The Straits Budget, 28 July 1896

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    137 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” j he Straits Times has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Asia, British India excepted. It circulates in Singapore and Penang, throughout all the Protected States of the Malay Peninsula, in Siam, Borneo, the Netherlands Indies, the Philippines,
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    STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, 28TH JULY. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    392 1 KbifrUi* WaiVt- BU*i Co* dies. Mr.BurLnmuw Scores. Ma .r M t alluni and Penang. TuunJ TiL\?tioii. iVChit'i-'C Dead. ill* ivr i. River Collision. IV <;•!*•■-nV Prize. Hi < .-■a-rt;* •>f Proselytising. t/OCAL Market Quotations. Shipping News. List. Kidnapping. Illicit Chaudu. Found browned.
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    499 1 Singapore, 28th July, 1896. i produce. I Gambier, *.1 >. J do Cube No 1, 11.2;>. do do No 2 9.00. Copra Bali, 5..vj. do Pontianak, 5.05. j Pepper, Black, 10.50. I Sago Flour Sarawak, 2.60. do Brunei Pearl Sago, 3.30. Coffee, Bali, 3i.00. j Coffee, Liberian,
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    438 1 The mail for Europe this week leaves 1 by the M. M. s. s. Alellnjnme. The Ger-1 man mail from Euroi>e by the Sachsen, I arrived on* Wednesday. The German for Euro{»e by the l’l'eussen closed on Saturday. The M. M. s. s. Sugluilien, with the
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  • REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
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      JAMESON’S RAID.
      23 1 London, 21st July. The trial of Dr. Jameson and others on charges arising from the Raid into the Transvaal has commenced.
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      LI HUNG-CHANG.
      41 1 EXPOSITION OF CHINESE POLIOV. At an interview’ at Paris, Li HungChang, has declared that the Chinese Government desires to hold the balance even between Britain and France, so that both Powers may share in the trade of South-West China.
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      CRETE.
      9 1 Fresh murders of Christians in Crete are reported.
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      THE MATABELE REVOLT.
      49 1 REBEL DEFEAT. London, 22nd July. General Carrington, with a strong force, has attacked a Matabele stronghold in the Matoppo Hills. His force carried the position after meeting with a fierce resistance, the Matabele losing sixty killed. The British loss came to three killer and eleven wounded.
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      CRETE.
      26 1 FIGHTING RENEWED. Fighting between Turks and insurgents has been resumed in the neighbourhood of Canea in Crete. British and French inen-of-war have arrived at Heraklion.
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      THE ROYAL MARRIAGE.
      37 1 London 23rd July. The Wedding of Prince Charles of Denmark with the Princess Maud of Wales was solemnized yesterday. The Queen withdrew after the ceremony. The Prince of Wales presided at the w'edding breakfast.
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      CRETE.
      30 1 THE SITUATION WORSE. Disturbances at Canea in Crete. Sailors from British, Austrian, and Italian men-of-w’ar have been landed there, and the state of affairs is considered to be serious.
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      THE MATABELE REVOLT.
      56 1 REBEL DEFEAT. London 24 th July. Laing’s column has been attacked by Matabele in the Matoppo hills, while it was in a fortified camp. A hot fight ensued which resulted in the defeat of the Matabele with the loss of ninety killed. The British loss amounted to
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      THE MACEDONIAN QUESTION.
      14 1 Two bands of Greeks, altogether four hundred strong, have entered Macedonia.
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      THE U. S. PRESIDENCY.
      44 1 Lond&n 25th July. That section of the Democratic Party which upholds a gold standard has resolved to hold a Convention in September next, and to adopt a platform in order to nominate its own Candidate for tlie United States Presidency.
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      THE MATABELE REVOLT
      17 1 The recent operations against the Matabele in the Matoppo Hills are regarded as indecisive.
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      PARLIAMENT.
      13 1 The Irish Land Bill has passed through Committee in the of Commons.
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      CRETE.
      20 1 Turkish troops are massing before Herak lion, and seek to enter that town, despite the opposition of the Governor.
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      THE QUEEN’S PRIZE.
      24 1 London, 27 th July Lieutenant Thomson, of the Queen's Rifle Volunteer Brigade of Edinburgh has won the Queen’s Prize at Bisley.
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      CRICKET.
      23 1 Tlu) Cricket match between Australia and Marylebone resulted in a draw. Marylebone was wanting in sixty runs with seven wickets to fall.
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      CRETE.
      23 1 The situation in Crete is becoming worse. The rebels announce that they, will resume lighting unless the Turkish Government concedes their demands.
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      MACEDONIA.
      14 1 The Greek bands which had entered Macedonia have defeated the Turkish troops there.
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  • EDITORIALS.
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      PLANTERS AND COOLIES.
      286 1 (Straits Times 21st July.) We publish to-day a communicated article under the heading Planters and Labour.” The writer argues that the report of the Labour Commission seems to have ignored an important factor in the case, namely, the number of coolies that may have departed from the
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      MR. BURKINSHAW SCORES.
      417 2 (i Straits Times 21st July.){ The wholesome scepticism of Mr. Burkinshaw is vindicated. There is, at present, a Bill before Council to amend the Banishment Extension Ordinance of 1896. lathe “objects and reasons,’ it is stated that the Bill is drafted in accordance with the directions ot
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      MAJOR McCALLUM AND PENANG.
      798 2 (Straits Times Zitul July.) Some little time ago, it was published in Penang that Mr. Skinner, the Resident Councillor of Penang, might shortly retire. Mr. Skinner promptly contradicted that rumour. Nevertheless, we are informed that Mr. Skinner will retire next year. It is reasonable that Mr.
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      TIN AND TAXATION.
      724 2 (Straits Times 23rd July.) We publish to-day an article on Native States Tin.” The point of that article is that the Selangor tin miners are about to petition the Government to substitute for the present arrarlfeement an- ad. valorem duty of ten per cent, upon tin. In
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      THE CHINESE DEAD.
      621 2 (Straits Times 2\tU July.) At yesterdays Legislative Council, Mr. Shelford and Dr. Lim Boon Keng found themselves at variance about the burial of the Chinese dead. On this occasion the oldest of the unofficial members, the most experienced of our amaiur publicists, the Rupert of debate, was
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      THE PERAK RIVER COLLISION.
