The Straits Budget, 24 June 1898

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    87 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” -r 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 FRIDAY, 24TH JUNE. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE.
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      BIRTH.
      20 1 I i '»n 25th Mav.at St. Vincents, I wife of H. H. GOHFBKTZ, 1 r ..-.rar General, Hongkong, of
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    335 1 L;:v, AKTI^LKR. F i. i* Politics. Fate. Ih- A n- of America. Bi. .-tails t ’urreacy. ■Vwici'i Rritain. 1:»;i an 1 Manila. '-r Rum Ei Honour and Penang. E-j.- of the War. ia• Tel.*grams. quotations. fe;; ■v- LUt. Wn .\*»*Ws. ->■ >iii»*i«!e. fcif- ii >.»0<*ry. BY.:i- -inn.
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    COMMERCIAL.
    333 1 Singapore, 23kd Jwne, 1898. PRODUCE (Rates are corrected to 12.30 p.m.) Gambier, 5.55. Copra Bali, 7.25. do Pontianak, 7.00. Pepper, Black, 21.00. do White, (5%) 41.00 Sago Flour Sarawak, 3.05. do Brunei, 2.15. Pearl Sago 4.30. Coffee, Bali, picked 30.00. Coffee Palembang, picked.... 30.00. Coffee, Liberian, No. 1 17.25.
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    559 1 The mail for Europe, this week, is taken on by the M. M. Yarra. The mail from Europe by the F. O. Ballaarat arrived on Saturday. The German mail from Europe by the Bayern arrived on Wednesday. The German mail for Europe by the Sachsen is
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    MANILA STILL HELD FOR SPAIN.
    387 1 BUT THE REBELS ARE GAINING. DAILY FIGHTING BETWEEN SPANIARDS AND REBELS. THE AMERICANS DO NOT JOIN IN. Manila June 14 th. Since Wednesday, the 1st June, the rebels have been determinedly pushing on from Cavite, up the Cavite Road, in the direction of Manila. They
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    SPANIARDS YIELDING EVERYWHERE.
    596 1 MANILA SURROUNDED AND EXPECTED TO FALL. THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS. WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE SAFE. Hongkong June 17 th. I The Strait* Time* is represented at Manila by a special correspondent, who acts for a New York paper and for the Strait* Time*. The following is a telegraphic
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      THE PHILIPPINES.
      26 1 GERMANS CLAIM A PORT. London 15 th June. The German newspapers are openly discussing the probability of Germany securing a port in the Philippines.
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      SPANISH FLEET.
      33 1 ALL AT SANTIAGO. An American lieutenant has made a tour of observation around thtf harbour of Santiago. He reports that the whole of the Spanish lleet under Admiral Cervera is there.
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      MULTILATION OF THE DEAD.
      23 1 SPANISH BARBARITY. Admiral Sampson telegraphs that the bodies of the American dead in that' quarter have been barbarously mutilated.
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      FRENCH MINISTRY.
      53 2 PRECARIOUS POSITION. The French Ministry have been defeated in the Chamber of Deputies by a majority of fifty, in a debate on their general policy. Subsequently the Chamber passed a general resolution of confidence in the Ministry by a majority ot twelve. Nevertheless it is believed that the
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      THE PHILIPPINES.
      34 2 MORE U. S. TROOPS ON THE WAY. London 17 th June. The second military expedition to Manila has left San Francisco. The transports will be convoyed from Honolulu to Manila by men-of-war.
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      HAWAII ANNEXATION.
      47 2 ACTION AT WASHINGTON. annexation demands. The House of Representatives at Washington has passed a resolution urging the annexation of Hawaii. In the course of the debate on the resolution, strong declarations were made in favour of seizing and retaining the Philippines, Cuba, and Porto Rico.
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      TAMPA EXPEDITION.
      44 2 STARTED ON TUESDAY. DESTINATION UNKNOWN. The United States censorship has permitted the publication of the announcement that thirty-five transports with American troops left Tampa on Tuesday last. Thirteen warships were escorting the transports. The final destination ol the expedition is not stated.
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      FRANCE.
      20 2 MINISTERIAL CRISIS. The Moline Cabinet has resigned. M. Ribot will probably be the Pre mier of the new Ministry.
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      THE PHILIPPINES.
      61 2 GERMAN SQUADRON AT MANILA. OBJECT OF THE ASSEMBLAGE. London, 1 Sth June. It is semi-offieially stated at Berlin that the assembling of a German squadron at Manila in no wise"implies the abandonment of neutrality by Germany. The object of this assembling of German nien-of-war there is declared to
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      SANTIAGO BOMBARDED.
      28 2 BATTERIES SILENCED. On Thursday, last, 16th instant, the American ffeet bombarded Santiago for several hours. Over five thousand projectiles were fired, and several batteries were silenced.
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      BRITAIN AND CHINA.
      113 2 THE REORGANIZATION OF CHINA S ARMY AND NAVY. t HINESE SUSPICIOUSNESS. London 20th June. Lord Salisbury has declared in the House of Lords that negotiations were proceeding with China, relative to reor-| ganising the army and navy of that Empire. But, so Lord Salisbury added, the negotiations
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      THE BRITISH NAVY.
      56 2 FURTHER ADDITIONS. Mr. Goschen, the First Lord of the Admiralty, has stated in the House of Commons that the question of making additions to the British Navy programme was under the consideration of the Government. Mr. Goschen promised at the same time to announce the details of
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      NAVAL MANŒUVRES.
      55 2 ABANDONMENT, THIS YEAR. SHORT SUPPLIES OF COAL. It is officially announced that the British Naval Manoeuvres, which it was intended to hold, this year, have been abandoned. This arises from the reluctance of the Admiralty to deplete its supplies of coal, in view of possible political complications in
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      CADIZ SQUADRON.
      42 2 DEPARTURE EASTWARDS. The Spanish squadron at Cadiz has finally sailed from that port. The squadron is under command of Admiral Camara; and it is accompanied by six liners, conveying four thousand troops. The squadron passed Gibraltar on Thursday, steering eastwards.
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      SITUATION AT SANTIAGO.
      41 2 ADMIRAL SAMPSON’S ANXIETY. Admiral Sampson has telegraphed to the United States Government, anxiously inquiring when the invading army from Tampa will arrive in Cuba. The telegram conveys the additional information that the situation around Santiago has become critical.
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      FRENCH MINISTRY.
      47 2 CRISIS CONTINUES. M. Ribot has given up the attempt to from a ministry, in succession to the Meline Cabinet which had resigned. President Fad lire in view of the division of parties in the Chamber of Deputies, has asked M. Sarrien to form a ministry.
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      ITALIAN POLITICS.
      44 2 RESIGNATION OF THE MINISTRY. At Rome, the Marquis di Rudini, the Premier, has announced in the Italian Chamber of Deputies, the resignation of his Cabinet. The Marquis di Rudini asked the Chamber to suspend its sittings, which the Chamber agreed to do.
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      THE CADIZ SQUADRON.
      24 2 WHERE LAST SIGHTED. London 2 1 <st June. Admiral Camara s squadron Imo been sighted off* Cabo Hegata, oast of Gibraltar.
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      GENERAL SHAFTER’S ARMY.
      23 2 LANDING AT SANTIAGO. It is reported at Madrid that General Shatters expedition, which started from Tampa, lias lauded at Santiago.
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      SITUATION IN SPAIN.
      39 2 RUIN IMMINENT. A liiamicsLo re the war has been published, bearing signatures on behail of thirty-live provincial associations and eighteen newspapers in Catalonia. The manifesto declares that immediate peace alone will pievent the ruin of Spain.
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      CADIZ FLEET.
      30 2 RETURN TO A SPANISH PORT. London, 22nd June. The American Government has learned ttiat tiie Spanish licet from Cadiz, under Admiral Camara, has returned to a Spanish port.
