The Straits Budget, 14 July 1896

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    142 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” The S p Le throughout allThP p' rculat a of an Y newspaper in Asia, British India excepted. It circulates in Singapore and Pe Philinninp<? anH P f th Malay Peninsu,a > in Siam, Borneo, the Netherlands Indies, the
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  • STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, 14TH JULY.
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      BIRTHS.
      30 1 Us ti;»- 19th June, at Bussum, Holland, -ef (J. Bekkiiuysen, Saiidukan. «f a son. OeBor.NL -At Gopeng, on Saturday, the .toinsLtlit wife of F. Douglas Osborne, 4 3 xm.
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    362 1 ten;-ftiALs. Li IJul;; l'iia:ig The Balkan Alliance, lilt Presidency. TV Municipal Bill. Planting in Malaya, biday s Telegrams. iM States Politics. *ML H'lriiet Quotations, snipping News, hunger List. Police News. Burglary. A Dead Infant. %iniB from Jeddah. on the Esplanade. 1 own Cleansing. jf ua P*l Progress
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    490 1 Singapore, 14th July, 1890. PRODUCE. Gambler, 7.15. do Cube No 1 11.35. do do No 2, 9.50. Copra Bali, v 5.35. do Pontianak, 5.05. Pepper, Black, 9.90. Sago Flour Sarawak, 2.00. do Brunei, 2.36. Pearl Sago, 3.40. Coffee, Bali, 34.00. Coffee, Liberian, No. 1 35.00. Tapioca, small
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    581 1 Thk mail for Europe this w eek leaves by the M. M. s. s. Oceanien The M. M. s.s. Yana with the mail from Europe of the 19th Juno arrived on Saturday. The next mail from Europe of the 26th June is fixed for the P.
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  • REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
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      THE NILE EXPEDITION.
      59 1 London 7th July. Mr. Brodrick, the Under-Secretary of State for War, has stated that no British regiment has been ordered to advance to Dongola. but that the British garrison in Egypt is available for the purpose, if Sirdar Kitchener requires any aid. Three soldiers of the North
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      LI HUNG-CHANG.
      35 1 T 1 le Berlin press adopt a markedly cool tone on bidding farewell to Li Hung-Chang. The press also express disappointment at the absence of orders by him for German work and materials.
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      SIR HERCULES ROBINSON.
      12 1 ►Sir Hercules Robinson has been raised to the peerage.
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      THE U. S. PRESIDENCY.
      53 1 SILVERITE PROGRESS. London Bth July. The Democratic National Convention, to nominate the party Presidential candidate, has inet at Chicago. On the opening of the Convention, Daniels, the Silverite nominee, was elected temporary Chairman of the by a majority of two hundred over Hill, the candidate of
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      ROWING.
      19 1 Leanders crew beat the Yale crew easily in the first heat for the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley.
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      THE MATABELE REVOLT.
      30 1 Colonel Plumer’s column has defeated the Matabele after seven hours fighting with the loss of two hundred men. The British loss was twenty three killed and wounded.
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      THE BALKAN STATES.
      18 1 An alliance of the Balkan States has been agreed upon between Servia, Bulgaria, and Montenegro.
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      FRENCH FINANCES.
      13 1 The French Chamber of Deputies have rejected the Income Tax Bifi.
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      LI HUNG-CHANG.
      18 1 Li Hung-Chang has been decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion.
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      THE U. S. PRESIDENCY.
      92 1 DRAFT DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. FREE SILVER PLANK. Loivdon, 9th July. 1 he C ommittee charged with drawing up a declaration of policy for the Democratic National at Chicago nas drafted a platform which is certain of adoption by the Convention. The plattorm includes a demand for free
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      THE MATABELE REVOLT.
      37 1 Fuller accounts of the lighting of Colonel Plumer’s column in Matabeleland, show tnat the rebel position was very strong. The British forces were at first repulsed, but finally succeeded in driving the enemy out.
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      THE MATABELE REVOLT.
      48 1 London, lOt/Qfaly. The Matabele rising is increasing. Earl Grey, the Administrator of Matabeleland, has accepted an offer by the Cape Government to forward there a corps previously refused by him. The Cnartered Company will pay the cost, and tiie corps proceeds to Beira at once.
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      LI HUNG-CHANG.
      75 1 The Japanese Minister at Berlin has stated, during an interview, that Japan was in no wise disturbed by the splendid reception to Li Hung-Chang in Germany. In his opinion, the Japanese would simply regard it as a honour paid to the envoy of a gniat empire, and as
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      THE U. S. PRESIDENCY.
      20 1 The National Democratic Convention at Chicago has adopted a platform containing a free silver coinage plank.
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      THE BOSTON ARTILLERY.
      71 1 VISIT TO ENGLAND. London, 11th July. A Corps from the American city of Boston, styled the Honourable Artillery Company, is now visiting England. It has been greatly feted and has witnessed a special military review at Aldershot in the presence of Lord Wolseley, and the Duke of
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      THE U. S. PRESIDENCY.
      46 1 THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE. London 13th July. Mr. Bryan, formerly a member of Congress for Nebraska, has been nominated to be candidate of the Democratic party for the Presidency. Mr. Sewell, a citizen of the State’of Maine, has been nominated for the Vice-Presidency.
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      THE DECEASED WIFE’S SISTER BILL.
      22 1 The Bill authorising marriage w ith a Deceased ifeV: Sister has passe 1 the House of Ix)rds.
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      MADAGASCAR.
      14 1 The French Senate has passed the Bill to make Madagascar a French Colony.
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      ITALIAN POLITICS.
      7 1 The Italian Cabinet lias resigned.
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      THE NILE EXPEDITION.
      12 1 Major Roddy Owen has died of cholera at Ambigol.
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    45 1 DEATHS. (it-i'tral Hospital, Penang, at 9 i, 7tii July, Elizia d’Souza, m.. < uk t. ,'.i'. relict of the late Justi*v55 years. By telegram. Wf/ioiflfi; at the General Hospital, ifcHEi.li k Y. keksley, of the Pulo Brani Works, aged 30. OBITUARY. ♦Sir John Pender is dead.
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  • EDITORIALS.
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      LI HUNG-CHANG.
      226 2 (Straits Times 7tli July.) As wo anticipated the other day, Li Hung-Chang has raised in Germany expectations which are now found to rest on nothing firmer than sand. When that astute old statesman entered Germany, hopes ran higli that German trade and industry would profit hugely by the
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      THE BALKAN ALLIANCE.
      221 2 (Straits Tines, St It July.) Since Turkey was forced back from f he Danube by Russia twenty years ago, with result that Servia, Bulgaria, and Montenegro secured freedom from foreign domination,an alliance between J hem lias beenaeonstant political dream, rin se who feared a Russian advance upon
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      THE PRESIDENCY.
      239 2 (Straits Times 9 th July.) The Democratic National Convention at Chicago has to agree upon a platform, or political programme, before proceeding with the choice of the party Presidential candidate, in American party parlance, each item of a polit.cal programme is considered a plank in the platform. Long
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      FRIDAY’S TELEGRAMS.
