The Straits Budget, 11 July 1907

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  • 28 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE "STRAITS TIMES.” VOL. LXI. NO. 2S77. Singapore, Thursday, July 11, 1907. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CIHTURV. Price 25 cents.
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  • 208 1 LEADERS Sanitary Administration in Eastern Colonies 12 Regulation of Street Hawkers 12-18 Eastern Crown Colonies and Divorce Courts 18 Colony's Finances in 1906 18 Self-Government in the Philippines 14 Another Phase of Military Contribution 15 Public Works Expenditure 15-16 Edward the Peacemaker 16 Dis piloting News from
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  • 878 1 On any week-day during the past fortnight, an Irish woman, well dressed, and of superior appearance, could have been seen selling matches outside the London Pavilion, in Piccadilly-circus, says the London Daily Chronicle. A tablet on her breast bears the cajoling words,
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  • 727 2 There were uinctccn cases in the bankruptcy Court on the 4th inst. Mr. Niblett appeared for Supramanian CUetty and asked for a receiving order against Song Seah Kiln, proprietor of the i Sin Yew Hean Press. Amoy Street’s and his step-mother, Yeo
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  • 146 2 (From Our Own Correspondent!. Penang. July 10, 4-15 p.m. Mr. K. A. Swan, manager to Messrs* Caldbcck, MacGregor and Company in Penang, was charged in the Police Court, to-day, with removing one bottle of white wine without a permit from
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  • 175 2 An Arab trader named Sycd Abdulrahman claims to have sold a quantity of goods to two Malays, Dris and Yacob, and to Mrs. Sophia Peterson, a Eurasian, at Kirk Terrace, and to have been cheated by them in respect of 130 guilders. He told a curious story
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  • 110 2 Gasrat bought some brown sugar from a shop two and a half miles from town, on the Serangoon Road, last month, and protested against the shopkeeper giving him what he claimed was under weight. As the result of his protest, he left the shop with
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  • 449 2 Gob Chin Leong, proprietor of Chop Long Keng, was examined in the Bankruptcy Court, on the 4th inst., regarding his financial position. He said that he had been iu the colony for twenty-eight years. At the time of his failure, he
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  • 167 2 The gun, announcing the arrival of the outward English mail packet, was fired about 7.30 a.m. ou July 5, and it was not till much later in the morning that the delivery of postal matter oommenced. The reason for this lies in the fact that
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  • 950 3 An 'ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held on the 5th inst. Those present were the Municipal President, Mr. E. G. Broadrick, the Secretary, Mr. J. Polglase; the Engineer, Mr. R. Peirce; the Health Officer, Dr. Middleton, and Messrs. Murray- Robertson, Ong
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  • 108 3 Messrs. Fraser Chalmers, Limited, have been successful in securing the contract for the new macliinciy for the Pahang Consolidated Mines. The plant consists of a complete 50-Stamp Battery, Huntington Mills, Concentrators, Bruckner furnaces, etc., and will be one of the largest and most up-to-date installations of its
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  • 78 3 The cases of K. S. Saiboo Tamby v. M. Mohamed Yahyah, and also against K. A. Ahamat bin M. Abdulkadi had been taken together, and Mr. Justice Fisher, in the Supreme Court, on July 8, said he was unablet to arrive at any other conclusion than that notes
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  • 263 3 One of the very first matters that, probably, will eng ige the attention of the newly constituted Sc .angor Chamber of Commerce will be the i iprovement of the telephone system. We are not exaggerating when we say that business men in
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  • 139 3 The output of tin during May, in Paliaug was 3,746.45 piculs against 2,730.35 piculs in April. The’approximate value of the metal was $302,943, on which duty amounting to $27,014.12 was collected. The price of tin averaged $93.93 per picul vi th duty at $21.63
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  • 35 3 The Acting Secretary at Perak informs us that the export of tin in that state in June was 6,585 piculs9 catties, and tin-ore 28,499 piculs 10 catties, the combined duty being $444,175.22.
