Straits Times Weekly Issue, 24 September 1890

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  • 35 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. New Serip:; PW>H BP FOR T«^ S mis SI on by Every Homewa 5 d Mail Steamkr I Price 40 Cents VOL XL VI. SINGAPORE, AVEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. NO. .S-.^Qi
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  • 39 1 Crouivon 3 T temW 12 h, at Kwtla Lumpor, SeUngor, fche wife ot' W. Cuompton, of a so i. At Wbofarille OotUf^, Beraagooa, Singa- pore, the wife of A.. Morris >x, of 80 0. Edinburgli papers please copy.
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  • 22 1 At Melbourne, on the 19th August. Captain A. 0. ScHOTts, late of Sir gapora. MM— »ii >— Mi i»ii mini —m_ ....m_jm
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  • 106 1 WEDNESDAY. S EPT. 24th, 1890. CONTENTS. Mnrkot Quotations. Summary ot" the Week. Reutfr'^ Telegi Local and < News. French Inl »-Ciun.i. The B:uiks :\n\ the Chitties. The L:\ud Policy of the Stra;* Tho Financial Pcitioa iu the Strain. Police XSuprenv Court. Passenger List. Shipping TanjoKg- Pagar Dock Co. New Hnrl>our
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  • 329 1 LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS Singapore, 24th September. 1890. Produce. Gambior •">. do Cube No. 1. 9JB do do No. 2 740. Copra Bali. 5.00. do Pontuuuk, 4.624. Pepper Black 13.15. Sago Flour, 2.40. Pearl Sago, 280. Coffee Bali, 27.h>. Coffee Liberian, 26 50. Tapioca small Flake, 4.25. do do Ist quality
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  • 531 1 H. E. the Acting-Governor returned on Sunday from his tour to the Western Siamese Sta 4 At Penaog, the opium fanner could Dot carry out his contract, and the farm has been re-lot in consequence at a Urge reduction of rental. The British ship Wart sjf
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  • 68 1 For Straits Times. Naval Disaster. London, 17th Sept. The Austrian Man of- War Taurus has foundered in the Euxine, with the loss of seventy-two lives. Granada. The Alhambra palace in Granada is on lire. Silvbr Purchase. The Washington Treasury since the 4th instant has purchased one million three
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  • 64 1 London, 17 th S>'pt. The following are to-day's closiug prices Pahang Corporation Ltd.)... 45/ to 5*V Bentong Straits Tin (Ltd.)... 6/3 „9/8 London, 20th Sept.— The following are to-day's closing prices Pah an g Corporation (Ltd.)... 42/tf to 45/ Bentong Straits Tin (Ltd.)... 6/3,, 8/9
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  • 121 1 Mr. Macdonald Cameron, M. P. for Wick Burghs, arrived in Singapore by yesterday's mail. Mr. Cameron is a chemist and a mining expert. By yesterday's mail the Attorney-Ge-neral returned from Penang. Th« Illustrated London News of the 30th August contains a description, with engravings, of Usher's distilleries
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  • 202 1 The London and China Eaprm* of 29th August coLtaiua the following The Secretary of Raub Australian Syndi cato, Ffctuuur, t«'l.»graphs from Singapore Aug. 23:— Battery eompleted, working satisfactorily. Crashing 400 tons looking very well. Trial crushing—] ton gave 52 oz. gold." About one-third of the shares in the li.iub
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  • 60 1 Our Malacca correspondent tttenturn to the unsatisfactory condition of the Established Church there, from tbe want of a resident clergyman. Tta ire is none now there, au«i the period <■ hi lav do not draw, i tecongn complain Of IK'gl. l.i-4 week a Chinaman in town was fici' ■xiid
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  • 159 1 A monument t«> the memory ox Admiral Combet, the conqueror of Touquin," wai unveiled at Abl>evill<> on Aug. 17, by 1L Barbej, Minister of Marine, in the presence <>f rasi concourse of spectators. The Minister of Marine, iu an eloquent ■peeoh, spoke of the irreparable
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  • 133 1 By Private Telegram. {From Nagasaki vid Hongkony.) Oeeat Loss or Life. Thm Turkish frigate Ertougroul foundered on the 18th (Thursday), between Yokohama and Kobe. Only six officers and fifty seven men saved. Osmau Pacha and Ali Bey drowned. At 2 a. m. yesterday, a large tigress
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  • 26 2 LOCAL AND GENERAL. THURSDAY, 18th SEPTEMBER. Another 500 bags tin ore from the Jelebu Company's mines have arrived by the s. s. Cecil C. Smith to-day.
