Straits Times Weekly Issue, 7 October 1889

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1 1 Straits Times Weekly Issue
  • 19 1 WEEKLY ISSTTK. -i ii—ai a. i W T Ho» e>tlM M.. 1"1>..,~.. j/. r. L XLV. St^^O«^t^7l^~^^^7^-^ NO. 3.511
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  • 211 1 Th. L^sladve Council will meet on Wednesday next. Tho lu t of measure* I will be a heavy O ae. The hydrophobia question has been dealt with io Johore by ao order destroy^ or quarantining dogs. The quarantine period for dogs io P, naug has h:H
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  • 389 1 (For Straits Times,) The Strikes in Holland. London, 30th Sept.— The strikers in Rotterdam tore up the pavements and stoned the Police. The Civic guard fired upon the mob and charged, wounding i several persons. A me^tin^ of the Dock labourers afterwards resolved to exclude the Socialists from
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  • 807 1 The number of visitors to the Raffi-s Library and Museum during the we^k was 1,238. Sir Charles Lee3, the future Governir of Mauritius, is brother to Mr. Bilfour Lees, Secretary of the Singapore Insurance Company. It has leaked out, from a private telegram received about a week
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  • 73 1 Borneo To bacco Land. Messrs. A. L. Johuston Co. have received a telegram from Mke Directors of the British North Borneo Couipanv that the price of tobacco Und in North Borneo has been raised to fcb' per acre. This is no doubt due to the nam her of applications for
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  • 219 1 w ith regard to th»> shareholders' protest set forth iu yesterday's Straits Times, we understand that it was this day resolved to call au extraordinary freue»al meeting of the shareholders aud the advertisement of that meeting appear* in our columns. The date is Saturday next,
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  • 94 1 A Selangor correspondent, under date >f Ist October, writes We are trying 0 get up a syndicate locally to buj the iawang Mines. I hear the scene of deolation there is heartrending. The water 1 rising, and on Mondaj it was up to the rheels of the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 399 1 i«i W«ric^ on *he 2Srh SepfemW >£ Chomvs daught^ lifton tsW Hount Sophia, on the kMn},,r, tho wife of J. L. Ludolph! 7R ki i^ f T1 l he29th September, oi B McOall. of a daughter I™ o& 29th September, the V. B. Haffrnden, of a daughter. DEATH. *fc Road,
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  • 250 2 MONDAY, 30th SEPTEMBER. Thb Anglo-Siamese Mission headed by Mr. Ney Elias, is expected to leave Simla by the Ist of October, and will arrive at Rangoon about the 15th idem. The wreck of the ship Baron Blantyre was this afteruoou disposed of by auction sale for the
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  • 121 2 Trrhible Dkath of a Child. The Chinese child which was bitten by a mad dog in Pekin Street during the earlier part of this month succumbed to the disease of hydrophobia this morning. His last hours are described as simply agonizing to witless. The little fellow was
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  • 441 2 (Before Mr. Jwftra Wood.) The Commissioners OKMfSS oa Mr. Davidson SIANDINOTO HIS PKOPOBAL OV SKTTUKMKNT. This morniug, iu the case of the Attorney General, by the relation of James Guthne Davidson, versu* the Municipal Commissioners, Mr. Drew, on behalf of the Commissioners, moved for an
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  • 337 2 Dxrmuio this month the rate of exchange for Portal Notes on the United Kingdom will be Bs. ljd. per When the mail left London (Saturday, 7th September) Malay mining shares were weak Pahangs 62 6 to 67,6 Pahang Kabang 15/ to 17/6. Mr. E. L. Blanchard, a
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  • 267 2 Our latest Australian tiles give partieultrs of the extraordinary sympathy felt in all the Colouies for the Londou Dock strikers. Meetings held iu their favour resulted iu subscriptions pouring ia freely to assist the labourers. At ouo meeting in Brisbane, ov^r five huudred pouuds were
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  • 455 2 Vert great, and very proper, regret has been widely expressed at the sad death from hydrophobia of a Chiuese child, as set forth ip our issue of yesterd&v and .people are saying that the necessary legislation to stamp out that disease ought to be the very
