The Straits Budget, 19 May 1898

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    134 1 The Straits Budget Kp:aBl:-he». 1831-J V'Oli. LI. BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” (Cable Address: Times, Singapore.) Straits Budget, 40 Cents. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY It), 1898. Straits Times, 15 Cens. The Straits Times has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Asia, British India excepted. It circulates in
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  • STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY, 19TH MAY. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE.
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      BIRTH.
      15 1 Rogip, Cliinv Road, on the 12th inst.. 'A, o: John Shkager, of a daughter.
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      MARRIAGE.
      33 1 \i I’rc-'uyterinn Church, Singapore, on Jh |4th inst., by the Rev. F. H. Morgan, S. 'TiruiiN Walker, m. a., Minister of the ft-i.vteriau Churh, to Anna, daughter of th*;: James Sharp, Al>erdeen.
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    350 1 Lni ;v. Articles. i.. a a .■> Delays. Tl>: A'-.' cell War. Lnld.ii i IWition. M' uumberlaiu’s Speech. Illy 1 11 y H if lathe Death. iX> AL. M»rk**» (Quotations. >hip[» News, t’as? p- List* I lllW .»A IV Arizes. Cold Ring Missing. K iropcun Whipped. IW
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    COMMERCIAL.
    527 1 Singapore, 19th May, 1898. PRODUCE (Rates are corrected to 12.30 p.m.) Gambler,... .buyers 5.50. -opra Bali, 7.80. do Pontianak, 7.65. Pepper, Black, 1*0 50. do White, (6%) 41/0. 8ago Flour Sarawak 5 45. do Brunei,., .nominal 2.25. Pear) Sago 4.50. Coffee, Bali, picked 28.00. Coffee Palembang, picked.... ,,29.50. Coffee,
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    364 1 The mail for Europe, thi9 week, leaves by the P. dr Coromandel. The M. M. iSydneii with the mail from Europe of the 22nd April arrived oi Sunday. The P. &O. Chusan with tin mail from Europe of the 29th April is due on Saturday. The
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    MANILA IS SAFE AND QUIET.
    549 1 (Special for the Straits Times.) SPAIN HOLDS TliK TOWN. AMERICA HOLDS THE BAY. THE REBELS REMAIN PASSIVE. STRONG ANTI-BRITISH FEELING. Hongkong, Friday, 13 tli May. H.M.S. Linnet arrived here yesterday, aaving left Manila on the 9th. An armistice has been declared at Manila. The city
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    CAPTURE OF A SPANISH GUNBOAT
    453 1 Hongkong, Monday, 11.37 a m. The U. S. gunboat Hugh McCulloch arrived here on Saturday night, after du*k, and anchored at Kowloon, in Cmnese waters She brought oilicial djspatcnes from Commodore Dewey, to be telegraphed to the American Government, also a quantity of Press correspondence.
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    THE PHILIPPINES.
    146 2 INSURGENT COOPER VTION WITH AMERICANS. Hongkong Wednesday, 2 p.m. Aguinaldo, a leading Philippine rebel leader, who had recently gone from Singapore to Hongkong, has gone to Manila in the United States cruiser Hugh McCulloch. The insurgents in the Philippines are •xpected to make a move in aid of
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    CHINA.
    139 2 SHANGHAI-NANKING RAILWAY. CONCESSION TO BRITISH ENTERPRISE. Hongkong Wednesday, 2 p.m. Messer. Jardine, Matheson <fc Co., and the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank have secured a concession 1 from the Chinese Government for building and working a railway from Shanghai to Nanking, with extensions. [Nanking is a port on tlie Yangtse
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      THE PHILIPPINES
      53 2 AMERICAN ARMY TO BE SENT. London, l3//i May. General Merritt will command the army corps to be despatched from San Francisco to the Philippines. The corps will partly consist of 2,500 regular troops. The remainder of the corps, said to he 5,000 strong, will consist of volunteers from
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      SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
      85 2 THE SPANISH FLEET. MOVEMENTS UNKNOWN. The report that the Spanish fleet had assembled at Cadiz was started at Washington, on official authority. But it now appears that the report proceeded from a doubtful source. The Spanish Government keeps its naval movements absolutely secret. SPANISH DETERMINATION. WAR TO THE
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      THE WAR. NAVAL BATTLE IMMINENT.
      180 2 THE SPANISH FLEET AT MARTINIQUE. London 14 Ik May. The Spanish fleet, under Admiral Cervera, has Arrived from the Cape Verde islands, at Martinique, a French island, nme hundred miles south-east of Cuba. A great naval battle seems now to be inevitable. NAVAL OPERATIONS. BOMBAi
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      WEI-HAI-WEI.
      27 2 THE GARRISON RUMOUR. Mr. Brodrick, the Under Secretary of State for War, denies that the Highland Light Infantry and the Yorkshire Regiment are going to Wei-hai-wei.
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      GALTEEMORE
      14 2 SOLD TO RUSSIA. The Russian Government has bought the race-horse, Galteemore, for £25,000.
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      MR. CHAMBERLAIN SPEAKS.
      213 2 BRITAIN HAS NO ALLY. London 16//i May. Mr. Chamberlain has delivered a speech at Birmingham in which he pointed out the serious nature of the political situation, and the critical nature of the times. ISOLATION OF BRITAIN. In his opinion, the time was not far distant when
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      MR. CHAMBERLAIN’S SPEECH.
      83 2 WARMLY HAILED IN AMERICA. London, 17 tk May. The American press, generally, warmly approve Mr. Chamberlain’s speech at Birmingham. They welcome Mr. Chamberlain’s suggestion of a probable alliance between the United States and Britain. SPANISH PRIDE HURT. Mr. Chamberlain’s speech has aroused indignation in Spain. GERMAN AND
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      MR. CHAMBERLAIN’S SPEECH.
      54 2 ADVERSE CONTINENTAL COMMENT. Ijondan 1 Sth May. Mr. Chamberlain, in his speech at Birmingham, made incidental references to Russia’s disregard of the promises which she had made during the recent China negotiations. These references have been severely commented upon on the Continent! with the result of a
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      THE PHILIPPINES.
      20 2 THE AMERICAN EXPEDITION. The United States Government has decided to send 15,000 men instead of 5,000 to Manila.
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      SPAIN
      25 2 Seiior Sagasta, the Premier of Spain, is reconstructing his Cabinet with Ministers pledged to carry on the war to the death (d out ranee).
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    THE WAR’S DELAYS.
