The Straits Budget, 18 August 1900

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    RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS.
    746 3 (Straits Times, Wth August) In the course of an interesting letter to the Time*, Mr. Carlyon'Bellair> gtv»~8 some instructive facts about the stream of Russian troops which has mm t«<r 8 »rue years passed to the Far Fast in Russian ships. Giving figures from t»ie Suez Canal returns,
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    TO PEKING.
    465 4 (Straits Times Vith August.) The latest news we have of the Allied force of over thirty thousand men marching on Peking is that they drove the Chinese from Yangtsun on the 8th inst., last Wednesday, and captured the place. Yangtsun is more than twenty miles north of Tientsin,
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    SHANGHAI AND PEKING.
    428 4 (Straits Times 14 th August.) The sooner*ali the foreigners get out of Szechuan province in general, and Chungking in particular, the better. For it seems clear that the country in that far-off district is over-run by a rabble of Chinese who may at any moment break out
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    BRITAIN’S SPHERE.
    3444 4 (Straits Times lath August.) It is increasingly evident that the centre of attraction in China to Britain, and the main sphere of British influence in future, must be the Yang-tze region. In the coming scramble for China” —for, say what we like, the possibility of a general 41
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    THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS.
    124 5 The uprising of China 60 unexpected by many was almost foreseen by those who observe below the surface. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking at the Mansion House on June 27, remarked upon the general blindness Ever since the war between China and Japan, there have been
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    OUR GHARRIES.
    381 5 The following resolution was agreed to by the Municipal Commissioners at the meeting of 6th June: 44 That at the next inspection commencing in July notice be given that no gharry will be passed by the Registrar of Hackney Carriages and Jinrikishas at the next annual registration unless
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    MORE EXPERIENCES IN TIENTSIN.
    694 5 THE FATE OF WABREN 8 CIRCUS. The proprietors of the Circus which has opened on the Beach Road reclamation ground are several members of Mr. Warren’s late Circus. Warren’s Circus was in Tientsin wfipn the Boxers advanced on the city and was to have opened that
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    ATTEMPTED MURDER.
    113 5 INCIDENT AT SHANGHAI. A most sensational occurrence took place at Shanghai on the 4th instant, an attempt being made on the life of a local insurance agent by three Chineae. About one o’clock in the morning Mr. Craig, of the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, was lying
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    ORANGE CULTIVATION.
    1587 5 (By an Expert.) CONCLUDING PAPER MANURING. To know the exact manure required by a plant, the analysis of the soil as well as of the plant should be known. We assume that the soil has been analysed and its composition ascertained. The orange, on analysis, will furnish 38
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    CHINESE LABOUR IN SOUTH AFRICA.
    81 5 According to a telegram, from Bulawayo, an Anti-Chinese Immigration Committee of that town has held a conference with the Chamber of Mines regarding the importation of Chinese mine labourers. It was resolved to address representations to the Imperial authorities with a view to making sufficient
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    THURSDAY, 9TH AUGUST.
    1009 6 THU RSDAY, 9T H AUGUST. Egyptian ports are now declared officially to be no longer infected by plague. The Sambayang Hantu,” or Chinesi feast fur tile dead, begins tu-night and latts until the 24th instant. Mr. H De Rougemont has been appointed acting assistant Superinten- t of Polio**, vice Mr.
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    AMNESTY TO FILIPINOS.
    181 6 THE BTUMBLING BLOCK. President McKinley’sofferof amnesty to the Filipino insurgents falls short of their expectations because it requires a surrender of arms. Otherwise the leaders are satisfied with the terms ottered. They want to retain the arms, however, from fear that the Americans will not keep their
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    H. M. S. “ARGONAUT.”
    216 6 The new British first-class cruiser Argonaut 11,000 tons, 18,000 horsepower, which was recently commissioned at Chatham Dockyard for her first term of active service on the China station, arrived at 7.45 p. m. yesterday. She went alongside Tanjong Pagar Wharf at seven o’clock this morning to
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    CHINA.
    1677 6 (Newt By T<*d*y't Mail.) Shanghai 3l st July. Mr. Pelham Warren, the British Consul-General here, says that lie ba> been informed by the Tsung-li-Yamen officials that his message has been handed to the British Minister, Sir Claude MacDonald. The ConsulGeneral has, however, received no repl> from Sir Claude. Active
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    THE “SHELL” COMPANY
    751 6 A profitable busing 9H Messrs. Syme and Co. have the Investors' Guardian l M report rt the animal -Sheir Wpnrt and 1 2* M held recently in London s, r M Samuel being in the chair'. i eman, at the outset, made the that the profits of
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    1328 7 I uf the Municipal Com- MFr Li.l at tne new offices on e Present Kr presidine), Messrs. K Capper, Barker, SSohst, <. e Ciioon Guan. ■v *<" H A j tbe last meeting were I f i\aN CfAf.. H statement showed T- t ,.r> am turning to «4,322.
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    CHINESE HEAD-HUNTERS.
    103 7 The following is an extract from the Canton Chinese paper, Lmg Hoi Pao of oe 27th July:—“Prince Tuan has -sued orders that any one who has billed foreigners is to bring the heads o his yamen. As foreigners* beads are tot easy to obtain, all Chines having iigh
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    THE GYMKHANA.
    1056 7 TO THE EDITOR OF THE 44 STRAITS TIMES.” Sir, —I noticed in your paper of yesterday the explanation given by the secretary of the Polo Club of the reason for the collapse of the Gymkhana meeting, and, as one who is acquainted with all the circumstances, 1 beg
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    THIS YEAR’S BISLEY.
    326 7 The annual summer meeting of the National Rifle Association opened on the ranges at Bisley on 17th July. This year British marksmen have come forward as competitors for the valuable series of prizes offered by the National Rifle Association, and manv other generous donors, in fewer numbei
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    FRIDAY, 10TH AUGUST.
    625 7 The Victorian gold yield during the first six months of the current year amounted to 370,552 oz. 1 The new Penang Municipal offices will he built by a Chinese contractor, who sent in a tender for $75,400. The countervailing duties on imported beet sugar in India have
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    WARSHIPS FOR THE NORTH.
    109 7 H. M. S. Argonaut left for China at 0 45 p.m yesterday. At 5.15 this morning a British India steamer, supposed to be a British transport, passed through bound East. The new Japanese first class cruiser 1 akumo, with a displacement of 10,000 tons, is expected
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    TANGLIN-TEUTONIA BOWLING.
