The Straits Budget, 28 October 1898

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    141 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 French
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  • STRAITS TIMES FRIDAY, 28TH OCTOBER. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      BIRTHS.
      36 1 I \t Ku.ih Lumpur, on the 20th October, ft’. Wl f,. of 0. K. Cormac, of a daughter. us th«* -'-id September, at Government |L m ubuan, the wife ef R, M. Little, of ft'On.
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      MARRIAGE.
      46 1 1 jA(.o-FAweu>—On the 26th inst., at the Hmrh of saint Barnabas, Bexhill-on-sea, Kth* Khv. E. Mortlock, m.a., assisted by H R»*v. \V. A. Beetles a.k.c., Frederick Jv.o to Laura Ellen Alice Ha fourth daughter of the late Hilhmi F&wcus, of Singapore, and DunsH Niads, Northumberland.
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    452 1 iamng Articles. R> v il* r’s l»r**nm. <*rmnn Growth. H-.ilth Let t urea. The Kashoda Fury. P-*kiri Puzzles. iVar or P-nce The Anti-Climax. Kal. Market Quotations. Shipping News. Passenger List. Princess Henry. Dishonest Bov. Bankruptcy Proceedings. i> thi* the Law f 'pan;4i Steamer Searched. Wit Theft. House
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    COMMERCIAL.
    552 1 Singapore, 28th October, 1898. PRODUCE. (Hates are corrected to 12.30 pm.) Gambler 5.20. Copra Bali, 7.20. do Pontianak, 6.86. Pepper, Black buyers.... 21.00. do White, (6%) 39.50. Sago Flour 8arawak, 3.00. do Brunei 2.17$. Pearl Sago 3.70. Coffee, Bali, picked.. 29.00. Coffee Palembang, picked.... ,,80.00. Coffee, Liberian, No. 1
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    355 1 The mail for Europe, this week, leaves by the M. M. Natal. The mail from Europe of the 30th September by the P. and O. Bengal arrived on Saturday. The mail from Europe of the 7th October by the M. M. Melbourne is timed to arrive
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  • REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
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      THE FASHODA QUESTION.
      137 1 FRENCH WAR PREPARATIONS. London 20 th October. Despite the half-hearted denials by some French newspapers of the report as to the extraordinary activity now prevailing at Toulon, the following significant facts are beyond doubt:— (1) A number of men-of-war are receiving their full complement of provisions and
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      THE STATES AND SPAIN.
      15 1 PUERTO RICO. The American occupation of Puerto Rico is now completed.
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      THE EMPEROR’S TOUR.
      28 1 CORDIALITY AT CONSTANTINOPLE. The German Emperor, accompanied by the Empress, has arrived at Constantinople. Their Imperial Highnesses were received with conspicuous cordiality by the Sultan.
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      BOLD SIR MICHAEL.
      144 1 NO COMPROMISE. WARNING TO FRANCE. London 2 1st October. Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has delivered an outspoken address at North Shields. In the course of his speech, he declared that the British Government was animated by a friendly spirit towards the French Nation.
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      TURKS LEAVE CRETE.
      18 1 Turkish transports are now embarking the Turkish troops which have been ordered to evacuate Crete.
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      FASHODA QUESTION.
      67 1 RUSSIA AS PEACE MAKER. London, 22nd Odolter. The Paris correspondent of the Times affirms that Count Mouravieff, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, has urged upon the French Government the need for not allowing the Fashoda dispute to exceed the limits of diplomatic controversy. Count Mouravieff is alleged
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      THE EMPEROR WILLIAM.
      82 1 HIGH TURKISH FESTIVITY. Banquets, fetes, and firework-displays are the order of the day at Constantinople in honour of the Emperor William, who is now there in the course of his eastern tour. Russia and France are watching the Emperor’s progress with great suspicion. RUSSIAN SUSPICION. Russia fears
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      HONGKONG’S GOVERNOR.
      15 1 Sir H. A. Blake, the Governor of Hongkong, has started for that Colony.
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      THE FASHODA CRISIS.
      129 1 LORD ROSEBERY SPEAK8. WARNING TO FRANCE. London t 24 th October. Lord Rosebery, who was Prime Minister in 1895 when Sir Edward Grey warned France against encroaching on the Upper Nile Valley, has delivered a speech at Perth. In that speech, Lord Rosebery declared that, were he
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      THE PLAGUE.
      35 1 CASES AT VIENNA. A doctor and an assistant in the laboratory at Vienna Dr. Koch’s] for the culture of the plague bacillus have died of plague. Two nurses there have also been attacked.
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      THE EMPEROR WILLIAM.
      16 2 DEPARTS FROM CONSTANTINOPLE The Emperor William has left Constantinople for the Holy Land.
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      THE FASHODA CRISIS.
      300 2 DEADLOCK REACHED, London 2oth October. The French Government has published a yellow book” containing diplomatic correspondence on the lashoda question. FRENCH STANDPOINT. The documents included show that M. Delcasse, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, maintained that P ranee had no lesser rights at Fashoda than Britain
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      WAR ALARMS.
      57 2 CABINET COUNCIL SUMMONED. London 26th October. A Cabinet Council has been summoned to meet on Thursday (tomorrow). NAVAL PREPARATIONS. Eighteen of the newest British torpedo-boat destroyers have been ordered into commission. MOBILISATION WARNINGS. The Daily Neics says that warnings to prepare for the possibility of mobilization have been
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      FRENCH POLITICAL CRISIS.
      88 2 FALL OF THE CABINET. CIVIL VERSUS MILITARY POWER. London 21th October. A debate on the Dreyfus affair, in the Chamber of Deputies, has resulted in the Chamber unanimously passing a resolution affirming the supremacy of the civil power over the military power. NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE. But the Chamber
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    REUTER’S DREAM.
    533 2 (Straits Times 20th October.) It seems exceedingly probable that Reuters message, yesterday, about Admiral Fournier’s sudden recall to Toulon is on a par with a good many other purely imaginative sensations. The commissioning of four ironclads at that port, even if their immediate destination be Brest, is no
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    GERMAN GROWTH.
    733 2 (Straits Times 21s/ October.) Up to the latest moment of which the mail brought us any particulars, the Russian Press continued to criticize the Emperor William's projected visit to Palestine. The growth of German influence in Turkey and Asia Minor has been very marked of late, and is
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    HEALTH LECTURES.
    482 2 (Straits Times 24 th Octolter.) Singapore is not too well provided with intellectual entertainment, a fact that is much more due to the want of initiative on some one’s part than to distaste among the many. The spell is about to be broken; individual energy has secured the
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    THE FASHODA FURY.
    612 2 (Straits Times 25th Get otter) The current number of the Contemporary Review contains, in facsimile, an autograph sketch made by General Gordon of his Soudan territories. There is no mistake about his inclusion of Fashoda. The whole province of that name is reckoned with the province of
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    PEKIN PUZZLES.
    480 2 (Straits Times 25th October.) It is impossible to obtain aecM news regarding the Palace intrigmil Pekin, and not one half of the rum-os industriously circulated need, be seriously regarded. One industri* correspondent has gathered that Emperors chief offence against 3 redoubtable Dowager was that on a occasion lie
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    WAR OR PEACE?
    840 3 Titties, 2G//t October.) to-day adds a little to our r of the situation, as between r r Western Powers, in favour lie tells us, in short,of p in England in reply to i">' threatenings. His contritin* stock from which surmise r.- made have been increasingly they aiestill
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    THE ANTI-CLIMAX.
    1123 3 (Straits Times 21th Odofter.) The sensationalists had it almost entirely their own way yesterday they were then at the zenith of their curious enjoyment. Not content with Reuter's supreme effort in their behalf, and quite neglectful of the fact that his message had just come through, they told
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    ARGENTINE RAILWAYS.