    585 2 (Straits Times, 13/A May.) I The news we have from Manila is I negative. Nothing lias happened. The I Americans have remained quietly in the I Bay. The Spanish troops have remained I quietly in the town. The lebels have remained quietly in the outskirts; I and
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    THE ACHEEN WAR.
    411 2 (Straits Times 14/A May.) The Acheen War, which entered its twenty-sixth year last March, is now said to be drawing to an end. The war had dragged itself along for so many years,owing to the Dutch Government shrinking from the sacrifices in money and men required to
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    BRITAIN’S POSITION.
    436 2 (Straits Times, 1 6th May.) Mr Chamberlain, speaking at Birmingham, declares that Britain is without an ally, and that Britain is unable to declare war against Russia without having an ally. The abruptness of these declarations must to some extent, we presume, be credited to Reuter rather than
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    MR. CHAMBERLAIN’S SPEECH.
    759 2 (Straits Times 17f/t May.) Mr. Chamberlain’s speech has had the effect that he presumably intended It has been well received in America It ha6 aroused indignation iu Spain. It has created annoyance in Berlin and Paris. Russia—as was to be expected—says nothing. The indignation of Spain is
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    ILLEGIBILITY.
    271 3 ».f<7v l iine?, l7//t .I/*/?/.) I i :.»:]it racing authority, Sulu, i« lie frequently does, of in his racing notes. It im. ;> <1 that, in this instance, i... t select some harmless I ti-r blame. Now the real I v .in has a most unreadable I ii.aiMi.. The
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    WAR TO THE DEATH.
    304 3 I 1 1 S t It May.) m lot/t may.) I, thu Premier of Spain, I I°r what his countryv Aur t &gt; le knife.” A week f.i in the Cortes that vv ‘is determined to carry li V M jltter en d. Bo sure I
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    MR. CHAMBERLAINS SPEECH.
    659 3 {Straits Times 18//t May.) Mk. Chamberlain’s incidental references, in liis speech at Birmingham, to Russia’s disregard of promises during the Chinese negotiations have been the subject of strong comment upon the Continent. Indeed, the effect lias bebn to cause a general full in Bourse quotations. Unfortunately, we
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    FRIDAY, 13TH MAY.
    128 3 11. M. S. Uaintxw- left for Europe this morning at 9.80. A Norwegian steameT passed from east to west at 7.80 this morning. The Russian transport Tmnhofi\ from Vladivostock arrived early this morning. She has no troops or passengers on board. One hundred and twenty deaths were
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    GOLD RING MISSING.
    35 3 Mn. Williams, in the employ of McAlister and Co., reports t iai a gold ring set with three diamond has been stolen from his houses. Suspicion rests upon one of the servants.
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    BICYCLE AND ’RIKISHA.
    110 3 Tins morning, Mr. 11. Nieur, the Chief Engineer of the Colonial steamer Sea Hellc, brought an action in the Cou't of Requests against Hong Ah ding, a ’rikisha-puller, for the recovery of twenty-eight and-a-half dollars foi damages done to a bicycle at half-past s-even on the morning
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    ROAD OBSTRUCTION.
    182 3 A correspondent writes:- In the issue of the Straits Times for the 26th of February, the Moralist” referred to the fact that the obstruction of Boai Quay and Hong Lim Quay had been considered at a recent meeting of the Commissioners, but that “no satisfactory conclusion was arrived
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    ALLEGED THEFT OF HIDES.
    67 3 Yesterday, the detectives arrested T an Ah Kok for the theft of twenty-six hides on the 24th of March last, the property of Messrs. McKerrow Co. When the hides were recovered in March, the prisoner succeeded in making his escape. The hides were kept in a
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    THE DUKE OF YORK.
    73 3 The rumour circulated in some newspapers that the Duke of York will command the cruiser Crescent during this year’s naval manoeuvres is substantially correct. His Royal Highness will commission that ship after the expiration of his visit to Sir Michael Culme Seymour, and proceed on a
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    UNRULY COOLIES.
    83 3 About 317 Chinese coolies, who had Been quarantined ofi* Bangkok, on arrival from China on the steamer Tientsin on account, of a case of plague on board, were released on the 7th instant. The Banghol: Times says that they behaved very well on tlfe quarantine island. But, before
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    ALLEGED DEFALCATION.
    84 3 Yesterday, E. KongSiong, the cashier at the Central Engine Works, Road, was arrested on a warrant on a charge of criminal breach of trust in respect of 53,842.88. The accounts were kept in Chinese characters and it was only when an examination of them took place that thealleged
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    PARSEE LODGE.
    72 3 It is pointed out to us by a correspondent that Parsee Lodge was not sold at the recent auction sale. Our reporter did not say it was sold. Ilis report states that tlie property was u bought in at 820.000.“ Bought in is a technical phrase, well known
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    A EUROPEAN WHIPPED.
    65 3 At two o’clock yesterday morning, a European, whom the police sheet describee l as Allick Willais, was arrested for stealing a telescope. The defendant was, but a few months ago, sent to jail for three months for stealing blankets in the*Sailors' Home. Yesterday afternoon, Mr. W’ollerstan sentenced
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    CRICKET.
    64 3 In the match S. C. C. r. West Yorkshire. tlie following team will represent the Club commencing at 4.30 this afternoon Surg. Col. Johnston. H W. Sharp, H. W. Noon Capt. I‘nrpois. J. Carver, G. I*. Stevens, Oapt. Dull, ii. T. Keid. K. Ezekiel, E Maxwell and 11. Allen.
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    THE ASSIZES.
    55 3 The charge against the artillerymens Warren and Groves, of making a false charge with intent to injure and intentionally giving false evidence in a judicial proceeding, engaged the attention of the judge at the Assizes yesterday, and the case is proceeding to-day. There are a large number of
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    DID HE SWALLOW IT ?
    66 3 DID HE SWALLOW IT Yesterday afternoon. Synagogue Street was in a state of excitement owing to a daring Chinaman snatching a pair of gold ear-rings from a Chinese woman as she sat in a rikisha. The alarm was given and the thief ran, but was soon caught with one of
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    POCKET-PICKING.
    61 3 Wo Kee Sing, of Kling Street, was walking along, Boat Quay yesterday morning about ten o’clock when a man pushed against him and walked rapidly away. Shortly afterwards, Wo Kee Sing found that $l2O in notes which he was carrying in his pocket were missing, having evidently been abstracted
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    REVOLVER AND KNUCKLE-DUSTER.
