The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 8 June 1899

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, JUNE Bth, #1899. No. (,10
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    CONTENTS.
    259 1 \RTH LES < uracy, trading < mpany, -,s^ I rnpiation if 35 lims, 354 354 nch President Assaulted, 354 rmanent Memorial ;54 557 it. nan Chee Lee Neo. 356 1 Pratt v. Kelly and Walsh. 356 Appeal Rcgina v. Chopard, 361 gaii l-*> inkrupt, v; ",362 35^.35^.3^2.3<»5»3^7 Dispute about
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
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      BIRTHS.
      38 1 On the 6ih inst., at Dove's Nest, River YalUy Road, the wife of WILLItN C. Sltkr, of a daughter. On the 4th May, at 2, London, VV., the wife of A. J. YAM Oostvebs, of a daughter.
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      DEATHS.
      42 1 On the 7th May, at Cottenham Lodge, Wimbledon, S.W., William Malndke Crocker, late Resident Sarawak, and Governor of British North Borneo, aged 56 years. Op. the 26th April, at 5, Linden Strasse, Frank-tort-on-the-Main, Aron Kal/, formerly of Singapore, aged 6l years.
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    THE WEEK.
    426 1 Ihe mail from Europe of May loth arrived by the P. O. ss. Bengal on Saturday afternoon. The next mail from England will be brought by the M. M. sS. Caledonicn about 4 p.m. on Saturday and will answer letters despatched from Singaporo on April 21st. Inaccurate statements
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    Mr. Foreman's Inaccuracy.
    718 1 Mrre -ii.tU the Presi the Tropic's right maintain, L'nawed by influence and unbnbed by gain; H» re patriot Truth her glorious precept^ draw. Pledged to Reiieion, Loyalty, and Law. (June Ist.) VVk notice that in a late chapter, that on the Tagalog rebellion, in Mr. Forkman's second
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    The Straits Trading Company.
    172 1 The figures contained in the halt-yearly r< |)ort of the Shaiis Trading Co, Lid. v hie h ill be found in Another column, show another exceptional half year. The Company brought forward from last v ear $86, i 77 and made a profit of $337,600. From
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    Marchand's Temptation.
    490 1 'June 2nd.) HIGH politic*! authority has ventured to define the chief feature of successful political journalism as "an intelligent anticipation of events." To those who have much direct responsibility in this direction the intelligent anticipation, which is so frequently vindicated by the sequel of facts is little more
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      139 1 ,to the Stng& >c F>ee Press Weekly m Kurope to the Straits by any ol 1 are invited u> send to the Manager f their steamer and dale oi arrival in Copies will then be mailed to meet ai iou port- of call. NOTICE •M is! June, iV; Mr. J.
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      79 1 MAISON PAUL, BATTERY ROAD. Great Reduction Great Reduction A large assortment of Ladies' Hats fr cm I'ari At greatly reduced prices 81.50, 52.50, £5 $8 to $10. A European Assistant, specially skilled in Ladies' hair di easing, just arrived by French Mail. A Staff now employed of 3 Europeans and
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    Mr. Rodger, C.M.G.
    433 2 (June sth.) As far as now known the only Birth-day Honour that has come to either the Colony or the Native States is a Companionship of the Most Distinguished OroW of St. Michael and St. George, bestowed on Mr. J P. Rodger, British Resident of Sclangor. This
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    Mr. Birch's Claims.
    153 2 We should have been well pleased if a C.M.G. had come to Mr. E. W. Birch, the strenuous, enthusiatic, hard-workingr Resident of Negri Sembilan. Indeed Mi Birch may well lay claim to a long seni- i- I ity as a Colonial servant over the Brii h Resident
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    Dreyfus.
    266 2 WE fancy that the Dreyfus case wilj prove the cause celdbre of all history. Our own Tichborne succession case was a long drawn out sensation in its way. But that was, however much it engrossed the popular interest, quite a private issue. In the D EYFUS affair it is
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    The French President Assaulted.
    395 2 (June 6th.) Events have taken a serious turn in France, evidently as the direct result of the decision of the Cour de Cassation to revise the Dreyfus verdict and to ordei a re-trial by court-martial of the returned captive from Cayenne. It is too clear that
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    The Permanent Memorial.
    1192 2 (June 7th.) NOTING certain observations yesterday in the columns of a local journal upon the Permanent Memorial Scheme it is easy to see that therein conclusions are rushed to that are unwarranted by the f.icts. It is there a>sevted that an alternative scheme by a Member of
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    THE REV. GEORGE BROWN.
    127 2 A Former Simoaporiam Former pjpils in the Rafflo Instit will remember Mr. Ge^r^r Brown was the Hsad Master in i.Sjo H afterwards ordained in th<- I'arN--and wa- seamen-, chaplain fur some He then wen: to Sydney, when Parish of P-*nrith and was Rura He has beer,
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    THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1899.
    478 3 THURSDAY, J UNE 1, 1899. The British steamer Bellerophon passed gh from East to West at 2.30 p.m. British India steamer Lalpoora X this morning from Penang five lathe Asylum and 1 1 prisoners for Chinaman were >esterday sent to r six, and nine months respectively, snatching a sovereign from
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    WITHER AMOK VICTIM.
    34 3 All Lim, one of the men wounded hoard the Sri Pontianak by the amok ir r Amang, died yesterday in the eneral Hospital a? a resuit of thr injuries '-then receired.
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    THE "PASSPORT."