    218 7 yesterday’s scores. The bowling handicap of the Tanglin and Teutonia Clubs*(for two Cups) commenced yesterday evening. '1 hose who bowled and scored yesterday were: Bowes (h’cap 10) 665, (n eap 150) 650, Cat to (heap 195) 744, Flower (n’cap 155) 707, Fort (h’cap 205) 777, Glennie (h’cap 125)
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    DEPARTURES BY MAIL.
    46 8 Per P. O. B.s. Coromandel for London— Mr. W. Leicester, Mr. and Mrs. Cree-Mait-land, and Capt. Blackburn For Sydney— Mr. H. W. Fry. For Colombo—Dr. 8. Kicbmond. For Penang —Mr. M. C. Clayton, Mr. and Mrs. Meyer, Mr. Hans Meyer, and Miss Marshall.
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    MR. J. DARLING.
    161 8 A great shock was occasioned in Adelaide, three weeks ago, when it became known that Mr. J. Darling, captain of the last Australian eleven, had decided to leave South Australia and settle in Tasmania. It is understood that Mr. Darling has bought a sheep Tun in the
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    STAMFORD ROAD CANAL.
    97 8 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.” Bir,— ls it not time steps are taken to definitely deal with the Stamford Road Canal, or to drop the thing altogether The combined Muncipal engineering skill of Singapore has succeeded, in the course of three years, in producing a
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    THE GYMKHANA.
    177 8 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES." Sir,— I do not intend to prolong the correspondence regarding the gymkhana, as we do not appear to be all of the same mind, but I would like to say that, as the gymkhana was intended for the pleasure and amusement
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    ST. NICHOLAS’ SOCIETY.
    141 8 List of donations collected for St. Nicholas’ Society By Mrs. Leach Sir J. A. Swettenham *l5 Alex. Gentle, Lsq. 6 St. V. B. Down, Esq 5 Mrs. Napier 20 Mrs. Lind 5 Mrs. de Stiirler 5 Mrs. Leach 10 S. 6 L. K. E. 3 H K.
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    MISS VIVIENNE DAGMAR.
    98 8 SERPENTINE DAMAGES. At the Calcutta Small Cause Court, Miss Vivienne Dagmar, the well-known actress, sued Messrs. W. Leslie and Company, ironmongers, to recover the sum of Rs. 207 as damages. It was alleged that the damages were sustained through a defective gas-tank supplied by the defendant firm,
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    TRADE WITH CHINA
    198 8 EFFECT of THE CRIBIS. The Manchester correspondent of a London paper, telegraphing to his journal in the middle of July, says:— “The effects of the crisis have already begun to be felt in this city by the merchants dealing with China. Telegrams from China recently show that
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    PENANG RACES.
    194 8 A DUTCHMAN WINS $4,000. At the Penang Races, Firest'ck the property of Colonel Walker, won three events out of five for which it started. In the Champion Stakes a Dutch gentleman bought the field for $l7O and won thereby $4,000 through Vagrant. The number of starters in the
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    A MALAY “ FLYING DUTCHMAN.”
    309 8 A MALAY FLYING DUTCHMAN.” “Jonathan writes: —On Wednesday afternoon, in the course of my peregrinations near Johnston’s Pier, I noticec that excitement ran high amongst the Malays who were on the pier and on the launches. On making enquiries from a respectable Malay, he pointed out to sea, exclaiming:— Tnan
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    AN EVENTFUL VOYAGE.
    141 8 There arrived at Singapore this morning the British barque West York Captain Fowle»*. This vessel left Singapore on the 28th of January with the intention of proceeding to Menado, in the Celebes. Some time after leaving, several of the crew, who numbered eleven, were taken ill, and
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    THE POSITION AT PEKING.
    837 8 AN AUTHORITATIVE OPINION. Writing to the Morning Post in the middle of last month, Mr. A. R. Colquhoun, author of The Overland to China," gave his opinion—and the opinion is an authoritative one—on the position in North China, as it was then know T n. Since
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    AFTER TWO YEARS.
    125 8 Discussing the future of South Africa, the Daily Telegraph says “As soon as the war has terminated the first step, it is stated, will be to divide the dual office of High Commissioner of South Africa and Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, now held by
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    “THE GRAM."
    569 8 TO KILL WEARY HOURS OF CAPTIVITY. The Natal Mercury weekly edition has produced specimens of a Social Magazine issued by our troops when in the house of detention in Pretoria. Lord Rosslyn acted as editor, and in the leading article explained the production of the magazine on the
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    KRUGER'S STATE COACH
    321 8 Mr. Kruger's State H ««rnabiy in the hkn?, a. I retoria, is a p«f M tl >.H out. According to ,h„V .M is built on the style r.f.VIL.W body, hung upon tee >?kBB leather braces u-!,iol ,ririEi body with are massively silve,„.i... l JB also four under
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    NEWS FROM THE NORTH.
    345 8 A RAILWAY MAN’S EXPERIENCES I Ex-railway men who arrived tl Shanghai Irom the North described state of Tientsin and the nativetitvgH deplorable, both place- being < shattered. One passenger sai<i tLeH was any amount of looting in iiH native city, Government stores taining over 6o0 tons
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    A LIVELY WEDDING.
    113 9 H W ere strange doings at a TsE ►>/w.*ddin* at Newport Rhode Hĕr/‘ 4 v According to the des*\na rican correspondent, ■iU IOD srtm to have indulged ■e c:1 very like a pandemo- Ud \v^. u the bridal couple left for t :r carriage was decked it?
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    “SAMBAYANG HANTU.”
    117 9 I Fi AV being the 15th of the 7th 'V. .:ri* 'e began to celebrate r n ,1 i* tival of paying honour B 1 Spirit- of their ancestors by B iL offerings. Tlie festival B r tb» j *-nd “f month, and the B*' j themselves of
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    COALING AT COLOMBO.
    125 9 I\( mb the development of the during the past five years ■r. n cn »rmnus. .So great has been *ii 1 i‘>r fuel that the mercantile o:j v m/y Sind themselves hampered l for want of proper ■coaling heilitie-. In 1895 the quantity ■iird rted \v;i> :i26.297
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    FATALITY ON H.M.S. “ARGONAUT.”
