The Straits Budget, 30 January 1894

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  • 134 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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  • STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, 30TH JANUARY.
    • 17 1 On the 24th instant, at Erin Lodge, the wife of Hugo Brauss Esq., of a daughter.
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  • 319 1 glUTOKIALS. A Princely View of Tonquin. Prince Binmarck and the Emperor William. The Singapore Insurance Liquidation. The Crisis in Egypt. Thursday ’8 Chamber of Commerce Meeting. The >ilver Question in India. The Lords and the Commons. Local. Market Quotations. The Murder Case. Verdict of Guilty. England r.
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  • 501 1 Singapore. 30th January, 1894. Produce. Gambier, 7.12%. do Cube No. 1, 11.55. do do No. 2, 8.00. I Copra Bali 5.77%. do Pontianak 5.60. i Pepper Black, 9.00. Sago Flour, Sarawak 2.45. do Brunei 2.25. *earl Sago 3.30. Coffee Bali, 39.30. Coffee Liberian, 41.55. ’apioca small Flake,
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  • 503 1 The mail for Europe, this week, leaves I per M. M. s. s. Natal. The mail from I Europe of the 5th Instant per M. M. s.s. Sydney is due to-morrow. The mail I for Europe next week is fixed for the P. and O. s.
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  • REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
    • 19 1 London 23rd January. The Right Honourable Earl of Kimberley has now recovered from his illness.
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    • 19 1 Jabez Balfour has been arrested at Argentiua and a detective is now taking him to England.
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    • 23 1 The House of Representatives at Washington has amended the tariff by abolishing the sugar bounty, to have immediate operation.
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    • 27 1 24th January. At Washington, the House of Representatives have amended the Tariff Bill by placing raw aud refined sugar ou the free list.
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    • 33 1 The Emperor William has invited Prince Bismarck to visit him at Berlin. Prince Bismarck has promised to pay such a visit so soon as his health permits.
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    • 105 1 25th January. There is much indignation in Egyptian British military circles at Cairo owing j to the Khedive’s criticisms on the troops and on British officers in Egypt. The criticisms were made while the Khedive was on a tour up the Nile. A serious crisis is
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    • 54 1 The financial crisis iu Italy is daily beI coming worse. King Humbert has issued I a decree to empower the banks in Italy I and Sicily and at Naples to iucrease their I note issue to the extent of 120 millions of I lire to meet the
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    • 27 1 26th January. The attitude of the Khedive towards the British in Egypt is not. it is reported, beiug supported by France. France is rather advisiug moderation.
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    • 38 1 Prince Bismarck, *ho goes to Berlin on the invitation of the Emperor William, arrives at Berlin to-morrow. Great preparations are being made for his reception aud rejoicings over the recouciliatio u are universal.
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    • 139 1 Sir Gerald Herbert Portal is dead. [Sir Gerald Herbert Portal, K.C.M.G., C.B., second son of Mr. M. Portal, of Laverstoke, Hants, was born, 1858, and educated at Eton. He was appointed December 1st 1892, Government Commissioner to Uganda, he being at that time Consul-General and British Agent
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    • 23 1 For the heavy weight championship of the world, decided at Jacksonville last evening, James Corbett knocked out Charles Mitchell in three rounds.
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    • 19 1 27th January. The House of Lords has read the Parish Councils Bill a second time.
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    • 67 1 The Khedive, in compliance with Lord Cromer*s requirement that H. H. should publicly praise the troops, has published an order praising the army and its English aud Egyptian officers. H. H. also consents to the transfer of Maher, the native Secretary of War,
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    • 46 1 Prince Bismarck, on his arrival at Berlin* met with a grand reception. At the palace, be was received by the Emperor who embraced him. Prince Bismarck returned to Friedrichsrulte in the even iog. the Emperor escorting him to the station.
