The Straits Budget, 22 September 1896

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    130 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE VvEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” 0 straits Times has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Asia, British India excepted. It circulates in Singapore and Penang, throughout all the Protected States of the Malay Peninsula, in Siam, Borneo, the Netherlands Indies, the Philippines, and
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  • STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY,22ND SEPTEMBER. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      BIRTH.
      15 1 Ki.rr Valley Road, on the 17th, Kennedy, Chi»*f Engineer, r /r of a daughter.
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    386 1 I- \t:n t AgilaTiou. ft War. ■> ;a:: A lac in. 'sjr-rii.ir Takes Advice. KDown. ■•up! ion,. :ig**r l.i-T. ■ijij'iiio N ".v fe ■*i; Miichoil. B'! Ibwu til 6raTiJirati.nl. Bill Welding. B' harlp Mitchell. lliett of Produce. B r ’’-'ii t*iii European Stores. B Ll:.v at (hit-stations
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    474 1 Singapore, 22nd September, 1896. Gambler, f ™0. do Cube No 1, o-if do do No 2, 8.50. Cgpra Bali, do Pontianak, Pepper, Black...... Sago Flour Sarawak, >, do No. 2.S0. Pearl Sago if:: Coffee, Bali, >’ Coffee Palembang,. oo or Coffee, Liberian No. 1 K Tapioca, small
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    370 1 The mail for Europe, this week, eaves by the M. M. s. s. Sayhalien. The German mail from Europe by the. Priaz Heinrich arrived on Wednesday. The German mail for Europe by the Bayern dosed yesterday. The M. M. s. s. Oceanien with the mail from
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  • REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
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      GREAT FENIAN PLOT.
      131 1 NIHILIST AGENCY. THE PLOTTERS ARRESTED. THEIR PROBABLE DESIGNS. London 1 oth September. Tynan, a Fenian, notorious under the nickname of Number One, has been arrested at Boulogne on a warrant that had been issued. Eighty-two Fenians, including Bell, Wallace, and Haines, have also been arrested. All of
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      ARMENIA.
      50 1 INCREASING AGITATION. The Agitation in England in favour of the Armenians, fomented as it is by letters from Mr. Gladstone, Lord Rosebery, and Mr. Asquith, goes on increasing in the pulpit and in the press. Mass meetings in support of the agitation are being arranged for at various places.
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      LI HUNG-CHANG.
      10 1 Li Hung-Chang has sailed from Vancouver to China.
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      THE UNITED STATES.
      33 1 A SOUND MONEY VICTORY. Mr. Powers, the Republican candidate, has been elected Governor of Maine by an immense majority. This is regarded as a triumph for the sound money party.
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      THE ARMENIAN AGITATION.
      42 1 MR. GLADSTONE ON THE STUMP. Mr. Gladstone, by letter, urges the holding of a great meeting.at Liverpool to protest against the massacres of Armenians in Turkey. Mr. Gladstone says also that he is willing to attend the meeting himself.
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      THE ARMENIAN AGITATION IN BRITAIN.
      58 1 AUSTRIAN ALARM. NEWSPAPER THREATS. London 17 th September. The Austrian newspapers show alarm at the agitation in Britain in favour of intervention in Turkey for the Armenians. They bitterly accuse Britain of fomenting troubles in Turkey, and declare that any isolated action by Britain will
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      BRITAIN AND TURKEY
      83 1 BRITAIN •WILL »<)T INTERVENE ALONE. A WARNING TO THE TURK. London 18th September. Reuter has been informed that Britain does not meditate taking isolated action against Turkey. But Britain, «6o it is asserted, will never again take the part of the Turkish Government. Furthermore, it is alleged
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      THE CHINA LOAN.
      24 1 The balance of the last China loan has been issued, but only half of the amount asked for has been subscribed.
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      TURKEY.
      26 1 STRAINED SITUATION. London, 19 t/i September. In view of the present situation of affairs in Turkey, three additional Italian men-of-war started yesterday for Turkish waters.
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      THE ARMENIAN AGITATION IN ENGLAND.
      44 1 SERIES OF MEETINGS. A series of meetings on the Armenian question to be held in the great towns of England was opened, last night, at Birmingham and Nottingham. Strongspeeches were made, demanding Britain’s intervention in favour of the Armenians.
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      TURKEY AND BRITAIN.
      66 1 A SENSIBLE LETTER FROM LORD ROSEBERY. London 21st September. A letter by Lord Rosebery on the Anti-Turkish agitation has been published. Lord Rosebery says that he is unable to agree with the opinion that Britain might depose the Sultan by herself. In support of this. Lord Rosebery
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      SUCCESS OF THE NILE EXPEDITION.
      39 1 The Egyptian forces have occupied Kerma unopposed. The Dervishes lost heavily and retreated in the direction of Dongola. The gunboats had already arrived at I Dongola, and had seized the Treasury and granaries there.
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  • Obituary
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    36 1 HEATH. I*- ph instant, Stephen Lawrence. t A*—; .-:i Boarding Officer, Chinese Singapore, aged 28. yeai*-*. please copy. I. rr pMol Road. Islington, Loni !-i in., on the idtli installi. I K n'.uiTL Harper, aged 43years.
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    THE FENIAN PLOT.
    263 2 (•Straits Lirm >■, 1 r»/A Septsmltfr.) Since the Home Rule agitation foil through and the prospects of the Nationalists grew fainter, the Fenians have raised their heads. They maintain that parliamentary tactics and persuasion to gain Home Rule are vain—which seems pretty clear—and that Irish independence should
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    THE ARMENIAN AGITATION.
    272 2 EmpText Viewing the Armenian question from a dispassionate standpoint, the violent ebullition of feeling now exciting the people of Great Britain scarcely suggests itself us being particularly useful, wise, or necessary. Tin* intemperate letters of statesmen who are not burdened by tbe cares of office, ami who
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    THE MATABELE WAR.
    428 2 (IStraits Times 1 6th September.) Earl Grey, the representative of the Chartered Company in Matabeleland, has telegraphed to the Directors of the Company that the war there is over. Earl Grey further states that to the action of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, in meeting the native chiefs, and
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    AUSTRIAN ALARM.
    310 2 Strait* Thm's, 17 tfi To- day's telegraphic news reads unpleasantly: hut it need not he taken too seriously. The continental newspaper critics of Britain s conceivable action relative to Turkey and Armenia do not fully recognize that Mr. Gladstone and his allies are hut a -mail part ion
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    THE GOVERNOR TAKES ADVICE.
    918 2 (Straits Times 18 th September.) The Governor is becoming full of u sweet reasonableness.” The re-com-mittal of the Municipal Bill at yesterday’s meeting of Legislative Council, and the proceedings consequent thereon, are quite in accord with the arguments we have advanced on this important measure. Yesterday,
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    CLIMBING DOWN.
    361 2 (Straits Times 21.*7 September.) Lord Rosebery, according to to-day’s telegram, lias given what should be an extremely effective quietus to the Armenian agitation in Hugland. He has declared, in a letter that Iio is unable to agree that Britain might depose the Sultan, in view of Russia’s resolve
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    PERAK LAND DEPARTMENT.
    94 2 The Commissioner of Lands, Perak, writes in his report for the half-year ending 30th June: —Working on oiw present lines and with the expenditure of a little more money, Perak land work (demarcation, settlement and issue of certificates) should be up to date in the near future,
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    DEPORTATION OF LEPERS.
    127 2 Towards the end of last month, nineteen Chinese lepers were shipped off to China from Sydney by the Government of New South Wales. The steamer taking them was to call at Queensland jiorts and take away lepers from there, also. The arrangements were so complete as to
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    DOCKING AT BANGKOK.
