The Straits Budget, 28 April 1899

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    149 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE ’WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” The Straits Times has the largest circulation of 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 APRIL. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    446 1 Llauim- Articles. It Kowloon Troubles. t ,>:i :ni nv N urses, I m ;it Manila. with Coffee. Irani i-Siamese Settlement. Iri'ii University Question. Aggiv.-sive Talk. Marked Success. Japanese Treaty Revision. Local. Market Quotations. Shipping News. Passenger List. Police News. Ti»i Magistrate’s Glass.
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    COMMERCIAL.
    480 1 Sing/pore, 28th April, 1899. PRODUCE. (Bates are corrected to noon.) Gambier 5.50. Copra Bali, 7.10. do Pontianak, 7.00. Pepper, Black,... .buyers 26.75. do White, (5%) 42.00. Sago Flour Sarawak, 3.80. do Brunei No. 1.., 3.15. Pearl $ago 4.40. Coffee, Bali, picked 21.50. Coffee Palembang, picked.... 23.60. Coffee, Liberian, No.
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    519 1 The mail for Europe, this week, leaves by the M. M. Oceanien. The P. and O. Paramatta with the mail from Europe of the 31st March arrived on Sunday. The Preussen with the German mail from Europe arrived on Wednesday. The German mail for Europe by
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERING.
    65 1 PUBLIC MEETING. SUCCESSFUL RESULTS. (Special Telegram to the Straits Times). 1 enang, 26th April 11.10 a.m. A meeting of persons interested in the proposal to raise a Volunteer Corps in Penang was held there, yesterday, in the Town Hall. The meeting proved to be a great success. A
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      THE BUDGET.
      73 1 AUSTRALIAN OPPOSITION. London 20//* April. In several quarters Jthere is growing opposition to the Budget laid before the House of Commons. Australian opinion is especially strongly opposed to the proposed increase of the wine duties. [The Australian Colonies are now sending considerable quantities of wine to Britain. These
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      CRUISERS FOR SAMOA.
      19 1 The American Government have ordered the cruisers Marblehead and Newark to proceed at once to Samoa.
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      KOWLOON TROUBLES.
      142 1 MR. CHAMBERLAIN’S OPINION. Mr. Chamberlain has referred, in the House of Commons, to the recent disturbances at Kowloon. He stated that the attack made by the rioters appeared to have been instigated by Chinese Secret Societies, but that the combatants on the Chinese side included men in Chinese
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      BRITISH COLUMBIA.
      37 1 THE JAPANESE LABOUR QUEBTION, It is thought to be very probable that the Government of the Dominion of Canada will disallow the British Columbia Bill for the exclusion of Japanese labourers from the latter Colony.-
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      IMPERIAL POLICY.
      129 1 STRONGER FORCES. 8LOW’ BUT SURE IN CHINA. London, 21 st April. The Duke of Devonshire, the Lord President of the Council, has made a speech at a meeting of the London Chamber of Commerce. In the course of the speech, the Duke said that the British Government had
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      AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION.
      24 1 The Legislative Council of the New South Wales Parliament has passed the Bill to provide for the federation of the Australian Colonies.
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      TROOPS FOR MANILA.
      25 1 AMERICAN REINFORCEMENTS. Forty thousand American regular troops will be despatched to Manila as soon as the transports to convey them are ready.
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      HOUSE OF COMMONS.
      149 1 INDIAN SUGAR DUTIES. AN UPROARIOUS SCENE. London 22nd April. There was a slight scene in the House of Commons, arising from a discussion on the countervailing sugar duties in India. Lord George Hamilton, the Secretary of State for India, had to reply to a question on the
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      TROOPS FOR MANILA.
      23 1 ERROR IN FIGURES. Yesterday's message regarding the despatch of American troops to Manila should read 14,000 Regulars instead o£ 40,000.
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      FRANCE AND SIAM.
      89 1 M. DOUMER’S MISSION. AGREEMENT BEACHED. London, 24th April. The Figaro elates that an Agreeamat between the King of Siam and M. Doumer, the Governor-General of French Indo-China, has been reached. It is alleged that this Agreement provides for the employment of a French staff in the Siamese
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      SITUATION AT MANILA.
      35 2 NEW CAMPAIGN AT HAND. The Americans are forming a flying squadron for beginning a new campaign, with the object of clearing the Filipinos ont of the jungles to the north of Manila.
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      CHINA LOAN.
      63 2 ALMOST TWICE COVERED. The new Chinese loan, recently offered for allotment, has been covered nearly twice vover in France and Belgium. [The loan is in gold, bearing interest at five per cent., to the amount of 112,500 000 francs (over £4,500,000) for the PeKinHankow railway. It was issued
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      HOUSE OF COMMONS.
      40 2 DEATH OF ITS FATHER.’’ The Rt. Hon. Sir John Robert Mowbray, Bart, M. P. for Oxford University, the il Father or senior member of the House of Commons, has died in the eighty-fourth year of his age.
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      AMERICAN AND GERMANY.
      93 2 DEWEY AND DIEDERICHS. AN OLD SORE TOUCHED UPON. Lomlon 2oth April. Certain speeches delivered by Captain Coghlan of the U. *S. cruiser Raleigh at New York, have caused a sensation in the United States. Captain Coghlan brought up again, and laid stress upon, the menacing messages alleged
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      IRISH COUNTY COUNCILS.
      39 2 NATIONALIST ASPIRAJ IONS. The newly elected Irish County Councils held their first meetings on Saturday last. Many of them have passed resolutions in favour of Home Rule, and of the establishment of a Roman Catholic University.
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      CAPTAIN COGHLAN.
      120 2 HIS AFTER DINNER SPEECH. A STRONG GERMAN PROTEST. London, 26th April. The German Ambassador at Washington York has entered a strong protest against the recent speech of Captain Coghlan, the commander of the U. S. cruiser Raleigh. Mr. John Hay, the American Secretary of State, has expressed disapproval
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      SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCES.
      56 2 LARGE INCREASES. Mr. Chamberlain, defending the Budget votes in the House of Commons for the erection of additional barracks in South Africa, commented upon the enormous increase in the offensive and defensive forces in the Transvaal which, he said, was the sole reason for the increase of
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      CAPTAIN COGHLAN.
      39 2 OFFICIAL DISAVOWAL. London 27th April. Captain Coghlan has written to the United States Admiralty disavowing anv intention of insulting the Emperor of Germany and Admiral Von Diederichs, in his after-dinner speech at New York, the other day.
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      NEW MARKET RACING.
      59 2 TIIE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. The race for the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes at Newmarket was run yesterday with the following result: The Duke of Westminster’s Flying Fox b. c. by Orme- Vampire 1 Lord W. Beresford’s Caiman oh. c. by Locohntchee—Happy Day 2 Mr. L. De Rothchild’s
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      FOREIGNERS IN JAPAN.
      100 2 THE REVISED TREATIES. JAPANESE GOVERNMENT POLICY. Mr. Brodrick, the Under Secretary of State for Foreign affairs, has made a statement in the House of Commons regarding the position of foreigners in Japan under the revised treaties. He said that the Japanese Government had given assurances regarding itsapolicy
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      WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
      61 2 FURTHER SUCCESS. Tliere have been further experiments with sending messages by the wireless telegraph across the Straits of Dover. These experiments have demonstrated that Signor Marconi has so perfected his instruments that he can localise wireless telegraphy, and can thus communicate with any desired ship or point without
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    THE KOWLOON TROUBLES.
    396 2 {Straits Times 20th April.) Mr. Chamberlain ascribes the disturbances at Kowloon to the. instigation of Chinese secret societies. Facts support this view: Early this month, the Hongkong Government began to set about taking possession of the territory around Kowloon which China had leased to Britain. The surveyors
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    CONCERNING NURSES.
