The Straits Budget, 20 April 1911
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The Straits Budget
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Title Section27 1911-04-20 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” VOL. LXV NO. 2775 Singapore, Thursday, April 20,1911. ItTAIIISHCO OVII NAIF A CCNT39T. Price 25 Cents.27 words
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Article258 1911-04-20 1 LEADERSFederated Malaya 10 The Passing of Madness 10 The Welsh Solution ...10-11 Monroe Versus Mexico 11 The Indragiri Meeting 11 Local and General— Local and Personal 1 Correspondence 2 Philippines Parcel Post 8 How to Prevent Malaria 4 War Office and Aviation 4 King Edward Memorial Fund258 words
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Article1592 1911-04-20 1 L. A. Peris Singho, tho Ceylon constable charged with tho murder of Mr. P. A. M. Main waring, Assistant Superintendent of Police, on March 16, has been sentenced to death. The judge, before passing sentence of death, inquired whether the accused had any cause to show. Prisoner:1,592 words
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2155 1911-04-20 2 Ideal «;rieketing weather, on April 15, favoured the o|>enitig of the two days’ match between Hinga|xvo and Selangor on tho pad an g. The teams as at the opening of the game were as follows: Singapore: H.2,155 words
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Article153 1911-04-20 2 In the death, which occurred on April 12, from appendicitis, of Mr. K. Jackson, Messrs. John Aird and Company have lost a valued servant who had been with them for some eleven years. He was on their clerical staff for three years, during the construction153 words
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Article160 1911-04-20 2 The staff at the detective station, Robinson Road, were anything but pleased when their slumbers were disturbed at an early hour on April 17 by an outrageous row in the street. Chief Detective Inspector Nolan and Sergeant Hilary went to investigate and found that the cause of the160 words
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Article14 1911-04-20 2 [The Straits Times is not reaf onsible for tin, opinions of its correspondents.!14 words
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Article100 1911-04-20 2 Pacificus.” To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—You have published two leadiug articles on International Arbitration in a tone which is well defined in an editorial note in to-day’s issue—a certain powerful country must cling to the right of might.” This plainly has your approval. I do not suppose100 words
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Article153 1911-04-20 2 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —The mischievous rumour that head hunters are out nightly huuting heads for the Government, to be used in connection with the erection of the lagoon dock at Tan jong Pagar, is spreading like unchecked fire. The readiness with which153 words
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Article219 1911-04-20 2 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, In the course of his speech for tin prosecution in the case Hashim vs. three Malays” before Mr. Acton on Monday, 10th inst., Mr. Mundell called the attention of the magistrate to the fact that Mr. .T. Johnson, one219 words
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263 1911-04-20 2 The acting Chief Justice, Sir Archibald Law, has been engaged in the Supreme Court with an action brought by Wee Hee Chock against Toll Ah Luali for damages for alleged breach of contract. It was stated that defendant agreed263 words
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472 1911-04-20 3 Singn{>ore is the heat]-quarters of the Eastern Branch of the great firm of electrical engineers, Messrs. Siemens Brothers. This Branch includes Burma, Siam, the whole of the Malay Peninsula and has large offices and stores in Rangoon, Bangkok and Penang, in472 words
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139 1911-04-20 3 According to a recent issue of the Manila Times:—“All arrangements for a parcels {lost and money order system between the Philippines and surrounding territory will be completed within the next sixty days,” was the statement made by Secretary Charles139 words
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Article44 1911-04-20 3 (From Our Own Corrkspondknt.) Kuala Lumpur, April 19. A telegram from Ipoh says that a big fall of earth has taken place in a lombong at the 1 In Piali tin mines. Five coolies were buried, four of whom are dead.44 words
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Article114 1911-04-20 3 In the course of the hearing of the recent ease against a European named O’Halloran, for assaulting two women in Hylam Street, it was mentioned that a warrant was out for tlie apprehension of Herbert Bellamy, bookmaker. Bellamy, however, was not in tbe Colony at the114 words
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Article1141 1911-04-20 3 (From Our Own Corrkspondknt.) Penang, April 17. The Golf meeting has provided some good play, and there have been more visitors present thau usual. The weather was fine and the course through tho greens was1,141 words
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Article51 1911-04-20 3 The Association football match between Perak and the Settlement was also a splendid game and exceptionally fast, and ended in a draw. The crowd of spectators was almost a record, and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed when Penang equalised in the last four minutes. Score:--Penang 2 goals. Perak51 words
