Straits Times Weekly Issue, 10 July 1889
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Title Section22 1889-07-10 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. NIVT S^Rltii nb,c,d/.f/.[fpf;.f/sd [Pkice 40 Cents ■—I I VOL XLV. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1889. NO. 3,52822 words
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Article23 1889-07-10 1 Ob Friday, the sth instant, at Sharon," BJilkie Road, tho wife of Mr. Henry D. I Bkjhabds, C.E., of a son. n-^—23 words
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82 1889-07-10 1 WEDNESDAY, 10th JULY, 1889. CONTENTS. Mark n t Quotations. Weekly Binnm%ry. Beater's Telegram* Local aud General News. The !Pre*byteriau Pastora te. Bimetallism. The Royal Visit to India The Dervishes. Peuwig iv 1&38. Tamil Immigration. A Fortnight ia the Native States. News from Johore, Pahang, Muar, Siaui, Malacca, Penausr. aud French82 words
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Article349 1889-07-10 1 Singapors 10rH Ju LV, 1889. Produce. Sbs&w 8.97*. do. Uube No} 1 m 12.45. do. eh. Nd. 2 „11.00. G>rs Bili 3.50. do. Poutiaaak „3.10. Pepper, Slack 18.00. Sago Flour, 2L65. Pearl Sago 3.50. Coffee, Bah 26.50. T%pn.->«,smiil Fi'tke 5.50. do. dn. Ist quality 5.75. do. mcd.349 words
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Article211 1889-07-10 1 fa 1 Mr. Adamson and an Ausk**n mining expert have gone to Pahang *|*P»ospecting expedition preparatory to company to get. gold from the i «»ds there. The first Iron Bridge m Johore was formally opened on the 4th July by the Sultan m the presence of211 words
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Article311 1889-07-10 1 (For Strait* Times,) The Turf Cask. London, 3rd July.— The Arbitrators m the case of Sir Geo. Chetwynd v. The Earl of Durham have awarded Sir Geo. Chetwynd one farthing damages, each side payiug its own costs. The Soudan. Cairo, 4th July. The Derwishes have been defeated with311 words
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Article341 1889-07-10 1 H. M, S. Orion returned this afternoon from her cruise to Sarawak. The Anglo-Chinese School re-opened this morning after the Midsummer holidays. Mr. H. N. Ridley, director of gardens and forests, left Kuala Lumpur on the sth for Pen an or. The Captain of the s. s.341 words
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Article76 1889-07-10 1 The Batavia Nieuwsblad notes the arrival of five race-horses there from Siuga- pore towards £he end of last month. They beloug to Barou Von Horn, and among them are Bendigo and Phantom. They are to run at races to be held m Bandong on the 14th,76 words
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Article90 1889-07-10 1 The imports of Malacca have fallen from $3,833,000 m the year 1887 to $2,462,000 m 1888. Daring the same period the exports have fallen from $3,985,000 to $3,208,000. As Mr. Hervey's report shows that the revenue of Malacca is fairly well sustained, it becomes clear90 words
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Article814 1889-07-10 1 The Malacca Administration Report for last year, published yesterday, shows a revenue collection amounting to $351,000, which is an increase of one-fifth over the figures for the previous year. The gain is chiefly under the head of Land, which indeed yields nearly one-third of the Be venue814 words
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1332 1889-07-10 2 LOCAL AND GENERAL. FRIDAY, 5th JULY. The steamer Montanes, which arrived to-day from E»iroj»e for Manila, comes out to ply m the Philippines for the coasting trade. As garbled and exaggerated statements of Mr. Fischer's good luck have ieceutly appeared, we may state that the ainouut he icaliaed at SingaporeCity Press - 1,332 words
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Article397 1889-07-10 2 Sandakan, 13th June, 1889. —There is not a great deal to write about at present, although two or three pvents of some interest have to be noted since I last wrote. The Queen's birthday was celebrated by a durbar, or meeting of native chiefs I many ofHongkong Telegraph - 397 words
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Article352 1889-07-10 2 IThe teachers of St. Joseph's Institution, king advantage of the Midsummer vacate, availed themselves of the opportunity by going for a sea tiip arouud the island of Singapore, yesteiday. Through the courtesy and kindness of the Directors and Secretary of the Tanjoug Pagar Dock Co., the steam tug352 words
