The Straits Budget, 3 August 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, 3RD AUGUST. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    224 1 Ijudinu Articles. Sew'i'owa Hall Scheme. Sedition in India. The Governor Opportunity. The Sedition in India. fii^CAL. Market Quotations. Shipping News. Pii&SollgcT List. Police News. Death of Mr. Howard Newton. Counterfeit Coin. Kuukc’s Case. Sad D \ith of Captain Hector. Straits Progress. The
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    SINGAPORE, 3RD AUGUST, 1897.
    441 1 PRODUCE. (liates are corrected to one p.m.) Gambiar 5.65. Copra Bali, 6.90. •lo Pontianak, 5.35. Pepper, Black, 15.25. do White, (5%). 25.50. Flour Sarawak, 2.625. do Brunei, 2.05. Pearl Sago 3.30. Coffee, Bali, picked 31.00. Coffee Palembang, picked.... 39.00. Corfee, Liberian, No. 1 23.50. Tapioca, small
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    470 1 The mail for Europe, this week, leaves by the P. O. s. s. Mirzapore. The P. O. s. s. Rosetta with the mail from Europe of the 9th July arrived yesterday. The mail for Europe, next week, leaves by the M. M. s. s. Melbourne. The
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  • REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
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      HAWAII.
      106 1 JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES. London 27 th July. The New York Herald states that Japan has answered the Note from Secretary Sherman in reply to the original Japanese protest against the proposed annexation of Hawaii to the United States. The answer is reported to indicate Japan’s intention to
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      PRUSSIA.
      41 1 POLICE AND PUBLIC MEETINGS. The Lower House of the Prussian Diet has, by a majority of four, rejected, for the second time, a stringent Government Bill to amend the law on Societies by empowering the police to dissolve public meetings.
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      THE NAVY.
      74 1 FURTHER EXTENSION. London 28th July. Mr. G. J. Goschen, the First Lord of the Admiralty, has brought forwards a motion in the House of Commons to increase the Navy Estimates by £*500,000. Mr. Goschen said that it was intended to meet the naval activity of other nations by
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      THE RAID INQUIRY.
      100 1 NO STEPS AGAINST RHODES. Mr. P. J. Stanhope moved in the House of Commons a resolution expressing regret at the inconclusive action taken in the report of the South Africa Committee, and regret at the failure of the Committee to recommend specific steps against Rhodes. The resolution
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      N. W. INDIA.
      36 1 FIGHTING ON THE FRONTIER. The tribesmen have made a night *ttaek on the British camp at the Malakand Pass in Chitral. Sharp fighting followed in which one officer was killed and four wounded.
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      INDIA.
      55 1 SEDITION CASE. ARRESTS MADE. London 29 th July. The Hon. Mr. Tilak, member of the Legislative Council of the Bombay Presidency, has been arrested on a charge of exciting disaffection. Three leading Brahmins at Poona have also been arrested on the same charge. THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER. The rising in
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      TURKEY.
      25 1 RUSSIA AND GERMANY. Russia opposes Germany’s proposals relative to the war indemnity. The German Ambassador at Constantinople has referred to his Government for instructions.
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      THE P. & O.
      25 1 THE P. O. THE CONTRACT PA88BD. The House of Commons has approved of the mail contract with the Peninsular and Oriental, and the Orient Companies.
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      TURKEY.
      41 1 THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. London, 30 th July. The Ambassadors at Constantinople have drafted the indemnity clause of the peace preliminaries in a manner to satisfy Germany. It is expected that the terms of peace will be finally settled on Saturday.
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      CRETE.
      36 1 DISORDERS AT CANEA. The first battalion of the Lancashire Regiment at Malta has been ordered to be in readiness to start for Crete. Frequent fights between Turkish and European soldiers have taken place at Canea.
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      JAMESON’S RAID.
      45 1 THE OFFICERS’ COMMISSIONS. Lord Lanadowne, the Secretary of tate for War, in replying to Lord |Car- rington in the House of Lords, expressed regret that there was nothing in the South Africa Committee’s report to justify restoring the commissions of Dr. Jameson’s officers.
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      INDIA.
      30 1 THE NORTH WEST FRONTIER, A fresh attack on the Malakand Pass on Tuesday and Wednesday was repulsed after hard fighting. The British loss was thirteen killed and forty-three wounded.
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      BRITAIN AND GERMANY.
      31 1 London 31$f July. Britain has denounced the Commercial Treaty with the German Zollverein which has been in operation since 1865. The Treaty therefore expires in a year’s time.
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      INDIA.
      32 1 Desperate fighting at the Malakand Pass on the North West frontier continues. The attacks are renewed every night. A field force is now under orders to proceed to the Malakand Pass.
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      KING OF SIAM.
      21 1 The King of Siam has arrived at London, where he was escorted by the Lifeguards to Buckingham Palace.
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      CRETE.
      19 1 The European troops at Canea have been ordered to use their fire arms, if insulted by the Turks.