    77 3 Kromo, a Javanese, was prosecuted this morning, by Mr. Cuscaden, for being in possession of a revolver, eleven cartridges, a police whistle, a powerful augur a parang £nd a knuckle-duster, for which he was unable to give a satisfactory account. The tilings were found in a house
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    THE FRENCH AT KWANGCHAUWAN.
    111 3 The Bay of Kwangchauwan was officially occupied on the 22nd April. It was the Pascal of the Far Eastern squadron—on board which M. Kanh, the Consul at Haihow, had taken passage—that performed the formality. A flagstaff was erected on an ancient fort and the French flag
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    114 3 The Government Gazette of to-day y contains the following notifications Mr. E. L. Brockman, 8 months’ half pay leave of absence, after 6 weeks' vacation leave. Mr. \V. N. Bott, 12 months’ half pay leave, after two and-a-half months’ vacation leave. Mr. \V. C. Michellto act temporarily as
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    BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.
    138 3 HOISTING THE BRITISH FLAG. H.M.S. Sinft arrived at Hongkong on theGth instant from North Borneo, where she has for some time past been stationed in connection with thetroubles arising from Matsalleh's recent rebellion. Mengabong and Mengatel having been ceded to tlie British North Borneo Company by the
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    IMMIGRATION REPORT.
    269 3 The Government Gazette published to-day, contains among other things the annual report on Indian immigration for the year 1897, from which we give the following extracts The number of immigrants from southern India during 1896 and 1897 was 20,150 and 20 599 respectively. Fourteen-thousand two-hundred and eighty persons
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    251 4 Thk course proper was closed this morning. Romany Rye (Holley) was the first to appear and was followed by &'camp (Payne.) The former did twice at steady speed, and the latter was let oif very easily. Farthenofktus (Campbell) and Attachment (Pierhux) each did a steady canter twice round
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    MAT SALLEH.
    65 4 Thk North Borneo Herald of the 2nd May, gives particulars of negotiations which resulted in the submission of Mat Salleh, the rebel chief there. Mr. Beaufort, the Governor, and Mr. Oowie, met him personally, unarmed, and arranged the terms on the 23rd April. Mat Salleh received pardon, and
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    PLAGUE AT HONGKONG.
    104 4 IT ATTACK3 THE NUR8ES. Miss Ireland or Sister Gertrude, a hospital nurse attacked by plague at Hongkong, died of the disease on the 5th instant. Another nurse, Miss Higgin, or Sister Frances, had died of plague a few’ days previously. A third nurse, Sister Catherine, had developedsvmptomsof
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    THE PORT.
    131 4 The opium steamer Catherine Apcar left Hongkong on Saturday last, and is due here on Monday, the 16th instant. The Arratoon Apcar of the same line, left Calcutta on Sunday last, and is expected to arrive here on Thursday next, the 19th instant. The Glen steamer (Jlenlochy is
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    A RIVER THEFT.
    203 4 Yesterday afternoon, Chong Teng, Goh Choon, and So Teo, were charged with having stolen from twakow,No. 227, six and-a-half bags of copra, and a half abagof sago valued at ninety dollars at half-past two on the morning of the 4th instant. The property belongs to Messrs. Stephens,
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    MINING IN PERAK.
    863 4 TIN. The Perak mining departmental report for 1897 slates that the export of tin from the State, that year, reached 351,945 piculs against 383,227 piculs in 1896. Details show that every district in the State except Kuala Kangsar shews a notable decrease in output. Larut continues the
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    MAINLY PERSONAL.
    1155 4 MR. MOODY AND THE ROYALTIES. Mr. Moody, the American evangelist, in an interview in the Advance, while speaking of the English churches, remarked that not a member of the Royal Family ever heard the great Spurgeon preach. 44 Is it true,' 5 asked the interviewer, 4 that the
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    SATURDAY, 14TH MAY.
    73 4 The Penang Patriot is said to be a coming weekly newspaper venture there. Bishop Hose consecrated the New Stone Church at Sandakan, on Easter Day A Chinaman, living at 119, River Valley Road, says that his sister-in-law has absconded from his house with 51,200. The water supply
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    SUPPOSED THEFT.
    36 4 A Chinaman was discovered yesterday, by the police endeavouring to pawn a valuable pair of adjustable binocular glasses bearing the mark of Messrs. Morrison and Hailey, Saigon. The property has not yet been identified.
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    PERAK CADETS.
    43 4 Penang rumour has it that another of Perak’s Competitive Cadets intends resigning, owing to the poor prospects in store for Government Servants there. This w ll make, it is saivl, the third Cadet who has seceded in only one year’s time.
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    WATCH THEFT.
    50 4 An Arab, named Said Mahomet,living at 421, Brass Bassa Road, reports to the police that between the 12th and 13th inst, 6ome one stole a gold watch belonging to him valued at $2OO, from his jacket which was hanging up in his house. He suspects a Kling boy.
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    PARSEE THEATRE.
    125 4 Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp was reproduced by the Parsec Theatre Co. last night to a good house. There were several European ladies and gentlemen present; among them Messrs. Gentle and Tomlinson and several other officers of the Municipality. The play was attractive from the first to last,
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    CRICKET.
    63 4 The IfaJay Mail understands cricket challenge from Shanl ,4t been received at Kuala Lumpur" &gt; idea is that a team f rom tlf l should go to Shanghai to r.l a there. That journal deems* idea will not take either at K,,,' u pur or at Singapore, owing t
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    GOLD CURRENCY FOR THE STRAITS.
    63 4 ACTION IN I'ERAK. The Singapore Chamber of p nin has invited Perak to give an opini™*" the question of having a gold 1 ~n for the Straits Settlement* n 5 Federated Malaya. The result Perak Government have called meeting for Monday next, at which t{*
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    PAHANG.
    67 4 A CHIEF IN TROUBLE. A noted Pahang chief, the Toh teat ot Jellai who, at one time, could must* one thousand fighting men, i s to u tried there for an offence, alleged tn|» heinous. The Judicial Commi«ion» left Kuala Lumpur for Pahang Monday last to try the ease
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    SAVINGS BANKS
    225 4 BUSINESS DONE. The annual report on the SingapmSavings’ Bank for ls97 states that during the year, *212,563 were deposit*] in 4,471 sums, and the withdrawal* numbered 1,706 for SlM,ir»6. These figures shew increases compared with the transactions in IsOfl. The amount due to depositors at the close ofth*year
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    SIR F. SWETTENHAM’S HOUSE.
