% Uiley, Horgreaves. Ltd. U% Singapore Municipal 6% M 4% Tanjoni! I'ntiar l)'*'k <:•■.. l,bl. n% S% 250,000 3% prem. 225,000 1% prem buyers. 4U0.000 2% prem buyers. 1,878,000 1% prem buyers. 669,000 t% dis. n»m. ■_>.*),(KXP 2% prem buyers. I.MS.MIO l'\. |ireni li-iyeni.
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      684 11 BUCHANAN'S BLACK WHITE Holds top place in the highest class of Whiskies. Guaranteed 12 (twelve) years old 11'. STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. P. S?O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. For China, Japan, Penan*, Ceylon Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Prrts, Plymouth and London. Through Bills of Lading issued for China Coast, Persian Gulf, Continental,
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      1257 11 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. Konfnklljke Paketvaart MaatschappiJ. Under contract with the Netherlands India Government. Agents at Singapore Ship Aoenct, uti J. Daendklh A Co., 2-3 Collyer Qcat. The undermentioned dates are only approximate Steanu-r From Ezp'ted~~ Will be desiatched forT— I'd ii Imhofi Batavia Sept. 4 Batavia, Soerabaya, Macassar, Amboina, I Saparoea,
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      603 11 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. N.D.L NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD Imperial Herman Mall Line The fast and well known mail steamers of this Company sail fortnightly from BremenHamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, and vice versa) Port Said, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki, and Kobe to
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      603 11 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. OCEAN STEAM SHIP Co., Ltd. AND China Mutual Steam Nay. Co., LtU. The Companies' steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China and Japan every week, and from Japan homewards for London every fortnight and for Liverpool monthly. One outward steamer each month extends to Vancouver,
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      602 11 INSURANCE COMPANIES. ROYAL INSURANCE CO. FIRE LIFE. TOTAL INVESTED FUNDS EXCEED £12,000,000. TH> LABOCST riKK OFFICE IM THE WOBXD. BOUBTEAD Co.,— Agents. THE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £2,127,500 Paid-up Capital 212.750 Reserve Fund £1,073,550 The undersigned, Agents for the Company, are prepared to accept fire risks at
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    PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TRADE.
    475 12 The monthly summary of trade of the Philippine Islands for December, 1904, contains an historical review and analysis of trade under Spanish and American occupation. It is an exceedingly comprehensive study. The general commercial affairs of the Islands are first discussed and then the various industries are
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    MORGAN STEAMER COMBINE.
    182 12 The annucl report of the International Mercantile Marine Company, states that the outlook for 1905 is more favourable, and the forecast for the first six months indicates "a large gain over the corresponding period, not only of the year 1904, but of the ye-ir 1903 as well."
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    67 12 The new German Charge 1 d'Affaires in Siam, Herr von Prollius, may be expected in Bangkok about the 12th Sept. The leave of Herr Coates, the German Minister, expires on October 19th, and in the event of his appointment to another country it is understood that Herr von Prolliug will
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      277 12 NOTICES. "3 or ftews of tlje Straits, T OuFdiluS Times. IT lai^S THE Largest Circulation O F ANY PAPER PUBLISHED IN MALAYA. FOR V>elegrams, READ otrciits Times. It may be obtained in Singapore at the following places Mtnn. John Little ft Co.. Ltd. The Rclruhment Bullet, Tank Sepoy Llnw ft
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      104 12 Town Clerk of Kumara, N. Z., Cured or Sciatica. George Robert Rudkin, Town Clerk, Kumara, N. Z., says: "I have very great pk-asure in stating that, having used Chamberlain's Pain Balm in a very severe attack of sciatica, I found immediately relief. Had before tried many other embrocations for the
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      305 12 NOTICES. RILEY HARGREAVES CO. LTD. si2sro-^:Fo:R,:E jlistd ipoh. m ENGINEERING WORK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. ENGINES BOILERS PUMPS HIGH-CLASS PASSENGER AND CARGO STEAMERS H CONSTRUCTIONAL WORK FOR ALL CLASSES OF BUILDINGS. ljKlU|jk.9a PIERS, etc. SPECIFICATIONS AND DESIGNS SUBMITTED. Sole Jigentsfor THE GLASGOW MOTOR LORRY CO., LTD. HIGH-CLASS STEAM WAGONS We solicit
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