The Straits Budget, 22 March 1900

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    135 1 The Straits Budget BEING THE VvEEKLY ISSUE OF THE “STRAITS TIMES.” The Straits Times has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Asia, British India excepted. It circulates in Singapore apd Penang, throughout all the Protected States of the Malay Peninsula, in Siam, Borneo, the Netherlands Indies, the Philippines, and
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    THURSDAY, 22ND MARCH. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    198 1 M..niSG ARTICLES. (>! t:i*‘ Wir. l(>fU filin'. |ti>«Ti;in<l Bar. Humanity. ML Market Quotations. I N.*ws. fswung-r hist. Police News. On tii** Verandah. Ih- >han* Market. K»*e. i.nztltr. Our Pod Offi-e. Strait-» ami Malayan South African \> fti Hi Relief Fuii'l. The VWarmi; of the
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    COMMERCIAL.
    581 1 '•«(■•WJRS, 22s„ March, 1900. PRODUCE. ]*“3b'.« r ltt3 are corrected, to noon.) 7.13*. n do I'ontiatiak 'Tt&Sl.v.:::: fff BrttQ No. I... o«n 9 M.OU Peari Sjuto 4 40 Coffee, Bali, 16% basis 26.00 ■offee Palembang, 15% basis.. 27.00 ''offee, Liberian, No. I 2l. r >0 Tapioca, small Flake, 7.95
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    FATHER RIVET.
    57 1 The Rev. Father H. Rivet, having been relieved nt Malacca by the Revd. Father Perrichon, arrived here this morning by the Ban Whait Hin to take charge of the parish of the Cathedral of the Good Sh pheid. Father Rivet was attached to this church some yean back,
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    345 1 The mail for Europe, this week leaves* by the P. and O Coromandel. The mail for Europe, next week, is fixed for the M. M. Sydney. The mail from Europe of the 23M Fe»'. bv tl»o M. M I Yanra arrived on Saturday. The mail from
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    OF THE WAR.
    829 2 (Straits Times 19 th March.) It is interesting to observe that we have had to postpone the departure of transports with the Free State prisoners. These transports were intended to sail to St. Helena, but it was found that there was such violent quarreling between the Free
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    OF MAFEKING.
    521 2 (Straits Times 20th March.) The satisfaction at the triumph of Lord Roberts’ arms remains qualified by the anxiety about Mafeking. On the sth of March, Lord Methuen set out from Kimberley to relieve Mafeking; and on the 16th of March, being an interval of eleven days, he was
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    BENCH AND BAR.
    655 2 (Straits Times 20 th March.) We used to know Mr. Joaquim as a suave and calm lawyer. Yet suddenly we have Mr. Joaquim startling the town. It would be observed from our issue of last Saturday that Mr Joaquim had first addressed Mr. Hafiz Gbulam Sarwar, a
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    STAGGERING HUMANITY.
    831 2 STAGGERING HUM ANITY. (Straits Times, 'J\st Mnr:h) It seems that President k ri believed to be meditating the? fu 0lD of his wicked boast. He i* to be forming schemes to 51 humanity.” But for that supP 0 1 France and Germany need not n,ar any great anxiety regarding nltr
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    21 3 The entrance fee of the Singapore Club has not been raised. An amendment of a different purport was made and carried.
