The Straits Budget, 25 August 1898

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    132 1 The Straits Budget. BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” The Straits Times has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Asia, British India excepted. It circulates in Singapore and Penang, throughout all the Protected States of the Malay Peninsula, in Siam, Borneo, the Netherlands Indies, the Philippines, and
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  • STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY, 25TH AUGUST. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE.
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      BIRTH.
      14 1 s August, at Oaklands, Fremantle, the v.lfe of Duncan Paterson, of a filter.
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      MARRIAGE.
      32 1 ‘vmond? Hknham.— At St. Mark’s t 'r n Lutterworth, Province Wellesley, Itith Charles Edward Symonds, 0 f the late Major-General Symomds, Wvtv, Irene Fanny, 4th daughter late John JIenham, of Kent.
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    292 1 ARTIfLtfl. (".ii routrol. H- it l it i*‘rll f b* iVnre. Move. H^rjurv. ir motion. Valil Surrender BrMir’i i Hosselin. v.*r i.,r Augustin. Extension. Speech. f‘i;ili|)j>ines. b. {Mention. ■l i«>t;itions. Bi»t n-as. List. Nt*wH. E Case. T; ''.'inlties. 1 r Venndah. ]-ntt, v His Hat. ink BjM
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    COMMERCIAL.
    539 1 sjnoaporl, 25th August, 1898. PRODUCE (Rates are corrected to 11.15 a.m.) buyer3 5.35. Copra Bali, 6.90. ao Pontianak, 6.40. Pepper, Black, buyers 24.25. do White, (5%) 44.30 Sago Flour Sarawak, 2.85. do Brunei 2.10. Pearl Sago 3.75. Coffee, Bali, picked 28.50. Coffee Palembang, picked.... 30.00. Coffee, Liberian, No. 1
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    354 1 The mail for Europe, this week, leaves by the P. and O. Parramatta The mail from Europe of the 29th July by the M. M. Ijaos arrived on Tuesday morning. The P. and O. Ballaarat with the mail from Europe of the sth instant, is due
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  • REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
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      THE PHILIPPINES.
      80 1 RUSSIAN FEELERS. CONTROL BY EUROPE URGED. London 19 th August. A semi-official journal at St. Petersburg dwells upon the difficulties which the Americans will experience in introducing autonomy into the Philippines. BENEVOLENT CONTROL. That journal then urges that it would be preferable to introduce autonomy gradually into those
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      BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.
      93 1 RUSSIAN FEELERS. AN UNDERSTANDING URGED. London 20 th August. Two prominent newspapers at St. Petersburg—the A ovoe Vremya and Novosti —have assumed a friendly tone towards Britain. The Novosti urges the removal of the discussion on the China question from the heated atmosphere of Pekin to London
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      SANTIAGO.
      27 1 AMERICAN ROWDYISM. Lawlessness among the American troops in occupation of Santiago is disquieting the authorities at Washington. Some more American regiments have been ordered to Santiago.
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      THE PHILIPPINES.
      39 1 THE SURRENDER OF MANILA. SPANISH OBJECTION. Ijondon 22 tul August. The contention has been raised in Spain that the surrender of Manila is not valid, because of its occurring subsequent to the signature of the peace protocol.
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      CAPE ELECTIONS.
      40 1 DEFEAT OF THE RHODES PARTY. The elections for the Cape Parliament are going against the party under the leadership of Cecil Rhodes. It is expected that the party of the Africander Bond will secure a majority of five.
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      SAMPSON’S SQUADRON.
      21 1 ARRIVAL AT NEW YORK. Admiral Sampson’s fleet has arrived at New York and has been accorded a splendid reception.
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      NILE EXPEDITION.
      49 1 THE ARMY TRANSPORT CORPS. MARCH THROUGH A DESERT. London, 22nd August. The army transport corps under Colonel Martin, attached to the Nile Field Force, has reached the camp at Makawiyeh, four days above Atbara. The march was made under very trying conditions. The country around is deserted.
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      TROUBLES IN AUSTRIA.
      26 1 TRIAL BY JURY SUSPENDED. Owing to troubles in Galicia, a province of Austria, trial by jury has been suspended in several districts there.
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      THE PHILIPPINES.
      73 1 McKINLEY’S POLICY. LUZON TO BE RETAINED. London 24 th August. Indications arc considered to show that, in settling the Philippine question, President McKinley will favour the retention of the island of Luzon only by the United States. But nothing definite on this point has been arranged so far.
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      U. S. NAVY.
      19 1 PROBABLE INCREABE. A large increase in the United States Navy is reported to be under contemplation.
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      NILE EXPEDITION.
      20 1 NEARING THE FOE. Sir Herbert Kitchener’s army has advanced to within forty-five miles of Omdurman, the Khalifa’s capital.
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    BENEVOLENT CONTROL.
    341 1 (Straits Times 19tk August.) The St. Petersburg Government is becoming more and more accustomed, it would appear, to alternately publishing its policy by means of semi-official statements, and framing it as a consequence of what such statements bring forth. Reuter keeps a keen eye on these productions he
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    34 1 DEATHS. b. h;< residence, No. 49, Queen Street, tbiNh iost., Arolinaris Pereira, aged vi- Dner-il at 5.15 p.m., to-day. -In IVnang, on the 13th inst., D. Kodvk. for 39 years Sheriff of Aged 79.
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    IS IT CRITICAL?
    399 2 (SiaaiU Times \9tk August.) Many of us would like to know something more about the true inwardness” of Lord Charles Beresford’s selection to represent the Associated Chambers of Commerce for a trade enquiry in China. But even if he can be persuaded to deliver an address in
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    COAST DEFENCE.
