Straits Times Weekly Issue, 20 May 1891

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    27 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. v Series Published fob Transmissioh bt Bveby Homeward Mail Steameb. [Price -1" VOL XL VII. SINGAPOR!], WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1891. XO. :u>2o.
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    BIRTH.
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    MARRIAGE.
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  • LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
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      Produce.
      42 1 do do No. 2 7 70. pra Bali 40. <io risk, o. i >nmll V 3 -<> do do Ist quality 1.60. do mod. flake, 4 do small pearl 7 do med. d> 3 Stiekls M). Oloves, Amboins 1800 fin,... •>•>.... < )]>iuiii. 470.
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      Exchange.
      34 1 Bank 1 m/s Demand Private 6 m/s 3 i a. Privat 224i d/s 223 -Ban* T. T i d/s dis. On Java.— 8.-ink T.T 194. Private 30 d/s 199. rereigna to buy- 8.90.
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      Shares.
      188 1 pd) Ida (£1 pd) Ji'lebuMiaii Ketchau Pahang (tl pi) Sfb«| Malay Prospecting Co. ($lO pd) Stbitym. Pahang Corporation ($1 pd) $8 mU Pahang Central (£1 pd) 93 con- Pahang Kabang (£1 pd) $2'£ teller*. Pahang Exploration Co. (£1 pd) $2 un.*** Jt t»y< Pahang Ui vers Co. ($5 pd)
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    147 1 ;er, the Colonial inn d Acting tllor of Malacca, in the room of Mr U lu> takeD I ;'..11, Mr. 11. o*Bri< ColoUK l I 1! 17 i 1 oeral eral, pee pron.l re iter V. •y. A i Ihe year ipr. h-- mine, iminediid been
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    793 1 For Straits Tinu Mia. I > [NDIBPO3ED. London, 12th May. 1 hi Hon'ble \\7 E. Gladstone, hi. P., is confined to his room suffering from a cold and fever. GaSAT BRITAIN \M» PoBTUOAL. The Modus Vivendi with Portugal has u prolonged, pending the negociations j now being carried
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    247 2 RSDAY. 12th MAY. Tei > will he no longer I the S -ee public for t wept quickly pul li •*> Tars i jail .it B i tuidav week suddenly, with i olted wi' h a view away but v. pursu I of th< Iv nit in
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    The Hongay Mines.
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    Johore Notes.
    37 2 >pe. ir is rumou I;it Chief Ch tl b coor, if to accept Tbe COUla i Ibrahim Crown Prince of re). There sew ral marri in high life bout the me; and thi »us affairs.
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    S. R. C. Tennis Tournament.
    74 2 <anie to an end veswhen Co. net D'Cruz-. Champkm8bl P' then two undone i>"Cru/.e, though not iu Miv P^ced well und iu his sn ney was unable an injured linger ing the racket t was wou by D'Cruze 1 him ou a level with Th.-
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    The Labour Commission.
    1627 2 I ni>! an Immigration. Indian immigration to the Malay Peuinsula dates from the beginning of the pn ntury, and the coolie portion of it has been repeatedly legislated upon both bv tbe Straits Government aud by the authorities in India. Th Con son found in tbe course
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    The Licensing of Jinrickshas.
    658 2 hen th 1 >art ment v. b lathe a 1 ml tufa limiting the inn. that n (ll< j bcanj mono] dditiona Ullid, the voteonthi an lU an m -ith .era! out that ti, ..v. C thvith trade iu 7 lor then sai. i ch a
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    The Assizes.
    186 3 rm Third Criminal Assize Court commenced its .sittings this morning. The list of eases sot down for trial are as lowowt Sahapathy, using as genuine a forged docnmei i ission of instruments for counterfeiting coius Ko Ah, fabricating false evidence; Jan Singh, voluntarily causing grievous hurt Grabok, giving
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    WEDNESDAY, 13th MAY.