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      AMERICANS AT SANTIAGO.
      46 2 DIFFICULTIES IN LANDING. General Shatters army has arrived off* Santiago. But landing there is diilicult, owing to Spanish troops tilling the sea-shore in the vicinity tor mteeii miles. It will be necessary to shell the shore thoroughly belore the American army can land.
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      WAR:SHIP LAUNCHED.
      118 2 FATAL ACCIDENT. GREAT LOSS OK LIFE. Lyndon, 23rd June. The battleship Albion has been successful launched in the Thames river. The Duchess of York presided over the ceremony. The displacement of water, on the Albion sliding into the river, caused a huge wave to rise. The wave overwhelmed
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      ADVANCE ON KHARTOUM.
      25 2 STARTING FOR THE FRONT. Sir II. Kitchener, and most of the officers of the Nile Field Force have started for the front.
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      PEACE PROSPECTS.
      37 2 SPANISH NEWSPAPER OPINION. The newspapers in Spain now continually discuss the probabilities of a peace. The Correo a Ministerial journal, dwells upon the injury which the war is causing to trade and industry in Spain.
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      FRENCH MINISTRY.
      29 2 CRISIS CONTINUES. M. Sarrien, whom President Faure had sent for to form a Ministry in succession to the Meline Cabinet, has failed in the task set him.
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    42 1 I DEATHS. L <* the 25th May, at Queen I Westminster, Samuel I Solicitor, of Singapore I ,n «>f Samuel Bailey, Ashley I j-; aged 40 years. It. On tli** 21st instant, at No. 26, I J< r ii Wish Angus, aged 51
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    FRENCH POLITICS.
    299 2 {Straits Times, 1 6th Jane.) A change of Ministry is now impending in France. The present Cabinet, under the premiership of M. Meline, is the thirty-fifth Ministry that has held power in France since the fall of the Empire in 1870. M. Meline entered into office in April,
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    SANTIAGO’S FATE.
    512 2 (Strait* Times, 1 (Uh Jane.) Santiago de Cuba is in a bad way. Not many days since we had information that Admiral Cervera was blockaded in the harbour with a fleet of Spanish Yvarships—among them the best warships that Spain possessed. Then came the news that the American
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    THE AIMS OF AMERICA.
    363 2 (Strails Times 17 fit June.) Almost despite themselves the people of America are being draw'n from their political seclusion. Nor is it possible to foresee where the change may end. A nation that proposes to hold large and populous islands in the Atlantic, in the Pacific,
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    THE STRAITS CURRENCY.
    417 2 (Straits Times, \:thJ UM There may have been oUerv*] our issue of yesterday, a report nffl meeting of the Malay States Association, recently held Lumpur. One of the purposes meeting was to discuss the har the Straits currency that was in the Singapore Chamber of and was
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    CHINA AND BRITAIN.
    404 2 (Straits Time >, 20 fh Jnw 1 To-day’s news is interesting 1 ,f plaee of precedence must to Lord Salisbury's statement t*. negotiations are proceeding Britain and China regarding 1 re-organisation of the Chines* 1 and army. There are dii: The first difficulty, ot that China distrusts
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    SPAIN AND MANILA
    307 3 >Vi*7.< 20 June.) L s piadron, under Admiral l»-it Cadiz, accompanied by L conveying four thousand i..v passed Gibraltar on v. and arc bound eastwards. L most important war news day. Reuters telegram is L v worded. It announces that L s.iiadroii has finally left I, |)o.-
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    PEACE OR RUIN?
    420 3 V y, 2If if Jane.) I "'V, 21s/ June.) I A that, among the I i 1 to-day, is one I a Manifesto has been H. provincial associam h r in CataB t! Hl nothing but P f s «i Av prevent the B &gt;r place, it
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    HIS HONOUR AND PENANG.
    577 3 (Straits Times 21s/ June.) This afternoon, the Acting Governor and the Acting Colonial Secretary leave in the Sea Bette for Penang. It has hitherto been a not unreasonable complaint on the part of Penang, that the people of Penang see too little of the Governor of
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    PROGRESS OF THE WAR.
    408 3 (Straits Times, 2 m 2mt Jane.) Accending to American information, the movements of the Spanish fleet, which left Cadiz under Admiral Camara, are peculiar. The ships pass through the Straits of Gibraltar and are sighted at the most south-easterly point of Spain. Then, when they are
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    THURSDAY’S TELEGRAMS.
    1695 3 (Straits Times, 2Xrd June.) The calamity which has occurred at the launching of H. M. S.’ Albion on the Thames—at the yar lof the T hames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co.,—is a most deplorable affair. Such an accident, it seems, could only have been the result of careless management.
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    THE ACHEEN WAR.
    220 4 OPERATIONS IN TED1R. ACHINISE REVERSES. On the 12th June, the Dutch troops operating in Pedir, advanced to Beureunoon, with the loss of one trooper killed, and three privates wounded. At Beureunoon, the Dutch forces were received by Bintara Kemangan, a prominent Pedirese chieftain. On the 14th, the
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    WHAT AMERICA MAY EXPECT!
    138 4 Fact 9 seem to show that the party in the United States which clamours for the annexation of Cuba and the Philippines are in a small minority, and that mere love of conquest was not at the bottom of the desire of America to make war
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    KUALA LUMPUR RACES.
    1362 4 (Special Telegram.) FIRST DAY. Thursday, the 16th June was the first day of the Selangor Turf Club meeting at Kuala Lumpur. Unfortunately the weather was not fine, and the races were consequently not so well attended as they would otherwise have been. The majority of the favourites
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    MEASLES ON SHIPBOARD.
    94 4 7 WENTY-FIVE CASES ON A RUSSIAN STEAMER. The Russian Volunteer Fleet steamer Kiev, from Odessa hound for Vladivostok, arrived at Colombo, a week age, with a serious outbreak of measles on board. Every inch of her space is occupied, there being some 1,046 troops and emigrants crow
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    THE LOSS OF THE “ CHINA.”
    103 4 THE LOSS OF THE CHINA.” RUMOUR OF HER BEING ABANDONED. News reached Colombo about a fortnight ago that hopes of getting off the China are gradually diminishing. It is now two and-a-half months since she went on shore, and some people seem to think that even if she were got
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    AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    1199 4 THE WAR. London 3rd June. A report received from Cape Haytien, on the north coast of Hayti states that Commodore Schley, in command of what is known as the Puerto Rico squadron, on the 31st May bombarded the outer batteries of Santiago de Cuba. Later there
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    THE GOVERNOR’S JOURNEY.
    39 4 The Acting Governor,. and Acting Colonial Secretary, with; Belle, remain at Malacca r, i morning till Friday afternoon. an-*ar at Penang on Saturday nigh* Kynnersley, who has been Tanjong Kling, will join the v at Malacca.
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    THE COAL QUESTION IN CEYLON.
    58 4 It is reported that tie* 1 dealers are able to get ahm*- r they ask from vessels eallin- l ,yj coal. Before the effects strike were felt, good coal court in Colombo for 27 shillings a recently fifty shillings were a-«o'j almost as much is
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    THE BANGKOK ABDUCTION CASE.
    79 4 In the British /consular Bangkok, on the 17jth instant, (Vice-Consul) was/enga£ ec i! ‘.-5 the charge of felirnv brou:.* &lt; Mr. D’SiJva of thh Telcgr:t|'h He i ment, a British Imdian j ifi charged with tli*‘ ahduch*'* 1 O’Donoghue, froiln the jj 1 1 lt •&gt;
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    THURSDAY, 16TH JUNE.
    109 5 s Uutller left Hongkong for n ib outlie 10th intant. q «s. llover arrived at Hongkong .iL tjth instant, from Labuan. cn Uonnkong on the 10th instant, r u a s one case of plague and one death- t r S troops ordered to Manila rafted to
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    HONGKONG PLAGUE.
