Straits Times Weekly Issue, 15 September 1891

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    30 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. New Skrik) Publish B» fOtt Transmission by Every Homeward Mail Steamer. [PiacE 40 Cents YOL XLVII. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, SEP I EMBER 15. 1801. NO. 3,642.
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    BIRTH.
    17 1 1 •at Sarbltoa, Sarrey, the F Plajfalr, of s >„. i rUfiSDAT U in skim 1 1891
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    CONTENTS.
    65 1 Hirk i Sum aary of the W Deltgca i Tfi« Crt- tT W >;-<i in SitiiT i I :.M i un »rs. i i >r,3. i" on M >nasticism in the TweUtU •nturv. sket. bill. frim Miluv-v Pensmc< Pahung:, Fr.Mi'ii [ndfvObiaa, Dali. th* Philippines, Uhina, I Teleg tphic Sammary
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    356 1 mm, i i Sbptxmbkr, i <^H!ui-.- 1 8.70. do .1 i N'.>. 1 7 Ootm Bali 8.70. do Pont:ariak, ;VJo. Pepper Rl 1125. S* -J.»r» g JCoff.'.> Bali 29.00. Coffoe Liberta Tapioca small Flake 8.65. ilo «1 > Ist quality 4 *>">. 1. flake, 4. <>•">. do
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    195 1 fhe Namchow aa*> at the Assist l»a* resulted in the conyiction of her Master, Captain Cojonna, who bat beeu sentenced to six months rigor6aa imprisonment. Tlm> is still going ou. The Uoveiumttit blue-book for 1890 has baton published. "Sfequah" l Kl > i,v M attracting crowds
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    RETUER'S TELEGRAMS.
    451 1 N Timet Bvsjuj and Fran, k. London, 9(k Sept. Raasta it arranging to is-5.i1-' t loan to Prance of twenty millions sterling. Meaning, \v»» presume, UtU Russia prom to b)rrow twenty iniUions, issuing the bond* through Preach bankers.] Thl M< Ivixlly tariff and British Expobts. Tbe effects of
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    THE "STRAITS TIMES". FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS
    58 1 I KU IS SHAKE:*. Tll«'Sila\ Bth Sept s*B p.m. The ice -»i' EL&ab Shire* is S» II.T-4 -2 2 Buyers j n 8ala« 1/1U Tlit above i.< the official price declared on thr Brisbane Stock /•>•/, i,, The last felegram m lizdajri earlier, and the
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    RAU.
    116 1 Csusb lxti Euvms The following telespram from limi>, dated 10 a. m. of Wednesday 9th September, was received io Singapore yetterdaj at 4.30 p. m. Battery itarti to-daj. Etaub hol*» Prospeeti eoatinue exceedinlr< hi J \X^d W.'-tt'rn Lode -Total depth of limn >hat't is t".M>t. The shaft referred to
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    MONDAY, 14th SEPTEMBER.
    501 1 Muar late Roccamhols left for Kuala Lumpor on Saturday. His expected rival at Kuala Lunipor is Moonfton* A (i.vRDEN party given on Saturday by the Officer Commanding and Mrs. Burton-Brown was largely atteuded,amoug those present being H. H. the Sultan of Johore. On the sth instant, one
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    Shipping News.
    90 1 uur Aujer iMM-iospoiideut, uuder date of the LOth, m.vs The Americau ship with three skysails reported in tnv last us passing here oo Um uiu'ht of the 2S Uh Au- isl was th»Annie 11 Smith C\ij»t;tia Kendall, May 21 from New York to Hougkon^. The British ship Suit,
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    Sarawak News.
    291 1 (Sarawak <»'<o//» Ist Seftetnt His Highness the R-ijai-. opened the Now Museum to the public at 5 p. m. uu the 4ih Augugt, in presence of several hundreds of B[>ectators. The Rajah addressed those assembled iu English as follows I have invited you to bo present this evening
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL. WEDNESDAY, 9th SEPTEMBER.
    585 2 LOCAL AND GENERAL. WEDNESDAY, 9th SEPTEMBER. A high mass of requiem for Canon Pinto, was celebrated this morning in the Church of St. Joseph, at the request of the League of the Sacred Heart. The oil mills which have hitherto beeu managed by Messrs. D. Brandt and Company will in
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    The Selama Tin Mining Co., Ld.
