The Straits Budget, 23 June 1899

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    136 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” The Straits Times has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Asia, British India excepted. It circulates in Singapore and Penang, throughout all the Protected States of the Malay Peninsula, in Siam, Borneo, the Netherlands Indies, the Philippines, and
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    FRIDAY, 23RD JUNE. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    439 1 Uamnu articles. M ur'l«*r*‘ 1 .Missionaries. Nurv-i f >r Singapore. Tin- \i_**r Territory. I'he Vi'.s in France. LOCAL. Market Quotations. Shipping News. I’-k'MMig.-r List. l*ol Ne\V*». \V;illaeo r. Dalian. Alleged Murder. A Bii\cle Case. The Amcnc-m Consul. Njiiool Certificates. VI mi nil
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    COMMERCIAL.
    487 1 M kg/poke, 23bd June, 1899. PRODUCE. (Rates are corrected to noon.) Gam bier f 6.40. Copra Bali, 6.60. do Pontianak, 6.20. Pepper, Black. buyers 25.251. do White, (5%) 41.50. >>ago Flour Sarawak 3.20. do Brunei No. 1 2.37£ Pearl Sago 4.00. Coffee, Bali, 16% basis 18. Coffee Palembang, 15%
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    383 1 The mail for Europe, this week, leaves by the M. M. Laos. The P. &O. Ballaarat with the mail from Europe of the 26th May, arrived on Saturday. The Bayern with the German mail from Europe arrived on Wednesday. The German mail for Europe by the
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    PLAGUE AT PENANG.
    53 1 The following telegrams have been received from Penang:— 15th June: No cases of plague;no death. 16th: three cases two'deaths. 17th: two cases two deaths. 19th yesterday 8 date nil; to-day, three cases one death. 20th one case one death. 21st: no cases; one death. 22nd June: No
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    CHINA.
    106 1 MISSIONARIES MURDERED. MASSACRE NEAR FOOCHOW. (Special telegram to the Straits Timet.) Hongkong 18/A June. The Rev. H. 8. Phillips, of the Church Missionary Society, his wife, and Miss Sears, of the Zenana Society, have been murdered at Kienying, near Foochow, the capital of the province of Fokien. Seven converts
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      THE TRANSVAAL.
      102 1 MR. CHAMBERLAIN WAITS. 15 th June. Mr. Chamberlain has stated in the House of Commons, with regard to the Transvaal negotiations, that he awaits the arrival of fuller despatches from Sir Alfred Milner, the High Commissioner of South Africa, before sending him further instructions how to act. PRESSURE
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      ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL.
      30 1 GERMANY’S OBJECTIONS. Germany has refused to assent to the establishment of a permanent Arbitration Tribunal, as proposed at the Peace Conference, without adequate guarantee of the Tribunal's impartiality.
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      CRICKET.
      16 1 ANOTHER DRAW. The match between the Australian eleven and Yorkshire has resulted in a draw.
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      LOUBET'S ASSAILANT.
      32 1 TRIED AND SENTENCED. Baron Christiani, a Royalist notable, who struck President Lou bet at the recent anti-Republican demonstration at the Auteuil race course, has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment.
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      THE TRANSVAAL.
      195 1 KRUGER AND CHAMBERLAIN. THE PRESIDENT UNYIELDING. London 16 tli June. The Transvaal Raad or Par] iament has approved of all the franchise proposals laid before it by President Kruger. But j the approval is conditional on a refer* ence of the proposals to the burghers. President Kruger, in
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      FRENCH MINISTRY.
      23 1 CABINET-MAKING. M. Poincare has been sent for by President Loubet, and is now engaged in the formation of a new Ministry.
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      FRENCH CABINET.
      38 1 POINCARfc FAILS. London 17/A June. M. Poincare has failed to form a French Cabinet owing to the exigencies of the Radicals. M. Loubet is now engaged in consulting the Presidents of the Upper and Lower Chambers.
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      VENEZUELA.
      19 1 The tribunal which is to delimit the boundary line of Venezuela and British Guiana has assembled in Paris.
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      INDIAN SUGAR DUTIES.
      81 1 THE INDIAN EXCHANGE. Sir Henry Fowler has submitted a motion to the House of Commons proposing to disallow Indian countervailing sugar duties. Lord George Hamilton, the Secretary of State for India, opposed the motion. He incidentally said he had a strong impression that the report of the
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      SECOND TEST MATCH.
      46 1 AUSTRALIANS PROBABLY WIN. The second test match between the Australians and an eleven representing .England is proceeding at Lords. jgncland batted first and made 200. The Australians scored 421, and the Englishmen, in their second innings, have lost four wickets for 94 runs.
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      THE TRANSVAAL.
      87 2 GERMANY SUPPORTS BRITAIN. London 19ih June. The Financial Times asserts that the German Consul at Pretoria has received instructions from his Government to inform President Kruger that Germany considers that the British demands upon the Transvaal Government are both fair and reasonable, and that she desires the President
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      PEACE CONFERENCE.
      41 2 A DEADLOCK. There is a deadlock at the Peace Conference, arising from the scheme for organised arbitration by a permanent tribunal as proposed by the British delegates. The deadlock is owing to the opposition of Germany to the idea.
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      FRANCE.
      26 2 ANOTHER CABINET-MAKER. At Paris, M. Waldeck-Rousseau is endeavouring to form a Cabinet, and is offering to M. Casimir Perier the post -of Minister of War.
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      SERVIA AND TURKEY.
      40 2 FRONTIER TROUBLES. There have been serious conflicts on the Turco-Servian frontier between the Servian troops and Albanians who were out on a raiding expedition. Diplomatic notes on the subject have passed between the Turkish and .Servian Governments.
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      CRICKET.
      24 2 AUSTRALIAN WIN. The second test match with the Australian eleven—that against a team representing all England at Lord's— in Australia winning by ten
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      THE TRANSVAAL CRISIS.
      64 2 BOER OBSTINACY. London 20th Jnne. A large number of Transvaal burghers have held a meeting at Paardekraal to discuss the political situation. The assembled burghers passed a resolution, declaring that it was impossible for the Transvaal Government to concede anything to the British Government, beyond the proposals
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      SAMOA.
      67 2 GERMAN DEMANDS. Herr V on Buelow, the German Minister lor Foreign Affairs, has stated in the Reichstag that Germany opposes encroachments of any kind on her rights under the Samoa treaty. The Minister has further declared that Germany will demand an indemnity for loss of property by German subjects
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      NIGER COMPANY.
      31 2 TERRITORIAL TRANSFER. Mr. Balfour has announced, in the House of Commons, that a Bill to authorise the Government to take over the Niger Company’s terrritory will shortly be introduced.
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      FRANCE.
      21 2 NO MINISTRY, YET. M. Waldeck-Rousseau, who had undertaken to form a new Ministry in France, has failed in that task.
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      THE TRANSVAAL CRISIS.
      72 2 ALARMING RUMOURS. London, 21 st June. The Daily Telegraph states that Lord Lansdowne, the Minister for War, conferred, on Monday, for a long time, with the heads of the War Office. It is understood that the conference was about the situation in the Transvaal. There is a
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      FRANCE.
      53 2 BOURGEOIS 8ENT FOR. President Loubet has sent for M. Bourgeois, one of the French delegates at the Hague Peace Conference, to f.jr a new Ministry. NAVAL INDISCRETION. Admiral Decuverville, the chief of the French Naval Staff, has been superseded for publishing a letter criticising the management of the National
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      THE TRANSVAAL CRISIS.
      56 2 MILITARY PREPARATIONS. ACTIVITY AT THE CAPE. London, 22nd, June. Various preparations are going on at the Cape of Good Hope to facilitate the speedy movement of troops towards the Transvaal. The Daily Telegraph says that General Sir Redvers Buller will command the troops operating in the Transvaal,
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      THE CAROLINE ISLANDS.
      110 2 THE PURCHASE LOAN. GERMAN OPTIMISM. The Reichstag has passed a Bill to raise a loan to meet the outlay for purchasing the Caroline Islands from Spain. Herr Von Buelow, the German Minister for Foreign Affairs, spoke in the debate on the Bill, predicting that these islands would
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      FRANCE.
