Straits Times Weekly Issue, 7 June 1892

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    34 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. ■■TAIH.ISITKI). 1 s:l 1 E 7— ■■■■■■■■■"■■■■-■■■■a PUBLISHED POR Transmission by Every Homeward Mail Stbamef. [Price 40 Cents. |VO"L XLVIII. i M- i SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUSK 7, 1892. NO.
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    49 1 I Straits Times has the hr jest ilatiou of any news pa;) 3r .sia, British India excepted. trculates in Singapore and mg, throughout all the ected states of the Malay nsula, in Siam, Borneo, the lerlands Indies, the Phiiips, and French Indo-China. .ther Eastern newspaper has r ilesprt.ad^a circulation.
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      BIRTHS.
      36 1 Bun the 4*l: iu-»t ,at Ayer J erueh, Serangoon, e wife of A M orris ox. of a son. At -Singapore, ou the 7th June. 1592. the fe of J. A. Re.vrdon, of a daughter.
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      TUESDAY, 7th JUNE. CONTENTS.
      89 1 TUESDAY, 7th JUNE. CONTENTS. It- Market Quotations. Summary oi the Week. Reuter's Telegrams. Local and General News. |Tne Wild Worn a u at Bay. Social Evolut on in America. The Bittic of ti: < lauges. Mr. Gladsi me"s Pronouncement. Petroleum and Advertising. Mr. Birrell's Affairs Telegraphic Summary. i Mail Nr-v>
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. Singapore. 7th June, 1892.
    524 1 LATEST M A RK ET QUOTATIONS. Singapore. 7th June, 1892. IPmodjcb. ihmibier, I 5.80. Ho Cube No. 1, 9.50. No do No. 2, 8.10. Copra Bali, 4.30. ao Pontianak. os. Pepper Black. 9.00. Sago Flour, Sarawak :».*»<>. Pearl Sago, d.»i... Coffee Bali 28.50. Coffee Liberian 152.50. Tapioca small Flake, 3.90.
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    300 1 Thk news from Pfchang indicates tluit the e_.-Oi.ui_: -Lnynh has taken refuge in the jangle from the Sultan's forces. The fortnightly EUub report tells how, by the 1 -•ug-coutimied Pahang troubles, the development of the mine is practically brought to a standstill, and its economical working
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    297 1 RE UTER'S TELEGRA MS. For xSiraits Time*. Tin Ikish Education Bill. London, -'list May. In the Elouse ol Com uon a the Irish Education Bill bat beeu read a i >cond tim the inajoril y a <»iit" hundred. iSi lnai l>ri Loudon, lsl The Suez Canal Compant hav.> agreed to
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    Telegraphic Summary.
    1047 1 Telegraphic Summary (Supplementary to Strait* Timet I tgram*. Via Ceylon.) Washington, 20th May.— Tha Treaenry purchased 45,500 ounces of silver ai prices ranging from 88*50 t 88*65 cents per ounoe. Nea- York, 21*1 May. The damage done by the flooda at S_int Louis and adjacent connties bordering on tha Mississippi
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    51 1 K. M. S. Plover aud Pigmy expect to be paid off at Hongkong in December and probably tbe Hyacinth may be paid off at the same time. The Straits Times has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Asia, British India excepted. No other Eastern newspaper has so widespread a
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    TUESDAY, 31st MAY.
    37 2 rFiRE broke out on the P. A <>. steamer Vemna in Yokohama harbour, on the llth inst., among some bales of cotton in I lie hold, but it was extinguished before much damage was done.
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    35 2 Thk tea season lias commenced. The Mutual" ateamer Moyune and the Russian Volunteer steamers Sa rat oft' anil l> U rsburg leftWoosung yesterday. These steamers are all cousigned at Singapore to the Borneo Company Limited.
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    57 2 A telegban in the Deli Conrant shows that the earthquake of the ITth May shook the whole west coast of Sumatra. Loss of life is reported from the province of Tapanuli, aud also great damage from landslips and from chasms forming in the ground. Several villages have been overwhelmed roads
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    99 2 The weather department writes In your issue of yesterday, rainfall for Sunday was put down at 9.48 inches; this was a priuters' trror: it should have been tf.4B inches. The error was not a printers' error. It was, an error due to the indistinct and blotted handwriting of tbe weather
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    181 2 On tbe I6tb iustant. two regulations, Nos. IV und V of 1892, were added to the Statute Look of Selangor. The former aims at declaring tbe law relating to Employers and Labourers uuder contracts oi servic,-. and the latter amends the postal laws, one of the amendments running as follows
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    The 'Meanon' Shooting Case.