      250 2 (Straits Times, 10th July.) The suggestion that Japan was in any wise disturbed by the splendid reception given to Li Hung-Chang in Germany, or anywhere else, is amusing. Japan knows perfectly well that the Continental powers have estimated Li Hung-Chang at a value that even he would not
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      THE MUNICIPAL BILL.
      448 2 (Si rail* 'limes', 1 Oik July.) The Legislative Council approves th“ clause in the new Municipal Amendment Dill, which gives the Commissioners the power to tax bicycles am tricycles. It is to be noted that theelausc is only a permissive one, and it does not necessarily follow
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      PLANTING IN MALAYA.
      241 2 (Straits Times 10th July.) The Residential reports from Perak, Selangor,and Negri Sembilanall emphasize the importance of the planting interest. The Acting Resident of Perak (Mr. E. W. Birch) acknowledges tie harm mining has done there in devastating country capable of great agricultural development. Miners spoil land which
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      UNITED STATES POLITICS.
      331 2 {Straits Times, 13th July.) The Democratic party have now nominated their Presidential candidate in Mr. Bryan, a Congressman from Nebraska. Rumour had long asserted that President Cleveland would not object to nomination, and advocacy of his •andidature rested on the belief that u» was the strongest man
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    MORTALITY RETURNS.
    39 2 The Singapore Mortality returns for J une give a total of 960 deaths including 10 Chinese, 165 Indians, and 59 ilalays. Cholera caused 34 deaths fever 293, and bronchitis 73. The* ratio per thousand stands at 56.71.
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    WORDS BY WOMEN WHEELERS.
    552 2 GRACEFULNESS IN CYCLING. Of the multitude of ladies who are now cycling, there an; only a few who have acquired a really graceful style of riding. Whether it is because the greater proportion of lady cyclists are still in their novitiate, or that the majority strive
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    THE PETROLEUM COMMITTEE.
    274 2 l)r. Stevens Macadam, professor of chemistry in Edinburgh, gave evidence on June 5 before Mr. Mundelhi’s Committee 011 Petroleum, and expressed a strong opinion that no oil used for illuminating purposes could Im* considered sate which had a lower flash-point than 1 *lO deg. Fahrenheit close test.
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    THE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
    720 2 VICTORY OF VAJU** i The tic for the ()p«- n Golf n *Lup was decided at Mwrfi,.|rf .f'K ‘ot the Honourable Conn. fl l.urgli Golfers, on the 1:1th Harry Vardon, of Searbor, *'n < Ins supremacy in the defeating Taylor, of \Vin,.fc 41 1, has held the
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    ANOTHER AMENDING ORDINANCE.
    82 2 I A Bill is to Ihj introduced Legislative Council intituled ni nance to amend the Hanishnien sion Ordinance of IMJ6* I drafted in accordance with the of the Secretary of State, in oT( in a case in which a jmtsou banished for life from a and is
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    TUESDAY, 7TH JULY.
    46 3 n.Kin yesterday and noon r of cholera w as reported .,*fter death, j;.. .-o'l 1 4 .nor and I.ady Mitchell rat ,M»sliwned their trip -US untiln^tw.-*-. j.,tive article on Su HerA N on imw created a peer, will Jii.anothcr column. f, ’.n 111
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    BURGLARY.
    18 3 f ju Mr.Sehweerdcr's house in was entered through :,n 1 i II< rv to tho v stolen.
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    A DEAD INFANT.
    30 3 .j l jj < was found in Telok >u vesterday. It was al|put and was wrapped up in M inquest revealed the a" ,1,11(1 had died of natural
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    SURVEY IN SELANGOR.
    90 3 -•Jailor Survey Report for 1895 tli<* introduction of the ,f licensed surveyors working T t .ok place during the year, and ;i :i decided success, inasmuch .‘'v rk is executed more rapidly revenue surveys are carried ,,,-t to the Government, enabled the Government to V k** the
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    THE SELANGOR SIKHS.
    108 3 N-IaMier Police Report for 1895 T.-'l-' a- tin* strength of the Sikh i’.ii!.- r *-nt there on the 31st December ijit Tht report notes that it is difficult to make the Sikh Pi‘*it*nt in military details, heavy duties they are jicrforni. There are so jiuu-v v' f»
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    TOWN CLEANSING.
    124 3 i4E Acilli: Municipal Engineer, in r»port for May, notes the great r iitiisi.il>,. ni«-r with continually I»*ansing tin* town, owing to inuiai-ity and obstinacy of the tuntrauiors. Another difficulty from the fact that the order l.v; year with regard to the siting oj refuse of all kinds J
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    MINERS AND MINING.
    173 3 hF f\L r* m L 7’ :^y- tir-i annual meeting of 1 ;r 1,1,1 <•! Mining Engineers k in Great GeorgeMr. G. A. Mitpresideiit. occupied the 4 delivered an address, in r ‘*<*nv(l to the various 1(1 improvements which 1 middle of the cenv nneof the healthi1
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    MUNICIPAL PROGRESS IN MAY.
    348 3 financial. The Municipal President's rejiort for May gives the revenue collections for tlie first five months of the vear as being *303,000 against $357,000 during the corresponding months of 1895. I he I rovident fund was to lie started clerical and technical dinkulties may cause deluv
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    THE WILLARD OPERA COMPANY.
    311 3 ‘‘IS TOWN." This example of up-to-date burlesque was produced night by the Willard Opera Company with their usual strong cast,and met with a good reception from a somewhat meagre audience. It deals principally with the pecuniary and love adventures of Captain Coddinytou (a part originally written
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    KLANG LAND.
    99 3 In Klang. during May. five applica-; tions were received for large blocks of land. Two were from Mr. R. S. Meikle for blocks of 350 and 200 acres, respectively, at Damansara. close to the 370 acres held by Mr. T. N. Christie. One was from Mr. 11. Hiittenbach
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    CRIME IN SELANGOR.
    630 3 THE WORST YEAR ON RECORD. Trffe Selangor Poliee Report for 1890 finds that the year under review is unique in the history of the State as being tne worst on record, so far ascrime is concerned. During the early part of the year, Kuala Lumpur town and
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    RUSSIAN TRANSPORT.
    25 3 The Russian transport Voronej arrived this morning from Odessa with 280 soldiers, 115 sailors, and TON emigrants onboard. She leaves for Vladivostok to-morrow.
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    HEALTH OF THE TOWN.
    157 3 The Municipal Health Officer, in his report for May, gives 131 as the number of cholera cases in the town that month, jB2 being in the section north of the river. 121 of the cases were among Chinese. Of the number attacked, 110 J died. There
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    SIR HERCULES ROBINSON.
    793 3 tion of the mistakes of the past. TJqiht Telegraph. THE MODEL OF A PERFECT GOVERNOR. The arrival of Sir Hercules Robinson, the veteran High’ Commissioner, in London, coincident as it is with the release of the Reform prisoners from Pretoria gaol, even if it does not end
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    A JAP COMMITS SUICIDE.