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    • 56 1 29th January. a It is understood that [as a result of the Durand Mission] the Government of India is practically committed to a policy of defending Afghanistan against aggression from the North. While the Ameer of Afghanistan abides by his agreement, the Government of India is bound
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    • 46 1 The Employers* Liabiliiy ibd thh Parish Councils Bills. The Unionist peers, at a conference* have approved of Lord Salisbury’s advice to adhere to their previous decision I on the Employers’ Liability Bill, and also to amend the Parish Councils Bill.
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    • 37 1 There is said to be some danger of the American Tariff Bill being sent back into Committee, owing to many Democrats reseuting a decision to iuclude in it proposals regarding an income tax.
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  • EDITORIALS.
    • 390 1 (Straits Time*, 23rd January Prince Henri D’Oblkans, who is shortly expected on another visit to the Far East, has written a book on his personal experiences in Tonquin, where he tried to see for himself how matters stood. At Hongay, he examined the coal mines
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    • 352 2 <?Hit Jnn 'Jo-day’s telegram indicates that the estrangement lietwcen tfi.* Eui]»*r«»r P»'ilLiam and Prime Bismarck is j.robal.E a thing of tin* past. That sliMiild give tin* liveliest satisfaction To patriotic < b*rma :s tor th *v li iv»* l.»ug wished for a reconciliation lietwcen
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    • 309 2 (Straits 'Junta, 2 JtU J&gt;» unary.) r I he liquidation of the Singapore In•urance Company continues to proceed satisfactorily. The liquidators have already [paid dividends oi* Si Ip 1 per t went v dollar share, and it is probable that within a couple of months from
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    • 396 2 Time*, J6th January.) The British occupation of Egypt has J always irritated au influential s**etion of the native i overning class. These [people, very naturally, resent tin* fact that thev no longer govern. Thev swav th** Khedive, who is a youth hardlv ‘Jo wars &lt;if age
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    • 893 2 (Strn it# Turns, 2Sth *7itn*hiri/.) I The account of tin* Chamber of C».m- merce meeting. Fat yesterday we published, is the aeonim* of a in eting held in Singapore. The Singap n* Chamber met. Nevertheless, the divergence of opinion, the keenness of argument. and the
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    • 288 2 (•'traits Times, 'J7th January Towards the middle of the mouth the Calcutta Englitlunan stated that it was authorized to announce that the Govern-j ment of India had no intention to put an import duty on silver. A duty of that kind lad been suggested in
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    • 363 2 Straits Times, 2f*th Jan uary.) From our telegrams of to-day it will be seen that the House of Lords adheres to [its derision to amend th Employers’ Liability Bill in the sense of maintaining freedom of eontraet. The Bill imposes e rtaiu liabilities upon employers
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    • 359 2 I 1 room at the Soldiers and I Sailors’ Home, Hill Street, was crowded ou I &gt;aturday evening, when a company of solders gave au entertaiumeut in honour ol those ladies and gentlemen who had given the two previous concerts at the Home. Lieut. Colonel
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    • 147 2 A cricket match was plaved n t Esplanade on Saturday afternoon j u nection with the S. C. C. between t I representing Selaogor XI and Mr tan’s XI. The match was unfinished *p d following were the scores Selangor XI. T. Grant b. Corgan Lt &lt; uggisberg c
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    • 122 2 French Funds. Italy. The Fbanco-Siamese The ty by the Cham be®. The French Xavy. Russia. I Pant. l'Oh Jan nani. The F *-tii-|i ('!nii]l»*‘r has voted the runban project of mnwrsion of French Funds from 4*. t«. :IA jH-rnm.. I and tin* t«*n y*«»ar*s guarantiee. In view of
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    • 398 2 (Fire Day* Later than fa/ Mail. Gold output at .?ohannksbui Amcious Lynching. Destructive Conflagrations. The Sicilian Riots. Sib Samuel Baki-r Cremated. London 30th December. The first-elass guulMia t Ringdove lias I urn recommissioned for service on the Australian station. r l he output of gold from the
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  • 24 1 DEATH. On tiie 18th instant, at Lochiel, St. Thomas’s Walk, Mathilda, the beloved wife of Capt. O. Muhleubeiu and only daughter of Mrs. I&lt;off
