The Straits Budget, 26 May 1899

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    135 1 The Straits Budget K’STABLftHED, 1831 .J VOL. LII. BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STHAITS TIMES.” (Cable Address Times, Singapore.) Straits Budget, 40 Cents. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 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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  • FRIDAY, 26TH MAY. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE.
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      BIRTH.
      19 1 Keswick— On the 21st April, at h'asteack Park, Leatherhead. the wife of William Keswick, M.P., of a daughter.
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      MARRIAGE.
      42 1 Margery —Okser. —On the 20th May, 1890 at the Cathedral, of the Good Shepherd, bv the Right Rev. Rein Fee, Bishop of Malacca, Etienne Margery, youngest son of Pierre Margery Esq., to Malvine. fourth daughter of Solomon Orncr Lsq. No cards.
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    392 1 l.kAMsvi ARTICLES. fro-peels at Manila. Forgery Case. Outlook at Manila. The Manacles Rocks. Local. Market Quotations. Shipping News. List. Police News. A Complimentary Dinner. The Assizes. Police Changes. Court Accommodation. Bankruptcy Case. A Slight M istake. River Row. Dirty Courts. On the Verandah. Public Summonses. •Shipping Prosecution.
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    COMMERCIAL.
    472 1 SINGAPORE, 26th May, 1899. PRODUCE. (Kates are corrected to noon.) Gambler buyers $6 46 Copra wall, v.75.’ do Pontianak, n 6.45. Pepper, Black 25g. do White, (5%) 43.00. Sago Flour Sarawak 3.20. do Brunei No. 1 2.76. Pearl Sago 4.17$. Coffee, Bali, picked 21.50. Coffee Palembang, picked.... 26.00. Coffee,
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    286 1 Th 6 mail for Europe, this week; leaves by the M.M. Salazie. The P. 0. Nubia with the mail from Europe of the 28th April arrived on Sunday. The German mail from Europe by the Sachsen arrived on Wednesday. The mail from Europe of the sth
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  • REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
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      CRICKET.
      36 1 AUSTRALIANS BEAT SURREY. London 18 th. May. The Australian eleven have beaten the Surrey county team by one innings and seventy-one runs. Howell took all the Surrey wickets in the first innings for twenty-eight runs.
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      THE TRANSVAAL PLOT.
      137 1 THE PLOTTERS ARE NOBODIES. It has since transpired that the prisoners implicated in the Transvaal plot were, all of them, civilian nobodies. They have been remanded for a fortnight on the capital charge of enrolling men with the intention of arming them in Natal, and then of
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      PEACE CONFERENCE.
      59 1 THE MEETING. London 19 th May. The Peace Conference has assembled at the Hague. Baron Georges De Staal, the Russian Ambassador at the Court of St. James, presided over the Conference. Various speeches were made by different delegates, eulogising the magnanimous motives of the Czar in calling the
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      TRANSVAAL PLOT.
      13 1 UNIVERSAL RIDICULE. The plot against the Transvaal Government arouses universal derision.
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      THE TRANSVAAL TROUBLE.
      91 1 MR. CHAMBERLAIN SPEAKS. SCOPE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS. Ijondon, 20 th May. Mr. Chamberlain has made a statement regarding the negotiations with the Transvaal Government. According to that statement, Sir Alfred Milner, the High Commissioner of South Africa, has, with the approval of the British Government, accepted a
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      CRICKET.
      19 1 AN AUSTRALIAN WIN. Ijondoiij 22nd May. The Australian eleven have beaten an AU England team by 172 runs.
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      DISASTROUS FIRE.
      26 1 A GOLDEN CITY CONSUMED, uawson City, in Kionayxe, nas neen almost destroyed by fire. The fire also resulted in mucS gold being lost there.
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      ATHLETIC SPORTS.
      30 1 UNIVERSITY COMPETITION. Athletes from Harvard and Yale Universities in the United States will visit England in July to compete with athletes from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
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      SIBERIA.
      23 1 TRANSPORTATION TO CEASE. The Czar has personally appointed a Committee to consider the question of stopping the transportation of criminals to Siberia.
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      THE PHILIPPINES.
      44 1 MILITARY GOVERNMENT OFFERED. PENDING SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTRY. London 23rd May. The American Government have offered the Filipinos a system of government similar to that in vogue in Cuba At present. wiiT be of ‘a military character until the country is settled.
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      ATLANTIC LINER WRECKED.
      49 1 DISCIPLINE SAVES PASSENGERS. On Saturday, at midnight, the American liner Paris struck the Manacles rocks, which were the scene of the Mohtyan disaster in October last. The discipline maintained on hoard was marvellous. The 780 persons on board were all saved, as also were the mails.
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      MUTUAL STEAMER ASHORE.
      160 1 FLOATED AND UNLOADING. London 24th May. The China Mutual Steam Navigation Company’s steamer Kaisou on her way out to China, ran ashore on Lundy Island. She was floated off, and is now unloading at Barry. [The Kaisou is one of the fleet of the China Mutual Steam
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      MAJOR MARCHAND.
      49 1 RETURNING TO FRANCE. Major Marchand and his party have arrived at Suez aboard a French man-of-war on their way back to France from the Soudan. The preparations made for delegations to welcome them in France on their arrival, and for receptions in their honour have been countermanded.
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      CHINESE CRUISER
      17 1 ON THE WAY OUT. The Haipien, a new Chinese cruiser, has left Portsmouth for China.
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      THE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY.
      65 2 WORLD-WIDE CELEBRATIONS. 25th May. The Queen’s Birthday has been honoured by celebrations throughout the world. The Governors of British Colonies gave levees and banquets, and salutes were fired. AMERICAN CONGRATULATIONS. President McKinley cabled to the Queen the congratulations of the American nation. ROER MARK OF RE8PECT. At
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      JAPANESE LOAN.
      28 2 TEN MILLIONS STERLING. A Japanese loan of ten millions sterling bearing four per cent, interest, issued at 90, will be put on the market next week.
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      TRANSVAAL REFORMS.
      48 2 BOER OPPOSITION. The Transvaal Parliament has taken President Kruger’s proposed franchise reforms into consideration. The tone of the discussions is unfavourable to reform from the proposals being looked upon as too liberal. On the other hand, the Uitlanders regard the President’s proposals as being absurdly inadequate.
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    PROSPECT AT MANILA.
    244 2 (Strait* Times 18th May.) One bad feature of the occupation of Manila by the American troops, says the China Mail has been the attraction to the Far East of a large number of most undesirable people who finding ofru.t n the Philippines UioCrpnil" _have floated up to
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    FORGERY CASE
    290 2 (Straits Times 22nd May.) After a six days’ hearing at the Cologne Assize Court, at the end of last month, a widow named Gruetters who was charged with being concerned in the forgery of notes of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, was sentenced to three years’ penal
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    OUTLOOK AT MANILA.
    350 2 -«•<. O O .JO .1// If/MI I It is the opinion of Mr. Barrett, exAmerican Minister to. Siam, who has been addressing a Committee of members of the House of CommoLs, that British and American interests in the Far East are becoming inevitably interwoven without intention or
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    THE MANACLES ROCKS.
