The Straits Times, 14 November 1900

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    14 1 The Straits Times. EsT. OVER A CENTURY SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 14. 1900. No. 20J29L
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      908 1 NOTICES. »pllK KOKNKO (XiMPANY. I.IMIIED r« Staaaatd LMs asssnaasa. Norwiah Uaioa Fin. ussmsaaas gndsty. Atlas Assssism Cosspsay (Firs). TWs SqaissM. Ufa Assonaos SoetstJ. Th. ddaa Mutmal B»sass Mavigatiai Co«pany .I.* TlHiiii i Lager Bssv Cesspsay. For partMsusis <* Ihes. Cosnaasss. sss the fall _iVmliiisiii|- of THK BORNEO COMfANT. UMITBD. Ajfstits.
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      772 1 STEAMSHIP COMPANIES. T'ONINKLUKE PAKETVAART MAATBCHAPPLJ Under contract with tbe Netherlands India Government. Agmtt at Singaport: Ship Aoijcy, latb J. Dabkdbu A Co., K-3, Colxtbb VJtjav. The undermentioned dates are only approximate. Steamer Kroni Expected Will >m Despatched for On \'an Ihi mm. Batavia viaßilliton.Nov.il Billiton, BaUvia. Cheribon, Samarang, Sonrahaya, Macassar,
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      549 1 Batavia. Cherbon, Samarang, Miya. Bali. Anipenan, Macassar, na, Bauda, Toeal Dobo ft ya Molu.xas. 18. I IOMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIEe I Vs MARITIME* DE FRANCE. Teuoufhic ADDins: MnuoiiiE, 81XOAPOBI. The mail steamers will leave Singapore on or about tbe undermentioned dates.— ODTWiBB. Homeward. 1900. 1900. Dates Dates. E.Siuwni Nov. Ii .Syrfnrv
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      652 1 INSURANCES. ri'HE LONDON AND LANCASHIRE 1 FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital £a,137,ra0 Paii op Capital i'»l2.7M) Reserve Fund £1,078,580 Tbe undersigned, Agents for the Company, are prepared to accept lira risks at current rates of premium. Hi H'STEAI) A Co. rTUIE CHINA TRADKRS INSURANCE I COMPANY, LIMTTBD. Capital Subscribed tVWXHi Amount
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      406 1 mSURANCI& Two Great Necessities. VIZ. 1. FAMILY PROVISION. 2. PROVISION FOR OLD AQE. Easily and Economically met by a Policy in THE BRITISH EMPIRE MITTIAL LIFK OFFICE, Established 1847 Chairman The Right Hon'ble Sir John Gorst H. P. Funds— Ri. 420,00,000 Claims Paid— Rs 450,00,000 LAKE MU'Sffi UKtU d.OITfcB ww
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      767 1 BANK. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL »10,000,(JOO. RESERVE FUND.Sterling Reserve..»|ii,oro,ooni wnnnnftn Silver Reserve $i, Ouioou/ ■»l-'.« l ouoo. RESERVE LIABILITY Oil ..nnrmrmn PROPRIETORS. J-»10.000,000. OOCRT Of DIMSCTOBS:N. A. 8m,.. C«ii»«A» k i-OtTt. K»M T»s Hox B M OuT lA. J Ratkohd. Km A. Hinrr, Isq B L. Bicbasdwn,
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      404 1 NOTICES. \k<:h i ds. J JD. A. PEREIRA. HoaTIrtILTUBMT AUD FIOIIBT. COLLBOTOa ASTI) EXFOITIE OF OBOHIDa. By speclnl appointment to His Majestr The King of Slam and H. H. The Sultaa of Joh ore. Orders for Bouquet Sprays, Ac, 4c, Carefully and promptly executed. Cheapest House In ths Tmde. NURHKRY
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      848 1 .'OR SALE RMPLOTMBITB TO I ET- AND_PBR«ONALB [lit Tim, It oeats a Una: Tna aad tra times, 10 vent* a line 4th to «th ttsaes oaoto a Una; 7th to IMa times leaajlat HM| afW- wards,* onto a Has, Wt ac ohargslses than one dollar. Tbsa a (krss m» advwtisensent,
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    The Straits Times. PRICE 15 CENTS. WEDNESDAY, 14th NOV., 1900. WANTED, A CORONER.
