The Straits Budget, 19 November 1895

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    135 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” Th S penanl in^hrou?hlu e t irc t u,ati <>" of an V 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
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  • STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, 19TH NOVEMBER.
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      BIRTH.
      18 1 At K >ala Lumpur, on Faturday, th# 9th t«-ant. th# wife of ALFRED R. Vknnino, of siD.
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    460 1 DITOKIALSVoUntoor or Juror? A Colonial Army. ilr. Mneell'i* opportunity. The Activity of burg are Anti-Japanese Fs6iug. i'he Auarctiy in Turkey The Mat-acre at Kharput. OCaL. Market Quotation*. Snipping Ne«rs. Pa-st-nger Li t. Polic NewThe Aaei/.ee. The Fi»tt Aioiauack out. D ssbl-xl. AeJo -tdiy Night’* Burglaries Mon* Burglaries,
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS
    501 1 Singapore, 19th Notembbm, 1895. PRODUCE. Jam bier,. 8.25. do Cube No. 1, 11.75. do do No. 2, 9.80. Copra Bali, 5.45. do Pontianak, 5.10. Pepper Black, *e//er«@ 10.50. Sago Flour, Sarawak 2.65. do Brunei, 2.35. Pearl Sago, 3.40. Ooffoe Bali, 41.00. Coffee Liberian, 43.00. Tapioca small Flake,
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    319 1 The mail for Europe this week is taken on by the M.M. s.s. Krneat Simon*. The M.M. s.s. Oxua with the mail from Europe of the 25th October is due to-morrow. The German mail from Europe arrived on Thursday in the Prim Heinrich. The German .mail
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  • REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
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      THE GUILDHALL SPEECH.
      69 1 London, l’Jth November. FKKBM OPINION Yesterday’ll telegram as regard* Lord Salisbury's remarks respecting Russia u designs ou Port Arthur, should read: Hritaiu was prepared for any combination for war or commerce iu that direction. The newspapers uuitedlv approve of Lord Salisbury's speech, especially the references to Turkey
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      BANKERS IN COUNCIL.
      24 1 The bankers at Paris have met to consider the financial situation and the measures t> restore confidence iu the money market.
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      THE TURKISH TROUBLES.
      62 1 London, ISth November. FRENCH NAVAL MEASURES. DIHTl’USANCES IN ANATOLIA A special French squadrou has sailed lor Eastern waters. The Turkish Government Ins called out more reserve troops to s»rv» under the colon is. The Government intends to occupy every strategic j>oint iu Anatolia or Asia Minor, and
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      ASHANTEE.
      26 1 EXPEDITION IMMINENT Orders have been given at Woolwich to desputch materials to Accra, on the Gold Coast, to be ready for the proposed Ashautee Expedition.
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      THE TROUBLES IN TURKEY.
      29 1 London, 14th Nov. Au Italian squadron has lieen ordered to the Levaut. The squadron will probably join the British fleet in Turkish waters at Salonica.
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      THE ASHANTEE WAR.
      42 1 Sir Francis Scott, the commander of the Gold Caost forces, will command the expedition to Ashautee. The expedition is fourteeu hundred strong, and iucludes six hundred picked Regulars. A ffjuadron will the expedition. Prince Christian Victor accompanies the exj>editiou.
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      THE NEW FRENCH MINISTRY.
      27 1 London, 15th Nov. Tbs Chamber of Deputies at Paris have passed, by a large majority, a vote of confidence iu the Bourgeois Ministry.
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      THE TROUBLES IN TURKEY.
      33 1 ACTION OK THE POWERS Austria and Russia, also, are seuding iuen-of-war to the Levant. The Powers are exchanging views on Turkish affairs, with Vionua as the centre of discussion
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      THE STOKES INCIDENT.
      30 1 AMOUNT Of INOBMNITV The Congo Free State has paid to tho British Government, the sum of six thousand pounds as indemnity for the execution of Mr. Stokes.
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      THE ANARCHY IN TURKEY.
      68 1 London, 16tk November. imoum.ES IN STRIA, An American Squadron is also going to the Levant. The inhabitants of Mouut Lebanon are growing rest’ess. The Mussulmen at Dainaicus are also incensed against Christians. The Turkish Government is poivo«‘let* to preserve order. The garrisous of the the forts
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      NAVAL DISASTER.
      24 1 A launch from H.M.S, Edijar sank, las Wednesday, at Chemulpo in Corea. Forty eight of those on l»oard the launch wera drowned.
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      THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA.
      19 1 The Czarina has been safely d ‘liver.* 1 of a daughter. Both are doing well.
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      THE COLLAPSE OF TURKEY.
      77 1 London, I9th November LAW LEAHNEM* SPREADING A KKESH MASSACRE Race hatred aud religion* tauat.iciam Smoug Mabomincdau* in Turkey are getting beyond official control. The Christian population, everywhere in Armenia, ia now in the greatest danger. A massacre is re|*orted from Kharpat, a town iu Armenia, sixty
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  • EDITORIALS.
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      VOLUNTEER OR JUROR.
      486 1 (Straitt Timet, 12th November.) Tint careful assurance, made by tha Attorney-General at yesterday’s meeting of Council, that the Volunteer Ordinance in to be so amended as to only allow bueli u number of Voluuteers to be 1 exempt from jury service us will not amount to more
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      A FRENCH COLONIAL ARMY.
      375 2 (Straits Times, L'Uh November.) Tint question of raising a Colonial army is now to i he front in France, and the Radical Miuistry, which has just taken office there, promises to deal with it. The extension of tbe French Colonies, ami the recent conquests in Madagascar
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      MR. MAXWELL’S OPPORTUNITY.
      286 2 (Staoits Timet, l-ilh So ember.) Lkt the Cadets l»e heartened. An erstwhile juuior officer of the Straits service—not even a Cadet—is going to have a war on his hands. Mr. Maxwell’s Ashantee war seems as if it were going to begin. To-day’s telegram may lie supplemented by
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      THE ACTIVITY OF BURGLARS.
      246 2 (Straitt Timet, 14th Norember.) Til Kit k seems no goal reason why the iiuiu era of the burgling profession i-liouhl be at present so active. The Chinese New Year is not due for some three months, and there is, therefore, no immediate reason why the burglars
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      ANTI-JAPANESE FEELING.
      382 2 (Straitt Timet, l.'ith November.) This new treaty l>etween Britain and Japan now arouses close attention in Australia, where the checking of Japinese immigration thither threatens to Income a burning question. The Japanese there stir up greater antipathy than the Chinese,and the Japaneseare indeed looked upon as more dangerous
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      THE ANARCHY IN TURKEY.
      334 2 (Siraitt Timet. 46th November.) To-day's telegrams poiut to the rapid approach ot foieign intervention in Turkey. The Paw. rs had insisted on reforms in Armenia which the Sultan reluctantly granted, with guarantees that the reforms would be carried out undrr Euiopcausuperviri >n. Closer inspection r how«d
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      THE MASSACRE AT KHARPUT.
      252 2 {Straits Tints*, 18th November.) kharput, the scene of the massacre rejHirted in to-day’s telegram, is in Armenia, about sixty miles north of Diarbekir, the se me of another massacre, a fortnight ago. The population, a few years back, reached twenty-five thousand, about one tenth of whom
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    PAHANG NEWS.
    1744 2 From our corretpomleut. pekun, So tuning, Uth Norember. Though the (jympie arrived off tbe h uala ou the luurumg of tbe /ih, the had to wait out ode til tbe uext day before she was able to cross the bar. The sea was exceptionally rough, with waves and
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    TUESDAY, 12TH NOVEMBER.
