The Straits Times, 21 July 1896

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    12 1 The Straits Times. ESTABLISHED: 1831. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1806. NO. 18,079.
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      800 1 VNDRKW ISIIKRS CELEBRATED WHISK IKS.' Analytical Laborato Bwrgu ons' Hall. IJdilil.ill.ll. tad NOW liilki. l-.(tl idi i .n.tni .In im. ,il analvii. v I -li.-r and (',.> d|,l ilivel \VI,i-kv (a 1.1, ml ,-,f ul ..tl» I Whiskies) sampled -1... k in veakd rains ready ii. .in srarohouse, .-in, l
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      844 1 BUCHANAN WHISKY •M.^ i.» J IS THE BEST. KATZMOS '■it?P^^*£l^i— ""''T^J^^^^ SOLD BY ALL LICENSED SPIRIT DEALERS. iHous.s nr Parliament I SAME AS St'PPLIGD TO THK HorgEM OF LORDS AND COMMONS AND TO ALL GOOD LONDON CLUBS. STKAMSniI' ('I)MPAXIES. l\ K I N!> Xl LIKI. I'AKKi ART M VATSCIIAPPIJ. Under
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      464 1 SCOTTISH ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED. Ivbqulak Link Betwieh Bakokok and homokono. The Mongkut, 859 tons register, Capt J. .^tonliam. The s.b. Kong Beng, 862 tons register, C |.l. Pigot. llio fc. s. Kaiihiov, 863 tons register, c-i|,t. L.iu.s. Tba s. s. I'hra Chom Klao, 1,011 tons register, Copt. J. Fowler.
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      664 1 INS KANCBS. rpHE EMPKESS ASSI KAXCE L COKPOKATION. LIMITE1 1 The undersigned hava been appointed Bgsats for the abovs Oootpaoy, aadars prepared to ncc-pt liHrilM a:id Bra risks at current rates. 21/7 PUTTFA Hi I K KM .v <:o. rrWS CHINA TKADERI INSTJBAKCK A COMPANY, LIMITED. Cmpltal Snhwrihed $tWOO. Amount
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      762 1 IXSUKAXCKS. LANCASHIRE IXSLIIANCE COMPANY. CA PITAL £3,000,000. POWELL A CO., AGENTR. TH¥cSI^RaATIjNION ASSURANCE CO., LTD. Fire risks accented nt current rates. FUNDS. Capital Fully Subscribed £2,500,000 Capital Paid-up 2.W.000 Assets £4,000,0(0 Total Invested Funds tS,26O,(JUj I Total Annual Income i'I.GOO.OOD Local Bourn, i A. W. Stives, Es<i. K. WARmrit, Ea»
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      239 1 j NOTICES. NEW AM) WONDERFUL DISCOVERIES. PrepanitioiiH Miiniifnetured only by tlie American Dnitf and OtaakaJ Co.. Incorporated 85U0,U00. •toxine: The best Bluod Purifier and Keniedy for General Debility, loss of ajj'ietite. and nerv.>u> prostration thus far discovered. If you are pale, weak, and languid, give it a trial and be
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      940 1 TOB &AIB KM PAYMENTS TO lET; AXDPERSONALS. [Ist time, 15 cents a lino I 2nd and Srd tunes, 10 tents n line; 4th to flth times r, cents a line; 7th to 18th times 3 cents a line; afterward*. > seats a line; hut no charge less than one dollar.
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    COMMERCIAL.
