The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 7 June 1892

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353 368 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly)
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    Masthead
    18 353 The Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES. TUESDAY JUNE 7th, .892. No. 254.
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    CONTENTS.
    64 353 1 R kh in i Me (ting VVorld'i Fair, a Local K\!>:bit. sla^Ne*** M MS Ga cations 57 [lie Photographic Exhibition, ne /\r!ieen W Mr. Bin«n and the Lawyen jgj I LI kWEOI y in the Strait^ tobacco* /v- Puniom Mines, *3 Hongkong Share Mari me* Soldiers in Shai
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    EXCHANGE.
    47 353 I »KRI CTIDI r rO |!\t i N I. M) o S IU iimtftts O n* j 1 j 3""'* tu| lirlflll 2 2J V '.N l!('M,,.nM, B ,Xd\%. rnand 1 t 1 ,v» d 1■ > 9KS, (t« buy I Bank >■■. England Kate 3 p. c.
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    PRODUCE.
    66 353 h n» 4-; Wm *B*| < No. i) rlo. So. B.ici !inai S'pon p l A j-> v U'i ie ib 59, tdn) 1650 c (in Blacks) a& ••< m-1 »-iir qual v ;70 i'.i'e (do. do. Iqs K-Mi <!.»,, 4. n\ 4 r >. iv--1 3.70 1 44..
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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    Education.
    1122 353 i orittin precept a draw, <'!' W 10 Kelictoa. l.ovaltv. and Uw. I HE annual report on education tor 1891 appears in the last Gazette. Thr usual figure* as to thr progress of education are given, and there seems do doubt that a substantial advance has been made. Three
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    Council Vacancies.
    222 353 (June 2nd). The Members of the Chamber of Comraerce did ivhat was expected o i t H s morning, when tl. nomii:atw Mr rhomas Shelford, c. M I<% r; o be the Hon'ble T. Shelford ruesdaf midnight) to sit on t!.e LegisV i r Council as representing the
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  • Page 353 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 353 Advertisements Column 1
      117 353 FOR SA.LE. I Mr. A. \V. SiivhN, leaving M lb, harness and phaeton by Simpson 1 >. oi Madras, in t.;o td order. lii >,m.. AlsmtUin, harness and Gig, by Dund c in rxcellenl Condition. v *»fc- m* ».t-< I'm v Ruttonjcc Merwanjee Co., Indian and Colonial Merchants. i. v
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    • Advertisement
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      276 353 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. BULSMBOROVGH M iRKKT. j "HI. Municipal CommKsioners o! Sin^apur? are now prepared to receive tenders for the farming of Ellenborough Market, along with the new range of Cooking and Eating Stalls and the new I-Vuit Market rying between* Fish Street arKi Teo Chew Street. i'he Farm will be
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  • Page 353 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      370 353 THE WEEK. The last mails from Europe arrived by V L s^a«ner Nurnberg on Sunday the homeward mails leaving by the German mail steamer o«jrr» on Saturday The French Mail from home was expected to arrive this morning, bringing dates an to May 13th. As regards the progress of the
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    TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1892.
    1700 354 Mr. and Mrs. Bethge arrived from Bangkok by the Gorgon to-day. The French transport Colombo arrived from Saigon yesterday, and left to-day for Toulon. The notice on the Postal Express regarding the opening of a Post Office at Tringganu is cancelled. The mail ior Europe by
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  • Page 354 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 354 Advertisements Column 1
      389 354 Howarth Erskine, Limited, Civil, MECHANICAL and Electrical Knginefrs, Iron and Brass Founders, Bridge and Ship Builders, GENERAL CONTRACTORS. AND TO H. B. M. GOVERNMENT. AGENTS FOR Robty, Engineers, England, Engines. Mum ford. Engineers, England, Pumps. Reddaway, Manufacturers Belting. Camel Hair. Hepburn's Patent Indestructible Valves. Hocking's Fresh Water Condensers. Eagle Non-Conducting
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    • Advertisement
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      406 354 XTONGKONG AND SHANGHAI n BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAI $io,ooo,<X)o RESERVE FUND 6,300,000 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PRO- $10,000,000 PRJRTORS S Court or Directors. Chairman— S. C. MiCHAELSEN, Esq. DtPLTY Chairman— L. POESNECKER, Esq. T. E. Davif.s, Esq. Alex. McConachie, Esq. C. I. Hollidav, Esq. J. S. Moses, Esq. H. Hoppius. Esq.
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    LUNACY IN THE STRAITS.