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    53 3 The People’s Tribune” continues to grow* in gathering greatness. Fresh from the triumphs of Municipal elections, dignified by the Presidency of the Tanglin Club, he on Monday headed the poll for the committee of the Singapore Club. At all events, he tied it with 25 votes, the successful list tapering
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    131 3 It is persistently rumoured among the Chinese that Kw.ing Hu Wei, wiio was supposed to have left Singapore -fur Europe about Feb. 2Brd, has not left. Singapore. It is alleged that Kwang llu Wei desired to remain near China, and that a different Chinaman, who was not Kwang Hu Wei,
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    101 3 Bktuulik is a town in the Orange Free State just north of the Orange River, and in the vicinity of the recent righting about Colesburg, Aliwal North, and Burghersdorp. General IMeCarew’s force, which is being sent to strengthen General Gat acre is, of course, going south which is backwards) from
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    235 3 4— The Resident Engineer for Railways at Taiping is so nominally polite as to send us an invitation requesting what he calls the honour of our company “at Euggor Railway Station on Wednesday, tiie 21st March, at. 9 a m on the occasion of the opening of the Perak River
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    296 3 We publish to-day (17th)a most reasonable, sensible, and well-written appeal from Mr. E. V. Carey. Substantially, Mr. Carey argues that the cultivation of Para rubber is likely to be a great industry for the Malay States. Writing officially on behalf of the planters, he desires to raise Sio,ooo ill order
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    368 3 By the P. O. I'arramattn, on April 6fh, the Honourable George Sheppard Murray and Mrs. Murray leave the Straits Settlements for England for one year. We say leave the Settlements, for we observe that they are not booked as passengers from Singapore, but as passengers from Penang. Mr. Murray is
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    THE “LIONS” OF SINGAPORE.
    1510 3 THE CATHEDRAL, THE TOWN HALL, THE HONGKONG BANK, THE WATERWORKS AND THE GARDENS. (By a Visitor.) I have been very much pleased since my arrival at seeing the various places ot interest in this thriving aiul beautiful place —in fact, in doing the lions ol Singapore
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    THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA.
    550 3 The Pall Matt Unzette said of the Encyclopaedia Brit minim (advertised to-day in our columns) that— “Any person who takes pleasure in reading would be well provided with literature if shut, up for seveial days and nights with a single volume. 7 Anyone who thinks of it
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    SPAIN AND AMERICA.
    62 3 The Spanish Government have made representations to Washington that some of the islands to the south of the Philippines belong to Spain. The American State Department has decided to direct the withdrawal of the American claims to the islands of Cagafan Sulu, and Sibutu, both of which
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    SATURDAY, 17TH MARCH.
    108 4 Australia has sent upwards of 6,000 men to the war. The Bishop of Singapore and Sarawak leaves on Fridav for a tour of inspection in the Native States. The Hon. J. M B. Vermont has been re-appointed unofficial member of the Legislative Council for a further term
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    113 4 The Supplemental Budget of the Singapore Municipality, No. 1 of 1900, is published. It provides for an outlay of over $.35,400. The cost of an automotor waggon is put down at $6,000, approximately. Other items are Jinrikisha Station, Neil Road, $5,675; conservancy, $12,040; Municipal office rent, $1,200; public
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    MALACCA AND THE WAR FUND.
    209 4 (From our otvn Correspondetit.) A circular w sent round a few days ago by Mr. Egerton, Resident Councillor, calling a meeting of those willing to subscribe towards the War Fund A meeting took place in the Resident Councillor’s Office on Thursday, when besides Mr. Egerton
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    THE SHARE MARKET.
    256 4 Messrs. Latham and MacTaggart report: —Our markets still continue dull with lower prices in most of the mining shares. Fraser and Neave: The annual report of the company has been published. The net profits, together with $5602.18 brought forward from last year, amount to $49,749, out of
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    CHAP JEE KEE.
    1226 4 MB. JOAQUIM ON THE 8TBA1T8 TIMES.” MR. JOAQUIM ON THE MAGISTRATE. SIXTEEN CHINESE LADIES CONVICTED. At the third magistrate’s court yesterday, before Mr. Sarwar, two Chinamen and 16 Chinawomen were brought up charged with gambling in a common gaming house in MacCallum Street. The names of the
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    SEARCH LIGHTS.
    41 4 A new port rule has been passed directing that, with the exception ot British men-of-war, no search light or projector shall be exhibited or used on board any vessel within harbour limits without the special permission ot the Governor.
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    WAR NEWS.
    201 4 (From Dutch Sources.) The Hague 9 tk Mar. The British flying column which entered the Transvaal from Zululand has been driven back Y after sanguinary fighting, to Melmoth. General White, with a large force of British and Colonial troops, has been despatched into the Free State. 10 th
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    ON THE VERANDAH.