    67 3 Yesterday afternoon, a Japanese, named George Oliuo committed suicide by blowing out his brains with a revolver at 24, Banda Street. The deceased Jap, it appears, had made a contract to go to Western Australia for pearl diving. When the time came for him to go
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    ROUND SINGAPORE.
    794 3 A HOME CYCLIST’S IMPRESSIONS. In the current number of Cycling, there is an interesting article by Lewis J. Jessop on Singapore mainly from a cyclist’s point of view. It is one of a series of articles entitled “On the way to Japan.” The writer says I had some
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    LANCASHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
    53 3 We have received from the agents, Messrs. Powell and Co., a copyofthe Lancashire Insurance Company’s Balance sheet for last year, which reveals an extremely satisfactory state of affairs. Afterpayment of a 5 per cent, dividend, £40,000 were added to the Fire Reserves, besides an increase in #the
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    TO CHARITABLE GERMANS.
    620 4 AN APPEAL. We publish below a letter from Police Superintendent Bell regarding the painful case of a young German that has come under his notice. We drew attention to the matter some weeks ago, but we willingly repeat the main facts in the hope that they may
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    KUALA KLANG RAILWAY EXTENSION.
    206 4 The object of this extension, says the annual district report for last year, is to connect Klang, the present port terminus of the State, with the mouth of the Klang River, where it is proposed to construct better wharfage accommodation than at present exists at Klang.
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    THE “ COSTA RICA PACKET.”
    1483 4 THE COSTA RICA PACKET.” Globe. THE CURIOUS CASE OF CAPTAIN CARPENTER. The Orient Royal Mail Steamer (hizalxi, from Australia, which entered the Thames on sth ult., brought to London, among her passengers, a gentleman who has suffered severely from the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune during recent years, and
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    PILGRIMS FROM JEDDAH.
    84 4 Pilgrims from Jeddah are now returningin large numbers. The Public Works Departnu nt are busily engaged in providing accommodation fort hosedetained at the quarantine station. Five sheds, each 175 feet long, are being built. The Acting P. C. M. 0., Dr. lioad, the Acting Colonial Engineer, Captain
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    ACCIDENT ON THE ESPLANADE.
    88 4 An accident happened on the Esplanade last evening. Mr. Lambert, Jiuir., of the carriage factory, was seated in his carriage on the road, when the horse became frightened by something passing, and, plunging violently in the shafts, succeeded in breaking them clean away from the body
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    KUALA LANGAT.
    89 4 The report on Kuala Langat, in Selangor, for last year states that the progress in cultivation in the district is truly satisfactory. The demand for land is steadily increasing and, towards the end of 1895, Messrs. Rendle, Gibson, and Lumsden applied for six lots of *l2O acres each,
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    HOME NOTES.
    1061 4 Mark Twain will come to England at the close of his African tour. He will lecture a little, then settle in a seaside village, and finish his book of travels. It is interesting to recall the fact that 24 years ago Mr. Gladstone, then Prime Minister, moved the
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    WEDNESDAY, 8TH JULY.
    198 4 WEDNESDAY 8TH JULY. The Hon. A. M. Skinner left to-tav for Penang by the Kaiw-l-HirJ. Between noon yesterday and iuk* to-day, no case of cholera was reported The new Japanese postage stamp are to be issued on the 12th Septeinlicr Lieut. F. S. Dawson, sih Fusilicn was placed on the
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    DEATH OF THE GOVERNOR OF ACHEEN.
    52 4 DEATH O F THE GOVERNOR OF ACHEEN. h n (jrffl General de Moilin’, Iie ,J appointed Governor ot Aeheen. yesterday in Acheeu ot sun-tro c returning from a military rTC jr 1 Kroeng Raba. Before aPP° int f f .;l the post he was chief of ,in I Netherlands India
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    CHINESE GOLD MINES.
    36 4 oi 4 A Chungking correspondent N. C. Daily New* states that W are pressing the Chinese l°r£p<>Chi®4 concessions in the west, but authorities have not. up tot t I granted any concession. I
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    PLAGUE.
    40 4 From noon on 23rd Jon f instant at noon, twenty oa. e jJ were reported at Hongkong g uro pJ cases reported was a y?^ &vol boy who was progressing The total number of cases I was then 1,118-
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    NORTH BORNEO.
    47 5 rr ivcd at Hongkong on She brought at Pam-1 Bay. lo» ll tobacco is said to fTi s-- 1 1 |i/in J wry tt”** prices at Li-'" v,„ higher values than j,, mters arc jubilant; and .7 V t iosed owing to loam >•'! i» p-Mpiaa-d-
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    PROGRESSING BACKWARDS.
    52 5 r rn a Chinese Steam Xavi- 7,v ira- formed. with liead- hiiikiiin?. in X-rth China. from that port V snoehow, and i ancliow. from Nanking allege y" I j u kunvi lias suppressed f n ‘under tlic pica that steam .{IjVrcatlv injure the trade of :r/ now operating
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    AMERICAN EXHIBITION IN CHINA.
    58 5 !1 r 1 Tlmt land has been tor tin* erection of Kxl’ihition of American nian il'a. tmvs. The exhirr'i,,,!],lines will, it is proposed, r of r«M.ut KM) teet m leiyrth breadth. anil will ho used r > ’vtlv for the promotion of the 0.,l 'ini|M*it:ition into
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    FIRE ON SHIPBOARD.
    76 5 jiritisii barque I’lnn *'(tlfulh 406 iV'tain Lament, which was taking ral cargo for Callao, at Hongtin* scene of considerable nt tlwre on the :3>th June, wini; T, outl»n*ak of fire the main hold. The ship had taken a i c ;i full cargo, when smoke was ,in:
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    RAILROADS IN CHINA.
    84 5 s an edict was issued at [VU -i/.ing 1 hive (’hinese. IIsu, 11 1; fja t<» build rhe line from M::'i Hankow, dividing if into ini* >ns for the three men. It v. iT' o’it that neither of these ;-ly. or all of them together. ;i the
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    CURE FOR PLAGUE.
    77 5 IL-ivii physician. Dr. Yersin, is *'ito*lave discovered a cun* for plague a certain liquid uni*r the A rase successfully treared by !**|M»rtt'(l from Canton. Dr. Yersin i ii husilv engaged in investigation 'j“i|«Tinient as regards plague. He ai'l- vs. Lilly tried the healing liquid ruts affected with
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    A NEW LIGHT.
    231 5 UtihK1 has it that Edison has just yU 11 :i m w white light—the l( J "'I ver known,” as the great inven- i it. It is said to be eight times U* than the incandescent »consists of the glow of a metal- k ,lown a< tungstate,
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    THE LATE SIR JOHN PENDER.
