The Straits Budget, 3 March 1896

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    134 1 The Straits Budget. BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” rhe Straits Times has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Asia, British India excepted. It circulates in Singapore and I Penang, throughout all the Protected States of the Malay Peninsula, in Siam, Borneo, the Netherlands Indies, the I
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    STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, 3RD MARCH. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    499 1 JALS. bruin Que-tion k h* LVuniig. L;\p i-ui Questiou. hi .iff-vrs. Lban Questi-»n. LQiDtatious. big tp r Lis*t. Me wa. p >i «s Fouu*l. k txecut oiis L KoUbcry u the Harbour. L e K il>l*e<l by a Malaykm Mob 1./atxou. D
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS
    505 1 w Sinoaporb, 3rd March, 1896. PRODUCE. (Jambier... sellers 8. 00. do Cube No. 1 12.45. do do No. 2 f 10.00. Copra Bali, 5.90. do Pontianak, 5.37%. Pepper Black, 10.65 Sago Flour, Sarawak 2.77 L do Brunei 2.47 L Pearl Sago, 3.62-1. Coffee Bali 40.00. Coffee Liberian,
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    489 1 The mail for Europe this week goes by the P. O. s.s. Ravenna, The P. O. s.s. Kaiser •i-IUnd witdi the mail from Europe of the 7th February arrived yesterday. The German mail from Europe by the s.s. Preussen is due ou Thursday. The German mail
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  • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
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      RUSSIA IN COREA.
      96 1 London t 26th February. It is officially declared at St. Petersburg that Russia does uot iuteud to occupy Corea, but that she is entitled to require a guarautee of the complete autonomy of Corea. THE SIAM QUESTION. The French Chamber of Deputies are discussing the Siam treaty
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      JAMESON AND HIS OFFICERS.
      127 1 London, 26tk Feb. POLICE COURT PROCEEDINGS. J i meson and bis officers were secretly lauded at Purfleet, aud were then conveyed by a circuitous route to Bow Street Police Court. At Bow Street, they were charged with undertaking a military expedition against a friendly State. The
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      THE EGYPTIAN QUESTION.
      51 1 London H7th February. NEGOTIATIONS PROCEEDING. Negociations regarding the Egyptian question are now going on between Britain and France. The French press are eagerly discussing the subject. These newspapers urge a Franco-English understanding to bring about a e t tlement on the basis of the British evacuation of
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      THE EGYPTIAN QUESTION.
      42 1 London, 26th February. Mr. G. N. Cuizon, the Under Secretary of State for Foreign affairs has stited in the House of Commons ihU u> foreign Government has recently made any pro|»osal looking to an ea*ly British evacuation of Egypt.
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      THE SIAM AGREEMENT.
      26 1 The Frenc h Chamber of Deputies has approved of the policy pursued by the Government of France with regard to the Siam Agreement.
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      RELATIONS WITH GERMANY.
      30 1 Mr. G. J. Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty, speaking at Lewes, has sai 1 that the political relations between Br.Ui i and Germany are now excellent.
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      LORD DUNRAVEN.
      80 1 London, Mth February. Lord Dud raven has been expelled f*om the New York Yacht Club. COREA. Mr. G. N. Curzon, the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has d eelared in the House of Commons that Russia bas not Occupied Seoul or any other place in Corea, and
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      THE CUBAN QUESTION.
      133 1 London, 2nd March. AMERICAN INTERFERENCE. EXCITEMENT IN SPAIN. The Senate at Washington has passed a resolution for the recognition of t he Cuban insurgents as belligerents. The Sentte, iu t'i j st-ue resolution, requests President Olevelind to iuvre Sptiu to recognise tue autonomy of Cubi. News of
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  • EDITORIALS.
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      THE COREAN QUESTION.
      463 1 (Straits Times, 2oth February.) Rtssia has brought tlie Corean question to a head, and Japan is likely to get the worst of auy arrangement the Powers may come to. Japan, without any call from the Coreans, had started to deliver them from nominal vassalage to China, and
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      CHOLERA AT PENANG.
      667 2 (Strait* Times, 2+ith February.) Olk information by mail from Penang is that, within the last few days, there have been six deaths there from Asiatic cholera. That is a serious matter. Oue occasional death fr»»ra cholera, such as has occurred in Singapore ot late, must from time
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      THE EGYPTIAN QUESTION.
      279 2 (Straits Times, 27th February.) M. Berthelot, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, declared, the other day, in the Chamber of Deputies that the Agreement between Britain and France on the Siam Question had been rendered possible by the conciliatory spirit in which the uegociations had been conducted.
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      FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
      315 2 (Straits Times, 28th February.) Mr. G. N. Curjson, the Uoder Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has effectually disposed of alarmist inferences from the renewed newspaper agitation in France urging the early evacuation of Egypt by the British. The evacuation question has been a favourite topic of the
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      THE CUBAN QUESTION.
      404 2 (Straits Times, 2nd March.) Patriotism iu the United States has I now dropped Venezuela, and has taken I up the Cuban question, where the defects I of Spaiu can be counted upon as a favourI ing factor. So weak has Spain become I that the revolt-in Cuba
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    IRRIGATION FOR PERAK.
    55 2 Mr Shaughnessy, tbe contraeof the Hesse raghata Water-Works for Bangalore, has been specially selected for -f e P ol,t of Ifngatioo Engineer under tbe Goirernment ofPersk. The scene of Mr. O Shaugbnessj s work will be the Pro. ▼web of Krian. Mr. O'Shaughneasr has bee* unable to
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    NEWS VIA AUSTRALIA.
    1559 2 (Four Daye Advance of the Mail.) I London let February. In addressing a gathering of Nonconformist I Unionists last night, the Premier, the Marquis I of Salisbury, referred to the recent difficulty I with the United States regarding the I Yeneznelan frontier question. He said that I
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    MINING IN JELEBU.
    111 2 Through the courtesy of tb© Jelebu Mining and Trading Comp* Coll* ctor of Jelebu in January F l g| viait to their lode mine at Suog* 1 accompanied by H. E. the Genera *j was there on a visit. To the ©J 61 1 1 ordinary observer
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    TUESDAY, 25TH FEBRUARY.
    82 3 the proposed vote Straits Government I-’ 50 ..foment of Penang harbour iateade f,‘° ,o accouat. It we are told, iJto b' a final vote. f a water famine in Hongkong S RS °ir w bv <oi ions falls of rain aiHi* Mirn a'vou’ the lGth March, of
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    FIRE AT MANILA.
    24 3 sixtv hous* s were destroyed by Tt M-in"iia. on die morning of the 12th Y broke out in a Chinese shop.
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    CHINESE NEW YEAR.
    27 3 the last dav of the celebrat r K rhim-e N**w V-ar festivities, tr 7 j. ni. midnight, the Chinese Allowed to indulge in cracker-
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    DEAD BODIES FOUND.
    30 3 HEEE ,jeiJ bodies have been found, one I'Yai-sr street, and another iu Rtmah T fie thin! was fouud hanging on Hill, the mm having, appai’,v .-oumiiitetl suicide.
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    PUBLIC EXECUTIONS.
    43 3 that, on account of the strong r, ,u raised by the Governor to the iu public, ihe sentence of ta pissed at the la>t Assizes upon a oauun, unless coni muted, will be nrvl out witliiu the precincts of the jail
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    MILITARY MILK.
    38 3 7.- r pn’.-d tiiat, at Hongkong, the irarv authorities have instituted air: ngiidmg the milk supply of a’D mili ary messes, owing to one or i •d'sts of typhoid fever among the ivr» f the garrison.
