The Straits Budget, 16 October 1902

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  • 112 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. over HAlf a Century.
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  • The Straits Budget. THURSDAY, 16TH OCTOBER.
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  • 262 1 |*4VL!NG A LTICLE*. I Muuript! Electricity. I Mioru I etorage. I r i n .> e -ind Siam. I Li*- t f)a| r I '-Tpiug I’ouimUsinn I ‘III I 4 Island I A1 for »he Beat. ■"■UL I Quotations I >:ii ppiiii4 N*-ws I [-"CLyr-r List. I
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  • 632 1 Singapore, Iktu October, 1902. PRODUCE. Gambier buyer- 14.87$ Copra Bali 9.4*2$ do Pontianak 8.75 Pepper, Black 33.25 do White, (8%) 53.00 Sago Flour Sarawak 3.90 do Brunei No. 1 3.70 Pearl Sago 5.20 Coffee, Bali, 15% basis 23.50 Coffee, Palembang, 20% ba«is... 30.50 Coffee, Liberian No. 1 20.00 Tapioca,
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  • 351 1 The mail for Europe, this week, leaves by the P. &O. s.s. Valetfa. The next issue of the Straits Ih/dget will be mailed by the B. I. s.s. Zaida to leave on the 22nd inst. The mail from Europe of the 19th Sept, by the M.
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  • REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
    • 114 1 London 6 th Oct. A treaty between France and Siam has been signed at Paris. Under the treaty, Siam cedes to France the provinces of Melouprey and Bassac, and also the territory on the Great
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    • 102 1 Wants to Make Good the Ravages of the War. Have Signed and Will Keep my Word.” Dewet, speaking at Brussels, denied that he had come to Europe to seek vain support in etf irts to regain the independence of the late Boer Republics. What he wanted was help
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    • 23 1 The whole of the National Guard in Pennsylvania has been called out in consequence ot the coal strike
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    • 29 1 London Bth Oct. The Paris Temps anticipates that the treaty with Siam, will remove the difficulties which were the sources of Franco-Siamese irritation.
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    • 31 1 Rise in English Prices. The demand from America is causing a serious rise in the price of coal in England. Scotch coal has risen four shillings a ton.
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    • 16 1 Sir Thomas Lipton’s challenge for the America Cup was signed at Belfast yesterday.
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    • 44 1 Demands Immediate Resumption of Work. President Roosevelt has offered to appoint a commission to investigate the coal mining strike dispute, provided that the president of the Miners’ Union secures the immediate resumption of work hy the 36,000 miners now on strike.
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    • 34 1 In the Pas de Calais department of France [a coal mining region] the imports of coal in September were 3# millions and the exports lg millions above the figures for September 1901.
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    • 31 1 Later. That part of Manchuria south of the Liao River was restored to the Chinese to-day in accordance with the terms of the Manchurian Agreement.
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    • 95 1 They Changed Their Minds. Whereupon the Kaiser Declined to See Them. The semi-official Nord-deutche says that the Kaiser on the 18th Sept, intimated to the Boer generals that he was prepared to receive them provided they refrained from making an anti British agitation in Germany.
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    • 21 1 The noted anti-ritualist, Mr. John Kensit, who was severely stabbed at Birkenhead on fcept. 29th, died to-day.
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    • 20 1 London, Oct. 9ffi. The newspapers approve as correct the Kaiser’s decision not to receive the Boer generals.
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    • 46 1 The Archbishops Opinion. A meeting of the Society for the Suppression of the Opium Trade has been held at Lambeth Palace. The Archbishop of Canterbury, who presided, stigmatised the Opium trade as a blot on the English name and an injustice to China.
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    • 37 1 Via the Siberian Railway. A conference of the representative* of European railways was held at Paris yesterday to consider arrangements for the service of the new overland route to China via the Siberian Railway.
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    • 20 2 The new Japanese loan has been largely applied for and is understood to be already well covered.
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    • 64 2 Later. Mr. Mitchell, the leader of the American coal miners on strike, has rejected President Koosevelt’s offer to appoint a Committee of Investigation if the miners would undertake to resume work. Mr, Mitchell sayß that fifty mass meetings of miners have adopted a resolution declaring
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    • 17 2 Out of 120,000 French coal miners, 70,000 have obeyed orders for a general strike.
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    • 39 2 The (terman press is disgusted with the Boer Generals. The lagehlati says that, in the event of anti-English demonstrations taking place in Germany, the German Government may ejeet the Generals from the country.
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    • 13 2 The Japanese loan is closed. It is about three times covered.
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    • 44 2 London Oct. 9 tk At the Unionist Conference at Bir mingham on the Education Bill, M. Chamberlain said the bill would not be withdrawn. If the bill was defeated, which he did not think possible, the Government would resign.
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    • 11 2 The Turks have dispersed a Bulgarian band in Macedonia.
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    • 30 2 Ex-M. P. Kilbride has been committed tor trial at Athlone for inciting to murder. [The above telegram was received after we had gone to pre*»s yesterday afternoon.]
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    • 20 2 London, Oct 10 th. Captain Molonev, the British Resident in Northern Nigeria, was murdered on the 4th instant.
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    • 21 2 The French coal miners’ strike is becoming serious. Strong forces of troops have been requisitioned to keep order.
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    • 28 2 Rebuff to Morgan. The American Strike Conference continues to be futile. Mr. Pierpont Morgan begged to be allowed to intervene but met with a refusal.
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    • 31 2 British Steamer Sunk. In the Channel on Wednesday the North German Lloyd steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm sank a British steamer after collision. Two of the latter’s crew were drowned.
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    • 37 2 London 11 th Oct. The coming of the cold weather and dearness of fuel are causing great among the poor at Montreal, JjWke there has been a marked increase mortality among children.