    1392 355 re P° rt f° f Dr Gil <"ore Ellis tho Wlum S P nUnd t °f the l. unatic Asylum -t Singapore, >s quott H jn th annual medic;,! report, contain* many interesting details. The avr^,, number of paticoti is >omethng over aoo. <l 4 were
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    THE ANGLO-SUMATRA TOBACCO COMPANY (LIMITED).
    538 355 THE ANGLO-SUMATRA TOBACCO COMPANY (LIMITED). Ihehrst meetings of the creditors and contributones of this company were held on ihe 2Qth ult.. at ..rey-slrcet, W.C., before Mr. Wheeler, Assistant Official Receiver. Accounts were furnished showing liabilities £4,3 > 5 assets £490. and a total deficiency ol £63,933 to the contributories. Ine
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    159 355 I he battle of the rikishas appears at last to have begun in eanu st, and was continued yesterday with unabated vigour, the Police compound at (.tie Centra' Station being crowded this morning with a larg< r number of defaulting rikishas than ever. Mr. Bland at the Police Court this
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    SELANGOR NEWS.
    93 355 (Gaeette, May 27th). Mr. K. M. Alexander is appointed a member of the Sanitary Board, Kuala Lumpor, vice Mr. F. G. West, resigned. Mr. David Watt has been appointed Foreman of Works of the P. W. I), at Kuala Langat, vice Mr. J. d'Alwis. Mr. J. A. G.
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    FILLIS'S CIRCUS.
    313 355 FiHis's Circus, notwithstanding the Hoods ol the previous day, continued their season on the Tank Road ground last evening, when a long, varied and interesting programme was gone through in fine style. True, the dirty and disagreeble state of the ground interfered to some extent with several of
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    SIAM NEWS.
    445 355 {Bangkok Times), Hi.- Devay v-^r. which nnived on Saturday, brought out a pair of engines and a boiler for H. S. M. S. Impregnmblt [Run YaugYot), which were landed at the Rong Lav the same day. They were made by the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company. The engines
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    ANOTHER VERDICT ON VARLEY.
    1403 355 {Hongkong Daily Press.) There are times when Her Majesty's faithful Commons get somewhat unhinged by temporary excitement on great party questions, and there are occasions perhaps when even the solemn House of Peers is unduly moved by sentiment, but neither Lords nor Commons, are likely to
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    THE JUNJOM MINES.
    436 356 \lk. BlamßT*! View. The first few words had withj Mr. T. Blarney in an interview which was accorded a member of our staff yesterday gave conclusive evidence that the Manager of the Punjom Mines is eminently a practical man and therefore tbe kind ot man that is
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    534 356 Tiu Captain <>\ the i ;-c C ricket 1 cam at Bombay H;» s expressed lu> intention of talcing a picked Eleven to Chicago during the \V<hM'> I air. It the team navels eastware and across \\w Pacific, Singapore get •> chance to l>< beaten by them. I \\vtv. Iki^
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    WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1892.
    769 356 Mr. H. Johnson. Reporter to the Evening Mail, Bangalore, and for some time on the staff of the Free Press, is to receive a Medal as a reward for active service at Fort White, during the Chin Lushai F^xpeditlon in 1880,-0.0. During a heavy squall early
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    SHIPBUILDING RETURNS.
    235 356 From the returns compiled by Lloyd s Register of Shipping, it appears that, excluding warships, there were 493 vessels of 843 078 tons gross under construction in the United Kingdom at the close of the quarter ended vst March, 1892. Comparing these with the return lor the quarter
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    ROBBERY AT THE POST OFFICE.
    239 356 A mysterious safe robber) took pluv at ih<- Post Office last night, .jm«l so i.ir :h< thiel has succeeded in avoiding detect i m, successfully iias the affair h«-en carried <i»if. There is. however, no ippcantno^ o( a lniri>l. iry. there being no signs whatever
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    SIAMESE FOOTBALL.
    502 356 Noticing the performance 01 a iru.ipr <it Siamese experts at West Point, the Hons~ mg Daily Telegraph says \tt. r one or two delays, owing i<» tin inclemency oi the woailuM. the Iroitp < f Si >m^se pi o- r > brought here by Mr. 1-. S Join
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    SUNGEI UJONG.
    369 356 (From a Correspondent.} On Sunday, the 22nd. a very heavy (j Or pour of rain commenced at about which caused a good deal of damag< t 0 railway line, washing it away in four diflfe ent places, so that no trains were ab!o to from Seramban to Port
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    609 356 i Iv (Catherine Aficar a new steel screw steamer imilt to the order of Messrs. Ap and Co., o( Calcutta, was launched on th» jty-h iilt. from the yard of Messrs. David and William Henderson and Co. at Parlick, and s intended for cargo and passenger scrvi«M between India and
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  • Correspondence.
