Straits Times Weekly Issue, 16 July 1890

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  • 27 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. Nbw Seme; PUBLISHED FOB TRANSMISSION BY EVERY HOMEWARD MAIL StEAMER. [Price 40 Cents. VOL XLVI. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1890. NO. 3,581
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  • 19 1 On the 19th ultimo, at j&osastti Mansions, Cbeyne Walk. Chelsea, the srife of Edwin Austin, of a daughter.
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  • 79 1 STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY, JULY 16th, 1890. CONTENTS. Market Quotat ion Summary of the Week. Reuter's Telegrams. Local and General News. Straits Trade with India. Coolie Law m iSelaugor. Coolie Grievances. Penang m l v Political Points. Government Ga/ette. Shipping News. Passenger List. Police News. The Assi News from Penang, Malacca.
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  • 334 1 LPOBE, 16th July. 1890, Produce. Gambier, 7.45. do Cabe Xo. 1 10.70. do do No. 2 9.25 Copra Bali, 4.60. do Pontianak. 4.10. Pepper Black, 13.124. Sago Flour, L97i Pearl :2 t. 1 Coffoe Bali 27, Coffee Liberian 30.00. Tapioca small Flake, 4.» do do Ist quality
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  • 177 1 Ax examination for selecting the first six candidates for admission iuto the local Medical School will shortly be held m the Colonial Secretary's office here. The Admiuist ration Report on Penang for last year lavs stress on its wa.uiug pros perity owing to the Acheen war
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  • 225 1 For Straits Times London. London, MHh July. A serious strike of the Loudou postmen is imminent. Severe conflicts have taken place between the police aud the mob m Bow Street. The police had to charge and use their b itous. The Grenadier Guards. The War Office has decided
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  • 74 1 THE "STRAITS TIMES" FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS. London. 9th July. The following are to-day's closing prices Panang Corporation (Ltd.)... 52/6 to 55/ Bentong Straits Tin (Ltd.)... 10/ 12/6 nominal Siam Gold Fields (Ltd.)... 22/6 27/6 London, 12th July. The following are to-day's closing prices Pahang Corporation < Ltd.). 57/6 to62'»i Bentong Straits
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  • 461 1 Between 12 noon and 2 p. m. on Thursday a Chinese anti-opium meeting will be held m the Hokien Thien Hok Keong Temple. The promoters, Mr. Tau Kirn Ching and others, desire all classes of Chinese to attend. The popular comedy Our Boys was, for the third
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  • 341 1 First Day. The Fourth Criminal Assizes commenced before the Chief Justice and a common jury at 11 a. m. to-day. Chin Boh Seong and Chin Moh Kirn were charged with voluntarily causing hurt and (2) voluntarily causing grievous hurt. Prisoners were undefended. The affray givingrise to the charge
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  • 483 1 {From our own Correspondent. Kuala Lumpo), lUth July. The Resident returned here early on Wednesday morning last, and the M special was run on about a mile from the present station, to a poiut more c mveuient to the Residency, where a private station will be shortly erected.