    36 2 The Bangkok Dock Con,,. I to be going ahead so J had to extend its hn«u ,1 a < it J The Siam Observer notes that pany has been invited m ‘Chat bUiWi '“«>-fra
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    THE LATE MR. HARPER
    131 2 Stittuyor Journal. It was with very great I news by telegram of the Steve Harper was received J '/I Lumpur on W ednesday last a 1 to leaving on long leav'c in \ij>l not been well for some timet 1 ma n L. fn f nt
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    AN ITALIAN IN TROUBLE
    147 2 The military arrest of an IrJ named Catalini is reported f ron jjj kok. Catalini was chief board tin* Siamese man-of-war P,J tion, at Bangkok. It is alleged resigned, the other day, outb-J of-war receiving orders to jj Bangkok for the coast, after with throats against
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    THE JAPANESE IN FORMOSA
    153 2 AF okmosa correspondent of ihel/ J hong Daily Press writi-s as follows. r s date the sth of September: Just as foreign merchants \\>r. <v gratulating themselves upon tlnu-r-pect- of renewing business in *-aq lior, news comes that the < of a British firm has been
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    THE RICE MARKET.
    223 2 The Rangoon Times contains 1 article on The unfortunate he® the rice market;' “By a f ,rt Bull.” Two or three months ago, the writer, millers, shippers, an* 'i* lators sold rice then, when t.«»- P w’as Rs. 270 to Rs. t0 now, the price in the
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    TUESDAY, 15TH SEPTEMBER.
    91 3 ..class ironclad Navarin and ThG’V "vessels arc coming out to Russian Pacific squadron iV.ro-"" fU ,'.q.rinC lian a for woollen goods is ,Kt in Japan with rapid strides, r v oiupaiiies are preparing to v t jj. jiniiie supplier Government is said to ;,«1 tie* Nippon j
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    LADY MITCHELL.
    14 3 >in< ii kix. attended by Captain im visited ll.M.S. Cur point afternoon.
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    MUNICIPAL MEETING
    26 3 meeting of the Municipal .♦a- will be held in tin* Board ;,riiiet:ow, at 3 p. in., to recon- a pleiiM ntal Budget No. 3.
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    FELL DOWN DEAD.
    30 3 vi-ha puller was pulling his Svnagogne Street yestcr- in- when lie fell down dead 7 o tare at the time. Death is r. J t<» heart disease.
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB
    29 3 d<l« nt’ < prize at tin* Sepoy f;,.lf Chib was won by Major with 1 holes down, Mr. C. ..>:uiiiir second, with 7 holes Colonel Bogie.
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    CHINESE POST OFFICE.
    26 3 }i K«*|*'* h. Statistical Secretary j -j«irtorate-( ieneral of Customs. »iav»* been apt»ointed Postal v. t superintend the inauguram \v Chint*se po-tnl service.
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    CYCLE PROFITS.
    25 3 \i*: -an arlizan. who professes 'iddy versed in the details L*im'•ays that the actual iiiiiaeto.ring a bicycle, now Vs -<* "'lon. dot not exceed
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    ILLEGAL GRATIFICATION
    26 3 iti,*imed Hting Alt boon, rikisha had been detained, in ritrtogt*T iht* same released, offered poral No. and a.* arrested. The prisoner was fined t\isN*nlay.
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    JAPANESE MATCHES.
    27 3 .I;:)«;uh*h* Consul in Bombay •tt's to i.'s Government that the Japanese matches are very <\ an<! display a lack of honesty iit ot Japanese manufacturers »xp;:h*r~.
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    CHINESE TEA.
    266 3 ;> published from British Con- ;i r ]mils give depressing mt'ot tiietca trade of the country so s x}w »rt ;ire coneerned. Tims from \*port of scented tea to Great lug the season 1885-96 was 1 against 5,500.000 lb. the prer and <;,<MJO,OOO lb. for 189;i-»4. 1 was
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    OIL MILLING.
    37 3 Hetout has it that the flotation of tlii- Shanghai Oil Mills Coniparfy. Ltd., has been successfully accomplished, and that four months hence the mills will lie turning out large quantities of cot-ton-seed and other oils.
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    THE REBELLION IN MANILA.
    46 3 On the *th inst., Commodore Boyes, at Hongkong, received a telegram from the* C aptain ot the lfedpole stating that the boat must remain at Manila for the present, from this it is to be inferred that the situation is considered serious.
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    THE ASSIZES.
    45 3 1m: Assizes are proceeding before hiot Justice Sir Lionel Cox. The ourt was engaged to-day in the charge against Lee Keng Watt, of forgery, using as genuine a forged document, and cheating. The Attorney-General appeared for the Crown, and Mr. Brornhead Matthews defended.
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    THE HONGKONG CLUB.
    59 3 Ai'lmjcatioxs are invited in Hongkong tor 5200.000 in 83 per cent, debentures of $lOO each. These debentures are issued in order to enable the Hongkong Club to nay off the existing mortgage on the land whereon the new* Club premises have been erected. The debentures are to
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    SIR CHARLES MITCHELL.
    68 3 The reiterated assurances of II. E. Sir William Robinson that his term of office a< Governor of Hongkong is almost at an end have given rise to speculations a> to who is likely to prove his successor. There is a belief in official circles, says the China
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    COMMERCE IN TONQUIN.
    61 3 I’m; Hanoi Chamber of Commerce recently resigned in a body as a protest against the manner in which their recommendations were ignored by the (Sov’eminent and commercial grievances left im redressed. Their action has been fully endorsed bv their constituency, all tin* former members having been re-elected.
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    HONGKONG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    71 3 A special general meeting of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce is to be held on the 17th instant. The meeting is called for two objects: one to nominate a member of the Chamber for appointment to the Legislative Council, the Hon. T. H. Whitehead’s term
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    ALLEGED THEFT OF PRODUCE.
    84 3 Two detectives were watching the river at nine o'clock last evening when they saw two sampans going down loaded with a good deal of produce, mostly sugar and rice. They stopped the boats, and the two Chinamen in charge, being unable to give a satisfactory account
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    DOCK THEFTS.
    87 3 A Hokien, named Li Ghim, was arrested at New Harbour Dock, on Sunday, for theft of 40 lbs. of lead and three rolls of copper wire and another Hokien was also arrested for being in possession of nine catties of lead, in Teluk Blangali Road, also belonging to
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    THEFTS FROM EUROPEAN STORES.
    88 3 An old offender, named Lim long, was sentenced to six months’ rigorous imprisonment, this morning, foi thett of a bag of sugar, belonging to Messrs. McAlister Co., valued at So, in Battery Road, yesterday. The prisoner onlv came out of gaol three days ago, after undergoing
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    THE STORY OF CRETE.
    835 3 PROWESS IN OLDEN TIME8. There are not many islands with a more stormy or more heroic history than that of Crete. In remote antiquity (says a writer in the New York Tribune) it was the redoubtaV>le Isle of One Hundred Cities,” and had an illustrious line
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    23 3 The chief steward of the German s. s. Frigga was fined ®20 yesterday, for assaulting a Japanese cook in town on Saturday night.
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    SIR WILLIAM MAXWELL
    771 3 HIS POLICY OX THE GOLD COAST. ADVERSE CRITICISM. Sir William Maxwells policy on the Gold Coast, successful as it has hitherto been, meets with adverse criticism from a section of public opinion there. That opposition, apparently, arises from his starting innovations and reforms too fast, considering the
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    HINDU WEDDING.
    55 3 The neighbourhood of Kampong Bencoolen was in a state of some considerable excitement last night, owing to a Hindu wedding, on a grand scale, which took place from a house in aterloo Street. For several hours, the procession, accompanied by the St. Cecilia Band, paraded the streets, and
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    RHEA, RAMIE, OR CHINA GRASS.