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    THE FORMOSA RISING.
    36 3 I. irqatch from Formosa states t t vujs in the n >rtlu*ru districts >';!»<lih'l. The insurgent tribes :c iiio-uitaius. and the Japanese i j'Uisiiiijg them. At Keluug, sixj v-r* liavc been captured aud
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    PENANG HARBOUR.
    46 3 B L ANa harbour looked busy on the B‘ there being eleveu oceanB s ioa<jiug and discharging. So B iB pressure that lighters were B e Des and one of the B‘ H,h h>tts had to ask leave to m "u the SabMh dav.
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    MINING IN SIAM.
    44 3 hi aviations carried on by a British K} tj nke up certain mining rights a^ a,,ir sold miuiug con- n lq iaui ldV efallen through, owing, t;t rf !^r, r h terms demanded 1 nmanr in possession for '.-fisKiu uuaer discussion.
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    ANOTHER ROBBERY IN THE HARBOUR.
    58 3 U fi^ r robbei 7 reported as hav--1 pa«* iu the harbour. On Sunday |;,;t -T® the steamer fXC'r iL 1 d l d nger S ba gg a g e iP-to u dQ(b rilsblu Back to their Ith’ r I IWa v before anyone
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    JAPANESE ROBBED BY A MALAY.
    42 3 NWStt!lt a3lala^WeDt Qto a bouse in Ft jH P anese aDd u- <l considc-ation amount Pbe man was r ex%*it 8 e< 111 rd -b Street. He was [>Z' TV*? I'***- 1 Nuihiu, 1 btoJe property, were
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    A NEW STEAMSHIP SERVICE.
    79 3 EmpText of le best authority that a Mwh, ./V’ S a k»ut be esfay i*!' 1 Japan, calling Kobe, aud other w Hit* I/*'* wil1 ke unefer the £eu Paketvaart bv U; 8 eivice will be 6r »t attaint-• Dutel1 Government. att b H 1S ‘*k*ctej
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    HONGKONG MASONRY.
    52 3 The strength of freemasonry in Honetong was shown by the gathering of a brilliant assembly in the City Hall there on the 17th instant. The assemblage me to celebrate the jubilee of Freemasonrv in Hongkong more especiallv the fiftieth aumversary of the establishment of the Zetland Lodge in
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    THE AUSTRIAN CROWN PRINCE.
    72 3 Latest reports from Vienna eonvev the sad uews that there is no hope of the recovery of the heir presumptive to the Austriau throne, the Archduke Franz Ferdinaud d’Este, the disease from which he suffers being incurable. The Archduke is well knowu here, having twice visited
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    TRADE WITH AUSTRALIA.
    70 3 The Hou. J. L. Parsons, who has been on a commercial mission to the Far East ou hehad of the South Australian Government, arrived at Port D.trwiu ou his return voyage on the 11th January, where he is reported to have said :—I have estabI sbed strong
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    THE HONGKONG DOCK.
    81 3 The directors, of the Hongkong and Whampoa Pock Company, iu their hil Yearly report, recommeud a dividend for toe h ilt year of 8 j>er cent, or 3125,000, and a bouus of 4 per cent, or $62,500, equalling together $187,500 be paid to the shareholders, a bouus
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    THE PAHANG REBELS.
    82 3 Phra Parasan, who was in command of the*S.amese soldiers in Mie jungle pursuing the Paliaug rebels at Tnngganu and Kelautau, has, says the Bangkok Times, beeu depiived of his office and title. The reasou assigned is that, when the rebels were once almost certain of capture, he
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    PLAGUE AT HONGKONG.
    93 3 1 he Honykong Ttlcgraph notes a steadv increase in the number of plague eases occurring theie daily. Rumour has it that, lor every ease coming to the notice of the authorities, there are three or four they never hear of. Persons attacked are hurried out of the
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    SHOCKING DEATH OF A COOLIE.
    85 3 A coolie, named Oug Seng Hong, was working yesterday on the hill near the Borneo Wharf, loosening earth with a crowbar, the earth being removed in carts below. The earth on which the man stood suddenly slipped, and the man rolled to the bottom with
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    THE JAPANESE IN FORMOSA.
    219 3 A Tokyo press despatch of the 1st February reads: —The Government hai addressed a communication to the foreign powers with which Japan has entered into commercial and mercantile treaties,announcing that the subjects of those countries may reside and engage in commerce at Tamsui, Kelung, Anping, Tainan,
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    GARRISON MOBILISATION.
    113 3 Probably on Friday and Saturday, 6th and 7th March, the garrison will be mobilised for a camp and sham fight on the estate of Pasir Ris, which has been lent for the purpose by Mr. E. Nathan. Parto f the troops will go by steamer, landing from the
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    FOOTBALL ACCIDENT AT HONGKONG.
    171 3 An unfortunate accident happened during the progress of the semi-final tie for the Football between the Hongkong Football Club aud H.M.S. Centurion o n tinafternoon of the 17th, says the Daily Press. Soon after the game started a very heavv shower of raiu fell and the
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    THE LABOUR COMMISSION
    176 3 The Commissiou which has been appointed to report ou the ludiau Labour questiou is understood to commence its sit<iugs iaiiueJ utely. TneCommission will be composed of: The Resideut Councillor of Petiaug as President, the Auditor-Geueral of Singapore, and ai* official from Perak who will form the official
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    THE SILVER QUESTION
    370 3 AS INTKRESTING CLAIM In the Lord Mayor's Court, on Jan. 29. the case of 14 Hobson v. The Javali Company, (Limited),” again came on for hearing before the Recorder (Sir Charles Hall, q.c.), and a special jury. It was an action by Mr. E. S. Hobson, an
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    SKETCHING HONGKONG FORTS
    146 3 RUSSIAN OFFICERS OONVICTID At the Hongkong Magistracy on the 17th in*t. Baron Graevenitz, Lient. Epanchin* l and Lieut. Shanoolnibbsky, three officer* of the Russian warship Vladimir Monomack were charged with unlawfully trespassing on the field-work* at Hung Ham Dock Fort for an unlawful purpose, and being in
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    DELI NEWS.
    653 3 OR *P WORK SERIOUS CHOLfcivA OUTBREAK In January, dry weather prevailed in the planting districts generally, aud hoeing op-rations met with difibulty from the of the ground. The dry weather, how- v»*r, came iu handy f»*r burning the tel led jungle, so that the field work for the
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    SIAMESE JUDICIAL REFORM.
    63 3 Another step towards judicial improvement in Siam has been taken by the Royal assent being given, the other day, to a ntw law on pawnbrokers, which is expected to remove many abuses in tbe pawning system there. The Minister of Justice has .been busy clearing off judicial
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    THE "SPOTTED DOG."
    781 3 (by a Correspondent.) A visitor to Kuala Lumpur, on arriving at the station, has scarcely time to shalre himself down on the platform, and realise the fact that positively the only thing needed to put the station on a level with many a first-class one at home
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    FATAL HEAT.
    47 3 Australian papers report extraordinary heat prevailing in the colonies. The shade temperature has been up to 119 degrees, and, at one place, it was state! that the thermometer had not registered under 100 for three weeks. Many deaths had occurred from sunstroke and heat apoplexy.
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    THE ART JOURNAL
    78 3 The current number of the Art Journal which ranks as one of the most artistic productions of the time, is quite tip to standard. As a frontispiece we hare ForbeV lively picture 44 Fontring the Anchor” in sepia, and also a full page cartoon by Gv R
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    THE KINTA RACES.
