The Straits Times, 12 January 1901

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    15 1 The Straits Times. KSTIt. OVEK i A CENTURY. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY JANUARY, 12, 1901. X<>. 2o;m.
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      899 1 NOTICES. /pilE IKIKNKO COMPANY". 1.1 Mil Xl) THK Maßdard Ut* kmmm. Norwich Bmkw Fir. Inniaoe* Soei«*7. 4>lm Imiv» Ooonspj <*»•)• Tfc. Tottwhaai Uagw B«r CoapaßJ. PANT, LIMITWV STKAMSniP COMPANIES. J OFTIOE, TaXEUEAPH SWaT. '.fc Wrniin, KirriLH»»»or». STKAM NAVIGATION (X)MPANY. WTEAMEM FOB CHI»A, JaPAK, PEIIAHG Cetloh, Ikiih, AnrruLM, Adu, Eotpt. MaEBEIU.ES,
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      1321 1 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. ■p-ONINKLUKE PAKETVAART MAATBCHAPPIJ I' D.ler contract with the Netherlands India Oovernmenl. Agmlt at Singapore: Ship Aoisoy, lati J. Daxrdiljs A Co., 3-4, Coutn Qoay. The undermentioned dates are only approximate. Steamer From Expected Will be !>eapatched for On fjoiwin. (iotie via porta. Jan 1. Bnwean. Sourabaya, Banjermaaßin, Puln
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      599 1 INSURANCES. rpHE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE 1 FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. CapiUl £S,m,MO Paid up Capital £212.760 Reserve Fond £1,073,680 lac undersigned, AgenU lor the Company, are prepared to accept Are risks at current rates of premium. ROUBTEAD A Co., Agents. rE CHINA T&ADKXB INBOBANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. Capital Subscribed fS/XM.OOb Amount Paid
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      362 1 [NSUfttJUCES. THE ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (ESTABLISHED AD. 17*» THE undersigned, agents for the above company, are prepared to accept Fire Risks at current rate*. BEHN MEYER A Co. w. A S. 31/12 MAGDEBURG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. (ESTABLISHED AD. 18S4) r pHE undersigned, agents for the above X company, are prepared
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      710 1 BANKS. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI 11 BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL »10,OUU,(lOO RESERVE FUND.Sterling Rcserve..slO,oro,OOn\ Silver Reserve... 1 2. 00,000 1 RESERVE LIABILITY OF I „n nonnnn PROPBIKTORB }.|10,080.000 Cocet or DiBBOTOBs:— N. A. B»ss. Raq."CßAimalAli R. Hkiwan, Eaq.— Diptrrr CsiAiaaiAH. E > oitx. Ea<j Tib Hon. B M. (i»» r A.
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      523 1 NOTICES. |a»ajHl»«, I. D. A. PEREIRA MOKTIOOtTOmiKT AXI) KIOEIST. COL'.ICTOK ARI> F.II-.'KTKK OF llli'KlK My arHH*ial appointment to Hia Majevtv The King of Siam, K. H Th- Sultan •Mohorn, an.l H H. The Sultan of Lingga Orden for Bnuquet Sprays, .*<■., &c Carefully aud promptly eiecutod. Chonpeat House In the
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      805 1 AlPnnlaral i h !<-«,. nm an Maw* .Pro'- Tfl«-, of Chicle, Vio»-rVi idunt Illinois Woman Alliance, in ipm ing of Chamberlain's Cough Rtmedy, M< I •nd«r«d with a severe cold this wiot which threatened to ran into hurrimoo I tried different remedies hut I seemed grow wore* ud the medicine
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    CLEARANCES.
    93 2 l)*tfc Vwii! NtM> .'li,.4Ki< C«pt.i» HMRMMM J»n II Hong Her Brit Mr. Pelrn I Pensng W H>f l-wn* Mr. Q.iine Port Dickton and Kl«n( 1- f.iiK s.-uk Mr. llvi.li.oii IVnuilß IV I Itin Whnlt Hin w o m Kl.nx ii» portI* r-nnu-u Irauo <l«ili. WaUin Kuioi>e mi imru I.'
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE. DEATH.
    24 2 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE. DEATH. Ci'stai>«s-I>.v. ItUh 1900 At NorthumberUuii 1'i.ic.-. Kinntown, .Use Louiri, widow of i hi- ht» Wm. Herky CvaciDEii of Clonsrd C Wuford.
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    THE STRAITS TIMES. PRICE 15 CENTS. SATURDAY 12TH JANUARY, 1901.