    1874 3 for lie Straits Times Ihe reproduction of the Times article on Ramie in your issue of the sth September is well-timed, and should draw the attention of planters and Straits capitalists to this interesting fibre which bids fair now, thanks to the new process of
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    THE POLICE AT OUT-STATIONS.
    500 4 THE NEED FOR EUROPEANS AND TELEPHONES. (From a Correspondent.) Some little attention is needed to the way in which the out-stations in the suburbs are, as at present, placed in charge of Malay sergeants or corporals. Now that the European contingent has been somewhat •strengthened, it
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    JAPANESE COMPETITION.
    221 4 CHEAP BICYCLE''. In the course of an interview with a representative of the Netr Yorh Herald Mr. H. I). Moffat, President First National Bank, Denver, U.S.A., said: “The Japanese are now laying down bicycles in San Francisco at $12.50 each, and they are going to open a place
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    LI HUNG-CHANG.
    149 4 A REFLECTION ON TIIE BAGPIPES. Li Hung-Ciiaxg, when in Scotland, paid a visit to Dalnieny House, the residence of Lord Rosebery. There Li Hung-Chang and his following entered a cab engine, but before departing the ex-Vieeroy was treated to music by a juvenile bagpipe band. Tim performance afforded
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    ASIATIC CREWS IN THE CHINA TRADE.
    347 4 According to the Idrcrpoul shipping Telegraph, the increase of Asiatic crews in the China trade lias its social side which calls for the attention of tin* Missions to ►Seamen. It. says Excepting in the Holt" fine of steamships from Liverpool, the “Hen" line of
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    LITERATURE, ART, MUSIC.
    1107 4 Mr. J. Ashby Kterry has written a novel under the title “A tale of the Thames.*’ Mr. John O'Leary’s Recollections of Fenianism will now he published by Mi\ Downey .about the end of September. Messrs. Osgood's autumn list includes a volume by Professor R. L. Garner, entitled
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    WEDNESDAY, 16TH SEPTEMBER.
    104 4 Local Genera] Orders day. give, among other programme of Colonial Tr 1896-7, the following (approximate), by transport lion Rifle Brigade, Hongkoi^ pore and Penang; '•>„/ '’SI North'd Fusiliers, Si„ gap re to England, landing about *1 en route at Gibraltar early in* i H to join Ist
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    MAIL TERMINUS.
    28 4 I he British postal authoritiesd, intend to make Hongkong the uw port for the mails. Tenders hnv*£ invited for conveying the mails W Colombo and Shanghai.
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    THE KORAT RAILWAY.
    34 4 Tiie preliminary meeting „i arbitrators in tlie proceedings betti* the Siamese Government and 55. Murray Campbell, re the Korat U way, was fixed to take place at on the 9th instant.
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    HAVAS TELEGRAMS.
    36 4 Pam, BfA The French squadron in the Levant b been reinforced. A very serious plot lias been dis-uvr* in Manila to overthrow the Spanish ami* rity. Reinforcements are being forward*; to Manila from Mindanao.
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    DISHONEST TRADERS
    37 4 Before Mr. Brockman, yestenhr, Inspector Bateman prosecuted toi Chinese rice merchants and tradeoff using unjust dachings and weights. The defendants pleaded guilty, and four were fined 310, two $15, and remainder $20 each, with costs.
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    FURIOUS DRIVING ON THE ESPLANADE.
    52 4 A licensed driver, named Koopw sainy, was summoned before Nr Brockman, yesterday, by Mr. Hoojm Registrar of tin* Hackney ('nrr*g* Department, for furious driving outkf Esplanade. The defendant, wli«» h» been previously convicted for dmilr offences, was fined $5 with aw his license suspended for
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    INSECURITY IN SIAM
    64 4 The Siam Free Frets draws a picture of affairs in the province Petriu, where several French mi?;) 1 aries have been attacked by brigand The brigand chiefs were still at large at the date of last advices. The 8iaiu«* authorities are said to be so in keeping
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    FIRE IN RAFFLES SQUARE
    78 4 A small fire occurred in the *ari» hours of this morning at the Pharmacy, No. Id, Radios Squat*, attention of a Sikh constable 4 was ca* to the fact that smoke was issuing r the premises, and the Brigade, >iih Mr. 0. P. Owen, speedily turned
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    ADVENTURE WITH A CROCODILE
    160 4 Our Muar correspondent vr: on Friday last, at 9 p. seized a Chinese boy, about r old, at the riverside, as he way*'***at a theatrical performance th ere reptilewas makingoffwith the cries of the boy aroused 1 v 1 in the neighbourhood, but them stirred to
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    HYDROPHOBIA AMONG SOLDIERS.
    71 5 o ftln* Gordon Highlanders, f ;F l! Dv a mad dog in the 1 "**V |jji(North India) recently, •;rr» y M treatment, the otlier men of the same regiment, y ,1 by a fox kept as a pet ,l j. loom, were sent to Paris i 'rtni-lit
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    FRENCH PROTECTION.
    74 5 ,r,* of last advices from BangVnnl.wdian named Kadir, who ~,.*ll protection, was under Oourt for murder, ginning of the proceedings, M. IVoitrit Minister Resident, V. n Court against the trial, ami pri-oncr to reply to anv at to him. The Siamese ,mii'-idted, and decided to •j, t!)'- ‘-a.-e.
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    THE CABLE MONOPOLY.
    87 5 -r 1 ,ui of the cable companies ufi-ing telegraph charges in and Shanghai is that it is -r tie* loivign merchants that ifl'h to operate. The Cliairsli.ingiiai Chamber of Coin-.-.died the attention of the -t. 1 at Pekin to “the ap;r fit able and racial distinc- -v
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    THE ROYAL COLONIAL INSTITUTE.
    72 5 I; <\ a olonial Institute have die twenty-seventh volume ittmjs tor It contper*. read before the asso- bring that period, including Mr. K. A. Swettenham on i; in Malaya. The other 1 with British Influence i tin* Defence Question I. the Sugar-producing Hxoloraiion in Central Aus-
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    WIRTH'S CIRCUS
    141 5 r iivus. recently arrived after *'-bil tour in the North, t evening in a large tent at mi <>f lliver Valley and Tank hie limi>e was crowded in "O' I’nib and the applause that •'TV item of a long and enter- ;'i "graiiune showed that the ’<Mir had
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    INTERPRETERS.
    167 5 ea*e< beard within the xitli,* second Magistrate’s a respondent, clearly 'M "t duly qualified and "‘Mpreters in the German k. '7 ''languages. When a Ger1'1 is required, which, as vl!'! Japanese, is, happily, -iff 7, Magistrates have to i<‘ services of a couple of wlm are capable of >£
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    THE HOUSEHOLD.
    1349 5 NOTES FOR HOUSEKEEPERS IN SINGAPORE. (Ily a Lady ‘Correspondent.) •Motto for the week faith in lu <* «t all, pt t,,at 1 believe good luck will carry a wilTooH ditc, if >' e ju.npFwen a y nd lo 1 l > ce of haeon into his pot, if
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    TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
    353 5 (From the u Times of Get/ton") l.ottJon, 7th Septeother A scheme has been mooted for the estab- lishment of a European Gendarmerie for I Crete. The Porte, replying to the Collective I Note of the Powers regarding the implieaI tion of the police in the late massacres* I
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    BEGGARS PROSECUTED.
    53 5 At Penang, on the 13th instant, the police arrested or seized over one hundred and fifty Chinese beggars found in the streets. The next day, they were brought before the magistrate, and either sentenced to terms of imprisonment or cautioned and discharged. The Protector of Chinese, representing the
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    677 5 This morning, there was some fast work clone on the course, and, of those that were sent along a bit, I think Locky showed as good style as anything. This horse has picked up very well lately, and is now looking veryjnuch better. Abrams had out the Betsy
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    A SINGAPORE DIVORCE CASE.
