Straits Times Weekly Issue, 3 September 1890

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  • 27 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. New Ssrie Publish™ roft TWmwoa bt Every Hoi^wlrd Mail Steam,:,: [Price 40 Cents VOL XLVI. mi SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER ITlmxT NO. 3,588
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  • 21 1 ON T th ,»t St. MsrtinsLe Grand the wn-- nt i. V \i, ;x t ixr (j Q a daeghl
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  • 46 1 At Aug. 2. I >. Anthonv Wi.- thirl son of B. F. Dasker, a god 26 years, md Madras papers please At Tanj m og, oa Sunday, at sa. m A i of 11. A. Crane] daeplj Th v: vs n, thj I .ril B Had.
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  • 61 1 THE STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 3rd, 1890. CONTENTS. Mar'.. Sum d and I The. Bast Africau Railway. Tho Spread rra. I :\*al MaiiuMrLiih I rth Borneo. Gold Hiu the Negri Sembilan. The Expo ui?. tghai Banking Corporau. Municip lioner?. Tc! ths Philippins ingor, Pahs Cho. B. A The Gow. 1
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  • 278 1 SiHQAPOnx, oKi> September, 181 Produce. Gambier I d» Os Xo. 1, 9.\ do J 8. Cop: Pontianak. I Pepper Black, 13.30. Flour, 2.17. 247 Coif Bali, 27.H). Cotf- Liberian 2t;.0". Tapioca email Flake, 3.90. do do Lst quality Al2i do mod. flake 3LBO. do small pearl, 430.
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  • 235 1 i: A ting Governor bai left io i a tour ulon- the V Peninsula. Dr. Ellis, of the L matic Asylum, goes in th H. Es. medical adviser. Draft ordii laid bef i d (xt session been published, dealing with 4 .h- expenses ef removing luns
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  • 387 1 For Strait* Times. Smokeless Po\vi> Load m. 26th Aug. Daring the Italian njanouvres at Brescia the smokeless powder was used with remarkable sueeess, the batteries having cannonaded for half an hour without iu the least betraying their position. British East Afrit a. London, 27th August. The first sod
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  • 84 1 THE "STRAITS TIMES" FINANCIAL TELRGRAMS. Lon lon, 27th A u aet. The folio to-day's closing priei B Pahang Corporation Ltd 5 to ">7 i Bentong Straits Tin (Ltd.)... 7/6 Siam Gold (Ltd.)... nominal. Loudon. SOth A agutt. The following to-day's closing prices Pahang Cofporati >n(Ltd.~) 50/6 to 55/<> Bentong Straits
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  • 221 1 Thk following telegram wa.s recei at Hongkoug ou 27th Auguat by the Secretary of the Selama Tin Mining Co., Limited "Large spring burst, mine flooded with water^will require two twelveinch pumps to cope with it." There was a very low tide this morning. At 7a. m. on
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  • 55 1 Q r ss. xHI T I morning from [s t h Augusl w tli 740 pilgrii ,i 165 lai* The i „u to Sins; ipore in Lhe arrival >n ls b wh on the cholera. She is now in q quarantine iy evening. The Q ill
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  • 468 1 1 I i i ■■■•<■• A 1! onaeapit any iu-titu ion miv and die it n saary I i LB primary ean hie had B^nk to m Ik n t lio working of year's working t( tptioaal in to hall bave I u shillings a
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  • 208 2 WEDNESDAY, 27th AUGUST. Four Chinamen who assembled unlawfully yesterday for the purpose of assaulting a witness in a police case were this morning fined $25 each or three mouths, the ringleader being in addition bound over in a surety of |50 to keep the peace for six
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  • 124 2 Yesi kkoay before Mr. Kershaw three Javanese Kebuns employed in the Botanical Gardens were sentenced each to one mouth's imprisonment for assaulting a Malay herbarium keeper also employed in the gardens. Later iu the day, aud so soon as they heard of the sentence, all the
