Straits Times Weekly Issue, 24 July 1889
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Title Section28 1889-07-24 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. N 'W SBRtEi POLISHED FOB TsASnOSMOH BY EvEHY HOMEWARD Ma.L StEAMER. [PbICE 40 Ce~*' ■VOL XLV. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1889. NO. 3,53028 words
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78 1889-07-24 1 STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY, 24th JULY, 1889. CONTENTS. Market Quotations. Weekly {Summary. Reuter's Telegrams. Local and General New*. The Hongkong Share Case. The Key of Pahang. The Burial Question. The Town Hall Question. The Municipal Commission. Through Pahang. Shipping News. Passenger List. Telegraphic Intelligence. Government Gazette. Pepper Cultivation in Ceylon. Malacca,78 words
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Article351 1889-07-24 1 Singapore 24th July, 1889. Produce. Gambler 9.15. do. Cube No. 1 12.82*. do. do. No. 2 ll.Oo." Copra, Tringauu 3.82*. do. Pontianak „3.10. Papper, Black 19.50. Sago Flour „2.55. Peexl Sago 3.50. Coffee, Bali 23.70. Tapioca, small Flake 5.50. ao. do. Ist quality „575. do. mod. flak*351 words
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Article194 1889-07-24 1 "1.1, fill Municipal Commissioners held a •ptcial meeting on Monday to discuss the Twwn Haft Question. They decided upon »fcng over the Hall, and granting in itfern $75,000 for building Assembly a^asonafrsesite to be aekad fro* *J» Insarttmant. A publfc meets** witf be •mßed On oth194 words
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Article253 1889-07-24 1 (For Straits Times,) The Royal Marriage. London, 19th July. It is officially announced that the Earl of Fife is to be raised to a Dukedom. [The fiarl of Fife, as announced in our issue of the 6th, is engaged to be married to the Princess Louvre of Wales253 words
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Article205 1889-07-24 1 We are asked to notice that the Police Commission is to enquire into the efficiency M and not into the grievances of the police. A new Police Order has been issued to the effect that all country roads are to be patrolled by a Lance Corporal and205 words
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150 1889-07-24 1 j is no doubt a man of tact, ability, and I courage, otherwise he would not have obtained so important a post, but he has commenced his new career in a manner that is not calculated to gain for him the frequent company of his150 words
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Article100 1889-07-24 1 The tigers round Foochow are getting bolder. During the last few days (says the Echo of the 6th instant) eight or ten natives have been carried off within a mile or two of the North Gale of the City in broad daylight. One man had a very100 words
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Article127 1889-07-24 1 We regret, says the Ceylon Observer, to hear that the Jinricksha Company started in Colombo has been wound up. The Company worked well for over two years, and the lucky shareholders received dividends at 50 and 60 per cent, for many months. No provision, however, appears to127 words
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Article138 1889-07-24 1 With reference to the insurrection in Fubkien, the Foochow Echo of the 6th July says: —The accounts from Taikorne, to hand this morning, report that the rioters had fled before the approaching troops, having allowed a good margin of time for fear of being overtaken. They had138 words
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Article542 1889-07-24 1 Concert on board H.M.S. Orion." The concert given by the Petty Officers and Seamen of H.M.S. Orion last night, being the first of a series of concerts and entertainments to follow, was meritorious and interesting both aa regards the performance and selections. The starboard quarter deck was turned into a542 words
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Article319 1889-07-24 1 Judging by their annual reports and balance sheets says the Chemist and Druggist— good mauy of the Java cinchona plantations have been doiug pretty well last year, and do not at all appear to regard the commercial posit ion of their product as desperate. The Soekanegara Company319 words
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203 1889-07-24 2 LOCAL AND GENERAL. SATURDAY, 20th JULY. I The number of visitors to the Baffles Library and Museum during the week was 1,350. Thk Sea Belle, with H. E. the Governor, Captaiu Massy, and M». Trevenen, left at daylight for Penang. H. M. S. Battler left this morning for Batavia aud203 words
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Article121 1889-07-24 2 The Daily Newe says that the 7th July was the hottest day experienced in Shanghai for years, the maximum in the open air in a shaded situation having been 101 dog. On the 17th July last year it reached 100 deg., but that was quite exceptional, the121 words
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Article128 1889-07-24 2 IThr yacht Monsoon left this morning for Hongkong and the Sea Belle left for Penang. J. Clarke, the second engineer of the steamer Vpner, was fined to-day $50 in the marine court for using abusive and insulting language and threatening to assault the master of that vessel. The128 words