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      PARLIAMENT.
      12 1 The House of Lords has passed the Workmen’s Accidents Compensation Bill.
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      PREFERENTIAL TRADE.
      86 1 THE BELGIAN TREATY RENOUNCED. London 2nd August. The Commercial Treaty between Britain and Belgium has also been denounced. The British Government proposes to open negotiations for new commercial treaties with Germany and Belgium. The German press comments on this in a calm and dispassionate tone. EFFECT IN CANADA.
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      TURKEY.
      27 1 TROUBLE IN CRETE. The Ambassadors at Constantinople have completed the drafting of the j>eace preliminaries. Four hundred of the Welsh Fusiliers have left Malta for Crete.
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      BEHRING SEA.
      22 1 i Britain has agreed to take part in the Behring Sea Conference to be held at Washington in the autumn.
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      GERMANY.
      17 1 DISASTROUS FLOODS. Prussian Silesia has been devastated by floods, the most disastrous known during the century.
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      CRICKET.
      9 1 Gloucester beat Yorkshire at cricket by 140 runs.
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    51 1 DEATHS. o\- -j7iii July, at Amsterdam, Mrs. C. G. j Kllei»lai>, mother of A. J. A. Kleeblad, Xauager, Daendels Co., Singapore. as the 29th July, at “Dunearn/* the ntiilrnce of D. 0. Neave, Singapore, Roeekt C i'm.ming HENDRiE,aged 26, second .on of ihe late James Cumming Hendrie, E-»l.. Solicitor, Galston,
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    A NEW TOWN HALL SCHEME.
    1217 2 (Straits Times 27 tli July.) The Building Committee appointed by the subscribers to the new Town Hail Fund has not been idle. It was appointed, it will be remembered, not only to decide upon suitable plans for the erection of the new building, but, also,
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    SEDITION IN INDIA.
    371 2 (Straits Times '29th July.) A sedition prosecution is generally held to be a risky proceeding, on the ground of its being likely to intensify the evil complained of. Prosecution usually raises the sedition-mongers to the rank of fictitious martyrs, and gives the treasonable matter a wider range.
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    THE GOVERNORS OPPORTUNITY.
    838 2 (Straits Times 29 th July.) His Excellency the Governor has a capital opportunity. It is within his power to settle, once and for all, what has been a somewhat vexatious controversy as to the site of the new Town Hall. The Building Committee, which was entrusted with
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    THE SEDITION IN INDIA.
    1615 2 (Straits Times, 30th July) The arrest of a native member of the Bombay Legislative Council and of several Brahmins of high degree at Poona is a matter of importance to the Indian Government and to the British Empire. They have been arrested on charges of sedition
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    TUESDAY, 27TH JULY.
    61 3 Liberia coffee dropped, to-day, from *-'5 to $23.50. Mu. Rounsevelle Wildman, formerly nited States Consul at Singapore, has ItHju appointed to be Consul at Hongkong. 4 Ihe Bengal Chamber of Commerce ta* addressed a communication to Government, asking that a competent Government officer be appointed to S
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    COUNTERFEIT COIN.
    41 3 1-AbT night Police Inspector Dickson RiiuL an examination of a money 'Danger’s shop in Sago Street, and ’•jun'i, in two different boxes, twenty dollars worth of had ten cent and twenty cent pieces. He arrested the changer, a woman.
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    KUNKE’S CASE.
    42 3 The prosecution, in the charges of 'jiniinal misappropriation against Adolf concluded at the Assizes yester- In the afternoon Mr. Bromhead •latthews opened the case for the jWcnce in a speech lasting two hours. •he ease was then adjourned until tomorrow.
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    GOLD COAST MINING.
    50 3 ixi kkn Chinese miners, engaged in traits Settlements for the Gold J* 8 Government, left Liverpool for j fclr destination by steamer on the 26th u n e. Eighteen had been engaged, but fallen at London. They direct to Axim, the min- centre of the Gold Coast.
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    THE LOSS OF THE “ADEN.”
    906 3 FURTHER HARROWING DETAILS. Bombay \2tk July. Letters received from Aden to-day show that the passengers and crew of the Aden displayed heroic pluck and endurance as will be seen from the following account. The Aden left Colombo on the 2nd of June, and on the
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    DEATH OF MR. HOWARD NEWTON.
    488 3 The many friends of Mr. Howard Newton, late Assistant Municipal Engineer, will hear with deep regret that he died this morning at Bombay of cholera. The latest news from Mr. Newton by mail to his friends here was most favourable. He was apparently enjoying good
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    JUBILEE STAMPS.
    66 3 REVENUE AND CHARITY COMBINED. The Cabinet of Victoria (Australia) has decided to issue 40,000 penny stamps, to be sold at Is. each, and 10,000 2|d. stamps to be sold at 2s. 6d. each. After the ordinary postage has been deducted, the remainder will be devoted to charities approved
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    NORTH BORNEO.