    272 3 \Ve uodesstaud that Mr. Littou of tl.e Strait* Civil Service has nr ived perniistioo to leave ,?nr i ce au< l j°' n t’»« CouJa r Corps in Chini. Mes«rs. Wilkinson Haw* w h° wero B applicant* for ulBS ioQ to make a similar tr.msV, not vet
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    BORNEO TOBACCO PLANTING.
    57 3 A report has reached Amsterdam from British North B *rneo, that, ou the tobacco estate of the Areudsburg Com lanv. the tobacco wedliuir diseise hs* broken out. This estate will he closed dm* vear. If this d'oease takes further bold, the competition of British North B-raeo will
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    THE ATTEMPTED INSURRECTION AT CANTON.
    194 3 I'f'PvT* hks received from Canton report ■'r tli* chief of the conspiracy forsurpri»u.» the city of Canton man nam*«l Huang, who bai he**n several years in the Tinted States. an educated man it) ihe prime of life, wealthy, and the son "f an ex-official with
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    CRICKET.
    168 3 Match between oarrison 2nd XI and S 0. G. 2nd XI. at Tanolin FIRST INNINOS OF OARRISON Blease. H.A., b. Morreii b Buiitb, 5th Fus., b. Morren 13 Dow ning, 5th Fus.. c. A b. Morren 23 ht. Daw S on, 5th Fus., b. Severn 20 Sgt. Hayes, 5th
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    CHOLERA IN DELI.
    56 3 This Deli Courant of the 9th instant report* the total disappearance of cholera in that quarter. No case* of the disease had occurred there for dty*. laißt month, at the port of Labuan, out of five persons attacked, four died. On tbe Maryland estate, there were only
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    HONGKONG BANK.
    62 3 A correspondent draws attention in a Shanghai journal to the excellent position of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank stock as a dividend-paying investment. He concludes that in the past twelve month* the Bank’s profits amounted to 33 per cent, on its capital, or a possible dividend of 11
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    MUNICIPAL INDUSTRY.
    112 3 The Municipality of Shanghai have ■iuce 1891 gone into the manufacturing line in making pipes aud other sanitary ware with Portland ceuieut concrete a 9 a material. So far, the output Ins uot k*pt pace with the demand. It, is woitby o» note that, owiug to low exchange
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    THE ASSIZES.
    564 3 THE CAsHIN SETH CASES. The Assizes were opened this morning by Mr. Chief Justiie Cox. Ou the Court assembling, the Attorney-Geueral said he desired to make an application < with reference to the charges ou the calendar against Josephine Elizabeth Cashin aud Philip Joseph Setb, of theft aud
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    4159 3 NOVEMBER. 11th. 1 PRESENT. Sir Charles Bull»n Huuh Mitchell, t H.E. Major-General H T..foiiea-Vaugliau, C.B. J Hon. J. A. Swettoulinin, Co'ouial Secretary. j Ron. W. R. Col Iyer, Attorney- nuienil. Hou. J K. Birch, Actin' Colonial Treasurer. Hon. Major McCnllum, Colonial Engineer. Hon. A. Hutteubach. 1 Hon. T.
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    SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB.
    663 4 A day’s RACING ON 4th JANUARY. THE AGREEMENT W ITH THE STRAITS TURF CLUE APPROVED. A special general meeting of the Singapore Sj»ortiug Club was held yesterday afternoon, at 5 o’clock, m the Exchange Room, to consider the proposals as to an extra day’s racing at or
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    FANCY DRESS BALL AT SELANGOR.
    979 4 (From our Correrpoudint.) Btk November. Last night, at the Selangor Ciub, was heal a Fat-cy D.e«s dance in houourof the i«turu of Mrs. and Miss Rodger. ThI a 1 was one of the largest dunces ever held in S-laiig< r, and. eertaiulv, the best of
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    WEDNESDAY, 13TH NOVEMBER.
    138 4 torn bpondei t argues that Fort l ;ituiug Hill should l*t- male inlu m cd with road* ro'iud the li• 11. The Me® M*CUIS good. The letter Driieu to Dunk” i-huuid be road bv M L. C*. Penano adviren to lltli ins»„ leport the defaulting cashier ot
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    THE PHONOGRAPH.
    44 4 EXHIBITION IN SINGAPORE Edison's phonograph, now on exhibition at the building next to the Adelphi Hotel is certainly a very remarkable instrument. It is the largest that has been seen east of Suez, and, uulike smaller examples, the articulation is perfectly (listim-t.
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    THE BANGKOK RICE MARKET.
    40 4 The Siam Obeerver of th** sth instant notes that a suddeu fa'l in prices at Hongkong has paralysed th lice market at Bangkok. The paddy boats are lying up, refusing to sdl at such low quotations.
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    SMALL CHANGE IN SIAM.
    48 4 At Baugkok, retail trade is said to be carried on uuder difficulties from scarcity of miuor coinage. There have for some time been complaints of the dearth of small silver change in Siam, and bronze coins are said to be equally scarce in parts.
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    JAPANESE AT THE PESCADORES.
    47 4 Until a suitable nival harbour has he n construeted at Formosa or the Pescadores, Makuug Bay in the Pescadores is to be made the rendezvous for the Japaue Hce>. A powerful fhet is to be kept there, says a vernacular contemporary. Kobt Chronicle.
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    GOLF AT BANGKOK.
    53 4 The Banykuk Tima slat s that a Qolf Club is uow an accomplished fact at Baugkok. For the present, members will play upou the Premane Ground, but they hope to utilise a spot on the Korat railway line, which, it is alleged, will furnish the finest links
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    THE ASSIZES.
    79 4 At the Assizes yesterday* before \i Chief Justice Cox, Tan Ngo was tlmrii with attempting to murder, earning and attempted suicide. The prisoner fouud guilty on the first two counts acquitted on the third. He was bumjj to two years’ rip on us imprisoning A tig Poh was
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    THE FIRST ALMANACK OUT.
    56 4 The British and Foreign Bible Bocitt« has brought out its Almanack for In***; the tirat of the season. The almanack atttacts utteutiou, besides, by an artiitj headingsymbolic of the Society's diatribnu iug work-—and by a highly finished centre piece, depicting Dr. Morrison, the eminent missionary aud
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    THE PENANG MUNICIPALITY.
    78 4 A resident in Penang sends us a vert long letter, censuring the Municipality for deciding to tngage u Clerk of Worki iu Kun>|"* ou a salary of 91.800 a jear, with 8500 for his passage out. In kil opiuion. this decision mean* »h*-er waste m uiouey, oaiug
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    THE “ PALL MALL MAGAZINE.”
    72 4 THE PALL MALL MAGAZINE.” TLe November number of the P*U Mall Msgaziue, which has come to ui b» the mail, contains a large number j interesting stori« s and clever articles. The principal features of it, this month are the shv»rt i-tins which sre almost exceptionally bright aud readable, aud
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    ANTI-JAPANESE MOVEMENT.
    75 4 The Ooverum ut of South Austral:* hut intimated tha\ in the Nortbero Territory of that Col »ny, no further jiearlmc licences will be issued to Asiatics p-ud.Li: the consideration c»t the question br tiir iutercolouial conference propose! to l* held to deal with the Anglo-Japanese treat? from an
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    BARRISTERS FOR THE NATIVE STATES.