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Article245 1889-07-24 2 (Ceylon Independent.) Pepper growing was certainly once an important item of Ceylon produce and moieover, vines still existing in various parts of the country attest the fact that they grow well, and yield remunerative* crops to this day. It does not appear, however, that the methods245 words
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Article863 1889-07-24 2 A. BSVIBW OF AnCISHT MUSHOW-BY Bffobt. The island of Formosa, a dependency of the Chinese Empire, H now tbe scene of railway experimenting by the Chinese Government, which has great difficulty 1 in keeping down the savage tribes who I hold the mountains and maintain their independence against all863 words
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Article1017 1889-07-24 2 (Rangoon Qatette.) Th* Bshbino Straits' Dispute. London, sth July.-An agreement betweenßritain and America has beeu arrived at, by which it is anticipated that ail i future disputes relative to the seal fisheries in Behring Straits may be avoided. The Shah's doings in England. London, 6th July.- The Shah1,017 words
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Article204 1889-07-24 2 We are given to understand that tea Special Commission appointed to enquire into the grievances of the members of the Police Force" will conduct its proceedings with closed doors. Mr. W. Boyd has resigned tbe Secretaryship of the Government Savings Bank, and the vacancy has been filled204 words
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Article375 1889-07-24 2 The Sverre arrived from NeweaeelMaV I Tyne with 1,830 tons of coal and Mi*!* I coke, on Saturday. The Hasaia to-day 1 brought 2,200 more tons from Cardiff. I The Westmeath arrived on Saturday tree. I London with 42 tons of gunpowder Ist I Hongkong and 15 lor375 words
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Article83 1889-07-24 3 Iw order that the mails by th? P. A O. steamer Ganges may be delivered without loss of time, the Hongkong Post Office is ■ending two marine sorters to Singapore, and the Singapore Post Oifiv is to send two sorters to Penang. A digest of the Orders83 words
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Article170 1889-07-24 3 S. R. A. vs. sSth Rbgt. The shooting match between the above teams came off on the Balestier Range on Saturday afternoon, and resulted in a victory for the Association by four points. The shooting throughout was excellent. Mr. Brinkworth topped the score for the Association with 87 points,170 words
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Article256 1889-07-24 3 The Queen has allowed and confirmed Ordinance No. VIII of 1889, entitled "An Ordinance for declaring what enactments of the Legislative Council of India are in force in the Colony and for revising and publishing the same." Mr. C. F. McKie b;is been appoiuted to be256 words
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Article1154 1889-07-24 3 KWALA. LUMPUE TO PIKAN VIA RAUB AND PUNJOM. A party of four, we left Kwala Lumpur with 33 coolies en route for Kuala Kubu. On the way we passed and visited the famous caves of limestone formation, which have been quite recently described in the Straits Times, and1,154 words
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Article172 1889-07-24 3 Siam New s. [Bangkok Times.) Owing to the present scarcity and high price of paddy, Kim Ching's. with perhaps one other, are the only rice mills at present working in Bangkok. Mr. Kim Ching, the Siamese Consul General at Singapore, and one of the most important of onr local ricd-mill172 words
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Article, Illustration326 1889-07-24 3 Lest some of the names m the above wood-cut be blurred iu tbe rapid printing required by newspaper purposes we print tbe route briefly as follows :-From Kuala Lumpur past the caves (recently described in our columns) to Rawang Thence to Kwala Kubu, thence to Ulu Gamut (where there is326 words
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Article166 1889-07-24 3 (Chronicle, 20th July.) A meeting of the members of the Malacca Club was held on Tuesday last. It waa proposed that the Club ahould lav oat a tennis court to be set aside for ladies, and maintain it, on the ladiee who play sending in their names to166 words
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Article563 1889-07-24 4 (Ceylon Observer.) H Supplementary to Straits Times Telegrams. H BritishTsoors ordered to Assouan. Cairo, 9th July.—6oo of the Welsh Regiment and a squadron of the 20th H Hussars hare received orders to proceed H immediately to Assouan. Colonel Wode- house has ordered all natives dwelling on H the563 words
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Article1053 1889-07-24 4 Maheied va. Single. on the 13th instant between the Married and Single member, of the Sinsanore Cricket Club termioated on SatuX^ the Single team getting a decided advantage over their opponent.. The attendance of spectator, was comparatively smaU, due probably? partly to the state of the weather and partly1,053 words
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Article671 1889-07-24 4 lite of in Sngli.- Bap** Mtjnion. i ary in Tiing Chow Fn to n lady in Singapore: Tou will be wanting to know about ihe famine. It is tens that a peat many of the worst districts are not very far from here, and i it671 words
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EDITORIALS.