    289 2 (Straits Times 20 th April.) A meeting was called yesterday to consider whether the Colonial Nursing Association should be invited to send trained nurses to Singapore, the community guaranteeing the necessary expenses. The meeting is chiefly notable in that it elicted a distinct medical opinion that there are
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    TROOPS FOR MANILA.
    317 2 (Straits Times 2\st April.) The despatch of forty thousand American regular troops to Manila, so soon as transports are ready, does not mean the sending on of reinforcements of that strength. Part of the troops will simply till the gaps caused by discharge and by the expiry
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    JESTING WITH COFFEE.
    502 2 (Straits Times 22nd April.) Mr. Bailey, the coffee planter, is of Irish race. That may, perhaps, explain how, at a time when the coffee planters of the Malay States are distressed by the fall in the price of fheir product, Mr. Bailey, with delicate humour and with
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    FRANCO SIAMESE SETTLEMENT.
    443 2 (Strait* Times 24th April.) If the Paris Figaro be well-informed, M. Doumer’s Mission to Bangkok has apparently resulted in securing some advantages to France. That journal publishes what it gives out to be some of the points of agreement reached in the negotiations at Bangkok. The points
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    IRISH UNIVERSITY QUESTION.
    549 2 (Straits Times, 25th April.) The newly elected Irish County Councils held their first meetings on Saturday. The Nationalist party has the majority in most of them. The resolutions passed show that the Nationalists still put Horae Rule first, and the Irish University question second. Home Rule is
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    AGGRESSIVE TALK.
    230 3 Straits Times 2oth April.) I'j- KiiAi’s Captain Coghlan of the L S. n t y-j oke after dinner! In any case, it a -id commentary on our much vii'ii:t e 1 improvements in publicity in:« r-cominunication that the silly r ]k m' a ship-captain, enjoying a lir.li-I.iv ashore,
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    “MARKED SUCCESS.”
    830 3 (Strait* Time* 26/A April.) h the annual administration report i.* Singapore Municipality there is .kliiiirable instance of how a public My may evade a law that was passed hi it- regulation. In the Municipal Ordinance, No. 15 of 1896, it is laid <b;vi. in clause 65 that the
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    JAPANESE TREATY REVISION.
    1694 3 (Straits Times 27th April.) Mr. Brodrick, the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has sought, in the House of Commons, to allay the increasing uneasiness among British subjects as to their position in Japan under the revised treaties shortly to come into force. The unrevised treaties
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    THURSDAY, 20TH APRIL.
    272 3 H.M.S. Centurion arrived at Nagasaki on April 2nd. The Bishop of Singapore returned from Malacca yesterday afternoon in the Sappho. A Javanese syce in the employ of Captain Tyacke R. A. reports the theft of $23 worth of property. M. Doumer, the Governor-General of French Indo-China, left
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    SUPPOSED TIN THEFT.
    39 3 Yesterday, a sampan man was arrested off Beach Road, with 250 catties of tin ore in bis possession, supposed to be a part of the shipment which arrived by the s.s. Malacca. An owner is wanted.
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    AN ASSAULT.
    46 3 vOn the evening of the sth instant, J. DeWitt, an employe of the Municipality, was assaulted from the back with a stick by one Ahamat Sikh. The case came up on the 18th, and Ahamat Sikh was fined •50 or three weeks' hard labour.
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    DYNAMITE ACCIDENT.
    46 4 On Friday last, two coolies near Kajang, Selangor were ramming a charge of dynamite into a hole in a rock. They used an iron rod for the purpose and an explosion followed. One coolie was killed and the other was not expected to recover.
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    NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
    50 4 The Nippon Yusen Kaisha Jias insured its fifteen new steamers, the Tosa-maru and three others now being constructed, in London insurance offices to the total amount of some 14 million yen. The rate of premium is 2\ per cent, and the term of the policy one year.
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    PLAGUE.
    52 4 At a meeting of the Hongkong Sanitary Board, on the 13th instant, it was pointed out that there was a slight increase in the number of plague cases. During the fortnight previous to that date, there had been 22 cases of plague as compared with 12 during the previous
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    THE MAGISTRATE’S GLASS.
    47 4 This morning, between seven and eight o’clock, a Chinaman made his way into the private room of the First Magistrate at the police court, and stole a looking-glass. A peon saw him descending the staircase and promptly arrested him. He will be charged to-morrow.
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    A DEATH AT PEKIN.
    54 4 News has been received of the death at Pekin of Mr. R. A. Anderson, of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, which occurred on the 14th inst., the cause being typhoid fever. Mr. Anderson was transferred last summer from Hongkong to Shanghai, where he had been stationed
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    ANTE-DATING BILLS OF LADING.
    60 4 The managers and agents of several banks at Calcutta, including those nf the Chartered I' ink and the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, have addressed a letter to the Committee of the Bengal Chamberof Commerce, calling attention to the practice of ante-dating Bills of Lading with a
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    FRENCH AND CHINESE.
    54 4 Chinese official despatches -state that there have been conflicts recently between the natives of NwjjMPfuuTBay and the French force therethat a number of hvesjgv e been lo8t 0 both sides, a ndjMfv\llagers j n the vicinity iU '®yi«jH(onsetiuetice, deserting Bay ei\ masse. The Bay against Hainan, and
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    WASTE ON FORTIFICATIONS.
    68 4 The Times of Ceylon complains that the constant alterations in the defences of Colombo entail a lot of waste and extravagance. Batteries are* continually put up and then condemned. Thus, the Galle Face Battery, which cost a huge sum, is said to be useless; another battery has
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    LIGHTING THE RED SEA.
    263 4 APPEAL FROM THE BENGAL CHAMBER. The Bengal Chain berof Commercehas addressed a letter to the Government of Bengal with reference to the inadequate lighting of the lower portion of the Red Sea. Mention is made of the suggestion by Morice Pasha to Lord Cromer for placing
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    A CHINAMAN’S PLEA.
    53 4 A Chi naman charged with theft in a dwelling put in the plea that he was a new comer, and so was not aware that he must not steal. The magistrate reminded him that he was not allowed to steal in China, and sent him to prison
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    PRAI-PARIT BUNTAR RAILWAY.
    58 4 Fairly rapil progress is being made with the construction of the railway in Province Wellesley. The embankments have now been raised for seven miles from Prai; and rails are laid down to Simpang Tigga, about 4J miles from Prai. Several culverts are under construction. The foundation has
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    PHILIPPINE PORTS.
    61 4 General Otis telegraphs as follows to the United States Consul General at Hongkong. Vessels under a foreign flag can clear at the Consulate for 110-ilo and Cebu only, not for other island ports. You may clear vessels under the American flag for any Philippine port open for trade.
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    NIGHT THIEVES.
    75 4 A Chinaman named Tan Teck Sing living at 10, Stamford Road, states that about 3. 30 a.m. to-day, he was aroused by hearing a couple of Chinamen in his room. He gave chase to the thieves, one of whom turned round and struck him on the face with
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    BASE COIN AT HONGKONG.
    67 4 Great inconvenience arises at Hongcong from the scarcity of British subsidiary coins and the abundance of Chinese small change, notwithstanding i;he fact that the latter are not legal tender. Many of the Chinese pieces are cleverly counterfeited. British ten and twenty cent coins are also freely
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    ILLEGAL LABOUR RECRUITING.
    71 4 Yesterday two Chinese were charged before tlie Bench of two magistrates, for laving by false statements induced two abourers to enter into an oral coutr&fr! ‘or service without the Coloiw; also, not being recruiters, for abourers to enter into SttjWKnents to One of the defendants was discharged
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    OUTVOTING IN COUNCIL.
    74 4 Having failed to force their tariff* measure through the Legislative Council, the Jamaica Govefcunent on March 22nd, in order to effect their purpose, increased the nominated members of the Council by four at the command of the Secretary of State. The Jamaica Association have sent a telegram
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    REDJANG LEBONG.