      58 2 POLITICAL DIFFICULTIES. The Dreyfus case is the real cause of the difficulties* uf~thtTfbrinati oITDfTf new Cabinet in France. The politicians, from among whom the Ministers have to be chosen, shirk from the task sure to result from the only too probable consequences of the Court-Martial on Dreyfus. The predominant
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      COLONIAL DEFENCES.
      67 2 NEW LOAN. Mr. G. Wyndham, the Undersecretary of State for War, has brought a Bill into the House of Commons for raising a loan, amounting to four millions sterling. The money will be spent in arming the defences abroad with heavy guns, and in building barracks at home
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      CRICKET.
      20 2 FRESH AUSTRALIAN WIN. The Australian eleven have won the match against Oxford University, past and present, by ten wickets.*
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    19 1 DEATH. Os th** Idrh inst., at 17, Thomson Road, i G. G. Follett. (Lateof s. 8. Giang V 4»»
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    MURDERED MISSIONARIES.
    464 2 (Strait# Times 19/A June.) Our special telegram from the north notes a missionary massacre in China. Some Chinese seized the Revd. H. S. Phillips, an agent of the Church Missionary Society, his wife, and Miss Sears, of the Zenana Society, and have killed them. Not content with this
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    NURSES FOR SINGAPORE.
    498 2 (Straits Times 19/A June.) The movement for the introduction to Singapore of qualified trained nurses from home has taken practical shape. It will be remembered that, at a recent meeting, a committee was appointed consisting of Lady Mitchell, Mrs. Frizell, Mrs. Currie, Mrs. Waddell, Dr. Simon, I)r.
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    THE NIGER TERRITORY.
    720 2 Strait8 Times 20 fh June.) When the Bill to secure to the Imperial authorities the government of the West African territories, now administered by the Royal Niger Company, receives the assent of Parliament, the Colonial Office will have to take under its care a vast and valuable
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    THE CRISIS IN FRANCE.
    1852 2 (Slraits Times 22nd June.) The Dreyfus case continues to mar political calculations in France. Th e revision of the case has been achieved and Dreyfus willjjoon be tried afresh bv court-martial. The only material evi dence against him at the court-martial whose sentence is now annulled,
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    BY GERMAN MAIL.
    1947 3 THE PEACE CONFERENCE. London 2nd June. Despite the objections of several of the European Powers, America is insisting that the Peace Conference shall discuss the subject of the seizure of private property at sea in time of war. It is regarded as probable that the United States
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    ALLEGED CULPABLE HOMICIDE.
    136 3 Nyio Khik and Te Khit Cheah were brought before Mr. Brockman this morning on an allegation of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, the result of an assault committed on Cheong Liat, near Holland Road, on the 25th May. A police report of what the deceased said
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    SCIENTISTS FOR SIAM.
    166 3 DANES ON THE WAY. A scientific expedition from Denmark to Siam is being prepared by two young Danish scientists-M.Schmidt,abotanist, and Dr. Mortensen, a zoologist. The main purpose of the Expedition is to investigate the flora and fauna of the country, and for this purpose they will spend
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    THURSDAY, 15TH JUNE.
    285 4 H.M.B. Grafton arrived at Manila on the 2nd inst. A Lang kat oil steamer passed through the port from east to west at 8.30, this morning. A Malay has been arrested for the theft of clothing and jewellery to the amount of 5682. The mail despatched from
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    A BICYCLE CASE.
    36 4 Yesterday afternoon, the charge against John Leach of committing a rash act and causing grievous hurt while riding a bicycle in Gaylang Road was again brought on for hearing. The charge was dismissed.
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    THE CHINA STATION.
    35 4 The Admiralty have ordered that the new first-class gunboat Dwarf at Devon port, is to be prepared for commission. It is understood that she is required for service on the China Station.
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    HONGKONG VOLUNTEERING.
    43 4 The Hongkong Volunteer Corps now comprises a Field Battery, A, B, and C Machine Gun Companies, an escort Company (which may be termed a rifle company), and an Engineer Company to assist in the electric light arrangements at the different forts.
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    ALLEGED MURDER.
    61 4 Yesterday, two Chinamen and two Chinese women, were committed for trial, the former for alleged murder, th£ latter for abetment of the offence. A Chinaman was stabbed in Smith Street, about the middle of May, and death resulted. The accused are charged with being concerned in this. One
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    THE “ BENLAWERS.”
    125 4 THE BENLAWERS.” The Court of Enquiry at Nagasaki, which investigated the circumstances of the stranding of the Ben liner Benlauers has exonerated the captain and officers from all blame. The Court found that “the stranding was owing to the pilot miscalculating his distance from Otatishima when abeam of the light
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    YANGTSZE SURVEY.
    73 4 Father Chevalier, of the Jesuit Observatory at Si-ka-wfei, near Shanghai, has lately made a survey of the whole of the navigable part of the Upper Yangtsze, from Ichang westwards, and the results are to be published shortly in Shanghai in the form of an atlas The charts begin
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    THE YUNNAN RAILWAY.
    84 4 M. DOUMER IS YUNNAN. M. Downer, tlie Governor-General of French Indo-China, has arrived at Yunnansen, the capital ofYnnnan. The French engineers surveying the line fora railway from Tonquin to Yunnan have set actively to work. M. Doumer, says the Courrier de Saigon of the 10th inst., lias
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    PRESIDENT LOUBET.
    76 4 The Dupuy Ministry fell, owing to its allowing police brutality in putting down cases of scuffling at the races at Longchamps on Sunday last. It appears from a Havas telegram that the Socialists had organised a demonstration at Longchamps in favour of President Loubet, at the races. Sympathising
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    DREDGERS FOR TALIEN-WAN.
    139 4 At Renfrew, the first of two powerful dredgers constructed for the Russian Government, and intended for work at Talien-wan and Port Arthur, has been launched. The dredger, in addition to being provided with a chain of buckets for discharging into barges alongside, is fitted with a sand
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    JELEBU.
    149 4 *17,000 FOR SI ,800. In 1887 the Jelebu Mining Co. advanced certain moneys to some of the Jelebu Chiefs and obtained in return the right to claim a rebate of one dollar per bhara on all tin-ore exported from certain lands. At the end of 1897, the Company had
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    BOMBARDMENT OF ILO-ILO.
    207 4 CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION. A question was put to the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, in the House of Commons, on the loth ult., by Capt. Sinclair, as to whether he had been informed that in the bombardment of 110-ilo by the U. S. fleet the town was set
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    THE AMERICAN CONSUL.
    440 4 ARRIVAL OF DR. MOSELEY. Dr. Robert A. Moseley, the successor of Mr. Spencer-Pratt as United States Consul-General in Singapore, arrived by the P. and O. Chusan this morning, having travelled from America vid the Pacific route from San Francisco. Dr. Moseley is accompanied by his wife. The
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    CHINESE PRODUCTS.
    252 4 GROWING DEMAND IN THE STRAITS. Mr. C. M. Ford, the British Consul at Swatow, in his latest report, speaks of an evident growing demand in the Straits Settlements, Cochin-China, Siam, and the Netherlands Indies for the products of that part of China. Sumatra and Java, which, two years
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    PENANG SHIPPING.
    60 4 The Pinang Gazette understands that the steamers Fitzpatrick and Clive, belonging to Messrs. Chong Moh Co., have been chartered by Messrs. Hut ten bach Liebert Co. The Fitzpatrick is to run to Olehleh and Padang, and the Clive to Deli. Their funnels have been painted the same colours
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    PLAGUE AT PENANG.
    282 4 A Government Gazette extraordinary! says: Information having been received that a dangerous infectious or contagious disease, namely bubonic plague, exists in the Settlement of Penang, it is hereby declared by His Excellency the Governor that the Settlement uf Penang is infected. Under Rule 2 of the Regulations
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    GREAT BRITAIN’S COMMERCE.