    47 2 THE STRAITS TIMES. PRICE 15 CENTS. SATURDAY 12TH JANUARY, 1901. SlraiU Timet: SM a year, or pott free SM. StraiU Budget. 918 a year, or pout free 120. Adcertiting Rulet may he found n Ih* fa'-.rth patie. Thk Ciiterion Press at I'enang send* a Calendar for 1901.
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    16 2 I lit h uuoward mail by the iVuue«« litnr closes uu Monday at 10 a m
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    10 2 Tmk Swimming Club launch leaves Johnaion's Pier at noon to-morrow.
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    12 2 Ykotbwmy there were 2 cases of cliulera, 2 ik-atlis, both male (Jliinese.
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    9 2 Y«oTKHI>AV'a Government Gazelle •Mtili.-s the banishment of seventeen aliens.
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    13 2 With this issue there is an express referring to Mr. Hendeison's cylindrical lenses.
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    15 2 Mk. 8. T (ireig returned from Knmpe hy the P. «t O. Coromandel this inurning.
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    15 2 Mr U. B. Stratlon, cidet, passed his liual (ixaiiiiiiati.'n iv Malay on the ll;h December.
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    17 2 11. H the Hnim Muda of Sarawak ai rived in the VtrwmrU this morning 1,. .in Sarawak
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    17 2 Thk Allifij i-i aipaetad to dock at Tiujwiig r.i^.u to-morrow in order to be cleaned and painted
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    18 2 To-Uay'-i I-U-. bank rate i-i S/11. Black pepper baa -ir >„;.•■ I >j:i .I7J Tin has risen to H8.78.
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    19 2 Is a recent rifle mal'-h between teams of tin- Navy ami Km.il Unginecrs, the latter won l.ai In .|owu.
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    14 2 Thk Juvenile Football Club, Sinpapan, has been exempted from registration under the Societies' Ordinance.
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    20 2 The American gunboat Wilmington "■Hi to lai-jong fa-art this morning to coat Alter culling she will leave direct for Manila
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    25 2 On the :<l»t December, two rice mills and several paddy godowus were burned I '.»ii at Kingooii. The damage is estimate'! at about m»i..mwi rupees.
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    26 2 A MM continu.il draagjU wa« prevailing iv centtal Australia ut the rl»i# of Lift advices. M.)Bt of the natives were living almoM wholly on white ants
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    29 2 HIR Frank Swetienham and Mr R. (i Watson are expected out soon from home. The latter, it is said, may ii ly go t" MMhJBJf as Secretary la (iovernment.
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    32 2 Ku-Miu-Ra have reaehod Penang that ll. e Acting Governor will be leaving in March, and that Urn I: -M.leii! -Coin,, i11.. r of Penang will tike up the duties of Colonial Secretary.
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    33 2 QaMa of Mark-mailers and robbers hiii-- tin miners in Selangor. In fact, matters have so gone on from bad to worse that a reit'ii of terror is said to prevail outside Kuala Lumpur.
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    31 2 Tiff: HUB Wallace, who w.is yesterday handed ovpr as a deserter, by Mr. Brockman. to a military escort, belonged to 'hi' Royal Munster Fusiliers, not to the Northumbcrlands as statad yesterday.
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    34 2 Messhs Y..HK Lee. Seng and Cc. and Yong Hia Sen* ami d« notify that th.-y have no business connections other than those carried on at Orchard Koad and Kling Street under the above rumes.
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    33 2 The =i.i-~ dealers of Manila have formed a combine and forced the price of L-ra-- to uno gold dollar per hundred handful". In Spanish times half this price would have been considered exorbitant.
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    35 2 Mojnk Comle and Co., agents for the Parosolerie Lyatnai-e, send a handsome wall picture giving a birds eye view Of Paris, and also a calendar porkt book from the I'nion Fire Insurance Co. of Paris.
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    35 2 A Chinaman injured his foot at liilry llargreaves works yesterday, and was taken to the Hot-pital >>ut died this morning. The Chinaman who fell from the Supreme Curl Buildings two days ago has also died.
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    39 2 It is reported in I'enang that Mr. J. Williamson -lines will MOM from Penang to Singapore, and take over charge of the branch of the Clmrtured 1; nk of India, Australia, and China, during the absence of Mr. Frizell.
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    36 2 T- k annual meeting of the Straits branch of th« Royal Asiatic Society, which was called for yesterday afternoon, was postponed till Friday next as there were not enough members present yesterday to form a quorum.
