The Straits Budget, 8 December 1900

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    129 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.’ The Straits imes is wi ely read throughout Asia generally. It circulates in Singapore and Penang, throughout all the Protected States of the Malay Peninsula, in Siam, Borneo, the Netherlands Indies, the Philippines, and French Indo-China. r I-HKI' OVKK
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  • The Straits Budget.
    • SATURDAY, 8TH DECEMBER. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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        BIRTH.
        17 1 I \j ,i; rl, Singapore, on the i mi, the witr of Mr. I. of -u-ijtfr.
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        MARRIAGES.
        61 1 \i >t. Andrew's Cathe- Ist, lp ;o, William \\ki:v, of Tjimpaka s Borneo, onlv son of \v. i iif Richmond, to fc-, A \\w daughter of V <r\. i London, England. I r m-t at St. Andrew s •■n hle Archdeacon Mary Bartlett, John Edward Bartlett -i.u v. Bucks.,
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    353 1 v Art*» i k> |m'/\ M.-:ng l'j-ihrr. x»*w.\pwji II I kX in;:i;t».«in oi th Municipal KB ‘'•*'i‘i.*nt II >r llv Mark»*t El 4 T "*A ll II c ki-luriMllce. \f.* l t h <* Rowing Club. 11liouiui* t’luh. I: **vi u.*„u. I' 1 t! Way Ef' :1
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    COMMERCIAL.
    599 1 S noaporb, 6th December, 1900. PRODUCE. (Hates are corrected to noon\ Gambier buyers.... 7.90 Copra Bali, 6.65. do Pontianak, 6.00. Pepper, Black, 28.50 do White, (5%) 43.00 Sago Flour Sarawak, 3.15 do Brunei No. 1... 2.90 Pearl Sago 3.65. Coffee, Bali, 15% ba5i5........ 24.03 Coffee Palembaug, 15% basis.. 28.0)
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    258 1 Thk mail for Bur ope, this week, leaves by the M. M. Annum. The mail for Europe, next week, is fixed for the P. O. Sobraon. The German mail for Europe, by the Stuttgart closed on Monday. The German mail from Europe by the Vrinzess Irene
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  • SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE “STRAITS TIMES.”
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      WAR MATERIAL AT SHANGHAI. IMPORTATION STOPPED.
      77 1 llongJ.ong, Friday. The Consular Council at Shanghai has published a notice, prohibiting the importation of articles which might be used in tlie manufacture of war material. The Japanese Consul-General yesterday withdrew iris name from the notice in accordance with instructions received from Tokyo. Last
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      COUNT YORK DEAD.
      17 1 Ifonj/roug, her. B/v/. Count York died of coal-gas poisoning on the march to Kalgan.
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      EXPECTED MOVEMENT OF THE COURT.
      105 1 There are many signs that the Court will return to Peking immediately arrangements have been made for peace preliminaries and the withdrawal of a large part of the Allied troops from Peking. One sign is that an Imperial clansman— Puliang passing through Shanghai to escape
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      A BAD TIME FOR BOXERS. VILLAGES DESTROYED, BOXERS EXECUTED.
      46 1 Hongkong Dec. Uh. The mixed detachment, recently commanded by Count von \ork (since dead), and now under the command of Major-General Baron Gayes, destroyed rive Boxer villages near the Ming tombs, and executed 2d Boxers, last Friday.
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      PEKING-YANG-TSUN RAILWAY.
      15 1 The* opening of the Peking-\ang-tsun railway will probably take place on Monday next.
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      TUNG-FUH-SIANG CASHIERED. MERITS ACKNOWLEDGED.
      70 1 Hongkong Dec. bth. An Imperial edict issued cashiers Tung-fuh-siang of his rank and titles, but he is to remain in his post at the Court as an acknowledgment of his merits in suppressing the recent Mahommedan rebellion, and of his intimacy with Kansuh, which latter has
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      EXPECTED OUTBREAK IN TIENTSIN.
      16 1 Placards predicting a Chinese outbreak have been appearing in Tientsin native city.
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  • RETUER’S TELEGRAMS.
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    80 1 REA ms. i i Li.u. <»n Sunday, the 2nd I- Mi .I.i (it.oTii, late Apothecary IF .it hi >n. m-.* ears. |*i;v hn the M Nov., at Bristol, i t ill at Redlands, Lieut. i in > \<:Kkx/.ie Salmond, 1.. t» Fu-ihers, at the age of 59, Tirnr» W. Salmond,
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    A SEQUEL.
    757 2 [Strait a Tinted, 20/A A Those who have been inter rJ v the wiles of the “Spini-li in-'?, will be amused to learn wiia pens to gentlemen who iiif 4 bait purveyed by such letter- addressed to Mr. McAlister a*-• Merike, of Singapoie. A r r dent sends
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    H.L JUDGED LENIENCY.
    696 3 1 l it,')/ December.) hoped that the growing :h tctVour of proclaiming mar- 7 iri Africa— and carrying IJl >' eilect its purpose and hasten the conclusion of r Nobody can accuse the e 1 undue or spasmodic “deciding upon such an agita- 'V-l t Uar was
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    A MISSING PRINCE.
    3078 3 (Straits Times Mlt Decent her.) Prince Inkanthor of Cambodia, who is by some alleged to be the Crown Prince of Cambodia, arrived here by the German mail last week and abruptly vanished. On board the Prim Heinrich, the Prince is reported to have announced to a few
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    THURSDAY, 29TH NOVEMBER.
    1248 4 1 The F M S yacht Merau left for Klang this afternoon. Captain Menzell, of Penang, is down here on a visit. Captain R. H. Johnston Stewart, i R. N., has arrived in Singapore. 5 A coolie fell down the hold of the Elbe, a distance of
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    S. C. C CHRISTMAS TOUR.
    72 4 W ith reference to the paragraph in our issue of yesterday anent the list of fixtures of the S. C. C. Christmas tour, the Singapore representatives will meet Perak at cricket on the 21st, 22nd, and 24th of December. The Singapore team will try conclusions
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    ADVANCE MAIL NEWS.
    855 4 (From A ustralian Paper$.) COLONIALS AT WINDSOR. Ninety-five colonials, under Major R. Synge, representing forty-five corps, visited Windsor on the 16th November, and met with a splendid reception. They were shown over the State apartments, and shown the curios from the Soudan and other interesting his- torical
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    DIAMONDS IN BRITISH GUIANS
    293 4 ii.E Georgetown (British correspondent of the I..„h, a 'l says: Another lar ff fm,i 0 '1 lias been made in the rivers», m Mnce some recent discovert "I made several concessions r r "I lin*; have been grant»*»] by the nmnt and parties are at \vf„kin.