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    • 18 2 'there are numerous shipments of English coal to France owing to the strike there.
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    • 42 2 Strikers Talk of Marching on Paris. Movements of troops are observable in all directions in Northern France, converging on the strike districts. There is much talk in the mining centres of a monster march of strikers on Paris.
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    • 19 2 Mr. Farrell M. P. has been sentenced to two months hard labour at Lardford for intimidation.
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    • 23 2 The Canadian and British Governments have decided upon the establishment of a fast steamship service from Liverpool to Canada.
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    • 21 2 The first meeting of the reconstructed Cabinet was held to-day. The principal subject discussed was the Education Bill.
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    • 28 2 Active military operations have been renewel in Somaliland. Major Swayne’s force has captured 5,000 camels and 10,000 sheep in the country of the Haud tribe.
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    • 18 2 Lori Roberts and Lord Kitchener have been presented with the freedom of Liverpool.
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    • 41 2 The Cedarilene which was conveying the bronze statue of General Gordon for Khartoum has sunk in the Thames owing to a collision. She has since been refloated, and the statue has been transferred to the Lesbian.
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    • 54 2 London, Oct. 1 2 f /t The subsidy of the new steamship line between Liverpool and Canada is fixed at one and an eighth million dollars («£*225,000) annually for ten years. [The British Government's subsidy to the Cnnard line, as announced by Reuter two weeks ago, is
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    • 49 2 As a result of the Colombian protest, the United States Government has nstructed Commander Casey to avoid infringements of Colombia’s sovereignty, and to permit the transport of troops and munitions of war, unless such a course is likely to lead to a battle on the railway.
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    • 43 2 Desperate Fighting. Turkish troops engaged in desperate encounters with Bulgarian bands on the 8th and 9th inst. Petrich, one of the revolutionary leaders, and three hundred Bulgarians resisted the Turks for two days and lost 40 killed and 60 wounded.
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    • 115 2 LORD ROSEBERY AND THE LIBERALS. IS A LIBERAL CABINET POSSIBLE London, October 13 th. Mr. A. W. Black, Liberal M. P. for Banffshire, has addressed a letter to Lord Rosebery, asking if he considered the differences of opinion between himself and Bir H. Campbell. Bannerman so vital as to prevent
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    • 27 2 Later. The Boer Generals arrived at Paris this (Monday) morning and were welcomed by the Nationalist leaders. M. Delcassti received the Generals unofficially.
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    • 52 2 Steel Ropes Bieak. Two Aeronauts Killed. The Brazilian, Debradsky, and his assistant this morning navigated Debradskv’s airship across Paris, manoevring the machine easily. As they were descending near St. D.uiis, the steel ropes supporting the car broke and the occupants fell a distance of 350 feet. They were
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    • 42 2 London 15 th October. The Boer Generals were entertained at dinner in a restaurant at Paris, yesterday evening. amid cheering crowds and attended by Municipal guards. The Generals made moderate Rpeeches, dwelling upon their affection for France.
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    • 26 2 Petroleum, coal, and iron concessions, covering sixteen districts in the province of Szechuan (China), have been granted to separate French and British companies.
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    • 41 2 Bi? Battle Raging:. The civil war in Venezuela seems to be approaching a decisive stage. An engagement has begun at La Victoria between President Ca9trowith 4,100 men and 15 guns, and General Matos with 6,000 men and 22 guns.
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    • 8 2 Kruger has left Utrecht for Mentone.
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    • 32 2 France Pays More Taxes. The German and French Parliaments have re-assembled. The French Budget provides for new taxation amounting to 207 millions of francs, to meet a deficit.
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    • 18 2 The battle in Venezuela is still raging. President Castro has removed the capital to Lostiques.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 92 1 T r,f)st free price of the Strait* Timqt I ve«r or M/-. The post free price N-r/m# budget isS:>0 a year, or 40/n ,.(-pssaiy to subscribe for a year, r- ri. Mons for shorter periods are V*V- ;r:i<- proportionate rate of price as 'v a v p ar. r S
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  • 52 1 DEATHS. i>ti. >eptembtT, at Tokyo, A Ts years. \m At Siang Tek Road, Penang H\>! \v, aged 46. *»r. the 11th inst., at Letham son "t Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Af> days. 2*»ti* September, at Oakland, CaliR h 11 relict of the late HAMILTON I’,/* rite ore, Maryland, l
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  • 1123 2 (Straits Times 8th October.) The first harbinger of the new. era of electricity in Singapore has come to hand in the shape of a circular from Municipal Engineer, setting forth the rates at which electrical energy for lighting or other purposes will be sop* plied by the Municipality
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  • 456 2 (Straits Times, m Ot'oltri \r hao n f 1 r. Siam has at last succeeded m ring from France the evacuation the promise of the evacuation Lhantabun, which town the have occupied since the war of v* in return for this evacuation ‘L apparently regardless of the fact
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  • 984 2 (8traiU Timet 9th October.) (8 traits Timet Only a few months baV since the proposition ot a >■• Cold Storage Company d mooted here by Mr. H. of the Queensland Meat P° j((( Agency Co. Ltd., but aince Jba. those interested have not and the scheme is Dom
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  • 524 3 (Straits Times 9th October.) Among the passengers due to arrive here by the Messageries s.s. Annnm on Sunday afternoon is M. Beau the Governor General of Indo-China who comes out here to take possession of the newly extended French colonies in the Far East. It is easy
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  • 518 3 (Strait8 Times 10 th October John MircHRLL, the America strike leader, is beginning to exemplify the truth of the German adage that a beggar on horseback will outride the Devil, or—to use an American and therefore more applicable colloquialism —he is getting the swelled head.” His rejection
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  • 2226 3 (Straits Times 1 1th. October.) “The majority of the Commissioners are disposed to think that the effects of artificially raised freights on the trade of the Colony are likely to be more felt in the near future than has been in the past.” Such is the note of
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  • 1218 4 (Straits Times YMh October.) Now that the Kelantan difficulty is practically settled, and M. Beau has passed on from here by the French mail to take possession of, inter alia the ten thousand square miles of new territory that Siam has ceded to France, it is interesting to
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  • 1321 4 (Straits Times 14th Oiober). A paper on Christmas Island and the Phosphate Company which was laid before the Legislative Council on Friday seems to indicate that administrative affairs are not running quite so smoothly there as might be wished. The document includes a letter from Mr. Clayton to
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  • 3902 4 (Straits Times \btk October.) Judging from the expressed opinions of the Bangkok 'limes and the Siam Observer —both journals known to voice official sentiment in Bangkok—the Siamese are on the whole rather pleased with, and feel relieved at the seemingly definite settlement of the Franco-Siamese question
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  • 1182 5 We regret to bear that Mr. J. J Gledhill is still seriously ill. Mr. W. Bijtlin, jockey, left Penang for Australia on Saturday last. The Rangoon Municipality intends to carry out experiments with petroleum to mitigate the dust nuisance. The working results of the Sipiau Tin Company
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  • 119 6 Advices irom Kedjang Lebong to the 23rd Septembei, j-peuk of such a persistent dn ught that only from five to ten heads ot stamps can be worked. The drought is something unheard-of. In normal years rain falls theie almost daily all tiie >ear luund. In former days, the
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  • Correspondence.