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Article250 1889-07-10 2 lln Don's Patent Smoke Preveutor and lei Economiser. Australia has given to c world an invention which makes a great advance m the application of steam to machinery. The project has beyond the experimental stage, and the ascertained results claimed by Mr. Don for his invention250 words
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Article500 1889-07-10 2 PK^eyion Independent.) The Austrian Forkion MiNiarsß on ths Situation. awTS S »/r 6 A the sitting of I the Austnan delegation to-day Count Kalnokjr mad, a Btatement declaring that at the present moment, although the situation is unsettled, the peace of Europe i not ,n danger. He feared500 words
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Article605 1889-07-10 2 The Hongkong Telegraph at somelengts treats of the condition of the European police constables there, from which article we excerpt the following The European police recently imported by the Government of the Straits Settlements complained after their arrival at Singapore that they had been misled605 words
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1210 1889-07-10 3 Mexico and China. Netherlands In di a News. The determination of the Uuitcd States to eiciude Chinese immigrants at all risks and to close the doors effectually agaiust them is a policy which finds no sympathy m the sister republic of Mexico. So far from desiring to keep out Chiuese1,210 words
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Article2571 1889-07-10 3 The Portuguese m tiis Pan East. ,A decayino Colony. The Grotto of Gamokns. At thb Chinese gamino tables of Macao. (By Henry Norman.) Where the carcase is, there also will the eagles be gathered together." China is the great carcase of Asia, and round her the eagles2,571 words
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Article405 1889-07-10 4 Tic Return of Visitors to the Baffles Library and Museum during the week was 1223. With reference to the murder offone Nge Tow Lip iv Hong Lim Green on Wednesday morning last, no further developments arc reported as to the clue of the murderer or niurdercs. The405 words
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Article248 1889-07-10 4 Uluudi how familiar the name sounds and yet it is just ten years ago, on the 4th July, 1879, that the famous battle was fought under the tropical clime of Southern Africa. The 58th Northamptonshire Regiment was there, and have ever since commemorated that eventful day. Yesterday the248 words
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Article156 1889-07-10 4 rum Revue Francaise for June says The large steamer of the put on the stocks at La Ciotat in^uEJ 1888, was launched on 26tlj Hay 188$. She is 152 metres m length and can carry 900 passengers. Her triple expansion motive apparatus, of 7,000 horse-power, could give a speed156 words
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Article69 1889-07-10 4 Abstract of Traffic Earnings for the month of May, IH»9. Passengers 3,7 1 9 88 Horses, Carriages, and Dogs... 36.00 Excess Fares 20.44 Parcels 41.03 Extra Luggage 214.35 Special Trains Total Coaching 4.031.7-1 Goods $15,012.00 Total Goods $16,027.25 Miscellaneous 2,484.68 Grand Total $22,543.63 Corresponding month of 1888...69 words
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Article241 1889-07-10 4 The Queeu has been pleased to allow and comtirm the following Ordinances, No. X of 1889, entitled An Ordinance to provide for the reception into the Colony and the detention therein of lunatics and persons of unsound mind from places without the Colouy." No. IX of241 words
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601 1889-07-10 4 I Johore sth July.— Yesterday afternoon he Meldrum Bridge was formally opened J H. H. the Sultan. Long before the ppomted time, crowds of people began to assemble, completely blocking up every approach to the Bridge, until a party of soldiers arrived601 words
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Article475 1889-07-10 4 (From our own Correspondent). S(Jth June. A sad accident took place here to-day about 3 o'clock m the afternoon, which ended fatally. The Chinese butler of Mr. Superintendent Syers, for the purpose of buyiug some things m the other side of the river, m company of three475 words
