Straits Times Weekly Issue, 5 October 1892

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    28 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. 1831. PUBLISHBD FOR TRANSMISSION BY EVERY HOMEWARD MAIL StEAMEK. Price 40 Cents. j VOL XXVI II. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 5 181)2. NO. :u;i)7
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    47 1 Ie Straits Times has the largest dilation of any newspapsr Asia, British India excepted, circulates m Singapore and aang, throughout all the otectel States of the Malay ninsula, m Siam, Borneo, the ttherlanls Indies, the Philiples, and French Indo-Ohina. i other Eastern newspaper has widespread a circulation.
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  • The Straits Times WEDNESDAY. 5th OCTOBER.
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      DEATHS.
      61 1 (pae House," Upp^r Wilki" R satanr, \hna GeBtra.udk, the filter of H. Book, aired 0 months. v mornlmj 2nd instant. at The )xley Hill. CATCHICK Bio9BB, s. d«'dply regret te 1. py Road, Sin »ap^re, on th« .Jrd sic Shaw Watt. ih* beloved j-i R. Hall, maua/er Howarth. k
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    529 1 Singapore. sth October, IS!>2. Prodjce. ■iir, X Cube No. 1, 9.50. X do No. 2, 8.10. jraßali, 4.50. i, ntianak, 4.10. Pepper Black 11.75. Sago Fur, Sarawak 2.90. P f .;.^C 34V r<_* 3° 00 !^jfljeo Ban, p^'^r 'Wee Liberiau, •< 33.00. Tapioca small Flake, 4.00. do
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    397 1 The Cricket match, 58th Regiment p. tinPenang Cricket Club, has resulted m P< nang winning bj an innings and nine rnna. The manager of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China announced, On Monday, the re seipt of news Ie directors recommend the volunnidation
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    469 1 dares that the Government a r e pledged to pass a Home Rule Bill that will 1 satisfacto y to Irishmen; and, that, should tin- House of L >rds rej t the Bill, t will do so at their peril. The E i Compani \M» lUO AN DA.
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    212 1 A dead Chinaman was found lyings! Kiboou Pali, Neil Road this morning. The man's neck was tied by a cord and his mouth and nose were filled with cottou seed. A eumoue was current m Ceylon bi last advices that the Royal \Va'\virk«d Regiment will leave that
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    Journalism in China.
    99 1 In China, says a home paper, the old« weekly newspaper m the wot Id -really the oldest. A.I). I'll— is now i- i 1 three times daily. It is not merely thrc editions, but three issu >, ail presumably full of lews. This publication is under Ujp
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    The Magazine Rifle in India.
    149 1 With regard to the armam-nt ol the English troops iv India, 70,000 m > vine rifles have now, the Standard sa sent out from* England and So, OOOJ^^J cartridges tor the Lee-Metford rifle now either m India or route th. Smokeless powder will not at
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      71 1 I CONTEXTS. ke? y) 'ations. tuiary of the Week. tar's Telegram*. »1 and «iene»-al New:ther Hea'ing Qu^s ion. iv *s Telegrams. ae Rule. Chartered Mercantile Bank, jsdv on Singapore. I NVw-. •graphic S ramary. .Tel bn C nupa iy. Municipal Commission Aws ze jket. S. C. C. Lawu Tennis Tournament.
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    TUESDAY, 27th SEPTEMBER.
    454 2 rTHE British steamer Nam Yang which was seized at Penang arrived here this morning bound for China. The Russian transport Kostroma arrived here to-day from Vladivostock via Nagasaki with 653 soldiers and 42 deck passengers bound for Odessa. She will leave here to-morrow. Yesterday had beeu fixed
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    I.O.G.T.
    301 2 A chinaman's Lost Cat. The following is a genuine advertisement from a Santa Barbara. (Cal.) paper Notice. Santa Barbara. May 9, 1593 —I have a tame cat is lost on the 2-' nd of April it is about nine pounds his breast all are white the hands and legs
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    Telegrams Via Ceylon.
    53 2 P London, 17th Septemlier. The statement made that an offensive and defensive alliance between France and Russia has been signed. is positively denied at St. Petersburg. It is stated at St. Petersburg that Colonel Yanoff has been ordered to withdraw to Ferghana immediately. The death of Cardinal
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    Government Shortcomings in Tonquin.