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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
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Article586 1911-04-20 3 Batavia Qolf Club. The opening day of the Ratavia Golf Club was celebrated on the Hth inst., but unfortunately inclement weather to some extent spoiled tho proceedings. Notwithstanding this, there was a large attendance of ladies, and a photograph was taken, a copy of which will be kept in586 words
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Article97 1911-04-20 3 S.C.C. v. The Navy. Quito a largo crowd witnessed tho Rugby match on the Esplanade, on April Id, botween the S.C.C. and a fifteen selected from tho cruisers Monmouth, Flora and I'elorus. Tho teams were pretty evenly matched, for although the Navy had the better of tho exchanges in97 words
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476 1911-04-20 4 Dr. Chen Su Lan gave a lecture on Malaria on April 12 at tUe Su Po Sia, which with interpretation from the Amoy dialect into Cantonese occupied fully two hours, but owing to bin mastery of the subject, and apt476 words
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348 1911-04-20 4 Th<! Chinese produce brokers have, after all, forcstulksl the European merchants in the establishment of an exchange. Premises have been secured at No. 4 Change Alloy, and a pleasant littleafunction was held there on April 13 to celc‘hrate the inauguration of tho348 words
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341 1911-04-20 4 Mr. Haldane has followed up the recent announcement of the formation of a British Air Battalion with further details of the plans of the War Office in regard to military aviation. Undoubtedly the most satisfactory feature of his statement (writes341 words
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151 1911-04-20 4 Amount previously acknowledged... $46,797.42 Towkay Loke Yew, Kuala Lumpur 15,000* Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China 1,000. Netherlands Trailing Society 1,000. W. Wallace Cook 100. Amoy Traders Association 50. A. H. Lemon, Kuala Luiupur 50. ,1. H. M. Robson do.151 words
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Article154 1911-04-20 4 Ihe following items in the schedule of operations for handling coal at the Government wharves, Penang, subject to the approval ot the Governor, will be charged for at tlm rates as set forth below as from .July 1. Ihe Pinang Gazette gives the new and the154 words
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263 1911-04-20 4 The weekly circular of Messrs. Fraser and i Co., for the mail of April 18, states During another quiet week which has passed since our last report, rubbers have experienced a slight decline, and business has been confined chiefly to the263 words
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Article233 1911-04-20 4 Some military o|»erations were carried out on April 14 by the Chineseand Malay companies of the Singapore Volunteer Infantry. The idea of the manoeuvres was that a Blue force, represented by the Chinese company, had landed on the island to the east of the town ami that the233 words
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Article161 1911-04-20 4 W e give below a general summary of the votes for the Straits Settlements, so far as it appears on the face of the Army Estimates for the year ending March 81, 1912:—Estimated regimental force in the Command, 2,505. ote 1: Pay, etc., of General161 words
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Article110 1911-04-20 4 The mortality returns for Singapore issued by the Registrar of Rirthsand Deaths sbow that during the week ending April 8 there were 215 deaths, giving a ratio per millc ecVfm-^l 1 l° n n f aB *i B ?i* Ma,aiial fc y er aecount- i 2 at110 words
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175 1911-04-20 4 Mr. Acton, second magistrate, gave his decision on April 18 in the case of the two Malays charged with using criminal force to Noor Mohamed Hasliim and with criminal trespass on the ground of the Malaya Football Association. On the175 words
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Article234 1911-04-20 4 The following notifications apfiear in the Government Gazette:—The King has approved the re-appointment of the Hon. E. C. Ellis to be an unofficial member of the Legislative Council for a further period of three years from March 28,1911. The King has confirmed the appointment of the Hon. 1).234 words
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Article164 1911-04-20 4 A meeting in connection with the flotation of the Rajah Hitam Coconut Estate, Ltd., has been held at Bangkok when it was decided that the company be formed to take up the land favourably reported on hy Capt. Christiansen, and that it be a British company registered164 words
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Article114 1911-04-20 4 Iwo notable naval visitors arrived in Singapore roads on April 14. They were the Japanese battleship-cruiser Kurama and the protected cruiser Tone, which are bound from Japan to London under the command of ice-Admiral H. Shimanura and Captain lshe, respectively. The Kurama is the newest ship114 words
