The Straits Times, 7 August 1900

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    15 1 The Straits Times. EST. OVER h A CENTURY SINGAPORE TUESDAY. AUGUST 7. 1900. No. 20,207,
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      803 1 rrtHE BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED THI gsaadawl Ltf» As— nsm Norwios Chiob Fb. tnssnaos BoeMy. Atlas Aasmsa CSosssamy (Firs). TV gqwtahW Lif. AasurasM Sooisty. Th. Oosasi Hans* la*sras« CossjMy. Tk. Chiaa. MsMal Stsaas Navigation Company. rhs TDStlsti i La«sr Basr Company Tks Marttasss lasssiaui Cosspaaj. Ussitsd. PANT, LIMITXD. Ag»ts. STEAMSHIP COMPANIES,
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      810 1 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. I- US INKLIJKE lAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ Under contract with tbe Netherlands Indta Government. Agent, at Singapore: Ship Aoesct, late J. Dabhdbls 4 Co., 2-3, Colltbb Quay. The undermentioned dates an only approiimate. Steamer From Eipected Will be Despatched for On Japara. Batavia A Billiton. Aug. a Billiton. Batavia, Cheribon.
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      517 1 piOMPAGNIE DEB MESSAGERIEf \j MARITIME* DE FRANCE. Teleorafhic Addeess: Messaoesie, SIXOAPOBX. The mail steamers will leave Singapon an or about the undermentioned dates.— (JDTWAEO. HOMIWAED. 1900. IMOO. Dates Dates. Kami Aug. 4 Tonkin Aug. 5 Satatie Aug. 20 Annum Aug. IV Indue hepl. 1 E. Simon, Fept. 2 Lao, Sept.
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      646 1 INSUIUNCES. rpttE LONDON AHD LANCASHIRE 1 FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £5,127,M0 Paid up Capital £-.'12,7W Reserve Fund £1,073,580 tbe undenigned. Agents for tbe Cornany, an pnpared to accept fln risks at curnnt ntes of premium. BOUSTEAD A Co. rl CHINA TBADKBB INSURANCE COstFANT, LIMITED. Capital Subscribed 11.00J.000. Amount Paid up
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      334 1 INSURANCKS. BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL LIFE OFFICE ESTABLISHED 1847. FUNDS BP. 420.00.000. LOW LIBERAL PREMIUMS. CONDITIONS AMD LARGE BONUSES. "Endowment Assurances at English rates." AgenU: Mwu. LYALL AND EVATT. v. th. s. SmoAPom. u ,.SV<i»la«»€<s>lf'«f«<nr<ta m r«lsratt* M ud fanrltf y SiSltlli hi. of vitality tsiSTCMtoa of ynn at ,«u practu
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      657 1 BANKS. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL 110,000,000. RESERVE FUND »U,600,000. REBERVE LIABILITY OF „r,nrAnM PROPRIETORS. J-f.10,000.000. Cockt or DiaacTon:— N. A. Snas. Esq.-Csurasusi. B. Ssjswak, Ksq.-Dsr.rrv CiAiaau*. E. M. GaAT, Ksq. J D. H Mosas, Ess. K. Oosn, Esq. A. 1. EatmokdTbso. A Havft, Ksq. I B L.
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      457 1 NOTICES. J. MOTION &CO. WATCHMAKERS. JEWELLERS. OPTICIANS. REPAIRS PROMPTLY EXECUTED. ■ssus. v. j. mrrmiK a am. a> m*mr Immlr M AGENT* 111 f N3LAND. Cmimmmmm** §m 13**, k.r. a lh.~m.mh A—uissSjs ml th. mmrmmem, mm* m««Wm m rssrai FSf frSSISSIS. Thm hmmdm mt thm Firm, ,/r. mmrmmi,m/ mmrmrrtmlma >• a/f
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      800 1 FOR SALE EMPI/>YMJSIITB TO LET- AJTIVPERSONALS [Ist nm, 16 mdU a line lad aad M times, 10 cents a line 4th to Oth tlssas t cents a line 7th to 18th times I eanta a line; afterwards, 1 win a line; bat w charge less than one dollar. Thus a
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      74 1 TIME TABLE FOR SINGAPORE. Houbwabd. HTSAHEB WHEK DDE PBOM BOOUD FOB r«Jf»o» U Aug. Chini Ixmdon. Sarpedon IB Aug. China Liverpool. Rhiptu, n Aug. China London. Odtwaed. Stbambb vid dob noa boded poe Mackatm IS Aug. L'pool China A Japan. Alanout ;fl Aug. L'pool China A Japan. ■ebb* 80 Aug.