    129 2 In a recent article ou the failure or. we French Government to fulfil its obligations m respect of the lighting of the coasts aud rivers of Touquiu, the Indjpendance Tonkiwise treats of this question at some length. Our energetic Hanoi contemporary points out that nothing has
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    The Saigon Rice Market.
    155 2 Wm. G. Hale CoY Circular, dated Saigon. 24th September, gives the following particulars of the rice market there Several cargoes have been settled for Europe withoi the past fortnight upon the basis of 5 4 F. O. B. Supplies continue scanty, and only the almost entire
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    Johore.
    209 2 Undek a fairly good photograph Ol the Sultan of Jobore and the announcement that His Highness: will be m Cbicsgo during the Wo- Id's Fair, the San rYlaSctsoo F. a miner says M His Highn ss, now m his 00th yesr, has been sines ai« aeeresv n to the
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    Secret Societies in Selangor.
    550 2 (Selangor Government Gazette.) As anticipated m 1891, secret societies were started at Pudoh, Pungei Besi and other places simultaneously, but all by members of the same gang. For'mately the Captain China became aware of their prccedings, informed the Police, and, with Ids usual seal and energy,
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    N. S. Wales Coals.
    289 2 Some significant facts are brought prominently under public notice m the report of the Government Statistician of New South Wales on the coal mining industry of that colony. It is demonstrated as clearly as figures can •SOW it thai there are not only more thau enough
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    Tea and Coffee at Mergui.
    861 2 The following are extracts from Mr. Ingram's Report on the experiments! gaiden at ■ergni for 1891-2 Two small ph ts for planting Liberian roffee were cleared m the dry season and will be planted up during this rains. The nuflabt rofi ib ri.an coffee plants
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    Late Telegrams Via Rangoon.
    484 2 hfomhnif, /of/< frept. An m-itsM jaing of the Bom ha v Ohainl 4& whs held last evening for the pu <^asideriug a rtsolutiin, which hs^^H .aa notice of by Mr. E. Miller, sifl r tqct question. 'J here was a large attajajl of ie]irescntati\ of hoinbay
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    Pahang.
    409 3 Ir own Correspondent.) Pekan, 17th September. m tul returned to Pekan last ronly gone as far as Gandie river was so shallow that Ito turn back. 11. H. howhis morning by boat. A few Jempol at rived here this ing wit h them the head of s tabit )niar,
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    Cliff Tin Mines in Perak.
    126 3 r Thk State Cieologis; iv i o-au itpy.^ follows on tiu mines among cliffs m Ivmta I AT Guuong Siput the tin-bearing ear^ o j£ ti ./.tin-bearing earth entered ami tilled subsequently the hills were nnnovered again by the action of the rain end Kfes,
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    30 3 JC M. S. FM* is reported to be about t WrepLe the Hyacinth on the Chm* Station The Pfc«fc« ,8 a tbl ■uW^s rew cruiser of 2,575 tons and <,5W
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    WEDNESDAY, 28th SEPTEMBER.
    921 3 Col. Walker has made another expedition almost to the Kelantan frontier, but without coming across the Ejc-Orang Kayah. Some stragglers have been taken Ers and m these cases they have j Iv surrendered. A few cssual•e reported amongst the rebels. luscadeo and Inspector Fleming 'oured the Chicks
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    The Pahang Rising in the "Times"
    80 3 The Pahang Rising in the "Times Singapore, Ut Sepi Mr. Walker rep that the Oraog Kay a. Tohgajah Matkilat, With LOO followers. 1: Iped fiolll j Kalantaii. Mr. \Y ilker suggests thai to ke- p th.- troops longer m Pahang is th fore us.!cs<. Much privation prevails n Pahang. The
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    Telegrams Via Ceylon.
    191 3 Load- t7ih Sepi The Statist, m an article on the silver question, deprecates Ergland joining the Mo "toy Conference, sine* it is impossible that Bng and cao tamper with her mouetary system, and, m reover,adds that the American delegate* do not real y represent the opinion of
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    Siam as a Scene of Planting Enterprise.
    244 3 A former tobacco planter is Deli (Sumatra) writes to the Ceylon Observer as follows Singora. Siam, Ith August— l take the liberty of enclosing a photograph of a teat taken* from a Liberian coffee plant about 8 feet high and 10 months old,
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    Mail News.
    666 3 The Morth Bermas LlejC The Nbrddeutscher L'oyd at Bremen is asking the Imperial Government for citings m subvention contract. At first the cessation he Samoa line is asked for, the st. ainers of that line being able to transport 18,200 tons of goods on thirteen outgoing mid homeward
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    British North Borneo.