    60 2 In the absence of most of the witnesses in this (.iso, iu which Thomas Gilroour Keane, while acting as chief officer of tbe steamship Memnon, is accused of unlawfully firing at and wounding a Chinese fireman at Sandakan on sth April last, tbe Hongkong Sessions was
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    The Hongay Caol.
    115 2 The Hongkong Daily Pre** reports again successful results obtained with the Hongay (Charbonnages) coul in tbe Douglas steamer Hailoong on her lust round trip to Coast Ports und Formosa. It was found that then- was do difficult v in using the coal, either in start ing fires,
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    Chinese Emigration Irom Hongkong.
    299 2 The report of the Hongkong Harbourmaster tor 181*1 indicates that the Chi nese passenger trade at that port, though larger that year than m LB9O, has decreaaed considerably sime 1888, when the number of emigrants reached 96,195 compared with ...,l,;o iu 1891 This decline is traceable
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    Shipping at Hongkong.
    260 2 The report of tbe Harbour Master of Hougkoug for 18;)1 calls foith tbe following criticism from the Daily Pre** Referring to the registry fees le remarks that these fees have lo ho paid aome where and th. re is nothing to prevent owners running their ships uuder
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    Prujoihs.
    180 2 Mb. T. Blarney waa interviewed by a reporter oi the Hongkong Daily Press, there on th" l'.'th instant, with the following n suits A* is knowi d reeouetrnci the Cirmp_ny, and the chief object of Mr. B'amey's visit to Hongkong is toe nanltwith the directors as to wluf wt
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    A Hongkong View of Mr. Varley.
    410 2 [Daily Press. 21st May.) Mk. V.vki.ky tells no new tale i; is waU known throughout the East; the only difference ia lin the colouring. And thai makes all the difference. The passenger trade, or coolia traffic I > the Straits Settleuu ot. has e
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    Central Borneo Company.
    2061 2 Tho fourth annual general meeting < f the 'antral Borneo Company waa he!d on May I it I Ofldon. 'lhe Bon. Evelyn Ashley, who ►resi led, raid lie considered that th* pres< nt i>» e marked a er ms iu the affairs ef Tlie eoniiany. Alr. I
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    EDITORIALS.
    784 3 ivTIM Woman at iay. its Ti tuts, 3 let mMay.) Bottom has left it on reitured and deliberate opinion animated nature there is Mlrfal wildfowl" than "your tbe immortal weaver affortunity of perusing tbe perioll" *t the present time, he is Mews to tb.- extent of ada still more
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    Social "Evolution" in America. (Straits Times, 1st June.)
    969 3 Social "Evolution" in America. (Str aits Times, 1st June.) HE c tnnot ordin- I as a .sprightly periodical 1 does dly speaking, "go about,*' .s our an. Bl rs put it, to be funny, but the day unmoor contains at least one conribution oi decidedly humorous cast, .ud the humour
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    The Battle of the Gauges. (Straits Times, 2nd June.)
    974 3 The Battle of the Gauges. (Straits Times, 2nd June.) I Writing iu 1*7., the late Sir Daniel ooch whose diaries," with an intromtiou from the peu of Sir Theodore artiu, have recently been published >oke of **the poor broad gauge as gralally dying out aud the process of ssolution has
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    WEDNESDAY, 1st JUNE.
    40 4 W EDNESDAY, 1st JUNE. About midnight, last night, a Chinese corporal on duty in Victoria Street obaerved three Chinese attempting to get into the store of Messrs. Tulli Bros. The policeman arrested one man but the other two got away.
