The Straits Budget, 24 August 1899

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    135 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” The Straits Times has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Asia, British India excepted. It circulates in Singapore and Penang, throughout all the Protected States of the Malay Peninsula, in Siam, Borneo, the Netherlands Indies, the Philippines, and
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  • THURSDAY, 24TH AUGUST. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      BIRTH.
      28 1 DrsEKRLEY. —On the 10th instant, at 3 Westlands Bungalows, Penang, Mary Beatrice, the wife of the Rev. W. H. C. Dtskerley, M.A., Colonial Chaplain, of a son.
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    316 1 Lbaling articles. A Kail way Comparison. Taojong Pagar Dock. The Paris Kiot. The March of Plague. The Johore Kail way. Local, Market Quotations. Shipping News. Passenger List. Police News. Small-pox. The Fourth Court. Mangosteeus. Land Sale. Claim for a Horso. Juvenile Syces. An Arbitration Appeal, lhefts from
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    COMMERCIAL.
    480 1 SINGAPORE, 24TH AUGU8T, 1189. PRODUCE. (Bates are corrected to neen.) Gambier 5.80. Copra Bali, 6.00. do Pontianak, 5.50. Pepper, Black, 27.50 do White, (5%) 41.50 Sago Flour Sarawak, 3.10. do Brunei No. 1.., 2.374 Pearl Sago 4.00. Coffee, Sali, 15% basis 16.124 Coffee Palembang, 15% basis.. 17.25 Coffee, Liberian,
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    382 1 The mail for .Europe, this week, leaves by the P. O. Farramatta. The M. M. Indus with the mail from Europe of the 28th July arrived on Sunday morning. The German mail for Europe by the Prxnz Heinrich closed on Tuesday morning. The mail from Europe
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  • REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
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      THE TRANSVAAL CRISIS.
      46 1 FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS. London 18 th August. Indications from various quarters are held to shew that parleying of the same kind that had been going on before is proceeding between the Transvaal and Britain. The parleying is tending towards an agreement on pending difficulties.
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      TALIENWAN.
      38 1 TO BE A FREE PORT. The Czar’s declaration about Talienwan, wired yesterday, must be corrected to read that Talienwan will be thrown open as a free port [not at present but] when the Siberian Railway is finished.
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      THE TRANSVAAL CRISIS.
      152 1 KRUGER'S FRESH CONCESSIONS. THE SUZERAINTY QUESTION. London, 19 th August. President Kruger is considering a new electoral scheme, which has not yet been laid officially before the British Government. The scheme is said to be based on the principle of granting the franchise to the Outlanders without
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      THE DREYFUS CASE.
      110 1 M. LABOR! RECOVERS. LETTER IN DISPUTE. j PROBABLE ANNOYANCE OF AU8TRIA. London, 21 st August. M. Labori, the counsel for Dreyfus, who had been wounded with a revolvershot, is rapidly recovering. At the Dreyfus court-martial, Major Cuignet, an officer belonging to the French General Staff, caused a
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      AUSTRIA AND GERMANY.
      33 1 MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE. Count Goluchowski, the Austrian Minister for* Foreign Affairs, had a private conference, for five hours, on Saturday last, with Count Von Buelow, the German Minister for Foreign Affairs.
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      RIOTS AT PARIS.
      65 1 AN ANARCHIST OUTBREAK. THREE HOURS FIGHTING. London, 22nd August. There has been an Anarchist out-1 break at Paris.. I The rioters sacked St. Joseph’s Church in that city. Order was not restored until after desperate collisions between the police and the mob for three hours. Cavalry had
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      THE PLAGUE.
      16 1 SPAIN REACHED. Plague has broken out at Barcelona and elsewhere in the Spanish Peninsula.
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      FRENCHMEN IN AFRICA.
      72 1 REMARKABLE MILITARY CRIME. IT SEEM8 LIKE MADNE88. London, 23rd August. Two French officers, Captain Voulet and Captain Chanoine, were recently accused of cruelty to natives in the Soudan. Upon this, Colonel Klobb was despatched to the Soudan, with Lieutenant Meunier, to investigate the charge. Upon these officers
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      THE TRANSVAAL CRISIS.
      62 1 ANSWER TOJ2HAMBERLA1N. JOINT ENQUIRY REFU8ED. President Kruger’s reply to Mr. Chamberlain’s despatch proposing a joint enquiry into the working of the new Transvaal electoral schemes has been received. The purport of the reply has not But there is reason to believe that President Kruger has not accepted
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    A RAILWAY COMPARISON.
    384 1 (Straits Times 18 th August.) Singapore is not the only town possessing a measure of railway troubles. Penang is, and has been for some time, likewise afflicted, but the affliction is of a somewhat different character. Government is on the eve of spending a million dollars to
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      94 1 Tfn* post free price of the Straits Times 1S t.u H vear, or 68/. The post free price of trie Straits Budget is $2O a year, or 40/. Itnot necessary to subscribe for a year. The subscriptions for shorter periods are lithe same proportionate rate of price as for a
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    19 1 DEATH. Maxwell.— On the 19th July, at 7, Sloane-gardens, S. W., Frances Dorothea, widow of SiK Peter Benson Maxwell.
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    TANJONG PAGAR DOCK.
    330 2 (Straits Times 19th August.) From the report of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company it will be seen that the net profit for the recent half year was $504,000. Putting aside the duplication of stock which has just taken place, one finds that the dividend proposed is at
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    THE PARIS RIOT.