    2682 3 ii N < lONbUL < allaghau, of Bmi forwards the report of Mr. Consu'at Pryer for ISiM mi the Territory admii the British North P.eneo Mr. Prver writes fr-an Sandakau, May 19 My report is comnvlia! late, owinp having didayed sending it m. m the hope that
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    THURSDAY, 29th SEPTEMBER.
    308 4 THURSDAY, 29 th SEPTEMBER. The Japanese cruiser MaUuasumsa sailed this morning for Japan. La Politique Colonial says that Mr. Grrodet, Governor of French Guiana, xvill replace M. I Unci as Lieut. -Governor of Coebiu-Chiua. The Austrian corvette Fosaaa max- be expected here from China sometime m October on berhomewaid roysge
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    Pirate Success in Tonquin.
    159 4 '1 hi Fonquin pirates have again achieved success against the French arms. The Areatrsaya that the commander ,a the Puc-hoa station set out with 30 men drive back into China a bund of maraud. m the Thuy-khau district. The pirat tell back, ami the commandant was
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    Coconuts in Sun Francisco.
    195 4 roaJIBB attempts to transplant coconuttrees from the tropics to the greenhouses of r.raneisco have been unsuccessful but the authorities of Golden Gate Park hope for a better result with a fine specimen which recently arrived there. It came as present from Queen Kspwlsni of the Hawaiian
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    Spirit Rations in the Tropic.
    105 4 Trk United Service Gazette ,»f thanunn! August points out what it calls i plain 1; feet m the present rationary system 3 ships or the Royal Navy arising J| free issue of ruin Spirit-drinkinflj r?/ tropics is said to be not oulv unns^l but absolutely
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    The N.O.B.C. in Liquidation.
    268 4 Kk.;a i I*l so the li(]uidatit>n of tbe|H <>. I>. C. the London Correspond. -tit oj^H t 'eylon Obse under date the Judinusjjfl gives the following particulars: When recently iv tho ity inquiry made by me with the view "of as ertaiatl xvhat was being done
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    North Borneo and the Indian Cooly.
    296 4 The prospecis „f British North BJ^| a field for the nb-orpLoii of somoTH surplus co.lx population are not at prtejl very promi-ing. tor we barn tt at t>o3^H ne'iit of British North Born-o, m I^M >$ commun catitm from t i ,ox eminent regarding
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    The " Hydra"— Tongkang Collision.
    214 4 The Hydra"— Tongkang Collision. I'm: Marine Court of L'mpiir^H stituted toen.juire into the circuuis^H attending the collision of tin [^M with a tougkang off Taujong Katol the loth iust. commenced its s the Court of Requests at 11.15 a.m. to3| Johu Frskiue Clark, Chiet the Hydra, deposed that he had
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    Municipal Commissioners.
    1881 5 Wednesday. 28th Septembkk. X ordinary fortnightly meeting of Jfce Muu'.cipal Commissioners was held iv j *the T|Swn Hall yesterday afternoon at ■> t ;y). Pxhere were preseut Messrs. Alex. .Oent resident). R. \V. Maxwell, Cosmo r, i jon, Tay Geo k Teat, \V. Nansou, i Doualdsou and the
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    Legal Commissioners and Lawyers' Bills.
    591 5 Legal Commissioners and Lawyers' Bills. Bills amounting to $25,701 were submitted for payment. Mr. NaHSOE said there was a large bill for hgal expenses. He had looked OVOT these charges very cursorily and they seemed tt> bun to be quite reasonable. J3ut oue or two he thought it might be
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    FRIDAY, 30th SEPTEMBER.
    611 5 Mr. X insKT. the manager of t he Pahang Exploration aud Development Company, has returned from Europe. He xvill pro teed tO Pahang. One of the directors of the company will be m Singapore shortly to make a few enquiries into the oj>eratious of the company. Japanese
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    Singapore Philharmonic Society.
    364 6 Singapore Phi lharmonic Society. Public Concert. The public concert given by the Philharmonic Society m the Town Hall last night xvas, from every standpoint, a pronounced sin-.. The attendance xvas very large, and was the most fashionable and the most representative seen at any public function m Singapo c for
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    Programme.
