Straits Times Weekly Issue, 15 June 1892

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    32 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. W) Fo T «-^"«»SION BY EVKKY HoMEWAK., M.VM. S,K,,M. Price 40 Cim /PL XLVm. Eram i SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 189* T^^ i— n^ \o >^ '#%v^\.# Jl,
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    50 1 Inebtraits Tunes has the largest rculation of any newspaper i Asia, British India exempted. circulates m Singapore and Bnang, throughout all the j rotecteel States of the Malay eninsuia, m Siam, Borneo, the Itherlands Indies, the Philip- ines, and French Indo-Ghina. b other Eastern newspaper h 1 widespread a circulation.
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    WEDNESDAY, 15th JUNE.
    14 1 i St. C »ir. n»\-i me, ll o: W. i' n*peo
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    CONTENTS
    58 1 Hpnmnmr; of tho Weok. Urici l.ink. Hpe M<uirit iii^ Ois;i Tr.-nlinjr m V~ iiri. Bptr. Gullaini. Muiiu-in\{ Craiiri K. M. on Naval Wb& Shoot it:'j' (if .M r- Muni«'i]> il (.'mimiN^ion. HP*© Pmli.-: m.' Xi :^t lfc^ c Sai !or> K> fglbkt C'tntflut iK.Kthil Colli^iun.8 f r I't'fik Pa-
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    391 1 Singapore, 15th June, l>:-2. '■'tjjt Pkodjce. ■ttbi^r. WP Cu>>e No. 1 <• B* <io No S.uO. ■bra Bali, 4 Hh Pontianak 4.<>o. b Black 8.87|. Flour, 5..: awak 'V2-V Sa*?.>. ;;."<>. bhli, Liborian, d Mp>ca small Flake |g o (Jq Ist qualitj 4. "25. Ho mod. flak<\
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    287 1 F nt m Pbnnsi thai cloud burst over the oil region m Perm!v l «)ii p iping tw i towi lightning Bred the oil which Bpr< id I mi1 jiven as three hundred and fifty. Tin: CaAft's Visit to Kiel. Lotdon, Bth Ju li is>i a b 1!n
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    765 1 M. Jules de Bernard de Faucontal, the Belgian Consul-General m the Btr*iU, I has left Europe but will not arrive iv Singapore before the middle of July as he ii j travel liu<; via America. A few Asiatics, probably country peo- pie, contiuued to-day to present Mercau-
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      326 1 SUMMARY OP THE WEEK. Anvic t: < from Baub report the stoppage of th \l sin-:. Pahaog affairs thow little improvement. 1 that the Panglima Mm i Jempol has iuie i rnmenl boat l >ror with stores aud provisions, and ured a quantity of fish, rice, and tobai Ai the
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    TUESDAY, 7th JUNE.
    361 2 A NUMBER of visitors from Malacca arrived on Sunday morning for the holiday aud returned to Malacca yesterday afternon. Mr Johnston, recently acting chief clerk %i the General Post Office, left on Saturday afternoon for Malacca where be is to act as Collector of Land Revenue. The
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    Government Planting in Sarawak.
    141 2 A correct survey hns pist been completed ot the Government Tea and Coffee Estate on Matang. The total area is S.tt acres. '2v ;of this 83a. Or VJp is planted with coffee and tta, <>r. :>:!p. with tea. 106a. !r. op. has been cleared and burnt
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    The Mauritius Hurricane.
    251 2 The Mauri.ius Daily Publisher of the 12tb May has among other information the following. We must go, it is said, as far back as the year 1818, m tin history of Mauritius, to find a huvicaue which may compare with the one of 20th April last, for
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    THE PAHANG RISING.
    134 2 We learn from the Colonial Govern- inent that the rumours from Raub re- i f erred to the other day turned out, as was expected, to be quite uufounded and to have been caused by reports of the movements of the Sultan's men which were not understood.