    1502 4 SECOND DAY. The Races of the Second Day of the Kinta Gymkhana Ciub’* auDinl imetuir, held on tbe 17i h ins a’ B itu G ijal, were run in charmiug weather; rain tbna'emd about the 4tb rare, but, lu« k 1 y, held off and the clouds
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    P.&O. MOVEMENTS.
    173 4 Yu>: I*. Rohilfa, at present in Singapore, was ljing up at Boiubav when she yas hastiiy c'mimissieiied to take to llongv»ug .1 full cirgo o l Bombay twisi at a rv high rate of f rein lit. From Bombay o Hongkong sle t*>ok no pi*s ugeis, aud ihe
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    PERAK NEWS.
    343 4 Psrmk Pioncir. Thocoh a little late, Mr. S. E. Williams wiH allow us to congratulate him on his oluc.k in having w-m ihe R til way-Bicycle Cup. As stated )*v ijm In fore he covered the dstmee from Taipiug to Kriau Road Statiou (9£ mien) iu his first
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    A FRANCO-SIAMESE TROUBLE.
    91 4 It is rumoured, says the»Siawi Free Press, that the local authorities are taking steps to bring the authors of the ‘‘Baiobien outrage to trial. The Bitnbien was a native bead mao in the French service, alleged to be ill-treated by the Siamese on the Upper Mekong in
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    FEDERATED MALAYA.
    280 4 --Perak Pioneer. The Straits Times is responsible for ihe statement tbat the Resident-General will receive no a<ivance on the emoluments he drew as Resident of Perak. This must be a disappointment to that officer, and he cannot but realise tbat be has been hoist by liis own petard.
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    HOME NOTES.
    588 4 Aii ♦■xtraordinary amount of good fortune seem* *o ntt ud Lord Halsbury in the liumlwr of legal offices tl.at fall vacant while he occupies the Woolsack. Another vacancy is about to occur in the office of f.ix'ng Master in Chancery. Mr. Buckley. the .‘•’e ior Master, is unable
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    WEDNESDAY, 26TH FEBRUARY.
    261 4 It was perhaps natural, but it was undoubtedly, impolitic, tbat the patriotic crowd in Bow Street should cheer Jamesom and his officers. They were, of course, a romautic group, fresh from an adventurous enterprise in which they acquitted themselves gallantly, and that they stiould have had to
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    TEA IN MAURITIUS.
    35 4 There is a prospect of tea cultivation beiiig taken up ou a large scale in Maili itiu> in the immediate future, tea being produced for export as well as for local supply.
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    CHINESE THEATRE PROPRIETOR FINED.
    35 4 The proprietor of n Chinese t heal re in Orchard Koad was veslerdav tioed $5O and costs for contravening the Theatres Ordinance, by keep ing his theatre o|>en during prohibited hours.
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    CRIME IN SINGAPORE.
    39 4 Yfsterday there were only four trivial cases in A Division of Police for flic whole of the *24 hours—a r* cord for 20 vears and on Monday there whs a blank day in T 5 dirieior.
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    THE “OREL.”
    35 4 The Orel of the Russian Volunteer Fleet, with r >oo troops on board was to leave Odessa cn the 15tb instant for Vladivostok. She should arrive here about the second week in March.
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    NEW CHINESE FLEET.
    38 4 It is reported by the Shanghai Mercury that contracts for building ironclads, c uisers, aud torpedo-catchers for the Chinese .Government have been fixed with Mr. Mandl, of Tientsin, to the gross amount of Tls. 17,000,000.
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    A HOUSE BROKEN INTO.
    45 4 Yesterday a Chinaman living in Neil Road left his house at ten o’clock in the morning, taking with him his wife and children. When they all returned at four o’clock, the bouse had been entered, aud $530 worth of jewellery abstracted.
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    JAPANESE ENTERPRISE.
    42 4 Foreign firms iu Japan are threatened with severe competition at the hands of native merchants, who are preparing, and have indeed commenced, to engage in direct trade with foreign countries. The danger has been foreseen for a long time past.
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    NAVAL HEALTH.
    45 4 The statistical report of the health of the Navy for the year 1894 has been issued as a Blue-book. The Director-General says that the returns altogether are very satisfactory, the ratio of cases of disease and injury being the lowest for thirtyeight years.
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    FOREIGN RIGHTS IN FORMOSA.
    88 4 Tolcioy -ird February. Negotiations are goiug on between the German Minister and the Japanese Governmeut respecting some rights and concessions granted to certain German -subjects in Formosa by the Chinese Government. These relate to coal mining and camphor forests, aud under the new regulations issued by
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    THE GOVERNOR OF CEYLON
    49 4 Sir Joseph West Ki*lg ew<tv nor of Ceylou, arrived by on the 10th iustaut. H with every demonstration of r 1 loyalty from the public bodied aud the general public. S r j Ridgeway was sworn. n short]!'* arrival, and assumed the a the Colony.
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    THE LATE ADMIRAL ROBINSON
    53 4 THE LATE ADMIRAL R OB INSON Vice Admiral Frederick Cfo Robinson whose recent deathig.. in the home papers was the of Sir Hercules Rob nsuo, t r governor of Cape Colony. in Singapore as senior naval H. M. S .Rimaldo, another broth? Sir William Cleaver Francis ft was Governor of
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    A BIG STEAMER.
    58 4 The steamer Obia which arrhd morning from Rangoon with '<■ 8,300 tons of rice for the market is the latest addition to th fleet of the British India is ou her first trip eastward, anj largest vessel tbat has ever visited pore. Her displacement is 12OOOt her
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    JAPANESE STEAMER ENTERPRISE.
    84 4 Messrs. Tata and Sons, BomUr; of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha (J a Steamship Company). Lave lear& wire that the directors have extend the operations of this Com* Euro|>e. The first steamer of tW monthly service, the Tom Moru,i tons gross, will leave Yokohama on of March, aod
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    THE REV. G.M REITHS SUCCESSOR.
    87 4 The Session of the Presbyterst. at S-nga| ore has received a teWnr the Coimattbe upp< inted in Lu sei- cr a u-w uiiui>ter for ihc ciiur: iu place of the Rev. G. M. K t!;.rstating tint Mr. Keith’s $a w )i leave L'Uidoa for tin
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    THE LATE LORD LEIGHTON
    148 4 lilt. SCOIiO ill LuiU L iguU'iiSii whore the body reposes *iy* kit* I utter Gazette of the 27-It u!t. > ingly touching, and can m v r ie 4 r bv those who were present. T placed in thee'ntr-of tbestu b .1 hidden by beau‘iful tiowesaui
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    THE NEW CHINA LOAN
    200 4 Writing on the 24ih January.; correspondent of the North Of* Neve s*vs: —The negotiation**^ 4 of the additional hundred milk 1 of the Japanese indemnity are pi*. The Chinese Government have U The Chinese wish to accept t offer and to be convinced of the lenders.
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    A YOUNG LADY'S ADVENTURE.
    138 5 I r< ,\sT NICHOLAS HOME. I rH .'f. |adv living at St. Nicholas’ A T U V '|i,ick i'r>iin a Juice last night, j^Uefivioi, r two%raceletB ontbe Ip l I vt tbe mornin sbe bb> T ~r e bn?v wast.viug to pull the* I* t] h
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    GOVERNOR MAXWELL'S TRIUMPH.
    152 5 r KeKEKRIN*' to M Joseph Chamberlain’s K} *>n Imperial affairs, and hit, »efit< ~n ie sucoessful Ashantee j -i!. the Morning Post says:—To f!p ri ‘nfis Scott, who arranged the opera- n to Mr. Maxwell, the Governor .y Gold Coast Colonv, Mr. Chatn- ,ff e p d
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    THE RUSSIAN NAVY.