    417 2 [Straits Times 19 th August.) For five years past a Committee of experts has been studying the whole question of national defence in Great Britain, on the assumption that some disaster has deprived the shores temporarily of the protection of the fleet. A plan to attain the desired
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    RUSSIAN MOVE.
    286 2 (i Straits Times 19 Ik August.) There have been many sinister rumours of late of renewed Russian activities in and around Persia, and as usual the manifestations of these have taken a form inimical to British enterprises. One particular instance of Russian interposition, when a British railway loan
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    PERJURY.
    713 2 (Straits Times 1*0 th August.) The Chief Justice of Ceylon has set an example in that colony that it were well were followed by Judges and Magistrates in this colony. He has, we read, undertaken to check perjury in Ceylon and, as an example, has lately summarily punished half
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    POLICE PROMOTION.
    288 2 (Straits Thties 20/// Avgust.) There is a good deal of sense in Resident's letter, published to-day, about the appointment of a comparatively subordinate police-official from Ceylon to the post of Assistant-Super-intendent in the Straits Police. Leaving the question of nationality altogether on one side, as some people will
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    A VALID SURRENDER?
    311 2 (Straits Times 22nd August.) A rather nice question, one of military as much almost as of international law, is raised by the Spanish contention (reported this morning) as to the surrender of Manila. The suspension of all hostile operations was formally declared before that surrender took place.
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    SIR MARTIN GOSSELIN.
    302 2 (Straits Times '22nd Avgust.) It lias been announced here by means of telegrams taken, if we remember rightly, from Indian exchanges that Mr. Cioschen junr. had been appointed to the newly created Under-Secretary-ship for Foreign Affairs. We are inclined to think that an error has been made,
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    EX-GOVERNOR AUGUSTIN.
    416 2 (Straits Times 23 rd August.) General Augustin, the ex-Governor of the Philippines, and his wife and family are passengers to Spain by the Pnnz Hexnnch, pore from Hongkong A representative of th* v# -I* 01 who boarded the telU us that some amount of m evidently maintained to
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    COLONIAL EXTENSION.
    276 2 (Straits Times '2‘2rd August.) During recent years great protect oral fs in Africa have been silently absorb*! into the British Empire. In supple menting some of the remarks madr yesterday in this connection, w may point out that the wor devolving upon the Foreign Office b* been doubled,
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    THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.
    940 3 strait* Tim", 24/A August.) British Parliament was proI TH J ,n August 12th, and the Cabinet r T t >rv (otherwise the Queen’s declared that it was well with P 7 U' ire on :i11 it3 borders The ?f Specifically introduced were few. >} r '-h'inces of
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    THE PHILIPPINES.
    305 3 (Slrails Times 24/A August.) To-day’s telegrams indicate the likelihood of a compromise on the Philippine question between the two opposing parties in the United States. The advocates of annexation of the whole group are very strong, probably increasingly so but those who favour leaving the islands under Spanish
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    NILE EXPEDITION.
    876 3 (Straits Times 24th August.) The next few days will bring us news of hard fighting in the Soudan-fight-ing which, there is little doubt, will terminate in the capture of Khartoum by the British force and the shattering of the Khalifa s power. On August 4th, the first British
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    FRIDAY, 19TH AUGUST.
    233 3 The town of Kandy in Ceylon is to he lit with electricity. The work is expected to be completed by December next year. 4 A Kling who had been sentenced to death at the last Penang Assizes for the murder of a Sinhalese woman was hanged there
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    BOMBAY MILL-OWNERS.
    102 3 COMPETITION FROM CHINA. At the recent annual meeting of the Bombay Mill-owners’ Union, the Chairman (Mr. Wadia) initiated a brief discussion of the question how far the opening up of China might affect the near future of their own industry. He held that as, aftei;«‘J0 years’ experience, they
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    THE PORT.
    108 3 The Oolohar'ut arrived alongside the Tanjong Pagar wharf this morning from Itangoon with a cargo of over 6,000 tons. The Dutch steamer Doth from Batavia, went alongside the Tanjong Pagar wharf yesterday and discharged cargo. This morning she was docked. The Knivsltcrg is hourly expected to arrive here
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    BRITISHERS AT MANILA.
    311 3 NOT ALL CLUB-ITES. Mu. Ascroft asked the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it was the duty of a British Consul stationed •in a foreign country, in case of danger to the lives of British subjects under his jurisdiction and registered as such at his office,
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    OIL THEFT.
    57 3 A constable on duty in Sumbawa Road last night noticed a Chinaman standing outside a Bengali oil godown, holding a tin of oil. While he was questioning the man, a couple of other Chinamen ran out of the godown and escaped. The constable arrested the first man, who
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    A LOTTERY CASE.
    65 3 A Macao man, named Swee Ong Sing was charged before Mr. Howard yesterday with assisting in carrying on a whyseng lottery and was fined 52,000, with the option of three months’ imprisonment. Sergeant Beattie, of the Gambling Suppression Department, raided the house on the 5th instant, and
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    LIGHTSHIP EXPLOSION.