    118 9 A iIINAMAN SUFFOCATED. afternoon, a Chinese coal trimmer v. t< engaged on H. M. S. Argo- r J t which was taking in 800 tons of •al at Tanjong I’a gar preparatory jr- t-eding to China. The Chinan.iu was down clearing away the >1 inirn the
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    THE LATE KING HUMBERT.
    239 9 LEMN MASS ON THE STROMBOLI.” 1 hi? morning a solemn mass to the > J i!:ury ot the late King Humbert of v W;t> held on the Italian cruiser j'S lying in the Roads. Launches i 1 -lohnstons Pier to convey ll se w l“» had
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    PAHANG NEWS.
    985 9 (From our Correspondent.) Kuala Lipis, 28th July. ABOUT TRANSPORT. The scheme, referred to in these columns some iponths ago, for the inauguration of a regular pony-cart mail and passenger service between Kuala Kubu and Kuala Lipis, has, it now appears, been abandoned for good; at least, it has
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    CHINESE IMPERIAL EDICT.
    100 9 PENALTY FOR DEFEAT. The following is one of the recent Imperial edicts published at Peking:— We have received a memorial from Yu Lu, Viceroy of Chihli, and also other memorials from high officials concerned, reporting the loss of the city of Tientsin and praying that punishment may
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    ALLEGED MURDER.
    371 9 THE TAN JONG RHU AMOK.” Yesterday, Hadji Abdul Sukor was brought before Mr Saunders, on remand, for enquiry into an allegation of having caused the death of four persons at Tanjong Rhu on the 25th of June. Insp. Dickson conducted the case for the Crown. Mr. A. Keun,
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    TANGLIN-TEUTONIA BOWLING.
    81 9 LABT NIGHT’B SCORES. The bowling handicap of the Tanglin and Teutonia Clubs for two cups) was continued last night. Play will be concluded to-night. Last night’s scores were as follows: Bid well (h’cap 200 675, Darbishire g’cap 250 764, Geller (h’cap 250) 678, annaford (h’cap 200) 650, Harris
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    SATURDAY, 11TH AUGUST.
    502 9 SATURDAY, 11T H AUGUST. The next Assizes here open on the 4th September. The B. I. transport which passed through yesterday, bound for China, was the Nurani (No. 31). The mail eteamer Parramatta left Penang at lip. m. yesterday, and is due here at 7 a. m. to-morrow. The Chief
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    THE DEAR CREATURES!
    128 9 Par. from the New York correspondent of a London daily:—“All Newport at present is disrupted by a feud between the brilliant society leader, Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, and her former bosom friend, Mrs. Herman OelrichB. The split came after the ladies’ automobile race on Friday. Both participated, and
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    665 9 ACHEEN. In Acheen Proper the people are quiet. In the coast stares to the eou»h, the enemy’s bands still keep tbe despite continual defeats. The enemy show most strength in the state of Samalangan on tbe west coast, the rajah of which is well provided with arms and
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    PLANTING IN JOHORE
    105 9 RUBBER TO THB FORE. The Tebrau Company—a Johore venture —has issued its report for the year ending on the 30th April last, to be laid before the shareholders at a general meeting at Hongkong fixed for Thursday last. Mr. Larken, the estate manager, finds that the company’s
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    COUNT OKUMA INTERVIEWED.
    2217 10 JAPANESE VIEWS OF THE CHINESE QUESTION. THE PRESENT FIGHTING —AND AFTER A newspaper representative in Tokyo has just iiad an interview with Count Okuma, ex-Foreign Japanese Ministei, and one of the two most illustrious of the 44 elder” Statesmen in Japan, with regard to the Chinese embroglio.
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    THE GERMAN COLONIES.
    271 10 The reports on German colonies recently laid before the Reichstag, and of which a summary supplied by the .Second Secretary of the British Embassy at Berlin has now been published by our own Foreign Office, amount practically to a confession of Germany’s ill-success as a colonising Power.
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    “ONE TOUCH OF NATURE MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD KIN.”
    77 10 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAUS TIMES.” Sir,— ln your issue of Thursday I read: The Sarnbayang Hantu or Chinese feast for the dead begins tonight and lasts until the 24th inst.” And in yesterday’s issue “It has been decided to
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    STAMFORD ROAD CANAL.
    376 10 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.” Sir, —“Ratepayer’s” short note on the Stamford Road Canal, published in yesterday’s issue, is neat and to the point, and its general sense will, I think, be fully endorsed by the ratepayers. The primary object of the work carried on
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    CHESS.
    70 10 (conductedln T “kings pawn.”) All chess correspondence should be addressed to “King's Pawn." No. 188 (Levi) Q-R 8. No. 189 (Taylor) K-K5. (Correct solutions from A. O. S., Nemo, and H. C. PROBLEM NO 190, BY M. HAVEL. BLACK 8 PIECES. PROBLEM NO. 191, BY J. XfELD, High Crompton.
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    THE EXCISE FARMS.
    59 10 Yesterday’s Gor fir I tains the following; The following tender* bined Opium and tJr?, L* <U J three Settlement? V" period 1901-1903 have been '*3 accepted:— bn conditl#j Singapore Klioo Han Vean g andW,,„gAl,K„„ k V i enany:— Lim KekCl.,.. and Yeo Ooi Gak Uua 1 Sit
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    BLESSING THE BENEDICTINE
    113 10 Last month, an inter*?.;., took place at Fe'camn*£. when the Archbishop of R„, “""N dignitaries, blessed the buildings that have pleted for the increased rmT- of Benedictine, that f ra 4 delightful liqueur. ForS liqueur was made by the Beni* monks, but lor a long time manufacture
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    FRENCH INDO-CHINA
    512 10 General Borgnis-I)esborde« -M military Commander-in-Chiefof FraJ Indo-China, has just died, and hte&m succeeded by General Dodds wi now coming out from France. Gerel Dodds is a distinguished officer w;.o«| best, known to fame by the corq-jB of Dahomey, a state on the L.ii-J coast. On bis return to
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    MONDAY, 13TH, AUGUST.
    1389 11 lV 1>. Casey has been ■m, r: r y half pay owing to If.rhert, Mr. j. P. Rodger'S N v .ff,i invalided home Afri -a J r• M j« returning from I /5 nd> due here I jiist ant. H f-f-o for ladies has been I -,J.tember
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    UNCHARTED DANGER.
    61 11 A marine court of inquiry just held at Penang into the striking of the steamer Rosa on an unknown danger in the Sembilan group, at the mouth of the Perak River, has found the master of the vessel to be blameless. The Court recommended the immediate survey of
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    WARREN SHOOTING SHIELD.