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    MR. E. W. BIRCH, C. M. G.
    243 4 Mr. Ernest Woodford llircli. uj recently Resident of Negri S*rnt!inM now the new Governor <»t 1 >riti~h v> Borneo in place of Mr Hugh < i n r: m of the family whose name In- Dry* 4 been a bye-word in the sn.’j
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    TO ARRIVE.
    121 4 (For Singapore.) 1 Per M. M.s. s. Salaz >■ from Ma* M Nov. 18, due Dec. JO- Mr. Re y I and Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Mmhi 'I I Cook. I Per s. s. Kn-angnwn Marv t'" Ml Oth Novem»>er, dueiMst Rec**n..- Voules. Messrs. A. M. Roth"‘ \j shore,
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    CHOLERA.
    56 5 ,i« a ideation, received too I niay s paper, gave the r rt s in regard to cholera:— i ii at -1 Hongkong Street, ,rr l' iV r ;,.4 Tanjong Pagar Road, g ;,:n l Malay child, Pulau > on 27tli 5 cases and 4 97 cases and r*
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    THE BAHAMAS.
    243 5 I ui' the Colonial SecreI 1 t| 4 Bahamas for the I>: f \i)o\vs a great increase I >' ri?y of the group and I ‘wim-nt in the social conI .1,.. inhabitants. This is the I r, many causes, chiefly the I >V l in American company I
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    SIR A MILNER ON TREASON.
    456 5 SI R A MILNER ON TREASON. W i-the subject of a recent I r Alfred Milner at ClareI the < > ;ilil of Loyal Women of W There must be no com* I vitli > hit ion-mongers, he said. i 1 c* ii f much toying with ,!i ;n tiir
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    CHINA NEWS.
    368 5 Hongkong papers in the Nov give the following news lientsin despatches dated *>»th November report that Boxers and soldiers are creeping back secretly to the neighbourhood. A very uneasy feeling is general among the Chinese at lientsin, all expecting trouble when the port closes. Ir is reported from
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    HOW BARTON ROUTED DE WET.
    416 5 A description of the engagement in which General Barton completely routed Commandant De Wet has been sent home by lleuter's special correspondent. He says that General Barton's force, consisting of two regiments of the Royal Welsh and Royal .Scots Fusiliers, 500 cavalry, three pom-poms, and
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    PRESERVING ELEPHANTS.
    63 5 Elephants have grown so scarce in northern Siam that a special law has just been passed for their preservation. Any person wrongfully killing an fdephant is made liable to fine or imprisonment. Formal permission to catch an elephant must be obtained from the authorities, and one in five
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    RED SEA LIGHTS.
    83 5 Ihe Imperial Government have begun to construct lights at Mocha and three other ports in the Red Sea. The lightless condition of that great highway is a standing peril to the shipping of all nations, l'he four lights now begun will be a notable reform and it
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    ELECTRICITY FOR BOMBAY.
    74 5 The Committee of the Bombay Corporation appointed to consider the question of providing electric power foi the city recommends that a concession for 42 years be given to Messrs. Killick. Nixon and Co, as agents for Messis. Kilburn and Co., and Crompton anil Co., well-known firms which
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    ARRIVALS BY MAIL.
    148 5 Pei* N. 1) L. s. s. Priiiz Heinrich from Antwerp —Messrs. T. Arens, II C. ®ehowetiburg, Mr-. B. V Dawla-ir Mc-srs. C. SoorgeUrager, Hellerstrom and family, ami Etable. From Southampton—Miss Winnie Cook, Mr. C. O.Tvl- r, Me-srs. T. RoLortson, Alex. Ralston, and T. Schneieer. From Genoa —Messrs.
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    PHILIPPINE CABLE.
    168 5 The American Government steamer lhmis«h left Singapore to-day on her way to Manila from New York with telegraph cables. She has 55u miles ot deep sea cable on board —the first deep sea cable made by an American firm (The Safety Insulated Wire Cable Co)., and costing about
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    THE SHARE MARKET.
    248 5 Messrs. Latham and Mactaggan report: Our markets continue very quiet with little or no change in rates. A telegram lihs been received from R»ub staling that the electric battery is working satisfactorily. The accounts of the Straits Trading Coy. for the six months ending 30th September, 1900,
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    CORRESPONDENCE. THE RE-NOMINATION OF THE MUNICIPAL PRESIDENT.
    110 5 !TO THE EDITOR <:F THE STRAITS TIME».** j —As it must be a matter of I interest to your numerous readers, I j shall thank you to insert the following item of information in your valuable paper. On .Saturday last, a deputation of
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    THE MING TOMBS.
    161 5 A French expedition having occupied the Ming Tombs —some facts about these tombs will be of interest. The Ming Tombs are some 23 miles to the north of Peking, and near to the city of Chang-ping-chau. They are surrounded by mountains, and are approached by a defile
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    AUSTRALIA AND THE QUEEN.
    183 5 Sir William Lyne, the Premier of New South Wales, inopening a German fete, congratulated the gathering on the friendly relations existing between Great Britain and Germany, and the mutually satisfactory understanding in regard to China. This and the friendly tone manifested by France admitted the anticipation
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    OBSOLETE GUNS.
    270 5 Torcmsu the matter of tlie puns served out to Volunteer Artillery, it is interesting to read what has occurred in connection with the re-arming with antiquated puns of the Ist Cinque Ports Volunteer Artillery, on its conversion into garrison companies. Mr. George Wyndham, Cnder-Secretary for War, having had
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    MISUNDERSTOOD JAPAN.
    1294 5 During the past few days the news telegraphed from the Far East has been more or less baffling to the comprehension of the outsider, and it will require the fuller details that may be expected by succeeding mails to enable us to determine how Japan contrived to amalgamate
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    FORTY MILES AN HOUR.
    155 6 According to an American cablegram, all doubts have now been set at rest as to 44 who will be the first man to ride 40 miles in the hour on a safety bicycle?*’ Stimson. the new Yankee paced crack, has succeeded in beating his own hour
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    A GODOWN ROBBERY.
    169 6 Ai the Assizes yesterday Chua Ah f'iang, Koh Chou, and Tan Teng Wye were charged with breaking into Messrs, ilrinkniann’s godown, Clarke Quay, Xampong Malacca, on the 25th September, and stealing eight bags of pepper, several empty bags, rope, <fcc. It appears that un the night in
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    NEWS BY GERMAN MAIL.