    134 3 ite letter by the mail from a lady Berkshire, who had been visiting a 'ing near VVilna, Russia, gives a glimpse into tin unpleasant ways Russian officialism don't know whether X 's last Irtmentioned my adventures at Frontier I sent my passthe authorities be v\?6d before country, but
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    STRAITS TRADING CO., LTD.
    535 3 The following is the report of the Directors to the members of the Straits Trading Company, at the general meeting to be held on Thursday next, June Bth. Your Directors beg to submit the Accounts for the six months ending the 31st March, 1899, being the
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    LAND SETTLEMENT IN SELANGOR.
    63 3 A Settlement Officer is now to be appointed to each district in the State. The vacancies in two of the districts have already been filled up. This looks like business. The Survey office is no longer swamped with work as it used to be and with
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    OVER THE CHESS-BOARD.
    217 3 Gentlemen, to solace their wearied minds by honest pastimes, playe at chesse, the astronomer's game, and the philosopher's game, which whettes thyr wittes, recreates theyr minds, and hurts no body in the mean season." All communications should be addressed to the Chess Editor, Singapore F>ee Ptess. Problem
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    OUR SOLUTION TOURNEY.
    343 3 This begins wiih the positions given above, and will include all the numbered problems (June to December) appearing in this column. Key-moves only are necessary for two-movers, and for threemovers the first two moves in leading variations. Three points will be allowed for every correct key two
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    CHESS NOTES.
    439 3 Beware of an adverse Rook on the same file as your Queen, no matter how many pieces may be between them. We hear that the Singapore Chess Club Championship Trophy has been placed in the hands of a Hongkong Chinese firm for execution, and may be expected here
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    SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST A BANKRUPT.
    359 3 In the Second Court, yesterday afternoon, Mr. Percy William Wallace, late of 52* Grange Road, was brought before Mr. L. E P. Wolferstan for enquiry as to three or four allegations made against him by Mr. William Dalian of the Australian Horse Repository. The first
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    39 3 4 A French paper announces that th^ young Abbe* Perosi, who has oi 1 some note as a composer of sacn n .i-ii is about to abandon his religi «i ,11 in order the better to dcv< > his art
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    SINAGPORE VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY.
    133 3 Head (Quarter Office, Singapore, 31st May, 189$. 1. Orderly Officer. For the ensuing week Capt. W. G. St. Clair. 2. Posting. Mr. G. J. T. Elphick having been duly elected is posted Lo No. 2 Subdivision. 3. Resignation. The resignation of Gunner C. B. Schreiber dated 2oth
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    SPENCER PRATT v. KELLY AND WALSH.
    2101 4 As Interlocutory Injunction. This morning before Mr. Justice Hyndman Jones an application was made for an interlocutory injunction in the case of Spencer Pratt v. Kelly and Walsh, Ltd. Mr. Napier and Mr. Ferrers appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Buckley for the defendant.
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    IHE PADRE IN SCOTLAND.
    1118 4 No. V. A Letter from Auld Rbekie. (Written for the Singapore Free Press by the (Rev. G. M. Reith.) With due academic solemnities the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, and Lord Wolseley were invested by the Sena t us Acadcmicus of Edinburgh University with the degree
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    THE PLAGUE AT PENANG.
    32 4 No FURTHRR X X BS RkFORTKI). The following telegram \\n» n the Colonial Secretary yesterd from the Acting R< sident C T>< iiang Wo further report bubonic f
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    MALACCA.
    115 4 The Malacca Chinese Lawn 1 tub celebrated the Sixth Annivers ihe establishment u[ the Club and I j Birthday on tht 22nd, by holding tin sports, und l>y a tiflin t<» which the 1 an residents of Malacca were invited. Club House was tastefully decor. ..th flags ,ivn\ bannerets,
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    POLICE NEWS.
    188 4 met for throwing souk- dirl face of Warden Batten, while- in 1 cution of his duty in the Criminal was sentenced to four mouths 1 im i >flment. A Police Court peon report? thai fifty dollars were yesterday stolen from a drawer in the Third Magistrate's R where
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    JAPAN MISTRESS OF THE SITUATION IN THE FAR EAST.
    940 5 \1 K^ hv-Ke<»vifr in La Chine A <rr//r.) rj is preparing her navy. ibtedly it i» for a question to be in the lar Hast that it is being preLet us look into this. moment England is specially well In the
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    HOW TO COLONISE.
    609 5 Sir Andriw < lark t's Ad vies to \mirica. f Daily Chronicle SpecialJ A singular compliment has just been paid by President McKinley to a British Pro-Consul, and to British methods of empire making. There ha< been laid before Congress a report which sets out the general
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    THE FRENCH MISSION TO YUNNAN.
    126 5 Th< re still < onfiii ting references in j the In do-China papers as to M. Duumer's participation in the projected mission to Yunnan. The latest Tongkin allusion does not mention M Doumer, but says that a mission lias actually started. UAvenir dv Tonkin (lyth
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    FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1899.
    717 5 According to usage, fourteen or fifteen (hips of the British fleet will assemble at Yokohama this summer. General Viscount Kawakami, chief of the General Staff of the Japanese army died at Tokyo on the nth inst. The monthly sewing meeting of the Church Work Association will
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  • Correspondence.
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      130 5 The Blockade of the Philippines. I U THI Koitur. Di;ak Sir, 1 he following is an extract of a letter received from Kudat, British North Bui neo, which we think will be of interest to you "The S.S. Will o' the Wisp arrived here from the Philippines viaSandakan, to coal,
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    "SOCIETES PHILHARMONTQUES."