    37 5 i r v; the 24 hours up to noon, 7th I new cases and 2 deaths from r i“Vjje were reported at Hongkong die total since 1st January ."•’os davs) 1.267 cases and 1,114 deaths.
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    A CHINESE SUICIDE.
    32 5 Chinaman, named Tan Sew Meng, 41,Newmarket Road,committed 1 licide early this morning, by hanging mseif from a beam in his house. When ,,vt-reil his toes were touching the "round.
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    ANOTHER TIGER SHOT.
    45 5 An«»thkr tiger has been shot at iir ia&gt;. Perak. The brute was carrying fa do" belonging to a Malay when the killed him with one bullet. A tr.k or so back two tigers were shot r V;i Malav in the same district.
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    MALAY STATES GUIDES.
    37 5 Tin title of Second in Command of Malay States Guides has been abolished, says the l'eral; Pioneer. ollii*:?, in charge of the three out ■l«:aehinent will henceforth be called -He &lt; &gt;t!i&lt; er commanding Detachment.
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    SAFE ROBBERY.
    50 5 AF' i nhiman, named Agassiz, living ii iiill Street, reports that between p.m on the 14tli and 10.30 a.m. oh l.'ith in&lt;t his safe was broken into, S. a several cheques, and a i, y order were stolen. He suspects Hvhsin hev. The lock of the safe was
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    FATHER SORIN.
    44 5 1 \i:.Kk Snrin is shortly leaving for ciL to relieve Father Xain as Vicar I’li* Chinese Roman Catholic Church in tli** Northern .Settlement-. The con--Mttion of the Cathedral of the (food are raising a subscription ir l«*r presentation to the Rev. -tiitleniun.
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    PATRIOTIC LADIES.
    113 5 '•n i:i- w ladies, it is asserted, are &gt;teni.ii»rd to do something to show :i ir patriotism. They, therefore, i a L'n-at meeting in Carnegie Hall. 1u: Cv* thousand leading women. v l m g n*presentatives of the pnnci- o.were there. Speeches were U !H advueating the boycott
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    NEGRO SOLDIERS FOR CUBA.
    165 5 I T r f! AV n that the President of the r &gt; fates desires to secure the •r .i 11 number of negroes t l lVas um of Cuba, but under the on \y four companies were ,\y i ad ro,n the Northern States. •'■uu
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    HAVAS TELEGRAMS.
    36 5 Bth June. China has conceded to France the right of constructing a railway from Pakhoi to Yunnanfu. China lias also agreed to give the compensation demanded for the assassination of Pere Bertholdet at Kwangsi.
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    RIOT AT NINGPO.
    85 5 A YAMEN DESTROYED. A riot occurred at Ningpo, a treaty port in China, on the 8th instant. One Yamen was looted and completely destroyed. The officials all fled. Thecauseof the riot is said to be owing to the recent increase in taxation and the high price of
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    CANTON PROVINCE.
    94 5 outbreak of rebellion. A rebellion has been started in th province of Canton and the insurgents have captured the city of Chowchowfu, a little to the north of Swatow, and put to death the District Magistrate and his wife. The Magistrate’s Yamen has been burnt and the whole
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    THE NEUTRALITY LAWS.
    117 5 SEIZURE AT HONGKONG. On the 8th instant, it was reported at Hongkong that the Canton steamer Pasig had been purchased, and that it was understood she was about to ply between Manila and Hongkong. On Thursday it oozed out that the vessel had been raided by the
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    WEI-HAI-WEI.
    96 5 Shanghai Mercury Liu-kung-tau, 21st May. On the 25th inst. the flag-ship Centurion, Vice-Admiral Seymour, came right into the harbour, demonstrating tlie fact that there is ample water for her, and she was drawing at least 27ft. Since the British flag has been hoisted tlie Chinese are quite eager to
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    THE PORT.
    286 5 The Trent ham llall which comes to the consignment of Boustead Co., may be looked for within the next four or five days. It is understood that she calls here for the purpose of coaling. The lndo China steamer Suisang left Calcutta on the 15th instant, and is
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    NEWS FROM THE NORTH.
    646 5 THE FRENCH AT K WANG-CH AU-WA X. The Governor-General of French Indo-Chiiia recently paid* a visit to Kwang-chau-wan the Chinese port, off Hainan, recently leased to France. The Governor-General went there along with Admiral De Beaument. The reception they met from the Chinese authorities at Kwang-chau-wan
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    FOOT BINDING.
    102 5 REFORM MOVEMENT IN CHINA. A proclamation has been issued by the acting Provincial Judge of Hunan, H. E. Huang Kung-tu (formerly ConsulGeneral at Singapore), exhorting the people to unbind their female children’s feet. It appears also that the district magistrate of Shaoyanghsien has also of his own accord
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    BUNDI TIN MINES.
    1245 5 A CORNISH MINERS OPINION. The Cornish Post publishes the following letter from Mr. James Clias. Warren, formerly of Cornwall, Camborne, now tin dresser at the Bundi tin mines, Kememan, Siamese Malaya:— LODE MINING IN MALAYA. It may be of interest to read a few remarks on tin
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    SPANISH SOLDIERY.
    311 5 POOH SHOW AT MANILA. The Hongkong Telegraph's Manila correspondent has no high opinion of the Spanish soldiery there. He considers it to be pitiful to see so many schoolboys valiantly playing at war. The Spanish soldiers he says, are probably about as young as our own Thomas Atkins
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    THE STRAITS CURRENCY.
    412 5 TIN MINERS AND THE DOLLAR. A general meeting of the Malay States Miners’ Association was held in Kuala Lumpur recently. In the course of the proceedings, a letter from the Government, re the proposed alteration in the currency of the Straits Settlements, was read. Mr. Pasqual, the
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    CHAP JI KI LOTTERY.
    944 6 HEAVY FINES IMPOSED. Yesterday afternoon, before a court of two Magistrates, consisting of Mr. Elcum and Mr. Howard, the adjourned hearing of the Chap Ji Ki lottery case was concluded. The defendants were (1) Boon Neo, alias Kim Neo, charged with using a place of which
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    AT MANILA.
    1189 6 THE SITUATION ON THE 4TH JUNE. INSURGENT ACTIVITY. The accounts of last week's fighting in the neighbourhood of Manila, says the Hongkong Daily Dress of the 8th inst., are unanimous in stating that General Aguinaldo and those of whom he is in command have shown that they are
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    MUNICIPAL OUTLAY.
    45 6 The Government Gazette publishes the Singapore Municipal Supplementary Budget, No. 2, of 1898, providing for an outlay of 578,672. Over 529,000 go on special purchases of land and houses, about 5IS,000 are required for poudrette plant, and 54.800 for oil lamp street lighting.
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    THE PHILIPPINES.
    68 6 A VOICE FROM AUSTRALIA. The Queensland Goverment recently received a communication from Sir George Turner, Premier of Victoria, suggesting that Queensland should join with the other colonies in a representation to the British Government on the subject of the future ownership of the Philippine Islands. The Premier of
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    AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    156 6 London 26/A An influential committee is forming in England to promote the AngloAmerican Alliance. The United States troops camped at Florida celebrated the Queen's Birthday very heartily to demonstrate their good will towards the suggested alliance between Britian and America. Commenting on Ameiican war prospects, Lord
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    CYCLES AND CYCLING IN 1898.
    1947 6  -  [All Rights Reserved.] 9 (By F. T. Bidlake, 8.A.) VI. RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. The present status of the wheelman dates from the passing of the Loca Government Act of ten years ago. Previous to that time various loca bodies assumed the right to legislate independently
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    FRIDAY, 17TH JUNE.