    477 2 LATEST .MARKCT QUOTAIKHW Singapore, 2lht.lci.v, 1896. PRODUCE. Unmbier 7.10. do Coba No I IIJS. <lo dr> No ■> 9.00. '•oiira Kali Ufc do l'ontmimk .VO-JJ. Pepper, Black, 9.96. i:ii;o Flour Sarawak, i.BO. m ilo Brunei 2.31. i'earl Sngo, 3.32 i. 'oflee, Bali 33.00. "oflee, l.ilieriim, Xo. 1 34.00. Tapioca,
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    80 2 ru, rrralr. I,,m: To-Mokkow. Cbaribon Jc IS rang Mmm, Xoon. H. mid Amoy Tetarim. 1 p.m. Klang via port* Boon S&n II, 2 p.m. Europe via port Pe$hawur, 2 p.m. Tt-luk Anson Malacca, 8 p.m. Macassar via ports McAliiler, 8 p.m. Labuan via ports Hecuba, 8 p.m. L.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    79 2 tROM Kißoi-E By the German s. Baek*H .lue on Wednesday. «lt (Singapore Due in London Arrived Jiini' ,'nd M. M. JlMlHk .1 it tit- L>.-.ih •Hint' loth ft A (>. July Will July 7th .lime Ililli M. M. July I ltli July 13tli June 2-1 til P.
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    212 2 ARRIVALS. Per s. f'oorhow, from Hongkong:— Mr. Hem. OEPARTIRKS. (Hooktdj. Per P. 4- r s. I'mhunur lor London Mi. and Mrs. McGregor. Mr. and Mrs. Kicliardson, and Mr. William Henry Clark. TO ARRIVE. (For the Far Ka»i) Per P, i O. s. ■aMjW from London, June ■>-, Mr.
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    VESSEKS ADVERTISED TO SAIL.
    53 2 For China and Japan, fladUea, doe Si'nd July, Bean MeyerS 00, Ci.ieiuta ria |K)itB, MaaMeMa. on stai July, lioiiHteiul A Co. Japan, Ibta Morn, doe Hah laly, Pnterson Sinooi A Co. cailna and Japan, Otfmk, teatMhJaly, I Borneo Co. IViihiik and CalontU, Suitang, due i'.Mli July,
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    STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, 21ST JULY, 1896. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    51 2 S TR AITS TIMES TUESDAY, 21ST JULY 1896. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. Kstahi-isiikd: \sni. PRICE lo CKXTS. [>'«('«. i-iption rutex ami lulvrrriutiug rules nuiy I* f omul on tlie fourth p.iar.i JAMBBOyg RAID. 1mu1;,,, tist My. The trial of Dr. Jameson and others on barges arising from the ltaid into tlie Transvaal
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    LI HUNG-CHANG
    42 2 EXPOSITION' of i him.sk NUBA At an interview at Paris, Li HungChanp, has declared that the Chinese Clovernment desires to hold the balance even betwe<-n Britain and l-'ranee. so that both Powers may share in the trade of South-West China.
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    CRETE
    10 2 Kresh iniirilors of Christians in (Iren 1 are re|M>rted.
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    PLANTERS AND COOLIES.
    272 2 We publish to-tlay a communicated article undertlie heading" Planters and Labour." The writer argues that the report of the Labour Commission seems to have ignored an important factor in the case, namely, the number of coolies that may have departed from the Straits during the same time
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    MR. BURKINSHAW. SCORES.
    423 2 The wholesome scepticism of Mr. Burkinshaw is vindicated. There is, at present, a Bill before Council 1 amend the Banishment Extension Ordinance of 1896. In the "objects and Naaoett, 1 it i- stated that the Bill is drafted in accordance with the directions of tinSecretary of .State,
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    11 2 TIIIKTEEN British men-of-war were at Port Hamilton on the rjBMJ ulto.
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    11 2 Bktwkkn noon yesterday and noon to-day, no OMB ofeiiolera *M r«Bort«*
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    13 2 Thk Kcv. S. 8. Walker is appointed tooffieiate to the Presbyterian troops, Singapore.
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    17 2 Thk Herman mail steamer {VasHSM left Hongkong to-day at 9 a.m., and is due here on Saturday.
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    16 2 Thk l'ekin aiul Ti,,,t5,,, Time* learns that Lieut. Rogers, of H.M.S. Umut, liae lieen invalided home.
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    21 2 A stkam riding gallery is advertised to he sold by nuetion on the 18th of August next, at Bandong, in Java.
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    16 2 Ykstkkdav, after a three month*' vacation from pjoK the QttTCfßOt re-iiineil play at the Sepoy Lines.
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    16 2 Thk late Colonel North is reported to have lost two million dollars in the camphor syndicate.