    148 3 TWO LIVES L08T. The other day, the Netherlands Consul-General here announced that the light in the lightship at Cheribon, a Java port, had been extinguished. Batavia papers, received this morning, tell the reason why. The lightship is stationed in the roadstead at Cheribon and has no keepers. On
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    WRONGFUL DISMISSAL CASE,
    496 3 This morning, before Mr. Justice Ilyndman-Jones, a case of wrongful dismissal Tan Cheng Poh v. Messrs Hooglandt Co., came up for hearing. Mr. L. P. Van Cuylenburg appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Allen for the defendants. Mr. Van Cuylenberg said that the plaintiff claimed 5104 from
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    AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    1439 4 London 29 th July. THE BRITISH NAVY. Lord Brassey, Governor of Victoria, Lord Loch, ex-Governor of Victoria and of the Cape, Sir Robert G. W. Herbert, Premier of Queensland from 1860-66 and Agent-General for Tasmania from 1893-96, and the Hon. W. A. Mulock, Canadian Postmaster-General, had
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    THE CHINESE SEAT IN COUNCIL.
    1355 4 TO THE EDITOR OP THE u STRAITS TIMES.” Sir, —As .J P.” in his last letter has resorted to the argumentum ad kovninem, we are compelled in fairness to Dr Lim Boom Keng to write these lines. We are intimate friends of Messrs. Liang Seah,
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    A DEED OF DARING.
    230 4 Libut. Howell has distinguished himself in Sierra Leone. A river stopped his force, for the niggers had taken away all the canoes. He appealed for volunteers to swim across and bring back as many as possible. There was no response, for not only would the swimmer
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    WARREN SHIELD TUG-OF-WAR.
    40 4 The final pull between No. 12 Coy. R. A and H. Coy. West Yorks took place at Fort Canning yesterday afternoon. The R. A. team were victorious and the shield was presented to them by General Jones-Vaughan.
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    SATURDAY, 20TH AUGUST.
    241 4 Thi Russian arrived in Singapor, °hf, b P Vladivostok oVK" ensed premisesA 011 a*. ~;c W g .Uo„ Mb. John Burkinshaw ha. appointed an unofficial m..mv Legislative Council of the sw r f ments. aits Mr. Max. a performer with w,id mals, while giving a nerf,.., 8
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    SETTLERS WANTED.
    39 4 The German Government is rej«»rtea to be doing its best to colonise Chau, and it has offered time-expired German soldiers and sailors lots of land on very easy terms in order to indu<t them tu settle there.
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    CAUGHT BY HIS HAT.
    45 4 A case of house-breaking was reportoi on the 18th at 8, Craig Road. Ve>terday, a Hylam was arrested wearinca hat which was stolen at the time, containing the initials of the complainant The man w ill be charged with house breaking.
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    MISCHIEF BY FIRE.
    61 4 To-day, before Mr. Wolferstan, -Sot Kah was charged with negligently «au sing destruction by fire of a hutano 8 pigs and 8 piculs of gambit plant* (to a total value of 89.'>0) in a plantation in Chan Chu Kang, on the 17th. case was remanded for a
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    BOOM IN PLUMBAGO.
    59 4 Plumbago mining is going ahead 111 Ceylon owing to that mineral recently advanced from aOO t0 rupees a ton. The chief use to v 1 Ceylon plumbago is put is the v facture of crucibles, etc., employed m preparation of steel now in large req* tion for
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    MEN-OF-WAR PAINT.
    61 4 In connection with the trouble painting the Victorious it that the question of pain: in t is a very serious one. On like the China Station, vessels are all white, captain lieutenants are often put to pense to eke outthe niggar of paint prescribed by which is never
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    MURDER TRIAL.
    66 4 The Kuala Kangsar murU’.; the Perak Government c- cdlipr Panjang Ans. and l dang oP on for hearing at ton Tuesday last, before the J cbafg missioner and a J ur >* betB1 ent included murder and for *r murder. Mr. R ?f er app^ prosecution, and> hve
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    POLICE PROMOTION.
    405 5 K t,iTOB or THE 11 STRAITS TIMES." Will you kindly permit me to intention in your columns to what V v* looked upon otherwise than r and unmerited insult to 3 fibers of the Straits Police I refer to the appointment r .i ion-/ second-class Inspecthe Ceylon police,
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    223 5 ihe r**tary of State has trans-it?-ii a copy of an oflicial German r -Mi. .irion regarding commercial relaGermany and the British That not ification sets forth the .‘*lst July last, there have ‘.ranted to the subjects and pro- du; l nitcd Kingdom and of the r 'h Colonies
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    TRADE REGULATIONS.
    78 5 h tv >,s lo1 l ie registration of x ports in the Colony are vi, r 1 ie l J1 st Gocer»mcnt Gazette. 1 >J [dilations every importer Nj y. steamer or sailing arrival ilhin ten da y 8 W,Ktt ship, deliver to hr.it ar m ports and
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    THE NEW TOWN HALL.
    669 5 SOME OF THE PL AN8. The Committee which undertook the task of considering the plans for the proposed Diamond Jubilee Memorial •Town Hall have arranged that the plans which were sent in shall be exhibited to the public in the upper room of the Town Hall
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    DARING THEFT IN THE SQUARE.
    167 5 Last night about 980 a Malay trader named Ahmed, of Kuala Lumpor, was robbed in a daring manner while waiting in Raffles’ Square for a friend who had gone to purchase some medicine. As he stood on the footway, five or six Chinese hustled up
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    992 5 PEDIR EXPEDITION. The news from Pedir tells chiefly of incursions into the interior. The detachments in the field meet with little opposition, but often march under fire from villages which had nominally submitted. In other words, the Achinese submit when hard pushed—but only to take up arms again
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    CRICKET.
    78 5 The S. C. C. Cricket Tournament was commenced yesterday on the Esplanade. In the match between Lawyers and the S. C. C. 1st XI the former made o3 runs for four wickets. The scores being as follows:— F. M. Elliot c and b Reid 10 H. W. Sharp c
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    PORT DICKSON.
