The Straits Budget, 23 June 1900

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    131 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE VvEEKLY ISSUE OF THE "STRAITS TIMES.” 4 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,
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  • SATURDAY, 23RD JUNE. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      BIRTH.
      20 1 At No 1, Stevfii® R*»:id, Singapore, on •;h i»ith i;]»t.. tin* wife of A. Lmslie iiMU, of a ton.
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      MARRIAGE.
      42 1 H*hf.'t>pn-TaknOn !6th June, k: Aimn w’s Cathedral, by the Rev. I 1M.;i"»1-M»|I hs, JaMKS W ROUGH TON, t -r 'On of John Haffeiidc** of Singa- to Katharine Kuckley, only I.w-’it of die I ite Captain L. P. Tarn of Ir-Loulh, Devon.
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    318 1 -«AL*:, ARTICLES. R >lrutU mms. .r*-. >r hi id >prit/g. T- 'trait*. Chinese. id riiina. «•*ta Africa. 4L iv.*' Quotations. .N**wa. .g-r l.i i 1 tliHt Fell. Turned. Volunteer Rifle*. r v 'hare Report. the Verandah. J > Uiristi. !a y Weeding. "a-i Mahbing Affray. Jbreon 'unuay.
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    COMMERCIAL.
    605 1 .Singapore, 23rd Juke, 1900. PRODUCE. (Hates are corrected to noon) Gambier f 7.40. Coprft Bali,.,, 0.85. do Pontianak, 6.50. Pepper, Black 30.25. do White, „47.00 8ago Flour Sarawak, 3.25 do Brunei No. 1 2.90 Pearl Sago 3.90. Coffee, Bali, 15% basis 21.00 Coffee Palembang, 15% basis.. 22.00 Coffee, Liberian,
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    339 1 Thb mail for Europe, this week, leaves by the M. M. Indus. The mail for Europe, next week, is fixed for the P. and O i lyde. The German mail for Europe, by the Sachsen, closed on Tuesday. The mail Lom Europe of the 25th May,
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    PEKING. CHINESE SOLDIERS KILL A JAPANESE OFFICIAL. CHINESE GUNS LAID ON THE BRITISH LEGATION. 1,500 RUSSIANS AT TIENTSIN.
    190 1 ADMIRAL SEYMOUR'S ADVANCE ON PEKING (Special Telegram to the Straits Times Hot gkong June 14 th, 11.25 a. m. News has been received here fron Tientsin, dated Wednesday, that tin Chancellor of
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    RIOTING IN WESTERN CHINA. MISSION HOUSES WRECKED FRENCH INFLUENCE OPPOSED.
    96 1 (Special Telegram to the “Straits Times. n Hongkong, June 14th, 2p. m. Riots have broken out at Yunnan-fu, the capital of the province of Yunnan, Western China. The rioters attacked the premises of the China Inland Mission, which is worked
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    TROOPS FROM HONGKONG. ARTILLERY & INFANTRY ORDRRED NORTH. WELSH FUSILIERS SAIL ON SATURDAY.
    76 1 TROOPS FROM HONGKONG. ARTILLERY INFANTRY ORDRRED NORTH. WELSH FUSILIERS SAIL ON SATURDAY. NEARLY i,g o men. (Special Telegram to the “Strait# Times' Ilongkong 4.20 p.m. Contingents of the Asiatic Artillery and of the Hongkong R» giment are leaving here for Taku to-day. The companies of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers sail
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    NORTH CHINA. BRITISH LEGATION BURNT.
    68 1 400 WELSH FUSILIERS SATL. (Special telegram to the Straits Times 11 Honglcong y June Wh y 10.45 a m. The British Legation and some Mis* sion buildings on the western hills, outside Peking, have been burnt by the rioters. The wires from Peking to Tientsin
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    BOXER RISING IN PEKING. BUILDINGS BURNT. HUNDREDS KILLED. THE BOXERS WILL FIGHT ADMIRAL SEYMOUR.
    101 1 Hongkong v 1 6th June 1.45 p.m. At Tientsin yesterday three chapels were burned in the native city. The railway has been further damaged. Natives are leaving foreign employ. Peking advices dated Thursday state that the
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    15 1 DEATH. I »rb- 17th June, John Lingard BrooksI'k 'ijii of F. 11. Brooasbank, aged l-Ltoaths.
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    THE “STRAITS TIMES.”
    597 4 (Straits Times 14th June.) To-day, the Straits Times changes hands; and as a consequence of the change our readers expect, and are entiiled to, a loyal and frank declaration of our future policy. We will endeavour iu the following brief sentences to give an idea of what
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    SCHREINER AND SPRIGG.
    614 4 (Straits Times 1 bth June.) Mr. Schreiner has resigned the premiership of Cape Colony, an inevitable step considering the insurmountable difficulties which beset him. He is a clever politican who, before the war, had attained the position of leader of the Afrikander party there, though he is
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    THE STRAITS CHINESE.
    549 4 (Straits Times 18 th June) It is proposed to form in Singapore a Straits Chinese British Association.” There has for some time been a general desire among a large and representative body of Chinese in Singapore, who are British subjects, that such an Association should be formed.
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    WAR IN CHINA.
    489 4 (Straits Times, 19 th June Public attention is now quite diverted from the War in South Africa to the War in China. The news contained in our special telegrams today from the North is, practically, that hostilities have broken out between the troops of the Chinese Imperial
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    THE CHINA CRISIS.
    451 4 (Straits Times 20 th June It is clear that the British Government are of opinion that what lighting present necessity requires to be clone by British soldiers in North China is to be done by Indian soldiers. One obvious reason for that is that the Indian troops
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    SOUTH AFRICA.
    448 4 (Strait, Times, 22nd J utlt AfTE hls recent brilliant S L in northern Natal, General But encamped near Volksrust wl,i, i, within Transvaal territory, nortl, 1?‘ R needle” of Natal. Tha t ago He seems to have r(;IW J practically stationary ever s jJy now Ins headquarters are
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    21 4 Snvatow, a Chinese port, and ,1 ports in Queensland and Ivgyff ir 11 lied in an extraordinary (Join Gazette as plague-infected.
