The Straits Budget, 18 May 1899

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    138 1 The Straits Budget imaf.lhhed, 1831. J ,'OL. LII. BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” (Cable Address Times, Singapore.) Straits Budget, 40 Cents. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1899. Straits Times, 15 Cents. The Straits Times has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Asia, British India excepted. It circulates
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    THURSDAY, 18TH MAY. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    370 1 LaMNG articles. Tropical Medicine. I Taxes on Tin. I Ku-sia and Pekin. The Boer Arrests. IftjAU [.Market Quotations. [shipping News. passenger List. I Police News. Wanted, a Public Prosecutor. Obstruction. I Suspected Murder. Cruelty to Animals. [Gambling. They Wanted Brandy. public Summonses. His Back
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    COMMERCIAL.
    480 1 5i nga poke, 18th May, 1899. PRODUCE. (Rates are corrected to noon.) Gambier buyers 6.50. Copra Bali, 7.00. do Pontianak, 6.60. Pepper, Black buyers.... 25.871 do White, (5%).. 43.00. Sago Flour Sarawak, 3.50. do Brunei No. 1.., 3.05. Pearl Sago 4.37*. Coffee, Bali, picked 21.50. Coffee Palembang, picked.... 25.00.
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    278 1 The mail from Europe, this week, eaves by the P. <fc O. Coromandel. The M. M. Tonkin with the mail from Europe of the 21st April arrived on Saturday. The mail from Europe of the 28th April by the P. &O. Nubia is due on Sunday.
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    KOWLOON TROUBLES.
    142 1 THE CITY OCCUPIED. NO RESISTANCE OFFERED. (Special Telegram to the Straits Times.) Hongkong, Wednesday, 17 th May. Kowloon city has been occupied by the British troops and the Hongkong Volunteers. The inhabitants offered no resistance. [Kowloon City was under, the terms of the Kowloon convention, to be allowed
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      THE TRANSVAAL.
      51 1 A RUMOURED CONFERENCE. London 12th. May. The anxiety existing at Johannesburg during the past few days has been allayed owing to a leport that Sir A. Milner, the British High Commissioner of South Africa, and President Kruger will meet at the town of Bloerafonteen, in the Orange Free
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      RITUALISM.
      60 1 GOVERNMENT ACTION UPHELD. The private Church Discipline Bill has been rejected by the House of Commons by 310 votes to 156. A Government amendment to the effect that, if the present efforts of the episcopal bench to secure the obedience of the clergy should prove to be ineffective, further
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      AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.
      24 1 THE FIRST MATCH. The first match of the Australian cricket eleven, played against the South of England, has ended in a draw.
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      TROUBLE AT HANKOW.
      138 1 RUSSIA AND BRITISH TITLES. London, Ydth May. Mr. Brodrick, the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has stated, in the. House of Commons, that representations had been made to Russia regarding the refusal of the Russian Consul at Hankow, in the Yangtse valley, to recognise certain British
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      COUNTERVAILING DUTIES.
      96 1 PREFERABLE BUT NOT PRACTICABLE. Mr. Ritchie, the President of the Board of Trade, has received a deputation of sugar-refiners. The deputation spoke in favour of an agreement among the Powers willing to penalise by duties the importation of bounty-fed sugars. Mr. Ritchie, in replying to the deputation, said
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      CRICKET.
      23 1 DEFEAT OF THE AUSTRALIANS. Lonvdxm, 15th May. The Essex County team has beaten the Australian Eleven by one hundred and twenty-six runs.
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      TRANSVAAL TROUBLES.
      25 1 THE PEACE MEETING. Sir Alfred Milner, the High flnmmipflimpr Sojith Africa, will meet President Kruger at Bloemfontien, at the end of this month.
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      AMERICAN RAILWAY COLLISION.
      31 1 MANY KILLED. An excursion train has dashed into an express train at Exeter, on the Philadelphia-Reading railway. Thirty-four persons were killed in the collision. Forty persons were injured.
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      NILE CONVENTION.
      28 1 FRENCH RATIFICATION. The French Chamber of Deputies have approved of the African Convention defining the British and French Spheres of influence in the Unner Nile Basin.
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      ITALIAN MINISTRY.
      30 1 ANOTHER COMBINATION. General Pelloux has formed a new ministry in Italy. The General himself will be Minister of the Interior. Viscount Venosta will be Minister for Foreign Affairs.
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      RAILWAY TO PEKIN.
      168 1 RUSSIAN DEMAND. EXTENSION OF THE MANCHURIAN LINE. London 1 6th May. Mr. Brodrick, the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has been questioned in the House of Commons regarding a demand made by Russia i;o connect the Manchurian railway system with Pekin by a direct line. In
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      TRANSVAAL SENSATION.
      86 1 BRITISH OFFICERS ARRESTED. London, 17 th May. A sensation has been caused in South Africa and in London by news that seven persons, who had formerly served in the British army as officers, had been arrested at Johannesburg. The charge against them is that of inciting to treason
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    TAXES ON TIN.
    577 2 (Straits Times 15 ih May) The Malay States Miners’Association has done well to discuss taxes on tin. In another column will be found a digest of the minutes of a meeting at which that question was discussed, and at u hich, subsequently, a resolution was unanimously passed
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    RUSSIA AND PEKIN.
    864 2 (Straits Times \6th May.) Reuter's telegram to-day announces certain discussion about a demand by Russia a demand whose nature we are left to gather from the discussion as telegraphed. Indeed, the Government, it seems, have not yet before them the full facts of the Russian demand which
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    THE BOER ARRESTS.
    1478 2 Strait* Times, 17M May.) The news from South Africa is puzzling. One wonders whether seven jetired officers of the British army, arrested at Johannesburg, have really been behaving as idiots, or whether the Boer authorities have been seized with unreasonable suspicion and have arrested seven innocent men
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    FRIDAY, 12TH MAY
    220 2 THE 2"' r\ W Hainfc9 ‘ill appointed Colonial ciianW “‘I Malacca. fl I Mr. J. M. Allinson i I reappointed to be an of the Legislative Council I Mr. C. T. Wathen has been atixwj to be Assistant Superintendent dTA Straits Settlements. I The annual education re,..*
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    THEFT ON THE “BATAVIA.”