    446 2 (Straits Times 22nd August.) Despite the severe repressive measures which Continental Governments have taken to deal with rampant Anarchists, we continually get news of serious outbreaks at some place or other on the Continent. We have such news tiiis morning. There has been an alleged Anarchist outbreak
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    THE MARCH OF PLAGUE.
    283 2 (Straits Times 22nd August.) The plague is making headway in Europe and has reached Portugal and Spain on its onward course from Egypt. Barcelona, a stricken city in Spain, is a port of call for a Spanish line of steamers which ply to the Philippines via
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    THE JOHORE RAILWAY.
    1523 2 (Straits Times 23 rd August.) Yesterday, with two dissentient votes, the Legislative Council passed the motion authorising the Straits Government to spend nearly a million of dollars in constructing a fifteen-mile railway from Singapore Town to the navigable strait that separates the island of Singapore from the
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    THE PENANG MUNICIPALITY.
    152 2 THE PRESIDENT’S LEAVE. At the ordinary meeting of the Penang Municipal Commission on the 18th instant, the President, Mr. J. Y. Kennedy, informed the Board of his approaching departure for Europe on sick leave for twelve months. The Governor had given permission to Mr. Hallifax, the Municipal
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    REVIEWS.
    744 2 JABE2 WXJTYARD. I Jabez Nutyard,” by y r I of Mewrs /«rold and Sonfe*! edition, an edition that U bo far from many others bearing ft"' 81 title that it is.iasued no g t ln **«1 covers but in cloth boards Th deals in part with life j n
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    54 2 Furious driving by syces in employ is so frequent at Penang t Jia the Magistrates have to pass iea sentences to check the evil. On tn 17th instant, a Klingsyce was sentem*® to one month f 8 rigorous imprisonin g for driving over an old Chinaman, n was fined twenty-five
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    FRIDAY, 18TH AUGUST.
    56 3 Hongkong on the 11th inst., there f #r e tw o cases of plague and two deaths I Ljn that disease. 5 hhort time ago, it was intimated H. MS- Powerful had received r? er to proceed Home by the Cape of Loui Hope. Shanghai papers state
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    SMALL-POX.
    41 3 I Javanese lad died of small pox I day, at No. 41 Bali Lane. He had IhXu ill twelve days, and the case was I reported. Another case was sent to the hospital from a house in Holloway I Lane.
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    NORTH BORNEO COAL.
    37 3 It is reported the Sandakan Bay Coal Fields Co.'s expert, Mr. E. H. pnillips. has discovered a workable coal seam near Tawao, on the edge of Dutch Borneo, but in British North Borneo Territory.
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    SELANGOR RAILWAY.
    41 3 I The anniversary of the opening of Ith Selangor .State Railway was celebrated on the 18th instant. Mr. Wat|kins, the liesident Engineer, goes on [leave on the 27th instant, and his duties kre t be undertaken by Mr. Fryer.
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    THE FOURTH COURT.
    40 3 A correspondent says that the for more space for the Fourth Magistrate’s Court is becoming more and more apparent. This morning, the place was so crowded that, once inside, there was no getting out withit a struggle.
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    CHINESE RAILWAYS.
    40 3 I Chang Yen-Mao, assistant DirectorI General of the Chinese Imperial Northern Railways, some two months ago, [appointed Sir John Wolfe Barry, K.C.8., as consulting engineer, and a civil engineer, the latter’s representative, is not un his way out.
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    MANGOSTEENS.
    61 3 I The mangosteen has always been Ihighly prized as a luscious fruit, but it I lias now acquired a marketable value I for its skin, which is being eagerly I sought for. It is said to be of use in the I manufacture of polishes, and a number |of
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    JINRIKISHAS AT MANILA.
    55 3 As American Company has been started at Manila for runningjinrikishas there. Hie Comercio notes the importation of one thousand of these vehicles at that port on the 8th instant. They were expected to ply in the streets within a lew days. Jinrikisha pulling is 'i’lite a new
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    YESTERDAY’S LAND SALE.
    62 3 I Yesterday afternoon, at Mr. W. F. C. I Asiniont's sale room, No. 22, Upper I arum Street was put up for sale and I? 1 knocked down to Lim Tin Neo for m f ,)ur acres of leasehold land, at J" milestone on the Bukit Timah
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    THE PEKIN SYNDICATE.
    68 3 I Hf l >tJ kin Syndicate is by no means IrVi* arran £cment has been made l?r V rs I>earson and Sons, the It 1 r 11 a y contractors, to undertake I,!:*, "oolc work of the Syndicate in I and they are to send out their
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    PIRACY IN CANTON.
    73 3 Can HKK case P irac y n inland U‘,7 paters is reported. A steam frJ 1 w 1 a P assa ge boat in tow went r to Canton. Shortly after shinn .Y. a Pi rates had t Jr* J a ‘l Passengers on the passage l.
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    THE PERILS OF PERAK.
    82 3 Ib-rll* r<Jar fr° m Fngor to Salak in |owj fj r Partly closed to foot traffic I/.r H Ui number of tigers with lUtoijr 18 The brutes roam I Vi < V ls bke goats and a journey |<t tk 13 onl y be accomplished aiu
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    GROG-SHOPS IN JAPAN.
    79 3 A Coun pondkht, Writing to the Shanghai Mercury on the grog-ohop evil at the Treaty porte in Japan, says:— To the credit of the Japanese authorities, let it be said that they did try their best to stamp out the grogshop evil in Nagasaki, but extraterritoriality had
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    THEFTS FROM SHIPS.
