Straits Times Weekly Issue, 13 August 1890

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    29 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. New Series PUBLISHKD FOR TRANSMISSION BY EvJ| HOMEWARD M A IL STEAMER. [Price 40 Cents. VOL XL VI. SINGAPORE, WEDNESdIyTaUGUST 13, 189(X no. :y>Bs
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    STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY, AUG. 13th, 1890. CONTENTS.
    73 1 STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY, AUG. 13th, 1890. CONTENTS. Market Quotations. Week. Beater's Telegrams. mil i reaer&l a Argentii B»il I Strait* Gomnent. Planters and Cooli Lik- 1 ifftdsfmsei graphic bumin t w r Li>t. Poiu"-' Xmvs. rt. [rotn Faliao^;, Belan«ror, Perak. Po- th«rl i ds ladia, Djli, ii. tlu> .'n tnbilau,
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    361 1  -  H. Latham Gam d> 10.10 B Copr -1 per Bla 1? 17}. -i 2 _7 0. s 4.20. 4 ">7j do in A 20. do -;m ill pe trl, k75. Stic vm 204 Gloves, Am ji« i» Tai,... lrt rrrr... > 1 rr 30.0 Opi;; j. B
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    243 1 H. E. th<> Acting Governor has gone to, ana returned from Port Wold in the Sea IMb The Fenang and Prorince Walleslej Planters' Association has appointed a committee to draft a Tamil Immigration Sehetne tor tbe Colour. I lu- Perak Races bare come oIT successfully. A
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    355 1 F<>r flbncnii limes. The German Empsbok. Lond&Mt stt Aiii>i<t His Imperial Majt'stv him arrived at Osbwpe and met with a mosi cordial rec ptiou. The Argentine Rbpblic. The excitement i*i Buenos Ay res is reviving in consequence of the defection of two new ministers. The financial crisis continues.
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    THE "STRAITS TIMES" FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS.
    60 1 i'laß;.-/, 67/* Angusi .The following are to-iLljKi elosi-utr p- ceB Pi|p|>' 1 .»-|)ura»i(m :>td.i... :> to 4 1/:? B^ffihuj Strut* Tin il/.1. <: 1.. S l «vß^'"^ s uoniiual l'<>Mßi:-.!'t'< A The following are vgi closing ;>• ic-^s l>;l W-' Ltd.)... ■•Bjljir Struts Tin (!-td.V..
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    TUESDAY, 12th AUGUST.
    444 1 SAijfeth.' Overland M*il of the 18th July gKFhe Maharajah of Jobore ii icjat^grlsb 1 1, wlv re be is taking a coarse of th'jSyittM-s. and the four wives wlio b ire aceoniCiiu'd bis Highness to Europe are lo(;dtt«jS,t Fnunenstyul. On ifij£il after th. 13tb iustaut on homewar.l
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    The "Saint" of Changhie.
    87 1 Thk man who for som has as hLramat or S \h a material benefit to his exchequer was brought bel ,i,. this morning and charged with b ing a I The man who is a Javan< it, was examined l»\ a Government Medical Officer who fomnd
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    A Peculiar Writ of Summons.
    284 1 At 1 Li: ft littl KJ been done io the Bupn roe i Mr. Joaquim. v, i i rod writ of bud called Hit L rdsl attention to procedure ot tl>. t in tb<- i writ of sumin--ii- with special i lemenJ which p «terd
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    Fire in Market Street.
    145 1 Shoktlt after 1 o'clock this morning, a native constable on duty in Market Street discovered fire and smoke issuing from the bottom floor of a piece goods store situated at No. 103, between Kling Street and Boat Quay. The alarm was immediately railed and the first
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    Postal Regulation.
    246 2 Th« following Order in Council was issued yesterday eveniug Reyittration I. That on and after the 11th day of August next, the fee for registration iu the Post Offices of this Colony shall be 5 cents for a Letter, Newspaper, or Book Packet. Late Fees. 11. (a)— That
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    165 2 WEDNESDAY, 6th AUGUST. Mr. W. N. Dow, who has been for some time acting-manager in Singapore of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, is confirmed as manager. Me. Hunt Walsh Chambrc- Leech, L.L.D., Barrißter-at-Tjaw, has been appointed to be a Judge of the Residency Court within and for
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    Carriage Building.
