Straits Times Weekly Issue, 24 August 1892

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    30 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. ■Established, 18:; 1. j Published for Transmission by Every Homeward Mail Steamei ("Price in Cents. VOL XLVm. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2 k 1892. NO. 3,601
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    WEDNESDAY, 24th AUGUST. CONTENTS
    72 1 WEDNESDAY, 24th AUGUST. CONTENTS Market Quotations. Summary of the Week. Renter's Tolo^rams. c*l and < Jeuoral News. Ra.nl» Mr. Money's Re-olectiou. Mr. Justice Golilney's Appointmout. i*elties in Garah insr. "The Government G izttti\ ie Gymkhsna. The Municipal Commissioners. The Palian^f Rising. Police News Shi)>]»inp News. Passenp«'r Li-t. News from Penang.
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    469 1 Singapore. JtTH August, 189*2. Pkodjce. GamV.i»>r 5 &B&, do Cube No. 1 9.25. do do No. 2, 8.00. [Too Poutianak, t._" Pepper Black 5».62i. Sago Flour, Sarawak Coffee Bali,'.'.'.'.'.'.".!!'.'. ;>- > <)0Coffee Lihorian 153.01' Tapioca small Flake, 3.75. do do Ist quality 4.70. do med. Hake, 3.90.
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    501 1 The Colonial Secretary aiul the l>ato Muntri of Johore have returned from Pahang. The Governor left on Monday in the Bea Belle for Pekan, where the Sultan of Pahang has arrive]. The country eontinnea in a disturbed condition but several of tlif implicated parties have been
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    440 1 F >,• Strait* Ti,,t FOBMIHO thi: CaBIHKI London, tSth Auguet.— The following appointments to the Cabinet appear certain:— Th- Bight Hoa*hle W. B. Gladstone, Prim" Minister and First Lord of the Treasury Sir W. Vernon>Harcoart, Chancellor of the Exchequer L > 1 11 Icht'll. Lord Hiirh Chancellor; Mr.
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    304 1 11. K. the Governor with Captain Talbot, A.D.C., and Mr. Bruce- Norton, Private Secretary, will leave for Pahanp 10 the Sea Belle this afternoon and it is generally understood thai Major McCallum acoompanief H B. It is further understood thai H. H. tin Sultan of Johore, it
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    Cricket.
    174 1 The match played on the hisplauade on Saturday was A. .1. Ross's Team vert C. Logan's Team, in place of the match aunounced in our columns on Saturday. There was no heavy scoring excepting in the case of Private Andrews, whose stumps fell for 57;audJ (i. MucTaggart, who i,(l
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      49 1 te Straits Times has the largest culation of any newspaper Asia, British India exceptecl. circulates in Singapore and Penang, throughout all the Protected States of the Malay Peninsula, in Siam, Borneo, the Netherlands Indies, the Philippines, and French Indo-China. No other Eastern newspaper has I so widespread a circulation.
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    TUESDAY, 16th AUGUST.
    174 2 The British steamer Lanark arrived here yesterdav from Barry Docks with 3,981 tons of coal. It ha> been ascertained that there are two tigers in th«- jungle at riu Pungol, in the Sirati^.-ou district. The tracks are quite fresh. The Dutch Bteamer M. F. van <h Putte,
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    508 2 Sir Charles Warren bas (writes the Globe) worked wonders iu the Straits Settlements as an engineer and organiser of defence, and no one can deprive him of the great credit which is due for these services; but from all accounts he does not succeed in making his wav smoothly among
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    The "Zambesi" Salvage Case.
    435 2 The Zambesi" Salvage Case. A merk'an .Hid Canadian papers Lately to hand state that the elaim of the steamship £am- it against the whalobaek 'harle* Wet in ore for salvH^H under circumstances reported in t hese cohuniis in January last) h-s ju^t been sett'ed l»y Jud<je Deady in flu- Astoria
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    News by the Mail.