    • 88 6 To the Editor of the 11 Straits Times Sir, —Will you kindly give a little space in your valuable journal to the following few lines. In Cecil Street there is a heap of rotton onions. It has been lying there for several days untouched. The smell
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    • 340 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —A paragraph appeared in your paper of yesterday’s date in which you referred to a correspondent writing a complaint anent certain Malay samsengs who infest certain parts of the town, but you regarded his view as that of an alarmist.
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  • 159 6 There was a very large gathering prior to the departure of the Prinz Regent Luitpold this morning and most of the local residents had assembler to bid bon voyage to Mr. W. Grigoi Taylor, the popular General Manager ot the E E A. and
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  • 169 6 Siamese View. The Bangkok Times thus explains away the Siamese customs action in Kelantan: —It is not strictly accurate to say that preferential Cu-toms duties hav* been established at Kelantan in favoui of Siam against Singapore. Siam has merely to enforce the general principle that there should be
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  • 816 6 (By an Australian Horseman). This morning's work was very tame, nothing going out of a slow canter. To-morrow morning should see a big attendance as no doubt plenty of fast work will take place. The Australian racing season proper started on the 6th of last month and from
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  • 1024 6 Bangkok Press Comments. Concerning the new Franco-Siamese Agreement, the Bangkok Times of the 6th instant said “The signing of the new FrancoSiamese Treaty in Paris is the most important event in the political history of this country since the Anglo-French Agreement of 1896, to which indeed
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  • 386 6 Malay Mail We are rorry to have death of Mr. C. H A Turney wt eenior District OfW r in He retired on a pens on about years ae« and w. nt to live in \\Z1 Australia, Mis. Turney and S remaining in Singapore at their hoa. on
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  • 253 6 DAUMV^rivi. Before Sii Lo-».« 11 i-x. Cliirf<f up h the Supreme C* urt morning ®°f D Mr. C. J. Saunders, Official Artis*** applied for the committal to pnsoD Go Gian Chu, sole partner in the Khoon Seng, who has been adjw W* bankrupt It appears
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  • 1508 7 ThP General Manager’s Report on the P ‘'Mine to the 20th ultimo runs as to submit my monthly Report 1 fir Mining and Milling operations. jQ y nine measurements and assay ri,e i" 0 f prospecting work prepared lb? mine Manager show a total of *ir the period
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  • 204 7 The following passengers arrived yesterday morning from the North by the German mail steamer Prinz Regent I/uitpold. From Yokohama: Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Birds. From Robe: Mr. Baba, Count and Countess Ennequin, Mr. and Mrs. Chesebrough. From Shanghai: Dr. Macaulay, Lieutenant von Stegmann, Mr. Harry
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  • 918 7 The following letter, which lately appeared in the Alliance AW*, is of considerable interest locally:— 44 As we are having a spell of hot weather again, and therefore a great demand for beverages of one kind or another, I wish to put in a plea
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  • 341 7 $1,200 Stolen by a House-Boy. Yesterday morning Mrs. McArthur, St. James, Telok Blanga, was the victim of a robbery by a house boy,” who succeeded in getting away with about $1,200 worth of jewellery and money. The boy chose an opportune moment for the committal of the
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  • 564 7 Indications point to the early collapse oi‘ the scheme of the Boer Generals to raise the funds* they wish for home relief. Correspondent* of the leading papers agree that in Berlin, the appeal has had an opposite ett'ect to that intended. The New York correspondent of the Standard
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  • 768 7 I Mr. Kruger issued the Boer ultimai turn to Great Britain three years ago I to-day. I j The entries for the forthcoming races I close on Saturday next. They will be published in that day’s paper. I I The death rate at Kuala Lumpur I which
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  • 113 8 —Malay Mail. Typhoid is very prevalent at Kuala Lumpur at the present time, and it would be well if the public would take such ordinary precautions as boiling water and milk before drinking them, and abstaining from eating uncooked vegetables as much as possible. Mr. Laird is proceeding
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  • 130 8 The Bangkok Times, in noting the discovery of artificial shellac, gives the following particulars of the Siamese trade in that article Lac is a resinous substance exuded from an insect, really to form a shelter for its eggs, the female herselt being embedded in the mass. This substance
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  • 121 8 Mr. W. E. Curtis, writing to the Chicago Record Herald, says there is to be a coflee conference in New York City on October Ist, attended by official delegates from the several coflee-pro-ducing countries of the American hemisphere, which includes nearly every colony and country except the
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  • 171 8 From Mindanao, in the Southern Philippines, comes news of warfare with the Moros, a Mahommedan race wdiieh is restive under A merican rule. A few months ago, the American troops routed the Moros in battle near the shores of Lake Lanao, their principal settlement. The Moros