    1476 4 In connection with Volunteers, the war, the Boers, and the present state of affairs generally, I may be permitted to mention a little incident that is rumoured to have occurred only a few weeks ago which I am sure will specially interest intending Volunteers in Singapore. A
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    LADIES’ GOLF.
    111 4 FINAL FOR MR. COLLY Eli’s fkI/E The final competition for t e f r given by the Hon. W. K. CoU>*£ played yesterday afternoon at 11 Lines Golf links. The compete one of approaching and P utl, j he nr* were twenty com petitors, ana prize was won
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    OF PARA RUBBER.
    764 5 y i l ER FROM MR. CAREY. 4 sensible proposal. -he EDITOR OF the STRAITS TIMES.” 1 K i have been asked by the com"}fL I 'nited Planters’ Associa- t0 lct i t be widely known ioU *-r feeling exists amongst 1 h‘a the time is fast
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    THE FLOWER SHOW.
    81 5 I'owh' Han e r sl ow takes place in the 0u.,. f r a 1 on April 10th, and will be ton 1 4 run t 0 6 P-m-. and from 8 pot*,j of t P* ln The committee is com* WefaL on ble C. Stringer, Col.
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    ADVANCE WAR NEWS.
    667 5 AT KOODOOSRAND. London 21 st Feb. Gen. Cronje left Magersfontein with 5,000 Boers, taking with him all his heavy guns, and trekked across the front of the British position at Klip 1 Drift. His rear guard at once came into action, and the fight was kept up
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    RUSSIA IN THE FAR EAST.
    78 5 It is reported that shipments of munitions of war and reinforcements for the Far East are being pushed forward at Odessa with unusual haste. The volunteer cruiser Saratof has left Odessa with Government stores and a contingent of 1,000 men. The Kiev of the same
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    STRAITS AND MALAYAN SOUTH AFRICAN WAR RELIEF FUND.
    455 5 TENTH LIST. A mount previously acknowledged. $135,904 Chop Tan Heng Mo.. 100 Chop Yeon Long Huat 100 Chop Tan Yong Huat 100 Chop Seng Huat 100 Chop Yong Thai 100 Wee Kay Siang 400 Johore Pepper and Gambier Farm 100 Theodore Page
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    HELP FROM FRANCE.
    95 5 INDIAN FAMINE RELIEF FUND. THE FRENCH CONSUL’S LIST. First lis (already published) $2OB Second hut Alfred Clouet $lO3 Mgr. Bourdon 25 Rev. Father lO Es-Cbasseriau, freres 25 J. Bastiani 25 L. Malherbe 25 J. de Montbrun 25 F. Vivier 26 V. Clumeck 10 E. Moine 5 L.
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    THE WEARING OF THE GREEN.
    289 5 New Version.) O, Paddy dear, and did you bear the new» that’» going round The Shamrock is by Law allowed to grow' on Irish ground,— Twill be worn on St. Patrick’s day by soldier» of the Queen, And loyalty will be displayed by Wearing of
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    ANOTHER POEM.
    182 5 A toast boys, the Shamrock! A health boys, the Queen! To your feet while you drink it, with honours I ween! And the man who refuses to drink to this call Shall be shorn of all honours and shoved to the wall. For we’ie Irish I ween, And
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    M. DE GASPARY.
    73 5 The marriage of M. E. de Gaspary, late French Consul at Singapore, with Mme. Louise de St. Pons took place on 17th Feb. at the Mairie of the Seventeenth Arrondissement. The witnesses for the bridegroom were Mr. William Brice, late United States Vice-Consul at Bahia, and Mr.
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    AN EVENTFUL VOYAGE.
    93 5 The British steamer OaiebraMsh, 9,064 tonB, arrived at Singapore yesterday after a rather eventful voyage. She left Baltimore with a cargo of railway irons, for Vladivostock, on the 11th August last. Coming through the Red Sea the vessel got aground, and bad to return to Suez. There
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    THE S. V. R. MARCH.
    98 5 We have had numerous inquiries for permission to inspect the copy of the Singapore Volunteer Rifle March, which was the regimental march of the original Singapore Rifles. We have returned the copy to the owner, Mr. W. Clarke, of Hill Street, who was one of
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    OUR POST OFFICE. BRITISH SUBJECTS WHO ARE “SLAVES.”