    454 2 1 in: Countess of Dononphmora was fined at W.-mmi nster Polices :nt £20 for not notifying >hat r ehildwaa Raftering from scarlet fererand for remoYiijr, the patient in a public conveyance. Tlu> medic*] at <>]i(l-iit was abo fined EJ for delay in informing the medical <
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    Disastrous Floods in Japan.
    477 2 Three hundred lives lost. Ha.ri.ma suffered much by the Hoods caused by recent heavy rains. 'Die waters of t he Akashingawa rose aid inundated Keiba* cho of Akashi, though no serious damage resulted in Akashi-^uu. The floods inflicted much greater disasters further west. The, Kakogawa did
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    Gray, Laurier & Co. v. Boustead & Co.
    567 2 Gray, Laurier Co. v. Boustead Co. In the Queen** Bench D vision of the High I Court of ,lu-tiee. before Justice Wright ami Colliu*. the natter of an arbitration between Ura\. Laurier ami Co. Boustead aid Co. was «i. cided. '1 hi> on-.- raised ■v» ry inter. lag p. int
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    The dead body of a European seaman
    27 2 was found floating in the water at Tan- I jong Pagar this morning. An inquest is being held this afternoon.
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    The Greatest Tin Mine in the World.
    1058 2 Melbourne Leade, Twenty ycirs ago Mount 13isch«M Tasmania, uninteresting and linkv i in tli.* ii, i, Ist f (.ilrnt wiMiTnoat of. heavy ti.nl.T and almost in, scrub. The few who looked upon its soig dark preen summit never dreamed fc^H derneath that covering
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      23 2 The Straits Times has the largest :ulation of any newspaper Asia, British India excepted. No other Eastern newspaper has so widespread a circulation.
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    803 3 Hongkong Daily Press. A mono the various interesting and important questions that came before the British Mercantile Mariue Officers' Assoration at a iccent meeting, the "Three Hcers Questiou "takes a prominent place. A very strong case is made out in favour R.4>f the demand by the Association that every
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    59 3 £At a meetiug of the Midlothian i-iberal Executive held under the presidency of Mr. John Cowan of Beeslack od the 20th ult., it was stated that if the Liberals had again to euter upon a contest i seat would be won by a greatly inP* majority. A resolution congratuMr. Gladstone
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    The Pahang Rising.
    231 3 (From our Correspondent.) Pefatft, I'ith Amjnst, 18U2. Mr. Belfield, Treasurer, Pekan, is about to proceed to England on months leave, and his j.laee hen* will be taken by Mr. Eilerton, late manager of the Punjom Minlog Company, who has obtained employment under (he Government. Che AUie, a
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    Telegraphic Summary.
    1211 3 Suppl mentary t. 8 I proas*.) \'ii Ceylon. London,4tM Parliament was opened to-day, when the Eight Hon. Arthur Welle*ley Peel was re-elected Speaker of the H rase unopposed, Mr. < i.ad»t >ae seconding him. The swearing-in of the new raeabers before the Bpeaker was then proceeded with. Mr.
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    Telegrams Via Rangoon.
    553 3 Allahabad, •>'/•</ August Phe AmiKabul his more than once declined the Viceroy's imitation to visit [ndia, ]»l"adin.r the state <t' l-is hf'lt ii or t :i»* .iilli ulty of 1 -r i x i 1 I«*■1 the country owing to ioternal uistnrbanc Tii" jov.rii!u »ni of India
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    WEDNESDAY, 17th AUGUST.
    768 3 The editor of the Sing Pnh who was deported a few weeks ago, lias U-en replaced on the paper by ;i uew man from Hongkong. Turn dtelaiwd returns at the Bangkok Custom Boom of the export of rice there for the month of July last, show ihip.
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    326 4 Thb 'Bangkok Tramway Company held a meeting there on the 6th instant at which a dividend of 7 per cent for the half-year was declared. Legal difficulties stand in the way of the tiausfer of the liquidated Company to Danish jurisdiction so that at present they arc simply an English
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    Petreleum Tanks at Madras
    357 4 Some large tasks are in eours <>t" erection at Kovhyujmiu for tlu> storage of }»>t roleuin. Three of them an Kim: greeted by Messrs. B sf A: Co. mi tlu» western aide of Ihe railway station, and thf proem of lowering one <>[ them, whioh bad
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    Fallen Among Pirates.