    133 4 The Batavia Nieuwsblad of the 15th instant publishes a report from the Redjang Lebong mine. Thirty carts laden with rice and iron roofing had arrived there recently. The arrival of the remaining machinery for the workshop was shortly expected. It only requires a few more bridges to be
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    ABANDONED AT SEA.
    147 4 On the 14th instant a couple of Chinese junks arrived at Hongkong having on board Captain Schneider (accompanied by his wife and daughter), the mate, and Chinese crew of the Gertnan barque Atlantic a vessel of 760 tons belonging to Hamburg, the vessel having been abandoned in
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    THE DEMONETIZED YEN.
    648 4 OUR DILATORY GOVERNMENT. THEY VOUCHSAFE A REPLY TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. So long ago as the 11th of this month, the Singapore Chamber of Commerce communicated their views to the Straits Government as to the burden which the withdrawal of the Japanese yen from circulation in
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    CLAIM TO AN ISLAND.
    111 4 A telegram dated, Pekin 7th instant, states that the island of Tangmao, near Shanhaikuan, Gulf of Pechili, has been formally demanded from the Tsungli Yamen by a certain Power supposed to be either Japan or Russia. Although the Yamdn has refused further cession of territory to
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    THE PHILIPPINES.
    1016 4 THE SITUATION AT MANILA. SUBMISSIONS AND OPERATIONS. The Manila Times of the 7th April discusses what action should follow the proclamation assuring the Filipinos that the American Government had assumed sovereignty over the Philippines in furtherance of their welfare and happiness. Something more should be done than merely
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    SELANGOR PLANTERS.
    207 4 ,—Malay Mail. ASSOCIATION MEETING. A general meeting of the Selangor Planters’ Association was held at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday last. Mr. Carer, the Chairman, presided. A letter tig read from the Secretary to Government acknowledging the receipt of the information of a vote of thanks to government by
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    A MARINE COURT.
    338 4 A marine court of inquiry into the loss of the British barque Civ yd on the Pratas Shoal began to sit at Hongkong on the 13th instant. Evidence was being taken when the Court adjourned Next day the finding was delivered to the following effect: The Court
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    NURSES FOR SINGAPORE.
    1356 5 I IMPORTED NURSES NEEDED? I WHAT THE DOCTORS THINK. I Vu-rKKDAY afternoon, a meeting was at the Town Hall to ascertain I i. ws of the public as to the need I L -re skilled nurses in Singapore, I t! j > consider certain proposals I bv
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    A FAMOUS CRICKETER.
    362 5 One of the best cricketers of this generation passed away last month in the person of William Barnes. Born in 1852, he was still a comparatively young man. His career in the Notts eleven was exceptionally brilliant, and extended over a long period of time. He first
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    ABOUT CHEAP EDITIONS.
    1145 5 —Glasgow Evening Newt. A V-SHAPED DEPRESSION. I had a long talk yesterday with my 1 friend the Wholesale Agent. The Wholesale Agent was suffering from a large V-shaped depression. Business was bad—very bad. The rush on pirated American books distressed his righteous soul, but that was as
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    MEN-OF-WAR ARRIVED.
    409 5 THE ORLANDO AND THE AURORA.” Shortly after the arrival of H. M. S. Orlando yesterday afternoon from Portsmouth, her sistership the Aurora steamed into the harbour and anchored in the roads. As regards tonnage and general dimensions, both ships are the same. They are of 5,600 tons, with
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    DERELICT U. S. SEAMEN.
    142 5 Eleven of the crew of the American gunboat Castine are at present in Singapore. They left their ship without leave, and they complain that they could not go aboard again because the ship sailed for the Philippines before the time appointed. They complain also that the
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    CONGESTION AT HONGKONG.
    126 5 In Hongkong harbour, the traffic is said to be increasing so rapidly that the available space is beginning to get congested. New-comers complain that all the best berths are monopolised, and that they have to anchor at considerable distances from the business centre. At the same time,
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    FRIDAY, 21ST APRIL.
    253 5 H. H. Rajah Brooke left yesterday afternoon for Sarawak in his yacht, the Zahora. The Manila Jockey Club intend to hold races there on the 3rd,- 4th, 5th, and 6th May. H.M.S. Orlando went to Tanjong Pagar this morning, and is at present taking in coal. The
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    RACING WITH BULLOCK CARTS.
    49 5 A few days ago, Dr. Ellis had occasion to take action against two Bengali bullock-cart drivers, for rendering the road at Sepoy Lines unsafe by racing abreast along it. This morning, he gave evidence to t hat effect. The men were fined ten dollars each.
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    THE MAGISTRATE’S GLASS.
    49 5 Wong aii kan was before Mr. Clayton, this morning, for stealing a looking glass from the First Magistrate’s private room at the Police Court. He simulated lunacy, but when he heard that he had to go to prison for fourteen days, he quickly recovered his wits.
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    INSANITARY HONGKONG.
    49 5 The Government Officer of Health at Hongkong states, in his report for last year, that most of the Chinese dwellings in that city would, if they existed at home, be at once condemned as 1 unfit for human habitation under the Housing of the Working Classes Act.
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    PUKET OPIUM FARM.
    56 5 —Pinang Gazette. The opium farm of the Siamese western provinces in the Malay Peninsula, under the Puket government, has been let for the first time to Mr. Khaw Joo Choe, son of Mr. Khaw Sin Khim, of Messrs. Koe Guan Co., for the sum of $492,000 per
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    RETURN OF FILIPINOS.
    57 5 The Spanish steamer Ley XIII arrived here on Wednesday, en route for Manila, having on board twenty-four Filipinos who were sent prisoners to Spain nineteen months ago. These men have elected to remain here for the present, being afraid lest they should be made prisoners by the
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    SMALL-POX.
    64 5 A Malay woman and her son were brought before Mr. Brockman this morning, the former for not reporting a case of small-pox, the latter for leaving his home in Rangoon Road, and going to a house in Serangoon Road while he was suffering from the disease. Both admitted the
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    FIGHT WITH ROBBERS.
    60 5 A Severe engagement with robbers took place in the eastern province of Canton, early in March. A band 200 strong attacked the family house of a high official. But an informer Had already betrayed them. The villagers gathered and fought the robbers. Thirty- five robbers were killed
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    CHOLERA IN SIAM.
    53 6 ADVANTAGES OF TEA. Most of the recent cholera cases among the coolies employed in the construction of the railway line inland from Bangkok have been traced to the drinking of water that is absolutely impure. Those who took the precaution regularly to boil the water and drink
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    ANTIMONY IN BURMA.
    88 6 DISCOVERY OF A REEF A concession for working antimony mines in the Amherst district of Burma has been granted to a Dutch merchant. Large quantities of antimony ore containing gold have been discovered by him. Machinery to crush the ore on the spot will be brought into
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    HOUSE-BREAKING.
    80 6 Early this morning, a constable on duty in Amoy Street noticed a number of Chinamen standing round the doorway of No. 133. On approaching them the men ran away, whereupon the constable noticed that the door of the house was open. Keeping watch the constable waited, and shortly afterwards
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    GAMBLING AT TANJONG RHU.
    100 6 This morning, Captain de Hamel prosecuted a Chinese resident at Tanjong Rhu for keeping a gaming house, and succeeded in establishing his case. As there was a conviction against the house on the 19th ultimo, Mr. Brockman directed that a certificate thereof should be produced, and
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    SIAM EXPLORING COMPANY.
    100 6 a revenue-farming dividend. Shares in the Siam Exploring Company were in demand at Bangkok at the date of last advices. They had been hitherto regarded as undesirable securities but now the chances of a dividend are brighter, although work at the Company’s mines has ceased. The Bangkok
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    A MILLIONAIRE’S SAD END.
    124 6 BURNED TO DEATH. A telegram has been received at Manila stating that, at New York, on the 9th instant, a palace in Seventyseventh Street, East, there, owned by Wallace Andrews, a millionaire, was destroyed by fire. Wallace Andrews, his wife, and ten others perished By being
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    A SWINDLE THAT FAILED.