    130 5 LEWIS VS. LEWIS. An action for divorce a vinculo matrimonii has been filed in the District Court of Colombo by Jessie Theodora Maud Lewis, of Colombo, against her husband, Power Lewis, of Selcgie Road, Singapore. The plaint inter alia states that the plaintiff and defendant were
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    THE COLOMBO HARBOUR WORKS.
    67 5 The Engineer says that recent announcements in the House of Commons make it clear that Imperial aid towards the construction of a dock at Colombo is to be conceded. There can be no doubt as to the value this undertaking will have both for the East
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    BY GERMAN MAIL.
    2602 5 -TiitK*. August THE MATABELE WAR. Karl Grey, the representative of the British South African Chartered Company in Matabeleland, has telegraphed to the directors of the Company that the war is over. Karl Grey states that to the action of Mr. Rhodes in meeting the native chiefs, and
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    HOME NOTES.
    715 6 Mrs. Beecher SI owe was n delightful talker. She loved to gather a small circle of friends around a fireside, when she easily took the lead in fun and storytelling. This was her own ground, and upon it she was not to he outdone. Let me put my
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    THE ASSIZES.
    884 6 CHARGE AGAINST A EUROPEAN. \t the Assizes this afternoon, before Sir Lionel Cox, Chief Justice, and a common jury, Robert Pinkerton. late second engineer of the s. s. Choir Phya was charged with attempting to murder one Sang \eong, by striking®or pushing him on hoard the Choir Phya
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    THURSDAY, 17TH SEPTEMBER
    107 6 At Legislative additional sum«uf sr,<nx. '■‘*l.l the Tan Took Seng H^r^l rights over certain highland, Fort lassir Panjang were resolution. *1 Tiif. Petroleum Conimisdo' I against the creation of a r;.,j depdt for storing petroleum. Twj mission recommends no aetioo7] kind. Mr. Swettonham, |,o»,. ver j not
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    THE GOVERNOR
    17 6 Ills Excellency the Lady Mitchell leave for Kuala hia to-morrow morning, at lOoVh-LV Sen Uetle.
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    CHOLERA.
    25 6 There were three cases reported in the A police division.; morning, one in the B division w\ in Beach Road. Two «>tii«u* «•.>,•»» also reported.
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    DEATH OF A MALAY PRINCE
    34 6 Tengri* Chik, wife ofH. H.Tnq Diauddin and daughter of His 11.ij the Sultan of SiHangor. sueeuiiiTj beri-beri on the 6th inst. Sin- u> receipt of an allowance of month.
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    MR. ANTHONISZ.
    29 6 Mr. Anthoxisz, who has Inen <ti in connection with the inquiry ing Indian coolie immigration. 1 returned. He relieved Mr. Bruda from duty in the first yesterday.
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    THE SELANGOR POLICE
    33 6 The Selangor Police will con-n all Malays. The Sikhs and Yu* who were not selected for service ml Guides, have been discharged ongr:»*'Some of them have found on the railway.
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    ADULTERATED MILK
    35 6 Before Mr. Saunders, this mu*® 1 the Rev. Mr. Dunkerley, actingb'M Chaplain, prosecuted a Hindu, n* 1 Ramsami, for selling milk adnlteri with water on the 2nd instantcase was postponed till the 24th
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    THE ALEXANDER MEMORIAL
    31 6 Further subscriptions to of *59.50 have been received by Mitchell for the “Mrs. Memorial Fund as follows: w bv Madame Mazet in Perak Blunn *5.50, Rev. H. Henlu•—*s9.so.
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    TRIANGULATION
    29 6 Report says that it lias been to continue the triangulation the Indian Survey Depart** 1 Burma to Singapore and Peninsula, thus connecting of the Indian and Straits surveyors.
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    A STOREKEEPER PROSECUTED.
    50 6 A STO REKEEPER PROSECUTED. The embezzlement case a?® 1 f .j Meyer Co.’s storekeci«j t< Penang Assizes, was l >,(K e u in: at the date ot last difficulties in the 1 1 0 oM ly regards a witness who -l* Cabuli or Afghan is expected to last till t
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    ALLEGED FORGERY
    41 6 ALLEGED FORG ERY Thk usher of the Court, naiiKHl a warrant that Jwid l c!l ;ir- fl his arrest, yesterda', rv;lll r forgery, as a J»> '*> f)iargl J prisoner was h»rina uki Mr. Blagden, rfl'is »w> case was postponed Bail: 5500.
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    COFFEE IN BURMA
    47 7 that European planters of >:»i i" 11 n-itive rivals in Burma, i/A*' i i fre j. j n growing the berry are fy l ;1 ressful. All kinds of lands t under cultivation; and M ,r and bring money to the i Turinese cultivators.
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    CRICKET DEFICIENCY.
    53 7 r.\<; of the Colombo (Ticket 1,1 oil the 3rd instant, to take ,n»ve the position of the H. Alston (Captain) T j|• 1 1 the actual deficiency imaccounted for amounted IP I.500 It was decided to al to all members to con- ally, and Rs 1,000 were snb-
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    THEFT.
    58 7 ki AV afternoon a revenue otfiH ia 'hop in Victoria Street .nine gunny bags. While ;i to the price he placed a *,v ,-outaining s lu on tin* table, t’j,,. transaction was com- 1, ,x was missing. At the I tit. tin* <r<iithiuj of the -diop and. ha>»* being
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    THE PENANG FREE SCHOOL.
    74 7 1,. i; hi.. CM, in his report on the I uuai inspection of the Penang states that the number of I j.t, .1 for examination was 445, I .r f 1 in 1 s O5 the passes > j per cent, of those possiI s per
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    A STREET FIGHT.
    66 7 street tight occurred last the junction of Ch inchew y.\ and South Bridge Road. A a it sriiis took a pumalo oft’ i-.j. t!:e theft being naturally i v the owner, a elan tight was in progress. Damage to the f about. 840 was done, bricks f
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    TWO COMPANIES TO BE WOUND UP.
    60 7 ,i*i yky general meetings ot Serau Lipis Company and of S mantan .lellei Syndicate, were held to-day at the ll.M'in. Those present were <y Anile. Mr. S. I>. Bailey was r i:*imnm. The notices calling weiv read. It was agreed The Companies be wound
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    THE ASHANTEE EXPEDITION.
    75 7 ••uneltision of the garrison ii;:di*at Portsmouth on the 23rd nnant-Ceneral Davis, coni- i tli«* southern district, visited T *iia barracks, and presented L y officers and men of the Nuhiberiand Fusiliers, Army 1 l "!|><, and Royal Artillery with award in connection with r F nitre expedition.
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    WIRTH'S CIRCUS.
    83 7 r i'a'iiie Circus, playing at the k ;ii <»t Tank and River Valley '♦K -ave their second performance 111 HHie programme was a id interesting one, and included i* vt r acts of horsemanship, ui'nil the high trapeze, and '»its. There was a very large alienee; and a
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    CHARGE OF MURDER.
    133 7 Assizes this afternoon, the I V A us '•onnneneed of a charge of I gainst a Kling man. The |u. T ,e, ial jury was empannelled ar K Hinnekindt, A. W. K Craig, U. W. Brown, k;' ami Rauch. The Crown |*Vii nt >y Mr. Delay, in
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    MINING INSPECTORS IN THE NATIVE STATES.
    790 7 A long letter from u Mining Engineer,” on tin* subject of Minifig Inspectors in the .Native States, appears in the current issue of the Perak Pioneer The writer saysSir,-In your issue ot the 29th ultimo, you referred to the fact that the Perak Government,
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    LATEST HOME CRICKET.
    1538 7 (By German Mail.) SURREY V. LANCASHIRE. The last hojie of Surrey’s retaining their championship title for another season was extinguished by their defeat at the Oval on Saturday (August 24th) by Lancashire, who for t he second t i me tli is season beat t hem, the
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    LI HUNG-CHANG’S FAREWELL.