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    48 2 Thk trade of Sarawak throve lust year. The export of pepper has increased in value from «40,70fi in \~:<:> to Sxi-.-».--in 19(10 The value of the gutta exported has been phenomenal, namely W&nfiU or 9100,000 more in the tirst nine months of 1900 than in tlie whole of 1899.
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    50 2 Major and Mrs. Vanrenen want to I'enang in the Mena recently, to meet Miss Booth, the hndn elect of their brother Mr. W. Vanrenen of Selangor, who was expected by the mail. The party returned to laiping on Tuesday and the wodding was to take place there on Wednesday last.
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    72 2 Thk Russian Volunteer Fleet steamer Kazan arrived from Odessa at 5.30 p.m. yesterday, and went to the Kornoo wharf. She is bound for Vladivostock and is expected to leave to-day. There are. 2,02 V men on board, 1,989 of whom xr« recruits. The thrrl, of the same fleet, arrived from
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    40 2 Mr. Winterscale, who has just resigned the financial fts«i«tant«hip of the Bating Padang district, has joined the Chanderiang Hydraulic Mining Company After mastering the details, he is going to Kedah to start operations on the Company's concession in that State.
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    49 2 Mica of the bad liquor consumed at Manila is said to come from Japan in the form of imitation wines. The Japanese are able to so closely imitate any manufactured product, beside* its can or bottle label, that detection is difficult Champagne and French wines are counterfeited to perfection.
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    55 2 Yesterday, four Klings, one a boy, were before Mr Sarwar, charged with the theft of a bag of coffee and some pepper from a tongkang in Singapore harbour on the 31st ultimo, the property of Captain Whyte. Two of the men were sentenced to three months and one to a
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    80 2 Mk. H. Abratns, has just landed from the Bucephalut, four racehorses howl, a black mare, rising 5 years, (full sister to boliadil) one of the best in the world Skylark, bay gelding, rising 5 years, by Veyigtame, out of Co* titllatitm; Pearl Skipper, bay gelding rising 4 y«ars, by Gigiu,
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    113 2 On \Vedne«dnjr, a race was rowed between boat crews of H M.S. IHgmy and Algrrixf, and a crew oi the Royal Engineers It may be remembered that, iv a similar race at the New Year Sport*, the Engineers won, but as there was -i .mi- question as to the boats,
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    118 2 A ■.-.mi story is current at Bangkok relative to a Christmas c<icise. A gentleni in there laitene'l a goose for the arsal festive .iay. Thn day arrived and tlin g me was got ready under his own Miiieriiitfii.leiice. ami Bent over to a h.tel oven to be roasted. The bird
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    138 2 HlililMt residents at Singapore will, if the present arrangements are adhered t., have an opportunity of wi looming 111* Duke and Duchess of York in the course of iheir forlheotning visit to Australia On the outward journey Ilia (qnaHroa will stop at several ports, inaluding Colombo and Singapore, the lanet
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    165 2 Ar the Chinese Christian Association in.-eimi; held in the Prinsep Street Cliuptl last night, Mr Choo Sian Kirn raad piper on Education among the Btnila-bora Chinese" Beyond the opanial remarks which nere quite appropriate to the subject, the rest of the essay embraced such a wide field of controversy tiiat
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    159 2 At Windsor Castle on Dec. IStb the Queen with her own hands pinned the Victoria froes to the breasts of five of the soldiers who have most ciMpicuouslv distinguished themselves in her servioe during the South African campaign. The fortunate recipients of this honour were Captain Sir John Milbanke, 10th
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    ARRIVALS BY MAIL.
    57 2 Per P. A O. s. s CurumamLl from Colombo- Mr, It. Molesworth. From Sydney— Mrs. R. A. J. Bidwell. From Gibraltar -Mr. 0. J. Carver. From Marseilles Hants, C R. Scott Greig, nndJ Eberlt,. !'r..ni IVnang Mr« C. Klli*. Mrs.C g. Messrs. B Mitchell,!,. Charles, and tV.
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    MAJOR-GENERAL DICKSON.
    138 2 Major-Gkneral J. B. B. Diokson, recently returned from the war in South Africa, and who is to return to Singapore to resume his command at that station, had seen KghtingserviceinSoutb Africa before, havin|J>een through the Zulu War, whereheJron«omedistinction by his gallant behaviour In 18*4 he went to the
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    "THE FRENCH MAID."