    2371 6 I.— Overture Der Maurer and derSehlos- 2. Quartette. .Male voices) The Soldier's Farewell." Kinkel. Messrs. New ion. Polglase, Bourne, and dotlh. Sang... Good-bye."'.. Toeti. Mrs. S V I /.MANN. 4.— Part-Song..." Break, break, on thy cold grey stones. < i s.*-.." < Ma ifarren Sonata Violin ami Pianoforte, No.
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    Chinese Scriptures.
    1726 6 s i H j it of Chimin -n to uud -'•.mi T B of Ch it Tin H uid this ls^^H e.s ii -thai they are fgfl I' d. to a great extent, m Kill Pj„t works hive been fau-i d by PSaV r L"gg- l.'le S-i-r. Cooks
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    A Lady on Singapore.
    1201 7 rule, the woman are kept m strict seclusion, and, as one drives a lon* the Plain on an evenins?, it is tpiite pathetic to see the bin.-" women peering from the rccossoa of their closed-up carriages at their more fortunate si-ters from the West who drive
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    SATURDAY, 1st OCTOBER.
    525 7 11. 11. tl.- Sultan of Pahang has returned to Singapore and is staying at a bungalow on Thomson's I.' TuNGKU Ai.i of Pah iin:. arrived from 1' kan m tin* Glanggi this m >rning. The s. Nijni Novgorod of the Russian Volunteer Fiei I is exp 1
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    Singapore Gharries at Hongkong.
    334 7 I A Chinksi firm is said to have nn ported •m Singapore to Hongkong about a dozen w gharries and a like number of strong tle°Deli ponies. An application baa eady been made to the Government there licences. The fares are to be pretty ich the
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    Cricket.
    163 7 Saturday's match on ths S md was d.i. da< -Tt am r. 0 itBldei and d. Gh M mi got left. The following were tin s.-ires 0 1 ii. T. S tyerab. SI -war 2 T. de Crura l.b.w. < rshagsn 1 a. McKenzie b. H I. I i
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    Pawnshops in China.
    142 7 Pawnbrokers m China are not alloy to carry on but night. 1 rillatiou is not the result of any -l it or device for limiting the busiuess. 1; nply a m asui. uition i necessary t.» proi lishmeuts containing sin ..I valuable goods. The buildings constructed m
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    The Selangor Prison.
    138 7 The Selaugor Prison I J port for 1 mentions that, of the prisoners committj during the year, 138 had previou tions; the greater pari of th "re vagrants, who do nothing but frequent the Gaol. The Superintendent of prisons there finds il a pity that thes.* people
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    Balance Sheet for the Half-Year
    255 8 BKDED 2lsi AUOUST, 1892. Liabilities. Tti Capital fully paid up45,00u shares at $5 each $225,000 Dividends unpaid 1996 Outstanding drafts 90() Reserve fund ***** Unpaid Duty and Charges and sundry creditors 8,233 Balance of Profit and Loss Accou,u 15,704 5321,835 Assets. r By cost of
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    Profit and Loss Account for the Half.
    230 8 Veak KnDED2IsT Aoousr, 1892 PROF 11 AND LOSS ACt 'IN 1 To 2o° c written off from buildings and Plant £484 1."> C 0 written off from furniture. Deprecisij n written off ore bags ;,.j4 C<>>T of Prospecting ;>j\ General Charges of Jelebu
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    Netherlands India.
    1150 8 ACHBEK advices to the 10th September bring word of the despatch of infantry cavalry and artillery from ixotta Rajah to Bdl, with the object of garrisoning a fort at Telok Seniawe, and operating against sundry disaffected chiefs there* At Kotta Rajah, the enemy command the hues from various
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    Eve.
    1129 8 I Contribute,!, j W oman, lovely woman, was seui luM this world to be the friend of man and fB many years she has be. n true to her cha.ge; but, m view of the couiphoansaa! natuie of existing circumstances, thelfl a prospect ol the ..Id order of things
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      847 8 The Jelebu Mining and Trading Company, Limited. Yodk Directors submit a statement of the Company's Accounts for the period from 31st Janunry, to 2lst August. 1892. being the firsthalf of the fourth year of the Company's existence by Chinese Calendar. Since last report there U no material change iv the
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    Miss Ackermann.
    113 9 Miss Ackermann the travelling dele- the W. C. T. U. of America was Hated a public welcome to Singapore at the Methodist Kpiscopal Church last Iv the course of con^dem^le pains to make it clear ii she is an enthusiatic advocate ot the total abolition of the n
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    MONDAY, 3rd OCTOBER.