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    CLEARANCES.
    68 2 I>«*. VB.ll/INAIi. FlaoAßkJ C»mil h DBTI.UTIOH J K?."y2!i Brit.tr. Fripp Sour»b.y. n.itTbouae atr. Dmwtoo ppn»ng u nR £r I)ut >tr N »«o<lah Singkep gj- Kii*r P PrYS r V. aporta 8 Sui Sane Hongkong, Shangh»i 4 Japan ti i.'., m v- i*acl HoDckona M^r r r gS» Kel»nt»n via
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    MOTHER SEIGEL IN INFLUENZA.
    418 2 I hated to give up, Mr. Bootes did, had to. There was only one road m to travel by. Jutt when business punning at the stores, too that was ■luckiest part of it, so he thought >e was booming, and the manager x from i wanting
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    TUESDAY, 7th AUGUST, 1900. OF THE NORTH.
    536 2 Ajtir a considerable lapse of time, occupied in organising efficient transport for the troops, tbe Allied forces are moving on Peking. The column has already covered approximately on<>third of the distance between Tientsin and Peking, having reached Yang-taun Station. The obvious intention is
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    120 2 In our list of Vessels Expected," which contains a full and complete record of all the British and foreign warship* and "troopers" that are expected to arrive at Singapore shortly on their way to Chin», it will be noticed that a German torpedo-hoat flotilla and tho German cruisers Kymphe and
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    7 2 To-day's 4 m/s bank rate is 2/0£
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    10 2 The new Parsonage building at Kuala Lumpur is almost finished.
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    12 2 Thi Malay States Guide* fire for the Warren Challenge shield this week.
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    13 2 Tibdebs for the lease of the coast chandu farm, Selangor, are advertised for.
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    15 2 Messrs. Powell and Co. advertise a sale of land and houses on the 20th inst.
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    13 2 The Municipal Commissioners meet to-morrow afternoon at the new offices on the Esplanade.
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    15 2 Liki-t. HMD. Shaw has arrived from India for duty with the 18th Madras Native Infantry.
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    17 2 The American hospital ship Maine, which is bound for Hongkong, is due at Singapore on August 16th.
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    18 2 Goh Kow has been sent to prison for a fortnight for assaulting 'RikishaInspector McCully in South Bridge Road.
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    21 2 The German man-of-war Fiirtl Hitmarek has, it is reported, bees specially Btunl up to take in liquid fuel instead of ooal
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    21 2 At a meeting of the Royal Colonial Institution on July Uth, Mr. Daniel Warren .-Smith, of Hongkong, was elected a fellow.
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    21 2 The s.s. Sultan, which left for Australia on Sunday morning, had to put back owing to some defect in her engines.
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    20 2 The Italian men-of-war NapoUc and Mararpolo are expected to arrive at Singapore shortly from Europe on their way to China.
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    26 2 A TONoKAico was found 'o be on 6re at Tanjong Rhu last night, and damage to«he extent of SlOO was done before the fire was extinguished.
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    29 2 The P. 4 O. steamer Parramatla, with the mail from Europe of the 20th July left Colombo at 5 p.m. on Monday, and! is due here on Sunday morning.
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    23 2 In the Public Schools competition at Bisley, the Ashburton Shield was won by the Dulwich School eight with 460 points Charterhouse was second.
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    26 2 On and after the 9th instant the Pasteur Institute for India will be opened. All officers and soldiers stricken by rabies will go for treatment there.
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    21 2 Mb. W. W. Rockhill has been appointed by President McKinley Special Commissioner and Chargn d'Affaires in China for the United States.
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    27 2 The report that the battleship Vielorioui is again coming out to China is -t.it. ,l to he incorrect. The ship remains for the present in the Mediterranean.
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    27 2 Br the VorxcarU, there has arrived from Sarawak the pony Polo, whose merits are set forth in our advertising columns. The pony is at Mr. Abrams' repository.
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    28 2 Hung Chong and Tek Soon have been fined $100 each, in default a month, for assisting in the management of a common gaming house at 96 Anson Road.
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    23 2 Complaints of restricted accommodation in Colombo Harbour have become so frequent that the Government has appointed a commission of enquiry into the subject.
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    29 2 The cotton milling industry at Bombay suffers from a depression which grows worse every day. and mills are rapidly shutting down. There is no demand for yarn for China.
