Straits Times Weekly Issue, 1 October 1890

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  • 27 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. New Series ÜBI h D FOR »M»n«Bioß by Evbr^l Homeward Mm Steamkr. [Price 40 Csmtb VOL XLYI. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAf OCTOBER 1, 1800.
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  • Article, Illustration
    14 1 <\ h September, No. 85, ITtidle Roji-1. th- wife of Jacob J. Ajtooioo, of
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  • 327 1 Bib b, Ist October, 1890. G»m i 6.08 do fo. 1 i>.75. •1 do Xo. ..7 Copra Bali 5.(M). do Pontianak, 4625. P« or Black 13< S«p> Flour 2.55. Pi 2 85. Cof 27.4 0. Coil 26.00. Tapioca small Pis 4 25. do d Ist qualit; J.4<>.
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  • 54 1 wednesday 1st october 1890. CONTENTS. M Sum Week. urmnis. L Th^« uii to Pahang. Planting in Perak. B^htsoil. n i Thf* Sta^e lri-hr Jews iii i akraptcy Ordinanes. Osgil > Obin. Municipal Beport on remoyal of nightsofl. Btion in Siugapore. imary. Eelu News f. Psnanfr, the Negri S P Selangor,
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  • 442 1 L igiaUtive Council openi ou Thant];. v lh M the day comprising six met uiv The retetting of the Opium Farm, at a reducti I in rery odd circu mutant ad\ >r*e public anicipiility ;t, their fortnigh apoo ch m^ tent noti The id r using
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  • 215 1 For Straits Times. Tiiu German v i Ar.iiCA. London, 24fk Sept. Considerable opposition was shewn by the natives to nine Germaus wh > lauded at Vitu, a quarrel ensuing, the Germans fired whereupon the natives attacked and killed eight. [Vitu is the name of a small district, 250
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  • 48 1 THE 'STRAITS TIMES" FINANCIAL TELGRAMS Lo/rjß.'i' Sept. -The following to-day '^§i>»-ii:: p i •> PahaßjG^orpo'rition Ltil. 1-2/6 to 45/ Bent OpfiSt^its Tin (Ltd.) -L<»/<&r,i 2tth Sept. —The foil are to-day 'ifiplos in pri P»h»'.Sg^(»rporatioT 3 Be..t|S>-tr.-.itsTi; 5 7 SiarnJKld Fields ...18/9 21/3 be fovi^ai-r.-'-- in Mm |b tu column.
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  • 468 1 Wi'^ttl Ert t down on the 18th a jj&thi-rl x blowing. The ship's tf|§^' s ink. WnKreference to the fire on Monday muruiuiw. aj»[>".ux bal 1 Central Eu'upeon l^^«;* v wore the first to arrive, and they vEm immediately followed by the Mi:>j3». Hill mid Rathborae coutradiet
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  • 92 1 On Sunday morning a IV! -v named H ..jssiiin. accompanied bjafri i.t<»>ka 'ricksha to Cam pong <Jl.nu and after driving Forth Hriil^«' Road. Urn .it is asserted, the < ;>krd tor hi- tare and presnmaDlf n ade h<»u:.' Doicse,fortheMalaj tornedroaodaod kicked him in the vicinity of
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  • 161 1 An extraordinary general meeting of the Sogaliml i Burueoi Tolmeco Coui} an\. Limited, w;is beld OB *»tli S^j)t<»!n?)«;r a» the Canaonstr!>ot Hotel, London, for tli-j purp<» ••■<• of considering resolutions to •■ffnetan amalgamation of the company with tho British Boruoo Trading and Planting Company, Limited, and appointing the
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  • 131 2 LOCAL AND GENERAL. WEDNESDAY, 24th SEPTEMBER. Tin: Straits Settlements Civil List which has jus( l»- >'\\ published at the Governnieu! Printing Office, contains iu a compact form a large amount of information on official matters both in the Colony aud in I he Protected Bta In another column will be
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  • 401 2 Kualu Lwmpor, 22nd September The Superintendaut of Police here Mr. Raymond will thortlj I for a trip to Pahang via Qiuting i'iris. The object of their eXCUrsi >n is to arrive at a more accurate exploration of the best practicable route for a direct communication between our neighbours
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  • 2430 2 (Written for the Straits Time*.) London, 27ik August. The interesting ceremony of uuveiling the monument to the memory of the heroic officers, nou-eommis-sioned officers, and soldiers who fell at Waterloo, and whose remains, originally interred in the old graveyards at Brussels, have been removed to the