    859 2 Straitt Tinm i a year, or pott fret KM. Utraiti lludget SIS a year, or po*l free 120. Adivrtumg Halet may I* found K lite fourth puqe. >( >mk two months have elapsed since we last called
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    20 2 It will doubtless console a number of fashionable sufferers from the complaint now epidemic in Singapore to learn that theCzar.too.hastheinfluenia.
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    297 2 Taiinew Uoder-Secretary of State fur the Colonies has had previous experience in that office, which be held during the year 1--7--- in Lord Salisbury's first government Indeed, Lord Ooslow has had more administrative experience than have bad most of the officers of the ministry now haing organised, and may possibly—
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    7 2 To-day's 4/ms bank rate is 2/1 jj.
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    9 2 Thk homeward mail closes on Friday at :< p in
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    13 2 I'Kiniri-K, exchange, and share price, and tin; mail list, are on page 4.
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    15 2 Thk next At Home at the Tanglin Club will be held on Friday, Nov. 30th.
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    13 2 Thk Bluebook for 1898 has just been published at the Government Printing Office.
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    15 2 Mkvsrs. Kelly and Walsh, Ltd., advertise an assortment of choice Christmas and New Year cards.
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    14 2 McAlister and Co. set forth in our advertising columns the advantages of Kjoinerang brandy.
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    19 2 I'HKMDKNT McKinley is a descendant -if Francis McKinley, a leader of the I'loler icbels a century ago— an Inrhuian
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    27 2 Major W. U Karmar, :«5 Co., P.. G. A., lihh been appointed to the cqinmand of '.7 Co, 11. G. A., now at Colombo, on I roinotion.
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    19 2 Thekk are already fifty cases on the calendar for the forthcoming Assizes. Tbis unprecedented number may yet •S increased.
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    21 2 The Slnitt Budget, owing to the late arrival of the homeward mail, will be published on Friday morning instead ■>! to-morrow morning.
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    24 2 Yr.KTKKOAY. a oattle keeper was twice lined Siu for having in one shed seven oullocks in excess of his licence, and twenty-four in another.
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    26 2 A Boa mi of Officers in to examine the Tanglin rifle range on Friday next, nnd to report whether target practice can be resumed with safety.
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    29 2 The Pom Office notifies that parcels (not letters) intended for delivery in Ik* I' uited Kingdom before Christmas D.iy should be posted not later than noon on Friday next.
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    33 2 The first entries for the Viceroy's Cup closed on the 6th instant. At that date, it was believed that, the finish would be between Merloolas, Dewoy (if tit and well), Simon, and Cherry.
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    35 2 A Wbst Australian paper reports a rensational crushing of ill j tons of stone from .the Away-from-Home lease at Burtville, with a yield of 4450z. lodwt., of gold or an average of Mo/ per ton.
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    29 2 Folk more Chinamen were yesterday ■irrested for indecent exposure on the Ksplanade. The police are evidently •luinc their best to stop the nuisance. Will the magistrates give their support
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    38 2 Mr. Thomas Hird Reid, of Hongkong, has been elected a fellow of the Institute of Journalists. Mr. Reid is now at home, and will shortly be here on his way back to take charge of the China Mail.
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    36 2 It is reported that in consequence of the high price of coal, and the necessary increase of wages to workmen, the Singapore Gas Company has found it necessary to increase the price of their gas coke.
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    33 2 Two men in the employ of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Co. were sentenced to two months and one month, respectively, for stripping :il feet of line piping from the New Harbour Dock premises.