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Article1100 1889-07-24 4 (Straits Times July 21K) In yesterday's paper we published the verdict in what is known as the Hongkong share case, and to-day we print io full the summing up of the judge. The facts of the case are simple. One Potts, who is a clerk in1,100 words
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Article840 1889-07-24 5 (Strati* Times July 22.) Th* oew "Malay Peninsula circular i IMr w up the west coast to Kuala Lumpur and thence overland to Pekan and back to Singapore by the searoute on the east coast—has been a good j deal talked about, but of the route840 words
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Article969 1889-07-24 5 (Straits Times July 23.) At to-day's Municipal Meeting the Commissioners unanimously approved the conclusions of their Committee on the matter of the existing Town Hall and the proposed new one, and these conclusions were accepted in the shape of five resolu- tions which are given elsewhere969 words
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Article475 1889-07-24 5 {Strati* Times Jnly 23.) The views of our Chinese correspondent C. D., whose letter appeared an the 19th instant, doubtless faithfully reflect the drift of opinion among his compatriots on the burial grounds question, but they do not convey the impression that he has grasped the full475 words
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1379 1889-07-24 5 The Town Hall Question. A Meeting or Ratepayers to bb Called. A Special Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held to-day, at noon, for the purpose of considering the proposals and resolutions to be submitted by the Committee appointed to advise on the state of1,379 words
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Article1199 1889-07-24 6 rINTKR-SBTTLSMairr Comparisons. (Concluded.) Shipping Trade. The British and Foreign Shipping Trade of Singapore in 1884 shews that Singapore recorded 2,951 entries, of which 378 were sailing vessels; Penang 2,040, of which 96 only were sailing ships and Malacca 867. In 1887 the figures were 3,467,1,199 words
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Article2105 1889-07-24 6 Potts v. Kusto_jk£. The following is a full report of the i summing up, of which yesterday we gave the chief points. The verdict, it may be repeated, was for $300, iu place of 85,600 I which were asked, aud there were no costs given to2,105 words
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Article121 1889-07-24 7 Tns British Secretary of Legation in Rio de Janeiro, in a recent report, states that for j many years, though with varied intensity, a destructive disease has existed in the beet zone of territory for coffee in the province of Rio de Janeiro It has neverRio News - 121 words
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Article542 1889-07-24 7 Tns Indo Chinoie takes a gloomy view of the financial outlook in Cochin China. The rice duty has only yielded one-half of the amount estimated for tbe first half of this year. There is every prospect of this source of revenue proving short by half a million542 words
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Article1503 1889-07-24 7 The Pioneer thus sketches the Punjab money-lender The money-lender occupies in the Punjab and throughout Northern India a very different position to what he does inJJnglsnd, where he is mainly resorted to by impecunious tradesmen, fast clerks, farmers straggling with a succession of bad harvests and difficulties1,503 words
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
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Letter855 1889-07-24 7 Sir. There is much truth in what is stated in a "Lady's Complaint" which appeared in your issue of yesterday, though possibly her suggestions are hardly practicable in this Colony. She touches a chord which must strike home to every Englishman wheu she says that English Colonies855 words
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Page 7 Advertisements
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Advertisement335 1889-07-24 7 Special Novelty. The Three Quarter Pilsener Registered. THI.3 size bottle specially made to order for Singapore and the East is a size midway between pint and quart, its usei fnl dimensions will be felt by all beer drink--1 sn to be a great boon. The beer i« tho well-known GLOBE335 words
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Page 8 Advertisements