    • Letter
      The Acheen War.
      1616 357 tub Editor. -Forgive me tor again taking the liberty of troubling you once more with a letter on the above subject. It was with no great surprise that I read a few days ago a letter in the columns of the Straits Independent challenging me to prove
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    20 357 Amoogst the passengers by the Surat to-day are the Hon'ble Mr. and Mrs. Burkinsliaw. and the Rev. G. M. Keith.
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    BANKRUPTCY COURT.
    154 357 1 lii-. afternoon before Mr. Justice Wood in the matter of Jame^ Walter Birrell who was committed tor con tern pi ol Courl in disobeying an injunction rt (rain ing him from selling or parting with certain goods in the custody of Messrs. Austen and Co., Mr. Don.
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    PERAK NEWS.
    1289 357 (Gazette, May 27th.) Mr. K. M. Marples, State Treasurer, retires from the service from June Ist. Dr. C. Leedi is appointed in his place Mr. \i. I. Brewster becomes Commissioner of Lands; Mr. C. Wray District Magistrate. Krian Mr. D. H. Wise District Magistrate, Batang Padang Mr. F.
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    THE HONGKONG SHARK MARKET.
    815 357 It is an ungracious task to have to remind people- of their losses, even though these may largely consist of depreciation on paper only. It is therefore an unpleasant duty to call attention to the very considerable fall which has occurred in Hongkong of late, in
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    LADIES AND BRAINS.
    406 358 Sir J. Crichton Browne delivered the annual oration at thenBth anniversary meeting of the Medical Society of London, held on May 2, on the subject of Sex in Kducation." In the course o* his remarks he showed that the female brain is lighter than that of the
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    News Later than the Mail.
    338 358 Sydne) M'_ ;i< scuHiffv; iv:c for thu dl tii/ion-'rp <•[ v. •1 ,cv! !,•> tvv-ii StanstMin and Sullii m -.-..i-. rowed imi the P. 11 i .tmai! rivit i\i..\ S:,'.u-i»,rv leil all iljo \v"iy. ;:m I »\<».. iv^i'«, !> v ,i,« t |<?m*l(H. Tiltl« .s
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    OUTRAGE BY CHINESE SOLDIERS IN SHANGHAI.
    357 358 OUTRAGE BY CHINESE SOLDIERS IN SHANGHAI. ihe Shanghai Mercury of ihc 20th Inst. >ays At tn« iate things are ijo.n^ on it fttß soon he uns.'te for Foreigners io walk the iticets of the SetJcir.ent, owing to the truculent rovvdyism of the Native soldiers. It is a yrc.u mtstaki to
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    THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1892.
    182 358 This afternoon about three o'clock a man-of-war was signalled from the east. The mail despatched from Singapore to London, via Brindisi, on the 4th ultimo, was delivered on the 31st ultimo. The German flying squadron, consisting of the frigate Leipzig and the corvettes Alexandrine, Olga and
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    632 358 s|jt<.i«'<! general ineetini ji the Chamber «>t Commerce was Ik Id in r!u* K\> i;.;:ii>< Rooms at noon t>-»la, Mr. jolm Viulr?r:on in i!i" Chair. Ih< v also j)!< --rui M«**sr* Sohst, K.ii'i)i;i;;, i«OVoll, Hrim, Rainier Viams, Bailout, J. F. Craig, an I '.'«p'-ii«'rii ht Frtedriolw, IJ-»nhl«
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  • Correspondence.
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      A Correction.
      117 358 To tmi Editor. Sir,— Referring to a paragraph in your issue of yesterday regarding my proposed committal for contempt of Court. Mr. Donaldson, in stating that no further good would be obtained by going on with the matter, now that the firm was in Bankruptcy/ and withdrawing the
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      The New Food Supply.
      243 358 To ihk Editor. Sir, I am not a shareholder or in any way connected with the Australian Butchering Coy., but I have tried the beef they supply and cut and come again." There is no doubt that the beef is A I, and like the well
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    A MAN-EATING LEOPARD.
    467 358 Even the most confirmed sensation -iiunter may find a surfeit «>f horror in the record of liis Ara.nl.alpu: man-eater whose career was t!y ended by th»- retributive bullet .1 few weeks ago. The destroyer, who ha been taking gr". toll of some four score of I.aipur v:ila^»s
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    28 358 Ill" ♦i; 11 c steamer 7 V it/i >n£ Pinmng came in 10-.iav from Pahang, ;ibout three o'clock. No advices from Ktliang by het bavf yet reached us
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    COLLISION AT TANJONG PAGAR.