    2997 6 (From Colombo Papers.) CHINA. The sanitary condition of Peking is exciting concern. Many Chinese, who have died of small-pox, lie unburied, owing to fears of foreign interference with funeral rites. Nothing is done, except in the British quarter, to remove the refuse, of which the house-yards
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    FRIDAY, 30TH NOVEMBER.
    1782 7 n<T \«Hzes began on Tuesday I i :Vr J on the calendar. -c l"' I ...i, transport Athmore left I r t at 5.:W I». m. yesterday. lr>> J‘*t I got a year’s imprisonI for housebreaking by I McKinley proclaimed I l 4 ii: mksgiving Day in
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    DEPARTURES BY MAIL.
    48 7 Per. P. A O. s.s tn'outantlt i for London— Mr. Saver. Mr. P«iine, Lieut.. Michael Parne. and Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bliarp. For Colombo—Major W. L. Farniar, Messrs. A. L. Chittenden, C. Hodges, ami Rev. C H. and Mrs. Buch. For Melbourne—Mr. L. Fiddes.
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    THE ASSIZES.
    42 7 At the Assizes Tan Kim Leong was sentenced to 1 s months' inprisonment tor using as genuine a forged delivery order. For theft Cho Ah Yeow got d years, Gan Boon Tong 2 years, and >Jo'namad 4 years, rigorous imprisonment.
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    YESTERDAY’S THEFTS.
    71 7 The Kling head tamby at the Ladies' Lawn Tennis Club living at Jalan Besar reports to the police that jewellery, &c. to the value of 8261 was stolen from his house yesterday. A Hokien woman states that her house at Tiong Bahru was entered last night and property
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    COOLIE DISTURBANCES.
    100 7 Yesterday afternoon, a quarrel took place between some Tanjong Pagar coolies about wages. Two of them were injured, and they went to the station to complain of each other. The police sent them to hospital, as prisoners, to have their injuries attended to. About 10 o’clock last night,
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    THE SPANISH PRISONER.
    87 7 This enterprising individual lias provided himself with an Indian directory and is now endeavouring to victimise some of the residents of Calcutta. His latest effusion in that quarter is dated Madrid, the 11th September, and is addressed to Messrs. Meyers and Co., of Calcutta. It will be
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    ONE-MAN RULE.
    130 7 The agitation in Fiji for annexation to New Zealand continues to increase. It aims at deliverance from the Crown Colony form of government. A speaker at an annexation meeting thus describes the working of the system fhe administration is based upon the principle of taxation without representation, since
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    CHOLERA.
    94 7 We are officially notified that the following cases of cholera occurred on the I’Sth instant: —103 Bencoolen Street 3 cases, Albert Street 2 cases, coolie lines T. I* D. 1 case, Dammar Hoad 1 case, 9 Pagoda Street 1 case, residence unknown 1 case, total 9 cases. Yesterday there
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    GREENBUSHES TIN-FIELD.
    159 7 The Greenbushes tin-field in West Australia bids fair to become an excellent producer of tin. The field was only discovered some six months ago, and since then the local smelting works have treated about 100 tons, representing about 1*15,000. Mr. R. W. H*»ads, who has spent some months
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    BOXER ATROCITIES.
    252 7 TERRIBLE SCENES. The Hongkong Daily Press gives the following particulars of Boxer outrages :—Bishop Hamer, the founder ot the Belgian Mission and Bishop of Western Mongolia, who had for nearly thirty-five years laboured in Shansi —was seized while celebrating Mass, bound, and marched through the city, and because
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    ADMIRALTY AND WELSH COAL.
    160 7 It is stated that the Admiralty have issued circulars to South Wales coalowners asking for prices and the quantities of coal they can supply for the year 1901. Hitherto the naval authori ties have purchased fuel as required. If they decide to contract for a whole
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    THE FESTETICS DIVORCE SUIT.
    169 7 Count Festetics De Tolna filed his answer to the divorce complaint of Ella, Countess Festetics, daughter of Louis B. Haggin, of New York. He makes a sweeping denial of her charges that the yacht Tolna was unfit for habitation, and that he did not provide well
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    THE LIVERPOOL AUTUMN CUP.
    184 7 The Liverpool Autumn Cup of 1,200 sovs.; Cup Course (one mile and three furlongs). Mr. J. D. Walker’s Fabulist, Syrs., 60 Broom .1 Lord Fanjahar’s Japonic», 4 yrs., 0 11 Clemson.. 2 Mr. A. F. Basel’s Good Luck, 4yrs.,Bi2 Cannon 3 Sir J. Blundell Maple's Aquascutum,
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    BOER MERCENARIES.
    232 7 DEMONSTRATION AT PORT SAID. An interesting episode occurred at Port Said on the 24th October when the Austrian Lloyd’s s.s. Sfyria t with 385 Transvaal mercenaries, passed through the Canal. The vessel is bound from to Trieste, and had on board a very cosmopolitan collection of Europeans who
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    NORTH GERMAN LLOYD.
    109 8 A NEW STEAMER. The N. D. L. Princess Irene the latest addition to the fleet of the Norddeutscher Lloyd, is expected here from Europe on her maiden trip on the 6th Dec. She has been built for regular cervice in the line between Bremen and China, and
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    RANJI ON CRICKET.
    110 8 In the Cambridge tlraphic, K. S. Ranjitsinji thus discourses on cricket:— Players, and in this I speak for other players as well as myself, are opposec to all changes in the laws of cricket that would alter the character of the game. It is the public, and
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    BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.
    284 8 SOME INTERESTING DETAILS. A reliable and interested correspondent has sent the In eestors Iteciev' some particulars about this now splendid corporation which are worth repeating. Its directors have, he says, recently declared a stock dividend ot 100 per cent., which brings their preference shares'up to
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    ANNEXING THE TRANSVAAL.
    275 8 Reuter’s correspondent at Pretoria, describing the ceremony of formally annexing the Transvaal, says the whole of the arrangements were carried out by General Tucker, commanding the Pretoria garrison. Punctually at four o’clock Lord Roberts and his staff entered Church-square, and stopped midway while the Royal Standard was
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    WAS WOMAN MADE TO WORK?