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  • 321 2 The United Service Gazette of the 23rd August, nays that the Porpoise, Commander R. W. White, is to be recommisikmed at Hongkong for farther service on the China station, the. new crew being sent out at the end of the year. A CniNESK woman attempted to pay a counterfeit 15
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  • 484 2 The London <l« China Express understands that steamship owners intend forming a union with a capital of some 70 or 80 millions, to enable them to cope with the proceedings of the labour unions. Some of the rules laid down by these unions are felt to
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  • 176 2 The following report lias been .received itt the London i ffi •s of the com pan j from the consultiu eer a1 Singapore, Ifr. H. M. Becher: Ou my arrival here I found awaiting my perusal advices from Mr. Thomas, A R.S.M., the superintendent of the staff
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  • 114 2 The Lawn Teuuis Tournament will be held during the month of October when the following events will be contested: Single Championship; "A" and "B" Siugle Handicaps; Double Handicap; and Profession Pairs. There are five vacancies in die "A" i" the Lawn Tennis, and they will be filled up by
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  • 396 2 The half-yearly ordinary general meeting of the shareholders In the above mpany mi held at the Company's office, Colryer Quay, at noon this day, for the purpose of receiving the Directors 1 Report and to pasi ounts for the half-year ending June 80th, and
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  • 1085 2 The Method of Crushing. Thr First Telkuram. The Westerly Reef. commuiiicatiohi by rlver. The Future of Raub. Mr. Bibby, the miue manager of the Raub Australian Syndicate who came down to Singapore yesterday (l~th Sept.) was interviewed the same day by a reporter of
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  • 212 2 A t the Senior Magistrate*! Court this morning, Sheik Modarsa and Myden were arraigned on several counts bousebreakiog by night under in a dwelling nnder >•■< irilv obstructing aP. C. undei holding out threat to a P. C. nnd< I s and assaulting P.
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  • 62 2 lfoloeeo, X6U s Hr. Palsserstoa, the Australian mining expert, is down here aud it is rumoured 'i" will join Mr. Prankel in working the sold mines at Ulu trt'doh. From euquir\ .ined that Mr. Prankel expects the reef, which has already been dug to the depth of -Jij
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  • 156 2 The Colonial i Office contemplates is>uing a ukase to gorernora relating to th<- publication of official despt* bat. It oHeakappCAl now (says a correspondent) that a gorernor publishes i des] tt*h to the Colouial Office directlj it is written, m that, if it is important, iti
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  • 161 2 Sir, I haw the honor to laying to you the follows that I am the armourer in Police Office for iaeraating of wages. '2. I beg to say that tin 1 salary lam at present drawn is quite adequate and trusted this will
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  • 561 3 (SiLppL.n.ntary to Strait, Times Telegrams.) ilon Independent.) F a h ft lfh Tks Senate has rsdaced the duties on flax and cotton bagging Ftenna, 4th Scpt-Th* dam of th« lako the Moldau to .swell wnmonselv. Portions of Prague are already surrounding by ragiuif torrm.ts and the utmost alarm
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  • 1017 3 The JSrtugrow (whose loss is auuounced elsewhere in OUT columns) arrived in Singapore on the loth November, 1889, ou her way to Japan t<> present the Mikado with the Tuikish Order i l Imtiaz, and her arrival caused quite a sensation ainong the Mahomedans here. The Ertu<jroul was