    243 3 A clerk is wanted for the Mining Department of Pahanp. Thy: British India Company have put the •taamer Avaygee on the Singapore, Malay States, and Penang route. Chioni Tax Bap and Tek Hok Chun who wore banished ivom the Straits Settle ments in March last, have, by
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    Mr. Spence Moss.
    339 3 loss QrO\ lniont Euavs, will probabh tto ..cation lca\ b i b :u what su by amount he has during the I hteeo months a Bhort absenc i in Euered essential to him. The plu d by one of our eon-, g, poi ill give some idea
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    SUNDAY LABOUR IN HONGKONG HARBOUR.
    672 3 Loading on Sunday to be Forbidden. At the Hongkong Legislative Council meeting on the sth instant, the Attorney. G-eueral moved the second reading of a Bill to restrict the loading and unloading of cargo ou Sunday in the waters of that Colony. An agitation against
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    Malay Peninsula Prospecting Company Limited.
    1041 3 Malay Peninsula Prospecting Company Limited. It will bo remembered that in Jnnnsry last, a report was published upon the Kaub Concession in Pahang, giving an BCCOOai of the prospecting operations which had bssa eamad on there since the end of LBBB hy Mr. John Henry Edols, a Alining Prospector from
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    Mining in Perak.
    304 4 Lai we I dly a I i coar .laving I all th 1);lrt o paddock, to put the »nd tve a second pura i to keep P«mping fo r t11( itus using ul over again, fall; for four boxes, h ighr (> which the rould I in.sl
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    THURSDAY, 15th MAY.
    741 4 The mail by the Ooalpara via Nega- patam of llth April was delivered in London on llth May. Mb. GKW.F. Pi.ayfaik. lately manager. of the Singapore branch of the N. < 15. C. is appointed general manager of the National Bank of China Ltd > The steam
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    The Jeleba Mining and Trading Company, Limited.
    174 4 The Jeleba Mining and Trading Company, Limited. An extraordinary general meet iug of the sbaii holders of tn- Jelebu Mining and iding Companv. Limited, was hold iu ior the purpose of confirming a resolution. which was i— < i al the extraordinary general meeting hold ou Thursday April 30th, altering
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    Late Telegrams.
    231 4 e the 5 nt, Vole of 7 Wed i ir opinion tw&iM quitting ths accnsed tl,a; m were suborned. The Grand Jury also add. that the lynching was a B pontanei ifthepeopl Mmeult to v individi For*, 7th May— The <hi i B rnmen >( 1 to accept
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    Municipal Commissioners.
    847 4 Wki May 13th. 18»| The ordinary fortnightly rneetiag (J f the Municipal Commissioners was Ij,?m the Board Room, Town Hall, yesterday noon at 2.30. The minutes of the last ordinal ial meeting road aud contirmeH The President announced tha card bad bt en appoii tioeii in place of
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    The Assizes.
    1212 5 The following cases have been disp of Ko Ah giving false evidence, discharged Tan Si," V. C. G., hurt. 17 months rigorous imprisonment; Vooua Slayman, using as genuine a forged document, 18 months rigorous imprisonment; Law Wi Seng, attempting to •ominit murder, 3 years rigorous imprisonment; Tan Tek
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    Straits Settlements Association.
    682 5 pre tided, 'i hen. whi mili ar 1 who meats indirei qu irte ena vant luk other to see not not be tainted with p 1; .vas a claim of more than its share 1 iwardsthe abl fair-minded man. ta whatever psrty he nm. svho calmly and
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    The Chartered-Bank of India, Australia and China.
    388 5 The Chartered- Bank of India, Australia and China. Tho thirty-., ev until ordiu Id at Hotel on Lli Ap d!, .Mr. William P in the chair. The Chairman remind.-. 1 that at their ing a be had to tell theui news which had just arrived of thi t i ns
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    Telegraphic Summary.