    85 3 A European named Gane, engineer on board the BcUavia, reported that between 12.45 a. m. and 6.15 p. m. on the 17th instant, a watch and chain, a o dollar note, and 2 suits of clothes were stolen from his cabin. It is supposed that the thief
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    STANDARD OIL CO.
    93 3 It is reported that the Standard Oil Company has commenced buying petroleum wells in Japan, and seven have already been purchased. The Company has been making strong efforts since last year to buy the oil-fields in Niigata prefecture and negotiations are still in progress. The Shanghai Engineering
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    CLAIM FOR A HORSE.
    161 3 The case of Lambert v. Cutler being a claim of $3OO for the loss of a horse owing to negligent driving was heard before Mr. Justice Hyndman-Jones in the Supreme Court, this morning. Mr. Van Cuylenberg appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Stuart for the defendant.
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    CHINESE IN MALAYA.
    360 3 LEGISLATION ON NEW LINES. The Malay Mail calls attention to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs Enactment which has now come into force in Selangor as a most remarkable attempt at legislation on novel lines. It gives the Secretary for Chinese Affairs (who is now Mr. Hare) autocratic
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    PERAK TURF CLUB.
    459 3 1 THE AUTUMN MEETING. (Special telegram to the Straits Times.) The Autumn meeting of the Perak Turf Club opened yesterday on the race- course at Taiping, in favourable circurai stances. The second day of the meeting r takes place to-morrow. Results of i yesterday’s racing are appended:—
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    JUVENILE SYCES.
    194 3 A correspondent points to the fact that there is a steadily increasing number of lads employed as hack gharry syces, bullock-cart drivers and ’rikisha pullers, and suggests that more discrimination should be exercised in selection. With regard to the syces and pullers, he thinks the responsibility rests with
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    LORD CURZON’S POLICY.
    155 3 Lord Curzon’s proposed frontier policy has now received the sanction of the Secretary of State. Briefly it will restore to the regular army a large number of troops hitherto posted in fortified posts in tribal country, and should result in annually saving many lakhs of rupees to
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    MORE INTERPRETERS WANTED.
    522 3 A correspondent writes aa to the 'inadequacy of the Police Court interpreting staff to cope with the work they have to do. There are, he says, eight Chinese dialects spoken in the I Courts, and there are eight Chinese interpreters to handle them. There are always three,
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    VOLUNTEERS IN INDIA.
    145 3 AN INDICTMENT. A paper by Lieutenant Dawson, Upper Burmah Volunteer Rifles, appears in the United Service Institution Journal stating that the efficiency of the Indian Volunteer Force as a whole at present does not amount to a fair return for the expenditure of Government upon it, and
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    DOCK PROFITS AT HONGKONG.
    149 3 The Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company has published its report for the half-year ending on the 30th June last. The net profit during that period reached 5503,247. These six months have been the busiest in the annals of the Company which h as docked a m
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    A BILLIARD ROOM ROW.
    671 3 I •800 DAMAGES FOB PROSECUTION. I Before Mr. Justice Hyndman Jones I this morning in the Supreme Court, the I claim of Arthur Frederick Hunter, Hfll Street, Singapore, to recover 5500 damage for malicious prosecution, from Teng Seng Chin, 13 Boat Quay, was continued. I The
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    108 3 The Secretary of State for the Colonies has notified that Her Majesty will not be advised to exercise her power of disallowance with respect to The Lepers Ordinance, No. V of 1899.” Messrs. P. J. Sproule, L. H. Clayton, R. J. Farrer, and W. Peel, Cadets in the
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    THE S. V. A.
    1112 4 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. The annual general meeting of members of the Singapore Volunteer Artillery was held at the Drill Hall last evening. Major Murray presided, and amongst those present were Capt. St. Clair, Capt. Davies, Capt. Barker, Lieut. Derrick, Lieut. Hilton, Capt. Tyacke, B. A., (Adjutant),
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    AN EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE.
    323 4 LORD BRASSRT AND PORTSMOUTH DEFENCES. General Sir George H.S. Willis, K.C.B., a distinguished army officer, has made some extraordinary charges against Lord Brassey, the Governor of Victoria. General Willis said at a meeting in England that he was unable to understanc the action of the British Government
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    TALE OF A TUB.
    115 4 Two men seated in a tub were picked up at sea, off Penang, a few days ago, by a passing tongkang. They informed their rescuers that, three days before, they left Trang in a tongkang with a a cargo of pigs for Penang. The master was
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    PHILIPPINE NEWS.
    1112 4 AFFAIR8 AT 8ULU. General Bates and his battalion are at Jolo, in the Sulu Islands, where >eace and tranquillity prevail and where the sanitation is also fairly good. The political situation is likewise excellent. The Solu islanders, who are inclined towards peace, have sent a commission, consisting among
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    AN ARBITRATION APPEAL.
    344 4 In the Supreme Court yesterday, before the Chief-Justice, the further hearing of the appeal of Low Kim Pong to set aside an arbitration award, made by Dr. Lim Boon Keng and Chan Leow Lam (arbitrators) between the plaintiff and Cheang Cheow Learn Neo, on the 3rd April,
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    A PIGEON LOTTERY.
    104 4 A game very largely played in China, the pigeon lottery, has made its appearance in Penang. Eight Chinese have been by Inspector Morris for assisting in carrying on a public lottery, and against one of them an additional charge of buying public lottery tickets. When the arrest
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    REVIEWS.
    1119 4 (1) CHINA. The treatise on China,” bv R.K. Douglas, is one of Mr. Unwin's excellent series “The st of the Nations” and is a book th! should be read by all residents in Far East. The antiquity 0 f Ch* is so great, and the history 0 f T
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    POLICE NEWS.