    1049 2 (Straits Times 23 rd May.) On the Manacles rocks, off Falmouth, there has been lost many a good ship. rr»«— i.i.--*. —*u A Atlantic liner Paris which went ashore there at midnight on Saturday, fortunately without loss of life. So excellent was the discipline that the seven
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    THURSDAY, 18TH MAY.
    642 2 The German cruiser Prinzess Wilhelm left westwards yesterday afternoon. Letters of allotment for Messrs. Riley, Hargreaves and Co., Ltd., were posted last night, which Is pretty smart work. A case of small-pox in a Bengali, is reported from Omar Road. Another case, in a Hylam, is notified
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    REDJANG LEBONG.
    98 2 Mr. Wright, general manager at tb mines, reports as follows under date tb sth instant: The work on the road to tb mines progresses satisfactorily. o ur carts can now ply between head quarters and Kotta Danau, to briar iron roofing materials. At the lyth milestone, heavy rains
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    OFF TO GUAM.
    99 2 The U. S. gunboat Yosemife which is to carry Governor Richard P. Leary, United States Navy, to Guam, wai preparing at the date of last advices, at New York, for her cruise through the Suez Canal. Elaborate twigrters have been fitted up for Mr.* l&gt;eary and the
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    SAVING LIFE AT SEA
    124 2 The President of the Board of Trade has stated that that department possesses and exercises full powm under the Merchant Shipping Act, to insist on all boats placed under davits being so carried as to be capable of being at once swung outboard and put into
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    CAPT. SUPERINTENDENT MAY.
    125 2 CAPTAIN-Superintendent May, of tbe Hongkong Police, who has taken a prominent part in suppressing t fae Kowloon rioting and was reported, though without foundation, to nave been captured by Chinese, is an old Harrovian, and the son of the late Hon. J. A. C. May, Lord Chief
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    THE PLAGUE IN CANTON.
    146 2 BUPERBTITION AT WORK Plague is rife in the city ol Canton but matters are worse in some 1 inland cities. For instance, at the ci J of San-Ning, the plague rages ww special virulence. Shops and dwelling houses are closed, and their inhabit*® have fled into
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    BANKRUPTCY CASE.
    83 3 This morning, Mr. Lowell mentioned the case of the bankrupt, W. Wallace, to Mr WolfeYfetan, and asked that as q r Stuart, who had his case in hand, was engaged at the Supreme Court, a postponement might be granted. As q r Van Cuylenberg who represented the official
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    HONGKONG SHIPPING.
    91 3 The traffic in Hongkong harbour is r&gt;aid to be increasing so rapidly that the available space is beginning to get congested. New-comers complain that ill the best berths are monopolised, and hat they have to anchor at considerable distances from the business centre. At the same time, the
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    FATAL FIRE AT HONGKONG.
    119 3 A fire in which nine persons are believed to have perished has occurred at Hongkong. It broke out on the ground door of a shop and, by the time two fire engines were at work, the flames were burning high above the second storey. Houses on
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    POLICE CHANGES.
    116 3 The Nubia with Mr. Assistant Superintendent Stewart and a number of newly enlisted constables is expected on Saturday. Next week, says a correspondent, it is thought that Mr. Riccard will arrive, and assume the duties of acting InspectorGeneral of Police, Colonel Pennefather going on leave. Mr. Bell is
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    COURT ACCOMMODATION.
    127 3 The Central Police Offices do not apparently afford sufficient accommodation for police requirements, and, in order to find an office for the Assistant Superintendent, the Commissioner of the Court of Requests, *ho now occupies the upper room of the police station, has to vacate, and hold his court
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    THE “ VICTORIOUS.”
    197 3 THE VICTORIOUS.” A CURIOUS 8TORY. In Yokohama, it is stated, though \A\ere is nothing to confirm the accuracy of the statement, that after H. M. S. No torious entered the dock at Yokosuka, and the dock was pumped out, the Japanese officials found that all her •lr wight markings were
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    HOME CYCLING.
    761 3 London, 28th April. In the struggle for the vote and interest of the wheelman, the Cyclist’s Touring Club has determined not to be out of the running and the rival firm, the N.C U will have to exercise all its ingenuity unless it wishes the other candidate to
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    45 3 A Chinese man and woman have been arrested on the charge of managing a Chap Ji Ki lottery at No. 16 Cecil Street, on Tuesday. The police applied for an adjournment which was granted. The man was released on 92,000 bail, the woman on 9500.
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    MORE BY THE MAIL
    550 3 UNRE6T IN ARMENIA. The Armenian movement is again alive, and is said to be influenced by the Geneva Committee. The action which has been begun by the Armenians arouses great anxiety. The Armenian Patriarch at Constantinople has been endeavouring to obtain concessions for the Armenians, in
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    THE ASSIZES.
    67 3 At the Assizes yesterday, Koh Sai Kim and Lim Gek Siew, charged with committing gang robbery in Thomson Road, were sentenced •to 7 years’ imprisonment each; Ali convicted of house breaking in order to commit theft received 3 years’ imprisonment. This morning Seng Ah Kee pleaded guilty to
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    A SLIGHT MISTAKE.
    81 3 Last night a European, on paying off his ’rikisha in New Bridge Road, gave the puller by mistake a sovereign for a 20 cent piece. While the coolie was examining the coin, another Chinaman snatched the piece of money away from him whereupon the puller called oat
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    AT MANILA.
    1100 3 THE SITUATION ON THE Bth INSTANT. AMERICAN SUCCESSES. On the armistice negotiations falling through owing to Filipino obstinacy, the Americana advanced and took Apalit. The Filipino armistice commissioners protested against the resumption of military operations. On the 4th instant, General McArther's division took the field again at daylight,
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    A COMPLIMENTARY DINNER.
    205 3 PRESENTATION TO MR. JACKSON MILLAR. La9T night, at his house 4&lt; Lauriston,” Mr. Robert Allan entertained twentytwo of the European staff of Messrs. Riley, Hargreaves Co. (Limited) to dinner. The guest of the evening was Mr. Jackson Millar whom the employes had been invited to meet \mor
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    RUSSIAN FAMINE.
    228 3 HARROWING DESCRIPTION. The National Zeitung takes the following awful description of the famine in Russia from St. Petersburg papers: Personal investigation has shown that the distress is great, cruel, and deeply rooted. The people live on acorns, the bark and leaves of trees, and even on cattle that
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    PEACE CONFERENCE.
    2946 4 OPENED AT THE HAGUE TO-DAY. VIEWS ON DISARMAMENT FROM MANY QUARTERS. To-day the representatives of the Powers at the Peace Conference meet for the first time, in Europe. The meeting is being held in the Dutch palace known as the Huisten Bosch,” or House in the Wood,” situated
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    MARRIAGE AND COMMERCE.
    274 4 The latest annual- return of the Registrar-General shows clearly that early marriages are on the wane. For some time past each year’s return has shown that young people put off matrimony till they reach maturer ages. The decline in the number of marriages among minors dates from
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    WOMEN’S DRESS.