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  • LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    • 113 2 Ma. Tan Kirn Chino is inviting the Chinese of Singapore to meet m the Hokien Temple, Teluk Aver Street, on the 17th July (the lst of* the 6th Chinese month) at 12 o'clock noou to talk about the opium questkm, and subscribe their names to the petition
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    • 122 2 The largest cargo of rice that was ever brought to Penang by any single ship arrived the other day from Moulmain by the British India s. s. La wada, which had no less than 42,000 bags of that article ou board. This and several other cargoes which
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    • 73 2 The case of the Siamese Government vs. Siam Mercantile Qaaette to all appearance will not be postponed again, but will come on for hearing at the Imperial German Consular Court, on Tuesday next at i> a. m. To-day, Saturday, at 10 a. m. tbe Siamese witnesses
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    • 267 2 Mgr. Chausse, Vicar Apostolic of Cuangtung, gives the following particulars concerning the prevalence of this dreadful disease and the fate of its victims m China Iv the provinces of Kuangtung and Fokien leprosy is very common Ther. ireely a third-rate town which has not a leper village
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    • 138 2 Mercontilt Gazette, sth Jnly.) The Shooting Match between the Krung Thepe Rifle Association and the Singapore Kifie Team which took place on last Saturday wa^ not favoured by the finest guage weather for tlie "local marksmen. The Scores are DO< of the very best, and one of
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  • 419 2  -  Neptune By Pbobablt, never before has greater interest been evinced m aquatic sports m Singapore, than that whicii is displayed m this year's regatta of the Singapore Rowing Club. The entries for the various events show a wonderful increase over anj previous year, and taken all round, the
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  • 398 2 Bsfoki Msssns Thouhtos awn Babu. Seeterday Kamasamy, a Kling, was charged with receiving stolen property to the value of 1126.77*. Mr. 1 gan appes for the prosecution, Mr. Everard for th* defence. Mr. Everard said it was themosl mysterious case he ever came across m the
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  • 2956 2 (Written for the Straits Times.) London, llth June.— A pert little ballet girl once rushed, panting and sobbing, into the managerial sanctum of the great Robert William Elliston— l forget whether it was at Drury Lane or at the Olympic— and complained that on the previous
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  • 384 3 The Resignation of Admiral Lang. The Chmeee Timet Bays Captain W. M. La g, R.N., resigned his eOßUnission as Co- Admiral of tho Ch on the 15th instant, and the same lias been sccepted by ti. v lamenting *on I s, our contemporary remarks The agitation that
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  • 379 3 The gun at fori Canning was not fired at noon to-day owing probably to the powder being damp, thorn i leveral attempts were made. Ox Wednesday afternoon a Malay man was cutting timber at Johore Lama, when, without any warning, another tree fell upon him an I
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  • 73 3 Thk S. S. VV M I the AustroQungarian hue of Bteamers which was to lombo on the ***** ultimo for China, with passen Singapore, has broken down owing to tl: pincrank of the steamer, b OUUd to be di tive, and
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  • 64 3 1 1 is stated that Q I van Teijn. the Governor of Acheen and its d p nd--. is about to retire iv consequence of the Netherlands India Government b desirous of adopting;! more vigorous policy to bring about the pacification of Acheen, he being averse to such change.
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  • 108 3 The petition from sundry contractors, handicraftsmen, and traders at Penang to the Municipality there praying for the carrying out of deferred public works to alleviate the depression of trade there met with backing from the President of the Board. There was a geueral feeling, he said, that there
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  • 77 3 Mr. Anthonisz, the second Magistrate, was kept away from his official duties to-day by indisposition, and Mr. Thornton, Senior Magistrate, commenced hearing the cases at 2.15 p. m. Mr. Thornton presides m the Court of Requests until he went to take charge of Mr. Anthonisz' s Court, when
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  • 163 3 About 4 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, while the steamer Mm (a was on her way from Penang to Singapore, a dispute arose amongst some of the Chinese coolie passengers over the ownership few chankol handles. High words led on to blows, and
