Straits Times Weekly Issue, 24 August 1887

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    28 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. New Seme; Published fok Tuan.smission by Every Homeward Mail Steameu. [Prick 4u Cbmts TOL XLIII. SINGAPOKE, TVEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2 1. 1887. XO. 3,433
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    WEDNESDAY, 24th AUGUST, 1887. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    224 1 WEDNESDAY, 24th AUGUST, 1887. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. Singapore :Hrd August, LBB7. Produce. Gamtuer 6.60. do. Cube bio. l 10.;;:.. do. do. -No. -j y. e -,i» Copra, Siantan. 1.17 do. Poutiauak 3.46 Pepper, L;:;:rk. 2&9U. Sa^o Jftour, feur Is;. Peari Sago 2. .j0. Cotfee, Haii Js Tapiorn, ainall Flake t>.
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    SUMMARY OFTHE WEEK.
    892 1 SUMMARY OFTHE WEEK Til .nail was dfl on the 17 taut per I*. A. <>. tteamer kit ml the pros M.L mail is bakeu oo fl- per M. M. steamer Art which closes torao: London mail of the 2 Jul\- was delivered this morning per ML. M. I stt r
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    428 1 For Straits Tim Berlin*, t7th Aug.— The Nord Deutsche Zeiiung regards Prince Ferdinand's manifesto as an averment of national autououiv involvin- the i<>;.;< <»u of the Treaty of Berlin whirl) < i.-nnauv musi disapprove. Russia has addressed a protest t.> tk Powers and urges them to joiu her.
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    Government Gazette, 19th Aug.
    368 1 Her Ma j '<l to allov ami rontii-iii th«- < II of LBB7, .■utitlcl An I I to amend The i I >rdinan< and t.> r imove certaii the legality of 'he r< nioval of i M Bii ■oin 1 .{!i"i- S H. E. i he
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    1601 2 The total return of visitors to the Raffles Library and Museum during the week ending Friday, 19th August, was 524. The P. A O. mail steamer Peshatcur trrived at fiongkong on the 7th instant in 4 days. 10 hours and 30 minutes from Singapore. Thirty additional female
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    The following appointments appear in the home papers of the 22nd July.
    882 2 The Royal [nniskilling Fusiliers Lieut. Col. I). M Taylor baa been appointed to command a Bait. Lieut.-Col. mid Col. Arthur Elalea, having completed six years' service a« h Regimental Lieut.-Col., lias Ween placed on retired pay, wit It
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    The Tan-on- Pttfar Doek Coy Limited.
    906 2 rhe followsng is the Di recto jMirt for present ion to the bbarehold "t ihU ii] anv ai the half yearly ordinan m im: to be held at the i !ompany's)offi< Col Iyer Quaj on Friday, L'n"th at DOOO Singapore, tfrth Aagutt, it Gentlemen,
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    Singapore Cricket Club.
    504 3 The Annual General Meeting of the pjuv^q.orc Ciirk.'t Club wan held last Frill lie Tanglin < Hub L. J Glas presiding. There was a go- of members. The for the tr and the Statement of accounts showed the financial p tion ol tin? Club to be very
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    The Pengerang Planting Company Limited.
    669 3 Ihk lirst Gteneial Meeting of this Company took place pd Friday, I:2th instant, at the Company's registered office, Singapore Pbessd r. G. 8. Murray, Esq., Chairman, The Hon'ble H. W. i G. W. 1\ fi M s B. Carr, P. G. 1 >;i v id*
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    The Tyersall Drag Hunt.
    905 3 A meeting of the Bubscribe.ni to the Tyersall Drag Hunt was held on the I Lnst. »t the Exchange blooms at fc.3o p. m. f Mr. r. S Thomson in the chair. Mr. Playfair explained to the meeting that after careful estimates of expenses, it was
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    "Victorian."
    1335 3 >pears to be I in- into I as a gami I idies. Prom time to time we have rec >rded <-i itches ladies <»n the one ntlemeo <»u the other, the latter of coarse being heavily band and also matches in which toe players belonged entirely to the i.
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    Telegraphic Summary.
    1520 4 ylon Obsi rver. i '■>u. July 'J'». The Tim that under the agreement whi-h has juai been signed between H md Hugiand, ie demarcat i of the Afghan boundary, the Russian frontier is now eighteen miles nearer Herat. Th< B acquire twelve hundred aud twenty squ miles <
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    EDITORIALS.
    2916 4 li Tariff and the Trt4< ore. I'll" trade between > ,re and sions iii the Fai I such importance as to demaud the iuo«t careful study of all who are the prosperity of our Col< drawu attention in j.i Stra u r «>rous are u..\\ being made by f«.r.
