The Straits Budget, 24 November 1899

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    127 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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  • FRIDAY, 24TH NOVEMBER.
    • DOMESTIC OCCURENCES.
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    296 1 -IN*. I:T!• I.i S. I 1 Fighting. a 1 Flirtation. •*f our Heroic Dead. n Memorial and the <Queen’s >' it;i«• i N-v. ~i War. 1 cling < 'omprny. j;*' m -rial Fund. Promotion. til- War. '•o i t lied Tape. 1 i h'u it-t* ions. i’!
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    COMMERCIAL.
    576 1 Singapore, 24th November, 1899. PRODUCE. (Rates are corrected to noon.) Gambior buyers 6.2.7. Copra Bali, 6.70. au Pontianak, 6.20. »Vijer, black buyers 28X0. do White, (5%).I 46.00 Sago Flour Sarawak, 3.80. do Brunei No. 1 2.60 Pearl Sago 4.40. Coffee, Bali, 15% basis 22.00 Coffee Palembang, 15% basis.. 23.00
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    368 1 The mail for Europe, this week, leaves by the M. M. Sydney. The mail for Europe, next week, is iixed for the P. and O. Bengal. The mail from Europe of the 27th October by the P. and O. Coromandel arrived on the 18th instant. The
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  • REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
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      THE WAR. SHELLING A HOSPITAL MAFEKING CAN HOLD OUT.
      67 1 London 1 Gilt November. A message to the Tim** from Mafeking says that, despite three protests, the Boers have been deliberately shelling the hospital and the women’s laager, both of which are situated beyond the limits of the town. It is
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      TROOPS ARRIVING.
      9 1 1,728 more troops arrived at Capetown yesterday.
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      THE WAR. 18,000 MEN HAVE ARRIVED. JOUBERT REPORTED KILLED.
      70 1 London, 17//i Nov. 18,000 men have arrived at Cape Town, of whom 8,000 have been sent on to Natal. There are various reports that General Joubert was killed at Ladysmith on the 9th. A native runner reports that, on that day,
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      BULUWAYO DESPATCH. KHAMA ATTACKED.
      128 1 A despatch from Buluwayo, dated the 9th inst., says that the Boers have attacked the chief Khama who, supported by 100 Britishers, repulsed the attackers. Buluwayo is the principal town and chief commercial centre in Southern Rhodesia. To the south west of Rhodesia and Buluwayo lies
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      MORE TRANSPORTS.
      18 1 Four large Cape Liners have been chartered to convey Sir Charles Warren’s division to South Africa.
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      BOERS RAIDING.
      19 1 News from Fort Tali, dated the 3rd inst., reports activity of Boer raiders on the north-west frontier.
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      THE WAR. ARMOURED TRAIN ATTACKED. BOER CAPTURES.
      160 1 London 1 8t/t Nov. Advices from Estcourt, dated 15th instant, state that the Boers shelled an armoured train reconnoitring at Chievely, live miles to the South of Colenso. They shattered a seven-pounder gun, derailed two trucks, and pounded the disabled train. The engine
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      ENEMY NEAR ESTCOURT.
      34 1 A force of Boers with guns are south of the Tu gel a River, eight miles from Estcourt. Two thousand Boers with guns are posted at Eunersdale, four miles from Estcourt.
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      BULLER’S PLANS. VARIOUS SUPPOSITIONS.
      60 1 The Censor is suppressing all indications of General Bullers plans. But, It is probable that General Methuen is not going to Natal but will command a column to be formed at the Orange River to relieve Kimberley, which is short of provisions. General Hildyard is seemingly
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      PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.
      31 1 General Buller’s whereabouts are secret. But it is believed that he has gone to the northern part of Cape Colony to decide finally upon the plan of campaign.
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      THE WAR. FIRING AT LADYSMITH. THEN AN EXPLOSION.
      40 1 London, ISth Nov. At Estcourt on the 16th there was heard from the direction of Ladysmith at 2 o’clock that morning heavy rifle firing for a few minutes, followed by an explosion.
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      PRESSURE ON KIMBERLEY.
      37 2 A despatch from Kimberley on the 9th states that the enemy had succeeded in cutting the main water supply and had lifted a number of cattle. The enemy were closing in on every side.
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      TROOPS IN NATAL. APPROACHING LADYSMITH.
      91 2 London, Nov. 20th. Major-General Hildyard is now commanding at Estcourt. He reports that the enemy’s patrols are advanced over the whole country from the Gourton Road to Ulundi. fTlundi is in Zululand ard was the scene of the final defeat of the Zulus. Gourton Road
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      GUARDS TO RELIEVE KIMBERLEY.
      22 2 Lord Methuen, with the brigade of Guards, advances from the Orange River to the relief of Kimberley immediately.
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      GENERAL JOUBERT.
      21 2 General Joubert lias been indisposed, but is now better. This apparently disposes of the report of General Joubert’s death.
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      ALL WELL AT LADYSMITH. BOER EFFORTS FRUSTRATED.
      67 2 A runner from Ladysmith, with news of the 17th, reports that all was well with General White on that date. The B >er shelling operations have proved ineffectual. The Boers endeavoured to make the investment of the town closer, but General White then
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      27,000 MEN HAVE ARRIVED.
      18 2 27,000 MEN H AVE ARRIVED. Reinforcements to the number of 27,< 00 men have now reached the Cape.
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      OTHER NEWS.
      65 2 The Boers have attempted to rush Estcourt, and have been repulsed. A most rigid press censorship continues. The Boers have occupied Barkley West, Douglas, Burghersdorp, and Colesberg, unopposed. [Barkley west is slightly north of Kimberley. Douglas is a small town south of Kimberley some 50 miles. Burghersdorp and
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      LADYSMITH. GENERAL ATTACK REPULSED. CLERY’S TASK.
      122 2 Lomlon 21s/ Nov. The Times of Natal publishes a despatch from Ladysmith, stating that the Boers made a general attack there on the 9th instant. They were repulsed at every point. The Boer loss is estimated at 700 to 800. From the despatch having
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      IN THE WEST. ON THE ROAD TO KIMBERLEY.
      40 2 The whole of the First Division o the Army Corps is now with Lord Methuen, who has also taken a big railway repairing staff with him in his march to relieve Kimberley.
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      JOUBERT'S MOVEMENTS.
      11 2 It is reported that General Joubert is moving southwards.