    184 4 The following account of a singular escape from the bauds of pirates and from certain death is taken from the Courtier <T Haiphong: —On Saturday fast, the 30th ult.. whilst the lighterman Bourely was conducting a sampan to Tu-vu, he \v;is surprised by pirates to the dumber
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    New Oriental Bank.
    480 4 A crowded meeting of the creditor* < f tl is bank was held on Juh 20 at Winchester Home London to appoini tnnee peraoM to represent the clause oi \h i Buglifcli »nd h-Mi creditors, tho Scotch creditors having, thrown their Edinburgh committee, already elected th< own
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    Snow in Singapore.
    50 4 A tele*; ham in a C ai.adian paper uuder the heading 'Oriental Exchangee.' aud dated July Htb, gives the following alarming intelligence: Singapore was Hooded by a i phenomenally heavy snow-storm on the Ist ultimo. Nearly eighl aud a half inches fell in less theu five hours.
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    Sunday in Germany.
    119 4 By Hamburg advices to the 19th July, the law t\>r the closing of all classes of shopson Suudays.a few hours iu the morn, ing exceptod, had then been iu foive there for three Suudavs, and the worst anticipations as to the resuli have been surpassed. The public-houses
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    The Bank of Indo-China.
    139 4 At the annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Bauk of Judo-China the accounts for the two half-years of 18V1 were unanimously passed. The usual tormal resolution, fixing the dividend at tM per share (of which f.lO were paid as an interim dividend iu January
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    The P. and o. Company.
    159 4 The Brindisi Consular Report for IS'ti sUtea that the fortnightly line, which has Inhmi mainlined by ij, P P. ami O. Company Mdermail contra -t with the [talim Government, between Alexandria. Brindisi, Ancon*. ft *?i mu rl <* came to an end with IM>l A
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    The State of Bout Quay.
    340 4 A complaint has been made to us of the state of that par* of Boat Quay which lies between Bonhmni Street aud Flint Street, and which is only available for foot traffic* The immediate cause of complaint is a heap of granite blocks and rubbish
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    New Oriental Bank Corporation (Limited).
    622 4 New Oriental Bank Corporation (Limited Ai the meeting oi creditor! of thii Corporation held on July 20*4 Winchester Bouse, to Dane tbn aen diton n» r* j .r* s.-nt English ami Irish (hums. ioi which we gave a aummarised report yesterday), th<> following discussion look place A. Creditor asked If
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    London and Amsterdam Borneo Tabacco Company.
    2080 4 London and Amsterdam Borneo Tabacco Company. The third ordinary general meeting o f j shareholders of the above company wan ||^H at Winchester House. Old Broad-street t9 I the 21st .lul\. Mr. I). n t presided. i !m- M-cr. tary Mr. F. D Lvell, having rejfl Um noii(i' eoavening tfce
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    91 5 -•♦>• The mail despatched from Singapore to Londou, via Marseilles, 011 the 19th ultimo tvai delivered on the 15th iustaDt. In the matter of Austin <fc Co., baukn>pr4, the Official Assignee calls a meeting o£ei. itors for the 26th August, for the parpfc»e of ascertaining whether the creditor* will indemnify
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    THURSDAY, 18th AUGUST.
    78 5 The Government have received news from Mr. Rodger, under date of the 11th, that he was at Kuala Triang with the Sultau, and expected to resume his journey on the following day. News from Mr. Clifford, under date of the lOtb., states that all is quiet in
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    Mr. Justice Goldney.
    125 5 Chief Juktiok of Trinidad. Mr. Justice Goldney Imm, we understand* been offered the Chief Justiceship <>t the Colony of Trinidad which includet Tabago ami we understand be has accepted the offer. The post is worth =£1,800 a year, < lie salaries are payable in sterling, and the
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    Exhibits and Merchandise at the World's Fair.