    84 11 The rifle match for the Wairen Shooting Shield was concluded on Saturday. The 16th Madras Native Infantry teams shot in the morning and the other teams fired in the afternoon. The result is that the Malay States Guides come out top with 484, and the R.E. second
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    POLLARD'S LILLIPUTIANS.
    159 11 Next Saturday, August 18th, the above clever and unique company open at the Town Hall with the great London and New York successful musicc il comedy “The Belle of New York.’* It is nearly four years since Messrs. Pollards last visit here. They have, in the interim, visited
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    THE DARUL ADAB CUP.
    176 11 OLD RAFFLESIAXS rs. DARUL AFIAH. On Sunday afternoon, the undecided tie in the first round of the Darul Adab Football Cup competition was re-played atjalan Besar between the Old Raffiesians, and the Darul Afiali Tanjong Pagar Malays). The competition between the teams was very keen, as
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    STAMFORD ROAD CANAL.
    305 11 TO THE EDITOR OK THE “STRAITS TIMES.” Sir—The correspondence in Friday’s and Saturday's issue of your journal on the subject of the Stamford Road Canal interested me, and sent me hunting for figures. I have not yet liit upon the amount expended to date, though I know
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    TANGLIN CLUB.
    255 11 THE BOWLING HANDICAP. The Bowling Handicap open to members of the Tanglin and Teutonia Clubs, for two Cups presented by the Tanglin Club, was concluded on Saturday night, Capt. H. E. Winter winning the English Cup with a score of 828 (handicap 250), and Mr. Zimmer the German
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    WARSHIPS AND TRANSPORTS.
    524 11 The British transport Cla (No. 28) Capt. J. Kilpatrick, arrived from Colombo yesterday, which port she left on the 5th inst., and went to No. 4 section, Tanjong Pajar, to coal. There are on board Col. Phayre, Capt. Alexander, Lieuts. Hopwood, Lang, Hunter and McGilchrist, I. M.
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    GENERAL WIRE NEWS.
    554 11 London 29th July. The Shah of Persia has arrived at Paris, and was met at the station by President Loubet and the Ministers. 30 th July. The Princeof Naples is at present on a yachting cruise, and was at Athens when news of his father's assassination reached
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    THE STRAITS GOVERNORSHIP.
    189 11 A correspondent of the Loiulon and China Express writes: I should not have thought it would have required six months for the Colonial Office ,o nave made up its mind to appoint 8ir Frederick Cardew to the Governorship of he Straits Settlements, where his former residence did
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    SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.
    561 12 (Latest by Wire.) Calcutta, 30/A July. A special telegram to the Indian Daily Neus state» the extent of the recent disaster to Lord Roberts’ advancing force on the 21st at Roodeval. It is now known it amounts only to one train captured. The prisoners taken by the
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    THE HEAT AT HOME.
    144 12 Th*. heat in London on 16th July was greater than on any other day this summer. In the suburbs the temperature did not fall below 60deg. throughout the previous night, while at about 8 o’clock in the morning the sheltered thermometer indicated 75deg., and at 10
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    THE CHINA WAR.
    1672 12 (IFire# from Europe and, India.) London, 29 th July. Shekg has announced that the Chinese Government will possibly retire to Thinan-fu if the Allies march on Peking. Lord Salisbury, in urging the Japanese reinforcements, said the object of the operations was to save the Legations and that
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    ARRIVALS BY MAIL.
    55 12 Per P. <fc O. s. s. Parra ),tatta from Bombay—Mr. J. C. Scott. From Marseilles Messrs. W. A. G. Reid, C W. Murphy, and Mr. and Mr». Mack in non. From London— Mr. Black.-From Brindisi—Mr. Kempson. From Colombo—Mr. Allen. From Penang— Messrs. M. Labman, H. Hegelaud, Ness,
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    FROM RANKER TO CAPTAIN.
    77 12 Lieutenant Dale, District Officer of the Lancashire Royal Artillery Depot, who has just been appointed adjutant, with the rank of captain of Militia at Buddon Gamp, Scotland, has had a somewdiat unique experience, as up to March last he was a sergeant-major in India. Captain Dale
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    SIR FRANCIS GRENFELL.
    89 12 It is announced that the command of the British forces in China will be given to Sir Francis Grenfell, who is now’ Governor at Malta. Military experts say that Malta has never been in such a splendid state of defence as it has been brought to under
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    PENANG WELL OFF.
    81 12 The Pinang Gazette takes the heavy increase in the excise revenue there as striking evidence of that Settlement’s rapidly growing prosperity. Another sign of greater well-being is that house rent has risen there from 5U% to 100%; wages have gone up some 40%; and the necessaries of
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    FASHIONABLE WEDDING.
    117 12 At St. Saviour’s Church, Paddington, on July 18, the marriage took place of Miss Frida Dickson, eldest daughter of the late Sir John F. Dickson, K.C.M.G., formerly Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements, and Lady Dickson, of Randolph Crescent, to Mr. A. 51. Chance, of Lawnside, Edgbaston. The
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    CRICKET.
    210 12 RBID’s JCt V. EOI.I\'g mm A match was played on the r Hi on .Saturday between f. vo > WHH of the S. C. C. Reid's J k: first and put together Reid contributing r,i w's Webb being the onlv 4H reach double bowled excellently, %r*trT M mer was
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    WARSHIPS FUR CHINA.
    455 12 The German Squadron bound iotl China, says the Time of Ceylon cot H sists of nineteen vessels ot uhid tsM} less than eight are first-class tattle- ships, the rest being cruisers anc I torpedo Doats. The large fleet is to btfl known as tlie German East Asiatic
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    TUESDAY, 14TH AUGUST.
    921 13 7 Dutch light-house Batavia yesterday. iS yccterday sentenced to r ri-oninent tor tlieft ot cr’y wor,hS7 -il i- been lined SvO, in 1 ~.,‘ntils, for fraudulent ,|.,antity of nee and amese princes, selected tin. are on the way tM*kun»pc to he trained 'i.yut.ae Army- i;i'iron, some parti-
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    POISONED BY BAD AIR.
    72 13 While the steamer Maharani was leaving her moorings at Calcutta on the 27th July, a iascar was sent into the chain locker. On his failing to return another was ordered down. Neither re-aopearing Mr. S. Balfour, chief officer, descended, and also failed to return. 1 5
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    EXECUTION AT BANGKOK.