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Article826 1889-07-10 4 We call the attention of Singanoi* sportsmen te< our Muar news. The English mail despatched from Sin gapore on the Btb ultimo per P A o steamer HusUq was delivered m London ea the 6th instant. By last advices, the cholera epidemic si Manila has subsided, aud826 words
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Page 4 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous50 1889-07-10 4 Passenger List. Per Ban. Seng Quan from Bangkok, Mrs. Hooker and Miss Bladr. Per Glenroy from London, Mrs. Watson and Mr. HaX? n P Nor h y from Sarawak, Mr. Cadell, Mrs. Header** Mr. Erieceou. PanUe from Linggi, Mr. Reid. Per «wna w from SumaranK, Messrs Gondman and M. KinnoiT^50 words
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Article222 1889-07-10 5 Paha ng News. (Contributed.) We learn that the Hon. William Adamson is actively engaged, with an Australian mining expeit, prospecting foe gold sod other minerals along the banks aud bed of the Pahang river. Several samples of the saudy soil have beeu taken, and examination shows that gold and tin222 words
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Article281 1889-07-10 5 ihe most successful run of the season took place on Saturday afternoon last, when altogether two ladies aud thirty-one horsemen turned upat the meet, allofwhom put m appeai ance at the finish The meet was at the Tanglin Club, and sho.tlv after o clock Mr. Holley led281 words
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Article258 1889-07-10 5 P6th July.— We have been in- state of chronic dullness for j t>ast. Our chief officers have q the Settlement, and have j returned. tn« sewere illness of Mr. W. j the arrangements for car- j waleiwoiks, &c, have to Rme extent come to a standstill, but Mr. *an258 words
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Article147 1889-07-10 5 {Chronicle, bth July.) It is not certain when Mr. Paul, British Resident of Sungei Ujong, will leave for home, but we understand it is definitely arrai ged that Mr. Birch is to be Acting Resident m Sungei Ujong during Mr. Paul's absence. There is a rumour current that147 words
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Article224 1889-07-10 5 From Mr. Maxwell* Report.) |?enang is to keep her trade, her harbour ies should be m keeping with modern ements, and they now scarcely exceed of a purely native port. The devolop»f the Native States creates new markets ritish commerce and new investments itish capital. The224 words
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Article354 1889-07-10 5 (Mercantile Gazette, 29th June,) We are informed that the number of Chi- j nese captured last week was 898, and that there were upwards of a thousand weapons of all j kinds taken. On examination, 107 of the pri- j s oners were released, nothing having been354 words
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Article687 1889-07-10 5 (Gazette Ist July.) H.M.S. Orion, 4 guns, twin scrvw iron ar-mour-plated turret sTiip, 4,870 tons and 4 040 !V P £a B nVe<i ff P P int OU tho 28th n the 29th her steam pinnace came up to KuwKF Witl Carr Lieutenant A. F. Weldon, Lieutenant Lesrmouth687 words
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EDITORIALS.
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Article552 1889-07-10 5 (Straits Times July o.) The Presbyterians of Singapore have at last been provided by their friends at home with a pastor, and the tending of the flock no longer depends on the friendly assistance of the minister of another evangelical denomination, combined with an infusion of the552 words
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Article274 1889-07-10 5 (Straits Times July 5.) Mail and telegraphic advices have of j late borre witness to the activity of the j bimetallists. They at least offer a solu- tion of the monetary difficulties arising out of the depreciation m the value of j silver, which have ouly gone from b»A274 words
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Article479 1889-07-10 6 (Steaits Times July 6.) The intention of the Prince of Wales to send his son and heir on an Indian tour is viewed by the Anglo-Indian press with approbation. It is only right that he who will probably be called to rule over a country479 words
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Article302 1889-07-10 6 (Straits Times Jidy 6.) The dervish defeat on the Egyptian frontier proves once more that the fanatical hordes of the Mabdi cannot stand against disciplined valour. However satisfactory this may look, it does not advance the solution of the Soudan problem one whit. The Mahdi holds court at302 words