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    19 2 Thk Kobe: washermen baring raised their prices, it is proposed to start I large foreign laundry at that port.
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    22 2 It is estimated that th<- TiontsinPekin railway will In; ready for tratlie along the whole line by the beginning of March. 1897.
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    23 2 Tiik Hongkong Laiul Investment ami Agency Co., Ltd., announces an interim dividend of four per cent, for tho six months ended 30th June.
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    23 2 The monthly meeting of the Women's (lni-li:in Teiii|ieranei! liiion will be held in tho Christian Institute on Thursday, the 2:trd, at 4.1J0 p.m.
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    27 2 TllK Sikh watchman at the waterworks, who was attacked by a band of Malays, died yesterday at the hospital, as a result of the injuries he received.
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    29 2 TltK Mnaik fliutyrl was published at noon to-day, and was potted to the outports. To-morrow morning, a supplement will be issued with tho-e copies sent by the homeward mad.
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    37 2 On our back page will be found shipping news, comprising arrivals, departures, vessels in i>ort, and vessels expected. The last named list is verified by most of the ship agents, and will be found of much use.
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    MOONLIGHT MUSIC.
    21 2 Thk Santa Cecilia Band will play OB the Esplanade on Thursday, the Mtd instant, at M 0 p. in.
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    KINDPPING.
    19 2 A Chinaman was sentenced to a years rigorous imprisonment yesterday lor kidnapping a Chinese girl in Holland Road.
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    DR. CANTLIE.
    19 2 Dn. Ca.\tmk, late of Hongkong, has been appointed Lecturer on applied anatomy at Charing Cross Hospital, London.
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    HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    20 2 Majok-Gl.nkk.il Ruck, Coaanuuulinf the Troops, reports very favourably on the condition of the Hongkong Volun- teer Corps.
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    PLAGUE MEDALS.
    26 2 The soldiers and volunteers of Hongkoag are not allowed to wear «po& their unit, rm the medal granted foi services rendered during the plague.
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    ILLICIT CHANDU.
    28 2 ILLICI T CHANDU. A MACAO) named l.im Kng Sieu. was yesterday lined Sl.Vi or three months' rigorous imprisonment, for being in posse-ion of illi.it chandu, valued at 835.
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    MUNICIPAL PENSION.
    27 2 At a recent meeting of the Bombay Municipality, an application from their late Executive Engineer, asking for an enhanced pension, was granted, amidst loud applause.
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    SCOTS VOLUNTEER COMPANY.
    27 2 Tin: Okima Qmftk n4antaada thai a Scots Volunteer Company at Shanghai—kilted—is now an accomplished fact, and the muster roll is a particularly strong one.
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    MUSIC.
    32 2 MUS IC. A Ml SKAI. eorrespoiKlent of a Hongkong paper wants to know where thi organ expert, who was t.i repair all the organs of Singapore, Hongkong, an«l Shanghai, has got to.
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    OPIUM.
    28 2 Statistics show that the Chinese are every year increasing the quantity of native grown opium, anil that the import the foreign drug is steadily declining in consequence
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    HONGKONG MILK SUPPLY.
    37 2 Mk. W.K. Ckow, Governmeiit Analyst. at Hongkong, in his report for last year, speak- favourably of the milk supply of that colony. Mr. Crow passed through Singapore a lew days on his way home.
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    RENEWED RISINGS IN FORMOSA.
    40 2 'lei.ki;i:a.ms from Tokio to the Hongk<mg papers, dated the Oth inst., stated that serious nprisjaa have again occurred in Formosa. The Japane-.- troops have been greatly beset they could do nothing but remain on the defensive.
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    BANK DIVIDENDS.
    48 2 TltK Hank ol Madras has just de< lared a dividend of tan per cent, per annual, and has transferred Uhumnj rupees to thciv-eive fund. The Bank ol Bengal also announces a ten per cent, dividend, and a transfer of WKr/HW rupees t.. the re-ei ye fund.
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    FOOTBALL.
    52 2 1\ the final tie for the liegiiuental Cup, played List evening at Tanglin Barracks, the I'enaug team won very easily by .1 gonla to nil. Tlie load Company were outclusiied at all pointof the pme. To-night, there will bt I miltill between the I'entuig contingent aud the rust of
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    PLAGUE.