    744 358 Last evening a collision took *D i between the S.s. Diamond, owned k Messrs. Bun Hin Co., and the Came/ of Leith, bound from Liverpool to Chi and Japan. Between five and six o'cln last evening it appears that the Diamond which was bound for Penang
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    145 358 A Hongkong paper records the arrival 11 through cargo to Swatow of Straits criminals, three in number, by the Wuigcang. They were promptly taken charge of by the police who forwarded them on to Swatow by tins Formosa. It will bo n membered that one of the points brought up
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    THE MARINE CLUB.
    1644 359 First Awivkksary Hinnkr. The Members of the Marine dub decided to celebrate the completion of their first Year's existence by a dinner and last night upwards o| sixty < a t down in the Club to an excellent dinner served up by Mr. Kahlcke. Mr. R Allan,
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    95 359 A Chinese Corporal last night about miJnight irude a clever capture of a burglar ao he was in the a» t of entering a house occupied by Messrs. Tulii Bros, in Victoria Street. The delinquent was ore of a band of three on plunder bent, and the Corporal comii'g on
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    THE RAIN STORM OF SUNDAY.
    290 359 Ihe very heavy rain storm of Sunday morning, as we briefly stated on Monday, caused a good deal ol damage at the Impounding Reservoir Works at Thompson Road. The water first of all gathered near the present waste weir, a channel on the further side
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    SIAM NEWS.
    579 359 [Bangkok Times, Mmy jBth.) A callous murder occurred on the first district ot the Koral Railway, which starts four miles from this city, a few days ago. The Siamese landowners through whose property the line is to pass are apparent 1 dissatisfied —cither with the amount of compensation
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    48 359 The >, Diamond, one of the; vessels cone r» In tie recent collision at Tanjoog Fa /T, and which had to be run ashore V t'tjlau J*rani to prevent: her sink w\ t in i-p wat»jr, was got afloat 10-day about <> p.m. when sht? v\ei\t to N«:sv 1 i.irhv)
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    RAUB.
    1032 359 The Mining Manager's Report for th fortnight ending 27th May, 1892, is a follows Raub Hole. In this section of the mine the work is entirely confined to pumping the water and cleaning debris out mi the shaft, so as to pump the water to the bottom of level.
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    ABSCONDING OF ANOTHER HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK SHROFF.
    219 359 ABSCONDING OF ANOTHER HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK SHROFF. The appended particulars of another serious lo?s sustained by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation pic tak n from China papers just v, ha.>«_ By the disappearance of one of their $)t ufl Lo Yuk, the Hongkong and Shanghai Bai :lng Corporation
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    FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1892.
    77 360 The Emperor of Japan is suffering from a mild attack of measles. Th^ Guy Mannering, from Middlesborough, Capt. Ford, brought with it Istons of dynamite for Singapore. The Work Meeting of the Church Work Association will be held at the Raffles Girls' School on Tuesday. 7th
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    PUNJOM AND SUNGHIE DUA MINES.
    410 360 PUNJOM AND SUNGHIE DUA MINES. The proposals to obtain fresh capital tor the purpose of resuming possession oi and working the Jalis Mine, are to form a new company with f>o,ooo ordinary shares of $4 <?ach, fj| paid up, and 81 A liability, and preference shares of Si* each. Holders
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    FILLIS'S CIRCUS.
    164 360 ln^ popular entertainment w t i& affitn well attended last even lag and «i very enjoyable programme o;o:v- through. The performing pony tl Rotey" was applauded in the balancing feat, where a ij;;rrel is rolled horn one end of a sec-saw to another. Messrs. Fettley Bros, in their
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    MALACCA.
    114 360 \tru»: cur own C#rnpf/»mi*i»M<.J Several cases of Chr tties, who have a short time previously sued people in the Court for money, being beaten have occurred during the last six months and on Sunday last Ifutia Chetty was attacked At a short distance trom his house by a Chinaman
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    SUPREME COURT.
    1528 360 Before Mr. Justice Wood. McCay v. the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co. This case was resumed this morning, evidence being called on behalf of the plaintiff, the first witness being Mr. Grant, who was called to prove that Mr. Raymond's chit was received by the plaintiff in the Hotel,
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    155 360 fwo iroolies, passengers on ixj:.rd the .\'diit't\ died fro!?< B»'ti-ber> on her wav from Sandakan. Mr. Ldouards. French Consul, arrived tr »m Bangkok by the £fe* .S>^ <7//.™. One i>f the larger thai has over visited Singapore, ihe J/tfr/> Hickmers, a ;i five masted steamer of 3045 tens, consigned to
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  • Correspondence.
