The Straits Budget, 16 June 1910

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1 12 The Straits Budget
  • 27 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES. VOL. LXIV NC 2731 Singapore, Thursday, Jane, 16,1910. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CENTUH> Price 25 cents,
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  • 203 1 w LEADERS— Neglected Dignitaries 8 Science for tbe Tropics 8 Ruboer Reviving 9 The Military Contribution 9 Opium Monopoly 10 Lord Kitchener s Refusal 10-11 Local and General— Social and Personal 1 Pheasants of Malaya 2 Foreign Troops in North Chiua 2 The Late Mr. Machado 2
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  • 760 1 Messrs. C. Henly and P. W. Parkinson have gone home from Selangor. Lieut. Macmillan left Penaug on June 5, for home to rejoin his regiment. Mr. Hankcy, of Kuala Selangor, has arrived and proceeds home via America. The leave of absence granted to Mr. M. E. Sherwood
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  • 228 3 have received from the mines office advance statement of tbe weight of .in and tin ore exported during the “•f", of January to May, 1910. and of the collected thereon, as compared with period of the previous
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  • 309 3 id the summons court, on June 9. A. i tat an a appeared to answer to a charge f negligently allowing a ferocious dog fo be at .arge so that it bit the se^en- year-old sou Mr. Ybo Tan on
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  • 32 3 ;'n e e Sungei Nebong promo:.T bben aban ?oned at Penang. This P an y *kich attracted our atten- T-tirm ar cn lcl8 0Q, by the extraordinary Uon upon coconuts.
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  • 323 3 A trio of diminutive boys—ooe Kling and two Malays—peered over the dock rail in the third police court on June 10 at a long string of witnesses who came to prove that they had been guilty of robbing tho collection boxes at the
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  • 116 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 11. Some dissatisfaction exists among tbo staff of the Eastern Smelting Co. on rumours that the $4,000 bonus recommended in the annual report, which Mr. Jessen, at the annual meeting, intimated would be divided amongst fourteen employes, will now be
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  • 35 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 11. A serious affray occurred on the Malakoff Estates, yesterday, two Chinese being killed. Sixty Tamils are now under arrest at Butterworth Station pending enquiry.
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  • 75 3 A Chinaman appeared in the third police court on June 10before Mr. Robinson, charged with importing into the colony letters which had not come through the post office and did not bear stamps. The postmaster prose cuted by proxy. It was stated that accused had
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  • 550 3 Bangkok excdange* to June 4 contain long accounts of the strike among the Chinese as a protest against the poll-tax:—It appears tunt the principal lcauerw and most of the act vo malcontents were men irom the Kwaugtnng province, and
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  • 84 3 A fresh feat ire of interest at the AgriHorticultural Shew will be an extra compt Sition for poultry for which prizes bav# been kindly presented by the Singapore Poultry Farm. Ti.t re are sevon classes as follows:—A Houdanb B ITymontb Locks, C Polish, D Brahmas. E Orpingtons, F
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  • 753 6 (Fbom Och Own Cobhbspondbnt.) Malacca, June 12. Ou Saturday. Mr. rpton, head of the P. j W. department, Tampin, brought down a team from that place to play Malacca at football. Tho match took place on the Malay college padang and was witnessed by a huge crowd of
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  • 323 6 In the third police court, ou June 14 before Mr. Robinson, Abdul Jabbar, stokehold serang of the steamer Goldmouth, was charged with extorting money from the Indian firemen under his charge. He took the money, it was alleged, on the
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  • 193 6 Messrs. Fraser and Company’s share report of Friday’s date says No signs of improvement in the market have been apparent daring the past week, but prices have continued to drop, and apart from a fair amount of forced selling, there is little business to record. At the
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  • 263 6 (Fbom Oob Own Coe B 9 p onc1nt| Kbota Habra, Jane f. The Duff Development Company tl started work on a new pier at Kualv tan, wbiob, when completed win them to handle with facility 2 machinery, etc., which is shortly to for erection in the new
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  • 174 6 A terrible duel took place ou Monday, between a Chinaman and bis wife in their house at the junction of Queen and Arab Streets. Intimation was brought to the Ro chore police station that a fight was in pro gress and three European officers—Assistant Superintendent Savi,
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  • 151 6 The island of Minicoy, whore the Swetok steamer Delagoa has gone ashore, < rom ly in the track of steamers bound from Colombo to Aden, and more than one vessel has been lost there. 11 a PP j. an official communication that tl on the island is
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  • 857 7 I vnnrt who was the fourth EuroI 0ilVe I r incr to sail round the world, left in 159* and vifeitod Borneo in iT' t may b 8tated in P aB8 '°K to Kcnlioand Magellan, who Tinted in 16*. the
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  • 36 7 (From Ocr Own Corrrspondrnt.) Kuala Lumpur, June 14. Mr. Douglas Osborne leaves for home on July 2. He will be given a farewell which will probably take the form of a motor gymkhana.