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  • 242 8 The Emigration Question. The Netherlands correspondent of the London and China Express writes In connection with the emigration of Javanese, the necessity of it is argued from various sides on account of the strong increase of the population. In 1870 the population in Java was 16,000,000 souls,
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  • 529 8 (By An Australian Horseman.) The going on the race-course this morning was very good. Comical was the first to work, being contented with once round at a sharp canter. Pawnbroker (Smith) went twice. The second time he was driven along. Beauxite cantered once round and spurted over the
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  • 121 8 In his annual report on the trade of Bangkok which was issued in London on September 12th, the Assistant Consul remarkes that a great step in the advance of the country will have been made when the Government succeeds in substituting some other source of revenue
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  • 852 8 Seaman Fined for Drunkenness. Peter Smith, seaman on the s.s. Deucalion was charged in the Marine Court this morning before Capt. Boldero, R. N., Actg. Master Attendant, with, on Oct. 6th last at 3 pm. being found drunk on the ship on the voyage from Liverpool
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  • 805 8 6th Oct. Mu. D. H. Wise returned from Perak on Sunday by the Malacca. Mr. Dykes, who has been appointed warden of mines for Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Pahang, returned to Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday last from Negri Sembilan. Mr. Hubback has been staying at Seremban,
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  • 138 8 U> satisfactory number y 0 f ,e ,i t0 'W Following were the scores l5e M«h H. M. S. ‘‘Arethusa." >Q8. yds. y dg R r H°'f? aVidge e T ««i R Hathaway 31 *1 95 w. Aitkenhead as S S f- Clayton 33 3 n. KnowUon tf
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  • 394 8 The St. Nicholas Society h arr ceased to exist, the work haTb£ transferred to the Children s Aid.W which society has been formed outrf the ashes of the late Society and wm! has taken over all its liabilities it Committee gratefully acknowledges th receipt of the subscriptions
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 98 8 LAND SALE. The following property was disposed of by auction at Powell and Co.’s saleroom yesterday. Freehold land situate at Anson Road and the corner of Raub Street, near Tanjong Pagar Docks, area 5,526 square feet marked lots 176,177, and 178 of Grant No. 75 dated 7th Feb. 1886, together
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  • 92 9 r Orchestral and Choral practices u Nincapore Philharmonic Society the nf P immediately. The orchestra oDDlI L practice at the Town Hall and every succeeding Thursday :0 rat the usual hour. The choir t ?r V next Monday afternoon at 5.15, ir ee cnrae new music will
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  • 164 9 GlrM's St. Petersburg corresponlearns from a reliable source that V r 'j Wittes tour is connected with "dicing of a loan in the United w hose financiers at present are ’ined to make such an invest1 r S oW in2 to the closed-door policy fv in'the Far East.
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  • 1190 9 Thp half yearly meeting of the Marine Club will be held at the Club to-morrow night. Mks Hood-Treacher is expected out ri the K M. S. from home by the end •f the year. The American Navy Department proI o-js to reinforce the U. S. Asiatic fleet
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  • 135 9 (By an Australian Horst man). Friday is an ofif-morning, and the work this morning was not very interesting. Lowsby will arrive on Monday by the Malacca and is bringing Cossack, Riff Raff, Felspar, and Keynote, the Padlock mare. Cossack and Riff Raff will probably run in the ex-Griffin
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  • 131 9 Further fighting between the Americans and the Moro tribesmen in Mindanao (a Philippine island) is reported. These Moros had stolen horses and arms from an American detachment and had refused to surrender them. Operations against them in September resulted in the capture of five forts. The Moros then
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  • 158 9 A Chinaman arrived in Singapore on Wednesday in custody of the police who has been wanted” by the authorities for some months in connection with a vitriol outrage. It is alleged that, whilst a Chinese woman was going along Tank Road in a rikisha, this man threw vitriol
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  • 367 9 In an article in Commercial Intelligence, Mr. F. Schroeder, to whose contributions we have already called attention, writes of the Japanese mining industry. In England, he remarks, a miner who sends up shale instead of coal or mixed with coal is fined, for on the uniform
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  • 894 9 Visitors to Harmston’s of late and tbose of byegone days before the tiger 44 Duke got too big and fierce to be bandied with any degree of safety, must often bave wondered bow wild animals are trained and also bow people can be found with
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  • 4601 9 MEETING THIS AFTERNOON. A mebtimg of the Legislative Council was held this afternoon H. E. the Governor presiding. Prior to the first reading of the Supply Bill for 1903, H E. the Governor delivered his annual address on the state of the Colony. The Governor’s Annual Address. His
