The Straits Budget, 12 December 1901

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  • 72 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” The Straits Times is widely 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. Ei-abi-hhi® over Half a
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  • The Straits Budget. THURSDAY, 12TH DECEMBER
    • 29 1 r Valiev Hoad on Wednesday, the wife of E. L. Seth of a vv \t Bedford House, Penang, J rd instant, the wife of ALLEN Dennys, j, laughter.
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    • 21 1 t! looh Methodist Episcopal n November 28th. Frkdebyc/ j. l oN Mi KkSZIE to A LICE MABEL [oVn* No Cards.
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  • 223 1 j NO AKTXI.KS. r ’.in i 8* h^mes. I shirty's f^urnal. |>i iiQuotations. |>hippini: News*. Il’jipsenirer Lis»t. Il'cICe Now-.. ||,v -h** Way. I Accident at the Wharf. Fv.cy Sale -t the Town Hall. Ift -ha Owner Banished. I\.’.v War Land Sports. [r..ol Burglars. [Municipal Has Works. other
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  • 600 1 l >: *OAT»ORE, 12th PKf embek. 1901. PRODUCE. '"*1 14.1ft 4 IMi 10/0 J PonfcUQHk 8.70 JIT 1 S*** buyers 83/0 White, 5 v 6600 our Sarawak fl 3.65 d Brunei No. 1 356 1 s?o 4 3T> Ir i. 15%'b^u: 2775 I'* B*|©mbang, 20% basis 30.60 No. 1
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  • 153 1 Turn mail from Europe, th's week, leaves by the P. &O. e. s Ballaarat The mail for Europe, next week, is fixed for the M. M. s. a. Ptfls de Ciotaf. The mail from Europe of the 16fh November by the 'M. M. s. Indus arrived
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  • REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
  • 1095 1 (Straits Times 7 th December.) Now that the plan for a canal across the American isihiuus lias advanced to a stage at which practical work is likely to be undertaken, it may be assumed that the report of the Commission submitted to Congress is more reliable than
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  • 2642 2 ASIATIC SOCIETY’S JOURNAL.” (8trait* Time*, 10 th December). Tn contents of the Journal of the Strait* Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society are generally of too specialised a character to interest the average Man in the Street, or to fascinate the .average tired Man in the Train so far as
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  • 161 2 At a recent meeting of the Yarmouth Board of Guardians it was reported that a pauper, named Stokes, who lived alone, had recently died, and that on searching his cottage the Relieving. Officer found hundreds of books, some of great rarity, the collection heir* valued by a
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  • 348 2 Before Mr. Justice Grantham and a special jury in the King’s Beucli D.vision lately, a Swiss waiter at the Cafe Monico named Severino sued Ids employers for slander. —The plaintifls counsel said that on Jan. 1st, at the Ca,** Monico, the plaintiff
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  • 614 3 im1»est Roosevelt is considering II advisability of taking a trip to the I philipP* ces 9 \{r R X. Bland has been appointed L nt of the Malacca Municipal lesion vice Mr. G. A. Hall. r.... jvnang Municipal revenue for B r se t at $458,000 against
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  • 159 3 I w XU ru at noon, says the Shanghai IH r M ,e ov two guns, lru t»y special courtesy, at Pootung, r'TT ei] ie a^va of the Coptic iie cricket team. The L- I,J foreshore was soon alive with an d spectators to
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  • 45 3 Mr. Hooper’s last report on tliejinrikisha department states that the recent pullers’strike arose amone the nu ne 'X? h and Hok Chia clans Lee Chon* Hin the principal owner amongst the Heng Wahs, has been banished by the Governor for 3 years.
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  • 103 3 I The “Arratoon Apcar” Cuts into Tanjong Pagar. This morning while the Arratoon Apcar, which had just arrived from Calcutta, was going alongside the Tanjong Pagar wharf, a collision occurred. The Arratoon. Ape-r ran into the wharf and cut right through the wharf and into godown
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  • 154 3 Yesterday from 4 to 7 pm. the customary half yearly fancy sale was held at the Town Hall in aid of the funds of the Chinese Girls’ School, j There was a very large attendance, and the many articles of a fancy and useful
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  • 197 3 The New Year Sports provisional committee have appointed the following stewards to carry out the arrangement for the Land Sports, which will be held on the Esplanade at 2 15 pm. on Wednesday Ist January next. Judges —The Officer Commanding the Garrison, Lieut. Col. Teversham, Messw.