    • Letter
      The Bankruptcy of Austin and Co.
      263 360 Singapore, 3rd June, ,8 02t lo j me kDiToa. Sir, Referring to Mr. BirreU'a letter* your issue of yesterday, we enclose copy 1 letter received from his Solicitors and our reply on which the remarks he co plains of were based. Mr. Franc is
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    THE OUTRACE BY CHINESE SOLDIERS IN SHANGHAI.
    573 360 THE OUTRACE BY CHINESE SOLDIERS IN SHANGHAI. The very serious affair which occurred in th* Marloo yesterday morning, and which was reported in these columns last ni^ht, say- ihv Mercury oi the 21st inst., has ended, as anybody acquainted with the helplessness and timidity of the Mixed Court in dealing
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY.
    135 360 Corps Orders. 1. Mobilization The S. V. A. will parade dt lort Inillerton on Monday at 7.30 a.m. Dress, white with sunhats, and gaiters. Overcoats, water-bottles and haversackb will be carried. Side arftis will be worn. Launch will leave Johnston's Pier at R.o a.m. for Siloso and
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    PRACTICAL ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
    989 361 The markedly successful nature of the temporary installation by which the Gov eminent House Entrance and Grounds was lit on the evening of the Birthday Hall and once or twice since attracted so much attention that the invitation of Mr O V rhoinaa to send a representative
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    PERAK NEWS.
    309 361 Pimtttg GamctH Comgpoudent.) No newt about our warriors in Pah.ing. I Yom private information, they .-Appear lobe doing nothing but bard marching over fearfully heavy ground, not too much to eat. and h lair dUMCe of being shot, like a garden thrush, by souk hidden enemy in the
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    413 361 A volume «>t Rudyard Kipling's Barrack Room Ballads is much noticed in the Press at Homo. Tlw Tiwts -in- they bear "the very form and pressure of Mr. Thomas Atkins in every »n«! retrain. This is one oi them TOMMY wni into v public-'ouse to get i pirn b The
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    129 361 Br*dslre*t has I. f iwo years p;i->i carried on an investigation into causes of bankruptcies in the United States. From the statistics of 11 business mortality" thus obtained, itappear^ that the 13*394 commercial insolvencies in i^oi were due to the following causes: Lick of capital, j 4,869; ccHmnercial crisis and
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    SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1892.
    373 361 The total return of visitors to the Raffles Library and Museum during the week was I I A Chinaman was killed yesterda) at i'ulau Bukum, when- the new petroleum tanks are being made, by the falling of a spar. He was struck on the back, his
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    GAZETTE NOTIFICATIONS.
    389 361 i r,r exportation uf arms, ammunition, gunpowder and tmlittry and naval stores *\yi\\ ;in\ port or p!i!ce in this Colony to Netherlan Is India i> prohibited for perio'l >! six months from the ist June. An onlor of Her Majesty the Queen providing for the exchange of fight
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  • Correspondence.
    • Letter
      Mr. Birrell and the Lawyers.
      151 361 To the Editor. Sir. Referring to Mr. Donaldson's reply to my letter of 2nd inst., the facts of the case as given by him ,ire again misleading, indeed I may say incorrect, and stated with all a subtle lawyer's plausibility and assurance. Irrespective of Messrs.
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    THE CHURCH IN PENANG.
    353 361 fPinajig Gazette.) llu annual Report, for iSoi, oi the Church oi St. George the Martyr, Penang," has boon issued. Wr dare to say that barely one out of fifty of the congregation knew that plain St. George's Church, Penang, was dedicated to a Martyr. After acknowledging
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    THE ANTI-FOREIGN MOVEMENT IN CHINA.
    346 361 THE ANTI-FOREIGN MOVEMENT IN CHINA. Phe other day we stated (says ihe Shanghai veiling paper of ihr» 21st inst.) that the LJ.S S. Petrel went up river in 1 great hurry, in co< < quence oi disquieting rumours frvm the neighbum hood of Chinkiang. We are sorry to say thai
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    69 361 Fhc Moyune and the Russian steamer Sorate, tea-boats, are expect o strive thi^ evening. By the Pmk Ling from Nagasaki thenarrived to-day a cargo of coals consigned lo the Borneo Company by the Mdlvcrn 3.073 tons from Cardiff for Messrs. Boustead and To., and Ijy the Hazel Branch from Cardiff
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    PAHANG.