    200 6 For sometime past a gang of swindlers have been making their presence felt in town. Yesterday morning tour of them were arrested in Kling Street while in the act of exploiting an innocent Chinese trader. It appears that the latter while walking down Kling Street, carrying
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    WOMAN’S DRESS.
    970 6 FASHIONS AT HOME. Red is, I always think, one of the most attractive spring colours. It gives all that one wants of warmth and gaiety without summer lightness. It is in harmony with the sudden frosts and blustering winds. 1 do not mean a red that dominates all
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    FOOD EXPERIMENTING.
    171 6 SINGULAR PROCEDURE. The singular experiment conducted by Prof. Atwater, of the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, has just ended. It consisted of enclosing a man named Osterberg in a large cubical chamber foiMO days, and *takingaccurateobservation of the results. On the scientists querying thestateofhis feelings after his release Osterberg,
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    NEWS FROM THE NORTH.
    545 6 a valuable island. The Kowloon Territory now annexed to Hongkong includes many islands and islets. The most important of these is the island of Lantao which is about 15 miles long and 5J miles wide, being larger than the island of Hongkong, which is 11 miles
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    THE YEN.
    538 6 GOVERNMENTS REPLY. We have been furnished with a copy of the long-idelayed letter containing the Government’s reply to the Singapore Chamber of Commerce in regard to the demonetization of the Japanese yen. It runs as follows: Colonial Secretary’s Office, Singapore, 19th April, 1899. Sir, —Referring to your letter
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    THE BOUSTEAD INSTITUTE.
    216 6 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.” Sir, —I beg you will permit me to invite the attention of the management of the Boustead Institution to the somewhat apparent lack of supervision in regard to the catering. It is hardly worth troubling you about so small a
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    28 6 Drought has set in at Penang. The reservoir is* about as low as it has ever been before, and wells are drying up that never ran dry before.
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    STRAITS INSURANCE CO.
    473 6 Thk following is the fifteenth annn. report for presentation to u shareholders at the ordinary general meeting, to be M-i the Company's offices,*VngapS* d ednesday, the 3rd day of May, at Your directors beg to submit annexed balance-sheet for the ended 31st December, 1898 accounts have been
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    TALE OF A PUMP.
    235 6 This morning, before Mr. Justice Hyndman-Jones, Messrs. Powell it Co. brought an action against Mr. A. l-yon for $2OO, part of proceeds of the sale of a diving-gear pump.lt seems that sometime ago, Captain Jenkins gave the late .Mr. A. MacDonald, of Messrs Howarth, Krskine Co.,
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    873 7 I Lon don, 1 2th April. House of Commons on the 10th, B i Hr >drick. in the course of the debate B'\ African affairs, said the government B' 1 r u’- ddc to undertake to subsidize the B line of steamers. The progress Bf F ,t
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    MR. LILLIE.
    84 7 I r )r HK Itongkok Times says that Mr. I tL e > e ditor and proprietor of I ree holds a position to I La, wa8 appointed through I brought to bear on the land 1 *'Overnment by M. M. Defrance I lardoum, the French Minister let
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    JELEBU.
    962 7 The following is the report issued to the Shareholders of the Jelebu Mining and Trading Company, (Limited), under date of Singapore, 21st April, 1898: Your directors beg to submit a statement of the company’s accoun ts for the period from 17th August 1898 to 9th February 1899, being the
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    HOME NOTES.
    517 7 Lyons has discovered a new street pavement. It consists of blocks made from broken glass, and so closely fitted together that water cannot pass between them. It can now be said that a cyclist may drive his wheel over miles of broken glass without getting a puncture. But,
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    SATURDAY, 22ND APRIL.
    72 7 Miss Gage Brown has this week received an anonymous gift of fifty dollars. Datc Meld rum arrived, yesterday afternoon, by the Saladin from West Australia. For laughing in court, yesterday, a Chinaman was somewhat astonished at being called upon by the Bench of Two Magitratesto pay $10.
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    MORPHIA DOSES.
    33 7 Yesterday, a Chinaman was fined $lO or 14 days for being in possession of morphia; and $2O or 3 weeks for administering it to others in the form of hypodermic injections.
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    A JUDGE MURDERED.
    41 7 The correspondent of the Bangkok Times at Chiengmai reports that Luang Thoranane, Judge of the Appeal Court there, was shot down dead in the street on the Bth of last month. The motive is at present a mystery.
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    SINGAPORE RIVER.
    48 7 Yesterday afternoon, there was a block in the river at Cavenagh Bridge. This was caused by tongkangs which occupied fully three-fourths of the breadth of the 6tream, and the tide was at ebb. This morning, at 8 o’clock, the position of the tongkangs remained the same.
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    BILLS OF SALE.
    68 7 The report on the working of the Bills of Sale Ordinance, last year, states that the fees collected during the year amounted to $1,044. In 1897, they amounted to $1,041. The estimated receipts for 1898 were $l,lOO. In 1898, 621 bills of sale were registered; in 1897,614.
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    THE SWIMMING CLUB.
    79 7 Mr. Jackson Millar, ex-President of the Singapore Swimming Club, has generously presented a cup to the Club. The Committee have decided that it shall be swam for annually in May or June, in handicaps over three distances, 100 yards, 200 yards, and 300 yards, points being given
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    GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC.
    119 7 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.” Sir, I make the following suggestion to Government. Let a thousand copies of the following bo kept in stock. Sir. —I am directed by the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter ol r the and to inform
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    SAIGON NEWS.
    216 7 (From a Correspondent.) M. Doumer, the Governor-General, left Saigon for Bangkok on the 12th instant on board the Kersaint, a despatch boat. Almost at the same time, M. Picanon, the LieutenantGovernor, left by the mail steamer for France on leave of absence. The newspapers here announced long beforehand
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    794 7 Until the gallops are being put in there is really very little to say as regards each morning’s work. Slow work is very necessary of course for all horses undergoing a preparation fora race meeting, but it is not particularly exciting to watch. I am glad the clerk
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    WHITSUNTIDE, SPORTS.
    58 7 8. football i challenge shield.— Malay An invitation has been sent to Perak to come to Kuala Lumpur and play cricket and football at Whitsuntide. At tha aaaaa time; Negri Semfeita hare been imyted to send their football team to Kuaja Luiripurto pty the triangular matches fortte newly,
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    THE DEMONETISED YEN.
    111 8 There have been no further steps taken, so far as we are able to gather, in regard to the repayment, to the coolies who have forfeited it, of their Japanese yen. This is to be regretted because, as we have pointed out previously, these men are stranded,
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    529 8 Advices reached Batavia, early this month, of rioting among Chinese coolies at the Samuel Syndicates petroleum station at Balik Papan. It appears that the supplies of* rice for the coolies fell short, and that the latter were on the brink of starvation. They assembled in great numbers, and
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    STRANDED SEAMEN.
    128 8 The eleven United Stales men-of-wars-men, who are stranded in Singapore, make further representations regarding the hardship of their case. They admit that they came ashore without leave, and that they are liable to be punished for it; but they say that they are perfectly willing to accept that
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    ST. GEORGE’S DAY.
    398 8 CELEBRATION8 AT TANGLIN, To-morrow' is St. George’s Day, which has necessitated the observance of the customary celebrations at Tanglin being held to-day. The programme for the day is divided into three distinct events —the trooping of the colours of the Royal Lancaster (King’s Own) Regiment, the regimental
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    DEEDS REGISTRATION.
    143 8 ANNUAL REPORT. The Report on the Working of tin} Registrution of Deeds Ordinance for last year shows that the total of fees collected in 1898, as compared with 1897, gives a small decrease of $257, the totals .being for 1897 $8,479 for 1898 $8,222. Of this amount, $660
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    WIDOWS AND ORPHANS’ PENSION FUND.