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    51 4 Tn-. Acheen Courant, a uew journal the first. issue beiug dated the 21st May, states that the Government there has given permission to the firm of De Lange A Co., to establish a coal depot at Pulo Way. It states also that the firm intends to construct docks at the
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    67 4 The China Mail of the "24th May understands that, at tbe private meeting of shareholders iu the Puujom Gold Mining Company, it was decided to reconstruct the Company, and to empower the Directors to eugage Mr. Blarney as mining engineer. An encouraging statement was made by the new manager as
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    95 4 The Russian cruiser Vitiaz arrived yesterday afternoou from Europe via the Cape and Batavia, aud will leave for tbe China Statiou sometime next week. The Russian frigate Dimitri Donskoi also arrived this morning from Kurope, and leaves today for Chiua. The Vitiaz is a vessel of 3,000 tons, carries an
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    The Jelebu Company.
    684 4 The following letter appears iu the Hongkong Daily Press Sir, The report of the Jelebu Miuing and Trading Company for the hist half year's working offers a striking contract to the reports is--ued from time to time by our local mining stock companies, and is well worthy
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    Renewed Piratical Outrages Near Hongkong.
    274 4 Attacks on Junks. Piracy ou the coast of China has beeu so frequent aud has beeu carried on with so much persistence that those who have had a long acquaintance with the methods adopted have been obliged to admit that it is an ineradicable evil,
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    Waterspout and Tornado at Macao.
    547 4 On tbe 22nd May a destructive tornado, accompanied by a waterspout, passed over Macao, resulting iu considerable damage to Chinese craft aud loss of life. Shortly after eleveu o'clock a stiff breeze was blowing from the south-cast aud rain was falliug heavily, when a wate*
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    The Land Department in Perak.
    613 4 The Perak Government Gazttte of the 27th May contains the report of the Land Department for 1891, which lays stiess upon the fact that the year has geuerally beeu prosperous, as many uew sett lei s have come mto the State, more land has been
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    The Military Contribution Discussion.
    993 4 The following are extracts from an I article that appears iu the St raits Independent (Penang) of *28th May. Tbe gentleman who publishes that paper is not, we surmise, au English subject! unless. i>erhaps, by letters of naturalization); and probably be is uot of the English
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    Perak Tin Mining in 1891.
    807 5 J wil Department Report for 1891 gives the following particulars of tin mining in the State during that vear A comparative return of Tin exported J the St^ gives 241,062 piculs iu I against 23.. 175 iu 1890. Kinta Shows an increase so great that
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    THURSDAY, 2nd JUNE.
    16 5 The Sultan of Pahang has returned to lemerloh ea route for Pulau Tawar.
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    13 5 2 300 tons of Australian coal arrived to-day by the Gulf sf Martaban.
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    19 5 The mail despatched from Singapore to London, vm Brindisi. on the 4th ultimo was delivered on the Slat ultimo
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    21 5 Mr. BaxFoun Lees retires from the management of the Singapore Insurance Company at or towards the end of the present year.
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    26 5 The fortnightly Raub report is dismal reading. By the long-continued Pahang troubles the development of the nine is practically stopped, aud its economical working is impracticable.
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    34 5 Thk Hebraic community of the Straits will be interested to see from our report ofthe Marine Club dinner that the Rev. A. Lamout claims loug descended Jewish ancestry. His ancestors were sailors in Palestine.
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    53 5 At to-day's meeting of the Chamber of Commerce the Chairman stated that Mr. Shelford's knowledge was not confined to trade and commerce but that he knew about things Min general." That is a L.ood rouud phrase. It covers so much that a persou so described might almost aspire to be
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    47 5 A Consignment, through cargo to Swatow. of Straits deported Chinamen, three in number, arrived at Hongkong on the 21st Mav from Siugapore in the ludoChiuaCo.'s steamer Winysana. Thev were promptly taken charge of by the police, who forwarded them' to Swatow by the Formosa iu the afternoon.
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    Supreme Court
    138 5 In thk Matter of James Waiter Burii.i. In the matter of the order of commitment for contempt granted a week ago against James Waiter Burill, Mr. Donaldson this afternoon said that he understood that a bankruptcy petition had beeu tiled by Austin Co.. aud as he understood that
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    The New Puisne Judge.
    128 5 Jin. W li.Loi.LYEK.whoistbeuew junior puisne judge forthe Straits, is expected to arrive at Singapore about the middle of this mouth. Mr. Justice Collyer is, we hear, a bachelor but, no doubt, he baa asseuted to the usual understanding that, as a puisne judge, he shall acquire
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    The Native States Services.