    337 5 N< York, 19th July. After months of dis- cussion between Treasury officials, Chieigo World's Fair awntflffiTrt. and Custom-house agents, the United States Government lias decided on h plan for the regulation of foreign exhibita and merchandise intended for display or sale at the
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    Telegrams via Rangoon.
    1378 5 Bombay, loth Aug. The London correspondent of ile Bombay Qawette writes th.it Dadahh&i Kaoroji's fire: inn baa been confirmed. The scrutiny so far as ii went showed a majority of live imeietd uf three vote*. There appearing no pros]>eet of changing tliis. Captain Peyton chopped tlie scrutiny
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    Municipal Commissioners.
    4059 5 Wednesday, 17th August. The ordinary fortnight)/ meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon at 2.30. There wore pn *nt Mr. Al» Gentle, (President), R. W. Maxwell, A. L. Donaldson, J. P. Joaquim, Cosmo Gr. Patersos, Tay Greok Teak and the Hoo'bies M.ij..i
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    428 7 Tue local secretary of the above Svndirate tow to-day issued the following <-ireur *JP V€^ shareholder in Singapore and who is registered in the books. Any shareholder ni 01-aiftroxy forms by lvintr t( Mr. (i J^pD-nick at his office in the Square:— Pb(*posed reduction of Capital ry kkonstruction of
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    Present Company.
    150 7 mtfcal ,\.l,</( h >.<}<}<> din' ded i,,tn l.<«tt/.h()O Bharea of 1/ Each. i v sharps 250.0TKJ were issued as ft mi 7< •>.< o were issued as norui- up to 17,'n' per »liare and having •i < Bab-lit v <.f l* p.>r >hsre but <-f the ntiibut ing
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    Proposed Company.
    159 7 Wpitol £200.0<Hi, i/ i tided into XM,O(M t s/ Shan s of t'Z each. -e shares, 00.000 to be issued ss fully 140,000 to be issued as nominally paid 4d. per share and having a on 1 1 u's. Bcl. per share, but of the 140,000 Hfeog shares
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    105 7 A :«tbl adaptation of Building Society I*wgpleB is bein^ tried in Colombo, where kliuate ia said to be in course of forjya for the purpose of purchasing a inntr^le sitf on whi«h to erect offices for t^^Mrof the bankers, merchants, etc ..■%&£Hft& m 8 °f Ceylon learns from a well■''."■4^SW
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    The Tanjong Pagar Dock Company. Limited.
    174 7 The Tanjong Pagar Dock Company. Limited. The following is the report to be presented to the shareholders at the halfvearly ordinary meeting to be held on 1 hursday the 2Sth instant at noon Directors' Report. Vour Directon now betf to submit the aci count* tor the half-year ended ;i()rh Ju«e,1892.
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    Balance Sheet, 30th June, 1892. Capital And Liabilties Capital
    256 7 Balance Sheet, 30th June, 1892. Capital And Liabilties Capital Total Amount received from Shareholders $1,600,000 Total number of Shares h i Total Dumber of Shares issued All Remaining unissued X. us Amount received ersh ire v I''< Anr UTS <>: Call- None Shan forfi ited. A one Liabilities. i Debentures,
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    Property and Assets Property.
    261 7 Freehold aud Leasehold Land SJ- It ;,!•*> 7 Permanent Works 708,440 j Victoria Graving Dock 192,000 I Albert Do. 305,000 j Bon Accord Dock, share of 27,750 Wharves 328,000 Godowns 218,500 Coal Sheds IUO.OOO Machine Shop Buildings 17,000 Foundry 5,000 House Property 104,000 Dock Store 14
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    Profit And Loss Account 30th June. 1892.