    417 4 BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS FOR APRIL. According to th<» Board ofTrado ret urns for tiie month of April, imports which are returned at the estimated value of £39,351,022, as compared with the corresponding return for Apiil, 1898, show a net decrease of £889,694. The principal feature in
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    THE JUNE “ PALL MALL.”
    95 4 THE JUNE PALL MALL.” The 44 Pall Mall Magazine” for June is a very interesting number, the contributors including F. C. Burnand, H. G. VVells, Mrs. Belloc-Lowndes, Edgar Jepson, H. B. Marriott Watson, Basil Marnan, W. Clark Russell, G. 8. Street and others. The number is prefaced by a really
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    WALLACE V. DALLaN
    613 4 ALLEGED A8SAULT THE CA8K DISMISSED. This morning, P. Dalian was h* before Mr. Clayton on the char^ 11 having assaulted P. W. Wall- Tuesday afternoon, in Orchard iW,’/" Mr. Lowell appeared f or j. Wallace, and Mr. Van Cuylenher. P. Dalian. y er f <‘r P. W.
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    AT MANILA.
    158 4 CHINESE NOT WANTED. During the past few weeks a nunji*ei of Chinese tailors have left Hongkong for Manila, the big tailoring firms at the latter place preferring Chinese to natives on account of their superiui workmanship. But it appears that toe American authorities at Manila are bent upon
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    ADMIRAL DEWEY.
    85 5 he sails TO-MORROW. ..jkal Dewey landed yesterday -i.Jon tor an afternoon drive with Mitchell. In the carriage with I Mitchell were also Mrs. Douglas I officer of the Olympia. H. E. the I t4 ;]i or and Mr. Spencer-Pratt were I thcr carriage. As we have I .My
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    MR. CLIFFORD ON MINES
    816 5 ISELENSING, AND PENJUM. ded in Mr. Cliffords annual >n Pahang, is a disquisition on operations in the »5tate. I he paid upon gold exported during lounted to only *29,506, being a of *10,352 on the actual on this account in 1897, and hort of the estimate
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    FORESTRY IN TONG-KING.
    130 5 In a letter addressed to the ResidentSuperior of Tong-king by the Commandant of the 2nd Military Territory, on the subject of the exploitation of forests in Tong-king, the writer draws attention to the value of timber. He suggests that splendid profits are to be realised in woods,
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    SCHOOL CERTIFICATES.
    179 5 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.’ Sir, —In yesterday’s issue of your journal, a correspondent asked if there was any precedent which entitled a school manager to refuse a certificate to a pupil retiring from a school. I do not know that there is any such precedent,
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    SMUGGLING AT SAIGON.
    270 5 Opium smuggling has been prevalent at Saigon latterly. The Hongkong Chamber of Commerce have had the matter under consideration and, in reply to the representations of British and German firms, addressed to Government a letter calling attention to the hardship entailed on shipowners by the working of
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    MALAYA IN 1898.
    1847 5 THE ANNUAL REPORTS. The annual reports on Pahang, Negri Sembilan, and Selangor for last year have just come to hand. PAHANG. FI8CAL. The report on Pahang shows that the revenue of the State amounted to *224,856, showing an increase of *26,663 over the actual receipts of 1897,
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    AHEAD OF THE MAID
    260 5 Jj&ndon, 22nd Mny. Twenty thousand striking Austrian weavers have applied to the Lancashire textile operatives for help. Captain Maurice Bell, a British officer attached to the Congo expedition, has been murdered by a party of natives of whom he himself killed ten before being overcome. Mr.
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    AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT.
    138 5 Hitherto we have found it necessary on occasion to send Indian troops to Africa, as in the case of Uganda, where a Beluchi regiment w'as sent during the late mutiny; and in British Central Africa, where Sikh volunteers have formed the backbone of our armed forces ever
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    WOMENS DRESS.
    1019 6 Crude colour combinations have this season yielded to harmonies, and while plenty of bright shades will be worn, we shall have also every kind of tender and becoming tint, soft grey, fawn, and biscuit-colour being, perhaps, the favourites, though they do not commend themselves to an economical dweller
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    MR. CARNEGIE’S ‎£40,000,000.
    939 6 INDUSTRIAL FUTURE OF BRITAIN. A representative of the Westminister Gazette called upon Mr. Carnegie to inquire into the truth of certain reports of an interesting and important character that had been cabled from New York, and his questions elicited replies which we are sure will attract wide-spread
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    FRIDAY, 16TH JUNE.
    286 6 Four Chinese shop-keepers have been fined for circulating perforated copper coin. Yesterday, a batch of twelve recru ts for the Straits Police arrived by t Tosa Maru fro London. A Macao has two months' rigorous imprisonment for snatching a hat in South Bridge Road, last night. Four
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    A BULLOCK CASE.
    54 6 A Chinaman at Robinson Road reports that yesterday he missed his cart and bullocks from the front of his house, where he had left them. The Police made enquiries in the matter and the cart and bullocks were subsequently found in possession of a Chinaman named Tak
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    COUNTERFEIT COINS.
    54 6 Last night, Koon Seng Kok was arrested while trying to pass counterfeit twenty-cent pieces. He had got rid of two, but aroused suspicion by trying to get rid of a third. On being searched, eight others were found in his possession. The case has been remitted to the
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    COLLISION IN PENANG HARBOUR.
    50 6 On Sunday, a tongkang collided with the Clive in Penang harbour. Serious damage is reported to have been inflicted on the Clive the captain of which has prosecuted the tongkang-man before the Harbour Master and demanded the sum of *4OO, to cover the cost of repairs.
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    SELLING CHANDU.
    54 6 A Chinese lad was brought up on a summons, this morning, for selling chandu to the coolies at Tanjong Pagar Dock without a licence. He said that owing to an arrangement between the Opium Farmer and his towkay, the practice had been carried on for years. He was
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    REDJANG LEBONG.
    64 6 At Batavia, on the 10th instant, the demand for Redjang Lebong shares was very brisk, and quotations reached 70 per cent, premium, but only to recede to trom 50 to 55 per cent, premium. This rise in quotations is ascribed to fhe support which Singapore gives to the
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    A TOUGH ALLIGATOR.
    106 6 The Manila Times tells how one evening, towards the end of last month, an American gunboat, in that neighbourhood, sighted a large alligator lying on the shore at the mouth of a river. A few shots from one of the rapid firing guns killed it, but this
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    DEATH OF CAPT. FOLLETT.
    231 6 THIRTY YEARS WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. We regret to have to announce the death, which occurred from internal trouble at his residence, J 7, Thomson Road, this morning, of Captain G. G. Follett, one of the most trusted and highly respected ship-masters in the Straits. In many
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    A COOLIE CASE.
    334 6 SIR ALEX. SWETTENHAMS THREAT. AN ALLEGED INSULTING SENTENCE.” Recently, certain coolies complained to the Government at Singapore that they had been ill-treated at the Abrolhos Islands in West Australia, by their employers. The Singapore Government brought the matter before the West Australian Government, upon which the latter
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    AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    1418 6 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION* London t 25tk H arj The Eton College boys proceeds Windsor, and serenaded the Queen in celebration 0 f th/ J w ty anniversary of her birthday. Kef services in connection with th* 1W U8 were held in St. Paul’s Cathedral f j 6nt
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    A SALVAGE CLAIM.
    92 7 —ipreme Court, Penang, last V r Adams, on behalf of the he Austrian Lloyd steamer novtil for leave to issue a i'»r th»* arrest of the French > M 1 to secure a debt of alleged to be due for salvage V services performed by the Gottlieb,
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    THE GOVERNOR’S TRIP.
    111 7 The Sea Belle sailed for various ports in Malaya shortly before five o’clock yesterday afternoon. On board were Sir Charles and Lady Mitchell, Captain Duff, A. D. C., Mr. Wyse (Secretary to the High Commissioners Federated Malay States), and Mrs. Willes Douglas. At the request of the
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    CRICKET NEWS.