    55 2 The Secretary of the above-named nipany has rei-iwd the followiu^ telegram from Mr. Jas. OiAiijre, on.' of the Directors, who has been iu Perak inspect. Ing the Company's properties: '.Tekka,. aline property; Blanda Mabok. prospects very encouraajiujr. There no certainty in the matter, 'interview
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    Football.
    138 2 A football match between Eugland tud Scotland was played last eveuing .11 the Esplanade, resulting in a victory for the former by two goals to none. The same, which was aAit equal ou both iides, was keenly watcWl by a large number ot people. Davies, who played well, on
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    The Singapore Debating Society.
    503 2 The Duttks of liAwtxbs. At tli< i meeting of the Singapore Debating Society, last niu'ht, the President, Mr. A. Knight, took the chair. A proposed addition to the rules staudiug in Mr. J. D. Ross's uame was passed, it readiug thus as amended at the suggestion
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    Sequah.
    388 2 Tin: American, n lu> calls himself Sequah iiii.l who goes round the world advertising and selling certain proprietary medicines bearing tue same name, i „1 public proceedings in 8 g pore yesterday a< p. m. on the piece of land formerly ooeupied by the old gaol. Sequah drove to
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    The "Hongkong Daily Press" on the Straits Military Contribution.
    1443 2 The "Hongkong Daily Press on the Straits Military Contribution. The Press*' says "Singapore hajs Jt RALLY NOT A LEO TO STAND OX.*' Tbk Town Hall Meeting "A Humiliating Episode." (Daily JYt.*-.* *>/ 14 Btpiember.) When th»> Sntnrdinj Rivieir has anything to mi y it hUvuys nit's to 8«y it in
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    Shipping News.
    39 2 An Americas shij» with 8 ikyaaila passed A |.r ou ibe oigjil of the 28 "Ji* An^ust which nmst be either th«> -U.n-*/ L. m»i^ <t An nit St t ,,th Ix.tl) tn>m new York to Hongkong.
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    Malacca News.
    86 2 7th September. -The caae auaiust a uati\f police sergeant t«u criminally misappropriating IJlllt s noNi lias a^ain I n remanded l«>i furtbei ei kJet rhc Bishop .-t 9iDgapore and Sarawak anifed here yesterday, ai:.i took partirn tli«> Chardi Scrtieti tl.at daj. Ait«r I i\ i- the B shop
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    The Assize.
    363 2 I'm; bearing of th«> cb -1 committing Ga berj armed leadly weapons pfefern -1 Against the five Maeaos amsted iu connection with the Bididari outrage >nt&nued I .1 ustice and cotnm >n jurj t1 11 a. m. to-day. At 12.30 iL- Chief Justice hi u mined up, the
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    THE "NAMCHOW" CASE.
    3498 3 THE "NAMCH OW" CASE. C^sar Anthony Colonna, Master of the s. s. Namekow, was charged at Wednes day s assize with making false entries and Missions in his Official Log in contravention ot Indian Act 1 of 1859, subsection 4 ot bectiou \o< Mr Donaldson for the prisoner contended that
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    Dog Statisties.
    33 4 No. of Dogs Killed for week ending sth instant 117 No. of Dogs Licensed 39 Total No. of Dotfs Killed to date 11,453 Total No. of Dogs Registered to date U?2B
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    The Austor-Hungarian Lloyds Steamship Company.
    756 4 Impending Changes and Improvements. From the l-t January next year, says the Ceylon liideju udcnt, tliis company will drop the word Hmigirian" from its title, and also in its subsidies m.d iu otlier ways will be solely Austrian. This company runs the largest number of
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    A Legal Point Affecting Husbands.
    1015 4 At the Hongkoug Supreme Court on the 2nd instant, a case which came ou, that of Mackintosh v. Smith, raised a uice legal poiut. The plaiutiff, E. Mackintosh of i Messrs. Buttertield aucl Swire, sued the defendant, H. Smith, for $120, being the cost of
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    THURSDAY, 10th SEPTEMBER.