    85 13 POISON IN O A FATHER. On the 5th instant, a Siamese named Nai Cherm was beheaded at Bangkok for the murder of his father, a rich man, by poison. The crime w r as committed a year ago and was brought home to the murderer by circumstantial
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    A RUNAWAY HORSE.
    100 13 Yesterday evening, Mr. Frankel was driving a horse and trap round the Esplanade when one of the wheels of the trap came off. This caused the horse to bolt. In trying to pull it up, the reins broke. There were four children in the carriage. The situation
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    TRANSPORTS FOR CHINA.
    168 13 The British transport Antillian arrived from Cape Town at 5.30 p m. yesterday and went alongside the wharf to coal at noon to-day. There are on board 106 Welsh Fusiliers, 312 Royal Garrison Artillerymen, and 550 tons of ammunition, and No. 2 Co. S.D., R G.A., with
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    THE “SUTHERLANDSHIRE.”
    730 13 THE SUTHERLANDSHIRE.” WRECKED OFF JAVA HEAD. MARINE COURT OF ENQUIRY TO-DAY. At the Master Attendant’s Office, this morning, an enquiry was held regarding the loss ol the Sutherlandshire a British three-masted sailing ship of l,54y tons, which stranded near Java Head on July z5th and became a total wreck. The
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    SINGLE ’RIKISHAS.
    87 13 Many people believe, writes a correspondent, that the small ’rikishas which carry one fare have special privileges; that is to say, that the puller is entitled to a higher fare. There is really nothing in the Jinrikisha Ordinance to show that this class of vehicles i* privileged, in
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    THE VOLUNTEER RIFLES.
    369 13 FIRST MOONLIGHT MARCH. Both A and B Companies of the Singapore Volunteer Rifles paraded in full strength at the Drill Hall last night for their first moonlight march.” The men fell in at 8.45 pm. sharp with rifles and side arms, and shortly before 9 o’clock marched
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    S. V. R. AND S. V. A.
    217 13 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES/’ Sir, Last night the Volunteer Rifles had their first march-out, which was a great success. The members of the S. V. A. were informed, six months ago, that it was intended to have moonlight marches, and
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    THE CABLE TO WEI-HAI-WEI.
    192 13 In the House of Commons, on the 17th ult., Sir C. Dilke asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what financial arrangements had been made with regard to the strategic cable about to be laid from the island of Gutzlaff, at the mouth of the south channel
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    THE “ PETERSBURG” “ST. JEROME” COLLISION.
    280 13 THE PETERSBURG” “ST. JEROME” COLLISION. JUDGMENT DELIVERED TO-DAY. BOTH YE88ELS TO BLAME. In the Supreme Court this morning judgment was given in the Petersburg Jerome collision case. The ow ners of the Petersburg, a Russian transport, claimed $40,000 for damage caused to the Petersburg by collision with the St. Jerome
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    THE EXCISE FARMS.
    397 13 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.” Sir, —With reference to the article under the above heading which appeared in a recent issue, you say that the tender of Mr. Ng Pak San and Mr. Cheah Teok Soon for the Penang farm has been passed over although
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    CURRENCY IN BRAZIL.
    112 13 w RUIN TO COFFEE PLANTERS. The currency system in Brazil is nominally based on a gold standard, but really rests on inconvertible paper widely fluctuating in value. So vicious has this currency system proved to be that the temporary stimulus given by depreciated paper or depreciated silver
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    CHINA.
    2017 14 (flews By the German Mail.) AFFAIRS AT TIENTSIN. Tientsin 24 th July. On the eighteenth instant General Yuan was instructed by the Tsung-li-Yamen to inform the foreign Consuls Tientsin that the statements in the Shanghai papers regarding the of the Ministers were wrong and that tne Ministers were safe.
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    THE “CAZENGO.”
    176 14 3 9 A good opportunity offers to travel f home in a splendid steamer at a low rate. The mail steamer Cazengo 2,889 tons, which has been up to China on D service for the Portuguese Government will arrive here shortly, and is expected to leave on or
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    LONG DISTANCE SWIMMING.
    167 14 The long distance swimming championship of England was decided last month in the Thames, the course being from Kew to Putney, a distance of five miles sixty yards. Nine men entered for the contest, and all of them started, only one failing to finish. As was expected,
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    THE “ TAILOR-MADE ” GIRL.
    286 14 THE TAILOR-MADE GIRL. The present year is remarkable for several things, and among them for the disappearance of the tailor-made girl. A year or two ago she was in great force among us from the perfectly-made coat and skirt to the reach-me-down imitation 6O indifferently copied the great original. Last
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    WEDNESDAY, 15TH AUGUST.
    542 14 Lieut. M. St. L. Simon, R.E left for home in the Konig Albert yesterday. He has been granted sick leave. J. Hughes, who recently gave himself up here as a deserter from Hongkong, has been handed over to a military escort. Two hundred and three deaths were
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    TANGLIN CLUB.
    47 14 TANGLIN CLUB A VFKY successful “Cigarette Smnhtr* was given last night in the Luigla Club before a large audience. The programme, which was an excellent one, was well carried out, and the baud of the 16th M. N. 1. was in attendance. I conducted by Mr. Salzmann.
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    114 14 THE GUNN CUP. RESULT OF IST ROUND. A. W. Stiven beat W. Hutton 3 up 111* J Mackenzie A. Kerr 3 t A. P. Bowes A. Y. Gahaifan 2 1 J D. Muuro I)r Fowlie o. Major Lewis Jones W. Fui lipiJt. ptj F H. Pearce H.
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    TRANSPORTS FOR CHINA.
    98 14 Shortly before 5 p in. yesterday, the Italian transports Uniru, Marco •>• and Singapore steamed out ut the rua s on their voyage to China, convo)edtjy the cruiser Stroml/oli. The British Antillian went along** the Borneo YY hart at about 5 pm. terday and coaled. She isexpecte
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    THEFTS AND BURGLARIES.
    145 14 Mbs. Fabris reports to the yesterday some clothing uas j an almeirah in her house. a A Hokien named bee Boon t j chinchew on board the ss. j reports that between the va t U f-d at 13th nine balls of gutta th e $l5O were
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    ARRIVALS BY MAIL.