    40 2 Yesterdat, Ifie CThwftsw .store-keepel of the s. s. Batavia stole a tin A kerosine oil and sold it to a sampan re J Both were arrested, and, this mom, J received two months' iiuprisonmeJ each. I
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    “ HIS BACK WAS TURNED.”
    40 2 HIS BACK WAS TURNED.” A Kling money changer, living ifl 166, Victoria Street, reports the theftofl $49 in silver and a pair of gold Carr nJ valued at $5O. The property w»s from his stall while hi.s back turned. U
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    MORTALITY.
    32 2 Six hundred and twenty-six <iea:l were registered at Singapore,last moutl The ratio per thousand was 311 During the week ending on SaturdJ last, the registrations were 139 with ratio of 31.03.
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    STABBING.
    31 2 During a quarrel yesterday, J Chinaman stabbed a fellow countryujj in Tanjong Pagar Road. The woiiiiwi man, who was seriously injured, conveyed to the hospital. His assa;M has been arrested.
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    GAMBLING.
    41 2 This morning, twenty Chinese brought before Mr. Wolferatan Jl gaming in a house in Beach Road. 0J was fined fifteen dollars, and seventh were fined five dollars each; two discharged. The sum of twenty doliq was awarded to the informer.
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    PAHANG CORPORATION.
    60 2 The returns from the Corporation s mines for March ere follows SI‘NO EI LKMBINO. Tons of stone crushed )x of tin produced 50 tons. ;iu heads stamps, ran for ill days, wit a s 1 expenses at *18,500. JERAM BATANO. Tons of stone crushed 1,043. of tin produced
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    THE SILVER YEN.
    78 2 Advices from Japan state tha J balance of the silver ye*b j remained undisposed of l^ r amounted to 12,000,000 yen amount, 54 million yen are set a- J be coined into subsidiary nion**> J this year, 4 million yen is to beaow. to the Bank of
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    PUBLIC SUMMONSES.
    44 3 I More than twenty traders were this morning by the police jr obstructing the public roads, and B* fined stuns ranging from two to ILftiv dollars. Five men summoned IVpoWssion of unjust dachings had f pay from twenty to twenty-five |o!lar J
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    JAPANESE OFFICERS.
    63 3 I, A i ain Uyemura, who has been I...missioned to bring liorne the new B i: jiir.-e battleship llaUuse from w d2 l tnd, and Captain Togo, who has Lw. appointed to bring home the Coloured cruiser Yakumo from |;?rniany, are on the way to Europe lv t:.e
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    OBSTRUCTION.
    57 3 /> morning, two Municipal conu were brought up on summons r -rmeting Oxley Road by dumping j v ricks. Mr. Martia, the Municipal :»i engineer, explained that Municipal j n jn- were being constructed. Inspector •allivan said both sides of the road obstructed and there was not fhr two
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    GERMANS AT KIAO-CHAU.
    74 3 1. reported that the new German y, r r of Tsintao at Kiao-chau is #vri'*ping rapidly. Three large streets t r. laid out and building plots ir»*apportioned, and building is going on A public park is in the plan i: ;t bund and other necessaries of port
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    CHINA AND THE CONFERENCE
    84 3 1. Uung-cbang was talking with the -h Minister, the other day, says the A i- Daily Aeirs, and inquired why Hiii a had not been invited to iit ipate in the Peace Conference at tin* Hague? The Minister was but finally said he would t*!-< tph
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    DHOBIES DEFEATED.
    88 3 A boi't a year ago, tlie foreign of’Vokohama were apprised lof i rise in the prices of washing, the ;ri of some articles being raised from [4 cents to 12. The community uL.'l of starting a steam laundry with lie result that Yokohama now an up-to-date laundry doing
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    BURIAL-GROUND TROUBLE.
    106 3 CHINESE AND JAPANESE. I »ruLK has arisen at Amoy from the Japanese Government demanding bite lor a Japanese Settlement thriv. a piece of ground with an old «netery on it. The Japanese are V.muined, in case of success, tliat the •Otlihb shall be removed at the expense ofChinese
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    STRUCK ON A REEF.
    183 3 A IDENT TO A GERMAN CRUISER. Ihk German warship Kormoran at Brisbane on the loth April, t, d i for Sydney for repairs. She k Whirlwind Reef off the coast of l,r: tn Ncw*Guinea,on March 23rd. The was then on her way from Chjna for the
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    HOME NOTES.
    863 3 Lord Bute is not only highly distinguished as an Antiquary, but he is probably the most eminent amateur architect in the world. Colonel Saunderson, M.P., is a skilled boatbuilder and a member of the Institute of Naval Architects. Ho lays down, constructs, sails (and wins prizes with) his
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    PAHANG NEWS.
    518 3 (From our Correspondent.) Kuala Lipis, 3rd May. MURDER. Another murder has occurred at Selensing, the victim being, this time, a Bengali woman, who has just been killed by her husband, a Sikh cartdriver named Sundar Singh, who gave himself up to the Police after having committed the deed.
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    WANTED, A PUBLIC PROSECUTOR.
    246 3 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.’ Sib, —The articles that have recently, and on other occasions, appeared in your columns on the subject of Magistrates’ law, clearly point to the imperative necessity for the appointment of a public prosecutor for the police courts. It is
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    FOOTBALL.
    1016 3 SCOTLAND versus ENGLAND. INTERNATIONAL MATCH ON THE ESPLANADE. A football match of an international order was played last evening on the Esplanade, between representatives of Scotland and England, before a huge crow’d of spectators, including, we are pleased to relate, a great many ladies. It is now five years,
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    CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
    246 3 A GROSS CASE. This morning, a Kling named Pitchay Gunny, was brought before Mr. Brockman in answer to a summons for cruelty to a pony. A Chinese servant, in the employment of the contractor for the animal burial ground at Gaylang, said that on the 10th of
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    BRITISH NAVAL ENGINEERS.
    363 3 A CHANGE IN STATUS WANTED. It lias for year3, since 1877 in fact, been the opinion of a great body of public and Service men that a change in the status of engineer officers in the Navy is needed, and that tiiey should be given executive rank.
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    AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    1067 4 HOME NEWS. Lontion 20th A pril. France, Spain, and Italy hav* protested against the extra taxation or wines imported into Great Britain. French exporters allege that the pric« of cheap wines will be increased by oneeighteenth. Mr. Harwood, M.P. foi Bolton, will probably move the exemption
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    BEFORE THE MAST.