    277 4 It i* comujuiiicuUrd that Mi. Aich. uh<> was tolerably well known in Singapore as a mining prospector, was drowned *>n the 'I'l'd of March while engaged in railway work at Rio Paragassn, near Bahia, in BraiiL Tki.kukaphu 1 information has reached the Hongkong TcUipuvph th»t Mr. Henry
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    Sequah.
    87 4 i ßgnmnAT afternoon, M Bequah*' I another open air meeting before a i.r. concourse ft' sp. 1 1 itors. 1» isides curing laau «'t rheoiatitm, he extracted teeth from over adosen persons in less than thv minutes. He also sold a number of bis meduii,. n Owing to the
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    Poor Mr. Skinner.
    145 4 Thk Hou. A. M. Skinner, c. m. Resideut Councillor, who left tor the Dindinga by the steamer Vmamaon Fridsj last, retained at about noon yesterday in the Go\ ernmeut steamer .SV«r #*>'/. looking most miserable. It appears that OQ the way the vessel encountered such rough weather
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    Capture of a Gand of Robbers last night.
    157 4 Last n^oht Mr. Cuscadeu, accoiupauied by Acting Chief Inspector Porteous, luspector Patterson, Acting Serjeant Me Murray, Sergeant Major Aboo Kassai, and ten constables proceeded to a house iu Coconut Road and arrested nine Macao Chinese burglars while these were making reparations for
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    Work at Raub.
    272 4 Mr. J. H. Edols of the Malav Peninsula Prospecting Coy., Liiuited writing from his workings on that Company's p ro pettv at h\tul> under date of 3rd Septetn berlB9l, to the Secretary of the Com* I pan/ in Siojotpore reports aa follows:-! Shaft B. The Mom! for
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    Tonquin Coal.
    133 4 Wi an- informed ou r^-l iiv\>U- aaihorirj that a cablajprnn luis ben received froin London statiuj; tnal the fawpW »uiue,. portion of the Tooo/un CeaS Bftining k>l ronoCiMOJI ou tfoagij islaud, h;\» Ihvu ditpowd of to a new company for £75,000 £2:>.(MH) in cash to the shareholdeis of
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    Siam News
    134 4 Turn list of Sir An.ir.-w CUrkp'i rail. way engineers, oaaaelv, Smile*, Qittiot, and Amgm arrived in Bangkok a day or two ..-•> to Europe. Wo understand that utlemeo, fcher vitk Mr ci.il wey Sir Audr»'\v'.N (ocsjm temen* wjll I«mv»' Bangkok at M early ■jltf Tl:-- Ch;irt.v,..l lift totik-
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    Telegrams.
    812 4 I ia Rangoon. -Vt Y- Ist A -O;i Frklaj night iIM ai-l.Au»ted toMier* of Preektoni bal■aceda'e army, aided by the rabble, tired and looted fourteeu building! in Valparaiso, and forty talk* Value of two million dollars was destroyed. T«« Congressional tr •hoi two hundred of (he rioien before order
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    The National Bank of China Limited.
    435 5 T'_> THE EDITOR OF THI HON.; K OX. DAILY PR*--Sir. Tiie London mail of :11st Julv to hand this morning brings an account i.f* the statutory meeting of shareholders of the Xatioual Bank of China, Limited, held in I London on the .*>(>th, at
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    Lecture of Monasticism and Learning In the Twelfth Century.
    1059 5 M ulkiT I"*? the Subject of th Rev. G. feSSrfir&s 1 tbe pec f j sub^ (;t f his be v;.,m Rei t tb rt account of th century developments of the llK> European Sovereigns for -clesnsUeal and mil supremacy" giving
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    FRIDAY. 11th SMBEEPTER.
    211 5 The Calcutta Englishmen, iu commenting ou the reeeut Chinese banishment ease here, says that there is uo question that inacolouj such as Singapore the local authorities should have power lo return convicted lawbreakers to the eare of their own Government. VrsiKKDAv. at 5 p.m., "geqnih" sfain appeared
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    Rugby Football.
    309 5 That the game of Rugby Football has its fasciuation to spectators there cm be no doubt and the crouds that thronged the Esplanade last evening keenly appreciated watching the game which was played. The Services had a very strong team, comprising as it did, such well knowu exponents
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    The Assize.