    638 5 The members of the Singapore Philharmonic Society will be amused at reading this allusion to kindred French societies »n Indo China. One fact comes out that the Haiphong Phil" gets §3,000 a year as a government grant-in-aid. Lord Just fancy Sir Charles Mitchell's feelings if such a proposal
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    TERRIBLE DISASTER NEAR AMOY.
    52 6 A Steam Launch Capsizes. Seventy Pers >ns Missing. to Cl:in,i Mail,) Amoy, May J5, Reports have bern brought in of a terrible launch disaster. The Steam Launch Yuen Wo capsized in Anhai Harbour. As there are upwards of seventy passengers missing, it is feared they have
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    ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
    378 6 S. C. C. v. H. Co. King's Own. These teams met last night on the Cricket Club Ground and after a fairly fast, although somewhat rough games, H. Co. were returned the winners by three goals to nil. There were far too many foul charges on both sides
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    PENANG PLAGUE PRECAUTIONS.
    173 6 The Penang Municipality has issued a notice offering two cents for every rat, dead or alive, bi ought to the Municipal Office. This is to be looked on as an evidence that Penang is determined to do everything likely to assist in stamping out the few indications
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    SINGAPORE GAS COMPANY.
    139 6 1 be annual report of the directors, which was to be presented at the meeting of the shareholders on May 18th, states that the accounts for the year show a somewhat similar result to those ot the previous year. The stock and other assets are all written
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    PLAGUE IN CHINA.
    36 6 Coolib Immigration Suspended. In consequence of the prevalence of bu- bonic plague in China, His Excellency the Governor in Council has made an orcY suspending coolie immigration to this Col«»--ny until further notice.
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    THE ASSAULT ON A LADY CYCLIST.
    48 6 The police yesterday arrested two men in connection with the assault on Miss Beattie on the Serangoon Road The men tally with the descriptions given to the police, but Miss Beattie has been unable to identify cither of them a? her assailants.
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    PLAGUE AT HONGKONG.
    151 6 Ihe following return shows the number of cases of plague that have occurred in each week from the beginning of the year During the twtnty-four hours ended at noon on the 2i May there were 10 cases and 8 deaths, and during the twent\«f>>ur hours ended at
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    WRECK OF THE "SELKIRK."
    121 6 Total Loss Near Mindoro. The Nova Sectian sailing ship Selkirk which left here a few dsys ago, nas been wrecked on the coast of Mindoro, a large island in the southern Philippir.es. The Selkirk was commanded by Captain rowe. She w.is distinguished as being, if we
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    THE PHILIPPINES.
    408 6 SPANIARDS EVACI'ATI>G ZaMBOANGA AND Jc)LO Yesterday (16th) General Rios was scheduled to sail for Zatnboanga and Jolo with the transports Leo,, 111 ami Potto Rico. The Leon XIII was to I go to unboanga and the Porto Rico to Jolo to j rJi a <he Spanish garrisons at
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    MR CLEVELAND'S NEW ROLE.
    116 6 It is rumoured in New York that c.\- President Cleveland will shortly become Professor of Politics at Princeton University. At the present time no University in the country has a (.hair of Politics, and the Morning Post declares the fact that significant of the growing interest
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    JAVA NEWS.
    989 6 \trom *ur ou-n CorrespovJtnt.M Another European has been murdered on the West Coast of Sumatra. The Padang papers give currency to a report that Mr. Lange, overseer with the Sumatra Mining Co. has been murdered by natives at Soengei Akoe near Alahan Pandjang. The murder seems to have
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    A CURIOUS REPORT.
    148 6 Returning the CaFTI khd i H Mbv-ov-War. A curious tcpjrt is current in Japan. the effect that as most of the Japan, ordered from Europe and America are no tt pleted and have been brought out to J Government proposes to return to war-ships captured in the
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    POLICE NEWS.
    106 6 On the 21st May Mr. Sarkies reported that he locked up his house safely on goin* to church, and lhat on his return he found $36 missing from his room. As bis boy had disappeared also he gave a description to the police, who have succeeded in arresting
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    THE RUSSIAN DEMAND ON CHINA.
    130 6 The Kobi Chronicle translates tlie fullowinf telegrams from Japanese papers: Peking, 1 4' h May. -From the action British Minister, 1 Peking, iiir a Britain appear-, dues n»t approve of the X 1 w 1 Jem 1 on China :ot th«.* concession to construct t\
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    ADMIRAL DEWEY IN HONGKONG.
    360 6 Aftei an absence oi >>v.:t twelve months the enervating climate or the Philip^ Dewey finds himself once more in H where he has called on his way home Canal. It was .i 1 j >ut half pasi tight yesletda U;srd) when 'he ()ly»tf:a »*)tited the I
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    CRICKET.
    252 7 Austrai 1\ s s r« Ess*. Ma) 11.— The Australian Eleven began 1 ,1 match of the tour at Leyton to-day County of Eases. The weather was warm, while the wicket was fast and in „rder for run-getting. When play was 00 spectators were present. \Yor»nd Johns are standing
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    Australians v. Surrey.
    464 7 SiRAi i^v Win kv an In MINGS \m> 71 Kins NDID BOWLIMO PekiORMANCF. OF HOWBLL. don, May 15, Heavy rain fell last night this morning. The wickets at Ken>val were soaked, and at twelve o clock, v(1 tor starting, play had to be postor i tune It
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    EIGHT DAYS IN ADVANCE OF TO-MORROW'S MAIL
    1586 7 (Vim Australia. j The Drkyi ls ScAVOAIA Major Esterhazy, who has achieved such notorlety in connection with the Dreyfus case, declared recently that the French Government tried to purchase the secret documents in his possession. It has been ascertained that M. Lebret (Minister
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    A SHIKAR RECORD.