    244 4 A JA.MEoO.S l<AiO£iCS LXPKKIEXCES. Quite recently, according to a Nagasaki paper, a seaman was discharged there for disability through illness from the ship Torrisduh he being Captain John Tracy Willoughby, a mining engineer, recently, of Matabeleland, who took part in the Jameson •raid. He was given a
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    H.M.S. “HERMIONE.”
    113 4 COLLISION AT SEA. In the Hongkong Supreme Court, Wong Tat Choy, owner of a junk, has brought an action against Captain G. A. Callaghan, H.M.S. liermione to recover $8,000 for damages sustained by collision on the 6th March. The plaintiff is a fisherman. The collision took place at
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    LADY RANDOLPH CHURCHILL.
    138 4 Lady Randolph Churchill, who is busy at present with her new quarterly, the Anglo-Saxon,” is still, says M.A.P., a very pretty woman. Her raven black hair docs not show a single thread of grey figure is slight and svelte, and the deep, dark bine eyes have all
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    OF BOOKS AND PAPERS.
    1128 4 IN THE SUNDAY PAPERS. The world of books and bookmen finds a fair share of the space in the new London Sunday papers, which, •with that exception, are as uninteresting as London daily papers are usually. Mr. Clement K. Shorter is writing the 44 causerie for
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    BISHOP TUGWELL’S NONSENSE.
    403 4 MR. CHAMBERLAIN’S VIEWB. The liquor clauses of the Brussels General Act of 1889 will come up for revision shortly, and in view of that revision a deputation, organized by the Native Races and the Liquor Tralßc United Committee; recently waited upon the Secretary of State for the
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    36 4 Laffan’s News Agency announces a coffin trust in the United States, capitalized at twenty millions. This combination, it is estimated, will close a large proportion of the coffin factories, and throw 6,000 men out of employment.
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    HAT SNATCHING.
    44 4 The proprietor of the p. Wales Hotel,” had his hat a 1 last night, in Tanjong p a ga r Rovf*! caught the man who comirhni 1 theft, but the hat was passe i the thief managed to effect hia° n 5
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    AFFAIRS IN SHANTUNG.
    137 4 WORRY FOR THE GERMAN* The Shanghai Mercury l le;it< ,i natives in the province of Sliai.r 11 so unruly that the German a there will have a vast amount m making their occui.atnn “t"" The trouble arises from t:s missionaries and their convert* T 0 at the
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    SUSPECTED MURDER.
    168 4 Yesterday, a Chinaman living at 4th mile stone Bukit Timah KojJ reported that his female cousin S died of consumption. On examining u body the police found marks ofar* round the neck of the deceased al* a towchang and a piece of cloth witfc bloodstains on it under
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    HOME NOTES.
    471 4 She The fact that I’m a widow doest make my difference, does it > He 41 Yes; J wouldn’t marry you if your husband ns living You young scoundrel,” said the father, seizing his disobedient son by the hair: I’ll show yon how to treat your mother!’ and
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    SATURDAY, 13TH MAY.
    300 5 The body of a male child was found yesterday in a kerosine oil tin. Piping the past fortnight warrants >avf- been issued ffir the arrest of six •oftFtahles for desertion. 4 -i fC goods to the value of S2BO were n last night from a Ilokien shopi>
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    SANITARY INSPECTOR.
    46 5 The Secretary of State lias just appointed a sanitary inspector for Hongkong in the person of Mr. Joseph Henry Dandy, of Liverpool. His services may be required in connection with the extended teuitory, the sanitary condition of which may require some i “king into.
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    SELECTED OFFICERS.
    52 5 Captains G. E. Pereira, 3rd Batn. Crenadier Guards, A. J. Hill, Ist Batn. Hast Surrey, G. F. Menzies, 2nd Batn. •South Lancashire, and A. W. S W ingate, 1 >. C., and Lieut. R. T. Toke, 2nd Batn. UYLh Regiment, have been selected for HTvice with the Chinese
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    GENERAL JONES-VAUGHAN.
    45 5 The following notification appears in the Gazette —Colonel (temporary Major-General) 11. T. Jones-Vaughan, l>, on completion of his period of l'vice in command of the troops in tlic Straits Settlements, is placed on retired pay, and is granted tlie lion, rank of Major-General.
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    REV. A. CONNELL.
    52 5 I 'he Rev. Alexander Connell, minister '4 the Presbyterian Church of England, iLcont s-square, who has been visiting th* different mission stations of the Church in China, India, and Formosa, *ii'l preached in Singapore, has arrived in London. He will report to the Synod L results of
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    HARBOUR THIEVES.
    60 5 J oui'LE of Chinese fishermen state hat, while they were fishing ofi* St. Join* s Island on Thursday night, a I,ll l 'h* ol Lutehs containing nine Malays ut»»* up. The latter robbed the Chinese tiieir nets, sails, and oars, and then iii.vi*- oil'. Inspector Sullivan has gone
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    ACCELERATING THE MAILS.
    89 5 ckkskntatives of Italian railways i <4 the Peninsular and Oriental “>hip Company have met at the V I;in Ministry of Public Works, to y* on some means of facilitating aiisit ol mails and passengers to a ir id the Far East by way of It was decided
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    TRAINING NOTES.
    699 5 Up to the time the entries closed, at noon to-day, there was still much doubt as to whether the Derby would fill or not. 1 don’t think myself it has filled and the Committee will issue conditions tor the Autumn Handicap in October. As far as the actual
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    DEATH OF MR. T. FORREST.
    158 5 N ews was received to-day, by telegram, in Singapore, of the death, which occurred yesterday, of Mr. Thomas Forrest, the chief manager in London of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. Mr. Forrest had staying in Germany for some months past for the
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    EDUCATION IN 1898.
    914 5 THE ANNUAL REPORT. Mr. R. J. Wilkinson, as Acting Inspector of Schools, signs the Education Report for 1898. The departmental revenue was 510,371 against an expenditure estimated at 5188,911, a slight increase over the figures for 1897 under both heads. boys’ schools. The number of boys receiving
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    THE PARSEE THEATRE.
    112 5 Last night, the performance at the Parsee Theatre was under the patronage of the members of the Darul Adab Association. The house was crowded and amongst those present was Tunku Abdullah. During the intervals of the performance, a brass band played several admirable selections. On the conclusion
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    EXPORT OF GUNPOWDER.