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  • 326 10 Chinese Donations. The following is a list of donations to Tan Tock Seng’s or the Paupe Hospital. It is the result of a meeting of Chinese interested in that institution which had been called by Mr. Firmstooe. the then Acting Protector of Chinese Further results are
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  • 1127 11 The Balkan States. ovarian revolutionists are terroT 11 Salonika an(J Monastir. A strong ing surrounded by troops on 26th 8ept. rce Uf *hrough the cordon. There was s 0 n both sides. The Turkish are called out. p \a; .jaj Turkish report states that the v lust 52
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  • 235 11 THE DELAYED KOREA.” The following parody signed Time Ball,” appears in the Japan Gazette explaining the feelings of a well-known character of Yokahama on the delay of the new Pacific Mail s.s. Korea— the largest liner ever seen in that part of the East—a day after she was due. The
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  • 317 11 The Singapore Golf Club links will be closed from the 13th to the 26th inst., in consequence of the coming races. Messrs. Brown, Walsh, Kenny, Sullivan, Greaves, de Souza, Mrs. Howell, and Bro.’ Morris, arrived from Teluk Anson by the Penang this morning. Splendid progress is being
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  • 561 11 (By an Australian Rortetnan.) There was a good attendance on the course this morning and some interesting work was got through. Sir Lancelot (Kirwan), Snoozer (Pierbux), galloped a mile and a half, both going well and if Sir Lancelot was giving away much weight he will be very
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  • 95 11 THE KONIGSBERG ON FIRE. We understand that shortly after leaving Penang, fire broke out on the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer Kunigsberg and some 1,000 tons of cargo were either destroyed or damaged. The fire was first discovered off Salang and the vessel is said to have put back to Penang. The
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  • 129 11 Mr. Leong Fee’s tin mine at Tambun, 'near Ipoh, (Perak), has at present, says the Pinang Gazette the largest output of any tin mine in the world and iR bringing in a fortune to the owneT each month. The total output of ore for September amounted to
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  • 791 11 An ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held yesterday afternoon, the President, Mr. J. O. Anthonisz, in the chair. There were also present Messrs. Maclaren, Chope, Evans, Jago, Moses, Barker, Choa Giang Thye, and Lee Choon Guan. Financial Statement. The President said the financial statement showed a
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  • 903 11 I The Legislative Council met yesterday afternoon, when the Governor delivered his annual address on affairs in the Colony. The address was reported in full in yesterday’s issue. Following is the report of the proceedings subsequent to the delivery of the Governor’s address. SUPPLY BILL, 1903. The Colonial
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  • 475 12 The Batavia Nieuirsblad states that steps have been taken to push on trade between Australia and Netherlands India. Mr. Me Master, a member of an Australian pearling firm, and Mr. Carpenter, a delegate sent by the Queensland Government, have started from Thursday Island for Java. Their aim is
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  • 214 12 Arrest of a European. Mr. A. le Prevost, formerly employed in the silk department of Messrs. Comes and Co., Yokohama, against whom a charge was recently laid of having, with four .Japanese employes, misappropriated the sum of 300,000 yen was arrested on Sept. 22nd, and removed
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  • 1703 12 TUESDAY, 2 ist OCTOBER. First Rack. THE MAIDEN PLATE.—Value $400. A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight as per scale (lOst.) Entrance, $10. Distance, R. C. Tan Hap Leong—Comical Mr H S Tann—Banester Cropley—Sharavogue T Sarkics—Blue Jacket Nirvana—Melody Sir F A Swettenham A Mr Payne—Marie Mr Howden—l.ancer Martin A
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  • 114 12 A very fast Japanese torpedo boat, the Asashio lately launched by the famous Thorneycroft firm, arrived here to-day from Colombo, on her way to Japan. Her speed is 31*4 knots per hour. Captain Horinouchi, five officers, and a Japanese crew of 51 men, commissioned her and
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  • 359 12 Mb. J. S. T H0^7n Am sionary residing at Pv Atte ncan some Indian interesting and graphic a recent rising of lh£, co «Mof» his statements that dire?.*®*®* fa possession of Phre they thf ral massacre of Siamese a distinction was mad. j first. and children
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  • 761 12 The death has occurred of lit.J.B Gribble, the famous tennis player The British India S. N. Co. has pur chased a site at Colombo for a dry dock for the B. I. fleet. The post of Sergeant Instructor tc the Penang Volunteers, salary £l5O a year aijd
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  • 93 13 s lrorn the north says the Siam I' states that the Governor of r rae has ded from the town to seek u:et v *n Luang Phrabang. It is thought ;iar die reason for this sudden flight is to the Siamese authorities seekarrest as they believe he
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  • 107 13 y by ti.e O& anien For Marseilles r f- van Bloemen Waanders, *’< raanuant Servant, Mr. Ed. YongeDr. Onerua, Mr. A, Aguesse, Mr. uobin, Mr I, Richard, Mr. F. Cario, Y bartnls. lor Sydney (via Colombo): r Hedenland de Nacon and Mr. N. E. for Colombo Mr.
