The Straits Budget, 6 April 1897

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    140 1 The Straits Budget BEING-THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” The Straits Times has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Asia, British India excepted. It circulates in Singapore and Penang, throughout all the Protected States of the Malay Peninsula, in Siam, Borneo, the Netherlands Indies, the Philippines, and French
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  • STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, 6TH APRIL.
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      MARRIAGE.
      50 1 os tii* -Ttli March, at the Presbyterian Ul,ur«*h, lViuing, by the Rev. Wm. .Miirrav’. M KoREKT McEwEN LITTLE, Kesiiii-a't 01 ilu* West Coast, British North Burueo, rlilest -on of t lie late Robert Little K-m.. mil. f.r.c.s.. to Ruby Hunter, eldest daughter of Alexander D. Campk-«|., >. Bellevue Crescent,
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    336 1 [iKAIUNO AKTICLF.S. 'the Political Situation. Gr»*rk Aims. in Crete. J.i-giskimv CouneiJ. laiijoiig J'agar J ami. liowrnmeiit Offices Dv.vl M:uv*t (Quotations. Mapping .News, hi'v ager List. /Alin* News. Canon Delouette. 1. 0.6 T. A Thieves’ Haunt. Pulo ol*in Murder Case. Kxpeiisive Polk. A Valuable Sword. Major Me CallunTs
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    510 1 Pahang Kabang (£1 pd.) $l. Malay Prospecting Coy. $7 Siam Goldfields (£1 p i.).. Pahang Central (£1 pd.y.. Pahang Exploration Co. (£1 pd.) I PahangSemantan Jellei(£spd.) f Pahang Serau Lipis(sspd.) Slipway Co. ($lOO pd.) J The following were the London prices o certain shares as received by
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    539 1 The mail for Europe, this week, leaves by the M. M. s. s. Melbourne. The M. M. s. s. Sydney with the mail from Europe of the 12th March arrived this morning. The mail for Europe, next week, is fixed for the P. O. s.s. Rosetta.
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      GREECE AND TURKEY.
      101 1 A NEUTRAL ZONE REJECTED. Jjoiuion .‘JO th March. The Powers have declined to entertain Britain's proposal for collective pressure on Greece and Turkey [to demarcate a neutral zone on the Thessalian frontier.] The Crown Prince of Greece has started for Volo, in Thessaly, amid gr«*at popular demonstrations.
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      CONSTANTINOPLE.
      17 1 The situation at Constantinople is serious, owing to the Greeks there arming from fear of massacre.
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      MASSACRED ARMENIANS.
      16 1 At the date of last advices, four hundred Armenians had been massacred at Tokat.
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      CRETE.
      28 1 REINFORCEMENTS REQUIRED. London 31 st March. The Admirals in Crete have requested the Powers to send, immediately, an extra battalion, each, to protect the occupied towns there.
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      GREECE.
      26 1 THE CROWN PRINCE. The Crown Prince of Greece has arrived at Larissa, in Thessaly, where he received an enthusiastic welcome from the troops and people.
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      FIGHTING IN CRETE.
      93 1 THE WELSH FUSILIERS TO GO. London, Ist April. The Cretan insurgents have captured the fort at Spinalonga, on the north east end of the island, after forty eight hours fighting. They also sank, there, a Turkish schooner laden with munitions of war. The insurgents have, besides, attacked
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      THE GREEK ARMY.
      21 1 The ihtke of S£tort£'(*he Cft>w£ Prince of Greece) has assumed command of the Greek forces on the frontier.
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      GREECE.
      38 1 BLOCKADE DECIDED UPON. London 2nd April. The Powers have decided that it it imperative to put an end to aggression by Greece. All the Powers have now agreed to blockade the Greek Coast at an early date.
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      CRETE.
      52 1 FOREIGN REINFORCEMENTS. France is sending six hundred marines to Crete. The Admirals have asked for a battery of artillery from each Power. The remainder of the Seaforth Highlanders, and only four companies of the Welsh Fusiliers, are going to Crete. The fleets have shelled and repulsed the insurgents at
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      GREECE.
      54 1 THE BLOCKADING SQUADRONS. London, 3rd April. The extension of the blockade to Greek waters will probably require an increase of the Crete. The Dowager Czarina has gone to Copenhagen to join a family council which will meet there to discuss the best course to be followed with regard to
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      THE POWERS.
      58 1 DISCORD AND VACILLATION. The Powers can decide nothing as regarding the Cretan and Greek questions without laborious parleying. Hence, there are continual delays and changes of purpose. Russia, for instance, agrees to send more troops to Crete, but Austria declines to do so. Germany has hitherto sent no
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      CRETE.
      15 1 Britain will send a mountain battery and one hundred and eighty gunners to Crete.
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      THE BOAT RACE.
      22 1 OXFORD WINS. London, sth April. Oxford won the University boat race by two lengths, and led the whole way£
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      SPORTS.
      13 1 OXFORD WINS. Oxford won at the Sports by five points to four.
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      FOOTBALL.
      44 1 SCOTLAND BEATS ENGLAND. Scotland beat England at Socker [Rugby Football] by two goals to one. [ln the International Rugby contests, last year, Scotland defeated England by eleven points to nil. England has now won eight matches, and Scotland nine, eight matches being drawn.]
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      CRETE.
      37 1 THE AUTONOMY SCHEME. Russia sends a battery of artillery to Crete. The Ambassadors at Constantinople have agreed to the principles of the scheme for autonomy in Crete. They have cabled the details to their respective Governments.
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    POLITICAL SITUATION.
    309 2 (Straits Times 30fA March.) The political tension is increased by the refusal of the Powers to entertain the proposal of the British Government for the demarcation of a neutral zoin on the Thessalian frontier by collective pressure on Greece and Turkey. In Thessaly, Greek and Turkish troops face
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    GREEK AIMS.