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  • 322 3 QoTsnroi Cbba-QH, of liritish Nortb Born broken his collar-bone wliil* riding io Labuau. There is no surgeon here. BnOßl Mr. Bland to-day :> Chiuese un<l 2 Kling ihopkeepen were convicted and fined from 31 to §5 for various under the Weights and Measures Ordiuar. Thr British North
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  • 76 3 A la« from H. H. tbe Saltao of I ()l1 that he ia Buffering from inflammation of the Langs. The Sultan fort and retw ma a 1 ■•!>• improv I. and Her ur-^ has telegraphed thai the Sultan not hurr m her account. Tiif Sultan
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  • 583 3 Thk Opium View. By our own porter*. The Opiam Farmer of the Settl getting daily more dissatisfied with tbi pidly growing sale of morphia in vai u a sal" which nnder its present d .'.y likelj I i opium Bmoking, but in time to eupp
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  • 3648 3 REPORT ON THE DISPOSAL OF NIGHT SOIL. MuNicqltt Engineer's Office, Sl^mpoßE, 6th September, iB9O. The Presl&nt of the^li xicipal Com. M IflifeoNEllS BINOAPOUL Sir,— r rajp system of removing the night soilrfroua the town of Singapore that has l^n in vogue from the beginning, haS&until lately, worked fairly well, but^fc
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  • 80 4 Thk following incident reallj huj.j^ned in the Hongkong Barraeki tome tinx the warrant oil i being bow in Siu:_:;t|ioiv. Noticing one night that the time as struck on the gons b w w;w el? correct to S ani M.ij.Jr wwl mace enqoii iet, g ip to
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  • 69 4 W*D LY, BBPTSM] A special meeting of the i beld in the I i Ball, iterd l»n?--seiil The i\ well, Sohst, Tan B i Wan, and L Pi in Di i i on th the i rej 1 I rred unl was sary to call them, le the
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  • 77 4 (respondent .nder 25th ini tb« Justice itu.l the A there in i: .lay ibe Am .i, the ii i acquittal of ;i Mahi jury I i lack of i .tuai 011 pie iding g liltj I sentence of six monthi Po months ri. i I to the lot
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  • 152 4 A Com v.i The Committee appointed by the Rs» uan^ Chamber of Commerce and the Province Welleslej PLuiten 1 Association to consider the Immigrant labour question met for the third time on Tuesday i.Lst. The proceedings so far have necessarily been confined to preliminary inaiiiry and ob^t'rvutiou,
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  • 894 5 (From our own Reporter.) Wk haw all Beep the tiger aud we have 1 aduiiied bun m his semi-tam-d state in x the 'menagerie aa he lolls about bit cage, j and displays his ileefe and glossy coat; but few people are acquainted with
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  • 627 5 The Working of the Bankruptcy Ordinance. IPOHDZHCI BXTWBSH THI CIIA.I888 W Co M) THE GOVEKN Ml. Chamber of Commerce, Singapore, 19th July, 18U0. SIR, I MB instructed by t)it> Committee of the Chamber of Commerce to aiMress you relatire t > tho appointment of Official Assignee which it appears to
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  • 772 5 Ihe outciH^k} of the conference between His Exceliejjd^ the Act iug-Goveruor aud the Hon. fife Attorney-General is the effecting a cgjnpromise bet ween the Government aud ft£ Spirit and Opium Farmer of Peuaug, tijgwill be seen in our column of local news. *g^Ve confess this action
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  • 614 5 Stbay Shots jx lot of business has been don.- >m track during the present w. and as the morning gallops are becoming movs interesting the number ol visitor! cour gradually Bwelling. Oi griffins, the fancy s'.ill remains in Kuhu's mare, aad sh it, t"or her Btflish way of
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  • 650 6 The Railway Rout? to Pahanir. (Sfraitx Times September 24.) In another column we publish a letter in which Mr. Puumau, the manager of the Jelebu Mining Co., enters into some exf»lauat ions regarding the two competing railway routei into Pahang. Mr. Duuman, it appears, has travelled over the Qinting