    131 7 H sentences of death, passed on &gt; An .Ii and Vellian at the last Z erilIj Awizes. were carried into effect *Le caol precincts there, on Monday .1st K Sf.i.as«or Land Office peon has sentenced to two years' hard for making an alteration in a tii.it had
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    SINGAPORE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.
    80 7 fiii mined general meeting of the Football Association was held 1 1 pavilion yesterday aftcrHie following office bearers *-'i for the year: President, hi lion Sec. and Treas. Mr. i 1 F Milli*r oinmittee to consist of A r»pr*-cntafives each from R.A. j- Vip-t h&lt;ik Regiment and
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    AN AUSTRALIAN EDITOR’S WALL.
    80 7 in the i uokto&gt; r a Beacon FGingly of the Press in that Australian port: It is t"! pressmen to keep clear they are able to buy and live like other paper is supposed "rite a graphic description 1 that walks, talks, and old selfish, vain,
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    POLICE CASES.
    139 7 lure Mr. Howard. Yap &lt; d to three months’ criminal breach of j, ni l In the same court lr, l twenty dollars with v V 'vo months’ imprison- r t hi possession of cony nam loo. r 're Mr. Howard, Tan y. were committed to the n&lt;
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    BRIGADE DRILL.
    93 7 At 6.30 this morning, under the command of Major-General Jones-Vaughan. a brigade drill was held at Tanglin in front of the officers’ mess. All the available men in the regiment, including the band, took part. The various drills were executed with great skill and precision, and were well
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    THE EXTENSION OF HONGKONG.
    175 7 EFFECT ON AMERICAN INTERESTS. 1 he L nited States naval authorities have been utilising Chinese Kowloon, especially Mirs Bay. That bay and the neighbouring territory, measuring about two hundred square miles, have been leased to Britain, and will soon form port of Hongkong. The Hongkong Telegraph
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    ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
    242 7 GAS ENGINES UTILISED. The electric light, expensive as it is, has made such headway in Shanghai, that tiic Gas Company feels alarmed. It now seeks to win back its old constituents by pushing a system of independent electric plants driven by gas engines. The measure of success which
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    SIAM.
    265 7 MINING AND PLANTING FAILURE. The Siam Observer dwells upon the need for developing the available productive resources of Siam. It points out that the mineral produce of Siam is at present nil. Thousands of pounds have been spent to extract gold from alleged reefs, but there is no large,
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    DEATH FROM SUNSTROKE.
    61 7 Sergeant Wells of the Royal Artillery, was attacked by sunstroke last week, and died on Tuesday. The deceased was a great favourite with all, and his funeral yesterday afternoon was attended by numbers of his comrades and other friends. The case is rendered more sad by the
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    THE STRAITS CURRENCY.
    130 7 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.” Sir, —I notice that at the meeting of the Malay States Miners’ Association, recently held in Kuala Lumpur, the Hon. Secretary is reported to have stated that the cheaper the dollar the more money miners would get for their tin.”
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    THIEVES AND THE POLICE.
    290 7 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIME8.’’ Sir, —As on all hands one hears nothing but contempt expressed for the Singapore police as a body, and as redress seems hopeless unless our grievances are made public, will you forgive me if I encroach on your space
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    THE PORT.
    290 7 The Glengyle on arrival from London on the loth instant, remained off Pasir Panjang, where she discharged a quantity of explosives into lighters, after which she steamed to Tanjong Pagar wharf to discharge general cargo. The Broadinayno arrived alongside Pulo Brani wharf yesterday morning, from Pulo Susu laden
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    LIFE IN SIAM.
    1529 7 (First Article.) THE LOT OF THE EUROPEAN. AN UNDESERVED REPROACH. (By Harry Hillman lately of Bangkok.) There is much sympathy wasted in Singapore and Hongkong, to say nothing of ports farther afield, over the lot of the European resident in Siam. The pessimist may paint Bangkok as
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    A CASE OF ABDUCTION.
    46 7 Yesterday aftemoon, seven Chinese (Hokiens) were charged before Mr. Wolferstan with kidnapping a Chinese woman named SiaOh Leok, at aplantation in Yeo Chu Kang Road, on the 15th of May. Mr. van Cuylenberg appeared for the prosecution and Mr/Joaquim for the prisoners.
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    DEATH FROM DYSENTERY.
    60 7 J. B. B. Rozells, late Chief Clerk of the Police Court, who was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment in February ia«t. for taking bribes, was taken ill with dysentery at the gaol lately. R«&gt;zells was allowed to leave the gaol before the expiration of his sentence but
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    FRENCH INDO-CHINA.
    585 8 THE HAINAN QUESTION. The Courrier de Saigon comments at some length on the Hainan question. It had years ago urged the annexation of that island by the French Government as a strategic measure. Hainan derives importance from its commanding position in the Gulf of Tonquin. That journal complains
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    POCKET PICKING.
    185 8 Recently, an increasing number of pocket picking cases have occurred in Singapore, and the police have been put to considerable trouble to catch the offenders special detectives being placed in Rallies Square and other placet where the thefts have been most frequent. Yesterday, two thieves were caught in
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    579 8 THE PEDIli EXPEDITION. So far, the Dutch forces have had easy work in Pedir, and have gained considerable advantages &gt;vith slight loss. The field force first made a clean sweep of the enemy around the starting point, at Segli. So many troops were brought under fire that the
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    YESTERDAY’S FIRE.
    109 8 Yesterday afternoon, there were runjours in tow r n that a big fire w r as proceeding between Tanjong Rhu and Tanjong Katong. The information that the police supply is that a Chinaman made a big bonfire of rubbish. On the other hand, an eye-witness informs us that,
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    MR. T. D. McKAY.
    102 8 Mr. T. 1). McKay, the well known passenger agent of the San Francisco overland route, arrived in Singapore today from Cairo by the P. 0. Ballaarat. He intimates that it has been arranged that all the steamers running between Yokohama and San Francisco will now call
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    CHINA.
    334 8 RAILWAY AND MINING CONCESSIONS. The Pekin correspondent of the Hongkong Telegraph writes, under date the 29th May, that two most important contracts were signed at the Tsung-li-Yamen there during the previous week. The first was a contract with the RussoChinese Bank for a railway one hundred and forty miles
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    HOME NOTES.
    497 8 A grass widow generally makes hay while the sun shines. Crawford: What do you mean by a professional good man Crabsbaw: One of those who labour for love anc charity at a salary of about 1,000 a year.” At Brighton. Sunday afternoon. You don’t look well, old man!”
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    SATURDAY, 18TH JUNE.
    62 8 A fatal case of smallpox occurred in Malabar Street yesterday. The deceased was a Chinaman. From the Ist of January next, the Police Department will cease to sell standard weights and measures. At the weekly meeting of the Royal Institution on the 27th May, General Sir Andrew
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    MORTALITY.
    24 8 One hundred and forty-seven deaths were registered at Singapore during the week ending on Saturday last, with a ratio of 33.76 per thousand.
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    GOLD CHAIN LOST.
    33 8 Sew Ah Lay, manager of the Lat Pan reports that between 9.30 a.m. 8 p.m. yesterday, he either lost or dropped from his belt, a gold chain valued at $3lO.
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    PINEAPPLE- PRESERVING.
    37 8 A factory for preserving pineapples for the European market, says the Phong Gazette ha,s recently been started in Bukit Mertajam. It is owned by some local Chinese towkays, and turns out 800 tins a day.
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    LAMP ACCIDENT.
    40 8 Yesterday, while a Chinese cook, at 61, Smith Street, was putting out a lamp his baju caught on fire. lie was badly burned about the hands and chest, and now lies at the Hospital in a dangerous condition.
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    MALAY WOMAN ROBBED.
    38 8 A Malay woman, living at 2, Sumbawa Road, states that she went to market yesterday morning, leaving the back door open. On her return she found jewellery and clothing to the value of $2lO missing.