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    21 4 It > 5 A Shanghai telegram sa>>reported that the Powers iu IJ depose the Empress- Dowager vvllL n combined forces reach Peking
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    26 4 The Sultan of Kelantan ar* 1 has arrived in the Aint" r> salute of fifteen puns was fif'd a* Highness landed at Johnston s 1 r
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    48 4 We understand that, at a nj e€ of the directors of Hogan c it* was announced that company liad been successful!) Meran has arrived The f V l aliane with Mr. W. H |j:iE vU u tin( j Resident-General. Butler. Mr. V. H and Mr A AHen n
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    34 5 r p ,nent Gazette notifies that I the Officer Administering has been pleased to I? nation by the Hon’ble W. l' u ,,fli7 seat on the Leeislative IH riZ r traits Settlements. 0! tnc
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    44 5 I Ar ,..t Reid left Singapore by I in mail Ha 1 la*fat on the 15th c ru prietors of the Straits app°i nt ®d r A. P. I r acting editorship, and I A i' f the Straits Times, from I n ,1.3
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    47 5 I v of Taku is situated at I 1U£ X'Vthe Pei ho River, on the j.i e oftlie river about 67 miles I* 'r int-in. The only buildings of :rvjED ./'"are the forts, and the only r e-iJen!3 tlie ustom8 I -ted some pilots. W z r
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    55 5 I iu ate a.k-'l O' the Hon E M I r t r honorary secretary of the I A ,,i the Indian Famine Relief I tnal the fund will be I i. u the 30th inst., and that any I vh l wishes to subscribe to it I j ([j
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    60 5 I ~Hf output of tin and tin ore in .Malaya in the first four I-'it;.-of this year was 221,229 piculs, I r.- 7 OHO piculs in the correspondB*. .id .»f 1-99. Negri Sembilan I. the largest increase. The duty B tniDun’ed in these months to .7 an increase of #610,850
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    64 5 I I > British Vuth Borneo, the total I !<.; 1-9!) amounted to #2.456,998, I a:» in iva.-* of .>47,911 when com- v l with 1-VJ8. The return of exports I. ,v> a t »tal for 1>99 of #3,439,7)60, better than in 1898. Bp. total value of trade— imports and
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    76 5 I At rhe M micipal meeting Mr submitted much needed v.'ii .-t regulations as to the importaI a of Some such amendment I ,*:r I'lired, hut it is to he hoped that, I v.rh the Municipal Bye-laws ConiI ome to consider the regulations, I "•II n«* able to hit upon
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    89 5 I iiiE.Ldw flu Mining Standard states in Queensland, the possibi- i riv- r dredging in Pahang to I I g’Mare attracting atten- Mr. R l’regaskis, of .Sydney, the i;-1 of Messr». Maryland I Mine owners in Queensland, I' applying for prospecting rights I parts of tlie Lipis, Jelai, G-iuiig fivers
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    263 5 4 v r I/»rc{ Salisbury’s suggestion for r 'a! immation of rifle clubs 1 ni l Imperial defence, action ‘-'i taker, ainoug the Eurasian J y ot Singapore with a view to uio:» of a ritle club. We learn -pace of time, fourteen -mi tied their willingness to I these,
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    98 5 It is reported in a Bangkok newspaper that the Siamese Government has decided to grant no more business concessions to foreigners. Yet, remarks the paper, there are said to be millions of money ready to be put into Siam for her development, if only the Government will give assurances of
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    103 5 President McKinley has declared an amnesty of ninety days to the insurgents in the Philippines, during which time the insurgents have the opportunity of laying down their arms and giving in their allegiance to the United States Government. It is a wise proclamation, and may re>ult in a general quieting
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    99 5 Thx reference in Saturday’s special telegram from the north to the British Legation having been burnt, may be misunderstood. The Britbh Legation mentioned is outside Peking, probably a sort of hill station attached to the British Legation inside Peking city. It is not the British Legation. The. news seems to
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    132 5 Eleven days ago, the garrison of Coomassie, the capital of Ashanti, was on half rations and had apparently only a spare supply of ammunition. What has happened in the intervening days we cannot even surmise, but we can only hope that the garrison has been, or will be, able to
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    334 5 There is a position going in Siam for an eligible young man not over 3o years of age. It is reported in England that the Siamese have again applied to the British Government for the services of a Controller of Customs. Five or six years ago a member of the
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    158 5 The French Government has given instructions to its colonial authorities as regards the measures to be taken in case of plague outbreaks. It directs that preventive measures should, at the outset, be mainly aimed at rats, at parasitic insects harbouring in human beings and in rats, at people arriving from
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    171 5 Those in Singapore who are members of the local branch of the Navy League will be interested to learn that, despite the numerous and heavy calls on t lie public, the receipts of the League last year were over £2,000. According to the statement of the Chairman at the recent
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    351 5 Monday’s telegrams through Reuter contain some South African war news, the chief of which is that General Baden-Powell, now a full general on the staff, has by his clever work with a small force in the western Transvaal, subjected that portion of the Transvaal, unto himself, occupied the considerable town
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    220 5 The progress of Mr. Baxendale’s experiment in the cultivation of ramie constitutes one of the most interesting events in the agricultural history of Langat. So says the District Officer of that part of Selangor in his report, and he goes on to say that on the Jugra estate there are
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    196 5 We are given to understand that many hundreds of JStraits-born Chinese have already sent in their names to Dr. Lim Boon Keng as willing to become members of the proposed Straits Chinese British Association.*’ In connection with this subject, a Straits-born Chinese writes that objections were raised in the columns
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    235 5 The Colonial Nursing Association is an institution whose benefits are just beginning to be appreciated in Singapore. A branch was formed here just recently, and during the short time the nurses have been in Singapore, much useful work has already been done. The annual meeting of the Association was held
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    233 5 It is evident, from the results of actions fought in Orange River Colony, that the Boers, presumably under General De Wet, made a big effort to effectually cut Lord Roberts’ communications, between Kroonstad and the Vaal River. It is a little difficult to piece together the bare telegraphic results of
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    613 5 A deputation from the Marine Engineers’ Association recently interviewed the President of the Board of Trade in London. The deputation consisted of delegates representing the various districts of the kingdom who desired some modification of the Board of Trade regulations now in force under the Merchant Shipping Aet of 1894,
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    277 6 Thk water meters of Singapore have not been wholly satisfactory and they have been freely criticised, with some foundation. The water meter question is very pointedly discussed in Indian which has an article our Commissioners might consider att ntively. In India, it seems, dillieulty has also arisen. Indian Engineering admits
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    ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
    85 6 Splendid observations of the total eclipse of the sun were made on the 28th May on the Mediterranean stations and in America. The shape of the corona was found to be an exact duplicate of that shown at the time of tiie eclipse of 1889, confirming
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    THIS YEAR’S “BISLEY.”
    124 6 This year’s Bisley meeting comes off next month. Exclusive of challenge cups and prizes in kind, nearly .£ll,OOO are offered in the various competitions, about .£9,700 being for contests in which only the service rifle or the carbine is used. The Queen’s series accounts for a total
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    ADVANCE WAR NEWS.
    927 6 DATES TO THE SIST MAY. HOW ROBERTO SAVED THE CAMPAIGN.” In London, on the 31st. May, the news of the rapidity of Lord Roberts’ move* ments and the surrender of Johannesburg aroused both surprise and joy. The New York 'Jimes said that Lord Roberts had not merely
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    CONCERNING CRICKET.
    2245 6  -  (All Rights Reserved.) BY W. J. FORD. (Author of 44 Cricket 44 Cricket by a Cricketer &c.) HAS THE CHAMPIONSHIP BENEFITED CRICKET? The County Championship as now understood is an institution of comparatively recent years. Early in the seventies some such scheme was mooted by the M. C.
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    THE CRUISE OF THE "PORPOISE".
    94 6 An interesting event during thecrj of H.M.S. Porpoise wh.ch Sydney on the 28th May from the Sea Islands, was the tbe British flag on Savage Wand, (h( presence of the leading chi white residents. On the flag hoisted a royal salute was there WBB much
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    THURSDAY, 14TH JUNE.