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  • 336 3 Unfavourable reports come fro in .North Borneo regarding the condition of the newly-established tobacco undertakings there. A great obstacle is the bad health of the coolies, who die after a short time of working on the undertakings. The reason of the death of the large number of
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  • 684 3 The Raub A usrtalian Syndicate, Limited. The Directors submk )•■>. with the Balance biuM-t for the six m mth* i ;i U g the 3lsl Jaly, 1890. Suice the date of the I t R >nort, in the mine h.-is been enftrsretieallj forward, and though tfce diiiienlties to contend with
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  • 349 3 M Punjab/' in a L tndon paper, skives the following eiperiencea of himself and fel-low-pasi bj the new Train de Luxe:— A large number of Indian service men disembarked from the I*, and <> mer Bo Brindisi mday morning, and thejr lo >ked
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  • 1637 3 German enterpride in the Strais Settlements. Thk following article appeail iu the M .fh'intj l'nst of Au>_ r u>l Hih. It is presuiuat'h- baaed partly on BUmiti blue books, but chiefly*, ire would suppose, <>d translations of the report! of ike various Consuls station' 1 at Singapore Up to n
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  • 318 4 There is announced the death suddenly at Edinburgh of Iveutenaut-Colouel 0. (i. L. Campbell, au offien who saw some service in the Perak War. 1875 and 187b\ whilst in charge of the Control Department. It is stated, says the TUmm <>/ Obylin, that a local sportsman has
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  • 133 4 {From our Correspondent.) Muar, 17 tk Sept.— The Resident aud the Commissioner ot Police left this for Singapore by the Glanyyi on Sunday last and are expected to return shortly. A sj>leudid Mack panther was trapped in the interior district, and is being taken to Singapore by the
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  • 594 4 Directors' Report. For Presentation at the Sixteenth Ordinary General Meeting. Singapore, 16th September, 1890. The Director* bare the pleasure of submitting their Annual Report on the accounts for the fifteenth ye*r of tlio Couip.-iny's business. The net profit during that term, including tin balance brought
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  • 39 4 Wee Ah Boon, a servant in the Raffles Hotel, who stole* a gold bangle value $25, the property of Miss Jewel Dean of the "My Sweetheart Company, was this morning sentenced to three months rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Thornton.
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  • 2834 4 (Written for the Strata Timew.) London, 20ik AfKjKsf. Parliament, to the infinite relief of* both Houses, and to the great jo? of the country at large— which last, 10* many weeks had beea as earnestly, although, perhaps, unconsciously. praying to be delivered from the debatsi aid
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  • 511 5 The coolie <juestiou remains a source of trouble and difficulty m Deli, and the Con rant would fain see the business ot' recruiting in Chiua put into European hands. A.l present, in tha 1 portion ot the empire wh eh furnishes coolie supplies to the Easi C Sumatra,
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  • 59 5 S. C.C. versun S.V.A. The following have bee play against the 8 ipore »luoteer Artillery team o-.i Saturday the 2 > 1 1 mencing al 2 p.m. punctually F. V. Hornby, E. O. Smith, J. l>. Saundert, T. H. Stevens, Colonel Tuck, Dr. Hiade, Colonel Heygate, F. O. B. Denuvs,
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  • 546 5 The Morphia Quest ion in Singapore. The increasing us«- «>t morphia among the Chinese and the consequent decreased consumption of opium is much grieving the Opium Fanner and his mi Uwdi nates. Their contention is stated as followi by a correspondent Morphia has during the last few months been so
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  • 15 5 The return ol risiton ..iffles' Librarv and Miimwb dnria| *t& was 1,075.