    688 5 Sir. John Pender, the well-known electrician and dominant spirit in all sub-marine telegraphy, died yesterday evening. He was the second son of the late Janies Pender, of Yale of Leven, Dumbartonshire, and was born in 1816. Sir John had the advantage of early education, and
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    GANG ROBBERIES IN PAHANG.
    133 5 Three Buggis men were arrested by the detectives in Singapore this morning, on a charge of having engaged with a gang in robberies in Pahang. It is alleged that the prisoners went from Singapore in a prahu with six other Buggis, ostensibly for the purpose ot
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    TRADE RETURNS.
    514 5 THE tflRST QUARTER’S FIGURES. DOLLAR AND STERLING INCREASES. PENANG GOES AHEAD. The returns of imports and exports of merchandise in the Colony for the first quarter of this year have just been issued. Excluding treasure, the imports during the period under review come out thus in comparison with
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    SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB.
    52 5 The half-vearlv meeting of this Club will be held on Friday. The statement of account shows a credit balance of ss;kj. The “general receipts” of the Club amounted to $9,125 and members’ subscriptions to $4,600. On the expenditure side, the two chief items are: upkeep $4,025 and
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    LI HUNG CHANG.
    774 5 —Shanghai Mercury. THE ENVOY AT RERUN. Either Reuter ortho German Govern- i nient must have been sadly at fault as to the character of the man with whom they were dealing, when we find it announced that Baron Marschall von Bieberstein and Li Hung-chang agreed on “the
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    AN OWNER WANTED.
    46 5 Yesterday, Mr. Hooper searched a rikisha depot at 351, ictoria Street, and found a coolie in possession of a treadle sewing machine. The man was arrested and sentenced to six weeks imprisonment for fraudulent possession. The Police want an owner for the machine.
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    THE CATASTROPHE IN JAPAN.
    664 5 THE NORTH-EA8T COAST SWEPT BY TIDAL WAVES. SEISMIC DISTURBANCES. Japan has been visited by another crushing catastrophe. On Monday last (loth ult.,) the whole coastline of Iwate, Miyagi, and Aomori Prefectures, and of Rikuzen Province, a stretch of land measuring from 150 to 200 miles in
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    THE CHIEF JUSTICE’S BOY ROBBED.
    54 5 Whilk Sir Lionel Cox's Imy was waiting at dinner last night, a thief stole all the boy’s clothing. Thu thief wu* afterwards apprehended by the detectives in the act of pawning the property, all of which was recovered. The man was sentenced, this morning, to
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    WHARFAGE TARIFF AT SHANGHAI.
    61 5 A new tariff has been notified by the Shanghai and Hongkew Wharf Company to come into ’force outlie Isf July wnich raises rates about fifty per cent. The increase in the tariff now announced is the result of the Wharf Company having obtained the monopoly there
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    THE HOUSEHOLD.
    1235 6 NOTES FOR HOUSEKEEPERS IN SINGAPORE. (By a Lad,y Corre&powlcnt.) Motto for the week “He who lives for himself does not comprehend the possibilities slipping from him. Selfishness is the greatest obstacle to human progress as well as to individual happiness. HOW TO MANAGE ON SMALL INCOMES. When I
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    LITERARY NOTES.
    863 6 A translation, by Mr. R. Good let. of a Diary written by tin* Kniperor of Russia Inring his Eastern journey some years igo, will shortly he brought out by Messrs. Archibald Constable and Co. From a return recently issued in the United States, it appears that while in
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    HOME NOTES.
    1518 6 II»*; J>h>omors >cem to Ingoing «*;it this season. She: “Vos; they aiv on their last legs." C- What may a hen he »:mt t«» dioug when she cackles after pr«»dic*iug an egg Chanting her little lay.* Lord Sudlev, the defendant in the hreaeh of |»ro!ili?*e a' tion, is
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    THURSDAY, 9TH JULY.
    95 6 155,697 piculs of rice wore shimJ ironi Bangkok to Singapore iu fa mst. The recent disastrous earthquake and tidal wave in North Japan is estimated '<> have resulted in the loss of 7:i00i» lives. Between noon yesterday and n-*® to-day, three cases of cholera were reported. Of
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    THE INDIAN OPIUM SALES.
    32 6 The Finance Department of India notify that 39,000 chests of Ben*! )pium will be sold there in ball Behar and half Benares, the montWr sales being 3,250 chests.
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    THEFT.
    39 6 The dyeing factory at Kim &ag Road was broken into early in the morning of the 8th instant, and eight lollars* worth of black cloth was stolen The thieves are believed to have landed fro nr the river.
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    DUTCH SUBJECTS IN SIAM.
    41 6 Arrangements have been made, sap the Siam Free Press by which tnc Netherlands subjeets in Siam will be placed under French protection »iun®? the absence*on leave of Chevalier Keun Je Hoogerwoerd, the Netherlands (olh su 1-General there.
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    PETROLEUM.
    46 6 Importers of petroleum are warned by notification tint <i the loth Julv, 1896. no oil. w^‘l r j bulk or small quantities, will be to enter the State unless am 1 11 1,1 by a certificate of proof tua 1 1 passed the Colonial test
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    INSUBORDINATION ON BOARD.
    46 6 At the Harbour Master s kong, on the 1 st instant, four? eanK the British ship Socofra wer* gaol for four weeks for refusing and one seaman was sent togao.,p o for weeks for refusing to work an > assaulting an officer cm tin
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    BURGLAR IN A BOX.
    48 6 A few days ago. a Chines-*' in Taiping moved a large *'i ,l j’ 1 upstairs. It was discovered peetedly heavy which led to nj- >arC ji lid to obtain an explanation. resulted in finding a burglai > wa« given in charge of the p°
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    PERAK OFFICIALS.
    43 6 VI r Mr. W. H. Trkaciier, 4 $tn Resident of Perak, ;in*iN 1,1 on the 3rd July, al r v die 4th. Mr. E. \S in .Wat** Government, and Mr. Protector of Chines, ievcrtea ti 4th instant to then h appointments.
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    ROBBERY OF A MAIL.
    59 7 I u.iTTEKKWrtSWKKOAR I imin Singapore tor Kuala I tfi. |>irkM.n was rohlx-d I via r ii«« nA K,,ala P ah 1 l "’"''i".... Aim'll:- ,l C- :l for till* Manager of the IVe 1 <itd.l Mining Co., eont:: 1> ,.,,1,i,.1 l.iis ill Hank notes. f reah.'traeted
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    HONGKONG POST OFFICE.
    47 7 I /ptr of Commerce at HongI tin attention of the Lb2 |u, U to the necessity which E ><rr Ul *\v and larger Post Office Ept- .kmit Imihling being very I for the requirements, and the handling ttre* l i 4—- I Jowl \TTOY
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    MARINE ASSOCIATION.
    69 7 K n ine Association is about I A 1 k .l at Shanghai. This new* I fr k '|l limit the membership to Britis-li rt rtifieatcs only, but I yr kin alien from joining if he P/ bb- h (M r tifieatc. The capital I ;i: m,.,t the
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    CHINESE TARIFF.