    675 4 While the tight-fitting back the seamless back fits tightly) fa* quite universal, not only foV n °V and coats, but also for blouies u? slightly pouching front is, if possible, more popular than showing pinafore arrangements, and little chemisettes. These nearly always adorned by butC which are not,
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    PRINCE CHARLES OK DENMARK.
    114 4 NATURALISATION AS A BRITISH l A good deal of attention is devoted at Copenhagen to the j°' now being made by the Crown i n and Princess of Denmark to P arl the Riviera. It is believed that object in visiting the Riviera is to c°n
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    FRIDAY, 19TH MAY.
    350 5 ITh£ plague returns at Calcutta on l, 2nd of May show ten cases and deaths. I };rtKV. Hargreaves and Co.’s shares Wave hren dealt in at sl2o—twenty per Knt premium. &lt;&gt; N r S imßOodin has been fined twenty ir or a month’s rigorous iinprison-t-.f for insulting
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    KANG YU WEI.
    72 5 li Kang Yi; Wki, the Chinese reform leader who escaped from Pekin when Be Em press-Do wager seized upon the Bpreme power, has arrived in British Hoiiiiiibia. He was dressed in a semiKuropean garb on arrival there. He Bel clothes of European cut, covered Bitli a long,
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    BANK AT MANILA.
    78 5 A* rioN has been taken towards the Brz.un/.ition of a corporation to transact Bz'-n ral hanking business at Manila. J. B 8eligman &lt;fc Co. of New York are at B*i»* le ad of the enterprise, so rumour B n&gt;, and the new bank will be ready for
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    A RIVER ROW.
    78 5 I ling the small hours of yesterday B r ng, the Marine police arrested two B Allien for creating a disturbance on B* Singapore river. Five other went to the rescue, but the B held their men and captured the 1-he rescuers. On the way to the
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    MONDAY’S POLO.
    136 5 Monday’s polo match the teams s the Polo Club (white), Mr. 1). B »-&lt;\ Captain li. P. White, Captain H-C I)nfl", Mr. W. C. Symes, (Captain.) the King's Own (orange m' blue.) Mr. W. E. S. WoodMr. F. S. B. Johnson, Mr. W. Molony, Captain J. H. Laurie
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    PETROLEUM IN JAPAN.
    97 5 The province whieh produces the greatest quantity of kerosene oil in Japan is Echigo. Owing to the fact that various railways in Japan are going to use crude petroleum instead of coal for fuel, and to other causes, the price of kerosene oil has now advanced a
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    DAY OF THE LOLLIPOP.
    95 5 ITS SUSTAINING POWERS. KußTHEßexperiments arethis summer to he made in the German army with the object of ascertaining the exact value and sustaining power of sugar. Two companies of two regiments from different army corps are to make long marches and the more intelligent men will
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    PRESS VERSUS LEGISLATURE.
    92 5 The California State Legislature recently enacted a law affirming that all newspaper articles must be signed by their writers, but the editors in San Franciscohaveunaniinouslysetit at defiance. They have also determined to ignore the State Legislature’s new Anti-Cartoon Act. On the contrary, they are laying in a
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    DO HORSES COMMIT SUICIDE?
    102 5 An action with regard to a drowned horse at Norwich County Court recently, practically resolved itself into the question whether the animal had committed suicide or had accidentally fallen into a dyke. An expert relied upon by defendant, who disclaimed liability, in reply to his honour,
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    CABLE SUBSIDIES.
    156 5 NO MORE AUSTRALIAN CONTRIBUTION. The subsidy of i,'32,400 a year paid to the Eastern Extension Cable Company by the Australian Governments (Queensland excepted) in consideration of the duplication of the BanjoewanjiePort Darwin section will terminate on October 31st of this year. The agreement by which the Colonies guarantee
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    THE BIRTHDAY PARADE.
    185 5 The troops in garrison will parade in honour of Her Majesty’s Birthday on the 24th instant, on the Esplanade. The troops will be formed in line, facing Fort Canning, at 50 paces from the Sea Road, and will take post from the right to left in the
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    SUNDAY PAPERS.
    91 5 DENOUNCED BY A NEW YORK PREACHER. The noted Dr. De Costa, of a fashionable evangelist church, in New York, delivered a sensational sermon recently in which he denounced Sunday newspapers and theatres. The former, he safid, were worse than an escape of sewer gas, and a recen t
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    SERVANTS’ REGISTRATION.
    153 5 The question of the registration of servants has again been raised at Hongkong. One idea that finds favour is that the Government should draft a Bill to be called the Masters’ and Servants’ Ordinance, which should provide for the compulsory registration of all domestic servants. It is urged
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    BRITISH NEW GUINEA.
    494 5 ITS PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS. Speaking before the London Chamber of Commerce on The Commercial Conditions and Prospects of British New Guinea Sir William MacGregor, late Lieutenant-Governor of the colony, stated that some 14 years ago the colony became a British protectorate, and 10| years ago it was
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    CENTRAL ASIAN RAILWAY.
    251 5 According to a correspondent of the Morning Foot, Russia is now turning her attention to unite Moscow and St. Petersburg with Khiva and Central Asia by railway. At present the only route to the Trans-Caspian provinces is by way of the Caspian Sea, a roundabout and awkward
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    MAINLY PERSONAL.
    575 5 It is so seldom that a member of the royal family appears in the character of public-house proprietor that some interest attaches to a dispute in which the Marquess of Lome is involved with the Licensing Court of Dumbartonshire, about the village inn on his estate at Roseneath
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    TRIBUTE TO A JOCKEY.
    95 5 A very nice little ceremony took £lace at the recent Shanghai Race [eeting after the Champions’ race was run. Two American men-of-war’s men approached Mr. C. R. Burkill, the successful jockey, and asked him if he would accept a little memento of the race he had
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    EASTERN EXTENSION TELEGRAPH CO.
    326 5 The report of the Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Company (Limited) for the half-year ended Dec. 31st, issued only recently, states that the gross receipts amounted to X 290,431 against X 275,142 in 1897. Working and other expenses, including X‘26,045 for cost of repairs to
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    WATER-SUPPLY OF MANILA.
    407 5 The greater part of the city of Manila being built but a few feet above high tide, there is never any lack of water; and as the rainfall is very excessive in the summer months many houses are provided with tanks to store up the rain water.
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    365 6 As soon as matters are settled Acheen, and the strength of the garrison has been fixed, the ndval forces there will be reduced. It is said that only six men-of-war will be stationed in Acheen waters, including three search vessels. Considerable uneasiness prevails in Holland at alleged intrigues
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    HOW MANILA IS POLICED.
    286 6 One of the difficult problems that confronted the Americans after the capture of Manila was the organization of an effective police force. After the fall of the city the native policemen and their officers too flocked to the Americans for protection, fearing for their lives. They
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    DIRTY COURTS.
    130 6 A correspondent takes exception to the uncleanly way in which the police courts are kept. The sweepings are allowed to accumulate for weeks in corners, under the mats, and anywhere else that the dirt may be hidden excepting on the magistrates’ desk and the barristers’ table. The dust
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    FRENCH INDO-CHINA.