    229 8 ANNUAL REPORT. The annual report on the Widows and Orphans’ Pension Fund for 1898 has been published. The amount to the credit of the Fund on the 31st December last was $232,355. This is exclusive of a sum amounting to $13,474 due by Government for
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    THE ELEVEN BLUE FUNNEL STEAMERS.
    475 8 ENQUIRIES BY THE MEN, NO CHANGES CONTEMPLATED. A private meeting was held yesterday at the Marine Club by a number of engineers employed in the blue funnel line with a view of ascertaining whether the reported transference of eleven steamers belonging to the East India
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    207 8 The Hon’ble A. Murray, c.e., is appointed to be Commandant of the Singapore Volunteer Artillery, with the rank of Major, vice Major R. Duninan resigned. Mr. M. S. H. McArthur acts as Second Assistant Colonial Secretary, with effect from the Bth instant. Mr. W. E. Moulsdale is a
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    THE FIRST ARRIVAL.
    35 8 iT.appears that it was not H. M. S. Orlando but H. M. 8. Aurora that first entered the harbour on Wednesday. The Aurora Is under orders to leave next week for Hongkong.'
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    1605 8 It is possible that Dr. Fowlie, Dr. Galloway, and other medical men may now have in Singapore as many competent nurses as they need; hut if so, things must have changed a bit during the last few years. I remember a period within that time when the
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    93 8 After Omdurman the world heard a deal of the romance of Sister Imen*"*, nun who married to save bercomp* n, from massacre. The most dramatic pa of the story according to which th< n3 ex-At bess no sooner got to hgyP tia territory than she bolted from her hu*ha to
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    PLANTING IN MALAYA.
    1105 9 Condensed Jrom Malay Mail. THE UNITED PLANTERS’ ASSOCIATION. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. General Meeting of the United Association was held at Kuala burn pur on Monday last. Mr. Hill took the chair. COFFEE DELEGATIONS. The question of sending delegates to j iva, the Chairman said, had received t
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    HOME NOTES.
    601 9 No stiffening of any kind is used in skirts, but very thin, soft silk which has not sufficient body to fall in the rich folds demanded by fashion is interlined throughout with extremely thin flannel, which gives it consistency and prevents the silk from breaking at the folds.
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    FRENCH INDO-CHINA.
    536 9 Such is the scarcity of silver change at Saigon, that the public are hard put to it. The demand for small coin is steadily increasing, but the Government tails to meet it. The money-changers charge 10 per cent, discount on the dollar. Petty dealers even charge discount when
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    SHIPBOARD TRAGEDY.
    180 9 Further particulars of the mysterious death on board a ship at Penang, news of W’lrich reached us by wire the other day, show that, on the 17th instant, a body, in a far advanced state of decomposition, was found on the beach there, outside the Eastern and Oriental
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    DROUGHT AT PENANG.
    61 9 Owing to scarcity of water in Penang, tome of the roads have not been watered for the last three days. The oldest inhabitants say that wells are dry which, within th ir memory, were never dry before and, certainly, the water-level at the reservoir is extremely low,
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    MONDAY, 24TH APRIL.
    765 9 A Chinaman died at 673, Gaylang, from small pox on Saturday. The personal estate of the late Sir G. F. Bowen has been valued at .£16,149. Two death sentences against Tamils, convicted of murder at the last Penang Assizes, have been commuted to penal servitude for life.
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    HOUSE COLLAPSE.
    35 9 A House in the course of erection in Mohained Sultan Road, fell about noon on Saturday. The body of one of the workmen was found among the debris. The contractor's men have disappeared.
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    THE “ JUNO.”
    41 9 THE JUNO.” The Juno is reported to have been finally taken off the Straits run for good. Probably she will run to Manila. It is rumoured that, later on, the Straits Steamship Company may place another steamer on the Straits run.
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    HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
    53 9 A Chinaman, living at 120 Beach 1 Road, states that early yesterday morning while he was walking along Victoria Street he was assaulted and knocked down by a couple of Malays, one of whom he know r s. The men, the complainant alleges, stole a ring worth $23
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    AFTER EIGHT YEARS.
    50 9 One De Silva, a Sinhalese, was removed from Selangor, last Thursday, under a Ceylon warrant for the murder of his niece in February, 1891. He had been working in the Seremban Rest House under the name of Williams, and later at Kuala Selangor where he was discovered.
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    PULLER AND FARE.
    55 9 This morning, an American seaman of the U. S. S. Castine prosecuted a ’rikisha-puller for running away with a dollar which had been given to him from which to deduct his fare. The prosecutor maintained that he owed only ten cents the puller claimed sixty. This sum
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    THE PLAGUE IN CALCUTTA.
    66 9 The Calcutta plague returns on ti e 11th instant show a decided turn for the worse. Thirty-one fresh cases of true plague are recorded and 30 deaths; also 30 suspected cases and 30 deaths. The total week s returns are 262, the deaths of which were
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    BREACH OF TRUST.
    76 9 Joseph Wolff, a German, who is charged with alleged criminal breach of trust in respect of a diamond valued at £750, the property of Nellie Sevelia was this morning committed for trial. Bail was refused. From the evidence adduced, it seems the defendant obtained the stone to
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    THE “VICTORIOUS.”
    124 9 The coaling of warships at Hongkong, the China Mail says, shows a distinct improvement in recent years. The record coaling is held by the Magnificent which took in 200 tons an hour. On tbtf 10th instant, H.M.S. Victorious took in 600 tons in four hours. The credit of
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    SELANGOR NEWS.
    128 9 -Malay M*L Mr. E. V. Carey has resigned the Chairmanship of the Selangor Planters’ Association, upon his election as Chairman of the United Planters* Association. Mution is now sold at 52 cents a catty, beef at 35 cents, and buffalo meat at 24 cents. To poor people, these
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    STRAITS ASSOCIATION.
    296 10 DEPUTATION TO MR. CHAMBERLAIN. On the 24th of last month a large and influential deputation waited upon Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, by appointment, at the Colonial Office, in order to bring to his notice the state of affairs that has been produced in the Straits Settlements and in Hongkong
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    269 10 I ONDON, 13th April. Sir Michae! II i«ks-Beach presented the Budget Statement in the House of Commons to-day. The revenue for the past year exceeded the expenditure by £*186,000; but the estimated expenditure for the current year is £112,9*27,000 against a revenue of £110,287,' 00. The Chancellor
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    CRICKET.
    180 10 On Saturday afternoon a Cricket match was played on the S.C.C. ground between the S.C.C.. 1st XI and the officers of the Royal Navy. The game resulted in an easy win for the former team who had 80 runs to the good. The scores were as follows: s. c.
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    PENANG TELEPHONES.
    447 10 MEMORIALING THE SECRETARY OF STATE. A LICENSE OB FULL COMPENSATION. The owners of the Penang Telephone Company have sent to the Straits Government a memorial for transmission to the Secretary of State. The memorialists are entered as Mr. W. C. Johnson, electrical contractor, 14, Old Broad Street, London;
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    CARRIAGE VERSUS ’RIKISHA.
    161 10 (From a Correspondent.) A Malay woman riding in a closed ’rikisha with a child in her arms, had a narrow escape from serious accident in Orchard Road on Saturday afternoon. The puller was going towards Tanglin and was overtaken by a horse and carriage. The front wheel
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    THE AMOK AT PENANG.
    165 10 The amok at Penang, telegraphic particulars of which we have already published, was the work of a Malay, upon his being seized with a fit to kill people, on Tuesday afternoon. Hu walked into the street in the outskirts of the town, hatchet in hand. He
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    ST. GEORGE’S DAY.