    563 5 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES” Sir,— Anti-slavery,” in his letter in your issue of the 14th in6t., complains that the hours of the Post Office clerks are irregular and long, and that the clerks often have to work at nights
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    BADEN POWELL’S LITTLE PLAN.
    85 5 Early in February, Col* Baden Powell wrote a letter to the Boer commander Snyman complaining of his deliberately shelling the women and children* laagerB at Mafeking. The Boer commander offered no excuse or apology, and by a transparent falsehood practically admitted that he ordered the bombardment.
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    REUTER’S NONSENSE FROM PENANG.
    120 5 The following is a telegram from Reuter’s correspondent at Penang, dated Feb. 19th, and published in spine of the London papers. It will be observed that Reuter’s agent at Penang has picked up idle gossip which is entirely inaccurate ana is, in fact,* sheer nonsense: Three
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    OUR WAR RELIEF FUND.
    82 6 FIFTY-FOURTH LI3T 575,413. Ainoant previously acknowledged $75,300 Collect'd by our Pahang Correspondent in addition to earlier remiVances. H'. K« rf«»ot Hughes S6O C McKhv 10 U Tailor 10 M. C. II i kio 6 C. D. San? pathy C. Thomas Farrell 3 K llangnn S I>.
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    MONDAY, 19TH MARCH.
    709 6 H M. >. left at 6 o'clock this morning, westward. Fur deaths from plague have occurred at Sydney. A Chinaman* who fell int:> the hold erf the Lock Toy has died in hospital. Tiik death-rate in Manila for the last Fix months lias been equal to 60
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    A GRUESOME FIND.
    43 6 The body of a Chinaman has been found hanging from a durian tiee n the outlying grounds ot Air. JSohst’. residence, Chancery Lane. The body, when discovered, was very muct* decomposed and apparently had been hanging there about a week.
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    CHINA’S EMPEROR.
    52 6 A Pekin telegram states that several members of tlie imperial College oi Pnysiciaus were called on tlie 3»d instant into tlie Palace to prescribe ioi tlie Emperor. It is generally believed that is but the beginning of the etui, and tiiat it is douotful whether the Emperor will
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    A SUCCESSFUL APPEAL.
    84 6 On the 9th February, a Malay was stabbed by a Javanese in a coffee-shop belonging to Uajee Merjan, in Arab •Street. It was alleged that when tinpolice arrested the man the coffee-shop keeper obstructed the policeman in tin execution of his duty. For this, lie was sentenced
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    REACTION AT PEKIN.
    85 6 Iris reported in Mandarin circles thai the Empress-Dowager has decided to closethe Pekin University,on thegrouuo that no progress there lias been mad» after a trial of over one year. A decre* is also said to have been issued closing all schools and colleges oi Western learning, established
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    CRICKET.
    194 6 A cricket match was played on Saturday between the S.R.C. Ist XI and the Navy, on the Esplanade. The S. R. C. won by 2 wkts. and 52 runs. THE NAVY. Lt. Kayman b Jansz 4 Wildbore b Jansz 3 t Roome b Jansz 4 Chambers c Ess bG.
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    MISCELLANEOUS BY WIRE.
    654 6 London 3rd March. The following contributions are announced to the Alansion House Famine Fund The Mercers’ Company, the Grocers’ Company, Messrs. Barclay and Co., and Messrs. Alorgan and Co., £5OO each; Messrs. Henry 8. King and Co., Messrs. Smith, Payne, Smith, Messrs. Coleman and Co. of Norwich,
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    WAR NEWS BY WIRE.
    2715 6 PUBLIC REJOICINGS. i London, 3rd March. The Empire is wild with jubilation—from rioting in Belfast to fireworks in Montreal —felicitous messages being freely exchanged between the authorities and public bodies everywhere. The scenes here in London, on Thursday, were amazing. Crowds paraded the st reets bareheaded,cheering
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    A DUTCHMAN’S BET.