    81 2 THE FRENCH MAID The following is the cast of characters for the musical play The Frvnek ila'd, which will be produced by the Dallas' Company on Monday and Tuesday next tihafUa Brown (a waiter) Mr. Dallas. Admiral Sir Hawser Ferrell. Oeneral Drummond Fife Stanley. Lieut. Fife Oodwin. Maharaj ih of
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    S. V. R.
    147 2 Corps Orders by Major the Hnn A Murray. Commandant Singapoie Volunteer Corps. Vulin;— Orderly officer for the an-uing week. Lieut 1> (Virmichsel Orderly N. C. for the ensuing week Coy Coir -Sent. J. A. K. Glennie. orderly N. U. O. for the ensuing week B. Coy. Semt
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    CABLE RATES.
    258 2 PoSSIBI.K IMPROVEMENTS Mr. Henniker-Heaton, the poßtal reformer, is on a visit to Australia. In an interview there, he thus set forth his idea on cable reform* 1 am trying to gel a resolution passed in the House of Commons that the British li.iv.-rnment shoul 1 acquire all the
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    THE RUNAWAY GIRL.
    346 2 That most fascinating of musical nonseiisicalities, The Hununay Girl, was presented by the Dallas' Company at the Town Hall last night and it went on" very well indeed, though the first part did not MM to catch on so well as did the opening of ¥lorodvrx. Tfte
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    272 2 Thbkk will be a Russian resident :it Mukden, with functions similar to those of British residents in the Indian Stated. Tim 7 1>.».- Peking correspondent states that Russia has allowed China to assume Government over a portion of Manchuria on terms amounting to tue formal establishment of
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      THE INVASION OF CAPE COLONY.
      144 2 BLUEJACKKTS LANDED. 5,000 BOKKS Ttt AVKLI.ING SOUTH. I*ndo,i, IStaJbt. The Boer invaders in tin- western section of Cape Colony have reached to within seventy miles smith of Calvinia, a village 186 mites N. K. of Cape Town. The invaders are expncled to advance along the
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      AMERICAN'S PROPOSAL WITHDRAWN.
      23 2 The American (iovernment has with" drawu its proposal to transfer the seat of the China negotiations from Peking to Washington
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      HEAVY FIGHTING ON THE DELAGOA RAILWAY.
      42 2 The Boers have b repulsed at five .mis mi tin: Daatgoa Itailway which they siinul'.aneously attackeil. The Rgbtiag was heavy. The British loss was one otlicer md men killed. Two officers and M mci. were wounded.
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    SARAWAK.
    115 2 On Christmas Eve, the old boys of the 8. P. U. Mission School, together with their friends, assembled in the .-arawak Union for their annual dinner. The Ven'ble Archdeacon Sharp and Mr. B. C. Perry (Head-Master) were present. I he Club was most tastefully decorated by Sister Mary, of
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    ONE FOR STEAD.
    310 2 .-iK Frederick Mimer. Ml', has aam the following letter lo Mr. W. T Stead in reply to his recent manifesto 1 have received your broadsheet purporting to come liuiii a British otlicer; and as you have asked my opinion you shall have it, aud I will also
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    LADIES LAWN TENNIS CLUB.
    281 2 Thk annual general meeting of the members of the Ladies' L.iwn Tennis Club was held at the Club Pavilion last evening. Present :-MesUaincs Wadd-11, Salzmann, Adams, and Sommerville (committee) Galloway, Reid, Croucher, Shrager, Hanitscli, Kerr, <S:c. Messrs Waddell, Reid, Croucher, Shrager, Robertson, Kaber and Upton, (lion,
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      813 2 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS/ W^ANTEn to buy Sto I acres of la-d II for buildinK purpose* on sea or rivci-side wiihin Municip.d limits and Muui<-i|ial Waier-»upply. Apply to N. 0 o/o Strait) Tini'i 16/1 WANTED. ACHINKSE Clerk for the S. remban Gaol Salary SJA per mensem. He in u-t be at .le
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      66 2 M. S. IbmdiUc for t!M 9ttam law .uuuj hi •nto on on* lido of the put only By tkl oavleot of that condition, un, Tl. 5.3. an r.j»-t»i th.l might otterwix br tmbUllud. All •dT.rUuor oontnota an rablnt to Urn oondi. tion that Urn Hiisiti mar tko adrictiaHiMst onl of
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    BY THE WAY.