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    32 2 The M.M. Ville de la Ciotat from Marseilles, bound for Australia, brought out :tOO French troops on their way to China They were transhipped to the Yarra which arrived here on Saturday.
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    34 2 Tap staff of the Australian Goldmining Company at Raub have started a Rifle Association there. A shooting match has been arranged between a team of miners and one from the Sikh police in Raub.
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    37 2 The homeward P. 4 O. mail steamer Coromandel left Hongkong at 1 p.m. on the 4th instant, and may be expected here on Thursday morning The mail by the Coromandel closes at 6 o'clock on Friday morning.
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    39 2 In addition to the French warships which have started for China, the I'nd class cruisers B far (4,728 tons displacement, 17 guns, 16 knots) and Protet (4,055 tonß, 14 guns, 20 knots) have left Toulon for the Far East.
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    35 2 Detectives are active in raiding old metal shops in Church and Phillip Streets, and rice shops in Beach Road and elsewhere This morning, they had several cases of fraudulent possession of property against the occupiers.
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    42 2 Obders have arrived at Odessa that the Thirteenth Division, quartered in the Odessa Military District, is to be prepared to embark from Odessa for the Far East. Three cruisers attached to the Russian Volunteer Fleet 'were being prepared to receive the men.
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    44 2 The final game in the first round of the Darul -\dab Football Cup competition was played at Jelan Besar on Sunday between tho Straits Nationals (Chinese) and the men of the 16th Madras Native Infantry. The regiment were beaten by two goals to nit.
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    47 2 The great new Hamburg- American liner Deutschland has beaten the famous maiden trip of the Kaiser Wilhelm tier Grosie, which has heretofore held the record across the Atlantic. The Deuttchland steamed 3,044 knots in 5 days 17h. 27miu., averaging 22.42 knots an hour for the whole voyage.
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    54 2 One cent stamps are so scarce now at Kuala Lumpur that only ten at a time are sold to any one, unless the articles to which they are to be attached are brought to the Post Office. Straits Settlements stamps are now in use. The new Federated Malaya stamps have
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    56 2 Sib Walter Came Hillier. who has been selected as adviser to the military authorities in China, left for the Far East on July 14th Sir Walter is the son of Mr. C. B. Hillier, late Consul of Bangkok, and was born at Hongkong m 1849. He wa« educated at Bedford
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    58 2 The Malay Mail of the 3rd instant rpports an amok at Tras, in Pahang. A Malay syce entered a friend's house there, seized a sword, and then suddenly rushed into the street. He cut four Chinamen over the head and body, killing two on the spot and severely wounding the
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    59 2 Thk following civil surgeons and officers have been ordered to China, namely Civil Surgeons E. Grant, G Cocoran, T. Young, and G. Coke, as well as Second Lieutenants W. O. B Webb, R. G. A and R H. M. Watson, R. G. A. All the above surgeons and officers proceed
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    50 2 In the hockey match, Volunteers v. S. C. C. to-morrow afternoon, the teams are:— Volunteer* (Colour*), Curtis, Sells, Harris, Wishart, Morrison, Hingley, Pritchard, Stronach, Simpson, Mactaggait, and Lieut. Reid, R A.— S CO (While), Edlin, Hannaford, Pearce Withers, Johnston, Capt. Dewing, and" Ueuts Butterworth, Ramsay, Magrath Gilchrist, and Shaw. 8
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    73 2 Tm Indian Sportsman notes a rumour that the Sultan of Juhore proposes to send Dewey and Tozteth to Colombo for the meeting. It is almost absurd, in the opinion el that journal, to credit a report of this sort, as H. H. is hardly likely to knock about his Cup
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    BAD NEWS FROM PEKING.
    28 2 SUPPLIES STOPPED. The latest news from Peking is decidedly bad. Tung-fuh-siang has ordered the stoppage of all supplies to the foreigners in the Legations.
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    VICEROYS DEGRADED.
    33 2 Hongkong, Monday, 12.12 p.m. It is reported that Liu-kun-Yi and Chang-chi-Tung, two Yangtze Viceroys, have been degraded and impeached as traitors by Kang-yih, the reactionery leader, and Li-hing-peng, the Boxer leader.
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    MORE MISSIONARIES MURDERED.
    10 2 Four missionaries have been murdered near Hankow.
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    DEGRADATION AND DECAPITATION.
    12 2 The re-actionaries are expending their.wrath on foreign ayrnpathiiaas by
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    ADVANCE OF THE ALLIES.
