The Straits Budget, 3 March 1899

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    139 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 M Philippines,
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  • STRAITS TIMES FRIDAY, 3RD MARCH. DOMESTIC OCCURENCES.
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      BIRTHS.
      42 1 Krekichs—At 21, Penang Road, Penang on the 18th Feb., the wife of Charles Ki>waki> Frerichs, (Boarding Officer, Opium Spirit Farm, Penang) of a son. U’kmyss.—At Dunbar Hall, Penang on tiie I'utli Feb., the wife of J. Leith Wemyss, of a daughter.
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      MARRIAGE.
      30 1 s>titt —Hellyeb —On 18th Feb., at St. George’s Church, Penang, Gordon Stitt, oi the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, to Isabel Marion, daughter oi Fred. Hellyer, of Forest Hill.
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    387 1 Leading Articles. Another Pin-Prick. Sir G. Bowen. Muscat not Musket. Alaska. American Difficulties. The Ritualists. China Reminded. Straits insurance Co. Local, Market Quotations. Skipping News. Passenger List. Police News. Lind Sale, supposed Suicide. Small-pox. Protit on Lectures. Tanglin Club. An Esplanade Incident. James Clarke again. Wharf Accident.
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    COMMERCIAL.
    471 1 Singapore, 3rd March, 1899. PRODUCE. (Rates are corrected to noon.) Gambier f 6.60. Copra Bali, 7.00. do Pontianak, 6.76. Pepper, Black 27.00. do White, (6%) 44m Sago Flour Sarawak,. 3.66. do Brunei No. 1 3.12*. Pearl Sago 4.20. Coffee, Bali, picked 26.00. Coffee Palembang, picked.... 29.00. Coffee, Liberian, No.
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    439 1 Tue mail for Europe, this week, leaves by the M. M. Tonkin The mail from Europe of the 3rd instant by the P. O. Ghusan arrived on Sunday last. The German mail from Europe by the Bayern arrived on Wednesday. The mail from Europe of the
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    THE PHILIPPINES.
    74 1 DISUNION AMONG FILIPINOS. AMERICAN SYMPATHISERS. (Special Telegram to the Straits Times.) Hongkong Thursday 12.30 p.m. The natives of Negros, one of the Philippine islands comprised in the Vi say as group, hoisted the American flag there on Saturday. These natives desire an American protectorate unreservedly; they say that
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    RISING AT MANILA.
    70 1 INSURGENTS DEFEATED. CASUALTIES AMONG BRITISIIERS. Hongkong Friday noon. Heavy fires are reported to' have raged at Manila. Fifteen hundred houses have been destroyed. The Americans have quelled an attempted native rising there. The insurgents have retreated from the city towards Caloocan. The Americans have been clearing out
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  • REUTER’S TELEGARMS.
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      FRANCE BAULKED.
      60 1 THE OMAN COALING-STATION. THE LEASE CANCELLED. London 23 rd Feb. Admiral Douglas, the Commander of the East Indies Squadron, threatened the Sultan of Muscat with a bombardment, if he did not cancel his grant of a coaling-station to France on the coast of Oman. The Sultan yielded to
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      ANDREE’S REMAINS.
      29 1 ANDREE’ S REMAINS. THE DISCOVERY DISCREDITED. Researches conducted by Russians throw discredit upon the rumour that the remains of Andrde and his balloon had been found in Northern Siberia.
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      PARLIAMENT.
      19 1 The Houseof Commons has passed the Address in reply to the Speech from the Throne, without a division.
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      OBITUARY.
      17 1 The death of Sir George Bowen, who was at one time, Governor of Hongkong, is announced.
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      THE MUSCAT ULTIMATUM.
      39 1 FRENCH IRRITATION. Lowlon, 24 th February. The French Press show irritation at the British ultimatum to the Sultan of Muscat which, they maintain, belies the talk of a desire for an understanding between Britain and France.
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      BRITAIN AND AMERICA.
      24 1 A BOUNDARY DISPUTE. The difficulty about the boundary of Alaska was the main cause of the AngloAmerican Commission separating until Midsummer.
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      THE KHALIFA.
      37 1 ON THE WAR PATH. The Khalifa* is moving northwards from Kordofan with a considerable following. The British officers ajuray on leave from the Soudan have been recalled to Omdurmdn in order to prepare for emergencies.
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      THE PLAGUE.
      32 1 RE-APPEARANCE AT CALCUTTA. The regulations embodied in the Venice Convention are now enforced in Calcutta, where there have 4 been nine sporadic cases of plague within the last five days.
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      CHINA.
      23 1 ITALIAN MOVEMENTS. The Italian Government proposes to station a naval division in China, and to increase the number of Italian Consuls there.
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      FRANCE.
      87 1 M. FAURE’S FUNERAL. M. LOUBET WELCOMED. London 2oth February. The funeral of M. Faure was both impressive and orderly throughout. M. Loubet, the new President, met with an excellent reception from the crowds assembled at the funeral. STREET DISTURBANCES. On the evening of the day of the funeral, a
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      RIOT AT TALIENWAN.
      61 1 MOB FIRED UPON. Mr. Brodrick, the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, gave in the House of Commons the Chinese account of a collision between Chinese and Russians at Talienwan. It appears that a deputation of Chinese peasants were asking the authorities there for a reduction in
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      CANADIAN RESENTMENT.
      30 1 REPRISALS URGED. The Canadian people bitterly resent tfee American attitude at the recent negotiations carried on by the AngloAmerican Commission. The Canadians demand tariff reprisals on the Americans.
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      PARLIAMENT.
      31 2 LONDON LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Mr. A. J. Balfour has introduced into the House of Commons a Bill for dividing London into areas for local government. The City of London remains untouched.
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      AFFAIRS AT MANILA.
      44 2 FOREIGN INTERVENTION FEARED. London 26th February. Admiral Dewey has asked for the immediate despatch of the battleship Oregon to Manila, and has given political reasons for the application. It is supposed at Washington that Admiral Dewey fears foreign intervention at Manila.
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      FRANCE.
      74 2 POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS. PLOTTING AGAINST THE REPUBLIC. London 27 th February. M. MiUevoye, the Deputy who was arrested for participating in a political riot at Paris, has been released. The Chamber of Deputies has authorised the detention and prosecution of two of its members, MM. Deroulede and Hubert, on the
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      JOHANNESBURG.
      23 2 KILLING NO MURDER. Jones, the Boer policeman charged with shooting a Britisher named Edgar at Johannesburg in December last, has been acquitted.
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      MISSING LINER SAFE.
      13 2 The missing Hamburg liner Bulgaria has arrived at the Azores.
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      PLAGUE AT JEDDAH.
      10 2 The plague has broken out at Jeddah.
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      CHINA.
      89 2 ARBITRARY OFFICIAL CHANGES. BRITISH PROTESTS DISREGARDED. London 28th February. The Times in a leading article, expresses the opinion that the Chinese Government cannot be allowed any longer to ignore the protests made by Sir Claude Macdonald, the British Minister at Pekin. That journal points out that the British public
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      THE KHALIFA.
      27 2 DERVISHES ON THE OFFENSIVE. The Dervishes recently fired upon a gunboat going to Fabhoda. The Khalifa is believed to be now 160 miles from Omdurman.
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      ROYALIST PLOTTING.
      57 2 POLICE RAID IN PARIS. The police at Paris, acting upon instructions from M. Dupuy, raided the residences of a number of prominent Royalists. The police searched the houses and seized a large quantity of correspondence. Letters from the Duke of Orleans to his supporters have also been seized
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      UGANDA.
      123 2 THE SITUATION SATISFACTORY. MAJOR MARTYR’B EXPEDITION. London Ist March. In the House of Commons, Sir Charles Dilke moved to reduce the vot£ for Uganda, in the Estimates, on the ground that the situation of affairs there was unsatisfactory. Mr. Brodrick, the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in opposing the motion,
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      RUDYARD KIPLING.
