Straits Times Weekly Issue, 2 August 1892

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456 471 Straits Times Weekly Issue
  • 29 456 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. DLISHED, IS.' I. [JBLISHED FOB TRANSMISSION BY EVERY HOMEWARD MAIL BtBAMKL [Price 40 Cents. f VOI, XLVIII. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1892. NO. 3,688
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    53 456 The Straits Times has the largest circulation of any newspaper Asia, British India excepted. j It circulates m Singapore and j ■bang, throughout all the j Protected States of the Malay i Peninsula, m Siam. Borneo, the Netherlands Indies, the Philippines, and French Indo-China. No other Eastern newspaper has so
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  • 34 456 TUESDAY, 2nd AUGUST. DEATH. ■800 Ch WEE Neo, aged 58 years, wife feb Ah Hood, late of Singapore, deceased, on the 31st July. 18!*2, at her residence. »r Valley Road, at 5 p. m
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  • 83 456 Market (Quotations. Summary of the Week. Renter's Telegrams. Local and Genor.il News Langkat Petroleum. The Liberal Conference. The Central FinsVniry Election. Qiiication with Kuala Pahang. Fhe Government Gazette. Htt Municipal Commissioners. i Parliament. l*ahaug Rising. ■News from Penan g, Perak, Netherlands India, the Philipj im-^. Deli, China «S:e. Bfhe
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  • 472 456 Singapork. 2nd August, lsir.l. PkODiJCE. Grftmhior, 5? 5.00. fdo Cube No. 1 B.so. Cdo do No. 2, 8.00. ■guraßali. I.*" 1 ao Poutianftk, :>.7-V ■toer Black 8.60. ■to Flour, Sarawak 2.i>2>. Pearl Sae;o, :>/•<>• cc Bali, 27.2">. ";V Liberian 31.25. Hpfcpioca small Flako. 3.70. ao do Ist
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  • 411 456 Newi from Pabang toll of another retene to the insurgents, and oC the Sultan being about to leave Palau Tawar for Pekan. The subject of comtDatiicatioo between the Kuala and Singapore by sea during the approaching X. B. monsoon is attracting public attention. The thipi Blair
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  • 403 456 Fin- Strait* Time*. New Knights of the (lartkk. London, 27tk July.— The Duke of Devonshire and the Duke of Abereorn have been created Knights of the Order of the Garter. Mbstiko of thi Libbbal Leaders. The intention of the Liberal Leaderi is to bold their first conference to-day
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  • 721 456 Sri: Anm.i v I.Yarkk (formerly ;i Straits Governor) was m a minority of ".ST: Chatham. Sir Andrew is a Gladstonian Liberal. A;..! t r;i.m. on Suu.l.in a fire broke out iv an unoccupied bouse situated tt 50 Almeida Street. The house had been unteiiintnl for about two
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  • 3106 457 1,270 tons of Australian coals arrived yesterday m the Pilgrim frotn Sydney. The Portuguese transport India will leave Lisbon shortly t'oi Macao via Mo/anibique aud Goa. H. X. Ms. Sumatra, Oftptaio Bruch, left for Acheen this morning alter docking and undergoing some repairs at TaajoDg Pagar. Mr.
