Straits Times Weekly Issue, 18 August 1891

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    30 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. N v Seriks PWMSH-D KOR TUVN-SMISS.ON BT EVERY HoMBWABD Mau. StEAMEI, [Puice 40 Cents VOL XL VI I. SINCLVPom., TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1891. NO. ;lo:i8.
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    STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY 18th AUGUST, 1891. CONTENTS.
    86 1 STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY 18th AUGUST, 1891. CONTENTS. Mar. batiens. Sma inary of the Week Reuter's Telegrams. Tfm Banishment Uai Bank 1 uteres! A Etioe Famine in Rauh at ia tha Home Kale Calender (ana lian Politic Ths Popnlatioo of Singapore Minim: News from EUuh The Banishment Case in Court. Police
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    329 1 Si noa pon*, l*r_! August, l_ PnODUCS. Graambier, do Cube No. I, ,l '1" 7.37 Copra Bali 3.75. do Pontianak, ppar Black [Q Sago Flour, 2.26. Pearl Sago, m Coffee Bali -7 Coffee Liherian, n _7 Tapioca small Flake do do lst quality do med. flake, ;_.70
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    229 1 H. E. th,. Governor is on a short trip to Pahang, Tln> Appeal Court waa equally divided »n th- Lu Thien banishment case. An application to allow an appeal to the Privy Couucil in tl.e matter was dismissed m the Suprao rt ou Monday. Lu Thfon'e
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    536 1 For Strait* T Thk Empkbob of GrnaifANi a, l'Xth Augmt. —The rejK.rt that the Emperor William is iu ill health is strongly denied official]/. Thk "Standard" on JSotpt. The Loudon Standard iu a leadiujj article says thai it is impossible to eraeuate Egypt, snd warns the Sultan of
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    THE "STRAITS TIMES" FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS
    32 1 THE "STRAITS TIMES" FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS RAUB SIIAHIs. Friday, llth August, 3. W p.m. The pr Ra Shares ii Se! 2 3 Buyer- 2 I Sr. no Th* a declared >>„ *bo.ne Stock Erchanc.
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    RAUB.
    50 1 a from Mr. Bibby to tk* Direct* Etanb, 1 1-th August. 11 xx a. in Hi Main L> North: -Pi i ontinue rery good. New Working! Eaat Prospects fair. Quantity of stone raised to -late is 300 ton-, carrj I gold. Battery is still idle for want of watei.
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    MONDAY 17th AUGUST.
    386 1 Tw.» bundled Buddfeisl priests were rendered houseless bv a fire at Bangkok Oil the (>th inst. Os Saturday morning (Bth inst.) says th. Pinang Gazette, the Chettji community waited upon Mr. K. Gr. Watson, the Honorary Secretary of the Penang Turf Club, for th.- purpose, it was
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    The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.
    147 1 Thi Assets and Liabilities of the First Half year of H9l compared with the First Half-year of 18 Li ah run Capital hi 30th Jnne 1- < 62. 18!»1 810,000,00 Reserve Fund at 30th June I 127 1891 si*. 300.000 i\ i lap ieite al
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    The Boat Race.
    260 1 An exi eediogly interesting hoat took place on Saturday aftemoou two tour- stroked respectivelv l.v Messrs. Tregartben and Meikie The weather and new all that could 1)" desired, and, as .1 result, there ensued one of the besl races that have ,-vcr been seen in these waters.
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL. WEDNESDAY, 12th AUGUST.
    217 2 LOCAL AND GENERAL. WEDNESDAY, 12th AUGUST. H. N. M.'s tur ret ship xPrim Hendrik </r Nederlanden, Captain Medenbacb, after docking', repairing, and coaling at Tanjoug Pagar, returned iliis afternoon to Acheen. It is said by thr- China Mail, that the liabilities of Messrs. Russell A: Co., of ta, will amouat
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    Sir Frederick Weld.
    587 2 The Calcutta Statesman of the 25th Julv gives a biographical sketch of the late Sir Frederick Weld, which of course touches upou many points iu his career which have already beeu noted. The Statesman adds:— The most unlucky event in his career in Tasmania was when he
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    Paternal Responsibility in China.