    227 5 i esterpay aiternoon Kho Tian Sek was charged before Mr. Justice Golduey with: (1) assisting in the mangement* of an unlawful, that is a T0,,,/ Brmj, society and 1 2) with being a member of such unlawful society. Mr. Drew appeared for the Crown. The prisoner was oue
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    Malacca News.
    163 5 A kkkak of uature takiug the direction of a fruit stalk growing from the stem of a banana tret with about 30 healthy plautaius ou it, may be seen in a gentleman'* compound heir. The recent official notification that petit ious addressed iu English to the Government must
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    The National Bank of China.
    205 5 i Hongkong Daily V, AugmtL) Thk National Hank of China had rather an embarrassing difficulty to me*-* while iu course of formation owing to the failure of the firm to which it was intended to entrust the general management, l>ut this has been surmounted, &ud
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    The Swiss Watch Trade.
    185 5 Tin Bcouomiste Fiancais publisher au article upon the progress of tht Swiss watch trade, .vhich is described as having uudergoue a complete transforniatiou wit'uu the last fifteen vcuis, chis transformation being due to the snbstitution of manufactories for work in the homos of the watchmakers themselves.
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    The Crown Agents for the Colonies.
    676 6 riflon Obterver.) From time to time various insinuations have Ween put forward with regard to the eeouoiny of the present system v hereby our Government obtains its supplies from England and transacts its fiiianeiil business in London. The>e duties connected with such transactions are,
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    SATURDAY, 12th SEPTEMBER.
    257 6 The uu caber of visitors to tbe KumVs Library and Museum during the week The Hou'bl.- H. A. O'Briea baa been appointed a Member of ibe Committee of Management of the RaflVs Library and Museum. Battery Road was partly blocked this morning by patifuts waiting at Sequah's"
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    A very drunk Russian.
    206 6 At 9.00 la.st uight a Russiau was picked up in the Taujoug Pagar Road in a state of collars*' and sent to the Central Police Station. Here the man was so obstinately inseusible that it was considered necessufj to seud him to Hospital. He was iv--1
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    A Share Case Yesterday.
    271 6 DO! \N D BuoKi In the Sopretne Court yesterday a some, what eitraordinay ihare owe anu deali with I v &|r. Justice Gold ner. Bsra N.ttbun. broker, represented by Jktr. Kbory, sued .1. C. Daviea, who was defended b? Mr. Jo;i.|uim. for the recoTery of $270,
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    Dell News.
    318 6 Ihk weather hist month iu the planting districts, to lays the Deli Omrmni <>f th.> '2nd Sept., has been characterised by heavy and abundant ruin. The fall hat bean rery eopious especially on states in the Lowland) Many estates uow reckon upon a fan- yield, aud a is
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    SUNDAY WORK IN SINGAPORE.
    1612 6 The article on this subject which appeared in our issue of Thursday did not meet with any widespread approbation by the resident ships' engineers, officers, and such. We scarcely expected it would such persons naturally look at a somewhat broad question from their own standpoint which
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    Penang News.
    143 6 Pmmmm Gazette, sth Beptembsr.) The Hon. H. Trotter, Auditor-GeuemL is expected here by the next homeward P. O. steamer for the purpose of audit, aud will remain here until the Reskfcut Councillor iroes away on leave, prolmblj about the 23rd of iiext mouth, wlieu Ik will act for
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    EDITORIALS.
    673 7 Tlie Military Contribution. (Straits Time* September 9 In a letter from onr London eorrespondent published iu yesterday's issue, and enforced by letters that are not published we are told that there t, hope of getting the Straits Military Contribution reduced next year, it the matter be proceeded u.th quietly
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    The United States Tariff.
    294 7 (Siraits Times September 10.) The MacKinley tariff which, as to-day's telegrams show, has told so disastrously on the British export trade to the United States came into force on the Ist of Oc- tober last. It was framed to gain two eads-tbe reduction of the uational
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    Sunday Work in Singapore.
    786 7 (ftivab I r 10.) H. E. the Governor, beiu^ pfofltpled by the Colonial Ort -ks to enquire into the question of Sunday work in SiuLfap >ju- -stion wuieh, hut for such I prompting, he would probably have left >- v.'ivlv alone. And no doubt the CoJo--1
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    The "Namehow" Case.