    47 7 i»e MacDonald, the British J-. t IVkin. has expressed the r H*» change of Tariff in f'.iikdv take place without .Mwultath n with the parties f„; vu'ted in such alteration, and ’h iiuhlicit\ v being given to r.t;:u'' ,u i i to make Mich change.
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    JAPANESE LABOURERS FOR BRAZIL.
    48 7 u ns a treaty is concluded n .Ia;*:m ami Brazil, a Japanese t’oinpany will send 20,000 C die last named country to ,-i»ifee plantations. They t'l.lus.sterling j>ermontii fTiheoTviini*- ioiind. A contract tor k. r-!1 J made. The company Lb vinl 2.npH labourers thither bftiv.
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    IMPERIAL INSURANCE CO.
    54 7 I j,. r >fthe Imperial Insurance I vhich Barlow A Co. are I tkie r agents, for last year I \iuV' vcment in business. Ti)H bias, that year, amounted If":m.327 less than those of m paid and outstaudbeing 54*95 per cent. ■>' r a loss patio ot
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    THE BANGKOK WATERWORKS.
    65 7 I i-p ui: Mir King left Siam for Java, fc.tv. iii'trurtions that the construc■l l v vu ,k> m»i- ikmgkuk should i hand at once. It is now I nion’hs sinee these orders l*-Cm. and yet the Hungkok Times |hit no actual work has been u lr
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    FOOTBALL.
    297 7 I \X1> REGIMENT. I i game lietween these two I lart night on the I i‘r{wiv a good crowd of I liit- Club played a strong I? 1 '■'Hiinmgh. and won a very good I to 1. The Regiment I 1 »ir!. weaker than usual. R especially being very
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    GERMAN NEW GUINEA.
    150 7 Jhk Berlin correspondent of the lunrx telegraphed on the 11th June:— I In* decision taken by the Commission oi the Budget to refuse the supplementary credit requested by tin* Government to cover the expense of transferring the administration of German New Guinea from the New Guinea Company
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    THE WOMAN WHO WANTS TO BE A SECOND MATE.
    589 7 HER LETTER TO THE MARINE BOARD. The other day we had some mention of an application by a woman at Melbourne for a second mate’s certificate. The local Marine Board was called upon to consider the following letter from Miss Robina
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    LATE TELEGRAMS.
    123 7 London, '29th June. George Pacha, Prince of Samos, is appointed Governor of Crete. The Porte is confident of an early settlement of the disturbances in the island. liOth June. Jn the House of Commons last night Mr. Chamberlain, replying to a question, said the employment of Indian regiments
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    THE SILVER STANDARD.
    150 7 Bimetallists will he interested in an announcement made in an American paper. Admiral W. T. Evashintoff, of the Russian Imperial Navy, who is travelling on a year’s leave of absofice in Oregon, is investigating all the modern methods of ennning salmon, with a view to starting works
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    THE POLICEMAN AND SULTAN’S VALET.
    209 7 WANTON DAMAGE AT THE GARDENS.« There was an extraordinary affair in the Botanical Gardens last night The juvenile son of the late .Sultan of Joliore, and several other children, together with anayahanda valet,had cometothe Gardens from Tversnll in a carriage. The voun" > prince, later
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    THE COMMERCIAL OUTLOOK IN AUSTRALIA.
    442 7 YOUNG HOPEFUL'S I*KOSJ*E(TS. What arc the prospects of a youth with engineering aptitudes in Australia at the present time r fins was a question recently addressed to a Melbourne gentleman in a position to speak with mthoritv on the subject. In the course of his
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    A TRAP ACCIDENT.
    254 7 THE KESI’LT OK A CARELESS ’RIKISHA PKLLER. What might have been a serious accident happened this morning. As Mr. J. Ii. Hilty, of Messrs. Hilty Co., was driving into town in a buggy drawn by an Australian horse, at the corner of the pavilion of the Recreation
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    SELANGOR NEWS.
    511 7 THE RES1DKXT-GENERAL. Tiie Resident-General arrived at Kuala Lumpur from Singapore by the Menu on Wednesday evening (1st inst.) A number of oflieials went to tin* Central Station at 5.30 p.m. to welcome their chief on his first arrival at headquarters, and were consequently disappointed, Mr. Swettenham arriving by
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    A FAMOUS TRAINER.
    809 7 AX ACCOUNT OK JOHN PORTER. lx the handsome and substantial volume entitled Kingselere (Chatto and Windus) we have, from the j»en of Mr. Byron Webber, an account both of a famous trainer (Mr. John Porter) and of a notable training-place. Much of the information contained in it
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    MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
    27 7 Lieutenant J. A. C. Somerville, 2nd North’d. Fusiliers, is appointed Garrison Adjutant, Singapore, from Ist May, 1896, vice Captain R. H. Isacke, 2nd North’d. Fusiliers.
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    THE COLONIAL TREASURER AND THE RUSSIAN CONSUL.
    1232 8 A DISPUTE ABOUT A HOUSE. This morning, before Mr. Justice Leach, the Hon. E. E. Isemonger, Colonial Treasurer, brought an action against M. Kleimenow, the Imperial Russian Consul, to enforce specific performance of an agreement alleged to have been made between the parties,
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    PUNJOM.
    49 8 The Secretary of the Punjoiu Mining Company, Limited, has received the following telegram from the Mine, being the result of the June clean-up Translation The mill ran 25 days, crushing 1,050 tons, yielding 515 oy.s. of smelted gold fifty tons of concentrates calcined yielding 85 ozs. of gold/'
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    KILLED BY SACKS OF SAGO.
    75 8 Ox the 29th of last month, a Chinaman was working in Messrs. Gilfillnn W ood's godown in Havelock Road, when some sacks lull of sago tell, knocking him down, and causing serious injuries. He was taken to the hospital, where he died yesterday morning. An
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    INSURANCE LIBERALITY.
    134 8 Ox the 17th June last, the steamer lit i,h Seng Guan, on leaving Bangkok for Singapore, collided with the Gloucester City when heating down the river. The collision was slight, so far as the Man Sony Gunn was concerned. The cost of repairs and demurrage to the Gloucester
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    LIGHT WITHOUT HEAT.
    199 8 At the Presidency College, at Calcutta, Professor Bose has succeeded in carrying a most important and difficult electric investigation to a successful conclusion. Nothing definite has hitherto been known of the size of electric waves and the number of vibrations that gave rise to them. Professor Bose
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    THE ROMANCE OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
    1438 8 Of the great discoveries of the nineteenth century, Professor Rontgen’s new photography bids fair to prove among tlie most important. The ability to obtain a picture of something hidden from the eye opens up possibilities tor the future calculated to unnerve those who are at all
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    FRIDAY, 10TH JULY.
    205 8 There is on foot at home a movement to erect a memorial to the memory of the late Mrs. Alexander, whose beautiful liymnsare known wherever the English language is spoken. The Duchess of Aberoorn is the moving spirit, and she has written to His Excellency the Governor
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    FOOTBALL.