      37 2 AT DEATH’S DOOR. Rudyard Kipling is now lying in a hotel at New York, seriously ill of pneumonia. Both his lungs are affected. Kipling’s only chance of recovery lies in his personal tenacity of life.
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      GERMAN FOREIGN POLICY.
      94 2 CHINA WARNED. London 2nd March. Herr Von Bulow, the German Minister for Foreign Affairs, has delivered a speech in the Reichstag in which he referred to an outrage committed by Chinese on Germans at Tientsin. Herr Von Biilow said that, if the guilty parties were not punished,
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      RITUALISM.
      93 2 THE ENGLISH CHURCH UNION. THE CHURCH ABOVE THE STATE. The English Church Union has decided to address the Queen, the Archbishops, the Bishops, and both Houses of Parliament by memorial regarding the relations between Church and State. f lhe Union, in this memorial, denies the right of the Crown
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      THE POPE.
      31 2 ATTACK OF ILLNESS. The Pope fell into a prolonged swooii, after which he was ordered to keep to his bed in absolute repose. His Holiness is now somewhat better.
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    ANOTHER PIN-PRICK.
    464 2 (Straits Times 23 rd Fe/miary.) The Sultan of Muscat or Oman has had a pointed reminder that he must not trifle with British interests. His dynasty sits on the throne by permission of Britain which prevented, years the then Sultan of Zanzibar from asserting a claim to the
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    SIR G. BOWEN.
    424 2 (Straits Times 23 rd February.) To-days telegram announces the death of Sir George Ferguson Bowen, P.C., GC.M.G., in the 78th year of his age. He was educated at Charterhouse and Oxford, at which University he was twice President of the famous Union. He graduated M. A. in
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    MUSCAT, NOT MUSKET.
    709 2 (Straits Times 24th February.) The volatile French Press are newly irritated with Great Britain; but that does not surprise nor particularly dis- turb ua. Their incredulity of Britain’s desire for an entente is unfortunate;' but it does not affect the mutual relations seriously, and still affects the
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    ALASKA.
    324 2 (Strait* Times, 24th February A* DiFppuLTY about the Alaskan boundary, and not the reciprocity trouble, is now named as the main cause for the separation of the can Commission without any result being reached. The continul!!! of this frontier delimitation both* first sight, singular, when parties to the negotiations
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    AMERICAN DIFFICULTIES.
    558 2 (Straits Times, 27 th February.) Admiral Deweys request for it despatch of the battleship Oregon t Manila without further delay is prob* ble enough. An even stronger rein* forcement;of has been expected for some months, and there has never seemed any valid reason for postponing a proper precaution
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    8 2 OBITUARY. The death of Baron Reuter is announced.
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    THE RITUALISTS.
    709 3 (>'7 ':/>• Timex, 2b fh February.) Thi is no longer any serious ittemi *t, outside of tiie Church itself, Qfii'- r! to greatly minimise, iif "ravity of the crisis in the Church if Kurland. In the course of the debate a r hVb. *th) in the House of
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    CHINA REMINDED.
    592 3 (S traits Times, \st March.) The Times is evidently continuing its good work of keeping a close eye upon China’s evasive and procrastinating! ways. The telegram printed yesterday gave a concise but emphatic extract from the London journal that is deserving of attention. The Times editorially expresses the
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    STRAITS INSURANCE CO.
    3167 3 (Straits Times 2nd March.) In another column there will be found the formal notice of an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Straits Insurance Company, to be held on the loth inst., also of two alternative sets of resolutions to be submitted thereto. The full text being there
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    THURSDAY, 23RD FEBRUARY.
    447 4 The straying of cows about the streets after night-fall is a manifest danger. Mr. J. B. Elcum and Mr. C. J. Saunders leave for Europe this afternoon by the S. S. Tosa-maru. It is estimated that the U. S. Fleet spent in Hongkong during the late war
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    NURSING BREAK-DOWN.
    55 4 The Malay Mail reports that a trainee nurse from Singapore had to be sent for to attend upon Mrs. Joaquim, who is very ill at Kuala Lumpur. The Nursing Association there has broken down jus at the time a nurse is most wanted, anc when there is no
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    CUBA SUGAR.
    53 4 It was expected that, by the enc of last month, there would be from 150 to 200 sugar factories in operation in Cuba. It is estimated that the sugar crop should be from 700,000 to 800,000 tons, as preparations are already being made for planting increased areas nexi;
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    DEWEY’S APPRECIATION.
    50 4 The Editor of the British Realm has received a letter from Admiral Dewey, U.S.N., dated December 18th, 1898, which contains the following:—“ After many years of wandering, I am convinced that one of the mightiest factors in the civilization of the world is the Imperial policy of England.”
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    PRIZE CREWS.
    58 4 On the 16th instant, the steamer Boric brought to Hongkong from San Francisco, a lieutenant and 182 sailors of the U. S. Navy to man the Spanish prizes now repairing at the former port. As, however, the repairs to them wil not be finished for some time, the
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    SUPPOSED SUICIDE.
    87 4 Early this morning, a Chinaman named Sam Boon Yam, and his wife were found dead in an upper room at 62 Circular Road, the woman lying on the first floor and the man in bed. FYom various vessels smelling of chandu in the room, it is supposed that
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    THE FILIPINOS’ FRIENDS.
    66 4 CRUSADERS FOR CUBA. American faddists are far outrunning the statesmen in their “civilising” crusades for Cuba and the Philippines. One clique has declared war against bull-baiting; a second is down upon cock-fighting; a third agitates for Sunday closing; a fourth demands compulsory teetotalism; and, horrible to relate,
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    AN INSURANCE REPORT.
    52 4 The China Fire Insurance Company reports a profit of *181,361 in 1897, of which it is proposed to pay away *120,000 in dividends. At the close of 1898, the balance at credit of the working account was *120,486, the smallness of the amount being due to losses
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    IF THE AMEER DIED?
    279 4 SEVERAL HEIRS PRESUMPTIVE. If the Ameer were to die, who would succeed him? Abdur Rahman’s eldest son, Habibullah Khan, whom the Ameer on every occasion designates as his successor, has but little chance, as he is held in little esteem by the Princes of the Royal
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    THE MACEDONIAN QUESTION.
    364 4 THE COMMITTEE’S MANIFESTO. The report is confirmed that the Ottoman Government has called the attention of the Russian and AustroHungarian Embassies to the agitation carried on by the Macedonians, and that Russia and Austria have made representations on the subject to the Bulgarian Government. The latter has
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    CHESS.
    1192 4 CONDUCTED BY u £150*8 PAWN.” All chess correspondence should addressed to u King's Pawn.” Solution of Problem No. 9*2 (Maxarnni; is Kt-Kt 5. Solved by Caissa and C. N T The Championship Tournament. tL retirement of Sir Lionel Cox and Mr ChiL tenden has reduced the number of n|,
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      59 4 LAND SALE. At Messrs. Hong Tek Chye and Co/s sale this afternoon 26 lots of freehold land situated at Siglap, containing an area of 50,128 square leet, were knocked down to Aroonasalam Chi tty for $220. Nos. 6,7, 8, and 9 Stamford Road and Nos. 1 and 2 Armenian Street
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    POLICE CASES.
    236 5 The charges against Mahomed Bopeng, i Post Ofiice peon, of opening corrcspi.ndence, forgery, and using as genuine a forged document, in connection with the delivery of a Post Ofiice order, have been withdrawn. Three men have to do 6 months each, two of them for theft, the other
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    JAPANESE ITEMS.
    241 5 A Kobe paper asserts that foreigners •a Japan will not be taxed immediately ipon operation of the new Treaties. Hie Business Tax will be imposed next January, and the general taxes six Months later. Messrs. ►Samuel Samuel Co. are 'Sieved to have concluded negotiations with the Japanese Government
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    BY THE MAIL.