    118 2 The eldest sou of Hsu, the Chinese Minister iu Britain, Sic, is said to have been arrested in China by tlu- Imperial authorities ou a change of instigating antiforeign riots at a place called Wusuoh in the Yangtse valley. As it is thr' custom iu China
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    Sugar Growing in Perak.
    397 2 Ai the annual general meeting of the Perak Sugar Cultivation Co, held at Shanghai ou the 28th Julv, tbe Chairman dwelt on more hopeful prospects as additional capital had beeu raised, and the management of the company's estate had beeu put in tbe hands of Mr.
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    Pahang News.
    378 2 >». our Com ipondt nt.) I -///>•/. Che Pahang Exploration and Development Company bare >t an additional employe.- in Mr. Simpwho has jusl arrived from England. I v Mr. Jon ■> of tin* Mine Company wh i had a few days igo returned from the [Jlu, where he
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    Mining in Kinta in 1890.
    860 2 The number of mines now registered iu the Kiuta Land Ofiice as held under leases and agreements for leases is 860 aud comprises an area oi 10,498 acres. During the year 1,550 ncies of new mining laud were granted so <»2 applicants, aud that number
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    An Absconding Solicitor's Affairs.
    540 2 This moruiog in the Court of Anneal before the Chief Justid „J .MrJu 8^ Wood, th*' Attorney-* n-l( j e application to learn tin? procedure to% adopter] as regard, tbe conluel o a member of the local bar. f,,,, thr' Attorney-General said, was rather difficult one,
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    Interest Rates.
    244 2 A COBREBPONDENI alls at tent ion it I > >ili/ Prefs oi the 6th August, rumour prevalent in that Colony that the directors oi th.' Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation are contemplating reducing the rate of interest on 1. from 7to 6 per eent. per aunum. Hi hopes
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    Dog Statistics.
    24 2 Number of Dogs killed during ending Augunt 10th Number kille 1 to date 1 1- I registered during week to date... I.**
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    THURSDAY, 13th AUGUST. THE BANISHMENT CASE APPEAL.
    2682 3 THURSDAY, 13th AUGUST. THE BANISHMENT CASE APPEAL. Tnr: Coubt Divided. Li Thibh ro bi Ban ish ed In this us.- it mav be remembered that a Chinaman uamed Lu Thien was, by ao rder hv the Governor in Council, ordered to be banish. -J from the Colon Iu out the
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    The "China Review."
    879 3 Thi China Review for January and February IH.U, opens with tin- continuation of a Chinese narrative of travel into ludia in the seventh century A. D. '11.. i a roller uotieed eeems to have found what is non known as Afghanistan to be inhabited bs highly civilised
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    New Minerals Discovered in Kinta District during 1889-1890.
    299 4 Asbestos (R.O Q This mineral was found associated with ferrugiuous quartz in lode-stuff at Haji Lat it's mine, Kh'dong. It is in verv small quantiti 2. Cerussite (carbonate of lead). This miueral was arso found in Haji LatiFs mine at Klcdong, associated
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    FRIDAY, 14th AUGUST.
    296 4 FRIDAY, 1 4th AUGUST. M b Jue Penang erday b\ the B. 1 Vi 3 rday afternoon M< ssrw < Iranc BrOa »Id >i\ od laud in Bally Lane .n a lease of 999 Shaik Al Koff for 5:3,0 Mi Johu Little a i-,,. anuounce that Messrs. Ma; pin and
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    Work at Raub.
    638 4 Thk Rice Famink. Mk. J. H. Edols, of the Malav Peninsula Prospecting Coy. Limited, writing from his srorkings on that Company's property at Raub under date of *'»ih August 1891 to the Secretary ot the Company io Singapore reports as follows I have the honour to report
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    French Indo-China.
    441 4 French Indo- China. A famine is a 1 near at hand iii Tonquin, that Rie I I incut, a.s a pr uirv ire, ii is 1 rrbidden the export of rica from tiie country. M J sau. the newly appointed aeral of Fn nch Indo-China, otered upon offi with wide
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    Paris Letter.
    2071 4 I r tr Correspondent. Vi>r, I Ith Jul//. The plan of hacking eaeh minister, by a superior council com--1 ot trained officials, rd' ihr- host outside technical talent, and of men possessing Nest- mi. in experience united to practical knowledge of the matters to be handl prosing verj
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    SATURDAY, 15th AUGUST.