    123 7 Profit And Loss Account 30th June. 1892. To Dividend of 5 for the Half-year euding :Ust December last 7">,o00 Directors' RemuiienKou 3;500 Balance carried forward 15,002 103.502 Dr. To !en*ral Ibarges, Salaries, Rent, Si t i< new. Printing, Advertising, *c. 23,869 Quit-reni and Assets"lent 9,157 u Interest on Debentures and
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    Memorandum.
    36 7 Balance ol Profit and Loss Account as above 1124,109 Propose i> Distribution* Ad interim dividend of 5 o on $1*500,000 75,000 Forward |49 1< 9 {Cents h<ivr hrc/i omitted for co>* r, ,ic, in />> imiing.)
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    Norwich Union Fire Office.
    471 7 Thk report for 1891 of the Norwich Uuiou Fire Office (Borneo Co. Ltd., Singapore agents) states Tho net premium incomo for tlio year ending December 31, 1891, amounted to £7!'2,8H The not premium income for lSl'n amounted to 748,347 Showing an increase on the previous year
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    The Dirtiest City in the World.
    724 7 Am >y, says United rtates Consul Bedloein the I'nwttt'toH, bean the cuenriabte reputation of b 'in*: the dirtiest and must mil,, athful city on the glob*, reputation is thorouglil) deserred. What is h mure unpl :i-;inr fact is the promi.»e of the present tendenci
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    Jinrikislia Regulations.
    1334 8 The following regulations printed in English and Chinese, have been issued by the Registrar of Jim ikishas, aud circula- j ted to everyone concerned All parsons concerned with Jinrikifthai .'«re j hereby informed that the new law will cone into force in Singapore, on Ist September* 1892, juid
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    FRIDAY, 19th AUGUST.
    126 8 The Perak State Commissioner of Lands reports that in Juue last be received several hopeful applications for Liberian coffee land from Ceylon planters. Mr. Noxl Oemson. the Superintendent of Lower Perak in his report for L891, •tatei that the present svstein of encouraging Humiliation there, devised bv
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    Late Telegrams via Manlia.
    93 8 Madrid, sth Angmtt. Th<> festival in eomnirnKiratioii of tho fourth >nt»»i ary of tli» discnvcrv of America lias bees OOBUBOMed at Hiiclva. Forri^n sqoadroiii an- prco— t. It is in eontemplation to sfeablish fee i }> trlfl in Mindanao, a Poiiippiue inland. In Cubt a tax
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    Ladies' Lawn Tennis Club Tournament.
    44 8 Results of Fistebday's Ties. Ladies' awd cuntlemen's Doubles. Mrs. Merewether and Mr. Haughton heat Mr-;. Raifi—nn and Mr. Bouino 6-2, 5-6L <>-:>. Ladies 1 Doubles. Mrs. Lovell ami Miss L. il'Almeida heal Miss (Jr.-v and Miss A. Gn>y 6-4, 2-6.
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    Yesterday's Play. Ladies' And Gentlemen's Doubles Final.
    24 8 Yesterday's Play. Ladies' And Gentlemen's Doubles Final. Mrs. Mere wet her and Mr. Hanghton brat Mrs. Waddell and Mr. LovHl 1 {.r K »;.4.
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    Selangor Government Railway.
    2380 8 \ustract of Traffic Earnings for ihf Month of July, 1892. Heads of Receipt,. Amount. Passengers... S 5.507.54 Horses, Carriages, and Dogs •>:{<» 05 Excess Faros "linn P arcel8 T 244.02 iLxcess Luggage -i» 4«> Special Trains 245!00 Total Coaching j b',317.24 S.-V 12«.374.24 LlveStock s i.m.20 Total
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    Oil on Troubled Waters.
    581 9 Nfceir last quarterly Xotiees to M.iri- the Board of Trade called attention to B^Hpornndum which had been i-sutd U\ the on the use of oil at sea for nx <lit effect i>f breaking waters. ]n tlio jpaen- mdum the following nre given as the HKr«Jj>al frtcts
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    THE PAHANG RISING.