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  • 170 2 Thk Rev. W. N. Brewster did not leave for China until this morning owing to the Gang?* waiting to take i VgOk night, he bade farewell to the congregation iu tue M. E. Church over which he had beeu pastor for the I ur and
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  • 275 2 Money Found in a Dcrelici I This morning iu the Supreme Court befon the Chief Justice, Mr, Bonser, the Attorney-General, moved that ;i certain sum of money found on board a derelict ship named the Aeeolme be the rights of the Admiralty. It appeared that the steamer Qleneeem
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  • 317 2 This morning before Mr. Thornton the Malay, Bakar, was charged on remand with the robbery of a quantity of jewellery, the property of two Malay women. It will be remembered that the prisoner was brought up on the charge last week when evidence oi a. prima facie
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  • 208 2 The number of vessels passing through the Sue/ Canal al night by means of electric light is increasing with extraordinary rapidity. The regulations for use of the electric li_ r ht came inte) operation in March 1887, and during the remainder of that year
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  • 343 2 Bioozst Hit on Rkcobd. From the > is of July 26ik.) Sir. Vou will donbtless remember that ie Time sgo there whs niueli discussion in the sporting papan on the above subject. At the time 1 sent ths following paragraph, Which may ho found at p. 965 on B
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  • 1813 2 The Malacca Arms Case. The case of the Crown Respondent and Mabot, Mahmiu. Chan Ong Bi, and Yongku Gam pong, Appellants came up for argumeut before the Chief Justice on Wednesday morning. The offence was that mi or about the 28th February, 1890, the appellants did export arms
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  • 1346 3 inns. Third -Magistrate's Cour: i Ehlerswascharg d: Th.-.. said 1 ci- Johaa oi Au. Ud a .a ir< of Ch O tm ttlemenl i current nance day, opium was i a Captaiu Ehlers's ship, the Kriemhild, by the r i i\ Mr. SISS
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  • 83 3 The Secretary of the Selania Tin Mining Co. circulated to-day (says the Chi Mail of the 21st inst.) the following telegram which had been received from the mine: 'We have struck rock all over \V r est level dippiug North West.' In reply to an enquiry as to
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  • 472 3 How matters stood on the 2nd August j with regard to the shipping strike in A us- tralia will be seen from the following items The Melbourne Steamship Owners' Associa- tion on the lst August arrived at a final decision with regard to the proposals of j
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  • 286 3 Up till about 2.30 p. m. yesterday, the weather held OUt very iittle hope of the postponed 11. A. Sports being proceeded with but it cleared lomewbat and at 3 o'clock a start wasAnade. The running track was iu bad condition, and for this reason the events
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  • 2856 3 (Written for tka Strait* Times.) London, 90th July.— Alexander Dumas the Elder was sometimes —of course, unjustly accused ot WTrang his Impressions de Voyage" in his owu quiet study in Paris, aud leading his readers to believe that he was fighting with brigands I in Calabria,
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  • 461 4 01 h'lidyard Kipling in the Englith Illustrated Magazine for Augutt, l'he d- ad child lay in the shroud Ami tlu- widow watched beside And her n.orn, r slept and the Channel swept lhe gule m the tooth of the tide. But tl e widow laughed
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  • 278 4 The work of raising the cross spans of Elgin Bridge, whi.h is being undertaken by tbe Municipality at the request and expense of the Dock Companies, has jurst commenced. On its completion the Companies intend enlarging their tramcar accomodation by adding an upper storey to their cars.