      521 2 (Straits Times 25 th July.) The Court of Enquiry into the cicuinstances connected with the recent collision in the Perak River gave its decision to-day. The Court has de pri ved t lie Jj i aster of the Neera of his certificate for six months, holding
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      THE CHARGE OF PROSELYTISING.
      690 2 {Straits Times 27th July.) In our columns tonlay the charge ,4 proselytising levelled against the Chinese School is repeated at jai length, and with some little In substance, t he accusation mad** by the Chinese is That their boys unbeing persuaded to abandon the faith of
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      THE QUEENS PRIZE.
      203 3 f Shirt* Twines, 27th July.) bIKrSANT J. 1.. Thomson, of tllC t/ijM'ji- K'iii;hurgh, is the fortunate wmmr Jihr (Queens Prize at Bisley thisyna: Tlic annual meeting of the V;#tionai Kiti* Association at Bisley is a ;:.Tpi'Si!l\ popular event among volun- v i'oece to all. and representative not
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    41 1 puMKSTIC OCCURRENCE. DEATHS. v Ti/iv. Italy,on the 24th instant, in ;U ntry villa. Maria Dolores !N mother of Gagging Brothers of ,re. age«.l 79. M i lk. At Penang, on the 23rd instant, n:. Walter Miller, Head-master, (j^vEnglish School. Aged 40.
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    TUESDAY, 21ST JULY.
    154 3 IlO0n yesterday and noon in as»‘ of cholera w r as reported. SfiliV’ Walker is appointed *be Presbyterian troops, p 7 :rj i n, l Tientsin Times learns *1™"- of H.M.K. Linnet. I,Va ided home. -at;,,,.'"V' b pr a three months' V. n J r m golf,
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    KIDNAPPING.
    18 3 Chinaman was sentenced to a year’s rigorous imprisonment yesterday for kidnapping a Chinese girl in Holland Road.
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    DR. CANTLIE.
    19 3 Dr. CANTLik, late of Hongkong, has been appointed Lecturer on applied anatomy at Charing Cross Hospital, London.
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    HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    19 3 Major-General Black, Commanding the Troops, reports very favourably on the condition of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps.
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    PLAGUE MEDALS.
    25 3 The soldiers and volunteers of Hongkong are not allowed to wear upon their uniform the medal granted for services rendered during tin* plague.
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    HONGKONG RAINFALL.
    25 3 At Hongkong, the rainfall for 1895 was unusually small. At the Botanic Gardens, onlys3.33inches were recorded, being 45.45 inches less than in 1893.
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    MUNICIPAL PENSION.
    27 3 At a recent meeting of the Bombay Municipality, an application from their late Executive Engineer, asking for an enhanced pension, was granted, amidst loud applause.
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    SCOTS VOLUNTEER COMPANY.
    27 3 The China Gazette understands that a Scots Volunteer Company at Shanghai—kilted—is now an accomplished fact, and the muster roll is a particularly strong one.
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    MUSIC.
    30 3 A musical correspondent of a Hongkong paper wants to know where the organ expert, who was to repair all the organs of Singapore, Hongkong, and Shanghai, has got to.
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    OPIUM.
    29 3 Statistics show that the Chinese are every year increasing the quantity of native grown opium, and that the import of the foreign drug is steadily declining in consequence.
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    HONGKONG MILK SUPPLY.
    38 3 Mr. W*. E. Crow, Government Analyst, at Hongkong, in his report for last year, speaks favourably of the milk supply of that colony. Mr. Crow passed through Singapore a few days on his way home.
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    FOOTBALL.
    37 3 In the final tie for the Regimental Cup, played last evening at Tanglin Barracks, the Penang team won very easily by 5 goals to nil. The local Company were outclassed at all points of the game.
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    PLAGUE.
    44 3 There werenocases ofplague reported at Hongkong during the twenty-four lours up till the 15th instant at noon. From noon on July 7th till noon on Juh’ 14th, the number of cases reported was 16, bringing the total for the year up to 1,148.
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    BANK DIVIDENDS
    47 3 The Bank of Madras has just declared a divffiend of ten per cent, per annum, and has transferred 100,000 runees to the reserve fund. The Bank of Bengal also announces a ten per cent, dividend, and a transfer of 350,000 rupees to the reserve fund.
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    FOUND DROWNED.
    44 3 The bodies of a Bengali and a Chinaman were found in the sea near the Ksplanade last evening. X Chinaman reported at the Marine Police Station that he heard people struggling in the vvater. Assistance arrived too late, however. to save life.
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    GOLD IN COREA.
    45 3 It is stated that the Corean Government has given a Russian company >ermission to operate two gold mines, in Core;*, for fifteen and twenty-five years, respectively, on condition that it nays the Government a royalty of 25 per cent, on the output.
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    THE HONGKONG POST OFFICE.
    48 3 The Hongkong Postmaster-Gener.ars report for 1895 shows a large increase of msiness all round, and a steady increase n the popularity and usefulness of the Parcels Post. A perusal of his report jive* point to his urgent appeal for an nlarged Post Office there.
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    DISTURBANCES AT AMOY.
    43 3 Owing to serious coolie disturbances at Amoy recently, due to a British firm changingtheir coolie contractor, marines and bluejackets, with two quick-firing guns, were landed from H.M.S. Redpole. Order having been restored on the 11th inst., the force was withdrawn.
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    PENANG ASSIZES.
    47 3 The Assizes are going on at Penang. As regards the embezzlement case against Khoo Swi Bock, the ex-store-keeper of Behn, Meyer <fc Co., the counsel engaged intended to apply to the judge, asking ti!at it he tried by a special jury, at the next Assizes.
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    SHANGHAI TRADE.
    43 3 Another public company enterprise is being promoted at Shanghai, namely, the Shanghai Oil Mill Co., Limited. It is believed that the increased cultivation of cotton will make cotton seed extremely plentiful, and, from this, the company proposes to extract the oil.
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    MR. KRAUSE.
    47 3 The case of Mr. Krause, the Germ, n military instructor, who was seriously wounded by mutinous Chinese soldiers at Nanking, has been settled, according to N. C. Daily News by the payment of 25,000 marks and the cancelling ol his agreement by the Chinese authorities.
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    HONGKONG WATER SUPPLY.