    383 8 An interesting legal decision rendered in Chicago is thus described in the American La o yer (New York): —“A woman cannot be a vagrant, because woman was not made to work,” was the novel decision of a jury in Chicago recently. The ca*e on trial
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    NEWS BY GERMAN MAIL.
    405 8 (Prom Australian Papers) On the occasion of the inauguration of the system of wireless telegraphy at Ostend, in Belgium, the passengers on board a steamer in mid-channel were invited by M. Marconi to send an international greeting. The passengers included Sir John Langdon Bonython and Lady
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    51 8 W 1 At Emmerich, on the Rhine, the Weis bach gas burners are now lighted and extinguished by compressed air aecording to the Lenze system. As many as 200 burners can be lit at from the gasworks by this means. The compressed air first turns on the gas. then lights
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    ROYAL VISIT TO AUSTRALIA.
    1048 8 COMPOSITION OF THE MILITARY FORCES. The full strength of the Home Military Forces now on the way to Australia for the inauguration of the Commonwealth by H. R. H. the Duke of York (with whom the Duchess also goes), is 1,000 officers and men, with 4
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    NEW BOATS FOR THE ROWING CLUB.
    260 8 By the Wakasa Mam on Wednesday, there arrived from England tw r o new fours for the Singapore Row ing Club. The boats were unpacked last night and, weather permitting, they will make a maiden trip this evening. They are practically duplicates of the
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    EMIGRATION TO THE MALAY STATES.
    250 8 The Bengalee says The poor o British India seem to prefer starvation at home —writes the British ResidentGeneral in the Protected Malay States, while complaining of the difficulty experienced by him in obtaining Indian labour to work his rubber plantations. He says that he has
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    OUR ENEMY THE SUN.
    95 8 It has not yet been decided by scientists whether the sun really strikes through the back or through the head. But ft has been .discovered that a scarlet, orange, or blue strip of flannel down the back and over the head gives absolute immunity from touches
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    The Two Alexander
    319 8 (Tune: “The Old Obadialr_ I variations) Said the young Alexander to ti I Alexander, M Alexander, you ill ki.odl- I retire, Said the old Alexander to the Vf 1 Alexander, jH T B a raB h and shameful I you require. For I’ve labored hard ami 1(I
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    GERMANY IN THE RED SEA.
    117 8 Anew version of Germany's endeavour to obtain a coaling station in ti.** Red Sea is published by the Tu- f India. It is that in September ti German vessel Marie went ashore lithe large island of Farzan, 80 mil*north of Kgmaran. To lighten the sin;
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    HOTEL LIST.
    300 8 ADELPHI HOTEL. E. Horstmann, C. Wartenberg, I>. Hap pelle, Pottger, A. Van Aukum, W. .1 1 Van Ryk, P. Van Horn, M. Dunuer, K I» t Madugal, Felicien Challaye, DunioUri A. Stohp, W. F. Grey, Captain D. Maclean, J. Brown, K. Partons. r Parsons, K. Ehrhardt, M. Bergman
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    SATURDAY, 1ST DECEMBER.
    1354 9 Hon. E. C. H. liill, the Auditor‘•;r; i .|,a S returned here from Penang. (c5 eral, 4 cK ,,p Ho3e, Mrs Hose, and Miss v Kt ve just arrived here from I tiinons Raub Hole, says the M'f'l, is at last to be abandoned, the constant inrush
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    ONE DAY BEHIND.
    115 9 Manila, strange to say, is one day behind all other places of its size in the world. This curious fact is accounted for in this way. Although the Philippine Islands lie near the Asiatic coast, they were discovered by Spaniards who sailed from America. When they crossedthe
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    A NEW POLAR EXPEDITION.
    125 9 Ziegler, an American millionaire, says I intend to plant the Stars and Stripes on the North t ole if it costs me a million dollars to d01t The Pole can be reached, and I am fully determined that so far as I am able to forward
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    CHOLERA.
    108 9 An official notification says that the cholera returns for yesterday wore 2 cases and 2 deaths: l case at Pulau Brani, and 1 case at 12 Cheang Jim Hean Street. e are officially informed that owing to the occurence of cases of cholera in Penang, the first case being
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    THE SINGAPORE ROWING CLUB.
    557 9 Yesterday evening there w’as an informal inaugural ceremony at the Club bouse preparatory to launching the two new fours for their maiden trip. Weather conditions were good, and the first boat away, with Upton, Darbishire, Tregarthen, E. J. Nanson (str.) and Fargie (cox), went at a
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    CYCLING AT HOME.
    1008 9 The three well known Anerley cracks, W. H. Moon, W. Mitson, and C. A. Sedgwick, who recently established unpaced triplet records from a quarter to one mile inclusive at the Crystal Palace, rode a machine fitted with Dunlop tyres. The first quarter was covered in 33 1-6
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    229 9 A special meeting of ihe Municipal Commission was held yet te; day afternoon. Mr. A. Gentle presided, and there were also present:—Messrs. Ja.o, Moses, Maclaren, Saunders, Sohst, Barker, and Lee Choon Guan. The President said the business of the meeting was to consider ti e list of officers
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    CURIOUS GUNNERY ACCIDENT.
    288 9 hile the battleship Thunderer was on her way from Pembroke Dock to Devonport recently, an accident occurred to her guns. The vessel left Pembroke about 9 a.in., and when she was off Milford Haven a target was put out for tiring practice, the loin. b.l. turret guns
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    CHESS.
    114 9 (cuMH'CTED BV KING S PAWN.") All chess correspondence should be addressed to King's Pawn.’* Solution of Problem No 200 (Collinson) is Kt-B 3. Problem No. 207— bv J. Maximow. BLACK 6 PIECES. The following moves have been made in the game by wire:— White, Singapore. Black, Batavia^ 1 P-K4
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    MOTHERLANDS INDIA.
    755 10 TIGERS. On the Wampu river in Deli, tigers *have become a great terror to the neighbouring estates. Traps had been set without avail. The scare soon grew worse on aßattakor mountaineer being carried off and eaten. These beasts of prey at length grew so bold that, night, they
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    BY THE WAY.
    1735 10 I'ait'» ciam tnoixitrat. [Ch *et*w.J It is with pleasure one notes that one’s little efforts to solve knotty problems for the benefit of friends abroad are perused, and appreciated, and responded to by one’s readers. Last week I referred to the quandary of the Commissioner of Peshawar,
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    323 10 WANTED, ROADS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES/’ Sir, —It ha 9 long been a grievance among country landlords that their land cannot be utilized for any purpose owing to the want of roads. To take an instance: —There is an extensivetract of land bounded by a portion
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    DANGERS OF THE SEA.