    191 7 (Straits Tim 3 mbtr 1> The people of Singapore will lv glad to learn thai Mr. Colouua, master of the Namcko*r, has beeii sentenced to six months imptisouineot with hard labour. The offence of which he was guilty was >^r -!M\v aud ir mi^rht haw had results
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    The Decay of Manners.
    921 7 (Straits Ti,,i- v »ibei 11.) When Pailiameut rises it is the custom of the Londou journals to open their correspondence columns to the treatment of various social problems possessing more or less interest and importance for the geherai comuiuuity. The period ot the year at which
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    Sunday Work in Singapore.
    294 8 F* (Strait* Time* September 12.) In auother column we publish the views of some seafaring persons, these views being in favour of the legislative prohibition of Sunday Work iu Singapore harbour. Upon the whole that state of mind was to be expected. Nevertheless, it is a
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    Golf in Singapore.
    871 8 (Strait* Times September 14. > K\E5 in the uuciiaugiug East things must sometimes move. The cause of the preseut i evolution is golf aud its leader is Gholduey. Through golf aud Golduev women mourn for absent husbauds aud v Ihe tennis lawn and the garden partv there
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    The Philippines.
    533 8 Thi C of ill,- -j-l tli Au_rii>t uo. ticts military -i itiuos against the Bioroa or Mahomedau iuhabitauts of the island of Miudauno. The Spauish hold on them has geaeffcllj been none of the etcongeti and has bad, from time to time, to be backed Inarmed force. A
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    French Indo-China.
    440 8 M. Lanessan, the uewlv ap|K>iuted Go-veruor-Geueral of French ludo-Chiua, has bean making a tour of inspection iu Annam aud ToDquin, to see for himself how matters stand. He has l>een well received there ou his journey. Oue reform aria- ing from his eutering upon office is the trausfer
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    Siam News.
    237 8 Si a m News. {Bangkok 1 tints. .~>th September.) Exchange— dollan :uid finals which w%* up to 5 J and t> a month ago, is now down to I°/ private, owing lo the arrival of larire <iuautities of rice. The retail price, to,. rice Ims dropped about during the past
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    UNKNOWN
    2159 8 (JUIKJED BY A FOREI«iNKE-) On Tuesday of this week we published a suiumariaud notive of an article by Major Wachs upon the Cauadiau Pacific route. Major WacbVs aiticle, which, appeared iti the D«*t*ch*- JiHmthclmu, is of some length and a good deal of it iueludes matter which has been
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    Cricket.
    273 9 A ricket match took plate on Saturdav at the Recreation Club Ground between an eleven of the S. R. C. and an eleven of E tceteias of the S. C. C. resulting in a victory to the latter club l>y 44 runs. The batting of the M Etceteras was
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    Supreme Court.
    730 9 Nathan v. Da vies. Vebj>ict for Nathan. Captain Davies held to be Liable. His Honour Mr. Justice Goldnev gave judgment this morning in the case 'as follows i This was an action to recover 3273 50 the loss sustaiued by the plaintiff from the refusal of the defendant
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    Malacca News.
    139 9 La^t Thursday aud Friday the Acting j Inspector- General of Police proceeded on I a general visit of inspection to the country j out-stations. He returned to town this I morniug and will hold a general parade in j the barracks to-morrow at 6 a. m. Much bad
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    Glances at the Bluebook for 1890.
    707 9 &ingapobe Items. Most of the information contained in I the Bluebook has, in one form or another, from time to time been made public, but a few remarks ou various points worthy of notice are in place. Among the items of revenue are a
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    Penang News.
    76 9 (Pinany Gazette 10th September.) The Hod. H. Trotter will uot. we learn arrive here to take ov»*r the dutirs of Resident Councillor before near the close of the month. As Good ah Mr. Macßitohie. Sir Andrew Clarke, k.c.m <;., has kindly acceded to the request of the Penang
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    A Tiger Story.
    474 10 Ou Tuesday afternoon Mr. Lee Pliee Yean, of Messrs. Chong Moh Co., ►light across with him from the Province the carcass of a large tijrer which had been shot that rooming on his plantation at Mengkuang. The tiger was a full growu one, measuring 8 feet in
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    The Assize.