    289 4 The Resident-Generals new housed Kuala Lumpur is rapidly approachin? completion. From the public garden.-, says the Malay Mail the site appear? t&lt; be too small for the house, but a closer inspection reveals the fact that ri is really plenty of room. As n* approaches the
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    PENANG MAILS.
    49 5 snorted that the B. I. 8. N. It irt working the homeward f ron i Penang without a mail rv .j.j also intend to alter the sub-* 1 j tiicir NegajKitani steamer rurinin- &lt;’ as to CO nvey the Penang by 1 *h..'iro».e alternately with the mail u
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    SULTAN AND DISTRICT OFFICER.
    351 5 t r „u OK THE STRAITS TIMES.” 7HK I j, j,;, last report to hand tie* local Government i the 22nd April, Mr. It. W. District Ollicer of Kuala -V" the flattering unction to j j/having, among other things V deeds worthy of note, &gt; v
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    WOMEN GAMBLERS.
    386 5 TiiEH'imi: of the “straits times.” Sir, In your issue of yesterday, a -m*s[*on&lt;k*nt Reason,’’ writing on the of “women gamblers” said, that tiiore was now an opportunity for those Chinese husbands, who suffered from tin: pernicious effects of their wives’ enabling to come forward and give &gt;'J' h
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    433 5 We had a very good morning at the course to-day. The going was excellent perhaps a shade on the hard side. There was a large gathering not only of the sterner but also ot the lair sex. There was a grand feeling of expectancy in tue air just
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    PERJURY CASE.
    62 5 Yesterday, at the Supreme Court, the trial of J. T. Warren and F. S. Groves of the li. A. came to an end. Warren pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to six months’rigorous imprisonment. Groves was found to be not guilty on the first count, and the jury acquitted
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    A TALE FROM LABUAN.
    59 5 Rumour mentions the arrival of a Spanish man-of-war at Labuan, recently, to take in coal, with the result that an American man-of-war waited for her outside. The real facts, as reported by the Hecuba which arrived this morning, is that the Spanish steamer Uranus took in
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    THE PORT.
    148 5 The Federal arrived yesterday from Calcutta, and imported over 1000 sheep and goats. The Calypso landed three ponies and one horse from Deli, this morning. The Meissen arrived alongside the Borneo wharf yesterday from Australia, laden with :1,700 tons coal for the Borneo Company, and some oats for
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    NEWS FROM THE NORTH.
    798 5 THE TRANSFER OF WEI-HAI-WEI. The British Ministei has gone to Cliefoo. It is believed at Tientsin that he intends to go with the fleet to vY r ei-hai-wei for the ceremony of hauling lown thc-Japanese flag and raising the British flag (on the loth May.) A
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    2173 5 The failure of Ileuter and the success of the Straits Times may be bracketed together as one of the events of this week. It is difficult to understand why Reuter failed so wholly to give such news as was current during last week, regardingthe Spanish disaster at
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    CRICKET.
    45 6 Yesterday, the two days' cricket match between the S. C. (J. and the West Yorkshire Regiment was commenced on the Esplanade. The latter team went in first, and at the close ol of the game their score stood at 03 runs for no wickets.
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    RIVER THEFT.
    84 6 On Saturday afternoon, Lim kian, Tan Quail, So Quail, Tan Kian, Ang Cima, i.u\v Sin, Cliua Tek and Gan Seng were brought before 31 r. Howard on remand, and charged with having on the morning of the ifli instant stolen a quantity of copra, the property of Messrs.
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    136 6 Thb postponed May monthly medal was played for on Saturday, and resulted in a win for Mr. A. A. Gunn with a net score of 85. The course was at its fill test length, and, that combined with tii; uncertainty of the putting greens, made low scoring
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    RACE ENTRIES.
    2210 6 FIRST DAY, TUESDAY, 24th MAY. First Race. THE MAIDEN PLATE.—Value $250. A Race for Maiden Horses —Weight as per scale (10st. 91b.). An allowance of 21 lbs. to horses entered for the Intermediate Races only. An allowance of 71bs. to all other horsesentered for races No. 5 and
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    ADVANCE MAIL NEWS.
    870 6 (Ahead of Fo-inGTi'ov'a \[,n} j THE OUTBREAK OF WAR Loh/Ia w, 22,1(1 lir i Before General Wuodfurd i the ultimatum of the United the Government at Madrid. Sj, a in had notified the cessation of relations. The American Government considers t hat bv this action war was
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    MONDAY, 16TH MAY.
    263 7 I TnKur will be a Tanglin Club ruceI '.ok'iui ‘-on Friday, the* 2 7th. I I It C :li-D'lv notified in Ceylon that I ti;»* Lirt! i.iv &lt;-f the Queen will this year I f-'-oho-ro- there on the 7th June. I I Vi a oseugers, by the
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    STEALING A WOMAN.
    86 7 V. vv Y tlvrnoon. 1*. C. 288, on 11 l-«bar f noticed two closed •Iriv'fu in the direction t r,,0h Hoad. Hearing a l help, the con- ijr.i t )e vehicles and in Tti*u T in 1 a woman named man named Go Par. n gliarry there
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    THE MANILA BATTLE.
    528 7 ADDITIONAL DETAILS. Hongkono papers, received to-day, give particulars of the naval battle at Manila based upon information brought to Hongkong on the 7th instant, by the United States cruiser Hugh McCulloch The details of the battle wired to us, which appeared in the Straits Times of the
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    THE PORT.
    259 7 The Russian transport Ekaterinoslavl from Odessa for Vladivostock, arrived on Saturday, having on board 028 soldiers and 61 passengers. She sailed, yesterday afternoon, at 3. Le* Alpes, a French steamer chartered as a transport by the Russian Government, from Odessa witli 1,42 l Russian troops, anchored at 5
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    THE MINISTER’S WEDDING.
    457 7 Ox Saturday afternoon, the Presbyterian Church was the scene of one of the most interesting weddings that has nerhaps ever taken place in the Scotch Kirk, for on this occasion, the Minister, the Rev. S. S. Walker was married to Miss Anna Sharp, who arrived a few
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    FRASER AND NEAVE LIMITED.
    230 7 The first ordinary general statutory meeting of Fraser and Neave. Limited was hold to-day, at noon, at their offices, 100. Robinson Road. In the absence of the Chairman of the Company, (Mr. R. Craig), Mr. C. Sugden presided, so- ported by the following directors Mr. F.
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    MAN AND WOMAN STABBED.