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  • 111 13 II- -I i. i' li rp^ar d to the’ fire on board the yni g.4erg reported by us in Satur- ue appears that it took place ci r ataij Ba y (Pulo Wai). Fire was X 0 to Lave broken out in the iv a
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  • 111 13 In order to facilitate the reading of the entries for the Griffin races, published on Saturday, we append a list of the Griffins with their numbers 1 Dapat, 2 Calanda, 3 Wiiliam 111, 4 Cri-Cri, 5 Moonlightor, 6 S. V. 1., 7 Pelican, 8 Mystery, 9 Repton,
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  • 115 13 A few days ago a Malay was arrested by the detectives while trying to pawn jewellery worth $20,600. He said this property was entrusted to him by a Javanese prince, but he was unable to produce credentials to this effect, and he was remanded till Friday last,
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  • 240 13 ,—Perak Pioneer Mr. Mitchell, Principal of the Kampar and Gopeng English Schools whilst travelling with his two children in a gharry from Gopeng to Kampar on the 3rd instant, was attacked by two Chinese robbers armed with long parangs. Thisoccurred in broad daylight. Mr. Mitchell and one of
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  • 261 13 A Great Musical Success. The Teutonia Club was crowded on Saturday night on the occasion of the concert given by Messrs Herzberg (violin) and Sternberg (piano). H E. the Governor was present. It was a most delightful concert throughout, both the artistes of the evening giving ample
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  • 241 13 (By an Australian Horseman The entries closed on Saturday and I with the Rochore Plate being open until the day of the race, should number over 250. This would produce an average of over 12 for each race. The Maiden Plate has eleven engaged, including three ex-griffins and
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  • 290 13 The Singapore Royal Engineers (Volunteers) paraded for inspection at Erin Lodge on Saturday afternoon and the Inspecting Officer, Lt.-Col. Fullerton, R. E., was well satisfied with what he saw. Out of a total strength of 32, this newly formed branch of the S.V.C. mustered 25 men in
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  • 247 13 Another robbery of jewellery took place in Singapore on Friday. Acting Inspector Connor received information at Kandang Kerbau Police Station at 7 p. m. that jewellery of the value of 81,181 had been stolen from Mrs. Knocker and Miss Poulsen, of 171 Serangoon Road. Mr. \V. H.
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  • 551 13 Following is the result of a shooting match between H.M.S. Arethusa and 13th Madras Light Infantry, at the Balestier Range on Friday last:— H.M.S. Arethusa." yds. yds. yds. 200 600 600 Total W. Aitkenhead 31 31 29 91 A. E. Cooper 81 28 27 86 J. Clowes 29 32
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  • 221 13 Arrival of M. Beau. By the French mail steamer A nnum yesterday Singapore received several distinguished visitors in the persons of French officials. M. Paul Beau, the new Governor-General of French IndoChina was one of these r and M. Harmand, French Minister at Tokyo, another. With M.
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  • 1068 13 Home. The London corre*pondent of the Indian Field telegraphed on the 27th Sept, the result of the Prince Edward Handicap, as follows Mormon 1, Volodyovski i, Syooros 3. Nine ran. Mormon won by three length*, and a length and a half separated the second and third. The start
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  • 530 14 Some visitors who have just passed through here on the American transport McCM*on and who doubtless studied their own Cleopatra’s Needle in Central Park and mayhap its sister on the Thames Embankment, were very anxious to learn whence and wherefore comes that hoary relic in obelisk form
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  • 302 14 The Singapore Volunteer Corps (together with one Double Company of the 13th Mad* as Infatetry will parade on Saturday next, the i*»h Inst. for field manoeuvres as follows General idea—Information is received that a hostile force is advancing from Bukit Tiniah with the object of cutting the Railway
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  • 848 14 Although sociology and especially that particular branch of the study of ;he inter-relations of mankind which is mown as political economy has few or no attractions for the average merchant out East where the labour problem is capable of solution on broad and well defined lines, he
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  • 160 14 The A class medal was played for recenty by a large number of members and was won by Col. Oakes with 81 net. The following handed in cards Col. Oakes 484.50= 93 —12=81. A. A. Gunn 434-42= 85— B=B2. F. Ferguson 424-41=- 83 scr.=B3. H. W. Vade
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  • 315 14 The Imperial German mail steamer Sachsen arrived on Saturday morning from Europe with 180 passengers, of whom 79 disembarked at Singagore. Among these were: —From Bremerhaven:— Mr. O. Kaefewle, Mr. Hans Schmidt, Mr. Wilh. Schoor, Mr. Orlowski, 3 sailors. From Antwerp:— Mrs. C. Ingenohl, Misses Irma
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  • 534 14 Typhoid is reported to be very prevalent at Kuala Lumpur at the present time. No case of public interest was reported to the police to-day. The charge sheets were filled with details of petty thefts, etc. 4 The Russian Minister of Finance, Mr Witte, who had planned
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  • 61 14 For the better administration of police affairs, a new division, E.” has been created, having its headquarters, for the present, at Orchard Road. Acting Inspector Connor is placed in charge of it and acting Inspector Brace goes to B.” division. D.” division which has always been too large
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  • 99 14 There is now about two feet of water available in the reservoir. This, probably, represents about 50,000,000 gallons. The various feeders add about 750,000 gallons a day to the store, and the Kallang pumps send in as much more. The consumption is about 2,700,000 gallons daily, exclusive
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  • 158 14 WAS IT DHOBY ITCH The American military authorities in the Philippines have encountered a good deal of trouble in rooting out an affection of the akin called adobe itch,” which caused the army great annoyance. It seems to have been taken to be dhoby itch,” and was probably the same
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  • 168 14 On the 24th ult. Joseph Elias, a Hebrew, was arraigned before Mr. Marriott for the theft of three coats, the property of his father. The Magistrate wished to deal leniently with the lad and allowed the father to stand surety in the sum of s*so for the
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  • 1273 14 Oi*_ the 5th instant w H was in Port Dickson 0 ’n his bungalow at the 5th '.H stay however, was short f! 1 Hj the Sea Belle at 5 p. m ‘ftl h WJfl visiting the Tuan Sheikh man in his ne- domicil!? Ab Jl CU
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  • 1094 15 I \lluvial Mining in the Straits. I may be of interest to some readers I The Cornish Post to read a few l-aiarks regarding the country where 1. tin comes from, (writes Mr. J. C. P’arren dated Camborne, Aug. 25th.) |'y -lay in the Malay
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  • 1138 15 And a very mixed account of the Cocos-Keeling Group. Under the little of “Atoms of Empire,” the Pall Mall Gazette publishes an interesting article comprising short sketches, historical and descriptive, of such out-of-the-way dots on the map as Norfolk Island, Pitcairn, Tristan d’Acunha, the Cocos-Keeling Group
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  • 487 15 An Appeal to the British Foreign Office. According to some of the home papers great importance was attached to the recent visit to London of Phya Sri Sahadheb, the Siamese Vice-Minister of the Interior, and incidentally the statesman who kidnapped the Rajah of Patani. It is not, perhaps,
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  • 635 15 Thk French mail of Sunday brought a good deal of news matter relative to Siam and amongt it Mr. T. Ff. Carlisle’s annual report on the trade of Bangkok for 1891. Without publishing the report in exlenso we may be permitted to note that he complains
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  • 107 15 There remains only one tie to be concluded in the S.C.C tennis tournament —the final of the A Singles, between F. Salzmann and Bradbery. The match will be played this afternoon. The results of the other various events are given below CHAMPIONSHIP. Winner—F. Salzmann. Runner-up—Beatty (holder). A
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  • 266 15 Per P. O. s. s. Oceana connecting with the steamer Parramatta at Colombo, from London Sept. 18, due 19th Oct.—Messrs. J. R. Ballin, J. Macintosh, R. H. Lee, A. N. Ryrie, Mr. and Mrs Follett, Mrs. Mac kintosb, Messrs. E. Wilson, G. H. Moor, Dalgleish,
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  • 365 16 A COMPARISON WITH THE MALAY STATES OF KELANTAN AND TRENGGANU. The accompanying cut shows in rough outline the Siamese territory west of the Mekong River, recently acquired by France; and the Malay States of Tringganu and Kelantan, our own nearest neighbors in the Peninsula.
