The Straits Budget, 18 May 1897

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    135 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” The Straits Times has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Asia, British India excepted. It circulates in Singapore and Penang, throughout all the Protected States of the Malay Peninsula, in Siam, Borneo, the Netherlands Indies, the Philippines, and
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  • STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, 18TH MAY.
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      BIRTHS.
      31 1 I^vvin the 12th inst., at 44 Bon Accord,” l'cu<in' r tli»* wife of Reginald A. Law, of ft M»n. Mrs. S. J. Nathan, of a daughter, on the lith instant.
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    281 1 Leadin'*’ Akticles. The War. The Town Hall Scheme. To the Chinese. Chinese Immigrants Bill. •JV Clunt so Loan. Bjaut-r- .ml Coolies..; Iacai*. Market Quotations. Shipping News. Passenger List. Poliff News. Malay R-uters Telegrams. The Women will Gamble. Buigiaries. Alleged Cruelty to Horses. The Browned Artilleryman. Selling Sword-Bayonets.
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    506 1 Singapore, 18th May, 1897. PRODUCE. Gambier, 6.00. Copra Bali, 6.60. do Pontianak, 6.25. PepDer, Black, 15.00. do White, (5%) 24. < Sago Flour Sarawak, 2.72£. do Brunei, 2.05. Pearl Sago 3.27£. Coffee, Bali, picked 40.00. Coffee Palembang, picked.... ,,40.00. Coffee, Liberian, No. 1 25.00 Tapioca, small Flake,
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    464 1 The mail for Europe this week leaves by the M. M. s. s. Yangtze. The M. M. s. s. Caledonian witli the mail from I Europe at the 23rd April arrived on Saturday. The mail for Europe, next week is fixed for the P. O. s.
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      THE GREEK SUBMISSION.
      115 1 NO OPPOSITION FROM THE PEOPLE. London 11 thMay. The decision of the Greek Government to recall its troops from Crete was practically an appeal for mediation by the Powers. This decision has not hitherto called forth the slightest opposition from the Greek people. CRETAN OBSTINACY. But the
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      SUBMISSION OF GREECE.
      151 1 GERMAN ACTION. DEMANDS UPON GREECE. London, 1 2th May. Germany not only insists upon the withdrawal of the Greek troops from Crete, but also upon Greece consenting to the autonomy of that island. Germany, besides, insists upon Greece accepting without reserve the counsels of the Powers. GREEK
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      PARLIAMENT.
      20 1 THE TEA DUTY'. The House of Commons has rejected a motion to reduce the tea duty to two pence.
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      SUBMISSION OF THE GREEKS.
      63 1 NOTE BY THE POWERS. London 13 th May. The Powers have presented a Note embodying those conditions for their intervention which Germany had insisted upon. Greece has unreservedly accepted these conditions. THE PROPOSED ARMISTICE. TURKISH WAK FEELING. The Ambassadors at Constantinople are now urging the Turkish
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      CRETE.
      15 1 GREEK TROOPS EMBARKING. The Greek troops have begun em bark ing to leave Crete.
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      RACING.
      20 1 THE CHESTER CUP. The race for the Chester Cup resulted as follows: Count Schomberg 1 Piety 2-’ Shaddock 3
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      THE SUBMISSION OF THE GREEKS.
      43 1 COLLECTIVE NOTE TO TURKEY. London 14 th May. The Ambassadors at Constantinople have presented a Collective Note to the Turkish Government. The Note enumer ates the conditions accepted by Greece, and asks the Turkish Government to suspend hostilities.
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      CHINA AND JAPAN.
      45 1 JAPANESE LOAN. A Japanese loan to the amount of bur millions sterling is about to be issued at London. CHINESE LOAN. A preliminary contract for a loan of sixteen millions sterling has been signed at Peking on behalf of a British syndicate.
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      THE WAR
      93 1 TURKISH MILITARY VIGOUR. London 15 th May. It is reported that a Turkish movement for surrounding the Greek Army at Domoko is actually proceeding. Hence there is delay on the part of the Turkish Government in concluding an armistice. It is understood that the Powers, especially Russia, do
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      INDIAN LOAN.
      51 1 34 MILLIONS TO BE RAISED. The Secretary of State for India announces that he will receive tenders on the 21st instant for a loan. The loan is for three and a half millions sterling at the minimum price of 95 and bearing two and a half per cent
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      FRANCE AND GERMANY
      41 1 OVERTURES BY THE EMPEROR WILLIAM. The French Press discuss certain recent ostentatious advances made to France by the Emperor William. These advances are regarded by ih^m with mistrust, and most of the newspapers prefer an understanding with Britain.
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    THE WAR.
    161 2 ARMISTICE NEGOCIATIONS. TURKISH DEMANDS. Tjondon 17 th May. The Turkish Government has refused to grant an armistice until Greece has accepted its demands. These demands comprise the annexation of the Greek province of Thessaly and an indemnity of ten millions sterling. The Turkish Government declares that, unless Greece
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    THE WAR.
    387 2 (Straits Times, 11th May.) The war, that the mail papers of the la* ?st date were anticipating, is practical ly over. It has resulted, as it only c.* ild result, in the crushing defeat of Greece. All along the line the Greek has been beaten, and, in some
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    THE TOWN HALL SCHEME.
    648 2 {titrate Times 12 th MayJ^i Task Singapore Town Hall Jtftriiee scheme moves forward. Nay, it shapes to be a big thing. It looks aa if it might be a two hundred thousand dollar building—eclipsing even the Government Offices of Selangor. The Acting Municipal President—as we suggested—proposed
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    TO THE CHINESE.