    129 5 Yesterday, Hong Kee Hay, a trader in Singapore, was brought .up on remand and charged with exporting six hundred kegs of gunpowder to Edi in Netherlands India. Air. Wee Thiam Thiew appeared for the defendant. Inspector Bateman showed that the defendant had a permit to have six
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    THE LATE MR. DUNCANSON.
    167 5 The death has occurred of Mr. Edward Ford Duncanson, partner in Messrs. T. A. Gibb and Co., of London, in his 67th year. Mr. Duncanson went out as an assistant to Messrs. Gibb, Livingston and Co. in Hongkong in the year 1853, and remained in the
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    FRENCH INDO-CHINA.
    212 5 A PRETENDER. The pretender to the throne of Burma, known by the name of the Mingoon Prince, is living at Saigon in the custody of the authorities there. On the conquest of Burma by the British, he had fled to French territory. By an agreement between the French
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    1119 5 For a space of five years, up to Thursday evening, we had not had an international socker match on the Esplanade. I think that’s a pity, and I hope Thursday’s game signalises the advent of other such matches. They create a healthy spirit of rivalry, and they
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    BURGLARS AT THE SAILORS’ HOME.
    269 6 MR. C. PHILLIPS ATTACKED. Two or more armed Chinese burglars broke into the Sailors’ Home, North Bridge Road, about three o’clock this morning. At that hour, Mr. C. Phillips, the ►Superintendent, a man well advanced in years, was sleeping, but soon afterwards became conscious of
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    SELANGOR MINING CODE.
    183 6 FKESH LEGISLATION. A new mining enactment came into force in Selangor, yesterday. 11 regulates the acquisition of, and subsequent dealings with stanniferous land. The Malay Mail welcomes the enactment as a satisfactory and workable measure, drawn up with care and consideration. Certain shortcomings are, however, pointed out.
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    897 6 ACHEEN. In Acheen Proper, the Achinese give little trouble, and the military at the outposts manage to keep order among the hitherto turbulent people. Preparations are going on for military operations against several petty States on the east coast whose adhesion to the new order of things is
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    STOLEN GOODS.
    70 6 Yesterday morning, a Revenue officer, on duty in Beach Road, received information that stolen goods were being landed near the switchback railway from a tongkang. The police found that 13 bags of rice, sago, and gambier had been brought ashore. The tongkang in the meantime had gone away.
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    THE N. D. L. IN 1898.
    164 6 The Norddeutscher Lloyd during 1898 made a gross profit of m. 16,549,695, to which amount the steamers of the Imperial Mail lines have contributed m. 1,780,500. The net profit amounts to m. 5,754,746, out of which m. 286,960 are applied for reserve purposes, while
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    BANK MEETINGS.
    434 6 THE CHARTERED BANK. The ordinary general meeting of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China was held on the 19th ult. in London. Mr. J. H. Gwyther presided, and said that he had no doubt that the shareholders would be satisfied with the report and balance presented.
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    1248 6 London, 28th April. The Times 1 Pretoria correspondent says that the position of Asiatics in the Transvaal has been communicated to the Imperial authorities, for them to take what steps they deem necessary, the former proposals for the settlement of this question not being agreed to. In
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    HAVAS TELEGRAMS.
    92 6 lWris, Hth May. The Italian Cabinet resigned because it feared that the Chamber of Deputies would ask for the recall of the Italian squadron in Chinese waters. The Russian papers say that the Anglo-Russian agreement proves that England can no longer claim the lions share in China. It
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    THE PENANG CORPSE.
    125 6 A VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY. The captain and mate of the American sailing ship Benjamin Sen-ell were again brought up at Penang Assizes on the 10th inst. before .Sir Lionel Cox, charged with causing the death of a negro seaman of the Benjamin Sewell whose dead body
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    LIABILITIES OF HOTELS.
    209 6 I A BICYCLE CLAIM. The appeal court at Colombo has I decided a case which turned on the I liability of hotel keepers for bicycle* left in their care by customer* It appears that a Mr. W. G. Gardyne kept a Kangaroo Premier bicycle on the cycle-stand
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    RACE ENTRIES.
    2000 7 TUESDAY, 23rd MAY. First Rack. ,uk MAIDEN PLATE. —Value $260. j Race for Maiden Horses—Weight per scale (lOst. 91b.). An allowance of 21 lbs. to horses entered for the Intermediate Races only. An allow--nco of 71b. to all other horses entered for races No. 5 and or No.
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    MONDAY, 15TH MAY.
    365 7 H. M. S. Peacock has gone to Manila. It is announced that Mr. James Catto has joined the firm of Greig <fc Co. <• H. M. S. Brisk, Fame and Whiting have left Hongkong for Wei-hai-wei. The Etna an Italian man-of-war, was to leave Albany in West
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    EXPLOSION AT RANGOON.
    49 7 On the 28th of April, a fatal boiler explosion took place in a ricemill owned by Messrs. Knight and Christisen near Rangoon. The bolier-house was wrecked, three men being killed and nine men and one woman seriously injured. The cause of the explosion is not known.
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    PEACE CONFERENCE.
    50 7 According to information received from Rome, the Papal Nuncio has been ordered to leave the Hague before the opening of the Peace Conference. At the head of the Chinese Mission present at the Conference will be placed Yang Yu, Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China at St. Petersburg.
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    HARBOUR THEFT.
    59 7 A Chinese fisherman, living at 131 Tanjong Pagar Road, states that while he was fishing off St. John's Island yesterday, ten Malays in a koleh robbed him of his nets, oars, and sails. This is the second theft of a similar nature that has taken place in the
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    A DOCK FIGHT.
    55 7 Yesterday, a free fight occurred at New Harbour Dock between a number of blacksmiths and boilermakers. Assisted by a party of police, Mr. Cuscaden put a stop to the fray and arrested two men who have been charged with causing hurt. Three men who were injured have
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    QUEEN’S EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY.
    56 7 Bishop Welldon has issued at Calcutta a circular letter to all Bishops in India and Ceylon on the subjcctof celebrating in some special way the approaching eightieth birthday of the Queen. The Metropolitan expresses a hope that Ministers of all Teligions, including Jews, Hindus, and Mahomedans, will
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    STEAMER REPAIRS.