    189 5 H xhe Cut has continued the bases of the i mi- Imperial X »vai Ministry for r. v -tv. ii cars that is, up to IJM)2 in, it;ii xiiin of tod,0»‘0,000 roubles, K.t iii_r ii li 07.5» > O.<XM) for the curreut pa .no ni-iig tins amount
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    OIL FUEL.
    169 5 it Isluj* 111 I vour. ’h t* leaving Ifalv .iiid cid d to adopt ii *'V'\ S«i*s t > 1>« trials in the s u, ij rin] an] torpedo :lrT: n!a»- f>rm of fuel Kj! v,i :1 Masut, the name of 11'. 111 I,lv r. ]t is formed
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    SUMATRA BUTTERFLIES.
    193 5 Asitfi, sJr? of tbe ei taiiMjv e *J there ap] ears an Sumatra' Q Ule “Butterflies of N*s, t ut nto nearly 200 hr a^ )ra1e i production of Or J 1Ctvl lU» oi Calcutta, vi ,tA rtm The former, who kiniself t0 U| natra twice, devotes Option
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    ABRAMS V.DALLAN
    770 5 APPEAL TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL L Th J! morning before Chief Justice Cox Mr. Matthew,, oq behalf of tbe defen|<lant in the actiou Abrams v. Dallao applied for leave to appeal to tbe Queen ikCouucil, and asked for a certificate that iup ease was a proper one. Messrs
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    A GREAT RAILROAD DEAL.
    118 5 ,—China QazdU. THE PBKIN AND HANKOW BAILWAY. H. E. Hsu Yin-ts‘iano, a Taotai of Kwangtung, the official appointed to secure subscriptions and organize the Lu-keo-ch‘ioa and Hankow Railroad Company, have left Shanghai for Canton, having secured from an American and English syndicate of railway contractors the
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    SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB.
    1426 5 SPRING MEETING ARRANGEMENTS. A special general meeting of the mem. bers of the Sporting Club was held yester. day afternoon in the Exchange, the business being to fix dates and pass a programme for the Spring Race Meeting. Among those present were: Mess's. C. Sugden (Chairman), G.
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    PUSHING TIN-PLATES
    104 5 A largely-attended meeting of t»n plate manufacturers was recently held at Swansea, and a scheme for developing new markets for tiu-plates was adopted. It is proposed to employ agents iu China, India, Ceylon, Africa, Australia, and oilier countries to promo’egenerally the consumption of tin-plates for packing and for
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    A RECORD TIGER.
    230 5 Hkkk is something interesting for Mr. G. P. Owen aud local Shikaris. On the 11th instant, a record t ger was shot from tbe Commissioner’s camp in the Duars (India). He measured just twelve feet and half an ioch nothing approaching this in size has ever been
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    LIBERIAN COFFEE.
    476 5 MK LYALLS HALF YEARLY REPORT Thb following is Mr. J. Lyall’s half [yearly report on coffee date.) D. ct-m-I ber 31st 1895: Crops.—From the Southern District of Jobore, I am favoured with the following W e have been busy the last thrte months (July to September) with crop,
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    HOME NOTES.
    1018 5 Does Earl Spencer ever visit the A liiasu-irar j If M>, lie must he struck by the remarkable resemblance to himself of M. Agoust, who pi ys Bluebeard in tho ballet of that name. Bluebeard has a beard exactly like Earl Spencer’s, except that it is not red;
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    THURSDAY, 27TH FEBRUARY.
    165 6 Mr. J. M. B. Leech has started to clear ground for coffte plantiug up the rive* Liang in Pahang. The Privy Council of Siam uict on the lbth instant, to discuss new Hirhom regulations for Bangkok. Mr. Fiaser ol Tras, Pahang, arrived in Bi n g;? po
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    INDUSTRY AND CRIME
    42 6 Cbime is reported to hive beeu on tin* decrease in Sandakan last vear, the ioere »Dg pros peril v of the town finding eiupfov. meot for a number ot native* who of e’~T**? wh*u unemployed commit small thefts, Ac.
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    AMBONG.
    41 6 In Province K>p.*d, British North Borneo, a new station Ins been established at Amloug, but the District Magi>trat« Cts out out that, if Ambong is reallv i< »ue a large and thriviug place, direc communicatioi with Singapore must be obtained.
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    POLICE DETECTIVE DEPARTMENT.
    48 6 The Police Detective Department ha* been removed from it* old quarters in Hill S ieet to Folic? Babru. Extensive strnc- ural alterations have been made, and 'here is a«-c uumodat ion for the detectives, two Detective Inspectors, the Gunpowder and Arms Inspector, and the Armourer.
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    A RUSSIAN SCARE.
    66 6 VVe do not know whether the officers of the Vladimir Monomnch have so far -howu auy fondness for the Singapore orts, but, yesterday evening, a few of their men were observed round the S. V. A. Drill Hall, inteutly watebiug the cheap Lenders of our lslaud against
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    MUNICIPAL CHAIRMANSHIP.
    88 6 The Corporation of Calcutta has need of a Chairman, the appoiutmeut having fallen vaean f ,and the Lieutenant Governor oi Bengal thustakesadvantageoi the vacancy to urge the Coniui ssiouers to raise the •alary of the office. He is unwilling, no s ivs, to select 44 anyoue but an
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    THE ROBBERIES IN THE HARBOUR.
    140 6 Thk 80-ice arc takiDg additional precautions iu vit-w of the numerous depredit ous eu ships iu the harbour. The tmrbour :s always patrolled day aud night bv a police boat eoDtaiuiug three men but since last Sunday the patrol has H*eu doubled, while during the
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    THE SKATING RINK.
    235 6 Mi:. Marks. the proprietor of the Elite Skafiug Rink, is so satisfied with the I m likable success that has attended his enterprise that, some days ago, he cabled to Europe for au entirely new outfit of -kites so that before the skates iu us* at present
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    THE FRENCH COMMERCIAL MISSION.
    257 6 Nlws of the LvouB Commercial Mission published I>v L 1 In do-Chine Franco ise. Tht* Mission arrived at the capital of un.utn *ll the 28th December, after considerable hardships over ihe execiab.e Chinese roads. The membei>> oi the Mission report that the ouptry through which they
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    THE PLAGUE IN HONGKONG.
    101 6 quarantine imposed. Information having been received that foul bills of health are being issued in Hongkong on account of the plague, a special Gazette is being issued notifying that the Port of HoDgkong is infected, and imposing on all vessels arriving from Hongkoog a quarantine of
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    THE POLICE AND THE THEATRES ORDINANCE.
    147 6 The Police authorities are doiug their utmost to cope with the Chinese theatre nuisance, agaiDst which the recent Theatres Ordinance is directed. The great initial difficulty is to prove the publicity !of the performance, but even with this established it is not easy to
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    AUCTION SALE
    148 6 This afternoon Messrs. Rowell and Compauv offered for sale by auction at tin ir offices iu Raffl *s Place the freehold property at. Tangliu known as Eskbauk” comprising a house, and grounds t> acres roods, and 24 poles in extent. Bidding was brisk aud the property was ultimately
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    THE HEALTH OF SINGAPORE
    147 6 Dr. feimou, in conversation with a Strait* Times representative this moruiug, said that every endet v»rr had boe_i nude by the medical authorities to ascertain the cruse ot the present high death rate aud th *y could discover nothing to cause tb*» Slightest appreheusiou of the
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    THE WHEELBARROW TOUR.