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  • 2309 16 (Prom TV Time.'" of Sept. \tth.) The telegram from The Times Correspondent in Paris, headed “France, England, and Siam,” which appeared on the 17th Sept., must have furnished, it is safe to assert, reading of a somewhat bewildering character to the average Englishman. The opening paragraph stated that
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  • 77 16 The typhoon of Sept. 28th caused teirible devastation in the northern districts of Japan. In Tokio alone 180 homes were totally and 2,600 partially destroyed, and 400 flooded. Ninety vessels are missing. A tidal wave rolled up in the neighbourhood of Odawara and Kodzu; 600 persons
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  • 154 16 William Pk.XX, the Quaker, wa> liorn at Tower Hill on thi* day, IH4i. At Oxford he stayed but two years, and was noted for his proficiency in manly sports. He was a student of Lincoln's Inn during the plague. Then he gained considerable reputation as a soldier in
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  • 786 16 {By an Australian lU Jr fl Them was a good ««**•> mornmg of owners and other e I in the coming races. >ir Lancelot (Pierbux) wac i I first to appear. He went 7„ Jt( t I slow and the second Lnf ""Hi I pace, finishing down the
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  • 1132 17 fficialy notified that Shanghai lT v*<!chow will no longer be regarded infected ports. h 5th instant four Bangkok N Counted for 100 couple of snipe. :UD *hf-re is n0 shooting like this god SiPg 3 P ore! bun dred deaths a day during a fortnight is the
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  • 362 17 Yesterday afternoon, twenty-one Chinamen, Hylams, were charged before Mr. Beatty with being members of an unlawful society called Sow Seng Chun.” They pleaded not guilty. The Deputy Public Prosecutor conducted the case. Mr. W. E. U. Grove, the Chief Police o±cer, stated that towards the end of
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  • 1525 17 Its Present Status and Past History. The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian writes A serious hitch, I am informed, has occurred in the negotiations for the sale by the Sultan of Brunei in No*th Borneo of the remainder of his dominions to Sarawak in return for certain payments
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  • 129 17 Thf Monthly Medal played for on Saturday last was won by Mr. F. H. Pearce. The recently erected sand bunkers and the much anathematised tee to No. 3 made no difference to him, and in spite of the mountain,” or was it a “molehill,” in front of
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  • 1882 17 London 19fA Sept. There is no man who can be by himfeelf alone ho contemptible as a body of men, and there is no body of men who can be so contemptible a& the public at large ”.—De Chamfort. The intelligent foreigner taking up the file
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  • Correspondence.
    • 528 18 To the Editor of the “Straits Times." Dear Sir, Iq your issue of the 13th inst, there appears over the signature “Imperium” a contribution written with the apparent object of adding something to the knowledge of your readers on the subject of Capital and Labor. Imperium takes
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  • 52 18 H. E. Sir Frank Swettenham left Singapore on the Sea Belle late yesterday afternoon taking a course along the East coast of the It is understood that His Excellency intends visiting the 8uhan of Kelantan, about which state so much interest bat recently been evinced in
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  • 49 18 The September Monthly Medal was played for on Friday 26th September and resulted in a win for B. C. Stoker. B. C. Stoker 40—0 =4O A. Dowie 47 —6=41 A. C. B&llingal A J. W. Stewart r No cards J. H. London retnrned. C. C. Zeverijn
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  • 119 18 Practice shoots are being held with a view to selecting the best rifle team Singapore can muster for the forthcoming Inter-Colonial match, and it is probable a good team will he forthcoming, with sufficient practice at the butts. The Hongkong Daily Press hears that the Hongkong team
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  • SHIPPING.
    • 103 18 Under this heading the following abbreviations are used —str.—steamer sh.— •hip; bq—barque; sch.—schooner; Yet.— Vacht; Cru.—Cruiser; Gbt. —Gunboat; Tor. -Torpedo; H.p.-Horse-power; Brit.—Brilsb; U. S.—United States; Fch.—French ter.— German; Dut.—Dutch; Joh.—Johore; Lc.—General-cargo; d.p.-deck passenger; U.—Uncertain T. P. W.—Taniong Pagar Wharf; T.P.D.—Tanjong Pagar Dock; B.W. -Borneo Wharf; J. W.—Jardine’s
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    • 1027 18 Arrivals since Noon of Yesterday. Calypso, Brit, str 339 tons. Capt Lowry, 16th (let From Deli, 6th Oct. Gc., and 126 d.p. W. Mansfield A Co. For Penang, 17th —W. Chwnnhan Brit. str. 1,282 tons, Captain Morehouse, 14th Oct. From Amoy, 0th Oct. G.c., and 811 dp.
