The Straits Budget, 14 July 1910

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    27 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” VOL LXIV NO. 2735 Singapore, Thursday, July, 14,1910. ESTABLISHED OVER HALF A CERTUR* Price 25 cents.
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    Table of Contents.
    188 1 leaders— The Heawood Find Blftck and White 8-9 What of the Boom Gaa Prices and Gas Policy 9-10 Firmness l,ogic of a Peace Preacher 10 11 JjOCJIL and Gsnsral Social and Personal 1 Military Medical Duties... 2 Wireless in South China 2 Notes from Muar 2 A
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    754 1 The Rev. J. P. Parry goes home on his holiday by the N.D.L. steamer Boon on the 22nd. Mrs. A. H. Lemon returned from home on .luly 6 and was met at Penang by her husband. the acting legal adviser, F. M. S. The names of Messrs.
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    S. C. C. SPORTS. The Annual Athletic Meeting on Saturday.
    922 2 So far as they went, the S. C. C. athletic sports on Saturday afternoon were s&tisfac tcry. hot it seems evident that interest in the fanction is becoming lukewarm, suggest mg the advisability of making the meeting an annual Singapore
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    Suspected Chandu Smugglers.
    188 2 For some time the Government Monopolies Department has been exerting all its vigilance in order to lay by tbe heels of a gang of smugglers who are believed to have been carrying on an extensive illicit trade in ebandu with Java. By the end of last week,
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    Military Medical Duties.
    123 2 Captain R. Me K. Skinner, R. A. M. C., will take over charge of the military hospital, medical charge of troops, sanitary duties, and command of detachment, R. A. M. C., at Fort Canning, from July 8, inclusive, vice Captain B. R. Dennis, R. A. M. C.,
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    WIRELESS IN SOUTH CHINA. The Erection of Three Stations Contemplated.
    157 2 Oo June 24, Hi. Excellency Vice™, v Shui Hsun forwarded a despatch to I>. Li, commander-in-chief of V?®* 1 Forces in South China .It N »'»l to investigate the matter o{ k,nK telegraphy with a view to the bhshment of
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    NOTES FROM MUAR.
    170 2 (From Odr Own Correspondent.) Muar, July 4. A party of young and energetic men have started Iftwn tennis here, and, as far as I can recollect, they are among, if not exactly, tbe first Malays to take to this game as a form of outdoor exercise. The
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    A PENANG INVENTION.
    91 2 (From Odr Own Corrrspondint.) Penang, July 12. The Pinang Gazette describes an invention by Mr. O. V. Thomas, manager of the Municipal electrical undertaking, of a new compound for the insulation of electric cables. After a year’s test, it is stated that the compound appears to possess
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    The Price of Gas.
    143 2 Notices are in course of being issued, we understand, announcing a reduction in the prioe of gas to 93 p® thousand cubic feet, with the following allowances: where the consumption is less than 60,000 feet per month a discount of 10 per cent, reducing the c°B
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    NOTES FROM MALACCA. Middlesex Footballers’ Enjoyable Visit.
    1164 3 /F.O* 0O> Own COKMSPONDINT.) Malacca, July 2. las*. an interesting ceremony °"1 U ,0 'Christ Church, Malacca, when wk w ion of Mr. and Mrs. Dredge was the in ,i B i, e n the name of Gordon b p wv Dredge. The
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    National Union Club.
    88 3 At the half-yearly general meeting of the National Union Clnb held on the 10th inst., the following were elected officials for the ensuing six months: —President S. Ahmed Ally; vice-president, P. Commarasamy; hon. secretary, N. Mamat; hon. asst, secry. and club captain, V. Sellapan; hon. treasurer, T.
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    PROPOSED CONCERT HALL. Scheme for Providing a Public Assembly Room.
    572 3 When Singapore gained a modern theatre., she lost a hall that had for many years most admirably served the purposes of a general public ooncert and assembly room. The loss of this room was involved in the demolition of the
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    The New General.