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  • 864 3 H m information received by the mai I d is almost certain that Sir Charles Mit- j )r j] will not stay in Cevlon, as he proI ,*d to do at one time, but will come on r j r bv the Sydney, arriving here on the
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  • 52 3 The Pinany Gazette is iu a position to state that the nomination of Dr. Brown to the Legislative Council is approved bv the Actiug Governor. Dr. Brown bought OwarJ O Blood with all engagements, aud I rau him at
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  • 68 3 Mr. Huttenbach cannot represent this Settlement. It would be a ca lam it v to the Colony if he were to eutor the Legislative Council at all, and, after the exhibition that le has made of himself, it would he an exceedingly defiant administrator
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  • 83 3 Ng Ah \ow, the accused in the Thompson Road murder case, in which, it may be remembered, the principal witness was murdered and his body thrown into the impounding reservoir, was yesterday found guilty of the capital offence, by ail unanijnous verdict of the
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  • 96 3 The Turf Club at Penang gave a Race Ball on the 18th instant at which a large and brilliant company is said to have assembled. H. E. the Acting Governor arrived wi»h the Sultan of Johore, and immediately opened the Ball with Mrs. Skinner. Capt. Field
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  • 118 3 (From the Institute's Annual Report.) The beautifully arranged Court of Ceylon, which was the first to be completely equipped, has now a rival in the ad joining Court of the Straits Settlements, I being separated from it by a handsome I screen coustructed
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  • 250 3 The Sultan of Johore’s new racing yacht, recently imported from England, tried conclusions with some of the crock racing craft iu Singapore this morning. The uew boat, rating, we believe, iu the ton and a half class, is built on a model somewhat similar to the first
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  • 132 3 The Sovereign of Japan is said to have recently ordered a Chin dog of the choicest kind for presentation to the Queen of England. The duty of fioding an exemplar? specimen was entrusted to Mr. Toritestu of Kudan and Mr Toriyu of Ushigome. They
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  • 204 3 The Acting Governor breakfasted I with the Resident Councilor on the 19th |ius:ant, and for the remainder of the div I was engaged in business at the GovernI incut Offices. In the evening H. K. I I drove out wi»h the Sultan of Joiiore, callI
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  • 570 3 Lord Kimb rley's Illness. The Opium Commission. Police Constables Run Amok. {Via Ceylon.) Loudon. Uth January.—T lie latest hulleI tin* states that l.ord Kimlwi !.■&gt;•*« condition I is improving and that his temperature is now I nearly normal. (V r ia India.) Allahabad. 7th January —A grant of
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  • 398 3 I H. M. Troopship Himalaya arrived this morning from Portsmouth and she will I sail for Hongkong to-morrow. The Hima- laya was to bring the following officers to from Portsmouth and Queenstown for Singapore:— Major H. Wiley, Capt. J. Forrest, 2nd Lineoln Capt. W. L. Warren,
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  • 511 3 Recent events, says The Time*, have giv«*n a painful importance to the question What is the proper husiuess ot a trust company r iu the eyes of mauy persons to whom it had not previously occurred as a subject demauding much attention. They had invested money in trust
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  • 459 3 To the Editor of the Hongkong Daily Press.*’ Sir, A Shareholder who writes in your issue of this tnorniog must be a very greedy nersou. ignores the fact that each preference share in the old Company was of a par value of one-tenth of each
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  • 494 3 {Perak Government Gazette, lbth %January,} The Assistant Magistrate at Selama I thus reports on mining matters there I under date 2ud instaut I have the honour to forward a short I report ou the revival of the mining industry iu this district. Iu the year 1890 I
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  • 1225 4 Mm. Clement Scott tell® tz bt two speei&l reasons for visiting what he calls Kowlong whilst on his stay at Hoi gkong. One was the new Hongkong Regiment. Mr. Scott mikes Lis com* men s with magnificent la:k of manners and taste. He writes: I received a