    323 5 AMBLING, gharry-hike, and obstruction. Kou gambling in a common gaming Lou-e, a Chinaman was, yesterday, Mn* i ii h indred dollars, or six weeks .v had to pay ten dollars each, r T t u\ for fourteen days. fur refusing to pay gharry hire, \n Nil Louis von
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    DOCK FIRE AT HONGKONG.
    104 5 EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. fire broke out in the Hunghom 'it Hongkong on the 10th instant, :i »ne <>t the store-rooms. Fire engines st Min brought to bear. The fire A, ls ‘elated to the compartment in ,I( h it started, and which contained ash oars, and iron
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    SATURDAY, 19TH AUGUST.
    98 5 The dynamite factory at Pretoria represents an original investment of £600,000. The Transvaal Government about five years ago granted this company the sole right to import, make, and sell explosives in that State for a term of fifteen years. Lim Cheng Hoe was arrested in Albert Street
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    FOOTBALL.
    69 5 A friendly game at Association Football was played on the Esplanade yesterday evening between a team representing the Recreation Club and the Band and Drums of the King’s Own Regiment. The Club team had three Raffles School boys and a nonmember playing for them, and again had a man
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    STEAM TRIALS IN THE TROPICS.
    131 5 It is surely desirable, says the Army and \ary Gazette, to avoid running steam trials in the tropics, as will be judged from the effects recently produced upon the engine-room staff of the cruiser Orlando. The vessel left Singapore on May 28th. The weather was
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    A PLANTERS’ DEMAND.
    169 5 At a general meeting of the Nilgiri Planters’ Association at Ootacamund, on August 4th, the exchange question and its effect on the producers of tea and coffee came up, and the following resolution on the subject was unanimously adopted:— That in view of the alarming fall in
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    SPRECKELS, THE SUGAR KING.
    130 5 DESIGNS UPON THE PHILIPPINES. Claus Spreckels, the Sugar King, contemplates investing some of his surplus capital in the Philippines, and iihe commencement of operations on lis part is likely to stir up things commercially, so rumour runs. It is stated that one of the first schemes
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    MISSION RIOT IN THIBET.
    161 5 A telegram has been received at the Alliance Mission head-quarters, Wuhu, from Rev. George Shields, which reads as follows: Thibetans destroyed our all, barely escaped, serious, inform us, Shields.” The only thing that could be done was to inform the British Consul, as all on that
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    ROWING CLUB REGATTA.
    141 5 The races which were to have been rowed on Thursday afternoon, but were postponed owing to the choppy water, were pulled off yesterday afternoon. The finishes were witnessed by a good number of the general public assembled on Johnston’s Pier. The first event decided was the final
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    THREE PICTURES OF SINGAPORE.
    1458 5 1819, 1859, 1899. Written for the Straits Times.) It is just eighty years since Singapore was taken possession of by Sir Stamford Raffles, and the period is sufficiently long for us to furnish three striking pictures of the Settlement at intervals of forty years each. For
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    28 5 Sir Charles Ross, a prominent Canadian business man, has a scheme on foot for running an electric tramway line at Hongkong to be worked by a Canadian Company.
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    1236 5 It seems, Mr. Editor, that my observations the other day upon the disadvantages of the climate of Singapore have caused much grief to the bus ness manager of the Straits Times. Happening to meet that authority the other day, he explained to me that it was all
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    TANJONG PAGAR DOCK CO.
    390 6 DIRECTORS’ REPORT. Singapore, 17th August, 1899. Gentlemen,— Your directors have pleasure in submitting a duly audited statement of accounts for the half year ending 30th June, 1899. The reconstruction of the company has been carried out in conformity with the special resolutions of the shareholders, and
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    28 6 Two Malays named Boy an and Omah brought to the Marine Police yesterday, 25 cases of pine-apples which they had found off some fishing stakes near Tanjong Pagar.
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    THE GOVERNOR’S WIFE.
    1922 6 A ROMANCE BY MRS EGEBTON EA8TWICK.] A DOMESTIC EVENING. (Chap. Ill) That evening, Mrs. St. John, dressed daintily in white Indian muslin relieved by touches of pale pink, was ready for dinner punctually at half-past seven. She sat in her verandah, pretending to read by the light
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    THE SHADOW OF THE FUTURE.
    1484 6 (Chap. IV) About a month after the dinner at the Governor’s Bungalow, occasion served for the introduction of Mdlle. Chatrian to the more general society of the island. A Ball in aid of a local charity was announced as shortly to take place at the
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    IS LEPROSY CONTAGIOUS?
    401 7 N „\V HAY THE PHYSICIANS. 1 L* A V!J,KI:I.AIN favours isolation. 4 from the Secretary of n leprosy is published in the i, .r n>i‘t tiuzelte. It calls attention k r.-m irkable change of front by the of Physicians. Until last .’College had all along held that
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    THE OPIUM TRADE.
    94 7 H "Mekong on the 12th instant, ’.v pri*;*- of Indian opium was going ;i‘ -he Chinese were buying the r i r V rv freely. The competition of !l in* e drug with the Indian article ;ti, and the sale of the latter Lk**]y to increase. The
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    PLAGUE IN INDIA.
    99 7 1 'following is the state of the in ndia for the week ended 5th of In Bombay city the reported ‘aths rose from 58 to 84. In > »!uhay presidency the total plague rose from 2,437 to 3,330. In r 1 ‘*ity the deaths rose from 868
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    893 7 ACHEEN. Acheen Proper, says a correspondent of the Ixtcomotief t is now so cleared of the enemy that only bands of robbers break the peace. The armed police force is in such strength and is kept in such readiness that marauders are attacked, the moment they venture into
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    MONDAY, 21ST AUGUST.