    113 7 HOW HE LOST IT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES. Sir, Some weeks ago, a Dutch friend of mine was offering to bei untold gold that the Boers would be in Ladysmith by the end of February As the only Boers in Ladysmith when Buffer reached
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    AN ALLEGED “BULL.”
    245 7 TO THE EDITOR OF THE STRAITS TIMES.” Sir, —The Hibernian subject of the verses you published on Saturday last under the title of “The Wearing of the Green seems to have affected your English, which, I am told by the critics, is usually immaeulate. In your leading
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    A NON-CONFERENCE STEAMER.
    608 7 THE “MILTON’S” MANIFEST. We publish to-day the manifest of the famous non-conference steamship Mil on, which sailed from Singapore for London on the 10th of March. We believe it is the custom of the mercantile community to obtain these manifests from an import and export sheet issued
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    FRASER AND NEAVE.
    801 7 GENERAL MEETING TO DAY. The third ordinary general meeting of shareholders of Messrs. Fraser and Neave, Ltd., was held at the Company’s Offices, 100 Robinson Road, to-day. The Hon. C. Stringer presided, and the others present w*re: Messrs. H. Muhlinghaus, F. H. Witthoefft, W. C. Symes, and
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    TUESDAY, 20TH MARCH.
    257 7 For trespassing at the house of Miss Gage-Brown in Sophia Road, Koh Chin has been fined $lO or 14 days On news of the occupation of Bloemfontein reaching Taiping, a salute of twenty-one guns was tired from the foil. It is announced that Mr. H. Handelmann is
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    THE PHILIPPINE CABLE.
    159 7 From a recent American electrical journal it appears that the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co. has submitted a claim for exclusive landing rights in the Philippine Islands. The Company maintains that certain concessions granted by Spain, one of which has 18 years to run, are equally binding on
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    224 7 PROPOSED RAISING OF SUBSCRIPTION. The general meeting of the Singapore Golf Club is to be held at the Club House, on Thursday the 29th inst., at 5.15 p.m. The annual report, to be presented at the meeting, says that the total expenditure of 1899 was more by
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    OUR WAR RELIEF FUND.
    405 8 A FURTHER PERAK LIST. The following list consists of the later s-uns that we have received from -Perak through the Perak Pioneer, and have already acknowledged in a lump as one remittance of $2,148 49. It is to be understood that repeating them now doe3 not
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    WAR NEWS BY WIRE.
    130 8 (From Dutch Scmrces.) The Hague 14 th Mar. There was an action on Saturday near Abraham’s Kraal, in which the Boers beat off, with heavy loss, several attacks by the British troops. Lord Roberts entered Bloemfontein on Tuesday. 15 th Mar. The Boer troops had marched
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    MR. M’LACHLAN.
    561 8 WAS HE MURDERED? TO THE EDITOR OF THE 41 BTRAITS TIMES.” Sir, —In your war leader of March 7thyouBay: 44 All worthy British journalists will not fail to remind the people that we now invade a country which had the insolence to commence a wholly unprovoked war, which
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    W. F. C. ASIMONT’S AFFAIRS.
    246 8 W. F. C. ASIMONT’ S AFFAIRS. A MEETING OF CREDITORS. At the Official Assignee’s Office this morning, a meeting of the creditors of \V. F. C. A8imont was held. Debtor formerly carried on business as auctioneer, commission agent, and broker at Change Alley, and from his statement of affdrs it
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    THE SINGAPORE CLUB.
    244 8 SHALL IT BE EXTENDED? Various proposals are under consideration for extending the accommodation of the Singapore Club, and it is believed that the Club will shortly confer with the Singapore Exchange, who are the owners of the building, on the subject of increased accommodation. It is suggested
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    THE “GLASGOW HERALD.”
    641 8 OF “*HE GOVERNOR’S WIFE.” The following review of The Governor’s Wife is from the Glasgow llerald. Now the Glasgow Herald is a very great newspaper, and probably it is the most profitable in Britain outside of London. It has been established for much more than a century;
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    THE MILTON’S FREIGHT.
    205 8 WHAT H IT WORTH NEARLY $500,000. We asked a merchant to value for us the Milton's cargo, as published in our issue of yesterday. At first he said There is some difficulty in arriving at a valuation. In last eveaiug’s paper you describe an article as gutta,
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    OF MALACCA.