    103 5 Our Port Dickson correspondent, one of many who now eagerly maintain the claims of that settlement as a health resort, calls our attention to the greatly improved steam-service thither from Singapore. The Straits Steamship Company have put the Juno on the run, leaving this port at 5 p.
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    MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
    148 5 REPORT FOR 1897. The Annual Medical Report on the Civil Hospitals of the Colony for 1S97 has just been issued. The general health of the Straits Settlements during 1897 shews a decided improvement upon 1896. The death-rate for the whole Colony was lower. Smallpox and cholera gave little
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    THE PORT.
    199 5 The Russian steamer Vladimir which left Shanghai on the 11th instant, ariived alongside the Borneo wharf this morning. She resumes her homeward voyage to-morrow after coaling. The Darius left Melbourne about 16 days ago, and may be expected to arrive here in a day or two. It is
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    1597 5 Cannot something better in the way of road mending be accomplished in our principal streets What more unsatisfactory piece of road is there, for 1 instance, than the approach to Cavanagh Bridge on the Town Hall side. And yet the authorities seem to be for ever patching
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    H. M. S. “POWERFUL.”
    49 6 At Wei-hai-wei, says tlie North I China Daily News, the Powerful is not looked upon as a success. Her steam* ing power is not what was expected, and most authorities seem to think that she has not sufficient or heavy! enough guns on board. I
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    TIFFIN TALK.
    1180 6 Said the New Arrival: When I was at the At Home given a few evenings ago by the Singapore Philharmonic Society, I couldn’t help thinking of Ouida’s suggestion that to hear music well, you must sit in twilight, only meeting eyes you love.” The arrangements on Monday night
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    DOCK PROFITS.
    63 6 Tiie Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company made a profit of over $498,000, during the half-year ending on the .80th June last. The directors of the Company recommend an eight per cent, dividend, and an eight per cent, bonus to shareholders, besides a bonus to contributing shareholders. $lOO,OOO are
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    FRESH LEGISLATION.
    154 6 DEFENCE CONTRIBUTION. The Government Gazette publishes the texts of two new Bills to be laid before the Legislative CounciL One of these amends the Ilefence Contribution Ordinance of *Syd. This Bill is brought forward with a view to obviating the inconvenience of accumulating in the Banks, at the
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    WARSHIPS AND CRICKET.
    213 6 Admiral Seymour in the Centurion, accompanied by the Victorious, Narcissus, and Handy arrived at Kobe on July 31st, and sailed again for Yokohama on August 3rd. The Victorious was still in a piebald condition —one side repainted white, the other still wearing the original black. The change
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    MONDAY, 22ND AUGUST.
    322 6 Mr. Tamboosamy’s griffin, Empress won the two griffin races at the Taiping races on Thursday. She was trained by Dalian. At the Supreme Court to-day, in the case of.Samanothan v. Sinaia Pillay, the Chief Justice gave judgment for the defendant with costs. It is reported that a
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    SAW-MILL FATALITY.
    41 6 This morning a Chinese coolie, engaged at a saw-mill in Kallang Road, was caught by the belt used for driving a circular saw, and was instantly killed. One of his legs was completely cut off just below the knee.
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    ALLEGED INCENDIARISM.
    40 6 A Chinese watchman living in a plantation off Cavanagh Road, reports that yesterday lie saw two Chinamen opposite his house, and immediately afterwards he discovered the building to be on lire. Complainant states that he knows the men.
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    ALLEGED THEFT.
    51 6 A Chinaman living at No 82 North Bridge Road reports that yesterday he left his house in charge of a Hylam boy. On his return the boy had disappeared, as had also SI, 130 worth of property and money. The police do not attach much credence to the
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    HAVEN FOR BEGGARS.
    62 6 Penang, says I)r. T. S. Kerr, the Colonial Burgeon there, is the haven of a vast army of broken-down labourers from neighbouring States. Shattered in health and too ill to work, there is nothing left for them but to beg; at la9t they either die in the
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    OIL IN PROVINCE WELLESLEY.
    59 6 It is reported that a sample of the kerosene oil discovered in an oil well in Kampong Setul, Province Wellesley, has been sent away for scientific examination and, if analysis confirms the report, a well will be sunk which will cost about §30,000. The Tank Company
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    TO-DAY’S POLICE COURT.
    83 6 Five dollars or a week was the penalty imposed upon the driver of bullocks in an unfit condition. A remand until Wednesday was granted in a case where two Chinese are charged with the unlawful possession of certain glasses, plates, and a teapot. Possession of contraband chandoo
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    BUILDING IN A CEMETERY.
    57 6 A PROPOSAL to a hm U I Church in the Old CenJtt Pre?bv *'»J has been dropped. Th%il? at d pore and Sarawak in is vested, could not civ. <3 from his having no p,L. r {**2l the ground Moreovl the bi u N approves of
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    BASE COIN.
    48 6 Dk. Bott, the Government i I reports many examination, T»| money in 1897. The coins weref *1 consist mostly of an alloy t„ Other coins and one-guilder pieces. 1 respects to the genuine n "Ji only proofs of their bein»' H were slight differences in the
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    SOME SATURDAY SENTENCES.
    54 6 Tor being in possession of I a man was. fined Sg5. with tt of two months' imprisonment f H A Macao man was fined fivednii. or to undergo ten days’ for buying a whyseng lottery tick? lurious driving brought a MahJ grief to the extent of live
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    DAVIES v. DAVIES.