    360 10 WKONGLV CHARTED ISLANDS A sensation has been caused in maritime circles by the discovery of the perilous conditions atu nding navigation in the South Seas. The officers of the United States Fisheries Commission steamer. \lUit ross, which has just reached San Francisco after a fourteen months’
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    65 10 At Tuticorin, a large town in south India, one of the sighis is a big Hindu temple with a tank the water of which is reputed to be.holy. It is a common thing to see people drinking the water out of this tank a few minutes after lepers had gone
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    THE KIDS AND THE CUDDY.
    866 10 I A man I know was married on, h and he and his bride w, n V on their wedding journey Tl 8 e a picturesque ft? village in Worcestershire w L r iltl living old, intimate friends’of hi? I was very fond of the
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    MONDAY, 3RD DECEBER.
    2410 11 vv *miith has arrived from Ipoh. -—-4 j. ivrhnrhridse has arrived from |.-V 4 v (i;l t«liner has arrived on a visit 1 W -ri Sombilan. 4 (’hope, the P. O. Agent Vi t-aned by the Bengal. p ,1 Talbot of the Native States »vTarned hy tlie
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    UNGILDING RAUB.
    67 11 Golden Raub belies its name in that it is said to be one of the dirtiest townships in Pahang. This is from a new resident there. There are 52 Europeans in Raub, says the Malay Mail who drag out a most prosaic and dull-as-ditch-water existence, all for want
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    ARRIVALS BY MAIL.
    110 11 IVr P. A O. s. s. Beiojnl from London Mr. W. 8. Lang, Mr. and Mrs. Dui.man, Misses Dun man Mr. and Mrs. Preston, Messrs. P. W. Parkinson, Petrie. Forbes, Revel, T. Enyon, J T Kendray, T. Pelly, earwood, and Banguiuetti, and Mr. and Mis. Goede. From
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    THE “PRINZESS IRENE.”
    142 11 The new N. D. L. steamer IVuaerr Irene due here from Europe on Wednesday’ morning, is named after the consort of Prince Heinrich. She is a sister-ship of the well-known Kunig Albert, and also has been built by the Vulcan Wharf at Bredutv, near Stettin. The vessel
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    CHINA NEWS.
    198 11 H. M. cruisek Bieuheuii leaves at the beginning of this month for the China Station, to relieve H.M S. Cndauuted. [The BUnlteira is a first-class cruiser of 9,00o tons and 24.411 i. h. p. She was built at Blackwall in 1890. Her armour is 6 in., gun position,
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    SMART CAPTURE.
    95 11 About 7.45 p in. yesterday, the cbi« engineer of the Horslmrgk was cornin' ashore near the Esplanade, .when h« saw two twakow men handing rice tft i man in a sampan. He went towards them, but as soon as tbey saw him th* three men jumped into the
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    SUPPOSED MURDER.
    178 11 i Yesterday morning a report was* made to the police that the body of a Chinaman was floating in the sea l between Tanjong Rhu and the Swimming Club. The police brought tbei body ashore, and it was identified by Lim Teow as his taikong, and lately in
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    CRICKET.
    439 11 S. C. C. c. THE WORLD. A match was played on Saturday between the S C. C. Probables and a picked team representing “The World.’* The latter went first to the wickers, but with the exception of Hannaford, who put on 22, could do very little against the deliveries
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    LONDON DAY AND NIGHT.
    1126 12 Special to the Strait? Times. j Tori'lon, 9th A or. There be rats, and rats." Hamht. I Three topics have mostly engaged public attention during the past week the Presidential Election in the United fchates, the New Cabinet appointments announced by Lord Salisbury, and HOOLIGANISM. Thq
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    398 12 CHINA. The Chinese servants in the Bengal Lancers anti the other services at Tientsin have quitted work, alleging that the Boxers are about to attack the town. The Germans stood to anus all night on the UHli November and this, together with rumours at Shanghai that the
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    HOME OPINIONS.
    2110 12 EDITORIAL COMMENTS ON NEWS OF THE DAY. LORD LANSDOWNE’S APPOINTMENT. Lord Lansdowne’s appointment as Minister for Foreign Aflairs has excited a vast amount of antagonistic comment at home. The Daily Telegraph alludes to the fact thus All thoughtful opinion is coming round to the belief which we originally
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    LONDON PORT DUES.
    312 12 A TRUST TO BE ESTABLISH ED The London Glol>e of Nov. 2nd i.a* the following The shipowners ot ti. Port of London are unanimously anree" it appears, that the time has come t" establish a public trust for the bette: management of the docks and watt; ways.
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    WHAT WE THINK OF OUR ALLIES.
    1712 13 T v \I.K FROM PEEING. H’ ,\\an. the special eorres- ia ~t the iMiiy Express, >,r~i informed writer on i, < and especially the and methods of Far ,r!i uni the correspon- u# limit. He sends ii*ts lor publication, and various other «1,-dm ts
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    AN ARMENIAN OUTING.
    103 13 A good number of the Armenian community of Singapore—in all about 50 —were entertained yesterday at a picnic given by Mr. T. Paul. Early in the morning coaches and carriages drove all down to Mr. Adis’s bungalow at the 5] milestone, Bukit Timah Road, kindly lent for
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    NEWS BY GERMAN MAIL.
    420 13 SOUTH AFRICA. Sir Alfred Milner, speaking on the 9th November, at Claremont near Capetown, referred to the widespread presence of disloyalty in Cape Colony. The manufacture of sedition was, he declared, proceeding merrily, but would burn out, despite the bellows and blowers that were employed to.
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    TUESDAY, 4TH DECEMBER.
    920 13 Ibe Hongkong Amateur Dramatic Club has been performing 0»r Flat with great success. Mh. Bar ft’, an artist who represented ***** and While in China, has died at Tientsin of enteric fever. H. M. S. Sandp>per, which was sunk oft Hongkong during the typhoon on the 10th
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    DEPARTURES BY MAIL.
    60 13 Per N. 1). L. s.s. Stuttgart for Genoa Messrs. J. de Bruyn, N. Buttzenbach, A. N. Geller, R. W. Duff, and D. Schelle. For Aden—Mr. N. von Norn, For ?enang—Messrs. A. P. Bullen, Menasche, and Cohen. For Colombo Mrs. K. G. Wiley, and Mr. F W. Wiley.
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    GIANT N. D. L. STEAMERS.