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  • 1360 4 The Standard says:—‘‘mall ns is the jmpulat on of the Malay Mates, the situation of this region, nearly midway between India and our A,ustialian colonics, and its great mineral wealth give it special importance, while additional interest attaches to it just now in view of the proximity
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  • 463 4 There were no sittings in th»» Supreme C'U'I to-day. The criiuiual assize ended yesterday. Pilot J. C. Davies reported to the polie**, yesterday, that his silver watch and gold chain had beeu stolen from bis house j at Neil Road. i A correspondent informs us that arrangements
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  • 47 4 car, 244,151 piculs of tio and Last y u^§ of tin ore were exported! 72,872 pic Their estimated value ex-| from Perak. lillibns of dollars. The tin needed 11* -e*ched $1,345,000. The luty collected ln^i fir »t in productiveJunta district sA ness. I
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  • 141 4 The shipbuilding records for 1893 accentuate the depression which has long been settling down over this important industry. It appears that there is no market for new vessels simply because there is at present a mercantile marine more than adequate to British r«quirements. Tbe world’s total of new tonnage
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  • 222 4 At Baugkok, on the 15th instant, an I explosion of a peculiar nature occurred on I the Scottish Orieutal s. s. by I the ignition of a stock of rockets and gunI powder stored iu the chart-room locker. I The after-part of the chart-room was shivered into
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  • 523 4 The Act iug District Magistrate of Krian, in bis report tor December, thus describes the progress of eveuts there On the 7th. Mr. Cosgrave arrived to take over charge of the Public Works in this district from the Assistant Fngineer, who went on leave on
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  • 763 4 Captain McNeill Shoots Himself. A bad calamity took place in the forenoon this day, when Captain Robert McNeill shot himself with a revolver io the premises of the Masonic Club. Death was almost instantaneous. All the circumstances that can be gathered iu con. nection with
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  • 209 4 In connection with the Bank of Chiua, Japan, and the Straits, the North China I Daily News says a rather curious state of I affairs has come to pass in some instances. I As is well known, a good many foreign I shareholders disposed of their
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  • 895 5 I From our Correspondent.) I dinner Disappointment. I x famine in Food Stuffs. j Copper Coin. j The Rainy Season. l. j»; Transfer to Sarawak. I 1. ri» Brasses*s View's. g andakan, ISth January. I Teak-down of the s. s. Me mu on viiiu r to make ior
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  • 3266 5  -  (By HounteveUe Wildman, formerly U. S. Consul at Singapore.) {In Kate Field's Washington.) Servants are not all that they should be. veil in Mngapore. Still, if the servant-rid-den and servant-Kissed housewives of this country could inherit the workers of a Singajiore household, I am certain they would
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  • 97 5 The Japan Mail saysTelegraphic intelligence despatched by Mr. Tateno, Japauese Miuister to America, and received by the Foreign Mininister ou the 12th instant, states that according to the latest despatch from Hawaii, Queen Liliuokalaui has accepted all the proposals made by the U. S. President. The American
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  • 247 5 Vaillant. the Anarchist, Keeps Calm. Sixty Deputies Plead for Him. The Rioting in Sicily and Italy. M. db Viler8 on Siam. Fatal Boiler Explosion. French Funds Conversion. Paris 12th January. —Vaillant maintains a calm demeanour. The French press unanimously approve the verdict. The socialist excitement continues in many
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  • 80 5 A TENDER of $&AP p&r he*d for the passage to China from the Philippines of these Chinese who do not pay their passport fee and income tax has been accepted at Manila. Not only are Chinese who cannot pay their taxes sent back to China (Amoy)
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  • 98 5 It has beeu decided that the following shall represent Singapore in the SelangorSiugapore cricket match, to o.u during the Chinese New Year 'O holidays A. P. Talbot (captain), J. Cook, F. Dennys, U. H. Duder, F. M. E liot, F. H. Grant. Lieut. Guggisberg, F.