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    GUN ACCIDENT.
    56 8 Yesterday, while two of Mr. Lim Low’s nephews were in the formers plantation, one of the boys accidently let off a fowling piece shooting his cousin in the back. The injured boy was bathing at the time in a pond. His wound is said to be serious. He
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    INSURANCE COMPANY.
    47 8 The London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company, of which Messrs. Boustead and Co. are the Singapore agents, send a pocket calendar for 1898. Appended figures show that this insurance company made a profit of .£122,000 in 1897, besides adding over 100,000 to its reserve fund.
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    CONTRABAND CHANDOO.
    58 8 Yesterday, before Mr. Wolferstan, Chari Chun was fined two hundred and fifty dollars or 3 months' imprisonment for having in his possession contraband chandoo, value thirty dollars. In the same court, Teo Hay for a similar offence was fined fifteen dollars or three weeks, as the value of
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    LIEUT.-COLONEL McCALLUM.
    58 8 Lieut. Colonel H. E. McCallum, Governor of Lagos, arrived at Plymouth on 25th May, on leave. H. E., who is still suffering from illness contracted while visiting the Hinterland in connection w T ith the alleged French aggression at Borgu, travelled to London on the 26th May. He
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    A CHINESE ROW.
    73 8 Yesterday, a Hokien clerk, employed by Mr. Seah Liang Beah, reported at Thompson Road Police Station that several men at his house had stolen S2OO belonging to Mr. Seah Liang Seah, and $5.50 belonging to complainant. A corporal and five constables went to the house in question,
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    COFFEE MARKET.
    109 8 The auctions in the week ending on the 27th May contained 7.435 bags. A good steady demand prevailed, and nearly the whole! wa s disposed of at steady prices. bags East India sold as follows:-#48 bags Mysore, grey to good s^ ia ll 595. to 735. middling *ss.
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    THE MAIL.
    115 8 NEWS NOTE3 AND COMMEXt* The following notifications arr the Gazette :—The \ntl„ ap P*® it Fusiliers—Super.-Capt. H s he Captain, vice A. F. DawkinsS u I s of evidence to that Russia intends very larMv. force her fleet in the Far East iVVl"®’ distant future. The battle'hi, cruiser
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    THE PHILIPPINES.
    533 8 AMERICAN AIMS. The 1st Regiment of Californian W,]. teers, 1,086 strong, embarked on uZa the City of Pekin at San Francis on 23rd May. A crowd of many thousand gathered at tlie docks and cheers them. The City of Pekin and the transports Sydiiey and Australia left on
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    GARRISON SPORTS CLUB.
    107 8 A meeting of the Garrison U Club w*as held at the Headquarter o.u Pearls Hill, on Thursday 1 decided that the competitions Warren Shields (for 1898) should place as follows Shooting o mence on July 11th; tu f'° h 'f; n al take place in August, and
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    1347 9 ratified to see that the enterenergy, the sagacity, and the s r j of Sir Alexander Swettenham •or-' rfr j U rod the cult of barley water n n &gt;re. Barley water, as every Vm i" know, lias, some time ago, ;v iv to the front at
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    KING OF SIAM.
    37 9 A number of officials and soldiers left Bangkok, on the 14th instant, for Lacon in the Malay Peninsula to prepare for the King of Siam's visit there. The King will leave on the 22nd.
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    AUSTRALIAN THOROUGHBREDS.
    51 9 The Indian market,” says the Englishman is constantly draining the Australian market of thoroughbreds, and it is held by observant men, who are engaged in breeding, that Australia is not keeping pace with the export. During the last three months over a thousand horses have to Singapore and
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    STRAITS CURRENCY.
    57 9 TO THE EDITOR OK THE STRAITS TIMES.” Sir—Will you please allow me to correct a slight error in a date in my yesterday’s letter. The price of tin was $39 1 and exchange, was l/9j on the 19th August 1897 instead of 19th July of that year. I
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    TIFFIN TALK.
    1704 9 Apropos of hairdressing,” said the young widow, my feelings lately have received a severe shock. I flattered myself that, with a curly toupee artfully arranged by the Maison Paul, and my back hair ingeniously twisted into a cross between a Greek knot and a tea-pot-handle, I was at
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    RAFFLES GIRLS’ SCHOOL.
    421 9 A PRETTY ENTERTAINMENT. Singapore assembled in large numbers in the Town Hall last night to witness an entertainment given by the girls attending Raffles School. The object of the entertainment was not one of pleasure alone; the primary end in view was to augment the fund for
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    RAFFLES SCHOOL SPORTS.
    467 9 SECOND DAY. Despite the rain, yesterday forenoon, and the threatening weather, later on in the day, most of the schoolboys at Raffles School were eagerly awaiting the renewal of the second day’s school sports, on Raffles School ground at the time appointed. A number of visitors were
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    1962 10 London, 6th June. The attack upon Russian troops at Andijan was the climax of a fanatical insurrection. The troops have now dispersed the rebels and pursued and arrested the ringleader of the revolt. The race for the Grand Prix de Paris run to-day resulted as follows Hoi
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    ALLEGED ABDUCTION.
    223 10 CURIOUS CASE FROM BANGKOK. Some excitement was caused in Bangkok on Thursday evening last w eek, says the Siam Free Fress, by the disappearance of a young European lady, named Miss O’Donoghue, a girl of some seventeen or eighteen years of age. The alleged abductor is an Indian
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    THE PORT.
    242 10 Tiie GUagyle imported about 100 tons English coke besides general cargo. The Russian Volunteer steamer Xijni Xovgoro is reported as having left Hankow r on the 16th instant. The liuglry was yesterd*ay afternoon accommodated with a discharging berth at Pulo Brani. The outward O. S. S. Anchises is
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    MR. GLADSTONE.
    797 10 (I'o-Day's Mail.) The manifestations of sympathy and sorrow at the death of Mr. Gladstone have been general in every part of the United Kingdom, and messages and expressions of similar feelings have come from all over the world. The Queen’s message of condolence, sent to Hawarden from Windsor
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    MONDAY, 20TH JUNE.
    173 10 The Netherlands declared a dividend of'6 Mr. S. R. Ainslie an I the Borneo Co., died at S,na 1 intiaraation of the lungs, 1 Sir Cecil Smith was I 21st, at the birthday dinner 5 UJ J Mr. Chamberlain at the 1 Mr. I to the Siamese
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    AUCTION SALES.
    45 10 Messrs. Hong Tek Chye and C« advertise a sale of pledged article? i the Chief Police Office from the l«t& the 4th of J uly next. They aho adv&lt;? tise an auction sale of house j ropr. in Siglap on the 24th inst.
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    VICE ROYALTY OF INDIA.
    46 10 At Simla up to the 6th instant, i* definite news had been received as* who will be the new Viceroy of Indx Private letters by the mail, hovers state that Lord Londonderry is ine tioned as the possible successor to \.r. Elgin.
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    AUCTIONEERING.
    54 10 Vow Hong Tek announces tliatti* auction business carried on by m under the style of Hong Tek Cliveani Co. will cease on the 22nd in-t. H? also advertises that he will carry business as auctioneer, in partnership with Leong Man Sau, in North Cm Road, under the style of
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    A RACING FORTNIGHT.
    62 10 The Ceylon Turf Club has arranges for a racing fortnight, at Colombo, free the 6th to the 20th August neit. I* begins with a horse show on the 6:: and 7th. The races take up four day* 13th, 16th, 18th, and 20th Cricket lotteries, regatta, a water
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    PROPOSED CRICKET ASSOCIATION.