    35 2 TnEBR wrrcnorniipnofplngiii. r at HoiiKk.mn during the U n till tbt l.-.tl. instant v From ii'M.n on .July 7tli till July 14th. th<- tiuiMl..T..t r wa- l'l, bringing the total for tl U|,tul.ltS. )>:.r
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    FOUND DROWNED.
    44 2 FOU ND DROWNED. TnbodMeofa Banajafi aari a i man were fmUM 10 the -e a Ut lr Eaptaaade last evening. A Chin. re,!or,cd a. tbe Mniiiie HbTSSS* Ilial be heard pie rtnißlin, ,i, tll water. A-si-tance arrived too late I ever, to save life.
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    GOLD IN COREA.
    46 2 It is stated that the Conn Go*sj ment has uiven a liussiau permission to operate two gold mint, in Corcn. lor filteen and tweiiiv-th year-, re- pectively. on condition thai it pays the Coveiiimeiit a rov:ilty nj H per cent, on the output.
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    THE HONGKONG POST OFFICE.
    44 2 Tm: Hongkong rtamaateT-Gttnanr, report for l^!)."> shows a attgc v bii-ine.-s all round, and a steady inernun. in the popularity and uaefnineai nftl Phnala Poat a pernaal of hit „.1.,.,--gives |ioint tO his BTgenl appeal 1,,r enlarged Post Otlice there.
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    DISTURBANCES AT AMOY.
    47 2 Owinci to serious coolie ilistinl 1;1n at Anioy recently, due to a British firm ehangi iil' their coolie contract or. ii ;irii,,, and bluejackets, with two quick-flrioi guns, were landed from H.M.S. Uldw having been restoreil on the lltli inst., the force was withdrawn.
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    MR. KRAUSE.
    41 2 The cium- of Mr. Kratise. the Oenau military instruttor. who «;i wounded bj mutinous Chinese -i! at NankiiiL', ha» bsjap aettled, accotdii to K. Ihiili/ ffinrsj by the pavnienl IbVOOO marks and the caacetlinf agreement by the Chinese authorities
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    SHANGHAI TRADE.
    42 2 Anotiiku public company enterprbw is being promoted at Shanghai, namdi the Shanjghai oil Mill Co., Limited, it is believed that the increased CDltintion of cotton will make coti extremely plentiful, and. from thi-. th, company proposes to extract the oil,
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    HONGKONG WATER SUPPLY.
    47 2 From 1111 official report pvblwhad in ihe Hongkong Press, it appear- tl,at lot existing waterworks can only rappl; the City and Hill District irith i,7oU,UUl gallons a day, whereas :s.<hh».imhi ;m rixniired. There arc further pxleniive deticiencies as to the filters and mm voirs
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    PUNJOMS.
    48 2 THE CYANIDE < I.KAN-I I-. The Secretary of the l'linjoni Mining Company has received a telegram from the mine re]«)iting That thu cyanide plant ran liltm days in the third inn, treating UJU torn of clean tailings, yielding 880 ouneMol bullion valued at Xl 13*. 3d. per ounce.'
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    MEDICAL TEACHING FOR HONGKONG.
    53 2 The Government of H.>ugkong |i pose to allocate a sum of forty thoiisii. dollars for the endowment of v Coßap of Medicine in the Colony. This proposal is a reply to Mr. Belilios's munificent otter to grant a site and haiUl college if the Government would
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    MADE IN HONGKONG.
    42 2 In the calendar of probati tad administration by the Supn-i.i, CoOfl of Hongkong during ISMLaiin r t J».following: Robert Fraser Smith l,OWi, Robed l.yall S*Ooi Christian H< nrirh Hopping S4;t.(HX>, George I unhm £33,130, and \V. A. Ferdinand mMI
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    DR.YERSIN'S CURE FOR PLAGUE.