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  • 241 5 A Story of the Arabian Nights. On the evening oi Thursday I i- f l."wA Chew, a Ghinainau rending in Hongkong Street, took s. r >ou in silver from hi^ safe, with the intention of sendiu- 'hiiia to defray the expenses of hi* I image. lie put the money np
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  • 203 6 MoM'iiiA. morpkina hyd w thy- drochlorate of morphine) is prepared principally from opium, of which it is the principle. There are also used in its preparation small quantities of chloride of calcium, petrified animal charcoal, diluted hydrochloi I, a solution nmoni a and distilled water
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  • 673 6 "Vagrancy in a sampan" is a new charge under which Inspector McGregor prosecuted two coolies this morning. It appeared that the men were in the Singapore River early this morning in an empty sampan without any ostensible employment, and on this the Police officer laid the charge
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  • 295 6 L On the 1Pengbulu Daeinoo of Kuala Linggi forward, d to the of Mala >m plain 1 agaiust the pn Pen^bulu of tl ol i' matter ol one Jonas I >n« oerniog an a niedan la certain Bums at* Utay. N-> oquirj
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  • 128 6 Thkee Chinamen were charged before Mr. Hare this morning with cruelty to animals. Inspector McGregor who had charge o£ the case explained that the crneltj iu the case wasoi a rather peculiar kind. Commencing f:<>m 1 a. m. huudredt of ducks were taken to the Ellenborough Market
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  • 57 6 Notwithstanding the numerous rigorous penalties imposed ou the towkays of wahwhay lotteries of late, the Chinese are still indulging in the practice. Inspector Porteous had two more cases of management before Mr. Hare to-day, one prisoner having been caught in the act of writing tickets. The penalties imposed iu these
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  • 392 6 French Indo-China. (Strait* Time? September 19.) The other day attention was drawn in our columns to coal mining discoveries in Touquin, and th#r probable effect in stimulating trade there, and furthering the commercial development ofFrench lado-Ohina. Our French neighbour! have already taken steps to turn these finds to the
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  • 517 6 StrtnU Times September 19 i It mav hare been noticed that, in our i>^n.' of yesterday, the manager of Etaub Bine binis that the Pahang < ernmeni might jpiink a little leu oi railway schemes and pay more attention to the less costly possibilities of river navigation.
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  • 501 6 (Straits Times The Chit r. ol > .r, and t irho are in debt to them are standing on the rerge of bankrupt and yesterday for nearly three hours the situation was under «i ;i at a D ing which comprised th< Umk mana- a
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  • 299 7 (btraitb Times SepUmhmr 99.) [m another oolamn there will be found certain statements extracted from a Penang newspaper, the burdea of which is that the |Md policy of the Straits Government ie not understood by Asiatic cultivators, and that the action of the Government
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  • 676 7 The Financial Position i n the Strait. (Straits Times September 2tt.) The Government has re- let the Penang opium farm to a new fanner at a reduction of about per month, so that on the fifteen mouths which have to run there will be a loss of about |450, That
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  • 456 7 At tue end OI last BMMlth a number of Portuguese soldiers arrived by steamer at Manila from Lisbon on the way to Macao, their future station. On the offi «ra landing at .Manila, the? we a cordially welcomed by the Spanish residents who feasted and entertained them to
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  • 774 7 Str\y Shots. Training for the Autumn Meeting is actively going forward, ami it is ret ly interesting, even to a non-sportsman, o watch the animals going through t ir morning gallops on tlie course. Jink ig by the likely candidate! who regula 'v turn out for exercise, it
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  • 68 7 Information has been received from the French Consul at Singapore that the Mahc Light on the Malabar Coast will, till further notice, cease to be exhibited. On the 22nd and 23rd in&^nt the harbour-light at Batavia will not burn, but from the 24th instant, a flashing
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  • 328 7 (Contributed by a Member of the Bar.) There were eight small causes jesterday, but in only two of them couusel appeared. The list was easilv gone through by about three o'clock. Summonses at Chambers were then taken at p. m instead of on Thursday as usual. The
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  • 204 7 The mo** notic&ble foatun* ii. above tiirur.s is the total collapse of Ike wigtv industry as an export. Twenty iiffoBUni still exported sugar to tin value of S-166,578, and last year not only h A tht i port hut WM compelled import thil article to
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  • 135 7 Tue following memben of the Singapore Cricket Club, together with others whom the Cricket Sub-Committee may from time to time appoint, constitute the A class cricket plajen, aud an- »«ntitled to practice in the nets reserwj for them Anderson, John. Light foot, 0. H. Atkinson, H.