    63 10 A Penang Gazette correspondent a*** whether it is not time for the CriA* Clubs in the Straits Settlements ac« Federated Malaya to form a strait* Cricket Association. In his opinion such an Association might settle fixta: for inter-State and inter-SettleinJ* matches, from rules under which all Clubs
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    POLICE CASES.
    150 10 On Saturday, W ong W’eng K* charged before the Senior Mains* 1 1 Mr. Elcum with the theft m lands India of two cheques each, No. 917,282 and on the Chartered Bank, the j of Toll Leng. Toll is 3 Coolie. He was committed to tin- prison for
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    PYTHON TRAPPED.
    68 11 kVi r python was captured, the in a tiger trap on New t Y-tate in Selangor. Having the dog which was put the hrute proceeded to sleep, a hi. li it awoke to find the trap !;;h-d bv a crowd of coolies. The i::r "ri disgorged the remains
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    THE PORT.
    307 11 f;-. ,v, n.&lt;hir* arrived alongside r rli u wharf on Saturday from r r Y coaled, and left for Hongkong Lon &lt;"■ *"»&lt;fcy. 4 Apcar winch arrived Yaicutta this morning, landed :r “\.i joat'. 1 cow and 1 calf. jj" i Jjstliann, from Madras and n Ywiiis morning,
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    “LINDULA” – “ MECCA” INQUIRY.
    375 11 “LINDULA” MECCA” INQUIRY. •M l Of IHE NATIVE PASSENGERS. Thk Ln'l'i la-Mecca inquiry was conMed at Calcutta on the 6th instant. The third officer oT the Mecca, who was •&lt;n duty, said the Captain's orders were “Fullspfed ahead/’ and the Mecca was thus going when she collided. Tlie third engineer
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    THE SULTAN OF SULU LOSES HIS CROWN.
    253 11 The Sultan of Sulu reports that he has been robbed of jewellery and money to the value of $13,815. He states that he lately returned from Mecca and was staying at a house in an alley ofl Arab Street. About 4.30 this morning
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    570 11 caddies’ competition. A scratch competition for caddies was played on Thursday and Friday. Fight caddies took part. The result of the play lay between Dr. Fowlie’s and Mr. Yade’s caddies, who each handed in a score of 42 for the first round. Friday’s play resulted in an
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    29 11 A hair in the butter:—“ Waiter, look, here! Isn’Uhis ahairinthe butter*-” Yessir a cow’s hair, sir. We alius serves one with the butter to show it isn’t margarine, sir.'*
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    A TORCHLIGHT TATTOO.
    565 11 WATERLOO COMMEMORATION AT TANGLIN. Saturday being the anniversary of the day on which the battle of Waterloo was fought eighty-three years ago, occasion was taken by the West Yorkshire to combine the commemoration of the great battle with a little jollification. This jollification took the form of
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    PRAI-PARIT BUNTAR RAILWAY.
    81 11 On the 16th instant, the Senior District Officer of Province Wellesley, Mr. J. R. Innes, acquired for Government all the land on the section of the railway between Prai Estate and Sirnpang Atnpat (coffee-shop). It is understood that the prices accepted by the people are fair market-prices
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    COFFEE IN KLANG.
    121 11 Mr. Walter, the District Officer of Klang, in his report for May, states that a much higher price is now being obtained for their coffee by native cultivators than was the case earlier in the year, the increase being about 30 per cent. Competition is the cause
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    MORE BY THE MAIL.
    3115 11 NOTES, NEWS, AND COMMENTS. PRESIDENT McKINLEY’S POLICY. Unless President McKinley has changed his mind latterly, he cannot be counted among those sanguine advocates of manifest destiny to whom permanent colonial possessions in Asiatic waters seem essential to the future happiness and prosperity of America. The President,
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    A FATAL KICK.
    85 12 A military tragedy is reported from Colombo, in which a private of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment named Hurine, who is reported to be a soldier of seven years’ standing, bearan excellent character, killed a comrade named Hughes, by dealing him a kick in the stomach. Hurine
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    ACCESSION DAY.
    40 12 To-day is the Anniversary of the Queen’s Accession to the throne. H. M. S. Ilcnrnione lying in the harbour, was gaily decked out in bunting. A royal salute of 21 guns was fired from Fort Canning at noon.
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    TUESDAY, 21ST JUNE.
    60 12 The Japanese cruiser Matsushima left Formosa for Manila on the 4th inst. Two arrests have been made in connection with the robbery perpetrated upon the Sultan of Sulu. The full nominal roll of the casualties in the Tirah Expedition on the North West Frontier of India is
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    HONGKONG PLAGUE.
    36 12 During the 24 hours up to noon, 13th June, 2 new cases and 1 death from plague were reported at Hongkong, making the total since Ist January (164 days) 1,277 cases and 1,124 deaths.
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    SILVER IMPORTS TO INDIA.
    49 12 Silver imports to India continue to be enormous, but vary from week to week as shipments arrive. Those of the third week in April were worth fortyeight lakhs; those of the fourth week, twelve lakhs; and those of the first week in May, forty-two lakhs.
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    BRITISH DOLLARS.
    44 12 During the week ended May 25th, British dollars were transferred from the Bombay Mint to the Customs House for export to the value of R 5.2,763,000. The balance included lakhs of silver held in bullion on account of tenderers for this coinage.
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    BEATING SERVANTS.
    47 12 The magistrates in Hanoi in Tonquin recently sent some Frenchmen to prison for beating their servants, and a great outcry has resulted. The GovernorGeneral has been petitioned, and it is said if this is persisted in, Frenchmen will be unable to live in the interior.
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    RACES AT MEDAN.
    61 12 The New Deli Race Club have fixed races to be held at Medan, on the 30th August and the 2nd and the 4th September next. There will be eight events on the first and second days and six events on the third day. The last race on
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    ENTERTAINMENT AT MALACCA.
    46 12 On Saturday night, the Chinese Club at Malacca gave an exceedingly pleasant entertainment, which was attended by all the European community, including the Chief Justice and the Attor-ney-General. There was music and singing and the like, and everything was very pleasantly carried out.
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    REBELLION IN SOUTH CHINA.
    57 12 The Hongkong Telegraph reports rebelliousoutbreaks in Canton province which the authorities find hard to put down. The Black Flag faction is terrorising the people in the interests of the rebels. Two secret societies are also active in stirring-up sedition. These societies are said to be working
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    57 12 P. O. SAILINGS. The P. O. Company send a table of the proposed sailings of their steamers, homewards from Singapore, with dates of departure from Ist July to 19th November. Another table gives the proposed sailings outwards, from Penang and Singapore to China and Japan. The Singapore dates run from
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    HOUSE ROBBERY.
    62 12 A Chinese woman, living in Kallang Road, near the Gas Works, states that about 4 a.m. this morning, she awoke and saw a Malay standing near the doorway of her bedroom. On alarm being given, the man made off. It was then discovered that a tin box containing
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    CATALONIA.
    113 12 Catalonia, though the richest region in Spain, has suffered most deeply from the loss of the Cuban market. The Catalonian manufacturers recently tried to place their goods in the Philippine Islands. They were beginning to succeed and their exports to Manila were increasing rapidly. This promisingconditionlof things has been
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    CYCLISTS FOR THE ARMY.
    88 12 The War Office has sanctioned the formation of a corps of military cyclists, and five companies are to be trained forthwith at Aldershot, after the manner of the Mounted Infantry. Each company will consist of one captain, four subalterns, one colour-sergt., four sergeants, four corporals, one
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    THE EXTENSION OF HONGKONG.
    214 12 IMPORTANCE OF THE EVENT. THE‘Hongkon g Daily Brens, in discussing the leasing of Chinese territory to extend the boundaries of Hongkong, states that the lease carries with it full British jurisdiction are the territory. Some difficulty and delay have been caused in the negotiations by the
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    MANGOSTEENS FOR EUROPE.