    90 4 It i* unlerstool, mi vs the LooJoi *urie>pou lent of th-; Ght*yo>r Herald, tLu T in eouse jueuce of the federation ol the Ma’ ay Spates, Mr Chamberlain will mo! four or five birr s‘er* to go out to Perak oid Selangor as m igist•
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    MINING IN SIAM.
    108 4 Advicib have be**n received at Bangkok from Paris that acompauy h ts been formed iu Lomlou aud affiliated with the Wa'aua Company to Oj eu up and work the remaining portion of the French concession tbeiv The affiliated London Company is said t# have a capital of
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    COMPETITION WITH THE FAR EAST.
    101 4 Mr. R. S. Gundry iu the October Lumber of the Fortnitjhlly Review discusses English Industry and Far Eastern competition, pointing out that, owing to tbr depreciation of silver or the appreciation of gold, the Yellow Mau with the nite Money ein cut us out of
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    MR. HUGH WATT’S MINING PURCHASES.
    102 4 Mr. Hcoh Watt, who passed through Singapore on his way to Australia tm mining investment purposes, has secure* several mines in the Northern Territory there. In all, six leases and five batten* are reported to have been taken up by Mr. Watt, all from Chinese
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    A SMOKERS’ CLUB.
    134 5 In Bruges there is a Smoker*’ Club,” with "hick the test of true merit i* to be able to make a giveu quautity of tobacco last long* r thau any oue the. At the annual competition, wbich ha* jmt taken place, the pipes of the rooker*” were
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    A PAHANG GAOL BIRD.
    791 5 The Pahang police aud gaol officials have received information that there is, at thepreseut time, in the Colonial Prisoi, undergoing a seuWncc of six vtais’ rigorous impr.sonmeut for escaping from the Singapore gad iu 1888, an old customer of theirs, a rn.tu named Muhatnad Hussitn, who,
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    327 5 A special meeting of the Muaicipal Commission was held this afternoon tor the purpose of considering the budget for 1896. The President explained that they could not at preseut deal with the salaries item* of the estimates as the letter to ihe Governor asking, in accordance with resolution
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    ELECTRIC LIGHTING IN CEYLON.
    76 5 Ckylon is forging ahead iu the matter of the electric light, aod there is now au utei of utilising tbe water-power up-coun-try for working the machinery ou various estates. Even a Hindu temple is pieparmg to light up its ancient gods with the illuininant of tbe
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    THE PHILIPPINES.
    401 5 THE CETKoLEI'M TRADE AKKAIK* IN MINDANAO. NAVAL PREPARATIONS. A telegram from Madrid, in tbe Cumercio, announces that ten thousand Mauser rifles had laen ordered from Hamburg for i!ruling tbe army in the Philippines. Despite recent increase in the import duty on petroleum iu the islands, tbe price of
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    SELANGOR NEWS.
    1004 5 (From our Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, 8th November. THE WEATHER. Scarcely auy rain has fallen this week, and the riveis have returned to their proper channel**. Tue Railway Depa'tment are hard at work restoring the Ulu Selangor track. The P. W. D. have suffered comparitively slightly, and, as far
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    PAHANG NEWS.
    1140 5 (From our Correvponient.) Pekmn, sth November. Strange, but nevertheless true, the new Britith Dollar, that baa now been cut for aome montba, baa only juat made its appearauce in Pabang, tbougb not in any quantity, about 8 or 4 being found in a buudred dollars counted out at
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    MUAR.
    146 5 (From our Correepondent.) 11th November. A very tio« young tiger was entrapped in the Chohoug district, a few days ago. and brought dowu to the Biudar for the u-.mil reward. It was sent on to Johor* by tbe Government steamer Pulai, which left here this morning. The I letters
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    LATE TELEGRAMS.
    266 5 Via Bamjkok.) Pari*, iird November. Several modifications have taken place ia tlio Bourgeois Cabinet. Bortlielot libm accepted the portfolio of Foreign Affair*, thus replacing Hanotanx. Combos limh passed from the portfolio of Agriculture to that of Public Instruction, and the Colonics has been offered to Levoillo. The Ministry
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    HOME NOTES.
    1947 6 Mr. Balfour is now followed by little group* of admiring ladica all over the golf link*. o o His Fort*.—Friend Your sou, I understand. Ium literary aspirations. Does he write for money F* Father (feelingly):— Uureaao a Mr. S. Hicheus, author of tiiat brilliant skit, "The UVeen Carnatiou,”
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    THURSDAY, 14TH NOVEMBER.
    426 6 A Chinese stamp col lector in Penang is rumoured to have s *ld his collection for j£6oo. The s s. Glenfnrg arrived yesterday, from Loudon, with 30 tons of explosives for Hongkong. Mr. Thomas Scott and family, and Mies |So.ti arr.vod this moruing froux Europe by the
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    PENANG GRIFFINS.
    39 6 The Penang galloway griffins were measured ou Saturday. There are thirtyoiu*\ all told, and they are an exceedingly even lot, the difference iu the height of the fi'-st lot of tweuty only amounting to half an inch.
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    PUNJOM.
    41 6 The Secretary of the Puujom Mining Co. has received the following telegram from Puajom, showing the result of the clean-up for October:— The mill rao 27 days, crushing 1,000 tons of ore for a vield of 390 ounces of bullion.
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    RUSSIA IN COREA.
    68 6 The Cbeuiulpo correspondent of a Japanese journal writ- s that on October 15th two American, two French, and one Russian man-of-war were in the port of Chemulpo, and that a number of Russian vessels were retried to lie coming in there shortly. He adds, that the Russian
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    THE RANEE OF SARAWAK.
    28 6 H. H. the Ranee of Barawak and ber goo, the Tuan Mu-la, have taken passage for Genoa io the German mail ateumer Print Heinrich.
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    JAPANESE STEAMERS.
    43 6 A Japanese line of steamers is said to be in readme* to run between Japanese ports and Australia, and Port. Darwin in the Northern Territory is to be included in the run. The leading boat will leive Japan in January next.
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    EXECUTION AT PENANG.
    40 6 Sabxhathy. the Prye IWk murderer, was banged, at Penang, on Monday morning last. He walk* 1 firmly totbevcvffold, aud bis last request wjs for Kling*, (his countrymen) and not Chiuese. to bury biin. The request was granted.
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    MINING IN SIAM.
    40 6 The New Kabiu Syndicate, which has been formed in London to p>os|*ect square miles of l»ud on the tast of the present mines, has despatched pump* aud other machinery from England tor completing the prosj»eeting already be^un.
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    TAKING OATH.
    51 6 In connection with the oath-adminis-tration point ra'S-nl h- re, the other dar, by Mr. Justice Le<ch. t'*e China Mail u it*-s that, in the Hoogkoug Police C>urt, it i« the general practice or us d to be quite r»c utlv for European witnesses t«» be sworn bv a
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    DISABLED.
    46 6 The Biue funnel steamer Meaelaut arrived lost nigh', having iu tow the Scotlis't Oriental steamer lhichow, whose piston rod broke «h le on a voyage between Bangkok mi l Hongkong. The injured vessel h<s gone to the Taujong Pagar D m k to effect r»*p*ira.
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    RAILWAYS IN SIAM.
    65 6 The bim>n Free Press notes a rumour that a concession fora railway extension in Northern Siam, toward* the t- ak districts of Chieugtnui, is on the eve of being hande 1 oy< rto a L <udou firm. ’1 hi* roposed extension posbeneex importance, and the construstion of
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    THE KORAT RAILWAY.