    63 3 Herr Schiffner, a German subject, has secured from the Argentine Government a concession for the construction of a complete network of railways having a total length of 2,000 miles, which, when complete, will serve the whole southern portion of the province of Buenos Ayres as far as Bahia
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    A PIRATE IN THE STREET.
    71 3 A fortnight ago, a cargo boat from a Dutch Settlement manned by five men entered Penang waters. Three of the crew suddenly seized the two others, pitched them overboard, and made ofl to Penang. The two intended victims were rescued by a passing vessel. One
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    THE QUEEN’S CIGARS.
    82 3 The Queen has a great dislike of smoke, and does not allow smoking in her immediate neighbourhood. But, yet, according to Womans Life, the cigar bill for her guests is a very heavy one. The principal item is the brand of the finest Havana cigars, which are
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    THE YEN.
    215 3 The Chinese are beginning to ask what is the position of the demonetised yen in this Colony. A correspondent points out that when Japan issued gold as the medium of exchange they bought up their yen at something of a profit to the holders. When silver declined those
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    ENGLAND’S “SQUEEZABILITY.”
    320 3 PREVALENCE OF A PERNICIOUS DOCTRINE. The Vienna Press, according to the Times correspondent, views the differences which have arisen between Great Britain and France with ill-concealed pleasure. Both countries are, the correspondent says, about equally unpopular with the writers who take their cue from Berlin; but on occasion
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    HOME NOTES.
    889 3 A gun which can fire 30,000 shots a minute has been invented by Jones Judge, an engineer of Newcastle, England. It is officially announced that the Government will ask the Italian Parliament for •160 millions of lire for the reform of the navy. By a curious coincidence, says
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    THURSDAY, 20TH OCTOBER.
    257 4 The French ironclad Bruix arrived at Saigon on Saturday last. She will leave in a few days for Toulon. Captain J. Davidson, of the s. s. Rosa was lined $5O at Penang for leaving the harbour without a port clearance. A Race Meeting of the North Borneo
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    NEW CONSUL-GENERAL.
    45 4 Count Alessandro De-Rege di Donato is said to have been appointed ConsulGeneral for Italy in .Siam. He was booked to leave for Bangkok on Tuesday last by the North German Lloyd s. s. Bayern due at Singapore on the 10th of next month.
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    REFUGEES FROM QUARANTINE.
    42 4 Complaint arises at Penang regarding the inefficiency of quarantine isolation there. Among 1,200 persons thus segregated at Pulau Jerejak, cholera broke out. Hundreds escaped, some of whom have since died of cholera. Of the escapees only one was recaptured.
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    ENCOURAGING ENGLISH.
    55 4 The local authorities in Kobe have done well in recognising the study of English by police-constables as a performance of duty. That is to say, whereas those who sought this extra qualification hitherto had to attend the classes in their own time, arrangements are now made for their
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    DISHONEST BOY.
    63 4 A Dutchman named J. Youte reports that his Javanese boy robbed him yesterday of §5OO worth of Javanese notes, while on board the Rajah Huons. The notes were marked M.A.N. The boy, who has disappeared, was dressed in a black baju and trousers. His appearance is said to
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    PRINCESS HENRY.
    88 4 Princess Henry of Prussia is just going, or has recently gone, on a visit to her sister, the Tsarina, at St. Petersburg. She afterwards proceeds on her journey overland, and will join the German mail-steamer, Prinz Heinrich at Suez or Aden. Her Highness is accordingly due in Singapore
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    LORD CHARLES BERESFORD.
    132 4 ANOTHER INTERVIEW. At a meeting of the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce, on the 11th instant, Mr. R. M. Gray, the Chairman, referred to an interview the Chamber had with Lord Charles Beresford. Lord Charles explained to the Chamber that the principal object of his inquiry would be
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    JELEBU.
    805 4 MINING AND TRADING REPORT. The following half-yearly report (Jan. 22nd to Aug. 16th, 1893) is presented to-day by the directors to the shareholdersofthe Jelebu Mining and Trading Company, Ltd.: Jelebu Alluvial,— As will be seen from the working account, a profit of $10,661 has been made during the half-year.
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    A JAPANESE LOAN.
    45 4 Expectations seem very general both in London and Yokohama that the Japanese Government will shortly issue a foreign loan of 10,000,000 sterling. The Bill authorizing the contracting of this loan will, probably, be brought forward at the next Session of the Diet.
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    A BALL ABANDONED.
    63 4 The St. Andrew’s Society at Bangkok •proposed to give a ball there on St. Andrew’s day, as it used to do in former years. Objections from members arose on the ground that the expense would be too heavy on the Society, and that the ball had better
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    575 4 There was a good attendance to watch the training at the race course this morning, including a fair number of ladies, who evinced the greatest interest in the proceedings. Among the spectators were H. E. Sir Alex. Swettenhaui and Count and Countess Festetics de Tolna. Saturday next being
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    SELANGOR TURF CLUB.
    50 4 The Selangor Turf Club met at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday last, with Mr. G. Gumming in the chair. The accounts siiowed a sum of $4,716 —balance of assets over liabilities. The report was passed unanimously. Sir Frank Swettenham was re-appointed President, and a new committee was elected.
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    SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS.
    88 4 In the recent examinations, the Raffles Institution obtained 77 per cent, of possible passes, St. Joseph’s Institution 65, The Anglo-Chinese School 70; the Raffles Girls’ School 99*3, and the Convent 99. The value of these percentages can only be fairly estimated when the number ofpupils presented is known.
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    BY THE MAIL.
    1223 4 ITALY AND COLOMBIA. No official information had reached Rome, by Sept. 23rd, of the action taken in regard to Italy by the authorities at Santa Fe de Bogota. Unofficially, however, the Italian Foreign Office was apprised of the decree promulgated by the Colombian Government in the course
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    SPANISH STEAMER SEARCHED
    143 4 As we announced yesterday, Inspector-General of Police, in Compaq with several of his officers conduct# a search on board the s. s. far'd. search warrant bad been issued on strength of a belie! that the carried a store of arms and ammuniup 1 supposed to be intended
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    A SHANGHAI BUNDER
    113 4 We cannot help thinking news, published in Japan on 7th, is another product of tl» l j, imaginations that have a flourished in Shanghai sin- e ning of the China-Japan J' a stated that Sir Claude name of the British addressed a communication Government of China rt<l
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    NEWS FROM MANILA.
    857 5 VKKYONE settling down. K SESS and sanitation. I from Correspondent.) Manila 5th October. G t he last two weeks, there K HI1 unusual amount of activity "‘ijt.ni. Thorough and compes ms are now in order providing yc' j t i! and sanitary arrangements :'owing to the numerous
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    THE POLICE COURT.
    222 5 Already the public are feeling inconvenience from the arrangements consequent on the absence of Mr. Wolterstan. It is scarcely conceivable that the Government can be so short ot officers that Mr. Woodward should necessarily hold three appointments. The First Magistrate had sixty-four private summons cases on his
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    TORTURE IN COREA.
    142 5 It was solemnly decreed in 1894 that official torture was abolished for ever in Corea; but it now appears that those suspected of complicity in the recent plot against the Emperor have been most barbarously dealt with. 44 All their limbs are broken,” one report from Seoul
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    PERAK NEWS.
    140 5 ,—Perak Pioneer. Prospecting for bismuth has been carried on lately in Kinta, and it is said that indications of a galena lode have been met with. Mr. Douglas, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, is at Kuala Kangsar making arrangements for a great tiger hunt to come off on
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    TROOPS AND WARSHIPS.
    79 5 General Miles is reported to have announced in Washington that the permanent garrison of the Philippines will be 20,000 men. The American battleships Oregon and lowa were to leave New York on September 27th, and to proceed leisurely by Cape Horn for San Francisco and Manila. They
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    THE ARMY PLOT.
    59 5 A Havas telegram, dated Paris 14th instant, thus refers to the alleged military conspiracy at Paris The Rappel Aurore and J’etite hepublique (newspapers at Paris) affirm that a military plot against the Ministry was to be carried out on Saturday, the 15th instant, when warning reached the
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    NEWS FROM THE NORTH.