    283 6 Bou mouths ago, three persons—M. (jdlJais, his wife, and his brother-iu-law left Paris with a wheelbarrow to make a t l j r f h e world M Orallais (the Daily i Irletjraphe correspondent says) has i returned to Paris, aud has given ‘his own account of
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    THE LAKE CLUB.
    1064 6 (By a Correspondent.) Unto the hills, in Selangor, lifts the European his eyes, and builds tbereon his picturesque bungalow, leaving the plains and valleys to his Asiatic neighbour. And it is well that he does so, sine# he thereby prevents the almond-eyed Celestial, with his blind unquestioning
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    PAHANG NEWS.
    1174 6 tin expout GOLD STEALING POf>T AND MOUTH DlHEAs* CHINESE NEW YEAR {From our Correspondent, Prkan, 25th Fehr During the mouih of j a Ur quantity of tiu ore exported Pabang Corporation's mines i., Ului, t-tu was 3,4/ >■{ bags coutamirg 1 All this was, as mual, obt« ineu
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    THE PARTITION OF SIAM.
    329 7 V *WAD Fku.M INDIA TO CHINA. V ot Commercial Geography K s uua* interesting letters from K <>J c of them, from Naval luii uioii. dated Tang Ho, Oct. B i uj,.*i i no ou account H' ,UVM ution recently concluded ali England concerning B.' P
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    SELANGOR NEWS.
    1079 7 {From our Correspondent.) CHOLERA. Two Chinese toogkangs, have been detained at the Klarg Kuala on account of cholera. The passengers and crews iggregited to three hundred on arrival, but there have been a number of escapes, and the local authorities have been compelled to send to headquarters for
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    THE MERCANTILE MARINE AND THE ROYAL NAVY.
    1350 7 VS INTERESTING LKCTI RE. Vice-Admiral Sir E. Fremantle, recently in coin maud on the Cliiua station, presid'd on ihe -9tb ultimo in the theatre of the R •>yal l niteil Service Institution, wheie (/ommauder W. F. Caborne, u.n.r., read a paper on Onr
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    LATE TELEGRAMS
    44 7 Via Bangkok., London 18t\ February. l)i*solutkm is regarded as the only possible i«sue of a French Ministerial crisis regarding the railway scandals. The peace negotations between General Baratieri and Emp ror Meuelik of Abyssinia have failed. The Shoaus are demanding Italian evacuation.
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    ROAD MAKING IN PAHANG.
    180 7 The Government of i he Protected Malay States are making really remarkable progress with the road from Kuala Kubu to Kuala Lipis. It may be remembered that the first section of the road from Kuala Kubu to Sanka Tua was finished departmentally; the second portion from
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    FRIDAY, 28TH FEBRUARY.
    302 7 It is improbable that the regular mail s'eamers from Hongkong will be quarantined at Singapore, unless there has been on board a case of bubonic plague. v The f J anglin Club has now 145 m. tubers The house of Stanuiore (low occupied by Mr. Brandt) is
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    GOLF.
    27 7 The members of the Singapore Golf Club compete next week for the Captain’s prize, •which consists of a set of Golf clubs and a caddie’s bag.
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    PERAK STAMPS.
    54 7 A philatelist has discovered that amongst the oJd surcharged one-cent Tenth sump on two ceuts S. S. rose, there were son e with a wrong fount O in the woid “01 e.” There was, however, ouiv one in a shei t of sixty, and they have quoted recently
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    METHODIST ACTIVITY.
    48 7 The Methodist Church and school I uilding at Ipolr, in Perak, has been completed. Ihe cost vas entirely defrayed by pi ivate subscription. At PtnaDg, a contract has letn made lor a large building to le nected iu Maxwtll Koad, for the M»*thod.st Ang!o-ChiLese School there.
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    LADY MITCHELL.
    53 7 During the Govern >r’s absence in Kuala K M gs«r and southern Perak, Lady Mitchell will stay at the Cottage with Mrs. iiirth. The Perak Pioneer considers that this redeem e will be found to compare «n'»re favourably thau with that on Penang hill where the Governor has
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    ALLEGED THEFT.
    66 7 A woman was goiug up Hongkong street last night iu a ’rikisha, wheu four samsergs ran at her aud stole a hairpin from her head. A detective ai rested two of the alleged bullies, but one of them, who stoutly denies his guilt though sworn to by the
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    PICKED UP AT SEA.
    85 7 Whilst the Russian cruiser Vladimar Monomach was coming iioin Hongkong to Singapore, she picked up at a* a, on ihe lb' h instant, a boat containing the master, au officer, and 12 seamen of a Nova Scotian barque, which was wieckid on the P*a'as Bank between
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    THE GOVERNOR IN PERAK.
    102 7 Governor Sir Charles Mitchell, accompanied by Lady Mitcbejl, Capt. Herbert, the a. d. c., and Mr. Severn, the Private Secretary, arrived at Taiping on the 21st instant, in the evening. Though the hour of H. E.’s arrival was late, there was a large gathering at the
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    MAJOR McCALLUM AND THE VOLUNTEERS.
    111 8 On Monday evening next, there will be a tare well parade of the S. V. A. to their Commandant, the Hou. Major McCalium r.e., c.m.g., who is shortly leaving for Eli rope. Maj or McC ilium has all along been most popu'ar with the S.
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    TIN IN PERAK
    126 8 Some time ago, the Government sugg. s'ed to the miners in Luut, iu r p y tV.r memorial for reduction of the duty •i: *in, that they should reserve the ti• itq 1 the market value goes up again. In Kintii tlie advice has l>e-*u univer.-ady adopted,
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    THE FRENCH MAILS
    113 8 Under the new coutiact with the French i err?int nt,theut« amersof theMessagerics M irit.imcs ou the Indo-Chiua Jupan liue are only to call at Aden every alternate fortnght instead of every 14 da\s, whilst tin* other every alternate fortnight the steamers will touch at Djibauti, a new
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    RACING IN PERAK
    119 8 The committee* of the Perak Turf Club have j assed the following resolution with regard to Uace V: “That iu consideration ot having received several letters from owm rs of Pen mg galloway grifiius, req.'t**tiDg that the Peuang lauding measure- meats be accepted for Race V, the
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    JOURNALISM IN GOA
    158 8 Some qreer rules are said to have emanated irom Portugal regarding the c.mJuct of journals in Portuguese colonies. There, a journalist has to lodge a mouetary swurity beforehand with the Government. The strangest of the nov ruhs, however, is that “a wouldbe iditor must present himself before
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    THE PUBLIC BANK FUND.
    256 8 A meeting v;f the Public Band Committee was held, yesterday afternoon,in the •ffice of the M luicipil Secretary. Present m essrs. W. G. St. Clair (in the chair), J. F- Cra.g, J. ColgUse, D. M. Mania, E. IVssensouii. and Tay Kin Tee. Absent: Mr. E. H.
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    SINGAPORE DEBATING SOCIETY.
    197 8 A PROPOSAL. TO WIND UP. The annual geueral meeting of this Society was held last night at the Raffles Library. Mr. Bromhead Matthews presided. The report and accounts, which showed a credit balance of $lO4, were unanimously pass d. The meeting then discussed iu an animated manner
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    TANNING INNOVATION
    204 8 Mr. F. C. W. W» bb, a practiial Uuner. cu er. and leatlier-dver at Dbaravie, in Bombay, is credited with being tic* inventor of the latest process iu the art of taut:mg. He his applied to the Government of India for permission to pateut his invention. It is
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    THE EVILS OF INDIAN RACING.