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  • 188 4 {From our Correspondent. We are having a deal of rain this month on one occasion a fall of 5*83 inches was recorded as having occurred in five boure Hooding the country considerably. The health of the settlement, however, is good. The Colonial steamer Horabttry* with Captaiu Crauford, Master
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  • 217 4 Tui: following tel -run wai from Raub yesterday was sl see transmitted by the local directors to and was communicated to the Straita about 10, to this morning and at once published as an extra M 1 ounces Amalgam fron >\>\\ Kpeet to tiuish cm she i1 Ist
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  • 265 4 Discovery of Gold Beefs at Gemeneheh, Malay Peninsula. Tnura n efs have been d spot called Ulu Gedoh, in the siate of Johol. reef discovered (we are informed) hss been traced in length nearly 4,000 The second reef, Called Gedoh Melentong. crosses the Ulu Gedoh and has been traced a
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  • 333 5 id from lhe Straita Tinea 'h Feh, uary. 1890 There probably never has been a gold field about which less has really been known. There eertainly never has been oee which has sttaiued even temporarily a market value of nearly a million sterling on sueh insufficient
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  • 228 5 (Pinang Go „.<t. Rumour has reached us that Mr. 0. Monro, the late Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, is mentioned as likely to s Colonel Dunlop as [napec-tor-Qeneral of Police, stiaits Settlements. A; ii Qg of the Chamber of < mer- Friday ifternoon a aubcomm appointed to assist
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  • 578 5 I have the honour to report that I have now completed my examination of the new trace from Ipoh to Teluk Anson, and I am satisfied that the line, with one exceptiou, has been carefully traced, and fully comes up to ray expsrtstioi
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  • 674 5 The Charge Against Sted Mohamed Alsagoff. At the Second Magistrate's Court this morning, before Mr. Kershaw, Syed Mohamed Alsagoff was charged on remand on a similar summons to the one on which he was charged this day last week. Mr. Naneon did nol think the summons was sufficient,
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  • 460 5 (Pei.ong Gazette. 2§tk August.] Sportsmen are having fairly good times here. A couple of splendid deer were shot at the foot of the hills a few days since. Pi- i geons are plentiful and in excellent condition, 1 and snipe are beginning to m*ko a show, i though
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  • 932 5 Perak Got G -4 v H the 20th Ais i export duty on tin will be reduced from eri 1 to $10 per bhara throughout the Mate. The redaction will tske effect until further notice. The Ac ing Hari Master, Pet Weld, there reported lu telegram on ths
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  • 71 5 The Queen Metyarei with pilgrims from Mecca has been signalled at Pennng. The health officer here has been ordered to board h.-r on arrival at this port She is expected here to-morrow morning. IbiP. A. >. iteamer Lombardy thai arrive in Singapore this morning reports bavin-- signalled
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  • 136 5 Ths wahwhay lottery pros* ms in the Police Courts this month shoi laioly that the rigorous in. ans taken for the vention of this class of gambling has m a great measure failed in its object. In-; tor Porte. .us has had several esses during I wt ek
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  • 196 5 Tni.i.'E are prol ably vet] i i, >• ot those turn* eel n. d, nho have any ad. quate id means of forming any. as to tbe amount lised bj the Opinm Parmer from proit ions under tl Ordinam a. In prosecutions the monthly can
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  • 204 6 Last Night's Entertainment in the Town Hall. In their own peculiar lines Professor Jensen aud his company proved themselves to he artists of much excellence, and the considerable audience that patronised the show went away with evrry apparent sign of .satisfaction. After an overture from Carmen played with considerable skill
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  • 127 6 Challenge Cup I I bj M lson to the Siugapore Rowing Club, it would certainly be advisable if the tte<* could draw up the conditions under which Bp IS to be com] «eted for. Not a unty exists on this point and memi m rathe:* shy of engaging
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  • 252 6 the annual generai meeting of the i bers of tl re Cricket Club. ent Mr. I in the 'hair, j it the Tanglin Club lust night, the report B id accounts foil the past year, which red the financial sunns of the Club be highly satisfactory, were
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  • 161 6 {Irom onr own Correspondent.) dah Pil ih. 25th A-ugeut. Mr. Spenoe Governmenl Engineer for Railways, on circuit, arrived from Pahang last night through Kuala Samantan and Kampong Sereting, the two fm tlu. st sections on the railway. He left for Seremban this morning. Mr. Bernardo, the Italian
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  • 170 6 A OOLD mine iu New South Wa: M has aroused speculative interest in Hongkong, tind working it has beeu taken in hand there. The Balmoral Gold Minii) y l»;i s in consequence been started witn capital which:-',..! proved inadequate. To facililat > raisin; i