    50 2 EXPECTED TO REACH PEKING ON THURSDAY. "2 p.m. The Allied relief column reached Yang-tsun on the 31st July. It is expected that during the remainder of the march the Allied troops will meet with little opposition. The column will probably reach Peking on the 10th inst.
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    HUNTER, HAMILTON, AND KITCHENER.
    44 2 London, Suturday. Seven hundred more Boers have surrendered to General 'lunter General lan Hamilton has gone to Rustenberg to bring away BadenPowells garrison, who are virtually besieged there. Lord Kitchener has gone to Rhenoster to conduct operations against De Wet.
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    THE SURRENDER AT FOURIESBERG.
    19 2 4,000 MEN-9 GUNB. London, Sunday At Kouriesberg, 4,000 Boers with nine guns have now surrendered.
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    A TRAIN DERAILED.
    22 2 The Boers have derailed a train on the line south of Kroonstad. Several men were killed as a result.
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    COMMANDANT OLIVIER.
    25 2 Lord Roberts reports that Olivier has repudiated bis surrender. He is now between Harrismith and the Newmarket Road. General Rundle is following him.
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    THE LATE KING HUMBERT.
    45 2 HIS SUCCESSOR'S PROCLAMATION. The funeral of the late King Humbert oJ. Italy has been lixed for the 9th inst. (Thursday next). King Victor Emmanuel has issued a vigorous proclamation in which he promises to protect national institutions with a strong hand.
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    FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF SAXE-COBURG.
    36 2 The funeral of the late Duke of SaxeCobujg was solemn and impressive in character. The Queen's wreath was a simple one. It bore the following inscription:— From a sorrowing mother."
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    ANOTHER TRAIN DERAILED.
    38 2 Undon, Mond.uj. The Boers derailed and burned near Honingspruit a train conveying the American Consul, Mr. Stowe, to Pretoria. The train was Hying the Stars and Stripes at the time. The Boers took uo prisoners.
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    A FORTUNATE DISCOVERY.
    40 2 DISINFECTANT EXPLOSIVES A large quantity of explosives destined for the Boers has been discovered at Delagoa Bay owing to a lire in the cargo of the steamer. The explosives were entered on the steamer's manifest as disinfectants.
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    BOERS BANISHED.
    19 2 BOERS BANISH ED. Many residents of Pretoria have been banished for long periods for ill-treating Britishers during the war.
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    FOURTH BRIGADE FOR CHINA.
    39 2 MORE TROOPS KOU HONGKONG. London, Tuesday. A fourth Brigade of troops has received orders to proceed from India to China. Moreover, the Fifth Hyderabad Infantry has been ordered to take up garrison duty at Hongkong.
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    DELAREY SURPRISED.
    23 2 A British force from Standerton surprised Commandant Delarey's laager on the road to Vrede, and dispersed the enemy with considerable loss.
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    RUSSIAN ACCUSATIONS.
    46 2 Telegrams from Shanghai, published semiofficially at St. Petersburg, accuse the British commander on the t'angtse of carrying on underhand negotiations with the Viceroy at Nankin. These telegrams also charge the British commanders with a general inclination to disagree with the commanders of other nationalities.
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    OPERATIONS AT RUSTENBURG.
    29 2 General lan Hamilton is now operating to relieve tl.e garrison of Rustenburg. The situation of affairs there is apparently more difficult than had bean previously realised.
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    PENANG RACES.
    235 2 IBIBD DAY. (Bpedal Telegram to the "SlraiU Times The Penang Races concluded on Saturday the third day of the meeting. The racing was excellent throughout The following are the names of the first two horses placed U cich event: The Larrikin Cup. Flaneur 1 Lucifer 'J. Tke Penang
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      342 2 NOTICES. KRIS BEER lualily 1 il»ener, at a modertte price Guaranteed c.|ual to anything in the market 1U.40 per cane of I doz. pints, of all dealers. ■osrao oa, i.m Hole Importers. BUCKENSDERFER TYPEWRITERS. A portable and perfectly efficient machine. Weight complete with case 101 lbs. Price $7850 Ml Importer*
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      728 2 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS NOTICE. From the Ist Augußt, Mt'ssrs. VV. A. \V afford Co. will be in a poMboc to Mipplv I N l>, COUPE CO.'d ALE &8T )UT IN PINT, SCHMV-MI •PPEIM 1) lMittlcs, lor local consumption or in pints and ij Hints corkod bottles for export. PriH $IJO par]
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      369 2 BUY MALACCA TEA. Good, Pure, Palatable, and Cheap. Under the Patronage of the Hon'ble the Resident Councillor, Malacca TO BI HAD AT Messrs. John Little A Co., Ltd., Messrs Ann Lock Co., Battery-road and Messrs I Vong Lee Seng, Orcbard-road. j tv th s 17/9 CONTKEXEVILLE PAVILLON SPRING. The mineral
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      650 2 LATEST ADVm~ISEMEXT& WANTED ABITUATION by" a young Englishman with 8 years' businessexpenence in China and in London. Oood kn .w--ledge of book-keeping, German, and general offl.-e work. Apply to F. H. G. Britisn Post Office, Shanghai. FOR SALE GOOD Violins and bows. Mr. J. Sailer has a number of the
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      108 2 At Bunt Mata, Kuching, Sarawak on the 19th July, the wife of C. D. Haeviy, of Roms-Tr.utmank.— On the. 6th July, at the English Church, Odessa, by the Rev Arthur Steven*, Jonn r>ii| Hoss, only son of tbe late Captain John Dill Ross of Singapore, to Ellen Mnrgar-tba, youngest daughter
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    DEPARTURES BY MAIL.