    351 2 (Straits Times 1 2th May.) A few days ago, we reported a case of base ingratitude on the part of some shipwrecked Chinese. We have followed up the case by recompensing the Malays for the trouble and expense they incurred in rescuing the Chinese, who now repudiate
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    THE TOWN HALL SCHEME.
    549 2 (Straits Times 13 th May.) There is a keen opposition to the present Town Hail Jubilee Memorial scheme. Among many of the older residents, there is great indignation that the Government should propose to sell a building site on the new reclamation. It is said that
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    CHINESE IMMIGRANTS BILL.
    1040 2 (Straits Times 14 th May.) The Colonial Government has withdrawn the Bill that proposed to impose a tax of one dollar per head on Chinese immigrants. 'That is satisfactory. It would, in a negative way, have been more satisfactory if the Government had never introduced such a
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    THE CHINESE LOAN.
    281 2 (Straits Times 14 Ik May.) Rumour has latterly been busy will* the intention of the Chinese Government to raise a fresh loan of one hundred millions of taels. The mere report led at once to a succession of oifer* to advance the money. Some German* undertook to
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    PLANTERS AND COOLIES.
    999 3 opposition of the planters of Tfl <r an( j Province Wellesley to the Immigration Ordinance a head at Penang, on Friday lJnl ivre the sugar planters flocked t|l j,ii c meeting at which the Hon. M "Vermont took the chair. Mr. J iIlt opened the proceedings with
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    TUESDAY, 11TH MAY.
    256 3 A pauper was found dead in North Bridge Road, this morning. Cholera is reported to be raging in the neighbourhood of Saigon amongst the natives. A Chinese passenger on the steamer Lightning was found dead on deck this morning. He was bound from Penang to Hongkong. Mr.
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    THE WOMEN WILL GAMBLE.
    67 3 Yesterday, Serjeant Beattie made a raid on a house in North Bridge Road, and arrested five Chinese women wffiile playing Pacao.” This morning, they pleaded guilty. $27 in coppers were found on the table, and $56 on the persons of three of the women. The occupant
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    BURGLARIES.
    64 3 Some burglaries were reported to the police this morning. A Chinaman, residing in Neil Road, complained that his place had been broken into during the night, and that jewellery to the value of *326 had been stolen. Mr. Tomlinson, the Municipal Engineer, also reported that his premises, on St.
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    THE PLANTING OUTLOOK.
    995 3 COFFEE AND RHEA. COFFEE PRICES AND STOCKS. Sanderson Co’s, coffee market report for the month ending on the 15th April notes, as regards spot coffee, that the auctions during that month have been on a large scale, chiefly of Costa Rica, Guatemala, and East India descriptions; as
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    PUNJOM.
    63 3 The Secretary of the Punjom Mining Company has received a telegram from the Co.’s mines reporting the April clean-up as follows: —The mill ran 29 days crushing 434 tons yielding 171 ounces of gold. Fifty tons of concentrates calcined 49 ounces of gold. 1,700 tons of headings crushed yielded
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    MRS. CAREW.
    118 3 IMPRISONED AT HONGKONG. The arrival of Mrs. Carew at Hongkong, which we have already announced by telegram, took place on the 3rd instant. She came there in the morning in the P. O. s. s. Ancona from Yokohama. An officer from the British Consulate at Yokohama was in
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    544 3 The course is still very wet from rain and the going, especially at the top bend, is very bad on the training track. A fair number of roadsters put in an appearance yesterday, the drst one to appear being a chestnut gelding ridden by Mr. Acton. After once
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    PHILIPPINE REBELLION.
    42 3 General Primo de Rivera, the new Governor-General of the Philippines, has issued a decree, offering a free pardon to all rebels who should sunvnder before the 17th instant. This is an extension of the period granted UDdei* General Polavieja’s amnesty.
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    THE DROWNED ARTILLERYMAN.
    85 3 There appears to be an impression abroad that the Artilleryman who was found in the sea on Sunday afternoon, opposite the Raffles School, had met hie death through foul play. There seems to be no justification for such a rumour. The only wound found on the man
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    BLACK BALL.
    156 3 The latest whim of a French Bociety lady is to give a bal noir in the crypt of her ch&teau, a sort of funereal dance, the walls of these underground regions being hung with black and lighted with silver lamps containing green fires. The lady guests were arrayed
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    BRITISH EMPIRE LIFE CO.
    456 3 The fiftieth annual report of the British Empire Mutual Life Assurance Company for the year ending 31st December, 1896, is the most favourable ever presented by the directors to the members. During the year, 1,394 proposals were received for the assurance of XI,009,773. The policies issued
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    SELANGOR.
    924 4 ANNUAL REPORTS. THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS. In consequence of the formation of the Malay States Guides as a regiment, the Selangor Police Force was deprived of its so-called Sikh Contingent, except as to 32 men who have been retained for service with the Malays. The transfer took place on 4th
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    SELLING SWORD-BAYONETS.
    90 4 This morning, S. M. Cohen was brought before Mr. Marriott, chargee with committing a breach of Section 5 of the Indian Act XXXI of 1860, by selling sword-bayonets without a license. He pleaded guilty, but said he was ignorant that it was an offence. Inspector Bateman gave evidence
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    HONGKONG FINANCES.
    119 4 Financial returns just laid before the Legislative Council of Hongkong shew that the revenue of the Colony, exclusive of land sales and water account, was §2,250,179, as against §2,275,577 in 1895. Land sales amounted to §270,850, showing an increase of §140,387 on the preceding year. The net increase
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    SAIGON.