    520 8 ASSOCIATION CHALLENgk c FIRST KOVN-r,: t .v GUv M These two teams met I the Esplanade, before a spectators, in the first round If*** *1 coni]M»tition. The night Wn Ule, W| one for football, the ground splomlid condition. AbU 5 -,S» lined up for the fray and, on 'I
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    PILGRIMS FROM JEDDAH.
    17 8 PILGRIMS FROM JED DAH. From the 6th inst., a M quarantine has been impOy" vessels arriving from
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    SUB POST OFFICE.
    41 8 Residents in the suburban J Singapore will be glad to loarn the beginning of next year, t 1 J ment will establish threj’ Offices: one at Tanghn, t J Tanjong Pagar. and the (,r,u 1 dang Kerbau. I
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    CLERICAL SUICIDE.
    63 8 Thk Rev. Nestor deCastilho, the Cathedral at Macao, j M cide on the morninj ot by hanging himself. 1 J! J gentleman had been ui:" 1 .j. jJ time past, but ap|»earc(i |>< He was an old man, t for *9 appointment of Dean <** 1 years. It
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    MARSHAL YAMAGATA.
    59 8 A GUARD Of iK |n J* t wo native officers, fi f} with complement oi wiliH Singapore Company. ;it p* formed up at Johnston > B on Saturday, the 11th u j* receive His Excellency M filial Yamagata from hi* French mail. A salute ofW* H M be
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    3262 9 I cllKSCNT. I vkknok. Sik Charles I 1 uit.•>"-," if it W. Plunkett, u. a., I. i'i r ‘c«i..niaiMlii.*the I t" t Oolomal 9 j. r P !a r >- Attorney-General. I \nditor-General. I H \,.rcr Colonial Treasurer. I h//'‘‘"ntM-son, Acting Colonial I h-rjl.irkinsha"-iH-Murray. Boon keng. Ih v
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    SAVAGERY.
    44 9 Yesterday, at Telok Saga, on the other side of Pulo Brani, a Malay woman was attacked by two other Malay women, and a man. One of the assailants completely bit oft' the woman’s little finger on her left hand. The man was arrested.
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    THEATRICALS AT TANGLIN.
    77 9 At the Tanglin Club, last night, there was produced by local amateurs a very amusing little farce called 4 The Duchess of Baysw'ater.” After a short interval a few* local artistes gave a charming select ion of songs. Altogether, a very pleasant evening was passed. It is
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    FIRE IN STAMFORD ROAD.
    86 9 A fire occurred at Stamford Road at a quarter to four this morning, and two houses occupied by rattancl mir-makers were completely gutted. A native corporal passed the place on his rounds just before the outbreak, and was walking towards Boat Quay when the alarm was
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    THE FRACAS AT THE GARDENS.
    103 9 Mr. Ridley writes to us with regard to our report headed The Sikh and the Sultan’s valet in yesterday’s issue. Mr. Ridley says it was the boy that was arrested, and on the way to bis (Mr. Ridley’s) house he w T as recognised by
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    THRICE BURGLED.
    125 9 A house occupied by Mr. E. M. Lyon and Mr. Mackay in Lloyd Road was entered last night, and a gold watch and some money were stolen. The thief got into the house by putting a post against the waterspout and swarming up. This is the third time
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    MEETING OF CREDITORS.
    126 9 A meeting of the creditors ot* M. Lucien Beaulieu, of the French Bakery, was held this morning at the office of the Official Assignee for the purpose of considering an offer of composition. About a dozen creditors were present. The bankrupt’s offer was that he should pay
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    FEDERATED MALAYA.
    2885 10 REPORTS FOR 1895. liRIGHT PLANTING PROSPECTS. TIN-MINING UNDER DISCOURAGEMENT. PERAK. The revenue of Perak for 1895 amounted to $4,033,612, an increase of §491,497 over the revenue of the previous year. The revenue figures show most under tin, excise farms, opium, railways, and land. The expenditure, aggregated §3,757,008, which
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    SATURDAY, 11TH JULY.
    282 10 Mr. Newton, Assistant Municipa Engineer, at Singapore, Ims been offered the post of Acting Deputy Executive Engineer of water works, Bombay Municipality, the salary to be 800 Hs. per mensem, rising to 1.000 Hs. Under section :>0 of the Liquors < irdinan :<\ officers and men of
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    COUNTERFEIT COlNS.
    23 10 Counterfeit tenant-pi,** to be common in Penani- jj A Chinaman, with-fourteen .iff; n,J| his i>ossossion, was arresWe, the 7th instant. >r
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    MORTALITY RETURNS.
    37 10 The Singapore mortality Mnrn the week, ending with the xti give a total of 219 death*. Chinese accounted for 16*- To. and Malays, 11. Four deal lisaii* v 1; to cholera, and sixty to fever
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    THE “ANCHISES.”
    31 10 The Straits Maritime Journo) i, that the accident to the nothing worse than her stranding? coast between Rangoon and MouW? It was expected that she would floated off shortly.
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    PAHANG CORPORATION.
    76 10 The Pahang Corporation returns May are:—Jeram Lumpong Mill- k 19 days of 24 hours each 740 tons<J stone were crushed, producing ;jq of black tin; 20 head of stamps running; working costs, $9,250. Jen* Batang Mill: In 23 days of 24 hour? each 700 tons of stone were
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    A ’RIKISHA PULLER’S FREAK.
    89 10 Last niglit a boatswains mate from one of the ships in the harliour was riding in a Vikisha from the Temple Bar public house to Johnston’s Fin when the puller suddenly dropped thf shafts, and, snatching a" his fare's whistle and chain, made off with ii
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    EXTORTIONERS PUNISHED.
    130 10 Y Ear Eli day a Chinaman was sentcu ced at the Police Court to six montl* rigorous imprisonment f«»r extort*®, and thereafter to he bound over tube of good behaviour for six months and another Chinaman foi abettmnrt received three months, and .vas ordered to I>e bound over
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    FIELD MARSHAL YAMAGATA.
    226 10 ARRIVED IN SINGAPORE TO-DAY. Field Marshal Yamagata, who repjr scnted the Japanese Emperor at Coronation of the Tzar arm’ morning at Singapore, on board tun M. steamer Yarro on his jjj Japan. Reasons of health compe itlie Marshal to curtail his visits to capitals of Europe, and
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    SINGAPORE LAND COMPANY.
    335 11 ..nlinan- pcncral meeting U 5',,,,reload Company Limited b t Iloon at the regis(y hel" y .j |> r ince Street. The Board of Directors, the C.M.O.. prcHded, and I’D. L n t: Messrs. J. b mlayson, r i* \V. J. Napier, (Direc- E t? 111 Unvnck Van
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    STRAITS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
    381 11 general meeting of t Bcvelopment Company was held on 15th June, to fcrthe articles of association: Mr. j>rf-iifing. •simian moved: 44 That article V ;uii* l(. of association of the s nv faltered by substituting for 5 < >n June 5( >. 1896,’ t he words, all
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    SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB.