    55 15 I Preuurn from Genoa— H Per Tort lin d, Tb. Williams, H. N v ,>rni=mn, K. Barck, and F-oin Naples-Messrs A. Flak- From Bremen -K’ "r., Southampton—Messrs, ■Lfc- <;. S. Cosby. from H ivt««:h, and Z. Seheer. H:. ,a Mulholland, Messrs. i\ W. Hilton. Mrs. K 1
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    NAVAL FUNERAL.
    92 15 /•eriioon, the funeral of ':> ;F K V vv‘.,!k-r of II. M. S. Brisk jj 4 kit Tirnah Road ceniev i r honours. The coffin •c';' j .n-carriage, and was t.” band of the 16th i j a r_'*i number of deceased’s >1 N 1 1 j ;v
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    AND RUBBER.
    86 15 I ~.v- ,r runic is coming under I i substitute for rubber. A has >t that patents ‘i* .i hicr method of manufac- rubber from the rhea B‘ lr .;tali/.alion oi'SIU,UUO,OOO a jj h**t* n underwritten for a takint: it up. Under the a stance is produced which
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    THE CIRCUS.
    108 15 E i n i;,.,; Circus performing on the 4 l: Mi i,m laination ground was I a -I n l.uct'ly attended last night. .-r may have happened to the r ri r at Tientsin (we gave some H v;,e» |.in our yesterday’s Tin*!i misfortunes have in I:o way
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    SHANGHAI LOTTERIES.
    188 15 iat \v;ir in the north is having a had on in my «lasses of business in rani-Lii. notably on lottery enterprises in*- wt'oks ago it was announced that drawing of the Riangnan Charity L'*n*-rj would he postponed for two )n Saturday morning the Cathay Mutual dmwing was postponed
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    DISSENSIONS AMONG THE ALLIES.
    180 15 'JHE KIUTOR OK THE “STRAITS TIMES.” N!h Among the news from China .-Misiiedhy y° u yesterday, tliere is an Much informs us that the com-c-r i" r l ie a h*ed forces are not r jf < ah hi making further advance 1 he Russians in
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    DEPARTURES BY MAIL.
    90 15 Per N. D. L. s. s. Konig Albert for London—Mrs. N pier, Mrs. Tyacke, Mrs. Desborongh, Lieut. Bimon. Mrs. Anderson, and Mr. and Mrs. E. Prior. For Genoa Messrs. H. Muhlinghaus, Paul Fette, Luang Suayutb, Mom Luang Chuay, and Mom Chao Thotsiriwong. For Naples—Mr. and Mrs. Per
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    THE S. S. “CAZENGO.”
    236 15 TO THE EDITOR OF THU STRAITS TIMES. 51 Sir,— l notice from the paragraph appearing in your i«sue of yesterday, and the Express published the previous day, that the splendidly appointed steamer Cazengo is expected here from China about the 24th instant and that she has
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    INDIA AND CHINA.
    441 15 GENERAL PALMER INTERVIEWED. Interviewed at Simla, General Sir A. P. Palmer, acting Cnmmander-in-Chief of the Army in India, made the following statements, regarding the China crisis. The object to be arrived at is to be prepared for any emergency. While aflording every possible assistance to protect Imperial
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    AN OCONNELL STORY.
    183 15 Some years ago, while attending the Clonmel Assizes, I (says the great Irishman O’Connell) witnessed a trial which I shall never forget. A wretched man was charged with the murder of his neighbour. The evidence was running strong against the prisoner. In fact it was the strongest
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    GORDON ON CHINA.
    691 15 General Gordon when he last visited China indicated with the unerring precision of genius the method which the Chinese will of necessity employ in their war against the world China’s p«wer lies in her numbers, in the quick moving of her troops, in the little baggage they
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    RAUB RESULTS.
    107 15 AMALGAM FIGUREB. A telegram from Raub t dated 14th instant, states The rough cleaning-up of the batteries yielded as under:— Electric Mill: 2,950 ounces of amalgam, the estimated quantity of stone crushed being I,Bsotons. Bteam Mill: I,6ooounces of amalgam, the estimated quantity of stone crushed being 770 tons.
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    154 15 At this afternoon’s meeting of the Municipal Commission, Mr. Barker will move the following resolutions: That the attention of the Chief Police Officer be directed to the illegal obstruction of the Bukit Tiraah Road below Cluny. between the hours of 6 to 7.30 a.m. by the growing nuisance
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    THE VOLUNTEERS.
    211 15 TO THE EDITOR OF THE 41 STRAITS TIMES.” Sir, —After the successful march-out *f the Singapore Volunteer Rifles on Monday night, 1 notice that the men were told what good boys they had been ind were complimented generally. Remembering that the Volunteer Rifles were suggested in the columns
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    A SCAPEGOAT.
    337 15 Recently, one of the police magistrates tried a case brought up by the police. He found that there was not sufficient evidence to convict under the section on which the charge was framed, and discharged the defendant. The police sent the matter up to Government, and the magistrate
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    CHINA.
    2634 15 NEWS VIA JAPAN. EXTRAORDINARY ALLEGATIONS. The special correspondent of the Kobe Chronicle writes from Tientsin on the 26th ult.:— The officers of the troops of all nations agree that the advance on Peking has been unnecessarily delayed by the British, and there is a feeling of intense indignation. There
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    THURSDAY, 16TH AUGUST.
    305 16 THURSDAY, 16T H AUGUST. The Boer quarters in Ceylon are fitted up to accommodate four thousand prisoners. 6 Tan Tai, for the theft of a few dried fish at Boat Quay, has been sent to prison for a year, two months of which are to be spent in solitary confinement.
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    FRAUD ON THE CHARTERED BANK.
    93 16 R 5.70,000 taken. On 21st July a Madrassee presented aforged draft for R 5.70,000, purporting to have been drawn by the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China at Madras on the Bombay branch, and obtained payment from the Bank at Bombay by seventy notes
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    MASONIC CLUB
    308 16 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. The twelfth annual general meeting of the Singapore Masonic Club was held at the Club Room, Freemason's Hall, last evening, the President, Wor. Bro. \V. Makepeace, in the chair. The hon. secretary and treasurer Mr. Powell Robinson) submitted the report for the year ended June
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    “THE LILLIPUTIANS.”
    99 16 Pollards Company of “Lilliputians" arrived in the Australind from Western Australia to-day. They have brought with them a splendid collection of scenery for “The Belle of New York," which opens at the Towrn Hall on Saturday night, and will also be played on Monday night. It is interesting
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    A BICYCLE YARN.