    60 6 On Saturday last Mrs. X i It, J applied to Mr. Elcum to have *J maintenance order granted toher aair-l her husband some few month, asoJ creased lrom the S50 a month t£| hxed. Mr. Stewart appeared for \k| Davies and Mr. Braddell for Caiitol Davies The
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    JAPANESE NOT WANTED.
    64 6 In the Queensland Parliament, ontt* 2Sth July, it was announced that thr Government had taken steps to check the inflow of Japanese to the Colony In future no Japanese are to be permitted to land there unless provided by the Japanese Government with passport for Queensland. Negotiations
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    WATERED PORK.
    72 6 The prison food contractor has bea fined for supplying watered pork. Dr Leask, the surgeon in charge of ti* prison hospital, has ascertained tint the weight added to pork by injecting water varies from two to eleven percent The water washes away much nutriment from the flesh, yet
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    RUSSIAN REINFORCEMENTS.
    66 6 A telegram from St. PeteribuE received in Tokyo, recently, states that the Russian Government lias decriedtc despatch a powerful fleet to be namei the Port Arthur and Ta-lien-wan squad ron to the East in addition to the present Oriental squadron. The fleet consists oi all the powerful warships
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    PETROLEUM.
    65 6 Dr. Mott, the Government Analyst reports having inspected petroleum ships here, which brougiover 541,260 cases of oil. Lanjrlut _oa accounted for 180,261 cases, and bulk oil. 294,51*5 cases. The total number of shipments and quantity import* 5 decreased, as compared with the for the previous year. There is l0
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    SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL.
    145 6 A NOISV XEIGH ROf RIIOODThe noise nuisance around Hospital arouses complaint. 0 J short of buying out the Clietty will stop that noise, as mterU. with their religious observance.-* desirable, though its proximity many sick persons is a senoua back to the usefulness o. the H I
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    211 7 )MINA TI0N to council. j meeting of the V ‘‘Chamber of Commerce was afternoon, at the Exchange eid tfaI> The business was to select a jofl* 5 V or nomination to the seat in Council that becomes >e tember 1st. The present is the Hon. S. Muray.
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    PRIEST-CRAFT IN THE PHILIPPINES.
    260 7 "L AND LOITERS. 5 t| conditions among the people i\vdipp in e Islands are not ideal, an American journal. Spain, demoralizes everything she A-.lias used the Roman Catholic v there for political ends, and v priests are notoriously far "•7 hat they ought to be as
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    THE PORT.
    215 7 I ,at steamer Vladimir, after E- n owr ft tons of coal at the ■T H hart' until late on Sunday, left y* -tenlay. i/’ir a- \i» r'-nrue was undocked 1 i'agar on Saturday and was l> ’ll 1 loads. 1. Ihflrn and the S. S. S. Clio
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    AFTER SANTIAGO.
    928 7 STRAINED RELATIONS. soldiers' contempt for the rebels. The following particulars are taken from English and American papers of varying shades of opinion:—Between the Americans and the Cubans relations are strained to a point which almost threatens a collision. The soldier is a good judge; he respects the Spaniards
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    POLICE TRESPASS AT BANGKOK.
    130 7 FRENCH LEGATION 8EARCHEP. The Bangkok Times gives particulars of trespass by the police at Bangkok in the French Legation, on the 14th instant, to exercise the right of search. A Chinaman had snatched a bag of money from a jinrikisha and had dashed into the French
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    FORGED TICKETS.
    149 7 A Few days ago a number of forged passenger tickets were found in circulation on board the s s. IL-be, owned by Mansfield Co. The holders were allowed to use them for that voyage, it being believed that they had purchased them boiui fide. Last Saturday two mortf
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    ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.
    339 7 JOURNAL FOR JULY. The Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society for July, which has just readied us, contains the annual report of the society tor showing an increase both in membership and income, and several interesting articles. The first of these deals with
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    CRICKET TOURNAMENT.
    513 7 Is its Tournament match with the Lawyers, which was played on Friday and Saturday afternoons, the S. C. C. team won by 90 runs. R. T. Reid took seven wickets for 42 runs, giving an average of 6 per wicket. The scoring was as follows: LAWYERS. F. M.
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    THE PRINCE ON HIS TRAVELS.
    81 7 Prince Henry of Prussia, on board the Deutschland called in at Gensan (Korea) on the 7th on his way to ladivostock. He is expected in Tokyo, on a visit to the Emperor of Japan, about the 27th or 2Sth instant. It is only a short
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    THE STRAITS POLICE.
    160 7 The following is from the London and China Express Now that the condition of Straits finances is not so straitened as it was a few years ago, we might suggest for earnest consideration, and for embodiment in the next estimates, the question of additions to the Police
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    FOOTBALL.
    46 7 The first team of the Darul Bahar met the second team on the Darul Adab ground, on Sunday, in the last round of the competition for the Darul Adab Cup. The game resulted in a win for the first eleven by four goals to three.
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    SILK THEFT.
    56 7 A Malay named Wan Mahomed, living at No. 14, Clyde Street, says that he returned on the 15th from Johore in company with one Abdul Rahanie. They called at the Adel phi Hotel; his companion then went off in a rikisha taking with him a bundle of silk
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    HOME NOTES.
    793 7 Not a single Lee-Metford rifle has been surrendered by the Afridis, because they claim to have taken all of these weapons that they possess in fair fight. The rifles sent in arc a choice selection of older arms, some of which it has transpired were made up for
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    THE RESIDENT COUNCILLOR.