    104 7 About nine yesterday morning a woman named Avyambel w’as attacked in the Yeo Chu Kang Road by a Kling known as Ramsamy, w'ho stabbed her in the stomach, legs, and arms. A man named Rahanam, who went to the woman’s assistance was also seriously stabbed. The
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1030 7 'The Committee is indeed to be congratulated on the entries published on Saturday last. Eight horses for the Maiden Plate, ten for the Grand Stand Cup, and seventeen for the Sultan’s Cup. Of tiie Maiden, we have seen hitherto only four sporting silk on our course, and I
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    CRICKET.
    463 7 S. C. C. r. WEST YORKS. The first elevens representing the S. C. C. and the West Yorks Regiment opened a match on the cricket ground, on Friday afternoon. The Regiment went to the wickets first and put together 190 runs. The S. C. G\, who batted on Saturday
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    ALLEGED PLAGUE.
    67 7 STRICT QUARANTINE TO RE ENFORCED. Yesterday afternoon the Catherine Apcar arrived from Hongkong with the quarantine tlag flying. An inspection by the Health Ollicer satisfied him that there was one case of small-pox and. two cases of suspected plague. The .vessel was ordered into quarantine, and at noon
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    THE FIGHTING IN CEBU.
    4596 8 WITH REBELS AND ROYALISTS. STORIES OF DANGER AND HARDSHIP. (By our ov n reporter). TnE following interesting information is supplied by Mr. J. VV. V incent and Mr. and Mrs. Wilson —son and mother —who are at present staying at the Ariel phi Hotel, Singapore. The
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    2338 9 London, 3rd May. IAkiJA;. Law h:vs been proclaimed in M-.ir uwing to ominous indications. i l n y.-t. nl.iv, tried to break into tin »!!•&gt; lh» atre for the purpose of making i:. blit were prevented from .vn&gt;f 0 Madrid, 4th May. in tie* Cortex yesterday, scenes
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    TUESDAY, 17TH MAY.
    80 9 To-day is the twelfth birthday of the King of Spaiu. Mr. Wolferstan takes a few days' leave next week. Mr. Woodward will probably act for him. 4 This morning, the first Magistrate had about two hundred Municipal summons cases for disposal. Among the arrivals for the races,
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    M. ROLIN-JACQUEMYNS.
    30 9 M. Rolin-.Jacquemyns, Adviser to the King of Siam, has taken six months' leave of absence to Europe. Mr. Kirkpatrick, the King’s Legal Adviser, will act for M. Rolin-Jacquemyns.
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    ASSIZE.
    33 9 At the Assize, yesterday, Li Ah Pok, charged with housebreaking by night, was sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment. Ah Fah charged with selling goods with a false trade description was discharged.
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    FALSE INFORMATION.
    32 9 Corporal Dramat was on Saturday, sentenced to two months’imprisonment, for giving false information to the Chief Police Officer. Mr. Sisson defended. Notice of appeal was given. Bail, two hundred dollars.
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    A CEYLON SUICIDE.
    36 9 An audit of Sir Thomas Lipton’s books of the Ceylon branch of his business has revealed some extensive defalcations on the part of the late Mr. Duplock, who recently committed suicide at Ceylon.
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    BEATING A PRISONER.
    35 9 On Saturday, P. C. Mahomed Nore, was prosecuted for striking a prisoner, named Go Choon, in the Central Police Station. The complainant said he was rendered insensible by blows from several constables.
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    TEA IN BORNEO.
    43 9 It is said that the Chartered Company have decided to try tea growing in British North Borneo, and that they are about to plant up some 200 acres. An expert from Ceylon has been engaged to report on the land.
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    RE-OPENING OF WELLS.
    42 9 Tiie three men who were summoned last week for re-opening their wells seem to have thought discretion the better part of valour, and have closed them again. This morning, they were ordered to pay the cost of the summons.
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    NO PROSECUTOR.
    43 9 Yesterday, two Chinamen were put in the dock of the third court, charged with trespass at Tanjong Pagar Dock. They were locked up on Saturday. The constable who had charge of the case knew* nothing about it. The men w’ere discharged.
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    STEAMERS TO PAHANG.
    42 9 It is reported that Mr. Foo Tcng Quee intends running another steamer from Singapore to Pahang of lighter draft than the Verdana. Hitherto, the steamers running there have gone no further upstream than the mouth of the Pahang River.
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    FORGED NOTES.
    46 9 Another Bombay merchant has complained to the Superintendent of Police at Colombo of being robbed by some foreigner, whom he suspects are the Germans GrosMi and Schultz. There is reason to believe that a good many counterfeit notes have been circulated in Colombo lately.
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    JAPANESE EXCLUSION.
    48 9 Queensland, by special agreement, has excluded undesirable Japanese from her soil with the consent of Japan. The idea of the Queensland Government, to which Japan assented, was that the labourers and artisans of either country should be excepted from the privilege of entry into the other.
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    THE CINEMETOGRAPH.
    81 9 Jt is advertized that the cinemetograph will be exhibited for a few days in the Parsee Theatre. The first exhibition will be on Wednesday night from six to eight o’clock. The pictures to be presented will include full representations of the Jubilee procession in London, and many other
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    A LAWYER MURDERED.
    59 9 THE REVKNGB. On the 9th instant, a Siamese lawyer died at Bangkok from injuries received at the hands of the defendant in a law suit he bad won for the plaintiff The case arose out of disputed ownership of certain land. The unsuccessful suitor revenged himself upon
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    ATTEMPT TO DROWN.
    61 9 Heng Tye Hoon was charged this morning, before Mr. Howard, with having pushed Heng Boon Kia from a tongkang into the Singapore River, last night. Acting Inspector Collins arrested the prisoner during the same night. The police applied for a postponement for a week, to enable them
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    PAHANG GOLD.
    71 9 The secretary of the Punjom Mining Company, has received the following telegram, giving the result of the cleanup at Punjom for April —‘The mill ran 30 days, crushing 2,500 tons of headings, yielding 230 ounces of melted gold. Twenty four tons of concentrates were treated in Berdan pans,
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    MR. CLIFFORD’S STORIES.
    85 9 The Times” in a leader on Law Taxes,” makes the following allusion to Mr. Clifford’s recent writings Mr. Clifford, in his recent description of a journey through the 51alay States of Trengannu and Kelantan, mentions as a conspicuous abuse that in civil cases onehalf of the debt
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    ALLEGED CHAP JI KI.
    111 9 This morning, Tan Boon Neo, six other women, and a man, were charged before Mr. Howard for being engaged in a Chap Ji Ki lottery in Payah Lebah Road on the 9th instant. Mr. It. W. Braddell appeared for the Crown, and said that Mr. J.P.