    241 8 Pater, writes to the Indian truly Xars: Now that upcountry racing is nearly owr for the year, it may not be inexpedient to ask what good is derived from such meetings r Of course, the stock phrase will lie trotted out that racing improves the
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    COOLIES AND CONTRACTS.
    302 8 The British North Borneo Herald, in commenting upon Sir Charles Mitchell's objection to connecting the element of er.ininali! v with breach of verbal contracts of service, says:— T-.is particular matter has been a subject of peculiar difficulty in British North riorneo, chiefly as regards wood-cutting, and on
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    THE CHINESE CRACKER-FIRING.
    417 8 CJIHL KILLED BY A BOMB. EIGHT MEN INJURED. The Chinese cracker-tiring period has ended with a lamentable fatality. Last night, in Ramali street, aCbinese fisherman, it in alleged, threw a bomb into the road, which exploded with great force and killed a vouug girl about twelve years
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    THE STRAITS INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED.
    413 8 The following is tin* TwtKth Annual Report tor t resentiou to th*» shareholders at the uiueteenth Ordinary General Meeting, to be held in the company's offices, on Thursday, the 12th day of March, at noon Gentlemen. Your Directors bog to place before you the annexed
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    FOOTBALL.
    385 8 s. c. c- THE navy. A buoby match, between teams repre sentative of the Club and H. M. Ships in port, was played on the Club ground yesterday afternoon, in the of a large number of spectators. The game was stoutly contested throughout, and aroused considerable interest and excitement.
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    SELANGOR RAILWAY TRAFFIC.
    34 8 The traffic earnings of the Selaugoi Government Railway during January, 1896, reached $05,392 against $67,070 in the corresponding month of last year. The figures show a decrease amountiug to SI 48.
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    A PASTORAL VISIT.
    80 8 Bisuor Medeiros left Macao on tin? 25th iustant lor Timor Dilly. It is probable, though nothing definite is known, that Bishop Medeiros uiay come to Singapore this year for his pastoral visit and inspection of the Portuguese Missious at Singapore and Malacct. It is now known that
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    BRITISH NORTH BORNEO NEWS
    304 8 The following telegram was despatched on 19th January to the Court at home by tbe Resident, Labuan Telegraph Line erected five miles beyond Tenom, and wir« stretched out ten miles; communication Lolepliouc ieuoui-Litbutii established. Barraut proceeds immedi* atelv in charge interior section; spike insulators preferred to
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    PAHANG NEWS
    832 8 HEALTH OF THE STATE From our Correspondent Mb. S. B. Ferry. formerly dent of Police in Sungei Ujon*. w l‘*' also employed by Colonel Walker in connectioQ with the suppr e a io original Semantan Disturbances* State, has arrived iu Pekan Pahang (where he is now said engaged
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    PERAK NEWS.
    892 9 a recto t oieetiDg of the ~,j* > ll 'f* d a memorandum urging e('» uDI, V,r inlaud roads and irngaffhe Lower Perak District, work* encouragement of padi liberal terms to »u, who bti r« w oo Th e Acting Kesiden* settlers* to(a remission of laud ti, making
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    HOME NOTES.
    1023 9 Making every allowance for advanced age aud for the sore trial of the last few days, Her Majesty’s health (says Woman) is far from satis aetnry. Jt i, neith >r necessary nor advisable to go into particulars. Suffice it to say that the principtl symptom is an utter
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    SATURDAY, 29TH FEBRUARY.
    156 9 A mketinu was held yesterday afternoon for the purpose of initiating a public testimonial to the Rev. G. M. Rt itb, who shortly leaves for Europe. It was decided to circulate subscription lists for the purpose. A proposal to enttriain the Rev. gentleman was left over for
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    A CHINESE REVENGE.
    53 9 At eleven o’clock last night two Chinamen named Ng Cheng Yeou. aud Loo Ah Chew quarrelled over a iovo affair, aud Loo Ah Ch< w threw a qumtity of boiling water over Yeou, sodding him dreadfully. The injured unn was takeu to the hospital, and Lo» Ah
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    JOURNALISM IN COREA.
    58 9 —Kobe Chronicle. The journalistic angel of civilisation is to appear shortly in Corea. The Seoul correspondent of the Osaki Asaki states that support to the extent of six or seven thousand yen is forthcoming. The scheme has been promised the protectiou of the Government. There will be
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    EURASIAN CHARGED WITH FORGERY.
    124 9 On Thursday and yesterday, a Eurasian named Cornelius was before Mr. Saunders at the Police Court charged wit h forgery, namely, uttering as genuine a forged document the offence alluded to have been committed on or about the 17th of July 1894, and the prisoner and
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    THE NORTH BORNEO POLICE.
    255 9 The British North Borneo Constabulary Report for 1895 gives the following particulars of the Police Force there The conduct of the members of the force deserves commendation, not ouly for their general good conduct but also for the manner they have responded to the calls up
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    JERRY-BUILDING.
    77 9 Tkj jerry-builder of Bombay has jet one more li e to answer for. A godowu floor collapsed the other day, and a man wai killed. The evil of jerry-building is, undoubtedly, a moat .serious one; but the Coroner’s jurj were surelj a little extreme when they declared in their
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    MUNICIPAL SANITATION.
    95 9 The Delhi Municipal Committee is about to undertake an experiment in sanitation. For several tears the problem of the m »st suitvble disposil of sweepings and uiglltsoil in Delhi—no sm«lt matter where a city of 200,0.0 inhabitants, is concerned—has pressed for s lution. A traiuwav was at one
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    PHILIPPINE NEWS
    319 9 SUGAR PROSPECTS. REWARDS TO FIREMEN Sugar growers m tbe islands rejoice at ue*vs that btet loot cultivators iu Europe may soou find tbe growth of tbe latlei armle ud remunerative at p»e*6nt pr.ces, from exhaust iou of the toil and tbe heavy expense of fertilise, s. The C-nhernio
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    391 9 OFFIC1A CHANGES. It is notified th.it the Estimates for the year 1896 have received the sanction of the Right Hou’ble the Secretary of State lor the Colouies. The following appointments have been made: Mr. J. A. Harwood, Registrar of the Supreme Court, Penaug, to bo Solieitor(veueral, Penang, vice
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    NEWS OF THE CHURCHES.
    1127 9 Tbfc newly appointed minister for the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, is expected to sail from London ou the 13th prox. The Rev. II. L. Mackenzie, m.a., of Swatow, will preach on Sunday afternoons, March 1st aud Sfcb, at4.45. Mr. Mackenzie leaves in the P. (J. Romeo on
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    CRICKET.
    100 10 HIE WORLD V ENG LAN D This match was commenced yesterda\ afttrcoon cn tbeS. G. C. ground. Pres iV score: The Wori i*. E. B. Wilkinson c I a- ko h. Pear.-«m l!l W. <J.8t. Clair b Isacke 1,‘J W. Dcnni b Isacke 1 E. F Maxwell e Orman
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    DELI NEWS.