    814 5 AFFAIRS AT PEKIN. Advices reached Shanghai on the 14th instant that, in the foreign legations at the capital, it is not believed that Li Hung-Chang was an important factor in bringing about the crisis. Thirtytwo Japanese troops had arrived at Pekin had produced an impression in
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    MOBBING FOREIGNERS.
    131 5 8CENES AT PEKIN. A mob at Pekin, on the 30th, September, attacked Dr. Lowry and Bishop Cranston’s family as they were returning from the station. Dr. Lowry was considerably bruised and had several cuts on his face. Mrs. Cranston and her eldest daughter were riding in chairs, which
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    A SCULLER’S ADVENTURE.
    246 5 Mr. G. Ashe, a member of the Thames Rowing Club, who recently won the champion sculls at Oxford, had a narrow escape off Dover. Starting in a second attempt to cross to Calais in a river skiff, his boat broke completely in two in some rather rough
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    IS THIS THE LAW?
    392 5 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.” Sir, —1 feel it a duty that I owe to other planters in this district to call their attention through the medium of your widely circulated paper to the following facts of a case, which was lately tried at
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    BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS.
    1246 5 This morning, before Mr. Justice Hyndman-Jones, the bankruptcy case re M. E. Nathan came on for hearing. Mr. Napier appeared for the following creditors Messrs. Boustead Co., Messrs. Brinkmann Co., Messrs Gilfillan, Wood &Co., Messrs. KumpersJcCo., and Messrs. Paterson Simons. Mr. Fort appeared for Mr. Isaack Jacobs, an
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    FRIDAY, 21ST OCTOBER.
    462 6 Preparations are afoot for the annual St. Andrews Ball at Hongkong. 4. The Government invites tenders for the supply of a new steam-launch tor Police patrol duty. Lord Charles Beresford was booked to leave Shanghai for Pekin by the Chungking on the 11th inst. Yesterday afternoon, the
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    WATCH THEFT.
    39 6 The third engineer of the s. 8. Agamemnon reports that his silver watch was stolen from his cabin yesterday. The number of the watch is 4971; a horse is engraved on the centre of the back plate.
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    FORGERY AT PENANG.
    41 6 A man named Syed Zin was arrested at Penang, on Sunday, for possessing three forged 850 bank-notes. In his possession, there were also found paint and brushes which could be used for altering $5 notes into $5O notes.
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    PROWLERS BEWARE.
    41 6 A few nights ago, the boys’ quarters at No. 8 Oxley Road were broken into. The occupant of the house, Mr. FarrerBaynes, has lodged a complaint of suspicious characters constantly prowling around his componnd. Proper steps have been taken.
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    RACE HANDICAPS.
    83 6 The handicaps for the Autumn Handicap, value $l,OOO, for all horses, top weight 11-7, distance 1J mile, were considered by Messrs. Fort and MacDougall this morning, and were arranged as follows Mr. Tan 800 Liat's Vanitas 11.7 Sultan of Johore's Parthenopu'us 10.2 do. do. Zitta 8.5 Messrs. H.
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    A LADY’S WAY.
    177 6 An excited middle-aged lady bounced into the local police station the other day and accosted the inspector on duty. 41 Where's my Jim she demanded. “Beg pardon, madam dog, I presume?’’ said the officer. 44 Don’t you dare to presume nothing of the kind,’’snapped the lady. ‘‘Dog
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    PHILIPPINE AFFAIRS.
    205 6 THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS MUST GO. The London Times correspondent has sent home an account of an interview he had with Dr. Dozelda, the Archbishop of the Philippines. That gentleman expressed the earnest hope that the Philippines would not remain Spanish because the rebels are now so strong that
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    CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.
    52 6 Mr. Hilles, while driving home yesterday afternoon, was run into by a rikisha, in front of Clarke’s Livery Stables. The horse bolted, smashed the carriage, and received several cuts. Mr. Hilles escaped with little injury. The rikisha coolie, who wa9 on the wrong side of the road, has
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    HOUSE THEFTS.
    61 6 A Chinaman living at 47 Upper NankinStreet states that thieves entered his house yesterday, and stole property valued at $175-25. Another man, named Babjee Sorabjee, also reports that some one entered his room at the offices of the Government Press in High Street, and stole $45 in notes
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    CHEATING THE HANGMAN.
    71 6 A murderer named Jowahr Singh, under sentence of death at Kurrachee, in India, escaped the gallows, the other day, by hanging himself in his cell. He had made two ropes from the cotton quilt and mat allowed him to sleep on, and made a slip knot, which
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    DARING HOUSE ROBBERY.
    74 6 A Chinese woman, living at the 51 mile stone Bukit Timah Road, states that she was awakened, early this morning, by hearing knocks, followed by the door being burst open and four Chinamen entering the house. She says the men threatened her, broke open her box, and
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    A DUTCH RESTRICTION.
    80 6 PEARL-SHELLING LICENCES. Tiie Queensland Government has been notitied of a decree issued by the Netherlands-India Government respecting pearl-shelling operations or trepang fishing in Dutch territorial waters. The decree provides that it is necessary before carrying or* operations to obtain a permit or license, and penalties are provided
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    AT THE POLICE COURTS.
    147 6 For being in possession of ten dollars’ worth of illicit cliandu, a Chinaman was this morning fined fifty dollars, with the alternative of two months’ imprisonment. A Sikh constable arrested a Chinaman for offering him a bottle of lemonade, which he looked upon as an illegal
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    THE EMPRESS-DOWAGER.
    234 6 It is alleged that the position of the Empress-Dowager at Pekin is almost impregnable. She has the support of her countrymen, the Manchus, and is feared by them for her unfailing shrewdness. As a people they are conservative, lor any changes which may come to China cannot better
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    COFFEE IN INDIA.
    145 6 With the exception of 524 acres, the area under coffee in India, which comprised 276,074 acres in 1897, is confined to Southern India. About 93 4 per cent, of the coffee-bearing area is concentrated in the elevated region above the south-western coast where the climate approximates to
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    THE PEACE.
    248 6 It is reported that the U. S. commissioners to the Paris Conference had been instructed to make the following demands: —(I) —That the island of Luzon in the Philippines shall be retained by the United States. (2) That United States citizens shall enjoy the same rights as Spanish
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    AN AWFUL NIGHT.
    450 6 The sad death of Mr. Norman Neruda, a member both of the English and Austrian Alpine Clubs, has been already recorded. The particulars are very clearly told by one correspondent, and the picture of that awful night on the mountains is worth reproducing. Mr. and Mrs. Neruda
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    AFFAIRS IN CRETE.
    342 6 GREAT BRITAIN’S FIR M Nfe Constantinople, 20th SntJ In circles imZ,, attached to three salient recent development of t h» i a question- namely, the action 0 f > Britain in ignoring the s„V„ treating directly with Edhem o the cool reception accorded k b>; Powers to
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    THE KHALIFA’S PRISONER.
    409 6 DR. NEUFELDS CAREER. Karl Neufeid studied medicine a; Leipzig, and went early in life to Egypt At the beginning of the eighties he had a practice at Keneh (Upper Egypt) subsequently, he set up as a merchant at Assuan. After the fall of Khartoum and the firm
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    L’AFFAIRE DREYFUS.
    800 7 L’ AFFAIRE DREYFUS. t»I ON EL riCQDART IN CUSTODY. T revision commission held its first v- on Sept. 21st. The proceedings «:Vi< tlv private. The trial also er 'jnn. before the Correctional UI d- of Colonel Picquart and M. ..who were charged, the former voicing and the latter with r
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    AMOY’S TEA-TRADE.
    295 7 THE LIKIN EVIL. For many years Amoy was one of the chief centres of the tea trade of China; I hut this trade is now disappearing. According to the last report of the I British Consul there, Amoy exported in 1877 over 12 million pounds of tea; in
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    AUGUSTIN EXPLAINS.