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  • 452 6 The following is ths report for presentation to ths shareholders »t the tlr-T era nary me iu-_r to be held Hongkong Saturday, ►tb August. rhe Dir s repor bl i snpany ■ther with s statei m its formation to th-> 1 og the som
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  • 716 6 Railway Construction and the Government. First Article. In a recent article on this subject we briefly attended to the arguments in favour of private agency in the construction of rail ways in these Settlements as against Government agency. We did not however outer iuto the relative merits of the two
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  • 184 6 Kim Seng Bridge.— l regret, to hav* to report that one of thf main cylinders of tl South abutment, ths down stream one tim 25th July moved sum. w.t out of pi^" and also sunk at ons point to the extsutd! rive
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  • 473 6 Bbali 'a h- ranr. i holders living In B st Q have bsssl sum tri: it in conn .Municipal drain-.. With one or two o mvisss! ot i similar .e ;ss and earth n* ca iee to the Bupcew wksn the Magistral 1 and all
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  • 758 7 Fire on Board the Taiyuan." The China Navigation Coinpauy's steam- i ship Taiyuan, Captaiu T. Nelson, which r sailed from Hongkong for Sydn >y on the 12th 1 of June last, esa Port Darwin and Brisbane, t appears to have had some very remarkable experiences, what with gsles of wind,
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  • 292 7 Inf or mat iou reached Shanghai to-day (August 16th; that a serious collision bad occurred on the Yaugtsze late last night between two steamers of the China Merchants' Company, the Kiangyi' and Kiangyung. Thc 'former was coming here from Hankow, and the latter was ou her
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  • 585 7 By Rndyard Kipling in the. goeil Observer.) When the 'arf -made recruity goes out to the Hast. d-: seta like a babe an' V drinks like a Least. An' v wonders because V is frequent deceased Ere 'e's tit t<- serve, as a soldier. s e
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  • 842 7 The number of visitors to the Rattles' Library and Museum during the week was 1,107. The Secretary of State has confirmed the dismissal of W. Norris, late sheriff of Singapore. It is probable that the Czarewitch will be accompanied in his Ea 4 ern tour by his
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  • 604 7 Owing to the very unfavourable weather, there was a small" (though appreciative) audience at the Town Hall last night to witness Jensen's legerdemain entertainment, which was fully up to the standard of the previous night. The animated skull which moved about in an eccentric manner, and told
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  • 92 7 Tin: Clue Ann l\ow and Tan Bee Hoon Kwan Societies at Bingapore are exempted from the provisions of the Societies hrdinanoe. Tbe Governor by Order has wed rules for insuring Post Office Parcels b>r the United Kingdom. Dr. Simon resumed duty ou the 'Jbth inst. Mr. R.N.
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  • 309 7 News from Netherlands India mention progress in planting enterprise in that portion of East Borneo which stands under Dutch sovereignty. That tract of I country is so little known though long in I commercial relation with Singapore, thai information about it will be welcome to the public at
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  • 166 8 Thk Character of thk Stone. (Queentlander, 9th August.) The following is the result obtained from five cases of ore from the company's mine at Raub, sent to the Victorian Metallurgical Works, Footscray, Melbourne, for treatment Five cases sealed, unbroken, and giving a uet weight of 2ewt. 3qr. 241b. Mode
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  • 860 8 The Morning Post of August Sth contains the following comments by its correspondent on the interpretation of hiw in the Straits A very pretty legal point of interest in all the Colonies waa decided the other day by tho Straits Court of Appeal. The Attorney-Gen-eral
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  • 399 8 Mr. Barre, a German trader at Lang.-ar, had a -narrow escape from death tct the hauds of Achinese ou the 25th July. His servants had gone to a neighbouring 1 village to attend a public feast, wheu t!^. attempt ou his life took place. He and, au employee
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  • 507 8 [Supplementary to Btraits T imt.) di>n In* /.<,,, d0,,, !J,th AmyutA The naval manivres have ended without an encounter between the hostile fleets. The chief feature has been ths sueesss of torpedo its sgainst Comttantinople, isth Attytut. Ths oommission in Armenia appointed by the Sultan has reported that
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  • 1473 8 {From London Paper* tooth Angu.<t.\ Two ladies while hat hing in tho Niagara Kiver yesterday were overpowered by the current and swept over thi Falls. The QOl respondeat of the Standard at St. Petersburg, and Renter's agent in that capital j agree this morning in
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  • 101 8 Tkk Mai I \hm> CaThk Oon i 101 Qi IS! This morning the Chief Justice delivered very hmgtby and I int judgment hi theabovi ,-r reviewing all the details, bis Lordship held that the facts proved against tl idanti did not constitute an ofl aiust the Ordinance,
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  • 24 8 Thk Kamcl >rt> a light monsoon from Amov to the Psracsk and fresh monsoon and squalls from the Parueels to this port.