    321 10 I’MJKKAHR OF CHOLKKA Cholera in 1> li was steadily *»-i the deeivui-o on the 22’»d instant, and hut few ctM's weiv reported from the planting districts. Amono patients from the Chinese junks and on shore recover e* have increased, and theie have been no fresh casts. The disease
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    1670 10 There is a ti<!e in the affaire of mem, Which, talc** at the flood, leads on to fortune 1 Omitted, aU the foyife of their life 1 Is bound iu ►hallows, and tn miseries. The retiring manager of the Tanjong Pa gar Dock On. should appreciate those
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    998 10 leper libel. SPURIOUS COIN. NOTE FORGERY. THE SUGAR MARKET. GOLD IN CELEBES. ACHEEN. (Translated from various Newspapers.) A leper libel action has made some stir at Sourabaya. It arose from a Guvienment Medical Officer named Alhrieht experiment iog there with a remedy for leprosy, the result being that
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    COFFEE ADULTERATION
    63 10 At Klang, Baja Bot comply >he vaiue of Klang c< ftVe J d(j ceci< asmg, owing, he explained f»ct curing and const queut weight, caused by moisture iu prej ared lor sale by Ch nese. was a common thing tor them tT it the night previous to exjort
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    FERNCH INDO-CHINA.
    607 10 THE 81 AM CONVENTION TRADE OPENING* 8i rC*KS OF THE The Courier <f Haiphong H advai tage to France from tbf j Oonventicn. France under thit n meut, gains, it is admitted, tb? 5 •f the Mekcng which gkj r ts stretches of stony wastes, thick and likely
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    TANJONG PAGAR DOCK COMPANY LIMITED.
    1943 11 B r vM«W rv half yearly meetmg of. 'H« „f the above Corn |.any ,f--noon. Mr. T. Scott lel'l we ,e also present r ,lol \P. Adams. T. C. C. Strwger. W. A it .1. Kr.s-r, J. Aml-rs »n, t'Vji i.ta/otrt. A. Dittinar, T Sliellorii,
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    MONDAY, 2ND MARCH.
    358 11 From an article which we reprint from the Pimnuj Ga*eU»>, it would appear as if the local Government there had rather sought to eoueeal thif. b.dweefl the 17th and *2lst of February, there were six eases of cholera iu Penang—which was the precise nu über w»* named.
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    LEAP YEAR BALL
    26 11 The Ladies of P. nang gave a Leap Year Ball on the 28th February at the Penang Club. Over two hundred guests attended.
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    ACCIDENT ON BOARD A SHIP.
    34 11 A macao carpenter fell down the hold of the Ban Fo Soon in the harbour this morning, and was seriously injured. He attributes the accident to his own carelessness.
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    JOHNSTON’S PIER.
    60 11 With regard to the recent correspondence between the Government* and the Municipality as to the pontoons at Johnston s Pier, we are asked to state that the pontoon was taken away just before Admiral Boiler arrived at Singapore last November, while the repairs were only taken in hand
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    THE BOMB FATALITY.
    181 11 INQUEST An inquest has been opened at the General Hospital by Dr. Mugliston on the body of the Chinese irirl. Tang Swee Eng, who was killed on Thursday last by the explosion of a bomb, alleged to have been thrown by a Chinaman who was himself injured
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    PASSENGERS ARRIVED.
    37 11 A mono the passengers by the B.T. Company’s >».•. Loodiana from India on Saturday were: Sir J. D. Peynder, M.P., Mr. E. \Y. Ihckett, M P., the Kju. A. Huttenbach. Master Hutteuba'h. and Baron R. Carro.
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    WHAT’S IN A NAME?
    49 11 The astute organizers of the Ladies’ Golf Championship of Singapore say that each couple is to be accompanied by one or two gentlemeu “to act a 9 addies. Notbiug is said about seeing that the scoring is fair—but these caddies will keep their eyes open.
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    LOCAL SHIPPING.
    47 11 Cai‘l. Niclioi. former)' mister of the Ke dah Government steam yacht Ooml Luck. has got the command of the steamer Petrel, and Capt. Smith, cf the Petrel the comtnatid of the Fitzpatrick, which will shortly be placed on her old run from Penang to Rangoon.
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    PADI PLANTING.
    52 11 A Negri Sembilan Government notification an uou me* that lie planting of lull padi is strictly forbidden throughout the State. Any one acting iu con* ravolition o» his ord* r will be liable to a tine not ex*oe ling 325, «>r, i,i de ault. »o iniprisou,ihi)t not excelling
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    THE MUNICIPAL PROVIDENT SCHEME.
    56 11 The ugapore Munic pal Provid gt Scheme has be. n forwarded to the Pena ig Municipality for i < op:uiou b> T M«. Gentle, who ask*d tor a reply by the 4th instant. The Pena ig Mu nicipal Presil» u r considered the tim for reply
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    THEFT OF MONEY.
    56 11 At two o’clock this morning, a. robbery was committed in Hock Lam street, a sum ,il $3OO le ug stolen trom an almeirab. Acuug on information r ceived from some vagrants at the loot of tort Canning, tue Police am sled four men and recovered .540. It
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    SECRETARY FOR MALAYA.
    61 11 —Pina no Gaz*>ti*\ Another rumour regarding the confederation bciieine has it that the Governor will be provided with a S cretarv to prepare and lay before him the various desp *tcl.es of the Resident Geueral and vice, versa, aud that Mr. D. li. VViv>, now acting tics.d*
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    TIN EXPORT FROM SELANGOR.
    69 11 A Selangor Government notification directs that, on and alter the Ist Apiil next, the wriiten declaration required to ate mpauy all tin and tin-ore brought to be weight d for revenue purposes prior o shipment, must contain, in addition to the statement as to the District
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    BURGLARS CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
    124 11 Of late it has been the fashion among the thieving fraternity to effect entrances into houses by cutting away panels aud windows. The police have now arrested one of the men in the act. On Saturday night a Chinaman who lives in Upper Nankin Street
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    GOLF.
    49 11 Golf rc commends the Boer Government to encourage the game, for, ft 6ays, intercourse between. Ihe Dutch and the new roo.ers lrom England, Scotland, and America, ou the links would soon smoothe away all animosities, aud put everv one in good humour. “Gowf dings a,”’as the poet sayB.
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    ACCIDENT TO A ’RIKISHA.
    106 11 On Saturday Mr. McGill was diiving down New Bridge Road when he collided with a ’rikisba the occupant of a man named Sian Kiat, was thrown out to the road. He sustained a wound ou the arm, and a contusion of the spine, and be was
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    OFFICIAL CHANGES IN PENANG.
    151 11 Considerable change s, says the rinany Gazette will take place immediately in the Government service consequent on Mr. Gi bbes, the District Officer of Nibong Tebal. going home on leave. That officer will lie succeeded at Nibong Tebal by Mr. F. J. Hallifax, aijd Mr. Gompertz
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
    161 11 The first round of the Ladies’ Championship will be played at the Sepoy Lints Links ou Monday, March 9th. TLe monthly medal for February was plaved on Saturday, the 29th, and was won by Mr. Napier. \V. J. Napier 50 -18 It* 82 F. S. B.
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    CRICKET.
    237 11 THE WORLD y. ENGLAND. L’he following are the complete scores in this match which whs commenced on the Esplanade on Friday aud concluded on Saturday The World 1st Innings. C. B. Wilkinson c Isacke b Pearson W. G. Clair b Isacke 13 IT. W. Barker b Pearson* 9 W.
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    LADIES’ GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
    71 12 MEDAL PLAY Two rounds of 9 boles facb are to l>e played. The first rouud*is to he over the Sepoy Lines Golt Links, on MmJ.iv, it h March. Tbe second is to be over the Singapore Golf Club Links on Tuesday, 10th March. Lidies are to inake
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    THE MOBILIZATION OF THE GARRISON.