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    32 2 Thk Philharmonic Orchestra will meet for practice on Thursday at H3O p.m. The performance of The Holy City," for solo voices, full •Inn us, and orcheetia, has been fixed for Dec. Ist.
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    32 2 Thk "Cheaug Jim Hean Free School in Havelock Road was examined on the 7th inst when 97 hoys were presented. We are informed that the result of the examination was very satisfactory.
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    36 2 At the date of last mail advi.es l nth October) Prince Inkanthor. of Cambodia, who made some stir in France by denouncing French officials in his native land, was to embark at Antwerp goon for Singapore.
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    37 2 The late Hon. John ftiaceregor, who had been member of the Presbyterian Church of Rangoon for the past 25 year?, has left that church a legacy of R5U.000 (almost .£8,300) as the nucleus of ,111 endowment fund.
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    32 2 Thk Saigon Opinion says that M. Portal, a well-known contractor there, ha* enwessfully tendered for the steam postal service between Bangkok and Singapore, which is to be subsidised by the French Government.
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    38 2 )edkr« were received at Portsmouth on 17th October for the first-class battleship Glory to be commissioned at that port on Ist Nov. as flagship on the China Station, where she is to take the place of the Centurion.'
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    35 2 Captain K. A .1 Montgotuprie, who has b»en appointed to the command of the /ViV« George, formerly hud the command of the Bomaveuture on the China Station, where he was senior officer on tv« Yangtze-Liang
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    20 2 M*. J. A. Macftregor, the proprietor of the Lingan, Silmu, and Teromang Estate*, ban arrived in Hingai>or« from Negii iiembilan.
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    40 2 Mi. Fergus de St Dalmas, i grandson of the late Mr. A M. Ferguson, of the Ctylon Oburrtr, has obtained an appointment as Cadet in the Malay States under Sir frank Swettenham. and will soon be on his way out.
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    40 2 Rumour has it that, in consideration of the extra work entailed by the heavy trooping demands of Her Majesty's (■merriment, the British India Ktwarn Navigation Co. has granted a bonua of a month's pay to all its officers and engineers.
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    43 2 Or late desertions from detachments of i In- Kri-n. -li Foreign Legion, on their way to China in transports, have been frequent in the Suez Canal. The deserters proceed to Cairo where they often become a public nuisance by tagging in the streets.
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    44 2 Thk Nippon Yu«en Kaisha steamer Awa Man. has conveyed to Kobe 3,000 tons of English coal for the Japanese Government. The noal purchased by the Japanese Government in England amount* already to 80,000 tons, and it is to be shipped by N. Y. K.ste&merr.
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    43 2 Thi war in China has opened a new market for the exportation of Australian horses. The German Government U buying large numbers for its troops in China, and general satisfaction is expressed at their condition and. fitness for the work required of them.