    353 7 WHAT HAPPENED AT MANILA. General Augustin, who passed through Singapore on his way home, but refused to say any thing to newspaper representatives here, unbosomed himself when he reached Madrid. He said he knew, when he left for the Philippines to take over the GovernorGeneralship of Manila, that
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    THE BUILDING OF WARSHIPS.
    69 7 AN ENORMOUS PROGRAMME. Sixteen men-of-war are building by the Admiralty in the Royal Dockyards, with a displacement of 112,675 tons, and in private yards 44 ships, of 110,915 tf>ns, are being constructed for the British Government. In addition to tlese, .‘JO warships with a displacement or
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    BY THE MAIL.
    1452 7 THE INDIAN FRONTIER. A settlement with the Afridis of all questions regarding the position of the Khaibar is expected to be announced at no distant date. The feeling among the Afridis as a whole makes for permanent peace, the more responsible clans having no desire to come
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    MALAY STATES APPEALS.
    120 7 It is alleged at Penang that, in the Native States, there is an increasing demand for a Court of Appeal. The Malay Mail has never heard of any such demand. It explains that the present system allows of two appeals, viz. from a first-class Magistrate to the
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    SATURDAY, 22ND OCTOBER.
    108 7 The Malacca municipal revenue for 1899 is estimated at $30,050, against an outlay of 529,981. It was Mr. G. B. Matthew r s’s eleven, and not a scratch team of the S. C. C., that played the Tanjong Pagar Football Club on Thursday. Mr. Tansey, one of
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    VOLUNTEER ALLOWANCES.
    33 7 The outlay in this Settlement next year under the Volunteer Ordinance sums up thus: —Capitation allowance, $2,300; general expenses, $2,750; staff, $3,440; ammunition, $800; and transport on mobilisation, $4OO. Total $9,690.
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    OUR DEFENCE TAX.
    37 7 The military expenditure of the Straits Settlements for 1899 is estimated at $907,587, under the following heads:—military contribution, sB47,oB7; balance of ditto for 1898, $46,000; military quarters, $7,000; and lodging and rent allowance, $7,500.
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    AN AMIABLE SISTER.
    52 7 The lady’s story of thieves forcing an entry to her house, at the 5| mile-stone on the Bukit Timah Road, proves to be a fabrication, with intent to injure her brother. The parties were disputing over the land-grant that the lady alleged w as carried off by
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    POLICE CASES.
    63 7 One Macao woman was find $lOO or 3 months) for buying a two-year old girl for $3O; another was remanded on a charge of purchasing a girl for immoral purposes, for $345. A Kling lad to pay $8 (or 14 days) for cruelty to tw T o bullocks
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    THEFT OF NOTES
    69 7 Mk. Jenkins, assistant-master, at Rallies school, had $7O stolen from his desk. He confined his boy and another and sent for the police. It then appeared that the former had a duplicate key to the drawer, as he kept one back when sent to fetch the desk
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    LIGHT FOR SINGAPORE.
    80 7 The President of the Municipal Commission and the Engineer had an opportunity yesterday of seeing an oil-gas lamp alight. Mr. Gainsford, the representative of the Madras firm who are in negotiations with the Corporation, took a small quantity of gas manufactured from crude Borneo petroleum to the
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    S.C.C. CRICKET.
    72 7 A cricket match was commenced yesterday, between the next XVI and the S. C. C. 1st XI. The former, captained by Mr. Elliot, went first to the wickets and scored is follows Capt. H. O'Donnell c Parsons b AJactaggart 13 M. Elliot b Carver 7 W. Dunman c
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    BRITISH NATIONALITY.
    134 7 A oambler’s plea. At Swatow, at the end of last month, a gambling complication raised a question of British nationality. A man, claiming to be a British subject, had opened many gaming booths there. The Taotai seized and tortured him, upon which the man pleaded his British nationality.
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    968 8 IMPATIENCE OF TAXATION. A meeting was held the other day at Batavia, at the prompting of those interested, to protest against the proposed increases in the excise on matches and petroleum in Netherlands India. Opinions differed as to the proper way of protesting. It was pointed out that
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    THE MULE AS MOTHER.
    218 8 AN EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE. Captain Gunn, Veterinary Captain Assistant to the Inspector-General, Civil Veterinary Department, Simla, sends a letter to the Field in which he says A most unusual event has occurred in the Kapurthala State, India; indeed, it seems to be the only case on record.
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    LAST NIGHT’S CONCERT.
    396 8 The repetition last night in the Town Hall of the orchestral concert, first given there just a week before, was a great musical success, but hardly came up to expectations as regards the si/e of the audience. It was larger than on the 14th, when the rain
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    1885 8 You really ought to have seen the Governor, Mr. Editor, when he received Mr. Municipal President Gentle at Government House, on Tuesday afternoon. It was splendid; and I believe it was quite impromptu. The previous day you had alleged that the reference in the Governor’s annual address
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    HAVAS TELEGRAMS.
    100 8 Paris Wh October. To-day was the day fixed upon for the overthrow of the French Ministry The Government was warned not a moment too soon. French newspapers generally deny that there is any truth in the story of the army plot. 17 th October. M. Mouravieff, the Russian
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    FORTUNE’S FAVOURITE.
    131 8 TIIE EMPRESS-DOWAGERS NEPHEW. Yung-lit, the Em press-Dowager? nephew, wlio now stands in such high favour at Pekin, is described as being one of the most popular generals in the Imperial army. He has always been a dandy, and has the reputation of being the best-dressed man in Pekin;
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    OPIUM DROSS.
    205 8 evils of government MONOPOLiAn opium question of a serious kind is agitating the public mind at The Government carry on, in nenc Indo-China, the preparation of the drug for the market, with central factor Saigon. The existing branches a and Haiphong will be done away witn, the end
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    956 9 XHK final gallon. wa9 a record number of spec- the Race-course this morning, B** t he final preparatory gallops B’ V r most of the horses engaged in Bf j -turnn Meeting of the Singapore the first day of which Bailor Tuesday next. Included onlookers were a number
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    A SAILING RACE.
    224 9 An interesting sailing race, of which the Acting-Governor on board the Seabelle acted as starter and judge, took place yesterday morning between boats from H.M.S. Daphne, Lord Newborough’s yacht Fedora, Count Festetics’ yacht Tolua, the colonial steamer Sea Belle, and the llorsburgh. The course was from a
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    SELANGOR NEWS.
    337 9 The team which Mr. E. W. Birch, the Resident of Negri Sembilan, is taking to Taiping to play against Col. Walker’s XI of the Malay States Guides and Police (past and present), on the 7th, Bth, and 9th, will consist of the following players:— Messrs. C. and J.
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    THE RESIDENT COUNCILLOR.
    3249 9 WRITTEN FOR THE 8TRAIT8 TIMES” BY MRS. EGERTON EAST WICK. (Continued from 14M October.) CHAPTER IX.—MR. BELLAIRS’S FANCY BALL. Chippy and his companion found Mary Mainwaring sitting in the hall, a little apart and half hidden by a barricade of palms and terns. She looked, for her,
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    A TURK AT CRICKET.
    173 10 During the recent long stay of the British fleet in Turkish waters, frequent cricket matches took place on shore between sides drawn from the different ships. To one of these games a high dignitary of the Turkish Court was invited, and he came, and from his
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    MONDAY, 24TH OCTOBER.
    411 10 A Chinaman at the Melbourne City Police Court, recently, answered the name of Hung Up.” The Government steam-dredger St. Patricl: left Sheerness, on the 26th of last month, for Wei-hai-wei. The Serendih the hospital-ship at Colombo, is in a dangerous state from ihe sea-water having eaten right
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    INTER-COLONIAL SHOOTING.
    35 10 We understand that shooting in the annual intei-colonial rifle match between Singapore, Hongkong, and Shanghai,will takeplace simultaneously at each of those places on November Uth, which is a public holiday in this Colony.