    3508 362 The Semantan Expedition. The cx-Orang Kaya a Fugitive. M Special for the Free Press." Temerloh, May 26th. Mention was made in my last communication of the simultaneous departure On the morning of Fri.lay, the 20th inst., of the Briti jsi< l ,-nt to Kuala Lipis, and of Mr. V
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    THE LOSS OF THE JOHN M. BLAIKIE.
    215 362 The following is the finding ot the Marine Court of Enquiry iato the loss ol this ship r J rhe Court having considered the evidence regarding the loss of the British ship Join: M Rlaikie, Official number 90,500, registered tonnage 1,778 tons nett,
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1306 363 Place aux dames. The ladies are a!ways a topic of the week, and this week they have been more in evidence tjian ever. Have they not had a Rail, three Race-days, a Review and a Smoking Concert to show themselves? That is to say to show
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    THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION.
    1161 363 The Exhibition of the Singapore Ama-. 1 tcur Photographic Society may now be looked upon ai an established public function in Singapore, on 'two grounds. As a social gatheriug it is unique. One need not be a judge of art or photography to walk round and lo><k
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    NEWS & DAYS LATER THAN THE MAIL.
    1294 363 NEWS DAYS LATER THAN THE MAIL. London, May 6. -The Marquis -A Saiisbu: a a meeting o* members of the Primrose League in connection with the question of Home Rule for Irclan I, delivered an impassioned harangue <>n ben f of th« people 4 Ulster, who, he said, dreaded Se
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    A MURDERER'S CONFESSION.
    850 364 Deeming, the Windsor (Australia) and Rainhill Liverpool) murderer, who has just lately paid the penalty of the law for the murders he committed, has made the following confession. As the Executive Council of New South Wales and the Privy Council had then confirmed the sentence of the
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    232 364 A Province correspondent tends the Ptnanp Gazette nn account of a curious thine Be witnessed yesterday. He mites 1 I was on my way on duty to Perm atang Sintoh yesterdayi when, close to tinc»ridoe at Perroatang Binjei, 1 came across a Dumber ol Malays who were wondering at v
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    39 364 "in,-- v I «-c t< lin liibiton \Ut. FortSc !p- i-.n..:!k'm>m *o the „x r- n of pnyin r, nfTi ge of ihe e-hi:, r,, r rwa I a|»iil«cUHNis for?p*u th<* Br ,h uner tin ough Mm Atfc.it General.
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    GYMKHANA MEETING.
    695 364 The Gymkhana on Saturday afternoon was well* attended and provided the usual amount of entertainment fora large number ot people. Pine weather allowed the ladies to appear in strong force, and their fair costumes and fairer faces materially contributed towards the afternoon's enjoyment. The proceedings were still further
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      120 364 P(;R C ALE. A S* U Man*, Doyrcattand Harness. AnpK to the owner, MANILA CIGARS STORK. No Raitles Pla b. L>LAN< i> Ie t ti ii.ft.n.i ihiir customers L anH the put h gtneml that iliey have received 1 a vi ined suppl«ea of theChci*»»i Manila Cigars t oi selected
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      267 364 SAYLE CO., LTD. IN LIQUIDATION. THE PUBLIC ARE INFORMED THAT Special Bargains WILL HK OFFERED IN ALL DKPAKIMKNTS up ro ihi7th of June, AFTER WHICH DATE THfc BALANCE OF STOCK WILL BK SOLD HN This is a favourable opportunity tut purchasers who will not find it convenient to attend the
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      216 364 The Singapore and. Straits Printing Office, 15, Battery Road, Singapore. Commercial and Artistic Printers, BOOKBIM>EUS, STATIONE US. LITHOGKAPHBBM it n (t Acrot \t book MiNtrn-n nuns. WHICH DKVOTKS THK WHOLC OF IT* I'VI-HmUs Tv JOB PRINTING, BOOKBINDING, c n ttci: Most Replete Printing Office straits settlements Exceptional F a c
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      974 365 HOWARTH ERSKINE.LTD KI.KCTRICAI. ENGINKKRS. a X V', eels >*■••?•« Accumulators, Moto.s Arc and In. andesccnt I -imps, l^nipWire Cablm' Brackets, Hectnfim. etc." c,,. P Rloc, r ic Bd s and Anunciators etc. Kstimatcs given lor Klettric Lijfhtin^ etc. HMriac Tdephon.. or I -le K raph Installations or Lines. R X
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      678 365 Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. PHg public arc informed that the addftfl of t\\* S«)ciety's Inspector, Mr. K. F. Pa B Ur, is 21s Oueen Street, or Holley\ Livery Stables, i Orchard Koad. All persons wishing Ui report any fca»es of cruelty which Day oume under their