    283 2 (Stra'fs Times, Hist March.) The Crown Prince of Greece, on h‘s wav to the frontier,has reached Larissa, a Greek t own, hardly a dozen miles from tli** boundary line. Larissa lies two nty miles from the Gulf of Salonica and not far from Volo, an important port in
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    FIGHTING IN CRETE.
    335 2 (Straits Times Ist April.) The course of events in Crete has changed for the worse, and the Powers find themselves confronted by the need to use force. They had given the Turkish Government notice to quit Crete, but the Turkish garrisons remained until the Powers could replace
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    514 2 (Sira Is I mis, I lull April.) Legislative Council or, rather, the unofficial members of Legislative Connoil—decided, yesterday, that the enhanced rate of exchange to be given to recipients of the Willows and Orphans’ Pension Fund should been joyed by those living in silver-u**ing countries .is well as
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    TANJONG PAGAR LAND.
    308 2 (Straits Times, 3rd April.) The report of the liquidators of the Tanjong Pagar Land Company is a hopeful document. The Company now owes only §28,000, and it has in hand §7,000, so that its real deficiency in cash is a little over §20,000. Further, it owns 1,'1ff7,00(»
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    SELANGOR GOVERNMENT OFFICES.
    390 2 (Strait* Times, bth April.) Tiik chief city of the Malay Peninsula is the feature of the day for on Saturday there were formally opened the admirably constructed public oftices that now dominate Kuala Lumpur. These were fully described in our issue of last Thursday; and they will
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    THE CHINESE TARIFF.
    89 2 The Hongkong Daily Press lias no doubt that the Chinese Government intends to follow up Li Hung-Chang’s recent effort to secure a revision of the Chinese tariff on imports. Indeed, it is stated by Chinese that lI.E. Chang Yunwoon, the Special Ambassador to be despatched to England
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    THEY DISTURBED HIS SLEEP.
    173 2 Mr. R. L. Koe, the District Officer of Kuala Pilah, reports that, on the 28th January, he held court for the trial of a Javanese and three Malays, charged with killing a Chinaman's bullock. The prisoners were Government road coolies, living at Bukit Senaling. The Chinaman
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    SUGAR REFINING.
    194 2 PROFITS AT HONGKONG. The China Sugar Refining Company met at ‘Hongkong on tlie 27th March, with the Hon. J. J. Beli Irving in the chair. The chairman called attention to the fact that the company, last year, made a pndit of over §241,000, despite low prices and the
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    SELANGOR.
    243 2 PLANTING IN KUALA LANGAT. Mr.W. W.SkEAT,the District Officer of Kuala Langat, in his report for February, states that the most important item of news there during the month was the prospecting done by Europeans on the Klanang Road. The land there, the excellence of which had hitherto been known
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    PHILIPPINE REBELLION.
    287 2 FALL OF THE REBEL BTRong Holi> I iles of the Manila rc this morning, give details of Imus, the rebel stronghold i n ti; vince of Cavite. The rebel* had 1d' r> place since last August, and up fortifications around it. I, i; pies a naturally strong position
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    HONGKONG JAIL.
    99 2 THE BIRCII ROD INTRDD”« KF) The new rules and regulation:* fort!* management of Victoria (»aol. a: Hon: konir, contain provision fort ii, 1 rti-_ of corporal punisliment by a hir: instead of a rattan, which was i*.*:n.-n in use. For certain breaches d yrixt discipline,tin* Superintended/;..- >.;v« to
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    THE BENCH AND THE BAR.
    169 2 A couple of days ago, says < < 'rr< dent, the result of a magi>‘ proving adverse to tin- vr»*‘* ie»r. who is a member of the LT" his superior officer, rat i r but excusably in the ein-miMwf: gave notice of appeal. Th“ v
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    DIAMOND JUBILEE.
    161 2 HONGKONG AKKANUKMKN r«. In connection with the Jubilee, arrangements arc >ai J contemplated for the sending t-' don of Chinese constables* an** 1 policemen to represent the H 1 Asiatic police force. the Hongkong Regiment and tii*; 1 submarine miners will also a There has been some talk
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    TUESDAY, 30TH MARCH.
    441 3 IISG the selling forward of V> 1 shares, as commented t W Shnwghai Mercury, much the t l ]j nir forward was done in ;tinr v v a Singapore broker. The u-iud smaller, much less was t ho thing was done. It is at the Singapore broker
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    FATAL COLLAPSE.
    33 3 Ki'iuHNc in East Street, Hong- < ;»!iaj*sed on the 23rd instant, r( »*ii tiit* adjoining house being pulled '*"Wh i ivi* eoolies were buried among di“ wreckage. One of them was killed.
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    MOONLIGHT GOLF.
    71 3 Ihk Selangor Golf Club tried a by moonlight on the 20th *«st;tnt. This is the first golf competi--1,0,1 flayed by moonlight in Selangor '“probably anywhere in the Straits, lf ;'i though considerable amusement is to the spectators it cannot 4 SM idto be very successful from a poim
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    'RIKISHAS IN ENGLAND.
    100 3 Ekokntly, a Ceylon firm ran at the ‘if-ir (,i India and Ceylon Exhibition, *»ndon, about a dozen rikishas. *'lH-nses were fairly well paid, notwithstanding the cost of bringing over the '"•dies to do the work. Now a com- •Mtion oi capitalists think there is to be done
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    HONGKONG LIGHT DUES.
    161 3 A PROTEST. The representatives of the principal British lines, trading to Hongkong, have with one exception, addressed a letter to the Secretary of State on the light dues there. Before 1890, the light dues were only one cent per ton of shipping. In that year, the rate
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    STRAITS INSURANCE CO.
    679 3 SHAKE GAMBLING AT SHANGHAI. Wiiat has been termed by some a deep laid scheme of peculation has been perpetrated, says- the Shanghai Mercury, upon certain Shanghai speculators by some person or persons believed to be “in the know with regard to the workings of the Straits Insurance
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    THE INDIAN BUDGET.