    1201 5 THE BRITISH COLUMBIANS. Mb. Chamberlain has made a suggestion with a view to assuaging the strong feeling aroused in British Columbia by Japan’s protest against the Japanese Underground Exclusion Bill recently passed by the British Columbia Legislature. In the hope of securing for the province a needed
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    INDIAN MILITARY WORKS.
    145 5 “grading” abolished. A great change will come over the Military Works Department in India at the commencement of the next financial year. In future, the Department is to be known as The Military Works Service;” and at the head ©f each of the four commands a Chief
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    NATIONAL SENTIMENT.
    118 5 BERESFORD WARNS BRITAIN. Lord Charles Beresford has written to the Editor of the British Realm as follows: I welcome your paper for the reason that we are, in the vastness of our possessions, losing our grip on national sentiment. It is our duty to maintain intact, and to
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    WEDDING AT PENANG.
    59 5 A fashionable marriage is reported from Penang. The happy event came off at St. George’s Church on Saturday. The contracting parties were Miss Isabel Marion Hellyer,* daughter of Mr. F. Hellyer, of Forrest Hill, Surrey, and Mr. Gordon Stitt, the popular accountant of the Hongkong and Shanghai
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    FRIDAY, 24TH FEBRUARY.
    311 5 Filxpinob here are expecting some notability, possibly General Aguinaldo. The Government invites applications for the post of assistant bailiff in the Land Office here. The Chevalier de Sturler, ConsulGeneral for the Netherlands at Bangkok, is expected there from Holland shortly. The Governor of Ceylon has issued a
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    WHARF ACCIDENT.
    50 5 Yesterday morning, a Chinese broker, living at 34 Pekin Street, together with three other men, attempted to jump on board the s. s. Both before it was made fast to the wharf. The former miscalculated the distance and fell into the sea. He has not been seen since.
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    CHINESE CRUISER.
    50 5 A TORPEDO-cruiser was launched at Foochow on the 29th January, and named the Kien Wei. The chief dimensions are: length 260 feet, breadth 27 feet, draught 11 feet, displacement 875 tons. The horse-power will be about 7,000, and the ship is intended to go more than 23 knots.
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    PLAGUE IN MADRAS.
    55 5 From the beginning of the plague outbreak in the Madras Presidency up to the 28th January, exclusive of Mysore and Bangalore, there have occurred there 1,151 cases and 910 deaths. In Bangalore city and Cantonment there have been 7,225 cases and 5,863 deaths, and in Mysore city
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    GUAM.
    60 5 The Neic York Sun says that the United States Nava] Department has come to the conclusion that it will cost more than the department supposed to establish a naval station on the island of Guam. Bids recently invited from contractors in New York and elsewhere are several times greater
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    EXPLORERS ADVANCE.
    57 5 Some of the Pekin Syndicate Expedition have already left Shanghai for Hankow—Major Brazier Creagh, Capt. McSwiney, Mr. C. I). Jamieson, and Signor Poratesi; and the rest were to leave this week. The party will go overland from Hankow to Siang-yang, and from thence along the line of the
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    PROFIT ON LECTURES.
    68 5 The recent series of Health Lectures at the Tanglin Club realised, by the sale of tickets, a sum of $267.75, whiles the expenses were cleverly limited to $49.90. A clear sum of $200 is to be given to the Rontgen Rays Committee, for the purchase of new
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    JAMES CLARKE AGAIN.
    72 5 James Clarke is once more to the fore. Yesterday morning he went in company with a Chinaman, to 4 Armenian Street, occupied by a Chinaman named Tan Hock Wan, to bargain for a bicycle. He pointed out that the machine needed touching up, and, while the owner
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    DRAMA PROMISED.
    72 5 Mr. T. Empson, who is not unknown in Singapore, although some time has elapsed since his last visit, is now again in town. He is acting as the advance representative of Messrs. Dallas and Musgrove’s Sign of the Cross Company. They open here on Monday week, March 6th,
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    ALLEGED THEFT.
    78 5 Mrs. Foley, a Eurasian woman employed as nurse to Mrs. Wallace, 52 Grange Road, was arrested, last night, for the alleged theft of a $5 bank-note and a 20-cent piece. It seems that small sums of money and trifling articles had been missed tior several days. When the
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    POLO.
    82 5 There was a good attendance of members of the Polo Club at the Racecourse yesterday afternoon, but play was not started early enough to allow more than three chuckars.” For some reason or other, the play was more sticky than on Monday, there was a lot of hanging over
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    AN ESPLANADE INCIDENT.
    93 5 A Chinaman, exhibiting the fast trotting powers of his horse round the Esplanade, last evening, allowed the animal to get out of proper control, with the result thata oolliaion ensued and the occupants were violently thrown out but, fortunately, not seriously injured. Seeing a policeman approaching, the
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    POLICE CASES.
    96 5 Two men have to pay $lOO each for causing hurt. Occupying crown land has cost another $lO. For obstruction with building materials $2O were imposed, to which was added the sum of $27, being fifty cents a day for 54 days. Building without having submitted a plan took
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    COOLGARDIE EXHIBITION.
    91 5 The ceremony of declaring open the Coolgardie Exhibition will be performed by the Governor of West Australia (Sir Gerard Smith) on March 21st. An elaborate programme has been drawn up for the function. Invitations have been issued to the Admiral of the Australian Squadron, the Governors, Premiers, Cabinet
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    THE DAGMAR COMPANY.
    118 5 The Vivianne Dagmar Company, opens at the Town Hall to-morrow night, as announced in our advertizing columns. It stays here for a few nights only. The Company will first submit the comedy 44 The Elder of the Kirk but the chief feature of the entertainment will no
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    THE PHILIPPINE FIGHTING
    454 6 BRITISHERS KILLED AND WOUNDED. Our special telegram from Hongkong, received at noon to-day, shows that there has been continuous fighting at Manila and that an Englishman named Curtis has been killed in the disturbances. There seems to have been some idea abroad that Mr. Curtis was an
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    THE ASCENT OF WOMAN.
    196 6 HER PART IN* COMMERCIAL LIFE. Whereas the census taken six years before the Queen came to the throne contained no occupations for women except domestic service, there were at the date of the last census 61,000 women dressmakers, 70,000 employed in public-houses, 4,500 in printing establishments,
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    ADVANCE PENANG.
    106 6 Penang, in the opinion of the Pinang Gazette is moving rapidly. The establishment of an additional mail service with Europe and the Far East lies in the near future. A boat-wharf has been constructed, and a steamer-pier is to be supplied. Increased tram accommodation is at hand. A
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    UNIVERSITY EDUCATION.
    521 6 IRISH CATHOLIC NEEDS. MR. BALFOUR’S SUGGESTION. It is already an old and not a little embittered controversy that rages around the subject of University Education in Ireland. Mr. Balfour, as an individual and not as a Minister of the Crown, has stated his own views of the situation
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    FRENCH FERMENT.
    169 6 (Ahead of the Mail). London, 31 at January. During the performance of a Napoleonic play ir* tlio Nouveau Theatre on Jan. 29th, a hundred Bonapartists were present and shouted Vive L’Empeveur. The audience generally were also credited with cheering enthusiastically The Army is with us.” Many French Royalist
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    SELANGOR CLUB THEFTS.
    120 6 There has been, for some months, a good deal ot shortage in the supplies of liquors and cigars at the Selangor Club, and it has been put down to members forgetting to sign for what they had. hile the Committee were considering, however, the advisability of adopting
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    NEWS ITEMS.
    1558 6 THE CONGO FREE STATE. News was received in Brussels, on Jan. 25th, from the Congo Free State, confirming the reported success of the rebels at Jungu and Kabambarre, both of which towns they captured. The Congo State troops retreated in fairly food order towards Kasongo. Baron >hanis was
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    MALAYAN FLORA.
    87 6 Mr. H. H. Risley, the President nf the Asiatic Society of Bengal, recent].! delivered his annual address. Il e dr* particular attention to Sir George Kin? materials for a flora of the Malayan Peninsula, of which the present V issue of the Journal contains the tenth instalment. For
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    SMALL-POX.