    162 7 H. H the Sultan of Johore shot another tiger on the Castlewood Estate, just behind Mr. Larken's Stables, on Tue^>day afternoon. News having been sent to H.H. ihat a tiger was in the neighbourhood, he set off to Castlewood at 3 p.m., and on arrival was told
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    TO WELCOME MARCHAND.
    286 7 Great Boom Hking Worked Up in Franc c. Paris, May 5. Marchand is coming, and the coming of Marchand is to be no slight thing in France. The boom is not yet upon us. Indeed, the Maichand most talked about at present in the gay city is
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    ANNA'S PREDECESSOR.
    85 7 Ht She and "It." Mrs. Anna Rivers of Albany, New York, who has begun an acton for divorce from her husband, claims that the ghost of her husbai d's first wife makes her miserable. According to Dalziel it appears at nights, and frightens her so much that she
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    42 7 Lieutenant-Colonel C. L. Casey, K.A. was placed on the sick list on the 31st May and Lieutenant H. Galloway, Ist Royal Lancaster Regiment, on the 29th May, 1599. Capt. O. C. Robinson, R A M.C. arrived on the 30th ultimo from England.
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    SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1899.
    487 7 General VViNem Rooseboom, of the Royal Horse Artillery, who has just been appointed Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies, belonged recently to the personal staff of Her Majesty the Queen of Holland. It will interest our readers to know that this distinguished officer is paternal uncle of
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    BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.
    109 7 (Herald.) Mr. H. G Larsons, of Coolgardie, W. A., has arrived in Sandakan, with the object of taking up land for rubber and gutta planting. fhe Mausangi lair Sultan, took into Borneo 182 lre<: Chinese and 425 contract coolies, an unexpected and considerable influx tor the territory.
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    BENTONG NEWS.
    210 7 {Malay Mail.) The prospects of succe 4^ in tin mining arc now looking much brighter tli^n ever. Very rich results have been obtained i*y boring on one or two of the blocks newly sui veyed for Towkay Lokc Yew. We hear that t*o thousand more sinkehs have been
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1290 8 Quicquid agunt homines nostn est farrago libelli. Juvenal. English newspapers have not been so rabidly ecclesiastical of late. They have been discussing other topics, notwithstanding the sessions of Convocation and the holding of several diocesan conferences. Bishop have been busy pumping with toy fire-engines, Archbishops have
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    THE U.S. AND THE PHILIPPINES.
    550 8 Somk More Amerh w Opinion. [Star, San Francisco.) hat I loathe and abhor in these apologists for theft, rapine, and murde; is llieir accursed, sniveling hypocrisy. tiod, exclaim they in duet, has given the Filipinos into our hands, and it is o'ir holy duty to
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    THE STRANDING OF THE "SAPPHO."
    1518 8 THE STRANDING OF THE SAPPHO." The stranding of the Sappho on Pulau L'ndan at 320 on the morning of the 14th May, while on a voyage from Singapore to Klang, formed the subject of a Marine Court of Enquiry this morning. The Enquiry was conducted by the Acting Senior Magistrate,
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    A CEYLON SHOOTING RECORD.
    253 8 A Lboparu X lied with Kook Kn We have just heard, though the informal rathei laic, oi a curious shoot ii g incident, 11 fanc\ .t> ;-,hcs a record ol its kind lor Ceyl seems (fiat at Easter, Mr. 1.. Shipton, vi the v Department, was
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    M. M. M.
    43 8 The :uxl monthly Missionary M will beheld at Prinscp Street G Monday sth at 8 p.m. The subj the evening is "The Missionary Aspect of Temperance Work." Mr. S Tomlinson will preside, and Messrs. Morgan and are among the speakers.
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    THE VICTORIAN PERMANENT MEMORIAL.
    2273 9 The Present Position and Gentlemen,— As your recently| elected Representative on the Committee of the Permanent Memorial, to which you have idy handsomely contributed, I consider be my duty to indicate to you in what 1 lion the money contributed by you be new most usefully
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    ATTACKS ONLADIES AT HONGKONG.
    109 9 ATTACKS ONLADIES AT HONGKONG. Ihe Daily Press, in reference to the brutal assaults by Chinese on Ladies it Hongkong, observes What is of primary importance, however, is 10 have the streets and roads sufficiently well policed to render the commission of highway Jrobberies practically impossible. If the policemen on Kennedy
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    MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1899.
    535 9 Dr. Francis Wellford, Straits Settlements, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute. The Orlando arrived at Penang on May 30th and is expected to remain there till the end of June. Colonel Walker is proceeding to Xegn Sembilan and Pahang on inspection duty,
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    MAGISTRATES APPEAL.
    222 9 This morning before Mr. Justice Hyndman Jones the case of Regina Chopard ram up for hearing. This \va^ an appeal against a conviction of the appellant for carrying excess of passengers un board the S S. Sultan of which he is the master, and for which he was
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    THE EASTERN SCHOOL.
    697 10 Distribution of Prizes. The annual distribution of prizes took place at the Eastern School on Saturday last, and although it was not a school-day nearly all the pupils turned out in gay garments and bright faces to receive their rewards for the year. The Inspector's report, which
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    A SELANGOR ENTERPRISE.