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  • 381 6 (Strait* lYmef September 'Ji.) Thi Superintendent of GK>vernment| Plantations in Perak has just s*>ut in ai^ official nport on planting in that State)' which admits thai the outlay there, under] that head, has brought uo adequate turn. That coffee and tea meet wit 1m favourable climatic conditions
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  • 681 6 r 25.) X In article iu the Pin t, 5 v column, there is I confirna 1 Straits J idenfa Penang Opiam Farm ■MM farme.s at a utl ;i on the original con- tract 1 I w ;t contradiction of what we published on Tuesday; for
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  • 816 6 (Straits 9 jmber 86.) explained I theory 14.011 which lir. Macßitch Kheme for the removal of night soil grained, and we roughlj itated th Ro-daj we publish the whole text of Mr. *ilacliitchie's report, and it will readiij seen that the Municipal Eu-uurr's W^-.iK" possesses all
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  • 344 7 Marti* TSmt§ September 26.) [t appears that the statement concern- ing the Penang opium Farm made in Tuesday'., StraiU TSmes is accurate that is to my tbe Acting-Governor declined to consider a proposal that the old Carmen should be tenderers for the now contract aud be
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  • 180 7 (Strait* J \V*. publish tO-day tWO letters interchanged between the Chamberof Commerce and the Government anent the post of Official Ass nd, iu another column, we publish r in which an Bng merchant of staudinc: aud repute questions whether the working of the Bankruptcy department u at
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  • 945 7 (Straits Times September With m Ireland blocking the way ic every possible direction, it is not surprising to find the theatrical variety of the irrepressible Hibernian cropping up in the serial literature of the day. Starting with the propositions that Ye true dramatist is nothing if n«t
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  • 429 7 {Si mis Tim s S Buroi irafe Peuaug merchants and the ?roviuce Sellesloy planters want a comnissiou ttSk' inquire into the labour quet.iou thev^ffiil. of eourle got it, for then lever yetglas been found a Government so uiggar|H^ us to refuse a commission to tuv one 'JWfv
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  • 320 7 aiHsion has been appoiuted at St. Plsttft3urg to consider the position of the Huslian Jews (three millions in number) calls Lttention to the situation of that ra« in ;he Czar's dominions. Latterly persecuting neasmes have been framed against he .Trws in Russia, an.l their lot ha*
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  • 211 7 FRIDAY, 26TH SE PTEMBER. The Government House Garden B •;> tion fdteidftj ITM nun -rously atteu Two Roval Artillerymen who att todeaeri from their lv^imeut.and who wen arrested on board the iteamthip AustraJind by Detective U,*re to be tried bj court-m»rtial at Fort Canuiu^ to-d I Thi attendance in tin
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  • 87 7 At the inquiry into the deuiii of Mr. A G Apcar, broker and auctiou^-r, who committed suicide by shooting bimjelf in the head on the 16th instant at Hongkong it was elicited that the deceased was 24 years of age and unmarried. He waa apparently in straightened circumstances as his
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  • 190 8 The Chartered Bank Manager Elected to Council. At Hongkong ou the 18fh inst., Um Chamber of Commerce proceeded to elect a member of the Legislative Council. The opposing candidates were Mr. T. H. WhiteBead, Manager of the Hongkong branch of the Chartered Bank, and
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  • 109 8 The Thermopylae Arrested. The sailing ship Thermopylae now lying in the Roads was placed under arrest bv the Sheriff yesterday, who was acting under a wanant issued by the Admiralty Court ut the instance of Messrs. Solomon Sons, who aie seeking to obtain payment for necessaries supplied and money paid.