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  • 389 5 fSiam Observer, 16th to lftth January.) lx commemoration of the New Year, H„ M. the Queen of Siam sent Tcs. 400 to be distributed among the patients in the various hospitals in Bangkok, irrespective of nationality. Au actiou brought by H. E.*Phya Krai Kosa against the Sin in
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  • 1000 6 (From our Correspondent.) New ear Festivities at Pekan. Registration of Gold. Crime and Criminals. Thi: Cancelled Concessions. Mr A. H. Neild appointed Magistrate. Establishment of a Tobacco Farm. Pekan 18th January. The usual New Year Sports for Natives, wbi&lt; h had been postponed from the 1st instaiu owing
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  • 411 6 Dr. Brown, M. L. C. designate for Peuaug, is the only man in Malaya who owns a hausom cab. It is a real, genuine, proper hausom of correct pattern aud he is driven in it daily by an Asiatic driver who shaves corners and skims past bullock-carts
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  • 150 6 On the 18th iustant, a somewhit excitiug incident occurred in the camp of the Hongkong (ludian) Regiment. While on parade, a private drew a revolver aud tired tour shots in rapid succession at a sergeant who was staudiog near. Two bullets took effect aud,
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  • 486 6 (From the President 1 s Report.) Finance. Revenue Collections.— Subjoined is a comparative statement of the chief heads of revenue for the years 1892 and 1893. The taxes for 1893 include $52,165.50 from jinrikishas; 44 Miscellaneous $45,000 received from Government, being tbe balance of $60,000, the
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  • 440 6 An American Singaporean and an Indian Author. Yesterday, we published au article cut it h d “A Si ii gn pm c Household” bv Mr. Rounseve.le Wildnian, formerly ot Singapore. Some of the things seemed familiar:, but, since all eastern things are much the same, it may
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  • 676 6 Hongkong Daily Prow. It is undoubted that foreigners in China, I now-a-davs, have as a rule to be content with smaller incomes thau formerly. This is the result of the uatmal and inevitable process of cuttiug down the profits of the middleman, a process which, however oithodox it
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  • 675 6 (From Our Correspondent.) Result op the Davies CaIe. The Resident Aground is the Esmeralda Influenza Mars a Dance. Coffee Enterprise. The Contest with Singapore Cricket and Football. A Gambling Farm Case. Kuala Lumpor 22nd Jan. E. Davies, late Acting Health Offi(* r at Klaug, whose trial ou a
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  • 184 6 Seven Coolies Killed. An accident occurred at Hongkong ou tbe 19: h instant on the Caine Road, resulting in the death of seven Chinamen The scene of the disaster was Inland Lot No. 509, a narrow stiip of ground ou the left hand side of that
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  • 1344 7 Ths annual general meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held tu&gt;* Exchange Rooms, at noon, this 'j There were present, the Hon’ble T. r ,i presiding, the Hon’bles G. S. Mtirra'. I r Bogaardt, Messrs. Sohst, K i 1 -I A 1-is &gt;ii, J. Miller,
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  • 3652 7 The Hon. G. S. Murray. The Hon. G. S. Murray said. I need I hardly sav that the resolution I am about I to propose turns on a matter that I con-1 suler of the very greatest importance. I The resolution is:* That in the opinion I
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  • 642 8 Its Coinage Recommended by the Special Committee of the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce. The following report by the Special Committee appointed by the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce to consider the expediency of coining a British dollar has been forwarded for publication Hongkong. 18th
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  • 374 8 The Singapore Recreation Club give a dance iu the Town Hall on Monday, 5th February. The Rt. Revd. Bishop Hose and Mrs. Hose arrived this morning from Selangor |&gt;er s. 8. Sirsa. The 20th ordinary meeting of the shareholders of the Straits Ice Co., Ltd., will be