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  • 185 8 Here are seme verses from a sprightly poem in the Saturday Review of Xew York) entitled "The New Literary Boom":— Falling Imd <m our tympanum, I IssSm era.-k e' <h> un. Speeding weet*a*d, awful, thund tis the Buayard Kipling b>< in Rudyard Kiptinr, gifted i Atk^
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  • 15 9 in consequence of the mail arrangement.
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  • 48 9 (For Straits Time*.) Purchases ok Silver. London, 2nd September. —Sm** Friday last the Washington Treasury has pur. chased half a million ounces of silver at prices ranging from 119 1 to 119$ Mecca. Cholera is now declared to be extinct at Mecca.
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  • 873 9 Mail advices from AuPtralia to the 9th August, one week before the great mercantile marine strike came to a head at Melbourne and Sydney, give a clear idea of the events which hastened on this open conflict between labour and capital. In the shipping trade
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  • 97 9 As at present understood, the Csar'a second sou, tbe (Iraud Duke George Alexandroviteh, is to start on his voyage abroad ou Aug. 82 from Cronstadt. The vessel will touch at Cherbourg, Ports- mouth, and either Gibraltar or Malta, and I t hence proceed to Odessa to
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  • 214 9 My Sweetheart" Company. The opera boufFe Madame Favart" was played before B fairly good house at the Town Hall last night, aud although tbe piece is, as we all know, of an incomparably superior tone to MMy Sweetheart," it did not catch ou with the audience as did the i
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  • 217 9 Ma. Shklubeak. an engineer officer stationed recently at Singapore, has resigned his commission to take up missionary work iu the Colony. Before coming out again his marriage took place of which the following is an account from the Hampshire Telegraph An interesting wedding was celebrated yesterday afternoon at
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  • 381 9 CfctTSHiiSf; Prospects The Urfjv: Flooded. The following letter Irom Mv. Bibby, dated Raub (Tuesday) 26th August, was received to-day by the local Secretary of the Raub Australian Syndicate (Ltd.) VtPxp Str, BhieS wiring you ou 24th I have much. pKnsnre to inform you that ths crushing is looking
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  • 227 9 Wk have, in com mon with many who have studied the question, long held thai immigration .shoul.l be under ofieial management only i.e., that the recruiter should be as much Government otlieer as ibe depot keeper or examiner. This would at once abolish the premium
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  • 312 9 A correspondent of the Indian lanters* Gazette, writes I consider the practice of starting a Held of horses from behind, as advocated by a writer in your columns, a most faulty one. In very large tield it is impossible for a starter, standing behind tho
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  • 445 9 Iv our issue of the 15th Angus! there appeared a tter to cillor of Nbc rding certain burial placet i. d l.v pen i who took i to ieme I these cemeteries bein *jth. The Resident Councillor •red them in i letter which mm folloi rancUlor'a <
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  • 405 9 lx Flores, so iayi the Batavia Wilms hlad of the 27th August, the troops make ■O little headway that further reinforce ments I despatched there. The eminent evidently means ss no on with tiu prospecting in ths island, and solve the question whether the metal onn be found
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  • 359 10 :i. < "i i lie new re. have taken up i for be pur* I til v if! add mi, do »e-,! mean Whs Bl with plavi: Club and not in of pra i is not .i v. copi tt I I o smaller drums. The airs are
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  • 333 10 plementary to Straita Timet Teleyramt.) (Ceylon 0 don,.J2nd Aug.— A tswifio %xp m took placo this morning in on« sheda at the Government two n m w led. r, St J y TOD Oapnvi conferred with 1 Giers to-d*v but it is generally believed ofthe Emperor William result