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    AFRICAN PRINCE AND ENGLISH PAPER.
    173 9 Albert A. Ossoo Ansah, a native Prince of Ashanti, brought an action against the Daily Telegraph on the 22nd ult. for libel contained in an article in which it was imputed that he had forged certain credentials improperly obtained. The circumstances of the case w
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    ORGANISED GAMBLING.
    189 9 TO THE EDITOR OK THE STRAIT8 TIMES.” Sir, —Since the suppression of gambling is now taking up so much of the time of the chief police officers, it is aa well that they should realise the fact that the Ordinance dealing with gambling, as it stands at present,
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    JAPAN AND CHINA.
    81 10 A Japanese newspaper, referring to reported concessions by China to Japan, says: —In the middle of February last, the Japanese Government demanded assurances from the Pekin Government that no part of Fukien province should be ceded to a foreign Power. The Chinese Government gave the assurance in
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    TAXATION IN SIAM.
    97 10 MANY TRANSIT DUES ABOLIBHED. The King of Siam has decreed the abolition of the transit dues on twenty nine classes of articles which, with .one or two exceptions, are necessaries of life. The principal of these articles are: coconut oil, eggs, pitch, shell-fish, charcoal, earthen-ware, mats, hemp,
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    A SUNDAY DANGER.
    280 10 THE RISKS OF CHURCH-GOERS. A correspondent says:—There is a manifest danger awaiting those who attend St. Andrew’s Cathedral on Sunday evenings. Many of those who go to divine service use carriages, though the danger is not confined solely to them. If it were, perhaps, some steps would
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    PARSEE THEATRE.
    348 10 ADDRESS TO THE MANAGER. Crowds attended the Parsee Theatre, last night to witness the performance of the piece Love and Murder” given under the patronage of the leading Bombay merchants here. The performance went off successfully. Mr. Buiiwala, the Manager of the Company, was presented with an address
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    THE RIN LODE.
    79 10 PROSPECTS STILL MORE FAVOURABLE. The Rin Lode in Jelebu continues to show highly favourable prospects. On the 7th instant, we published telegram? indicating that the lode looked more promising, the deeper the shaft was sunk. On the 6th, the lode proved to be four feet thick, payable
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    “ PALL MALL MAGAZINE.”
    76 10 PALL MALL MAGAZINE.” The Vail Mall Magazine for May, is quite up to the usually high standard of this most excellent publication. Mr. Anthony Hope’s continued story Rupert of Heutzau approaches a most interesting crisis; and there are numerous other stories, and articles of much interest. A very readable article
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    SIAMESE MALAYA.
    91 10 TIIE KING REDRESSES GRIEVANCES. At Puket, a district in Siamese Malaya near Penang, where the people had long complained of oppression, hopes cf better days have arisen, says the Bangkok Times. The people understand that their bitter cry has come to the ears of the King and that
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    POLICE PROSECUTIONS.
    177 10 A correspondent writes: —On Saturday, a case against a police corporal was concluded by Mr. Howard. The man was accused of giving false information to the Chief police officer. He was defended by Mr Sisson. In his defence police witnesses* were called. The Chief police officer, who was
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    THE AFRIDIS THEIR FINES.
    315 10 AN EXTRAORDINARY STATE OF AFFAIRS. The following from the Pioneer reveals a very curious state of aflairs. Afridi native officers and sepoys arc freely availing themselves of the leave which has been opened to them, anu are hurrying back to their country lo see the amount
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    THE NOTES FORGERY.
    548 10 PRISONERS SENTENCED TO-DAY. The charge against the two Germans, Heinrich Grosse and George Schultz of naving on the 27th April used forged oanknotes to the value of $2,550, all on the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank and if having in their possession an instrument forcommitting forgery, came before
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    RETAINING STOLEN PROPERTY.
    246 10 Yesterday afternoon, Kassim, a Javanese, was brought before the court of two magistrates on remand, charged with being in possession of the following stolen pro|&gt;erty valued at four hundred and fifty dollars, and claimed by Toll Hassan—two clocks, a gold necklace, two pairs gold bangles, six silver
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    THE CHARTERED BANK.
    1477 10 The forty-fourth ordinary general meeting of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China was held in London on 20th April, Mr. J. H. Gwyther presiding. The Sub-Manager having read the notice convening the meeting. MR. GWYTHER’S SPEECH. The Chairman said I would preface my remarks touching
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    MOTHER AND SON.
    57 10 Yesterday, Charles Hocfc^a.■ brought before Mr. o! feral an charge of mischief. "’/st* appeared to prosecute, but she e did not wish to press the w would like to have her son J'l hospital, as he was subject aberration of mind at full f l2OO w(v i
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    WILL HE BE REWARDED?
    61 10 Yesterday. (Turing the beano., case before Mr. Klcum ana ferstan, it was found that, a j private life had arrested it: .^rc* theft, the latter was sentenced i j months. The bench then Inspector Maxwell wheth‘ r k would be rewarded The ;ould not say, but
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    395 11 ajjain rendered it impossible deal of what went to at the top of the on t.'ni re was a large attendance, a-ur?*' ,j n r f or ce has been power*2'1 by Native States fully a* 1 14 arrival*- t- sent along from opposite home. He travelled in
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    ELECTRICITY AT COLOMBO.
    334 11 EXTENSIVE PLANT. Mls.'j-,' Boustead Brothers at so■«* the Times of Ceylon wil, *;°n li.tv# enough power not only to run trainv. ivs, hut also to light the wholt lV'1'inr.o with electric light. Tlu laehiiicry that has come out to bt &gt; ted there is probably the largest
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    16 11 i, N 0r 1 Borneo Company ir *V w European sergeant as 0r Of Pol,cc there.
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    CHESS.
    617 11 (CONDUCTED BV KING’B PAWN.”) All chess correspondence should be addressed to King’s Pawn.*’ Solution of Problem No. 35 (Perrin.) K—K 8, K—B 3; B—K 5 (cb). Ac. correct solution received from Caissa, Londrcs, Nil Desperandum, and C N B. in the Handicap Tournament, P. A. Reutcns (a) beat P.
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    END GAME BY B. HORWITZ.
    204 11 White. Black. Q-Q4 KxKt QxR PxQ Kt-Q6 K-K2 Kt-B 4 (ch) K-Kt sn K-g sq P-R 4 K-Q 2' P-K 5 K-Q*q P-R0 Ktx P mate Position after Black’s 20th move in a game played in the Frankfort Chief Tournament between Messrs. Bauer (White) and
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    SIR C. MITCHELL.