    46 3 From an official report published in the Hongkong Press, it appears that the existing waterworks can only supply the City and Hill District with 2,700,000 gallons a day, whereas 3,000,000 are required. There are further extensive deficiencies as to the filters and reservoirs
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    PUNJOMS.
    47 3 THE CYANIDE CLEAN-UP. The Secretary of the Punjom Mining Company lias received a telegram from the mine reporting: That the cyanide plant ran fifteen days in the third run, treating 430 tons of clean tailings, yielding 230 ounces of bullion valued at 13s. 3d. per ounce.
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    MEDICAL TEACHING FOR HONGKONG.
    53 3 The Government of Hongkong propose to allocate a sum of forty thousand dollars for tin* endowment of a College of Medicine in the Colony. This proposal is a reply to Mr. Belilios s munificent offer to grant a site and lniild a college if the Government
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    NORTH GERMAN LLOYD.
    75 3 VESSELS OF 10,r>00 TONS. The North German Lloyd are making arrangements to add to their fleet, four great ships now building. They will be used on the Chinese or on the Australian line, and they will each be of 10,500 tons gross, and 524 feet in length.
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    DHOBY STRIKE.
    69 3 A strike of dhobies has been going on at Colombo since the first instant, as protest against a Municipal regulation requiring washermen to register. A few dhobies only had registered themselves, by last advices. It is said that the poorer sort are ready to register, but are prevented
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    GERMAN OFFICERS’ DUEL.
    81 3 The N. C. Daily News of the 6th July says a duel between two German officers, Captain Count Nayhauss and Captain Wilhelm Hoffmann, was fought somewhere outside the Settlement last week. It is said that some disparaging remarks made by Capt. Hoffmann, while at Nanking, led to
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    THE NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
    97 3 The Nippon Yusen Kaisha is reported to have decided to place orders for the construction of several large steamers for its European, American, and Australian lines with British shipbuilders. The lliogo News reports that the Nippon Yusen Kaisha’s annual subsidy for the European service will amount
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    MADE IN HONGKONG.
    40 3 In the calendar of probates and administration by the Supreme Court of Hongkong during 1895, appear the following:—Robert Fraser Smith Si,ooo, Robert Lyall S4OO, Christian Heinrich Hoppins $43,000, George Hughes £33,130, and W. A. Ferdinand Schmidt 54,500.
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    TEA PLANTING IN JAVA.
    128 3 Mr. Dalgarno, the travelling agent for a Ceylon tea machinery firm, has just returned there from a business trip to Java. He finds that the Dutch are going ahead with tea in Java, in spite of the many adverse conditions under which the cultivation is carried
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    ACHEEN.
    143 3 Colonel Steinfoort, the newly appointed Governor of Acheen, assumed office there on the 14th instant. On the 14th and 15th, five regiments marched out into the enemy’s territory to facilitate the occupation of two fresh outposts, with the loss of three killed and twelve wounded. On the 16th, there
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    THE NAVY.
    153 3 The P. and O. steamer Palawan, leaving Hongkong about the 22nd inst., is to take home about 100 time-expired men and invalids from the fleet. Xo confirmation of the report that the Benotrn is coming to that station as flagship has been received in Hongkong. According to present
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    HOW THE PEERS VOTED.
    137 3 In t lie division on the Deceased Wife’s Sister Bill in the House of Lords, the majority for the second reading included the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, the Dukes of Devonshire, Beaufort, Fife, Portland, and Westminster, the Marquises of Breadalbane, Londonderry, Lansdowne, and
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    THE NETHERLANDS BANK CASE.
    159 3 The Netherlands Bank case at Penang, in which the chief cashier of that institution had been found guilty of swindling the Bank, at the last assizes there, has a sequel. Mr. Deterding and Mr. Marmelstein, the agent and chief assistant of theßank,believed that thesecond cashier of
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    760 3 THE JAVA BANK. ACHEEN. PETROLEUM IN BORNEO. JAVA TOBACCO AND BUGAR. The Report of the Java Bank for the financial year ending on the 31st March last has been published. The President of the Bank l#id stress on the increasing importation of spurious Netherlands India silver coin in
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    ILLICIT CHANDU.
    27 3 A macao, named Lim Eng Sieu, was yesterday fined $l5O or three months’ rigorous imprisonment, for being in possession of illicit chandu, valued at s3s*
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    SHIPPING LAW.
    328 4 on hoard ship at all costs .—China Gazette. CAN A ship’s OFFICER BE COMPELLED TO ACT AS LOOK-OUT Mr. Jamieson, sitting as Assistant Judge at the Civil Summary Court, Shanghai, has decided a case which was of a trivial character in itself, but most important in principle. JCnglehardt,
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    FRENCH INDO-CHINA.
    384 4 BRIGANDAGE. THE FINANCES. COAL. RICE-MILLING. LACK OF CONTINUITY. Despite successes by the French forces in the field against the brigands in Tonquin, the latter manage to baulk close pursuit near the Chinese frontier. The troops contrive sometimes almost to surround these brigands, but the latter almost always succeed
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    DR. YERSIN’S CURE FOR PLAGUE.
    73 4 The Hongkong Telegraph of the 12th instant states that, since Dr. Yersin’s arrival at Amoy a few days ago, he had |been e xperimenting with his plague )&erum, and had cured upwards of twenty plague patients. The cures effected by Dr. Yersin were, in some
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    THE MUNICIPAL BILL.
    836 4 THE EJECTION OF BUILDINGS. (Jiy a Correspondent). At the last sitting of the Legislative Council, the question of penalties for raising a building without having submitted a plan to the Municipal authorities, and for deviation from a sanctioned plan, was debated. The discussion arose on the clause
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    12 4 Thirteen British men-of-war were at I Port Hamilton on the 22nd alto.
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    PLANTERS AND LABOUR.
    426 4 A correspondent sends us the following comments on our article The Coffee Planter”: Your Saturday’s leader seems to confirm that views depend on the position and disposition of the spectator. Thus, your planters believe—no doubt, in the best of faith—that the higher wages paid by Government ami
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    WILLARD OPERA COMPANY.
    405 4 “the lady slavey.** The play-going section of the Singapore community—if such a section exist at all--missed a dramatic treat last night. The* men who foster livers on their verandahs at night missed a chance oi stirring up that ill-useU organ, and the misanthrophical parties, who cannot rouse
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    RENEWED RISINGS IN FORMOSA.