    365 7 I^s>‘>^ f pabangwill bekept L instant^ I )staee stamps for Netherlands I short )v he issued, buraremm used. I' i>n*k CaptTsir R. Bouchier I H Vrt is ’e*f ected t 0 arr i Ve ?A ■ftf- r on June 25th, and will I** 1 Are till July
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    COAL IN SOUTH AFRICA.
    50 7 I in«.‘ r '»ioiiy, LtTore the war, the a, «>u*put coal reached 170,000 y.*»r In Natal the output, of i.w»>>7.s l statute tons in 1898, l v i j ii iv,» risen to half-a-midion I but for the complications .r.if.-.? M»>rv tin* end of that year.
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    WEI-HAI-WEI QUIET.
    83 7 I > date of la<t mail advices, I^'i t 1 (v ised at WVi-hai-wei owing •tfsttarp i-sson taught the country ■< r :it*!i they endeavoured to I r vM>ie \vo:k of the Boundary I "i" 11 -wd to resist the British l r interesting to notice I ‘<t
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    WAR NEWS BY WIRE.
    187 7 I 1 1’n,ju hatch Sources.) I t he Hague, 9th June. ■w. ’’■hj'ient of Boers, stationed ■‘vi 1 ;i-s l*ass and Inkwelo, has tM nf ral Hildyard. Two I: ,4 r >, with six pieces of i., l V l l ie telegraph line V 'l
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    CONCERNING CRICKET.
    2482 7  -  (All Rights Reserved.) BY W. J. FORD. (Author of 44 Cricket 44 Cricket by a Cricketer&c.) THE BIG HITTERS OF TO-DAY. JEBSOP AND TROTT. If it were not for the dictum of Robert Thoms, that 44 the public dearly loves a big hit,” I should be rather shy
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    MANILA CONSULAR CHANGES.
    51 7 Mr. H. A. Ramsden, British ViceConsul in Manila, has been transferred to Havana as Vice-Consul. Havana, being a Consul-Generalship, is higher in the scale than Manila It is likely that Captain Harford also will go away from Manila, as his health has not been at all good
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    WARREN CHALLENGE SHIELDS.
    142 7 DATEB OF COMPETITIONS. The following details have been arranged, at a meeting of the Garrison Sports Committee, in regard to this year’s competitions for the Wanren Challenge Shields:— Shooting will take place at Tanglin on the 11th August, entries to be made by the Ist July; Volunteer
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    “THE OLD OLD STORY."
    926 7 AN INCIDENT OF THE SPANIBHAM ERIC AN WAR. (Contributed by u lonic. 11 It was just before the advance on Caloocan church, and we were lying in the trenches recently occupied by the insurgents, who had been driven out that morning and had taken refuge in
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    THE DEAR ELEPHANTS!
    56 8 The teak trade in Siam is hampered by the increasing dearness of the elephants which drag the logs from the forests. Five years ago, elephants co*t only I,'OU to 1,300 rupees each. At present, the price is from 3,500 to 4,000 rupees. The cost of labour, too,
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    THE WALL THAT FELL.
    64 8 In the Supreme Court yesterday, the ca-e of Goh Eh Clioon, chop E. Seng Hong v Mr. Manasseh Meyer, of Meyer Bros', and another was continued, the case hei»*p an action for damages. The giounds of ti e claim were given in our report yesterday. Evidence
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    THEY LOST THEIR HEADS.
    88 8 On the 29th May, two hundred Philippine insurgents attacked an American force at, San Miguel de M»v iino. Captain Roberts of the US. Volunteers took a detachment to turn the enemy’s flank, upon which the insurgents poured a fearful fire into them. The men lost their
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    THE TABLES TURNED.
    114 8 A Chinaman yesterday went to Rochore Police Station and stated that liis house had been broken into and a box containing property to the value of $75 stolen. He also stated that he ha« 11 raced the box to a house in Victoria Street. The pohee visited
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER RIFLES.
    148 8 Last evening tlie members of the Singapore Volunteer Rifle Corps met in the Drill Hall to consider the proposed rules. There was a fairly good attendance, Captain St. Clair, Acting Commandant, presiding. The Provisional Committee had drawn up a set ol rules which were considered and amended
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    S C. C. BOWLING TOURNEY.
    237 8 THE CHAMPIONSHIP. The final tie for the Championship in the S. C. C. Bowling Tournament was played on the Esplanade yesterday evening between Diss and Jenkins, and a 3 both are remarkably good players a very close game was expected Contrary to expectations, however, Diss
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    FRIDAY, 15TH JUNE.
    351 8 H. M. S. Undaunted will soon be here. She was to leave Hongkong last Saturday. A new map of Siam has been issued by the Royal Survey Department at Bangkok. At Saigon, the higher cost of living is ascribed to steadily increasing pressure of taxation. Plans are
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
    78 8 The following are the results of the ladies’ monthly medal handicap competition, which took place yesterday on the Sepoy Lines links:— Mrs. Earle 70 15 66 Mis. Lovell 66 scr. 66 Miss Werry ..62 6 67 Miss Cox 78 18 6» Miss Salzmann 84 18 66
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    MR. SCHREINER’S RESIGNATION.
    232 8 FORESEEN WEEKS AGO. Great significance has been attached at Cape Town to some verses which appear in the leading Afrikander paper, Ons Land. This doggerel, which is addressed to Mr. Schreiner, advises him strongly not to be led or jockeyed by the Governor or anybody. Your heart
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    MAX O’RELL ON WEALTH.
    209 8 Max O’Rell has been much amused in America by the news that Andrew Carnegie, the multi-millionaire, has been lecturing to young men on the advantages of poverty. He says it reminds him of an archbishop he once heard lecturing to a number of factory girls on
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    A GALLANT EXPLOIT.
    556 8 HOW AN ENGINEER OFFICER AND 8 BAPPERS BLEW UP THE KROONSTAD RAILWAY. The special correspondent of the Evening Standard describes the attempt to cut t..e tailway to the north of Kroonstad before our troops eutered, and while the enemy’s trains were still leaving the town, as one
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    THE “BOXER” MOVEMENT.
    842 8 NEWS AND DETAILS. THE AMERICAN MINISTER’S QUALMS. HE THOUGHT IT WAS FUN.” Hongkong papers, received by mail yeBterriay afternoon, give particulars of the Boxer movement in North China to the 9th June. At the end of May, the Boxers had grown so strong that the Em press-Dowager
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    S.C.C. ATHLETIC SPORTS.
    369 8 TH« LI«T OF EN'TRiEg Considerably over ino been received lor the ,s <■ n riM *>»*« meeting, which takes aio t l,1 i e day week. The loo and |-J S, tutattracted a good number of hav whilst the number of i?? competitors for the half-mile i,"
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    COUNTY CRICKET.
    283 8 At Derby on 19th May Surrey defeated Derbyshire by ten wickets. At luncheon time Derbyshire were ten runs to good and had seven wickets in hand, but their chance of saving the game vanished when play was resumed, thanks to the fine bowling of D**. who took seven
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    SHOULD LADIES SMOKE?
    1911 9 viFWS of some ladies. tHE 1 ntrre .ti..e article, bearing the AS a red in a recent issue iM** 1,-chn I' is a discussion :f r ll a 1,..mV question. t iil I'HINCLSS gagarink fl. 11. TMC()f r- t hey should, if l hey a re a
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    WEEKLY SHARE REPORT.