    69 3 Major-General T. Stephenson, C. 8., who succeeds Major General Perrott, C. 8., in command of the troops, will arrive from homo by the P. and O. mail steamer Assay* due on Friday morning. General Stephenson will land at Johnston’s Pier, where he wiM be received by a
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    CONCEALING SMALL-POX. Cricket Club Tamby and Mother Fined
    289 4 The first magistrate on July 8 tried several delinquents who had failed to report cases of smallpox. Mr. Mayhew, Chief Sanitary Inspector stated he visited a honse at 85 Tannin Hoad on .June 7. There he found three children in the front
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    PHEASANTS OF MALAYA. American Scientific Expedition at Work
    202 4 An expedition for the gathering of data for a monograph of the pheasants of the world has boon undertaken by the New York Zoological Society, ft is in charge of C. William Beebe. C. M. S., who is Curator of Ornithology of
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    32 4 (From Ocr Own Corrkspondint.) Kuala Lumpur. July 7. Tin outputs for June include Gopeng 650 piculs, Kinta 877 piculs, New Gopeng 180 piculs. Redliills 268 piculs and Tekka 500 piculs.
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    Masters and Servants at Variance.
    216 4 Mr. F. J. Rigg. of s Chancery Line, made application to Mr. Woiferatan on July 7 for a summons for trespass against another Eurorean. On July 6 about 7.30, Mr. Rigg stated, hi 9 cook came to him bearing a dislodged tooth in h:s hand.
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    A Gambling Chance.
    147 4 The police broke in upon a pleasant little social party at 2 Ban San Street, on July 6, but as the medium of sociability was of the devil’s invention—according to western lights—the authorities felt their action justified. There were sixteen men in the house at the moment,
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    NOTES FROM KELANTAN.
    386 4 <F«om Ode Own CoaaasPOM,*., Kliota Ilham T n i» j s who, until qoite iSJriSairt.-sri'SEr. ;£S5r ‘■“■l Ct); The appointment of a liarhnm. i customs officer lias already been J® 4 justified by the remarkable hicres* of I one can qply wonder whv enQe had not received
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    Fraser and Co.’s Share Circular.
    146 4 Messrs. Fraser and Co.'s circular of says:—Since last weeks circular tue sast quietness has prevailed, with few f-cn* lions. There has been distinct .ccrsae* however, in the business done in i>:-d:c rubber shares. Rubber. While there has been more activity t-ruu. the week, in sterling
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      365 4 Property Sales. At Messrs. H. L. Coghlan and Co.'s auction rooms, on July 11, there was a largo atten dunce of those interested in land. All the properties offered were sold with the exceptions of those in Cecil Street. North Bridge Road, Boat Quay and River Valley Road. The following
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    Singapore at Bisley. TAN CHOW KIM PROVIDES PRESS “COPY.” The Local Team’s Performance.
    558 5 hand bv the last mail refer TbC PS ];tioi>H for Bisley and to the various 10 P e representatives. Amongst the latter, Kim. one of the Singapore team, T “f b to have been a subject of
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    The Missing Mr. Cooke.
    72 5 if( oV etnrntßof the n issing A. B. Cooke sd en s r fc( n mystery. DoHpite the con*Ut i j police in the fact no Wc f a(l S ne t 0 Samarang pcW f f tv arr 8t aa yot been sent by the
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    MAGISTRATES’ APPEALS. Mr. Justice Fisher Quashes Two Convictions.
    242 5 In the Supreme Court on July 8 Mr. Justice Fisher delivered judgment in two appeals which were heard on Monday last. The first appeal was that of Lim Tye Hock who had been convicted of robbery and sentenced by Mr. Wolferstan to
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    Escaping from Quarantine.
    181 5 A pock-pitted Chinese coolie was charged before Mr. Green in the second police court on July 12, with having exposed himself in pnblio while suffering from small-pox and also with escaping from the quarantine oamp. He pleaded guilty, but in extenuation of the first charge he said
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    Epidemic of Thefts.
    96 5 A veritable epidemic of thieving seems to be raging at the moment at Taojong Katong and so troublesome has it became that tho acting chief police officer (Mr. Gardiner) has pat special patrols on to catch the verandah despeilers. Several recent ca«ts will be remembered and to
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    Export of Tin from Perak.
    61 5 The Jane advance figures liable to correction are as follows: —bl >ck tio 6 881 86 pels., tin ore 26,823 63 pels. Duty $336,806 45. Returning to Bangkok from a holiday spent in America and Switzerland, Mr. JenI Westengard, General Adviser to His Siamese Majesty’s
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    Plight of the Dagmar. TWO HATCHES AND CARGO UNDER WATER. Salvage Vessel Despatched.
    637 5 The steamer Cheng Mai brought from Bangkok on July 7 intelligence which in. dicates that the condition of the hapless Norddeutscher Lloyd vessel Dagmar is more grave than was supposed. The Dagmar, it appears, is now partially
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
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      Golf.