    853 6 RICE-MI LUNG. The Courtier due Saigon bewails the fact that, in the rice-milling industry there, the French are hopelessly distanced by the Chinese. French enterprise has never taken readily to this line of business, with the result that there are now only two French rice mills against eight
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    CHINESE SCHOOLS ABROAD.
    239 6 VIEWS OF THE EMPRESS-DOWAGER. The Empress-Dowager of China thus deals by edict with the subject of schools for Chinese abroad: The other day a Vice-President suggested that our Ministers and Consuls abroad should establish schools for teaching Chinese literature to the sons of Chinese doing business in
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    WEI-HAI-WEI.
    549 6 DESCRIPTION BY AN ARMY CAPTAIN. An army captain at Wei-hai-wei, in a letter dated 2nd March, writes It is impossible to say much about this place. The climate is the chief thing, and it is just grand, bar a blizzard now and then, and sometimes a frozen coast. The
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    HOME NOTES.
    969 6 The champion pugilist, Fitzsimmons, who is now playing at a New York theatre, has bad seven valuable diamonds, all the gifts of .ladies, set in his teeth. Jeffries, the manager of a rival pugilist, named Brady, has made a humorous protest and says he reserves the right to
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    LITERARY GOSSIP.
    667 6 One of the most successful historiJB books of the season, observes, a l/l! writer, is Mr. George Trevelyan's “England in theT® Wycliffe a picturesquely Jj*® narrative, dealing with the m e of an epoch to which pres,”?® controversies are again turnmr zB thoughts of men. Mr. Trev: B
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    THE KING’S OWN
    517 7 1 sTgR TAJNM*NT AT TANGLIN BARRACKS. F* fug members of the King’s Own distinguished themselves last night in a capital Kj?rtiiinment presented in the’ theatre at Tanglin, to an ■audience comprising several officers of ■♦he regiment, a good number of civilians, I and a crowded gathering of
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    IMPERIAL PENNY POST.
    271 7 Imperial Penny Postage has been an established fact now (April) for nearly four months, and according to official Canadian figures Canada has since practically doubled her mails to the old country. The innovation has not, however, caught pn quite so well n England. At first there was
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    SATURDAY, 20TH MAY.
    217 7 Malay Mail. This morning, two large elephants were marched through the town. The Darul Adab Association will hold its annual athletic sports on Saturday, Ist July. Certain land at Balestier is gazetted as needed for public purposes—roadmaking. ♦&gt; A Siamese gunboat passed through tlie port from east
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    THE NOTE ISSUE.
    81 7 The new Straits notes, says the Malay Mail are condemned in Selangor on account of their colour and the poor quality of paper used in their manufacture. They tear much too easily. That journal has been given to understand that these Notes of the value of $5,
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    WHAT TONQUIN WANTS.
    84 7 A young French lady went the other day to the Colonial Minister in Paris asking him to give her brother some post in Tonquin. The Minister explained politely that Tonquin did not want the brother, but would gladly welcome the young lady herself. “Go out as a
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    NEW SPORT.
    84 7 A new form of sport is becoming popular in several of the larger cities of America, namely, trap-shooting oft’ roofgardens. The roof-garden is a flat housetop, so arranged that it may be used as a promenade. There are roofgardens in Chicago and in Philadelphia which are fully as
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    POLO-BICYCLE.
    97 7 A new sort of bicycle, built especially for the use of polo players, will soon be placed upon the English market. Both wheels will have their spokes protected, by discs of talc; the machine, though strongly made, will be extremely light; and it will have a handlebar for the
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    PUBLIC SUMMONSES.
    99 7 Yesterday, the First Magistrate disposed of a large number of summons cases, brought by the police and other public officials. Twenty-two shop-keepers, and tradesmen were fined sums ranging from two to twenty-five dollars. For circulating Sarawak perforated copper coin, six money-changers had to pay five dollars each. Possession
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    PAHANG NEWS.
    711 7 (From our Correspondent.) Kuala Lipis 10th May. GUTTA FARMING. The gutta rights of the whole State will, it is reported, shortly be farmed out, as much for the purpose of establishing some sort of restraint on indiscriminate collecting, whereby many young trees are totally destroyed, as for the
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    SELANGOR GOLF CLUB.
    43 7 J. Glasspord broke the club record at Kuala Lurapuf on the 18th instant, for the eighteen hole course with the following score of 81: Ist round.. *****346 4=41 2nd ~..*****344 3=40 Record was held by J. Glaesford with S 3
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    TRAINING NOTES.
    936 7 The final gallops have now been put in and we are all asking each other what is going to win. 1 have already remarked that the racing on the first day promises to be unusually open, which I think is the general impression too among the knowing ones.”
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    LEPER DISABILITIES.
    127 7 PROHIBITED LINEB OF BUSINESS. A schedule to the Lepers’ Ordinance, passed by the Legislative Council on the 25th April, gives the following lift of trades or callings the carrying on of which by lepers may be prohibited by the Governor under penalties: Baker, butcher, and cook; or any
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    MR. LIONEL PHILIPS AND THE TRANSVAAL.
    636 7 Mu. Lionel Phillips was the principal guest at the recent dinner of the AngloAfrican Writers’ Club. Mr. H. Rider Haggard, the chairman of the club, presided. The Chairman, in proposing the health of Mr. Phillips, remarked that it was to the efforts of that
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    SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB.
    1491 8 SPECIAL MEETING OF MEMBERS. FINANCIAL P08ITION OF THE CLUB. Yesterday afternoon, in the Town Hall, a special general meeting of the members of the S. C. C. was held for the consideration of revised rules framed by the Committee. Mr. C. Stringer, who was in the chair,
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    FOOTBALL.
    243 8 35TH CO. R.A. V. TANJONG PAGAR. A game was played last night at the Anson Road ground between Tanjong Pagar and an R.A. team, and after very well contested play, it resulted in a win for the R.A. by 1 goal to nil. In the first half the T.
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    1421 8 Messrs. Riley, Hargreaves CompanyLtd. ordinary stock was subscribed for more than five times over. Money must be plentiful in Singapore nowadays for, in addition to having large sums to spare for new enterprises, the market is carrying forward Raubs, Jelebus and other shares at big prices. The
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    SOUTH RAUB.
    63 8 Thr Secretary of the South Raub Gold Mining Syndicate sends a copy of the following telegram:— Raub, 19th May, 1899. Have struck reef, quality of stone is fair.” The South Raub Concession adjoins the Raub concession. Some years ago, the Malay Peninsula Prospecting Company got satisfactory results from
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    UNWILLING TO BE GENERAL.
    147 8 AN UNDESIRABLE POST. The occupation of Manchuria by Russia has made the mandarins fight shy of appointments to that part of the Empire, where formerly, owing to the many opportunities of making money, posts were eagerly intrigued for and high prices paid to get them. Since
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    MAIL ITEMS.
    668 8 UNDERWRITING LAW SUITS Underwriting ships, suchlike is an old affair; underwriS risks in a lawsuit is quite a new thj Yet, certainly, half a dozen case* come to public knowledge recently which people going to law had lnsariJ themselves against losing the dav s time back, for instance,
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    THE TOWCHANG.