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  • 99 8 Khoo Khian Tek, a wealthy Chinaman who lately died at Penang, was taken to his burial place last Wednesday with all the pomp aud splendour which money could command to make it the grand*. st funeral jet seen there. A general I holiday in town enabled
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  • 334 8 The "Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatsehappij." Tu contract between the Netherlands Id< rernment and the Netherlands II gation Company i spires at th.' end of the current year, and trom Ist January, lsi>i. the Neth< i India mail service will I e carried on 1 v the 44 Koninkiijke Paketvaart Maatscha] p
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  • 554 8 Mr. Khory last night prefaced bis lector *oy intimating his intention to deal with th subject in a popular manner, so as to it interest the mixed audience before bin Figures and diagrams on transparency elucidated the lecturer's statements au I deductions. Note was taken of the
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  • 91 8 fa weather in the Bed Sea baa been njclv warm this season, and paaaencomimf out during the put month -had a good deal to put up with. rbe Oroya had to be turned round in order t'uit mil advantage might be taken of what little
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  • 94 8 C iyde Shipbuilding. Kkturns made up to date show that daring August 18 vessels, with a tonuage oi 6i),U o have been launched on the Clyde, as compared with 36,108 tons in the corresponding month of last year Ihe total tonnage launched during the eight months of this year i
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  • 569 8 {From our own R> porters.) Various reference! have been made ii if-gnir column! of late to the quantities ol $J|jki>rj>ljia contained in the various autiJ]Stj'ium Diixtures, now being largely sold ran Chinese shops and dispensaries u Bttiinese opium smokers and others ,'a?itriiiu r the month
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  • 270 8 l la J iLih 4 >j-jnd 6 rhe Resident §>mpanied bj the A Superintendent Wurks left tor j Seretiag n daya ago and is o row. Colonel Cratter arrived atJempol morniog, journeying from Tatnpin tj&frou^h Kuala Geinencheh in search of l hear he has not been inefcsml
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  • 443 8 (Via Rangoon.) Paris, 15th Sept.— Genera] Ferron. Vm b ing »t a banquet given atJonsae aKertha Jato French miaOHlTraff, toasted the &ZZ armies of Russia and Frunze, ;ui<l said thai Russia eould afford to disregard all eo«ijtj onB Li*!n>i>; IStk Si'/, l. An unseemly distort bftlMM took place
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  • 410 8 Five Tons of Go ld Fr om the Mysore Gold Mine. -A- Mini;;,,- Company, that was i by the li or on the 9th Difin hibita with s. n niHr k. abl y bnM the growth tf the capita], the payment of div.». &ihn fat* tuatiuus of the Stock the
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  • SUPPLEMENT TO THE WEEKLY "STRAITS TIMES"
    • 8 9 SUPPLEMENT TO THE WEEKLY "STRAITS TIMES" OCTOBBB lU9O.
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    • 13 9 Imeommtmenct >,/ the wuiil mntmgemetUg n/thix < Wedme9day,u given in a s>; i>)>l- wii /it.
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    • 118 9 (For Straitt Ti,, 8* tISPI.*B < M-, tflOK L ()u being interviewed at \l( ?oor 1 thai the triple alliauee lately rei would >• M.m.iu- in operation until but peace he said was secured 1 11 i a itional quesiug place t<» social questions ila »rM tariff
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    • 286 9 tiy telegram from our Penmng Cbnwtfxmd* at. >v i- >et., L0.20 a. in. A uew opium tarui -out rue; iti tigned v Ab Thje, Lvii... li Poh, aad Lino A,. K/e. L'lie&e uanus doii't appear in the old either bore or m the Native Btafc Phe
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    • 33 9 Bhfomi Iff r. Thornton yesteiday after1. Tan Ah Sam, a Chinaman residing miles out on t'r Gtavl&ug Road, was ■nit ted foi trial on the charge of eouoiting current eoiu. 4*
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    • 229 9 Tiif cheapest operated mine in the world, the Australian Mining Standard, is probably the Spanish uuld mine, Nevada Conntj, Califoruia. The rein averages W< ft. wide, is very soft, and is worked Man open eatting. A foreman at $8.50 i iv, two white minera .it per day, and
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    • 335 9 u aunu.il general meeting >i nembenof the Singapore Rowing Club wa« held in the B. C. C. pavil daj aHeraoou, for the par| eivihjf the report and account* for the past fear. The President, Mr. C. Stringer, occupied the chair, and there were about thirty members present