    156 3 HEAVY DEFICIT. The Budget of India presented at the Viceroy’s Council on the 19th inst. shows a deficit of nearly two crores. The Budget provides for a deficit in the coming year of nearly two and a-half crores. Railways show a loss of one and a-half crores;
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    DR. YERSIN.
    140 3 EXPERIENCES AT BOMBAY. The plague at Bombay was steadily decreasing at the date of last advices. Dr. Yersin commenced his duties at Bombay by inoculating three patients one man, whose wife had died of the plague, his children, one aged eight or nine years and an infant of
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
    139 3 The competition for Sir Lionel Cox’s (the President’s) Prize ended yesterday, the result being a tie between Messrs. Grigor Taylor and A. W. O’Sullivan, who will have to play off to decide the victory. The competition was match play under handicap against Col. Bogey, the score
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    COFFEE IN MALAYA.
    306 3 CEYLON ENTERPRISE. The Malay States Coffee Company, Limited, has been established in Colombo with the object amongst others -To purchase, lease, take in exchange, hire, or otherwise acquire any lands in the Malay Peninsula or elsewhere, and any works, machinery, stock, plant, and real or personal, immovable
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    DEATH OF CANON DELOUETTE.
    500 3 We regret to announce the death of the very Reverend Canon Delouette, which took place yesterday afternoon at the General Hospital. The news has plunged into much grief, not only the members of the mission, and the congregation of the Good Shepherd/’ but also a very
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    BRITISH SAVINGS BANK.
    89 3 A GRANT FROM THE TREASURY. The House of Commons has voted a grant of .£30,000 to the British Post (Mice Savings Bank in order to cover the deficiency occasioned by the year’s losses on deposit accounts. Sir Michael Hicks Beach (Chancellor of the Exchequer), in moving that
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    MAJOR McCALLUM’S TROPHY.
    184 3 RESULT OF THE COMPETITION. There is given below the result of the S. V. A. Maxim Gun Firing and Drill Competition on Saturday, for the trophy presented by Major McCallum. There were 60 points given for time, 100 for shooting, and 75 for laying on an instructiopal
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    MORE BY THE MAIL.
    747 3 NOTES AND NEWS. BRITISH COLUMBIA GOLD. During the last few months reports were current as to the possibilities of great gold discoveries in British Columbia. The statements made would seem to place the district among6t the mo<t prolific of gold-bearing areas in the world. There are
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    THE I. O. G. T.
    55 3 Last night, the members of 44 Connaught” lodge of the I. O. G. T. gave a social, at the Soldiers’ Home, to the members of the “Epworth League.” An interesting and varied programme, consisting of songs, recitations, and instrumental performances, was successfully got through, to
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    PENANG HARBOUR.
    1601 4 MR. HUTTENBACH AND THE CHINESE MAKE FURTHER PROPOSALS. THEY INTIMATE AN INTENTION TO ORGANISE. From the Resident Councillor to Mr. Huttenbach.) Resident Councillor’s Office, Penang, 19th March, 1897. Sir,— With reference to the interview which you and certain Chinese gentlemen had with the Acting Resident Councillor on the
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    CHINESE DOLLAR.
    64 4 A new Chinese dollar has been struck at the Peiyang Mint, and specimens of it have reached Hongkong. The coin bears the representation of a dragon, and the value is expressed in Chinese and Manchu. The coin is said to be w r ell milled. On one side
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    A THIEVES’ HAUNT.
    73 4 A correspondent calls attention to some unfinished structures near the junction of Robinson Road and Japan Street, and alleges that they are a haunt of a number of bad characters, and a general rendezvous for them at night. The appearance of the place is such as would,
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    PULO OBIN MURDER CASE.
    76 4 Yesterday, the evidence of the Chief Police Officer was taken in the Pulo Obin murder case. It went to shew that the men charged with the murder were only suspected, and that the chief ground of suspicion was that their names appeared on the deceased’s books
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    CHINESE RAILWAYS.
    65 4 There are increasing rumours* at Shanghai that the great railway boss, Taotai Sheng, is experiencing more and more difficulty in raising funds to finance his Railway Scheme. It is prognosticated that we are within measurable distance of the collapse of his whole scheme, and that we shall probably
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    EXPENSIVE PORK.
    73 4 Yesterday Mr. Holley prosecuted a Chinese pork butcher for slaughtering a pig within Municipal limits, but without the abattoir. There has been some difficulty in obtaining a conviction for such offences under the new Ordinance, in fact, this is the first. The man was fined $5O in default
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    HOME NOTES.
    653 4 The Princess of Wales (a gossip says) is one of the few amateur musicians who have composed for the zither. Princess Ena's great companion and friend is her cousin, Princess Alice of Albany. The two groups of Royal orphans spend much of their time together. The Blues have
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    WEDNESDAY, 31ST MARCH.
    289 4 ThisT morning, at the gaol, Seet Ah Koh was hanged for the recent murder of a farm chinting. With reference to statements that appeared in our issue of yesterday, touching bear forward sales of Straits Insurance shares, it may be added that, in Hongkong, there is trouble
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    NOT THEIR DESTINATION.
    55 4 Four Bengalis, yesterday, went to a Chinese passage broker to obtain tickets for Bangkok. The price paid was $4 each, but they at once discovered that they had been provided with passages to Malacca, the fares of which did not amount to S 4 in the aggregate.
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    THE MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.
    54 4 A correspondent calls the attention of those responsible to the unattractive exterior appearance of the Magistrates’ Courts. The building, he says, has a dilapidated look, and the sunshades are, in many instances, in a ruinous condition. The interior, particularly the ground flpor, would be much improved by
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    MITCHELL’S PRESS DIRECTORY.
