The Straits Budget, 25 November 1909

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1 26 The Straits Budget
  • 27 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” VOL. LXIII. NO. 2702. Singapore, Thursday, November 25,1909. irousNct mi mr a comm Price 25 cents
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  • 253 1 LEADERS— Check on Rubber Corners 12 Samples of Accuracy ...12-13 Municipal Singapore 13 India and the Empire 13-14 Progressive or Decadent 14 The Will of the People 14-16 Local and General— Heroes of Brunei 1 Mr. Montagu Harris’s Application 5 Municipal Meeting 6 Linking London 6 Muar
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  • 864 1 The end of the year 1905 was marked by two events of great importance to British Malaya—the rise of the dollar, and the acceptance by the Sultan of Brunei of a British Resident to assist
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  • 1171 3 200 Mail Bags Lost. So many vessels, especially those of the Ship’s Agency (Messrs. Daendols and Co) pass through the narrow llbio Straits that directly the La Seyne went to the bottom she constituted a serious danger to shipping, especially at night. Immediately the
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  • 2978 4 French Officer’s Statement. The enquiry into tbe collision between tbe British India steamer Onda and the Moosageries Maritimes steamer La Seyne, in Rhio Straits, was began at the master attendant’s court, on Tuesday. Mr. L. E. P. Wolferstan, senior magistrate, and district judge, sat
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  • 895 6 Another special meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held in the board room, on Friday afternoon, to conclude the consideration of the estimates for 1910. Those present were:—Mr. Broadrick, (president); Mr. Polglase, (secretary); Messrs. Watkins, Darbishire, Peacock, Ong Tek Lim,
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  • 148 6 It will be remembered that the Bridge House Estates Committee reported last April to the Common Council in favour of widening S3uthwark Bridge and of constructing a new bridge over the Thames between Southwark and Blackfriars. Reuter told us yesterday
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  • 93 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, November 19. The Sans Souci Syndicate dissolution suit brought at the instance of Mr. Cathirvalo, has been dismissed with costs. The proceedings elicited a most remarkable partnership with no mutual confidence between the partners, and no money
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  • 270 6 O. E. Mahomed Madarsali, a baokrunt cloth merchant, appeared before Mr. J nat i£ Sercombei Smith on Friday, for the f ur th« consideration of b.s case. The public c,2' nation had already been closed, and bankrupt now was present for disposal
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  • 329 6 (From a Correspondent.) Muar, November 17. The football competition, which has been in progress for some time, wastiaally played off on Saturday in the presence of a large crowd, the contending teams being Kampong Tengah and Parit Amal. Fast play wav witnessed, but the latter team proved too
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  • 842 7 The first ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of Pegoh, Limited, was held at the company’s registered office, Grosham House, on Saturday, Mr. W. M. Sime (chair man of directors) presiding. There were also present Messrs. A. VV. Bean, Tan Chay Yan
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  • 262 7 Translated into English. Lok Kawi is Cowie Harbour, so called after the chairman and managing director of the British Nortli Borneo Co., reports the L. and C. Express This is the title given to a company formed to acquire 5,000
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  • 176 7 A quiet, but pretty wedding ceremony took place, at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, on Saturday afternoon, the contracting parties being Mr. H. F. Campbell, of Messrs She wan. Tomes and Co., Hongkong, and Miss Ellen Rachel Rrown, of Folkestone, Kent, who arrived from home with the English mail on
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  • 681 7 Draft rules made by the Governor in Couucil under section 40 of the Chandu Revenue Ordinance, 1039, which will be laid before the Legislative Council for approval, on Friday next, are published in the Govern- uaent Gazette. They
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  • 13 9 [The Straits Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents.]
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  • 367 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —In your search after rectitude in matters commercial, municipal and Governmental as typified in your more recent leading articles I append two more examples of doing things in a manner neither right nor wrong and yet not correct. Take the
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  • 249 9 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— Strolling along the sands at Tanjong Rhoo, at high tide, the other evening on ray way to Tanjong Katong, I found that I could not get beyond the Government bungalow, owing to a couple of houses adjoining it being
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  • 566 9 To tho Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, -You recently took the trouble to criticise) the Merlituau dotation and gave it special prominence in a leading article. lu your issue of yesterday this is to some extent replies! to and it is to be gathered from
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  • 38 12 Campbkll— Bkown. —At St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore, on Saturday, November 20, by Bishop Ferguson-Davie, assisted by the Colonial Chaplain, the Rev. H. C. Izard, Hugh Frank Campbell, of Hongkong, to Miss Ellen Rachal Brown, of Folkestone, Kent.