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      OFFICERS TO DISCARD DISTINGUISHING MARKS.
      19 2 All British officers in the field have been ordered to discard their distinguishing badges.
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      THEIR GERMAN MAJESTIES. VISIT TO THE QUEEN.
      30 2 The Emperor and the Empress of Germany have arrived at Portsmouth, where they met with a grand reception. Afterwards they proceeded to Windsor.
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      FRANCE AND CHINA.
      24 2 1 he Chinese Government has ceded to France two islands in the bay of Kwangchamvan. The cession settles a long-standing dispute.
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      DEATH OF LADY SALISBURY.
      8 2 Lady Salisbury died yesterday.
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      THE WAR. NEWS FROM LADYSMITH. THE GARRISON LIVE UNDER GROUND.
      67 2 London, li'Jnd Nor. Despatches from Ladysmith, dated the 16th inst., state that there were ample supplies of ammunition and provisions, and that the town could hold out indefinitely. There were tremendous rains in the district and Ladysmith was a quagmire.
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      BOERS ADMIT DEFEAT.
      22 2 The Boers admit having received a sharp reverse at Ladysmith on the 9th. Ladysmith was safe on the 20th.
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      CAPE LEGISLATORS SIDE WITH THE ENEMY.
      20 2 The two members of the Cape Assembly, who represent Colesberg, have joined the Boers.
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      GATACRE’S DIVISION. MOVEMENT FROM EAST LONDON.
      104 2 General Gatacre’s division is rapidly landing at East London and assembling at Queenstown. [East l ondon is an important seaport on the south eastern coast of Cape Colony, and is roughly 550 miles from Capetown, and 150 miles beyond Port Elizabeth. Queenstown where the
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      A FARM RAIDED.
      15 2 The Boer 3 have raided a farm 13 miles south of Estcourt*
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      MR. HUGH CLIFFORD. GOVERNS BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.
      28 2 Later. Mr. Hugh Clifford, the British Resident in Pahang, has been appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of British North Borneo and Labuan.
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      THE WAR. SCANTY NEWS. THE CAPE DUTCH.
      72 2 London,\Sdrd Nov. A large force of Boers has control of the railway between Estcourt and the Mooi River. There has been no communication with Estcourt since Tuesday at noon. Conflicting accounts as to the position in the northern part of Cape Colony are
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      AT KIMBERLEY.
      14 2 The Boers are still besieging Kimberley. The enemy there have been reinforced.
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      AT MAFEKLNG.
      15 2 The Boer trenches around Mafeking are daily getting closer in to the town.
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      IN NATAL. STRENGTH OF THE FORCES.
      54 2 IN NATAL. ST RENGTH OF THE FORCES. Later. The British force in Natal is now approximately 24,000, including Fir George White's force of 9,500 at Ladysmith. Tim Boers have formally established administration in all the towns they have occupied. Generals Clery and Gatacr-* have issued notices warning waverers against the
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      PORTSMOUTH DEFENCES.
      11 2 The def*nces of Portsmouth are being overhauled and modernized.
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    58 1 DEATHS. i7iii instant, at No. 3 Orchard J 'v. l; -s Tajik, Superintendent a ij.ore, second son of the late 1 Plymouth, aged >3 years. u:; inth November, at SingaN l.n ketia, the wife of J. C. I'Wii. A.'*- i 15. on 19th Nov., Theodore < Edinburgh, jiged 39, Chief
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    WAR NEWS.
    651 2 (From Dutch Sources.) The Hague Gth Nov. Britain is negotiating with Egypt about the despatch of u,OOO Egyptian troops to the Transvaal. A German stair officer named Von Reitzenstein has resigned from service in the German army in order to fight for the Buers in the Transvaal war.
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    THE WAR.
    296 2 (Strait* Timer UU/t November.) Oi k telegram of to-day summarises a despatcii from the Times correspondent at Mafeking. In considering this despatch, one has to remember that its date is unknown. Two days ago, we had an official despatch from Mafeking dated 31st. October, and it does not
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    WIDESPREAD FIGHTING.
    697 2 (Straits Times, 1 v 3-DAY’s t ocrru m b To-day’s telegram contain- interesting facts which I understood unless they lu s the assistance of a goo*! >■ 1 1 f hird Straits Timex map. th.- -'y. South Africa,” published i l ir 1; V is about as good
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    FURNITURE AND FLIRTATION.
    275 3 I Till A ovembtf.) I ,|.-»*rv«;d that, after an I j;• w weeks, we publish I i j: entitled Pensees de I r writer speaks ot eleeI i electric fans, aul high I ,fs at Colombo and she I junel) praise the suitabiI mu hotel drawing room
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    THE WAR.
    485 3 EmpText 1111 contains news lrom to Wednesday, the 15th j mrt is south-east of j an l the news refers to j diiii,! between Estcourt j :h. Chievely, for instance,: me 1 in the telegram, is a *’i on the main line from /dug towards Durban, the j
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    IN HONOUR OF OUR HEROIC DEAD.
    872 3 (Straits Times, 'JOtk November.) The Lord Mayor of London has opened, at the Mansion House, a fund to be devoted to various purposes in connection with tlie present war in South Africa, and he invites subscriptions, not merely from London but, from all British
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    THE QUEEN’S MEMORIAL AND THE QUEENS SOLDIERS.
    737 3 (Straits Times 2U//t A oremher.) We invite the public of Singapore, and the Government of the Straits, to devote to a purpose of the purest beneficence the money that has been subscribed for a Memorial to the Queen, and that in lack ot
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    NEWS OF THE WAR.
    485 3 (Straits Times, 2\st November.) The general attack on Ladysmith by the Boers, which is recorded in our telegrams to-day, place nearly a fortnight ago. It was repulsed at every point, and the enemy are reported to have lost from seven to eight hundred men —another proof
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    STRAITS TRADING CO.
    342 3 (Straits Times, 22nd November.) The report of the Straits Trading Company shows, on the half-year, a protit of $334,000; and with a balance that was carried forward, there is available for dividend $388,000. That is for a half-year. There is, consequently, to be a 10 per cent,
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    THE MEMORIAL FUND.
    323 3 (Straits Timet, M'htd Soreml>er.) The Attorney-General has been asked to frame and introduce into the Legislative Council the proposed Hill to wind up the Queen’s Memorial Committee, and to provide for the return of the m >ney to the donors. That resolution was arrived at before anything
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    MR. CLIFFORD’S PROMOTION.
