The Straits Budget, 28 November 1901
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section154 1901-11-28 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” g» \BLI3HEt) OVER HALF A CENTURY. VO I*. uv Cable Address: Times, Singapore.) Stkaits Budget, 40 Cents. Straits Times, 15 cents. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1901. The Straits Times is widely read throughout Asia generally. It circulates in Singapore154 words
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The Straits gadget. THURSDAY, 28TH NOVEMBER.
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Article163 1901-11-28 1 Aktici.ks. M;,* Stone* Captivity. 1 tit* lilt "St* i 1 Case. Lxai.. Market Quotations. 'hipping News. l'asseitger List. Poli«v News, liv :iie Way. Mate <>f the Roads, n...» Church Anniversary. In- .l»>i/»er«/ wrecked, lanj -mir Pagar Dock Co. 'liinva Memorial Concert. Anglo-Chinese School. Chinese Volunteers. l.ari'1 *aie.163 words
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Article594 1901-11-28 1 s *n(iai*ork, 28th November, 1901. PRODUCE. 16.50 Bali 9.60 l0 Ponti>;nak 8.70 1 VP**r, R]%:-k buyers 81.CO ,l0 White, (5%) 50.00 Flour Sarawak 8.75 do Brunei No. 1 8.30 '♦•ari I’stfo.,.. 4.2(1 Hali,* 15% basis! i!!! jj 27.75 PMembang. 20% basis 30.50 Uberian No. 1 21.00 ‘■’pi'X-a, small Flake594 words
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Article221 1901-11-28 1 Thb mail from Europe, this week, leaves by the P. &O. s.s. Parramatta. The mail for Europe, next week, is fixed for the M. M. s. s. E. Simovt. The mail from Europe of the Ist inst. by the M. M.s.s. Yarra arrived on Sunday last.221 words
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REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
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74 1901-11-28 1 Straight Words froj|$ the 44 Times.** London. Nov. 23rd. r N The newspaperi comment upon the seriousness of thcKjerman anti-British agitation. v The Times reminds the Germans that we claim an equal right to defend the honour of our gallant soldiers, and to74 words
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34 1901-11-28 1 London, Nor 2[ird. The Bank of Liverpool announces defalcations by their cashier, who has absconded with 170,000. The directors state that the stability of the Bank is not affected.34 words
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Article39 1901-11-28 1 The Times urges that it is necessary there should be a worthy representation of British manufacturers at the Osaka (Japan) Exhibition in 1903, aj our trade with Japan is now as important as that with China.39 words
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Article26 1901-11-28 1 London Nov. 24th. The offer of the Canadian Government to raise BOO more mounted troops for service in South Africa has been accepted.26 words
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Article15 1901-11-28 1 Eighty Boers belonging to Ackerman’s commando have been captured in Cape Colony.15 words
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Article58 1901-11-28 1 Count Hatzfeldt. German Ambassador lo Great Britain, is dead. [Count Paul Von Hatifelt-Wildenburg, had been German Ambassador at the Court of St. James’s since 1885. Ho was7o>enrsof age. Count Hatzfeldt had been Secretary of Legation at Paris and the Hague, Minister at Madrid, Am 1 assador at Constantinople, and58 words
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Article16 1901-11-28 1 Three batteries of Field Artillery are returning to India from South Africa.16 words
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91 1901-11-28 1 Many Killecf and Wounded. A a extraordinary fanatical outbreak has ocourred among students at Athens in reference to the proposed translation of the Gospels into modern Greek, whioh is regarded as profena^t*. The students attacked fte of6c& df the newspapers whiefi91 words
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29 1901-11-28 1 London 25th Kovemf>er. The German press has assumed a normal tone, although Anglophobe demonstratioiw continue, and pastors throughout the country still deliver Anglophobe homilies.29 words
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Article21 1901-11-28 1 Greek Cabinet Resigns. Athens is quieter, but Cavalry still occupy the streets. The Greek Cabinet has resigned.21 words
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Article38 1901-11-28 1 Commandant Buys has been captured after attacking a patrol and one hundred railway pioneers at Viliiersdorp. The British loss was Major Fisher killed, two officers wounded, and some prisoners taken. The Boers lost ten men.38 words
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Article17 1901-11-28 1 London 28/ k November. M. ZaimiB has got together a new Cabinet at Athens.17 words
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Article28 1901-11-28 1 Austria Takes no Part. The German agitation against Mr Chamberlain does not find the faintest echo in Austro-Hungary, which looks askance upon the German tariff28 words