    66 10 1 he >. langor Rubber Company (Limited) >a> been registered in Scotland with a capital of £20,000 in £i shares. Its object s to purchase lands and concessions in the listnct of Klang, Strait, Settlements, from md W. W. Bailey, Lowland Estate, Klang md to carry on
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    54 10 Ihe Perak Pioneer, in connection with he. receot football matches at Kuala Lum- r ;us—lt is to be hoped that next year ive ol the team chosen to represent Perak .Mil not signify their inability to play. (Which seems to us an insidious way of j ultm« >t vNith regard
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    THE ALTERNATIVE PERMANENT MEMORIAL SCHEME.
    484 10 The financial side of the alternative proposals set forth in Saturday's issue by one of the representatives of the subscribers on the Permanent Memorial Committee, would show that the detailed scheme would be almost certainly included within the Committee's means, while providing, as no other
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    THE SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST A BANKRUPT.
    239 10 Mr. WoUerstan continued his enquiry inio the three serious allegations made by Mr. Dalian of the Australian Horse Repository against Mr. P. W. Wallace, on Saturday. Lionel Mabbott Woodward, Acting Official Assignee, said on 13th April a receiving order was made against Mr. Wallace
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    MANNERS AT FOOTBALL.
    393 10 A correspondent mentions that it was E" Company, not "H Company, that took part in the last football match on the Esplanade. He also ma es one or two remarks of no particular importance about the game. But it might be worth remarking here that the satisfaction
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    POLICE NEWS.
    123 10 A Chinaman named Eng Chow of 58 Market Strett rep >rts the loss of §200 from an almeira, or press. The lock was broken but there were no traces o\ any forcible entry to the house. A Hokien Ayah named Tian Now, says that on the 4th instant
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    ADMIRAL DEWEY.
    210 10 To Arrive at Singapore. Admiral Dewey will arrive in Singapore in his flagship the U. S. S. Olympia on Monday the 12th instant, this day week. We note that. Admiral Eugene Watson, who in the war against Spain, was designated to command the American squadron to the Spanish
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    THE PAHANG CORPORATION, LIMITED.
    71 10 THE PAHANG CORPORATION, LIMITED. -.1 lne returns trom tht- Pahang Corporations Mines for the month of April were as follows Sungei Lembing. Ton* of stone crushed 1475 oxide of tin produced 54 tons with 30 heads of stamps running for 28 days working expenses, Ji 7,500. Jeram Bafang.—Tons of stone
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    ROULETTE AT PORT SAID.
    227 10 Anglo-Indians, on their way to and from land, not infrequently halt for a few d;i) Qr few hours in Egypt, and the temptation to one's luck at the roulette tables of Alexandria Cairo or Port Said occasionally leads to the tram fer of not a little
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    GAZETTE NOTIFICATIONS
    91 10 Fhe proclamation declaring the South China ports infected appears. Immigr*. j lion is forbidden from all the ports on and off the southern Chinese ports from long. 108° to i2u~ east, including the port* in Hainan and Hongkong Islands and Macao." Koh Leng of Singapore has been granted
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    THE PLAGUE AT PENANG.
    169 10 We regret to say that four more cast- of plague have occurred at Penang. one on the ist inst two on the 2nd and one on the 3rd. Of these cases one has proved fatal. We have no information as to whether these cases are indigenous
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    CRICKET.
    207 10 S. C. C. v. S. V. A This match was played on the Esplanade and although the S. V. A. looked like winning at one time, they were delcated by 39 runs. For the S. C. C. Carter took 4 wickets for 1 1 runs, Reid 4 for 32
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    PLAGUE PRECAUTIONS IN THE NATIVE STATES.
    142 10 A Ptrak (iovernment Notification of the IH says All vessels arriving from Penang at am purl in the £tate will, until further notice, be inspected before be ng allowed to discharge pa>.sen^crs or car<,'o. Masters of vessels arriving at Tanjong Piandang, Bigan Tiang, Te'uk
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB .
    184 11 SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB The June Monthly Medal Competition .\a* played «n Saturday the ground, as a] after the Races was in poor condition. rh^re was only a small turn out of playing numbers competing. It is pleasant to record r A A Karle's first win of a Monthly Mrdal and
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    THE LATE MR. W. M. CROCKER.
    390 11 (Daily Graphic Mr. William Maunder Crocker, whose death -as announced the other day, came of a good old nshire stock, of which it is said rocker, Carew, and Copplestone, When the Conqueror came were all at home. He was educated at a private school
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    SWIMMING.
    155 11 I he tirst of the three races for the Jackson Millar Cup of the Swimming Club was Mwnn yesterday at Tanjong Katong, under v favourable conditions Ihe distance of the race, 200 yds was measured off parallel with the shore, in about eight feet of water, running with the
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    SHIPPING NEWS.
    85 11 1 ne British >>.S. Edgar of London passed •lirough from wrest to east at 1020 am. •rday. The S.s. Leon Mil (Capt O. Gomez) left the Borneo Wharf yesterday afternoon. a taking 824 soldiers and 576 passengers from Manila. As she was getting into the Harbour a lady
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    THE LIGHTING OF SOKOTRA AND THE RED SEA.
    139 11 The lighthouse is to be begun this year on Ras Radressa, Sokotra, where the Aden was lost in 1 897. and the North iGerman Lloyd liner Oder in 1887. The light is to be of the most powerful description. H.M.S. Racoon has
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    CRICKET.
    273 11 Middlesex w. Somersetshire. The match, commenced at Lords' Cricket Ground on Whit Monday, between the above Clubs, has resulted in the former winning by an innings and seven runs. Gloucestershire Sussex. This game, played at Brighton on Whit- monday and following days, has resulted in a victory lor the
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    CABLES BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND HONGKONG.