    292 2 (Madras Mail.) An ingenious departure in the carriage hne i» an equipage constructed by Messrs. Simpson and Co of Madras for His Highness the Maharajah of Mysore. The carriage is a Uarence but that deecription conveys little of the invention of the ffrm, who, wo may mention have
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    The Griffins.
    208 2 The Griffius for our October Meeting were drawn for last uight at Mr. Al. rams' Horso Repository. They are, as a whole, a nice even lot, although inanv look very rough aud ragged, which is due possibly to their leaving Melbourne iu raidwinter. By the time training commences
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    Pahang Securities.
    859 2 (L. C. Evpreu.) A financial contemporary referring ty^Qie general pessimistic feeling which recently^jp#rvaded the market for miscellaneous shfkrvs says Pahang Shares did not escape the-Con-tagion, cloning as low as 23 to 3, after being lower. It is certain that real holders willjßOt part with shares representing this good
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    THURSDAY, 7th AUGUST.
    124 2 The Singapore Photographic Society has arranged for a comi>etition to take place next November. The photographs sent in take their chance of prizes for the best landscape or seascape, and for the best laudscape with figures. lx Kiuta the tin aud charcoal duty for Juue 4uly amouuted
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    Tanjong Pagar Hock Co., Ltd.
    196 2 An extraordinary general meetiug of shareholders iu the above named company was held at the office of the company, No. 6, Collyer Quay, at noon this day for the purpose of confirming as a special resolutiou a resolution which at the extraordinary meeting of the
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    Floods in China.
    340 2 Once more the Yellow River, over ready to justify its name oi "China's Sorrow." has hurst its flunks ami pourtd its erratic Hood or«r the vide plains ii" Shantung ami Chihli, this tilt Mith su< li rslotitj ami i'or.-e that the country nod Tugehov, aim »--t at
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    Shipping News.
    189 2 j* The British barque Mamma Loa shortly Kafter tearing New York had hor main topR^allaot mast carried away. We have been informed that the follow. El 11 changes will be made in the Blue P^uunel Line. Captaiu Morris of the s. s. fcporyon will take the s. 6.
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    Football.
    879 2 Engineers versus The 8. (J. C. A match imder Association RuJeg tween teams representing the Engiueeri and the Singapore Cricket Club was played on the Esplanade yesterday afternoon, and after a well contested game resulted in a draw with oue goal each. The weather wa« fine and cool with
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    Indian Immigration in Perak
    855 3 The Views of a lak,;k Employee. With regard to the matter of the high mortality which, according to th*> Governmeiit Resident's report tor 1889, prevails 4.nH»ug Statute Indian [milligram ts iu Perak, the subject is of the greatest importance. The whole question resolves itself to the
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    Indian Immigration and Coolle Wages.
    1277 3 'v its. A i nter w pit ito the Fii Havil lirtlo with tins r, I -on no ks, (.11 the irroimd thai ■ngg tea tare in P i sk i i •r the ba k enterprifl I on in I mpply i aud j
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    The Rifle.
    123 3 Theke Jgtt been practically nothing in rifle shootJS during the last two or three weeks, buHghiugs an- now beginning to move, andjfife next week or so promises to be af somJSlterest. The team from the S. K. A. tfife shot and won the match against Bagkok has been
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    ECHOES OF THE WEEK.
    2434 3  -  GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA. Written lor th, ttratte Timt <.) Lo7i'li>rt. Hk Jul)/. Tbere Equality, I have been told, recognised by the I lonian s of a certain vene ftble < lurch as invincible ignorance.* 1 Tim-, to the rod of bia long life. Dr. Johnson ptfnsc
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    Lecture on Church Life in the First Century.