    376 10 K imarudiu, B&drudin, aad Baboo, were charged before the Cbiet Justice and a special jury to-day with culpable hod&icide not amount ing to murder; the Attorney Qenerat for the Crowo, Messs. Braddell :d Uiv-inbe id-Mathews for the defen< The third prisoner was the father of the other prisoners.
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    The Administration of the Law in the Native Stales.
    615 10 Strait* Independent Uth September.) There enn he no doubt, that the ml minis tratiou of the liw in the Native states, is a matter calling for prompt and early investiir'*tion. Mr. Justice Wood has rein uked to t lie effect thftt
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    Pahang News.
    251 10 {From our C&rrt»pondei Ptkun, 10th Sept. The Inspector of Mines has returned from th< Kuantau miues where he had been ou magisterial circuit. The duties of magistrate at Pekan now l>ciu«: performed by Mr. \Y. P. Townson iu the room of Mr. Wall abseil ou one year's lesji
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    69 10 Ttm Siatu Mercantile Gazette of the sth iust. buds that the commercial depi ession which has euveloped Bangkok for the last few months shows signs of lifting. The anxiety with which the rice crops have been watched has, ia itg opinion, given place to a certaiu amount of satisfaction that
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  • Correspondence.
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      A Mineralogical Museum.
      184 10 To thk Editor of thi Straits Timks." Sir,— Dr. Bott's suggestion to start a Science Museum here, especially for mineral products, deserves public support. The idea meets an admitted want, as the Raffles Museum is in practice too circumscribed iu its aims. In the interest of Malaya,
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      The Danger of Attap Sheds at River Valley Road.
      167 10 The Danger of Attap Sheds at River Valley Road. To thk BDITOB of mi: Si kails Tim ks." Sift, Por the safety and protection of the public residents iu the vicinity of the above district, 1 w,»uKl rail the atteotiofj of the Municipality to she danger which will arise frosi
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      The Japanese Cousal on the Japanese Servants Scheme.
      497 10 The Japanese Cousa l on the Japanese Servants Scheme. To th» Editob of thx 'Straits Tim Referring te. Mr. H. B. B letter which app< i .1 in your \>a\^r of the 7th inst., I bare the houovir to state, i«»r the information of the cotuinuuitv of Sinpore, thai the
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      Sunday Labour.
      300 10 To the Editor of thk Straits Times M Siu.- Lord Knutsford seems to lcpJW ready ear to those bent ou applying M this port the principle of restricting daj? labour ou vessels iu harbour which 1 has JoBt taken legislative shape in Hone koog, where the Go >
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      Japenese Servants.
      640 10 I v) THE Kl-ITOE OF THE SlBA! is TlMl >ik, -Kindly grant me once more, a spaee in your columns for a final reph to M Mr. Miki S.iito. 1 with tb dtlemaa when he mv stav iu fl Jap.:u was too limited in time to ena 1
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      Sunday Work in Singapore
      939 11 iTO THK EDITOR OF THE M TRAITS TIMKS Sik. It appears Singapore is being mvited to follow in the lead of Hongkong which lias a How.'. I a law to Hed against 1 ;bour in the harbour on §und The success of that law is not
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      326 11 Mr. Eihtor, I wutr uptf ol Thursday last, you Speak m Suud.iv work in Si u gapore, aud jk.v a Lu^h conptiaent to the Governor lor his M usual tad H in first consulting the duek and mail steamshipcompanies. I suppose the seafaring people count for nothing, it ii nol
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      Sequah's Curos.