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  • 474 2 The Queen has been pleased not to disallow Ordinance No. 1 of 1889, entitled "An Ordinance to amend the Law relating to Societies." The Governor, has consequently ordered that the said Ordinance shall come into operation on the Ist January, 1890. Mr. J. F. Wretord
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  • 919 2 Ihk aunual general meeting of tbe members of the Singapore Rowing dab was held in the Committee Boom of the Cricket Club pavilion yesterday afternoon under the presidency of Mr. C. Stringer there were also present Messrs. Scott Ru»! sell, H. H. Hudson, E. A. Martin, Rooke,
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 292 2 Mail items. Exchanges to tith September.J Application, has U-en made to tUo comiiiittee to a^poiut a settling day iu. aud to grant a quottt. ou to, the faliaug j^xol >raiiou ami Develupuieut C nipnn > (L«i:uite*l). Tiie Leuiiai li«)rut*v» company (Limited) has no ivcdac^bieg am to the following offeit from
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  • 465 3 (Contributed.) At last was the weighty expression of nearly every member of "the Singapore Kowing Club when tin* members to serve on the new Committee bad been aj>j>oiuted. For months past any af>fx?al, or eompkiuts. o remarks about tho working of the club had met with the
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  • 245 3 In the Whitehall Review, a London society newspaper, there often appears matter about the Malay Peninsula, and uuder <U*e of 31st August, it has the folio wA far more surprising fact has, however, of Ute come to our kuowledg^ a strongly exp«wed desire on the part
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  • 625 3 Court, Mjjjfcg L. Tuornton, Ralph McDoua.d, Oniet Oilier of the soip jf a t »Pl«arod to au^er a summons i sued at tue instance of one Johu Mitchell, a seaman ou board the same ship, charging him with vo.uutanlv causing hurt lo tno plaintiff. It
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  • 461 3 The Courrier d'Hiiphong deplores the indifference of tbe Home Government to the camme cial interests otTouquiu. The authorities in the mother country, engrossed by party politics and parliamentary scheming, neglect to look at'ter the mercantile and industrial development of the Protectorate. The subjugation of the couutrv has cost
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  • 428 3 Tempora mutatitur, et nos mutamur in Mi*. Hob. Muddy streets, a lead»u sky, iSeed^ hat a.mi sor y gamp, With a mild and inoiv to tnnup To the train for Peck ham ttye Homo wards in the gathering dark Goes a weary vJity cierk.Office hours eight to five, On
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  • 560 3 \Pinans Gazette.) Tta Straih Time* proves a course which isbut a at-.) lint it um of what w* hav* ilready •drwated iu thejq columns. W.» allocated ttn exr.ennmat.oa of all the d >jfs i.i tin island The SJraifcj Thug, while adopting the p-inei-pls thtt Siii*ip>-e mart
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  • 552 3 Supplementary U> #traiU Tim,;* Telegrams. (Ceylon Observer.) London, VLst Sept Th.» following is Ihe result of tiia .rtc- f >.• tli-3 fjaaomhiro Hate of tw-lve thousand •uvetffigM run ;i* Hwthftot to-day DonjVMU flr-f, <Jhir^b .K s.-cnud, liCAIIiO third London, J'Jiid Sept fortnight's c'ositiif of tlie eottoa mils fir
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  • 338 4 The U. S. S. Swatara, which is shortly expected here ou her way to China and i Japan, left Zanzibar on the* sth August. An incendiary fire occurred on board j the well-kuown "Apcar steamer Japan at Hongkong on the 24th Sept. It appears that the Chinese who
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  • 398 4 Mb. Seftou, of Kaub fame, leaves for Brisbane to-tnonow via Batavia and Port Darwin. The Government of the Dominion of Canada have made a claim upon the Unittd States fo. .£200,000 damages for the illegal seizure of vessels sealing in the Behiiug Sea. About 3 o'clock yesterday
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  • 540 4 Pantalini committed for trial. Ybstjebdat, at the inquest coucerning the death of the Chinese boy Ohio Joo, who died on the 22nd September from the effects of injuries received through being run over by a dog-cai t on the morning of the 20th September, the Coroner