    349 4 Thi aadience iu the j P i Cbu eh last night to I th'i lecture Ann- devotional Choir 1 1 lloiv, li holy, holy, Lord Gk>d Almighty," the iolo| ig entrusted to Mrs. Salzmann. t, Mr. Salzmano presided at I m. e,
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    FRIDAY, 8th AUGUST
    197 4 11. B tii A tiog-G-overnor accomp^jjj he Pri rate 5 try, and the A. I) q left Singapore in tbe Bea I; 5 o'clock r.Liv afternoon for th.> |„n j, ,<**» o f proceeding to Malacca and Port Weld 11. K. is expected t-> !>.• awaj one
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    The Equltable Life Assurance Society
    261 4 of Sew >rk. n an ■am I r i n m i in the I aims MOW official k9of the I Iv Tli. t- to the childrea*i I be l>u~ 01 W til iU whether tontin< wo "1 death imii the assuran. i am* where
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    Meeting of the Debating Society.
    709 5 Election o* Offici-Bbabuu. Thk Liquor QumsTloir, Thi Rent Bill. Thk half-yearly general meeting of the Singapore Debating Society v U held last nighi in the Masonic Hull. The President, Mr. A Knight, occupied the chair, and there were about 20 member* present. Finances. ThePßßSiDnra said
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    The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in Bangkok.
    590 5 The now structure steeled forth* sseof the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in Bonijkok was opened to the public on the Ist instant i he building ha*, ire learn, cost upwards of u l\ is a very fin*, tubntantial, threestoreyed edifies, situated on the
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    Sport in Pahang.
    753 5 Mi:. A. H. Wall, tli'' Magistrate and Collector at Quala Pahau^r, and Professor Vaughar Stevens, had a narrow shave of losing their lives at the mouth of the Pahang River one night last week. Wishing to give his visitor some sport. Mi-. Wall took the Professor to
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    Deli News.
    597 5 Thk I >• Ofcfrant of the "2nd August can hazard i^>Jsfiu unite, opinion as to the protpecti of tlnSiyeai's tobac#o crop. No wonder wheujtt6u experts differ iu the forecast aud $nj» it hard to foretell the turn of evouts.'Sphe disturbing element iu the ealculatioulßiiiises from a, recent long
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    Paris Letter.
    1149 5 mi r own i.) I Paris, I2ih July, -l'.i famoai for us jeweller; >v in qut stum is nol I i l>.> in \i u bead quarten io the Central Ms which supply arrondiftsetn tot ok'i j< «|insites in uoauj and in several rich mportant. The or ui
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    Marine Ingury.
    48 6 A Marine CouH of [i "3ki iu I early *if£i* purpose of :;l i I inhered tjff. it was from tl Li that a fjFl.-U overboard d a^ i could bo i i[ji. Y- encin *$c. during which the cl Lm D and IK^ W *Hs9t
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    SATURDAY, 9th AUGUST.
    64 6 Tiit: Return of Visii bl iy&* j' and Museum dui I -i£* v BlBt Bj in. ipo g£» on l are engaged for e v> 1 an) aa 'feVt lingwhid i I I b vyry effiei at s1 le. I o'clock till mid display of fireworks. The
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    Supreme Court.
    169 6 B r Justice. I st r<1:! K *>pa Pi rl^ffe-d $150 damages through v >.-sEire of goods od the Ist July. T:< dr|S|ilants had obtained judgment ;iuuins*«&ie Ahmad, and the plaintifl Is J& v seized together 1 tAbmad-jBo interpleader issue followed, in wlnclS*. plaintiff obtained judgment. The de&Sewas
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    Negri Sembilan News.
    240 6 (From our own Correspondent.) Kuala Pilnh, Ist August.— lt was only yesterday the sad news reached this of the fatal accident to Mr. F. C. White, the Collector and Magistrate of Jelebu, who was shot by a Sikh while out pig hunting. As usual different stories arti
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    Netherlands India.
    623 6 Nu ■(>'■■■'■ oi kUtist, .Mi-- < -Uilvs ali i. She ng filled with h< at. d air to ra Lour tli!- .u I .t with her Th journal the the T* i with i the and tear, tli.it will h;i and the S leir turn, the i I
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    Government Gazette, August 8.