    76 6 EUROPEANS DOWN WITH IT. We regret to announce that Mrs Frances Clements, who came here with Warrens Circus, has been attacked by small-pox. JShe was removed from Beach Hotel to the General Hospital last Wednesday. Two other European immates at the Hospital, one of whom is a mate of
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    AN ITALIAN COLONY.
    227 6 VERY EXPENSIVE LUXURY. Italians have always been convinced that Colonies are apt to be expensive luxuries, but how expensive they probably had little idea until the recent publication of the sums spent on the Colony of Krythrea between the years 1882 and 1898. In 1882, when she
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    TANGLIN CLUB.
    261 6 I THE TAST YEAR S WORK. The annual meeting of the members of the Tanglin Club is to be held at nine o'clock this evening, at the Club building. From the committee's report on the past year, we note that the financial position is satisfactory, the balance of
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    1035 7 London, 13th February. Th<* Duke of Connaught has laid the foundation of the great dam on the Nile at j^nan. What is apparently, a semi-official note jssiird at Paris states that agreements f„»tween Great Britain and France are jpiminent. granting France a commercia outlet on the Nile
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    THE POULETT PEERAGE.
    648 7 A DISPUTED INHERITANCE. PREVIOUS LITIGATION. William Henry Poulett, the sixth Earl, was buried on January 26th, and the struggle for the inheritance was expected to commence forthwith. The better known claimant has made the title ol iscount Hinton famous in many parts of London, by placarding it
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    THE BURMA POLICE.
    68 7 The higher grade police in Upper Burma have just come in for sharp censure from a Judicial Commissioner for slovenliness in preparing cases. The lower grade police of Burma are said to be notorious for getting into scrapes; and as for efficiency* the terrible percentage of crimes
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    SATURDAY, 25TH FEBRUARY.
    209 7 The post-office. asks the public to facilitate the sorting of mails by fully directing their letters in future. The Victoria Hotel, at Kuala Lumpur, may have to be closed owing to the absence of somebody to undertake its management. Kuala Lumpur hears that the marriage of Miss
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    A NARROW ESCAPE.
    54 7 esterday afternoon, a gharry confining a lady, a girl, an ayah, and a >aby drew up at a shop in North Bridge Road. The lady and the girl alighted. The pony then bolted. After crossing Elgin Bridge, the vehicle came ;o a standstill, having sustained some damage.
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    TANGLIN CLUB.
    188 7 THE ANNUAL MEETING. Under the chairmanship of Mr. W. P. Waddell, the President, the annual meeting of the members of the Tanglin Club was held last night at the Club-house. The report and accounts, as outlined in yesterday’s issue of the iStraifs Times were passed and the officers
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    THE VENEZUELAN ARBITRATION.
    242 7 THE COMMISSION MEETS. A PRELIMINARY SITTING. A preliminary sitting of the Court of Arbitration upon the Anglo-Venezuelan frontier question was held in Paris on Jan. 25th, in order to conform to the prescription fixing the date of the first meeting of the arbitrators. The next meeting will
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    A BRONZE BUDDHA.
    1544 7 Written for the Straits Times.) The Japanese have a quaint and beautiful notion that a doll that has been preserved for a great many years in one family and been loved and played with by generations of children, gradually acquires a soul. Lafcadio Hearn tells us in
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    POLICE CASES.
    85 7 For house-breaking, a man has gone to jail for three months; another for receiving stolen property has a month; and Mrs. Foley has simple imprisonment for three weeks for theft. For snatching hairpins from a girl, a Chinaman has got six months. For obstruction with building materials a
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    THE PRICE OF AN OPINION.
    67 7 A correspondent says that he suspected his dairyman was supplying him with adulterated milk. In his own, as well as the public interest, he sent a sealed bottle of the milk to the Municipal Health Officer, for his opinion. He was informed later that the
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    1490 8 There is an English classic with a lilting refrain that sternly enjoins the young man of the period never to introduce his donah to a pal. There will shortly be added thereto a companion gem whose moral shall run, Oh, never lend your gee-gee to a friend.”
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    DOWN THE NILE.
    87 8 London, 1 6t/t February. A private message from the expedition to the Upper Nile, received via Mombassa, and dated the end of October, reports that all sections of a steam-launch had then bpen transported overland to- Bedden, the present head-quarters there, to be rebuilt and steam down
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    PAHANG NEWS.
    1232 8 (From our Correspondent.) Kuala Lipis 14 th February. GAOLER IN GAOL. The conduct of the Gaoler, a Sikh named Vesawa Singh, has been the subject of a departmental enquiry. He was subsequently arrested on the charge of criminal misappropriation. Among other duties performed by convicts in the Kuala
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    SAIGON NEWS.
    369 8 (From a Correspondent.) Saigon 19 th February. The Chinese New Year celebrations have been a source of sorrow and disappointment to jnany people here, not from the festivities themselves but from the licensed gambling attending them. The Chinese gambling farmers have enriched themselves with the accumulations and savings
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    900 8 ACHEEN. k The news from Acheen tells of I portant battle at hand in Pedir r 101 1 ral van Heuntsz, the Governor of Ach** 1 had overrun that country driven the enemy into the hillg the rainy season set in and sWmfl .extensive military operations, j) the
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    CYCLING NOTES.
    1002 9 \.t W**8 a person than Mr. A. H. Spokes, e Kt corderof Heading, has been brought fore the Reading County Sessions and it-i Is. and *<s 6d. costs, for. riding a •v le on the footpath. The day upon [jell the grave offence had been comtted the eminent
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    FLOODS IN SELANGOR.
    79 9 HEAVY LOSSESS. Considerahle damage, says the Malay Mail was done on the railway between Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Kubu on the 21st inst. Two bridges were washed away, one at the 21st mile and the other at Serandah. Also a considerable ’quantity of the banks fell away,
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    THE RUSSIAN NAVY.
    229 9 REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE PACIFIC. The Czar of Russia, whatever may be his private views on the subject of disarmament, says a naval writer, at all events does not mean to let his naval force be diminished. The Minister of Marine, in accordance with the programme for the
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    INDIAN ITEMS.
    238 9 UGANDA AFFAIRS. Calcutta 1 6th February. News from Uganda states that on 27th October Captain Fowler with a party of the 27th Baluchis and the East African Rifles surprised about 700 Soudanese mutineers and Uganda rebels, killing sixty. Our losses were one killed and three wounded. THE N.
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    MONDAY, 27TH FEBRUARY.
    981 9 Rinderpest is raging at Kuala Lumpur. The Malacca arrived this morning, towing a disabled tongkang picked up at sea. Messrs. McAlister Co. have opened business in Penang, at No. 19 Beach Street. Mr. and Mrs. Sarkies arrived yesterday from Calcutta on board the s. s. A. Apcar.
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    FOOTBALL.
    47 9 T\v*j curious International Football results have just been registered—lreland beat Scotland by nine points to three, and England defeated Ireland by thirteen goals to two. The University Match, ten days ago, was well contested Cambridge obtained a victory in the end by three goals to one.
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    JUBILEE SURPLUS.
    56 9 A meeting of subscribers to the Diamond Jubilee Fund was held on the 17th instant at the Sungei Ujong Club, to discuss the appropriation of the surplus money amounting to $1,200. It was resolved to make over the money to the Negri Sembilan Cricket Club for the construction
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    QUARANTINE.
    49 9 We were kindly informed from the Colonial Secretary’s Office on Saturday, but, unfortunately, too late for publication, that nine days’ quarantine has been imposed, from the 25th inst., on all arrivals here from Calcutta. To-day the information is supplemented by a statement that bubonic plague exists at Jeddah.
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    AUSTRIAN CRUISER.