    830 6 I ll -7 puri terday tl tt ti,. quietly in ana, In i nodistui I serine r,o7u where conflicts too! snd the j and shots wen many being injured. a morn hours' After pn nt i e La !o ios and Cavalry. -< to -a deputy for I
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    FRIDAY, 15th MAY.
    381 6 A Freuch Government transport passed through yesterday afternoon from Saigou to Toulon. OwiNi. to illness (fever I Lieut. CofHu has been compelled to scratch his crew in the race for the Davidson's Challenge Cups, which was arranged for vTsdnes lay next. Tregarthen'a crew hold the cuj ■>i\-
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    Wreck of the "Clan Lamont" at Vandeloos Point.
    399 6 Wreck of the "Clan Lamont" at Vandeloos Point. Another (Man steamer has como to grief on n coi ylon, making the aeeond heavy that the Company has .sustained dnrii the resent year, the last catastrophe being he "Cian Mackay," which went ashore in GaUe harbonrm March. Thiaaecond loss is the
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    Golf.
    154 6 A< u i:l> in Sit followin; from a li don .Society papers 'may be int. She gQjf m th<l ty and have i elusion that it over in- facts vou require no partner if you bad wee there is no partner to *nce ou you i, Uu t u
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    EDITORIALS.
    295 7 The Proposed' Medical Journal for Malaya. tits 'times May I\> It ma\ be remembered that some time P ago we published a preliminary notice of the propped Peiak Medical J il, and, the sane- time, expre ..pinion that any sucb medical journal should be a journal for the whole
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    The Working of the Bankrupcy Ordinance.
    198 7 The Working of the Bankrupcy Ordinance. I s'/ I ■,!!■.< May On ail File.-, one hears tiiat the mercantile community are seriously cot working i<i the Bankruptcy Ordinance, and that they feel tl Official A Bignee has not been supplied w. means to deal properly with the numb mkruptcies that
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    The Licensing of Jinrickshas.
    320 7 (Straits Tiroes May IH.) A papkr upon the licenses for jinrickshas is to come before the Municipal Commission this after n oou although, as it happens, it is a matter with which the Municipal Commissioners have not a very deal to do. The Secretary of the
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    The Singapore Canals.
    700 7 'il I l I Jn the Municipal Progress b' sport, pub- an, be m >ui 'h Otli pi i i sea to till uj anil which is many traders. The canat in question runs into the Singapore Biveral a ie Bridge and t,e mge of buildings m
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    Horse Sales and the Square.
    478 7 Straits Tim Ifian 14.) I i seen from our report of j ter Municipal Commission that Mr. Miilor proposes to ask that permission ■hall be given to sell horses and earns by auction in tbe Square Bui it übtlul whether tie .Municipality can I such
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    The Licensiug of Jinrickshas.
    295 7 (Straits Times May 1 A CHiansi BiTtPiTEB N again returns to discuss the licensing of jinrickshas; and there are certain proposals in his letter which are reasonable, hing which, unfortunately, the Registrar of Hackne;. Carriag rer. Thus, our correspondent proposes that little pictorial bills should be
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    A Naval Index.
    983 7 Ax. production. Or quasi-htei ary fes the age w. than 1 i hich a Mr. Alfred < ive 1 v. uld under the or Subject Cud If late years |he o ik-marki I m« pi; d with ind< and compendiums," an kinds of useful and It royal
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    Planting in Perak.
    290 8 (Straits Times May f6\) Perak, notwithstanding its productive j soil aud suitability for planting enterprise, shows no great progress in the cultivation I of the ground. The difficulty of procur- ing labour has beeu a sore hindrance iu the I way, but there is of course some
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    SATURDAY, 16th MAY.
    232 8 Tm number of visitors to the Raffles Library and Museum during the week was Last night, one of the British men-of-war iu port used her electric --arch light in the harbour. I\\" steam eh are being built at Genoa for Mr. G Graggino of Singapore. Tiny are
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    News via Rangoon.
