The Straits Budget, 19 March 1895

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    133 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 ilippines, and
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    STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, 19TH MARCH. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    304 1 ‘.UtTOfcl iLt. Prance and Italy in Africa. Tli* i’erms of P< srr. TAnglin Wat rSupp!). < \vfiinf( i Hri Ig«. flic 1« est Japanese Mm*. vletli di«N and &u. iuesriug. Haininakiiitf. T 8trtiU »na irane-* Co. Nob >u..4 t>>e Prua-t. <ocal Viaikel
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONAS.
    513 1 bi.soAPoRR, 19th March, 1895. PHODUCE. ?Sfc"H;x:=r !2P- tfp Pepper Black, 10.10. Sago Flour, Sarawak 2.67 do Brunei 2.3j. Pearl Sago, 3.50. Coffee Bali 4o.*i0. Coffee Liberian,. m 4tj.no. Tainoca small Flake 4.40. ao do 1st quality 5.0u do uied. Hake 4.4o do small pearl, K *.47% do
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    661 1 Tue mail lor Europe this week is taken by the P. &O.s. 8. Rohilla. Tbe mail from Europe of the 22ad February by the e.s. Pekin arrived yesterday The mail for Europe next week ia fixed for the M.M. B.s. Sagh alien. The M. M. s.s.
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  • REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
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      LORD ROSEBERY’S ILLNESS.
      21 1 London, tilth March. Lord Koseberjr continues to be ill. He is reported to be we&k, end also depressed.
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      FRANCE AND ITALY.
      67 1 TRorill.K IN ABYSSINIA The correspondent of the Timet at Rome uieutions reports of Prance arming nnd strengtlwaing the Abyssinian* [against Italy], and remarks that this in a dangerous game for Prance to follow. It is pointed out that France, in 1891, recognised anew that Abyssinia aud its
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      THE CHINA-JAPAN WAR. THE PEACE CONFERENCE.
      83 1 London, I'Hli March. CHIN Ear. CONCESSIONS ANOTHER JAPANESE VHTORY The corresp* ud« ut of the Times at Pekin stales that, tlm ugh the Anierieau Mniste a at Pekin and Tokio, China las already agieed toiertaiu points lor discussion at the I'eacu Conference. These ]*ointe
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      THE JAPANESE DEMANDS.
      54 1 London, 14th March. Nothing an l ent ic in known in Ijondnn regarding th** Japanese mditions for upou the ugocintions. The Nmw Vremyo au inttucntiil Russian jounui hms« rts that th«* Japanese 1 *111 111 1 m include tbe ocnh on of Msocbtina up to MojL> eu
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      THE NAVAL LOAN. THE CLAIMS OF HONGKONG.
      76 1 Mr. E. Kobertaou, Civd L>rd of the Admiralty, has stiteJ ii the House of Commons ill -t. in thi* year’s N ival Lo-iti Bill, uo provision is in.oh- tor an extension •■f the dockyards at Hongk<*ng. Mr. Robertsou, however, hope t that pi.
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      THE PEACE ENVOYS. JAPANESE DESIGNS.
      46 1 London, 15th March It is reported that the Chinese peace envoys have left, Ticutvin for Japan. The correspondent of lie* Times at Kobe allege* that the Japanese intend to utilise the Pescadores as a of operations against Foimosa and Southern China.
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      PROBABLE LOSS OF A SPANISH MAN-OF-WAR.
      36 1 The tisina llegente Spanish cruiser, with 450 persons on board, which had left Taugi-r duriag a storm, ha* uot lieeu heard of ainee, but wreckage froui her lias been found.
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      PROBABLE JAPANESE DEMANDS
      27 1 L(oidon, 16th March. The Times Itelieves that Japan will demand from Ch n t, the cession of Foim >sa and of the Liaotung Peninsula.
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      THE MISSING SPANISH MAN-OF-WAR.
      26 1 Hop s ol’ tin* safety of tliw missing Spanish niau-of-war, Jium > Urgant?., have been ahandone 1. Giif uni <iistna\ pivvail in Spain.
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      LYNCH LAW IN COLORADO.
      40 1 TROUBLE WITH ITALY Several Italians, changed with the murder of an iuoff<umvc saloonkeeper at Walsenburg in Colorado (United State*), have been lynched there. The Government of Italy lias complained of it to the United Suites Government.
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      THE N. W. FRONTIER OF INDIA.
      32 1 Twelve thousanl troop* Lave l**en tuubiliafd in the Punjab fur au advance mto CLitral. uules* Utura Khan withdraws from that State ou the 1st April next
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      JAPANESE NAVAL PRIZE. CHINA SEEKS FOREIGN INTERVENTION.
      57 1 London, Wth March. The Japanese li ive captured a gunboat uud a quantity of onttv’tions of war iistr Now< hwang. China is repotted to be soliciting the intervention of-Rumoa au*l Germany. The intervention *>ught is for the protection of the territorial integrity of
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      ESCAPE OF ANOTHER OF THE MAHDI’S CAPTIVES.