    61 9 The Austrian cruiser Kaiseiin Elizabeth, from Austria, via Aden, arrived at Colombo on the 16th inst., on her way to China. She is a second-class cruiser of 4,064 tons and 9,000 horse-power, and is commanded by Capt. Julius von Zeck. She carries two 4-inch wire Krupp-guns, and six
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    THE PRICE OF AN OPINION.
    93 9 The paragraph headed as above, which appeared on Saturday, should have been accompanied by a note supplying a material fact. The milk in question was sent to the Municipal offices for analysis by the Police. There is a Government Analyst who .is paid by Government
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    COFFEE.
    59 9 At the date of last mail advices, 3rd Feb., the coffee auctions at London comprise 1 fair supplies and met with imgular demand. Good to fine qualities, which continued in small supply, sold with brisk competition, especially East Indian, at advancing rates; while other descriptions, most particularly old crop,
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    GERMAN NEW GUINEA.
    65 9 The German New Guinea Company is to be dissolved, and all rights granted to that company by the German Government are to be resumed by the Empire itself. Thus the whole possessions of the New' Guinea Company are handed over to the Imperial authorities, and the plant
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    LEAVE IN LUZON.
    60 9 In the list of forthcoming publications is a book on the Philippine Islands, published by Messrs. Macmillan and Co., the author being Major G. J. Younghusband, of the Indian Guides. The author has recently spent several months leave amongst the Philippine Islanders, and was cordially received not
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    THE PENANG WELL CASE.
    71 9 The Appeal Court has delivered judgment in the Great Well Case at Penang.* The decision of the magistrate to close the well was affirmed, and the closure is to be enforced within one month from the date of judgment. The Municipality sought to close the well.
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    MISCHIEF BY A DOG.
    76 9 At Ootacamund in South India, lately, a dog belonging to a military officer accompanied his master on a visit to a house. There, the dog broke a French plate-glass window by jumping through it. On the dog’s owner being sued for damages, the court held that
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    THE BANK MYSTERY.
    78 9 An extraordinary account is given of the contents of the letter which accompanied the parcel containing the stolen notes that were returned to Parr’s Bank through the post. The writer says that he found them in the clothes of a friend whom he was visiting, and who
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    POLICE NEWS.
    76 9 A Kling has been fined[$5 for drunkenness, despite his many witnesses’ strong swearing against the police charge. The latest possessor of illicit chandu has the choice of paying $25 or doing 3 weeks’ hard. Three months is the penalty a man has to pay for snatching away a
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    THE CASE OF MR. LILLIE.
    81 9 The Council of the Institute of Journalists have had under consideration a memorandum supplied by Mr. Lillie, embodying a statement of the circumstances under which he was expelled from Siam on account of matter published in the journal of which he was editor and proprietor.
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    SMALL-POX SPREADING.
    116 9 Several fresh cases of small-pox are notified. One case is reported at 292 Rochore Road, and another at the milestone, Serangoon Road. The latter patient is employed at the Government Printing works. On investigation, Sergeant Branagan discovered several relations lining in the same house, also that the man
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    PAUPER AUSTRIANS.
    77 10 The trouble with pauper Austrian immigrants is not yet over in New Zealand. On the advice of the Home Government those already in the colony have been allowed to remain. Austrians in port were allowed to land on condition that the shipping companies concerned guaranteed their support for
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    A FRENCH DISILLUSION.
    84 10 YicE-Admiral de Beaumont, who recently handed over the command of the French Squadron in China to RearAdmiral Courejolles, and passed through Singapore on the last French mail-boat, homeward-bound, is said to be returning completely disillusioned on many points. More particularly so in regard to the value of
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    GAMING-HOUSE RIOT.
    94 10 Almost a week ago, five Chinese were heavily sentenced to imprisonment and five for rioting during the China New Year at a village neaF Seremban. It appears that the renter ot the gambling farm there allowed two days’ free gaming at the New Year to all mining coolies
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    BUDDHA’S TOOTH.
    104 10 Some of the more reforming of the Buddhists of Rangoon are objecting to the spending of enormous sums of money at the present time to provide yet another casket for the supposed tooth of the founder of their religion kept iii Oeyion. They contend that the money might
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    DEEP-SEA RESEARCH.
    107 10 The German steamer Vahlivia, with the German deep-sea scientific expedition, which left Europe last Summer, has arrived in Colombo after a cruise round the Cape, and among the Dutch Indies and tluj Nicobar Isles. Tile expedition is now homeward-bound. There are twelve scientists on board, and the places
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    HEIRESS HUNTING.
    110 10 A scion of an old Austrian family found himself hopelessly involved in debt, and he sailed hurriedly for New York on heiress-hunting intent. lie at once advertised his noble birth, his Court entrees, Ac., and demanded in return personal charms in the lady and a fortune of at
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    A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
    165 10 TWO NIGHTS IN A RQAT. The Ostend steam-trawler Marie Stephanie was wrecked on the night of Jan. 21st oil Lowestoft. The steamer broke her propeller shaft, and the water lushed in volumes through the shaft tunnel. The crew of ten had barely time to take to the
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    STEAMERS SEIZED.
    63 10 REPORTED FILIPINO ACQUISITIONS. The Manila Times of loth February says A report has reached here of the seizure by the insurgents of the American steamers Saturnus, ban Joaquin Don Jose Gloria and San Pedro the captain of the latter boat being murdered. It is feared that the crews
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    EXCHANGE COMPENSATION.
    81 10 LEGISLATIVE INTEMPERANCE. Exchange compensation in Mauritius bearo ihe name of “family remittance in gold.” A member of the Legislative Council of that Colony opposed the other day the votes under that head, and finally declared that, “if the population was not so apathetic, there would long ago have
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    NORTH-WEST AUSTRALIA.
    162 10 GOLD AND DIAMONDS. Sensational gold rinds in Northwest Australia are reported in the Geraldton Advertiser. '1 here, at Marble Bar, on the 31st January, two brothers found a slug of gold weighing 25jibs, avoirdupois, and about 200 ounces of smaller slugs. At Salgash, close by, extraordinary crushings have
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    ARRIVAL OF THE “ BRISK.”
    209 10 ARRIVAL OF THE BRISK.” THE ARCHER UNDER SEALED ORDERS. H.M.S. Brisk-, a cruiser of the thirdclass, arrived yesterday morning from Plymouth, which port she left on November 30th. She is a ship of 1,770 tons, and carries six guns and a crew of 178 men, and is commanded by Capt.
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    SINGULAR MURDER CASE.
    245 10 A SINGAPORE MALAY SENTENCED. An extraordinary murder case in North-west Australia engaged the attention of the est Australian Government at the end of last month. At Broome, a pearling port there, a Malay named Alexander Sherrif, a native of Singapore, and a son of Inspector Sherrif of
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    CRICKET.
    115 10 The Cricket match between the S. C. C. 2nd XI and the Next Twentytwo was continued on Saturday afternoon, and resulted in an easy win for the latter team. The Eleven only scored 51 runs between them, and had not a single double-figure innings. The Twenty-two compiled 163, which
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    THE YANGTSE BASIN.
    204 10 ITS AREA AND POSSIBILITIES. In a recent address, Mr. Little described the geographical characteristics of the Yangtse district, and said that the basin comprised a watershed of 600,000 to 700,000 square miles, 12 times as large as the area of England and Scotland. It was one of
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    SELANGOR NEWS.
    262 10 The Hoods round Serendah are very severe. Between Rawang and Serendah three bridges on the road have been washed away, in addition to the tw r o on the railway. One of those on the railway with a 30-foot span was washed awav by a hurge torrent of
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    ROAD WIDENING.
    221 10 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.” Dear Sir, —Yesterday, while driving from Bukit Timah Road into Cavenagh Road, I was struck with the vast improvement the widening of those two dangerous corners has made to that beautiful road. What I to suggest is that the w hole
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    BY THE MAIL.
    1847 10 RUSSIANISED MANCHURIA. The Globe admits that it cannot be considered fresh news that the Czar, in his immense anxiety to promote peace on earth, has filled Manchuria with his forces, still it welcomes the repetition of this ancient history in full detail by the St. Petersburg Press.