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  • 1817 10 meeting of unpen > sat >• in< ise, London^ ee Ttii snd accounts snd oelecl auditors for the ensuing year. d D ii man of the companj pea* W. G Wtr. HerWt mSa rtllei secretary, Mi* V i> 11. The Seer t
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  • 77 10 ltt i Singapore from Bangkok reports fine weather thonghool the pnssas Passknocr Lh ixe Per /*> nany fromOl eribon,Mr.Houl .uy/en MsdnSfl trom Bangkok. Mr. Ross. Handakav from Sandakan, Ifr and Mrs. (Joudriaan Rajah Brooke fr.,111 Sarswak. Mr. Debar Iraenaddy from Marseilles, Messrs. Granda Von < )\*m dt. Hold.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 306 10 X Tl is For tho d,. r l v the v. !o The i. thm, »hich is payable .>usrt vanes, iaslude* free d. ivery oaoh toon iu Singapore and fr led verv i.\ within ts ami throughont the I' „f tho Malav Peniuaula. Siui. maybe had for 15 The prior*
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  • 817 11 On the night of the 30th July a destructive tire wrought wide-spread havoc in the business quarter of Manila, before the engines brought to bear stayed its further progress. The Chinese shopkeepers, whose premises happened to be endangered, heightened the disorder and confusion usual on such occasions bv
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  • 188 11 Mn. Paton Ker, while riding yesterday morning, broke his collar-bone. Thk Malay Peninsula Prospecting Company a Raub scrip, which was expected by Saturday's mail, has not arrived. Private letter advices from Raub which reach us to-day, are of a character I tnat do not harmonise with the
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  • 215 11 The QufiKN Margaret" in Quarantine. The steamer Queen Margaret with pilgrims from Jeddah arrived at Singapore late on Saturday night, and iu accordance with bis instructions the Deputy Health Officer, Mr. luardon, boarded her, and learning that several deaths had takeu place from cholera during the voyage, although there
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  • 389 11 The Dtli is the name of a small lightj ship, now at Tanjong Pagar Dock, which is to be placed at the mouth of the Deli Kiver by the Dutch Government. A lightship placed in this position has, it is averred, been a long- felt want and
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  • 1566 11 (A short history of thg enterprise from its beginning until now). 1888. In October 1888, a miner named Robert Sefton arrived in Queensland bringing word that he had come across a rich gold mine in Pahang, Malay Peninsula, at a place gelled Raub, iu the hands of
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  • 1501 12 Second Day. (»s Saturday the weather was better than ou the first d.iy and, although the track was saturated by the previous rains, at 2.80 the weather was (dear and the sports were continued with much energv. There were a large number of visitors from town, and
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  • 110 12 Table of Fees. c. Mining Licenses for alluvial workiugs, per man per month, 0 50 Prospecting Licenses, per n h > 10 00 Registration of Claim, 100 Do. Grant, 5 oo Do. Transfer, Mortgage or other Charge, 100 Inspection of Registers, 050 Granting certified extract, 1 00 berviee
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  • 77 12 Prospecting License. This License is issued to prospe. t for reel's in Ibe district of to over an area contained within a radius of from as a defined and declared centre. Thi> License i- not transferable, except by permission of the Resident, and is avail:. for months from
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  • 1063 12 H I*. Diatricl of No ie Grant is given by His Higbn aa The V:im Tuan and Chiefs i 1 Council, acting the a i t > and thoOT claiming under from the di one th. ired and ninety and permits the Baid ai .1 thoe claiming under
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  • 38 12 This Bill is an adaptation of the Imperial Act IJ Vie. M It will bs found a'^reat eoaveai r,k>. exempting them trom t :\,d producing tic.rbooks <airt iu i J. W. Bovsgß, Ati BVKY-! I vt, JB
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  • 2238 12 The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporating. The ordim ry meel ing of ae shareholders of the .*d» ve" CoTj was held at Hongk at uoon. d here u Bars H. L. Dairy mple drmaa W. BL Forbes, T. E. Davies. Ib.n. A P. Mse-Ewen, Hen .1. J. Keswick, T. 0.