    390 7 •‘to THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN." Li Hung-Chang, on his way to Southampton to embark for America on Saturday, August 22nd, handed the following farewell manifesto to the special correspondent of the Daily Telegraph To the People of Great Britain On taking my departure from British shores,
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    THE HEALTH OF PENANG.
    133 7 It is reported that the Resident Councillor of Penang has had special enquiry made into the cause ot the high death-rate throughout that Settlement during June, July, and August last. There has been no epidemic that can account for it. et, in July, the deaths in
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    ARE WE TOO PROSPEROUS?
    1187 7 The following letter appeared in the West min* ier Gazette of the 21st ult.:— Sir,—J4on't you think that all this talk about“ made in Germany misses the point? If Gorman manufacturers are locating ns out of some markets, is it not because we are too prosperous
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    BY EXTRA MAIL.
    1940 8 LORD SALISBURY ON BRITISH TRADE. The Association of Chambers of Commerce lias been in correspondence with the Foreign Office respecting the assistance which can be rendered by Her Majesty s diplomatic and consular representatives to the development of British trade abroad. Lord Salisbury replies at great length,
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    FRIDAY, 18TH SEPTEMBER.
    91 8 Arrangements have been made to shortly open a German Lank in Bombay. ThK body of a male Chinese adult was found this morning in Smith Street. A watchman at Mr. Abrams’s stables was kicked by a horse a day or two ago, and died to-day. For smuggling
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    AUTO-CAR ACCIDENT.
    27 8 At the Crystal Palace, on Aug. 17, Mrs. Driscoll, of Croydon, was knocked down by an auto-ear, which went over her head, death quickly en.-ning.
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    MORTALITY.
    27 8 During the week ending with the 12th September, 104 deaths were registered in Singapore, including twelve from cholera. The ratio per thousand stood at 42 08.
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    CHOLERA.
    26 8 Between noon yesterday and noon to-day, seven eases of cholera were reported. Five wore discovered after death, and the other two were sent to hospital.
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    BURGLARY AT TANGLIN.
    33 8 Last night, a robbery was commit led at tin* residence of Col. Bogle, Tanglin. Two diamond rings and some jewellery belonging to Mrs. Bogle were taken away\ The thief escaped.
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    JURORS’ EXPENSES.
    33 8 It is officially notified that persons attending the Court on jury summonses in Perak will in future he entitled to a refund of the necessary out-of-pocket expenses incurred in attending Court.
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    FATAL ACCIDENT.
    41 8 Three days ago, a Bengali syce, named Hamah, was kicked in the chest by a horse. He was not able to work, but the case was not considered serious. He was, however, found dead in his bed this morning.
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    PAHANG COMPANIES.
    44 8 On the second of October, at 2.15 p.m., there will be held meetings of the Pahang Semantan Jellei Syndicate and of the Palumg Serau Lipis Company to confirm the resolutions about winding-up. The dividend will be only a few cents a share.
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    THE GOVERNOR.
    44 8 His Excellency the Governor and Lady Mitchell, accompanied by the A. D. C. and private secretary', left this morning in the Sea Belle for Klang, en route to Kuala Lumpor, where the Governor will meet the various Residents of the Native States.
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    ABOUT LABELS.
    55 8 One Tan Koh Cliing, manager of chop Eng Guan Chan, at 187, Cecil Street, liajf obtained a warrant against a clerk for having got printed 150,000 opium wrappers bearfhg marks. Ocr\ ougTjw an, of Bali. The complainant fears much damage may be done to the interests of his
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    EDUCATION IN CEYLON.
    65 8 The Governor of Ceylon has appointed a special Board of Education. The duties of the Board will be to advise upon matters referred to it by the Governor; to conduct examinations for teachers, to perform such other duties in connection with education as may be entrusted to
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    BACKING HIS OPINION.
    78 8 A civil servant of Ceylon is about to become an agriculturist. The civilian in question is a Mr. E. Elliott, and he is about to take up the cultivation of paddy, which some years ago he endeavoured to show was, in spite of the paddy-tax, one of
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    POSTAGE STAMP TAX.
    79 8 1\ Bombay, anomalies in levying the duty on postage stamps have attracted attention. It is pointed out that stamps conveyed by the China or East African mails, being delivered without detention, escape the duty at Bombay. The result is that an enterprising dealer in Singapore sends to
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    THE CHINESE BURIALS BILL.
    81 8 After much labour, says a correspondent, the Chinese, entrusted with the interests of their countrymen, have favoured the Government with Their final views on the Burial Bill. This hill has been a bone of contention for several years, and it is now hoped, though it would
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    POST OFFICE PROSECUTION.
    86 8 Yesterday. a letter carrier, employed at the Post Office, named Chun Hok Ng<v, was prosecuted by Mr. L. A. M. Johnstone, acting Postmaster-General, for detaining several letters given to him for delivery (in all, nineteen letters and a circular) between the 7th of August and the 3rd
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    BIMETALLISM.
    92 8 A financial correspondent of the UumImiu Gazette states that great preparations are being made by bimetallists in Berlin to carry on their agitation. Three members of the Imperial Government, including the Chancellor, have expressed'themselves favourable to the re-opening of negotiations with England next spring with a view to the
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    TOBACCO IN DELI.
    209 8 The lhl I Coara/U reports that the prolonged drought there broke up on the 10th August, and rain continued from that date to fall almost daily to the end of the month. Upon some low-lying estates, the flow of water proved so great that the standing tobacco
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    FURIOUS DRIVING.
    35 8 Slu. Hooper, ney Carnap I Hindu, named Xarai ria ’f t?> driving a private I ,r l < Koad to the danger I nee day night. Fine,] Wt! days rigorous inij..is„n„„. t t rf
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    THE CHARGE OF MURDER
    47 8 The hearing <>f the el iar 1 hint against a Klingman ffl 'd to-day at the Assizes before £’""N Cox and a special ii lrv T h" was found guilty „f eide not amounting to S was sentenced to seven r servitude. H
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    LEGISLATION IN CEYLON.
    96 8 Ihe Times of Ceyl/y, estates tu I nest session ot the Legislative £3 of that island begins towards tl 71 of next month; and that s. will be laid before the joiirna l deprecates any attempt Bills through the Coiuuii J 3 because they are drafted and
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    DISRESPECT IN COURT.
    135 8 It is a common idea amoj soldiers of the British arniv that. 13 in a court of justice, they “are all. J (and many think that they have an j to wear their head-dress; and some j idea prevails, it would seem. several men of the XorthumljerJ
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    HAVAS TELEGRAMS
    110 8 Paris. 8/7# SepltHtba. At a military banquet at Goerlitz. tat Emperor William spoke in high term.'* the Czar’s policy which, he said, aimed* uniting Europe <>n the basis oi mutu. interests. The Czar and Czarina arrived tit foi. this morning. 9t/< Septembu. Near Manila, the Spanish force* b*
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    COFFEE AND PEPPER IN SOUTH INDIA.
    261 8 The Time* of Ceylon gives Hie f** ing .figures to show the quantity j 1 coffee and pepper exerted iw® Southern India during tin* year on the doth of June last: Coffee.— The total exports <>f amounted to cwts. 307,417, and o quantity cwts.
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    RAMIE.
    572 9 Sugar Journal-) have to thank Vwifttnent of Agriculture for the ti»‘‘ r p.tter received by the Sucre-j V 1 tIh* Queensland Agent-General, < ;;,r T M Managing Director of the f^ 1 1 j.j|,iv Syndicate, 2, Victoria Westminster, London: 1 rt i* no difficulty in either the f j
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    HOME NOTES.