    120 3 The British North Borneo Company have published their report for 1896 with facts and figures already noticed in our columns. Attached to the report is a Statement shewing the progress of their Territory. The various products of the country are passed under review with details showing their respective
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    THE MAIL.
    3437 3 NOTES, NEWS, AND REPORTS. THE FOUNDER OF SINGAPORE. Mr. Demetrius Boulger has been for some time engaged on a new Life of Sir Stamford Raffles,” a work which he has undertaken with the sanction and co-operation of the principal surviving representatives of the Raffles family. A considerable quantity
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    2210 4 (From the Times of Ceylon.”) London, 16th July. In the House of Commons, Lord George Hamilton, replying to Sir Seymour King, said the Government were considering the proposals for the creation of branch lines northward into Chota Nagpur, in connection with the Bengal Nagpur Company’s system. Replying
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    WEDNESDAY, 28TH JULY.
    66 5 I t v graving clock at Vladivostock .-til of '>50 feet and a breadth rfii- -JY-. Senibilan Government the police force there to for ten days from tlie -tan! for the late Captain Syers. Krksapier-Gknekal de Badens, com* the 3rd and 4th Millitary districts in I’pper Tonquin,was
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    THE KING OF SIAM.
    44 5 Thk King of Siam left Stockholm for Copenhagen on the 16th instant, was expected in England at the ,>nd of this month. His visit to France jj timtxl for the 15th September. In the Nerval, the King will visit Germany.
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    FRENCH AND JAPANESE.
    55 5 h is reported that M. Doumer, the Govi nior-General of French Indo-China, has a confidential order that all future Japanese ‘missions’ of enquiry then- are to be received coldly and are to he discouraged. There have been too many Mich missions in that quarter htolv, living at
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    KINTA TIN.
    106 5 The War h*n of Mines, South Kinta, note* that, for the first time in the hist cy of the State, the Kinta annual out: :t of tin has fallen below the total of t.i previous year. The total weight of m-?alii'- tin exported in 1896 amounted to l\560
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    SAD DEATH OF CAPTAIN HECTOR.
    146 5 Tuksudden death of Captain Hector, »hi.-h occurred last night under very sad and tragic circumstances on board his vessel, the Nam Yong has occasioned extreme regret among a wide or.le of friends. It appears that, last night. Captain Hector was standing on the bridge of
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    KUALA LUMPUR.
    204 5 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Ihk following minute appears in the f qn)rt ol t lie proceedings at a meeting of Sanitary Board, Kuala Lumpur:— C0 I»y of the Judicial Commiss,oner s judgment in reversing the MftUMu-eg of the Assistant Magistrate 'j 1 recent cases instituted by y ftoard under
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    STRAITS PROGRESS.
    1284 5 INTERVIEW WITH MR. A. M. SKINNER. Commerce of the 23rd June gives a commercial conversation with Mr. A. M. Skinner, C.M.G., the late Resident Councillor of Penang. Mr. Skinner, at the outset, took pains to remove from the interviewer’s mind the prevalent impression in Britain that the Straits
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    MORE FROM THE MAIL.
    2714 5 BRAZIL COFFEE. Says the Monte Video Times The coflee crop in Brazil this year is estimated at 9,000,000 sacks, or threefourths of the world’s annual consumption, which is about 12,000,000 sacks. This excessive production will augment the coffee crisis and reduce its price. In order to
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    MEDICAL INSPECTION.
    52 6 The Hongkong Government has asked from the Chamber of Commerce there its opinion on a proposed system of thorough medical inspection of vessels (Mitering that port. The Chamber has disapproved of the idea on the ground that, under normal conditions such inspection would dislocate trade and lead to
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    PAHANG ROAD.
    64 6 PROGRESS MADE. The Selangor Public W orks Department lias taken over sections three and four of the Pahang Trunk Road, a little over thirteen miles, undertaken by Howarth Erskine Co. Sections five and six (23;J miles) are being done by M essrs. Nicholas and Walsh, and sections 7
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    PACIFIC ANNEXATION.
    60 6 H. M. S. Wallaroo hoisted the British Hag, last month, on Bellona, Rennell, and Stewart islands in the South Solomon Group to the S. E. of New Guinea. Stewart island is described as one of tlie fairest spots on earth. The king of the island declared that good
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    RAUB.
    1266 6 The following is the Acting Managers Report for the five weeks ending the 22nd July, 1897, to the Directors of the Raub Australian Gold Mining Company, Limited: Gentlemen, —1 have the honour to herewith forward you my report for the five weeks, ending on the above date. MINING. Raub
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    THURSDAY, 28TH JULY.
    93 6 H.M.S. cruiser Plover arrived here yesterday afternoon from Hongkong. 4 The Straits Observer a Penang biweekly, announces its intention of appearing daily from Monday next. 4 The s. s. Paknam was offered for sale by auction by Messrs. Powell and Co. this afternoon, but was bought in,
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    WHISKY.