      512 6 5ingapore v. Sepoy Lines. A foursomes 18 hole match was played between the Singapore Golf Club and Sepoy Lines Golf Club on the Kace Course links on Sunday, the arrangement being that the match counted 1 and a bye Nine double couples played, but Omar, the Singapore caddie master
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      Association Football.
      333 6 The Singapore Cup. A further tie in the second round of the competition for the Singapore Association football cup was played before a good crowd of spectators on the Esplanade, on July 11, the contestants being the S C.C. and the Police. The match was a fairly fast
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      Rifle Shooting.
      253 6 The Mills Cup. The members of the Singapore Ladies Rifle Association fired in the July competition for the Mills cup, at Balestier range, on July 7 the six best scores producing 198, a« below 100 yds. Mrs. Felkin 85 Mrs. Fisher 34 MisB Gunn 38 Mrs. Murphy 32
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    Correspondence.
    14 6 {The Straitß Times is not resDontiM opinions of its correspondents b e fot
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    The Chinese Protest.
    110 6 To the Editor of tho Straits Tiojt# Sir,-Will you kindly allow me lliMk space in your valnable column to tho grievance of those Malacca c?i" gentlemen, who had been, to sav t)« shamefully treated by Strait, 3^ I Coy's captains. 1 have been, on several occasions, Rubiected
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    Hard to Satisfy.
    229 6 To The Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —May I trespass on your valnable time to call your attention to the following state of affairs which I consider is altogether onesided and unfair. Daring the past three yoars a certain local tirm have brought out from home,
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    0utram Road.
    204 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, —I shall be much obliged if you will be good enough to let me call the attention the police authorities to an intolerable sance that is being created every day y certain Mohammedan coolies l °“f bltl g hAf house
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    THE HONG BEE CASE. Officers Charged With Making False Declaration.
    679 7 The master and the surgeon ot the steamer T e J. Home and Dr. D. M. Hon K Kero charged before Mr. Firmstone, R3 "r fir „t police court, yesterday afternoon, 10 u Contravention of the Quarantine Rules T he
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    STUDIES IN THE COCOS. New Theory of Formation of Coral Islands.
    688 7 Following close upon the recent report of Sir Arthur Young upon the Cocos Islands, comes a recently issued book styled Coral and Atolls by Mr. Frederick Wood-Jones, who stayed for fifteen months in the Cocos Islands. The author Bays
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    ESTATE FIRES IN BORNEO. Disappointed Coolies Reponsible for Most Case.
    249 7 In bis report on the North Borneo judicial department in 1909, Mr. R. Bryett Tamer, the commissoner, says :—The offeoce which is for the moment most difficult to cope with in this State is that of mischief by fire. Daring
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    Singapore Assizes.
    226 7 The case against Robert Gill, alias Riohard Gill, alias Thomas Richard Hill, who was charged with having, while in the employment of Mr. Pimpin, civil engineer and contractor, nsed as genaine a forged document and with cheating, was concluded at the assizes on Jnly 6. Inspector Hickey gave
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    Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
    116 7 The local Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation has received a telegram from his Head Office in Hongkong, Htating that, subject to audit, the bank dividend for the half-year ended 30th June 1910 will probably bo £2 per share, $500,000 will be placed
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    BIRTH.
    16 8 Bknzir. —At Inverlocby, on July 12, the wife of A. Emslie Benzie, of a son.
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      THE HEAWOOD FIND.
      1081 8 with Malayan conditions.—Straits Times, July 7. Before the report of Mr. Douglas Osborne had been in our hands many minntes yesterday forenoon, we heard that there was a wild movement among Heawood shares in the Arcade market, and we were asked whether we could throw any light
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      BLACK AND WHITE.
      1089 8 Hr j a/* already is more than sufficient.—Straits Times July H There is no more reason for a white man beating a black one in a prize fight than for a white man beating a tiger or a bear or a lion in a personal combat in
      Hr j a/* — # already is more than sufficient.—Straits Times July H-  -  1,089 words
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      WHAT OF THE BOOM ?
      1058 9 WHAT OF THE BOOM —Straits Times, July 9. We come across rather desperate attempts 1C the London firess occasionally to rouse up Hcrce new interest in the rubber market. The very slight increase of imports from Hra/.il to meet the increased demand of con timers is given as a conclusive
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      GAS PRICES AND GAS POLICY.