    40 4 Telegrams from Tokio to the Hongkong papers, dated the 6th inst., stated that serious uprisings have again occurred in Formosa. The Japanese troops have been greatly beset; they could do nothing but remain on the defensive.
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    THE PORT OF CALCUTTA.
    75 4 The Special Committee appointed by the Port Commissioners of Calcutta to consider proposals recently made for turning to the best account the existing accommodation of the port, have submitted t heir report. They make recommendations to improve the efficiency of the Port Commissioners’jetties, railway? and docks.
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    INFRINGING A MONOPOLY.
    102 4 The Medical Officer of the Gaol at Hongkong excuses the delay in the publication of his report by his dependence on the Government Printers. Formerly, such reports were printed in the gaol, but the Government printers, who print for the Government on a contract, protested—and successfully that
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    HOME NOTES.
    600 4 What is the difference between So-and-So’s soap and an Arab steed The first washes the beautiful, and the other scours the plain. A word of warning to the thirsty cyclist. Riding is dry work and there is always a temptation to dismount at the wayside inn, and drink
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    WEDNESDAY, 22ND JULY.
    368 4 By the i.roiKJsed Governor and Mr. Swettenham pore will, presumably, bo p.f/' s,r under charge of Mr. Merewether recently lia.l, i, V prison: and there are who regard Singapore as a A golfing correspondent, Inm a on points connected with tl,< p k( !llui Ancient game, suggests
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    SURPRISED.
    33 4 Last night, the Sikli watchman at <* Chinese rice mill in Kallang Road ?ur prised a gang of five Cantonese in Ik act of breaking into the mill. one, but the others escaped.
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    VOLUNTEER RESERVE
    28 4 The Military Commanding Ofiim ai Hongkong suggests the formation of* Volunteer Reserve there by i** re-enrolment of all retired menders »> the present and of former crops.
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    THEFT FROM THE S.S. “HEBE.”
    37 4 A Macao, named Lwi An Goh, sentenced to three months’ ngM'jf imprisonment yesterday, for theftI'* 1 quantity of lead, valued at $7, fr onl s.s. Hebe when in dock, on Sunnaj 1
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    ILLICIT CHANDU.
    36 4 Cheng Hood, a Macaonese, for in possession of illicit chandu Spring Street, on the 19th i[ J“ valued at $l5, was sentenced e v te to a fine of $l5O or three months imprisonment.
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    A DUTCH WAR-SHIP
    36 4 H. N. M s Koningin Nederlanden Captain Derx, j from Acheen to-day, and will a repair at Tanjong Pagar. one armoured vessel of 4,600 tons ment, has a crew 0f276, and** 16£ knots.
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    BEATS THE RAILWAY.
    61 4 In connection with the recen P? from the ladies of j release of the prisoners President Kruger, it is repo that document having mlBS v*. i.refer Pretoria, where it was sented, it was decided to reso of i patch rider, ami Mr. Conn Johannesburg, who undertoo sion,
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    COREA.
    34 5 r thnT^' vr, n Ja l )an a,ul tl W to (Wean affairs 1 *eii coneludtHl tavoura- U it is helieved that thi*re ir «liatever of any com- the two countries for it4
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    SIAM AND JAPAN.
    32 5 assy, consisting of n4 wougse, Minister for r. "chief ambassador, and J aiiiha.-.-jalors, is expected jn A n tlie middle of t o eonelmlc a Treaty Y;.jin and Siam.
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    HONGKONG SHIPPING.
    47 5 r ,turns show that, at llongfrr was in an increase l :Y tons IU tot i l1 shipping h* Vl r 1MI4, of wli^ a li 63N.631 increase in British shipHjj i h• |H»rt. Ilieie was of 245.163 tons under .„d of over 327.000 tons
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    POPULATION OF HONGKONG.
    43 5 il#rT oi the Registrar-General :i- f«»r I"9*> dwells upon the >kin2a census every five years f rverv derade. The popula,f tin* Colony on the Both June. alculatcdat 248,488, of whom > A Chinese and 10,828 nonji; ludintr l*otli army and navy.
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    CRUELTY TO A PONY.
    57 5 y lV a \K'i:. named Phan Ah Ong. v.l hefore Mr. Blagden yester--ith alh»winir his syce to drive iV sufferin'.: from a wound, i-;Koad on the lsth wfii h was a had one, >i in tin* prisoner being tim'd s2o v r.„i;rh\ rigorous imprisonment, -v ah".
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    THE FRENCH POLICE RIDE.
    91 5 V. -ii bicycles arc now to he The innovation is due 31. L.i>. ’In- Prefect of Police*, who uru.. Jth;it each police station in i'trii-t- is to he supplied i ..lai-hiiM* to begin with. It is o’*li :nh»* i-yrh* will prove of great i .u of
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    TODAY WORK AT HONGKONG.
    93 5 Hoiijikuii" Harbour Master’s s h5 contains the following nd*r the heading “Sunday king Ordinance, 1891*’: our 105 permits* were issued. I 1- issued free during the 1 k*) miilrr t lu* provisions of t*f tln*se. 28 were not w ing to it< being found try tor
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    AMERICAN CYCLE COMPETITION.
    186 5 fit \u. Y" 1 England by American ,U:turt?rs j s commencing in l ?.,Y Sl vs •Cye/tw/, and, if English Y!» not awa ken to the da* situation at once, they 1 1,,f djsli. It is quite suffic i Y\ the public want a i v tY
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    SELANGOR NEWS.
    823 5 PERAK VS. SELANGOR. The following have been selected to represent Selangor in to-morrow's rifle match between this State and Perak: E. A. 1 ravers, J. Brown, Charter, Poun«.all, and C. U. Corinae. The crack shot, MacGregor, who did so. well against Perak last year, takes no part in
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    THE HOUSEHOLD.
    1186 5 NOTES FOR HOUSEKEEPERS IN SINGAPORE. (lUj a Jjfubj Correxpoiulent.) Motto for th<* week “It is not what wo read, hut what we remember that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, hut what wo do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes,
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    THE WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS.
    533 5 (From a Correspondent.) Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold, Molten, graven, hammer’d, and roll’d Heavy to get, and light to hold. Since the discovery of gold in Western Australia, companies and syndicates without end have been and are being formed to work
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    LATEST NEWS.