    422 8 HOW A LADIES 1 PROMENADE IS BPOILED. {From Our Correspondent.) Malacca 161 h March. Dr Croucher leaves soon for Singapore to act lor Dr. Ellis Dr. Crouchei will be much missed in Malacca, when lie is a general favourite. A good doctor, a keen sportsman, and possessing a
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    ATTACKED BY CHINAMEN.
    60 8 E. R. Houghton, chief engineer on the Ong &eng t informed the police this morning that late last night he was attacked by three Chinamen in Keppel Road, and robbed of money and valuables to the extent of SlO3. He states that he was fighting the Chinamen
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    WIRTH BROS.’ CIRCUS.
    94 8 Wibth Bros/ Circus, which opens on the Tank Road ground on Saturday night, comes here with high eulogiums from all the cities it has visited previously. With the exception of Charini’s circus, we believe that Wirth Bros.’ circus is the only one that has travelled the entire
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    THE DOOM OF THE STRAITS TRADING CO
    522 8 AN AMERICAN PROPOBa I I TELOK ANSON AND TIN: SMELTIXr I petroleum I The following is an xtra t f I letter of an American u 1 to the U.S. Consul dr^| Telok Anson, the chief town V" I Perak, situat d about
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    THE PHILIPPINES.
    50 8 At New r York, on the 4th inst. Pres:* dent McKinley, speaking at a banquet of the Ohio Society, declared empl ati* cally that the Philippine island-, being American by every kind of right, woula and must remain so. Being American they would receive just and gencrou* treatment.
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    SUGAR-GROWING IN CEYLON.
    143 8 The Straits Sugar Co., which has its headquarters at 110, Cannon Street, London, is taking steps topees land suitable for cane in Ceylon Mr J. Turner of Penang has visits that island on its behalf, ana nas addressed a letter to the Governor on the subject. He
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    THE SIKH MURDER CASE.
    151 8 Caram Singh was charged on i rero yesterday, with causing the dea• Kham Singh on the 28th teb It that the deceased had a stall in a Bridge Road, and the business profitable one. The accused similar shop in Buggis Street, an alleged that he and
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    WEDNESDAY, 21ST MARCH.
    430 9 m- r kn own vet when the British I: •'imiui will again be raised to ~r >n HI l nuitl e I -r \v a Eurasian named Peter f.»r disorderly conX \i~k miking Kerbau Station. ,nn-’m..-<-d that the Belgian been transferred to Mr B* -1 ttho-e office
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    PLAYING WITH CARTRIDGES.
    51 9 •t-.iUMY atternoun, a Hylam living B ’cii t Street obtained possession B""; 1 l>a I**4 revolver cartridges. H' onti of the cartridges on the L*'»ininenced hitting the gß\;' L w ith a stone. The natural B- 1 1 cartridge exploded. H;. anisiuum received injuries t’c removed to
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    SUMATRA TOBACCO CO.
    70 9 ,|rn atra fobacco Company met ■ii v? ont| ie 19th Feb. with Mr. ri v//‘7 n n chair. The ComB- ,r r lit y ear Emitted only of a B' Vr I 'll v *dend. The Company’s Ki Uas described as fairly ,nark .et hi Amsterdam was
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    HEALTH OF THE NAVY.
    127 9 u\ b B j r: issued gives a statistical B* ’|i le health of the Navy for Bmu aHLt l rns or total force of ,|k s 10w the number of Bh* \vir*f lSe anc in J ur y recorded B 1.000 V urn,Bhes a ratio
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    RAUB.
    1647 9 FEBRUARY REPORT. The Manager’s Report on the Raub Mine for February last runs as follows: PRELIMINARY REMARKS. As I only returned to Raub on the 6th Marc*» after three months’ absence on leave, 1 have not yet had time to make a thorough examination of the clititrrent mines and
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA.
    1102 9 MATCH TAX TROUBLES. Complications have arisen out of the match duty in Java. To lighten its incidence, importers have latterly taken to marketing matches in larger boxes than usual made to hold more matches. To defeat this move, the Government suddenly, last January, passed a law making the
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    THE ALLEGED “BULL.”