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Article90 1911-04-20 4 The three submarines of the C class which have been in port for several days past left Singapore on April 14 for the China Station, where they will be placed under the care of the British sloop Rosario, at Hongkong. The first of these small craft90 words
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943 1911-04-20 5 Kxchanges to hand from Hongkong bring full details of the assassination of His Kxeellency Fu Chi, who was foully done to death by an anti-Manchu, named Wen Shang Tsoi, aged 42. a native of Shun Tak, who admitted943 words
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349 1911-04-20 5 In a recent issue, the Siam Observer offers some observations upon the possible cause of the periixlical prevalence of cholera iu Bangkok. It says: —The fact that cases of cholera occur during the months of November, December and January, when349 words
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283 1911-04-20 5 The naval authorities take a very serious view of the mysterious defects in the steering gear of the destroyers Parramatta and Yarra, and the projected cruise to Sydney and northern ports has been abandoned, says a Melbourne wire of283 words
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Article108 1911-04-20 5 A telegram to the North China Daily News, dated from Tsinanfu, on April 2, says The Hev. .John Murray, of the American Presbyterian Mission of this city, was attacked on March 2H, by ruffians, a hundred li north of Tsinanfu, while on a journey, lit; was108 words
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575 1911-04-20 5 Wo are informed by the Chinese Legation, says a London pa|x;r of March 1M, that tin; expectation concerning the negotiations now proceeding between the Rritish and Chinese Governments is that an agreement will be arrived at whereby the traffic575 words
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214 1911-04-20 5 As stilted some time ago, two round-the-world tours are being arrange*l by the Ham-burg-Ameriean line to lx; taken by the steamer Cleveland, and further details are now available. The first of the tours, which will be eastward, the second being westward,214 words
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884 1911-04-20 5 After one of tlio very best games to watch that Inis taken place for many ycurs, Kurland won the Calcutta Cup at Twickenham on M irch IN by Inciting Scotland by 2 ideals and a try to a884 words
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1100 1911-04-20 6 How Science Grows. THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF NEW KNOWLEDGE. What is Scientific Method Science iH simply we*ll orelereel knowledge. Whatever increase's kimwledge*, thcrele»re, may ce>ntrihlltc to the: greiwth of Ke-iene-e-, although ne»t effectively unle ss the- newly acquired elata find the*ir place- in the' eirele-rly relations e»l what has geme-1,100 words
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251 1911-04-20 6 It is rc|Kirtcd that a drastic campaign, so sweeping in nature that it w ill completely w ijx* out all traces of the rinderpest which has boon devastating several Luzon provinces, has been decided upon by the Governor General251 words
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186 1911-04-20 6 The order of the musical service that will form part of the Coronation ceremonial in Westminster Abbey on June 22, has been approved by the King. The choice made by Sir Frederick Bridge received the unqualified approval of his Majesty.186 words
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785 1911-04-20 6 That the Hon. John Collier, when he painted his famous picture of The Cheat, had justification for doing so is proved by a j story told by Elizabeth of 11., in The World. The story concerns a woman who785 words
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Article76 1911-04-20 6 A telegram from Peking has been received by the authorities of the Kiangnan Arsenal, giving orders that the Chinese cruiser Huichi is to be made ready to go, under command of Admiral Ching, to take part in the festivities of the Coronation of King Gcor«»e. The76 words
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535 1911-04-20 6 .lust laid on the table of the House of Commons, the report of a Departmental Committee of the Hoard of Trade contains proposals which will, if effect be given to them, largely revolutionise the pilotage system535 words
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257 1911-04-20 6 A disastrous conflagration took place in tin Yoshiwara district of Tokio, yesterday at noon, reports a wire in the Hongkong Tele graph, of April 10. All the geisha dancing houses, tea shops, etc., were destroyed by the flames, which257 words
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Article888 1911-04-20 7 |u the Throne Koom at Buckingham Palace a scene was enacted last month which xeiit the mind travelling back through the renturies to the days of Whitehall Palace, when James 1. was King, and his Majesty eavc888 words
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296 1911-04-20 7 The new Dreadnought battleship Neptune has arrived at Portsmouth from the Meditorrancau, where she has been carrying out a series of gunnery trials which are likely to J have an important effect on the designsof our future battleships and armoured ctuisers,!296 words