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  • 295 3 .General Meeting To-day. To-day, at noon, an extraordinary I general meeting of the Straits Trading I Company was held, at 17 Collyer Quay, I to consider the statement of accounts I and balance sheet for the half year I ended 30th Sept, last, and the directors* I
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  • 115 3 A good story is going the round of the West of Scotland just now, which, if non vero. is ben trovato. Thecleikofa well-known (Glasgow) city man, requiring to communicate with his principal, who possesses a mansion on the Rosneath peninsula, turned on the telephone. “\Y ho
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  • 162 3 I Liquid Fuel Fittings. The Ham burg-American Liner C Ferdinand Laeisz which has just left Hamburg for Japan will, on arrival at Colombo take in liquid fuel, on both the outward and homeward voyages, for her consumption. This vessel, along with the Silvia are the first vessels o
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  • 214 3 Effect of the New Ordinance. The Bangkok Times says that the ordinance recently passed in Singapore requiring all ships to be properly fitted with stalls for cattle trade purposes, is for the moment disorganising the trade in Bangkok No bullocks had been shipped for a fortnight for
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  • 285 3 American Difficulties. The Mahommedan islanders, oi Moros as their former masters call**u them, were ever restless and rebellion under Spanish rule. Their American masters, too, find them hard to deal with. In Sulu they are giving trouble. The Moros of Mindanao, in the Southern Philippines, are no better.
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  • 378 3 Moderation in all Things. A press report that the illness of Empress Auguste Victoria, of Germany, was the result of excessive tea drinking in an effort to reduce weight, and that Emperor William is also said to ho suffering from tea drinking, led the New York Journal to
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  • 427 3 Sir Charles Eliot, special railway Commissioner for tlie Cape Govern ment, left South Africa a few month ago to eee I lie newest methods 01 Europe and America After exami ning several large works in Eng land and on the Continent he went to the United
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  • 830 3 New Guinea Papers laid before the States General shew that strenuous «fforls are in progress to establish form illy the autlionty of the Government in Dutch New Guinea. Officials have already been stationed at several spots, but they have not done raucii in gaming influence over the wild
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  • 2426 4 Daniel Webster the Orator not the man who wrote the Dictionary, as so many people erroneously suppose—once stated that Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are otten justifiable.” This is indubitably a fact, and beyond controversy but it bathes my limited comprehension to discern how
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  • 67 4 The following alterations have been made in the arrangements for Christmas On the 24th inst., the 8. C. C. play a football match against an F. M. 8. team. On the 27th, they play the Penang C. C. at fodtball. As regards the entertainments, the
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  • 913 4 The Criminal Procedure Ordinance comes into force on the 1st of next month. The P. and O. Bteamer Malacca left for Hongkong yesterday with troops for that station. r Me Mrs. and Miss Bateman, Mr. J. Bock and Mr. P. Dukwiteh arrived by the C. Apcar this
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  • 157 4 According to a home paper :~Tj„ Pocahontas coal and coke combine Z cently organised by the promoters of the Lnited States Steel Corporation has ir is reported just paid Xl,0(K),OOoVtf* Hat top coal properties. Another oo, Q bine is being formed in America whi-h will include all
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  • 154 4 A force of American :n nines operating in the island of Samar had a hot time of it the other day. In the last engagement reported, the Americans struck the enemy’s stronghold at Sjjalon, destroying three camps, killing thirty men, capturing and destroying forty bamboo guns,
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  • 238 4 The Heir Apparent of China, Pu Chun, son of Prince Tuan, haa memorialise! the Throne praying that he should be allowed to abdicate his position aa her apparent, confessing that he is unworthy of the honour on account of his father being the head of the Boxer? aj*‘
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  • 91 5 (From our Correspondent) Xu*: following is tiie result of the :,irJ day’s racing on Saturday Kir t Kace.-Bvuuxite, 1; Lyon, 2; Cutaway, 3. c oii 1 Ktce. -Olejo, 1 Cossack, 2; Reaper, 3. i'iiir-1 Rk’*?.- Perak, 1 Sentiment, 2; (rosfoi th 3. Koiirtli Race. D'lhailow, 1 j
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  • 350 5 fHt M'lbiy Fo/7 says that the Fancy jreas Ball at tiie Lake Club, Kuala huniimr, on the 5th inst. was a most I function The ladies’ dresses were both pretty and original and quite 4 to anythin* previously seen at Kuala Liiisj'ur at Fancy Halls. Among ie
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  • 331 5 Story of the Transfer. riUDAv’s Gocernment (raze te publishes :ilti Municipal progress report for October which thus details the troubles ..’tending the acquisition of the Gas Works liie caveat which the Commissioners 'fchdeied necessary to obtain for nitration here, ho as to prevent the debenture holders from