    430 4 CONSULAR REPORT. Mr. C. F. Tremlett, the British Consul at Saigon, reports at some length on trade, commerce, and navigation there. The grain shipments in that period, amounted to 8,281,000 piculs, equal to 487,000 tons, or 78,000 tons less than in the previous season. The export of broken rice
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    MORE FROM THE MAIL.
    1292 4 L NOTES AND NEWS. BILLIARD& There is said to be now in London, Herr Hugo Kerkau (from Berlin) giving 3 exhibitions of marvellous skill at 3 billiards. He is said to play the Con1 tinental cannon game, and with or 1 without the baulk line his
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    WEDNESDAY, 12TH MAY.
    32 4 The Perak Pioneer says that the Resi-dent-General has gone up to the Cottage/’ where he is expected to remain until the 20th inst. Mr. Swettenham then leaves for Singapore.
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    DIAMOND JUBILEE.
    51 4 Even Tientsin is talking of celebrating the Diamond Jubilee by building a hospital, and several large sums have already been promised. The British residents of Amoy have decided to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee by establishing a school to cost $20, < t)00, to be open to boys of
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    HARMSTON’S.
    196 4 Harmston’s Circus and Royal Menagerie opens here on Friday for a short season. The high reputation of this Circus arouses expectations which are borne out by the programme. The list of events overflows with novelties and attractions, and contains a varied list of feats and tricks. Leaping and tumbling,
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    CHINESE AND MALAYS.
    429 4 AN APPEAL TO THE RACIAL p r OF THE CHINESE. WILL THEY PROVIDE TWENTY DOI CLEAR THEIR NAME OP A 8I *> A FEW days ago, a tongkane bouna r Dutch territory capsized, and twofv nese on board were rescued hv u fishermen. The Chinese offers] forty
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    THE AUSTRIAN LLOYD.
    58 4 The revenue of the Austrian Lloyd Company last year was 1*845,435, £2,000 less than the corresponding receipts for 1895, although the voyage* made by the company's steamer? increased last year to the extent ol 37,487 miles. The company is building a large steamer, named the Trirsu, which
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    SPAIN.
    258 4 THE DRAIN OF WAR. Prolonged contention with Cuba itod the disturbances in Manila have ten their mark on the commerce of P alX, In what measure may be judged trow the latest consular report as to trade of Barcelona. Strife in the two places mentioned has to a extent
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    SIAM GOLD.
    42 5 \Vittana gold mine in Siam, T* s forked by a French company, biih gjj 0 w cjiiartz of a satis1 -haracter. According to the ftorv m there are now fifteen a nd nearly 300 coolies uri J !r the mine.
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    JAPAN COAL.
    184 5 I owners’ ring. I ra j, c annual output of coal in l Tiiii lr the past five years, it is 1 nrt less than 4,300,000 tons. |K.;-,‘some 1,844,000 tons were I Vj to foreign countries, while quantity had increased ft rier cent, over that of the ft
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    CYCLING IN ENGLAND.
    621 5 Ponoon, Friday, 16th April. j he <r r eat Surrey Spring Meeting was 4i oa*Saturday last in splendid weather. V raring, on the whole, was very satisfy The finishes in the handicaps, tin? to the difficulty of correctly Rauga?a man's form so early in the season, fere
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    480 5 The training track, after the first few t horses had been worked this morning, was like a ploughed field, and fast gallopping was, of course, out of the question. I have never known the course to be in such bad condition but it must be remembered that the
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    LITERATURE, ART, MUSIC.
    1138 5 The fourth volume, completing the life of Dr. Puscy, may be looked for in the autumn. The “St. James’s Gazette” thinks that the narrative in Lord Roberts’s first volume is the best historical account of the mutiny yet written. The first volume of Dean Spence’s new work,
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    HOME NOTES.
    1727 5 Teacher A mao who acts bravely is a hero. What is the word for a brave woman P Small Boy: u Shero.” By Jove, isn’t Mrs. de Smythe-Browne splendidly dressed!” “Yes, but it was only last year that I saw her walking about barefooted.” “Great Scott! Where “On
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    THURSDAY, 13TH MAY.
    48 6 H. M. S. Pique arrived here this morning from Sarawak. This morning, a European was fined five dollars and costs for assaulting a hack gharry syce. The Penang Assize was to begin on Tuesday last with twenty-two cases on the calendar, including five of murder.
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    MR. BIBBY.
    38 6 Mr. Bibby and the Misses Bibby arrived last evening from Raub and are staying at the Raffles Hotel. Mr. Bibby, it is expected, will make another journey to the mines before taking his wellearned leave home.
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    THE POSTAL CONGRESS.
    33 6 The International Postal Congress, which was to assemble at Washington early this month, will mostly deal with technical matters, though questions connected with ocean postage rates will also be considered.
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    SECRETARYSHIP.
    42 6 Mr. A. Bowers Smith, a relative of Mr. Murison Allan, is said by the Pinang Gazette to have taken up the duties of Secretary to Mr. Justice Law. We believe Mr. Justice Leach is unable to find a Secretary at present.
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    EARLY BIRDS.
    45 6 A special general meeting of the members of the Singapore Sporting Club will be held on Saturday morning, the 22nd instant, at 6.1 5, in the members’ stand at the Race-course, to sanction the proposed extra day’s racing on the 26th of June.
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    THEFT BY A SERVANT.
    41 6 This morning, Mr. Nathan prosecuted his Chinese servant for stealing S50 in cash, and a watch valued at $17. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the theft of the watch. He was sentenced to three months’ rigorous imprisonment.