    681 10 SPORT AND MUSIC AT TANGLIN. On Saturday afternoon and evening, the St. George’s Day celebrations at Tanglin Barracks, which had commenced with the ceremony of “trooping the colour” in the early morning, were continued in the shape of athletic sports and a variety entertainment in the regimental
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    80 10 Clovelly Vicarage, Devon, so rich in memories of Charles Kingsley, once held by the novelist’s father and later by the husband of his daughter, herself known in literature as Lucas Malet,” is again vacant. The church, by the way, contains a monument to will Carey, the rollicking young daredevil dear
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    A GAMBLING CASE.
    962 10 POLICE APPEAL DISMISSED. This afternoon, before Mr. Justice Hyndmao'Jones, an appeal was brought by Superintendent Cuscaden, the Chief Police-Officer, against a magistrate’s decision on March 16th, concerning the dismissal of twenty persons charged with gambling at 48 Waterloo Street. Mr. Cuscaden’s appeal was on the ground that
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    BANK OF CHINA AND JAPAN.
    663 10 FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Under the presidency of M r Keswick, M. P.,the fourth annual ceneni meeting of the Bank of China and Japan was held in London on hu 27th ult. In his speech, the chair®®' remarked that the capital account showed that only
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    28 10 Mb,. Htffenden, of tbo Brituh wd Foreign Bible Society, has returned Singapore and taken over charge ot agency. He looks much the better o his holiday.. t h
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    CHINESE GIRLS’ SCHOOL.
    1171 11 S I preliminary meeting. I 86,000 SUBSCRIBED. j :i turday afternoon last, a meeting I ',‘hcld at the Chinese Consulate to for the founding of a Chinese Klj** K-liool in Singapore. There were Bre-fAt Mr. Lew Yuk Lm, Acting Consul (Chairman), the Hon. Rj 1 pim Boon
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    ALLEGED SHOPLIFTING.
    129 11 On Saturday, a couple of suspicious characters, Malays were followed up by two detectives. They entered the shop of Messrs. Ribeiro& Co.and one of them engaged the attention of the person in charge. They left and then paid a visit to a Bombay shop-keeper in the square. After
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    PERAK NEWS.
    130 11 —Perak Pioneer. Cait. H. C. Metcalfe, late Wing Commander, Malay States Guides, has accepted the post of District Inspector of Musketry for the whole of Scotland. The appointment is for three years and carries a salary of .£600 and allowance. On the 19th instant, at Taiping, the Malay
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    FREEMASONRY.
    152 11 ST. george’s lodge installation. The annual installation meeting of St. George’s Lodge was held at Freemasons’ Hall on Saturday evening. H. E. SirCharlesMitchell, R.W.D.G.M., was present during the earlier part of the proceedings. The Deputy D. G. M. (W. Bro. J. P. Joaquim) was supported the W. M. (Bro.
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    THE YEN.
    647 11 It may be remembered that, on the 17th instant, we published a letter from Mr. A. Huttenbach in which he informed the Penang Chamber of Commerce, that he had certain propositions to make regarding the yen, if he were asked to make them. The following correspondence is in
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    A CHINAMAN ON THE “ YEN. ”
    196 11 A CHINAMAN ON THE YEN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE 8TRAIT3 TIMES Sir, I have just read through your leading article on the maftter of the transit coolies being so seriously affected by the Ordinance prohibiting the importation into the Colony of yen Your remarks are really touching; and to
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    THE COOLIE WEPT.
    88 11 At Penang, *on Thursday two Chinamen arrived from Copah, in Siam, on their way to China. Yen were in their pockets, so they were arrested and tried as yen-importers, only 64 being found upon them! Mr. Sproule,the Magistrate, had to carry out the ordinance am confiscate the
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    MORE CONFISCATIONS.
    35 11 The Javanese, Ramanah, who was arrested on Saturday morning, on board the s.s. Teng An with sixty Japanese yen in bis possession has been fined a dollar, and the yen have been confiscated.
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    COFFEE IN BRAZIL.
    382 11 HOW MATTERS BTAND. At the recent meeting of the United Planters’ Association at Kuala Lumpur, Mr. Coates read a paper on coffeegrowing in Brazil, which is published in the Malay Mail. Last year, Mr. Coates visited there the following places: Pernambuco, Maceio, Bahia, Bio de Janeiro, Santos,
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    HIGH-DIVING FATALITY.
    284 11 The death of a man named Baume is reported from Chemnitz, where he was killed while giving his performance of the Monte Cristo diving feat. It appears that the performer was advertised to make his famous death leap from the roof, nearly sixty feet, high, into a ditch
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    GERMAN NEW GUINEA.
    54 11 The German Imperial Gazette publishes an imperial order authorising the Imperial Government to assume the administration of the German New Guinea protectorate. was be come into force on The semi-official North German Gazette states that Herr von Benningsen has been appointed Governor of German New Guinea with
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    TUESDAY, 25TH APRIL.
    261 11 The Austrian yacht Tolna left Malacca on Saturday for Colombo. ■>— The Revd. Father Couvreur has returned from Hongkong, looking much the better of the change. Six secret society men from Penang were deported from the Colony to-day by the Catherine Ap or. Six months’ rigorous imprisonment
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    MUNICIPAL PROSECUTIONS.
    50 11 The First Magistrate had 212 Municipal summons cases on his file this morning. These included six cases of adulterated milk; seven of neglect to report cn«es of Rmall-pox; two of exposing for sale unwholesome fish and beef, and one for offering an illegal gratification to a sanitary inspector.
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    MR. MACKENZIE SKINNER.
    52 11 Mr. P. Mackenzie Skinner, Barrister-at-law, left to-day for Bangkok, to practice law in conjunction with Mr. Tilleke, the Attorney-General for Siam. Mr. Skinner, who has been much liked in Singapore, takes with him Mrs. Skinner who, apart from other social qualities, was a great addition to our
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    SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS.
    64 11 The other day, the police hunted up six Chinese who were unable to give a good account of themselves. One was discharged, but the others were, yesterday, required to find sureties in sums ranging from $25 to $5O for their good behaviour for periods varying from two to
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    TURNING THE TABLES.
    70 11 A few days ago, in the neighbourhood of Budoh, a Malay accosted a Chinaman and endeavoured, it is alleged, to snatch away his belt. Failing in this he dragged the Chinaman to a police station and charged him with the theft of his (the Malay’s) belt. Police
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    EXPORT OF GUNPOWDER.
    65 11 This morning, a ChinamaiL jiamedHong Kwee Hong, a local traaerr, wa% charged by Inspector Bateman, at the,instance of the Dutch with having, on or about January last* exported six hundred kegs of gunpowder to the prohibited port of Achaean He pleaded <( not guilty.” The case was
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    PHOENIX ASSURANCE CO.
    82 11 The Phoenix Assurance Company, of which Messrs. Stiven and Co. are the agents here, received in premiums, 16ss re-insurances, last year, over X 1,133,485. The expenses and losses totalled about X 1,037,677. Jhe year’s worlnng left a balanced* tne credit of profltslbd loss of X£28,831f out of
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    483 12 Tuesday, 25th April. e PRESENT. H. E. Sir Charles Mitchell, g.c.m.g. (Officer Administering the Government). Sir Alexander Swettenham, k.c.m.g., (Colonial Secretary). Hon. F. G. Penney (Colonial Treasurer). Lt.-Col. Casey (Officer Commanding the Troops). Hon. Dr. Lim Boon Keng. Hon. E. C. H. Hill (Auditor-General).' Hon. A. Murray (Colonial
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    SHIP BUILDING IMPROVEMENT.
    133 12 The arrow-headed shaped vessel, we are told, is to be the form of ship construction approved in the future. It is asserted that this invention is destined to mark a singular revolution in the construction of ships. Vessels built on this plan can be steered without a
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    SINGAPORE RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
    60 12 Thebe is to be a rifle shooting competition on the Balestier Range on Saturday afternoon, for a prize presented SMr. C. M. Phillips, the hon. secretary the Singapore, Rifle Association. The distances are 200 and 500 yards. Shooting will commence at half-past three, which will give members
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    BY THE MAIL.