    63 6 We have received a sample of a new whisky which has been placed upon the local market by Messrs. Boustead Co. It is the House of Lords Old Highland Whisky, and has been supplied to the bar of the House of Lords since 1879. The mild, mellow, and excellent
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    PENANG SHIPPING.
    70 6 The Straits Observer notes that only one vessel was cleared at Penang on the 21st instant. There was then only one ocean going steamer in port. It is stated that at present shipmasters are at a premium at Penang. The same is to he said of mates. It
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    CAPTAIN SYERS.
    75 6 PENSION TO HIS WIDOW. A correspondent writes to the Perak Pioneer that, by the death of Captain Syers, the Widow and Orphans’ Pension Fund will have to pay a monthly pension of over SbU a month to his widow until her death or re-marriage. Captain Syers, it is
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    THE LATE CAPTAIN HECTOR.
    88 6 The funeral of the late Captain Hector, of the s. s. Nam Yong, took place yesterday afternoon, the service being impressively conducted by the Rev. W. Murray, of Penang, who has exchanged pulpits for a few weeks with the Rev. 8. 8. W’alker, of the Presbyterian
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    LABUAN.
    100 6 HARD LOT OF PRISONERS. The British North Borneo medical report for 1896 notes a remark by the medical officer at Labuan that the hard, constant, and exposed work which a prisoner undergoes necessarily tells upon bis health, especially on those who when not in prison have light duties/’ This
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    MR. GOMPERTZ.
    104 6 The China Mail announces that Mr. Gompertz, of the Straits Settlements Civil Service, has been appointed Assistant Registrar-General at Hongkong. The salary is $3,240 per annum. Mr. Gompertz will take up his appointment next month. He succeeds Mr. A. W. Brewin, who was appointed, some months ago, Inspector
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    LISTS OF CREDITORS.
    246 6 UNLAWFUL PUBLICATION. A decision which 6ill greatly affect certain trade and commercial publications has just been given by His Honour Judge Philbrick. Even distant readers will have read the story of the Weymouth Bank failure. Two creditors of the Bank, Messrs. Allday and Bushell, in exercise of
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    MANILA.
    536 6 BRITISH TRADE IN 1896. Mr. Consul Rawson-Walker reports a year of fair prosperity at Manila during 1896. The protective tariff which came into force in 1891 has had the effect of reducing British supplies in certain lines. A portion of the trade in cotton goods and yarns has been
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    MURDER AT CHANGIE
    102 6 The Police have receive tion of the murder of *n ''S woman, named Tiiah at rk *4 Mr. Newland, Assistants!^ has gone to Changie to-davT* l nq .T ,e The inf °™ation *4 by the deceased woman's son an ex-policeman. He was h' dismissed from the Force
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    HONGKONG POLICE SCANDAL.
    100 6 CHINESE DETECTIVES ARKE.-Thn On the 21st instant, two (r detective sergeants and fourteen tive constables were arrested at ii" kong on banishment warrant- i? believed that throe other detect iv 1! absconded. These and the arrests and suspensions mean that r* tically the whole detective force 7
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    PENANG RACES.
    134 6 The training of roadsters for i races at Penang began on the instant. Only three put in an app* ance, two ridden by Starr and one Lieut. Power. Their names were U Sprightly (Dr. Brown), Per.ekrpe (Mr. A. Capel), and Laddie, formerly the p perty of the Hon.
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    PUNJOM.
    175 6 RESULT FOR LAST MONTH. The Punjom mining report for Ju shows that milling was carried on dun 294 days, crushing 421 tons of ore fro the mine, yielding 147 ozs., 2 dwt: .ai 2,044 tons of old headings yielding li ozs. of smelted gold. 25 oz?. were al won
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    HOME NOTES.
    976 6 There was one very interesting C P°* St. James’s-street on Jubilee h>• was the house decorated in yei!" ,v Parma violet. It was occupied by members of some of the ex-Itoyal i <im of Italy, and decorated with the am Princely Crown of Tuscany. Thcpj*** of these Kings
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    PERAK NEWS.
    755 7 ROBBERY. During the absence of Toh Muda Wahab at the Durbar, at Kuala Kangsar, says the Perak IHoneer, his house was robbed of jewellery valued at •S.‘j,428 and cash to the amount of $3B,500. Some Malays who were living in the house are suspected. They have bolted, and
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    SERVANTS IN SIAM.
    44 7 DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE. A meeting of Foreign Representatives was held on the 22nd instant, at Bangkok, in the American Legation, to consider the status of servants of foreigners resident in Siam. It was decided to refer the question to the respective Governments.
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    HOME CRICKET.
    1393 7 8URREY V. MIDDLESEX. Middlrssex and Surrey met at the Oval on Monday (June 28th), and the home eleven going in first were dismissed for 112. Middlessex Hid very little better for J a time, and lost six wickets for a run less than Surrey, but after this on
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    CYCLING IN ENGLAND.