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  • 68 3 William Wright, a private m the 2nd Battalia .Northampton Regiment, station.,! at Singapore, was recentli charged m a Calcutta Police Court with being s deserter. Wright was arr. i. an.l subsequently admitted having deserted his regiment at Singa; on the 7th of April last Th was adjourned
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  • 136 3 Ar a ie feting of the Penang municipality on tin- tt ii July the President asked what were ihe views ofthe Board m regard to the propos d buildings for Weld Quay, whether thoy should have the buildings of a uniforni height, th.- sam.' as at
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  • 125 3 Las: year the total yield of the Madras in. nes amounted to 108 lbs. troy valued i at Bs. 53,444, or 38.4 kilograms, valued at It is unnecessary to say that this is only the produce of the mines within the Madia- Presidency. The Mysore Company's mine iv
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  • 196 3 uaing Q > He, 9tk Thk Chinaman who is charged with the offence oi bigamy i committed for trial at the nexl A which will commence <^n Tuesday next, bail being alio m the sum ol $250. We understand that Mr. Gh c. Wray, the Assistant Protector of
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  • 110 3 It is satisfactory to learn that the fighting m Edie is nearly over. The Dutch made an expedition to Oleh Qadja aud burned down and destroyed the house of Tunku Yusope and all the shop- houses there, meeting with but little opposition from the enemy. There is a talk
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  • 217 4 The elections for the seven-year members of the Japanese House of Peers took place throughout the Empire ou the 10th ult. Article VI of the Imperial Ordinance relating to the House of Peers provides "one member shall be elected m each Fn and Ken from among and by
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  • 594 4  -  Neptune By The preliminary heats of the light fours and single sculls iv connection with the annual regatta of the Siugapore Rowing Club, which were pulled oil" yesterday afternoon, resulted exactly as Neptune anticipated. The weather was all that could be desired, but unfortunately there was a nasty
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  • 1034 4 Planters' Association. (From thc Pinang Gazette.) A meeting of the above Association was held at noon onTuesday.week. iuthcjroomof the Chamber of Coinmorce, to discuss tho Chinese labour question with a view to passing a resolution requesting tho Govenunent to appoint a commission to make enquiries
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  • 185 4 Aim kalians are disquieted at a rumour that Geruiauy is negotiating with Holland for that portion of New Guinea which is claimed by the Dutch. It is telt that but forthe indifference of Lord Derby some years ago when the Premier of Queensland desired to take v
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  • 654 4 the opium trade, lecenej th ri >us aph which had to I pown Mn l ten. of the editor j m to tiio 1;l conte a seriou to put an end to the cultivation oi the py m China. Tibs the better informj« adll construe into
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  • 497 4 This secompllshsd nohle m an and highminded stat( sman bas beea struck dowa within a week sft I a mpleting id- 59th year, N« one m lhe li j„t c*.e ligent interest m the Colonies ami m leading ...onial gui than tl i EErfa r f
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  • 775 5 (From our own (hrretpo ndent.) Economical Heresy. Paris, 14th June. The new economical school m France repudiates the epithets of protectiouist, of free, aud of fair trader. Its members dub themselves M Reciproquists." They have a majority of two to one io both the Upper and Lower Hous.
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  • 522 5 One returns always to their hrst love By continually asking when the English will leave Egypt, Deputy Pichon concludes that will shame them into evacuating the country. M. Pauld B ac remmded his colleague, that tb why France was not now m Egypt a because she
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  • 577 5 Cabby is all smiles, therefore fa happy. The ukase has been public lied compelling the 10,000 cabs of all si/.es and shapes vo be provided with the new tariffreckoner by the first of April next a day peeunar for coincidences. The apparatus to be fixed to each cab
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  • 332 5 By Neptune The result of the second heat m the light four-oared race, which was pulled off yesterday afternoon, same as a surprise to <k1 many, who had throughout pinned their faith on Bobertoon. Tbe ther was beautifully tine, and better water for sculling could not ha v<