    482 5 Tm Dumber of visitors to the RaU Library ami Museum during the week A -wi of lour gold ami Mven silver Jubilee coins, with a total face value of Y 5i reaWd sioo at auction at r« Powell and Co's. rooms this morning. r Re* W. Wh,.,,
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    Government Gazette, 14th August.
    121 5 The Portuguese Minister bas given notice, ou the part of bis Government, to terminate the Treaty of Commerce aud Navigation between Great Britain aud Portugal of the 3rd. of July. 1842, and the supplementary convention of the 22nd of May. 1882. The Treaty aud Convention will
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    Chinese Secret Societies in Australia.
    826 5 Ar Adelaide, on the 23rd Julv, Mr. Solomon moved in the local parliament the tirst reading of a Secret Societies Bill. The measure is designed to check the formation oi secret organisations am. ag the Chinese in the Territory. The NorwoXern Territory Times oi tbe
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    Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
    649 5 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Fifty-Second Report of the Okihnar> Halit-Yearly Mekting to bi h i at Hongkong, on >aiukday, the 22MD Art, i -i. a 1 noon, The Directors have now to subtnii to you s general statement of the affaira of the Hank. and Rslaaea Sheet for the
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    74 6 By Amount transferred from Reserve Fund 1,290,901 9 2.318.547 Unsnarl Funi>. To Amount transferred to Protit and Loss Aecount, 1.290,: M.I Etalsnes on 30th June. 1891, 6,300,000 9 7.5J>0,!K)l By Balance. 5,100,000 By Premium on Nes Bbarsi 2,490,901 590,901 eonveniene* in printing. A, ,i ge ral meeting of those interested
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    Netherlands India.
    622 6 A correspondent of s Rotterdam news- ha. had au interview in London with Sir Alfred Dent, the founder of the B I on the ■übject out convention settling the bonnveeu that State and the Netherlands possessions iu Kast Borneo. i viewed the new frontier Hue as a satisfactory
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    James Russell Lowell.
    599 6 Thk Hon. James Russell Lowell, L.L.D. D.C.L., was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Fob. 22. 1819. He graduated at Harvard College in 1888, and studied law, but soon abandoned law for literature. Before leaving college be published a class poem. A volume of miscellaneous poems, entitled A
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    Treatment of Refractory Ores.
    294 6 Treat ment of Refractory Ores. liu: Victorian Government is sending an expert to Europe with a view to studying the treatment of refractory ores in Germany and elsewhere. When Crst deputed, Mr. Cosmo Newberv was simply instructed to report on the Lest means of treating ores foi the extraction of
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    Deli News.
    360 6 The Fail, re ok Tobacco. Thk Deli Courant in dealing with tobacco prospects on tho Ist August, says that, throughout July, tiie planters there have met with continual disappointment from the unfavourable turn taken by the weather. Rain, badl\ wanted as it was, either kept oft' or proved
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    Native states Law.
    509 6 Pinang G ih Aug In ft r .-.'nt sader we called tii» attention of onr readers to the state-of ths administration of justice in the Native S nd the involute necessity of those States beii nnder a recognized 1 i_.il system, with pi perly qualified judicial officers.
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    THE LU THIEN BANISHMENT CASE.
    253 6 Immediate Importation or tho Prisoner. Saturday, Wh Auijnut. Thk Police have 1 Ustn< to place the Chinamau, Lu Thien, on tK* tirst steamei leaviug fr>r China at see bid) outside thr> Barbour Li miti be custom in th*' deportation of aliem There no direct st.
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    Business at Penang.
    345 6 The Si I inventing on thi 1 if> lai 1 before thr' Chamber merce there by certain so-called c\ of the Chinese merchants, that "20 moot lis' delay shoul inted to the traders whs now tiurl then in difficulty their obligi they fall duo." an it body,
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  • EDITORIALS.
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      The Banishment Case.
      515 7 I (Strait* Tiuos August IS.) Bribe judgment of the Coatl of Appeal fir Edward O'Malley's judgment in the gg Thien banishment case stands, ami thr•nment may ebanish Lu Thien I once if they pleas, it is to be hoped hey will not [.lease. It is quite undertood
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      Bank Interest.