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    DOGS ON SHIPBOARD.
    50 10 It is urged at Penang that a return should be made by every vessel, using the harbour, of the number of dogs on board. Horses, cattle, sheep, etc., are counted, but the Boarding Officer has no orders, it is said, to enforce an accurate return about dogs.
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    LORD CURZON’S STAFF.
    46 10 It is understood that Captains Adam and Baker-Carr, the latter of whom was stationed at Penang, last year, will join Lord Curzon’s staff in India, and that Major the Hon’ble Charles Harbord has refused the offer of the military secretaryship to Lord Curzon.
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    LIGHT FOR CHINESE.
    108 10 There was a rather animated correspondence, some years ago, about the doings of General Tcheng Ki-tong, at the time he was attache to the Chinese Legation in Paris. That gentleman is now in charge of a new Bund along the river front opposite the native city of
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    THE TOWN HALL WAITS.
    50 10 The borings for foundations on the proposed new Town Hall site in Stam ford Road have, we hear, been discon* tinued Some of the piles driven in, it is said, disappeared altogether; and other piles put into the same holes have not been heard of since.
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    A BOMBAY FETE.
    46 10 Bombay has been busy for some time past in vast preparations for a grand Venetian fete. It was fixtfd to come off* on Saturday last, the programme comprising dinners, bands, fire-works, blowing-up of forts, and all manner of other exciting and enjoyable episodes.
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    OUR EX-COMMANDER.
    43 10 Lieut-General Sir Charles Warren has been cordially entertained by the officers’ mess of the Chatham Division of the i%. M. L. 1.,.0n his relinquishing the command of the Thames District. Sir Charles was received on the paradeground by a torchlight guard-of-honour.
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    THE FRENCH SQUADRON.
    62 10 The French fleet in Chinese waters, it is said, is to be reduced to a single division again. Admiral de la Bedolliere, the present second in command, has been ordered home in the cruiser Jean Dart. The cruisers Druix and Eclaireur are already on their way back.
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    IN THE JAWS OF DEATH.
    69 10 Captain Farmer of the Indian army, the other day, had a narrow escape while out with a surveying party in Uganda. While filling his water-bottle in the Juba river, he was seized by the hand by a crocodile, and dragged into the water. He succeeded
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    DEWEY AS PRESIDENT.
    62 10 Admiral Dewey was referred to at the Syracuse (N. Y.) Convention, on Sept. 29th, as a pronounced Democrat. His name has been ussd, it is said, in a way which forecasts his probable nomination for the next Presidential election. It would be a strong nomination; but Admiral
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    VISITORS FOR THE RACES.
    71 10 Sir F. Swettenham and Mr. J. P. Rodger, the British Resident of Selangor, arrived here by the s. s. Esmeralda on Saturday last- This morning, several mure visitors for the races arrived from Penang by the s. s. Xerbmlda including the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Birch,
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    ENORMOUS CROCODILE.
    73 10 Some Malays have captured at Klang a crocodile 14 feet 4 inches long. It was very old and its teeth were worn level with the jaws. The body was of enormous bulk, and, on being opened, some bones, hair, a buckle and a ring were found, the latter
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    IMPATIENCE OF TAXATION.
    78 10 J ust at present the Governor of Ceylon seems to be assailed by a general demand for a reduction of taxation. On the one hand he is asked to forego the whole of the rice duty, some R 2,750,000 odd; on the other, he is called upon
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    ARECA NUTS.
    71 10 A Chinaman, who has been doing a small trade in Ulu Selangor in preparing areca-nuts for the Siamese market, was so satisfied with his venture that he has purchased 50 acres of land from Malays, who had practically abandoned it, for the purpose of planting areca-nuts. This produce
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    A BUSINESS-LIKE CHRISTIAN.
    67 10 The pious Chow does not hide his light under a bushel. A Rockhampton Chinaman recently affixed the following over the door of his shop:—“ Being a Christian, I wish to notify to general public that I intend to close my establishment on Sundays, and I respectfully invite
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    AFTER MAN-EATERS.
    82 10 A GRAND TIGER DRIVE. So many people have lecently been killed by tigers in Enggor, Perak, that the Perak Government has decided to have a tiger drive there, in the hope of killing some of the beasts. The drive will be held about the 12th or 13th November.
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    COOKS AND CRIMINALS.
    73 10 Not from the Wealth of Nations The prosperity of a nation depends upon the number of its criminals. Thus —the more criminals, the more police the more police, the greater the contentment of the cooks; the more contented the cooks, the better the cooking, and, through it,
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    OUTWARD MAIL.
    80 10 The following is the passenger list of the mail-steamer Bengal hither, which arrived on Saturday From Bombay Messrs. Van Mot, and A. Pestonjee. From London:—Mr. D. Kerr, Mis* Touch, Messrs. D. McGlashan, E. Beaver, E. Sweeney, Gurner, T. G. Scott, G. B. Scott, and Bandmaster and Mrs. C.
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    SUICIDE AMONG MALAYS.
    93 10 The Siam Free Press points out that the assertion that suicide is practically unknown among Malays does not hold good with Malays in Siam. A few days ago, one of that race living in Ayuthia, cut his throat; and another living at Klong Ducham shot himself. The
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    MANILA HEMP.
    109 10 Manila hemp is the product of a species of banana, called abaca by the natives. The plant throws up a cluster of sheathing leaf-stalks to a height of 20 or 30 feet, which spread out at the top into a crown of huge, undivided leaves. It is cut
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    POLICE CASES.
    144 10 According to the evidence given this morning in the case of Ettara Bucchi, an Italian who is alleged to have stabbed a Frenchman named Gillard at the United Service Hotel, the stabbing was the result of a dispute. Dr. J. Leask described the wound as having been caused
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    RACING IN THE HARBOUR.
    189 10 The sailing race arranged for Saturday afternoon was brought off in the best of weather, but unfortunately the competitors were not so numerous as it was expected they would be. The only boats taking part were those from the Stabclle and Horsburj/i and Mr. Jackson Millar’s
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    PERAK NEWS.
    175 10 l’trah iV/J The Judicial Commission I utterances to i ur es in S10Be '> seem to fall flat on the murd the natural conclusion the number of recent *n° The Diamond "I ture of the Queen, Guides, has been received in the office of the Command p dfl
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    S.C.C. CRICKET.
    254 10 The match played on Friday si Saturday last between the next vfli and the S. C. C. XI ended in a m'JI victory for the former. Capt. 0'I) on S| took six wickets for 23 runs, pivin,S average of 4.1 runs per wicket scores were as followsfl next
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    SIAM NEWS.
    267 10 SINGULAR REVOLVER ACCIDENT. Mr. E. C. Nazer, of the Siam* Customs Service, died from a revolve accident at Bangkok on the lw instant. He had a loaded revolver J his pocket on sitting down to break**On rising from table, he ran upstairs The revolver then went oft, from
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    NEWS FROM THE NORTH.
    334 11 AFFAIRS AT PEKIN. pgt'KEES have been issued by the Em* ...Dowager authorising the Viceroys in Chih tung and Liu to establish in.*reiid bureaux at Ilankow and promising to inaugurate saluf rrforms, and warning the people •tb>tain from using the crusade reformers for the gratification f i
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    A TEMPERANCE CONCERT.
    160 11 Uv permission of Major ills, at pre*nt commanding the Ist West Yorks, the variety troupe of the regimental ii oftheAnny Temperance Associate. concert at the Anglo-Chinese on Saturday evening, in aid of > Singapore Temperance Club. There a good attendance, and an excel•'U programme was submitted. An
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    BRITISH NEW GUINEA.
    204 11 I,; W illiam MacGregor, who retires th«; Governorship of British New* tdter ten years’ rule, has been at Sydney. So great have changes during that period ll territory formerly given over to there are now’ completely v r drifts, each tribe, or two or trjl i v
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    THE PHILIPPINES.