    84 8 —Malay MaiL Many people firmly behey** before very long every straits l*J*k Kuala Lumpur will have part* his towchang. A year or two ago Babas woi\ld have scoffed at the Now they are openly j advisability or otherwise ot dump, Opinion seems to be pretty divided. The willing
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    IMMIGRATION.
    1092 9 ANNUAL REPORT. I annual report in Indian Immi- T** t0 t he Straits Settlements for 1*98 has been published. It W e 'date. Penang, 9th March, and is hv \jr. H. W. Firmstone as Acting of Indian Immigrants, ►if r ep.»rt gives ther figures for I on from Southern
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    RUSSIAN GOLDFIELDS.
    190 9 In order to promote a more thorough exploitation of the immense goldfields in the Southern Urals, the Russian Government is about to establish six subsidised schools of Mining Engineering in various parts of that region. The Northern Ural is generally believed b} T geological experts to be still
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    252 9 The texts of Ordinances V and VI of 1899, dealing, respectively, with Lepers and the Defence Contribution Ordinance are published. Mr. R. von Pustau is recognised as in charge of the Austro-Hungarian Consulate at Singapore, during the absence of Mr. D. Brandt. Mr. P. J. Sproule has been
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    SHIPPING PROSECUTION.
    910 9 ABOUT A PLAGUE CASE. At noon to-day, Captain C. Androvich, master of the s. s. Marquis Bacquhem consigned to Messrs R. Schmidt &lt;fc Coy., was brought before Mr. Brockman on a summons for not having made a declaration to the Health Officer of having a case of bubonic
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    MONDAY, 22ND MAY.
    385 9 A Ball will be given at the Residency, Penang, on the Queen’s Birthday. The Mail despatched from Singapore to London, via Marseilles, on the 28th April, is expected to be delivered to-day. 4 The opinion of the Special Correspondent in China of the Morning Post is that
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    INSURANCE.
    57 9 The London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company, of which Messrs Boustead and Co. are the agents here, have issued their report for 1898. The year closed with a total credit balance of over £72,000. The net premiums amounted to £836,497. The net fire losses incurred amounted to £493,627. A
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    A WEDDING.
    142 9 The (xraphic and the Illustrated London News received by this mail contain pictures of a wedding where Miss Ethel Clarke, only daughter of Sir Edward Clarke, Q.C., M.P., was married to Mr. Rees-Webbe (58th Northamptonshire Regiment) on April 22nd, at St. Peter’s Church, Staines. Mr. Graham Paterson was
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    DR. SVEN HEDIN.
    76 9 Db. Bv6h Hedin will start from Stockholm at the end of June, and will travel direct through Russia and Turkestan to Kashgar, taking a new route over the mountains. Thence he will visit the unexplored Lop Region and cross the great Sand Desert by more than one
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    ITALIAN ENTERPRISE.
    67 9 The Italian Government has decided to encourage the establishment of a line of steamers between Italy and China. At present there is no such line, and nearly all the Italian trade is carried in German ships. The new line will receive a Government subvention of 700,000 lire. The
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    ’RIKISHA AND CYCLIST.
    72 9 Yesterday afternoon, a cyclist collided with a Yikisha at the junction of Dhobie Ghaut and Selegie Road, with the result that the cyclist, a European, was knocked on to the road with much force and considerably shaken. He was coming round the bend at the junction and
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    MR. BARRETT TALKS.
    76 9 Mr. John Barrett, late United States Minister to Siam, addressed the London Chamber of Commerce at the Salters’ Hall on the 2nd inst., on the Present Condition and Future Possibility of Trade and Commerce in the Far East.” The President of the Chamber, Mr. Albert G. Sandman,
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    CHINESE CYCLISTS IN LONDON.
    80 9 A quite unusual spectacle was witnessed in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Regent’s Park on the afternoon of 22nd April, when several Chinamen connected with the Chinese Legation were to be broad walk from the principal entrance to the conservatory terrace. The sight was a novel
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    THE RAHIMAN QUESTION.
    89 9 The Bangkok Times denies that there is likely to be any trouble between Britain and Siam regarding the Perak boundary in the State of Rahiman. The question at no time reached an acute stage. Neither Government had any desire to claim more than what was legally and
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    SPORT IN PERAK.
    136 9 being organised by*Mr. Curtis— Perak Pioneer. v A tigress which has been causing a great deal of damage to cattle at Pa ntei Besar near Ijau has been killed by a gun trap set up by Malays, who were her greatest victims. They say the *25, given
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    RUSSIAN RACIAL TYPES.
    130 9 There are at least two well-marked types of races in European Russia, exclusive of the Tartar types in South Russia. These are a tall, long-headed type, and a middle-sized, swarthy broadheaded type. The great question is, which of these represents the primitive Slavic type. Rivers of ink
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    SIAMESE MALAY STATES.
    388 10 A correspondent writing from Bangkok to the Pall Mall. says:—Mr. George Greville, C.M.G., H.B.M. Minister resident in Bangkok, was engaged in negotiations with the Siamese Government, which may end Great Britain occupying Raman, a small, ill-governed territory to the north of Perak. Siam, he tells us, has
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    THE YUNNAN RAILWAY.
    117 10 A question has been put —te the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs by Sir. E. Ashmead Bartlett, in the House of Commons, as to whether Lieutenant Watts-Jones had discovered a good, railway route to Yung-chang-fu via Mongkyeng to Yin-chau, which could be reached by Kunlon
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    MORE JAPANESE WARSHIPS.
    195 10 There may shortly be expected here from her builders at home the Japanese armoured cruiser Tokiu-a a completely belted cruiser of 9,700 tons, And 18,000-horse power. At the speed trials a speed of 21.8 knots was obtained as the mean of the runs over the measured mile,
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    P. & O. OFFICERS.
    496 10 P. O. OFFICERS. NO MORE EARLY MORNING 44 PEGS.” Soon after the grounding of the China off Perirn, the directors of the P. O. Company nominated a committee of their officials to inquire into the whole system of rules by which their officers on board ship were regulated. As a
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    SOUTH AFRICA.
    329 10 MR. RHODES CONGRATULATED. Ar the Congress of the South African League, which is being held at Kimberley a motion was on the 27th April submitted to send messages to Mr. Rhodes congratulating him upon the great progress nnd furtherance of his mighty scheme for the advancement of the
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    37 10 The Chinese Legation at Washington officially denies the report that Wu Ting-fang, the Chinese Minister, has been recalled. His Excellency has gone to Spain, to which country he is also accredited, and will remain there several months.
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    CAPTAIN COGHLAN.
    652 10 “ALCOHOL-TINCTURED” 8PEECH. WHAT THB GERMANS THOUGHT OF IT. Capt. Coghlan, who passed through Singapore in the American cruiser Raleigh a couple of months or so Ago, was very cordially welcomed here and he and his officers were regarded as the best of fellows. Capt. Coghlan and his officers
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    MISSING GIRLS.