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  • 324 13 Labour lor BritWh North Borneo. (Straits Tint-s An gust 21.) Thi: labour difficulty is proving to be the ruin of planting enterprise in British North Borneo, and unless matters be mended we expect to see a great crash there. The experience of tobacco companies as detailed in recent reports,
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  • 359 13 (Btrai A 28.) Thk turning of the first sod oL' the railway from Mombassa to the Victoria Nyauza Lake, a dis; >is of 45<> miles, in the far interior oi the Dark Continent, lietokcns another important forward move by the British East African Company, which now
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  • 551 13 (Straita Times August l J !t) Any day ships laden with returning pilgrims may arrive in Singap .re, aud any of these ships may bring cholera with it and in fact one vessel from Jeddah is to arrive to-morrow. Iu deed the cholera outbreak at M
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  • 205 13 (Straitt Times August 3<K) The telegram that the fleet representing the enemy under the command of Rear Admiral Seymour at the late Naval manoeuvres had completely eluded the defending force, and that he was able to coal his ships in Mid-Atlantic from the colliers brought
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  • 491 14 (Straits Times Septonber I.) A draft Ordinance for consolidating and amending the enactments relating to arbitration, forms part of the business to be laid before the Legislative Council at its approachiug session, and the Attorney-General holds the measure to be substantially the same as tbe recent Imperial Statute styled
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  • 324 14 (Straits Times September 2.) Thk decision of the Chief Justice in the Malacca arms case renders it advisable for the Governor to consider whether the Ordiuance setting forth the law had not better be amended. It is clear that the law as it stands, as the
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  • 313 14 {Straits Times Sejdember '2.) Tks publication of the Negri Sembilan Gold Mining Regulations arouses some hope that the yellow metal may yet prove a source of wealth to that promising countrv which already boasts of productive tin mines. The existeuce of gold iu the Nine
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  • 144 14 This forenoon as two small Chinese boys cf the coolie class were busilv engaged in removing charcoal from holes they had made in a number of baskets of that combustible, stored on Hong Lim Q uaT another Chinaman, evidently the owner of the baskets,
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  • 2100 14 Monday, September Ist. Thk ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held in the Board Boom of tbe Town Hall on Monday afternoon at 2.80. Present The Presij dent (Mr. A. Gentle), Messrs Shelford, Sohst, Maxwell, Crane, Cuthberson, Tau Beng Wan, Lim Eng Keng, aud the Secretary.