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Article984 1889-07-10 6 (Straits Times July 8.) The Administration Report of Penang for 1888 is published to-day. The ordinary Revenue received amounted to 31.350,000 and the ordiuary Expenditure to $1,092,000, leaving a surplus of $258,000. This is fairly satisfactory m comparison with last year, when we find the Revenue stated984 words
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Article806 1889-07-10 6 (Strait* Time* July .'/.> The Annual Report on ludian Immigration for the year 1888 leads off with the an nouu cement that iv that period about 5,000 statute immigrauts and their dependents arrived at Peuang. these figures being slightly under those for the previous twelve months. The free806 words
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Page 5 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous46 1889-07-10 5 Patiseiiger 1,1st. Per Furnta from Calcutta, Air. Mackaj, two ecclesiastics, Messrs. Smith and Mullineux. Meanatchy frouj Madrae, Messrs. Dunlop, Plumacher, MK and Mrs, Rob rig, and M«. Tripp. Malacca from Penanj?, Mn- Marcus, Mr. and Mrs. Benjafield,' Mr*. Baker, Miss Neubronner, and Mr. ud Mrs. PenUta.46 words
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6490 1889-07-10 6 Selanoor, Sunghei Ujono, and Jslssv. The Mints at Rawang and Jsl*bi. A Malayan Election. People used to meet me m the Club or elsewhere aud inform me m a friendly confidential way that I was looking /erf bad when they stopped at that point6,490 words
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130 1889-07-10 8 Since the M. M. Company has allowed marine sorters to work on board from kaigon to Hongkong, and since there is no objection to extend a similar permission to Singapore sorters between Colombo and here, the mercantile community are naturally impatient that such an130 words
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Article220 1889-07-10 8 The China Mail, m noticing recent legislation at Hongkong to meet abuses inthe coolM trade there, suggests correspondiiig remedial measures m this colony. Our contemporary nays j~w traits Government has done s great deal to improve the lot of the coolie and make fell^fV* eTendo aUtSelnore The220 words
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Article563 1889-07-10 8 Exchange* to 39th June.) Ths Shanghai MercuryTs Peking eosvssomsaw den* says His Ex. Li Htrng-chaor'a «5L Jo Hfa M.jarty fa itfatf a. will tab su^f3 ths railways m the North and lie asks Hk Msjestj to be pleased appoint Hfc ST Chang ChfTi-tuag for the South. Ths* Baser*563 words
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
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Letter325 1889-07-10 8 Sir,— Like the rest of the public, Ihsw* heard something of the disastrous event which marked Governor Creagh's dsrisr at Sandakan, but it was only on readinc your issue of last Friday that I learnsi that the North Borneo* Governor had chosen to hold his durbar during325 words
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Letter889 1889-07-10 9 gin, Iv the city of Guau Hin there was j m use among the people a large number of vehicles of different kinds, because the people had taken a dislike to walking m those days. Some of these vehicles were drawn by horses and ponies, others by men,889 words
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Page 9 Advertisements
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Advertisement523 1889-07-10 9 Special Novelty. The Three Quarter Pilsener T Registered. HIS aise bottle specislly made to order for Singapore and the East is s siss midway between pint and quart, its use- f ul dimensions will be felt by all beer drinkera to be s great boon. The beer is the well-known523 words
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Advertisement239 1889-07-10 9 awissEi cota awatilisx tirnsttansfTio*, m ENGLISH MANUFAOTUfISO TOBACCOS RICHMOND CAVENDIBH CO., XJaOTSD, LIVERPOOL. SPECIAL BRANDS:"Pioneer "Golden Flake Cut M Richmond Smoking Mixture." Superfine Bird's Eye. 44 Golden Brown Fine Cut Bright Black Plug Cavendish I >N ALL USUAL SIZES. I PRICE LISTS ON aPPLtCsTtult. Satabllßbad a Quarter of a C*ntmry.239 words