    244 4 (Straits Times, 'l'lnd biovemher.) We congratulate Mr. Hugh Clifford on his appointment to the position of Governor of British North Borneo. Mr. Clifford joined the Perak service in 1883, and since 1887 his career has lain wholly in Pahang. He has thus 16 years of service, and,
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    THE WAR.
    243 4 (Straits Times, '22nd November.) The news contained in to-day’s telegram, as regards Ladysmith, is just six days old. It is satisfactory to learn that. Ladysmith can hold out indefinitely, that the mud is hampering the besiegers as well as the besieged, and that tlie Boers admit having had
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    ABOUT THE WAR.
    457 4 (Straits Times, '23rd November.) The substauce of our two telegrams is that the British censor is keeping a tight hand on the war correspondence The Boers are in direct telegraphic communication with London via Delagoa Bay to Pretoria. Turning to to-day’s items, we are told that the
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    THE GOD OF RED TAPE.
    1119 4 It may be prejudice. One cannot always tell when one is influenced In prejudice. Yet, when we see all tin oiiicial members ol an administrative body voting one way, and all the nonoiiicial members voting another, we an disposed to think that the oiiicial members
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    THURSDAY, 16TH NOVEMBER.
    430 4 A tiger was seen in the Serangoon district yesterday. It has been found necessary to put special constables on duty to prevent begging in the streets. Small-pox is so prevalent in Kelantan and Tringganu that arrivals from these ports are now quarantined here. The Glenfilloch which arrived
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    JOVIAL BURGLARS.
    36 4 Bi'kglaks entered the house of Mr. Sheriff Bowen at Penang on Sunday night, and stole a watch and two razors. They also enjoyed themselves by smoking cigarettes and drinking half a bottle of sherry.
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    ON TOUR.
    52 4 Mas. F. B. Workman, who has been on an extensive cycling tour in different parts of Asia, and who was in Singapore some time ago, has returned after visiting the Himalayas and making a record climb of 21,000 feet. Mrs. Workman is on her way to the temples
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    THE ASSIZES.
    101 4 Kassim, a native policeman, was found guilty of receiving an illegal gratification of one cent whilst engaged, and was found guilty. Sentence was postponed. An Indian, named Kalu, was charged with causing grievous fiurt to another Indian named Ratroon. The prisoner who was stated to be over 100
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    MISCELLANEOUS BY WIRE.
    375 4 Loml(j/, |‘«i The coming visit of V I and Empress of Germany is assuming a more It is understood that it will ir s >B o' S,tt0 V x ford Cambridge .1 ham and London, beside, 1„, the Mansion House with Mayor. Their Majesties wi'l -"B Leith
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    NORTH BORNEO.
    47 4 The directors of the North IGni.-. Trading Company have issued a r» < r for the period of eighteen months Hiding on the 31st Dee. last The Company is declared to have been sucre-sl liy reconstructed and to be now in a pr :it earning condition.
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    SIAMESE MINISTER TO RUSSIA.
    52 4 M. Pia-Hakhihoi, Precentor I young Prince Chakrabun of Siam, lately passed through thi* port, ;t:e! at present studying in St. i'< t, r- u. as a member of the Czars Cor{e Pages, has been appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister I'h nij t-n--tiary of Siam at the
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    THE S. V. A.
    71 4 A good number of Volunteers tuii out lust night lor the moonlight i: The four Maxim guns wore eyl!*<: requisition, and the column pm to the open space facing the b-un H o* where they were put through van movements by Major Murray an*. V tant
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    OPIUM SHOP ROW.
    65 4 A Macao named Moll Yah IVii 138 North Bridge ltoad, rep<»rii*.l police that he went to an r»j»i i in New .Bridge Road yesterday, v. eight other Macaos. W hilst in tl.e the Macaos assaulted him and j him of SCO. The shopkeeper that he saw nothing
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    THE MELBOURNE CUP.
    91 4 The following is the result ot running for the Melbourne Cup: Merriwee 1 Voyou Dewey The result of the race was evidently 1 surprise, unless the betting had < < erably altered during the last lortn as upto the end of October Merriwee ha* not been quoted.
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    THE CHARTERED BANK.
    1124 5 IKS IKK CENT. DIVIDEND. xtra rdinary general meeting of uteied Bank of India, Australia, ppiria was held at the Cannon t j| .tel, London, last month, Mr. li ,waid Gwyther (the chairman) i said: Once more the i-.nie before you with the j r ipo-al that you
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    RAILWAY COSSACKS.
    64 5 The transporting of troops from South Russia to the Far East continues with regularity, and the Volunteer fleet cruiser Orel, which was expected to leave Odessa towards the end of last month for Vladivostock, in addition to infantry, will convey upwards of 800 Cossacks. These light cavalry troops
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    FOREIGN NEWS.
    354 5 AHEAD OF TIIE MAIL. Mr. A. J. Balfour, the first Lord of the Treasury, stated in the House of Commons on the 23rd that the French Government had accepted Britain’s proposal to arbitrate in regard to the Waima incident in West Africa in 1893. France had promised to
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    CHESS.
    125 5 (conducted by king's pawn.”) All chess correspondence should be addressed to King’s Pawn.” Solutions: No. 143 (Rushby) Q— K 8 No. 144 (Tuzar) Kt—K 6. Correct solutions received from Caissa, A. O. S., Aquarius, and Nemo. I endorse Caissa’s verdict as to both problems being neat and beautifully arranged.
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    Two Knights’ Defence.
    342 5 Notes By Jas. Mason. White Black Mr. D. Baird. Mr. O. I) Locock. 1 P—K4 1 P-K 4 2 Kt— K B 3 2 Kt—Q B 3 3 B-B 4 3 Kt—B 3 4 P-t) 3 A solid continuat ion. The opinion grows I that ilie attack,
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    A GORY ESSAY.
    83 5 Among a number of amusing schoolboys’ essays contributed to Cassell's Saturday Journal is the following by a youthful essayist, aged ten: Kruggerand Kannerbulism is one. He is a man of blud. Mr. Chamberling has wrote to him sayin come out and fite or else give up the
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    CHARGE OF PROCURING.