    1241 11 AFFAIRS AT MANILA. A BURIAL QUESTION. The Manila correspondent of the Hongkong Daily Press reports that the latest trouble there is a brush between British naval men and insurgents. On the 9th, a launch and party of men from the Powerful went up the river Pasig to the
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    SELANGOR NEWS.
    304 11 —Malay Mail At Jugra, on the 20th instant, the investiture of the Toh Bandar and seven other Malay dignitaries took place in the presence of the Sultan of Selangor. The Resident, Mr. Rodger, was also present. The ceremony took place in the Council Chamber of the Sultan's palace.
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    956 11 Londoh, 11th October. I’aily interviews are taking place be- tween Sir Edmund Monson and M. Del* casve on the Fashoda question. The Temp*, discussing the British blue book, remarks fhat Lord Salisbury no longer bases the Anglo-Egyptian claim to Fashoda upon the anterior rights of the Khedive,
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    BRITISH AUTHORITY UPHELD.
    199 11 WHY THEY KOWTOWED. The incidents of Mr. Stewart Lockhart’s visit to Kammin, as British Commissionerfor the taking over of Kowloon, are now more clearly told. The gates of the village were closed against the party, but were opened when Mr. Lockhart had impressed the natives with the
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    CERVERA’S GREETING.
    222 11 UNTROUBLED IN DEFEAT. Seffor Aunon, Spanish Minister of Marine, with his aides-de-camp and the staff’ of the Ministry, was present at the railway station in Madrid, to receive Admiral Cervera and the other Spanish officers arriving there from America, on Sept.22nd. Admiral Cervera, ”~htingfrom the carriage, walked on
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    RED-TAPE AT KIAO-CHAU.
    244 11 A GERMAN COMPARISION. The Kiao-chau correspondent of the Frankfurter Zeitung gave that journal an account, about a month ago, of what was being done there. He says the first thing the Germans did when they took the place over was to erect a police station and issue
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    BY THE MAIL.
    1663 12 THE SOUDAN CAMPAIGN. The first convoy of British wounded from the front reached Cairo on September 17th and consisted of four officers and 30 non-commissioned officers and men, all of whom stood the journey well. These were some of the milder cases sent from the base hospital
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    VACCINATION AND BEAUTY.
    171 12 The slightest capacity to weigh evidence would convince the conscientious objector” that, by rejecting vaccination, he merely claims the right to present in the persons of himself and family horrid examples of pock-marked humanity, to say nothing of future gaps in the family and corresponding gravestones in
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    AMONG THE SAKEIS.
    530 12 AN ABORIGINAL SETTLEMENT. In a recent issue of The Field Mr. R. S. Meikle tells the story of famous hunting trip which ended in the death of Capt. Syers. This there is no need to recount, but the author s account of his stay at Cherimas, a
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    TUESDAY, 25TH OCTOBER.
    131 12 General Borgnis-Desbordes has been appointed commander-in-chief of the troops in French Indo-China. Monseigneur Depierre, the bishop of Saigon, died there on the 17th instant, in his forty-third year. He had filled the bishopric since April 1895. On the 19th instant, a Chctty was deported to Singapore by
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    ON GUARD.
    54 12 When H. M. S. Centurion left Wei-hai-wei suddenly on Sept. 24th, it was under sealed orders. Three cruisers, two torpedo-boat destroyers, and the despatch-boat Alacrity were also ordered from Chefoo. They afterwards assembled off the Taku forts, and have remained since in that neighbourhood. The Undaunted and Handy
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    A BRITISH SPHERE.
    64 12 Mr. Archibald Little thinks that the British sphere in China is to-day a subject of derision. The Yangtse Valley, he computes, has an area of 600,000 sq. miles and a trade of about 30 million pounds. The latter, he declares, might easily be increased ten-foid, and lie
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    THE PANAMA CANAL.
    69 12 The report of the International Commission, which has been investigating the Panama Canal question, although it had not been officially disclosed at the time the mail left, is said to assure the completion of the Canal. Two-thirds of the work was completed before operations were stopped, and
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    TOO CHEAP.
    81 12 The firm of Messrs. Vickers are. it is said, to build a battleship of 15.000 tons displacement, with all her munitions of war complete, including four 12-in. 50-ton guns, a large installation of q. f. guns, twin-screw engines equal to 15,000 i. h. p., for the Japanese Government,
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    THE EASTERN SCHOOL.
    285 12 EXAMINATION RESULTS. The Eastern School has been examined and, as we briefly announced yesterday, has scored 79 per cent, of ‘possible passes. The Inspectors report, dated October 21st, runs as follows The annual inspection of this school was commenced yesterday and concluded to-day, and 393 passes were
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    33 12 competition be hdd, The monthly medal lan Tu <S<W .November comes off on t ?P for month; and the play f or H V'C Club Cup takes placed Not* 5*5
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    COAL-MINING AT A LOSS.
    58 12 The Kebao coal mine in tv. been shut down, the it having apparently come to n 0rk '»t its resources. The to whom three or four "'.N were due,‘have been Government, which now ho 1 ,7 perty under hypothecation Th f JS ascribed to misniam^ fts
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    BANGKOK ABDUCTION CASE
    93 12 alleged ACCOMPLICES, discharge The charge against Messrs V av Tatner, and Chapman of aheoi. illegal detention of Mi«s an Bf by D’Silva came again beTore ftri Consular Court at Bangkok i P instant. The alleged ahetmen 6 f sistedm coercing the girl into signing certain document. The
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    AT THE POLICE COURT.
    92 12 Two men were yesterday sentenced to six months imprisonment for stealing two lamps from street posts On the 25th of September, a ran over a Chinaman and the latte died two days ago. This morning. no e\ idence was forthcoming, the svee was discharged. A J
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    OIL-GAS FOR SINGAPORE.
    206 12 Ihe Municipal Commissioners met at the M unicipal Offices yesterday afternoon to inspect one of Mansfield s patent oil-gas lamps. Mr. Gainsford, the representative of Messrs. 1\ Orr and Sons, of Madras, who are the Indian agents of the system, lighted a lamp, supplied with oil-gas from
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    TRADE OF BURMA.
    211 12 COXSIDERA RLE EXPAXSIOX. A report on the trans-frontier trade of Burma, for the financial yearendeu March 31st last, has been issued by toe Government at Rangoon, The t<>& amounted to nearly 289 lakhs of rape*- against 268 in the preceding year:tn< imports being 156J lakhs, against ligand
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    TRUE RACING STORY.
    874 13 BV THE CAPTAIN." roK THE STRAITS TIMES.*") stood at the stockyard T* ‘‘watching a horse racing round in which the station r ii a big, raking hay ridden itf* j, tlf-caste, who seemed part f t .,‘iiiKil himself so closely did he saddle giving, at the same
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    PARTY PLATFORMS.
    189 13 The Republican platform, prepared for the Convention on national questions, supports Mr. McKinley's Administration, strongly urges the retention of the Philippine Islands, declares against returning to Spain any conquered lands, and recommends that Congress should pass a Currency Bill reorganizing Government issues of paper money on the basis
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    THE WAR ADMINISTRATION.
    198 13 President McKinley secured nine members for the War Department Inquiry Commission by Sept. 25th. Only two of the original selections accepted. On the list we see the name of Mr. Charles Denby, formerly Minister to China. After a two hours’ conference, they retired to the War Department
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    THE FRENCH AND SAMORY.
    200 13 THEIR GREAT VICTORY. An official telegram from St Louis, Senegal, on September 26th, says Lieutenant Woelfel, of the Soudanese Tirailleurs, learning that the Sofas intended to cross the River Cavallv 40 miles south of Nzo, arrived at that point on September 9th. Being received with rifle
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    BY THE MAIL.
    1004 13 NEW TURKISH SCHEME. Turkey is said to be secretly preparing for a union among all the Mohamedan countries; with that end in view, there has been sent, in the name of the Sultan, Guardian of the Faithful, to all Moslem sovereigns, a letter inviting them to a
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    SECRET SOCIETY AT SAIGON.