      33 1 Slatiu Bey, who hail lieeu held mptive by the Mahdi of the Soudau for many years, has esoap ;d from Omdunuan. and has arrived at Asaouan.
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      RESTRICTION ON COTTON CULTIVATION.
      29 1 Slroug efforts aie being male to induce plant-is iu tlic Southern States of America io r strict the area under the cultivation of euttoil tbeie.
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  • EDITORIALS.
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      FRANCE AND ITALY IN AFRICA.
      407 1 .Strait* Timet, J2ik March.) Strain *0 relations l*etw*eeu France iu< i l alv on the Red Sea coast of Aflica bad 1. d to difficulties U twetß tot* two Powers, wbeu latterly occurrence* hi Abyssiuia aroused fresh embitterm *ut. It* d iv’h t 1-gram points
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      THE TERMS OF PEACE.
      466 2 Strait» Timet, J.Hth March A Ouk telegraphic uewa does wot give ns any very definite information as to tlie point* upon which the parleying* of |»eaoe are to turn. Probiblv there is not much definitely ugreod upon, and such a* is agreed uiay l»e taken as
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      TANGLIN WATER SUPPLY.
      639 2 (Strait* Tim ft, l.'Stlt Mar i h.) The iuconvcuieutie and danger of even a uot very prolonged drought have made it obv ous tb.it a good at d pure sup) lv ot water is a:» urgent ueeess ty tor the tio< pH at Tanglin. The War Ofti.e
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      CAVENAGH BRIDGE.
      393 2 [Straits Timet, I Itli March.) The qmstion of trafiie regulation at C.tv. n igh Bridge, recorded in our wait rdfiv's report «>f a Municipal meeting, <*alls for e«rly consideration and s[»eedy decision. That bridge was built over a quarter of a century ago, to suit the traffic coi
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      THE LATEST JAPANESE MOVE.
      459 2 Stru'tn Time*. tMh March. Tmk Pescadores upon which ihe Japanese arc alleged to have design**, I iviij their value as bane of "pt r form a small a rehi[sdagoin tho Straits ot Formosa Tile Pescadores lie just uuder the Tropic, and stand between the island of
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      METHODISTS AND ENGINEERING.
      189 2 'licit* jl.im* l£ih Mt tch. i Thi. Auiericau Metho-lists are rich in the energy that cluriit -uses the Amoricao people. They are going to t*-at-b the |»r i> ctjdcs of mechanics t>» the lads of Sit g<p<*re and it sesmsas if they were goio. to do it
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      CAVENAGH BRIDGE.
      195 2 rru.'.'i Time*, lath March.' Thp peine hive now withlruwn tlci sup*.* j..i* u <f the tr.iffi'- oi Oav. muh Br Jg endiug the emju ry into their powers >nd authority. Empty vehicle:* are no bonder prevented fr«*m using the bridge, and tho police will not in the rneiin
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      RAINMAKlNG.
      328 2 strait* Tim*•», Pith Mtirvh i The long drought now prevailing arouses interest in those t* at ellers’ tales which «1 well upon the important part, played by rainmakers hi the polity of certain uncivilised races. These rainmakers manage to work U|hiu the sii|»erst’tion aud ignorauce of their fellows, and
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      THE STRAITS INSURANCE CO.
      436 2 Strait Time*, Atarqh.) To-day, at the m« eting of the Straits Insurance Coy., there was duly confirmed an alteration iu the Company's Articles of Association. The alteration provides that shareholders of the Company shill iw>? be allowed to vote t>v pioxv, wih-s they have been registered
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      NOBBLING THE PRESS.
      800 2 (Strait h Timtt, 18th March.) The art of nobbling the pres* is not necessarily an unworthy art. The most eminent of statesmen from time to time engage in it, ami we have seen it practised by the M muruhs of mighty States. If the attempt to nobble
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    TUESDAY, 12TH MARCH.
    1485 3 Thk Italian cruiser Crulo/oro Colombo m>ut away early this moruiug for Chiua. Mb. Justice Collyek leaves for Penang to-day iu order to dispoa* of some of the arrears in Supreme Court work there. He will probably be away from Singapore a fortnight. Thk Uranut, which brought Harm*
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    AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN.
    174 3 Mr. E J. D o-.who. last year,visited this p-rt of tbe world to find markets for Australian products, was at Hongkong, at the date of last advices, for the same purpose. He bad with him an assortment of samples, including a rcpr< sentatire collection oon'tited by the
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    NEWS VIA AUSTRALIA.
    119 3 THE COLD WEATHER A HCVLUNtl CHAIJ.KNOE London, 18th February, Intensely cold weather still prevails throughout Euroie and the United Kingdom Nearly one hundred persons have* been found frozen to death in the streets of Loudon. Thousands of persons are starving in Birmingham aud other large centres. i
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    STODDART’S TEAM IN QUEENSLAND.