    635 7 Friday 2nd July. A new and unknowu hill climber has been unearthed at the eleventh annual hill climbing competition promoted on Westerham Hill by the Catford C. C. His name is Crow ley, and he not only won the handicap, but upset the handicapper’s calcullations by also
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    FRIDAY, 30TH JULY.
    199 7 A Ladies’ Library is to be opened shortly at Bangkok. The King of Siam is expected back at Bangkok about the end of December next. 4 The Rifle Brigade won the final of the Football Challenge Cup, beating the Corporals of the Brigade. 4 Cattle plague is
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    DEATH OF MR. R. C. HENDRIE.
    58 7 Mr. R. C. Hendrie, an assistant at the Singapore and Straits Aerated Water Company’s Works, died yesterday afternoon of malarial fever. The deceased, who was only 26 years of age, arrived in Singapore on Christmas Day last, and was married shortly after his arrival.
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    INDIAN IMMIGRATION.
    66 7 PENANG OPINION. 'The Vinang Gazette denounces the Indian Immigration Ordinance, owing to its being, confessedly, in the Governor’s words, an experiment. That journal maintains that the Ordinance will only work for evil. In its opinion, the great interests of the planters of Province Wellesley, and the sugar planters
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    ILOILO.
    126 7 BRITISH trade. There is not very much in the report upon the trade of Iloilo (Philippines), but Mr. Acting Vice-Consul Fyfe points out one pleasing item of information, in showing that British shipping during the year 1896 amounted to a little over two-thirds of the total shipping of the
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    JAPAN COAL.
    257 7 SUPPLIES HUN SHOUT. The coal Supply of Japan is very limited, so far as investigations up to date have gone. The nature of the Japanese coal formations indicates scarcity in this article. It is in the tertiary formations that most coal beds are found in Japan, while the
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    FOOTBALL CHALLENGE CUP.
    730 8 FINAL TIE. RIFLE BRIGADE AND CORDONALS OF RIFLE BRIGADE. The protest put in by the R. A. against the Corporals for playing two privates in their team last week having been dismissed, the above two teams were left in the final to decide who should retain possession
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    ASIATIC SOCIETY.
    78 8 The thirtieth number of the Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, just published, contains the rules of the Society, minutes of its last meeting, and notices of deceased members, followed by a vocabulary of the Dusun language of North Borneo by Dr. Luering. Mr.
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    1207 8 THE NEW TOWN HALL SCHEME. STATEMENT BY MR. EGERTON. A meeting of the Municipal Commission was held yesterday afternoon. There were present: Mr. Egerton, Deputy-President, Mr. W. Nanson, Mr. Meyer, Mr. Choa Giang Tye, Mr. Sohst, the Hon. J. P. Joaquim, and Mr. Evans. new member. The President
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    PENANG HARBOUR.
    81 8 STEAM FERRY SCHEME. The passing of the Penang Harbour vote by the Legislative Council convinces the Straits Observer that the star of Penang is now in the ascendant. It fancies that the iron pier will be at the end of the reclamation nearest Fort Point, where the deepest
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    PROVINCE WELLESLEY.
    64 8 RAILW AY SURVEY. It is said that the railway survey party, working from Prai to ParitBuntar, have completed the first two miles beyond Bukit Mertajam. Some proprietors have lodged complaints against the survey party for having cut down trees, crops, <tc., during the measuring operations, but the complainants
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    THE “PEGU” PIRACY.
    214 8 The tw’o boats belonging to the s. s. Pegu which the pirates took away, have been found, says thePinangGazette. on the shore, at the spot wffiere the desperadoes landed. This turns out to be close to the month of the river Pari Busuk, between Simpang Ulim and
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    THE TREATY PORTS OF CHINA.
    1077 8 The Treaty Ports of China are 18 in number, and under the treaties of 1842 and 1858 foreign subjects may own property and reside there foreign vessels may load and discharge there; merchandise, both foreign and native, may be imported and exported under a fixed
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    HOME NOTES.
    1427 8 It is not every highly-placed ec who would have the courage shown i* v thDean of Norwich in his addr -totk workhouse inmates at their Juhihr He was delighted, the Dean was n port*; as saying, that nobody had been brought before the magistrates for having token too
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    SATURDAY, 31ST JULY.
    208 9 Three murder trials are said to be awaiting Mr. Justice Jackson in Pahang, whither he has gone. At Kuala Lumpur, Mr. W. R. Swan has filed an application for a patent for an improved coffee pulper. During a severe thunderstorm at Manila, on the 15th July, two
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    CAPTAIN SYERS.
    55 9 A fund to raise a memorial to the late Captain Syers has been started at Kuala Lumpur, at a maximum limit of $5 to the subscriptions. Sir Frank Swettenham and Mr. J. P. Rodger head the list with this amount. The memorial will take the form of a
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    UNITED PLANTERS
    54 9 The United Planters’ Association of the Federated Malay States meet at Kuala Lumpur on the August next. The Agenda includes: new markets for coffee, scheme for experimental garden, labour for proposed railway extension, and correspondence with the Resident-General re the proposed Indian Immigration Ordinance as affecting Province Wellesley
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    MUAR.