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  • 278 4 (Perak Government Gazette, 27th September.} Owing to Governmont officers, wh<m obliged to work on Government holidays, having claimed that such bhou.d be made good to th. in, the Resident haa ruled that no such application from heads of departments can be entertained. Subordinates ordered iii writing by their
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  • 394 4 September 6. There was an explosion at a cartridge-factory at Antwerp, Belgium, to* day, which has resulted in a most terrible loss oi life ami destruction of property. Two hundred workmen were killed outright by the explosion, and hundreds are injured in a more or less
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  • 1398 4 A Ship's officer fined $15 ok 14 days' IMPRISONMENT. The summons caso agamst Ralph MeD >- naid, Clnet Ofticrr 011 U»ard the shi^i M. Law, charged with voluntarily ca sing hurt to John Mitchell, a seaman on board the s«m» ve-sei. was resumed at li o'clock
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 46 4 Passenger List. Pbb Billiton from Klang, Mr. Mac Gill. Medusa from Bangkok, Mr. Hutchinson. Melbourne from Marseilles, Messi s. Hii schman, Haatsma, Normand, Bhrlage, Stuart, Collie-, Von Pustron, Kuezle, Hillecke, Miss Van Wertberg, Mr. and Mrs. Koutoff, M». and Mrs. Bjerrin^, and Mr. aud Mis. Verloop.
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  • 1830 5 > Acting Consul-Geneial Gould reports as I follows on the trade of Bangkok for the" There is *n increase in the total shippW o f tk» E** °J S aD kok of »oont 30.000 tons iffo British shipping has increased by 26 585 toss
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  • 1325 5 (By Tiiesday*B Mail fi The book of the week, and certainly of I the quarter, if not the season, has been the fi autobiography of the young gentleman c< who, within two years, has squandered a d quarter of a million of money, and it is t\ only
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  • 571 5 The Conwrcio points with satisfaction to the prospect of Manila shortly possessing a network of telephone wires' A company has secured a concession for the purpose, and has made arrangements for starting the enterprise erelong. It has already made sure of 150 subscribers. The Municipality of that city
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  • 216 6 On the arrival of the steamship Nam Kiang here yesterday, she was boarded by two detective officers, who arrested a Chinaman named Choug Chye sTeu on a charge of criminal breach of trust in respect of a sum of $400 committed in Penang. The man will be
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  • 65 6 London, Wth September. Advices from Quebec state that a mass of rock haviug become detached from the Dufiferin Terrace in that city, rolled dowu a distance of two hundred feet, erushiug the residences below; thirteen of the raudenti are so far known to have been
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  • 905 6 Saigon papers received by the Iruouaddy yesterday evening contain Havas te'- gt mis from Paris to the 26th ult. They »tate that the Eiuperor William will proctjed from Gertu vnv to Italy about the middie of this mouth. Presideut Caruot unveiled on the 21st ult. a triumphal
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  • 119 6 The Flintshire, of L >udou, DMMfI tbrougii id.- jlv( rt t»iis Munung •teenag E. t>> \V., aud the XuJl'x too iu the e*m6 direction. The former wished lo be reporled all well on boa>d. Tue Rasbiau .trausport Si. P.-L-rsbury ainvtU hi re this eveujug. I^askenokr List. A^BIVALB. Per
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  • 845 6 (From a social corrrtfondent). Trnsr want greater Boancial facilities iu Joh,,re. Iu the first place tile* want a branch ot one «f the S.u^.oiv iUl|;s rhe mconveaience to the pUten and tndera ot bringing all their money tor wages aud the lik, £rom Bing»p>re Ter, geat,
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  • 997 6 This morning, in the Board Room of the Town Hall, Colonel Dunlop, m Picndent of the Fire Commissioners, opened an cuquirv into the circumstances attending the origin of the fire which occurred at Kent? Cheow's shipehandler's store, No. 99, Market Street, on Friday night last.