    102 3 Brisbane. lhth February. Thk match betwoeu the English team aud a combined eleven of Now Mouth Wales anil Queensland players, was commenced at Brisbane on Friday, the weather being everything that could ho dosirvd. Over ten thousand sjKJctators paid for admission during tint afternoon. Stoddirt won
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    RUSSIA ON CHINA.
    139 3 The following telegram from a Chinese source date Peking, 25th F* bru in. appears in the North China Daily New*: The military a’u horitics at Ltiuch'ui). on the Amur river, rej*ort that it has been stated bv men aeof over in'** Russian te *i'orv that there •lunnot
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    ENGLISH CRICKETERS IN THE WEST INDIES.
    154 3 In th* return match with All Barbad <s. winch *‘X»* ml d «*v*-r fi«ed*y*. th** Ei giisb •i i** pr**vi I vnrtoii iim liv tweutv-fi e uns. liiiloor li-s: iunicgs. the West fndn«>s toil inad<* 157 let-re a wi< k t f*T. au*l th**y
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    LASCAR SHIPBOARD ACCOMODATION.
    155 3 A memorial, from Lascars has just be n sent in to ’he Government of India eu the subject (>f the Merchant Shipping A<-t Amendment Bid. Th** la*cars object to ihe efforts made to increase th ir m-coni-moilat. on on board ship, and j.M»int ou that, if such
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    IT WAS NOT THE CAT.
    171 3 Mr. Gexti.p, the President of the Municipal Commission, has lo t a siivri watch and chain, a bunch of keys, and some subsidiary coinage to a small amount. It was in this wise: Mr. Gentle mono, as is his won’, at half-past four this morning
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    THE CHINA-JAPAN WAR.
    731 3 THE DISSENSIONS AT WEI HAI WKI. CHINESE ARTILIJCKY KOUUIIT WELL. MUTINY AND EXECUTION OK CHINESE SOMMERS PROBABLE ATTACK ON KHANHAIKWAN (From China MaiTs War Correspondent.) Chefoo, 25th February, via Bhauyhai, Ist March. I hav* seen the foreigner* who eaine here from Wei-hai-woi after the capture of Leukiingtau
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    JAPANESE AND AMERICANS.
    320 3 Thk San Francisco Bulhiin savs: The tuicies* 1 of the Japanese in the war with China hi* created a new nttiou to the so-called great Powers to deal with One of th>* tir-t, manifest itions of a purfK>se on the p rt of the Japanese to be
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    ANOTHER BID FROM THE COTTON TRADE.
    186 3 An the outcome, apparently, of tbe rivalry between Liverpool and Manchester, not a little interest is being created in the Mersey port rewarding a scheme just put toward by Sir A. B. Forwood for the establishment of cotton mills ut Birk* nhead. It is
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    THE PENANG HARBOUR BILL.
    305 3 (Strait* Maritime. Jon null.) We agree ho far with our local co temporary in the remarks on this mat r iu his leader, the other day, viz thut it. is a measure demanding the m«*»t caretu', the iull'*at,andthe broadest discussion Iftoreit inlaid ou theLegishtiveCotitu il tahl*
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    THE SAIGON RICE MARKET.
    334 3 Wm. O. Halk A (Jo.’s Circular, dated Siigou, (Mi M irch, states. Supplies of ri*c, temporarily mesg'-e, have latter-v increased to the quantity iicihl «t this stige of the s asmi, say 15/40.000 piculs daily, tho’ i* i< pietty ce.iaiu tl.a the crop will n t
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    67 3 A RKi fc.vii.v published report ou tin* heilth of the Hritish navy dwells upon tue fact that the places at which venereal diseases were principally contracted are Hongkong. Shanghai, Singapore, and the Japanese ports, more espo< isllv Yokohama and Hakodate. With reference to Singapore, St iff-Surgeon Alexander G. P. Gipps.
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    PAHANG NEWS.
    1007 4 MUSIC AND UAMHI.IMI PECULIAR DEATH CRIMES. (From our Correspondent.) Pekan, Hth March. The Gambling Farm Manager has rented one of the brii-k huu-.es at Pekau Bbaru and ha* oj owed a gambling cs»t ililishmeot in it, as it was touud that tlie one within the Farm preinttes was
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    WEDNESDAY, 13TH MARCH.
    824 4 H. E. the Governor attended Mr. Vermont’s jubilee celebration in Province Wellesley on Monday night, and left Penang in the Sea Belle before daybreak ou Tuesday moruiog. H. E. is at Tanjong Kling. Malacca, to-day. Tomorrow, early, he w ill arrive at Singapore, accourpNuied by Lady Mitchell.
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    NEWS VIA AUSTRALIA.
    161 4 Twenty Days Later than by Mail.) EGYPTIAN AKKAIRS. THE COTTON DUTIES. SPREAD OK 1NPLUENXA. M ERICA N ATROCITIES. London, February idth. The outlook in E/ypt is again becoming very tliresteuiug, and strong reinforcements of British troops are oil their way thither. The manufacturer* of Lane auira strongly
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
    84 4 The ILn'bie W. R. Collier has signified his intent mu of giving h pr./.e to be plaved for by gentSemen at the end of April under tin* ’oHowing :-on di»i<*ns Match play, handicap tournament. Each game to eon.* st ot two rounds playable iu one d*y.