    394 11 CABLES BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND HONGKONG. lii Ihe House of Commons on May Bth Mr. Provand aiked the Secretary Stale for the Colonies vUiether an agreement w.*s made on Oct. 28, 1893, bet we 11 the Secretary ot State for the Colonies of the one part and the Kastern Extension, Australasia,
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    AN ANGLO-GERMAN AGREEMENT.
    92 11 RUMOURBD Ik\NMKK OK WIfMAIWII. China anu Africa. 'Special to China Mail.) Shanghai, May 27. The China Gazette publishes an article to-day in which it is reported with reserve that an agreement has been come to between England and Germany providing for the transfer of the concession at
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    TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1899.
    702 11 To-day Mr. Brockman, the senior magistrate, had about 125 municipal cases to try. The Russian transport Odessa arrived from Odessa this morning with 1,770 troops. She leaves for Vladivostock at five o'clock this evening. Dr. Max Ptties, one of the directors of the Hamburg American line
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    S. R. C. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    112 11 The final in the championship was played of! yesterday between Messrs. W. A. D'Cruz an«i E. Gomes, when the former won by 6 5, 6—l. The following are the prize winners in the above tournament. Mrs. D. M. Martia presented the prizes Championship. Cup
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    RAUB.
    301 11 Rough (,le\s L'r. The local Secretary, the Raub Australian Gold Mining Company, Ltd., Singapore, has received the following telegram from Raub dated sth June, 1899: Rough cleaning u p of Battery yielded 2,500 os. amalgam, estimated quantity of stone crushed being 1,100 tons. While it is always impossible to
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    OUR GERMAN RIVALS.
    350 11 I (Globe, May gtk.J oniemplation of German progress in the FarEast t British expense brings with it little in the way ot ccmfort. Indeed, humiliation is the first feeling which will occur to most Englishmen in connection with the transfer of Holt's Bangkok and Borneo steamers to
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    ADMIRAL DEWEY.
    161 11 The Mar. la Times gives an account ot ih< Olympiads departure from Manila Bay. As Admiral Dewey's flagship ->aiied though the fleet in Manila Bay, flying the good-bye v.gnaU, tl ships' companies cheered most lustily and til bands played Auld Langsyne. 1 The Powerful was lying well out
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    JAVA NEWS.
    811 12 {from out gam Correspondent.} The management of the Belang Mining Co at Hatavia has received from Mr. Stormer, the manager, a collection of ore from the Wilhelmina and Emma drives. They contain very much free gold visible to the naked eye. The Dutch ironclad Fries! ami is to
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    SIAM AND HER NEIGHBOURS.
    1389 12 1 he Hon. John Barrett delivered an address on "Siam and Her Neighbours," at Westminster I own Hall, on sth inst., under the auspices of the East India Association, Sir Lepel Griffin, k. c.s.r., presiding. Amongst those present were Lord Reay, Lady Griffin, Sir G. S.
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    HUNTED BY LIONS.
    428 12 There seems to be something after all in the statements which appeared in Truth as to the dangers and difficulties amongst which the coolies on the Uganda Railway work. A Mombassa correspondent, in an interesting ietter to the Madras Mail, asserts that since the railway was started
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    ENGLISH AND AMERICAN COPYRIGHT.
    336 12 ENGLISH AND AMERICAN COPYRIGHT. Letter from the Pobt Laumati. In a letter to Mr. Hay, the ex-Ambassador of the United States to Great Britain, Mr. Alfred Austin, the Poet Laureate, writing from Florence. b ays.— "How is it that American law challenges English literature and Knglish men of letters at
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    THE PLAGUE AT PENANG.
    107 12 fre deeply regret to say that plague ha apparently secured a footing in p enan though but temporarily, we trust. The following telegram was received fron the Acting Resident Councillor. Penan* 0 the sth inst Bubonic plague two fresh i sickness, three deaths." Telegraphic information has
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    A MALAY BURIAL GROUND DISPUTE.
    614 12 1 bis mor;:iiig in the Supreme Court be tore Mr. Justice Hyndman Jones a interesting case to the Malay population was heard. The plaintiffs are D.,l a Inche I aha, Hadjee Rohdin, and I'andah on be half of themselves, and all other habitants of Kampong
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    93 12 It is claimed that women in I j America are growing lallei than iheii ny I lie physical development exercises w\ eh g in for so much nowadays are bou I lo pi these results. A physician who was addressing women's club the other day declared unequit N ill) that
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    "ENGLISH GRIMACES."
    218 13 in /> Mekong writes thus he Jn a U-ading of the sth April, our con--5 ngapore Free Press expresses manner the satisfaction produced in the exchange of political civilities just taken place between Siam .vernment of Indo-China. organ of the Straits is suffocated he pretends to feel, and
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    MAN STEAMSHIP RIYALUN
    160 13 I Gazette, May 3th.) i t mail there came to hand the com* II It's Bangkok and Borneo steamers ts, thu^ transferring the only the Sli and between lh« Straits and British >i over to the Germans the the transhipment trade. Our con I points very important
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    POLICE NEWS.
    63 13 after 10.40 p.m. last night Chan ported that seven Macao Chininto his house 10 Nankin Street ibsenre Four entered his wife's n» and three kept wat< h. After ng tv kill lis wife if she ciied out, ke open tin box and stole 100 worth of mall silver
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    THE AUSTRALIAN TEST MATCHES
    54 13 1 he balance sheet for these test-matches cads as follows In England 19 matches. England 12, ilia 3 Drawn 4. in Australia 32 matches. England 14. tralia 16. Drawn 2. rotal, 51 matches. England 26, Austra- Drawn 6. Ii- firsl test*match ot this Australian England \\a>
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    TRAGEDY AT HONGKONG.