    190 5 At the Assizes, this afternoon, Claudius Femelet was charged (1) with obtaining possession of a woman named Louise Severe, a Swiss, with intent that she should be employed for the purposes of prostitution, and (2) receiving a woman knowing that she had been procured for the purposes
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    BANKING IN SIAM.
    89 5 It is reported that the Den Danish Landmands Lank, of Copenhagen, has obtained a concession for the National Bank of Siam. French and Russian hankers are largely interested, and it is understood that German bankers have also a share in it. The capital is to be .1*1,000,000
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    FIJI IN 1898.
    125 5 The Fiji Bluebook for the past year is a record ol great prosperity. The revenue was 91,104/., or nearly 20,000/. more than that of the previous year—on account mainly of a large increase in the Customs revenue -while the expenditure was 72,.'>74/., or, including extraordinary public works
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    THE SHARE MARKET.
    391 5 Messrs. Latham and Mactaggart report: —Our market continues dull and depressed, all mining stocks, with the exception of Kedjang Lebongs, showing a further decline on the rates quoted in the report of the loth inst. The business done during the week has been very small, most brokers
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    RAUB.
    1434 5 REPORT FOR OCTOBER. The Manager’s Report for the month of October last runs as follows MINING. Raub Hole Section. —The winze below the 22U foot level is now down the required depth of 102 feet, and I have started to open out to see what the small rich chufe
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    FRIDAY, 17TH NOVEMBER.
    496 6 Li.vi Poh died in the five-foot way, Boat Quay, yesterday. 4 Avvang has three months for the theft of a watch on the 6th inst. 4 For possession of forty-cents’ worth of morphine a man has been lined 820, in default a month. The revenue of Sarawak
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    RAUB.
    35 6 IMPORTANT FIND. A telegram from Iiaub, dated 16th November, states: “Bukit Koman. No. l North Engine Shaft. Have struck reef carrying good gold. Average width of lode is 9 feet. Consider this very important.”
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    A CAPTAINS CLAIM.
    36 6 The case of Charles Eddie, formerly captain of the Kong see, r. the Tan Kim Tian Steamship Company, being a claim nfSS,OOU for alleged breach of contract, has been adjourned till Tuesday next.
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    FARMER’S PROFITS.
    54 6 Extraordinary rumours are alloat as to the enormous profits made by the revenue farmer in Perak. Ilis net profits, previous to the increase in the value of tin, are said to have been over SSO,OOO a month, and the sub farms have just been re-let at an enhanced
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    YESTERDAY’S THEFTS.
    89 6 A Taiciiew named Tang Hoy, of 11, Boat Quay, reports that his Hylam hoy disappeared yesterday. The boy is believed to have taken with him S5OO in notes. A gold watch, valued at SIOO, was stolen from 127, Teluk Ayer Street, yesterday. Yesterday morning, a Chinaman hired a
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    CHARGE OF ABDUCTION.
    160 6 At the Assizes, this morning, Too Clioo Seng was charged with abducting a woman named Low Soo, and wrongfully confining her; also with obstructing the police. From the evidence adduced it appeared that the woman, who formerly lived with the prisoner, was seen crying in Selegie Road
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    CHRISTMAS NUMBERS.
    291 6 Tiie illustrated Christmas number of the Graphic, an advance copy of which was received by the last mail, is an exceedingly beautiful production, beautifully executed It contains stories by such well-known writers as Frankfort Moore, Eden Phillpotts, Bret Harte, Morley Roberts, and others, charmingly illustrated by Solomon J.
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    PENSEES DE FEMME.
    1051 6 When I arrived at Colombo recently, on my way homewards,the other passengers tried to persuade me to go to the famous Galle Face Hotel, where, it is said, no modern improvement is wanting. lam glad, however, that I decided not to forsake an old friend for I
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    NOTES AND NEWS.
    1107 6 (From Mail Paper x.) One of the first official acts of the new Bishop of Madras has been to direct the Anglican clergy of his diocese to abstain from performing marriage ceremonies of parties who have been legally divorced. There was to he a big assemblage of
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    AT MANILA.
    50 6 The American advance from Mai i continued at the date of last a-lvi- es The insurgent forces arc M«u*iilv pushed back. The American idescribed as small. The lo.-ses i t insurgents were so great that, their d* and dying strewed the jungle an ta! grass on the battlefields.
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    A THIEF IN A DRAIN.
    200 6 Ajsoct 8.15 last night a Ch r.a man was walking along (’anal 11 carrying a bag containing 81 1 in -uvi and 811 in copper, when two •t.v; Chinamen came up and one of T b-:a snatched the bag from him. P< gave chase to
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    CYCLING IN ENGLAND.
    1236 7 London \‘Mh October. >h racing season was praeti,‘iL, ,r to a close when the tenth for the London Centre N.C.U. j,, were decided at theCrystal ;t large number of spectators pent racing was witnessed tjt. riioon, particularly in the v. nts, and seldom have the ,ms produced
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    THE MEMORIAL HALL.
    58 7 Last night, a meeting was held at rlie Sailors’ Home under the auspices of the Chinese Christian Association to express an opinion to tiie effect that the proposed Memorial scheme was nut a suitable one. Mr. Phillips supported this vi« w, and that so eloquently that he
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    FRENCH INDO-CHINA.
    410 7 At Kwang-clian-wan, where there is trouble with the Chinese around, the French hope much from the arrival of Marshal Sou, a Chinese military officer, who has been despatched thither from Pekin to settle pending questions with France. For instance, he will act as arbitrator in the dispute, between
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    THE GOVERNOR’S WIFE.
    3236 7 A REPRISAL OF FATE. Chap. XIX. The Westminster Gazette the latest edition for the 2Sth of October, was in Helen's hands, and she scanned idly the pale-green columns. A tray set with afternoon tea stood on a small table beside her. The room was strewn with evidences
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    SATURDAY, 18TH NOVEMBER.
    123 8 Mit. \V. A. Cuscaden lias been appointed coroner. Messrs. Powell and Co. advertise a sale of stock-in-trade at their sale-room on Monday. 4 Mu. Skeat, together with his three fdllow explorers, has gone to Kedah. All the members of the expedition are well. 4 The Clieang Jim
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    WAR NEWS BY WIRE.
    1462 8 London, Bth Nov. Kectek. wiring from Estcourt on the Oth instant, says that a force with artillery lias started for an unknown destination; hut tiring lias been heard in the direction of Colenso. Bombay, 9/A Nov. A telegram to the Bombay Gazette states that further news
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    THE “MUSICAL EVENING.”