    242 8 Lo'idon oth May.— The War Office has notifaed that the Warrant of the 22nd February, 1890, has been cancelled, aud a revised Warrant has been granted regulating pay, promotion, aud pensions in the Army. Thedeath i, uuuouncedof the Archbishop *JT e-2 1 P ne J» moni arising
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    The "Namoa" Piracy.
    136 8 Photih.kai'Hs of two of the three leaders iu the Samoa piracy, recently aim by the Chinese authorities, have been seut to the police .it Hongkong to bo compared with the photos of* the same men iu the picture gallery of the detective department. The comparison shows unmistakably
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    Netherlands India.
    445 8 A physician named Albricht has tree forty two patients nt Samarang with Koch's lymph, generally with luocesi Harmful consequences were DOticed in no CSB€ The Netherlands India Government have uuder consideration a ion to improve the quality of divan lies intended for estate or mining work. The idea
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    ECHOES OF TEE WEEK.
    1826 8 {Written Joe the Straits Tim April Sth. -Th address of the Marssai of Duffer in and Ava to the students oft! University of St. Audrews, of which Excellency is the new Lord b'eetor, was from many points of view, simplv admirsJ ble. Tbe si»eech bristled with
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    GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA.
    373 9 Arrival of the St. tleersje," R. Y.S, Tut: British yacht St. George, owned by Mr. EL J. Wythes. reached Singapore ou Friday, from Colombo 7th instant. The St. George left Southampton on the 1 7th January last, and just as she entered the bay, two days after,
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    Deli News.
    448 9 The correspondent of the Ihh Courant iu Holland estimates the average price of tobacco from that Settlement there, this year, at about I.jSO guilders per pound. This rate gives only a moderate profit, aud, iu his opinion, the only way of recovery lies in planters lay iug themselves
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    The Philippines.
    478 9 The Home Government has decided to suspend the levy of the newly iutroduced tonuage due oo coasters iu the Philippines until limber notice, to admit of cousidering the objections agaiust it. This tax iu that particular form has hitherto never been levied in the islands aud presses so
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    French Indo-China.
    283 9 The Oourrier tf Haiphong of the doth April takes note of the arrival of a French explorer, Captain Cupet at that port. The latter had beeu away for fourteen mouths on foot in hitherto unknown regions on the Upper Mekong and Black rivers. These explorations open up a
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    Punjoms.
    951 9 j The following extract from the Mauager's letter, dated J Ist April. 1891, has lieen forwarded for publication During the past week our experiences at Guhau have lieen of j a most interesting and general!) speaking, of a most encouraging character.* Mr. Blainey, IB his letter of the 14th,
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    The Governor of Hongkong's Departure.
    448 10 William des Vomx. 7 rnor of de> Voeux and fatnih ••It tor Fu;op.. riu America iu the 0 aV X > umer t > the 7th Mav. Prior jpto his departure, Has Excelleucy was prented with three addresses, one from the >ual I > ;it.
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    The Governor of Hongkong and the Unofficials.
    195 10 Wmkn the Hou. J. J. Keswick withiis fi gesture from that letter of the inofficial Council Members to the Governor of Hongkong which led the latter to ire them for want of respect for him, the other signatories wrote to His Excelencv withdrawing
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    Suspension of Messrs. Adamson, Bell & Co.
    260 10 Suspension of Messrs. Adamson, Bell Co. Hongkong Da ily Pec. We regret to learn that the firm of I Messrs. Adamson, Bell A Co. hive sus- < pended payment. This old established China house was founded by .Mr. R. Adamson, a successful silk broker in Shanghai, and for some years
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    The Manipur Campaign.
    843 10 Oca work iu Manipur is now, .71 lull ts and purposes, very nearly ove The hima, I icha and Tammu dumns converged simultaneously upon Mauipur on Monday moruiug, and took posa iof the city. There had bet fightingiu the hills, but thecitj itself sma practically desei ted,
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    MONDAY, 18th MAY.