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      614 365 NEW ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION, LIMITED. I AUTHORIZED CAPITAL £2,000,000. Paid up £fo>o ooo Head Ofi ;ce, London, E.C. West Kkd Office, 25 Cocurtm St. W. London Bankers: Bank of Kn^land. Tnion Hank of London. Limited. Hank of Scotland. Branches. Australia, India, Ceylon, China, Japan, Straits Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zanzibar Aden,
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      737 365 t The Dispensary. 43. RAFFLES PLACE. Proprietor s. M wager A. MACKAY. BUSINESS HOURS. Daily from y m. to s p M Sunday- from II M. to 1 p. m. For urgent case>, where Medicines are required during the night, an Assistant will be found on j duty at the
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      630 366 THE PRYE RIVER DOCK, PENANG. The abo\ t Dock, situated in Province Wellesley at the entrance of the Pryc River, has lately been lengthened and deepened and is now of the following dimensions Length on the blocks o f Breadth at entrance Depth of water on sill at ordinary spring
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      555 366 TO LET. Entry at Once. pHF house known as Bushey Park, Telu 1 Blangah, New Harbour ;in thorough repair. Rent $so per month. Apply to PATERSON SIMONS It Co. May ia. u- c TO LET. Kstry ist Junk. THK Urge house opposite the P. O. gate*, at 1 New Harbour,
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      519 366 ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY. ESTABLISHED 1808. SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL...£i,2OO,ooo Sterling. Hkah Office, Q2 Chkapsidk, London. Fire Department. The undersigned having been appointed Agents of the above Company are prepared to take First Class risks at Current rates. THE BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED, Jan. I. CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LIMITED. Capital Subscribed $2,500,000 Amount paid
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      467 366 ROYAL INSURANCE COMPAQ OF LIVERPOOL. NY Capital £2,000,000. Funds in Reserve, Exclusive op Capita ;65>493>073. LIFE DEPARTMENT* .-The Company h recently revised its Rates of Life Premia and now prepared to offer very advantageous term Assurers. FIRE DEPARTMENT:-The Company is nr. pared to accept first class risks up to £15
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      633 367 NOTICE. SINGAPORE EXCHANGE IpHh Annual General Meeting of the Sineanore Business: By order, AI4DL J. GUNN, I ant Secretary. 10.6 CHAMBER OF^C^mTrcE?^ T H pl N i^ Ksq., C.M.0.,0t Messrs. Patkrson, Simons (Jo., having been proG^r™L J °«s!! S"?ri' E^' seconded rLih Ol ir' u h^" {or "omination by the
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      835 367 KNIGHT Co., 4 BARTER\ k(f\u. FURNITURE. t CURTAINS. PLATED WARE. CARPETS. PIANOS. CHINA. House Decorators. r PHE ONLY firm .:i tn. East thai can (orni*b a bouse with a thoroughly artistic aiu! tasteful cUsh of goods. Sl'H'n EVERYTHING 1 OR HOUSK FURNISHING. Bentwood Furniture o\ l»h^ 1 quality »upplied and
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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      The Czar and Czarewitch.
      32 368 P London, jotk A fay. r&'yj he Emperor and fempreSJj of Russia go to Kiel on Thursday next on a visit to the Emperor of Germany. 1 1
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      The Irish Education Bill.
      30 368 London, Jilt, May, ltfqj. In the House of Commons the Irish Educa t >»i Bill has been read a second time. Tho maj was on< hundred.
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      Suez Canal Dues.
      34 368 I. en lion. Isi yum tSgj Ih< Sue/ Canal Company have agreed to make a reduction from January next of Tia.lt a Ir.iru per ton <»n t!u du< s now charcred.
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      Parliament.
      15 368 It n>w appears certain that Parliament will br dissolved the last week of June.
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      The Monetary Conference.
      37 368 ("he Governments of France and Germany have l>otli notified th» United States government that Ihej will send delegates to the International Monetar) Conference. T!i« meeting of th< Conf< n nee i^> thereFore fully assared.
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      The Derby.
      38 368 fhe rbllowing is 1m result oftheraci forthcD^tby. Lord Bradford "Sir Hugo' 1 Baron de Hirscfa > •La Pleche 2 Mr. C Blan< > M Becentaure 1 fhirteeo horses n-.u t h^ m inner started ar forty to om
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      Mr. Gladstone and the Radical Programme.