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  • 1045 458 The Diamond "-"Camelot Collision Case. I (Before Actiiuj Chi*-]' Justice Wood.) %t 3 p.m. yesterday Mr. Nanson commeueed to address the Court ou behalf of the Diamond. He said he did uot think it would vy for him to follow his learned through his minute examination of Hie
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  • 674 458 Washington, tsih July, The Treasury t >- day purchased 22<J,000 ounces of siiTer at 87*10 to 87 20. Luiidnu, l if}, J'thj. Tin Spanish Medical Commissi n declares that the epidemic prevailin^iii Paii>an<l its suburbs is Asiatic holers, eruption <>f Mount Ktna is beoming formidable, nnd three
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  • 132 458 d At the suggestion of H. H. the Su'tai A i of Johore, the Hon'ble W. E. Maxwell v Colonel Ellis, and others are arranging i m Gymkhana Meeting to be held shortly. H je H. the Sultan will give the prizes. In ad icy dition to
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  • 752 458 The Saigon municipal authorities have asked for estimates for the lighting of the streets aud tramway Hues there by electricity. The Acting Resident Councillor of Peuaug calls a public meeting for Wednesday, the 3rd proximo, to consider proposition for holding au Agri-Horticultural Show m that Settlement nexl
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  • 163 458 \Financial News.) The straightforward and businesslike statement which the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation has just issued will do a good deal towards destroyin i; t hat bacillus of uneasiness which, uofortunately, hits of late again shown itself m the city. It is, of course, to be
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  • 212 458 A CoBRBSPONDBNi writing from .Johore says The European community iv ,loho r are much saddeued at the death of Mr. D. T. Kno\ of I i i t ii Pahat which occurred last week at Doctor Nightingale*! houae m Johore Uabru whither. Mr. Kuox
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  • 212 458 At Hongkong by Last advice* to tin- 21ft instant there wa> ever) sign of au approaching typhoon and every precaution was taken among the shipping m the harbour. That the typhoon was not tar distant and that the precautions taken to avoid disasf were
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  • 202 458 Thk mock parliamentary election poll taktMi at Hongkong doted ou the 16th instant with the following result Conservatives 218 Liberal Unionists 28 Qladstonian Liberals Pariit'llitts Anti-Parnrllites 2 Total rotes recorded... :*s(> I Rejected 8 The China Mail has it that of the total number who recorded tlwir
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  • 4563 459 The followiD^ is a list of the members with their constituencies of the new Parliament. We have not been able to check the following twelve seats by the telegrams, but m the case of these we give the candidates who stood for these divisions Stroud, Sunderland, Bath,
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  • 4563 460 VVednkm)\v. JTth .Tn.v An adjourned meeting of the Municipal mtnisaioners was held m the Town Hall yesterday Afternoon, at 3 o'clock. There were present Messrs. Alex. Qentle, (President), C. G. Paterson, Maxwell, T.iv Gtok Teat, and the Hon'blet Major McCallani and Tau Jiak Kirn. Hills ■mounting to $2,54]
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  • 667 462 It is existed that Mr. Bibby will short 1 V coin« from Ruib to Singapore to •lfer with the local directors. Nkild, the manager of the Pahaii"Krporatioii Limited, was to h,,v,. London HsVaay for Singapore and P.ihau^. article on the < l.liti«-> „f Sin^aSore was uVui.mi l.y
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  • 2679 462 An Amkimcan's Observations at the Orient's CommbbOial Centre. The Cleankst City m the Tropics. How run Wei i. -to-do Foreigners Live and Enjoy Thimselybs. i Washington Post. Wir.t ;in interesting sin beautiful city »ing«pore is And yet how lift!,, our people are acquainted wi»h thi« great Orient*]