    539 10 Th i returned from Penang by the mail this morning. .turd iy. by t !i German mail mi.iT Pn ns E lelmaun M> aa Behu Meyer d C>. wen; h>m to Europe OU leave. M r 7 Etesident of Malacca, arrived thiti morning in I 0 an
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    The Uniform Question.
    61 10 Ws noted, says the UongWL^LX a verv sensible order u; Burma which is to the officers are invited to dine wu^H Commissioner, or any 7i. i o^H big.wios. during t!ie hot wgS^H mess di to be woru. The i of appearing on festive occ&g^^H mess. kets at
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    The Penang Opium Farm.
    62 10 Tb amougsl the qu< i >us I by the Ex. ctitive < 'ouucil. the n which th Hon. t t^B cillor has led to >j cialh the Opium Fai I There be en- A amount ol |ii L i 1 l the j fj shall I
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    The "Empress of Japan."
    306 10 1 Saturday. 1 Ja\ w hnh mjfl lieaij Am l .jet Mesh Wm. and Howaid I I. II Bi Juur.,.l .1 li A. I .1 D. t'bur.h. uipton, CrgJ aud ll ird -Paul, \N I ham. i au I .1 lugi 7 h* ss, i Ivati
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    The Regimental Sports at Tanglin.
    400 11 Ths annual athletic sports in connection with the 58th Regiment were held at Tangon Sit unlaw The weather was, on the whole, failv favourable, although the heat iu the morning was somewhat trying, and some rain during the midday inter. tai made the track pretty
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    The Manipur Disaster.
    416 11 /i > further discussion on t.c can- ling to the recent disaster at Ma-tip .r, took place in the House of Lords last ni. replying to the Marquis of Ripou, said bs did not believe that the indite Sovernment ever intended that the Senspati was to be
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    Dog Statistics.
    51 11 1891. Registered Destroyed. v> ending loth Maj j N mm tn the i match un Monday between the Q th latter went in first and made LlO, and the club made 87. Th ram stopped further play. 1 ue talk of the m itch being finished on Fi
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    The Governor Gazette 15th May.
    400 11 «^i> n ii as, Ammunition, .dr. and Military and Na*al stores 'i any pirt or im this I N i 1. 1 ii pr dii bite 1 for a peri i i ftil m mi' o.u tie- Kr of daae. 189L Tne Sing ilharmonic Society
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    Comments on sir Charles Warren.
    253 11 Tenth, of April 23rd, says Sir Charles Warren may have excellent qualities, but amongst them a facility to gel ou well with those bi ought .uto official communication with him cannot be included. He is now tbeCoinmander of If. M.'s Forces at Singapore and he
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    THE MILITARY CONTRIBUTION.
    590 11 What Mr. Goschkn Says. (From our London Correspondent.) London, Friday April 24th. Several of the members of the House of Commons have interested themselves in the protest from tbe Straits Settlements against the Military Contribution, but up to the present no open movement has been made to
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    Increased Straits Military Contribution.
    504 11 Kditor of i li i Sir. Thers would be no fear f our friends iu Hie btrsits thinking us lukewarm iu our efforts on behali of the colonv in this matter. il they only knew the trouble We are taking to try and overcome the man)
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    Chartered Mercantile Bank.
    1009 11 Tn K <<\ .\.,i.\ i i.. THE thirty-tin. it ha rai of the Chartered ink of Ludia, Loudon, and China held ou April 21st, at the Horns Mr. .1. X. Bul man oi the Mr u tion, tions on the position of 1 lie b.i k tliiuk
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    TUESDAY, 19th MAY.
    23 12 Cholera. A case of cholera was reported to the Municipal Health Officer this morning from a bouse in Malay Street.
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    The "Namoa" Pirates.