    223 5 The Pinang Gazette of the 90th Mav in noticiug the retirement of Mr. E M. Marpies, the Treasurer of Perak, states that he had been the senior member of the j civil service there, having joiued in 1875 j ou appointment to that oflice. Besides his
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    The Murine Club.
    1200 5 Anniversary Dinner. The dinner given last night in the Marine Club building, iii honour of the clubs first anniversary, was, after its kind, oue of the most successful functions ot the year. The membership of the club now numbers three hundred, aud of these it is estimated
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    Cellision off Borneo Wharf.
    307 5 tAi about 6 p. m. yesterday the s. s. Jametot was leaving* for China with eneral cargo, aud the s. s. Diamond was laving for Penang with cargo and coolies. Vheu opposite the Borneo Wharf, the essels collided, and, as a result, both essels were very
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    THE PAHANG RISING.
    2260 6 How the Sultan quells the Trouble. INTERESTING COMPLICATIONS. {From Onr Special Correspondent.) Temerloh, Friday, 27th May. The Sultan's demonstration against the ex-Orang Kayah Pahlawan of Semantan has made ver\ little progress towards bringing this troublesome business to a satisfactory i>sue. It was anticipated from the first that
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    Pekan News.
    73 6 A Chinaman named Ab Chang, waa murdered at Rom pin by bis Malay servant ym the 23rd instant. It ia a--- rted that the Malaj drugged the towkaj and some others. Next morning tbe corpse of the Chinaman was found on bis mat with the head nearly severed
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    RUAB.
    874 6 Mi xi no M -Na-.fi."s Report roi CHB Fortnight kxdixo 27th Mav. 1892. I have the honour to report the following as the work done in the various parts of the mine for the fortnight ending the abort) data Raid) Holt in this sectioned' tha mine tho work is
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    An Incidental Result of the unknown Rising.
    59 6 An Incidental Result of the unknown Rising. A Perak correspondent of tbtt^^H Gazetti says that at present ti \ry ai ahmg the line is for more men work, lu a district snehas Ipob.Wl^^H ulatioui of "Jo. <>Oo men, there iiflf* men to look after them. It may bfl^V 0 that
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    2133 6 Thk Chamber of Commerce ad^B^ 1 to hold a general meeting on Thin 16th iust. at noon to nominate a !net)ii>to of the Legislative Council Mr Thianaa Shelford cm. a. has been proposeffl J^ John Anderson and seconded b/-t ft* Sohst. Tiie Netlerhinls Indies in 1891. Jhe following information on
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    The Pahang Murders.
    457 7 1 he Brisbane Courier givea tbe following sketch of tho life of Mr. Stewart who was murdered in Pahang Young Mr. Stewart, was the eldest son of Mr. Alex. v t >war .ofthe Waterworks Department, Bri- bane. He aae born si Adelaide, South Australia, on the 29th
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    The Radical Programme.
    891 7 Tm: Radical Newcastle programme to which, as to-day's telegram states, Mr. Gladstone has committed himself comes iii abort under the following heads as adopted at meetinga there on the lat aud 1 *2ud October last Home Rule for Ireland which shall fully satisfy the just demands of
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    A Chinese Firebrand Dealt With.
    362 7 Chou Han, the alleged main instigator id' the anti-foreigu movement in North China through pamphlets and placards, has fallen under f he disp leas ur.- of tin- Imperial authorities. The Shen -poo of the 23rd May contains the following decree from the Throne concerning him:
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    FRIDAY, 3rd JUNE.
    7 8 Tin is still lising.
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    14 8 A Chinese coolie was killed b. a falling beam on Collyer Quay this moruiug.
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    27 8 The notes ou Gutta production that appear in another column are given with all reserve. There has been a Gutta Syndicate already. It was not precisely successful.
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    32 8 The British steamer Hazel Branch arrived this morning from Cardiff with 1,550 tons of coal. The British steamer Hal rem also arrived here from the same port with 3,073 tons of coal.
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    33 8 In the case of Albert Edward McCay, who brought au actio u for damages against the E. E. and A. Telegraph Company for wrongful dismissal, Mr. Justice Wood, this morning, non-suited the plaintiff.