      128 11 To the Editor of the m Straits Tim km." Sir, —There are many who entertain serious doubts as to the offieacv of Sequah's medicines in curing chronic rheumatism, aud attribute the virtue of his instantaneous cures to only animal magnatism, iu the use of which, the% cousidtr him
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      583 11 SAW MILL MACHINERY. Hope feed, Rack and plain Circular Saw benches. Tonguiog, grooving and ))lanuig maehinea, tSaw gullet in < and sharpening iunciiineH. Circular Saws from 18 in. to 72 in, Oroseent and hand saw* adxes, Ar SHU'S' FITTINGS AND STORES. R ekets. Bine i...- Holmes'a Distr Bigiiait, Lif.< buoyu
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      120 11 Passenger List. Arrivals. Per Lawnvg from Hamburg: Mr. A Hit" vau Diutou, Mr and Mrs. Bcherrwits, BCiftH de Wilde. Per Mirzapore from Shanghai Mr. Brown Yokohama:— Mr. Hall. Per h. 8. Sappho from Liang: Mr. and Mrs. Snelle and 2 children*, Mr. ("hater. Mr. Shapiera. From Malacca i Mrs. ['♦•ralta
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      177 11 Per h. s. Qayria from Deli .—Mrs. Busli and Meter. Por s. s. Malacca from Telok Annon Mr Williams and Miss Dp Boaaa. Per s. s. C//O//- ?/a from Clanir Mr i Fowke. Per s. s. 1,u1r., from Khio Mr aiul Miss l p ((3ur< r 7«rBpyelf»nd Mi>> Buyer. Per
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      497 12 SHIPPIX- I> PORT. following abbreviaus are used: str. steamer; sh. whip; bq. it. Britisli; U.S. ri:itc>it Stat#f f- Fron^h Gor lan Dnt Dutcn ,V »i p. d«*cfe s ertain; T. I*. W.— Ta«j Pa»rftrVVliai D Tarij »n:r Pa^ar H Icj B.W— Borneo Wha rdine Wharf; N. H. W.- -X^v llari..
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      468 12 rh it. itr, l»«HSt<stis,oapt. AndersonProittCaloutta* 39th, O. c, and 40 d. p. Boustead Co. Fr»y Calcutta, U.—T. P. W. Hrit. str. 1.361 ton*, ("apt. Swan. Fiv'ti (Cutchinotm^ 2<ith. oala. Patemoa Sidton«4 iO. Por New V»u-k. I". B. W, Daventry, Brit, str.] 579 tons Capt. Oalbraith. Dm Cardi Fuly. Q 1
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      668 12 I AIiRIVAIS <!. Vkssei/s Namv Captain. From. Sailbd 8 Tibrr Vl>l.«tr 0-3 Garbo Saijron Sept MeMagtrk>i Maritiia^ ifirtateff P.O. -t,j. :W<M Harv«y Hongkong Sept 3P.A O. Ckrtapabi KUaAhn <:.-!r lOi Bocelln Klanir 7 Wfo Kin ACo Lin.la sir. 15*1 <iran Ku.-hiuotyti An^r tenoa, Simon- i P |.r.v:ui: -tr. I #>87
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      759 13 ti Ouioixai and Hem WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE fur LEA I»ERR INS SAUCE. Grocrrs oud Oilmen throughout th. ir,,rH. DETAIL E^ErtY-W-UEnE. Biugaptre Agents, JOHN LITTLE A C«>. DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S (HLORODYNE Thk UmieiVAL and only Genuine Advice to lnvali,ls.-If v,m wwb to obNdtt quiet, refroshmg sleep, frw from hoa<la,l relief irom
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      758 13 "THE DISPENSARY" AERATED WATERWORKS jpT^R "AT EP"W AT E R WOR. K 5 Aer.itea Waters of thp higlicat possible class man u factual under Profeasioaal Jj»uporv,s,on hy the latest aiid most improved macbinerv evor imported to the East Ihe ffactorj is COndocted on strictly European lines and cleanliness and purity
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      468 14 HOLLGWAY'S FILLS. THIS GREAT HOUSEHOLD Ml.PlCINB RANKti AMONGST THE leadlw; N':: -mjun OF LIFE. Theso famous Pills purify the BLOOD, and act most powerfully, \*«t eoo*hin£ly. on t!u> LIVKK. STOMACH, KII'NKVS. au.i BOWELS, giving tone. and rig cur ro then* groat MAIN SPRINGS OF LIFE. They are confidently rvoonimended aa
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      148 14 j YARROW'S SHALLOW DRAFT STEAMERS. if— QTERNWHEBL BTEAMESfI h«vo be«a found I>v hi !>•• Um barf tl.r>. Bfewnt. i a|M)v have eotMtructed i mberot nucoocrful «*xampl< I. Y.^m.l«. on thi~ mm :ii< coib^ructcd. when rt<t|uitvd. to dim« mm littli <->■■• Mewtrs. Vackuh l:it«ly built the rtcrnwhofU'iy If onquiUi an.l "Hcrmki"
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      255 14 a.s^s: fob, Ax4 we that each Jar bears Baron L T V tf P^> 4 in Blue Ink acros* the Label. fc^'-**r^ J^ "^'t. I J /O Jy~ ><y Cj FIIEST /-<**' C\ MEAT FLA OIWNG (//-^lD^^ y stock «m soun MAOE DI-HtS AND SA'J^S Inval-; as an Effici»'Tit Tome
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  • SUPPLEMENT TO "Straits Times Weekly Issue" TUESDAY
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      6 1 SUPPLEMENT TO "THE STRAITS TIMES" TUESDAY
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      26 1 P™**ft«™r*ujth. M :ul arrangements I ■t-'frm tnpphHient „nd for WHceoftk,* who file ike pamr contained in the lome tHuplemJnt B always repeated next week in tiTproper
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      REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
      90 1 London, 13* l[l(l <t. Them f ieg b f reports of in aKarmiug feature f, O m i Gkrmau 50,.,,,, tint Russia is pr^*,. inv to idle CmtUwtioople. it aUn I Tted that the tnrkish \mb»»»dor« I l-.il a. and St. Petersburg have I I- th been Bunimonea
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      Selangor Races.