    970 7 DOINGS OF THE AUSTRALIANS. The Australians beat Surrey at the Oval by an innings aud 71 runs. The County men wound up their first innings with a total of 114 runs, Brockwell (29) and Abel (22) being the chief scorers. To this the Australians responded with 249, including
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    VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL.
    486 7 INSTRUCTIONS TO ARCHITECTS. THE THEATRE FLANS. The Diamond Jubilee Permanent Memorial Committee forward the, as yet unconfirmed, minutes of a meeting held on Wednesday of this week. It appears that a letter from Messrs. Swan and Maclaren, architects, was read to the following effect: 1. Whether the
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    MANILA NEWS.
    1100 7 THE SITUATION ON THE 9th. MILITARY OPERATIONS. I After several weeks of comparative inaction, the American troops resumed the offensive on the 3rd instant, in the neighbourhood of Manila. It was intended that the expedition should demoralise the insurgents in the Luguna district. The outcome of the expedition
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    HOME NOTES.
    413 7 It was M. Sarcey who, in Siege of Paris,” first gave currency in -a remarkable prediction as to the speedy arrival of the Prussians before Paris after the declaration of war in 1870. War was declared on July 19, and on the 22nd M. Sarcey dined in a
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    SUICIDE SEASONS.
    71 7 It is an old remark that most suicides occur in summer. In Italy, France, Iioumania, Saxony, Prussia, Denmark, statistics prove that self slaughter is most prevalent in May and July. In Spain and Sweden, the fatal months are April, May, June; in Finland they are May, June, August;
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    ABOUT BOOKS.
    967 8 REMAINDERS. A trade catalogue of what are called Remainders in the book trade has some surprises for one who comes upon it for the first time. It casts a new light upon popular reputations in literature, and will serve to show, I suppose, what books by well-known authors
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    SINGULARITIES OF SINGAPORE.
    548 8 (By a newcomer.) The Smells. These are exceedingly quaint and outnumber the stars of heaven. Several varieties are used by the dhobi to perfume the clothes he makes believe to wash every week. The durian’s rich scent once smelt is never to be forgotten, and the powerful
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    105 8 The business for transaction at the meeting of the Legislative Council on Tuesday next, over which Sir Alexander Swettenham will preside in the absence of the Governor, includes the first reading of the Bill for the incorporation of the treasurer of the Presbyterian Church, to be moved by
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    797 8 London, 4th June. There is universal rejoicing in the English and continental press over the judgment of the Court of Cassation ordering revision in the Dreyfus case. The dignified temper, the clear and lofty purpose of the Court’s deliverance attracts the most favourable comment. The reading of
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    SATURDAY, 17TH JUNE.
    109 8 The Resident of Banka wants 3000 Chinese coolie immigrants for the Banka tin mines. The value of house property in Kuala Luinpur is said to be now going up by leaps and bounds. The Kuala Lumpur ice factory has commenced to turn out ice. At present the
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    HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
    30 8 At 3 p.m. yesterday, a Chinaman was attacked by *amsengs in Hylam Street and robbed of *25.70. Two of the men, who have been indentified, have been arrested.
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    “ CHAP JI KI.”
    41 8 CHAP JI KI.” Kok carrying on a Chap Ji Ki lottery, and receiving money for chances in it, a Hokien woman residing at Ang Siang Hill, was yesterday fined three hundred dollars by Mr. Clayton, with the option of three months.
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    PAHANG TIN.
    68 8 The returns from the Pahang Corporation’s Mines for the month of May were as follows: Sungei Lembvng :—Tons of stone crushed 1646; oxide of tin produced 63 tons; with 30 heads of stamps running for 31 days, working expenses *13.750. Jeram Bat ang —Tons of stone crushed 1055;
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    TONGKANG CAPSIZED.
    44 8 Yesterday, a tongkang loaded with timber capsized in a squall near the Carimon islands. Four men were picked up by a passing vessel and four others were drowned. It is believed that one man escaped in a sampan belonging to the tongkang.
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    RECOVERING LENT MONEY.
    44 8 A detective constable, named Teo Keng Hu, has been sentenced to a year’s imprisonment for putting a person in fear in order to commit extortion. His plea was that he nao lent the man money and was endeavouring to recover it.
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    A LAMP ACCIDENT.
    62 8 On the 15th instant, a Russian girl living at Dhoby Ghaut knocked down a lamp while dressing, and set lire to the room. She called lor help, and some Eurasians came to her assistance. After the fire was extinguished she missed a gold watch valued at $7O.
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    MUNICIPAL PROSECUTIONS.
    54 8 There were two. hundred and fifty Municipal summons cases on the First Magistrate’s file for disposal this morning. Three were for selling adulterated milk; thirteen for obstructing public verandahs; and a great number of the remainder for neglecting to comply with lime wash notices. Mr. Brockman occupied the
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    PEPPER-CULTIVATION IN ASSAM.
    94 8 The Assam Government (noith-east India) has recently issued a note on the cultivation of black pepper in that province, with the idea of inducing the people to cultivate it extensively as a commercial product. At the present time it is only produced in sufficient quantities to supply
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA
    399 8 General Rooseboom th. appointed Governor-General ofV*fc lands India, is an ardent cyclic 1 even goes to office at the H J u H cycle. The General wai raisM’. 011 rank of lieutenant-general on n lll instant. The engagement of the tv* to a Miss Pit was afterward* announced.
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    SUMATRA COFFEE.
    295 8 PLANTING IN SERDANG. A coffee planter in Serdang, on the East Coast of Sumatra, thus describes prospects there in the Tropica! Agriculturist The long continuance of low prices U hitting hard some few here who rushed into coffee when the prices were most inflated, trusting to be able
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    TIGER IN A TOWN
    150 8 ELEVEN PERSON'S MAI'LEU A great sensation was re entl) caused at Gorakhpur, a town in “PF* India, by the visit just before dawn i o a large tiger. First entering a dwelling it bit off the arm of a sleeping oilman The tiger then made for
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    RAFFLES SCHOOL SPORTS.
    766 9 I THE SECOND DAY. I the heavy rain, yesterday I ,/enoun, and the tlireatening weather I JtAr < n in the day, all the schoolboys I Raffles Institution were eagerly I the renewal of the second 1 lr*' -p>rts on the school play- jr'j.'i at half-past three.
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    IRRIGATION IN PERAK.
    58 9 h A\ ji k.-un, the engineer in charge Krian irrigation works, who is k lea\e in Australia, is expected at the end of .1 uly. The real work l! rnmence probablv next year, t:«e raii» and mat dials, which aie btjing made up in England, will arrived.
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    1330 9 The visiting justices at Kuala Lumpur have placed on record the view that convicts there ought to be served with hot tea. That is quite reasonable, provided that muffins and cake be served at the same time. Nothing was said about iced drinks at tiffin and dinner,
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    PROGREES OF WOMAN’S DRESS.
    350 9 hy‘Marled Befloc"ft>”t.i s *h® title given Georges Pilotelle in the with tor May. This artist and designer ot i fashions told her: At no time in the world’s history have there been such oeautiful clothes as are made and worn I He thinks it absurd to
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    BANKRUPTCY DEPARTMENT.
    1173 9 ANNUAL REPORT. The report on the working of the Bankruptcy Ordinance in 1898, which is signed by Mr. L. M. Woodward as Official Assignee, shows that the department does not pay its way and that the question of raising tiie fees lias been mooted. In Singapore tne revenue
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    SUSPICIOUS DEATH.
    66 9 Yesterday afternoon, two Chinamen reported at Rochore Police .Station that a man named Ong Pie had died of consumption fit 129 Victoria Street. A native lance-corporal was sent to view the body and reported that there was th r e urWlf eVXLlSStil'i, fi'y tlie police showed that the
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    THANK HIVENS !
    88 9 THANK HIVENS An Irishman, in order to celebrate the advent of a new era, went out on a little lark. He did not get home until three o’clock in the morning, and was barely in the house before a nurse rushed up, and uncovering a bunch of soft goods, showed
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    247 9 1 Ml's been appointee* j. Swettenharn has Deputy, during H. B. s rnor’s Singapore, in Negri Semtilan, belansm, and l’enang, dating from the 15th instant. The following exequaturs nave received the Queen’s signature: Mr. A. j Kriedericks to act as Vice-Consul for Germany at Penang, Mr. Albert Durler*
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    RAUB.