    268 9 b;.. ‘‘Oh, dear." Pamela M hat arc "•UMg'ninj/ for The trousers stretcher ‘‘k 1;M Christinas.” i ft .'ii' strange, hut even an expert ri "t‘-‘‘II. when he hears a girl scream, being kissed or murdered. attesting articles entitled Kil- l!| h isi Memories.” which Mr. Tighe > contributed
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    3229 9 THUUSDAY, I7tii SEPTEMBER. PRESENT. H. E. the Governor. Sir Charles Mitchell, clc.m.o. Hon. J. A. Swetteniinin c.m.g., Colonial Secretary. Hon. R. Collyer, Attorney-General. Hon. h. E. Isemongcr, Colonial Treasurer. Hon. H. j rotter, Auditor-General. Hon (’apt. Anderson. Acting Colonial Engineer. Hon. G. S. Murray. Hon. I)r. Lim Boon
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    THE PEPPER AND GAMBIER SOCIETY.
    373 10 A CHARGE OF UNLAWFULLY DETAINING GOODS. At hafi past one o'clock this afternoon, Jan Keow Choo, of the Singapore Gambier and Pepper Society, was arrested at the Society’s godown, No. 33, Boat Quay, on a search warrant by Police Sergeant Major Bololoh, on a charge
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    SATURDAY, 19TH SEPTEMBER.
    39 10 Two cases ofchoKra in A. Division, one in C., and one in D. were reported this morning. Arrangements have been made in Queensland ibr tie* return to China of all Chinese 1 lepers in that Colony.
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    LOCOMOTIVE LICENSING
    33 10 The Governor lias, under the powers conferred on him by section 4 of Ordinance ill «4 I*7l, appointed the Chief Police Oifi'M rat each Settlement to he Li-rensing Officer for locomotives.
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    HONGKONG CENSUS.
    34 10 The Hongkong Sanitary Board lias been discussing the question of taking a census there before the end of the current year. It was decided to refer the matter to the Colonial Secretary.
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    FRANKING OF TELEGRAMS
    39 10 British Residents of the Federated Malay States are authorised by ollicinl notification to trunk Service Telegrams and Letters in any of the States of tin? Federation in which they may happen to be at the time.
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    PERJURY CASE.
    38 10 A Hindu, named Pengasaniy Pillay, surrendered at the Central Station, last evening, on a charge of giving false evidence on oath, in the course of a judicial proceeding at the Supreme Court, during the present Assizes.
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    THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR.
    43 10 The Government Gazette notifies that the Governor has appointed by an Instrument under the Public Seal of the Colony, the Hon’ble James Alexander Swettenham, c.m.g., to be his Deputy during his absence from the Colony dating from the 18tll instant.
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    PETROLEUM LEGISLATION.
    47 10 It is notified that Her Majesty will not exercise Her power of disallowance with respect to Ordinance No. Ill of 1898, intituled 44 An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Law relating to the Carriage and Storage of Petroleum and other Inflammable Oils and Liquids.*’
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    A CHINESE BOARDING SCHOOL.
    86 10 A correspondent says that considerable energy is being evinced by the leading Chinese with a view to starting an exclusively Chinese hoarding school. The object of this institution is to afford the pupils facility for studying their school lessons under efficient supervision; learning their own language;
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    TANJONG PAGAR.
    42 10 An extraordinary general meeting of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Coy., Ltd. is to he held at the Company's office at noon on the 28th instant, to confirm the resolution regarding investments, passed at the meeting held on the 12th inst.
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    LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
    50 10 The G. O. C. has been pleased to grant leave of absence to the undermentioned Officers on private affairs 2nd Lieutenant W. H. Wild, 2nd North’d. Fusiliers, from 17th September to Ist October; Major E. C. Ware, I). S. 0., R.A., from 22nd September to 22nd November.
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    CARELESS CHINAMAN.
    64 10 Last night, a Chinaman brought another Chinaman suffering from cholera to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital in a ’rikisha. The man persistently refused to state where he brought the sufferer from, though the ’rikisha puller gave the address as 85, New Bridge Road, and he was arrested. He
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    ATTEMPTED THEFT.
    73 10 Early this morning, four Chinamen hoarded the s. s. Sri Pegata-u, and were in I lie act of stealing one of tin* ship's lamps when they were discovered by the jaga. They made off in a sampan, and the jaga followed them in another sampan. Once on shore,
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    STOLEN PROPERTY.
    92 10 Korn llokiens were charged in the second Magistrate’s Court, yesterday, with receiving stolen property, to wit, eight hags of rice Hour, in Havelock Hoad, on the lltli instant, which had been stolen from a tongkaug in the harbour in transit from Tanjong Pagar. Mr. Buckley appeared to prosecute
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    CONFLICTING EVIDENCE.
    113 10 Yesterday, in a ease before Mr. Saunders, the conflicting nature of the evidence puzzled the magistrate. The deiendant. a Hokien, stood charged with theh ot a piece of pork. Tin* prosecutor alleged that lie liimsi If seized tlu' defendant and hand* <1 him over to a constable in
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    CAVENAGH BRIDGE.
    145 10 A Correspondent calls attention to the fact that, on Sunday last, between 9.30 and 11 a.m., or what is known as the morning business hours on week days, a Kling syce was arrested while driving an empty gharrv over the bridge. For this he was fined two dollars
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    DEATH OF MR. R. RYAN.
    154 10 Much regret has been occasioned by the death of Mr. R. Ilvan, which took place at three o’clock this morning, at his residence, in Bcncoolen Street. Mr. Ryan was, up till within a few months ago, employed at the Chinese Protectorate, but was retired on
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    AN ALLEGED NUISANCE.
    103 10 A Correspondent calls attention to a spot at the back of the Chinese cemetery at Kreta Ayer, where a number ol pig-styes and a market garden flourish. The place iso. small extent,and is almost (piite surrounded hy tenements, while others are in course of construction up to
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    THE PHILIPPINES REVOLT.
    270 10 A GOVERNMENT PROCLAMATION. The Government Gazette contains the following proclamation by the Governor re the rebellion in the Philippines, dated t he 12th instant Whereas peace and amity subsist bet ween Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and His Most Catholic Majesty the King of Spain. And
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    THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL
    497 10 The progress of the Manchester Ship Canal resembles that of the proverbial Irishman who took one step forward and two backward. The report of the company for the first half of 1896 shows that the position of the Company L very much worse than it was
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1258 10 1 Theue was some very good work dom on the race course this morning, the ract track proper being open, with no dolls up to keep the horses away from tin rails when going fast. A nust hanging over the flat prevented spectators fron watching too closely what
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    NEW YORK TRADE.
    206 10 A report from the British ConsulGeneral, in New York, shows that the imports from foreign countries then* last year amounted to £1 15,257,355, and exports to £64,6*0,400. The imports from the British Empire amounted to over 27* millions sterling, and the exports to nearly #1 millions. Next
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    THE CHINA OPIUM TRADE
    229 10 lx his review of the Foreign impin' into China in 1895, Mr. H. Kop*' l of the Imperial Maritime Custoniswrites: —The marked falling off characterised .the Opium trade 1894 has not been arrested, but. 011 the contrary, shows a still more spicuous decline, and apparently tmj'restricted
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    913 11 TBE K.SAXCES. from HW dated that the Netherlands l iu-t hern laid before ,;l< ‘j It rinses with a Department and minimi. Xew rifles j f,» tie* army. A trie--1,,. laid in Lombok, and pulii Wav to < )li h-leli. V. a-k. «1 for experiments f T sale
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    LATE TELEGRAMS.
    115 11 (Via Rangoon.) I jmdon, 10//i September. Li llung-Chang is making a triumphal progress througli the towns on tbe (’anmlian Pacific Railway. Herlin, 10 th Sept. Replying to an article in tlie Cologne Gazette, 'which suggested that thetime had (•{iino to abrogate the Dardanelles Treaty the North German Gazette
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    THE "ANCHISES."