    186 13 TO DE CONSTRICTED. At the Vulcan Ship Works, at Stettin, says a Norddeutscber Lloyd circular, there is now building for the Norddeotsclier Lloyd a twin-screw expresssteamer which is destined to surpass in speed and comfort everything afloat. The vessel will be 663 feet 10 inches
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    REDJANG LEBONG.
    269 13 Advices from Batavia state that on the 17th ult., the drainagetunnel at Redjatig La bong had reached 200 feet. On the same date the winze had been sunk .‘l7 feet, and assayed 9oz.*dwts. gold and sunz silver per ton. As all the available workmen were engaged at the
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    130 14 MONTHLY MEDAL COMPETITION The following are the results of the monthly medal competition of the Singapore Golf Club. Owing to pressure on space, we were unable to publhh these results yesterday Ist. i'nd. H eap. Total. J. L. fVoekatt 52 47 11 88 A. Kerr 50 54
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    MALACCA NOTES.
    197 14 Sunday, '2nd. Fee. The fatal case of beri-beri, reported last week, speedily brought Mr. Elcum the Inspector of Schools, upon the scene He arrived last Thursday by the Malacca and at once proceeded to close the Malay College and order a thorough fumigation of the building. The way
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    THE IMPORT OF ARMS CASE.
    436 14 Before a court of two magistrates consisting of Messrs. Brockman and Sells, Mr. Von ltoessing, the manager of Messrs. Belin, Meyer and Co., was yesterday charged with having on the 27th of Oct. imported by the s. s Arnbria without a license, 87b Mannlicher rifles.
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    MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
    74 14 MR. LEE CHOON GUAN’B RETURN. Voting took place at the Municipal Offices to-day for a member to represent the Central Ward on the Municipal Commission. Mr. Lee Clioon Guan was the only one nominated, and only 20 votes were required to secure his return. The voting remains open
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    PAHANG CORPORATION.
    731 14 report for the year. The directors’ report on the operations of the company for the year ending June 30, 1900, states: During the year 37,220 tons of stone were crushed, producing 807 tons 13 cwts of black tin of a value of £74,382 Is. 9d., as compared with
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    50 14 At eight o’clock in the morning a knock came at a lady’s bedroom door. “Yes said the lady. The workmen have just come, ma’am answered the housemaid. What are they going to Start on first?” asked the mistress. “They are just going to have their breakfast, ma’am,” answered the maid.
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    PAHANG NEWS.
    1243 14 (Fro>n Our Correspondent.) Kuala Lipin 24 tk November. THE STOLEN MAILS. The bullock cart bringing the inward mails from Kuala Kuhu to Kuala Lipis was, as already wired to the Straits Times, held up on the night of the 21st instant, it 6 driver assaulted, and its contents
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    FRENCH INDO-CHINA.
    409 14 Thk Chinese regiment raised lor local service by the Tonquin Government has not proved to be a success. Several companies who had been stationed at Kwang Chauwan, the port leased from China, have been recalled from there to Tonquin. It appears that they could not be kept any
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    GENERAL HOME NEW
    2485 14 Sin/1t,,, J'h e following arc u,<-. ot news daring the week' 'H THU XtWI.YN Mr,,,*,! V" I At the Cornwall Wi, I to-day, Nov. 9tl», 11 I was manifested in q,,., charge against Ma, v \i y fe ol a «si! hawker I 1 enzance, of being
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    MISSIONARY MEETING.
    234 15 Last night's missionary meeting was well attended. Mrs. J. A. B Cook presided, and two young ladies belonging to the .Singapore branch of the English and Foreign Bible Society gave addresses. Miss Blundell, who has been labouring as a Bible-woman for some time past among the Malay women
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    EASTERN EXTENSION TELEGRAPH CO.
    424 15 The 54th half-yearly meeting of the Eastern Extension, Australasia, and China Telegraph Company (Limited) was held on Nov. 7th at Winchester House, Sir John Wolfe-Barry presiding. The chairman in his opening remarks referred to the resignation of the chairmanship of the company by the Marquis of
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    RAUB.
    1653 15 NOVEMBER PROGRESS REPORT. The Manager’s Report on the Raub mine for the month ending on JJOth November, 190«», runs as follows MIXING. Iluub Hole. —At the date of my last report we had passed through a lode formation at 01?> east the crosscut was extended a further distance of
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    WEDNESDAY, 5TH DECEMBER.
    547 15 The Perak liitle Association has l»eeti started. Ihe members number thirty. Friday next is the anniversary the death of Sir Charles Mitchell at Government House. Tehke were yesterday of cholera and two deaths. B »rii e tses were Chinese males. Inku evza is spreading a* Tnipii.g, and
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    THE ASSIZES.
    102 16 Ar the Assizes yesterday Ong Watt .Hock was charged with using as genuine a forged„delivery order. Prisoner was accused of presenting an order for a quantity of coke from the Gas Company, purporting to be from Messrs. Riley, Hargreaves and Co. —He was found not guilty and was
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    ROYAL VISIT TO AUSTRALIA.
    353 16 OFFICERS OF THE GTARD-OF-HONOt’R. The following is the complete list <*t officers to command the troops who are now on the way out to attend the Duke of Y«»rk at the inauguration of the Australian Commonwealth. Staff.—l ieut.-CoI. W.G. Crole Wyndham, C. 8.. 21st Lancers; Capt.
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    PROF. HAECKEL HONORED.
    158 16 The Royal Society’s medals have this year been adjudicated by the president and council as follows —The Copley Medal to Professor Marcellin Berthelot, For. Mem R. S., for his brilliant services to chemical science; the Rum ford Medal to Professor Antoine Henri Becquerel, for his discoveries in
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    CORRESPONDENCE. THE EYESIGHT OF CHILDREN.
    629 16 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.” Sir,—The frequency with which shortsight (myopia) is to be met with in Singapore and the other Settlements, particularly among children, urges me to direct t lie attention of parents and others having the care or control of 'children
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    ARRIVALS BY MAIL.
    119 16 Per N. L). L. s. s. Primes Irene from Bremen—Mr. Rezanek. From Antwerp—Messrs. A. Erdmann, T. C. Adriaan*, and H. \V. Jonkhoff. From Southampton —Mr. F. E. N. Bartlett, Miss F. Bartlett, Messrs*. F. G. Penney, \V. Hunter, \V. T. R Smith, \V. Kennedy, T. P. Fuller,
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    MESSRS. W. D. & H. O. WILLS’S NEW TOBACCO FACTORY.