    294 7 Mr. Robert Baker, C. E. (Straits Settlements) has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute. The mail despatched from Singapore to London, via Brindisi, on the 28th July, is expected to be delivered to-day The Sikhs at Penang are raising money to build a temple
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    OF RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.
    39 7 There is now a railway deadlock in French Indo-China, owing to no tenders coming in for several proposed Government lines. The contractors held back on account of the vexatious conditions and reservations attached to the specifications.
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    FIRE AT HONGKONG.
    41 7 A fire at Queen’s Road Central (Hongkong) on the 12th instant, resulted in the destruction of Watson and Co’s branch establishment, the damage done being considerable. Two shops alongside were partially destroyed, the damage being estimated at $14,000.
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    SIAM POST OFFICE.
    45 7 Three German post officials are about to do service in Siam—namely, the post assistants Schelle from Koblenz, Vollweiler from Heidelberg, and Schlemm from Hilden. The three gentlemen are ordered to reconstruct the Siamese telegraph service, and to give lectures about that service.
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    DEATH OF A SHIPMASTER.
    54 7 Captain Kunarth, lately the master of the steamer Amboina which was wrecked recently at Mergui, died there on the 4th instant of heart disease. The deceased had sailed for over twenty years on the China Sea, and had left Singapore to take command of that vessel
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    AN ESCAPING PRISONER.
    72 7 This morning, a long-sentence prisoner named Tua Seng, who was sentenced to twelve years’ imprisonment for house-breaking at the MartJi Assizes, broke out of prison and escaped. This is the man who, with four others armed with knives broke into a house but was arrested, and while
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    JAPANESE SHIPPING.
    52 7 A Japanese shipping venture, the Teikoku Risen Kaisha, or Imperial Steamship Company of Osaka, has issued a report announcing a loss of 372,000 yen during the first half of the current year. To meet this the Company has either to wind-up or to reduce the paid-up value of
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    RUSSIAN SHIPPING.
    49 7 The Russo-Chinese Railway Co., has ordered, in England and the Netherlands, six ocean steamers of great speed for regular service between the terminus of the Russo-Chinese Railway and Ta-lien-wan, Port Arthur, Shanghai, and Nagasaki. The steamers are to be ready for delivery during the spring of 1000.
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    INDIA’S HILL STATION.
    61 7 Simla is to be supplied with water works at a cost of R 611,500; the sewage system is to be improved at a cost of R 600,000, and general improvements are to be carried out for R167,00C; so that 14 lakhs will be required. The Government is
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    ADMIRAL DEWEY.
    62 7 Admiral Dewey goes to Washington as soon as he reaches America. On October Ist, a public reception will take place on the steps of the Capitol, and the sword voted by Congress will be presented to him. Mr. Long, the Secretary of the Navy, will present the sword,
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    SMALL-POX CASES.
    65 7 A Chinaman named Chan Keng Chang, said to be living at 46, North Boat Quay, was brought to the New Bridge Road Station yesterday suffering from small-pox. The people at the house deny that the man resided with them. A Malay living at Puli Katong reported to the
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    REVOLTING DHOBY CUSTOM.
    69 7 At Penang, attention has been called to the fact that some Kling dhobies there hire out bed and table linen belonging to their employers at Kling funerals. These articles serve as windingsheets and coverings for the bier. At the grave they are removed and handed back to
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    THE LATE LADY MAXWELL.
    66 7 Lady Maxwell, died on the 19th ult., at 7 Sloane Gardens, after only three days’ illness. She was Frances Dorothea, daughter ot Mr. Francis Synge, of Glenmore Castle, county Wicklow, and married in 1842 Sir Peter Benson Maxwell, sometime Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements, and
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    FOOTBALL.
    71 7 On Sunday afternoon, the Tanjong Pagar Football Club met the Pulo Brani Smelting Works Football Club, (Malay Clubs) in the fifth game of the first round of the Darul Adab Football Cup competition, at Jalan Besar. During the first half of the game Tanjong Pagar were leading by three
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    FASHIONABLE MARRIAGE.
    70 7 A LARGE and distinguished gathering was present, says the J’inang Gazette at St. George’s Church, Penang, on the 15th instant, to witness the marriage of Miss Sidney Elizabeth Parkin with Mr. Harold Bevis Pike. The bride is sister-in-law to Mr. Bromhead- Matthews who gave her away. The wedding
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    PIGEON LOTTERIES.
    125 7 The pigeon lotteries, which are now engaging the attention of the police at Penang, are worked by the Chinese who run them on the basis of tickets issued at half a cent each. Each ticket is inscribed with eighty Chinese characters. The buyer chooses ten of these characters,and
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    SATURDAY’S CONCERT.
    250 7 With favourable conditions as to weather, the repeated orchestral concert of the Philharmonic Society, in the Town Hall, on Saturday night, was quite a success. Those with whom punctuality is not a strong point found on arriving at the Town Hall some time past nine o’clock that they
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    POLICE NEWS.
    331 7 Mr. E. V. Carey, staying at Raffles Hotel, reports that between 2 and 3 p.m. yesterday he missed a pocket book, one S25 note, and one So note from under his pillow. At 3 o’clock this morning two detectives in New Bridge Road arrested a Chinaman named Chan
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    PERAK ART CLUB.
    102 7 The first annual show of the Perak Art Club was to be held at Taiping during race week. Eight prizes were offered. There were 207 entries. 51 of the entries came under the head of water colours, and included nine by Sir F. A. Swettenham. In the
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    ROWING CLUB REGATTA.