    173 10 A correspondent, referring to a paragraph which appeared in these columns on Friday, on the subject of a prosecution by the Protector of Chinese for the non-production of a Chinese girl, is of .opinion that the law is too lenient in such cases, and that the fine of
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    1634 10 London, 7th May. The death is announced of Sir H. Naylor-Leyland, Member for Southport. Despatches from Uganda report that Colonel Evatt attacked and routed Kabarega’s followers to the east of the Nile on the 9th April, killing threehundred of the enemy. Kabarega, who was severely wounded, and
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    SIAMESE FINANCES.
    62 10 —Siam (Men** Mb. Rivett Carnac, an India n J' ,v appointed to reorganise the ia 1 Fiscal department, has set to Since his advent various reforms been effected in the Fiscal Depart m and with the increasing assistant e the Comptroller General is receive wonld sot be .vain
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    TUESDAY, 23RD MAY.
    136 11 H MS. Powerful is returning shortly Hongkong from lani,a- M oNG the arrivals from the Malay is Sir Frank Swettenham. &gt;|k. Teo Joo Hong writes from Muar, en ring the report that his new steamer „j'r in ashore in the Muar river. 4 A £MNG syce was
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    M. DOUMER.
    32 11 It is reported that the visit of M Boomer, Governor-General of IndoChina, to Vunnan has been abandoned, and that he will return from Tonquin to Saigon after visiting Along Bay.
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    RAUB.
    31 11 The Raub mining manager’s report states that at Bukit Jellis the lode carries valuable antimony, making the ore worth about £17 per ton for shipment. More powerful pumps are required.
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    MUNICIPAL PROSECUTIONS.
    36 11 Tiieke were two hundred Municipal iramons cases on the First Magistrate’s tile fur disposal, this morning. These inclm led five cases of excess storage of petroleum, and a case of neglect to rejK»rt small-pox.
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    CHINA AND RUSSIA.
    42 11 A Reuter’s telegram to Bangkok, dated London 16th May, states: —The I sung-li Yemen’s reply to the Russian demand to connect the Manchurian railway direct with Pekin says that China can no longer believe in Russian promises of friendship.
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    A MURDEROUS MADMAN.
    50 11 The Bangkok Timet reports a shocking affair from Patriew in that neighbourhood. The other day, a Roman Catholic convert named Nai Deng, a cattle trader, became mad, and in a frenzy killed his wife and a friend of his own, stabbing them both in a frightful manner.
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    DRIVING ACCIDENT.
    51 11 A cony and -trap driven by Mr. Tan i&gt;«H&gt; Liat came into collision with a rikmha in Brass Bassa Road, yesterday afternoon, but fortunately no great damage was done. The accident was caused partly by fast driving round a corner and partly by the stupidity of the Tikisha
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    RACK LOTTERIES.
    63 11 Referring to the Yokohama race meeting, which was to begin on the 8th instant, the Japan Herald says it should be at least memorable for one thing, viz., h*at this Will ire the last occasion, if Japanese laws against lotteries are to be enforced, that a Pari Mutuel
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    CRICKET.
    95 11 &lt; &gt;n Saturday, the S. R. C. played an elev en selected from I) Company of the Mug s Own Regiment, at Tanglin, and von the match by 14 runs. The Club lotai was 89, and that of the representatives of 1) Co. 75. For the 1 ib. hss
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    THE LATE MR. A. KATZ.
    123 11 Ak regret to have to announce the 7 lU .b on the 26th April, of Mr. A. Katz l residence in Frankfort-on-Main deceased gentleman was one of the n is ul tlie tirmof Katz Brothersand with it from 1870 to 1878, when ued to private
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    HOUSE THEFT.
    69 11 Mr. Sarkiea, of 193 Orchard Road, reports the theft of $36 worth of property on Sunday during his absence at Church. On his return he found several almeirahs and boxes tampered with. An attempt had also been made to open his cash-box containing a quantity of jewellery, but
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    STOLEN GUTTA.
    68 11 Last night, a constable on duty in Beach Road saw a couple of Chinamen carrying bundles which on subsequent examination, proved to contain gutta. Following the men he saw them enter an opium shop in Garden Lane. On notice being given at the station, Inspector Dickson searched the
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    WEI-HAI-WEI GOLD.
    72 11 The Shanghai Syndicate, which proposes to start gold seeking at Wei-hai-wei is said to consist of Col. Wogack, the sometimes Governor of Port* Arthur and an active Russian Military Agent in the Far East, Mr. Werth, Manager of the Russo-Chinese Bank, and Baron Gunsburg, private agent of the
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    CANTON AND KOWLOON RAILWAY.
    111 11 The party of Royal Engineers, under the command of Lieut. Bagnal Wilde, R.E., accompanied by Mr. Little (of Jardine, Matheson’s) have returned to Hongkong, having finished the survey of the railway to be built between Kowloon and Canton. To ensure against molestation from the inhabitants of
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    STOLEN TOWELS.
    136 11 On Saturday night while Inspector Branagan was in Malay Street in plain clothes, he noticed a Chinaman hawking towels. On bargaining with the man he found that the towels bore initials. Altogether the Chinaman hac ten towels in his possession and on the Inspector stating that he wanted
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    HIGHWAY ROBBERIES.
    271 11 RIFE AT HONGKONG. At Hongkong, highway robberies are becoming rife now that the police there have been weakened by detachments sent to the new territory. Robberies of this kind, in which the guilty parties had escaped, were followed by a daring outrage off Bowen Road at night on
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    AT MANILA.
    286 11 FILIPINO DIBBENSIONB. Latest mail news from the Filipino headquarters is that Aguinaldo has had to dismiss his righthand man, Mabini, from the position of president of the council, and has got Dr. Joaquim Gonzales, a liberal minded man, to form a new ministry. Paterno who belongs to the
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    CHEAP TELEGRAPHS.
    515 11 A SUGGESTED SCHEME. A conference of members o’ Parliament and representatives of the Colonies was held in London on the 25th ult. r presided over by Sir Edwarc Sassoon. Mr. Henniker Heaton M.P. explained a scheme for providing cheaper means of telegraphy between Great Britain and her Colonies
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    HONGKONG SHIPPING TRADE.
    155 11 The Harbour Master of Hongkong, in bis report for 1898, says that the total tonnage entering and clearing at that port amounted to 17,205,780 tons, being an increase compared with 1897 of 1,827,006 tons, and over threequarters of a million tons more than in any previous year.
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    THE KOWLOON TROUBLES.
    262 11 The policing of the new territory at Kowloon is being rapidly pushed forward. One station is on the frontier near Shang Shui, where 14 Indian constables and 50 men of the Hongkong Regiment have been sent. Things are not settling down so quickly as it had been
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    HAVAS TELEGRAMS.
    331 11 Paris, ]‘31h May. A question was put in the Chamber of Deputies on the Cuignet question. [Captain Cuignet, a witness in the Dreyfus revision enquiry, had published in the Petit Journal certain letters on the Panizzardi incident written by M. Delcasse the Minister for Foreign Affairs. M. Paleologue
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    KAUB.