      1172 9 department will al.ow.—Straits Times,-Tuly 11. At present the price charged for gas in the town of Singapore is $3.50 per 1,000 feet This is equal to 8/2 as against prices ranging from $1 to sl-50 per 1,000 in Great Britain. There are no ooal mines
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      FIRMNESS.
      1151 10 may bo traced to their influence. —Straits Times, July 12. One of the strongest speeches of recont times was delivered in the House of Commons by Sir Edward Grey during a discussion, which had been in part produced by another speech, great, we think, also for its strength—that delivered
      may bo traced to their influence.—Straits Times, July 12.  -  1,151 words
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      LOGIC OF A PEACE PREACHER.
      1088 10 intended to avert have passed away. —Straits Times, June 13. We wore favoured the other a» y Wlth a copy of an address delivered bv iL o sident of Columbia University at a t ence on international arbitration at t T Mohonk. It gave ns
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      92 8 The Po«t fr©« price of the Straits Times i» 138 a year. The poet free price of the Straits Budget is $U 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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    29 8 DEATH. Fitt. —At the General Hospital, Singapore, on July 11, Emily Constance May Fitt, dearly beloved wile {of John Fitt, Prison Department, aged 21 years. Not dead but sleepeth.
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    LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
    1408 11 The Chief Justice has fixed Tuesday, July 26, for holding assizes in Labuan for the trial of Tan Teong Bee. The Chinese contractor who was stabbed in the jungle off Chan Cbu Kang Road the other day has died in hospital. Mr. and Mrs. R. Peirce are
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    Reuter's Telegrams.
    2260 12 London, July 6. Reuter learns that the latest news from Crete is disquieting. The Powers are dis cussing steps to be taken in the evc.ut of the Assembly, on reassembling, insisting on Moslem deputies taking the oath to the King of the Helenes, which is increasingly probable. It
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    German Telegrams.
    511 13 Berlin, July 6. An English mission is coming to Berlin to notify the dynastic change. It will be headed, iD all probability, by Lord Roberts. The chiefs of the Turkish War Academy and General Staff will attend the Kaiser manoeuvres. Berlin, July 7. The ex-Sultan of Morocco, Abdul-Azis,
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
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      Arrivals.
      259 13 July 6 Dilicora, Brit str, Hoogaon, Rangoon, BouPtead Loo Sok, Oer atr Schultz, Hoihow, B. Meyer K. h. benlinand, Aua str, Cobol, Hongkong, Rautenberg Schmidt 7 Medan, Dnt str, Gantvoort, Rotterdam, Inter. Rotterdam Simla, Brit str, Goldsmith, Japan, 1\ AO. Coy Goodwin, Brit str, Peters, Colombo, Bouateal Denbighshire, Brit
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      Clearances.
      230 13 July 7 Carmarthenshire, Brit str, Japan via porta Thongwa, Brit Btr, Negepatam via ports E. J. Spruce, Brit bq, Mauritius (ioodicin, Brit str, Hourabaya Simla, Brit str, Antwerp via ports Persru*, Brit str, Antwerp via ports Medan, Dut str, Batavia 8 1 tilicara, Brit str, Calcutta via ports Amiral
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    TRADE AND FINANCE.
    246 14 Singapore, July lb, 1910. EXCHANGE. On Loruion—Bank 4 m/s 2 4 w Demand 2'4 4 Private 6 m/s 2/4$ do 8 m/s 2/4$ On Germany —Bank d/d 240 Private 8 m/a 244 do 6 m/s 246^ On France —Bank d/d 295 Private 8 m/s 2994 do 6
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    892 14 Singaporb, July 18, 1910. MINING. Issue 3 Value. Buyers. Seller*, 10 10 Belat Tin 3 50 4.00 10 10 Bruang 4.00 6.00 10 10 Bruseh Hyd 6.00 6.50 10 10 Kanaboi 2.25 2.40 £1 £1 Kinta Tin 14.00 14.76 £1 £1 Kledang Tin 1.50 2.00 10 10
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    LOCAL MORTALITY RETURNS. Latest Figures for Settlement of Singapore.
    132 14 The mortality returns for Singapore, issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths, show that during the week ending July 2, there were 285 deaths (226 males, 59 females), giving a ratio per mille of population of 52.12. Malarial fever accounted
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    Primitive Man in Indo-China.
    111 14 A remarkable fossil find is reported frooi Tonkin, where three skulls h*ve been dug out in a cave. All t ]C belong to the same race and bear J 1 teristics peculiar to the European e-ar y of the so called reindeer period am human remains
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