    283 9 Messrs. Latha*» and Mactaggart, in their weekl) s!i;>r** repoit, sa> A f*i« amount ol business lias been fraiisacteo since our last report. Bates in most storks, especially tin mines, show, a decline. Kecliau -(«old Mine.—The Directors have dreid* d to pay a dividend of per share (=2‘
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    THE R. S. P. C. A.
    303 9 The attention of the Government has apparently been drawn to the existence of the local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. This Society, which has existed for several years, has hitherto derived its means of maintenance from private help,and from the fines
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    65 9 (CONDUCTED BY KINGS PAWN.”) All <*h**ss corre«pondi*nce should U* addressed to “King’» I'awu.’ Solution**: No. 17 7 (<pe»kman)Q —K B 7 (v«*ry prptt\); No. 17H (Fr ederu*h) Q—*K Kt 7; No. 17m (Grnndry) Q-Q Kt 8 Correct notations from t. O. S. ;»nci X. WhiU* t phiy, and nr
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    SATURDAY, 16TH JUNE.
    886 9 The British battleship HarjUur lias arrived ofl’Takn, near Tientsin. Five Hylam b«»ys #nj«*yed the rat tar ves'ciriay for stealing some wearing apparel. The Iphigevi/i lias arrived a 1 Portsmouth from the China Htatioi and has paid off. The Opium Ordinance 1894 Amendment Oidinance !9C*O comes into fore»
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    “FIVE A SIDE” FOOTBALL.
    88 9 A practice game of football was played on the Esplanade yesterday afternoon between the fives taking part in the 8. C. C. gymkhana football competition next Saturday. The first game was played between Goldie’s five consisting of Goldie, Curtis, Ritchie, Wishart and Napier and Jackson’s five
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    OCCUPATION OF PRETORIA.
    51 9 OFFICIAL CONGRATULATIONS. The Government Gazette publishes the following notification:— Telegram from the Officer Administering the Government to the Secretary of State. "Executive Council sends heartiest congratulations on occupation Pretoria." Secretary of State to Officer Administering the Government. "Her Majesty's Government highly appreciates hearty congratulations Executive Council occupation
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    WAR NEWS BY WIRE.
    1689 10 AT JOHANNESBURG. London 2nd June. The seizure of Elandsfontein junction near Johannesburg was eff-cted by Colonel Henry, with the Bth Mounted Infantry, on Tuesday, while General French and General Hamilton were engaged in forcing Vanwykerust simultaneous. The 3rd Cavalry Brigade detoured to the east to Generals
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    RIVER THIEVES.
    75 10 About 11.15 last night the police on duty on the river saw two Chinamen moving about suspiciously on a t wakiw. On seeing the police one of the men jumped into the sea and got away, hut the other man was arrested. The police found that 12 cases
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    THE RONTGEN RAZOR.
    235 10 It seems that the office of barbersuigeon is about to be revived again, and that under distinguished auspice»*. At the Loudon Hospital for Disea?ew of the skin, in F»tzroy-square, a correspondent of the Pali Mall Gazette lias just, witnessed a most interesting series of demonstrations. A poor
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    IMPERIAL TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION.
    270 10 Sir E. Sassoon in an exhaustive speech in the House of Commons, on May 22nd, discussed the administration, the amalgamations, the suhridies, and the tariff of the cable telegraphs of the Empire, and moved for an inquiry into ttie commercial and i»tr*iegic defectB of the Imperial telegraphic
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    1158 10 AN UNSETTLED STATE. Of late there have been many signs of coming trouble in Jambi, a tributary State in South Sumatra, where Dutch authority can be enforced in a few districts only. In the interior a pretender Sultan holds sway who refuses to acknowledge Dutch rule. Gold is
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    ARRIVED BY MAIL.
    54 10 Per P O. s. s I airtt'i to-day om L *ndon—Mr. and Mis. A. Gaiia-a JK Herkie, and Mrs. (i I» >impson. Ime Mars ill* s—M« ssrs Griyor layl«*r Cr. Leeki ,A J 14. Jswinn» y, and bell. 1 rum Penang—M »«d M'-. mings, Messrs. 14. l»uncaii,
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    COMING HOLIDAYS.
    49 10 The anniversary of the Q :ltYrl Coronation will he kept as a holiday* the 28»h June in Penang, and 29ih June in Singapore and Mahtt* The 6th July will 1* observed public holiday in Penang in cvit-kk'* of the 100th anniversary of tl»« ment of Province Wellesley.
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    SINGAPORE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.
    69 10 At a meeting of the Nupaf™** ball Association, held b‘k M. li Scoular was J li( t Shield roinpeti'inli tl.' are: RA. (K-.rt Gam»'*) f lo (Blakan Mat j), I' 1 1 Jong Pagar, S.C.GV, a »’l > Recreation Club. hut lance each team SCI hun";' 'I
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    OUR VOICES.
    107 10 It is a curious fact that voice is nut neatly r with in women nowadays, dlower register. A well kn° states as fact that the better races have naturally l«»wer <ftk that in all probability the u* ancients were much more at our own. S»» that the s
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    RAFFLES SCHOOL SPORTS.
    576 11 ){K SECOND DAY. j in d principal part ot th(IMf- School athletic sports #»<*> w i>h crcat success, on the yesterday aftert 3 r weather was all that *>■«■ and the ground was .•oi 1 ~o n dition—a nd, best of we re m form. There were
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    A “BOXER” PLACARD.
    101 11 r l< ~ia “B'»*er” placards ii r, V i,i,i,1 ch** that 41 foreigner? L i'* t ,r r| y y p ars turning Chin: *ul T ley nBll l the <K Uj... i Ukt territory and lev* ti*i r fcl .r traitors fall in will n he
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    1004 11 Naturally, the serious state of affairs in North China is being keenly discussed by the Chinese in Singapore. I know that, partly by conversation with our influential Chinamen, and partly, Sir, because of your statement to me that the Chinese were largely buying the Straits Times to
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    124 11 Mr. J. R. Innes, Collector of Land Revenue, Penang, reported h s return from leave of absence on ih 12ih instant. He has been appointed Acting Inspector of Prisons, Straits Settlement», with effeet from the 12ih instant Mr. L. K P. Wulferstan, Sheriff and Deputy Registrar of the
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    MONDAY, 18TH JUNE.
    360 11 The laws of Federated Malaga now include a Criminal Procedure Code. The Dutch Government steamer Liadic arrived this morning from Ruio. The Penang Municipal Commission* is invite tenders lor ihe construction of new Municipal offices. The Malay Mail hears that a new company has been floated at
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    THE QUEEN'S EYESIGHT.
    62 11 It is reported that the Queen’s eyesight is becoming more and more a matter of grave concern to those about her. All despatches and all letters, except the most private, are read to Her Majesty, who now writes little more than her signature with her own hand.
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    THE “FLEUR DE LOTUS.”
    86 11 The claim of the Shell Transport Co. amounting to SI,OOO for towing the Chinese junk Fleur de Lotus to Colombo from Singapore came before the appeal court at Colombo on the 4th ins ant. Ihe junk had oeen towed thitner by the steam*»» big well. The
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    LORD ROBERTS’ WORK.