    358 9 In connection with the recent accident i to H. E. the Governor and party m the Kiuta Rive, it is said that the sunken pinnace and the Governor's portman- j teau containing H. E.s orders and decorations have been recovered and t hat they were brought to
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    S.C.C. Lawn Tennis Tournament.
    160 9 S. C.C. Lawn Tennis Tournament. Moudaj's Play. Profession Pairs. n MacTaggart, T (Elliot. MsaH lv m c --law. lLogan r T Anderson") p. VKS -Ormiston Mas. 1 Muir ja. bases Mould Dorm i Hnnokaiv Earlo 1 h( nf Stevens. Me Arthur Hrn I Dow. •*B" Class Sinoif Handdap. Viewers beat
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    Saturday's Play.
    26 9 Championship. Pearco beat Dr. Freer. A" Class Singles Handicap. Elliot beat St. J. P. Joaquim. B" Class Singles Handicap. Mould beat Graham. Double Handicap.
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    The 58th Team st Penang.
    53 9 (By telegram from our Correspondent.) (Friday, 30th September.) Penang, 2 p. m. Penano went iv first and, up to the present, have made 127 for four wickets (Saturday. Ist October.) Penang, p. m. Penang' a first innings closed for 207 j the Regiment's first innings
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    Penang Wins Easily.
    102 9 i Monday. 3rd October.} Penang, 9.16' a.m. j i The Regiment's second innings closed for I*s runs, Penang has won b} an innings aud nine runs. The cricket match oKth Regiment r. Penang began at 11.45 a.m. ou the -e»th September, ami at the adjournment for tiffin
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    Telegrams Via Rangoon.
    550 9 Allahabad. tTtk Sept.— Referring to the Black Mountain affair the Pioneer says wastever force of Bsnerwsl* or Civsrssis may j come to the help of the. offending villagers the military operations will ha conducted xvith a set determination te make the punishment inflicted exemplary m every xvay.
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    76 9 The case against the chiuchew aud the firemau of the steamer Warn Yong tor smuggling chaudu, came on for hearing before Mr. Birch at Penang on the 2Uth Sept The Magistrate found the chiuchew guilty aud sentenced him to pay a tine of S2so"aud to uudergo three months' imprisonment. The
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    The Chartered Mercantile Bank.
    1822 9 Voluntary Liquidation. Persistent rumours have been current within the past few days as to the stability of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, Loudon, and China. On Saturday, these rumours became BO pronounced, probably arising out of some information leaking OUt as to the exact posit.ou
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    Profit and Loss Account.
    262 10 To Exp gement at ti bleveu Branch and Three Sub- Cies 719 Os nard 18,279 Bj Balance al 3uth dun.-. \^.>\ Gross Profit for ha f-vear i t ding olst December, 1891, aft r providingforl Idebta 63,994 l>\ Balance brought down £18 279 ro Balance t123
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    EDITORIALS.
    310 10 Another Sealing Question. (Straits Times, 'JT't/c September.) Bei'kino Sea, the seal •Isheries m which off the coast of Alaska, have given rise to diplomatic complications between (he United States and Britain, is now the scene of further difficulty of the same kind. This time, it is Russia which has
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    To-day's Telegrams.
    280 10 \mi ui> i s I'm: cholera xvhich has disappeared from -V S "i oik b .ms n. ;a d from acrosfl tin Al intic Early t tne srrivsl of a cholera ml ni, mt and the 1' twenty days quarantine againsl sll resi arriving from foreigi The dan_
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    Home Rule.
    239 10 (Straits Time, Ut October.) According to Renter to-day, the MacCarthyites have issued a manifesto to Irishmen abroad m which the prospects of Home Rule for Ireland are said to be inspiriting. Reference ia also made to the recent concession to the Irish Party m the locatiou of the
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    The Chartered Mercantile Bank.
    662 10 H tary liquidation. To say that: t I be uufai re m lity, wh ls i d. w hal hart. i M 'rcautile w.uil I to >mS^H to be more pi ff .ongsj^H ll *it tl Ch tered Men ompelied to tcrinniate its CSJ^H uuer similar
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    UNKNOWN
    74 11 I Ut Protectorate is most satisIti ti la* 7 X 1111 i-xpendii ore and paying ._f'ii(\\ J[,.p > be earned forward to 11*92. t I ied Ao the Estimates for 1892 it k3 'a^ivaJ If 31 »t August shows an increase L e i>f the corresponding period of %Sa
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      Bench and Bar at Hongkong.