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1102 12 .—Straits Times, November 18. If there have been any doubts as to the reality of the Federal Council for the Federated Malay States, they should be removed by the appearance of a first copy of the official Gazette from which we were able to publish extracts
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    • 1137 12 StraitH Times, November 1H. I, Edward George Broadrick, President of the Municipal Commissioners, Singapore, in pursuance of section 40 of The Municipal Ordinance 1896, do hereby certify that the above List of Persons duly qualified to be elected Municipal Commissioners of the Town of Singapore and the
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    • 1101 13 lirI” way authorities .—Straits Times, November 20. On one or two occasions lately we have been told that our comments on the Singapore Municipality wero too severe. Bat we have never produced anything quite so crushing as a simple record of the Municipal Commissioners’ proceedings which it has
      lirI” * . * , way authorities .—Straits Times, November 20.  -  1,101 words
    • 1162 13 gravity of the national responsibility.— Straits Tinles, November 22. Lord Curcon may do more good to India now that he is out of it than lie ws* can 'hie of when placed in the exalted position of Viceroy. He won that position by the g' nius
      gravity of the national responsibility.— Straits Tinles, November 22.  -  1,162 words
    • 1248 14 PROGRESSIVE OR DECADENT —Straits Times, November 23. The Editor of the Sociological Review did well to invite a criticism of Mr. Masterman’s book on The Condition of England from Mr. Frederick Harrison. There is probably no man living who is better able to say whether the general trend of things
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    • 1184 14 Deeds of the country. —Straits Tiiues, NoTtiu- ber 24. Lord Lansdowne has shown his fine skill as a political tactician by the manner in which he has placed his motion for rejection of the Budget before the House of Lords. He does not claim that
      Deeds of the country.—Straits Tiiues, NoTtiu- | ber 24.  -  1,184 words
  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 92 12 The post free price of the Straits Times is $38 a year The post free price of the Straits Budget is $14 a year. It is not necessary to subscribe for a year. The subscriptions for shorter periods are at the same proportionate rate as for a year. The Straits
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  • 47 12 DEATHS. Lkkmit. —On October 24, at Evesham, Charles, youngest son of A. W. Lermit, of Singapore, after a bicycle accident, aged 22. Sikmkks.— At Singapore, on November 21, Jessie Beatrice, beloved wife of G. Siemers. Interment at 3 p.m. to day. (Sarawak and German papers please copy).
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  • 552 15 The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation opened a hranch in Malacca, on Monday. It is proposed to expend trie sum of $.V), (>f)0 next year in the reconstruction of the Kuala Lumpur Telephone Exchange. lhe planting community of Malacca number thirty. It is said that this figure will
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  • 567 15 *J. T. Da Bois has as-mmed the dutie# of I niN'd States Consul G :n*'r-il it Singa- pore. Mr. A. de Wywodzeff resumed c’.argc of Consulate G ot ral for Russia on t<.« I0;h i inst. Mr L. Mclean is appointed a magistrate i for Penang, to
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  • 1495 16 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —In your leading article of the 4th instant, you criticised the Mcrlimau dotation in a carping spirit, and made much capital out of the fact that the shares had
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  • 149 16 There has developed a rather regrettable practice at the meetings of well-established companies for chairmen—prompted by a pardonable pride in the advanced stage reached by their own estates—to allude slightingly to the many new issues which have recently been offered to the public
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  • 147 16 In these days of insanitary areas and health improvements, it is interesting to note that Kotta Rajah, the chief town of Acheen, shows up in a manner to rejoice Sanitary reformers. In 1907 (the latest figures available) the death-rate was 17 per thousand against 50
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  • 76 16 At the next meeting of the above tion to be held at 11 a.m. on December at the Mesa House, Seremban, the agenda will be as follows: Replies from Government in re:—(i_) dian Immigration Committee. (2.) Truck Enactment. (3.) Increase of Scientific btan, Agricultural Department, F.
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 244 21 The Interport Match. The full results of this year’s competition for the Interport shooting shield are now available. Singapore, having won with the record score of 955, the shield remains in the keeping of His Excellency at Government House, for the second year in succession. The
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    • 148 21 Mother Country v. Colonies. A Rugby match was played on the S. R. C. portion of the Esplanade,on Thursday between teams representing the Mother Country and the Colonies. In the earlier stages the Colonies fairly often broke away and managed to score a try, which was converted. The
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    • 655 21 Middlesex Win the Shield. The S. C. C. having scratched to Middlesex II in the competition for the Singapore Association football shield, and the R- G. A. having done the same to the S. R. C., the competition is now ended, the final result being as follows Played
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    • 281 21 Sepoy Lines Golf Chib. The eclectic competition for ladies for the prizes presented by Lady W. HyndmanJoneB resulted as follows: Miss McNair 40 *cr. 40 Mrs. Carver 48 2 11 Miss Worters 41 2 42 Mrs. Watkins H *0 Mrs. Emerson 58 0 47 Mrs. Plumpton 57 8 40
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    • 225 21 That man couldn't stand a blow from a stick of wood, much less f rom a hatchet, said a Malay member of the crew of the local steamer Will o’the Winp to the third magistrate, on Thursday.