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Article23 1901-11-28 1 A combined movement by various columns near Reitz has resulted in the capture of 39 Boers. Several Boers were killed.23 words
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Article40 1901-11-28 1 Later. A despatch from Lord Kitchener shows that the bulk of Colonel Fisher’s j force who were captured have been released by Major-General Riinington, who pursued and scattered a body of the enemy, capturing eight of them.40 words
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45 1901-11-28 1 Marians Landed The Americana have prohibited the Colombian Goveifcffeent from bombarding Colon, the town on the Isthmus of Panafon. American marines have entered Panama. They have gone to clear the railway, and* to maintain means of transit thereon.45 words
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Article49 1901-11-28 1 Experiments. 27 th Novembe r. A report fkoru the American Secretary for Agriculture asserts that tea growing in the United States has proved to be successful. The leaf cultivated ie found to be equal in flavour and aroma to the best quality of imported tea.49 words
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Article22 1901-11-28 1 The Cape Government (Juzette announces that the Colony resumes control over the Colonial forces in certain districts.22 words
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Article13 1901-11-28 1 The Marquis Ito has arrived in St. Petersburg.13 words
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Article24 1901-11-28 1 Later. Lord Kitchener's weekly report brings the total Eoer losses— this month, up to date—to 1 278 killed, mounded, captured, and surrendered.24 words
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Article27 1901-11-28 1 Removal of the Body to Germany. Count Hatzfeldl’s remains were conveyed from the German Embassy Loniteo i4fcjjVirtftrip Station, with the fullest military honours.27 words
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Article640 1901-11-28 1 {Straits Times 26th Novcmlter.) Though rigid in the conviction that the conversion of the Infidel Turk so-called, to the Christian faith is no fit work for women *of piety and refinement, we cannot help extending a certain amount of sympathy to Miss Ellen E. Stone, the m{Straits Times, 26th Novcmlter.) - 640 words
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Article3194 1901-11-28 2 (Straits Times $1th November) Earl Russell’s case has finally reached a presumably happy ending. At all events it has terminated in a manner calculated to furnish as much satisfaction all round as could reasonably be expected from the circumstances. A romance in which the leading character is(Straits Times, $1th November) - 3,194 words
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Article143 1901-11-28 2 A gentleman, who prefers to fig an anonymous benefactor, k* 8 0 a scholarship of £5 for the g general progress in the 6th a Standards of the Anglo-Chinese Hannah of the s 8 who recently paid the school gave a £2 prize for the studen tlie greatest143 words
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Article570 1901-11-28 3 rr v prchange compensation rate is set at 1/101 per dollar. V Government Gazette noti- »h*. signals to boused in case of fire ae in i whips in Keppel Harbour. hkR ***** of 150 Boer prisoners- r jn Ceylon have consented to oi t iih-giance and serve570 words
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Article146 1901-11-28 3 N Thursday night, after the reports read at Prinsep Street Church, uev. J. A. B. Cook unveiled the )et to the late Mr. Song Hoot Kiam or many years was connected w r lt n hat congregation, first as member r *d then a 6 local preacher.146 words
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Article144 1901-11-28 3 The Municipal Engineer thus describes the roads here in his last monthly report:— The state of the Municipal roads is worse than it has ever been my lot to experience. I have tested the depth of metal in a large number of the roads and in144 words
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Article170 1901-11-28 3 Ihe output at Redjang Lebong in October reached 2,460 ounces of gold, and 13,813 ounces of silver —estimated to be 14*1,750 guilders in value. 3,206 tons of ore were bandied which yielded 1,639 tons of sands, and 135 tons of slimes —1,432 tons of stuff being held over170 words
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Article494 1901-11-28 3 Government Offer Prizes Of £2,250. That we are to do our best to profit by the lessons of the war goes without saying. One of our stiffest tasks has been to transport fodder, provisions, cartridges, and new boots across dried up deserts and pathless wildernesses. Several agents have494 words
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Article2986 1901-11-28 3 For small blessings, may the Lord etc., and now I have to thank Providence and the Editor for the opportunity of slating a correspondent and making a doubtless pleasant acquaintance. Having lived some time in “The Land of the Free—and Easy as the Occasional Correspondent in last2,986 words