      480 11 S L wye**. Bitasti Itjdos »ok i PRfoR to tlie- hearing ol I DBg Cspt .m b. Ulanke, meat rg, m the Bnpremj court at Uongkoi g on too 88th U t.. a somewhat uu;mn! incident 0.-eur-ftfr J. J. Francis, Q.< remenstrstiug with Ihe Actutg
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      The Expedition to Pahang.
      748 11 Mr T. H. Law i; in. i f 10, St*»elhoiuw Lane, has receive i i I titer fro a Inspector MeK-oi> of Bi minghs who is m Pahang with the ft* ak Sikh- with Mr. F.. d. armour. a* of the battalion^ also of Bi mi.
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    The Municipality. Minutes.
    905 11 01 rBOCCIDINOS \r \v OKDINAfiV Ml ISO HELD ON Wei I'IKMUr.K. 1892. Pal The President, Alex Gentle; the Hou'hh* the Colonial Engineer, Ma i.o. The In-,. »et General of Police. R \V. Maxwell; T. eJol W Hanson The Hon'ble Tan Jiah Kirn C Pateraon and .1. I*.
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    Trading by Burma Officials.
    44 11 i h ler has been issued m Burma prohibiting publ servants from i din igb their wives' ami ther r'elat rts of I Fxtra nnmissiom ng with addy I IS b 'it build" train 1 from trading m am sha}
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    The Magazine Rifle in India.
    71 11 SViiti me azine Iteen I i an -tXK) aie here. r will sent be '-idges t out a< d witl let Hut when tl ausltd coid it c wil b< lud 1 I iB ..,,v. up m tl [ml; ill f* amir ud m. by
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    Mail News.
    306 12 It is freely stated that Sir Robert Hamilton, on his return from Tasmania, will be Mr. Gladstone's right-hand man m drafting the new Home Rule Bill. Sir Edwin Arnold, who is on home from Japan, accompanied by two Japanese ladies, is iv excellent health. He is represented to
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    Mr. Gladstone's Mad Cow.
    84 12 The carcase ot the mad cow from which Mr. Gladstone had such a narrow escape at Hawardeu m September has been the subject of considerable speculation. A local butcher bought the hide for £2, and told it immediately for 65. The mark who shot the auimal
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    A Parnellite Manifesto.
    91 12 In a manifesto issued by the Parnellite party it is declared that they must with the utmost speed reconstruct "the great engine of public associatiou xvhich, for the last nine years, has defied all the efforts coercion." Already the M'Cartbyites have surrendered their independence by consenting to
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    Hamburg Shipping.
    80 12 The navigation of Hamburg as a shin ping port is steadily growing. The chief increase is m steam navigation, which has advanced from 4,050 steamers arriving m 1891, to 4,234 steamers m \BV2 an m crease of 184 steamers, while iv The mean* time an increase of but
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    A New Cunarder.
    197 12 The largest vessel, save the Great Eastern, that has ever beeu built xvas launched on September Bth, at Govan, on the Clyde, troui the yard of the Fairfield Company She is one of two new bun, that have been orde.ed f or the service of the Cunard
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    The Dutch East Indies.
    51 12 The Hague, September 7. A Bill has been introduced iv the Chamber modifying the present financial administration of the Dutch East Indies. The treasure proposes that the revenue of the lutlies shall be devoted exclusively to their own use. and that the colonial grant shall be
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    The McKinley Tariff.
    75 12 Large numbers of ironworkers and tin plate men tefl South Wales on the Bth September for. America, where extensive tin-plate frorki are now beiug elected by VTefsh manufacturers iv couseqt'eu.^ of operation of the sfaKintay I Bill. I'p wards of BtlttV ol I iv South Wales sre
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    Adamson, Bell & Co.
    140 12 Adamson, Bell Co. I\ the Bankruptcy Court I iHkdon on the Bt li Sept. a general iM^tiie ol creditors was held under the failure of Adams.. n. Hell Co., be --ie purpose ot appointing a trusses fa the place of Arthur Cooper, -trait, lately deceased. The debtors Weremerchants,carrj ing on
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    Chinese Stupidity.
    109 12 xnet hefooeorrespondentol theShau. J rears, writes The Chinese s) have gradually realised wb childish blunder they committed rears ago when they managed te ttttdo the Vl log Railway, leodii a the plant to South P Jiosa, to rust away on the i indj beach ol Paiwanfoo.lt ia now
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    One Viwe of the Silver Question.