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    50 2 Thk inter-Stale cricket matchSelaDgor v. Perak— resulted in a win for Kelangor by 88 runs. The scores stood thus Selangor, 1st innings, 174 second innings, 89. Perak, 1st innings, 96; second innings 81. This is the first time for ten years in those interstate riatches that .Selangor has beaten Peru
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    53 2 Tub steamer SUhhm Mam brought 4(« Japanese iiriminranU for New Caledonia, a French Colony in the West I'acitic, under engagement to the owners of the nickel mines, where .1 1 1 ..inrsK labour if now largely employed. Further batches will follow. The men in the Hhinanu iluru have been engaged
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    59 2 Th,8 18 not the only Colony without a Governor The appointment of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Bermuda i- v:nant by the rrtireim-nt of General Sir George Barker. It used always to be rilled by a General officer of Royal Artillery or Royal Engineer*; but this Hirangement fell through some years
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    62 2 At the date of last advice* from Melbourne (22nd October) a billiard match of 21,000 up was going on between John Roberts and Weiss. Weiss was making breaks of 140 and MO in less than half an hour. Uoberts's best break was 204. At the conclusion of the day's play,
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    56 2 Thk transport llaneofk arrived at Manila on the 1st November after twenty -one days' actual steaming time baa San Francisco That is said to he a record pa«sage across the Pacific to the Philippines. The Hancock brought over twelve hundred coloured troops, and $1 ,2o'i,iMU in gold coin for the
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    58 2 No fresh plague rises or deaths warn reported at Hongkong during the 24 Lours ending at noon on the 6th instant. This makes the seventh day without a case of plague. The practice there hitherto ruling has been that, whfln seven consecutive days bftve pasted without a case of plague
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    63 2 TllK Ittmlon Gazette announces that Mr. Hax-Ironside has been appointed Secretary to Her Majesty's Legation at Stockholm. Mr. BaxIronside was Secretary of legation in He-king to wlii.ii appointment he was promoted in July 1887 He left Peking just befor» the outbreak of the preKrnt crisis, and came to London to
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    106 2 Yesterday, Coh Kim Cheng was brought before Mr Sarwar for enquiry into the allegation of having offered an illegal gratification af SSOO to SergeantMajor Merritt, K. K on theJlst ult. if the latter would virile a damaging report to the Officer Commanding K. E. against a contractor named Wee Lai
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    THE "SOBRAON" SAFE.
    83 2 THE SOBRAON SAFE. In consequence of the rumours about town as to the safety of the P. it- O. mail steamer Summon, which must, have run into the recent typhoon in the China •Sea, a wire was despatched to Hongkong from Singapore by Mr. Symes, the Acting Agent of the
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    ROBBERY AT TANGLIN.
    112 2 A very cool robbery was effected at Oindurman, the residence of Mr. K. W. Barker, on Grange Road, at about In o'clock last night. While Mr. Barker was sitting iu tlie veiandab reading, a thief entered the house and went into Mr. Barker'.- bedroom whence he took
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    VOLUNTEER ROUTE MARCH.
    116 2 Laht night, the combined Volunteer Corps -8 V A. and S.V.R -mustered strongly for a route march, going via Orchard Koad lo Tanglin, halting in Grange Koad lor a lew inoii).:nt«, and returning via lliver Valley Koad and High Street. There was no moon, and there were
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      MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.
      72 2 FlUTHEU APPOINTMENTS. THE NEW CABINET. idmJu*, Wtdrumiay. Tvlianient meets for an autumn session on the Itrd bocember, owing to the Government requiring more money for the 8011th African W.u The 7W« «ays tnat Lirds Raglan, Oiwlow, and Hardwicke nave respectively been appointed Under-8«cretarie« ofStatefor War, the Colonies,
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      THE CZAR ILL.
      9 2 The Czar ia ill with influenza.
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      CONTINUED BOER RESISTANCE.
      47 2 Ruer raidi-rs continue to be active Kaidera who have been taken priaoner admit that it is hopelena for the Boera to regain their independence. But they Bay that the Boers in the field are determined to cauao the British as much ■loaa aa possible.
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      RECORD AMERICAN REVENUE.
      27 2 The revenue uf the United States for tlie current fiscal year is likely to be 5W millions of dollars -the largest ruvonue on record.
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    SUPPOSED MURDER.
    90 2 Aa Police' Corporal No. 2H was proceeding along 1'ayali l.<-tiai Road early this morning, In- vaa informed by a Chinaman that another Chinaman was lying dead in a houie near by. The Corporal proceeded to the house mentioned, near the third mile etone Hxrungoon Road. On entering tliu
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    CROWN COLONY OUTLANDERS.
    129 2 Thk New Zealand (imvrmnrnt set* at naught Mr Chamberlain's message that he could not at present recommend the Imperial Government to agree to the annexation uf Fiji i'y New Zealand. Mr. Seddon, the Premier of New Zealand, said that the cable merely left the matter open for
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    SHIPPING.