    191 6 li is D.>titi".l that the under-ineot t Malacca b wtul. 1 i m inagi tb" managem i u'j* I member of anj of the under-mentio*«fl ties, 3 Ai liable I ment in accordant with the proniioniO" Ordinanc i No. a GW Hin, Ma ,i Hiu. and
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    THE ROWING CLUB.
    1224 7 Farewell Dinner to Mr. F. G. Davidson. I, vst night at the Singapore Club, the past and present members of the Singapore Rowing Club Rare a farewell dinner to their Vice- President, Mr. F. Gr. Davidson, who will shortly leave Singapore in order to take up the
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    Sarawak News.
    4260 7 August.) iii.u-u- \i» for Una the year i<* the large number of native sehoonbieh area! present Ui up in the, rivetbelow tii -i k>/.aar. Until ].:*f year the manufacturers kepi I I busy up t«> the middle of NoTOH i were loud eomplalnta thai tj.i< oath i shipping
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    The Oriental Bank Estates Company (Limited).
    1580 8 The Oriental Bank Estates Company (Limited). Tho fourth annual general mooting of the ifiital B.uik Estates Company (Limited) whs hold at Winchester Hones, Old Uroadstreet, ou the 17th July. Mr. Alexander Crichton presided, and there were also »n Mr. AndrvW .J. M;tcdt'ii..!<l. Mr. Wm. Cotton Rhodes, and Mr. <;rant Heatiey
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    Selangor News.
    623 9 ,-jor Oovemtmtmi Ghuutie, *th August.) The Resident has promulgated a regulation for tbe lvgi-tration of imports and exports. Undor i<. en ry importer or exporter oi" goods iu the fctato must nm in correct returns of the same to the Registrar within a given number of days, under
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    How Chinese Officials Suppress Pirates
    659 9 Part of the Chinhai ooast in the Chekiang Province is noted as being the resort of gangs of dangerous pirates from Canton, Fokhien, and adjacent provinces. It is from here that the depredations that for so long have been the bane of these districts have
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    "Tie Wealth of India."
    697 9 A gentleman, claiming to be an authority matters of finance, once declared that India was ver^'mc on the bottomless gulf of bankruptcy. To those who share that opinion it may be somewhat startling to come across i pamphlet having for its title "The Wealth of The
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    EDITORIALS.
    491 9 Planters and Coolies in Ferak. r its That'* I ug ust 6. H. Ji^.the Acting-Governor has )>.•»- moving id the matter of the high mortality among Statute Indian Immigrants Tu Perak, on his attention being drawn to the subject by the Government of India The fact of au abnormally
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    Argentine Affairs.
    391 9 (StqiUe Times August 7.) The present revolutionary agitation in the Argenti<f}kßepublic springs partly f roin commercial "Ifcmbles which led to the financial crifcw mentioned in yesterday's telegrams, a*£l last mail advices tell how the fiscal cfaturbances have embittered the oppositiW ;io the ruling powers in the Republic. Sjß^entine
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    Concerning tlie Mansoin House Speeches.
    397 9 Straits 77,//. 8 .1 m iwhai uul'ort uuate 1 1 .itiou whose affairs are [mperial, and whose dominiom are irarld-wide, should have its rulers appointed andd I chiefly on accouni of the small domestic i insular concerns. Thus we Know thai cause ihe i m
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    Railway Construction and the Straits Government.
    443 10 Railway Construction and the Straits Government. (StiaUg Times August 11.) After the issue oulBth July of the Native States reports the unofficial meinben of the LegislatWeCouncil uuitedin sending a letter %> SirFrederic k Dickson urging upcjj&im the many advantages that would ariscsgpm entrusting to private enterprise the destruction of the
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    Friendly Societies.
    411 10 (Straits Timei Angmti 9.) O* at least equal importance to many Western institations which have been introduced here and arelooked upon as necessary adjunct! to a prosperons colony, are Working Blen'i Friendly Societies designed Cor those who rani wagef by fche labour of their hands. The remarkable Buooei
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    Luke Chad and Madagascar.