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    355 11 Reports on operations under the loconut-trees Preservation Ordinance, cist year, are published. At Singapore, operations were hampered by want of iinds. Prosecutions to enforce the lestruction of coconut trees, infected >y beetles, resulted in fines amounting >o 52.8. Some trouble was caused by lb-* persons prosecuted, who would
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    107 11 I h.AV for the Gold Medal, competed by t he winners of monthly medals Bering 1*9*, took place on Saturday, resulted in a win for Mr. Fox. |B*My nine players turned out, the absenbeing Messrs. Hutton, Leach, and II. Robert son. The course was in Wm r
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    DEATH FROM TETANUS.
    83 11 On the 11th a Chinaman, named Yeo Swi Jin, made a report at Beach Road Station that he had been assaulted by one Yeo Ah Keng. He was suffering from a wound on the jaw and was sent to hospital, but he refused to remain. On Saturday
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    SHOT BY A SENTRY.
    218 11 LOSS OF NERVE. An extraordinary shooting affair occurred at Forton Marine Barracks, Gosport, early one morning. The guard at the pay office was Private Sutton, and the relieving guard was in charge of Lance-Corporal Davis. As the relieving guard approached, Sutton fired four shots from his
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    THE DAGMAR COMPANY.
    492 11 SUCCESSFUL OPENING NICIIT. One of the largest houses we have seen in Singapore for months greeted Miss Vivianne Dagmar and her clever company of entertainers in the lower room of the Town Hall on Saturday night. It would have been difficult to have found accommodation for more
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    TUESDAY, 28TH FEBRUARY.
    372 11 H. M. S. Brisk coaled at Tanjong Pagar this morning. A Special Lenten Service will be held in St. Andrew’s Cathedral to-morrow evening at 8.15. The Archdeacon will preach. Dogs so beset cyclists at Penang, that some wheelers think the time has come for them to take
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    CHINESE TRADE.
    37 11 It has been reported that Chinese trading agencies are to be established at Brussels and Antwerp during the current year. In April, Chinese commissaries will arrive at Belgium to ally themselves with Belgian mercantile circles.
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    COOLIE ADVANCES.
    47 11 The Protector of Chineseat Sandakan reports, as regards coolie arrivals, that those coming from Hongkong often deny that they had received the advances stated against their names. He thinks that the signing on of coolies at that port is done in a very perfunctory way.
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    DEWEY OUT-RANKED.
    49 11 Rear-Amiral Dewey is said to have sent a message to Senators Elkins and Gorman, asking them to use their influence to secure for him the rank of Admiral. At present, he is out-ranked by the Naval Commanders of every country having a squadron in the Far East.
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    A PROGRESSIVE PROGRAMME.
    136 11 The Ceylon Observer (Feb. 9th) has a paragraph as follows :—Our old friend Datu Meldrum, of Johore, although retired from active service, keeps his interest in all good and progressive work as fresh as ever. He sends, for instance, by last mail, the following sketch for our
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    BANGKOK PLANS.
    44 11 Under the style of the Siam Electricity Company, a company has been formed in Copenhagen, with a capital of £33,800, with power to increase to £lOO,OOO. The company has secured a concession for electric undertakings at Bangkok, the capital being principally Danish.
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    AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.
    53 11 The Australian cricket team to play in England is expected to sail from Melbourne on March 21st, and in the ordinary course should be in London on April 21st. The first match will be at the Crystal Palace on May Bth, so that they will have a fortnight
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    THE N. D. L.
    48 11 We notice the announcement in a home paper that the name Norddeutscher Lloyd is, in future, to be always used in connection with the various services of the company. The use of the English rendering—North German Lloyd—has been found to give rise to confusion.
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    DOCKS AT HAMBURG.
    55 11 The trade of the port of Hamburg has increased so enormously of late that the landing accommodation is found to be inadequate to cope with the traffic. Therefore it has been decided again to increase the docks, quays, etc. For this purpose the Senate has voted the
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    $10,000 STOLEN.
    93 11 The steamer Kwonghoi (Captain Mackenzie),"which arrived at Manila on the 12th inst. from the island of Samai, reports the disappearance of the chiefofficer under peculiar circumstances. On inspecting the deck, he discovered six of the native crew breaking into the treasure-room. The men then attacked him and either
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    POISONED BY A COOK.
    104 11 Before the Criminal Court at Hongkong on the 18th instant, Tong Tin, a cook in the employ of Mrs. Wagner, of Kowloon, was charged with administering a noxious drug —Datura alba —to five servants. The poison was administered in lard which the prisoner poured into a
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    SPANISH REFUGEES.
    97 11 At Zamboanga, in the Philippine island of Mindanao, there are said to be about 3,000 Spanish refugees awaiting shipment to Spain in transports. Two Spaniards, four ladies, four children, and two servants arrived at Sandakan per Labuan on the 10th inst. They were refugees, belonging to Busanga, an
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    PRINCE AND PHYSICIANS.
    219 11 F. K. C. P. PERHAPS F. R. C. S. The Lancet says The occasion of the delivery by Sir William MacCormac of the Hunterian Oration at the Royal College of Surgeons of England this year will be distinguished by the presence of the Prince of Wales, who
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    A P. W. D. SCANDAL.
    59 11 CHECKMATED.” The Government of India recently ordered the withdrawal of all Public Works cheques now in use, and issued new books. It appears that a clerk has been found with a number of forged cheques in his possession. These had been procured from England. There
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    SPANISH WAR-TAX.
    93 11 a “mourning” stamp. The Spanish Government have recently issued a mourning stamp. It is jet black, is marked on one side in white letters, 5 cent.” and on the other, Impto de Guerra war tax”) and 1898-99. The stamp is affixed to all domestic letters as a war
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    RACING IN MADRAS.
    111 11 FUNDS IN ARREAR. Racing is under a cloud at Madras. The stewards of the Madras Races appeal to the public, to clear off a debit balance of 3,000 rupees now confronting them. The stewards Bay that this requires to be liquidated before they can place before the
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    A ROYAL ENGINEER.
    124 11 one of siams princes at work. Prince Sessari, nephew of the King of Siam, has commenced his duties as an engineering pupil at the Gateshead works of the North-Eastern Railway Company, where he will be initiated into the details and mystery of locomotivemaking. He is to have
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    A JAPANESE HOSPITAL-SHIP.
    410 11 LYING AT TANJONG PAGAR. The progress of Japan, in many directions, is further evidenced by an inspection of the s. s. Hakuai Maru at present lying at Tanjong Pagar. This ship has just come out from home where she has been built for the Red Cross Society
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    L. L. T. C. DANCE.
    136 12 A 8UB8CKIPTION dance in aid of the funds of the L.L.T. Club is to be held at the Tanglin Club on the evening of the 17th prox. (St. Patrick’s Day), commencing at nine o’clock. The dance committee comprises Mesdames Braddell, Dare, Galloway, Millar, Reid, Stokes,
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    THE DAGMAR TROUPE.
    667 12 A NIGHT WITH THE CLASSICS. BY A COLICKY CRITIC. Last night s audience at the Town Hall, though large and appreciative, was not an overflowing one such as the reporter of Saturday’s performance described; nor was the programme, either in conception or execution, so thrillingiy beautiful as
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    BRITAIN’S DESTINY.
    309 12 an era of prosperity. SPEECH BY MK. CHAMBERLAIN. Mr. Chamberlain, speaking at the annual dinner of the Birmingham Jewellers and Silversmiths’ Association, observed that never before in the history of the country had the signs of prosperity been so evident, and never before had its influence and power
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    POLO.
    302 12 Polo afternoons are now quite looked forward to not only by the players but by the large number of spectators who wend their way to the Racecourse on Mondays and Thursdays, to see the game. Yesterday the Polo Club provided tea and refreshments for its members; this was much
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    POLICE NEWS.