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410 1911-04-20 7 The discovery of a tablet on which was written part of a Babylonian account of the Flood formed the subject of a very interesting lecture by Professor Pinches. Lecturer in Assyrian at University College, delivered at410 words
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1244 1911-04-20 7 Writing from Koine on March 11, the Leader correspondent thus referred to the Camorra and the trial has given rise to such an immense amouut of interest in Kit rope: There is a small old town ubout t.'» miles1,244 words
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275 1911-04-20 7 Death stopped the romance of an Irish septuagenarian who while lie was on his way to Australia to get married was seized with an illness which proved fatal. The story was told at a St. Pancras inquest on275 words
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Article113 1911-04-20 7 'Phi! Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Batchelor), at Mcllxiurno, on March 20, foreshadowed the provision of a sum of money to equip a projierly organised expedition to explore the unknown portions of Papua. Ho stated that Mr. Staniforth Smith’s object was not exploration but only in connection113 words
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1099 1911-04-20 8 Some days ago, we reproduced from the Batavia Nieuwsblad a telegram dated the end of March, which announced that there had been many cases of death iu Malang, a militaiy station and health resort not1,099 words
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677 1911-04-20 8 The following account of an adventure iu Siam is taken from the Bangkok 'rimes of April if Mr. Elwes and Mr. Price arrived in Bangkok yesterday from their shooting trip and we are glad to say that the former gentleman's677 words
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455 1911-04-20 8 L toffee without cafTeiti, would am>ear to bo like the play of Hamlet with Hamlet left out. It is not the caffein in coffee, however, that produces the characteristic taste and odour. Pure cattein is practically tasteless, and it is now j>ossiblo455 words
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335 1911-04-20 8 A meeting of manufacturers an<l merchants, promoted by the British Empire League, has been held at the Guildhall on behalf of the movement to give a trade mark to goods manufactured or produced in the British Empire. Lord Avebury, who presided,335 words
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931 1911-04-20 8 At a meeting of the InHtitute of Bankers at the London Institution, Mr. F. Hath Jackson presiding, Mr. George Wallace, K.C., read a paper on Bills of Lading as Collateral Security." The lecturer said he had been asked931 words
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1007 1911-04-20 9 The wine riots reported from the champagne district of France are a recrudescence of similar outbreaks that have occurred at intervals for months past. Up to tho last few days there had, however, been more wine1,007 words
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400 1911-04-20 9 In the Probate and Divorce Division on March 20, the President (Sir Samuel Evans) was asked to grant probate of three wills made by the late chief of Keeling (Cocos) Island. The matter came before the court in400 words
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251 1911-04-20 9 At Lever Brothers, Limited, annual meeting at Port Sunlight Mr. W. 11. Lever said Shareholders will have seen some mention in the papers of our new enterprise in the Congo. We first began to give consideration to this question of251 words
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405 1911-04-20 9 Writing from Hamburg, on March 22, the correspondent of the L. and C. Express says: —The report of the North German Lloyd for 1910, the chief figures of which have already appeared in your columns, shows that the financial405 words
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239 1911-04-20 9 A new and interesting application of the Koentgcn rays for healing purposes is described by two officers of the Koval Army Medical Corps in the British Medical Journal. These rays have been found to exercise a beneficial influence in several239 words
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Article119 1911-04-20 9 The Nuval and Military corresjHindent of the L. aud C. Express writes —Brevet Major H. Findlay, 2nd Battalion The Buffs, Singapore, has been ap|w>inted a staff officer at the Kcmount Department, and lias been graded as a stall captain whilst so employed. Major Findlay has been associated with119 words
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774 1911-04-20 9 Mormonism has assumed such projiortioiiH in England that a conference on the subject waH recently held in I.ondon organized by the Preventive and Keacuo Committee of the National Union of Women Workers. There it was discloxisl that774 words
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Article19 1911-04-20 10 Allkn. —On April IH, at tint Maternity lioHpital, Singa|iorc, the wife of K. <l. Allen, of a Kon.19 words
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Article79 1911-04-20 10 Moroan —Kohlack. On April H, at St. Goorge’s Church, Penang, hy the* Kev. F. W. llaincH, Colonial Chaplain, Albert Reginald Morgan, general manager of the Alor Pongsu and Rrieli Rubber Estates, Perak, to Elsie Marie l)eli Kohlack, daughter of the late Emil Carl Kohlack and Sirs. Hen Mitchell, now79 words
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THE Straits Budget.