    2891 8 WRITTEN FOR THE STRAIT3 TIMES BY MRS. EQERTON EASTWICK. (Continued from August 10 th.) CHAP. II.—POOR CHIPPY, Chippendale Bellairs remained to dinner at the Residency. Eight o’clock was the Resident Councillor’s dinner hour, and to-night there were no guests at a quarter to nine Edith withdrew, leaving
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    424 8 THE MERCHANTS* PRIZE. The first of three subscription prizes respectively named after their donors, Merchants, Bankers and Brokers, and the Rest —was played for on Saturday. The conditions were 18 holes against Colonel Bogey, whose score had for the occasion been slightly lowered, reading 4. 4. 3.
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    TUESDAY, 23RD AUGUST.
    253 8 Bishop Gamier of there on the 14th inst. han?ha Td^ Th* homeward 'mail bv h, maita closes at 6 a.m. on 7ri£ V u„v has this day taken over'.k ment of the Singapore Oil During the week ending there had been one cas/oftf Hongkong, and none in
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    OH, WISE JUDGE.
    37 8 It is the opinion of Senator Steward of Nevada that ‘‘Japan is now a Dankrupt appendage of the Ilritish Empire, and will sink back into the miserable condition from which she so recently emerged.”
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    RATTAN THEFT
    55 8 A Chinaman named Lim Swee Leng says that he examined his factory at 24 Soutli Boat Quay yesterday morning, and found all secure. In the evening he was informed that his coolies had loaded a bullock waggon with 22 bundles of rattans valued at S50. The stolen property
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    DIFFICULT DELIVERIES.
    65 8 The postal authorities in Perak are. it seems, inclined to be exacting. Latterly, in Taiping, which is a town consisting of half-a-dozen roads and twice as many cross streets, it has been the custom of the Post Office officials to request receivers of letters to have their communications
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    WELL-DESERVED SENTENCE.
    69 8 It will be remembered that, on Frioa) last, a Malay trader from Kuala buir. por, standing in Commercial >quar*. was hustled by five or six hinam*' n and robbed of seventy dollars. 1 h? men whohad been arrested in conn? 4 t !<u with the robbery were sentenced
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    D’ARC’S MARIONETTES.
    116 8 Vet another attraction has added to the many features that go make up an evening performance D’Arc’s Marionettes. There given a spectacular diorama Spanisb-American war, portraying*, tiago by night, the bom bard men o Spanish forts, thesinkingof the 5 t and the destruction ol the hP anlt J
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    CYCLING NOTES.
    710 9 London, Jilml July. n ,t batch of the English N.C.U. hips were decided at Leeds, on ->ixip K r IjJ t j,». mile professional cham:,a'• r- Chinn somewhat easily r.‘- J T. Siunmersgill made ‘l 11 *i„,o of the dav in the amateur which he won easily. amateur
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    CHESS.
    834 9 TONDUCTED BY KINGS PAWN.” All chess correspondence should be addressed to “King's Pawn Solution of Problem No. f>3 (Ruegrof) R-B 5 correct solution received from Londres and Caissa. The following account of the above comI po-er. condensed from the Chew Month'll, i- interesting. Mr. Lemuel Loyd was born in
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    NEWS FROM MANILA.
    358 9 ITS FALL AFTER TWO HOURS’ FIGHTING. TI1E CITY LITTLE DAMAGED. The Hongkong Daily Press gives details of the fall of Manila. The available particulars show that the Spaniards made a gallant stand. It would appear that, on the 12th instant, it was made known to those in
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    BURIED IN THE GARDEN.
    133 9 The case of theft reported yesterday of Si,120 worth of jewellery and money from No. 82 North Bridge Road, ha:been verified. A Hylam boy, who was* arrested on suspicion confessed to the robbery and pointed out a house at Tanjong Rhu, where he said the police
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    A EUROPEAN MAHOMMEDAN.
    310 9 VISIT TO SINGAPORE. Among the passengers from Hongkong by the German steamer Prim Heinrich is Mr. W. Abdullah Lloyd, who is proceeding to Turkey for the purpose of entering one of the numerous Islamic colleges there, and studying Arabic and Mahominedan theology generally. Mr. Lloyd has. journeyed
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    HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK.
    1431 9 HALF YEARLY MEETING. PROSPERITY AND PROFIT. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Hongkong and •Shanghai Banking Corporation was held at Hongkong on the 13th inst., for the purpose of receiving the report of the Court of Directors together with a statement of account to
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    PRINCE AND PAPER-BOY.
    297 9 A good story of the Prince of Wales is told by a bookstall clerk on the South-Eastern Railway. He writes u When I was a youngster I sold papers at a provincial station. The Prince was travelling on that line, and he had to change trains at
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    FOREIGNERS IN JAPAN.
    451 10 THE NEW TREATIES. A Tokyo Correspondent enabled us to announce here as early as the 11th that the Japanese Government had already given the Powers the necessary notice for. bringing the new Treaties into operation next July. We commented then, and again a week later, on the
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    HOME NOTES.
    371 10 A Public School team was lucky in disposing of I)r. Grace for a very small score. The hymn for evening chapel contained the line “The scanty triumphs Grace has won,’* and the boy’s energetic thanksgiving nearly took the roof oil when these words were reached. Signor Giuseppe Campanari,
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    NEWS FROM THE NORTH.