    332 12 Okders as to i he iiiobiliz ifion uf the g-t.“Ti.iOii have bts’ii issU'.’d by l he Geiior.,1 e*oui(riai ding. Toe tnobiliz i?iou is bxed ior Wednesday, ;tnd iroiu 4 a. in.,on that •iav tni 9 a. m., (ij St'urday the Fortress is dec) in a
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    THE GARDENS IN 1895
    470 12 8INGAPORF. Mr. H. N. Ridley, the Director of the Gardens and Forests, in his report for 1895. notes that the numlx r of visitors to tin* Gardens was as large as usual. There were a tew cases ot ilndt of flowers, hut the\ were of no
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    CHEMISTS AND THE OPIUM ORDINANCES.
    608 12 A SENSATIONAL ARREST On Saturday alternooD, at ten minutes past two, Police InspectorFa'rhursteotered the premiaes of the Singapore Dispensary in Raffles Pl«c-‘, armed with a search warraii', granted under Section 19 of Upiam Ordinanee, 1894, and seizrd 162 b d'l s of morphia, valued, rougnly,
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    TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY
    384 12 via Rangoon., London lUlh Feb nary, J he littie* Washiegton correspondent states that the Fnited States Government is iu favour of a Joint Commission consisting of two British and two Americans to ascertain the facts connected with the Venezuela di-pute. and that, failing to agree, the President of
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    THE SPRING RACES.
    233 12 RESULT OF THE CBIFFIW DEAW. Tee draw for the griffins took place on Saturday afternoon in Mr. Abrams’s j ard, with the following result: 1. g. m. H. H. the Saltan of Siak. 2. b. g. Mr. T. Earle. 3. br. g. Mr. C. Sngden. 4. b.
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    PERAK TURF CLUB.
    154 12 First Day, sth March. ENTRIES Ist Race.—The Maiden Plate. King of Heart* j Fortuua I Lakestone J fcurpriae. 2nd Race.—Grand Handicap. Clown I Jimmy Kede*p Mattie. 3rd Race. The Witch j J assie I Bushraf j Cabin Boy*. 4th Race. King of Hearts Gernpor. Fatanita j .">th
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    HAVAS TELEGRAMS.
    163 12 r Pans. 13th February. Ihe Senate has censured the Cabinet for I changing the judge charged to investigate I the railway scandals. Ambroise Thomas, the musical composer I la dead. 1 I Ihe Radical deputies have interpellated the I government ou the railway scandals, and finally succeeded in
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    THE BAND AT THE BOTANICAL GARDENS.
    209 12 Ihe Baud of the Fusiliers ou Saturday everdug. at the Bo auieal Gardens ,n the prrs uce of a large and interested gatbe.iug. The atteudsnee was. indeed, almost a record one. much I VK' r 1 u those ou many previous occaJ.iouc, aud tlie
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    CHOLERA AT PENANG.
    729 12 •IX CASKS r*« M 17th to 2IBT. roMl allowance, says the Pina fig Gasette, mast certainly be made for the high tension to which the nerves of our friends in, Singapore hare been wrought up by the knowledge that their death rate exeeede 60 per mille in
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    LADIES’ LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    276 12 MONDAY’S TIES. LADIES SINGLE HANDICAP. Mrs. Braddotl 1 beat Mrr. Kerr scr d-5 0-1 MIXED DOUBLE HANDICAP rfrs. WaddelK (Mis, S»lr. m D ii 4 Ur"l> P I beat < Mr _f• G- L scratch 6-5, MaHougill J g PLX MIXED PAIRS. U Mr oT 1
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      THE ” TANGLIN STAKES.”
      219 12 THE TANGLIN STAKES.” TO THE EDITOR OF THE Tl I Sir,— A special general J Sporting Club was held ou the2 r 1 which was fully repoited iu Vo J n l A proposal by Mr r 1 I that the 5th Rice oa thr* *2ad daruJ be uamed the
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      JAPANESE IN MALAY
      197 12 TO THE EDITOR OF THE "STRAITS TIME.' I Sir,—III today's Strait* I observe an article stutirg thiB Japanese gentleman, conn.red iriihjB Consulate, was on a tour through and that it was understood tba* h-K come to the StaUs with a view of foil out if there is
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      EDUCATION
      234 12 TO THE EDITOR OF THE "STRAIT® I'IHC Sir, —There has just beeu r^ Ti£ copy of a revibion of the Eiucat |C Code, which, to sav the least, coieo a time when boys in the different have been taught for the p*>t according to the old Code. If the
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      A CHINESE “PEEPING-TOM.”
      277 13 RG y THK STRAITS TIMES.” r lB V 1 ’r I ",!:iv uiiilit. tie 28th Februa' Teluk Ayer t. <■,■* liene a for respectable 5l uii-s "“>y ,0 wor9l l ,p A kioe* M ivlieeineu were plae-d ou look out; and no men r s v l.iiests
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    1012 13 \K K1YA1.S. .v, from Sourahaya Vir. H. V. p.r, H .1 (’>' m from Klaug :—Mr p,.,. :>< M nithuo from Manila;— Hr Bnga. v r tj- <r I from Batavia. Frankwc' L. A Kpsling-. and p. r from Penang:—Mos^r' i raoiv F M. wltrio. Wdhee. Cob. and
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      111 13 t. {ths h *Mini 4 t!io folio v n ah *r*w\. vi* iisoi:—st!*.—stearae s ••—sh’:> —it i> ono Brit—British (J. S.— c;t.> i 'i\»tt*s. Kr.— Franco, Gar.—G*?ri:ii»; Du!. v TA*. —T'' l l’* l O ■mV.-, *irr‘K L>.—ojic" diu;T. V\ W.— Figar Wtui’i; l P. D.—Tanjong Pagar
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      TRADING VESSELS.
      1407 13 Arrivals Since Noon of Saturday Sam Tor, Brit. str. 08 tons, (’apt. Taylor. 29 h Feb. From Muar, 28th Feb. O.C. aud 10 d. p. Hock Sau A Co. For Muar, L. H Cheung Rye Teng, Brit. str. 023 tons Capt. c-c 29th Fob From Rango u. 2>d
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      195 13 Name, Port and Date of Sailing. London. BeuUrig Jan. 22 Shanghai Hue Feb. 27 Ayr. Canton. Harrow. GlenfaUoch. Liverpool. Teleniaehus, due Mar. 17 Savona. J»u. 2; Teenkai Jau 29 Cyclops, due Mar. 5 •Mpuol&iis, due Mar. 5 Palained due Mar. 12 l.i LAS'iOW. Kirkdhle. Braemar Persia. Pknarth. Rive
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      ANJER.
      89 13 r.4>NKI» SI'KAMS Olt A'ltUVKIi n>K <»,..* Ki.a<; i JJatic I Re!>atk av'« Ship’s Naw k. Cohminokk. u* From TH’-tivaihh make Sailik hVb 19 Ned. «.B.:PrinBoS A malm Visnuin Feh 19 |B..tavii Am* ter am 19 Ned H>. Pri.Hes Marie V*n der Lee Jan U Ams ton lam y l
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      1092 14 •B I if VirKSKf.’** Na«> t T AP %T N. pKO’.l -All ED tOX iWXIUS. t KiFeb < 23 Tanrn* Nor str Wo <1 Rangoon Feb 1' Bou stead A Co. 24 Catherine A pear Brit.str. 1733 Olifent ilon.-kong Feb 19Sar ies <*. Moses 24 Carmarthenshire str. ’B7B inc'
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      CLEARANCES
      613 14 I I I)at; Vessel's Name. Flag a Khj; C.utai.v. Pk- us avion. i i Fob LI Py r)i"8 Urit.str Ha t I.!»t <l<- port* C A ca- sir Oi f nt tV .u- (kd,™ u Ha W halt Soon str. IV mage ;i i Amherst str. I iinmeii Klaus*
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