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  • 253 8 Athletic Sports. The Straits Chinese National Football Association will hold Athletic Sports on Wednesday 7th February next in Teluk Ayer to commence at 2 p. m. Referee—M. Koh Tiong Yan. Judges Messrs. Oon Chong Siew and Gob Chin Yan. Timekeepers; Messrs. Oon Chong Lock and
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  • 54 8 Half-Year's Results. Subject to audit, the Directors of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation propose at the forthcoming meeting to declare a dividend for the half-year of J21 per share, place $300,000 to credit of reserve fund, $100,000 to credit of Bank premises account, and carry forward
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  • 89 8 The Japauese Imperial Household Department has contradicted the statement recently published by the vernacular press to the effect that two horses had been sent by the Emperor of Germany to the Emperor of Japan, and that only one of them had arrived safely. It
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  • 226 8 It is proposed to bold a Gymkhana on the Race Course on Saturdav, 10th February, commencing at 4 p. in. The programme is to be 1. Scurry Race, 3 furlongs, ladies nomination for all horses excluding first, second and third class and winners of roadsters and griffin races,
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  • 410 8 A meeting was held last night, with the Hou. A. L. Donaldson in the chair, and was adjourned to 15th February. Three members were appointed as special committee to report as to the financial position of the Society. The following is the report that was prepared
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  • 2572 8 Ameeican consular reports furnish inteiesting facta and fig"re* regarding tin production in Australasia. Subjoined is a summary of the information given. The total value of the production of tin and tin ores in the six colonies—Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and
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  • 565 9 (Via Rangoon.) The Expedition against the Sofas. Financial Difficulties in Naval Defence. Conversion of French Stock. Cotton Imports into Manchester. The Currency Question in Germany. Lobengula Seeks Terms. London 13th January. —Reuter's eorivspondent at Sierra Leone states that a party of frontier police, with some native allies, defeated
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  • 2493 9 The Inspector of Schools Minute. Ninety Per Gent or Passes. Falling off in Pupils Presented. Decrease of Chinese in the Higher Standards. Comparing the results of the present inspection, 1893, with those for 1892 the average enrolment and attendance show a slight increase, while there is
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  • 1403 10 Manv of the visitors then accompanied H. K. and Mrs. Maxwell to the Raffles Girls’ School where Mrs. Maxwell distributed the prizes to the successful scholars. The gills’ school was also prettily decorated with evergreens, flowers, devices aud flaps. The 44 National Authein was played as H.
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  • 465 10 The Hongkong Daily Press in commenting on i lie Chamber of Commerce there moving in favour of a British Dollar points ou« The difficulty that has hitherto 1r*cii urged as standing in the way of the introduction of a coin hearing the Queens's head lias been
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  • 743 10 The M. M. Sydney bringing Sir Charles Mitchell, left Colombo at 9 a. m. on Fridav and may be expected at Singapore on Wednesday afternoon. A Gazette Extraordinary to be published on Monday or Tuesday, will announce the arrangements for the reception of His Excellency. j In
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  • 59 10 Db. Brown’s Appointment Gazetted. On the nomination of the Penang Chamber of Commerce, H. E. the Acting Governor has been pleased to appoint Dr. W. C. Brown to be, proviaionally and subject to the approval of Her Majesty the Queen, an Unofficial
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  • 217 10 The rate of exchange for the adjustment of accounts with the Crown Agenta for the Colonies will be two shillings and three pence to t**e dollar during the first quarter of the preseut year. An order under the Post Office Ordinance of 1879 directs that, on
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  • 731 10 Under the beading 44 for the new Governor the Pinang O izette, of the 25th publishes the following article. It wil be seen that Penang is alleged to formulate 13 demauds, of which Nos. 1, 2, 3, 6, and 12 are particularly Penang demands. No. 1 takes the