    133 12 One Vi we of the Silver Question. 1 1;; the writer of th. I ls ev ;<*«ntly nit u 1 nol long ig his suggestion I a relative of mm. ...p.* ot our Eastern colonies, and who has to make P*J to thn country J plain," I said, "thai the
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    Mr.O'Brien and the Parnellite.
    284 12 M r.O'Brien and the Parnellite. -M.. vurieu, aaareaaing a meeting Of Clanriearde tenants at Vvoodside ou Sept. 4th, oriticia erely the Parliamentarj actum of the Kedinondites, and strongly denounced their deliberate abandoumeut of the evicted tenant-. From the stain of this proceeding Mr. Kedmond COUld never be purged m the
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    Naval News.
    192 12 ISe Admiralty bave given instructions for the composite sloop Daphne, 8. 1,140 tons, 2,000-horse power, Com. C. P W< to be transferred from ,4v aeitic to the China Station Daphm Will shortly corv.i t her first te,,, of active service, having been comm isioned al Sheernesson May 2,
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    The Rupee.
    180 12 [l his bass snthoritslively stated t|»»>t "In pnrehaaing powsr of ro not diminished, except stent, m far as the netit j roducta of India ned. I* I tmist. h w r, does n t by any ine.ui- b .1 -.at this -t r m, nt. ted •> .t
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    Sir Charles Dilke on the Situation.
    197 12 3«n CB I i IS Oil KB, M V.. m au intc he i c BSatstii 1■ t his- views on iau Questi »n I Labo m ao fa •a- if was m th iin this antrj Dv rements, that we iho dd 11
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    The Chinese Eye.
    323 12 Ai the meeting of the Oriental CnL mdou on the Sep ml. letter ;,,i 1 ss -"i l Grene si Alexander was read [l ,1 li w,tlj I nliar and«abn irn al an at. osteal Btructure of th. M eye, The letter proceeded ss follows:— An., ugat
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    The 1891 Pamir story.
    74 12 The Czar is stat the the coullict between j^^M j i tuoff's force and the AfghanSS^H j Pamir. He has wired orders that Co Yanoff is t.» obey strictly his iustruas j to avoid any adventure* with th*» or the Cb the j |>ai iut out,
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    The Behring Sea Question.
    92 12 It r 1 that the Russian offioJH ird the ci Zabiaka, r< lug 1 the recent imprisonment oi British aealafl ami the contiscatiou of their ss.e.s m. J region of the Copper Islands, said th^H mnst noi ipecl betti ent from til s Kussiaus than the
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    The Dangers of Mining.
    114 12 The Ci ho will not allow mines J opened for I disturbing the j Berth Spirit, seem, ling to Sir Robe Hall, not to be so tar out iv their idssssn after all. That distinguished astronometal is very much alamo-d at the prospect flfl the metallic
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    The Dutch Colonies.
    191 12 TBI Dutch Colonial Report for 182\ H H been Wo:, v t() t lH regsaan! tion et the tr.nu.-r m N.rth Horneo tßa^H says that iru medial el) af er the ra itice-e tak-u to lS.______H i Io the Vtheriaejjfl iuhabitMits m Java and^asßßßn was m 1-
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    827 13 I Fn Admiralty re **»!> JuHictWood.) ,,,a,, ,,f <W. Davie, h S. S. 7er*Z- tf„ >-, -Cla naforXf 1^ he «**o yeater. the fcdlow m which J f. M(I "msll Btesmer of 8, m oo'n?\ M Sultan ligl U1 I,of trom the sttempting to back .iff fl 22nd
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    Cricket.
    580 13 r n ;r< M *«<*. 58th Regiotenl '-han,. a t Rwiaugou the 80th Septem. I*' 1 l'»*s waa, resumed a. 3 p.m. aud i Mm '«*s. al 1045 until adj.o.n n L*>h when the* S«?. SS follows •an Cricxet Club. let Innings, A. J. McClosky b. Beslea *>,; S.
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    THE "STRAITS TIMES."
    370 16 THE STRAITS TIMES." I The price of the Straits Times dt?livered free is as follows Within British Malaya. Daily issue por year 24 dollars. do do copy 10 cents. "Weekly issue year 16 dollars. do do copy 40 cents. Beyond BruHeh Malaya. Daily issue per year .'!<» dollars. do do
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