    1255 10 the progress report. The Raub Mining Manager’s report for the four weeks ending 5th instant runs as follows MINING. llaub Hole.—I am please*! to say we have got some gold-bearmg Ktone in the bottom of the winze, although it is of no commercial value at present, as there is
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    AMERICAN CRUISER EXPECTED
    79 10 i lhe iu.se/wtfc, an Aiiieiioui) cruiser is shortly expected here from New Yoik. She is hound for Guam, in the Ladroncs group. Captain Leary, who lias been appointed Governor ot Guam, is on hoard. 'Hie Yo**mite carries an assorted cargo, including a canal boat stowed in the
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    JAPANESE CURRENCY.
    81 10 At a recent meeting of the Osaka Economic Society*, Count Matsukata, the Japanese Minister of Finance, was present, and addressed the gathering. He said the adoption of a gold standard in Japan had been quite successful, and nothing had militated against it. With regard to t lie silver
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    THE TRANSVAAL'S CONVENTION.
    287 10 In view of the importance which the questions of the Transvaal’s foreign allairs, the dynamite concession, and the Uitlanders’grievances have acquired we publish the articles of the London Convention which these three questions touch upon: Article 4, dealing with the control of foreign relations, runs The •South
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    GENERAL NOTES.
    645 10 The bag of snipe made by one shooter in Ceylon from September, I8»8, to last April was couple, and I the best sport was obtained in November and March. Twenty years I ago first-rate snipe shooting could be 1 obtained in many parts of lnma, but the draining
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    RAILWAYS IN PERSIA.
    120 10 Notwithstanding its considerable extent and its possession of a population of 9,000,000, Persia has only one line of railway six miles in length. This small line, which unites Teheran with Shan Abdul-Azim, belongs to a Belgian company. The Russian Minister of Finance has now authorised a syndicate
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    SELANGOR RACES.
    184 10 The following entries have been made I for the first and second days of the I Selangor Races: FIRST DAY. First Griffin Race. —Patchouli, I Badger, Tena, Minna, Carib, Towchang, I Melody, Kuchai, Queen of the May. I Sinfi, Asthore, Betalli, Rattler, Mall Running, Coconut, and Runaway Girl.
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    DELI NEWS.
    541 10 tobacco. The Netherlands consul at Manila I reports that tobacco cultivation in the I Philippines will, under the new order ol things there, prove to be a profitable line of enterprise. In his opinion, the business need only be conducted on the system prevailing in Deli and on
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    LIFE IN ENGLAND.
    755 10 WHY AMERICANS LIKE TO LIVE IN ENGLAND. Keeping House in London is th e title of a paper by Mr. Julian Kalj.l, Q Harper's for May. Though w» hT(A getting used to knowing huw our British ways of life appeal to American?, is much that is fresh
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    THEFT OF A PONY.
    110 10 As Mr. Tan Hap 1 jeong wi' drivniL' along Gaylang Road near 1’ ll I Station, yesterday afternoon. h»* ;l Malay with a pony, which Mr I’■*» l! Leong had lost some months Malay said that lie bought 11» iui*j a rikisha for from a dun
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    MONDAY, 19TH JUNE.
    309 11 I j T ;i jd that the Governor and the r V n.t General will pay Pahang a I me time next month. I 1 j Sunday Daily Telegraph has I he published. That ends the I iV newspaper attempt. I 4 I Abdul Razah has been
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    SMALLPOX.
    25 11 HaKi.'.v; man lias been found to be IB. :,j a, -mall-pox at 14 Damar IB tse has been reported S; Load, the victim being
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    COOLIES FIGHT.
    25 11 in \'*>t< rday, a fight occurred i iikislia coolies at 10 and 'r.*-- Street. Nine men were i have been charged with >•:. affray.
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    SACRIFICING BANK-NOTES.
    32 11 HB-V i\ ii i Lumpur, the other day, a B- *;u.iu deliberately set lire to bank-notes valued at §250. H i;u a- a religious sacrifice on L. r deceased daughter.
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    BURGLARY.
    34 11 I- u M tnager of the New Harbour I reports that on Saturday I- r :i*‘ blacksmiths’ work-shop at Harbour was broken into and i*i the like to the value of S100 m
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    MUNICIPAL PROSECUTIONS.
    34 11 I > turday, a milk-vendor was .rty dollars for oilering for sale H »„d milk. A large number us were lined sums ol ten and iiars for not complying with > limewasb their premises.
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    M. DOUMER.
    40 11 oner, the Governor-General Indo-China will not stay in .is long as had been He was to leave the capital ■on lor Hanoi on the 25th I After staying a few days at I ’iif Governor-General will I > Saigon.
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    A BANKRUPTCY CASE.
    76 11 IB ming, < loli Teng Hock was lore Mr. Brockman for an allegation of making a b i his accounts after presen- biion as a bankrupt. Mr. I ,r: ting < Hlicial Assignee, said ‘hie to go on with the case "‘''Id not find his principal BK
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    A PECULIAR STORY.
    55 11 A Chinaman living at 52 Payah Lebar Road reports that, yesterday, he was seized by three Hokiens and a Bengali and locked up in the latter’s house. On his release he found that his house had been broken into and property to the value of $82 removed.
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    RAILWAY LAUNCHES.
    41 11 The Mena and the Perak arrived, on the loth, at the Prye River. These are two new launches brought down from Hongkong, by the Perak government, for conveying passengers between Penang and Prye, in connection with the new railway.
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    A CRACKER ACCIDENT.
    61 11 A Chinaman reports that his gharry was engaged on the 17th instant to go to 15-2 Outram Road. A wedding was going on at the time in the house, and some one threw a cracker out of a window and frightened the pony which bolted. The syce’s
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    KILLED BY A COCO-NUT.
    72 11 An accident of a most unusual nature, which proved fatal, happened at Muar on Saturday. A Javanese was taking coco-nuts from the palm, by means of a long pole with a sickle fixed at the upper end, as is the usual custom. The nut fell on
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    TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
    71 11 A fearful accident occurred at midnight on the 9th instant to a goods train on the Hyderabad-Nizam’s Railway. A bridge was washed away, and the trai l dashed over the broken bridge into the stream below. The driver, two native firemen, and two guards have not been
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    ALLEGED UNNATURAL OFFENCE.
    61 11 LEETiam Hock, Chan Oon Seek, and Chin Chai were called up for enquiry, this morning, into allegations of administering a stupifying drug, and committing an unnatural offence. On tiie application of Mr. Ferriss, who prosecutes, tlie enquiry was adjourned till next Monday. Mr. R. W Braddell, Mr.
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    IN THE PHILIPPINES.
    64 11 General Lawton has scoured the country southward from the Pasig and Laguna de Bay to beyond Paranaque. i lie general line of troops then advanced to Paranaque. There were few casualties on the American side, hut many cases of sunstroke. The enemy quickly vanished as the troops
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    SINGAPORE GAS COMPANY.
    142 11 We have already published an account of the annual meeting of the Singapore Gas Company held in London recently. After the report had been adopted, a shareholder put a question to the Chairman, Mr. S. Spencer, as to whether the .£*500 added to the contingent fund really
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    MISSIONARY MASSACRE.
    147 11 ANTI-FOREIGN PLACARD3 AT WOOCHOW. In view of our telegram with regard to the murder of missionaries near Foochow, it is of interest to note that, at Woochow, there have quite recently been anti-foreign demonstrations. Woochow is in Canton province. A correspondent of the China Mail living there writes,
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    LADIES TENNIS.
    154 11 The following are the entries and handicaps for the American Mixed Doubles Handicap which starts on Wednesday, at the Ladies’Lawn Tennis Club:— Miss J. Gunn and Mr. Reid owe 30 Miss Salzmann and Mr. Linton, and Mrs. Lovell and Mr. Wright owe 15.3 M rs. Dare and Mr.