    1071 11 HALF-YEARLY MEETING. 1 he half-yearly General Meeting of the members of the Singapore Sporting lub was held yesterday afternoon at the Exchange. The President (Mr. C. Sugden) occ upied the chair, and among those present were: Messrs. Gansloser, K. Earle, St. V. B. Down, J. D. Saunders’
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    1100 11 COCONUT PLANTING. ACHEKN. THE KING OF SIAM. T1IE SUGAR CROP. PETROLEUM. Translated from ray ions Xetrspaper*.) The Locoruofief of the 17th June gives extracts from recently published papers laid before the States-General. regarding Coconut Cultivation in Netherlands India. These papers note extension in the area under cultivation with
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    THE KUCHAI MINES.
    197 11 Thk only European mining company in Selangor is the Malay States Tin Mining Co., whose mines are situated at. Kuchai, in the Petaling sub-district of Kuala Lumpur. The work of this company, which claims to have discovered a lode, is thus described by the Superintendent of Mines:
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    THE WRECK OF THE “DRUMMOND CASTLE.”
    1706 11 I FOC AND RAIN CAUSED THE CATASTROPHE. STIRRING STORIES. To-days mail contains the first details yet to hand of the loss of the Drummond Castle which occurred off Ushant about midnight on June ITUi. The total number of the crew, with the captain, was
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    CHURCH ECHOES.
    786 12 According to Mr. Eugene Stock, the Secretary of the Church Missionary Society, this Society now has over two hundred agents who are entirely selfsupport ing. A large proportion of the missionaries arc University graduates, and, even of the men trained in Islington College, those who go to the
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    COUNTERFEIT DUTCH COIN.
    47 12 Tiik two men arrested last* week, in connection with the extensive seizure of Dutch counterfeit copper coin by Superintendent Bell, were again brought up this morning at the Police Court, and were further remanded. The principal in the whole affair is still at large.
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    1172 12 A great catastrophe has happened. Government has given power to the Municipal Commissioners to. tax our cycles. Alas what are we coming to Is a Gentle to be greater than a Goschen Are the free people of Singapore to suffer a hateful impost when their brethren of
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    TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
    1040 12 Via Ceylon.) Rome 21)/ It June. A Papal Encyclical has been issued on the unity of the Church, which tends to show by implication that it is not possible to recognise Anglican orders. lxmdon, 30 th June. The Land Hating Bill passed the report stage of tin* House
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    THE QUEEN’S SCHOLARSHIP.
    99 12 THE QUEEN’S SC HOLARSHIP. 1.1- tbit We announced the ollm* Gnok Lean Tuck of tin* 11* 111 School had been awarded u jin Scholarship. He was act Ml nar t?; obtaining the highest iiuinbH as F. Salzinaiin stood first ""„fod hut was disqualified hy n tliftf having resided in the
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    MONDAY, 13TH JULY.
    91 13 sot Rkid arrived from Penang Mk ab s' aT han goes to Europe by Mk \< n ee auini mi W ednesday, ffie M J no0 u on Saturday and noon Vr a se of cholera was report(*d. 11 l lrTJ( Leach is exjieeted at fp>IIi Singapore
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    A FIND.
    39 13 vrjii'AY, iii searching a house for ‘ro|'<*ity. tla* i came across Hire ami valuable long brown J At with a velvet collar. Myers I ivrriiool. are the makers. An ir.d' ‘i a r ..r j- wr.MlteU. M
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    RETIREMENT.
    42 13 ..jd that Sir R. H. Meade, the ,vn. an.Vit Under Secretary at the office, will retire from the n th<; course of next year, and r j, A. Halliburton will not remain office much hevond another U lli f •treiv** month'.
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    FIELD MARSHALL YAMAGATA.
    51 13 Fii*-M aksi!\i. Y A M a g at A left Singa;,.r Japan *'ii Saturday afternoon, I 4n-r:h aft**r live n clock, on board the I >1* -trainer Yarn/. After leaving I t, v Ih'iM* the Marshal left for I im-• Consulate, from whence ;1 wv direct the
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    LADIES AT SARAWAK.
    55 13 At kudiing. the rhief town of Sara I Unlit*?' Club has been started in I i l>uilana' cruet ed at lhe cost ui the I 1L>. h iC understood that male I .jit'ii ;cv t<• he admitted, though I uti- -.>nir ditference of opinion I iii. i.-;
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    A FOOLISH SYCE.
    53 13 I Allied Ahmat, employed at I :ir li ■:!».*la Paix. was stupid enough I vd- rv. valued by him at $136, A n u i-"X iii toe stable. Ho went to I ui'!>t at half-past nine, and. n.....-.ki.-.-gat a quarter past twelve this I u'-r *tji hex
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    SUMATRA OIL.
    52 13 ha: shares of the Royal Dutch Oil Langkat. wore quoted, the other v ’rr 800 per cent., and there is a [ha: they will‘reach 1,000 per i-fun* the end of the year. It is I ,H 1 that by the beginning of next I rompany will produce 10,000
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    SUCCESSFUL STRAITS STUDENTS.
    50 13 ‘Hr. states that, at the Examination for the ApotlieJ -a'k held at the Madras Medical 1 last month, the three students: j Keun, and Lesslar, sent by the •‘hLiyeriiment. for and on account t T States, succeeded in passw l*t class and two in the *■'•'0 das-.
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    CYANIDE PROCESS IN SARAWAK.
    52 13 jx i,ze^e hears that the at th* Borneo Company's cyanide works at Ban, i -s.’ven ounces of gold, tv j to the ton of stone U is exited that, now the 1 1?| ugo«nl working order, subhrr. should give up to 8 Mur, as the stone
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    JUDICIAL MATTERS IN PERAK.
    166 13 Hr. ur i, "7* u.j* r bIK H. in thi* Perak Report ‘‘Dinments upon the ui n be gal Adviser and "i s< i° 11 ‘-r to Federated Senior Magistrate, L obliged to consider I 0: i i. 1 i reh numerous I against the decisions
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    TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    58 13 t Secretary of the Ladies’ Lawn Tennis Club informs us that the Autumn Tennis Tournament begins on August sth, entries for which close on Saturday, Aug. Ist. The lists are now opened at the .Ladies Club. The events tor competition are :—Championship, Ladies Single Handicap, Ladies’ Double Handicap,
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    A LUNATIC’S MURDEROUS ATTACK.
    74 13 On Saturday afternoon, a Kling man made a murderous attack upon a Bengali in Clive Street, causing very serious injury to the man’s skull. He was removed in an insensible condition to the hospital, and he has not yet regained consciousness. His assailant was also removed
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    MARBLE QUARRIES.
    86 13 A considerable amount of prospecting for marble was undertaken in Perak last year, by Mr. E. A. Hilckes of Singapore who obtained some very fine specimens. and who, as the hardness of tlie marble necessitates the employment of expensive machinery, has been granted a monopoly of the right
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    ROBBERY FROM A SHIP.