    154 12 Six more members of the gang ol X>•noa pirates came iuto the bauds of the dnese authorities at Kowloon City, and on tbe llth instant, in companv with oine other miscreants, tiny were decapitated. The S a piracy took place in Chinee waters, very near to Hongkoug
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    Selangor Government Railway.
    38 12 1891. U' Amount. t- 71 11. Pares Parse a 1 7 1 c j s, stock I al roods S2< llisci lianc.ms Grand T I I ipondiug month lS.hi Mo.H .77 Increase s 5,920 63
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    The Military Contribution.
    1366 12 All the Hongkong papers of the llth aud 1 lit li hist., publish a letter that recently apj>eared in the Morning Post ou the subfeet of tin- St rails .Military Contribution and the Daily Press in a leader says Mr. Eteid endeavours to place before tin* English
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    Pahang News.
    471 12 i oi Com spondent. Pekan, lith Moy. Advantage taken of tin- of H.M.S. Caroline iu .-ur Roads last week to get up a cricket match between an eleven from that ship and a team from the Pahang Club. Tiie in. itch w.is played on Saturday 1 beginning at
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    Selangor Hot Springs.
    173 12 Dr. Bott has drawn up a report on sh hot springs iu Selangor, the conclusions being thus summed up: That the hot springs i n Selangor. more particularly those at Ulu Klang and Setapak, are by virtue of their temperature aud chemical composition therapeutically valuable. That the
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    Negri Sembilan News.
    248 12 i /7 oni t. Knoli May, sterday the fast month (Bulan PinWi i the iys ended. About thirty buffaloes slaughter, d in 1 1. id pr P palatums made for tbe Hari Rayu which comment lay, with the roar of Don ,\.nd crash of tom-toms. The police
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    Shipping Dispute.
    98 12 the High t '.uirt < 'olllj I Nat ional St< nis p C impaoy n circuit The with New York ta through Lii i with tin I p s for tl on teir *h:: from Liveri. Vork > did u I < '..Hint ion was. not 1 hat
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    Selangor News.
    208 12 t t.) (6th Ma I ie team s< l< i ted ..-ions with th I I ven left Klang yesterday afternooi The I kindly placed bis steam la at t he sei ice of the out 1 men. The match will be played at Penan- on Monday, and
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      224 12 Mail Notes Tin: rej i sentatives of Messrs. Russell and I f China, have retired from t Inboard and from the committees oi the Bank of China. Japan and the Straits. Limited. Mr. Paruell may now legally marrv b. O'Sbea. Lt is said that the union pill take place before
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    Chinese Emigration to the Straits.
    366 13 I British Consul at Swatow in his j for last year thus deals with the migration from that port wu s a considerable falling-off in the of pa«Bengera earned direct to t )i e Set 1 15,570 having been the jainst 11 258 in 1889.
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    The New Governor-General of French Indo-China.
    169 13 The New Governor-General of French Indo- China. has been selected defiibinet Council held nnder Cam dency for the post of Gov .na. He is I topnty the Depart mi i Seine, but has deed en resiguii g seat, in order tfa i y d.-vote him- i iclusively to his ipti.ais.
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    British North Borneo News.
    827 13 r [Bi /st Ape I the water in the KiiiMhaiangan f low. lower than it ha** been Kknio\ ii sine opened timing and hoeing are proc ling at Hnocd rate and the weather uraThe recent dry weather has been favourahie for burning off. i Swyer has
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    Borneo Tobacco.
    266 13 Reports as to Berne;) tobacco continue t'le. we are gl«d to notice The fact that free coolies are now proceeding to that intry is also a good siu r n. The most snracing fe .ture of the whole matter, howr, is to he gathered from ths fact thai
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      The Basics Library.
      138 13 Sir, That section of the Raffles Librarj containing all the educational, scientific, and political works, together with a number of volumes on historical aud miscellaneous subjects, has been closed to the ueial public and is now only open to subscribers. Why this sbould be so it is
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    The Licensing of Jinrickshas.