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  • 155 5 L. T S been ofiiciall y announced that I i y fLose peers and peeresses who claim the right to attend before January Ist of next year will be summoned to the Coronation. It is interesting to note ie form of the “command to attend It begins as
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  • 153 5 I Presentations at Foochow. The Foochow Echo of the ltfth-Xov. I contains the following:— I i8 a graceful act of the P. O. Company to add a little souvenir to tneir acknowledgements of the spoilI assistance rendered them by I officials and others here at the
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  • 528 5 Estate water supply. Mk. F. A. Stephens, of the Jebong I estate in Perak, lias a grievance-against the Government of that State which I resulted in correspondence during the last two years with redress as far oft as ever. He is part-proprietor of the estate, and
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  • 857 5 Outlook. Had they been respectively a bull and a full-grown dog they would have felt how utterly out of (fate their proceedings were, and there would have been nothing to say about them. Perhaps their ffirth and residence in the land of the H>und Table
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  • 46 5 Ths following scores were handed in for the November monthly medal of the above Club:— K. C. Brain 4A-9~37 K. Macpherson 43—1 =4l P. U. Rose 42+3=45 W. C. I>. Turner 49—4=^45 Messrs Davids, Perrier, Greeve, Scbulz, and Stephen did not return scores.
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  • 1319 5 Ihat large class of Britishers which till lately was convinced that not only was London the hub, but that the I shores ot the United Kingdom were the rim of the universe, is not unnaturally agitated by what is called the invasion” ot England by
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  • 132 5 Attempt to steal a horse. On Monday last the occupants of Rose Cottage,” Mount Elizabeth, were awakened by hearing a noise near the stables at 2 o’clock in the morning. They went to the back verandah and were just in time to see two Chinamen walking away with
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  • 139 5 A new battleship, temporarily designated J, and sister to H, has been ordered from the firm of Schichau, at Dantzig, for the German Navy. The new ship will be of Id,000 tons, and will carry as her main armament four 11- and eighteen 67-in. puns The 11in.
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  • 1820 6 The first day's racing in Kuala Lumpur commenced si ghtly later than the advertized time. There had been no rain for three days previously, so the course presented quite a different surface to the quagmire over which the Griffins had been doing their training. Perhaps this
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  • 435 6 Lohmann, the well known cricketer, has died in South Africa of consumption. Mk. Pugh came from Bangkok yesterday by the &ingora. Mr. Wool arrived from Port Swettenham this morning by the Choir Phya. Lady McCallum, the wife of the Governor of Natal, is reported to be seriously
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  • 141 6 A Mess Ransacked. Still another robbery has occurred in the Tanglin district. Sometime last night, or during the early hours of this morning, thieves entered No. 2 St. Thomas’ Walk, the residence of Mr. J. B. Robertson, and ransacked the whole place. Entrance was gained through
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  • 66 6 The following appears among military orders just issued at Colombo A ease of corrosion in barrel of a machine-gun has recently occurred, which is attributed to the use of Rangoon Oil after firing, instead of “Rifle Oil.” The attention of officers having these guns in their charge is
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  • 92 6 Reynolds' Weekly Weicpaper asserts that King Edward is suffering from cancer of the throat, and declares that since the King’s accession three operations have been performed for the removal of papilloma on the left vocal chord and, that one has been removed from the right vocal chord. Assistance
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  • 131 6 The Londo'n uuil China Express states —lt cannot be said that the first birthday Gazette of His Majesty King Edward VII. will be memorable in the annals of the Far East. There is only one honour granted in that field, a companionship of the Order of St. Michael
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  • 188 6 The Xary League Journal states The Schley investigation in the United States has incidentally revealed a fact which has never been divulged before, that in the course of an attack on the Cristobal Colon two of the 12-in. gun* of the lowa were put out of action as
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  • 274 6 Sir Frank Swettenham’s appointment as Governor of these Settlements seems to have evoked more enthusiastic endorsements from the home press than any similar action taken by the Colonial Office in a month of Sundays. The issue of the Iree Lance just to hand says:— It is many
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  • 829 6 Saturday, Vh D e>ni Os the 29th \ov b „k gtr Bland who has conT%\*' X. dent arrived on board the V’H which also brought the Hon*r“ and Mrs. Kynuerslev an,i n C 8 G. Penney to IMle then returned" to st brmg Justice Hynd man .j* Assi7.es.