    178 9 (Freon our Correspoeulent.) We have been very poorly treated as regards mails this week. On Tuesday last, the Pakan was notified to the General Post Office, Singapore, as leaving for Muar, Malacca, and Batu Pahat at Ip. m., the Kian Yang for Muar and Malacca at 3 p. m.,
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    INTERPORT CHESS.
    179 9 The following moves have been made in the match by cable: game 1. Ruy Lopez. White. Black. Singapore. Hongkong. P—K 4 P—K 4 Kfc— KB 3 Kfc—Q B 3 B—Kt r, P—Q 3 P—Q 4 P X P Kt x P B—Q 2 Kt—Q B 3 Kt—K B
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    FIRE.
    44 9 At Muar, on Thursday la c t, a fire broke out in a house in the small village of Parit Jawa, which spread till it burned dow*n fourteen houses occupied by small traders, causing considerable loss which, in goods alone, amounted to $4,000.
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    HONGKONG POLICE SCANDAL.
    37 9 The vacancies occasioned by the deportation of the Chinese detectives implicated in the Police scandal at Hongkong have been filled by constables of that nationality, and another batch of Chinese constables has been recruited.
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    MANILA HEMP.
    153 9 A VOLCANO RAISES THE PRICE. Up.to the 14tli July, the number of bodies that had been recovered at Libog of victims of the eruption from the Mayon, a volcano in the Philippines, was 209. Of the 58 injured persons, who w r ere rescued alive, fourteen have since
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    THE PHILIPPINES.
    246 9 THE REBELLION. The Comercio up to the 16th July gives reports of constant fighting with rebel bands in Central Luzon, and even in Cavite which was supposed to have been cleared of insurgents. In many of the engagements, the rebels took the offensive,but they are represented to have
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    THE KUNKE TRIAL.
    266 9 VERDICT AND SENTENCE. AN APPEAL ALLOWED. The trial of Adolf Kunke, at the Assizes, on various charges of criminal misappropriation, concluded yesterday. The Chief Justice summed up at length yesterday afternoon, and the Jury returned a verdict of not guilty on the first charge, that of criminally
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    RAMIE.
    1417 9 THE FIBRE III THE UNITED 8TATE8. Mr. Spencer Pratt, the ConsulGeneral for the United States here, in order to obtain for those whom it might concern an expression of disinteresting expert opinion as to the best appliances for the extraction of ramie fibre, addressed, on the 23rd of April
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    THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS ASSOCIATION.
    67 9 The annual general meeting of the Straits Settlements Association was to have been held yesterday -afternoon, at the Exchange, at a quarter past four. But, at half past four, there being only two or three members present, the meeting had to be postponed for want of
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    TIN DUTY.
    138 9 The Malay Mail says that the Federated Malaya sliding scale tin duty has given general satisfaction. It points out that an inspection of the scale adopted gives the following results: when tin is at $31.01 per picul, the duty is 11.82%. With tin at *3B, the duty is
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    682 10 GOLD. The Netherlands India Mining Company met at Batavia on the 16th in-4 ant. It proposes to work gold mine concessions at Bwool in Northern Celebes, where an expert named Atherton ashriiis that he has found rich ground. The prospecting is asserted to give high promise of remunerative
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    TEMPERANCE MEETING.
    110 10 At the Singapore Temperance Club, last evening, a meeting was held by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, <wit li Mrs. Morgan the President of the (Union in the chair. An exhaustive paper was read by Dr. Handy on “Alcohol from a medical standpoint. The Rev. W. G. Shellabear
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    1585 10 The death of poor Newton came as a •rreat shock to the innumerable friends lie ‘left behind him in Singapore. So sudden was it, so altogether unexpected, and so truly heartrending in its nature. Going to Bombay with great prospects before him, and full of hope for
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    PUTTING THE SHOT.
    136 10 A coRRESPOjtnRNT says that it would be a pity if, on account of the falling through of the S. C. C. sports, there should be no competition for putting the shot. For several years the prize has gone to one gentleman who is a Scottish expert at
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    THE NEW TOWN HALL SCHEME.
    4928 10 PUBLIC OPINION. SOME REPRESENTATIVE VIEWS. The new Town Hall scheme, as set forth in yesterday’s Straits Times, is the topic of conversation in the Settlement. This morning, in order to ascertain more accurately the state of public opinion on the subject, representatives of the Straits
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    BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.
    174 11 The British North Borneo Herald of the 16th July states that Mat Salleh, a well-known outlaw, attacked the station at Gaya suddenly by night, and burned the place down. Mr. Neubronner, the clerk in charge, was captured along with all the inhabitants, save one constable, w’ho was
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    MONDAY, 2ND AUGUST.
    47 11 11. M. S. Iphigeiria arrived at Batavia from the Cocos islands on the 28th July. 4 Lee Choo, an alleged old offender, was arrested this morning while trying to break into a house in New Bridge Road. And the house was an empty one.