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    • 676 18 Name, port, probable date of arrival, and name of agents. SlEAMERS. Achilles, Hongkong. Nov 2: Mansfield. Adria, New York, Oct 26; Behc Meyei. Alboin, Tut eorin due Oct. Borneo Co. Alesia, Europe. Oct 24; Benn Meyer. Alting, Cotie, Oct 31 Annam, Hongkong, Nov ”8 M. Maritime*. Aotea, London
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    • 1137 20 f i j 1 I I f v *.-»>;] s Nam* I i Tow* Caftan From Sajlkd. Consignees. Rig <>ct i i 6 Cheang Chew Brit str. 1213 Frampton Amoy Sept 29 Heap Eng Moh 6 f MeClellan Am tra. 1826 (Vogdes Manila jOct IU. 8. Consul 7 ,R.
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    • 922 20 Date. Vessel’s Name. I Flag A tel Tons, j Destination. i 1 Oct 7 Pontianak* Brit str. 97 J Tringganu Tia ports 7 Amiral Hamelin Fch str. 3’ 12 Havre 8 Benalder Brit str. 1696 Marseilles and London 8 Cheang (Jhew str. 1213 Penang 8 bntavier str. 216 Teloban
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 637 18 THE RAX AGES OF WAR Of war’s ravages dwellers i n jw Africa know too much hut fortu atelv coi all. There is surely nothing more de,W ine than the spectacle of burnt nnd looted villages and farms, vineyards and fruitfni fields wasted and spoiled, with here&nd there rusted and
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 820 19 e err ins auce Possesses delightful piquancy. Is the most delicious Sauce known. For Meats, Game, Fish, Soups, &c. THE ORIGINAL GENUINE WORCESTERSHIRE. cf i‘f :<i1 R^G'STLfltO I! Country i f../ ri Trade mark. w "f&l o K has THE LARGEST SALE OF ANY PH08PH0RI0 MEDICINE IN THE WORLD. forty
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    • 721 19 Co mpany-General Agency. (FLOR DE LA ISABELLA.) In stock: Perfectos, Antonio Lopez, Favoritos de A. Lopez, Brevas, Yagueros, Princesas, Isabeles, Conchas Especiales, Windsores, Londres, Culebras’ Incomparables, Nuevo Habanos and Cortados. Manila Cigareltes, mild and medium. Egyptian Cigarettes Crowu Prince, Fleur d’Oriente, Non plus ultra, Extrafine, Superfine. Tobaccos: Navy Cut, Latakia,
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    • 312 19 jMSSSj A R*n;«dy for all Irregularities. *nperae-1 ok Bitter Apple, Pennyroyal. Ml 'J ch a, Sold by Singapore Dispensing Co., Ltd* Raffles Place, Singapore. Proprietor MARTIN. Ibemlst. SOUTHAMPTON. EKCtLANDt &STEEL I PILLS INDIAN ENGINEERING. An Illustrated Weekly Journal THE RECOGNIZED ORGAN OF THE PROFESSION IN INDIA. With guaranteed bona fide
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    • 405 19 KIM WAN BRICKWORKS A CO. PASIK PANJAN G. Are now supplying building bricks of every kiuds. For particulars apply to CHOP KIM BIE, No. 24, Malacca Street. 18-12 RANEE6UNGE FIRE-CLAY AND POTTERY WORKS. MAN UFACTURERS of every description of GLAZED STONEWARE DRAINAGE PIPES, SURFACE drains, ventilators, roofing AND FLOORING TILES,
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    • 60 20 KOMEYA CO. DEALERS IN JAPANESE GOODS, Have|Just unpacked a variety of: Artificial flowers, Albums’ Panels, Dolls, Inlaid wood work, Silk cushions, Doyleys, Handkerchiefs, Flags to decorate, Xmas trees, etc., etc. All suitable for Christmas Presents! Also 1st Class Mashas for l, 4 2 persons. Early inspection is invited lest you
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    • 97 20 RAFFLES STORE 33 North Bridge Road. WE beg to announce to our customers that we have just received a pretty assortment of LADIEa’ SCARVES and BOWS consisting of: White and Cream Chiffon Scarves i Silk Scarves in White and Cream and a variety of delicate shades FANCY SILK BOWS Also
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    • 103 20 M.C.S. Mohamed Co. Diamond Merchants. Manufacturing Jewellers, and dealers in precious stones, No. 8 High Street, Singapore Are showing a splendid stock of High Class Diamonds And gem-set Jewellery with extensive, varieties of solid Gold and Silver wares, guaranteed genuine works from China, at moderate terms. Orders and repairs neatly
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    • 31 20 J. MOTION CO. I WATCHMAKERS, i JEWELLERS, OPTICIANS. REPAIRS PROMPTLY EXECUTED “SAPPORO” “KIRIN BEERS The best that are brewed in Japan Sole Importers. KOMEYA Co., 38, High Street, Telephone No. 388.
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    • 517 20 MOTOR CARS SWi? Kw »>»««» BENZINE SYME co. $500 REWARD. %1/"E the undiTsigncd o oh G Goh Sian Chiang, Goh t hiVl and Seah Ghee Phuan are the 6 of the gam bier and pepper businesT*** on at No. 01 Nonh Boat o Mv style of Chop Swee Hong wh
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