    60 7 The American Steamer Brutus which had to put into Sandakan the other day with a disabled tail shaft, has been repaired there. Her shaft was replaced by the Sandakan Engineering Works. The job proved to be difficult from the absence of a dry-dock, but was accomplished in about
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    BAD BARGAINS.
    75 7 Last Saturday, a Malay woman gave an Arab Jew $lBO worth of property to sell for her. As he did not return she went to look for him and found that he had absconded. The police are now on his track. On the same day a Javanese stated
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    A COMET.
    66 7 A comet became visible at Colombo on the 2nd instant. It appeared to the naked eye like a small misty spot; and, looked at through an opera glass, it seemed quite bright, slightly misty, and elongated. It was discovered by Professor Swift of California in March last. The
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    DISHONEST PARTNERS.
    63 7 A Chinaman reports that, on the 12th inst., he arrived here from Kuala Lumpur, on the way to China, accompanied by three partners. They went to lodge in Victoria Street, where they kept in a box their savings made at mining. On Saturday afternoon, during the complainant's absence,
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    THE “PRINCESS WILHELM.”
    68 7 Shortly after noon yesterday, the German cruiser Princess Wilhelm commanded by Capt. Thiele, arrived in port and exchanged the customary salutes. She is a ship carrying eighteen guns and of 8,000 horse-power and comes from Kiao-chau, bound for Europe. The Princess Wilhelm touched at Saigon on the
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    THE GUIDES.
    82 7 The Perak Pioneer notes a rumour that Lieut. Galloway of the King’s Own Regiment, now in Singapore, is likely to get the vacancy in the Guides caused by the departure of Capt. Edye. That journal says that one condition attaching to the appointment of officers to the Guides
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    THE “VICTORIOUS” DOCKED.
    80 7 H. M. S. Victorious was successfully docked at Yokosuka on the 25th April. The docking is described as ‘an awful job.’ Many of the guns, the watertight doors and hatches, all the spare gear for the machinery, and 500 of the crew, with their full kit, had
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    FILIPINOS ADMIT DEFEAT.
    164 7 Col. Arguelles, Chief of Staff to General Antonio Luna, the Filipino commander-in-chief, is reported to have told an interviewer that the Filipinos had been completely defeated, the actual words he used being \Ve are beaten.” He says that Aguinaldo is very much discouraged with the turn affairs
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    RACING AT SANDAKAN.
    38 8 The North Borneo Turf Club propose to hold races at Sandakan on the 30th June. Seven events are down in the programme, including the Governor’s Cup, value $5O. Two Cups are each $lOO in value.
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    TAIPING GIRLS’ SCHOOL.
    55 8 The Government Girls’ School at Taiping which had been made over to the Methodist Episcopal Mission, was formally opened under its new management on the 4th instant. The Inspector of Schools, in introducing Mrs. Curtis, the new Headmistress, referred to the successful educational work of the Mission
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    A SHORT RELEASE.
    78 8 On Saturday morning, after the close of his examination by the Official Assignee, the bankrupt P. \Y Y\ allace was released from custody. Shortly afterwards, however, one of the creditors had him re-arrested under the Bankruptcy Ordinance and Penal Code. The debtor was taken before Mr. Wolferstan
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    RAILWAYS IN CHINA.
    79 8 A letter received by the Brussels Mouvement Geograpkique says that the greatest activity is displayed in the construction of the projected PekinHankow line under Belgian auspices. It is expected by Sept. 1 that the first section, from Pekin to Pao-ting, a distance of 145 kilometres, will be
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    ENLISTMENT FOR HONGKONG.
    126 8 It lias been brought to the notice of the Government of India that a considerable number of natives of India from the Punjab have within the last six months found their way to Hongkong in the hope of enlisting in the Hongkong and Singapore Battalion of the
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    DHOBIES AT DHOBIE GHAUT.
    145 8 A correspondent says that complaints continue to be made about the use, for washing purposes, of the filthy water in Stamford Road Canal just above the bridge at Dhobie Ghaut. He quotes the following from the report on the work on this canal for last year
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    ACCIDENT AT HONGKONG.
    227 8 AMERICAN SAILORS INJURED. On the morning of May 6th, a steam launch ran alongside the American cruiser Charleston at anchor in Hongkong Harbour, on board of which the sailors were getting ready the boats for some races that had been arranged for. Whilst the launch lay close
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    SIR J. W. BONSER'S WEDDING.
    177 8 The marriage of Sir John Winfield Bonser, Chief-Justice of Ceylon, with Miss Mary Catherine Colville, only daughter of Colonel the Hon. Sir William and Lady Colville, took place in St. Peter’s Church, Eaton-square, on the afternoon of April 19th. Mr. Aingier was the best man,
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    CRICKET.
    200 8 Ox Friday and Saturday la&t, a match was played between the S. C. C. Ist XI and the Garrison, resulting in a draw in favour of the former team. The scores were: s. c. c. Ist xi. K. T. Reid c Butterworth b Simon 24 W. Dunman c and
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    ALLEGED RAPE.
    342 8 This afternoon, in the First Magistrates Court, a Dutchman was charged with committing rape on or about the 23rd April last. Mina, a Siamese woman, was also charged with aiding and abetting the first prisoner. Mr. Braddell appeared for the defendants. The complaint alleged deliberate rape by the
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    THE YANGTSE VALLEY.
    52 8 “bund” rumours. A speciai. telegram from Shanghai to the China Mail dated May 5th, announced a report that the French Government has demanded the cession of both banks of the Yangtse'River, for 100/t on either side, from Ichang upwards, Chengtu, and all the coal anc oil deposits
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    PUBLIC LATRINES.
    257 8 TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE 8TRAITS TIMES.” Sip.,—I must apologise for introducing an unsavoury subject, but I trust tha the remarks I have to make will hole me justified. I notice in the Administration report of the Singapore Municipality for last year, under the heading Sanitary Measures,” that
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    MUNICIPAL OBSTRUCTION.
    490 8 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.” Sir, —From time to time attention has been called, through the medium ol youi columns, to the practice of dumping on the sides of municipal roads heaps of stones for repairing purposes and to the danger that occasionally arises from it.
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    THE “SAPPHO” AGROUND.
    112 8 The Sappho, one of the fleet of the Straits Steamship Company, has gone ashore at Pulo Ondan, an island some few miles this side of Malacca. There is a lighthouse on the island. The Sappho left Singapore on Saturday afternoon, under the command of Capt. Turner, bound
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    A SHROFF ASSAULTED.