    1753 11 PROGRESS REPORT. The Mining Manager's Report for the month of April last runs as follows: MINING. Raub Hole Section. —The only work being carried on here is sinking the winze below the 220' level, ana driving the crosscut east at the same level. The winze is now down 46'
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    BRITISH SHIP WRECKED.
    74 12 The Nova Scotian sailing ship Selkirk, has recently been wrecked on the coast of Mindoro, a large island in the southern Philippines. The Selkirk w%s commanded by Captain Crowe. After taking in a full cargo of hemp, she sailed from Manila on the 9th instant for Boston.
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    THE MAIL.
    1888 12 NOTES, NEWS, AND COMMENTS. TOBACCO IN THE PHILIPPINES. Consul-General Wildman at Hongkong writes: —A representative of the Dutch and English tobacco growers of Sumatra has arrived in this city, en route to Manila. He goes to t£st the soil there, which he has already analysed in small quantities
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    132 12 London, 13 th May. The Budget Bill has passed through Committee of the House of Commons. Sir M. Hicks-Beach, replying to various suggestions, said he knew that India was unwilling to borrow subject to the prepayment of the loan in a fixed time, but he saw no
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    MAN-OF-WAR LAWSUIT.
    165 12 COLLISION WITH A JUNK. The Supreme Court suit at Hongkong brought by a Chinese junk owner against H. M. S. llermione to receive damages for the loss of the plaintiff's junk, occasioned by a collision between the Hermione and the junk, on the 7th March, off Chilang Point,
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    “SAPI-UTANS” FOR LONDON.
    228 12 After a lapse of nearly twenty years, three fine young anoas (two males and a female) have been imported direct from Celebes, and deposited for the present in the Regent’s' Park Zoological Gardens. The Malay name, “Sapi-utan,” means forest ox, and refers to the habitat of these
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    WEDNESDAY, 24TH MAY.
    18 12 Captain P. R. Simmonds, R.aT leave from 14th May to 14th Attfront on medical certificate.
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    THE AUSTRIAN NAVY.
    97 12 Another Power, besides Russia, that is determined not to wait for the decision of the Peace Congress at th p Hague to secure it against war i 3 Austria. According to the Wiin?, Taghlatt y two new iron-clads and four cruisers are to be added to the
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    OF BURNING GLASSES.
    127 12 It was Archimedes who proposed to destroy an enemy’s blockading fleet by means of burning glasses, but modem inventions of explosives and electricity have rendered such notions antiquated Nevertheless, the burning glass may be a serious element of danger. We learn from a New York paper that
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    HOME NOTES.
    459 12 I can't get it off my mind,”said Mrs. Stickler, But you can change your mind,” suggested her husband. a The great French composer, M. Saint Saens, is as versatile as any member of his craft the world over. He is by turn philosopher, com poser, archaeologist, and astronomer.
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    QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY.
    504 13 B THIS MORNING’S PARADE. ,aY signalizes the completion of I year of the life of Her I u*Wy l ie Q ueen an event which re, in common with the other ‘"fettle* Empire, celebrates in joy and I fhnnk-uiving. The birthday parade was Lid on Hie Esplanade this
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    THE SIRDAR AND THE SOUDAN.
    195 13 L&gt;rd Kitchener lias arrived at Berber i'r-: t of 800 miles through t:.-- E Soudan. In a despatch the 'ini ir says Everywhere I found the I 'l l'* thankful for their release after their terrible suffering during the Ihrvidi rule. The country is much
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    THE “ BEN LAWERS ” ASHORE.
    104 13 THE BEN LAWERS ASHORE. i'f.lkgkam from Nagasaki states h»* Ben Line steamer Berdawers l f ound on the Fukuse Reefs, about 3 hours steam from r Part of the local cargo of tj su "ar had been jettisoned, and 1 iso barge of further cargo was v got on with
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    SINGAPORE RACES
    2794 13 THE OPENING MEETING, r A GOOD day’s RACING. FIRST DAY, TUESDAY, 23RD MAY. Yesterday saw the opening day of the Singapore Spring races amid circumstances which did every credit to the band of energetic officials who run the Sporting Club. The meeting yesterday was pronounced generally to have
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    CHESS.
    164 13 CONDUCTED BY KINGS PAWN.” All Chess correspondence should be addressed to Kind's Pawn.” Problem No. 106 (Moon) is solved by Kt-K 6. Correct solutions received from |T As everybody, including “King’s Pawn,” is agog about the races, no games and chess news are given this week, bat only two
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    AT MANILA.
    970 14 THE SITUATION ON THE 17th IN8T. MILITARY operations. Since the capture of San Fernando by General McAithur’s command, and the retreat of the Filipino Government to the hills, the military operations have been less extensive. Particulars given in the Manila Times show that the American forces at San
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    THURSDAY, 25TH MAY.
    245 14 The Sunday Daily Mail lias ceased to be published. The Sunday Daily T'elegraph contin ues. Among the arrivals by the Sachsen are M. Rolin Jacquemyns, Mrs. Nanson, Dr. Bott, and Mr. Van der Burg. Y'esterday morning, a coolie carrying bags of rice from the Malacca was killed
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    THE VICEROY’S CUP.
    39 14 Merloolus a celebrated Australian racer, has been bought for over 1,500 guineas by Mr. E. L. F. De Soysa of Ceylon, who proposes to run him for the Viceroy’s Cup at Calcutta, at the next meeting.
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    THE PEACE CONFERENCE.
    41 14 It has been decided that, at the Peace Conference, the proceedings will be of a secret nature, and the Press will not be admitted. Any resolutions arrived at by the Conference will be officially communicated to the Press.
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    ON THE WAY.
    51 14 The German tug-boat Ilabicht bound for Kiao-chau, and the torpedo boats Hai-Sking and Hai-Hoah built in Germany for the Chinese Government, have arrived at Colombo on the way out. The American transport Hooker is due at Colombo, to-day, on her way to Manila with troops from New
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    ILLNESS OF MR. D. D. MACKIE.
    81 14 Racing men have been especially sorry to hear of the serious illness of Mr. D. D. Mackie. For a week or so, Mr. Mackie had felt unwell and for this reason he was unable to take bis accustomed place at the starting-machine on the
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    NEW PLANTING COMPANY.
    54 14 It was reported at Colombo on the 16th instant, that a company was then in process of formation, to be called the Klanang Produce. Company, to take over a large property acquired by Mr. Wiggin in that district of the Straits north of Singapore, for planting with
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    BIRTHDAY BALL INCIDENTS.
    47 14 A Kling was arrested after midnight last night lor stealing a bottle of whisky at Government House. This morning the case was postponed till the 30th. A Eurasian was found asleep in Government House at three o’clock this morning. Ho is now in custody.
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    NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
    71 14 The regular general meeting of shareholders in the Nippon Yusen Kaisha will be held about the 26th inst. From Japan papers we learn that the last half-year is considered unsatisfactory. The returns from the foreign runs are good, but the coasting service *&gt;hows a great falling off
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    GREAT COPPER COMPANY.
    56 14 AN AMERICAN COMBINATION. A gigantic copper combination has been formed in New Jersey, entitled the Amalgamated Copper Company, the capital of which is 74,000,000 dols. (£14,800,000.) The Standard Oil Company and Messrs. J. P. Morgan and Co., of New York, control the Company, and will probably increase
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    AN ATLANTIC RACE.