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    PANAMA CANAL.
    39 6 JAPANESE LABOUR. It is reported that arrangements are being made for a supply of Japanese labourers for works in connection with the Panama Canal, the material available in Jamaica, which has hitherto been employed, being considered undesirable.
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    HALF A CENT EACH.
    80 6 A few days ago, a Chinaman informed a number of hawkers in China Street that In* was commissioned by the constables on the beat to collect a half a cent from each of them. One of the hawkers reported the matter, and had the collector arrested.
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    THE CHINA SQUADRON.
    75 6 RUMOURED MOVEMENTS. The China Mail learns that the fleet in Hongkong is to be further strengthened this year by the addition of several torpedo boat destroyers. It is also rumoured that all the Undaunted class aie to come out to the China Station. There are seven first-class
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    JAPAN AND HAWAII.
    131 6 Hawaii’s reply. In reply to a despatch from the Japanese Government, inquiring the cause for the recent rejection of Japanese emigrants, the Hawaiian Government has given the following explanation —1. —The contracted labourers were refused permits because their landing was considered to be in violation of the
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    FRENCH INDO-CHINA.
    337 6 X RICE MERCHANTS IN TROUBLE. The Semaine Colonials dwells upon the disappointing results of the expectations from this year’s rice crop at Saigon. In January, crop prospects looked unusually bright. There was every chance of an uncommonly heavy yield, and hopes were built upon correspondingly profitable returns.. But
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    STOWAWAY LEGISLATION.
    106 6 The Legislative Council of Hongkong has read for the first time a Bill to punish stowaways on shipboard there. The Bill provides that any person arriving in that colony as a stowaway shall, upon summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or to
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    INSURANCE IN TONQUIN.
    147 6 -Hongkong Daily Press. OFFICIAL DIFFICULTIES. A claim was recently made by the Tonquin Government on Insurance companies there for arrears of duty due under the Registration law on policies issued by them. Such duties have not hitherto been collected, and the claim now preferred amounted to a
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    THE RIPOGRAPH.
    162 6 Mr. Arthur Sullivan commenced showing the Ripograph or giant Cinemotograph in the hall adjacent to the Adelphi Hotel yesterday, but, owing to an accident to the magic lantern used, only one or two really good pictures were shown to a fairly large gathering. The Ripograph is a mechanical
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    673 6 BORNEO DIAMONDS. A Sourabaya newspaper publishes particulars of the situation in the diamond fields of Netherlands East Borneo, where the Government controls the industry through the license system. Each diamond digger must take out a license monthly, and must give an exact description of his working place. For
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    PLEADING IN MALAY.
    53 6 On Tuesday afternoon, a Chinese woman was charged in the 3rd Court with kidnapping a girl under age from lawful guardianship. As the Chinese interpreter could not speak English, Mr. Stuart, who appeared for the prosecution, conducted the examination in Malay before Mr. Brockman. The prisoner was
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    PARSEE THEATRE.
    48 6 The New Elphinstone Theatrical Company of Bombay opens to-night at the Parsee Theatre Hall, North Bridge Road, with the play of Gulzar-F-Nckey The company has been in Singapore before, and has played with great success. It returns from an equally successful season in Burmah and Ceylon.
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    STEAM TO WEST AUSTRALIA.
    84 6 ,Bou stead <k Co. and W. Mansfield Co. announce that the British India Steam Navigation Company and the Ocean Steam Ship Company now run steamers between Singapore and Western Australia, at intervals of seventeen days. The steamers on the run the Australindy Saladin and Sultan are
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    LEGAL OR ILLEGAL.
    108 6 (From a Correspondent). About three weeks ago, a Malay named Ali was placed before the court of two magistrates, to answer three distinct charges of receiving stolen property. There were three prosecutors. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to six months 7 imprisonment on each charge,
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    FRANCE AND JAPAN.
    231 6 ANTI-JAPANESE FEELING IN TONQUIN. The new Franco-Japanese treaty has been taken into consideration by the Chamber of Commerce at Haiphong in Tonquin, where the treaty has raised strong objections. The Chamber dwells upon the hatred of the Japanese for foreigners as a factor that has not been
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    283 6 The outer track was open for work this morning, and some of the horses were sent along a bit. The going is still very heavy, and, with to-day’s rain, it does not look as if we are to have a chance of a decent gallop before the entries
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    THE DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS.
    730 6 THE SINGAPORE COMMlTTgj A meeting of the General rv for the Diamond Jubilee was held, yesterday afternoon Council Chamber. H. E. S, 1 Jones-Vaughan presided, and5 were also present: the Hon < Kynnersley, Hon. G. S V Col. Bogle, Col. Norcot, Col p* father, Messrs. Egerton,
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    MECKLENBURG-SCHWERIN.
    300 7 I German Consul points out a The. in tJie telegram stating ■k utt r? (irand Duke of MecklenburgW* U L euiumitted suicide. The offi- jW,r (i ut ,f the Grand Duke’s death V 'pith April, the weakness of I had, during the day, risen to ■b fn degree that
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    HOME NOTES.
    1247 7 Old Lady. Whai pretty children Are Ley yours, madam f" Mrs. Brighton: Tho judge hasn't decided yet.” Mr. Pal four has left London for Mr. Percy [wjrad/iaius seat near Salisbury, taking mhim It is golf clubs and bicycle. I I ."hi Duke of Bedford takes a great interIs;
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    FRIDAY, 14TH MAY.