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  • 839 6 Mr. J. H. Wilson (Sunderland) mored That, in th > opinion of this congress, <*© rt i* ficates of service should be granted to all sailors and firemen, four years to constitute the service of a sailor, aud 1- months that of
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  • 370 7 A correspondent of tbe Deli Covrant, writing from Holland on tbe 30th August, reports that tbe large stocks of tobacco in tie market t Lore, raise apprehensions of deposed quotations. A book on tobacco growiug on the East Coast of Sumatra, with ruts and il!u>t jitious by a
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  • 394 7 sCnihdV? B rft b h Con8 l -<>eu6ral at pt:; a i of the local cfinj. J2£ R r?*P ltal f »ore than £10,000 or Am i j The ex P« ns <^ are dm ill j b eft every dm n of P^tits. Some b*iks
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  • 582 7 It is stated that, Sir Charies Russell rtoetved a fee of 500 guineas for the defence of Mrs. Mayb.-ick. H. M. S. Orion leaves Tanjou^ Pa^ar Wbarf thisafternoou to proceed to Peuaug. As soou as she has cleared the harbour she will engage iu a little guuuery
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  • 58 7 His Excellency the Governor has agreed to the Muaicipil su ration of a hyJrophobia Committee, and has nominated as members, tUe CalonUl KojsLm»r (Mijor McCulium) aud the P.C.M.O. (Dr. Siibou Tue reina.Qiuj? members are to be nominated by the Municipality, aud this afternoon a Special Commissioners'
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  • 376 7 Afper several postponements the Si agio Wicket ompj'titioa commiucid yesterday afternoon with the Army versus Telegraph. The litter team batted ti-st, and managed to raise 13 runs. Tae Army b.ii scored 14 ruas for two wickets on tin* call of time. The match will bo resumed *t 2 o'clock
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  • 410 7 PitOTiST BT A XVA4AOV3 BODT OF Sha.rehol.debs. Uader date ol! 2jl October, a number of the shareholders of the Mala./ Pomusula P ospectiu^ C aldrvssed to the directo 8 a protest a^aiust certain anticipated action ou the part of these. Tue protest s^ts forth
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  • 104 7 On th.- -29r,b September the Gt-niuiii barque Elida st.uid'd at Kiulh Tringou a voja^e bum BAU^kok to L »u--d>»u with a cargo of tea-kwood. The steamer Sri Putri towed ber off »eet for on*- thonsand io liars. The Elida theu proceeded to aea. it u» >k ouiy oue
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  • 442 7 (Sium Gazette, 28th September.) Th« British steamer Shcrborne, which recently mifd in Ba pkuk wltn a fl.ijuneur. of petroleum fot tha Arr*can Uonptajr, and bailel in ba Ust to 0« u, iii the Fuiii*»[»ine->, has just ecu fined $20) for not complying with Homn of thauoud -ssly couip
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  • 794 7 A meeting oi .S:jU.ioi r.«si l».'ut, ia Si.» 0 M;»oro was n-i I m the E>c.-Uan^e H )oais yesterday at'teruo >a :>r ii rj) j*e ofddcidiu^ in wrii.it inu i .S A.j J row's Div shall bo celebrated. Sjou thirty Scotsmen were prosjat, icu >ag«t wlioiu were
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  • 557 8 The inquiry info the circumstances attending the origin of th»» tire wbi«h occurred at 99, Market Street, ou Friday night last, was resumed before Colmiel Dun lop, President of the Fire Comniissioneiis, iu the Board Room of the Town Hall this morning. Ymo Tean£ (J-iian,
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  • 1411 8 {From our own Correspondent.) Military Movks. Paris, 7th September. The autumn manoeuvres in France are this year very interesting they have for aim to mobilise the largest number of men, at the shortest notice, in several regions, without exact iog an augmentation in the number of officers. How