    549 13 To the Editor ok the "Straits Times." Sir, In your article of Wednesday on the licensing of jinrickshas you say that the Secretary of the Municipality is the Registrar of Hackney Carriages' but, iu that capacity, he is a statutory officer with certain duties to perform,
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    The Police Cartridges.
    292 13 TO THK BDITOB "I 1 U! "Si Si jr. At an au .tion -7" of onsen ble clot long, confiscated pro pert jt an,: on. held at the Police Barracks yesterday afternoon, a quantity of leaden bullets were knocked down to a Chinaman for 85 per picul.
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    The Bankruptcy Department.
    186 13 To the Editor ok the Strait* Ti> Sir, That the delays and difficulties emanating from the working of the Bankruptcy Department, give rise to tbe prevalence of very great dissatisfaction among the Mercantile Community is now ai tablished fact That the present stat affairs is viewed with
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    Shipping News.
    383 13 Ihk following vessels with cargo from the Straits are reported as having arrived at Euglish aud Continental torts. At London: Prins Oscar, April 1<». At Amaterdam -Deucalion, April Id. Tm. Austrian s. Elena CotnUieh arrived here on Sunday from < > lessa via Constantinople, Port Said and Colombo,
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      186 13 Passenger List. i.'IVALS. K'lin Yang from Muar: Mr. Thou Per Biltitoi from M Hon'hle 1) V A. Hsrvey. Per Tosari from Batav'ni Mas. \.m Bsrnstof. Per P. (> s. s. Clyde from Hongkong M"s>rs. B. C. J shime. A. Lee. Spekell. and Mrs. Holloway. Per S»i Vringganu from Kwantas Messrs.
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      796 14 SHI NIK tt IR POKT. Men-or-WaA. Plover. H. M's. gunboat. 755 tors. 75 crew, f. guns 1.200 horse-p u.-r. 'aptain Bell. From Penang, 25 April. tioads. 11 gunboat, 800 t)na> 126 crew (j guns. 800 horse-power. ieut. Commander D,- Bruyn From Acheen. 26th inst. Dutch Con.ml, Uncertain. Tanjong Pager Wharf.
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      501 14 Condor, Dut str. 11l tons, Captain Wallin. Ptom Acheen, 23rd April. Master. Uncertain Roads. Vice tWeaUUni Prins. Dut. str. 31S tons, Capt. Fripp. From Sourabaya, 18th in.-t. Ballast. Daendele A Uncertain. Roads. He, U. S. l q. 4B6 tons, Captain Kastin. I on Muntong Bth Last. Salt, iiaster. 0aC ids.
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      760 14 From New York. Loon Barealdo, (ship) Dee. 2.» Minister of Marino, Jan. 22 Ibed Baxter, .Tan. 27, i>lbur£a, Jan 28 Morninp* Star, Jan. 29 Minister. Jan. 2 1 Naupactna si ip Feb 2; Benjamin, Sowell ship) Feb. 2 Minnie GL Whitaey ship) F.«h. 2 Joseph S Spinney ship) Feb 2.
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      617 15 YARROW'S SHALLOW DRAFT STEAMERS. 99 a^ m jP!JOT ~7a/ fa*f7'||7. v -7"^. 'I' rt type of vaaad for shallow r\\^ m, aad of !> tenumbci t the world. \t, and "Herald" for th.- Brittab OorersaMat, t,». serriei aa the i shipment ehaai van atoply bolted tocetber, avoldiaK thoreby ami vht'.