    127 7 Two surveyors for Borneo are advertised for. Rajah Brooke arrived this morning in the yacht Zahora. The Bank of England discount rate has receded from 2j to 2 per cent. The New Harbour Dock Coy. advertise the hull of a steam launch for sale. Mr. Tan Jiak
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    VERY DANGEROUS.
    45 7 Yesterday, Serjeant Collins arrested two Chinamen in charge of a twakow laden with petroleum in the Singapore river. The men had a fire lit in dangerous proximity to the cargo. One man was discharged, the other was fined $2O, in default, one month.
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    MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
    71 7 The G. O.C. has been pleased to grant leave of absence to Captain R. \V. P. White, D. A. A. G., C. S. O., S. S., from the 15th May to the 15th July, on private affairs. Lieutenant S. C. Long, 1st Battn. Rifle Brigade, will perform the
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    SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL REVENUE.
    35 7 1896. 1897. Jan.-Mar. Jan -Mar. lates $152,223 $155,678 Taxes 41,685 40,809 Jcenses and Fees 10,253 6,592 Slaughter Houses 10,486 11,237 Markets 21,959 24,720 Water Supply 32,402 34,975 Miscellaneous 14,250 8,983 283,368 282,996
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    ABOUT ’RIKISHAS.
    119 7 Mr. Hooper, in his monthly report, writes: Unfit Coolies. The practice of employing lads who are too young and physically too weak for ’rikislm work is getting very common. I have cautioned the ow*ners frequently without having any good results, and in a few bad cases, where offence
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    SARAWAK NEWS.
    317 7 FINANCES. The Treasury report for 1896 shows $493,760 in revenue, and $444,200 in expenditure with a surplus of over fortynine thousand dollars. The revenue las increased under almost every head, especially as to the opium farm. Gold royalty ($573) appears in the accounts r or the first time,
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    THE FLOWER SHOW.
    242 7 The Flower Show opened yesterday afternoon with a good attendance. As we have already indicated, the show is scarcely up to the average, the exhibits being less numerous, and the quality not so good, as we have seen in former years. To some extent this has been
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    208 7 The proposed programme for the Special Day’s Racing, in June, appears to be a very fair one, and should attract a good number of entries. The horses will have had plenty of time to recover from any ordinary effects of racing; and, as the Penang Races do not
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    A DREADFUL OATH.
    353 7 The further hearing of the charge against one Chee Swee Hay of making or causing to be made, entries in his i account books, in contrevention of the provisions of the Bankruptcy Ordinance, was continued to-day by Mr. Wilkinson. Mr. Anthonisz, the Official Assignee, appeared for the
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    COUNCIL PAPERS.
    700 7 PORT REVENUE. At the previous Council meeting, Mr. Napier asked the Colonial Secretary whether the Government could furnish a return for the last five years of the revenue derived from, the expenditure properly attributable to: (1) port and harbour dues, (2) inspection of animals, and (3) Chinese immigrants.
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    THE DIAMOND JUBILEE.
    117 7 ACTION IN SARAWAK. The Rajah of Sarawak has issued the following General Order in connection with the Diamond Jubilee In commemoration of the long glorious reign of Her Majesty the Queen, and as a mark of that respect which every British subject must entertain in his heart
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1151 8 THURSDAY, 13TH MAY. j PRESENT. H. E. The Governor, Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell, g.c.m.g. Hon. C. W. Sneyd-Kynnersley, Acting Colonial Secretary. Hon. W. R. Collyer, Attorney-General. Hon. F. G. Penney, Acting Colonial Treasurer. Hon. Major Anderson, R.E., Acting Colonial Engineer. Hon. E. C. Hill, Acting Auditor-General. Hon.
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    TELEGRAPHY IN MALAYA.
    177 8 In the course of a controversial letter on the subject of our delayed racing telegrams —a matter that must wait the attention of our special correspondent, who only returned to-day Mr. Baxendale, the Superintendent of Telegraphs, says:— Further comments appear in your issue of Monday on the
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    234 8 Some good work was done on the course this morning, the going being very much better than w T e have had it for weeks, except at the bends and just beyond the winning post, where there is a very wet patch. 4t Ballater Was out again, and
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    SATURDAY, 15TH MAY.
    26 8 Mr. Yeo Swee Hee has sent us five dollars, towards the twenty dollars we paid to the Malay fishermen who rescued certain Chinese.
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    THE RIPOGRAPH.
    95 8 A most remarkable thing in the Ripograph pictures is a view of the seashore showing the waves dashing on the beach. This is so true to life, that you can imagine the people on the shore are alive and that the spray isreal water, which they are trying
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    THE FLOWER SHOW.
    529 8 The following is the list of winners of first prizes at the Flower Show. The prizes were distributed, last night, by Lady Mitchell: Panaxor Arabia 3 Lady Mitchell Coleus 6 Choa Kim Keat do 3 Tan Hup Leong do spec Choa Kim Keat Crotons 6 Tan Hup
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    MR. CLIFFORD’S NEW BOOK.
    1150 8 “IN COURT AND KAMPONG.” There is, to-day, received an advance copy of Mr. Hugh Clifford’s new book, 14 In Court and Kampong —Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula It is hardly correct, however, to call the volume quite a new one.
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    HARMSTON’S CIRCUS.
    495 8 This really great entertaimJ opened last night to a crowded and vfl pleased audience. The Circus, il known as it is for good bills of fare, i never equalled, certainly never si passed, its present one. The tent,! lighting, and all the seating arrao® ments are as perfect
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    RACE ENTRIES.