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  • 1761 4 The Colony’s Courts. LEGISLATORS DISCUSS THEIR SCOPE. Why is there No Divorce Court Mr. Napier hurled a Kill of remarkable magnitude upon our legislators at their meeting ou the >"111 inst. But in doing so he recognised the necessity of apologising, and of assuring lion, members that he would deal
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  • 192 4 One of the papers laidou the table at the Legislative Council meeting on duly comprised the correspondence, which passed between Sir W. T. Taylor, during the time he was acting Governor of the Straits Settle ments last year. His Excellency the Governor. Sir John Anderson, and Lord
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  • 739 6 Twenty-seven prisoners were awaiting trial at tlie Assizes for the Settlement of Singapore, which opened before Mr. .luHtice Kislier, at the Supreme Court, on the 9th inst. Six of them, including Sandwell. are indicted for murder, one, for attempt to murder
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  • 210 6 The following are recipients of the Star of India: K.C.S.I. Thomas William liolderness, Secretary to the Revenue and Statistics Department, India Office and Hon. Mr. Lancelot Hare, Lieutenant-Governor of Kastcrn Bengal and Assam. C.S.I. Raju N a rend r a C'hand, of Nadaun, Punjab Arthur Delaval Youughushand,
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  • 149 6 The health statistics of the Settlement, furnished by Dr. D. K. McDowell, Registrar of Births and Deaths, show that 203 Chinese died in Singapore during the week ended July 6 Of this number, 176 were males, and 27 females. Thirty-three deaths of Malays were recorded, nineteen Indians,
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  • 417 6 Bishop Oldham addressed a large audience at the Coleman Street Methodist Episcopal Church, on the 8tli inst. on the subject of the World-Influence of the Anglo-Saxon Pace. He began his lecture by saying that, in his wanderings between Singapore and
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  • 205 6 Referring to the Secretary of States i announcement with regard to the grauting i of the recently accorded ten per cent, increase i in salaries to all officials, the Pinang Gazette says that the idea that only officers drawing less than Jtl,ooo a year should be eligible
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  • 915 7 A long of judgments, given by Mr. .Justice Fisher, in the Supreme Court, ou the m:)i inst., was headed by a lengthy decision, respecting the notorious Boat Quay property case. The names of the parties, shortly, are T. S. Cheun. appellant, aud
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  • 267 7 A Question of Protection or Persecution. At the Supreme Court ou the 8th inst., the Chief Justice Sir W. H. HyndmanJones, and Mr. Justice Fisher, heard an interesting argument arising out of a magisterial decision. It was in the matter of Police Sergeant Payne versus Mashooda Prares,
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  • 73 7 Dr. Nakano, a Japanese qualified medical practitioner, was fined 950, on the 9th inst. by the Senior Magistrate, for failing to report a case of enteric fever and death to the sanitary authorities. The doctor said that lie had reported the matter to the P. C. M.
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  • 594 7 In his annual report on the Federated Malay States, Sir W. T. Taylor, k.c.m.o., tbo Resident General, deals with the F.M.S. Railways. He points out that the mileage open on December 81 was 428 miles, and 67 rtiiiins, an increase of 32
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  • 38 12 Nathan.— Oil July 5, at Taujong Katong, Singapore, to Mr. anti Mrs. E<l. N. Nathan, a son. Mix iiKi.i. —At Singapore, on July 7, tlie wife of Herbert Mitch 11, of Milan i, i’ontianak, of a daughter.
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1550 12 —Straits Times, July 4. l>r. W..). Simpson’s report on the sanitary condition of Singapore is receiving a considerablc amount of attention in Colombo and Hongkong. Some of our Hougkong contemporaries comment on the similarity of tlie terms of the report with those Dr. Simpson ust;d
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    • 549 12 Straits Times, duly 5. The mere suggestion that the Municipal authorities should regulate the street hawkers, as is done in other well-conducted towns, was sufficient to create discontent, and rumours have been current for several days of an impending so-called strike. In other words, the Government
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    • 1074 13 —Straits Times, July 0. The late Lord Coleridge once sonteutiously referred to The Times as the chief of those organs whose mission it is to instruct and inform public opinion. We are rather disposed to think tliat the most useful mission of the Press
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    • 519 13 report in a future issue.—Straits Tim«4 July 6. At yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Council, there was laid on the table the Financial Report and Statements of the Acting Treasurer, Mr. J. O. Anthonis/, for the year 1906. From this bulky document, we learn that the
      report in a future issue.—Straits Tim«4 July 6.  -  519 words
    • 1988 14 our American friends.—Straits Times. July H. IVfore many weeks have elapsed, the IMdiippim; people will have reached t first stage on the road to political ficedotu. This month, they will be itx t -c full enjoyment of the franchise to elect eighty one deputies to the
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    • 1733 15 through this Government. Straits Times, duly 9. At the last meeting of the Legislative Council, there was placed on the table a document dealing with the subject of lauds acquired by the Colonial Government ou behalf of the War Office and transferred to that I)epartmeut.