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    ENGINEERING INSTRUCTION AT SINGAPORE.
    191 4 It is now proposed by the Anglo-Cbineee School to give evening instruction iu Eng.ueei*n' for the Ist ert’ ot engineers, apprentii •h. aud others, whod sre to increase tbeir theo’etical knowledge and who cannot attend lectures in the •laytime. The instruction will l»* simple, puctical, and
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    BATU PAHAT NEWS.
    344 4 (From our Correspondent.) l'3th March. IHUo. XV k hitvi* I'o -n exper eming rather w*; w» u‘ ler l winch b»s quite u>a<Je u. or tli*- long drought we bad before. Th ••rop is gralud'j ripe unit; up, ami wlight to I e I ard bt work
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    49 4 Account no to the Valparaiso correspondent of the TimtM, the scheme for the conversion of the Chilian paper currency lo s gold coinage, at the rats of lbd., to corns into effect on Juns Ist, has patstrd into law As s consequence, the rate of eichaofe m tending upward
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    A CHINESE GRIEVANCE IN AUSTRALIA.
    427 4 Thk Chinese residents of Australia, and particularly the merchants of the cities, have siuce the passing of tbe Chines* Kentriction Acts, fouud a very grout impediment and grievance in being prevented from passing oSt of tbe colony iu which they happen 1o lie located. The
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    HARMSTON’S CIRCUS.
    442 4 To Siugapore the name of Harm--ton is a sufficient guarantee for a {•••pu'ar and amusing cutera nn e>»* H .riuct ni’s virus cannot, j erbu| b .i*t o' a peligree as long as cou d a family combination that has lecenili as-ed through Singapore. Iml. ed. it is
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    30 4 Thk master of the h. s. Darwin leports having passed a Norwegian barque at anchor, showing the signal J. V. M. K at Banka Strait. It wished to be reported.
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    31 4 A shopkeeper named Choo Chow, living at 92, South Bridge Road, left his preiniies yesterday in charge of an a<-lor, and on his return found the tragedian and II •»*o nutting
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    WHITE ANTS AND COFFEE TREES.
    836 4 (From the Ayrtcultural Bulletin fvr January That termites or white auts pluv tt most important part iu the making or distru, lion of noil, there can be little doubt; but partly from their habits of working ex clusively in the dark very little is known
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    133 4 Ox the Ist instant, the tueu of 1 Hongkong Police I’ uce were pft'aded t.b« Ceatral Police Station to receive tln public thanks of the Governor for tin set vices rendered by them during 1 plague epidemic, and, at the same time. receive a silver cliiold from tlie cotnutuu in
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    NOTES ON PRODUCT AND SOILS.
    1703 5 From the Agricultural Bulletin fur January.) haoo. Haw sr.go i* often imporlo 1 at Singapore «itb us much as 46 0 of rubbish in tbe ibttjeot fiIre and water. Sago is said to be »elri"'ij iid liberated by the natives, bu f the doal-rs sometimes
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    TANGLIN BARRACKS WATER SUPPLY.
    318 5 i r'ALLINU DOI.IJIR AND ENHANCED COST. At a meeting of the Municipl Commission held on November 22ud 1894, tbe subject of the ex'otision of the w 4 iter supply 10 T.mglin Birrseks was. brottch' up. A sum of $6,000 was d *wu ill th* 1 s'imates
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS.
    1603 5 The usual fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held this afternoon. Mr. Gentle presided, and there were also present: —Messrs. Moses, Nanson, Tan Jiak Kim, Meyer, J. Fraser, E. H. Bell, T. 8ht*lford. FINANCIAL HTATKMF:NT. The tinancial statemiut of tbe Municipal fund shewed that the bulance at
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    MR. VERMONT’S JUBILEE.
    214 5 On Monday afternoon. the Governor 'eft Penang in the »>Ya Belle for tl o I u>pos •of att M'diiu the jubi ee eelebiaions of Mr Vermont. Bukit Tainbun i«-rry was reached at 5.d0 aud th-* party drove to Batu K iwau where native sporis were in progress.
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    THURSDAY, 14TH MARCH.
    765 5 1 Tub Sm Belle arrived here this morning from Penang with H. E. the Governor, Lady Mitchell, Miss Saunders, Miss Crichton, Capt. Herbert a.d.c., Mr. i Severn p.h., and Mr. Van der Beck on board. Mrs. Kynnersley has arrived from Malacca in the Sappho. Mr. Vkeok, who
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    NEWS VIA AUSTRALIA.