    1957 9 t nAY TUESDAY, 25th MAY. First Race. tl qvIDEN PLATE.—Value $250. TflE j. e for Maiden Horses—Weight A J r sca e (lOst. 91b.). An allowance K *qibs to horses entered for the Intermediate Races only. An allow- nf 7 lbs. to all other horsesentered J 111 Paces
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    PERAK POLICE.
    197 9 PAY AND SIKHS. Captain Syer9, in his report on the Perak police for 1896, records his opinion that the Perak Government will never have an efficient Police Force until the pay is raised. Captain Syers found, on taking over that the Detective Staff was lamentably deficient in numbers,
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    INDIAN IMMIGRATION.
    1130 9 TO THE EDITOR OF THE BTRAITB TIMES.” Sir, —The planters of the Federated States, who so recently elected Mr. T. H. Hill their chairman, will have read his letter replying to, and more or less i traversing, the Hon*ble Mr. Vermont’s recent utterances in Council, with unalloyed satisfaction,
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    LABUAN.
    131 9 REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES. On the 7th April, the Governor of British North Borneo communicated to a meeting of those who had petitioned that the administration of Labuan should be resumed* by the Colonial Office direct, the decision of the Secretary of State. This was that he saw no reason
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    GAMBIER ADULTERATION
    499 9 LEGISLATION IN 8ABAWAK. A general meeting of the Sarawak Chamber of Commerce was held on the 4th March last to consider a communication from the secretary of the Singapore Chamber relative to the adulteration of gambier shipped from Kuching. Resolutions were passed urging the Sarawak Government to pass
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    TO-DAY’S MAIL.
    664 10 NOTES, NEWS, AND REPORTS. THE CHEAT BILLIARD MATCH. After a game which underwent many startling alterations and produced a large amount of interest from start to finish, Peall, on the 19th ult., at the Egyptian Hall, gained a well-earned victory over Roberts by 627 points. The champion for
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    83 10 Monday, the 24th May, the Queen’s birthday, will kept as a public holiday. The Netherlands India Government has notified that all vessels arriving there from or having touched at Swatow, Macao, Formosa, Bombay and Kurrachee will have to undergo nine days’ quarantine from the date of departure from
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    1056 10 All Singapore is in the dumps. Every man you meet is counting his losses. Not a soul w r ears a cheerful face. The reason is the boom in Raubs. It has upset the population who go about saying Now, if I had bought a hundred for
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    BUKIT MAS.
    70 10 The District Magistrate of Batang Padang, in his report for 1896, notes that the Bukit Mas Gold Mining Company have not put out much gold. The Company has been reconstituted, and more capital put into it. Tiiough no gold to speak of has been gained, a large amount
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    SINGAPORE FAVOURED.
    83 10 Pinang Gazette. Complaints are reaching us of the manner in which Penang trade is handicapped at Teluk Anson by the partiality shown by the shipping authorities to Singapore steamers, notably to those of the Straits Steamship Company. Penan" steamers have been again and again refused accommodation at the
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    SELANGOR NEWS.
    190 10 will be out again about November. Malay Mail. It is understood that the four Chinamen, who were arrested in connection with the recent riots at Kuala Lumpur, were sent out of the country on the 11th instant, it is believed, under escort, being presumably deported to China. There
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    ENGLISH EDUCATION.
    193 10 THE CHINESE IN PERAK. Mr. H. B. Collinge, the Inspector of Schools in Perak, states in his report for 1896, that, there, in the direction of English education, as much as possible is being done for the benefit of the large Chinese population in the State, as for
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    MARINE COURT OF ENQUIRY.
    453 10 COLLISION OF THE M GIANG SENG” AND u PENANG.” FINDING This morning the proceedi ngs of the Court of Enquiry convened to examine into the circumstances which led to the collision between the steamers Giang Seng and Penang in the Straits of lihio, on the 28th
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    A FIVE-HEADED SNAKE.
    121 10 In the vicinity of Marikuppum, in India, a five-headed snake, about 3 to 4 feet in length, is reported to have been discovered recently. The natives have erected a temporary shed for the shelter of the serpent, and a lot of people of different castes and creeds
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    ESCAPE FROM A TIGER.
    194 10 (From Our Mucur Correspondent.) A Chinaman, working in a gambier plantation at the foot of Bukit Muar, had a most wonderful escape from a tiger, an experience which does not befal many. While in the act of cutting gambier leaves, a tiger sprang upon him knocking
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    MONDAY, 17TH MAY.
    175 10 THBroof of a house in .Nanking fell in this morning, but, fortunaM, M one was injured. no The Government invite tend. r building extension to tl,,. u Attendant’s office. To-day is the eleventh birthdav r the King of Spain. To-morrow j/ t K twenty-ninth birthday of the
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    RENEWED REBELLION IN FORMOSA.
    56 10 The Twatutia natives remain loyal. Hongkong Baity Press. ATTACK ON TWATUTIA. Taipeh, 8th May. The natives of Formosa become Japanese subjects to-day. There have been several disturbances outside, and at one o’clock this morning the rebels strongly attacked Twatutia. After heavy firing, they retreated at 6
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    MUSIC AT THE JUBILEE.
    76 10 The musical programme to be |w;r formed on Tuesday, 22nd June, at the Happy Valley, Hongkong, in com memoration of the completion of the sixtieth year of Her Majesty's reign, will include the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’, Mtssiah: Haydn’s Austrian Hymn and the National Anthem. All the choirs
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    LABUAN.