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    • 459 9 (Front our Correspondent.) Kuala Lumper, 990k Sept. H. M. ljuothe PerfNMJN paid us a visit a couple of dajs ago, lying off the Police Si at iou near the Kuala. Commander White ;u.d Messrs. Egerton, Bruce, Richardson, Forster, and L)r. Saunders, together with eight of the crew, left
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    • 1030 9 4 H Stkat Shots. rYHin wu a rerj welcome change in <V- weather this nioruing, for tb< air w.t* tnd cool, aud the tra<-k, ill i£f -w ral da;, > past, wa> iu fairly g wditiou. Tin course propo wasthi jp«i for tbe gallops m>i done, and id
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    • 511 9 Thk situation in Floret remains aa« changed, and do further hostilities bare taken place. Th<- reinforcements for Held force iu that seat of disturbance all it-it Jav;i. The Kita\i NieuwMad st.it that, m the night of the 26th September, ihe V ach steamer Jntmiinr from Singapore rack ou
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    • Page 15 Miscellaneous
      • 361 15 ARBIYAI/8 FI,A-. Vkssel's Name. Tons. Cai»tain. From. BjULJtS Sopt 23 Oorgon I 599 Ru^t B .kok r i 23 Qaaffes f .O. str. 'Jli<> AMerton tfongkoi 23 ifeinair. MM. str. 809 ouM Ht Strathallan B«t.«tr 1488 Phomon rpool I me^ 23 Earl of Zetland i-h 1463 lohnstone Sourubnya Sep< I
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    • Page 16 Advertisements
      • 560 16 HUWiiLL CO. DR. J. COLLIS^" i BROWNE'S OHLOKODTNE The Original and only Genuine Adv..- t<> Invalids,-^ you wish to obtain quiet, refreshing sleep, free from headaehe relief from pain and anguish, to calm and assua^e the weary achii s of protracted disease invigorate the oen dia, and regulate the n
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      • 288 16 *-»«"'.AiJUi.«, A'.^JiE, GOUT rTII t> W-&J&.UL Cxi LI K-..^" B As:K: fq^ dinnLford's 'magnesia. see tlut each J r bears Baron Liebig's signature IRORAf R 21ue Ink across tlio Label. l^S ffl jt F|N£ST and i MEAT-FLAVOIi *^L>r STOGK FOR SOUPS. W MADE 818H sauces IW Invaluable for India as
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    • Page 16 Miscellaneous
      • 111 16 SHIPPING. p< !s»fr. ■-i Vi- I jH^ H N.M .Captain, gfipi I iwak, iftltc 1 New tiifc '>\i;in ft !'.ts. H| f !oy. j Ltd. jmf.-Jiiliit. n l 1 s7 aen, (Si I A Co. 1 ii, 3 >«ir»- -.< for Java, ML,', gon, Roads. i W. .I,— 107. Li
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    • Page 17 Advertisements
      • 402 17 MiiliiUPC 1 DUfiSDIIAIIVMV i 1s&IiI)Iib9 rfludrnuuiiiiii Aw -p or TWEVTY prvE YEARS maintained its -world-wide J2S Decay of Vital Power .and all Fonfltinri H:ul Disi jjyg em, dependent ui)oii the Dpflciencj of the J v>r <p»Jf >. 2T OtntSS l>vspe?:iia. TJorve, and Heart Slsease. u- V A CXJRJIJ Kidney and
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      • 487 17 \§a 0- 4J: ST?'> W flaw ft! VK\ fir r a^^fc HP r 1 H 1 conscqucncr of Imitations tf THE WORi SAUC& wkifh a ulated to Lea and Per? have to r quest that Purcha /,<7h! iptfU S HIRE Ask r I and THE CROWN PERFUMERY CO. l^^&'^T JaT^HHHHHHnaF^PVI
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  • 277 10 hi s.xLeentn ordinary general meeting of the above Company was held in the Company office Messrs. Paterson, Simons and Lo s. > at noon to-dav. IWn.:M,-. ,-s T.Shelf ord (Chairman,, Taylor, D Almeida, and Captain Fawcus The minutes of the last ordinary meeting and oi an
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  • 15 10 The return oi visitors to the Raffles' Library and Museum during the
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  • 160 10 oae difficult og from the iovae Sikkim by tana had e» British and Chin* rernmeots uutil tbr\ ahvu.iv meDtioncd by telegram. Th lowing shows the text of the agreement Sikkim kt has i Article 1 the bound q Sikkim and Thibet shall be the i intain range
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  • 391 10 The Tanjong Pagar Lan d company, Limited. The thirteenth ordinary general meeting of tho above company was to have been held at noon to-day, at Messrs. Bodjk and David office, but the n< i 7 quorum being short by three the meeting, after waiting for half au hour, was adjourned
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  • 392 10 Translated from ike Deli Courant. Whkv au observer, map in hand, stands BtiU for a moment to take note of the lav ourable position of Samba., be cannot fail to be struck with tbe magnificent riven Which cross it iu ail directions. A quiet native population kept in order
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  • 394 10 [Hongkong Daily Press.) The Chamber of Commerce on Thursday exercised its right of elec ing a m mberof the islative Council, when the choice of the membera fell on Mr. T. H. Whitehead, who, from his remarks iu
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  • 41 10 An Italiau man-of-war, the Volturno, may shortly be expected hero on her way to China. She arrived at Colombo on the 19th instant, and was to stay there one week. The Volturno carries 8 guns, and was last stationed at Zanzibar.