    2663 6 (Sir Day* Later than by Mail.) LORD HALIMBURY ON UGANDA. B1UTIHH NEW GUINEA. AFFAIR* IN HUM*1A. UIMETAMJHM IN OKRMANY THE TROUBLE* IN HAWAII. FRANCE AND ITALY. THE PACIFIC CABLE. DIMTRKH* IN GERMANY THE INTENSE COLD. LORDS AND COMMON* AUHTKALIA AND ENGLAND UNITED STATE* CURRENCY. THE SAMOAN TROITBLEH.
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    TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
    452 6 From the Timer t'c'/kv Tttr **rif M c *v vision*. KAtl.t UK OK Till; BKHKIM. »KA ARbITKATo»\ RKUKP IN NEW Pol KDLAXD TJIi: 1/INDON t oI’NTV (Hi NCI I, Kt.ECTn*\* AFFAIRS IN HWA/lI.ANU Till. NKW IRtHIt LANI» KIM. Tilt MCAKAt.I A CANAI. Jut 1 Match. An additional estimate,
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    THE MILITARY CONTRIBUTION IN THE BRITISH PRESS.
    2332 6 Maw* Britiah provincial newspapers received by to-day’* mail contain c» rameuts upon or reference* to the public meeting held iu the Town Hall of Singapore last January, to approve of the un official resignation* as protest against th* Mil ta' V Contiibulion. It
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    THE CRITICAL POSITION OF BRITISH TRADE WITH ORIENTAL COUNTRIES.
    1664 7 UK. WIIITKHKADTi PAI'ER. .\t a u eating iu th Whitehall* r< 0111*. Hot<) Me n polo, of the Loyal Colonial i u> ti u 's ou ihe lltli Fduuary, when Mr \ev»l** Lubl »ck took the chair, the Hoe. T H.
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    FRIDAY, 15TH MARCH.
    1187 7 .1. AMI M \imvk ISkasikk hi. Thcy •I h" f«»r Europe. in Kt Hiiinlh, b\ ill* M. M. h. s. SyL.ey. !if E Hussiau Cruiser Gren>iattchy aud K'lbKiAU tor|*edo boat Srmborij left th s moruirg tor Hongkong. Miss Svuniikhh it* booked anioug the [»i s ngers »o'
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    THE DECEASED HUSBAND’S BROTHER.
    101 7 Mr. Walter M’Laren has given notice that, on the Second Reading of the Marriage with a Deceased Wife’s S"*tcr Bill io the House of Commons, he will move: That this House is unwilling to pass a bill which, while altering the law with respect to marriages,
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    A LEOPARD HUNT IN SINGAPORE.
    296 7 A HUNT WITH AN KMCPHANT. ELEVEN HORSES. POUKTKKN DOOH. AND SEVENTY MKN THE TAMER NETS THE LEOPARD. THK LEOPARD S DINNKK IU1.I.. There was a great hunt io Singapore last night, A big leopard escupid trow Harinstou’s Circus late on Wednesday night, or, as is
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    NEW LONDON BORNEO TOBACCO COMPANY.
    2690 7 An extraordinary gene-al meeting of the New London Borneo Tohicco Compaiiv, (Liinded) was held on 7th February, the Hoii. CLas. H. Stiutt iu the chair, who, in gitiug an meoant of his recent visit to Borneo, *tat« d THK A MKRICAN OKMAND. The directors were
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    ENGINEERING TEACHING IN SINGAPORE.
    706 8 CLASSES BY D. S. GRADUATE IN ENGINEERING SCIENCE. THE MEKTINU. LAST KIOHT. A i'kkliminary m-cling was held, last nigh*, iu the Anglo-Chinese School to consider a project for beginning evening clashes in engineering. The meeting was well atfended. There were present Mr. Rodger of the Taujoi
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    SELANGOR GOVERNMENT RAILWAY.
    95 8 \rktkaci or Traffic Marnimo> for iiik Mom H OF FKHHU A T, Meade of Receipt*. Amount Pji *>seug**rs 1,54 5 Wesson Tickets 78 Horses, Cn fringes, and Dog*. 1.51 Telegraph Collections 1 Excesa Fares lots Parcels. 4*»f» Excess Luggage till Miscellaneous 589 Total Coseliing 2,997 Goods. $.’15,430
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    SATURDAY, 16TH MARCH.
    338 8 The rebels in Pahang are again giving trouble, and tbe whole available forces of the State are out iu appirently unsuccessful pursuit. Probably more forces may bo needed. Almost certaiuly tbe reltels will agaiu take refuge in Kelantan. The Irishmen in Singapore gave a dance last night
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    CRIME AT BATU GAJAH.
    98 8 A I»knoai.ee engine driver on the Ipob Tttmb'iu i••Ati via a ticked and wound'd by ChiuC'C highway lubber*. Tbt? umu •lie«l ot ibe wounds on tbe Uth inetait Die robbery took jiliice iu l.ro<d daylight ASkhsejoy ut. Teh Allan*, briugiu# in u prisoner to tfitu Gi*
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    FRENCH INDO-CHINA.