    66 3 Per M M s. TW-in for ColomboMiss H Stranger, For Sues-Mr S. Barram For Port Said-Mrs. 8. Alter. For Manuille«-Mr and Mrs. Peelers. H Wolff. O Blass, Mr and Mrs H Mas*, Mr and Mrs J. Mees, Mcsr. T 8 Drage, Stokes. H 8. Mr and Mrs
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    THE GYMKHANA.
    69 3 We hear there is sonic hitch about the Gymkhana oa Saturday, the 25th instant, owing to the Golf Club Commine,- refusiiiL- to give the day unless they gat tomaUiini tot it. We are sorry for this, as a gyiiikh.m.i would have been an attraction to many and the
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    CRICKET.
    110 3 S. C C. I. S. K c A cricket match was played on the Ksplanade yesterday between elevens representing the S. C. C. and the B 111 1 The latter went to the wickets tirst, but eooM do very little, again*! (ha bowling of Reid and Mactaggart, the (.inner
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    VARSHIPS AND TRANSPORTS.
    114 3 The Italian cruiser Vettor I'itnni left for China at 12.10 p m. yesterday. The German cruiser FUrtt I'umarek nailed at i» :fu p.m. on Saturday lor North China The return British transport (No :i) passed through the port from East to West at \JM p m on
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    GOOD HAUL.
    133 3 A Hokies clerk at Tanjong Pagar Dock reports to the police that at 11 a.m. on the 3rd inst., 4 bales of goods were put into a bullock-cart, numbered »62, and driven by a Malay The M.il.y was ordered to take the goods t Hooglandt and Co.'s godown,
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    QUEEN'S SCHOLARS.
    194 3 Hv thr P. Jk O. mail Bteamer which giaoapora for Europe next Friday, Mr A I. v.!io (■Matt* »..n ti'ieen's Scholarship in the RafflM Institution, proceeds to Knclaml to pro-cute his studies at Cambridge, at the close oi which he propo«es to take up the study of medicine
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    SINGAP[ORE GOLF CLUB.
    183 3 mau-akes err. Dt. Kowlie and the Hon T. E Karle played off in thr final on .Saturday, when thr Hun. T K Karle won by 1 up. tiik mm MtV OH liound niah h play. Handicap (H But round to be finished on or before Saturday, 11
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    MACASSAR HARBOUR.
    166 3 Directions for entering the port of Mi. assST, m Celebes, sent by the l'irlurnr master th<re, have reached us. At harbour is described as a safe anchorage at all seasons, but as vessels must lie alongside a wharf for loading or discharging, they are, during the west monsoon,
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    LADIES' LAWN TENNIS CLUB TOURNAMENT.
    234 3 TIEM FOR WEDNESDAY. MIXED DOUBLES, A ClAl>*. Mr- Salzmann and Mr. Reid (owe 16 3) ID and Mr M.isley(scr) Mi-- Msmaoa nml Mr .1. Ma-t->ggart (rec 1.8) v. Mr. and Mrs M igrath(rec. S.K). Mrs. Coleridge ad Mr. Butierwnrth (owe 2.8) v. Mi— I (.iunn
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    SOUTH AFRICAN WAR
    501 3 London, Wh July. Tbree companies of the Lincolns occupied the pass at N Ural's Nek, and two companies were camped on the plains with guns, and an escort of Scots Creys in advance of the mnin body. Nearly every gunner and trooper was killed or wounded. A
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    ARRANGEMENTS.