    59 7 The Rowing Club regatta was continued on Saturday afternoon, in water that was not altogether satisfactory. Obstructions on the course, too, gave some trouble. Upton met Rodesse in the final of the single sculls and won easily. In the Handicap Pairs, Gray and Ellis were to have
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    THE S. C. C.
    662 8 REPORT ON THE PAST YEAR. The annual general meeting of the members of the S. C. C. has been fixed for Thursday, the 31st inst., in the Tanglin Club, at 9 p.m. The members will be asked to consider the committee’s report and the treasurer’s accounts
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    RELICS OF ROBBERY.
    107 8 Yesterday morning some documents were found in the jungle on a hill at Pasir Panjang. Evidently a safe or cashbox had been broken open and the papers scattered about. It appears from some of the documents that the property belongs to a Mr. Gower, who was formerly
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    PERAK TURF CLUB.
    366 8 CLOSE OF THE MEETING. (By Telegram to the Straits Times.") The second and last day of the Perak Turf Club meeting took place in good weather on Saturday. The results of the racing were as follows: The Griffin Handicap Race.— Value $200. A handicap for all griffins
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    ST. ANDREW’S CATHEDRAL.
    299 8 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.” Sir, —Will you kindly permit me to take exception, through your useful medium, to the practice that is obtaining of always attempting to explain away the different reasons for different forms of worship of recent introduction in the Cathedral. I
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    RUSSIAN TRADE.
    51 8 Notwithstanding the Imperial ukase excluding foreign ships from the right of trading between Odessa and the Russian Far East, a trading concession for the Far East has been granted to a large Danish company, with the privilege of manning its vessels with Danes for the period of five
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    CRICKET.
    660 8 A cricket match was played on the Esplanade on Satufdaj afternoon between the Lawyers and Civil Service and the S. C. C. The Lawyers and Civil Service batted first and scored 62 runs, for which J. A. Delay hit 15, E. G. Broadrick 13, and Parsons 11, not out.
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    THE PENGERANG PLANTING CO.
    90 8 A special meeting of the shareholders of the Pengerang Planting Co. was held at the Exchange on Saturday, to consider the position of the Company. It was decided to call ah extraordinary general meeting of the company on Monday, Sept. 4th, at noon, when the following
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    BY THE MAIL.
    965 8 SHORT-REELED YARN. Mr. R. Barclay, the President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, has been giving an address before the members in which he referred to the question of short-reeled yarns to Singapore. He said the decision in the Glasgow Sheriff's Court, to the effect that the
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    1598 8 London 1 \)tk Augvj Thb entrance of three hundred journalists into the Court-room, at t}> opening of the re-trial of Captain Dreyfus at Rennes on Monday, produced a scene of indescribable confusion and hubbub. The military witnesses were in full uniform, and looked severely imposing. Captain Dreyfus
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    MR. LEW YUK LIN.
    179 9 HE LEAVES FOR CHINA AND LONDON. Mr. Lew Yuk Lin, who has been acting Consul-General for China in Singapore since February, 1898, and has been regarded by his countrymen here as an extremely able official, leaves for China by the Arratoon Apcar y due here from
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    POLO AT PULO BRANI.
    202 9 The Swimming Club launch, leaving Johnston’s Pier at half-past nine yesterday morning, took over to Pulo Brani the water polo team who were to represent the Club against a team of Pulo Brani, and a number of Club members. The -trip was a pleasant little break
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    WARREN FOOTBALL SHIELD.
    83 9 The ties for the first round are 1 “H Co. Lancaster v. “F Co. Lancaster. 2 12 Co. Garrison Artillery v. ‘*B” Co. Lancaster. 3 “D Co. Lancaster v “A” Co. Lancaster. 4 H.M.S. Redpoll v. Singapore Volunteers. 6—Tanjong Pagar, F. C, v. “C” Co. Lancaster. 6.
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      MUNICIPAL PROSECUTIONS.
      38 9 This morning, there were 219 Municipal summons cases on Mr. Brockman’s file for disposal. These included a case of neglecting to report small-pox, and one of alleged offer of an illegal gratification to Sanitary Inspector Bondewyn.
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      THE ROWING CLUB.
      69 9 FINISH OF THE REGATTA. The Rowing Club regatta was concluded yesterday afternoon. Upton and Davis won their heat against Russell and Tregarthen, and Sells and Scott beat Rodesse and Minnitt. In the final Sells and Scott were going well against Upton and Davis and looked like winning,
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      CABLES TO THE COLONIES.
      97 9 In answer to Mr. Hogan, in the House of Commons, Mr. BrodrickstatedThe Secretary of State has been informed by the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company that they are prepared to provide cable communication between the Cape and Australia without requiring any pecuniary assistance from either the Colonies
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      DR. MUGLISTON.
      105 9 A considerable number of Singapore people attended the departure of the N. L). L. Frinz Heinrich to-day at 10 a.m. to say good-bye to Dr. and Mrs. Mugliston. It is some eight years or so since Dr. Mugliston, as Colonial Surgeon and Coroner, has had leave of absence,
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      A BANKRUPTCY CASE.
      157 9 Mr. Justice Hyndman-Jones to-day delivered judgment in the case of Perrim Chetty v. Mayson Co. The evidence was that MoonaEna Hamid and Kahder Mastan recently traded as Mayson Co., the business being transferred in 1892 to Hamid by Goolam Kahder. The latter at the time was indebted
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      POLICE NEWS.