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  • 121 463 Repulse ok the Dutch. [Bpecial for th> Pinang Gaz>tt>.) From private advices which have been com umni rated to us from Aeheen, we learu that Colonel Dykerhoff, the new Governor of Acheen, m person led a party oi troops on Thursday last, the :21st. to attack the
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  • 256 463 Mr. E. Shroi'shirk has won the Tennis •Championship of Penan g. The return of visitors to the Kitlles Library and Museum <1 m iiilt the week was 902. Thk sliipwr.-cked clew i»t' the Norwegian ship Winnipeg comprising Captain Guuders.m, his wile, 2 children and IS sailors were
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  • 155 463 l> The situation m Tonquin continues troubled. In their endeavours to pacify and organise the country the French are j aying dearly witli the lives of many valuable men. We invariably find m the columns of Tonquin papers reports of attacks by pirates or rebels on the peaceful
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  • 266 463 Men blown about— Great dama-.k ro ESTATE >. Special for //te Pincmg Gazette* According to the Deli Courant of Saturday last, the 23rd instaut, a severe tornado burst over the Sangei Kiiau Kiri estate, m Deli, which did a lot of damage The stables and outhouses attached
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  • 152 463 />( ili/t, 3rd Jul >j. The importation of Chinese coolies into German Ivist Africa for the agricultural purpose! «>f the Plantation Company arouses the righteoui indignation of the Vo99\sckt SSeitung, though it confesses at the sane time that the poor financial condition of the com
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  • 348 463 Pinang Gazette According to t lie Batavia Xieiucsblad, the Netherlands Indian Government declined at first to extend the contract of Messrs. Dp Lango A. Co., of Olehleh. for providing earn! to the navy ve-sels for another term of three years. The Minister for the
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  • 567 463 An extraordinary general meeting of the above company was held at Eongkong on tli»' -2\>i inst. to confirm oertain specia] n solutions which were passed at an extraordinary general meeting held on tie tih Jill V. The Chairman moved the confirmation of the resolutions, which
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  • 1509 463 The Deli Comrami point! out the need for entrusting Netbertattds Consula* tuueUous at Hongkong to v Nethei hinder, owing to the increasing hiHJIltS* mtertsts ot lVll and .I;i\il Ilnrc. \t piesiul lUal posl la llilcU bj it ireUXKln. A lutvn mijfiii regulation just patted aims at controlling Chinese
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  • 363 464 g t'rtcrstnn-t,, lUlh July. The latest ro- I porta of the Russian grain crops Mate that the I prospect" Hl *e improving. In consequence c f the riots that have taken ice Mt Astrakhan, SaratoiY. and Kbavalinsk m which frenzied mobs sacked cholera lios- ml murdered
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  • 826 464 Thk prosecution against oue ("ores de Yries for manslaughter from the discharge of a loaded musket set by him iuhisgodowu for the purpose of ala-ming robbers, as the buliet hit a thief who had entered it by means of a false key, has resulted iv his acquittal. Naturally
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  • 961 464 Mr. Bai.kouk, during bis elector*] campaign at Kast Manchester on Ist July was asked ill you vote lor and rapport international bimetallism n to which ho replied My views upon the subject of bimetallism have now been for some time before the public lam one of
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  • 447 464 Allahabad, 12th July. A special London telegram t > the Pioneer say* tnat m Central Hull, Mr. B. H. S. King. Conserratire candidate, polled 4.938 rotes, thus winning b? i majority of I7<; m .North Bedfordshire, Viscooni Baring was m the minority of -Ml. baring polled •">.<