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Article965 1911-04-20 10 Straits Times. April 13. The first volume of the proceedings of the Federal Council of the Federated Malay States has recently b«!en issued. It is a good solid book containing the minutes of the Council and a shorthand re|>ort of the speeches delivered, and it opens very properlyStraits Times. April 13. - 965 words
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Article1121 1911-04-20 10 Straits Times, April 15. It in just about a year since the rubber boom was at its height, and since the delirium of nimculation had seized on gentle and simple, and had made white men called promoters and planters forget their colour. About that time weStraits Times, April 15. - 1,121 words
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Article1029 1911-04-20 10 —Straits Times, April 17. We are not very partial to schemes ut Home Rule, because we believe that, at its worst, the Imperial Parliament does better for the four divisions of the United Kingdom than separate legislative bodies. Hut, if it e. the will of the people».—Straits Times, April 17. - 1,029 words
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Article1095 1911-04-20 11 Straits Times, April 18. People who follow the coarse of international affair thoughtfully arc taking much uotice of what is happening between the United States and that disorderly minor republic known as Mexico. The man in the street is inclined to regard it as something of aStraits Times, April 18. - 1,095 words
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Article1070 1911-04-20 11 prudent lincH of caution.—Straits Times April 19. The shareholders of the Indragiri Rubber Company have done the only thing that was possible under the circumstances. They have accepted the offer of the promoters to make a refund of sf>o,ooo, and have more or less formally resolved toprudent lincH of caution.—Straits Times April 19. - 1,070 words
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Advertisement93 1911-04-20 10 Th* Po»t fro* price of the Straits Times la I'M a year. The post free price of the Straits Ihuigrt i* Si 4 a year It ia nit neceaaarv to aiibacrtbe for a year. The aub•cripiions for ahorter period* arc at the aaiue proportionate rate aa for a year. The93 words
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Obituary26 1911-04-20 10 DEATH. Wilkik. Suddenly, at the Royul Infirmary, Dundee, Scotland, at 2.80 a.m., on March ‘21, 1911, John Keddie Wilkie, late of Singapore. Penang |>ai>ers please copy.26 words
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Article258 1911-04-20 11 Among official appointments notified in the last F.M.S. Government Gazette are the following:—Mr. li. I). Griffiths to be an unofficial member of the Federal Council Mr. E. W. Geyer to act as Superintendent, Iteve* nuo Surveys, N. Sembilan Mr. C. .1. Parker to l>o an Assistant Engineer, P.W.I).258 words
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356 1911-04-20 12 The last mail from home brings the sail news of thedeath of Mr. John Keddio Wilkie who, for many years, was well-known in cnginoeringcirclcs throughout the F. M. S.and the Straits, lie first came te the Ekst, from356 words
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333 1911-04-20 12 A statistical abstract of of the British Kmpin* lias Imvii issued, from which it appears that the total area of the Umpire is 11,221,000 square miles, including 121,000 square miles in t)i(! I 11 ite«I Kingdom, wore the density of333 words
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Article109 1911-04-20 12 A Birmingham curate, the Hev. E. \V. T. Grocnshield. lias had a knighthood conferred u|mjii him by the (Jueen of Holland in recognition of the services lie rendered to the crew of the .lautinu Agatha, of I lull, which was wrecked in the vicinity of Cumberland,109 words
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1013 1911-04-20 12 Ainong a series of “most exciting iierieuces apjiearing in f l he Leading Light (Shanghai) there is published the following 1 contribution by a sailor correspondent:— The worst live minutes 1 ever remember occurred te me about nine years ago when1,013 words
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365 1911-04-20 12 TRIAL BY ORDEAL. The Broth-Cooking Test As Applied in China. 1 A correspondent writes to the North China Daily News from Chen-Yuan: Two days south of here in the Black **>ao village of Panghai, we have a mission station where Mr. and Mrs. Powell have resided for two years. They365 words
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351 1911-04-20 12 A re{H)rt which has been issued by the Cremation Society of England, reviewing its operations since its formation in shows that the movement it represents has made steady progress in England and may now be said to have lived down351 words
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114 1911-04-20 12 I be report of the Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ltd., for last year, states that the board recommends a final dividend to shareholders of $2O per share on 12.4(H) shares, $-4h.(H)O, an addition to the sterling reserve fund of .£'lo,ooo at exchange 1/IOA, $108,781.87,114 words
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593 1911-04-20 12 The Koyal Geographical Society has received from Captain G. E. Leachman, Koyal Sussex Regiment, a short account of a three months’ journey he carried out in NorthEast Arabia. From a geographical and exploring standpoint the account is by no means of very593 words
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218 1911-04-20 12 A shoc king accident occurred on March 23 in the chapel attached to the Presentation Convent, Yepery, says a Madras telegram. 1 hiring evening service a large number of Europeau and Eurasian girls had received their first communion and218 words
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Article1646 1911-04-20 13 London, April 12. Ak a result of the Exeter election petition Mr. Duke, K. C., haw been returned by a majority of one, after a week of exciting scrutiny. This is a Unionist gain. The figures given at the close of the poll were H. St. Maur (L.)1,646 words
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Article590 1911-04-20 13 Berlin, April 12. Herr Stemrich’s resignation of tho German Under Secretaryship for the Colonies has not been accepted yet, as the doctors hope for his recovery from the illness which lid to it being tendered. The Czar and Czarina muv pay a visit to Copenhagen in August, and590 words
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Article640 1911-04-20 13 Tlio Loudon County Council Education Committee recently postponed the adoption of a Hellenic to establish a technical institute for optics, ho that members might read reportH drawn up liy officials upon the scheme. These reports tell how the Germans have captured the optical trade, which at ono640 words
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Shipping Intelligence.