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  • 1719 8 (From our own Correspondent.) French Trade Paris, 23rd Angi.—ln 1860 and in 1870 France ranked after England as the country having the largest exports, and they were sensibly superior to those of the United States aud of Germany. To-day the latter countries out-distance France, and in addition to
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  • 313 8 A larob audience, and an appreciative and enthusiastic one, testified their approval of the Grade Plaistead Company in My Sweetheart on Saturday night. The Company were at their best. During the quarter ending with the 30th June last, tit'ty-one inquests were held at Singapore, the verdicts iucluding
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  • 174 8 B. G. 0.4 i S. V. A. Thk following an* the so>ros made in tlovf match which vrai played on the made oo Saturda j afternoon: > r v. v. W. O. St. Clairb. EGade :> •i I'. Sanaden l F. Cook c. Binde 1> Sannden 23 A. J.
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  • 100 8 [From out Correspondent.) Sii/i'hiy, ','J.st Si ml, r. Another black panther was shipped to. day for Singapore by s. s. BenykaUs. A large boa constrictor (ular sawa) was brought iu by some Malays from the Timiaug river. If appears to be about some 24 feet longrand of about
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  • 50 8 Thb steamer Northallerton is now undergoing repairs at Penang from having run ashore, the other day, in the Red Sea. She called at Aden, but, during tho voyage eastward, her machinery got so continually out of order that she arrived at Penang with a distress signal flying.
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  • 460 8 The Vessel Brought into Bivgapobo. A very sad case of suffering at sea hag j ust come to hand in a report from the British ship Einl of Zi'tlami which vessel, through the captaia bein«^ under confinement for apparent madness and the most of her crew being
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  • 263 8 The Acting Governor's Trip to the Western Siamese Male. {Condensed ,n th, I <;.//,.; H. E. tli.- A tin- .aid the Hou'bU' A. M. Skinner Lit Penaog on the l»th instant for the mm States. Throughout the whole trip opportunity wai jiTen British ■abjecti to register th. ■m>oivi i to
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  • 66 8 As previously notified, Mr. J.D. Vaughaft delivered a lecture on Astronomy in the Club rooms of the Mutual Improvement Society on Saturday night last. The lecture wa« more a history of the progress of the scieuce than a treatise upon it. A tribute of thanks to
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  • 637 9 Thh Brigade gets to work Within ak Hour of the Outbreak. The Crowd Admires the Superintbwdjlnt'b Uniform. The Fire dies out just ah thk Brigade 0111 Hkady to Begin. Thk Ore in Hoekiam Street on Saturday night gives cause fur reflection on the tire regulations, or
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  • 576 9 27/ e Ch ief In gpector of Nuisa nces reports The cattle sheds during the mouth were in fair order. There wero very few prosecutions for filthy premises. Most of the prosecution! were for running animal matter into public drains. The piggery
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  • 624 9 The Mountain Passes of the Malay Peninsula. {Jtrom a Correspondent.) Kuala Lunifior, 19th St'pt. You have latelv referred to the importance of "a hitherto unknown pass" between Selaugor and Jelebu, namely Ginting Piris, over which it is certain that for at least fifteen years there has been a large traffic