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  • 776 464 The Colonial Government has received Dews from the Resident of Pahang from Kuala Semantan op to the "20th July. Mr. Rodger reached Pulau Tawar osi the 21st July, tawthe Sultan and proceeded on the 220 d to Kuala TembeH nir Thence taking the Kuala Temberling garrison (15
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  • 450 465 Lait^knt Petroleum. (Btraits Timei, 271h July.) I'l. i i.oi.kl'.m from Langkat m Kast Sumatra, now such a disturbing elemeal m the oil market, has only Lately come into minence from being pushed to the frool by a company started m Holland. That company, through concessions from native chief.-, had
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  • 379 465 (StraiU Tim July.) 'The leaders of the Liberal Party were to mccl m conference ai Mr. Gladstone's house yesterday. That conference will decide upon the course oi procedure to be adopted by Mr. Gladstone m aiming at assuming the reins of power. According to Reuter, a few
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  • 144 465 1 Strait* "t i, 29tk July. I Tin Central Pinsbury election, which has marked itsell ofl from other 1 tests by tbe rot urn ,»t' an Asiatic tish Bubject, will now undergo <[<>■} i> a petitioo has been lodged kintft tli*> successful candidate. Mr Dadabbai Naoroji
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  • 435 465 {Strati* Times, tit Augut It may have been noticed lately from the tenour o£ the from our pondents on the eastern side of IV that .some interest is being man iv whai is to be done m 0 :d- r(o isb nJar communication with Koala Pahang
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  • 438 465 7th .I'^ii III! I Mils :ll ''l knocking at >rs, and a I'nio Wa\ c n lud trad ;''t Hcliemn threat •wing afl from 01 \\\i\. it b stirring m l u"»' enieni i>f onr b j, will. t)i,- b that we li vre no Durable
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  • 357 465 LORD ROSEBERY ON THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. A r a vu r (i ;«t Liberal meeting chapel <mi $3rd June, L<>rd \i the course of his add n><. n r^| the 77m. t, laid Anxtii^- tlie telegram* from t.i which appcHicl m tlu» N'-stjH ohm which had h peculiar iut« v
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  • 3023 466 A Comparison Between the Old and the New. In taking upon ourselves the task of drawing up a review and a comparative table shewing the composition of the old Ifti! 'rVp W f arliam^ t8 that is to say the 188<>-i»2 Parliament and IH!>2 Parliament just returned
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  • 2241 467 In Admiralty. (Before the Acting Chief Justice.) The "Camfi.ot" ani> "DIAMOBD." Thk Judgment. His Honour Acting Chief Justice Wood gave judgment m this matter this morning, as follows:— Although the case ha* occupied man* d and there has been much contlict of testimony, It presents Ii: Ile difficulty
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  • 387 467 In the Matter of Austin and Co.— in Bankruptcy. The public examination of the debtor, James Walter Birrell, was resumed this morning, by Mr. Buckley, on behalf of the Chartered Bank. The debtor said, m reply to Mr. Donald- sou, that he had stated that the
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  • 284 467 Ceyi.on planters are to be found pioneering m many quartera "f tin* earth'i surfaco. im the) may be met uifii m Northern Australia. East ana South Africa, and the tropical parta df Ajnerica, growing all sort- <>f producta The latest pioneer N Mr l\ MaeMakoa
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  • 459 467 'w./t r. In .Ja\a. :i-« m India, the native princes tain w.inn Interest m sport. Next to then m point of enthusiasm come the planters, both Dutch sad English. The principal races ar--hold at Bandong and Buiteozorg. Racing t.-ik. '.s place between and L 2 m the
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  • 356 467 Thk pri.v nf tl»." > rihn-fi ileliveflH tree is m foUowi Within Brit'th Malaya. Daily issue [*»r year I** dollars. y do do copy 1" cents. Weekly issue year hi dol' do do copy i. l)ail\ issue |hr- year :J<» doll <1" do i(i i'\ 10 coat*.