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    • 458 15 Straits Times, July 5. The first fact that arrests attention iu the report of the Colonial Knginecr on the Public Works Department in 1906 is the comparative statement of ex|>cnditiirc in the three Settlements. We are so accustomed iu Singapore to tfie reiterated statement that the interests
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    • 422 16 -Straits Times. July 10. Englishmen abroad will probably be more interested in tbe anuoiiuceinent that an Aruateur Football Association has •been formed than in the King's speech at Holyhead on the peace of Ktirope. The important part played by King Edward in preserving the political equilibrium of
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    • 591 16 Central Government in Peking.—Straits Times, July 19. Singapore is never out of the line of Are. On one side, the natives of Sumatra are opposing Dutch troops; on the other, the Japanese arc meeting with a stubborn resistance from the aborigines of Formosa. No sooner had
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 93 12 The post free price of the Straits Turns is $3B a yeti* The post free price of the Straits Hudgit is )U a year. It is not necessary to subscribe for a year. The subscriptions for shorter periods art at the same proportionate rate as for a year. The Straits
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  • 544 16 Mr. W. E. L. Shand, of Bukit Rajah Estate, F.M.S., is going shortly to Bukit Asahan. i The death has taken place of Mr. Heali Swee Lee, the Chinese planting member of the Perak State Council. Mr. R. J. Bartlett, Vice-Principal, Raffles Institution, gave an address to
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  • 1610 17 The slander and libel action, Joseph Khalifa against Moses Elias, was again before Sir W. H. Hyndwann Jones at the Supreme Court, on July 9, when Mr. van Someren opened the case for the defence. At the outset, he read a letter
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  • 330 17 The Tao-tui Tsai-Tiug-kau, who accom panics the Chinese Cruisers on their visit to the Straits Settlements and F.M.S., gave his views in Saigon with great frankness, ac cording to the Saigon Opinion. Asked as t< object of the cruise he is reported to have said Well, we
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  • 48 17 We are informed officially that, on the re commendation of the Director ot Education the (iovornment has decided to drop tl quarterly collection of school fees. The fees will, therefore, be $2 a mouth, instead of 56 a quarter, as announced previously.
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  • 1532 18 (From Our Own Coi.kkmonokm. i Loudon. .June Id. Further conHideratiou of Penang's present and future possibilities, and of her aspiration to blossom forth into greater independence under a Lieutenant-Governor, lias elicited an opinion from some of the Straits men at Horne, who are well
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  • 214 18 Singapore, July 10, 1907. PRODUCE. /iuibier 5 6.HO «lo (Cube No. 1; unpicked 10.35 Jopra Bali 9.45 do Pontiauak 9.00 Popper, Black 18.00 ao White 5% buyers 24.75 Sago Flour Sarawak 3.024 do Brunei No. 1 2.96 Pearl Sago 4.35 Coffee Bali, 15% 19.00 Coffee, Palembang, 20% bisis 22.50
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  • 890 19 An unfeeling Singapore paper last week quoted the Colonial Engineer's Annual Report to show that practically the same amount was spent on public works in Penang as in Singapore last year. Here’s another pet illusion lost to Penang By way of rubbing it in, the same paper
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  • 167 19 A Chinaman named Goh Weng attempted to break into St. Mary’s Home, Tank Road, on the night of June JO, by breaking a plank off a partition. He was arrested by a Chinese detective, who was stationed in the vicinity, and taken to the Orchard Road Police Station.
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  • 658 19 And it came to pass in the days when Soaudso was Ruler of the People of the States of Malaya that many Whitemeu from the West came to the States of Malaya to plant the Shrub that bears the Berry that is called
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  • 530 20 We atWuded last night a rehearsal of the Raja ot Stengahpour. The development of the plot—if there was one —was most interesting. Sebastian Quintus Browne, who is a retired merchant service captain—but a practising potentate—is the father of two
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  • 97 20 A Malay living near the 6£ mile stone on C hangi Road allowed his cow to wander at will into his neighbours’premises. A Chinese plauter resented the intrusion of the quadruped among his succulent vegetables, aud struck the offending beast on the head with
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 429 20 (Fkom Our Own Corrksi»oni>knt.) Kuala Lumpur. July 9. The Selaugor Race Meeting opened to-day. At the beginning the weather was fine, but the sky became overcast later. The going was good and the attendance fair. Following are the results of the various
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    • 37 20 S.C.C. Tournament. The tiual match in the open pair* competition in the S.C.C. Bowling Tournament was won on the 5th inst. by McKean and Butchart, who beat A. G. Spark and E. G. H. Hartnell.