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Article290 1901-11-28 4 Alfred E. Tysoe, one of the most famous a nateur athletes of recent years, a prominent member of the Salford Harriers, died recently from an affection of the lungs after a lingering illuess. Just befo e the gravest symptoms manifested themselves, a movement for raising funds290 words
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Article182 1901-11-28 4 (From a Corresp<mdent.) A very sad accident took place on Wednesday morning last at Ayer Moleh. A young Chinese lad a keen sportsman was out hunting when suddenly the barking of one of his dogs drew him in the direction of the noise. He found the dog fighting182 words
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Article2867 1901-11-28 4 (Via Australia.) Home. A London Liberal Federation has been formed, consisting of delegates from the various metropolitan associations. It held its first meeting on the 28th Oct., and began its existence by passing a vote of confidence in Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman as a leader of the Liberal2,867 words
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Article1309 1901-11-28 4 ADr ltk rating milk with rice water is becoming common at Penang. i The establishment of municipal slaughter houses is now under 1 hi siJeration at Penang. It is rumoured that there is 1 Risibility of an amateur dramatic society being formed in Bangkok. The Dutch gunboat1,309 words
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Article400 1901-11-28 5 A TOTAL LOSS. Thirteen Drowned. information has reached Singapore that Messrs. Wee Bin <fc Co.’s steamer Amherst, Capt. Angus, 108 tons, has been wrecked at Kuala Pahang while on a voyage from Singapore for Kelantan. About 9.30 in the morning on Sunday, 17th, the Amherst struck t400 words
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Article69 1901-11-28 5 The returns from the Pahang Corporation’s mines for the month of October were as follows Suwgei Lemhivg. —Tons of stone crushed 1,600; oxide of tin produced 55 tons. With 35 heads of stamps running for 27 days. Working expenses $21,500. The Pukavg Kabang hid. —Tons of stone crushed69 words
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Article841 1901-11-28 5 The following letter appears in the latest issue to hand of the Ixmdo,i and China Express in reply to a recent article in that journal on the question of a Port Trust for Singapore: To the Editor of the London and Chinn Express" &i R —I841 words
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Article742 1901-11-28 5 The War. A Blitk Book of 400 pages on concentration camps in South Africa, which has been issued, contains the reports of medical and other officers, which attribute the high mortality to tiie dirty habits of the Boers; their ignorance and prejudices; their recourse to quackery and their742 words
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Article200 1901-11-28 5 The Penang Turf Club met on Monday last. The President, Mr. F. I. C. Ross, dwelt upon the satisfactory i working of the Club as evidenced by its closing the year with a profit of over 5,800 dollars. The profit had been steadily increasing during the last nine200 words
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Article594 1901-11-28 5 New Rubber. A new source of supply for rubber has been found out by M. Deiss, a French scientist at Saigon. The forests inland in that quarter abound with lianas —creeping and twining plants which grow to a large siz* These lianas yield rubber out of the juice594 words
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Article1136 1901-11-28 6 M There be rats, and rats.” Hamlet. London, Is/ Nov. Czolgosz was electrocuted on Tuesday, and the same evening the Anarchists and Socialists in London celebrated the occasion by M a dance in honor of his noble death,” and by sympathetic meetings at their clubs, at1,136 words
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Article210 1901-11-28 6 W. B. Mead, a New York millionaire, proposes to catch fish by temporarily blinding them. He has fitted out four boats, each seventy-five feet in length, and will send them to the Pacific Slope. In this connection he has consulted leading Yale zoological professors and210 words
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Article242 1901-11-28 6 A Voice from Penang. The writer of “News and Comments” in the Pinang Gazelle makes the follow ing remarks on the constitution anc performances of the team which represented the Straits at Hongkong When one reflects how unrepresentative and second-rate a team were sent to play242 words
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Article673 1901-11-28 6 Horses for the Selangor races were to leave here to-day in the s.s. Malacca. The 8. s. Lightning left to-day with the following passengers:—Mr. J. White for Penang; Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Sarkies for Calcutta. The new Federal Chief of the Forest Department, Federated Malay States,673 words