    173 12 An alleged house-breaker (charged with theft of I,27sguilders) and an utterer of a counterfeit SlO-note have been committed for trial at the Assizes. James Clarke stands for trial in the First Court on March Oth he alleges his business will be ruined by this delay. Extradition proceedings are
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    PAHANG NEWS.
    738 12 (From our Correspondent.) Kuala Lipis 20/4 February. STATE COUNCIL. During the Resident’s recent visit to Pekan, a meeting of the State Council, presided over by the Sultan, was held, at which six new enactments were passed, viz: —To define the law relating to the registration of firearms and
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    GOLF.
    44 12 The result of the play, on Saturday, for the monthly medal at the Sepoy Lines, was as follows Heap. Dr. W.G. Ellis 41+47 5 83 Col. Johnston 50+51 14 87 \V. Hooper 54+46 12 87 J. H. D. Jones K 47+61 8 90
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    BY THE MAIL.
    1698 12 THEIR GRACES OF CONNAUGHT. The Pope received in audience, on Jan. 28th, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, with Princesses Margaret and Victoria Patricia, attended by the Duke's aide-de-camp, Captain McNeill, and suite. Their Royal Highnesses were met at the foot of the Scala Regia by Mgr.
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    A SO-CALLED DUEL.
    110 13 IV Him: in Havana, Mr.G.C. Musgrave, <- -;>»*ial correspondent of the J>nihj r was grossly insulted by a I. i: -!i police-officer because of a pr»or to fight a duel. When he ;t mpted to slap the Briton’s face he ,;i- inaptly knocked down, anti then i
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    SIAM’S PRINCES.
    137 13 W Tin \..img Siamese Princes were ■given a thoroughly good time in Nice, ■as it h> one the fashion to invite them nil th receptions. A certain lady, latter a gieat deal of pains, succeeded in getting an introduction to one of the By/..... fcti.i-o witn perlect correctness
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    THE PLAGUE COMMISSION.
    156 13 I At the sitting of the Plague CommisBi f *n«»n (he Pith inst., Mr. I*. V. Shikare, Bu lking of the origin of the first outB>re;t!:. -aid that the predisposing condiKoij- were the insanitary condition of B> »ni! ;ty. The sub-soil was saturated Bitii !i, )isture and
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    AT PEKIN.
    157 13 SOME LATE ITEMS. B {he latest news to come thr ough from pictures the Emperor of China B-- nli1 ’idly guarded in the south-we st M the Palace. The drawbridge B 1 g tlie island with the shore is B v.;ry night, and every morning B round the
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    WEDNESDAY, 1ST MARCH.
    409 13 A missing pony belonging to Mrs. Raeburn has been found. H. M. S. Brisk left Tanjong Pagar wherf for the roads yesterday afternoon. Forty griffins for the Spring races were landed at Tanjong Pagar about noon to-day. The s. 8. Neera came in this morning, towing a
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    A CRACKER ACCIDENT.
    46 13 At Bangkok on the 22nd February, Mr Greville, the British Minister, and Mrs. Greville were returning from a drive when a Chinaman fired off a pack of crackers close by. The horses shied, and Mrs. Greville fell out, fortunately without sustaining any injurv.
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    MILK AND WATER.
    51 13 A defendant pleaded yesterday that his milk was only watered, because it was boiled. The Magistrate agreed that this w r as done in his own household. The Health Officer declared that boiling does not necessitate watering, and we are sure the public will generally agree with
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    GAMBLERS.
    55 13 Four houses were raided in Victoria Street last night. In one, six Chinese women were arrested for assisting in managing a Chap Ji Ki lottery, and they are now remanded for a week—two on bail of $l,OOO each, and the others on $5OO each. Other arrests have resulted in
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    PRINCE AND BAILIFF.
    93 13 Prince Alexander Tzar, of Tanjong Katong, seems to have been in arrears with his rent —so much so that the Sheriff of Singapore has put a bailiff in possession. The Prince complains that the landlord put the matter in the Sheriff’s hands without waiting until he (the
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    THE NEW PRESIDENT.
    136 13 LOUBETS MESSAGE. (A Havas Telegram.) Paris 22nd Feb. The message of President Loubet has been read in Parliament. The President says that the regular transmission of the Presidential power proved the adhesion of France to the republican form of government. This w*as all the more striking as,
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    LAW IN FEDERATED MALAYA.
    161 13 The report on the work of the Federated Malaya Legal Adviser’s Office in JB9B shows that the general tendency of legislation there was the assimilation ot tiie laws in force in the diHerent States! Nine Enactments were passed iffecting all the Federated States, nesides other enactments
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    THE DAGMAR COMPANY.
    483 13 A NEW APPRECIATION. (By Critic Sec and as.) Feelings of some trepidation filled me when editorial orders arrived to attend at the Town Hall last night, at the Dagmar Comedy Company’s performance. I mildly suggested that the liverish gentleman who did the work the night before should
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    FOOTBALL.
    943 13 8. C. C. r. THE KING’S OWN. The long-expected match between the Club and the King’s Own, at full strength, took place last night on the Esplanade before a huge crowd of spectators. Unfortunately, some heavy showers had made the ground sticky, the ball slippery, and accurate shooting difficult.
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    POLICE NEWS.
    158 13 The amount of fines imposed in Municipal summons cases yesterday, reached $455. Two persons were fined $2O each, one $l5, and thirteen $5 each for failing to report small-pox. Filthy premises cost another $25; and two men for failing to comply with a notice had to pay $lO
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    POLO MEETING.
    582 13 ADOPTION OF RULES. CONFIRMATION OF COMMITTEE. A meeting of subscribers to the Polo Fund wa6 held at' the Exchange Rooms, yesterday afternoon, to pass rules for the formation of a Polo Club. There were present, among others: Colonel Pennefather (in the chair), Captain A. A. Duff, Captain White,
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    5147 14 Tuesday, 28th February, present. H. E. Sir Charles Mitchell, gx.m.g., (Officer Administering the Government). Sir A*exander Swettenham, k.c.m.G., (Colonial Secretary). Hon. F. G. Penney (Colonial Treasurer). Hon. A. Murray (Colonial Engineer). Hon. E. C. H. Hill (Auditor-General). Hon. Dr. Lim Boon Keng. Hon. G.S. Murray. Hon. J. Burkinshaw.
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    COUNCIL PAPERS.
    286 15 The papers laid before Council, yesterday, include a despatch from the Secretary of State to the Governor on the Estimates and the Appropriation Bill for 1899. The Secretary of State notes that the Estimates show a deficit of *444,000 to be met out of Government balances. Owing to
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    A MURDER CASE.
    310 15 TRIAL AT BANGKOK. VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER. At Bangkok, on the 22nd February, Francis Drake, son of Captain Ames, was charged before the Siamese Criminal Court with the murder of a British subject, a Malay police-sergeant, there on the ldth of that month. The prisoner, who is nineteen
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    FOREIGN TRANSPORTS.
    44 15 The Russian transport Kiev arrived from Odessa yesterday, bound for Vladivostock, with 22 first-class passengers* 74 third-class passengers, and 907 Russian soldiers. The chartered Spanish transport Rio Negro came in from Manila this morning. She is taking 1128 Spanish troops to Barcelona.
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    AFFAIRS AT MANILA.
    1277 15 HOW MATTERS 8TAND. Rumours of a Filipino rising at Manila were current there on the 16th instant. But, in the opinion of the Hongkong Telegraph the plans of the authorities are so perfect that it is expected any disturbance that may arise can be quelled in a
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    THE DUTCH IN ACHEEN.
    66 15 AN ENEMY THE LESB. The Dutch Controller at Melabuh, on the west coast of Sumatra, reports the death of Tunku Umar, a redoubtable Achinese chieftain. It appears that Lieutenant Verbrugh arranged an ambuscade, and Umar fell into the trap and was killed. The chiefs remains were
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    REBELLION IN CHINA
    66 15 The rebellion in Anhui aud Honan is said to be more serious than at first appeared. According to Imperial Edicts the trouble has been virtually ended by the capture and decapitation of three of the leaders. But as a matter of fact many of the imperial troops
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    DOCK PROFITS.