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Article288 1911-04-20 14 April IS Yugala, Siam. str., Jenson, Bangkok, Gant Aaiatio Coy. Ajax, Bdt. akr., Owen, Saigon, W, Mansfield Baud, Brit, sir., Roit, < iorontalo. Bhips Agency, Ltd. IS llynon, Brit. str* Maclean, Liverpool, W. Mansfield Bayorn, Gor. str„ Brebmer, Hamburg, Bolin Meyor Baron Oawdor, Brit, str., Sulberton, Muke, Mitsui Biinian288 words
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Article254 1911-04-20 14 April It Pronto, Nor. atr., Bangkok A. de Keraaint, Feb. str., Saigon t Macbow, Ger. atr, Bangkok Baribat, Siam, atr., Bangkok via porta 15 Vestfold, Nor. str., Bangkok Van der Lyn, Dot. atr., Pontianak Bayern, Gar. atr., Japan via porta Taroba, Brit, atr., Nogapatam via porta Koltala, Brit, atr.,254 words
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Article818 1911-04-20 14 The following passengers are booked homeward: P. A O. Per Delhi, connecting at Colombo with Mongolia, sailing April 21. —Mr. Ker, Mr. Haxendale, Mr. and Mrs. Voules, Miss Cleaver, Mr. and Mrs. Garland, Mr. D. Miller, Mr. K. II. Bratt, Mr. and Mrs. Venning Tliomas, Mr. R. C.818 words
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Article248 1911-04-20 14 Sinoapork, April 19, 1911. EXCHANGE. On London—Bank 4 m/s 2/4& Demand 2/4*, Private 0 ro/s 2/4$ do 8 m/s 2/4 On Gsemant —Bank d/d 289 Private 8 m/s 243 On Franc*—Bank d/d 295 Private 8 m/s 299* On India —Bank T. T. 174 J Private 80 d/s248 words
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Article937 1911-04-20 14 Singapore, April 19, 1911. MINING. Issue !2 Value Buyers Sellers 10 10 Belat Tin 5.60 0,00 10 10 Bruang r>.00 650 10 10 Braseh Hyd. 5.00 0 00 10 10 Kanaboi 1.60 2 03 £1 £1 KintaTin 17 00 18 00 £1 £1 Kledang Tin 1.60 2937 words
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Advertisement512 1911-04-20 15 m ;v* 6 Vi 1 and tm. jA> POD 1 £T ■r ENGINE AND SUCTION GAS PLANT. WITABL* FOE ANTHRACITE, COKE, CHARCOAL AND OTHER FUELS). s*-- Va v 'V aSAaS* Mi.. 1. i y V AmPS. BV.* \2jr /*V* iijc ST r*t JwTjiTaWBea 5i E8TATE8 S s&gm Wi24 >3£ -VT512 words
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Advertisement592 1911-04-20 16 Electrical, Mechanical, Marine Civil Engineers Shipbuilders. E8TATE TOOLS. 8T0RE8 AND REQUISITES. bookv. Prompt Delivery. PROPRIETORS OF THE PAT TAPPING KNIFE. BERTRAM'S Rubber Machinery AWARDED 1st PRIZE AND GOLD MEDAL, SINGAPORE, 1910. Rubber Factories, Drying Sheds, Smoke Houses, Coolie Lines, etc., etc. Estimate* and designs free. LARGE STOCKS HELD of Pumps,592 words
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The Straits Budget RUBBER SUPPLEMENT.