    63 11 Sir Charles Mitchell, Governor of the Straits Settlements, and Lady Mitchell were entertained at the British Legation at Tokyo on the evening of the 25th April, when Marquis Ito and all the other Ministers were present. Sir Charles and Lady Mitchell were invited by the Emperor and
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    THE BANGKOK ROADS.
    78 11 A step of considerable importance has just been taken by the Siamese Government in handing over all thS public roads throughout Bangkok to the care of the newly established Sanitary Department. The Public Works Department, which had hitherto looked after these roads, had neglected them save those
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    AMERICAN AMAZONS.
    83 11 The 7)rti/y 3fai7 tolls us that the question between the United States and Spain is rousing the military fervour of the American Amazons. It seems that there are several volunteer companies composed of women in the States, and the one which belongs to Reading, Pennsylvania, is anxious to
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    THE PORT.
    195 11 The Austrian Lloyd steamer Trieste left Hongkong on Friday, the 13th im*tant, and is due here on Thursday morning next. It is understood that the Nedjed which left Moji on the 14th instant, is bringing a cargo of coals for this port. The Australind is expected from Western
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    935 11 COFFEE. The Ijocomotief states that coffee continues to be in a bad way in East Java. Quotations have fallen so low that coffee land there hardly finds buyers. One export firm at Sourabaya stands out an exception, in still hoping for the best. It has dealings with several
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    BRITISH COAL PRODUCTION.
    248 11 From statistics just issued by the Home Office it appears that the output of coal in the United Kingdom last year was 202,119,196 tons, an increase of 6,767,245 tons over the output of 1896, when it amounted to 195,851,951 tons. Last year's production was nearly double that
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    FRENCH INDO-CHINA.
    349 11 The export duty on rice and paddy in Tonquin has been raised to an almost prohibitive height. This measure has been taken to keep grain in the province, owing to drought threatening a partial failure of the standing crops. Another reason for a high duty is the prevalence
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    WEDNESDAY, 18TH MAY.
    128 12 Tms is the thirtieth birthday ef the Emperor of Russia. It is estimated that a sum of 514,000 will be necessary to make the Perak Government yacht Mena thoroughly seaworthy again. General Jones-Vaughan is expected to arrive at Taiping on the 20th instant to hold an inspection
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    SNATCHING A WATCH.
    29 12 Yesterday morning, Leong Ah Kwai snatched a watch and chain from Wan You, in Malabar Street. This morning, he was sent to jail for three months.
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    PENANG ASSIZES.
    34 12 A remarkable feature of the Penang Assizes has been that convictions were obtained in all the eleven cases disposed of. This has been a record assize so far as convictions are concerned.
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    THE INDIAN VICEROYALTY.
    31 12 There is a growing belief at Simla that Lord Balfour of Burleigh will succeed Lord Elgin. His appointment to the Currency Conference has strengthened the reports from home.
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    ZINC PIPING.
    35 12 Ju Sing, was arrested this morning, iu North Bridge Road, in possession of some fifteen feet of zinc piping, for which he could give no account. He was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment.
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    C. D. O.
    49 12 Mr. William Adamson's letter to the iSecretary of State for the Colonies, based on the report of a sub-Committee of the Straits Settlements Association on the condition of contagious disease in the Colony, is now being distributed to Members of Parliament and to the public press.
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    STRAITS DEVELOPMENT.
    51 12 The report of the Straits Development Co. to the directors to Feb. 18,1898, states that on the year’s working a loss of 8,109/. is shown, which includes 407/. set aside for depreciation, and also 879/. prospecting charges. The loss on exchange is also dealt with as in previous
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    BURGLARY.
    50 12 At 7 a.m. yesterday, Messrs. Rautenberg, Schmidt Co. had their offices broken into at No. 4, Cecil Street. Entry was made through the tiles on the roof. Several drawers were ransacked and SI4 in cash were stolen. A quantity of goods were lying about, but they were not touched.
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    ARMS AND WEIGHTS.
    55 12 Yesterday, Inspector Bateman arrested a Chinaman in a house in Thompson Road, for being in possession of a tirearm without a permit, and also for having a false daching and weight. This morning, he was sentenced to pay a tine of five dollars for the tirearm, and
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
    57 12 At a meeting of tiie Committee of the Sepoy Lines Golf Club on the 17th, in the evening, the following business was transacted. Mr. Elcuin resigned, and Dr. Gilmour Ellis was elected Captain. Dr. Ellis resigned, and Mr. Wolferstan whB elected Honorary Secretary. Mr. Gaffney resigned,
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    PLAGUE.
    72 12 NO QUARANTINE AT RANGOON. The Rangoon Times fears that there is small hope of keeping the plague out of that port, now that the local Government refuses to impose ten days’ quarantine, as suggested, on all arrivals from india, whether infected or not. The Port Health officer, has power,
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    RANGOON BARS.
    65 12 BARMAID RESTRICTIONS. The Rangoon Municipal Committee has passed a resolution prohibiting bar attendants, male or female, from drinking with customers there. It was also decided that women should be allowed to serve at the bars provided they did not drink with the customers. Notices would be put up
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    GANG ROBBERS.
    67 12 SMART CAPTURE. Early this month, says the Perak Pioneer a gang of seven or eight Chinese waylaid three carts bringing tin ore from Temoh to Kampar and carried off nine bags of ore. The carters drove straight to the police station. Six policemen jumped into rikishas and went
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    HOUSE-BREAKING IN TANGLIN.
    60 12 THE GEXERAI/s BREAD KNIFE. East night, several cases of housebreaking occurred in the vicinity of Tanglin. General Jones-Vaughan’s residence in Grange Road was broken into and a bread knife was stolen. Two silver salt-cellars were stolen the same night from Eeonie House,” Grange Road, the residence of
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    SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
    65 12 EFFECT ON TRADE AT RANGOON. The war between the United States and Spain ha.s influenced the trade which hitherto carried on by merchantmen between Rio de Janeiro and Rangoon. Several merchantmen in Rangoon were chartered to sail with rice or timber for the capital city of Brazil, but
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    HEAVY FLOODS.
    103 12 EXiENSIVK BRIDGE IN PERIL. Wide- spread floods are reported from Sungkai, a village in Perak, on the Tanjong Malim road. The floods came in the night of the 9th instant. In one hour, every shop there was under water. A new iron bridge, expected to cost Government nearly
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    PENANG PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
    108 12 The Rev. W. Murray, who lias been pastor of the Penang church for five years is going home for good. His successor will be selected by a committee of London gentlemen. The balance to the credit of the church is about double what it was livo years
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    LUNATICS.