    764 10 CHINESE MILITARY REFORM. A joint circular, under instructions of the Emperor of China, has been sent by the Boards of War and Revenue to the Tartar-Generals, Viceroys, and Governors of the Empire ordering them to do away entirely with spears, bows and arrows, etc., in the
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    1201 10 London, llrti August. Mr. Curzou’s appointment as Viceroy of India is approvingly commented upon by the Conservative papers. The Times says it is a striking appointment, and a great experiment for which it augurs success. The Standard expect9 a great future for Mr. Curzm in his new
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    CHINESE SEAT IN COUNCIL.
    464 10 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.” Sir, —1 have read with great interest the hotter of your correspondent Mr. Cheah Kee Ee regarding the election of the Chinese member of the Legislative Council. The claims he puts forth, and rightly so, on behalf of Mr.
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    HOME CRICKET.
    561 10 SOME IMPORTANT GAJlEs I Several important mm-t, I commenced on Thur*d»\ o The visit of where they met .Surrey/' interest; on a good wiiket s l. lent batting was seen. Hampel mg off. Before they were 1 *1 they had put up asi. The f the innings was
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    CURRENCY COMMISSION.
    38 10 Tiie Allahabad Pioneer is that so much diversity o! opinion e among the members Currency Commission, and to J dieting is the evidence tendered dj witnesses, that nothing substaimai likely to come ol the ominis deliberatiuns.
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    SLIGHT CASUALTIES.
    46 10 The Sri Tn.iggam reported th»« Ho htong was toweii into the Pakanon Monday last, at on Tuesday morning was haulea j•„ the beach for repair- t'h**** P arrive here about the J \'„hA tow of the Pakan. 1 he Ho her main steam-pipe broken
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    TOBACCO SAMPLES.
    50 10 The Post Ollice notines that, of the reduction in the duty on d the Board of Customs that the charge raised tor ■Uty samples of unmanimic imported into the l mt v Jj hem* means of the sample p 0 f *ki. forth be Sd. per sample mstcaa
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    WEDNESDAY, 24TH AUGUST.
    173 11 j 0 fM intn lias been appointed Y ,i the Karl of Aberdeen as 5 J, !r-( ieneral of Canada. Illt#n l States Consul at BangJ i„. rn officially informed that J iri wi re killed in the assault f -*Vr da- V r w;i> remanded till
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    $180 STOLEN.
    38 11 H xiFN. living at 2 5-a South Canal r ,.|,i»rt- that during his absence, *1. notes and silver to the i<,f .SI "U were taken from his His boy who was left in 4.— J },disappeared.
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    SPANISH CUSTOMS.
    43 11 -i mation lias been received from midi Po«t Office that all packets 1 muz hooks, printed or manu- r mud<\ chromo-lithographs, kinds,and industrial pro- (witii the exception of samples sT'OD. imported into Spain th* po t. are liable to customs hty.
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    ATTEMPTED HOUSE-BREAKING.
    59 11 Matthews, the Government A:,tiv-T. r.*p-»rts that on going to his I N.is morning he found the door through in several places, i’. mine went to examine the m 1 i .-m-laded that an entrance io*n attempted from the outside a emit re-bit in the hands, pi My. of
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    KIAO-CHAU COAL.
    68 11 mo .iv bo«*n made by the German I.- h i,. I<t,ni with coal obtained r f Kiuo-rhuu district, and the i.t'Uvn pronounced excellent. l l hi tii- an* naturally very pleased, -‘1 iii-* tln* Government to collect Urvq-.iv.' at Kiao-rhau, so that “we n«. longer tear that in
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    THE GOVERNOR'S PENANG RESIDENCE.
    80 11 lion with the conversion of quarters in Penang for the >1 occupation, which was dis‘t the meeting of the Legislative i yesterday afternoon, the estito which the Secretary has given his sanction, ,lU hjj the following works: r i ••amage-wav with flat roof, he used as
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    NAVAL NEWS.
    153 11 liaiultou recently paid K -"uport, was commissioned -Mu nit. tor passage to Malta, ,s Ip he refitted. Dli' winrr appointments have i: ‘.V ll the Admiralty: —Lieut. 1 < “wper, to the Plover in K'late July -J3; R. J. B. "turion, for the Hart h!* 1 4 111
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    AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    1703 11 THE HOOLEY BUBBLE. MOKE DISCLOSURES. JjOndon 5 th August In the Bankruptcy Court on the 1st, the examination of Mr. Hooley, was resumed. Mr. Hooley said he was prepared to prove every word he had said. He repeated the allegation that the Earl of Winchilsea received
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    HAVAS TELEGRAMS.
    116 11 Pari*, 1 6th August. In spite of divers threatening signsthe Madrid papers look upon the con. elusion of peace as a necessary measure, Their tone is one of sadness, and there is an utter absence of exaggerated threats or recriminations. Admiral Dewey will occupy Manila till the Philippine
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    YESTERDAY’S POLICE CASES.
    234 11 A Kling, was fined twelve dollars and costs for keeping bulls on his premises without a licence. Fifty dollars and costs were demanded of a Bengali milkman for selling adulterated milk. Two Klings were fined fifty dollars and costs for keeping bulls in excess of the number
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    SIAM NEWS.
    206 11 The case of the Siamese policemen who recently trespassed into the French Legation compound at Bangkok, in pursuit of a criminal, has been settled by the trespassers, six in number, being fined -some a whole and others a half month's pay. At the Registry of the British Consular
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    TO ARRIVE.
    29 11 (For Singapore Per M. M. s. s. Australien connecting with the steamer Satal at Colombo, from Marseilles Aug. 14—Mr. L. Klink, Mr. J. Gibbons, Mr Henri Bolle.
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    THE WAR.