    63 8 The programme at the Philharmonic Musical Evening,” in the Town Hall, to-night, includes pianoforte pieces by Miss llinnckindt. Mrs. Ruelnvaldy, Miss Mitchell, and Miss Routens; songs by Miss A. Abrams, Messrs. Dtinman, Whiteside, and Issaverdens; a clarionet solo by Sergt. Newton R. A.; three string quartette pieces
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    THE PAHANG CORPORATION.
    150 8 The report of tlie directors of the Pahang Corporation for the voar states that, during the year, 30,346 tons of stone were crushed, producing 858 tons of black tin. of a value of .£59,760. The average assay of the stone was 2.8 per cent. The operations of
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    MOONLIGHT MUSIC.
    120 8 The band performance of tlie“ King’s Own,’* in the Gardens, last night, was a most enjoyable function. The brilliant moonlight brought out a phenomenally large crowd of listeners, and in several places the roadway round the bandstand was completely blocked by carriages. Bandmaster Tyrell and his assi3tar f
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    1203 8 It is not, perhaps, so widely known as it ought to be, that the army which Britain has now' in South Africa, and on the way to South Africa, is incomparably the largest army that Britain has ever sent abroad. In Africa, or on the way to
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    YACHT ON THE WAY.
    40 8 The yacht Victoria with a lame pain of French nobles on board, including tin.* Prince and Princess de i< on tiie way out here to China and Japan. The yacht readied Colombo on tin* *t! instant.
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    BENTONG NOTES.
    170 8 n —Malay Mail. A (jooi) deal of fine gold dust is found in the tin-ore from the Chamang mines, and a man is specially employed t<> separate it from the baser metal b\ means of a dulang. Almost the whole of the mining in Bentong is concentrated in
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    GENERAL NEWS BY WIRE.
    197 8 liOwl<Ji* t N -'O l The British trade returns continue i* show immense increase. The Czar and Czaritza have arrived at tlie Palace at Potsdam from Darmstadt, and were affectionately greeted by their German Majesties. Count Muravieff, Foreign Minister, accompanies the Czar on his visit to
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    471 9 \<’HEEN. H ::i Aclieen Proper. ElseSS' --.mg goes on with the Wm .11 hold together. On the HH pepper trade has been warfare. In bygone nf that spice from there Jj| i 1 h’,000 piculs a year masons. The quantity i- almost none at all. n >w busy
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    PERAK NEWS.
    141 9 'mg of unofficial British "ii the 11 ♦li instill Ipoli, resolution was passed:— considered advisable to •■•iation of unollieial British 1,1 iVrak having in view the of their interests. And .iitt«*e be now appointed to In me for the foundation of ‘’ion and to invite all 1 h;;i
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    MORE OF GLENCOE.
    1916 9 (By To-day's Mail.) The engagement at Glencoe on Oct. 2°th is to he known officially as the battle of Dundee. It ended in the complete rout of the Hoers. The war correspondent of the Daily TeleyrapK says that at 5.30 a. m. the Doers opened tire with
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    MONDAY, 20TH NOVEMBER.
    274 9 Among the arrivals by the mail on Saturday was Mr. T. E. Earle. A Chinese pauper was found dead in Sago Street yesterday. Prince Henry of Prussia is expected at Bangkok, from Hongkong, on the 17th December. Small-pox is spreading in Colombo, several cases having been detected
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    THE ASSIZES.
    36 9 Teo Choa .Seng was found not guilty on a charge of abducting a woman, and was accordingly discharged. Hin Ah Hoi was charged with theft from a dwelling house, but was found not guilty.
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    THE QUEEN OF HOLLAND.
    81 9 The Court has received a confidential intimation from Berlin (says rruth) that, rhe Queen of the Netherlands is practically betrothed to Prince William of YVied, second son of the Prince and Princess of Wied, but their engagement is to be kept as yet a secret, and
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    CRICKET.
    487 9 FINISH OF THE TOURNAMENT. 8. C. C. r. L. AND C. 9. The match between the S. C. C. and Lawyers and Civil Service was concluded on Saturday. The S. C. C. had made 158, to which the L. and C. S. had replied with three wickets for 38,
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    GOLD IN ASHANTEE-LAND.
    247 9 If the statements contained ina recent Colonial Ollice report on the Gold Coast prove well-founded, then Ashantee and vicinity is a new Eldorado worthy to compare with the Rand. The report says: —Several companies have been started during the year with the intention of commencing mining operations
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    WAR NOTES AND NEWS.
    1874 10 {From Mail Papers.) INCIDENTS OF GLENCOE. When the top of Talana Hill was reached, it was found that, though broken fragments of cannon were lying about on the ground, the guns had been carried off by the retreating enemy. It seems probable that the Boers removed
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    COLOMBO LIGHTING.
    97 10 The question of the improved lighting of Colombo w r ith incandescent gas lamps has been before the Municipality there. The subject was referred to a committee which lias just reported. They advised the Council to contract with the Colombo Gas and Water Company for lighting the city
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    CHARGES AGAINST POLICEMEN.
    127 10 At the Assize Court, this morning, Drauian and Kaderßacha, native policemen, were arraigned for making false charges with intent to injure Edward Francis Pestana, and Martin Gomez From the evidence given it appeared that the two prisoners tried to arrest a boy named Gilbert Gomez, in Bencoolen
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    THE LATE MR. BARCLAY.
    296 10 We regret to learn that there died in Singapoie, yesterday, at the residence of Mr. J. Anderson, Mr. Theodore C Barclay, aged 39, Chief Administ rator of the United Langkat Plantations Company, Limited, of Sumatra and London. Mr. Barclay first came out to the East, nearly
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    INTER-PORT SHOOTING.
    299 10 HONGKONG WINS AGAIN. The annual rifle shooting match between teams of ten representing Hongkong, Shanghai, and Singapore was finally decided on Saturday, when Singapore shot at Balestier Range. The team put up a total of 926 points, and we learn telegraphically that Hongkong have scored 952 and Shanghai
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    THE MUSICAL EVENING.
    43 10 The Musical Evening” of the Philharmonic Society, at the Town Hall, on Saturday evening, was a pleasant and successful function. There was a largo attendance of members and their guests. A programme of three parts, witii lengthy intervals, was submitted.