    127 4 Mitchell’s Newspaper Press Directory reaches its fifty-second annual edition this year. Not only has the information been brought up to date, but abundant additional matter also increases the value of this standard work of reference. The Colonial Supplement has been carefully revised. The recent press restrictions in
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    A CHINESE TYPE-WRITER.
    163 4 construction and in use. North-China Daily News. Tungchow has now what is probably the only Chinese type-writer in existence. It is the invention and property of Dr. Sheffield, the president of the North China College. The characters, about four thousand in number, are arranged in concentric circles
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    PAHANG MURDER CASE.
    743 4 THE CONVICT SIDDON*. MEMORIAL FOR REPRIEVE. A strong memorial has been pr» ted to the Sultan of Pahang in Council by the parents of the man Siddon.who was sentenced to death at iVk ll( recently by the High Commissioner praying for the reprieve of their son Siddons,
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    HONGKONG SHIPBUILDING.
    78 4 The China Mail anticipates an approaching expansion of shipbuilding in Hongkong. Already the Dock Com pany have built cruisers for the Philip pines, and a Chinese firm has on hand a fairly large steamer for the West River, which will be ready before the River is open for
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    THE “STRAITS CHINESE MAGAZINE.”
    979 5 li;r tli«* first number ot 1 ,j olh the Straits Chinese f :l t comes as a pleasant T j lT tii»* Baba,” as lie is 1 .jot intellectually inactive, vcn capable of aflordj, ITI Hccteal surprises and i.icii« i* of bis unobtrusive Ibis new magazine
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    DEATH OF CANON DELOUETTE.
    381 5 THE FUNERAL. Preparations for the funeral of the deceased Canon Delouette were made early yesterday afternoon. At noon, the body was eotlined. In the cathedral, a catafalque had been raised, heavily draped in black, with white bordering, the heads of the columns being surmounted with white
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    HOMEWARD BOUND.
    89 5 FAREWELL TO SIR LIONEL AND LADY’ COX. There were a large number of departures this morning by the P. O. homeward mail, and the P. O. wharf was crowded by many who had come to say farewell to old friends. A distinguished company came to give Chief Justice
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    USING INFLUENCE.
    117 5 On Saturday, one Cam pong, a corporal in the 'Rikisha Department, was arrested with receiving an illegal gratification of 20 cents. A ’rikishajmller had been entrusted with a number of flower pots to convey to a house, but, failing to find it, took them to the Registration Office,
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    CYCLING IN ENGLAND.
    955 5 London Friday sth March. 1 Attention is now being vigorously drawn to the fact that English roads are not protected as they ought to be, looking 1 at the matter from a cyclist’s point of view. Hundreds of dangerous hills throughout the kingdom bear no warning of
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    JAPANESE SHIPPING.
    53 5 Thb Japanese Government, it is stated, has decided not to bring forward the Bill for granting subsidies to steam services between Japan and China ports. There are no funds available, now that it has (been decided to grant 3,400,000 yen to the European ana Trans-Pacific lines of the
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    MORE BY THE MAIL.
    2315 5 NOTES AND NEWS. TOWN REFUSE. The municipal authorities of San Francisco have decided to erect a number of garbage crematories in that! city on the Montreal system, in order to dispose of the city’s refuse. In the Montreal system no fuel is employed, the garbage itself
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    MR. ALEXANDER FORSYTH.
    42 6 It is affirmed that, according to the post mortem examination at Butterworth, the death of the late Mr. Alexander Forsyth, the planter, was due to natural causes. His death under suspicious circumstances was noted by us, the other day.
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    KORAT RAILWAY.
    50 6 Bangkok rumour has it that for the ceremony of the Korat Railway, last week, a gilded and a silverplated rail would be laid. The spikes, which would be of the same metals, would be driven not only by the King, but also by all the princes and ministers.
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    H. M. S. “ UNDAUNTED.”
    157 6 H. M. S. UNDAUNTED.” The Japan Gazette of the 15th March says: H. M. S. Undaunted is flying the homeward pennant, a telegram having been received on Saturday, stating that the new crew of the cruiser is being brought out by the Edgar. We understand, that the Edgar will leave
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    ANNIE LAURIE.
    84 6 Taman aku birahi, Yang ber-embun pagi, Disitu Annie Laurie Pad aku berjanji Padaku berjanji Padaku berjan ji! Bagei siti Annie Laurie Kela-lah ku niati. Dahi-nya amat permei, Leher-nya pun molek, Paras muka-nya bersri, Chaliva bulan sperti: Chahya bulan sperti! Cliahya bulan sperti! Bagei siti Annie Laurie Kela-lah ku
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    HOME NOTES.
    506 6 Conn*, oh, come, and taste my honey cake. It is so sweet that it will sweeten the tongue of thy mother-in-law.” is a Cairo street cry. Gusher: ‘‘Would you think of me if I were ten thousand miles away?” His Fiancee (from college): “As the maximum diameter of
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    THURSDAY, 1ST APRIL.
    433 6 This afternoon, Messrs. Crane Bros., by order of the Supreme Court, put up for public auction the steamship Jjouisa 11, otherwise called Kim him Aik. The steamer was sold for 59,600. At the approaching meeting of shareholders of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, the
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    JAPANESE BIMETALLISM.
    62 6 As it is necessary to extend the foreign trade and to take in gold by encouraging exports, in carrying out the gold standard proposal, the Japanese Government has, it is said, nearly come to the decision to abolish export duties, and is reported to be intending to enforce
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    A COMMERCIAL CASE.
    208 6 At the Supreme Court this morning, Mr. Justice Leach delivered judgment in the case of Alsagoff and Co. v. J. Cordelia and Co. The motion of the plantin' was calling upon the Sheriff to pay certain monies under a writ of execution. The Sheriff' had seized certain
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    THE INDIAN FAMINE.
    160 6 SPECIAL TELEGRAM. The following telegram has been received to-day:— From Sir Francis Maclean (Chief Justice of Calcutta) to the Editor of the “Straits Times' Calcutta 31st March. On behalf of my Committee, myself, and, I am sure I may add, the faminestricken people of India, I wish
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    TELUK AYER RECLAMATION.