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  • 285 8 Secret Society Legation. (Straits Times October 1 > The Gazette of yesterday notifies the Societies Ordinance has not been d allowed, and that it will come into 0 J" ation on the Ist of January, 1890- tL giving the organisations affected amnU time to set their house in order
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  • 326 8 (Strait* Time* October 2.) The curtain has dropped over another act in the drama of the Copper Sytlicate. It will be remembered that the syndicate endeavoured to keep up artificially the price of copper by engrossing all the available stocks and concluding contracts with
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  • 391 8 (Straits Times October 8.) Thk list of measures to be dealt with in the legislative session about to open will give ample scope for the energies oloar law-makers. The members of Council hat» a good deal of work cut out for then* may i W w. ~»i«
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  • 545 9 {Straits Times October 4.) From a report published elsewhere in our columns, it will be seen that for the first time for several years, the Scotsmen of Singapore are to do public honour to the festival of St. Andrew and in order that they may embrace
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  • 406 9 < Straits Times October 4.) Tmb other day we noticed the fact thai Chinese secret societies had taken root in Java, they being branches of the organisations which flourish here and in Rhio. The Chinese headmen there, instead of making head against the societies, glozed over
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  • 1378 9 The Malay Peninsula Prospecting Company (Strait* Times October 5.) The statement which we published yesterday concerning the Malay Peninsula Prospecting Company and the shareholders' protest has naturally been the subject of considerable comment, and the question has been widely asked Who are the directors of this concern that it should
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  • 243 9 The Pabaugr Corporation Limited VVk understand from Mr. Fraser, who this morning returued from Kuautau, that tea head 8 of stamps are now at work, aud that 50 more are in course of erection. The delay in getting to work is attributable to the failure of certaiu contractors to deliver
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  • 127 10 (From our Pekan Correspondent.) Pthin, 3rd Oct. -The Inspector of Mines left Pekan on the 28th ult. for Ulu Pahan£. As it is a very tasg way off upstream, it may perhaps* take one or two months' time before he can return. Duriu;.: tbe last 2 or 3
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  • 354 10 A Mysterious Bast." bin Andrew Clarke's Tbavei.mno Likeness. Visitors to the Sin^aporr Club aud Chainl>or of Cotnnienv will notice on a table just inside the ball a large sized bust oi" Sir Andrew Ck.fke. It is a piece of eicelient workmnuship. and highly ereditablo to the artist, E. Ouslow Ford,
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  • 237 10 Stray r hots. N<. [Withstanding the wet weather that has 1 revailed of iat. the sprUjoving imn turn win with remarkable proinptnets to I witness the boreei going through their preliminay morning gallop. The ladies, too, tire uol at al! ai-ixul of c*tcbing colds r wioor com plain
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  • 173 10 tin/th a t ern °f haB P* 3B^ a «>• di«c ting that no volume of any reeirteT book or index kept in the Be^^f^ilW 1 Sale under The Bills of Sale Ordinance 1886 or under any Rules made thereunder, and no document filed or deposited
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  • 1026 10 (From thr Rangoon Times.) London, 'Jill* 8 4 'iiAlin H. l£ Jaeksou. Ri)v;ii iji'iir m 'vr.\ ir wit-i tii Survey ptrt\- ftocompanjiug the Aj»fclo-3iame»e coua-mis-ioTi; }u> i* at prose it in U >}>er Burma. Tangier?, 'Ji'h Sept. —A. Spiui^h eorve'te li4s «^o:ie t i*!T with tin SofUan ot'