    61 6 It is alleged. in connection with tie Korat rails ay, that the coolie labour emploved on &u ini|>ortant s«ctiou is of a vali d character, iucludiug men fiom Hongkong. Deli. Selangor, ami Sing*pore but it is found tha 4 when ouce initiate I. Siamese coolits. being more
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    THE PENANG HARBOUR BILL.
    71 6 It is reported iu Peuang that the Governor lias received aa intimation from the Colonial Office. that the Penang H »r--bour scheme involv«s so many issues th it the Secretary i f State ran not ret come to a decision. It is riciving full consider.*tiou, however,
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    THE CHINA WAR INDEMNITY.
    68 6 Thl Chinese Government has informed Mr. Hayash*. Ja|*anese Minister to China, report the Japanese papers, that the first instalment of the war indemnity will {•aid on November Btb. but the Gov ruuieut received a telegram lrom tLe Japjiuse Miu.aUr tj Great Biilaiu, announcing that the Clinoe
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    TROUBLES IN SARAWAK.
    80 6 The Sarawak Government has to face troubles iu the interior of the Rejjng districts from the murder of five Dyaks, out of a party of six, there, by the Kuyaus, au inland tribe. The tribesmen of the murdered Dyaks f.el anxious for revenge on the murderers. The
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    POLICE FIREMEN.
    127 6 At the Penang Municipal meeting on the Bth instant, the President stated that the Government had asked them to pav 1100 i»er month to the police for manuing the Municipal tire engines. He said this was reasonable. Captain Anderson agreed with the President. Mr. Tat said that, if
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    OPENING A SETTLEMENT.
    79 6 Ic is rej>orted, s*ys a Shanghai, native paper, that the opening of the Japanese Settlement at Hangchow is soon expected Its area is ten square miles, extending from Kungsuu Bridge to Sbacbuen. The Japanese Consul-General is now at Soochow discussing uffaiis attributable to the openiog of the
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    RELIGION IN MINING.
    95 6 The Evident of Upper Sarawak, the other day, had to decide upon a somewhat unusual css*, all the patties concerned being Kheh Chinese; the complainants who were relatives of a dec as d shareholl der in a mining concern which is doing ra’her well, objected to another
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    ASIATIC ALIENS IN AUSTRALIA.
    94 6 A Bill has Ken introduced in the South Australian Pari ament for the regulation of ui uii i; in the N-»rtli* ru T«-riitonr. One clause piovidc* tint uo gold milling leases shall be granted to Asiatic aliens, and another dame, that iu the future no mining
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    HORSES FOR JAPAN.
    107 6 The steamer GttfA rie left Australia with twenty-five Australian hor.-ea for Yokohama. Only sevtu reached Hongkong. Rou.li weather was experienced aud the poor animals bad a dieadful time. One day, five of them were hurl'd from their stalls on the starboard side over the winch, and they
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    MALAY PENINSULA PROSPECTING COMPANY, (LTD)
    155 6 A general inerting of the shareholders of the Malay Peninsula Prospecting Cov., was held to-day, at noon. Mr. Gentl<* presi JeJ. Tue report and arc units (already published i•? the Straits Times) wereiaken r» ad. After the ch urm «n’s spsi-h, some wis usvo i
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    PEPPER PLANTING IN SARAWAK.
    283 6 ,—Sarawak Qazetts The j>epper planting industry tu Sarawak i> cLitfly carried on in Sarawak proper, most of which consists of indifferent and shallow soil, in which the vines require an artificial diess.ng in the form of burnt earth, to lighten tLe natural stickiness of the ground.
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    CHRISTMAS GOLF.
    109 7 the programme. The following is the programme of the golfing festival to be held at Singapore under the auspices of the Siugapore Golf Club, during Christmas week Welcome to Visitor*. Teams’ and Committee's Dinner. Dec. 23rd. Singajioro c. Perak (Match PUy). Dec. 24th. Singapore v. Selangor (Match PUy).
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    THE PERAK TURF CLUB.
    380 7 At the annual meeting of the P»rak Turf Club, h* Id on the 2nd instant. Colonel Walker took the chair. The Chairman in pre*eu>in/ the accounts remarked on the splendid result shewn by thp balance nh*vt ri*. t a cash balance to the credit of the
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    DELI NEWS.
    320 7 I HOP PROSPECT* UHUTAI. MURDER CONCESSION ENTERPRISE October, suvs the Ddi Courant, proved very rainy iu the plautiDg districts there, and greatly hampered outdoor work on the estates. The wet weather resulted favourably for sorting operations, which hence progress*d lapidlr. But, as this time the crop contains much
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    206 7 OBDKBB OK THK DAY KOB MONDAY. Notice*. Colonial B«cbbtaby’b motion “That m tills Council has already.agreed to alter the wording of the vote for Barracks iu the Eati* mtte* for 1896 from ‘New Barracks at Pulau Brain and blakang Mati (2nd vote)’ to New Barracks, Singapore (2nd vote)’,
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    LATE TELEGRAMS.
    166 7 Via HaiKjlcok.) London, oth November. The late elections in the United Bfates resulted in several striking victories f r the Republicans, especially in Maryland. New York, Massachusetts, and Ohio. The entire province of Kausu iu China is now in revolt, and the whole of the Kashgar troops have
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    LAST NIGHT’S BURGLARIES.
    397 7 Mr. W. S. Givig nearly caught a burglar ia-*t. uigbt. He (Mr. Grei/) did, iu fad, capture a half of h's (the burglar’s) baju. Mr. Greig lives uu Mount Elizabeth, which is a hill badly iufested with bu glars—perhaps, because the lu»|>ec-tor-Geucrai of Police lives on the
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    SELANGOR PLANTERS’ ASSOCIATION.
    550 7 A general meeting was held at the Selangor Club, on Saturday, 26th October. Present: Messrs. E. V. Car y, (Chairman), C. Me kle, E. B. Skinner, R. Meikle, R. Kindeisley, It. C. Tollemacbe, L. Dougal, H. Rowe, M. Stonor, C. Glass ford, B. Nisseu, F. A. Hurtb,
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    TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
    737 7 t From the "Timet of Ceylon"). Farit, Hud November. The French j»apers are astonished at M. Bourgeois conferring the portfolio for Foreign Affairs on M. Bert helot, ami those for War anil Marine on civilians in Cavaignae and in Lockroy. London, 'Jnd November. Lord Wolseley. in an Army
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    NEWS VIA AUSTRALIA.
    1470 7 London, I Nth October. The long-standing difficulty is increasing iu connection with tho settlement of the boundary question between the Republic of Venezuela aud British Guiana, on the northeast coast of tr'outh America. The Venezuelans at tho end of last year crossed the Cayuni River, and established
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    LITERARY NOTES.
    969 8 Tlie remiuiscences of the lata Master of Balliol, contributed reeeutly by Mr. TulleBlache to the Journal of Education, will b»* published immediately in l>cok form hy Mr. Edward Arnold i t Tiie volume of aphoristic Heiitouce* and rei#»tious which Mr. Hartley Coleridge k*' compiled from tho uotcl*ook of
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    HOME NOTES.
    1247 8 The K|»wkit English to Prince Henry of Battenberg. sml even to the Grand Duke of Hesse. an>l the Ditches* of Cobnrg-Ootha. and the Prince of Wales writes almost always in Euglisli to h'H mother and to his other relations living in Eftgl.-iud. German is ouly s|Mikou in con
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    GOLF IN AMERICA.
    108 8 The Yankee is nothing if not lavish, and it in reported of him that his great ambition is to lick croiitiou in everything—and true euough, when he means business, he is a difficult tuan to better. He has recently taken to golf, and the mauner in which
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    FRIDAY, 15TH NOVEMBER.