    76 11 A correspondent at the front writes that one of the most striking featun s •l our advance north to the Vaal was the wonuei ful energy displayed by Lord Roberts. Every morning he was up oefore daybreak, and rode hard till the afternoon. Wherever he halted he
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    LIQUID FUEL FOR STEAMERS.
    90 11 The Shell liner CL mi took in a supply of liquid fuel at Colombo on the 7th instant, she being the Hrst steamer io do so there. It is reported that all the steamers of the Shell Line will shortly be using liquid fuel. Furnaces for
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    A FIRE YESTERDAY.
    171 11 At about 3 p.m. yesterday, some mischievous person or persons at the Ballestier Rifle Range set lire to the bush behind the residence of several persons residing in the neighbourhood. One f the houses neaiest.tot.be conflagration was that of Inspector Bateman, who fortunately was at the house
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    “CORPUS CHRISTI.”
    291 11 Yesterday, the festival of Corpus Christi was celebrated at the Cathedral if 44 The Good Shepherd.” A pontifical iigh mass was sung in the morning, lie Right Rev. Dr. Bourdon being celebrant, assisted by deacon and *ub-deacon. In the evening pontifical vesjiers were chanted, after which the procession
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    DARUL ADAB CLUB.
    736 11 THE ANNUAL ATHLETIC SPORTS. The annual athletic sports of the Darul Adab Association, the leading Malay club in Singapore, took place at the club ground, JaJan Besar, on Saturday afternoon. The ground was gaily'decorated with banners, and on the pavilion there were several Union i Jacks, and
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    SATURDAY’S WEDDING.
    76 11 The wedding was celebrated at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, at 4 p.m on Saturday, of Mr. J tines Wrought on Haffeuden and Miss Katherine Ruck ley fain, only diughter of the late Capt. Ta»n, of Plymouth. The Revd. D. iolland* Stubbs conducted the marriage -remony in the presence of
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    RUSSIA IN KOREA.
    1549 12 THE MASVMPHO BARGAIN. WILL JAPAN MAKE A COUNTER*MOVE In a 'leading article touching the recent acquisition by Russia of the important harbour of Masampho, in Korea, the Times of May 25th com* mented as follows It was at Red yesterday in the Hou e of Co inons
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    THE COST OF WAR.
    202 12 Up to the 19ih iMay, the following losses had been sustained in South Africa: N C O’s Officers, and Men. Killed in action 224 2,13i ie of w«»u»»ds 68 617 Missing and prisoner-* excluding those who have been recovered) 171 4,304 Died of disea-e 84 2,719
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    GOLF.
    201 12 SINGAPORE G. C. V. BEPOV LINKS G. C. The return match between these two chibs was played on Saturday on the Race Course. It will be remembered that the result of the game at Sepoy Lines was a victory for the home team by 15 holes. Saturday’s game was
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    THE “BOXERS.”
    410 12 TILLAGE AND PLUNDER. SITUATION ON THE llTrf JUNE. In paper* to baud from Hongkong tilt* morning, dales from Peking to (lie 2nd June mention tile arrival of 846 marines lo guard the Legation* there, it la allege»! that the Legal lous were inturmea of the approaching danger, and
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    PENNY POSTAGE PAYS.
    118 12 The Globe remarks: —“There was nobody wdio did not. rejoice when penny postage for England and her Colonies was institute»!. Whatever had happened financially, t lie innovation would have been good. It is, however, not the less pleasant to hear from the PostmasterGeneral of Canada that the
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    THE JAPANESE TROUPE.
    117 12 The Japanese troupe of acrobats performed before a crowded audience, on the Beach Road ground, on .Saturday night. Near the conclusion of the show, some red cloth in one of the box seats caught fire and there was confusion, especially among the native women who made for
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    GOOD FOR JAMAICA.
    137 12 A contract has been entered into between the Crown Agents for the Colonies and Messrs. Elder, Dempster, and Co. for a steamship service between Jamaica and the United Kingdom. The contractors are to provide work and maintain a service of fruit., passenger, and mail steamers for 10
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    SELANGOR IN 1899.
    725 12 THE ADMINISTRATION REPORT. Thk administration report on Selangor for la**t year slates that the revenue of the Slate amounted to $6,692,&f0, as compared with $3,862,439 in 1898 increase of $2,*29,891. Both I lie amount.Collected and t lie extent of the advance exceed all previous records there The
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    COLLISION.
    54 12 On the afternoon of the 13th instant, the Teutonia collided with the Langkat at Klang broadside on. The collision started one of the Langkat's plates below the water line the vessel filled and sank. When ttie tide want down she was floated off. Two hundred bags of rice on
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    PRETORIA DAY IN MALACCA.
    559 12 A CORRESPONDENT at Mai I Lu-t Mon,la y •‘venirut J* I niatiun of tlie Vm i I entertained for Her j, yal ftt.,l Majesty the Q.ieen by a |l nif ""Si community of Malaga, i„ *4»l a large j.rocesMon „f aU u length which, «wing tu
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    WAR NEWS BY WIRE
    108 12 (From 1)«M The Hun"', 11^ >||| A lakoe commando of Transvaal arc now marc» di «trictMiddelhurg in the *i» The Boers are also i>reparmc (4 stubborn resistance in nt ni reported that Generals Rundle have compelled 6 < surrender. j J&r General Buller has cn'e^* He
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    CRICKET
    327 13 p r. c. r. B- llnwine is the result of a The ..layed on the Esplanade a f,' r .,«.."betweentheS.lt.C. Jt ir i‘wn of the Koyal Engineers K. I*. cl r fr- L V h"-' rv K o. i I. Emery 14 Z"-, I. Km» r\ f' v L*
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    ALLEGED STABBING AFFRAY.
    116 13 a public-house brawl. a disturbance occurred tan Globe Hotel, Middle Road, in course of which a Russian Jew Kolawski was, it is alleged, in the head by a German Jew r-arned Mauritz Reivers, either by a i: or S(,ri *e sharp instrument. After Reivers ran out of
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    THE P.&O. AND THE SUEZ CANAL.
    148 13 fir* if ls May Prince Auguste C/?’ trident of the Suez Canal W<*i b was entertained at a Ornt n Chairman and One;,;.? r, l^e Peninsular and zr<~. 7 teamship Company, in the Th o J*“ Leadenhall Street. Sir The utl er land. G.C.M.G.
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    TUESDAY, 19TH JUNE.
    456 13 Three Hokiens recently arrested for thefts in the harbour, have been sentenced to two years* rigorous imprisonment each. The British steamer Catherine Apcar arrived from Hongkong this morning with forty-three Chinamen, who were picked up from a junk in the China sea. This morning, Colonel Pennefather held
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    FIVE-A-SIDE FOOTBALL.
    43 13 In the five-a-side football competition of the S. C. C. there were two good games last night. No. 5 Harris) beat No. 1 Dick) by two touch-downs to one. No. 2 (Goldie) beat No. 3 (Abrams) by one touch-down to nil.
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    BATU PAHAT NEWS.