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  • Page 467 Miscellaneous
    • 275 467 r;»sseiiJicr List. AiaavAis. I'er s. s. (m, n/> from Yokohama: Mr. J. Fielding. From Hongkong Messr*. AH Catto, C. S. Leckie, Erich Roc. X F StortJ and W. A. F Per h. s. Sumatra from >li Messrs. Kru\ t, Test'urun. Speckt, and Kristensem. 1' r >>. s. Serundrn f r.-ni
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  • Page 468 Advertisements
    • 560 468 ESTABLISHED 1865. HARGREAYES GO. phraiNEEKs, Iron Brass Founders, ILERMAKERS, BRIDGE BUILDEHS, SHIPBUILDERS, General Contractors. SINGAPORE KWALA LUMPUR. Ship Building Yard. ITlGHclftss STEAM VESSELS always |jM- under construction, from 38 ft. to 150 ft. Hbngth of keol. of host design and finish. MACHINERY from leading British Firms with Board of Trade
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    • 432 468 fiiMUIMEEBS' STORiiS, *c. Asbestos packed cocks and mountings Manchester and Favorite steam donkey ngmes, Sight feed Lubricators, Engine room bunker and space lamps. Phosphor bronze for valves. Indiarubber, Asbestos and other packings. Cylinder and engine oils of all kmds Boiler fluids Patent Rolled Zinc j *ossil mea covering; Fireclay and
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  • Page 468 Miscellaneous
    • 1467 468 SHIPPING. tions are used str.-steamer; «h.— ship; bq. Hal];l^- Ga«^ 4 Co! D IM P narque; Brit.— British; U. S.— United States; Bamjermassm, Brit.str.26] tons, Capt. Bloav *r -French; Ger. German Dut. —Dutch Joh -"thJuly. Prom Maccasar, 2()tfa O. c Joliore &c. f G.p.— General cargo ;d.p.— dock f? d
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  • Page 469 Miscellaneous
    • 1036 469 AKRVALS. imi m Vbsskl's Name. A [Tons.! Captain. From. .Sailbd. Consigned. O— Rig i 26 J Bi-a^no Hal. str.j 1499 Baccerini Bombay 'July 15 Behn, M«yer A Co 26 Crown of Arragon Brit.str.' I486 Dorward Barry Dock May 19 Patewon, himons 4 Co. 20 Pilgrim Am. bq. 913 Freeman Sydney
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  • Page 470 Advertisements
    • 800 470 1 OmciXAi mid Opnuirf« A»V for JL.EA F>ERRINS' SAUCE. Grocers and OUmtn thrwifhml tU Ho, id. v DETAIL EVERYWHERE. Siut;apon> A^onty, JOHN H I'TLK A. CO. P^fffiNHP S 3P l^r iß W ll^iy^ THE SAFEST MILD Ixx^ *.iiot iv*biu.iL^l i?OK ACIDITY OF IHE INJ-AMb, AND FOR STOMACH, HEARTBURN, HEADACHE, GOUT
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    • 634 470 II r. Lalor s Phosphodyne /Sa^ J or THIRT/ YEARS las Kaiataiaai its woilJ-Tude rctatatiea •> bm P of*ff Mt a d °IIY1 lY SAFE RELIACLE PH °SPHCRIC CURE LTGS WrertaJ' ■•^^JK lT CURE^ Dyspepsia. Nerve, and Heart Disease. A C*** 4 '^S^ CURES Kidney and Liver Complaints. *c^^^^^^ CURES
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  • Page 471 Advertisements
    • 655 471 POWELL CO. SINGAPORE. Please rkai» these few lines and BEAR THi:M IN MINI). OUR FURNITURE FACTORY is m Orchard Rotd, and is the larerest and most complete. It is supplied with steam power to drive our Woodworking Machines, Saws. Lathes, Jtc., therefore Contracts and larir<* orders can he p«k through
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    • 477 471 WALTER MACFARLANE CO., Tii.\in-:^^Sjffl^^B^ MAKK La L.AoL3vJVV. T1!A1) First Class Award International Sanitary Exhibition. I yg>'>V-* ,*f^iff&3tf I srt.'\|..|{TST4^H i oNsi: i:\atoi; iks. n^ vsffidST SHOP PROMTS. m[ I 'If yi:i;anpaii> 1 i utCADKa «>•- BAD IN' PAVIUOKa ,MV m..\STKK> V A R U BALCOHIE8 t: iMIKA] }:y s n.Ai,
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    • 116 471 \ioMT\ mf^mV The most suitable and scientific /^^pfefcTv \M 1 i SOAP for delicate Skins. L' '^T (JWy 'An ideal loan delightfully performed '"—('A, ,„/>/ ,v "Of quest onabte excellence. British Medical Journal 1,1 n i vt kinJs PREMIER (for the Million, ti. |-.,o:;\i, I;\L>\M1C (KJ^| mrilTfl *^riaTS^^"^"^aEEnrm na*«nvVr9999'nmf^mml RaMas«i*5ifs^iii^ilTa5nws1
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