    422 12 —Kew Bulletin. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES/’ Sir, —I send herewith the new ‘‘Gardens Bulletin in which I think you will find some articles of interest to your readers, particularly an article on mangosteens, some of which I saw lately. But they must have been
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    119 12 Tlie statements made from time to time that the lions were getting very scarce in Central and Southern Africa seem hardly borne out by facts. We read in the Rhodesian Times that they are getting fairly numerous again in several districts. North of the Zambesi they are dangerous in some
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    PAHANG CORPORATION.
    69 12 The returns from the P.t, I poration’s Mines for the month?*!*I were as follows 1 Ap^l SUNGEI LEMBixo I Tons ef stone crushed, l 421 I Oxide of tin produced 811 I 30 heads of stamps ran f 0 I k ■&gt;».? JERAM BATaN'O. I Tons of stone
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    HEMP AND RHEA.
    128 12 —British North Borneo Herald. EXPERIMENTS IN BRITISH \nim» n The hemp and rhea pUtat'jH Suan Lambah is getting on We ll VM hemp crop promises to l, e v&gt; r Much of the rhea had to be rebind owing to the heavy rains prevail when the cuttings
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    THE MINERALS OF CUBA.
    181 12 Cuba is rich in minerals, and mact of the mines are in American hands, a fact which may have something to dc with the war. The chief metals worked are iron and manganese; but copper and gold are also found. Nearly 4 tons of iron ore
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    GERMAN COALING STATIONS.
    201 12 The report that no British ship had hitherto been permitted to enter Kiaochau Harbour, owing to delay in settling the Police Regulations for tha* port, is denied by the semi-official Hamlnrrgisrlie Correspondent. 1 lie journal adds that Kiao-chau is an open port, and that the onlv reason
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    THE ITALIAN RIOTS.
    185 12 A noME paper states that oriel in Italy. So says the Italian (“»'&lt;■ inent officially, but we may be P aI J says the same journal, for with 1,1 our applause until the Governn■ proves its confidence by taking censorship on the corresponucn; allowing people to get
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    COFFEE IN MYSORE.
    428 13 I t ire regarded as hybrid coffee I result of cross festiiization I .1,,. Liberian and Arabic kinds, I 1 j lt }\pir (hardens Bulletin waited in some districts in I \n account of the plants lias IM)* n U ‘d by Mr. Cameron, I ient of
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    THE INEVITABLE SIKH.
    348 13 R.XHAl ST I ON OK SUPPLIES. I The nf India \Ye grow weary 1/ j ntifu out to home newspapers I supply of .Sikhs for fighting i y n*&gt; means inexhaustible, I 'Lit the available recruits are I i:iy needed fur the Indian Army. I :.at ait-
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    LIFE IN SIAM.
    1597 13 (Second Article (By Harry Hillman, lately of Bangkok.] THE BANGKOK CLIMATE. There is much misapprehension abroad as to the climate of Bangkok. In reality it is far pleasanter than it is generally represented. A year’s record gives a maximum of 103° Fahr. in shade, and a minimum
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    GAMBLERS FINED.
    75 13 On Saturday, Sergeant Beattie of the Gambling Suppression Department made a raid in a bungalow at Gaylang Road, and succeeded in arresting fourteen Klings, who were playing at cards. He found also twenty-five dollars and sixty cents, and one Dutch note for five dollars. It was contended at
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    CHESS
    1148 13 (conducted by “king’s pawn.”) All chess correspondence should be addressed to King’s Pawn.” Solution of problem No. 40 (Paddav) is Kt —B 5. Although several solvers found this out pretty quickly, they were nonplussed for a long time as to the mate, when Black King goes to B 2,
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    THE PORT.
    304 13 The Russian volunteer fleet steamer Kiev from Odessa, for Vladivostock, is reported to have left Colombo on Friday, the 17th instant, and is due here on Thursday next, the 23rd instant. She is expected to replenish her bunkers here. The Nijni Novgorod, of the same line, left Shanghai
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    TIMBER AND FREIGHTS.
    105 13 The British North Borneo Herald points out that the timber trade between that country and China labours under two great disadvantages —the labour difficulty and *the high rates of freight. One result is that Sumatra, through Singapore, is getting a great deal of the timber business that
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    WEDNESDAY, 22ND JUNE.
    100 14 A man has been arrested in connection with the robbery committed yesterday in Kallang Road. Thi3 morning, the body of a dead Chinesepauper was found in the fivefoot pathway in Hongkong Street. Mr. Lynch's pony “Fashion” has been purchased by Messrs. Duff and Bailey, and will,infuture,run Mr.
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    SIAMESE MALAYA.
    133 14 Prince Damrong, the Siamese Minister for Foreign Affairs, has just returned to Bangkok from a visit to Siamese Malaya. The Siam Observer says that the Prince crossed the Malayan Peninsula twice. The whole country is described as being in a very prosperous condition, the mineral and agricultural wealth
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    THE SULTAN OF SULU’S JEWELS.
    129 14 To-day, before Mr. Wolf erst an, Senian, a Javanese, and Sallay and Tamimil, Malays, were charged —No 1, with the theft of the following things: 2 tin boxes value $18, 2 gold rings, set with four diamonds and pearl value—$1,000, a crown set with diamonds
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    COUNTERFEIT COINERS.
    149 14 To-day, before Mr. Wolferstan, two Javanese, named Mat Vasin and Abdulralinian were rbarged, on remand, with,(l)i-ountcrfeiting six British dollars (2) making instruments for the purpose of counterfeiting coin (.‘j) with being in possession of same. Mr. Matthews, acting Government analyst of Singapore, gave evidence as to receiving from
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    THE PORT.
    236 14 The (Jueen Olga after discharging the bulk of her-cargo of coals for the Borneo Company at the west end of the Tanjong Pagar wharves, was yesterday afternoon shifted to the east end to discharge the remainder, after which she leaves for Java. The Chiu Kiang with a cargo
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    FOOTBALL.
    530 14 S. C. C. v. WEST YORKSHIRE REGT. These teams again met on the Esplanade yesterday afternoon. Added interest was attached to the game from the fact that, in the four previous contests, neither team had been able to gain an advantage over the other, each game resulting in a
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    NEW SPANISH TAXATION.
    262 14 Thk Finance Minister's proposals for taxing the export of minerals from .-.pain are yet meagre. But t lie fact that a source of revenue, hitherto largely overlooked, is about to he tapped, opens up many questions as to future possibilities in a country so naturally rich as
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    SARAWAK EXPLORATION.
    48 14 Dr. Hiller and Mr Harrisson leave by the Adeh to-inorrow for Baram, Sarawak, where they will be assisted in their scientific work by Mr. Hose. They will return in about a month —when tneir work in this part of the world will end for the present
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1266 14 TUESDAY, 21st JUNE. PRESENT. His Honour, Sir Alexander Hon. C. W. Sneyd-Kynnereley, Acting Colonial Secretary. Hon. W. R. Col Iyer, Attorney-General. Hon. F. G. Penney, Colonial Treasurer. Hon. E. C. Hill, Auditor-General. Hon. J. Burkinshaw. Hou. G. S. M urray. Hon. J. M. Allinson. Hou. Lim Boon Keng.
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    COUNCIL PAPERS.
    1185 14 Three papers were laid before the Legislative Council yesterday TEN PER CENT. SALARY INCREASE. One paper contains correspondence regarding ten percent, increase of salaries to the subordinate members of the civil service. In September 1897, the Governor telegraphed to the Secretary of State, suggesting the increase, owing to
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    MARRIAGE IN SINGAPORE.