    141 11 The papers in connection with the Special Court of Enquiry, convened on the 27th June last to investigate tin* cause of the stranding of the s. s. Auc/iises, have, says the Rangoon Gazette. been returned with the Chief Cominis-, sinner’s orders thereon. I he master ot! tin; vessel,
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    A TRIP TO JOHORE.
    196 11 About 50 or 60 N. C. O’s and Gunners of 25 Company S. 1). R. A stationed at Fort Canning, left Johnston’s Pu r at 7 a. m. on the 17th inst. in the s. s. Bangkok and proceeded via Pasir 1 an-; king to Johore,
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    1001 11 Messrs. John Little Co. (Lim.) must march with the times. They must establish, within their store, a tea and luncheon room where ladies may rest and drink tea, or cat ice-creams, in the intervals of shopping. Gentlemen, no doubt, may drop in there also; and may sign
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    HOME NOTES.
    1514 11 He Your father objects to your going to the theatre, does he not The Minister's Daughter: “Yes; but lie’s not at home this week.” Among the wedding presents to Princess i Maud (now Princess Carl of Denmark) j was one from Pope Leo XIII., which was much valued
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    MONDAY, 21ST SEPTEMBER.
    400 12 Many happy returns of the day to Mr. Charles Eugene Velge, who was bom on the 21st of September half-a-century ago. For twenty-one years Mr. Velge has held the office of Registrar of the Supreme Court at Singapore. It is a long time for one man to
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    ELECTORAL LISTS.
    25 12 Lists of persons qualified to elect Municipal Commissioners, or to be elected as such, in Singapore are published in last week’s Government Gazette.
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    CHOLERA.
    27 12 Between noon of Saturday and noon to-day five cases of Cholera were reported. Three were sent to hospital, and the other two were discovered after death.
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    SIAMESE AMBASSADORSHIP.
    35 12 The Siam Observer hears that Pliya Maha Yota, the Siamese Ambassador to the Court of St. James, will shortly return to Bangkok, when his place will be taken, pro tern., by Phya Visudh.
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    THE S.S. “ GLENARTNEY.’
    35 12 THE S.S. GLENARTNEY.’ The Glen steamer Glenwrtney which recently caught fird at sea, has left the Suez Canal for London with tlie damaged portion of her cargo. The Gle-ngarry is bringing on the undamaged portion.
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    COFFEE.
    33 12 We are informed, says the Selangor Journal that oil ?uid after the Ist’ October next, fhe duty on parchment coffee will be calculated on two-thirds (instead of three-fourths) of the gross weight.
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    A PENANG CASE.
    38 12 A Kling woman, named Neerama, was arrested in South Bridge Road on Friday, for theft, in Penang, of jewellery and money to the amount of £K)O. The prisoner will be sent in custody to Penang.
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    A SIAMESE LOAN.
    37 12 The Siam Free Frets hears that the Siamese Government contemplates making arrangements for raising a loan in Europe. The guarantee for such a loan has already been estimated at two-thirds the revenue of Siam.
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    MR. TREGARTHEN'S BOY.
    35 12 Mr. Tregarthenjs servant, a Macaonese, nameel Pong Heow, was sentenced by Mr. Blagden, on Saturday, to three months’ rigorous imprisonment, for attempting to commit theft, at Mount Sophia, on the 12th instant.
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    CHINA TRADERS' INSURANCE.
    40 12 The China Traders' Insurance Company’s report for the year ending on the 30th April last shows a credit balance of $607,000. Contributors receive a bonus of twenty per cent. Messrs. Boustead Company are the agents in Singapore.
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    THE GOVERNOR.
    44 12 ILK. The Right Worshipful District Grand Master, Sir C. B. 11. Mitchell, g.c.m.g., may possibly be present to-day at the regular monthly meeting of Read Lodge, Kuala Lumpur. The election of Master for the ensuing year will take place at this meeting.
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    HOUSE-BREAKING.
    46 12 A case of house-breaking and theft was notified to the police from No. 8. Kampong Malacca. The premises, occupied by a Chinaman, were broken into, and a quantity of gunny hags and rice, of the value of $56, was abstracted. No arrests have been made.
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    THE KORAT RAILWAY.
    46 12 The Jkmgkuk rimes asserts that, at the preliminary court, which sat at Ostend on the loth instant, it was decided that the arbitration proceedings between the Siamese Government and Mr. Murray-Campbell. in the matter of the Korat Railway, should take place in Siam.
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    MR. FRENCH.
    58 12 Private advices from London, received at Bangkok, state that Mr. K. H. French. H. B. Ms. Consul there, now on leave, will not return to Siam. If this he so it is to bo regretted, says the Siam Free Press, for Mr. French had, during last year, given
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    THE DURBAR.
    52 12 We hear, says the Vinang Gazette of Friday last, that the Durbar to inaugurate the Federation of the Protected Malay States will be held in Singapore The committee formed to carry out the necessary arrangements asked for a vote of $40,000, which sum. however, the Governor has refused
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    MR.BOB LOVE.
    57 12 Mr. Robert Love, of Harmston’s Circus, is visiting Singapore to-day. Tiie Circus, which is doing very well in Batavia, will probably come to Singapore before the race week, and the object of Mr. Love’s present visit is to inspect a large new tent which is being built for
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    RAILWAYS IN SIAM.
    63 12 It is asserted that Mr. Newman, at one time British Consul at Bangkok, is coming to Siam in connection with the Chiengmai Railway Concession, in which the Bunnah Railways Company is interested. He will also, it is alleged, pay a visit of inspection to the ruby and
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    AN ACCIDENT.
    107 12 This morning, about nine o'clock, a ’rikisha containing a European, in coming out of Government House gates, came into collision with a dogcart that was driving by at the time. The horse was thrown, as also was the passenger of the ’rikisha, who alighted nndor the stomach of
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    DEATH OF A NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER.
    58 12 Col. Sergt. Major Bannister. R. E., died early this morning at Pulo Brani. The deceased N. C. O. was a Mason, and was both well known and highly esteemed. He loaves a widow and two children. The funeral takes placet at Bukit Tiinali this afternoon,
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    A. GAOL RECORD.
    77 12 Kilo Ah Tek, a Hokien, was charged before Mr. Blagden, on Saturday, with being in fraudulent possession ot a pair of slippers, and was sentenced to three months’ rigorous imprisonment, and to find security in the sum of $5O to be of good behaviour for six months.
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    DRUNKENNESS AMONGST CHINESE.
    71 12 The habit of insobriety amongst Chinese, writes a correspondent, is daily becoming apparent in our midst. Till within the last few months, such a thing as a drunken Chinaman was very rare, unless, it may he, during their new year festivities. Scarcely a da\ passes now without
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    THE MENDER OK A SIKH.
    79 12 The six Javanese who were charged with the murder of the Sikh watchman at tfie High Level Reservoir oil the ISth July were found not guilt ai tin* Assizes on Saturday, and were discharged. It will he remembered that the watchman wa* murderously attacked by
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    OPIUM LABELS
    89 12 Yko Yew Kay, a clerk, was again charged on remand, on Saturday, with cheating his employer, Tan link Cheng. Chop Eng Guan. bv falsely pretending to the Manager of tin* “KOII Yew Ilean” Press that the prnseentor required 300,000 opium labels or wrappers, and thereby inducing the printers
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    RAILWAY CELEBRATION AT KUALA LUMPUR.