    109 16 A Kling named Abdool Kader reports that, the night before last, lie was riding a bicycle round the Esplanade when he collided with a soldier who was also cycling. The Kling states that the soldier took the bicycle away from him and put it into “Temple Bar/’
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    OUR COAL RESERVES.
    220 16 At the recent meeting of the Victoria Institute, Sir G. G. Stokes, Bart., f.r.b., in the chair, an address On our Coal Reserves at the close of the Nineteenth Century’’ was given by Professor Edward Hull, l.l.d., f.r.s. The author had selected this subject for the annual
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    BOERS IN CEYLON
    494 16 ARRIVAL AT (JOLOjfs, I AVI.XAI.Noug (UTH J I Tne first batch of p**.. I Ceylon arrived from South Colombo on the k.li 1 s. s. Mohairh. They a r ant ifl me "> fays the .^M 9. Transvaalers, soHoll Ul del Americans, fieri, lal ,s J,? nationalities.
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    THEFTS AND BURGLARIES.
    279 16 Yesterday, Mrs. Marshall, residir*. at Claymore,” reported to the poLct that between 8 and 9 o clock tlu. morning she got out of a rikisi.a with a lady lriend, at the foot o. the hill in River Valley and that the ’rikisha-coohe waikec up behind them. Alter
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    CHINA.
    1529 17 I V.trope and India.) London, ■tth Augmi. were still bombarding Ir.s l „„.k ~n the Ist instant, ■s;,; ve? 5/A Awjus/. ii v stated th it the Russians It Chinese Regulars at Commander and *'oo K a gun and a quantity munition. r.- r Y ireroy of Nanking, K
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    NEWS BY WIRE.
    298 17 London, 4/A August. Ihe Shah’s assailant was a Frenchman named Salson, a notorious Anarchist. 6/A August. Two lascars on the P. O. Company’s steamer Lome have died of plagu* at Greenwich. Two are in hospital, and otheis are quarantined. King Alexander of IServia’s marriage with the former
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    THE S. S. “CAZENGO.”
    448 17 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.” Sir, —Surely the dreadful story told by Observer in your yesterday’s issue cannot be correct. Civilisation is so far advanced that such things would not be tolerated. This is what Observer says:— As we do not often have the
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION
    1506 17 A meeting of the Municipal Com mission was held yesterday. Present Messrs. Gentle (presiding), Barker,: Maclaren, Jago, Moses, Capper, Sohst, Choa Giang Thye, and Lee Choon Guan. The minutes of the last meeting were coniirmed. PRESIDENTS REMARKS. The President in his opening remarks mentioned that the returns from
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    SPIRIT DUTY.
    167 17 Now that the monopoly for the Opium and Spirit Farm for the triennial period 1901-1903 is settled, it seems to be as well that hotel-keepers and others who keep liquors in stock should remember the trouble they were put to early in 1898 on account of duty on
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    BY GERMAN MAIL.
    1062 18 THE SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN. Owing to the transmission of contraband, all customs and railway employees at Delagoa Bay have been di-mi-sed and replaced by military officers. _i Heavy fighting took place at Eland s River on the sth and 6th. It is believed, however, that Generals Carrington
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    WARSHIPS AND TRANSPORTS.
    429 18 H. M. S. Britomart and Bramble gunboats, arrived from Plymouth iia Colombo this morning, and went alongside No. 1 section Tanjong Pagar Wharf to coal. They will probably leave for China to-morrow. The British transport City of Cambridge (No. 39) passed through the port at 11.45 a
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    FRIDAY, 17TH, AUGUST.
    551 18 FRIDAY, 17T H, AUGUST. A Taichew reports that he was attacked on the Pongol Road yesterday by another Chinaman and robbed of Sis. This morning, Municipal Sanitary Inspector Simon discovered a case of small-pox at 3 Patani Street. The person attacked is a man named Shaik Mohamed. On the 3rd
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    IS LEPROSY CONTAGIOUS ?
    78 18 IS LEPROSY CONTAGIOUS A writer in the British Medical Journal avers that certain facts with regard to leprosy are unanswerable. It does not arise de novo. Where it has once vanished from a community it does not again appear. All the salt fish consumed in Shetland, the Isle of Man,
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER RIFLES.
    97 18 A general meeting of the Singapore Volunteer Rifles was held at the Drill Hall yesterday evening, the Acting Commandant, Capt. St. Clair, presiding. Each half company appointed its representative to serve on the general committee, to take the place of the provisional committee appointed at the commencement
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    THE PENANG GRIFFINS.
    55 18 A special wire from Penang, received this afternoon, states that the Penang January 1901 Griffins are the same as those for August this year. The Griffins, which are at a limit of $4OO each, two entries included, have been ordered from Mr. Kis, of Sydney. The list
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    VERANDAH OBSTRUCTION.
    65 18 A correspondent, referring to the prosecutions that take place for verandah obstruction, asks how it is that Mr. Hooper is not summoned for permitting the verandah of the central ’rikisha office to be blocked with Vikishas. The prosecutions alluded to are carried out at the instance of the
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    THE NEW FROCK COAT.
    76 18 At the Queen’s garden party at. Buckingham Palace the Prince of Wales fluttered the hearts of the modern Beau Brummels by appearing in a singlebreasted frock coat. In the world of fashion, what the Prince of Wales wears to-day the male portion of the Westend will
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    A DISHONEST AYAH.
    93 18 Yesterday, Mr. A P. Klattig, residing at No. 2 Queen Street, missed a gold watch worth $75. Tan Lang, an ayah in his employ, had just left the house. Ii seems she went to ’rikisha peon No. 4 in Bencoolen Street and offered to sell the watch
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    DEATH OF MR. C. WISHART.
    137 18 On the arrival of the s.s. Borneo from Bangkok, yesterday, the Captain reported that the chief engineer, Mr Charles Wishart, had died the same morning while the vessel was only a few miles from Singapore. Deceased expired rather suddenly, death being certified as due to
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    CRAMMING.
    333 18 As long as the grant-in-aid system rules the financial prosperity of our schools, so long will the cramming method continue in the struggle to secure passes. This, no matter what may or may not be said to the contrary, must be the case. Human nature will assert itself. The
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    INDIAN CABLE DELAYS.
    98 18 Tn* nW f DDB T C «INA I fH* chief reason f or h.i I press and public traffic over t!! **J linking India with Euror,. h< <4*ll enormous number of L' 8 ‘**3 being sent to and r 2 Half-a-dozen European sending or receiving i„ r
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    THIS WONDERFUL AGE.