      43 1 i f- legrmm fwm •>». corn >/ omdttd, i Kuala Lntn^or, Tuesdav, 15th Septemi w '.'.;><» a, in. I PlotlC I Pi(»h<i. I Mfi'ir. t M mtufome raj scratched. I r w.is originally the Sultau elJekore's i imn. rtml won h griffin rnoa.it Bbßfapottt.]
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      Turkish Troubles.
      494 1 \emkx. where reb^lloa qom *ggf%?»tei tikepibof Turkey, liet in south- wetierafl A'.Ml»i;i. n,.; U the Gulf of Men, and f.w.l 1 an indepeadMH triDgdom until 1871 when the Turks conquered the country. Phew rvsourcee, bowever, prored insuffi:t to briug wholly under a powerful tribe passing by the name
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      A Typkoon at Shanghai.
      138 1 Wortt China Dailp New* of the *tf beDteuiber giv,* o f an unusual downpour of iatn at Shanghai. On L.usdav (UtBept.),tu« wind was KN E but afterward* went uMind to SE. on Uolr.s.l.tv no n,,,.. T[u Wratll tli«o.iteiiui-,,u Tu, -Silas m-hf. but. in the ah*»U<*of tvio-ra.ns
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      More Disturbances on the Yaugtsze Riots at Ichang.
      392 1 More Disturbances on the Yaugtsze Riots at Ichang. The following feslsgrami are from tli r Daily Neire lekmng, ?«d Sept. -Kiot to-da\ nt moq, Missions and all funrijra property burnt. No Ifrrea lost. Irhantf, .'ini Sept. Tlwi was tio wnruiiig ct any trouble. The Ajßorieaa and Catholic Missions, and Messrs.
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      Tonuage Dues.
      321 1 (Hongkong Daily }*,< The Pinaug Qosette'i suggestioi to meet the enhanced military contribution by l<vvin<jf t.oi!i):i u r dues Of) jng through the Straits of Malacca fiodl »■> lavoti with the Hongkong Dtii/« /-V.,«* 'l!h<it journal potuts outa thai tonna dues, miul'i be comparatively anobjection;ti>. at a terminal
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      Glances at the Bluebook for 1890.
      831 1 Si Nii A PORK ItBMS iHI faxes h'v'm\ t y the Muinripalit v i>n private carriage* M nd bors** retimed J 12,500; on regitfWed ha.k K harries 19.500; nn bollock cuts 11.500 uu hand carts 91£00; and ou jiurick*b** nearly 13.500. Dog )ir,M.s.s prtidnce*]
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      Penagn News.
      751 1 Ptttauy Ganette l.'fh September.! Nk. Simon, tin- Piincipul < Nvil Med ml Oftcer, .1 U'i the i; i,v-. i; .h, r h.,.,. Lvml from Si >re l»\ tit.- P. A O. until -'.;iu!«'- AftVz i lav. I >i Siui.Mt '> here <»u n.-j. ction ilui aild Bitehop Hum*,
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      Dog Statistics.
      23 1 For Week eutiiug I2t)i in-t No of Dogs Destr i Begin! Total N 11. Total No. of Doif- littered 'J l
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