    99 10 hastily organised.— British North Itonu* Herald. The old tobacco farm having been found to work very prejudically to the public, a new ordinance wa* brought into force abolishing tin* monopoly, allowing every one to import and deal in tobacco on payment of import duty and a fee for the
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    RAFFLES INSTITUTION.
    107 10 The Report of the Rattles Institution for 1896 has been published. It notes the increased interest taken by the Chinese in the affairs of the Institution. Three members of the Chinese community arr now Trustees. In the Boys' School, the average attendance for the senoo year ending 30th
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    THE PARIS FIRE.
    116 10 HAVAS TELEGRAMS. Paris, 7th May. Thb deaths from the fire at tta Charity Bazaar amount to 1 L r >- Anou 180 persons have been injured, eight are in danger of death. A* the Ambassadors at Paris visited M. Hanotaux, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, as mark
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    GOLDEN RAUB.
    2225 11 I t.ikY ok its rise and ■Hi-' IRKSS. I UiOlT ITS POSSIBILIxVi. i'UOSPECTS. I IfK MINKS and a report v! thereon. I f <n>'■><>! onmiixxioner.) m i/•y r,/ I Article.) I fortnight since I left Raub; j.-jj.jiDneilj my visit was at a V- :r t m i| lt
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    PUNJOMS.
    50 11 The Secretary of the Punjom Mining Company has received the following telegram from the mines, giving the result of the April cyanide clean-up: The cyanide plant worked 14 days, treating 360 tons of tailings for a yield of 102 ozs. of bullion of an assay value of per ounce.”
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    THE TOWN HALL SCHEME.
    84 11 A meeting of the Diamond Jubilee Committee will be held in the Council Chamber on Wednesday, the 19th instant, at 4.45 p.m., when the following resolution wul be proposed by Mr. G. S. Murray and seconded by Mr. J. R. Cuthbertson: “That this Committee confirms the
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    486 11 The entries, which closed at noon on Saturday, a**e very good. The absentees are: Disfigured, W onga Arkansas, lieidpaih, Boreas Madge Q. (7., and Mr. Gwynne’s new chestnut; with Carthusian, Splendodia and The Clown neither of which trio lias been on the course for some time past. Four
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    RAJAH BROOKE.
    49 11 The Rajah of Sarawak's yacht, the ZaJurra is going into dock, at New Harbour, to-day, and, while the necessary repairs are being effected, the Rajah will reside at one of the hotels. He will stay over the race meeting, as he has one or two horses running.
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    A CYCLE CASE.
    283 11 COLLISION AT THE CRICKET CLUB. This morning, Mr. S. Paoli, an assistant in the firm of E. M. Lyon and Coy., appeared in the Court of Requests to claim damages to the extent of $40, for injury done to his cycle, by collision with a ’rikisha near
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    TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY
    686 11 (From the “Times of Ceylon. 11 London, 3rd May. The Maharajah of Darbhunga, in a letter to the Timet, urges the English Government and people to appeal to Natal to relieve the grievous hardships of the Indian labourers there. The following are the principal members of the new
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    THE RIPOGRAPH.
    54 11 The Ripograph will remain another night longer. The principal reason is that, owing to the climate being so damp, the cylinders that contain the gas, being made of India rubber, will not stand the great pressure required; so iron ones arebeing made by Howarth, Erskine A Co. These
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    MORE BY THE MAIL.
    997 12 MERCANTILE BANK. The fourth annual general meeting was held, on April 21, at Winchester House. —Sir Alexander Wilson (chairman), in moving the adoption of the report, said the net profit, including the amount brought forward, amounted to £31.188, of which the interim dividend and that now
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    RE-ARREST UPON DISCHARGE.
    56 12 Two Chinese arrested on suspicion of complicity in a recent robbery at the house of Mr. Renny, at Prye Dock, were discharged by the police in Province Wellesley for want of evidence. On leaving the Court, the second defendant was re-arrested on a warrant from Singapore, charging
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    MR. CLIFFORD’S BOOK.
    262 12 In our review, on Saturday, of Mr. Clifford s new book, In Court and Kampong,” the last few lines of the review had to be sacrificed to the scarcely expected length of the racing entries. The lines so sacrificed were as follows: We give, in conclusion, Mr.
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    PERAK.
    309 12 THE CIVIL SERVICE LIST FOR 1897. The Perak Civil Service List for 1897 has just been published at Taiping. It is compiled by Messrs. E. W. Birch and Oliver Marks. The List includes an enumeration of the Federal Officers of the Federated Malay States, in addition to the local
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    THE GOVERNOR AND THE PROPOSED MEMORIAL TOWN HALL.
    2069 12 (Letter from the Acting Colonial Secretary to the Acting Mvnicipal Vrevident). Singapore 10//< May, 1897. Sir, —I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 5th inst., in which you make certain proposals as to the erection, in
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    TELEGRAPHIC EXTENSION.
    114 12 An arrangement has been conclude* with the Spanish Government for exten ding, on a subsidy basis, the E. E. A. A Co. Telegraph Company’s system in the Philippine Islands, by the laying o three short cables between Panay, Negros, and Cebu. As thesi cables will bring Iloilo (second
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    METEOROLOGY IN 1896.
    248 12 THE 8TRAITS ANNUAL REPORT. This report, the thirteenth of tin series in which the meteorological obsei vations of the Colony have been snewi systematically, presents little tna i striking or anomalous, but its 1D j r lies chiefly in the data it affords comparing and verifying these
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    CHINESE AND THE ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL.
    1463 13 Et lT oK OF THE STRAITS TIMES.” 10 In vour yesterday’s issue we NH I t [»ev. A. B. has written an n>° n 1 article about the Chinese School. By the t It vie of his composition he shows It to be a well
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    ALLEGED CRUELTY TO HORSES.