    398 8 THE SAMOS KK'L VIAKACT KKMANDAUK. The Cunrrier <(> Saigon of th 27th Fe ruary edl* attention t<> the sh rrt supply of i ice there for ex]K> tation. N* ver l» -tore b.ts new grain so fa led to meet tuarkvt demand at. this ,t:tno of the year.
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    THE PLEASURES OF PENANG.
    1009 8 am KDITOK on THE KKBIDBVT COUNCILLOR tf LAUNCH. THE COOLINO HTENOAH THE HUMOURS OF PENANG SOCIETY. THREATS SWEET ANO SHRILL. A LADY DESIRES TO EAT THE EDITOR. THE SWEETEST OE FEMININE VOICES The following is an extract from the Piuany Gazette describing how the editor of
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    NOTES FROM HOME.
    1018 8 An interesting experiment, is about to be tried in Aberdeen. An association has been formed in tbe Granite City for the promotion of tbe public control of the liquor traffic. The association has drafted a scheme for local application, and a bill embodviog tbe plan is to
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    443 9 OPIUM IN LOMBOK. DltATH OF A HERMAN UOVKHNOH POISON FROM BAMHOO. THK ‘OOHTA RK'A PACKET. THK Anti-Opium Leagu iu Holland ban addressed a memorial to the Minister for the Colonies. praying that tbe opium farm sistern should not be introduced into the island of Lombok. oo th ground
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    THE PHILIPPINES.
    630 9 ’UK K l MINDANAO i.MtNS! *n or sri.va riVMrvu KA*'F> MCNHII-IT (.MKRAI ITV I’m 0 tCTM GouC'V*! ,»f fNiilip. {*11 a r*i«. I ea \v last in h. h tt i |1 (< i»ii' f i;y uptr*» <>iis iu Mindanao against MahouilUedau .-ebe a. v>J,.. have risen *r
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    972 9 ANNUAL MEETING. -The annual geuerul im-et.og of the G »lf Club was held at the Cmb Hms veitcrdsy afternoon. Mr. J. Macßi'chie presided over an uuusutlly huge gathering of mciuliers, the room bo<ng crowded. Ibe President, ia opejiug the meeting afier tbe nnnut-a of the last neural
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    THE STRAITS INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
    780 9 Mr. Napier is to-day issu ng the follow, ing circular:— Df.au Sir— Having beeu appointed attorney, aud proxy for a number of shareholders resideut in Europe, tShau :ha’, an Hongkong, holding together over 2,500 "hares in tbe Company, I appl e! through the Secretary to
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    76 9 \N*ti have riceivcd another stnull publicat 10 u Irom the Eastern Bimetallic League in the rhiipe of a paper ou exchange aud prices, in which the depression in agriculture and the textile industries is attributed to tbe appreciation of gold. In tbe absence of a bimetallio standa d, the dollar
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    ARRIVAL OF THE FUSILIERS.
    523 9 acooi;nt or thk jumnah voyaok. The hired Transport Jumna, No. (J, > uiuli r (lie command of Com man tier Dun. tuu Campbell it s u. IcfUho Euipte-s D.w-k, Southamp on on tbe 1st February. with 22 officers ail*) 813 men of the 1st Battalion Liuc<
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    GOLF NOTES.
    390 9 Without even a ripple of debate, the annua! inepting list u ght pasted throug i he hush of expectancy peacefully iuto tn minute book. The gladiators with thoo innovations and reforms either sat wit i "healhed swords, or ha l remtiued at houif. There was no discussion, dissent
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    THE WELSBACH LIGHT.
    831 9 IMiTAl.I.ATlOS IN ORCHARD AND UUANUK III)AIM Jvnt about two yeais u ;o, semi-ottt ini trial whs male h«'re with a new illu•uitiRiit. known in (he Welabnch Incandescent (ius Burner, f* r which many advantages iu e oncmy an I increas'd iiluintuation were daimei At ihe time, w«
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    TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
    390 10 iVrt Hauyoon.) I.ABOI K CONCILIATION. KIRK AT PORT OK HPAIN INPLURNSA THK ARMY \NI> NAVY ESTIMATES. London. lith Marrh. In (hr House of Commons. last night, a Bill to establish Heards of Conciliation iu Lnlxtiir Disputes ivhh rwd for tlw (ir»t time. Mr. Chainlierlain ridicul d the Hill
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    MONDAY, 18TH MARCH.
    1489 10 In April, Mr. I a-i «>, Couatil-Generai for the Netherlands, will leave for Eu opt* ou a x uioutbs’ have. Mr. F'eorv, vie*-cout-u', will ad for the Con*ul-Gt n< ral durit g bis abseme. Mr. fj. O. Smith, an ex-senator of Swede*, who lias been for ievcal
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    OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS IN PERAK.
    160 10 —Peruk Pioneer, 13th Marrh. M* R. I). Huwrrr lias liimllv n crop* el the D -triet Magistrateship of Kinfa and !**t't Taip Utf on Monday la«t for Batu to tube over from Mr. J. B. M. lav»li Tbe Selangor Journal of ihc rlth in-taot rather piein&tur>
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    THE STRAITS WIDOWS AND ORPHANS’ FUND.