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    667 2 A London criticism. j [Tht London mid China Espt v .< The last newspaper* from Singapore give very excited accounts of tin* -4,»te of affairs m PtthHittr. which U, certainly. very sorious one, since two a>urop anshave been murdered, and the chief town, Pekau, was m a state of panic.
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    A French Criticism.
    717 2 (Ihc le.mp*). On the north* m frontier? of Burmali. on those of Assam, m the region of the upper Irrawaddy, aud m plenty of other places of its vast Empire the Government of British India has had to recently sustain against native I Sultan*, against the neighbouring
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    The Imuris Mines.
    1314 2 An O\ en Letter. Ifoiifk'ii i Telegraph. To the t 'hairman of iho lmuris Mines, Limited. Sir. You have lived sufficiently long m tbid world to have heard '.hit the r ad I Hell ii iaid to ba pavwl wi bgosd intention!. Your intf'i.tituis m limiris were
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    Liberian Coffee in Perak.
    598 2 A v". ut M'lnun m IViak, t\»i nierly a JH lon piantcr of <. i onsideral«it 1 £Xp4^^| writes about Libcrian <-otT<.e as f' I I have been m Selaiigor for .some i I vi«i;ingn\ friends and l.avirg k lo< k*3 ;t t;enei :\ll\ 1 inn-!
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    The Satgon Rice Market.
    500 3 P\\ m. Ct. H „,la i. •■i. tth Juut g lvs thai th< little t.. ad irdiug the rice ket, f\ pt a Ltions cause 1 by dimiuution m a- rivals frtlm the inti-rior sfoeU i retained for one thiug tad, besides, the n ins have
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    The Philharmonic Society.
    661 3 (First Pup.lk Concert, Season 1392.) List night the Singapore Philharmonic i '-■■"■>■ their first public concert of the season m the Town Hall, the vonI being particularly well patronised, lhe ?oncert, regarded from an amateur's standpoint was H success, and some few of tbt> beyond the tide-line
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    Mr. Mosely Shoots Himself.
    1354 3 Mk. J. Hertkam Mosei.y. a dentist iej cently practising m Singapore, and who is a bankrupt, attempted to commit sui- cide yesterday afternoon, by shooting himself with a revolver m bis room al the Hotel de la Pa«. The bullet ps 1 through his left breast
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    Supreme Court.
    394 3 MOIIAMEII U.SAOOFF, P/fl S SIJ 1: S U.MOND fore Acting Chiei Justice Wood. This in.. ruin- Mr. Napier moved that the order dated .l Juno 1«92 for the arrest of dofoudant 1).- rescinded ;iud that tl" discharged. The plaintiff by his attorney Syed Abdul Kader A tT had
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    WEDNESDAY. 8th JUNE.
    779 4 The Russian cruiser VitUiz aud the transport Yakut left last night for Yladivostock. < I The late arrival yesterday afternoon of the Yang Te> it seems, was due to her being detained for some hours off Cape St. James for the arrival from Saigou of the Gov-ernor-General's
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    RAUB.
    805 4 The Battery Stopped Through the Pahan<? Rising. Telt'inmt from Rattb, dated i.7 p.m. stk Juie, 1892. Crushing finished. 7.S<> Tons of stone yielded 253 o*. of smelted Gold. Battery stopped crushing, uo fuel to bo had. Ratio Hole Resumed work on new shaft. The reason DO fuel is to
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    Tonquin Coal.
    1942 4 The report on the operations of 1891 of the Socicte Francaise des Charbonnages dv Tonkin says that some of the works begun iv 18tH> have been completed aud others will be finished m the course of the next few months aud during the next quarter the teal work
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    THURSDAY, 9th JUNE.
    703 5 The Government learns that it is repor JjtfromLipis that the- Malays m the Jelei district, m consequent u f a (juit< unfouu W fear of attack by the Sikh force uu Col. Walker, have b^u stockading >a ..us points. But that requires conkuUion,: and. if it he
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    Stoppage of the New Oriental Banking Corporation, Limited.