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    FEDERATED MALAYA.
    201 11 JUDICIAL COMMISSIONERS REPORT. Last year, Mr. Jackson, the Judicial Commissioner of Federated Malaya, luord eleven civil appeals, and six criminal ones. He tried twenty-four mui'ier cases but, in many of them, several prisoners were charged. Mr. Jackson thus concludes his report The Kinta Advocates addressed me on the
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    WRECK OF THE “ AMBOINA.”
    194 11 WRECK OF THE AMBOINA.” further particulars. News of the wreck of the Amboina which had been already announced in our columns, reached the owners, Messrs. Koe Guan and Company, at Penang, in the following t.*>lm ft-om Mergui: 44 Amboina wrecked on rock at Bentinck island, between Mergui and Renong, on
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    FEDERATED MALAYA LANDS.
    278 11 REPORT FOR 1898. Mr. H. Conway Belfield, the Commissioner of Lands and Mines in the Federated Malay States, has sent in his departmental report for 1898. The report dwells with satisfaction upon the fact that the Land Offices of the Federation raised, that year, S637,698 in revenue,
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    THE MAIL.
    826 11 THE CHINA.” It is expected that the China which went ashore at Perim more than a year ago, and is at present undergoing repairs at Belfast, will be ready for sea in about three months 7 time. Capt. S. R. Lendon, R.N.R., the commander of the Carthage which
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    146 11 London 9th June. In the course of a debate on China in the House of Commons this evening, Mr. Brodrick, replying to various criticisms, notably by Lord Charles Beresford, said the Government proposed to hold China to her undertaking not to alienate the provinces bordering on the
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    SELANGOR ANNUAL REPORTS.
    550 11 MINES AND MINING LAND. Mr. W. P. Hume, the Warden of Mines, gives the total mining labour force employed in the State at 54,095, men against 54,122 in 1897. Ninetyfour engines were employed in the mines against sixty in 1897. There were also a number of water-wheels.
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    THE TANGLIN TATTOO.
    465 12 A fairly large gathering of the general public witnessed the tattoo by the King’s Own, in commemoration of Waterloo, at Tanglin Barracks on Saturday night. The scene ot operations was the grass-covered slope directly in front of the otlicers’ mess. There is plenty of space for movement
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    THE PROVINCE RAILWAY.
    60 12 The Pinang Gazette finds fault with the Railway Rill, now before the Legislative Council, mainly on the ground, that it leaves too much to the discretion of the Governor and the Collector of Land Revenue in the settlement o claims against the railway administration for trespass, and
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    CHEATING.
    68 12 A ’kikisha puller went to his towkay in March and said that the Acting Registrar of Jinrikishas had impounded his vehicle and imposed a fine of six dollars. He obtained the money and then began to talk of it. This reached the ear of the Registrar who directed a
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    THE JACKSON-MILLAR CUP.
    185 12 WON BY MR. P. H. UPTON. Early yesterday morning, the final of the three races for the JacksonMillar Cup was swum off Tanjong Katong. The race was one of 300 yards and was a capital one. There was a slack tide running. The five starters were Upton
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    355 12 The Spring cup was competed for on Saturday and 43 players received handicaps. The links were in a much better condition that of late, and, as j the weather was all that could be; desired, a very pleasant afternoon’s golf was enjoyed. The handicapper had been lenient
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    THE GOVERNOR’S MOVEMENTS.
    201 12 THE ITINERA ICY. The Governor was expected at Port Dickson on Friday. He was to stay in Negri Scmbilan until this evening. The Malay Mail thus sets forth the f-lnvnrnnr*s future movement* Leaving Port Dickson that night H. E. arrives at Kuala Klang to-morrow, the 20th, where
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    HAVAS TELEGRAMS.
    206 12 Paris, 12/// Ju ae. At the races at Longchamps. on Sunday, where the Socialists had organised a grand demonstration in honour of President Luubet, an enormous crowd gathered. The President was cheered ail the way from his palace to the race course. The moment the President reached the
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    A CURIOUS CLOCK.
    62 12 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wintherbotham, of Chicago, have found a curious old clock in Japan. It resembles a grandlaiher” clock, but instead of a dial has a straight scale of the hours up the Vont. The time is indicated by a pointer attached to a weight, which
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    HOME CYCLING.
    733 12 London 26/ k May. One portion of the great annual Bordeaux-Paris race, that relating to motor vehicles, has been decided, the course being covered by the winning petroleum car, with four seats and of 14 horse power, driven by M. Charron, a distinguished French motorist, in the unprecedented
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    HARBOUR THIEVES.
    80 12 A 3 two Chinese fishermen were fishing between Tanjong Katong and Pulau Sambu, in Dutch territory, yesterday, they were attacked by five Malays who robbed them of their nets and made off in the direction of Pulau Sambu. The robbers left a cap and a f arang sheath
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    CRICKET.
    185 12 An S. C. C. cricket match was played on the Esplanade on Saturday afternoon between teams representing Ato K and Lto Z. The scores were as follows A TO K. C. W. Abrams b Sharp S 3 W. Dunman c Noon b Reid 12 W. L. Carter c Morrison
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    THE MASONIC “SMOKER”.
    253 12 The smoking concert at the Masonic Club on Saturday night, passed off with decided success, thanks mainly to the arrangements completed by Mr. Powell Robinson who was responsible for the excellent programme. Wor. Bro. W. Makepeace, P. M. D. G. S., made a capital chairman. The sentimental
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    THE QUEEN’S EYES
    145 12 The Queen, it is said, has lately developed an alarming weakness of the eyesight, which, indeed, is hereditary in the royal family as they grow old. George III. was blind for many years, and George IV. underwent a serious operation in order to preserve his sight. The,
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    ACCIDENT TO THE “ KAISOW."
    83 12 ACCIDENT TO THE KAISOW." Particulars of the accident to the China Mutual Steam Navigation Company's steamer Kaiswr which has been already announced by telegram, show that on the voyage out to China she ran ashore at Lundy Island on the 22nd May. She was towed olf successfully, however, and put
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    PLAGUE AT HONGKONG.
    42 12 During the week ending on the 10th instant, there were ninety-seven cases of plague, resulting in ninety-one deaths, at Hongkong. From the Ist January last to that date, 688 plague cases were reported there of which 625 ended fatally.
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    TUESDAY, 20TH JUNE.
    221 12 H. M. S. Redpole left westwards at o’clock this morning for gun practice The dollar for military pay next quarter will be issued at 1 /1 1 The Srie Borneo passed through port from east to west yesterday a f noon. r This morning, a Kling had
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    THEFT.
    31 12 A Frenchman living at *2 Orchard Road, reports that on returning home at 1 o’clock this morning, lie missed a gold medal, a pair of ear-rings, and tome other jewellery.
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    HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
    36 12 A Chinaman reports that he was attacked by five men in Queen street, yesterday, and robbeu of $113. He says that he knows two of the men by sight and can identify the others.
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    AN ASSAULT CASE.
    55 12 A Chinaman, who was assaulted i: Holland Road on 25th May last, died ol lockjaw at the General Hospital last night. An inquest will be field at 2 p.rn to-day. Two of the nu n who assaulted him have been arrested, and the charge against them will
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    MUNICIPAL PROSECUTIONS.
    50 12 The First Magistrate bad two hundred and sixty-six Municipal summonses on his (ile, this morning, for disposal, five persons were up in connection with neglecting to report small pox, two lor watering milk, and the majority ut th»* remainder for not observing sanitary rules in regard to cleanliness.
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    FIERCE GOLF CADDIES
    73 12 A Hokien reports that at l yesterday, as he was passing the 'oi: Club, at the race-course, with a cartload of pineapples, four K lineattempted to make oh with f=oi»e the pines. He prevented them lton. doing so, and they struck him mther seriously with sticks. 1
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    A SHIPPING PROSECUTION.