    793 16 MESSRS. W. D. H. O. WILLS’S NEW TOBACCO FACTORY. The spacious factory which has been erected by Messrs W. i). and H. 0. Wills, I imited, the world-famed tobacco manufacturers, for their export trade, at Ashton Gate, Bristol, is now completed, and may truly be described as a model establishment.
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    S. V. A. MAXIM COMPETITION.
    273 16 THE ORDER OF MERIT. Last night, the Umpires in theS.Y.A. Maxim gnn competition for Major McCallum's trophy met and decided on the order of merit of the five Subdivisions that competed. The Umpires were Capt. St. Clair and Capt. Davies, S.Y.A., Capt. Sargeaunt, R.G. A.
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    FOOTBALL.
    462 16 S. C. i r. 9. V. K. A friendly game between these teams was played last night on the Esplanade before a fair turnout of spectators. A spirited tussle all through was the result, and it speaks well for the Rides, considering the few opportunities they get of playing
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    48 16 In the Botanical Garden, Berlin, there is a cactus which has been growing in a hermetically sealed glass for seven years. It is supposed that fungi in the soil germinate, and in dying supply the cactus with carbonic acid. Water may also come from the decomposition of Cellulose.
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    CHINA NEWS.
    556 16 (From < /v #/w CONFERENCE OK hk MIMSTEfc. At a conference of tin- y, r i ters to Peking, I.eM the German Minister r< 1 v Chinese Empnor s!,!,om" wtf send an Envoy to 8,. r 1 of respect to* the late Baron von KkVuV* 1 Minister to
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    CRICKET AT PENANG
    186 16 The Penang Cricket Club hel-i meeting on Thursday to certain alterations in their prop"-»* rules bv Mr. W icks, which had J been discussed at a previous Atter the questions rais ed had l** v threshed out again, avote was taken. the result that a tie ensued,
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    ARMS CASES.
    1406 17 m lU h ERSKINE AND CO.S CASK. I 11• r i \v afternoon, before a Court Y+ L 4 T (Messrs. Brockman Mr. J\ C. Stormont, manager q wartb. Erskine and Co., was I r v v:! ti importing into Singapore I htaining eight rifles without I <»n
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    LIEUT.-COLONEL LLOYD, D.S.O.
    225 17 Lieut-Col. G. E. Lloyd, D.S.O who has met his death in the recent considerable fighting, under General Paget, belonged to the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), which regiment he joined in 1876. He had seen a good deal of active service; his first being with the
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    LATEST BY WIRE.
    937 17 (HINA. Reuter’s Peking correspondent states that the Ministers have definitely agreed to the preliminary terms of the Peace Treaty, and only await the approval of their Governments whereupon direct negotiations with the Chinese Plenipotentiaries will begin. It is believed that the main points substantially agree with M.
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    NAVAL NOTES.
    1179 17 The following particulars, says a St. Petersburg correspondent, are given of Russia's present and prospective naval strength in the Pacific. The latest reinforcement on the Russia Pacific squadron now on the way to the Far East consists of the new battleships Volt urn and Sevastopol and five torpedo-boats,
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    THE PAHANG MAIL ROBBERY.
    250 17 FIRTHER PARTICULARS. A correspondent writes as follows to the Malay Mail re the recent mail robbery in Pahang:— The bullock-cart conveying the Kuala Lipis mail left Raub at about 3 pm. on Wednesday, the 21st November, and between 8 and 9 o’clock that night was held
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    THURSDAY, 6TH DECEMBER.
    1538 18 Enteric fever is prevalent at the Ceylon Boer prison camp. The MohunmuulL left yesterday for Jeddah, freighted with hadjis.” H. M. S. H ramble returned from Malacca this morning and went into the roads. Sir Frank Swettenhain is expected back in Malaya about the first week in
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    A WRECK
    50 18 A carle lias been received by Captain Craufurd (Master Attendant) from Consul Warren, at Sourabava, stating that the master of the Hin&ang has reported that a steamer is wrecked in the Carirnata Strait, latitude 230 south, longitude 109 east. Carimata Strait is between Billiton Island and West Borneo.
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    TO WINTER AT PEKING.
    73 18 Field Marshal von Waldersee is reported to have changed the plan of his operations in view of the arrival of winter and to have decided to go into winter quarters in Peking. He is preparing to forward stores and munitions of war there. The negotiations with
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    CHEATING THE HANGMAN.
    89 18 Rawang bin Salim, the Tampenis murderer, who pleaded guilty at the Assizes yesterday to the charge of murdering his wife, and was committed for trial at the next Assizes, as he was suffering severely from beri-beri, died at 3 p.m. yesterday in the prison hospital. This makes
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    THEFTS AND BURGLARIES.
    100 18 A llokien named Song Kee Lian, of 28, Cecil Street, reports to the police that yesterday three diamond brooches valued at #7OO were stolen from his house. A Eurasian named J. J. Jackson, a teacher in the Brothers' School, reports that between 6 p. m. on Tuesday
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    FIRE IN CALCUTTA HARBOUR.
    357 18 GREAT DAMAGE DONE. A serious lire broke out on the 2.‘lrd November at Calcutta in the Kidderpur Dock coal depot, which rapidly spread to the jetty and set lire to the steamers Telena (which occasionally calls here) and Corydon, which were moored at the coal jetty.
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    38 18 The Ladies’ December monthly medal competition will take place on Monday, 10th instant. Entries can be recorded at the Club or can be sent to the Honorary Secretary. Entries will close on Saturday, Bth instant.
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    THE RETURN TO PEKING.
    100 18 A Hsian dispatch states that the Empress Dowager has been using the episode of the execution of Chinese oflicials who confidently gave themselves up to the Allies at Paoting” as her argument against the persuasions ot her more enlightened Ministers to return with the Emperor to
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    THE VITRIOL THROWING CASE.
    132 18 At the Assizes this morning Tan Hee Koh and Awang were charged with murder and abetment of murder. The case for the prosecution was that on the 6th August, a Chinaman named Goh Soo was met. by two Chinamen One of them said This is the
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    THE DALLAS CO.
    535 18 As we have before announced, Mr. Htfury Dallas expects to be here, with his talented company, about Christmas time, when lu* will produce among other tilings San-Toy 5? and the Belle of New York.” A Calcutta paper speaks very favourably of the opening performance of The Belle.”