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  • 138 5 The return j 'ies' Library and Museum during the v 1,035. The ;rom ived here to-day with i jeers. "i and is to I nly. -*> Thi b. B >hn M< < i found perarriv< d. As far as are for Eu- Henri is nov, Spaand I
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  • 402 5 Third Magistral p< slerrnoon Mr. Hs tb the an em| the Opium Farm, of receiving gal gr ion m h as venue officer. Mr. L ared be that the be box of another Celestial m tin- Tanjong el, when he a (print ity of chandu tii the
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  • 78 5 Sroains as to the rapidity with which bamboos grow are current all over the Kast, aud the new-comer is often regaled with some rather tall stories iv this connection, but Dr. Triuien records m his Ceylon Botanical Gardens Report for last year that oue of the clumps of
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  • 77 5 Mr. H. Pi Felsinger, a son of AI r. Felsiuger of the Railway Department, teaves this for Singapore soou, having secured an appointment as draftsman m the Survey Department there. He will have m tbe same office his elder brother, who secured a similar berth a short time
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  • 169 6 Sportsmex m Ceylon, aud especially those who frequent the Nuwara Eliya Easter Meet —we will speak of it by its old name, at all events till September next will be glad to hear that a Cup has, we been offered t > the Meeting next year, valued
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  • 616 6 The Alleged Hongkong Post Office Defalcation. JP aoon I inst.), on remand, charged wi'a hesxlii g s: 1.00 the prop< mast- < .ral. Travels. Acting Postmaster General, cross-ex imit M -The Post Offi< nly one account with the B There is also a Local Revenue account with the Bank, but
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  • 372 6 1 I Siak the even course of planting life meets with onal disturbance from gang-rol Deli Cc irani of the L'.-ith June giv. particulars oi a recent instance wh me of the risks attend:!' <>p ig out a new country. Papang estate there, so it appears, had a
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  • 188 6 ttt. Mal 10th Ju, Five Malay > c instable have been broug before Mr. Birch oa a charg fighting and erm lty to animals th.-r -m. the a remand* Ito admit of prosecution. rhe b. b. Horsburgh arrived her.- v day moi aing _..i\ ing the Ho i*l
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  • 268 6 Thb prospectus is issued ofthe Empire of India Corporation with a capital of £1,000,000, m 99,987 shares of £10 each and 130 Founders' Shares of £T each, with power to issue Debentures. The first is £500,000, m 49,967 Ordinary Shares (of which 10,000 are to be off.
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  • 181 6 W_ hear that a syndicate lias been formed m London to prospect Pulo Tioman. A I dropped down dead from tb.effects m the North Canal Road about noon on Situ.. lay. The Pin ri 1 iat t he ernment bave written for four hou-. surgeons from England
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  • 83 6 Maasas Beglar and Monk, ofthe Postal Department, were drowned on June 18 at Rango -n. while going on b the Pun.-. if, forthe Straita, m company with the captain, a 1 i lv. and five laa Tiiev left the jetty injth P the ship, which morning.
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  • 69 6 The heavy rainfall yesterday resulted m tl-> >-!> m low lying po -wn. ibe water I five to sii i houses. The greater part of the insi 1 o Course was like a lake, m the afi the wat( her owing we supp boys a 1 tb.- .lay
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  • 362 6 An examination for the purpose 0 f selecting the first Sll candidates for adm' sion to the proposed Medical School at Singapore will be held at the Colonial g^. retary's Office bn a date to be heieaftar fixed. Candidates, who should be betweea th of 16
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  • 67 6 ot P have nee by wi .[lowing tobacco Bales iii Amsterdam on the nt, via.:— -Sumatra i ut;l tiona Co.. Ltd. s. P. 11,1 cents per .1 kilo; Anglo-Dul h Tobacco Co., Ltd., G. T. C., hobo Pakam, 500 bales at 112 cents per kilo; Sunghy Merah Tobacco
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  • 146 6 Ihe following is the list of cases for trial at the Fourth Criminal Assizes which commence to-morrow:— Chin Boh Siang and Chm Moh Kirn. causing grievous hurt Suinappu, causing grievous hurt Wee Chm Hork, criminal misappropriation: Kallie Limah and Awang Juuim (1) kicking, (2) causing grievous hurt Reginald
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  • 128 6 From <>nr own Correspondent.) The s. s. Pulai from Johore and Singapore came m on Saturday morning bringing back the Resident, who had been away ou some busiuess matters. She leaves again on Sunday evening with Mr. Garland for Johore. In a betelnut plantation close by the town,