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  • 1456 10 The annual general meeting 0 f members of the above Club was held j» the Exchange Room, yesterday evenia® for the purpose of passing the report and accounts for 1893 to elect officers for tb* ensuing year; to pass a fixed programme for 1894; and any
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  • 281 11 20th January 1894. (From our Correspondent.) Ihl usual estimates for the current v -ur have been issued bv the Secretariat; ll ‘d barring tlie additional expenditure the State has been called upon to -ar iu tIn* construction of the Kinta v al! v Kailway. no radical changes have
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  • 839 11 Bishop Thoburn of the Methodist Episcopal Church arrived to-day from Calcutta by the Catherine Apcar. 4. The Sungei Ujong and Jelebu Gymkhana Club Races are to be held on tbe 26th and 28tb March, Monday and Wednesday. Mass was said in the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd
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  • 99 11 On tbe 22nd instant, tbe Colonial Court of Admiralty at Hongkong delivered judgment in the case of the owuers of the Krirn r. the Messageries Maritimes Company. —This was a suit entered by the above-named pl&iutiffs against the defendants, iu which they claimed the
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  • 95 11 Mr. C. W. Barnett, in a letter to the Penang Gazette, seeks to *Uow that Legislative Council “refonn” should aim at securing an unofficial majority. Mr. B&ruett alleges that au unofficial majority of elected members will be a protection to the officials agaiust direct attacks
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  • 478 11 (Northern Territory Time*. ‘*ifh Dee&gt; mb* It will bo disappointing, if. in t lit* now arrangements which Goldsbrough. Mort Go. are making, it will lie found necessary to abandon the cattle trade with Singapore. It may not bo forgotten that long
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  • 153 11 (Government Gazette Extraordinary The following arrangements for the reception of His Excellency Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell, Koigbt Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saiut Michael and Saint George, on his arrival, are published for geueral information. The M. M. Co.’s steamer Sydney with H
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  • 184 11 Democracy in Australia. Adelaide 4th January. Quite a storm in a teapot lias been aroused over the recent joint action of the colonial governments in inviting the Duke and Duchess of York to pay a visit to Australia. The notion is commented oil in
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  • 418 11 (Srlaiiy.r Journal 2(Hh January.) The Resident, left Kuala Lumpur by tlie morniug train oil tlit.* 10th instant for Sereiulali, and theu drove on to Kuala Kubu, making the journey in four hours it used to take two days! On the Pith Kalumpaug was visited, Saugka Dua on ibe
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  • 1308 11 The Opening of the New Club House. (From a Golfing Correspondent.) Queen’s weal her again favoured the Ro)al game on Saturday and the function in connection with the opening of the Club-House was in every way a success. The competition of the afternoon was one round of medal play,
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  • 342 12 A Proposed Council of Forty-Seven Mv mbers. The Government to be in a Minority. Pina iig Gazelt j Wt: propose that the j-dnt Legislative Council to administer the Settlements aud Native States should consist cl*: The Governor. The Lieutenant-Governor. The (’olonir'l Sec etary. 'Jin* hesi rent
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  • 128 12 The Straits Independent affirms that t hose European mates who recently moved to secure an increase of pay at. Penang have become mai ked men, aud have l&gt;eeu unable to get employment unless they agreed to eogage at less than the enhanced rate of wages.
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  • 620 12 The “Bokhara" Monument. i Presentation to the BrigadierGeneral. H.M.S. Porpoise on the 81st December paid a visit to 8aud Island, the scene of the wreck of the s. s. Bokhara, aud found the graves of those who polished and the obelisk to commemorate
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  • Correspondence.