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    • 141 21 Ong Teow .loon, master of the steamer Esmeralda, pleaded guilty before the fourth magistrate, on Friday, to detaining the mails from Singkep which were brought by his vessel. He explained that he arrived at 5 p.m. on October ‘21 and saw no mails.
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  • 1816 22 London, November 17. There was a brilliant gathering at the annual dinner of the Straits Settlements Association, over which Sir Frank Swettenham presided. Proposing the toast of The Straits, the Chairman asked where they would find revenue to replace the opium duties. He doubted if rubber taxes would
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  • 508 23 Berlin, November 17. The Bishop of Kuzco, Peru, has been killed by an anarchist bomb. Herr Kuyper denies that it is his intention to retire from Parliament. The Persian rebels have left Ardebil on the persuasion of the Russian authorities. Berlin, November 18. In his speech at Manchester,
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  • 374 23 (Fkov Oik Own Cokbkspondknt.) Labuan, November 18. The out put from the coal mines at Coal Point was over 9,000 tons, last month, of which H,CH0 tons were brought down to Victoria, the rest being consumed at the mines and elsewhere. The steamer Oermania arrived from Singapore this
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  • 149 23 The festivities in honour of the King of Siam’s Coronation, albeit curtailed, aud thereby marred, by the recent deaths in the Royal Family, were nevertheless thoroughly entered into at Bangkok by the populace in general who displayed last week their thorough sympathy with the
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  • 308 23 Mr. K. h Bulimore. who has been for some considerable time Superintend iut of Mails at the Singapore Post Office, h aves today for Kuala Lumpur, whore tie takes up a higher appointment in the p istal t« h *raph department of
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  • 267 23 There wa« a very pleasant social evening at the V. M C. A. on the 17th inst., to ay good-bye to Mr. ami Mrs. Webb, who have endeared themselves to their many friends for their
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  • 25 23 (From Oub Own Cobbksi’O.ndbnt.) Colombo, November 20. Pataling Rubber Estates Syndicate haa announced a second interim dividend of 2ft pe r cent.
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  • Shipping in Port.
    • 421 25 November 16 Glenogle, Brit atr, Larkins, Amoy, Taik Lee Guan Breid, Nor atr, Felkatead, Bangkok, Joo Seng Chan Bridge, Nor atr, Folkman, Bangkok, Low Sum Marudu, Gerstr, Rodenburg, L. Data, B. Meyer Hebe, Brit atr, Inkster. Put Back, W. Maustield Sri Muar, Brit atr, Hudson, Malaoca, Soon Keck Janet
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    • 393 25 November 16 Ban Yon§ Seng, Brit atr, Billiton and Palembang Sam. Yong, Brit atr, Ternate via ports Lady I Veld, Brit str, Muar and Malaoca Pin Seng, Bril atr, Port Swettenham and Penang Totorni Mara .Jap ftr, Colombo and Bombay Kuching, Sar atr, Sarawak <ilcnjalloch Brit atr, Penang Dovre,
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  • 377 25 Per P. and O. steamer Sicilia, due Novemtor 26.—Mr. and Mrs. P. Cunliffe and child, Miss M. E. Pewsher, Miss F. Brooke-Hunt. Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Harvey, Mrs. Salzmann, Mr. H. L. Jarvis, Mr. H. R. Quartley, Mr. and Mrs. McClymont, Mr. W.
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  • 262 25 Singapore, Novkmbbr 24, 1909 PRODUCE. Oambier buyers I 1100 do (Cato No. 1) aapioked 14 00 Copra Bali 9.85 do Pontianak 8 70 Popper, Black buyers 15 37 i do White 54, buyers 27.00 Sago Floar Sarawak 8 80 do Braoei No. 1 qooi Pearl Sago norn
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 252 26 ~'L ASVSaFi fr Premier Daily Newspaper of the Straits F.M.S. Straits TBimes Mg*Sk\< It •primarily and eftftenth.lly a paper for news. Its (iJes, recording tlu progress of ttys section of the world's activities, afford practical and valuable data for the guidance of every business man. No paper in the Far
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