      30 368 London Jim '7: r&yj. !he Right tion'bli W. E Gladstone speaking at a hug< meeting accepted the radical Nf*urastlc pro.;' in it- i*ntln t\.
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      Launch of a Petroleum Steamer.
      40 368 London x $rd June y iShj. lht Mil it ()\t first steamer owned l>v Messrs. Samuel* i<>r transport of Petroleum in bulk through the Sue* Canal was launched last Saturday from <ii;i\'^ yard, Hartle(ft I.
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      The Election of President.
      44 368 i he excitement regarding the election President of the [Tnitn States ism- i ceasing. Messrs. Blain< and Cleveland art- the leading candidates for the Presit^liip. The Republican convention ■< g ttes will assemble at Mi n ipolis on 'h enth instant.
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      The Oaks.
      198 368 London, .<*■ fume, 1892, 1 li« for ihe (»<k- suited as folI >WK Bai Hirsrh's La Kleche 1 'i-' Smew 2 Nona's Lady Hermil 1 s (ij mik of 4,500 soys.; the winner r ;.«N«o MMPB. the nominator of the winner 100 boys., the owner ol the second
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      The Mauritius Disaster.
      56 368 1 ric Chancellor ol the Exchequer lias asked Parliament lor loan of six hundred thousand pounds stt rli \g un account of thr recent disaster at Mauritius. The Emperor Willis n visits England. The Emperor of Germany intends paying a vis-.t t Her Majesty t\u Qireen at
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      The American Presidentship.
      29 368 Ti^.e Whi c Mr Blame's party in i!i" United s «t' 1 pushing his candidacy, Mr Blame remains silenl is to whether hr lor it. Presidentship
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      A Royal Betrothal.
      52 368 It 1 port d that the Princess Marie, daughltn of 11 R I 1 ihe Duke of Edinburgh, is betrothed to the Crown IVm< <. ot i\ naoia. Mark Alexandra Victoria, born Oct. Crown Prince of Roumania is Prince 1 --I I i »}>•"•/ Uern, born Au^.
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    SHARE LIST JUNE 4th, 1892.
    171 368 '*<. iN'VI V r>?- Quotation T S'hai Hank. 103% Prem s, Sh V !uo Pd Div v. i.>r>fr-rwa! IV-siik <• v^i' r f io.ou),ooo flo oxvxvi tK>,OOO 1>- r>j -I*''"- Si97i Buyers 6^"'^ X<MI 5" 6 p.c. i '>— 1 3 0 UT^fe 3 )O^
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      71 368 Just .vived. I^INEST Englisli Hams about .s-iitt.s weigfht. Price 32 cents per lb Prime English Bacon in pieces of from 9-12 HIS weight. Price 23 cents per lb. Kolu- >moktd Tongues Price 50 cents each. Kobe Corned B< el In kegs Irom 1 \j 1 6tb~ each. Pncei6 certs per
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      55 368 Passer gers Arrived. ila -IV. llbc. from Deli. -Mr, aria Mrs i and Mi Oltentx i i ••<• n l>' ..»r. -l> >' s^" B A Mi and Mrs Hi:;. r. The) and !h Meyer. :el v l|- KL-wf. Mr. Ste- v .1 i. .r Urey v, 1 Mr.C Wriglit,
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      820 368 Per Billiton from Klang.— Mrs. Dunlop, Mr. Bartholomew, Mr. Martin, Mr. Moll and Mr. Minjoot. Per .SV/vr/ from Hongkong.— Mr. B. Hlia-. June 1 Per Sumatrm rfom Oeii, Mr. Bruyn. Mr. Bucksath. Mr. and Mrs. Ballot, Mr. Rickert. Mr. Dredister, Mr. Hirscti and Mr. Schwal PtrStcMttJra from Madras —Mr. Reimai
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      678 368 26—Imacos, Nor.bq., 577. Olscn, Muntong, Apn ii, Salt, Master, for Shanghai, Uncertain.-- X. II— Tonjo, Ital. bq., 1,432. Terra New York, Nov. 7, 39,200 cases Kerosine Oil, Rchn Meyer Co., l T ncertain.— R. Sherard Osbokn. Brit, str., 876, Brereton, Malacca, April 14, Cable, E.E. A. C. I Co., Ltd.,
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      487 368 May 23. Brit, sh., Favonius; Dunham v. York, Feb. 1 Batavia. l>e May 2%. Ger. sh., Alida; Biet; Shields; t e k 23 Samarang. May 24. Am. sh., P. H. Bi. an chard Blanchard New York, Feb. 12 Hongkong. May 24. Ger. sh., RlOBL; Leopold; S ai 0 April 28
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