    195 12 A Correspondent asks Whence come so many lunatics? Scarcely a week passes that there are not some brought before the magistrates by the police who have found them wandering about the streets. They are* invariably Chinese. If these unfortunates belonged to Singapore, they would have some family connection, and
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    MISS DE WIT’S BOOK.
    317 12 We congratulate me Straits Times says the Glasgow Evening News upon having secured for its excellent series so admirable a volume as Facts and Fancies about Java.” Miss de Wit's literary quality is peculiarly high. She has the Stevensonian style, dashed with Kiplingesque vigour; the sympathy
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    NEGRI SEMBILAN.
    478 12 PLANTING. The annual report on lands and mines in Federated Malaya for 1897, records the fact that the land administration system in Negri Sembilan underwent a much needed reform and re-organi-sation last year. The report dwells upon the fact that the new order of things is likely to
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    THE RIN LODE.
    57 12 AN EXCELLENT A88AY. The favourable prospects held forth in our issue of yesterday, respecting the Rin Lode in Jelebu, appear to grow better. According to, a telegram, received yesterday afternoon, an assay of the unroasted ore from the lode at the 110 feet level gives the satisfactory
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    A STOLEN PEARL.
    121 12 Mohamed Ebrahim was charged with receiving a stolen pearl, valued at one hundred and fifty dollars, the property of Mr. A. H. Stephens, on the 11th instant. Mr. A. H. Stephens said he was an assistant to Messrs. McAlister and Coy. He gave evidence as to leaving
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    IS DEBT-SLAVERY LAWFUL?
    142 12 CASE IN BURMA. A rather peculiar case caine up in revision before the Judicial Commissioner, Lower Burma, the other day. A Burman and his wife were sentenced by the district magistrate of Mergui to imprisonment for bartering their child to a woman for a loan of its.
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    BREACH OF TRUST.
    463 12 This morning, the case of breach of trust against Tan Yew Kwan and of abetment against Adamsah, the former in the employ of Messrs. John Little &lt;fc Co. was brought before Mr. Wolferstan. Mr. Buckley appeared for the prosecution Mr. R. Lowell defended Tan Yew Kwan, and
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    399 12 Yocr remarks, Mr. Editor appeal more strongly to ar, iarge public than to therefore, prom scs to en.l, mend his ways, or Work was done on ths proper this morning, and it COUt condition. It was a clear dav A 1 makes the work so mu t’ hl
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    THE PORT.
    302 12 The Gloucester City arrived along side the Borneo Wharf from Batoun»°n the 16th instant, and left the saint* day after coaling, bound for Vladivostok The Russian Volunteer sParne’ Kherson which is due here on Iridayur Saturday next, from Nagasaki, w hitiq ort she left on the loth instant,
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    756 13 m. general meeting of the of Commerce was afternoon, at 2.15, in the L. room, to consider the revision irra 0 1 t0 r, of l 1C ctiamberr/TbT*: "were present: Mr. Stringer, Tbt Messrs. John Anderson, A. {l h Mill*t, J MacBean, R. Little, Salomon, W. Roger,
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    RUGBY FOOTBALL.
    281 13 WEST YORKS r. S. C. C. The return game between the teams representing the West Yorks and the S C. C. was played on the Esplanade yesterday afternoon, before a large crowd ot spectators. The ground was in excellent condition, and as a result a much better game
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    A MURDER CASE.
    276 13 Sin Tai, was yesterday afternoon, charged with the murder of Sin Boon llock at Tanjong Rliu on the Ist instant. Mr. Cuscaden appeared for the crown; the prisoner was undefended. Yap Sing Yan, said he sold fire-wood and lived at Tanjong Rhu. Five persons lived in his
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    THE “ANNUAL HEGIRA.”
    224 13 THE PAS8ENGER LISTS. THE P. A O. Coromandel,” 20th May. —Mr. A. A. Allen; Mr .Hooker Mr. and Miss Iiicks; Mr. John Holmes Miss Ferguson Mr. Bullen; Mr. Stringer; Mr. Sidney Parry; Inspector Ballard; Mr. and Mrs, H. Beckwith, Mr. Grey Mr. P.C. Birch; Miss Mould; Mr.
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    THE MAIL.
    1770 13 NOTES, NEWS, AND COMMENTS. SPORT. At the Crystal Palace, on the 16th April, in the presence of over 60,000 spectators, the Final Tie in the English Association Cup Competition was played between Notts Forest and Derby County. The latter were the favourities, but the Forest-men, playing excellent football,
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    CYCLING IN ENGLAND.
    937 13 London, April 22nd. A consular report from the territory of Nangpo, in China, tells of a demand there for clieap bicycles of the lowest grade. li«*lIs. lamps, spring saddles, and such luxuries are not in demand, and John Chinaman does not think he wants anything but solid
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    845 14 ARRIVALS. Per a. s. Cerberus from Bangkok :—Mr. and Mrs. Briggs. Miss Mould, Messrs. Flower, Dickson, Way, and Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd. Per 8. 8. Landaura from Calcutta and Penang:—Mr. Martin, and Mr*. Parsons. Per s. s. Ca/y/Mo from IVIi Messrs. L Clarke, am! H. Hoc! I cell.
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      139 14 U nuer t his head i og the fol lowing abbreviations are 'used :—str. —steamer sh.—ship bq.- -barque Brit.—British U. 8. United States: Fr. French; Ger.—German Dut.— Dutch; Joh.—Johore; Ac., G.c., General cargo d.p. —deck passengers; U. —Uncertain T. P. W.—Tanjong Pagar Wharf; T. P. D.—Tanjong Pagar
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      TRADING VESSELS
      1234 14 Since Noon op Yesterday. Batavitr Brit. str. 210 tons, Capt Robertson, l*th May. From Klang, 16th May. G.c., anti 76 d p. Wee Bin. For Klang, 20th—Rds. Broadmayne Brit. str. 1947 tons, Havns, 18th May. From P. Brand an, 16th May. Oil. T. C. Bogaardt. For Hongkong, 18th
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      430 14 Same port probable date of arrival a?id name of agents Steamers. Antenor, China, May 22 Mansfield. Andalusii, Hiogo, May 17; Behn Meyer. Asturia, Hamburg, June 1 Bella Meyer. Australind, W. Australia, May 24; M’field. Ballaarat, Colombo, June 18 P. O. Bayern, Bremen, June 23; Behn Meyer. Bengal, Hongkone,
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