    2257 12 RUSSIA AND BRITAIN. Says the Daily Graphic:— u The negotiations between Count Muravieff and Sir Charles Scott, British Ambassador at St. Petersburg, on the subject of British and Russian interests in China, are practically completed, and an agreement may be looked for almost immediately. On the basis
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    THE “ CHELYDRA.”
    94 12 THE CHELYDRA.” The s. 8. Cftelydra, which arrived here on Saturday from Hongkong, was to have been granted pratique on Monday morning, after putting in, off St. John’s Island, the .required time of nine days from her departure from Hongkon. On Sunday, one of the coolie passengers died suddenly, and
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    N. D. L. STEAMERS.
    182 12 FORTNIGHTLY 8ERVICF To FAR EAST. We are informed that a telegram l been received by the from the head office of the N 0 scher Uoyd, in Bremen, that the German mail steamer commence from Eurnn* Far East from October 4th that date, the new steamer
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    HOME CRICKET.
    893 12 BIG SEASON EXPECTED. I From a general point of view. J home cricket season will, this year bj the biggest known in the annals’ M cricket, as Worcestershire has qualifiefl for the first-class county championshqB by obtaining the necessary number <■ fixtures with first-class counties anfl receiving the
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    CHESS.
    953 13 1 1 *\DUCTED BY “KINGS PAWN.” ah Chess correspondence should be liY".**<| to Kind’s Pawn.” Solutions': Problem No. 101 (Challenger) ■'•K No. 102 (Wilson) P—Q8 becomes H*:k King! Solved by Caissa. Btt r 'BLKM NO. 103, RE-ARRANGED BY B B. G. LAWS. >i' s* Player's Chronicle says: >;Uli,l 'i
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    WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
    236 13 Forty-two years ago the world was both agog and agape over the passage of messages through the first Atlantic cable. There is much less stir and sensation over Signor Marconi's achievement on March 29th, when he sent messages without wires across the English Channel; but probably the incident
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    AQUATIC SINGAPORE.
    347 13 TO THE EDITOR OF THE u STRAITS TIMES.” Dear Sir, —Your Moralist always manages, week by week, to submit to his readers something which is of interest locally; and he invaribly has something sensible to say. After all the newspaper reader likes nothing better than common-sense, plainly put
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    TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL.
    556 13 THE POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES. Sir, —With reference to the correspondence which has already appeared in your columns regarding the Tan Tock Seng hospital, 1 shall feel under an obligation if you will be good enough to allow me
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    WEDNESDAY, 26TH APRIL.
    153 13 H. M. S. Centurion left Nagasaki for Wei-hai-wei on the 18th inst. The German cruiser Kctiserin Augusta was to be docked at Kobe, probably on the 19th inst. Jubilee Memorial subscribers meet on Friday the 5th of May, to elect a committeeman to succeed Mr. Hugh Fort.
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    A CAPTAIN SUMMONED.
    74 13 A summons has been taken out against —Captain W. M. Chopardof the iSultan for carrying an excessive number of passengers. On Friday last shortly before the vessel left for Muar and Malacca, Boarding Officer T. Reswethcrick inspected the vessel and discovered a number of coolie passengers in
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    FRANCE AND ITALY.
    71 13 A Havas wire from Paris announce? that Admiral Fournier, who is is command of the French squadron in Italian waters, has placed in the hands of His Majesty King Humbert a letter from M. Loubet, the President of France. The Admiral’s interview with His Majesty was most
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    MINING ENGINEER MURDERED.
    78 13 An English engineer named Clifford, employed as prospector by the Pakalan Mining Company in west Sumatra, perished on the banks of the Kampar River early this month, ul Hie hands of gang robbers who attacked his house. He was unarmed at the time and was mortally wounded.
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    PRINCE ALEXANDER TSARV.
    199 13 This morning, Lim Tay Yam was brought before Mr. Brockman for preliminary enquiry into three charges of giving false evidence, instituted against him by Prince Alexander Tsarv. Mr. Buckley appeared for the defendant; the prince conducted hU own case. This matter has arisen out of certain action
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    THE MUNICIPALITY.
    897 13 ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR 1888. During 1898, the Municipal Commissioners held thirty-six meetings. Mr. Gentle attended every meeting. The next in regularity were Messrs. Solist and Choa Giang Thye who* respectively, attended 34 meetings. There were no important changes in the Municipal stall’. The Engineer’s Department was hampered by
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    654 14 London, 16th April. 8ik William Penn Symons lias been appointed to command the troops in Natal. 17th April. A terrible fire took place at Hyde Park Court, Knightsbridge, at ten o’clock to-day. The tenement where the conflagration occurred was built by Liberator” Hobbs, ami consisted of an
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    72 14 Col. J. G. Maxwell, who is to be the new Governor of Khartoum, has seen twenty years* service. He began asa sub-lieutenant in the Black Watch, fought with the regiment at Tel-el-Kebir, and has been either, in Egypt or Soudan almost ever since, taking part in nearly all the expeditions
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    THE KOWLOON TROUBLE.
    1166 14 BRITISH OCCUPATION RESISTED. SEVERAL CHINE8E KILLED. The preparations at Hongkong to take possession of the territory iu Kuwloun on the mainland recently leased by the Chinese Government for the extension of the Colony, included the hoisting of the British ling there at Taipohu, on the 17th instant.
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    A BANJO CASE.
    316 14 This morning, before Mr. Justice llvndman-Jones, Mr. J. M. Wilson, a marine engineer, brought an action against Mr. J. S. Basagoiti, claiming the return of a banjo which plaintiff' had lent to the defendant or in the alternative $lOO, the alleged value of the banjo; also $2OO
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    A RUNAWAY HORSE.
    146 14 Yesterday, as Captain Craig’s children, two girls and a boy, were retiming from school in a gharry, the horse bolted at the junction of Prinsep Street and Brass Bassa Road. At the junction of Dhoby Ghaut and Selegie Road, the syce endeavoured to get off the box.
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    NEWS BY GERMAN MAIL.
    2817 14 FOUNDERING OF THE STELLA.” THE CAPTAINS FAREWELL. London 1th April. Captain Reeks, of the South-Western mail steamer Stella, which was wreckec on tiie night of the 30th March upon the Casquet Islands, off the coast o Alderney, never left his vessel, which sank in 15 minutes.
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    MUSIC BY MOONLIGHT.
    128 15 More favourable conditions than those that prevailed in the Botanic Gardens last night were impossible. The exceptional brilliance of the moon tempted a much larger crowd around the band stand than we have seen for months. Under such ideal conditions the excellent music discoursed by the Band
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1032 15 The Legislative Council met yesterday afternoon. The names of those present and a resumt of the business transacted appeared in our columns 'yesterday. To-day we give a fuller report of the proceedings. After the presentation of various papers which were ordered to be laid on the table, the
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    THURSDAY, 27TH APRIL.
    512 15 The next Assizes in Penang open on the 9th of May. Sir Frank Swettenham is expected to visit Penang early next month. There are twenty-nine cases of small* pox in Ballestier Road hospital. The Governor is expected at Penang in June, to open the Agricultural Show at
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    COLOMBO HOSPITAL SHIP.
    43 15 .The new hospital ship for Colombo narbour, built at Singapore for the Ceylon Government, arrived at its destination on the 20th instant. It was turned out by the New Harbour Dock Company, and reached Colombo in tow of the Telemachus.
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    THE EUROPEAN CONTINGENT.
    39 15 A batch of thirteen or fourteen men from the home provincial police force is expected about a month hence to strengthen the European contingent. These men have been enlisted by Assistant Superintendents Stewart and D’Arcy Symonds.
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    MUNICIPAL PROSECUTION.
    48 15 This morning, sanitary inspector De Fontaine prosecuted a Chinaman for offering him two dollars in qrder to obtain his influence to get him a license r to keep stables. The offence was committed in the Municipal Office. The defendant was fined twenty dollars, or three weeks.