    191 3 P«**>*>m. .■■•fafvM rmriamm Ml^iln ■n<l. (OvHl.l Compakativki.y few people in Singapore tlie«e days will remember one Charles S Robinson, now of Manila, who arrival tlienc« by the Lindida the other day, and went on home by the aVafal yesterday. Still Robinson i» a wonderfi.l man with a
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    258 3 I remember the first time I saw him ttripiwd for a wash in the B. O. U. at Colombo 1 marvelled what manner of SaM he might be. His chest was barred with »i«.s like a gridiron. 1 may say that at first sight he seems a chunky hit of
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    179 3 Charles Robinson is a man who apart from his enormous physical strength and incessant nervous MM has a long niemoiy. When starting with his Arabs on the I'erak Expedition, he was materially a»ißted in his transport work etc. here by Inspector F. K Jennings, then of the Straits Settlements Police.
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    775 3 Now that Mr. J. W. B XJaclaren lias gone away on a long holiday, and probably will ti>t be back for another twelve months or so, I wonder who is going to take his seat on tbe Municipal Commission. It is to be hoped that his place will he tilled
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    102 3 Everybody will learn with regret that Mi. C C. Tiot.cr, the State Auditor of Selangnr, has been very unwell recently, and, in fact, will have to go homo on sUk leave. Ido not know the particulars of his case, but I think that the Malay li.iiV wus unnecessarily severe upon
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    79 3 It must have been a great match that was played beween the New South Wales and South Australia elevens at the Adelaide Oval last month. Frnm a letter just to hand I learn that New South Wales scored 274 in the first innir.gs, and when stumps were drawn South Australia
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    316 3 <)o.' morning last week, while the 1 1. ill. is Company was rehearsing Flurudura in the Town Hall a very nice young man entered that fane of Terpsichore el and requested to see Mr. Dallas. The request being granted, he informed the genial comedian that he was clogging the wheels
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    QUEEN WILHELMINA'S CHOICE.
    460 3 There is one man in the world who is learning Dutch just now with all his might, for he lias wooed and won a Queen whose Mtfcrt tongue it is Few people would learn Dutch for the mere sake uf learning it, and it is not surprising
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    59 3 In describing the e,lertrie installation of the German Atlantic liner IhsaMt-l'in-1, Engineering mentions the fact that there are 375 connections for la.lies' electric hair-.'tirling irons— a luxury which is sure to be appreciated and is in <iut!f a means of ensuring safety, for there have been rocent cases ol firu»
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    667 3 BORNEO OIL. The firm of the Messrs. Samuels have struck, at great depths, in their petroleum well" in Borneo, deposits of lighting. nil, which is said by the Soumbaya ('oiirnnf to be of excellent quality Dutch patriots now recall with regret how a Hollander once held all this
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    SUGAR IN PERAK.
    342 3 RPKSCH BY HK. VBRHn.Nr. Kefokk a large gathering of planters and others, the first of the factories of the Straits Mipir Company was formally opened on the L'"tii December, on Uedong estate, in I'erak. This factory which m deßigued for the manufacture of Muscovado Biigar by a
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    RIKISHAS AND BICYCLES.
    121 3 It will b« remembered, says the /•ai/y TtUgraph, that Sir Edwin Arnold recently advocated the use of rikishas as a handy and speedy means of covering ihort distance* about London. The exhibition of a number of cycle rikishas at the shown, suggests that tin re is a
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    MALARIA PREVENTION.
    534 3 PKECALTIOKARV MEASURES Tbe Government Gazette publishes a memorandum on measures to bo taken lor tie prevention of malaria, which has been drawn up by Sir Michael Foster, ICB, r.R-S., aud approved by Lord Lister, President uf the Royal Society. Malaria (ague, intermittent fever) is due to the presence
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    CHESS.
    537 3 (uiMJI'CTKD BY KINGS I-AWN.") All chess correspondence ihotrlrt !>•■ addressed to King's Riwn." Solution of Problem No. 210 (Marr) is B-Kt 0. Pkoblim No. Ill— By L. M. Cokdeiko, Singapore. BLACK 8 METIS. white 9 pieces. White to play and mate in two moves. The above problem from the
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS CALLED OUT.
    222 3 A NIUIIT ALARM. The inhabitants of this isle were startled in the midst of their evening meal on Monday night by the sound of tour guns from the direction of the Esplanade and, those who were cur'ous enough to leave the house, were rewarded hy the
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      CHINESE NEW YEAR ATHLETIC SPORTS.