    101 8 The head shroff* of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank was assaulted on Saturday. He went to a house that is building in Cecil Street and spoke to the contractor about the progress made. There were heated words, which ended in blows, and the shroff* was struck on
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    AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    531 8 Auckland 28th April.. Letters were received yesterday at Auckland from Samoa. These disclose the fact that there has been further fighting. It appears that the forces at the service of Maiietoa are totally inadequate to quell the rebellion. On the 15tli inst., II. M. S. Porpoise
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    MALAY STATES MINING.
    1116 8 GRIEVANCES OF THE MINER* j THE TIN DOTY. i t* The Malay Mail of the 12th publishes the minutes of a gen**' meeting of the Malay States *5?? Association, held at the office of tk Association on the 22nd April. Mr. Loke Yew, who took the eha»
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    FIRE INSURANCE.
    498 9 HATES IX CEYLON. lx Ceylon, proposals have been made tor the establishment of a local Fire Insurance Company on the mutual principle to counteractthe alleged excessive rates charged by London and Home offices. To clear up the matter, a Times uf Ceylon reporter had a talk, the other
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    LIANG TIN LANDS.
    855 9 ATTEMPT TO FLOAT A COMPANY. SEASONABLE WARNINGS. The Liang Tin Lands (Limited), with a capitalof£ 100,000in £1 shares, has been formed in London to acquire the rights to prospect and carry on mining and planting operations in the Liang Valley, in Pahang, and the Malay Peninsula. The
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    DISARMAMENT AT PESHAWAR.
    80 9 At Peshawar, on the north-west frontier of India, Mahommedan fanatics have lately committed several murders on soldiers. The Government of India have just taken preventive measures by directing (1) the disarmament of the Peshawar division as to pistols and daggers; (2) the disarmament of all trans-border tribesmen
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    TUESDAY, 16TH MAY.
    355 9 There will be a football match on the Esplanade, this afternoon, between two teams of the S.C.C. Small-pox is dying out at Penang, only two cases having been reported from the Ist to the 12th instant. 4 Owing to mining practice the Pulau Hantu Straits will be
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    NEGLIGENT DRIVING.
    33 9 Mr. Wooldridge prosecuted a Penang baba on Friday, before Mr. Hall there, for driving negligently along Farquhar Street. The magistrate sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of $lOO, with costs.
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    THE ASSIZES.
    36 9 The calendar of persons awaiting trial at the assizes, which commenced this morning, contains seven housebreaking cases; four gang robberies; two cases of criminal breach of trust; and two charges of giving false evidence.
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    SMALL-POX.
    48 9 Yesterday, a Chinaman living at 47, Canal Road, suffering from small-pox, was taken to the Central Police Station in a ’rikisha by his friends. The man died while being taken to the hospital. Another case of small-pox, in a Chinese girl, is reported at 66, Buffalo Road.
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    PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA.
    35 9 Owing to the band of the King’s Own Regiment being otherwise engaged on Thursday evening, the Philharmonic Orchestra will meet for practice on Friday evening, at half past eight, instead of on Thursday.
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    NOT A DUTCHMAN.
    53 9 We are requested by Mr. L. von Zeppelin Obermuiler, H. N. M.’s acting Consul-General in Singapore, to state that the person who was charged yesterday before the magistrate, under the charge of having committed rape, is not a Dutchman, but is a Eurasian born in Semarang out
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    BAIL AND BANKRUPTCY.
    64 9 P. W. Wallace, a bankrupt, was up again before Mr. Wolferatan this rooming. Mr. Van Cuylenberg appeared for Mr. Dillan, one of the creditors, and Mr. Stuart represented the debtor. After some discussion between counsel as to how the caso ought to be treated, also about the
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    CHINA TO INDIA.
    758 9 to Szechuan and Kueichou. —Rangoon Gazette. OVERLAND JOURNEY. captain wingate’s trip. Captain Wingate, 14th Bengal Lancers, brother of Sir Andrew Wingate, K. c. I. e., and cousin of Sir Francis Wingate, of Egyptian fame, has arrived in Rangoon, having successfully accomplished a long overland journey through China.
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    STREET MURDER.
    32 9 Last night, a murder was perpetrated in Bm‘ th Street, whore a man was stabbed to death by four Hokiens. One of the alleged assailants, covered w*Ah blood, was arrested.
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    THE STRANDED “SAPPHO.”
    109 9 The Sappho is still fixed on the coral reef at Pulo Ondan, close by Malacca. The Malacca came back from Pulo Ondan this morning and brought news that the ship has been examined but no injury has been found on her bottom and she is making no
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    POLICE NEWS.
    42 9 A kling has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for housebreaking; an old offender, a Chinaman, has been sent to prison for four months under the Prevention of Crime Ordinance; seventeen Chinese charged with gambling have been fined $2 each.
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    LIFE AT PORT ARTHUR.
    328 9 We have reason to believe that the interview published in these columns a week back touching Russian methods of colonization in China was read with great interest and was accepted as an authoritative statement. As a contrast to that account, we publish to-day a description of
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    HOME NOTES.
    369 9 Sir John Murray, the naturalist, in a paper to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, estimates that nine-tenths of the occ in floor is occupied by water at a tempera! ure below 40 deg. Fahrenheit, and about 3 p .*r cent, of it by water at a temperature of
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    TRAINING NOTES.
    1085 10 Entries which closed on Saturday at noon are extremely good and almost all the races are well filled. There is to be a Derby after all, which lam very glad of, for as I remarked on Saturday, Vanitas, whom owners fear most, cannot be justly put out of
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    REGIMENTAL ENTERTAINMENTS.
    49 10 The members of the Kings Own Dramatic Club are giving an entertainment in the Theatre at Tanglin on Thursday evening. In the course of next, month the officers are getting up a concert with the object of raising funds to provide new scenery and other stage appurtenances.
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    YUNNAN RAILWAY.
    81 10 M. Doumer, the Governor General of French Indo-China, intends shortly to proceed to northern Tonquin on matters connected with the French railway scheme uniting Indo-China with Yunnan. Two French parties are at work in the province. According to Captain Wingate, who heard of them in his recent journey
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    BURMO-CHINESE FRONTIER.