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Article952 1901-11-28 6 Assassin’s last Words. An Impenitent Death. Czolgosz, the murderer of President McKinley, suffered the penalty ot his crime at Auburn Prison on October 29th. Reuter’s correspondent describes the final scene as follows Czolgosz retired at ten o’clock yesterday evening, and slept soundly nearly all night. He awoke952 words
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Article144 1901-11-28 6 Ihe Malay Hail notes -\lr Noyes is contributing a serin. 11 11 to the Straits Time, on Thl°/ ar,icl tin mining in the Malay I& 0 In view of a uos«ihlp ri;J- en osul4 supply from alluvial ,volt j7 10n o! Noyes thinks that in the near144 words
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Article466 1901-11-28 6 The concert in the Town llall !>; night in commemoration of the late Aithur Sullivan (died Nov. 22ud, 19oi was extremely well attended the hail being absolutely full, despite the unsatisfactory state of the weather. All the items on the programme were ui Sullivan’s composition. That they466 words
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Article874 1901-11-28 7 H I Apis 18th November. B Javanese Labour. I In every large undertaking the labour I ies tion is always a most important I !ne, but this truism applies in a far I r *.jter J*£ ree t0 ril n ing and planting I "..ncerns in Pahang, where,874 words
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Article1088 1901-11-28 7 An allegedly rich Virgin Field. Is a recent issue of the City Leader appears a leading article anent Australian tin which, though obviously insp'red by the promoters of a company, will be found of some interest to the Straits generally:— I in, although one of the base metals1,088 words
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Article56 1901-11-28 7 First entries for the Cup are slightly in advance of those last year when fourteen were down. The number, at the date of la9t advices, was sixteen and included Security, Vened. Sincerity Stmui Off, Goldsmith, Pintus t Wild Raven, Strothroy Loch, Clievendjon, Tubal Cain 2, Cherry, Alix,56 words
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Article63 1901-11-28 7 The November medal was won by Mr. J. H. D. Jones. Scores:— b’c.ip. total J. H. D. Jones 67 46 4 99 Gapt.Winter R.A.M.C. 65 64 6 104 Col. Oake«, R.A. 67 69 12 104 G. B. Stratton 65 69 7 107 Dr. Middleton 66 6263 words
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Article115 1901-11-28 7 The Temps devotes a striking leading article to the Duke of Cornwall’s journey round the British Empire. The imagination, it says, cannot help being powerfully impressed by the spectacle of this Empire on which the sun never sets. Its purely material grandeur is of a nature to115 words
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Article267 1901-11-28 7 Some deterrent Sentences. A couple of the offenders convicted in the Police Courts, this morning, had no occasion to complain of any undue leniency on the of the bench. For instance: Slay man bin Dollah, a Malay police constable, was charged before Mr. Beatty with theft of267 words
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Article1390 1901-11-28 7 1 he following is the acting manager’s I report to 17th Nov., 1901, on the mines of I the Raub Australian Gold Mining Co:— Mining. Bukit Jellis Mine —The 150’ south J I level has been extended 12,’ and is 287’ I from the east crosscut. The reef in1,390 words
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Article441 1901-11-28 7 The report on the Pahang Corporation fortheyear ending June 30th last,states During the year 26,822 tons of stone I were crushed, which produced 555 tons 3 cwts. of black tin, of a value of £46,707. This output compares with 37,220 tons of stone, producing 807 tons 13441 words
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Article678 1901-11-28 8 The wreck of the s. 8 Amherst was *old by auction this morning at Powell Co’s, sale room for Si,700. Messrs. C. W. Laird and Gunn arrived from Port Swettenhara by the b. s. Ban Whatt Jim this morning. The annual Chingay procession of the Teochews, Macaos,678 words
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Article91 1901-11-28 8 The first drill of the newly enrolled StraitsChineseVolunteerCompany took place at Teluk Ayer yesterday afternoon, when all those who had been sworn in turned up and were put through the preliminaries of squad drill by Lieut. Pritchard and Sergt. Major Mugliston. Major Murray and Lieut. Jennings were present.91 words
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Article186 1901-11-28 8 Appointments. Mr. A. L Ingall, district magistrate, Batang Padang, to act as district magistrate, Kinta. Mr. R. G. Watson, Acting Secretary to Resident, resumes the duties of his appointment, with effect from the 16th November. Mr. R. C. Edmonds, collector of land revenue, Kuala Kangsar, to act as186 words