    330 9 We have received the following information from the Government The Sultan of Pahang reached Pekan on the afternoon or Thursday the 18th. His boats with the ladies of his household aud the majority of his followers are at Lunar, a few miles above Pekan. The^ Colonial Secretary
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    SATURDAY, 20th AUGUST.
    763 9 Parliament has been prorogued. The return of visitors to the Raffles Library ami Museum daring the week was 745. GftSAT preparations are about to be mad«- at Manila to commemorate the fourth centenary of the discovers of America bv Christopher Columbus. The Bmngkok Times understands that Captain
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    The "Governement Gazette."
    152 9 The Oowermmtmi (i>izftff dated yesterday but published to-day notifies the following appointments Mr. B. W. Birch. Magistrate, Malacca, to bo Secretary to Government Perak. Mr. E. M. Merewether, 2nd Assistant Colonial Secretary, to be Magistrate, Malacca, vice Mr E. YV. Birch. .Air. H. T. Haughton, 2nd Magistrate,
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    Farewell Dinner to Acting Chief Justice Wood.
    215 9 On Tuesday lHtb instant a farewell dinner was given to Mr. Wood, the Acting Chief Justice, at the Esplanade Hotel, Penang. Mr. Justice Goldney, Mr. Justice Collyer, the two Senior Magistrates, Messrs. Birch and Kijertou, and the two Registrars, Messrs. Hudson and Garrard,
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    Tho Municipal Office Question.
    582 9 The two letters we publish below show in i convenient form, the exact present position of the Municipal Office <iuestiou l Municipal Offices, Town Hall. mi n AniiHtL 189 The Honhlethe, Colon ml Srrrrf S S. Singapore. •Sir,— l hav,. the bouonr to ackn.,wled|M receipt „f
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    Colonial Secretary's Office.
    405 9 {Singapore, I ltli August, 1£ Municipal 8340/92. With reference to your letter NO. j the 2nd instant, regarding the proponed new j Municipal Offices, 1 am directed by the Go*> I ernor to Inform ton Hint a *]> ciitl grmt will be issued for the lnnd which
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    Netherlands India.
    1149 10 Thkoi<;h the operation of extradition facilities, Singapore, so a Batavia newspa(ier poiuts out, has ceased to be a sink tor the refuse of the ludi-iu Archipelago, from criminals finding themselves uow no longer safe there, and hence quitting that port at the earliest opportunity. An instance is told
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    French Indo-China.
    836 10 The Goumer a Haiphong of the 31st .July. l'unii>ln a particulats of how matters have improved in the Delta provinces of Tonquin where piracy dm been brought under by the forces of the Government. l>r>. tuiis are also given of the lituation in mountainous [Jpper Tonquio. The difference
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    A Java Exhibition.
    64 10 Batavia, the capital of tbe patch Bast Indian Colonies, will hold an exhibition iu ISJ)'>. The show is to eoaftpriae all j>oducta of the Dutch coloniea, m well .»s articles ot foreign iwiu'iti which are, or may be, u>. d, iu th.- Dutch, liidi<.-<. Mr. t>. P>.
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    The Cost of Tonqain.
    280 10 I! in i" m d' It would he int 'tv-tintf to ir.t t'n*» lijrur.»s for the fl—paratiye coat of the anoexatioa of Tonqoia and tha* <f Upper Burma. Unfortunately these an* do! available; hut it is well known tint the Fren h colonies ar.' a terrible
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    Java's Trade-1891.
    1225 10 iMamgoon Tiwtat :>r<l Auguat.) [<\u ent oeearrencts 1 in d^awn j»il.'i»> atteiition so much 1 i Dutch doings in the Malav Archipelago, thit ire .1 not think we need tender any apology to our readers, or to the gpneral public, for the present BOtiea of Um trade of
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    Football.
    81 10 An extremely good Association m&tq was played oa the Esplanade on Satun afternoou, between the Engineers and **3P5" team from the G. Company of the --^h 'I'. Northamptonshire Regiment, the Eugi* neers winning by two gcala to one. 1 A notable feature o'f the match was the go< j
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    EDITORIALS.