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    CHANDU.
    31 11 The SelangorGovernment notify that the importation of chandu into the State is prohibited. The importation of chandu into the Coast Chandu Farm District from any other district is also prohibited.
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    STRANGE SUICIDE.
    37 11 This morning, a Mahommedan Kling was found hanging dead from the gatepost of a wealthy Arab, at No. 21, Queen Street. The man was in the Arab’s employ as a syce, but had been dismissed.
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    THE GOVERNORSHIP OF HONGKONG.
    42 11 It is probable, says Truth that Sir Henry Blake, who lias been Governor of Jamaica for more than eight years, and whose twice-extended term there will expire next March, will replace Sir William Robinson, as Governor of Hongkong.
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    NEEDLESS ALARM.
    71 11 A rumour was circulated to-day that the second officer of the P. and O. steamer Canton was missing. It appears that the officer left the ship on Saturday in a boat for the purpose of visiting some of the islands near Singapore. The currents, however, took him a
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    CRICKET.
    72 11 A two days’ S. C. C. match between the Public Schools and “The Rest” concluded on Saturday. The former compiled 72 and 28 for eight wickets against the Rest’s 71. On Saturday, the S. C. C. 2nd. XI met the S. R. C. The latter, having made 87 for
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    PUNJOM.
    98 11 It was reported at Hongkong, on the tilth instant, that arrangements between the Punjom Company and an American Syndicate were approaching a conclusion. The terms have not been made public, but it is understood that the Syndicate is going to work the mine for a certain period (giving the
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    PROGRESS IN PERAK.
    138 11 COFFEE PLANTING. There are three coffee estates in the Matang district, viz:—The Jebong estate, with Mr. F. A. Stephens as owner and manager. The estate of the Straits Coffee Planting Company, under the management of Mr. Mac Gilvary. On the Jebong estate, 16f> acres have been planted.
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    MALAYA.
    136 11 COUNCIL REPRESENTATION. The time for political reform in the Federated Malayan States is nigh, says the Malay Mail. That journal points out that at present the Government is conducted by States Councils in Perak and Selangor. The Chinese inhabitants who equally with Europeans are aliens in the country are
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    SUPPOSED MURDER ON THE HIGH SEA.
    114 12 On Saturday afternoon, the police received information that, late on the night of the 30th ult., a party of coolies on board the s.s. On Sang en route from Hongkong to Singapore, attacked the recruiter of coolies, and threw him overboard. The vessel, which
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    RHEA.
    119 12 DIFFICULTY IN SUPPLY. The hundred and tenth annual report of the Royal Botanic<larden at Calcutta has been issued. It notes that, during last year, there was in that quarter a revival of the interest in rhea cultivation, and large numbers of plants were applied for by planters and others.
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    THE ROBBERY IN IPOH.
    132 12 On Saturday afternoon, the Police arrested one of the Malays who is alleged to have stolen $33,500 in cash, and $4,000 in jewellery from the house of the Dato MudaWahabat I poll, while that Chief was away at the Durbar. It is alleged that the Chief
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    RAMIE.
    147 12 THE MACDONALD-BOYLE PROCESS. Mr. Macdonaij>, the inventor and patentee of the Macdonald Ramie Docorticator, is now in Singapore with the object of illustrating by a public demonstration the treatment of the fibre from the green stem tot he degummed filasse. Mr. Macdonald has brought his machine and appliances with
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    KUALA PILAH NEWS.
    241 12 EXCITING TIMES. Fri/itt otir Correspond eni. During the week, many elephants and seladangs crossed the Jempol Valley towards Palong, and tigers gave trouble to the owners of buffaloes and goats. Unfortunately, our District officer (Mr. Scott) is away collecting land rents, etc., at Kuala Jellie and towards
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    IN JAVA.
    1313 12  -  [by ARNOT REID.] Garoet Jam, 27 1h July. When Martin Tromp sailed up the Straits of Dover, with a broom at his masthead, the Dutch were our great rivals for the sovereignty of the seas. That was three and a half centuries ago, and much has happened since
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    THE MASONIC CLUB.
    143 12 The annual meeting of the members of the Masonic Club was held, on Saturday evening, at the Masonic Hall. There was a large attendance, Worshipful Brother Banks presiding. The report and accounts w r ere duly passed, and the Committee for the ensuing year were elected as
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
    218 12 NEW officers. At a. Committee meeting of this Club, held on Friday evening, the 30th ult., the Hon. C. \V. S. Kvnnersley resigned the Presidency, Mr A. \V. O’Sulliwan, the Captaincy, and Mr. W. Evans from the Committee. The Acting Chief J ustice has accepted the
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    FEDERATED MALAYA.