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      554 15 '^m\teanv& r^®\ suppresses •YZ^W&&lyf 'V^ me P au,s or insomnia caused jlf?*'?***^V^ »a^***B£ bv Neuralgia, i<>ut, Migraine, Asthma, Lw^^avV^ •i Cough, Fatigue of the brain, Nervous f irritation, Mental preoccupations, tho heat of elimat, etc. Follet's Syrup pro- ures a deep sleep ar.alogou^ to the mrmal sleep; its employ tnen
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      342 15 POWELL CO. AVCTIOXKEhb. SINGAPORE. FURNITURE. Ac. Fob. Sale titniftrahs Ice Ch'W .i»-di-r«ad (into Jewel IS:. Bod-room Suites J ftp* 'J •>■»«» Screens B' Ca *os Lampt B«^ok Stands Ltnotoaai Bi.liard TaM MatMai< Card Tables MaTble SiaN» Can»t Riin-s Mott Safe* <- —.'o Office Dwaks Chombor Cupt>.»\rdf Office Chair* Cob. nets
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      361 16 DR. LALOR'S PIIIOBYNE, „«~-w^ Yor TWENTY PTVE YEA.RS hn*^ naiiiu*iiie«l ltn world-wide <VVIP iffiKimfTorthl 1 < > K '/w!:.. :<!■..'.'. I>!.i:.lv is SUv: V7 J m». lh,r,».»,_' Dream-, Decn> x itnl 1 t nnrt all lum Z* £^zZ\ xt cxjuez ]>yspe9sla, Warva-, and Heart Dissaaa. J "V CUrtE-i 2--1 --ey
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      161 16 fj Tn of I nutations of THE WORCES 7 .'/.\S7//*M SAUCE which an calculated to deceive the Public, I. e a an hare S<> request that Purxhai i that th> Label < /T...«?a bears their Signatun thus without which no hol/h original IYORCKSTERSI{JRe*\ VA'AVaS" S Wh by the Pi 1
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  • SUPPLEMENT TO THE "STRAITS TIMES." WEDNESDAY MAY 20. 1891.
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      Masthead
      9 17 SUPPLEMENT TO THE "STRAITS TIMES." WEDNESDAY MAY 20. 1891.
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      32 17 I consequence af the mail arrangements usually necessary to give the latest m tweel- in a loose s«f>pfemetit and for moev. \o file the paper, trttis dot in the (onue aupmenu Hap'
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      REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
      160 17 I I For Slraih fimee.) Sevkri Weatheh in- England am. France. London, 19th May. Snow and hailstorms prevail in Great Britaiu and Fran, and are greatly injuring the fruit trees. COHWUF.O 11 I] THF 17, 'iv Wales. M H. H. the Prince f Wales is surTerfroiu rheumatism in
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      Crime and the Police Selangor.
      423 17 Ihe Belangor Police Departmental Heport for last year with a Force of ilays and Sikhs i over 88 stations. Of set murder reported to them during the year, such are the hindrances to detecting criminals, they brought the offenders tn trial in only three. The
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      THE RACES.
      3208 17 The Sixoapore Sportix.. Ol SPBIWO afCBTTWG. Plfc7« DbM |j At 17khi.ay. I-'tp Mo. l«Uj frfessrs. 0. 0. Paterson, C. gugden, A. p. Adame, J. 0. D. .tones, u- m C A^ AW BtWen ud Lieut.-Col. I W.T. Ellis, (08thBeg.j Stewards -.—Judge, Liettt.-00l W. T. Kllis; Timekeeper, Mr. j.
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      THE COSTUMES.
      784 18 Thb dull weather of yesterday was uot altogether favourable for the exhibition of those bright and I imes which it try to wear at the ind it bat several •>' Ibe ishing Hnl ided not to el th i t wait with imiys will bring I ii. It
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      North Borneo Coffee.
      108 18 sampli ol Mr Chi ist Cotter grown on the Victoria l'7tate Ku«fl dtt w i M .las. aads H Thompson "I .Mincing I upon ;t «..n th, 31st Januar; worth -.\t „n,i C<\ hm grown Liberiau im'what interior size, l>ut b« tt. r < equeutl; ol 7,
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      Shipping News.
      18 18 Ca.pt. V\ ij lau, ..I ill well. Lung. i(»; i I- mom lis 28 da\ a .<
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