    352 5 (Via Australia). CRICKET. Jjomlov 29/A June,. 1 he Australians are now playing against Nottingham. The latter scored 269 in the first innings. The first innings total of the Australians was 246. In the second innings, Nottingham has lost, three wickets for 74. .*50 th June. The Australians won
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    SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB.
    485 5 BATTING AVERAGES, JULY TO DECEMBER. 1895. w* o y Names. j 5 S g g, •S -3 bt ZZ c* ;s h < F.igh t Innings aval over. G. I*. Stevens 12 5 57 257 26.35 J. J. H. Orman 20 5 107 564 21.41 Justice Ijeach
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    NEWS BY GERMAN MAIL. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
    1321 6 (Via Ceylon) London 1 2th July. In the Eton and Harrow cricket match, Eton scored 386, Harrow 218 in first and 255 in the second innings for eight wicketsThe match was drawn. The Australians have beaten the Players by an innings and 137 runs.
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    HOME NOTES.
    222 6 She: “Do von like me?” He: No.'* 44 Why not?’’ “Because I like only married women.” “Then, marry me.” Fashion Note. All sorts of sleeves are admissible for ladies' dresses, but the man’s coat-sleeve round the waist remains the favourite. Clergyman: “No; Sunday was not intended to l>e
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    THURSDAY, 23RD JULY.
    407 6 Yesterday, via Malacca, Mr. Bibby set on his return to Raub going by the way of Jelebu. By permission of his directors, he is to inspect the wakings of the Rin Lode at Jelebu, and report on the same to the directors of the Jelebu Mining and
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    INSPECTOR DRUM.
    32 6 Chief Inspector Drum of the Straits Police died at Penang on the 19th inst. Inspector Drum, who originally belonged to the Metropolitan Police, joined the Straits Police in February, 1881.
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    DIVIDED AMONG THEMSELVES.
    38 6 i Yesteiujay, a number of Chinese, who are partners in a petty business in Thompson Road, quarrelled and fought. One sustained a fractured arm. and had to be sent tn hospital. His assailant was arrested.
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    COOLIES.
    33 6 The Singapon#steamer Cheng Chenarrived here this morning from Swatow with 777 coolies for Singapore and Penang. Having been 9 days at sea, and there being no disease aboard, she was granted pratique.
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    THE PERAK SAVINGS RANK.
    46 6 The Government Savings Bank in Perak shows a large increase in the number of depositors last year, compared with 1894. The sum due to depositors increased by over SRI,OOO. The Bank made a profit of $1,297, or $577 more than in 1894.
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    “ADVANCED” LEGISLATION.
    82 6 The latest piece of “advanced” legislation in New Zealand is the “Family Homes Protection Act,” in which provision is made to enable any owner of land, not exceeding in value £1,500, to “settle* it for the benefit of himself and family, so as to put the home beyond
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    STRIKE OF DHOBIES.
    53 6 The strike of the dhobies, who have refused to register themselves as laundrymen at Colombo, still went on at the date of last advices, though there were indications that the strike would shortly collapse. A good deal of washing was done for Colombo residents upcountry, and just
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    FREIGHT AT COLOMBO.
    74 6 There was a collapse in the freight market for homeward bound steamers at Colombo, a week ago. Towards the end of June the rate, both ready and forward, fell from 20s. to 17s. 6d., due, it was said, to the scarcity of cargo available in all Eastern
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    A TALE OF THE SEA.
    72 6 Recently, a steamer arriving at Calcutta reported having sighted a steamer on rocks off the coast of Socotra, with fourteen men dinging to the rigging. Owing to the roughness of the weather, rescue was impossible. The Indian Marine steamer Minto was despatched in search but
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    HAPPY PUBLIC SERVANTS !
    109 6 HAPPY PUBLIC SERVANTS NOT REPONSIBLE FX)K DEBTS. The Perak Council of State passed, on the 13th instant, an Order to providi for the protection of public servants from legal proceedings in respect of certain liabilities, when their salaries are SI50 a month and under. By the Order, no action shall
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    ILLEGAL PROCEDURE.
    466 6 AX INTERESTING POINT AT LAW. A correspondent writes: —It has long been a matter of doubt how far the machinery of the law may be put in motion in cases of enforcing payment of fines. There is always attached to a line the alternative of imprisonment, ll the
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    FATAL DISASTER ON THE PAHANG ROAD
    319 6 LACK OF MEDICAL OR m I facilities H08p \1 On the evening of the 18th 9o’clock, a serious aeciden i the 5th section of the P Urr^ m Road, for which Messrs. T and Co. are the contractors fell upon the 13th mile hant,'
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    TELUK ANSON
    346 6 11 be planted u, There are five steamers from Sinp pore and four from Penang calling i Teluk Anson pretty regularly. Hi extension of the wharf at Teluk Ann is almost completed, and, in a few dan the new jetties will be thrown open fa use. The Malacca
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    PROVISION FOR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.
    58 6 A Widows and Orphans Order in Council is no" ,w«. Under it, all persons um month and over are bow” 1 ?ir k*w< contributors, provided tn<*> l by law to one wife, and J l,in Th** after the Order conies into h t already in
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    NATIVE STATES TIN.
    691 7 < orrespmuknt). ifr* 1 ;»lvice tendered to .,it-(Sencral on the 'ft's m-eivinp a deputation, 'i'.ii iiiinris have drafted a pr-pose forward V\ 11 1 1 I’i 1 .rnlliem t ;V iI1( r desire that an art T: in percent, he substiV Hi arrangement, and i.ly rental of
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    REDUCTION OF TIN DUTY.
    40 7 From the 1st August next, the duty on tin throughout Perak will be reduced to 12 per bhara, and tin from the Bernam district will also henceforth pay the same rate of duty.— Perak Govern•inent Gazette.
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    WHOSE PIG FIRST!
    49 7 1 here was a disturbance yesterday at the Kampong Saigon abattoir. A number of Taichews and Maeaos had a dispute as to whose pig should he weighed first. A free fight ensued, and waxed furious until the Police came in, and arrested twelve of the men.
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    PERAK NEWS.