    72 2 DR. YERSIN'S CURE FOR PLAGUE. Tiik ffiwjiniiii TtUgropk of th. Ifth instant state, that, since Dr. Wimb'i arrival at Aiuoy a am days ago, In had been experimi nting with I. serum, and hid cured mm twenty ]ilague patients. The eurei effected by Dr. Ver-in w. re. in Maw cases,
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    NORTH GERMAN LLOYD.
    70 2 NORTH GERMAN LLOYD raaOU 01 ULKN T'.nTiik North (ierman Lh»d an arrangements ti add to their flei I, I" great ships now building. They rill u.-e, 1 on the Chi ie.-e or on the Aiisti* liau line, and they vrilleacll beol 10/ tons gross, and ii-Ji Feel in length lir-t
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    DHOBY STRIKE.
    66 2 A anm of dhobtei hw i■• on at Coloinh,, since the 8n as protest a'.'.iinst v Miniici; tion requiring washermen i" re A fe« dhobiei only had iv.i Li" l tlicm-clvc-. by la-t ailu.T- It i that the poorer -on are ri'gi-ter. but are prevented In v I
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    THE PORT OF CALCUTTA.
    74 2 THE PORT OF CALCU TTA Tiik Special Committee appoint" I the Port C,,i,i, n el- ofCalcUttU 1" i on-ider propo-al- recently turning to the bed aooouni iheeM-ui;-aeeoiiiiiKidation oi the port, bavi mitted their report. They make n inendatioiis to improve !!>•■ ol the Porl C inr-sioiiei- tl way, and do<
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    TEA PLANTING IN JAVA.
    118 2 Mv Dam.ahno, th. t»v< U for a Ceylon tea machinery Bnu. >'■'' just i.-niin.-.l there from a busim to Java. He lind- thai the Dulcli oninfl ahead with tea in Java, in spite the many advei.e condition! uuuVl which the cultivation is rarried on menu the
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      1624 2 NOTICES. iiiK "STRAITS TIMES" har the AIK.KST CIRCULATION dv any OMMfSjaj in Asia, British India ex; kitki). It menum n taHiM vMi I'knani;. IBMMI ALL THE IWIJTHi STATh* OK THK MALAY I'KMNSI La, IN SIAM, ItoKNKO, THE Nl-rrHKKI.AND.i INMKH, THK I'IIILirPINES, asd Frknch Indo-China. No other KJaSTEKN NKWBPAFEK HAS SO
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      93 2 M. 8. 8. intnvled (or tbe Mroil« Titnu ahonld he written on one aide of the papn only. Bvth? n»»l»rt of that condition, many M 9. 8. art r*j«t««l that niijht othenviae N. pnblithe.l. All aUrertiAiuir contract* areiiabinot to th* 1 con-li-tion that the Manager may leave the «<K i-rti-.-ni
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      86 2 WEATHER REPORT. Kandang Ktrbau Hotpital, iOth July, JSSo'. 9 a.m. 3 p.m. 9 p.m. Remark*-. Bar. 5W.971 iy.803 i<5.934 Temp. (<1.3 88.0 j 82.9 W.flTlbTlier 78.3 79A i 77.fl c=s Uir. of Wind S.W. 8 W S.W i 2 Max. Temp. 88.7 JKin... 77.2 K|| Mux. in Sun 148.3 K
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    THE MUNICIPAL BILL.
    791 3 TH E MUN ICIPAL BIL L. THK SRSCTIOS or BCILDIINN 1 11 t'trrre>)*in-Uiii Xl t |i.< last sitting of the l> quoati t pen Mlti.- I., 1 iildm.' without having sub .n t.. tin- Municipal autho--1 1 deviation irom .1 vac w. bate I Thedisrus- (lie clau-e to this elleet
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    PENANG ASSIZES.
    44 3 TU A-sui s are going 011 at Penally. ragarns the embeulemenl caee Khoo >wi Bock, tha BX-atore-of lielin. Meyer .v Co, the ooun--■I encaged intended to apply to the i-kini: that it be tried by a id jury, at tin- next Aaaiwe
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    CHINESE BURIAL GROUNDS.