    334 10 raiU Titm i Avgutt II.) The Anglo-Fren ment, thßjewi ol> >f which recently caijfe* by ■*W*i v directlj from the Btent invention. The Mitt.-r instrument admitted a British |>njfcc-to-rate over Zanzibar which the PJ OoTernment contested ou tli.- an oldtn hichbarrecl g of any such attthorit
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    Planters and Ceolles.
    458 10 ibject of Tamil coolie immi ti.'ti into this Colony aroused al >: of the P ig an 1 I Well iley P I on u <!• ;u issue has become of immediate m ed of cha n the pn admitted by the 8] tbed liveropinion. The advisability
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    Naval and Military News By Mail.
    104 10 SoMmnva approaching railway^y has been (each.-,! by a torpedo-boat E by the celebrated firm of Schicbai a bilbing, I riissui. It is reported ihat'th urn- Rum tan torj edo-cruia t, .4,//. JS l)v this firm, has attained the f 264 kn< 1 miles an
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    The Pahang Corporation.
    214 10 from d Maj v i iown to th«> Kw.. 1 1 i are boats to it. Pr hu report lluvial tin in proitablt b ml 1" Mr. N.in*;i ln> I unioioj wh- re -i tuple* bich I for *mj. Planting The favourable rei land For planting continue
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    The Military Contribution.
    131 10 In the House of Commons, ou the l'tk liisiaiit, iu reply to Sir G. Campbell, who I whether Her Majesty's Government wore at present endeavouring to arrange for a more adequate contribution for military defence from those colonies which were garrisoned by Her Majesty's troops bort« on
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    Crushing at Raub.
    44 11 Thb Stamps at Work a Week Ago. A TKLKdKAM from Mr. Bibby dated Kuala Kubit, 9th August, has been received by the local secretary of the Raub Australian Syndicate Ltd The telegram says Started battery crashing (on the) sth. Working Well.
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    The "Linnet " Case.
    1414 11 The "Linnet Case. A Marine Court of Inquiry trai held in the Senior Magistrate's Court at ooon on Monday forthepi >f examining into Hie conduct ot" J. l>. Morine, master of the British barquentine Linnet, official STo. Maitland. The Court consisted of 8. L Thornton, (Acting Senior itrate), Lieut B.
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    The Trade Between Australia and Singapore.
    496 11 A raw Holt Livsa, with Special 11IMODATION FOR PASSENGERS Hum ax and Bquimtb. I from the Liverpool Mtrcmrjf <>f Uth June.) The trial trip of tho S. S. Sahvliii, whose design and dent iuat ion have caused considerable interest in nautical and commercial ci'
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    Tobacco Prices.
    84 11 1 i* i that al tin* siii«; this y«';ir Su ■■itr.L tobacco has ra i '< li n i;l y jrood prices. We are inforofi^d by the British Deli and Laogkal Tobag C ny thai 2.5G2 h croji ti^hlti. .Ji:\ iii av.T.i^ .1 I 7" cents i r
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    Penang News.
    102 11 MajKhaw Joo Lay, son of Mr. Khax Sim Ks6,u r who recent j pass I as Bar•tt£ v at tii" Middle Temple, is t'xnt'ridjLfcii. from L m lon about the 25th wili probably practise in our We i' that the Government have rais ir local first grade sur\.
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    The Perak Race Meeting.
    233 11 Tim. .it Taiping on I i 7- b inii was a L^'eal success. The weather was biiliiiinj; tii<' course ii! capil U o der, uo miahaptt&ccurred, and th -r was no hitch •rhateviß|i 5 »u^b the programme. The Kui>»,. -an commanitjr mustered in "in 1 -ii
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    The Penang and Province Wellesley Planters' Association.
    907 11 Tn Pat of Coolikk. Proposals for State Aimkd Immigration. The I'hinksk OOOUI M:;.inan<». Thk annual general meeting of the abort Association wa> held on Friday, tlio st»i i n8 t. The following Committee, \va> then prop'. sod by Mr. J. F. Lamb, for
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    Pahang News.