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    Singrapore Eiterprise in the Archipelago.
    736 5 V. .1", 1 n .lava, roioei okieflj fi tke planter claw begin t<» be raised in t of throwing <«i»»'ii the i_ r tra.l.- t-« foreign flags as the onh way to low« i freight rates, now kept at a high from absence of competition.
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    Bankruptcy Legislation.
    784 6 (S. T. Amguat t9.) The Bankruptcy Bill read the first time at the Council Meeting on Monday last, grapples with evils long conspicuous and rampant. In solvency Legislation here framed on the principle thai creditors may be trusted to look after their own interests, provided the sole management
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    The Burials Bill.
    553 6 (8. I August 20,) Our Chinese fellow citizens are uj» in arms against the Burials Bill i u-t introduced into (be Legislative Council. [ta provisions th.-v deem to tonch them to the quick, interfering m it seems to <lo wit 1 1 some of their mosi cherished
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    Further Light on Beri Beri.
    365 6 SV I i Since Ins return from Acheen, r> Bor Pekelharing has ontinm with indefatigable into the causes and ph.'uoiuen beri. 11.- baa eded in many doubtful points. The IV., conclusively proved that the directly caused by I,a<-t. ria. In of beri beri patieuts, at
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    Chieng Mai.
    1180 7 Communicated.) On Thursday afternoon (the LBth hist.) there was a meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Coleman Street. After the usual business had been gone through and Miss Blackmore unanimously voted to the post of Secretary, Mrs. Oldham, in a few
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    The Penang sky Raees.
    2104 7 Second Da i Fbiday, 12th Ar..t rr, I--;. The weather was all thai could be desired on Friday last, to which da? the second day's rac »8 had been postponed in consequence ol the heavy rains. Tin- attendance of fainropeans was not large, however, while the
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    Manila News.
    618 7 Translati > Th in Manila leading whan :.-d <>n the haa do to give iv well immediat minuting po middle of the river, v\ liurh i remain anticipate ■ii the banks of Pasig, would lutrbour i tted by ti which its has I meel requirement The m brought
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    Deli News.
    780 8 Translated for iht Straits Times,) Tm: Deli Courant of the 10th August affirms that the authorities there have received trustworthy information of Buspiciiiiovements by Aehine>e on the frontier. ir intentions are uot yet known with any certainty, but it is feared <>n undi that they mean once more
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    Siam News.
    551 8 i Bangkok Times loth and 13th Aug.) The two surviving victims of tbe late typhoon in the dull of Slam are .still in Bangkok awaiting completion of their n--paire. Great and unnecessary delay, we think, has occurred with regard to th two and, for ourselves, our reflections on
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    Saigon News.
    792 8 The telegram that the Council of tstat iu Paris lias reported in favour <»f exempting from customs duties in Indo China, good* imported from France or French Colonies with a custom bouse establishment, betokens another triumph of Protectionism. As far back as LBB4, so sajs the Baigonnais t
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    Tonquin News.
    730 8 Tl >" <''»'.:<>, tf Haiphong takes (lf the fad that the transport Carharoi tZ National ffavigpUion Company, hat ported, fer the first time, in France, twent? tona ol Tonquin coal. Ii turns out lev, friable, and heavilv charged with ilphur.Tbespecimeusarealik, m quality, hut are taken from different nits
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    The British North Borneo Company.
    2861 9 The niuth half-yearly meeting of this ronl pauv was held at the Cannon Street Hotel cm the -JWh June, 1887, Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.8., (Chairman of jvg Company) iu the chair. The meeting iras attended by 4:-> shareholders. We the following extracts from the Chairman's
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    Tobacco prospects in British North Borneo.
    1994 9 N. />. Herald, Ui Augutt.) At .1 meeting of Tobacco Broken hold in the Conference Hall of tin; Colonial and Indian Exhibition on the 6tfa August 1886, under the auspices of the London Chamber of Commerce, samples of British North Borneo Tobacco were exhibited
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    Legislative Council.
    5313 10 T 1 1 3th AU( 7 Pri nor. Weld, <; c.M.a.) ;i We the Officer Commanding the Troops ".t.- -'<>loiH>l s. Simpson, a. i the Col. Secretary (J.F.'Dicksoi tl (J. W. Bonser. i Colonial Treasurer (A. M. Skinner,) v Colonial Engineer (Capt. M. A. < lameron, r. k.
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    Malacca News.