    31 8 Dukino Major McCallum's absence from Singapore Capt. H. Duoman will act as Commandant S.V.A. Under the beading Netberlauds India" will be found some delightful remarks about Chinese cashiers.
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    THE FRENCH AT BANGKOK.
    41 8 The Siam OUerver notes that there will soou he twice as many French officials in Baugkok os there are genuiue Freuch subjects. M. Lefebr-*, it is un lerstood, is now on bis w,ty from Pars us ViceConsul.
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    THE REV. MR. LAMONT.
    38 8 The Rev. Mr. Lunont and Mrs. Lamout arrived at Bangkok from Singapore by the Hecuba on the 9'h instant. They mteud taking a short holiday in Bangkok, from whence they will return to Singa|>ore.
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    NEW GERMAN-LLOYD STEAMERS.
    33 8 It is stated that, the Fairfield Shipbuilding Comjwiny has secured the contract for the building of two Urge Gerinan-L!oyd steam-rs. t*be of greater dimens ons thau the Cimfmnia or Lnciwia.
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    A TRAGEDY AT KABUL.
    50 8 News has just reu-hel Simla that a trooi-er of the escort of lh J British Agent, at Kabul, ran owed* a few davsag*, killing Colonel Akkram Klian. the British Agent, and his sou. th* Agency interpreter. The Bri'ish Ageut’u laxly baa beeu brought in to Kurram.
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    A LAWYER FROM HONDURAS.
    69 8 Mk. C. R. Hoffm sister, an English Barrister of s »me twenty years’ standm was ou Wednesday admitted as a member of the local bir on the motiou cf the Attorney-General. Mr. Hoff merit, r hid beeu for some years A'torn»*v-General, in Br.trih Houduras where heafterwards
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    ENGLISH CRICKET TEAMS FOR INDIA.
    142 8 It will have lieeu seen that Lord Hawke is taking a cricket e'ev*»D to South Africa this winter. His Lordship would have preferred India, and. in fact, triel herd to get up a team to come out here, but lie could not get more than
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    MORE BURGLARIES.
    146 8 Last night. some Chinese entetel a native house at Taujong Pagur. and. without disturbing the inmates, secured plunder of various kinds to the value of 8212. Another burglary was committed in the quarters of warder, at the Gaol, a silver watch and a f>*w dollars lu-ing taken. In
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    IRRIGATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
    567 8 Ihe proceedings at the fourth annual Irrigation Congress, recently held at Albuquerque, N.M., have (says the Library Dijest, NT.) attracted considerable attention. The attendance was large, atd many States were represented. In the president*! address stress was laid on the fact that the South is
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    NEWS VIA AUSTRALIA.
    552 8 London. Isth October. Six of the foreign ambassador* in Constantinople, with the view of strengthening the han !•> of the Turkish Gov* *rmuen?. have asked the Armenian Patriarch to stop the agitation now proceeding among tluj Armenians against the Porte. They lisve pointed out to him tiiat
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    ALL ABOUT THE “ TIMES.”
    1086 9 ALL ABOUT THE TIMES.” verV interesting paper is contributed Mr. Creeluasn to AlcClure't Magazine j ribiu!/ tbe Timet, its proprietors, d Tt\rt at»d stuff. It is copiously illusVy portraits of all the Walters, but lrA 1 Mr McClure has failed to succeed in obtam.u* «he portrait of Mr. Buckle, who
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    JAPANESE CIVILISATION.
    278 9 There is a very interesting paper on tbe genius of Japaucse civilisation in tbe Atlantic Monthly for October, io which the wruer, Mr. Hearns, says: The Japanese man of the people—the skilled labourer able to underbid without effort auy Western artizan in the same line of industry—remains happily
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    THE PHILIPPINES.
    468 9 AfrTAlß* IJf MtfcbANAO M YsTKKIOI’M Ml'KbEtt Twii Comrrciu of the Wtb October eontaiis advices from MiudattaO to the effect .hat >ubm B:th« of Ma!ayau rebel datus or chief* to the Governor Genet al of the Philippines, who had goue to the seat of disturbance, contiuue ino easing. The
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    THE PHILHARMONIC CONCERT.
    406 9 Thb concert given last night, by the Philharmonic Bociety, was distinctly suecessful, and tbe programme appealed strongly to a large audience. It was a concert of a miscellaneous character, slightly more popular in toue than r»cent efforts of the Society. It may jierhaps be doubt wheth* r,
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    THE FIERCE MALAYS OF PENANG.
    445 9 ROW "TOMMY ArPKASF.D THEM. Under the date of August 7, a correspondent writes to the boy s O> r n Paper: f hava brother who is a soldier, now atarionrd with his regiment at Penang an island on the west coast of the Malay Pen
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    1193 9 THE BATAVIAAINUAPORE ROUTE CHINESE CASHIERS. GERMAN NEW GUINEA. ACHEEN AREA IRS. A Batavia journal draws attention to the dangers of the steamer route between i hat j.ort ad Singapore—one of the ino«t liequcuied ocean highways in the I* diau Aivutpetagu. The Ncttierlauds India Go veru incut has sought
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    SIR NICHOLAS O’CONOR.
    37 9 This week, Sir Nicholas O’Couor is to pass through Hongkong on his way home. Au ideu of giving him something iu the nature of a public receptiou has been mooted by his friend* there.
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    THE NEW BANK.
    35 9 It i* re|>erted that Mr. E. G. Vo idlem»ut, lately manager at Shanghai ot the Comptoir National d’Escoinpte, will profa iblv r**tu n to Shanghai as mauager of tue uew Kusso-Freurh Bank.
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    FRENCH EXPLORATION IN INDO-CHINA.
    523 9 The Temps of Oct. 11 published a letter filling six columns from Priuce Henry of Orleans on the first portion of his journey fiom Touquin to Yunnan. A map accompanies the text, is dated from Tw-U-fw, Juuu 1. It wa< on Feb. 27 that Prioee Henry
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    PROGRESS IN COREA.
    62 10 It ia stated that the Cor ?au Government. h«m under c »uteuiplatioii the issue of a i edict r leriug the people to cut their hair in E m*|ea«» fashion. The King and the Of* rt Piinoe will *'t the xanipb*, as aooi' aa the suns of
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    A RUSSIAN COALING STATION IN THE EAST INDIES.
    58 10 ,—China Gazette. Th re is good reason to believe that a Teccut visit of General Doukhovakoy, Governor-General f Eastern Siberia, to Batavia i* iu eouoection with a scheme, which ttie Russians have beeu working for «oro** time past, to obtain a coaling
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    LITERATURE. ART, MUSIC.
    725 10 A new periodieal is to he started iu Boston, called The Black Cat. Each number will contain seven tales, no more nor less, because a cat is supposed to have seven lives. e Mr. Hall Gain* is to write a few letters to the Timet on America.
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    HOME NOTES.
    1844 10 At the hall. Insinuating young man do matron): "How exquisitely tieautiful your daughter looks to-night, and what a magnificent preaeuoc she lias Matron Ah. race will tell! It in Vikiug auoeetrv." Quitf* so. I suppose they were splendid.” ‘‘Oh, spleu did, iudeed But the pace was nothing to
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    SATURDAY, 16TH NOVEMBER.