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  • 4473 15 The Malacca. Arms Case. Thi Full Judgment. The Conviction Quashed. Ths case of tbe Crown Respondent aud Mabot, Mahruin, Chan Ong Bi, and Yongku Qampong, Appellanta came up for argument before the Chicf Justice on Wednesday last. Tbe charge was tbat on or about tbe "28th February. 1890,
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    • 388 16 Dear Sir, --Since Raub" has beeu the one topic of conversation in Singapore for the last two (lays, will it be received as presumptuous if 'through the medium of vour paper I express my opinion upon what hasty people might be inclined to call tbe *Kaul> scare r All
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    • 174 16 ud< d, and hensi u, that notwithstanding throughout the whole of last- night discordant si n was ed iu a house in Nankin Street, I it disturbance of the n at of all resident in its i uni a Police apj oi the B] ot to pr such
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    • 41 16 NOTIOE is herehy given that Mr. Heinbich Bock, Louis Katz aud Sigmund Katz have been admitted as partners into our firm, carrying on business at Singapore and Sandakau, as from the lst January last. KATZ BROTHERS. Singapore, 27th Augt., 1890. 2/9
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 612 16 Passenger List. A ÜBI V ALS. Per Will o' the Wisp from Kiang. Ilessrs. Dawais, aud Stevenson. Per Hebe from Deli, Messrs. West, Toynbee, and Nilam. Camorta from Madras ris Ports, Mr and Mrs. Davison, Mrs. MacKinlay, Mr. Hardinge, and ten members of "My Sweet j heart" Com pui v
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    • 161 16 Paglar. ArraUn,,, After from Calcutta and Ponang Messrs. Talbot, Rtemhal, Bcheelia» and Popus. Bun Seng Guan from Kanirknl Mr. W. H. M. MeFariane. Wok Per Bayern from Antwerp, Mr G Cr. Mr. J. F. Kate. Mr. X. Nendard, Mr. B Ton' nenherg, Mr. J. Sch. ait/.. Mr. Neumann Sou tnanipton.
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    • 232 17 POWELL CO. AUCTIONEERS, SINGAPORE FURNITURE, &c, For Sai.k. Almoirßhß loeCheK? Be.i.u».Wrou) j 8 Bed-room hint*.* wZmmZ o Book Ca.e* t S<--"»°™ B^ok Brand. rJStt.* Billiard Tabi M t Card Tamen £S?«,ab. Carpet Ru^ n Ofli.-o I). Ch.pl.er Cu P U> ,rds r£Z£L t IJZ?r' n Piano ««001. Clothe* bbjudrt ]>u
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    • 669 17 1)K. J. COLLLS BROWNE'S CHLOKODYNE The Original and only Genuine Advice to Invalids,— lf y OU wish to obtain quiet refreshing *W f ree from headache, relief from pam and anguish, to calm and as«uage the weary achings of protracted disease, invigorate tlio nervous media, and regulate the inoculating systems
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    • 145 17 r I BAV I^l W IT^^!^^n»»»% I THE SAFEST TVIILD •1 fej HkJ m i*i wfl SB 1 J \s^fll aperient ior ~~r^ j§kJp.KJl_^9 '''SR^Til 8k al M^ flP^fc PI DELICATE CONSTI■■BuBHHHBHBI &gj tbigtiil TUTIONS, LADIES REMEDY FOR ACl^^TT^^" lOTAN?? E AND FOP STOMACH, HEARTBURN, HEADACHE, GOUT REGULAR TOF ?2
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 596 17 SHIPPING. i t Writ Ray, 018 9teaiti Tradii tfsn-or-Wan tli Boa Kambira, 1,952. McAlist* i& Co rH 'konir .h. M s steamer 1,770, tons, Wl Ebmds St 1 l, s I Marsrare« Oflfißan Wood S,-,i Belle, Colonii >r. 600 1< vin Liverpool B Thorpe, Wharf. R67< w Mt.^ti.M i artab
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    • 456 18 DL LAWS PHOSPHODYNE. Jy^-w^ -Prir TWENT'i" PTVB YEA.EB hsa mnintnined its world-wide JfS3^ renntauonas the OXLY SAKE UKLIABLK PHOSPHORIC REMKDYevsr €<r*7m il:.m-.a-;>iv.l Uc ''ure ot Bniin Wn».-k:iu'f. Puriilysis SloepleeaI H'h-'-p J'rcmnture Decay of Vital Power, snd all FnnetiaMl '„<3 and DiseSaed coudi System, dependent npsn OM Defiotenejefftaa S "*A Vital
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    • 513 18 I^^ In consequence tf Imitations of THE WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE which en calculated to < the Public. Lea and Pkrrint i I hare to request that Purchasers set that tht Label on every bottle if****Sk bean their Signature thus— V m which no bottle of the original WORCESTERSHIRE v SAUCE is
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