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  • 588 10 The Java Bode of the 28th u-timo assures the public that nothing certain is known about the policy the Government inteuds to pursue in Aeheeu. The likelihood is that the Governmeut cannot yet makf up its mind on the subject. The general opiuion leans towards admitting the
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  • 1708 10 Ihb increasing demand for netml worlds consumption of which n,,-"" I **>• to 2,000,000,000%a110n* of crude year, has led to vigorous inve Bf L° U every V arl of th« globe, wi til* l renuit that oil is bein* important British colony. Cai*u "«7 he*ds
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  • 1091 11 Clannish Feeling. It has been remarked that the Chinese contempt for the outside nations is matched jby their contempt for an outs de Til* lage/ The fixity of residence of the Chinese is suck that it id generally difficult to move from one village to another, especially to
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  • 299 11 The People's Pjlrk. Sir, The arrangements attending the opening of the Switchback Railway give scope for adverse comment on the way they admitted of the promoters securing a larger portion of the People's Park than they had a license for. Spectators were allowed to make use
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 673 11 PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS. rpO meet the convenience of occasional adA vertisers the Straits Times offers «t cheap prepaid scale applicable to the f<>l lowinsr advertisements Situations wanted servants wanted articles lost or fotlnd j houses wapted or to lets specific articles for sale For 20 words, small type close set. 3
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    • 445 11 LAMBERT BROTili,]^. BINGAPORE CARRIAGE Wf'RKS AND HARNESS HANUFACTOU Y. Orchard Road, Siwqap* EsTARLiaHET) 1882. Manufat-turorM of all kinds of Cam •<- e U the newest principles and with tit I rial* Beg to call attention to i sent large stock of new «nd IbiiiionabJo oarnages consisting of STANHOPE GIGS, to
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 658 12 GRATE FUL— COMFOBTING. EPPS'S COCOA. BREAKFAST. "By fhormurh ktiowlodpe of the nahiral Ijitts whi. h govern ilie operations of di^estioli *»rd ?u"ih>n, *isd by a cnreftil applirntion of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr. L>}>* has i .-rovklf d onf hroalcfast ♦obfes with a delicately-flavoured beveraffe which rany nave
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 497 12 ARRIVALS j i i i I 1 Sept a —^^-^a^^a 20 Bab Seng Gnan !tnHt.atr., 5M i deary Bangkok 1%.^ o*'n g Chean R Ch,w atr.; l.OW iWsM. SSL Serf S£l 5* I SO M»nrtn atr. fa j Dor* Brirkww 3*Et SEW^i* 0 S. I Sato* atr. ilte Daly PW**
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 316 13 pxjaiaTUßK. a0... For S r > i h *J^,,n S^t« J..p%,M-«, Scree,,. »»f Bnlfl< to LtftoMfem KJrrfTHbkW S*!£l?« k Marhl« Slabs (W?«; Eufffl Offloe I)*^h Somber CopKxirdu tMfir.. ('h«irs &£cfV~~™ P* Sfti XISr° J p mode- Si,lehrt«r<lfl S2!La«r.frtoi» Bnit«« Hhaoirhai llnthMv .Turn P"^L, T*We« T..w«»l Hoik^ ]T*Z S't»i»d» ToiietOlHitm* 22ri
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    • 762 13 U 4>— 1 Endorsed by the Hospital. J for PREVENTION and CURE of liJ l ?(S S ?f^S?^S!S i i{#^^^ftaa^i iy^ MSKPSIA, miUm, FEVER and iff* *mß+,±&*s*tA+m m *nd »CT4RO£O Coi»rilL£*CEilCfc mmmmt ft»to, aa, r«« oro^t. I 1 MACFARLANE'S CASTINGS. See Illustrated Cntiilo??ne, contain inj- (>r>(M)llliistrntioiis 1 14^! I Macfarlane's