    81 13 On Friday night, thieves hoarded the German barque Atlantic, Capt. Schneider. The captain’s daughter is travelling with her lather, and the robbers stole; the whole of her clothing, together with souk* clothing belonging to the captain s hoy, and other property. Poor Miss Schneider was compelled
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    PERAK NEWS.
    213 13 Perak Pioneer. It is stated Mr. II. C. Belfield, n. L., the Senior Magistrate, Perak, becomes Commissioner of Lands under the confederation scheme, Mr. R. G. Watson, t he Protector ofChinese,succeedinghim. A certificated nurse, on 51,200 per annum, is to be added to the medical stall’, next year,
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    CRICKET.
    186 13 THE LAW V. MERCHANTS. Played on Saturday afternoon, the Merchants having a team of twelve. The game resulted in a draw, the Merchants, at a close of play, having compiled 74 for 5. Scores THE LAW. F. M. Elliott c J. G. Mactaggart b Dennys.. 15 A. J. Leach
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    WARFARE IN SARAWAK.
    64 13 The Sarawak, Gazette of the Ist inst. announces the complete* success of a Dyak force, sent hy the Rajah of that State up the Rejang River, to punish the Kayan tribe for treacherous murders there in September last. The Dyaks burned thirteen villages and killed four hundred
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    BURGLARS.
    168 13 Last night, the Police arrested a man for breaking into a house in Upper Hokien Street. He got into the house by clambering over the roofs from an adjoining street where lie had also committed a burglary. The; thief, who had been unable to secure any property, is well
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    SARAWAK COAL.
    439 13 DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPECTS. The Sarawak Gazette gives particulars of coal mining in that State which show that tiie output from the mine at Sadong has reached two thousand tons a month. The yield admits of ready increase, should the demand froiii Singapore grow. A now s*mii, showing the
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    TO ARRIVE.
    174 13 (For the Far East) For F. <fc O. s. s. Rowe from London, June 13: —Uev. J. E. Pease. Mr. L. A. M. Johnston, Mr. E. S. Smith, and Mr. Newland Mrs. West, Mr. W. J. F. H time, Mr. C. W C. Parr, Mr. N. T. Gray.
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    THE GERMAN LIBEL ACTION.
    419 13 JUDGMENT THIS AFTERNOON. This afternoon Chief Justice, Sir Lionel Cox, gave judgment in the action brought by Ernest Alfred Hilekes against Eberhardt Held to recover the sum of $4,000 for an alleged libel. The case was concluded on Thursday last having occupied a considerable period in
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    EDISON’S KINETOSCOPE.
    347 13 A WONDERFUL MACHINE. Da. Harley, the entertainer, ventriloquist, illusionist, and electrician, who is now on a tour round the world, has brought the novelty of which the reading and scientific public have heard and read so much, viz., the novelty that Edison failed to finish in time for
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    PENANG IN 1895.
    1369 13 INCREASING REVENUE. DECREASING TRADE. The Penang Administration Report, for 1895, is signed by Mr. A. M. Skinner as Resident Councillor. It sets the revenue for 1895 at $1,418,511, an increase of 510,608 upon the figures for 1894, mainly under the head of excise licenses. The general revenue
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    THE “ANCHISES.”
    82 14 The steamer Andrises, chartered to load in Rangoon for the Far East by Straits Chinese shippers, ran ashore at the mouth of the Sittang on the 27th June, when approaching Rangoon harbour. In the south-west monsoon the current sets strongly to the east, and vessels approaching from the
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    CANADA AND OCEAN HIGHWAYS.
    177 14 The Marquess of Lome, M.P., presided at a meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute on June 9, when Mr. Sandford Fleming read a paper on 44 Canada, and Highways.” In proposing a vote of thanks to the lecturer, the Marquess commented on the immense importance of
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    HOME CRICKET SEASON.
    1305 14 YORKSHIRE r. AUSTRALIANS. Play on Monday, 15th nit., at Leeds, went much in favour of the Colonials, who, after completing an innings of 144, got riil of seven of their opponents for 90. On Tuesday the innings closed for 108. The Australians had lost one wicket for
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      THE APPEAL TO GERMANS.
      415 14 TO THE EDITOR OF THE “STRAITS TIMES." Sir, Referring to the letter of the Chief Police Officer in yonr yesterday’s issue re appeal to the German community on behalf of a German named Sehutte, we beg to/draw attention to the following facts: 1. —Sehutte deserted from
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      THE WRECK OF THE “ CELESTIAL.”
      1252 14 THE WRECK OF THE CELESTIAL.” ABOUT CHINESE SHIPOWNERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BTKAITB TIMES." Sir,—On the tfrd of June, there appeared in the Shipping Telegraph an article commenting on the wreck of the steamer Celestial. That article was almost identical with those published locally in March last bearing on
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    357 14 ARRIVALS. Per s. s. Hecate from Mi* Ferriss, Mrs. Mansz, and Messrs Gow, aoe Heft. Per s. s. Jinnee from Franson, Do Yieyer. H. L. P nuys.aoc Mr. and Mrs. Cameron. Per s. s. Sappho from Klang v Tport*: Messrs. Hilton, Hooding, Hi*:*-*, J Miss Dagmar, ami Dr.
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      159 15 ie!l ,linR the following abbresiar B de rtDU s tr. —steamer; sh.—ship oa i&re U Rrit —British U. S. United W r -Freneh; Gor German Dut.- Johore ic„ G.e -General passengers U.-Uneer-T d p 'Tanjong Fagar Wharf T. jji» ‘i „inne Fagar Dock B. W. Borneo Wharf;
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      TRADING VESSELS.
      1527 15 iv\i.' Since Noon of Saturday. N. r oj. 129 ton<. Captain Hatte,jj*. |ulv. From Otaru, 22nd June. rtf'aO.Voy. C.-P. &O. > r \nft. Brit. str. IOS tons, Capt. Shim- i-«h July. From Klang, 10th July. wpillud. p. Wee Bin and Co. For r.j ria ports, 14th. Rds. "j
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      ANJER.
      161 15 PASSED 8UNPA STRAITS OH ARRIVED FOR ORDERS. Plag Date From I i ~RkDate. and Ship’s Name. Commander. of I Where ation marks. Rig. Sailing. June .‘JO Brit. 8.3. Martial a May 16 Barry Batavia .10 Ned. s.8. Borneo V. tier Puttcn May 17 Rotterdam Bat-avia July 1 Ned. s.s.
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      ARRIVALS.
      969 15 g T Plag ~T j < essel’s Name. A ;Toxs. Captain From Sailed. Consignees. Rig Jue.j j j 4 Orealla Brit. sh. 1708 Stewart Cardiff Mar 23 Boustead and Co. Reorder str. 675 Brereton Sandagan July 2 Telegraph Coy. 6 -Mathew str. 996 'Farrell Hoi how 'June 28 Behn
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      CLEARANCES.
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