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  • 30 7 (From Odr Own Corrsspondint.) Kuala Lumpur, June 14. The death has taken plsos of Mr. E. S. Campbell, proprietor and manager of the Changkat Estate, Jugra.
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  • 26 7 (From Our Own Corrrspondrnt.) Kuala Lumpur, June 14. Four armed Chinese have entered a Javanese house at Gunong Charam and have carried off $500.
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  • 204 7 The nocturnal episode at the Empire Hotel, Coleman Street, last week, when three Frenchmen were caught in the act of absconding—leaving their liabilities behind them —had its sequel in the district court. One of the men, named C. Marins, appeared before Mr. Wolferstan charged
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  • 104 7 The total cost of Hongkong's fire brigade for 1909 was $72,277, of which amount $44,120 was for the new floating engine. The strength of the brigade is 97 men, and they had to deal with 31 fires and 63 incipient outbreaks, the damage caused by the fi
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  • 444 7 Mr. Wolferstan, first magistrate, heard on Tuesday evidence in a charge made by the Crown against Captain Home, master, and Towkay Lim Hob Puab, owner of the vessel Hong Bee. Tbe allegation was that they allowed to
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  • 141 7 The London Gazette states that his late Majesty was pleased to signify his pleasure that the Albert Medal of the second class should be awarded to Major Hugh Lancaster Lithgow, b.f a and to Sergeant-major Charles Stephens, k f.a., for gallantry in endeavouring to save life. On
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  • THE Straits Budget.
    • 1007 8 .—Straits Times, Jane 9. We have been grieved to hear within the last day or two that the municipality of Singapore is feeling negleotcd because we have not honoured it with comment in these columns. It goes on its good old way, however, whether we take any notice
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    • 895 8 is orignciy wnwen Times, its author has been named. —Str&i June 10. We have just been looking over a charming book, by Professor Sir Ray Lankester, called Science from an Easy Chair (Methuen, London). It was certainly not in an easy chair, but by very long,
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    • 981 9 —Straits Times, Jane 11. wb are interested in rnbber produc- rubber shares must have been relieved o r tified by the messages whioh came to od f! ‘sterday with reference to an imReject in the tone of the rubber market. That the present price of raw rubber .s
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    • 1143 9 Straits Times, June 18. Some figures were laid before the Legislative Council on Friday fwith reference to wbat is known as the military contribution. If these figures are accurate, it would appear that the actual expenditure in the colony in the year 1908 09 amounted to £279,141
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    • 1010 10 .—Straits Times, Jane 14. We have not at our dipposal a sufficiency of reliable information to justify us in saying whether the re-grant of the Cant jn opium monopoly is a breach of treaty rights or not. It is so described in the statements of the Bombay merchant*,
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    • 1085 10 £2*. Time-. Juu« 15- One cannot doubt that, before he refused to accept the Mediterranean command, Lord Kitchener bad convinced himself that in offering it the War Office was less than absolutely sincere. When the proposal to place the greatest soldier on the active list in this
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 92 8 Tbe Po«t free price of the Straits Times ia a year. The po»t free price of the Straits Budget it $l4 a year. It it not necetsarv to subscribe for a year. The tubtcriptioni for ihorter periods are at the same proportionate rate as for a year. T he Straits
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  • 31 8 DEATH. Ma< HAf>o. At tbe General Hospital, Singapore, on Sunday the 12th instart, at 8 a.m., Alfred Duarte Machado, Manager of the United Singapore Robber Estates, Ltd Shanghai paper please copy.
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  • 509 11 u 4rs Adamson, Gilfillan, Ltd, have a branch office in Malacca. i« ru u.o >red a very high official in JaL.r will shortly be retiring from the service. Kiftv shares in the Bel*t Tin Minim. Co, L:J disposed of by auction at Messrs and Co.'s saleroom on
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  • Sporting Intelligence. NOTES IN GENERAL.
    • 406 11 Scotland v. The Rest. Ou the Racecourse links, on Sunday a match was played between teams of the Singapore Club representing Scotland and The Rest, the result being five wins for the Scotsmen and throe for The Rest. The respective captains were Mtssrs. Crabb Watt and Miles. The details
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    • 133 11 Singapore Football Association. G. M. S. English, Middlesex Regiment, presided at the annual general meeting of the Singapore Football Association, held in the S. C. C. pavilion on June 9. r Ihere was a small attendance of club representatives. The accounts, showing a small debit balance, having been passed,
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    • 13 11 [The Straits Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents.]