    514 6 (From a Correspondent A glance at the buildings that, during very recent years, have been raised on the Teluk Ayer Reclamation, leads many, especially strangers, to wonder liow it ever came about that they were erected. It would bedittieult, now, to iind one of these structures that,
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    HE BEGINS BY BEING PUNCTUAL.
    24 6 Mr. Wilkinson took his seat on the bench of the 2nd Magistrate s Court precisely at 10, this morning.
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    INDECENCY ON THE ESPLANADE.
    58 6 Yesterday evening Constable Kydd arrested two Chinamen for indecently exposing themselves on the Esplanade, in view of a number of ladies wjjo were in carriages. This morning, Mr. Hallifax fined them SlO each r in default, one month's imprisonment. That is the maximum penalty; but it
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    THE TELEGRAPH RATE TO EUROPE.
    791 6 FURTHER IMPORTANT REDi;^ The correspondence, which below, between the Telegraph and the Chamber of Commerce tlie welcome intelligence that after the Ist of July next, the rate from the Straits Settlement. countries westward will be about sixpence a word. That i 7 second reduction that
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    16 6 Three of the ringleader* in the rtil J disturbances at Kuala Lumpur been arrested there. I
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    THE NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICES AT SELANGOR.
    2243 7 rvLATIAL BUILDING. yiU. DESCKIITIOX. >nie now Government Kuala Lumpur arc to be i»« iittintx pomp and cere- .turdav, which will bo a fete I. ratial Capital. To-day, jtjii our special eorresponiai)t Lumpur, a full desciipn,*\v building, and, from a i !iit description, it will
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    CHINESE DOCKYARD.
    137 7 It is reported at Shanghai that the Chinese Government has resolved on the establishment of a naval dockyard at Kiaochao in Southern Shantung. The decision involves the construction of an expensive dry-dock and the adequate fortification of the Bay to serve as a completely equipped naval base. Kiaochao
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    LAWYERS IN MALAYA.
    148 7 TWO MOKE STATES THROWN OPEN. The Resident-General of the Federated Malay States notifies, under date 23rd March, that any advocate who has been admitted tp practise in the Court of the Judicial Commissioner will be also permitted to practice both in civil and criminal matters in the
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    MORE BY THE MAIL.
    967 7 PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD. The Admiralty have decided at length to extend the Royal Dockyard at Portsmouth by enclosing sixty-two acres of adjacent land during the coming financial year. At the same time the long-talked-of naval barracks will be commenced, by which means accommodation will be provided for
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    REVIEW.
    491 7 “THE DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE.** The late Earl of Carnarvon rendered some service to the nation in the matter of Imperial defence. Few men in ills time exerted themselves more to lay bare to the people of England the vital importance of suitably defending the outposts of the Empire
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    29 7 I According to latest returns, Yh** total number of electric light companies in Japan is 33, their aggregate capital being yen 4,3:17,194, and the total number of lights 110,371.
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    FRIDAY, 2ND APRIL.
    326 8 The Raub Company's 10,000 contributing shares, 13s. lOd. paid for which tenders were called have been allotted. Tenders for the allotment of the 10,000 shares have been made at prices which give an average price of 235. 6|d. per share. Exchange for payment has been fixed at
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    COMPENSATION.
    34 8 Coknie, a Manila man, was yesterday fined $5 and ordered to pay $lO as compensation, for assaulting a rikisha-puller. For assaulting a police officer, he was fined $5 only, no compensation being awarded.
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    THE PLAGUE.
    108 8 Calcutta, 22nd March. At Bombay, on Saturday, there were only sixtv-three deaths from plague. A system of inspection is being arranged to protect the city from the re-impor-tation of the epidemic. Large numbers of inhabitants are returning. 24 fh March. There has been a slight recrudescence of plague
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    ELEPHANT-HUNTING.
    163 8 DR. WELLFORDS EXPERIENCES. The Malay Mail gives further particulars of Dr. Wellford’s adventure with an elephant. The doctor went out elephant-shooting with Mr. Charter. They suddenly came upon an elephant on turning a corner. Dr. Wellford fired, and the animal charged. He tired again as the brute was on
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    THE KING OF SIAM.
    83 8 THE TRIP TO EUROPE. The King of Siam’s departure from Bangkok for Europe is fixed for the 7th instant. It has been arranged that he will spend three days in Ceylon and 24 hourtf at Aden. He will arrive in Paris about June 11th, and will
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    THE KORAT RAILWAY.
    216 8 FORMAL OPENING. The Korat Railway was formally opened by the King and Queen of Siam on the 26th March. Korat, an important trading centre in north east Siam, is at present the preliminary terminus of the eastern branch. The main line and the connecting lines are expected
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    ALLEGED THEFT FROM A CONSTABLE.
    230 8 About a fortnight ago, a Bengali constable went to an opium shop in Tringganu Street to obtain a banknote in exchange for ten dollars in silver. He had with him eighty dollars in notes. He placed these with the silver on the ledge at the
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    SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    258 8 The Committee held their monthly meeting yesterday, and, amongst other subjects, considered an important letter just received from the Manager of the Telegraph Company, intimating the intention of the Company to make a further reduction in t lie rates on their lines to the westward. The
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    COUNCIL PAPERS.
    732 8 MAIL SERVICE. The Secretary of State has sup-, plied the Governor with a copy of the tender from the P. O. Company, for a contract for the performance of the Eastern and Australian Mail Service by the Brindisi route, which has been accepted by the Postmaster-General. The tender
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    23 8 One hundred and fifty-two death* were registered at Singapore, during the week ending on Saturday last. The ratio per thousand stood at 38*29.