    253 13 RIOT AND INCENDIARISM. A Secret Society riot broke out at Cliolon, a ward of Saigon, on the 17th instant, at night. The police had surprised a meeting of the Triad Society, when about i350 Chinese were intently listening to a speech. The Chinese resisted the police,
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    SITUATION IN CRETE.
    341 13 MOIIAMEDAN SUBMISSION. The insurgents in the Candia districts had dispersed by Sept. 27th, and tlie Mohamedans in Canea declared that they were prepared to see the troops depart, on assurance of the protection of life and property. They did not conceal their belief that the irritation of
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    A COLD BATH.
    142 13 DRIVER, HORSE, AND TRAP TOGETHER. A peculiar accident happened in Stamford Road yesterday afternoon. A horse and gig, owned by Mr. Dalian, was being driven past the Ladies' Tennis-ground in the direction ef Tanglin when, just opposite the corner of Dhoby Gaut, the animal swerved across the
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    MALAY MANNERS.
    312 13 AN APPRECIATION OF CHARACTER. Much has been written about the Malays as a race and of their special traits. The author of “Camping and Tramping in Malaya” has summed up his observations excellently well in an appreciation of their character that deserves reproduction. He says of them that
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    A KLONDYKE MYSTERY.
    640 13 AN ENGLISH BARONET DISAPPEARS. Sir Arthur Curtis, great-grandson of Sir Rodger Curtis who received his baronetcy for gallantry as Captain of the Queen Charlotte in the great battle of St. Vincent, has been lost in the wilds of British Columbia. He was born at Trinidad in 1858
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    80 14 The following passengers have arrived per s. s. Nerbudda From Calcutta. —Mr. and Mrs. Turner, Messrs. Lawson and L. Alexander. From Rangoon —Messrs. W. F. Richardson, Hartnell, and Lieut. B. A. Ihompson. From Penang—Mrs. Bromhead Matthews, the Lady Superior of the Singapore Convent, Sister Andre, Hon’ble Dr. and
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    CYCLING NOTES.
    594 14 London September. Moke details are now known, concerning the registration of cycles. The Home Secretary has had under consideration a scheme, and the date of its operation is fixed for January 1st next. It will, at first, only apply to London, and if successful will be extended to
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    WEDNESDAY, 26TH OCTOBER.
    203 14 The Ben liner Benlawers arrived this morning from London. The Court of Cassation will begin the examination of the Dreyfus revision case to-morrow. Among recent arrivals at Bangkok is M. Jottrand, a Belgian lawyer who has been engaged as assistant Legal Adviser. The following bull was perpetrated
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    AN OWNER WANTED.
    48 14 Two Chinese boys have been arrested for being found in possession of a massive silver-plated dish and cover. There are no marks on the articles in question, which evidently belong to a European. The owner is wanted. The accused have been charged with wrongful possession.
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    A COOLIE ROBS HIS MASTER.
    52 14 A Chinaman living at the ;U milestone, on the Bukit Tiniah Road, reports that on Tuesday night last, his coolie absconded with money and clothing to the value of &13.50. The accused has since been arrested with the stolen clothing and Si..‘lo in cash in
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    RACING IN PERAK.
    57 14 The Ivinta Gymkhana Club intend to hold a gymkhana meeting there on the sth November with eight events. It also proposes to hold a race-meeting at Batu Gajah on the 11th and 13th of February next. It is probable that there will be eight events on the
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    NATIVE STATES POSTAGE.
    56 14 With regard to postal matters, says the Perak Pioneer the PostmasterGeneral of the Straits Settlements has met the wants of the Native States in such a liberal spirit that they will be able to follow the lead of the Straits in reducing the postage to the equivalent
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    ORDINANCES JUST PASSED.
    58 14 An extra number of the Government Gazette was published to-day. It contain the texts of the Straits Settlements Ordinances IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, and XI of 1898. These laws deal respectively with pawnbrokers, final supply, civil procedure, objects of the New Harbour Dock Company,
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    A CHINESE POLITICIAN.
    80 14 One of the Em press-Dowager’s most notorious nominees to high office in Pekin is Hsu-Yung-Yi. He was the negotiator of the Gerard Convention of 1895, but was subsequently removed from the Tsung-li Yamen at the instance of Sir N. O’Conor for breach of faith. His reappointment is
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    SHOP-KEEPER ROBBED.
    92 14 A Eurasian, named Alexander Fox, reports that he locked up his shop at No! 43 High Street, on Tuesday night last and went home. This morning, on the complainant’s boy going to the shop he discovered the door open and several shelves containing silk, boots and shoes, to
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    L’AFFAIRE DREYFUS.
    1387 14 L’ AFFAIRE DREYFUS. THE CABINET DIFFICULTIES. TEDIOUS STEPS TAKEN. There was continued friction in the i French Cabinet over the Dreyfus affair when the mail left. The Premier insisted on being consulted before any prosecutions for attacks on the array are instituted, while the Minister for Justice claimed to act
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    BRITISH FIRMNESS INVOKED.
    217 14 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.” Sir, —The Daily News of September 29th, gives an interesting account of the robbery of certain documents from the German Embassy at Paris in 1895, and of the prompt manner in which they were restored to the lawful owners. So
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    BY THE MAIL.
    1210 14 GERMANY AND THE TRax ?v Mr. Leyds left Berlin with. seen the Emperor Willi, ,0ut obliged to be satisfied with'tl He 3 that His Majesty would J’ ron some other time. He felt ,h change of opinion which in in leading circles 0 f u' r capital
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    SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS.
    110 15 lit krrixo to our statement that the of passes in the Eastern F"H- •''inirapore, was the best examir result so far, this season, in the H sdiooli* Mr. \V. G. Gray, headT >t. Francis’s School, Malacca, r ri! us that, with the same examiner M -tan*lard of work
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    POLICE NEWS.
    137 15 was committed to the this morning for the theft of valued at S4,456. of theft of ear-rings from n in < 'hina and Macao Streets, before Mr. Saunders this !r n< case was to First r disposal, the other was postil hut<*lier recently took eight iw 0 Saigon
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    SINGAPORE RACES.
    4328 15 A SPORTING CLUB SUCCESS. FIR8T DAY’S EVENTS. OUT-8IDERS COME AT THE FINISH. The Singapore Sporting Club has every reason to congratulate itself upon the success of the first day’s racing in the Autumn Meeting of 1898. Of the weather no complaint whatever can fairly be made; truly the
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    A SOCIETY QUEEN.
    110 16 The Duchess of Devonshire is, perhaps, the most to be envied of all the queens of society, Cassell's Journal says. She is chatelaine of six of the most palatial houses in England and Ireland, of a townhouse whose rental value is equal to the yearly salaries of
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    A PRINCE IN EXILE
    126 16 For the past twelve years, says a writer in the Atlantic Monthly Prince Krapotkin has lived quietly in England with his wife and child. Although an exile from his native land, and unable to enter with safety two, perhaps three other European countries, with impaired health,
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    DARING GANG-ROBBERY.
    178 16 About 10.47) p.m.on Tuesday last, six Chinamen armed with knives entered No. 21-9 Sago Street. Encountering a woman on the stairs, they seized and searched her. They then went into one of the bed-rooms, broke open a box, and stole money and property valued at *lO. A woman
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    A MAHOMMEDAN FESTIVAL.
    200 16 Those Mahommedans who are looked upon as heretics by the true followers of the Prophet held high carnival in the streets here last night. The heretics, or Shiahs, believe that the supreme rule of the Prophet, both spiritual and secular, was on his death vested in his
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    THURSDAY, 27TH OCTOBER.
    123 16 The Penang Hunt Club propose to hold a gymkhana meeting on the 9th November, with ten events. Hockey is in full swing in Penang, and is to be played regularly on the Esplanade there, on Wednesdays. The Committee of the Selangor Turf Club propose to import a
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    A BURNING RAGE.