    103 13 (From Our Correspondent.) A full grown tigress was trapped by a Chinaman at Simpan Kiri in the interior of Batu Pahat and shipped to Johore to-day (June 17th) for the usual reward of *lOO. The animal is reported to have carried away six of the Chinaman’s pigs,
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    FIRE ON THE “ SACHSEN.”
    86 13 FIRE ON THE SACHSEN.” It is reported that on board the German mail steamer Baehsen which arrived here yesterday evening from Hongkong, a fire broke out, shortly after she left Yokohama, in her bunkers. The Sachsen was slowed down and stopped; holes were cut through the deck and water was
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    A RACE-HORSE TRANSACTION.
    1199 13 In the Supreme Court, this morning, beiore Mr. Justice Leach, the ca*e of Ezra Nathan, broker, Change Alley, v. Harold Latham, broker, Gresham House, came on for hearing. Mr. Van Someren appeared for plaintiff and Mr. Van Cuylenberg for defendant. Plaintiff's claim was set out as follows
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    THE MUNICIPAL MEETING.
    44 13 To-morrow’s Municipal agenda includes the following items: Correspondence re offer of part of Hotel del’Europ* for Supreme Court, Mr. Barker’s motioi re dog regulations, Singapore-Kranj railway, acquisition of land at tw< places, registration of deaths, ano licenses under the Explosives Ordinance
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    MAFEKING.
    260 13 OCT. 15, 1899— MAY 16, 1900. (Alfred Austin in the u Times”) Once again, banners, fly! Clang again, bells, on high, Sounding to sea and sky Longer and louder Mafeking’s glory with Kimberley, Ladysmith, Of our unccnquered kith Prouder and prouder. Hemmed in for half a year, Still with
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    THE STRAITS CHINESE.
    555 13 TO THE EDITOR OP THE < BTBAITS TIMES.’’ Sir, —With reference to the contemplated “Straits Chinese British Association,” and your leading article ciieieon published in yesterday s issue, i beg you will permit me to say a few words. With the objects of the proposed Association I
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    NOVEL PRETORIA CELEBRATION.
    85 13 Malacca, or rather Chief Police Officer D’Arcy Symonds, struck an original idea in the celebration of che surrender of Pretoria —nothing less than an exhibition of savage South African warfare at the tennis ground, on the night of June 9th. The invading and defending forces were composed
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    LIBELLING AN EMPEROR.
    108 13 A HEAVY PENALTY. At Tokyo, Japan, on the 31st May, Yamakawa Hitoshi. the editor of Happy Titling* for Young Men and another man named Morita Kyuji, were each sentenced to imprisonment for a term of three years and six months, with a police surveillance for one year,
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    PENSEES DE FEMME.
    1444 14 “To have the sailors among you malies alt the difference between rain-water and brine So wrote the late G. W. Steevens in what was perhaps the most pathetic chapter of the saddest bouk which has appeared this year. And so echoed the thousands of spectators who had
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    TO SUPPORT THE ADMIRAL.
    68 14 In a leading article on the position in China, the Times says that Great Britain expects the Government to give the Admiral on the China Station all moral and material support for the protection of British interests, which arc predominant; and that if the situation is
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    A BIG ENTERPRISE.
    153 14 There are rumoum at home that there is a big mining enterprise shortly to come into existence in connection with German West Africa, and it is said that the Anglo-German West Africa Company is about to spend something like £lOO,OOO in ascertaining whether or not the ores
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    THE “BOXER” OUTBREAK.
    921 14 THE SITUATION ON THE 13th JUNE. Advices from China by German mail reach to the 13th instant. At that date preparations were going on at Hongkong tor despatching troops to the North. AT TIENTBIN. A Tientsin correspondent of the N.-C. Daily News writes on the 2nd inst.
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    S. C. C. ATHLETIC SPORTS.
    335 14 THE HANDICAPS. The following are the handicaps for the events at the S. C. C. athletic sports to be held on Saturday. The band of the 16th M. N. I. will be in attendance, and ladies are specially invited to attend: 150 YARDS FLAT HANDICAP.
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    ABOUT HACK GHARRIES.
    431 14 The owners of several hack gharries have been interviewed in order to learn their opinions on the idea of putting a more spacious gharry on the road. With regard to a standard carriage none of them have any idea as to what are the precise dimensions required;
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    THE BREAK-UP OF CHINA.
    710 14 SIR T. JACKSON SAYS CHiv SPEECH n AME WC4 The opinion of Sip tc chief manager of the h” I** 1 Shanghai Banking c I,un ek° 0 *j Chinese matters i« |,orill «n which all listen with >ini '-n t *or that reason that w e
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    FREED OF MOSQUITOES
    80 14 WORTH A TRIAL BV THE MINI* I pALITl Experiments have been at Sassari, in Italy, with the freeing that town from ,,1US( 1 U The larva; were destroyed bv 1" r r placed in the puddles and jree grounds twice a month, and the n. toes were
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    GUARDING BOER PRISONERS.
    83 14 AN UNWELCOME TASKThe Royal Warwickshire employed in guarding the 15"» r l ,rl r at Kimon’s Town, find it a »»">t business The sentries arc j bribes to let the prisoners escai every temptation is thrown 1» way. This may in some measure for the Cape authori'ies’
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    WEDNESDAY, 20TH JUNE.
    919 15 employed by Mr. Capper l" 6 rr JroA on a charge of H bf-n jrr ■T «ir.PT Taylor has to-day X» merit of the E. E. A. 1 i, pre is ;r r ;,.:r.ii •»>• here. ,.holies against whom y- Uti r ii(;rcely antagonistic m-A V Z-u
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    FOOTBALL.
    518 15 S. C. C. C 8. V. A. AND S. V. R. A friendly game took place last night on the Esplanade between the above teams, anu after a very even and wellcontested tussle the result was a draw of 1 goal each. As the S. V. A. and 8
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    THE WALL THAT FELL.
    77 15 In the Supreme Court yesterday the hearing of evidence in the case of Goh Eh Choon, Chop E. Seng Hong r. Mr. Manesseh Meyer of Meyer Bros., and another, was concluded. Plaintiff claimed damages owing to the parting wall of two houses in Boat Quay, one
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    NAVAL GUNS AT LADYSMITH.
    749 15 LECTURE BY CAPTAIN PERCY SCOTT. Captain Percy Scott and Captain A. H. Limpus, of the Terrible delivered lectures on the “Mountings of the Naval guns and their subsequent use with the Ladysmith Relief Column before a large audience at the Hongkong City Hall, on the 13th
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    A RACE-HORSE TRANSACTION.
    1013 15 JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANT. In the Supreme Court, yesterday afternoon, the case of Ezra Nathan vs. Harold Latham was further continued. Plaintiff claimed 5i ,042, being equivalent to 1,500 rupees, alleged to have been lent to the defendant, and for the return of a horse called Burleigh detained
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    RUBBER FOR MILD CLIMES.
    60 15 In a recent lecture at the Paris Academie des Sciences, Messrs. I. Dyhowski and G. Frou introduced a new rubber-furnishing plant, a native of Northern China. This new plant, called Encomia lUinoidcs whose fruit contain over twenty-seven per cent, o: indiarubber, has great economic advantages. It
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    IS CIVILISATION A FAILURE?