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    TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
    405 8 (By German Mail.) Athens, 20th March. The Cretan insurgents have informed the foreign Admirals that they will accept nothing short of the union of Crete with Greece. London, 20th March. The transport Dilwara from Bombay has been detained at Suez, having had a death from plague on board.
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    A MUNICIPAL PROSECUTION.
    249 8 The hearing of the case against A. \Y\ Monteiro, Sanitary Inspector, was resumed yesterday before Mr. O’Sullivan. He was charged with receiving certain illegal gratifications as a reward for forbearing to do an official act, to wit: to report to the Municipal Health Officer, or, in the
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    THE JUBILEE IN PERAK.
    41 8 At a meeting of the Perak Jubilee Committee, it was decided that the permanent memorial there should be scholarships, to enable Perak boys to go to Singapore to continue their studies and compete for the Queen’s scholarships.
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    BY GERMAN MAIL
    766 8 Js.iulon, ll(/, v THE DIAMOND JIT.ILEf H It has been arranged that ,B troops shall line the streets Jf r -Bl at the opening of the eG.L ra ti‘ r ’Bi Queen’s Jubilee. The pro.'B Queen’s Jubilee day will r, v B Piccadilly, St. James's >i r
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    3415 9 Thcrsday, Ist April. present. •I GOVERNOR, SIU CHARLEB BtLLEN H U 111 MITCHELL. G.C.M.G. 1 W. Snvyd-Kynnersloy, Acting 1 i il Secretary. yy 'y (V»llvcr, Attorney-General. o’Brien. Acting Colonial TreaH'’N- 11 Ainlerson, R.E., Acting Colonial r -hclfonl. s Murray. l.im Boon Iveng. u I Napier. ABSENT. t Jones-Vaughan,
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    SATURDAY, 3RD APRIL.
    328 9 Some time ago, the unofficial members of the Hongkong Legislative Council petitioned the Secretary of State to advise Her Majesty to disallow an Ordinance passed by the official vote last year, appropriating a sum equivalent to seventeen and-a-half per cent, of the colonial revenue for the defence
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    THE YEN.
    28 9 It is reported that Japanese one-yen silver pieces to the value of yen. 8,623,700 are now in circulation abroad, of which yen 8,000,000 are in Singapore.
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    MORTALITY.
    40 9 The death-rate for the month of February last was 34.78 per thousand per annum as against 47 in February, 1896. A little deduction should be made from the latter for purposes of comparison, as last year was leap year.
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    CROSSING CAVANAGH BRIDGE.
    47 9 This morning, a hack gharry syce was fined two dollars, or in default seven days, for taking up a man at the foot of Cavanagh Bridge, in order to be able to pass over during the hours when passage is forbidden to empty vehicles.
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    THE PENANG COMMAND.
    43 9 It is reported that Captain Ferguson of the Rifle Brigade has been granted leave of absence for the months of April and May, and that during his absence Captain Baker-Carr will be in command of the detachment stationed at Penang
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    QUARANTINE AT HONGKONG.
    67 9 The Local Government Board at Hongkong has issued new quarantine regulations. These regulations establish medical inspection in lien of quarantine, which has now become, so far as the United Kingdom is concerned, a thing of the past. The Secretary of State, in forwarding the regulations, draws attention
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    THE RICE TRADE.
    47 10 The first shipment of Siam rice, this season, has been received at Calcutta. It is preferred to the Burma grain as being of finer quality. Shipments from Saigon are also expected. There is still a steady demand in Calcutta for rice for export up-country.
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    SIAM.
    87 10 BURMA OFFICIALS BORROWED. Burma is becoming the recruiting ground for Siam. Two years ago, Mr. Slade, one of the best forest oilicers of Burma, was lent to Siam to organise a forest service and forest conservancy. Within the past few months, a large number of Burmese subordinates have been
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    THE MUNICIPAL WATER.
    103 10 The Municipal Engineer in his report on the water works, included in the Progress Report for February last, gives analyses of the water filtered in the several filters at work. These analyses, he says, show that the filtered water was of a high standard of purity. Efficiency
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    INDECENCY ON THE ESPLANADE.
    127 10 This morning, Mr. Hallifax sentenced a Chinaman to one month’s rigorous imprisonment (afterwards reduced to a fine) for indecency on the Esplanade yesterday evening, a number of ladies being about. Constable Kvdd said the man took off his baju, sat down, and pulled up his trousers
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    THE LIQUORS ORDINANCE.
    133 10 A correspondent points out, that prosecutions are frequently instituted against persons found in possession of liquor, without a pass. Section 15a of Ordinance X of 1896 seems to be quite a one-sided law; for, though it provides pains and penalties for those who are illegally in possession
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    THE WRECK OF THE “GLAMORGANSHIRE.”
    262 10 THE COUKT OF ENQUIRY. On the 27th ult., a Marine Court of Inquiry was held at Hongkong to inquire into the circumstances connected with the loss of the British steamship Glamorganshire. The tinding of the Court was as follows: —We find that the British steamer
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    SAILORS’ HOME.
    77 10 The report of the Sailors’ Home for 1896 shows that, during the year, 590 officers and seamen made use of the Home. The' average number for the preceding five years was 573, and the largest number was in 1895, when it was 740. The accounts give a balance
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    COAL PRODUCTION.
    180 10 Tiie general report presented to the House of Commons recent ly in reference to the coal production of the principal countries of the world sets forth in a striking manner the unrivalled position of (ircat Britain in that branch of industry. Turning, in the first place, to the
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    “WAITING.”
    229 10 (Pinang Gazette.) A leader has appeared in the Straits Times of the 26th March (the day before the meeting of the Club), which deals with the proposition by a member of the Singapore Golf Club to raise the monthly subscription and to import from home a professional groundsman and
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    THE CHINAMAN AS A SOLDIER.
    310 10 On the 20th ult., Mr. VV. Machell gave a lecture to.the members of the Odd Volumes Society at Hongkong on M The Chinaman as a soldier/’ MajorGeneral Black presided, and, in introducing the lecturer, said that two eminent writers, one a political economist and the
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    THE CIVIL SERVICE AND THE DOLLAR.