    317 11 Raub. [Straits Times, 18th Awjnxt.) IE is being issued to-day a circular, whion ais in another column, in which tu. dors of the R; lu b Australian Svn- j (Ltd.), invite proxies in favour of P dto reduce the nominal capital •oinpany by four-fifths. The capiH|l would thus stand
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    Mr. Justice Goldney's Appointment.
    514 11 {Straits Times, lifth August.) The appoiutmeut of Mr. Justice Golduev f Justice of Trinidad, it' it be true 1 Mr. Golduey bus been offered aud Hpccepted the appointment— will briug Kbout «[iiit<- a number of chaogei in the *tidieiary of the Straits Settlements. At T present
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    Novelties in Gambling.
    1013 11 [Straits Times, 20th August.) I\ tbe Queen's Bench Division the other day Mr. Justice Saw kins gave a decision which is likely to exercise a salutary effect upon the more re rklesa i >rt of advertisers, and which is further interesting onaccouni of the lighi thrown on
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    Mr. Morley's Re-election.
    338 11 (Straits Zfstet, 22nd August) The electoral battle soon to com.' oft at Newcastle has been anticipated ever since the poll taken there iu th»* General Election iu July showed Mr. Morley's weak hold on the constituency. That borough return! two members and Mr. Morley has sat for
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    The Pahang Rising.
    849 11 From our Corn *pona\ nt.) Lin. h It A > />•/. Mr. Aid worth, who was transfei Panang from 8 tlangor as B Mines in this State, his been appointed t" take over charge of the Kuala P&hang District from Mr. Townley, who is to pio'l to
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    The Gymkhana.
    637 12 Saturday, 2oth August, IxO. The Gymkhana Meeting held on Saturday could not with fairness be described as a phenomenally successful function although thn general dispiriting tameness which characterized the spori was in a large measure compensated for by the social pleasures which accompany the bringing together of a
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    19 12 k "teamer OAea^ Cheiv which arnvud here ou Saturday, brought 2 867 cases of Laugkat oil for Messre. Hooglandi
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      686 12 Oanjr Rohbory. At about 3 a. m. ou Suuday, a daring irang robbery was perpetrated in a populous quarterof Orchard Road, close to the Government House a tes. The robbers entered a Chinese house from the back. The inhabitants pive the alarm, and a Malay constable effected an entrance and
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      359 12 BBTABUSHSD 1885. KILEY, HARGREAVES CO. Kn«;im:kk>. Ikon Hk.v-s FOUVDBM, BoiLttMUCUtS, BKI] SHIP* BUILDKBB, C. ;:ni:k.w. 008 1 RACTOBS. SINGAPORE KWALA LUMPUR. Ship Building Yard. HHill ekes BTBAH VI < always and L! lou^th of keeL ol beet design MACHIXKKV From leading BritUh Firms with Bond of Trade C itee. This
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      606 12 Doepwell Force and Lift Pumj.s. o^^| hand-pumps, Challenge deck-pumps, 4i: 6 in. All connections for pumps, ia^^| ing delivery and suction hose, eoupH nozzles, \r. SAW MILL MACHINEBY. Roj>o feed, Ltack and plain Circular Saw benches. Tonguing, grooving and plaa^H machines. Saw gulleting and sharpening ijM V *jßi ehinen. Circular
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      229 12 FaMsen«or List. Arrivals. Per s. s. Sdladin from Fremanile -Messrs. G. P. Lindsay, B. Cullen, and Miss Boston. Per s. s. Chow Phija from Kmag: Mr. E. B. Hutehinson. IVr s. f. Vam </- I'xfti' from Basjsnnassin Capt. < \t*j. Per s. s. Melbounu from Marseilles: Messrs. Lndolph, K. WiUoa,
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      223 13 THE NEW HARBOUR DOCK CO., LTD This Company executes ships' repairs of a descriptions in the mott efficient manner un der, the superintendence of European Shin I and Engineers. F P j No. 1 Graving Dock. Lentrth 4.15 feet. Depth of Water from 14 feet to 154 feet. >v ldth
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      252 13 I'HE MITSUI BUSSAX KAISHA, Sole Agents for THE MIIKE COAL MINES ANNUAL OUTPUT 600,000 TONS. I London, 18th February, 1*!>1 Messrs. MITSUI Co., London Dkar^iks:— We beg to state thai the Miik,'. Coal which we har« taken at Kuchino+au has nven us gn*i satisfaction, and ire consider MiiU Coal the
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      1032 13 SHIPPING. Sllli'l'lNt; 1> PORT. Uuder tiiis heading the following abbreria;i.>ns arc us»><i str. steamer; sh. ship; bq. barque; Brit.— British U.S.— United BUt«s; Pr.-Freneh ;Ger.Qerman Dut Dutch Job. Jobore; \0..— General carffojd.p. <l?ck DMitngers; [J.— Uncertain T.P.W.— Taniong Pagar Wharf; T. P. D.— Tan jongPagar Dock B.W.— Borneo Wharf ;J.