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1291 1911-04-20 1 W. ''Tj‘% d wide bet-eeo q »oUtl.n. bon, „d Lo*fc» be correopondiog dole Capital. Par value Antho. 6,0,1 “hare Dividends. M Singapore £1 Malayan Exohange Fraser and Co.’s ea Calls paid 1910. 1909. Compamiss. Prices.1,291 words
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Article131 1911-04-20 2 London and Sinoapokk IIuhbkk Pricks I Gnnkral Heportod Hubber Syndicate 2 A Theory of Plantations... Malacca Hubber Auction 2 4Capital in Java 3 A Planters’ Hospital 3 Hubber Export Duty 3 Pataling Estates 3 Merlimuu Share Case 3 Coghlnu and Co.'s Hubber 3 .felutong iu Dutch Borneo 3 The131 words
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Article83 1911-04-20 2 (From a Malacca Corrksfokdknt.) The following prices have been received during the past week April 13 Fine I’urn 6/6.1 14 6/6 A 19 6/6! (From Olk Own Corkkmi*ondknt.) Kuala Lumpur, April 19. The Planters Stores and Agency have receive*! a telegram from Loudon which gives the following83 words
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Article25 1911-04-20 2 (From Our Own Corrkspondknt.) Kuala Lumpur, April 15. The Kuala Lumpur Rubber Co. announce an interim dividend of thirty per cent.25 words
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Article39 1911-04-20 2 The following prices of rubber were realised on April 15 at the Auction Mart, Malacca Fine sheet $265 tx*r picul Sheet $241 Crepe $173 String scrap $1 55 Competition was brisk uiul all lots wore ■old.39 words
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Article1175 1911-04-20 2 The third annual general meeting of the Har|)ciidcn (Selangor) Rubber Company, Limited, was held on March 22 at 20, Fast-i-heap. K.C., Mr. W\ P. Metcalfe presiding. The Chairman said: The past year has Is-en a satisfactory one1,175 words
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471 1911-04-20 2 The sixth ordinary general meeting of Blackwater Estate (hlangi Rubber Co.. Ltd., was held at Colombo, on April 4. There were present the Hon. Mr. W". H. Figg (presiding), Messrs. F. 1.. Clements and E. I'. Skrine (directors). H.471 words
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Article104 1911-04-20 2 Reported Rubber Syndicate.” A wire to the Financial News dated Frankfort, March 21, says The Frankfort Gazette publishes a telegram to the effect that at I’ara a syndicate of Brazilian rubber exporters has been constituted, w ith the assistance of the Banco do Brazil. This syndicate, it i H stated,104 words
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Article949 1911-04-20 2 A corros|K»ndent, who writes as an investor aud from whose letter it is legitimate to infer that he expects Sumatra to be tl« rubber FI Dorado, sends us au interesting letter in defence of the rubber boom, which persous of a speculative aud enterprise mind will949 words
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513 1911-04-20 3 Mr. E. J. Hammond, of the AngloJava Plantations. Ltd., who has returned to London after a long visit to the East, in an interview’ with a representative of the Evening Standard had some interesting remarks to make as513 words
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Article185 1911-04-20 3 The rubber industry has brought a large uumbcr of Europeans to the Federated Malay States and Straits Settlements, and in view of a large amount of sickness prevalent amongst them, especially amongst new arrivals, the need of a Planters’ Hospital is an absolute necessity, declares the Perak185 words
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Article59 1911-04-20 3 The prices for the period from April 14 to April 27, inclusive, of cultivated rubber on which export duty is leviable on an advalorem basis are as under:— per picul. Sheet and biscuit $330 Fine Crepe 385 Best scrap in crepe form 305 Bark scrap in crepe59 words
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448 1911-04-20 3 lhe directors of the I’utaling Rubber Estates Syndicate, Limited, report for the year 1910 that tho total crop of rubber harvested amounted to 323,065 lb., as against 152.090 lb. for 1909. After deducting freight, insurance, landing, aud all sale charges448 words
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306 1911-04-20 3 In the Supreme Court, on April 18, the acting Chief Justice Archibald Law. gave judgment in the action brought by Tan Mong Tho, a merchant, of Killincy lload, against Wise Boon Hean, broker, of Mansoor Street. The plaintiff claimed 1.593.38.306 words
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Article33 1911-04-20 3 Coghlan Co’s. Rubber Auction. At Messrs. 11. L. Coghlan and Co’s, salerooms, on April 12, the following prices were realised for rubber sold No. 1 Shoot $285 per picul No. 2 Sheet $270.33 words
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348 1911-04-20 3 The first annual general meeting of the Kamasan Rubber Company, Limited, was held in Kuala Lumpur on April 12. says the Malay Mail. The directors' report and state- ment of accounts for the year ending Decern- 1 ber 31, 1911,348 words