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    • 519 13 DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORODYNE The Original and only Genuine Advice to Invalids, If you wish to obtain quiet, refreshing sleep, free fnni i ndache relief from pain and angiu>l:, to calm r.nd asraige tlio weary achings of protract* d disease, invigorate th^ nervous media, and regulate tlia inoculating systems
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 349 14 SCHWEIT Z-E R S O O O O -A- T I 3>3" Anfi*lhi*j>epiic Cocoa c* Chocolate Powder. OS7ARAXTERD PURE SOLUBLE COCOA. WITHOUT ADMIXTURE Society s»ys THE QUEEN invariably has a cnp of SCHWEITZER'S COCOATINA brought to her bedside at 7-30; and two hour? later she qnaffs the fame boverage at
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    • 690 14 Oriza-Ferfiimervl Lm. UMWAND, PARIS, rus SaLnt-Honort, 207 I CONCRETE S»»»yXJ»«BS^^^^^^ I A. iqiBWTIFIC DISCOVERT PITINTIO IN FRANCIaKd ghe solid griza perfumes, prepared by a new proce£*° k I have a fulness of concentration and fragrance hitherto unknn I They are sold, in the shape of Pencils or Mjoxengea, in small
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    • 36 1 ft, is Usur his been prepared for the B I i w a'd via Neyipataut Bombay, and in cnuto--1 "J thu hour at which the mail close**, tke*em< oj this (Monday) forenomt t> girm iri ivpftlt'inent.
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    • 366 1 REUTEK'S TELEGRAMS. \,For Straits Time:) Germany. London, sth Oct. It is reported from Berlia that the Gerinau Government has decided to ask the Rjichstag for three hundred millions of marks to purchase bronz" unns for the new smokeless powder. [Say fifteen million* tterlituj.~] The P.\ O. mail
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    • 114 1 On Tuesday ni^ht the pony of a gentleman iu Malacca shewed distinct signs of hydrophobia, and had therefore to be shot. The pony had been bitten, its vnn, byadog that was little suspected of beiug in a rabid state. The latter was of course speedily put out
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    • 156 1 The tingle wicket match between Army and Tdegrapl teams was resumed on Saturday afternoon. At the conclusion of the day's play the scores stood the Telegraph, two innings, total: 30 runs the Army, with another wicket to fall, 29 runs so that the result is at present indefinite. The
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    • 76 1 The shooting match between the Married aud Single members of the Singapore fciiie Association which took place on the Balestier Rauge on Saturday afternoon, *fter a vcrv tight and eveu (litest, resulted in a rictorf for the first-named Th!^ ma i° rit >" »*ly points. 1 lie following
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    • 476 1 Thk Counter tT Haiphong of the 12th bepteinber points out how badly off for water that port is, the supply mostly coming from cbauuels in rice fields. Endeavours are being made to devise measures to meet this crying want either bv storiu^ ram or by a conduit.
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    • 1327 1 Library. 1 By purchnBe, 123 volumes were aided to the Library, viz, 62 la July and b'ti in August. 2. The following douatious to the Library were received during he quarter:--H E Sir Cecil 0. Smith,
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    • 635 1 The Administration i Malay Pxkixsi i v. Sir,— The artick on "Colonial Administration vs. Protection," which Appeared iu you.- issue of tbo UMi September, supDorted bv a Uexler on tfcfc moms subject, has not been written in vain, moe it has elicited a rejoinder from a
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    • Page 1 Advertisements
      • 33 1 T^IOR SALE.— A few Tanjong Pajrar Dock shares. WANTED, Some Tanjonjf Pagar Debenture Bonds. TO LAND ON MORTGAGE.— Sertnd sums of money. For fall particulars, apply to F. G HJSKNARD. Singapore. Amr'tst. 1889.
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