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Article411 1901-11-28 8 Outcome of a Wedding Party in Lodgings. At the Cierkenwcll County-court recently, before Judge Edge, James Crowley, of 8, Gibson-square, Islington, sued Thomas Peacock, 290, Christchurch road, Boscombe, for 19s for rent and damage done. Mr. J. Pophara appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Stewart was411 words
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224 1901-11-28 8 It is acknowledged that the Boers have taught us a good deal as regards the art of entrenching a position, especially in a hilly country or on the flat where ravines afford cover, and our troops in South Africa have profited greatly by the experience224 words
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Article213 1901-11-28 8 A photographic reproduction of the famous French painting of “The Coronation of the Empress Josephine by Napoleon is to be used as the background to the 50 cents share certificates of an American ,gold mining company. The shares are being recommended, therefore, on the strength of the213 words
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Article353 1901-11-28 8 Career on the Turf. Sam Loates, the well-known jockey, was, says a Reuter message, lately thrown lroni his horse alter colliding with a spectator on the Northampton Race-course, and broke his thigh and collar-bone. The news of the accident will be received with regret, for in353 words
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Article344 1901-11-28 8 That a man can sustain serious burns from a small quantity of cold mineral substance carried in his pocket seems almost too absurd for belief, yet there is no doubt that this paradoxical accident has taken place. It is now well known that Roentgen rays,344 words
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374 1901-11-28 8 The Secretary of State for the Colonies has ordered that regulations 39, 40, and 41 under Chapter II., section 3, of the Colonial Regulations, be omitted, and that regulations 421, 422, and 423 under Chapter XVII. be amended as follows Presents. 421. Governors, Lieutenant-Gover-nors, and374 words
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Correspondence.
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Article165 1901-11-28 8 To the Editor of th* vi* 4 Sir,—With reference to Ti t pendent’s Pahang .W J OUr Wrr*. ■ssue will I think he your correspondent w iU nf Pr a origin of so useful an KrJJl m tt Pahang Labour Law" n sympathetic feeling 11 4 the interests165 words
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229 1901-11-28 8 The military authorities in Wei-kai wei, says the Shanghai Xeie lw.<s centlv set up a fine large clock in the new barracks, and after much work cot it going, but it only went for half-an-hour. Then the hands stuck at 12-> and all the Kings229 words
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Article348 1901-11-28 8 Bata Pahat Nov. 25 th. Rubber planting is all the rage in Batu Pahat at present. Chinese, Javanese, Malays, etc., are all going h for it. Towkay Poon, who holds large concessions of land Irom Govermneii lias planted a few hundred acres o! rubber among his coffee348 words
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Page 8 Advertisements
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Advertisement62 1901-11-28 8 LAND SALE. At Powell <fc Co’s sale-room yesterday, the following property, was disposed of: —Freehold land, containing an area of 24,123 sq. ft., being portion of grant No. 67, together with the European residence thereon known as No. 10 Selegie Road, and also the shop house thereon known as No.62 words
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Article323 1901-11-28 9 C V. 35 th Co. R. A. j rivals met lust evening in -ime on tho Esplanade Va;r crowd of spectators and rV spirited match the Club j 1 ;ii is by 5 goals to nil. The )W without a rival as regards n Football in Singapore, f323 words
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Article514 1901-11-28 9 HOW TO PLAY POKER” PROFITABLY. I. Don't buy but haif as many chips at the start as the other players. The i expectation is that you will win, and you lo.-e it is better that you borrow r owe up. i. Neva r ante up until someone vlls you to,514 words
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Article1476 1901-11-28 9 THE BIG MOUNTAIN SCALED AT LAST. A Story of Perilous Adventure in Malaya. As was briefly announced in yesterday's issue, Gunong Tahan, the hitherto inaccessible mountain of Fahan?, has at last been ascended to the very top. This is no mean feat, considering that three successive expeditions to1,476 words
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Article157 1901-11-28 9 Thursday, 28th November. High Water. 11.4a.m. Tanglin C ub. At Home. P. <fc O. homeward mail due. 8. V. I. No. 2 Co. Drill Teluk Ayer. 5.30. Friday, 29th November. High Water. 0.2« a.m 11.45 a.m. p. to O homeward mail closes. 0 a.m. 8. V. C.157 words
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SHIPPING.