    197 13 17th May) a very sad tragedy it West Point, an American named M irks shoot it tg his wife whom he had Monday last, and afterwards shooting i he o< currence took place in a house at Pokfulam Road, occupied by a Mr. and in. It appears
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    WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1899.
    578 13 The American yacht Norna arrived at Hongkong from Singapore on the 28th During the week ended 27th May there were 143 cases and 134 deaths from plague reported at Hongkong. A compass recovered from one of the Spanish men-of-war sunk by Admiral Dewey in Manila Bay
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    VOTES FROM THE NORTH.
    179 13 Attempt* arc being made to salve the cargo of the sailing -hip Selkirk which was wrecked on the j west coast of Mindoro. The Compania Maritima I steamer Ctsttllttt* has already succeeded in salvi ing I«6l bales of hem^ out ot the cargo ot 10,000 1
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    AMATEUR THEATRICALS.
    693 13 'Tom Cobb" at Tavglin. Ihe Amateur Dramatic Club of tha King's Own Regiment presented last night, to a numerous audience, a farcical comedy in three acts entitled "Tom Cobb" or Fortune's Toy." The Regimental Theatre was done up" for the occasion, and the stage looked very well indeed.
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    PIRACY ON THE WEST RIVER.
    160 13 Notwithstanding the fact that H. M. S. Sand' i piper and three Chinese torpedo boatfl are patrolling the West River, piracy i-> •still rife on that waterway. On Monday afternoon, Messrs. linker and o.'s Wo Oh vvas held up near Kum Chuk, and the passengers
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    ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
    316 13 S.( .C. v. Tanjox', Pagar Football Club. A friendly game between those teams was played last night on the Cricket Clv > ground and resulted in a win for th-j S.C.C. by one goal to nil. Tanjong Pagar are coming on and showed improved form. They had quite
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    WHAT THE FIGHTERS THINK.
    513 13 (New York P st.) We quoted yesterday »he letter from a Nebr soldier to his family, received at his home afte the cable had announced his deafh from wounds received In battle, in which he s=»id that I am ru I afraid, and am always ready
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    L.L.T.C.
    81 13 It has been decided by the Committee ol the L. L. T. C. to hold an American Mixed Doub'es Tournament tor a prize kindly presented by Mr. G. M. Preston. The competition will be a handicap, each pair to play six games against every other pair All entries dose
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    THE TRAIL OF THE BOOK-WORM.
    2316 14 11 "Ouoth Ja'aiar, bowing low his head: Bold is the donkeydriver, O Ka'dee and bold the Ka'dee who dares say what he will believe, what disbelieve —not knowing in any wise the mind of Allah— not knowing in any wise his own heart, and what
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    A BISHOPS HUMOUR
    101 14 The Bishop of Newfoundland rules a vast and dismal diocese. He told the Colonial and Continental Church Society that his sway had just been extended to the North Pole. He feared that one day some Church people might get there first, and then accuse him of neglecting
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    DREYFUS.
    263 14 Oh the snarling of the War Do^s in the Camp Oh the treachery and scandal all laid bare. Oh the pitiful perversions ot the truth. Oh the writhing and the twisting everywhere. Oh the Army whose fair honour is so dear Oh the mush of ladies veiled and brutes
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    THE PRITCHARD MORGAN SZECHUEN CONCESSION.
    82 14 Rbcbivbd Imperial Sanction. Notification has been received that the Agreement of the Pntchard Morgan Syndicate, for the mining right? of the above province, has been properly executed and has received Imperial (onfn- Special passports, the first ever issued m China, authorising mining operations within the
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    MAIL NEWS.
    985 14 A Centennial Vollntfkr Rp.vi KW It is now definitely arranged that the for the R .yal Review of the London Volun Saturday evening, July 8, by Field M, Prince of Wales, will be in Hyde Park nro! n* on the same ground where the event tooknl? which is
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    NAVAL NOTES.
    164 14 The Naval Cotnmuider-in-chiel is p< t the summer cruise of ihe British fleet. H. M« Aurora and Rattler have left to join thr A at VVei-hai-wei, and the Humbtf was to afternoon (29th) for the sam<; port* H Grofton is bein^ prepared to leave to-morrow, (30th), to relieve
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    A DISPUTE ABOUT "VANITAS."
    2086 15 A DISPUTE ABOUT VANI TAS." the Supreme Court this afternoon beSir Lionel Cox a racing case was heard. Plaintiff, Choi Sam Teong, says on 12th last h^ deposited with Mr. Harold no I4OS »6 or Rs. 600 wiih iusirucX k Vanitas for the Viceroy's Cup tas wun, and a sum
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    RICE THIEVES AND RECEIVERS.
    174 15 Yesterday Yong Keat Siang, of 17 Boatquay entrusted a bullock cart driver with 13 bags of rice, \a!ued at §91, to be sent to section 2 Tanjong Pagar Warf. The man had previously delivered eleven loads correctly, but the twelfth went amissing. The driver was found
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    EXCHANGE.