    277 10 FUTURE APPOINTMENTS TO CARRY FEWER PRIVILEGES. (Circular Despatch from the Colonial Office Downing Street, bth March 1897. Sir, —I have the honour to inform you that I have decided that in the case of all officers who after lf>t .July next shall enter the
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    114 10 2ND APRIL. Mr. H. Marriott, Cadet, has been appointed Acting Superintendent of Education at Penang. The Chief Police Officer, at Malacca, notifies that the wheel tires of carts used there on Government roads, outside Municipal limits, must not he less than three inches in breadth. The notification takes
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    TANJONG PAGAR LAND CO.
    497 10 liquidators’ redout. 31#/ March, 1897. The Liquidators of tin* company now place before the shareholders an audited statcni'Mii of cash receipts ami payments for tin* 8 months (Ist May to 31st Dec., 1896) tin* liquidation has been in their hands. From tin* published figures, it will
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    NEGRI SEMBILAN NEWS.
    895 10 From a Correspondent. On Sunday, the 21st inst., a memorial service to the late Mr. Martin Lister was largely attended at the Seremban Church. The sendee was conducted by laymen. The Judicial Commissioner with Mrs. Jackson and several barristers arrived by the Malacca and proceeded to Seremban
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    THE CHINESE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
    831 10 FAREWELL MEETING TO MR. ASI) MISS PHILLIPS. The Chinese Christian Assouan opened the present years session witf/ social tea meeting, at the Prinsep St Cliapel, last evening. The occasion taken advantage of to say faruv>lj to Mr. and Miss Phillips both by Association and oy the
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    1811 11 I Kuala Lumpur is, indeed, tlie T»i' L v 0 f the Malay Peninsula! Hiiei j V r i.,tion, Mr. Editor, of the B..ur '7.,;, in which the business of 1 < >vcminent is to be conB/ (l l« ulated to make the 8. 1 the Straits
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    MONDAY, 5TH APRIL.
    456 11 An official member of Council gave a vote, on Thursday, on a matter on which officials had been requested not to vote. That was made the subject of a paragraph in which the error was infercntially imputed to the physically biggest member of Council. It now appears
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    CHINESE AND THE JUBILEE.
    36 11 Great activity, is being evinced by the Chinese district committees, in collecting subscriptions and devising plans for making the lantern procession, in the coming Jubilee festivities, the most successful of its kind.
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    PREVARICATION.
    45 11 Tins morning, a Kling constable so contradicted himself in the witness box, that Mr. Wilkinson felt he could not accept his testimony. The case was dismissed, and the divisional inspector was requested to bring the matter to the notice of the Chief Police Officer.
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    THE NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN SELANGOR.
    220 11 OPENING CEREMONY. (Special telegram to the Straits Times." Kuala Lumpur Monday. The new Government Offices were opened on Saturday evening with much circumstance and ceremony, the place being practically enfete the whole day. At the hour fixed for the opening there was a very
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    INDECENCY ON THE ESPLANADE.
    44 11 Yesterday evening, Constable Kydd arrested two Chinamen for exposing themselves indecently on the Esplanade. The evidence was conclusive, and the men were this morning sentenced by Mr. Ilallifax to a month’s rigorous imprisonment each, without the option of a fine.
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    FOOTBALL.
    48 11 On Saturday afternoon, the football trams of the Daral Bahar and the Rochore Clubs met at Jalan Besar, in a friendly game. There was a large concourse of people present, and much excitement prevailed. The Daral Bahar Club won a well-contested game by three goals to nil.
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    EXERCISING HORSES.
    48 11 A correspondent says that the practice of leading a long string of horses along crowded thoroughfares gives rise to much more unpleasantness than is generally thought. More than that, it seriously interferes with vehicular traffic, to say nothing of the danger to which pedestrians are put.
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    A SAD DOG.
    74 11 Yesterday morning, writes a Chinese correspondent, a Cantonese woman, nurse in the employ of Mr. Tan Sim Kew, living at Craig Road, was bitten by a dog belonging to a Chinaman living in the same road. Within an hour’s time, she was seized w r ith vomiting
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    PUNJOM.
    113 11 At Punjom, in February, milling work was carried on continuously during 27 days, crushing 1,000 tons of ore from the mill, yielding 159 ozs. 14 dwts., and 400 tons old headings, yielding 40 ozs. of melted gold. This is the lowest yield there since September, 1892. The calcining works
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    ILLEGAL GRATIFICATION.
    113 11 This morning, the Chief Police Officer prosecuted in the case of a Malay opium revenue officer accepting an illegal gratification of two dollars for omitting to perform his official functions. A Chinaman landed from the s.s. Sumatra, on Saturday, and was joined by the chinting, who taxed the
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    THE LAND DEPARTMENT.
    971 11 FINANCIAL. 0 The annual report on the Singapore Land Office for 1896 has been published. 1 It shows that the total revenue of the department here, that year, amounted to $127,177. Land rents accounted for $45,700, and 544,886 stood under the head of premia on special sales
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    A PROMISSORY NOTE CASE.
    193 12 On Friday last, before Mr. Justice Leach, an action in which Mootoo Carpen Pillay claimed $.‘184 from Capt. J.C. Davies and his wife as makers of a promissory note, dated the 27th July, 189 b, was heard, Mr. Delay appearing for the plaintiff, Mr. Braddell tor
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    HOME NOTES.