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  • 684 9 The Covkrnment's Land Policy. Thk BtraiU Independent ft the 17th Sept. takes a dark view of the near commercial future of Penang and the Protected Natives States, owing mainly* to the depression of trade and the tightness of the money market. Iu addition to
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  • 760 9 {From our Correspondent.) Pekaiu 18th September.*-^!: C. R. Sundrain, a contractor who has an extensive business iu Ulu Pahau^', hai arrived from Singapore where he had been some time ago. He ineaus to establish a saw-mill at Lipis on the Jellai River*vhere timber of every description abounds, aud
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  • 599 9 A okrespomdent (Mr. Svdu«\ Skertchly, F. Q. S.) of the Hongkong Daily fres* who lately visited tin- Kinabatan^an river in B-itish North Borneo, found that the planters OO its banks wonld bo all the better by the Government nndortftkillg drainage works to lessen i\w evils of floods,
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  • 707 10 via India > 80/nlxt <r. Priii -<? Victor DhuK" [> Siagh h u d hi-* Coi as IS- 'it m the First Royal DrA^r father's illness m reason. Mr. W. S. omb* will It-ire England on the 23rd etober four months' trip. The i il! be speui ssideacy,
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  • 309 10 Telegraphic advices which have reached DA\ from Amsterdam report th>> following tales of Sumatra tobacco On the 11th infant. By the Dem M\a.tsoha.ppij TR/Deli 7'Jl b. (Two Rivers at 136 c. TB Deli I b. id. at > e. F Deli 529 crgei Poetih at
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  • 80 10 xbstzkdat afternoon there wai i meeting in Messrs. Etodyk and Dm.Uou's to consider the aff&in of the ChitPi in M Murray. Budd, Plavfiiir. Oram, Hooper, Barkinshftw, Gathrie Davidson, Hornby, and a Chinese merchant. The proposals of the Chitties, with alternative possibilities, were onderdiscnssion for tw<Muid-a-half
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  • 128 10 Wk learn from the Coloni.il Secretariat that the Penang opium farm has been re-let at a loss of about SoO.OOO a mouth." The Farms of Penang were let for 1889-91 as follows Opium $825,600 per year. Spirits $286,800 per year. tbe figures for the previous terru l>eing
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  • 471 10 (Supplementary to Straits Times Telegram*.) Via Ceylon.) London, 11th Sept. Reports of the American grain crop show that it is a bad one. Lancashire textile operatives havo suspended connection with the TradesUnion Congress, as they disapprove of the eight hours movemeut. The town of Southampton is no* quiet
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  • 507 10 i loration Coini>-tM\ Limited tUtea thai densrs. Bainbri ar, [uniting Mgim co panj w! ■<• m I Mows, one i i of three assays by Mr. B. Kitto 11 os. 1" dwt. 20 gr. ijo"M. 4 I j Iwt. 17 gr. Mhv, ild.vt 22 pr jr.ild.
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  • 265 10 An Uncomfortable *****. The Karl <>f Zetland, tome particulars of wbov condition we publish issue of yesterday, arrive I parly I noon, one of our report.-; bring among the fin! to board h«r. In tl the Chief* < Mli «r, M r. Sim furnished us with
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  • 695 10 Mb. Williams, the proprietor of thekiting rink, a bankrupt mom:!!.: at ti. I 3 -.or* [I would ap| ig of Forn I ,<i the Banki there i> a tlip of sovae importance. .Mr. krwood pre petition morning for the adj lof 1 Kian Guan at th
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  • 1488 11 A/, ing l>o*t, 28tk Auijust.) It may be Bud by many, at a fint glance at the headiug of tlii-* letter, that the question is one of lit tlo importance, and that it is immaterial whether the Malay Peninsula is developed by railways or not.