    75 15 (Corrected up to June On London. 7). Bank 4 m/s 1/ 1 I J-* demand 1/H4 Private credits 3 m/s 2/o£ documents 3 m/s */°A credits 6 m/s 2Jo\ France, demand 249 Germany, demand 201 India, T. T 149 Hongkong, demand „h% dis Yokohama, demand 4.^ pm Java, demand
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      711 15 May Ban Liong, Out. sir., Falck, for Banjermassin via ports. Bormida, Ital. str., Delaya, for Hongkong. Kamakura Marl, Jap. str., Trenut, for Hongkong and Japan. June i. Isabella Brit, str., Hudson, for Muar and Malacca. Kian Yang, Brit, sir., Hendry, for Muar and Malacca. Chow Phya, Brit, str., Jellicoe, for
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      THE DERBY.
      31 16 The Favourite Wins. The result of the Derby, run yesterday at Epsom, is as follows:— Duke of Westminster's Flying Fox 1 Damocles 2 Mr. J. A. Miller's Innocence 3
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      THE AUSTRALIANS.
      86 16 A Draw Against Oxford. In the match Australians Oxford University the result was a draw. THK TRANSVAAL. The Bloemfontein Conference. Sir Alfred Miiner ;<nd President Kruger have arrived at Bloemfontein. There have been official receptions RUSSIA AND BRITISH CAPITAL. A Russian Railway Loan for £2, 975, 000 l>as
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    THE PEACE CONFERENCE.
    157 16 The Dum-dum Bullet Discussed. Reduction of Armaments Unlikely. Pronounced Differences of Opinion in the Conference. The Committee of th< Peace Conference has decided to prohibit the Dumdum bullet. The dissentients to this decision are Kngland, Austria, and Italy. It is unlikely that the Conference will endorse the
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    30 16 iv r. Thomas Jackson Knighted. 'Special to Sing Free Press, M r, Hongkong, June 3rd, 1899 Mr. rhomas Jackson, General Manager Ol the Hongkong Hank, has been knighted
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    THE TRANSVAAL.
    298 16 A Blue-Book Published. Controversy on the Dynamite Monopoly. The publication of the Transvaal Bluebook referring to the dynamite monopoly shows that Mr. Chambr.lain vigorously prototed in January on this point. The I r;m>vaal Government replied denymg that the monopoly uas a breach of the Convention. Mr. Chamberlain's prottst
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    Arrest of Col. Paty du Clam.
    48 16 Charged With Forgery. Colonel Paty dv Clam has been arrested and charged with forgeries in connection with the Dreyfus case. BIRTHDAY HONOURS. A C.M.G. for Mr. J. P. Rodger. Mr. J. P. Rodger, the Resident of Selangor, has been gazetted a C.M.G.
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    The Australians.
    107 16 The First Test Match. A Draw. The first test match between the Australians and England, played at Nottingham on June ist, 2nd and 3rd, has ended in a In the first innings Australia made 252 runs, England replying with 193. in their second innings the Australians scored 230
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    GERMANY AND SPAIN.
    49 16 A Million Sterling for the Transferred Islands. Germany pays Spain a million sterling for the Carolines, the Ladrones and the Pellew Islands. Spain to Retain Coaling-Stations. Spain is to retain a coaling station at each group, which Germany will, if required, defend in case of war
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    THE BLOEMFONTEIN CONFERENCE.
    28 16 Results Absolute Secret. I lie results of the Conference between Sir Alfred Milner and President Kniger are maintained an absolute secret. London, $th June, rSpp,
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    54 16 AD 'IKAL DEWEY Leaves for Singapore To-day. 'Special to Singapore Free Press Hongkong, 6ih June. The U. S. cruiser O/ymfiia, with Admiral Deweyon board, sails; from Hongkong for Singapore to-day. 1 he U. S. flagship Qlympia came cut of dock .it Hongkong on ihe 291b. She has been
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    PRESIDENT LOUBET ASSAULTED.
    146 16 Patriotic League Demonstration at Auteuil Races. Many Arrests of Distinguished Persons. President Loubet visited the races at Auteuil. There was a violent demonstration of the Patriotic League, and Baron Christiani struck President Loubet with a stick. The arrests made in consequence of the demonstration include many of
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    LORD KITCHENER.
    68 16 A r arliamentary Grant ol £30.000. The motion to grant Baron Kitchener o Kharioum £30,000 has passed the House of Commons. BRITISH COLUMBIA Japanese Exclusion Vetoed. At the instance of Mr. Chamberlain, the Government of the Dominion of Canada has disallowed the British Columbian bill, which excludes Japanese,
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    SHARE LIST. JUNE 7th, 1899.
    336 16 Quotation. Capital. Paid Up. Sharks P Mr > Bank of China and Japan, Ltd. £i Nominal. 2,000,000 450,968 199,87:- i Deferred. £5 '->-' r r o 4^)° i. 1 Bell's Abestos Eastern Agency. S3 Sellers. 10,000 J 4 B's8 '5 8 4 8,584 Clear Water
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      616 16 VESS X L S IN PORT. vl.n-o-Wa, Flags and Tons Commanders Arrived From w Ktni '°LE Brit- cruiser. B°s8 °5 Booth April 22 Hon Kkoni. Road Other Vessels Flaes 4 Tons Masters Arrived From Consignees For Wl \Tl^ Bnt. 1822 Curry May v Melbourne McAlister Java, June. 2J oIU 1994
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      265 16 Per van Swool: Mr. M. A Carrvoil, Mfc Leenwen. Per Vorwaerts Mr. and Mr, Danberg children, Mr. F. J. Prajiman '>or &an Whatt Soon Dr. E. Mattie^en. Per Malacca Mr. Munro, Mi Rberv Sanderson. Per tle ttfe N!r- lino Passengers Arrived by the Ma J June I.—Per Parramatta; from H
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