      291 7 (Strait* Times August lo.) Some attention has been attracted bv a paragraph which appeared in our issue of yesterday aud which waa headed IuRates." The paragraph was a summary ol" a letter that appeared iu the Hong* komj Daily Press, aud, substantially, the letter-writer alleges that the Directors
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      A Rice Famine in Raub.
      415 7 Strait I I figusi Despatches trom the upper districts of I !ian_: inti mat e that, unless within a fortnight from now, thor at rain to re-op. river route, it will probably found nee m fco Buspend all minwork a1 l_ lub and Tras and
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      A Saint of the Home Rule Calender.
      900 7 (Straits Time* August IS.) A Lonoon publisher recently issued a bulky volume under the title of John Boyle O'Reilly his Lite, Poems, and Speeches." The publication is insignificant from a literary point oi view, and il would be quite as unimportant socially aud
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      Canadian Politics.
      281 7 strait* Times ugnsi li.) \\\v. political scandals in Canads which have resulted in the resignation of Sir Sector Langevin have long been current ws of the day and telegrams in our columns have brought the maiter under the m.tiee of the Baste u public. Sir Elector has a
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      The Straits Population.
      223 7 Stratti Times .l«</".-7 Thkkk is published in to- rnmei of the population of Sing irns of the late census 1 total is 184,654. <>f these 5,254 are Kurop mi and American-, divided as follow! \l -nient 2,302; floating 1,782 prisoners I<>; British Military 1,160. Tbe Eurasian population
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      The Banishment Case.
      682 8 (Straitu Times August 17.) Befokk the Supreme Court, this morning, Mr. Buckley, for Lu Thien, a Chinaman under sentence of banishment, applied for leave to appeal to the Privy Council but. as it happened, tbe Court could do nothing in tbe matter. The regulations applying to appeals
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    Shipping News.
    36 8 Thk French transport Hindoueian from Saigon passed through the port for her destination on Saturday. The British st earner Booldana from Oalitts. via Penang to Australia and New Zealand passed through this port vesterday.
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    News from India.
    227 8 BoStfaty, -Int August. —Serious Hoods attended bydsmag* to property and loss of life are reported from Bhownagar State. Eighteen inches of rain fell in 24 hours, the railway was breached and tho telegraph* overthrown. At Broach. 125 houses fell and .'5<H» |>ers.>ri* were partially i .pi red.
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    Late Telegrams.
    1707 8 Vim Rangoon. London. 30th Jnlij. 'Do Times Paris Correspondent states tost intrigues are proceeding to induce the Sultan to depose Teutik Pasha the Khedive as an accomplice in perpetuating Britisli rule in Egypt. A great naval pageant ami civil entertainments on a grand scale are being 1 organised
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    Perak Land.
    235 8 The following circular, already su ui maris.- 1 in our columns i iw th Perak Government The Circular of J- d April. t fff land on special terms to the tirst ten applied is hereby cancelled, the whole < f the land th_ offered having heen taken np
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    The Rifle.
    103 8 18l S H Chai ii I LP Thk fourth competition for the pore Rife Association < ,h i p took place on the r LU g e ou Saturday. Then- rery poorflnli compared with the entri From tbe s below it will be seen that C. Fittm-l. become
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    Selangor Government Railway.
    57 8 Railway. Mos ro of -lun W< pts. Amount Horses, Carriages, snd Dogs 11:: aa Fares 11 Parcela Luggagi Special Tram--1 Coaching 4,01l f- i; -id other focd stuffs reduced Ist June 1891 I rood* Live Stock oeds <KW: M 78.74 nd Total $23,106 responding month 1890 Decrease
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    Cricket.
    152 8 S < I. Tin; scores mad. in this match, shies was played oo the Esplanade on Saturday, were as follows 8. C. C. r. h. a ..in foni 1.. b Capt. l>\rn.- b. Sa i Moraa 1> w F. i:.nj.n..-M S Gtaenaaa l:_ i.. Wakefield A. H. Crabbe b.
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    Correspondence. Mining in Western Borneo.
    1183 9 Correspondence. Mining in Western Borneo. I or of thb -'Straus Tm Sir.—^ Klt iln; concession holders in tern Borneo abnut, that they aie making unmeneing miuiug operations their property r It i.s over three rears sii the tirst concessions were apio Landak, aud. in tbe interval, ely a square mile
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