    99 10 Letters received in Rangoon say that Captain Walker, Intelligence Officer with the Burmo-Chinese Boundary Commission, obtained permission from the Chinese authorities to proceed across Yunnan, when the demarcation of the Northern section was completed, that is, about the middle of April. It was Captain Walker’s intention to march
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    A GRUESOME TALE.
    127 10 DEATH FOR SEVENTY CENTS. Upon the departure of the Russian steamer Yingkuir from Chefoo for Port Arthur on the 24th April, an engineer heard knocking sounds down aft, as soon as the engines began to move, and saw a Chinaman being dragged around the shaft. The engines
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    HAVAS TELEGRAMS.
    208 10 Paris 9th M>iy. On the oth instant, in the Chamber of Deputies, a member questioned M. De Freyeinet, the Minister for War* regarding the suspension of M. Dupuy, a professor of History at the Polytechnic School. M. De Freyeinet answered that the commandant of the school had stopped
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    MORE BY THE MAIL.
    1293 10 £20,000,000 IN CHARITY. The fortune of the late Baroness de Hirsch, coupled with that of her late husband, has been sworn at 620,000,000f. (£24,800,000), and upon this vast sum the executors have paid duties of 24,000,000f. (£900,000). The relatives of the deceased receive among them the
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    THEY WANTED BRANDY.
    50 10 Two wharf coolies have been sent to prison for six weeks and a month, respectively, for stealing three small bottles of brandy from No. 36 godown at Borneo Wharf; another got a month for taking two bottles of brandy from godown No. 31 at the same wharf.
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    PENANG LADIES’ DANCE.
    73 10 —Pinang Gazette. A dance given by the ladies of Penang at the Town Hall there, on Friday last is said to have proved to be a success. Among those who attended were the Hon. J. K. and Mrs. Birch, the Hon. Sir Lionel Cox, Chief Justice, and
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    LADIES’ LAWN TENNIS CLUB.
    74 10 At a special general meeting of the members of the L. L. T. C., held in the Pavilion last evening, the- following ten ladies were elected to serve on the Election Committee, —Mesdames Braddell, Burkinshaw, Down, Evans, Gunn, HaLitsch, G. 8. Murray, Napier, Salzmann, and Wetherall.
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    CHESS.
    902 10 CONDUCTED BY KlXg’s PAWN. All Chess correspondence addressed to “King’s Pawn. n The postponed general meetirw of .v members of the Chess Club will in the Town Hall this (Tuesdavi < at 5.15 t 0 consider a proposed an to the rules. n,en(,n *nt Problem No. 105 (Motto “Kuuain-v
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    HOME CYCLING.
    1024 11 Lout ton, 21*/ April. i koM feather weight craze in machines ,;i- i.*id its day, and risers are beginning to pen-cive that there is a point beyond !i a machine should not he cut jown in the frenzied anxiety to save oar. The average rider wants a uia
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    WEDNESDAY, 17TH MAY.
    437 11 The German cruiser Primes* WUhthn went to Tanjong Pagar Wharf this morning to coal. The parade in honourof Her Majesty 5 s Birthday, takes place on the Esplanade at 6.30 a.in. on the 24th inst. The carbines which are to be served out to the 8. V.
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    REMOVING THE TOWCHANG.
    131 11 CEREMONY AT BANGKOK. The Siamese Government has appointed Luang Apai Phipit, a Straitsborn Chinaman, to be Commissioner at Puket, a port of Siamese Malaya, near Penang. He will leave Bangkok to take up the appointment at the end of this month. Luang Apai Phipit has been in
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    THE ASSIZES.
    61 11 The following Assize cases have been dealt with Tan Sai, charged with using as genuine a forged document, 18 months’ imprisonment; Hoh Ah Soon and Lee Ah Seng convicted of theft, two years'each, Ko Hye, charged with housetrespass in order to commit theft, discharged; and Vangoor, an old
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    RICH ORE.
    72 11 It is reported from the West Australian gold fields that a prospector, on testing a leader in an abandoned mine previously owned by an English and Scottish company, and situated 12 miles north-east of Mount Malcolm, obtained .£*l,ooo worth of gold within 30 minutes, 2ft. from the surface.
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    FOOTBALL.
    128 11 A practice game of football was played last night on the Esplanade between two elevens, selected from club members. The S. C. C. are now in a very healthy state as regards “Socker” players; in fact, two teams could be raised without much difficulty. Some one, who has the
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    NEW CHINESE TREATY PORT.
    133 11 OPENING OF FU-MKG. The new port ofFu-ning near Foochow was to be opened on the Bth instant. At present there is only a straggling Chinese village at the spot selected for the new port, which is situated on an indentation on the south side of the
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    THE “CHARLESTON” ACCIDENT.
    171 11 The mishap on the L\ S. Charleston in Hongkong Harbour has resulted more seriously than was at first anticipated. The stanchion or bar which was carried away by the fall of the whale-boat struck Mr. Miers in such a manner as to cause paralysis to set in
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    HAVAS TELEGRAMS.
    214 11 Paris 1 2th May. The Court of Cassation will sit in public, on the 29th instant, to hear the Dreyfus revision case. It is expected that the arguments will take up four sittings. On that supposition, the Court will probably deliver judgment on the 2nd or .‘3rd June.
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    MUNICIPAL PROSECUTIONS.
    38 11 Yesterday, the First Magistrate had 165 Municipal summons on his file for disposal. Of these, a Malay woman was fined 525 for neglecting to report a case of small-pox, and six other such cases were postponed.
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    AT MANILA.
    124 11 PEACE PROSPECTS. Telegraphic advices from Manila, dated the 9th instant, state that Senor Gonzales has been elected Premier of the Filipino Republican Government in succession to Apolinario Mabini. It is believed that this will lead to a more reasonable policy on the part of the Filipinos, asGonzales has
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    MURDER AT BANGKOK.
    145 11 YOUTH SENTENCED TO DEATH. At Bangkok on the 10th instant, a youth, twenty years of age, named Nai Plean, stood his trial, before the Siamese Criminal Court, for the murder of a clerk named Chin On. At the police court, the prisoner had denied all knowledge of
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    REBELLION IN KWANTUNG.
    166 11 ANOTHER OUTBREAK. A Canton correspondent writing to Hongkong says that a rebellion has arisen in the Prefectures of Wei-chow and Chew-chow, and the local authorities have telegraphed to the Canton Viceroy for aid. Colonels Sham ki-shan and Ting chi-tak have been commissioned to pacify the territory, and
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    CRICKET TEAM FOR INDIA.