    238 10 The Report ou the Widows aud Orphunb’ Fuud for 1891 shows receip‘B am 111)111 g to 526 365, u.a nst a x|wi diure of $5 974. Tt»** laane in ban* comes $187,740. Ou t♦•»* Jlst Deceuitier, 1893. tne nutnb**r of e.*« t i'uit »rs
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    MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL.
    245 10 A M.ANCHr.sTPK com sjKindeut, reviewing difficulties in ihe way uf the Manchester SbipCnn*l points out that tie corner has h«vu turned now Manchester merchants have awakened to a sense of the power which combination confers. Since the Livtrpnol Cotton Associaliou would not allow ihe spinners of Oldham.
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    ALLEGED SIAMESE JUDICIAL PROCEDURE BY TORTURE.
    245 10 Thk Strait* Maritime Journal thu* describes how torture to oxtiuct evidence w;n applied, the other day, to a couple of uieii arie.'ted in Toogkali, a Siamese State, on suspicion of robbery under arms They were strapped between two bamboos, nnd in the presence of
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    THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO.
    278 10 The report cf this Company for the year ending D*c. 31, *****, shows a net profit of 4,*45 «>7B, and after pa* ing interim dividend of 3 |*er e nt. on the preftreocc shares t u Oct. 1, 1894 haves a sum now of
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    WHY HE FELT HOT !
    451 10 WHY HE FELT HOT PIKE Till* MORNING There was enough firiig *>t guru in the >aiiv hours of this morning—whit w th a fire, the tivo«»*ci «ck signal, a id ih mail. About bull-pant bur, tbeaUrm of a configuration wa» g veil, aul the Brigade pr rnptly turned out, to
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    STRAITS INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
    379 10 At uuou a meeting of the shareholder* in the Straits Insurance 'Joropsuy, Ltd whs be Id. Mr. Bopuirdt presided, anij th«re were also present; Messrs.!). C Ncave, T. S. Thomson, Cheng Yan (diiectors) A. S. Mu ray. (Secretary) j’ Burkiushaw, (legal adviser; M Meyer G. Perrier,
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    TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
    394 10 S«/»pIewi«riibiry to Stnite 77itie* Te Fr>>m tti>’ Tim»s of rifloa. —UmOMFroi i>\ inhun MRMI THF. RKHHINO SEA AWARD DAMAGE* ROYAL i ONDOIJtNCK. SLAVERY AT ZANZIBAR. < i PRtra RXPRmiVR INVESTtTI RR OK THE CROWN PRINCE OK SUM h nd a, 7th Marti At it meeting of tlie k
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    PASSENGERS FOR HOME.
    132 10 The following have booked themself by the Herman mail steam r here on the 7th April —Mr. and Jy*Jebsen aud child, Mr. aud Mrs. 3:i Mr. E. Kortroann, Mr. A. MirandnHe. Mr. Krebs, Mr. M. C. de Vis* r. Mr. VVolber, Cant. Bar-nett, Mr. Kamermanu Mr. O.
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    THE MILITARY CONTRIBUTION.
    443 11 QUESTIONS in the house. MR ilSSNIKKK HKATON 8 QVRRTION. (loth February.) )lr. Henniker Heaton I beg to ask the pndcr Secretary of State for the Colonies hetber he is aware that, in consequence W f ihe l& r ff° contribution tlemauded by Her M»j« sty’s Goveinmcut from
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    HARMSTON’S CIRCUS.
    412 11 A BUMPER Hoi sF. On .Sa'U’d<v evtning, an entirely new progian n e w.«s pres# nted at Hsrtns’on's Cirrus, snd the rft i ms m e a'tnu-tid tie most eu wtlt d house i v* r se*u in Singapore. Tl e n<cii oils tent was ro i>noii ven-e:
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    THE POLICE FORCE IN 1894.
    1019 11 The Annual Report on the Straits Settlements Police Force and on the State of Crime in 1894 has been published. The report dwells upon the Force being, as usual, under-officered, aud uotus that there has Ireen no t rouble with Secret Societies, but it. is
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    MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
    174 11 Thb Northumhxki.ani» Fusiliers. Captain the Honourable Charles Lambtou, to bo Major, vice G. H Dyke, promoted Lieuteiinnt-Colouel on half-puiy. Dated 21st January, 1895. The undermentioned Lieutenants to be made Captniua Pereival 9. Wilkinson, iu sueoessiou to Mujgr It. L. A. Pennington, appointed to tho Staff. Dated 27th Octols«r,
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    VOLUNTEER INSPECTION PARADE.