    837 12 Fro in a Correspondent.) Pekan, 7th August. About a dozen Singhalese labourers have arrived here from the U)u, where they bare been working under Mr. Watson at the Bentong STin Mines, Of this number there are eight men who are sick, suffering from that not unfrequentlv fatal disease,
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    MONDAY, 11th AUGUST.
    260 12 The P. <fc O. steamer Oriental maH^the run from Singapore to Hongkonjran 4 days, and delivered her English maiMnbei e in 27 days, the shortest time on rec(j[H, A Marine Court of Inquiry cou^f^i}^ of Mr. S. L. Thornton, (Acting j&Hiior Magistrate), Lieut. R. M. Kiug, (if&f.S.
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    The Rifle,
    400 12 Dunman vernu Macka>. I'hk teSJU which sliot an I woS-J&he match against Bangkok took up thesaidllenge oi a team captaiued by Mr. Mufl^iv, au<] the match came off on SatardaJKsl resulting iu a very decisive victory i\"\jjlj.' challenged. Tb..- weather was not ail^iiLt could be desired as the
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    Railway Making in Malayia.
    528 12 Shall the Railways be made by CAPITALISTS OB BY GOVERNMENT? The Resident of the Negri Sembilau favours the Port Diekson Serembao Pahang River line and has no doubts of its success. As to how to set about the work he holds that: With reference to the
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    The Goverument Gazette 8th August
    226 12 Bi notification .Mr. Edward H«>_ name baa been mhli'd to the O< mmusion of tli<« Peaee for the Settleaeal of Singapore, Tli.> following Supplemental Budgets puss <i by tlie .iluiii iial OommissionsTs of the .M aiieipeiitj of Singapore Town liav»» been «p--pruTed \.y His fcxcellenej
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    The " Saint" of Changghie.
    495 12 The Saint" of Changghie. He is Arrested by the Police Great excitement has been caug«d amongst the Mohammedans during t last few days by a man of Javanese origin who has taken upon himself the honours aud attributes of a saint This man Bade Ins head-quarters a plot of grouud
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    From Hongkong Papers.
    512 12 Thk Pacific Mail Com] iny ei .it the subsidy bill now I Uongres* w pasted, to i;"<'t the China and -I ij in M liltarai in which case thej intend to mul diai I-, ft, ,ii i uiana--ai.l to an interviewer, iu reply to the question what
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    Netherland India Sumatra Tobacco Company, Limited.
    102 13 The following letter appear in the Financial JV> MM SIE, I notice in jour to-day issue a taaderette givu g particulars of sales of Sumatra tobacco in Amsterdam. The above company hassoldthelargequautityof 1.547 bales in London at the high averags price of 2s. sd.
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    The King of Siam.
    191 13 Thb momxna Post noticing tin 1 Kiug of Siain's visit to Siugapore says At afternoon at homes n he was a frequent visitor, and his <-uite proved themselves to be very fair lawn tennis players. The afternoon drees of the Siamese lends itself to that kind
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      Government Immigration.