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    FOOTBALL.
    50 10 A friendly game of Association football was played at Pas r Panjang, on Sunday afternoon, between a team of the Malay Tanjong Pagar Club and some Pasir Panjang footballers Tanjong Pagar were the first to score, and a pretty fast game ended in a draw of two poals each.
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    WATER POLO.
    152 10 In the water polo match yesterday morning at the Swimming Club, between the Club and the It.A., the Club won by five goals to nil. The RA. turned up one man short, and Wishart, of the Club, filled his place. A strong tide interfered with the game, and
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    133 10 The Autumn Cup was competed for on Saturday by several players. The course itself was in fair condition, but the putting greens were in several instances in a bad state. The winner turned up in Mr. Campbell with the excellent score of 87 2 83, S. Reid
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    TRANSVAAL WAR FUND. FOR WIDOWS & ORPHANS LIST OPENED.
    957 10 TRANSVAAL WAR FUND. FOR WIDOWS ORPHANS LIST OPENED. [Sums collected bv this Fumi fl sent to the Lord Mayor of f or < used for the Widows and (in,!,;."'® officers and men of Her Majest v V South Africa, who mav l 0 i* HI a result of the war
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    THE TRANSVAAL WAR.
    2836 11 K'VS AND NOTES. I ||K BOERS “TREK”? an who knows the Transa raid into Rhodesia will Pave entered into the they have long prepared into the grazing country Zambesi—and tlie neces- ,ng a door open for a retreat l, at in the south must have with force
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    THE NEW GERMAN MAIL SERVICE.
    66 11 The German Government has granted to the North German Lloyd Company, of Bremen, towards the maintenance of the new’ fortnightly line ot steamers io East Asia, a subsidy of i. 75,000 per annum in addition to the annual Jovernment subsidy of £204,500 already :ranted to
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    DESTRUCTIVE TYPHOON.
    44 11 Ox the9thNovember, aseveretyphoon oiseedover Haiphong ing •onsiderable damage to the river learners, lighters, and junks, of which -everal were carried far inland by the iigh flood. Several parts of the town *ere inundated. Many Ashing junk* were lost with all on board.
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    TUESDAY, 21ST NOVEMBER.
    824 11 H. M. S. Undaunted now at Manila, has been painted black. H. M. S. Rattler arrived at Singapore yesterday from Labuan. The Emperor of Germany proposes to build ten battleships and eight cruisers by the year 1912. The Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, a German venture, is about to open
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    A RUSSIAN TRANSPORT.
    27 12 The Russian transport Kherson 4895 and 157 crew, arrived here from this morning Captain is in command and there are 149 immigrants on hoard.
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    MUAR.
    33 12 Strong westerly winds have been blowing almost continuously all last week at Muar, and lasting to the present time. All the steamers bound to that place are considerably delayed in their passage.
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    COLLAPSE OF A ROOF.
    48 12 Yesterday, about 4. BO p. m., the roof of a godown in Merbau Road, the property of Messrs. Brauss and Co., collapsed Two men who were in the godown at the time were slightly injured, and one of them was removed to the hospital.
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    THE ASSIZES.
    38 12 Draman and Kada Bacha, native policemen, were found not guilty on a charge of giving false evidence, and were discharged. Wee Ah Teng, for theft and escaping from custody, was sentehced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment.
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    ROWDY COOKS.
    56 12 On Sunday morning, the cooks at Tan Took Seng hospital commenced to assault the patients in the beri-beri ward. One of the rowdy cooks had a carrying pole ill his hands, but he did not use it. Several of the patients w r src struck. A correspondent thinks
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    CONCEALING SMALL-POX.
    70 12 Yesterday, the body of a Chinese woman who died of small-pox was removed from No 11-2, Veerapa Chitty Lane. The case had not been reported. Her clothes had been taken to an empty bouse close by, where they were found by the sanitary officers. A constable was put
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    RIVER PIRACY IN CANTON.
    80 12 Qn the lBth instant, the British -steamer Cheong Kong was captured and plundered by pirates who had come on board as passengers. The pirates used the steamer to attack and capture a passing junk. The pirates made a rich haul, as they found in her seventeen
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    KIMBERLEY’S WATER SUPPLY.
    165 12 Mr. Tomlinson, writing from the Municipal Engineer’s Office, kindly gives us some information about the water supply of Kimberley. He says the water is pumped from the Vaal river through a 14 incli wrought iron main, 17 miles in length, rising in that distance 300 feet. The
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    THE QUEEN’S MEMORIAL AND THE QUEEN’S SOLDIER’S.
    926 12 TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE STRAITS TIMES.*’ Sir, I am sure that all loyal subjects of Her Mijesty ani all those who enjoy freedom and prosperity under the British flag, in this Colony and elsewhere, will respond mo3t eagerly to your appeal to
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    DROWNED WHILE CANOEING.
    72 12 On the 10th inst., Mr. J. W. A. Valberg, an employe of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, and son to Mr. W. J. Valberg, of Singapore, met with his death while canoeing at Tanjong Tokong, IVnang. He went out alone, and about half an hour afterwards the
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    THE QUEENS MEMORIAL.
    121 12 A meeting of the Committee of the Queen’s Memorial Fund was held yesterday afternoon. Some routine business was transacted, and it was resolved to ask the Attorney-General to take charge of the proposed Bill for winding up the Memorial subscriptions, and for returning the money to the
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    WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
    230 12 THE TIN MINES. A Gentleman is in Singapore at present who is well acquainted with mining in Western Australia. He says there is going to he a lot of tin got from Western Australia. Marble Bar, whence we have already notified that a shipment of tin ore has
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    THE RAFFLES HOTEL.
    254 12 THOSE DRAWING ROOMS A representative of the Straits Times dined at the Rallies Hotel last night, preferring to see the working of the new building on an ordinary uight rather titan on the opening night, last Saturday. Approaching from the sea front the appearance of the hotel,
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    CHESS.
    883 12 (conducted by “king’s pawn.”) All Chess correspondence should be addressed to King's Pawn Solutions: No 145 (Kosek) Q—K B 5; No 146 (Hater) Q—K3. Correct solutions received from Caissa, A. O. S., and Aquarius. H. C., Penang: Your solution of No. 144 is correct. No. 143 is solved by
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    A CAPTAIN’S CLAIM.