    76 15 The gaols of Scotland in part of last year were filled to overcrowding. This was owing to the number of commitments (59, 264) being the highest on record. The increase occurred chiefly under the head of drunkenness, assaults, desertion, and bad language. The only explanation suggested
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    COLONIAL APPOINTMENTS.
    73 15 A DOWNING STREET CIRCULAR. The Times of Ceylon hears that a circular is going the round of all Government offices there, inviting the signatures of Government officials, drawing over R 3,000 a year, who are desirous of obtaining Colonial appointmentsoutside the Colony. The offer comes from the Secretary
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    “PIPOP.”
    94 15 Carlyle described the British people as mostly fools,” and perhaps he was not altogether wrong, but, as a rule, British imbeciles are more or less adulterated with sanity, and may, therefore, be disqualified. Laos, in Cochin China, is, according to Dr. Lefever, a village of out-and-out fools or lunatics.
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    DEAR ARMOUR PLATE.
    102 15 Progress in the building programme of the U. S. Navy, provided for by the Appropriation Bill, has b*>en suspended owing to the high price of armour-plate demanded by the Illinois Steel Works. The Navy Bill directs the Secretary of the Navy to pay not exceeding $545 per
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    FRENCH RECOGNITION.
    114 15 It will be remembered that in January last H M.S. llerihione helped to tow off the La Seyne which had gone ashore some fifty milns from Singapore. The agent of the company in Singapore made a handsome present at the time to the Straits and Malayan Transvaal War
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    KECHAU GOLD MINING CO., LTD.
    1633 16 report of the manager. The following is the report of the mine manager of Kechau for April and May: During April, 232 tons of ore were crushed for a yield of 255 ounces of retorted gold, and during May, 278 tons for a yield of
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    THE ST. NICHOLAS SOCIETY.
    88 16 The Hon. E.C. Hill wishes to acknowledge the following donations collected for the St. Nicholas Society By Mrs. Douglas Lovell M**s. Diss 6 T Rawson Ker Esq 10 Mrs. A. Gumming 6 F. H. Pearce, Esq 10 C. W. Darbishire, Esq. 10 0 By Mrs. G.
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    BLASTED HOPES.
    1157 16 A PLEA FOR THE BOER®. (By a Contributor.) The best laid plans of mice and men Gang aft a-glev And leave us naught but grief and pain For promised joy.” Bums Oh, Hamlet, what a falling off was there v Shakesp tort. Now that the Union Jack is
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    DEPARTURES BY MAIL.
    66 16 The following is the passenger list of the Sackten from Singapore For Antwerp—Mrs. M- Olree, Mrs. A. F. Spruvt, Messrs G G. Flintcrmann and Knapp. For Genoa-Messrs. C. Thorne, A. iStrassle, W. Kubel, Dr. E. Nyman, Messrs. A. A. Laguet and F. P. Sehall For London —Mr.
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    NINETY-ONE KILLED.
    81 16 The Filipino insurgents continue to give the Americans trouble at Cagayan, in the island of Mindanao. The Manila Times tells of how, the other Hay, a column of 80 men while making a reconnaissance stumbled unexpectedly upon a body of 500 insurgents, most of them armed with guns.
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    RATS!
    104 16 Rats, says a correspondent, by no means cease to be a source of trouble when dead. The carrying out of the present crusade against them brings about a state of things by no means desirable. Dead rats are brought to the rikisha depots, and are then collected in a
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    CHINESE IN SIAM.
    108 16 A POLL TAX. The Government of Siam has passed rules regarding the levy of a poll-tax on Chinese there. This tax is payable once every three years, and Chjnese from the ago of 18 to 60 come under the rule. The tax amounts to over four ticals.
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    THURSDAY, 21ST JUNE.
    654 16 The result of the Stakes .was :-Baidu'r fag I Tom Cringle 3. Captain of I reports that S;i o h V. from his cabin. e H Thf recent I Hons at. Samiakan of eleven criminals f r n I His Honour the Acting < I arrived here
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    THE SAILORS HOME.
    169 17 I tii annual report, just r “1 .mmitteH of tlie Sailor.» r .*»ult< of the eai The nurnhei I making use ol I n *t s'» lame in 1899 as I «.ah* of charts and H ~.r tii tu in any previou» express their 1 r K
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    PAHANG NEWS.
    567 17 (/>.,//! v 1 '»frespondent.) M i x \2Ui June. JU 'II»K.\ 1 -ol.N t-KAl. S VISIT. I j, tjfxv»* t > i r»is on the im* Acimg Uesident- \|i- JliMMi Tieoclier The n r t ii* night ot (lie 7th at i i,*-xi «lay inspected the nil"* tie*
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    A FIRE AT PULO BRANI.
    212 17 A tew minutes b e f ore g o’clock last night a lire was reported to have broken out at the Tanjong Pagai Docks. The Superintendent of the Fire Brigade turned up promptly, and a representative of the Straits Times. who had heard the alarm
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    ARE CANDLES EXPLOSIVES?
    242 17 A shout time ago. a correspondent in the Straits Times drew attention to the operation of two laws in the matter of explosives, and pointed to the fact that tiiese ordinances operated in an adverse manner as to the vendor ot explosives. Ihe ordinances are the Municipal
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    RUSSIA’S RAILWAY ACTIVITY.
    331 17 A correspondent, writing from St. Petersburg on the 21st ult., stated that within the next, few days, a special commission would leave St. Petersburg for the Turkestan district. The commission consists of four surveying parties from the Department of the Ministry of Ways of Communications and of
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    1195 17 A MEETING of the Municipal Commission was held yesterday afrernoon. Present:—Messrs. A Gentle (presiding), B»>hst, Barker, Capper, Maclaren, Jago, Col. Pennefather, Choa Giang riiye, and Lee Choon Guan. The minutes of the last meeting were confirmed. THE PRESIDENT. The President said he was glad the revenue was coming
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    THE STAMP CRAZE.
    91 17 A RUSH AT TAIPING. There was great excitement at the Taiping Post Office a few days ago, when some 80,000 four cent stamps, surcharged one cent, were offered for sale, and again on the 15th instant when a like number of five cent stamps, similarly surcharged were
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    THE DERBY.
    212 17 HOW DIAMOND JUBILEE WON. In the Derby, the betting was 6 to 4 against Diamond Jubilee, 100 to 30 Forfarshire, 8 to 1 Disguise 11, 100 to 6 Simondale, 10 to 1 Bonarosa and Chevening, 25 to 1 Sailor Lad, 30 to 1 Governor 11, 40 to 1
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    NEWS BY WIRE.
    589 17 London, Vtlt June. The French Consul at Mengtsze and the French Agent at Yunnanfu have been compelled to tetire from their posts, the Viceroy announcing fl at he is unable to guarantee their safety. On the 6th of Ma> the Boxers burned the Russian Chapel at Yungtingan.
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    EMIGRATION TO MALAYA.
    51 17 The Protected States of the Malay Peninsula, being anxious to recruit Indian labour this year in famine tracts, recently asked the co-operation of the Indian Government. The result, says Indian Engineering is that voluntary emigration to the Straits can now go on all-over India without interference or
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    THE RESIDENT-GENERAL.