    106 3 lit-iuY. 7th Ait.ost. High WaU-r. 8.68 p.m. Masonic Reception. Huitcnzorg." 5.16. ft V K I'arade. 5.15. H. C. C. Cricket. Philharmonic rhoir. 6.30. W tI.SKSI.AV, «TH *ri.|-l. High Water. 90 a.m. 7.59 p.m. Building Sale. Powell. 2,W. Miin»i|ial Commission. Mft I v tmmm. r,.i:,. TIIIKSUAV, »TII AIOIST. High Water.
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    SARAWAK RACKS.
    818 3 (From v Correspondent.) The Sarawak Races took place on the 23rd, 25th, and 27th July in fine weather To any one who has not before seen these races the appearance r f the Course m ust be rather remarkable. The usual crowd of Eastern people of all sorts
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    SECOND DAY.
    1138 3 1,1 Race— The Siottish Cur.— Vali'e 1200.— Presented by Ihe Scottish ■employe's of Messrs The Borneo Company. Limited A handicap for all ponies that have run in the 3rd race Ist day. Top weight 11 stone. Distance mile. Entrance fee 11<>. Me.srs. C D. Harvey and A. Moir's
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    ARRIVALS BY MAIL
    18 3 Per M Ms.s. Yarm from Marseilles—Messrs. Clemens. C Pringle, Mrand Mrs Mathieu. and Mr. Gaggino.
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    CEYLON REVENUE.
    74 3 The revenue of Ceylon for the first half of this year showed an increase of over 1,104,000 rupees over the figures lor the corresponding half of l»09. The increase was largely under Customs, which totalled 3,55».091 rupees. In 1690, the total collect ions at the Customs were R3,866,927,
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    GENTLEMEN PLAYERS.
    299 3 Appended are the full scores in the Gentlemen v. Players match at the Oval, July 9th to 11th. Though beaten in the end by 37 runs, the Gentlemen made a big effort on the last day. They went in at 12 o'clock with 351 to get to win,
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    THE CHINA WAR.
    2128 3 (Xeicifrtm India and Europe) Calcutta, 26th July. Three thousand Martinis and bayonets and one-and-half million rounds are required for the possible armament of the British subjects at treaty ports in China. Local levies have left in the Matiana." The Thirty-fourth Pioneers are ordered to China to take
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    DEPORTED JAPANESE.
    96 3 The following appears in last Friday's Government Gazelle With reference to Government Notification No. 81H published in the Gatrttr of 20th July, 1900, it is notified that Kong Xi Yio Chang aliai Miyasaki and Chin Tan aliat Kiyofugi, two of the persons therein ordered "to bo. banished from
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    VITRIOL THROWING.
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    397 3 London, 27th July. The following is the result of the Liverpool Cup Skopos .1 Kleon I Cutaway 3 In the House of Commons, last night, Lord Geo. Hamilton presented the Indian Budget. He said the famine expenditure had turned a surplus into a deficit and, therefore,
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      642 3 SHIPPING. FOE PENANG AND CALCUTTA. MESSRS. APCAR Co.'s steamer CATHKRIXK APCAR, 5.716 tons Capt. I. G. Olifent. left Hongkong on tbe 7tb inst., en route for above ports. For freight or passage, apply to BARKIES A MOSES, AgeoU. COMPANIA TRANBATLA~NTICA~OK BARCELONA. FOR MANILA. rpHESpanish mail s.s. ANTONIOLOPSZ, J. due here
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    571 4 MiMOiroßa, 7th AnoDST, 1900. PRODUCE. (Half an torrteUi to noon) Qwnbler buyers I 7.50. Copra Ball. «.n. do Pontianak, 860. P.pp», Black 50.87J do White, (Sz) «»00 *ago Flour Sarawak, l.» do Brunei No. 1 „l.« 0 Peul Sago 407,. OoUee, Bali, 16* bails W.OU Cole. Palembang, 16Xba.ii.. 37.00
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      MAILS TO ARRIVE.
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      272 4 Under this heading tbe following abbreviations are used str— steamer sh.— ship bq.— barque sch.— schooner; Yet.— Yacht Cru.— Cruiser Qbt.— Gunboat TorTorpedo H.p.— Horse-power Brit.— British V. S.— United States; Fr. French; uer.— German Dut.— Dutch; Job.— Job ore Ac., Q. c.,—Generalcargo d.p. deck passengers U.—Uncertain
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