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  • 1249 7 MacLaren’s XI. •f H F nntcli at Sydney between New ,uth Wales and Mr MacLaren’s Eng- h Eleven has ended in a win for New !t jj Wales by 53 runs, after a magni- e r,t struggle. The scores were 4 T n\MANS— First innings 288 j-ecoud innings
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  • 37 7 By kind permission of the officers of the 13th Madras Infantry the band of that regiment will play a selection of music at the Botanical Gardens on Saturday next, commencing at 5 p.m.
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  • 177 7 Before Messrs. Brockman and Gilman at the Police Court, yesterday, a young Malay woman named Bahama was charged with dishonestly retaining a pair of gold bracelets, valued at $234, tbe property of Wan Mohamed Salleh, of Johore. Prosecutor stated that on 30th Nov. last be received information
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  • 2369 7 Interesting article by Mr. Kynnersley In the current issue of the Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society there appears a most interesting article from the pen of Mr. C. W. S. Kynnersley entitled Notes of a Tour through the Siamese States on the
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  • 212 7 Thb French military Press is reported to be disquieted by the progress which is being made in Germany in the development of a quick-firing fi$ld gun. With the construction of a field-piece of 75 millimetres calibre —the French believed that they bad provided their artillery with a weapon
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  • 152 8 Thb December monthly medal was flayed lor on Saturday and resulted in i tie between Gunn and Monro at 84. High scoring was the order of the day, in spite of the links being in good order. The following handed in cards A. A. Gunn 444-44—4=84 J.
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  • 716 8 The report of the manager on the 3 Kin Lode, Jelebu, for November runs as 1 follows: Main shaft 110 level, No. 2 lode E j This has been driven 20 total distance ■from crosscut at main shaft 262 lode 2 ■of payable stone. The stopes over this (level
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  • 1065 8 The Russian transport Yaroslavl left for Odessa this morning at 9.30. The Russian transport Orel sailed for Vladivostok yesterday at 6 a.m. II. E. Sib Frank Swettenham leaves in the *S ea Belle to-morrow for Penang. Mr. Von Kingaran, and Mr. Eldridge came from Pontianak by the
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  • 68 8 Expected on Saturday. Tiie s. 8. Kawat'hi Maru having on board the following passengers left Colombo on Sunday evening and iexpected to arrive here on Saturday the 14t.h inst: —Miss L. Gentle, Miss* W. Gentle, Mrs. E. M. Baker, Bishop Hose, Mrs. Hose, Miss F. Hose, Mr. E.
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  • 84 8 The King, it is stated, has ordered the construction of a special crown to be worn by Queen Alexandra at the Coronation Its principal feature will be the Koh-i-Xoor, the most remarkable diamond in liio Royal collection. The Koh-i-Noor, which was found in the famous mines of Golconda
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  • 94 8 The following passangers have been booked for Singapore to arrive by the Tamba Maru: —Mr. R. Morris, Mr W. i Smith, Mr. T. Lamble, Mr. and Mrs. W. Makepeace, Mr. G. Milligan, Mr. and Mrs. Clement Cuff, Mr. F. W. Warburton, Mrs. Cree and child, Miss J. H.
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  • 106 8 That the courtesy of Admiral Can* liani, in allowing the band o* :.ne Italian flagship Vettor Pisani play •>q the Esplande last evening, was much appreciated was apparent by the very large crowd that assembled around ?he bandsmen and listened to their fine performance. A number
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  • 154 8 Dh. George Barney, a well known New York physician, has caused a great sensation by a remarkable medical experiment. lie recently inoculated a cow with human tuberculosis serum, for the purpose of disproving Dr. Koch’s theory that consumption is not transmittahle between human beings and animals.