    73 17 —Malay Mail. Sib Frank Swettenham, writing from Wei-hai-wei on May 30th v says that he arrived there with a nasty kind of low fever which kept him in bed for some time. He hopes that the fever has now left him, but says that he is much pulled
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    WAR NEWS BY WIRE.
    1648 18 THE BOER FLIGHT FROM PRETORIA. London Sth June. Somb of the British officers who were prisoners at Pretoria, on being ordered to prepare for departure to Nooitgedachr, seized and disarmed two of the Boer commandants. The number of British prisoners removed is variously stated. It appears
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    KUALA LUMPUR RACES.
    83 18 A ROYAL NAVY CUP.” Captain Sir Bourchier Wrey and the officers of H. M. S. Brisk which is to visit Selangor this week, have offered to the Committee of the Selangor Turl Club a cup of the value of $2 0 to be run for at the
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    SELANGOR RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
    106 18 At a general meeting of the Selangor Rifle Association on Saturday night, Captain Talbot was elected President On Sunday morning the shooting season was opened at the Pudoli range Fifteen members turned up, and there was a keen contest for the first place between Mr Beltield, Captain
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    ST. NICHOLAS SOCIETY.
    74 18 The following donations to the St. Nicholas Society are acknowledged: By Miss Webster Capt. Stratton $10 A friend 10 Mrs. Dixon Fisher .*> A friend 1 Miss E. Craig 6 A well-wisher 6 M rs. W. Webster 6 Mrs Winter 5 Aug. Solo u 10 Mrs. Dunlop
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    FRIDAY, 22ND JUNE.
    735 18 There is an “At Home”at the Tanglin Club to-night. Mr. Keyscr, H. B. M.’s Consul at Brunei, arrived here yesterday in the s 'ea Belle. Ceylon finances figured out thus last year:—Revenue R 25,913,041, expenditure R 24.952,460, surplus K 960,581. Hadji Ali, the “amok runner, being still
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    FIVE-A-SIDE FOOTBALL.
    116 18 The semi-final ties in the S. C. C. five-a-side competition were played off yesterday afternoon. In the first £anae Goldie’s team met Harris’s. The latter started well, but Goldie’s men seemed in better fettle than their opponents, and came out winners of their tie by 1 goal and
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    THE CAMBRIDGE SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION.
    589 18 us valuable results All the members of tk* to the Siamese-Malay State. returned to England fi, 1 r n»ent of the necessary’, Bangkok, the party lr ar bmgora, where the expedition commenced K- tk 'fit. tion of the Inland *ea, *hi roughly speaking, fin The birds’
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    A NAVAL EXPERIMENT
    106 18 THE DA NGEK OF WOODWORK «'X Ax interesting experiment m r v to the effects of naval gunm i) „5 in the English Channel r* j lie Kelsey Bill, on the Sussex cu.iy f obsolete coast defence ship 4,870 tons, which was built m 1 q* used
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    THE RACE-HORSE TRANSACTION.
    133 19 iNTIFF FAys THE costs. Supreme Court,* this iV c Mr Justice gave n respect to the divi':r i r the case of Nathan ;-,.s ie general effect in action, he said, was 1 ,nt had been successful, the horse no i. ,voided. What defendant V. j,, previous
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    A LARGER PERAK.
    41 19 in rni-ioner of the Siamese «r P' and Mr. Byrn, chief r t!i** Siamese Government, > .v irk inn out t lie boundary fViak and Rahman, a M.layan State. The new v ’-.h iugely increase the area iii A
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    COINERS IN PERAK.
    49 19 ~::f /V i/■ l‘u nicer reports that the *-r have unearthed a nest of ;Ml l who have r r\mi: **n 111♦ *ir trade in all parts K-d. ratrd Malay States. The min tinned out by tlie gang r vJ •*ho an admirable imitation dull ir.
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    SINGAPORE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.
    88 19 ni.-eting of the Football Associa.ll 1 »-t night, the competing -in tin* mining competition were 1. i ;i' follow> Tanjong Pagar versus '»C'. 1; A to he played on 3rd Mr S* oul.tr referee. S.C.C. versus Kii*_rin** is, to l»e played on 10th M Miller referee. S.R.C.
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    KUALA LUMPUR RACES.
    228 19 i t'.ilinvirif; entries have been 1 s t-»r t Kuala Lumpur Raeee, next Tuesday, and "ii ih'irsday and Saturday x. v.t‘» k FIRST DAY. I Dustin, The Nun, Lawan, II D mlat, Ladysmith, Mafe- Li milt, Baa Lamb, Norah, Aira«, Winifreda, Little J 'ii'l K' liidna. 111
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    CHESS.
    218 19 (conducted by king’s pawn.”) All chess correspondence should be addressed to “King's Pawn.” Solutions: No. 180 (Nemo) Kt—R 4 No. 181 (Shelley) R Q Bsq. Correct solutions received from A. O. S., X, and Nemo. A corre-pondent has 6ent me an end game which illustrates the taking ol Pretoria
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    696 19 arrivals. P i r s. s. Sappho from Klang via ports Mrs. Arnott, and Mr. L. C. Browne. IVr s. s. Loodiana from Madras via po Or. and Mrs. T. S. Kerr, Miss Pa r, Mr. and Miss Duberly, and Mr. and >-rs. l)e Souza. Per s. s.
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      170 19 U nder thi9 heading the following abbreviations are used —str. —steamer sh. —ship q.- -barque sell.—schooner; Yet.—Yacht; ’ru.—Cruiser; Gbt. —Gunboat; Tor.— t orpedo H.p.—Horse-pow’er Brit.— British U. S.—United States; Fr.— French; Ger. —German; Dut.— Dutch; 'oil.—Job ore Ac., G. c..—Genera•argo d.p.—deck passengers; U.—Uncer ain; T. P. W.—Tanjong
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      TRADING VESSELS & C.
      360 19 TRADING VESSELS C. Arrivals Since Noon of Yesterday. Ayr, Brit. str. 1,955 tons, Capt Gibson, 21st June. From M »ji, 7th June. Coals. M B. Kaisha. U—VV. Aker, Nor. str. 1,899 tons, Capt Wett rgren, 22nd June. Fr-*m Kuchinotzu, 9th nine Coals. Boustea 1 and Co. U—R s. Benglo Brit,
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      ARRIVALS.
      1367 19 M tL*i> I VbBBßL’s Name lone Gaft.in From Bail*d. Corsighiks. iiio j j 13 Sappho Brit Btr. 329 {Turner Klang June 12 S. SVhip Coy Ltd. 13 Hok Tjioe Dut str 397 Hubert jSaigon June 10 Eng Ghee Seng 13 Nienhuys Btr 5U Leonhard Batavia June 11 Daendels and
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      CLEARANCES.
      904 19 Date. Vessel's Name FlagAKig Captain Destination fane 13 Darius Brit str. Frith .Sydney via porta 13 i luitagong sir. Cui field Amoy* 14 Chow i hya str. b*lli«oe Malacca and Klang 14 Hong Wan str. Hudson Muar and Malaga 14 Ban Poli Guan ,f str. St ratton Macassar via
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