    382 11 THH SPIRIT FAR WITH AND TUP. H. V A SPIRITS. An inspection parade of i lie f*iugapore Voluuteer Artillery io k place on Situiday a r 'tvn<M U. At 3*/elock. the tueinl e inubterel ou Jo'jnstou’s Pier, altout 80 strong, while another leu or a do/.' n
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    S. C. C. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    296 11 I HURSDAVS RESULTS a. singles G. 1*. Cweu owe303 beat F. I>. Mactoggart ree. *2. II SlXt.LLH. Carmichael sor. /«< at Morrcn wr. Gunu scr. heat Armstrong rcc. 2. Waddell owe 15 heat Koelle mt. Cook scr. beat *tewart owe *1. Holloway rcc. 15‘2
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    THE MUNICIPALITY.
    1378 11 M;nut*h ok Pruccrdinos or tmk Muni* cipal OKMIMIOSaM at an Ordinary MbbTINO ON WrnMKBDAT, THR J'i'h Fkhkuary is:*:.. Present. —The President, Alex. Gentle, Esq.; Will. Nansen, Esq.; Se«h Leang Scab, Esq. G. T. Haro, Esq.; T. bholford, Esq. CM.D, J. Fraser, Esq.; Tan Jink Kim, Esq.; M. Meyer,
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      THE BAND: A SUGGESTION.
      330 11 I'm T1IE KDITOIt or THE “HTKAI1W TIMIC&* Sir.-— It would. I think. add a v eat it* 1. 1 to the popularity of (he 10th Lincolns. if th*» Colonel uud MBcm* w.uid kindly orinit the Hand of the Regiment t gvc* us a faruw II Miioul
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      BATU PAHAT.
      77 11 TO TUK KD1TOK OF THK “HTRAllf TlHKS Siu,- Inniv 1 ist let *er of correspondence ditel 13th inst, an error b»..s crept in which, I trust, you will nIIow me *o correct. The number of Indian Statute Immigrtnte l it in BhIu Pnbat in put down at 889.
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    687 12 ilUTiU. pp(<r a. Bhundara from Calcutta:—Meaar*. Barrr, and Fergusaon. Per a a. Chow Phya from Kim*? —Mmw Roeehr, aud Ketachker. Per a. a. Will o' the Wi*p from K ang Mr. W. G. Piru. P r a. a. Darwin from P. Darwin:—Mr. T. Maxwell. Per a. a. Calypto
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      216 12 Under this heading the following abbrovitions are used :—str.—steamer sli.—ship, bq.—barque; Brit—British U. B.—United States; Fr. —Fronch; Ger.—Gorman; Dut.— Dutch; Job. —Johore; Ac., G.c..— Genera oargo d. p.— passenger* U.—Uneer Lain ;T. P. W.—Tanjong Pager Wharf; T P. D.—Tanjong Pagar Dock; B. W.— Borneo Wharf; J. W.—Jardiae’s
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      TRADING VESSELS.
      1406 12 akkivai.k 8ino« N<»oN ok Sati'ETay. (I Q, Loud on, D dr 860 to*, Cant. Wjnbwrjf, 16th Ma*- Fruiu Hatavin. lllli Mar. (i. Da ’ii'L-la A Oj. F- r rou aims, 2ot >i P. W. Dt Catpruiier, Dut. »tr. 7‘>7 tou>-. C-pt. 1 I’etors, I7*h Mar. Fr-iii Hath via,
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      160 12 V »r>»*. P. rt, U'l'l of .V.i i> La*M>ON. <ileoog*c. Bonveuilb, Fell. 13; III VKRPO*'* Ancbi'0«, Ft li. 7; Palnin<d, flux Mar. l!J; Deni-nlion, dn<* Mm*. 28; Pbnarth. Myrtledeue, Fob. 10; Biut. Elba Rick mein, Nor 18 Richard Rickuiere, Deo. 4; Robert Rioktnere, Dec. 20; COtlM Paola Madre,
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      ARRIVALS.
      1404 12 J 1 -I l s S\*r. Tons. Captain. Fao». Sailrd CoKdioNaisb. Pm M r i* 6rit.xt*\ 90 Klanj/ Mar 7 .Vee Bin 4 Co. 11 aii; st r cod h j Mukr M .r 7 locn 8an 4 Co. 9 I'Filnn air. 24 tfi Iuck«on Liverpool Feb 2 W.
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      CLEARANCES.
      956 13 p VKi.srL’ti Name. Fi.a i a Bio Captain D»~r<«*r on 9 JuM Brit. str. P'omn.ir K;iii.„u 9 Sultan atr. Li t« Sourahura .1 F*emantle ria jioits 11 Sri Houg Ann «tr. Resells Teln* An««n via orts 11 Nrer* if str. Morris Tciuk Au on via poit* II Pcne* alis
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      ANJER.
      56 13 PASSED SUNDA STRAITS OR ARRIVED FOR ORDERS. Dvr*. and Ship’h Nam*. I Commander or j From hare Dkrtination Rio. j Sailing, i Mar P nTTTT Soon da 'l»ik Jan 19 Amsterdam Mar »«it Cane JoerUm Mar 12| ed. *.s. Lawoe Van der Valk Fab 2 'Rotterdam Mar 12 Swedlx|.
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