    60 12 Yesterdav afternoon. Craufurd appeared before the of Two Magistrates to prosecute a Hock Hay, the owner ol tin* d W utjt, for allowing his vessel overloaded so as to submerge m water the the centre of her di-*‘ Buckley who appears tor tin* d* 1 applied for
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    SHROFF IN TROUBLE.
    81 12 A shroff of the Honekuii-'j. Shanghai Bank was remand* •< r the Hongkong police court, the day, on the charge of stealing «'i a 300k, the property of that im i! 1 1 On being bailed out, he wa* arrested on the charge ol havnii 1,1 false
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    PENSEES DE FEMME
    1006 13 nt a week at Johore a short time iu-1 ever since iny return have ii t'C'ieged by questions as to what i:I! ..-rnenl I could possibly find in a 4 ii tt most people label as a dull -p »t. 1 must acknowledge that *}ie question seems
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    A TIN RING.
    191 13 ABSENCE OF COMPETITION. Mr. II. C. Belfield, the Commissioner of Lands and Mines in Federated Malaya, in his report for 1898, notes continuous decrease in the tin exported from Larut within the last two years, k was -11,piculs in 1>98 against piculs in 1897. Mr. Belfield has
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    MINING IN NEGRI SEMBILAN.
    337 13 STKAhV PROGRESS. I >i icin«. l s b>, there was increase of mining activity in the Negri Sembilan, hie primarily, to the fact that the industry lias receive l persistent and intelligent encouragement from every utlicer in whose power it lay to assist its development. L"p
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    MORE BY THE MAIL.
    1169 13 THE LARGEST SAILING YACHT. Messrs. Henderson, of Patrick, the builders of the Valkyrie Thistle and Bona have just launched the largest sailing yacht afloat. 8he is a schooner, built to the design of Mr. G. L. Watson for the Clyde yachtsman, Mr. James Coats, jun., of
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    SUGAR GROWING IN PERAK.
    378 13 DA NO EH FROM ITS EXTENSION. In the Federated Malayadepartmental report on lands and mines for Mr. H. Conway Bellield notes that Mr. Turner of the Caledonia Estate, in Province Wellesley, is making preparations tor the cultivation of in the Matang district, having purebred 1804 acres
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    HONGKONG POST OFFICE.
    62 13 The Hongkong Post Office report for 1898 shows the departmental revenue then exceeded the expenditure by $95,000. The penny postage innovation resulted in a heavy increase in stamp sales. The change has enhanced the volume of correspondence very largely, accentuating the want of space in the poat
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    HOME NOTES.
    1133 13 l The fatal attraction which causes incipient cyclists to run into things which they are specially trying to avoid took a young lady in Bloomsbury the other day in*o the paws of a j erforming hear. Fortunately the hear was as frightened as the lady, and retiring to
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    FRIGHTENING HIS SON.
    165 14 A week ago, S. E. Solomon was arrested on a warrant at the instance of his parents for the thett of a gold chain valued at two hundred dollars. Before the warrant was granted they ..flvKfl.1 to re-consider the matter, but declined. When the case was brought
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    CURRENCY DOCTORS.
    299 14 CRITICISM OF SIR J. A. SWETTENH AM. Much of the evidence taken by the Indian Currency Committee, which is now about to send in its report, sought to show that the closure of the mints has handicapped India in competition with China and other countries which have of
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    CHESS.
    932 14 CONDUCTED BY u KING’* PAWN. All Ch#»s8 correspondence should be addressed to ‘King’s Pawn.” Solution of Problem No. Ill (Pospisil) is P—Q 4. Correct solutions received from A. O. IS., Nemo, Aquarius, Novice, Critic, an<l Caisse. PROBLEM NO. 113, BY K. KONDELIK. BLACK 4 PIECES. wm wm Wm wm
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    NEWS FROM THE NORTH.
    239 14 A Pekin despatch reports that steps have been taken by the Generalissimo Jung Lu, to raise 10,000 Mongol cavalry in view of the presence of the large number of Russian Cossacks in Manchuria, and that a certain Mongol 1 *rin,»e has oflored to raise and arm
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    FIRE IN A STEAMER.
    115 14 CHINESE RASHNESS. A fire was caused, the other day, at Hongkong, on board the British steamer Amara through the carelessness of a Chinaman who had gone into the storeroom to get kerosine oil, taking a lighted lamp with him. Whilst he was pouring the oil, the
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    OIL IN CALIFORNIA.
    121 14 COMPETITION IN THE FAR EAST. Valuable discoveries of oil have been made by the Anglo-Russian Oil Syndicate in Indian Territory and Wyoming. Since the syndicate has threatened to become a formidable rival of the Standard Oil Company, specially in the Far East, the Standard Company has turned
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    HEALTH OF SINGAPORE.
    208 14 PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES. Efforts have been and are being made by the sanitary authorities to effect some improvement in the sanitary condition of Clyde Terrace. The amount of filth which had accumulated along the foreshore there may, to some extent, he measured by the fact that at the
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    WEDNESDAY, 21ST JUNE.
    244 14 Trespass on Crown land has cost a man $3O or six weeks. Gambling in public has cost three men $2O each, or three weeks. A Chinaman who was taken to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital yesterday, suffering from lockjaw, died last night. A Hokien, living at 34
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    TRAINED NURSES FUND.
    24 14 We have received from Mr. J. Aitken a cheque for S50 towards the fund for providing two trained nurses in Singapore.
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    POLO.
    33 14 I f the teams can be got together anc conditions are favourable, it is probable that a polo match, England v. Ireland, will take place on the race course nexi; Monday afternoon
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    THE QUEEN’S EYESIGHT.
    61 14 It was stated some weeks back that the Queen was sulfering from cataract, and that an operation was inevitable. Further it was asserted that Professor Hermann Pagenstecher, M.D., the celebrated German oculist, had been called in to perforin the operation. The British MMical Journal now authoritatively denies
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    A SNAKE CAPTURED.
    95 14 A snake (ular sawa), measuring about 6 feet long, was caught last night in a house in Bencoolen Street, occupied by a Eurasian lady. It was first seen by the Ayah behind a picture upstairs, but taking it to be a piece of rope she let it
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    670 14 London, 10th J. :sr The Transvaal Volksnad i approved the franchise proposal* rr jy President Kruger at The K\r‘ bntein Conference, and 1m* the Government to submit a j accordingly. The Orange Free State Volksrri-id h adopted a resolution en !r r President Kruger’s attitude j,! negociations
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    HOME NOTES.
    1127 15 Sh* They say that persons of (qualities make the happiest marriages/* He— 44 That's why I’m looking fur a girl with money.” Dickie, what Hid your mamma say v.je-ri she saw us coining along the walk? said a visitor. She said, U .11, well, wiio on earth has
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    THE DERBY.
    200 15 holocauste’s death. A special telegram to the Asian gives the following details of the race for the Derby —The race was run in beautiful weather, and there was as big a crowd as ever. After a delay at the lost of nearly three-quarters of an hour, Flying Fox
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    THE ROYAL ARTILLERY.
    270 15 Owing to continued progress and improvement in modern artillery and the divergence between the weapons in use by an Army in the field and those used for the armament of defensive works, and consequently in the methods of working the various guns, the knowledge acquired in one
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    FOOTBALL.
    728 15 S.C.C. V. BAND OFTHE KING’S OWN.” F A football match was played last night on the Esplanade between the 1 1S. C. C. and the Band of the King’s Own j Regiment. A large crowd of spectators lined the ropes. After a spirited and stubbornly contested game, victory rested
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    A SWEDISH NOVELIST.
    89 15 Selma Lagerlof, the author of that striking Swedish novel 44 Gosta Berlings Saga,” which has recently been eagerly read in England, is a young woman living in the south of Sweden, and belonging to a family of some professional and social distinction. A reverse in the family
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    3096 15 Tuesday, 20th June. PRESENT. Major-General J. B. B. Dickson (Officer Commanding the Troops), presidiog. Sir A>ex*nder Swettenham, k. c. m. o., (Colonial Secretary). Hon. W. K. Collyer (Attorney-General). Hon. F. G. Penney (Colonial Treasurer). Hon. Dr. Lim Boon Keng. Hon. G. S. M urray. Hon. J. Burkinshaw. Hon.