    205 10 H. M. S. Centurion, with Admiral Duller on board, is expected here on the 20th inst. Duriho last month 1,022 ounces of smelted gold were exported from Pahang to SinirHpore, as were ulso 143 slabs of tin and 42H bags of tin ore. A forthcoming wedding is
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    MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
    23 10 The Prince of Wales publi? house is pUcel in bounds to the troop* in garrison fi<>ii) Monday next, the !Bib inst.
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    CHINESE LIBERALITY.
    47 10 The Chinese of Penang a»e reported to be subscribing freely to the building fund o» ’he Free S’hool there. So far, the list is headed hv Mr Tio Tiau Siat, Chinese Vice-Consul, Peuang, but, at present, Acting Cousul-General at Singapore, with a doDdtion of s].2<Xt.
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    JUROR EXEMPTION.
    54 10 A SMART IDLA At tht' Penang A-size, an Armenian applied for exemption «*n the ground that he never could tind any prison* r guilty. He Raid bia principle was such, and that he had always been exempted by the Court before on hia giving the same reason. Justice
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    JAPANESE GOODS IN INDIA.
    72 10 The ••bief featur-e iu the Japanese imports into Bombay during the pa«t \e*r wa-> the immense in'Te-tte uudcr maUlies, the import value of which ruse something like eeveu hundred per cent; while a quite remarkable trade sprang up iu Japanese umbrellas. The collector observes, however, that
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    SEVERE PENALTIES.
    132 10 Disorderly strikers get severely detlt with at Shanghai. Air tbe Mixed Court, recently, twenty-eight strikiug journeymeu tailors were charged with others not iu custody with assembling in Minghoug Hoad, causing a complete obstruction of the thoroughfare; also with be ng guilty oi riotous and disorderly conduct. They had
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    MRS. NIND.
    167 10 Mrs. Mary Nind is uow in Singapore. She has been much iuterested iu Mission work for many years and bus been a very energetic Secretary of the Woman’s Foreign Mission* Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Iu America, she has doue much to stir up au interest in
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    A CANARD.
    68 10 News was brought here yesterday i the German mail, that the Geruiau hZ'IJ lieeu hoisted on an island called KwcLT opposite Amoy. This event i« alleged u have taken place ou the 3id iustau* the subject was much canvassed on bo*!? Obviou-ly the story is absurd. Pas»e gers
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    LI HUNG CHANG APPROVED.
    409 10 At the Priusep Street Clupel, j 4M night, the d. bating sectiou of the Chine* Cliristiau As*o» iation bad the temerity t 0 attempt to weigh in the balance no’le* a person than the great Chinese Vi Wo Li Hung Chang. All the speakers admit ted
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    THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    355 10 I'ith SovenJn r.) Lieut.-Coloncl E. G. Pcnnelathcr ami Mr. Seah Liaug Scab have l»eu renominated to be Municipal Commissioner! for ihe Municipality of Singapore, from tie* Ist January IB9ti. Mr. J.Y. Kenuedv has been r* mmoLa'a! to L- a Municipal Commissioner at PeoaUk’ lor three years until
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    GOLF NOTES.
    933 11 After a short but enforced holiday the golfer is again at work, and in view of the important contests there are impending, *e niay expect to see the links very .crowded right up lo the end of the year. The weather, however, is extremely unfavourable and the course
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    1588 11 Mu. Colly ke ia charming. He has largely overcome the habit of talking al>out Cyprus, and no one can fail to see that he has a simple, frank, and kiudly nature. As a man, he is delightful; but Council proceedings have shewn that, as an Attorney-General, he
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    THE JELEBU MEETING.
    684 11 Tub twelfth ordinary general meeting of the Jelebu Mining and Trading Company, (Limited) was held to-day, at noon, in the Exchange Rooms. Mr. J. P. Joa quim presided, and there were present: Messrs. Reid, Pertile, Ewald. Guun, aud some six or eight others. The minute* of last
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    THE REV. MR. LAMONT.
    59 11 YVk understand that after a short holiday iu Bangkok the Rev. Mr. Lauiout and Mrs. Lament return to Sing* apoic. They are expected next week. It wax iu correct iu a Bangkok paper to slate that they are proceeding to England ia America. Mr. Lauiout will
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    TOO LATE.
    61 11 A Oorbebpon dent write* to the Penang G<ixette enquiring whether the subscriptions from Penang to the Grace testimonial fund, now closed, have been acknowledged. The Editor in reply says:—“We understand that rather over $3O has been subscribed, and the list is now going round Province Wellesley for further
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    TRADE RETURNS.
    2845 11 THK KKUISTKARS REPLY TO MB. HUTTENBACH At the next meeting of the Legislative Council, there will be laid on the table a memorandum on the trade of Singapore, being notes on a criticism of trade return* by the Hon. A. Huttenbach and on a memorandum by the Colouial
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    HOME NOTES.
    818 12 l)r. Talmage lias accepted a rail to the first Presbyterian Church in Washington. In a telegram to a paper in the capital, the doctor say: —-The priutiug press is the front wheel of the Lord’s chariot, anil the inauuer in which the press of your city reinforces the
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    MONDAY, 18TH NOVEMBER.
    174 12 A Chinaman wu fined $5O at Penang, last Friday, for having in his possession a quantity of morphia valued at $3. H. E. Major-General Jooss-Vaughan does not go home by to-morrow's I 1 rencb mail. He will not take his home leave till later. It is rejwrtei
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    AN ECLIPSE IN BANGKOK.
    37 12 An eclipse of the electric light is said to be not au uutrequeat occurrence iu Bangkok. On the night of the Bih instant, that city wan in total darkness for some tive minutes.
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    PERAK GOLD MINING.
    43 12 Owing to a large landslip at the a:outh of the tunuel. which blocked up the part ot the Bukit Mas mine which was being worked, uo gold has been obtained during October. The new hbatt is now dowu 10U feet.
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    MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
    38 12 An election of two Muuici|ml Commissioners will b* h»*id at Malacca on the 9th December. A Municipal election takes plate at Penang ou the 3rd December. The Singapore Municipal election is fixed for the 6th Itcceinber.
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    THE JINRIKISHA TRADE.
    38 12 Japan is becoming widely kuown in tbe Cast as a jiurikisha-m&nufacturing couutiv. Fur example, orders from Singapore for jinrikisbas are said to b* so numerous that Yokohama maiiutae* ur« s are compelled to retuse them.
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    THE CHINA WAR INDEMNITY.
    40 12 A Japauese journal says that considerable sums of the iudemuity money are to be left in England for the construction of war-vessels. The remiiuder is to b.* brought to Jap.tu by officials despatched to receive it.
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    STRAITS RICE.
    44 12 Theke has lx%n a fair demand among speculators for Straits Rice for this mouth s milling, says the Rangoon Gazette of tbe 9th iust., and the maiket had then risen to Ks>. 235 for November delivery aud clos**d firm at tbii rate.
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    NEWSPAPER SUSPENSION.
    46 12 NEWSPAPE R SUSPENSION. Foe the last fdw months, the newspapers at Macao—two in number—bate been abusing each other dangerously near the verge of libel. The quarrel was neither edifying nor creditable, and the Governor took action by suspending h<»tb paj*ers for a period of thirty days.
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    RICE MILLING IN BURMA.
    52 12 ith the close-of the scasou, the milling industry has nut proved so favourable to business as was expected. The decline is chiefly due to the fall in prices of paddv aud to the difficulty in bringing to a satisfactory issue certain arrangements with the European millers.
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    HE DID NOT KNOW.
    58 12 On a case being called uu for trial at the Assizes this morning, the prisoner, in reply to the usual question of whether he pleaded guilty or not guilty, said, “1 cauuot s*v whether I am guilty or not. Your lordship had better hear the evidence.