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    • 30 20 S.R.C. Tournament. The S.R.C. tennis tournament was cou eluded on the 5th inst., E. A. Peralta w in ning the championship iu the final tie against C. Olivtiro.
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    • 85 20 An Aged Player. The well-known cricketer. Mr. Charles Absolom. has reached the age of ninety. He has, of course, not played for years, but when seventy-six lie took 209 wickets. When he was in his prime it was no uncommon thing for him to take part in tw'o games
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    • 264 20 Bangkok Club. The result of the Monthly Medal Compe tition played on Sunday. June 30. w a* a* follows:— H. E. Spivey 99— 8 91 C. F. Hare 104—12=92 A. E. Stiven 102—6 96 No other scores below 100 were returned The heaviness of the ground accounts for the
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    • 92 20 In the case of Allegappa Chetty v. Kavcna Xagalingam, for principal and interest alleged to be due on a mortgage, Mr. Justice Fisher, in the Supreme Court, on July 8, held that the plaintiff had accepted the mortgage as security and received the money realised at the
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  • 2955 21 London, July 8. Germany denies emphatically that she has offered any advice to the United States concerning the disposition of American warships. A semi official statement issued from Washington says that President Roosevelt is not considering the question of transferring warships to the Pacitio. Nevertheless, circumstances point to
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  • 392 22 (Fkom Oik Own Cokrkspondknt). Loudon, July 3, 6.15 p.m. There was no play in the test match between England and the South Africans at Lord’s to day, owing to the weather and the state of the ground. It rained heavily throughout the day. London, July 4, 4.15 p.m.
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  • 729 23 Berlin, July 8. The British Wireless TelegrapliCommission have issued a majority report. The report is in favour of admitting wireless telegraphy within the sco|)e of the International Telegraph Convention. The Kaiser and his Consort have arrived in Denmark. The Danish press publish cordial articles on the occasion of
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  • 13 23 The Straits Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents].
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  • 186 23 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Singapore, .Inue 4. Sir.-The question of the site of the Quarantine Camp will come up for consideration before the Municipal Commissioners to-morrow. It is stated that the site chosen is Pay ah Lobar, near the Tramway terminus, at Serangoon,
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  • 450 23 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Singapore, July 4. Sir,—Though not claiming at all to be better versed than you are in the matter of secret treaties, I cau certainly claim to kuow something about it, perhaps a little more, than was published in the Straits Times
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  • 346 23 To the Kditor of the Straits Times. Singapore, July 9, 1907. Sir, —May I request you to insert the following iu your leading paper As there; are a great number of people interested iu this Mining Company who are entirely dependent on the monthly reports
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  • SHIPPING IN PORT.
    • 575 24 July 3 Devanha, Brit str, Hide, Y'hama, P. A O. Coy Maetsuycker, Dut str, Harthorn, Billiton, j Daendels Siam, Brit atr, Sangster, Pulo Seinbilan, Katz Bros. *'ailyle, Brit atr, Cobb, Teluk Anaon, Straita Steamabip Coy Chakrabhongs, Siam atr, Svarrer. Bangkok, Kant Aatiatic Coy Full Wo. Brit atr, Todd, Langkat,
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    • 263 24 July 4 Moj une, Brit str, Hongkong and Shanghai Bingo Maru, Jap str, Hongkong and Japan PingSuev, Brit str, Liverpool via |>orts Shantung. Ger str, Gorontalo via ports Thongwa, Brit str, Penang, N’patan, Madras Hong Bee, Brit str, H'kong, Amoy, Swatow Rembrandt, Dut str, .Batavia Ischia, Ital str, Hongkong
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    • 821 24 Name port probable date o f arrival awrf oj Agents. STEAMERS. Airlie, Sydney, Augt 24 Boustead Alcinous, China, July 21; Mansfield Arcadia, Colombo, Jnly 19 P. A O. Coy Austria, Hongkong, Augt Rautenberg Australien, Marseilles, Augt 26; M. Maritimcs Ayuthia, Calcutta, July 20; Borneo Coy A. Apcar, Calcutta,
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
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  • Page 28 Advertisements
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