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Advertisement454 1889-07-24 8 LAMBERT BROTHERS. I SINGAPORE CARRIAGE WORKS AND IIAAOT33 MANUFACTORY. t lt ,<>HAKi> Road, Sinoapork. F.eTABLisHED 1862. Manufacturers <jf all kinds of Carriages on the nswxwt principles and With the beet materials. Beg to call attention to their present large stock Of new and fashionable carriages consisting of STANrtOPE GIGS, to454 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1145 1889-07-24 8 ARRIVALS Vaasat,*S Namk. H A Q Itohs.l Captain. FnoM. Sailsd.J Conhignks. f^ Rig. J Brit. ,tr. 3*> Wahl KW July 16 W. Manafield A Co. 17 BerTniee Asa. atr. 1707 Trobity Hongkong Ju y 10 D Jiranclt -.A^Co. 17 GiangAnn Br.t. ntr. 556Courtfney Chenbon Tn y l.VTan Kim Tian^A «oa1,145 words
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Page 9 Advertisements
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Advertisement529 1889-07-24 9 i DR. J. COLLIS j BROWNE'S [CHLORODYNE j The Übiginal and only Genuine j Advice to Invalids, If you wish to obtain quiet, refreshing sleep, free from headache j relief from pain and anguish, to calm and aej snap? the weary- achings of protracted disease, invigorate the nervous media, and529 words
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Advertisement558 1889-07-24 10 ISCHWEITZ-BB'S Anti-Dyspeptic Cocoa or Chocolate Powder. GUARANTEED PURE SOLUBLE COCOA, WITHOUT ADMIXTURE "Society" says "THE QUEEN invariably has a cup of SCHWEITZER'S COCOATINA brought to her bedside at 7-30 and two hour, later she quaffs the same beven^e at the breakfast -table. OOCO-^TXKT-A-. Retailed in h I and 1 lb.558 words
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE WEEKLY "STRAITS TIMES," JULY 24, 1889.
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Title Section9 1889-07-24 1 SUPPLEMENT TO THE WEEKLY STRAITS TIMES," JULY 24, 1889.9 words
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451 1889-07-24 1 WEDNESDAY, 24th JULY, 1889. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. In consequence of the mail arrangements i the news of to-day Wednesday) ie given in a Supplement. I (For Straits Times.) The Royal Family. K London 22nd July. The Committee, appointed by the House of Commons to j consider the question of grants to451 words
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Article446 1889-07-24 1 I The recently published yearly report of the Colonial Surgeou at Hongkong contains a good deal of interesting information on opium suiokiug amoug the Chinese. The facts are based ou persoual investigation, and the conclusions the Colonial Surgeon comes to will prove highly unpalatable to the auti-opium agitators.446 words
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130 1889-07-24 1 Security Life Assurance Company Limited for 1888 gives the following results: The Life Assurance Fund shews an increase of £24,662 12s. 9d. during the year, and stood on 31st December 1888 at £343,621 6s. 9d. The total Assets of the Company on the same130 words
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Article62 1889-07-24 1 In consequence of the general holiday on Monday, sth August, it has been decided ti) postpone the commencement of the L. L. T. C. tournament until Friday, 9th August entries close on Saturday, the 3rd August, at 7p. m. Au extra event, Profession P.iirs, will be62 words
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Article71 1889-07-24 1 The Wreck of the "Anadyr. The Saigon Journal Officiel contains telegrams anuouucing that the Anadyr is under water in the roadstead at Aden. The strong monsoon interferes with salviug her cargo. It is impossible to tell the result yet. M. Danel, Lieut. Governor of French ludo China, and Colonel Dominc71 words
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Article86 1889-07-24 1 Havas telegrams by the French mail to-day bear date Paris, 18th July. The judicial preliminary inquiry in the Boulanger case has come to an eud. The committee charged with examining the charges has decided that there are grounds for his trial by the Senate as High Court86 words
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Article51 1889-07-24 1 Corps Order*. Singapore, 24th July, IHB9. The G. O. C. having approvtd of Sergeant Major Grimmer being attached to the staff of the Corps as senior permanent Instructor, he this day assumes the duties of his appointment. By order, W. Brooke Hoooan, Major, R.A., Acting Adjutant, S.V.A'51 words