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    • 235 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —Yon recently printed two paragraphs anent dead dogs lying about our main streets, and it struck me, whilst reading them, that the time had arrived to wake up the saui. tary department —a branch of our evergreen municipality which ho delights
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    • 176 11 To the Editor oi the Straits Times. Sir, —I have lately, on several occasions, while taking an evening walk along the Esplanade Road, been stopped by European beach combers who, with tearH in their eyes, render a most realistic account of their distressed condition. They have unfortunately missed
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    • 56 11 (From Ocr Own Corrhspondint.; Kuala Lumpur, June 14. Au Ipoh wire states that the police raided a social club there on Monday night, arrested thirteen towkays, and seized a large sum of money. It is alleged that huge sums changed hand*, the club s teu per cent,
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    • 45 11 Messrs. Derrick and Company advise us of the following outputs for the month of May:—Belat Tin Mining Co, Ltd., 296.86 pkls.; Kuantan Tin Mining Co., Ltd., 74.25 pkls.; Bruang Limited, 264 pkls.; and the Sungei Gau Tio Mining Co Ltd., 109 pkls
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  • 2020 12 London, June 8. Mr. Roosevelt, addressing the American Club at Oxford, referred to bis Guild Hall speech about Egypt. Perhaps what he said was not altogether pleasant, but it was oaly sayablo by one who was a sincere fiiena, admirer, and wellwisher. Mr. Roosevelt delivered the Romanes lecture
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  • 657 13 Berlin, June 8. The wedding has taken place of Prince Krrderick William and Princess Katibor. Count Zeppelin’s visit to Vienna has been deferred. Heavy losses due to hailstorms, are reportdrroiu central Germany. There have been gr< av thunderstorms also. Thi Kali Syndicate has been prolonged ;util 1915. In
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  • 52 13 (From Ouk Own Cokp.ksponoknt.) Kuala Lumpur, Juno 14. The output irom the Co’s, mines during May was pikuls 308, producing profit of *9,912. The following figures reach us from the secretary of the company, Kuala Lumpur Output pikuls 808.87, value *13,757.86, tribute paid *474.67, working expenses *3,870.48,
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 256 13 June 9 Baron S'apicr, Brit atr, Kennedy, Japan, M, Bussan Kaisba Palamcotta, Brit atr, Mac Donald, Rangoon, Bouatead Birkhall, Brit str, Mackinzie, Dalny, Paterson Simons 10 Japan, Brit str, Stewart, Calcutta, P. Simona Amirol Magon, Fch str, Benard, Dunkirk, Moine Comte lloon, Ger str, Rohn, Bremen, Bebn Meyer Suruga,
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    • 161 13 June 10 Somali. Brit str, Japan via port-* Fenny Lodge, Brit *-tr, Huigon Palamcotta Brit str, Calcutta via porta Imirul Magon, Fch str, Saigon *11 Boon, Ger str, Japan \ia porta Schuylkill, Brit str, Japan via p »rta Persia, Aua atr. Japan via p^rt« Joseph L. Lciston, Am brj,
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  • 242 14 Singapore, June 16 1910 EXCHANGE. On London —Bank 4 m/s 2/4| Dtiuand 2/4,' Private 6 m/s 2/4J do 8 m/s 2*41! On Germany —Bank d/d 240 Private 3 m/s 244 do 6 m/s 246| On France Bank d/d 295 Private 3 m/s 299$ do 6 m/s 308$
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  • 849 14 Singapore, June 15, 1910. MINING. Issue 72 Value. Buyers. Sellers. 10 10 Belat Tin 4.00 6 00 10 10 Bruang 4.00 5.00 10 10 Broseh Hyd. 8.00 6.60 10 10 Kanaboi 2.25 2.40 £1 £1 Kinta Tin 14.00 14.75 £1 £1 Kledang Tin 1.50 2.00 10 10
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  • 209 14 The following item of news is taken from the Sarawak Gazette of June 1 The present opium farmers having got into difficulties as regards the rent for the farms resulting in a breach of their agreement, the government have found it
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  • 73 14 His Highness the Rajah of Sarawak, ha» been pleased to make the fohawing ®PP mentsMr. Ivone Kirkpatrick to be Resident and member of eupr< me to date from May 19 Mr. George C. GUM to be acting treasurer of Sarawak a recorder of supreme council dur f? absence
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