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Article151 1901-11-28 9 Undertbisbeadingthefollowin* abbrev’ tioQB are used:—str.—steamer ah.—shi; bq.—barque; ach.—schooner; Yet.—Yacht; Cru.—Cruiser; Qbt—Gunboat; Tor.— Torpedo H.p.—Horse-power TVit.British U. 8.—United States: ?x French; Ger.—German; Put.— l>u*ch Job.—Jobore Ac., G. G^r^rai cargo d.p.—deck p.%ssongtn*. U.— Urnse* tain; T. P. W.—fanjong Fagar Wh«.rl; T. P. D.—Tanjong Pagar Dock B. W.— Borneo Whrrf;151 words
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Article1191 1901-11-28 9 Arrival* 8i»c* Noon op Yevtrrdat. Ban Whatt Hin, Brit. str. 196 tons, Capt Forbes, 27th Nov. From P. Swettenbam, 26th Nov. O.c. and 61 d.p. Straits Steam«hip Coy. Ltd. For P. Swett-enham, 29th—Rd*. Chmo Rhya Brit. str. 370 tons, Capt Jellicoe. 27th tfov. From P. Swottenham, 26th1,191 words
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Article419 1901-11-28 9 yarn*, fxyrt, probable dale *cr»>*i, ami nai*e oj agents. Htbambes. Achilles, China, Dec IA; Mansfleld. Alboin, Sarawak, Nov 29; Borneo Cot. Amara, Hongkong, Nov 28; Hou*t*ad. .*miral, Excel man, Dunkirk, lefl Oct 39; Ambria, Hamburg. Dec 11; Rebn Meyer. Anna, Japan, Dec 8; Huttenbaeb Bro*. Annam, Colombo, Fob419 words
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Article775 1901-11-28 10 I C b \v) 5* C N*ns a low Caftai* From Sailed Cofsionmb. S' Ri* irii W! 3337 i H ill New York (Oct 6 Behn Meyer Co. .J. oheiMi Chew »tr. 131# Prampton Penang |Nov 3&Khoo Aik Seng m ffftrfAHA H*l str. 147 Gaggi.»o Malacca Nov 21 Soon775 words
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Article535 1901-11-28 10 DAT*. V*w«L’« Nam*. Fia<» Kio. To*» Dwtiwation. Cheanc Clierr Brit Mr 1*1-1 Hongkong, Amoy and Swatovr 5j Ophif v l* F*l«mb»0(j» i TrVngganu' via port. ■a i Indrani 1 »P«n yu portm* 1 Annam Marseille* v* port® i* Yarra •tr M r Saigon. China and Japan 2ft La tfevne535 words
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Page 10 Advertisements
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Advertisement551 1901-11-28 10 LEA PERRINS’ SAUCE. Purchasers are requested to see that every bottle bears, upon its RED LABEL, the signature in WHITE of Lea Perrins. None is the original and genuine Worcestershire without this. Persons infringing this label will be prosecuted. LEA PERRINS’ SAUCE. I PERFECT DIGESTION is th* )-.i :h ro?*d551 words
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