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  • 1264 10 Pahang News (Frofjgpiir own Correspondent.) A WoRK^gRAILWAY FOR THE PaHANO Corporation. Ep ft URE 0F THK Resident r for London. P<kan, %W, September.— The arrivals in I ekan wn|Kmy last aretMr. Desborou<'h from EnglgSo 1 u > fill the posi of Secretary to the Rt^«Enit, and also to act as
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  • 415 10 Iratls Tndepi r l)y us in m i- U the mnciilor >ming to forma with theOpiam Farm by, at th" i ptar as if the <-:.:it: the form r Farbeen determ while it is l>,it to i knon .-.inn is Mill in r! m-ls uid i
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  • 772 11 The Chairman Wants a Wholly Buctiyi Council. Mr. Kkswick's Opinion of Bank Man a<; Kits' Training. Thk placid Bereneoetf of Singapore life not allow our Chamber of Commerce to indulge in any passage of arms so smart as that >.-t forth in the following narrative
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  • 721 11 Ehere was a little work done on the ning track on Saturday afternoon, but ig to the heavy rain this morning the gallops had again to be put off and if the circumstances are favourable, the horses will be exercised this afternoon. If this bad weather continues it will seriously
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  • 143 11 eh plaol i i be Dot patter ip oi how r bos] for the tame reason. Pauper 111 I little for the asylum D the I .i loathtit. 1 the bin* oi the I tl;. H bej d« pend i• P g HiU iuee hut D i iuUuJ.
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  • 286 11 Mi;. P. Rodger, of fcQg, urriw d iii the >-*i.i\. Bt SirChai!.- Wan if :i;iug ou hi- n-turn from ffanipion He will m tv then ;i tow di lon proling U) Sip u ipore. TRXssd\ing»hipTkerwK>pifUeii tied bv the Sheriff on Saturday and the I lei Wves to-day
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  • 151 12 ding to news received, Si the lad;. lortly Faib .uti went out u> the Station as a vol about to iv tiuquish her unselfish woi room far Independent missionaries, Stated to nivr stirred up eou■ideruble feeling against her. Recently, the b
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  • 260 12 I \Y K have received a letter frt.m Mr Adaiu^i n and ataetaggart of Negapatam on Coo.ii" Immigration. 'JL*he writer tninka it wouiii be a Terj good idea to send a planter agent to Negapatam to see fat luni-elt what on amongst thh recruiting ti ounTrt emplojed in
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  • 281 12 A starving creir, says the Hongkong Telegraph, in the Malta and Gibraltar of the K ist is ;i novelty, but it is a cold fact. A member of our staff has discovered that the crow of the Peruvian schooner flbw Merced*, which arrived here sometime
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  • 691 12 Early this morning, the Fire Brigade had another opportunity of displaying its inefficiency. At about L4O a. uo. an alarm was given at the Central Police Station that a house situated iu Telok Ayer Street was on tire. The customary modus o.n-randi was at ouco proceeded with by
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  • 396 12 Mb. Hornby's XII versus Lieut. E. O. Smith's XII. «This was a scratch match played ou tii« ipJanade on Saturday afternoon in place the Under 30 versus Over 30 match, lich hud to be abandoned on account of the selected members not turning up. It was raining during the,
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  • 620 12 T^ttt Malacca aMiiet commenced at L:i o'eki££. ou Wedneoday last and terminated on jVidav eveniog, except thiee small caseKjsvhich are to be heard «>a Wednesday Jf\ A Chancery case as to the disputed elecsLci*l to a mosque in the town of Malacca wasn't I led, b;>tti parties
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  • 605 12 The N. R. A. Competition. 31 u. D. VI nil r. dal. The second stage <»! the competition for the National Bifl Association's d tool place on the Ballestier Kuad Bange on tamrdaj afternoon. In the m< tbe raiu fell continuously up to not the raJ outlook wm