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    FRENCH INDO-CHINA.
    45 12 Newspaper rumour in Tonquin states that Mr. Rousseau, Governor-General of French Indo-China, proceeds to France without any prospect of returning to Tonquin. He is greatly |alarmed at the state of his son’s health, which the climate of Tonquin has almost completely shattered. 7
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    A BACTERIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE FOR INDIA.
    53 12 The Government of India have decided to establish a Bacteriological Institute at Agra, under Mr. Haukiu, whose work as a specialist is well-kuown, aud in order to provide the necessary funds it-is proposed to abolish a number of the Deputy Sani. tary Commissionerships in tbe
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    CAVENAGH BRIDGE TRAFFIC.
    61 12 At the police-court, to-day, Mr. Reid appeared to prosecute a gharry-syce for reckless driving on Caveuagli Bridge. The charge was that tho syce, iu seeking, while on the bridge, iu pass a jinrikisha, had driven ou the wrong side of the bridge, thus endangering the traffic coining
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    THE OTTOMAN BANK.
    67 12 A Telegram, dated Constantinople, 8(h instant, states that tin. Suitan tuts prolonged tbe concession to the Ottoman Bauk for twelve years, and authority has been granted to the Bank to suspend payment of golJ for notes pending the conversion of th gold cn route into Turkish pouuds,
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    A FATAL MISTAKE.
    68 12 An unfortuuate and fatal mistake was made bv a Chinese woman last night. She awoke feeling thirsty and went to a teapot, where she expected to find route told water. She took a draught of the fluid iu the darkness, and had taken a considerable quantity before
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    BRIGANDAGE IN TONQUIN.
    60 12 Advioeh from Tonquin report military movements against a brigand stronghold called Tenthc. Tbe brigauds were retiring and fortifying their positions. They had with them pl nty of tools for trenchmaking and had always iu view, it is said, an intention of seizing the coast railway of Bac
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    TROOPS FOR SINGAPORE.
    54 12 The Ocean Steamship Company's steamer Telamun arrived yesterday morning having on board, from Southampton, Lt.-Col. Boyle. R. E„ Major Knight. Capt. Sapte. Surg.-Capt. Hearu, Surg-Capt. Lane, I.ieut. Griffiths. Lieut. Newman, Lieut. end Mrs. Jelly, Rev. Mr. Hodgkiuson. Mr. Sayer, 211 noo-conimisis-smned officers and men, 14 women, and
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    THE KUCHENG MASSACRE.
    74 12 Five of the nngiealers in the missionary massacre at Kufheng were to be executed there on the 4th instant. This would raise the number beheaded to twenty-six Then, it is understood that iil of those converted are to be exiled for life and eleven others for shorter
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    ACCIDENT.
    82 12 Am accident occurred yesterday afternoon, at tbe junction of North Bridge Road and Stamford Road, cl«*9eto the Cathedral. Mr. Nathan whs driving a pair of horses in the direction of Tanplin aod when crossing North Bridge Road, a ’rikisba attempt ed to run the gauntlet, in spite of warning
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    JAPANESE AT SHANGHAI.
    201 12 Shanghai seems to be favourably regarded at the present moment as a good held for the investureut of Japanese capital, says the Kobe Chronicle. Beetles the various cot-ton-spinning projects in centemplatioo, it is uow said that a number of influential capitalists in Tokio have under consideration a
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    ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
    69 13 Is connection with the discovery of a mutilated body in the Singapore River urt r the Kiui Seng’s Bridge, an arrest just been made, and. this raoruiug, at the Polk* Court, one K-e O Pun wan charged with murder. The |M»li-e h*v* beeu on the track for
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    LOSS OF THE “AVOCA.”
    67 13 It is now definitely known that the ship burnt at sea (repor:ed o.i Moidiy Ins ig the Avoca of London, Official No. 91,888, of 1,625 tons, built at Greenock in 1885. The 19 sou s missing an* the Captain, bis wife, and 17 sailors in oie
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    RENTS AT CALCUTTA.
    97 13 Keots in Calcutta are said to be s'eodily growing larger yearly, and the permanent residents find that the burden is grow in: iotolerable, as there are n» hones to l e ohtaiued at anything like inslerute tent esen on a lease for any period the landlord likes
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    THE ASSIZES
    179 13 At the Assizes4o-day, Mahomed Ksssiin, an employee in the Post offiee, wa» charge! with unlawfully ope ning correspondence transmitted though tbe|oo. TueAtor-oev-General explained to the jury tint the prisoner had oj-ened certain letters, examined their contents, aud s nr. them on to the addre*>es in a n-wlv directed
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    MURDER OF THE BRITISH AGENT AT KABUL.
    168 13 Allahabad, sth X<>re,itl> -r Lieutenant-Colonel Mahomed Akraui Khan, British Agent ut Kabul, has been murdered by one of the messengers of rh- Agency. Tbe man Yahiva Khan ran amok aud killed the Agent, aev rely wounded his son and chief clerk, and cut
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    SELANGOR NEWS.
    219 13 *irauan Purse, and the Mr tury Cup.— e <**<jor Journal. Mr. J. p. Rodoer. the Acting British Resident, has presented to the Selangor Club Sub-Committee for football a handsome silver challenge cup. The first examination for the Treacher Scholarship at the Victoria Institution will take place on the
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    MUTINOUS CHINESE TROOPS.
    266 13 Shanghai, 4th Ifov. Thb Government is carrying out its dangerous policy of disbanding all its provincial troops, and as usual on short pay. On tbe 31st ulto., the men stationed at Kiukiang, two camps, mutinied. When ordered to drill they refused to fall iu. They were then
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    652 13 Autumn Cup, Value $25, Presented out or Club Funds, won bt a. w. stiven 45. 42 +l=BB. (Played 16th November, 1895.) Golfers were so far fortunate on Satnr•lay tbat it was dry overhead, but what wolds tan adequately describe the state f th»* links. It is a
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    PRESERVING WELL WATER.
    404 13 All drinkers of well water iu will be iiit •r. sted to hear of any me ids of preserving a well from all exterior con- j laui nation, for auy length of time, and without the necessity of “cleanirg out.” Cleaning out implies that the purity of
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    NEWS THREE DAYS LATER THAN BY MAIL
    688 13 .—Morniny Pont. The u«w reform scheme for Armeuia contains the chief points of the draft proj-ct of May 11. Feti Bey is appointed Deputy Commissioner for the execution of the reforms, and his nomination has beeu approved by the Ambassadors of the three
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    THE LIQUORS ORDINANCE.
    501 13 MEMORANDUM. The following loiter ha* been circulated among commercial firms iu the Colony:— 8inqapoie, Kith November, lH9!i. Gentlemen. As you are aware, a Bill to amend the Liquor* Ordinance is uow before Council, and a select Committee lias lieeu appointed to the same. The main feature of
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    HOME NOTES
    639 13 The plans fur the Lyceum performance in recognition of Mrs. Keeley’s ninetieth birthday are developing well. The affair will be more or leas in the form of a reception, and the address will be apoken, not by Mrs. Keeley, but by Mrs. John W ood. A large number
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      MAGISTRATES’ APPEALS.
      540 13 TO THK EDITOR OF THE STRAIT* TIMM 8m, —Your leader of Friday on Magistrates’ Appeals constitutes au indictment of a judge for following a principle of law, whereas, if anvthiug u wrong, it 14 not he, but the principle. That principle n that an unsuccessful litigaut should piy
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      THE FORT CANNING SLOPES.