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    MR. ARCHIBALD ALLISON.
    56 15 This morning, before Mr. Justice Hyndman-Jones, Mr. Ellis on behalf of Mr. Hughes, the petitioning creditor, applied for a receiving order against Mr. Archibald Allison in respect of a judgment for $2,000 and costs. The creditor admitted the judgment, but did not admit that he owed Mr.
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    COMPENSATION.
    58 15 A Chjnaman named Tan Koh, about three weeks ago, laid an information against Corporal Pakir Mohamed charging him with extortion. When the case was called last week the complainant was absent, as also this morning. Mr. Brockman ordered $2O to be paid to the c*orporai as compensation this sum,
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    NURSES FOR SINGAPORE.
    62 15 The Committee appointed to enquire into the want of tiained nurses in Singapore, held a meeting yesterday afternoon at Government House. Dr. Mugliston suggested that two suitable and properly qualified lady nurses should be brought oitt from home provided the general community guaranteed funds for three years.
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    POLICE RAID.
    74 15 Yesterday morning, Mr. Cuscaden, the Chief Police Officer, made a raid on a house in Upper Chinchew Street and arrested a man named Wong Ah Sung, an old offender, who is believed to be at the head of a gang of thieves. A complete set of housebreaking implements
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    BOUSTEAD INSTITUTE CONCERT.
    106 15 Last evening, at the Boustead Institute, a well attended entertainment was given under the auspices of the Church of England Temperance Society. Archdeacon Perhain presided. The preparation of the progamme was in the hands of Mr. N. Ruchwaldy, who himself contributed a mandolin solo and a recitation,
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      126 15 LAND SALE. Yesterday afternoon, a land and property sale was held at Messrs. Powell and Co.’s sale rooms. Lot 1, a piece of land in Gaylang Road comprising .46,899 sq. feet, was purchased by Mr. Nah Kim Yeng for <850; lot 2, consisting of two acres of land between Bukit
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    2052 16 Yesterday afternoon the usual fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held. There were present Mr. Gentle (President) Messrs. Sohst, Nanson, Meyer, Moses, and Evans. FINANCIAL STATEMENT. The Financial Statement laid upon the table showed the following balances: copper coin $175; current accounts $15,824; fixed deposits $140,000, total
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    THE FIRST CHINESE REGIMENT.
    228 16 MAJOR BGWER’B OPINION. Major Bow’er, who commands the Ist Chinese Regiment, lately visited Shanghai. Replying to a representative of the Daily Dress, w’ho asked him how’ he was progressing, he said: “It is too soon yet for me to say much, but so far as I
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    SIR CLAUDE MACDONALD.
    145 16 STRICKEN DOWN BY VARNI8H. It is reported at Shanghai that the illness of the British Minister at Pekin arose from poisoning through Ningpo varnish. Old residents in China are well acquainted with this unpleasant disease, the severity of which, in the case of the British Minister, is
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    THE PENANG CORPSE.
    572 16 POLICE COURT PROCEEDINGS. WA8 THERE MUTINY The magisterial inquiry at Penang, in connection with the corpse of a negro seaman, which was washed ashore close to the Eastern and Oriental Hotel, and with charges against Captain Sewell and Chief Officer Harvey, of the American sailing ship Benjamin
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    SELANGOR TURF CLUB.
    129 16 HALF YEARLY REPORT. From the report and statement of accounts of the Selangor Turf Club for the half year ended March 31st last, it appears that there is a sum of .$4,249 and odd cents to the credit of Profit and Loss account. On 30th September, 1898,
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    GERMAN GUNBOAT ARRIVES.
    100 16 The litis, a German gunboat of 4,533 tons, arrived yesterday afternoon from Kiel, on her way to join the German squadron in Chinese waters. She has been proceeding in a very leisurely manner having left Europe so long ago as February sth. Lengthy stoppages were made at
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    RILEY, HARGREAVES AND CO. (LIM.)
    505 16 Particulars will be found in 0 advertising columns of the flotation of Messrs. Riley, Hargreaves and Co as a limited liability company promoters issue a full, informing, and explicit statement as to why the partners wish to form a limited company and as to what
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    HIDEOUS NOISE.
    165 16 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES. Sir, —A temporary platform has been put up on an open five foot path in Prinsep Street, and since Monday a sort of marionette performance has been given by a Chinaman. To carry out effectively he seems to have employed men
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    CHINESE REFORM.
    234 16 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.' Sir, —As a reformer I should like to know through the medium of your valuable paper, why such millionaires as Messrs. Tan Jiak Kim, Seah I.iang Beah, Lee Cheng Yan, and others do not revert to the mode of coiffeur during
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    GENERAL HOSPITAL.
    503 17 OFFICIAL METHODS. will be remembered that on th* 2dth January last we published i-ertain correspondence dealing with management of the General Hospital. In an article dealing with the question, we referred t0 complaints made regarding the state of the mortuary and the treatment of bodies there. It was
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    TO ARRIVE.
    181 17 (For Singapore.) IVr M. M. s. s. Laos from Marseilles, April 9—Mr. H. V. Dickinson. (For the Far East.) Per P. <fe 0. s. s. Himalaya, connecting with the steamer Chusan at Colombo, from London April 7—Mr. Presgrave, Captain and Mrs. Wrigley, Miss Wrigley. Mr. and Mr. Craig,
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    AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    997 17 THE DIFFICULTY AT SAMOA. OFFER OF NEW ZEALAND TROOPS. The English newspapers warmly appreciate New Zealand’s patriotism in ottering to despatch troops to Samoa. Among other newspapers, the Times refers with warm appreciation to the patriotism show* by the New Zealand Government in offering the services
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    922 17 ARRIVALS. Per s. s. Sappho from Klang via ports— Hod. T. C. Bogaardt, Mrs. Bogaardt, Mr. and Mrs. Peche, Mrs. Murphy, Messrs. Catto, and Stonor, and Rev. Bishop Hose. Per s. s. Isabella from Muar—Mr. J. J. L. Wheatley. Per s. s. Hydra from Bangkok—Mr. J. L. Loveland,
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      217 17 U nder this heading the following abbreviations are used :—str.—steamer sh.—ship i?q. —barque sch. —schooner; Yet.—Yacht; Oru. —Cruiser Gbt. —Gunboat; Tor.— Torpedo p. h.—Horse-power Brit.— British U. 8. —United States; Fr.— French; Ger. —German; Dut.—Dutch: Joh.—Jobore; Ac., G.c- General targo d.p. —deck passengers U.—Uncertain T. P. W.—Tanjong
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      TRADING VESSELS &c.
      949 17 Arrivals Since Noon of Yesterday. Ban Poh Guan Brit. str. 576 tons, Capt Stratton, 20th Apl. From Ternate, 9th Apl. G.c., and 13 d.p. Wee Bin and Co. For Macassar, 3rd—Rds. Batavitr, Brit. str. 216 tons, Capt Robertson, 26th Apl. From Sulu, 19th Apl. G.c., and 24
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      ARRIVALS.
      1129 18 I Flag I 2 Vessel’s Name A loirs. Captain From 8ailei>.| Consignees. Rig j *1 16 Strathern Brit bq. 1272 Blois Iloilo Apl 11 19 Isabella str. 84 Hudson Muar Apl 18 Wee Bin and Co. 19 Sultan str. 102 Chopard Muar Apl }8 Ho “S 19 Hvdra str.
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      CLEARANCES.
      651 18 Date. Vessel’s Name FlagARiG' Captain Destination Apl 20 Chow Phya Brit str. Jellicoe Malacca and Klang 20 Sultan sir. Chopard Malacca and Klang 20 Pakan str. -Klattig Bagan via ports 20 Singapore f str. Gray Bangkok 20 Isabella str. Hudson Muar and Malacca 20 i Bengal PAO str. Barcham
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