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  • 389 13 (From a Correspondent.) Opening of the New Rack Course. Kinta is the most populous and most thriving district of Perak, and the place trom where the majority of the Perak tin comes. Its population consists of the usual proportion of Chinese, Tamils, and Malays, and- -what, will
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  • 713 13 mndred ai.d PY i been sworn in to as maintenance of order on the wharves I Rifles and Rangers are I call,. Cl t y Thegi y liasfailed and thw has oecs mat inconveni< business houses and factories, and there eaareduction of the train service
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  • 1135 13 fi MOHDAT, Septemkkr £9tH. j^[ The Municipal Commissioners Diet for their ordinary fortnightly meeting in f;the Board Koom, Town Hall, at 2.80 ]>. m. yesterday, Mr. Gentle presiding. Irhere Were present in addition to th»* 'President, Messrs. Sobst, Maxwell, Oathtbertson, Shelford, Lim Bng Keng, Tap Jiak Kim. Tan
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  • 320 14 In am 'juice with a motion at the last meeting, a statement of arrears up to December LBB9 was laid on the table, the I total amount being $9,741.20. DVOCCUPICD Houes Refunds. The Pkesidkkt laid on the table a schedule of claims for refund of sssnis meut paid
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  • 300 14 9 iry to Straiti Timt i '!'> kg Via i i state that I Landonb and tb i<> Clu., ken oat among the Italian iia. following ifl Ire Plat* R •an at Rianchesi to drty nption, first Mr. J. SnarrvChop Th publi»hi hai:- <l Marrii proc rding t
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  • 456 14 The Tariff Bill (adverted to in our teletrams) was introduced into the Seuate by I Uajor MeKinley as Long ago as December LBB9, and very aoon alter the Republican partj came into power. The bill was brought forward chiefly wiih the object counteracting or revoking
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  • 165 14 Pbiyiti received from Sydney, N. S. W M to-day givea notes of the i. For in- 3 per lb. iu i. y, while the rumour of an impel] j rike among the butchi ra aud slaughtermen at the City abattoirs on G I >\A produced ruble in<
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  • 255 14 The Morning Pod of Sept. Srdcoataini ftlDODg Other Straits matter the following dated Singapore, August sth When you receive this letter it will be nearly two mouths since you published the news th.it the commercial community of Singapore were much dissatisfied with the action of Sir Frederick
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  • 378 14 The jniCißAs Exploration Company (LIMITSD.] To tliaS&dit-or of the t mdom and < kin* Ex l n Sir,-- J££rt<'£ to annex nereto copy of letter which hiai 'bfMMi received froui the secretary of tlic < i.ilcljpi-ea Reduction Companj Li mi I shoulcHfe much obliged if
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    • 479 14 To tMi Editor of lits Tim Sijt»fc- My attention en called to a lefljj" from Mr. Aloe) OS, publishe<Jߣiu your weeklj August 6th imaer the abo\ tig, and j.rescjgtthe Parent Conip." allude I bv Mx^Foeken*, v letter is misleading, jStliou Id be very iiiuch obliged if
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  • 320 14 r hoi for 1 1 ot Opium Farms of the bfe- u.Lis bat the sum oi tfa monopoly in ihe i Seti p icli i li.tu i ha peCfc »iu the 1 continued Btring o( I .ar■jiieat part of U til Loubt j opium in i [ward
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  • 615 15 To I ft OF THI M Straits T: Su phia qi pabfohnd in our one < his and only tru I the^ few Your 4 i (mi to the < and loro than > inv <iiov ir« and most of foui ■pin- when opium in
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  • 85 15 Sik. > v* it h reference to (he approach- Hornby a kd the -I. of tl Cora Baukruptc i ut, it Would I'. meat to le( tb lud tb< I oj rupt i uted. Tlie public will see t! not I such a i
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  • 368 15 rep >r1 ia ther with rain during her pas-lli fr m «i v V i' II wo.it: l v i binitru tlii-. fr 1 i;: I r ioo board. She wili Leu I t-morrow. I ol' Mter^i I in hit I 37 N Long. I B. $5 .j-
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