    815 15 oK THE STKAITS TIMES. r -nnd that in the Legisla- \&lt; ;i ,fi.|&gt;ate on the Christian l Mr. AUinson stands as I-' ,,t the dignity of a joint l 7; .1 in Singapore. The t a j &lt;tn d Mr. Burkinshaw, r km appear for the p
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    AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    1731 15 MR. GLADSTONE’S FUNERAL. The funeral of the late Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone took place on the 28th May and was marked with deep solemnity, the scene in Westminster Abbey being a very impressive one. During the 27th, fully 100,000 persons visited Westminster Hall where the
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    THE INDIAN FAMINE FUND.
    182 15 We have received copies of the report of tlie Central Executive Committee of the Indian Famine Charitable Relief Fund, 1597, with complete accounts. In the same volume are included the committee’s first and second reports, and the provincial committees, reports from January to October, 1897. Up
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    TURKEYS.
    197 15 The island of Cuba has the honour of having given to Europe the only domesticated animal that we owe to the further side of the Atlantic, for the common or farmyard turkey sprang from stock which came originally from the Pearl of the Antilles. When the American people set
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    TRADE IN SIAM.
    1619 15 (Third article of the series Life in Siam” by Harry Hillman, Uitely of Bangkok). NO RELIABLE STATISTICS. Siam has no reliable trade statistics. One can learn much from consular reports, and Mr. Barrett, the late American representative there, wrote a long and detailed account of the trade
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    72 16 The over-dressing of the neck is a fault that fashion seems inclined to get rid of by degrees. Already a voluminous frill or boa has a clumsy look, and even the most devoted adherents of all this cumbrous millinery about the throat are beginning, by a nat ural reaction, to
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    THURSDAY, 23RD JUNE.
    82 16 H. M. S. Blenheim is being refitted at Chatham prior to her bringing out to China a new’ crew for the Barjleur. The Mail despatched from Singapore to London, via Marseilles, on the 27th May was delivered on the 20th instant. Mr. Hooper Slight has arrived at
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    COPRA THEFT.
    34 16 Yesterday, Detective Sergeant Padmore arrested two Klings at Campong Saigon, in possession of eleven sacks ol copra and a small bag of black pepper in a tongkang. The goods have been claimed.
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    SUPPOSED RIVER THEFT.
    53 16 This morning, the police apprehended a Chinaman at Boat Quay in illegal possession of seven bags of sago and a bag of sugar in iiis sampan. On seeing the police, the man bolted, but was eventually arrested. The accused would give no explanation as to where he
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    ANOTHER WHAWAY LOTTERY.
    51 16 Yesterday, Sergeant Beattie of the Gambling Suppression Department brought two Chinamen before Mr. Howard, the third magistrate, charged with assisting in carrying on a Wliaway Lottery in Sago Street. One man was fined a hundred dollars or three months, and the other ten dollars for buying a
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    $715 STOLEN.
    96 16 A Malay named Hadji Motalib, a trader lodging at 70, Arab Street, reports that, on getting up at 6 a.m.,on the 22nd instant, he found that his box had been opened and the contents stolen. Property to the value of 8715 was missing, comprising bank-notes to the value
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    MARRIAGE IN SINGAPORE.
    149 16 TO THE EDITOR OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.’’ Sir,—I take this early opportunity of drawing MacSiccar’s” attention to the entirely erroneous impression he holds taht the Presbyterian Church in Singapore is, as he terms it, a “joint adventure Church. The fact are these The Congregations in Singapore and
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    THE PORT.
    200 16 The Nippon Yusen Kaislia’s steamer Mo'twyvma Muru having left Tiuinorin on the afternoon of the 20th instant, i* shortly due here. It is understood that she calls here for the purpose of coaling only. The Darius on arrival from Calcutta on the 2lst instant,, landed about 150 goats.
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    VESSELS ADVERTISED TO SAIL
    21 16 Enrope, Sachsen, due 27tli June, Behn Meyer A Co, Hongkong, Bormida due 2nd July, Behn Meser Co.
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    BULLOCK CART STRIKE.
    372 16 PROTEST AGAJN8T THE MUNICIPALITY. It is reported by the police that all the Chinese bullock cart owners have stopped working their carts in consequence of a Municipal prosecution against a couple of Chinese owners at Bukit Kim Cheng and Ang Siang Hill. On Thursday last, the men
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    SPORTS AT TANGLIN.
    397 16 Yesterday afternoon, the first day s annual athletic sports of the West Yorkshire Regiment took place on the Recreation Ground at Tanglin. In the earlier part of the afternoon, the sky had an ominous appearance, but the rain which seemed about to fall fortunately held off, and
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    TO ARRIVE.
    22 16 (For Singapore). Per M. M. Melbourne from Marseilles June 5:—Mr. W. Hargreaves, Mr. Dupe re. Mr. 8. Vincent, Mr. Engler.
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    3356 16 Yesterday, the usual fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Commissioi was held. There were present: Mr Gentle (President), Colonel Pennefather, Messrs. Sohst, Evans, Fort, Nanson. Meyer, Tan Cheng Tuan, and Choa Giang Thye. Mr. Meyer proposed that the minutes having been previously circulated, Standing Order 6 be suspended anil
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    1288 17 London, 11th June. An American troopship has landed six hundred marines at Caimamara, several warships first shelling and driving out the Spaniards from the earthworks. In tlie House of Commons last night, replying to an exhaustive criticism by Sir Charles Dilke on the foreign policy of Government,
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    683 17 ARRIVALS. Per s. s. Sappho from Klang via ports Mr. and Mrs. Fisher,Messrs. Plant, Nicholson, Robinson, Thoburn, and Bourn. Per s. s. Baby from Palembang:—Mr. Moldenhauer. Per s. s. Glengyle from London —Capt. and Mrs. Campbell, and Mr. Alford. Per s. s. Tihre from Saigon:—Messrs. Blanc, Rault, and
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      110 17 U nder t h is headi ng the fol lowi ng abbreviations are used —str.—steamer sh.—ship bq.- -barque Brit. —British U. 8. United Slates; Fr. French; Ger. —German; Dut.— Dutch; Joh.— Johore; &lt;fcc., G.c., General cargo d.p.—deck passengers; U.—Uncertain; T. P. W.-—Tanjong Pagar Wharf; T. P. D.—Tanjong
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      TRADING VESSELS &C.
      1241 17 A &BIVAL8 SINCE NOON OF YSSTXBDAY. Bayern Ger. str. 3,128 tons, Capt Prehn, 22nd June. From Bremen, 18th May. G.c., and 39 d.p. Behn Meyer and Co. For Hongkong, 23rd— B.W. Belleroption, Brit. str. 1,318 toas, Captain Peters, 22nd June. From Amoy, 11th June. G.c. W. Mansfield
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      420 18 Name, port probable date of arrival a, d name of agents Steamers. Adria, Hongkong,'June 28; Behn Meyer. Afridi, Hongkong, July 3; P. Simons. Arara, Cardiff, p’sd Canal. June 10 Arabia, Hamburg, June 26 Behn Meyer. Atnida, Hongkong, July 1; P. Simons. Ballaarat, H’kong, July 29; P. A O.
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      ARRIVALS.
      1097 18 Flaw 5 Vessel’s Name. A Tows. Captain From Sailed Q Rio j J’ne I 16 Kwang Ping Ch. str. 1242 Calder Middlesbro Mav H I 16 Ettrickdale Brit str. 2468 Dower New York 'Anl oT&gt; i. 0rn Lk 15 Sappho *tr. 329 Wahl Klang June ll 2Oil2 16 Chelvdra
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      CLEARANCES
      775 18 Date Vessel’s Name FlagARig, Captain Destination June 15 Avals Brit str. Langworthy Dunkirk 15 Kendal Castle str. Watson Hongkong and Japan 16 Kian Yang str. Kunath Muar and Malacca 16 Isabella str. Hudson Muar and Malacca 16 Sultan j str. Chopard Bengkalis and Bae*« 16 Chow Phya str. Jelticoe
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