    276 11 Ranjitsinhji intends taking a cricket team of English amateurs to India about the end of October or beginning of November, and to stay playing cricket, sight-seeing, and shooting till the beginning cf March. When he left India in March his idea was to play in all
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    ALLEGED RAPE.
    615 11 THE PRISON EL 8 ACQUITTED. The farther hearing of the case of alleged rape against a young man, and of abetment against Mina, was continued before Mr. Brockman, this morning. The mother of the gill, who gave evidence on Monday, was crossexamined by Mr. Braddell, when it was
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    IN JAPANESE HANDS.
    91 11 BRITISH BTEAMER 80LD. It is stated that the Mitsu Bussan Kaisha has purchased the British steamer Cardiganshire and will use the vessel for the transportation of coal from Kuchinotsu to Shanghai and Hongkong. The vessel is at present on her way to Japan, and is expected to
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    H.M.S. “BRISK ” IN COLLISION.
    101 11 H.M.S. BRISK IN COLLISION. It appears as if the Fates were averse to the Brisk proceeding to Wei-hai-wei. On the Bth instant, she steamed out of Hongkongconvoying the destroyers Fame and Whiling only to return again the same evening owing to an accident to the Whiting. Again she lelt for
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    SOUTH AFRICA.
    329 12 PRESIDENT KRUGER, mr. Rhodes’s party. At a meeting of the Rand Chamber of Mines, President Kruger’s reply was read to the address which the Chamber presented to him on the occasion of his recent visit to the Rand. Mr. Kruger, challenged the statement of the mining industry that
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    H. M. S. “WATERWITCH.”
    118 12 The old adage anent sailing on Friday has proved itself true in the ease of the smart little surveying vessel Wuter witch, which left Hongkong on Friday, 21st April, for Shanghai and the Cliusan Islands. All went well until the following Tuesday morning when the vessel
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    THE GOKTEIK VIADUCT.
    100 12 HIGHEST BRIDGE IN THE WORLD. The construction of the Gokteik viaduct on the Burma MandalayKunlon Railway, will be commenced in about six months’ time. The contractors, an American firm, will send their own mechanics out, and procure local labour, the Railway Company merely conveying the material free
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    ALLEGED TIN DISCOVERY.
    137 12 FIND IN WEST AUSTRALIA. At Marble Bar, in West Australia, a prospector reports a very rich tin find, ten miles to the eastward of that place. The tin can be lifted in billyfuls on the surface along innumerable gullies for thousands of yards, several lodes running through
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    VESSELS ADVERTISED TO SAIL
    42 12 Fer: Calcutta via ports, Bancoora on 17th May, Bo us tead <fc Co. Rangoon, Ixindaura on 17th May, Boustead A Co. Fort Arthur, Siam, due 19th May. Guthrie A Co. Hongkong, Ctwlqdra, dun 20th May, Boustead A Co.
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    NEWS FROM THE NORTH.
    795 12 THE Y'ANGTSE VALLEY. Some interest is felt in the reason for the prolonged stay of Monsieur Haas, Consul for France, at Chengtu, in the Y'angtse Valley, where he went some months ago to seek a settlement with the Viceroy of Szechuen of the Roman Catholic claims
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    THE CHARTERED BANK.
    1367 12 THE CHAIRMANS SPEECH. The following is a fuller report than I that already given of the interesting speech of Mr. John Howard Gwyther, I at the ordinary general meeting of the I Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and I China, held in London on the 19th of
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    COFFEE ABROAD.
    1176 12 IN JAMAICA. In Jamaicathe coffce-plantingindustry is not at present so great as formerly. Many stations have closed and are closing, on account of the cutting down of market prices. The cleansing process of the berry is very interesting. The berry grows in a thick skin, and the valuable
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    499 12 ARRIVALS. Per s. s. Kienhuyt from Bandjermasitf I Mr. Smith. r t Per s. s. Rosa from iVnang— A* 1 I Grower. Per s. 8 Japara from Batavia— I W. PoIman,G van Akker, Mrs. Ycennuy Messrs. Rosinalen. Keurhoff. K. Mrs. Wallace, Dr. Lies*!, Messrs. and Johnson. Per M.
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      195 13 Under this heading the following abbreviations are used —str. —steamer sh. —ship tq.~ barque; sell —schooner; Yet.—Yacht; Cru.—Cruiser Gbt. —Gunboat; Tor.— Torpedo h. p. —Horse-power Brit.— British U. S. —United States; Fr.— French Ger.—German Dut.— Dutch; Joh.—Jobofp Ac., G. c.,—General cargo d.p. —deck passengers: U. —Uncertain T.
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      TRADING VESSELS &c.
      1156 13 Arrivals Since Noon of Yesterday. Anonpar, Put. sch. 00 tons, Nacodah 15th May. From Singkawang, 6th May. G.c. U*ng Hong. For Singkawang, U—Rdf*. Adour, M. M. str. 3,965 tons, Capt Merlin. Iflth May. From Saigon, 14th May. G.c, M. Maritimcs. For Switzerland, 191 h—VV. Batavier, Brit. str.
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      615 13 Andalusia, Hongkong, May 23; B. Meyer. Ballanrat, Colombo. June 17 P. A O. Bawean, Sourabaya, May 25 Daendels. Bremen, June 22 P. M. Benalder, Kuchinotzu, May 21; P. Simons. Bengal, Colombo, June 3 P. A O. Bengloe, London, May 27; P. Simons A Co. Bergen, Europe, p’sd Canal,
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      ARRIVALS.
      923 13 m Flag 5 Vessel's Name. A Tons. Captain Fbom Sailed 1 Consignees. Q Rig M’y 11 Amara Brit str. 1566 Mattock Hongkong Apl 2# Boustead A Co. 11 Rosa str. 267 Davidson Penang May 9BengKay 11 CheangChew str. 1213 Webb Penang May 10 Khoo Aik Seng 11 Flevo str.
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      CLEARANCES.
      523 13 Date. Vessel’s Name Flag Rig Captain Destination May 12 CheangChew Brit str. Webb j Amoy via ports 12 Hebe str. Inkster Penang and Deli 12 I Ncera str. Coysh Tringganu 12 j Nam Vong str. Dawson H’kong Amoy and Swatow 12 Batavier str. Sellars Klang via ports 12 Cardiganshire
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