      201 9 This morning, a Kling cattle dealer named Mona Sheik Abdul Kadir was fined twenty-five dollars for crowding into a shed a hundred and twenty-three bullocks in excess of the licensed number. This is his third conviction in a month. For offering a dollar to a constable, by way
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    PAHANG NEWS.
    491 9 (From our Correspondent.) Kuala Lipis 16/ h August. SMALL-POX. An outbreak of small-pox is reported from the Temerloh District, there having been altogether 17 cases scattered over the Kampongs at Sentang, Mempateh, Rantan Panjang, and Telok Mengkuang. There have been four deaths so far. The disease was imported
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    ST. ANDREW’S CATHEDRAL.
    271 9 TO THE EDITOR OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” Sir, —In yesterday’s issue of your valuable journal a correspondent, Christian apparently takes umbrage at the character of the sermon delivered by the Yen’ble Archdeacon Perham at the Communion service on Sunday morning. The subject of the sermon was the
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    LANDLORD AND TENANT.
    847 9 THE GOVERNMENT AND MR. DOWN. JUDGMENT FOR THE GOVERNMENT. In the Supreme Court this morning before Sir Lionel Cox, the AttorneyGeneral, representing the Crown, sued Mr. St. Vincent B. Down for 55 dollars, the amount of rent due for the tenancy of Labrador Villa for one month.
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    PENSEES DE FEMME.
    1066 10 The latter end of the nineteenth century is likely to be distinctive for witnessing the enthronement in a worthy place in Time’s Walhaila of those heroes of English history hitherto relegated to less conspicuous niches. As the Review of Reviews remarks, it is only quite recently that
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    77 10 MR. STRINGER’S PRIZE. The result of the 3rd round was as follows O. F. Minnitt beat J. Denniston w. o. P. H. Pearce A. J. Macdonald Rev. S. S. Walker A. Booth J. Campbell C. Evans A. Mackay H. V. W. Vade J. H. Drysdale W. A.
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    LAST NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENT
    159 10 Last night, the Beresford-Pettitt Surprise Party opened last night in Singapore with a programme which was almost unnecessarily liberal in the matter of length. Apart from the pictures reproduced by the American biograph there were in the programme twelve songs, a Hungarian top boot dance, and a
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    SIAM NEWS.
    264 10 The Legation that the Siamese Government has resolved to establish in Japan will be opened shortly. Luang Sanprakitch Preclia, (Nia Chewn) barrister-in-law, of the Middle Temple, London, has received theappointment of Secretary of Legation. Phya Rithirong will be the Minister to Japan. These two gentlemen expect to leave
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    2296 10 A HALF YEAR’S WORK. THE TONNAGE SCALE OF OIL-CAKE. The half-yearly general meeting of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday afternoon, in the Exchange Room. The Hon’ble C. Stringer, President of the Chamber was in the chair, and there were also present the Hon’ble J.
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    THE TOWN HALL.
    2594 11 oF THE MUNICIPAL COMMISSION. -i: to sign a deed; but they ;-K MOKE LETTER WRITING. meeting of the Municipal :i v.;i- liebl at the Municipal v ,mer.iav. Present: Messrs. i.-nt), Evans,Sohst, Meyer, \jAnthonisz, Choa Giang J in heng Tuan. iknt remarked that the the Supplemental Budget, v.
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    WEDNESDAY, 23RD AUGUST.
    202 11 Certain freehold land and a house at No. 64 Cross Street were sold to-day for $3,500, to Syed Abu Baker Xiajum. The Russian transport Kiev, Captain Mavrocardato, arrived this morning, from Odessa with 232 passengers on board. She leaves for Vladivostock tomorrow. This afternoon, Messrs. Powell Co.
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    TRAIN CHARGED BY AN ELEPHANT.
    46 11 On the 18th instant, at the eleventh mile, a tusker elephant charged the goods train, which left Teluk Anson for Ipoh in the morning, and had to be shot. The train, having been delayed an hour, then proceeded on its way.
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    THE GUIDES.
    38 11 The Malay States Guides, says the Malay Mail have received instructions to hold themselves in readiness for active service. Eighty men from the Selangor detachment were to be medically examined at Kuala Lumpur on Monday last.
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    THREE MONTHS.
    56 11 Yesterday, Miss Suvie, residing at No. 5 Wilkie Road, prosecuted a Javanese kebun for stealing ferns and palms valued at twenty-five dollars, during the night of Thursday last, also for threatening and abusing her in language which she could not bring herself to repeat. Mr. Wolferstan sent the
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    IDENTIFICATION.
    81 11 With a view to identifying old offenders with greater facility, Chief Detective Inspector Perret has introduced a system by which in a while he hopes to be able to pick out any man who has been previously convicted. The figure of a man, front and back, is stamped on
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    POLICE PROMOTIONS.
    77 11 Inspector Bourne is appointed Chief Inspector, Singapore, vice Chief Inspector Jennings retired on pension. Inspector Morris is appointed Chief Inspector, Penang, vice Chief Inspector Fiddes, appointed Chief Detective Inspector, Penang, Inspector Black is promoted to the Ist class, and transferred to Singapore. Inspector Howard Penang, goes on leave
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    THE TOWN HALL.
    1137 11 MORE CONTROVERSIAL CORRESPONDENCE. following letter, sent to us for publication,. is in continuation of an already published correspondence/ (From Municipal President lo Colonial Secretary.) Municipal Office, Singapore, 21stAugust, 1899. Sir, —I have the honour to reply to your letter of the 12th instant on the Permanent Memorial
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    APPEAL CASES.