    2927 11 Malacca, 14th Augt. I am sure man) of the old Residents uf M will be grieved to bear of 1 1 1 deatU o b lla Johanna ihu succumbed to tjphoid fever ou Veige --I- i 'jivat favou iith the children <•!' the Gk>vemmeut Girla 1 School here,
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    Jubilee Celebration at Sourabaya.
    435 12 r r<>i,t a Correspond* nt.) Bomrabaya, Java, ¥l*t June, Even in this Ultima Thnle." th,- fur point of tl Lisfa community ia to bo found, the JubiWe of our beloved Queen was celebrated with the utmost enthusiasm. Preparations for celebrating the augpi. <i(»us «j\ tut wriv
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    Netherlands India News.
    773 12 I for th> BtraiU I A kiii: ineffectual efforts to creditor! of I taendels arrangement enabliu^ that tii ctny "ii bu ..id liquidate its lial>i rtaui British luiiLs •■oiuiTUi'd I to the scheme, tlif linn was formally declared insolvent l.\ tin- Court of Justice at Bata\ ia
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    Deli News.
    853 13 Straits 7 ag to 1 in- Deli of the fcd August, the pepper crop in Acheen > heavier than ever, that the Rajah of Edi, who idrmldy in pepper and can afford to spend money freely, now that a bumper yield of that article is in pros] laid
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    The "Glenfruin" "Camorta" Collision Case.
    624 13 The "Glenfruin" "Camorta" Collision Case. The following repori of the Acting R i;isi r;ir in the Miit of the Netherlands India Steam Na\ Lgaiioo < Jompany, Limited, vemu James MacG-regor and all other owners <>t' thf steamship Glenfruin was confirmed in the Supreme Court, Hongkong, l>v the Acting Chief Justice
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    British Residents in Siam.
    496 13 With reference t<> th<- dispute between Mr. EL'M. Satow, Consul Gheneralat Bangkok, and the British residentfl there, regarding the registration of British subjects in Sia.ni, it will be Been from the following Order in Council published in tl».' London H r:>'tj th:it Mr. s.itow"s regulation on
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    Schedule.
    540 13 Notification. The following Regulations made by the ■ndenuped, Her Majesty's Minister Resident ana Consnl-General iu Siain, in virtue ol' th<? powers vested in him by section one of the Oiler in Council of the twenty-eighth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and tiftysix. to make Rules and Regulations
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    The Singapore Tramway Company Limited.
    436 13 The Singapore Tram way Company Limited. The following is the Directors* tiepyri for presentation to the Shareholders attli. half yearly Ordiuarj M« ting *>f the Company t<> held on Tuesday, that 23rd instant, at no.m, in the <>Ui.-, of th< pany, iM Collier Qoay loth A ugust, /> G The
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    Upper Burmah.
    1258 13 The Mandalav correBp<»n<l.'ul of the Rangoon Gazette writes as follows untlnr date 30th Julv, 1887 There is little Dews of an j kind thin we*k and I am afraid my letter will not contain anyhing w»7 interesting. The authorities are busy repairing some of the roads that most
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    VARIETIES.
    1240 14 "Too m uchee by'm-by" was the expressive way in which a Chinaman informed watchmaker that his watch gained. The two principal rules and Lesaoas of lift* that Qeorge Bliol gave to a young friend were, first. "Be i arate;" and, second, "My dear child, the great Icss.mi of life
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    122 14 Answki: !i:i:v." Sib, When 1 first came to Singapore, some forty yean au-.». there were several English bottoms, China-rigged, sailin tween this and elm. oouimanded by Europeans; the skippers preferred Chito the heavy English days. Y«m most remember thai this was before double topsails aod topgallant
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    Chinese Burial Grounds.
    1149 14 Si b, Th.- letter, Bigned "A < Ihinaman," appearing in jour issue «»f tin- 15th inBtaot, calls for b reply iu the siiaj..- >; criticism. It is uot thai erery Chinaman shall bave to favor the feelings of his countrvn but ;i celestial like your correspondent, Chinaman,"
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    Chinese Burial Grounds.
    419 15 n.i,' VVhen the Honorable the late Bast India Cunipauy assumed the Gkjverntiieni Of the Straits Settlements j a charter was granted to them by the Imperial Government, which the following was the it ive to tho observance by them ot the different i manners, sad usages of
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    The Town Drains.
    186 15 Sib, With reference to Dr. Bluglistoti i proposals regarding the drainage in Si ranI 1 and districts, I. would wish t. point out that although the Municipality is not at present able to undertake such a work for want of funds, it could without iijiidi expense cut
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