    189 18 The popular delusion that quakes are born, not made i. i A Dr. Davidson, i B the 8 p* ttei Valley, has found that thev^ produced artificially to JP 04 at a few days’ notice the neighbourhood, l'l'ie |L"S'* arcadian simplicity of the fashioned earthquake is th„,
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    AMATEUR SCULLING.
    257 18 In intensely hot weather, the annual race for the Wingfield Sculls, which carries with possession the title of amateur champion of England, took place on the Thames between I'utney and Mortlake. The competitors were B. H. Howell, late of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and now of the Thames Rowing
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    THE NEXT FAD-BAKED PEARLS.
    252 18 When Lieutenant hippie w^e a dinner at the Waldorl-Astoria. nit Hil, J a pearl of wonderful size Cuncea e in the inner economy ol a baked er > he uncovered a gem that has puzzled the lapidaries ot the county When first brought to public was
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    TAIPING RACES.
    44 19 I t lining gives the follow|i ,r n f fir g st day’s racing at ‘lav Krin2 y‘" Lucifer. KaffertyMf- Lyon. I: k-' 1 Lucifer. I Wilton. I v j Moonlight. y 1 Dreamland. I V !.>ucfht in for Si,ooo. r i
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    MONKEY AT A WEDDING.
    127 19 I r V and an uninvited I .lu.io're, .Sydney, had a ft.'-: 1 \ci f ing experience a tew ■j:'li.ehiide and bridegroom, r iK wt«. were in the ■r:-** 'W* 'l hng breakfast, when wiiicli had escaped from hand, appeared at the 1:. jj t pa
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    CHINA WAR ITEMS.
    171 19 I £V th-Cavalry Brigade has gone I n dia will have upwards of t'Jl’n-dcing men in the service of) V‘, Britain :d»road, including more! r 1 •>i^i lutjii in China. j the replacement of the I jv-ifiterPs to China have W£r to the Secretary of it ,'i
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    WARSHIPS AND TRANSPORTS.
    413 19 fkk lirsr class armour protected Y»l m»# of 9,-SjO tons >:it. <>t t in- Japanese Navy, arrived vt'M'luy evening from Plymouth via Hie Ytikumo was completed it Stettin at tin; end of last year and vr.t through her steam trials recently. cr»*w passed through Singa- ‘oiiih time
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    MIS-USE OF THE ESPLANADE.
    977 19 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.” Sir, —With reference to the eye-sore on that portion of the Esplanade between the roadway and the sea, to which a Municipal Commissioner has very rightly taken exception, on my way home yesterday afternoon I observed that, besides the
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    THE S. S. “CAZENGO.”
    135 19 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES. Sir, —Your correspondent Fair Competition,” in his desire to emphasize his sarcasms by repetition, omitted to finish his letter. He should have thought thrice instead of twice. After-thoughts are always hest. If there really is anything incredible in connection
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    FOOTBALL.
    156 19 s. v. R. vs. s. R. c. An eleven of the Volunteer Rifies met the S. R. C. in a friendly game ot Association football on the Esplanade yesterday afternoon. The Rifies were too strong for the S. R. C. and had the game all to themselves, scoring three
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    “ B. P.’s” THANKS.
    251 19 B. P.’s” THANKS. As soon as things were straight at Mafeking, after the siege, “B. P.” forwarded thefollowingcharacteristic letter to London for publication in the Press: i shall feel greatly obliged if you would kindly help me to on behalf of the Mafeking garrison our gratitude for the stream of
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    TO ARRIVE.
    146 19 For the Far East. Per P. A O. Rome, from London, July oflth Mr. C.G. Williams, Mr. J. Campbell, Mr. King, Mr. R. Silby Hr H. Richards, From Marseilles Augt. ind—Mr. J. N. Seymour, Mr. G. P. Owen, Mr. M. C. Coll is, Dudgeons, and Mr. Benjatudd. Per
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    PAHANG NEWS.
    573 19 (From our Correspondent.) Kuala Lipis Bth August. A MORIBUND COMPANY. The Straits Development Company, whose timber concession in Pahang was cancelled recently, had a subsidiary syndicate, called the Cherubang Gold Mining Company, working at one time at Kuala Lui, in the Temerloh District, near the Negri Sembilan boundary
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    L. L. T. C. TOURNAMENT.
    609 19 WEDNESDAY’S FLAY, 6th AUG. Miss Gunn and Mr. Mosley beat Mrs. Salzrnann and Mr. Reid, 6-4, 6-2. Mr. and Mrs. Magrath beat Miss Salzrnann and Mr. J. G. Mactaggart, 6-4, 6-4. Miss Gunn and Mr. Faber beat Mrs. Coleridge and Mr. Butterworth, 2-6,6-2, 6-3. THURSDAY’S
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    675 19 ARKIYALS Per s. s. Lindula from Rangoon via. ports—Hon. J. W. Laird, Messrs. A. P. Adam», W. Dalian, H. Abrams, Mr. and Mrs. Kent, Messrs. J. C. Jones, H. C. Rogers, J. G. Scott, C. J. Armstrong, L. W. Winton, W. MacKenzie, Mr. and Mrs McIntyre, Mr. Babook,
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      1104 20 Under tuts heading the following abbreviations are used —9tr. —steamer sh.—ship bq. —barque sch. —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 Job. —Johore <fcc., G. c., —Generalcargo d.p. —deck passengers; U.—Uncertain; T. P. W.—Tanjong Pagar
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      1033 20 Name, port probable date of arrival am name of agent». {Steamers. Agamemnon, L’pool, Sept 25; Mansfield. Albeuga, H’kong, Aug 18 B. M. Alcinous, L'pool, Aug 17 Mansfield. Aunam, H’kong, Aug 19; M. M. Bayern, Hamburg Oct 11 B. Meyer. Bengal, H’kong, Oct 5 P. A O. Benlarig, Europe,
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      ARRIVALS.
      2253 20 h Flag h ess el’s Name. a low- Caftun From Saij.e; H Rig 1081I «n* Aug; 7 Bucephalus Brit str. 1192 Bell Melbourne July la McAli-Yo H 7 Trigonia i str. 1069 Phillips Palembang Aug 6'S\me at 8 Lindula str. 1280 -tewait Rangoon j 8 vippho str 329 Turner
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