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  • 70 6 ant ation r .there is a pi > hich is bearing fruit the m ddle of its trunk. have for. -le, for it ited varioi The people on the plantation are paying due homage to this abnormal growth with j">s ami other n-moiiies, while crowds of
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  • 313 7 By One on the Launch. Thk final heat of the Light Fours was another surprise to those interested m this race by Wolferstan, first favourite, beiug most unexpectedly beateu by Coffin. The water and weather were all that could be desired. The start was good, Wolferstan rowing a
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  • 104 7 The fir par of th I m a new the ban A ural Comp announ Tic A 1 r to for the In order I soil ana but, ial report, he found the land quite unsuitable. He a more suit; but the lor Buch gi "is
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  • 428 7 On Saturday morning before Mr. Hare, v VY °Ug aad TaQ Kirn Wa were charged, the first with committing aud the second with abetting murder on board the Alberta on her voyage from Penang to bingapore on tbe 9th inst. Mr. Newland prosecuted for
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  • 123 7 Tki: fi bewails the state of trade at Penang which, it says, is as bad as it can possibly be, so that on all quarters there is a great deal of suffering aud want. It fails, however, to 6 m what way or from what direction relief
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  • 47 7 Tb- Uo'a. A.X.C.C. informs us that th" Singapo 'dub is waiting for an ai which must be sent ma week's time, and that un volunteers a; f«- the Ho g Club will have the unpleasant duty of declining a v- able invitation to go Soutli. ______>
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  • 148 7 S. Thi the Esplanade on Saturday aftern 'lows: Ti! -J Pt. Hyde f.b. 0 Lt. Fteelai dc. ode <> Pt. Latchford c. Lightfoot b. Hinde... 11 Lt. Bpinks c. b. Hinde 12 Pt. Sayan c. b. Hinde 15 Lt. Bramwell c. Koss b. Hinde 3 Pt. Taylor b. Saund
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  • 910 7 Penjom- Pahang Gold Company. The first general meeting of the PenjomPahang Gold Company (Limited), was held oa the 19th ult. at the London offices of tho Company, Mr. F. D. Banister (tho chairman presided. The Secretary having read the notice convening the meeting, The chairman made a statement, m tho
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  • 297 7 The raport of the lb-si. lent at Hanoi, ad* d U the Governor-; China, on the comma edition of TongKing on Jan. 1. 1890, is i ig m showing the of the and vala i Tne fol- The prods rasagsi have been freed from all im]
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  • 106 7 Captain Robinson of the lirit.- que Annie Staford, reports having .1 quantity of wreckage m latitude 40 South and longitud The s. s. Calypso, which arrived yesterday from Deli, reports bavin □at the North Sands Lighthou- iday the British ship GUnalvon, of Liverpool, from Calcutta to 'Frisco, which
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  • 1183 8 Thb secretary of the Pen jom Pahang Mining Company informs us that six bara of pure gold have ari ived at the offices of the company, where they may be inspected. The British North Borneo Company have received the following telegram Season favourable for plantations the
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  • 398 8 Sandakan, 16th June.— Mr. W. C. Cowie is reported to be making endeavours to float a railway company m Loudon to build a line from Saudakau to Mempakol (on the mainlaud near Labuan). The scheme includes a large cession of laud to the railway company, and although
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  • 999 8 {Supplementary to struits Tim** Telegrams.) \Ceylou Independt nt.) Berlin, 3oth June— The Qermnn guard on the frontier near Spinal has lired at an.l wonnded a Frenchman who was _*therin_ London, tei July.— Lord Randolph Churchill speaking at Barrow-in-Furness yesterday denounced m strong terms Mr. Caine's defection from the
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  • 247 8 In the House of Commons on the lTth ult. Mr. Xorns asked the Under-Secretary t-r Foreign Affaire if it was a tad that Rajah B«>oke had seised a large part of the independent State of Brunei against the wishes of the lawful Soveroigu oi t Instate, and,
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  • 259 8 As a result of the comparison drawn b the officers of the Imperieuse, flagship 0 f Sir Newell Salmon, Commander-in-Chief on the China Station, between the offensive and defensive powers of their vessel and that of the Russian flagship Admiral Nakimoff, the authorities, says the mi rally
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  • EDITORIALS.