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Advertisement431 1889-07-10 9 SINGAPOBB CARRIAGE WORKS AND HARNESS MANUFACTORY. Orchard Road, Singapore. Established 1862. Manufacturers of all kinds of Carriages on the newest principles and with ths best matenale. o3eg to call attention to their prs*eut Urge stock of new and fashionable carnages consisting of STANHOPE GIGS, to suit either pomes or horses.431 words
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Miscellaneous761 1889-07-10 10 ~m=z „,t i■ n i i ifWi i-i .WljH'll I 'I -U SHippiirCr. «> -V' V ssssiS Advsrtissd to Sail. I r 4ol r .BeJan Msfjrer Sr Co. for Deli,--,Ivu r a By^ 1^ P 01 8 BanCOOra due n the Srai^^ 728>Behn Msjer Co. for Deli,16th Boustead A Co.761 words
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Miscellaneous1138 1889-07-10 10 ARRIVALS x VssesL'BN-yi^L R o Tons. Captain. Fsom. Sailsd. Co» Biss«ss.8 iss«ss. J V Bengkalis Brit. sir. 90 Padua Muar July 2j Wee Bin ACo I NlSskUng »tr. UoKechm. Amoy June 24 Kun Ching A Co. ShiinOn m Moben 111 Jnlv Bun Hin ACo 0 aaSvnSie 345 Green DeTi July1,138 words
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Advertisement1578 1889-07-10 11 fyjjVJi^M/VffM!M^M/jVJ:VA grand national award Wt/ftmrtf^ of 10,<HH> fr. !^^l a«a7Tff^ a Stimulating Eestorative A^»o|9SHmi PERUVIAN BARK, IRON IHri: c a^£LM ll yj| i t tbe GREAT fmnoh remedy I »«*^C^ JflKj^tTOrk ,JW!iLsiW Endorsed by the Hospitals mo*^r*^^^.&*~ -UttiAe^H <o, PREVENTION and CURE el 1 lr tj ru uOaaSiaV4Ma^aaaHßv«aasxi^flr' '&TMMtaaaatAi''^ i1,578 words
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Advertisement545 1889-07-10 12 S C HWEITZ E R S o o o oati nsr -A. Jnt:-£h,!('<})tu- Cocoa cr Chocolat: Prrder. Uf\Rv\-t^BD PUKE SOLUBLE COCOA, WITHOUT ADItTXTtTKE &XJIEYV says THE QUEEN inv.ri.ibly 3;as a cup of SCHWEITZER'S COCOATINA brought to her bedside 7-80; knd two hour- Inter she quaffs the *ame beverage at the545 words
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Advertisement720 1889-07-10 12 r w dJb&g to Consumers Tla.a PRODUCTS o* I ORKa-PERPOMES L LEGRARD I ;307% rue Saint-Honore, JP-AJRJS I Sic. as ORIZA-OIL, ESS.ORIZA, ORIZA-LACTt, CR&ME-BRIZA I ORIZA-VELOIHt, ORIZA-TONICA, ORIZALINE, ORIZA-SOAP I HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING THE PATRONAGE OF THE PUBLIC BECAUSE I 1» Their manufacture is supervised with the greatest720 words
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE WEEKLY "STRAITS TIMES," JULY 10, 1889.
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Title Section9 1889-07-10 1 SUPPLEMENT TO THE WEEKLY "STRAITS TIMES," JULY 10, 1889.9 words
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Article20 1889-07-10 1 ■que nee of the mail arrangements hie to give m this Supplement m email portion of the news of to-20 words
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44 1889-07-10 1 WEDNESDAY, 10th JULY, 1889. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. (For Straits Time*.) The Soudan. Cairo, 9th July.— The Dervishes, five thousand strong, are marching uorth wards past Wadi Haifa. Colocel Wodehouse, with the Egyp- i tians, is following them m steamers. Reinforcements have been ordered to Assouan.44 words
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Article187 1889-07-10 1 It is intended that iv about a mouth I Mr. Muir will go home to England partly for his health aud partly to see what ar- j ran^eincuts may be best made for intro- j ducing new capital to work the 2,000 acre concession of hill-side land187 words
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Article645 1889-07-10 1 The number of tbe China Review for March and April opens with a translation of an ancient Chinese work purporting to be the narrative of a progress made by a King named Muh through his dominions more than half a dozeu centuries or so before the Christian645 words
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Article1191 1889-07-10 1 {Ceylon Exchanges.) Supplementary to Straits Times Telegrams. The Disturb ancf.s at Novi-Bazar. Constantinople, 27th June. Nothing j further has beeu heard here from Novi- Bazar regardiug the disturbances there. Vssstfsa, 27th June Iv the Austriau j Delegation to-day Count Kalnoky, m answer to a question, expressed his doubts1,191 words
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Article1091 1889-07-10 1 A few Wrinkkles for tho*e who want to KNOW. In order to be present at a State |ball it is absolutely necessary aa a rule to have been presented st s Drawing Room or a Levee, but I being presented st either of1,091 words
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