    225 7 Perak Pioneer, IStli July. The British Resident (Mr. Treacher) may be seen riding the hike of evenings. Some of our hobbies,’ being unaccustomed to see such a high personage on this machine, do not stand to attention when he passes them. The railway and the miners have come
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    SIR W. BONSER AS CATECHIST.
    541 7 TIIE WITNESS SWORE. At the Colombo Criminal Sessions, on the loth instant, a scene occurred on Mr. B. Horsburgh, a police magistrate, wishing to he affirmed and not sworn in as witness. The witness having been affirmed, the Chief Justice. Sir \V. llonser, asked him
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    LATEST HOME CRICKET.
    1373 7 (By German Mail). SURREY r. MIDDLESEX. At Kennington Oval, on Saturday, June -fill, Middlesex beat Surrey by 203 runs. Their victory had been foreshadowed by tl\p state of the score overnight, but it was not exj>ected that they would win so easily. Our Monday’s issue contained the
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    FRIDAY, 24TH JULY.
    17 7 Tiie Str&thdee of Glasgow passed through the port this morning, from west to east.
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    MR. TROTTER.
    17 7 Yesterday evening, at 5.15 Mr. Trotter, the Auditor-General, left in the Choir 1'ltya for Malacca.
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    THE NILE.
    25 7 About the middle of the present month, the water supply ran short in Egypt, owing to lateness in the flooding of tin* Nile.
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    ARRIVALS.
    26 7 M rs. Harvey and Mrs. Aw dry and Major Knight, Mr. Catto, and Mr. Patchitt arrived to-day from Sarawak. The Sarawak races were a success.
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    MORTALITY RETURNS.
    30 7 The Singapore mortality returns for the week ending IStli instant give a total of 177 deaths, only one being from cholera. The ratio per thousand stood at 45.36.
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    MR. KEMPERMANN.
    31 7 Mr. P. Kempermann, the German Minister Resident at Bangkok, arrived at Singapore yesterday in the Cerberus. He will leave for Germany on Sunday, by the N. D. L. Preussen
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    A CHINAMAN HANGS HIMSELF.
    39 7 At two o’clock yesterday afternoon, a Chinaman, named Tan See Yong, hanged himself at his lodgings at No. 1, Canal Road. He was a hawker of cakes, and had been sickly for some time past.
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    SUAKIN.
    32 7 On the 16th instant, the House of Lords passed a resolution sanctioning India being charged with the expense of the Suakin expedition. The arguments for and against presented no new feature.
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    RUN OVER.
    35 7 A Chinaman, named Lim Cliee, tell oil* his bullock cart in Holland Road on Wednesday, and the wheels went over his body. He was badly injured, and died at half-past four yesterday morning.
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    THE KORAT RAILWAY.
    43 7 The Siam Free Press hears that it lias been decided to continue the Korat line subject to the approval of the King of Siam on his arrival from Java. The work will be carried out by the Royal Railway Department.
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    A SUDDEN DEATH.
    37 7 Yesterday evening, an unknown Malay hired a ’rikisha near the Kling temple in South Bridge Road, and motioned the puller to go to Tanjong Pagar. When opposite Kreyta Ayer he fell hack and died.
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    IN QUARANTINE.
    47 7 The master of the s.s. Energia which arrived yesterday from Jeddah with 1,205 pilgrims, reports that fourteen cases of small pox occurred on l>oard of which three died, and three landed at Penang. Thirty-four deaths occurred during the voyage. The vessel is now in quarantine.
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    SARAWAK RACES.
    867 7 FIRST DAY, 18TH JULY. J.—THE RAJAH MUUAH*8 PRIZE. For Borneo and Sulu and Deli ponies, owned ridden and trained by natives of Sarawak. Catch weights. 1st prize $25, 2nd prize So. Entrance fee $I. Distance half a mile. Song Khiam Soon's cr h Fortune Native w.o. It. —THB
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    SECOND DAY, MONDAY, 20TH JULY.
    689 8 I.—MU. C. 8. PEARSEri CUP. V T alue Si oo with $lOO added.—2nd pony to receive a Sweepstake of $2 per griffin with $26 added. A handicap for qualified griffins, top weight list. Distance one mile. Entrance fee $7.50. Dr. Selbie and Mr. Daubeny’s Madcap
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    THEFT OF A WATCH.
    44 8 Mn. Anderson, of Messrs. Mansfield and Co., has had a gold watch and chain stolen from him at the Rattles Hotel. It appears that he placed the articles on a table for a few moments, and on returning missed them.
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    THE GOVERNOR.
    51 8 ills Excellency the Governor, Lady Mitchell, tlie Colonial Secretary, Captain Herbert a. d. c., and Mr. Claud Severn, Private Secretary, left in the Sea lielle yesterday afternoon, after Legislative Counoil, for Malacca. The Governor returns on or about the 28th inst. in time to receive the King of
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    3813 8 THURSDAY, 23rd JULY. PRESENT. H. E. THE Governor, Sir Charles Mitchell, g.c.m.g. The Hon. Colonel R. W. Plunkett, R. a., Acting Officer Commanding the Troops. Hon. J. A. Swettenhain, c.m.g., Colonial Sccrctcirv Hon. W. R. Col Iyer, Attorney-General. Hon. H. Trotter, Auditor-General. Hon. E. E. Isemonger, Colonial Treasurer.
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    ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
    258 9 A friendly game between the S. C. C. and the Regt. was played last night on the Esplanade, and resulted in a win for the Club by 2 goals to nothing, oceing the Regt. have to meet the R. A next week in the semi-final of the Cup
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    SATURDAY, 25TH JULY.
    713 9 The threatened disruption of the Democratic Party in the I’nited States is now an accomplished fact. Tho Democratic National Convention at Chicago the other day, adopted as their candidate for tin* Presidency, an extreme Silverite named Bryan. This meant the adoption of a free silver coinage plank.
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    47 9 The orders of the day for next Thursday’s meeting of Council include the first reading of a Bill to make provision for the registration and control of Native passenger lodging-houses, the second reading of the Christian Marriage Bill, and Committee stage of the Municipal Bill.
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    COCONUTS.
    47 9 The ltongooa Times says there is a slight increase in the importation of coconuts at that port just now. although the freights in this direction are low*. A steamer arrived there recently with a freight of r>oo dollars-for 100,000, and this was considered an advantageous charter.
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    TAN KIM TIAN & SONS.