    3105 5 Stoppage of the New Oriental Banking Corporation, Limited. This mormug, shortly before 10 o'clock the targe doors of the New Oriental Bank. ing Corporation, Limited, m the Square of bingapo.e were closed, aud the following notice was potted on them regret to munouuee thai a telegram hat >'rnr,<i tln.< »«,ni\,u]
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    Municipal Commissioners.
    2501 6 Wr.DXKSDAV, Jl Ni: S TH. The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Commiisioneis was held iv the Town Hall, yesterday afternoon, a1 »<>. There were present Bfessra. Al<-\. Oentle, (President), Th. Sobst, C. Crane, A. L. Donaldson, Cosmo G. Pat. -50u. 1. P. Joaquim, R.W.Maxwell, Taj Gkbk Teat,
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    Minutes
    4984 7 W fROCEKmNOS OF T«E MUNICIPAL Commissioners on Frihav 27th May. 18<»2. PRESENT-T!,e President Alex. QrnUe |.;Tl,H,> :i; in,Tu IJi:l^i;il^7:1 Ji: 1^i; il^7: naldsou, Km,. T..v (J .ok r.it Us,, ABH,Nr: Th, 'Hou'ble th« Col. Engineer MajMrMrCalliim, k. M o. o G Pater' son. Esq.; J. P. Joa H uiui.
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    FRIDAY, 10th JUNE.
    516 8 The Colonial Government has received slegrami from both limb and Lipia s*yi ff that all is quiet. The Toll Rijth of ellei offert assurance* of his entire loyalty. lat Kilau M believed to have left the t ellei district for the Tembeling Uiver, t rhich is 00
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    Emigration to the Straits.
    222 8 A contemporary quotes a memoranduo c issued by Mr. Maxwell, Colonial Secretary a Singapore, to those intending t<> geek employ nie-iit m the Straits, which should, be of iutei eat to young men m Ceylon. It runs thus: I new of the numerous applicatiooa which ar
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    Gutta-Percha.
    1693 8 Con f rih *ted. itS) The miter of ***** notes OH Gut ta-Per- j wo ■ha which appeared m your ooliUboi ;i few to lays since, hinted at 'the possibility of a U 1 pitta-percha monopoly Of "ring" being gu ormed which would send uptheartide m 0 a f;in«-\
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    EDITORIALS.
    378 9 I The Mauritius Disaster. (Strtiitfi Time*, 7th June.) j jjp \|Ul be seen from our telegrams that tb^Honje Government proposes to lend rM^jJjPCJi'DOO sterling to the Government of I, j£|u nt: m order to enable the Colonial I;'. Gto&pineot to remedy, as far as a Go- ■i& t l^Hp^
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    The N.O.B.C.
    499 9 Bpfctfra<7- T i IJJ^JChk I f the stoppage of the Xew i jlpgl^^Mt Bank w;h not re>--i\e<l with surI liN^^'^^Bp 11^ p^' rs ns who know a: '■^iaijl.itw matters. For k past the llls <vn growing m com--1 ,gafe^r-Bpdisfavo\i'-. and latterly it:-, paper, I of th all events.
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    The Mauritius Disaster.
    270 9 8t ru it* 77 mat, >th Ju n c Mail advices from Mauritius bear out the CODclasiOD that the cyclone there has been of almost unexampled destructiveiH'ss, so that it is matter of doubt whether the Colony can for very mauy years fully n rover from this
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    Asiatic Trading in French Indo-China.
    393 9 Asiatic Trading in French Indo-C hina. Strait* Times, lltli June,) The Straits may take one lesson from Freuch Indo-China or at least a lesson on one poiut the registration <>f partnerships. European merchants there com]>laiu of little security m dealing with Asiatic traders, especially the Chinese, from th.- Latter managing
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    SATURDAY, 11th JUNE.