    • 536 8 (Straits Tones July li.) Recently published official Statistics! Returns of th.- Trade of British India with British possessions and foreign countries for tiie live years from 18H4-5 WBB-0 i glance the commercial currents uuder the attracting power of the ueighbounu- Empire. The volume of trade indicates
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  • 508 9 (Straits Times July 11.) Selangor dealt earlier with the labour question thau Perak. the tirst proclamation on the subject bearing date m 1882, while m the latter State the need for Government interference m the matter by regulation did not become pressing till three years later.
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  • 830 9 (Straits Times July 12.) The Planters Association of Penang and Province Wellesley have had the temerity to tackle a su bject, which generally falls to philanthropists, or bilious critics whose interests lie outside the sphere of the planting industry. A Penang contemporary set the ball rolling bydrawing attention
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  • 653 9 (Straits Times July 14.) The Penang Administration Report for 1889 leads off with revenue figures showing au income of nearly 1,700,000— an increase of over one-sixth compared with the returns for the previous year, opium and spirits contributing about one-half of the aggregate, aud accounting wholly for
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  • 508 9 (Straits Times July lo.) The Acting Resident Councillor of Penang m his Administration Report for last year touches upon several points of more than purely local bearing. He lays particular stress on the blow to the prosperity of that Settlement resulting from the decrease m Chinese immigration there,
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  • 147 9 At the Seeoud Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon Tan Eng Tuan was charged with abetting the murder of one Tan Ti m Havelock Road on the 12th May. Mr. Newland prosecuted for the Crown, aud Mr. Sisson appeared forthe d< Hok Yu Lian, the wife
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  • 882 10 the Lof th« at with Major hout North acco: which sails _> f our f.fter Cambri I whicii will 1 New York c all t- our will be African :t ths ah tee which the i ar. Lonl V» ondent says, at on an elaborate life written from
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  • 376 10 By Neptune. The Singapore Rowing Club's regatta this year, considering only the few events that have already taken place, has been chiefly remarkable fo< mishaps, and for the most unexpected and unlooked for results, so as to make it appear as if some Nemesis had ruled over the
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  • 183 10 Wht t a _cai< BConn greeny nt ovei n tlte Pension Bill introd iced by Mr. M has made a greal Tha demand the m id, to which Mr. Mom-.. rate of two-thir of (namely, first-el iss men third. _4«. less sion.'- and y should
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  • 564 10 Plant ing Enterprise in Klang. A. Purm y), reports i up und .r the and Pepper R yu', tains 576 a I The nurs iri about 2,5 cuttings eolY c plai Mr, Lamm j quite sanguine about and ip th; year. Cubebs and vanilla ar plan- an ea bop. ful.
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  • 180 11 The Rawang Tin Mining Company have lately been engaged m smelting, and on the year's work have so far obtained 300 pikuls of tin ore, working with about 200 men for six months and there is much more tin within easy reach. Mr. Pasqual, formerly m Government employ, has
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  • 455 11 In view of unfavourable accounts received recently concerning coffee production m Jrva, a report on the subject to the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs at Constantinople by M. Werdniuller d'Elgg, a Dutch resident at Passeroeau i^Javai, is of special interest. Ho deals with the production of coffee m
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  • 260 11 Arrivals. Per Caledonien from Yokohama, Mr. Williamson from Hongkong, Mr. John Anderson from Saigou, Mr. Le Mer?. Btmjetmaesin from Labuan, Messrs. Medeliar aud Vorkmeijer. Per Sappho from Klang, Messrs. Wellmanu and Booth. Memnon from Hongkong and Sandakan, Mr. Weimath. Alberta from Penang, Mr. Bell. Siak from Deli, Mr.