    647 9 TO THK FDITOR op THk ST11AITS TIMES.’* Sik, our defence of the phrasewhich l alleged lo be a bull is» ingenious, if not convincing You say that the meaning of the phrase was obvious. Quite so; but the very essential characteristic of a “bull” is that its
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    A “BOY” ARRESTED.
    63 9 A Dutchman, staying at the Hotel de la Paix reported to the police that his boy was constantly stealing. A detective was put in the room and observed the boy take some marked money off a table. He was a'Testeci and on his box being searched several
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    S.C.C. TOURNAMENT.
    718 10 S. C.C. TOURNAMENT. FRIDAY’S PLAY. CHAMPIONSHIP. Pearce v. R iinnie (unfinished). A n DOUBLES. Ezekiel and Upton-f 1 beat Muir and Doyle—1, 6 2, 6-4. PROFESSION PAIRS. Anthoni*z and Broadrick (Civil Service I) v. Darby and Webb (Tel. II), postponed. Cropley and Larking (Navy) beat Vesey and Monro (Army II),
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    A EUROPEAN’S ESCAPADE.
    46 10 A European named White was irrested yesterday morning for being Irunk in Malay Street. On the way to ’lie police-station prisoner escaped, but vvas recaptured. He was fined S 5 for »eing drunk, and was sentenced to 14 days for escaping from custody.
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    1024 10 arrivals. I P«*r s. Huznra from Madras via ports— I Mr. and .Mrs. w uv, Messrs J. J. Keitbergh, I Sur.and. and \V. >urgaud I Per M. M.s 9La Senue from Batavia— I ‘ii.and Mrs. A. M. Schmer, .Mr. Sulherind. Mr and Mrs. Wilcox. Messrs N K. I
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    SHIPPING IN PORT.
    197 10 Unulert Ins heading the following abbrevia ..ions are used :—str. —steamer sh.—shij t q.- -barque sch —schooner; Yet.—Yacht, Cru. —Cruiser. Gbt.—Gunboat; Tor Torpedo H.p.—Horse-power Brit.Brilish U. 8. —Unite*! States; Fr.— French; Ger. —German; Dut.—Dutch; Joh.—Job ore Ac., G. e., —Genera cargo d.p.—deck passengers; U.—Uncertain T. P. W.—Tanjong
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    1082 10 TRADING VESSELS C. Arrivals Hinge Noon «>► Yesterday. Ban Seng Guan, Brit. str. 5u2 tons», Capt Lyons, ibih Mar. From Bangkok, 14th M.ir. G.c., and 3 d.p. Ban Heng aud Co. F’or Bangkok, 2lst—Kds. Banka Brit. str. 127 tons, Capt men, 19th M r. From Kelaiitau, Gih Mar. G.c., and
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    520 10 N'.tne, port probable date oj arrival a.u name of agents. STEAMERS. Adour L’don, left Feb 10 M. M. Alcinou L’pool, Apl 1; Mansfield. Alesia H’kong, Mir 20 B. Meyer. Andalusia, Hamburg, Mar 27 B. Meyer. Annam, H’koug, Apl 18 M. M. Vragouia, Hamburg, Dec 5 B. M. Vrgyll,
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    ARRIVALS.
    776 11 r i.ao f I m k A lose. ('APrAiN From Sailed. CoNbioMißS. t j ~r lr r Nor str 690 Saigon Mar 12 Joo Seng Chan i’ l M Brit st. 1115 Pig -t Hougkong Mar lo'Behn Meyer A Co. J A str 1934 Scott Manila- Mar lOnoustead <k
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    518 11 I U\u Ylssel’s Name FlagAKig Captain i Destination I it ori:i Brit str. C<»!|ins I Rangoon aud Calcutta r. 1 Ji liy str. Stephens Saigon |'in sir. Davidson Port Dickson via ports i 7 horruMj str. Kobioson Bangkok IT Aiiili.-rsl sir. Me.lor Pontianak 17 Uiihy str. Smith j Muuiuk.
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