    63 9 TAN KIM TIAN SONS. The firm of Messrs. Tan Kim Tian A’ Sons terminated in January, last year, so far as the estate of the late Tan Beng Wan, a deceased partner, is concerned. T 1 \o business is now carried on under the same style and at the same
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    LAUNCHES.
    102 9 Messrs. Riley Hargreaves and Co. will launch from their Tanjong Rlioo shipyard, on Tuesday, the 28th, at 12..‘*0 p.m., the steamer Sarie Borneo built, to the order of Mr. Ang Lim Thaw The steamer is of one thousand tons capacity. The firm w ill provide launches at Johnston’s Pior
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    THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    180 9 XJfth July. The Governor, on his departure from the Settlement appointed the Hoirblc E. E. Isemonger, to be his Deputy during his absence. Mr. J. A. Harwood is appointed to be Solicitor-General, Straits Settlements, with effect from the 13th of April, 1896. Mr. W. E. Kenny, Assistant
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    THE STRAITS JUDICIARY. A FOURTH JUDGE GRANTED.
    186 9 THE REGISTRARSHIP. The following letter has been received by Mr. F. J. C. Ross, at Penang, from the Colonial Secretary:— Colonial Secretary’s Office, Singapore, 16th July, 1896. Sir, —I am directed to inform you that the memorial from the Penang Bar, signed by
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    HAVAS TELEGRAMS.
    204 9 Paris llt It July. As President Faure entered the official enclosure at Longchamps to witness a grand review of troops, a person in the crowd fired two revolver shots at him. The President escaped unhurt, and his assailant was immediately arrested while declaring that he had used blank
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    FRENCH INDO-CHINA.
    400 9 HOME RULE. CHOLERA. A Home Rule movement lias set in among the French colonists in Cochin China to sunder the ties which bind that Colony to Tonquin, and the other protectorates which now form what is officially termed French Indo-China. French conquest in IndoCliina began nearly forty years
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    GOPENG SKY RACES.
    785 9 (From Cur Correspondent.) A very pleasant race meeting was held in Gopeng, Perak, on the 18th inst. The talent was entirely local, but there were representatives of all the sporting circles present. The prizes were all very handsome silver cups presented by different gentlemen, and the racing
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    FRACAS IN MOSQUE STREET.
    33 9 Yesterday afternoon, seven Chinese were arrested in Mosque Street. They had quarrelled around a standpi))e, and a free fight was in progress when the Police came on the scene.
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    1629 10 I do not observe that my learned and pious colleague Ecelesiast” is dealing with the vices of the East. I mean, of course, the vices bf Europeans in the East. Yet, why not? You have provided him, Mr. Editor, with a pulpit from which he may he
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    MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
    48 10 With reference to G. Q. O. 2 *of yesterday, the Divine Service for the Church of England troops in Garrison will be held by the respective Commanding Officers. The treops of the Church of England persuasion stationed at Fort Canning will not pitceed to the Cathedral.
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    THE PERAK RIVER COLLISION.
    3743 10 COURT OF INQUIRY. A Marine Court of Inquiry assembled on Thursday, at half-past ten o’clock, at the Court of Requests, to inquire into the collision that occurred on Wednesday morning last, in the Perak River, between the steamers Xeera and Poh Hin Goan. The Court consisted
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    CHURCH ECHOES.
    524 11 Oxe of the notable signs of the times is the attraction which the study of theology has for English statesmen. Prof. Davison, of Handsworth College, lias recently called attention to this. A fresh proof of this attraction, he says, has just been furnished by the publication of the
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    PROSELYTISING IN MISSION SCHOOLS.
    4391 11 From a Correspondent.) There now exists, among the Chinese community, a decided objection to the efforts being made in missionary schools to proselytise, and the American Mission School, especially the Boarding School, is pointed out as being remarkably prominent in such efforts. It will not be
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    MONDAY, 27TH JULY
    104 12 MONDAY 27TH JULY Nja Makam, one of the principal Achincse Chiefs, who after submitting to the Dutch Government went over again to the enemy, was captured by the Dutch troops on the 21st instant, and was shot for treachery. Do the Straits Settlements really need five new cadets That six
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    MAN OF WAR
    29 12 Tiie Portuguese gunboat Lhu 800 tons, 100 crew, 5 guns, 7(H) horsepower. Commander Xavier de Brito, arrived this morning from Colombo on her way to Macao.
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    PRESENTATION TO A DOCTOR.
    32 12 Dr. Marques, who has just retired from the Medical Service at Hongkong, has been presented by the Chinese community with a silver teaset and salver, and an address.
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    CHINA'S DEBT TO RUSSIA.
    42 12 A special tax, it is stated, has been ordered throughout China to raise the sum of one hundred million taels by the autumn of 1807, as an emergency fund to pay off the debt of China to Russia.
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    GERMAN OFFICERS IN CHINA.
    38 12 Colonel Liebert will probably he appointed to the command of the German officers of all arms who are to reorganise the Chinese army. The promised scale of pay is said to be verv good.
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    CONFIRMATION.
    35 12 The confirmation and first communion of candidates from the Convent and St. Joseph’s Institution, in the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, is fixed for the feast of the Assumption, on Saturday, the loth August.
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    COMMERCIAL MISSION TO CHINA.
    40 12 The Commercial Mission to China, that has been organised by the Blackburn Chamber of Commerce, will probably leave England in September. Mr. F. S. A. Bourne, of H.M’s. Consular Service in China will accompany the Mission.
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    ADULTERATED MILK.
    40 12 A Bengali milk-seller was this morning, before Mr. Blagden, fined SIOO or, in default, 3 months* rigorous imprisonment for selling adulterated milk. The milk, on analysis by the Municipal Health Officer, showed 47 per cent, of added water.
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    A MISSIONARY DROWNED.
    44 12 The R(»v. E. P. Hearnden, of the Foreign Christian Missionary .Society, was recently drowned while attempting to cross the Tienho river near his home at Ch’ucheo. The deceased gentleman arrived in China from London in 1886, and was most highly respected.
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    CRICKET
    46 12 A cricket match was played on Saturday afternoon between teams selected by Mr. Plumpton and Mr. Edlin. The team of the latter scored only 43, to which Mr. Plumpton’s XI replied with 116. For the winners Plumpton scored 34, and J. G. Mactaggart contributed 20.