    136 2 The 0. S. 8. Albany went alongside Borneo Wharf this morning to replenish Ijit bunkers. 8he leaves to-day. The Russian Volunteer Fleet ttmmm Kntroma left SliaiicliHi on Il'Mi inst and is due here about the 20th idem en route to Odessa. The Snirmhire is now due, as the left
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    A BARGE TRANSACTION.
    156 2 Two laree steel barges which belonged to a shipping company at Bangkok were, lays the Itauqlok tlmm, recently sold to the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company and were despatched to Singapore, one in tow of the (.'hienqmai and the other towed by the Kong Beag. Bad weather wan
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    THE LATEST IN HATS.
    193 2 Thk present fashion, says a correhpomlent in a society papor, of wearing fruit and even vegetables (such as the small carrots which way be seen occasionally) on mmmrr r/iapraur paper, in hut a very old mode revived, fur in an old fashion book 1 read that
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    VESSELS ADVERTISED TO SAIL.
    33 2 Hourabaya 'and Samarang, Chmmang. due IMh Nuv., BousUsd A Ca, Prn«ng and Calcutta, CMydrn, due I7ih Nov.. Bomuad Co. Fcdkok and Deli, /Wi every Tuwlsj, B*bn H«r«r 1 Co.
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      534 2 I.AHSI A]>VKRTISEMFNTS. OTllllhHtH ID4*. SIMPSON AND COMPANY, MADRAS COACH BUILDERS AND HARNESS MAKERS BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT TO 11. K. H. THE PRINCE OF WALKS. 1 SIMPSON fc C?. MADRAS. N^_ LATEST STYLE CEE SPRING BUGGYWITH ENAMELLED LEATHER HOOD. RS. 9OOGATALOOVMB A\V SPECIFICATION OS APPLICATION. SIMFSON -A.3MID OOMLP> A. I>J- ~Y
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      428 2 Singapore PMtaionic Society, A Choial Concert will be civen in the Town H*i i On Bntnrdny, Derrmhtr Ut, 1900, when tbere will Ik- Riven A. R. GxrL's fHvounle Paired Csntallt "The Holy City" for Solo Voices, Full chorus snd Otvhextnt. Admission to ni»*nilwrs frt'p by St'&snn Ticket. Non n.en I
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      59 2 BOARD AND LODGING. N oT'!^ V i C nl Ht At J<-h House, 106 B«L Term, mod.^te. Estabushj;,, ,^^^S IB6M. Caldbeck, Macgregor &Co. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. LONDON, (,I.AS(;o\V, HONGKONG, SHAN(iH\I, AND SINCAI'OUK New Price List on Application, UI.W. I U.C. ROBINSON CO. Just Unpacked. FOOTBALLS FOOTBALLS FOOTBALLS. All Sizes.
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      60 2 On ths litb inn., the wife of Y. T*s, of daughter. X 8. iaMBdK for Mm Imii mm .v.™ <1 t» -rittra ao ma aid* <rf th* pant oolt Uv tka Wl«rtortka* ooxUtkn. ■aa/lTg.B. ar. r^*oud that mvht otkarwiaa ba pabUakad. All^.artiauvoo.tnota anaaajaM to th. ooadibon that tfca M aaafar
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      BOARDING OFFICERS' QUARTERS.
      192 3 TO THt klllloK OK THE STRAITS TIMES. Sir, Will you allow me a little space interesting paper to ask the I ore why the ...Terutii nl make so large a dmtiuction when building quarters ir servants? The Boarding limner*, that are in course ,-trnction at Teluk Ayer,
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      THE KECHAU GOLD MINING CO.
      242 3 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES Sib,-1 notice, in your paper of tbe Ist inst., a paragraph, taken from tin AfW.iy Mail, referring to mining in Pahang The statements in the paragraph cooenrninp the Kechau Mine are without any foundation, and have been written
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      WOMEN GAMBLERS.