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  • 213 11 The various events on the programme of the Women's Christian Temperance Union Meeting at the Prinsep Street Chapei on Monday evening ramt off before a large gathering, with the Rev. Mr. Lamont m the Chair. A recitation, a song, and hymns broke the round of addresses' by
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  • 1630 11 Labour Difficulties m British North Borneo. Sir, I read iv your issue of June 21st just received, two articles headed Labour Difficulties B. N. 8.," and "Labour Complaints iv B. N. B. As iv the lirst article you ask publicity to be given as to the
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 618 11 NOTH THE price of rhe Mi- ut m ta For the daily [eat yearly For the weekly issue sp; The subscript!.. ich p.vablo quarterly m sd iree delivery each ar h v P°«t withi aents and throughout tli Peninau] oopiei may be had for IS <" nt- and p, 6*
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1112 12 ARRIVALS P*'j FtAO I 5»! VaaaiL's Xam«. ft Tons. Captain. From. Sailbd Consignees. fi~| Rio I July) B. i Pembrokeshire Brit.str. 1720 Dancaster Hongkong July 2 Boustead A Co. 8 Hecate str. 607 Reese Bangkok July 4 VV. Manfield ft Co. 8 Vidar str. 220 Craig Brow June 30 Syed
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    • 678 12 SHIPPING. IN PORT WiU 0> the WU P> 168 traits Steamy Ltd^ for M laccft Klang— Roads m P Co J. Mkn-ok-War. Sailing Visas: Porpowe, H. M.'s steamer 1,770, tons, White, Alpheus Marshall, 1,096, Behn Meyer A e« Station.— Roads. or Marseilles— Roads. Soon ic, German cruiser, 2,170, tons Herbing,
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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  • SUPPLEMENT TO THE WEEKLY "STRAITS TIMES," JULY 16 1890.
    • 9 1 SUPPLEMENT TO THE WEEKLY "STRAITS TIMES," JULY 16 1890.
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    • 17 1 In consequence of the mail arrangements the news of this dai, (Wednesday, is given m a supplement.
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    • 181 1 rIEUTEK'S TELEGKAM6 (For Straits Ti The Silver Bill hemdem, loth /nly.—. The Silver Hill takr* effect from the thirteenth of August. H. B. the Acting Govern..! is leaving for a trip up the Bail Ooasl on Friday next. H. M. S. Pnrjeeim leavee Singapore to. md
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    • 103 1 The 58th Regimental team leave Singapore by the mail steamer Rom* for the purpose of proceeding to Perak. The arrangements are made so that the team may play the Peuangites ou the 18th and 19th instant, afterwards proceeding to Perak wheie they will play on the 21st and 22nd
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    • 180 1 There has been no serious friction between the secret societies during the year, and the few petty quarrels and disturbances which have occurred bave been settled by the Police and Protectorat The passing of the Societies Ordinance caused little excitement amongst the rauks ofthe dangerous societies.
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    • 148 1 The Kowloon-Cantou railway scheme is, the China Mail believes, beginning to take something like definite shape. The other afternoon a large party started from Taikok-tsui to inspect the ground and select the best suitable route. They were accompanied by an English engineer, and they will likely be
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    • 482 1 AaaicuLTUaa. Agriculture made fair progress duriug the year. The chief block of land taken up for agriculture is that at Sepang, consisting of some 10,000 acres for gambier aud |>epper. Three years ago this laud was coTered with unexplored forest. A few months ago I (the
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    • 70 1 Messrs. Gibb, Livingston A Co. inform u> tbat according to latest iuformation to baud by wire from Borneo the prospects for this year's crops ou the estates of the East Borneo, Sougei Koyah aud Lamag Planting is going ou well on all three, aud the health of
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    • 259 1 An Indian "Political" succeeds au ludian policeman at Scotland-yard. If tad and a wonderful faculty for getting on with all sorts aud conditions of meu are qualifications for the post of Chief Commissioner of the Police, Sir Edward Bradford should make aa excellent successor to Mr. Monro.
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    • 1527 1 Tu«kday, 15th July. A meeting of the "Singapore Parliament" was held m the Masonic Hall last night. There were over 20 members present, and Mr. Knight took the chair as speaker. Minutes. The minutes of the last meeting were read and, after amendment, adopted. The Customs. Mr.
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