    • 754 12 To 'i'iik Editor ok the “Straits Times." Sir. —I aui pleased you have drawn atteoiiou to the vote on the above question, I localise it gives me au opportunity to make a few lemarks on the Chamber and ils wavs. My inability
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    • 361 12 To the Editor ok the Straits Times/* Sir, 1 find from your report oi the Gemr.il Meeting of the Sporting Club that I did not express myself clear!?. I did not intend couveviug the idea that there weie only 1 ivo gentlemen riders who could sit iu the
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  • 419 12 Arrivals. Per p. 8. Chow Phya from Klang vii Malacca —Mr. Ward. Per s. 8. Sea Belle from Penang:—H. E. the Acting Governor; H. E.*s Private Secretary, Mr. G. N. Maxwell; H. H. the Saltan of Johore «1&lt;1 his Prirata Secretary Mr. J. C. Keir; and Dr. Wilson.
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 292 12 Under this beading the following abbrovisti ns are used:—str.— steamer; sh.—ship; hq.—barque; Brit—British; IT. S.— Doited Stab's; Rr.—French; Ger. —German; Dut.— Dutch Job.—Johore; Ac., G.e..—General j cargo d. p. —deck passengers U.—Uncer- taiu;T. P. W.—Tanjong Pagar Wharf; T. J D.—Taiijeog pagar Dock B. W.— Borneo Wharf; I.
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    • 1143 12 v rr iVitiS amen Noon ok Yesterday. Steamers passed through Buenos Ayres, Neerx, Amherst, Kian Yang and Sam Tor. 9 Kiintuek, Brit. str. 2.312 C*pt. Kam ‘29th Jai. From Yokohama via p&gt;rt3 1st d e Boustead A Co. For Loud m 4th Feb. Wharf. Calypso Brit. str. 339
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  • SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS BUDGET, 30TH JANUARY, 1894.
    • 45 13 /t*" nst ‘nre of the mail arrangements utV 0t.u necessary to give the latsst it [hf meek in a loose supplement thr ronrenietice of those who file] the lien'* contained in the loose .-/it &lt;* always ref rated next week i*:'P v* f Of *r floe*.
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    • 1121 13 Sir William MacGregor, the Administrator of British New Guinea, has recently beeu occupied in exploring part of the territory over which lie has control. His dispatches to the Gun i uor of Queensland, in which be describes hisexfreiieuces along the coast of the Gulf of Papua,
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    • TUESDAY, 30TH JANUARY. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS
      • 27 13 j, .j-c of Loids have iejected the &gt; made hv 1 lie House of Coin- n the House of Lords’ amend*1m Lmployer*’ Liability Bill.
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      • 25 13 /t of Russia is ill with severe in- (i tin it rnation of the limps has ,»;.j ti Vel.
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      • 308 13 _in bed that the I Vers have tV |,..nl Salisbury’s advice. They i ,i I their amendments to the j.. &gt; Liability Bill. These ameiuli*. 1 cm bv the House ot I tji w i. h had amended tile ailieiiil11, Kill thus amended and re-
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      • 718 13 I nr Government of Hongkong is anx1 t" I'sist trade and shipping there by iideriug that port a centre of a well system of Chinese emigration to i! tr*. &gt; friendly with Britain but the Hex Government does not. as yet, favdi* idea. Meanw hi 1**.
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      • 189 13 A magisterial enquiry was held at the General Hospital yesterday to enquire into the circumstances attending the death of Captain Robert Me Neill, who shot himself with a revolver in the Masonic Club on the 24th instant. The evidence adduced went to show that the
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    • 1796 13 A special proclamation: —North Chino Daily News translation. An Imferial Decree for their Protection The other day, attention was drawn in tin* Straits Times to the squeezing and oppression that befall Chiuese emigrants returning to China frinii the Stiaits Settle inents. Their
      A special proclamation:—North Chino Daily News translation.  -  1,796 words
    • 66 13 The to llowiug are the names of the new holes in the Singapore links 1st Hole The Semaphore Hole (The old 2thi 2nd Bufialo Hole i unchanged i 3rd Cleek Hole Do. 4tli Swamp Hole Do. 5th Derby Hole (New hole) C h Boundary Hole (The old 5th) 7ili
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