    301 9 Thkri are serious complaints about tbe Sailors 1 Borne. The return of visitors to the Raffles Library and Museum during the ireek was 856. The Russian transport Petertburg with Hankow teas and <>'I 7 men from Via livostock left this morning for Odessa. A Chinvman who had
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    The "Government Gazette."
    412 9 Tin: Q ni Qin dated yesterday, but published to-daj, contains the following aotifioati The Dame ol Mr, L A. M. Johnston is added t.> the Commission of the Pea for the Settlement of Malacca. Mr. J. If. lon< be as Magistrate and Collector <ȣ Land Revenue, Malacca.
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    Perak Finance.
    320 9 Tiik duty collected oo tio exported duriug LB9O aud 1891 compares thus: 860,730 'I »llars m the former aud *!:>,:«•. dollars m the latter year givit;<> a decrease of $47,7 7. r > m value io 1891. The quantity of Metallic tin and tin oie exported from the
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    Cloth From Ramie.
    529 9 N finer and shouger than wool or cottou is sail to hat obtain from ramie, 81 aits product iV: April •.''</// The first experiment r of cloth from ramie m the was made today at the San Jose woollen mill. Mr. Murray, of the departDient of ramie
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    The Sailors' Home.
    817 10 r Renewed Complaints. For some time past inmates of the Sailors' Home have being making repeated complaints m reference to the state of things alleged to obtain m that institution. This week three ships officers left the home and went to live m a hotel, alleging as
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    Deli News.
    470 10 i In the planting districts, so says the c Deli Courant, the weather during April j J bad proved unusually wet to the detri- v meut of the plants m the nurseries owing o to the latter being stricken with a disease which spreads after rain. Gradually the
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    Netherlands India.
    637 10 Rumour still points to au approaching armed intervention by the Java authorities to put au end to the civil war iv Lombok. Troopfl are said to l>< i held m readiness m Java to proceed thither. The Resident of Bali has gone to Lombok to try to settle
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    Correspondence.
    1417 10 A Question of Nationality. Co thk BDXTOB Of THB Stkaits Timk>." Sib. Iv your itlUfl of the 4th instuut bore appeared a letter aodet the ai beadi&g and over the signature of .1 It s a natter of supreme iodiiforence to in«whether Mr. Marti* is of Siamese origin lod
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    MONDAY, 13th JUNE.
    1832 11 Having alarmed themselves by a Sunday's talking the Asiatic note-holders made to-day a run on the Mercantile Bank. The notes wen: paid iv silver as speedily as the silver could be couuted aud the other banks also cashed all Mercantile votes that were presented. By -5 p.
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    The Abduction Case.
    1550 11 In the Second Bfagtstrate's Couri this afternoon three Malay* (two women ami a man) were charged oo three counts, the male prisoner with enticing away a married woman, one female prisoner with cheating, ami one with kidnapping Mr. Logan appeared to defend the male prisoner. Hadji Mat
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    Municipal Commissioners.
    4320 12 Monday, 13th June. The Town Hall Question. A special meeting ot the Municipal Commissioners was held m the Town Hall j yesterday afternoon at 2.30, with the object of discussing the plans for the proposed new Municipal Offices, aud eonsideringanv objections made thereto. There were present, Messrs. Alex.
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    EDITORIALS.
    1657 13 ttrtllmid. i (Straits Ztmef, IMh We publish m another cofatbo ci letter that has been written by Mr. G illand, a Straits merchant of London. A part of the argument of the letter is a hint that, m deciding not to send English troops to Pahang, tt. X the
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    SHIPPFNG.
    1002 14 HftlWlftti IN IMHT. heading rig. ■•1: ftr. --t..., n> .r s'm. slijp; l)i| hmrqne; Brit. British; V. s.-Pr.-Franefa ;Ger. lerraau Dut —Dutch Joh! Johore ftc, < I < foneral cargo |d.p. d rager*; d. Uncertain ;T.P.W.— -Tanjong •ir Whai f T. P. D Tan jong Pagar Pock NT.— Borneo
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    ARRIVALS
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    CLEARANCES.
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