      803 13 Sir, The by the Perak Ooveruu.- tain the opinion! the j the labour q tion i. ilt iu tbe collecting of valuable inl irmati >n, bu* it is to be h^ped that the authorities will not outer upon the inquiry with foregon< lusions. The falling off iu imm
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      892 13 THE T^fcrONG PAGAR DOCK CO. LTD 'S ie .P$? ises tiie are situated at Tanjosjp^Pagar adjoining the town Sintrapore. Sitom tram-cars run at short intervals carrying and goods from Wharf to ießtinatidris.at low rates. The W Jfi^-f extends to one mile and qua? ter and is dijWed by the entrances
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      536 13 RILEY HAEGREAYES A CO., Established 18«6. Engineers Boilermakers, Iron and Br ats -founder Bridge Builders and Shipwrights. 11, Merchant Koad, Singapore, AND at Kwala Lr.mpor. PROCTOR fee" e riitS r KUST N F.-r which they received 230 Priat Medals. Sole Agents for the Straits for W. H ALLEN Co., London,—
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      645 14 ARRIVALS 5S£ Vessel's Name. A Tons. Captain. From. Sailed. Oonsign^j* ft Rig Aug' "JP 5 Giang Ann Brit. str. 55G Follet ISamarang Aug 3 Tan Kim Tian &»p 5 Sachscn (ier. atr. 2^7 1 Von Goessel Shanghai July 2ti Mehn, M«»yer& Co^ 5 jCheang Chow Brit, str 1213 Webb Penan*
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      281 14 SHIPPING. IN POET. Men-of-War. l\ H. der Nederlanden, H.N.M's steamer 1,860 Madenbach. ELN.M'i Consul General, Repairs Sanihas, H.N.MV:. irunboat tS4 tons, do Vri.se H.N M's. Consul General, Roads. Porpoise, H. M.'s stoamer 1,770, tons, White, Station.— Roa *s. Coronation, Siamese gunboat 250, tons Capt. Lfrgard, foe Bangkok,— Tanjong I'a^.ir. Trading
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      129 14 Mmmu, 1,702, Borneo Comi« inv Limif^i Ruby, 149, Wee Bin Co. f Or A[ IlBf MO, Boottead Co. for Deli,_x a Shcrard Osborne, 875, E. E A x <■ m (Station— New Harbour. S.-indak.in EUmmU. f^r PktenonSimuiu4o \vo,l Mohsin for Lahuan p Baium I i ,j n L.575, <ii (ill
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      225 15 POWELL CO. A UCTIONEERS, SINGAPORE. FURNITURE, Ac, For Sale. il©«irahfl loe Cbonta BeditMd (iron) Jewel Safe* Bad-room Soitee Japanose Screen* g^.k Owes Lamps Book Staod« Linoleum Biiliw d T?ibl ATattiug Card Tables Marble Sic be Cornet Bugs Meat Snfea Chairs Office Denks Chamber Cupbo Office ChoirH o»bin«*B PiinktthH Cheßt« of
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      664 15 DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORODYNE The Original and only Genuine Advice to Invalids,— lf you wish to obtain quiet, refreshing sloop, free from headache, reliet from pain and anguish, to calm and assuage the weary achiugs of protracted disease, invigorate the nervous media, and regulate the inoculating systems of the
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      468 15 J. M. LYON CO., Civil and Mecha.nicn.l En^in«'»r«. Ironfounders, Ship Bui! and Contractors. Machine Shop and Ship-buildhi Albion Engine Wotte, Uoaeh I'oad. Offici' and lain TOOMI Opposite the Qeaenl Post O:: Small S'fldinnrs »u<l !j»iiu<>li<;B. Lyoti'a Parent V'i c Mill*. Selt Actiutr Tup'miH Mioirn»- r 0 loni 1 1 W'ul
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      241 16 ,-7-^>. i'or TV/ id N'T it" TVE YEARS has nmintaiiie*! it.- Hrprld-wide reouta ion n» rhe ONLY SAKB KEUABLE riIOSi'JIOH! raf.MKDVcver iiwcoven-«l ror tiie P*snn»nent Our* of Drain Wrockaw. Panilt^fc) Blecplew--jA ness, liar, sninc Dreaiar, I'miumre Decny of Vit.nl Power, atul Mff i- uiK-tiotiHl t oi the s.vs.tm, dependent upmi
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      307 16 In consequence 9/ Imitations 9/ THE WORCESTERSUwp SAUCE which an calculated to deceive the Public Lea and p hare to request that Pure ha that tht Label on iV(r «J? /*>*iif»rV bean their Signatun thus without which k f the original WORi A'.S7///?r SM h u nutne. Vame Wrapper, Label,
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      206 16 PI PS LIKE QU THOMSON'S rfQ W PHdott f HI y FITSL!KE> ACLOVL I i Xanufaetßrmt— >V s. THOMSON \<o. LTD., LIIMI IB4L DE TABACOB DE FILIP.XAS, M'ITAL HT awar bourne ad •is Fxhibitinns If I.v Plor I^m 1 0 i trite Maiaboa, Meia* and Ptinoosaa f Th.' Straits has
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  • SUPPLEMRNT TO THE WEEKLY " STRAITS TIMES" 13, AUGUST 1890.