      414 3 The Mruili rimta ia not napotMibl* fir th* opinions of ita correspondent*. TO IKK EIIITUR OK Til K STRAITS TI MKS. Sir,—1 beg that you will kindly allow me space in your paper for the following :—On the .(Ist December last one of the members
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    TO-MORROWS CHURCH SERVICES.
    38 3 (Ist Su.nday AKrKR Epiphany.) St. Ahpeew's Catiikukai.. 7 a. m. Matins 7.30 a. m Choral Eucharist and Sermon. &.90 p. m., Evensong and Sermon. St. Matthew's CrnjacH, Setoy Likes. 8.16 p. m., Evensong and Sermon.
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    ROMAN CATHOLIC.
    159 3 Cathedral or the Uooi> Smei'Hebii, Victoria Street ahi> Brass Bassa Road. 8.30 a. ni Low Uut. 8 a. m., High Mass. 6 p. m., Vespers. Church of Ovm, ttov or Louriikh. iipioi Roai>. 8 a. m., Low Mass. p. in., Prayer and Benediction. Chvrth or St. Joseph. Victoria
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      206 3 TO BE ajsVl. 4 HIM and well-lit second floor office i\ at corner of Robiuson Koiul and Telegraph Street. Apply to FRASEII 4 CUMHINO, 7 Battery Koad. Mar. IX m. tb. M, <^^^ STERILIZED (.^.WWHTUW A npnMßOi? -£t^S JU y\ BEBMESE r^«KE/tfFsMni« SWISS MILK. Sledge Brand Has been given, at
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      949 3 NOTICES. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. 'pilK Municipal Commissioners deiire 1 to draw the attention of Architects, Burvevor», Uoilders, Contractors and the general public to Abe following resolution passed at a Board Meeti ig held on the 6th Decemb r Istt namely "Thatonnobuildiogthe plnn for which ii »'"it in oa or after lit
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      798 3 SHIPHNU. VU^TRIAN LLOYD'S ST B aJ NAVIGATION COMPANY. Data Mail Cokteact with the The fallowing are the date, oo wuici ihe Company's steamers may be expect* to 9 il from here:— Ot'TWTARD. HOMEWABO. 1901 igoi. V,mrin Jan. 10 I Marie Valeric Jan.; Adriatic* IS All tbe steamers to Trieste call
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      162 3 AKRANOKMKVI" S.»j 1-KUiV, I'.TH JaXUAHY. H i«h Water. IM V m. 8. 0. C. Cricket. I. O. U. T. Temperance Club. 7.80. Week o( Prayer. Belli la. 8. UalluCo. "Sin Toy." 9. High Water. 3.30 a.m. 3.61 p.m. Ut -u inlay after Kpipbany. Moon. l-a*l yuartrr. 3 34 a.m. Hwiroming
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    566 4 8 H IAPOU, 1STH JtXCABY, 1801. PRODUCE. (Hatet an eomdtd to noon 1 Qunbier 8.60 Copra Ball MO do Pontianak, 8.00 Pepper, Black 29.M jo White, (6Z) ,48.60 rtagoFlou- Sarawak :uf do Brunei So. 1 8.9U Pearl rtaco S.70 Oofiea, Bali, 16% basis 34.00 Coflee Pal»rol«ng, 1R% basis 28.00
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    81 4 MAI LS CLOSE. To-Day. KI»d« vis ports Hy. Uong i p.m. Falembang Eugenic 3 p.m. Ringoon <* Calcutta Undula .1 p.m. B'masßin via ports B'twran 3 p.m 1/iliu.i i A Manila CAienpmai 4 p.m. Kliio A BaUvin 8 a.m. Oh'bon A B'maraug Oiaiui Ann 11 a.m. Ainoy via portii Ukn/alloch
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    251 4 AKMIVALB. Per s. s. A uttrnliiid from Freroantle Meears. U. M. Didsbury, and U. P. l.md Per s. s. Amhrnt from KelanUn-Mr. l'ir s. Ban Hi,i iluan from Tuluk Ausoa via ports— Mr. l'ury Lingo. Per a. a. V'orioorf. from Sarawak- H. H. the Rajah Mudali of Sarawak.
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      822 4 NOTICES. BAD COMPLEXIONS Dry Thin and Falling Hair and Red Rough Han, .s Prevented by CUTICURA SOAP. Miluons nse Conomu Soap exclusively for preserving, purifying. and bsautifring tbe akin, for cleansing the scalp of crusts, scales, and dandruff, and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening, and soothing redjtfugh,
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