    2082 12 ANNUAL REPORTS. PERAK. The revenue for 1890 amounted U> $3,960,871. Compared with 1895, the collections fell off by 572,740, owing mainly to the low price of tin, and the smaller consumption of opium from the high price of that drug. The expenditure reached 53,989,376 against 53,757,008, the outlay
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    531 13 (From the Timet; of Ceylon London, 22nd July. The Welby Commission on Indian Impend it ure has been adjourned until November, when its report will be con“id<*red. The race for the Liverpool Cup resulted follows: Pray head 1 Clwyd 2 Labrador 3 23rd July. The Native Indian
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    A PICTURE OF THE QUEEN AT BALMORAL.
    492 13 BY CARMEN SYLVA’s PRIVATE SECRETARY. The Queen of Roumania’s private secretary, M. Scheffer, who accompanied her to Balmoral in October, 1890, gives in the Figaro an account of his stay there, says a Daily A ews telegram. A Highland dance was given in
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    TO ARRIVE.
    100 13 (For the Far East) Per P. A O. s. s. Japan from Japan, 7uly 10: —Miss Adler. Per P. A O. s. s. Himalaya connecting with the steamer Rosetta at Colombo, from London, July 16:—Mr. Vyner C. Brooke, Mr. Bertram Brooke, Mr. 8. H. Sanerton, Mr. E. B.
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    THE MAIL.
    1859 13 NEWS, NOTES, AND COMMENTS. THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. The Times Singapore Correspondent writes under date May 31: —The Strait* Times Indian Famine Fund has been closed with a total remittance to Calcutta of 67,575Rs. It is proposed to erect here a new Town-hall, as a memorial of the longest
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    DUTCH STEAMER IN COLLISION.
    269 13 FURTHEK OETAIL8. A few further particulars are to band until reference to the disastrous collision that took place, last Friday, between the Dutch mail steamer Sptelman, of the Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij, and an unknown vessel near Pulau Dapor. The s. s. Van Diemen, belonging to the
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    HOME NOTES.
    319 13 Sir Michael Hicks-Beach has assured Mr. Dillon that if he found himself able to reduce indirect taxation, tobacco was an article he would look upon with considerable favour. Sir Michael, however, is practically a non-smoker himself. Nellie Bly, who achieved notoriety a few years ago by a lightning
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      REST-HOUSES IN PAHANG.
      275 14 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMEB.” >ir, —The public of Pahang, and the travelling public more particularly, owe their thanks to .your Special Commissioner,’’ for pointing out the total absence of any conveniences on the part of the Government for people whose inclinations or business cause
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    572 14 ARRIVALS. Per s. s. Elcano from Manila: —Mr. Nata* lio Masel, Messrs. Yose Vicileg, Eulalio Carmelo, Emilio Sloutine, Surah Schaffer, A turn Zanott, Rosalie Guiseppe, Biase Marianna, Yose Zappala, and Guillermo Boca. Per M.M. s.9. Saghalien from Marseilles— Messrs. R. YV. Barturill, Bartioni, A. M.. Verloop, Mrs. Barton,
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      134 14 Undertlusiieiidingthotollow ing ahbrevia lions are us* d str.— stonier sh.— ship bq.—barque, Brit.—British U. 3. United States; Fr. French G»m. —G**rmsn; Put.— Dutch; Joh. —Johore; Ac., G. r., General cargo d.p.—deck passenger*; IT.—Uncertain; T. P. W.—Tanjong Pagar Wharf; T. P. D.—Tanjong Pagar Dock B. W. Borneo YVharf;
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      TRADING VESSELS
      1464 14 Arrivals Since Noon of Saturday. Ailsa Crauj y Brit. str. 2,166 tons, apt Robertson, 31st July. From Iloilo, 19th July. Sugar. Boustead A Co. For Mantreal, 31 st —Rds. Beng kalis, Brit. str. 90 tons Capt Sellars, 31th July. From Kemaman, 29th July G.c., and 33 d.p. Teng
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      ARRIVALS.
      933 14 r i tLAQ t Veshel’s Name. A < Tons Captain Fhom 1 s AILFD j RIG. Jly i —1 26 Ban Whatt Hin Brit. str. 195 Olsen Pontianak Julv 24 s St I 28 Elcano Spa. str. 501 Beotegui Manila July 20\v‘v i hi PU| 26 Vyner Bar. str.
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      CLEARANCEES.
      581 14 I I I Date. Vessel’s Name FLAaARiOj Captain Destination July 26 Hebe Brit.str. Inkster Deli and Penang 26 Maria Valerie Aus str. Leva H’kong, Shanghai and Japan 27 Perdana Brit. str. Casey Pahang and Tringganu 27 Ban Hin Guan str. D’Cruze Klang via ports 27 Giang Seng str. Fo’lett
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      ANJER.
      120 15 passed sun da straits or arrived for orders. Flag i Date A sn Ships Name. Commander. of From where Destin- Rerio. Sailing, j atjon makes. N.»r -«-h. Natal Danielsen Mar BCardiff Bangkok r»oj; T it ->.Q- Margaret Faulkner Apl 30Caruiff Nagasaki s>. Elginshire Hannah Apl 26New’ York Shanghai r
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