      639 3 T" THE EDITOR OF THK BTKAIT9 TIMES. Sir. Mi.li lamentation is heard .mi. .ni; the Chinese and Eurasian sections of the local community on account ot the evil effects which attend the irrepressible habit of gambline, to which their women folk are becoming addicted. The men arc in
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      AN INSUFFERABLE NUISANCE.
      225 3 Til THE KDITt.k 0* THK KTItA ITS TIMES. Sir,— l beg to call your attention to -••nee nl h grievous nu'our midst llelween tlie hours of '■> and II am daily a number of casks on wheels, drawn by bullocks, may be seen wending their way from
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    ST. MARY'S, KUALA LUMPUR.
    353 3 THE REV. ENIOHT CLARKE RESIGN*. Tmk Ucv Kni S ht Clarke, Chaplain of St Marys. Chorea, Kuala Lumpur, has sent in his resignation The congregatnu "I the Church met there on Thursday last to consider the matter Mr. Kbden, who took the chair, explained that the
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    KECHAU GOLD MINING CO.
    845 3 1 ii a following is the mine manager's report lor the month ended 31st October 1 have tbe honour to make the following rf|K>rt for the mouth coding Uctober ;:-i 190 U. During this month Mt tons of ore were nrnthttl for a yield of ise
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    1827 3 Tl KSDAY, ISTH NOVEMBER. PRESENT. His HnMiri Sib AI.IXAKOKRSwrrTESHAM K.r M .11.. (Ar-TIMG OOVCRHOB). Hon. \V. Kgerton (Acting Colonial SecreHon. j. O. Antbonisz (Acting Colonial Treasurer). Hon. A. Murray (Colonial Engineer). Hon. \V. H. Collyer .\ttoroey-U«neral). Hon E. C. H. Hill (Auditor-General). Hon. J. Burkinshaw. Hon Dr. Lim
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    A MAN-EATER.
    147 3 JOHUHE I I'.KK IN MUM Native reports tell of a huge man- I eating tiger having become tbe scourge of the country-side on the JohorePahang boundary. So bold has the beast become that not long ago he carried off a woman in broad daylight as she was working
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    CHINA NEWS.
    1531 3 WIKES FH"M SHANGHAI A native despatch from Peking says that the Allies have demanded the production of Kang-yi's body and of Yu Usien's head, as proofs of their deaths. An Imperial Edict stopping the guilty princes' salaries has been revoked. Prince Chuang who was lately cashiered has now
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    THE CHARTERED BANK.
    539 3 An extraordinary general meeting was held on the 17th ult. at the Cannon Street hotel, with Mr. J. Howard Gwyther in the chair, to declare an interim dividend for the half-year ended June *Jth last. In proposing a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent, per
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    CHOLERA.
    49 3 Wts are officially informed that one more casa of cholera occurred at the Lunatic Asylum late last night. The total c uses that havr occurred till now have been 'o 9th iosUnt 10th llth i-'iN 13th M n l l l 10 0 I 0 1 16 12
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      115 3 DONT SHOOT YOURSELF No doubt you often (eel like it, l.ut after just a little deliberation decide you can't afford to do it. But that thumping racking Headache j what enn you do with it|' Give it it* quietus by uairig Little's Oriental Balm. It acts like magic. It kill»
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      148 3 AKRANUKMKNlh WfclPSIrlllAV, 14TH N'OVtMBKK. HigbWnMr. 3.6 p.m. S. V. A. Mnnunl sad tiring exercise. 5.16. S. V. U. Phyiical drill. 8. V. A. and 8. V. R. Lamp Practice. 8.4S. HowingClub. S. C. Pavilion. S.40. Tllt'KMiAY, 15TH NciVKMHKK. High \VnUr. 4.44 a.m. 4.31 p.m. Fklliiv, lrtTll NOVSMBEB. High Water. WJim.
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