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    33 8 An Association Football match was played last evening on the Straits Chinese Recreation Club's grouud between the above Club aud the Tanjong Pagar Football Association, the former winning by two goals to nil.
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    40 8 The North China Daily New* says there is a rumour that the Messageries Maritimes, having lost a good many passengers by the opening of the Canadian Pacific Steamship line, are contemplating establishing themselves a service of steamers across the Pacific.
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    42 8 Khe Bangkok Times of the 28th May jets that from 60,000 to 70,000 teallogs will reach that port from Cbiengmai, Lacou-Laimpaug, Raheng aud Ka unpen g Pet this season. From Sawaukoloke it is possible that 20,000 to 25,000 logs will come down.
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    68 8 There has arrived at Singapore the Maria Rickmers, au auxiliary screw tive masted ship said to be the largest sailing ship in the world. She brought coals for Messrs. Boustead Co., and she will probably take back 6,000 tous of rice from Saigon. Her agents, Messrs. Behn, Meyer Co., have
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    123 8 The Asiatic Regiment iu Hongkong has given trouble by some of the men. on the 2t>th May, getting hold of a Chinese blacksmith employed by the Kow loon Wharf and Godown Company aud attempting to drag him into their camp for some offence. The Chinaman called for aid which was
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    185 8 Lord Bradford's Sir Hugo, the Derby winner, is a chestnut colt by Wisdom Manamvre. Be has run five times and won twice, tbe first a small handicap at Goodwood aud the second the Boscawen Stakes of .£6OO for two years olds. Sir Hugo started iu the Derby against odds of
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    The Steamer Collision.
    60 8 The b. s Diamond, which wa%beached Pulau Braui on Wednesday night in juence of injuries received in a^colli<>u with the CamebA, was successtullv doa ted about 1.30 p.m. to-day and taken to New Harbour Dock. The Cam.dot is A tie Tanjoug Pagar Wharf dis- I '.'barging cargo.
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    THE PAHANG RISING.
    124 8 Tn:-: Colonial Government learns that siv; hundred of th< Sultan's meu were despatched on the 26th May to scour the country between Semantan and Lipis. They were in three pasties: one going towards Raub, one to Budoo and the other to Chika. They will probably unite at
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    The Golf Club.
    107 8 At a committee meeting of the Golf Club yesterday evening, Mr. J. Macßitchie was elected President in place of Mr. Justice Golduey, aud Mr. P. A. Gillespie was elected Tieasurer, vies Mr. R. X. Bland. The handicap pool for May was won by Mr. R. Duumau score
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    The Oueen's Birthday at Hongkong.
    228 8 The Oueen 's Birthday at Hongkong. Her Majesty's Birthday was celebrated ou the "J 7th May at Hougkoug the vessels iu the harbour were decorated with bunting, and ou shore the day was observed as a general holiday. At noon salutes from the meu-of-war aud a royal salute from the
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    The Photographic Exhibition. (Preliminary Notice.)
    760 8 THI annual exhibition of photographs of the Siugapore Photographic Soviet v opeued iu the S. V. A. Drill Hall a few minutes ago. This being the first exhibition of the kind that has beeu held in the S. V. A. promises, it may be noted
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    Petroleum and Advertising.
    459 8 {Straits Times, Ith June.) Wl are generally disposed to look geo on the vagaries of Renter, regarding that telegraphic company ss a side department of our own reporting staff, and being disposed to lend to the company our own mantle of infallibility. But there is a limit
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    Mr. Birrell's Affairs. (Straits Times, 4th June.)
    258 8 Mr. Birrell's Affairs. (Straits Times, 4th June.) One Mr. J. \Y. Birrell, a merchant, against whose firm there is a receiving order, has been sending for publication letters in which he imputes impropriety to a professional mau oi reputation. Tbe point under discussiou is the exact circumstances iu which Mr.
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    SATURDAY. 4th JUNE.