    84 12 Saturday was a red letter day in tin* annals of Selangor. Tin* programme to hand shows that tin* people of Kuala Lumpur think not hingof eight con hours* relaxation with seareelv a break. 7 a.in. Railway JS ports. H a.nr. Arrival of 11. K. Tin*
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    MARRIED v. SINGLE GOLFERS
    96 12 Played on Saturday at the Racecourse Married. Ip. Single. I'p. Dr. Fowlie. 3 A. W. Stiven. J. B. Robertson. I ,1. Adamson. Dr. Mugliston. J. Macbain. .j Mr. Justice Leach. Dr. Croucher. (> E. M. Merewether. 2 J. Tivsilian. A.Mackay. 5 J. MacCunn. J. H. Drysdale.
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    THEY CRY IN VAIN.
    127 12 A neighbourhood which seems to be almost entirely neglected by the matamatas is that of Kampong Bencoolen. For the past week or two, the cries for the police at all hours of the night, and in the early mornings, have become very frequent, in consequence of
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    ABOUT RAMIE.
    368 12 TO THE EDITOR OF THE u 8TRAITS TIMES.** Sin, —In your issue of the 18th September appears a letter from the Managing Director of the Boyle Fibre Syndicate, where, among other statements, there is one to which 1 think it is worth while to draw the attention of
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    A PENANG SCANDAL.
    129 12 Siioun.v Indore 10 o'clock this morning. says the I‘inomj Gazette of the 17th inst.. the body of a Chinaman found drowned in the harbour was landed at Weld Quay, opposite Roustead Co.*s godown. There il still lies, partially covered by a gunny hag, but easily recognizable for
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    FRENCH PROTECTION.
    127 12 lx the case before the Siamese Court, at Bangkok, where Kadir, a Cambodian who claims to be under French protection, stands charged with murder, the trial had l>een suspended for four days at the date of last mail advices, owing to flic illness of the Siame.-e Attorney-General. On
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    KIDNAPPING.
    148 12 A cunning method to avoid police interference was taken by a woman who was charged, at the Hongkong Magistracy, on September 12th, with kidnapping two girls. Detective Sergeant Holt w r as on board the steamer Suisang, where he had a conversation with two Chinese girls who were in
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    SPORTING NOTE.
    341 12 Being Monday mom- B rat ..t meagre atten.la T" '">■ at the eotirw.lmt r V "»yitine. ai,.|. at',, ""ft and (le|„es.i„., ,M I >ewmg hack at w, ~j. a it® 'Mien in the *,ddi, O l l wnr>e tor his a,<ide n N:■ was mostly slow, n round
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    THE "COSTA RICA" CASE
    111 12 Captain Cakpextkk, tin* inasi the barque Catch/ llien J‘ticket, tin-* of which by the Dutch autliora Ternate is forming the subject d tration between tlie British .wH authorities, returned to Sydney month from London. He states he was summoned thither to pR deuce before the arbitrator.
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    A WASHING BILL
    168 12 Ox Friday, a foreigner a|#-H ami ol.taineil a searrli rest met to some clothing iff* him that had Ixmn dewin Chinese washerman- The uarr executed, and the article 1 B to the Central Station, t n morning, the ease was ca Mr. Saunders,and,owiim to■ ‘‘.Bl of the
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    TO ARRIVE.
    56 12 (For the Far to* Per I*. C. Au>’. i7:-Mr. ami Mr»- j;r. Miss FcaniT, I>r h'.-siibI'^J Mr. P. J>. JK»tial«l, Mr. <5 ]N v :1 r. B*W Rutter, ami laout. K- '"TM W. Martin, and Beckf, J 1 j|ry"B Flagg, Mr. SttftktwH, Mr. Mrs. Mat hie, Dr. Simon>
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    THE REBELLION IN THE PHILIPPINES.
    1082 13 ‘['READ of revolt. r *l.i* Manila Comemo received j D |,m !>;/ain details of the rebellion 'i|i,.pines up to the 14th instant. in j Ta ils came down to the 2nd ;1 t which date a rebel force r vii (i* -tea ted in the
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    S. C. C. TENNIS.
    347 13 MONDAY’S RESULTS. B CLASS SINGLES. Newman rec. 2v. McGregor owes 3 (unfd.) Delay set. hrat Schwabe scr. C CLASS SINGLES. S. Joaqtiim scr. beat \Yilliams owes 2. A CLASS DOUBLES. Parsons and Ainslie owe 30, v. Fort and F. D. Mactaggart. rec. 2 (unfinished.) It CLASS
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    HOME NOTES.
    948 13 ‘‘Nice dog! Have you faught him any tricks since I was here last.?** “Oh, yes; he will fetch your hat if you whistle," said she, sweetly. On telling Socrates* that such a one was nothing improved by his travels, “I very well believe it,” said lie. for he
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      MR. TREGARTHEN EXPLAINS.
      511 13 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.’’ Sir,- With regard to a paragraph in your yesterday’s issue, 1 wish to say that the only thing I have ever been the victim of is love. There was a possibility id' my being a victim of misrepresentation in the
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      GERMAN INTERPRETERS.
      108 13 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES. Sir, —In your issue of the 16th instant, you state that a German interpreter, who was employed in the Second Court, had stood bail for the prisoner. I was the interpreter in the case referred to by you. I most emphatically
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      DISRESPECT IN COURT.
      87 13 To THE EDITOR OK THE “STRAITS TIMES." Sir, —With reference to your paragraph headed as above in your issue of the l*th September, allow me to correct your correspondent. An officer or soldier on duty with a party or escort inside a civil court should not remove
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      PASSENGER LIST.
      377 13 ARRIVALS, Per s. s. Tibre from Saigon :—Messrs. Braga, Fgnque, and Benoit. Per sis. Teresa from Macassar:—Mrs. Lyon, Mrs. Mathieand family. Per P. <fc 0. s.s. Rosetta from Hongkong— Miss Levein, Miss Lisette Levein, Messrs. F. Urbig, A. H. Stevens, and F. H. Morgan. Per s. s. (fortfon
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      112 13 Under this heading the following abbreviatious are used: —sir. —steamer; sh.—ship bq.—barque Brit.—British U. S. United States ;Fr. —French Ger. —German; Dut. Dutch; Joh. —Johore <fcc., G.c..—General cargo d.p.—deck passengers U. —Uncertain T. P. \V.—Tanjong Pagar Wharf T. 1\ 1). —Tanjong Pagar Dock B. W. Borneo Wharf;
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      TRADING VESSELS.
      1529 13 Arrivals Since Noon of Saturday. Amherst, Brit. str. 108 tons, Capt Shimmen, 20th Sept. From T. Anson, 10th Sept. G.c., and 178 d.p. Wee Bin and Co. For T. Anson, If —Rds. Ran W hntt Hiii, Brit. str. 195tonF Capt Coysh, 19th Sept. From Pontianaic, 17th Sept. G.c.,
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      ARRIVALS.
      996 14 j FLAG I Vessel’s Name. Tons.! Captain Fbom I Sailed KIG I j Sep ~i 14 Benmohr Brit. str. 133 ii Boutillier Hongkong Sent «i> U Recorder str. 077 jßrrreton C.St.James Scnt ii V Sin >ons„ 14 Pakan *tr. 84 i Bruce Muar K L&^PhS* 15 Smoroc Out. str.
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      CLEARANCES.
      550 14 I 1 f Date. Vessel’s Name Flag <fc Rig i Caitain j Destination I Sept 14 Clio Brit. str. j Wliyte i Pulo Scmbilan 15 Benmohr str. Le Boutillier New York 15 Baa Hiu Guau str. j Peters Klang via ports 15 Ban Whatt Soon sir. Rouse j Billiton
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      ANJER.
      128 15 i»\s>KI) SUNI)A STRAITS OR ARRIVED FOR ORDERS. v Date From Destin- Rev Ship's Name. Commander. of Where ation marks. Sailing. IU 1 < ><».nibing De Sejtt .9 Batavia ;Rotterdam ,li. H. Molenaar Schenk Aug 8 Table Bay Sourabaya hi. Evert sen Wichenga May 29 New York Batavia P »>f
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