    73 14 “LUCAN Ia” V. “ST. LOUIS. The Cunard liner Lncania 12,952 tons register, and 30,000 horse-power, on the last trip across the Atlantic, from Liverpool, came up with the International Navigation Co.’s twin-screw liner St. Louis of 11,629 tons, when they were 1,000 miles from New York. A
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    EQUITABLE LOAN COMPANY.
    71 14 AN INTERESTING DECIBION. The appellate Court of New York has decided that the policy-holders of the Equitable Life Assurance Company of New York are entitled pro rata to share the Company’s entire surplus of 1*27,000,000. This decision, it is stated, affects not only the Equitable but the
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    ENGLISH CRICKET.
    77 14 FINE BOWLING FEATB. The English first-class cricket season was opened on the 2nd instant, but the rains had damaged the wickets, and made matters more or less easy for the bowlers. In the match at Kennington Oval between Surrey and Leicestershire, Lockwood, for the former, secured 10 wickets
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    THE KOWLOON TROUBLES.
    201 14 The military expedition into the Kowloon Territory has proved to be highly successful. On the 16th, a force of soldiers and Hongkong Volunteers occupied Kowloon City which, until then, had been under exclusively Chinese jurisdiction. The mandarin iu charge refused to surrender the city on the ground
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    LADY CYCLIST ATTACKED.
    330 14 HER VIGOROUS DEFENCE. Yesterday afternoon, Miss Beattie, a lady visitor from Kuala Lumpur, went cycling on the Serangoon Road. She was pedalling quietly along, just beyond the fifth milestone, when she met a Chinaman who immediately rushed at her, seized the machine, and snatched at a brooch
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    1267 14 London, 14th May. China has informed M. de Giers, the Russian Minister at Pekin, that she is unable to accede to his latest demands to connect the Manchurian Railway system directly with Pekin. BazzanT/Thfr ItTrtian-who-invented the story of a Dlot to assassinate the Kaiser while in Egypt,
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    NO LIBEL.
    115 14 Mr. Justice Grantham and a sp* jury concluded on the 2»th Apr*» the Queen’s Bench Division, theh K n of the action for libel which Roberts, the billiard player, broujp against the proprietors of the N P°T man.” The allegation was that m issue of the paper, dated
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    MAIL ITEMS.
    2097 15 of tropical diseases. Lister visited Liverpool on *p r ii jjnd to open a ward of the Royal Hospital to be used in aniiC' tion with the new school for the Lament of tropical diseases. The ,»ercin°ny was attended by the principal j, a! medical practitioners and many
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    HOME NOTES.
    240 15 Another portrait of the Queen is to be painted during Her Majesty’s approaching residence at Windsor Castle by lierr von Angeli, the Austrian artist, who is coming from Vienna for the purpose. This will be Angeli’s third portrait of the Queen the second, which was painted in 1887,
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    ACCIDENT TO MR. R. W. BRADDELL.
    79 15 Yesterday, while bicycling with Mr. Stringer in one of the suburban roads, Mr. R. W. Braddell collided with a Chinaman, fell, and. hurt his arm pretty badly, dislocating it. The Chinaman was not hurt, nor was he to blame, nor was Mr. Braddell. It
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    THE BIRTHDAY BALL.
    3754 15 Taken in connection with the large number of invitations issued to last night’s Birthday Ball at Government House, the attendance of guests was not so large as might have been expected. From the practical point of view there was some advantage in this, since it was evident
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    TEA STEAMERS.
    44 16 Only ten tea steamers are going to Hankow this year. One of them is the Glaucus, another the Oan/a, while the remaining eight are Russian Volunteer steamers. The Glaueus will take Russian teas which will be transhipped at London to their destination.
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    THE MILITARY TOURNAMENT.
    320 16 BBITONB VERSUS MALAYS. Realistic excitement is to be the watchword of the approaching Military Tournament. For the arena of the Agricultural Hall will display a faithful representation of the British attack in November, 1875, on the Malay village of Passer Sala. The staging of the entire display—it
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    950 16 ARRIVALS. Per 8. s. Singapore from Bangkok—Mr. De Silva. Per a. s. Hebe from Deli—Air. and Mrs. Lindsay, and Miss Burwick. Per AI. M. s s. Tibre from Saigon—Mr. Baron, Mrs. Vesti, and Mr. I.orizot. Per s. s. Loodiana from Afadras —Mrs. 8 Blair, and Mr. G. Smith.
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      211 16 Under this heading the following abbrevia* tions are used:—str.—steamer sh. —ship; bq. —barque; sch.—schooner; Yet.—Yacht; Cm. —Cruiser Gbt. —Gunboat; Tor.— Torpedo h. p. —Horse-power Brit.— British U. S. —United States; Fr.— French; .Ger. —German; Dut.— Dutch: Job. —Johore Ac., G.\c..—General cargo d.p. —deck passengers: U.—Uncertain T. P.
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      TRADING VESSELS &c.
      1128 16 Arrivals Since Noon of Yesterday. Bisagno, Ital. str. 1,509 tons, Capt Maganaini, 24th Alay. From Hongkollg, 17th May. G.c., and 526 d.p. Behn Meyer and Co. For Bombay, 27th —W. Ban Whatt Soon Brit. str. 199 tons, C2pt Rowse, 24th May. From Pontianak, 22nd May. G.c., and
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      VESSEL EXPECTED.
      592 17 probable date of arrival and nmne of agent*. Steamers. l it Apl l rT uliz. Mhv Barlow. f Burrv, Pit Apl 20; J t roloml&gt;o. June 17 P. A O. H’kong, to leave June 15 B. M. May 25 Daendels. Bremen, June 22 B. M. h. London, June
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      ARRIVALS.
      1139 17 H i Flag Vessel’s Name A Tons. Captain From Sailed consignee*. Q Eio MV 17 Yugiri Jap tor. 276 Yajima Colombo May ISpJapanese Consul. 17 Bogstad Nor str. 1981 Gullicksen New York IMar 23 17 jlndianic Brit str. 1842 lie N’vorossisklApl 17 Guthrie and Co. i 17 Siam Dan
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      CLEARANCES.
      640 17 Date. Vessel’s Name FlauARiu Captain Destination i May 17 Ho Leong Brit str. Angus i Kelantan via ports 18 Isabella Brit str. Hudson Muar and Malacca 18 Kian Yang str. Taylor Muar 18 Borneo str. Robinson Menado via ports 18 Charterhouse str. Smith 1 Hongkong and Amoy 18 Wilhelm
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      ANJER.
      116 17 PASSED SUNDA STRAITS OR ARRIVED FOR ORDER3. Flag t Date I Date. and Ship’s Name. Captain. of From where Destin- ReKiq. Sailing ation. marks May 15 Dut s.s. Gede Sikeraeier Apl 8 Rotterdam Batavia lb Brit s. Norwood *Iloy Apl 19 Iloilo U. S. A. 17 Dut s.s. K.
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