    1446 11 j THE PUERTO RICO EXPEDITION. I SPANISH GARRI80N SURPRISED. Port Guanica 2oth July. Early this morning the Gloucester under the command of Captain Wain wright, steamed into Guanica Harbour in order to reconnoitre, the remainder of the fleet meanwhile waiting outside. The Gloucester risked the mines which were
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    CHINA'S COTTON-SPINNING.
    101 12 Mr. Mansfields latest consular repoit upon the trade of Shanghai is full of the most suggestive and instructive data. The trade increased by 17 per cent, during 1897, and attained a total of over 26o,000,000 I lack wan taels. The city promises to become the leading cotton manufacturing
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    RUSSIAN SHIPBUILDING.
    768 12 THE NEW PROGRAMME MODIFIED. The Moscow correspondent of the Standard announces that, for some reason or other, the Spending of ninety millions of roubles, which was recently announced with a flourish of trumpets as about to be devoted to the adding of ships to the Russian Navy, has
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    POLICE PROMOTION.
    536 12 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.” i Sir, —Adverting to the letter signed Resident, in your issue of Saturday’s |date, anent the question of the appointment of Mr. Jansz, second- class Inspector of the Ceylon Police Force, to Assistant Superintendent ►•traits, there can be little doubt that
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    HOME NOTES.
    301 12 Mr. Clement Scott has been bitten b> a dog, and “is taking things easily until the dog is proved to be mad or sane/' Why should it be suggested that the dog will go mad because it lias bitten Mr Scott? The National Art Gallery has benefited somewhat
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    2743 12 TUESDAY, AUGUST 23kd PRESENT. Sir Alexander Swettenham, k.c.m.g., (Acting Governor). The Hon.C. \V*.Sneyd-Kynnersley, (Acting Colonial Secretary). The Hon. W. R. Col Iyer, (Attorney-General). The Hon. F. G. Tenney, (Acting Colonial Treasurer). The Hon. E. C. Hill, (Auditor-General). The Hon. G. S. Murray. The Hon. J. Burkinshaw. Ihe Hon.
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    FRENCH INDO-CHINA.
    375 13 The Courrier dt Saigon draws a dark picture of Kwang-Chau-Wan. the Chinese port leased by France. The entrance to the harbour is obstructed by a bar. The harbour cannot be improved by dredging or by any other inexpensive means. The country around is mostly a stretch of sane
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    BRITISH NORTH BORNEO COMPANY.
    397 13 A GREAT FUTURE PREDICTED. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the British North Borneo Company was held in London on the 26th ultimo. In moving the adoption of the report which recommended a dividend of 7 per cent, per annum, Mr. It. B. Martin, M.
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    LADIES’ LAWN TENNIS CLUB.
    377 13 THURSDAYS PLAY The tennis tournament was continued when several interesting games took place. Miss Chillingworth (rec. 4) beat Mrs. Millar (scr.) by 6-0, 6-1. In the Ladies 7 Doubles, Mrs. Waddell and Mrs. Salzmann (owe 15-1) beat Mrs. Dowley and Mrs. Jelley (rec. 3) with 2-6,
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    836 13 AKHIVALS Per M. M. 3.9. La Seyne from Batavia: Messrs. Zuberbuhler, D. J. Van Rossun. Kortmann, Burgee, Stiven, Burger, and Durand. Per s. s. lion Seug Guan from Bangkok— Miss F. Leigher, and Mr. Reid. Per 9 s. Rosa from Penang :—Mr. Benkers. and Capt. Scott. Per s.
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      155 13 Under this heading the following abbreviations are used: —str. —steamer; sh. —ship bq. —barque; Brit.—British; U. S. United States; Fr. French; Ger. —German; Dut. Dutch; Joh.—Jobore; Ac., G. c., General cargo d.p.—deck passengers; U. —Uncertain T. P. W.—Tanjong Pagar Wharf; T. P. D.—Tanjong Pagar Dock B. W.
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      TRADING VESSELS &C.
      1404 13 Arrivals Since Noon of Yesterday. Argyll Brit. str. 1,886 tons, Capt Ward, 23ru Aug. From Bangkok, 11th Aug. Rice. P. Simons and Co. For Port Said, U-Rds. Batcean, Dut. str. 649 tons, Capt Van Rhce, 24th Aug. From Sourabaya, 20th Aug. G.c., and 243 d.p. Daendels <fc
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      175 14 A r ave, port, probable date of arrival and name of agent*. Steamers. Aleein, Hamburg, August 22 B. Meyer. Ballaarat, Colombo, Aug 27 F. O. Bengal, Colombo, Oct 22; F. O. Bornbda. Bombay, Aug 26 Behn Meyer. Borneo, Hongkong, Sept 10 F. O. Caledonien, Colombo, Oct 1 M.
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      ARRIVALS.
      948 14 Flao h Vessel’s Name. A Tons Captain i Fbom Sailed Consignees. Z Rio. Aug 18 Rosa Brit str. 267 Davidson .Penang Aug 16 Beng Kay 18 Ban Seng Guan str. 498 Lyons 'Bangkok Aug 14 Ban Seng A Co. 18 Hydra str. 619 Lyons Bangkok Aug 13 W. Mansfield
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      CLEARANCES
      626 14 j I Date. Vessel’s Name Flag&Rig; Captain Destination tug 18 I Bun Liong j Dut str. Vos Cotie via ports 19 Calypso 1 Brit str. Lowry i Penang and Deli 19 Perdana str. j Marshall Kelnntan via ports 19 j Kiau Ann str. Casey Djambic 19 i Vyner Sar.
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