Stock Market Stagnation Amid War Talk and Local Gossip
Stock exchange activity slows with no notable trades as analysts warn of a potential stock fall. In Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank shares hold firm after Oriental Bank collapse. News on colonial leadership includes Sir George Phillippo taking holiday in Japan with Justice Russell acting Chief Justice and Dr. Stewart acting Colonial Secretary. A gala of mischief ends with a breach of promise suit: Miss Dredge sues broker Kerfoot Hughes for 30000 pounds. verdict remains uncertain as case moves toward compromise or court.
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Stock Exchange
Hong Kong and Shanghai
Oriental Bank
Peking
China
Nous Verrons
Sir George Phillippo
Japan
Lady Phillippo
Justice Russell
Dr. Stewart
Mr. Marsh
Marsh
Miss Thornton
Australia
Bell Irving
Jardine, Matheson and Co
Philippine Islands News Roundup of Mayhem and Trade Shifts
News from Samar and Cebu recounts a foolish uprising over a belief the island would disappear. Police dispersed rebels with leaders slain and many prisoners taken while order was restored. Manila harbour dues were adjusted with reduced tonnage charges. The Panay wreck sale netted 2453 dollars. sugar and hemp prices in Cebu fell with sugar at three dollars per picul and hemp at eight dollars and twenty-five cents.
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Philippines
Straits Times
Samar
Visayao
Cebu
Bunga
Manila
Panay
Cumarang Reef
Picul
Superior
Saigon Plague Declared Infected As Hong Kong Permits Vessels
Saigon is declared infected with small pox while ships arriving from that port to Hong Kong are admitted to pratique only if no cases occurred on board during the voyage.
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Saigon
Hong Kong
Siam Proclaims Completed Telegraph Link to Kow Daan
The Minister of Posts and Telegraphs announces completion of the Bangkok westward line to Kow Daan connecting with the British system. Public use remains Bangkok to Pong Sakee while British lines are restored after illness injuries delay. Telegraph despatches to foreign countries suspended until British connections resume.
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Minister of Posts and Telegraphs
H.M
Bangkok
Kow Daan
Kingdom of Siam
British Telegraphic Office
Pong Sakee
Gold mining and rebuilding progress in Upper Sarawak and Busan
The Sarawak Gazette notes that the Borneo Company in Bau has resumed stamping gold ore from about 10 000 tons mined while Busan furnaces restart. In Paku the large steam pumping engine operates, aiding the Chinese Malay and Dyak labor force. Rebuilding begins on the burnt town sector with materials gathered for sturdier, improved houses.
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Sarawak Gazette
Sarawak
Bau
Borneo Company, Limited
Busan
Paku
Piat
Lamongan Volcano Activity In Java Affects Coffee Crop
Since April 15 the Lamongan Volcano in Probolingo province Java has shown rising activity. The latest official estimate puts Java coffee crop for the year at 915 950 piculs.
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Lamongan
Probolingo
Java
Cholera Outbreak and Quarantine at Acheen Port
Information from Acheen reports cholera at Olehleh and quarantine on all vessels departing from that port. Tuku Umar, a once hostile headman, offered submission and was told to prove it by rescuing the shipwrecked crew of the Wisero held in Tenom, a task many expect to fail.
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Olehleh
Tuku Umar
Wisero
Tenom
Acheen
News from the Straits Settlements May Sessions
The Straits Settlements report May council meetings with five new bills including Gunpowder Harbours and Indian Immigration. Vermont of Penang takes seat as salaries and postal costs are outlined, with the colony to pay £6,000 plus £1,500 to France and Italy for mail conveyance.
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London
Straits Times
Legislative Council
J. M. B. Vermont
Penang
Secretary of State
Colonial Office
Lords of the Treasury
Brindisi
Naples
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Philippine Islands
Cochin China
SIAM
Borneo
Netherlands
India
Straits Settlements
Singapore
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