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    FORGERY CASE.
    69 12 At the Penang Assizes, on the 23rd instant, a Malay was charged with fraudulently using as genuine a cheque of $7,000 on the Chartered Bank. This is the case in which the signature ot Moliamed Ariff, a wealthy landowner of Penang, was alleged to have been forged on
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    COMPANIA TRANSALANTICA.
    58 12 The Compania Transalantica have just purchased from the Orient line a steamer which they have named the Colon. The new steamer is intended for their line between Barcelona and Manila, and will be out here in September. Within recent years the Compania Transatlantica have added largely to their
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    THE KING AT THE CIRCUS.
    75 12 Harmston’s Circus has had a great season at Sourabaya. The King of Siam attended at a gala night, in his honour on the lltli inst., and there was a record attendance, the takings amounting to £408.125. The King attended a second time privately at Pasoeroean.
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    THE DESTITUTE GERMAN.
    72 12 THEdestituteGerman boy, Schulte,on whose behalf an appeal was made in the Strait# Times recently, was shipped home, to-day by the s. s. l*revssen, the German Consul paying the expenses. Mr. Bell, Chief Police Officer, has in hand a small sum sent under the nom de plume Anglo,”
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    THE DISASTER ON THE PAHANG ROAD.
    79 12 An Inspector of Police* arrived at Tras on Thursday last to inquire into tin* cause of the recent accident at the thirteenth mile bangsal on the Pahang Trunk Road, which resulted in so lamentable a loss of life. It was clearly proved, says our
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    MUSICAL EXAMINATION IN THE EAST.
    84 12 At the suggestion of the Council of the London College of Music, a Board of Examiners has been formed in Hongkong. Each examiner will report to London, and the Board of Examiners there will give a final decision in the case of each candidate. It
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    ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
    88 12 There is received from Mr. G. E. V. Thomas, electrical engineer, a list lately issued bv Messrs. G. Holmes Co., manufacturers of electric lighting plant. The list contains the names of considerably over 400 ocean-going *hips, and double the number of miscellaneous buildings, factories, hotels, rice and cotton
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    FLOGGING IN HONGKONG.
    118 12 Recently in Hongkong a prisoner of the gaol was flogged, and, as a result of the flogging, it was alleged that he died. A Committee was appointed to enquire into the matter, and that Committee has just issued its report. They find in effect that the death
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    EASTERN CADETSHIPS.
    102 12 The Government Gazctu regulations for the East.™ open competition, next don. These regulation tution for regulations on o N*. published last May. The ex, *5 cies are fourteen, viz --TI,* 1 lon, five in the Straits ScttU* T «x > n the Protected Peninsula. The successful will be
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    MISSIONARY TROUBLES IN CHINA.
    123 12 Father Thomas sends to the (v Mail an alarming account of the nt lion now proceeding in North K\zH and Southern Shantung. Accord?* 51 the Rev. Father, the Christian S* anes are suffering greatly in person!, property. The latest news from? scene of the rising is
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    STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SCHOLARSHIPS.
    183 12 The Government Gazette publishes the report by the Examiners for Quin's and Government English Scholarships this year. There were twenty-four candidates. The Queen’s Scholarship was won by Gnoh Lean Tuck. For the Government Scholarships, F. Salzmann, PhuahChin Beng.ChooSian Kim, R. B. Hoisington, and J. F. Pestana are
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    CHINESE BURIAL GROUNDS
    261 12 (From a Correspondent With a view to learning the opinion of the most intelligent members of tbc Chinese community on the Bunais Bill, now before Council, several in^ u jf have been held in Mr. Seah LiangbeMhouse. The result is that the Uium* are unanimous in strenuously
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    ACHEEN.
    56 13 i* n>i>ortcd from “tin* lst distant, three ‘..11 M j Tll jirtillerv and cavalry IV 11 expedition into r ''V" t.-rritorv, and passed H''. 1 1 riant villages Wfore tr .u lines. The enemy .irii'i-, ili'tiTinined resistance, .'.i. i.,-- came to eight killed «<>nnde<l. One officer .".rivet' s tainted
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    640 13 „rMinitn coin. 9 ACIIEE3C SEWS. K FAILURE. t hf. kin«- oF SIAM ,fri f,'irui rnriotis newspapers). I llt ofwf antes that > in Java, th«* customs officials l -li.-srp lookout against the ,’f .ounterfeit 2h guilder ‘the outlying islands, such ;> highly difficult owing :r diort handedness, with
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    THE BERRINGTON BANQUET.
    1152 13 Ox Thursday night, at the invitation of Captain \ap Kwan Seng, a large part}, including representatives of administration, science, letters, law, arms, i md commerce, dined at the Garden House, Kuala Lumpur, in honour of Mr. Herrington on the occasion of his promotion from the Chief Magistracy
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    RIFLE MATCH.
    380 13 S.V.A. e. SELANGOR. The first and last encounter with Martini-Ilenri’s between teams representing the S.V.A. and the Selangor Rifle Association took place on Saturday afternoon. The S.V.A. fired off* fit Balepticr, under conditions not conducive to accurate shooting, Selangor shooting on their own range. Not much fault was
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    PENANG HARBOUR.
    218 13 The Government proposal for harbour improvements at Penang is taken in liand by the Pinang Gazette, which calls attention to unfulfilled official promises in that respect. It is asserted that Dr. Brown, before his departure for Kprope, a few months ago, laid before the Penang Chamber of Commerce
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      60 13 TO THE EDITOR OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” Sir, —Can you or any of your readers supply the following information: —How must a man stand when throwing a football in from “touch?” Must he keep his heels closed and on the ground, or may he separate them and keep them
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      ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
      287 13 TO THE EDITOR OF THE 44 STRAITS TIMES.” Sir, —Having noticed several letters in your paper lately on various points of football, 1 take the opportunity of pointing out one that has required rectifying ever since the game was started here, and that is the construction of the
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    400 13 ARRIVAL*. Per s. s. Foochow from Hongkong:—Mr. Hein. Per s. s. Darwin from Port DarwinMr. J. A. Pattie. Per g. s. Sri Bandjar from ('otie: —Mr. W. Murray. Per g. a Sappho from Klang via ports: Hon’ble Mr. Trotter. Per g. 8. Donor from Port Louis —Mr. Hinnikindt.
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
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