    78 8 Some comment has been caused by our 'i respondent's narrative pnblishel^H yesterday. That the Sultan of Pahangl "^J has returned from an expedition will **%&W really d ang anything, ami that H. H.l .•> desires a season of family re- union atl Jf*' Pulau I'a war has
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    54 8 \o rumours have reached A -ernment from Raub. Tin se nimoursjß *\J& h wevt r. are not believed by (.olonsW lflr U alk« r. Possibly tin are. i: a im-asui^fl due to the iuipei feet sou m> of mfon^H -•aiding tho movements of the fll hundred Sultan's men working northw^H
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    12 8 -f \isitois io ihe UafßsM Libra Museum duriii" the wennm was 1,072,
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    25 8 i>ay. at Pulau Buk u in where thfl |j{ petroleum tanks are in course of e_ejß -«ar 1-11 on a coolie and killed hinfl p
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    359 8 was dom- at the auctinfl .aie of horses and carriages amlturno^H arAbrams' yard vesterda\ aflornoou. TjH horse Eunueh went for $lb\. mare (V^i/,,, was knock i dowUj| tor .14'- and tlie splendid little pS^| JS&JJL wa^ a bargain at W$W& which figure the ham mer fell. Tine HIS* d number
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    The Mauritius Disaster.
    659 9 _Kf? J J l hatl a interview to- i a 'Wi Hm lordship Archbishop Meurin. firm irly Bishop of Bombay for twenty years! i thrilling account of his "exp^ri--0 |ne?s during the cyclone at Port Louis. His mW i* r m_ biniself was badly hurt and his
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    The Photographic Exhibition.
    942 9 Friday. :>ri» Jink. Thk Photographic Exhibition that opened yesterday in the S. V. A. Drill Hall was from most standpoints, and mors particularly from the social one ou unqualified success. As noted yesterdav, this is the first Exhibition of the kind (or, indeed, of any other kind)
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    The Philippines.
    425 9 Ihe Comercio complains of the ruinous effect of the fall in exchange on those who draw upon Madrid, asthe exchange operations with that city aie conducted through Loudon. It is intended to raise a loan of forty thousand dollars to improve tiie harbour el lioilo. an important sugar
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    Hongkong Blockade.
    123 9 The blockade of Hongkong, or whether Hongkong isa British freetrade port or simply a dependency and appanage of the Chile Imperial Maritime!. ustoms, is the subject of an article iu the Hongkong Telegraph. The article is prefa -ed by a brief relation of the grievance which Hongkong suffers
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    Netherlands India.
    548 9 Official reports fiom the west coast. d Sumatra details of wi j havoc wrought in the p,ov,m, apauuh by t\^ earthquake ofthe 17th May. Manj Government buildings have been heavily damaged. Great nuu.1,,,-. bridge., hav-- fa11,,, in. .md the roads hai suffered so much that cart traffic has
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    Yesterday's Departures.
    179 9 K-XBBDAT evening, bv the P. A O. er Surat, the Hon'ble John Ibirkinand Mrs. Burkinshaw sailed for ud, with the intention of being a b:or, perhaps, a year. The party went to tho whai f to see Mr. Burkinshaw off was very large, t included the Hon'J.le the
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      The Singapore Insurance Company.
      478 10 Er TO THE EpiTOE OP THK M STRAITS TIMES." Sik,- -The wank men have begun to pull down a building iu Battery Koad in order to erect a bead ollice for tbe Singapore Insurance Company. lam told the ground —a very narrow bi' cost $51,000 and
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      Gold Mining in Bengal.
      1292 10 To the Editoh of thb -Si raits TlMSfl Sik, With great surprise i read in your I issue of last Saturday a copy, or rather an extract, inserted in it from the Pioneer which is supposed to have beeu published by thc Board of Directors of
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      Mr. Birrell and contempt of Court.
      283 10 To Tin: BOITOB 0 TUB -Stu UTS TlMl 3i Referring to Mr. BirreU's leto p in your issue of sterday we enclose a copy of S letter received from his solicitors and' of our reply on which the remarks he complains id were based.
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      Mr. Birrell and Contempt of Court.
      154 10 To thk BDITOn Of THI "Straits Timi Sir, Referring to Mr. Donalds reply to my letter ol Snd inst.. the fs of the case as given by him are again misleading, indeed, I mav sav incorr and stated with all a subtle lawyer's plausibility
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      A Question of Nationality.
      131 10 To the Editor of the "Straits TIMES." Sir, Haviug observed a paragraph in a late issue of your paper relative to tl departure of two Eurasian gentlemen I I Europe viz., Messrs. R. D'Cotta anfl I Martia on a well earned holiday, may I ask the
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