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  • 163 8 Cutting Down Officers* Expenses. Lord Roberts' Action. It is understood that the Oommander-in-Chief is considering the best means of placing commissions within the reach of men who, in spite of their educational qualifications, do not possess the private incomes which have always been necessary to maintain positions in
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  • 271 8 S. C. C. v. Mr. Blades* XI. These teams, who played last week it will he remembered, again faced each other hibt nicht on the Esplanade and after a well contested game the Ciub lan out winners by 4 goals to 3. The teams wore: 8. C. C. Goal
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  • 174 8 W e ««bted the island of pH*. said the captain, on Aug weather being beautiful clock. Soonaftcrah' ur l alnii s from the shore, and 14 out the governor, hoarded us uq 1 mg our vessel they sang heamff!'!,'* 1 Of San key’s hymns grand y on the
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  • 541 8 1 London 18 th Koc. A bixe-book on the concentration camps has been issued by the British Government. It sets forth that the earnest efforts of the authorities to promote the wellbeing of the camps have been larcelv h a ffW b v ihe inconceivable ignorance, obstinacy,
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  • 116 9 Salaries Raised K ir Vinang Gazette is informed that nustees of the Penang Free School decided to raise the school fees 3in the first of January next year. The l*\e of fees decided on is as follows:— U V f* in Standaids I to IV, $2 per month,
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  • 237 9 Modern Miracle Experienced by an Earl's Sister. In The Onlooker, a correspondent relates the story of the almost miraculous recovery of Lady Margaret Mar--harn, sister of the Karl of Romney, fr m a <ancer which afflicted her for -orne four months. Lady Margaret, who is 67, was
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  • 335 9 The Great Bowler Succumbs to Lung Trouble. 1 he news that poor George Lohmann, the great cricketer, is dead will not ••nine as a very great surprise. His life has 1 >een on a short lease ever since Imp" trouble declared itself at the end of 1*9-.
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  • 115 9 EXPECTED ARRIVALS. (Booked). Passengers for Singapore. Per P. <fe o. s. 8. Rome connecting with s. 8. Bengal at Colombo, from London Nov., due 16th Dec. Messrs. F. v H. ronell, Swann, Ogilvie, F. 8. Odoni, G. eth and A. K. Btiven. Per P. and O. s. s.
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  • 1450 9 Police Court Proceedings. Before Mr. Brockman, the Senior Magistrate, at the Police Court this morning, Chief Detective Inspector Perrett, Detective Inspector Watcham, Detective Sergt. Frayne, Detective Sergt. Brace, Mr. Hughes (Hongkong Shanghai Bank), Mr. Keddie, (Hongkong Shanghai Bank), Kim Pong (Hongkong Shanghai
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  • 1057 9 London 14 th Nor. The heading of this letter might now be with some consistency changed, seeing that a week hence four out of six who composed the party will leave for Singapore It has now been arranged that Mr. Go Boon Quan, and Masters Go Khek
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 1294 9 y trus heading thefollowing aoorevia fcions are used str.— steamer; sh.—ship; barque sch.—schooner; Yet.—Yacht; Cru.—Cruiser; Gbt.—Gunboat: Tor.— Torpedo; H.p.—Horse-power v Brit.— ENntish U. B.—United States; Fr.— French Ger.—German Dut.— Dutch: Job.—Job ore Ac., G. —Generalcargo; d.p.—deck passengers; tL—TTntntain; T. P. W.—Tanjqng Pagar Wharf; P. D.—Taniong Pagar Dock;
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    • 1055 10 t I w jssvi .a w? lon < aptai* Fio* Sailed l CokBi<;nfeB. 3 ij! j Nov 12 Novmansack Dut scb 62 Nacodah K. Ringin ;Xov 7 Wee Bin and Co. >ec 6 it. Dickensont Brit str. 1331 Donnell Hongkong Nov 29SymeandCo. 6 Marburg Ger str j 3888 Zac
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    • 585 10 I I Date. Vessel’s Name. Flag A Kia.i Tons. Destination. t I Dec 8 j Si i Wongseo Dut str. 9*> Rhio 8 Kolnntan tier str. 607 Manila 7 Inaba Maru j Jap str. 8S85 Antwerp via ports 7 Sinai Fch tra, 2784 Saigon 7 Kudat <ior str. 51)0
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    • 289 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. fa»«Kr UtdUkJii of the kind avt.' rr,*a*li. ,.tto
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