    42 16 A Ceylonese woman at Penang was so overcome with rage, the other day, owing to a fellow* countryman refusing to pay her some money due, that she set fire to her clothes. She was badly burned when help came.
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    AT STAKE.
    51 16 A Malay playing football at Penang, on Sunday last, sought to jump on one of his opponents. He missed, and fell upon a fence where his neck got jammed between tw o stakes. Death from suffocation was imminent when a passer-by rescued him by breaking one of the
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    COURT ARRANGEMENTS.
    52 16 As it has been found inconvenient to bring prisoners to the second police court by nine in the morning, to say nothing of the trouble caused to bar, police, and public, that court will sit as heretofore at 10 a.m. daily. The Court of Requests will sit at
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    DREYFUS BOYCOTT.
    44 16 The Jews at Broken Hill*the silvermining centre of New South Wales, have decided to help the settlement ol the Dreyfus case, by boycotting French goods in addition to French business houses and insurance companies. Jews throughout Australia have been asked to co-operate.
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    A SUGGESTED AMBASSADOR.
    49 16 Mr. Henry Adams, of Massachusetts, son of Charles Francis Adams, and a friend of Mr. Hay, is reported to have been suggested as American Ambassador in London, lie is a prominent author and historian. His father, grandfather, and great-grandfather have all been on missions to London.
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    AID FOR THE WEST INDIES.
    53 16 The Mansion-house Fund, in connection with tiie hurricane in the West indies, amounted on {September 29th to i.T8,200. A telegram from the Governor of Natal intimated that tiie Government of that colony wished to contribute .£5OO towards the relief fund, and that private subscriptions were
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    LEAVE DIFFICULTIES.
    66 16 The Finaiiy Gazette contrasts the ease with which cadets here secure leave of absence, with the difficulties put in the way of officials in the P. W. D., Police, and Medical departments getting leave. It says that recent cases of sickness have-shown that officers in the Straits have
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    BANKRUPTCY CASE.
    57 16 This morning before Mr. Justice llyndman-Jones the bankruptcy proceeding against Mr. M. E. Nathan came on for further hearing. On the examination of the bankrupt being concluded, Mr. E. Nathan gave evidence with repect to his guarantee of *lO,OOO for an overdraft on the bankrupt’s bankers. A report
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    SELANGOR CLUB SPORTS.
    84 16 The annual Athletic Sports for members of the Selangor Club took place on Saturday last. The w’eather was fine and the attendance good, but the number of competitors w’as very small. The following were the events: —Throwing the cricket ball; 100 yards scratch race; long jump; hurdle
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    THE FASHODA QUESTION.
    839 16 THE FRENCH AND THE NILE. “calmness” in the press. On behalf of the great French nation the claim is made, as of right, to an outlet on the Nile. The name of M. Bonvalot is no new one in connection with French assertiveness in north-east Africa. In
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISION.
    2172 16 Yesterday afternoon 3 t,y Th UniCipal Com^on al f !r> d -AVw^ L re Present: Mr f (President), Colonel Pennefatl' Moses, Meyer, H. Fort, Nanai’tf*®* Choa Giang Thye, and Tan PRESIDENTIAL (STATEMENT After the minutes of the InJ. had been taken as read the p, ee,l °s said
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    WARSHIPS READY.
    234 17 ENGLISH AND FRENCH. Now is a propitious moment, to the sensational mind, for presenting all manner of statistics concerning the respective forces of Great Britain and France. It is not easy, however, to present an exactly up-to-date return in any one particular. r lhis year has been a
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    2467 17 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26th. PRESENT. Sir Alexander SwettenhXm, k.c.m.g., (Acting Governor). The Hon. C. W. Sneyd-Kynnereley (Acting Colonial Secretary'). The Hon. F. G. Penney (Acting Colonial Treasurer). The Hon. W. R. Collyer (Attorney-General). The Hon. E. C. Hill (Auditor-General). The Hon. A. Murray (Colonial Engineer). The Hdh. J. K.
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    A POLITE REQUEST.
    61 18 The Editor of a highly esteemed contemporary addresses us as follows Revd. Edition! I demand you very courteous, to have the kindness and to send me one Number of your very estimate Gazette. I to you in advance retrieve my best thanks, for your complaisance, in the
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    ALLEGED LIBEL.
    97 18 This morning, Mr. Fort on behalf of Mr. Robertson of Sarawak, and His Highness the Rajah of Sarawak asked the First Magistrate to fix a day for arguing a case of alleged libel against Mr. Allison. Mr. Lowell, on behalf of Mr. Allison, thought the summons should be
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    S. C. C. BOWLING TOURNAMENT.
    122 18 Wednesday’s play. Championship. Winter beat Graham. Single Haiidicap. Padday beat G. Reid. Double Handicap Follett and Scoular beat Buttar and Paton. Thursday’s play. Championship. Diss beat Muir. Single Handicap. Morrison beat Graham. FRIDAYS PLAY. Championship. Kinsey beat Rainnie. Single Handicap. Diss beat Scoular. Blunn and
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    594 18 ARRIVALS. Per s. s. Hydra from Bangkok —Mr. and Mrs. Mayer, and Mr. Kirby. Per s s. Hecuba from Sandakan—Messrs J. Hardie, and Weld. Per s. s .Ophir from Palembang:—Mrs. Engel, and Mr. Nieuwkerk. Per 8. s. Sappho from Klang via ports Mr. Groom, and Rev. N. Rivet.
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      174 18 Under this heading the following abbreviations are used:—str.—steamer sh.—ship bq.—barque; Brit.—British; U. 8. United States; Fr. French; Ger.—German; Dut.— Dutch; Joh.—Job ore; 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. Borneo Wharf; J. W.—Jnrdine’s Wh»rf;
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      TRADING VESSELS &C.
      1181 18 arrivals Since Noon of Yesterday. Ant Icon Brit. str. 212 tons, Capt Higgen, 26th Oct. From Glasgow, 31st Aug. P. Simons and Co. For Sydney, 28th—Rds. Ariake Maru, Jap. str. 1,886 tons, Capt Fujiki, 26r.h Oct. From Moji, 11th Oct. Coal. M. B. Kaisha For Cherlbon, U—VV.
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      438 18 Home, port probable date of arrival and name of agents Steamers. America Maru, London Nov 10; Boustead. Andalusia, H’kong, to leave Nov 4 B. M. Babelsberg, H’kong, to leave Nov 9 B. M. Ballaarat, Colombo, Nov 6 P. A O. Bengal, Hongkong, Dec 31: P. A O. Buenos
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      ARRIVALS.
      1197 18 (4 tLAQ h Vessel's Name <fc lonb. Captain From Sailed. Conbigkeem Q Rio Get 19 Ophir Dut str. *JOS Tannay Palembang Oct 18 Eng Sene Guob 19 Sappho Brit str. 829 Turner Klang Oct 18 8. S’ship CotLU 19 Hydra str. 619 Lyons Bangkok Oct 16 W. Mansfield ACo
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      CLEARANCES.
      685 19 Vessels Name FlagAKig Captain Destination •<1 Brit str. Inkster Penang and Deli i p re id Nor str. Johanessen Sadong chow Phya Brit str. Jellicoe Malacca and Klang ;J{ Rian Yang str. Kunath j Muar Toniba Maru Jap str. Wale Antwerp via ports 5® iingkep l>ut str. Nacodah i
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      ANJER.
      115 19 PASSED SUNDA STRAITS OR ARRIVED FOR ORDERS. Fug Date j liTI and 'Ship’s Name. Captain. of From where Destin- i ReKig. Sailing ation. mares 1 s.s. ClitusJ George Singapore Australia' Brit s. America Keav Oct 12 Samarang B rbadosf.o. j" 5 Out s.s. Sumatra Rotting Aug 28 Amsterdam Batavia
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