    460 12 In the Supreme Court, this lu-.rnir;" the ease of Eddie v. the Tan Kim Tian Steamship Co., was continued. I’l.-dmiif* who was formerly master of tin* A.,, for t he Col 11 pany, <• 1 ai 111 s *.'>,<XM for (.t, ;i v> of contract in respect
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    COL. BROCKKLEHURST.
    121 12 Colonel Brocklehurst, of tin* who has been doing splendid work v» the cavalry at Ladysmith, was noininateil by Sir Redvers Brocklehurst’s worth bad been inutile into Boiler by General French, who in formed a deliberate opinion T,l l Brocklehurst is one ot the i**of our modern cavalry P
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    WAR NEWS BY WIRE.
    777 13 later than by Mail.) I London 27 th October. ,1 session of the Imperial was prorogued to-day. The the Throne, delivered by congratulated the country nit qualities of the brave .raged in repelling an invar ti'h possessions in South Majesty, while expressing twn ot the bravery
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    TIN PROSPECTS.
    564 13 MALAYA’S SMALLER OUTPUT. THE RESIDENT-GENERAL DID IT. M R. Strauss, M. P. for Camborne (a mining division in Cornwall), has ever been active in furthering the interests of bis tin-mining constituent*. One of Mr. Strauss’s claims to distinction in his opinion is that by agitation lie has brought
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    SENSATIONAL INCIDENT.
    171 13 A MISSIONARY TO MARRY HER COOK. The missionary and European community of Canton are much wrought up over the approaching marriage of a female missionary doctor to her ex-ccok, an ignorant illiterate Chinaman of the coolie class, twenty-three years old. Site is thirty-six years of age, highly educated,
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    32 13 At Bangkok, Mr. A. Jourdan proposes to give the port the benefit of bonded warehouses such as exist in the China treaty-ports, and he is applying for a concession for that purpose.
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    TRANSVAAL WAR FUND.
    745 13 yesterday $1,425 to-day S3,025. With reference to H. E. Sir Charles Mitchell’s subscription of $200, intimated to us just as we were going to press yesterday, it might be convenient to explain that H. E. is at Malacca. Oddly enough, when we opened the Indian Famine Fund,
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    GOLD AT KECHAU.
    57 13 The Secretary of the Kechau Gold Mining Co. has received a telegram from Mr. Bailey, the manager at Kechau, in which it is stated We have struck rich ore—some very fine specimens.” It is impossible yet to say what quantity of this ore there may be or
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    WEDNESDAY, 22ND NOVEMBER.
    494 13 The flagship Centurion is expected to leave Hongkong for Singapore on Friday next. Lin Tee and Chin Tee have been sent to prison for six months for snatching a pair of silver earrings from a woman in the street. An American steamer showing W. C. R.” passed
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    “THE ORIENT.”
    79 13 We have received the current copy of “The Orient,” the only English magazine published in Japan under Japanese management and edited entirely by Japanese. The Orient ’is a well-printed production, which aims at setting forth the political situation as well as the trend of thought in the Far
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    AT MANILA.
    94 13 According to last advices from Manila (9th inst), the American troops have commenced a vigorous campaign. Several regiments have been shipped from Manila to points on the northern seaboard, affording opportunities of turning the Filipino positions as soon as the weather permits. The American Government is resolved to
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    THE QUEENS MEMORIAL AND THE QUEEN’S SOLDIERS.
    639 13 TO THE EDITOR OF THE 4 STRAITS TIMES.* Sir,- It is somewhere written that angels used to commune with men; but, be that as it may, I am now inclined to think that good agencies beyond our ken are at work among mortals.
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    A JEWELLERY TRANSACTION.
    212 13 At the Assize Court, this morning Isaac de Silva was charged with criminal breach of trust as a servant. Prisoner was engaged by Mahomed and Co., jewellers, of High Street, and from the evidence for the prosecution it appeared that prisoner, together with two others, was engaged
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1267 14 TUESDAY, 21st NOVEMBER. PRESENT. H. E. Major-General J.B. B. Dickson, c. b. (Officer Commanding the Troops), presiding. Hon. Sir Alexander Sweltenham, K. c. m. g. (Colonial Secretary). Hon. \V. K. Col Ivor (Attorney-General). Hon. E. C. H. Hill (Auditor-General). Hon. It. N. Bland (Acting Colonial Treasurer) Hon. A.
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    EVILS OF THE ESPLANADE.
    85 14 This morning, a Eurasian girl and three Malay women were brought before Mr. McArthur for alleged uisorderliness •n the Esplanade. Corporal No. B 5 arrested these women last night, hut he was unable to prove any specific charge against them. They were discharged. The Magistrate thought
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    CRONJE’S PROTEST.
    161 14 A telegram from London, dated Nov. IG, says that Commandant Cronj«had objected to the Bed Cross Hag being hoisted over several buildings in Maleking simultaneously, and also protested against the use of dynamite mines in the defences of the town, and the employment of natives to fight against
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    THE GOVERNOR’S WIFE.
    1216 14  -  [a romance by MKS. EGEKTON EASTWICK.] FROM TIIE DEAD. Chap. XX. The early days of December were fine, as in London they not infrequently are, cheating an expectation of fog, and sleet, and cold, infallibly to be realised later on and it was with the full knowledge
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    GIVEN BACK TO CHINA.
    146 14 It is rej.oitcd that instructions have been received from the home authorities for tin; retrocession of the walled city of Samchun, near the border of the Kowloon Territory annexed to Hongkong, which was occupied by a British force undci General Ga-eoigneon lGt.li May last, to the
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    LIGHTING MANILA.
    325 14 THE ELECTRIC PLANT IS TO HE I)'►PULED. A LESSON FOK SINGAPORE. The plant by which the town of Manila has been lighted now some live years is about to be doubled. W e learn from the Manila Tunes that the Electric Light Co. of Manila have entered into
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    STRAITS TRADING CO.
    969 14 HALF YEARLY ItEl»0|>y PROPOSALS TO BE PLACEL p I I SHAREHOLDERS. m The half-yearly general i, (f I the Straits Trading Company .‘o I held at noon on the aoth h.J*’ ■> I Collyer Quay. The business k I and consider the accord I balance sheet fo,
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    FOOTBALL.