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISION
    1602 18 <“*•. >««.» ««ZT't" I presided, and the.* a l J 1 lr fl Pennefatl.fr, Messrs M I The minutes of the las, I confirmed. 1 >fl the annual huk.ll I Previous to the general I special meeting was held I the revised Budget for fl showed that the
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    POLO IN INDIA.
    124 19 “As surmised last week,” writes u Vedette in the Indian l‘lu„ter* Gazette “the Patiala Polo Club has been broken up and its members dispersed. bile deploring the mischance which has put a fine team out of the running, 1 rather fancy it will not he an unmixed
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    THE FLEET IN CHINA.
    445 19 PROMOTIONS ANI) APPOINTMENTS. The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve of the following appointments to the Military Order of the Bath, the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, and the Distinguished Service Order respectively, for services in China G.C.B. Vice-Admiral Sir Edward 11 >bart
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    TODAY-AND A MEMORY.
    2049 19 Dec St. Rer. R H. Dariism luK’Ohinby i t. 1788. Aln.k.} J Long, long, long ago, when I was a wee tot and wore the short white socks and degrading petticoat which in those days distinguished the male infant from the male adult in respectable old-country families,
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    THE PLANTER AND THE SELANGOR GOVERMENT.
    388 19 (II (ill ApO'ogw* to 4 I' filth' Concerning the road yoi engaged to construct As a means .of exploiting the State, It is more than three years since you stalled the job And it scar cely is yet up to date. 1 thought I
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    FRIDAY, 7TH DECEMBER.
    1950 20 The Prince and Princess of Wales will visit Belfast in April next. Sir Charles Mitchell died a year ago to-day. at Government House. Two British transports passed through the port during the night. 4The annual procession of the Taichew, Ilyiam. Keh, and Macao clans will take place
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    LAND SALE.
    103 20 Mr. H. A. Crane yesterday offered for sale several lots of valuable household property and land. There was a very good attendance and excellent prices were realised. Three houses, with land, 14, 15, and 16 Jeddah Street were knocked down for #4,500; No. 10 Clyde Street for #1,800;
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    INDIAN FAMINE FUND.
    141 20 Some information has lately been received regarding the contributions sent from Shanghai to the Indian Famine Charitable Relief Fund. The total receipts from that quarter have amounted to over 1£ lakh. The British Consul explains that more than twothirds of that sum was subscribed by Chinese officials
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    PHILIPPINE TYPHOON.
    90 20 THE YOSEMI7E WRECKED. The Hongkong Daily Press says the U. S. cruiser Yosemite was wrecked in a typhoon at Guam on the 13th November. Five of the crew w'ere lost, the remainder being rescued by a collier. Justin Island wa9 devastated by the typhoon, one hundred natives being
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    THE “ERNEST SIMONS.”
    138 20 The Messageries Maritimes “ocean greyhound Ernest Simons (Captain Durand), which arrived at Shanghai on the 23rd ultimo, says the Shanghai Daily Press from Europe, made the run up the coast from Hongkong against a stiff monsoon at the rate of 14 knots per hour. Passengers who arrived
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    A PAYING CONCERN.
    171 20 The First National Bank of the New York, whose cashier absconded a month ago, leaving behind him defalcations to the amount of three quarters of a million dollars, gold, is one of the largest and strongest financial intitutions in America. With a capital of only half a
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    EXPLOSION ON THE “FARFALLA”
    184 20 An accident, which might have been followed by more disastrous results, occurred on board the steamer Fa rfalia while she was at the wharf at Muar a few days ago. It appears to be the custom on the Farfalla to keep in the engine-room, amongst other
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    TRADE RETURNS OF THE COLONY
    134 20 THE SECOND QUARTER’S FIGURES. DOLLAR AND STERLING INCREASE. The Straits Settlements import and export returns for the second quarter of this year have been published. IMPORTS. Exclusive of treasure, the imports stand thus: 2nd Qr. of 1889, SCO, 808, 921 £6,022,495 2nd Qr. of 1900,
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    ON THE YANGTSE
    77 20 Letters from the Yam*», I sist in stating that the other troops of the AllO-’i 7"*' <*M expected to ascend the y. 1 near future, in eonse.p.Cfl '"M idea there is a sort of panic.,, ,<f *1,9 inhabitants for fear tl '“"‘■'‘•tß brought into the Yanetse '9
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    ANOTHER ARMS CASE
    330 20 This afternoon, betore r I man and Howard. Mr T p, was charged on a summed at the instance of Police i v M man with having on thel brought 36 revolvers into t! ‘"‘l per honig Albert on which he w senger According to the inf
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    373 20 PHILANTHROPY AND LLPKmM TO THE EDITOR OF THE “STRAITS TIM Sir, In the issue of the I' Gazette of the 3rd instant, there a leading article on the subject Queen's scholars, and in comic T r therewith a particular allusion to Gno Lean Tuck who obtained onr the scholarships
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    INTERPORT RIFLE MATCH.
    118 21 to -INGAPOKK TEAM tl ..ittee of the Singapore h j mrt at. the S.V A. Drill frr ,i v afternoon to arrange for P <ir selection of the Singai t i M th* a inter-Port match. It r j,.,j tiiat the team he chosen ’•*>' ‘.i j,,lln\ving:
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    THE NEW FRENCH GUN.
    493 21 I r H jvgard to Reuters special B about the discovery by I 'vi Officers of the secret I ie n*w French gun, which I ,h-iicd recently, the Times of I i, rt tlie following:— I rim-’to Mr. 11. Somers Sorner- witnessed the recent .V' at
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    618 21 ARRIVALS. Sajtpho from Klang via ports—;uvi Miss S dzniann, Messrs. Kirwan, Groves. Lutyens, Day, Bedford, In i*mi, and sMrs. Parsons. L r s. s. Haiphong from Saigon—Messrs. ;ird, and Satron. I l*. vo.s. s Coromandel from BhangJj li d«* Cortier. From Hongkone—'if* srs. s. G. Perry, A. B.
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      196 21 U ride* ttns heading the following abbreviations are used —str.—steamer sh.—ship q.—barque; sch.—schooner; Yet. —Yacht: >u. —Cruiser; Gbt. —Gunboat Tor Torpedo H.p. -Horse-power Brit.— Jritis’n U. S.—United States; Fr.— French; Ger. —German; Dut.— Dutch; •oil. —Jobore Ac., G. c., —General:argo d.p.—deck passengers; U. —Uncertain T. P. W.—Tanjong
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      TRADING VESSELS &C.
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