      582 14 A aiTUOBSTIOK. TO THE EDITOR OK THE “STRAITS TIMES Slb, —It is a common remark by p*s**ugers and visitors to Siug&pore, that nothing in the way of cruameutul gardening is to b* seen in the town or its near ueigbbou* hood With our monnoua wealth of
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      DRIVEN TO DRINK.
      188 14 TO THE EIHTOK OK THE STB A ITS TIMES Sir, I am a water drinker, ho the mat* t**r does uot affect me personally. A geutlemau resident here got from £uro|«e a cask of light wine. Tue cost of it 1 1 irl dowu was s'37, aud
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      THEY TRUST IN HIS EXCELLENCY.
      719 14 VO Tax EDITOR or THE “STRAITS TIMES. 8i«, —In connection with the estimates for aext year, it would be worth while if U. E. the Governor would take a liberal view with regard to raising the **\aries of the clerical branch of this stale It
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    550 14 ARRIVALS. Per s. Bun Hin Gnan from Klang:—Mr. Cliffe. Per s. s. Chow Phya from Klang:—Mr. Reising. Per s. 8. CahjfMO from Deli: —Mrs. Richelman. Per s. s. Mnntjkiit from Hoihow :—Mr. Muller. Per P. A O. s. s. Ilaienna from Shanghai —Mr. Gilbert Maokie. From Hongkong:— Messr*.
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      SHIPPING IN PORT
      165 14 l'rider ihie heading the following ahb»ev-. Mona are ueed:—*tr. —ateamer eh.— &lt; *h|. rv| —harque Brit—Bntiah U. S.— T ni»Statce Sr.— t reuch; Ger.—Gerniau Pui Dutch; Job. —Johore; Ac., G.c..—Gene.-n •nrgo; d. p. —de-k paaeengen*; U. —Unc** r •ain T. P. W.—Tanjong Pagar Wharf 1 P. I&gt;.
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      TRADING VESSELS.
      1438 14 Arrivals Since Noon of Saturday Aline, Far. Yet. 2&lt;H) tons. Capt. Lau nk. lSth JSov. From Sarawak, loth Nov. Borneo Co. Ltd. U.— Kds. Elciuio, Sp. str. 501 ton*. Capt Galo 1 &gt;&lt;tli Nov. From Manila, 12th Nov. G.e.. and 11 dp. W. Mansfield A Co, For Manila.
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      234 14 H'ltne, Ptrt. anti Pole 0 i 8 nfa London. Denied 1 &lt; Imiiimi ngKii-hire. Japan. Liverpool Fr ifci*, June 25 Macduff, Sept. 30; Stentor, due Nov. 25 Teucer, due Nov. 25 Achillea, due Nov. 30; Glasgow. Ton o»*. (Vt. 8; Niugehow. Amsterdam. Sumatra. (V t. 9; Prim Vnn
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      ARRIVALS.
      1020 15 j Flaw 4 V«8««l’8 Nam*. Ton*. Captajn. From. iailm. ronm. nbbb. S jl 8. P. In.lra-»kti Dut. *ch 55 Naeodah K waringin Nov 18 Oman A Co. U Vfongkut Bnt. *tr. 85J V| org,.n Hoihow Oct 6 elm fclwur a. Co n Lotiinbr o BHt "ir S 6 T
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      CLEARANCES.
      482 15 Pat* Vikhki/s Sam* Flag a Rio Captain. Dbutination. 9 Port Phillip l*" 1 Mr. Hei worth New Yor. I I obi atr. Clark l&lt;nt doo and Liverpool II Pakan tr Bruce Pakan ia jiorts I &gt; Tihro MM -tr. Gregory ,.nw»mu ,2 bliuud n» Brit. atr. Hutchinson Mai l»ar
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      ANJER.
      220 15 FASBKI) BUNDA BTKAITB OR ARRIVED FOR ORDRKS. t kiu I DAT 1 Rir Datk. and Ship’s N«mi Commandkii. 1 or From Whiai. Dbstination I w Ri-*. Sailing. 'make*.. Nov 6Xc! ss. Gede isnneier Nov 6 Batavia Rotterdam 6 Ned. Ixj. Mur inn JoluinmoVan dor Laag Julr 16 Rotterdam Batavia
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      181 14 J. MOTION CO. W ATCHM AKERS, JEWELLERS, OPTICIANS. BBFBIBS PROMPTLY BIlCPTli JOSEPH BAKE1L 1 ONKFCTIONER AND V IENNA BAKER BE'tS to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of Singapore that he ha* opened &lt; ‘onfectioncry and Vienna Bakery, at N* rt, Victoria Street, next to the Convent. Wedding Cakes at moderate
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      412 15 C. MULLER. Manufacturer of Surgical instru- i nientH, Specialities, Vulcanite, Fine i cut slice' India- hubher, metal and celluloid foods; also all kinds of syringes. t&gt;4 and t&gt;o lolWn Viaduct L ndon, E. U. All orders received only through L. j. (JH.aTER Co, Singapo'e. .Agents for tlie Straits Sc tlenient
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      90 15 CENTRAL HOTEL. JCST ARRIVED A K i R8T-CLA88 New Billiard Table. M. LANDSMANN, 17/12 Proprietor. THE HORNSBYAKROYD KEROSINE OIL ENGINE. THE MOST PERFECT MOTOR OF THE DAY. ADOPTED BY THE BRITISH. UNITED STATES, RUSSIAN, AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS. GAINED THE TWO £50 FIRST PRIZES 4* THE BOYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OP ENBLAND’S
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      539 15 MAIBON F. PAUL At CO. VRKNCH HAIB-ORKSHINO HAI 0»N. Just Arrived Per ErneA Simoni A largo qunntity of new jx-rfumerv from Paris. Mark* LKOKAND, KIOAUD A Co., FIVER AND PINAUD.- SCENTS. White Violet. Violet! ee doublet d# Panne, Li lan Plane, Lilas do Puree, Luerrein, Iris-, Plane, I r in
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      465 16 LEA PERRINS P OBSERVE THAT THE SIGNATURE' IS NOW PRINTED IN BLUE INK DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE OUTSIDE WRAPPER of every Bottle of the ORIGINAL WORCESTERSHIRE: So'&gt;d Wha’es by the Proprietors, Worres*e**: Crr.’* 3Jack’.v«n, Ltd., Lo idon and Txport Oilmen generally. RETAIL EVERYWHERE. SAUCE. Singapore Agents, JOHN LITTLE «‘O DINNE FORDS
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      706 16 M ARIK BRIZARI) AND BOKDfc AI X ROGER 1 &gt; Qualite. Superieim Brandy Curacao AttiiwU* Msrasehino Liqueurs j Bole Agents for the Str«its. tu. th A a. MOINE COMTE A Co. SEVEN POUNDS IN ONE WEEK. Not every man who is thin Would rhank you for fattening him. He doesn't
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      941 16 KATZ BROTHERS, SINGAPORE. MERCHANTS. STOREKEEPERS. WATCHMAKERS, TAILORS. AND GENERAL OUTFITTERS IMPORTERS OP ITIU DESCRIPTION OF GENT8 WEARING APPAREL, WINES AND SPIRITS, FURNITURE. BEDS. AND BEDDING. CYCLES, CUTLERY AND ELECTRO PLATED WARE. TRAVELLING TRUNKS, PORTMANTEAUX SEWING MACHINES, HOSIERY v GENT S SHOES AND BOOTS GUNS. RIFLES AND AMMUNITION WATCHES AND CLOCKS
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