    99 13 This morning, a syce named Banghi, in the employ of Mr. Clarke, livery stable keeper, was charged with using horses unfit for work in an omnibus running on the last stage of the Kranji Road. Mr. Van Cuylenberg, who appeared foiy the defendant, animadverted on the
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    TO ARRIVE.
    37 13 (For the Far East) Per P. &O. s. s. Formosa from London, April 16: —Mr. E. L. Cockell, Miss J. W. Henderson, Lieut T. A. M, Cunningham, Lieut a 8. Deverell, Miss Glenny, Mr. Pemberthey.
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    RAUB.
    1283 13 The Mining Manager’s Report for the four weeks ending 6th May, 1897, run* as follows: i mining. Ranh Hole. Section. —ln the No. 2 level, the main drive going south is now iu over 400 ft. from crosscut. We have not succeeded in cutting the main ore chute in
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    HOME CRICKET SEASON.
    1145 13 After much deliberation, and consultation with many authorities, the committee of the Marylebone Club decided a few weeks ago to let Law 68, which governs the follow-on,” remain for the present in the form in which it has stood since July, 1894. At a special general meeting
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    FATAL ACCIDENTS.
    85 13 A day or Wo ago, a Chinawoman on the Lancaster Road left her house for a few minutes and, during her absence, her infant child pulled over a kettle of boiling water, sustaining such injuries that it died before it could be removed to the hospital. While a
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    HARMSTON’S CIRCUS.
    222 13 The heavy rain that made Singapore’s only half-holiday an afternoon’s idleness did not prevent a crowded and enthusiastic audience assembling to witness Harmston’s deservedly popular Circus on Saturday evening. A thick covering of cinders made a good firm ring in spite of the wet ground, and no inconvenience
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      TELEGRAPHY IN MALAYA.
      323 13 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIME?.” Sir, —I cannot congratulate the Federated Malay States on the attitude that their manager of Telegraphs adopts towards the complaints that are so generally current, and that we are glad you have voiced. Let us take the case which Mr.
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    REUTER’S WAR TELEGRAMS.
    239 14 MALAY TRANSLATION. J-* j£sJ— r^j Jy 'Hr vi^ b' sj*£~ fr Ji S^ y* I -fr Cj viJu vJ^-V-vX'XX 1 </'*/• O^Jy £r- £y <X-X* 1 Ju« J w«**^ XX <X- X^* (X/ X t^XX *>L oy *X J*\r* j* t/ oX- v>y c'j JjV?~ J y
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    567 14 ARRIVALS. Per s. s. Hertha from Hongkong:- Mr. Bergmann. Per s. s. Telemachus from Liverpool ;ind Penang: —MrjE. Anderson. Per s s. Ban Whatt Hin from Pontianak—r. N übeor. Per s. s. Neera from Penang:—Miss Douglas, Messrs. Sullivan, Lvj i Maxwell, Mr. and Mrs. Parsons and three children,
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      145 14 Under th i s head i ng the fol lo wing abbrevia- ions are used —str. —steamer; sh.—ship >q. —barque; Brit. —British; U. S. United States; Fr. French; Ger. —German; Dut.— Dutch; Job. —Jobooe; Ac., G.c., General •argo d.p.—deck passengers; U. —Uncer'ain; T. P. W.—Taujong Pagar Wharf;
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      TRADING VESSELS
      1198 14 Arrivals Since Noon of Saturday. Ailsa Craig, Brit. str. 2,166 tons, Capt Robertson, 15th May. From Cardiff, 6th Apl. Coal, and 1 d.p. Boustead and Co. For Manila U—Rds. A. Accame, Ital. bq. 1,086 tons,'Captain Felico. 10th May. From Sourabaya, 4th May. Gaggino and Co. U—Rds. Lanka, Dut.
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      VESSELS EXPECTED
      1212 14 Name, port, probable date of arrival ana name of ayenU. Aden, Hongkong, May 24 P. A O. Antenor, China, May 30; Mansfield. Augsburg, Sydney, May 24; Behn Meyer. Bantam, Sourabaya, May 27 Daendels. Bayern, Europe, July 22; Behn Meyer. Bellona, Europe, May 18; Rautenberg. Bisagno, Bombay, May 20;
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      ARRIVALS.
      958 15 Flag A Tons. Captain Fbom Sailed. Consignees. V^ N yK Kio _l Ital. bq. 790 Razeto Batavia May 1 Boustead and Co. r >or str.; 486 Thinn Saigon May 7 Guan Ho Seng i‘ e g*Al/ Brit str 90 Sellars Muar May 9 Wee Bin and Co. R3gkali s
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      CLEARANCES.
      664 15 n Vessel’s Name 'FlagARig! Captain Destination j inmariml Nor str. Dannevig Bangkok N«i:n Yong Brit str. Hector Penang Kjojtm Mara Jap str. Townsend Antwerp Lightning J Brit.str. I Spence Hongkong. iorgon sir. j Morier Bangkok Yang i str. 1 Kunath Muar and Malacca Lugenie Dut. str. Orre Palembang f
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      ANJER.
      109 15 PASSED sunda~straits or arrived for orders. Flag Date Rk Date. and Ship’s Name. Commander. of From where Destin- marks Rio. Sailing ation May 6 Ned s.s. K. Regentes Duinker May 5 Batavia [Amsterdam f> Brit bar. Marjory Glen Lillian May lTjilatjap Sam a rang 6 Nor bar. Alida Bodther
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