    425 12 The future Emperor of Austria has just completed a tour through North Africa, and on his way to Territet he spent some days in Corsica, an island rarely visted by Royalty. The Archduke Francis Ferdinand is a much-travelled Prince. He has one of the finest collections of photographs
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    1046 12 COUNTERFEIT COIN. THESamarang Chamber of Commerce has laid before Government, the evils resulting from the increasing circulation of counterfeit coin in Java. The document, embodying their views appears in the Jjocomotief of the 13th March. The Chamber lays stress on the almost insuperable obstacles in the way of
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    206 12 APRIL MONTHLY MEDAL. The April monthly medal (Handicap) was competed for on Saturday, and, contrary to custom, brought out only a small field. The tennis tournament was, no doubt, largely responsible for this state of affairs. The competition resulted in a win for Mr. J. C. D.
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    HOMEWARD BOUND.
    356 12 THE ANNUAL HEGIRA. THE P. O. MAIL. Per s. s. Ceylon, 13th April:—From Penang.—Mr. and Mrs. Adams and family, Mr. Pritchard, Dr. Haviland, Rev. G. Bousanquet. Pers. s. Rosetta 14th April:—Hon v T. Shelford, Mrs. Metcalfe and infant, and Miss A. Loader, Inspector Quin, Mr. D. W. Jones,
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    THE LOCAL LAUREATE.
    86 12 This morning, Mr. Justice Leach, sifting in chambers, as a Master in Lunacy, ,held an enquiry into the sanity of Mr. Wilmot, the Straits Laureate, r who has been confined in the Asylum for some time. The poet has been completely transformed in appearance, having had his
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    S. C. C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    492 12 WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS. A CLASS SINGLES. Egerton owe 1 beat Owen scr. Reid S. scr. beat Cole owe 1 scratched. Fort set. v. Doyle rec. 1 (unfinished). White rec. bbtat Elliot owe 3. B CLASS SINGLES. Sharp rec. 5 beat Knight, Major scr. Scott rec. 3
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      TELUK AYER RECLAMATION.
      309 12 TO THE EDITOR OF THE BTRAITB TIMES.” Sir, —The information tendered to the public by your correspondent with regard to Teluk Ayer, is, I think, apt to mislead the* public, and do harm. 1 doubt if all the buildings erected on the reclaimed ground are already in
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      BLOWS ON THE NOSE!
      385 12 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIME** Sir, A few days ago, an observant correspondent called attention in the columns of the straits Time to the dilapidated condition of the Magistrates’ Court. What was said is quite correct, as far as it goes;b« the writer stopped
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      A SINGAPORE STORY.
      307 12 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS HML Sir, —I do not know whether you any of your readers have seen c lowing wonderful story about the pore Museum, m page 41M oi number of Chums. At any rate, i think, worth reproducing Unrehearsed.— ln Singapore, fl museum
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    THE BITTER CRY OF THE UNDERPAID.
    512 13 !IK ki ,it<»K of THE STKAITS TIMES.’ <]} i was very much surprised to i( j Kvenlight’s” version of what he to call the “strained situation” tin- Negri Seinbilan and Pahang _i.l set forth in your issue of tfi 17th. 1 am m a
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    701 13 ARRIVALS. Per s. s. Corgon from Bangkok —Messrs. Ferguson, llefti. and Stenholm, and Miss Kruse, Per P. O. s. s. Kaiser-1-Hind from *>li;ing]i;b Messrs. V. Murray, and Fritz. From Hongkong:—Mr. W. M. Thompson, hr. Lange way, Messrs. R. J. L. Wright, and V J. Kaston. Per s. s.
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      SHIPPING IN PORT.
      194 13 Under this heading the following abbreviations arc used: —str. —steamer; sh. —ship bq.—barque; Brit. —British U. S. United States; Fr. French; Ger. —German; I)ut.— Dutch; Joh.—Johore; &e., G. c., General cargo d.p.—deck passengers; U. —Uncertain T. P. W.—Tanjong Pagar Wharf; T. P. D. —Tanjong Pagar Dock B.
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      TRADING VESSELS
      1703 13 Arrivals Since Noon of Saturday. Antenor, Brit. str. 3,562 tons, Capt Jackson, 4th April. From Liverpool, 4th Mar. G.c., and 12 d.p. W. Mansfield and Co. For Hongkong, 7th —W. B engkalis, Brit. str. 90 tons Capt Sellars, 3rd Api. From Palenibang, Ist Mar. G.c., Wee Bin and
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      VESSELS EXPECTED
      495 13 Name, port probable date of arrival, and name of agent*. Aden, Hongkong, May 27 P. O. Aglaia, Hongkong, Apl 9; Rautenberg. Argus, Calcutta, April 10; McAlister. Australind, Fremantle, Apl 19; Boustead. Aganiemmon, Liverpool, Apl 9; Mansfield. Bayern, Hongkong, May 2; Behn Meyer. Benledi, London, April 16 P. Simons.
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      ARRIVALS.
      1254 14 r LAG I h Vessel’s Name. A Tons. Captain From Sailed Consignees. C Bio l—j 1 M ar j •28 Goorkha Brit.str. 2617 Wilson N C’tlc nsw Mar 11 Boustead and Co. 29 Malacca str. 405 Daly T. Anson Mar 27,5. S’ship Coy. Ltd. 29 Hye Leong str. 295
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      CLEARANCES.
      619 14 Apl 1 C. Johanna str. Schuur Billiton and Pontianak 1 Cheang Hock Kian str. Maddox Amoy via ports 1 Will O’the Wisp str. Busk Kelantan via ports 1 Kelander Bux sch. Nacodafi Kelantan l Gorgon str. Morier Bangkok 1 Tordenskjold Nor str. Danielsen I Bangkok 1 Oncarshal str. j
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      ANJER.
      138 14 PASSED SUN DA STRAITS OR ARRIVED FOR ORDERS. Flag i Date ReDate. and Ship’s Name. Commander. of From where Destin- marks Rig. 1 ’Sailing ation 1 j Mar 24 Ned s.s. Prinses Sophie,Soomer Mar 24 Batavia Amsterdam 20 Am sli.R. R. Thornes'Nichols Feb 29Cebu Boston 2bGer. sh. R. C.
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