    520 12 CONVICTED IN ERROR. Mr. Brockman recently fined a Municipal peon named Bujang $25 lor giving false evidence in a case. A man named Teo Boon Tan was summoned by Bujang with throwing rubbish into the street. Bujang stated that he saw Tan’s servant throwing the rubbish into the
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    FALSE STATEMENTS.
    82 12 A fortnight ago, a Chinaman made a statement to the agent of the Opium Farm, to the effect that he had been arrested for being in possession of a quantity of illicit chanau. At the detective station a friend had settled the matter with Inspector Watcham by paying
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    BRIBERY CASE.
    76 12 Yesterday before Mr. Brockman, the Municipality successfully prosecuted Shaik Mahomed, a Kling trader at Market Street, for disregarding a limewash notice, and for offering five dollars to Sanitary Inspector Boudewyn. The evidence showed that the money was tendered to prevent the Inspector from summoning the defendant for failure
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    A QUESTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
    342 12 In the Supreme Court yesterday before tiie Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Napier applied for an order regarding the taking up of accounts in a partnership suit amongst Chinese. The plaintiff was Chu Ming Lai Tong against Chu Shing Kue. The solicitors for the parties concerned had
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    TO ARRIVE.
    277 12 {For Singapore.) Per s. s. Tamba Maru from London— Capt. Brereton, Mr. and Mrs. Brokman, Miss Ada Derry, and Mr. H. Conyngham. Per M. M. s. s. Tonkin from Marseilles, Aug. 27 —Mr. H.W. Pilcher. Per M. M. s. s. Polyneeien front Marseilles Sept. 10—Mr. Bat tie. {For
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    5812 12 TUESDAY, 22nd AUGUST. PRESENT. H. E. Governor Sir Charlbs Mitchell, O.C.M.G. H. E. Major-General J. B. B. Dickson, c. a. (Officer Commanding the Troops). Hon. Sir Alexander Swettenham, K. c. u. g., (Colonial Secretary). Hon. W. R. Collyer (Attorney-General). Hon. F. G. Penney (Colonial Treasurer). Hon. E. C.
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    LADIES’ TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    265 13 THURSDAYS PLAY. ladies’ singles. Mrs. Waddell, owe 15.3, beat Mrs. Daiv. owe 1, 6-3, 6-4. Mrs. Coleridge, rec. 4. beat Mis> Johnston, rec. 15.3, 6-1, 6-3. ladies’ doubles. Miss Gunn and Miss J Gunn, owe 15.2. beat Mrs. Down and Miss Craig, rec. 1. 6-1, 6-1. FRIDAY’S
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    PASSENGER LIST
    692 13 ARRIVALS. Per M. M. 8. s. La Seyne from Saiuarang—Mr. Th. Buhmeyer. From Batavia Mr. Toledano, Mr. ana Mrs. Wiedernol d, Messrs. H. Suermondt, H. Suermondt, F. de Hartogh, H. Williek, Miss T. Uaustt in. Madame Suermondt, and Mr. A. P. Rozelis. Per s. s. Pur At a
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      168 14 Underthis heading the following abbreviations are used —str. —steamer ah. —ship bq.— narque seh. —schooner; Yet.—Yacht; Cru. —Cruiser Gbt. —Gunboat; Tor.— Torpedo H. p. -Horse-power Brit.— British II. S. —United States; Fr.— French Ger. —German Dut.— Dutch; Joh. —Jobore Ac., G. c..—General cargo d.p.—deck passengers: U. —Uncertain
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      TRADING VESSELS &c.
      1258 14 Arrivals Since Noon of Yesterday. Anoewar, Dut. sell. 60 tons Naconah, 23rd Aug. From Sinkawang, 10th Aug. G.c. Keng Hong. For Sinkawang, U—Kds. A. Apcar Brit. str. 2,879 tons, Captain Fey, 23rd Aug. From Calcutta, 13th Aug. G.c., and 33 d p. Sarkies and Mose9. For Hongkong,
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      583 14 Name, part probable date of arrival a.ta name agents. Steamers. Argyll, Hongkong, Sept 6 P. Simons. Alexia, H’kong, to leave Sept 10; B. M. Andalusia, Hamburg, Sept 10; B. M. Annam, Marseilles, Oct 17 M. M. Australind, Fremantle, Aug 23 Boustead. Bamberg, Hamburg, Oct 18: B M. Bayern,
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      ARRIVALS.
      780 14 n J?L4Q f H Vessel's NamB A Tout. Oaptaiw From Sailkl 2 Bio. M>SBiGx lfcs Aug I 17 Titan Dut str. 1021 De Boer A’sterdam June 30iW 17 Saltan Brit str. 102 Hendry Malacca Aug ldsoon i? S 1(14 Co 17 GiangAnn str. 560 Follett Samarang Aug 14 x.
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      CLEARANCES.
      526 14 j i t Datb. Vessel’s Name Flag&Rks Captain 1 Destinatjo.v t i i j Aug 17 Sui Sang Brit 9tr. Tadd Hongkong 17 Bellerophon i str. Lyons Hongkong Id Pakan sir. Klattig Pakan via ports 18 Ban Whatt Soon M str. i Kowge Billiton and Pontianak 18 Batavier str.
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    SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB.
    1033 15 Programme for the Autumn Race Meeting, 1899. OCTOBER -24th, 261 h, and 28 th. FIRST DAY. Tuesday 24 th October. Firot Race. THE MAIDEN PLATE.—Value $250. A Race for Maiden Horses—Weight as per scale (10st.). An allowance of 211b. to horses entered for the Intermediate Races only.
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