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  • 551 11 Report of the Committee yor the teak ended 30th June, 1890. The Committee have pleasure in reporting on the satisfactory financial position of the Club, notwithstanding that the ground was closed both for Cricket and Lawn Tennis from the early part of January 1890 up to the
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  • 846 11 In thJSjthina Expr< g« of the :2iUh ultimo, a ri>rif^Jiult_ut from lVli, who si^ns himself Tulfgfct, comments adversely upon a speech J. Berry White to the shareholders gjff the British Deli aud Langkat Tolxu-efclSuuipauy at London in Mav last. repo the time in our columns, and
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  • 1356 11 I*l I Anguti j; Few documents ire more insfu-riv thin the reports periodically teal l,u m by the Governors \,f British Colonies in«l D dcneies, especially of inch us hare only come under British administration. Saaka grmip of reports tsjasi oesaotokaad from Sir Frederick Dieksoa,
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  • 468 12 The Position of the Attorney-General. To the Editor of the Straits Timeb" Sir,— The question which is raised by your correspondent A. 8., whether the Attorney-General should be debarred from private practice is, apart from any personal aspect of the case, one of considerable interest, and I for one
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  • 650 12 ro THI SDITOI 01 TB li.w n.-w, Tolong masokan ini pukara didalam Tuan punia iuraJ kabar. Jikalu iiuiii boiej buat tuparti lama punia mac! Eaglish dibawa, kita < i >aM kupada 'I'uaii. Kita oraog baniak irin orang itu iaug mumaa ka1 b September, pas Jobore, ada
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  • 663 12 Merphin in S inrapore. To r JttEL>iTon, ok mm Btbaits Timbs." Saflk-That tli" increasing use of mor}»h;;i^fcju)u_' the C tiuese, and ih«' osnsti quoiaßeorea!! I < >usuinption of opium am mr.ite, grieving the Opium Partner is cot flßprising. [t is well known that t r^>i«i and d j.!i\ si :ian,
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  • 49 12 THE "STRAITS TIMES" BAZAAR BOOK. New and Improved Edition. AConvonu'ntly imaged book in which the Cook can enter daily all household expenses, with a separate column for saeh day in the w.-.-k. I sepanti pft<,'e for each week in the ftar, and a separate line for a:l customarv purcltasee.
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  • 14 12 be had of Um office or frjm Ueejn. Johi Liitl k
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  • 104 12 Fie I v i IHUMMBXT. Before we got M Bawur Book we always had a row erery month with the fellow whose tam it wi -?< the accounts; lldwi tIW! .»rj,.,i i)io cook. Now every thing auothly as a Bolbul perforaMßee. V Tom Drink.wvay." From a litti.k Btooalow
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  • 165 12 X Tl< THE pries of < Tmm M is th dailj .riv For t»i r The rabecriptioa quarterly in advance, includes fr each noon in Biin; v l,y thin the Strait -its and thrcraghovt the Protect. Malay inaula. Single copie* m»j h had for 15 cent* tad ?<> cents rwpeetiYely.
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  • 32 12 "The Queen of Tam.f. Waters." THE filling at tho Apolmnakis Spbihg (.Rhenish Prussia) amounted to ll,»94.,000 Bottles iu 1887 12,720,000 1888 and 15,822,000 1889 Singapore, 18th Feb., 1890. Tn. Th. AB.
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  • 57 12 A number of well selected lots of land ia tine situations in the town of Klanr can be bought on favourable terms. of the purchase money can remain on mortgage at 8 per cent. For farther information apply to Messrs. Donaldson <fc Burkinshaw, Singapore. Singapore, 29th Augt., 1890.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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    • 598 13 RILEY HARGREAVEsXca EBTA3LIBH«D 1865 E^ ineer B^ l Tt W IVOn and S ra**-fou«der. Brxdge Builder* and Shipwright*'. 11, Merchant Boad. Singapore, ▲ND at Kwala Lumpor. pStoE 4 te Co'° r th9 StraitB fOT EUST °N r^ii^«^Bti Horizontal Machinery. SoW ™t 23 Prize Medsls. Hole A-enta for the .Straits for
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    • 557 13 +<Hr THE NE#SUIBBOUR DOCK QQ. LTD. This Com^ytfy executes ships' repairs of al descrirtionsjjn the mo.t efficient, manner under the sufartntendence of European Shipwrights andlEfyrineers. V No. 1 Grating Dock. Len erth 4j|j£f eet °i 1rt r from u feet to 15 fe «t. Width at Balance 42 feet. No.