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Article227 1911-04-20 3 Annual reports are issued of the ope rations of tho NorddeutscheGummi und Gutta-percha Waren Fabrik, Berlin, and of the Continental Caoutchouc und Gutta-percha Compagnic, Hanover. The latter company has done well. It bought rubber at favourable prices und got the advantage of high prices for its manufactured227 words
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Article182 1911-04-20 3 Although some weeks have elapsed since we gave particulars of the projosal of tin* Government of the Dutch East Indies to grant to a German syndicate the enormous concession of 6,250,(XX) acres in Borneo for the cultivation of Jclutong trees, nothing of a definite character appears182 words
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465 1911-04-20 3 From the London and China Express of March 24, we take the following The market for Para shown little change, and a moderate business has been transacted. Hard Fine on the spot and March April delivery quoted465 words
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Article115 1911-04-20 3 In the latest issue of tho F.M.S. Govern* incut Gazette is given a comparative statement of cultivated rubber exported ho far this year and in tho corresponding period of 1910. The figures for the various States are:— March TotHl Sin,il iqi during period year. 1910. lb. lb.115 words
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Article140 1911-04-20 3 Menses. NVhittall and Co. have received advice by telegram to the effect that the annual general meeting of the Seremban Rubber Kstate Co., Ltd., Will Is; held on 21st instant, when the directors propose to recommend that a fiual dividend of 21 j p<ir cent, be declared which140 words
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4749 1911-04-20 4 An extraordinary general meeting of the lndragiri (Sumatra) Itubbcr and Ontta|x*rcha Company, Ltd., was held at the registered offices of the company, The; Arcade, on April 18, to consider the rejHu t from the committee of shareholders appointed at4,749 words
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846 1911-04-20 5 An extraordinary general meeting was held on March 17, in London, for tile purpose of approving an agreement providing for the final Nettlement of all questions which have aiisen with respect to the carrying out and completion of846 words
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825 1911-04-20 5 Claim for Commission. DRAGE V. MAULEFFINCH, ORTON AND COMPANY. Partner or Broker lu the Supreme Court, on April 19, the ease of F. Drage v. Maulottiuch, Orton and Co. was continued before Mr. Justice Fisher. The plaintiff claimed SB.)MK) I alleged to Im’ his share of commission as a broker825 words
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418 1911-04-20 5 The directors of Itatu Caves kubUi Company report for the year 1910 that the profit and loss account shows, including the balances of £1,772 brought forward, after making thn appropriations and adjustments applicable to 1009, and paying three418 words
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Article347 1911-04-20 5 The Maharajah of Travancore has given KoOO to the International l<ul>l»«*r Kxhihition. fund. A telegram from Kuala Lumpur states that the rubbor crop of New Sereudali for MarcU was 754 lb. for *24 days’ tapping. It 1h states 1 that Mr. K. H. Murphy has resigned the position347 words
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Article13 1911-04-20 6 |The StraitH Timet* iH not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents.)13 words
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1102 1911-04-20 6 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, From the very severe criticisms passed upon me in your issue of the 10th of February last. I gather that the res|x»nsible directors of the Indragiri Rubber and <»uttu(X'.relia Co. are seeking to1,102 words
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259 1911-04-20 6 Mr. Justice Ehden’s decision in the case of Jouquim and Co., of Kuala Lumpur, against Mr. H. X. Knight, of .Tebong, settles the vex**l question of w hat is legal tender against sterling in IVrak, states the Perak259 words
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289 1911-04-20 6 Tlit) Financial News of Match *2:s, contains the follow ing:—We much regret to have to record the death, on Monday last, of Mr. I>avid Young, the pioneer of the Rubber industry in British (iuiana, and founder289 words
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834 1911-04-20 6 Having published the various estate returns as received, we now tabulate them so ns to show the monthly production since the beginning of the year together with the I average monthly output, fractions excepted, during 1910. At834 words
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Article158 1911-04-20 6 His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government lias been pleased to nominate the following gentlemen to be members of the general committee for the Joint AgriHorticultural Shows: The Director of Gardens, Singapore; Collector of Land Revenue. Singapore; Curator, Botanic Gardens, Singapore; Collector of Land Revenue, Penang; Senior District158 words
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