    96 15 The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company made a profit of $216,053 in 1898, against $126,445 in 1897. The dividend stands at ten per cent. The Hongkong and Wfyampoa Dock Company made a profit of $397,241 during the second half of 1898. The directors recommend that a
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    YU MANTSE’S PRISONER.
    91 15 Pere Fleury has given an interviewer at Chungking an account of his trying experiences as a seven-months' prisoner with the rebel Yu Mantse. He was in daily expectation of death and a constant witness of the killing of others and the destruction of their property when they
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    THURSDAY, 2ND MARCH.
    473 15 H. M. S. Edgar, from China, left Malta for England* on Feb. 3rd. The chartered Spanish transport Rio Negro le?t for Barcelona at noon to-day. The German man-of-war Airona left at 4*15 yesterday afternoon bound for Europe. A case of small-pox was discovered yesterday in Middle Road,
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    AN OFFICIAL’S DEATH.
    54 15 Mr. Gerald Browne, Secretary to the Government of Selangor, died there on the 2/th of February. The Selangor (Joi€T7iT/i67it Gazette places on record that the death of this very efficient Officer is a grave loss to the Service, and that it will be mourned by a wide
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      64 15 LAND SALE. At Messrs. Powell and Co.’s land sale yesterday afternoon, two lots of land containing an area of over five acres on a 999 years' lease, situated at Serangoon, were knocked down to H. Sopayah for Kathayce Am mail for $750. Five building allotment* (Crown land) at Teluk Ayer
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    GERMANY AND AMERICA.
    278 16 NO INTERFERENCE DREAMED OF. TROUBLE IN THE PHILIPPINES. The German Ambassador in \V ashington, Dr. von Holleben, authorized the publication of an interview, filled with the most friendly expressions for the United States, in which he says: About the question of expansion, which has become such a
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    POLICE NEWS.
    216 16 Two Chinamen charged with cheating and a Hylam charged with theft have been acquitted. A charge of breach of trust was withdrawn. Mr. Elton Bell’s servant, who is accused of theft of a watch valued at $lBO, is to be tried in the Two Magistrates’ Court. M. Chaine
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    BOYS’ FOOTBALL.
    204 16 a master’s interposition. A team from the Raffles School met the boys of the King’s Own Regiment at Association football on the School ground yesterday afternoon. The Rafflesians managed to knock in a goal which,however, was ruled “oil-side,"' and a well-contested game ended in a draw, neither side
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    PENNY POSTAGE.
    84 16 Hundreds of letters were received in Melbourne by the mails from England immediately after Christmas, bearing a penny stamp from persons who believed that the penny ocean postage applied to Australia. The local post-office surcharged each letter three-pence. Jamaica was accused of withholding pn per notice of its
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    GOVERNOR AND CHIEF.
    650 16 MR. BEAUFORT VISIT8 MAT 8ALLEH. A MEMORABLE TRIP. The British North Borneo Herald gives particulars of the trip made by Mr. Beaufort, the Governor of the Territory, into the interior to meet Mat Salieh, a submitted rebel chief. The Governor and his party travelled from the coast
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    THANKS TO LORD CHARLES.
    100 16 NEW YORK SPEAKS. In its resolution in favour of receiving Lord Charles Beresford on his arrival in New York, en route from China to London, the Chamber of Commerce warmly commends Lord Charles Beresford for his active endeavour in the Far East on behalf of the
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    BRITISH JURORS.
    59 16 The Siam Observer complains of the way the British consular jury list at. Bangkok is made up. Formerly, none but Europeans were placed on the Now Asiatic British subjects are included, in accordance with the law. The new arrangement arouses dissatisfaction from many of the jurymen knowing little
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    1161 16 The usual fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held yesterday afternoon. There were pret sent: Mr. Alex. Gentle (President), Messrs. Nanson, Sohst, Evans, Meyer, Moses, Choa Giang Thye, and Tan Cheng Tuan. FINANCIAL BTATEMEMT. The Financial Statement laid upon the table showed the following balances copper coin
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    AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    1189 16 London 12 th February. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. THE QUEEN’S SPEECH. Parliament met on the 7th. The following is a summary of the Queen’s speech —The foreign relations of Great Britain are declared to be peaceful, and Parliament is congratulated on the conquest of Ojjidurman and the
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    975 17 London, 10th Februnry. 1 he ‘lemonstration in I'aris yesterday cning, which led to perpetual scuffles jtvseen the police and the mob, continued jtil past midnight, and were mainly orby M. Derouledeand the leaders of p new Fatrie Francaise league. Fortyj, persons were injured, including fourteen >h ernen,
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    THE PHILIPPINES.
    1286 17 NEWS via LONDON. It was only on February 3rd, the day preceding the outbreak of hostilities between the American and Filipino forces at Manila, that officials in Washington met many disturbing reports upon the situation with assurances that recent advices from the Philippines had been particularly reassuring. When
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    L. L. T. C. TOURNAMENT.
    587 17 WEDNEBDAY*B PLAY. Ladies' Doubles (handicap):—Mrs. Balzmann and Mrs. Stokes (owe 15.2) v. Mrs. Braddell and Mrs. Saunders (owe unfinished; the Misses Gunn (owe 15) beat Mrs. Shrager and Mrs. Down (1), 8-8, 6-0; Mrs. Kerr and Mrs. Waddell (owe beat Mre. and Miss Napier (<),
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    895 17 ARRIVALS. Per s. s. Kutsang from Calcutta and Penang— Messrs McMillan, and Nicole. Per s. s. (Jphir from Palembang—Mr. S. S. Grigoriefl. Per s. s. Sappho from Klang via ports— Messrs. Sword, and Swan. Per P. AO. s. s. Bullaarat from Hongkong—Messrs. Demee, Gullmann, H. Clayton, and ttartwig.
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      232 17 Under this heading the following abbreviations are used :—str. —steamer sh.—ship bq.'—barque Yet.—Yacht Cru.—Cruiser Gbt. —Gunboat; Brit.—British; U.B. 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. Borneo
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      TRADING VESSELS &C.
      1189 18 Arrivals Singe Noon of Yesterday. Euryalus, Brit. str. 2.285 tons, Capt. Currie 1st Mar. From Melbourne, 14th Feb. G.c., lOd.p. McAlister k Co. For Calcutta G. O. Jacob, Dut. str. 2,176 tons, Captain Prenogner, 1st Mar. From Batavia, 27th Feb. G.c., and 7 d.p. Daendels and Co.
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      626 18 Name, port, probable date of arrival, and name of agents. Steam ers. Andalusia, Hamburg, Mar 20 B. Meyer. Antenor, China, Mar 11 Mansfield. Australind, Fremantle, Mar 4 Boustead. Babelsberg, Hamburg, Mar 11 B. Meyer. Ballaarat, Colombo, Mar 25 P. O. Bengal, Colombo, Mar 11 P. Sr O. Bisagno,
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      ARRIVALS.
      1294 18 m U C H VB8SKL8 NAMK A IONS. CaPTAIS FkOM 8aIL*1> COKfilG*^ Q Kio Feb. 22 Africa Por tra. 1461 Covrotho Colombo Feb 35 Portuguese n* 22 Ophir Dut str. 206 Tannay Palcmbang Feb 21 Eng Sene 22 S. T. Penang I str. 1 96 Nacodah Bagan Feb 20Tiang\\ai
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      CLEARANCES.
      726 18 Date. Vessel's Name Flag A Rig Captaih Destination 1 Feb 22 Tosa Maru Jap str. Going Amsterdam via ports 28 Chow Pliya Bnt str. Jellicoe Malacca and Klang 23 Sultan M str. Chopard Muar and Malacca 23 Lady Longden str. Nicol Patani via ports 23 iDdravelli str. Norman Hongkong
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