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      1243 14 AKKVALfcf. 4 Y'Kssfi/s Name. Tons. Captain. From. Sailed Consignees. p Rio Aug IS ifrn-na Spa str Oil Zavala Manila Au£. 9 \V. Mansfield Co. »5 wideLuxon itr. 2580 lUgwte Harcdona July 22 K. AH. Hinuekiudt 15 Oowack Brit. str. I 1730 Dariea Hongkong Aug. Morueo Company Limited 15 Qbasee str.
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      476 15 the Okioixal and Genuini- WOKCESTERSHIRE SAUCE Signal thws Ask I-.EA PERKINS' SAUCE. Vmb-dfor Exports a, Proprietors, Worker; Cro^e Bbeht^ I I v, Grocer* and (Him** tkro^hmi tkt Wortd. DETAIL EVE^Y-W-KEJiE. Sm^apon- A^nts, JOHN TJTTLE CO. i^W^BWI^F^B^^PBMWB^WBWHP THE SAFEST MILD I k\ Ji 5 *m ffif Al 0 m "»iJ APERIENT
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      264 15 Crab Apple Blossoms, Kvtiii Couoentratoil) It is the <l;iintit\-;t ami most deti 'J-bzsr>v *iouB of perfume* aiuliua few month- .jjOU4flK\ lias all others in tho Lous >• of tin' la met of LondonParis, and New York" The L^Tc^rJ^rJ [t wouM llot powibto to conr j» IHTtunif tlum the RAB APPLE
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      707 15 Dr. Lalor s Phosphodyne Best and" ONLY SAFE RELIAB^ PrIOSFHGRiC CUR£ y^& P»tal7»i», filwjlessnes*, Hai-asuDg b;eans. Immature L.cai „t VnaJ r<anl lUn U larul Ll rs dCo:i -,l,nt T CURES Dyspepsia, Nerve, and Heart Disease '^^^T^i^ 1 0 H^r CURES Kidney and Liver Complaints, ♦^^^^•C^^S^ C^X^^ CURES a!l Blood Disorders
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      962 16 DOCKS. THE TAS.JOSU PAGAR DOCK CO. LTD The premises of the Company are situated at Tanj >n< Pag*r adjoining the town cf Singapore, rft.euui tr.im-c*ra run at short intervals carrying passengers and goods from Wharf to destinations at tow rates. The Wharf extends to one mile and quarter and iB
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      907 16 i YARROW'S SHALLOW DRAFT STEAMERS. 1 1 miN iiiiu ;ii)i;jiiiu mI. j MTTTIii II f^IPg.TTTITrSwPTSK'TTTT^^w'' \1 i Ssj|)a^BmHm^9 a^ p ~^> w n.^ J^ **^a*^^^ i^saßa4^s™^s^^**^**^^^^^^ LI L^ '1 1 ft STERNWHEEL BTEAMERS have b»en fonnd i>v experience to be the best type of veseri B for shallow rirer naTigation,
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