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    SUPREME COURT APPLICATION.
    56 16 This morning, an application was made before the Chief Justice to set aside an award made by Dr. Lim Boon Keng and another, in the matter of Kim Pong and the estate of Hong Lim, deceased. The grounds are that they exceeded their authority and misconducted themselves.
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    AN AMERICAN TRANSPORT.
    132 16 Yesterday afternoon, soon after four, the U. S. transport Hooker, 1,366 tons, which has been converted into a cable steamer, passed through on her way to Manila. The I looker has on board 26 signalmen, under Lieut. Clark, with 202 miles of cables in three tanks, which
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    THURSDAY, 22ND JUNK.
    307 16 The dead body of a Chinese pauper was found this morning in Wayang Street. The opening meeting of the Selangor Turf Club is being held this afternoon at Kuala Lumpur. Three men have been fined $30 each, and another fifteen, for working bullocks in an unfit condition.
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    MUNICIPAL PROSECUTIONS.
    84 16 The aggregate of the lines imposed in Municipal summons cases, yesterday, reached more than Sm)0. In three instances a line of £25 was imposed on men for neglecting to report small-pox. A man paid £20 for starting a kiln on his premises, and two others paid a similar
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    MR. H. C. FRICK.
    98 16 The head of the new American Steel Trust is Mr. H. C. Frick, who was formerly chairman of the Carnegie company. Mr. Frick began life as a coke manufacturer. The Carnegie firm became his partners in 1SS2, and he joined the Carnegies in their business in
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    CRIME IN BANGKOK.
    140 16 A GHASTLY TRAGEDY. On the 4th instant, a Chinaman at Bangkok informed the police that two of his friends had just been stabbed and disembowelled, in their house in Bangrak, by two other Chinese and that a third man had been stabbed in the thigh. The police
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    MR SPENCER-PRATT AND AGUINALDO.
    644 16 THE ACTION AGAINST KELLY AND WALSH. A MUTUAL ARRANGEMENT COME TO. The action of Mr. Spencer Pratt against Kelly and Walsh (Limited) again occupied the attention of Mr. Justice Hyndman Jones this morning. On June 1st, it will be remembered, Mr. Spencer Pratt asked for an
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    BREACH OF TRUST.
    90 16 This morning, the chie( steward of the s. s. Stettin prosecuted a German for criminal breach of trust in respect of German money valued at $20. The defendant was entrusted with the money on Wednesday to purchase curios, but he was not seen again till last night
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    LADIES’ TENNIS CLUB.
    184 16 The tournament of the Udie*’ r Tennis Club opened most 8uw e8 .fu, n yesterday afternoon on y in Orchard Road. Altogether l? nd matches out of two hundred xty ten were decided. During the and few weeks, the ground ha* J' ast considerably improved. Jt i’^
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    ELECTRIC LIGHTING
    484 16 THE MUNICIPAL PREPARATIONS Some two months ago, the Municipal Engineer prepared a note “for the information of the electrical cnainutTwi j is to be employed to prepare an lcctric lighting scheme for .Singapore That document was sent to hint. Kennedy a Glasgow electrical expert, win,*»• reply was referred
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    S. C. C. HOCKEY MATCH
    87 16 A hockey match among ni< 1 the S. C. C., got up specially T r! forward new talent, took phi* !j Esplanade yesterday afternoon I erirr team Was by far the strongest an«l five goals to nit. It was a very fl° w 1 uninteresting
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    HEALTH OF SINGAPORE.
    419 17 PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES. •UK EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.” ir ,—With reference to the paraiph headed “Health in Singapore” which appeared in your issue of Tues;ay last, i would be glad for space for a remarks. What lias been advanced quite correct. The Sanitary staff are fifing themselves
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    MAIL NOTES AND NEWS.
    1061 17 THE FAR EAST. I N: May was the 28th birthday it*- Emperor of China. The occasion w.t' in ukiMl by Baron lleyking, the i m Minister at Pekin, who i t. t d the Emperor with the (irand *1 the Black Eagle, and also i L
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    1499 17 A meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held yesterday, Mr. Gentle presiding. There were also present Messrs. Evans, Nanson, Sohst, Meyer, and Col. Pennefather. PRESIDENTS REMARKS. The President said he had received letters from Mr. Moses and Mr. Choa Giang Thye expressing inability to attend the meeting and
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    AT MANILA.
    995 17 Manila Times. SPLIT AMONG THE REBELS. A FILIPINO GENERAL SHOT. From a private source we have received some interesting news of the progress of events in the Philippines during the past week or so. There has been sharp fighting on the south side of Manila, and the villages
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    DEWEY’S CHEQUE.
    295 18 FORTY TIMES ITS FACE VALUE OFFERED. Admiral Dewey’s cheque for the modest sum of $10 has been occasioning no end of trouble in New York, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. The Admiral is a member of a certain metropolitan club composed entirely of defenders of their country. This
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    CHIEF INSPECTOR JENNINGS.
    301 18 24 YEARS IN THE STRAITS POLICE Chief Inspector Jennings, of the European Police Contingent at Singapore, is now on leave preparatory to retiring from the service at the end of July. He has been a Straits police officer since 1875, and is the senior man in the
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    RINDERPEST.
    105 18 CATTLE IMPORTATION STOPPED. Information has been received that rinderpest exists among cattle in the M alay Peninsula. The Government notify therefore, in a Gazette Extraordinary that the importation of cattle into the Settlement ol Singapore from any port of the Malay Peninsula or of the islands adjacent thereto south
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    1073 18 arrivals. Per s. s. Single?}) from Singkep—Mr. Debey. Per 8. s. Hebe frqm Deli—Messrs. Meritz, and Keiler. Per s. s. Sappho from Klang via ports Dr. Ellis, Messrs. Talbot, Munro, Aldworth. Paget, and Barn. Per P. «fc O. 8. 8. Chusan from Yokohama—Mr. R. P. Jackson. From Hongkong—Mr.
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      131 18 L nder mis ncadiug the following aoui ev ialious are used —sir. —steamer sli. —ship bq.- -barque; sell. —schooner; Yet.—Yacht; Cru. —Cruiser Gbt. —Gunboat Tor.— Torpedo; h. p. Horse-power; Brit. British U. S. United States; Fr.— French; Ger. —German; Dut.— Dutch: !oh. —Jobore «fcc. G. c.. —General
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      TRADING VESSELS &c.
      1139 18 Arrivals Since Noon of Yisterday. Beryenhus, Nor. str. 2,344 tons tons, Capt Sv'Midscn. 21st June. From Moji, 7th June. Coal. Boustead and Co For Java. 2nd July VV. Hr randan, Dut. str. 312 tons Capt Zwart, 21st June. From Bangkok, 16th June. Ballast. Hooglandt and Co. For
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      638 18 Maine, port probable date of arrival, ana name of agents. Steamers. Argyll, Liverpool, June; P. Simons. Afridi, Hongkong; to leave June 30; P. S. Ambria, H’kong, to leave July 6 Austria, Hongkong, to leave july 5 Argyll, Liverpool, June. P. Simons. Ballaarat. H’kong, July 28 P. <fc O.
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      ARRIVALS.
      1150 19 t LAO B* .L' Nam it A rows Captain From Sailed. Consigning ■< Rig :-*io Brit str 329 iTurner Klang Juna 138. Steamship Coy. H i str. 1970 Davies Hankow June 7 Borneo Coy Ltd. H. _**-p Hut str 95 Naeodah Singkep June 13 H i Brit str, 84
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      CLEARANCES.
      793 19 I i I I Yesskl’b Name Flag A Rig Captain Destination ■..lej Osin fa Brit str. 1 Davies i London via ports Hokwei str. Uldall Deli Isabella str. Hudson Muar and Malacca -ultan str. Hendry Muar Chow Phya i str. Jellicoe Malacca and Klang I Nam Yorig i str.
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