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      15 1 SUPPLEMRNT TO THE WEEKLY STRAITS TIMES" 13, AUGUST 1890. In consequence of the mail arrangements
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      The Extradition Case.
      520 1 Yesterday afternoon before the Senior Magistrate. Octavo Jourdin was ftgaio brought up on the charge of homicide. As before Mr. Burkiushaw appeared for the Netherlands India Government, and Mr. Buckley for the prisoner. Mr. Burkinshaw said I have now red papers legalized and authenticated in a different
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      WEDNESDAY, 13th AUG., 1890.
      155 1 REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. (For Straits Times.) Tat CfcARKWITCH. London, tm August.-m* Imperial Highness the Czarewitch intends visiting Stamboul and Palestine in September thence to Egypt, the Indian ports, China and Japan returning in the ariring through Siberia. Obituary. Cardinal Newman is dead. IHsAKFECTION IN THE ARMY. There
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      H.E. the Acting-Governor's Visit to Perak.
      908 1 He Inspects Port Weld NEtf Port of Lumut. On the 7th August, H. E. Sir Frederick Dickson left Singapore with bis staff on a visit to Perak and the Dindings. Leaving in the afternoon he passed through the Klang Straits about noon on the
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      The "Linnet" Case
      1787 1 t tinned j .endricsoncr,»sß-e\amin d T, tain b«*t me once when I was at the wheel there we ro men ai the wheel, the ship in a K^,.- i WfM Ht t> starbj&ni sv :uul an able agj,,au iou flu, wart, the ship waa running to thjgfiud,
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      Newcastle (N.S.W.) Coal.
      85 2 Mi 4 iu their i dated N Ist July, taj An i\ of the Associated Colliery Newcastle was held &1 ami its deliberatioi considerable inter district Ai that m that the selling price reduced bom 11>. to 9i r ton Newcastle, for 1 L After some discussion,
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      Tungku Alam's House.
      108 2 iiiit LxoclleQC} ih .Governor will formally open the b has been for rungfcu Alain in I Qlam bia aft I nn£ku Alam is, it will Sultan Alii, the I »f Jo liher y kpore to the Britie l^. aotfa f t th«* soauty recompense mule to the
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      Korea.
      140 2 Seoult 9otk July. A great commotion been created here bj th< ippointmeat of the anti-EDglish Dr. H. N. Allen—by express desire of Mr. J. Gk Biaine-— m Chief Secretary of the United State* Legation in this city. This appointment ii poDsidered in diplomatic circlet to lye an act of
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      Accident in Hongkong Harbour.
      122 2 Ox Suuday morning 13-d August Uttle before eight o'clock, the I* tner Bombay (Capi I: rired at Hongkong from India. Then mpl to get alongside the whai: at Weal Poii I wai uusiiccessf ul, whii-h i d her making a long detour to again get into
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      Sir Ceell Smith.
      208 2 Referring to thegftvt that the reoang and Singapore p*|-t'aP*;iv that Sir C Cleraenti Smith, (Jovjjfeor of the Strait-; I dements, has a cbiwpK ofbeiu^appoiuted PermaiMDt Uoder sJflrtar j at the Oolouiai Office, or thai |l£» may succeed Sir John Walsham as Aw« the N. C. UmUy A|»
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      French Commercial Enterprise.
      82 2 A telegr i Hn'^ H I 1 1 1 it of n il r. folfijspecial purpo* which ibe ha fm ecomplii Whi ice first thH&hi ol acquiring Ton! £r* the Bosgl I i£Wts via I *r phoug. the i hiii M So ni ">■; P ••\yT« days,
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      520 2 S|r> of A-l--mi al i/u.. M In February Hj i on U rlmiral Ting with four of the erui B irtore u arti; > <\&' t*M> >mm< rto x 1 mauding i\ Lang iriE*howii im from Li n of 1 ,r>^ hft Thore was obviousl\ uothii «^1 eonsnltation wit!)
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