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    • 708 13 RANEEGUNGE POTTERY WORKS. THE following MEDALS and CKRTIFICATES OF MERIT were award.nl for the production of the above works at the Calcutta International Exhibition 1883-84. First class certificate of merit and a Gold Medal for Drainage Pipes and diHo,n«. c tini? traps. r First class certificate of merit with Silver
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    • 827 14 i SHIPPING. IN PORT. siak, 210, Boustead Co. for Deli.-Tanjon* Mkn-of-Wab. Pagar. •25 „v u> r. iM«i Sindoro, 03!), Boustead Co. for Penanw o«j ■fcftnwtm, »-SL-5 8 g^bof* 226 tons, Cap- Achoen.-Taiijong Pagar. K and tagPrantoinp. H N.M s Consul -Roads. f(/ s 7M fl£J Bj 4 Co f j
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    • 512 16 r+r-»-^- por TWENTY" PTVE VEAHS has nwintninoti its world-wide^ £'4**M? reputacion'HM the ONLY SAKK KKLIABLB PHOSi*HOKIC KK.MKDYcrerJ <J4 «jjfi 11--:-::I 1 n limin Wreckaite. Paralysis, BleopleM Q l \r ii;u L>r iiitiiro Decay of Vital Power, and nil Functional^ Bycwam, dependent upon thi DeficienejdrMtD r v Jr^, CUIt2E .r; 3y
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    • 618 16 IIP? consequence of /nutations of THE WORCESTERSHIRE rf SAUCE which are caleulated to deceive the Public* Lc* and Perri?n have to request that Purchasers see that the Label on every hot tie hiJtti l>t ars lheir Si S natwc ihu W% without which no dottle of the original WORCESTERSHIRE g
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  • 160 17 REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. (For stmits Times.) BAH! Fail, Londem, 33rd Sq*.— The liability of the of Good Hope Bank is three inillit BILVBB. T^' W rwMuryhaspurdi two hundred and fifty thousand ouno sihvr at one hundred and fifteen sixteenths Mk. i, W U) ls waiting for som(i
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  • 164 17 Penang againi native woman alleged to have ill us I of her slave girK gives an opportunity to ue ill attention to th-^ traffic in children there. It teems that there is abundant scope iD Penang for a Children's Prote >>ciet\, and our contemporarv says that Chi nnen
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  • 481 17 Kinta Monthly Report lor August. <>v\ inability of the Kinta G eral pay their rent, the i taken from them during the month, and fa -let to Cap! tin Ah Kwi at a con ra Loed rent. Proceedings are ng tal the late farmers to recorer the arrears of rent
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  • 464 17 Tndepi nd* A mofi no ling piece of news has just reached us being no less than that tlll> A eruor has instruct d the Hou'ble A. M. Skinner to arrange with the Spirit and Opium Farmers to »n--tinu< Farm of which they are the preby allowing
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  • 547 17 ith its fertile soil and numerous riven bai only lately attnu European enterprise, but the whole country is now parcelled out among planters and miners. Yet. straage to say, only a few estates and minos are worked, thereby arousing misgivings that most of these concessions answer only speculative
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  • 505 17 HFOti m at.) Tap,/, iMjfiSeptember, tB9O.—U is said that the M>X£<vi Tin M*T»ng Company of Selehln and Ofepndi'vi w\j;. t ik. who quarters ;u^ftt Paris, intend embarking i". foiTi't'-u'ro-v^l in addition to tin-mining at an eaiij date i^Sbo Ratang Pfraang district. The idea bas s sir advanced as to
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  • 620 17 Tothbßditob .»r the "Straus Times." I t>ossibility of anew route for a rail* i l K aantan, namely, an trom Kuula Lumpor over Ginting P through Jelebu. This ehoi< >u tei Jf l 1 l ll oneoi th.. til-- aaj and is engrossing tnanv m ads
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