    525 15 I < c. 35 CO. R. A. I relenting the 8.C.O. and I A. in* f last night on the friendly game. Cnfor- ,i Mind, owing to the recent I v: <mi the soft side, and I 1:• *li1 1 v I he players could H -< in certain
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    A FRENCH TRANSPORT.
    35 15 Ihe French transport 1,972 jTiri arrived here from Saigon this 'norning, with 372 French soldiers and 1 oilicers on board. Captain Courtade lr i command, and the vessel is bound Marseilles. j
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    TRANSVAAL WAR FUND.
    823 15 third list: total $4,138. J Ofr War fund continues to grow’, j the amount added to-day being about •£1,100. Arrangements were put in progress to-day for further amounts in a few days. The merits of the fund have been placed before several of the companies who have
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    THURSDAY, 23RD NOVEMBER.
    292 15 ihe British steamer Anapa passed through from east to west yesterday afternoon. 0 For robbery in Tanjong Pagar Road on the 15th inst, Koh Pee has been sent to prison for nine months. On Tuesday, Tan Ah Seng snatched a silver chain from a Kling in Kerbau
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    ROBBERY IN A CATHEDRAL.
    84 15 A liviam was seen loiteiing in the compound of the French Cathedral yesterday evening, and as his movements were suspicious he was arrested. Investigations showed that the window of the sacristy had been opened and a pair of all nr candlesticks wi re found to have
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    A CHILD’S STORY.
    144 15 Yesteiiday, Inspector Dickson found a girl of about 11 years in a very pii iahle com lit ion on the beach at Tanjong Rhu, and had her removed to the hospital. There she informed the Inspector that she lived with her father at Job ore, and sometime
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    OFFICIAL IN TROUBLE.
    157 15 Jerome Clovis Fernandez was arraigned at the Assizes, this morning, on a charge of obtaining an illegal gratification while employed as a public servant. From the evidence of the prosecution it appeared that prisoner was engaged as registration officer at the Chinese Protect orate, and recently had
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    AT LADYSMITH.
    692 15 THE ACTION OF OCT. 30. Ox Monday morning, 30;h Oct., Sir George White, having completed all his plans, decided upon an attack in strong force on the Boer positions on the Elandslaagte road. The Boers were known to be in great numbers to the north of the town,
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    VESSELS ADVERTISED TO SAIL
    75 15 Japan via ports. Prinz Heinrich due 23rd Nov., Behn Meyer Sr <’o, Penang and Calcutta, C. Apc'ir due 24 th Nov Sarkies Sr Moses. Hongkong, A. A pear, due 25th Not., Sarkies A Moses. Samarang and Sourabaya, Kutsang due 27th Nov., Bountead A Co. Frem»ntle via
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    543 15 A meeting of the Municipal Commission was held yesterday. Mr. Gentle presided, and the other members present were: —Messrs. Evans, Anthoniss, Moses, Solist, Nanson, Riccard, Choa Giang Thye, and Tan Cheng Tuan. The minutes of the last ordinary and special meetings were confirmed. PRESIDENTS REMARKS. The President, in
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    THE TOWN LIGHTING. PRESENT METHOD CONTINUED.
    558 15 TIIE GAS COMPANY GIVE IN. The lighting question was again brought forward, and fioni the minutes read by the clerk it appeared that, at a meeting of the Lighting Committee on the 141li November, the Committee authorised the President and t he Municipal Engineer
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    CLEARING VERANDAHS. A BIT OF A BREEZE.
    1664 16 The President reported that two remonstrances had been received with regard to the clearing of verandahs, one from Messrs. Katz Bros., and the other from Messrs. Ebramsah and Co., Kling Street, who wrote that they had been allowed to place goods between the
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    WAR NEWS.
    392 16 (From Batch Sources.) The fag lie, 13 th Nov. British military writers maintain that if General White holds out till the 28th inst., at the furthest, the dancer in Natal will be warded off. The London papers deem it probable that Ladysmith will be partially relieved at the
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    TRANSVAAL WAR FUND.
    421 16 FOURTH DAY NOW $5,203. To-day’s .operations for the Fund were hindered by the heavy rain; but still the fund grows. Among to-day’s contributions is a handsome donation from W. Mansfield and Co., a liberal sum from Mr. Burkinshaw, and several sums from our Chinese friends. It may
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    WAR NEWS BY WIRE.
    1460 16 London 11 th Noe. Colonels Scliiel and Tatlicr, the Boer prisoners, have thanked the Natal Government, on behalf of the Hollanders, for the kind treatment extended to them by the British during their captivity. Colonel Kekewich reports from Kimberley under date of the 6th that the
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    774 17 ARRIVALS. I 1 pho from Klang via ports—■j. l. I, li. M. Swan, Hickie, ButterI Sellars. I /i t S* ng Guan from Bangkok—u rg Messrs. BI. Maschmeyer, I Helene. I o. s. s. ('husan from HongI M. -r-. \Y. H. Harrison, George A. I; H nrv, Sheafe,
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      141 17 Under this heading the following abbreviations are used :—str.—steamer sh.—ship; bq.—barque; sell—schooner; Yet.—Yacht; Cru. —Cruiser Gbt. —Gunboat; Tor.— Torpedo; H. p.—Horse-power; Brit.— British U. S. —United States; Fr.— French; Ger. —German; Dut.— Dutch; Joh. —Joliore <fec., G. c.,—General cargo d.p.—dock passengers U. —Uncer tain T. P. W.—Tanjong
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      TRADING VESSELS &C.
      970 17 Sri Tringganu. Dut. str. 98 tons, Nacodah 23rd No\. From Bagan, 21st Nov. Gc., and 40 d.p. Ang Lim Thay. For Bagan. 24 th-Rds. Sarie Borneo. Dut. str. 356 tons, CaptaiD Tuckey, 22nd Nov. From Bandjermassin, Htb Nov. G.c., and 227 d.p. Ang Lim Thav. For Sourabaya,
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      VESSELS EXPECTED.
      226 17 Ht me, port, probable date of arrival and name of agents Steamers. Afghanistan, Hongkong, Dec 21; F. 8. Alesia, Hamburg, Jan 2 B. M. Ambria, Hongkong, Jan 10 B. Meyer. Vnnam, Hongkong, Dec 8 M. M. Andalusia, HoLgkong, Nov. 30 B. M. Aragonia, Hamburg, Dec 5 B. M.
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      ARRIVALS.
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