    258 3 CH INESE BUR IAL GR OUND S. 1 1 mm a 1 iiri-ii-iiuiiiii-iil I'm a view to learning the opinions 1 lire most intelligent members of the inuiiity on tin- Burials Bill 11, .w before Council, several meetings •en li.-1.l 111 Mr. Scab l.ianuSeanli,,- 1, -ult is that tin- Chinese
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    PLANTERS AND LABOUR.
    426 3 PL ANTERS AND LABOUR. I 01 i.t.-i'OMiENT s,. Ml |s u- the following commenta on our article ••The Coffee Planter": Vi.lll S:itin.|:i\'s Icu'l.-r 5..,.in« In c.iiiliini th.it viewa aaaand an Iha aaaHsea sad ii-|...-itn.n ..r tba saaataaor'. Itas, real alaalars believe bo Asakt, la tl,.- heat al fiiitb ilihi the
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    WILLARD OPERA COMPANY.
    415 3 nil l.Miv aUVBT." i'm. play-g ting section of the Singapore community if such a section exist at all missed a dramatic treat last niniii. The men who foster livers on their verandahs af nii:!* tnisaed a chance of stirring up thai til-used organ, and the misanthrophicol parties,
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    THE NAVY.
    150 3 Tin: P. and 1 1. steam t I'ulm ing Hongkong about the aSiid in- t.. take home aboul 100 tim«-i spired men and invalids from the il. > \.i -oiilinualioii of the i. .iii 1 thai tin- Uenom is coming to Ihaf station .i--ilagi-idp has been received in
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    THE NETHERLANDS BANK CASE.
    172 3 THE NETHERLANDS BANK CA SE. The Ketherfamdsßank case at ivnang, in which the chief cashier of that inatiini i, .11 hail been found guilty of swindling the Bank, si the laat assizes there, has a sequel Mr. Deterding and Mr. Maiia.Uteiii. the agent and chief assistant of the Bank, believed
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    THE NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
    100 3 The Nippon Yusen Kaisha is reported to have decided to place orders for the construction of several large steamers for its Kiito|M-an, American, and Australian linea with British shipbuilders. Tin- rfiaaa reports thai the Nippon Vusen Kaisha's annual subsidy for the European service will amount to
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    ACHEEN.
    150 3 4 oi.oNEi.Slemfoort,thenewly appointed Governor of Acheen, assumed office there on the I it h instant. On the 14th and IMh, live regiments marched out into the enemy's Imiilmy to facilitate the occupation of two fresh outpost*, with the loss of three killed and twelve wounded. On the l Oth,
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    MISSIONARY TROUBLES IN CHINA.
    122 3 Father Thomas lend* to the China MaU an alarming account of the rebellion now proceeding in North Kiangsu and Southern .Shantung. According to tin 1 Hcv. Father, the Christian mission■riet are mfferint greatly in person and property. The bmat news from the Mine of tin' risiiijr
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    SHIPPING LAW.
    324 3 TAX A slllf's UfIMJU BE COMPELLED To AIT AS LOOK-Ol'T 't Mr. Jamiesox, sitting as AMattaot Judge at the Civil Summary Court, Shanghai, lias decided a case which was of a trivial character in itself, but most important in principle. Englehardt, the plaintiff, sued Bennertz and another for
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    FRENCH INDO-CHINA.
    386 3 BKIGASDAbt. the rauMaa. COAL. kll K-MILLINi.. 1 Al Iv OF LONTIMITV. in.-iiTi; luccesaea by the French forces in the Bekiagainet the brigands ai Tonquin, the latter manage to Liauik Ciose pursuit near the ChiniWH trontier. The troops contrive some- .ii.ti- aliuo-i to surround those brigaarts. i.vi tlie latter
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
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      155 4 rnderthislieailingtliefollowiiignlibreviationsare uted str. steamtr; sh. ship m,,. l,ar.|iie Brir.-- British; V.. S. Inited Btatei Fr.— French ;Ger German; Dut. Dut.-h; Joh. Johore Ac.. G.e., General cargo d.p. deck passengers I. I'neertain T. W.- Tanjong Pagar Wharf T. P. D— Tniijimg Pagar Dock B. W. Borneo Wharf: J.
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