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61 1889-07-24 1 The annual sports of the Singapore Recreaiiou Club take place to-morrow and •on Saturday. The following are the events for to-morrow 1. 150 yards handicap. '2. Throwing the cricket hall. 3. 120 yard* hurdles. 4. Married men's handicap. 5. High jump. G. Egg ai.d spoon race.61 words
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Article120 1889-07-24 1 The share dealiug suit, says the Hongkong Daily Press, in connection with the now notorious cjrner in Ropes, Yockney v Rustomjee, will not come before tho Court, a compromise having been effected almost at the eleventh hour. Plaintiff, who refused $2,900 two or three weeks ago120 words
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Article113 1889-07-24 1 (From Mantlet and Haiphong Papers.) Madrid, 6ik July. —It is reported in diplomatic circles that Pope Leo XIII. intends to reside in Valencia. Parte, 7th July. —The Minister for Foreign Affairs ana the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies to-day inaugu- rated tbe statue of Paul Bert113 words
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Article185 1889-07-24 1 Theft by a Chinese Boy." This morning it was reported to the police by a Deli tobacco planter named O. G. Rookmaker, who is at present stay- ing at the Adelphi Hotel, that his Chinese boy is missing, likewise money and other j valuable articles to the amount of $322.185 words
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Article167 1889-07-24 1 The Russian steamer Petersburg arrived pesterday from Hankow with 2,737 tons of tea tor Odessa. She left for her destination to-day. The newly-discovered Shallow Bank. I Its English Meridian. The notice, says the Ceylon Observer, I which we received from Lloyd's on Thursday gave onlv the Spanish meridian167 words
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Article500 1889-07-24 1 (Shanghai Mercury.) The admirable manner in which Shanghai is policed is a matter which has often struck passing visitors. Perhaps residents, who from long usage lose, or, at least, do not exercise the faculty of observation upon every -day surroundings, do not notice this so much500 words
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Article661 1889-07-24 1 Orders in Council and Government Proclamations compiled by H. Conway Bel field. Barrister -at- Law. The digest of the Orders in Council and Government Proclamations promulgated in Selangor owed its publication to the hitherto prevalent uncertainty as to what was law in that State, so that Mr.661 words
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
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Letter430 1889-07-24 2 Sie, —From your report of the proceedings of the special meeting of the Munich pal Commissioners yesterday, it is seen that the Commissioners intend, by some means or other, to acquire the sole right ta the present Town Hall aud^" Theatre w' in order to give430 words
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Letter310 1889-07-24 2 Sib, The suggestions adopted in the matter of the Town Hall Question by the Municipal Commissioners on Monday commend themselves as being practical and reasonable. The steps the Board have taken to deal with the question show a fair-minded spirit which holds out every prospect of a satisfactory sett lenient.310 words
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Article2412 1889-07-24 2 H; L - H. and L. Tlfer Hunting Two years ago. few of tatefen residents in Amoy; andcertainly *>one outside the port, bstisved in the existence of man* tigers in the I neighbourhood. So, when tjwo or Hiree enthn* elastic sportsmen went Io work -systematically j to hnut them,2,412 words
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Article511 1889-07-24 2 [Exchange? to tothJuly.) The Foochow Echo publishes a table show ing that the weather since the he«ina__ J July has been exceptionally hot end dry Ch» contemporary says :--lt seems sa h* thaeet**! cedentedly luavy rain storm which oeci in Hongkong has exhausted the rain which ought to511 words
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Advertisement188 1889-07-24 2 NOTICES. i'tlf .> '.ii) ADVEUTISEMBNTB. r pO meet the convenience of occasional ad--L vertisers the Straits Tune* otfare at cheep p:opaid scale applicable to the W* lowinj* :v'.vertieements Situations want<»d servants wsntsd; arUeles 10-* or found; houses wanted or to let* specitic articles for sale For *J*> words, sinull tvpe188 words
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